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V       LXVIII— No.  1. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  JULY  6, 


Price,  10  Centa. 


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T/ze  Cost  of  Your  Summer's  Outings  Would  Let 

Your  Family  Enjoy  the  Country  the  Year 

Round  in  the  Beautiful 

"Burlingame  Foothills" 


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WHERE 


— Allowing  a  moderate  cost  for 
your  family's  vacation,  the  ex- 
pense would  cover  a  year's 
payment  for  a  lot  in  the 

"Burlingame 
Foothills" 

where  you  would  always  have 
the  clear  country  air,  a  gar- 
den, chickens,  and  fields  where 
the  children  could  roam. 


— Beautiful  rolling  country, 
rising  from  the  Camino  Real  to 
the  "Foothills"  overlooking 
San  Francisco  Bay.    Then,  too. 


there  are 


"No  Fogs  and 
No  Ferries" 

Your  family  lives  in  the  open 
country;  you  are  but  25  min- 
utes from  the  Third  and  Town- 
send  Depot — 25  trains  a  day. 


You  Have  the  Joys  of  Country  Life  With  M  tst  of  the 
Citys  Advantages  by  Living  in  "Burlingame  Foothills" 

Beautiful  near-by  drives,  wooded  ravines,  Spring  Valley  lakes  only  l'/2  miles  away,  Open  fields,  hills  to  roam,  yet  essential 
comforts  and  necessities  such  as  electric  lights,  sewers,  pure  water,  street  lights,  cement  sidewalks,  school,  Fostoffice  and 
Wells  Fargo  office  on  the  tract,    Large  San  Francisco  stores  make  daily  free  deliveries. 


DEAL    WITH 
THE  OWNERS 


OFFICE  OF  EASTON  ESTATE 


225  MILLS  BLDG. 
SAN   FRANCISCO 


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Hotel  St.  Francis 


Turkish   Baths 
12th  Floor 

Ladies  Hair  Dressing  Parlors 
2d  Floor 

Cafe 

White   and  Gold  Restaurant 

Lobby  Floor 

Electric  Grill 

Barber  Shop 

Basement,  Geary  St.  entrance 


Under  the  Management  of  James  Woods 


Casa  del  Rey 

New  300-room,  fire-proof  hotel  located 
near  the  beach  and  Casino,  open  all  jear 
round.  SUPERIOR  GOLFING. 

AMERICAN  PLAN 

Tennis  courts,  good  boating,  bathing  and 
fishing;  numerous  drives  along  the  Coast 
and  through  the  mountains. 

SANTA  CRUZ  BEACH  HOTEL  CO. 


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labeled  with  Good  Labels.  We 
only  print  the  good  kind.  We 
would  be  pleased  to  send  samples. 


POSTERS      -:-      LABELS      -:-      CUT-OUTS 

HANGERS         -:-         CARTONS 

COMMERCIAL    WORK 


SAN  FKANOISCO 

SEATTLE  LOS   ANGELES 


PALACE  HOTEL 

Situated    on    Market    Street 

In  the  center  of  thg  City, 

Take   any  Market   Street   Oar 
from   the  Ferry. 

FAIRMONT  HOTEL 

The  most  beautifully 

situated  of  Any  Oity 

Hotel  in  the  World. 

Take   Sacramento   Street   Cars 
from  the  Ferry. 

TWO   GREAT   HOTELS 
UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF  THE 

PALACE  HOTEL  COMPANY 


Hotel  Argonaut 

Society    of    California    Pioneers'     Building 
Fourth  St.,  near  Market. 

||  California's  Most  Popular  Hotel 

400  Rooms.  200   Baths. 

European  Plan  $1.00  per  day  and  up. 

Dining   Boom    Seating    500 — Table    d'hote 
or  a  la  Carte  Service,  as  desired. 


Special  Sunday  Dinner, 
Including  Wine,  $1.00. 


EDWARD  R0LKIN 
Manager. 


GEO.  A.  DIXON 
Ass't  M'g'r. 


HOTEL  VON  DORN 

242  Turk  St.,  near  Jones,  San  Francisco 


The  Dining  Room 


The  hotel  of  many  comforts  and  excellent 

service.     Steel  framed,     Class  "A"     Fire 

Proof.     Cafe  of  unusual  merit. 

ATTRACTIVE  TERMS  TO  PERMANENT  GUESTS 


Vol.   1..W  III— No.  1. 


SAX  FBAJSCISQO,  JULY  6,  1912. 


Price  10  Cents. 


Plaem  English. 

By  Americus. 

'  wJ  'I'  IS  t«i  ho  hoped  t hut  Mayor  Kolph  and  the  Board  of  Su- 
iVllv)  pervisors  realize  that  the  engineering  world  is  laughing 
_-MK-_  at  San  Francisco. 
Out  municipality  is 
the  subject  of  intense 
mirth  to  real  engineers.  Jt 
isn  't  that  they  snicker  in 
their  sleeves.  Not  at  all. 
Their  merriment  is  far  more 
pronounced.  They  indulge 
in  the  Loudest  guffaws.  Why 
shouldn  't    they? 

In  the  long  history  of 
municipal  blunder! ug,  has 
there  ever  been  anything 
half  as  preposterous  as  the 
way  the  water  problem  has 
been  muddled  in  San  Fran- 
cisco by  politicians  calling 
themselves  engineers?  No- 
body else  calls  them  that. 
What  honest,  capable,  ex- 
perienced engineers  say  on 
l  he  subject  wouldn  't  fit 
well  in  the  columns  of  a 
family    newspaper. 

And  the  greatest  joke  of 
all  is  that  this  muddling 
and  blundering  of  the  wa- 
in- problem  has  already 
cost  about  two  millions  of 
dollars. 

Two  million  dollars' 
worth  of  Hetch  Hetchy 
bonds  have  been  sold,  and 
the  proceeds  applied  to 
financing  the  blunders  and 
graft  of  the  Engineer's  De- 
partment. And  the  end  is 
not    yet — fay    a    long    way! 

No  wonder  that  competent  and  honest  engineers  indulge  in 
guffaws  every  time  Hetch  Hetchy  and  the' Auxiliary  Fire  Pro- 
tection System  of  San  Francisco  are  mentioned. 

But,  let  me  tell  you,  the  taxpayers  of  San  Francisco  are  not 
laughing.      And   they   will   laugh    less  when    they   find   their   tax 


WHEN   ONE  GETS  TIRED   THE  OTHER   BEGINS. 


bills  increasing  instead  of  diminishing. 

The  taxpayers  know  by  bitter  experience  that  in  less  than 
ten  years  the  expenses  of  our  city  government  have  Increased 
from  six  millions  of  dollars  to  about  thirteen  millions. 

Over  two  millions  of  this  waste  of  money  can  be  charged 
directly  to  the  Engineer's  Department  and  many  more  millions 
to  the  Board  of  Works. 

The  latest  asinine  suggestion  for  solving  the  muddled  water 
problem  is  the  appointment  of  a  "commission."  Hanson  and 
Connick  and  Casey,  and   all   the  rest  of  them,  having  left  the 

problem  unfinished,  if  not 
in  worse  shape  than  when 
they  begau  at  it,  the  mess 
is  to  be  passed  over  to  a 
"commission."  That  means 
a  board  of  commissioners, 
with  secretaries  and  mes- 
sengers and  stenographers 
and  experts  to  show  them 
their  business.  These  ex- 
peits  will  need  the  advice 
and  assistance  of  other  ex- 
perts, and  between  them  an- 
other hole  will  be  made  in 
the  public  treasury  bigger 
than  one  of  the  leaks  in  the 
Twin  Peaks  seive-reservoir 
that  Connick  built. 

Any  person  outside  the 
Napa  Asylum  for  the  In- 
sane would  naturally  ask, 
"What  are  we  paying  the 
City  Engineer  and  all  his 
costly   staff    for1?" 

Is  a  position  under  the 
municipal  government  mere- 
ly a  soft  snap,  and  is  the  in- 
cumbent expected  to  do 
nothing  but  draw  his  sal 
aryU 

it  looks  that  way.  Man- 
son  makes  no  pretense  of 
planning  any  important 
work  himself.  He  turned 
over  to  Jiis  assistant,  Con- 
nick, the  task  of  planning 
the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir 
and  laying  the  pipe  for  the 
Auxiliary  Fire  Protection  System,  Connick  had  no  more  ex- 
perience than  Manson  in  that  line  of  work,  and  the  mechanical 
result  is  a  sieve  instead  of  a  water-tight  reservoir  on  Twin 
Peaks.  The  financial  result  is  that  the  taxpayers  willhave  to 
pay  many  thousands  of  dollars  to  patch  up   the  botched   reser 


170038 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   July   6,   1912. 


voir,  and  in  the  end  it  would  have  been  bet- 
ter, perhaps,  to  have  pulled  the  whole  badly 
constructed  thing  to  pieces  and  started  in 
over  under  the  guidance  of  a  thoroughly  ex- 
perienced engineer. 

The  Board  of  Works,  and  more  particularly 
the  engineering  branch  of  it,  seems  to  be  con- 
ducted with  a  view  to  wasting  as  much  as 
possible  of  the  public  money.  The  other  day 
for  instance,  the  Board  of  Supervisors  decided 
to  get  plans  for  the  extension  of  main  water 
pipes  to  districts  that  need  water  badly.  The 
moment  the  decision  was  reached  by  the  Su- 
pervisors, in  walks  a  deputy  from  the  Engi- 
neer's Department  to  ask  for  $2,000  for  mak- 
ing the-  plans.  Mind  you,  those  plans  are  not 
to  be  used  at  once,  but  are  only  to  be  pre- 
pared and  kept  on  file  in  the  event  of  the 
city's  concluding  later  on  to  pay  the  Spring 
Valley  Water  Company  to   extend  its  mains. 

Every  conceivable  excuse  for  tapping  the 
treasury  is  used,  and  a  person  is  compelled  to 
conclude  that  the  post  of  City  Engineer  is  a 
sinecure.  If  any  new  work  is  to  be  done  out- 
side experts  must  be  hired  and  the  cost  piled 
up  on  the. already  overburdened  taxpayers. 

A  few  years  ago  we  had  the  ' '  dollar  limit. ' ' 
Now  we  have  the  "dollars  unlimited,"  with 
the  taxes  going  up  by  leaps  and  bounds.  The 
bond  habit  has  taken  firm  hold  of  municipal 
government,  and  money  that  comes  so  easily 
is  apparently  not  worth  taking  any  care  of. 
Let  everybody  have  a  whack  at  it. 


MUCH  NEEDED  EXPOSE. 


FEOM  many  quarters  The  Wasp  has  receiv- 
ed  commendations   for   its   earnest    and 
wholly    disinterested     efforts     to    bring 
about  an  investigation  of  the  City  Engineer  'a 
Department   in   San   Francisco. 

When  The  Wasp  began  this  task  the  work 
was  most  discouraging.  A  ring  of  political 
engineers  had  obtained  full  control  and  in  the 
language  of  the  street,  had  the  Board  of  Su 
pervisors    ' '  buffaloed. ' ' 

Any  suggestion  by  an  outside  critic  that 
the  public  money  was  being  wasted  in  scan- 
dalous fashion  was  met  by  the  answer,  "You 
are  an  enemy  of  Heteh  Hetchy.  ■' 

An  "enemy  of  Heteh  Hetchy,"  of  course, 
signified  that  the  villain  thus  unmasked  was 
a  friend  of  poor  old  rotten  Spring  Valley. 

Boards  of  Supervisors  are  not  usually  noted 
for  their  erudition  and  are  easily  imposed  up- 
on bj*  pseudo-scientific  gents-  who  follow  the 
trade  of  political  engineer  or  political  doctor. 
A  civil  engineer 's  calling  appears  to  an  un- 
educated Supervisor  as  a  mysterious  and  semi- 
sacred  calling,  and  he  dreads  to  question  any 


of  its  conclusions.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  good 
civil  engineering  is  merely  the  application 
of  good  common  sense  and  sound  business 
judgment,  guided  by  well-established  princi- 
ples founded  on  experience.  A  successful  civil 
engineer,  like  a  successful  business  man  of 
any  kind,  must  possess  a  well-balanced  mind 
to  begin  with.  He  must  be  thoroughly  ground- 
ed in  the  technicalities  of  his  profession.  He 
must  be  honest.  Such  a  man  rarely  makes 
politics  his  calling,  and  consequently  you  find 
but  few  honest  and  capable  civil  engineers 
connected  with  municipal  governments.  The 
majority  of  political  engineers  are  tricksters, 


H.    D.    CONNICK 

Marsden  Manson  deputed  Mm  to  build  the  Twin 
Peaks   sieve  reservoir. 

grafters  or  incompetents,  who  could  not  hold 
a  first-class  position  under  private  employers. 
When  any  important  engineering  work  has 
to  be  undertaken  in  a  serious  manner,  and 
with  a  real  purpose  to  accomplish  something 
useful,  municipalities  are  compelled  to  call 
in  the  aid  of  experts.  That's  why  San  Fran- 
cisco just  now  has  the  largest  staff  of  special 
"experts"  in  any  city   in   the  world. 

Through  the  efforts  of  The  Wasp  alone,  a 
public  feeling  has  been  created  that  the  City 
Engineer 's  Department  in  San  Francisco 
needs  investigation.     It  is  under  investigation 


now,  and  very  soon  the  public  may  hear  the 
conclusions  of  the.  investigators.  The  latter 
are  first-class  engineers.  They  are  men  in 
whom  the  profession  has  full  confidence.  If 
these  men  tell  frankly  in  their  report,  the 
whole  truth  about  the  City  Engineer's  De- 
partment in  San  Francisco,  the  public  will 
be  amazed.  EveTy  statement  that  The  Wasp 
has  made  will  be  found  more  than  verified. 
The  mildest  conclusion  about  the  City  Engin 
eer 's  Department  that  can  be  reached  is  that 
it  has  been  managed  with  gross  incompetency. 
It  would  require  pages  to  describe  the  things 
left  undone  that  should  have  been  done  and 
the  things  done  that  never  should  have  been 
attempted  by  the  politicians  masquerading 
as  engineers  for  the  municipality  of  San 
Francisco. 


MAYOR   GAYNOR'S   WISE   WORDS. 

MAYOR  GAYNOR  -of  New  York,  wheu 
asked  what  he  thought  of  a  President 
or  a  Governor,  who  leaves  the  pos- 
ition to  which  the  people  elected  him  and  goes 
about  making  political  speeches  all  over  the 
country  to  get  nominated,  replied:  "I  would 
rather  not  tell  you  what  I  think  about  such 
a  person.  I  have  a  notion,  though,  that  he 
ought  to  attend  to  his  official  duties  and  let 
the  rest  take  care  of  itself.  What  do  I  think 
of  the  initiative,  the  referendum  and  the  re- 
call? It's  quite  a  lingo,  isn't  it?  Some 
people  are  in  favor  of  it  because  they  love 
the  sound  of  it.  As  for  referendum,  we  have 
more  in  this  State  than  in  any  other  State, 
more  than  in  several  States  combined.  Last 
fall  we  submitted  nine  to  the  vote  of  the 
people,  and  you  remember  what  a  mess  was 
made  of  them.  Only  a  very  small  minority 
took  the  trouble  to  vote  on  them  either  way. 
They  were  all  beaten  but  one,  wholly  from 
lack  of  interest  by  the  voters.  They  did  not 
want  to  beat  them.  They  just  did  not  bother 
with  them  at  all." 

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medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
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The  women  are  the  buyers. 


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Saturday,   July  6,    1912.J 


-THE  WASP- 


BIRTH    OF    A    NEW    PARTY. 


W.  A.  D. 

THE  Colonel,  who,  now  unaided  and  alone, 
is  governing  the  ^universe,  was  quoted 
as  referring  to  Francis  J.  Heney  as  the 
"Wild  Ass  of  the  Desert."  Hereafter  Mr. 
Heney  will  be  entitled  to  an  alphabetical  dis- 
play following  his  name,  like  a  Fellow  of  the 
Royal  College,  etc.  It  can  be  written  thus: 
"Francis  J.  Heney,  W.  A.  D.,  which  will  pri- 
marily mean  Roosevelt's  classification,  and 
will  also  suggest  "wad" — meaning  accumula- 
tion of  money,  invariably  disdained  by  the 
Jleney  school  of  reform.  The  last  significance 
will  bring  to  mind  the  Contra  Costa  Water 
Company's  contribution  of  $32,000  for  pure 
politics  and  civic  righteousness,  and  other 
.sums  produced  by  the  elongation  of  the  limb 
of  Rudolph  Spreckels. 


WE  TOLD  YOU  SO. 


EFFICIENCY  in  the  personnel  of  the  Fire 
Department   is    compensating   for   some 
of  the  inefficiency  in  the  personnel  of 
the  Engineering  Department.     It  is  the  good 
fortune  of  the  people  that  they  have  the  ben- 
efit of  any  compensation. 

Samuel  Bermingbam,  Superintendent  of  En- 
gines in  the  fire  Department,  has  completed 
changes  in  the  two  Auxiliary  Fire  Protection 
fire  boats  which  have  resulted  in  effecting  a 
saving  of  half  the  fuel  oil  they  have  hereto- 
fore  consumed.     The   saving  in  full   expense 


made  by  the  changes  amounts  to  $500  month- 
ly, which  is  a  good  deal  more  than  Mr.  Ber- 
mingham's  salary.  The  boats  were  made  on 
original  plans  made  by  the  City  Engineer's 
Department,  and  cost  more  than  twice  as  much 
as  first-class  fire-boats  built  for  other  cities. 
The  saving  which  Mr.  Bermingham's  efficiency 
has  made  possible  in  their  operations  shows 
that  the  City  Engineer's  Department,  besides 
wasting  thousands  of  dollars  of  the  public 
money  in  the  construction  of  the  fire-boats, 
designed  them  so  that  they  would  waste  thou- 
sands more  of  the  public  money  in  smoke 
while  tied  up  to  the  wharves  waiting  for 
water-front  fires  to  call  them  into  service.  Let 
us  hope  the  people  will  continue  to  have  the 
services  of  Mr.  Bermingham  and  of  more  like 
him. 

■ ♦ 

AN  OVERSIGHT. 
The  excellent  picture  of  the  Press  Women's 
Breakfast  given  at  the  Cliff  House  on  Tues- 
day last  was  the  work  of  the  well-known  pho- 
tographers, Vaughn  and  Fraser.  Owing  to 
an  oversight,  credit  was  omitted  in  last  week's 
issue,  where  it  was  justly  due. 

♦ 

CANDY  SENT  TO  THE  COUNTRY.— A 
box  of  candy  is  always  welcomed  by  friends 
in  the  country.  Easily  sent  by  express  from 
any  one  of  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy 
stores. 

f 

All  men  are  born  equal,  especially  twins. 


DANGEROUS  CONDITION. 

Crawford — "I  hear  he  was  operated  upon. 
What  did  he  have?" 
Crabshaw — ( '  Money. ' ' 


WHERE? 

A  lady  who  gave  herself  great  airs  of  im- 
portance, on  being  introduced  to  a  gentleman, 
said,  with  a  show  of  much  indifference,  ' '  1 
think  I  have  seen  you  somewhere." 

"Very  likely,"  replied  the  gentleman,  with 
equal  sang  froid,  "I  have  been  there  fre- 
quently." 

♦ 

Many  a  man's  idea  of  practicing  economy 
is  to  preach  it  to  his  wife. 

The  thick-skinned  man  is  never  impervious 
to  the  spur  of  the  moment. 


WHAT     TEDDY    THINKS. 

I'm    twice    as    great    as    Washington, 
I'm    twice    as    great    as    Grant; 

Because     third    terms    they    didn't    get, 
They     needn't    think    I     can't. 

I'm    twice   as   great   as   Jefferson 

And    Madison    combined; 
I'm    twice    as   great   as    all    the    lot 

Of   Presidents,    I    find. 

I'm    greater    than    my    country 
And   its   customs    and   its    laws; 

Its    poor    old    Constitution, 
And   its   precedential   flaws. 

I'm  twice  as  great  as   any  man 

Above   or    'neath  the   sod; 
In    fact,  I'm   half  inclined   to   think 

I'm  twice  as   great  as   God, 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,   July  6,   1912. 


•WE    SHOULD    ONLY    BE    ASTONISHED    AT    STILL    BEING    ABLE    TO    BE    ASTONISHED." — LA  ROCHEFOUCAULD. 


LEADS   TO   ANARCHY. 

IT  COST  Los  Angeles  County  upwards  of 
$175,UUU  to  prosecute  the  cases  against 
John  J.  and  James  B.  McNaraara.  This 
sum  does  not  include  the  expenses  of  the  trial 
of  Clarence  Darrow,  now  in  pi  ogress.  It  is 
said  that  only  the  Thaw  trials  in  New  York 
have  exceeded  the  McNamara  cases  in  their 
cost  to  a  State. 

The  Los  Angeles  Times  building  was  de- 
stroyed, with  a  score  of  lives,  on  Oct.  1,  1910, 
and  on  Dec.  9,  1911,  the  McNamaras  were 
sent  to  the  penitentiary,  after  pleading  guilty. 
Their  apprehension  and  prosecution  repres- 
ented an  average  daily  outlay  of  $300  to  the 
State. 

In  addition  to  that  outlay,  a  large  sum  was 
spent  by  the  National  Erectors'  Association, 
for  the  detection  of  the  murderers  and  the 
expusuie  of  the  dynamite  conspiracy  to  ter- 
rorize employers,  and  make  them  obedient  to 
the  structural  iron  workers  wing  of  the  Labor 
Trust.  If  the  business  men  comprising  the 
National  Erectors'  Association  had  not  paid 
out  of  their  own  pockets  for  the  employment 
of  Detective  Burns,  the  dynamiting  of  build- 
ings and  the  murdering  of  non-union  men 
would  probably  have  gone  along  as  merrily 
as  ever. 

These  facts  furnish  material  for  a  nice 
commentary  on  the  existing  conditions  of 
Justice  in  the  United  States.  Honest  citizens 
can  only  count  on  protection  of  life  and 
property  by  retaining  private  forces  of  guards 
and  detectives.  The  State  collects  heavy 
taxes,  ostensibly  to  protect  life  and  property, 
but  spends  the  money  on  everything  but  the 
enforcement  of  law  and  order. 

As  the  "Wasp  has  said  hundreds  of  times, 
and  intends  to  keep  on  saying  it,  things  will 
go  from  bad  to  worse  till  honest  people  come 
to  their  senses  and  demand  that  judges  shall 
be  given  their  positions  on  the  bench  for  life 
and  be  thus  removed  from  the  banal  influ- 
ences of  cheap  polities. 

Under  our  present  disgraceful  judicial  sys- 
tem we  have  a  great  number  of  poorly  paid 
judges,  who  are  compelled  to  be  politicians' 
in  order  to  hold  their  positions. 


We  should  have  fewer  judges,  and  they 
should  get  their  positions  for  life,  and  be  well 
paid  and  entitled  to  receive  pensions  on  re- 
tiring from  active  service. 

Our  present  method  of  selecting  judges  it 
the  surest  road  to  eostly  misgovernment  and 
eventually  must  lead  to  eivil  war.  It  cannot 
be  changed  too  soon  for  the  good  of  all  honest 
citizens,  who  prefer  law  and  order  to  anarchy. 


NO   WEDDING  BELLS  FOR   ±xilE. 

NOTWITHSTANDING  the  assaults  made 
on  it  in  Portland  this  week  by  Anarch 
ette  Goldman,  the  government  still  lives. 
Miss  Goldman  is  unalterably  opposed  to  gov- 
ernment; she  says  "Christianity  is  the  per- 
nicious system  through  which  slavery  is  per- 
petuated," and  she  tells  us  that  marriage  is  a 
degiadation  from  which  women  should  at  once 
free  themselves.  Miss  Goldman  is  especially 
bitter  against  the  marriage  relation;  she  is  on 
the  sunset  side  of  40,  and  has  not  been  mar- 
ried  once. 

This  entertaining  anarchette  would  have 
men  and  women  practice  an  unlegalized  po- 
lygamy and  polyandry.  She  would  have  a 
woman  choose  a  mate,  or  as  many  mates  as 
she  pleased,  and,  generous  soul  that  she  is, 
she  would  give  men  the  same  privilege.  Miss 
Goldman  believes  that  nothing  is  so  destruct- 
ive of  freedom  as  monogamy;  she  views  with 
alarm   the  continued  servitude  of  the  woman 


who  has  the  execrable  taste  to  marry  but 
one  man  and  remain  enslaved  to  and  by  him 
as  the  mother  of  his  children  and  the  abject 
ruler  of  his  home.  It  pains  her  exceedingly 
to  note  how  the  sacrificial  bride  willingly 
goes  to  the  altar,  -and  there  swears  allegiance 
to  one  man,  when  she  could,  by  following 
the  Goldman  creed,  pick  and  choose  as  often 
as  she  liked  among  the  sons  of  men.  And 
Anarchienne  Goldman  has  a  very  profound 
contempt  for  the  smirking,  pusillanimous 
bridegroom  who  takes  one  woman  for  better 
or  worse,  till  death  does  them  part,  when  lie 
might,  like  the  brightly  painted  butterfly, 
flit  from  flower  to  flower  in  the  garden  of 
love. 

Miss  Goldman  would  make  of  the  world 
one  great  redlight  district.  But  before  judg- 
ing too  harshly,  remember  that  this  poor 
middle  aged  woman  flunks  she  must  live. 
And  the  thought  of  work  revolts  her.  So  she 
talks  anarchy,  and  tells  us  that  "Christianity 
:s  a  pernicious  system,"  and  would  destroy 
the  very  foundation  of  society — and  takes  up 
:i  collection  at  meetings. — Portland  Spectator. 


MISS  ELEANORA   SEABS   OUTDONE 

Snapshot     of    a    noted    society    woman    on    an 
Eastern   polo   field. 


WILLIAMS 

-AND- 

HUMBERT 

SHERRIES 

JEREZ,  SPAIN 

For   Quality,    the  Best. 

Nine  Grades 

Charles  Meinecke  &  Co. 

Agent* 

314  Sacramento  St.                        San  Francisco 

tiC  -^M?  * 


A.mi;    BEN    ('.    TBUMAN, 
whose  memory  goes  back 
with   the   utmost   ease   to 
tin-  "days  when  the  wa- 
ter came  up  to  Montgoni- 
,eij    Istroot,"    is    writing 
for      the      Loe      Angeles 
Graphic   :i   series  of  arti- 
ti  famous  pioneers.      He  lias    no    words 
to     spare     for     the     late      Unit 
Senator      .James      (.;.      Fair,    or 
by  which  nickname  the  sue- 
man     was    known    along    the 
fhe  Major 


eles 

of     praise 

oil      States 

' '  Slippery  Jim. 

ri'sst'nl    mining 

Yuba  river  sixty-eight  years  ag< 

describes  Fair  as  an  accomplished  prevaricator, 

who    could    almost    outdo    Colonel    Roosevelt 

with    an   even    start. 

A   Gifted  Prevaricator. 

.litn  Fair  "lied  systematically  about  the 
smallest  matters,"  Major  Ben  asserts.  "If 
he  went  to  Virginia  City  from  Keno  in  his 
private  conveyance,  he  would  assure  the 
household  that  he  had  arrived  by  train.  When 
he  started  for  Carson  he  always  gave  out 
that  he  had  business  in  Truckee,  and  if  he 
attended  a  horse  race  he  would  go  home  and 
regale  his  family  with  the  minute  details  of 
a  cock  fight.  In  the  morning  he  would  call 
up  his  servant  for  his  black  suit  and  after 
I  he  man  was  out  of  sight  Fair  would  hide 
the  black  suit  and  put  on  a  pepper  and  salt 
attire.  Hitch  up  the  team  and  take  me  down 
to  the  Union,  we  would  say,  and  then  slip  off 
on  foot  to  the  Savage.  He  would  often  stop 
men  on  the  street  and  tell  them  that  Mackay 
wanted  to  see  them  in  the  Curry  office,  when 
he  knew  that  Mackay  was  in  San  Francisco." 

v*       t£*       *£** 

Dreaded  the  Brigands. 

There  might  have  been  more  than  "lying 
for  the  mere  lust  of  prevarication"  in  these 
perversions  of  truth  by  the  old  Senator. 
There  were  a  number  of  enterprising  gentle- 
men hanging  around  the  Comstoek  and  Car- 
son in  those  days  that  wouldn't  mind  doing 
a  bit  of  brigandage  even  on  the  person  of  a 
prospective  Senator  of  the  United  States.  It 
was  well  known  in  Virginia  City  that  a  plot 
to  seize  Fair  and  carry  him  off  in  the  moun- 
tains and  hold  him  for  ransom  was  once 
formed  by  some  desperate  characters.  The 
late  Dan  O'Connell,  the  poet,  wrote  in  col- 
laboration with  a  rich  San  Francisco  man  of 
literary  tastes  a  novel  in  which  this  scheme 
to  make  away  with  Fair  was  used  as  an  inci- 
dent. 

Major  Truman  mentions  that  it  cost  Fair 
over  $5,000,000  to  get  a  divorce  from  his  good 
wife,  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Hermann  Oelriehs 
and  Mrs.  Win.  K.  Vanderbilt  Jr.  The  Major 's 
memory   needs   refreshing   on   this    and    other 


NOTICE. 

AH  communications  relative  to  social  news 
should  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  WaBp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  insure  publication 
in  the   issue  of  that  week. 


particulars  in  his  narrative.  Senator  Fair 
and  his  wife  separated  while  the  Senator 
was  still  in  the  Senate.  Mrs.  Fair  left  him, 
and  a  settlement  was  agreed  on.    Neither  Fair 


MES.  EDWIN   STADTMULLER 

President   of   Channing,    and   very  prominent  in 
literary   circles. 

nor    his   wife    married    again,    though    it    was 
thought   likely   that  both    would    remarry. 

De  Mortuis  Nil  Nisi  Bonum. 

In  these  reminiscences  of  old  pioneers,  Ma- 


jor Truman  injects  more  gall  and  wormwood 
in  his  ink-bottle  than  the  subjects  call  for. 
Old  Senator   Fair,  with   all   his  shortcomings, 

had  his  good  points,  too.  When  he  died  he 
remembered  some  of  his  old  cronies,  and  left 
them  enough  to  keep  the  wolf  from  the  door 
When  the  old  Nevada  Bank,  owing  to  specu- 
lation in  wheat,  became  suddenly  short  of 
ready  money,  Fair,  to  oblige  his  former  part 
nets,  turned  in  $4,000,000  of  his  coin  and  re 
lieved  the  dangerous  strain  on  the  bank's 
finances.  The  old  Senator  and  his  wife  and 
most  of  their  friends  of  pioneer  days  passed 
from  the  scenes  of  their  worldly  joys  and 
sorrows.     Bequiescat  in  pace! 

In  the  Royal  Enclosure. 

The  American  Embassy  at  London  is  always 
seized  with  apprehension  when  Ascot  Day 
approaches.  It  has  become  the  rule  that  the 
English  sovereign  shall  visit  Ascot  to  see  the 
races.  Rich  Americans  are  eager  to  obtain 
admission  to  the  royal  enclosure  at  Ascot, 
and  the  necessary  vouchers  of  proper  society 
status  are  only  to  be  obtainer  through  the 
American  Embassy.  The  Embassy  make  up 
the  list  and  submits  it  to  the  Lord  Chamber- 
lain, and  usually  thousands  of  applicants  are 
remorselessly  ' '  turned  down. ' '  The  W.  H. 
Croekers  and  M.  H.  de  Youngs  and  the  Mrs. 
Bruguiere  and  Louis  Bruguiere  were  amongst 
those  admitted  to  the  royal  enclosure  this 
year.  As  only  a  few  people  can  be  admitted 
at  all,  the  unlucky  American  Ambassador  is 
placed  annually  in  a  most  unpleasant  predica- 
ment by  the  anxiety  of  his  countrymen  and 
countrywomen  to  get  in  touch  with  royalty. 
It  is  such  a  wonderful  thing  for  good  repuh 
lieans  to  boast  about  when  they  reach  home 
that  they  were  allowed  to  get  within  hailing 
distance  of  a  king.  But  it  is  one  of  the  pe- 
puliarities  of  human  nature  that  we  always 
appreciate   most   highly   what   we    don 't    and 


HOTEL 

DEL 
MONTE 

oMte^ 

PACiric 

GROVE 
MOTEL 

Pacific    Grove 

BOTH    HOUSES    UNDER 
SAME    MANAGEMENT 

Address: 

H.  E.  WAENEE, 

Del  Monte,    -    California 

A  beautiful  summer 

home  at 
very  moderate  rates 

A  tasty,  comfortable 

family  hotel. 
Low  monthly  rates 

^w 

-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   July  6,   1912. 


can 't  possess.  Multimillionaires  may  rub 
shoulders  at  home,  but  our  only  assets  in 
the  shape  of  crowned  heads  are  those  of  carni- 
val kings  and  queens  dressed  up  in  their  buf- 
foon attire  for  the  greatness  and  glory  of  a 
rose  festival  at  Potato  Flat  or  a  church  bene- 
fit at  Goon  Greek. 

After  the  Ascot  meeting  the  popularity  of 
the  American  Ambassador  and  his  secretaries 
is  at  such  low  ebb  that  he  couldn  't  be  elected 
poundmaster  by  the  votes  of  the  American 
aristocracy  in  Europe  for  the  summer.  That 
is  one  of  the  disadvantages  of  holding  high 
office  in  a  republic. 

California  Well  Represented. 

At  the  recent  Ascot  meeting  California  had 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 


Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house,  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such 
a  house  is  the  John  O.  Bellis  Silverware 
Factory,  328  Post  street,  San  Francisco, 
wThere  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup- 
plied at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

For  staple  goods,  such  as  toilet  articles, 
tableware,  etc.,  this  .firm  cannot  be  sur- 
passed on  the  Pacific  Coast,  while  their 
trophy  cups  and  presentation  pieces  made 
to  order  are  without  peers.  A  visit  of  in- 
spection at  328  Post  St.  (Union  Square)  is 
invited. 


CASTING  FOE  ACCURACY. 

more  representation  in  the  royal  enclosure  than 
any  dozen  other  States  except  New  York. 
Ambassador  Reia's  wife  is  a  Calif ornian,  and 
the  Ambassador  may  be  classed  as  one,  though 
he  was  born  in  Ohio.  Ambassador  Reid'e  so- 
cial position  and  influence  have  been  much 
superior  to  those  of  most  American  Ministers 
in  Europe.  First  of  all,  he  is  a  man  of  edu- 
cation and  ability,  and  besides  that  is  very 
rich.  His  wife,  a  daughter  of  the  late  D.  0. 
Mills,  is  exceedingly  wealthy.  In  Europe  the 
old  military  prejudice  against  people  whose 
money  was  acquired  "in  trade"  still  exists, 
though  in  a  much  less  degree  in  England  than 
in  Germany  and  Austria.  Ambassador  Reid  is 
not  affected  by  that  prejudice,  and  his  wife  is 
the  daughter  of  a  banker.  It  would  be  diffi- 
cult to  find  any  citizen  better  qualified  to  fit 
easily  and  comfortably  into  the  position  of 
Ambassador  at  an  European  court.  Ambassa- 
dor Reid,  therefore,  wields  much  influence  in 
his   official  position. 

The  average  American  diplomat  in  Europe 
is  not  an  object  of  awe  or  admiration  to  the 
natives  or  his  countrymen  abroad.  Experi- 
enced American  travelers  shake  their  heads 
dubiously  when  reference  is  made  to  our  dip- 
lomatic service  in  Europe. 

Mrs.  Leeds'  Magnificence. 

Mrs.  Leeds  intends  to  supplement  her  social 
triumphs  in  Europe  by  lavish  entertainment  at 
Newport    this    summer.       After     the     Ascot 

POWER  OF  MONET 

Cannot  be  overestimated.  Money  and  the 
lack  of  it  divides  the  world  into  two  classes. 
To  which  class  do  you  belong?  Every  mem- 
ber of  the  Continental  Building  &  Loan  Asso- 
ciation belongs  to  the  Money  Class. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

EDWABD    SWEENEY,    President. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.   and  Gen.  Mgr. 


meeting,  she  closed  her  London  house  and 
packed  her  jewels,  which  have  dazzled  Euro- 
pean society.  When  in  full  array  at  a  great 
London  function,  this  American  widow  has 
worn  over  a  million  dollars'  worth  of  jewels. 
Her  Chicago  husband 's  vast  wealth,  which 
she  is  spending  so  liberally,  was  made  in  rail- 
roads and  the  Diamond  Match  industry.  Since 
his  death  there  have  been  rumors  that  the 
widow  would  marry  a  title,  but  the  man  who 
seems  to  be  most  in*the  lady's  confidence  is 
Moncure  Robinson  of  New  York.  At  the 
magnificent  dance  which  she  gave  recently  in 
Paris,  Mr.  Robinson  never  left  her  side  for 
a  moment,  but  the  gossips  were  unable  to  de- 
cide whether  sueh  jealous  guardianship  was 
due  to  a  romantic  attachment  or  a  prudent, 
regard  for  the  personal  safety  of  his  fair 
friend,  bedecked  with  a  million  dollars'  worth 
of  diamonds,  pearls,  rubies  and  emeralds.  At 
this  dance,  where  Mrs.  Leeds  outshone  all 
her  guests,  the  cotillion  favors  for  the  women 


HOTEL 

VENDOME 

San  Jose,  Cal. 


One  of  California's 
Show  Places  Where 
Homelikeness  Reigns 


H.  W.  LAKE,  Manager 


Saturday,    July   6,    1912.  J 


-THE  WASP- 


were  fine  hats  by  celebrated  Eue  de  la  Pais 
milliners.  The  men  received  gold  match  box- 
The  superb  stomacher  which  Mrs.  Leeds 
wore  at  this  Paris  affair,  had  been  bought  at 
(■artier's  for  $140, When  the  hostess  en- 
tered the  ball  room,  almost  covered  wild 
Magnificent  gems,  the  gnosis  held  their  breath. 
'I'lic  elaborate  and  costly  gowus  and  jewelry 
of  other  WMiiicn.  which  would  otherwise  have 
hem    widely    diBcnssed,    passed   almost    unno- 

ii 1.    Only  one  hundred  and  fifty  invitations 

in    the  cotillion    had   been    issued,    for   it   was 
intended  i"  be  a  very  exclusive  affair. 

At  Ascot. 

In  enumerating  the  prominent  society  wo- 
men that  attended  the  Asco1  race  meeting, 
which  brings  out  the  wealth  and  fashion  of 
London  in  their  best  clothes,  and  is  attended 
by  the  English  Sovereign  and  his  royal  part- 
ies, t  lie  London  society  reporters  mentioned 
Mis.  W.  II.  Crocker  and  Miss  Crocker  of  San 
Francisco.  The  Crockers  stopped  in  London 
In  see  the  horse  show  at  Olympia,  which  was 
n  great  affair,  and  the  Ascot  meeting,  which 
is  one  of  the  greatest  society  events  of  the 
year  in  England.  King  George  was  cheered 
when  he  showed  himself  at  Ascot,  and  the 
newspapers  were  somewhat  surprised  by  the 
applause  :is  the  King  has  not  been  treated 
llnis  far  by   the   British   public   with   as  much 


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Special   Lunches  50c.   or  a  la  Carte 

Ladies'  Grill  and  Rooms  for  Parties 

REGULAR     FRENCH     DINNER     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. 

MONADNOCK  BUILDING 

Next  to  Palace  Hotel 

Phone  Kearny  1S12. 

All  Cars  Pass  the  Door.     Elevator  Service. 


Contracts  made  with  Hotels  and    Restaurants. 

Special  attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

ESTABLISHED    1876. 

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Importers  and  Dealers  in 

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ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 


THE  FRESNO  AND  EASTERN  RAILROAD  COM- 
PANY, a  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of 
the  Slate  of  California,  principal  place  of  business 
San    Frnnrisco,    California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Directors  held  on  the  1st  day  of  July,  1912,  an  as- 
sessment nf  thirty  (30)  cents  a  share  was  levied  on 
I  tie  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  on  or 
before  the  fifth  day  of  August,  1912,  to  the  Treas- 
urer of  this  Company,  at  the  office  of  said  company, 
No.  771  Monadnock  Building.  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia: and  that  all  Assessments  upon  this  stock 
that  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  fifth  day  of  August, 
1912,  shall  "he  delinouent  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, shall  be  sold  on  the  twentieth  day  of  August, 
1912,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment  together 
with  the  cost  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 
A.  B.  DODD,  Secretary. 
No.  771  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


Cordiality    as    was    generally    shown    to     bis 
father,   King   I'M  ward. 

Sportsman's  Paradise, 

A  San  Francisco  correspondent  of  the  Oak- 
Inn. 1  Tribune,  commenting  on  the  Pelican  Bay 
[pun-lia.se  by  Herbert  and  Mortimer  Fleish- 
hacker,  S.  O.  Johnson,  George  X.  Wendling 
and  W.  P.  Johnson,  all  of  this  city,  says  that 
they  pai.l  $152,000  for  the  Pelican  Bay  sum- 
mer home  of  the  late  Edward  11.  Harriman, 
near  Klamath  Palls,  Oregon.  It  is  in  the 
.•enter  of  one  of  the  greatest  fishing,  duck 
hunting  and  game  regions  of  the  United 
States.  Harriman  spent  about  $28,000,000  on 
i  he  place,  including  the  cost  of  buildings  and 
grounds,  and  got  only  a  three  weeks'  outing 
there  for  two  summers  in  succession  before 
he  died.  The  new  owners  paid  about  the 
same  price  for  the  1,000  acres  in  the  place  as 
did  Harriman.  The  latter  spent  in  addition 
a  large  sum  creating  an  automobile  road 
about  thirty  miles  in  length,  reaching  almost 
to  Crater  Lake.  It  also  cost  him  $35,000  to 
run  a  telephone  line  to  the  resort  from  Weed, 
this  State.  Other  extravagances,  which  he 
could  afford,  were  also  indulged  in  by  him. 
The  magnate  was  in  love  with  the  place.  Had 
he  lived,  he  would  unquestionably  have  spent 
thousands  more  there  and  made  journeys  to 
it  every  summer.  The  new  owners  are  finan- 
cially able  to  handle  and  improve  the  prop- 
erty, because  jointly  they  are  worth  millions 
and  have  other  large  interests  in  Southern 
Oregon.  Unlike  Harriman,  however,  they  do 
not  have  the  strenuous  life  that  caused  him, 
whether  in  his  loafing  or  in  his  fishing  and 
hunting  there,  to  receive  between  9  a.  m.  and 
3  p.  m.,  New  York  time,  hourly  messages,  via 
San  Francisco,  from  the  East  about  the  vary- 
ing movements  in  the  stock  and  financial 
markets.  Friends  sought  to  persuade  him  to 
cut  himself  off. 

Special  Luncheon  Featured. 

When  the  question  of  "Where  shall  I 
dine?"  arises,  one's  thoughts  naturally  turn 
to  Tait's.  Dining  at  this  famous  establish- 
ment is  "quite  the  thing1 '  nowadays.  At  no 
other  cafe  in  town  is  enjoyment  more  thorough 
than  it  is  here.  On  entering  this  establish- 
ment you  immediately  "sense"  the  charm  of 
the  place,  and  you  are  filled  with  the  Bohe- 
mian spirit  that  pervades  the  atmosphere. 
Here  even  the  blase,  languid  idler  is  roused 
to  enthusiasm.  And  there's  always  a  repre- 
sentative gathering  of  the  smart  folk  at  this 
cafe.  One  comes  to  Tait's  to  see  and  to  be 
seen.  The  management  is  featuring  a  special 
luncheon  every  day,  and  it's  well  worth  the 
half  dollar  asked  for  it. 

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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   July  6,   1912. 


PAUL    J.     RAINEY'S    AFRICAN    HUNT. 
Scene   from  the   wonderful   sportsman's   African  expedition,   to  be   shown  in  motion  pictures  at  the 

Cort  Sunday. 


Fair  Lillian's  Age. 

It  was  supposed  that  Lillian  Russell's  latest 
marriage  license  would  settle  the  much-disput- 
ed question  of  her  exact  age.     In  getting  the 


San  Francisco 
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francisco's  finest  residential 
districts  is  afforded  men  and 
women  while  recuperating  from 
overindulgence.  private  rooms, 
private  nurses  and  meals  served 
in  rooms.  no  name  on  building, 
terms  reasonable. 

San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Phone  Franklin  7470       1911  Van  Ness  Ave. 
H.  L.  BATCHELDER,   Manager. 


license  she  gave  her  birthplace  as  Clinton,  la., 
and  the  date  of  her  birth  as  December  4th, 
1865.  There  are  doubting  Thomases  who  still 
assert  that  the  question  of  "Miss"  Russell's 
age  is  unsettled  and  that  she  is  well  over  the 
50-year  mark,  instead  of  being  three  years  on 
the  right  side  of  it.  Seldom  has  an  actress 
been  so  baited  over  her  marriage  as  was  Lil- 
lian after  her  recent  wedding.  "You've 
changed  husbands  several  time's,  haven't 
you?"  said  William  Collier  to  her  on  the 
stage.  "Who's  the  latest?  What's  your 
name  now?.,  he  asked  a  minute  later,  and 
Miss  Russell  retired  to  the  wing  while  the  au- 
dience shouted  for  more.  They  got  it.  When 
Fields  and  Weber  appeared  Collier  inquired, 
"Where's  Alec?"  Lillian  had  to  confess  that 
she  did  not  know,  and  when  AVeber  appeared 
introduced  Field  as  "Alec's  little  brother." 
John  Kelley  took  a  hand  later.  "New  mono- 
gram   on    your    china?"    lie    inquired,    as    he 


handled  some  large  stage  crockery.  "An  M? 
You  don't  spell  Moore  with  an  M,  do  you?" 
"The  M  is  for  Me,"  replied  Miss  Russell. 
Just  before  the  curtain  descended  on  the  last 
act  Miss  Russell  was  deluged  with  rice  and 
old  slippers. 

i5*       tS*       «,3* 

The  Army  Well  Represented. 

Lieutenant  Charles  Sherman  Hoyt,  who 
married  Miss  Poorman,  is  one  of  the  bost- 
liked  men  in  the  army.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  distinguished  Sherman  family.  Among 
the  army  officers  in  attendance  at  the  wedding 
was  Philip  Sheridan,  Jr.,  son  of  "Phil"  Sher- 
idan of  the  famous  ride.  Lieutenant  Sher- 
idan and  Lieutenant  Hoyt  were  in  West 
Point  at  the  same  time,  and  the  hazing  of 
Sheridan  will  long  be  remembered.  It  goes 
without  saying  that  he  was  compelled  to  give 
a  good  imitation  of  the  great  ride.  He  rode 
many  miles — on  a  broomstiek.  He  is  quite 
a  dignified  member  of  society  now,  having 
gained  through  his  own  charming  personality 
and  his  famous  name,  many  enviable  positions 
in  the  service,  among  which  was  an  appoint 
ment  on  the  President's  staff  during  part  of 
Roosevelt 's   reign. 

Mrs.  Jobn  D.  Spreckels,  wife  of  the  San 
Francisco  and  San  Diego  magnate,  has  just 
made  the  trip  from  San  Diego  to  San  Francis- 
co by  automobile.  A  party  of  friends  accom- 
panied her. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Achille  Roos  of  San  Franciscu 
are  spending  the  summer  at  the  Hotel  Potter. 
The  wedding  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roos  was  one  of 
the  early  events  of  the  year. 


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Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de 
luxe"  at  $200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a 
very  small  expense  you  can  enjoy  a 
world  of  entertainment.  Victrolas  $15 
to  $200.     Any  Victrola  on  easy  terms. 


Sherman  Ray  &  Co. 

Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise. 
Stelnway  and  Othtr  Pianos. 
Apollo  and  Cecillan  Player  Pianos 

Victor  Talking  Machines. 

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SAN    FRANCISCO. 

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Saturday,    July   0,    1912.  | 


-TNEWASP- 


ii 


A  Beautiful  Wedding. 

Society  !••  still  discussiug  the  wedding  <>i 
beautiful  Mrs.  Samuel  Hopkins.  Ii  was  an 
ideal  wedding,  and  Elysse  Sohultz  was  a  pic- 
ture bride.  Her  dainty  Juliet  cap,  adorned 
with  ii>  orange  blossoms,  was  decidedly  be- 
coming to  her  sweet  face,  and  set  off  hei 
beauty  '.'.Hi!  ;i  charm  that  was  adorable.  Her 
bridal  robe  >>i  exquisite  white  satin  with  its 
rich  lace  garniture  was  increased  in  beauty 
h_v  the  court  train,  which  gave  dainty  Elysse 
the  grace  of  a  duchess.  Mrs.  Harold  Law,  the 
bride's  sister,  was  the  personification  of  grace 
in  her  gown  of  pink,  which  set  off  her  beauty. 
Miss  Enid  Gregg,  always  charming,  always 
fascinatingly  beautiful,  was  dressed  in  a  light- 
er shade  of  pink,  as  were  also  the  other  hand 
some  bridesmaids,  Ethel  Gregg,  Sallie  Fox, 
Alice  Warner  of  Del  Monte,  Cora  Kennedy  of 
Sac.   Jose,     Their  picture  hats  were  beautiful. 

One  of  the  unusual  events  of  the  reception 
was  the  marquee  which  had  ben  built  on  the 
lawn  at  the  Schultz  home.  Here  dancing  was 
enjoyed  amid  a  perfect  bower  of  blossoms. 
A  mass  cf  'jptk  blooms  concealed  the  buffet, 
where  tin-  supper  was  served. 

Mr.  and  .Mrs.  Samuel  Hopkins  have  launch- 
ed upon  their  married  life  with  the  loving 
and  generous  gifts  of  many  friends,  who  were 
lavish   in  their  presents  to  this  happy  couple. 

One  of  the  handsomest  gowns  at  the  wed- 
ding was  worn  by  the  bride's  mother,  Mrs. 
Schultz.  It  was  of  white  satin,  made  with  a 
court  train  of  regal  black  velvet  and  trimmed 
in   I'hiffon. 

Mr,  John  Gallois,  the  best  man,  and  the 
ushers — Ferdinand  Theiiot,  Kenneth  Moore, 
Stuart  Lowry  and  Charles  Freeborn  Hopkins, 
cousin  of  the  groom — were  ideal  in  the  parts 
1  hey  represented  in  this  picturesque  wedding. 
Another  touch  of  interest  was  in  the  giving 
away  of  the  bride,  the  part  essayed  by  Mr. 
William  A.  Schultz,  grandfather  of  the  bride. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Hopkins'  going-away  gown 
was  a  beautiful  creation  of  Parisian  design. 
It  was  an  exquisite  shade  of  old  blue,  with 
suggestions  of  cerise.  A  cerise  hat  adorned 
with  French  blue  plumes  completed  the  cos- 
tume.    The  going-away  touring  car  in  which 


PUCKETT'S 
COLLEGE  of  DANCING 

A  More  Beautiful  Ballroom 
Could  Hardly  be   Conceived 


Classes — Mondays.    Assemblies — Fridays 
Advance  Class  and  Social — Wednesdays 

PRIVATE    LESSONS 


ASSEMBLY  HALL 

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between  Van  Ness    and  Polk 
Hall   for   Rent  Phone   Franklin   118 


1 1 mployes  i  liat   ii   was  "a   typical   Engli  b 

hotel,' '  and  asked  i  he  name  of  t  he  Engli;  b 
manager.  The  reply  was  thai  the  manager 
was  a  German,  and  furthermore  that  there 
isn't  a  first-class  hotel  in  London  that  is  run 
by  an  Englishman.  The  leading  hotels  are  all 
managed  by  foreigners,  with  the  Swiss  and 
Germans  in  the  lead.  The  reason  of  this  su- 
premacy is  that  hotel-keeping  is  the  main  in- 
dustry in  Switzerland,  and  the  Germans  un 
dertake  to  master  the  hotel  business  with  the 
same  patient,  systematic  industry  which  they 
apply  to  all  their  work.  Eivery  German  waiter 
is  trained  for  his  calling  according  to  an  es 
tablished  rule,  and  when  he  has  mastered  all 
the  branches  of  the  trade  and  acquired  a 
working  knowledge  of  English  he  heads  for 
America  if  he  doesn't  go  back  from  London 
or  Paris  to  the  Fatherland  to  manage  a  hotel 
or  restaurant.  English-speaking  waiters  who 
learn  their  business  in  a  haphazard  fashion 
have  no  chance  at  all  in  competition  with  the 
systematic  and  thoroughly  trained  Germans. 
Swiss    hotel-keepers    in    Geneva    and    Lucerne 


Vaughn  and  Fraser  Photo 
MRS.  SAMUEL  HOPKINS   (nee  Sohultz)   ONE    OF  THE  MOST   BEAUTIFUL  JUNE   BRIDES. 


the  bride  and  groom  left  on  their  bridal  jour- 
ney was  one  of  the  gifts  from  Mr.  E.  W.  Hop- 
kins, father  of  the  groom.  Mrs.  E.  W.  Hop- 
kins' gift  was  a  breakfast  service  of  silver. 
The  sisters  of  Mr.  Hopkins  presented  an  ele- 
gant silver  dinner  service.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Au- 
gustus Taylor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Taylor 
Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  MeNear,  and  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  Cheever  Cowden  were  the  donors 
of  this  magnificent  present.  A  complete  ser- 
vice of  flat  silver  for  eighteen  covers,  suita- 
ble for  any  occasion,  was  an  additional  gift 
of  Mr.  Hopkins.  The  present  from  Samuel 
Hopkins  to  his  bride  was  an  exquisite  pearl 
chain,  from  which  was  suspended  a  diamond 
plaque.  This  gem  was  the  only  bit  of  jewelry 
worn  to  the  altar  by  the  bride. 

All-Conquering   Swiss   and  Germans. 

Otto  Haeberli,  who  has  taken  the  place  of 
Victor  Reiter  as  maitre  d 'hotel  of  the'  Palace 
and  Fairmont,  is  a  Swiss.  Switzerland  and 
Germany  have  conquered  the  hotel  world.  An 
American  waiter  in  any  fashionable  New  York 
hotel  or  restaurant  is  almost  as  rare  as  an 
Indian  in  war  paint  on  Fifth  avenue.  A  well- 
known  Californian  who  was  stopping  at  a 
Loudon    hutel    recently    remarked    to    one    of 


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[Saturday,   July   6,   1912. 


SCENE  FROM  DAVID  EELASCO'S  PRODUCTION  OF    "MADAME    BUTTERFLY" 
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their  annual  campaigns  to  catch  the  tourist 
dollars  and  pounds  sterling,  like  the  members 
<>f  a  gieat  steel  trust  arranging  all  the  nice- 
ties ot"  a  price-list  calculated  to  gel  every 
nickel  in  sight. 

A  Charming  Bride. 

Mrs.  Frances  Thornton  Roe,  who  married 
Charles  Thierot,  ihe  New  York  broker,  spends 
several  months  of  each  year  in  California. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  John  Calhoun  Thornton, 
a  Southerner,  of  the  well-known  Thornton 
family,  who  amassed  a  large  fortune  in  mines 
in  Montana.  The  Thorntons  are  extremely 
popular  in  Butte,  Montana,  where  they  live 
part  of  the  time,  having  a  house  in  New  York 
and  a  country  place  in  Long  Island.  Mrs. 
Thierot  appeared  at  a  Oreenway  dance  dur- 
ing one  of  her  periodical  visits  to  San  Fran 
Cisco,  and  she  had  all  the  men  at  her  feet, 
for  shf  certainly  looked  most  ■■hie  and  dazzling 


in  a  lovely,  shining,  shimmering,  golden  gown. 
Her  sisiovs  are  Mrs.  Oxnard,  who  lives  in 
Southern  California,  and  Mrs.  Wales  of  San 
Mateo,  who  recently  married  Major  Wales, 
an  army  officer,  who  has  now  retired,  but  a 
short  time  ago  was  stationed  at  the  Presidio 
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Mrs.  Clrarles  W.  Clark  of  San  Mateo,  while 
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-THE  WASP- 


13 


Can  Genius  Live  in  Peace? 


A  New  Light  on   the   Ideal   Life  o(   the   Brownings. 


Till]  unraveling  oj  the  tangle  in  tin-  do- 
mestic affairs  of  the  Tullys  has  served 

it*  a  text   f i:in\   lay  preachers  of  1 1  *  *  - 

press.  Can  ;i  literary  couple  agree!  Es  il 
possible  i"!  ill.'  bird  of  peace  to  roost  perma- 
nently above  tlieii  bearthl  In  discussing  tins 
difficult  conundrnm  numerous  references  bave 
been  made  to  tin-  "blissful  married  life  of 
the  Brownings."  Whenever  ;i  literary  couple 
.il'  high  repute  appear  upon  the  threshold  "i 
ill*-  divorce  court  the  shades  of  the  Brown- 
ings are  called  up  from  their  dust  and  ashes 
to  bear  witness  that  domestic  happiness  and 
literaiy  power  are  not  incompatible  beneath 
the  same  roof.     Many  are  the  boots  that  have 

I n    written    Mi,    the    Brownings,   and    many 

more,  it  is  t<i  be  feared,  will  come  from  the 
press  tn  lumber  the  shelVes  of  the  libraries. 
KviMi  while  this  is  being  written  another  tome 
mi  the  famous  couple  is  finding  its  way  to 
readers  on  this  Bide  of  the  Atlantic.  The  au- 
thor is  M  iss  Lillian  Whiting,  and  Little,  I  IroTv  u 
&  in.  are  the  publishers  of  the  book,  which 
attempts  to  amuse  interest  in  the  narrative 
df  the  Brownings'  lives,  despite  the  fact  that 
everything  worth  telling  about  them  has  long 
since  been   put   in   print. 

Miss  Whiting  sees  the  Brownings  only  from 
tin'  standpoint  "t'  an  adorer,  in  the  first  few 
chapters  the  admirer  takes  up  the  separate  lives 
of  the  twit  subjects.  We  see  the  young  Brown- 
ing among  his  father's  6,000  books,  steeping 
himself  in  literature.  He  was  a  young  man 
with  ' '  a  certain  ivory  delicacy  of  coloring." 
lie  appeared  taller  than  he  really  was,  partly 
because  of  his  rare  grace  of  movement  and 
partly  from  a  characteristic  high  poise  of  the 
head  when  listening  intently  to  music  or  con- 
vcrsation.  His  hair  was  so  beautiful 

in  its  heavy,  picturesque  waves  as  to  attract 
frequent  attention.  Another  and  more  subtle 
personal  charm  was  his  voice,  then  with  a  rare, 
Butelike  tone,  clear,  sweet,  resonant.  He  had 
I  he  advantages  of  travel. 

Elizabeth  Barrett,  the  fortunate  girl  who 
was  fated  to  wed  this  superhuman,  was  one  of 
eleven  children.  She  grew  up  in  a  large  coun- 
try house,  and,  .like  her  future  husband,  was 
immersed  in  much  reading;  but  she  came  into 
little  contact  with  the  outside  world,  a  fact 
she  bemoans  in  one  of  her  letters  to  Brown- 
ing: "How  willingly  would  I  exchange  some 
of  this  ponderous,  helpless  knowledge  of  books 
for  some  experience  of  life."  Nevertheless, 
she,  too,  was  becoming  :i  light  in  the  maga- 
zines and  monthlies,  though  few  people  had 
met  her  or  been  admitted  to  her  father's 
house. 

Presently  we  fiind  Robert  Browning,  super- 
man, and  Elizabeth  Barrett,  blue-stocking, 
launched  on  their  full  life  together,  and  from 
there  on  Miss  Whiting  paints  their  existence 
from  a  full  palette.  She  quotes  discriminat- 
ingly from  their  poems  and  introduces  all 
their  friends,  including  Tennyson,  Carlyle.  Toe. 


and  other  start*  ol  the  litei  [i  i  \  firmament.  Ten- 
nyson reads  "Maud,"  and  pauses  now  and 
then  tn  remark  feelingly,  "There's  a  wonder- 
ful touch, ' '  :i  n;i  ie\  eie  i  h.'it  •  •  capt  i\  ated  '  ■ 
Mis.  Browning,  who  wrote  in  Mrs.  Tennyson 
thai  he  had  left  ;■  voice  crying  out  "Maud" 
to  them,  "helping  the  ffect  of  the  poem  by 
the  personality,  (so)  that  it's  an  increase  of 
joy  and  life  to  US  forever."  As  lor  Carlyle, 
Mrs.  P.i.  i  uniiig  found  him  ' '  highly  pictures 
que"  in  conversation.     To  I'"".  win.  -en;   her 

;>  volume  «if  his  i ms  with  mi  inscription  on 

the  fly-leaf  declaring  her  to  be  "the  noblest 
of  her  sex, ' '  she  replied,  she  laughingly 
stntes,  ''Sir,  you  are  the  must  d (scorning  of 
yours. 

The  plane  mi    which    Miss  Whiting  depicts 
I  he   Brownings   moving  in  serene  dignity,  like 


AN    IMPRESSIONIST    AT    WORK. 

demigods,  superior  to  (he  pettiness  ami  ex 
aspei  :i  I  ions  of  present  -day  life,  is  far  too 
lofty  to  be  reached  by  any  literaiy  people, 
married  or  unmarried,  that  1  happen  to  know 
or   have   ever  met. 

It.  is  astonishing  how  different  two  women 
can  view  another  member  of  the  sex.  To 
Miss  Whiting,  with  her  gaze  fixed  reveren- 
tially on  Mrs.  Browning,  that  lady  was  the 
incarnation  of  all  the  virtues  and  excellences 
— a  close  approach,  if  not  an  actual  realiza- 
tion, of  human  imperfection  made  perfect. 
On  the  other  hand,  the  clever  sister  of  the 
late  Marion  Crawford,  the  novelist,  saw  in 
Miss  Browning  "a  preternatu rally,  tense  and 
febrile  creature,"  whom  one  suspects  she  re- 
ferred to  in  private  gossip  with  friends  as 
"that   old  cut." 

But  the  Crawford  woman  herself  was  noted 
for   ;i    sharp   tongue   as   well    as  a   clever  pen. 


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THE  PERENNIAL 


**SST  HAS  seemed  to  many  people  rather 
Smi  incongruous  that  Win.  J.  Bryan  should 
^)MK?  appear  as  a  newspaper  reporter  in 
the  Chicago  convention,  and  later  at 
Baltimore.  Having  been  three  times  nominat- 
ed for  President,  and  being  this  year  again 
in  line  to  accept  another  nomination  if  it 
came  his  way,  Mr.  Bryan's  pose  as  a  reporter 
appeared  out  of.  keeping  with  his  celebrity 
as  a  statesman  and  millionaire. 

People  who  took  that  view  of  the  mattei 
forgot  that  Bryan  stepped  out  of  the  report- 
er's gallery  to  make  the  famous  speech  which 
gave  him  his  first  nomination  for  President. 
Democracy  of  the  Bryan  brand  means  getting 
as  close  as  possible  to  the  "Common  People." 
An  ideal  triumph  of  Democracy  would  be  to 
have  a  street  laboreT  step  in  from  the  street, 
mount  the  convention  platform,  and  be  nom- 
inated in  his  shirt  sleeves  for  the  highest 
office  in  the  gift  of  the  people. 

The  only  work  Bryan  ever  did  was  with  his 
tongue  and  pen,  and  there  is  nothing  incon- 
gruous in  his  appearance  at  the  Baltimore 
convention,  publicly  a  newspaper  reporter, 
and  privately  a  Presidential  candidate  on  a 
still  hunt. 

The  public  memory  is  very  short.  The  cir- 
cumstances of  Bryan 's  first  nomination  are 
already  forgotten  by.  the  majority  of  old 
voters.  Many  of  the  younger  ones  never 
read  or  heard  how  the  young  Omaha  news- 
paper man  jumped  from  obscurity  into  the 
fierce  glare  of  national  political  celebrity. 
The  convention  was  noisier  even  than  most 
Democratic  gatherings  of  that  kind.  In  the 
height  of  the  turmoil  there  arose  shouts  of 
"Bryan,  Bryan."  But  the  veterans  of  the 
party  noticed  that  the  demonstration  was 
rattier  in  the  galleries,  where  there  were  no 
votes  to  count,  than  on  the  floor,  where  there 
were.  The  outcry  increased.  The  wise  men 
of  the  convention  rubbed  their  eyes  in  aston- 
ishment. They  could  not  understand  'the 
outburst.  They  did  not  believe  it  real,  Bryan 
sat  in  the  "newspaper  gallery"  taking  notes 
for  an  Omaha  journal  with  which  he  was 
connected.  He  seemed  to  know  how  and  why 
the  demand  for  him  had  come  so  suddenly. 
The  moment  he  heard  his  name,  he  dropped 
his  pencil  on  the  bench  of  unpolished  plank 
that  had  served  him  for  a  desk  and  made  for 
the  body  of  the.  hall. 

"Well,  boys,"  he  said  to  the  reporters 
whom  he  was  leaving  behind  him.  "I'm  go- 
ing out  to  nominate  the  next  President  of 
the  United  States." 

The  Nebraskan  delegates  rushed  from  their 
seats,  carrying  with  them  the  guidon  poles 
that  had  marked  their  location  in  the  house. 
They  caught  Bryan  in  their  arms,  hoisted 
him  to  their  shoulders,  and  swung,  singing, 
toward  the  platform.  There  a  score  of  ready 
hands  outstretched  to  him  over  the  footlights 
dragged  him  to  the  boards.  The  opportunity 
for  which  the  Omaha  scribe  and  politician 
had  longed  and  planned  was  before  him,  and 
he    grasped   it    with   both    hands.      In    a   few 


Forgottein  Tale 
®f  His  Premier 


minutes  he  was  launching  to  the  delighted 
galleries  his  famous  and  much  overrated  de- 
clamation about  the  "crown  of  thorns  and 
cross  of  gold. ' '  it  was  the  psychological 
moment,  however,  for  such  claptrap,  and  the 
poor  newspaper  reporter  became,  by  the  votes 
of  the  national  convention  of  the  Democracy, 
a  candidate  for  the  highest  office  in  the  land. 
"I    knew    I'd    win!"    he    chuckled    a    little 


Bores  of  Iowa,  Congressman  ■"  Dick  ' '  Bland 
of  Missouri.  There  was  a  quiet  movement  of 
Democratic  Senators  to  nominate  Senator. 
Henry  M.  Teller  of  Colorado,  the  real  leader 
of  the  free  silver  Republicans.  Their  pur- 
pose was  to  defeat  Bland  first  .and  then  bring 
in  the  Republican  as  the  man  of  the  hour 
for  the  new  Democracy.  This  scheme  failed. 
The  "Crown  of  Thorns''  speech,  which  won 
the  nomination  for  Bryan  in  1896  was  almost 
identical  with  a  speech  he  had  previously  de- 
livered in  Congress,  where  he  had  attracted 
attention  by  his  talks  with  La  Follette,  who 
was  then  the  Republican  champion  of  high 
protection.      The    House    of    Representatives 


BRYAN'S  CAMPAIGN   AUTOMOBILE. 
Some  of  the  despised  coin  of  Belmont  and  Ryan  helped  to  keep  it  going. 


later  to  the  crowd  that  surged  into  his  hotel 
room  to  congratulate  him  on  his  triumph  of 
oratory  and  political  wire-pulling. 

Bryan  has  become  wealthy  since  he  stepped 
out  of  the  reporters'  gallery  to  deliver  his 
"cross  of  gold"  speech.  Perhaps  he  thought 
when  he  went  to  Baltimore  to  report  for  the 
San  Francisco  Chronicle,  and  other  important 
newspapers,  that  he  might  do  even  better 
the  second  time  he  stepped  out  of  a  reporters' 
gallery  to  electrify  a  national  convention  of 
the   Democracy. 

Mr.  Bryan  went  to  the  Chicago  Convention 
as  the  head  of  a  contesting  delegation  which 
had  crushed  the  Cleveland  wing  of  the  Neb- 
raskan Democracy.  The  gold  delegation  had 
been  recognized  by  the  National  Committee, 
but  it  was  certain  that  the  Bryan  delegation 
would  be  given  seats.  The  seating  of  the 
Bryan  delegation  was  spectacular.  That 
helped  its  leader  get  the  attention  of  the 
delegates,  but  Mr.  Bryan  was  not  yet  very 
much  in  evidence  as  a  candidate. 

The  avowed  and  most  prominent  Democratic 
candidates    in    1S96    were    Governor    Horace 


did  not  go  into  spasms  of  enthusiasm  over  the 
"Crown  of  Thorns"  speech,  for  free  silver 
did  not  then  concern  Congress  as  much  as  did 
the  tariff.  The  Chicago  Democratic  Conven- 
tion of  1896,  on  the  contrary,  was  intensely 
interested  in  free  silver  and  very  slightly  in 
the  tariff. 

Bryan  was  the  youngest  Presidential  can- 
didate ever  nominated,  or  at  least  as  young 
as  Stephen  A.  Douglas  when  the  Little  Giant 
was  a  candidate,  but  this  was  not  enough  for 
Mr.  Bryan.  He  wanted  to  surpass  all  records. 
Few  people  knew  how  thorough  his  training 
for  stump  speaking  had  been.  When  the  news- 
papers began  to  talk  about  him  as  the  ".Boy 
Orator  of  the  Platte"  it  was  possible  to  trace 
his  oratorical  career  back  to  the  time  when 
his  companions  could  not  remember  him  not 
talking.  In  his  adopted  State  he  was  al- 
ways on  the  stump.  During  his  first  Con- 
gressional canvass  he  made  a  hundred  speech- 
es. In  the  latter  campaigns  ne  was  equally 
active.  He  also  got  to  varying  his  political 
speechmaking  by  lectures  and  addresses  of 
all  sorts. 


Saturday,   July   6,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


15 


Bryan   must    be   a   very   thrifty   individual, 

for   with   ;in    unequaled    t rd   as   a  loser  he 

has  managed  to  grow  sleek  and  fat  on  poll- 
I  ics.  Musi  men  find  ceaseless  [>o!it  ical  activ- 
ity the  surest  method  of  winding  up  their 
(•a reel    in   straitened  circumstances. 

As    to    the    statesmanlike    qualities    of    Mr. 
Bryan,  bia  reputation  on  that  score  was  greal 
er  before  the  Baltimore  Convention,  where  he 

showed   liimsell    to   be  a  self-seeking   politician 

of  i  most  objectionable  stripe.  His  antics  at 
Baltimore  have  brought  to  my  mind  a  discus- 
sion on  his  true  character  which  1   listened  to 

inn'  after] n  at   the  Hotel  St.  Francis,  where 

MM  eral  well-known  politicians  were  chatting 
n\ri  the  lunch  table.  A  leading  Democral 
who  served  in  Congress  with  Bryan,  and  had 
Voted  for  hi  in  at  two  national  conventions, 
was  asked  what  he  thought  of  the  "Peerless 
One.'1 

"1  think,"  was  the  reply,  "that  Bryan  is 
as  small  and  narrow  and  as  subservient  to 
the  clamor  of  the  mob  as  the  smallest  little 
ward  politician  that  ever  came  from  south  ot 
Market    st  reet." 

Nobody  in  the  group  challenged  this  esti- 
mate of  the  perennial  candidate  lor  the  White 
House,  though  the  majority  of  them  were 
Democrats. 


TAFT    WAS    RESOLUTE    THEN. 

IN  THE  aftermath  of  national  conventions 
is  an  interesting  statement  as  to  how 
President  Taft  secured  the  defeat  of  the 
third-term  candidate  and  his  own  nomination 
by  a  sudden  and  unexpected  display  of  firm 
ness.  The  President  seldom  acts  suddenly 
mi  impulse.  This  time  he  did  act  quickly. 
Rumors  from  Chicago  reached  him  that  a  com- 
promise  candidate  was  talked  of.  The  Pres- 
ident knew  that  nobody  could  switch  the 
Taft  vote  to  a  compromise  candidate.  If 
the  Taft  vote  ever  broke,  the  third-term  can- 
didate   would   be    nominated   surely. 

The  President  rang  for  Rudolph  Forster, 
the  chief  clerk  to  Mr.  Hilles,  the  President's 
Secretary. 

"Forster,  call  Chicago  on  the  long-distance 
phone  and  get  for  me." 

\n  ten  minutes  Mr.  Forster  reported  the 
man,  a  big  leader  in  the  convention,  at  the 
other  end. 

"Senator,"  began  the  President,  without 
preliminary,  "I  hear  stories  that  many  of  the 
leaders  would  like  to  nominate  a  compromise 
candidate.  Now,  I  went  into  this  thing  for 
principle,  and  propose  to  stick  unless  I  find 
that  there  is  any  dickering  or  tinkering.  In 
that  event,  or  in  the  event  that  the  first  bal- 
lot shows  that  I  have  not  polled  the  vote  to 
which  1  am  entitled,  which  means  the  nomina- 
lion,  1  will  immediately  direct  the  withdraw- 
al of  my  name. " 

The  leader  almost  fell  off  the  stool  at  the 
other  end  of  the  line.  He  could  see  visions 
Df  the  certain  nomination  of  Roosevelt  if  Mr. 
Taft  even  gave  an  intimation- of  withdrawing. 
Tt  would  be  absolutely  impossible  to  hold  the 
line  for  any  other  man.  The  President  got 
prompt  assurance  that  the  stories  were  with- 
out  foundation   and  he  would   be   nominated. 


MRS.    WILLIAM  HOWARD   TAFT 
Long  before  her  husband  became  President  she  hell  a  very  high  place  in  exclusive  American  society. 


ROOT'S  ALMA  MATER. 

SENATOR.  ELIHU  ROOT  went  straight 
from  the  Centennial  Celebration  at  Ham- 
ilton College,  New  York,  to  the  Chicago 
Convention,  over  which  he  presided.  The 
story  of  Hamilton  College  is  in  no  small  part 
the  story  of  Senator  Root's  own  life  and  of 
the  lives  of  his  father,  his  brothers,  and  his 
sons.  Elihu  Root  is  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  Hamilton  College,  his  home 
is  just  across  the  broad  road  opposite  the 
main  entrance  to  the  campus,  and  he,  him- 
self, was  born  in  a  house  that  in  its  latter 
day  reconstruction  serves  as  the  Mineralogical 
Cabinet. 

For  the  last  seventy-five  years  the  name  of 
Root  has  been  constantly  recurrent  in  the 
annals  of  the  college.  Oren  Root,  Hamilton 
'33,  and  Oren  Root,  Hamilton  '56,  the  father 
and  brother  of  the  Senator,  occupied  success- 


ively the  chair  of  mathematics  for  nearly 
half  a  century.  They  were  the  "Cube  Root" 
and  "Square  Root"  of  the  college's  tradi- 
tion. Another  brother  held  for  awhile  the 
chair  of  chemistry. 


Now  that  the  turbulent  convention  at  Chi- 
cago is  ancient  history,  it  is  known  positive!) 
that  President  Taft  wanted  the  nomination 
only  as  a  vindication.  He  told  his  friends 
that  he  did  not  give  a  rap  about  making  the 
race  or  being  in  the  White  House  another 
four  years. 


President  Taft  began  bread-winning  by  re- 
porting law  cases  for  the  Cincinnati  news- 
paper which  is  owned  by  his  brother,  Charles 
P.  Taft,  The  future  President  was  studying 
lawr  in  his  father's  office  at  the  time,  and  the 
$6  per  came  in  very  handy. 


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NORTHWESTERN 
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tiee  library,  pavilion,  churches,,  sawmill;  2,000 
lots  sold,  700  cottages  built.  Sausalito  Ferry. 
Address  M.  C.  MEEKER,  Camp  Meeker. 


Redwood  Grove 


%  mile  from  Guerneville ;  tents  and  cottages ; 
abundance  of  fruit,  berries;  bus  meets  all  trains 
Rates  $10-$11  per  week;  L.  D.  phone.  Address 
THORPE  BROS.,  Box  141,  Guerneville,  Sonoma 
Co.,    Cal. 


ROSE    HILL 

HOTEL  AND  COTTAGES 
Camp  Meeker 

Opposile  depot;  20  minutes'  ride  from  Russian 
River ;  surrounded  by  orchards  and  vineyards ; 
excellent  dining-room,  with  best  cooking.  Fish- 
ing, boating,  swimming  and  .  dancing.  Many 
good  trails  for  mountain  climbing.  Open  all 
year.  Can  accommodate  75  guests.  Adults,  $6 
to    $10  per  week;    children   half  rates. 

Building  lots  for  sale  from  $50  and  up.  Ad- 
dress MRS.  L.  BARBIER,  Camp  Meeker,  So- 
noma   County,    Cal. 


The  Gables 


Sonoma  county's  ideal  family  resort,  just  opened 
to  the  public.  Excellent  table,  supplied  from 
our  dairy  and  farm.  Dancing,  tennis,  games. 
Bus  to  hot  baths  and  trains  daily  at  Verano  sta- 
tion. Rates  $2.50  per  day,  $12  and  up  per 
week.  Open  year  round.  Address  H.  P.  MAT- 
TIIKWSON,   Sonoma  City  P.  O.,  Cal. 


Hotel   Rowardennan 

OPEN  ALL  THE   YEAR. 

New  ownership,  new  management,  new  fea- 
tures. Golf,  tennis,  bowling,  fishing,  boating, 
swimming,     clubhouse.       Free    garage. 

Rates  $17.50  to  $25  per  week;  $3  to  $4  per 
day. 

Folders  and  information  at  Peck-Judah's,  or 
address  J.   M.  SHOULTS,   Ben  Lomond,   Cal. 


::  RIVERSIDE  RESORT :: 


Country  home  %  mile  from  Guerneville;  ideal 
spot;  %  mile  of  river  frontage;  $8  to  $12  per 
week.  For  particulars,  MRS.  H.  A.  STAGG, 
Proprietor,    Guerneville,    Sonoma    county. 


COSMO  FARM 

On  1  lie  Russian  River;  electric  lighted  through- 
out. Rates  $10  to  $12  per  week.  For  particu- 
lars see  Vacation  Book  or  address  H.  P.  Mc- 
PEAK,    P.    O.    Hilton,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


RIONIDO  HOTEL 

Lawn  Tennis,  Croquet,  Shuffle  Board,  Swings, 
Shooting  Gallery,  Box  Ball  Alleys,  also  4,000 
square  feet  Dancing  Pavilion,  unsurpassed  Bathing 
and  Boating,  and  large  social  hall  for  guests. 
Hotel  ready  for  guests.  Rates,  $12  per  week. 
American  plan.  For  reservations  address  RIO- 
NIDO   CO.,    Rionido,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


Summer  Resorts 

AT  HOME,   AT  THE   CLUB,   CAFE   OR   HOTEL 

CASWELL'S   COFFEE 


Always  -Satisfactory 

GEO.  W.    CASWELL  COMPANY 

530-532-534  Folsom    St.  Phone  Kearny   3610 

Write   for  samples  and  prices. 


CARR'S 


NEW  MONTE 
RIO    HOTEL 


NEAREST    TO    STATION    AND    RIVER. 

New  modern  hotel,  first-class  in  every  detail 
and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience. 
Swimming,  boating,  canoeing,  fishing,  launching, 
horseback  riding  and  driving.  Hotel  rates  $2 
day;  $12  and  $14  per  week.  Round  trip,  $2.80. 
good  on  either  the  broad  or  narrow  gauge  rail- 
roads. Sausalito  Ferry.  Address  C.  F.  CARR, 
Monte    Rio,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


HOTEL  RUSTICANO 

The  hotel  is  just  a  two-minute  walk  from  the 
depot  amongst  the  giant  redwood  trees.  The 
amusements  are  numerous — boating,  bathing, 
lawn  tennis,  bowling,  dancing,  nickelodeon,  and 
beautiful  walks.  A  more  desirable  place  for  a 
vacation  could  not  be  found.  Rates,  $9  to  $12 
per  week;    rates   to   families. 

For  folder,  address  L.  B.  SELENGER,  Prop., 
Camp    Meeker,    Sonoma    County,     Cal. 


U.    S.    ARMY 


TENTS 

BLANKETS.  COTS,   HAMMOCKS 

SPIRO  HARNESS  CO. 

307   MARKET    STREET,    S.  T. 
Write   for  Free   Catalogue. 


Saturday,    July   G,    1912.) 


HUMOR,  A  VALUABLE  ASSET 

Uj    Josvuli Martin. 

ON  E  of  t  lie  surprises  "i   I  !"■   present   con 
vent  ion  ot  women  now  in  our  oiidsl    is 
i  he  rare  amounl  of  humor  I  hat  lias  been 
displayed.     It  baa  been  contended  for  so  long, 
■■A   woman  has  no  bump  of  humor,''  that   she 
was   persuaded   almost    to   think  so,  too. 

Along  with  other  disclosures  that  have  been 
made  al  this  Biennial  has  been  the  undeniable 
Fact  that  humor  lias  played  a  very  decisive 
part  in  the  great  scheme  of  things.  Jt  has 
been  a  potent  factor  in  bringing  to  a  quick, 
round  i  in  n  sunn-  of  the  vital  affairs  of  the 
moment. 

More  than  once  humor  has  been  the  effect- 
ive weapon  to  gain  a  point.  Ami  how  quickly 
ii  has  been  recognized  as  a  valuable  asset! 
E'eihaps  you  may  no]l  have  discovered  any 
exuberance  in  the  profound  discussions.  Per- 
haps ymi  were  prone  to  think  that  these  wo 
men  took  themselves  too  seriously.  Or  per- 
haps at  times  the  humor  was  of  too  subtle  a 
nature  to  reach  you — because  you  knew  not 
what  was  beneath  it  all.  But  if  you  attended 
many  of  the  morning,  afternoon  and  evening 
conclaves  you  would  find  your  mind  stocked 
with  enough  felicitation  and  genuine  humor 
in   keep  you  cheerful  for  many  a  day,- 

All  I  his  humor  has  been  so  replete  with  wis- 
dom and  part  and  part-id  of  so  much  knowl- 
edge that  we  who  listen  are  inclined,  in  sin 
cerity,   to   rise  and  call   '''her"   blessed. 

Not  long  ago  a  young  attorney  whom  1 
knew  was  taken  seriously  ill.  An  operation 
appealed  inevitable.  The  attorney  was  placed 
in  his  bed  to  rest  and  to  gain  strength;  and 
that  is  just  what  he  did.  He  found  so  much 
enjoyment  and  rest  away  from  business  for 
the  first,  time  in  many  years,  he  reveled  so 
thoroughly  in  the  relaxation,  finding  actual 
fun  in  the  fact  that  he  was  obliged  to  remain 
inert,   that   in  an   astonishingly  short  time  he 


A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

Or     Magical     Beautifier 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
Freckles,  Moth-Patch- 
es, Rash  and  Skin  Dis- 
eases, and  every  blem- 
ish on  beauty,  and  de- 
fies detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  of  65 
years,  no  other  has, 
and  is  so  harmless  we 
taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is 
properly  made.  Accept 
no  counterfeit  of  simi- 
lar name.  The  dis- 
tinguished Dr.  L.  A. 
Snyre  said  to  a  ^ady  of  kie  haut-ton  (a  patient)  : 
"As  you  ladies  will  use  them,  I  recommend 
'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  all 
the    Skin    preparations." 


For  Sale  by  All  Druggists  and  Fancy  Goods 

Dealers. 

Gouraud's   Oriental   Toilet  Powder 

For  infants  and  adults.  Exquisitely  perfumed. 
Relieves  Skin  Irritations,  cures  Sunburn  and  ren- 
ders an  excellent  complexion.  Price  25  cents  by 
Mail. 

Gouraud's  Poudre   Subtile 
I    Removes  Superfluous  Hair.       Price   $1.00  by  Mail. 

I         FERD.  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop'r,  37  Great  Jones 
St.,   New  York   City.    , 


-THE  WASP  - 


recovered,  withoul  an  operation,  and  was  able 
l>  mum-  Ilia  profession  stronger,  better,  and 
h  greater  philosopher  than  ever.  LaugUter 
did  it.  For  had  ymi  gone  there  to  console 
him,  as  some  of  us  did,  you  would  have  found 
instead  such  an  abundance  of  cheerful  phil- 
osophy that  you.  too,  would  have  been  as- 
sured that  humor  is  a  must  valuable  asset. 

In  reference  to  our  women  here,  let  me 
observe  that  I  have  never  known  in  real  life 
nor  read  in  tale  or  history  of  any  woman  dis- 
tingnishea  for  intellect  of  the  highest  type 
who  was  not  also  remarkable  for  her  cheer- 
fulness of  spirit,  which  is  compatible  'with 
the  habits  of  profound  thought.  Lady  Mon- 
tague was  one  instance,  Madame  de  Stael  an-- 
other.  The  brignt,  wholesome,  ale.i  women 
from  :ill  parts  of  these  United  States  who  are 
now  with  us  are  radiant  examples  of  the 
combined  forces  of  intellect  and   humor. 

1  think  that  J  have  discovered  the  secret 
of  the  happy  humor  of  these  women,  and  my 
discovery  is  something  after  the  nature  of 
the  little  girl  who  sat  at  the  side  of.  her 
tat  her,  one  of  the  world's  greatest  artists. 
After  watching  him  for  some  time  at  his  work 
she  said:  "I  know  how  you  paint.  You 
think,  and  then  you  draw  lines  and  put  pret- 
ty colors  around  your  think."  That  is  what 
lias  been  going  on  in  this  great  Biennial.  The 
women  think.  Then  there  is  revealed  the 
wit  of  Portia,  powerful  and  sweet  like  the 
ottar  of  roses;  the  gaiety  of  Rosalind,  sweet 
and  aromatic;  the  frivolity  of  Beatrice,  play- 
ful yet  profound;  and  the  mirth  of  Isabella, 
like   music    hastening   to  "heaven. 

Blessed,  then,  are  the  humorous,  especially 
be  they  women,  for  their 's  shall  be  the  habita- 
tions  of  the   earth! 


17 


In  a  restaurant  that  strives  to  inculcate, 
good  manners,  a  man  who  admitted  that  he 
was  ratHer  slow  on  etiquette,  but  was  trying 
to  learn  besought  the  waiter  to  assist  in  the 
reformation. 

"My  chief  trouble,"  said  he,  "is  splashing. 
I  used  to  splash  like  anything.  But  by  de- 
grees I  am  curing  myself.  Know  how?  Well, 
Sir,  I  have  made  it  a  rule  to  cover  all  the 
spots  I  make  on  the  tablecloth,  with  silver 
money,  nickels,  dimes,  quarters,  halves,  what- 
ever it  takes  to  cover  them,  and  then  give 
the  money  away.  As  I  am  not  a  rich  man, 
that  nearly  broke  me  and  I  began  to  reform,  " 

The  waiter  nodded  encouragingly  and  said 
he  was  glad  to  hear  it.  The  man  ate  a  sub- 
stantial meal.  When  he  had  finished,  the  cloth 
was  disfigured  with  only  one  small  coffee  stain 
which  a  dime  easily  covered.  He  handed  the 
dime  to  the  waiter. 

"My  fines,"  lie  said,  "constitute  my  tips." 
Mournfully  the  waiter  watched  him  uepart. 

"How  I  wish,"  he  sighed,  "that  I  had 
known  him  in  his  sloppy  days." 


A  well-fitting  shirt  is  one  of  the  signs  of 
the  gentleman.  Few  things  look  so  ungrace- 
ful as  linen  that  hangs  loosely  or  awkwardly 
upon  the  wearer.  To  secure  well-fitting  shirts, 
they  should  be  made  to  order,  and  there  is  no 
place  in  San  Francisco  where  they  can  be  made 
better  than  at  D.  0.  Heger's,  243  Kearny  St. 
and  118  Geary  St.  At  these  places  skillful 
experts  make  excellent  shirts  and  underwear, 
guaranteeing  perfect  fit  and  style,  and  using 
the  best  of  materials.  Every  one  patronizing 
ffeger  's  expresses  satisfaction  with  the  re- 
sults. 


WALTERS  SURGICAL  CO. 

SUEQIOAL  IN8TEUMENT8. 
893  Sutter  St.,  S.  F.      Phon.  Doug-Li  4011 


OPEN  SHOP 


"The  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence," — Prof.  Eliot. 
Harvard    University. 


7 


The  last  word  of  the  union 
is  violence,  its  first  word  is  a 
threat. 


Citizens'  Alliance  Office 
Rooms,  Nos.  363-364-365 
Kuss   Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 


Sultan  Turkish  Baths 

624  POST  STREET 
Special   Department   for   Ladles 

Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladies  and  Gen 
tlemen. 
Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Hammam,  has  leased  the  Sultan  Turkish 
Baths,  where  he  will  be  glad  to  see  his 
"Id   and   new   customers. 


Blake,  Mof  fitt  &  Towne 

PAPER 


37-45  First  Street 

PHONES:  SUTTEE  2230;  J  3221  (Homo) 
Private    Exchange    Connecting    .11    Department.. 


LA  GRANDE  &  WHITES 

LAUNDRY  CO. 

Office  and  Works,  234  12th  St. 

*  Bet.  Howard   &   Folsom   Sta. 

SAN    FRANCISCO,          -          CALIFORNIA 

Phones:    Market    916,    Home    M    2044. 

Eames   Tricycle   Co. 

Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
ROLLING  CHAIRS  for  all 
purposes.  Self  ■  Propelling 
Tricycle  Chairs  for  the  dis- 
abled. INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  Francisco.  Phone  Park 
2940.  1200  S.  Main  Street, 
Los   Angeles. 


A_/:r 


•s:^ -^ 


V  E  R  V  remarkable  state  of  affairs 
exists  in  San  Francisco.  Bank  de- 
posits are  increasing.  The  returns 
of  the  Clearing  House  show  a  stead- 
ily increasing  volume  of  business,  and  yet 
every  other  business  man  you  meet  is  full  of 
gloom.  "Business  is  awful"  is  the  general 
ery. 

Two  facts  are  made  apparent  by  this  howl 
about  dull  times  while  the  bank  statements 
show  that  the  volume  of  business  is  increas- 
ing. One  fact  is  that  San  Francisco,  in  pro- 
portion to  its  population,  has  the  greatest 
aggregation  of  croakers  that  ever  contracted 
the  habit  of  "hollering  before  they  are  hurt.1' 
The  seeond  fact  is  that  San  Francisco  is  be- 
coming more  and  more  the  financial  center  of 
the  Paeifie  Coast.  The  banks  of  San  Francis- 
co reflect  the  general  prosperity  of  California. 

If  San  Francisco  is  not  as  prosperous  as 
other  parts  of  California,  our  business  men 
can  blame  themselves  for  a  good  deal  of  the 
trouble.  They  have  not  done  their  duty  in 
suppressing  dangerous  agitators  who  are  de- 
stroying the  industries  of  our  city.  San 
Francisco  years  ago  promised  to  become  an 
important  manufacturing  place.  Look  at  its 
reduced  manufacturing  plants  now.  It  has 
lost  many  lines  of  business,  and  you  can't 
get  a  capitalist  to  invest  a  dollar  in  any  new 
enterprise  which  calls  for  the  employment  of 
skilled  labor.  The  capitalist  will  buy  public 
utility  bonds  or  municipal  bonds  or  good  rail- 
road bonds,  but  try  and  sell  him  industrial 
bonds  for  a  new  factory  of  some  kind — "Oh. 
no  thank  you!  "    The  deal  is  off  at  once. 

No  level-headed  business  man  needs  to  be 
reminded  that  it  isn't  a  good  thing  for  a  com- 
munity that  its  own  capitalists,  or  outsiders, 
will  not  put  their  money  into  local  indus- 
trial enterprises.  The  business  men  of  San 
Francisco  have  it  in  their  power  to  change 
this   condition   of  affairs.     The  business  men 


support  the  newspapers  that  support  the  agi- 
tators and  help  them  gain  political  power  and 
paralyze  honest  industry. 

Change  the  combination.  Let  the  business 
men  who  support  the  newspapers  by  their 
advertisements  say  to  sensational  newspa- 
pers  that    encourage   agitators   and   criminals 


E.  F.   DELGER 

A  well-known   capitalist  who   is    regarded   as   a 
public -spirited    citizen. 

of  any  kind,  "Cut  out  this  kind  of  improper 
stuff  from  your  sheets  or  we  will  cut  out  our 
patronage." 

If  business  men  are  too  indolent,  short- 
sighted, or  cowardly  to  take  such  measures 
for  the  protection  of  their  properties  and  the 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM  .  .  .  .Chairman  of  the  Board 

J.  FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.  F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.  ALTSCHUL    Cashier 

C.   R.  PARKER    Assistant  Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH     .     Assistant    Cashier 

H.    CHOYNSKI    Assistant   Cashier 

G.   R.    BURDICK    Assistant   Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN    Secretary 


progress  of  their  city,  they  deserve  to  suffer 
the  evil  consequences. 

Need  of  Sane  Co-operation. 

San  Francisco  faces  what  should  be  a  most 
prosperous  future,  and,  judging  by  the  speech- 
es of  our  public  men  at  many  gatherings,  it 
seems  to  be  taken  for  granted  that  nothing 
can  retard  the  development  of  this  seaport. 
There  is  such  a  thing  as  being  too  confident. 
Overconfidence  has  turned  many  a  likely  vic- 
tory into  defeat. 

Our  San  Francisco  business  men  are  very 
much  mistaken  if  they  imagine  that  no  mat- 
ter what  they  do  to  scare  away  prosperity 
our  seaport  will  continue  to  increase  in  great- 
ness and  glory  and  wealth.  It  won't  do  any- 
thing of  the  kind. 

Unless  our  business  men  show  more  sense 
than  they  have  exhibited  in  the  past  twenty 
years  in  the  government  of  their  city,  San 
Francisco  will  lag  behind  other  cities  on  the 
Pacific  Coast. 

It  is  well  to  remember  that  if  San  Francis- 
co had  grown  as  fast  as  Los  Angeles  in  the 
last  twenty-five  years  the  population  would 
be  over  three  and  a  half  millions,  instead  of 
less  than  half  a  million. 

We  need  not  go  all  the  way  to  Los  Angeles 
for  a  comparison  with  San  Francisco.  Oak- 
land is  growing  faster  than  our  city  propor- 
tionately. It  may  be  said  that  the  fire  of 
1906  helped  Oakland.  Unquestionably  it  did. 
But  what  have  we  done  to  outstrip  Oakland 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street. 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  paid  up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided    Profits.  ...  $5,055,471.11 


Total      $11,055,471.11 

OFFICEES. 
Isaias    W.   Hellman,   President 
I.  W.   Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice  Pres. 
F.  L.  Lipman,  Vice  Prei. 
James    K.    Wilson,    Vice   Prei. 
Frank  B.  King,  Cashier 
W.  McGavin,   Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
O.    L.    Davis,    Assistant   Cashier 
A.   D.  Oliver,   Assistant  Cashier 
A.    B.    Price,    Assistant    Cashier 

DIKE  C  TORS. 

Isaias    W.    Hellman  Hartland   Law 

Joseph   Sloss  Henry  Rosenfeld 

Percy    T.    Morgan  James  L.  Flood 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  J.  Henry  Meyer 

Wm.  F.  Herrin  A.  H.   Payson 

John  C.  Kirkpatrick  Chas.    J.    Deering 

I.    W.    Hellman,    Jr.  James    K.    Wilson 

A.   Christeson  F.    L.    Lipman 

Wm.    Haas 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 

Prompt   Service,   Courteons  Attention,   Unexcelled 

Facilities. 

SATE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


Saturday,   July   6,    I'JIl'.J 


-THEW4SP- 


19 


in  the  laBt  four  years!  Poi  two  yeare  we 
had  a  political  Board  of  Supervisors  that  \\:is 

n ■  interested  in  the  I   n        Pi  secution than 

the  prosperity  o£  San  Francisco.  Then  wo 
It  ad  two  years  oi  WcCarthyism,  and  now  w* 
bave  a  new  political  outfit,  #bu1   tbe  boycott 

jackass     can     still     be     seen     on     many     public 

Bfcreeta  of  om   afflicted  city,  den strating  to 

all  thinkinjg  American  people  i  hal  we  have 
learned  little  by  tbe  bitter  experience  of  the 

past.  It  may  be  remarked  by  some  of  the 
cynical  critics  of  our  Long  Buffering  seaporl 
thai  "jackasses  are  amongst  the  principal 
products  of  San   Francisco, " 

h  is  certain  that  our  business  men  will  not 
continue  indefinitely  to  permil  their  city  to 
be  kepi  bark  by  sensational  newspapers  and 
professional  political  agitators.  The  courage 
shown  in  tbe  rebuilding  of  San  Francisco  is 
a  guarantee  that  our  business  men  have  the 
energy  to  rectify  the  errors  of  misgoverament 
l  hat  have  done  so  much  to  injure  San  Fran- 
cisco.  The  next  year  or  two  may  work  won- 
ders in  the  adoption  nt'  a  new  policy  calculated 
in  encourage  capital  and  discourage  mischief- 
makers. 

A  Pull  Week. 

Tlo-  national  holiday  and  the  political  con- 
vention have  combined  to  make  the  local  in- 
vest  men  1   markets  unusually  dull.     In  real  es- 


Smith-Tevis-Hanford 

Inc. 

MUNICIPAL  AND 
CORPORATION 

BONDS 


57  Post  St., 


San  Francisco 


tate    there   lias   been    little   of   interest    to   be 
noted. 

The  condition  of  the  oil  stock  market  can 
be  understood  when  it  is  stated  that  on  Mon- 
day at    the  early  call  there  was  not   a  share  of 

oil  stock  sold,     At  the  sei d  session  the  total 

business  was    Miu  .shares  of  Palmer. 

Everybody  is  looking  forward  to  lively  times 
after    the     Fourth. 

Municipal  Bonds. 

X.  W.  llalsey  &  Co.  submitted  the  highest 
bid  on  the  $5,300,000  municipal  u-per-ccut 
bonds.  The  city  will  pay  a  net  rate  of  4.60 
per  cent.  At  the  last  sale  municipal  ."is  were 
taken  on  a  basis  of  -boa,  being  reoffered  to  in- 
vestors on  a  4.3'y  basis.  It  is  probable  that 
the  present  block  will  be  offered  to  investors 
on  a  basis  of  about  4.40.  This  is  the  largest 
single  block  of  bonds  ever  handled  by  the  local 
house. 

Large  Clearings. 

San  Francisco  bank  clearings  for  the  fiscal 
year  L911-12  amounted  to  $2,553,155,093.(38, 
against  $2:376,189,4(}u.95  for  the  fiscal  yea. 
1910-11,  or  a  gain  of  $176,965,623.73.  Clear- 
ings for  the  last  half  of  the  calendar  year 
1911  were  $1,273,014,265.65,  against  $1,201,- 
372,763.10  for  the  last  half  of  the  calendar 
year  1910,  or  a  gain  for  the  six  months'  per- 
iod of  $71,641,502.55. 

Our  Lost  Prestige. 

In  1850  the  tonnage  of  our  ocean-going 
craft  was  1,440,000;  in  1860  it  was  2,380,000. 
The  total  tonnage  in  that  year  of  Ameri- 
can vessels,  both  oceangoing  and  coasting  was 
5,350,000,  as  against  England's  total  of  4,660,- 
000  tons. 

Then  came  the  civil  war,  and  our  merchant 
marine  was  swept  from  the  seas.  As  early 
as  1S70  England  was  already  far  in  the  lead. 
Today  the  American  merchant  marine  is  neg 
ligible  in  the  world's  commerce.-  In  1840  it 
was  the  carrier  of  82  per  cent,  of  the  freight 
between  the  United  States  and  other  countries; 
in  1860  it  carried  66  per  cent.;  in  1870,  35 
per  cent.;  in  1880,  17  per  cent.?  in  1890,  12 
per  cent.;  in  1900,  9  per  cent.  Low  water 
mark  was  reached  in  1901,  when  the  total 
was  8.2  per  eent.,  exactly  one-tenth  of  the 
proud  total  carried  in  1S40.  Since  then  there 
has  been  a  slight  increase — not  beyond  10 
per  cent.,   however. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  G'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 

LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and      jPpl 

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Im    MOST  CONVENIENTLY 

ARRANGED  SAFE  DEPOSIT    Jflft  jj 

Ijl      WEST  OF  NEW  YORK 

Boxes  $4  per  annum    Ay2DL}fe^!ll|L 

Ij'iU     and  upwards. 

Telephone         '^^Ssg^lijm^j' 

Kearny  11. 

The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 


Savings 


(The   German    Bank) 


OommsrclaJ 


( Member    of    the    Associated     Saving!    Banke    of 
Sao  Francisco.) 

626    California   St.,    San   Francisco.   Oal 

Guaranteed    Capital $    1,200,000.00 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  caBh.  .  .$    1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   .  .  .$    1,681,282.84 

Employees'     Pension     Fund     $       181,748.47 

Deposits    December   30th,    1911.  .  .$46,205,741.40 
Total    Assets     $48,837,024.24 

Remittances  may  be  made  by  Draft,  Post  Office, 
or  ExpresB  Co. 'a  Money  Orders,  or  coin  by  Ex- 
press. 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'clock 
P.  M„  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  eveninga  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 
.  OFFICERS — N.  Ohlandt,  President;  George 
Tourny,  Vice-PreBident  and  Manager;  J.  W.  Van 
Bergen,  Vice-President;  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt,  Cash- 
ier; William  Herrmann,  Assistant  CaBhier;  A.  H. 
Muller,  Secretary;  G.  J.  O.  Folte  and  Wm.  D. 
Newhouse,  Assistant  Secretaries;  Goodfellow, 
Eells  &  Orrick,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS — N.  Ohlandt,  George 
Tourny,  J.  W.  Van  Bergen,  Ign.  Stoinhart,  I.  N. 
Walter,  F.  Tillmann  Jr.,  E.  T.  Kruse,  W.  S. 
Goodfellow   and   A.   H.   R.    Sehmidt. 

MISSION  BRANCH.  2572  Mission  Street,  bet. 
21st  and  22nd  Streets.  For  receipt  and  payment 
of  Deposits   only.      C.    W.   Heyer,    Manager. 

RICHMOND  DISTRICT  BRANCH,  601  Clem- 
ent Street,  corner  7th  Avenue.  For  receipt  and 
payment  of  Deposit!  only.  W.  O.  Heyer,  Mana- 
ger. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH.  1456  Haigbt  St., 
bet.  Masonic  Ave.  and  Ashbury  St.  For  receipt 
and  payment  of  Depoaita  onjy.  6.  F.  Paulsen,  Mgr. 


ON  JULY  1st,  1912 

WE    WILL    MOVE    OUR    OFFICES 

TO 

410  MONTGOMERY  ST. 


Our  Facilities  for  Handling 

Investment  Securities 

Will  be   Considerably   Increased 


ESTABLISHED  1858 

SUTR0&C0. 


Telephone 
Sutter  3434 


Private    Exchange 
Connecting-  All    Depts 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 


MEMBERS: 

NEW  YORK  STOCK  EXCHANGE 
NEW  YORK  COTTON  EXCHANGE 
CHICAGO  BOARD  OF  TRADE 
STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE,  S.  F. 

MAIN  OFFICE — Mills  Building,  San  Fran 
cisco. 

BRANCH  OFFICES — Los  Angeles,  San  Die- 
go, Coronado  Beach,  Portland,  Ore.;  Seattle, 
Wash.;   Vancouver,  B.  C. 

PRIVATE   WIRE   NEW   YORK  AND   CHICAGO. 


20 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   July   6,   1912. 


STATEMENT 

of  the  Condition  and  Value  of  the  Assets  and  Liabilities 


OF 


THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS 
AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 

HIBERNIA    BANK 

(A  CORPORATION) 

(Member  of  the  Associated  Savings  Banks  of  San  Francisco) 

DATED  JUNE  30,  1912 


ASSETS 

1 — Bonds   of  the   Uliited  States    ($8,585,000.00),    of   the   State   of  California      and      Municipalities      Lhfireof      ($4,091,- 

137.50),    of  the  State  of  New  York    ($650,000.00),    the  actual    value    of    which    is     $14,566,400.65 

2— Cash  in  United  States  Gold  and  Silver  Coin  and  Checks    $1,785,621.29 

3^ — Miscellaneous   Bonds    ($6,185,000.00),   the   actual  value  of  which    is     $6,200,644.06 

$22,552,666.00 
They  are: 
"San  Francisco  and  North  Pacific  Railway  Company  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($476,000.00),  Southern  Pacific 
Branch  Railway  Company  of  California  6  per  cent  Bonds"  ($306,000.00),  "Southern  Pacific  Company,  San 
Francisco  Terminal  4  per  cent  Bonds"  ($150,000.00),  "Western  Pacific  Railway  Company  5  per  cent 
Bonds"  ($250,000.00),  "San  Francisco  and  San  Joaquin  Valley  Railway  Company  5  per  cent  Bonds" 
($120,000.00),  "Northern  California  Railway  Company  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($83,000.00),  "Northern  Rail- 
way Company  of  California  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($54,000.00),  "Market  Street  Cable  Company  6  per  cent 
Bonds"  ($758,000.00),  "Market  Street  Railway  Company  First  Consolidated  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($753,- 
000.00),    "Los  Angeles  Pacific- Railroad    Company   of  California  Refunding  5  per  cent  Bonds"    ($400,000.00),  ^ 

"Los  Angeles  Railway  Company  of  California  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($334,000.00),  "The  Omnibus  Cable  Com- 
pany 6  per  cent  Bonds"  ($167,000.00),  "Sutter  Street  Railway  Company  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($150,- 
000.00  .  "Gough'  Street  Railway  Company  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($20,000.00),  "Ferries  and  Cliff  House  Rail- 
way Company  6  per  cent  Bonds"  ($6,000.00),  "San  Francisco,  Oakland  and  San  Jose  Railway  Company 
5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($5,000.00),  "The  Merchants'  Exchange  7  per  cent  Bonds"  ($1,450,000.00),  "San 
Francisco  Gas  &  Electric  Company  4%  per  cent  Bonds"  ($553,000.00),  "Los  Angeles  Gas  &  Electric  Com- 
pany   5    per   cent   Bonds"     ($100,000.00),    "Spring   Valley  Water  Company  4  per  cent  Bonds"    ($50,000.00). 

1 — Promissory  Notes  and  the  debts  thereby  secured,   the   actual  value  of  which  is    $32, 260, 268. .20 

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

5 — Promissory  Notes  and  the  debts  thereby  secured,   the  actual   value    of    which    is     $297,879.00 

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

6 — (a)    Real  Estate  situated  in   the  Citv  and   Countv  of  San  Francisco    ($1,035,150.97).    and   in    the    Counties   of    Santa 
Clara    ($13,891.54).    Alameda    ($2,997.80),    and  of  Los  Angeles    ($5,396.62),    in    this    State,    the    actual    value 

of  which  is    $1,057,436.93 

(b)    The  Land  and  Building  on  which   said  Corporation   keeps   its  office,  the  actual  value  of  which  is $976,089.9." 

The  condition  of  said  RealEstate  is  that  it  belongs  to  said  Corporation  and  part  of  it  is  productive. 

7 — Accrued  Interest  on  Loans  and  Bonds $276,496.47 

TOTAL  ASSETS    $57,420,836.62 

LIABILITIES 

1 — Said  Corporation  Owes  Deposits  amounting  to  and  the  actual  value    of  which    is    $54,099,871.46 

(Number  of  Depositors,  83,378;   Average  Amount  of  Deposits,  $648.45.) 

2 — Contingent  Fund — Accrued  Interest  on  Loans  and  Bonds    $276,496.47 

3 — Reserve  Pund,    Actual   value    $3,044,465.69    $3,320,962.16 

TOTAL   LIABILITIES    $57,420,836.62 

THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  &  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
By  JAMES   R.    KELLY,    President. 

THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  &  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
By  R.  M.  TOBIN,  Secretary. 


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

JAMES  R.  KELLY  and  R.  M.  TOBIN,  being  each  duly  sworn,    each    for    himself,    says:      That    said    JAMES    R.    KELLY    is 
President  and  that  said  R.  M.  TOBIN  is  secretary  of  THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY,  the  Corporation  above  men- 


tioned,   and   that  the  foregoing  statement  is   true. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  1st  day  of  July,    1912 

Notar 


JAMES   R.    KELLY,    President. 
R.  M.  TOBIN,   Secretary. 

CHARLES   T.    STANLEY, 
and  for  the    City    and    County   of   San    Francisco, 
State  of  California. 


TliK  reception  given  by  tho  officers  and  meni- 
i  the  Century  Club  in  honor  of  Bar- 
onoBS  Bertha  von  Suttner  was  decidedly  an 
event  of  nolo.  The  Baroness  is  welcomed  by  the 
prominent  women  of  our  city  with  an  enthusiasm 
attendant  upon  her  accomplishments  as  a  peace  al- 
imi   also  for  her  charming  personality. 

Beautiful  women,  elaborately  gowned,  received 
the  hundreds  of  guests  who  came  to  this  reception. 
rin-  Baroness  wore  a  handsome  London-smoke  taf- 
feta, embroidered  in  eyelet  design,  made  over  white 
silk.  A  rope  of  pearls  was  worn  about  her  neck, 
and  her  beautiful  gray  hair  was  arranged  in  a  sim- 
ple coil. 

Mrs.  Horace  Wilson,  tho  President,  wore  a  gown 
of  black  velvet  and  chiffon  made  up  with  a  lace 
corsage. 

Mrs.  Phoebe  Hearst  wore  a  gray  poplin  silk  trim- 
lnicl  with  r;ire  old  lace  and  chiffon.  Mrs.  Hearst 
was   one   of   the   founders   of   the   Century  Club. 

Mrs,  George  Bowman,  a  Past  President,  Mrs.  Hor 
ncc  Pillsbury,  Mrs.  E.  E.  Brownell,  Mrs.  Jonathan 
Swift,  Mrs.  P.  B.  Cornwall  and  other  distinguished 
women  assisted  in  receiving  at  this  notable  recep- 
tion. 


Weddings. 
Miss  Maria 'Bustamente,  the  young  and  beautiful 
daughter  of  a  wealthy  Guatemalan  coffee  planter,  was 
married  last  Saturday  to  Alfonso  de  la  Cerda.  Tho 
wedding  ceremony  was  performed  at  St.  Mary's 
Cathedral,  and  was  followed  by  an  elaborate  ban- 
quet at  the  St.  Francis.  Both  the  Bustamente  and 
the  De  la  Cerda  families  are  of  great  prominence 
in  the  Central  America  republic.  Mr.  de  la  Cerda, 
though  only  26  years  old,  is  the  owner  of  half  a 
dozen  large  plantations,  and  is  very  wealthy.  Miss 
Uusiiimente  has  been  hero  for  the  past  two  years 
with  her  mother  and  sister,  a  vocal  pupil  of  G.  S. 
Wanrell.  u^o  has  a  beautiful  soprano  voice.  She 
was  educated  in  Paris,  where  she  spent  four  years 
Her  family  is  well  known  in  San  Francisco  and 
throughout  California.  The  wedding  was  an 
elaborate  affair  for  which  hundreds  of  invitations 
were  issued. 

Miss  Helen  Gray  and  Mr.  N.  F.  Wilson  were  qui- 
etly married  on  Saturday  evening,  June  29th,  at 
the  home  of  the  bride's  parents.  The  bride  is  a 
well-known  musician  of  exceptional  talent.  Mr. 
Wilson  is  President  of- the  Lincoln  Mortgage  and 
Loan  Company,  his  large  interests  being  centered 
in   Mexico. 

Miss  Louise  Marguerite  Scott,  daughter  of  W.  R. 
Scott,  Assistant  General  Manager  of  the  Southern 
Pacific,  became  the  bride  of  Mr.  Joseph  Hodged 
Beamer  of  Berkeley,  on  Wednesday,  June  6th.  Mrs. 
B earner  is  a  graduate  of  Snell's  Seminary  of  Berke- 
ley, and  is  popular  among  the  younger  set.  Mr. 
Beamer  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California. 

Miss  Catherine  Goodale  was  married  to  Lieuten- 
ant Rawson  Warren  at  Honolulu.  The  wedding 
look  place  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Goodale.  Mrs.  Warren  is  a  general 
favorite  in  society  in  Honolulu.  Lieutenant  Warren 
is    a    cavalry    officer   now   stationed   near  Honolulu. 

An  interesting  event  of  the  week  was  the  mar- 
riage of  Miss  Genevieve  O'Brien  and  Mr.  Earl  Har- 
riman  Pier.  Miss  O'Brien  is  the  daughter  of  James 
H.  O'Brien,  the  well-known  railroad  contractor.  She 
is  a  highly  accomplished  and  charming  girl,  whose 
popularity  in  society  has  won  for  her  a  host  of 
friends.       Mr,    Pier    is    a    talented    young    lawyer,    a 


graduate    of    Stanford    University,    who    is    connected 
with    the    United    States    District    Attorney's    office. 


Mrs.  Shuman's  Luncheon. 
A  luncheon  was  given  by  Mrs.  Percy  Shuman, 
President  of  the  San  Francisco  District  of  Women's 
Clubs  at  Hotel  Normandie,  on  Monday,  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Executive  Board  and  a  few  New  York 
delegates  being  the  guests.  After  the  luncheon  bus- 
iness matters  wore  considered.  Mrs.  Shuman  has 
secured  a  strong  board  to  serve  with  her  in  her 
year's  work.  The  board  is  as  follows:  President, 
Mrs.  Percy  Shuman;  Vice-President,  Mrs.  Percy  S. 
King;  Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  Nathan  Frank; 
Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  Lewis  Aubuy ;  Treas- 
urer, Mrs.  Henry  A.  Hansen;  Auditor,  Miss  Bruner; 
Chairman  Art  Committee,  Mrs.  S.  E.  Peart;  Civics, 
Mrs.  Simeon  Merrill;  Civit  Service  Reform,  Mrs.  A. 
Parker;  Club  Extension,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Tuttle,  Mu- 
sic, Mrs.  John  G.  Jury;  Philanthropy,  Mrs.  Frank 
Bostwick;  Press,  Mrs.  Norman  Martin;  State  Uni- 
versity Fund,    Mrs.    Marian   W.    Leale. ;    Conservation 


MRS.  N.  F.  WILSON    (nee  Gray) 
Whose  marriage  took  place  at  the  close  of  June. 

and  Forestry,  Mrs.  L.  D.  Jacks;  Waterways,  Mrs. 
H.  W.  Jackson;  Education,  Mrs.  Edward  Berwick; 
History  and  Landmarks,  Mrs.  Clara  Burlingame ; 
Health  Dr.  Mariana  Bertola ;  Household  Economics, 
Mrs.  Mary  B.  Vail;  Social  and  Industrial,  Mrs. 
Louis    Hertz. 


Mrs.  Martin's  Tea. 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  gave  a  delightful  tea  this 
past  week  in  honor  of  the  Baroness  von  Suttner. 
The  affair  was  given  at  Mrs.  Martin's  mansion  on 
Broadway.  Among  those  who  were  asked  to  meet 
the  noted  visitor  were  Mesdames  Garret  McEnerney, 
Hancock  Johnston  of  Los  Angeles,  Andrea  Hofer- 
Proudfoot,  Henry  T.  Ferguson,  Erasmus  Wilson,  Ir- 
ving Hollingsworth  and  Nathan  Spark  Robertson. 


Breakfast   Guests. 
Mrs.  Edwin  Stadtmuller,  dramatic  critic  and  Pres- 


ident of  "Channing,"  was  hostess  at  a  table  of  in 
telleotual  women  at  tne  Press  Club  Breakfast  at 
the  Cliff  House,  and  hnd  at  her  table  as  guests  of 
honor  Mrs.  Everett  W.  Patterson,  chairman  of  the 
Art  Department,  G.  F.  W.  C.  At  Mrs.  Stadtmuller'B 
table  were  Mrs.  John  McGaw,  Mrs.  Frank  Sumner, 
Mrs.  0.  E.  Grunsky,  Mrs.  S.  G.  Hindcs  and  Mrs, 
D.  E.   F.  Easton. 


At   the   Hearst   Hacienda. 

Mrs.  Phoebe  Hearst  extended  tho  hospitality  of 
her  beautiful  home  to  the  officers  of  the  Woman's 
Board  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  the  Execu- 
tive Board  of  the  General  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs,  and  to  women  prominent  in  the  Local  Bi- 
ennial Board,  numbering  75  guests.  Special  trains 
conveyed  the  visitors  to  the  Hacienda.  The  guest 
of  honor  on  this  occasion  was  Baroness  von  Suttner. 


Engagements. 

The  engagement  of  Miss  Dorothy  Williams  to 
Monroe  Eyre  Pinckard  is  announced  by  Mr.  Gardner 
Williams.  Mr.  Monroe  Pinckard  is  the  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.   George  M.  Pinckard  of  San  Rafael, 

The  ongagemen  t  has  been  announced  of  Mrs. 
Sarah  Stetson  Winslow  and  Colonel  Hamilton  S. 
Wallace,  U.  S.  A.  Mrs.  Winslow  is  a  sister  of  Mrs. 
Robert    Oxnard   and    Mr.    Harry    N.    Stetson. 


Mrs.  Louis  Hertz  entertained  the  educators  and 
officers  of  school  patrons  at  luncheon  on  Monday. 
Among  her  guests  of  honor  were  Mrs.  O.  Shepard 
Barnum  of  Los  Angeles,  Mrs.  E.  L.  Baldwin,  Mrs. 
C.  E.  Grunsky,  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Cheney,  Mrs.  H.  N. 
Rowell,    and    Miss    Laura    Drake    Gill    of    New    York. 


Miss  Hazel  Holm  is  spending  a  few  weeks  at 
Lake  Leonard,  Mendocino  county,  as  the  guest  of 
Mrs.    Henry   Boyle    of    San    Rafael. 


Ladies'  Day  was  programmed  at  the  Common 
wealth  Club  last  Saturday  at  the  Palace.  Baroness 
Bertha  von  Suttner  was  the  guest  of  honor  and  gave 
an  address  on  "The  Possibilities  of  Universal 
Peace."  Miss  Helen  Varick  Boswell,  who  was  sent 
by  President  Taft  to  the  Canal  Zone  to  organize  the 
women  into  clubs,  addressed  the  members  and  their 
friends. 


The  Missouri  Society  of  California,  of  which 
General  Tirey  L.  Ford  is  president,  was  host  at  a 
reception  given  in  the  "red  room  of  the  St.  Francis 
on  Monday  night,  in  honor  of  the  visiting  delegates 
to  the  General  Federation.  Moving  pictures  of  the 
Missouri  representatives  selecting  the  site  at  the 
Pannma-Pacific   Exposition    grounds    were   given. 


Mrs.  Edward  F.  Coleman,  the  popular  President 
of  the  Papyrus  Club,  will  leave  for  the  Yellowstone 
Park  on  July  6th,  in  company  with  Mr.  Edward 
Coleman.  After  their  return  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cole- 
man will  go  to  Lake  Tahoe  for  the  summer. 


Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  spent  a  few  days  at  "Stag 
Leap,"  near  Napa,  where  she  was  the  guest  of  Mr. 
and    Mrs.    Walter   S.    Martin. 


Mrs.    Marie    Walton    was    hostess    at    a    reception 
given   in   honor   of   the   visiting  press  women. 


Colonel  and  Mrs.  J.  P.  Wisser  are  planning  a 
trip  to  Yosemite.  They  leave  in  a  few  days,  and 
will  be  guests  in  the  famous  valley  of  Major  and 
Mrs.  William  W.  Forsyth. 


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[Saturday,   July   6,    1912. 


Mr_s.  John-  McGaw  Receives. 
Mrs.  John  SIcGaw  received  the  members  of  the 
Colonial  Dames  at  her  beautiful  home  on  Russian 
Hill.  The  magnificent  affair  was  in  compliment  to 
the  Colonial  Dames  now  in  the  city  attending  the 
Biennial- 
Mrs.  McGaw  was  assisted  in  receiving  by  Mrs. 
0.  D.  Baldwin,  Mrs.  Frederick  Jewell  Laird,  and 
Mrs.  Selden  S.  Wright,  and  others  whose  position 
in  this  exclusive  society  is  foremost.  One  of  the 
honored  guesas  nt  this  beautiful  reception  was  Mrs. 
W.   C.    Story. 

Mrs.    McGaw    was   gowned    in    an    elegant    flowered 


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Baldwin  wore  a  black  net  embroidered  in  silver 
and  draped  over  white  satin.  Sirs.  Laird's  dress  was 
of  exquisite  white  lace.  Mrs.  George  W.  Gribbs 
wore  a  most  becoming  lace  gown.  Mrs.  William 
Tod  Helmuth  of  New  York  wore  a  dress  of  white 
lace  and  satin  and  draped  across  the  front  of  her 
dress  was  a  broad  band  of  ribbon  on  which  was 
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Thurston,  Lee  Richmond  Smith,  Miss  Hurd  and 
others    assisted    Mrs.    McGaw    in    receiving. 


Prominent  among  those  who  are  attending  the 
golf  tournament  at  Menlo  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur 
Chesebrough,    who    are    the    guests    of    Mr.    and    Mrs. 


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golf  contest  arc  Mrs.  Tom  Dri scull,  Mrs.  James  1" 
Pressley,  Miss  Upham,  Mr.  Jack  Parrott,  Prescott 
Scott,  Everett  Fuller,  Ray  SpHvalo,  Oscar  Bolde 
mann,  Dr.  Cummings,  Charles  Mellrose,  Jack  Mi- 
ghell,  Roy  Curran  and  Templeton  Crocker,  who 
started    the    tournament. 


The  Percival  W.  Barnards  are  rejoicing  over  the 
advent  of  a  little  boy.  The  Barnards  make  their 
home  in  Santa  Cruz.  Mrs.  Barnard  was  Miss  Es- 
ther McCall  of  Oakland,  and  is  a  sister  of  Mrs. 
Charles  Clarke  of  Dun^muir,  Mrs.  John  R.  Horn- 
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(BEGINNING  Sunday,  July  7th,  Paul 
f  J.  Rainey  will  exhibit  his  African 
Hum!  Pictures  at  ill--  Corl  Theater 
with  a  run  of  two  weeks.  These  pic- 
tures are  reported  to  be  the  most 
marvelous  motion  pictures  ever  taken.  They 
have  been  exhibited  at  the  Smithsonian  Insti- 
tute, and  have  attracted  the  attention  «>i'  the 
world's  greatest  scientists.  Mr.  Rainey  is  a 
millionaire  sportsman  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  and  has 
the  reputation  -if  being 
the  most  anted  and  fear- 
less hunter  of  wild  game 
in  the  world.  The  films 
iu  l„-  shown  at  the  Cort 
Theater  were  made  while 
Mr.  Rainey  was  on  his  last 
expedition  to  Africa. 
These  pictures  show  the 
hunter  and  his  associates 
hunting  lions,  tigers,  leop- 
ards and  other  wild  ani- 
mals in  the  jungles  of  Af- 
rica. Many  hair-breadth 
escapes  from  death  are  de- 
picted on  the  screen. 

Among  other  views  is 
given  a  picture  of  a  herd 
of  zebra  led  by  a  wilde 
beest  which  belongs  to  the 
gnu  family.  When  driven 
out  of  his  own  tribe  this 
wildebeest  is  more  power- 
ful and  seeks  out  a  herd 
of  zebra,  appointing  him- 
self their  leader. 

In  one  picture  Mr.  Rai- 
ney is  shown  capturing  a 
wild  dog,  a  feat  whieh 
stands  unparalleled  in  the 
annals  of  natural  history. 
It  is  said  that  Hagenback. 
the  famous  animal  dealer 
of  Hamburg,  spent  some- 
thing like  $10,000  in  an 
endeavor  to  secure  one  of 
these  specimens  alive,  and 
finally  gave  up  the  task  in 
despair,  declaring  that  no 
one  could  capture  one  of 
these  animals  alive. 

Another  picture  shows  a 
herd  of  several  hundred 
Thompson  gazelles.  These 
animals  are  declared  by 
scientists  to  be  the  most 
timid  in  the  world.  The 
photographs  were  taken 
only  75  yards  distant  from 
these    gazelles. 

A  baby  rhinoceros  is  al- 
so shown.  This  baby  rhi- 
no is  now  in  the  Zoologi- 
cal   Gardens. 

These  pictures  prove 
that  the  Hon,  which  has 
always  been  termed  the 
"king  of  beasts,"  turn- 
ed coward  when  brought 
.to  bay  by  a  pack  of  Mis- 
sissippi    bear- hounds.      In 


fact,  some  startling  and  wonderful  incidents 
are  revealed  in  tin-  series  of  incidents  in  Paul 
Rainey  's  expedition. 

Matinees  will  be  given  daily  during  the 
run  of  these  wonderful  pictures  of  Mr.  Rai- 
ney 's   hiinl ing  expedition. 


"Pinafore." 
uld    things    become    novelties 


by    tin 


ALICK    LAUDER— The    famous    Harry's    brother,    who  makes  his  appearance  at  Pantages  next  week. 


changing  whirligig  of  time  is  shown  by  the 
age  for  ' '  I  'in a  fore  ' '  in  1  lie  Easl  er  States. 
The  experiment  of  reviving  Gilbert  and  Sulli- 
van's comic  operas  was  watched  with  t he 
keenest  interest  by  all  theatrical  people  as 
well  as  play-goers.  The  results  as  translated 
into  dollars  and  cents  have  been  most  satis 
factory  to  the  Eastern  theaters  that  have 
put  on  the  old  time  favorites.  It  is  a  certain- 
ty that  the  revival  of  the 
Gilbert  and  Sullivan  com- 
ic operas  will  be  a  grati 
lying  success  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, Many  of  the  play 
goers  who  witnessed  these 
delightful  productions  so 
many  years  ago  in  this 
city  are  now  fathers  and 
mothers,  and  grandfathers 
and  grandmothers,  but 
their  children  have  heard 
them  tell  the  furore  which 
the  amusing  operas  creat- 
ed. One  of  the  most  cele- 
brated amateur  production 
that  ever  took  place  in  San 
Francisco  was  the  presen- 
tation of  "Pinafore"  hy 
a  lot  of  young  people  in 
the  exclusive  society  of 
those  days.  Frank  linger 
of  the  Bohemian  Club, 
who  represented  the  "rul- 
er of  the  Queen  's  Navee, ' ' 
and  who  is  now  grizzled 
veteran,  was  then  a  dark- 
haired,  handsome  young 
fellow.  The  opera  had  a 
long  run,  and  San  Fran- 
cisco seemed  as  if  it  never 
could  have  enough  of  the 
Gilbert  and  Sullivan  op- 
eia  music. 

"Pinafore"  has  been 
wisely  selected  as  the 
opening  bill  for  the  great 
Gilbert  and  Sullivan  com- 
ic opera  festival  which  is 
scheduled  to  begin  at  the 
Cort  on  Sunday  night,  .1  il- 
ly 21st.  "Patience," 
"The  Mikado"  and  "The 
Pirates  of  Penzance  "are 
the  other  operas  that  will 
be  given  during  the  four 
weeks'  engagement.  The 
Messrs.  Shubert  and  Wil- 
liam A.  Brady,  producers, 
will  send  the  original  New 
York  cast  from  the  Casino 
direct  to  the  Cort  Theater 
for  the  notable  season. 
Following  is  the  correct 
cast  that  will  interpret 
the  operatic  masterpieces: 
De  Wolf  Hopper,  Blanche 
Duffield,  Eugene  Cowles, 
George  J.  MacFarlane, 
Kate  Condon,  Arthur  Aid 
ridge,  Viola  Gillette,  Ar- 
thur Cunningham,  Alice 
Brady  and  Louis  Bar- 
the!. 


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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    July   6,    1912. 


Orplieiun. 

.David  Belasco  's  magnificent  production  of 
his  own  play,  ' '  Madame  Butterfly, ' '  will  be 
the  Orpheum  headline  atraction  next  week. 
The  impression  that*  it  is  a  condensed  version 
has  become  current  and  is  erroneous.  ''Mad- 
ame Butterfly "  has  always  been  a  one-act 
play  and  Mr.  Belasco  ?s  present  presentation 
is  exactly  the  same  as  when  the  piece  was  used 
origin  aly  in  New  York  as  a  curtain  raiser 
for  ' '  Naughty  Anthony. "  In  a  fashion  typ- 
ical of  Martin  Beck,  the  production  will  be 
of  the  finest  and  it  comes  from  the  genius  of 
David  Belasco.  Mr.  Belasco  has  given  this 
piesentation,  the  first  he  has  ever  made  for 
vaudeville,  the  best  of  his  mastery  of  stage 
craft.  Clara  Blandick,  a  clever  and  popular 
young  actress,  has  been  selected  for  the  part 
of  (Jho-Cho-San,  and  Earl  Ryder  will  enact 
the  role  of  Sharpless,  the  Americal  Consul. 
The  others  of  the  company  are  George  Well- 
ington, Edgar  Norton,  .Frank  L.  Davis,  Marie 
Hudspeth,  Edith  Higgins,  Ynez  Seabury,  For- 
est Seabury  and  Arvid  Paulson.  Hugo  Korach 
will  be  the  musical  director  and  a  large  corps 
of  stage  mechanics  and  electricians  accompany 
the  production. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  classify  Brown  and 
Blyer,  who  come  next  week,  except  in  their 
own  terms,  "Just  Entertainers."  These  two 
young  men  have  contrived  an  act  which  has 
the  great  merit  of  being  entertaining  through- 
out. There  is  some  patter,  a  little  song,  a 
bit  of  music  and  a  dance  step  or  twcv  The 
boys  are  genial  and  their  work*  effective. 

A  trio  of  pretty,  vivacious  and  symmetrical 
girls,  bearing  the  name  of 'the  O'Meers  Sis- 
ters and  Company,  will  furnish  a  most  attract- 
ive novelty  in  wire  performances.  The  two 
O  'Mead  girls  are  marvels.  They  skip  and 
cavort  on  a  thread  of  steel  in  a  captivating 
manner.  Their  stunts  are  new  and  thrilling. 
They  open  with  a  pretty  little  song,  then  flit 
about  on  the  wire  and  conclude  with  a  Russian 
folk  song,  for  which  they  wear  a  picturesque 
and  correct  costume. 

Honors  and  Le  Prince,  a  team  of  French 
acrobats,  and  recent  arrivals  from  Paris,  will 
make  their  first  appearance  in  this  city.  Like 
most  Frenchmen,  they  are  superior  pantomim- 
ists,  and  they  enliven  their  acrobatic  feats 
with  genuine  comedy. 

Ray  L.  Royce,  a  splendid  actor  of  excep- 
aional  versatility,  and  an  extraordinary  gift 
of  mimicry,  well  and  favorably  known  here, 
will  introduce  his  artistic  sketches  of  eccen- 
tric characters. 

Next  week  will  conclude  th  eengagements 
of  Graham  Moffat's  Company  of  'Scottish 
Players  in  Mr.  Moffat's  own  sketch,  "The 
Concealed  Bed,"  the  Five  Piriscoffis,  and  also 
of  George  "Honey  Boy"  Evans,  the  peerless 
monologist,  who  is  convulsing  the  audience 
with  laughter  at  every  performance  and  mak- 
ing the  biggest  kind  of  a  hit. 


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This   Afternoon    and   Tonight 

Last  Times  of  the 

DURBAR   IN  KINEMACOLOr! 


Beginning  Tomorrow,    (Sunday)  Matinee 


Mat.   Daily  at  2:30. 


Nights   at    8:30. 


PAUL  J.  RAINEY'S 
AFRICAN  HUNT 

The  Most  Marvelous  Motion  Pictures 
Ever  Taken. 

Priees — 25c.    and   50c. 


At  Pantages. 
For  the  week  commencing  Sunday  afternoon 
no  less  a  personage  than  Alick  Lauder,  bro- 
ther of  Harry  Lauder,  has  been  secured  to 
head  the  program.  Lauder  comes  direct  from 
Australia,  where  he  has  been  making  a  great 
hit  and  this,  his  first  American  appearance,  is 
looked  forward  to  with  great  interest.  His 
original  songs  and  characterizations  are  said 
to  be  wonderful  studies.  Sig.  G-.  Frizzo,  the 
ramous  quick  change  artist  of  Rome,  will  also 
be  new  here,  presenting  his  transformation 
sketch,  "Eldorado,"  in  which  he  imperson- 
ates nine  entirely  different  characters  and 
gives  a  complete  theatrical  entertainment. 
Lordy's  dog  actors  and  acrobats,  direct  from 
London  via  Australia,  will  appear  here  for  the 


GEORG  KRTJGER 

The  eminent  pianist  whose  concerts  have  been 

so  successful. 

first  time,  offering  their  novel  skit,  ' ( The 
Burglar  s  Fate,"  elaborately  staged  and  acted 
with  extraordinary  canine  vim  ana  intelligence 
and  introducing  an  elaborate  stage  setting. 
The  Marmeen  Four,  clever  singers  and  instru- 
mentalists, including  a  couple  of  pretty  girls, 
will  offer  a  melange  of  musical  oddities,  and 
the  Lessos,  whose  juggling  feats  have  won 
them  fame  all  over  the  world,  will  present 
their  entirely  original  act.  The  musically  in- 
clined will  have  a  treat  in  the  violin  playing 
of  Henri  Kubelik,  nephew  of  the  famous  Jan 
Kubelik,  now  making  is  first  American  tour. 
Jones  and  Mavo  and  Sunlight  Pictures  follow. 


Concert  at  the  Fairmont. 

The  Kruger  Club  will  give  a  delightful  musical 
evening  on  Saturday,  July  6th,  at  the  red  room  of 
the  Fairmont  Hotel.  This  is  a  new  club,  the  aims 
of  which  are  for  the  higher  study  and  criticism  of 
music.     Miss  Audrey  Beer  is  President. 

The  club  is  organized  in  the  name  of  Georg  Kru- 
ger,   the    eminent    pianist    and    pedagogue. 

The  program  for  this  Saturday  evening  is  a  very 
brilliant   one   and  is   sure   to   prove   highly   enjoyable. 

NOTICE   TO  CREDITORS. 


No.    13499.      Dept.    10. 
ESTATE    OF    PATRICK    O'BRIEN,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,"  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Patrick 
O'Brien,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four 
(4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice 
to  the  said  Administrator,  at  hie  office,  room  858 
Phelan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of 
business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of 
PATRICK  O'BRIEN,  Deceased 

M.  J.   HYNES, 
Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Patrick  O'Brien, 
deceased. 
Dated,    San   Francisco,   May  28,    1912. 
CULLINAN    &    HICTCEY,    Attorneys    for    Adminis 
trator,    858   Phelan    Building,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SAFEST    AND    MOST    MAGNIFICENT     THEATER 

IN  AMERICA. 
WEEK   BEGINNING  THIS    SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 
Matinee  Every  Day 
MARVELOUS    VAUDEVILLE 
DAVID    BELASCO    Presents    "MADAME    BUTTER- 
FLY,"   a    one-act   play    by   David  Belaseo,  .Based  on 
John    Luther    Long's    Japanese    Story;    BROWN    and 
BLYER,    "Just  Entertainers";    O'MEERS  SISTERS 
&     CO.,     3     Girls     on     the     Wire;     HONORS     &     LE 
PRINCE,     French     Pantomimic    Gymnasts;     RAY    L. 
ROYCE,   in  Eccentric  Character  Sketches;   GRAHAM 
MOFFAT'S    SCOTTISH    PLAYERS;    FIVE    PIROS- 
COFFIS;    NEW    DAYLIGHT    MOTION    PICTURES; 
Last  Week — Great  Laughing  Hit,    GEORGE  EVANS, 
•'The   Honey  Boy.' ' 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c.  Box  Seats,  $1. 

Matinee    Prices    ( Except    Sundays    and   Holidays ) , 
10c,    25c-    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  C  1670. 


Market   Street,   Opposite  Mason. 
Week   of   Sunday,   July   7. 
INTERNATIONAL    ATTRACTIONS. 
ALICK  LAUDER,   Brother  of  HARRY   LAUDER,    in 
Character     Songs    and    Studies;     FRIZZO,     World's 
Greatest    Quick    Change    Artist;    MARMEEN    FOUR, 
in    a    Melange    of    Musical    Oddities;    LORDY'S    DOC 
ACTORS    and  ACROBATS;    HENRI    KUBELIK,  Dis- 
tinguished   Hungarian    Violinist;    THE    LESSOS,    Fa- 
mous   Jugglers;    JONES    AND    MAYO,    Comedy    Con- 
versationalists;    and    SUNLIGHT    PxCTURES. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1 :30  and  3 :30.  Nights, 
Continuous    from    6:80. 


Prices — 10c,    20c    and    30c 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  S.TATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco — Dept.  No,  4. 

GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.   32,371. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and   particularly   described   as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Octnvia 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-one  (31)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lombard  Street,  and  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Octavia 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK   Number   170. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
20th  day  of  June,  A.  D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  6th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


Saturday,    July   0,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP  - 


25 


Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al- 
fredum's  Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.  Try  it.  At  all  druggietB. 
♦ 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  AND  FOR  PUBLICA- 
TION FOR  CHANGE  OF  NAME. 


[N  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  OTTY  AND 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. — Dept. 

N..      lit. 

IN  THE  HATTER  OP  TREWELLA-KENDALL 
•  0     .it  orporalion.— No.   42,989 

n  appearing  that  TREWELLA-KENDALL  CO. 
haa  Bled  uu  application  to  tins  Court  praying  tor  a 
i-hunce  of  its  corporate  name  to  TREWELLA- 
rONKIN  CO., 

h  is  therefore  hereby  ordered  that  Tuesday  the  l.'Mh 
day  of  August,  1912,  in  the  courtroom  of  Dept.  No. 
I  .11  of  said  Court  in  the  New  City  Hall,  No.  1231 
Market  Street,  said  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
Btate  "i  California,  at  ten  o'clock  a.  m.  of 
said  day,  are  hereby  fixed  as  the  time  and  place 
for  hearing  said  application,  and  all  persons  inter- 
ested in  said  matter  are  hereby  directed  to  appear 
before  said  Court,  ;it  said  time  and  place,  to  pre- 
Miit  any  objections  to  the  said  application,  and  to 
ihow  cause  why  it  should  not  be  granted;  and  that 
a  copy  of  this  order  to  show  cause  be  published  for 
a  period  of  thirty  days  before  the  said  13th  day  of 
August,  1912.  in  "The  Wasp," '  a  newspaper  of 
general  circulation,  printed  and  published  in  the  said 
City    and    County. 

Dated,  June  25th,  1912. 

THOS.  F.   GRAHAM, 

Judge   of  soid   Superior   Court. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    10. 

NORENA  M.  LIBBY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  BURR  A. 
L1BBY,    Defendant. — Action    No.    42,622. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing   to   BURR   A.    LIBBY,   Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above-named  Plaintiff 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the 
service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  willful  neg- 
lect and  desertion,  also  for  general  relief,  as  will 
more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaint- 
iff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  1st  day  of  June, 
A.  D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  L.  W.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  WaBp"  newspaper  on  the  8th  day  of  June, 
A.   D.    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HAI-SEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-502  503  California  Pacific  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Cal. 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 


No.    13569.       Dept.    10. 
ESTATE    OF    PATRIZIO    MARSICANO,     sometimes 

called   P.   MARSICANO,   Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Execu- 
trix of  the  Last  Will  and  Testament  of  PATRIZIO 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  P.  MARSICANO, 
deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons  having 
claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the 
said  Executrix  at  the  office  of  GERALD  C.  HAL- 
SEY,  .ksq.,  Attorney  for  said  Executrix,  at  No. 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Bldg,  corner  Sutter 
and  Montgomery  Sts.,  San  Francisco,  California, 
which  said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  her  place 
of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said 
estate  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called 
P.  MARSICANO,  deceased. 

MARY   MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSICANO, 

Executrix  of  the  Last  Will  and  Testament  of 
PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  P. 
MARSICANO,    Deceased. 

Dated,    San   Francisco,   June    12,    1912. 
GERALD     C.     HALSJEY,     Attorney     for     Executrix, 
501-502-503     California     Pacific     Bldg.,     105     Mont- 
gomery   street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


DIVIDEND    NOTICES 

Associated  Savings  Banks  of 

San  Francisco. 


ITALIAN-AMERICAN  BANK,  S.  K.  corner  of  Mont- 
gomery and  Sacramento  sis. — For  the  half  yvar 
ending  June  30,  1912,  a  dividend  has  been  declar- 
ed at  the  rate  <>f  fuur  t-ii  per  cent  per  annum  on 
all  savings  deposits,  free  of  taxes,  payable  00  and 
after  Monday,  July  1,  191J  Dividends  not  called 
for  will  be  added  to  the  principal  and  bear  the 
same  rate  of  interest  from  July  1,  1912.  Money 
deposited  on  or  before  July  10,  1912,  will  earn 
interest    from    July    1.    1912. 

A,    SBARBORO,    President. 

HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  BANK,  783  Market  Street, 
near  4th. — For  the  half  year  ending  June  30, 
1912,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of 
four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  savings  de- 
posits, free  of  taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Monday, 
July  1,  1912,  Dividends  not  called  for  are  added 
to  and  bear  the  same  rate  of  interest  as  the  princi- 
pal  from  July    1,    1912. 

H.  O.   KLEVESAHL,    Cashier. 


THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(The  German  Bank),  526  California  Street.  Mis- 
sion Branch,  2572  Mission  St.,  near  22nd.  Rich- 
mond District  Branch,  601  Clement  St.,  corner 
7th  Ave.  Haight  Street  Branch,  1456  Haight  St., 
bet.  Masonic  and  Ashbury. — For  the  half  year 
ending  June  30,  1912,  a  dividend  has  ^een  declared 
at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all 
deposits,  free  of  taxes,  payable  on  and  after 
Monday,  July  1,  1912.  Dividends  not  called  for 
are  added  to  the  deposit  account  and  earn  divi- 
dends from  July  1,  1912. 

GEORGE  TOURNY,  Manager. 

THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
corner  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  Sts. — For 
the  six  months  ending  June  30,  1912,  a  dividend 
has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of  three  and  three- 
fouiths  (3%)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits, 
free  of  taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Monday,  July 
1,  1912.  Dividends  not  drawn  will  be  added,  to 
depositors'  accounts,  become  a  part  thereof,  and 
will  earn  dividends  from  July  1,  1912.  Deposits 
made  on  or  before  July  10,  1912,  will  draw  inter- 
est from  July   1,    1912. 

R.    M.    TOBIN,     Secretary. 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Montgomery  St. 
— For  the  half  year  ending  July  30,  1912,  a  divi- 
dend upon  all  deposits  at  the  rate  of  four  (4) 
per  cent  per  annum,  free  of  taxes,  will  be  payable 
on  and   after  July   1,    1912. 

FRED   W.  RAY,    Secretary. 
♦ 

The  only  pleasure  a  man  gets  out  of  doing  his  duty 
is  the  way  he  can  bawl  through  the  world  that  he 
did   it. 


Market  Street  Stables 


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New  Class  A  concrete  building,  recreation 
yard,  pure  air  and  sunshine.  HorseB 
boarded  $25  per  month,  box  stalls  $30 
per  month.  LIVERY.  Business  and 
park  rigs  and  saddle  horses. 


C.  B.  DREW,  Prop. 

1840  Market  Street.       San  Francisco 

PHONE    PARK  263. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.- — Dept.    No.    5. 

EUGENE  «J.  CRELLER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persona 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop* 
erty  herein  described  or  any  part  theroof.Defend- 
ants. — Action    No.    32,212. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Da 
fen  dan  ts,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  EUGENE  0.  ORELLER,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  ami 
County,  within  three  montliB  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  thai  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    and   particularly   described  as    follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly 
line  of  Oak  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
ten  (110)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Oak  Street 
with  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street,  and  running 
thence  easterly  and  along,  said  line  of  Oak  Street 
twenty-seven  (27)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet  to  the  southerly  line  of  Hickory  Avenue^  thence 
westerly  along  said  line  of  Hickory  Avenue  twenty- 
seven  (27)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WEST- 
ERN   ADDITION    BLOCK    Number    147. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly 
line  of  Pine  Street,  distant  thereon  thirty  (30)  feet 
easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection 
of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  with  the  easter- 
ly line  of  Presidio  Avenue,  and  running  thence  east- 
erly and  along  said  line  of  Pine  Street  thirty-one 
(31)  feet,  five  (5)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6i  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty-one  (31) 
feet,  five  (5)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  incheB  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION    BLOCK    Number    620. 

THIRD:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northwest- 
erly line  of  Howard  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  (225)  feet  southwesterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  north- 
westerly line  of  Howard  Street  with  the  southwest- 
erly line  of  Sixth  Street,  and  running  thence  south- 
westerly and  along  said  line  of  Howard  Street  fifty 
(50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly 
ninety  (90)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northeast- 
erly fifty  (50)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southeasterly  ninety  (90)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning. 

FOURTH:  Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Union 
Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Polk  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  aud  along  said  line  of  Polk 
Street  thirty  (30)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  seventy  (70)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Union  Street;  and  thence  easterly  and  along  said 
line  of  Union  Street  seventy  (70)  feet  to  the  point 
of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 
BLOCK    Number    46. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
he  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff 
recover  his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further   relief  as   may  be   meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
10th  day  of  May,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  18th  day  of  May, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

MOSES  ELLIS',   JR.,  Framingham,   Massachusetts. 

KATE    ELLIS,    Framingham,    Massachusetts. 

MARTHA   E.    BEAN,    Framingham,    Massachusetts. 

MARY   F.   ELLIS,    Framingham,    Massachusetts. 

GRACE    E.    HALL,    Chicago,    Illinois. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco.  GARRET  W. 
McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTICK,  of  Coun- 
sel. 


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[Saturday,   July  G,   1912. 


WATER    WEEK 

AT  SANTA  CRUZ 


A  fairy  Jake,  viewed  from  the  decks  of  a 
huge  phantom  ship,  erected  on  a  grass-grown 
island  in  San  Lorenzo  River — this  is  to  be 
scene  of  the  great  water  pageant  and  carni- 
val at  Santa  Cruz,  starting  on  July  20th,  and 
lasting  an  entire  week.  Hundreds  of  work- 
men, under  the  direct  personal  management 
of  Mr.  f'red  Stanton,  are  gradually  transform- 
ing the  sandy  flats  just  south  of  Hotel  (Jasa 
del  Rey  into  a  veritable  fairyland,  soon  to 
be  peopled  with  strange  and  wonderful 
gnomes,  genii  and  pixies  and  guarded  by  a 
fleet  of  mystic  water  craft,  each  vessel  of 
which  will  remind  you  of  Shakespeare  's  '  'Mid- 
summer Night  s  JJream. " 

It  is  a  bold  idea  of  Manager  Swanton's, 
and  one  that  will  not  soon  be  forgotten  by 
those  who  are  fortunate  enough  to  witness 
the  festival.  It  contemplates  the  damming 
of  the  San  Lorenzo  River  a  stone 's  throw 
from  where  it  joins  the  mighty  Pacific,  in  or- 
der to  create  a  charming  lake;  the  decoration 
of  the  southern  banks  of  that  river  Intil  it 
shall  resemble  Arcady;  the  construction,  on 
an  island,  of  a  huge  amphitheater  in  the 
shape  of  a  Spanish  galleon,  eapable  of  seating 
4,0U0  persons;  and  then  a  nightly  parade  of 
gorgeous  floats  and  boats,  filled  with  singing 
and  dancing  girls,  robust  steersmen  and  sol- 
diers and  happy  children.  Rome,  in  its  days 
of  splendor,  never  conceived  anything  more 
entrancing. 

And  then,  to  be  sure,  there  will  be  the 
hundred  daylight  diversions  for  the  visitor — 
the  yacht,  motor-boat,  shell,  swimming  and 
hydroplane  races;  the  airships  encircling  the 
lofty  blue;  the  bathing,  fishing,  dancing,  rid- 
ing and  skylarking  on  the  mile-long  board 
walk.  More  than  fifty  great  white  birds,  be- 
longing to  the  Corinthians  and  other  yachts- 
men, will  be  in  the  harbor;  an  equal  number 
of  motor-boats;  a  pair  of  Uncle  Sam's  cruis- 
ers and  two  of  his  submarines;  an  even  dozen 
of  the  world's  famous  swimmers,  under  the 
direction  of  Sidney  Cavill;  and,  to  erown  ±i 
all,  thousands  of  dollars  worth  of  fireworks, 
which  will  illuminate  the  sky  at  the  close  of 
each  evening's  entertainment. 

in  the  preparation  of  the  program  Manager 
Swauton  has  been  aided  materially  by  Com 
modore  Conney  of  the  Corinthians,  and  ex- 
Commodore  Hogg,  each  of  "whom"  has  taken  a 
keen  interest  in  the  carnival.  The  railroad 
company  is  offering  exceptionally  low  fares 
for  the  week,  and  the  hotels  and  cottage  cities 
of  Santa  Cruz  have  pledged  themselves  to 
make  no  advances  over  their  regular  rates. 
Altogether,  ' '  Water  Week ' '  at  Santa  Cruz 
should  be  the  biggest  thing  ever  attempted  on 
the  Pacific  Coast;  and  Manager  Swanton  is  to 
be  congratulated  upon  evolving  such  a  meri- 
torious entertainment. 


Rebuilt 
Standard    $100 
TYPEWRITES 

REMINGTON  No.  6  or  SMITH  PREMIER  No.  2 
We  rent  all  makes    of    Typewriters 

L.  &  M.  ALEXANDER  &  CO. 

Exclusive  Dealers 

L.  C.  SMITH  VISIBLE  Bail-Bearing  Typewriter 

512    Market    Street,     San    Francisco,     Oal. 

Phone    Douglas    677 


AT  DEL  MONTE. 

The  Mayor  brought  Mrs.  Eolph  and  their 
children  down  in  their  big  louring  car  to 
spend  their  summer  vacation  in  the  most  ideal 
way — in  a  cottage  not  far  from  Pebble  Beach 
Lodge,  in  the  midst  of  the  piney  woods,  where 
the  playground  is  without  boundary  and  the 
comforts  of  the  city  home  are  afforded. 
"Ocean  View  Cottage"  is  on  the  famous 
Seventeen-Mile  Drive,  and  situated  in  one  of 
the  most  picturesuqe*  places,  where  for  every 
rural  enjoj'ment  nothing  could  be  more  invit- 
ing. 

Mrs.  Lippmann  Sachs,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Heller, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Baruch,  their  daughter 
Mary,  and  son,  Albert  Baruch  Jr.,  are  occu- 
pying the  suite  usually  reserved  for  them, 
and  expect  to  spend  some  time  enjoying  the 
balmy  but  exhilarating  climate,  beautiful 
scenery  and  the  boulevards.  Much  of  their 
time  "will  be  devoted  to  golf,  as  well  as  other 
pleasures  which  the  splendid,  outdoor  life  of 
Del  Monte  affords. 

Mr.  Walter  Loewy  came  down  to  visit  his 
parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Loewey,  and 
sister,  Miss  Marguerite,  who  expect  to  extend 
their  Del  Monte  visit  for  many  weeks  yet. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Armand  Cailleau  are  enjoying 
a  month  of  Del  Monte  's  restfulness  and  quiet 
away  from  the  din  of  traffic,  but  expect  to 
return  after  the  golf  tournament  of  the  Fourth 
is  over. 

Mr.  ana  Mrs.  J.  K.  Armsby,  Miss  Arnisby, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wayman  of  Ross,  and  a  friend 
from  Chicago,  Miss  Fisher,  were  down  for  a 
short  visit. 

The  United  States  army  officers  always  en- 
joy Del  Monte,  and  a  party  of  young  friends, 
including  Mr.  M.  F.  Smith,  H.  J.  Breis  and 
J.  L.  Dodge,  spent  the  week  in  pleasant  rec- 
reation and  visiting  comrades. 


BIRTH  OF   THE  OPAL. 


The    sunbeam    loved    the   moonbeam,  ' 

And   followed   her   low   and   high; 
The   moonbeam   fled   and   hid   her   head, 

She   was   so    shy,    so    shy. 
The    sunbeam    wooed   with    passion; 

Ah,    he   was   a   lover  bold; 
And    his    heart    was    afire    with    mad    desire 

For    the    moonbeam    pale    and    cold. 
She  fled  like   a  dream  before  him, 

Her  hair  was  a  golden  sheen; 
And    oh,    that    fate    would    annihilate 

The    space    that    lay    between. 
Just   as   the   day   lay   dying 

In  the   arms  of  the   twilight  dim, 
The   sunbeam   caught   the   one  he   sought 

And   drew   her    close    to   him. 
But    out    of   his    warm    arms,    startled 

And  stirred   by  love's   first   shock, 
She  sprang   afraid,   like   a   trembling  maid, 

And   hid  in    the   niche    of   a   rock. 
But    the    sunbeam    followed    and    found    lifr 

And   lead   her   to   love's   own    feast, 
And  they  were  wed  on  that  rocky  bed 

And    the    dying   day    was    their   priest. 


And   lo,    the    beautiful    opal, 

That    rare    and    wondrous    gem, 
Where     the     moon    and     the     sun     blend     into     on 

Is   t lie  child  that  was  born   to   them. 

—Ella     Wheeler    Wilcox. 


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SUMMONS. 

THH  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  Tilt;  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  fur  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.—  D< 

■         iRAL  IRON  WORKS  >,a  corporation),   Plain- 
tiff,   vs.    Alt    persons    cluiiuing    any    [uteres! 
lien   upon    tin-   real   property  herein   described  or  any 
part  ih  i  .nts. — Action  No.   B2, 

The  Peuple  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
■una  claiming  any  Interest  In,  or  Uen  upon, 

frtj  herein  "described  or  any  purt  thereof.  De- 
complaint  ol  CENTRAL  IKON  WORKS  (a  corpora- 
tion), plaintiff,  tiled  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above 
entitled  Court  and  Cuunty.  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
Bet  forth  what  interest  or  lieu,  if  any,  you  nave  In 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part 
thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  Sun  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  and  particularly  described 
as  roil  i 

FIRST;  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line 
of  Florida  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hundred  and 
thirty  three  (283)  feet  southerly,  from  tho  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Florida  Street  with  the  southerly  line  of  Eighteenth 

Street,  and  running  thence  southerly  and  along 
eaid  line  of  Florida  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  twenty-five 
(25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  (lOOj  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being 
pari     Of    POTRERO    NUEVO    BLOCK    Number   29. 

SEECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Bryant  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
and  Beventy-five  (175)  feet  southerly  from  the  cor- 
er  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of 
Bryant  Street  with  the  southerly  line  of  Eighteenth 
Street,  and  running  thence  southerly  and  along  said 
line  of  Bryant  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
tbence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hun- 
dred (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being 
part  of  POTRERO  NUEVO  BLOCK  Number  29. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  its 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  Interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages, or  tiens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff 
recover  its  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief   as   may  be  meet  in   the   premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  28th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  rf.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  4th  day  of  May, 
A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  GARRET 
W.  McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTICK,  of 
Counsel. 

SUMMONS. 


-TIOASP 


THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   3. 

SARAH  A.  BRYAN, Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,102. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon, 
the  real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
pf   Defendants,    greeting; 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  SARAH  A.  BRYAN,  plaintiff,  fliled 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lieu,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Geary  Street 
with  the  easterly  line  of  Hyde  Street,  and  running 
thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Geary  Street  sixty- 
eight  (68)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  ninety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inch- 
es; thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Hyde 
Street;  and  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of 
Hyde  Street  ninety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches 
to   the  point  of  beginning. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
line  of  Laguna  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  noith- 
erly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intirsecti'm  of 
the  easterly  line  of  Laguna  Street  with  the  norther- 
ly line  of  Broadway,  and  running  thence  northerly 
along  said  line  of  Laguna  Street  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  and 
ninety-one  ( 191 )  feet,  three  ( 3 )  incheB ;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  thirty  (30)  feet;  and  thence 
at   a   right  angle   westerly   one   hundred   and   ninety- 


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one    (191)     feet,    three     (3)     inches    to    the    point    of 
beginning 

THIRD:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  tho  northerly 
line  oi  Montana  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hundred 
(200)  feot  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  iho  northerly  line  of  Montana  Street 
with  the  easterly  Hue  of  Marengo  Street,  and  ruuning 
thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Montana  Street 
two  hundred  (200)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of 
Marengo  Street;  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of 
Marengo  Street  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  lot  number  three  (3),  in 
block  "W,"  as  per  map  of  RAILROAD  HOME- 
STEAD ASSOCIATION,  surveyed  by  A.  E.  McGreg- 
or,    March,    1867,    and    filed   April    15,    1867. 

Yo  uare  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  propery  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interest  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  he  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover 
her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further 
relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  11th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  4th  day  of  May, 
A.  D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  Plain- 
tiff: 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OP  SAN  FRAN- 
CISCO    (a    corporation),    San    Francisco,    California. 

MERCANTILE  TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO  (a  corporation),  as  Trustee  for  SAV- 
INGS UNION  BANK  AND  TRUST  COMPANY  (a 
corporation),    San    Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  GARRET 
W.  McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTICK,  of 
Counsel. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.  No.  8. 

MARGARET  O'MALLEY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    32,228. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARGARET  O'MALLEY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  thre  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and    particularly    described   as    follows. 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  tne  northerly  line  of 
Irving  (formerly  "I")  Street,  distant  thereon  ninety- 
five  (95  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Irving 
Street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Second  Avenue,  and 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of 
Irving  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  ten  (110) 
feet;    thence    at    a   right    angle   westerly    twenty-five 


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(25)    feet;    and    thence    at    a    right    angle    southerly 

one    hundred   and  ten    (110)    feet   to   tb 

nejinnii  .ufcl   LAND   BLOCK 

¥ou    »r«    hereby    notified    that,      unlesB      you    io 
and   answer,   the   plaintiff  will  apply   to   the 
for  the  relief  demanded  In  the  complnim,    to 
hat    it    be    adjudged    that    the    plaintiff    is    the 
of  said  property   in    feo   simple  absolute;    that 
I  .tnd  quieted; 
that    the    Court    ascertain    ana'    determine    all    estates, 
titles,    interests    and    claims    in    and    to    said 
rty,    and   every   part    thereof,    whether    the   same 
be    legal   or   equitable,    present   or   future,    vested   or 
lit,    nod    whether    (he    lame    consist    of    mort- 
gages  or   Hens   of  any  description;    that    plaintiff    re- 
c  n  er  her  costs  b<  rein  and  havi  and  fur- 

ther  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
Lflth   day  vi    Me  1 1     1912. 

SEAL  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.    F.   DUNWORTH,    Deputy   Clerk. 
The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
The   WaBp  newspaper  on  tho  1st  day  of  June,  A.  D. 

I     M    J, 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  some  in- 
terest  in   said  renl   property  adversely  to  plaintiff: 

BANK  OP  DALY  (a  corporation),  San  Francisco, 
I  alifornia. 

PERRY  ft  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  GARRET 
W.  McKNERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTICK,  of 
Counsel. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    2. 

MYRTLE  R.  S.AYLOR,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,239. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MYRTLE  R.  SAYLOR,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly   described  as   follows: 

Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  northerly  line  of  Lake  Street  with  the 
westerly  line  of  Seventh  Avenue,  and  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  line  of  Seventh  Avenue  twenty- 
five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  and  fourteen  1114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  Lake  Street;  and  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  line  of  Lake  Street  one  hundred  and 
fourteen  (114)  feet  to  tne  point  of  beginning;  being 
part  of   OUTSIDE  LAND   BLOCK  Number   65. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  the 
parcel  of  real  property  described  in  the  complaint 
herein  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  o?  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  her  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet   in   the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
17th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.   DUNWORTH,   Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  1st  day  of  June. 
A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Monte-ornery  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  GARRET 
W.  McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTICK,  of 
Counsel. 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 


No.    13497.      Dept.    10. 
ESTATE   OF  JOHN  COYLE,   DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  eiven  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  John 
Coyle,  deceased  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  personB 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four 
(4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice 
to  the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858 
Phclan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of 
business  in  all  matters  oonnected  with  said  estate  of 
JOHN  COYLE,  Deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator    of    the    estate    of    John    Coyle, 
deceased. 
Dated,   San  Francisco,  May  28,  1912. 
CULLINAN   &   HIOKEY,    Attorneys   for   Adminis- 
trator, 858  Phelan  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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SAX    FRANCISCO,  JUNE  13,   1912. 


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BY  AMERICUS 


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,  ECENTLY  I  have  had  occasion  to  direct 
tion  to  the  frightful 
extravagance  i  n 
municipal  affairs. 
Bond  money  has  been  flung 
away  like  waste  paper.  X 
called  the  attention  of  Su- 
pervisor  McCarthy,  Chair- 
man of  the  Finance  Commit- 
tee, to  the  waste,  and  it  be- 
gins to  appear  as  if  that 
Official  realizes  that  the  time 
"to  fall  a  halt  has  arrived.  Mr. 
McCarthy  is  a  conscientious 
official.  It  is  to  be  hoped  he 
will  also  demonstrate  that  he 
is  a  resolute  one.  It  takes  a 
man  with  a  nerve  of  iron  to 
resist  the  raiders  of  the 
treasury.  Like  the  daugh- 
ters of  the  horseleech  of 
which  the  poet  has  written, 
they  continually  cry,  "Give! 
give!  "  Their  clamor  is  cease- 
less, and  their  greediness 
passeth  that  of  a  prize  hog 
fattening  himself  with  both 
feet  in  the  trough. 

Mayor  Rolph  also  begins  to 
demonstrate  that  he  realizes 
tue  need  of  firmness  in  re- 
sisting raids  on  the  treasury. 
..tie  turned  a  deaf  ear  to  the 
demand  of  Supervisor  Nolan 
that  a  political  engineer  be 
given  a  position  at  $200  a 
month  to  plan  out  improve- 
ments for  the  city  front.  The 
money  might  as  well  be 
chucked  into  the  bay. 

The  representatives  of 
union  labor  on  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  would  be  delight- 
ed to  see  Mayor*  Rolph  ac- 
quiesce in  extravagance.  The 

more  wasteful  the  better  for     KIND  01jD  GENTLEMAN:  "And  which   of    the    Republi 
tneir  plans.     They  are  schem-     "Oh,  I'm  the  one  they  can't  do  uuffin  wiv." 


ing  already  to  pile  up  the  cost  of  city  government,  disgust  the 
taxpayers  great  and  small,  and  thus  pave  1  lie  way  tu  the  election 
of  a  Mayor  backed  by  the  labor  vote  and  its  usual  allies. 

Supervisor  McCarthy  has  noticed  that  the  bottom  of  the  city's 
barrel  ui'  mouey  is  not  as  far  down  as  most  people  imagine,  lb- 
evidently  begins  to  see  it  through  the  disappeariug  coin.  His 
holding  up  of  the  bid  of  llalsey  &  Co.  for  municipal  bonds 
showed  what  was  passing  through  the  mind  of  the  Chairman  ol 
the  Finance  Committee. 

llalsey  &  Co. 'a  bid  was  $5,542,312  for  $5,300,000  par  value  ot 
several  5  per  cent  issues.  The  premium  of  $242,312  offered  by 
the  bond  bidders  reduces  the  actual  interest  rate  to  4. 78  per 
cent.  That's  the  interest  the  city  would  pay  for  the  money — 
4.78  per  cent.  But  when  the  Geary  Street  Railway  municipal 
bonds  were  sold,  the  city  had  to  pay  but  4.50.  The  plain  English 
of  this  is  that  San  Francisco  is  paying  more  interest  for  her 
loans  than  she  did.  The  more  bonds  she  sells  the  higher  the 
interest  she  must  pay.  That  is  the  usual  rule  with  all  borrow- 
ers, whether  persons  or  municipalities.  Their  credit  isn't  :is 
good  as  when  they  began  to  borrow. 

Supervisor  McCarthy  didn't  like  the  idea  of  the  city's  paying 
more  interest   than   before,  so   he   and  his   colleagues   hesitated 

about    accepting    the    bid    of 


twins    arc    you 


Halsey  &  Co.  They  wanted 
to  think  the  matter  over. 
Thinking  it  over  may  result 
in  the  Supervisors  realizing 
the  causes  of  the  rise.  One 
of  the  causes  is  the  general 
rise  in  the  cost  of  money. 
Another  cause  is  that  mu- 
nicipal bonds  are  flooding  the 
bond  market  of  the  United 
States.  There  are  more  of- 
ferings of  them  than  buyers 
are  normally  digesting,  so,  as 
the  bond  dealers  put  it,  new 
offers  of  municipals  have  to 
be  sweetened  to  make  bond 
buyers  assimilate  them.  The 
sweetening  of  municipal 
bonds  is.  accomplished  by 
making  them  pay  a  higher 
interest  return.  A  nice,  fat, 
juicy  bond,  paying  5Vj  or  0 
per  cent,  with  the  credit  of 
a  big  city  back  of  it,  will  al- 
ways find  buyers. 
tALy/Pga  Other  causes  that  are  re- 
^sponsible  for  the  rise  iu  the 
bond  interest  rate  which  San 
...  Francisco  pays  are  local. 
That     is     to     say,    they    are 


THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   July  13,   1912. 


wholly  causes  of  our  own  creation.  The  city 
is  paying  out  all  ol  its  bond  money,  which  is 
its  municipal  capital,  in  the  acquisition  of 
property  or  the  accomplishment  of  objects 
which  are  not  reproductive  of  new  capital. 
The  city  is  acquiring  articles  de  lux — civic, 
parks,  playgrounds,  hospitals,  libraries,  audi- 
toriums, opera  houses,  bandstands,  boulevards 
and  the  like,  none  of  which  are  commercial 
enterprises  reproducing  capital  through  profit 
earned  by  selling  something  to  ourselves. 

It  is  highly  important,  therefore,  that  this 
bond  money  should  be  handled  most  carefully, 
instead  of  being  squandered.  It  represents 
our  indebtedness,  on  which  we  must_  continue 
to  pay  interest.  Already  two  millions  of  the 
Heteh  Hetchy  bond  money  have  been  wasted. 
One  millions  was  given  to  Ham  Hall  for  prop- 
erty to  whieh  he  had  no  legal  title;  and,  what 
is '  more,  the  Auditor  knew  he  had  no  legal 
title,  and  yet  approved  the  sale."  Before  elec- 
tion the  Auditor  declared  he  would  never  ap- 
prove such  a  claim.  He  really  should  have 
been  recalled  for  allowing  such  a  transaction. 

In  order  to  meet  the  city's  increasing  debts 
our  taxes  have  been  raised  to  $2.10  on  the 
new  valuation.  This  new  valuation  is  fifty 
millions  higher  than  the  valuation  of  last 
year.  If  the  valuation  of  taxable  property 
had  remained  the  same  as  last  year  our  tax 
rate  would  be  $2.25  this  year. 


WELL  TO  EXPLAIN. 

THE  Examiner  has  been  printing  a  good 
deal  lately  about  the  vast  amount  of 
money  that  is  to  be  spent  in  San  Fran- 
cisco in  the  next  few  years.  Our  sensational 
contemporary  does  not  call  attention  to  the 
important  fact  that  a  large  part  of  this  money 
is  bond  money.  It  represents  indebtedness 
just  as  much  as  a  mortgage  on  a  building  lot 
represents  a  debt.  A  prudent  man  does  not 
mortgage  his  lot  and  throw  away  the  money 
thus  raised.  He  takes  the  best  care  of  it  and 
erects  a  building  which  brings  him  profit. 

San  Francisco  is  not  in  a  position  to  waste 
a  dollar  of  public  money,  and  yet  the  Board 
of  Works  has  squandered  millions  of  it.  Mil- 
lions more  will  be  wasted  unless  the  Mayor 
makes  a  clean  sweep  of  the  incompetents  that 
have  had  the  handling  of  so  much  important 
work,  which  they  have  bungled  most  dis- 
gracefully. 

Every  man  of  affairs  in  the  State  is  asking, 
' '  Why  doesn  't  Mayor  Eolph  fire  out  the  entire 
bunch?" 

♦ 

A  reformer  is  usually  a  man  who  is  very 
energetic  in  urging  that  somebody  ought  to 
do  something. 


WATER  SUPPLY  FOR 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

Here  is  the  Truth  of  the  Matter. 


'-i'  T  IS  amazing'  how  the  public  remains  in 
i\|jVi  dense  ignorance  of  the  water  question 
jjfl(5  in  San  Francisco — the  most  important 
question  of  all.  The  safety  of  the 
city  depends  on  an  improved  water  supply. 
The  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  will  make  it 
imperative  on  the  city  to  increase  its  water 
supply. 

A  great  fuss  is  made  about  forcing  the 
Spring  Valley  Company  to  extend  its  main 
pipes.  The  Spring  Valley  doesn't  wish  to  do 
it.  "Why?  For  the  excellent  reason  that  the 
Spring  Valley  Company  now  hasn't  enough 
water  for  the  pipes  in  use.  To  extend  the 
mains  would  only  make  matters  worse. 

The  truth  is,  as  every  sensible  civil  engineer 
who  has  given  the  subject  attention  knows, 
that  Spring  Valley  is  at  the  end  of  its  water 
resources  and  wants  to  sell  out  at  a  fine  fig- 
ure. 

There  is  much  talk  about  developing  the 
Spring  Valley's  water  resources  in  Alameda 
county.     This  is  only  talk. 

The  Alameda  Creek  watershed,  on  which 
the  Spring  Valley  would  have  the  city  de- 
pend for  its  water  supply,  is  a  region  of  low 
rainfall.  Spring  Valley  officials  have  fre- 
quently admitted  this.  The  records  of  the 
annual  rate-fixing  hearings  in  San  Francisco 
are  full  of  statements  by  the  company's  offi- 
cials to  the  effect  that  the  Alameda  Creek 
lands  were  not  worth  as  much  per  acre  as  the 
San  Mateo  reservoir  watershed  lands  because 
they  did  not  yield  as  much  water,  the  rainfall 
on  them  being  less.  Now  these  same  officials 
have  changed  face  about.  They  claim  Alame- 
da Creek  lands  to  be  most  particularly  valu- 
able because  of  the  quantity  of  water  they 
can  be  made  to  yield. 

To  get  as  much  as  18,000,000  gallons  daily 
yield  the  company  has  robbed  highly  fertile 
lands  in  Livermore  valley  and  in  the  district 
between  INTiles  and  Irvington  at  the  base  of 
the  hills  and  the  bay  shore  of  their  natural 
underground  water  supply.  This  has  made 
the  lands  infertile,  and  uninhabitable  because 
infertile.  Suits  have  been  brought  by  the 
owners,  and  the  company  has  been  compelled 
to  buy  the  lands  and  move  their  inhabitants 
away. 

The  company,  unable  to  get  any  increased 
quantity  of  water  from  the  natural  stream  flow 
and  the  lowland  ground  water,  claims  that  it 
would  get  its  great  yield  of  130,000,000  gal- 


lons daily  by  reservoiring  the  waste  stream 
water.  But  is  there  any  such  quantity  of 
waste  stream  Water?  Do  storm  waters  run 
off  enough  to  make  it,  assuming  that  the  res- 
ervoirs to  hold  it  can  be  built,  a  proposition, 
by  the  way,  which  the  Spring  Valley  Water 
Company  has  by  no  means  proved? 

The  city  of  Oakland  some  years  ago  had  a 
Citizens'  Committee,  of  which  Mr.  Warren 
Olney,  afterwards  Mayor,  was  chairman.  This 
committee  made  a  most  exhaustive  investiga- 
tion of  the  chances  of  getting  even  the  com- 
paratively small  quantity  of  water  wanted 
by  that  city,  about  15,000,000  gallons  daily, 
from  Alameda  Creek  watershed,  and  in  the 
end  had  to  give  it  up.  .  The  committee  em- 
ployed Mr.  Desmond  Fitzgerald  and  Mr.  Ku- 
dolph  Hering  to  make  their  engineering  ex- 
aminations. Their  reports  were  that  the  sur- 
plus water  in  excess  of  the  quantity  then  be- 
ing taken  by  Spring  Valley  and  consumed  lo- 
cally was  inadequate  to  supply  .Oakland  be- 
cause of  the  successive  years  of  low  rainfall, 
during  which  there  would  be  no  surplus  at  all. 

The  condition  of  short  rainfall  in  the  Ala- 
meda Creek  watershed,  of  which  this  season's 
rainfall  is  typical,  is  too  serious  to  be  lightly 
passed  over.  It  should  be  put  up  to  the  Spring 
Valley  Company  to  make  a  better  showing  of 
possible  reservoir  capacity  in  this  watershed 
than  it  has  yet  made.  So  far  the  water  com- 
pany has  never  shown  the  courage  of  its  offi- 
cials' conversation.  It  has  built  no  reser- 
voirs at  all.  A  single  one  built  would  have 
tested  the  storm  water  and  the  waste  water 
proposition  to  a  conclusive  finish.  The  city 
canno-t  afford  to  take  chances  in  this  matter. 
Spring  Valley  claims  of  water  from  Alameda 
Creek  which  it  does  not  show  or  prove  by  res- 
ervoir construction  should  be  taken  with  sev- 
eral grains  of  the  saltiest  kind  of  salt  that  is 
manufactured. 


SANTA  CRUZ  ON  THE  MAP. 

THE  Glorious  Fourth  was  celebrated  with 
great  enthusiasm  at  Santa  Cruz.  Visit- 
ors were  impressed  by  the  wonderful 
change  which  has  taken  place  in  the  once 
sleepy  little  seaside  town.  It  is  no  longer 
sleepy  or  little.  It  is  alive  and  growing  rap- 
idly. Its  leading  citizens  intend  to  keep  dem- 
onstrating that  they  are  leaders,  and  they 
have  put  Santa  Cruz  on  the'  map  much  more 
prominent  than  ever  before.  Director-General 
Swanton,  Chairman  William  T.  Jeter,  former 
Lieutenant-Governor  of  California,  and  their 
wide-awake  business  associates  are  planning 
to  make  the  Santa  Cruz  Water  Pageant  from 
July  20th  to  28th  a  spectacle  to  make  old  Nep- 
tune throw  somersaults  over  his  trident.  San 
Francisco  and  the  State  of  California  will  be 
well  represented  at  the  pageant. 
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§N   OCTOBEB,    L908,   Judge   Farrington,  i 
iu    the    United    States    Circuit    Court] 
madfl   an    order    permitting    the   .Spring 

Valley  Water  Company  to  collect  water 
ratee   LS  per  cent  higher  than  the  rates  fixed 

by  the  ordinance  for  the  year  limits  ill).  Regu- 
larly since  then  the  Circuit  Court  has  every 
year  granted  the  Spring  Valley  Water  Com- 
pany a  restraining  order  against  the  enforce- 
ment of  the  city 'a  water-rate  ordinance,  and 
a  further  order  permitting  the  company  to 
collect  at  rates  15  per  cent  higher.  The  ex- 
cesfl  of  LS  per  cent,  however,  was  ordered  im- 
pounded by  the  Court  until  a  final  determina- 
tion of  the  lit  igation. 

Altogether  four  years  have  elapsed  since 
the  first  order  was  made  permitting  15  per 
cent  higher  rales  to  be  collected.  There  is 
now  impounded  in  the  Circuit  Court  a  total 
sum  which  approximates  $1,500,000.  It  is  the 
accumulation  of  seventy-two  mouths'  collec- 
tion of  15  per  cent  additional  to  the  water 
ordinance  water  rates,  "with  interest  com- 
pounded. To  bring  it  down  to  such  intelli- 
gible expression  that  water  consumers  will 
understand  it,  let  us  say  that  THE  MONEY 
NOW  IMPOUNDED  IS  EQUAL  TO  SEVEN 
AND  A  HALT  MONTHS'  WATEE  BILL 
FOR   EVERY    CONSUMER. 

All  of  this  money  is  impounded  on  the 
theory  that  the  Circuit  Court  has  original 
jurisdiction  of  the  water-rate  injunction  cases. 
If  it  were  found  that  the  theory  were  wrong 
— if  it  were  found  that  the  Circuit  Court  did 
not  have  original  jurisdiction — then  the  Cir- 
cuit Court  would,  on  proper  legal  action  be- 
ing taken,  dismiss  the  case  and  order  the 
money  returned  to  the  water  consumers  who 
had  paid  it. 

About  two  years  ago  the  Circuit  Court  in 
the  State  of  Washington  ruled  that  it  had  no 
original  jurisdiction  in  a  street  railroad  case 
which  was  in  many 
respects  similar  to  the 
Spring  Valley  water- 
rate  injunction  cases. 
The  newspapers'  com- 
menting on  this  rul- 
ing resulted  in  an  at- 
tempt being  made  to 
apply  it  in  the  Spring 
Valley  -cases,  but 
Judge  Van  Fleet  of 
our  Circuit  Court  rul- 
ed that  his  court  had 
original  jurisdiction. 
He  refused  to  throw 
the  water  and  gas 
rate  cases  out  of 
court.  No  appeal  was 
taken  to  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court. 

On  Monday  of  this 
week  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  directed 
City  Attorney  Long 
to  move  the  dismissal 


Several  Months' 
bate  May  Be 
Remitted 

from  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  .Spring  Valley 
application  for  an  injunction  against  the 
water  rales  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors  for  this  year.  This  is  done  on  the 
ground  that  the  Circuit  Court  had  no  jurisdic- 
tion, aud  to  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court  if 
the  Circuit  Court  (Judge  Van  Fleet)  refused 
to  dismiss.  There  was  no  reason  why  the 
appeal  should  not  have  been  made  two  years 
ago,  t mi t  that  may  turn  out  to  be  a  Spring 
Valley  misfortune  aud  only  a  water-rate  pay- 
ers'  inconvenience. 

If  the  Supreme  Court  rules  against  the 
Spring  Valley  Company  and  throws  its  pres- 
ent injunction  case  out  of  the  Circuit  Court, 
the  four  cases  of  the  last  four  years  will  also 
be  thrown  out  on  the  same  ground.  The  effect 
will  be  to  release  the  impounded  15  per  cent 
and  interest,  now  aggregating  nearly  $1,500,- 
000,  and  it  will  be  paid  back  by  order  of  the 
Court  to  the  'consumers  who  paid  it  into  the 
impounded  funds.  Keep  Spring  Valley  re- 
ceipts.    They  look  like  ready  money. 

■♦ ' 

RECRUDESCENCE    OF    MARSDEN. 

IN  what  must  have  heen  an  unguarded  mo- 
ment recently,  Mayor  Kolph  remarked  to 
a   reporter   that    he    was    not    aware    that 
Marsden  Manson  was  to  get  his  walking  pa- 
pers— or  words  to  that  effect. 

When  this  alleged  iuterview  took  place  the 
City  Engineer  was  supposed  to  be  strapped 
to  his  cot  in  a  Livermore  sanitarium,  raving 
in  the  delirium  caused  by  the  discovery  that 
Connick   had  built  a  sieve  for  him   on  Twin 


'MEASURE  FOR  MEASURE.' 


Peaks,  where  the  citj  needed  a  real  reser- 
voir. That  blunder,  and  others  far  wuise, 
had  ruined  the  City  tSngineer's  nerves  and 
almost  overthrown  hia  reason.  So  'twas  whis- 
pered in  accents  of  awe  and  pity. 

But  behold  the  transformation!  No  sooner 
did  our  amiable  -Mayor  intimate  that  the  ax 
wasn't  just  about  to  drop  on  Mr.  Manson 's 
neck  than  he  turned  up  at  the  City  Engi- 
neer's office  as  fresh  as  a  mountain  trout  and 
chipper  as  a  skylark  on  a  line  -May  morning. 

By  the  way,  none  of  the  daily  papers  have 
reported  the  true  findings  of  the  committee  of 
really  responsible  engineers  whom  Mayor 
Rolph  appointed  to  investigate  the  Twin 
Peaks   sieve  blunder,   and  others 

One  of  the  candid  admissions  of  Mr.  Man- 
son  was  that  he  hadn't  even  signed  the  neces- 
sary papers  in  some  of  the  contracts  for  iin- 
portant  city  work.  He  let  irresponsible  dep- 
uties use  a  rubber  stamp  and  sign  in  that  way 
for  him.  The  committee  of  investigating  en- 
gineers gasped  with  astonishment  at  this  ad- 
mission, which  Mr.  Manson  made  as  artlessly 
as  if  he  were  telling  them  that  he  left  it  to 
the  janitor  to  sweep  out  the  ofiice. 

All  sorts  of  theories  to  account  for  Mr. 
Manson 's  lack  of  proper  attention  to  the  du- 
ties of  his  important  office  have  been  advanc- 
ed. The  latest  is  that  his  mind  is  engrossed 
with  the  construction  of  a  wonderful  globe 
which  he  wishes  to  exhibit  to  the  admiration 
of  the  world  at  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition. 
In  fact,  he  has  been  doing  some  political 
log-rolling  to  get  an  appropriation  for  the 
exhibition  to  this  globular  wonder  of  the 
world,  but  the  Exposition  people  have  trou- 
bles enough  of  their  own. 

It  isn't  to  be  supposed  that  a  man  whose 
mind  is  absorbed  in  scientific  geography  and 
progressive  astronomy  can  come  down  from 
the  stars  at  a  minute's  notice  to  build  sewers 
"an1  sich  like." 


A  girl's  kisses  are  like  pickles  in  a  bottle — 
the  first  is  hard  to  get,  but  the  rest  come  easy. 


HOTEL 

VENDOME 

San  Jose,  Cal. 


One  of  California's 
Show  Places  Where 
Homelikeness  Reigns 


H.  W.  LAKE,  Manager 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,   July   13,   1912. 


POOR    OLD    SAN    FRANCISCO! 

POOR  OLD  SAN  FRANCISCO  is  still  get- 
ting hard  swats  on  account  of  the  de- 
funct Graft  Prosecution.  It  is  the  style 
in  Eastern  cities  to  point  out  San  Francisco 
as  the  fallen  sister  who  was  uplifted  to  eivie 
righteousness  by  Rudy,  Jimmy  Tabasco  &  Co. 
Buffalo  is  having  a  spasm  of  righteousness 
and  demands  a  shake-up.  The  grafter  must  be 
exposed  and  jailed.     Good!     Who  will  do  it? 

Who  ean  do  it  but  our  old  friend  Tabasco, 
alias  William  J.  Burns,  "the  man  who  eleaneu 
up  San  Francisco."  Sound  the  trumpets  and 
beat  the  gongs!  Start  the  subscription  list 
amongst  the  higher-up  that  wants  to  indict 
the  higher-ups. 

It's  a  great  game,  this  newly  invented  sys- 
tem by  which  a  coterie  of  American  plutocrats 
can  subscribe  a  purse  to  start  private  detect- 
ives to  investigate  public  affairs  and  thus 
grab  a  city  government  which  they  never 
could  get  by  going  before  the  people  and  ask- 
ing to  be  elected  in  the  legally  constituted 
method. 

After  all  the  illegality  and  police  espionage 
and  degradation  of  the  judicial  bench  of  the 
government  in  San  Francisco,  only  one  man 
landed  in  San  Quentin.  The  others,  equally 
culpable,  got  off  with  their  plunder,  and  the 
net  result  to  San  Francisco  is  a  bad  reputa- 
tion which  rival  cities  delight  to  sermonize  on. 

The  moral  of  it  is  that  citizens  should  try 
to  reform  their  city  government  through  the 
courts  in  a  regular  open-and-above-board  fash- 
ion, and  not  try  fifteenth  century  methods  on 
a  twentieth  century  republic. 

Hiring  regiments  of  private  spies  and  sneak- 
ing around  to  secure  indictments  in  grand  jury 
rooms  is  retrogression,  not  progress.  It  was 
in  much  that  style  that  Venice  was  governed 
by  an  oligarchy. 

Get  decent  courts  and  decent  judges  by  ap- 
pointing them  and  giving  them  their  places 
for  life.  Then  when  municipal  grafters  are 
brought  before  the  courts  the  rascals  will  go 
to  jail. 

Everybody  will  get  something  approximat 
ing  to  a  square  deal.  At  present  the  chances 
are  nine  in  favor  of  a  very  raw  deal. 

* 

IT  WOULD   BE   A   TRAGEDY. 

THE  TIP  has  been  passed  out  that  Super- 
visor Giannini  may  be  appointed  a  Com- 
missioner of  the  Board  of  Public  Works 
and  be  made  its  President  whenever  Mayoi 
Rolph  decides  to  behead  the  undesirables  that 
have  brought  the  Commission  into  disrepute. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  conceive  of  a 
more  unfortunate  appointment  than  that  of 
Supervisor  Giannini.  His  educational  train- 
ing as  a  medical  man  and  business  experience 
have  had  no  relation  whatever  to  tbe  kind  of 
matters  that  come  before  the  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Works  for  action. 

Training  and  experience  in  the  practice  of 
medicine  need  not  disqualify  one  from  under- 
taking another  line  of  work,  but  they  are  not 
the  best  preparation  for  service  in  the  Board 
of  Supervisors,  and  certainly  nothing  could  be 
less  suitable  for  the  head  of  the  Board  of 
Works. 


NOT    LONG    FOE    THIS    LIFE. 

Mayor  Rolph  has  appointed  one  member  of 
that  Board  already,  and  nothing  has  been  done 
by  the  appointee  so  far  that  would  indicate 
that  he  was  the  best  selection  that  could  have 
been  made.  His  voice  has  not  been  heard  in 
protest  against  any  of  the  many  things  that 
should  have  been  condemned  and  denounced — 
the  Twin  Peaks  sieve-reservoir,  for  instance. 
If  the  water  had  not  run  out  of  that  costly 
sieve  and  disclosed  the  inefficiency  of  the  en- 
gineering the  gents  who  built  it  might  still 
be  enjoying  the  public  confidence  and  milking 
the  overtaxed  treasury  as  diligently  as  ever. 

"Cobbler,  stick  to  your  last,"  is  a  very 
old  but  very  good  proverb.  If  the  people  of 
San  Francisco  had  let  Schmitz  stick  to  his 
fiddle  instead  of  putting  him  in  the  Mayor's 
chair  our  unlucky  city  would  be  in  different 
condition  today. 

Another  false  move  where  that  same  old 
proverb  was  disregarded  occurred  when  Mayor 
Taylor  was  taken  from  pedagogy  at  the 
Hastings  College  of  Law  and  made  Chief  Mag- 
istrate of  an  industrially  and  politically  de- 
moralized city.  We  are  still  suffering  from 
the  effects  of  that  awful  blunder. 

Dr.  Giannini  is  a  worthy  young  citizen,  well 
educated  and  socially  prominent,  and  filled 
with  civic  pride  and  the  spirit  of  progress; 
but  with  all  that,  it  would  be  the  acme  of  ab- 
surdity and  the  limit  of  bad  judgment  to  make 
him  a  Commissioner  of  the  Board  of  Works. 

Does  anybody  suppose  that  Dr.  Giannini, 
as  Commissioner  of  the  Board  of  Works,  would 
have  stopped  Deputy  Engineer  Connick  from 
building  that  seive  instead  of  a  reservoir  on 
Twin  Peaks?  Not  a  bit  of  it!  The  Doctor 
could  have  given  Mr.  Connick  good  advice  on 
how  to  take  care  of  his  liver  or  kidneys,  but 
not  on  the  planning  of  an  important  water 
works  for  the  municipality. 

Again  we  repeat  the  time-honored  proverb, 
"Cobbler,  stick  to  your  wax,"  and  keep  your 
fingers  out  of  things  that  you  haven 't  been 
trained  for. 


It  will  be  a  melancholy  day  for  the  tax- 
payers of  San  Francisco  if  Mayor  Rolph 
should  begin  to  substitute  for  the  present  im- 
possible Board  of  Works  a  worse  one  as  far 
as  technical  training  for  the  position  is  re- 
quired. 

1 

HELLO,  HANS. 

11:05  a.  m. — "Hello,  is  dis  der  Drewery?" 

"No,  this  is  the  Y.  W.  C.  A. " 

"Oh,   oxcuse  me,  please,   lady." 

11:06  a.  m. — "Hello,  Hans,  is  dis  you?" 

"No,  you've  made  a  mistake,  I  guess." 

"Who  iss  dis,  please $" 

"This  is  the  Y.  W.  C.  A." 

"Lady,  I  beg  your  pardon;  I  vas  calling 
der  brewery. ' } 

11:07.— Hello,  Hans,  haf  I  got  you  at  last?" 

"Who  is  it  you  want,  please?" 

"I  vant  der  brewery.  Isn't  dis  der  brew- 
ery. ' ' 

"No,  sir,  this  is  the  Y.  W.  C.  A." 

"Veil,  vat  iss  der  matter  mit  dot  central, 
anyway!    I  am  sorry  to  disturb  you,  lady." 

11:08 — Hello,  Hans,  vy  do  you  haf  a  number 
like  the  Vy.  W.  C.  A.  auyway?  Effry  time  I 
call  you  I  get  a  Christian  lady,  und  ve  are 
getting  so  vel  acvainted  like  old  friends  al- 
ready. ' ' 

"You've  got  the  wrong  number,  sir.  This 
is  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Association." 

"Ach!  ain't  it  a  shame!  Lady,  if  you  for- 
gif  me  this  time  I  vill  neffer  try  to  get  again 
my  friend  at  der  brewery  on  der  phone.  I 
vill  write  him  a  letter." 

f 

"A  more  deserving  medical  man  than  our 
friend  Richard  does  not  exist.  He  very  fre- 
quently accepts  no  fees  from  his  patients." 

Mr.  B.:   "You  don't  say  so?" 

Mr.  A.:  "He  generally  settles  with  the 
heirs. ' ' 


BOORD'S 

LONDON,  ENG. 

GINS 

DRY 

OLD   TOM 
TWILIGHT 


CHARLES   MEINECKE  &  CO. 

Agents   Pacific   Coast 
314  Sacramento  St.  ■  San  Francisco 


p=4^$\  B^c 


HEBE  have  been  two 
pieces  of  news  this  week 
i  hal  are  of  much  interest 
tu  society  in  the  bay 
counties.  A  nuuuncement 
of  the  engagement  of 
■Miss  Abhy  Parrott  and 
Edward  J.  Tobin  inter- 
ests everybodj  in  society  in  California,  and 
more  particularly  the  older  members  who  can 
look  back  a  generation.  An  unusually  inter- 
esting bit  of  news  also  is  the  announcement 
that  the  former  Miss  Azalea  Keyes  of  San 
Francisco  is  to  marry  Count  Lewenhaupt  of 
Palkcnstein,  a  grandson  of  Sir  Andley  Costing. 
The  lady  is  very  attractive  and  wealthy,  and 
belongs  to  that  famous  California  family  of 
which  the  late  Chief  Justice  Hastings  was  the 
head  in  his  day,  and  his  daughter.  Mrs.  John 
Darling,  wife  of  Colonel  Darling,  U.  S.  A.,  is 
the   present    head. 

In  May,  190S,  The  Wasp  announced  the  en- 
gagement  of  Miss  Keyes  to  Alfred  Heilman,  a 
wealthy  Englishman  residing  in  Paris  and 
having  extensive  business  interests  in  Man- 
chester. Miss  Keyes,  since  the  death  of  her 
father,  Winfield  Scott  Keyes,  a  few  years  be- 
fore, had  been  residing  in  Paris  with  her 
chaperons. 

»    *    * 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Keyes  and  Mr.  Heil- 
man took  place  in  July,  and  the  union  seemed 
blissful;  but.  the  young  wife  has  not  found 
matrimony  with  her  Anglo-French  husband 
all  that  she  anticipated,  and  will  essay  a  sec- 
mid  venture  as  the  Countess  Lewenhaupt.  The 
news  has  been  a  surprise  to  local  society,  if, 
indeed,  old  Californians  could  be  surprised  at 
unexpected  things  done  by  a  member  of  a  dis- 
tinguished family  noted  for  its  independence 
and  determination  to  shape  affairs  to  its  own 
liking. 

*     *     * 

Winfield  Scott  Keyes,  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Ileilman,  was  a  son  of  General  Keyes,  and  a 
brother  of  Dr.  Edward  Keyes,  a  celebrated 
physician  in  New  York.  The  newspapers  here 
have  referred  to  Alexander  D.  Keyes,  a  prom- 
inent lawyer,  as  the  brother  of  Winfield  Scott 
Keyes.  He  is  the  half-brother.  He  married 
Miss  Salisbury,  a  member  of  a  well-known 
pioneer  family.  The  late  Mrs.  Monroe  Salis- 
bury was  the  leader  of  local  society  before  the 
accession  of  Czar  Gre.enway  to  the  throne. 
When  Mrs.  Salisbury  passed  away  the  seeptre 
fell  to  Mr.  Greenway,  there  being  nothing  in 
the  social  laws  of  California  to  prevent  the 
inferior  sex  from  assuming  the  social  leader- 
ship. Mrs.  Monroe  Salisbury  paid  special  at- 
tention to  Miss  Azalea  Keyes  in  her  days  of 
maidenhood,  the  young  lady's  mother  being 
deadl    Mrs.  A.  H.  Loughborough  of  San  Fran- 


NOTICE. 

All  communications  relative  to  social  news 
should  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  Insure  publication 
in  the   issue  of  that  week. 


cisco  is  an  aunt  of  the  future  Countess  Lewen- 
haupt. 

The   Countess   will   bring   to   her   titled   hus- 


Jtoore  &   Clarke  Photo. 
MRS.  WALLACE  R.  POND 

Prominent    in    spcial    and    literary    circles    in 
Berkeley  and   San  Francisco. 

band  a  very  large  dot,  as  she  inherited  a  large 
fortune    from    the   Hastings    family,    and    her 


father,  Winfield  Scott  Keyes,  was  .mm-  of  t  he 
most  prudent  of  men  and  one  of  the  least  ex- 
pensive in  his  habits,  though  by  no  means  a 
parsimonious  man.  On  the  contrary,  he  was 
of  a  very  liberal  disposition.  lie  left  an 
estate-  valued  at  a  million  dollars,  every  cent 
of  which  he  made  himself.  His  daughter  is. 
of  course,  a  highly  accomplished  girl,  for  she 
has  had  all  the  advantages  of  wealth  and  po- 
sition. She  suffered  from  nervous  breakdown 
after  the  death  of  Mrs.  Salisbury,  to  whom 
she  was  much  attached,  and  with  whom  she 
remained  during  that  talented  woman's  pro- 
longed and  painful  illness.  The  shock  of 
Mrs.  Salisbury's  death  was  too  much  for  the 
sensitive,  high-strung  girl,  and  it  took  her 
a  long  time  to  recover. 

Jt      t*t      ._* 
Unites  Old  Families. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Abhy  Parrotl  and  Ed 
ward  J.  Tobin  will  unite  two  of  the  oldest 
families  in  San  Francisco  that  are  noted  for 
wealth  as  well  as  social  distinction.  Mr.  Tobin 
is  the  brother  of  Richard  M.  Tobin,  Secretary 
of  the  Hibernia  Hank,  Joseph  S.  Tobin  and 
Clem  Tobin.  Richard  is  now  the  only  unmar- 
ried one  of  the  brothers.  Edward  Tobin,  whose 
engagement  to  Miss  Parrott  has  been  announc- 
ed, is  a  very  keen  and  energetic  business  man. 
He  is  a  son  of  the  late  Richard  Tobin,  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  famous  bank  with  which 
his  family  has  been  so  prominently  and  honor- 
ably identified.  He  is  a  nephew  of  the  late 
Judge  Robert  Tobin,  who  for  many  years  was 
Secretary  of  the  Hibernia  Bank.  A  good  many 
people  think  that  the  Tobin  boys  are  sons  of 
Judge  Tobin.  The  latter  was  their  uncle,  and 
had  no  children  of  his  own.  Richard  Tobin, 
the  father  of  the  Tobin  boys,  was  a  lawyer, 
and  devoted  himself  largely  to  the  legal  bus- 
iness of  the  bank.  Judge  Robert  Tobin  su- 
pervised the  other  branch  of  the  extensive 
business,  and  between  them  and  in  co-opera- 
tion with  some  of  the  most  influential  Irish- 


HOTEL 

DEL 
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PACIFIC 

GROVE 

MOTEL 

Pacific    Grove 

BOTH    HOUSES   UNDER 
SAME    MANAGEMENT 

Address: 

H.  R.  WARNER, 

Del  Monte,    -    California 

A  beautiful  summer 

home  at 
very  moderate  rates 

.A  tasty,  comfortable 

family  hotel. 

Low  monthly  rates 

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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,   July  13,   1912. 


American  citizens  in  California  they  estab- 
lished one  of  the  greatest  banking  institutions 
in  the  United  States.  Kichard  Tobin  Sr.  died 
many  years  ago.  The  Judge  outlived  him  by 
many  years,  and  died  shortly  before  the  great 
eatatsropbe  of  1906,  which  reduced  the  busi- 
ness district  of  San  Francisco  to  ashes.  Mrs. 
Mary  Tobin,  the  mother  of  Kichard,  Joseph 
O.,  Clem  and  Edward  Tobin,  still  lives.  For 
many  years  before  the  fire  of  1906  the  family 
mansion  was  one  of  the  imposing-looking  res- 
idences on  the  summit  of  Nob  Hill. 

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Another  Banker's  Family. 

The  Parrotts,  with  whom  the  Tobin  family 
is  about  to  be  united,  are  descended  from  the 
late  John  Parrott,  a  capitalist  who  came  to 
San  Francisco  from  South  America  in  the 
days  of  the  gold-seekers,  and  established  an 
important  private  bank.  The  Parrotts  have 
for  several  generations  represented  wealth 
and  social  distinction  in  San  Francisco,  and 
when  Mrs.  Abby  Parrott,  grandmother  of  Mr. 
Tobin 's  fiancee,  was  active  in  social  affairs 
an  invitation  to  one  of  her  elaborate  affairs 
was  equivalent  to  a  rating  in  the  first  rank 
of   California 's   exclusives. 

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The  Parrotts,  while  amongst  the  richest  and 
most  eminent  socially  in  California,  have  al- 
ways been  the  least  ostentatious.  They  are 
like  one  of  the  old  English  country  families 
one  reads  about  in  Jane  Austen's  novels. 

Many  Connections. 

Mr.  Tobin 's  fiancee,  Miss  Abby  Parrott,  is 
the  second  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
Parrott,  and  has  lived  abroad  since  her  grad- 
uation from  Sacred  Heart  Convent  at  Menlo. 
The  Parrotts  and  the  Tobins  are  in  the  list 
of  leading  Roman  Catholic  families  of  Amer- 
ica. Miss  Abby  Parrott  is  not  only  the  most 
attractive  of  her  family,  but  is  the  most  pop- 
ular with  the  Burlingame  set,  though  the 
whole  family  is  highly  respected.  Her  family 
connections  are  numerous.  The  Vicomtesse 
Helie  de  DampieTre  and  Vicomtesse  Philippe 


Jules  Restaurant 

Special  Lunches  50c.  or  a  la  Carte 

Ladies'  Grill  and  Rooms  for  Parties 

REGULAR     FRENCH     DINNER     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. 

MONADNOCK  BUILDING 

Next  to  Palace  Hotel 

Phone  Kearny  1812. 

All  Cars  Pass  the  Door.    Elevator  Service. 


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de  Tristan,  daughters  of  Christian  de  Guigne 
of  San  Francisco,  are  her  cousins.  Mrs.  J.  A 
Donohoe,  the  banker's  wife,  is  her  aunt.  Mme. 
de  la  Lande  of  Paris  is  also  her  aunt.  Mrs. 
Parker  Whitney  and  Mrs.  Frank  McComas, 
the  daughters  of  the  late  Louis  Parrott,  are 
also  her  cousins.  San  Francisco  relatives  of 
Mr.  Tobin  and  Miss  Parrott  have  not  yet 
heard  whether  the  wedding  will  take  place 
abroad  or  here. 

^*  ^*  ^* 

Anglers  in  Ecstasy. 

Never  have  larger  catches  of  salmon  been 
recorded  in  Monterey  Bay,  both  on  the  Santa 
Cruz  and  the  Del  Monte  side.  Dick  Eisert, 
the  real  estate  magnate,  caught  about  a  ton 
of  fish.  The  Society  for  the  Prevention  of 
Cruelty  to  Animals  is  said  to  be  after  him. 
Ordinary  angling  is  a  lawful  pursuit,  but  they 
draw  the  line,  so  to  speak  at  murder.  Mr. 
Eisert 's  defence  will  be  that  he  and  his  part- 
ner, Louis  Kerner,  fished  for  three  years  along 
the  coast,  from  Oregon  to  Mexico,  and  never 
got  a  bite  before.  His  friends  think  this  is 
a  foolish  plea,  for  if  he  escapes  the  charge 
of  murder  he  may  be  prosecuted  for  misde- 
meanor in  enticing  fish  under  age,  or  naturally 
simple-minded.  The  case  will  be  watched  with 
great  interest  by  the  angling  fraternity.  Any- 
how, it  is  an  undeniable  fact  that  the  boats 
at  Santa  Cruz  and  Monterey  have  been  bring- 
ing in  loads  of  fine  salmon. 

A  spirited  picture  of  Mr.  Eisert  appears  on 
page  5  of  this  issue.  He  is  measuring  his  big 
fish  with  Mose  Fischer,  the  famous  Montgom- 
ery street  real  estate  operator.  Mr.  Eisert 
can  be  identified  by  the  slight  fullness  of  his 
waist  line,  which  hasn't  lost  anything  in  the 
picture  by  his  having  just  lunched  at  the  Casa 
del  Rey  before  the  artist  sketched  him.  Mose 
looks  much  slimmer,  as  the  tomcod  he  landed 
after  a  severe  struggle  made  rather  a  light 
repast  for  his  launch  party  of  five. 

t£r*  c9*  t:'* 

A  Golf  Romance. 

Here  is  material  for  a  golf  novel:  It  comes 
in  the  shape  of  an  explanation  of  why  Miss 
Margaret  Everet  and  Mr.  Frederick  Charles 
Von  Schrader  featured  the  conventionalities 
of  so  hasty  a  marriage.  It  seems  that  the 
bride  and  groom  are  devotees  of  the  links. 
Both  were  possessed  of  a  longing  to  witness 
the  golf  tournament  at  Del  Monte.  Both  had 
an  unconquerable  antipathy  for  chaperons — 
and  chaperoned  they  must  be  at  Del  Monte. 
The  obstable  seemed  a  big  one,  until  the  bril- 
liant idea  siezed  the  young  man — why  not 
marry  and  be  done  with  chaperons  for  good  and 
for  all,  and  incidentally  make  the  honeymoon 
and  the  golf  tournament  one?     The  idea  ap- 

LOAFING  MEN 
And  loafing  money  never  did  any  community 
any  good.      The   millions   of   dollars   invested 
in  the  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Associ- 
ation have  built  thousands  of  homes. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

EDWARD    SWEENEY,    President. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.   and  Gen.  Mgr. 


pealed  to  the  maid  in  the  case,  and  the  run- 
away marriage  was  the  result. 

In  the  meantime,  these  victims  of  Cupid 
and  golf  completely  forgot  to  send  word  of 
the  program  to  the  bride's  mother,  and  when 
that  estimable  lady  returned  from  Yosemite 
and  heard  the  latest  news  she  got  something 
of  a  shock.  So,  also,  did  that  debonair  bach- 
elor, Joe  Rosborough,  who  must  have  felt  as 
if  some  small  boy  had  slipped  a  lighted  Fourth 
of  July  bomb  in  his  pocket  when  he  read  of 
the  elopement.  For  lo,  these  many  moons 
the  society  editors  had  it  all  arranged  in 
their  files  of  "prospective  happenings"  that 
it  was  Joseph  who  would  play  the  star  part 
at  the  marriage  of  the  fair  golf  enthusiast. 
The  happy  couple  are  now  staying  with  Col. 
and  Mrs.  Von  Schrader  at  their  home  on 
Presidio  Ave.,  and  are  planning  to  go  to 
housekeeping  for  themselves  in  the  near 
future. 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 

Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house,  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such 
a  house  is  the  John  O.  Bellis  Silverware 
Factory,  328  Post  street,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup- 
plied at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

For  staple  goods,  such  as  toilet  articles, 
tableware,  etc.,  this  firm  cannot  be  sur- 
passed on  the  Pacific  Coast,  while  their 
trophy  cups  and  presentation  pieces  made 
to  order  are  without  peers.  A  visit  of  in- 
spection at  328  Post  St.  (Union  Square)  is 
invited. 


NOTICE. 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN  THAT  JOHN  C. 
LEMMER  is  transacting  a  general  boiler,  tank  and 
iron  business  in  this  State  under  the  name  of  CALI- 
FORNIA BOILER  WORKS;  that  his  principal  place 
of  business  is  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California;  that  he  is  the  sole  owner  of 
said  business,  and  his  full  name  is  JOHN  C.  LEM- 
MER, and  he  resides  at  1730  Pierce  Street,  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia. JOHN   C.    LEMMER. 

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

On  this  8th  day  of  July,  in  the  year  one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  twelve,  before  me,  Matthew  Brady, 
a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and.  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  residing  therein, 
duly  commissioned  and  sworn,  personally  appeared 
JOHN  C.  LEMMER,  known  to  me  to  be  the  person 
whose  name  is  subscribed  to  the  within  instrument, 
and  acknowledged  to  me  that  he  executed  the  same. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  affixed  my  official  seal  at  my  office  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
the  day  and  year  in  this  certificate  first  above  writ- 
ten. 
(SEAL)  MATTHEW  BRADY, 

Notary  Public. 
In  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francis- 
co,  State  of  California. 

VOGELSANG  &  BROWN,  Attorneys  at  Law,  20 
Montgomery  Street,    San  Francisco,   Cal. 


Saturday,   July   13,   1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


Another  Surprise. 

The  surprise  which  was  caused  by  t  ho  an- 
Douncement  of  Mrs.  Heilman's  (former  Az 
alea  Keyes)  engagement  has  been  added  to 
by  tin.*  news  that  her  marriage  to  Couol  Lea 
wethaupl     Falkenstein     bae     already     taken 

place.     The  wedding  ceremony  was  perfon 1 

at  Holy  Trinity  Oburch,  Sloant*  struct.  Lmnlun, 
.luly  8tb.  The*  bride  was  given  away  by  the 
bridegroom's  father,  sir  A-udJey  (inslin^.  ai 
ter  t lie  wedding,  a  reception  was  held  at  the 
Turzon  Hotel,  followed  by  a  dinner  party  at 
the  Carlton. 

<*      ,**      Jt 
An  Exile  Returning. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  William  J.  Younger  are  com- 
ing to  San  Francisco  from  Paris,  and  will  re- 
main here  during  the  early  fall  months.-  Dr. 
Younger  is  a  loyal  Bohemian  member,  and  will 
attend  the  "jinks'*  at  the  Bohemian  Grove, 
August  11th.  Many  years  ago  Dr.  Younger 's 
fame  as  a  dentist  became  too  great  for  Cali- 
fornia, and  he  betook  himself  to  Paris,  with 
his  accomplished  wife,  who  had  been  the  wid- 
ow of  Henry  Edgeton,  a  famous  California 
lawyer  and  orator.  The  exiles  found  Paris  so 
much  to  their  liking  that  they  have  since 
made  it  their  place  of  residence,  though  they 


EVERY  LUNCH  BASKET 
Should    contain    a    couple    of    split   bottles    of 
[talian-Swiss    Colony    T1PO     (red    or    white). 
They  will  make  a  cold  lunch  digestible. 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  In  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


LADIES'  GOWNS  and  FANCY 
COSTUMES 

420ISUTTER  STREET.  NEAR  STOCKTON. 
Phone  DOUGLAS  4964 

•  AN    FRANCISCO.      CAL, 


ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 


THE  FRESNO  AND  EASTERN  RAILROAD  COM-. 
PANT,  a  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  California,  principal  place  of  business 
S;x\\    Francisco,    Califr>rr.ia. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Directors  held  on  the  1st  day  of  July,  1912,  an  as- 
sessment of  thirty  (30)  cents  a  share  was  levied  on 
the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  on  or 
before  the  fifth  day  of  August,  1912,  to  the  Treas- 
urer of  this  Company,  at  the  office  of  said  company, 
No.  771  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia ;  and  that  all  Assessments  upon  this  stock 
that  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  fifth  day  of  August, 
1912,  shall  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, shall  be  sold  on  the  twentieth  day  of  August, 
1912,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment  together 
with  the  cost  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 
A.  B.  DODD,  Secretary. 
No.  771  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


came  here  periodically  to  see  their  friends 
and  took  after  their  property  interests.  Two 
daughters  of  Dr.  Younger  married  Gorman 
barons,  who  had  more  pedigree  than  income. 
Another  daughter,  Miss  Maude  Sounger,  is 
tireless  :>-  s  settlemenl  worker.  She  is  a  sin* 
cere  enthusiast  devoted  to  the  uplift  of  the 
■  •  submerged ' '  and  as  part  of  her  plan  of 
action  joined  the  waitresses'  union  to  be  in 
closer  touch  with  the  objects"  of  her  benevo- 
lence. The  site  of  the  old  Colubmia  theater 
on  Powell  street  was  part  of  the  Younger 
property. 

In  Classic  Shades. 

The  Summer  School  course  seems  to  be  more 
popular  i  hau  ever  this  year,  and  many  of 
our  most  popular  maids  and  mat  runs  are  ar- 
dently applying  themselves  to  improving  their 
minds  at  Berkeley.  Miss  Edith  Treunor  and 
Miss  Alice  Warner  spend  every  week-day  on 
the  other  side  of  the  bay,  and,  together  with 
Mrs.  Leonard  Lane  and  several  others  who 
are  taking  courses,  meet  at  the  noon  hour  and 
have  jolly  lunches  together. 
&  «£  <$ 
Gay  Times  at  Newport. 

Newport  has  regained  its  social  prestige 
this  year.  Never  has  the  resort  been  so 
crowded  at  this  period.  Ochre  Point  has  the 
record  of  having  but  one  place  closed — Wake- 
hurst,  the  residence  of  James  J.  Val  Alen, 
who  is  salmon-fishing  in  Canada,  and  goes  to 
Europe  some  time  nest  month.  For  the  first 
time  in  three  summers,  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  is 
occupying  "The  Breakers."  Her  son-in-law, 
Count  Szechenzi,  and  the  Countess  are  to  be 
her  guests  for  the  summer.  Mrs.  Stuyvesant 
Fish  is,  back  at  the  "Crossings"  for  the 
first  time  in  two  years  and  Mrs.*  Wm.  B. 
Leeds  for  the  first  time  in  three  seasons.  The 
arrival  of  the  Eussian  Ambassador  and  Mad- 
ame Bakhmeteff  (Miss  Beale  formerly)  has 
been  followed  by  the  announcement  that  the 
German  Embassy  will  be  located  at  Newport 
for  the  summer,  and  that  the  German  cruiser 
Bremen  will  be  a  frequeat  visitor.  Colonel 
and  Mrs.  Wm.  Jay,  the  Arthur  Iselins,  Mrs. 
Oliver  H.  P.  Belmont  and  her  son,  Harold 
Vanderbilt,  are  all  at  Newport  this  season 
again.  The  place  will  see  a  good  deal  of  the 
New  York  Yacht  Club  during  the  season, 
and  through  the  liberality  of  T.  Suffern 
Tailer,  there  is  to  be  no  end  to  polo.  The 
dog  show  in  the  theater  building  of  the  Ca- 
sino will  be  an  interesting  event.  The  name 
of  Mrs.  Hermann  Oelrichs,  formerly  so  promi- 
nent in  accounts  of  Newport  society,  does  not 
appear  this  season. 

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the  gentleman.  Few  things  look  so  ungrace- 
ful as  linen  that  hangs  loosely  or  awkwardly 
upon  _the  wearer.  To  secure  well-fitting  shirts, 
they  should  be  made  to  order,  and  there  is  no 
place  in  San  Francisco  where  they  can  be  made 
better  than  at  D.  0.  Heger's,  243  Kearny  St. 
and  118  Geary  St.  At  these  places  skillful 
experts  make  excellent  shirts  and  underwear, 
guaranteeing  perfect  fit  and  style,  and  using 
the  best  of  materials.  Every  one  patronizing 
Heger's  expresses  satisfaction  with  the  re- 
sults. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

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between  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  Street. 
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[Saturday,   July  13,   1912. 


Garden  Party  at  Paimdale. 

Tlie  beautiful  home  of  Henry  Laeliman  at 
Paimdale  was  the  scene  of  an  elaborate  gar- 
den party  last  Saturday.  The  affair  was  un- 
to the  management  of  Mrs.  Louis  Hertz  and 
her  committee:  Mrs.  C.  E.  Grunsky,  Miss 
Kate  Grunsky,  Mrs.  E.  Mandel,  Mrs.  Lillian 
Wolff,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Abbott,  Mrs.  M.  H.  Herman, 
Mrs.  Henry  Hilp,  Miss  Eachel  Abel,  Mrs. 
Martin  A.  Meyer,  Mrs.  Norman  Martin,  Mrs. 
Joseph  Artigues,  Miss  Laura  Musto,  Mrs.  A. 
Koncovieri,  Mrs.  Thomas  Morffew,  Mrs.  Thom- 
as Graham,  Mrs.  L.  O'Brien,  Mrs.  L.  M. 
Kaiser,  Mrs.  Louis  Kahn.  The  members  of 
the  Woman's  Country  Club  of  the  Washington 
Township,  of  which  Mrs.  Marion  Mowry  is 
President,  received  the  guests  at  the  station 
of  Niles  and  escorted  the  guests  Ly  moicr 
cars  to  Paimdale.  Mr.  Laehman,  owner  of  the 
beautiful  estate,  offered  the  freedom  of  the 
grounds,  with  all  its  alluring  attractiveness, 
to  the  guests.  Delicious  refreshments,  in- 
eluding  an  individual  box  of  strawberries, 
formed  a  tempting  repast  at  the  garden  party. 
Historic  Mission  San  Jose,  the  industrial  pur- 
suits of  the  prolific  valley,  and  the  bursting 
orchards  were  exploited  before  the  Eastern 
visitor  as  a  concluding  feature  of  the  delight- 
ful garden  party. 

J*      jt      jl 

Mrs.  Fisk's  Niece. 

Miss  Merle  Maddern,  a  niece  of  Mrs.  Min- 
nie Maddern  Fiske,  is  home  on  a  visit  to  her 
father,  Mr.  William  A.  Maddern.  Her  moth- 
er, the  late  Mrs.  Maddern,  was  for  many 
years  the  leader  of  dramatic  art  in  this  city, 
and  a  woman  universally  loved  and  auuiired. 
A  number  of  interesting  society  events  have 
been  planned  to  greet  the  home-coming  of 
Miss  Maddern. 

s5*      -J*      t?* 
Caught  in  Time. 

Arabella — All  the  nicest  men  seem  to  be 
married. 

Amora — I  don't  suppose  they  were  always 
nice.  They've  just  been  caught  early  and 
tamed. 

Prominent  in  Society  and  Literary  Circles. 

Mrs.  Wallace  E.  Pond,  who  is  prominent  in 
society  and  in  literary  cireles  both  in  Berkeley 
and  in  San  Francisco,  was   one  of  the   most 


San  Francisco 
Sanatorium 

specializes  in  the  scientific  care 
op  liquor  oases.  suitable  and 
convenient  home  in  one  of  san 
francisco '  s  finest  residential 
districts  is  afforded  men  and 
women  "while  recuperating  from 
overindulgence.  private  rooms, 
private  nurses  and  meals  served 
in  rooms.  no  name  on  building, 
terms  reasonable. 

San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Phone  Franklin  7470        1911  Van  Ness  Ave. 
H.  L.  BATCHELDER,   Manager. 


beautifully  gowned  matrons  "at  the  various 
functions  given  lately  at  the  Palace  and  the 
Fairmont  Hotels  in  honor  of  the  Eastern  vis- 
itors. Mrs.  Pond  carries  her  gown  with  such 
graceful  poise  that  she  is  always  a  distinguish- 
ed figure  at  every  social  gathering.  She  was 
for  two  years  President  of  the  Laurel  Hall 
Club,  an  exclusive  literary  organization. 

The  Beason  of  It. 

"Tell  me  where  you  eat  and  I  will  tell  you 
what  you  are"  is  paraphrasing  an  old  saying, 
and  it  also  expresses  local  public  sentiment 
on  the  subject  of  dining  out.  "Where  you  dine 
in  San  Francisco  is  just  as  important  as  where 


MISS   ELEDE    PRINCE 

Whose  engagement  to  Leon  F.  Morris  has  heen 
announced. 


you  shop,  where  you  live.  Each  expresses 
your  taste,  and  your  taste  indicates  where  you 
"belong."  Of  eourse,  there  is  always  the 
quiet  retreat  to  be  considered,  where  one  can 
dine  in  seclusion  and  take  pleasure  in  being 
"different,"  but  continued  pilgrimages  to 
such  places  soon  turn  the  unique  into  the  or- 
dinary. It 's  human  nature  to  want  to  be  on 
the  "firing  line" — where  things  happen  fast 
and  furious;  and  it  seems  that  the  San  Fran- 
cisco public  has  made  Tait  's  the  "firing  line" 
of  its  dining  "engagements."  This  popular 
cafe  is  always  crowded,  and  every  face  you 
see  here  is  beaming,  expectant.  That  "bored 
look"  so  peculiar  to  the  habitual  diner-out  is 
never  seen  here.  And  the  seasoned  diner-out 
constitutes  a  large  per  cent  of  the  establish- 
ment's  patronage.  I  overheard  the  following 
fragments  of  a  conversation  here  last  night: 
( '  Say,  Bob,  what  makes  you  always  come 
here;  why  do  you  like  the  place?"  "Blamed 
if  I  know,  Bess,"  the  man  answered;  "ask 
me  why  I  like  one  book,  one  painting,  or  one 
piece  of  music  better  than  another.  Guess 
the  charm  of  the  place,  while  hard  to  define, 


is  on  the  same  key  with  my  temperament. 
Whenever  I  leave  home  to  dine  out,  my  feet 
naturally  point  this  way,  and  by  the  crowd  I 
see  here  every  time  I  come  I  guess  I'm  not 
the  only  one  who  likes  the  place. ' '  And 
really  there  is  a  charm  about  Tait 's.  You  feel 
you're  one  of  a  number  of  babes  in  Toyland, 
and  you  therefore  proceed  to  enjoy  yourself 
according  to  your  most  impulsive  whim  and 
fancy.  And  you  prove  fo  yourself  that  you 
did  have  a  good  time  by  coming  again. 

^»  ^*  1£& 

"Do  you  love  me,  Charles'?"  inquired  the 
beautiful  girl. 

"Of  course  I  do. " 

"Do  you  think  only  of  me,  by  day  and 
night?" 

".Well,  I'll  be  frank  with  you.  Now  and 
then  I  think  of  "baseball." 

Americans  in  Paris, 

The  month  of  June  ends  the  social  season 
in  Paris,  and  thereafter  people  scatter  to  the 
mountains,  the  seaside  or  country  houses. 
June  was  a  very  busy  month  for  the  new  Am- 
erican Ambassador,  Mr.  Myron  T.  Herrick, 
and  his  wife.  Among  the  entertainments 
given  in  their  honor  was  a  dinner  party  in 
the  handsome  apartment  of  Mrs.  Barton 
French,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Ink- 
ersley.  The  dinner  was  followed  by  a  music- 
ale,  at  which  Signor  Guardabassi,  Miss  Doug- 
las Wise  and  Mrs.  Barton  French  sang.  Among 
the  guests  at  the  dinner  or  who  came  in  later 
for  the  music  were  the  American  Ambassador 
(Mr.  Myron  T.  Herrick)  and  Mrs.  Herrick, 
the  Servian  Minister  and  Mme.  Vesnitch,  the 
Greek    Minister    and    Mme.    Athos    Eomanos, 


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Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de 
luxe"  at  $200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a 
very  small  expense  you  can  enjoy  a 
world  of  entertainment.  Victrolas  $15 
to  $200.     Any  Victrola  on   easy  terms. 


Sherman  j§[iay  &  Co. 

Sheet  Mualc  and  Musical  Merchandise. 
Steinway  and  Othir  Pianos. 
Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianos 

Victor  Talking  Machines. 

KEARNY    AND    SUTTER    STREETS. 

SAN    FRANCISCO. 

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Saturday,    July    13,    1912.] 


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Who  will  appear  in  "The  Battle  Cry 


PUCKETT'S 
COLLEGE  of  DANCING 

A  More  Beautiful  Ballroom 
Could  Hardly   be  Conceived 


Classes — Mondays.    Assemblies — Fridays 

Advance  Class  and  Social — Wednesdays 

PRIVATE    LESSONS 


ASSEMBLY  HALL 

1268  SUTTER  STREET 

between  Van  Ness    and  Polk 
Ball  for  Bent  Phone   Franklin   118 


TULLY 

of  Freedom"  mxt  week  at  the  Orpheum. 

the  Duke  of  Richelieu,  H.  S.  H.  Princess  Hoh- 
enlohe,  Mr.  Herman  Harjes  (member  of  the 
Paris  banking  firm  of  Morgan,  Harjes  and 
Co.)  and  his  handsome  young  wife,  Mr.  David 
Jayne  Hill  (formerly  American  Ambassador 
to  Berlin)  and  Mrs.  Hill,  Mr.  and  Mme.  Go- 
gorza  (Emma  Eames),  C'omte  and  Comtesse 
Lionel  de  Montesquion,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur 
lnkersley,  Mrs.  Frederick  Townsend  Martin, 
Mrs.  Bellamy  Storer  (to  whom  the  famous 
series  of  "Dear  Maria"  letters  was  written), 
Comte  Souza  Eosa  (the  last  Ambassador  to 
Paris  appointed  by  the  King  of  Portugal), 
the  Marquise  de  Schoenbrun  and  Mrs.  Morris 
Cleios.  A  large  entertainment  was  given  on 
the  same  night  by  the  Russian  Ambassador 
and  Ambassadress,  and  many  of  Mrs.  French  's 
guests,  including  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herriek,  "went 
on"  to  the  Russian  Embassy  later.  Nearly 
all  the  party  being  either  of  American  birth 
or  having  associations  with  the  United  States, 


l,l«-   coi  i    „|„)T1    the 

National    Republican   Convention   al    Chicago, 
at    which    Mr.    Merrick    would    prol 
been   I  'haii  man    li;  d         n  uiaiuod  in   An  ■ 

ad  of  coming   to  Pi 
a  Btaunch  friend  of  bol  li  Mr.  Tafl 
Roosevelt,  be  cong  [f  0D  being 

safe  in  the  French  capital  instead 
painful  position  of  being  obliged  to  make  :i 
choice  between  two  men  with  both  i  whom 
he  has  been  thrown  into  close  association, 
and  iui  both  of  n  horn  tie  entei  tains  a  high 
regard.  Mrs,  Barton  French  is  well  known  in 
California,  M  r.  and  M  rs.  Lnkersley  lit  ed  here 
for  set  era!  years. 


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S.   S.   Tenyo   Maru,    (Via  Manila   direct) 

Friday,    July    12,    1912 

S.  S.  Shinyo  Maru, (New). ..Saturday,  Aug.   3,1912 
S.  S.  Chiyo  Maru oaturday,  Aug.  31,  1912 

S.  S.  Nippon  Maru  (Intermediate  Service 
Saloon.  Accommodations  at  reduced 
rates Saturday,    September    21,    1912 

Steamers  sail  from  Company's  pier,  No.  34. 
near  fooL  of  Brannan  Street,  1  P.  M.  for  Yoko- 
hama and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Honolulu,  Kobe 
(Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  connecting 
at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,  etc. 

No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing 
Round   trip   tickets   at  reduced   rates. 

For  freight  and  passage  apply  at  office,  4tb 
floor.  Western  Metropolis  National  Bank  Building. 
625  Market  St. 

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MADE  RICH  BY  TIPS. 


Verification  of  the  Proverb  That  All  Things 
Come  to  Him  Who  Will  but  "Wait." 

MATRONS  of  restaurants  in  San  Fran- 
cisco are  good  tippers.  Many  waiters 
in  this  city  own  snug  bank  accounts 
or  valuable  real  estate.  Our  knights 
lit'  the  napkin  are,  however,  not  in  the  capi- 
talistic class  of  those  of  New  York  who  were 
recently  on  strike.  Some  sleuths  of  the  press 
looked  up  the  financial  status  of  the  waiters' 
trade  in  Gotham,  and  discovered  facts  that 
astonished  the  investigators. 

A  captain  of  waiters  at  Sherry 's  Fifth  ave- 
nue establishment  is  assessed  on  real  estate 
valued  at  $110,U0U.  A  waiter  at  Savarin's  is 
reputed  to  be  worth  $80,000.  The  Mayor  of 
Montvale,  New  Jersey,  where  the  waiter  owns 
an  extensive  vineyard,  appointed  him  Mayor 
protein,  while  the  chief  magistrate  was  away 
on  a   vacation  recently. 

Another  waiter  at  Savarin's  is  said  to  be 
worth  $60,000.  He  made  the  money  on  tips 
from  brokers.  He  cleaned  up  $18,000  in  one 
turn.  His  son  will  graduate  this  year  from 
the  Massachusets  Institute  of  Technology. 

Philippe,  a  waiter  at  Delmonico's,  is  the 
owner  of  a  swell  apartment  house  ou  Twenty- 
sixth  street.  A  lady  and  her  husband,  steady 
customers  of  Delmonico  and  well  known  to 
Philippe,  were  in  search  of  a  fashionable 
steam-heated  apartment.  The  lady  finally 
found  one  that  almost  suited  her.  But  she 
required  a  parquetry  flooring  to  be  laid  in 
the  front  room  of  the  apartment,  which  she 
wished  to  convert  into  a  library.  She  would 
be  willing  to  take  a  two-year  lease.  The 
janitor  referred  her  to  the  renting-  agent,  but 
the  latter  had  no  authority  to  make  the  im- 
provement, and  referred'  her  to  the  owner. 
She  was  advised  to  call  upon  the  owner  be- 
tween certain  hours.  In  due  time  she  called 
upon  the  owner,  and  to  her  astonishment  he 
proved  to  be  none  other  than  her  favorite 
waiter  from  Delmonico 's. 

One  of  the  oldest  waiters  at  Hector's  is  a 
lover  of  the  water.  In  the  days  before  the 
old  Rector  establishment  was  torn  down  this 
man  had  one  of  the  best  "stations"  in  the 
restaurant.      Too    independent    to    work    for 


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strangers  while  the  new  hotel  was  being  built, 
he  purchased  a  houseboat  for  $4,000,  installed 
a  pianola  aboard  it,  fixed  up  a  dynamo  so  that 
all  six  of  the  comfortable  rooms  were  lighted 
electrically,  paid  $1,000  for  a  nobby  little  ten- 
der, and  with  the  aid  of  the  latter  towed  his 
property  up  the  Shrewsbury  Kiver.  Together 
with  his  family  he  spent  the  summer  of  1910 
anchored  in  comfort,  and  a  part  of  this  last 
summer  when  his  duties  at  the  new  Rector's 
permitted  him. 

Gossips  among  the  waiters  give  this  man 
the  credit  of  taking  in  one  of  the  largest  bona 
fide  tijjs  ever  pocketed  in  New  York.  It  was 
upon  the  memorable  occasion  of  the  testimo- 
nial dinner  to  Prince  Henry  of  Prussia,  and 
is  said  to  have  been  an  even  $200. 


CHECKING  PRIVILEGES. 

Mere  is  a  list  of  the  annual  sums  said  to  be 
paid  to  certain  New  York  hotels  for  the  ex- 
clusive checking  privilege: 

Hotel   Albany    $1,500 

"Hotel  Plaza   2,000 

*Cafe  Martin 2,000 

(Jafe  Boulevard 3,000 

Cafe  des  Beaux  Arts 3,000 

(Jafe  Madrid 3,000 

Shanley's    Restaurant    3000 

Sherry's  Restaurant    3,000 

Murray 's   Restaurant    4,000 

Maxim 's  Restaurant 4,000 

*Hotel  Astor   5,000 

Churchill's  Restaurant    6,000 

Hotel  Rector   b',000 

Hotel   Knickerbocker    6,500 

Luuis  Martin's  Restaurant    ...   8,000 
^"Indicates  that  the  privilege  is  a  restricted 
one. 

The  Waldorf-Astoria,  among  other  hotels*, 
has  uniformly  refused  to  farm  out  its  check- 
ing privilege. 


Mullins '   Decision. 

TU  E  friends  of  the  late  Patrolman  O  'Brien 
wanted  to  give  the  widow  an  appro- 
priate memorial,  and  subscribed  enough 
money  to  have  a  large  oil  portiait  painted  by 
;i  rising  Velasquez  of  the  Carmel-by-the-Sea 
colony.  When  the  portrait  was  finished  it 
was  taken  to  the  house  of  the  widow  and 
placed  on  exhibition.  All  who  subscribed  to 
the  fund  were  invited  to  come  and  see  it, 
and  they  assembled  duly.  The  portrait  was 
unveiled  by  the  artist.  Half  of  those  present 
said  it  was  a  good  likeness  and  half  said  it 
was  very  poor.  The  dispute  was  warm.  Fin- 
ally the  painter,  seeing  his  fee  slipping  away 
from  him,  as  there  seemed  no  basis  of  settle- 
ment as  to  the  merits  of  the  picture,  suggested 
that  Mullins,  the  plasterer,  who  was  the  most 
intimate  friend  of  O'Brien,  should  be  called" 
in  and  the  merit  or  demerit  of  the  picture 
left  to  him. 

Mullins  came  and  was  shown  the  picture. 

''Who  is  itf"  asked  the  artist. 

' '  It 's  O  'Brien, ' '  said  Mullins.  c l  By  my 
faith,  it's  O'Brien!  It's  my  old  friend,  Pat 
O'Brien." 

Mullins  walked  up  and  put  out  his  hand  to 
touch  the  picture. 

"Don't  do  that!"  exclaimed  the  artist. 
"It's   not  dry. " 

"Not  dry!"  shouted  Mullins.  "Not  diy,  is 
it?    Then  if  it  isn't  dry  it  isn't  O'Brien. " 


Profane  Silence. 

THE   other  day  upon  the  links   a   disting- 
uished clergyman  was  playing  a  closely 
contested  game   of  golf.     He  carefully 
teed    up   his   ball    and   addressed   it   with    the 
[   most    approved    grace;    he    raised    his    driver 


and  hit  the  ball  a  tremendous  dip,  but  in- 
stead of  soaring  into  the  azure  it 'perversely 
went  about  twelve  feet  to  the  right  and  then 
buzzed  around  in  a  circle.  The  clerical  gen- 
tleman frowned,  scowled,  pursed  up  his  mouth 
and  bit  his  lips,  but  said  nothing,  and  a 
friend  who  stood  by  him  said:  "Doctor,  that 
is  the  most  profane  silence  I  ever  witnessed," 
+ 

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"Oh,  mother,  why  are  the  men  in  the  front 
baldheaded?" 

"They  bought  their  tickets  from  the  scalp- 
ers, my  dear." 


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o\Y  long  does  n.e  average  newly  rich 
last  at  Newport  .'  The  history  ol  each 
of  these  interesting  families  is  much 
t  he  Bame.  They  rent  :i  houBe  for  i  he 
season,  they  sin'  receptions,  balls,  musicales, 
they  Btrivo  to  cultivate  tl —  celebr I  lead- 
ers "ln.su  tenure  ol   social  position  in  thi 

ony  has  been  sufticiently  Ioixlc  to  give  them 
their  primature.  The  social  Btruggle  lasts 
aboul  Beven  years.  Thai  may  be  regarded  as 
the  average  duration  of  the  battle.  Finally 
they  give  up  and  subside  to  the  Btation  for 

which  nature  had  i 'e  evidently   fitted  them, 

If  their  purses  be  unusually  large,  they  may 
lasl  somewhat  longer,  bul  seven  years  ol 
effort  usually  uiaku  ;iu  end  of  their  surplus 
cash  and  their  stock  of  patience,  or  buth. 
Their  average  social  career  is  the  same  length 
as  the  average  life  of  a  chorus  girl  or  a 
yellow   newspaper. 

The  first   year  of  the  aspirant   in  Newport 

is  very  expensive.    There  are  a  s 'o  or  no. re 

prominent  houses  which  may  be  leased  for  the 
season.     The  average  rental  for  one  of  these 

"cottages"    is   $15, i   for   the   season.      The 

additional  expenses   i essary   to   keep   up  a 

fifteen-tbousand-dollar  "cottage"  are  usually 
about  $35,000.  Therefore  a  Newport  season 
even  economically  managed  comes  ordinarily 
to  about  $50,000. 

What  can  a   man   buy  in  Newport  for  tins 

$50, i  that  he  cannot  get  elsewhere?    Social 

opportunity.  Reduced  to  concrete  figures,  his 
social  opportunities  will  consist  of  these:  One 
hour  each  pleasant  week  day  at  the  Casino, 
one  hour  each  pleasant  week  day  at  the  golf 
links,  and  one  hour  each  pleasant  week  day 
al  Bailey's  Beach.  There  and  there  alone 
will  he  and  his  brood  find  the  chance  to  court, 
by  hook  or  by  crook,  those  casual  introductions 
which  alone  are  worth  the  price  of  admis- 
sion. Now  the  Newport  season  is  very 
short,  being  about  six  weeks  long,  from  the 
Ersl    of  July  to  the  middle  or  August. 

Often  it  rains.  In  fact,  on  the  average  it 
rains  a  fifth  of  the  time.  Therefore,  the 
assaulter  of  the  inner  shrine  is  reduced,  to 
put  the  matter  in  vulgar  minutes,  to  about 
ninety  hours  of  social  opportunity  during  the 
entiie  season.  Fifty  thousand  dollars  for 
ninety  hours!  Pour  hundred  and  forty-odd 
dollars  an  hour.  Such  a  strain  cannot  be 
borne  long  on  a  moderate  income.  After  a 
few  seasons  the  average  climbers  pack  their 
things  and  are  seen  no  more,  on  the  beach  or 
at  the  Casino  or  on  the  golf  links. 

•Take  the  case  of  the  Jimson  family,  for 
instance.  We  call  them  Jimson  because  it 
isn't  their  honest  family  name.  After  a 
month  at  Newport  in  a  $15,000  "cottage" 
I  he  Jimsons  thought  the  time  had  come  to 
spread  out  and  entertain.  Tn  the  sixty  hours 
of  social  opportunity  they  had  managed  to 
be  "introduced"  to  280  of  the  Newport  set. 
So  the  Jimsons  announced  a  reception  for  a 


certain  evening.  They  issued  280  invitations 
and   received   280  acceptances.     Great!     The 

med   -.  easy   that   life   was   roseate 

in   the  y  other   mini 

until  i ! _       of  I  hi    m  imentous  e>  ent. 

Simply  l,,  -how  that  money  was  no  object, 
the  Jimsons  sent  to  New  V'ork  tor  the 
musical  talenl  at  the  command  of  any  agen 
and  ascmbled  a  list  of  names  for  the  musicale 
I  tial  would  ha\  e  gn  en  I  iscar  Hammeratein  a 
fil  of  apoplexy,  iii  course,  the  Jimsons  did 
'"«  thai  everyone  in  Newport  accepts 
every  invitation  that  is  sent.  Whether  they 
go  or  nol  is  a  dill". 'rent  mailer.     Nor  did  they 

know   thai    no  in   Newport   relisl.es  a   sel 

entertainment.  Of  all  things  abhorred  in 
Newport     is    the    sort    of    entertainment    one 

might   get   s ewhere   else.     No   matter   what 

the  cosl,  it  you  can  get  it  anywhere  else,  it 
is    no   g I    in    Newport. 

The    .liaisons    didn't    realize    this.      In    the 

bottom     ..I'    their    g I     old     simple    bourgeois 

-..ills  I  hey  were  congratulating  each  other 
thai  they  were  to  leave  a  musicale  thai  would 
make  a  gala  night  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera 
House  look  like  seventeen  cents.  Besides, 
they  prepared  a  magnificent  supper  and  se- 
cured   ninety   extra   waiters   to   serve   it. 

This  was  I  he  history  of  the  attendance  at 
the  -I  tmson   musicale: 

Al    !l    o'clock   twelve   persons   were   present. 

At    In    o'clock    there    were   fourteen. 

At  11  o'clock  there  were  fifteen. 

At  32  o'clock  there  were  235. 

At   12:15  there  were  eight. 

At  12:30  four  guests  went  in.  to  supper  and 
were  waited  on  by  ninety  servants! 

Do  you  wonder  that  seven  seasons  of  that 
is  enough  to  wear  down  the  stoutest  heart 
and   put   a  crimp  in  the  fattest  purse. 

The  ordinary  millionaire  who  goes  to  New- 
port lias  a  hard  time,  especially  he  who  has 
made  his  money  himself,  for  he  usually  thinks 
his  money  important.  In  Newport  it  is  not 
important  at  all  as  a  social  prop.  Money  is 
very  necessary  to  pay  bills  and  very  useful 
for  loans,  but  being  vulgarly  rich  is  of  itself 
not  a  complete  qualification  for  social  tri- 
umph at  Newport. 

The  owner  of  a  pretty  little  yacht  which 
bad  cost  him  $75,000,  dropped  anchor  in 
Newport  last  summer  and  called  on  an  old 
friend  who  knew  the  town. 

"Look  here,"  said  the  yachtsman  bold, 
"my  yacht's  down  in  the  bay,  and  she's 
yours  for  ten  days.  I  want  you  to  do  with 
her  as  you  please.  Luncheon  and  dinner 
every  day,  if  you  like.  Suppose  we  get  right 
at  it  and  make  up  a  list  of  the  guests  you'd 
like  to  invite." 

"Have  you  a  minute  to  spare  now?"  re- 
plied  the   Newport  citizen. 

"Certainly." 

"Then  hop  into  my  motor  car." 

They  were  driven  to  the  pier.  There  the 
Newport  man  pointed  across  the  water.  About 
sixty  yachts  were  riding  at  anchor — the  finest 
fleet  of  private  yachts  in  existence. 

' '  Most,  of  these  boats  are  better  than 
yours,"  said  the  Newport  man  mercilessly, 
"a»nd   they're   all  better  known.     And    there 


is  not  one  among  them  that  is  not  pining 
longing   to   give   a   dinner   or   a   luncheon,    both 

or    either,    to    someone    or    any ,      M.. 

there  is  nol  a  hall  dozen  ..i  them  thai  will 
be  able •       ,  ;uests,  lei   alo 

parly.      \\  i.y  .'      Be.  ..    drug    "ii 

the    Newport    market.     Why   ml hances  on 

'■"lied  al i    .hi    1 1..-    watei    v,  hen   j  ..u 

'■ In"'    "i     I I nlorlnblv    as] .''  Sad 

au:.\ .  sailor  boj .  to  s o  porl   «  here  a  yachl 

is   a    luxury   and   not   a    nuisance.  '  ' 

"  Whew  !  ' '  exclaimed  I  he  j  achtsman,  "  I  II 
pull  anchor  this  afternoon.  This  frigid  cli 
mule  is  not  .114 able  in  my  flannels." 

Tl iisi.le  world  believes     that  Newport 

is   made   up  oiilir.dv    of    wild  people,   who  spend 

their    lime    giving    monkey    and    dog    dinners, 

bul     this     is    not     quite    correct.       There     is,    ol 

course,   the   brass   Land  set,  composed   chief!} 

ol'  people  whose  idea  of  elegance  is  based  141 
011  the  proposition  that  you  should  be  as  in- 
sulting as  possible  to  your  neighbor,  other 
wise  you  are  not  exclusive.  Having  a  com- 
mercial origin,  1  hey  are  firm  believers  in  the 
virtue  of  advertising.  They  feel  that  they 
must  be  talked  alioiit.  and  to  attain  notori- 
ety, they  are  quite  willing  to  do  any  and 
everything  which  will  startle  the  community. 
Let.  no  one  believe  that  they  are  happy;  they 
have  no  confidence  in  themselves.  They  have 
brains  enough  to  recognize  their  own  de- 
ficiencies,  considered  from  a  mental  and  so- 
cial standpoint.  Their  greatest  fear  is  that 
somebody  will  find  them  out,  and  the  sad 
part  of  it  is  that  they  always  are  found  out. 

If  any  one  should  ask  what  was  the  best 
rule  to  observe  to  be  successful  in  Newport, 
let  it  be  said:  Determine  from  your  experi- 
ence what  convention  teaches  is  the  right 
thing  to  do,  and  then  do  the  exact  opposite. 
Society  wdll  forgive  anything  in  a  man  if  he 
is  liberal,  and  everything  in  a  woman  if  she 
is  pretty. 

Socially,  many  people  of  very  moderate 
means  are  prominent  in  Newport,  and  are  in- 
vited to  the  frequent  functions.  Imagine, 
however,  the  heartaches  in  the  homes  where 
the  annual  income  does  not  exceed  $4, 000, 
when  the  women  are  obliged  to  come  in  re- 
peated social  contact  with  other  women  whose 
incomes  are  from  $100,000  a  year  up.  Let 
us  draw  the  curtain  over  the  picture.  It  is 
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BLUFFING  THE  COLONEL, 


OW  that  Colonel  Roosevelt  has  read 
himself  out  of  the  Republican  party 
the  public  may  expect,  confidently, 
to  find  a  good  many  anecdotes  of 
the  third-teim  candidate  cropping  up  in  the 
newspapers.  There  was  never  a  President 
who  had  more  cause  for  gratitude  to  the 
^ress  than  Boosevelt.  When  be  became  the 
only  "Former-President,"  the  newspapers 
still  kept  in  cold  storage  many  stories  about 
his  political  career  that  would  have  amused 
the  public.  There  no  longer  exists  the  re- 
gard for  the  third-term  candidate's  feelings 
that  held  the  reporters  in  check.  Henceforth 
the  newspapers  will  be  very  likely  to  print 
everything  about  Roosevelt  as  they  would 
about  the  doings  and  sayings  of  any  other 
politician. 

The  story  of  how  the  late  Boss  Piatt  and 
Benjamin  B.  Odell  bluffed  Roosevelt  into  tak- 
ing the  vice-presidential  nomination  has  just 
been  made  public.  As  every  politician  knows, 
United  States  Senator  Piatt  was  distributor- 
in-chief  ol  the  political  pie  in  New  York. 
Odell  worked  harmoniously  with  Piatt,  and 
thus  in  time  became  Governor  of  the  Empire 
State. 

Early  in  the  Spring  of  the  last  year  of 
Roosevelt's  term  as  Governor  of  New  York, 
politicians  began  to  talk  about  the  Governor's 
probable  successor.  Roosevelt,  with  his  cus- 
tomary positiveness,  said  there  was  no  ques- 
tion  about  bis  successor.     He  would  succeed  - 

himself. 

*     *     * 

Notwithstanding  Governor  Roosevelt's  con- 
fidence, the  Spring  caucuses  in  the  counties 
didn  't  indorse  the  Governor  for  re-election. 
They  praised  his  administration  but  said  no- 
thing about  giving  him  another  term  in  of- 
fice. The  fact  was  that  Boss  Piatt  and  Odell, 
who  was  chairman  of  the  State  Committee, 
had  fixed  the  matter  up  already.  From  his 
headquarters  in  the  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel, 
Odell  allowed  it  to  be  known  that  Col.  Roose- 
velt would  have  the  endorsement  of  his 
State  for  the  Vice-Presidential  nomination  at 
the  Philadelphia  convention.  The  Colonel  de- 
nied the  statement.  At  first  he  laughed  at 
it;  then  he  grew  angry  and  declared  that  no 
power  on  earth  would  induce  him  to  accept 
such  a  nomination.  Again  and  again  he  in- 
sisted that  he  would  be  renominated  for  Gov- 
ernor, and  that  all  the  bosses  in  the  world 
■could  not  keep  the  nomination  from  him. 

These  declarations  came  from  Albany,  and 
Senator  Piatt  was  often  urged  to  reply,  but 
lie  remained  silent.  He  had  many  talks  with 
Mr.  Odell,  and  it  was  agreed  between  them 
that  the  Colonel  would  change  his  tune  when 
he  learned  that  he  would  have  to  run  as  the 
tail  of  the  National  Ticket  or  go  home  to 
Oyster  Bay  and  stay  quiet  for  a  year  or  two. 

Meantime  the  Colonel  kept  up  his  efforts 
for  renomination  as  Governor  of  New  York 
and  thought  he  had  Piatt  and  Odell  "beaten 
to  a  frazzle,"  when,  in  fact,  he  hadn't  a  ghost 
of  a  show  for  the  renomination. 


June  came  ana  the  date  of  the  National 
Convention  drew  near.  The  Colonel  contin- 
ued to  declare  that  he  would  not  accept  the 
nomination  for  Vice-President.  He  didn 't 
intend  to  let  anybody  shelve  him,  he  said. 
He  didn 't  want  anything  but  another  term 
as  Governor,  and  if  he  couldn't  get  that  he 
would  take  nothing.  This  kind  of  talk  didn't 
suit  Piatt.  He  and  Quay  of  Pennsylvania, 
and    Mark    Hanna    of    Ohio,    had    a    political 


THE  LATE  THOMAS  C.   PLATT. 

program  all  arranged  and  didn't  wish  to  see 

it  broken   just  because  one  of  the  figures  in 

the  play  was  obstreperous. 
*     *     * 

Then  one  day  Piatt  and  Odell  had  a  talk. 
Just  what  was  said  by  these  two  is  not  known 
but  it  was  said  that  a  plan  was  arranged  to 
bring  the  Colonel  to  his  senses,  and  keep 
him  so  busy  chasing  the  bosses  that  he  would 
have  no  chance  to  get  at  the  head  of  the 
procession.  By  one  of  those  underground 
passages  which  Piatt  'often  found  so  useful, 
word  became  public  to  this  effect:  "Senator 
Piatt  is  very  much  annoyed  and  embarrased 
by  the  refusal  of  Gov.  Roosevelt  to  accept 
the  nomination  for  Vice-President,  and  he 
fears  that  unless  this  State  immediately  pro- 
duces an  acceptable  candidate  that  the  prize 
will  go  elsewhere.  He  has  asked  State  Chair- 
man Odell  to  be  a  candidate.  He  has  learned 
.that  Mr.  Odell  would  be  acceptable  to  Mr. 
Hanna  and  the  other  big  leaders." 

When    this    "news ' '    was    printed    in    the 


newspapers,  Mr.  Odell  and  Mr.  Piatt  met 
again  and  waited  for  developments.  At  4 
o'clock  the  next  afternoon  the  telephone  bell 
rang  in  Mr.  Odell 's  private  office,  and  "Cen- 
tral"  said: 

"Governor  Roosevelt  would  like  to  speak 
to  you,  Sir. ' ' 

Odell  went  to  the  telephone,  and  this  con- 
versation took  place: 

"That  you,  Ben?" 

"Yes,  who  are  you?" 

"This  is  the  Governor.  How  are  you,  Ben?" 

' '  Pretty  well,  thank  you.  How  are  you 
feeling?" 

"Bully.  Say,  could  you  run  up  here  for  a 
short  time.  I  have  something  I  want  to  talk 
to  you  about.  It 's  very  important.  Come 
up,  will  you? 

"Impossible  for  me  to  go  up  this  week. 
Won't    the   thing   wait?" 

"Not  very  well,  and  I  want  it  disposed 
of." 

"Why  can't  you  stop  in  here  on  your  way 
to  Oyster  Bay  on  Saturday?" 

"That's  fine..  I'll  do  that.  Expect  me 
along   in   the   afternoon. ' ' 

Then  Odell  rang  up  Piatt,  and  the  latter 
said  he  was  much  pleased  at  the  quick  and 
vigorous  bite  that  had  answered  their  fish- 
ing. Late  Saturday  afternoon  Governor  Roose- 
velt bustled  into  Odell 's  room,  and  after  an 
effusive  greeting,  said: 

"Must   catch   a  train;    great   hurry  to   get 

home.     Just  jump  into  my  cab  with  me  and 

we  can  talk  going  over  to  the  Thirty-fourth 

street  ferry,  and  the  cab  ean  bring  you  ba'-k. " 
*     *     * 

Odell  professed  great  reluctance,  but  he 
finally  climbed  into  the  cab.  On  the  way  to 
the  ferry  Roosevelt  chatted  about  many  petty 
things,  and  it  was  not  until  the  cab  was  with- 
in half  a  block  of  the  ferry  that  the  Gover- 
nor said  to  Odell: 

"By  the  way,  Ben,  what  is  this  I  hear 
about  you  being  nominated  for  Vice-Presi- 
dent?" 

"It  seems  to  be  up  to  me,"  replied  Odell, 
carelessly.  "Yon  won't  take  it  and  it  ought 
to  come  to  this  State.  The  Senator  has  made 
some  inquiries,  and  he  says  that  I  will  do. 
I  don't  want  it,  but  rather  than  have  the 
State  lose  it,  I  will  accept." 

Roosevelt  asked  with  much  anxiety: 

"Well,  just  promise  me,  Ben,  that  you'll 
do  nothing  until  you  hear  from  me.  Promise 
me,  won't  you?" 

"All  right."  Odell  replied,  and  then  Roose- 
velt ran  for  his-  boat,  and  Odell  returned  to 
his  headquarters  and  telephoned  the  news  to 
Piatt. 

The  next  scene  of  this  political  comedy 
opened  at  the  Philadelphia  convention,  where 
Roosevelt  was  protesting  strenuously  that  no 
power  on  earth  could  make  him  accept  the 
Vice-Presidential  nomination.  These  protest- 
ations caused  no  surprise  nor  uneasiness  to 
Piatt  and  Quay  and  Hanna  and  Odell  and  the 
others  who  were  engineering  the  affair. 


Saturday,    July    13,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


15 


'HOWDAH,  THEODORE!      THINK  YOU  CAN  GET  MAHOUT?' 


ARTISTS  WILL  HAVE  THEIR  DAY. 

AS  THE  TIME  approaches  for  the  world's 
fair  to  appear  upon  the  scenery,  it  be- 
hooves us  to  be  very  considerate  of 
the  men  who  paint  pictures,  for  we  shall  have 
to  show  up  some  "culture"  iu  our  midst.  No 
doubt  there  will  be  many  wonderful  works  of 
art  brought  here  if  the  right  people  are  sent 
to  choose  them,  but  we  shall  have  to  encourage 
our  California  painters  more  enthusiastically 
than  we  do  at  present,  if  we  want  them  to 
make  the  impression  which  they  are  certainly 
capable  of  making.  To  be  sure,  Harry  Stuart 
Fonda  sold  a  picture  a  short  while  ago  at  the 
Del  Monte  art  gallery  for  fifteen  hundred  dol- 
lars. But  it  was  bought  by  an  Eastern  wo- 
man, and  besides  it  was  a  great  big  picture, 
and  must  have  required  much  time,  many 
yards  of  canvas  and  about  a  thousand  dollars 
worth  of  paint.  McComas  sells  most  of  his 
pictures,  but  his  personality  is  convincing, 
his  pictures  are  strong,  and  most  important  of 
all  he  is  an  exceptionally  lucky  young  person 
— witness  his  marriage  with  Miss  Marie  Louise 
Parrott. 


Charles  Rollo  Peters  gave  a  stunning  ex- 
hibition at  the  St.  Francis  this  spring  which 
would  have  been  considered  successful  finan- 
cially for  some  men,  but  not  for  him,  for  he 
does  everything  on  the  same  big  scale  in 
which  he  paints,  and  so  he  needs  a  lot  of  mon- 
ey to  keep  him,  going.  His  son,  Charles  Rollo 
Peters,  Jr.,  is  now  studying  with  Sargeant  in 
London  and  is  giving  great  promise  as  a  por- 
trait painter. 

Charles  Dickman  has  finished  some  very 
successful  panels  for  P.  M.  Smith  of  Oakland; 
Joullin  Las  painted  a  portrait  of  William 
Greer  Harrison;  Martinez  and  Piazzoni,  two 
of  our  most  clever  men,  are  painting  and 
teaching.  Burgdorf  has  struck  it  rich  in 
Cleveland  and  has  gone  to  Egypt.  Arthur 
Mathews  is  doing  some  wonderful  work  in 
his  quiet  way  at  his  studio,  and  some  of  the 
women,  Evelyn  McCormick,  Maren  Froelich 
and  some  others,  are  doing  work  which  is 
good  and  strong.  And  this  is  all  with  but  a 
7ninimum  of  encouragement  from  San  Fran- 
cisco. But  the  painter-men  will  soon  be  hav- 
ing  their   day   out   here   in  the   West  if   San 


Francisco  intends  to  make  the  showing  artist- 
ically which  she  will  be  expected  to  make  as 
a  metropolis  big  enough  and  important  enough 
for  a  world's  fair. 

+ 

EXPRESSING    HIMSELF. 

THE  erudite  schoolmaster  propounded  a 
deep  question  to  his  students  and  peer- 
ed around  the  class-room  for  the  an- 
swer. Silence  followed  from  the  blank  faces 
before  him.  Presently  his  attention  was  at- 
tracted to  a  small  freckel-face*d  boy  in  a 
front  seat,  who,  either  from  timidness  or  in- 
decision, seemed  to  be  endeavoring  to  hold 
himself  in  check. 

"Out  with  it,  Tommy!"  urged  the  school- 
master ,getting  up  and  advancing  to  a  posi- 
tion near  the  student.  "Don't  be  afraid  to 
assert  yourself;  out  with  it!" 

Encouraged  by  the  instructor's  words,  the 
youth  threw  back  his  head,  opened  wide  his 
mouth  and  emitted  a  very  loud  sneeze. 

♦ 

TO  THE  POINT. 
At  a  teachers'  conference  one  of  the  school 
principals  rose  to  propose  the  toast:    "Long 
live   the   teachers." 

And  a  meager,  pallid  assistant  instructor 
in  a  hollow  voice  asked:   "On  what?" 


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ing), Sausalito  Ferry  Ticket  Office,  or 
on  application  to  J.  J.  Geary,  G.  P.  & 
F.  A.,  808  Phelan  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


NEW  ENGLAND  HOTEL 

Located  in  beautiful  grove  about  40  rods  from 
station.  Beautiful  walks,  grand  scenery;  hunt- 
ing and  fishing,  boating,  bathing,  bowling  and 
croquet.  Table  supplied  with  fresh  fruit  and 
vegetables,   milk  and  eggs  from  own  ranch  daily. 

Adults  $7  to  $9  per  week;  special  rates  for 
children. 

Address  P.  K.  HARRISON,  Camp  Meeker, 
Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


OWN  SUMMER  HOME    IN 

CAMP    MEEKER 

Mountains  of  Sonoma  Co.  Lots  $15  up.  Meeker 
'uilds  cottages  $85  up.  Depot,  stores,  hotels, 
.staurant,  phone,  post,  express  office,  theater, 
free  library,  pavilion,  churches,,  sawmill;  2,000 
lots  sold,  700  cottages  built.  Sausalito  Ferry. 
Address  M.  C.  MEEKER,  Camp  Meeker. 


Redwood  Grove 


%  mile  from  Guerneville;  tents  and  cottages ; 
abundance  of  fruit,  berries;  bus  meets  all  trains. 
Rates  $10-$11  per  week;  L.  D.  phone.  Address 
THORPE  BROS.,  Box  141,  Guerneville,  Sonoma 
Co.,    Cal. 


ROSE    HILL 

HOTEL  AND  COTTAGES 
Camp  Meeker 

Opposite  depot;  20  minutes'  ride  from  Russian 
River;  surrounded  by  orchards  and  vineyards; 
excellent  dining-room,  with  best  cooking.  Pish- 
ing, boating,  swimming  and  dancing.  Many 
good  trails  for  mountain  clinrbing.  Open  all 
year.  Can  accommodate  75  guests.  Adults,  $6 
to    $10   per  week;    children   half  rates. 

Building  lots  for  sale  from  $50  and  up.  Ad- 
dress MRS.  L.  BARBIER,  Camp  Meeker,  So- 
noma   County,    Cal. 


The  Gables 


Sonoma  county's  ideal  family  resort,  just  opened 
to  the  public.  Excellent  table,  supplied  from 
our  dairy  and  farm.  Dancing,  tennis,  games. 
Bus  to  hot  baths  and  trains  daily  at  Verano  sta- 
tion. Rates  $2.50  per  day,  $12  and  up  j>er 
week.  Open  year  round.  Address  H.  P.  MAT- 
THEWSON,   Sonoma  City  P.   O.,   Cal. 


Hotel   Rowardennan 

OPEN  ALL   THE    YEAR. 

New  ownership,  new  management,  new  fea- 
tures. Golf,  tennis,  bowling,  fishing,  boating, 
swimming,     clubhouse.       Free    garage. 

Rates  $17.50  to  $25  per  week;  $3  to  $4  per 
day. 

Folders  and  information  at  Peck-Judah's,  or 
address  J.   M.   SHOULTS,    Ben   Lomond,   Cal. 


::  RIVERSIDE  RESORT 


Country  home  %  mile  from  Guerneville;  ideal 
spot;  %  mile  of  river  frontage;  $8  to  $12  per 
week.  For  particulars,  MRS.  H.  A.  STAGG, 
Proprietor,     Guerneville,    Sonoma    county. 


COSMO  FARM 

On  the  Russian  River;  electric  lighted  through- 
out. Rates  $10  to  $12  per  week.  For  particu- 
lars see  Vacation  Book  or  address  H.  P.  Mc- 
PEAK,    P.    O.    Hilton,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


RIONIDO  HOTEL 

Lawn  Tennis,  Croquet,  Shuffle  Board,  Swings, 
Shooting  Gallery,  Box  Ball  Alleys,  also  4,000 
square  feet  Dancing  Pavilion,  unsurpassed  Bathing 
and  Boating,  and  large  social  hall  for  guests. 
Hotel  ready  for  guests.  Rates,  $12  per  week. 
American  plan.  For  reservations  address  RIO- 
NIDO   CO.,    Rionido,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


Summer  Resorts 

AT  HOME,   AT  THE   CLOB,   CAPE  OR  HOTEL 

CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

Always   Satisfactory 

GEO.   W.    CASWELL  COMPANY 

530-532-534  Polsora   St.  Phone  Kearny   3610 

Write   for  samples  and  prices. 


CARR'S 


NEW  MONTE 
RIO    HOTEL 


NEAREST    TO    STATION    AND    RIVER. 

New  modern  hotel,  first-class  in  every  detail 
and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience. 
Swimming,  boating,  canoeing,  fishing,  launching, 
horseback  riding  and  driving.  Hotel  rates  $2 
day;  $12  and  $14  per  week.  Round  trip,  $2.80. 
good  on  either  the  broad  or  narrow  gauge  rail- 
roads. Sausalito  Perry.  Address  C.  P.  CARR, 
Monte   Rio,    Sonoma   Co.,    Cal. 


HOTEL  RUSTICANO 

The  hotel  is  just  a  two-minute  walk  from  the 
depot  amongst  the  giant  redwood  trees.  The 
amusements  are  numerous — boating,  bathing, 
lawn  tennis,  bowling,  dancing,  nickelodeon,  and 
beautiful  walks.  A  more  desirable  place  for  a 
vacation  could  not  be  found.  Rates,  $9  to  $12 
per  week ;    rates   to   families. 

For  folder,  address  L.  B.  SELENGER,  Prop., 
Camp    Meeker,    Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


U.    S.    ARMY 


TENTS 

BLANKETS,   COTS.  HAMMOCKS 

SPIRO  HARNESS  CO. 

307  MARKET    STREET,    S.  F. 
Write   for   Free   Catalogue. 


Saturday,    July   13,    1912.J 


-THE  WASP- 


17 


SELECTING  THE  ALTAR. 
By  Josephine  Martin. 

A  letter  has  come  to  the  desk  in  which  a  ilcar 
bride-elect  writes:  "Do  you  think  it  displays 
bad  t as! .-  tn  have  ;<  church   wedding  instead 

of  ;i  quirt   borne  affairl     I   going   to  be 

married  soon,  and  1  had  clan I  in  be  mar- 
ried in  church— at  a  real  altar,  But  my  aunt 
tells  me  that  church  weddings  are  too  public. 
She  says  that  a  quiet,  refined,  home  wedding 
shows  better  taste — more  culture,  as  she  ex- 
pressed it.  So,  sin:  is  trying  to  persuade 
i  and  father  t<>  have  it  all  "at  home." 
My  dearest  mother  and  father  just  look  at 
my  aunt,  and  say  that  they  leave  ii  i"  me. 
•II./'  says  lie  leaves  it  in  me  absolutely.  So 
don't  you  see  I  have  a  dreadful  responsibil- 
ity, and  I  just  wish  that  you  would  help  me 
in  decide.  Only  let  me  tell  you  in  secret:  I 
have  always  dreamed  that  my  wedding  day 
would  he  the  happiest  in  all  the  world,  and  1 
have  always  pictured  the  wedding  in  a  church. 
"Thanking  you,           > .'' 

"  I'.  s. —  1  forgot  to  tell  you  that  my  dear  old 
mint  is  a  maiden  lady. ' 

Bless  yull.  deal', dainty  l.ri.le  elect  !  V.pu 
waul  my  advice,  do  you  J  Vet,  in  the  very 
cleverest    possible    way    you    reveal    the    hopes 

s ar  to  your  heart.     Then,  too,  it  is  very 

evident  from  the  tone  of  your  letter  that  you 
want  a  real  altar  tor  your  marriage,  and  with 
that  divine  spark  within  your  happy  soul 
which  we  mortals  eall  "love"  you  seek  for 
it  in  a  church.  That  there  is  no  "had  last,'" 
in  anything  you  may  do  is  evident  from  wdiat 
you  have  written.  1  am  sure,  also,  that  your 
iiiiinl  is  a  beautiful  garden-spot  where  white 
lilies  grow. 

Why,  a  church  is  just  the  place,  the  most 
appropriate  place  in  all  the  world  for  your 
wedding,  because — you  want  it  there.  Every 
bride  should  have  her  way  about  such  a  very 
important  matter,  the  most  important  in  all 
the  world — at  the  time.  And,  of  course,  your 
wedding  day  will  be  the  happiest  in  all  the 
wide  world;  every  bride's  is,  unless — but  let 
us  not  think  of  "unless." 

As  far  as  culture  is  concerned,  culture 
comes  from  within,  not  from  without.  It 
rests  with  what  we  are  whether  we  are  cultur- 
ed or  not. 

There  is  an  economic  side  to  this  question 
which  is  the  most  potent  of  all  in  making  such 
a  decision,  but  a  church  wedding  does  not 
necessarily  mean  that  you  must  exceed  your 

no s  in   carrying  out  your  plans.     A   home 

wedding  can  be  put  to  money  extremes  as  far 
as  that  is  concerned.  Let  parents  decide  that 
matter  for  you,  and  judging  again  from  the 
tone  of  your  letter,  1  am  sure  you  are  too  sen- 
sible   a    daughter    to    want    more    than    your 


GOURAUD'S 

Oriental  Beauty  Leaves 

A  dainty  little  booklet  of  exquisitely  perfumed 
powdered  leaves  to  carry  in  the  purse.  A  handy 
article  for  all  occasions  to  quickly  improve  the 
complexion.  Sent  for  10  cents  in  stamps  or 
coin. 

P.  T.  Hopkins,  87  Jones  Street,  N.  T. 


"foil  oasil;     afford.      Keep    beneath, 

rather    than    within,    your    means. 

With  all  I  his  in  mud.  my  little  lady  dainty, 
have  your    wedding  in  a  church   if  you   want 

i'   '  he  n  drea t  -  as  long 

it  in  i    and  father  and  "  he"   leave   it    to 
.von.       \-    l. H    your   dear   aunt,    she    will    be    so 

I "I    "l    you    in   your    beautiful    bridal    robl 

whether  -mi  are  "at  home"  or  at  the  church, 
that  she  will  wish  the  whole  world  could  see 
yon   as   you   are. 

But,  it'  she  needs  persuasion  before  tin' 
wedding,  tell  her  all  about  the  beautiful 
Schultz-Hopkins  wedding  that  just  look  place 
in  Trinity  I'liiireh,  and  which  was  a  "dream." 
Tell  her,  also,  about  the  pretty  church  wed 
ding  that  is  going  to  take  place  over  in 
Christ's  Church,  Sausalito,  when  beautiful 
Kililh  Lowe  will  become  the  bride  of  Adolph 
Nans  Wolbnan.  Then,  if  she  wants  to  hear 
of  a  magnificeni  modern  fairy  story,  tell  her 
about  the  sumptuous  wedding  of  Jennie  Crock 
or  and    Malcolm    Whitman   which  will  be  sol- 

'■ ized  in  the  beautiful  little  church  at  San 

M  .'i  I  en. 

Then  send  her  your  card  and  lots  of  love, 
bidding  her  to  the  wedding.  She  will  come. 
So  will  all  those  who  love  you. 

P.  SK— If  your  aunt  were  not  a  "maiden 
lady"  she  would  understand.  And  if,  per- 
chance, she  should  cease  to  be  a  "maiden- 
lady,"  and  should  want  a  home  wedding,  1 
am  sure  that  you  would  decorate  every  nook 
and   corner  of   the  nunc  for  her. 

♦ 

COULDN'T  SEE  IT. 

A  FOOD  faddist  was  lecturing  to  a  large 
audience  on  the  marvelous  results  to 
be  obtained  from  chewing  soup,  or 
eating  nut  butter,  or  something  of  that  kind. 
He  was  not  an  imposing  person,  physically; 
but  swelling  out  his  chest  he  slapped  it  thrice 
with    his  palm   aud  cried: 

"Friends,  two  years  ago  I  was  a  walking 
skeleton,  a  haggard,  miserable  wreck-.  Now 
what  do  you  'suppose  brought  about  this 
great  change  in  me?" 

He  paused  to  let  his  words  sink  in,  and  a 
voice  asked:   "What  change?" 


The  June  record  of  the  six  best-sellers  was 
1.  Fran,  Ellis;  2.  A  Hoosier  Chronicle,  Nich- 
olson; 3.  Through  the  Postern  Gate,  Barclay; 
-I.  The  Harvester,  Stratton-Porter;  5.  The 
Man  in  Lonely  Land,  Bosher;  6.  Tante,  Sedg- 
wick. 


"The  Women  of  Tomorrow,"  by  "William 
Hard,  is  a  study  of  keen  observation  told  with 
the  author's  capacity  for  humanising  sta- 
tistics. The  author  has  been  in  San  Francisco 
addressing  the  women  of  the  General  Feder- 
ation. 

1 t 

"Is  lie  a  night  hawk?" 

"Yes,  and  she's  a  screech  owl." 


Men  of  fashion  always  have  their  shirts 
made  to  order,  for  they  find  that  the  ready- 
made  shirts  are  uncomfortable,  ill-fitting  and 
apt  to  give  anything  but  a  stylish  effect.  Such 
men  patronize  first-class  establishments,  such 
as  I  hat  of  D.  C.  Heger,  243  Kearny  street, 
and  118  Geary  street,  where  skilled  workmen 
make  shirts  and  underwear  of  perfect  fit,  the 
latest  styles  and  the  best  of  materials.  A  man 
is  often  judged  by  his  linen,  and  good  linen 
betokens   the   gentleman. 


WALTERS 

SURGICAL 

CO. 

SUROICAL  IN8TEUMENTS. 

SOS  Sutter  St..  8 

F.      Phone  Do*(Ui  4011 

Citizen'.  Alliance  of  Sin  Fr.nci.co 

OPEN  SHOP 


"The  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence." — Prof.  Eliot 
Harvard    University. 


? 


Tin'    Open    Shop    town    is    :i 

prospoi 9    town     Thero   is   no 

excoption    to    tho    rnlo. 


Citizens'  Alliance  Office 
Booms,  Nos.  363-364-365 
Russ    Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 


Sultan  Turkish  Baths 

624  POST  3TEEET 
Special   Department   for   Ladles 

Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladies  and  Geo 
tlemen. 
Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Hammam,  has  leased  the  Sultan  Turkish 
baths,  where  he  will  be  [-hut  to  see  his 
old  and    new  customers. 


Blake,  Mof  f  itt  &  Towne 

PAPER 


37-45  First  Street 

PHONES:   SUTTER  2230;  J  3221  (Home) 
Private    Exchange    Connecting    all    Department! 


LA  GRANDE  &  WHITES 

LAUNDRY  CO. 

Office  and  Works, 

234  12th  St. 

Bet.  Howard  & 

Folsom   Sts. 

SAN    FRANCISCO, 

CALIFORNIA 

Phones:    Market    916 

Home   M   2044. 

Eames   Tricycle   Co. 


Manufacturers  of  INVAilD 
ROLLING    CHAIRS   for   all 

purposes.  Self  -  Propelling 
Tricycle  Chairs  for  the  dis- 
abled. INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  FranciBCO.  Phone  Park 
2940.  1200  3.  Main  Street, 
Los   Angeles. 


<^?v?i';; 


a-Tna-lrHSTgri- &    v«A^  v* 


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AST  week  "Jim"  Hill  retired  from 
the  eli airmanship  of  the  Great  North- 
ern Railway  He  is  74,  but  will  re- 
main on  the  Executive  Committee. 
Hill  created  the  vast  railroad  system  he 
has  ruled,  and  in  twenty  years  of  service  as 
President  of  the  company  never  drew  a  cent 
of  salary.  For  five  years,  more  he  held  the 
position  of  chairman,  also  without  .pay.  He  is 
accredited  with  having  spent  $2,000,000  of 
his  own  money  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  Great 
Northern,  which  was  apparently  hopeless  at 
the  start. 

Following  the  panic  of  1873,  the  Dutch 
bondholders  of  the  bankrupt  companies  made 
terms  with  Jim  Hill  and  his  associates,  George 
Stephen  (now  Lord  Mont  Stephen),  Donald 
Smith  (now  Lord  Strathcona),  and  Norman 
W.  Kithson.  These  men  bought  the  default- 
ed bonds  on  March  13,  1878.  For  those  days 
it  seemed  a  formidable  undertaking.  The 
stock  of  these  companies  aggregated  $6,500,- 
000,  and  their  bonded  indebtedness,  with  past 
due  interest,  nearly  $33,000,000,  aside  from 
floating  obligations.  The  total  capitalization 
and  indebtedness  at  the  time  of  the  companies 
taken  over  was  approximately  $44,000,000.  It 
is  now  $600,000,000. 

The  financing  of  the  Great  Northern  was 
one  of  the  most  remarkable  feats  in  the  his- 
tory of  railroad  development.  The  Great 
Northern  was  built  by  the  money  furnished 
by  its  stock  holders  and  what  it  earned.  As 
part  of  the  property  of  the  St.  Paul  and 
Pacific,  it  obtained  some  fragments  of  a  land 
grant  in  Minnesota.  With  the  proceeds  of 
the  sales  of  these  lands  nearly  $13,000,000  of 
bonds  were  retired  and  the  annual  interest 
charge  has  been  correspondingly  reduced. 

All  the  other  transcontinental  lines  had 
received  large  subsidies  in  cash  or  land  grants, 
or  both.  They  suffered  the  stress  of  financial 
stresses  and  passed  through  receiverships  and 


reorganizations.  The  Great  Northern  never 
failed,  never  passed  a  dividend,  never  was 
financially  insecure  in  any  time  of  panic.  For 
thirty-three  years  its  credit  has  been  unim- 
paired, and  its  resources  equal  to  any  demands 
upon  them,  and  in  times  of  financial  distress 
it  has  been  able  to  assist  materially  in  mov- 
ing the  crops  of  the  Northwest.  There  has 
never  been  a  dollar's  worth  of  stock  or  bonds 
issued  that  was  not  paid  for  iu  cash,  property, 
or  services  at  its  actual  cash  value  at  the  time. 
The  stock  has  paid  a  dividend  ever  since  1882, 
and  since  1900  the  rate  has  remained  steadily 
at  7  per  cent. 

Bargains  in  Real  Estate. 

Although  the  daily  newspapers  Iteep  on 
booming  the  real  estate  market,  it  is  very 
dull  in  San  Francisco.  Few  brokers  are  mak- 
ing any  money.  Some  shrewd  speculators  are 
picking  up  good  bargains,  of  which  several 
have  been  offered  lately.  Owners  who  had 
inflated  notions  of  the  value  of  their  proper- 
ties have  been  coming  to  their  senses.  They 
begin  to  realize  that  real  estate  values  prior 
to  1906  are  no  indication  of  the  true  value  of 
property  now.  In  the  readjustment  of  busi- 
ness some  districts  have  suffered  greatly  and 
others  have  been  benefited.  It  is  during  con- 
ditions of  this  kind  that  the  keen  investor 
with  ready  money  is  likely  to  find  a  very  fine 
purchase.  The  timid  buyers  hold  off  in  dull 
times  and  rush  in  when  the  market  begins  to 
rise.  They  are  afraid  unless  they  see  the  mar- 
ket booming  that  real  estate  will  never  again 
be  as  valuable  as  it  was.  The  history  of  all 
large  and  growing  American  cities,  however, 
«s  that  every  dull  period  is  followed  by  a  sharo 
advance.  Nothing  is  surer  than  the  approach 
of  a  period  of  great  progress  and  prosperity 
in  San  Francisco,  and  people  who  buy  good 
property  now  at  the  ruling  prices  will  surely 
make   handsome,  profits. 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT  FLEISHH ACKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM Chairman  of  the  Board 

J.  FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.  F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.  ALTSCHUL    Cashier 

C.  R.  PARKER Assistant  Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH     Assistant    Cashier 

H.   CHOYNSKI    Assistant   Cashier 

G.    R.    BURDICK    Assistant    Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN    Secretary 


Upper  Market  Street. 
Several  times  in  these  columns  attention 
has  been  called  to  the  opportunities  for  in- 
vestment on  upper  Market  street.  That  prop- 
erty is  now  beginning  to  interest  the  right- 
class  of  buyers — people  who  have  the  money 
and  the  enterprise  to  improve  their  holdings. 
Unfortunately  for  upper  Market  street,  it  has 
been  held  chiefly  by  very  rich  men.  They 
did  not  care  to  build  because  immediate  prof- 
its could  not  be  realized.  They  preferred  to 
let  the  valuable  property  lie  idle  and  gain 
the  "unearned  increment."  "Let  some  other 
fellow  build"  has  been  the  motto  of  these  un- 
progressive  owners.  The  result  has  been  that 
scarcely  anybody  erected  buildings,  and  con- 
sequently the  finest  street  in  San  Francisco 
has  been  an  e}'esore,  with  its  acres  of-  empty 
lots  and  rows  of  billboards.  A  decided  change 
has  begun  on  upper  Market  street  near  the 
junction  of  ATalencia  and  Gough.  Apartment 
houses  of  a  permanent  character  are  springing 
up  and  finding  tenants  readily.  A  very  fine 
apartment  building  is  almost  completed  at 
the  corner  of  Franklin  and  Market,  and  has 
been  leased  to  advantage.  Further  out,  on 
the  south  side,  at  the  corner  of  Brady  and 
Market  streets,  Charles  Crocker  is  erecting 
a  five-story  apartment  house  that  will  cost 
about  $100,000.  The  Hotel  Ascot,  which  cost 
about  $40,000,  adjoins  Mr.  Crocker's  new 
building,  and  has  proved  a  success.  It  is 
demonstrated  that  hotels  and  apartment  houses 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street. 
N.    K.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  paid  up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided   Profits  ....  $5,055,471.11 


11,055,471.11 


OFFICERS. 

Iaaias    W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.   Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice  Prea. 
F.  L.  Lipman,  Vice  Prea. 
James  K.  Wilson,  Vice  Prea. 
Frank  6.  King,   Cashier 
W.  McGavin,   Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
O.   L.   DaviB,   Assistant   Cashier 
A.   D.  Oliver,   Assistant  Cashier 
A.   B.    Price,    Assistant   Cashier 

DIEECTOES. 

Isaias    W.    Hellman  Hartland  Law 

Joseph  Slosa  .  Henry  Rosenfeld 

Percy    T.    Morgan  James  L.  Flood 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  J.  Henry  Meyer 

Wm.  F.  Herrin  A.   H.   Payson 

John  C.   Kirkpa  trick  Ohas.    J.    Deering 

I.    W.    Hellman,    Jr.  James  K.   Wilson 

A.   Christeson  F.    L.    Lipman 

Wm,    Haaa 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 

Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 

Facilities. 

SATE  DEPOSIT  VATJLTB. 


Saturday,   July   13,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


19 


on  upper  Market  street  can  be  leased  readily, 

and  tlie  reason  is  that  many  people  have  to 
live  i-liise  to  their  business  and  be  independent 
of  stn-et  car  service.  Mr.  Crocker  is  Bhowfhg 
more  enterprise  than  most  of  the  rion  men  of 
Ban  Francisco,  for  he  is  patting  up  a  fourteen.* 
Story  structure  as  well  as  an  apartment  house, 
and  has  just  taken  over  the  stationery  busi- 
ness of  Cunningham,  Curtiss  &  Welch.  It  is 
eitizene  like  Mr.  Crocker,  who  have  faith  in 
the  future  of  our  city,  that  will  hasten  its 
proper  development. 

Business  Men  Waking  Up, 
The  Wasp  articles  pointing  nut  to  business 
men    in    S:in    Fninciseo    that    they    ran    blame 
only    themselves    for    the    perpetual    plague 

of  industrial  disturbers  have  had  their  eftVet. 
sii-ps  are  being  taken  to  impress  certain  news- 
papers with  the  fact  that  the  merchants  have 
stood  their  nonsense  long  enough.  If  those 
newspapers  prefer  to  encourage  boycotters 
and  other  professional  disturbers,  the  mer- 
chants will  withdraw  their  advertisements. 
That  would  make  an  end  of  the  pests  in 
short  order.  It  costs  a  few  thousands  a  day 
to  run  a  yellow  newspaper,  and  most  of  the 
income  is  derived  from  advertisements.  It 
needs  no  elaborate  figuring  to  show  that  one 
month  of  retaliation  by  the  afllicted  business 


Smith-Tevis-Hanford 

Inc. 

MUNICIPAL  AND 
CORPORATION 

BONDS 


57  Post  St., 


San  Francisco 


men  of  San  Francisco  would  make  havoc  with 
?  lie  bank  accounts  of  several  publishers  who 
are  constantly  endeavoring  to  create  class 
strife  and  anarchy  in  our  city.  A1  present 
there  are  half  a  dozen  boycotts  going  on  in 
San  Francisco.  A  donkey  with  a  placard  on 
its  bach  Stands  in  front  of  each  boycotted 
establishment.  Such  sights  are  a  disgrace  to 
any  American  city,  and  much  unpleasant  com- 

no' i    them    was    heard  during  the   recent 

convention,  which  attracted  large  numbers  of 
Eastern  li-imrs  to  Sun  Francisco. 
Oux  Four  Billions  of  Trade. 
While  there  is  just  reason  for  congratulat- 
ing ourselves  that  the  foreign  trade  of  the 
United  States,  as  tho  official  estimates  of  a 
tew  days  ago  indicated,  passed  $4,000,000,000 
in  the  fiscal  year  just  closed,  there  is  nothing 
in  (his  record  to  give  the  country  any  excuse 
for  resting  on  its  oars,  so  to  speak,  in  the 
matter  of  its  commerce  with  other  nations. 
As  long  ago  as  1900  the  United  Kingdom 
passed  the  four-  billion  -dollar  mark  in  its  trade 
with  other  countries.  The  figures  for  the 
first  four  months  of  this  year  show  that  the 
United  States  came  third  in  the  list  of  great 
trading  nations,  the  United  Kingdom  and 
Germany  being  in  the  lead. 

(Continued  on  page  20.) 
♦ 


It  Nearly  Killed  Him. 

"Medicine  won't  help  you  any,"  the  doc- 
tor told  his  patient.  "What  you  need  is  a 
complete  change  of  living.  Get  away  to  some 
quiet  country  place  for  a  month.  Go  to  bed 
early,  eat  more  roast  beef,  drink  plenty  of 
good  rich  milk,  and  smoke  just  one  cigar  a 
day. ' ' 

A  month  later  the  patient  walked  into  the 
doctor's  omce.  He  looked  like  a  new  man, 
and  the  doctor  told  him  so. 

"Yes,  Doctor,  your  advice  certainly  did  the 
business.  I  went  to  bed  early,  and  did  all  the 
other  things  you  told  me.  But,  say]  Doctor, 
that  one  cigar  a  day  almost  killed  me  at  first, 
It's  no  joke  starting  in  to  smoke  at  my  time 
o '  life. ' ' 

4— 

Give  It  a  Trial. 

"You  have  been  fighting  again,  Tommy!" 

"I  couldn't  help  it,  mamma.  That  Staple- 
ford  boy  sassed  me." 

"That  was  no  reason  for  lighting.  You 
should  have  remembered  that  'A  soft  answer 
turneth  away  wrath'  and  given  him  a  soft 
answer. ' ' 

"I  did.     I  hit  him  with  a  chunk  o'  mud." 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  C'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 

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The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The   German   Bank)  Commercial 

Incorporated    1868. 

626    California   St.,    San   Francisco.   Oal 

(Member    of    the    Associated    Savings    Banks    of 
San  Franciaco.) 

The   following   Branches  for   Receipt   and   Pay- 
ment  of   Deposits   only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,   2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 

Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haiglit 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,   1912. 
Assets  ....       551,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number   of   Depositors  .  .  .        56,609 

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P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


ON  JULY  1st,  1912 
WE     WILL     MOVE     OUR     OFFICES 


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Our  Facilities  for  Handling 

Investment  Securities 

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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  July  13,  1912. 


FINANCIAL. 

(Continued  from  page  19.) 
The  Stock  Market. 
A  good  many  of  the  brokers  are  away  in  the 
mountains  and  at  the  seaside  resorts  enjoying 
their  summer  vacation.  Many  speculators  are 
also  out  of  town,  so'  the  conditions  for  a 
booming  stock  market  are  the  -reverse  of 
favorable.  Considering  these  things,  the  tone 
of  the  local  market  is  remarkably  firm.  Sugar 
stocks  were  strong  on  small  sales. 

Spring  Valley  showed  unexpected  strength, 
though  the  idea  prevails  that  the  city  will  not 
pay  the  price  the  company  expects.  Spring 
Valley  4s  were  in  demand  on  advancing  prices 
—from  93^   to  93%. 

The  prospects  for  improved  conditions  in 
the  stock  market  are  excellent,  as  everybody 
seems  to  be  satisfied  with  the  political  condi- 
tions, and  convinced  that  either  the  Republic- 
an or  Democratic  candidate  will  give  a  safe 
and  sane  administration. 


eg^S^fat 


Amongst  the  great  number  of  well-known 
people  who  motored  to  Casa  del  Rey  last  week 
were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Schilling  and  Miss 
Schilling  of  Woodside,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  O.  Mc- 
Gormick,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fay,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W. 
S.  Miller,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Westphal  (who 
have  taken  apartments  at  the  Casa  del  Rey  for 
the  summer),  Phil  Prather,  the  San  Francisco 
agent  of  the  Cadillac,  accompanied  by  Mrs. 
Prather,  John  O.  Gantner  and  Mrs.  Grant ner, 
W.  B.  Townsend,  Traffic  Passenger  Agent  of 
the  Western  Pacific,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lloyd  S. 
Ackerman  of  San  Francisco. 


"Show  me  a  man,"  said  Calvin  B.  Eib, 
Manager  of  the  Pioneer  Automobile  Company, 
"who  uses  his  brakes  properly,  and  in  nine 
cases  out  of  ten  I  will  show  you  a  man  who 
runs  his  car  with  the  least  expense.  The  act 
of  stopping  a  car  is  as  much  of  an  art  as  any- 
thing else.  But  every  day  you  see  a  man 
come  tearing  up  the  street  at  thirty  miles  an 
hour,  shut  off  power,  put  on  brakes,  and  slide 
five  or  ten  feet  before  bringing  his  machine 
to  a  stop.  This  is  not  only  doing  the  car  a 
serious  injury,  but  you  can  almost  figure  out 
the  cost  of  rubber  that  he  has  used.  Para- 
doxically speaking,  the  proper  way  to  use 
brakes  is  to  so  judge  your  distance  and  speed 
that  you  practically  coast  up  to  the  point 
where  you  wish  to  stop,  and  a  mere  touch 
will  bring  the  car  to  a  "standstill  at  the  proper 
point.  Any  high-grade  car  will  hold  itself 
going  downhill  on  compression,  the  driver 
using  either,  intermediate,  second  or  low,  ac- 
cording to  the  grade  and  character  of  the 
road,  and  then  regulating  the  speed  by  gently 
touching  the  emergency  brake  from  time  to 
time.  By  doing  this  the  brakes  of  a  car  are 
kept  in  perfect  condition  for  an  emergency, 
and  they  neither  heat  nor  wear.  Another  place 
where  bakes  are  frequently  used  and  cause 
damage  is  on  slippery  streets  ana  grades, 
and  if  the  brakes  are  applied  at  the  time  the 
car  is  being  turned,  the  danger  of  skidding  is 
increasing  100  per  cent.  One  should  always 
have  the  car  under  control  before  a  turn  is 
reached." 


Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


msn< 


The  musical  world  was  represented  in  the 
affairs  of  the  past  week  by  very  high  stand- 
ards. The  orchestral  concert  by  Herman  Per- 
let  on  Monday,  June  24th,  at  the  Pavilion,  was 
of  exceeding  interest  not  only  for  the  music 
which  was  presented,  but  because  three  of  the 
leader's    compositions    were    programmed. 

The  tone  poem,  "Mt.  Tamalpais, "  based 
upon  the  melody  of  the  Lake  county  Indians, 
was  a  rare,  delicious  symbolism;  The  delicate 
shadings  were  exquisite  under  the  leadership 
of  Perlet.  A  serenade  and  a  tarantelle  were 
the  other  two  compositions  of  the  leader. 

"Yosemite  Legends  in  Song  and  Story" — 
the  words  by  Allan  Dunn,  the  solos  by  Mrs. 
J.  E.  Birmingham,  the  music  by  Dr.  H.  J. 
Stewart — were  presented  on  Thursday  even- 
ing, at  the  Pavilion.  The  stage  settings  were 
typical  of  the  Indian  legends.  Allan  Dunn 
was  the  early  American,  in  face,  voice  and 
garb,  true  to  the  character.  Mrs.  Birmingham 
displayed  another  artistic  interpretation  in  her 
work,  her  rich,  full  tones  and  sympathetic 
singing  of  the  Indian  lore  revealing  her  dra 
matic  ability.  Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart  was  at  the 
piano. 

An  event  of  interest  in  the  musical 
world  is  noted  in  the  marriage  of  Miss  Vida 
Bispham,  daughter  of  David  Bispham,  the  not- 
ed singer,  to  Mr.  Theodore  Havenieyer.  The 
wedding  will  take  place  before  long.  David 
Bispham  will  sing  in  ' '  The  Atonement  of 
Pan,"  by  Joseph  Redding,  which  will  be  giv- 
en at  Bohemian  Grove,  August  11th. 

Mr.  Paul  Steindor.u,  choragus  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  California,  conducted  the  orchestral 
concert  on  Tuesday  afternoon  at  the  Greek 
Theater,  Berkeley.  Miss  Fannie  Bailey  was 
the  soloist,  giving  as  her  selection  Liza  Leh- 
man's  "Endyniion. ' 

A  chorus,  made  up  of  picked  voices  from 
the  women's  chorus  of  the  California  Club, 
the  Wednesday  Morning  Club  and  the  Treble 
Clef  Club,  gave  the  valse,  "Blue  Danube" 
(Strauss-Spicker). 

An  evening  devoted  to  the  songs  of  Joseph 
B.  Carey,  the  blind  composer,  was  given  last 
Tuesday.     Miss  Fernanda  Pratt  and  Miss  Ella 


Atkinson  were  the  soloists.  Mrs.  Lawrence 
Strauss  played  several  violin  obligatos.  W. 
E.  Powell  played  a  piano  group.  Hearty  ap- 
preciation   greeted   all   the   numbers. 

REMARKABLE  SALE  OF  MEZZOTINTS. 

Of  much  interest  to  collectors  is  the  sale  of 
a  mezzotint  engraving  of  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds' 
portrait  of  Lady  Bampfylde,  for  $7,250.  This 
mezzotint  was  by  T.  Watson  and  brought 
$6,000  in  1905,  when  sold  at  Christie's  in 
London.  The  sale  for  $7,250  the  other  day 
occurred  at  the  same  place  and  is  the  highest 
record   for    a   mezzotint. 

At  the  same  sale,  "The  Ladies'  Walde- 
grave, "  a  mezzotint  after  Reynolds,  by  Val- 
entine Green,  sold  for  $4,100.  Another  print, 
"Henrietta,  Countess  of  Warwick,"  after 
Romney,  by  J.  R.  Smith,  brought  $4,500. 
♦ 

SALE  OF  OLD  MASTERS. 

An  unrecorded  portrait  of  Mrs.  Thomas 
Mylne,  painted  by  Gainsborough,  and  in  poor 
condition  was  sold  the  other  day  in  London 
for  $19,000.  An  unrecorded  portrait  of  Thom- 
as Mylne,  by  Raeburn,  brought  $2,400.  An 
unrecorded  portrait  of  Lady  Frances  Wynd- 
ham,  painted  by  Hoppner,  was  sold  for 
$10,000. 


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CANDY   FOR   HER   VACATION. 

It  will  add  to  the  pleasure  of  her  stay  in 
the  country.  Can  be  sent  by  express  from 
any  one  of  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy 
stores. 

1 

"The  White  Ghost  of  Disaster"  is  the  name 
of  a  fictitious  narrative  whose  lurid  descrip- 
tions of  an  iceberg  disaster  are  appaling  and 
yet  they  do  not  surpass  the  horrors  of  the 
Titanic.  The  book  was  published  one  year 
ago,  and  the  thrilling  incidents  tally  in  .a 
weird  way  with  the  late  horror  of  the  sea. 
1 

Mrs.  Owen  Wister,  wife  of  the  American 
novelist,  came  to  San  Francisco  as  one  of  the 
delegates  to  the  Biennial  Convention.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  delegation, 
her  home  being  in  Philadelphia.  Mrs.  Wister 
has  been  staying  at  the  Peninsula  Hotel. 


Since  the  decision  rendered  by  the  United  States  Su- 
preme Court,  it  has  been  decided  by  the  Monks  here- 
after to  bottle 

CHARTREUSE 

(Liqueur  Peres  Chartreux) 

both  being  identically  the.  same  article,  under  a  combi- 
nation label  representing  the  old  and  the  new  labels, 
and  in  the  old  style  of  bottle  bearing  the  Monks' 
familiar  insignia,  as  shown  in  this  advertisement. 

According  to  the  decision  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court, 
handed  down  by  Mr.  Justice  Hughes  on  May  29th,  1911, 
no  one  but  the  Carthusian  Monks  (Pferes  Chartreux)  is 
entitled  to  use  the  word  CHARTREUSE  as  the  name  or 
designation  of  a  liqueur,  so  their  victory  in  the  suit 
against  the  Cuserrier  Company,  representing  M.  Henri 
Lecouturier,  the  Liquidator  appointed  by  the  French 
Courts,  and  his  successors,  the  Compagnie  Fermiere  de 
la  Grande  Chartreuse,  is  complete. 

The  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Chartreux),  and  they 
alone,  have  the  formula  or  reeipe  of  the  secret  process 
employed  in  the  manufacture  of  the  genuine  Char- 
treuse, and  have  never  parted  with  it.  There  is  no 
genuine  Chartreuse  save  that  made  by  them  at  Tarra- 
gona, Spain. 

At  first-claBS  Wine  Merchants,    Grocers,   Hotels,    Cafes 
Batjer  &  Co.,  45  Broadway,  New  York,   N.  T. 
Sole  Agents  for  United  StateB. 


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GEORGE  CAMERON'  has  gone  to  New  York  to 
meet  Mrs.  Cameron  upon  her  return  from 
Carlsbad,  where  she  hns  boon  for  some  time 
with  her  mother,  Mrs.  M.  II.  do  Young.  Mr.  and 
Mr*.  Cameron  will  return  to  iliis  city.  But  as  Mrs. 
do  Young's  health  is  the  cause  of  much  concern  to 
her  family,  she  will  remain  abroad  for  some  time. 
In  all  probability,  mi  operation  may  be  necessary 
before  Mrs.  de  Young  regains  her  health,  Miss 
Kathleen  de  Young,  Miss  Phyllis  de  Young  and 
Mrs.  J.  O.  Tohin  will  remain  abroad  until  the  fall. 
Thf  latest  news  confirms  the  fact  that  Mrs.  de 
Young's  health  is  improving,  thus  permitting  the 
n-tnrn    of   the    Cameron    family. 


Cupid's  Triumph. 

One  of  the  most  youthful  weddings  which  will 
have  taken  place  in  some  time  will  be  that  of  Miss 
Thelma  Parker  of  Honolulu  and  Henry  Guillard 
bmart — the  bride  being  but  18  and  the  groom  22. 
Their  extreme  youth  has  been  the  cause  of  much 
opposition  on  the  part  of  both  families,  and  there 
was  strong  urging  for  the  young  people  to  wait  a 
year.  But  evidently  the  hearts  of  the  stem  parents 
softened,  for  the  wedding  is  to  take  place  on  July 
25th. 

Miss  Parker  is  getting  a  very,  beautiful  trousseau, 
which  is  all  being  purchased  in  Honolulu,  and  it 
seems  that  an  uncle  of  tho  fair  lady,  Mr.  Ernest 
Parker,  the  son  of  Colonel  Parker,  who  is  a  great 
connoisseur  on  wearing  apparel  of  the  fair  sex,  is 
selecting  it  carefully  and  with  much  taste. 


Engagements. 
San  Rafael  society  is  bubbling  with  excitement 
over  the  announcement  of  the  engagement  of  Miss 
Marian  Hall  and  Mr.  Frederick  Nickerson.  The 
attractive  Miss  Hall  has  a  perfect  host  of  admiring 
friends  both  in  San  Rafael  and  here  in  the  social 
set.  She  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  Hall,  granddaughter  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Mee, 
of  San  Rafael,  and  niece  of  Mrs.  Robert  C.  Hall. 
Her  sisters  are  Mrs.  Nathaniel  Dodge  and  Mrs. 
Robert  McBride.  The  engagement  was  to  have  had 
a  formal  announcement,  but  whispers  of  the  inter- 
esting secret  finally  became  audible  enough  to  ex- 
act an  acknowledgement  of  the  troth.  The  wedding 
day  has  not  been   named  as  yet. 


Announcement  is  made  of  the  engagement  of  Miss 
Katherine  Force,  the  19-year-old  sister  of  Mrs.  John 
Jacob  Astor,  and  Mr.  Henry  C.  Harnickell  of  Brook- 
lyn. The  wedding  will  take  place  soon,  as  a  short 
engagement- is  the  plan  of  the  young  people. 

Formal  announcement  of  the  engagement  of  Miss 
Zena  Pearl  Brown  and  Mr.  Charles  William  Burek- 
halter  was  made  on  Tuesday  by  Mrs.  A.  S.  Brown 
of  Berkeley.  Miss  Brown  is  a  popular  Berkeley 
girl,  with  a  host  of  admiring  friends.  Charles 
Burckhalter  is  the  son  of  the  well-known  astronomer 
who  has  had  charge  of  the  Chabot  Observatory  for 
many  years.  The  wedding  will  take  place  early  in 
the   fall. 


An  Auspicious  Event. 

A  canopy  of  spreading  foliage  arranged  in  the 
red  room  of  the  Palace  Hotel  served  as  the  setting 
for  the  assemblage  of  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of 
the  Revolution.  John  Vining,  president  of  the 
State  Chapter  of  the  Sons,  Colonel  A.  B.  Hubbard 
and  O.  D.  Baldwin,  an  officer  of  the  National  Chap- 
ter,   received    the    visiting    Sons,    and    Mrs.    I.    N. 


Chapman,  State  Regent  of  iho  Daughters,  and  Mrs. 
A  1'.  Hubbard,  founder  of  the  order  here,  received 
the  daughters.  Tiny  were  assisted  by  Mrs.  John 
McGraw,  Mrs  \\  .  \\ .  Wymore,  Mrs.  M.  O.  Austin, 
Mrs.  J,  D.  Cerkol,  Mrs.  A.  D.  Bancroft,  Mrs.  J.  F. 
Halloran,  Mrs.  Abbie  E.  Krebs,  Mrs.  Do  Los  Ma- 
gee,  Mrs.  Fernald,  Mrs.  Richmond  Smith  and  Mrs, 
Frederick  Laird,  former  state  regent.  Mrs.  John 
F.    Swift,    tho    national   vice-regent   of   tho   D.   A.   R,, 


MRS.  LOUIS  HERTZ 

Educational  and  Civic  Leader,  an  Enthusiast  in  the 
City's  Affairs. 

headed  the  receiving  line.  Beauty  and  fashion  to- 
gether with  the  patriotic  sentiment  of  the  day  lent 
a    charm    to    this    auspicious    event. 


Lowe -W oilman  Wedding. 
Another  beautiful  July  wedding  will  take  place 
on  the  20th.  Pretty  Edith  Lowe  will  become  the 
wife  of  Adolph  Hans  Wollman  on  that  day.  Miss 
Lowe  has  been  the  honored  guest  at  a  rapid  series 
of  society  affairs  preceding  her  nuptials,  as  she  is 
a  great  society  favorite.  The  wedding  will  take 
place  in  Christ's  Church,  Sausalito,  and  will  have 
all  the  beautiful  accessories  of  the  happy  occasion. 
Mrs.  Eldridge  Green  will  be  matron  of  honor,  and 
the  bridesmaids  will  be  Misses  Blanche  Russell, 
Mildred  Gilbert,  Emma  St.  Goar.  The  wedding 
will  take  place  at  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon, 
and  will  be  witnessed  by  a  limited  number  of  rel- 
atives   and    friends. 


Claremont   Country    Club. 
Life    and   gaiety   have   been    animating    the    Clare- 
mont   Country    Club  .this   past   week.      Many   dinner 
parties    added    to    the    interest    in    the    golf    tourna- 
ment,  which  was   usually  followed  by  a   dance.      Of 


ill'  many  who  motored  to  the  club  bouse,  were: 
Messrs.  and  Mesdames  Louis  MoDermot,  William 
Thornton  White,  Frank  H.  Proctor,  Lorruinc  Lang- 
stroth,  E.  A.  Folger,  Frank  J.  Symmes,  Frank  Ha- 
vens, Harry  Weihe,  John  Van  Sicklen,  Rudolph 
Schilling,  Edeon  Adams,  Houghton  Sawyer;  the 
Misses  Marie  Louise  Tyson,  Elsa  Schilling,  Juliet 
Borden,  Winifred  Braden,  Dorothy  Taylor,  Elaine 
Hancock,  Myra  Hall,  Emilio  Harrold,  Rose  Kales, 
(.'r:iL'e  Downey;  and  the  Messrs.  Jack  Hartigan, 
Lyman  King,  Joseph  Rosborough,  Jack  Neville,  Har- 
old   Barnard    and    Daniel    Volkmann. 


State  Reception. 
A  rainbow  of  colors  was  reflected  in  the  gowns 
worn  by  the  hundreds  of  women  who  streamed  into 
the  ballroom  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel  on  Independence 
Day.  Patriotism  was  the  evident  cause  of  the 
event,  but,  ostensibly,  it  was  to  greet  both  the  new 
and  the  past  officers  of  the  California  State  Feder- 
ation that  the  interesting  event  was  planned.  Music 
and  social  chat  augmented  by  many  congratulations 
to  the  new  officers  proclaimed  tho  delight  of  the 
day.  Mrs.  J.  W.  Orr,  president  oi  the  California 
Federation,  stood  at  the  head  of  the  receiving  line 
and  next  to  her  was  Mrs.  Philip  N.  Moore.  Mrs.  J. 
E.  Cowles,  one  of  the  past  presidents  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Federation  and  first  vice-president  of  tho 
General  Federation,  and  Mrs.  E.  G.  Denniston, 
president  of  the  local  board,  camo  next.  Other  past 
presidents  who  were  in  the  receiving  line  were 
Mrs.  Kate  A.  Bulkeley,  Mrs.  Georgs  Law  Smith, 
Mrs.  Robert  Potter  Hill,  Mrs.  Edwin  D.  Buss,  Mrs. 
James  B.  Hume,  Mrs.  Russell  Judson  Waters.  Also 
in  the  receiving  line  were  Mrs.  Frank  Shiek,  Mrs. 
John  Threadgill,  Mrs.  A.  A.  Goddard,  Mrs.  E.  D. 
Knight,  Mrs.  Calvin  Hartwell,  Mrs.  George  Fair- 
child,  Mrs.  George  W.  McCoy,  Mrs.  A.  C.  .Jones, 
Mrs.  Johu  C.  Lynch,  Mrs.  S.  L.  Wiley,  Mrs.  Cora 
E.  Jones,  Mrs.  Percy  Shuman,  Mrs.  W.  C.  Mushet, 
Miss  Jessica  Briggs,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Karns  and  Mis6 
Dolliver. 


The    Card   Basket. 

An  unusual  marriage  fete  is  claiming  the  atten- 
tion of  many  of  San  Franciscans.  This  event  is 
the  wedding  of  Miss  Thelma  Parker  and  Mr.  Henry 
Gaillard  Smart,  which  will  take  place  at  Waimea, 
Honolulu,  on  Friday,  July  26th.  Preceding  the 
marriage  event,  a  week  of  gaiety  will  take  place, 
to  which  guests  have  been  bidden.  Elaborate  pre- 
parations have  been  made  for  a'  continued  series 
of  merrymaking  at   this  pre-nuptial  celebration. 

Mrs.  Ernest  A.  Garlington  and  her  daughter, 
Miss  Sallie  Garlington,  are  visiting  at  Governor's 
Island,  the  guests  of  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Stephen  C. 
Mills.  Miss  Garlington  is  a  well-known  horsewo- 
man, taking  an  active  part  in  the  driving  tourna- 
ments of  New  York  City.  Miss  Garlington  and 
Lieutenant  Harry  D.  Chamberlain  will  be  married 
when  the  latter  returns  from  the  Philippine  Is- 
lands, where  he  is  stationed  at  Fort  William  Mc- 
Kinley. 

Miss  Harriet  Bradford  sails  soon  for  Honolulu, 
where  she  will  be  the  maid  of  honor  at  Miss  Thelma 
Parker's  wedding.  Captain  Olney  Bradford  ac- 
companies   his    daughter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Mtiiid  spent  a  few  days  at 
Del   Monte   during    the   goH   tournament. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fleishhacker  and  family  were  among 
the  motorists  spending  a  week  within  the  sound  of 
the  breakers. 


22 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    July   13,    1912. 


Mrs.  Carrol  Bnck,  wife  of  Major  Buck,  U.  S.  A., 
is  being  entertained  at  a  number  of  delightful  so- 
ciety affairs  given  in  her  honor  before  her  departure 
for  Fort  Mackenzie,  Wyo.  Mrs.  Buck  will  remain 
in  San  Francisco  for  a  time  at  the  home  of  her 
mother,  Mrs.  J.  de  Barth  Shorb  on  Broadway.  Major 
Buck  has  been  ordered  to  the  post  at  Fort 
Mackenzie. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  M.  Worthington  have  gone  to 
Honolulu  to  attend  the  wedding  of  their  niece, 
Miss    Thelma    Parker. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Flood,  their  daughter,  Miss 
Emma  Flood,  and  Miss  Barbara  Donohoe  motored 
to  Yosemite  Valley  during  the  past  week. 


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Among  those  who  embarked  for  Honolulu  last 
Friday  was  Fred  Knight,  who  goes,  to  join  Mrs. 
Knight.  They  will  attend  the  wedding  of  Miss 
Thelma  Parker  and  Henry  Gaillard  Smart. 

Miss  Louise  Bryant  is  spending  the  season  abroad. 
She  has  been  in  Paris  the  greater  part  of  her  time, 
but  many  trips  to  other  European  cities  have  form- 
ed an  interesting  itinerary  in  the  plans  made  by 
this   charming  member  of  the   younger  set. 

The  Newhalls,  Mrs.  William  Mayo  and  Miss 
Marian,  expect  to  remain  at  Palo  Alto  until  the 
fall. 

Miss  Enid  Gregg  has  been  spending  a  few  days 
at    Santa    Cruz. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Sesnon  have  been  giving 
a  series  of  house  parlies  at  their  delightful  home 
at    C'apitola    during    the   summer  months. 

Mrs.  Prentiss  Cobb  Hale  is  sojourning  at  Shasta 
Springs  for  .a  few  weeks.  Mrs.  Hale  had  for  her 
guest  during  the  past  week  Miss  Marcia  Fee,  who 
is  prominent    in    local    society. 

Miss  Corona  Ghirardelli  left  Monday  for  a  six 
weeks'    visit  in   Yellowstone  Park. 

Isaac  Upham  expects  to  arrive  in  San  Francisco 
August  12th,   after  his  tour  of  Europe. 

Mrs.  Allen  Olsen  has  returned  from  Cononado  and 
is  ihe  guest  of  her  parents  in  Alameda.  She  will 
remain  there  during  Ensign  Olsen's  absence  in 
Alaska. 

Admiral  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Whiting  and  Miss  Marie 
Whiting,  who  spent  the  past  month  at  Castelta, 
are  at  their  cottage  in  the  Santa  Cruz  mountains. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Earl  Cummings  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hicks  motored  to  Del  Monte,  where  they  spent  the 
Fourth  of  July. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Fermour-Hesketh  have  re- 
turned  to  their  country  estate    in  England. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  McDonald  Spencer  will  remain 
for  several  weeks  at  Del  Monte  before  going  to 
Santa  Barbara. 

Mme.  Emilia  Tojetti  entertained  a  party  of  friends 
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4trT™MlK  Battle  Crj  ol  freedom,"  a  breezy 
comedietta  which  is  □  satire  od  Reno, 
Nevada,  divorces,  will  be  presented 
next  week  at  the  Orpbeum  by  May  Tally,  who 
will  be  most  pleasantly  recalled  for  her  sketch, 
"Stop,  Look  and  Listen.'1  The  piece  is  writ- 
ten by  Miss  Tally  and  Bozeman  Bulger,  the 
well-known  sporting  writer  and  co-author  of 
"Curves,"  Hie  baseball  skit.  The  complies 
t ions  arise  from  the  lodging  of  two  Mrs. 
Smiths  in  the  same  room  iu  an  overcrowded 
hotel.  The  playlet  has  bright  lines  and  many 
a  hearty  laugh,  and  exhib- 
its Miss  Tully,  who  is  a 
c ■dieiine  of  striking  clev- 
erness and  individuality, at 
her  very  best.  The  support- 
ing company  is  capable,  and 
assists  in  making  the  ac- 
tum in  the  little  farce  nat- 
ural,   rapid    and    diverting. 

The  Kaufman  Brothers, 
Jack  and  Phil,  will  amuse 
with  their  tuneful  origin- 
alities. These  black-face, 
or,  to  be  more  accurate, 
brown-face,  comedians  are 
among  the  foremost  in  their 
class.  They  indulge  in  or- 
iginal, rapid-fire  humor  and 
their  act  is  one  of  the  most 
amusing   in   vaudeville. 

Harry  Atkinson,  the  Aus- 
tralian Orpheus,  will  pie- 
sent  bis  monologue  of  nur- 
sery rhymes  and  his  imita- 
tion of  musical  instru- 
ments. He  imitates  with 
accuracy  the  mandolin,  mu- 
sette, cornet,  banjo,  harp, 
violin  (playing  both  .  pizzi- 
cato and  with  the  bow,), 
bagpipes,  penny  trumpet, 
and  other  instruments  too 
numerous  to  n.ention.  His 
success  in  this  respect  is 
owing,  according  to  Dr.  Or- 
win,  the  eminent  English 
throat  specialist,  to  the  fact 
that  he  has  a  phenomenal- 
ly large  throat  at  the  back, 
with  most  powerful  vocal 
chords.  The  nostrils,  too, 
are  perforated  and  honey- 
combed, thus  acting  as  a 
sounding-board  and  reed  as 
well. 

The  act  to  be  presented 
by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elliott 
next  week  is  decidedly  out 
of  the  ordinary.  These  two 
gifted  artists  are  virtuosi 
on  that  most  difficult  in- 
strument, the  harp,  on 
which  they  play  everything 
from  grand  opera  to  rag- 
time. They  are  also  vocal- 
ists  of   merit. 

Next  week  will  conclude 
the  engagements  of  Ray  L. 


Boyce  in  his  eccentric  character  impcrsona 
tions,  the  O'Meers  Sisters  and  Co.,  and  Hon- 
ors and  Le  Prince.  It  will  also  be  the  last  of 
David  Belasco's  superb  production  of  "Mad- 
ame Butterfly,"  which  is  creating  the  great- 
est theatrical  sensation  this  city  has  known 
in  quite  a  while. 


Excellent  Music. 
To  Mine.  Emilie  Tojetti,  Mrs.  David  Hirseh- 
ler  and  Miss  Henrietta  Stadtmuller  is  due  the 
appreciation  of  a   music  loving  public  for  the 


high  standard  of  music  presented  during  the 
convention  week.  They  did  not  hesitate  to 
expend  the  sum  of  $500  for  a  single  concert 
I'm-  which  no  charge  was  exacted  from  I  lie 
public  This  conceit  was  an  evening  devoted 
to  orchestral  selections,  Herman  l'erlet  di- 
rector. Three  of  the  "  leaner 's  compositions 
were  presented  on  this  occasion,  the  tone  poem 
based  upon  a  melody  of  Lake  County  Indians 
proving  a  great  favorite. 

The  orchestral  conceit  led  by  Paul  Stein- 
dorff,  Chora gus  of  the  University  of  Califor- 
nia, at  the  Greek  Theater, 
was  another  musical  treat. 
-Miss  Fannie  Bailey  was  the 
soloist  on  this  occasion.  En- 
semble work  was  done  by 
members  of  the  Women  s 
Chorus,  California  Club, 
\\  ednesday  Morning  Club, 
and  the  Treble  Clef  Club. 
"  Vosemite  Legends  in  JSung 
and  Story/ '  interpreted  by 
Mrs.  J.  lh.  Birmnignam,  Mi, 
Allen  Dunn  and  Dr.  11.  J. 
Stewart,  constituted  one 
program,  Indian  settings 
added  to  the  work. 

Miss  iviusio,  sister  ot 
Mine.  Tojetti,  sang  at  the 
.Fairmont  reception,  as  did 
also  the  popular  chairman 
ot  the  music  commit  tee, 
whose  understanding  of  the 
"kind  of  music  the  people 
\\  ant  '  brought  her  a  lor- 
mal  vote  of  praise  from  the 
uenerai  Feueiation.  Mme. 
j^ertna  von  Klenner,  a  prom- 
inent musician  of  New 
.oik  City,  President  of  the 
l\ew  ^  ork  Press  Oiub, 
voiced  the  general  senti 
meats  of  praise  for  Mme. 
jojeili  at  tne  closing  ses- 
sion of  the  Biennial. 


ONE  OF  THE   PAUL  J.   RAINEY  AFRICAN  HUNT  PICTURES   AT    THE   CORT. 


African  Hunt  Pictures. 

The  hunt  pictures  shown 
at  the  Cort  Theater  have 
been  immensely  successful, 
ami  deserve  it.  Everybody 
was  delighted  with  the 
•  Kiuemacolor  reproduction 
of  the  Durbar,  and  now 
the  stage  is  given  over 
to  a  reproduction  of  the 
thrilling  scenes  of  Paul  .). 
liaineys  hunt  for  big 
game  in  Africa,  tne  para- 
uise  of  sportsmen.  The  ca- 
pacity ot  the  Cort  Theater 
lias  been  tested  by  the 
crowds  that  have  flocked  to 
see  the  drama  of  the  equa- 
torial wilderness  transfer- 
red to  the  screen  and  re- 
produced in  every  detail 
just  as  the  famous  hunter 
and  the  motion  picture  man 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   July  13,   1912. 


saw   it    when   stalking   lions   and   leopards 
the  Dark  Continent. 


At  .the  Cort. 

That  the  motion  pictures  of  the  Paul  J. 
Rainey  African  Hunt  have  lived  up  to  their 
advance  heraldry  is  being  evidenced  by  the 
capacity  houses  which  have  been  the  rule  at 
the  Cort  Theater  ever  since  last  Sunday,  when 
the  films  were  first  exhibited  to  a  San  Fran- 
cisco audience.  They  were  acclaimed  the 
"most  marvelous  motion  pictures  ever  tak- 
en/' and  that  this  seemingly  extravagant 
statement  is  absolutely  true  has  been  conceded 
by  the  entire  local  press  as  well  as  the  patrons 
of  the  Cort.  The  pictures  start  on  the  second 
and  final  week  of  their  engagement  tomorrow. 

These  films  really  represent  an  expenditure 
of  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars  as  well  as 
years  of  effort  and  research.  An  expedition 
of  350  men,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Rainey, 
spent  a  year  'n  the  wilds  of  Africa  and  braved 
death  and  fever  and  wild  beasts  in  order  that 
science  might  be  enriched.  Mr.  Rainey,  who 
is  a  millionaire  sportsman  of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
undertook  the  first '  African  big  game  hunt 
purely  from  the  point  of  sport,  but  he  eventu- 
ally came  to  hunt  for  the  camera  and  not  for 
fun.  The  result  is  that  he  has  done  much  for 
such  institutions  as  the  Smithsonian  Institute 
and  the  American  Geographic  Society.  Thb 
London  Zoological  Gardens  and  the  Bronx  Zoo 
of  New  York  are  also  considerably  in  his  debt 
for  the  number  of  rare  wild  animals  captured 
in  Africa  and  presented  by  him. 

Through  the  medium  of  the  moving  picture 
camera  the  last  expedition  of  this  noted  hun- 
ter to  the  Black  Continent  is  made  to  live 
again.  The  wilds  are  visualized.  The  lion, 
the  rhinoceros,  the  giraffe,  the  tiger,  the  chee- 
tah ,are  seen  in  their  natural  haunts.  The  eye 
of  the  camera  has  caught  them  as  they  natur- 
ally are.  They  were  certainly  not  conscious 
of  the  fact  that  they  were  unconsciously  pos- 
ing for  a  moving  picture  film.  An  illuminative 
lecture  is  given  which  adds  much  to  the  enter- 
tainment. Matinees  are  given  in  addition 
to  the  evening  performances. 

On  Sunday  night,  July  21st,  comes  the  New 
York  Casino  Star  Cast  in  a  four  weeks'  sea- 
son of  revivals  of  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan 
comic  operas. 

At  Pantages. 
The  diversified  bill  at  the  Pantages  Theater 
is  serving  to  erowd  the  popular  vaudeville 
house  to  the  doors  these  afternoons  and  even- 
ings, the  list  of  entertainments  including  such 
celebrities  as  Alick  Lauder,  who  is  as  thor- 
oughly Scotch  and  as  droll  as  his  brother, 
Harry;  Signor  G.  Frizzo,  Italy's  famous 
change  artist,  who  gives  an  entire  theatrical 
entertainment  by  himself;  Henri  Kubelik,  an 
interesting  Hungarian  violinist;  the  Marmeen 


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Four,  in  a  cheering  musical  oddity;  the  Les- 
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On  Sunday  there  will  be  the  usual  complete 
change  of  program,  and  as  a  distinct  novelty 
the  moving  pictures,  in  their  entirety,  of  the 
Wolgast-Rivers  struggle  for  "  the  light-weight 
supremacy  on  the  Fourth  of  July  will  be 
shown  for  the  first  time  in  this  city.  Every 
incident  in  the  thirteen  exciting  rounds,  in- 
cluding the  sensational  knockout  which  has 
created  so  much  talk  and  dispute  in  the  pugi- 
listic world,  will  be  faithfully  portrayed  and 
every  one  will  have  an  opportunity  of  judging 
for  himself  as  to  the  justice  of  Referee 
Welsh's  decision.  The  vaudeville  portion  o± 
the  entertainment  will  be  up  to  the  usual  high- 
class  Pantages  standard,  "A  Night  in  the 
Edelweiss, ' '  a  miniature  musical  comedy  pre- 
sented by  Howland,  Lane  and  their  company 
of  ten  musical  comedians  heading  the  attrac- 
tions. Carl  Rosine,  a  renowned  European  ma- 
gician, assisted  by  Marguerite  Kosine,  will 
present  a  mysterious  act  in  a  special  setting 
of  scenery;  and  the  Romano  Brothers,  hand- 
some exponents  of  physical  culture  and  Gre- 
cian art,  will  offer  a  very  artistic  posing  ex- 
hibition, the  men  made  up  to  represent  marble 
statues.  Doesch  and  Zilbauer,  Viennese  street 
musicians,  will  offer  a  novel  musical  special- 
ty; and  Bond  Morse,  known  as  "the  man  from 
nowhere,"  will  appear  in  a  tramp  monologue 
and  execute  an  eccentric  dance  that  is  said  to 
be  a  revelation  in  its  way.  Clark  and  Verdi, 
the  very  original  Italian  comedians  who  made 
such  a  hit  here  the  early  part  of  the  year,  will 
return  in  their  original  act,  which  has,  if  pos- 
sible, been  improved  upon,  and  that  .they  will 
meet  with  a  warm  reception  is  a  foregone  con- 
clusion. 


Gilbert  and  Sullivan  Revival. 
Sunday  night,  July  21st,  will  mark  the  open- 
ing of  the  great  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  comic 
opera  revival  at  the  Cort.  The  original  New 
York  Casino  star  cast,  which  has  been  inter- 
preting the  masterpieces,  will  come  to  San 
Francisco  direct  from  New  York  by  special 
train.  The  original  productions  in  all  particu- 
lars will  be  put  on  here.  It  is  particularly 
noteworthy  that  San  Francisco  is  the  only 
city  in  Northern  California  that  will  be  play- 
ed by  this  organization.  "The  Mikado"  will 
start  the  merry  season  on  its  way,  and  during 
the  four  weeks'  season  "Pinafore,"  "Pa- 
tience" and  "The  Pirates  of  Penzance"  will 
be  given. 

♦ 

SPEED-BURNER    SWANTON. 


Sun.,    July   21. — N.    T.    Casino    Star    Cast   in   Re- 
vivals of  Gilbert  and    Sullivan   Comic   Operas. 


Particulars    of    the    Scheme    for    the    Grand 
Pageant  at  Santa  Cruz. 

Frederick  Speed-Burner  Swanton,  ambassa- 
dor extraordinary  from  the  joyous  kingdom 
of  Santa  Cruz,  announces  the  completion  of 
all  arrangements  for  the  tremendous  water 
pageant  and  summer  festival  planned  for  that 
resort  during  the  week  commencing  July  20th 
and  ending  July  2Sth.  According  to  official 
bulletins  from  the  throne-room  of  King  Pleas- 
ure— situated  for  the  next  four  weeks  in  the 
big  Casino,  facing  the  beach — Santa  Cruz  has 
been  transformed  into  a  veritable  "City  o' 
Dreams, ' '  in  anticipation  of  the  great  crowd 
of  merry-makers  who  will  assemble  there  dur- 
ing "Water  Week." 

No  expense  has  been  spared  to  make  the 
Sea  Breeze  City  attractive  and  insure  the  hap- 
piness of  a  monstrous  throng.  The  hotels,  the 
Casino,  the  multiplicity  of  attractions  lining 
the  mile-long  board-walk  have  all  been  pol- 
ished and  put  in  order,  while  a  hundred  new 
sensations  await  the  visitor  who  comes  to 
Santa  Ctuz,  whether  it  be  for  rest,  recreation 
or  a  rollicking  romp  beside  the  sea.  Even 
the  usually  indifferent  fishermen  on  the  long 
wharf  near  Lighthouse  Point  can  be  seen 
scouring  up  their  launches  and  preparing  for 


the  jolly  parties  which  will  want  to  troll  for 
finny  monsters  of  the  deep.  All  are  on  tiptoe, 
awaiting  the  20th  of  July. 

The  mystic  island,  upon  which  is  constructed 
an  immense  phantom  ship  seating  4,000  per- 
sons, commands  a  beautiful  view  of  the  rein- 
forced San  Lorenzo  Elver,  down  which  will 
come  nightly  processions  of  flower-decked, 
electric-lighted  floats,  filled  with  pretty  maids 
and  stalwart  yeomanry.  The  background  of 
hillocks,  reaching  down  to  the  water,  has  also 
been  sprinkled  generously  with  twinkling 
lamps,  making  a  picture  of  exquisite  beauty. 
A  wonderful  lake  has  been  formed  around  the 
island,  while  the  bridge  leading  to  it  will 
remind  one  of  the  Pont  du  Gar  on  carnival 
nights  in  Paris. 

The  day's  sports  in  Monterey  Bay,  offshore 
from  the  Casino,  will  be  never-ending.  Cou- 
pled with  the  bathing,  fishing  and  boat-riding 
will  be  the  great  yacht  and  motor-boat  races; 
the  fleet  of  warships  and  submarines;  the 
hydroplanes  in  their  birdlike  flights  'twixt 
wind  and  water;  and  a  dozen  other  novelties. 
On  shore  will  be  found  golf,  tennis,  dancing, 
driving  and  kindred  diversions. 

The  railroads  are  offering  especial  low  fares 
from  all  California  points  to  Santa  Cruz  dur- 
ing pageant  week.  The  hotels — amongst  them 
the  beautiful  new  Casa  del  Rey  and  the  St. 
George — have  announced  that  no  "extras" 
will  be  charged,  the  regular  rates  being  main- 
tained throughout  the  festivities.  Reserva- 
tions for  the  Casa  del  Rey  and  the  Cottage 
City  may  be  made  now,  to  take  effect  on  July 
20th  or  thereafter,  as  preferred. 


SAFEST    AND    MOST    MAGNIFICENT    THEATEK 
IN  AMERICA. 

WEEK  BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 
Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST   STANDARD   OF  VAUDEVILLE  I 
"THE  BATTLE  CRY  OP  FREEDOM,"   a  one-act 
Comedy  of  Divorce  Life  in  Reno,   Nev.,   Introducing 
MAY    TULLY     and     Her     Company;       KAUFM'AN 
BROTHERS   in   Tuneful   Originalities;    HARRY   AT- 
KINSON,   the    Australian    Orpheus;    MR.    and   MRS. 
ELLIOTT,   Harpists  and  Singers;   RAY  L.  ROYOE; 
O'MEERS      SISTERS      &      CO.;      HONORS    &    LE 
PRINCE;    NEW   DAYLIGHT   MOTION   PICTURES. 
Last    "Week — Immense    Success    of    DAVID    BELAS- 
CO'S    Superb    Production   of    "MADAME   BUTTER 
FLY." 

Evening  PriceB,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Box  SeatB,  ?1. 
Matinee   Prices    (Except   Sundays   and   Holidays), 
10c,    25c.    50e. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  C  1670. 


Pantages  Theater 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week  of  Sunday,  July  14. 
MIRTH,  DANCE  AND  MELODY  I 
"A  NIGHT  AT  THE   EDELWEISS,"   with  10  Mu- 
sical Comedians;   CARL  ROSINE  &  CO.,  in  Mystery 
and  Magic;  ROMANO  BROTHERS,  Physical  Culture 
and    Grecian    Art;      DOLESCH    AND    ZILLBAUER, 
Viennese    Street   Musicians;    CLARK   AND    VERDI, 
Italian  Comedians;  BOND  MORSE,   "The  Man  From 
Nowhere' ' ;  and 
WOLGAST-EIVERS     MOVING     PICTURES. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:30  and  8:30.  Nights, 
Continuous  from   6:30. 


Prices — 10c,    20c.    and    80c. 


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IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  CITY  AND 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. — Dept. 
No.   10. 

IN  THE  MATTER  OF  TREWELLA-KENDALL 
CO..   a  Corporation. — No.   42,989. 

It  appearing  that  TREWELLA-KENDALL  CO. 
has  filed  an  application  to  this  Court  praying  for  a 
change  of  its  corporate  name  to  TREWELLA- 
TONKIN  CO., 

It  is  therefore  hereby  ordered  that  Tuesday  the  13th 
day  of  August,  1912,  in  the  courtroom  of  Dept.  No. 
Ten  of  said  Court  in  the  New  City  Hall,  No.  1231 
Market  Street,  said  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  at  ten  o'clock  a.  m.  of 
said  day,  are  hereby  fixed  as  the  time  and  place 
for  hearing  said  application,  and  all  persons  inter- 
ested in  said  matter  are  hereby  directed  to  appear 
before  said  Court,  at  said  time  and  place,  to  pre- 
sent any  objections  to  the  said  application,  and  to 
show  cause  why  it  should  not  be  granted;  and  that 
a  copy  of  this  order  to  show  cause  be  published  for 
a  period  of  thirty  days  before  the  said  13th  day  of 
August,  1912,  in  "The  Wasp,"  a  newspaper  of 
general  circulation,  printed  and  published  in  the  said 
City  and   County. 

Dated,   June   25th,    1912. 

THOS.  F.   GRAHAM, 

Judge  of  said  Superior  Court. 


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STRANGEK  TO  FEAR. 

• "  I   came,  Sir,  in  an  swer  to  your  ad   ■ 
men.    in    las?    nig]  V.m    said    you 

wanted    to   employ   a    man    who    was   a    total 
Strange,    to   Pei 

1  *  A  re  you 

"'    ;"".    sir.        I    have    given   proof    of    my 
courage  in  many  pari-  of  the  world." 
•  reef" 

*"!  have  faced  bullets  in  Mexico  and  inacb- 
el es   in  Cuba. " 

"G I!    ' 

"I  helped  to  defend  t he  missionaries  ag- 
ainsl  Utr  Boxers,  and  I  was  present  at  the 
siege  of  Fort  Arthur." 

"Fine.'' 

' '  I  have  fought  the  infuriated  walrus  of 
Baffin  Baj  and  the  maddened  bull  elephants 
of  Central  Africa,  and  I  went  through  an 
V  rmeniac  mas  sacre  without  losing  my  nerve." 

"Vini  seem  to  be  the  man  I  want.  Would 
you  be  willing  to  go  out  on  a  field  in  front 
iif  2n,inn.i  fair-minded,  sport-loving  Americans 
and  umpire  a  game  honestly,  deciding  against 
the  home  team  when  necessary?" 

"So  that's  the  job,  is  it?"  replied  the  mao 
of  courage, 'and  broke  into  a  cold  perspiration 
and  a  run  for  the  door  simultaneously. 
r— 

The  man  who  pays  as  he  goes  hates  to  see 
another  fellow   traveling  on  a  pass. 
♦ 

Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al- 
fredum's  Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco — Dept.  No.  4. 

GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.   32,371. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-one  (31)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lombard  Street,  and  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Octavia 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION   BLOCK  Number  170. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  coBts 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
20th  day  of  June,  A.  D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  6th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN"  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,   in   and   for  tho   City   and   County  of   San 
»ept.  No.  5. 

EUGENE  ._'.  ORSLLER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persona 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop* 
erty  herein  described  or  miv  part  thereof, Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,212. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
Fondants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  EUGENE  C.  ORELLER,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  tho  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
y,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation >>f  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  hove  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly  described  as   follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  tho  northerly 
line  of  Oak  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
ton  (110)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  tho  northerly  line  of  Oak  Street 
with  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street,  and  running 
thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of  Oak  Street 
twenty-seven  (27)  feet,  six  (6>  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet  to  the  southerly  line  of  Hickory  Avenue;  thence 
westerly  along  said  line  of  Hickory  Avenue  twenty- 
seven  (27)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WEST- 
ERN   ADDITION    BLOCK    Number    147. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly 
line  of  Pine  Street,  distant  thereon  thirty  (30)  feet 
easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection 
of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  with  the  easter- 
ly line  of  Presidio  Avenue,  and  running  thence  east- 
erly and  along  said  line  of  Pine  Street  thirty-one 
(31)  feet,  five  (5)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6>  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty-one  (31) 
feet,  five  (5)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  port  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION    BLOCK    Number    620. 

THIRD:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northwest- 
erly line  of  Howard  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  (225)  feet  southwesterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  north- 
westerly line  of  Howard  Street  with  the  southwest- 
erly line  of  Sixth  Street,  and  running  thence  south- 
westerly and  along  said  line  of  Howard  Street  fifty 
(50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly 
ninety  (90)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northeast- 
erly fifty  (50)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southeasterly  ninety  (90)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning. 

FOURTH:  Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Union 
Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Polk  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Polk 
Street  thirty  (30)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  seventy  (70)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Union  Street;  and  thence  easterly  and  along  said 
line  of  Union  Street  seventy  (70)  feet  to  the  point 
of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 
BLOCK    Number    46. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  Bame 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff 
recover  his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further   relief  as   may   be   meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
10th   day  of  May,   A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  18th  day  of  May 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: * 

MOSES  ELLIS,   JR.,  Framingham,  Massachusetts. 

KATE   ELLIS,   Framingham,    Massachusetts. 

MARTHA    E.   BEAN,    Framingham,    Massachusetts 

MARY    F.   ELLIS,    Framingham,    Massachusetts 

GRACE    E.    HALL,    Chicago,    Illinois. 

PERRY  &  BAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco.  GARRET  W 
McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTIOK,  of  Coun- 
sel. 


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THE  LANGUAGE  OF  BUNK. 
The  clerk  at  the  counter  inquires  of  my  trip 
and  squeezes  my  hand  as  1  set  down  my 
grip;  the  boy  with  the  buttons  takes  charge 
of  me  then  and  says  he  's  happy  to  see  me 
again;  they  'phone  up  and  ask  me  if  every- 
thing's nice  and  if  I'm  in  need  of  ink,  pa- 
per, or  ice;  the"  waiter  smiles  on  me  and 
helps  me  with  my  chair  and  says  he's  de- 
lighted to  see  me  back  there;  the  boots  and 
the  barber  are  smiling  and  tell  me  how  they 
are  glad  I  am  looking  so  well;  they  make 
me  so  welcome,  the  lift-boy  and  bell,  they 
east  o'er  my  coming  a  glamorous  spell;  you 
see,  they  have  dreams  of  the  forthcoming 
plunk,  and  I  smile — and  like  it — and  know 
it  *s  all  bunk. 

My  tailor,  who  garbs  me,  says  I'm  not  too 
stout;  my  figure  is  better  since  it  rounded 
out;  he's  proud  of  my  shoulders,  and  says 
I  am  straight  as  many  a  youngster  not  half 
fifty-eight;  he  stuffs  me  and  pads  me  and 
winds  me  with  tape  and  gives  me  a  style 
and  presentable  shape;  he  says  it's  a  pleas- 
ure to  do  things  for  me  because  I  have 
taste  and  know  how  things  should  be;  he 
has  a  swell  pattern  of  goods  that  he  got 
with  me  In  his  mind — one  exclusively 
bought;  a  little  too  good  for  the  average 
trade,  but,  oh!  suck  a  nobby  and  delicate 
shade;  and  so  he  easts  bait  for  the  forth- 
coming plunk — and  I  smile — and  like  it — 
and  know  it's  all  bunk. 

The  candidate  sees  me  and  smiles  with  delight 
and  anxiously  asks  if  the  folks  are  all  right; 
he  hears  that  I'm  in  every  way  all  to  the 
good  and  making  a  winning — he  knew  that 
I  would;  he  locks  arms  with  me  in  a  broth- 
erly way  and  whispers  important  things  he 
has  to  say;  he  sends  his  regards  to  my  wife, 
whom  he  knew  as  the  prettiest  girl  in  a 
county  or  two;  he'd  like  to  do"  something 
for  Billy,  my  son,  and  wants  me  to  say  what 
I'd  like  to  have  done;  he's  known  that  rare 
youngster  since  he  was  knee-high  and  watch- 
ed him  grow  up  with  a  fatherly  eye;  Bill 
ought  to  be  Consul  to  Smyrna;  he'll  see, 
as  he'd  like  to  do  something  for  me;  he 
leaves  me  in  oceans  of  heated  air  sunk,  and 
I  smile,  ana  like  it,  and  know  it 'sail  bunk. 

And  then  I  go  home  to  my  wife,  and  she 
smiles  and  says  she  was  just  looking  over 
the  styles;  she  knows  I  am  proud  of  the 
whole  family  and  she  just  strives  to  do 
credit  to  me;  she  says  she  has  heard  how 
the  women  all  say  there's  no  one  like  me 
in  a  generous  way;  they  all  seem  to  know 
there's  one  man  in  town  whose  wife  must 
be  happy,  and  his  name  is  Brown;  and  her 
life  with  me,  why,  she  says  that  it  seems 
like  one  long  succession  of  silver-lined 
dreams;  and  then  comes  the  sample,  the 
style  and  the  price — she  knows  I  will  get 
it  for  her — I'm  so  nice;  she  get  the  goods 
ready  and  have  it  all  shrunk — and  I  smile 
— and  like  it — and  know  it's  all  bunk! 


DEL  MONTE  NOTES. 

Mr.  M.  Meyerfeld  came  down  last  week  to  join 
Mrs.  Meyerfeld  and  enjoy  the  enthusiasm  of  the 
golfing   contests. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  "Wright  and  their  two  sons, 
W.  Edgerton  and  A.  Harvey,  never  forsake  Del 
Monte  for  any  length  of  time,  and  last  week  were 
among  the  San  Franciscans  who  enjoy  life  on  the 
peninsula. 

Mrs.  Mountford  "Wilson  and  her  son  Russell,  with 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Crockett  of  Berkeley,  are  spending  a  por- 
tion  of  their  summer  at  Del   Monte. 

After  their  honeymoon  automobile  trip  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Samuel  Hopkins  could  not.  resist  the  welcom- 
ing charms  of  the  place  where  they  have  spent  many 
a  happy  day.  Mr.  Hopkins  likes  the  golfing  game 
as  well  as  other  San  Franciscans.  Mrs.  Hopkins 
round     that    Miss     Alice    Warner,     her    Del     Monte 


"SPEAKING  AS    ONE    MAN    TO   ANOTHER." 

bridesmaid,  was  visiting  with  Mrs.  E.  E.  Ainsworth 
in  Seattle,  where  a  number  of  pleasing  entertain- 
ments and  dances  have  been  given  in  her  honor. 

Walter  Loewy  came  down  early  last  week  to  again 
spend  a  pleasant  week-end  with  his  mother  and  sis- 
ter. 

Mr.  Arthur  Vincent,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Turner  and 
Mr.  W.  M.  Williams,  good  golf  players  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, were  at  Del  Monte  nearly  the  whole  week,  en- 
joying the  holiday. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  N.  Burgess,  who  reside  on  the 
Oakland  side,  but  are  equally  well  known  in  San 
Francisco,  as  Mr.  Burgess  has  many  interests  in  and 
out  of  San  Francisco  in  banking  circles,  took  a  week 
of  recreation  amid  the  gardens  of  Del  Monte  during 
Fourth  of  July  week. 

Dr.  Fredericks,  who  plays  golf  all  along  the 
coast,  remained  after  the  tournament,  being  poined 
by  Mrs.  D.  P.  Fredericks,  as  some  of  the  persistent 
enthusiasts  needed  him  in  a  few  games  of  syndicate 
golf. 

Macdonald  and  George  Smith,  who  are  coaching 
old-time  golfers,  and  beginners  too,  at  Del  Monte, 
are  busy  every  minute  with  those  who  wish  to  be- 
come better  acquainted  with  the  royal  game. 


BOYES    HOT    SPRINGS. 

Arrivals  at  Boyes  Hot  Springs  from  San  Fran- 
cisco are:  Mrs.  Sara  Fowler,  J.  L.  Lott,  G,  Kaskell, 
G.  Goetz,  D.  McEwen,  J.  Gordon,  Mrs.  R.  Coleman, 
D.  Hymes,  H.  P.  McCorriston,  C.  S.  Bacon,  G.  H. 
Look,  Mrs.  F.  Bigelow,  Milton  Dodge,  Mrs.  George 
Hinkel,  C.  M.  Osborn,  Henry  Trevor,  Mr.  Moreno, 
Harry  James,  W.  Rothlein,  F.  G.  Huer,  H.  F.  Find- 
lay,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Meyer,  W.  M.  Klingan,  A.  T.  Barr- 
ett, Henrietta  Aronsou,  Hilda  Boris,  O.  Paulson,  M. 
Gunsky,    Martin   Haines,    Milton   Weiss,    E.  L.   Wyer, 

Frank  Hart,  B.  Versoyle,  M.  Schroyer,  Mrs.  F. 
G.  Sherwood,  C.  Brinkman,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Hudson, 
Miss  Lillian  Duncan,  Mrs.  Brices,  W.  H.  Westereld, 
S.  A.  Folsoni,  J.  Broronk,  S.  Borax,  F.  Goetze,  A, 
II.  Connelly,  Mrs.  J.  Gordon,  Miss  L.  Gordon,  Mrs. 
Judge  Larabee,  Geo.  Nelson,  W.  S.  Wetenhall,  W. 
J.  Olson,  F.  A.  Burness,  John  Lavelle,  Geo.  Hinkel, 
Miss  E.  Hinkel,  Grant  Fee,  L.  Sanford,  D.  J. 
Oliver,  E.  Rochat,  Angelo  Byrne,  E.  Didrikson,  W, 
P.  Meyer,  Mrs.  E.  H.  Reed,  M.  Fox,  John  J.  Doyle, 
Millie     Corwin,     Florence    Corwin,    J.     Nossa,     Harry 


I'm  win,  Leon  Blum,  A.  D.  Weiss,  Harvey  Hart, 
Jos.  Chichi,  K.  .1.  Carr,  Mrs.  11.  Nelson,  J.  W.  Hud- 
son, Mrs.  F.  H.  Browne,  Miss  Imogene  Jones,  J.  J. 
Cunningham,  T.  Connally  and  wife,  Mrs.  Pasqual- 
elti.  From  other  places  are:  Mrs.  J.  G.  McCarthy, 
P.  Olsen,  Ennie  Didricksen,  Mrs.  M.  Scott,  Geo. 
Thornton,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Harrison,  Alicia  Weaver, 
John  Johnston,  Father  Jas.  B.  Demodf,  Miss  Anna 
Laurenzi,  Mrs.  I.  H.  Frank,  Miss  Evelyn  Goldsmith, 
Geo.  Monson,  Mr.  Rhodes,  Miss  Keber,  H.  A. 
Sellers,  Mrs.  Mary  Wetenthall,  Mrs.  P.  Olsen,  B.  F. 
Whittan,  Jack  Thornton,  Miss  Eleanor  Thornton, 
W.  H.  Harrison,  Mrs.  Anna  Dubois,  Jack  Ziel,  S. 
F.  Wenke,  Richard  Fischer,  Robert  Rouer,  Mrs.  F. 
F.  Goldsmith,  Miss  Florence  Clark,  Mrs.  Rhodes, 
Miss  M,  Mitehcll,   Mr.  J.   G.  McCarthy. 


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PATIENTS   SPEAK  FOR  THEMSELVES. 

Petaluma,  Cal.,  November  11,  1911. — Dr. 
Wong  Him — Dear  Sir :  This  is  to  certify  that 
1  was  sick  for  about  three  years  with  a  compli- 
cation of  troubles  resulting  from  tuberculosis  of 
the  bowels  and  liver  combined  with  tumor  of  the 
stomach.  I  had  been  given  up  by  all  the  doc- 
tors of  TJkiah,  Mendocino  county,  and  three 
prominent  physicians  of  San  Francisco.  They  all 
told  me  that  the  only  chance  to  prolong  my  life 
was  an  operation,  and  that  I  could  not  live  long 
under  any  circumstances.  When  I  began  to  take 
your  treatment  I  weighed  about  75  pounds.  I 
am  now  entirely  recovered  and  weigh  147  pounds, 
more  than  I  ever  weighed  in  my  life. 

I    write    this    acknowledgment    in    gratitude    for 
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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  Til. 

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the   relief  demanded  in   the  complaint,   to*  wit,    thai    it 

plaintiffs    nre    the   ov. 

ibsolule  ;    thai    their   i  il  ie   to 
bed    and   quieted;    thai    the 
Hi  .1  del  ermine  all  estates,  righi  i,  kitl< 
ists    mid    claims    in    and    to    said    properi 
every    part    thereof,    whether    the    same    be    legal    or 
ible,     present    or    future,    vested    or    contingent, 
and    whether   the    same   consist   of  mortgages  or   liens 
description  ,  n  er  their  costs 

herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
■i    in    the  premises. 
Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 

■  i  13    ..[  june,   A.   1».   1912. 

II.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 
By   s.   [,   HI  GHES,   Deputy    Clerk, 
The    first    publication    of    this    summons    was    made 
i  in-    Wasp"     newspaper    on    the    13th    day    of 
i.  i>.  1912. 
PERRY  &   DAILEY,   Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,   105 
Mom  i     9b  n    i  ra  acieco,    Cs  li  >  ornia, 

CERTIFICATE      OF      MEMBERSHIP      OF      W.      E. 
STANFORD  &    COMPANY. 

THIS  IS  TO  CERTIFY  that  W.  B.  STANFORD  & 
i  H  i.Ml'A  N  \  is  s  partnership  comprised  of  the  follow- 
ing persons:  &LBERT  GEORGE  LUCHSINUER, 
Washington  St.,  San  Fruneiscii,  Cal.;  WIL- 
LIAM ESTELL  STANFORD,  1445  Leavenworth  Hi., 
San    Franoisco,   Cal. 

ALBERT    GEORGE    LUCHSINGER, 
WILLIAM     K.    STANFORD. 
LTE    OF    CALIFORNIA, 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

on   this   20th   day  of  June,  in  the  year  One  Thou- 
sand   Nine   Hundred   and   Twelve,    before   me,    Gene- 

I alin,    B    Notary    Public    in    and    for    t lie 

city  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  personally  ap- 
peared Albert  George  Luchsinger  and  William  E. 
Stanford,  known  to  me  to  be  the  persons  whose 
names  nre  subscribed  to  the  within  instrument,  aud 
they  duly  acknowledged  to  me  that  they  executed 
the    same. 

In   witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  affixed    my   official    seal,    at  my  office   in   the  City 
and    County    of    San    Francisco,    the   day   and    year   in 
i  In-    certificate   first   above   written. 
(SEAL]  GENEVIEVE   S.  DOXELIN, 

Notary   Public  in  and  for  the   City  and   County 
of  Sun   Francisco,   State  of  California. 

809    Crocker    Building. 

SUMMONS. 


IX  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    Xo.    8. 

MARGARET  0*M ALLEY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action  Xo.  32,228. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARGARET  O'MALLEY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  thre  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and  particularly  described  as  follows. 


THE    WASP 

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ii-    norihorly    line    of 

merly  "I'')  Street,  distant  thereon  ninety- 

15    feet    easterly    from    the    corner    formed    by 

the    northerly     line    of     Irving 

Street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Second  Avenue,  and 

running     thence     easterly     and     along     said     line     of 

■  \  ■  li v i_-    (25)     feet;    thence    at    a 

hundred   and   ton    (no) 

si     ii    right    angle    westerly    twenty-live 

leei  ;    and    thence   at    a    right    angle    southerly 

one    hundred    and    ten    (IJ  the      point  of 

beginni  pari   of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLO0K 

Number   672. 

i*ou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  aud  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit :  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  ana'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
c ingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover  hex  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
16th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1912. 

SEAL  H.  1.   MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  iu 
Tin  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  1st  day  of  June,  A.  D. 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  some  in- 
terest  in  said  real  properly  adversely  to  plaintiff: 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation,,  Sau  Francisco, 
California. 

PEERY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cat.  GARRET 
W.  McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTICK,  of 
Counsel. 

SUMMONS, 


IX  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept,    No.    2. 

MYRTLE  R.  SAYLOR,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    Xo.    32,239. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MYRTLE  R.  SAYLOR,  plaintiff, 
tiled  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    and   particularly    described   as    follows: 

Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  northerly  line  of  Lake  Street  with  the 
westerly  line  of  Seventh  Avenue,  and  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  line  of  Seventh  Avenue  twenty- 
rive  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  and  fourteen  (Hi)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  north 
erly  line  of  Lake  Street:  and  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  line  of  Lake  Street  one  hundred  and 
fourteen  (114)  feet  to  tue  point  of  beginning;  being 
part  of  OUTSIDE  LAXD    BLOCK  Number   65. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  the 
parcel  of  real  property  described  in  the  complaint 
herein  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court    ascertain    and    determine    all    estates,    rights, 


interests  and  claims   in  and 
ry    part    thereof,    whether  legal 

or  equitable,  pn 

and   whether  the   samo    consist    ->f   mortgagi  i      r    Hens 

costs 
r    and    fur1: 
in   the  premises, 

hand   and    the    leal  of  said  Court  thia 
17th  de 

(REAL)  I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.    F.    DUNWORTH,    Di 
first   publication   of   this   I  made 

in    The    Wasp    w\\  spaper    on    the    1st    day    ol    June. 

19]  2  . 

I    for  Plain;: 

co,    Cal        d A 

oENERNEY    and   GEORGE    M     m.'  S'J  ' 

Counsel. 

SUMMONS. 


01     PHI 
California,   in   and   for  the  city  and   0i 
co. — Dept.    No.    10. 
tENA     M      LIBBY,     Plaintiff,    vb.    BURR    A. 
LIBBY,    1  lefend  int.- 

i  in   brought  in    the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 

i.iy     of 

San  Francisco,  and   the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said   City  and   County. 

The    People  of   the   State  of  California   send   greet- 
31  RH   A.    LIBBY,    De  endanl 

You  nre  hereby  required   to  appear   I 
broughl    against    you    by    the    above  named    Plaintiff 
in   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,   in 
nod  for  the  City  and  County  of  San   Francisco,   mid 
to    answer    the    Complaint    filed    therein     within 
BXClusive    of     the    day    of    service)     aftej 
on    you    ol   iiiis   summons,   if   Barred    wit  Inn 
this  City  end  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
cree  of  this  Court  dissolving  ihe  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  willful  neg- 
lecl  and  desertion,  also  fur  general  relief,  as  will 
more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special   reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you.  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
od  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaint- 
iff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded    in    the   complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior 
Conn  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  county  of  San  Francisco,  this  1st  day  of  June, 
A.  D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  II.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  L.  W.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  8th  day  of  June. 
A.  D.    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HAIiEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-502  503  California  Pacific  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Cal. 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 

No.    13569.      Dept.    10. 
ESTATE     OF    PATRIZIO    MARSICANO,     sometimes 

called    P.    MARSICANO,    Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Execu- 
trix of  the  Last  Will  and  Testament  of  PATRIZIO 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  P.  MARSICANO, 
deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons  having 
claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
With  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the 
said  Executrix  at  the  office  of  GERALD  C.  HAL- 
SEY,  i^sq.,  Attorney  for  said  Executrix,  at  Xo. 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Bldg,  corner  Sutter 
and  Montgomery  Sts.,  San  Francisco,  California, 
which  said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  her  place 
of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said 
estate  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called 
P    m  IRSK  'and,  deceased. 

MARY   MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSICAXO, 

Executrix  of  the  Last  Will  and  Testament  of 
PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  P. 
MARSICANO,    Deceased. 

Dated,    San    Francisco,    June    12,    1912. 
GERALD     C.     HALSJSY,     Attorney     for    Executrix, 
501-502-503     California    Pacific    Bldg.,     105     Mont- 
gomery   street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


DIVIDEND    NOTICES 

Associated  Savings  Banks  of 
San  Francisco. 


THE  IIIBERXIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
corner  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  Sts. — For 
the  six  niontliH  ending  June  30,  1912,  a  dividend 
has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of  three  and  three- 
fouiths  (3%)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits, 
free  of  taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Monday,  July 
1,  1912.  Dividends  not  drawn  will  be  added  to 
depositors'  accounts,  become  a  part  thereof,  and 
will  earn  dividends  from  July  1,  1912.  Deposits 
made  on  or  before  July  10,  1912,  will  draw  inter- 
est from  July    1,    1912. 

R.    M.    TOBIN,    Secretary. 


i 


Los  Angeles 

Santa  Cruz 

$25  round  trip 

V  \    \  \i 

"The    Atlantic    City   of    the    Pacific    Coast" 
Is   planning   a 

Wonderful  Water  Pageant 

Santa  Fe 

%  w 

San  Diego  $29  round  trip 

Tickets  on  sale  dailv. 

Good  for  return  until  October  31,  1912. 

For  the  following  dates: 

Santa   Fe:s  new  train. 

JULY  20TH  to  JULY  28TH,  INCLUSIVE 

%Jj,e                                           Leaves  San  Francisco 

Yacht   Regattas — Motor   Boat    Races — Review    of 

^                               m          daily  at  4:00  p.  m. 

American   Battleships — Parade   of  Decorated 

£\  »^  Of*f^  1          This  is   California  's 

Water  Floats — Swimming  and  Rowing   Con- 

i   Wm.jC£*\^\.         finest  train. 

tests — Surf    Bathing — Dancing — Golf — Ten- 
nis— Fireworks. 

On  the  return  trip  the  Saint  offers 

the  same  superior  service. 

DON'T  MISS  THE  FUN 

Phone  or  call  on  me  for  reservations. 

Jas.  B.  Duffy.  Gen.  Agt..   673  Market   St.. 
San  Francisco.  Phone:   Kearny  315-J3371. 

Regular  Rates  at  the  New  Hotel  Casa  del  Rey. 

J    J.  Warner.   Gen.  Agt.,   1218  Broadway, 

Oakland.     Phone:     Oakland  425 

Special    Low   Ticket   Fares 

Santa  Fe 

ASK  OUR  AGENTS 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Flood   Building 

Palace    Hotel 

Third   and   Townsend   Street   Station 

$72.50 

\lr     W     warn  •  %^  V^ 

Market    Street    Ferry    Station 

SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Broadway   &    Thirteenth    Street 

TO   CHICAGO 
AND  RETURN 

on  the  Peerless 

OAKLAND. 

GOLDEN    STATE 

YOSEMITE 

LIMITED 

NATIONAL  PARK  ! 

The  Outing  Place  of  California. 
SNOW-CAPPED     MOUNTAINS     : :     THUNDERING     WATER- 

A Transcontinental  Delight. 

FALLS     ::     MIRROR    LAKES    AND    HAPPY    ISLES 

::     MASSIVE    WALLS    AND    DOMES     :: 

A    Galaxy    Unsurpassed 

A    SMOOTH,    DUSTLESS.    WELL- SPRINKLED 
ROAD    INTO    THE    VALLEY 

THIS    RATE    GOOD    ON   MANY   DAYS    IN    JUNE, 

A    Special    Feature    of    This    Season's    Trip 

JULY,  AUGUST  AND  SEPTEMBEE. 

The   waterfalls  are   booming   full.      Conditions   in   the  Valley 
were    never   better    than    this    season.      Surrounding    mountain 
peaks    and    watersheds    are    covered    with    late    snows,    which 

Similar  Low  Rates  to  Many  Other  Eastern  Points 

insures  a  lasting  flow  of  water. 

Why   visit    the   commonplace   resort,   when    the    sublime    and 
the   beautiful  beckon    you.      Cost  of   this   trip  is   now  reduced 

Return  Limit  October  31st,  1912 

to  popular  prices.     Four  excellent  camps  offer  the  visitor  the 
most    pleasing    entertainment: 

CAMP  CURRY — CAMP  AHWAHNEE— CAMP   LOST  ARROW 
SENTUTEL    HOTEL 
Each   is   charmingly  and  picturesquely   situated  on   the  floor 
of   the  valley,   surrounded  by  the  masterpieces  of  Nature. 

Telephone   or  Write  Our  Agents. 

It   is   now   a   quick,   comfortable    trip   into   the   Valley.      For 
full    information    or   descriptive    folder,    address    your   camp   or 
hotel   in    Yosemite,   any   ticket  office   or  information   bureau  in 

Rock  Island 

California,    or 

Yosemite  Valley  Railroad 

Southern  Pacific 

COMPANY 

MERCED,  CAL. 

&^cmS33&m=m33&3&3f^^^ 


Vol.  LX VIII— No.  3. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  JULY  20,  1912. 


Price,  10  Ceuta. 


S.G.^ 


AS   REFINED  AS 
MAIN  CAN  MAKE  IT 

All  Closed  S.  G.  V.  Cars  are  built  to 
order.  No  two  alike.  Constructed  to  suit 
the  taste  of  the  purchaser  by  the  finest 
body  builder  in  the  United  States. 


LIMOUSINES 


COUPES 


LANDAULETTES 


S.  G.  V.  owners  have  advised  us  that  the  S.  G.  V.  Car  is  the  handiest,  safest 
and  by  50  per  cent,  the  most  economical  that  they  have  ever  run  These  strong 
features  have  been  obtained  by  copying  the  Lancia  and  other  high  grade  foreign  cars 


E.  STEWART  AUTOMOBILE  COMPANY 


428  VAN  NESS  AVE. 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


mmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmm 


:imiiTT!FTTrffiiT_T3iDTFnnnnTTm 


LEADING  HOTELS  •«!  RESORTS 


Hotel  St.  Francis 


Turkish   Bath* 
12th  Floor 

Ladies  Hair  Dressing  Parlors 
2d  Floor 

Cafe 

White   and   Gold   Restaurant 

Lobby  Floor 

Electric  Grill 

Barber  Shop 

Basement,  Geary  St.  entrance 


Under  the  Management  of  James  Woods 


Casa  del  Rey 

New  300-room,  fire-proof  hotel  loeated 
near  the  beach  and  Casino,  open  all  year 
round.  SUPERIOR  GOLFING. 

AMERICAN  PLAIN 

Tennis  courts,  good  boating,  bathing  and 
fishing;  numerous  drives  along  the  Coast 
and  through  the  mountains. 

SANTA  CRUZ  BEACH  HOTEL  CO. 


PALACE  HOTEL 

Situated    on    Market    Street 

In  the  center  of   the  Oity. 

Take   an?   Market   Street    Car 
from    the    Perry. 

FAIRMONT  HOTEL 

The  must   beautifully 

situated  of  any  Oity 

Hotel  in  the  World. 

Take   Sacramento   Street   Cars 
from  the  Ferry. 

TWO   GREAT   HOTELS 
UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF  THE 

PALACE  HOTEL  COMPANY 


Hotel  Argonaut 

Society     of     California     Pioneers'     Building 
Fourth  St.,  near  Market. 

California's  Most  Popular  Hotel 

400    RoomB.  200    Baths. 

European  Plan  $1.00  per  day  and  up. 

Dining    Boom    Seating    500 — Table   d'hote 
or  a  la  Carte  Service,  as  desired. 


Special  Sunday  Dinner, 
Including  Wine,  $1.00. 


EDWARD  R0LKIN 
Manager. 


GEO.  A.  DIXON 
Ass't  M'g'r. 


HOTEL  VON  DORN 

242  Turk  St.,  near  Jones,  San  Francisco 


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1  4 

f*2k        "t  ■ 

3M*    .; 

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The  Dining  Room 

The  hotel  of  many  comforts  and  excellent 

service.     Steel  framed,     Class  "A"'     Fire 

Proof.     Cafe  of  unusual  merit. 

ATTRACTIVE  TERMS  TO  PERMANENT  GUESTS 


Vnl.    [iXVIII— No.    3. 


SAX   FRANCISCO,  .ll'IA  20,  IDlL'. 


Price,   HI  Cents. 


1 1    IcLiMGLISH. 

!   <  AMERICUS 


IT  ll.\s  been  noticed,  with  some  apprehension,  by  the  citizens 
of  San  Francisco  that  the  District  Attorney  and  the  Chief 
of  Police  :ire  at  loggerheads  over  the  much-vexed  question 
of  allowing  the  Texas  Tommy  to  be  danced  after  midnight. 
Prior  to  that  hour  it  is  to  be  presumed  that  any  kind  of  salta- 
tory antics  inflicts  no  damage  on  the  morals  of  the  public.  But 
the  instant  the  hands  of  the  clock  pass  the  hour  of  12  dancing 
of  any  kind  in  a  beach  or  Barbary  Coast  resort  of  the  bibulous 
and  sporty  becomes  an  evil  of  such  magnitude  that  the  District 
Attorney  and  the  Chief  of  Police,  in  discussing  it,  are  almost 
willing  to  tell  right  out  what  they  think  of  each  other.  It  would 
be  preferable  to  have  them  whisper  it  down  some  dark  alley 
when  decent  people  are  mostly  abed. 
•     •     • 

WITHOUT  intending  any  disrespect  to  any  of  our  public 
officials,  or  at  leas*  not  more  than  they  generally  wind 
up  with  at  the  end  of  their  terms,  it  may  be  remarked 
that  it  is  a  bad  sign  to  hear  officers  of 
the  law  shouting  "It's  your  fault!  ' '  and 
"You're  another!"  It  would  puzzle 
even  as  bad  a  lawyer  as  Julius  Caesar 
Sauimaun  to  explain  why  the  District 
Attorney  and  the  Chief  of  Police  should 
quarrel  about  the  enforcement  of  the 
law  against  Texas  Tommy  dancing  01 
anything  else.  The  laws  specify  just 
what  a  Chief  of  Police  shall  do,  but 
doesn't,  and  what  the  District  Attorney 
should  do,  but  never  comes  within  ten 
miles  of  accomplishing.  If  Chief  of 
Police  White  arrests  all  the  people  in 
San    Francisco    that    violate     the     laws 

habitually,  and  ought  to  be  placed  in  jail,  he  will  be  kept  so 
busy  that  he  will  have  no  time  for  a  jawing  match  with  any- 
body. So,  too,  with  District  Attorney  Fickert.  If  he  should 
undertake  to  prosecute  all  the  people  that  the  police  should  ar- 
rest, and  that  should  be  jailed,  he  would  have  lockjaw  from  ad- 
dressing juries.  The  cold  fact  is  that  when  District  Attorneys 
and  Chiefs  of  Police  get  to  mixing  it  up  between  them,  the  aver- 
age citizen,  who  isn  't  a  mutt,  suspects  that  the  public  is  being 
flimflammed.  The  real  object  is  to  distract  public  attention  from 
the  true  state  of  affairs  and  keep  somebody  out  of  jail,  instead 
of  trying  to  put  him  between  bars.  The  Rev.  Dille  might  be 
able  to  take  these  remarks  as  a  text  for  an  eloquent  sermon.  It 
is  understood  in  political  circles  that  he  furnished  the  authori- 
ties quite  a  comprehensive  list  of  resorts  that  violate  the  laws 


by  various  high  crimes  and  misdemeanors,  from  straight-out, 
old  fashioned,  downright  gambling  to  the  Texas  Tommy  at  cock- 
crow. The  good  Doctor  had  his  labor  for  his  pains.  His  compre- 
hensive list  of  malefactors  was  pigeon-holed.  Not  a  malefactor 
was  jailed.  But  the  District  Attorney  and  the  Chief  of  Police 
are  making  faces  at  each  other. 


T 


M*,J'jr,+  '*-' ■  ■■■'   jjj 


TEXAS  TOMMY 


The  cause  of  tlie  clash  of  words  between  depart 
ments  of  the   city   government. 


UK  decapitatory  ax  is  about  to  fall  on  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Police  Commissioners.  Poor  Spiro  is  the  victim. 
Spiro  deserves  better  than  to  have  ever  been  a  Police 
Commissioner  under  any  administration  in  San  Francisco,  and 
above  all  under  the  regime  of  P.  H.  McCarthy.  His  instincts 
were  thoroughly  honest,  and  when  it  came  to  a  question  of  sacri- 
licing  principle  or  losing  the  sale  of  a  box  of  soda  water,  he  was 
never  known  to  act  precipitately.  Taking  him  all  in  all,  he  was 
tar  above  the  average  statesman  that  has  emerged  from  his 
shop  or  laid  aside  his  overalls  to  grace  a  position  on  the  Boaid 
of  Police  Commissioners  in  San  Francisco.  Can  anybody  explain 
why  it  is  that,  for  political  reasons,  the  men  chosen  for  rlnJ 
Police  Commission  are  generally  those  that  should  have  been 
firmly  overlooked.  Of  all  undesirable  aspirants,  the  worst  is  a 
man  connected  in  any  way  witli  the  retail  liquor  trade,  wheth"-' 
he  sell  soda  water  or  whiskey.  He  arouses  the  envy  of  his 
rivals  in  the  liquor  business,  and  he  sets 
the  teeth  of  the  prohibitionists  on  edge. 
He  is  praised  by  nobody,  and  retires 
from  office  amidst  a  showrer  of  fervent 
objurgations.  Nevertheless,  Commis- 
sioner Spiro  did  his  duty  better  than 
men  whose  political  connections  were 
more  favorable  to  the  establishment  of 
a  brilliant  record.  He  has  agreed  lo  re- 
sign, and  the  ax  that  has  not  been  dull- 
ed by  hitting  the  necks  of  the  long  list 
of  McCarthyite  holdovers  will  imp  on 
his  Adam's  apple  with  spectacuiai  ef 
feet  very  soon.  It  will  not  si" prise 
Spiro  nor  create  any  fresh  bubbles  in 
the  soda  water  trade,  for  the  secret  of  his  resignation  is  out, 
and  the  sensation  of  his  decapitation  has  been  discounted.  His 
execution  will  be  as  tame  as  a  last  week's  reel  of  films  at  a 

motion  picture  show. 

*     #     * 

> BOTHER  McCLATCHY  of  the  Sacramento  Bee  has  lost  his 


B' 


high  esteem  for  the  labor  unions,  that  in  days  past  he 
glorified  as  the  noblest  work  of  a  discriminating  Provi- 
dence, aided  by  Sam  Gompers  and  the  McNamaras.  It  need  not 
be  said  that  Brother  McClatchy's  change  of  attitude  towards 
the  unions  has  been  sudden  and  whimsical.  Far  from  it.  Only 
when  the  commercial  and  industrial  life  of  his  fair  city  of  Sac- 
ramento was  at  stake  did  he  even  allow  the  thought  to  enter 
his  loyal  soul  that  a  labor  trust  can  be  just  as  bad  as  any. 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  July  20,  1912. 


amsora's  Faux  Pai 


ENGINEER  FREEMAN'S  report  on  the  Hetcli-Hetchy 
project  for  the  city'  water  supply  is  a  crushing  indict- 
ment of  the  City  Engineer's  office  for  incompetency,  if 
not  worse.  Every  charge  which  The  Wasp  has  brought 
against  City  Engineer  Manson  and  his  confederates  is  sus- 
tained by  this  report. 

Engineer  Freeman  makes  an  altogether  new  plan  for  the 
project.  IF  WHAT  HE  PLANS  BE  ACCEPTED  AS  THE 
LAST  WORD,  EVERY  BIT  OF  SURVEYING  AND  PLAN- 
NING THAT  THE  CITY  ENGINEER'S  OFFICE  HAS 
DONE  IN  THE  PAST  TWELVE  YEARS  MUST  NOW  GO 
INTO  THE  DISCARD. 

The  $2,000,000  already  expended  must  be  written  off  as 
the  city's  loss.  Nothing  which  the  city  has  acquired,  except 
its  experience,  is  of  any  use  in  Engineer  Freeman's  new  plan. 

Lake  Eleanor  and  Cherry  Creek,  FOR  WHICH  THE  CITY 
PAID  HAM  HALL  $1,056,000,  AND  ON  WHICH  IT  HAS 
EXPENDED  IN  SURVEYS  AND  ENGINEERING  WORK 
AT  LEAST  $250,000,  are  set  aside  in  favor  of  using  Hetch- 
Hetchy.  They  are  not  to  be  developed  until  Hetch-Hetchy 
is  first  used  to  its  limit.  Not  long  ago  Mr.  Manson  argued 
before  the  Army  Board  that  Lake  Eleanor  and  Cherry  Creek 
would  suffice- for  many  years;  that  in  the  far  distance  the 
Hetch-Hetchy  source  would  be  developed.  Now  it  seems  that 
when  Mr.  Manson  made  such  statements  he  was  merely 
raving. 

The  power  stations,  for  which  most  elaborate  surveys  and 
plans  have  been  made  by  the  City  Engineer  office,  are  not  to 
be  built  now,  but  some  time  in  the  future  they  will  be  built, 
after  new  surveys  and  plans  have  been  made.  All  the  money 
has  been  wasted  onihem. 

The  water  is  not  to  be  pumped  over  Livermore  Pass,  but 
is  to  come  instead  all  the  way  to  San  Francisco  by  gravity 
along  the  south  shore  of  Suisun  Bay. 

THERE  IS  NOT  IN  ENGINEER  FREEMAN'S  PLAN  A 
VESTIGE  EVEN  OF  THE  PLAN  CITY  ENGINEER  MAN- 
SON  AND  EX-CITY  ENGINEER  GRUNSKY  HAVE  SPENT 
THE  CITY'S  MONEY  ON  DURING  THE  PAST  TWELVE 
YEARS.  ACCORDING  TO  ENGINEER  FREEMAN'S  RE- 
PORT, THE  CITY  MUST  BEGIN  AT  THE  BEGINNING 
AGAIN. 

Engineer  Freeman  undertakes  in  his  report  to  sugar-coat 
the  pill  he  is  giving  the  taxpayers,  who  have  been  kept  hop- 


ing and  waiting  for  Hetch-Hetchy  water  for  a  dozen  years 
now.  The  sugar-coating,  however,  is  very  thin,  and  does  not 
sweeten  the  pill. 

THE  CITY  IS  STUCK  FOR  $2,000,000  EXPENDED  AND 
WASTED  BY  CITY  ENGINEER  MANSON  AND  HIS 
COTERIE  OF  POLITICAL  ENGINEERS. 

The  people  are  told  that  it  will  take  seven  years  to  bring 
in  the  water.  It  will  not  be  brought  here  in  twelve  years, 
and  the  people  want  it  now.    They  need  it  now. 

It  is  a  sorry  spectacle  for  the  people  of  the  city — this  show- 
down by  Engineer  Freeman  of  this  incompetency  of  the  city 
officials  who  have  had  anything  to  do  with  the  Hetch-Hetchy 
project.  Nothing  they  have  said  is  true.  Nothing  they  have 
done  has  been  done  properly.  And  the  city's  $2,000,000 
might  just  as  well  have  been  flung  into  the  bay.  It  is  wasted, 
lost,  gone  forever,  and  with  it  the  valuable  time  which  can- 
not be  replaced. 

If  Mayor  Rolph  really  understands  Freeman's  report,  it  is 
difficult  to  comprehend  how  he  can  justify  himself  in  hesitat- 
ing five  seconds  to  dismiss  Manson  and  denounce  every  pub- 
lic official  who  has  had  anything  to  do  with  the  Hetch- 
Hetchy  project  for  the  city.  No  private  corporation  with  a 
similar  report  from  its  consulting  engineer  would  listen  to 
excuses.  As  quickly  as  a  vengeful  boot  could  reach  their 
seat  of  intelligence,  the  whole  lot  of  them  would  be  out  in 
the  street  and  the  office-door  locked  behind  them. 
♦ ■ 

CONTRASTED  PRISON  DISCIPLINE. 

GOVERNOR  JOHNSON  is  never  so  happy  as  when  he  is 
declaiming  about  his  discovery  that  just  government 
involves  equal  rights  to  all  and  special  privileges  to  none. 
With  the  Governor,  however,  there  are  exceptions  to  the 
application  of  this  maxim.  He  does  not  believe  that  newspa- 
pers have  equal  rights,  and  he  does  not  apply  his  rule  against 
special  privileges  when  the  special  privileges  are  enjoyed  by 
convicts. 

It  is  hardly  possible  that  what  is  now  going  on  at  San 
Quentin  is  without  knowledge  or  against  the  wish  of  the 
Governor. 

HE  MUST  KNOW  FROM  THE  WARDEN  OF  THE  PEN- 
ITENTIARY, AND  FROM  HIS  FORMER  PARTNER,  MR. 
DUFFY,  WHO  IS  CHAIRMAN  OF  THE  PRISON  COM 
MISSION,  THAT  RUEF  HAS  A  STUDY  SET  APART  TO 
HIM  IN  THE  PRISON,  WHERE  HE  IS  PERMITTED  TO 
SPEND  THE  DAY  ENGAGED  IN  LITERARY  WORK  FOR 
THE  BOUGHTEN  BULLETIN.  .RUEF  IS  THERE  DAILY, 
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Saturday,  July  20,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


We  are,  of  course,  without  information  ;is  to  whether 
Buef,  bimself,  is  on  the  start'  of  the  Bulletin  Eor  pay.  We  do 
know,  however,  thai  liis  copy  falls  in  with  the  lawlessness 
which  the  Bulletin  daily  glorifies. 

Apart  from  swelling  himself  and  making  it  appear  that 
he  was  merely  a  guiltless  boy,  too  weak  to  stand  temptation, 
Abe's  particular  purpose  seems  to  be  to  give  praise  and 
glory  to  the  Labor  Union  Party,  by  which  this  city  was  30 
long  cursed.  That  party  typified  industrial  and  govern- 
mental anarchy,  because  its  chief  characteristics  were  vio- 
lent opposition  to  both  work  and  law. 

Ii  may  be  thai  Governor  Johnson  justifies  this  anomaly 
in  prison  discipline  through  sympathy  with  this  double 
form  of  anarchy.  We  take  consolation,  however,  from  the 
belief  that  this  degredation  of  law  will  hold  the  boards  Eor 

a  limited  season  and  then   pass  away.     In  the  years  that   are 

gone,  during  some   administration   which   was  not    of  the 

type  of  the  "holier  than  thou"  of  these  days,   prison  dis- 
cipline was  very  different. 


When  the  two  noted  bandits  of  the  San  Joaquin  Valley, 
Evans  and  Sonntag,  were  captured,  thej  turned  some  honest 
pennies  by  selling  copy  to  the  newspapers.  They,  too.  were 
glorified  in  their  day,  and  pages  and  pages  of  yellow  jour- 
nalism were  devoted  to  their  exploitation.  In  due  course 
however,  they  were  sentenced  to  (lie  penitentiary  and  or- 
dered imprisoned  at  Polsom.  Warden  Aull  was  at  that 
time  in  charge  of  Folsom.  Yellow  journalism  pursued  the 
bandits  to  the  gale  ,al  Folsom,  but  as  soon  as  the  key  was 
turned  upon  these  convicts,  Warden  Aull  notified  them  th.t 
their  exploitation  of  the  newspapers  was  over.  They  were 
convicts  and  would  not  he  heard  from  again  during  his 
administration. 

Warden  Aull  kept  his  word  and  maintained  the  dignity 
of  the  law  and  discipline  in  penitentiaries  as  it  existed 
through  generations  in  all  civilized  countries.  In  these,  our 
limes,  it  is  different,  lint  these  times  and  the  practice  of  these 
times  will  hold  the  boards  for  a  brief  period  and  then  pass 
away. 


AT  DEL  MONTE. 

The  spirit  of  motion — sonic  say  restless- 
ness— seems  to  creep  into  every  individual 
between  the  spring  and  autumn  months,  and 
the  automobile  comes  the  nearest  to  gratify- 
ing the  universal  whim.  Del  Monte  lias  had 
as  many  large  parties  from  the  South  as  from 
San  Francisco — a  halt-way  meeting  place  for 
friends    from    eaeh    direction. 

Mr.  Clinton  E.  Worden  motored  down  in  his 
Pierre  Arrow  for  a  few  days  to  ,ioin  Mrs. 
Worden,  wlio  is  motoring  and  visiting  with 
friends. 

Mrs.  Grant  and  Mrs.  Colin  M.  Boyd  of  San 
Francisco  drove  down  Saturday.  Mrs.  Grant 
is  renewing  memories  of  earlier  visits  when 
she  used  to  see  Del  Monte  often. 

These  golf  players  like  to  keep  in  touch 
with  Del  Monte 's  turfy  fair  ways.  Mr.  Ar- 
thur Vineont,  Mr.  C.  II.  Turner  and  Dr.  D.  P. 
Fredericks  arrived  Friday.  One  knows  in- 
stinctively that  their  objective  point  '  is  the 
17.">  acre  course  that  lies  a  few  minutes'  walk 
from   the  hotel. 

Mr.  E.  M.  Folger  of  San  Francisco  comes 
down  regularly  to  visit  his  family,  who  are 
enjoying  the  weeks  in  a  variety  of  recreations 
and  the  young  folks  have  acres  in  which  to 
romp. 

M.  Meyerfeld  Jr.  joined  his  parents  for  an 
over-Sunday  visit.  Mr.  Albert  Baruch  came 
down  Thursday  also. 

A.  R.  Dabncy  and  Clara  B.  Dabney,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  Walter  Crider  came  early  in  the 
week  for  a  visit  to  the  various  points  of  old- 
time  history  and  to  enjoy  the  famous  drive. 


FAMOUS  HUMORISTS  COMING. 
Press  Woodruff  and  Cyrus  E.  Newton,  the  Apostles 
of  Mirth  and  Banishers  of  Sadness,  have  completed 
arrangements  for  a  transcontinental  tour  in  har- 
monious combination.  These  gentlemen  are  favor- 
ites throughout  America  and  clever  entertainers. 
Their  scintillating  hursts  of  genuine  humor  entitle 
them  to  a  front  seat  on  the  rostrum  of  American 
fun-makers.  This  combination  is  a  team  of  men 
such  as  have  not  toured  the  country  since  the  days 
of  Twain  and  Cable,  and  yet  it  is  distinctly  different 
from  all  of  its  predecessors  in  the  galaxy  of  the 
world  of  humor.  The  fun-makers  of  other  times 
are  mimicked  and  pictured  by  Newton,  and  Wood 
ruff  lends  no  little  as  a  foil  to  a  well-chosen  stage- 
mate.  Woodruff  and  Newton  are  to  give  one  of 
their  popular  entertainments  here,  and  will  un- 
questionably be  greeted  by  a  large  crowd.  Popular  \ 
prices  will  prevail.  I 


BLANCHE   DUFFIELD 
The  noted  Prima  Donna,  who  will  he  heard  in   "The  Mikado"   at  the  Cort  Sunday  night. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  July  20,  1912. 


lam.  Framcisc© 


WHICH  SHALL  IT  BE? 

Oakland,  Cal.,  July  15,  1912. 
GENTLEMEN:— 

1  learn  from  the  Bulletin  that  a  fund  of 
$50,000  is  being  raised  in  San  Francisco  to 
finance  the  work  of  convincing  Oaklanders 
that  it  would  be  far  better  for  their  interests 
to  join  a  confederation  of  all  the  bay  cities 
in  a  government  that  would  eliminate  waste 
and  extravagance,  promote  efficiency,  and 
banish  any  tendency  to  foolish  rivalry  and 
consequent  bad  feeling. 

Let  me  assure  you,  at  the  outset,  that  1 
am  now,  and  shall  continue  to  be,  an  ardent 
advocate  of  consolidation.  Any  man  who  can- 
not see  that  we  are  one  community,  whose 
parts  aie  as  interdependent  as  the  various 
wards  of  a  city,  is  either  blind  or  will  not  see. 
1  am  afraid  that  official  Oaklanders  will  not 
see.;  hence  there  is  little  hope  of  accomplish- 
ing, in  the  way  the  work  is  being  outlined, 
the  very  laudable  object  a  few  San  Francis- 
cans have  in  view.  When  one  notices  the  self- 
satisfied  air  and  boasting  assumed  by  our  offi- 
cials in  the  Knockeropolis,  and  the  half- 
hearted manner  in  which  the  people  and  press 
are  floundering  in  your  city  on  the  subject  of 
consolidation,  he  must  be  convinced  of  the 
futility  of  any  further  agitation  of  the  mat- 
ter. 

1  am  told  that  62,000  people  cross  the  bay 
daily  from  these  suburbs  to  earn  a  living  in 
San  Francisco.  This  means  that  something 
like  200,000  here  are  dependent  upon  San 
Francisco  for  their  daily  bread.  Now,  do 
you  suppose  that  if  these  commuters  had  a 
tithe  of  the  Los  Angeles  spirit  they  would 
have  to  be  urged  or  coaxed  into  championing 
the  cause?  Do  you  suppose  that  if  the  Oak- 
land Chamber  of  Commerce  were  composed  of 
broad-gauge  men,  who  do  not. mistrust  their 
fellow-citizens,  they  would  oppose  the  pro- 
posed legislative  aid  to  enable  San  Francisco 
to  enlarge  its  borders?  Do  you  suppose  that, 
if  the  merchants  and  manufacturers  of  San 
Francisco  really  meant  business,  they  could 
not  bring  this  matter  to  a  head  in  mighty 
short  order  ? 

When  all  San  Francisco  rises  in  its  might, 
as  it  did  in  its  determination  to  elect  Mr. 
Rolph,  Mayor,  it  will  accomplish  federation, 
and  not  before.  No  tentative,  pussy-cat,  by- 
your-leave  strokes  of  policy  will  bring  about 
the  desired  end.  Don 't  deceive  yourselves  by 
the  thought  that  the  time  is  not  ripe.  On 
'the  contrary,  it  is  now  or  never. 

Thirty-seven  years  of  residence  in  Oakland, 
of  which  fourteen  have  been  tax-paying  ones, 
has  given  me  some  knowledge  of  the  psychol- 
ogy- °f  Oaklanders.  With  my  acquaintance 
with  conditions  here  and  in  San  Francisco,  1 
respectfully  offer  the  following  method  as  the 
best  way  to  accomplish  consolidation: 

Assuming  that  San  Francisco  and  its  news- 
papers are  at  last  awake  on  the  subject,  let 


every  San  Francisco  employer  of  transbay 
voters  set  aside  a  little  time  in  which  to  meet 
his  employes  for  a  personal,  heart-to-heart 
talk  on  the  benefits  of  confederation.  Let 
them  ask  these  men  and  women,  as  a  personal 
favor,  to  examine  the  subject  in  an  unpreju- 
diced way,  outside  the  ring  of  Oakland  official- 
dom and  its  dusty  atmosphere.  The  chances 
aie  six  to  one  that  the  average  clerk,  book- 
keeper or  stenographer  would  be  charmed  by 
the  boss 's  businesslike  talk  and  his  interest, 
not  only  in  them  personally,  but  in  the  great 
subject  of  consolidation  of  the  bay  communi- 
ties. The  chances  are  six  to  one  that,  after 
some  such  strong,  quiet  and  effective  work 
on  the  part  of  the  business  men,  the  question 
would  be  settled,  once  and  forever,  at  the 
polls. 

Such  a  campaign  might  not  be  so  attract- 
ive to  some  as  a  more  excitable  one  of  bon- 
fires and  bands,  but  it  would  be  the  best 
vote-getter  in  the  end.  It  has  the  added 
merit  of  being  inexpensive,  yet  will  enlist 
the  persuasive  arts  ot  the  greatest  of  orators 
— the  twenty-dollar  gold  piece,  for  to  the  av- 
erage employe  the  boss  passes  for  one  hundred 
cents  on  the  dollar,  and  a  gold  dollar  at  that. 
Then,  too,  the  potent  contact  of  employe  and 
employer  could  be  just  as  effective  when  used 
in  conjunction  with  noisier  work.  And,  final- 
ly, it  is  a  privilege  that  only  San  Francisco 
possesses,  since  Oakland  does  not  employ  any 
considerable  amount  ot  labor  beyond  its  bor- 
ders. 

Even  in  the  event  of  your  not  being  able 
to  convince  a  majority  of  Oaklanders,  you 
might  win  over  the  other  towns  that  are  not 
quite  so  self-centered  and  vain,  and,  with 
Oaklanders  surrounded,  they  would  be  com- 
pelled  to   capitulate. 

I  take  it  for  granted  that  the  citizens  of 
San  Francisco,  aware  that  their  city  is  being 
drained  by  non-resident  wage-earners,  would 
welcome  consolidation  if  the  subject  were 
properly  brought  to  their  attention;  but  why 
there  has  not  been  concerted  and  effective 
work  on  that  line  passes  my  comprehension. 
Possibly,  I  am  exceeding  bounds  of  propriety 
in  addressing  you  on  this  subject,  but  my  ex- 
cuse is  a  Californian  's  pride  in  San  Francisco 
and  a  commuter 's  love  of  fair  play. 

If  these  suburban  towns  are  to  continue  to 
shine  by  borrowed  light,  and  snap  at  the  hand 
that  teeds  them,  then  San  Francisco  had  bet- 
ter speak  without  mincing  matters.  Call  all 
your  journalists  and  business  men  together 
and  form  a  league  of  workers  who  will  con- 
tinue to  talk  and  buttonhole  and  boost  until 
victory  perches  on  your  banners. 

I  know  that  there  is  a  sickly,  cowardly  sen 
timent  abroad  that  expresses  itself  in  this 
way:  "Oh,  it  will  come  in  time.  By  a  natural 
evolution  these  bay  cities  will  find  that  their 
interests  lie  in  consolidation.  Just  wait 
awhile."  Gentlemen,  the  piocrastinator  never 
did  anything  worth  while.  In  the  course  ot 
time  Oakland,  now  leaning  on  San  Francisco, 
as  it  has  always  leaned,  may  become  the  city 
of  the  Oakland  booster's  dream.  .  With  con- 
solidation effected  here,  who  knows  but  that, 
one  by  one,  your  wholesale  houses  may  travel 


to  this  side,  and  the  major  part  of  the  cus- 
toms and  shipping  business  be  done  here* 
Stranger  things  have  happened.  Remember 
that  Philadelphia  was  once  the  metropolis  of 
this  country,  and  remember  that  Oakland  is 
on  San  Francisco  Bay,  with  all  the  advan- 
tages and  none  of  the  drawbacks  of  San 
Francisco's  position. 

And  suppose  that  in  eight  or  ten  years  Oak- 
land has  equaled  or  exceeded  San  Francisco  in 
population.  Will  it  not  welcome  consolidation 
then?  Aye,  it  will,  and  at  what  a  price! 
Nothing  short,  I  warn  you,  than  the  blotting 
out  of  the  name  "San  Francisco."  You 
know  full  well,  in  these  consolidation  agree- 
ments, that  the  fame  goes  with  the  name,  and 
just  imagine  the  name  "SAN  FRANCISCO," 
enshrined  in  the  literature  of  Bret  Harte, 
Mark  Twain,  Stevenson  and  Miller,  the  city 
know  in  ever  port,  "the  city  loved  round  the 
world" — imagine,  I  say,  this  name  being  sac- 
rificed to  the  flat,  stale  and  meaningless  one 
of  ' '  Oakland. ' '  Why,  the  mere  thought  ought 
to  be  a  trumpet  call  to  every  lover  of  San 
Francisco. 

Talk  of  boosting  by  printer's  ink  and  by 
conventions  and  expositions!  Why,  there  is 
no  more  effective  work  that  the  San  Francisco 
Chamber  of  Commerce  could  do  at  this  very 
moment,  no  better  form  of  advertising  it  to 
the  world,  than  to  reach  right  out  and  take 
in  what  belongs  to  it. 

Within  the  city  of  greater  San  Francisco, 
population  700,000 — a  city  united  and  travel- 
ing onward  to  high  ideals  and  purposes,  its 
citizens  could  laugh  at  printer's  ink.  special 
trains,  moving  pictures  and  other  forms  of 
boosting,  even  as  New  York  laughs.  Men  oi 
San  Francisco,  will  you  make  San  Francisco 
the  New  York  of  the  West? 

Yours  for   Greater   San   Francisco, 

M.    S.    PARSONS. 


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il  BJN  Buxlingame  undertook 
t<>  snub  Mose  Gunst,  it 
stubbed  its  aristocratic 
toe.  5Tea,  verily.  The 
lordly  merchants  and  oth- 
er  gentlemen  of  trade 
in  all  its  varieties,  who 
had  bought  the  good  ci- 
gars thai  Mose  baa  sold  for  two  generations, 
deemed  it  necessary  to  assume  a  social 
exclusiveness  which  barred  tobacconists 
— even  millionaire  ones.  So  Burlingame 
tiptilted  its  exclusive  nose  and  Lifted  its 
lorgnettes  superciliously,  and  let  the  pio- 
neer of  his  tribe  know  thai  it  preferred 
his  room  to  his  company.  All  that  is 
very  ancient  history.  It  marks  a  phase 
nt'  the  evolution  of  an  American  republic 
into  something  mure  akin  to  the  social 
communities  of  the  Old  World,  with 
which  their  own  people,  to  the  matter 
horn,  art-  so  dissatisfied  that  it  takes  a 
large  pari  of  the  king's  armies  to  keep 
I  he  taxpayers  from  making  kindling- 
wood  of  the  thrones. 

A  New  Jersualem. 

When  it  became  evident  that  Burliu 
game  was  not  quite  comf Ortable,  even  for 
.Mose  Const,  with  his  money  and  savoir 
faire,  and  his  intimate  acquaintance  with 
the  business  aristocracy  of  California, 
less  wealthy  and  well-known  Jewish  resi- 
dents were  deterred  from  carrying  their 
lares  and  penates  within  sight  of  the 
Burlingame  polo  field,  where  the  sons  and 
grandsons  of  the  prosperous  bourgeoisie 
display  themselves  on  their  charges,  like 
miraic  knights  of  Charlemagne  or  Louis 
Me  Grand  making  an  afternoon  of  sport 
for  the  benefit  of  their  "ladies  fayre." 
Some  bright-minded  young  men  of  the  highest 
Jewish  social  set  conceived  the  idea  of  start- 
ing a  suburban  colony  of  their  own  and  doing 
things  in  a  way  to  make  Christian  snobs  eon- 
tract  cirrhosis  of  the  liver  from  disgust  when 
they  saw  how  they  had  been  outdone  in 
'  'stylishness. " 

&     Jt     j* 
A  Bad  Policy. 

The  Jewish  people  are  mentally  the  cleverest 
in  the  world,  but  they  have  a  fatal  facility 
for  copying  the  weaknesses  of  overprosperous 
Christians.  The  new  suburban  colony  of  Ber- 
esford,  founded  by  Jewish  money  and  planned 
tfut  by  Jewish  brains,  had  no  sooner  individ- 
ualized itself  than  somebody  conceived  the 
idea  that  a  crest  was  essential.  Why  not  the 
crest  of  the  Beresford  family— of  Lord  Charles 
Beresford,  who  is  known  in  the  English  Navy 
as  "Fighting  Charlie."     Happy  thought!    The 


genial  ex-seadog  was  written  to.  it  is  said, 
and  in-  permission  asked  to  use  the  Beresford 
crest  in  the  coatof-arms  of  the  municipality 
•  if  Beresford,  situated  in  the  county  of  San 
Mateo,  in  the  sovereign  State  of  California. 
By  return  mail  came  the  complaisant  reply 
thai  I. ord  Charles  was  only  ton  pleased  to  be 
of  any  service  lo  liis  correspondents  in  Cali- 
fornia,   and    they    were    at    perfect    liberty    to 


MRS.    MALCOLM    WHITMAK     (nee    Crocker). 

make  such  use  as  they  desired  of   his  family 
escuteheon,  including  the  pious  crest,  "Chris- 


ins  omnia   primus  est"   (Chris!   before  every 

thing). 

<        <       ,< 

A  Famous  Marquis. 

The  story  about  Lord  Charles  Beresford  and 
the  family  crest  recalls  the  amusing  anecdote 
about  the  famous  fox-hunting  and  steeple- 
chasing  Marquis  of  Waterford,  whose  adven- 
tures were  like  those  of  the  heroes  of  Charles 
Lever's  novels.  The  Marquis  was  con- 
sidered a  wild  blade  in  the.  wild  age  in 
which  he  lived,  when  an  order  for  "pis- 
tols and  coffee  for  two"  would  not  have 
disturbed  any  well-trained  waiter  accus- 
tomed to  dealing  with  the  British  nobil- 
ity and  aristocracy.  The  Count  de  la 
Poer,  a  blood  relative  of  the  wild  Mar- 
quis of  Waterford,  was  his  particular 
detestation  for  several  reasons.  The  Mar 
quis  disliked  the  Count  on  general  prin- 
ciples, and  the  latter  was  anxious  to 
sport  the  title  he  bore  and  which  really 
was  not  his,  as  it  had  become  merged 
in  the  Marquisate  of  Waterford.  If  any- 
body could  legally  bear  the  title,  it  would 
be  the  Marquis  of  Waterford  himself. 
By  courtesy,  however,  the  Count  de 
la  Poer  was  so  addressed,  but  he  wished 
to  make  the  title  more  than  one  of  mere 
courtesy,  and  styled  himself  on  his  cards 
and  everywhere  as  the  real  thing.  As  the 
first  step,  he  wrote  to  his  kinsman  a  po- 
lite letter  in  which  he  "presented  his 
compliments"  to  the  Marquis  of  Water- 
ford and  begged  to  inquire  if  the  latter 
had  any  objection  to  his  using  the  name 
and  style  of  the  Count  de  la  Poer. 

The   answer   of   the   wild   Marquis   was 
short  and  to  the  point.     He  wrote  back: 

The  Marquis  of  Waterford  presents  his  com- 
pliments  to    the   Count    de  la   Poer,    and  begs   to 
inform    him     that    he     does     not    care     a     damn 
what  he  calls  himself. 

The    correspondence    was    closed    abruptly. 


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Del  Monte.    -    California 

A  beautiful  summer 

home  at 
very  moderate  rates 

A  tasty,  comfortable 

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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  July  20,  1912. 


Crocker-Whitman   Wedding. 

It  was  regrettable  that  an  unruly  crowd  of 
overcurious  women,  crazy  to  see  at  close 
range  the  wedding  of  the  richest  girl  in  the 
West,  should  have  created  a  scene  at  the  door 
of  St.  Matthew 's  little  church, .  San  Mateo, 
where  on  Tuesday  Bishop  William  Ford  Nich- 
ols performed  the  ceremony  which  made  Miss 
Jennie  Crocker  the  bride  of  Malcolm  D.  Whit- 
man of  New  York.  The  picture  of  the  crowd 
around  the  church  which  is  here  presented 
shows  that  it  was  not  immense,  but  it  made 
up  in  energy  what  it  lacked  in  numbers.  In 
leaving  the  church  the  bride  was  again  com- 
pelled to  run  the  gauntlet  of  the  excited 
women,  eager  even  to  snatch  the  orange  bios 
soms  from  her  veil  as  souvenirs  had  not  the 
men  of  the  wedding  party  interposed.  This 
is,  indeed,  the  day  of  the  'oi  polloi — what 
Publisher  HeaTst  delights  to  call  the  "common 
people,"  cannot  be  kept  nowadays  at  arm's 
length  by  awe  of  the  exclusiveness  of  wealth 
or  fears  of  a  policeman.  '  The  behavior  of  the 
crowd  around  the  chuTch  and  receipt  of 
threatenning  letters  from  cranks,  or  other 
brands  of  undesirable  citizens,  had  impressed 
the  bridegroom  so  unfavorably  that  au  Exam- 


MR.  MALCOLM  DOUGLAS  WHITMAN 

The   fortunate   New   York'  lawyer   who   won   the 
richest  heiress  in  all  the  West. 


WHERE  WEDDING  BREAKFAST   WAS   SERVED. 
Splendid  pavilion  erected  by  Miss  Jennie  Crocker  in  anticipation  of  her  marriage  last  Tuesday. 


iner  reporter  professes  to  .have  seen  him  with 
a  long-barreled  pistol  in  hand  standing  guard 
while  the  bride's  trunks  were  transferred  to 
her  private  ear  at  the  railroad  station  at  Bel- 
mont. Perhaps  the  reporter's  imagination 
was  even  more  than  usually  superheated. 

^*  t&*  t^* 

Conditions  Are  Changing. 

Theoretically  any  American  citizen  or  citi- 
zeness  has  a  right  to  get  married  in  the  pri-' 
vacy  of  the  family  circle,  and  extremely 
wealthy  Americans  are  disposed  to  regard  it 
as  an  insufferable  nuisance  that  they  cannot 
enjoy  complete  seclusion  from  the  mob  when 
they  so  desire.  They  would  do  well  to  remem- 
ber, however,  that  even  in  a  country  as  wed- 
ded to  caste  as  England  the  old  order  has 
changed,  and  the  aristocracy  and  nobility  no 
longer  pretend  to  the  aloofness  of  a  generation 
ago.  Even  the  King  of  England  descends 
from  his  lofty  pose  nowadays  to  impress  the 
"common  people''  with  the  idea  that  he  wish- 
es to  be  considered  as  democratic  as  them 
selves. 

At  the  wedding  of  the  heir  of  the  gieat 
Duke  of  Sutherland,  the  other  day,  to  one  of 
the  highest-bred  girls  in  the  British  Isles,  the 
couple  were  photographed  in  many  poses  to 
gratify  the  multitude.  Their  picture  appeared 
in  every  illustrated  newspaper  in  London.  Ex- 
cellent pictures  they  were,  because  taken  care- 
fully with  a  view  to  obtaining  the  best  effects. 
As  a  common   sense  proposition,  it  is  better 


Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al- 
fredum's  Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 


for  the  titled  aristocracy  of  England  and  the 
untitled,  but  even  more  exclusive,  aristocracy 
of  America  to  appease  the  vulgar  curiosity 
of  the  mob  decorously  than  to  resist  it  with 
such  undesirable  results  as  have  been  observed 
at  many  fashionable  weddings  here  as  well 
as  in  New  York. 

Few  brides  make  attractive  snapshot  pic- 
tures when  dodging  in  and  out  of  a  church  to 
escape  the  unwelcome  attentions  of  audacious 
photographers.  But  the  law  does  not  permit 
the  murder  of  the  miscreants,  so  why  not  put 
the  best  face  on  the  misfortune,  as  do  the 
British  nobility,  and  have  "your  picters 
took"  by  a  competent  and  respectful  photog- 
rapher. It  is  only  a  question  of  time  till  our 
American  nobility  takes  the  same  view  of  the 
matter   as   their  British   cousins. 


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THE  WASP- 


ST.  MATTHEW'S    CHURCH 
The  curious  crowd  waiting  impatiently  to  catch  a  glimpse   of  Miss  Crocker  and  Mr.   Whitman. 


The  Busy  Bird. 

The  much-renowned  long-legged  bird  is  flap- 
ping liis  "wings  over  several  homes  just  now, 
and  is  expected  to  alight  next  month  at  the 
domicile  of  the  young  Christian  de  Guignes 
(nee  Marie  Louise  Elkins),  and  a  couple  of 
moii His  later  will  visit  the  Talbot  Walkers. 
Mrs.  Walker  was  Miss  Mary  Keeney.  It  is 
whispered  also  that  the  Benjamin  Fosses  will 
receive  a  call.  Mrs.  Foss  was  the  attractive 
Titian-haired  daughter  of  the  Wilfred  B.  Chap- 
mans,  and  is  out  here  now  making  her  parents 
a  visit,  but  expects  to  return  soon  to  her  home 
in  Boston. 

A  luncheon  will  be  given  by  the  Thursday 
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-THE  WASP' 


[Saturday,  July  20,  1912. 


AMERICAN    HUSBANDS    SOMETIMES    BEAT    THEIR   WIVES. 


Mrs.  Hanford's  Wedding. 

The  friends  of  Mrs.  Marguerite  Hanford 
are  eagerly  awaiting  a  cablegram  from  her 
from  Shanghai(  as  on  her  arrival  at  that  place 
she  was  to  be  married  to  Mr.  Frederick  Wil- 
liam Sehlueter,  a  very  wealthy  German,  who 
is  extremely  prominent  in  the  commercial 
affairs  of  the  Orient.  His  headquarters  are 
in  Shanghai.  Mrs.  Hanford  met  him  in  Ger- 
many when  she  was  traveling  there  with 
Mrs.  Hedges,  after  her  divorce  from  Mr.  Han- 
ford, the  well-known  oil  magnate,  whose  place 
on  Pine  street  is  known  as  the  "Garden  of 
Allah."  Mrs.  Hanford  met  Mr.  Sehlueter 
again,  by  chance,  on  a  voyage  to  the  Orient, 
and  their  engagement  followed.  She  came 
back  here  some  months  ago  to  purchase  her 
trousseau.  Mr.  Sehlueter  is  building  a  very 
attractive  bungalow  for  his  bride  at  Tsing 
Tau,  a  very  beautiful  summer  resort  a  day's 
journey  from  Shanghai,  where  all  the  elite 
of  the  Orient  go  at  the  hottest  time  of  the 
year. 

J*      &       < 
Outdid  the  G-ods. 

Those  'fortunate  enough  to  be  invited  to  the 
barbecue  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  C.  Moore 
at  their  place  in  Watsonville,  on  the  Fourth 
of  Jul}',  are  still  enthusing  over  the  wonders 
of  that  feast.  There  were  a  hundred  and  ten 
guests,  all  of  whom  were  the  house-guests  at 
the  various  country  places  in  that  vicinity. 
The  Sesnons  motored  up  from  Santa  Cruz 
with  their  guests,  and  Mrs.  Florence  Porter 
Pfingst,  with  her  motor  car  full,  came  over. 
The  gods  of  old,  with  their  nectar  and  ambro- 
sia, would  have  been  poor  hosts  in  compari- 
son with  what  the  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Moore  found  awaiting  them. 


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Japanese  umbrellas  were  arranged  all  over 
the  lawns,  and  the  guests  clustered  around, 
eating  off  wooden  trays  which  were  borne 
from  the  barbecue  pit.  It  made  one's  mouth 
water  to  see  and  sniff  the  Monterey  Ba}'  sal- 
mon roasted  whole,  green  corn  frijoles,  and 
steamed  mussels. 

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Good  Place  to  Stick  By. 

One  corner  of  the  grounds  was  arranged 
as  a  refreshment  place,  and  ever}'  conceivable 
device  to  avert  death  by  thirst  was  served  at 
a  moment 's  notice.  Mint  julep,  like  they 
serve  you  in  Baltimore,  seemed  to  be  the  order 
of  the  day,  and  Henry  Francis,  Bush  Finnell, 
and  Jere  Landfield  seemed  to  identify  them- 
selves with  this  sequestered  spot,  and  the  fun 
was  fast  and  furious.  It  was  unanimously 
decided  that  the  C.  C.  Moore  barbecue  will 
stand  its  own  against  anything  of  the  kind 
for  the  remainder  of  the  summer. 

^*  Iff*  iff* 

Going  Orchid  Hunting. 

Jack  Carrigan  is  planning  a  very  interest- 
ing trip  into  some  of  the  unexplored  parts  of 
South  America  in  quest  of  a  rare  and  very 
beautiful  species  of  orchid.  He  is  going  in 
the  interest  of  J.  B.  Coryell,  the  orchid  king, 
who  is  always  trying  to  add  to  his  mar  relous 
collection.  He  recently  received  twelve  thou 
sand  dollars'  worth  of  bulbs  from  the  Philip- 
pines, and  has  added  seven  new  greenhouses 
to  his  already  large  conservatory.  It  is  esti- 
mated that  his  collection  has  over  fifty  thou- 
sand plants,  and  is  worth  a  fabulous  amount 
of  coin.  A  new  orchid  is  like  discovering  a 
new  gold  mine. 

"Something  Doing"  at  Tait's. 

When  it  comes  to  doing  the  "right  thing," 
we  must  take  off  our  hats  to  John  Tait.  His 
latest  departure  from  the  ordinary  is  giving 
away  a  beautiful,  high-power  $1,250  Oakland 
automobile — the  Pri2ie  Car.  The  machine  is 
to  be  given  to  lady  patrons  of  the  cafe,  and 
full  particulars  as  to  how  the  car  will  be 
awarded  will  be  given  every  afternoon  in  the 
Tait  Cafe  ' '  'tween  the  hours  of  3  and  6 
o  'clock. ' ' 

' '  'Tween  the  hours  of  3  and  6  o  'clock ' '  is 
another  innovation  started  by  John  Tait.  Ev- 
ery afternoon  between  the  hours  mentioned  he 
has  arranged  a  special  treat  for  patrons  of 
the  place.  "When  asked  what  the  "treat" 
would  be,  he  replied.  "Come  and  see."  And, 
judging  by   his  past   efforts,  we   can   imagine 


the  "treat"  being  well  worth  while.  There's 
a  particularly  good  entertainment  bill  at  this 
popular  cafe  this  week,  and  the  cuisine  and 
service  is  up  to  the  usual  high  standard. 

J*      Jt      jt 
No  Boom. 

' '  Bertie, ' '  said  the  hospitable  hostess  at  a 
Sunday-school  treat,  "won't  you  eat  some 
more  cookies?" 

"I  can't.    I'm  full!"  sighed  Bertie. 

"Well,  then,  put  some  in  your  pockets." 

"I  can't.  They're  full,  too,"  was  the  re- 
gretful answer. 

Ji     J*      ■„* 
Sublimity  of  Heroism. 

There  is  sadness  and  sorrow  in  many  homes 
over  the  tragic  death  of  Mrs.  Edwin  Pohl- 
mann.  the  beautiful  daughter  of  Prank  P. 
Sherman,  vice-president  and  secretary  of  the 
Carlson-Currier  Company.  Mrs.  Pohlmanu 
was  killed  in  a  railroad  wreck  at  Chicago, 
July  14th.  She  was  a  bride  of  only  a  few 
months,  in  the  height  of  her  happiness,  loved 
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Saturday,  July  20,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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SCENE    FROM   DAVID    BELASCO'S    REPRODUCTION  OF    "THE  DRUMS   OF   OUDE' 
To  be  given  next  week  at  the  Orpheum 


ed.  Mrs.  Pohlmann's  wedding,  which  took 
place  on  the  11th  of  January,  at  San  Rafael, 
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groom  were  members  of  an  exclusive  set  both 
here,  and  in  Santa  Rosa,  where  Edwin  Pohl- 
mann lived.  The  sad  close  of  this  promising 
life  is  made  more  sorrowful  by  the  fact  that 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pohlmann  were  on  their  way  to 
New  York  to  secure  the  body  of  Edwin  Pohl- 
mann's father,  who  died  in  Porto  Rico  on 
his  sugar  plantation,  three  weeks  ago.  The 
train  disaster,  which  caused  the  loss  of  thir- 
teen or,  more  lives,  took  place  at  Western 
Springs,  sixteen  miles  west  of  Chicago.  A 
mail  train,  dashing  through  the  fog,  plunged 
through  the  rear  of  the  Overland  Limited,  on 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad, 
killing  outright  ten  passengers  asleep  in  the 
rear  car.  Three  others  died  soon  after  from 
the  crash.  When  the  physician  found  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Pohlmann  lying  aiming  the  debris,  Mrs. 
Pohlmann  tried  to  reassure  them  that  she  was 
not  severely  injured.     ''Don't  mind  me,  doc- 


tor," she  said;  "  but  look  after  mj  husband," 
and  she  drew  across  her  mangled  limbe  a  Man 
tcel  to  conceal  her  dreadful  injuries.  Seldom 
has  such   hemic  sell '-nlmrgnt  inn   I ■ . - . - ■ ,    ,-,..■,,  „■!,■,! 

When  the  brave  girl  was  lifted  into  the  am 

bulance  Consciousness  gave  way  under  tin- 
stress  of  her  frightful  sufferings,  and  she  died 

Bef she    reached   the   hospital.      Imagination 

eould  not  depict  an  incident  better  calculated 
to  stir  the  emotions  by  its  pathos  and  its 
sublime   heroism, 

Ethel  Sherman  Pohlmann  was  only  just  past 
23  years.  She  was  bom  and  reared  in  San 
Francisco  ,.'i  graduate  of  the  Girls'  High 
School  ami  Irving  Institute.  She  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Alpha  Sigma  Sorority,  a  great  fa- 
vorite in  her  set,  and  admired  by  all  who 
knew   her. 


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12 


THE  WASP  - 


[Saturday,  July  20,  1912. 


Knocked  Out  with  Fixe  Shovel. 

"The  Knave,"  in  the  Oakland 
Tribune,  tells  how  some  Grand 
Army  men  were  swapping  stories 
when  Dr.  E.  M.  Green  of  Oro- 
ville,  a  member  of  the  National 
Council  of  Administration  of  the 
Grand  Army,  set  forth  the  tale  of 
a  boastful  veteran  he  once  heard 
told  by  Senator  Depew.  There 
was  a  chance  meeting  of  a  strang- 
er with  the  veteran  and  his  wife 
on  a  street  ear.  Loquaciously  in- 
clined, the  warrior  began  telling 
of  Civil  War  days  and  found  the 
stranger  a  ready  and  attentive 
listener.  Pointing  to  a  mark  on 
his  cheek,  the  old  fellow  said  that 
was  the  scar  of  a  wound  he  had 
got  at  Antietam,  while  a  thumb- 
nail had  been  shot  away  at  Get- 
tysburg. A  scar  he  said  he  had 
on  the  knee  recalled  a  bad  gun- 
shot wound  he  had  sustained  at 
the  second  Bull  Eun  ■  affair.  He 
had  also  been  shot  just  above  the 
left  ankle,  which  be  got  in  a 
charge  with  his  brigade  at  Spott- 
sylvania.  The  stranger,  much  in- 
terested, inquired  where  he  had 
got.  the  long,  deep  dent  so  promi- 
nent on  the  side  of  his  nose, 
thinking  perhaps  it  came  from 
some  exciting  hand-to-hand  strug- 
gle amid  the  smoke  and  din  of 
battle.  With  a  noticeable  frown, 
the  veteran  plainly  avoided  the 
question  and  showed  .much  un- 
easiness when  his  better  half  urg- 
ed him  to  tell  about  it. 

"Go  on,  Bill.  Tell  him  how  you  got  that 
gash,"  urged  the  wife;  but  he  only  growled 
for  her  to  shut  up. 

"I  won't,  nuther, "  replied  the  old  lady, 
with  much  spunk.  "It  just  about  riles  the 
skin  off  me  to  hear  you  braggin '  and  braggin' 
about  the  marks  you  got  in  the  war,  whilst 
you  never  open  your  head  about  the  finest 
and  most  noticeable  mark  of  all — the  one  I 
gave  you  when  I  knocked  you  out  with  the 
fire  shovel." 

(,5*        cJ?*        ^?* 

The  Old  Order  Changeth. 

How  few  of  our  present-day  society  people 
in   California,  in  reading  of  the  tragic  death 


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weddings,  receptions  and  other  social 
functions.  Uniformed  officers  supplied 
'^ojF/f.  as  ticket  takers  for  balls,  dances  and 
\a~z<J  entertainments  at  reasonable  rates. 
Patrolmen  to  protect  property  against  fire  and 
depredations  of  thieves  during  absence  of  owner. 
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MISS  CAMILE  DORN 

A  beautiful  debutante  who  is  exceedingly  popular 
in  society. 

of  the  Baroness  de  Reinbach-Werth,  formerly 
Miss  Diana  Morgan-Hill,  knew  that  she  was 
a  grandniece  of  the  late  Barney  Murphy  of 
San  Jose,  head  of  the  old  pioneer  family  of 
Murphy,  that  once  owned  a  large  part  of  the 
great  Santa  Clara  valley.  The  mother  of  the 
ill-fated  Baroness,  prior  to  her  marriage,  was 
Mrs.  Diana  Murphy  of  San  Jose,  a  celebrated 
half-Spanish  beauty.  She  had  many  suitors, 
some  of  whom  were  considerably  crestfallen 
when  it  transpired  that  she  had  gone  quietly 
and  got  married  to  Morgan  Hill  of  San  Fran- 
cisco months  before  her  marriage  was  publicly 
announced.  Mr.  Hill  was  a  good-looking  bach- 
elor, noted  for  his  polished  manners  and  re- 
markably well-groomed  appearance.  For  some 
time  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morgan  Hill  lived  in  the 
Santa  Clara  valley,  near  the  town  of  Morgan 
Hill,  where  so  many  motorists  have  fallen 
into  the  clutches  of  the  constable  for  speed- 
ing. The  Morgan  Hills  became  residents  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  following  the  unpleasant 
publicity  of  the  Sharon-Hill  lawsuit  in  which 
Miss  Sarah  Althea  Hill  claimed  to  be  the 
contract  wife  of  United  States  Senator 
Sharon — a  claim  which  the  courts  finally  dis- 
allowed. It  was  through  this  case  that  Judge 
David  Terry  was  shot  at  the  Lathrop  railroad 
station,  where  he  met  United  States  Justice 
Stephen  J.  Field,  who  was  on  his  way  from 
Los    Angeles    to    San    Francisco,    guarded    by 


Dave  Nagle,  a  deputy  marshal 
known  to  be  quick  on  the  trigger 
and  very   cool   and  resolute. 

.     &      ^      c$* 
Had  Threatened  to  Kill. 

Terry,  who  had  married  Miss 
Sarah  Althea  Hill,  threatened  the 
thieatened  the  life  of  Justice 
Field  because  his  wife  lost  her 
ease.  Seeing  the  Justice  enter  the 
dining-room  at  the  railroad  sta- 
tion, Terry  made  a  hostile  dein 
onstration  and  was  shot  and  killed 
by  the  deputy  marshal  guarding 
the  Justice.  The  affair  created  a 
profound  sensation  owing  to  th*j 
great  prominence  of  both  Judge 
Terry  and  Justiee  Field  in  the 
early  history  of  California.  Mrs. 
Terry  was  present  when  her  hus- 
band was  shot,  and  that  tragedy 
and  her  other  troubles  culminated 
in  her  losing  her  reason.  She 
never  regained  it,  and  died  a  few 
years  ago. 

^*  c£*  &?* 

A  Romantic  Affair. 

The    Morgan    Hills      went      to 
Washington,    D.    C,    and,      being 
very  refined  and  conventional  peo- 
jle,  have  been  a  welcome  addition 
to  the  society  of  the  Capital.   The 
future  Baroness  de  Reinach-Werth 
inherited  her  handsome  mother's 
beauty.    She  was  educated  abroad 
and  became  an  accomplished  lin- 
guist.     Her    first    meeting    with 
Baron  Hardouin  de  Reinach-Werth 
a  French  cavalry  officer,  occurred 
when  she  was  finishing  her  stud- 
ies in  France.     Mr.  Morgan  Hill  looked  with 
much    disfavor    on    the    suit    of    the    scion    of 
the  old  French  nobility,  and  only  after  long 
persuasion    did    he    consent    to    the    marriage. 


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Saturday,  July  20,  1912.] 


THE  WASP 


13 


Aa  long  as  the  parent aJ  consent  was  withheld 
Mies  Bill  continued  to  pine.  Foi  two  win- 
ters before  her  marriage  she  withdrew  from 
the  gaieties  of  Washington,  a  melancholia 
settled  upon  in.-i,  and  in  the  hopes  of  allevi- 
ating that  condition  her  engagement  was  an- 
nounced last  August.  Prior  to  that  her  par- 
ents had  brought  her  to  California  for  change 
of  M-.ne.  Baroa  de  Reinach-Werth  had  given 
1 1 £ i  his  commission  in  the  French  army  and 
acquired  properly  in  Alberta,  Canada,  whence 
he  corresponded  with  his  liancee.  The  mar- 
riage of  the  Baron  and  Miss  Hill  took  place 
last  December  in  St.  Matthew's  Church, 
Washington.  No  invitations  were  issued  anl 
only  the  parents  of  the  bride  and  the  neces- 
Bajry  witnesses  were  present.  The  couple 
sailed  for  France  the  day  after  the  wedding, 
and  it  was  slated  by  the  bride's  parents  that 
she  would  return  in  the  Spring,  after  her 
visit  to  the  Baron's  relatives  in  France.  Late 
in  May  last,  Mr,,  and  Mrs.  Morgan  Hill 
closed  their  house  on  Connecticut  avenue, 
Washington,  and  came  to  the  Pacific  coast 
fur  the  summer.  On  June  21st  the  Baroness 
de  Keinach-Werth  committed  suicide  by  jump- 
ing from  the  window  of  a  sanitarium  near 
Regents'  Park,  where  she  had  been  treated 
for  hysteria.  While  her  nurse  was  at  the 
other  end  of  the  room,  the  Baroness  rushed 
to  the  window  and  jumped  out,  falling  on  the 
stone  pavement,  eighteen  feet  below,  and 
fracturing  her  skull.  The  coroner's  jury  re- 
turned a  verdict  of  suicide  while  temporarily 
insane. 

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Tom  Powers*  Treat. 

Thomas  Powers  is  an  attorney  and  politi- 
cian of  Irvington  who  is  a  firm  believer  m 
hunches.  At  the  Presidential  primary  elec- 
tion he  cast  his  vote  for  "Woodrow  Wilson, 
and  when  the  ballots  were  counted  it  was. dis- 
covered that  two  other  brave  spirits  had 
voted  for  the  pedagogue.  Powers  was  natur- 
ally elated,  never  thinking  that  more  than 
one  vote  would  be  cast  in  the  town  for  Wil- 
son, and  expressed  the  wish  that  he  would 
like  to  meet  the  other  two  Democrats  and 
buy  them  a  little  dinner.  Powers  went  out 
on  a  still  hunt,  and  at  last  learned  that  the 
other  Wilson   admirers  were  two  staid  school 


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inarms  who  had   taken  advantage  of  the  suf- 
frage recently  bestowed  upon  them.     He  did 

not    buy    the   dinner. 

A  Novelist's  Wedding. 

In  giving  an  outing  to  East  Side  moth- 
ers and  children  after  his  wedding  to  Bessii 
McCoy,  the  actress,  Richard  Harding  Davis, 
the  novelist,  .reached  his  own  story  of  "Van 
Bibber  and  the  Swan  Boats."  Mr.  I>;i\  i> 
went  to  the  office  of  the  Society  for  Improv- 
ing the  Condition  of  the  Poor  and  said  to  the 
Secretary:  ''I'm  going  to  marry  Miss  Bessie 
McCoy,  and  I  want  you  to  get  up  a  wedding 
party    for    us,"      Then    Mr.    Davis    explained 


MISS  JANET  VON  SCHROEDER 

Who  has  been  feted  by  many  noted  hostesses  of 
the  fashionable  set. 


that  he  wanted  the  poor  to  benefit  by  his  wed- 
ding and  asked  Mr,  Capes  to  arrange  a  special 
outing  for  them.  Mr.  Capes  engaged  the  Iron 
Steamboat  Company  to  take  the  party  of  51)0 
to  Coney  Island,  where  they  improved  their 
|  minds  and  physical  conditions  by  indlugence 
in  the  delights  and  the  fresh  air  of  that  much- 
frequented  resort.  It  looks  so  much  like  a 
free  ad.  for  the  author  and  his  actress  bride 
that  most  of  the  thrill  is  taken  out  of  it, 
yet  nevertheless  a  generous  deed  must  be 
given  the  full  meed  of  praise,  even  though 
the  Golden  Eule  be  not  observed:  "Let  not 
thy  left  hand  know  what  thy  right  giveth. " 

t5*  (5*  e5* 

Napoleon  P.  Vallejo  Re-marries. 

Napoleon  P.  Vallejo  and  Mrs.  Mattie  Val- 
lejo were  re-married  last  week  at  the  home 
of  the  bride  in  Oakland.  This  marriage  is 
the  culmination  of  a  loyal  romance,  which 
traces  the  years  back  to  the  middle  seventies, 
Mrs.  Vallejo  was  the  favored  daughter-in-law 
of  old  General  Vallejo,  and  the  daughter   of 


the  late  Harvey  S.  Brown,  for  man}  years 
chief  attorney  for  the  Southern  Pacific  The 
rooord  of  the  re-marriage  of  the  couple — ot 
187u  and  1912,  reveals  as  romantic  a  bit  of 
loyalty  on  the  part  of  the  wife  as  could  be 
found  between  the  covers  of  a  book.  Mis. 
Vallejo  is  a  handsome  matron,  whom  tin* 
years  have  but  marked  with  dignity  aud  grace, 

**      <£      & 
The  Woodrow  Wilson  Family. 

Mrs.  Woodrow  Wilson,  wife  of  the  candi 
date  for  the  Presidency,  is  described  by  those 
who  know  her  as  wonderfully  winsome.  She 
has  large  brown  eyes,  an  abundance  of  soft, 
wavy,  brown  hair,  and  a  countenance  so  win- 
some and  tender,  reflecting  the  warmth  of  a 
generous  heart.  She  has  been  likened  unto 
one  of  "Angelica's  cameos."  The  three  Wil- 
son girls  are  all  interesting  in  distinctively 
individual  ways.  One  is  studying  music,  one 
is  interested  in  charitable  work  in  the  settle- 
ments, and  the  other  one  is  just  finishing  her 
college  course.  It  is  whispered  that  one  of 
the  daughters  is  a  suffragist.  But  the  mother 
tactfully  refrained  from  divulging  the  secret 
which  one.  However,  Miss  Elinor  is  under 
suspicion. 

^*  <i*W  ^% 

Turn  About  is  Fair  Play. 

A  young  married  woman  recently  had  a 
novel  experience  when  she  engaged  her  first 
Chinese  cook. 

"What's  your  name?"  she  asked  when  the 
preliminaries   had   been   settled. 

"My  name  Hong  Long  Loo,"  said  the  Cel- 
estial with  much  gravity. 

"And  I  am  Mrs.  Harrington  Richard  Buck- 
ingham, ' '  said  his  new  employer.  ' '  I  am  afraid 
I  shall  never  be  able  to  remember  your  name 
— it's  so  long.     I  shall  call  you  John." 

"All  light,"  returned  the  Chinese  with  a 
suspicion  of  a  smile.  "Your  namee  too  longee 
too.     I  callee  you  Charley. ' ' 


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fouiths  (3%)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits, 
free  of  taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Monday,  July 
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depositors'  accounts,  become  a  part  thereof,  and 
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WHAT 


FIGURES  TELL 


|  HE  LATEST  FAD  in  City  government  fash- 
ions, which  has  attracted  the  interest  of 
our  municipal  officials  is  an  Efficiency 
Bureau.  A  budget  appropriation  of  $10,- 
000  has  been  made  for  its  acquisition  dur- 
ing the  present  year.  The  Wasp  has  al- 
ways advocated  efficiency  in  the  spending 
of  the  tax-payers'  money,  but  a  $10,000  bureau  seems  merely 
an  expensive  investment  in  official  furniture.  For  instance, 
why  does  it  need  a  $10,000  a  year  Efficiency  Bureau  to  tell 
Mayor  Rolph  how  to  obtain  efficiency  from  his  office? 

Efficiency  m  city  government  has  only  one  meaning  to  the 
tax-payer.  It  means  getting  the  full  return  of  service  from 
the  office'  with  the  expenditure  of  less  of  the  taxpaj'ers' 
money.  Surely  Mayor  Rolph  can  continue  to  give  the  service 
of  his  office  and  spend  less  of  the  tax-payers'  money  through 
it  without  having  to  be  told  by  an  Efficiency  Bureau  how  to 
do  it. 

UNDER  MAYOR  PHELAN'S  ADMINISTRATION  IN 
1900-01,  THE  FIRST  FULL  YEAR  OF  CITY  GOVERN- 
MENT UNDER  THE  NEW  CHARTER,  THE  EXPENSES 
OF  THE  MAYOR'S  OFFICE,  ACCORDING  TO  AUDITOR 
BRODERICK'S  REPORT  FOR  THE  YEAR,  WERE  $13,800 

UNDER  MAYOR  SCHMITZ'  ADMINISTRATION  IN 
1906-07,  THE  EXPENSES  OF  THE  MAYOR'S  OFFICE, 
ACCORDING  TO  AUDITOR  HORTON'S  REPORT,  WERE 
$14,872,  ONLY  $972  MORE  THAN  UNDER  THE  PHELAN 
ADMINISTRATION  SIX  YEARS  EARLIER. 

UNDER  MAYOR  ROLPH 'S  ADMINISTRATION  FOR 
1912-13,  THE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS  FOR  THE 
MAYOR'S  OFFICE  TOTAL  $22,740,  AN  INCREASE  OF 
$7,868  OVER  THE  EXPENSES  UNDER  THE  UNSPEAK- 
ABLE ADMINISTRATION  OF  SCHMITZ  AND  RUEF  SIX 
YEARS  EARLIER. 

Is  it  not  surprising  that  the  "efficiency  administration"  of 
the  office  of  Mayor  Rolph  should  be  fifty-three  per  cent, 
more  costly  than  the  extravagant  administration  of  Mayor 
Schmitz,  directed  by  Abraham  Ruef  ? 

This  is  how  it  worked.  Mayor  Schmitz  expended  $1,800 
for  a  stenographer  and  $172  for  incidental  expense.  Mayor 
Rolph  is  allowed  $3,600  for  three  stenographers  and  $1,740 
for  incidentals.  In  addition  to  this  100  per  cent,  increase 
for  stenographers  and  1,000  per  cent,  increase  for  incidentals, 
Mayor  Rolph  has  $2,100  allowed  for  an  assistant  secretary. 
$1,500  for  a  chauffeur  and  $900  for  a  telephone  operator, 
$4,500  in  all  of  expense  for  services  which  Mayor  Schmitz 
did  not  expend  anything  for. 

NOW,  REALLY,  DOES  MAYOR  ROLPH  NEED  AN 
EFFICIENCY  BUREAU  TO  TELL  HIM  HOW  TO  MAKE 
THE  MAYOR'S  OFFICE  MORE  EFFICIENT  BY  MAKING 
IT  LESS  COSTLY? 


ASSESSOR'S   OFFICE. 

JHE  ASSESSOR'S  OFFICE  in  the  year  1900-01,  with 
Washington  Dodge  as  Assessor,  cost  the  tax-payers 
$87,435.84.  In  the  year  1906-07,  which,  being  the 
year  following  the  terrible  fire,  which  destroj'ed  all 
the  records  of  the  Assessor's  office,  was  unavoidably  a 
costly  year  of  administration,  the  expenses,  with  Washing- 
ton Dodge  still  Assessor,  were  $105,952.57.  For  the  year 
1912-13,  with  Washington  Dodge  still  Assessor,  the  budget 
allowance  is  $101,200,  an  increase  of  $13,764.16  over  the 
expense  twelve  years  earlier.  In  the  year  1900-01  the  total 
assessment  valuation  made  by  the  Assessor's  office  was 
$410,155,304.  For  the  year  1912  the  total  assessment  valu- 
ation made  by  the  Assessor's  office  is  approximately  $612,- 
000,000.  The  work  of  assessment  accomplished  by  the  As- 
sessor's office  has  thus  increased  something  like  fifty  per 
cent  in  the  same  12-year  period,  during  which  the  expenses 
of  conducting  the  office  increased  only  fifteen  per  cent. 
Put  it  another  way — Assessor  Washington  Dodge  has  re- 
'duced  the  cost  of  the  service  of  his  office  to  the  tax-payers 
twenty-five  per  cent,  during  twelve  years  of  his  administra- 
tion. This  is  the  kind  of  efficiency  which  keeps  Assessor 
Washington  Dodge  in  his.  office,  while  we  change  Mayors 
with  the  changes  in  our  political  fashions. 
♦ 

CITY  ATTORNEY'S  OFFICE. 

MN  THE  YEAR  1900-01,  City  Attorney  Franklin  K. 
Lane  conducted  the  office  with  the  expenditure  of 
$21,024.37.  In  the  year  1906-07  City  Attorney  Wil- 
liam G.  Burke  conducted  the  office  with  the  expenditure  of 
$21,202.42.  For  the  year  1912-13  the  budget  appropriation 
for  the  City  Attorney's  office  is  $39,700.  Under  the  two 
earlier  administrations,  no  expenditures  for  special  counsel 
were  made  and  charged  to  bond  money  accounts.  The  pres- 
ent costly  practice  is  to  employ  special  counsel  and  pay 
them  from  bond  money  funds.  Also,  appropriations  out- 
side of  the  budget  allowance  are  expended  by  the  City  At- 
torney's office  and  charged  to  bond  money  funds  and  to 
other  budget  funds.  The  budget  figures  for  1912-13  are 
thus- very  much  under  the  actual  expenditure  of  the  City 
Attorney's  office. 


AUDITOR'S  OFFICE. 

THE  AUDITOR  is  the  official  who  should  stand  between 
the  wasters  of  the  people's  mone}'  and  the  cormorants 
that  are  constantly  reaching  for  it.  There  is  little  hope  that 
Auditor  Boyle  will  save  a  dollar  for  the  city  that  can  be  spent 
on  some  pretext  or  other.  The  expenses  of  his  office  have 
increased  enormously. 

Auditor  Boyle  is  the  man  who  said  before  election  he  would 
never  pay  Ham  Hall  a  million  dollars  for  Cherry  Creek  water 
rights,  to  which  Hall  could  not  give  the  city  legal  title,  and  on 
which  the  county  taxes  of  Tuolumne  were  unpaid.  Since 
election  Boyle  has  authorized  the  payment  of  the  million  to 
Hall,  and  that 'gentleman  has  cashed  his  claim  against  the 


Saturday,  July  20,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


15 


•CAN'T   THOU   DRAW    OUT   LEVIATHAN   WITH  A    HOOK7' 


treasury  and  pocketed  a  good  uiilliou  of  Heteh  Hetchy  bond 
money.    It  is  just  a  million  wasted. 

The  Auditor's  office  in  the  year  1900-01  cost  the  people 
of  San  Francisco  $13,715.90.  In  the  year  1906-07  the 
cost  was  $19,860.61,  an  increase  from  the  William  Broderick 
administration  of  $5,860.65.  The  budget  for  1912-13  allows 
Auditor  Boyle  $40,700,  an  increase  for  his  administration 
from  that  of  Auditor  Horton  of  $21,123.39.  Auditor  Boyle's 
administration  thus  increases  the  expenses  of  the  Auditor's 
office  108  per  cent  over  that  of  Auditor  Horton,  six  years 
earlier,  and  200  per  cent  over  that  of  Auditor  Broderick, 
twelve  years  earlier. 

♦ 

COUNTY  CLERK'S  OFFICE. 

EXPENSES  of  the  County  Clerk's  office  in  190-01  were 
$76,521.18,  and  in  1906-07  were  $76,599.96,  an  increase  of 
$78.78  in  six  years.  The  budget  allowance  for  1912-13  is 
$107,800,  an  increase  of  $21,200,  or  29  per  cent  in  the  last  six 
years. 

♦ 

TAX  COLLECTOR'S  OFFICE. 

THE  expenses  of  the  Tax  Collector's  office  in  1900-01  were 
$65,748.15,  and  in  1906-07  were  $61,010.07,  a  reduction 
of  $4,738.08  in'six  years.  The  budget  allowance  for  the  year 
1912-13  is  $69,890,  an  increase  of  $8,880.  or  14  per  cent,  in 
six  years.  The  total  sums  of  taxes  collected  were  $6,119,- 
063,83,  in  1900-01 ; $6,430,956.75  in  1906-07.  and  levied  lor 
1912-13  approximately  $10,620,000.  On  the  basis  of  taxes 
collected,  the  cost  of  collection  through  the  office  has  been 
lowered  in  the  last  six  years. 

♦ 

SHERIFF'S  OFFICE. 

THE  expenses  of  the  Sheriff's  office  in  1900-01  were  $90,- 
389.83,  and  in  1906-07  were  $71,391.08,  a  reduction  of 
$18,998.75.    The' budget  allowance  for  1912-13  is  $104,400,  an 


increase  of  $14,010  over  the  cost  twelve  years  earlier.  Tin 
expenses  of  1906-07  were  abnormally  low,  due  to  the  fin'  in 
the  preceding  April. 


RECORDER'S  OFFICE. 

The  expenses  of  the  Recorder's  office  in  1900-01  were  $33,- 
868.65,  and  the  budget  allowance  for  191-2-13  is  $7<i,(i00. 


SUPERVISORS'  EXTRAVAGANCE. 

Under  the  present  charter  the  Mayor  and  Supervisors  are 
the  masters  of  the  financial  situation  to  a  large  extent.  If 
these  officials  set  an  example  of  economy,  others  are  likely  to 
imitate  them.  Per  contra,  extravagance  by  the  heads  of  the 
city  government  is  sure  to  cause  general  wastefulness. 

Let  the  figures  of  the  budget  for  this  year  speak  for  them- 
selves : 

BOARD  OF   SUPERVISORS. 

1900-01  1906-07  1912-13 

$72,726.41  $78,717.55  $163,920.00 

Gain  in  12  years,  $92,193.59,  or  110  per  cent. 

COMMON  SCHOOL  FUND. 

1900-01  1906-07  1912-13 

$1,115,604.75        $1,218,411.61       $1,812,500.00 

Gain  in  12  years,  $696,895.25. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  ELECTIONS. 

1900-01  1906-07  1912-13 

$105,765.97  $45,197.97  $315,000.00 

Gain  in  12  years,  $209,234,03  or  200  per  cent. 

PLAYGROUNDS  COMMISSION. 
1900-01  1906-07  1912-13 

$80,000.00 


Vacation  1912 

A  Handbook  of 

Summer  Resorts 

Along  the  line  of  the 

NORTHWESTERN 
PACIFIC    RAILROAD 

This  book  tells  by  picture  and  word 
of  the  many  delightful  places  in  Marin, 
Sonoma,  Mendocino;  Lake  and  Humboldt 
Counties  in  which  to  spend  your  Vaca- 
tion— Summer  Eesprts,  Camping  Sites, 
Farm  and  Town  Homes. 


Copies  of  Vacation  1912  may  be  ob- 
tained at  874  Market  St.  (Flood  Build- 
ing), Sausalito  Ferry  Ticket  Office,  or 
on  application  to  J.  J.  Geary,  G.  P.  & 
F.  A.,  808  Pbelan  Building,  San  Fran- 


NEW  ENGLAND  HOTEL 

Located  in  beautiful  grove  about  40  rods  from 
station.  Beautiful  walks,  grand  scenery ;  hunt- 
ing and  fishing,  boating,  bathing,  bowling  and 
croquet.  Table  supplied  with  fresh  fruit  and 
vegetables,   milk  and  eggs  from  own  ranch  daily. 

Adults  $7  to  $9'  per  week;  special  rates  for 
children. 

Address  F.  K.  HARRISON,.'  Camp  Meeker, 
Sonoma   County,    Cal. 


OWN  SUMMER  HOME   ItN 

CAMP    MEEKER 

Mountains  of  Sonoma  Co.  Lots  $15  up.  Meeker 
"uilds  cottages  $85  up.  Depot,  stores,  hotels, 
.staurant,  phone,  post,  express  office,  theater, 
free  library,  pavilion,  churches,,  sawmill;  2,000 
lots  sold,  700  cottages  built.  Sausalito  Ferry. 
Address  M.  O.  MEEKER,  Camp  Meeker. 


Redwood  Grove 


%  mile  from  Gueraeville;  tents  and  cottages; 
abundance  of  fruit,  berries;  bus  meets  all  trains. 
Rates  $10-$11  per  week;  L.  D.  phone.  Address 
THORPE  BROS.,  Bos  141,  Guerneville,  Sonoma 
Co.,    Cal. 


ROSE    HILL 

HOTEL  AND  COTTAGES 
Camp  Meeker 

Opposite  depot;  20  minutes'  ride  from  Russian 
River;  surrounded  by  orchards  and  vineyards; 
excellent  dining-room,  with  best  cooking.  Fish- 
ing, boating,  swimming  and  dancing.  Many 
good  trails  for  mountain  climbing.  Open  all 
year.  Can  accommodate  75  guests.  Adults,  $6 
to   $10  per  week;    children  half  rates. 

Building  lots  for  sale  from  $50  and  up.  Ad- 
dress MRS.  L.  BARBIER,  Camp  Meeker,  So- 
noma   County,    Cal. 


The  Gables 


Sonoma  county's  ideal  family  resort,  just  opened 
to  the  public.  Excellent  table,  supplied  from 
our  dairy  and  farm.  Dancing,  tennis,  games. 
Bus  to  hot  baths  and  trains  daily  at  Verano  sta- 
tion. Rates  $2.50  per  day,  $12  and  up  per 
week.  Open  year  round.  Address  H.  P.  MAT- 
THEWSON,    Sonoma   City  P.   O.,    Cal. 


Hotel    Rowardcnnan 

OPEN  ALL   THE    YEAR. 

New  ownership,  new  management,  new  fea- 
tures. Golf,  tennis,  bowling,  fishing,  boating, 
swimming,     clubhouse.       Free    garage. 

Rates  $17.50  to  $25  per  week;  $3  to  $4  per 
day. 

Folders  and  information  at  Peck-Judah's,  or 
address  J.  M.  SHOULTS,  Ben  Lomond,   Cal. 


::  RIVERSIDE  RESORT :: 


Country  home  %  mile  from  Guerneville;  ideal 
spot;  yz  mile  of  river  frontage;  $8  to  $12  per 
week.  For  particulars,  MRS.  H.  A.  STAGG, 
Proprietor,    Guerneville,     Sonoma    county. 


COSMO  FARM 

On  the  Russian  River;  electric  lighted  through- 
out. Rates  $10  to  $12  per  week.  For  particu- 
lars see  Vacation  Book  or  address  H.  P.  Mc- 
PEAK,    P.    O.    Hilton,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


RIONIDO  HOTEL 

Lawn  Tennis,  Croquet,  Shuffle  Board,  Swings, 
Shooting  Gallery,  Box  Ball  Alleys,  also  4,000 
square  feet  Dancing  Pavilion,  unsurpassed  Bathing 
and  Boating,  and  large  social  hall  for  guests. 
Hotel  ready  for  guests.  Rates,  $12  per  week. 
American  plan.  For  reservations  address  RIO- 
NIDO   CO.,    Rionido,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


Summer  Resorts 

AT  HOME,  AT  THE   OLUB,   OAFE  OR  HOTEL 

CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

Always   Satisfactory 
GEO.  W.  CASWELL  COMPANY 

530-532-534  Folsom  St.  Phone  Kearny  3610 

Write  for  samples  and  prices. 


CARR'S 


NEW  MONTE 
RIO    HOTEL 


NEAREST    TO    STATION    AND    RIVER. 

New  modern  hotel,  first-class  in  every  detail 
and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience. 
Swimming,  boating,  canoeing,  fishing,  launching, 
horseback  riding  and  driving.  Hotel  rates  $2 
day;  $12  and  $14  per  week.  Round  trip,  $2.80. 
good  on  either  the  broad  or  narrow  gauge  rail- 
roads. Sausalito  Ferry.  Address  C.  F.  CARR, 
Monte    Rio,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


HOTEL  RUSTICANO 

The  hotel  is  just  a  two-mintlte  walk  from  the 
depot  amongst  the  giant  redwood  trees.  The 
amusements  are  numerous — boating,  bathing, 
lawn  tennis,  bowling,  daneing,  nickelodeon,  and 
beautiful  walks.  A  more  desirable  place  for  a 
vacation  could  not  be  found.  Rates,  $9  to  $12 
per  week;    rates   to   families. 

For  folder,  address  L.  B.  SELENGER,  Prop., 
Camp    Meeker,    Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


U.    S.    ARMY 


TENTS 

BLANKETS,   COTS,  HAMMOCKS 

SPIRO  HARNESS  CO. 

307   MARKET    STREET,    S.  F. 
Write  for  Free   Catalogue. 


Saturday,  July  20,  1912.1 


THE  WASP 


I? 


THE  FIRST  YEAR. 


By  Josephine  Martin, 

t  fi  Y/ll  A  'I'  would 

Y^/     rule   in   insure    happiness    the    first 
year  of   married   lit'*-  *      writes  an 
earnest  young  bride,  oul  of  the  fulness  of  Uer 
heart. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  give  :i  long  sel 
of  inics.  And  even  if  I  were  to  write  .'t 
propaganda  for  the  young  couples  just  start 
ing  nit  mi  the  road  of  life,  oot  one  of  you 
would  read  it.  and,  furthermore,  not  one  oi 
you  would  obey.  Besides,  there  should  l"1  oo 
sel  of  rules — rules  don't  make  lives;  princi- 
ples do,  bul   ii^i'1  rules,  never. 

Yet.  if  I  were  able  to  help  just  one  at  all 
by  advice  during  the  first  year's  experience 
of  marital  happiness  it. would  be  summed  up 
in  two  words,  which  I  should  write  in  capi- 
tals: BE  FRIENDS.  Yes,  be  friends  through 
thick  and  thin — friends,  genuine,  blessed 
friends,  as  long  as  you  both  do  live.  Do  you 
think  that  it  toe  simple  a  creed,  too  meager 
an  expression  of  devotion,  too  mild  a  form  of 
your  loyalty?  Ah,  that  is  where  the  mis- 
lake  is  often  made!  Friendship  is  the  jet  of 
affection  which  illumines  the  whole  world. 
It  is  stronger  than  love,  for  it  is  less  selfish, 
and  it  solves  so  many  problems  in  a  much 
shorter  time — because  it  exacts  less  than  love. 
Love  is  a  powerful  little  god  who  extorts  a 
tremendous  rate  of  interest  for  all  that  he  be- 
stows. Friendship  is  a  more  just  encounter 
of  the  affections  and  indulges  a  more  certain 
cordiality. 

During  the  first  year  of  married  life  there 
are  so  many  new  pages  to  be  read  in  the  life- 
book.  Often  the  paragraphs  are  confusing, 
and  often,  too,  the  words  themselves  are  blur- 
red so  that  we  cannot  read  them.  Love  whis- 
pers at  times  like  these:  "Ah,  he  does  not  act 
the  lover,  as  he  did!"  or,  "He  never  used  to 
forget   to    bring   me   flowers, ' '    etc.      In    fact, 


A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  POREVEK 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

Or    Magical     Beautlfier 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
Freckles,  Moth-Patch- 
es, Rash  and  &kin  Dis- 
eases, and  every  blem- 
ish on  beauty,  and  de- 
fies detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  of  65 
years,  no  other  has, 
and  is  so  harmless  we 
taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is 
properly  made.  Accept 
no  counterfeit  of  simi- 
lar name.  The  dis- 
tinguished Dr.  L,  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  iiie  haut-ton  (a  patient)  : 
"As  you  ladies  will  use  them,  I  recommend 
'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  all 
the    Skin   preparations." 


For  Sale  by  All  Druggists  and  Fancy  Goods 

Dealers. 

Gouraud's  Oriental  Toilet  Powder 

For  infants  and  adults.  Exquisitely  perfumed. 
Relieves  Skin  Irritations,  cures  Sunburn  and  ren 
ders  an  excellent  complexion.  Price  25  cents  by 
Mail. 

Gouraud's  Poudre  Subtile 
I   Removes  Superfluous  Hair.       Price  $1.00  by  Mail. 

IFERD.  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop'r,  37  Great  Jones 
St.,  New  York  City. 


lo> .-  it  ae  a   meddlesome  rascal,  who 

talks  incessantly  and  makes  mueb  noise  there- 
by. Love  means  well,  and  we  declare  that 
i  is  1  he  bighi  si  foi  m  ■<!  i  repression  in  all  i  lie 
;  of  human  sentiment.  So  ii  is.  But  aa 
i"  oeping  harmony  in  the  home  and  bestow 
ing  o  Nobel  peace  prize— why,  friendship  can 
do  more  in  the  first  year  of  married  late  to 
keep  things  fair  and  square  than  loye  could 
<'\  er  unravel  in  a  I  welvemonth.  Friendship 
can  make  a  home  coBier.  warmer  and  "more 
comfy"  for  the  dear  husband  and  wife  than 
twenty-four  Cupids  flying  about.  Friendship 
is  so  secure  and  staple  a  joy!  It  is  the  secret 
ni'  comradeship,  which  is  the  peari  in  married 
life.  It  is  the  best  Louie  in  the  market  when 
things  make  as  ill  and  Sick  at  heart.  In  fact, 
friendship  is  a  panacea  for  every  ailment 
uIi'm-Ii    dares    t<>    creep    into    our    happy    homes. 

If  a  bride  would  remember  to  be  the  friend 
nf  the  man  whom  she  weds,  at  all  times,  and 
under  all  conditions,  not  a  ripple  oi  the  thun- 
der-storm which  the  elements  send  would 
reach  her  world.  If  the  other  citizen  would 
always  bear  in  mind  that  the  one  best  friend 
in  all  the  world  stands  ready  to  extend  the 
right  kind  of  help  right  at  his  doorstep;  if  he, 
I  say,  could  only  lealize  that  his  wife  is  and 
always  will  be  his  best  friend  in  all  the  world, 
no  difficulty  would  be  too  hazardous -to  con- 
quer, no  task  loo  tremendous  for  mastery. 

A  wise  philosopher  gives  us  this:  "The 
best  way  to  have  a  friend  is  to  be  one."  The 
higher  the  standard  of  friendship  we  demand 
in  another,  the  higher  the  height:  to  which 
we  must  attain. 

What  do  we  mean  by  this  friendship  be- 
tween man  and  woman,  the  husband  and  the 
wife'?  Why,  friendship  in  this  relation  is 
sublime  selflessness  which  goes  to  add 
more  and  more  happiness  because  of  its  un- 
selfishness. It  tells  the  young  wife  that  no 
matter  what  has  happened,  remember:  He  is 
my  friend,  and  he  means  right.  It  tells  the 
young  husband:  Here  is  a  comrade  whom  I 
honor  and  respect  because  this  friend  under- 
stands me  and  knows  that  what  I  do  is  meant 
for  the  right.  It  takes  two  pairs  of  hands  and 
clasps  them  so  tightly  together  that  nothing 
on  this  whole  wide  earth  can  part  them.  It 
cements  every  fact  and  fancy  with  a  bond  of 
fellowship  and  shouts  defiance  to  anything 
that  may  come  to  annoy.  Friendship  does 
anything  and  everything  to  oil  the  machinery 
of  the  wheels  of  wedlock  that  they  may  run 
smoothly  and  without  noise.  Friendship  is 
the  bank  stock  which  makes  millionaires  of 
the  affections,  adding  principal  and  interest 
to  its  accumulating  figures  and  dots.  .Friend- 
ship is  one  of  the  greatest  assets  of  the  cor- 
poration known  as  the  home.  It  will  com- 
pound daily,  for  it  is  the  Wall  street-  of  the 
heart. 

So,  dear  little  bride,  if  you  are  looking  for 
the  surest  way  to  happiness  in  this  blessed  old 
world  of  ours,  be  the  friend  of  the  man  whom 
you  wed.  Love  him,  adore  him,  if  you  must, 
but,  to  be  happy  forevermore,  be  his  friend 
at  all   times  and  under  all  circumstances. 

And  you,  bread-winner,  wise  that  you  are, 
remember,    the    strongest,    surest    friend    you 


can  ''\  er  hud  in  all  this  gray  c inercial  p d 

in  which  n ive  and  have  our  being  is  wait 

ing    for   you    'neat  h    i  lie   shade    of    \ o\i  n 

library    lamp. 


Might  Is  Right. 

When  1  differ  from  mother  in  si ■  little  way 

And   her  reasons   1   manage  to  scatter, 

Why,    then    I    ran    always    trust    mothei     to      - 

•'Well,  well,  we  won't  argue  the  matter-.1' 

4 ._ 

Men  of  fashion  always  have  their  shirts 
made  to  order,  for  they  find  that  the  ready-' 
made  shirts  are  uncomfortable,  ill-fitting  and 
apt  to  give  anything  but  a  stylish  effect.  Such 
men  patronize  first-class  establishments;  such 
as  that  of  I).  C.  Heger,  243  Kearny  street, 
and  US  Geary  street,  where  skilled  workmen 
make  shirts  and  underwear  of  perfect  fit,  the 
latest  styles  and  the  best  of  materials.  A  man 
is  often  judged  by  his  linen,  and  good  linen 
betokens  the  gentleman. 


WALTERS  SURGICAL 

CO. 

SUEOIOAl  INSTRUMENTS. 

808  Sutter  St.,  S.  P.      Phon.  Douglai  4011 

Sultan  Turkish  Baths 


624  POST  STREET 
Special   Department   for   Ladles 

Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladies  and  Gen 
tlemen. 
AI.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Hammam,  has  leased  the  Sultan  Turkish 
Baths,  where  he  will  be  glad  to  see  his 
old  and  new  customers. 


Blake,  Mof  f  itt  &  Towne 

PAPER 


37-45  Tirst  Street 

PHONES:  STJTTEB  2230;  J  3221  (Homo) 

Private    Exchange    Connecting    all   Depart  men  ta. 


LA  GRANDE  &  WHITES 

LAUNDRY  CO. 

Office  and  Works, 

234  12th  St. 

Bet.   Howard  Sc 

Folaom  Sta. 

SAN    FRANCISCO, 

CALIFORNIA 

Phonea:    Market   916 

Home   M    2044. 

Eames   Tricycle   Co. 


Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
ROLLING  CHAIRS  for  all 
purposes.  Self  -  Propelling 
Tricycle  Chairs  for  the  dis- 
abled. INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  Francisco.  Phone  Park 
2940.  1200  S.  Main  Street, 
Los   Angeles. 


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IN  The  Wasp's  gallery  of  business  men  this 
week  we  present  the  picture  of  that  well- 
known  and  public-spirited  citizen.  Cap- 
tain Dollar,  who  is  striving  earnestly  to  pro- 
mote trade  between  the  Pacific  Coast  and 
China.  Captain  Dollar  perceives  clearly  that 
there  are  vast  opportunities  in  the  line  along 
which  he  advocates.  The  great  drawback  to 
all  such  movements  in  San  Francisco  is  that 
our  business  men  are  disposed  to  treat  com- 
merce and  trade  as  if  they  were. matters  of 
party  polities. 

Just  now  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  is  in  a 
state  of  great  excitement  over  the  proposition 
to  bar  from  use  of  the  Panama  Canal  all 
ships  owned  by  railroads.  The  first  effect  of 
this  agitation  will  be  to  delay  the  opening  of 
the  canal.  The  Canadian  Pacific  Railroad, 
which  is  one  of  the  most  powerful  and  ag 
gressive  railroad  corporations  in  the  world, 
and  has  done  an  immense  amount  of  valuable 
work  in  the  development  of  Canada,  will 
fight  strenuously  against  the  measure.  The 
Canadian  Pacific  owns  steamers,  and  intends 
to  make  Vancouver  a  great  seaport  by  the  aid 
of  the  Panama  Canal.  Canada  will  claim 
equal  rights  with  America  under  the  Hay- 
Pauucefote    treaty. 

The  Wasp  told  its  readers  two  years  ago 
that  England  and  Canada  would  insist  that 
the  Hay-Pauncefote  treaty  gave  English  ships 
equal  rights  with  American  in  the  use  of  the 
canal.  No  other  American  newspaper  seemed 
to  be  aware  that  the  treaty  could  be  invoked 
for  any  such  purpose.  In  Europe  it  was  well 
known  and  discussed,  and  there  isn  't  the 
slightest  doubt  that  England  is  now  backed 
in  her  demands  by  the  other  great  European 
maritime  powers.  England  has  probably 
sounded  Prance,  Germany,  and  Italy  on  the 
subject,  and  found  them  willing  to  back  up 
her   demand   to  have   her   shipping   privileges 


protected  as  specified  in  the  Hay-Pauncefote 
treaty.  There  will  be  some  hot  discussions 
before  this  matter  is  settled,  for  any  treaty 
claim  backed  by  France,  Germany,  and  Italy 
cannot  be  pooh-poohed  even  by  Uncle  Sam. 
We  do  too  much  business  with  these  countries. 


CAPTAIN  DOLLAR 

A    leading    spirit    in    the    revival    of    American 
shipping   enterprise. 

Congress  will,  of  course,  dally  with  the  mat- 
ter until  after  the  Presidential  election,  and 
the  opening  of  the  canal  may  be  delayed  six 
months  or  a  year. 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM Chairman  of  the  Board 

J.  FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.  F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.  ALTSCHUL   Cashier 

C.  R.  PARKER    Assistant  Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH    Assistant    Cashier 

H.    CHOYNSKI    Assistant   Cashier 

G.    R.    BURDICK     ABBietant    Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN    Secretary 


Schwerin  Declined. 
It  has  been  intimated  that  R.  P.  Schwerin, 
the  efficient  manager  of  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  has  been  offered  the 
presidency  of  the.  Newport  News  shipyards. 
He  declined  it.  Of  course  he  did.  Schwerin 
is  a  true  Californian.  Moreover,  he  is  a  man 
of  education  and  possessed  of  talent.  He 
knows  that  nature  has  made  this  the  garden 
spot  of  the  earth  and  is  resolved  to  stick  by 
it  to  the  finish,  despite  all  the  curses  that 
come  upon  us  in  the  shape  of  Rudolph  Spreck- 
elses,  Meyer  Lissners,  Hiram  Johnsons  and 
Chet  Rowels.  Probaoly  Schwerin  realizes  that 
a  few  years  hence  you  would  have  to  adver- 
tise in  the  "Lost  and  Found"  column  for  a 
month  to  find  any  track  of  these  unworthies 
that  are  now  diligently  engaged  in  running 
California.  Thank  heaven,  the  task  is  beyond 
their  capacity!  California  withstood  Dennis 
Kearney  and  his  melodious  entourage  of  the 
sandlot.  It  can  withstand  Hiram  Johnson  & 
Co.,  and  still  have  a  tuture,  and  a  not  distant 
one. 

■j*  je  <£ 
Seeing  Too  Far  Ahead. 
The  Newport  News  shipyards  is  the  joint 
property  of  Henry  E.  Huntington  of  Los  An- 
geles and  Mrs.  Arabella  Huntington  of  New 
York,  the  widow  of  Collis  P.  Huntington.  It 
was  a  part  of  the  latter 's  estate  which  was 
willed    to    them    in    equal    shares.      It    is    the 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street. 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  paid  up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided   Profits ...  .$5,055,471.11 


Total      $11,055,471.11 

OFFICERS. 
Isaias   W.   Hellman,   President 
I.   W.  Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice  Prea. 
F.   L.    Lipman,    Viae  Pret. 
James  K.  Wilson,  Vice  Prei. 
Frank  B.  King,  Cashier 
W.  McGavin,   Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
O.   L.   Davis,   Assistant   Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,   Assistant  Cashier 
A.    B.    Price,    Assistant    Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
Isaias   W.    Hellman  Hartland  Law 

Joseph   Sloss  Henry  Rosenfeld 

Percy    T.    Morgan  James  L.  Flood 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  J.  Henry  Meyer 

Wm,  F.  Herrin  A.    H.    Payson 

John  C.   Kirkpatrick  Chas.    J.    Deering 

I.    W.    Hellman,    Jr.  James    K.    Wilson 

A.    Chriateson  F.    L.    Lipman 

!  Wm.    Haas 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Facilities. 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


Saturday,  July  20,  1912. 


-THE  WASP- 


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largest  shipbuilding  plan,  in  tin-  United  States 
and    i*    saiii    to    represent    an    investment    of 

$20, t.     Schwerin   has  always  been   high 

in  tin'  favor  of  the  Buntingtons,  and  it  was 
Collis  P.  who  lirsf  gave  aim  his  position  out 
here  in  1893,  on  his  resignation  from  Uncle 
Sam's   Navy.     Old  Collis   P.   Huntington  was 

i f   tho   farthest-seeing   men   of   his   day. 

He  knew  that  Uncle  Sam  would  not  be  con- 
tent tii  remain  the  despised  member  of  the 
shipping  fraternity  of  i'"'  world.  :tud  that 
some  day  a  great  shipbuilding  yard  like  New- 
port News  would  In*  a  fine  business  asset.  But 
the  old  man.  like  many  a  famous  man  of  af- 
fairs, did  not  reckon  accurately  how  Long  i1 
would  take  the  United  States  to  become  a 
power  in  the  shipping  business  of  the  world. 
Mr  died  without  getting  anywhere  near  the 
realization  of  his  hopes.  In  a  local  way  that 
same  thing  happened  to  old  Mayor  Sutro,  who 
took  the  money  he  made  on  the  Comstock  in 
Nevada  and  put  it  into  land  near  the  ocean 
beach  and  the  Sutro  Forest  Heights.  Less 
imaginative  people  thought  that  the  old  man 
was  wild  in  his  speculations,  hut  results  show- 
ed that  he  merely  saw  much  farther  ahead 
than  most  people.  The  Sutro  Forest  today 
is  the  most  desirable  residence  property  in 
San  Francisco,  and  the  ocean  beach  property 
is    worth    ten    times   what    it    was   rated   when 


Smith-Tevis-Hanford 

Inc. 

MUNICIPAL  AND 
CORPORATION 

BONDS 


57  Post  St., 


San  Francisco 


Mayor  Si bought   the  laud  in  that   vicinity 

by  the  hundreds  "t   acres. 

(Continued  on  pagi 


AN   AMERICAN   TRIUMPH. 
While  th«'  American  athletes  have  been  as- 

I suing  the  natives  <>t  Stockholm,  American 

millionaires    bave    been    amazing    Londoners 

by    their   BOcial   lavisbness.      Anthony   .1.   I»iex- 

el's  huge  supper  party  at   the  Ritz  was  the 

talk  of  London.  The  invitation  i-ards  gave 
11  p.  m.  as  the  time  for  the  commencement 
of  the  function.  Betore  supper  the  Russian 
dancers — KaKrsavina.  Nijinsky  and  four  oth- 
ers— entertained  the  guests.  Some  delightful 
songs  were  also  given  by  MartiuelH,  the  Cov- 
ent  Garden  tenor.  The  surprise  of  the  evening 
came  after  supper,  when  the  American  danc- 
ers, Vernon  and  Castle,  appeared.  They  had 
been  specially  brought  over  from  Paris.  About 
twenty  persons  sat  down  to  supper  and  quite 
300  witnessed  the  after-supper  performance. 
It  cost  something  handsome,  let  me  tell  you, 
to  present  such  an  after-supper  program  for 
millionaire  Drexel  's  guests,  the  list  of  whom 
included  such  impressive  titles  as  the  Duchess 
of  Rutland,  the  Grand  Duke  of  Mecklenberg, 
Prince  Christopher  of  Greece,  Lord  and  Lady 
Lonsdale,  whom  the  German  Kaiser  himself 
once  entertained  in  Berlin,  the  Due  d 'Albe, 
and  Princess  Edmonde  de  Polignac,  the  Com- 
tesse  Berckendorff,  Lord  Anglesey,  Lord  and 
Lady  Derby,  Lord  ('olebrooke,  the  Duchess  of 
Westminster,  Lord  and  Lady  Wolverton,  the 
Duchess  of  Marlborough,  Mrs.  George  Keppel, 
Lady  Ripon,  and  foreign  ambassadors  and 
baronets  in  sucb  profusion  that  tbey  weren  't 
worth  the  trouble  of  counting.  Of  course, 
of  fashionable  Americans  there  was  the  pick 
at  the  Drexel  affair — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bradley 
Martin,  Lady  Craven,  Mrs.  Ava  Astor  (in 
black),  Mrs.  Spendor  Clay,  Lady  Paget,  Mrs. 
George  Cornwallis  West,  and  others  who  shine 
by  no  reflected  light.  It  will  take"  a  great  deal 
of  hard  cash  and  skillful  manoeuvering  for 
any  other  American  millionaire  to  gather  a 
congregation  of  titles  and  diamonds  to  his 
supper  that  will  eclipse  this  supreme  effort  of 
Mr.  Drexel  to  unite  Fifth  Avenue  and  May- 
fair. 


Many  a  reputation  has  been  blasted  without 
the  aid  of  high  explosives. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  G'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 

LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and 

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ARRANGED  SAFE  DEPOSIT 

M[f      WEST  OF   NEW  YORK 

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The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

SaviDgi  <Th«   German   Bank)  Commercial 

Incorporated    1868. 

626   California   St.,    San   Francisco.    Oal 

( Member    of    the    Associated    Saving!    Banki    of 
San  Francisco.) 

The   following   Branches  for   Receipt   and  Pay- 
ment  of   Deposits   only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,   2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 

Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....       $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number    of   Depositors  .  .  .        56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'olock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


ON  JULY  1st,  1912 
WE     WILL     MOVE     OUR     OFFICES 


410  MONTGOMERY  ST. 


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Our  Facilities  for  Handling 

Investment  Securities 

Will   be   Considerably  Increased 


ESTABLISHED  1858 

SUTRO  &  CO. 


Private    Exchange 
Connecting  All    Depts. 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 


MEMBERS: 

NEW  YORK  STOCK  EXCHANGE 
NEW  YORK  COTTON  EXCHANGE 
CHICAGO  BOARD  OP  TRADE 
STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE,  S.  F. 

MAIN  OFFICE — Mills  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

BRANCH  OFFICES — Los  Angeles,  San  Die- 
go, Coronado  Beach,  Portland,  Ore.;  Seattle, 
Wash.;  Vancouver,  B.  O. 

PRIVATE   WIRE  NEW   YORK  AND   CHICAGO. 


20 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  July  20,  1912. 


OLD  MAIDS 
DIARY  • 


LANDS  SAKE!  I  was  so  tired  out  after  attending 
the  Women's  Biennial  I  had  to  take  the  rest 
cure  at  Monterey.  Only  its  such  a  lovely  place 
I  woxildn't  stay  there  a  minute.  No,  not  a  second. 
Goodness  me!  Such  a  place  for  spooning  bridal 
couples!  They  come  in  on  every  train.  It's  a  sight  to 
make  any  sensible  woman  sad.  Is.  there  no  hope  for 
our  sex?  Must  it  always  remain  young  women's  ideal 
of  life  to  pick  out  something  that  wears — garments 
distinctive  of  mental  and  Moral  inferiority — I  em- 
phasize  moral — aud  proceed  to  make  the  creature 
worse  by  catering  to  his  vanity?  Kisses  and  caresses. 
"Yes,  darling"  and  "no,  my  honey  dove,  '  and  ten 
chances  to  one  they'll  be  throwing  mutton  stew  at 
encli  other  within  three  months  and  spoiling  the  walls 
of   their  apartment  house. 

Goodness  me!  I  noticed  a  young  couple  there  was 
so  much  about  in  the  papers  after  their  wedding.  I 
was  eating  my  dinner,  when  I  thought  some  wicked 
boy  fired  off  a  Fourth  of  July  bomb  under  my  chair. 
It  shook  my  nerves  so  I  actually  trembled  for  a 
week  after.  Heavens  I  'Twas  the  youug  bridegroom 
slamming  the  door  after  him  to  show  he  was  one  of 
the  lords  of  creation.  That's  a  trait  of  the  sex.  1 
don't  know  what  they  did  iu  the  stone  age,  when 
there  were  no  doors  to  slam.  I  suppose  huffy  young 
husbands  ran  out  of  their  eaves  and  kicked  the  bark 
off  a  tree,  or  threw  rocks  at  one  of  them  ancient 
monsters  you  see  in  museums  and  can't  spell  their 
names  for  the  life  of  you. 

I  peeked  around  to  see  if  the  bride  was  weeping 
when  the  young  hubby  nearly  made  kindling  'wood 
ef  the  door,  sand's  sake,  she  was  going  on  eating 
her  meal  as  if  nothing  had  happened.  Brides  aint 
as  weepy  as  when  I  was  a  girl.  Thank  goodness! 
That's  a  hopeful  sign.  When  she  couldn't  e;it  any 
more  without  spoiling  her  corsets,   she  went  out  and 


took  Ethyl  Gayleigh  for  an  automobile  ride  in  the 
bridegroom's  fine  touring-  car,  and  left  him  to  cool 
his  heels  on  tue  verandah.  Goodness  me,  he  was  that 
mad  I  think  he  smoked  thirty-three  cigarettes  in  a 
minute  and  I  was  afraid  he'd  strangle  himself  or  set 
the  hotel  on  fire.  I  have  a  horror  of  fire.  That's  one 
reason  I'll  never  be  cremated  if  I  can  help  it.  Ethyl 
says  I  can't,  and  my  relatives  will  burn  me  to  a 
dead  certainty  to  make  sure  of  my  money.  The  way 
that    girl    talks    is   just  perfectly  dreadful. 

When  she  came  back  with  the  bride,  she  said 
they  had  a  lovely  time,  and  fixed  it  up  to  serve 
papers  on  the  bridegroom  if  he  cuts  up  any  more 
capers.  Ethyl  has  been  in  the  divorce  court  four 
times  already,  and  isn't  sure  but  she'll  break  the 
record  before  she's  thirty.    Oh,  mercy! 

She  says  if  she  married  a  man  for  real,  deep-down, 
true  love — whatever  that  is^she  might  stand  his 
bullying  for  three  months  or  so,  or  eveu  a  few 
weeks  longer.  But  under  ordinary  circumstances, 
she'd  "chuck  the  lariat  over  his  head  right  away, 
and  yank  him  into  the  bull  ring  for  Judge  Graham 
to  tag."  Heavens!  Such  expressions!  Where  on 
earth  does  she  get  them?  And  she  a  graduate  of 
old   Miss   Polishem's   fashionable  school,    too. 

Land's  sake,  I  had  no  idea  the  way  women  dress 
at  all  those  fashionable  resorts  I've  visited  iu  the 
last  few  weeks.  My  I  Their  husbands  must  own 
gold  mines  or  be  Uncle  Sam's  partners  in  the  U.  S. 
mint.  I  nearly  fell  off  my  chair  one  evening  when 
young  Mrs.  Olive  Branch  came  into  the  dining  room 
in  a  cerise  dress,  slashed  up  and  slashed  down. 
Goodness  me !  There  was  more  slashes  than  silk. 
My  eyes  blinked  like  they  do  at  one  of  them  motion 
picture  shows,  when  I  actually  saw  her  silk  stock- 
ings most  to  her  knee,  through  the  slit  in  the  skirt. 
'  'Doesn't  she  look  perfectly  stunning?' '  Ethly  said 
to  me,  and  if  anybody  was  stunned  worse  than  my- 
self they  would  have  to  be  taken  off  in  an  ambu- 
lance. Ethyl  said  she'd  get  a  dress  just  like  it,  only 
she'd  have  it  a  little  lower  on  top.  Mercy  me  1  If 
she  does,  I'd  like  to  be  around  and  see  how  she  ever 
gets  into  it.  She  might  as  well  get  into  a  pocket 
handkerchief.  I  told  Ethyl  if  I  had  the  making  of  the 
laws,  I'd  draw  the  line  at  dresses  that  expose  your 
ankles.  She  called  me  a  cruel  old  wretch,  and  said 
I'd  be  lynched  and  deserve  it,  for  making  the  world 
hideous  and  throwing  all  the  poor  silk  weavers  out 
of  work.  It's  people  like  me,  she  said,  cause  bloody 
revolutions.  Goodness  me,  what  an  age  we  live  in. 
It's    perfectly   dreadful. 

TABITHA   TWIGGS. 


LEFT  SHREVE  &  CO. 


Weil-Known     Business     Men     Form     an     Important 
Jewelry  Firm. 

George  R.  Shreve,  who  has  been  identified  with 
the  corporation  of  Shreve  &  Company  for  thirty 
years,  has  severed  his  connection  with  the  well- 
known  business  house  and  identified  himself  with 
Treat  &  Eacret,  jewelers  and  silversmiths,  at  13G 
Geary    street. 

Both  George  Shreve  and  Walter  Treat  were  in 
the  old  firm  of  Shreve  &  Co,  for  many  years,  Mr. 
Shreve  as  President  for  fifteen  years.  Mr.  Treat 
was  with   the   firm  for   twenty-three   years. 

The  new  corporation  will  no  doubt  be  a  strong 
one,  following  in  the  same  line  as  the  old  firm,  orig- 
inally established  by  George  C.  Shreve,  the  father  of 
George. 


George  R.  Shreve 

Having  severed  his  connection  with 

Shreve  and  Co.,   announces  that  he 

is  now  associated  with 

TREAT  &  EACRET 

Jewelers  and  Silversmiths 

*     136    GEARY    STREET 


He  asked  a  maiden  for  her  hand. 

The  maid,  unruffled,  calm, 
Merely  replied  to  his  demand: 

"You   carry   off   the  palm." 

♦ 

DON'T  FORGET  THIS  when  packing 
your  suit-case  for  a  week-end  in  the  country. 
A  box  of  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  delicious  candies. 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  tn  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


LADIES'  GOWNS  and  FANCY 
COSTUMES 


420:SUTTER  STREET.  NEAR  STOCKTON. 
Phone  DOUGLAS  4964 


■  AN    FRANCISCO.     CAL. 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 

Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house,  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such 
a  house  is  the  John  O.  Bellis  [Silverware 
Factory,  328  Post  street,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup 
plied  at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi 
nent  families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

For  staple  goods,  such  as  toilet  articles, 
tableware,  etc.,  this  firm  cannot  be  sur- 
passed on  the  Pacific  Coast,  while  their 
trophy  cups  and  presentation  pieces  made 
to  order  are  without  peers.  A  visit  of  iu 
spection  at  328  Post  St.  (Union  Square)  is 
invited. 


PATRICK    &    CO. 

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THE  wedding  of  Miss  Jenuie  Crocker  and  Mal- 
colm Douglas  Whitman  on  Tuesday,  at  St. 
Matthew  b  Church,  San  Mateo,  transcended 
in  Interest  any  inarriuge  in  California  Bince  tha 
late  Hermann  Oelrichs  earns  from  New  York  i" 
claim  Tesaie  Pair  as  his  bride,  or  since  Sir  Thumas 
Ih-sk.th  sailed  Into  San  EranoiBco  liny  in  his  yacht 
and  espoused  Flora  Sharun,  daughter  of  United 
States   Senator  William  Sharun. 

Miss   Crocker  made  u   very   attractive   bride  iu  a 

w lorful    creation    of    white    oharmeuse    and    rose 

point.  It  is  quite  a  coincidence  that  Miss  Crocker 
should  have  been  bridesmaid  six  years  ago  at  Mr. 
Whitman's    first    wedding,    when    lie    married    Janettn 

McCook,    11    11  i i'   the    Charles    li.    Alexanders   of 

New  York.  The  first  Mrs.  Whitman  died  a  couple 
Of  years  ago,  and  the  widower's  two  little  daughters 
came  out  hire  fur  the  wedding  with  the  Alexanders. 
With  tin-  two  little  Burton  Hnrrison  girls,  the 
motherless  nieces  of  Tuesday's  bride,  the  little 
visitors   were    Die    recipients  of  much   attention. 

Mrs.  Whitman  (nee  Crocker)  is -devoted  to  chil- 
dren, and  has  practically  reared  her  dead  sister's 
little  girls  since  their  talented  father,  Congressman 
Francis  Burton  Harrison  of  New  York,  has  married 
a  second  time.  Mr.  Whitman,  who  has  won  the 
hand  and  heart  of  our  California  ten-milliun-dollar 
heiress,  is  a  Harvard  graduate,  and  while  not  in  the 
millionaire  class  by  any  means,  is  not  at  all  poor. 
It  has  been  commented  on  freely  in  the  newspapers 
that  he  kept  the  tennis  championship  of  America 
fur  a  number  of  years.  He  visited^  California  seven 
Or  eight  years  ago,  and  took  part  in  a  tennis  tour- 
nament  at   Del    Monte,    defeating  the  Hardy   boys 

Since  his  recent  return  to  become  the  husband  of 
Miss  Croeker,  he  has  played  several  sets  at  both 
l  he    Burlingame   and   California    clubs. 

The  matron  of  honor  at  Miss  Crocker's  wedding 
was  Mrs.  Walter  S.  Martin,  the  intimate  friend  of 
the  bride's  sister,  and  who  was  with  her  on  the 
fateful  day  when  Mrs.  Burton  Harrison  was  killed  in 
an  automobile  accident   in  the  East. 

The  quartet  of  bridesmaids  consisted  of  Miss  Har 
riett  Alexander  and  Miss  Janetta  Alexander,  cousins 
of  the  bride,  Miss  Juliai  Langhorne  and  Miss  Mar- 
jorie  Jusselyn.  These  girls  were  attired  in  gowns 
of  white  satin  similar  to  the  one  worn  by  Mrs.  Wal- 
ter Martin,  but  embellished  with  girdles  of  tur- 
quoise blue  satin,  instead  of  a  touch  of  black  at 
the  shoulder.  The  bridesmaids'  gowns  were  made 
witli    the    semi-flounce    effect    and    trimmed   with    lace. 

In  returning  from  the  altar,  the  bridesmaids  walk- 
ed two  and  two  after  the  bride  and  bridegroom 
and  the  matron  of  honor,  who  was  escorted  by  the 
best   man,    Harold  Fitzgerald  of  New   York. 

The  ushers  at  this  elaborate  and  now  famous 
wedding  were  D.  F.  Webster  of  New  York,  C.  F. 
Sheafe  Jr.  of  New  York,  Frank  Crocker,  a  cousin 
of   the  bride,    and  Oscar  Cooper  of  San  Francisco. 

The  bride  was  given  into  the  keeping  of  the 
bridegroom  by  her  brother,  Templeton  Crocker,  with 
whom  she  and  her  husband  will  sail  on  July  26th 
to  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  where  they  will  stop  at 
the  great  plantation  of  Mr.  Templeton  Crocker's 
father-in-law,    Mr.    William    Irwin. 

Meantime  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitman  will  enjoy  their 
honeymoon  at  the  McCloud  River  Country  Club, 
which  they  have  rented,  and  which  is  an  ideal  spot 
for  love  and  sport,  both  of  which  interest  the  happy 
couple. 

Following  is  the  list  of  well-known  people  who 
were    invited    to    Miss    Crocker's   wedding: 


Mr.  and  Mrs  W.  H.  Crocker,  Henry  Orookor, 
Charles  i  !■■..!  ,  .     r,  ,1,1,1,1,,,,   Crocker. 

Mr.  and  Mi-  Charles  ".  Alexander,  Worthington 
Ames.  Ettore  Avemili,  Lorenzo  Avenuli,  Horrj  Bah- 
cock,  Ward  Barron,  Hording  Blanding,  William  B. 
Bourn,  George  Cndwalodi  -.  Horace  Blanchard  ChaBe, 
Arthur  Chesebrougjh,  Oscar'  Cooper,  Charles  Temple 
ton  Crocker,  Morris  Davis,  Albert  Dibhlee,  Hasketh 
Derby,  Joseph  L.  Donohue,  Willard  Drown,  William 
Duncan,  Henry  Foster  Dutton,  S.  W.  Earle,  Thomas 
Eastland,  Ansel  Boston,  Charles  1'.  Eel  Is,  Edward 
Byre,  Perry  Eyre,  James  L.  Flood,  James  A.  Folger, 
Alfred  Ford,  Richard  Girvin,  Charles  Green,  Bldridge 
Green,  <  'hristian  de  Guighd,  Lawrence  Harris,  Dow* 
nev  .1.  Harvey,  Robin  Uayne,  l».  Hewitt,  William  c,. 
Hitchcock,  Louis  Hobart,  F.  W.  Hobbs,  E.  W.  Hop- 
kins, Sniiiuel  Hopkins,  Timothy  Hopkins,  George  H. 
Howard,    Charles    II.    Josselyn,    Henry    Kiersted,    Sam- 


MRS.   EDWIN  POHLMANN    (nee   Sherman) 

Whose    honeymoon    ended    so    tragically    in   the 
recent  railroad  disaster   near  Chicago. 

u el  Knight,  James  P.  Lgpgfiorne,  Norman  Livermoro, 
Alexander  S.  Lilley,  Walter  S.  Martin,  Athol  Me 
Bean,  Latham  McMullin,  Frederick  McNear,  S.  F.  B. 
Morse,  William  W.  Morrow,  Daniel  Murphy,  Eugene 
Murphy,  William  Ford  Nichols,  Robert  Oxnard,  Ira 
Pierce,  Horace  D.  Pillsbury,  Willis  Polk,  Hairy 
Poett,  George  A.  Pope,  Orville  Pratt,  Gerald  Rath 
bone.  Alexander  B.  Rutlierford,  Laurance  Irving 
Scott,  Frederick  W.  Sharon,  H.  McD.  Spencer,  Augus- 
tus Taylor,  W.  Hinckley  Taylor,  Wm.  H.  Taylor  Jr., 
Julian"  ihorn,  Joseph  S.  Tobin,  William  C.  Von 
Fleet,  Cyrus  Walker,  Edwin  S.  Webster,  William 
Whitman,  Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler,  Mountford  Wilson, 
L.  L.  Wormley,   Baron  and  Baroness  von   Schroeder. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Shreve,  B.  B.  Cutter,  F. 
Beaver,  Thomas  Breeze,  Frederick  King,  Homer 
King,  E,  J.  McCutcheon,  Talbot  walker,  Hayes 
Smith. 

Mesdames  Phoebe  Hearst,  Charles  O.  Alexander, 
Edward  Baron,  M.  E.  BuIIard,  James  Cunningham, 
Joseph  T.  Crockett,  Bislmrd  Clover,  Eleanor  Martin, 
James  Robinson,  Henry  William,  Russell  Wilson, 
Sarah    Stetson    WinslOW. 

Misses  Jennie  Blair,  Jane  Bullard,  Helen  Chese- 
brough,  Edith  Chesebroush,  Ethel  Crocker,  Helen 
Crocker,  Crosby,  Eudora  Clover,  Ysonel  Chase,  Gen- 
evieve   Cunningham,    Evelyn    Cunningham,    Katherim- 


I' 'me,     Jennie     Eastun,     Louise     BaatOn,     Cora    .lane 

Flood,   Augusta   Foute,   Alice   Hager,  Jennie    Honker, 

Ethel     llaveineyer,     Vera     HllvelneVer,     Genevieve     Kill-, 

Hazel  King,  Sara  Moore,  Ella  Morgan,  Sallie  Maj 
nord,  Marian  Miller,  Marian  Newliali,  Celio  O'Con- 
nor, Cornelia  O'Connor,  Janel  von  Schroeder,  Mabel 
Webster,  Polly  Webster,  Frances  Webster,  Mabel 
Whitman,  Marian  Zcilo,  Ruth  Zeile,  Enid  Gregg, 
Ethel  Gregg,  Marian  Croeker,  Dorothy  Baker,  Edith 
Cutter,    Alice    Grimes,    Alice    Owens,    Ruth    Winslow. 

Rev.    Edward    Morgan,    Bishup  Furd    Nichols. 

Messrs.  Gordon  Aruisby,  Gordon  Armsby,  Judge 
J.  V.  Coffey,  Charles  Freeborn,  Felton  Elkins,  Bar- 
nard Ford,  Edward  M.  Greenway,  Jerome  Hart, 
Duane  Hopkins,  Dr.  Morris  llerlzstein,  Stuart  Low 
ery,  Bertram  Lord,  Knox  Maddox,  William  11.  New- 
hall,  Richard  Pease,  J.  M.  Quay,  Ralph  Rainsford, 
Tracy  Russell,  Harry  Scott,  Prescott  Scott,  Henry 
T.    Scott,    Lieutenant    Wilsun,    Eric    Wolsetey,    Arthur 

Foster,    Elliott    McAllister,   Hall   McAllister. 


Reception  in  de  Sabla  Tea  Garden. 

A  reception  was  tendered  Mrs.  Philip  Carpenter 
of  New  York  and  fifty  other  delegates  on  Saturday, 
ihe  scene  being  the  tea  gurdeu  of  the  Eugene  de 
Sabla  Estate.  The  President  of  the  San  Francisco 
district,  Mrs.  Percy  Shumun,  assisted  by  Mrs.  Chas. 
E.  Green,  Mrs.  Chas.  F.  McCarthy  and  Mrs.  George 
C.  Ross,  welcomed  the  guests  at  the  station  and 
conveyed  them  by  motor  car  to  the  Peninsula  Hotel 
and  through  the  beautiful  estates  of  Miss  Jennie 
Crocker,  William  H.  Crocker,  Charles  W.  Clark, 
Henry  P.  Bowie,  Templeton  Crocker,  San  Mateo 
Poto  Cluo   and   the  Burlingame   Club. 

Mrs.  Carpenter,  the  guest  of  honor,  was  formerly 
Miss  Fannie  Rouse,  daughter  of  the  first  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  church  in  San  Mateo,  over  forty 
years  ago.  Among  those  present  were:  Mrs.  Philip 
Carpenter,  Mrs.  Brown,  Mrs,  J.  W.  Orr,  Mrs.  B.  F. 
Waters,  Mrs.  Lovell  White,  Mrs.  Norman  Martin, 
Mrs.  Goddard,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Karns,  Mrs.  A.  A.  Fowler, 
Mrs.  Grimes,  Mrs.  Wallace,  Mrs.  Stemple,  Mrs. 
Mason,  Mrs.  Laura  McBride  Powers,  Mrs.  Francisco, 
Mrs.  F.  Sanborn,  Mrs.  King,  Mrs.  Osborne,  Mrs. 
John  Jury,  Mrs.  Charles  M.  Morse,  Mrs.  James  P. 
Brown,  Mrs.  John  H.  Doane,  Mrs.  S.  D.  Merk,  Mrs. 
Florence  Richmond,  Mrs.  Robert  Potter  Hill,  Mrs. 
Arthur  Cornwall,  Mrs.  "Wallace  Pond,  Mrs.  I.  Low- 
enberg,  Mrs.  Robert  Wallace,  Mrs.  Frona  Wait  Col- 
burn    and  Mrs.    Kathleen   Byrne. 


Friends  of  Mrs.  Cecil  Marrack  will  be  glad  to 
know  of  her  return  to  the  city.  Her  arrival  was 
noted  when  the  Sherman  reached  this  port  from 
Manila.  Mrs.  Marrack  will  live  at  the  Presidio, 
with  her  father,  Colonel  Lee  Febiger,  of  the  United 
States  Army,  who  has  brought,  his  widowed  daughter 
back  to  San  Francisco.  It  is  some  time  since  the 
unfortunate  automobile  accident  at  Ross,  which 
caused  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Cecil  Marrack,  yet  the 
sad  affair  is  still  fresh  in  the  memories  of  those 
who  knew  the  Reverend  gentleman  and  his  wife. 
They  both  commanded  the  love  and  respect  of  a 
long  list  of  friends,  among  whom  the  widow  will 
find  many  warm  hearts  ready  to  greet  her  here 
"at  home." 


Mrs.  C.  E.  Maude,  who  has  been  spending  the 
summer  weeks  at  Del  Monte,  gave  an  attractive 
dinner-dance  at  Pebble  iieach  Lodge  a  short  time 
ago.  It  was  a  novel  affair,  replete  with  interesting 
surprises.  Among  the  guests  who  enjoyed  Mrs. 
Maude's  hospitality  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  JacK  Spreck- 
els,  Mrs.  John  Breckenbridge,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vincent 
Whitney,  Mrs.  Parker  Whitney,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H. 
M.  Spencer,  Miss  Katherine  Redding,  Miss  Elise 
Clark,  Prescott  Scott,  Vincent  Bunker,  Charlie  Cor- 
bet,,   Clinton    la   Montaigne,    Wilberforce   Williams. 


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The  many  friends  of  Cnptain  and  Mrs.  Augustine 
Mclntyre  are  extending  them  hearty  greetings  upon 
their  return  from  the  Philippines.  ivlrs.  Mclntyre 
was  Miss  Jane  Sweigert  of  this  city,  before  her 
marriage. 

Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  is  entertaining  Miss  Janet 
von  Schroeder,  who  will  remain  in  the  city  until 
after  the  Crocker  wedding.  Last  Saturday  evening 
Mrs.  Martin  gave  a  dinner  in  compliment  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Whitman  of  Brookline,  the  parents  of 
Mr.    Malcolm    Whitman,    fiance    of    Miss    Crocker. 

Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker,  the  Misses  Ethel  and 
Helen  and  William  W.  Crocker,  Jr.,  have  returned 
from  abroad  to  attend  the  Crocker  wedding.  At  the 
recent  Derby  meet  in  England,  Mrs.  Crocker  was 
among  the  exclusive  American  set  invited  to  sit 
within    the    King's,   in  closure. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Hayes  Smith  and  son  are 
at   Del    Monte. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clinton  E.  Worden  are  at  Del 
Monte.  Mrs.  A.  'J.  Towne  has  joined  the  Wordens  ■ 
at  this  fashionable  resort- 
Miss  Ha  Biver,  who  is  well  known  in  the  dram- 
atic circles  of  Oakland,  where  her  talent  has  been  so 
efficient  in  the  classical  plays,  has  returned  from 
Silver  City,    New   Mexico.      Miss  Biven   is   exceeding- 


Jules  Restaurant 

Special  Lunches  50c.  or  a  la  Carte 

Ladies'  Grill  and  Rooms  for  Parties 

REGULAR     FRENCH     DINNER     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. 

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Next  to  Palace  Hotel 

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(Formerly  Maison  Tortoni) 

Restaurant  and  Hotel 
NOW  OPEN 

Best  French  Dinner  in  the  City  with  Wine,  $1.00 

Banquet  Halls  and  Private  Dining  Rooms 

Music  Every  Evening 

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ly  popular  among  the  talented  set  in  the  bay  city. 
Miss  Ila's  health  has  improved  wonderfully,  as  her 
rosy  countenance    assures. 

Mr.    and    Mrs.    John    P.    Jackson    sailed 
Tenyo    Maru   Friday,    for    Japan. 


the 


and    her    niece,    Miss    Ethel     Shorh, 
Stockholm     to     enjoy     the     Olympic 


H.    Kreulzman   ana   so 


n   are   touring 


Miss  Wilson 
have  gone  to 
games. 

•Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Holland. 

Miss  Rosina  Nieto  has  been  summering  at  Santa 
Cruz, 

Mrs.  George  E.  Schaefer,  a  charming  bride  from 
Honolulu,  sister  of  Mrs.  J.  Charles  Green,  has 
been   visiting   friends   in    San   Francisco. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Drummond  McGavin  are  attending 
the  Olympiad  in  Stockholm.  The  McGavins  will 
remain  at  their  home  in  Spitzenberg,  where  the 
large  mining  interests  of  Mr.  McGavin  are  centered. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clement  Tohin,  Mrs.  Charles  W. 
Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Monteagle  and  their 
two  sons,  Paige  and  Kenneth,  are  among  the  San 
Franciscans    in    Stockholm. 

Mrs.  Kathryn  Spinney  and  her  daughter,  Miss 
Helen    Spinney,    are    in    Pacific    Grove. 

Judge  and  Mrs.  N.  P.  Ohipman  of  Sacramento 
are  visiting  Mrs.  William  Hood  at  her  home  on 
Broadway. 

Mrs.  Albert  Niblack,  wife  of  the  American  at 
tache  to  Berlin,  left  San  Francisco  Thursday  to  join 
her  husband,  Commander  Niblack,  TJ.  S.  N.  Mrs. 
Niblack   was    formerly    Miss    Mary    Harrington. 

Mrs.  William  Leahy,  wife  of  Commander  Leahy, 
V.   S.   N.,  is  in   San   Francisco  visiting  her  mother. 

Mrs     California      Newton     and  daughter,     Miss 

Suzette,  are  at  their  summer  home  on  the  Russian 
river.  Miss  Newton  is  exceedingly  popular  among 
the  younger  set  and  the  Newton  home  is  always  a 
chosen  rendezvous  for  the  merry  young  people. 


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[Saturday,  July  20,  1912. 


"The  Mikado"  at  the  Cort. 

AT  THE  Cort  Theater,  beginning  Sunday 
evening,  the  New  York  Casino  Star 
Cast,  which  includes  De  Wolf  Hopper, 
Blanche  Duffield,  Eugene  Cowles,  George  Mac- 
Failane,  Kate  Condon,  Arthur  Aldridge,  Viola 
Gillette,  Arthur  Cunningham,  Aliee  Brady  and 
Louise  Barthel,  are  to  commence  their  long- 
heralded  season,  limited  to  four  weeks,  of 
revivals  of  Gilber  &  Sullivan's  most  popular 
works,  with  an  elaborate  production  of  "The 
Mikado'1  the  bill  for  the  entire  first  week. 

It  was  two  years  ago  that  Messrs.  Shubert 
and  vVilliam  A.  Brady,  with  so  many  well- 
known  musical  stars  at  their  disposal,  came 
to  the  conclusion  that  time  was  ripe  for  a 
revival  of  those  Gilbert  &  Sullivan  operettas, 
which  had  come  to  be  regarded  as  classics, 
was  imminent,  provided  they  were  properly 
cast  and  presented,  with  that  same  religious 
adherence  to  the  traditions  laid  down  by  the 
authorities  themselves  in  their  first  produc- 
tion. That  these  managers  reckoned  well  is 
a  matter  of  record,  as  with  every  revival  was 
established  the  fact  that  the  wit  and  satire 
of  Gilbert  and  the  melodic  charm  and  vivacity 
of  Sullivan 's  music  still  preserved  their  po- 
tency to  the  fullest  degree,  just  the  same  as 
they  did  twenty-five  years  ago,  when  they 
were  the  joy  and  pride  of  two  nations. 


Standing  Room  at  Pantages. 

BREATHING  room  only  is  in  demand  at 
the  Pantages  Theater  this  week,  so  great 
is  the  interest  taken  in  the  thirteen 
spirited  rounds  of  the  Wolgast-Rivers  contest 
of  the  Fourth  of  July,  faithfully  reproduced 
in  motion  pictures,  and  the  uniformly  excel 
lent  vaudeville  entertainment,  including  "A 
Night  in  the  Edelweiss,"  a  jolly  singing  and 
dancing  interlude,  with  ten  clever  musical 
comedians;  Clark  and  Verdi,  the  very  original 
and  amusing  Italian  comedians;  Bond  Morse, 
the  droll  "Man  from  Nowhere";  Carl  Rosine, 
in  his  mystifying  magical  exhibition,'  and 
other   good   features. 

On  Sunday  there  will  be  the  usual  change 
yf  bill,  one  of  the  many  features  being  Jules 
B.  Simon's  Seven  Aviator  Girls,  nifty  singers 
and  dainty  dancers,  headed  by  Miss  Carlie 
Lowe,  well  known  in  musical  comedy  circles 
"Happy's  Millions"  is  the  title  of  a  bright 
little  sketch  to  be  presented  by  William  Mor 
row,  Donna  Harrie  and  their  tiny  company, 
and  said  to  abound  in  cleverness  from  begin- 
ning to  end.  A  feature  of  especial  interest  to 
San  Francisco  will  be  the  first  appearance  up- 
onthe  vaudeville  stage  of  Estelle  Allison 
well    known    in    local    society    circles,    and    an 


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Last  Time  Tonight 

Paul  J.   Rainey's 

AFRICAN   HUNT    PICTURES. 


Beginning  Tomorrow    (Sunday)    Night 
THE   NEW   YORK    CASINO   STAR   CAST: 
De  Wolf  Hopper 
Blanche   Dufneld  Geo.    MpcFarlane 

Kate   Condon  Arthur   Ald"idge 

Viola    Gillette  Arthur   Cunningham 

Alice  Brady  Louise  Barthel 

Eugene    Cowles 
In    a    Revival    Festival    of 
GILBERT  &  SULLIVAN'S 
Greatest    Comic    Operas, 
Presenting  for  the  First   Week 

"THE  MIKADO" 

2nd  Week— "H.  M.  S.  Pinafore,"  with  Produc- 
tions of  Patience  and  '  'The  Pirates  of  Pen- 
zance"    to    follow. 


Prices — 50c.    to    $2.00. 


actress  of  unusual  ability.  She  will  present 
her  own  musical  problem  playlet,  "The  Ques- 
tion," staged  in  splendid  style  with  beauti- 
ful scenic  accessories,  and  with  most  capable 
support.      "The    Question"    is    expected    to 


PRESS  WOODRUFF. 

An    apostle    of    mirth    and    a    banisher    of    sad- 
ness. 

c-eate  something  of  a  sensation,  as  it  is  very 
out  of  the  ordinary.  Another  feature  that 
the  Pantages  management  points  to  with  pride 
;s  the  first  American  appearance  of  Lucia 
Lottie    Collins,    the    famous    English    singing 


CYRUS  BROWNLEE  NEWTON. 

Partner    of    Press    Woodruff    on    a    tour    of    the 
Pacific  Coast. 

comedienne,  and  daughter  of  Lottie  Collins, 
who  brought  the  success  "Ta-ra-ra-boom- 
de-ayJJ  to  America  ana  first  made  that  song 
famous  in  this  country.  Miss  Collins  does 
not  have  to  depend  upon  her  mother's  reputa- 


tion, however,  as  she  is  an  artist  of  recogniz- 
ed ability  and  has  made  great  hits  in  the  prin- 
cipal English  and  Australian  music  halls. 
Many  hearty  laughs  should  be  provided  by 
Si  Jenks,  late  of  the  "Get-Rich-Quick  Wal- 
lingford"  company,  and  a  Yankee  monologuist 
of  hilarious  reputation.  Max  Witt's  "Four 
Harmonious  Girls,"  dainty  and  pretty  singers 
and  instrumentalists,  will  present  a  charming 
act  that  is  beautifully  staged  and  costumed, 
and  the  Ausonia  Trio,  Olympic  gladiators,  will 
furnish  the  dumb  portion  of  the  program  with 
a  sensational  Herculean  performance.  Sun- 
light Pictures,  showing  several  surprises,  will 
complete   a  varied  and  entertaining  bill. 

At  the  Orpheum. 

THERE  will  be  seven  new  acts  in  next 
week's  bill,  and  chief  anrong  them  will 
be  "The  Drums  of  Oude, "  a  one-act 
drama,  produced  and  presented  by  David  Be- 
lasco.  Its  author  is  Austin  Strong,  and  it 
packed  the  Duke  of  York  Theater,  London,  for 
two  years.  The  Chicago  press  unanimously 
pronounced  "The  Drums  of  Oude"  a  positive 
dramatic  success,  and  the  Morning  American 
in  that  city  of  May  10th  of  this  year  said: 
"Vaudeville  these  'Says  is  more  than  merely 
interesting,  it  is  important.  'When  David 
Belasco  trains  his  stage  genius  upon  the  little 
brother  of  the  legitimate,  calls  to  his  aid  play- 
ers rich  in  power  and  understanding,  imports 
his  properties  from  India,  and  gives  us  a 
drama  like  "The  Drums  of  Oude,"  whicn 
leaves  the  aiiditor  in  a  quiver  and  sends  him 
forth  awed  and  spellbound,  then  this  1912 
kind  of  vaudeville  must  be  reckoned  with 
seriously.  Vaudeville  has  never  known  so  per 
feet,  so  artistic,  so  faithful  and  so  compelling 
an  act.  The  daring  of  the  expert  makes  it 
striking  in  its  departure.  The  scene  of  the 
drama  takes  place  in  the  tower  of  an  ancient 
palace  in  India,  where  a  few  British  soldiers, 
with  their  women  folks,  are  preparing  for  the 


Cr-ARRtYA.  bet.STOCWON  &•  POiNtVA. 

SAFEST    AND    MOST    MAGNIFICENT    THEATEK 
IN  AMERICA. 

WEEK  BEGINNING  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 
Matinee  Every  Day 
A  GREAT  NEW  SHOW  I 
"THE  DRUMS  OF  OUDE,"  a  one-act  drama,  pre- 
sented by  Austin  Strong  and  produced  by  DAVID 
HELAS.rO ;  LEW  SULLY,  the  Popular  Minstrel; 
FOUR  FLORIMONDS,  Jugglers  on  Free  Ladders; 
STEIN,  HUME  and  THOMAS;  SEALBY  &  DUC 
LOS:  BERT  TERRELL;  EUGENE  TRIO;  NEW 
DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  week  of 
MAY'  TULLY  &  CO.,  in  "THE  BATTLE  CRY  OF 
FREEDOM." 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Box  Sents,  $1 
Mnlinee    Prices     (Except    Sundays    and    Holidsysf 
10c,    25c.    50e. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  C  1670 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week  of  Sunday,  July  21. 
7  AVIATOR  GIRLS 
with    CHARLIE    LOWE:    WILLIAM    MORROW    Ss 
CO.,     presenting     "Happy's     Millions;"     AUSONIA 
TRIO,     Olympic    Gladiators;     ESTELLE     ALLISON 
&    CO.,    in    her    musical    playlet,    "The    Question:'1 
LUCIA    LOTTIE    COLLINS,    English    Singing    Com- 
edienne;   SI  JENKS,  Y'ankee  Comedian;   Max  Witt's 
4    HARMONIOUS    GIRLS;    SUNLIGHT    PICTURES, 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights, 
Continuous  from   6:30. 


Prices — 10c,    20c    and    80c 


Saturday,  July  20,  1912.] 


THE  WASP 


25 


i ing  of  the  Sepoye.     Ae  waa  the  case  all 

over  India  daring  this  terrible  period  of  Brit 
ish  history,  the  Sepoys  have  taken  advai 
at  il"'  absence  of  the  regiment   usually   Bta 

tiniu'il    ;il    tin'   garrison,    ;iud    imk-ss    it    ri'turns 

in  time  tiii'ir  i-  imt  one  thing  left  for  the  be- 
seiged  soldiers  to  do,  and  thai  is  to  blow  up 
tin-  powder  magazine  beneath  their  feet  and 
thus  save  the  women  from  the  unspeakable 
fata  which  will  bo  theirs  if  they  fall  iuto  the 
bands  of  the  fanatical  and  barbarous  Hindu 
stani.  The  story  is  weirdly  thrilling,  ami  every 

t mi'ii!   i>  tense  with  dramatic  suspense,  and 

when  tin'  climax  i tea  with  one  of  the  most 

impressive  battle  scones  ever  created  by  the 
masterly  combination  of  artistically  usedstage 
effects  an. I  the  power  of  suggestion,  an 
appeal  is  made  to  the  enthusiasm  of  the  audi 
.■mo  that  ii  finds  it  impossible  to  resist.  Tito 
cast  includes  E.  J.  Bateliffe,  one  of  the  finest 
leading  acinrs  on  the  American  stage,  Jach 
Standing,  Harry  Hose,  John  Thomson,  W.  n. 
Phillips,  II.  II.  McCoUum  and  Eleanor  Scott 
I  'Estelle. 

Lew  Sully,  the  popular  minstrel,  will  appear 
in  an  original  conceit  entitled  "Feminine 
Pads,"  in  which  he  will  introduce  his  famous 
burlesque  of  Alice  Lloyd. 

The  Four  Florimonds,  a  family  of  foreign 
equilibrists  and  jugglers  on  the  free  ladders, 
will   make   their  first   appearance  here. 

Stein.  Hume  and  Thomas,  who  style  them- 
selves "The  Melodious  Merry-makers,"  also 
come  next  week.  They  are  a  trio  of  splendid 
soloists,  who  sinji  respectively  tenor,  baritoue 
and  bass.  They  are  also  clever  comedians, 
and  their  travesty  on  "II  Trovatore"  fur- 
nishes a  laughable  finale  to  their  act. 

Mademoiselle  Sealby  and  Monsieur  Duclns, 
two   fatuous  French  dancers  and  the  creators 


Market  Street  Stables 


New  Clasa  A  concrete  building,  recreation 
yard,  pure  air  and  sunshine.  Horses 
boarded  $25  per  month,  box  stalls  $30 
per  month.  LIVERY.  Business  and 
park  rijrs  and  Baddle  horses. 


C.  B.  DREW,  Prop. 

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PHONE   PAEK  263. 


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Special  attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

ESTABLISHED    1876. 

THOMAS  MORTON  &  SON 

Importers  and  Daalcm  in 

COAL 

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Phone  Franklin    897. 


of  the  "No  Clasp   Waltz,'1  will  be  seen  for 
tin-   first    time   in    this  city.     Their  dancing  is 
described  as  the  perfection  of  grace  and    > 
elty. 

Bert  Terrell,  the  Dutch  character  vocalist, 
will  also  appear.  lie  has  two  voices,  and  is 
thus  equipped  for  a  little  grand  opera  all  by 
himself. 

The  Eugene  Trio,  ih.ring  and  clever  gym- 
nasts, will  contribute  a  comedy  bar  acl  which 
is  remarkable  for  it s  speed  and  originality. 

May  Tully  will  have  the  distinction  of  being 
the  only  holdover,  anu  will  repeal  her  Reno, 
Ne\  ada,  divorce  skit.  "The  Battle  Cry  >>t 
Freedom,      which  is  scoring  a  tremendous  hit. 


THE  i  elcbrated  Mountain  Ash  Welsh  I  Shoir, 
recently  iippranng  at  tlio  Orpheum,  are 
rehearsing  Dr.  11.  J.  Stewart 's  prize 
composition,  "Tin-  s.>ng  of  the  Camp,"  and 
will  shortly  produce  it.  Mr.  Glyndur  Rich- 
ards, the  conductor,  is  enthusiastic  in  praise 
of  the  work.  The  first  local  performance  of 
"The  Song  of  the  Camp"  will  be  by  the 
Luring  Club,  in  Oetober. 


Players'  Club. 
At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Players'  Club  the 
following  members  were  elected  as  I  lie  powers  to 
guide  executive  work:  Reginald  Trovers.  Director; 
Arthur  J,  Owen,  President;  L.  H.  Daurauer,  First 
Vice-President ;  Mrs.  0.  A.  Meusdorffer,  Second 
Vice-President ;  K:  S:  Knudson,  Secretary;  Mrs. 
Jeannette  Alferitz,  Treasurer;  Mrs.  U.  Grunt  Burt- 
lett,  Assistant.  The  Players.'  Club  is  organized  for 
the  purpose  of  producing  legitimate  drama,  and  the 
splendid  work  of  the  past  year  bespeaks  further 
triumphs.  It  has  the  encouragement  and  support 
<>i"  many  prominent  society  lenders,  writers  and  lead- 
ing musicians.  Among  those  interested  in  the  Play- 
ers.' Club  are  Mrs.  Phoebe  Hearst,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Mar- 
tin, A.  W.  Scott  Jr.,  George  H.  Hooks,  Mrs.  James 
Rolph  Jr.,  Mrs.  Peter  Cook,  Mrs.  James  C.  Jor- 
dan, E.  P.  Heald,  Dr.  P.  A.  Bill,  Mrs.  I.  Magnin, 
Mrs.  Ella  Sexton,  Daniel  O'Connell,  Mrs.  A.  V. 
Baker,  Mrs.  C.  Paul  Haag,  and  Mrs.  R.  H.  Postle- 
thwaite.  The  first  performance  for  associate  mem 
bers  will  be  given  by  the  Players'  Club  in  October. 
The  play,  by  a  well-known  author,  will  be  new  to 
San  Francisco,  and  in  its  production  the  full  strength 
of    the    club    will    bo    required. 


FINANCIAL. 

(Continued  from  page   19.) 

Better  Feeling  Prevails. 

Every  day  finds  the  feeling  growing  strong- 
er that  we  are  on  the  eve  of  a  period  of  great 
prosperity  in  San  Francisco.  Pacific  Gas  and 
Electric  jumped  to  65%  from  61%  this  week 
on  a  ninety-day  transaction.  Giant  Powder 
stock  sold  this  week  at  100,  establishing  a 
high  record  in  price.  Hawaiian  Commercial 
was  raised  to  44  on  Wednesday,  but  no  offers 
to  sell  at  that  figure  were  received. 

The  real  estate  market  is  feeling  the  effect 
of  the  hopeful  spirit  prevailing  in  all  lines. 
Several  important  deals  are  under  considera- 
tion. Building  operations  are  .remarkably 
active. 

THOUGHTLESSNESS 

Means  spendthrifts,  dependence,  disasters,  dis- 
appointments. Better  join  the  ranks  of  the 
careful  saver  in  the  Continental  Building  and 
Loan   Association. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

EDWARD    SWEENEY,    President. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Franciscu. — Dept.    No.    5. 

EUGENE  .J.  CRELLER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persona 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop 
erty  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.Defend- 
ants. — Action    No.    32.212. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
suns  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  EUGENE  O.  CRULLER,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  monthB  after  the  first  publi- 
cation  of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  ol 
California,    and    particularly   described   as    follows: 

FIRST :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly 
line  of  Oak  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
ten  (110)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Oak  Street 
with  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street,  and  running 
thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of  Oak  Street 
twenty-seven  (27)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  huudred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet  to  the  southerly  line  of  Hickory  Avenue;  thence 
westerly  along  said  line  of  Hickory  Avenue  twenty 
seven  (27)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WEST 
ERN    ADDITION    BLOCK    Number    147. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly 
line  of  Pine  Street,  distant  thereon  thirty  (30)  feet 
easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection 
of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  with  the  easier 
ly  line  of  Presidio  Avenue,  and  running  thence  east 
erty  and  along  said  line  of  Pine  Street  thirty-One 
(31)  feet,  five  (5)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  eighty- seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6  inches 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty-one  (31 ) 
feet,  five  (5 )  inches ;  and  thence  nt  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  I" 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION    BLOCK    Number    620. 

THIRD:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northwest- 
erly line  of  Howard  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hun- 
dred and  twenty- five  (225)  feet  southwesterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  north 
westerly  line  of  Howard  Street  with  the  southwest- 
erly line  of  Sixth  Street,  and  running  thence  south- 
westerly and  along  said  line  of  Howard  Street  fifty 
(50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly 
ninety  (90)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northeast- 
erly fifty  (50 1  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southeasterly  ninety  (90)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning. 

FOURTH :  Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Union 
Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Polk  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Polk 
Street  thirty  (30)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  seventy  (70)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Union  Street;  and  thence  easterly  and  along  said 
line  of  Union  Street  Beventy  (70)  feet  to  the  point 
«f  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 
BLOCK    Number    46. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff 
recover  his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further   relief  as   may  be   meet   in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
10th  day  of  May,  A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  18th  day  of  May, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter 
est  in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
liff: 

MOSES  ELLIS',   JR.,  Framingham,   Massachusetts. 

KATE    ELLIS,    Framingham,    Massachusetts. 

MARTHA    E.   BEAN,    Framingham,    Massachusetts. 

MARY    F.    ELLIS,    Framingham,    Massachusetts. 

GRACE     E.     HALL,     Chicago,     Illinois. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco.  GARRET  W. 
McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTICK,  of  Coun- 
sel. 


For  Health,  Strength 

DAMIAINA  BITTERS 

Naber,   Alfs  &  Brune,  Agents. 
635  Howard  St.,  opp.  new  Montgomery  St. 


26 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  July  20,  1912. 


NOTICE. 

NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN  THAT  JOHN  C. 
LEMMER  is  transacting  a  general  boiler,  tank  and 
iron  business  in  this  State  under  the  name  of  CALI- 
FORNIA BOILER  WORKS;  that  his  principal  place 
of  business  is  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California;  that  he  is  the  sole  owner  of 
said  business,  and  his  full  name  is  JOHN  C.  LEM- 
MER,  and  he  resides  at  1730  Pierce  Street,  in  the 
Citv  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia JOHN   C.    LEMMER. 

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

On  this  8th  day  of  July,  in  the  year  one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  twelve,  before  me,  Matthew  Brady, 
a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  residing  therein, 
duly  commissioned  and  sworn,  personally  appeared 
JOHN  C.  LEMMER,  known  to  me  to  be  the  person 
whose  name  is  subscribed  to  the  within  instrument, 
and  acknowledged  to  me  that  he  executed  the   same. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  affixed  my  official  seal  at  my  office  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
the  day  and  year  in  this  certificate  first  above  writ- 
ten. 
(SEAL)  MATTHEW  BRADY, 

Notary  Public. 
In  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francis- 
co,   State    of  California. 

VOGELSANG  &  BROWN,  Attorneys  at  Law,  20 
Montgomery   Street,    San  Francisco,  Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

EN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco — Dept.  No.  4. 

GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.   32,371. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica 
tion  of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  ihe 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Calif  or 
nia,    and    pnrHcularly    described    as    follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-one  (31)  feet,  three  (3.j 
inches  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lombard  Street,  and  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Octavia 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK   Number  170. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- wit,  thai 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  Baid 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted ;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights. 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  6r  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liene 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  ray  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
20th  day  of  June,  A.  D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  S.   I.  HUGHES,  Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  vas  made  ii 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  6th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

THE  FRESNO  AND  EASTERN  RAILROAD  COM- 
PANY, a  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  California,  principal  place  of  business 
San   Fran ri sco,    Calif  "rL.ia. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Directors  held  on  the  1st  day  of  July,  1912,  an  as- 
sessment of  thirty  (30  cents  a  share  was  levied  on 
the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  on  or 
before  the  fifth  day  of  August,  1912,  to"  the  Treas- 
urer of  this  Company,  at  the  office  of  said  company, 
No.  771  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia; and  that  all  Assessments  upon  this  stock 
that  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  fifth  day  of  August, 
1912,  shall  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, shall  be  sold  on  the  twentieth  day  of  August, 
1912,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment  together 
with  the  cost  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale 
A.  B.  DODD,  Secretary. 
No.  771  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


Poor  Recommendation. 

A  YOUNG  Scotchman  living  in  Loudon 
married  a  beautiful  and  talented  Eng- 
lishwoman, of  whom  he  was  justly 
proud.  Not  long  after  his  marriage  he  went 
co  Scotland  on  a  flying  trip  to  see  an  old 
bachelor  uncle. 

"Weel,  Tammas,  ye  have  gotten  a  wife," 
said  the  old  gentleman,  i '  now  what  can  she 
do,  lad?'' 

' '  Do !  "  echoed  * ( Tammas. ' ' 

' '  Yes,  do, ' '  echoed  the  old  uncle  firmly. 
' '  Can  she  sew  on  your  buttons  an '  make  your 
porriteh  an'  your  scones?'5 

"Oh,  no;  she  doesn't  know  how  to  do  those 
things, ' '  said  Tammas.  ' '  But  she  has  the 
loveliest  voice  that  ever  you  heard.  She's  a 
grand  singer." 

"Hout,  mon!"  cried  his  uncle,  indignantly. 
"Could  you  nae  get  a.  canary  in  Lunnoni" — 
Youths'  Companion. 


SUMMONS. 


THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

JOSEPH  G.  McVERRY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erly herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,432. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  iu,  or  lieu  upon, 
the  real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of   Defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  JOSEPH  C.  McVERRY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
cerest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,  and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  northerly  line  of  Lawton  (formerly  "L"  ) 
Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Eleventh  Avenue, 
and  running  thence  westerly  and  along  said  line  of 
Lawton  Street  two  hundred  and  forty  (240)  feel 
to  the  easterly  line  of  Twelfth  Avenue;  thence  north- 
erly along  said  line  of  Twelfth  Avenue  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (6'  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty  "(120  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  twelve  (12)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Elev- 
enth Avenue;  and  thence  southerly  and  along  said 
line  of  Eleventh  Avenue  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  OUTSIDE 
LAND    BLOCK    Number    779. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  thai 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interest  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover 
his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further 
relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this   9th  dav  of  July,    A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wtsp"  newspaper  ou  the  20th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 


DR.  WONG  HIM 

HERB  CO. 

Established    1872 
Our  wonderful 

herb  treatment  will 
positively  cure  dis- 
eases of  the  Throat, 
Heart,  Liver,  Lungs, 
Stomach,  Kidneys, 

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Cough,  Piles,  Consti- 
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Headache,  Lumbago,  Appendicitis,  Rheumatism, 
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Leucorrhoea,  Urine  and  Bladder  Troubles,  Dia- 
betes  and   all  organic  diseases. 


PATIENTS   SPEAK  FOR  THEMSELVES. 

Petaluma,  Cal.,  November  11,  1911. — Dr. 
Wong  Him — Dear  Sir:  This  is  to  certify  that 
1  was  sick  for  about  three  years  with  a  compli- 
cation of  troubles  resulting  from  tuberculosis  of 
the  bowels  and  liver  combined  with  tumor  of  the 
stomach.  I  had  been  given  up  by  all  the  doc- 
tors of  Ukiah,  Mendocino  county,  and  three 
prominent  physicians  of  San  Francisco.  They  all 
told  me  that  the  only  chance  to  prolong  my  life 
was  an  operation,  and  that  I  could  not  live  long 
under  any  circumstances.  When  I  began  to  take 
your  treatment  I  weighed  about  75  pounds.  I 
am  now  entirely  recovered  and  weigh  147  pounds, 
more   than   I   ever  weighed   in   my  life. 

I   write   this   acknowledgment   in   gratitude   for 
my   miraculous  recovery,    and    to    proclaim   to    the 
public  your  wonderful  Herb  Treatment,  that  oth 
ers  may  find  help  and  healing.     Gratefully, 
R.  E.  ANGLE, 
419  Third  Street. 
Formerly    of    Ukiah. 

DR.  WONG  HIM 

Leading   Chinese   Herb  Doctor 

1268     O'FARRELL    ST. 

(Between   Gough    and   Octavia) 

SAN    FRANCISCO. 


ORDER    TO    SHOW    CAUSE    AND    FOR    PUBLICA- 
TION FOR  CHANGE    OF  NAME. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  CITY  AND 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. — Dept. 
No.    10. 

IN  THE  MATTER  OF  TREWELLA-KENDALL 
CO.,    a   Corporation. — No.    42,989. 

It  appearing  that  TREWELLA-KENDALL  CO. 
has  filed  an  application  to  this  Court  praying  for  a 
change  of  its  corporate  name  to  TREWELLA- 
TONKIN  CO., 

It  is  therefore  hereby  ordered  that  Tuesday  the  13th 
day  of  August,  1912,  in  the  courtroom  of  Dept.  No. 
Teu  of  said  Court  in  the  New  City  Hall,  No.  1231 
Market  Street,  said  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  at  ten  o'clock  a.  m.  of 
said  day,  are  hereby  fixed  as  the  time  and  place 
for  hearing  said  application,  and  all  persons  inter- 
ested in  said  matter  are  hereby  directed  to  appear 
before  said  Court,  at  said  time  and  place,  to  pre 
sent  any  objections  to  the  said  application,  and  to 
show  cause  why  it  should  not  be  granted;  and  that 
a  copy  of  this  order  to  show  cause  be  published  for 
a  period  of  thirty  days  before  the  said  13th  day  of 
August,  1912,  in  '  'The  Wasp,' '  a  newspaper  of 
general  circulation,  printed  and  published,  in  the  said 
City   and   County. 

Dated,   June  25th,   1912. 

THOS.  F.   GRAHAM, 

Judge  of  said  Superior  Court. 


EYE  TROUBLES  VANISH 

WHEN  USING  MAYERLE'S  GERMAN  EYEWATER  for  weak,  tired,  in-. 
flamed,  dull,  watery,  Btrained  or  discharging  eyes,  floating  spots,  crusty 
eyelids,  etc.  It  gives  instant  relief.  For  infants  or  adults.  At  all  drug- 
gists', 50c;  or  by  mail,  65c. 

GERMAN    OPTICAL   SPECIALIST 

960  Market  Street,  San  Francisco 
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Saturday,  July  20,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


27 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OK  Tilt;  STATE  OF 
California,    in    end    for    the    City    and    Cuuuiy    of    San 

■ 

.  Defendant  - 

The  People  of  the   State  of  California,   to  all  per- 
mits claiming  any   interest   in,  or  lien  upon,    the  real 
property   herein   described  or  any   part   thereof,   De- 
-,    greeting : 
You  are  hereby  required  to  api"  war  the 

UDM  ARD  U  HELE.N 

Bled   with   thi    I 
■ 

■ 
lien,  it  any,  you 
.1  property,  or  any  pari   I 
County   of    San    Vn 

ribed    as 
follows; 

■ 

hundred    and 
corner 
■ 

! •  '■■" 

'i\    "J"  Street  South),  aud  run- 
ning  tu  along  Said   li i 

right    angle 
touihw  hundred   (10fl 

right    M 
a  l    a    ii 

sing;  being  lots  11  and  15, 
n.    l-i. 

i'  of  the 

1 

ore  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 

the  plain  title  will  applj   to  the  Court  for 

the   relief  demanded  in   the   complaint,    to-wit,   that  it 

i  ■    ,i  re    i  he   on  aera   i  ■ 
propel  i  their   title   to 

ted    and    quieted ;    I  hi 

nine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,'  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
description;  thai  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 

Id       -I    J 1,    A,    D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By   S.    E.  HI  GHES,   Deputy   Clerk. 
The   first   publication   of   this   summons   was   made 
in      'The    Wasp"     newspaper    on    the    13th    day    of 
I      D.    L912 
PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
M  ontgomery    Street,    San   Francisco,   California. 

CERTIFICATE      OF      MEMBERSHIP      OF      W.      E. 
STANFORD  &   COMPANY. 


THIS  IS  TO  CERTIFY  that  W.  E,  STANFORD  & 
COMPANY  is  a  partnership  comprised  of  the  follow- 
ing persons:  ALBERT  GEORGE  LUCHSIMiER, 
3221  Washington  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.;  WIL- 
LIAM E6TELL  STANFORD,  1445  Leavenworth  St., 
San    Francisco,    Col. 

ALBERT    GEORGE    LUCHSINGER, 
WILLIAM     E.     STANFORD. 
STATE     OF    CALIFORNIA. 
City    and   County  of  San  Francisco, 
as. 

On  this  20th  day  of  June,  in  the  year  One  Thou- 
sand Nine  Hundred  and  Twelve,  before  me,  Gene- 
vieve S,  Donelin,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the 
City    and    County    of    San    Francisco,    personally    ap- 

t eared  Albert  George  Luchsinger  and  William  E. 
tanford,  known  to  me  to  be  the  persons  whose 
names  are  subscribed  to  the  within  instrument,  and 
they  duly  acknowledged  to  me  that  they  executed 
the    same. 

In  witness  whereoi,   I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and   affixed  my   official    seal,    at  my  office  in   the  City 
and   County   of   Sjin    Francisco,    the   day   and    year  in 
this    certificate    first   above    written. 
(SEAL)  GENEVIEVE   S.  DONELIN, 

Notary   Public   in   and  for   the   City  and  County 
of   San   Francisco,    State    of   California. 
809    Crocker  Building. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

MARGARET  O'MALLEY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action   No.    32,228. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARGARET  O'MALLEY,.  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  thre  monthB  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and    particularly    described    as    follows. 


THE    WASP 

Published   weekly   by   the 

WASP  PUBLISHING    COMPANY 

Office   of  publication 

121  Second  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Phones — Sutl 

Entered  st  the  San  Francisco  PoBtoffice  as  second- 
class  matter. 

SUBSCRIPTION  RATES— In  the  United  States. 
Canada  ana  Mexico,  $5  a  year  in  advance;  six 
months,  $2.50;  :hree  months,  $1.25;  single 
copies,  10  cents.     For  sale  by  all  newsdealers. 

FOREIGN  SUBSCRIPTIONS — To  countries  with 
in  the  Postal   Union,  $3  per  year. 


ai     northerly    line   of 

Irving  (formerly  "1")  Street,  distant  thereon  ninety- 
five  (95  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Irving 
Street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Second  Avenue,  and 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of 
Irving  Street  twenty- five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  ten  (110) 
:>t  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-five 
i  25  i  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
one  hundred  and  ten  tli'M  feet  to  the  pa 
bi     ill)  .    oi    0!  TSIDE    LAND   BLOCK 

Number   672. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  he  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  ana.'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
oover  her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
loth   day  of  May,   A.   D,    1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  1st  day  of  June,  A.  D. 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  some  in- 
terest in  said  real  properly  adversely  to  plaintiff: 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation),  Sau  Francisco, 
California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  GARRET 
W.  McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTICK,  of 
Counsel. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    2. 

MYRTLE  R.  SA.YLOR,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,239. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MYRTLE  R.  SAYLOR,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in 
terest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly   described   as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  northerly  line  of  Lake  Street  with  the 
westerly  line  of  Seventh  Avenue,  and  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  line  of  Seventh  Avenue  twenty- 
five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  and  fourteen  (114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  north 
erly  line  of  Lake  Street;  and  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  line  of  Lake  Street  one  hundred  and 
fourteen  (114)  feet  to  tne  point  of  beginning;  being 
part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND   BLOCK  Number   65. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  bo  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  the 
parcel  of  real  property  described  in  the  complaint 
herein  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title  to 
said   property   be   established   and   quieted;    that   the 


Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights. 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
tTf  part  thereof,  whether  (he  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  oi  contingent, 
ether  the  same  consist  <-f  mortgages  or  liens 
of    any 

i    r    and    further    relief    as 
may    be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
day  "f  May,  A.  D.   1912. 
(ftEAL)  H.    I.    MCLCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   J.    F  '.    Deputy   Clerk. 

The    first     publication    of    thin    summons    was    made 
in    The    Wasp    newM-  day    of    June, 

■ 

'       i  for   Plaintiff.    105 

Street,    Sun    Francisco,   Cal.     GARRET 
MASTICK,    of 
Counsel. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
ai*,    in    and    for    the    City    ai 
CO. — Dept.    No.    10. 

ntUY,     Plaintiff,     vs.    BURR    A. 

"     No.    42,622. 

lUght  in   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 

in     and    for    the    City    and    County    of 

.[    filed   in    the   office 

of   the   County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

ii"  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing   to   Bl  RE    a.    LIBBY,    Defend 

You    are    hereby    required    to    appear    in    an    action 

brought    against    you    by    the    above-named   Plaintiff 

OTl    of   the  State  of  California,    in 

and    for  the  City   aud    County   of   San   Francisco,   and 

to     answer     the     Complaint     Bled     therein     within     ten 

days     (exelusivi h       'lay    of    service)     after    the 

on     yon    of    this    summons,    if    served    within 
3    and   County;   or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty   days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  n  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  willful  neg- 
lect and  desertion,  also  for  general  relief,  as  (trill 
more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear  and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaint- 
iff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded in   the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  1st  day  of  June, 
A.  D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  L.  W.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The   first   publication   of   this   summons   was   made 
in   "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  8th  day  of  June, 
A.  D.   1912. 

GERALD  C.  HAJ.dEY.  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Cal. 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 


No.    13569.       Dept.    10. 
ESTATE    OF    PATRIZIO    MARSICANO,    sometimes 

called    P.    MARSICANO,    Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Execu- 
trix of  the  Last  Will  and  Testament  of  PATRIZIO 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  P.  MARSICANO-. 
deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons  having- 
claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them, 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  mouths, 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the 
said  Executrix  at  the  office  of  GERALD  C.  HAL- 
SEY,  iiisq.,  Attorney  for  said  Executrix,  at  No. 
501-502-503  C-Iifornia  Pacific  Bldg,  corner  Sutter- 
and  Montgomery  Sts.,  San  Francisco,  California, 
which  said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  her  place 
of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  snid 
estate  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called 
P.  MARSICANO,  deceased. 

MARY   MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSICANO, 

Executrix  of  the  Last  Will  and  Testament  of 
PATRIZIO  MARSICANO.  sometimes  called  P 
MARSICANO,    Deceased. 

Dated,    San   Francisco,   June    12,    1912 
GERALD     O.     HALSEY,     Attorney     for     Executrix 
501-502-503     California     Pacific     Bldg.,     105     Mont- 
gomery   street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


Office  Hours 
9  a.  m.  to  5:20  p.  m. 
Phone  Douglas  1501 


Residence 
573  Fifth  Avenue 
Hours  6  to  7:30  p.  m. 
Phone  Pacific  275 

W.  H.  PYBURN 
NOTARY  PUBLIC 

My  Motto  "ALWAYS  IN" 
On  parte  Francaii  Se  habla  Espano 

Office:  229  Montgomery  Street 

San  Francuco  California 


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Los  Angeles 

Santa  Cruz 

"The    Atlantic    City    of    the    Pacific    Coast" 
Is    planning    a 

$2S  round  trip         [fcsffils] 

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San  Diego  $29  round  trip 

Wonderful  Water  Pageant 

Tickets  on  sale  daily. 

Good  for  return  until  October  31,  1912. 

For  the  following  dates: 

Santa   Fe's   new  train. 

JULY  20TH  to  JULY  28TH,  INCLUSIVE 

"ff/,e                                          Leaves  San  Francisco 

Yacht   Regattas — Motor   Boat    Races — Review    of 

jk                               ■*          daily  at  4:00  p.  m. 

American   Battleships — Parade   of   Deoorated 

J \   V%  fV^^  1          This   is   California's 

Water  Floats — Swimming   and   Rowing   Con- 

i    ll  *£>  V^i          finest  train. 

tests — Surf    Bathing — Dancing — Golf — Ten- 
nis— Fireworks. 

On  the  return  trip  the  Saint  offers 

the  same  superior  service. 

DON'T  MISS  THE  FUN 

Phone  or  call  on  me  for  reservations. 

Jas.  B.  Duffy.  Gen.  Agt.,   673  Market  St., 
San  Francisco.  Phone:  Kearny  815-J3371. 

Regular  Rates  at  the  New  Hotel  Casa  del  Key. 

J    J.   Warner.   Gen.  Agt.,   1218  Broadway, 

Oakland.     Phone:     Oakland  425 

Special   Low    Ticket    Fares 

Santa  Fc 

ASK   OUR  AGENTS 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Flood   Building 

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Palace    Hotel 

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Third   and  Townsend   Street   Station 

\1/    W    mm  •  KJ  V^ 

Market    Street    Ferry    Station 

SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Broadway   &    Thirteenth    Street 

TO  CHICAGO 
AND  RETURN 

on  the  Peerless 

OAKLAND. 

GOLDEN    STATE 

YOSEMITE 

LIMITED 

NATIONAL  PARK 

The  Outing  Place  of  California. 
SNOW-CAPPED     MOUNTAINS     ::     THUNDERING     WATER- 

A Transcontinental  Delight. 

FALLS     ::     MIRROR    LAKES    AND    HAPPY    ISLES 

:     MASSIVE    WALLS    AND    DOMES     : 

A    Galaxy    Unsurpassed 

A    SMOOTH,    DUSTLE8S.    WELL-SPRINKLED 
ROAD    INTO    THE    VALLEY 

THIS    BATE    GOOD    ON    MANY    DAYS    IN    JUNE, 

1                         A    Special    Feature    of    This    Season's    Trip 

JULY,  AUGUST  AND  SEPTEMBER. 

The   waterfalls  are   booming   full.      Conditions  in  the  Valley 
were    never    better    than    this    season.      Surrounding    mountain 
peaks    and    watersheds    are    covered    with    late    snows,    which 

Similar  Low  Rates  to  Many  Other  Eastern  Points 

insures  a   lasting  flow  of  water. 

Why   visit    the    commonplace    resort,    when    the   sublime    and 
the   beautiful   beckon    you.      Cost  of  this   trip   is   now  reduced 
to  popular  prices.     Four  excellent  camps  offer  the  visitor  the 
most    pleasing    entertainment : 

Return  Limit  October  31st,  1912 

CAMP  CURRY— CAMP  AHWAHNEE— CAMP  LOST  ARROW 

SENTINEL    HOTEL 

Each   is   charmingly  and   picturesquely   situated  on   the   floor 

of  the  valley,   surrounded  by  the  masterpieces  of  Nature. 

Telephone   or   Write  Our  Agents. 

It   is   now   a   quick,    comfortable    trip   into    the   Valley.      For 
full    information   or   descriptive   folder,    address   your    camp   or 
botel    in    Yosemite,    any   ticket  office  or  information   bureau   in 

Rock  Island 

California,    or 

Yosemite  Valley  Railroad 

Southern  Pacific 

COMPANY 

MEECED,  SAL. 

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Vol.  LXVin.— No.  1. 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  JULY  27,  1912. 


Price,  10  Cents. 


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EXCLUSIVE    FEATURES 


BROUGHAM 

Exquisite  and  Luxurious  Throughout 


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BROUGHAMS    NOW    READY   FOR   DELIVERY.      $2,800.      San  Francisco   Delivery. 


Pacific    Motor    Car   Company 


GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 
at  Polk  Street 


LEADING  HOTEL 


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Hotel  St.  Francis 


Turkish   Baths 
12th  Floor 

Ladies   Hair   Dressing   Parlors 
2d  Floor 

Cafe 

White   and  Gold   Restaurant 

Lohby  Floor 

Electric  Grill 

Barber  Shop 

Basement,  Geary  St.  entrance 


Under  the  Management  of  James  Woods 


Casa  del  Rey 

New  300-room,  fire-proof  hotel  located 
near  tbe  beach  and  Casino,  open  all  year 
round.  SUPERIOR  GOLFING. 

AMERICAN  PLAIN 

Tennis  courts,  good  boating,  bathing  and 
fishing;  numerous  drives  along  the  CoaBt 
and  through  the  mountains. 

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Label  that  is  not  worthy 
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labeled  with  Good  Labels.  We 
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would  be  pleased  to  send  samples. 

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PALACE  HOTEL 

Situated    on    Market    Street 

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situated  uf  any  Oity 

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Fourth  St.,  near  Market. 

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400    Rooms,  200    Bulhs. 

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Dining    Room    Sealing    500 — Table    d'hni* 
or  a  la  Carte  Service,  as  desired 


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Including  Wine.  $1 .01. 


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Manager. 


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Ass't  M'g'r. 


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Vol.  Lxvrn.— No.  4. 


SAX    PEANCISl  0,  -ll'IA'  27,  1912. 


Price,  10  Cents. 


IGLISH 

BY  AMERICUS 


NB  of  the  daily  newspapers  has  discovered  that 
garbage  smells,  and  that  the  people  four  years 
ago  voted  $1,000,000  bonds  for  a  garbage- 
burning  plant,  which  has  not  been  erected  yet,  although 
most  of  the  money  has  been  expended  and  the  people 
are  paying  interest  regularly  on  the 
bonds. 

The  Wasp  published  all  the  facts 
about  the  Good  Government  politi- 
cians' deal  in  garbage  four  years 
ago.  When  The  Wasp  published 
them  in  February,  1909,  before  the 
bonds  were  sold,  the  newspapers 
might  have  aided  in  stopping  the 
deal.  Now  the  nasty  deal  in  gar- 
bage has  become  a  civic  institution 
and  a  permanently  fixed  daily  graft 
on  the  people.  There  is  still  a  little 
of  the  $1,000,000  left  in  the  city 
treasury  and  hope  of  $600,000  more 
bonds  being  voted.  The  smell  of  the 
deal  is  fixed  on  us,  to  remain  until 
this  money  is  all  wasted  into  the  poli- 
ticians' pockets. 

As  an  example  of  tardiness  and  in- 
competency, the  garbage  deal  is  only 
second  to  the  Auxiliary  Fire  Protec- 
tion bungle.  From  the  start  the  pub- 
lie  was  misled  by  the  public  officials  who  had  charge  of 
the  garbage  problem.    The  Supervisors  made  no  plans, 
though  the  charter  says  plans  must  be  made  before 
bonds  are  voted.    The  Supervisors  told  the  people  that 
they  were  voting  $1,000,000  bonds  to  build  a  new  plant 
and  not  to  buy  the  Sanitary  Reduction  Works.    After 
the  bonds  were  voted,  and  the  money  from  their  sale 
obtained,  the  Supervisors  bought  out.  the  Sanitary  Re- 
dution  Works  for  $400,000. 

The  Supervisors  told  the  people  one  new  plant  would 


be  built.  After  the  bonds  were  voted  and  the  money 
went  under  their  unchecked  control,  the  Supervisors 
voted  to  purchase  first  two,  and  finally  three,  sites  for 
plants. 

With  no  plans  for  plants  made  in  advance  of  voting 
the  bonds,  the  City  Engineer's  office  made  plans,  and 
the  Board  of  Public  Works  let  contracts  cunningly  de- 
vised to  permit  only  the  one  favored  bidder  for  the 
contracts. 

The  Supervisors,  having  bought  the  Sanitary  Reduc- 
tion Works  at  the  preposterous  price 
of  $400,000,  turned  them  back  to  the 
corporation  seller,  to  be  operated  for 
its  profit.  It  is  still  operating  them, 
and  the  city  keeps  on  paying  interest 
on  the  bonds  sold  to  pay  for  the  erec- 
tion of  works  that  haven't  been  yet 
erected.  Heaven  only  knows  when 
they  will  be  in  operation. 

It  is  a  sure  thing,  though,  that 
when  they  do  begin  to  burn  garbage 
the  operation  will  cost  the  public 
more  than  ever,  as  the  men  employed 
will  be  paid  not  less  than  $3  a  day 
for  eight  hours'  work.  The  private 
concern  that' was  bought  out  by  the 
city  worked  its  Italian  employes  long 
hours  and  paid  them  low  wages,  and 
yet  made  no  money. 

Our    esteemed   contemporary,    the 
supervisor  payot  Call,  quotes  Supervisor  Henry  Payot, 

Guiding  intellect  in  the  slow  furtherance  of  the     as  Saying  that  "criminal  neglect'     IS 

municipal  garbage  project.  responsible  for  the  delay  in  providing 

the  city  with  the  garbage  destruction  plant,  and  lets  it 
go  at  that.  Supervisor  Payot  should  know  better  than 
anybody  just  what  is  the  trouble  with  the  garbage 
scheme.  His  has  been  the  guiding  intellect  in  the  enter- 
prise from  the  outset.  If  not  his  conception,  he  cheer- 
fully became  its  guardian,  and  it  can  be  truthfully 
said  that  the  well-meaning  old  gentleman  has  had  his 
hands  full.  The  more  the  garbage  scheme  has  been 
tinkered  with  the  more  muddled  it  has  become  and  the 
more  odoriferous  its  exhalations. 


THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   July  27,   1912. 


EXPERT   FREEMAN 

Autnor  ot  the  Fifty  Thousand  Dollar  Report  on 
Hetch  Hetchy. 


A   $50,000  DOG-EAEED  VOLUME. 

IN  ONE  of  the  rooms  of  the  Custom  House,  where  the  Board 
of  U.  S.  .Army  Engineers  holds  its  meetings,  there  lies  on 
a  table  a  book  which  at  first  sight  looks  like  a  dilapidated 

city  directory  of  the 
vintage  of  some  long 
years  past. 

This  dog-eared  and 
loosely  bound  volume 
held  together  by  a 
few  brass  staples,  is 
the  Fifty  Thousand 
Dollar  Report  of  En- 
gineer Freeman,  that 
has  been  in  prepara- 
tion so  long  that  the 
memory  of  the  aver- 
age man  is  not  equal 
to  the  task  of  fixing 
the  dates.  In  Novem- 
ber, 1911,  the  de- 
mand for  Mr.  Free- 
man's report  became 
so  insistent  that  he 
telegraphed  from  his  Eastern  home,  where  he  was  spending 
the  holidays,  that  the  document  would  be  finished  in  ten 
days.  Eight  months  elapsed  (Mr.  Freeman  meantime  draw- 
ing pay  at  the  rate  of  $250  a  day)  before  any  report  materi- 
alized. It  isn't  finished  yet,  for  the  dog-eared  volume,  filed 
hastily  with  the  Board  of  U.  S.  Army  Engineers,  is  composed 
in  a  considerable  part  of  type-written  pages,  bound  up  with 
rough  press-proofs,  printed  only  on  one  side.  Numerous 
illustrations  have  been  clipped  from  magazine  pages,  presum- 
ably descriptive  of  reservoirs  in  other  parts  of  the  earth,  but 
there  are  no  titles  to  these  illustrations  which  have  been  past- 
ed into  the  report  in  a  hurried  and  sloppy  fashion. 

It  is  little  short  of  an  insult  to  the  Board  of  U.  S.  Army 
Engineers  to  file  such  a  work  as  the  brief  of  a  great  commer- 
cial city  in  a  case  involving  at  least  $50,000,000  that  will  be 
spent  before  our  muddled  municipal  water  problem  is  settled. 
When  it  is  remembered  that  this  report  of  Engineer  Free- 
man has  cost  the  immense  sum  of  $50,000,  and  that  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  water  question  has  been  under  investigation  for  a 
dozen  years  by  the  Engineering  Department  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco government,  the  presentation  of  a  lot  of  type-written 
notes,  untitled  clippings  from  magazines,  and  rough  press- 
proofs  in  a  dog-eared  volume  to  the  Army  Engineers  is  utter- 
ly unpardonable.  It  is  little  short  of  an  insult  to  the  Army 
Engineers,  as  well  as  a  disgrace  to  our  municipality.  It 
would  serve  our  Board  of  Works  right  if  the  Engineers  from 


Washington  threw  the  slovenly  compiled  work  into  the  cor- 
ridor and  demand  a  properly  printed  and  bound  volume 
that  could  be  regarded  as  a  permanent  contribution  to  the 
case  under  consideration. 

When  this  $50,000  worth  of  printer's  proofs  and  type- 
written sheets  was  filed  with  the  Board  of  Army  Engineers, 
the  promise  was  made  that  a  properly  printed  and  bound  vol- 
ume would  make  its  appearance  later.  Otherwise  it  is  doubt- 
ful if  the  Board  would  have  accepted  such  an  apology  for  a 
finished  report. 

Any  private  concern  or  corporation  could,  in  a  quarter  of 
the  time  that  has  been  taken  over  the  $50,000  report,  and  for 
much  less  than  half  the  money,  have  prepared  a  carefully 
printed  book  with  every  detail  of  the  plans  worked  out,  and 
have  filed  it  at  the  date  required. 

No  doubt  the  same  promptness  could  be  displayed  by  Engi- 
neer Freeman  if  he  were  employed  as  an  expert  by  private 
citizens.  In  working  for  the  city,  however,  the  general  rule 
is  to  regard  the  public  service  as  of  secondary  importance, 
and  give  one's  first  thought  to  personal  affairs.  For  instance, 
Mr.  Freeman  has  spent  in  the  Eastern  States  much  of  the 
time  he  has  been  investigating  the  municipal  water  problem 
of  San  Francisco  and  collecting  data  about  the  value  of 
Spring  Valley  and  the  availability  of  Hetch  Hetchy.  And 
by  the  kind  forethought  of  our  Board  of  Works,  he  has  been 
permitted,  while  investigating  Spring  Valley,  to  take  employ- 
ment from  that  corporation — the  consideration,  it  is  said,  be- 
ing a  retainer  of  $10,000  a  year. 

The  municipal  water  problem  of  San  Francisco  should  be 
staged  as  a  side-splitting  farce  for  the  Orpheum  Circuit. 
4 • 

SEVENTY  MILES  OF  TUNNEL!     WOW!! 

NOBODY  called  attention  to  the  highly  interesting  fact 
that  in  his  plan  for  bringing  water  from  Hetch  Hetchy 
Engineer  John  R.  Freeman  intends  to  run  no  less  than  70 
miles  of  tunnel.  The  magnitude  of  the  project  doesn't  appall 
Mr.  Freeman  and  the  Board  of  Works  in  the  least,  but  it 
ought  to  give  the  taxpayers  of  San  Francisco  some  food  for 
thought. 

Engineer  Connick  and  his  colleagues,  who  didn't  tunnel  at 
all  to  lay  the  Auxiliary  Fire  Protection  System,  have  been 
years  at  the  job  and  don't  seem  to  be  any  way  near  the  end 
yet,  judging  by  the  howl  that  has  gone  up  lately  from  Kearny 


21  MILES  OF  PROPOSED  TUNNEL  BEYOND  LIVERMORE — HARD  ROCK. 


Thru  Railroad  Tickets 

Issued  to  All  Parts  of 

FOR    PORTLAND 

1st  class  $10,  $12,  $15.  2d  $6.00.    Berth  and  Meals  Included. 

The  San  Francisco  and  Portland  S.  S.  Co. 

A.    OTTINGER,    General    Agent. 


3 

BEAR 

BEAVER 

ROSE  CITY 

Sailings   Every 


United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico 

In  Connection  with  Tbese  Magnificent  Pasienger  Steamers 

FOR  LOS  ANGELES 

1st  class  $7.35  &  $8.35.  2d  class  $5.35.  Berth  &  meals  included 


Ticket  Office.  722  Mkt.,  opp.  Call.  Ph.  Sutter  2344 
8  East  St.,  opp.  Ferry  Bldg.  Phone  Sutter  2482 
Berkeley    Office   2105    Shattuck.      Ph.    Berkeley    831 


Saturday,    July   27,    1912.  | 


-THE  WASP- 


street  merchants,  who  complain  of  the  street's  condition 
with  open  trenches  and  piles  of  sand.    Taking  Mr.  Connick's 

performam the  Auxiliary  Pire  Protection  System  .-is  a 

basis,  and  figuring  that  Mike  Casey  will  remain  President  of 
the  Board  of  Works  as  long  .'is  he  can  control  a  Fraction  of 
the  labor  vote  in  the  Mission,  "the  pure  mountain  water" 
Erom  Betch  Hetchy  and  the  millennium  will  arrive  about  the 
same  time. 

Professor  J.  C.  Branner,  geologist  of  Stanford  University, 
estimates  that  of  the  70  miles  of  tunnel,  8  miles  will  be  in 
sandstone  and  shale,  12  miles  through  Calaveras  quart/., 
which  is  as  hard  as  Mint,  11  miles  in  porphyrite  or  altered 
lava,  which  is  worse  than  quartz,  anil  IT'j  miles  in  good  old 

Sierra  granite.    In  all,  69^  miles  would  have  to  be  driven 

tin gh  some  kind  of  rock,  and  chiefly  the  toughest,  the  bore 

being  38  Eeet  in  circumference, in  the  Livermore  hills,  and 
•'ill  feet  in  the  Sierra  granite. 

The  accompanying  diagrams  are  reproduced  from  Mr. 
Freeman's  report,  and  show  the  contour  of  the  mountains 
through  which  the  70  miles  of  tunnel  would  run. 


15  MILES  OF  TUNNEL  IN  SOLID  GRANITE,  nr.  Hetch  Hetchy. 

You  and  1  and  the  rest  of  us,  kind  reader,  who  may  own  a 
little  home  and  lot,  or  think  of  buying  one,  would  take  very 
little  interest  in  civic  enterprises  before  Marsden  Manson  and 
Mike  Casey  bored  the  last  mile  of  granite  and  tapped  the  pel- 
lucid waters  of  Hetch  Hetchy. 

Not  only  would  Marsden  and  Mike  have  a  job  for  life,  but 
all  the  friends,  relatives  from  Calaveras  to  'Connemara,  could 
figure  on  steady  work  till  San  Francisco  went  bankrupt  and 
was  auctioned  off  to  awakened  China  at  a  knock-down  price. 
Statistics  on  tunnels  can  be  found  in  any  library.  Here 
are  a  few: 

COST  OF  SOME  BIG  TUNNELS. 

St.  Gothard    (9   miles)    $45,000,000.00 

Mont  Genis  (7V.  miles)    28,000,000.00 

Arlberg   (li  miles)    18,300,000.00 

Hoosae    (4%    miles)    12,000,000.00 

Liverpool-Birkenhead  (4%  miles)    10,000,000.00 

New   York  Subway   (23  miles)    35,000,000.00 

London  Metropolitan    (13    miles)    29,450,000.00 

Paris   Underground    (8%    miles)     9,400,000.00 

Gieat  Simplon   Tunnel   (12  miles)    15,000,000.00 

S.  P.  Tunnel  at  Truckee  (4%  miles)    11,000,000.00 

+ 

RUEF  'S  JOURNALISTIC  LABORS. 

THE  WASP'S  STATEMENT  that  Abe  Ruef,  a  convict  in 
San  Quentin,  sits  in  his  comfortable  library,  and  with 
a  woman  reporter  of  the  San  Francisco  Bulletin  as  aman- 
uensis, prepares  articles  calculated  to  boom  the  Bulletin's 
circulation  is  not  denied.  It  cannot  be  denied  because  it  is 
a  fact.  Being  a  fact,  why  is  not  the  Warden  of  San  Quentin 
dismissed  for  permitting  the  rules  of  his  institution  to  be 
violated?  Why  are  not  the  State  Prison  Directors  not  re- 
moved for  neglecting  to  do  their  duty  by  firing  the  Warden? 


i.ast.  but  not  least,  why  is  not  the  Hon.  Hiram  Johnson  re- 
siled from  the  office  of  Governor  of  the  State  of  California 
ir  allowing  State  institutions  to  become  circulation  depart- 
ments of  yellow  newspapers,   and   fur  neglecting  his  sworn 
duties  while  practicing  polities  Eor  self-glorification.' 


WE   SHALL   SEE. 

IN  A  FEW  DAYS  the  people  of  San  Francisco  will  have  an 
opportunity  to  decide  whether  .Mayor  Bolph's  adminis- 
tration is  to  be  a  success  or  a  failure. 

II  may  be  a  success  if  he  kicks  out  the  ringsters  that  are 
running  the  Board  of  Works  and  making  our  city  ridiculous. 
The  Wasp  sincerely  hopes  .Mayoi-  Kolph  will  be  a  brilliant 
success. 

The  administration  will  be  a  lamentable  failure  if  he  per- 
mits Marsden  Manson  and  Mike  Casey  to  remain  in  control 
after  the  expose  of  the  Auxiliary  Fire  Protection  System  and 
the  Twin  Peaks  sieve  reservoir  that  will  be  made  in  a  few 
days.  The  report  of  the  three  engineers,  M.  M.  O'Shaugh- 
nessy,  W.  R.  Eckhart  and  H.  C.  Holmes,  whom  Mayor  Rolph 
appointed  to  investigate  the  Auxiliary  Fire  Protection  Sys- 
tem, is  in  print.  Copies  will  be  given  to  the  press  this  week, 
and  the  public  will  see  for  itself  that  the  Board  of  Works 
and  the  Engineer's  Department,  which  are  practically  the 
same  thing,  are  to  blame  for  the  delay,  which  has  cost  our 
city  millions. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  contractors  who  built  the  sieve 
reservoir  and  laid  the  pipes  did  their  work  as  directed.  There 
were  inspectors  galore  from  the  Board  of  Works,  supposed  to 
be  watching  the  construction,  but  those  lazy  and  incompetent 
tax-eaters  did  nothing  to  rectify  the  mistakes  being  made. 

Seldom  has  there  been  an  investigation  which  has  placed 
the.  blame  more  positively  on  the  real  culprits,  and  these  are 
the  Board  of  Works  and  Manson,  whose  deputy,  Connick, 
prepared  the  defective  plans. 

Why  blame  Connick?  Why  growl  at  the  inspectors  who 
neglected  their  duty?  Why  not  punish  the  men  at  the  head 
of  the  enterprise — the  Commissioners  of  Works  and  the  City 
Engineer? 

The  eyes  of  the  community  will  be  focused  on  the  Mayor 
next  week  to  see  what  course  he  will  pursue  when  the  con- 
demnatory report  of  Engineers  O'Shaughnessy,  Eckart  and 
Holmes  will  have  been  read  and  digested  by  His  Honor. 
♦ ■ 

Two  years  ago  Manson  and  Mike  Casey  were  quoted  in  the 
San  Francisco  newspapers  as  declaring  that  no  outside  help 
at  all  would  be  needed  by  the  Board  of  Works  and  the  City 
Engineer's  Department  to  build  the  Hetch  Hetchy  reservoir. 

"We'll  jest  dig  down  till  we  shtrike  hard  rock,"  said 
Mike,  "and  thin  we'll  bild  the  wall  to  keep  in  the  wather." 

Mike  and  Manson  were  joshed  for  this  interview  by  an 
engineering  publication.  A  New  York  publication  was  par- 
ticularly merry  over  their  plans. 

Mike  and  Manson  were  not  as  simple  as  they  appeared, 
though,  for  they  have  been  digging  ever  since  into  the  public 
treasury,  and  the  amount  of  good  gold  coin  they  have  shovel- 
ed out  for  their  hangers-on  would  make  J.  P.  Morgan  blink. 

Last  month  Engineer  Grunsky,  who  is  on  the  job  while 
Manson  takes  a  vacation  for  brain-fag,  drew  down  $3,9917. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,   July  27,   1912. 


TemT 


EM  Jl  HOUSAMD  1VJLURDE 

Yearly  Harvest  of  Crime  and  How  to  Check  It. 


s-RIME  is  becoming  so  alarming  in  New 
York  that  ' '  experts ' '  have  been 
called  together  to  discuss  it.  Now- 
adays every  important  matter  is 
passed  up  to  " experts."  In  other  words, 
the  government  is  a  failure.  It  should  be 
the  duty  of  the  police  and  the  courts  to  sup- 
press criminals  and  jail  them.  But  the  police 
and  the  courts  between  them  manage  to  let 
the  murderers  and  thieves  escape.  Therefore 
the  "experts"  must  be  called  together  to  do 
what  the  expensive  departments  of  the  gov- 
ernment should  do.  The  taxes  are  collected 
and  paid  in'  the  expectation  that  the  money 
will  be  applied  to  the  enforcement  of  law 
and  order.  Instead  of  that,  the  money  is 
applied  to  the  paying  of  salaries  to  a  lot  of 
incompetents  or  grafters,  and  the  thugs  and 
cutthroats  continue  on  their  merry  way  un- 
checked. More  than  that,  they  get  bolder 
every  day. 

Four  "distinguished  experts,"  as  they  are 
called,  met  in  New  York  to  discuss  the  why 
and   wherefore    of    the    constant    increase    of 
crime.     One  of  the  "experts  was  Police  Com- 
missioner Waldo,  and  to  his  credit  be  it  said 
he  placed  his  finger  on   the   cancerous   spots. 
His   words    are   worthy    of   reproduction,    and 
they  apply  just  as  much  to.  San  Francisco  as 
in  New  York.     Commissioner  Waldo  said: 
Many  of  our  judges  have  theories  about 
enforcement  of  the  law  and  handling  the 
criminal  element  in  this  community.  But 
it   seems  to  me  that  in  the  enforcement 
of  law  and  maintenance  of  order  we  do 
not   need    to   theorize.     We   have   before 
us    examples    in    the    two    other    largest 
cities  of  the  world,  and  the  various  meth- 
ods   of    handling    the    criminal    element 
there  adopted. 

London  is  a  city  where  crime  is  almost 
at  a  minimum.  Murders  average  from  18 
to  20  a  year,  and  averages  of  other  crimes 
are  comparatively  even  lower.  The  police 
patrol  their  posts  alone,  unarmed;  any 
one  can  go  into  any  part  of  London  with- 
out  fear   of   molestation. 

In  Paris,  the  next  largest  city,  police- 
men go  in  pairs,  armed  with  heavy-cal- 
ibre revolvers  strapped  on  the  outside  of 
their  coats.  Crime  is  rampant;  and  the 
Chief  of  Police  admits  it  to  be  unsafe  for 
a  foreigner  to  go  alone  outside  the  centre 
of  the  city.  We  find  in  Paris  almost 
more  murders  in  a  week  than  we  find  in 
London   in   a   year. 

In  London,  when  a  man  commits  an 
act  against  the  law  he  is  held  responsible 
for  it.  In  Paris  he  is  not;  his  sins  are 
likely  enough  to  be  condoned  on  the 
ground  that  he  did  wrong  because  he  was 
hot-headed,  or  for  some  other  equally 
frivolous  reason.  The  English  criminal 
.  knows  that  if  he  is  caught  he  will  get  a 
stiff  sentence.  The  French  criminal  knows 
that  if  he  is  caught  and  put  up  a  good 
plea  before  the  court  he  will  stand  a  good 
chance  of  escape.  And  that  is  the  whole 
difference  between  the  two  systems. 

Eliminate  from  the  criminal  the  fear 
of  punishment,  and  you  eliminate  all  re- 


straining influence.  If  you  have  a  police- 
man upon  every  street  corner  and  he  ar- 
rests every  man  who  commits  any  crime 
whatsoever  against  the  law,  and  if  the 
men  arrested  are  not  punished,  and  know 
that  they  will  not  be  punished,  then  you 
will  have  a  state  of  absolute  disorder  de- 
spite the  number  of  your  policemen;  while 
on  the  contrary,  if  every  man  whose  im- 
pulse is  to  commit  a  crime  knows  that 
he  will  probably  be  caught  if  he  yields 
to  this  impulse,  and  that  if  he  is  caught 
he  will  surely  suffer  the  consequences  of 
his  wrongdoing,  he  will  probably  restrain 
his  criminal  impulse.  In  the  final  analy- 
sis, it  all  comes  down  to  this:  whether 
or  not  the  criminal  knows  he  is  going 
to  be   held  responsible. 

Commissioner  Waldo  might  have  added  that 
the  best  lawyers  in  England  consider  it  an 
honor  to  accept  judicial  positions.  In  New 
York  and  San  Francisco  and  other  large  Am- 
erican cities  a  good  lawyer  is  a  fool  to  take 
a  judge's  place.  First  of  all,  he  must  get 
elected  and  to  do  that  must  kow-tow  to  a 
lot  of  scrubby  little  ward  politicians  congre- 
gated as  a  "nominating  convention'*  and 
posing  as  statesmen  (God  save  the  mark). 
If  the  unlucky  candidate  for  a  judgeship  isn't 
nominated  by  a  convention  of  "reformers" 
or  "progressives"  he  may  be  nominated  by 
a  convention  of  "performers"  or  "reaction- 
aries" or  an  acknowledged  boss,  who  is  not 
in  politics  for  his  health  alone. 

In  any  event,  no  matter  how  nominated  and 
elected,  the  unfortunate  American  jurist  be- 
comes a  sort  of  doormat  for  the  sandlot  and 
the  slums,  or  the  patent  leathers  of  the  "big 
interests. "  If  a  really  talented  man,  he  is 
to  be  pitied  sincerely,  for  he  is  wasting  his 
time  and  talents  serving  the  dear  people,  who 
are  likely  at  the  end  of  ten  years  of  his  faith- 
ful service,  to  kick  him  out  and  elect  some 
howling  demagogue  in  his  place,  or  some  al- 
leged lawyer  who  would  grace  a  carpenter 's 
bench  much  more  than  the  judicial  one. 

In  the  years  that  the  unlucky  judge  has 
been  in  office  he  has  lost  all  his  clients — if  he 
ever  had  any — and  his  professional  position 
is  therefore  deplorable. 

Is  it  strange  that  such  a  wretched  system 
of  selecting  judges  breeds  incompetency,  lax 
administration  of  justice,  and  increases 
criminality,  until  tlie  United  States  has  be- 
come known  throughout  the  civilized  world  as 
the  nation  where  10,000  murders  a  year  are 
committed. 

The  way  to  change  the  condition  for  the  bet- 
ter is  to  appoint  judges,  as  under  the  English 
system.  Pay  them  well,  give  them  their  posi- 
tions for  life,  and  pension  them.  Those  who 
don't  behave  themselves  can  be  removed,  but 
it  will  be  found  that  the  derelictions  will  be 
few. 

Unless  this  change  in  the  judicial  system  be 
made  in  America  things  will  go  from  bad  to 


worse,  lawlessness  and  disrespect  of  all  lawful 
government  will  increase  and  anarchy  super- 
vene. Then  will  follow  the  rule  of  the  armed 
force  and  the  reign  of  the  dictator.  It  is  not 
a  bright  prospect.  Why  not  change  it  by  es- 
tablishing a  system  which  tends  to  promote 
justice  for  the  rich  and  the  poor? 


SINCE  the  foregoing  was  written  a  gam- 
bler in  New  York  has  been  assassinated 
for  giving  information  calculated  to  in- 
terfere with  the  tribute  paid  to  the  police  by 
gambling-houses.  The  facts  seem  to  indicate 
that  the  New  York  police  protected  the  assas- 
sin, if  they  did  not  actually  instigate  the 
crime. 

In  San  Francisco,  within  the  past  week, 
there  has  been  an  expose  of  the  payment  of 
blackmail  to  the  police  by  Chinese  gamblers 
during  the  McCarthy  administration.  The 
District  Attorney  and  the  present  Chief  of 
Police  are  trying  to  explain  why  open  viola- 
tions of  local  ordinances  are  permitted  to  go 
unpunished. 

Every  day  evidence  accumulates  that  the 
great  need  of  the  nation  is  respect  and  fear 
of  justice,  and  these  can  only  be  enforced  by 
putting  the  courts  of  law  on  a  firmer  founda- 
tion. Unless  we  can  do  that  America  will 
become  known  as  the  land  of  blood  and  crime. 

f 

The  Secret. 
HJ  DON'T  SEE  how  it  is,"  Jenkins  be- 
!  gan,  eying  the  tramp  and  his  perform- 
ing  dog  with  a  frank  envy.  "Here  is 
this  mongrel  of  yours  doing  all  these  tricks, 
and  there  is  my  dog,  with  a  pedigree  a  yard 
long,  that  can't  be  taught  a  single  thing!  I've 
hammered  at  him  till  I'm  tired,  and  he  can't 
even  be  trusted  on  to  roll  over  when  he's 
told  to." 

"Well,  sir,  'taint  so  much  the  dog,"  the 
tramp  replied  confidentially.  "You  have  to 
know  more'n  he  does,  or  you  can't  learn  him 
anything." 


CHARLES    MEINECKE    &,    CO. 

Mum  P*oino  Coujt,  •  t  4  Iuuhinti  St.,  «.  r 


!ANTA  I'.AKl'.ARA  scums  to 
be  the  Mecca  of  wealthy 
girls  with  independent 
fortunes  who  prefer  to 
live  by  themselves.  There 
are  Amy  Browne  and 
Sydney  Davis,  who  are 
keeping  bachelor  girls ' 
quarters,  separately,  and  are  constantlly  seen 
around  town  in  their  small  Buick  ^roadsters. 
Another  girl  of  general  prominence  is  Miss 
Marguerite  Doe,  who  has  adopted  the  appar- 
ently fashionable  fad  of  dispensing  with 
chaperons.  She  has  been  living  in  solitary 
grandeur,  with  a  retinue  of  servants,  at  Mon- 
tecito, and  not  a  sign  of  the  hitherto  indis 
pensable  bulwark,  of  maidenhood.  It  is  evi- 
dent that  if  the  votes  of  the  bachelor  maids 
can  send  chaperons  to  limbo,  they  will  get 
there  in  short  order.  Miss  Belle  Brittan, 
daughter  of  the  late  Nat  Brittan  of  San  Car- 
los, one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Pacific 
Union  Club  of  San  Francisco,  has  been  telling 
the  Los  Angeles  reporters  that  chaperons  are 
a  nuisance.  "The  world  would  be  better  off 
if  chaperons  were  made  to  walk  the  plank," 
Miss  Brittan  is  quoted  as  having  said.  "Many 
a  happy  flirtation  has  become  snow-capped 
because  of  the  persistent  presence  of  a  lantern- 
.  visaged  chaperon,"  added  the  fair  heiress  of 
San  Carlos.  This  is  a  new  line  of  thought 
on  the  subject.  Hitherto  the  most  serious  ob- 
jection urged  against  chaperons  in  general 
was  that  they  had  a  tendency  to  develop  un 
due  friskiness  themselvs  and  try  to  cut  in  on 
the  limited  supply  of  eligible  bachelors  by 
annexing  the  best-looking  and  liveliest  young 
fellow  themselves. 

i2M        t2&        *&* 

Miss  Doe's  Housewarming. 

The  new  home  of  Miss  Marguerite  Doe  in 
Montecito,  which  cost  over  $20,000,  formed  a 
brilliant  setting  for  one  of  the  most  elaborate- 
ly appointed  dances  of  the  season.  Miss  Doe 
resides  with  her  mother,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Doe, 
in  Montecito  Park,  and  the  opening  of  her 
new  home  only  extends  the  hospitality  for 
which  the  Does  are  famed.  Miss  Doe  and 
her  mother  have  become  permanent  residents 
of  Santa  Barbara,  and  nobody  can  blame  them 
for  liking  that  place,  with  its  delightful  cli- 
mate, as  well  as  its  social  attentions.  Every- 
body is  asking  in  San  Francisco  why  the  rich 
Doe  estate  does  not  improve  its  valuable  hold- 
ings on  Market  street.  On  one  of  these 
large  lots  at  Market  and  Larkin  stood  the 
St.  Nicholas  Hotel,  which  yielded  a  large 
revenue.  Another  valuable  lot  on  the  oppo- 
site corner  was  occupied  by  the  furniture 
firm  of  Chas.  M.  Plum  &  Co.,  which  failed 
recently.  The  money  of  the  Doe  family  was 
made  in  the  lumber  and  milling  business.  Mrs. 


NOTICE. 

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communications    relative    to 

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Second  Street,  S.  T.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 

not  later   than   Wednesday   to 

insure 

publication 

In  the 

Issue  of  that  week. 

Doe',  the  widow  of  one  of  the  brothers  Doe, 
remarried  the  late  .T.  B.  Stetson,  who  was  an 
important  figure  in  public  affairs  and  private 


MISS  MARGTJERITE  DOE     • 

One    of   the    bachelor   maids   of    Santa   Barbara, 
who   need  no   chaperons. 

business  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago.  Like 
many  marriages  of  convenience,  it  was  not 
propitious,  and  Mrs.  Doe  sought  to  get  a  di- 
virce — wisely,   it   is    said.      In    the    dolce    far 


aiente  of  Santa  Barbara  one  is  likely  to  for- 
gel   everything  but  that  which  is  pleasant. 

Axdent  Motorists. 

-Miss  Marguerite  Doe  is,  of  course,  an  ar- 
denl  motorist.  This  young  20-year-old  million- 
airess and  Miss  Glaldlys  Keeney,  who  also 
makes  her  home  at  Santa  Barbara,  drive  little 
roadsters  all  along  the  cliffs  and  boulevards. 

&     &     ^ 
Lady  Nicotine  Nervous  Here. 

Are  we  provincial  for  not  following  the  ex- 
ample of  the  leading  European  and  New  York 
hotels  by  allowing  women  to  smoke  in  our 
hotels?  In  London  or  Paris  they  can  smoke 
till  they  get  black  in  the  face,  if  they  wish  to. 
At  the  Palace  the  Lady  Nicotine  is  allowed 
to  have  her  way,  but  those  dainty  souls  who 
don't  object  to  the  public  gaze  rarely  avail 
themselves  of  the  opportunity.  The  St.  Fran- 
cis put  the  ban  on  it,  and  the  other  day,  when 
Mrs.  Julius  Kruttschnitt  and  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Clifford  Woodhouse,  who  has  just  returned 
from  her  wedding  trip  to  the  Orient,  tried  it, 
they  were  requested  by  the  management  to 
please  refrain.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Woodhouse  are 
only  to  be  here  for  a  short  time,  as  they  expect 
to  leave  in  a  few  days  for  their  home  in  New 
Orleans. 

Latest  from  Paris. 

The  Gregg  girls,  who  recently  returned  from 
Paris,  are  causing  many  interested  glanees  by 
their  eccentric  head-dress,  which  I  presume  is 
the  latest  note  from  the  Rue  de  la  Paix.  One 
has  to  make  four  visits  a  year,  and  then  some, 
to  dear  Paree  to  know  exactly  what  is  la 
dernier  cri.  Miss  Enid  Gregg,  whose  beauty 
is  extremely  Oriental,  wears  her  head-dress 
in  a  point  over  her  forehead,  and  very  low 
over  her  ears,  an  arrangement  which  accentu- 
ates the  foreign  caste  of  her  features.  Pretty 
little  Miss  Ethel,  who  has  not  yet  made  her 


MOTEL 

DEL 
MONTE 

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PACIFIC 

GROVE 

MOTEL 

Pacific    Grove 

BOTH    HOUSES   UNDER 
SAME    MANAGEMENT 

Address : 

H.   E.   WARNER, 

Del  Monte,    -    California 

A  beautiful  summer 

home  at 
very  moderate  rates 

A  tasty,  comfortable 

family  hotel. 
Low  monthly  rates 

^WIW 

-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   July   27,    1912. 


debut,  wears  hers  severely  parted  in  the  mid- 
dle. Speaking  of  that  young  lady,  I  hear  it 
rumored  that  Cupid  has  not  waited  for  her 
formal  bow  to  society,  and  one  of  those  in- 
teresting announcements  that  follow  carefully 
planned  teas  or  luncheons  would  cause  no  sur- 
prise in  society. 

J*     Jt      J* 
Elaborate  Preparations. 

Miss  Marion  Miller,  the  beautiful  fiancee 
of  Bernard  Ford,  is  making  elaborate  prepar- 
ations for.  the  wedding,  which  is  to  take  place 
the  11th  of  September.  Miss  Miller  is  the 
stepdaughter  of  Mrs.  C.  0.  G.  Miller,  and  has 
never  really  formally  made  her  bow  to  soci- 
ety, contrary  to  the  bavardes.  A  large  debu- 
tante reception  was  being  planned  for  her 
two  winters  ago.  when  she  suddenly  develop- 
ed appendicitis  and  had  to  be  operated  upon 
in  London,  and  did  not  fully  recover  for  many 
months  afterwards.  A  few  months  ago  she 
decided  to  enter  the  Children's  Hospital  for 
a  nurse's  training  course,  but  she  only  re- 
mained there  for  a  week  or  so — owing,  it  is 
believed,  to  Mr.  Ford's  urgent  persuasion  to 
the  contrary. 

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Evidently  Not  Superstitious. 

One  member  of  the  Smart  Set,  at  least,  is 
not  at  all.  superstitious  about  the  numeral 
concerning  a  bridesmaid's  attendance;  for, 
although  thrice  a  bridesmaid,  Miss  Virginia 
Newhall  ventured  again,  and  performed  the 
happy  office  for  her  dear  friend,  Miss  Helene 
McVay,  when  she  became  the  bride  of  Mr. 
Harold  Paulin  at  Los  Angeles.  Miss  Newhall 
has  come  to  her  home  in  San  Francisco, 
bringing  with  her  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Colt  of 
New  Jersey,  whom  she  is  entertaining  at  the 
Newhall  home. 

J*      J*     J* 
Thoroughly  Exclusive. 

The  story  in  The  Wasp  last  week  about  the 
Beresford  Club 's  desire  to  use  the  coat-of- 
arms  of  Lord  Charles  Beresford  had  many 
readers,  I  should  judge  by  the  number  of  ap- 
plicants for  extra  copies.  The  Beresford  Club 
is  a  live  wire,  and  the  most  captious  critic 
could  not  truthfully  charge  it  with  lack  of 
exclusiveness.  Mr.  Wiliam  Fries,  its  popular 
president,  I  am  told,  is  never  out  of  arm's 
reach  of  his  resignation.  Make  the  Beresford 
Club  first-class  and  thoroughly  exclusive  as 
I  want  it,  or  let  some  other  fellow  be  czar," 
is  his  motto.  It 's  a  winner,  too.  The  more 
applicants    shut    out    from    membership,    the 


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more  that  strive  to  get  in.  The  waiting  list 
will  soon  be  as  long  as  one  of  Hiram  Johnson's 
orations  on  the  smashed  railroad  machine. 

At  the  fire  down  Hillsboro  way  there  was 
great  excitement,  and  when  the  chemical  en- 
gine from  San  Mateo  dashed  up  to  aid  the 
aristocratic  fire-fighters  a  crowd  of  strangers 
burst  into  the  grounds  of  the  Beresford  Club. 

"Get  their  names!  Get  all  those  people's 
names!"  shouted  clubman  Louis  Schwabacher. 
"Our  rules  exclude  strangers  from  the  club 
privileges  more  than  once  in  six  months.    " 

"Is  that  supposed  to  be  wit?"  President 
Fries  asked  of  the  jocose  Louis,  who  hits  the 
bull's-eye  ouce  in  a  while;  but  Louis  was  too 
busy  knocking  the  sparks  out  of  the  burning 
brushwood  to  indluge  in  prolonged  persiflage. 

Rumors  Revived. 

All  eyes  are  once  more  centered  on  Clifford 
Cook,  who  has  just  come  out  here  from  Paris 
with  his  mother  and  sister,  and  many  of  the 
soothsayers  are  predicting  that  he  is  once 
again  to  try  for  the  hand  of  that  hard-hearted 
young  lady  who  crushed  his  fond  hopes  when 
he  was  out  here  on  his  Coast  visit.  Just  at 
present  he  is  up  at  his  mother's  beautiful 
couutry  place  in  the  mountains,  but  is  expect- 
ed in  town  soon,  and  Dame  Rumor  has  it  that 
he  will  again  renew  his  siege. 

^*      ^*      ^* 
A  Junoesciue  Beauty. 

Miss  Julia  Langhorne,  whose  marriage  to 
Lieutenant  James  Parker,  U.  S.  A.,  August 
14th,  will  be  a  real  "event"  in  society  as 
society  measures  such  things,  is  one  of  the 
tallest  brides  of  the  year — a  good  six  feet. 
What  a  trial  it  would  be  if  the  Lieutenant 
were  a  "sawed-off!  But,  happily,  he  is  a  six- 
foot-four  stalwart,  and  can  look  down  on  the 
top  of  his  bride's  coiffure,  even  though  she  be 
like  that  ancient  classic  beauty  described  of 
the  poet  as  "divinely  tall  and  most  divinely 
fair."  She  is  one  of  the  best-liked  girls  in 
all  the  sets.  Her  sister,  Mrs.  Richard  Ham- 
mond, being  in  mourning  for  her  late  -hus- 
band, will  not  participate  in  the  wedding. 

t£fr  x£fr  t&& 

Has  Host  of  Friencs. 

The  friends  of  Mrs.  Arthur  Geisler  are 
anxiously  awainting  her  arrival  this  week 
from  Chicago.  She  will  be  accompanied  by 
her  little  daughter,  leaving  her  two  small  sons 
with  Mr.  Geisler  in  Chicago.  She  is  planning 
to  visit  her  parents,_  the  George  A.  Moores, 
in  Boss;  and  the  Du  Val  Moores  are  also 
anticipating  a  visit  from  her.  Many  jolly 
parties  are  being  planned  in  her  honor,  as  she 
has  a  host  of  friends  who  remember  her  very 
affectionately  as  Carol  Moore. 

Jt      «5t      JJ 
Will  Be  a  Quiet  Wedding. 

Colonel  Hamilton  Wallace,  the  fiance  of  that 
socially  distinguished  matron,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Stetson  Winslow,  is  a  prominent  member  of 
both  the  Bohemian  and  Army  and  Navy  Club. 
Mrs.  Winslow  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  J. 
B.  Stetson,  the  capitalist,  who  married  Mrs. 
Eleanor  Doe,  mother  of  Miss  Marguerite  Doe. 
Mrs.  Winslow  is  to  be  very  quietly  married 


the  first  week  in  August,  with  only  her  im- 
mediate family  present — her  two  daughters, 
Euth  and  Marie  Louise,  the  Bobert  Oxnards, 
Harry  Stetsons,  and  a  very  few  others. 

$5*        c?*        <&* 

Great  Preparations. 

Great  preparations  are  being  made  for  the 
Bohemian  Club  high  jinks,  which  begins  the 
11th  of  August.  It  is  expected  to  far  surpass 
anything  in  former  years,  and  members  and 
guests  are  coming  from  all  over  the  country 
for  it,  and  accommodations  are  being  made 
for  a  thousand  or  more  men.  David  Warfield 
is  eagerly  awaiting  it.  Dr.  Younger  is  hast- 
ening from  Paris,  as  is  also  Frank  Unger,  and 
many  from  the  East  and  from  the  southland. 
David  Bispham  is  to  sing  some  of  Henry  Had- 
ley  's  wonderful  music,  and  Joe  Bedding  of 
"Natoma"  fame  has  the  libretto.  As  is  usual 
each  year,  there  will  be  a  large  contingent 
from  the  army,  and  the  debonair  club  men  will 
fill  their  tents  with  guests.  How  the  Bohemian 
can  excel  its  efforts  of  previous  years  in  spec- 
tacular effect  or  hospitality  is  a  puzzle. 

J*     Jt      jt 
The  Trouble  With  Him. 

Simpson  was  one  day  arrested  and  brought 
into  the  police  court. 

Said  the  justice:  "What  is  your  name?" 

"S-s-s-s " 

"What  is  wour  name?"  demanded  the 
justice. 

Why,   S-s-s-s-s-s " 

"I  don't  understand.  What  did  you  say 
your  name  is?" 

"Why,  my  n-name  is  S-s-s-s-s " 

Turning  to  the  policeman  the  justice  said: 
"Here,  officer,  what  is  this  man  charged 
with?" 

"Faith,  your  honor,  and  I  think  it's  sody- 
wather. " 

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A  Great  Sale  of  Art  Works. 

The  disposal  of  the  works  of  art  that  were 
owned  by  the  late  John  Edward  Taylor,  who 
was  the  proprietor  of  that  prosperous  English 
provincial  paper,  the  Manchester  Guardian, 
has  interested  art.  collectors  all  over  the  world. 
Mr.  Taylor's  collection  was  sold  at  Christie's 
in  London,  which  is  famous  for  such  affairs. 
The  receipts  of  the  sale,  which  lasted  several 
weeks,  has  been  over  $2,000,000.     How  many 


HOTEL 

VENDOME 

San  Jose,  Cal. 


One  of  California's 
Show  Places  Where 
Homelikeness  Reigns 


H.  W.  LAKE,  Manager 


Saturday,    July   27,    1912.  J 


'THE  WASP- 


proprietors  of  American  metropolitan  newspa- 
pers possess  two  million  dollars1  worth  of 
works  of  artl  American  buyers  were  very 
prominent  at  this  sale  of  the  Taylor  collec- 
tion. The  Dnveens  of  New  fork  paid  the 
enormous  price  tit'  $32,000  for  a  Chinese 
famille-verte  vast-,  oi  the  Kang-He  period. 
The  vase  is  only  nineteen  inches  high,  but  is 
a  splendid  specimen  of  Chinese  art.  The  im- 
mensely valuable  vas(-  of  porcelain  is  of  square 
shape,  tapering  toward  the  base,  with  a  beaker 
neck.  Its  principal  beauty  is  its  gorgeous 
enameled  groups  nf  fluwers  emblematic  of  the 
four  seasons.    They  are  in  green  and  aubergine 

on  a  yellow  ground,  while  the  neck  of  the  vase 

is  a  tender  apple-green,  decorated  with 
branches  of  dowering  prunus  reserved  in  white 
and  with  stems  of  aubergine.  .  The  shoul- 
ders of  the  vase  are  enameled  w,ith  spring 
flowers  nil  a  green  ground. 

Another  high  figure  paid  by  the  Ouveens 
was  $15,00(1  for  a  set  of  three  vases  of  Chi- 
nese porcelain  with  Louis  XVI  ormolu  mounts. 
The  vases  are  of  celadon  of  the  Kang-lle  peri- 
od, painted  with  chrysanthemums,  prunus  and 
bamboo  in  blue,  rouge-de-fer,  and  white. 

i£&  ^*  <J* 

A  Real  Connoisseur. 

Abe  Gump  of  the  well-known  San  Francisco 
art  firm  is  a  great  connoisseur  on  old  porce- 
lain, and  has  some  beautiful  specimens  that 
he  treats  with  more  care  than  is  given  to  the 
tenderest  hothouse  plant.  To  see  Abe  lift 
one  of  these  $5,000  treasures,  not  much  larger 
than  a  teacup,  and  fondle  it  while  expatiating 
on  its  fine  artistic  points  and  the  beauty  of 
the  coloring,  would  be  a  study  for  Dave  War- 
field.  That  Abe  knows  the  real  goods  when 
lie  sees  them  is  beyond  question. 

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A  Splendid  Keith. 

By  the  way,  I  noticed  in  Gump's  picture 
gallery  the  other  day  a  particularly  fine  ex- 
ample of  William  Keith's  work.     It  had  be- 


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longed  to  the  collecti t  the  late  Fred  Zeile, 

and    was    purchased    I      m     the    estate    by    Ihe 

Gumps  al  a  high  figui  Fred  Zeile  and  the 
old  California  master     t    landscape  art    were 

warm  friends.  The  nerable  painter  out- 
lived the  financier.  l  eith's  works  will  be 
worth  a  greal  deal  01  money  one  of  these 
days  if  the  pictures  b;  ppen  to  belong  to  the 
painter's  best  period  1890  to  1906.  His 
work  prior  tu  1*91)  an. I  after  1906  is  not  val- 
ued equally  high  by  connoisseurs. 

-.•«      <     ..* 
"Bagging"    Still  the  Kage. 
One    reads    occasional     statements    in    the 

newspapers  that  "racing"  has  died  an  un- 
natural death  bul  don 'I  you  believe  a  bit  of 
it!  Raj;  parties  are  all  the  ra£C  with  a  cer- 
tain set,  and  a  very  prosperous  one,  and  the 
raggers  of  pronounced  talent  are  deluged  with 
invitations.  The  Texas  Tommy  "professors" 
are  still  reaping  a  golden  harvest,  but  I  don  t 
mind  predicting  that  their  noble  profession 
is  on  the  toboggan  and  most  of  them  will  be 
peddling  tamales  or  sweeping  out  saloons  soon. 

Slightly  Off  the  Mark. 

Some  of  the  good  ladies  who  glorify  the 
society  pages  of  our  esteemed  daily  contem- 
poraries, persist  in  making  Mr.  "William  B. 
Bourn  go  to  visit  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Arthur 
Rose  Vincent,  at  "Muckross  Abbey."  They 
mean  Kenmare  House,  once  the  county  seat 
in  Ireland  of  the  Karl  of  Kenmare.  Every 
American  tourist  knows  the  place.  Muckross 
Abbey  is  a  "house  from  which"  no  resident 
returns,  for  it  has  been  used  for  centuries  as 
a  cemetery.  The  idea  of  the  Croesus  of  Cali- 
fornia residing  in  the  wind-swept  and  aerie 
ruins  of  the  old  abbey,  where  toads  and  owls 
would  hardly  have  a  homelike  feeling,  is 
worthy  of  a  front  page  in  a  comic  annual, 

t5*        t£&       *2fr 

A  Cafe  with  an  "Atmosphere." 

The  interior  of  Tait  's  Cafe  presents  a  gay 
and  animated  appearance  these  days  "  'tween 
the  hours  of  3  and  6  o'clock."  During  these 
hours  fashionable  and  Bohemian  San  Francis- 
co gather  to  make  merry  and  to  enjoy  a  light 
repast.  The  most  casual  observer  must  admit 
that  the  "atmosphere"  of  the  place  is  very 
compelling,  and  the  impression  made  is  a 
pleasant  one. 

There's  a  young  Chinese  petite  girl  who  goes 
from  table  to  table  in  native  attire  giving  out 
neat  little  annoouncement  cards  which  bear 
the  interesting  information  that  the  cafe  is 
going  to  give  away  a  beautiful  $1,250  Oakland 
automobile — the  Prize  Car.  This  young  Chi- 
nese lady  speaks  very  good  English,  and  af- 
fords patrons  of  the  cafe  much  amusement 
by  her  quaint  replies  to  questions  asked,  as 
she  moves  among  the  merry-makers.  The 
automobile  that  is  to  be  given  away  is  certain- 
ly a  beauty,  and  one  that  any  woman  would 
be  proud  to  own. 

+ 

Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al- 
fredum's  Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 


PURITY  AND  QUALITY 
Have    won    fame    for      Etalian-Swiss     Ci 
wines.     Try  them  and  be  com  inced. 


DR.  H. 

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-THE  WASP* 


[Saturday,   July  27,   1912. 


Criticism  That  Compels. 

It  is  said  that  tempting  offers  from  Eastern 
journals  have  been  made  to  the  Chronicle's 
Berkeley  representative  who  reported  the  per- 
formance of  "The  Toad"  at  the  Greek  Thea- 
ter, where  the  Carmel-by-tbe-Sea  contingent 
exhibited  such  intellectual  and  dramatic  re- 
splendency that  there  was  little  need  of  any 
artificial  illumination.  It  was  in  the  sentence 
devoted  to  the  performance  of  Perry  New: 
berry  that  the  Chronicle's  representative 
showed  himself  the  peer  of  Dean  Swift  and  the 
master  of  Ambrose  Bieree  in  the  use  of  Eng- 
glish  at  once  graphic,  incisive  and  thought- 
compelling. 

Perry  Newberry  made  a  good  "Toad."  He 
played  the  part  exceptionally  well. 

To  add  one  word  to  this  masterpiece  of 
dramatic  criticism  would  be  a  defacement  of 
art  in  its  highest  manifestation — a  painting 
of  the  lily  and  a  gilding  of  the  rose.  Buskin, 
Hazlett,  Walter  Anthony,  Tommy  Nunan, 
Waldemar  Young— all  the  tribe  of  critics  roll- 
ed into  one  could  not  do  the  job  better. 

Perry  Newbarry  made  a  good  "Toad."  He 
played  the  part  exceptionally  well. 

The  true  place  of  the  veracious  scribe  of 
the  Chronicle  is  not  Berkeley,  but  Broadway, 
New  York.  If  we  mistake  not,  he  will  soon 
be  heard  of  in  the  metropolis  jostling  Ashton 
Stevens  and  Alan  Dale  on  their  lofty  pedes- 
tals. 

Fortunately  for  Mr.  Newberry's  fellow-act- 
ors, the  Berkeley  critic  was  not  as  critical  in 
his  remarks  about  them  as  the  chief  frog  in 
the  puddle. 

JS      J*     J* 
Two  More  Adrift. 

An  unhappy  sequel  follows  a  brilliant  wed- 
ding in  the  divorce  of  Lieutenant  and  Mrs. 
William  H.  Anderson.  The  notable  wedding 
of  the  Andersons  took  place  on  the  first  of 
February.  It  was  a  fashionable  church  affair, 
the  ceremony  taking  place  at  St.  Luke's, 
when  society  attended  en  masse.  A  short  hon- 
eymoon followed  the  wedding,  and  the  newly 
married  couple  took  a  cottage  in  "Officers' 
Bow"  at  the  Presidio.  Almost  two  months 
ago  Mrs.  Anderson  returned  to  her  parents' 
home  and  refused  to  go  back  to  the  Lieu- 
ant.     The  suit  for  the  annulment  of  the  mar- 


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riage  was  kept  secret.  The  bride  and  her 
counsel  met  the  judge  early  one  morning,  and 
in  ten  minutes  the  decree  of  the  annulment 
was  recorded.  Lieutenant  Anderson  made 
no  attempt  to  contest  the  suit.  Mrs.  Ander- 
son is  18  years  old,  while  Lieutenant  Ander- 
son is  25.  Nowadays  any  marriage  between 
a  girl  of  18  and  a  young  fellow  of  25,  with 
the  facilities  for  divorce  so  numerous  and 
inexpensive,  is  likely  to  be  a  sudden  if  not 
pathetic  failure.  When  the  couple  are  a  San 
Francisco  girl,  accustomed  to  the  gratifica- 
tion of  her  wishes,  and  without  the  slightest 
idea  of  the  value  of  a  dollar,  and  an  unlucky 
young  officer  in  Uncle  Sam's  army  trying  to 


ENGLISH  NOBILITY  ON  VIEW 

A  pose   of  the   Duke   of   Sutherland's  heir   and 
bride  for  the  benefit  of  the  press. 

keep  up  appearances  on  the  meager  salary  of 
a  lieutenant,  the  impossibility  of  peace  in  the 
family  becomes  what  the  sporting  gentlemen 
call  a  "mortal  cinch." 

A  Case  in  Point. 

There  has  been  much  discussion  in  society 
and  journalistic  circles  over  the  question  of 
permitting  wedding  parties  to  be  photograph- 
ed and  the  pictures  printed  in  the  newspapers. 
The  trouble  over  the  photographers  who  tried 
to  snap  the  Crocker-Whitman  wedding  has 
stirred  up  the  discussion.  Herewith  is  pre- 
sented a  picture  taken  recently  in  London 
when  the  eldest  son  of  the  Duke  of  Sutherland 
was  married  to  Lady  Aileen  Butler,  also  a 
member  of  the  English  nobility  and  one  of  the 
noted  beauties  of  Great  Britain.  The  Duke 
of  Sutherland  is  one  of  the  greatest  landhold- 
ers in  Europe,  and  his  family  is  ah  old  one. 
It  can  hardly  be  said  that  when  his  eldest  son 
and  the  titled  beauty  of  the  first  rank  have 
their  pictures  taken  for  publication  in  news- 
papers that  they  are  seeking  vulgar  notoriety. 
But  it  was  Thackeray  who  said  that  the  most 


exclusive  people  in  England  were  not  the 
nobility,  but  the  rich  city  people  who  had 
made  their  wealth  in  finance  or  trade.  "A 
mere  gentleman  may  hope  to  sit  at  almost 
anybody's  table — to  take  his  .place  at  my 
lord  duke's  in  the  country,  to  dance  a  quad- 
rille at  Buckingham  Palace  itself,"  but  unless 
you  are  a  capitalist  or  a  titled  personage  you 
may  not  hope  to  put  your  feet  under  the  ma- 
hogany of  the  great  commercial  swell.  This 
pose  of  great  exclusiveness  is  not  uncommon 
with  our  American  rich  people  of  the  second 
generation  of  wealth,  and  they  shudder  at 
the  mere  tn ought  of  doing  what  the  dukes  and 
marchionesses  they  like  to  imitate  do  as  a 
matter  of  course. 

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Two  ladies,  previously  unacquainted,  were 
conversing  at  a  reception.  After  a  few  con- 
ventional remarks  the  younger  exclaimed:  "I 
cannot  think  what  has  upset  that  tall  blonde 
man  over  there.  He  was  so  attentive  a  little 
while  ago,  but  he  won't  look  at  me  now." 

"Perhaps,"  said  the  other,  "he  saw  me 
come  in.     He's  my  husband." 

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Bishop  William  Ford  Nichols  is  said  to  have 
received  a  check  for  $1,500  for  officiating  at 
the  wedding  of  Malcolm  D.  Whitman  and 
Jennie  A.  Crocker.  The  rector  of  the  church 
got  a  check  for  $300,  he  assisting"  the  Bishop 
in  the  marriage  ritual.  The  Crocker  family 
has  been  very  liberal  in  its  donations  to  the 
Episcopal  Church  in  California.  The  fine 
block  on  California  street,  between  Taylor 
and  Jones,  on  which  the  Crocker  family  man- 
sion  stood  until  the   great  fire  of  1906,  was 


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II 


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thing  in  the  line  of  what  are  usually  desig- 
nated as  "airs."  Nobody  on  the  overland 
train  by  which  he  came  to  California  knew 
that  he  was  coming  to  the  Far  West  to  marry 
one  of  its  richest  heiresses.  He  mingled  free- 
ly with  the  other  men  on  the  train,  and  to  one 
of  them,  the  representative  of  a  large  Eastern 
furniture  factory,  he  remarked  casually  in  the 
course  of  numerous  conversations  in  the  smok- 
ing room,  that  he  was  a  widower,  but  intended 
to  marry  again  soon — not  a  word  of  the  iden- 
tity of  his  prospective  bride.  The  most  sur- 
prised man  in  San  Francisco  was  the  furniture 
manufacturer's  agent  when  he  saw  his  fellow- 
passenger's  picture  in  the  newspapers  as  the 
husband  of  Miss  Jennie  Crocker.  He  blinked 
and  rubbed  his  eyes  and  blurted  out:  "Why, 
that's  the  young  fellow  who  came  out  on  the 
train  with  me,  and  he  never  said  a  word  about 
who  was  to  be  his  bride.  Well,  I'm  jiggered 
if  that  don't  beat  everything!" 

Mr.  Whitman  is  sure  of  a  hearty  handshake 
if  that  manufacturer's  agent  should  meet  him 
anywhere  on  the  highways.  It  took  him  three 
days  to  work  off  his  surprise  by  telling  every- 
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[Saturday,   July  27,   1912. 


Alas,  How  True! 

The  society  editor  of  a  San  Francisco  sen- 
sational daily — one  of  the  yellowest — deplores 
the  fact  that  so  many  fat  fortunes  made  in 
this  State  have  been  annexed  to  other  States 
by  the  effective  and  easy  process  of  matri- 
mony. To  recount:  Hermann  Oelrichs  came 
here  and  carried  away  some  of  the  millions 
of  the  Fair  estate,,  made  by  the  late  Senator 
Jim  Fair  in  mining  on  the  Comstoek  and  also 
on  Pine  street,  San  Francisco.  Popular  fancy 
has  it  that  the  thrifty  Senator  added  more  to 
his  affluence  by  the  smooth  work  of  the  Stock 
Exchange  than  by  the  strenuous  shovels  of 
the  mineTS  in  Nevada. 

The  carrying  away  of  Flora  Sharon,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Sir  Thomas  Hesketh,  and 
a  member  of  the  landed  gentry  of  England, 
also  gives  the  reminiscent  editress  aforesaid 
a  bitter  pang.  Her  tears  drop  as  she  counts 
the  pearls  of  great  price  captured  by  Cupid 
and  carried  off  to  captivity  in  sister  States, 
or  far-away  foreign  lands — the  Princess  Andre 
Poniatowski  of  the  nouse  of  Sperry,  the  Prin- 
cess Colonna  of  the  house  of  Mackay,  the 
Princess  Hatzfeldt  of  the  house  of  Hunting- 
ton. 

*  *     * 

Then,  too,  did  not  Mr.  Searles,  the  art  dec- 
orator, captivate  the  fancy  and  capture  the 
millions  of  the  widow  Hopkins,  who  erected 
the  great  wooden  palace  which  afterwards  be- 
came an  art  school?  Did  not  George  Crocker, 
after  he  married  Miss  Rutherford  of  this,  his 
native  State,  prefer  New  York}  And  did  not 
his  niece  desert  us  and  bestow  a  large  slice 
of  her  great  fortune  on  Francis  Burton  Har- 
rison?    Alas,    'tis  true! 

*  *     * 

But  why  weep  for  the  bitter  past  and  the 
the  millions  we  cannot  recall?  Let  us  turn 
over  a  new  leaf  and  resolve  to  keep  our  rich 
heiresses  and  our  great  family  millions  here, 
so  that  the  "common  people"  for  whom  Mr. 
Hearst's  tender  heart  and  that  of  "The  Col- 
onel" bleed  incessantly,  may  have  a  hack  at 
them?  How  shall  we  begin.  One  of  the  first 
moves  should  be  to  impress  on  these  migratory 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  In  Tasteful  Attire. 


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owners  of  millions  that  we  prefer  their  pres- 
ence to  their  absence.  The  latter  impression 
has  hitherto  been  the,  one  most  vigorously 
beaten  into  their  intelligence.  We  have  dili- 
gently cleared  their  minds  of  all  doubt  that 
we  regard  them  as  undesirable  and  aangerous 
citizens,  who  have  to  be  watched  constantly 
and  denounced  periodically.  If  they  save  their 
money  we  proclaim  them  misers,  and  if  they 
they  lavish  their  ducats  on  themselves  and 
their  neighbors  we  call  for  their  extinction  by 
the  process  of  Socialism,  which  intends  that 
everybody  shall  wear  overalls  and  live  on  a 
dollar  a  day. 

On  second  thought,  though,  we  may  as  well 
give  up  as  hopeless  any  new  schemes  to  keep 
the  "idle  rich"  and  their  fortunes  with  us. 


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Her  marriage  to   a  Modesto  banker  was  one   of 
the  interesting  events  of  the  week. 

Under  any  form  of  government  it  is  a  hard 
task.  Even  under  empires  and  monarchies 
the  millionaires  are  attracted  to  the  great 
capitals  and  desert  their  ancestral  abodes.  In 
England  the  "landed  gentry"  has  been  striv- 
ing to  keep  up  a  pretense  of  mingling  with 
the  "common  people"  who  knew  their  fathers 
and  great-grandfathers  from  the  time  they 
were  knee-high  to  a  grasshopper.  But  even 
in  old-fashioned,  conventional  England  the 
habit  is  falling  into  disuse,  and  the  aristoc- 
racy, when  not  in  London,  can  usually  be 
found  in  J^aris  or  some  other  Continental  cen- 
ter of  wealth  and  pleasure. 
•     *     * 

In  a  democracy  like  ours,  where  one  man  is 
"as  good  as  another,  and  a  blamed  sight  bet- 
ter," it  is  as  hard  to  hold  our  aristocracy 
as  a  fistful  of  quicksilver.  The  tighter  you 
grasp  it  the  more  of  the  stuff  gets  away  from 
you.      A  radical    change   in   human    nature   is 


first  needed  to  rob  us  of  envy  of  those  who 
have  dollars  to  our  nickels,  and  keep  us  from 
calling  them  pet  names  instead  of  threaten- 
ing Hiram  Johnson's  legislature  and  the  fe- 
male suffrage  on  them.  Several  earnest  Apos- 
tles of  Light  and  Sweetness  are  hard  at  work 
on  this  change.  In  the  fulness  of  time  it  will 
be  un  fait  accompli,  so  to  speak.  Brother 
Hearst  is  giving  all  the  murders,  divorces  and 
suicides  on  his  front  page  and  the  lay  sermons 
by  Brisbane  on  the  back.  In  time  people 
will  only  read  the  sermons.  The  politicians 
are  calling  one  another  liars  and  thieves  while 
passing  moral  resolutions,  promising  that  the 
millennium  shall  be  installed  by  the  election 
of  themselves  as  cooks  and  bottle-washers. 
In  the  sweet  by  and  by  people  will  place  some 
faith  in  those  leaders,  and  the  latter  may 
actually  begin  to  believe  in  themselves.  In  a 
few  millions  of  years  the  reformation  will  be 
thorough,  and  newly  made  millionaires  will 
no  longer  desert  their  chicken-coops  in  Peta- 
luma  and  head  for  the  Queen  Eleanor  Block 
on  Buoadway,  San  Francisco.  Stock  and 
bond  barons  and  lordly  owners  of  ancestral 
sandlots  on  Market  street  will  be  content  to 
ride  in  Pat  Calhoun 's  chariots  instead  of 
dashing  from  New  York  to  Newport  in  mono- 
planes. The  daughters  of  our  local  nobility 
will  intrust  their  palpitating  fortunes  to  am- 
bitious young  corner-grocers  and  honest  plumb- 
ers '  apprentices  witn  an  eye  to  legislative 
nominations.  "It's  coming  out  all  right  in 
the  wash,"  as  the  saying  goes.  Keep  up 
courage,  dear  editress  of  the  Anarchs'  Own, 
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feldts,  Poniatowskis,  etc.,  etc.  "Don't  cry, 
little  girl,  don't  cry." 

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13 


GERTRUDE  ATHERTON'S 

FANTASTIC   DISCOVERY. 


Queen  Elizabeth's    Illegitimate   Son. 

BBTBUDE  ATHEBTON  aayfi:  "Bacon 
wrote  Shakespeare,"  and  Bhe  adds 
I)  the  informal  ton  i  bat  Bacon  was  t  be 
son  of  Queen  Elizabeth  and  Lord 
Dudley.  It  hasn  *t  been  stated  iu 
print  how  t in.'  famous  novelist  arrived  at  t bis 
interesting  historical  conclusion!  which  seems 
entirely  at  variance  with  t ho  well  known 
facts  of  Bacon's  birth,  rise  and  downfall.  He 
was  flu.'  si>n  of  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon  (Baron 
Vemlam)  and  was  burn  at  York  House.  Lon- 
don, duly  22,  1561.  It  is  absolutely  known 
that  Bacon  was  for  many  years  a  needy  and 
briefless  young  lawyer  in  Loudon.  Although 
his  family  was  influential  and  anxious  to  ad- 
vance him,  he  did  not  advance  very  fast.  He 
used  his  pen  to  aid  his  purse  and  became  rec- 
ognized as  a  man  of  great  literary  talents. 
What  Bacon  most  desired,  however,  and  what 
he  schemed  for  tirelessly  was  to  become  at- 
torney-general, for  that  was  a  position  of 
great  power,  with  rich  emoluments.  It  was 
not  till  1607,  four  years  after  the  death  of 
Queen  Elizabeth,  that  Bacon  managed  to  get 
himself  appointed  even  solicitor-general,  a 
much  lower  position,  and  he  did  not  become 
attorney-general  until  1613.  Queen  Eliza- 
beth had  then  been  dead  ten  years  and  James 
1.  of  England  and  Scotland  reigned  in  her 
stead. 

This  King  James  was  the  son  of  Mary, 
Queen  of  Scots  and  Lord  Darnley,  and  the 
most  superficial  student  of  history  knows  that 
Queen  Elizabetn  beheaded  the  unfortunate 
Mary.  Queen  of  Scots.  Bacon,  therefore,  was 
indebted  to  the  son  of  Elizabeth's  hated  rival 
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kit  in  Elizabeth's  roig  .  but  never  conld  at- 
tain,  □ atter    how       inningly    he   schemed. 

He  became  the  Lord  "  tancellor  of  England 
in  L618  and  three  y;  later  was  tried  for 
ding  hie  high  office  by  accepting  bribes. 
He  confessed  his  guilt  ad  was  removed,  and 
thus  fell  from  his  big  estate,  a  lamentable 
example  of  a  wonderfu  clever  and  versatile 
mind,  which  Bel  the  possession  of  money 
above  everything.  He  died  from  pneumonia 
contracted  by  going  oui  in  the  winter  to  get 
some  snow  to  stuff  a  chicken. 

If  this  greal  writer,  who  was  never  a 
great  lawyer  nor  a  just  judge,  bad  been  the 
aatural  son  of  so  powerful  a  queen  as  Eliza- 
beth,  he   would    not    have   i a   compelled   to 

devote  his  literary  talents  to  the  work  of  a 
[iterate  back  in  London  during  the  years  of 
a  most  discouraging  struggle  for  recognition 
in  public  life.  Time  and  again  the  attention 
of  Elizabeth  was  directed  to  nis  talents  and 
his  professed  loyalty  to  the  crown.  He  wrote 
works  to  testify  to  his  loyalty,  but  as  long 
as  Elizabeth  lived  he  remained  in  compara- 
tive obscurity.  It  was  only  when  the  Queen 
died  that  J'.aeun  beg:ni  to  make  headway  in 
politics,  in  which  he  had  demonstrated  that 
lie  was  a  treacherous  friend  as  well  as  a  cor- 
rupt judge. 

He  remained  the  intimate  friend  of  the 
Earl  of  Essex  until  the  nobleman  fell  from 
royal  favor  and  was  prosecuted  mercilessly 
for  treason.  Then  Bacon  was  bis  uitterest  and 
most  dangerout  enemy  and  did  more  than  any 
other  person  to  bring  the  discreaited  favorite 
to  the  scaffold.  There  is  little  doubt  that 
Essex  would  have  escaped  with  a  heavy  fine, 
imprisonment  or  banishment,  had  Bacon  not 
urged  his  conviction  for  treason,  which  car- 
ried with  it  the  penalty  of  beheadal.  Bacon's 
true  character  was  shown  in  this  merciless 
prosecution  of  bis  former  intimate  friend  and 
benefactor,  whom  be  was  willing  to  hurry  to 
an  untimely  death  so  that  he.  Bacon,  could 
rise  to  fame  and  eminence  by  the  destruction 
of  the  Queen's  discarded  favorite. 

Even  after  this  exhibition  of  so-called 
"zeal"  in  the  punishment  of  "dangerous 
traitors,"  Queen  Elizabeth  hesitated  to  make 
Bacon  attorney-general,  and  she  died  without 
granting  him  the  office  he  sought  so  eagerly 
and  was  willing  to  do  anything  to  attain. 

Gertrude  Atherton  will  De  compelled  to 
exercise  a  great  deal  of  literary  skill  before 
she  can  convince  students  of  history  that  the 
behavior  of  Elizabeth  towards  Bacon  was 
that  of  a  mother  towards  a  son — even  an  il- 
legitimate one.  In  Elizabeth's  day,  illegiti 
mate  sons  oi  powerful  soverigns  were  more 
likely  to  get  titles  and  princely  estates  than 
to  be  left  to  struggle  in  comparative  poverty. 

That  merry  monarch,  King  Charles  II.,  who 
reigned  about  fifty  years  after  Elizabeth,  left 
fifteen  of  his  illegitimate  progeny  for  the 
Englisn  taxpayers  to  support.  He  made  his 
"left-handed."  offsprings  dukes  and  count- 
esses. The  list  included  the  Dukes  of  South- 
hampton, Grafton.  Northumberland,  the  Duke 
of  St.  Albans  and  the  Earl  of  Plymouth,  the 
Countesses  oi  Litchfield  and  Sussex  and  Coun- 
tess of  Yarmouth.  He  made  his  mistresses 
duchesses  and  countesses  and  bestowed  on 
them  incomes  befitting  royal  princesses,  who 
kept  up  courts  of  their  own. 

English  history  is  not  the  only  subject  on 
which  Mrs.  Atherton  has  strange  notions.  She 


Men  of  fashion  always  have  their  shirts 
made  to  order,  for  they  find  that  the  ready- 
made  shirts  are  uncomfortable,  ill-fitting  and 
apt  to  give  anything  but  a  stylish  effeet.  Such 
men  patronize  first-class  establishments,  such 
as  that  of  D.  C.  Heger,  243  Kearny  street, 
and  118  Geary  street,  where  skilled  workmen 
make  shirts  and  underwear  of  perfect  fit,  the 
latest  styles  and  the  best  of  materials.  A  man 
is  often  judged  by  his  linen,  and  good  linen 
betokens  the   gentleman. 


told  a  New  York  journalist  not  long  ago  that 
she  believes  in  astrology,  hypnotism,  the  pow- 
er of  the  mental  therapeutist  to  cure  not  only 
insomnia,  but   love. 

"An  astrologer  in  San  Francisco,"  she 
says,  "told  me  not  only  my  past  but  my  fu- 
ture without  knowing  who  1  was.  My  life 
is  unravelling  according  to  her  predictions. 
When  .1  wrote  'The  Conqueror'  1  had  a  Btrange 
feeling  that  I  should  never  write  another 
I k.  I  wrote  it  in  response  to  an  irresist- 
ible urge.  'i  his  same  astrologer  explained 
this  by  telling  me  that  1  belonged  to  the 
race  of   Hamilton." 

The  doctrine  of  reincarnation  also  interests 
Mrs.  Atherton  very  much  she  confesses.  Hav- 
ing such  an  extensive  field  for  mental  effort, 
the  talented  lady  should  have  no  fears  of 
growing  old.  Age  cannot  bring  ennui  to  one 
with  so  many  fads,  even  though  some  of  them 
are    as    useless    as   the   inquiry    "how    old    is 

AlllH'.'" 


Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  tbe  Duyers. 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 

Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house,  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such 
a  house  is  the  John  O.  Bellis  Silverware 
Factory,  328  Post  street,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup- 
plied at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

For  staple  goods,  such  as  toilet  articles, 
tableware,  etc.,  this  firm  cannot  be  sur- 
passed on  the  Pacific  Coast,  while  their 
trophy  cups  and  presentation  pieces  made 
to  order  are  without  peers.  A  visit  of  in- 
spection at  328  Post  St.  (Union  Square)  is 
invited. 


A 


Established  1853. 
Monthly  Contracts,  91.60  per  Month. 

NEW    WORKS    JUST    ERECTED    AT    27 
TENTH   ST,    S.  F. 

Largest    and    Most    Dup  to  Date    on    Pacific 
Coast. 

Wagons  catl  twice  daily. 

Cleaning  Dainty  Garments  Oar  Specialty 

F.  Thomas  Parisian  Dyeing  & 
Cleaning  Works 


HERE  THE  BLAME  REST 


OR  SEVERAL  TEARS  The  Wasp  has  been 
endeavoring  to  arouse  our  citizens  to  pro- 
tect themselves  from  a  repetition  of  the 
awful  disaster  of  1906.  One  of  the  strong- 
est things  in  the  history  of  municipal  in- 
competency and  mismanagement  is  the 
fact  that  six  years  after  San  Francisco 
was  almost  obliterated  by  fire,  our  city  is  still  at  the  mercy 
of  the  flames  of  a  great  conflagration. 

The  water  supplj7  is  more  defective  than  ever. 
The  Auxiliary  Fire  Protection  System  has  been  so  bungled 
that  it  has  caused  the  waste  of  millions  of  dollars  and  is 
not  yet  in  operation. 

Some  time  ago  the  completion  of  the  Twin  Peaks  reser- 
voir was  celebrated  by  a  sort  of  fete  champetre,  the  munici- 
pal authorities,  including  the  President  of  the  Board  of 
Works,  Michael  Casey,  participating  in  the  affair.  Many 
merchants  and  tax-payers  foolishly  imagined  that  they  were 
on  the  eve  of  a  reduction  of  the  enormous  fire  insurance 
rates  that  have  prevailed  since  the  disaster  of  1906.  Why 
not?  The  Twin  Peaks  reservoir  was  finished.  A  large  force 
of  men  had  long  been  laying  the  pipes  of  the  Auxiliary  sys- 
tem; what  more  was  needed  than  to  turn  on  the  water,  fill 
the  pipes,  and  show  the  fire  insurance  companies  that  San 
Francisco  had  acquired  a  high  pressure  system  that  made 
impossible  a  repetition  of  the  1906  calamity. 

Alas  for  those  roseate  conclusions !  It  was  soon  discovered 
that  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir  was  a  sieve,  which  wouldn't 
hold  anything  but  sand,  and  as  for  the  water  pipes  extend- 
ing from  the  sieve,  many  of  them  were  still  above  ground, 
instead  of  in  place. 

The  Downtown  Association,  a  body  of  merchants  eager  to 
see  their  city  go  ahead,  had  applied  to  the  Underwriters  for 
reduction  of  insurance  rates.  The  Underwriters  refused  the 
request  promptly  and  emphatically.  Thereupon  the  Down- 
town Association  appointed  one  of  its  members  to  investi- 
gate the  matter  and  report  thereon.  He  has  reported  that 
the  High  Pressure  System  is  a  failure,  by  reason  of  the  de- 
fects of  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir  and  other  errors.  Fur- 
thermore, in  the  words  of  the  committeeman,  who  made 
the  investigation, 

The  High  Pressure  System  is  a  failure  for  the  reasons 
stated,  and  also  from  the  fact  that  changes  by  the  City 
Engineers  from  the  plans  originally  approved  have 
been  made  without  consultation  with  the  National 
Board  of  Underwriters.    The  bigotry  and  ignorance  of 


the  City  Engineers  is  more  costly  than  graft,  as  men 
practicing  the  latter  have  sufficient  intelligence  to  oc- 
casionally give  some  returns  for  money  expended.  ■ 

The  committeeman  of  the  Downtown  Association  was  not 
disposed  to  saddle  all  the  responsibility  for  the  blunders  on 
Commissioner  Casey.  The  investigator  arrived  at  the  con- 
elusion  that  the  Engineer's  Department  was  to  be  blamed 
chiefly.    In  the  words  of  the  investigator : — 

The  person  directly  responsible,  Mr.  H.  D.  H.  Con- 
nick,  has  been  selected  by  Mr.  Moore  as  the  most  com- 
petent man  to  scatter  the  fund  of  millions  of  dollars 
to  be  entrusted  to  the  Exposition  Directors.  I  have 
used  the  term  "scatter"  advisedly.  The  financial  loss 
to  the  public  of  San  Francisco  to  date  on  account  of 
Mr.  Connick's  stewardship  of  the  High  Pressure  Sys- 
tem amounts  to  $4,500,000  in  excess  of  the  bond  issue 
of  $5,200,000.  *  *  *' 

Merchants  of  San  Francisco  should  weep  when  they 
compare  the  criminal  waste  of  funds  contributed  by 
them  to  sleepless  nights  spent  in  calculating  a  few 
dollars'  profit  from  their  personal  transactions.  In  view 
of  the  high  cost  of  insurance  and  other  fixed  charges, 
which  militate  against  our  successful  competition  with 
other  cities,  it  is  imperative  that  this  association  should 
at  once  adopt  a  course  of  action  directed  towards  the 
clearing  out  of  the  City  Engineer's  office. 

If  politics  require  the  retention  of  the -incompetents, 
it  would  be  far  better  to  pension  them  at  full  pay  to 
gain  knowledge  and  experience  otherwise  than  as  such 
tremendous  cost  to  our  city,  as  has  been  demonstrated. 

The  Wasp,  beginning  with  the  first  publication  of  the 
plans,  in  October,  1908,  has  repeatedly  pointed  out  the  glar- 
ing blunders  that  were  being  made  in  the  planning  and 
building  of  the  Auxiliary  Fire  Protection  system.  Time  and 
time  again  this  journal  pointed  out  particular  instances  of 
error  in  the  plans.  Time  and  time  again  it  charged  the  in- 
competence in  the  City  Engineer's  office,  which  was  respons- 
ible for  the  errors  in  the  plans.  Instance  after  instance  has 
been  published  in  these  columns  during  the  four  years  since 
1908,  of  waste  and  outrageous  extravagance  in  the  expendi- 
tures made  at  the  behest  of  the  City  Engineer's  office,  on 
the  Fire  Protection  system. 

Had  proper  official  attention  been  given  to  the  charges  re- 
peatedly published  by  The  Wasp,  the  millions  which  the 
Downtown  Association  now  finds  expended  and  wasted, 
could  have  been  saved.  The  Downtown  Association  should 
investigate  further  and  find  why  responsible  officials  so 
persistently  neglected  to  investigate  the  specific  charges 
against  the  City  Engineer's  office,  made  by  The  Wasp. 


PASSING   OF   THE   IDLE   EICH.' 


Saturday,    July   27,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


15 


FREAKY  FIRE  BOATS. 

READERS  OF  THE  WASP  remember  that  we  declare.  1 
that  the  Fire  Boats,  which  were  planned  during  the 
late  administration  of  Mayor  Taylor,  were  laughed  at  In- 
competent engineers.  The  Wasp  said  that  if  these  Fir 
Boats  were  built  on  the  plans  approved  by  the  City  Eugin 
ecr's  Department  they  would  run  backward  instead  of  for- 
ward. In  other  words,  it'  a  fire  occurred  at  the  Market  street 
wharf  and  the  Fire  Boats  began  to  work  on  il,  they  would 
immediately  begin  to  back  away,  and  keep  backing  till  they 
wound  up  on  the  Alameda  mud  flats. 

The  cause'  of  this  freak  was  that  the  pumping  machinery 
was  improperly  adjusted,  and  in  taking  water  from  the  bay, 
with  their  pumps,  the  Fire  Boats  would  be  drawn  back  by 
the  suction. 

The  Wasp  harped  on  this^defect  in  vain.  The  building  of 
the  Fire  Boats  on  the  defective  plan  described  was  carried 
on.  Eventually  it  was  discovered  that  The  Wasp  comments 
were  correct,  and  the  plans  for  the  Fire  Boats  were  changed. 
Changes  of  plans  always  cost  more  money.  The  Fire  Boats, 
when  finished,  had  cost  the  City  a  great  deal  more  money 
than  if  built  under  capable  supervision.  One  of  the  loeal 
railroad  companies  had  built  Fire  Boats  for  its  own  use,  and 
by  private  contract,  for  about  half  what  the  city  of  San  Fran- 
cisco paid  for  its  boats.  Besides  that,  the  railroad  boats  were 
good  and  effective,  and  the  City's  Fire  Boats  "are  unsea- 
worthy  and  cannot  pass  a  wharf  or  vessel  in  close  quarters 
without  collision." 

That  is  what  has  been  said  of  them  by  George  Wellington, 
whom  the  Downtown  Association  appointed  to  investigate 
the  matter.  Mr.  Wellington  is  chairman  of  the  Public  Util- 
ities of  the  Downtown  Association.  Every  citizen  interested 
in  establishing  good  government  and  stopping  waste  of  pub- 
lic money  should  read  Mr.  Wellington's  report  to  the  Down- 
town Association.  Here  are  a  few  paragraphs  from  the  in- 
teresting report: 

The  Fire  Boats  are  unseaworthy  and  cannot  pass  a 
wharf  or  vessel  in  close  quarters  without  collision.  The 
specifications  under  which  the  boats  were  built,  called 
for  the  simultaneous  operation  of  engines  and  pumps, 
while  the  capacity  of  the  boilers  specified  was  not 
equal  to  supply  the  requirements.  In  order  to  control 
the  course  of  the  Fire  Boats  while  under  way,  the 
position  of  the  engines  were  exchanged  and  skags  at 
an  additional  cost  were  installed. 

The  proposed  omission  of  the  High  Pressure  Mains 
on  the  Embarcadero  will  leave  the  shipping  wharves 
with  practically  no  protection,  as  in  a  storm  from  the 
north  or  south,  the  Fire  Boats  could  not  be  operated 
successfully  from  windward  and  could  not,  on  account 
of  the  heat,  be  handled  from  leeward.  The  Fire  Boats 
are  botches  from  start  to  finish. 

♦ ■ 

INEXCUSABLE  WASTE. 

IF  THERE  BE  one  waste  of  the  City's  money  more  inexcus- 
able and  more  outrageous  than  any  other,  it  is  the  waste 
of  the  money  expended  directly  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
in  printing  and  circulating  the  Municipal  Record.  It  was 
grafted  on  the  city  treasury  on  the  pretense  that  it  would 
publish  the  true  record  of  municipal  affairs.  The  pretense  is 
a  lie.  It  does  not  publish  a  true  record  of  municipal  affairs. 
It  publishes  garbled  records  of  important  matters  or  sup- 


IT'S  A  LAUGH  ALL  ROUND. 

presses  mention  of  them  entirely.  It  publishes  a  lot  of  in- 
significant items  that  are  all  treated  more  fully  or  more  sat- 
isfactorily by  the  daily  newspapers  than  by  the  official  organ. 
The  only  use  of  the  Municipal  Record  is  to  furnish  easy 
positions  for  a  couple  of  newspaper  men  who  got  tired  of 
the  routine  grind  of  journalism  and  used  their  pull  to  make 
easy  places  for  themselves,  where  they  could  draw  regular 
salaries  and  grow  fat.  One  of  them  is  so  fat  he  weighs  300 
pounds.  The  plan  of  the  present  city  administration  seems 
to  be  to  find  salaries  for  newspaper  men  who  have  grown 
weary  of  their  professional  work  and  wish  to  attach  them- 
selves to  the  city  treasury  like  so  many  barnacles. 

♦ ■ 

LET'S    TRY    THE    RECALL. 

THE  HON.  HIRAM  JOHNSON  has  already  equaled,  if  not 
beaten  the  record  of  the  Hon.  William  H.  Langdon, 
who  signalized  his  election  as  District  Attorney  of  San  Fran- 
cisco by  starting  his  campaign  for  Governor,  on  the  Hearst 
Independence  League  ticket.  In  ten  long  months  he  didn't 
do  ten  minutes  of  official  work  outside  of  the  drawing  of  his 
salary.    He  attended  to  that  regularly,  you  can  bet ! 

The  Recall  should  be  tried  on  some  of  those  officials  who 
act  as  if  they  were  elected  to  electioneer  for  higher  offices 
and  creat  political  machines. 

The  word  should  be  passed  along  to  recall  Hiram.  He's 
one  of  the  worst  offenders,  and  would  make  the  most  salu- 
tary example.  What's  the  use  of  the  Recall,  if  it  isn't  tried 
on  somebody?  Let's  all  get  busy  and  whoop  it  up.  Heave-a- 
ho,  my  hearties !  A  long  pull,  a  strong  pull,  and  a  pull  alto- 
gether, and  the  Hon.  Hiram  will  find  himself  back  in  his  law 
office  all  out  of  breath  and  anxious  to  get  another  retainer 
like  the  fat  one  which  saved  Dalzell  Brown  a  life  sentence. 


Vacation  1912 

A  Handbook  of 

Summer  Resorts 

Along  the  line  of  the 

NORTHWESTERN 
PACIFIC    RAILROAD 

This  book  tells  by  picture  and  word 
of  the  many  delightful  places  in  Marin, 
Sonoma,  Mendocino,  Lake  and  Humboldt 
Counties  in  which  to  spend  your  Vaca- 
tion— Summer  Resorts,  Camping  Sites, 
Farm  and  Town  Homes. 


Copies  of  Vacation  1912  may  be  ob- 
tained at  874  Market  St.  (Flood  Build- 
ing), Sausalito  Ferry  Ticket  Office,  or 
on  application  to  J.  J.  Geary,  G.  P.  & 
F.  A.,  808  Phelan  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


NEW  ENGLAND  HOTEL 

Located  in  beautiful  grove  about  40  rods  from 
station.  Beautiful  walks,  grand  scenery;  hunt- 
ing and  fishing,  boating,  bathing,  bowling  and 
croquet.  Table  supplied  with  fresh  fruit  and 
vegetables,  milk  and  eggs  from  own  ranch  daily. 

Adults  $7  to  $9  per  week;  special  rates  for 
children. 

Address  F.  K.  HARRISON,  Camp  Meeker, 
Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


OWIN  SUMMER  HOME    IN 

CAMP    MEEKER 

Mountains  of  Sonoma  Co.  Lots  $15  up.  Meeker 
-uilds  cottages  $85  up.  Depot,  stores,  hotels, 
.staurant,  phone,  post,  express  office,  theater, 
tree  library,  pavilion,  churches,,  sawmill;  2,000 
lots  sold,  700  cottages  built.  Sausalito  Ferry. 
Address  M.  O.  MEEKER,  Camp  Meeker. 


Redwood  Grove 


%  mile  from  Gueraeville;  tents  and  cottages; 
abundance  of  fruit,  berries;  bus  meets  all  trains. 
Rates  $10-$11  per  week;  L.  D.  phone.  Address 
THORPE  EROS.,  Bos  141,  Gueraeville,  Sonoma 
Co.,   Cal. 


ROSE    HILL 

HOTEL  AND  COTTAGES 
Camp  Meeker 

Opposite  depot;  20  minutes'  ride  from  Russian 
River ;  surrounded  by  orchards  and  vineyards ; 
excellent  dining-room,  with  best  cooking.  Fish- 
ing, boating,  swimming  and  dancing.  Many 
good  trails  for  mountain  climbing.  Open  all 
year.  Can  accommodate  75  guests.  Adults,  $6 
to    $10  per  week;    children  half  rates. 

Building  lots  for  sale  from  $50  and  up.  Ad- 
dress MRS.  L.  BARBIER,  Camp  Meeker,  So- 
noma   County,    Cal. 


The  Gables 


Sonoma  county's  ideal  family  resort,  just  opened 
to  the  public.  Excellent  table,  supplied  from 
our  dairy  and  farm.  Dancing,  tennis,  games. 
Bus  to  hot  baths  and  trains  daily  at  Verano  sta- 
tion. Rates  $2.50  per  day,  $12  and  up  per 
week.  Open  year  round.  Address  H.  P.  MAT- 
THEWSON,   Sonoma  City  P.   O.,   Cal. 


Hotel    Rovvardennan 

OPEN  ALL  THE    TEAR.     " 
New    ownership,     new    management,    new     fea- 
tures.      Golf,     tennis,     bowling,     fishing,     boating, 
swimming,    clubhouse.      Free    garage. 

Rates   $17.50    to    $25   per  week;    $3    to    $4   per 
day. 

Folders    and    information    at    Peck-Judah's,    or 
address  J.  M.  SHOULTS,  Ben  Lomond,  Cal. 


::  RIVERSIDE  RESORT :: 


Country  home  %  mile  from  Gueraeville;  ideal 
spot;  y°  mile  of  river  frontage;  $8  to  $12  per 
week.  For  particulars,  MRS.  H.  A.  STAGG, 
Proprietor,    Gueraeville,    Sonoma    county. 


COSMO  FARM 

On  the  Russian  River;  electric  lighted  through- 
out. Rates  $10  to  $12  per  week.  For  particu- 
lars see  Vacation  Book  or  address  H.  P.  Mc- 
PEAK,    P.    O.   Hilton,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


RIONIDO  HOTEL 

Lawn  Tennis,  Croquet,  Shuffle  Board,  Swings, 
Shooting  Gallery,  Box  Ball  Alleys,  also  4,000 
square  feet  Dancing  Pavilion,  unsurpassed  Bathing 
and  Boating,  and  large  social  hall  for  guests. 
Hotel  ready  for  guests.  Rates,  $12  per  week. 
American  plan.  For  reservations  address  RIO- 
NIDO   CO.,    Rionido,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


Summer  Resorts 

AT  HOME,  AT  THE  CLUB,   CAPE   OB  HOTEL 

CASWELL'S  COFFEE 


Always   Satisfactory 
GEO.  W.   CASWELL  COMPANY 

530-532-534  Folsom  St.  Phone  Kearny  3610 

Write  for  samples  and  prices. 


CARR'S 


NEW  MONTE 
RIO    HOTEL 


NEAREST    TO    STATION    AND    RIVER. 

New  modern  hotel,  first-class  in  every  detail 
and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience. 
Swimming,  boating,  canoeing,  fishing,  launching, 
horseback  riding  and  driving.  Hotel  rates  $2 
day;  $12  and  $14  per  week.  Round  trip,  $2.80. 
good  on  either  the  broad  or  narrow  gauge  rail- 
roads. Sausalito  Ferry.  Address  C.  F.  CARR, 
Monte   Rio,    Sonoma   Co.,   Cal. 


HOTEL  RUSTICANO 

The  hotel  is  just  a  two-minute  walk  from  the 
depot  amongst  the  giant  redwood  trees.  The 
amusements  are  numerous — boating,  bathing, 
lawn  tennis,  bowling,  dancing,  nickelodeon,  and 
beautiful  walks.  A  more  desirable  place  for  a 
vacation  could  not  be  found.  .Rates,  $9  to  $12 
per    week ;    rates    to    families. 

For  folder,  address  L.  B.  SELENGER,  Prop., 
Camp    Meeker,    Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


U.    S.    ARMY 


TENTS 

BLANKETS,  COTS,  HAMMOCKS 

SPIRO  HARNESS  CO. 

307   MARKET    STREET,    S.  F. 
Write  for  Free   Catalogue. 


Saturday,    July   27,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


i? 


IP  Vol*  think  t  hat  there  are  no  club  activi- 
ties nun-,  you  are  mistaken.  Club  life  is 
like  the  brook — it  "goes  on  forever." 
The  lull  in  public  assemblies  is  only  a  qui- 
■•ins  before  the  bursting  of  a  bomb.  Newly 
elected  presidents  are  appointing  committees 
:uni  calling  committee  women  together.  Plana 
are  being  formulated,  polished  and  veneered 
with  line  discrimination,  for  the  approaching 
club  year  promises  to  be  the  best  in  all  the 
annuls    «.!'    clubdom. 

MRS.  .1.  \V.  ORR,  President  of  the  Cali- 
fornia State  Federation,  is  one  of  the 
strongest  forces  in  this  great  improv- 
ed plan  for  the  year's  work.  It  was  she  who 
was  largely  influential  in  securing  the  Bien- 
nial for  California.  It  has  been  she  who  has 
watched  the  development  of  the  State's  aff- 
airs with  the  discerning  wisdom  of  a  leader. 
At  the  State  Federation,  held  at  Paso  Robles 
two  months  ago,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Orr  was 
unanimously  elected  to  the  Presidency  of 
the  California  State  Federation.  Her  abil- 
ity as  an  executive  officer  is  universally 
recognized,  for  she  knows  how  to  organize, 
to  deputize,  to  supervise — three  strong  essen- 
tials for  pronounced  success. 
*     *     * 

MRS.    PERCY    L.    SHUMAN,    whose   pic- 
is  given,  also,  is  President  of  the  San 
Francisco    District   Federation,    a   ter- 
ritory represented  by  69  clubs,  with  a  mem- 


Vaughan-Fraser  Photo. 
MRS.    J.    W.    ORR. 
President  of  the  California  State  Federation,  and 
a  leader   of   distinction. 


bership  of  ti.uuu  woiim-m.  Mrs.  Sliuman  is  a 
natural  leader,  a  woman  of  culture  and  re- 
finement,  whose  knowledge  is  the  result  of 
years  of  study  and  travel  throughout  the 
world.     She  has  already  started  vigilantly  to 


Kathryn  Hopkins  Photo. 
MRS.  PERCY  L.  SHUMAN. 

Highly   efficient   as   President   of   San   Francisco 
District. 

work,  with  the  co-operative  force  of  a  splen- 
did  board. 

*     *     * 

AT  THE  LUNCHEON  given  recently  at 
Stockton,  Mrs.  W,  0.  Morrow,  wife  of 
the  great  California  novelist,  Past  Pres- 
ident of  the  Women's  Press  Association,  ad- 
dressed the  guests.  She  said,  in  part:  "The 
good  which  the  Biennial  has  brought  to  me 
and  to  other  women:  First  of  all,  I  should 
say  the  spirit  of  camaraderie.  East  has  met 
West,  South  has  met  North,  the  women  all 
temperamentally  different,  all  of  them  climat- 
ically different,  all  with  different  aims  and 
purposes  in  life,  and  yet  all  united  in  one 
common  aim — the  betterment  of  themselves 
and  the  uplift  of  their  less  fortunate  sisters. 
The  second  thing  that  impresses  me  is  the  tre- 
mendous earnestness  of  these  women,  their 
splendid  attitude  of  being  unafraid  of  any- 
thing. Another  impression,"  continued  Mrs. 
Morrow,  "was  that  of  the  inquiring  mind. 
The  women  who  came  wanted  to  know  every- 
thing. For  instance,  how  many  varieties  of 
the  eucalyptus  tree  have  we? 

"On  the  whole,  the  Biennial  is  a  good 
thing.  It  takes  women  out  of  themselves 
into  a  larger,  broader  vision.  They  find  that 
other  women  are  accomplishing  things,  and 
they,   too,  want  to  do  things.     *     *     *     An 


impulse  and   an   impetus   are   given   to   better 

things.     Nol  .-ill  w u    i  >ur  freedom 

and  pleasures,  and  we  mould  combine  to  help 

those   wl annol    help  themselves." 

Mrs,  Morrow's  philosophy  carries  with  H 
the  essence  of  true  womanl I,  the  dominat- 
ing   l'oive   of   l he    Biennial. 


Teacher:  "Now,  children,  which  of  you  can 
decline    the    word   '  sick  ' .' ' ' 

Lizzie   (in  a  tragic  voice):   "Sick— worse 
dead." 


GOURALD'S 

Oriental  Beauty  Leaves 

A  dainty  little  booklet  of  exquisitely  perfumed 
powdered  leaves  to  carry  in  the  purse.  A  handy 
article  for  all  occasions  to  quickly  improve  the 
complexion.  Sent  for  10  cents  in  stamps  or 
coin. 

F.  T.  Hopkins,   37  Jones   Street,   N.  T. 


WALTERS  SURGICAL  CO. 

SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 
808  Sutter  St.,  S.  P.      Phon.  Doug]..  4011 


Sultan  Turkish  Baths 

624  POST  STREET 
Special   Department   for   Ladles 

Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladies  and  Gen 
tlemen. 
Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Hamraam,  has  leased  the  Sultan  Turkish 
Baths,  where  he  will  be  glad  to  see  his 
"Id   and  new  customers. 


Blake,  Mof  f  itt  &  Towne 


PAPER 


37-45  Tirst  Street 

PHONES:   SUTTEE  2230;  1  3221  (Home) 
Private    Exchange    Connecting-    all    Departments 


LA  GRANDE  &  WHITES 

LAUNDRY  CO. 

Office  and  Works,  234  12th  St. 

Bet.  Howard  &  Folaom  Sta. 

SAN    FRANCISCO,          -          CALIFORNIA 

Phones:    Market    916,    Home   M   2044. 

Eames    Tricycle   Co. 


Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
ROLLING    CHAIRS    for    all 

purposes.  Self  -  Propelling 
Tricycle  Ohaira  for  the  dis- 
abled. INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  Francisco.  Phone  Park 
2940.  1200  S.  Main  Street, 
Lob    Angeiee. 


"-j-J  N  THE  next  decade  San  Francisco  will 
iV  l!V  be  called  upon  to  accomplish  many 
?)1K>  things  necessary  in  a  city  aspiring  to 
become  the  Western  gateway  of  the 
trade  of  the  Pacific.  If  the  work  done  since 
■  1906  in  restoring  the  business  quarter  of  San 
Francisco  be  a  guarantee  of  what  will  be  ac- 
complished in  the  coming  years,  our  city's 
commercial  pre  eminence  is  already  a  foregone 
conclusion.     All  obstacles  will  be  overcome. 

It  was,  of  course,  the  young  men  who  re- 
built San  Francisco.  That  great  task  was  ac- 
complished by  the  business  men  in  the  prime 
of  life.  On  them  has  devolved  the  duty  of 
meeting  the  rapidly  changing  conditions.  Few 
great  cities  in  the  world  have  undergone  such 
transitions  aS  San  Francisco  since  1906,  when 
our  city  was  thrown  in  a  day  back  to  almost 
the  primitive  order  of  things  that  existed  in 
early  pioneer  days. 

The  transfer  of  the  retail  business  firms  of 
San  Francisco  from  Fillmore  street  and  Van 
Ness  avenue,  where  they  located  temporarily 
after  the  fire  of  1906,  was  a  task  of  great 
magnitude  and  difficulty.  The  Downtown  As- 
sociation, a  body  of  courageous  young  busi- 
ness men,  smoothed  the  way  for  the  removal 
of  the  mercantile  houses  from  their  temporary 
locations  in  the  Western  Addition  to  their 
new  permanent  buildings  in  what  had  been 
the  fire-swept  area. 

One  of  the  most  active  leaders  in  the  down- 
town movement  was  Andrew  G.  McCarthy, 
whose  portrait  appears  in  our  Gallery  of  Weil- 
Known  Business  Men  this  week.  Mr.  Mc- 
Carthy is  a  notable  example  of  the  fact  that 
no  man  need  eomplain  of  lack  of  opportunity 
in  this  great  land  of  ours.  He  has  worked  his 
way  up  diligently  from  a  modest  start  in  busi- 
ness life,  and  takes  pride  in  the  fact  as  do 
thousands  of  highly  successful  American  busi- 
ness men.     Mr.  McCarthy  was  not  forced  to 


remain  long  on  the  lower  rounds  of  the  ladder. 
Few  energetic  and  capable  young  men  are 
left  there.  He  rose  rapidly,  and  for  years  has 
been  identified  in  a  managerial  capacity  with 
the  famous  and  important  firm  of  Sherman, 
Clay  &  Co.,  whose  name  has  been  at  the  head 
of  the  music  business  on  the  Pacific  Coast 
since  pioneer  days.     Mr.  McCarthy  sees  noth- 


ANDREW    G.   MCCARTHY 

A  progressive  young  "business  man  wno  lias  ac- 
complished   things    for    his    city. 

ing  ahead  for  San  Francisco  but  prosperity. 
His  firm  has  had  no  complaint  to  make  of  dull 
times,  even  in  the  darkest  hours  of  San  Fran- 


"X 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT   FLEISHHACKER .President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM Chairman  of  the  Board 

J.  FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

O.  F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.   ALTSCHUL    Cashier 

C.  R.   PARKER Assistant   Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH     Assistant    Cashier 

H.   OHOYNSKI    Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    BURDICK    Assistant   Cashier 

A.   L.   LANGERMAN    Secretary 


Cisco's  trials  since  1906,  and  the  future  there- 
fore appears  to  them  to  be  full  of  golden 
promise.  Mr.  McCarthy  takes  no  active  part 
in  polities,  though,  like  all  good  citizens,  he 
is  deeply  interested  in  seeing  that  our  city 
shall  enjoy  the  benefits  of  honest  and  efficient 
government.  He  served  for  a  term  as  Park 
Commissioner,  an  honorable  office,  to  which 
no  salary  is  attached,  and  which  therefore  is 
regarded  as  a  distinction  by  our  best  citizens. 
What  a  boon  it  would  be  to  our  State  if 
more  public  offices  were  without  salary,  so 
that  they  no  longer  would  be  prizes  for  time- 
serving and  worthless  politicians — the  office 
of  State  legislator,  for  instance,  which  is  now 
avoided  like  a  pestilence  by  most  representa- 
tive business  men,  and  sought  by  many  fellows 
who  should  be  in  jail  as  vagrants. 

Business  Better  Here. 
After  a  10,000-mile  tour  of  Europe  in  his 
machine,  Richard  Miller,  President  of  the  Owl 
Drug  Company,  returned  to  San  Francisco 
Thursday  last.  "I  think,"  said  Mr.  Miller,  in 
discussing  his  trip,  ' '  business  generally  is 
better  here  this  summer  than  it  is  in  the  East 
just  now."  Mr.  Miller  was  accompanied  home 
by  his  brother,  Dr.  Thurlow  Miller,  and  his 
wife.  Business  should  be  better  here  than 
almost  anywhere  in  the  world.  No  other  city 
has  such  good  prospects  now  as  San  Francis- 
co on  the  eve  of  the  expediture  of  immense 
sums   of  money.     Then   there  is   the  opening 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street. 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  paid  up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided   Profits $5,055,471.11 


Total      $11,055,471.11 

OFFICERS. 
Isaias  W.  Hellman,   President 
I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,   Vice   Pres. 
F.   L.  Lipman,  Vice  Pres. 
James    K.   Wilson,   Vice   Pres. 
Frank  B.  King,   Cashier 
W.  MeGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
O.    L.    Davis,    Assistant   Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.    B.   Price,    Assistant    Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 

1  sains   W.   Hellman  Hartland  Law 

Joseph  Sloss  Henry  Rosenfeld 

Percy   T.  Morgan  James  L.  Flood 

P.  W.  Van  Sicklen  J.  Henry  Meyer 

Wm.  P.  Herrin  A.   H.  Payson 

John  C.  Eirkpatriek  Chaa.   J.    Deering 

I.    W.    Hellman,   Jr.  Jamea   K.   Wilson 

A.    Christeson  F.     h.    Lipman 

Wm.    Haas 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt   Service,  Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Faeilities. 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


Saturday,    July   27,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


19 


of  the  Panama  Canal,  which  will  change  the 
geographical  position  <ii"  California,  and  place 
Ban  Francisco  thousands  of  miles  nearer  the 
great  markets  of  the  world. 

Largest  Seller. 
The  United  States,  next  to  Russia,  is  the 
largest  seller  to  Germany  and  of  her  total 
imports  last  year  our  share  was  $319,800,000, 
against  Russia's  $389,000,000,  our  sales  to  the 
Empire  showing  a  gain  of  more  than  $37,000,- 

>.  and  Russia's  $59,000,000.     The  purchases 

from  Russia,  however,  are  in  great  part 
foodstuffs  and  represent  more  the  German  lack 
of  home  supplies  and  the  Status  of  industrial 
activity. 

Very  Dull.. 
The  real  estate  market  has  been  very  dull 
this  week,  as  is  usual  at.  this  tinTe  of  the 
year.  Many  people  are  away  at  summer  re- 
sorts, and  everybody  is  postponing  action  till 
the  vacation  days  are  over. 

Twin  Peaks  Tunnel. 
The  Supervisors  are  making  haste  slowly 
with  the  various  tunnel  projects.  Valuable 
time  is  passing  and  little  more  than  talk  is 
recorded.  A  private  corporation  of  compe- 
tent business  men  could  get  together  and  set- 
tle any  of  the  tunnel  projects  in  one-tenth  of 


Smith-Tevis-Hanford 

Inc. 

MUNICIPAL  AND 
CORPORATION 

BONDS 


57  Post  St., 


San  Francisco 


the  time  the  Supervisors  and  "experts"  take 
over  them.  As  to  the  "experts,"'  they  are 
naturally  in  no  hurrv,  for  they  are  paid  by 
the  day,  and  the  longer  the  job  lasts  the  bet- 
ter for  tbem. 

The  Stock  Market. 

Despite  the  summer  dullness,  the  local 
stuck  market  has  been  lively  this  week  wir.h 
advances  in  Alaska  Packers  and  Pacific  Gas 
and  Electric  common.  The  latter  was  a  good 
thing,  which  many  investors  overlooked.  The 
stock  was  a  good  buy  any  time  during  the 
past  month,  when  it  sagged  a  little,  as  most 
stocks  «ln  when  Presidential  nominating  con- 
ventions are  disturbing  business.  It  was  a 
certainty  the  stock  would  react,  and  those  who 
acted  on  that  presumption  have  done  well. 

Alaska  Packers  was  something  of  a  surprise, 
for  it  had  been  suspected  that  the  salmon 
pack  would  not  justify  an  advance  in  the 
stock.  Good  news  by  wireless  changed  the 
situation. 

♦ 

SIGNIFICANT   PRECOCITY. 

Some  wits  in  the  railroad  business  have  cir- 
culated the  following  story  about  E.  E.  Cal- 
vin, Vice-President  and  General  Manager  of 
the  Southern  Pacific,  whose  duties  have  been 
enlarged  considerably  under  the  new  regime: 
The  future  railroad  magnate  in  his  youth 
lived  with  his  parents  back  in  Indiana,  and 
his  father  at  an  early  age  tested  his  son's 
mental  inclinations.  The  test  was  made  simul- 
taneously with  an  apple,  a  Bible  and  silver 
dollar.  They  were  all  placed  on  a  table  and 
the  boy  was  invited  into  the  room  and 
asked  which  of  the  three  things  he  preferred, 
or  wanted,  most.  The  father  had  an  idea  if 
his  son  took  the  apple  he  would  give  promise 
of  making  a  good  farmer  or  orchardist;  if 
the  Bible,  then  he  was  most  seriously  inclined; 
if  the  dollar  in  coin,  then  he  was  marked  for 
a  business  or  banking  career. 

"Can  I  help  myself,  daddy?"  the  lad  asked. 

At  a  nod  of  approval  from  the  father,  the 
boy,  without  more  ado,  pocketed  the  money, 
and,  as  he  began  eating  the  apple,  placed  the 
Bible  on  a  chair  so  as  to  sit  up  a  little  higher 
at  the  table.  Shaking  his  head,  the  father 
remarked:  "Well,  boy,  I  guess  you  are  cut 
out  for  a  railroad  man,  for  you  certainly  want 
all  the  traffic  in  sight." 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  C'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 

LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and     jfl&k 

:'^~T 

lik    MOST  CONVENIENTLY 

ARRANGED  SAFE  DEPOSIT     ffl|  \ 

cHU 

fr.    WEST  OF  NEW  YORK 

Boxes  $4  per  annum    AllJJUPIL  111  L 

'  IjljJf '    and  upwards. 

Telephone        '^Sy^ilAiagi' 

Kearny  11. 

The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The    German    Bank)  Commercial 

Incorporated    1868. 

626    California    St.,    San    Francisco.    Cal 

( Member    of    the    At aoclated    Saving!    Banki    of 
San  Francisco.) 

The   following  Branches   for   Eeceipt  and  Pay- 
ment of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,   2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 
Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....       $51,140,101.76 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number   of   Depositors  .  .  .        56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  S  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


ON  JULY  1st,  1912 
WE    WILL    MOVE    OUR    OFFICES 


410  MONTGOMERY  ST. 


Our  Facilities  for  HanaUing 

Investment  Securities 

Will  be   Considerably  Increased 


ESTABLISHED  1858 

SUTR0&C0. 


Telephone 
Sutter   3434 


Private   Exchange 
Connecting  All  Depts. 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 


MEMBERS: 

NEW  YORK  STOCK  EXCHANGE 
NEW  YORK  COTTON  EXCHANGE 
CHICAGO  BOARD  OF  TRADE 
STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE,  S.  F. 

MAIN    OFFICE — Mills    Building,     Sou     Fran 


BRANCH  OFFICES — Lob  AngeleB,  San  Die- 
go, Coronado  Beach,  Portland,  Ore. ;  Seattle, 
Wash.;  Vancouver,  B.  C 

PRIVATE  WIRE  NEW  YORK  AND   CHICAGO. 


20 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    July   27,    1912. 


OLD  MAIDS 
DIARY  * 


•  OODNESS  ME!  How  exeitable  some 
people  are!  I  was  making  a  cup  of 
^^A,  tea  for  myself  when  Ethyl  Gayleigh 
ran  in  breathless  to  tell  me  she'd  got 
a  letter  from  a  friend  in  Rome  about  Virgilia 
Bogue  leaving  her  artist  husband  and  coming 
back  to  America. 

Lands  sake!  As  if  it's  a  surprise  that  any 
girl  accustomed  to  three  meals  a  day  would 
run  home  to  her  mother  from  a  studio  where 
she  has  to  exist  on  the  smell  of  an  oil  rag! 

Goodness  me!  I  knew  such  a  sweet  girl 
over  in  Sausalito,  and  she  got  it  into  her 
silly  head  life  was  a  blank  if  she  didn't  marry 
a  painter  chap  that  she  met  up  the  gulch  one 
day  when  he  was  waiting  to  study  a  sunset. 
So  he  said.  Mrs.  Trotter,  who  knows  every- 
thing, says  that  he  was  dodging  his  landlady, 
who  caught  sight  of  him  on  the  ferryboat. 
She  was  coming  over  to  the  poolrooms  to  bet 
some  money  on  the  races,  and  who  should  she 
see  but  her  lodger.  He  legged  it  along  the 
water-front  with  all  the  boatmen  and  dogs  at 
his  heels,  and  he  never  stopped  till  he  'd  run 
a  mile  up  the  hills  like  a  goat.  He  was  a  long- 
legged  chap,  and  as  thin  as  a  rail,  and  you 
could  no  more  run  him  down  than  a  goat. 

Lands  sake,  that  foolish  young  girl  was 
married  to  him  in  a  month,  and  when  I  called 
to  see  her  she  was  cooking  a  couple  of  mutton 
chops  as  big  as  a  ten-cent  piece  on  an  oil 
stove,  on  the  window  sill.  She  had  a  five- 
gallon    coal-oil    can    for    an    oven,    and   when 

NOT  AMISS  TO  A  MISS— A  box  of  candy 
when  she  is  in  the  country.  Can  be  sent  by 
mail  or  express  from  any  one  of  Geo.  Haas  & 
Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


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company  came  to  lunch  she  had  to  use  the 
old  rusty  knife  her  husband  had  for  scraping 
the  paint  off  his  hand  boards.  I  think  that's 
what  he  called  them.  The  things  you  stick 
your  thumb  in  to  mix  the  paint. 

"My,  my!  However  do  you  live  in  one 
room,  and  where  do  you  sleep?"  I  asked  her, 
for  you  couldn't  turn  around  without  knock- 
ing down  pictures  and  getting  turpentine  all 
over  your  clothes.  While  I  was  talking  to  her 
she  stuck  her  head  in  the  coal-oil  can  to  see 
how  the  flapjacks  were  baking,  and — mercy 
me! — her  hair  caught  fire. 

Oh  gracious!  I  thought  I'd  never  get  out 
alive,  for  Mrs.  Trotter  yelled  "Fire,  fire!" 
out  of  the  window,  and  as  I  was  flying  down- 
stairs I  tripped  over  a  line  of  hose  and  fell 
down  two  flights  on  a  policeman. 

I  met  that  poor  girl  last  week  and  she's 
married  now  so  happily  to  a  wealthy  sewer 
contractor  that  thinks  a  can  of  paint  is  wast- 
ed except  it's  rubbed  on  a  fence  or  a  barn. 
He  is  going  to  give  her  an  electric  runabout 
and  a  long  black  coat  if  he  gets  the  contract 
from  the  Board  of  Works  for  stopping  all  the 
leaks  in  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir  with  putty. 

My!  these  marriages  with  long-haired  artists! 
TABITHA   TWIGGS. 


GOLF  AT   BTJELINGAME. 
The    golf    tournament    of    the    Burlingame    Country 
Club  attracted  a  large  aggregation  of  prominent  soci- 
ety   people    during    the    past    week.      Many    motored 
down    the    peninsula    to      witness      the 
games.      Some   of  the   enthusiasts  were 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden, 
Mr.    and    Mrs.    Richard    Sprague,    Mr. 
and  Mrs.  "Ward  Barron,   Mr.   and  Mrs. 
William  Duncan,    Mr.    and  Mrs.   Julian 
Thorn,    Mr.   and  Mrs.   xienry  Lund  Jr., 
Mr.    and    Mrs.    A.    S.    Stone,    Mr.    and 
Mrs.   Fred  McNear,    Mr.   and  Mrs.    Gus 
Taylor,    Mr.    and   Mrs.   Latham  McMul- 
lin.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Max  Rothschild,  Cap- 
tain   and    Mrs.    Lyman,    Mr.    and    Mrs. 
Henry    Kiersted,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Oscar 
Cooper,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Pope,  and 
others. 


world.  One  o±  Miss  Bull's  interesting  experiences 
was  her  visit  in  India,  where  she  was  one  of  the 
American   colony  who    enjoyed   the    Durbar. 


AT    DEL    MONTE. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  D.  Pillsbury  and  Miss  Olivia  and 
Master  E.  S.  Pillsbury  motored  down  to  Del  Monte  in 
their  touring  car  from  San  Francisco  for  a  week- 
end visit. 

Mi\  M.  E.  Pinckard  of  San  Rafael  arrived  Satur- 
day, and  Mr.  Arthur  Evans  also  heard  the  luring 
call   of  Del   Monte's    fascination. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  J.  Saunders  motored  down  from 
the  city  on  a  little  pleasure  trip.  Mr.  Saunders  is 
Second  Vice-President  of  the  Western  States  Life 
insurance,  and  he,  with  many  others  in  the  same  line, 
expect  to  hold  a  convention  some  time  in  August. 
Aside  from  the  pleasure  that  a  little  tour  affords 
these  glorious  summer  days,  he  has  one  eye  on  a 
suitable    location    for    the    meeting. 

Mr.  George  Wharton  James,  whom  every  one 
knows  as  a  traveler  and  popular  author,  and  at 
present  the.  editor  of  "Out  West,"  has  just  depart- 
ed after  a  few  weeks'  visit  on  the  peninsula.  He 
mode  his  headquarters  at  Del  Monte.  The  Chatau- 
quans  were  entertained  by  Mr.  James  by  a  lecture 
on  the  Zuni  Indians.  He  has  been  a  student  of 
Indian  life  for  a  long  time,  as  well  as  of  the  history 
of  the  early  missions  that  form  such  an  important 
feature    in    the    early   history   of    California. 


Miss  Martha  Calhoun  has  gone  to  her  Cleveland 
home.  She  will  not  be  able  to  attend  Miss  Julia 
Langhorne  at  her  wedding,  as  she  at  first  contem- 
plated. 

♦ 

Miss  Camille  Dorn  and  her  sister  Marion  are 
spending  the   summer  months   at  Lake   Tahoe. 


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MR.  SHREVE'S  NEW  HOME. 
A  home  amounting  In  expenditure 
to  $42,045  is  to  he  built  by  George  R. 
Shreve,  the  well-known  jeweler,  at 
Hillsboro.  The  palatial  residence  will 
be  built  near  the  estates  of  George  H. 
Howard,  R.  M.  Tobin,  and  others  of 
the  fashionable  colony.  The  building 
will  be  constructed  along  the  standard 
of  high  architectural  wors.  It  is  de- 
signed by  George  H.  Howard. 


I 


§ 


SANTA     CevuZ     A     FAIRYLAND. 

The  eight-day  festival  at  Santa 
Cruz  has  maintained  the  glowing 
promises  of  its  press  agent.  It  has 
proved  a  gala  event  in  every  respect. 
The  most  glowing  accounts  nave  been 
spread  by  all  the  city  visitors  who 
went  down  to  witness  the  pageant.  An- 
other army  of  sight-seers  will  put  in 
this  week-end  at  Santa  Cruz  for  the 
spectacular  attractions,  and  the  period 
of  festivity  will  not  end  till  Sunday 
night.  A  masked  hall  and  promenade 
wi.I  be  included  in  Saturday  night's 
program. 


Miss  Editu  Bull  is  now  visiting  her 
sister,  Mrs.  Covington  Pringle,  at 
Menlo     Park,     after     her     tour     of     the 


THE  PERFECTION  OF    WHISKEY 
QUALITY  IS  ALWAYS  FOUND  IN 


HUNTER 

BALTIMORE 

RYE 


THE 

AMERICAN  GENTLEMAN'S 

WHISKEY 


Sold   at   all   first-class   cafes   and   by   jobbers 
WM.  LAN  AHA  N  &  SON,  Baltimore,  Md. 


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ONE  ol  the  notable  weddings  of  this  week  is 
thai  "i  Miss  i.nelma  Parker  and  Henry  Gail- 
laard  Smart  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  where 
some  ol  Miss  Parker's  ancestors  were  native 
princes  mid  others  white  planters.  Her  husband  is 
the  son  uf  a  missionary,  and  she  met  the  young 
man  on  a  voyage  fiom  San  Francisco  to  Honolulu. 
Her  mother  is  Mrs.  Fred  Knight,  whose  husband  is 
a  son  "i  the  famous  Republican  orator,  George 
Knight,  and  well  known  in  clubdom  and  society. 
Miss  Harriet  Bradford  of  tnis  city  was  the  bride's 
only  attendant.  A  large  company  of  San  Francisco 
society  people  sailed  to  the  Island  to  be  in  attend- 
ance at  the  Parkers'  wedding.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smart 
will  occupy  a  palatial  residence  at  Waimea,  which 
has  just  been  completed.  They  will,  in  all  probab- 
ility,  winter  in  San  Francisco. 


Weddings. 


Miss  Gladys  Kaighin  became  the  bride  of  Mr, 
William  L.  Murphy  on  Tuesday  of  this  week.  The 
wedding  of  the  prominent  vocalist  was  a  quiet  af- 
fair, owing  to  the  illness  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  Charles 
L.  Kaighin.  Miss  Anne  Murphy  was  maid  of  honor, 
Mr.  William  K.  White,  the  best  man.  Two  cousins 
of  the  bride,  Miss  Hazel  Domonske  and  Miss  Rita 
Domonske,  were  bridesmaids.  Dainty  Alice  Bart- 
lett  acted  as  dower  girl,  while  Master  Ted  Thompson 
bore  the  ring  on  a  satin  cushion.  The  ushers  were 
Merton  S.  Price  Jr.  and  Warren  D.  Allen  Mr. 
Merton  S.  Price  Sr.,  uncle  of  the  bride,  gave  her 
away.  Mrs.  Murphy  is  the  daughter  of  the  late 
Charles  J.  Kaighin,  one  of  the  prominent  railroad 
officials  some  years  ago.  &he  is  well  known  in 
social,  club  and  musical  circles,  where  her  statu- 
esque beauty  has  been  considered  typical  of  our  most 
attractive  California  women.  Mr.  Murphy  owns  a 
large  ranch   in    the  northern  part  of   the   State. 

Miss  Anne  McClelland  and  Mr.  Howard  Wells 
Isham  were  married  at  a  pretty  ceremony  which  took 
place  at  the  St.  Francis.  Miss  Ruth  Elizabeth  Mc- 
Clelland, sister  of  the  bride,  was  maid  of  honor.  Mr. 
Harry  McClelland,  the  brother  of  the  bride,  gave 
her  into  the  keeping  of  the  groom.  Mrs.  Isham  is  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  California  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Alpha  Phi  Sorority.  She  is  a  cousin  of 
Mrs.  Frederick  Malcolm  Eaton.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  How- 
ard Isham  will   reside   in  Pasadena. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Nellie  Prewitt,  daughter  of 
Judge  James  Prewitt  of  Auburn,  and  Mr.  Arthur  L. 
Williams,  which  occurred  at  tne  St.  Francis,  was  an 
interesting  event.  Mrs.  S.  Keyes  of  Sacramento  was 
matron  of  honor.  Mr.  W.  H.  Cullen  was  best  man.  A 
motor  car  was  the  gift  of  the  groom's  father,  and  a 
shower  equipping  the  car  came  from  the  friends  of 
the  bride  and  groom.  Mr.  Williams  is  manager  of 
the    Associated    Oil    Company   at    Fellows. 

Miss  Sally  Garlington  and  Lieutenant  Dwight 
Chamberlain  were  married  at  St.  John's  Church  on 
Wednesday  of  this  week  at  Washington,  D.  C.  It 
was  a  very  attractive  wedding,  and  socially  a  bril- 
liant event.  Mrs.  Chamberlain  comes  of  a  dis- 
tinguished family,  her  father  being  General  Ernest 
A.  Garlington.  Many  of  the  San  Francisco  social 
set  are  interested  in  this  notable  society  event. 

Miss  Hazel  S.  Woods,  daughter  of  Rev.  E.  A. 
Woods,  became  the  bride  of  Dr.  Lewis.  W.  Hackett, 
of  the  Harvard  Medical  College,  this  past  week, 
the  wedding  taking  place  at  the  pretty  Woods 
home  on  Hillegass  Ave.,  Berkeley.  Dr.  Hackett 
will  become  one  of  the  faculty  at  the  University 
of  California  when  the  fall  term  begins. 


August  14th  has  been  selected  by  Miss  Julia 
Langhorne  for  her  wedding  day,  She  and  Lieuten- 
ant James  Parker,  1'.  S,  X.,  will  be  married  on  this 
dale  at  St,  Luke' 8  Church.  It  will  be  a  brilliant 
affair,  with  all  the  impressiveness  of  naval  and  mil- 
itary attendants.  Miss  Marian  Newhall  will  be  the 
maid  of  honor.  The  other  bridesmaids  are  to  be 
two  of  our  own  local  beauties — Misses  Sara  Cunning- 
ham and  Louise  Boyd — and  Miss  Duane  of  Philadel- 
phia, a  cousin  of  the  bride-elect.  Lieut.  Courtland 
Parker,  stationed  at  Fort  Riley,  Kansas,  who  is 
a  brother  of  the  groom,  will  be  best  man.  The  re- 
ception   at    the    Langhorne    residence    on    Pacific    ave- 


MRS.  HENRY  G.  SMART    (nee  Parker) 

Whose    wedding    in    Honolulu    was    one    of    the 
notable    social   events   of  the   week. 


nue  will  be  restricted  to  a  few  of  the  most  intimate 
friends  of  both  families.  Miss  Langhorne  bears 
distinction  of  having  been  bridesmaid  at  more  wed- 
dings  than  any  other  local  belle. 

Another  wedding  on  the  second  Wednesday  in 
August  will  be  that  of  Miss  Grace  Whittle  and  Mr. 
Leslie  Webb  Symmes  of  Mill  Valley.  This  will  be 
a  quiet  wedding,  only  the  immediate  relatives  attend- 
ing. Miss  Whittle  is  a  charming  debutante  with  a 
host  of  friends.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
A.  M. -Whittle.  Mr.  Symmes  is  a  civil  engineer  of 
promise,  whose  interests  are  centered  in  South  Amer- 
ica,   where    he    contemplates   taking  his   bride. 

September  has  been  selected  as  the  month  for 
the  wedding  of  Miss  Viva  Nicholson  and  Mr.  Leon 
Clark.  Miss  Nicholson,  a  society  belle  of  the  trans- 
bay  social  set,  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  J.  H.  Nichol- 
son. She  is  the  sister  of  Mrs.  Victor  Metcalf  and 
Paymaster   Riehworth  Nicholson,   U.    S.   N. 

Some  time  in  September  a  large  wedding  will  be 
solemnized  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Frederick  Hope 
Beaver.  Her  niece,  "Miss  Ruth  Casey,  whose  popu- 
larity is  pronounced  among  the  smart  set,  will  be- 
come  the   wife   of   Mr.   Arthur  Brown.      Miss   Isabel 


Beaver,  a  cousin,  and  Miss  Helen  Ashton  will  be 
maids  of  honor.  The  entire  bridal  party  has  not 
yet    been    determined. 

'the  wedding  of  Miss  Bird  Chanslor,  sister  of  Mr. 
Joseph  Anderson  Chanslor  of  this  city,  and  Mr. 
William  Kirk  Reese  Jr.  will  be  a  notable  event  of 
Southern  California.  Miss  Chanslor  has  visited  San 
Francisco  so  often  that  she  is  virtually  one  of  the 
local  social  set.  She  is  the  daughter  of  the  late 
Mr.  John  Chanslor,  and  is  related  to  several  of  the 
pioneer  families  of  California.  The  wedding  will 
take  place  Wednesday,  the  :!lst  of  this  month,  and 
will  attract  several  San  Franciscans  to  the  south. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Bessie  Ashton  and  Mr.  John 
Piggott  is  set  for  the  final  week  in  September. 


Engagements. 

BOWEN— MURGOTTEN.  —  Miss  Mary  Grace 
Bowen  and  Rev.  Francis  Clarke  Murgotten,  rector 
of  Holy  Innocents  Church.  Miss  Bowen  is  the 
daughter  of  t-e  late  Dr.  Horace  Bowen  of  New 
York  City.  The  wedding  will  be  solemnized  during 
the    fall    months    at   Trinity    Church. 

BROWNE — NICHOLSON. — Miss  Leona  Browne 
and  Mr.  Robert  Harvey  Nicholson,  The  wedding  will 
take  place  soon.  Miss  Browne  is  a  member  of  the 
Chi  Omega  sorority  of  the  State  University.  Mr. 
Nicholson  is  a  son  of  W.  D.  Nicholson,  former 
chief  engineer  of  the  Santa  Fe,  and  a  grandson  of 
Rear-Admiral    J.    W,    A.    Nicholson,    New    York. 

HICKS — GROSS.— Miss  Elizabeth  Hicks  and 
Lieutenant  Robert  Frank  Gross,  U.  S.  N.  Miss 
Hicks  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Hicks 
of  Los  Angeles.  She  is  the  niece  of  Miss  Alice 
Hager  and  Mrs.  Lansing  Kellogg.  The  wedding, 
which  will  take  place  in  Los  Angeles,  will  be  a 
brilliant    naval    ceremony. 

McKEVITT— McCLATCHY.— Miss  Hazel  McKevitt 
and  Mr.  James  V.  McClatchy.  Miss  McKevitt  is 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  McKevitt,  and 
is  identified  with  society  in  Sacramento.  The  wed- 
ding will  take  place  some  time  during  the  winter 
season. 

KIRBY— WILLIAMSON.— Miss  Claribel  Kirby, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  C.  H.  Kirby,  and  Mr.  David  G. 
Williamson.  Miss  Kirby  is  a  general  favorite  in 
an  exclusive  set.  Mr.  Williamson  is  a  rising  young 
business  man,  great-grandson  of  "Uncle  George" 
Bromley. 

LASELLE — VERDI. — Miss  Marial  Laselle  of 
Whimsville  and  Mr.  Minturn  Verdi  of  New  York. 
Miss  Laselle  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C. 
W.  Laselle,  who  formerly  lived  in  California.  She 
is  a  member  of  several  prominent  societies  in 
Boston.  Mr.  Verdi,  a  Harvard  graduate,  is  now 
practicing  law  in   New  York  City. 

MARTIN — GILBERD. — Miss  Edna  May  Martin 
and  Mr.  Frederick  Murray  Gilberd.  The  wedding 
will  take  place  in  August.  Miss  Martin  is  popular 
in  the  Oakland  set  of  accomplished  debutantes. 


Mrs.  Clarence  Kempff,  who  is  established  in  at- 
tractive quarters  at  Mare  Island,  where  Lieutenant 
Kempff  is  on  duty,  has  been  the  guest  of  her  mother, 
Mrs.  Charles  Brigham,  who  has  recovered  from  her 
temporary    illness, 


Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  entertained  at  dinner  in 
honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  O.  McCormick.  Other 
guests  were  Mrs.  McCormick's  sister,  Mrs.  Henry, 
who  is  visiting  in  San  Francisco,  Miss  Nellie  Grant 
and  Philip   Paschel. 


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LSaturday,   July  27,   1912. 


Two  Prominent  Families  United. 

Although  the  wedding  of  Miss  Olga  Jungbluth 
and  Mr.  Irwin  Broughton  was  limited  to  the  .mem- 
bers of  the  family,  yet  much  interest  centered  about 
the  uniting  of  two  prominent  pioneer  families.  Miss 
Jungbluth  has  been  exceedingly  popular  in  society 
owing  to  her  charming  personality  and  her  beauty. 
She  was  an  ideal  bride.  Her  gown  of  purest  white 
satin  was  trimmed  with  rare  old  lace.  The  bridal 
veil  was  a  dainty  bit  of  gossamer  tulle,  and  the  ar- 
rangement of  orange  blossoms  fell  with  particular 
grace    over    her   beautiful    hair. 

Miss  Helen  Hammersmith,  niece  of  the  bride, 
was  the  only  attendant.  She  was  dressed  in  pale 
pink,  and  carried  a  basket  of  roses,  strewing  the 
''petals   as   she    preceded    the   bride. 

Both  the  bride  and  groom  are  members  of  well- 
known  California  families.  Miss  Jungbluth  has 
lived  with  her  grandparents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nicholas 
Ohlandt,  for  many  years.  Mr.  Ohlandt  is  a  promi- 
nent financier.  Mrs.  i^'rank  Ames  and  Mrs.  Alfred 
Hammersmith  are  her  aunts. 

Mr.  Broughton  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
California.  He  is  the  son  of  a  well-known  banker  of 
San  Joaquin  valley  and  the  Mayor  of  Modesto, 
where  young  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Broughton  will  make 
their  home. 


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Wedded  Amid  Blossoms. 

The  wedding  strains  that  echoed  through  the  little 
church  at  Sausalito  last  Saturday  marked  the  nup- 
tials of  pretty  Miss  Edith  Lowe  and  Mr.  Hans  Woll- 
man.  It  was  one  of  the  most  entrancing  weddings 
of  the  season,  the  scene  being  a  bower  of  blossoms 
and  loveliness.  Pink  and  lavender,  the  adopted  col- 
ors of  the  brides  01  the  month,  were  used  in  a  pro- 
fusion of  ramoling  roses,  asters  and  banks  of 
ferns. 

The  bride  was  adorable  in  her  ivory  white  satin 
gown.  Her  lace  veil,  which  was  held  in  place  by 
a  coronet  of  orange  blossoms,  fell  to  the  length  of 
tne  train.  She  carried  a  shower  of  lilies  of  the  val- 
ley. 

Mrs.  Eldridge  Green  (Marie  Louise  Poster)  wore 
an  exquisite  Parisian  gown  of  pink  satin  with  a 
chiffon  overdress  of  the  same  delicate  shade.  Her 
shower  was   of  pink   roses. 

In  addition  to  a  matron  of  honor,  Miss  Lowe  was 
attended  by  a  maid  of  honor,  Miss  Erna  St.  Goar, 
a  society  favorite.  She  was  gowned  in  pink  of  a 
delicate  hue,  ana  in  her  arms  bore  pink  bridesmaid 
roses.  Four  friends  of  the  bride  acted  as  ribbon- 
bearers — Mrs.  Dolly  MaeGavin  Fry,  Miss  Elsie  Part 
ridge,  Miss  Edith  Johnson,  Miss  Kalhryn  McCrae. 
Dainty  Miss  Mary  Rixford  was  flower-girl.  Mr. 
Jack  Lowe,  brother  of  the  bride,  was  best  man.  Mr. 
William  O.  Bohrmann,  Mr.  James  Sperry,  Mr.  Jack 
Russell,   and  Mr.   Thomas  Claussen  were  ushers. 

At  the  reception  held  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John_B.  Lowe,  a  sumptuous 
wedding  feast  was  given.  Among  the  guests  at  the 
wedding  were  Messrs.  and  Mesdames  Charles  Jay 
Foster,  Donald  Jadwin,  Henry  Kuechler,  A.  W.  Fos- 
ter, H.  Clay  Miller,  Henry  Milner  Rideout,  Henry 
C.  Campbell,  Edgar  Van  Bergen,  William  Klink, 
James  Jenkins,  Boswell  King,  B..  M.  A.  Miller, 
Christian  Miller,  Duval  Moore,  John  Martin,  R.  C. 
Pell,  Alonzo  A.  Watkins,  Harry  Akin  Yeazell,  Pierre 
Moore,  Miss  Lilian  Shoobert,  Frances  Shoobert, 
Martha  Foster,  Marian  Hall.  Constance  Davis.  Beat- 
rice Howitt,  Alice  Oge,  Kate  Bennett,  Margaret  Bel- 
den,  Edith  Johnson,  Ea..i  Jones,  Margaret  Carri- 
gan,  Marian  Miller,  Leslie  Miller,  Ethel  Tompkins 
and  Louise   Howland. 


Sharon  Dinner. 

One  of  the  most  elaborate  dinners  of  the  season 
was  given  at  the  Palace  last  Thursday  evening  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Sharon.  The  beautiful 
affair  was  in  complement  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles 
B.  Alexander,  Miss  Janetta  Alexander  and  Miss 
Harriet    Alexander    of    New    York    City. 

On  this  occasion  Mrs.  Sharon  wore  one  of  her 
magnificent  gowns,  a  deep  old  rose,  brocaded  with 
bright  gold  bands,  which  she  wore  with  charming 
grace.     Emerald  jewelry   completed   the   costume. 

An  abundance  of  American  Beauty  roses,  lilies  of 
the  valley,  primroses  and  dainty  ferns  were  used 
in  the  artistic  table  decorations.  The  guests  included 
Mrs.  John  Breckinridge,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H. 
Mendell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Kelham.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Dixwell  Hewitt,  Miss  Augusta  Foute,  Dr.  Harry 
Tevis,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Hadley,  Mr.  Richard 
Tobin    and    Mr.    Barclay. 


Mrs.  Philip  N.  Moore,  who  is  the  guest  of  friends 
in  Yosemite,  contemplates  an  Alaskan  trip  later 
in  the  season. 


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jELDOM  bas  there  been  seen  in  San 
Francisco  a  mure  enthusiastic  first 
nighl  audience  than  that  which  greet* 
ed  tlie  opening  of  the  Gilbert  and  Sul- 
livan revival  on  Sunday  night.  It  was 
more  like  a  joyous  reunion  of  old  friends  than 
the  formal  presentation  of  a  comic  opera,  for 
the  playgoers  recognized  many  old  former 
favorites  of  theirs  in  the  cast.  The  brawny 
Arthur  Cunningham,  who  made  such  a  hit  in 
the  old  Tivoli  in  "Rob  Roy,"  was  there.  The 
broad  smile  of  his  Gaelic  countenance  was  as 
cheerfnl  as  of  old  when  the  audience  vocifer- 
ously demanded  a  speech.  A  politicians'  ban- 
quet could  not  have  been  more  eager  for  ora- 
torv.  It  is  a  cheerful  sign  on  a  first  night 
when  the  audience  is  not  only  willing  but  anx- 
ious to  under  go  the  ordeal 
of  speech-making.  It  indi- 
cates more  of  the  friendli- 
ness and  enthusiasm  than 
the  coldly  critical  pose  of 
the  average  first  night  audi- 
ence. 

If  the  house  had  been 
more  critical  than  friendly 
on  Sunday  night  at  the  Cort 
the  presentation  of  "The 
Mikado"  would  have  stood 
the  test.  It  has  not  been 
customary  with  managers 
to  put  so  many  thoroughly 
capable  people  into  the  cast 
of  a  comic  opera  company 
brought  from  Broadway  to 
San  Francisco.  De  Wolf 
Hopper,  Blanche  Duffield, 
Eugene  Cowles,  George  Mac- 
Farlane,  Kate  Condon,  Ar- 
thur Aldridge,  Viola  Gil- 
lette, Arthur  Cunningham, 
Alice  Brady  and  Louise  Bar- 
thel  are  an  array  of  talent 
and  distinction  seldom  seen 
outside  a  metropolitan  the- 
ater. It  would  not  be  pos- 
sible to  get  such  a  cast  in 
San  Francisco  a  few  years 
ago,  when  the  theatrical 
business  of  the  United 
States  was  in  the  grip  of  a 
coterie  that  commercialized 
it  for  all  it  was  worth. 
There  has  been  some  heal- 
thy competition  in  recent 
years,  and  the  playgoers  are 
the  beneficiaries.  They  get 
a  good  deal  more  for  their 
money. 

The  success  of  the  Gill- 
bert  and  Sullivan  revival 
both  here  and  in  the  East- 
ern cities  demonstrates  once 
again  that  clean  wit  and 
humor  and  music  of  genuine 
merit  never  die.  They  may 
become  stale  and  unpala- 
table by  wearisome  repeti- 
tion, but  after  a  lapse  of 
time  they  regain  favor  with 
the  public.  There  is  little 
new  under  the  sun.  Most 
things  that  allure  the  eye 
and  ear  are  only  old  favor- 
ites done  up  in  new  attire. 


The  Zech  Opera. 

THERE  is  keen  anticipation  in  musical  and 
literary  circles  anent  the  three  act  grand 
opera  by  Frederick  Zech  Jr.,  director 
of  the  Pacific  Sangerbund.  The  libretto  has 
been  written  by  Miss  Mary  Fairbrother,  a  lit- 
erary woman  of  the  local  colony.  The  opera 
depicts  cue  passing  of  the  red  man,  the  scenes 
being  laid  in  the  early  America.  The  title  is 
"Wa-kin-you,"  or  "The  Red  Man."  Prepar- 
ations for  the  production  of  this  opera  are  be- 
ing made.  Professor  Zeen  has  been  at  work 
for  the  past  two  years,  devoting  conscientious 
hours  to  its  completion. 

Miss  Fairbrother  is  one  of  the  best-known 
of  the  local  writers,  her  lectures  and  her  liter- 
ary efforts  being  distinctively  of  a  high  stand- 


ard, well  grounded  with  an  absolute  knowl- 
edge of  her  subject.  She  is  a  recognized  au- 
thority on  parliamentary  law  and  all  subjects 
relative  to  woman's  advancement.  She  is 
one  of  the  most  ardent  of  suffragists. 

Kruger  Club  Meets. 

AT  THE  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the 
Kruger  Club  an  interesting  program  was 
presented.  The  participants  were  Mrs. 
Violet  Fenster  at  the  piano,  and  her 
brother,  Mr.  Lajqs  Fenster,  violinist.  "The 
Krentzer  Sonata"  (Beethoven)  and  a  suite  in 
A  minor  (Sinding)  were  delightfully  rendered. 
Each  student  is  capable  of  giving  an  artistic 
interpretation,  and  the  duo  work  was  'of  ex- 
ceptional merit.  Intuitive  ability  and  excel- 
lent training  were  display- 
ed by  these  members  of  the 
Kruger  Club.  An  increased 
membership  has  augmented 
the  interest  of  this  organ- 
ization. Club  headquarters 
are  at  310  Sutter  street. 


DE    WOLF  HOPPER 
An  old  favorite  who  is  hotter  than  ever  in  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  revival 


at  the  Cort  Theater. 


At  the  Orpheum. 

The  very  highest  stand- 
ard of  vaudeville  is  certain 
]y  attained  in  the  bill  an- 
nounced for  next  week  at 
the   Orpheum. 

Marguerite  Haney  will 
appear  in  B.  A.  Rolf e  Js 
tabloid  musical  comedy, 
•'The  Leading  Lady."  Miss 
Haney  has  only  just  return- 
ed from  Paris,  where  she 
created  a  decided  hit  in  the 
review  at  the  Folies  Ber- 
gere.  She  went  abroad  to 
appear  in  the  London  music 
halls,  and  was  so  successful 
that  the  Paris  management 
secured  her  for  the  principal 
ingenue  roles.  Supporting 
Miss  Haney,  and  appearing 
as  leading  comedian,  is 
Ralpn  Lynn,  an  English  act- 
or, formerly  a  prominent 
member  of  the  London  Gai- 
ety Theater  Company.  "The 
Leading  Lady"  exacts  for 
its  presentation  a  company 
of  ten  and  a  special  scenic 
equipment.  The  piece  is 
full  of  delightful  comedy, 
bright  dialogue,  lilting  mu- 
sic and  enjoyable  novel- 
ties. 

Mrs.  Louis  James,  widow 
of  Louis  James,  one  of  Am- 
erica's finest  tragedians, 
and  herself  an  actress  of 
distinction,  will  make  her 
vaudeville  debut  in  this 
city  in  a  triangular  comedy 
by  Arthur  Hopkins,  entitled 
"Holding  a  Husband,"  in 
which  she  will  have  the 
support  of  those  sterling 
players,  Laurette  Brown 
and  Elwood  Bostock.  Mrs. 
James  for  several  years,  it 
will  be  remembered,  played 
all    the     leading    feminine 


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-THE  WASP- 


LSaturday,    July  27,    1912. 


roles  with  Mr.  James,  and  has  the  distinction 
of  being  the  youngest  actress  to  portray  the 
role  of  Queen  Katherine  in  "Henry  VIII." 
She  subsequently  starred  at  the  head  of  her 
own  company,  and  scored  a  great  hit  in  the 
name  part  in  Mrs.  Frances  Hodgson  Burnett's 
play,  ' '  Judy  0  'Hara.   * 

The  Empire  Comedy  Four,  which  also  comes, 
has  a  splendid  record.  For  the  past  fifteen 
years  it  has  been  a  delight  to  the  vaudeville 
audiences  of  this  country  and  England.  Joe 
Jenny,  the  featured  member  of  the  quartette, 
is  an  immense  hit  as  an  eccentric  little  Ger- 
man. His  three  associates  personate  respect- 
ively a  dude,  a  tragedian  and  a  straight.  All 
their  voices  are  good  and  their  harmony  per- 
fect. Their  legitimate  and  original  eomedy 
always  compels  laughter. 

Pauline  Moran,  one  of  the  best  singing  com 
ediennes  in  vaudeville,  willl  introduce  herself 
and  her  clever  and  amusing  entertainment. 
Attractive  in  appearance,  vivacious  in  man- 
ner, beautifully  and  tastefully  gowned,  with 
a  talent  and  method  that  is  essentially  her 
own,  she  never  fails  to  win  instantaneous 
favor. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Lew  Sully, 
the  Four  Florimonds,  and  Mademoiselle  Seal- 
by  and  Monsieur  Duclos.  It  wil  also  conclude 
the  engagement  of  David  Belasco 's  absolute- 
ly perfect  production  of  ' '  The  Drums  of 
Oude, "  which  is  proving  a  thrilling  sensation. 

De  Wolf  Hopper  as  "Dick  Deadeye."  - 

THE  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  Festival  Com- 
pany, now  representing  a  season  of  re- 
vivals of  those  authors  at  the  Cort 
Theater,  "The  Mikado"  having  proved  a 
wonderful  success  during  the  past  week, 
change  their  bill  on  Sunday  evening,  and  will 
present  tor  the  entire  week,  beginning  that 
day,  another  opera,  perhaps  one  of  the  most 
popular  of  the  even  dozen  which  they  gave  to 
the  world,  in  "H.  M.  S.  Pinafore." 

It  has  been  thirty-five  years  since  this  op- 
era was  first  given  in  America.  It  has  been 
running  for  a  few  months  in  London,  at  the 
Opera  Comique  prior  to  that  time,  before 
any  American  manager  had  the  temerity  to 
risk  its  production.  It  was  feared  that  it  was 
too  British  and  insular,  as  they  thought,  to 
make  an  appeal  to  this  country,  which  action 
perhaps  explains  why  W.  S.  Gilbert  failed  to 
secure  for  it  copyright  protection  in  America. 

It  is  indeed  pleasing  to  note  that  in  the 
revival  of  Pinafore,"  De  "Wolf  Hopper  will 
be  seen  as  Dick  Deadeye,  Blanche  Duffield 
as  Josephine,  Eugene  Cowles  as  Bill  Bobstay, 
Arthur  Aldridge  as  Ralph  Eackstraw,  Viola 
Gillette  as  Little  Buttercup,  Arthur  Cunning- 


<&R£ 


LEADING  THEATRE 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter   2460. 


Last    Time    Tonight — "THE    MIKADO" 


Beginning    Tomorrow    (Sunday)    Night 
Second  Big  "Week  of 
THE    GILBERT   AND    SULLIVAN   FESTIVAL    CO.: 
De  Wolf  Hopper 
Blanche  Duffield  Geo.    MacFarlane 

Kate  Condon  Arthur  Aldridge 

Viola  Gillette  Arthur    Cunningham 

Alice  Brady  Louise  Barthel 

Eugene    Cowles 
—  IN  — 


a 


H.M.S.  Pinafore" 


Nights  and  Sat.  Mat  Prices — 50c.  to  $2. 
Popular  Matinees  "Wednesdays. 
Seats  Now  Selling  for  "Week  Commencing  Aug  4 — 
Sun.,  Mon.,  Tues.,  Wed.  Mat.  and  Night — "Pa- 
tience"; Thurs.,  Fri.,  Sat.  Mat.  and  Night,  Sun. — 
'  'The  Pirates  of  Penzance.' '  Week  Com.  Mbn., 
Aug.  12 — To  Be  Announced. 


ham  as  Sir  Joseph  Porter,  K.  C.  B.,  and  Alice 
Brady  as  Hebe. 

For  the  third  week  of  comic  opera  at  the 
Cort  Theater  it  has  been  arranged  that  "Pa- 
tience'' will  be  given  production  the  first  halt 
of  the  week  of  August  4th,  and  to  follow  it 
with  the  presentation  of  "The  Pirates  of  Pen- 
zance" for  the  final  half  of  that  same  week. 


At  Paatages. 

MIRTH,  melody  and  good  entertainment 
generally  reign  supreme  at  the  Pan- 
tages  Theater  this  week,  crowded 
houses  being  in  continual  evidence,  and  the 
program  including  such  novelties  as  the  seven 
"Aviator  Girls,"  with  dainty  Carlie  Lowe, 
in  their  four-scene  musical  extravaganza; 
Max  Witt 's  Pour  Harmonious  Girls,  who  sing, 
dance  and  play  a  bit;  Estelle  Allison  and  her 
excellent  support  in  her  own  musical  playlet, 
"The  question";  William  Morrow,  Donna 
Harries,  and  their  midget  "Cupid,"  present 
ing  an  original  conceit,  "Happy's  Millions"; 
Si  Jenks,  the  quaint  Yankee  humorist  and 
philosopher,  and  other  clever  entertainers. 

An  unusually  bright  array  of  attractions 
has  been  secured  for  the  week  commencing 
Sunday  afternoon,  Fred  Ireland  and  his  danc- 
ing Casino  girls  heading  the  bill.  Ireland, 
who  is  well  known  in  musical  comedy  circles, 
brings  a  clever  little  company,  including  Miss 
Nema  Catto  and  P.  W.  Miles,  and  will  present 
a  miniature  musical  comedy  entitled  ' '  High 
Lights  of  Dear  Old  Broadway,"  in  which  they 
sing  six  songs  with  a  complete  change  of  cos- 
tume for  every  number.  Woods'  Animal  Act- 
ors, comprising  several  dogs  that  do  almost 
everything  but  talk,  and  lour  monkeys  that 
play  "The  Swanee  River"  on  chimes,  will 
enliven  proceedings,  and  El  Barto,  styled  the 
"conversational  trickster,"  will  deliver  an 
original  monologue  as  he  mystifies  his  audience 
with  extraordinary  feats  of  prestidigitation. 
A  special  engagement  of  great  interest  to  local 
lovers  of  clean,  manly  sport  is  that  of  Willie 
Ritchie,  the  popular  lightweight,  who  is  look- 
ing for  championship  honors  that  seem  to  be 
easily  within  his  reach.  He  will  offer  a  little 
skit,  ( '  Fun  in  a  Gymnasium, ' '  in  which  he 
will  punch  the  bag,  skip  the  rope,  and  do  all 
sorts  of  training  stunts,  in  addition  to  spar- 
ring three  rounds  with  his  boxing  partner. 
The  Four  Flying  Vanentinos,  aerial  athletes, 
who  are  renowned  for  being  as  daring  as  they 
are  finished  and  graceful,  will  furnish  a  start- 
ling exhibition,  and  Ed  Dale  and  Edith  Pfeil, 
comedy  singers  and  talkers,  who  have  no  end 
of  snappy  songs  and  small  talk,  will  furnish 
much  food  for  laughter.  Howsley  and  Nichols, 
novelty  comedy  musicians,  who  play  well  upon 
a  variety  of  instruments,  and  Sunlight  Pictures 
showing  many  pictorial  surprises,  will  com- 
plete a  varied  and  entertaining  program. 


NE  sees  more  ,and  more  electric  vehi- 
cles in  use  in  San  Francisco.  In  Los 
Angeles,  Pasadena  and  the  Eastern 
cities  the  electric  models  are  also 
making  rapid  headway.  There  must 
be  reason  for  this.  The  reason  is  found  in 
the  cleanliness  and  economy  of  the  electric 
car.  The  electric  vehicle  is  ideal  for  a  lady's 
use,  especially  when  equipped  with  cushion 
or  non-puncture  tires,  as  a  lady  is  decidedly  at 
a  disadvantage  with  a  punctured  tire.  The 
calamity  of  a  punctured  tire  usually  happens 
in  some  out-of-the-way  or  undesirable  neigh- 
borhood. The  1913  models  of  the  Woods' 
electric  vehicles  are  now  being  shown  by  the 
Pacific  Motor  Car  Company,  Golden  Gate 
avenue  and  Polk  street.  Mr.  Harrison,  in 
charge  of  the  Woods  Electrics,  thus  describes 
the  advantages  of  that  style  of  vehicles: 


"The  Woods  Electric  car  is  equipped  with 
special  compound  dual  tread  tires,  which  are 
guaranteed  for  10,000  miles  of  service.  The 
car,  of  course,  is  of  special  design  with  a 
unique  spring  suspension  to  take  up  all  road 
vibration  and  jar.  The  tire  itself  is  a  new  de- 
parture ,  as  the  makers,  the  Firestone  Tire  and 
Rubber  Company,  use  a  special  compound  af- 
ter a  formula  furnished  by  the  engineer  of  the 
Woods  Company, 

"The  Woods  car,  equipped  with  cushion 
tires,  rides  easier  than  a  light  car  on  pneu 
matic  tires,  and  the  guarantee  of  10,000  miles 
covers  at  least  three  sets  of  pneumatic  tires,' 
or  a  saving  of  over  $400  every  10,000  miles, 
not  counting  the  inconvenience  of  puncture 
and  cost  of  repairs.  This  style  of  tire  has 
been  almost  universally  adopted  throughout 
the  East. 

The  rate  for  electric  current  throughout  this 
State  is  particularly  favorable  to  the  electric 
vehicle  industry.  The  average  monthly  cur 
rent  bill  for  one  car  never  exceeds  $7. 

With  the  completion  of  the  new  State  High- 
ways, California  will  become  the  greatest  mar- 
ket for  electric-propelled  vehicles  in  the  world. 

All  through  this  State  electric  current  can 
be  obtained  with  the  utmost  ease  and  at  a 
nominal  cost.  An  immense  amount  of  money 
is  to  be  spent  on  good  roads,  and  with  perfect 
highways  and  ample  electric  power  to  be  ev- 
erywhere obtained,  travel  by  electric  vehicles 
will  be  literally  ideal.  A  lady  can  handle  an 
electric  coupe  with  far  more  safety  and  com- 
fort than  she  formerly  could  a  pony  phaeton, 
and  can  become  the  mistress  of  time  and  space 
when  she  wishes  to  be  transported  in  any  di- 
rection for  shopping  or  social  visits,  or  tours 
of  recreation. 


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THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE! 
MARGUERITE  I-IANET  in  B.  A.  Rolfe's  Tabloid 
Musical  Comedy,  "The  Leading  Lady,"  with  Ralph 
Lynn;  MRS.  LOUIS  JAMiiS  in  the  Triangular 
Comedy,  "Holding  a  Husband";  EMPIRE  COMEDY 
FOUR;  PAULINE  MORAN,  Singing  Comedienne; 
LEW  SULLY;  FOUR  FLORIMONDS;  SEALBY 
and  DUCLOS;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PIC- 
TURES. Last  Week  of  DAVID  BELASCO'S  PRO- 
DUCTION of   "THE  DRUMS  OF  OUDE." 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Box  Seats,  ?1. 
Matinee    Prices    (Except    Sundays    and    Holidays). 
10c,    25c.    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  C  1570. 


!arket  Street,  Opposite  Maaon. 
Week  of   Sunday,  July  28. 
HERE'S   A   BIG   SHOW: 
FREDERICK   IRELAND   and  His   Dancing   CASINO 
GIRLS,  Assisted  by  MISS  NEMA  OATTO;  WOOD'S 
ANIMAL  ACTORS;   EL  BARTO,   the  Conversational 
Trickster;   HOWSLEY  and  NICHOLS,   Novelty  Com- 
edy Musicians:  FOUR  FLYING  VALENTINOS,  Sen- 
sational Aerialists;    ED  DALE   and   EDITH   PFEIL, 
Comedy    Singers    and    Talkers;       SUNLIGHT      PIC- 
TURES  and 

WILLIE  RITCHIE, 
In  "Fun  in  a  Gymnasium." 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights.  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights, 
Continuous  from  6:30. 


PriceB — 10c,    20c    and    30c 


Saturday,    July   27,    19i2.j 


THE 'ASP- 


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READY    FOR    DUTY 

A  few  of  the  stalwarts  of  the  Morse  Patrol  who  are  protecting  the  property  interests  of  the  San  Francisco    merchants.      The    largest    patrol    system    of 

its  kind   west   of  Chicago. 


AT  CASA  DEL  REY. 
The  capacity  of  the  Casa  del  Rey  has  been  tested 
during  the  past  week  owing  to  the  immense  number 
of  people  who  have  visited  Santa  Cruz  to  observe 
the  great  Water  Pageant  which  is  such  a  gratifying 
success. 

Amongst  the  prominent  San  Francisco  people  who 
stopped  at  the  Casa  del  Rey  to  enjoy  the  pageant 
were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Morgan  and  Miss  Eleanor 


$30 

Will    Buy    a 

Rebuilt 

Standard    $100 

TYPEWRITER 


REMINGTON  No.  6  or  SMITH  PREMIER  No.  2 
We  rent  all   makes    of    Typewriter! 

L.  &  M.  ALEXANDER  &  CO. 

Exclusive  Dealers 

L.  C.  SMITH  VISIBLE  Bail-Bearing  Typewriter 

512    Market    Street,     San    Fraociico,     Oal. 

Phone   Douglas    677 


Morgan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  Pike,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  B. 
Coryell,  Mrs.  H.  McDonald  Spencer  of  Menlo  Park, 
Mayor  James  Rolph,  Mrs.  Rolph  and  family.  Mayor 
Rolph  motored  over  from  Carmelito  to  attend  the 
opening  of  the  Water  Pageant  and  to  greet  the  winner 
of  the  Corinthian  Club  Yacht  race.  Additional  guests 
were  D.  H.  Payne,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Payne  of  Chata 
noogn.  Commodore  and  Mrs.  Picker,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Fennimore,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  Heise,  Dr.  H.  R. 
Oliver,  W.  Boardman,-  ;Thomas  Addis,  A.  G.  "Van 
Epys,  Commodore  W.  H.  Hogg  of  the  Corinthian 
Club,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  Merrill,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  Martin,   Mr.  Herbert  Law. 

Among  the  many  navy  people  who  are  making 
Casa  del  Rey  their  headquarters  for  the  Water  Pag- 
eant are  Assistant  Paymaster  Arthur  Middleton  of 
the  U.  S.  Denver,  and  his  wife ;  Ensign  Edwin 
Guthrie  and  wife  of  the  TJ.  S.  Denver,  and  Assistant 
Surgeon   C.   j3.    Camorer  and  wife. 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Sargent  and  Miss  Sargent  of  Sargent's, 
California,  are  at  the  Casa  del  Rey  for'  an  extended 
stay. 

♦ 

WANTED. 

More  men  and  women  who  will  save  their 
money  and  do  it  systematically. 

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LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
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getting  the  home. 

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WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


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Two  little  sisters,  of  seven  and  nine,  who 
were  taken  to  see  'Othello,'  were  much  im- 
pressed by  the  death  scene.  "I  wonder  if 
they  kill  a  lady  every  night?"  said  Lucy. 

"Why,  of  course  not,  Lucy,"  said  her  sis- 
ter, "they  just  pretend  to.  It  would  be  al- 
together too  expensive  to  really  kill  a  lady 
every  night. 


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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,   July  27,   1912. 


NOTICE. 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN  THAT  JOHN  C. 
LEMMER  is  transacting  a  general  boiler,  tank  and 
iron  business  in  this  State  under  the  name  of  CALI- 
FORNIA BOILER  WORKS;  that  his  principal  place 
of  business  is  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California ;  that  he  is  the  sole  owner  of 
said  business,  and  his  full  name  is  JOHN  C.  LEM- 
MER, and  he  resides  at  1730  Pierce  Street,  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia. JOHN    C.    LEMMER. 

STATE   OF   CALIFORNIA, 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 

On  this  8th  day  of  July,  in  the  year  one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  twelve,  before  me,  Matthew  Brady, 
a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Franciseo,  State  of  California,  residing  therein, 
duly  commissioned  and  sworn,  personally  appeared 
JOHN  C.  LEMMER,  known  to  me  to  be  the  person 
whose  name  is  subscribed  to  the  within  instrument, 
and  acknowledged  to  me  that  he  executed  the  same. 
In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  affixed  my  official  seal  at  my  office  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
the  day  and  year  in  this  certificate  first  above  writ- 
ten. 
(SEAL)  MATTHEW  BRADY, 

Notary  Public. 
In  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francis- 
co,  State  of  California. 
"VOGELSANG    &   BROWN,    Attorneys   at   Law,   20 
Montgomery  Street,    San  Francisco,   Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco — Dept.  No.  4. 

GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.   32,371. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-one  (31)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lombard  Street,  and  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Octavia 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK   Number   170. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unlesB  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to  wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  cOBtB 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
20th  day  of  June,  A.  D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  6th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 


THE  FRESNO  AND  EASTERN  RAILROAD  COM- 
PANY, a  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  California,  principal  place  of  business 
San    Franri^co,    Calif'n.ia. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Directors  held  on  the  1st  day  of  July,  1912,  an  as- 
sessment of  thirty  (30 »  cents  a  share  was  levied  on 
the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  on  or 
before  the  fifth  day  of  August,  1912,  to  the  Treas- 
urer of  this  Company,  at  the  office  of  said  company, 
No.  771  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia; and  that  all  Assessments  upon  this  stock 
that  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  fifth  day  of  August, 
1912,  shall  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, shall  be  sold  on  the  twentieth  day  of  August, 
1912,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment  together 
with  the  cost  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 
A.  B.  DODD,  Secretary. 
No.  771  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


Mother  Goose  as  Seen  Today. 

The  teacher  was  telling  the  story  of  Red 
Riding  Hood.  Sbe  had  described  the  w.oods 
and  the  wild  animals  that  live  there. 

"Suddenly,"  she  said,  "Red  Riding  Hood 
heard  a  loud  noise.  She  turned  around,  and 
what  do  you  suppose  she  saw  looking  at  her 
and  showing  its  snarp  white  teeth?'7 

' '  Teddy  Roosevelt, ' '  cried  one  of  the  boys. 
1 

"Why  doesn't  he  go  home?" 
"Because  neither  his  wife  nor  the  saloons 
shut  up  at  night." 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Franciseo. — Dept.    No.    5. 

EUGENE  0.  CRELLER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.Defend- 
ants. — Action    No.    32,212. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  EUGENE  0.  CRELLER,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly  described  as   follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly 
line  of  Oak  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
ten  (110)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Oak  Street 
with  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street,  and  running 
thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of  Oak  Street 
twenty-seven  (27)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet  to  the  southerly  line  of  Hickory  Avenue;  thence 
westerly  along  said  line  of  Hickory  Avenue  twenty- 
seven  (27)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WEST- 
ERN   ADDITION    BLOCK    Number    147. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly 
line  of  Pine  Street,  distant  thereon  thirty  (30)  feet 
easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection 
of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  with  the  easter- 
ly line  of  Presidio  Avenue,  and  running  thence  east 
erly  and  along  said  line  of  Pine  Street  thirty-one 
(31)  feet,  five  (5)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty-one  (31) 
feet,  five  (5)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION    BLOCK    Number    620. 

THIRD:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northwest- 
erly line  of  Howard  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  (225)  feet  southwesterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  north- 
westerly line  of  Howard  Street  with  the  southwest- 
erly line  of  Sixth  Street,  and  running  thence  south- 
westerly and  along  said  line  of  Howard  Street  fifty 
(50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly 
ninety  (90)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northeast- 
erly fifty  (50 )  feet ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southeasterly  ninety  (90)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning. 

FOURTH:  Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Union 
Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Polk  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Polk 
Street  thirty  (30)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  seventy  (70)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Union  Street;  and  thence  easterly  and  along  said 
line  of  Union  Street  seventy  (70)  feet  to  the  point 
of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 
BLOCK   Number   46. 


You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff 
recover  his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be   meet   in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
10th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,    Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  18th  day  of  May, 
A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  Baid  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

MOSES  ELLIS,   JR.,  Framingham,   Massachusetts. 

KATE   ELLIS,   Framingham,   Massachusetts. 

MARTHA  E.  BEAN,   Framingham,   Massachusetts. 

MARY  F.   ELLIS,   Framingham,   Massachusetts. 

GRACE     E.     HALL,     Chicago,     Illinois. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco.  GARRET  W. 
McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTICK,  of  Coun- 
sel. 


DR.  WONG  HIM 

HERB  CO. 

Established  1872 
Our  wonderful 
herb  treatment  will 
positively  cure  dis- 
eases of  the  Throat, 
Heart,  Liver,  LungB, 
Stomach,  Kidneys, 
Asthma,  Pneumonia, 
Consumption,  Chronic 
Cough,  Piles,  Consti- 
pation, Dysentery, 
Weakness,  Nervous- 
ness, Tumor,  Cancer, 
Dizziness,  Neuralgia, 
Headache,  Lumbago,  Appendicitis,  Rheumatism, 
Malarial  Fever,  Catarrh,  Eczema,  Blood  Poison, 
Leucorrhoea,  Urine  and  Bladder  Troubles,  Dia- 
betes and   all  organic  diseases. 


PATIENTS  SPEAK  FOR  THEMSELVES. 

Petaluma,  Cal.,  November  11,  1911. — Dr. 
Wong  Him — Dear  Sir:  This  is  to  certify  that 
I  was  sick  for  about  three  years  with  a  compli- 
cation of  troubles  resulting  from  tuberculosis  of 
the  bowels  and  liver  combined  with  tumor  of  the 
stomach.  I  had  been  given  up  by  all  the  doc- 
tors of  Ukiah,  Mendocino  county,  and  three 
prominent  physicians  of  San  Francisco.  They  all 
told  me  that  the  only  chance  to  prolong  my  life 
was  an  operation,  and  that  I  could  not  live  long 
under  any  circumstances.  When  I  began  to  take 
your  treatment  I  weighed  about  75  pounds.  I 
am  now  entirely  recovered  and  weigh  147  pounds, 
more  than  I   ever  weighed  in  my  life. 

I   write   this   acknowledgment   in   gratitude   for 
my  miraculous  recovery,    and  to  proclaim  to   the 
public  your  wonderful  Herb  Treatment,  that  oth- 
ers may  find  help  and  healing.     Gratefully, 
R.  E.  ANGLE, 
419  Third  Street. 
Formerly    of    Ukiah. 

DR.  WONG  HIM 

Leading  Chinese  Herb  Doctor 

1268    O'FARRELL    ST. 

(Between   Gough   and   Octavia) 

SAN    FRANCISCO. 


EYE  TROUBLES  VANISH 

WHEN  USING  MAYERLE'S  GERMAN  EYEWATER  for  weak,  tired,  in- 
flamed,  dull,  watery,  strained  or  discharging  eyes,  floating  spots,  crusty 
eyelids,  etc.  It  gives  instant  relief.  For  infants  or  adults.  At  all  drug- 
gists', 50c;  or  by  mail,  65c. 

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Saturday,    July   27,    1912. 


-THE  WASP  - 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THK  8TA 
California,    tu   and   for   the   City   and   County    *•■    Suu 
■ 
KD\N  ARD     u       bIKi 
IKIED.    Plaintiffs,    •  timing   o«y    in- 

■ 
ici  I  bed  "i   ,-!.;.   pm  i  luu  No. 

of  the  Slate  of  California,   to  all   per 
auns  claiming  uny  interest  in.  or  lien  npou,  tbe  real 

herein    described    or    any    pun    thereof,    De     [ 
feiniuuts,   greeting; 

Vuu  are  hereby  required  to  appenr  and  answer  the 
Sli-,v.  i-  it  I  ED  and  HELJ 
B1EU FRIED,    plaint!  of   the 

mnty,  wilbin  three  mouths 
after   U 
sei  forth  whal 

upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  tl 
ttuuaifu   in    the   '  iij    and   '  ou    >  ;•    ol    Sou    i  r 
ft.a.v    "i    '  ajiiornie 

point  "ii  the  southwesterly  line  ol 
tiitina..  hereon    two    hundred    and 

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uiij  "i  San  i  i 

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...i  ui  ■  will  apply  to  the  <  lour!  for 

the  relief  demanded  to   the  complaint,   to-wlt,   that  it 

■  ■    i hat   plaintiffs   ore    the   owners   "i    said 

tee  simple  ab  i     their  title  to 

■    be   established   and   quieted;    that    the 

in  and  determine  ■'!!  estates,  rights,  titles 

interests    and    claims    in    and    to    said    property,    and 

every    pari     thereof,    whether    the    same    be    legal    or 

equitable,    present    or    future,    vested    or    contingent, 

and  whether   the   same    consist    of   mortgages   or    liens 

■  ■  i     mat   plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 

herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 

be  meet    in    the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
26th  day  ol  .nine,  A.  U.  19X2. 

(SEAL.)  H,    I.   MULCREVY.   Clerk. 

Hy   S,    1.    HUGHES,    Deputy   Clerk. 
The    first   publication   of   this   summuns.  was   made 
in    '  'The    w  asp' '    newspaper    on    the    13th    day    of 
July,   A.    D,    1912. 

PERRY  A   n ATT, my-    Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,   lui 
Montgomery    Street,    San    ITrancisoo,    California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

MARGARET  O'MALLEY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    32,2li8. 

"lhe  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  ur  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    grueling: 

You  are  hereoy  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARGARET  O'MALLEY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  thre  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and    particularly    described   as    follows. 

Beginning  at  a  point  ou  tue  northerly  line  of 
Irving  (formerly  "I  )  Street,  distant  thereon  ninety- 
five  (95  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Irving 
Street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Second  Avenue,  and 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of 
Irving  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  ten  <110) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-five 
(25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
one  hundred  and  ten  (110)  feet  to  the  point  of 
beginning:  being  part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number   672. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  bo 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute:  thnt 
her  title  to  suid  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description:  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
loth    day  of  May,   A.   D.    1912. 

SEAL  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.    DUNWORTH.    Deputy   Clerk. 
The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 


THE     WASP 

Published       "ekly    by    the 

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I  i  ■    B  i   on  the  1st  day  of  June,  A.  D. 

1 9 1 2 . 

ill.-    following   persons   are    said   to   claim    some    in- 

d  ersely  to  plaintiff; 
FK  OF  ITALY   (a  corporation  ,  San  Francisco, 
■  nja. 
PERRY   ft    DAI1  I  -.     Attorneys   for   Plaintiff,   105 
ornery    Street,    Sail    Fraucisoo,    Oal.      GARRET 
W.    SloENERNIS*    and    GEORGE    H.    MASTICK,    of 
Counsel. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,    in    and    for    the    City    and    County    of    San 
i ■■..— Dept.    Mo.    2. 

tfYRTLJE  R.  SAYLOR,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop 
erty  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Ac  B2.239. 

The  People  of  the  Siate  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  Hen  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting; 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  aiiBwer 
the  complaint  of  MYRTLE  R.  SAYLOR,  plaintiff, 
Bled  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Fraucisco,  State  of 
California,    and    particularly    described    u.s    follows : 

Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  northerly  tine  of  Lake  Street  with  the 
westerly  line  of  Seventh  Avenue,  and  running  thence 
northerly  along  suid  line  of  Seventh  Avenue  twenty- 
five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  and  fourteen  (114)  feet;  theuce  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  north 
erly  line  of  Lake  Street;  and  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  line  of  Lake  Street  one  hundred  and 
fourteen  (114)  feet  to  tue  point  of  beginning;  being 
part  of   OUTSIDE   LAXD   BLOCK    Number  65. 

You  are  hereby  notified  thnt,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff,  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  the 
parcel  of  real  property  described  in  the  complaint 
herein  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quiet.ed ;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rightB, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
>r  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  oi  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  her  costs 
Herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may    be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  Beal  of  said  Court  this 
17th  day  of^VIay,  A.  D.  1912. 

(SEAL.  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   J.   F.   DUNWORTH,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  1st  day  of  June, 
V    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILISY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Monte-ornery  Street,  Snn  Francisco,  Cal.  (J ARRET 
\V  HtcENERNEY  and  GEO  RUE  H.  MASTICK.  of 
Counsel 


SUMMONS. 


THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
i  cam  isco.-  -  Dept,    No     7. 

JOSEPH  G.  McVERRY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop 
erty  herein  described  of  any  pari  thereof,  Defend 
ants       A. -iim,    No     82,  132. 

The  Penple  nf  the  Stale  of  California,  to  all 
persons     claiming     any     interest     in,     or     lieu     upon, 


•  i'.y  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
ling; 
You  r    and    answer 

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erobj   DOtiflt  >i  that,  unless  3  ou  -  1  appear 

mill     answer,     the     plaintiff    will     apply     to     tiie     Court 

for    the    relief    demanded    in    the    complaint,    to-wit. 

that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
Bnid  proper 1 3  in  fee  simple  absolute;  thai  in-  Litli 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  thai 
the  Conn  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interest  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  desoription ;  that  plaintiff  recover 
iu  costs  herein  and  bave  Buoh  other  and  further 
reliel    as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
iin     9th   das    of  July,  A     I>,    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I,    MULCREVY.    Clerk. 

By  11    I,  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The   fir  '    publics of   this   sui is  was  made 

in   "The  Wtsp"  newspaper  on  the  20th  day  ol  Jula 
A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY   &    DAILEY,   Attorneys  f-.r  Plaintiff,   105 
M gi r\    Street,   San   Francisco,   Calif  or 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept,    No.    10. 

NORENA  M.  LIBBY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  BURR  A. 
LIBBY,    Defendant. — Action    No.    42,622. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing   to    BURR    A.    LIBBY,    Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  aetion 
brought  against  you  by  the  above-named  Plaintiff 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the 
service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty   days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  willful  neg- 
lect and  desertion,  also  for  general  relief,  as  will 
more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  ore  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaint- 
iff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded in   the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  iu  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  Snn  Francisco,  this  1st  day  of  June, 
A    D     1912 

(SEAL)     "  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  L.  W.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspoper  on  the  8th  day  of  June. 
A.    Ii.    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HATSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff 
501-502  503  California  Pacific  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Cal. 


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in  America  will  become  as  demoralized  and  dangerous 
as  the  New  York  force  unless  our  American  courts  of 
justice  lie  made  respectable  and  respected. 

Under  our  present  vicious  system  of  electing  judges  the 
courts  cannot  restrain  criminality  and  promote  good  govern- 
ment. .Judges  cannot  be  re-elected  if  they  do  their  duty  fear- 
lessly, and  if  they  don't  do  their  duty  without  fear  or  favor 
they  are  a  menace 
to  the  stability  of 
our    Republic. 

In  plain  English, 
we  will  have  to 
change  our  judicial 
system  or  change 
our  form  of  govern- 
ment from  a  repub- 
lic to  a  despotism, 
and  trust  in  finding 
some  benevolent  des- 
pot to  take  the  reins 
of  power.  No  Am- 
erican citizen  de- 
sires that. 

Instead  of  retro- 
grading from  the  po- 
sition attained  by 
the  founders  of  our 
nation,  we  should 
endeavor  to  advance 
but  in  recent  yearn 
we  have  lost  ground. 
Disrespect  for  the 
laws  and  contempt 
for  courts  have  been 
inculcated  by  dema- 
gogues, and  the 
seeds  of  anarchy  are 
sprouting  prolifically 


retained  till  the  age  of  superannuation  and  then  pensioned.  By 
this  plan  judgeships  would  be  made  independent  in  their  posi- 
tions. The  influences  surrounding  them  would  be  uplifting,  in- 
stead of  degrading.  They  would  be  anxious  to  hold  their  places, 
and  presumably  anxious  to  enjoy  the  respect  of  the  community. 
Malefactors  would  fear  to  be  brought  before  independent  judges 
of  that  character,  for  in  all  probability  convictions  and  punish- 
ment   would  await   the   offenders. 

It  lias  not  surprised  The  Wasp  that  New  York  policemen  have 
taken  to  murdering  gamblers  who  expose  their  crookedness. 
From  murdering  gamblers  and  other  law-breakers  to  murdering 
respectable  citizens  is  not  a  long  step  for  a  crooked  police  de 
partment.  Here  in  San  Francisco  policemen  have  committed 
burglary  and  highway  robbery,  and  have  protected  thieves  and 
shared   their  plunder.     It  rests  with  our  citizens  whether  they 

want  that  kind  of 
government,  or  an 
honest  one,  with 
life  and  property 
fully    protected. 

The  government 
of  a  city  ,s  usually 
what  the  people  de- 
serve. 


THE  cartoon  on 
this  page  ex- 
presses the  opinions 
of  a  great  many 
Republicans  as  well 
as  Democrats.  They 
believe  that  both 
the  Bull  Moose 
statesman  and  the 
Grand  Old  Party 
are  destined  to  take 
a  trip  up  Salt  Riv- 
er. Practical  poli- 
ticians cannot  figure 
out  how  President 
Taft  can  win  with 
his  party  torn  by 
factional  sttrife  of 
the  bitterest  charac- 
ter.     If    it    were    a 


— Philadelphia   Record 
Policemen   plan  murder  to   protect   their       fair    and    honorable    fight    the    President    might    have    an    even 
perquisites"  as  blackmailers  and  jails  are  filled  with  unconverted       chance,  but  the  fight  waged  against  him  is  both  unfair  and  dis- 
criminals  and  the  penitentiaries  are  constantly  becoming  causes  •    honorable, 
of  greater  scandal,  disquiet  and  cost. 


The  Wasp  has  steadily  and  stoutly  maintained  that  things  will 
go  from  bad  to  worse  unless  we  improve  our  courts  of  law  by 
improving  the  status  of  our  judges.  The  latter  should  be  ap- 
pointed for  long  terms,  and,  if  capable  and  honest,  should  be 


.  While  professing  to  be  Republicans,  the  bitter  enemies  of  the 
President  are  engaged  in  open  theft  of  his  party  machinery  and 
are  not  restrained  by  the  slightest  considerations  of  truth  or 
common  decency. 

If  in  the  early  seventies,  when  men's  blood  was  still  hot  after 


[Saturday,    August    3,    1912. 


the  Civil  War,  it  would  have  been  unhealthy 
work  for  a  Governor  of  California  to  aid  in 
the  larceny  of  the  Republican  designation 
and  use  it  to  defeat  the  regular  nominee  of 
the  party.  A  State  Executive  officer  attempt- 
ing such  tactics  would  hardly  have  escaped 
a  visit  from  the  Vigilance  Committee. 

Fortunately  the  people  are  less  disposed 
in  these  days  to  use  the  logic  of  the  rope  or 
tar  and  feathers  in  preference  to  wordy  argu- 
ment. Retribution  in  the  form  of  the  Recall 
is  most  likely  to  overtake  Governor  Johnson. 

On  general  principles,  Governor  Johnson 
should  be  recalled  by  the  citizens  whom  he 
misrepresents  and  injures  in  reputation  and 
pocket.  He  has  made  their  State  a  byword 
and  neglected  the  duties  of  his  office  most  dis- 
gracefully. 

11  Most  of  the  unworthy  Governor's  time  has 
been  devoted  to  bitter  factional  politics,  in 
which  the  majority  of  his  fellow-citizens  have 
no  direct  interest.  California  has  reached  a 
stage  in  her  development  when  the  best  ener- 
gies of  her  officials  and  people  are  needed  to 
prepare  for  the  changes  likely  to  follow  the 
opening  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  geo 
graphical  transformation  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

A  worthy  Governor  would  be  found  organ- 
izing the  business  men  of  the  State  to  aid  in 
the  building  of  docks,  the  solution  of  com- 
mercial problems,  and  a  hundred  other  schemes 
to  make  California  pre-eminent  as  a  place 
for  colonists  to  locate  and  capital  to' seek  in- 
vestment. 

California  will  never  find  her  true  place 
amongst  the  great  States  of  the  Union  with 
a  Hiram  Johnson  at  the  bead  of  State  affairs. 
The  man  should  be  recalled  as  soon  as  an 
election  for  the  purpose  can  be  held.  The 
charge  against  him — neglect  of  duty — cannot 
be  denied  nor  palliated.  Let  some  worthier 
man,  who  will  attend  to  the  duties  of  the 
Governor's  position,  take  the  place  and  draw 
the  salary.  Don't  pay  a  man  to  call  himself 
Governor  and  deport  himself  like  a  little  howl- 
ing  ward  politician. 


NED  HAMILTON'S  BOSH. 

NED  HAMILTON'S  letters  in  the  Exam- 
iner descriptive  of  the  immense  superi- 
ority of  Seattle  and  Portland  over 
"poor  old  San  Francisco"  are  the  quintes- 
sence of  bosh.  Hamilton  is  a  very  clever  writ- 
er, witli  a  fine  literary  style,  and  no  more 
knowledge  of  actual  business  affairs  than  a 
canary  has  of  mathematics. 

Hearst,  who  is  fond  of  Ned  Hamilton,  ap- 
pointed the  latter  business  manager  of  the 
Examiner  some  years  ago,  and  after  a  few 
months'    service    Ned    resigned.      A    business 


manager's  duties  cull  for  a  hard-headed  busi- 
ness man,  and  wearisome  details  and  the  dull 
grind- of  routine  life  were  not  to  the  liking  of 
the  wit  of  the  Bohemian  and  the  Family  Club. 

Picking  out  Ned  Hamilton  to  compile  sta- 
tistical information  on  lighting  plants,  dock- 
ing facilities  and  commercial  possibilities  of 
Pacific  Coast  seaports  is  like  hitching  up  a 
high-headed  race-horse  to  a  lumber  wagon. 
Such  antics  are  not  unusual,  however,  in  yel- 
low journalism,  where  it  is  no  uncommon  stunt 
to  shake  up  an  editorial  department  and  sub- 
stitute the  police  reporter  for  the  managing 
editor,  and  vice  versa. 

If  "poor  old  San  Francisco"  be  as  far  be- 
hind Seattle  and  Portland  as  Mr.  Hamilton's 
correspondence  would  indicate,  it  must  be  a 
disquieting  thought  to  the  correspondent  that 
the  Examiner  has  done  more  than  its  share  in 
holding  this  city  back.  We  have  to  thank  the 
Examiner  more  than  any  other  newspaper, 
not  excepting  the  San  Quentin  and  San  Fran- 
cisco Bulletin,  for  the  long  reign  of  the  walk- 
ing delegate  and  the  wall  which  the  Labor 
Trust  has  built  around  our  city,  so  that  we 
must  live  on  one  another. 

Notwithstanding  the  persistent  efforts  of 
professional  labor  agitators  to  make  the  grass 
grow  in  our  streets,  as  agitator  Furuseth  of 
the  Seamen 's  Union  once  threatened,  San 
Francisco  has  maintained  her  place  as  the  ac- 
knowledged commercial  and  financial  center 
and  metropolis  of  the  Paeific  Coast.  The  Ex- 
aminer, published  in  "poor  old  San  Francis- 
co," is  the  best-paying  property  that  Hearst 
owns.  It  serves  our  business  men  properly 
that  they  should  be  repaid  for  their  liberal 
support  by  a  series  of  letters  calculated  to 
advertise  to  the  world  that  all  the  jay  towns 
on  the  Pacific  Coast  have  outstripped  us  and 
that  we  of  San  Fratfcisco  are  a  community 
of  commercial  and  political  lobsters. 

It  may  be  only  too  true  that  we  are  not 
taking  full  advantage  of  our  opportunities  in 
San  Francisco  and  California,  but  let  us  con- 
fine our  criticisms  to ' tMie  dimensions  of  a  fam- 
ily row.  Let 's  fight  'it'  out  amongst  ourselves, 
and  eliminate  any  lobsters  we  may  find.  Don't 
let  us  send  envoys  to  surrounding  States  to 
trumpet  our  shortcomings,  and  exemplify  the 
old  proverb  that  "it's  a  dirty  bird  that  be- 
fouls its  own  nest." 


Chief  of  Police  White  wants  the  Charter 
amended  so  that  the  Police  Department  can  be 
reorganized.  The  poor  Charter  is  getting  to 
be  a  regular  crazy  quilt.  There  is  a  much 
easier  way  to  reorganize  the  police  force 
than  by  changing  the  Charter — a  swift  kick- 
out  for  some  of  the  big  guns  of  the    department. 


HOW   ARE   THE   MIGHTY  FALLEN! 

DOWN  AND  OUTS  of  the  Democratic 
party  in  California  are  lifting  up  their 
tombstones  in  the  political  graveyard 
and  crawling  around  again.  It  is  a  weird 
sight  to  see  these  specters,  gnashing  their 
fieshless  jaws  like-  the  ghosts  that  chased  Tarn 
O  'Shanter,  and  gesticulating  as  they  did  in 
the  life  of  a  generation  ago.  Few  people 
remember  them.  To  the  average  newspaper 
reader  their  names  are  meaningless.  How 
quickly  doth  political  glory  evanish! 

Twenty  years  ago  the  Hon.  James  D.  Phe- 
lan,  at  any  powwow  of  Democracy,  rivaled  the 
omnipotence  of  Jove,  with  the  clouds  upon 
his  brow  and  his  toes  touching  the  summit  of 
Olympus,  Subservient  compatriots  stood  trem- 
ulously at  the  doors  to  fling  them  open  for  the 
entrance  or  exit  of  the  great  man.  Sleek 
Supervisors  and  fatter  policemen  attended 
upon  his  coming  and  going,  following  respect- 
fully in  his  wake  like  the  lictors  at  the  heels 
of  an  ancient  Roman  Consul  Now  there  is 
none  so  poor  around  the  City  Hall  as  to  do 
him  reverence.  It  is  only  the  rising  sun  that 
the   professional  politicians   worship. 

To  the  veterans  of  the  Old  Guard  who  re- 
member Mr.  Phelan  in  the  heyday  of  his  pop- 
ularity and  power,  it  must  be  a  melancholy 
sight  to  see  him  with  a  handful  of  his  super- 
annuated, shivering  compatriots,  in  the  cold, 
so  to  speak,  outside  the  doors  of  the  Demo- 
cratic State  Central  Committee.  Knocks  at 
that  door  bring  only  disrespectful  responses. 
Chairman  R.  H.  De  Will  stubbornly  declines  to 
be  deposed.  Mr.  Phelan  and  his  associates, 
old  Dr.  Taylor  and  Louis  Mooser  and  Frank 
Gould,  may  hammer  ever  so  loudly  and  bom- 
bard him  with  "resolutions,"  but  he  goes  on 
complacently  arranging  things  so  that  the 
Champ  Clark  outfit  will  rule  the  local  Democ- 
racy and  divide  the  Wilson  pie  in  due  time, 
and  the  original  Wilsonites  of  the  Phelan  push 
won't  get  a  smell  of  the  tempting  edibles. 

Mr.  Phelan  and  his  compatriots  are  doing 
their  level  best  to  duplicate  in  the  Demo- 
cratic camp  the  row  which  has  disrupted  the 
Republicans.  Thus  far  the  net  result  is  that 
Mr.  Phelan  appears  to  be  farther  than  ever 
from  restoration  to  the  leadership  in  Demo- 
cratic affairs  in  California. 

Under  Mr.  Phelan  *s  political  leadership  in 
San  Francisco  the  Democratic  party  went  to 
pieces,  and  the  awful  union  labor  gang  assum- 
ed control.  Then  the  Graft  Prosecution  gave 
the  handful  of  Phelanites  another  brief  inn- 
ing, followed  by  a  second  affliction  of  labor 
unionism.  Mr.  Phelan  and  his  compatriots 
are  fully  capable  of  paving  the  way  for  a 
third  dose  of  the  laborites. 


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-THE  WASP- 


JAPANS   GREAT   EMPEROR. 

SKLI'ii.M  baa  any  monarch  seen  as  many 
changed  conditions  during  his  reign  as 
have  claimed  attention  in  the  lifetime 
of  the  Emperor  Mutauhito,  whose  protracted 
illness  culminated  in  the  death  of  the  great 
ruler  this  week.  It  will  be  an  exceedingly  for- 
tunate thing  fur  Asia  ami  mankind  generally. 
if  the  new  .Mikado  be  as  wjse  and  great  a 
ruler  as  the  one  just  passed  away. 

Observing  the  Japan  of  today,  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  realize  that  when  the  Mikado 
MutSUhitO  was  crowned  at  Osaka,  in  January, 
1867,  Japan  had  no  telegraph  system,  no 
navy,  no  railroads.  Feudalism  had  not  yet 
been  abolished.  The  opening  of  the  first  rail- 
road aroused  6erce  popular  opposition.  Japan 
had  a  law  against  building  sea-going  ships; 
now  she  is  competing  energetically  for  lie 
commerce  of  the  Pacific. 

Some  of  the  leading  events  in  which  the 
Mikado  Mutauhito  had  a  leading  hand  were 
the  Chinese  war  in  L894,  the  revision  of  for- 
eign treaties  in  1894,  the  installation  of  for- 
eign educated  heads  in  the  three  branches 
thai  went  to  make  the  nucleus  of  the  Imperial 
University,  and  finally,  the  great  Japanese- 
Kussian  war  of  1904-1905.  He  married  in 
1869  the  tactful  Princess  Haru  Ko,  whose 
name  means  Springtime,  a  daughter  of  Ichijo 
Tadaka,  noble  of  the  first  rank.  One  son  and 
several  daughters  were  born  to  the  Emperor 
and  Empress.  The  heir  apparent,  Prince  Yo- 
sliihito,  was  born  August  31,  1879,  and  mar- 
ried in  1900  to  the  Princess  Sada,  daughter 
of  Prince  Kujo.  Prince  Yoshihito  has  three 
boys. 

The  Mikado's  dynasty  is  the  oldest  on  earth 
dating  back  to  the  reign  of  Jimmu,  who  as- 
cended the  throne  in  660  B.  C.  The  actual 
written  records  of  the  dynasty  go  back  twelve 
hundred  years,  the  Mikado  being  the  121st  of 
his  line,  according  to  Japanese  reckoning. 

In  the  lifetime  of  this  sagacious  ruler,  his 
country  has  been  lifted  out  of  dark  ages  and 
placed  solidly  among  the  most  enlightened 
and  powerful  nations  in  the  world.  History 
contains  nothing  to  compare  with  such  a 
complete  transformation  and  national  eleva- 
tion in  the  lifetime  of  a  single  ruler. 

♦ 

ABOVE  THE  LAW. 

LATELY  there  have  appeared  in  the  news- 
papers numerous  references  to  the  cases 
of  John  Mitchell  and  Samuel  Gompers, 
who  defied  the  Court  of  the  United  States, 
and  have  not  been  sent  to  jail  for  their  of- 
fense. They  continued  to  conduct  a  boycott 
against  the  Bucks  Stove  and  Range  Company 
after  they  had  been  warned  to  desist  by  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 

To  emphasize  his  defiance,  Gompers  wrote 
an  article  in  the  Federation  journal  he  con- 
trols, and  headed  it  "To  Hell. With  Your  In- 
junctions." That  was  rather  impolite  lan- 
guage to  use  towards  the  most  august  tribu- 
nal of  Justice  in  the  Nation.  Did  the  con- 
temptuous Gompers  go  to  gail?  Certainly  not! 
Nobody  expected  that  he  would.  He  is  walk- 
ing around  as  defiant  as  ever,  though  years 
have  elapsed  since  the  Supreme  Court  began 


to  try  and  land  him  behind  prison  bars.  Prom 
all  appearances  lie  will  go  to  his  grave  iu 
peace,   withoi  g   an   hour  in  jail  for 

liis  misconduct. 

Whenever  Gompers  has  half  an  hour  to 
spare,  he  Bits  down  and  chats  with  some  lop- 
eared  reporter  of  the  Associated  Press,  one  of 
the  greatest  trusts  in  the  world,  and  tells  the 
itemizer  that  the  Supreme  Court  is  composed 
of  •'enemies  of  labor,"  and  the  bitterest  foe 
is  judge  Wright,  who  pronounced  the  just 
sentence  upon  him.  His  side-partner,  John 
Mitchell,  imitates  (Jumpers'  example,  and  be- 
tween them,  with  the  aid  of  the  Associated 
Press,  they  are  preparing  the  public  for  the 
expected  news  that  after  years  of  effort  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  .States  cannot 
punish  a  fellow  who  tells  it  to  its  face  to  "go 
to  hades  and  be  hanged." 

But  Mr.  Gompers  never  finds  time  to  sit 
down  and  tell  the  Associated  Press  reporters, 
or  any  other  journalists,  what  disposal  was 
made  of  the  million  dollars  collected  for  the 
McNamara  defense  fund,  $10,000*  of  which 
was  sent  out  here  in  one  check,  to  be  cashed 
by  the  Hon.  Olaf  Tveitmoe  and  handed  over 
to  Clarence  Darrow,  who  is  on  trial  in  Los 
Angeles  for  bribing  jurors  in  the  McNamara 
case. 

* 

A  SUICIDAL  ACT. 

BY  TRYING  to  prevent  independent  bands 
from    playing    in    Portland    during    the 
great  convention  of  Elks,  the  Musicians' 
Union   has  committed   hari-kari. 

Representatives  of  the  unions  demanded 
that  no  musician  unstamped  with  the  union 
hall-mark  should  be  allowed  to  come  to  Port- 
land and  play  in  the  parade.  "Consider  the 
enormity  of  that  demand,"  says 
the  Portland  Spectator.  "The 
unions  wished  Portland  to  notify 
the  nation  that  her  doors  were 
open  to  but  one  class  of  citizens, 
and  that  all  others  should  be  de- 
nied admittance.  The  unions 
wished  Portland  to  notify  the  na- 
tion that  she  would  refuse  em- 
ployment to  any  and  all  who 
did  not  display  a  union  label 
above  the  Elks'  badge,  and  that 
those  lodges  that  had  their  own 
bands  or  that  had  engaged  bands 
would  not  be  permitted  to  bring 
them  within  the  city 's  gates. 

The  Portland  committee  of  Elks 
stood  firm  against  the  dire  threats 
of  the  union  representatives. 
They  said  that  the  watchwords  of 
their  fraternal  order  were  "Char- 
ity, justice,  brotherly  love,  and 
fidelity,"  they  could  not  vote  to 
deprive  their  fellow-citizems  of 
the  right  to  work,  whether  these 
fellow-citizens  were  union  or  non- 
union   men." 

The  result  was  the  Elks  hired 
all  the  bands  they  required,  with- 
out distinction  as  to  union  or  non- 
union, and,  as  far  as  music  is 
concerned,  Portland  is  a  free  city. 


THE   COUP   DE  GEACE. 

IT  HAS  required  a  Congressional  enactment 
to  kill  fake  prize  tights.  Congress  bas 
passed  &  law  against  the  transportation 
of  prize-fight  mo\  big  picture  films  between 
the  various  States  and  Territories.  No  doubt 
the  President  will  approve  the  law,  and  there 
will  be  an  end  of  the  swindles  thai  have  been 
perpetrated  on  the  public  by  the  aid  of  the 
newspapers  that  have  boomed  them. 

The  "worst  on  record'"  was  the  recent  af- 
fair between  the  negro  Johnson  and  the  white 
man  Plynn,  who,  besides  being  a  bogus  fighter, 
exhibits  under  an  assumed  name.  There 
was i,  t  a  chance  in  a  thousand  that  Flynii 
could  defeat  the  gigantic  negro.  The  fighters 
did  not  train  for  the  match  as  if  they  ex- 
ported a  serious  encounter.  The  whole  thing 
was  a  fake  to  obtain  gate  money  and  moving 
pictures  that  could  be  exhibited  profitably. 

How  can  the  sporting  editors  who  boomed 
this  swindle  on  the  public  excuse  themselves! 
Some  conscientious  sporting  writers,  including 
Mr.  Smith  of  the  San  Francisco  Chronicle, 
pointed  out  the  demerits  of  the  affair,  but, 
generally  speaking  it  got  an  immense  amount 
of  free  advertising,  though  it  was  as  well 
known  to  many  editors  before  the  "fight" 
as  after  it  that  the  thing  was  a  prearranged 
humbug. 

If  every  prize-fighter  who  has  taken  part 
in  a  fake  contest  in  San  Francisco  in  the  last 
ten  years  was  sent  to  jail  for  conspiracy  to 
defraud  the  public,  several  new  wings  would 
have  to  be  added  to  the  county  jail. 


"What  has  been  the  principal  expense  of 
your  campaign1?" 

"Buying  new  hats  to  throw  ioto  the  ring," 
replied  the  resolute  candidate. 


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THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    August   3,    1912. 


EFFICIENCY   DEFINED 

BY  CITY  SOLONS 


Another  Scream  in  Municipal  Comedy 

WHEN  the  Committee  on  Efficiency  and 
Civil  Service  was  created  in  January 
by  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  people 
asked  what  important  duties  could  be  per- 
formed by  the  brand  new  organization?  The 
Wasp  ventured  the  opinion  at  the  time  that 
one- of  the  first  and  most  important  duties  of 
-this  "Efficiency"  Committee  would  be  to 
create  places  for  a  staff  of  favorite  retainers. 
That  guess  has  turned  out  to  be  correct,  for, 
in  the  budget  for  the  current  year  we  find 
an  appropriation  of  $10,000  for  the  support  of 
a  "Bureau  of  Efficiency,"  said  $10,000  to  be 
expended  by  Supervisors  and  Civil  Service 
Commissioners. 

-  The  new  "Bureau  has  been  supplied  with  a 
head,  who  presumably  will  furnish  the  com- 
munity with,  examples  of  what  constitutes 
"efficiency"  in  municipal  government. 

Edwin  Ray  Zion,  whose  illustrious  name  has 
illuminated  the  pages  of  The  Wasp  in  connec- 
tion with  various  phases  of  political  activity, 
has  been  selected  as  the  "Director  of  the 
Bureau, ' '  with  a  comfortable  salary  of  $200 
a  month,  to  begin  with. 

If  this  salary  is  not  increased  to  $600  a 
month  before  the  glad  new  year,  the  fine  Ital- 
ian hand  of  Edwin  Ray  Zion  will  have  lost  its 
cunning.  For  nearly  twelve  years,  this  sterling 
and  "Progressive"  patriot  has  drawn  salary 
as  Deputy  Tax  Collector,  while  diligently  at- 
tending to  his  own  business  as  lawyer  and 
bill  collector,  lobbyist  at  Sacramento,  and 
untiring  candidate  for  elective- office.  And 
now  the  reward,  which  ultimately  comes  to  all 
unselfish  patriots,  has  come  to  him  at  last. 

A  detailed  statement  of  his  various  can- 
didacies for  municipal  and  judicial  offices 
would  fill  a  page  of  The  Wasp.  When  a  can- 
didate for  Justice  of  the  Peace,  his  election 
cards,  bearing  the  invitation  to  his  friends 
"meet  me  on  the  Bench,"  edified,  if  not  elec- 
trified the  Bpt  Association.  Unfortunately 
for  the  fame  of  the  California  judiciary,  a 
bench  in  Golden  Gate  Park  was  as  near  as 
the  illustrious  candidate  got  towards  the  goal 
of  his  ambition. 

At  the  last  election,  Mr.  Zion's  ambition 
switched  from  the  judicial  to  the  legislative 
wing  of  the  municipal  government,  and  he 
ran  for  Supervisor,  but  again  the  dear  people 
were  blind  to  his  virtues.  It  required  the 
joint  efforts  of-  the  Civil  Service  Commission 
and  the  Efficiency  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  to  discover  the  superennial  qual- 
ifications of  this  self-sacrificing  patriot,  and 
reward  him  fittingly.  No  one  will  hereafter 
be  able  to  repeat  the  reproach  that  "Republics 
are  ungrateful." 

The  only  fear  in  the  mind  of  the  public 
is  that  Patriot  Zion  may  suffer  mental  and 
physical  'breakdown  under  strain  of  his  new 
duties.  It  is  hardly  credible  that  he  will  re- 
sign his  post  as  Deputy  Tax  Collector,  be- 
cause   heretofore   he   has   never   found  it   nec- 


essary to  relinquish  his  position  while  attend- 
ing strictly  to  his  own  private  affairs. 

Undoubtedly,  as  heretofore,  he  will  still 
keep  open  his  private  office  in  the  Monad- 
nock  Building,  where  for  years  his  shingle 
as  an  attorney  has  been  invitingly  hung  out. 

It  will  be  a  sore  disappointment  to  the  peo- 
ple of  the  entire  state  if,  at  the  approaching 
session  of  the  legislature,  Mr.  Zion  will  not 
be  once  again  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the 
lobby,  striving  for  the  best  interest  of  the 
dear  people,  for  whom  he  has  sacrificed  his 
time  and  energies. 

At  last  we  have  discovered  the  true  mean- 
ing of  the  word  "Efficiency"  when  applied 
to  Municipal  government  For  many  long  and 
hopeless  years  we  have  been  groping  in  Egyp- 
tian darkness,  but  at  last  the  light  has  broken 
through  tne  clouds. 

Edwin  Ray  Zion  is  the  chosen  head  of  the 
Bureau  of  Efficiency.    Hallelujah! 


PREDICTS  WILSON'S  VICTORY. 

AS    ONE    of    the   best   known   journalists 
in   the   United   States,    and   one   whose- 
clear  memory  dates  back  to   the  ante- 
bellum  days,  the  opinions'  of  Henry  Watter- 
son,    of    the    Louisville    Courier,    are    worth 
reading. 

As  to  the  outcome  of  the  election  in  Nov- 
ember, Mr.  Watterson  has  no  doubt.  He  sums 
up  the  situation  uniavorably  to  President 
Taft,  whom,  personally,  he  admires  and  re- 
spects, but  does  not  regard  as  a  wise  or  good 
poliitcian.    Mr.  Watterson  remarks: 

' '  A  party  butchered  a's  the  Republican 
Party,  and  a  nominee  discredited  as  Taft, 
cannot  hope  to  carry  the  country.  The  Re- 
publicans are  as  poorly  off  as  the  Whigs  were 
in  1852  and  the  Democrats  in  1860.  Roose- 
velt may  split  their  vote  wide  open,  half  and 
half,  losing  them  States  like  Massachussetts, 
Pennsylvania  and  Ohio.  But  though  he 
makes  a  poor  run  of  it,  the  force  of  the  cur- 
rent will  drive  them  on  a  sand  bar  and  leave 
them  there.  Even  if  Taft  and  Roosevelt 
should  be  induced  to  withdraw — which  seems 
scarcely  possible — it  would  be  the  same. 
' '  Except  that  Roosevelt  has  done  the  job 
so  neatly  for  the  Republicans,  Bryan  would 
destroy  the  Democrats.  Each  is  an  architect 
of  ruin.  As  it  is,  Bryan  remains  a  menace, 
which  will  make  things  hum  when  the  in- 
evitable break  between  him  and  Wilson  comes 
to  pass. ' ' 

+ 

THE  "SPANISH  HAM"— 

Leveson-Gower  tells  in  the  Strand  Magazine 
how  the  representative  of  Spain  at  the  Court 
of  St.  James*  dines  with  his  family  on  one 
occasion,  and  how  a  servant  then  and  there 
beat  all  records  in  the  art  of  misplacing  the 
letter  "h."  Flinging  the  door  open,  he  an- 
nounced: ' '  The  Spanish  Ham ' ' — making  a 
perceptible  pause  before  he  added,"  bassador." 
The  author  declares  that  he  will  never  forget 
the  effect  produced.  Even  the  public  host  and 
hostess  had  difficulty  in  controling  their 
laughter.  i 


THE  DOCTORS'   TRUST. 

Phil  Francis,  whose  editorial  expressions 
while  he  was  connected  with  the  Stockton 
Mail  were  frequently  quoted  by  The  Wasp, 
has  brought  to  the  columns  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Call  the  fearlessness  and  candor  that 
distinguished  them  in  his  former  position.  The 
Mail's  loss  is  the  Call's  gain.  A  good  exam- 
ple of  Editor  Francis'  style  is  furnished  in 
a  few  paragraphs  relative  to  United  States 
Senator  Works,  who  has  been  flooding  the 
newspaper  offices  of  the  United  States  with 
speeches  on  the  "Doctors'  Trust,"  said  ora- 
tions having,  of  course,  been  printed  at  the 
expense  of  the  Government,  and  thus  distribut- 
without  cost  to  the  author.  Hear  what  Broth- 
er Francis  says  of  this  philanthropist's  hobby: 

Works  demands  that  any  ignoramus  who  chooses 
to  do  so  may  practise  healing  of  the  sick — and 
charge  for  his  services.  There's  the  nub  of  the 
ear — eharge   for  his   services. 

There  is  no  such  thing  as  a  medical  trust.  Any- 
body who  wants  to  do  so  can  practise  medicine, 
Christian  Science,  chiropractic,  naturopathy,  dam- 
fulopathy,  or  any  other  kind  of  charlatanry  he 
pleases.  But  he  must  do  it  for  nothing.  The  niin- 
utt  he  begins  to  endanger  the  lives  of  the  sick  with 
intent  to  make  money  out  of  the  job — whether  he 
administers   pills   or  prayers — the   law   stops  him. 

The  law  says  to  all  this  sort:  "If  your  con- 
science and  your  faith  in  your  foolishness  urge  you 
to  get  others  to  submit  to  your  ministrations  and 
you  are  willing  to  give  your  time  and  medicines 
freely,  the  State  will  respect  your  convictions,  and 
you  can  go  ahead.  But  if  you  are  a  mere  heartless 
quack,  willing  to  cause  suffering  and  bring  about 
death  through  your  ignorance  for  the  sake  of  mak- 
ing money,    you   must  stop." 

That's  all  there  is  to  this  bugaboo  of  medical 
freedom  which  Works  talks  about.  All  the  scoun- 
drelly patent  medicine  fakers,  all  the  cancer  and 
consumption  "specialists" — every  sort  of  villainous 
and  murderous  rascal  unhung — is  in  full  agreement 
with  the  Senator  who  advocates  freedom  to  murdei- 
for  pay. 

He  is  a  disgrace  to  the  State,  sitting  there  in  the 
seat  he  stole,  and  making  California  absurd  in  the 
eyes  of  the  nation. 


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<■■  M  >l>  DEAL  bae  been 
written  about  the  new 
bouse  of  the  George 
Shreves  al  San  Mateo. 
Nobody  lias  mentioned 
the  feature  »f  must  inter- 
est— a  miniature  theater, 
such  as  one  sees  in  many 
Eastern  homes  ot  the  wealthy.  In  fact,  such 
theaters  have  been  quite  the  rage  in  the  East 
tor  some  time.  Architect  Howard,  who  built 
the  pavilion  where  Miss  Jennie  Crocker's 
wedding  breakfast  was  given,  is  Mr.  Shreve's 
architect. 

That  Pistol  Play. 

Thougn  the  Crocker- Whitman  wedding  is 
almost  ancient  history,  the  gossips  are  still 
talking  over  some  of  its  unusual  features, 
especially  the  exhibition  of  a  pistol  by  the 
bridegroom  to  subdue  the  ardor  of  snapshot 
pnotographers  and  give  pause  to  any  anar- 
chists  that  might  be  lurking  around.  Threat- 
ening letters,  it  is  said,  had  been  written  by 
anonymous  spokesmen  of  the  proletariat,  who 
threatened  to  do  things  to  the  bridegroom. 
It  needed  no  letters  to  inform  him  that  the 
photographers  would  attempt  to  storm  the  cit- 
adel of  social  exclusiveness,  and  when  the 
advanced  guard  arrived,  with  a  hustling  young 
knight  of  the  camera  in  advance,  he  found 
himself  looking  into  the  ugly  muzzle  of  a 
most  serviceable  automatic  revolver.  It 
seemed  as  large  as  a  gatling  gun  to  the  pho- 
togiapher,  and  after  a  brief  but  vain  effort  at 
parley  he  betook  himself  out  of  range  of  the 
wedding  breakfast  table.  Again,  at  the  rail- 
road station,  the  black  phiz  of  the  big  auto- 
matic revolver,  held  in  the  left  fist  of  the 
bridegroom,  made  its  appearance.  Nobody 
attempted  to  test  its  effectiveness  by  edging 
up  and  trying  a  photographic  shot  at  the  bridal 
couple  or  by  taking  any  other  liberties.  The 
moral  effect  of  this  display  of  aitillery  has 
been  pronounced.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitman, 
during  their  visit  to  the  McCloud  River,  have 
fallen  into  no  ambuscade  of  tripod  scouts, 
waiting  to  take  them  unawares  when  landing 
a  three-pound  trout  or  exchanging  the  senti- 
mental confidences  characteristic  of  the  first 
week  after  the  wedding.  The  happy  couple 
have  roamed  care-free  through  the  woodlands 
and  the  palpitating  world  outside  doesn't 
know  whether  they  wore  evening  clothes  or 
plain  ordinary  camping  duds  to  dinner.  It 
remains  to  be  seen  what  terrible  revenge  the 
knights  of  the  tripod  will  take  for  this  rude 
interference  with  their  vested  rights. 

&      <J*      & 
His  People  Wealthy. 

The  local  society  gossips  that  always  scruti- 
nize the  pedigree  of  a  stranger  who  comes  to 


NOTICE. 

All  communications  relative  to  nodal  news 
should  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  P.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  Insure  publication 
in  the   issue  of  that  week. 


claim  one  of  our  heiresses  have  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  Mr.  Malcolm  Whitman's  fam- 
ily  in   the    East    is   in   the   front   rank   socially 


MISS  BARBARA  JOSEPHINE  SMALL 

The    fiancee    of    Lieutenant    Junius    Pierce,    and 
very  well  known  in  the  army  set. 

and  financially.  Mr.  Whitman's  father  and 
uncle  are  interested  in  the  textile  business, 
which  is  one  of  the  most  important  lines  in 
America,  and  not  second  in  importance  to  the 


st  eel  industry.  Whitman  pere  is  a  shrewd 
man.  whose  estate  should  be  sufficient  to  make 
his  heirs  capable  of  cutting  a  very  respectable 
figure  in  New  Fork  society.  And  that,  let 
me  tell  you.  is  no  small  financial  achievement 
in  these  days  of  high  Jiving. 

The  Templeton  Crockers'  Gift. 

Miss  Julia  Langhorne,  that  popular  bride- 
to-be,  is  receiving  many  gorgeous  presents,  as 
is  to  be  expected  of  one  who  is  so  universal- 
ly liberal.  The  Templeton  Crockers  have  al- 
ready given  her  their  gift,  which  is  a  magnifi- 
cent diamond  pendant,  and  she  has  many 
other  gifts  of  jewels  and  the  usual  display  of 
silver. 

J*      &      & 
Brilliant  Society  Wedding, 

It  is  said  that  out  of  compliment  to  the 
colors  of  her  fiance,  Miss  Julia  Langhorne 
has  chosen  blue  for  the  shade  to  be  worn  bv 
her  bridesmaids  when  this  charming  girl  be- 
comes the  wife  of  Lieutenant  James  Parker. 
Miss  Louise  Boyd  and  Miss  Sara  Gunning- 
ham  will  wear  this  dainty  color,  and  the  maid 
of  honor,  Miss  Marian  Newhall,  will  wear 
white.  The  same  color  scheme  will  be  fol- 
lowed in  the  decorations  at  St.  Luke's  Church. 
The  Langhorne  mansion  will  also  be  a  bower 
of  white  and  green,  with  significant  touches 
of  blue.  Only  relatives  and  a  limited  number 
of  intimate  friends  are  invited  to  the  recep- 
tion. Lieutenant  Parker  is  attached  to  thes 
submarine  fleet.  After  the  honeymoon  the 
bridal  couple  will  make  their  home  at  Prov- 
incetown  for  a  time  at  least.  The  wedding 
of  Miss  Julia  Langhorne  and  Lieutenant  Par- 
ker will  be  celebrated  on  the  14th  of  August. 

t5*  (5*  t5* 

Mrs.  Hale  at  Gotham. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Prentiss  Cobb  Hale  are  at 
"The  Plaza,"  New  York  City,  where  they 
will  remain  until  the  middle  of  August.     Upon 


HOTEL 

DEL 
MONTE 

oMteis 

PACiric 

GROVE 

HOTEL 

Pacific    Grov? 

BOTH    HOUSES   UNDER 
SAME    MANAGEMENT 

Address: 

H.   B.   WAENEB, 

Del  Monte,    -    California 

A  beautiful  summer 

home  at 
very  moderate  rates 

A  tasty,  comfortable 

family  hotel. 
Low  monthly  rates 

^wiw 

-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,   August   3,    1912. 


their  return  Mrs.  Hale  will  proceed  directly 
to  her  fine  country  home  at  Shasta  Springs, 
where  her  hospitality  has  been  the  delight  of 
her  many  friends. 

&?■      i£*      ^* 
Rich  No  Longer. 

The  description  of  Henry  Keilus  in  some 
of  the  daily  newspapers  as  a  "rich  young 
man"  was  rather  wide  of  the  mark.  I  am 
told  by  persons  who  know,  that  Mr.  Keilus 
has  made  ducks  and  drakes  of  the  money 
left  him  by  his  enterprising  father,  the  late 
Charles  Keilus,  the  clothier.  Charles  Keilus 
established  "The  Hub"  on  Kearny  street, 
and  made  a  success  by  catering  to  young  men 
who  liked  ready-made  clothes  of  a  superior 
quality.  A  very  keen  and  enterprising  busi- 
ness man  was  ' '  Charlie ' '  Keilus.  He  knew  the 
great  value  of  advertising  and  was  ready  to 
pay  for  the  best  positions.  He  was  the  first 
merchant  in  San  Francisco  to  take  space  on 
the  first  page  of  the  Chronicle.  He  paid  a 
high  price,  but  did  not  object  as  long  as  his 
advertisement  of  "The  Hub"  was  the  first 
"ad"  in  the  newspaper.  Mr.  Keilus.  senior, 
sent  his  only  son,  Henry,  to  New  York  to 
learn  the  clothier's  trade  "from  the  ground 
up, ' '  and  gave  the  boy  a  handsome  present 
when  the  lad  turned  out  his  first  suit  of 
clothes.  The  love  of  Clothier  Keilus  for  his 
boy  and  the  hopes  he  had  for  the  young  fel- 
low's future  as  a  great  merchant  were  sug- 
gestive of  Charles  Dickens'  wonderful  story 
of  Dombey  &  Son.  Clothier  Keilus  died  rather 
prematurely.  The  disaster  of  1906  made  in- 
roads on  his  health  and  future.  His  son  suc- 
ceeded him  and  has  wound  up  his  brief  ca- 
reer by  eloping  with  Miss  Marie  Albert,  to 
whom  a  morning  paper  alludes  daintily  as 
"Mrs.  Bloch."  Mr.  Bloch  is  a  gentleman  of 
somewhat  sportive  proclivities,  and  in  the 
redlight  district,  it  is  said,  is  accredited  with 
"having  annexed  a  large  share  of  whatever 
wealth  was  left  to  young  Keilus,  after  the 
latter 's  lavish  expenditures  on  the  stunning 
Miss  Albert.  It  is  also  accepted  as  history  in 
the  half -world,  'tis  said,  that  when  the  Keilus 
funds  ran  low,  the  fair  objeet  of  the  young 
merchant's  infatuation  gave  him  the  mitten 
and  accepted  the  attentions  of  a  millionaire 
cigar  man's  heir.  The  devotion  of  young 
Keilus,  however,  was  the  kind  one  reads  about 
occasionally,  and  this  week  he  brought  con- 
sternation to  his  relatives  by  departing  hur- 
riedly for  the  Bast  with  Miss  Albert.  The 
lady  succumbed,  as  ladies  often  do,  to  per- 
sistent devotion  and  the  allurements  of  the 
hymeneal  altar.  The  admirers,  who  have 
been  left  in  the  lurch,  seem  to  be  bearing  up 
stoically  under  the  loss.  The  tenderloin  won't 
talk  of  anything  else  for  the  next  week  at 
least. 

Navy  Nuptials. 

Many  eyes  are  turned  toward  the  notable 
wedding  which  will  take  place  at  the  St. 
Francis  early  in  the  month  of  September.  The 
contracting  parties  will  be  Miss  Neva  Salis- 
bury and  Ensign  William  Keynolds,  U.  S.  N. 
The  bride  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Guy  Salisbury.     The  ceremony  will  be  a  quiet 


one.  The  service  is  to  be  read  by  Dean  Gresh- 
am  of  Grace  Cathedral.  The  bride  will  be 
unattended.  Part  of  their  honeymoon  will  be 
spent  at  New  York,  where  they  will  attend 
another  wedding — that  of  Lieutenant  W.  E. 
Hall,  a  brother  of  Ensign  Purnell. 

Lucky  Adopted  Boy. 

William  Ziegler,  Jr.,  adopted  son  of  the 
baking  powder  maker,  who  died  seven  years 
ago,  having  just  become  of  age,  will  receive 
the  income  from  the  Ziegler  estate,  which  has 
been  appraised  at  as  much  as  $30,000,000. 
Young  Ziegler  is  a  student  at  Columbia  Uni 
versity.  He  is  a  son  of  G.  W.  Brandt,  for 
merly  of  Davenport,  la.,  a  half-brother  of 
William  Ziegler.  The  baking  powder  manu 
facturer  adopted  the  boy  when  he  was  5  years 
old.  The  entire  income  of  the  vast  estate  is 
to  go  to  the  young  man.  Every  five  years  he 
is  to  receive  a  quarter  of  the  estate  until  the 
principal  is  his.  It  would  be  interesting  to 
have  a  correct  account  of  how  this  youth,  who 
has  had  great  riehes  thrust  upon  him,  will 
get  rid  of  some  of  the  millions  before  he 
reaches  middle  life. 

•St      J8      J* 
Bohemia  Hoaxed. 

If  we  may  believe  the  garrulous  "Knave" 
of  the  Oakland  Tribune,  Bohemia  has  been  im- 
posed upon  in  a  heartless  manner.  According 
to  the  "Knave's"  tale,  some  time  ago  an  iron 
bell  was  cast  for  the  San  Diego  College.  It 
was  a  mammoth  affair,  and  except  for  its  low- 
caste  metal  resembled  muchly  a  mission  bell. 
It  was  not  a  success,  either  musically  or  me- 
chanically, as  there  wras  a  flaw  in  the  casting, 
and  the  San  Diegans  would  have  none  of  it. 
Then  it  was  that  John  T.  Gaffey.  Justice  F.  W. 
Henshaw  and  Edward  H.  Hamilton  got  their 
heads  together  and  put  over  the  finest  little 
joke  that  has  ever  been  perpetrated  on  the  Bo- 


hemian Club.  Last  year,  after  a  ritual  con- 
ducted by  Ned  Hamilton,  which  fairly  bristled 
with  grandiloquent  Spanish,  the  bell,  under  the 
guise  of  a  tocsin  that  had  clanged  out  wild 
alarms  against  Indian  risings  and  chimed 
peaceful  calls  to  matins  or  even-songs  in  some 
old  mission  tower,  was  presented  solemnly  to 
the  club.  A  cartoon  was  made  of  the  event, 
and  all  but  the  immediate  circle  of  Bohemia 
swallowed  the  hoax.  Amongst  those  duly  im- 
pressed was  Vanderlyn  Stow,  head  of  the 
grove  committee.  So  dearly  did  he  cherish 
this  bell  that  at  vast  trouble  and  some  con- 
siderable expense  the  rejected  casting  has 
been  erected  within  the  grove  itself,  close  to 
the  dining-room,  its  ringing  is  to  take  the 
place  of  the  melodious  horn  that  erstwhile 
summoned  the  .hungry-  Bohemians  to  their 
meals.  Experiments  made  by  those  who  have 
been  staying  in  the  grove  before  camp  opens 
presage  a  goodly  kick  forthcoming  from  those 
who  tent  on  the  floor  ot  the  valley  and  who 
will  not  want  to  be  clanged  out  of  their  beds 
even  by  the  holiest  bell  that  had  ever  received 
its  blessing  of  sanctity.  It  is  said  that  the 
flaw  has  developed  into  a  crack  which  en- 
larges every  time  the  clapper  whangs  the  iron 
sides  in  discordant,  dissonant  sound. 

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Wedding  Postponed. 

Postponement  of  a  wedding  always  causes 
a  craning  of  necks  and  a  flutter  of  inquiry. 
This  is  none  the  less  the  case  when  the  wed- 
ding was  to  have  been  an  army  affair.  The 
postponement  of  the  marriage  of  Miss  Bar- 
bara Small  to  Lieutenant.  Junius  Price  was 
unexpected.  The  engagement  was  not.  Miss 
Small  had  been  much  associated  with  the  army 
set  ever  since  her  sister,  Mrs.  Arthur  Fisher, 
has  been  living  on  Angel  Island.  Miss  Small, 
a  tall,  blonde  girl,  was  educated  at  a  local 
fashionable  school,  and  has  been  very  popular 


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Since  the  decision  rendered  by  the  United  States  Su- 
preme Court,  it  has  been  decided  by  the  Monks  here- 
after to  bottle 

CHARTREUSE 

(Liqueur  Peres  Chartreux) 

both  being  identically  the  same  article,  under  a  combi- 
nation label  representing  the  old  and  the  new  labels, 
and  in  the  old  style  of  bottle  bearing  the  Monks' 
familiar  insignia,  as  shown  in  this  advertisement. 

According  to  the  decision  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court, 
handed  down  by  Mr.  Justice  Hughes  on  May  29th,  1911, 
no  one  but  the  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Chartreux)  is 
entitled  to  use  the  word  CHARTREUSE  as  the  name  or 
designation  of  a  liqueur,  so  their  victory  in  the  suit 
against  the  Cusenier  Company,  representing  M.  Henri 
Lecouturier,  the  Liquidator  appointed  by  the  French 
Courts,  and  his  successors,  the  Compagnie  Fermiere  de 
la  Grande  Chartreuse,  is  complete. 

The  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Chartreux),  and  they 
alone,  have  the  formula  or  recipe  of  the  secret  process 
employed  in  the  manufacture  of  the  genuine  Char- 
treuse, and  have  never  parted  with  it.  There  is  no 
genuine  Chartreuse  save  that  marie  by  them  at  Tarra- 
gona. Spain. 

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Batjer  &  Co.,  45  Broadway,  New  York,    N.  T. 
Sole   Agents  for  United  States. 


Saturday,    August    3,    1912.  J 


-THE  WASP 


IN     MR.     McKAMAEA'S     MERRY     AUTOMOBILE. 
Mrs.  Cora  Perkins  at  the  wheel,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  McNamara  and  boys. 


in  society  ever  since  her  debut  several  seasons 
ago.  She  is  a  member  of  the  San  Francisco 
Golf  Club  at  [ngleside,  and  is  a  devotee  of  the 
Scotch  game.  Siie  runs  her  own  electric,  and 
is  frequently  seen  about  town  in  it.  Lieuten- 
ant Price  is  a  great  friend  of  her  brother-in- 
law,  Lieutenant  Arthur  J.  Fisher,  and  is  an 
officer  of  the  same  regiment.  It  was  while 
visiting  Uie  Fishers  that  Miss  Small  met  her 
fiance. 

,Jt      J«     & 

Worthy  of  Being  Staged. 

Domestic  complications  are  so  numerous 
these  days  that  they  have  to  be  very  much  out 
of  the  ordinary  to  attract  attention.  The 
family  troubles  of  Nicholas  .1.  McNamara 
eome  under  the  heading  of  "most  unusual." 
Mr.  McNamara  has  succeeded  in  getting  the 
(irand  Jury  to  indict  Mrs.  Cora  Perkins  and 
chauffeur,  Fred  Patterson,  for  stealing  his 
automobile:  Mrs.  Perkins,  an  old  friend  of 
Mrs.  McNamara,  moved  into  the  McNamara 
abode  and  proceeded  to  oust  the  male  bird 
from  the  family  nest,  as  it  were'.  She  ran  the 
house  and  Mrs.  McNamara,  and  finally  took 
the  irate  husband's  automobile,  ostensibly  for 
a  short  trip,  but  in  reality  for  a  tour  of  Eu- 
rope at  Mr.  McNamara 's  expense.  Mrs.  Mc- 
Namara is  rich  in  her  own  right,  being  the 
daughter  of  an  old  San  Francisco  pioneer. 
Therein  lies  much  of  the  trouble.  Husband 
McNamara  has  managed  to  intercept  the  tour- 
ists at  New  York,  and  Mrs.  Cora  Perkins  may 
noi  be  so  assertive  n  the  officers  bring  her 
back  in  custody  to  San  Francisco  and  she  has 
to  defend  herself  against  a  charge  of  grand 
larceny.  It  will  be  a  great  opportunity  for 
the  reporters  and  newspaper  photographers. 
A  picture  of  the  intercepted  tourists  appears 
on  this  page.  Mrs.  Perkins  looks  very  happy 
at  the  wheel  of  Husband  McNamara 's  ma- 
chine, and  it  makes  even  the  chauffeur  laugh. 
Mrs.  McNamara,  in  the  tonneau,  looks  serious, 
but  then  she  has  to  stand  the  brunt  of  Mr. 
McNamara 's  ire,  and,  moreover,  is  the  treas- 
urer of  the  expedition.  Mrs.  Perkins  may  not 
look  so  care-free  by  the  time  she  gets  out  of 
the  criminal  court. 


Visit  of  Prince  Poniatowski. 

Tlic  fond  mammas  with  large  aspirations 
for  their  young  daughters  are  bestirring 
themselves  to  outdo  one  another  in  entertain- 
ments for  the  young  Prince  Poniatowski.  He 
is  to  be  the  guest  of  the  William  H.  Crockers, 
and  will  be  accompanied  by  Miss  Ethel  Crock 
er  when  he  returns  home  to  Paris,  as  that 
young  lady  intends  to  take  up  music  quite 
seriously.  She  has  talent.  The  young  Prince 
is  the  eldest  of  the  three  Poniatowski  boys, 
and  is  extremely  Frenchy  in  all  his  ways  and 
ideas,  having  spent  much  of  his  life  in  the, 
French  capital.  His  mother  was  formerly 
Miss  Beth  Sperry  of  Stockton,  sister  of  Mrs, 
William  IT.  Crocker.  Her  family  was  rich. 
The  Prince  is  not  actually  in  the  possession 
of  a  vested  title,  for  there  is  no  longer  any 
Polish  nation  to  give  titles.  Stanislaus  Au 
gustus  Poniatowski,  from  whom  the  Prince 
is  descended,  was  elected  King  of  Poland  in 
1764  by  the  intervention-  of  Russia.  He  was 
the  last  King  of  Poland. 

Musician  of  the  Family. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Claus  ISpreckels  are  now  re- 
siding at  Coronado.  Young  Mr.  Spreckels  is 
the  musician  of  the  family,  and  possesses  real 
talent  and  a  splendid  voice.  If  he  were  not 
the  son  of  a  rich  man  he  would  certainly  be 
found  somewhere  in  the  musical  world,  and 
probably  prominent  in  it.  He  is  far  from 
being  a  bad  business  man  either,  although 
people  with  musical  talent  are  usually  sup- 
posed to.be  devoid  of  a  brilliant  capacity  for 
matters  of  dollars  and  cents. 

O*  t5*  t&* 

A  Cafe  for  Fastidious  Epicures. 

Tn  San  Francisco  dining  is  more  or  less  of  a 
habit.  The  desire  for  a  "change"  lures 
many  that  are  confirmed  stay-at-homes.  It 
isn't  so  much  the  satisfying  a  craving  of  the 


Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  byAl- 
fredum's  Egyptian  Hernia — a  perfectly  harm 
less  dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 


palate  that  beckons  the  diner-oul  a-  it  is  the 
desire  t<>  humor  the  whims  and  fancies  <-r  the 
moment.  The  close  observer,  however,  will 
notice  an  entirely  differenl  class  of  people  al 
that  most  popular  of  all  cafes — • Tait's.  Iter.* 
dining  i--  enjoyed  because  the  palate  is  pleased 
and  satisfied.  There's  a  tcwayIJ  in  which  the 
food  is  cooked  that  seems  to  "touch  tlie 
spot."  I  am  nut  speaking  from  a  hungry 
man  '•■  standpoint.  Any!  hing  satisfies  real  hun- 
ger. Mv  remark  is  based  on  the  "pinion  of 
the  "picker'1 — the  most  fastidious  and  «'xa«-t 
ing  of  epicures.  Bating  is  a  real  pleasure  at 
Tait's.  Tin1  novel  and  high-class  amusement 
heard  ami  the  artistic  ami  unusual  decorations 
are  of  secondary  importance. 


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town  and  I'll  show  the  town 
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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   August   3,    1912. 


Came  Back  Singly. 

The  wonder  should  not  be  that  those  three 
famous  Bohemians,  Dr.  Ainsworth,  Frank  lin- 
ger, and  Raphael  Weill,  who  went  away  like 
the  inseparable  "Three  Musketeers,"  should 
be  returning  from  Europe  singly,  and  at  inter- 
vals somewhat  wide  apart.  The  real  wonder 
is  that  any  three  people  ever  return  from  a 
trip  abroad  except  as  bitter  enemies  for  the 
remainder  of  their  lives.  If  Damon  and  Py- 
thias had  ever  toured  Europe  together  before 
the  date  of  their  display  of  devotion,  it — the 
display — would  have  been  recorded.  A  totally 
different  story  would  be  told.  Dr.  Ainsworth 
came  back  several  weeks  ago,  TJnger  ten  days 
later,  and  Raphael  Weill  remains  in  Paris, 
the  attractions  of  the  summer  jinks,  with  all 
its  spectacular  and  fraternal  allurements,  not 
being  sufficient  to  bring  him  back  to  the  saline 
breezes  of  the  Golden  Gate. 

Libel  Suit  by  Gaby  Deslys. 

Gaby  Deslys  has  undertaken  to  vindicate 
herself  with  music  hall  audiences  in  connec- 
tion with  her  suit  for  damages  against  "Gil 
Bias"  for  calling  her  a  freak,  and  saying 
"She  cannot  sing  and  cannot  dance,  but  only 
exhibits  herself."  Mile.  Deslys  writes:  "If 
the  music  hall  is  so  destitute  of  originality 
and  wit,  why  do  eminent  dramatists  intro- 
duce its  features  in  the  regular  theaters,  and 
why  do  great  actors  and  actresses  find  profit 
in  invading  its  field?  The  music  hall  perform- 
ers should  not  be  criticised  en  bloc.  Corneille 
wrote  'The  Cid'  and  'Attila'  and  Mme.  de 
Sevigne  pardoned  the  bad  poetry  of  the  latter 
because  of  the  sublime  beauty  of  the  former. 
The  music  hall  artist  is  never  a  Corneille,  but 
the  critics  are  not  always  Sevignes  and  they 
might  learn  a  lesson  rrom  this.  The  music 
hall  artist  requires  more  originality  than  the 
average  theater  artist,  because  the  latter  is 
guided  by  the  author  in  interpreting  the  part 
to  be  played.  The  music  hall  player  must 
create  his  or  her  entire  entertainment.  If  I 
am  so  stupid,  myself,  why  do  so  many  direct- 
ors seek  my  collaboration?"  Mile.  Deslys 
said  she  might  go  to  America  again  nest 
winter. 

^*      t?*      ^* 

"Young  man,  I  saw  you  put  your  arm 
around  my  daughter's  waist  last  evening." 

"And  I  suppose  you  noticed  how  she  strug- 
gled?" 


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Sanatorium 

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op  liquor  cases.  suitable  and 
convenient  home  in  one  op  san 
francisco's  finest  residential 
districts  is  afforded  men  and 
women  while  recuperating  from 
overindulgence.  private  rooms, 
private  nurses  and  meals  served 
in  rooms.  no  name  on  building, 
terms  reasonable. 

San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

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A  PARISIAN  SNAPSHOT. 

Latest  photograph  of  Gaby  Deslys  in  a  gown  to 
suit  the   occasion 

A  Manager's  Dilemma. 

John  Hernan,  formerly  manager  of  the  Cor- 
onado  Hotel,  well  known,  has  been  offered  and 
has  accepted  his  old  position.  He  leaves  the 
management  of  the  Hotel  Baltimore  at  Kan- 
sas City.  There  is  an  interesting  story  of 
bow  he  came  to  leave  Coronado.  When  assist- 
ant manager  there  he  was  told  he  would  be 
made  manager  if  he  would  get  married,  but  he 
shied  at  the  penalty.  Just  why  this  condition 
was  sought  to  be  imposed  on  Hernan  has  nev- 
er been  explained.  He  went  East,  where  lots 
of  places  were  offered  him.  Now  it  appears 
the  Coronado  people  want  him  back  and  have 
given  up  their  former  notion  of  converting 
him  to  matrimony.  His  status  as  a  hotel  man- 
ager is  very  high. 

r&*  i&*  t&* 

An  Eligible  Bachelor  at  Large. 

Mr.  Luke  Kavanaugh,  the  millionaire,  is 
planning  a  trip  to  Europe  in  the  near  future. 
Mr.  Kavanaugh  is  known  in  political  and 
stenographic  circles  as  the  budding  J.  P.  Mor- 
gan of  the  Pacific.  His  touch,  like  that  of  the 
illustrious  King  Midas,  turns  everything  to 
gold.  Mr.  Kavanaugh  is  the  real  thing  as  a 
financier,  and  plays  in  the  greatest  luek.  If 
he  bought  a  measly  looking  inside  lot  in  a 
back  block,  ten  chances  to  one  some  real  es- 
tate buyer  would  come  round  inside  a  week 
and  want  to  erect  a  fifteen-story  apartment 
house  on  the  property.  He  is  said  to  own  a 
good  slice  of  several  cow  pastures,  and  has  so 


many  diversified  and  paying  interests  in  fruit 
farms,  mines,  stocks  and  bonds,  acquired  by 
keen  financiering,  that  a  trip  to  Europe  means 
no  more  to  him  than  a  ten-cent  trip  on  the 
Oakland  ferry.  He  is  a  man  of  fine  presence 
and  engaging  manners,  ^and,  miracle  of  mira- 
cles, remains  a  bachelor  in  a  city  famed  for 
a  superabundance  of  feminine  beauty.  Now 
that  the  women  have  taken  to  polities,  cases 
of  confirmed  bachelorhood  amongst  capitalists 
will  no  doubt  be  legislated  against  by  impos- 
ing an  enormous  income  tax. 

^*      t?*      <£* 
Eloped  with  a  Chauffeur. 

Chauffeurs  continue  to  De  prominent  figures 
in  elopements  and  other  complications  of  a 
more  or  less  romantic  character.  Mrs.  Elise 
P.  Bell  of  Stanford,  Connecticut,  who  has 
friends  in  this  city,  eloped  the  other  day  with 
Chauffeur  Thomas  N.  English.  Thomas  is  a 
well-built,  good-looking  chap  and  had  been 
carrying  on  a  flirtation  with  the  young  grass- 
widow  for  some  time.  Elopement  was  no  new 
experience  to  her,  for  when  17,  she  ran  away 
to  New  York  with  the  schoolboy  son  of  the 
President  of  the  First  National  Bank.  The 
youthful  couple  separated  two  years  ago  and 
Mrs.  Bell  went  back  to  her  parents,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  B.  Phillips.  Mr.  Phillips  is  treas- 
urer of  a  rich  chemical  company.  He  bought 
his  returned  daughter  an  automobile  and  built 
her  a  cozy  bungalow  on  his  estate,  where  she 
lived  in  company  with  a  bachelor  maid  chum. 
The  other  morning  the  chum  took  breakfast 
alone.  Elise  had  skipped  with  the  chauffeur. 
He  is  27  and  Elise  25,  and  at  latest  accounts 
they  were  enjoying  themselves  in  New  York 
and  preparing  for  a  honeymoon  in  California. 


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Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de 
luxe"  at  $200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a 
very  small  expense  you  can  enjoy  a 
world  of  entertainment.  Victrolas  $15 
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Saturday,    August    3,    1912.J 


THE  WASP 


II 


BERTHA  KALICH 
Tne  distinguished  emotional  actress,  who  will  appear  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 


American  Women  Lead. 

Some  of  the  most  beautiful  gowns  seen  at 
European  courts  this  season  have  been  worn 
by    American    women    who    were    presented. 


MORSE 

Detective  and  Patrol 

Service 


OPERATIVES  in  full  dress  furnished  for 
weddings,  receptions  and  other  social 
functions.  Uniformed  officers  supplied 
as  ticket  takers  for  balls,  dances  and 
entertainments  at  reasonable  rates. 
Patrolmen  to  protect  property  against  fire  and 
depredations  of  thieves  during  absence  of  owner. 
Engage  in  all  branches  of  legitimate  detective 
service  and  serve  legal  papers  in  difficult  cases. 


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The  debutantes,  of  course,  are  rather  limited 
as  to  colors  and  styles,  for  there  is  an  un- 
written law  that  they  must  appear  in  white 
or  cream  and  that  simplicity  must  be  the 
keynote.  However,  gold  and  silver  tissues, 
jewel  encrusted  lace  and  crystal  embroidered 
chiffons  are  used  now  in  fastening  their  frocks 
so  they  are  far  prettier  and  daintier  than  the 
heavy  satin  and  stiff  silk  dresses  young  girls 
used   to   wear   on   these   occasions.     For  mar- 


Men  of  fashion  always  have  their  shirts 
made  to  order,  for  they  find  that  the  ready- 
made  shirts  are  uncomfortable,  ill-fitting  and 
apt  to  give  anything  but  a  stylish  effect.  Such 
men  patronize  first-class  establishments,  such 
as  that  of  D.  C.  Heger,  243  Kearny  street, 
and  US  Geary  street,  where  skilled  workmen 
make  shirts  and  underwear  of  perfect  fit,  the 
latest  styles  and  the  best  of  materials.  A  man 
is  often  judged  by  his  linen,  and  good  linen 
betokens  the   gentleman. 


ried  women  there  is  no  rule,  save  certain  reg- 
ulations  regarding  the  train,  the  veil  and  the 

three  feathers,  and  I  liis  3  ear  1  he  b1    sup  >rb 

costumes  were  worn.  Court  dressmakers  seem 
to  have  surpassed  all  previous  efforts  in  the 
bewildering  combinations  <>i  shades  and  fab- 
rics they  have  used,  while  glittering  jewels 
have   been   employed   us   trimming   for   skirts 

;is    well    as    bodices.      The    must    beautiful    gOWB 

of  the  season  was  wnm  by  Mrs.  Barton  French 
on  her  presentation  by  Mrs.  Whitelaw  Beid 
at  one  of  the  last  courts.  It  was  of  hyacinth 
blue  velvet  embroidered  in  silver  with  the 
rose  ,the  thistle  and  the  shamrock.  The  ma- 
terial was  specially  woven  for  Mrs.  French. 
The  skirt  was  draped  with  jewelled  lace,  edged 
with  tiny  blue  blossoms.  The  train  was  of 
the  velvet  lined  with  the  lace.  For  jewels 
Mrs.  French  wore  only  diamonds  and  pearls, 
and  a  fillet  of  these  stones  fastened  the  veil 
and  feathers  to  her  hair.  Mrs.  Barton  French 
is  well  known  in  California.  Her  mother, 
Mrs,  Arthur  lnkersley,  resided  here,  and  while 
making  a  long  visit  to  Del  Monte,  she  wrote 
one  of  her  successful  books. 


Very  Sensitive. 

Teacher:  "Which  is  the  mure  , delicate  of 
the  senses?" 

Pupil:   "The  touch." 

Teacher:  "Prove  it" 

Pupil:  "When  you  sit  on  a  tack  you  can't 
hear  it,  you  can't  see  it,  you  can't  smell  it, 
but  it's  there. " 


kToyo  Kisen 
Mm    Kaisha 

(ORIENTAL   STEAMSHIP   00.) 

S.  S.  SliinyoMaru, (New). ..Saturday,   Aug.   3,1912 
S.  S.  Chiyo  Maru baturday,  Aug.  31,  1912 

S.  S.  Nippon  Maru  (Intermediate  Service 
Saloon.  Accommodations  at  reduced 
rates Saturday,    September    21,    1912 

S.   S.   Tenyo   Maru,    (Via  Manila  direct) 

Friday,    September    27,    1912 

Steamers  sail  from  Company's  pier,  No.  34, 
near  foot,  of  Brannan  Street,  1  P.  M.  for  Yoko- 
hama and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Honolulu,  Kobe 
(Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  connecting 
at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,  etc. 

No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing. 
Round   trip   tickets   at  reduced  rates. 

For  freight  and  passage  apply  at  office,  4th 
floor,  Western  Metropolis  National  Bank  Building, 
625  Market  St. 

W.  H.  AVERT.  Assistant  General  Manager. 


Ask  your  Dealer  for    , 

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Guaranteed  to  atand 
700  lbs.  Pressure 


The  Best  and  strongest 
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VERY  SERIOUS  CHARGE: 


SOME  editorial  dissatisfaction  with  the  re- 
port of  the  commission  which  investigat- 
ed the  leaky  reservoir  on  Twin  Peaks 
has  been  expressed.  There  is  no  ground  for 
adverse  criticism.  The  commission  appointed 
by  Mayor  Eolph  performed  its  duties  in  a 
most  thorough  and  seemingly  in  a  thoroughly 
conscientious  manner.  Mayor  Eolph  selected 
first-class  engineers  to  conduct  the  investiga- 
tion— M.  M-  O 'Shaughnessy,  Howard  C. 
Holmes,  W.  E.  Eckart.  The  Mayor  is  to  be 
commended  for  his  selection. 

The  three  engineers  went  about  their  work 
systematically,  and  called  before  them  and 
questioned  at  great  length  all  the  person  who 
took  part  in  the  construction  of  the  defective 
reservoir.  Those  persons  were  H.  D.  Con- 
nick,  formerly  the  chief  assistant  of  City  En- 
gineer Manson,  Wr.  H.  Healy  of  the  Healy 
Construction  Company,  Percy  Keating,  a  sub- 
contractor, and  the  inspectors  for  the  Board 
of  Works  who  supervised  the  construction  of 
the  reservoir. 

The  commission  has  furnished  to  Mayor 
Eolph  forty-seven  large  pages  of  testimony 
taken  by  it,  and  also  a  formidable-looking 
volume  full  of  diagrams  of  the  Twin  Peaks 
reservoir.  The  conclusions  of  the  commission 
leave  no  doubt  as  to  where  the  blame  rests 
for  the  defectiveness  of  the  reservoir.  It 
rests  on  the  City  Engineer's  Department, 
which   designed  the  leaky  joints. 

Engineer  Manson  had  nothing  at  all  to  do 
with  the  job.  Mr.  Manson 's  status  in  the 
Engineer's  Department  seems  to  have  been 
that  of  an  official  red-rubber  stamp.  His 
name  was  stamped  on  official  papers,  and  that 
is  all  the  connection  he  had  with  them. 

Engineer  Connick  testified  that  the  reser- 
voir was  designed  by  some  of  his  assistant 
engineers.  They  decided  to  put  a  block  of 
concrete  under  the  joint.  That  plan,  however, 
did  not  appeal  to  Mr.  Connick,  and,  further- 
more, he  said  it  would  be  quite  expensive. 
He  told  the  commission  that  there  was  abun- 
dant   evidence    of    reservoirs    that    had    been 


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COSTUMES 

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Semsafcioiial  Tuurini ! 

in  tlhe  Reservoir 

Investigation 

successfully  built  witn  joints  filled  with  as- 
phalt, as  called  for  in  the  specifications  which 
he  approved  for  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir. 

Mr.  Conniek  was  asked  if  he  could  name 
examples  of  reservoir  joint  construction  simi- 
lar to  that  of  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir.     Mr. 


ENGINEER    H.    D.    H.    CONNICK 

Against  wliom.  charges  of  a  serious  nature  have 
been  made. 

Connick  answered  that  "some  reservoirs  in 
Mexico  were  built  in  that  fashion. 

Commissioner  O 'Shaughnessy,  in  particular, 
seemed  to  be  very  dubious  about  exact  par- 
ticulars of  such  construction,  although  he  is 
known  as  one  of  the  best  engineers  on  reser- 
voir  construction  in  the  country. 

The  other  commissioners  were  also  inquisi- 
tive, and  finally  Mr.  Connick  promised  the 
commissioners  that  on  July  18th  he  would 
submit  to  it  the  examples  asked  for.  He  fail- 
ed to  keep  his  promise,  however. 

The  fact  seems,  therefore,  plain  enough 
that  Mr.  Connick  selected  a  system  of  joint 
construction  which  people  of  experience  did 
not  approve,  and  he  went  ahead  with  the 
work  in  the  positive,  if  not  dictatorial,  manner 
which  is  said  to  have  been  at  the  root  of  much 
of  the  trouble  and  delay  in  the  construction 
of  the  Auxiliary  Fire  Protection  System.  On 
his  own  admission  to  the  investigating  com- 
mission,  he  changed  the  plans  drawn  by  his 


subordinates,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  record 
that  by  this  change  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir 
has  been  rendered  defective,  and  it  will  cost 
more  money  to  finish  it.  Already  the  actual 
cost  of  the  reservoir  is  just  about  $50,000 
more  than  was  estimated  by  the  City  Engi- 
neer's Department.  The  original  cost,  in 
round  numbers,  was  $158,000.  Its  actual  cost, 
therefore,  exclusive  of  the  cost  of  repairing 
the  defective  joints,  is  25  per  cent  higher 
than  the  Engineer's  Department  had  estimat 
ed.    But  that  kind  of  thing  is  rather  common. 

In  its  report  to  Mayor  Eolph  the  commis- 
sion declares  that  the  design  of  the  joints 
is  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir  was  faulty  be- 
cause the  sole  support  of  the  joint  was  a  loose 
rock  fill.  Engineer  Connick  thought  that  by 
pouring  hot  asphaltum  and  concrete  into  the 
joints  they  would  become  water-tight.  The 
experiment  of  tamping  oakem  into  them  with 
the  asphaltum  mixture  was  also  tried,  but, 
after  all,  the  reservoir  leaked  at  the  rate  of 
60,000  gallons  a  day.  The  trouble  lay  in  not 
putting  a  solid  concrete  slab  under  the  joints 
to  uphold  them  when  the  weight  of  water  in 
the  reservoir  bore  down  on  them.  Outside 
of  these  defective  joints  the  workmanship  of 
the  reservoir  was  good. 

It  transpired  in  the  cross-examination  of 
the  witnesses  that  the  modifications  in  the 
plan  of  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir  were  so  nu- 
merous that  everything  was  changed  except 
the  joints.  Nobody  had  the  hardihood  to 
change  those,  for  Engineer  Connick  said  they 
were  all  right,  though  several  authorities 
doubted  their  perfection.  Amongst  the  doubt 
ing  Thomases  was  Contractor  Healy,  the  head 
of  the  Healy-Tibbetts  Construction  Company, 
a  very  large  concern. 

The  personal  feelings  engendered' between 
Mr.  Healy  and  Engineer  Connick  are  not  those 


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Saturday,    August    3,    1912.J 


THE  WASP- 


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of  brotherly  love.  Mr.  Connick  told  the  com- 
mission in  his  examination  that  he  thought 
Healy  would  be  willing  "to  do  almost  any- 
thing"  to   discredit    him. 

When  Healy  got  a  chance  on  the  witness 
stand  he  certainly  opened  up  on  Mr,  Connick 
in  startling  fashion.  The  printed  record  of 
tin-  testimony  as  taken  by  the  commission  con- 
tains the  following  paragraphs.  The  first 
paragraph  is  in  answer  to  Commissioner 
O 'Shaughnessy 's  inquiry  as  to  whether  Mr. 
Healy  had  advised  Engineer  Connick  to  use 
different  construction  on  the  Twin  Peaks  res- 
ervoir to  prevent  it  from  leaking.  Healy  said 
he  was  convinced  it  would  leak. 

Mr.  U  'Shaughnessy :  Did  you  ever  tell  that 
to  Connick  or  to  the  Board  of  Works'?  Here 
is  a  $200,000  job  put  on  the  City  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. It  is  of  great  importance.  A  failure 
would  hurt  you  as  much  as  them,  and  knowing 
the  weakness  of  the  design  of  this  thing,  did 
vim  ever  tell  them  that  it  was  an  impractic- 
able joint? 

Mr.  Healy:  My  answer  to  that  would  be 
the  same  as  we  answered  previously,  that  we 
would  get  ourselves  in  very  bad  favor.  They 
were  engineers;  they  were  supposed  to  know 
their  business.  Nobody  could  tell  Mr.  Con- 
nick anything.  There  was  no  use  of  my  sug- 
gesting anything.  I  might  have  thought  any- 
thing, but  they  would  scream  if  I  said  any- 
thing. 

Mr.  O 'Shaughnessy:  You  would  willingly 
submit  to  anything  of  any  kind? 

Mr.  Healy:  I  fought  as  hard  as  I  could 
fight.  When  a  man  stood  up  and  said,  we 
got  your  money,  what  are  you  going  to  do? 
When  there  were  $260,000  due  us  and  we 
were  going  to  follow  in  the  wake  of  men  he 
had  broke,  what  could  we  do?  I  kept  away 
from  that  just  on  that  purpose.  When  lie 
prided  himself  on  saying:  "Well,  I  got  your 
money,  I  broke  four  of  them, "  and  prided 
himself  on  it,  and  said  how  much  he  saved 
the  city. 

He  said,  go  and  go  to  the  courts,  we  don't 
care.  Why,  it  was  so  fierce  around  here  a 
man  would  almost  commit  murder.  We  are 
not  executed  every  morning  at  sunrise  now, 
we  have  a  chance  for  our  lives  now.  I  went 
through,  Mr.  0 'Shaughnessy,  a  siege  while 
that  gentleman  was  in  the  office,  not  me  alone 
but  others,  that  1  wouldn't  go  under  again 
for  anyone  in  the  State  of  California. 

When  the  reservoir  was  practically  finished 
the  Board  of  Works  got  ready  to  exhibit  its 
handiwork  to  the  dear  people  at  a  sort  of  fete 
champetre  on  Twin  Peaks.  President  Casey 
was  on  hand,  his  chest  inflated  with  pride. 
The  scene  is  described  by  Mr.  Healy  in  terse 
and  graphic  sentences  that  indicate  he  might 
have  been  a  star  reporter  if  he  hadn't  devoted 
his  talents  to  building  bridges  and  converting 
wet  concrete  into  oil  tanks.  Following  is  his 
eloquent  outburst  as  reported  verbatim  et  lit 
eratim  in  the  carefully  typewritten  report 
presented  by  the  investigating  commission  to 
Mayor  Rolph,  and  now  part  of  the  archives 
of  the  municipality  of  San  Francisco: 

Mr.  Casey  said  it  was  a  grand  job.  There 
were    other    engineers    up    there,    and    Doek- 


weiler  was  up  there.  He  shook  his  head  as 
to  the  joints.  He  asl  d  about  the  joints  and 
I  explained  to  him  and  he  shook  his  head. 
The  Japanese  *  Qginee  from  the  Japanese  gov- 
ernmenl  told  Wr.  Casey  and  Mr.  Hunt  in  the 
presence  of  Mr.  Thompson  that  the  reservoir 
wimldn  't  hold  water.  We  were  just  pouring 
the  asphalt  and  then  he  said  the  joints  would 
not  hold  water.  We  nave  done  this  work 
under  the  most  rigid  inspection  that  ever 
was  over  a  contract.  It  was  so  extremely 
discouraging  that  I  have  retired  from  the 
scene  of  war  and  told  my  men  to  do  everything 
au«!  anything,  whether  there  were  extras  or 
not.  When  extras  were  involved,  I  said,  go 
ahead   and   do   it    and  get   out.     That   is   the 


PRESIDENT    CASEY,    BOARD    OF    WORKS. 

way  it  has  been.  I  did  not  say  the  present 
officials,  we  have  nothing  against  them,  but 
there  was  one  man  here  that  was  simply  czar- 
like, H.  D.  H.  Connick.  1  can  prove  that  Mr. 
Connick  deliberately,  wilfully,  and  felonious- 
ly tried  to  hold  me  up  ;for  the  benefit  of  Chas. 
C.  Moore  &  Co.,  and  when  I  would  not  stand 
for  it  he  made  it  so  disagreeable  for  us  that 
Mr.  Jordan  told  me  we  couldn't  get  a  cent 
out  of  there  unless  1  went  up  and  saw  Con- 
nick. He  demanded  $20,000  from  me  for  C. 
C.  Moore  on  his  statement  that  there  Was  an 
alleged  claim  in  here  by  C.  C.  Moore  for  al- 
leged delays  caused  by  my  ex-partner,  and  the 
Pumping  Station  on  Second  and  Townsend 
street.  I  said,  Connick,  what  have  you  got 
to  do  with  this  thing.  It  is  a  just  claim  and 
you  must  pay  it.  I  said.,  never,  and  I  walked 
out  of  his  office.  Mr.  Jordan  said  I  can't  get 
anything  unless  you  go  out  and  see  Mr.  Con- 
nick, we're  up  against  it.  I  came  out  to  see 
Mr.  Connick,  and  took  Mr.  Jordan.  He  then 
demanded  a  check  for  $10,000' for  C.  C.  Mooie. 
I  said,  what  is  this,  a  blackmail,  I  thought 
you  were  an  honest  man;  you  are  foolish  to 
do    anything   of   this  kind.     I   said,    never   a 


cent.  He  Baid,  it  will  cosl  you  $100,000  for 
penalties  it"  you  don  Ft.  He  said,  sign  a  check 
for  $]ii,oini  and  he  said,  give  it  to  me  and  I 
will  get  it  settled  for  you.  and  when  1  would 
not  stand  for  that  there  was  never  more  raw- 
hiding  by  a  man  that  was  a  civil  engineer 
than  Mr.  Connick.  There  wasn't  a  more  un- 
scrupulous man.  He  would  stoop  to  anything 
to  annoy  us,  to  abuse  us,  and  he  told  some  <>\ 
his  engineers  to  give  it  to  him.  And  when  they 
said  we  were  justly  entitled  to  extra  work  he 
said,  "Never  mind;  I  have  got  them."  He 
wouldn't  give  us  any  money  for  work.  Mr. 
Casey  released  a  large  sum  of  money  ovei 
his  head.  In  his  otlice  Mr.  Manson  sat  along- 
side of  him  and  had  nothing  to  say.  The 
other  fellow  did  it  all.  I  say,  in  justice  to 
us,  that  if  that  is  the  work  of  a  city  official, 
I  don't  wont  t  o  work  under  them. 

Mr.  Jordan:  That  explains  why  we  didn't 
make    any   suggestions   to    him. 

Mr.  Healy:  I  wrote  him  a  letter.  He  sent 
for  me  and  threatened  me,  and  big  as  1  am 
his  threats  went,  and  when  he  broke  the 
other  four  men  he  told  me  he  would  do  the 
same  to  us,  and  he  meant  it.  I  let  it  go  with 
instructions  to  my  men  to  do  an}'thing  and 
everything,  not  looking  to  the  cost,  relieving 
ourselves  of  the  continuous  headaches  forced 
on  us  by  Mr.  Connick. 

Considering  that  Mr.  Healy  is  the  head  of 
one  of  the  largest  construction  companies  on 
the  Pacific  Coast,  and  is  regarded  as  a  thor- 
oughly responsible  man,  such  charges  as  he 
has  rattled  off  before  Mayor  Rolph 's  investi- 
gating commission  cannot  be  classified  and 
disposed  of  as  airy  nothings.  They  are  very 
serious  charges  and  call  for  a  reply  from  the 
object  of  Mr.  Healy 's  accusations  or  an  inves- 
tigation by  the  Grand  Jury.  There  has  been 
too  much  talk  about  the  intimidation  of  con- 
tractors and  of  favoritism  in  the  award  of 
city  contracts,  and  it  is  about  time  that  it  re- 
ceived official  notice. 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 

Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house,  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such 
a  house  is  the  John  O.  Bellis  Silverware 
Factory,  328  Post  street,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup- 
plied at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out, impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

For  staple  goods,  such  as  toilet  articles, 
tableware,  etc.,  this  firm  cannot  be  sur- 
passed on  the  Pacific  Coast,  while  their 
trophy  cups  and  presentation  pieces  made 
to  order  are  without  peers.  A  visit  of  in- 
spection at  328  Post  St.  (Union  Square)  is 
invited. 


ANNIHILATING 


HIS  week  has  witnessed  an  extension 
of  the  Federal  Telegraph  Company 
commercial  service  from  this  eity  to 
Hawaii.  A  few  months  ago  this  com- 
pany, using  its  own  instruments  in  an  inter- 
island  wireless  station  at  Honolulu,  passed 
messages  between  it  and  its  San  Francisco 
wireless  station  near  the  Cliff  House,  thereby 
demonstrating  the  practicability  of  the  Poul- 
sen  system  of  wireless  telegraphy  for  com- 
mercial service  over  the  widest  ocean  span  yet 
undertaken.  It  is  2,100  sea  miles  from  San 
Francisco  to  Honolulu.  The  wireless  telegraph 
bridge  across  the  Atlantic  Ocean  is  only 
1,800  sea  miles. 

The  local  wireless  station  near  the  Cliff 
House  had,  however,  not  been  built  for  eon- 
ducting  a  regular  commercial  'Service  with 
Honolulu,  and  it  was  necessary,  besides  build- 
ing a  plant  at  Honolulu,  to  build  a  larger  plant 
here  before  undertaking  it.  This  the  company 
has  since  done  at  South  San  Francisco.  Two 
towers  440  feet  high  and  600  feet  apart  have 
been  erected.  Between  th.-nri  is  suspended 
seven  miles  of  antenna  wire  by  which  the  elec- 
tric telegraph  impulses  are  passed  to  and  re- 
ceived from  the  air.  Beneath  /he  anlenna 
wires  on  the  ground  are  thre3  small  frame 
buildings  which  house  the  wireless  telegraph 
instruments.  One  contains  a  duplicate  instal- 
lation of  motor-generator  transformers,  which 
take  an  alternating  electric  current  generated 
200  miles  away  from  the  fall  of  some  Sierra 
mountain  stream  and  transforms  it  to  600 
volt  direct  electric  current,  the  same  as  that 
which  runs  the  trolley  cars,  for  the  wireless 
service.  The  other  two  buildings  contain  the 
sending  and  receiving  instruments  of  the  tele- 
graph. 

Though  the  plant  is  simple  and  unpreten- 
tious in  appearance,  it  is  the  latest  and  most 
up-to-date  installation  in  the  world.  The  tow- 
ers are  the  highest.  Wood  is  used  in  their 
construction  in  place  of  steel,  improving  the 
insulation  of  the  antenna  wire.  They  are 
built  three-sided  in  place  of  four-sided,  mak- 
ing them  less   costly. 

The  sending  and  receiving  telegraph  instru- 
ments include  a  marvelous  amplifier  of  the 
wireless  signals  picked  up  by  the  antennae  from 
the  air.  It  is  an  absolutely  new  invention 
made  by  Dr.  Lee  DeForrest,  who  is  retained 
by  the  Federal  Telegraph  Company  to  devise 
improvements  to  its  system.  The  instrument 
itself  is  a  tiny  incandescent  electric-light  bulb. 
The  faint  electric  current  picked  out  of  the 
air  by  the  antennae  pass  through  the  filament 
in  the  bulb,  and  as  the  electric  wave  lengths 
of  the  current  change  with  the  signals  made 
by  the  distant  sending  operator  a  correspond- 
ing change  is  made  in  the  amount  of  heat  im- 
parted by  the  incandescent  filament  to  the 
highly  attenuated  gas  in  the  bulb. 

The  heat  given  to  the  gas  from  the  filament 
in  the  wireless  circuit  is  in  turn  given  up  by 
it  to  a  second  filament  in  the  bulb  and  be- 
comes again  an  electric  current,  only  of  a 
shorter  wave  length,  and  on  a  separate  and 
all-wire    circuit.      The    change    in    the    wave 


San  Francisco 

Talks  to  Hawaii 

By  Wireless 

length  has  the  effect  of  amplifying  the  sound 
of  the  signals,  which  become  heard  through 
a  telephone  receiver  on  the  all-wire  circuit. 
Practically,  to  the  Poulsen  system  of  wireless 
the  amplifier  invented  by  Dr.  DeForrest  bears 
the  same  instrumental  relation  as  the  il relay" 
instrument  to  the  original  Morse  telegraph. 
Commercially,  it  extends  the  limit  of  distance 
of  wireless  transmission  and  reduces  its  cost. 
Another  novel  receiving  and  sending  instru- 
ment of  the  station  is  the  duplex  mechanism, 
also  the  invention  of  Mr.  DeForrest,  by  which 


two  operators  send  each  a  message  in  the 
same  direction  simultaneously.  It  is  a  simple 
device  which  makes  this  possible.  Two  com- 
mutators, insulated  from  each  other,  are  driv- 
en on  the  same  line  shaft.  The  wave  length 
of  the  current  through  each  is  different.  The 
commutators  make  and  break  each  current 
circuit  500  times  a  second,  but  alternately 
with  each  other.  The  operators  working  each 
line  thus  divide  every  second  of  time,  and 
the  use  of  the  line  between  them  500  times  a 
second,  and  the  selector  instruments  at  the 
receiving  station  being  tuned  to  the  sending 
instruments,  each  selector  takes  its  own  sig- 
nals only  to  the  receiving  operator.  The 
result  is  two  messages  transmitted  by  the 
same  current  in  the  time  of  one  through  di- 
viding the  time  of  use  of  the  air  and  the  cur- 
rent   between    two    operators.      Commercially 


FEDERAL    COMPANY'S   LOFTY  TOWERS. 
They  stand  on  San  Bruno  Point,   San  Mateo  County,  and  are  440  feet  high. 


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the  result  is  to  double  the  output  of  the  ser- 
vice and  earning  power  of  t li e  Poulsen  system 
of  wireless  telegraph   plOntB, 

The  third  novelty  In  the  station  is  a  mech- 
anism, the  invention  of  Professor  Puiilsenof 
Denmark,  which  takes  the  place  of  operators 
who,  in  the  Poulsen  system,  use  the  Morse 
telegraph  instruments  and  the  Morse  or  some 
other  code  of  signala  The  messages  are  first 
punched  in  a  narrow  tape  by  an  operator 
working  a  three-key  device  like  an  abridged 
typewriter.  The  tape  is  then  fed  into  a  send- 
ing mechanism  which  puts  out  electric  signals 
corresponding  to  the  punching  of  the  tape  at 
the  rate  01  200  and  even  300  words  a  minute. 
At  the  receiving  station  the  electric  signals 
pass  through  an  extremely  fine  gold  wire  set 
in  what  electricians  call  a  magnetic  field.  The 
effect  of  the  electric  signals  passing  in  the 
wire  through  this  magnetic  field  is  to  cause 
the  current  in  the  latter  to  bend  the  wire. 
The  wire  being  at  the  same  time  in  the  illu- 
minated field  of  a  microscope,  its  successive 
signaling  bends  are  magnified  and  projected 
on  photographic  tape,  which,  moving  continu- 
ously, passes  through  a  developing  and  fixing 
bath,  and  is  turned  out  a  printed  record  from 
which    the  messages  are   translated. 

The  three  mechanisms  which  have  been  de- 
scribed mark  a  tremendous  advance  in  the  com- 
mercializing of  the  original  wireless  telegraph 
invention  first  made  possible  by  the  discovery 
of  the  Hertzian  electric  waves.  The  Poulsen 
system  of  wireless  telegraphy  operated  with 
them  by  the  Federal  Telegraph  Company  has 
all  the  capacity  for  service  and  a  greater  de- 
gree of  reliability  in  giving  it  than  the  Morse 
telegraph  system  has  over  land,  and  a  very 
much  greater  capacity  and  more  reliability 
than  any  cable  telegraph  across  water.  The 
wireless  service  over  land,  which  has  now  been 
given  for  several  months  between  Seattle  and 
Wan  Francisco,  Los  Angeles  and  Chicago,  has 
been  remarkably  satisfactory  in  every  respect, 
not  the  least  of  which  has  been  its  lower 
charges  to  patrons.  The  first  day  's  work  from 
the  new  South  San  Francisco  station  to  Hono- 
lulu proved  its  greater  capacity  for  across- 
ocean  service  over  the  cable.  Where  the  high 
charges  and  low  speed  of  transmission  have 
kept  press  dispatches  by  the  cable  down  to  a 
hundred  words  or  so  daily,  eighteen  hundred 
words  of  press  dispatches  were  sent  by  wire- 
less from  this  city  and  published  in  the  Hono- 
lulu Sunday  papers. 

Commercial  telegraph  service  by  wireless  is 
today  as  fixed  an  institution  in  the  conduct  of 
e very-day  business  as  the  Morse  telegraph. 
It  has  come  into  existence  more  rapidly  even 
than  knowledge  of  it  has  become  diffused 
among  the  people,  Nothing  could  have  more 
deliciously  illustrated  this  than  the  editorial 
in  Sunday  morning's  Chronicle  which  com- 
mented .on  "the  report  from  London  of  the 
discovery  of  a  new  method  of  sending  long- 
.  distance"  wireless  telegraph  messages  by  means 
of  controlling  a  continuous  (electric)  wave," 
while  people  in  Honolulu  were  reading  San 
Francisco  news  sent  them  from  San  Francisco 
by  the  "new  method"  of  wireless  which  the 
Chronicle  had  just  heard  of  from  London. 


THE  COY  CANDIDATE. 
'I  will  accept  the  nomination  if  unanimously  tendered 


BIRDS    OF    A    FEATHER. 

WHAT  is  the  difference  between  Boss 
Roosevelt  and  Boss  Lorimer  or  Boss 
Cox?  That  question  is  asked  by 
Henry  Watterson  in  the  Louisville  Courier- 
Journal.  Answering  the  question,  Mr.  Wat- 
terson says:  "There  is  no  difference  except 
of  exposure  and  degree;  between  Boss  Bryan 
and  Boss  Murphy  and  Boss  Sullivan  and  Boss 
Taggart,  except  in  assumption  and  gift  of 
gab.  It  was  Murphy  and  Sullivan  and  Tag- 
gart at  last  who  gave  Wilson  the  two-thirds 
vote  at  Baltimore  that  should  have  gone  to 
Clark  the  moment  he  got  a  majority,  and 
would  have  gone  to  him  if  Brypn,  equally 
dissimulative  as  to  both  Wilson  and  Clark, 
had  not  been  playing  for  a  deadlock,  with  the 
hope  that,  worn  out,  the  convention  would 
turn  to  him.  I  do  not  wonder  that  he  at 
least  now  hates  these  particular  Bosses,  for 
they  did  do  him  to  a  turn. 

"Bryan  takes  Tammany  for  his  immediate 
red  rag.  But,  in  1900,  when  he  ran  a  second 
time  for  President,  he  and  Croker  were  as 
thick  as  thieves,  and  in  1908,  when  he  was 
again  a  candidate  and  had  an  ax  to  grind,  he 
found  nothing  to  object  to  in  Murphy.  Nor 
in  the  latter  year  was  he  shocked  by  Roger 
Sullivan  or  Tom  Taggart.  He  took,  and  was 
glad  to  take,  all  they  had  and  could  give. 
The  scene  shifts  in  1912.  He  wanted  to 
confuse  and  delay  the  proceedings  of  the 
Baltimore  Convention.  He  wanted  to  ex- 
ploit himself,  and  cared  not  what  kind  of  a 
fire-brand  he  used  for  the  purpose.  Yet,  the 
work  done — not  precisely  as  he  had  planned 
— the  exclamation  against  Bossism  and  the 
Bosses  drops  to  a  whisper.  They  are  asked 
to  come  into  camp — some  of  them  invited  to 
sit  at  table. 

"How    is    Mr.    William    Barnes    of    Albany 


more  of  a  Boss  than  Mr.  Theodore  Roosevelt 
of  Oyster  Bay?  Both  are  Harvard  men.  Mr. 
Barnes  is  as  well  born  as  Mr.  Roosevelt.  The 
one  rs  a  steadfast,  conscientious  partisan — er- 
i onions  in  his  beliefs,  as  I  think,  but  cour- 
ageous, consistent,  and  sincere — the  other  a 
faker  of   what   he   thinks   attractive   wares. 

"Both  Boss  Bryan  and  Boss  Roosevelt  are 
loud  in  their  proclamation  of  what  they  call 
'Progressivism.'  What  is  it?  Sound  and 
fury  signifying  some  cheat  which  Orator  Puff 
would  rtut  upon  his  hearers.  Puff  Roosevelt 
means  it  one  way  and  Puff  Bryan  quite  an- 
other way.  Neither  could  explain  the  dif- 
ference nor  for  a  moment  stand  an  A  B  C 
catechism.  Each  of  them  has  employed  it 
and  profited  by  it." 


REWARD   OF   EFFICIENCY. 

BERMINGHAM,  Superintendent  of  En- 
gines in  the  Fire  Department,  reported 
to  the  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  that 
he  had  made  changes  in  the  City's  two  fire 
boats,  which  effected  a  saving  of  $500  a  month 
in  the  fuel  oil  bill  for  keeping  steam  up  in 
their  boilers.  The  Board  of  Fire  Commiss- 
ioners, without  authority  from  the  Charter, 
immediately  appointed  two  additional  engin 
eers  and  an  additional  fireman  to  the  crews 
of  the  fire  boats.  The  salaries  of  these  new 
employees  will  just  about  be  paid  by  the  $000 
which  Mr.  Bermingham's  efficiency  saved. 
Mr.  Bermingham,  having  broken  the  unwrit- 
ten law  of  the  municipal  office  holders  union, 
by  undertaking  to  save  public  money,  loses 
his  job.  The  Fire  Commissioners  have  put 
him  on  trial  for  having  once  voted  in  Oak 
land — penalty  made  and  provided  to  fit  the 
crime,  being  removal  from  office. 


The  pessimist  never  gets  so  far  as  hoping 
to  have  his  hopes  realized. 


Vacation  1912 

A  Handbook  of 

Summer  Resorts 

Along  the  line  of  the 

NORTHWESTERN 
PACIFIC    RAILROAD 

This  book  tells  by  picture  and  word 
of  the  many  delightful  places  in  Marin, 
Sonoma,  Mendocino,  Lake  and  Humboldt 
Counties  in  which  to  spend  your  Vaca- 
tion— Summer  Resorts,  Camping  Sites, 
Farm  and  Town  Homes. 


Copies  of  Vacation  1912  may  be  ob- 
tained at  874  Market  St.  (Flood  Build- 
ing), Sausalito  Ferry  Ticket  Office,  or 
on  application  to  J.  J.  Geary,  G.  P.  & 
F.  A.,  808  Phelan  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


NEW  ENGLAND  HOTEL 

Located  in  beautiful  grove  about  40  rods  from 
station.  Beautiful  walks,  grand  scenery;  hunt- 
ing and  fishing,  boating,  bathing,  bowling  and 
croquet.  Table  supplied  with  fresh  fruit  and 
vegetables,  milk  and  eggs  from  own  ranch  daily. 

Adults  $7  to  $9  per  week;  special  rates  for 
children. 

Address  F.  K.  HARRISON,  Camp  Meeker, 
Sonoma   County,    Cal. 


OWN  SUMMER  HOME   IN 

CAMP    MEEKER 

Mountains  of  Sonoma  Co.  Lots  $15  up.  Meeker 
\iilds  cottages  $85  up.  Depot,  stores,  hotels, 
.staurant,  phone,  post,  express  office,  theater, 
free  library,  pavilion,  churches,,  sawmill;  2,000 
lots  Bold,  700  cottages  built.  Sausalito  Ferry. 
Address  M.  O.  MEEKER,  Camp  Meeker. 


Redwood  Grove 


%  mile  from  Guerneville;  tents  and  cottages; 
abundance  of  fruit,  berries;  bus  meets  all  trains. 
Rates  $10-$11  per  week;  L.  D.  phone.  Address 
THORPE  BROS.,  Box  141,  Guerneville,  Sonoma 
Co.,   Cal. 


ROSE    HILL 

HOTEL  AND  COTTAGES 

Camp  Meeker 

Opposite  depot;  20  minutes'  ride  from  Russian 
River ;  surrounded  by  orchards  and  vineyards ; 
excellent  dining-room,  with  best  cooking.  Fish- 
ing, boating,  swimming  and  dancing.  Many 
good  trails  for  mountain  climbing.  Open  all 
year.  Can  accommodate  75  guests.  Adults,  $6 
to   $10  per  week;    children  half  rates. 

Building  lots  for  sale  from  $50  and  up.  Ad- 
dress MRS.  L.  BARBIER,  Camp  Meeker,  So- 
noma   County,    Cal. 


The  Gables 


Sonoma  county's  ideal  family  resort,  just  opened 
to  the  public.  Excellent  table,  supplied  from 
our  dairy  and  farm.  Dancing,  tennis,  games. 
Bus  to  hot  baths  and  trains  daily  at  Verano  sta- 
tion. Rates  "$2.50  per  day,  $12  and  up  per 
week.  Open  year  round.  Address  H.  P.  MAT- 
THEWSON,   Sonoma  City  P.  O.,  Cal. 


Motel   Rowardennan 

OPEN  ALL  THE    YEAR. 

New  ownership,  new  management,  new  fea- 
tures. Golf,  tennis,  bowling,  fishing,  boating, 
swimming,     clubhouse.       Free    garage. 

Rates  $17.50  to  $25  per  week;  $3  to  $4  per 
day. 

Folders  and  information  at  Peck-Judah's,  or 
address  J.  M.  SHOULTS,  Ben  Lomond,  Cal. 


::  RIVERSIDE  RESORT :: 


Country  home  ^4  mile  from  Guerneville;  ideal 
spot;  y»  mile  of  river  frontage;  $8  to  $12  per 
week.  For  particulars,  MRS.  H.  A.  STAGG, 
Proprietor,    Guerneville,     Sonoma    county. 


COSMO  FARM 

On  the  Russian  River;  electric  lighted  through- 
out. Rates  $10  to  $12  per  week.  For  particu- 
lars see  Vacation  Book  or  addresB  H.  P.  Mc- 
PEAK,    P.    O.    Hilton,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


RIONIDO  HOTEL 

Lawn  Tennis,  Croquet,  Shuffle  Board,  Swings, 
Shooting  Gallery,  Box  Ball  Alleys,  also  4,000 
square  feet  Dancing  Pavilion,  unsurpassed  Bathing 
and  Boating,  and  large  social  hall  for  guests. 
Hotel  ready  for  guests.  Rates,  $12  per  week. 
American  plan.  For  reservations  address  RIO- 
NIDO   CO.,    Rionido,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


Summer  Resorts 

AT  HOME,  AT  THE   CLUB,   OAPE  OE  HOTEL 

CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

Always   Satisfactory 

GEO.  W.   CASWELL  COMPANY 

530-532-534  Folsora   St.  Phone  Kearny  3610 

Write  for  samples  and  prices. 


CARR'S 


NEW  MONTE 
RIO    HOTEL 


NEAREST    TO    STATION   AND    RIVER. 

New  modern  hotel,  first-class  in  every  detail 
and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience. 
Swimming,  boating,  canoeing,  fishing,  launching, 
horseback  riding  and  driving.  Hotel  rales  $2 
day;  $12  and  $14  per  week.  Round  trip,  $2.80. 
good  on  either  the  broad  or  narrow  gauge  rail- 
roads. Sausalito  Ferry.  Address  C.  F.  0ARR, 
Monte   Rio,    Sonoma   Co.,   Cal. 


HOTEL  RUSTICANO 

The  hotel  is  just  a  two-minute  walk  from  the 
depot  amongst  the  giant  redwood  trees.  The 
amusements  are  numerous — boating,  bathing, 
lawn  tennis,  bowling,  dancing,  nickelodeon,  and 
beautiful  walks.  A  more  desirable  place  for  a 
vacation  could  not  be  found.  Rates,  $9  to  $12 
per    week;    rates    to    families. 

For  folder,  address  L.  B.  SELENGER,  Prop., 
Camp    Meeker,    Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


U.    S.    ARMY 


TENTS 

BLANKETS,  COTS,  HAMMOCKS 

SPIRO  HARNESS  CO. 

307   MARKET    STREET,    S.  F. 
Write  for  Free  Catalogue. 


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The  Clue 


OMAN 


Notes  and  Comment  by  Mrs.  Norman  Martin. 


IF.  PEBCHANCE.  you  are  beset  with  doubts 
and  difficulties,  and  wish  to  probe  into 
the  future,  consult  not  the  oracles,  but 
hasten  unto  the  modern  club  woman. 
Without  a  tremor  of  indecision  she  will  re- 
veal enough  cheerful  prospectus  to  incite  your 
mental  thrift  far  into  the  halcyon  days  of 
1915. 

One  of  tlio  most  practical  of  these  optim- 
istic progressive  women  whom  you  will  find 
is  the  newly-elected  President  of  the  Califor- 
nia Club,  .Mrs.  A.  P.  Black.  Endowed  with 
a  wholesome  personality,  an  abundance  of 
well' directed  energy,  together  with  that  val- 
uable asset,  common  sense,  she  ushers  you 
immediately  into  the  realm  of  realism.  For 
Mrs.  Black  is  no  dreamer. 

"My  highest  ambition,"  says  Mrs.  Black, 
in  speaking  of  her  work,  "is  to  maintain  the 
high  standard  of  the  California  Club  in  all 
lines  for  the  uplift  and  betterment  of  its 
work  with  and  for  the  public.  That  is  no 
meager  task.  And  while  I  intend,"  continued 
Mrs.  Black,  "to  keep  up  the  status  of  its 
civic  work,  yet  the  home  life  of  the  club  will 


MRS.  A.  P.  BLACK 

President  of  the  California  Club,  whose  adminis- 
tration  presages    success. 


be    stimulated    n  il  h    all    the    best    incentives 
which  we  can  bring  to  bear  in  thai  direction." 

*  *     * 

MRS  BLACK  is  planning  to  introduce  a 
new  note  in  the  call  for  the  Sunday 
Assembly.  It  will  be  something  after 
the  manner  of  tin*  Open  Door  of  the  Chicago 
Woman's  "lull.  On  the  first  Sunday  of  each 
month  the  club  doors  will  be  open  not  only 
for  the  business  womenj  but  whosoever  will, 
may  come.  Each  department  of  the  Club 
will  furnish  one  prugramme  during  the 
year,  and  thus  a  diversity  of  issues  will  be 
presented.  So  that  while  on  the  surface 
there  may  appear  a  variety  of  things,  yet  at 
the  center  there  will  be  unity  of  purpose. 
Mrs.  E.  L.  Baldwin,  whose  work  as  a  most 
efficient  club  leader  is  known,  will  have  eharge 
of  this  department. 

ABOARD  of  energetic  workers,  all  of 
whom  are  experienced  and  know  the 
technique  of  club  life,  will  uphold 
Mrs.  Black  in  her  plans.  The  officers  are: 
President,  Mrs.  A.  P.  Black;  1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Mrs.  James  Crawford;  2nd  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Mrs.  W.  S.  Leake;  Recording  Secretary, 
Mrs.  H.  C.  Tibbitts;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Mrs.  J.  S.  A.  Macdonald;  Financial  Secretary, 
Mrs.  Loron  E.  Barnes;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Vir- 
ginia S.  Bradley;  Directors:  Mrs.  Joseph  Pel- 
tier, Mrs.  E.  M.  North-Whitcomb,  Mrs.  L.  A. 
Hayward,  Mrs.  D.  C.  Farnham,  Mrs.  Thomas 
L.  Hill,  Mrs.  Arthur  Cornwall,  Mrs.  F.  M. 
Sponogle,  Mrs.  Arthur  Flood. 

Chairmen  of  Committees:  Reception,  Mrs. 
J.  F.  Reef;  House,  Mrs.  A.  G.  Boggs;  Cour- 
tesy, Mrs.  Aaron  Sloss;  Decorating,  Mrs.  R.  P. 
Merillion;  Tea,  Mrs.  D.  B.  Plymire;  Program,. 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Crawford;  Sunday  Assembly,  Mrs. 
E.  L.  Baldwin. 

Chairmen  of  Departments:  Education,  Mme. 
Emilie  Tojetti;  Civics,  Mrs.  Louis  Hertz; 
Social  Science,  Miss  Margaret  Curry;  Out- 
Door  Art  League,  Mrs.  George  T.  Marsh; 
Educational  Department,  Sections:  Literature, 
Mrs.  C.  F.  Stanton;  Choral,  Mrs.  Rufus  Steele; 
Players,  Mrs.  Orlow  Eastwood;  Whist,  Mrs. 
Henry  Bernhard;  Parliamentarian,  Miss  Mary 

Fairbrother. 

*  *     * 

ALTHOUGH  the  California  Club  is  one  of 
the  largest  clubs  in  the  city,  yet  the 
President,  Mrs.  A.  P.  Black,  is  ambi- 
tions to  bring  the  membership  up  to  the  one 
thousand  mark.  She  probably  will,  for  her 
thoughts  fly  like  a  Marconi  wireless.  One 
great  achievement  of  the  California  Club  is 
its  property  ownership,  for  now  the  attractive 
club  house  on  Clay  street  belongs  to  ■  the  cor- 
porated  club,  absolutely  free  from  debt. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  club  will  be  held 
on   Tuesday,  September   3rd.    The  programme 


MRS.  J.  DELAMATER  JESSUP 

President    of    the    Corona    Cluh,    who    is    styled 

"the   thinker." 

will  be  given  by  the  chairman  of  that  com- 
mittee, Mrs.  J.  C.  Crawford. 

*     *     * 

THE  CORONA  CLUB,  of  which  Mrs.  J. 
Delamater  Jessup  is  the  President,  ranks 
as  one  of  the  largest  of  our  local  clubs. 
The  woman  at  the  helm  has  just  been  elected 
for  a  secoind  term,  which  is  not  the  platform 
of  Corona  legislation.  One  term  is  usually 
the  allotted  service,  but  the  splendid  success 
of  the  "woman  who  thinks,"  as  Mrs.  Jessup 
has  been  termed,  merited  a  repetition.  She 
has  won  by  her  judicious  management,  her 
wisdom,  her  wit;  and  when  one  questions  her 
as  to  her  plans  for  the  future,  she  is  excep- 
tionally modest  of  her  merits.  ' '  My  ambition, ' ' 
returned  the  genial  President  of  200  women, 
"converges  in  the  ownership  of  our  club  home. 

(Continued  on  page  20.) 


LA  GRANDE  &  WHITES 

LAUNDRY  CO. 

Office  and  Works.  234  12th  St. 

Bet.  Howard  &  Folsom  Sta. 

SAN   FRANCISCO,                  CALIFORNIA 

Phones:    Market   916,   Home  M   20«». 

Eames   Tricycle   Co. 

Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
ROLLING  CHAIRS  for  all 
purposes.  Self  -  Propelling 
Tricycle  Ohairs  for  the,  dis- 
abled. INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  FranciBco.  Phone  Park 
3910.  1200  S.  Main  Strut, 
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OUR  leading  business  men  are  divided  on 
the  question  of  giving  American  ships 
free  use  of  the  Panama  Canal.  Usually 
in  San  Francisco  our  "leading  business  men" 
discuss  important  questions  from  a  political 
or  sentimental  standpoint  instead  of  a  com- 
mercial one.  Prom  the  purely  monetary  stand- 
point, there  isn't  any  argument  in  favor  of 
giving  a  monopoly  of  the  Panama  Canal  to 
American  shipping.  Such  a  move  would  be 
financial  idiocy  for  San  Francisco. 

It  is  to  San  Francisco 's  advantage  as  a 
great  natural  seaport  to  attract  all  the  ship 
ping  that  can  be  induced  to  come  here — Eng- 
lish, French,  German,  Italian — any  kind.  The 
more,  the  merrier.  Every  ship  that  casts 
anchor  helps  to  increase  the  trade  of  our  port 
and  gives  our  merchants  the  benefit  of  compe- 
tition. Suppose  that  American  ships  only 
have  free  use  of  the  Canal,  what  then?  At 
present  there  is  no  American  merchant  marine 
worth  speaking  about.  But  it  is  expected  that 
the  free  use  of  a  $400,000,000  canal  will  make 
American  shipping  profitable  and  cause  an 
immense  increase  of  American  ships.  "Will  it? 
What  about  the  ever  industrious  labor  agi- 
tator, who  will  get  busier  than  ever  in  promot- 
ing strikes  and  boycotts,  and  demanding  leg- 
islation from  Congress  to  raise  wages,  shorten 
hours  and  make  the  operation  of  American 
ships  hazardous  or  unprofitable? 

Opportunity  for  Demagogues. 

Rest  assured  the  agitator  will  flourish.  He 
will  have  a  strong  argument  to  support  his 
demands.  He  will  point  out  that  the  people 
of  America  have  contributed  $400,000,000  to 
construct  the  Panama  Canal,  and  given  free 
use  of  it  to  a  favored  set  of  ship-owners.  It 
will  be  like  the  agitators'  argument  against 
the  steel  barons  of  Pittsburg — that  the  high 
protective  tariff  gives  them  a  monopoly  and 
therefore    the    American    workingmen    should 


share  in  the  profits,  and  therefore,  also,  the 
labor  agitator  should  be  continually  in  evi- 
dence, making  all  the.  trouble  possible  be- 
tween employer  and  employe. 

The  Reason  Why. 

The  American  merchant  marine  has  been 
driven  from"  the  seas  because  of  restrictive 
laws  and  the  high  cost  of  labor  that  make  it 
impossible  for  American  owners  to  compete 
with  foreigners.  Except  by  liberal  subsidies 
or  other  aid,  American  shipping  cannot  hold 
its  own  against  foreigners  in  the  carrying 
trade  of  the  Pacific,  and  just  as  surely  as  such 
government  aid  is  given  and  ship-owners  are 
made  a  favored  class,  there  will  be  ceaseless 
labor  agitation  for  special  laws  of  Congress 
to   crush   the  favorites. 

There  is  no  reason  to  believe  that  ship- 
owners, favored  by  Congress  and  enjoying  free 
use  of  the  Panama  Canal,  would  not  combine 
in  a  trust  just  as  quickly  as  railroad  compan- 
ies of  steel  magnates.  One  of  the  greatest 
trusts  in  the  world  has  been  the  Atlantic 
steamship  combine. 

America  Would  Iiose. 
Everything  considered,  it  will  be  to  San 
Francisco's  greatest  commercial  advantage 
to  have  the  Panama  Canal  thrown  open  to  the 
ships  of  all  nations  on  equal  terms,  as  the 
Hay-Pauncefote  treaty  provides.  There  isn't 
the  slightest  question  that  if  the  matter  be 
ever  carried  to  The  Hague  for  adjudication 
we  will  lose  the  case.  We  haven't  a  leg  to 
stand  on  in  any  honest  international  court, 
and  every  clever  Senator  in  Washington  is 
well  aware  of  that  fact.  Section  III  of  the 
Hay-Pauncefote  treaty  declares: — 

The  canal  shall  be  free  and  open  to  the 
vessels  of  commerce  and  of  war  of  all  na- 
tions on  terms  of  entire  equality,  so  that 
there  shall  be  no  discrimination  against 
any  such  nation,  or  its  citizens  or  subjects, 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources     $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM Chairman  of  the  Board 

J.  FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.  F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.  ALTSCHUL   Cashier 

O.  R.   PARKER Assistant   Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH     Assistant    Cashier 

H.   CHOTNSKI    Assistant   Cashier 

G.    R.    BURDICK     Assistant    Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN    Secretary 


in    respect    of   the    conditions    or    charges 
of   traffic    or   otherwise. 

During  all  the  time  this  treaty  was  under 
consideration  in  the  Senate  no  man  was  ever 
bold  enough  to  claim  that  Section  III  was 
open  to  the  construction  that  the  word  "all" 
did  not  include  the  United  States.  Not  only 
was  such  claim  not  made,  but  by  a  vote  of 
43  to  27  the  Senate  declared  against  any 
such  policy.  The  question  was  brought  to  a 
direct  vote  when  Senator  Bard  of  California 
offered   the   following   amendment: — 

Article  III.  The  United  States  reserves 
the  right  in  the  regulation  and  manage- 
ment of  the  canal  to  discriminate  in  re- 
spect to  charges  of  traffic  in  favor  of  ves- 
sels of  its  own  citizens  engaged  in  the 
coastwise  trade. 

Upon  this  the  vote  was  taken,  and  the 
amendment  was  lost,  the  vote  of  the  Senate 
standing   43    to    27. 

The  United  States  is  in  duty  and  in  honor 
bound  to  throw  the  Panama  Canal  open  to 
the  world  on  equal  terms  as  a  benefit  to  all 
mankind.  San  Francisco  would  be  one  of  the 
greatest   gainers   by  such   a  policy. 


Beal  Estate  Prospects. 

The  conditions  favorable  to  a  revival  of  in- 
terest in  the  realty  market  are  improving.  For 
two  years  the  conditions  have  been  most  un- 
favorable. 

An  active  real  estate  market  depends  on  the 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Strict. 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  paid  up   .     96,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided   Profits $5,055,471.11 


Total      $11,055,471.11 

OFFICERS. 
Isftiau    W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice  Pres. 
F.  L.  Lipman,  Vice  Prei. 
James  K.  Wilson,  Vice  Pres. 
Frank  B.  King,  Cashier 
W.    McGavin,    Assistant    Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
O.   L.   Davis,   Assistant   Cashier 
A.   D.   Oliver,    Assistant   Cashier 
A.    B.    Price,    Assistant    Cashier 


DIBECTOES. 


Isaias    W.    Hellman 
Joseph  Sloss 
Percy    T.    Morgan 
F.  W.  Van  Sieklen 
Wm.  F.  Herrin 
John  C.   Kirkpatrick 
I.    W.    Hellman,    Jr. 
A.   Christeson 
Wm.    Haas 

ACCOUNTS 


Hartland  Law 
Henry  Bosenfeld 
James  L.  Flood 
J.  Henry  Meyer 
A.   H.   Payson 
Chas.   J.    Deering 
James   K.   Wilson 
F.    L.    Lipman 


Prompt   Service,    Courteous   Attention,    Unexcelled 
Facilities. 
SATE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


Saturday,    August    3,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The    German    Bank)  Commercial 

Incorporated    1868. 

626    California    St.,    San    Francisco.    Cal 

(Member     of     the     Associated     Saving!     Bunk*     nt 
San  Francisco.) 

The   following   Branches   for   Receipt   and   Pay- 
ment  of   Deposits   only: 

MISSION   BRANCH,   2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 
Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave, 


June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....       $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number   of   Depositors  .  .  .        56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M,  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


Established  1853. 
Monthly  Contracts,   $1.60  per  Month. 

NEW    WORKS    JTJST    ERECTED    AT    27 
TENTH   ST,    8.  F. 

Largest    and    Most    Uup-to-Date   on    Pacific 
Coast. 

Wagons  call   twice  daily. 

Gleaning  Dainty  Garments  Our  Specially 

F.  Thomas  Parisian  Dyeing  & 
Cleaning  Works 


attitude  of  the  savings  banks.    When  the  sav- 
ings  banks  are   vei        iberal    in    liMiiling   nuun'v 

on   montgages,  real   i  state  advances. 

For  several  years  the  local  savings  banks 
have  been  very  conservative  in  lending  money 
on  real  estate.  Thai  was  wise  of  them.  The 
principal  [oca!  savings  banks  have  always 
been  very  prudent.  In  fact,  their  manage 
menl  lias  been  admirable.  The  best  proof  of 
that  is  the  strength  they  have  shown  in  times 
of  panic. 

The  local  banks  have  lately  found  that 
deposits  exceed  the  demand  for  loans.  If 
I  his  should  keep  up,  savings  bank  interest  will 
drop  somewhat  ami  speculation  in  real  estate 
will  certainly  increase.  That  is  -what  a. ways 
occurs  when  the  savings  banks  deem  it  ad- 
vantageous  to   become   more    liberal    in    loans, 

Rise  in  Sugar  Stocks. 
The  rise  in  Hawaiian  sugar  stocks  indicates 
that  the  Bristow  tariff  bill,  passed  by  the 
Senate,  does  not  hurt  the  Hawaiian  planters, 
Some  local  brokers  thought  the  sugar  stocks 
would  drop  and  Eastern  predictions  were  sim- 
ilar. The  adoption  of  the  Bristow  tariff  would 
remove  sugar  from  politics,  and  for  that  rea 
son  the  stock  has  been  buoyant.  If  you  want 
to   depress  any  stock  put  it  into  politics. 

Associated  Oil. 
Associated  Oil  displayed  an  upward  tend- 
ency this  week  at  44.  Vice-President  and 
Manager  W.  S.  Porter  has  been  sick  again  in 
a  local  hospital,  and  his  health  is  such  that 
rumors  of  his  retirement  are  afloat.  In  that 
event  President  Sproule  of  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific would  fill  the  place. 

Pacific  Gas  and  Electric. 
The  indications  are  that  Pacific  Gas  and 
Electric  will  make  a  splendid  showing  this 
year,  with  net  earnings  of  nearly  half  a  mil- 
lion over  last  year's  figures.  The  manage- 
ment of  this  corporation   is  admirable. 


"How's  the  new  magazine  coming  on,  old 
man  ? ' ' 

"Pine!  Talk  about  variety!  There's  been 
a  different  crowd  in  charge  of  every  issue. 
The  promoters  got  out  the  first  number,  the 
owners  the  second,  the  poor  suckers  they  un- 
loaded onto  the  third,  the  receiver  the  fourth, 
the  Stockholders'  Protective  League  this 
month 's,  and  the  government  postal  authori- 
ties next!" — 'Puck. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  C'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 


LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and 

ARRANGED  SAFE  DEPOSIT 

Boxes  $4  per  annum 

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MOST  CONVENIENTLY 
WEST  OF  NEW  YORK 
and  upwards. 

Kearny  11. 


She  Didn't  Understand. 

A    dealer   was   explaining   to   a    prospi  i 
woman    purchaser    tin-    propelling    mechanism 
of  :i  bicycle. 

••I  understand  thai  perfectly, "■  she  said  at 
last.  "Now  whai  makes  the  front  wheel  go 
round  .' ' ' 


WE  HAVE  MOVED  OUR  OFFICES 

TO 

410  MONTGOMERY  ST. 


Our  Facilities  for  Handling 

Investment  Securities 

Are  Considerably  Increased. 


ESTABLISHED  1858 

SUTR0&C0. 


Telephone 
Sutter   3434 


Private    Exchange 
Connecting  All    Depts. 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 


MEMBEBS: 

NEW  YORK  STOCK  EXCHANGE 
NEW  YORK  COTTON  EXCHANGE 
CHICAGO  BOARD  OP  TRADE 
STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE,  S.  P. 

MAIN     OFFICE — Mills    Building,     Sail     Fran 


BRANCH  OFFICES — Los  Angeles,  San  Die- 
go, Coronado  Beach,  Portland,  Ore.;  Seattla, 
Wash. ;   Vancouver,  B.  C. 

PRIVATE  WIRE  NEW  YORK  AND  CHICAGO. 


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PAPER 


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PHONES:  SUTTEE  22S0;  J  3221  (Home) 

('rival*    Exchange    Countering    all    Departments. 


Sultan  Turkish  Baths 

624  POST  STEEET 
Special   Department   for   Ladles 

Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladies  and  Gen 
tleraen. 
A I  John  bo  n,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Lin  m  mam,  has  leaded  the  Sultan  Turkish 
i  -ii  i  b  where  he  will  he  triad  to  see  hm 
nld    and    new   diatom**™. 


WALTERS  SURGICAL  CO. 

SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 
»»3  Sutter  St.,  S.  F.      Phone  Douglas  1011 


i  ONSIDERIXG  that  this  is  the  height  of  the 
summer  season,  the  number  of  society 
events  that  are  taking:  place  is  most  re- 
markable. Next  winter  will  probably  be 
the  gayest  San  Francisco  has  ever  seen. 
The  wedding  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Stetson  Winslow  and 
Colonel. Hamilton- S.  "Wallace  was  one  of  the  notable 
events  of  the  week,  owing  to  the  prominence  of  the 
bride  and  bridegroom.  It  was  a  strictly  quiet  affair, 
only  the  relatives  and  a  few  of  the  very  intimate 
friends  being  present.  Mrs.  Winslow  was  attended 
by  her  two  daughters,  Miss  Marie  Louise  and  Miss 
Ruth   "Winslow. 


Engagement  of  Rxiss  Innes  Keeney. 
Society  has  been  much  interested  in  the  announce- 
ment of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Innes  Keeney  -and 
Mr.  Willard  C.  Chamberlin.  The  announcement  was 
not  unexpected,  as  Mr.  Chamberlin' s  attentions  to 
the  popular  young  society  girl  have  been  most  de- 
voted. Miss  Keeney  has  been  stopping  at  Miramar 
during  the  summer,  and  it  was  there  she  met  Mr. 
Chamberlin  a  short  time  ago.  Miss  Keeney  is  the 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Charles  Macintosh  Keeney  of  San 
Francisco.  Mr.  Chamberlin  is  a  young  Eastern  man, 
a  Harvard  graduate,  and  a  son  of  a  prominent  Boston 
capitalist.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  San  Francisco 
for  some  time,  as  the  agent  of  an  Eastern  manufac- 
turing firm.  Mr.  Chamberlin  is  popularly  known 
as  the  Adonis  of  the  San  Francisco  business  world. 


Eaby  Parties. 
Baby  parties  seem  to  be  quite  the  rage  these  days. 
Some  weeks  ago  Mrs.  Oliver  Kehrlein.  who  was 
pretty  Frances  Coon,  gave  a  large  party  for  her 
three  small  children,  ana  the  guests  motored  to  her 
home  at  Menlo  from  inr  and  near;,  and  very  elabor- 
ate entertainment  was  provided  them.  On  August 
2nd  the  Charles  Merrills  are  planning  a  similar  af- 
fair at  their  home  in  Menlo,  and  it  is  being  eagerly 
anticipated  by  all  the  belles  and  beaux  of  several 
years  to  come.  They  will  include  the  Harry  Bates 
boys,  the  two  little  John  Breuner  girls,  the  Kehrlein 
children,  the  Covington  Pringles'  little  Miss  and 
many   others. 


"Weddings. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Ramona  Lang,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Lang,  and  Mr.  Frederick  Wil- 
liam O.  Grosser  took  place  at  the  Lang  home  on  Fell 
street,  Wednesday  evening,  July  31st.  The  bride, 
who  is  an.  attractive  member  of  the  younger  social 
set,  was  oeautiful  in  her  bridal  gown  of  white  satin 
and  lace.  A  long  tulle  veil,  fastened  with  a  coronet 
of  orange  blossoms,  fell  to  the  length  of  the  train. 
She  carried  a  shower  garland  of  bride  roses.  Miss 
Alma  Lang,  sister  of  the  bride,  was  maid  of  honor. 
She  was  dressed  in  white,  and  carried  a  graceful 
bouquet  of  pink  roses.  Master  Harry  Kenny  was 
ring-bearer.  Mr.  Dean  fccovel  was  best  man.  Miss 
Lang  was  given  into  the  keeping  of  the  groom  by 
her  father,  Mr.  George  Lang,  a  retired  merchant. 
Mrs.  Lang,  mother  of  the  bride,  was  beautifully 
attired  in  a  gown  of  catawba  silk.  The  Lang  home 
was  a  bower  of  pink  and  white  blossoms,  the  colors 
of   the   bride. 

An  interesting  wedding  took  place  on  Tuesday  of 
last  week,  when  Miss  Ina  Maude  Hedger  of  Marys- 
ville  became  the  wife  of  Major  Charles  Frederick 
Wells.  The  bride  is  well  known  in  the  society  of 
the  Sacramento  valley,  where  she  has  been  active 
in  social  events.  The  members  -of- -the  -immediate 
family  who   attended  the  ceremony  were  Mrs.  James- 


ina  H.  Wells  of  Oakland,  Mrs.  Hedger,  Miss  Clara 
E.  Hedger,  Miss  Ada  Hedger,  Gerald  Brook  Tray- 
ner  of  Marysville,  Mrs.  Mary  I.  Syfert  of  Oakland, 
and  Mrs.  Russell  Kiunicutt.  The  wedding  took 
place  at  the  new  home  which  the  groom  had  pre- 
pared   for    his    bride. 

Miss  Bird  Chanslor  and  Mr.  William  Kirk  Reese 
were  married  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  mother, 
Mrs.  John  Chanslor,  on  Harvard  Boulevard,  Los 
Angeles,  on  Wednesday,  the  31st.  The  bride  is 
well  known  in  San  Franciseo,  where  she  has  been 
the  guest  of  honor  at  a  number  of  social  events 
since    the    announcement    of    her    engagement.       She 


MISS    INNES   KEENEY. 

Whose    engagement    to    Willard    C.    Chamberlin 

has  been  announced. 

is  a  sister  of  Mrs,  Joseph  Anderson  Chanslor  of  this 
city  and  niece  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Kimble. 
Mr.  Reese  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  K.  Reese, 

A  pink  and  white  wedding  formed  the  scene  for 
the  hymeneal  feast  which  was  held  at  the  home  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Sumner  Upham  when  their 
daughter,  Miss  Daisy  May  Upham,  became  the  wife 
of  Mr.  Harmer  William  Countryman.  Dainty  Miss 
Muriel  Upham,  gowned  in  a  lace  frock,  attended  the 
bride  as  flower-girl.  Mr.  Walter  Upham  Jr.  was 
best  man. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Kathryn  Sydney  Marsh  and 
Mr.  Harvey  Morrell  took  place  Thursday  evening 
at  the  home  of  the  bride's  mother,  Mrs.  Lillian 
Marsh. 

Miss  lidna  Duff  and  Mr.  John  S.  Lintner  were 
married  at  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church  on  Wednes- 
day afternoon  of  the  past  week.  The  youiig  couple 
will    live   in    Chihuahua,  "Mexico. 

Miss  Ethel  Breiling,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frauk  Breiling,  and  Mr.  Ire  J.  Defount  were  mar- 
ried at  the  Church  of  Sacred  Heart  on  Monday  even- 
ing  of  last  week.      Mrs.   Louis   Schultz   was   matron 


of  honor  and  wore  a  gown  of  pink  satin.  She  car- 
ried pink  roses  in  her  arms.  Mr.  Charles  Miller 
was  best  man.  The  bridal  gown  was  of  white  crepe 
de  meteor.  A  coronet  of  orange  blossoms  fastened 
the  tulle  veil,  and  in  her  arms  the  bride  bore  a  show- 
er bouquet  of  bride  roses. 

Miss  Etelka  Tromboni  and  Mr.  Charles  S.  L.  Med- 
licott  were  married  at  St.  Stephen's  Episcopal 
Church  on  Saturday  afternoon  of  the  past  week. 
Miss  Lottie  Luttrell  was  maid  of  honor,  and  Mrs. 
Orville  Jones  was  matron  of  honor.  Mr.  Charles 
Newman  was  best  man.  Mrs.  Medlicott  is  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  Tromboni  of  Mill 
Talley. 

A  pretty  wedding  was  solemnized  last  Sunday 
evening  when  Miss  Lillie  Reuffert  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Franche  were  married  in  the  home  of  the  bride's 
mother.  The  bride's  gown  was  of  white  ivory  silk 
with  which  she  carried  a  graceful  bouquet  of  white 
carnations.  Miss  Bertha  Reuffert,  a  sister  of  the 
bride,  was  dressed  in  a  becoming  gown  of  pale  pink 
Mr.  Maurice  Allen  was  best  man. 

A  pretty  home  wedding  took  place  last  Wednes- 
day evening  when  Miss  Kathryn  Lechens  became 
the  wife  of  Mr.  Arthur  A  .Mansfield.  The  bride 
is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  John  H.  Lechens. 
The    groom    is   the    son    of   Mr.    G.    E.    Mansfield. 

Miss  OIlie  M.  Ellsworin  and  Mr.  John  Murness 
were   married  on    the    12th   of   this   month. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  -joretta  Cummings  and  Mr. 
Peter  Bery  took  place  at  the  close  of  the  past 
week    at    the   home    of    Mrs.    B.    Frazer. 

A  wedding  of  general  interest  was  solemnized  in 
San  Mateo  last  Saturday  week  when  Miss  Dorothy 
Chalmers  became  the  wife  of  Mr.  Joseph  F.  Coll. 
The  bride  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  E.  T.  Chalmers, 
widow   of  the   late  Dr.   W.  P.   Chalmers.     The  bride 


THE  CLUB  WOMAN. 


(Continued  from  page  17.) 

Perhaps  this  can  be  accomplished  this  year."  A 
hopeful  light  darted  into  her  eyes  as  she  spoke.  With 
sueh  a  leader,  and  with  the  substantial  "nest"  al- 
ready banked,  it  now  looks  as  if  Corona  will  soon 
be  paying  taxes  on  a  cozy  cottage  of  its  own. 

The  members  of  the  executive  board  serving  with 
Mrs.  Jessup  are:  First  Vice-President,  Mrs.  Harold 
Seager;  Second  Vice-President,  Mrs,  Alfred  Mc- 
Cullough ;  Recording  Secretary,  Miss  Emma  Van  Ber- 
gen; Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  Charles  Lewis; 
Treasurer,  Miss  Laura  Collins;  Directors — Mrs.  R. 
B.  Phillips,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Carson,  Mrs.  Robert  Dunbar, 
Mrs.  C.  M.  Emerson,  Mrs.  Horace  Sexton;  Custodian 
Log  Book,  Miss  Daisy  Salter;  Auditor,  Mrs.  E.  G. 
Bagot ;  Book  Review,  Mrs.  Clive  Augustus  Brown ; 
Parliamentarian,    Mrs.   Annie  Little  Barry. 

Chairmen  of  Committees :  Reception,  Mrs.  James 
Ellison;  Hospitality,  Mrs.  James  Treadwell ;  Music 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Peltret ;  Household  Economics,  Miss 
Frances  Meeker;  Club  House  Fund,  Mrs.  E.  D. 
Knight;    Club    Pin,    Mrss.    A.    L.    Boynton. 

The  opening  meeting  of  the  Corona  Club  will  be 
held  on  Thursday,  September  12th.  The  initial  pro- 
gramme, under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  James  Tread- 
well,  will  consist  of  a  lecture  on  "Color  Music,"  by 
Miss  Olive  Wilson,  a  subject  which  has  aroused  much 
interest  especially  along  the  lines  of  child  culture. 
Echoes  from  the  Biennial  will  resound  with  new  vigor 
when  the  hospitable  doors  of  Corona  swing  open. 


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i  :i  member  ol  a  sorority  Bel  and  very  prominent 
in  ill--  social  affaire  <>i  San  Mateo  life.  The  proom 
^  p  member  ol  the  Peninsula  OIuq.  His  business 
are  with  the  wholesale  jeweler's  firm  fir 
Krementa  A  Co.  Miss  Alt  a  Wall  attended  the 
bride  us  maid  *>f  honor,  whili?  Mr.  J.  Morris  Clial- 
mere,  brother  ol  the  bride,  was  best  man.  Mr  and 
Mi'  Coll  will  reside  at  Ban  Mateo,  where  a  do 
llghtfnl  Dome  im*  been  built   f«>r  them. 

Arthur  Brisbane,  editor  of  the  Now  Yurk  Evening 
Journal,  and  Miss  Proehe  Cary,  daughter  »f  Mr. 
Seward  Gary,  were  married  "ii  Tuesday,  July  30th, 

;tl     Calvary    Church,     New     Y..rk    Citj 


Engagements. 

ALLAN— HUNTER.— Miss  Mabolle  Allan  and  Mr, 
Thomas  Hunter.  The  wedding  will  tnko  place 
within   tin-   aexl    few   weeks. 

COFFIN— GREENE.— MiBS  Natalie  Coffin  and  Mr. 
Crawford  Greene.  Miss  Coffin  is  the  daughter  of 
Mrs.  James  Coffin  of  San  Rafael.  The  wedding  will 
lake  place   in   August. 

GREEN— CROSS. — Miss  Helen  Green  and  Mr. 
Robert  W,  Cross.  Miss  Helen  Groon  is  the  daugh- 
ter 'if  Professor  R.  L,  Green.  She  is  a  Stanford 
graduate.  Mr.  Cross  is  a  graduate  of  the  Univer- 
81 1)  of  California  and  is  now  in  the  office  of  Wil- 
liam Spronle,  President  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company.  He  was  at  one  time  editor-in-chief  of 
the  Occident,  a  magazine  published  by  the  student 
body.       The    wedding    will    take    place    this    autumn. 

HE  SKINS — SESKINS. — Miss  Dora  Heskins  and 
Mr.  II.  Heskins.  The  bride  is  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  Heskins.  She  is  an  accomplished 
pianist,  and  has  traveled  extensively  in  Europe  and 
the  Orient.  Mr.  Heskins  is  a  merchant  of  this 
city.      The  wedding  will  take  place  in   the  fall. 

JACOBS — CASTER. — The  engagement  of  Miss 
Sarah  Jacobs  and  Mr.  Samuel  Caster.  The  wedding 
day    is    not    announced. 

KENDALL— BELLAMORE. — Miss  Muriel  Kendall, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Kendall  of  Grimes 
Hill.  N".  Y.,  and  Mr,  David  H.  Bellamore,  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  David  G.  Bellamore.  Miss  Kendal]  is  pop- 
ular in  Eastern  society.  Mr.  Bellamore  was  formerly 
nf  San  Francisco  and  San  Mateo.  The  wedding  will 
lake  place  in  October  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
parents.  The  honeymoon  will  probably  be  spent  in 
California. 

KRAFT — GUNN. — Miss  Ernestine  Kraft  and  Mr. 
George  Gunn  will  be  married  during  the  month  of 
September  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph 
Birmingham.  Miss  Kraft  is  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Bir- 
mingham. Pretty  Miss  Alma  Birmingham  will  be 
the  maid  of  honor  at  this  interesting  wedding. 
McBRIDE— BAXTER.— Mrs.  George  Wickliffe  Mc- 
13 ride  of  Portland,  Oregon,  and  Mr.  George  Perkins 
Baxter    of    Berkeley. 

SMALL  —  PIERCE.  —  Miss  Barbara  Josephine 
Small  and  Lieutenant  Junius  Pierce.  Miss  Small 
is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  J,  Small,  a 
Southern  Pacific  official.  Mrs.  A.  G.  Fisher,  wife  of 
Lieutenant  Fisher  of  the  Fourteenth  Cavalry,  Fort 
McDowell,  is  Miss  Small's  sister.  Lieutenant  Pierce 
is  stationed  at  Fort  McDowell.  The  wedding  will 
take    place    in    January. 

SPRAGUE — POOL. — Miss  Isabel  Sprague  and 
Mr.  William  Pool.  Miss  Sprague  is  the  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Sprague,  whose  beautiful 
home  is  at  Menlo  Park.  Mr.  Pool  is  an  attorney 
of  New  York  City.  The  Pool  estate  is  near  Rich- 
mond, Virginia.  The  wedding  will  be  an  event  of 
the    fall. 

TURNER — JONES. — Miss  Marion  Turner  and  Mr. 
Axton  F.  Jones.  Miss  Turner  is  the  daughter  of 
Captain  and  Mrs.  L.  H.  Turner  of  Berkeley.  Mr. 
Jones  is  a  well-known  capitalist  of  Northern  Cali- 
fornia, lie  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Cal- 
ifornia, where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon.      The   wedding  will    take  place   in   August. 


Recent   Events. 
The    Misses    Sara,    Mary    and    Elizabeth    Cunning- 
bam,    with    their    mother,    Mrs.    Mary    Hale    Cunning- 
ham,   gave  a    charming  luncheon   in   the  Palm   Garden 


of  the  Palace  in  complimentary  return  to  the  many 
functions  to  which  tnej  have  been  the  honored 
guests  Bince  their  visil  in  San  Francisco.  Thoy 
will  remain  in  the  city  until  afi<-r  the  wedding  "f 
Miss  Julia    Langhorno. 

Miss  Isabel  Sprague,  the  bride  elect,  was  the 
motif  of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin's  tea  this  past  week. 
Karon  and  Baroness  Von  Schrbader,  Mr,  ami  Mrs. 
Downey  Harvey,  Miss  Nellie  Grunt  and  Mr.  Chap- 
man Grant  were  guests. 

Mrs.  James  Olis  and  the  Misses  Cora  and  Fred 
cricks  "'i*  gave  a  dinner  in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Krnc.sl  Stillman  Ol  New  York,  on  Friday  evening. 
Mrs.    Stillman    was    formerly    Miss    Mildred    Whitney. 

A  delightful  card  party  was  given  at  Mure  Island 
on  'ihursday  of  this  week  by  Mrs.  Joseph  Fyffe  in 
compliment  to  Mrs.  Mary  Roland  Weyburn  Sehu 
mmiii,    wife   of   the    former   paymaster   of    the    l\    S.    S. 

California.  Mrs,  Schumann  was  Miss  Helen  Sulli- 
van,   daughter  of  Judge  and    Mrs.  J.   F.   Sullivan. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  I.  Conant  was  hostess  at  a  pretty 
luncheon  given  in  honor  of  Miss  Mabelle  Allan, 
whose  engagement  to  Mr,  Thomas  Hunter  is  an- 
nounced   in    this    issue    m    The    Wasp.       The    luncheon 

I ame  a    "shower"  party  for  the  bride-elect.  Those 

among  the  guests  were  Mrs.  John  G.  Watson,  Mrs. 
Emil  Hirschfeld,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Evers,  Mrs.  Frank 
Mueller,  Mrs.  John  W.  King,  Mrs.  Frank  A.  Oehm, 
Mrs.     Benjamin     1.    Conant,     Miss    Helen    Conant,    and 

Miss   Ghristobel  Gray. 

A  delightful  luncheon  was  given  at  the  St.  Fran- 
cis by  Mrs.  Henry  Dodge  and  her  mother,  Mrs.  W. 
Gale,  in  honor  ,  of  Mrs.  Walter  Remington-Quick, 
who   departed   for  the   East  on  Wednesday. 

Mis.  Eleanor  Martin  gave  a  dinner  in  honor  of 
Major  and  Mrs.  Carroll  ue  Forest  Buck  as  a  fare- 
well tribute.  The  quests  at  Mrs.  Martin's  tea 
were  Major  and  Mrs.  Buck,  Baroness  von  Rosenwig, 
Miss  Nellie  Grant,  Miss  May  Mullen,  Miss  Rose 
Nieto;  Messrs,  Chapman  Grant,  Edwin  Richter, 
Charles  Appelgate,  William  J.  Byrne,  Baron  von 
Schroeder    and    Lieutenant    William    Mclntyre. 


The   Card  Basket. 

Colonel  D.  S.  Dorn  has  returned  from  Tahoe  Tav- 
ern, where  be  has  been  visiting  with  his  two  daugh- 
ters,   who    are    spending    the    summer   at  Tahoe. 

The  arrival  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Vande- 
venter  Stott  of  New  York  is  noted.  They  are 
visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tirey  L.  Ford,  the  parents 
of  Mrs.   Stott. 

Paymaster  and  Mrs.  Roland  Schumann  have  taken 
a  house  at  Vallejo.  Mrs.  Joseph  Fyffe  has  issued 
invitations  for  a  card,  party  for  the  afternoon  of 
August  1st  for  Mrs.  Schumann,  and  Mrs.  Charles 
M.  Ray  and  her  niece,  Miss  Nina  Blow,  gave  an 
elaborate    bridge    tea    in   her   honor. 

Miss  Cora  Smith  has  returned  from  Inverness, 
where  she  was  the  guest  of  Miss  Isabel  Beaver. 
During  the  coming  winter,  Miss  Smith  will  entertain 
a  good  deal  at  the  family  residence  on  California 
street,  which  was  formerly  the  home  of  the  Russell 
Wilsons. 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Birmingham  and  Miss  Birmingham 
have  taken  a  cottage  at  Miramar.  The  marriage  of 
Mrs.  Birmingham's  sister,  Miss  Ernestine  Kraft, 
and  George  Gunn  will  take  place  September  10th 
at    the    Birmingham    home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace  Pillsbury  have  enjoyed  a 
week's  outing  at  the  McCloud  River  Country  Club. 
Next  month  Mrs.  Pillsbury  will  visit  her  parents, 
General  and  Mrs.  Taylor,  in  Massachusetts,  for  a 
month,    and   take    her   three    children. 

Mr.  ana  Mrs.  Marshall  Harris  and  son,  Russell 
Harris,  have  been  spending  their  vacation  at  their 
attractive  summer  home  at  Hilton  on  the  Russian 
River. 

Mrs.  George  Howard  is  chaperoning  a  delightful 
aggregation  of  young  people  at  the  Hotel  Potter, 
Santa  Barbara.     In  the  party  are  Miss  Ethel   Oock- 


The  Italian-Swiss  Colony's  TIPO,  Zinfan- 
del  and  Burgundy  are  California's  finest  red 
wines.     They  are  sold  everywhere. 


er,  Will  II  Crocker,  Edmunds  Lyman  and  little 
Prince    Poniato w ski,      Miss    1 1 1 1 1 <■  a    Reeney,    who    is 

Bpending   the   summer   at    Miramar.   and   Austin    Moore, 

who  bus  recently  returned  from  his  East  am  ichool 
join  these   young  people  in   many  ol  their  pleasures 

Mr    George   Howard   was  also  oi    the  party. 

Mrs.  Clive  Brown  and  her  two  interesting  sons. 
I  Midlcy  Brown  and  Albert  I'mwn,  have  boon  sum- 
merini:  near  the  Russian  River.  A  larce  company 
•  if     fraternity     friends     have     enlivened     the     pleasures 

of  i lii 'M'  summer  Jaunt. 

Mr.    Ansel    Roi.ison    motored    t"    Santa    Cruz    to 

a  I  tend  the  in  t  ere  stint:  events  of  the  seaside.  Mr. 
Harry  Arnold  returned  with  Mr.  Robison  after  a 
brief    sojourn    at     Casa    del    Rev. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Begs  to  announce  that  he  has  removed  his  music 
studio  to  the  Gaffuey  Building,  376  Sutter  Street, 
between  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  Street. 
Office  hours,  from  ten  to  twelve,  and  from  two  to 
four,  daily. 

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Entertains  School  Friends. 
The  attractive  home  of  Miss  Ysabel  Arguello  at 
Los  Encinitos,  Monterey,  has  been  the  scene  of 
many  charming  festivities  during  the  summer  weeks. 
Miss  Arguello,  a  popular  debutante,  has  been  enter- 
taining her  school  friends  in  a  delightful  way.  Among 
her  guests  have  been  Misses  Ynez  Marion,  Geraldine 
Flood,  Jean  Fottrell,  Louise  Queen,  Leonore  Burnett, 
Blanche  Canhaje,  Anna  O  Neil;  Merrs.  William  Fot- 
trell, George  Lylem,  George  Nelson,  Robert  Flood, 
Marc  O'Neil,  Francois  Canhaje,  D.  D.  Flore  and 
Charles  Knight.    ■ 


C.  C.  Moore,  Host. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Moore  have  been  entertain- 
ing their  friends  at  Santa  Cruz  during  the  delightful 
Water  Carnival.  The  Moore  float  was  one  of  the 
most  attractive  at  the  water  pageant.  Among  their 
guests  for  _the  week-end  at  their  country  home  were 
Judge  and  Mrs.  Curtis  Lindley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam   Sesnon,    and    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Marshall    Hale. 


Assisted  in  Receiving. 
Mesdames  Henry  Bo  thin,  H.  M.  Postley,  Louise 
Jones,  John  M.  McCluny,  E.  A.  Potter,  Henry  Mc 
Kee,  Joel  Remington  Fithian  and  Harold  Sidebotham 
assisted  in  receiving  at  tne  lawn  party  given  by  Mrs. 
Milo  Potter  and  Miss  Nina  Jones  at  the  Hotel  Pot- 
ter. The  younger  girls  who  assisted  were  Misses 
Gladys  Keeney,  Allison,  Innes  Keeney,  Wilshire, 
Almy,  Kaime,  Cunane,  Bispham,  Margaret  Doe,  Park. 
Marjory  dull  and  Ethel  Crocker. 


Popular  iselle. 

Miss  Augusta  Foute  has  been  both  hostess  and 
guest  at  many  elaborate  functions  of  the  past  week. 
The  pretty  tea  at  the  Palace,  at  which  Miss  Foute 
presided  on  Wednesday  of  the  past  week,  was  given 
in  honor  of  the  Misses  Alexander  of  New  York. 
These  two  captivating  girls  have  charmed  our  local 
set.  Many  out-of-town  society  belles  came  home  for 
this  attractive  event.  The  guests  were:  Mrs.  Charles 
Mills,  Miss  Henrietta  Blnnding,  Miss  Mauricia  Mint- 
zer,  Miss  Ethel  Crocker,  Miss  Ysabel  Chase,  Miss 
Ysabel  Sprague,  Miss  Sara  Cunningham,  Miss  Janet 
Coleman,  Miss  Marian  Zeile,  Miss  Julia  Langhorne, 
Miss  Leslie  Page,  Miss  Rnoda  Pickering,  Miss 
Louise    .boyd    and    Misses    Cora    and    Frederika    Otis. 

Miss  Foute  has  been  the  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frederick  Sharon  at  their  home  near  Menlo  Park, 
during   this  week. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  D.  Spreckels,  who  returned 
last  Monday  from  Alaska  on  their  Yacht  Venetia, 
will  sail  this  week  for  their  home  at  Coronado. 


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Hotel    and 
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Music    and    Entertainment    Every    Evening. 
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(Above  Kearny) 
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poi  t  rayals 
•  •  Kreutzer 

Vinina,' ' 
and   "The 


THE  OBPHEUM  for  next  week  will  be 
the  means  ><i  introducing  to  San  Fran- 
cisco audiences  Madame  Bertha  Kalich, 
the  greal  emotional  actress  who  took  New 
Vurk  by  storm  by  her  marvelous 
lit"  the  principal  feminine  roles  in 
Sonata,' '  ' '  Fedora,"  "Monnn 
' '  Cora, ' '  ' '  Sapphon  and  Phaon, 
Unbroken  Road."  Although  a  stranger  here, 
her  fame  is  well  known,  for  since  the  advent 
i>t'  Bernhardt  and  Duse,  no  actress  has  created 
:is  big  a  sensation.  Madame  Kalich  has 
selected  for  h<-r  vaudeville  engagement  an 
intense  one-act  play  entitled  "A  Light  from 
St.  Agnes,"  which  she  has  singed  with  great 
accuracy  and  care,  and  has  secured  for  her 
Support  those  sterling  art- 
ists, John  Booth  and  John 
Harrington. 

"  Lydia  Nelson  and  Her 
Boys  and  Girls,"  who  have 
only  just  come  to  this 
country,  will  present  an 
English  dancing  novelty. 
Miss  Nelson  is  an  accom- 
plished solo  dancer,  and  her 
young  associates  are  clever 
and  nimble.  Between  their 
terpsichprean  efforts!  the 
quintette  sing  two  songs 
written  especially  for  them. 

Chick  Sale,  a  clever  com- 
edy protean  actor,  will  ap- 
pear in  his  decidedly  orig- 
inal and  novel  conception 
of  "A  Country  School  En- 
tertainment, '  in  which  he 
reveals  a  versatility  that  is 
remarkable,  in  the  twink- 
ling of  an  eye  and  without 
the  aid  of  facial  make-up 
he  presents  youth  and  old 
age.  Mr.  Sale  has  made  an 
emphatic  hit  in  all  the  prin- 
cipal cities  of  the  East  and 
has  scored  heavily  in  the 
theaters  of  the  Orpheum 
Circuit  he  has  appeared  in. 

Kathi  Gultini,  famed  all 
over  Europe  as  "The  Lady 
Juggler,"  a  pretty  and  vi- 
vacious little  Viennese,  will 
perform  remarkable  feats 
with  a  finesse  and  dair.li- 
ness,  it  is  said,  that  has 
never  been  equalled  by  any 
of   the   sterner   sex. 

Next  week  will  be  the 
last  of  Marguerite  Haney 
and  Company  in  "The 
Leading  Lady";  Pauline 
Moran,  the  clever  and  ver- 
satile singing  comedienne; 
the  Empire  Comedy  Four, 
and  Mrs.  Louis  James  in 
"Holding  a   Husband." 

Moving  Pictures. 
The  great  success  of  the 
Rainey  Hunt  Pictures  at 
the  Cort  Theater  has  shown 
tha't  the  public  is  eager  for 
motion  pictures  of  an  edu- 
cational character.  That 
the  motion  picture  industry 


si  ill  is  hi  its  infancy,  ami  thai  the  future 
holds  forth  wonderful  possibilities  for  educa- 
ti.i.  and  enlightenment  by  Ihc  use  of  moving 
pictures,  is  the  belief.  The  old  demand  for 
simply  amusement  is  changing  steadily,  and 
now  patrons  want  films  of  an  educational 
character,  depicting  travel,  BCienl  ilic  ex  pen 
in  en  t  a  and  currenl  events  from  all  over  the 
world. 

The  picture  show  has  cease  I  t»  be  ;<  child's 
resort,  and  now  is  visited  with  keen  interest 
by  the  adult.  The  characters  of  the  pictures 
shown  also  is  improving.  At  first  only  simple 
drama  was  attempted.  Now  the  masterpieces 
of  the  English  and  foreign  languages  are  be- 
ing   flashed    on    canvas    nightly    all    over    the 


land.  Pictures  are  being  taken  in  mid- ocean 
and  thousands  of  feet  in  the  air  from  bal- 
loons and  monoplanes.  When  one  stops  to 
consider  the  short  time  in  which  the  photo- 
play has  been  in  existence,  its  development 
nas  been  truly  marvelous.  The  future  devel- 
opment Of  the  so-called  "moving  pictures" 
will  be  even  more  marked.  The  American  peo- 
ple are  destined  to  receive  one  great  surprise 
after  another  in  this  direction. 


Moral  Reform  Films. 
Arthur  Burrage  Farwell  and  other  Chicago 
reformers  are  jubilant  over  a  series  of  motion 
pictures   which   are   b"ing   shown   exposing  all 
forms  of  modern  gambling  devices.    It  is  their 
contention   that   many    peo- 
ple  who   are  constantly    be- 
ing swindled  will  see  in  this 
way,    as    they   would    in    no 
other,    the    fruitlessness    of 
trying    to      beat    a    "house 
game.''      They    believe    the 
pictures    will     in      a    great 
measure    help    them    in    the 
reforms     for      which      they 
stand. 

The  films  deal  with  the 
trickery  on  the  fat-famed 
electric  roulette  wheel,  the 
crap  table,  the  faro  bank, 
with  card  games  and  near- 
ly every  popular  form  of 
gambling.  The  public  is 
shown  the  inside  of  numer- 
ous games,  how  they  are 
operated  and  how  the  odds 
are  always  against  them. 

Coupled  with  the  expose 
is  a  thread  of  a  human  in- 
terest story  which  tends  to 
show  the  utter  hopelessness 
and  ultimate  wreck  which 
comes  to  the  average  man 
wno  endeavors  to  play 
against  the  sharks  who  have 
all  the  help  of  invention 
and  science  to  keep  them 
from   losing. 


BLANCHE  DUFFIELD 

The  delightful  prima  donna,  with  the  Gilbert  &   Sullivan  Festival  Company 
creating    a    genuine    following    among    music    lovers. 


at  the  Cort,  who  is 


Their  Ages. 
Nat  Goodwin  was  bom 
in  Boston  fifty-four  years 
ago,  and  looks  all  of  it  plus. 
James  J.  Hackett  soon  will 
be  42,  but  holds  his  youth- 
fulness  well.  Jefferson  de 
Angelis  was  born  in  San 
Francisco  52  years  ago, 
but  owns  up  to  his  age  with 
a  comically  wrjy  face. 
Frank  Daniels  is  turned  50. 
Frederic  de  Belleville,  one 
of  the  best  of  the  older  gen- 
eration of  actors  well  known 
in  America,  was  born  in 
Belgium  in  1850.  Henry  E. 
Dixey  is  a  51-year-old  Bos- 
tonian.  Lew  Dockstader  is 
above  50.  John  Drew,  that 
ever-juvenile  grandfather, 
is  approaching  58.  Robert 
Edeson  saw  the  light  in  Bal- 
timore nearly  43  years  ago, 
and,    oddly    enough    for    an 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   August   3,    1912. 


actor  of  the  leading-man  variety,  looks  it. 
Maciyn  Arbuckle,  as  breezy  off  the  stage  as 
Texas,  his  native  state,  is  forth-1'our.  Erwin 
Arden  approaches  his  forty-seventh  milestone. 
Dustin  Farnum  looks  considerable  youngei 
than  his  thirty-five  years,  despite  his  statu. c- 
and  bulkiness.  William  Faversham  looks  a? 
old  as  he  is,  and  he  is  nearly  forty-three. 

"Patience"   Next  at  Cort. 

THE  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  Festival  Com- 
pany, with  DeWolf  Hopper,  Blanche 
Duffleld,  Eugene  Cowles,  Ueorge  Mac- 
Farlane,  Arthur  Aldridge,  Kate  Condon,  Viola 
Gillette,  Arthur  Cunningham,  Alice  Brady, 
and  Louise  Barthel,  now  filling  the  Cort  Thea- 
ter, the  second  week  of  their  phenomenal  en- 
gagement, in  "Pinafore,"  announce  a  change 
of  program  on  Sunday  evening  next,  when 
"Patience"  will  have  its  turn.  This  opera 
will  be  sung  on  Sunday,  Monday,  Tuesday  and 
Wednesday  n^ght,  and  at  the  Wednesday  mat- 
inee. On  Thursday  night  "The  Pirates  of 
Penzance ' '  will  be  given  production,  to  re- 
main for  the  rest  of  the  week. 

It  is,  indeed,  more  than  a  pleasure  to  have 
this  fine  organization  in  our  midst,  and  high 
praise  is  certainly  due  to  the  management  who 
conceived  and  carried  out  the  idea,  for  these 
revivals  have  proved  a  treat  and  a  joy  to  all 
classes  of  theater-goers.  The  success  of  the 
undertaking  serves  to  further  prove  that  the 
good  things  of  the  theater  never  die. 

The  revivals  which  we  have  already  heard, 
"The  Mikado,"  which  was  sung  last  week, 
and  "Pinafore,"  which  is  this  week's  offer- 
ing, have  established  the  fact  that  the  wit  and 
satire  of  Gilbert  and  the  melodic  charm  and 
vivacity  of  Sullivan  still  preserve  their  po- 
tency to  the  fullest  degree.  While  great 
credit  must  be  given  to  Sullivan,  as  is  his  due, 
for  the  musical  setting  that  he  gave  to  the 
whimsical  books  of  Gilbert,  it  is  a  fact  that 
Gilbert  himself  conceived,  with  a  wealth  of 
imagination,  the  ideas  that  his  coworker  crys- 
tallized into  the  melodious  forms  by  which 
they    are   popularly   remembered. 

At  Pantages. 

THINGS  are  humming  at  the  Pantages 
Theater  this  week,  crowded  houses  be- 
in  evidence  every  afternoon  and  even- 
ing, the  current  bill  just  seeming  to  hit  the 
popular  fancy,  including,  as  it  does,  Fred  Ire- 
land, and  his  limber-limbed  Casino  Girls,  pre- 
senting "High  Lights  of  Dear  Old  Broad- 
way";   El  Barto,   the   amusing   and  mystify- 


CSB£ 


LEADING  THEATRE 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter   2460. 


Last    Time    Tonight — "PINAFORE" 


Beginning    Tomorrow    (Sunday)    Night 

Third  Big  Week  of   the 

GILBERT    &   SULLIVAN  FESTIVAL   CO. 

De  Wolf  Hopper 
Blanche  Duffield  Geo.    MacFarlane 

Kate  Condon  Arthur   Aldridge 

Viola  Gillette  Arthur    Cunningham 

Alice  Brady  Louise  Barthel 

Eugene    Cowles 


—  IN 


66 


99 


PATIENCE 

Which  will  he  given  on  Sun.,  Mon.,  Tries.,  and  Wed. 
Nights   and  Wed.   Mat.,    and 

"The  Pirates  of  Penzance" 

Which  will  he   given  on  Thurs.,    FrL,    Sat.    and   Sun. 
Nights  and  Sat.  Mat. 


Nights    and    Sat.    Mat.    Prices — 50c.    to    $2, 
Popular   Matinees  Wednesdays. 


Week    Com.    Mon.,    Aug.    12 — To    he    announced. 


ing  "conversational  trickster";  the  Four  Ply- 
ing Valentinos,  aerial  marvels;  Willie  .Ritchie, 
the  promising  young  light-weight,  in  "Pun 
in  a  Gymnasium";  Wood's  Animal  Actors,  in 
a  problem  comedy  playlet,  and  other  bright 
features. 

The  program  prepared  for  the  week  com- 
mencing Sunday  afternoon  contains  an  ideal 
array  of  vaudeville,  headed  by  Taylor  Gran- 
ville's sensational  scenic  offering,  "The  Hold- 
Up, "  described  at  a  genuine  thrill  from  begin- 
ning to  end.  The  act  carries  six  stage  hands 
of  its  own,  and  the  effects  of  slow  Amoving 
freights  and  whizzing  passenger  trains  are 
said  to  be  surpassed  by  none,  whether  pre- 
sented on  the  legitimate  or  the  vaudeville 
stage.  The  hissing,  screaming  freight,  pro* 
pelled  by  its  own  steam,  is  a  wonderful  piece 
of  stagecraft,  to  say  nothing  of  the  "Lim- 
ited" dashing  across  the  stage  at  the  actual 
speed  of  sixty  miles  an  hour.  "The  Hold-Up" 
will  be  presented  by  Percival  Lennon  and  ca- 
pable support.  The  four  Janowskys,  one  of 
whom  is  of  the  gentler  sex,  will  offer  the  re- 
fined gymnastic  entertainment  which  has  won 
them  fame  all  over  Europe;  and  M.  Bankoff 
and  Lulu  Belmont,  agile  Russians,  will  pre- 
sent a  series  of  international  dances.  Wil- 
helmi,  an  original  and  talented  impersonator 
of  famous  composers  and  musicians  of  note, 
will  appear  with  his  Imperial  Yacht  Orches- 
tha,  one  of  the  finest  musical  organizations  in 
vaudeville,  appearing  in  eight  different  roles 
and  giving  a  half-hour  of  high-class  music. 
Howard  and  Dolores,  the  gentler  member  of 
the  duo  appearing  as  "The  Rag-Time  Model 
Girl,"  will  offer  a  novel  and  pleasing  enter- 
tainment, and  the  "All  Star  Trio,"  composed 
of  three  young  men  with  phenomenal  voices, 
are  expected  by  the  management  to  create 
a  sensation.  Bert  Liennon,  who  impersonates 
several  well-known  actors,  making  up  for  his 
characters  in  full  view  of  the  audience,  and 
Sunlight  Pictures,  showing  a  variety  of  ex- 
clusive subjects,  will  complete  a  varied  and 
interesting  bill. 


Was  a  Success. 

THE  Bazar  held  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Gatholie  congregation  of  Mill  Valley, 
July  27th,  to  whom  Rev.  Father  Sesnon 
ministers,  was  an  unqualified  success,  bringing 
forth  some  excellent  talent  to  assist  the  cause. 
Miss  Myrtle  Donelly  was  a  favorite  with  all, 
not  only  for  her  artistic  performance,  but  also 
her  personal  charms.'  Her  popularity  was  ac- 
knowledged by  those  present  in  the  presenta- 
tion to  her  of  a  beautiful  gold  watch  and 
chain.  Miss  Donelly  is  a  talented  member  of 
the  Kruger  Piano  Club,  and  will  be  heard  in 
a  mixed  recital  to  be  given  at  an  early  date 
in  Berkeley. 


PROMINENT  PEOPLE  AT  DEL  MONTE. 

From  all  indications,  Del  Monte  will  he  deluged 
with  members  of  the  smart  set  and  players  of  golf 
in  the  "carnival"  which  is  to  hold  sway  throughout 
September.  Then  there's  a  class  who  love  Del  Monte 
whether  there's  anything  doing  or  not,  and  they 
spend  many  months  in  the  year  enjoying  it.  There's 
Mrs.  Henry  Schmieden,  Miss  Flora  Low,  Miss  Elea- 
nor Morgan,  Mrs.  Robert  Hays  Smith  and  family, 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Breckenridge  and  son,  Mr.  J.  W.  Byrne 
and  his  mother  (Mrs.  Margaret  Irvine),  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Laton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Laton,  Mrs. 
Clinton  E.  Worden  and  her  mother  (Mrs.  A.  N. 
Towne),  Mrs.  Andrew  M.  Lawrence  and  her  daugh- 
ter Edna  of  Chicago,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Parker  Whit- 
ney, Mrs.  R.  P.  Schwerin,  son  and  daughter,  Mr.  O. 
A.  Robertson,  as  well  known  in  St.  Paul  as  in  San 
Francisco,  whose  wife  and  daughters  are  summering 
at  Del  Monte;  the  L.  L.  Corys,  the  Frank  Proctors, 
the  George  A.  Popes,  Mr.  0.  E.  Hotle,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
R.  S.  Shainwald,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jerome  Hart,  Mrs. 
Samuel  and  Miss  Jennie  Blair,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry 
Stetson. 

Among  those  who  ha^rooms  engaged  for  August 
and  September  are  the  C.  B.  Alexanders  of  New 
York;     T.    D.    Girvins,     San    Mateo;     Mr.    and    Mrs. 


Perry  Eyre,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Newhall,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Alfred  S.  Tubbs  and  Tallant  Tubbs,  the  Oscar 
Coopers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ward  Barron,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hugh  A.  Bain,  Mrs.  W.  Jj.  Tevis  and  family,  Mrs. 
B.  Ruppin  and  daughters,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Self  ridge, 
the  W.  C.  Duncans  and  Miss  Chase,  the  F.  L. 
Johnsons,  W.  H.  La  Boyteaux,  the  A.  L.  Stones, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  J.  Crooks,  the  Alexander  Fields, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dennis  Searles,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert 
Y.  Hayne,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Hopkins,  the  W.  S. 
Martins,  me  Wm.  H.  Crockers,  the  Templetou  Orock- 
ers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  P.  Neville,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jas. 
L.  Flood,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  B.  Eastland,  the  Welling- 
ton Greggs,  Mr.  ana  Mrs.  C.  B.  Wingate,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gus  Taylor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  McNear,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  G.  S.  Garrett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.,  George  H.  Tyson. 
Mr.  Stewart  M.  Lowery  is  also  coming  in  September. 
There  is  a  long  list  of  southern  players  of  golf 
coming  en  masse,  but  the  best  known  are  Mr.  E.  S. 
Armstrong,  Mr.  E.  T.  Stimson,  Dr.  Guy  Cochran, 
Mr.  E.  B.  Tufts,  Mr;  F.  H.  Edwards,  Dr.  West 
Hughes,  Jack  Jevne,  J.  H.  MeCluney,  F.  L.  Miller, 
Sam  Parsons  aud  Miss  Parsons  and  O.  J.   Parker. 

Mr.  Samuel  Naphtaly  of  San  Francisco  arrived 
for  the  week-end  with  his  family,  who  have  been  en- 
joying several  weeks'  outing  at  Lei  Monte.  They 
have   all    returned   home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Melville  Schweitzer  are  making  an 
extended  visit.  They  shipped  their  electric  car 
down  for  daily  spins  over  the  famous  drives  and 
scenic   winding   roads    about   the    peninsula. 

A  herd  of  purple  "Elks,"  over  two  hundred, 
stampeued  in  Monterey  county,  traveling  in  the  di- 
rection of  Del  Monte,  and  rushed  through  the  spa- 
cious halls  directly  into  the  Assembly  room,  and 
when  last  seen  were  charging  voraciously,  but  con- 
tentedly,   over  the  banquet   table. 


Safest   and  Most   Magnificent   Theater   in   America  I 

WEEK  BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 

Matinee  Every  Day 

A  VAUDEVILLE  REVELATION! 

BERTHA  KALIOH  in 
"A  LIGHT  FROM  ST.  AGNES" 
(Her  First  Appearance  in  this  City)  ;  LYDIA  NEL- 
SON and  Her  Boys  and  Girls,  English  Specialty 
Dancers;  CHICK  SALE,  Comedy  Protean  Enter- 
tainer; KATHI  GULTINI,  the  Lady  Juggler;  MAR- 
GUERITE HANEY  &  CO.  in  "The  Leading  Lady," 
with  Ralph  Lynn;  EMPIRE  COMEDY  FOUR; 
PAULINE  MORAN;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION 
PICTURES.  Last  Week  MRS.  LOUIS  JAMES  in 
"Holding   a    Hushand.' ' 

Evening  Prices,  10c.,  25c,  50c,  75c.  Box  Seata,  $1. 
Matinee   Prices    (Except    Sundays   and   Holidays), 
10c,    25c    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  C  1570. 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Wees:  of  Sunday,  August  1th: 
Taylor  Granville's 
"THE    HOLD-UP," 
A  Romance   of   the   Great   Southwest; 
4  JANOWSKYS,  Refined  Gymnasts;    MONS.  BANK- 
OFF  and  LULU  BELMONT,   International  Dancers; 
WILHELMI  and  the  IMPERIAL  YACHT  ORCHES- 
TRA;   HOWARD    and    DOLORES,     Singing    Enter- 
tainers; THE  ALL  STAR  TRIO,  Vocalists  Supreme; 
BERT  LENNON,   Impersonator  of  Actors,  and  SUN- 
LIGHT   PICTURES. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:80  and  3:30.  Nights, 
Continuous  from  6:80. 


Prices — 10c,    20c    and    80c 


Saturday,    August    3,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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HO 

MAIDS 

DIARY  -• 


¥&^  ANDS  SAKE!  I  don't  see  for  the  life 
of  me  why  there's  such  a  fuss  about 
Gertrude  At  her ton  saying  women 
have  no  more  brains  than  an  oyster, 
AM  the  oysters  I've  seen  were  quiet,  harmless 
things  that  were  willing  to  attend  to  their  own 
business  and  let  Other  people  alone.  Goodness 
me!  J  don't  know  as  Gertrude  herself  would 
average  up  so  fine  with  a  good  fat  oyster. 
sin-  smokes  cigarettes,  and  don't  hide  behind 
the  hotel  curtains  to  do  it.  Nobody  ever  saw 
an  oyster,  male  or  female,  smoking  cigarettes. 
1  don 't  believe  even  an  oyster  in  a  French 
restaurant  would. 

Who  ever  saw  an  oyster  leaning  over  the 
back  fence  talking  scandal  to  her  next-door 
neighbor?  Goodness  met  there's  lots  of  wo- 
men I  know  could  improve  their  minds  and 
morals  by  copying  a  decent,  self-respecting 
oyster. 

Lands  sake!  I  believe  it  would  crack  the 
shell  of  any  female  oyster  if  she  tried  to  tell 


SWEETS  IN  THE  COUNTRY —Candies  are 
doubly  appreciated  in  the  country.  Send  a 
box  to  your  friends  on  their  vacation.  Can 
be  sent  from  any  of  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four 
candy  stores. 


\  JAMNESE  ARTam  BRT 110009. 


EXCLUSIVE     DESIGNS     IN 

EMBROIDERED 

WAIST     PATTERNS     AND     KIMONOS 


157-159  GEARY  STREET 

Bet.  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  St. 

Branch  Store:  152  Kearny  Street 
San  Francitco 


such  whoppers  tu  tioi  liueband  ..»  I've  beard. 
Mrs.  Mugaby  nevei  comes  within  $15  of  tell- 
ing Mi.  Mugaby  the  price  she  pays  for  her 
hats — though  it  don 'I  make  much  difference, 
;i-  Mr.  fifugsbj  wouldn't  pay  for  them  any- 
how. It's  against  his  principles  to  pay  for 
anything. 

Next  time  I  see  Gertrude  at  our  Ethical  Ef- 
fort Club  I  'II  tell  her  what  1  think  of  hei 
oysteT  comparison.  Goodness  me!  1  see  thai 
she  'a  wearing  i  hose  shameless  I  ight  dresses 
all  the  women  have.  Lands  sake!  Does  any- 
body  suppose  a  modest  oyster,  the  mother  of 
a  family,  would  think  of  going  around  in  the 
mud  with  a  piece  oi  glass  in  her  shell  so  every 
shrimp  in  the  hay  could  see  her  shape?  In- 
deed, she  wouldn't!  Gertrude  and  the  rest  ot 
them  that  arc  proud  of  their  shapes  would  do 
well  to  copy  the  poor  modest,  decent  oyster, 
that  shuts  herself:  up  in  a  thick,  hard  shell 
you  can  hardly  break  with  an  ax.  The  sum- 
mer winds  almost  take  the  dresses  off  the 
women  I  see  walking  along  Market  street,  so 
they  remind  me  of  the  shameless  statues  1 
saw  up  in  the  Art  School. 

I'm  really  astonished  at  Gertrude  to  talk 
the  way  she  has.  It's  very  foolish.  She 
must  be  thinking  of  getting  married  again. 
Women  ain't  responsible  when  they  get  such 
a  notion  in  their  heads.  There  are  no  sensible 
women  over  40  except  the  single  ones. 

I  told  Ethel  Gayleigh  so,  and  she  said  I'd 
better  read  what  the  preacher  said  about 
Helen  Gould  and  old  maids  generally — they 
ought,  all  be  taken  out  and  cut  up  for  chicken 
feed  or  to  mend  the  roads  with.  Goodness 
me!     Such  language  in   the  pulpit! 

I  got  the  paper  and  tried  to  read  what  the 
preacher  said,  but  'twas  shocking.  HeavensI 
Advising  Miss  Gould  ,V,|q  seek  a  mate  incog- 
nito in  the  backwoods"!  Such  shamelessness! 
Horrible!  And  saying  "no  woman  had  done 
her  duty  to  the  world  till  she  had  borne  chil- 
dren"! Heavens!  What  indelicate  subject 
will  we  hear  discussed  iiejit  in  public? 

I  laid  the  paper  away,  for  I  was  afraid 
somebody  might  catclrme  reading  it. 

TABITHA   TWIGGS. 

♦ 

AT    CASA   DEL   REV. 

The  popularity  of  Casa  del  Rey  increases  steadily. 
During  the  past  week  many  prominent  San  Fran- 
cisco people  motored  down  to  Santa  Cruz  and  regis- 
tered at  Casa  del  Rey.  The  register  of  the  hotel 
looked  like  the  roll  of  California  society.  The  East- 
ern visitors  to  Santa  Cruz  have  been  very  numerous 
this  year.  To  Casa  del  Rey  by  motor  car  is  a  de- 
lightful   trip. 


When  a  girl  begins  to  call  a  man  by  his 
first  name  it  is  a  pretty  good  sign  she  has 
designs  on  his  last. 

♦ 

POWER  OF  MONEY 
Cannot  be  overestimated.  ■  Money  and  the 
lack  of  it  divides  the  world  into  two  classes. 
To  which  class  do  you  belong?  Every  mem- 
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The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
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getting  the  home. 

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26 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    August    3,    1912. 


NOTICE. 

NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN  THAT  JOHN  C. 
LEiVlMER  is  transacting  a  general  boiler,  tame  and 
iron  business  in  this  State  under  the  name  of  CALI- 
FORNIA BOILER  WORKS;  that  his  principal  place 
of  business  is  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California;  that  he  is  the  sole  owner  of 
said  business,  and  his  full  name  is  JOHN  C.  LEM- 
MER,  and  he  resides  at  1730  Pierce  Street,  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia JOHN    C.   LEMMER. 

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

On  this  8th  day  of  July,  in  the  year  one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  twelve,  before  me,  Matthew  Brady, 
a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  residing  therein, 
duly  commissioned  and  sworn,  personally  appeared 
JOHN  C.  LEMMER,  known  to  me  to  be  the  person 
whose  name  is  subscribed  to  the  within  instrument, 
and  acknowledged  to  me  that  he  executed  the   same. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  affixed  my  official  seal  at  my  office  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
the  day  and  year  in  this  certificate  first  above  writ- 
ten. 

MATTHEW  BRADY, 

Notary  Public. 
In  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francis- 
co,  State  of  California. 

VOGELSANG  &  BROWN,  Attorneys  at  Law,  20 
Montgomery  Street,    San  Francisco,   Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


(SEAL) 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco — Dept.  No.  4. 

GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.   32,371. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and   particularly   described   as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-one  (31)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lombard  Street,  and  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Octavia 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning ;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK   Number  170. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingeut, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  lienB 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  coBts 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
20th  day  of  June,  A.  D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY.    Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,  Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  6th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 


Valuable    Information 

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NATURE  FROM   THE   PRESS    OF 

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Press  Clipping  Bureau 

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Telephone    Ky.    392. 
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SAN    FRANCISCO, 


CALIFORNIA 


A  Hint  to  the  Parson. 

THE  GOOSE  had  been  carved  and  every- 
body had  tasted  it.     It  was  excellent. 
The  negro  minister,  "who  was  the  guest 
of  honor,  could  not  restrain  his  enthusiasm. 

' '  Dat ' s  as  fine  a  goose  as  I  ever  see,  Brud- 
der  Williams,"  he  said  to  his  host.  "Whar 
did  you  get  such  a  fine  goose?" 

"Well  now,  pahson,"  replied  the  carver  of 
the  goose,  exhibiting  great  dignity  and  reti- 
cence, "when  you  preaches  a  speshul  good 
sermon  I  neber  axes  you  whar  you  got  it.  1 
hopes  you  will  show  me  dat  same  considera- 
tion. ' ' 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept,    No.    5. 

EUGENE  J.  CRELLER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop' 
erty  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.Defend- 
ants. — Action    No.    32,212. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  EUGENE  C.  CRELLER,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly  described  as   follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly 
line  of  Oak  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
ten  (110)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Oak  Street 
with  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street,  and  running 
thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of  Oak  Street 
twenty-seven  (27)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet  to  the  southerly  line  of  Hickory  Avenue;  thence 
westerly  along  said  line  of  Hickory  Avenue  twenty 
seven  (27)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WEST- 
ERN   ADDITION    BLOCK    Number    147. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly 
line  of  Pine  Street,  distant  thereon  thirty  (30)  feet 
easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection 
of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  with  the  easter- 
ly line  of  Presidio  Avenue,  and  running  thence  east 
erly  and  along  said  line  of  Pine  Street  thirty-one 
(31)  feet,  five  (5)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty-one  (31) 
feet,  five  (5)  inches ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION    BLOCK     Number    620. 

THIRD:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northwest- 
erly line  of  Howard  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  (225)  feet  southwesterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  north- 
westerly line  of  Howard  Street  with  the  southwest- 
erly line  of  Sixth  Street,  and  running  thence  south- 
westerly and  along  said  line  of  Howard  Street  fifty 
(50)  feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly 
ninety  (90)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northeast- 
erly fifty  (50  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southeasterly  ninety  (90)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning. 

FOURTH:  Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Union 
Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Polk  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Polk 
Street  thirty  (30)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  seventy  (70)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Union  Street;  and  thence  easterly  and  along  said 
line  of  Union  Street  seventy  (70)  feet  to  the  point 
of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 
BLOCK    Number    46. 


Y'Mi  ;ire  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
l>f;ir  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Cniirt  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wil,  that  ii  he  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his 
tille  lo  said  property  he  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff 
recover  his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further    relief    as    may   be    meet    in    the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
10th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1912. 

(SJSAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Olerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  18th  day  of  May, 
A.  D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

MOSES  ELLIS',   JR.,  Framingham,   Massachusetts. 

KATE    ELLIS,    Framingham,    Massachusetts. 

MARTHA  E.  BEAN,  Framingham,   Massachusetts. 

MARY   F.  ELLIS,   Framingham,   Massachusetts. 

GRACE    E.    HALL,    Chicago,    Illinois. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco.  GARRET  W. 
McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTICK,  of  Coun- 
sel. 


DR.  WONG  HIM 
HERB  CO. 

Established  1872 
Our  wonderful 
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positively  cure  dis- 
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Heart,  Liver,  Lungs, 
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Cough,  Piles,  Consti- 
pation, Dysentery, 
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Leucorrhoea,  Urine  and  Bladder  Troubles,  Dia- 
betes  and   all  organic   diseases. 


PATIENTS   SPEAK  FOR  THEMSELVES. 

Petaluma,  Cal.,  November  11,  1911. — Dr. 
Wong  Him — Dear  Sir:  This  is  to  certify  that 
I  was  sick  for  about  three  years  with  a  compli- 
cation of  troubles  resulting  from  tuberculosis  of 
the  bowels  and  liver  combined  with  tumor  of  the 
stomach.  I  had  been  given  up  by  all  the  doc- 
tors of  Ukiah,  Mendocino  county,  and  three 
prominent  physicians  of  San  Francisco.  They  all 
told  me  that  the  only  chance  to  prolong  my  life 
was  an  operation,  and  that  I  could  not  live  long 
under  any  circumstances.  When  I  began  to  take 
your  treatment  I  weighed  about  75  pounds.  I 
am  now  entirely  recovered  and  weigh  147  pounds, 
more  than  I   ever  weighed  in  my  life. 

I   write   this   acknowledgment   in   gratitude   for 
my  miraculous  recovery,   and  to  proclaim  to   the 
public  your  wonderful  Herb  Treatment,  that  oth- 
ers may  find  help  and  healing.      Gratefully, 
B.  E.  ANGLE, 
419  Third  Street. 
Formerly   of   Ukiah. 

DR.  WONG  HIM 

Leading  Chinese  Herb  Doctor 

1268     O'FARRELL    ST. 

(Between   Gough   and   Octavia) 

SAN    FRANCISCO. 


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eyelids,  etc.  It  gives  instant  relief.  For  infants  or  adults.  At  all  drug- 
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Saturday,    August    3,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


27 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OK  THE  STATE  OF 
California,    iu    and    fur    the    OltJ    sutl    County   of    San 

\U1>     W.    61E< 
FRIED,    FlaintuVs,    rs.    All   i-trs'-iiih   claiming   aj 
tere»t    in    or    hen    UpOD    tfai 

d  *>r  uny  purl   thureuf,   Defendants. —  Action    Mo. 
82,392 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
•one  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  tire  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
Complaint  of   LlnVAUi'   \\  D  uud  HELEN 

plain  tiff  a,    filed    n  |  I 

after    Lfc  and    to 

set   furih   what   Interest   or  lien,   if  uti>.   jou   have   u.   or 

upon  thai  curtain  real  property,  or  uny  purl  thereof, 

tuid    County    uf    San    Prat 

Btate    oi    California,    and    particularly    described    as 

follOWl  : 

Beginning  at  ->  point  on  the  southwesterly  line  of 
Elstant    ihereoo    two    hundred   and 
twentj  D  reel  southeasterly  from  the  corner 

formed  by  thi  in  of  the  southwesterly  line 

.-.nil  the  southeasterly  line  of  Jen 
nlngs  Street  (formerly  "J''  Street  South),  mid  run- 
ning tin  ISterl}  ulong  bitid  Hue  of  Gilinun 
Avenue  MtJ  [60]  n.i.  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southwesterly  one  hundred  (1UU)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northwesterly  tifty  loU)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northeasterly  one  hundred  (luu. 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ;  being  tots  it  and  15, 
in  block  661,  bay  PARK  HOMESTEAD,  as  por 
map  thereof  tiled  in  the  oflice  of  the  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  March  li,  1872. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  Hens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
26th  day  of  June,  A.  D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  13th  day  of 
July,    A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    FrauciBCo,    California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   8. 

MARGARET  O'MALLEY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    32,228. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARGARET  O'MALLEY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  thre  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  Bituated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and   particularly    described   as    follows. 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  tue  northerly  line  of 
Irving  (formerly  "I")  Street,  distant  thereon  ninety- 
five  (95  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Irving 
Street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Second  Avenue,  and 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of 
Irving  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  ten  (110) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-five 
(25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
one  hundred  and  ten  (110)  feet  to  the  point  of 
beginning;  being  part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number   672. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  Bame 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  conBist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
16th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 


THE    WASP 

Published  weekly  by  the 
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nap  newspaper  on  the  1st  day  of  June,  A.  D. 

isia. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  some  in- 
terest in  said  real  property  adversely  to  plaintiff; 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (u  corporation),  San  Francisco, 
California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  Son  Francisco,  Cal.  GARRET 
W.  McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTIOK,  of 
Counsel. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,   in   and  for  the   City   and  County  of   San 

Francisco. — Dept.    No.    2. 

MYRTLE  R.  SAYLOR,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,239. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MYRTLE  R.  SAYLOR,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly   described   as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  northerly  line  of  Lake  Street  with  the 
westerly  line  of  Seventh  Avenue,  and  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  line  of  Seventh  Avenue  twenty- 
five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  and  fourteen  (114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  Lake  Street;  and  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  line  of  Lake  Street  one  hundred  and 
fourteen  (114)  feet  to  tne  point  of  beginning;  being 
part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK  Number  65, 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  the 
parcel  of  real  property  described  in  the  complaint 
herein  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title  to 
■aid  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  sstates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  snid  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  her  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be   meet   in    the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
17th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   J".   F.   DUNWORTH,   Deputy   Clerk. 
The   first   publication   of   this   summons   was   made 
in    The    Wasp   newspaper   on    the    1st    day   of   June, 
A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Monte-ornery  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  GARRET 
W.  McENERNEY  and  GEORGE  H.  MASTIOK,  of 
Counsel. 


SUMMONS. 


THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.   7. 

JOSEPH  G.  McVERRY,  Plaintiff,  vb.  All  persons 
claiming  any  Interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,432. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lien    upon, 


the  rent  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of Defendant!]   creeling: 

You    are   hereby    required    tu   appear   and   answer 

in    three    months   after    the    first    . 
cation   of   this   summons,   and   to    set    forth    what   in- 
terest   or    lien,    if    uny,    you    have    in    or    upon    that 
certain   real   property,  or  any   pari    thert 
in   the  City  and  County  of  San   Francisco,   Stuto  of 
CaUfornla,  and   particularly  described  as  follows: 

■ 
line  of  Law  toi 
-  iterly    line    ol  Lvenua, 

and   i  tinning    Lb  said  line  <>f 

i    two   hundred 
easterly   line  ol  Twelfth  Avenue;  thence  north- 

d    111 '  Twi 

Inches .    then*  it    angle 

easterly  one  hundred  and  twei  '  -hence 

rtherly  twelve  (12)  feet,  six  (0) 

."  a  i  i  ■ ■ 

and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Elev- 
enth   Avenue;     and    tl ■-■ Ii.rly    end     along    mud 

Hoe  "i    Eleventh   Avenue  one  hundred    (100)    I 

the    i il    ol  lelng    part    of    OUTSIDE 

■ 

Yoi  ■rind  that,  unless  you  so  appear 

and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  propertj  in  fee  Bimple  absolute;  that  ins  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interest  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  Bame  consist  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover 
his  costs  herein  and  have  sucb  other  and  further 
relief  as  may  be  meet  in    the    premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  9th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  'The  Wtsp"  newspaper  on  the  20th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,  San  FranciBco,  California. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.— Dept.    No.    10. 

NORENA  M.  LIBBY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  BURR  A. 
LIBBY,    Defendant. — Action    No.    42,622. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing  to   BURR  A.    LIBBY,    Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above-named  Plaintiff 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the 
service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  willful  neg- 
lect and  desertion,  also  for  general  relief,  as  will 
more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaint- 
iff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  1st  day  of  June, 
A.  D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  L.  W.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  8th  day  of  June, 
A.  D.   1912. 

GERALD  O.  HAIoiEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
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treasure  on  Cocos  Island.  His  sisters 
and  his  cousins  and  his  aunts — Mayor 
Kolph,  Commissioner  Alike  Casey. 
City  Engineer  Manson,  Supervisor 
Vogelsang.  Supervisor  Payot.  Father 
.Murdock  and  the  rest  of  them — held 
their  breath  and  crossed  their  hearts 
on  the  secret  for  five  dreadful  long 
days.  Then,  with  verve  and  nerve, 
and  all  together,  the  Admiral  an,d  his 
sisters,  his  cousins  and  his  aunts, 
Dick  Deadeye,  and  all  of  the  munici- 
pal Pinafore  crew,  broke  loose  in  the 
chorus.  "Wow.  wow,  wow!  You, 
you,  you  !  We,  we,  we !  We  are  We ! 
We,  we!  Great  is  We's  Discovery! 
We,  we! 

Suppose  we  take  a  long,  deep  breath,  give  our  ears  a 
rest  from  the  "We,  we!"  chorus,  and  rub  our  eyes  open 
on  the  Great  Discovery  of  Admirable  Freeman,  K.C.B. 
It  is  obvious  at  first  bat  that  the  Admiral  must  have  got 
through  Glen  Park  and  around  Mayor  Pinther  without 
a  public  reception,  and  its  hoi  polloi  gathering  of  news- 
paper artists  and  reporters.  That  in  itself  is  an  adven- 
ture when  you  know  Glen  Park  and  its  Mayor  Pinther. 

Then  he  ventured  into  the  heart  of  the  Twin  Peaks 
mountain,  an  uninhabited  land  within  three  miles  of  the 
City  Hall — taking  the  City  Hall  as  gone  or  coming — 
and  alone  with  Nature,  in  the  heart  of  the  terra  incog- 
nito, had   a  watery  vision  which,  waking,  he  brought 


back    to    earth    with    himself   and    whispered    it    to    the 
chosen  few  in  his  confidence. 

And  this  is  his  vision.  He  saw  San  Miguel  ravine  with 
a  dam.  The  wall  of  concrete  was  134  feet  high,  and 
made  a  Heteh  Hetehy  reservoir  which  covered  thirty 
acres  and  held  500,000,000  gallons  of  Heteh  Hetehy 
water  .SS")  feet  above  the  sea  level.  Around  the  lake  his 
vision  showed  a  wide  down-sloping  road  of  the  kind 
.made  in  Norway. 

The  visionist  seems  to  have  made  no  note  of  the  length 
of  mass  of  the  dam,  or  its  cost. 

In  Pinafore  it  is  the  Admiral  who  says  ' '  Dam ! ' '    Ad- 
mirable Freeman  says  it  once — "Dam  134  feet  high." 
Pity  'tis,  he  has  not  said  it  three  times 
more — "Dam  long!"    "Dam  wide!" 
"Dam  cost!" 

For,  believe  us,  children  of  the  fog 
belt,  who  buy  municipal  visions,  the 
dam  of  Admirable  Freeman's  500,- 
000,000-gallon  reservoir  is  1,000  feet 
long,  700  feet  wide,  and  cost — say, 
it's  a  dam  higher,  longer,  wider, 
massier  and  classier  than  Spring  Val- 
ley's Crystal  Springs  dam,  which 
cost,  so  Herman  Sehussler  declares, 
.+2.834,517.03.  Now  what  will  be  the 
cost  of  Admirable  Freeman's  dam 
when  it  is  all  built  by  the  same  dam 
builders  already  found  guilty  of  con- 
structing a  sieve  instead  of  a  reser- 
voir on  the  top  of  Twin  Peaks. 
Another  guess  at  the  answer  to  a  problem  in  simple 
arithmetic,  children  of  the  San  Francisco  mist :  If  five 
feet  of  water  and  $8,000  can  leak  out  through  the  Con- 
nick  section  floor  joints  of  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir 
in  five  hours,  without  soaking  any  politician,  what  will 
be  the  life  insurance  rate  for  Mayor  Pinther,  living  in 
Glen  Park,  below  Admirable  Freeman's  400-feet-alti- 
tude-500,000,000-gallon  reservoir  1 

The  Wasp  has  pointed  out  repeatedly  that  the  man- 
agement of  the  Heteh  Hetehy  enterprise  is  more  sug- 
gestive of  a  Kolb  and  Dill  farce  than  a  serious  under- 
taking  involving   the   expenditure   of   immense   sums. 
The  incompetency  of  municipal  government  has  never 


DISCOVERER      FREEMAN. 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  August  10,  1912. 


been  more  convincingly  shown  than  in 
developing  the  plans  to  bring  water 
from  the  Sierras  to  San  Francisco — no 
very  difficult  engineering  feat.  Los  An- 
geles and  San  Diego  have  solved,  suc- 
cessfully, more  difficult  problems  of 
municipal  water  supply. 

♦ 

FREEMAN'S  BELATED  FIND. 

OVER  forty  years  ago,  the  reservoir 
site  discovered  by  Explorer  Free- 
man was  the  subject  of  investigation 
and  discussion.  The  municipal  reports 
of  San  Francisco  contain  exact  infor- 
mation about  the  matter.  Those  Boards 
of  Supervisors  in  early  days,  let  me  tell 
you,  were  no  mutts.  Several  of  the  ear- 
ly day  Mayors  of  San  Francisco  were 
real  men  of  affairs.  It  will  be  well  for 
our  city  if  present  and  future  City  Fa- 
thers measure  up  to  the  standard  of' 
those  old  timers,  who  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  our  seaport. 

Hermann  Schussler,  who  is  just  as 
good  an  engineer,  if  not  better,  than 
Mr.  Freeman,  with  his  $250  a  day,  ex- 
amined this  Glen  Park  reservoir  site  as 
long  ago  as  1866  and  advised  the  Spring- 
Valley  Company  not  to  use  it.  Mr. 
Schussler 's  reasons  were  good  ones, 
the  cost  of  the  dam  would  be  excessive 
in  proportion  to  the  amount  of  water 
that  could  be  stored,  the  water  could 
not  be  kept  from  polution,  and  most 
serious  reason  of  all,  the  dam  might 
burst  as  the  Johnstown  dam,  and  cause 
a  calamitjr. 

Mr.  Scowden,  an  able  engineer,  re- 
ported against  the  use  of  the  dam  as 
long  ago  as  1875,  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors having  appointed  him  to  look 
into  the  water  question.  Mr.  Scowden 's 
report  appeared  in  the  municipal  rec- 
ords for  the  fiscal  year  1874-5. 

The  late  Colonel  Mendall,  one  of  the 
best-known  engineers  of  his  day,  exam- 
ined the  Glen  Park  canyon  reservoir 
site  in  1877  and  reported  on  it  to  the 
Board  of  Supervisors. 

In    the    face    of    these    facts,    which 


should  be  known  to  the  city  authorities, 
and  particularly  to  Mr.  Manson,  Engin- 
eer Freeman  is  allowed  to  pose,  at  $250 
a  day,  as  the  discoverer  of  a  grand  res- 
ervoir site,  which  nobody  ever  had  the 
gumption  to  find,  till  he  ran  out  to  Glen 
Park  one  day  in  an  automobile  and 
saw  it. 

+ 

EVIDENTLY  A  REAL  ESTATE 
DEAL. 

THE  RESERVOIR  for  Hetch  Hetchy 
water,  located  by  Mr.  Freeman, 
back  of  Glen  Park,  is  the  most  remark- 
able scheme  which  has  yet  been  grafted 
on  the  municipal  water  supply  project. 
It  passes  understanding  how  any  sane 
engineer  would  propose  to  build  a  dam 
134  feet  high  to  hold  only  150.000,000 
gallons.  The  Crystal  Springs  dam  at 
102  feet  height,  holds  19,000,000,000 
gallons.  It  cost  nearly  $3,000,000.  The 
proposed  134-foot  dam  would  cost  a 
larger  sum,  and  hold  only  a  thirty- 
eighth  part  of  the  water.  The  state- 
ment in  Mr.  Freeman's  report  to  the 
Mayor,  recommending  the  project,  is 
misleading  in  its  reference  to  Spring 
Valley's  city  reservoir  capacity.  "While 
it  has  only  90,000,000  capacity  in  serv- 
ice, it  has  in  reserve  a  site  of  200,000,- 
000  capacity  near  Ingleside,  and  can 
add  100.000,000  gallons  capacity  to  Lake 
Honda.  Both  capacities  can  be  buill 
when  needed  at  a  small  fraction  of  the 
cost  of  Mr.  Freeman's  undesirable 
scheme.  It  is  charity  to  Mr.  Freeman 
to  call  his  reservoir  scheme  idiotic.  Thp 
only  alternative  is  to  call  it  a  real  es- 
tate bunco  game  on  the  City. 


Since  the  preceding  articles  on  this 
page  were  written,  Marsden  Manson 
has  resigned  as  City  Engineer. 

♦ 

It  is  now  considered  certain  in  polit- 
ical circles  that  the  resignation  of  Man- 
son  will  be  followed  by  the  removal  of 
Board  of  Works  Commissioners  Casey 
and  Laumeister. 


MR.  MANSON 'S  RESIGNATION. 

CITY  ENGINEER  MANSON 'S  resig- 
nation on  Wednesday  was  due  to 
the  fact  that  he  feared  he  would  be  dis- 
missed if  he  attempted  to  remain  any 
longer.  Under  Hanson's  administration 
a  couple  of  million  dollars  of  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  bond  money  has  been  flung  away 
as  uselessly  as  if  thrown  into  the  bay 
Never  before  has  such  a  powerful  ring 
held  control  in  the  City  Engineer's  De- 
partment. The  absolute  silence  of  the 
daily  press  with  regard  to  the  malad- 
ministration and  suspicious  waste  of 
money  in  the  Engineer's  Department 
has  enabled  the  ring  to  carr}'  on  its 
schemes  of  extravagance,  and  help  in 
emptying  the  city  treasury. 

For  two  years  Manson  and  his  associ- 
ates, who  have  made  a  political  asset  of 
the  Hetch  Hetchy  scheme,  have  been 
trying  to  dodge  an  open  investigation 
of  their  official  proceedings.  Conceal- 
ment is  not  possible  much  longer,  be- 
cause the  Board  of  U.  S.  Army  Engi- 
neers is  in  San  Francisco  now  to  wind 
up  the  investigation. 

The  stage  having  been  reached  where 
Mr.  Manson  must  face  the  music  and 
tell  right  out  in  open  court,  as  it  were, 
what  he  has  done  to  get  Hetch  Hetchy, 
and  how  much  he  has  accomplished  for 
the  $2,000,000  of  bond  money  expended, 
he  hands  in  his  resignation. 

A  resignation  under  fire  is  usually 
equivalent  to  an  admission  of  the  truth 
of  the  charges. 

All  that  The  Wasp  has  said  in  con- 
demnation of  the  costly  management  of 
the  Engineer's  office  under  Mr.  Manson 
is  true.  The  management  of  the  Engi- 
neer's office  and  of  the  Board  of  Works 
has  been  injurious  to  our  city  and  to 
every  business  man  and  property-owner 
therein.  For  that  reason,  and  for  that 
alone,  The  Wasp  has  devoted  a  great 
deal  of  space  to  the  exposure  of  the 
incompetence  and  extravagance.  Under 
the  McCarthy  administration  it  was  use- 
less to  hope  for  reform,  but  when  Mayor 


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Saturday,  August  10,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP  - 


MAGNIFICENT      TKOPHIES. 
Display  of  fine  prizes  for  the  winners  of  the  Del  Monte  Golf  Tournament,  to  be  held  Sept.  7th  to  21st.     Prizes   on  exhibition  at   Shreve 


Rolph  came  into  office  we  hoped  that 
his  eyes  would  be  opened  to  the  real 
state  of  affairs  in  the  Board  of  Works 
and  the  City  Engineer's  office,  and  that 
he  would  apply  drastic  remedies. 

The  Mayor  has  not  gone  at  the  task 
in  a  hurry.  He  has  taken  his  time. 
Stepping  from  commercial  life  right 
into  the  hurly-burly  of  a  trying  politi- 
cal position,  Mayor  Rolph  has  been  at  a 
great  disadvantage.  The  men  around 
him  and  the  conditions  were  all  new  to 
him.  Evidently,  he  has  become  con- 
vinced that  the  general  dissatisfaction 
with  the  Board  of  "Works  was  based  on 
good  reasons,  and  so  we  find  City  Engi- 
neer Marsden  Manson  suddenly  hand- 
ing in  his  resignation  and  retiring  to 
private  life.  Before  he  severs  his  con- 
nection with  the  City  Government  he 
should,  amongst  other  matters,  be  ask- 
ed to  explain  to  the  Grand  Jury  why  he 
advocated  the  payment  to  Ham  Hall  of 
a  million  dollars  for  Cherry  Creek  wa- 
ter rights  that  were  offered  to  the  Tay- 
lor Board  of  Supervisors  for  a  quarter 


of  a  million,  and  to  which  Mr.  Hall 
could  not  give  legal  title. 

In  his  letter  of  resignation  to  the 
Hon.  Casey,  President  of  the  Board  of 
Works,  Mr.  Manson  says  that  "the  op- 
position to  holding  the  great  rights 
to  and  ownership  in  Hetch  Hetehy  res- 
ervoir have  not  ceased,  and  these  rights 
are  put  in  serious  jeopardy  by  the  order 
of  Secretary  Ballinger. " 

The  rights  are  not  in  more  jeopardy 
now  than  they  ever  were.  The  only 
difference  is  that  the  public  is  nearer 
to  hearing  the  whole  truth  about  the 
bungling  work  done  in  furthering  the 
Hetch  Hetehy  scheme,  and  before  the 
story  comes  out  in  all  its  fullness  Mr. 
Manson  ducks.  In  the  language  of  the 
day,  he.  passes  the  buck — an  act  in 
which  he,  like  the  Hon.  Casey,  is  most 
proficient.  He  says  in  his  letter  of  res- 
ignation that  the  Hetch  Hetehy  matter 
is  "in  the  able  hands  of  Mr.  John  R. 
Freeman,  selected  by  this  office  as  con- 
sulting engineer." 

Mr.  Manson  doesn't  add  "consulting 


engineer  at  $250  per  day."  Mayor 
Rolph  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the 
loss  of  his  City  Engineer,  and  if  the  rest 
of  the  bunch  of  "  experts,  "hand-picked 
by  Manson,  packed  their  grips  and  de- 
parted for  the  wild  and  woolly  East 
whence  they  came,  San  Francisco  would 
be  none  the  loser. 

-¥ 

OAKLAND  BECOMING  SANE. 

OAKLAND  is  evidently  regaining 
its  senses.  It  has  declined  to  re- 
call Mayor  Mott  just  to  oblige  a  bunch 
of  office-seekers  and  anarchists.  The 
office-seekers  were  the  real  mischief- 
makers,  though  the  newspapers,  with 
their  usual  obtuseness,  put  all  the 
blame  on  the  T.  W.  W.  and  the  Social- 
ists. The  I.  W.  W.  are  only  uncaged 
tramps  and  have  no  more  political  in- 
fluence than  a  chunk  of  corn  beef  on  a 
free-lunch  counter.  The  so-called  "So- 
cialists" are  mostly  dreamers  who  have 
nothing  in  common  with  the  I.  W.  W. 
(I  Won't  Work)  gang.  A  lot  of  hungry 
politicians   were   at  the   bottom   of   it. 


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FULL  PARTICULARS  of  the  wedding  of 
Miss  Thelma  Kalailu  Parker  and  Mr. 
Henry  Gilliard  Smart,  which  have  been 
sent  me  by  a  Honolulu  correspondent,  leave  no 
doubt  that  it  was  one  of  the  most  picturesque 
wedding's  ever  seen  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands. 
The  scene  of  the  wedding  was  the  Parker 
ranch  house  at  Waimea,  and  the  affair  was 
doubly  interesting  as  being  a  celebration  of 
the  nuptials  of  the  mistress  of  the  great  estate 
and  of  her  coming  of  age. 

The  day  passed  in  preparation  for  the  cere- 
mony. The  horse-racing,  the  rope  contests 
and  the  games  of  the  cowboys,  which  occupied 
the  days  preceding,  and  finally  the  wedding 
ceremony   itself,   were  perfect  of  their  kind. 

The  ceremony  was  performed  in  the  living 
room  of  the  ranch  house.  This  room  comfort- 
ably held  the  hundreds  of  guests.  It  had  been 
transformed  into  a  bower  of  white  and  green 
beauty,  in  the  semblance  of  a  church,  with 
aisle,  chancel  and  altar,  constructed  entirely 
of  eucalyptus  and  bamboo  greens,  massed  with 
white  asters.  Down  the  length  of  the  room 
an  aisle  was  formed  by  twelve  low  pillars  of 
feathery  bamboo  and  eucalyptus,  massed  with 
fresh  white  asters,  each  surmounted  by  huge, 
airy  butterfly  bows  of  white  maline,  with 
sprays  of  asparagus  plumosis.  Wide  white 
satin  ribbons  connected  each  pillar,  which  was 
massed  at  its  base  with  a  profusion  of  white 
asters,  and  led  to  the  chancel,  also  of  euca- 
lyptus and  bamboo,  with  asters  and  butterfly 
bows.  A  large  altar  was  erected  between  tall 
windows  outlined  for  two  feet  with  euca- 
lyptus and  white  asters,  each  surmounted  with 
enormous  bows  of  white  maline.  The  altar 
was  hung  with  cloth  of  silver,  over  which  fell 
cloth  of  fine  linen  and  heavy  Byzantine  cluny 
lace.  A  tall  silver  candelabra  adorned  the 
center,  while  on  either  side  stood  four  tall 
cut-glass  candlesticks.  Before  the  altar  a  sin- 
gle low  step  was  built  upon  which  rested  a 
long  pillow  of  silver  cloth,  white  tulle  bows 


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gracing  the  corner,  while  at  either  end  tall 
palms,  massed  with  greenery  and  asters,  were 
also  surmounted  by  bows  of  white  maline  and 
sprays   of  graceful   asparagus"  ferns. 

Overhead  wreaths  of  smilax  were  gracefully 


MRS.    HENRY    G.    SMART    (nee   Parker) 

Her     wedding    rivaled    the     picturesqueness    of 
Hawaiian   royalty. 

festooned  in  a  triangular  arrangement,  caught 
here  and  there  with  bows  and  soft  streamers 
of  white  maline,  from   which   escaped   sprays 


MOTEL 

DEL 
MONTE 

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PACiric 

GROVE 
MOTEL 

Pacific    Grove 

BOTH    HOUSES   UNDER 
SAME    MANAGEMENT 

Address  ■. 

H.    E.   WAENBE, 

Del  Monte,     -    California 

A  beautiful  summer 

home  at 
very  moderate  rates 

A  tasty,  comfortable 

family  hotel. 
Low  monthly  rates 

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of  smilax.  The  numerous  doors  and  windows 
of  the  living  room  were  outlined  in  eucalyptus 
greens,  and  caught  above  with  huge  maline 
bows. 

t5*  l5*  iy* 

"Here  Comes  the  Bride." 

PRECISELY  at  eight  o'clock  the  bridal 
procession  entered  the  room,  to  the 
strains  of  the  well-known  "Lohengrin 
Wedding  March."  This  beautiful  march  was 
played  and  sung  by  Ernest  Kaai  and  six  of  his' 
talented  musicians.  The  bridesmaids  were  Miss 
Aileen  Maguire  of  Hilo  and  Miss  Charlotte 
Dowsett  of  Honolulu,  both  cousins  of  the 
bride.  They  were  gowned  in  a  soft  tone  of 
yellow  crepe  de  meteor,  made  with  dainty 
over-jackets  of  cream  shadow  lace,  caught  in 
soft  folds  at  the  back  with  a  heavy  pearl  or- 
nament suspended  therefrom.  They  carried 
large  bouquets  of  pink  hydrangeas,  veiled  in 
yellow  tulle,  with  bows  and  streaming  ends. 
Dainty  pearl  caps,  adorned  with  a  heavy  pearl 
ornament  falling  over  one  side  and  a  tiny 
gold  rose  over  the  other  ear,  completed  the 
strikingly  lovely  effect. 

The  maid  of  honor  was  Miss  Harriet  Brad- 
ford of  San  Francisco,  who  followed  the 
bridesmaids.  She  is  a  tall,  graceful  girl,  and 
her  beautiful  satin  gown  of  pale  blue  char- 
tneuse  satin  with  long  train  suited  her  type  of 
beauty  to  perfection.  The  bodice  was  draped 
in  white  shadow  lace,  caught  at  one  side  with 
a  cluster  of  gold  and  pale  blue  chiffon  roses.  A 
long,  square  train  fell  from  one  shoulder  and 
was  adorned  with  a  soft  arrangement  of  chif- 
fon and  gold  roses.  She  carried  a  beautiful 
bridal  bouquet  of  light  blue  hydrangeas,  veiled 
in  soft  pale  blue  tulle,  with  huge  bow  and 
streamers.  A  simple  bandeau  of  chiffon  and 
roses  adorned  her  graceful  coiffure. 

Both  the  maids  of  honor  and  the  bridesmaids 
wore  the  gifts  of  the  bride.  To  the  former  was 
given  a  goldlavalliere,  with  pearl  pendants; 
and  to  the  bridesmaids  were  also  gold  chains 
with  pearl  and  sapphire  drops. 

The  bride  came  last,  leaning  upon  the  arm 
of  her  stepfather,  Fred  S.  Knight,  who  came 
down  from  San  Francisco  to  give  her  into 
the  keeping  of  her  husband.  At  the  altar  she 
was  joined  by  the  bridegroom,  who  was  sup- 
ported by  Robert  McCorriston  as  best  man. 
Edmund  Hedemann  and  Charles  .K  Stillman 
acted  as  ushers. 

Picture  of  Loveliness. 

THE  BRIDE  was  a  picture  of  loveliness 
in  her  bridal  robes.  Her  gown  was  a 
creation  of  heavy  white  charmeuse, 
cloth  of  silver,  rose  point  and  duchesse  lace, 
caught  with  clusters  of  orange  blossoms.  A 
long  square  train  fell  from  the  left  shoulder 
and  was  edged  with  diamond  trimming,  while 


Saturday,  August  10,   1M2.J 


-THE  WASP- 


the  other  side  of  the  bodice  was  draped  with 

duchesse  lace,  whiob  Eel]  in  graceful  festc a 

down  the  front  of  tin1  skirt  and  wae  caught 

in   the  knees  with  orange  blose b.     A  tulle 

cap,  edged  across  the  *■:« »-u  with  rose  point 
lace,  fell  charmingly  over  her  neck,  while  a 

wreath  nt'  orange  bloBS a  framed  her  face, 

the  conventional  bridal  veil  falling  in  long 
folds  tn  the  edge  of  the  train,  where  it  was 

caught  with  tulle  bows  and  diamond  tri Ing. 

sin-  carried  a  shower  bridal  bouquet  of  fra- 
grant orange  blossoms  and  white  orchids,  tied 
in  chiffon  ribbon  bows  and  streamers,  and 
wore  the  gift  of  the  groom,  a  handsome  bar 
pin  "t"  sapphires  and  diamonds,  and  a  laval- 
Here  of  platinum  and  diamonds,  a  birthday 
gift  from  her  mother. 

The  impressive  double-ring  service  of  the 
Episcopal  Church  wms  performed,  the  Rev. 
I'.  W.  Merrill  of  Kohala  officiating.  At  the 
conclusion  of  the  ceremony  the  good  wishes 
and  congratulations  were  bestowed  before  the 
altar,  where  the  bride  received  her  relatives, 
friends  and  cowboys  and  their  wives.  During 
this  reception  the  orchestra  played  and  sang 
a  sung  in  Hawaiian  composed  for  the  occasion. 

J*         J*         v* 

A  Real  Luau. 

FOLLOWING  Till':  RECEPTION,  all  as- 
sembled adjourned  to  the  lanai,  which 
was  specially  constructed,  and  the  crowd 
of  nearly  one  thousand  sat  down  to  a  real 
luau.  The  roof  of  the  lanai  was  hung  in  a 
dense  mass  of  eucalyptus,  from  which  were 
suspended  scarlet  paper  bows  and  streamers, 
while  the  walls  were  banked  with  tall  bamboo 
and  ferns.  The  bride's  table  was  at  the  head 
of  the  room,  and  here  covers  were  laid  for  the 
bridal  party  and  close  relatives.  The  orches- 
tra played,  and  toasts  were  given  to  the  cou- 
ple by  the  Rev.  Merrill,  Colonel  Sam  Parker, 
grandfather  of  the  bride;  Robert  McCoriis- 
ton,  best  man,  Prince  Kalanainaole,  Mr.  Al- 
fred W.  Carter,  former  guardian 'and  present 
trustee  of  the  Parker  estates.  Mr.  H.  R. 
Trent,  who  represented  the  bridegroom's  fam- 
ily, gave  a  toast  to  the  absent  parents,  Rev. 
and  Mrs.  R.  E.  Smart  of  Boydton,  Virginia. 
Mrs.  F.  S.  Knight,  the  bride's  mother,  pro- 
posed a  toast  to  Mr.  Ernest  N.  Parker,  which 
was  drunk  with  a  cheer,  for  it  was  to  him  that 
the  great  event  owes  its  artistic  beauty  of 
design  and  much  of  its  execution,  from  the 
bridal  gowns  to  the  minutest  detail  of  the 
decorations.  Dancing  then  followed  the  luau 
until  the  small  hours  of  the  morning. 

Mrs.  Fred  S.  Knight  of  San  Francisco, 
mother  of  the  bride,  looked  wonderfully  hand- 
some in  a  striking  gown  of  yellow  charmeuse. 
with  over-jacket  of  heavy  Irish  chochet  lace, 
touches  of  velvet  and  pearl  trimmings.  Hei 
ornaments  were  diamonds  and  pearls,  and  she 
wore  a  gold  bandeau  and  aigrette  in  her  coif- 
fure. 

Mrs.  S.  Molyneux  Wortkington  of  San 
Francisco,  sister  of  the  bride 's  mother,  looked 
beautiful  in  a  gown  of  white  chiffon  over 
white  satin,  adorned  with  gold  lace  and  white 
marabou.  In  her  dark  hair  she  wore  a  soft 
yellow  aigrette  in  a  bandeau  of  lovely  pas- 
sementerie, and  her  ornaments  were  diamonds. 

Princess  Kalanianaole  wore  a  lovely  gown 


of  lav  e  m,  I  rimmed  w  it  b  black  pearls 

and  old  gold.  Mr-,  frank  Woods  looked  mag 
aificenl  in  a  gown  ..)'  yellow  brocaded  satin, 
embroidered   in    pearls   and   gold,   the   bodice 

embellished    with    :i    rare    old    rose    point     1: 

which  reached  to  'in-  bottom  of  the  train. 
Mrs.   Carl   A.    Widemann   won-   an   elaborate 

gown  ..r  old   i heavily  embroidered. 

Tin-   bridal   pint;. .   which   was  composed   of 

i Bins    and    dearesl     friends    of    the    bride 

and  bridegroom,  were  Miss  Harriet  Bradford 
of  San  Francisco,  maid  of  honor,  Miss  Aileen 
Maguire  of  Hilo,  Miss  Charlotte  Dowsett  of 
Honolulu;  bridesmaids:  Miss  May  Biven  of 
s.in  Francisco,  Miss  Beryl  Hunter-Jones,  Miss 
Crichton  Hunter-Jones,  Miss  Margaret  Hind. 
Miss  M.iioi  Hiri. I  of  Kunu,  Miss  Eva  Hind 
and  Miss  Maude  Hind  of  Berkeley,  Mr.  Rob- 
erl  Mi'i  'orriston,  best  man;  Mrs.  Edmund 
Hedemann  and  Mr.  Charles  R,  Stiilman,  ush- 
ers; Mr.  Krnesl  N.  Parker.  Mr.  Guy  Mac- 
farlane,  Mr.  Arthur  Cay,  Mr.  Duncan  Smith 
of   Xew   York,  and   Mr.  T.  H.  Jones. 

-.*      <•«      dt 
Mary  Garden  Lost. 

MARY  GARDEN  lost  her  appeal  from  a 
judgment  of  the  French  courts  requir- 
ing her  lo  pay  to  M.  Marcus,  an  im 
presario,  the  sum  of  $2,000  because  of  a 
breach  of  contract  in  the  year  1906.  The  im- 
presario had  engaged  Miss  Garden  to  sing  for 
him  at  $300  a  night  and  35  per  cent,  of  the 
gross  receipts.  It  appears  from  the  evidence 
that  Miss  Garden  broke  this  contract  to  go 
to  New  York  and  sing  for  Mr.  Hammerstein 
at  $1,200  a  night. 

,•*       <      ■< 
A  Real  Baronial  Hall. 

WENTWORTH-WOODHOUSE,  the  coun- 
try seat  oi  Lord  and  Lady  Fitzwil- 
liam,  where  King  George  and  Queen 
Mary  are  visiting  at  the  present  time,  is  a 
type  of  English  mansion  which  is  going  out 
of  fashion.  Its  splendor  is  suggestive  of  the 
centuries  before  the  advent  of  suffragettes, 
when  the  lord  of  the  manor  was  almost  a 
despotic  monarch  himself,  and  lived  in  baron- 
ial style.  Wentwortn-Woodhouse  is  a  splendid 
place,  with  a  facade  600  feet  long  and  having 
a  handsome  portico  in  the  center.  This  man- 
sion, or  rather  palace,  has  a  vast  hall  like 
those  in  great  Roman  palaces,  around  which 
the  principal  rooms  are  arranged.  Sixty 
guests  can  be  entertained  in  the  house  with- 
out discomfort,  and  120  can  be  dined  without 
crowding.  The  house  contains  a  great  pic- 
ture gallery,  in  which  some  of  the  finest  Van 
Dycks  in  the  world  are  hung.  There  is  a  mag- 
nificeut  library  and  collections  of  prints,  en- 
gravings and  other  objects  of  art.  One  of 
the  curiosities  of  the  place  is  the  famous 
suite  of  cellars  with  groined  roofs  like  an  old 
crypt.  In  these  is  to  be  found  a  brand  of  old 
October  ale  so  potent  that  it  is  drunk  only 
in  wine  glasses. 

Jt      Jt     £ 
More  Woe  for  the  Rich. 

A  GOOD  many  people  in  this  world  don  't 
like  to  see  anybody  richer  than  them- 
selves.     That    being   the    case,    the    in- 
come tax  is  regarded  by  them  as  a  blessing. 


It  will  give  tlie  multimillionaires  a  good, 
bard    swat.      Oh.    juv!       People    with    small    in- 

tea   under   $5,000    won't    be   taxed   at    all. 

Mure  and  more  joy!  Hut  there  is  a  rather 
black  edge  to  this  silver  cloud,'  fur  we  all 
know  that  in  Europe  they  sock  you  on  any  in- 

come   ynu    possess.      Ami    we    are    i Btantly 

copying  Europe  and  trying  to  improve  on  all 
its  contrivances  fur  making  the  tax-gatherers' 
job  easier.  So  it 's  safe  to  wager  that  it  will 
nut  In-  lung  till  the  man  with  any  income  nt 
.ill  will  find  tlu-  Government  reaching  oul  ami 

:u \ing  a  nice  slice  of  it  to  pay  the  salaries 

of  tin'  ever-growing  army  of  government  em- 
ployes. 

There  is  another  feature  of  this  income  tax 
which  is  not  calculated  to  give  delight  to  an 
industrious  citizen  striving  with  a  small  in- 
come I"  make  both  ends  meet.  The  proposed 
income  tax  law,  as  they  call  it  euphemistical- 
ly in  1 'ongress,  imposes  a  tax  on  the  incomes 
of  all  citizens  engaged  in  business,  but  not 
on  the  citizens  who  have  no  occupation.  In 
other  words,  if  you  be  a  merchant,  doctor, 
or  lawyer  earning  $5,000  a  year  by  diligent 
attention  to  your  business,  the  tax  collector 
can  demand  a  slice  of  your  income.  But  if 
you  happen  to  belong  to  the  remittance-man 
class  and  devote  your  days  and  nights  to  un- 
broken idleness,  your  income  passes  untouch- 
ed. The  proposed  law  may  therefore  be  called 
''An  Act  for  the  Promotion  and  Encourage- 
ment of  Idleness." 

Among  the  Californians  who  would  be  call- 
ed upon  to  pay  heavy  income  taxes  under  the 
law  pending  in  Congress  are  William  II. 
I 'rocker,  Mrs.  Phoebe  A.  Hearst,  I.  W.  Hell- 
man,  Mrs.  Abby  Parrott,  John  D.  and  Adolph 
B.   Spreckels,  Henry   Miller,  James  L.   Flood. 

^5*        t?*        ^* 

By  nature  some  men  are  hot  and  some  are 
cold.  Where  one  man  has  money  to  "burn,  an- 
other will  freeze  on  to  it. 


WILLIAMS 

— AND— 

HUMBERT 

SHERRIES 

JEREZ,  SPAIN 

For  Quality,    the  Best. 

Nine  Grades 

Charles  Meinecke  &  Co. 

Agent* 

314  Sacramento  St.                        San  Francisco 

-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  August  10,  1912. 


Notable  Wedding. 

THESE  was  nothing  small  about  the  pres- 
ents from  Mr.  Frank  Daroux  to  bis 
blushing  bride,  Mrs.  Tessie  Wall  (nee 
Donohue).  The  wedding  was  an  event  of  the 
keenest  interest,  as  the  contracting  parties, 
while  never  identified  with  the  Greenway  set, 
have  been  well  known  to  a  large  number  of 
our  prominent  society  people.  Mr.  Daroux 
endeavored  for  several  years  to  lift  Sausalito 
to  a  position  of  metropolitan  importance  by 
conducting  one  of  the  largest  and  most  pros- 
perous poolrooms  in  the  West.  With  strange 
and  unaccountable  perversity,  the  residents 
of  The  Hill,  who  run  insurance  offices  and 
commission  houses  and  various  important  mer- 
cantile concerns  in  San  Francisco,  and  live  in 
Sausalito,  tried  to  close  Mr.  Daroux 's  popular 
establishment  and  thereby  inconvenience  half 
the  population  of  San  Francisco,  which  cross- 
ed the  ferry  daily  to  "play  the  ponies."  For- 
tunately, the  Town  Council  of  Sausalito  was 
composed  of  citizens  of  true  civic  pride  who 
were  open  to  logical  arguments.  They  resist- 
ed the  attempt  to  run  their  municipality  on 
a  "reactionary"  plan  and  stuck  to  their 
guns,  though  several  times  it  looked  as  if 
some  of  them  would  land  in  the  penitentiary, 
so  bitter  was  the  contest  waged  on  them  by 
the  Hill  Tribe.  In  the  end,  however,  civic 
pride  and  progress  succumbed  and  the  doors 
of  Mr.  Daroux 's  highly  popular  establishment 
closed.  The  disgusted  owner  brushed  the 
plentiful  dust  of  Sausalito  from  his  shoes,  and 
taking  the  paraphernalia  and  capital  from 
the  ungrateful  town  for  which  he  had  done 
so  much,  undertook  to  establish  himself  in 
business  within  stone's  throw  of  police  head- 
quarters in  San  Francisco.  Here  again  the 
reactionary  spirit  of  the  age  got  in  its  deadly 
work,  and,  following  some  caustic  articles  in 
the  meddlesome  newspapers,  the  authorities 
raided  all  the  gambling  joints  in  town,  and 
Mr.  Daroux 's  efficient  force  of  clerks  had  to 
peddle  lottery  tickets  or  start  Bull  Moose 
clubs  to   earn   an  honest  living. 

Mr.   Daroux   contemplated   a   return   to    his 
native  city  of  Sacramento,  where  as  a  polit- 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  In  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


LADIES'  GOWNS  and  FANCY 
COSTUMES 

420  SUTTER  STREET.  NEAR  STOCKTON. 

Phone  DOUGLAS  4964 

SAN     FRANCISCO.       CAL, 


ieal  boss  he  had  laid  the  foundations  of  his 
capricious  fortune;  but  Sacramento,  like  other 
misguided  communities,  has  become  tainted 
with  reactionary  virus  and  is  raving  about 
the  necessity  of  enforcing  laws  because  they 

happen  to  be  on  the  statute  books. 

*     *     * 

With  idleness  oi"~  personal  talents  and  large 
capital  thus  forced  upon  him,  nothing  was 
more  natural  than  that  Mr.  Daroux 's  thoughts 
should  turn  to  the  peace  and  quiet  of  matri- 
mony; and  the  recent  wedding  of  Mrs.  Wall 
(nee  Donohue)  was  the  happy  sequel.  The 
bridegroom's  gifts  to  the  bride  were  a  $10,000 
necklace  and  a  $15,000  residence.  The  wed- 
ding cake  weighed  almost  as  much  as  the 
bride.  The  hundred  and  fifty  guests  who  as- 
sembled in  the  upper  rooms  of  one  of  our 
most  popular  cafes  included  the  ereme  de  la 
creme  of  civic  activity,  patriotism  and  prog- 
ress. Finance  was  represented  by  Mr.  James 
Coffroth,  commerce  by  Mr.  Matthew  Tierney 
of  the  noted  firm  of  Proth  &  Tierney.  Poli- 
tics had  so  many  illustrious  exemplars  that 
to  name  them  would  be  like  printing  in  ad- 
vance the  roll-call  or  the  next  Legislature. 
In  sending  out  500  wedding  invitations,  few 
old  friends  had  been  overlooked  by  the  bride 
and  groom,  and  the  responses  were  most  grat- 
ifying. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daroux  arp  undecided  whether 
to  locate  in  Ross  or  Hillsborough  when  they 
return  from  their  honeymoon.  There  are 
several  attractive  villas  in  Boss  that  ean  be 
had  at  a  bargain,  but  property  is  held  at 
rather  fancy  figures  at  Hillsborough  at  pres- 
ent. Burlingame  is  becoming  impossible  as 
a  fashionable  residence  locality  on  account 
of  the  rush  of  commuters. 

Mr.  Daroux  was  one  of  the  most  intimate 
friends  of  the  late  Charlie  Fair,  son  of  United 
States  Senator  James  G.  Fair,  and  brother  of 
Mrs.  Hermann  Oelrichs  and  Mrs.  W.  K.  Van- 
drebilt  Jr.  He  took  a  very  aetive  part  in 
straightening  out  the  legal  complications  that 
followed  the  death  of  {Senator  Fair,  when  the 
heirs  wished  to  break  -  the  trust  clause  and 
get  their  hands  on  the  coin — which  they  did. 
If  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daroux  should  extend  theii 
honeymoon  trip  to  New  York  and  Newport, 
they  would  no  doubt  be  the  motif  of  much 
entertaining  in  the  most  fashionable  circles 
of  Gotham  society. 

Another  Separation. 

THE  early  prediction  of  friends  that  the 
marital  troubles  of  the  Ernest  Porters 
would  be  settled  by  a  reconciliation, 
have  not  so  far  given  any  indication  of  being 
realized.  In  fact,  it  looks  now  as  if  the  sep- 
aration was  more  apt  to  end  in  the  divorce 
court  than  in  a  reconciliation.  Mrs.  Porter, 
who  spent  the  foremost  part  of  the  summer 
in  the  Yosemite  Valley,  has  gone  to  the  new 
Berkeley  home  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  E.  J. 
Dodge,  while  Porter  is  living  in  this  city. 
The  attractive  Porter  home  on  San  Jose  ave- 
nue in  Alameda  is  leased  to  tenants,  and  the 
palatial  Dodge  home,  also  in  Alameda,  which 


was  occupied  by  the  Porters  just  before  the 
separation,  has  teen  closed  and  left  with  a 
care-taker.  Porter  is  the  manager  of  the  E. 
J.  Dodge  Company,  succeeding  to  the  manage- 
ment of  the  big  concern  upon  the  death  of 
his  father- in -la  w;  about  a  year  ago.  The 
Dodge  Company  is  one  of  those  big  lumber 
and  shipping  concerns  owning  vast  redwood 
acreages,  large  mills  and  a  fully  occupied  line 
of  steam  schooners.  The  wedding  of  Porter 
and  Jessie  Dodge,  few  years  ago,  was  one 
of  the  leading  society  weddings  of  the  season 
in  the  bay  cities.  The  young  folks  had  posi- 
tion and  wealth,  and  appeared  to  start  mar- 
ried life  under  especially  favorable  auspices. 
Intimate  friends  intimate  that  Mrs.  Porter, 
endowed  with  a  strong,  not  to  say  stubborn, 
will,  did  not  take  kindly  to  certain  plainly 
expressed  wishes  of  her  liege  lord  as  to  the 
line  of  social  action  she  should  take.  There 
was  never  any  scandal  or  hint  of  trouble 
other  than  a  decided  difference  of  opinion  on 
mutual  and  intimate  subjects.  Mrs.  Porter 
went  to  her  mother,  and  Porter  took  quarters 
in  this  city,  continuing  as  manager  of  the 
business  interests  owned  chiefly  by  his  moth- 
er-in-law and  wife,  and  others  interested  in 
the  E.  J.  Dodge  estate. 

«**      £t      J* 
Unique  Distinction. 

MPS.  M.  V.  B.  MacAdam,  the  mother  of 
Miss  Katherine  MacAdam,  who  is  so 
popular  in  local  society,  has  earned 
the  unique  distinction  of  being  a  very  suc- 
cessful real  estate  operator.  Her  specialty  is 
high-class  residence  property,  but  she  has 
managed  some  large  deals  in  business  proper- 
ty as  well. 


CANDY  SENT  TO  THE  COUNTRY.— A 
box  of  candy  is  always  welcomed  by  friends 
in  the  country.  Easily  sent  by  express  from 
any  one  of  George.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy 
stores. 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 

Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house,  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such 
a  house  is  the  John  O.  Bellis  Silverware 
Factory,  328  Post  street,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup- 
plied at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

For  staple  goods,  such  as  toilet  articles, 
tableware,  etc.,  this  firm  cannot  be  sur- 
passed on  the  Pacific*  Coast,  while  their 
trophy  cups  and  presentation  pieces  made 
to  order  are  without  peers.  A  visit  of  in- 
spection at  328  Post  St.  (Union  Square)  is 
invited. 


Saturday,   August   10,   1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


Millionaires  in  Seclusion. 

THE  sudden  change  In  the  plans  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whii  man  <  Miss  Jennie 
Crocker)  was  dne,  it  is  said,  to  a  de- 
sire to  gel  "ut  nt'  the  limelight  till  the  celeb- 
rity oi  their  wedding  shall  have  been  Bome- 
what  forgotten  by  the  public.  They  enjoyed 
perfect  seclusion  :it  the  McCloud  Country 
Ulub,  when'  they  went  for  their  honeymoon. 
The  place  is  probably  as  unique  and  beautiful 
a  country  club  property  as  can  be  found  in  the 
entire  United  States.  The  club  is  -~>  or  30 
miles  from  Shasta  Springs  ami  about  the 
aame  distance  from  Dunsmuir  and  Castle 
f'ra^s.  It  is  reached  by  a  private  toll  road 
leading  '"  the  McCloud  River  from  Castle 
Crags.  The  tull  road  was  formerly  a  logging 
railway,  and  was  purchased  by  Thomas  Wil- 
liams, Mrs.  Phoebe  Hearst,  Charles  Wheeler, 
Clarence  Waterhouse,  Bishop  and  one  or  two 
others,  for  $72,000,  to  furnish  a  short  and 
private  auto  road  to  the  magnificent  country 
homes  these  people  own  on  the  McCloud  Riv- 
er. This  road  has  been  made  into  an  ideal 
driveway  for  vehicles  of  nil  sorts,  though  the 
stiff  tolls,  ranging  from  $2.50  for  two-seated 
carriages  to  $5  for  autos,  discourages  general 
travel,  as  evidently  the  owners  hoped  for 
when  they  established  the  toll  schedule.  Those 
customers  using  the  road  are  permitted  to  go 
as  tar  as  the  gate  at  the  Williams  property. 
This  gate  is  locked,  but  travelers  are  allowed 
to  go  through  the  fence  and  make  their  way 
down  to  the  river  and  eat  lunch.  Formerly 
i  he  McCloud  River  elite  "went  to  Sisson  by 
train,  and  then  either  by  the  McCloud  River 
Railway  or  auto  to  McCloud.  Now  they  stop 
at  Castle  Crags,  where  the  Pacific  Improve- 
ment Company  still  owns  the  major  portion 
of  an  original  half-million-acre  tract,  and  cut 
the  railway  journey  to  Sisson  an  hour  and  a 
half  short,  as  well  as  avoid  an  additional 
hour's  wait  at  Sisson  for  the  McCloud  River 
train  to  start.  Bowling  swiftly  along  in  big, 
powerful  motor  cars,  over  their  own  road,  the 


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EMBROIDERED 

WAIST     PATTERNS     AND     KIMONOS 


157-159  GEARY  STREET 

Bet.  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  St. 

Branch  Store:  152  Kearny  Street 
San  Francisco 


McCloud  colony  can  reach  home  in  from  60 
i"  :'"  minutes. 

Whitman  and  his  bride  left  their  private 
car,  Mikasa,  at  Castle  •  "r:i«-.  and  went  bj 
auto  iiver  the  toll  road.    At  Castle  Crage  an 

11 Id  homes  ol  thi   bride's  father  and  uncle, 

Charles   and   George   Crocker.     One   of   them 

has  since  I sold  to  a  Mr.  Baker.    Both  the 

remaining  Crocker  In. me  and  the  Baker  house 
are  leased  t"  the  Castle  Crags  Hotel  manage- 
ment and  are  now  t nted  by  summer  guests. 

After  the  private  ear  was  sidetracked  at 
Castle  Crags,  it  wns  hauled  on  to  division 
headquarters  at  Dunsmuir  and  sidetracked  in 
charge  of  an  old  colored  retainer  of  the  Crock 
Br  household,  presumably  the  early-day  porter 
who  had  charge  of  the  ear  when  Crocker  pere 
used  it  in  Ms  railroad  travels,  .lust  across 
from  the  track  on  which  the  Mikasa  stood  is 
another  sidetrack,  and  all  last  week  the  bat- 
tered and  mangled  hulk  of  a  giant  wrecked 
locomotive  stood  there.  On  the  day  that  the 
bridal  car,  with  all  its  suggestion  of  vast 
wealth  and  every  material  happiness,  reached 
Dunsmuir,  the  wrecked  locomotive  was  hauled 
into  the  yards  from  the  Klamath  branch  line, 
where  it  had  turned  turtle  and  scalded  its 
engineer  to  death.  It  would  be  hard  to  find 
a  more  striking  illustration  of  happiness  and 
riches,  and  ruin  and  disaster,  than  that  con- 
veyed by  the  car  with  its  rich  trappings  and 
the   battered  engine   and   its  human   tragedy. 

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A  Large  House  Party. 

THE  quarter-million-dollar  home  of  Mrs. 
Phoebe  Hearst  on  the  McCloud  is  peo- 
pled at  the  present  time  by  a  house 
party  of  4CI  guests,  who  were  met  at  Castle 
Crags  by  the  Hearst  autos,  including  an  auto 
baggage  and  supply  truck.  Mrs.  Hearst  is 
putting  the  finishing  touches  to  a  fifteen-room 
servants'  lodge  on  her  property,  and  an  army 
of  artisans  from  San  Francisco  have  been  at 
work  on  the  building  for  the  last  two  or 
three  months.  Mrs.  Hearst's  acreage  is  small, 
especially  when  compared  to  the  Waterhouse, 
Wheeler  and  Williams  holdings.  She  has 
but  40  acres,  while  Waterhouse  owns  several 
thousand  acres  and  Wheeler  is  credited  with 
owning  two  miles  of  river  frontage. 

&?*  <<?•  c5* 

The  Chosen  Place. 

IT  IS  a  significant  and  noteworthy  fact  that 
Tait's  was  the  cafe  chosen  to  give  the  son 
of  the  first  President  of  the  new  Chinese 
Republic  an  idea  of  how  a  modern  American 
restaurant  was  conducted.  The  gentleman  in 
question  and  his  large  party  had  lunch  there 
last  week.  It  seems  that  every  distinguished 
visitor  to  San  Francisco  is  taken  to  this  pop- 
ular cafe.  The  place  has  a  reputation  of 
knowing  how  best  to  cater  to  particular  pa- 
trons. Catering  to  a  medley  of  temperaments 
and  pleasing  all  is  an  art  that  is  not  to  be 
underrated,  and  the  Tait  management  has  it 
down  to   perfection. 

TIPO   (RED  OR  WHITE), 

California 's  ideal  table  wine.  For  sale 
everywhere. 


Good  for  Yerba  Buena. 

LIEUTENANT  AM-  MBS,  ALBERT  Bl 
are  really  to  be  stationed  on  1 1 
Island,  as  they  >>:-   o  been  ardenl  Ij   hop 

ing.     Mrs.    Rees    1 1 Ji  nnie   Lee  \'  will   be 

great   addition  t   o  all  the  affairs  around  the 

bay,   and  Will  wake  Up  all  sleepy    Wrlm    I'.nena. 

Mrs.  Bees  made  .'i  very  striking  figure  oul  in 
the  Orient,  with  all  her  beautiful  clothes,  ami 
was  i  lie  recipient  of  much  attention  during 
her  stay  there.  It  is  expected  thai  her  inti- 
mate friend,  Airs.  Carlo  Baron  (formerly  Por 
tola  queen)  will  come  out  and  visit  her.  I 
hear     that     there     is     no    question     thai      Mrs. 

Baron  and  her  Ctalian  husband  have  not  found 
married  life  all  sunshine  and  roses,  and  her 
visit  to  her  father  now  in  New  York  is  to  be 
the  beginning  of  an    indefinite  separation. 


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the  phonetic  Bounds  enabling  the  scholar  to  sing 
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THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  August  10,   1912. 


Vacancy  in  the  Pacific-Union. 

THOSE  merry  millionaires  who 
compose  the  membership  of 
the  Pacific-Union  Club,  the  s>o 
cial  male  organization  of  superlative 
eminence  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  are 
in  an  unusually  happy  mood.  They 
see  an  opportunity  to  get  rid  of  a 
brother  whose  resemblance  in  some 
respects  to  the  thrifty  nobleman  in 
' l  Mrs.  Warren's  Profession ' '  has 
been  a  cause  of  considerable  worry 
in  clubdom.  His  private  affairs  have 
been  better  fitted  for  description  in 
a  police  gazette  than  in  a  family 
journal,  inasmuch  as  he  has  figured 
as  the  financial  backer  of  ladies 
whose  names  never  come  under  the 
scrutiny  of  Mr.  Greenway  's  cotillon 
committees.  Intimate  association 
with  red  lights  and  tall  bottles  do 
not  necessarily  exclude  the  associa- 
tion of  clubdom.  It  is  an  unwritten 
rule  of  all  clubs  that  members  shall 
not  delve  into  the  hidden  corners  of 
a  man's  life  and  yank  out  all  kinds 
of  gibbering  skeletons.  As  long  as  a 
man  conforms  to  the  rules  of  the  or- 
ganization and  the  outward  and  vis- 
ible signs  of  decency  within  the  club, 
his  behavior  outside  is  largely  his 
own  business,  unless  he  may  acquire 
utterly  scandalous  notoriety.  It  is 
not  comme  il  faut  to  air  unclean  lin- 
en, and  then,  too,  we  all  respect, 
more  or  less,  the  old  saying  about 
people  who  live  in  glass  houses.  So 
there  really  was  no  valid  cause  for 
dropping  the  undesirable  Pacific- 
Union  clubman  until  recently,  when  it  trans- 
pired that  he  was  sadly  in  arrears  for  his 
club  dues.  This  fortunate  circumstance  was 
seized  upon,  and  with  all  speed  a  polite  little 
notice  found  itself  in  the  delinquent's  hands 
requesting  his  withdrawal.  He  is  quite  well 
known  in  society,  and  for  that  reason  the 
tongues  of  the  gossips  are  wagging  in  lively 
style. 

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A  Bachelor  Maid  Marries. 

MISS  RUTH  CASEY,   whose  wedding   on 
Thursday    evening    to    Arthur    Brown 
was    one    of   the    large    affairs   of    the 
summer  season,  is  an  heiress  of  considerable 


MRS.    SHANNON    RICHARDS    BRUNTSCH 
Dashing  widow  whose  elopement  created    a  sensation  in  Alameda. 


Lord  Clifton  and  Bride. 

LORD  CLIFTON,  whose  picture 
and  that  of  his  bride  and  her 
little  brother,  who  served  as 
ring-bearer,  appear  in  The  Wasp 
this  week,  is  the  son  and  heir  of 
Lord  Darnley,  a  nobleman  famous  for 
his  cricket  playing.  Lord  Darnley 
is  an  Earl  whose  title  dates  back  to 
1775.  His  son  is  26  years  old.  The 
bride  's  gown  was  made  of  white  vel- 
vet, as  the  London  climate  is  rather 
uncertain  for  wedding  displays.  The 
ceremony  took  place  at  St.  Margar- 
et's, Westminster.  The  nine  brides- 
maids wore  laurel  wreaths  and  car- 
ried sweet-pea  bouquets.  As  usual 
after  most  weddings  of  the  nobility 
and  the  aristocracy  of  the  first  rank, 
the  wedding  party  po(sed  for  their 
photographs  and  gave  them  to  the 
society  journals  for  publication. 
There  is  not  so  much  of  the  affecta- 
tion of  "exclusiveness"  about  those 
European  people  of  fashion  as  one 
may  observe  in  our  own  country, 
where  the  daughters  of  shopkeepers 
ape  the  airs  of  grand  duchesses. 

Back  from  Honeymoon. 

COLONEL  AND  MRS.  HAMIL- 
TON WALLACE  have  return- 
ed to  town  from  their  honey- 
moon, which  they  spent  at  the  Vir- 
ginia Hotel,  Long  Beach,  and  are 
looking  for  an  apartment  for  the 
winter.  Col.  Wallace  is  the  chief 
paymaster  here,  and  expects  to  be 
on  the   Coast  for  some  time  longer. 


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Sanatorium 

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op  liquor  oases.  suitable  and 
convenient  home  in  one  of  san 
francisco's  finest  residential 
districts  is  afforded  men  and 
women  while  recuperating  from 
overindulgence.  private  rooms, 
private  nurses  and  meals  served 
in  rooms.  no  name  on  building, 
terms  reasonable. 

San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Phone  Franklin  7470       1911  Van  Ness  Ave. 
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importance.  Her  .tat  her  and  mother  are  both 
dead.  She  has  lived  alone  for  several  years 
at  her  own  attractive  home  in  Sao  Rafael, 
where  she  and  her  husband  will  make  their 
home.  Two  years  ago  she  invited  her  most 
intimate  friend,  Helen  Ashton,  to  go  abroad 
with  her,  and  they  remained  away  for  almost 
a  year,  traveling  about  Europe  and  improving 
their  minds,  Mr.  Brown  has  been  out  here 
for  several  years  with  a  large  steel  concern, 
and  will  continue  to  make  his  home  here. 

&      <£      & 
Harry   Thaw's  Fight   for  Liberty. 

HE  trials  of  Harry  Thaw  and  the  court 
proceedings  to  regain  his  freedom  fill 
thirty  volumes.  It  is  estimated  that  the 
killing  of  White  has  cost  the  Thaw  family 
more  than  $1,000,000,  and  the  end  is  not  yet, 
for  another  attempt  will  certainly  be  made 
to  set  him  free.  Some  of  the  lawyers  in  the 
case  have  been  retained  by  the  year.  Their 
duty  is  to  keep  up  the  fight,  to  battle  dog- 
gedly, and  never  let  the  struggle  lag.  Law- 
yers who  have  been  interested  in  the  case 
are  of  the  opinion  that  Thaw's  position  is 
hopeless  and  that  he  will  have  to  remain 
among  the  criminal  insane  for  the  rest  of  his 
life.  Thaw  shot  and  killed  Stanford  White 
on  June  25,  1906.  He  was  found  not  guilty 
on  the  ground  that  he  was  insane  when  he 
fired  the  fatal  shot.  That  was  Feb.  1,  190S. 
Three  days  later  his  fight  for  freedom  began. 


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Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  <(de 
luxe"  at  $200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a 
very  small  expense  you  can  enjoy  a 
world  of  entertainment.  Victrolas  $15 
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Sherman  Ray  &  Co, 

Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise. 
Steinway  and  Otflnr  Pianos. 
Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianos 

Victor  Talking  Machines. 

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SAN    FRANCISCO 

14TH  &    CLAY   STS.,   OAKLAND. 


Saturday,  August   10,   1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


II 


Alameda  Discusses  It. 

ALAMEDA   Bociety   i^  busy  over  the  tea- 
cups   discussing    the    latest    morsel    of 
Bocial-matrimoniaJ     news-  tin'     sudden 
marriage     at     Sacramento     of     Herbert     A. 
Bruntsch  and   Mrs.  Shannun    Biohards.       Mr. 
Bruntsch    is    a    member    of    t lie    well-known 
Bruntsch  family  of  Alameda,  his  mother  being 
a    wealthy  woman,  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Tosca 
Sales,   being   a   general   favorite   in   the   bay 
cities,    as   well    as   a   bride    of   a    few    weeks. 
Brnntsch's  elder   sister,   Marguerite   Bruntsch, 
has  reached  a  high  plane  as  an  opera  singei 
abroad.      But,    after    all,   Bruntsch    is    merely 
the    bridegroom,    and    chief    interest    centers 
about  his  beautiful  bride,  who  was  a  dashing 
Southern   widow  until  Bruntsch  married   her. 
ller  mother,  Mrs.  Emily  P.  Mhoon,  is  a  Cali- 
t'nrnian,   and   the  daughter  of  the   late  J.  M. 
Eckfeldt,  who  founded  and  owned  the  Califor- 
nia Wire  Works,  and  who  left  a  large  estate 
at  his  death.     Eckfeldt  is  remembered  by  old- 
timers    as    an    early-day    official    in    the    San 
Francisco  Mint,   who  invented  and  built  sev- 
eral minting  machines  now  in  use  in  the  dif- 
ferent mints  in  the  United  States.     His  death 
occurred   twenty-five  years   ago.      His   daugh- 
ter married  into  an  old  Southern  family,  fam- 
ed   as    extensive    plantation    owners.      Four 
years  ago  Mrs.  Mhoon  brought  her  daughter, 
whose   first   husband,   Dr.   Henry  Bichards   of 
Chicago,   had  just   died,   to   Alameda  to    live. 
The  young  widow,  as  soon  as  she  became  ac- 
quainted and  threw  off  her  mourning,  became 
a  warm   favorite   with   those   who   knew   her. 
She   is   a   talented   musician,    and   both   plays 
and  sings  with  more  than  average  skill.     She 
is  a  pronounced  blonde.     Her  striking  beauty 
makes  her  notable  even  in  large  companies  of 
striking      and    well-dressed    women.      Young 
Bruntsch  is  said  to  have  paid  assiduous  court 
to  the  fair  young  widow  for  a  year,  but  man- 
aged to  keep  his  love  affair  a  close  secret. 

Magnate  Hawley's  Pictures. 

UNDEB  the  pencils  of  the  appraisers,  who 
estimated  the  estate  of  the  late  Edwin 
Hawley,  the  successor  of  E.  H.  Harri- 
man,  in  the  railroad  business,  Mr.  Hawley's 
estate  of  sixty  millions  has  shrunk  to  a  little 
over  five  million  dollars.  The  railroad  mag- 
nate held  a  small  amount  of  real  estate,  and 
of  that  his  residence  in  New  York  was  valued 
at  $105,000.     Seven-eighths  of  his  estate  was 


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LORD   AND   LADY  CLIFTON 

As  they  posed  for  the  camera  after  their  wed- 
ding in  London,  which  was  an  event  of  great 
social    prominence. 

represented  by  stocks  and  bonds,  his  largest 
investment — three  millions — being  in  the 
Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Bailroad. 

Mr.  Hawley  was  a  bachelor  and  died  in- 
testate. So  far,  $50,000  has  been  paid  to 
Miss  Emma  C.  Cameron,  who  was  known  as 
his  "niece  and  housekeeper.  It  has  been 
disclosed,  in  the  probate  proceedings,  how- 
ever, that  the  lady  is  really  Miss  Emma  C. 
Sturgess.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Hawley, 
she  was  in  possession  of  his  country  home 
on  Long  Island  and  refused  to  surrender  it 
until  the  check,  which  Mr.  Hawley  had  given 
to  her  some  time  before  his  death,  was  cashed. 

Death  crept  unawares  on  Mr.  Hawley.  He 
had  made  a  will,  dividing  his  estate  amongst 
his  sisters,  brothers,  nephews  and  real  niece, 
Miss  Mary  Crandall  Page,  but  had  not  signed 
the  document,  as  he  did  not  realize  how  close 
he  was  to  the  grave.  In  this  unsigned  will, 
Mr.  Hawley  disinherited  his  nephew,  Fred 
H.  Crandall,  but  the  latter  has  obtained  a 
share   of   the  estate. 


The  railroad  magnate  was  a  patron   of  art. 
Among   In.  paintings   wi      a  portrait  of  Lady 

Fullerton,  by  Baebnrn,  worth  $10, ;  g 

vas   bj    Diaz,   valued  at   $7,500;   two   pic 
of  Arabs  and   horses,  by  Schreyor, ' valued   al 
$12,500  and   two  of   L'Heimitt,   worth   $6,000. 
II  is    library    was    valued    at    $2,250,    whiol      i 
above     the    average    of     wealth;     pooph 

brariee  in  '  country.     No  valuable  picture 

by  native  artists  figured  in  Mr.  Hawley's 
collection,  and  he  seems  to  have  followed 
the  prevailing  custom  of  American  million- 
aires in  buying  paintings  for  the  signatures 
on  them.  However,  it  is  better  to  buy  paint 
ings  in   thai   way  than  not  at   all. 

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She  Was  in  a  Hurry. 
At    a    lecture,    a    well-known    authority    on 

nomles   mentioned   the   fact   that   in   some 

parts  of  America  the  number  of  men  was 
considerably  larger  than  that  of  women,  and 
he  added,  humorously:  "I  can  therefore  rec- 
ommend tne  ladies  to  emigrate  to  that  part." 
A  young  lady  seated  in  one  of  the  last  rows 
of  the  auditorium  got  up  and,  full  of  indigna- 
tion, left  the  room  rather  noisily,  whereupon 
the  lecturer  remarked:  "I  did  not  mean  that 
it  should  be  done  in  such  a  hurry." 

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club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
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[Saturday,  August  10,  1912. 


Gertrude  Atherton's  Coming  Book. 

GEETEUDE  ATHEETOJST  contemplated 
the  writing  of  a  novel  on  the  woman 
suffrage  question  before  she  lost  her 
temper  with  those  of  her  sex  in  San  Francis- 
co and  compared  their  intellectuality  and  civic 
pride  to  those  of  an  oyster.  Gertrude  will 
probably  give  the  novel  a  slightly  different 
twist  since  it  transpired  by  the  registration 
statistics  that  not  more  than  twenty  per  cent 
of  the  women  care  to  vote.  Eighty  per  cent 
would  prefer  to  remain  at  home  or  go  to  the 
matinee  rather  than  devote  their  time  to  poli- 
tics. 

In  the  majority  of  San  Francisco  homes  it 
has  been  the  same  story  of  woman's  natural 
disinclination  to  mix  with  the  jostling  crowd 
in  the  political  arena  and  get  her  feathers 
ruffled  and  her  skirts  bedraggled.  Fathers, 
husbands  and  brothers  and  reluctant  women 
have  argued  that  their  daughters,  wives  and 
sisters  should  do  their  civic  duty  by  going  to 
the  polls,  but  with  all  the  arguing  by  rela- 
tives and  the  city  government  a  miserable 
minority  only  has  been  aroused  to  political 
activity.  It  is  plain  that  the  women  of  Cali- 
fornia are  like  those  of  Colorado,  where,  after 
eighteen  years,  the  women  are  disinclined  to 
use  their  suffrage  privilege.  The  most  desir- 
able women  citizens  do  not  go  in  a  large  ma- 


he  returns.  Mr.  Giannini  is  a  fine  example 
of  the  old  proverb  that  "youth  will  be  serv- 
ed. ' '  You  can 't  keep  an  ambitious  young 
man  back.  The  growth  of  the  Bank  of  Italy 
under  his  management  has  been  most  remark- 
able. I  hear  that  the  growth  of  the  branch 
of  the  Bank  of  Italy,  at  the  corner  of  Market 
and  Mason  streets,  has  exceeded  all  expecta- 
tions. 

Jit      -J*      ,* 
An  Expensive  Drink. 

SOME  City  Hall  clerks  were  discussing  the 
resignation  of  Dr.  Washington  Dodge  to 
become    vice-president     of     the     Anglo, 
London   and  Paris  National  Bank.     They  all 


jority    to    the    polls,    but    the    least    desirable 
class  does. 

It  is  rather  a  difficult  task  for  the  equal 
suffragists  to  change  woman 's  traits  in  a  mo- 
ment by  the  passage  of  a  law  giving  them  the 
right  to  contest  in  the  management  of  public 
affairs.  For  thousands  of  years  civilized  wo- 
men have  been  taught  to  emulate  the  clinging 
vine,  and  now  by  a  wave  of  the  suffragette 
wand  they  are  all  to  be  transformed  into 
sturdy   oaks.      Perhaps. 

<£      «St      jf 
Doing  Europe  Thoroughly. 

THAT  very  energetic  public   man   of  San 
Francisco,    A.    P.    Giannini,   Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  Bank  of  Italy,  is  certainly 
making  a  systematic  tour  of  Europe.     He  has 
visited  all  of  the  important  cities  and  will  be 
a  fund  of  information  on  civic  matters  when 


agreed  he  was  a  strict  disciplinarian, 
though  a  just  and  considerate  mana- 
ger. One  clerk  told  how  he  had 
sneaked  out  to  take  a  drink  during 
working  hours.  He  had  stayed  out 
late  the  night  before  and  needed  a  bracer. 
Seeing  an  opportunity  to  slip  out,  he  did  so, 
and  was  coming  back  after  his  nip  when  he 
ran  into  the  Assessor  himself. 

"What  are  you  doing  out  on  the  street  dur- 
ing  office   hours?"   asked   Dodge. 

The  clerk  owned  up,  thinking  it  better  to 
tell  the  truth.  "I  wanted  a  drink  pretty  bad, 
Doctor,"  he   said,  in  apology. 

"I  don't  doubt  it,"  said  the  Doctor,  and 
without  raising  his  voice  he  added:  "As 
you're  in  such  an  exhausted  condition  you  can 
take  three  weeks '  vacation. ' ' 

"Gee!"  said  the  clerk,  narrating  the  affair; 
"that  was  the  dearest  drink  I  ever  took." 

*£•  c^%  c£* 

Mrs.  Tinkle:  "Did  you  ever  see  the  Great 
Divide  ? ' ' 

Mrs.  Dimple:  "  (Veil,  I've  been  to  Beno 
three  times." 


Voters  Alert. 

IT  WOULD  appear  that  our  San  Francisco 
women  who  do  realize  the  value  of  suf- 
frage are  not  sleeping — nor  do  they  emu- 
late the  stolid  oyster.  For  everything  is  being 
done  among  the  enthusiastic  voters  to  in- 
spire others  to  go  and  do  likewise.  Those 
who  are  sprinkling  ginger  in  the  ranks  are 
Mrs.  Lillian  Coffin,  President  of  the  New  Era 
League;  Mrs.  Jennie  Leland  Durst,  chairman 
of  the  committee,  Mr.  Goodman  Loewenthal, 
end  the  ensuing  loyal  followers:  Mrs.  George 
Sperry,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Felt,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Hewitt, 
Mrs.  F.  H.  Dodge,  Mrs.  Sarah  Noah,  Miss  Eliz- 
abeth Hall,  Mrs.  Francis  Braeken,  Mrs.  A. 
Cotton,  Dr.  Blanche  L.  Sanborn,  Mrs.  Emma 
D. '  Taylor,  Dr.  E.  L.  Cox,  Miss  Cora  May, 
Mrs.  E.  C.  Duncan,  Mrs.  Dupuy,  Mrs.  E.  F. 
Graser,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Collins,  Miss  A.  Thompson, 
Miss  Alma  Drum,  Mrs.  E.  Kimball.  Miss  M. 
Webster,  Mrs.  A.  F.  Halsey,  Mrs.  Furderer, 
Mrs.  P.  A.  Peshow,  Miss  Clapp,  Mrs.  A.  C. 
Boggs,  Mrs.  A.  Barilla,  Mrs.  Nettie  Hamilton, 
Mrs.  Ella  M.  Higby,  Mrs.  M.  E.  Hall,  Mrs. 
Hazel  S.  Johnson,  Mrs.  A.  E.  Kaeser,  Mrs. 
Bert  Lazarus,  Mrs.  Belle  Eohrhand,  Mrs.  Eufus 
Steele,  Mrs.  Spozio,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Secombe,  Mrs. 
A.  M.  Wora.  Mrs.  L.  Lerme,  Miss  Archer,  Mrs. 
D.  Havens,  Mrs.  D.  F.  S.  Shaefer,  Miss  Sophie 
Clough,  Miss  Katherine  Siering,  Mrs.  Marie 
Bollo,  Mrs.  Stevenot,  Miss  Alice  Sweeney. 
Mrs.  Augusta  Jones,  Mrs.  Fanny  Deutsch, 
Mrs.  E.  H.  Healy,  Mrs.  Helen  Moore,  Mrs.  E. 
T.  Ware,  Mrs.  D.  K.  Farr,  Mrs.  S.  Beisner, 
Mrs.  Eosetta  Bradley,  Miss  Katherine  John- 
son, Miss  Mary  Fairbrother,  Miss  Laura  Mo- 
leda,  Mrs.  McKinley,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Moores,  Miss 
Katherine  Fennessy,  Mrs.  Grace  Calkins. 

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THE  WASP 


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DESCRIPTION    OF   THE 

BIPED  WITH  THE  COIN. 


]'.\    Lionel  Josaphare. 

[The  following  article  ie  an  extract  from  a  ?ory 
clever  book,  "The  World  of  Suckers."  Lionel 
Josaphare,  formerly  ol  The  Wasp  staff,  and  now  eu- 
.    .   ,i    in   literary    work   in   New   York,   is  the  uuthur 

of  t lie  work.     Mr.  Josaphare  is  b  i i  of  distinction 

ns  well  as  a  master  of  humor  and  satire.  He  was 
a  lawyer  by  profession,  hut  preferred  journalism. 
Mr,  Josaphurt'  1ms  had  a  wide  experience  iu  journal- 
ism in   New  York  and  other  large  cities.] 


EVEBYBOD'X  knows  that  a  biped  is  a  liv- 
ing creature  with  two  feet,  But  nut 
everybody  knows  how  many  corns  the 
human  biped  lias  on  eacn  foot.  The  corn  is 
a  pressure  of  that  realistic  circumstance 
teimed  civilization,  ;uid  is  frequently  used 
metaphorically  foT  discomfort;  while  warts 
are  a  gift  from  splendid  nature.  Su  we  may 
infer  that  fingers  and  toes,  whether  meddling 
with  frog-pools  or  tuddliug  through  city 
streets,  should  neither  point  too  proudly  nor 
kick  too  vigorously  at  natural  or  artificial 
beauties.  For  the  present  it  suffices  to  say 
that  the  biped  with  full  pockets  is  civiliza- 
tion's masterpiece;  the  naked  biped,  without 
a  cent  in  his  hand,  is  merely  a  work  of  God. 

.Now,  the  two  legs  of 'the  male  biped  must 
have  been  given  him  primarily  for  the  purpose 
of  wearing  trousers,  in  which  are  two  pockets 
especially  adapted  for  the  distribution  of 
coin. 

In  all  society,  the  most  estimable  biped  is 
the  lather  of  the  family,  sometimes  referred 
to  as  Paterfamilias. 

When  most  characteristic  and  attentive  to 
his  duties,  the  Paterfamilias  has  very  little 
brilliance  and  strut.  He  is  not  given  much 
to  laughter,  as  any  display  of  geniality  on  his 
part  will  immediately  be  opportunitied  by 
some  one  looking  for  a  long-time  loan.  He 
criticises  many  customs  of  the  folks  and  is 
allowed  to  apologize  and  do  pennance  on  a 
cash  basis.  When  he  cannot  have  his  way, 
he  goes  to  sleep.  This  gives  him  a  moony 
rather  than  a  sunny  disposition;  and,  while 
he  may  be  the  head  of  the  firm,  he  is  the  sore- 
head of  the  family.  Occasionally  some  of  the 
family  allow  Paterfamilias  to  accompany  them 
to  the  theater,  if  he  pays  for  the  tickets. 

On  election  days.  Paterfamilias  votes  for 
men  whom  he  has  never  seen,  and  who  have 
no  wish  to  see  him.  On  election  night,  he 
shouts  himself  stiff  in  the  neck  while  the  pre- 
cincts are  being  counted;  then  he  returns 
home  like  a  person  who  has  witnessed  a 
very  sad  and  moral  drama. 

On  Christmas,  he  is  presented  with  some 
fancy  socks,  fancy  slippers  and  fancy  senti- 
ments, all  of  which  he  has  needed  for  months. 
These  gifts  represent  the  dregs  of  the  many 
dollars  Paterfamilias  has  allowed  his  family 
for  the  holidays,  and  were  bought  just  as  the 
stores  were  closing  up. 

The  Biped  with  the  Coin  arises  in  the 
morning  when  the  rest  of  the  family  are 
perfuming  their  pillows  with  the  breath  of 
dreams,      He    arrives    downtown    on    schedule 


time,  for  which  he  assumes  great  credit.  Just 
what   Paterfamilias    does   downtown,   how    he 

bs  people  to  part   with  their  money,  and 
how  lie  manages  to  insinuate  himself  into  the 

g i  graces  of  business  associates,  is  a  mys 

tery  to  his  family.  Vet  there  he  is,  every 
,  with  the  coin,  handing  it  out  like  a 
conjurer  to  all  the  yearning  giraffes  at  home, 
and  fearful  oJ  telling  them  that  he  has  seen 
a  tobacco  that  cost:-,  somewhat  more  than  the 
old   brand. 

At  the  thrilling  moment  after  dinner,  the 
eldest  daughter  circum fluctuates  herself  about 
his  chair,  clears  her  larynx  and  gurgles  into 
the  subject  of  gowns.  The  youngerpowder 
puff  artist  languishes  with  the  blues  until 
Artful  Dad  elicits  the  fact  that  last  season's 
bat  might  disturb  the  Peace  of  God  on  the 
coming  Sabbath.  The  boys  .grapple  their 
share;  and  the  lady-wife  puts  in  a  resolution 
for  the  Pater's  payment  of  another  bill  at 
his  office  instead  of  her  defraying  the  same 
from  her  weekly  stipend. 

Throughout  the  month,  Paterfamilias  has 
no  lack  of  manual  exercise  with  the  coin. 
Come  pink  and  green  tickets  for  benefit  per- 
formances of  pink  and  green  ladies  who  sing, 
Louis  XIV  bouquets  for  brides  and  graduates, 
presents  for  departing  friends,  boxes  of  candy 
for  hungry  ones,  donations  to  charity-bazaars, 
silver  sprinkling  for  the  church's  velvet-lined 
basket,  money  for  books,  music,  repairs,  treats 
and  many  other  oddities  of  importance  to 
the  general  public  and  the  improvement  ol 
the  family. 

To  have  beheld  him  in  the  days  of  i  is 
courtship — ambitious  and  vain,  and  even 
flattered  (think  of  it,  flattered)  by  those  who 
knew  him — one  could  hardly  have  foreseen 
that  he  would  become  nothing  more  than  a 
Paterfamilias.  And  yet,  perhaps  at  that  time, 
he  stepped  on  the  wrong  standpoint  and  was, 
as  a  lover  too,  a  Biped  with  the  Coin.  He 
fancied  he  was  getting  something  in  troy 
weight.  Not  every  youth  looks  or  feels  the 
part  he  is  to  fill  in  later  life.  And  so  the 
change  from  lover  to  Paterfamilias  is  on?  of 
those  comicalities  that  Pate  loves  to  paint 
when  she  needs  valentines. 


The  Warrior's  Request. 

ADJUTANT  -  GENEKAL     NATHAN    B. 
FOREST  of  the  "United  States  of  Con- 
■     federate  Veterans  told  at  a  banquet  in 
Memphis   a  military  anecdote. 

"A  handsome  young  soldier,"  he  said  smil- 
ing, "lay  in  the  last  agony  upon  a  battle- 
field. To  the  friend  bending  over  him  he 
murmured,    hoarsely: 

"  'Tell  Caroline  my  last  thoughts  were  of 
her.  Say  I  died  with  her  portrait  pressed  to 
my  lips.' 

"He   gulped    and    added: 
"  'Tell  Minnie  and  Grace  and  Harriet  the 
same   thing.'  " 

+ 

It  takes  a  strong-minded  woman  to  hold 
her  tongue. 

* 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


Books  AND  Auatlhors 


IN   \  recently  published  article  on  the  humor 
and    sal  ire    "J"    '  Ibarles    I  hckene    and    Sii 
William    S.    Gilbert,    it    has    been    pointed 
«>ut  that  Gilbert   has  triumphed  as  a  humorist. 

■'It  is  not  so  certain,''  Mr.  Chesterton  say-, 
"thai  Gilbert  has  triumphed  as  a  satirist.  In 
'The   Mikado,'  Gilbert  pursued  and  persecuted 

tl vile    "t    modern    England    till   they    had 

literally  aot  a  log  to  stand  on;  ; exactly  as 
Swift  did  under  the  allegory  of  'Gulliver's 
Travels.'  Jet  it  is  the  solid  and  comic  fact 
that  'The  Mikado'  was  actually  forbidden  in 
England  for  the  first  time,  because  it  was  a 
satire  on  Japan!  1  doubt  if  there  was  a  singli 
juke  in  the  whole  play  that  fits  the  Japan- 
ese. But  all  the  ]Okes  in  the  play  fit  the 
English,  if  they  would  put  on  the  cap.  The 
great  creation  of  the  play  is  Poo-Bab.  I 
have  never  heard,  1  do  nut  believe,  that  the 
combination  of  inconsistent  functions  is  spec- 
ially a  vice  of  the  extreme  East.  I  should 
guess  the  contrary;  1  should  guess  that  the 
East  tends  to  split  into  steady  and  inherited 
trades  or  castes;  so  that  the  torturer  is  al- 
ways a  torturer  and  the  priest  a  priest.  But 
about  England,  Poo-Bah  is  something  more 
than  a  satire;  he  is  tne  truth.  It  is  true  of 
British  politics  (.probably  not  of  Japanese) 
that  we  meet  the  same  man  twenty  times  as 
twenty  different  officials.  There  is  a  quarrel 
between  a  landlord,  Lord  Jones,  and  a  rail- 
way company  presided  over  by  Lord  Smith. 
Strong  comments  are  made  on  the  case  by  a 
newspaper,  (owned  by  Lord  Brown,)  and 
after  infinite  litigation  it  is  sent  up  to  the 
House  of  Lords,  that  is,.  Lords  Jones,  Smith 
and  Brown.  Generally  the  characters  are 
more  mixed.  The  landlord  cannot  live  by 
land,  but  does  live  as  director  of  the  rail- 
way. The  railway  is  so  rich  that  he  buys  the 
newspaper.  The  general  result  can  be  ex- 
pressed only  in  two  syllables  (to  be  uttered 
with  the  utmost  energy):   Pooh-Bah!" 

According  to  official  reports  the  six  best 
sellers  during  the  month  are:  1.  The  "Har- 
vester," Gene  Stratton-Porter;  2.  "Frau, " 
John  Breckenridge  Ellis;  3.  "A  Hoosier  Chron- 
icle," Meredith  Nicholson;  4.  "The  Street 
Called  Straight,"  Anon;  5.  "The  Melting  of 
Molly, ' '  Daviess ;  6.  "  The  Man  in  Lou  ely 
Land,"  Bosher. 

Best  sellers  in  San  Francisco:  1.  "The  Street 
Called  Straight,"  Anon;  2.  "The  Harvester," 
Gene  Stratton-Porter;  3.  "Tante, "  Sedgwick; 
4.  "Queed, "  Henry  Sydnor  Harrison;  5.  "Ju- 
lia France  and  Her  Times,"  Gertrude  Ather- 
ton;    6.  "Mother,"   Kathleen   Norris. 


Alice  Hegan  Bice,  author  of  "Mrs.  Wiggs 
of  the  Cabbage  Paten,"  has  written  a  new 
book  called  "A  Eomance  of  Billygoat  Hill." 


Citizen's  Alliance  of  S»i 


OPEN  SHOP 


"The  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence." — Prof.  Eliot. 
Harvard   University. 


7 


More  than  fifty  per  cent,  of 
the  union  membership  is  held 
in  line  by  threats  of  physical 
violence. 


Citizens'  Alliance  Office 
Booms,  Nos.  363-364-365 
Buss  Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 


AYOR  ROLPH 


TAKE. 


MAYOR  ROLPH  is  so  busy  that  some- 
times lie  cannot  leave  his  office  to 
get  Ms  lunch.  The  newspapers  have 
stated  that  fact.  He  goes  to  his 
office  at  7:30  a.  m.  and  remains  till  late  in  the 
night.  Yet  things  do  not  run  smoothly.  He 
finds  it  very  difficult  to  even  have  the  streets 
swept  properly. 

If  our  conscientious  but  lenient  Mayor  had 
followed  the  friendly  advice  given  him  by  The 
Wasp,  when  he  took  office,  he  need  not  work 
half  so  hard,  and  the  results  would  probably 
be  twice  as  satisfactory. 

The  Wasp  advised  the  Mayor  to  dismiss 
Casey  and  Manson,  as  the  first  and  most  im- 
portant reform  in  his  administration.  He 
has  not  done  so.  Casey  and  Manson  are  in 
office  making  excuses  as  usual,  and  putting  the 
sins  of  omission  or  commission  on  others.  If 
they  remain  in  office  they  will  discredit  the 
Eolph  administration  and  help  to  bring  back 
on  our  long-suffering  city  the  fearful  curse  of 
a  third  UDion  labor  administration. 
*     *     * 

MANSON  and  Casey  did  more  than  any 
other  two  men  to  discredit  the  McCar- 
thy administration,  though  that  was 
no  difficult  task.  One  of  the  worst  mistakes 
McCarthy  made  when  he  became  Mayor,  was 
to  swerve  from  his  determination  to  evict 
Manson  and  put  another  engineer  in  his  place. 
The  man  had  been  selected,  but  at  the  critical 
moment  McCarthy  hesitated  and  was  lost. 
Manson  was  allowed  to  remain,  because  Mc- 
Carthy believed  that  in  keeping  him  on  the 
City's  payroll  the  advocates  of  Hetch  Hetchy 
would  be  placated,  and  the  so-called  "Good 
Government"  party  would  support  the  Mc- 
Carthy administration  for  re-election. 

The  result  of  McCarthy's  blunder  was  that 
nothing   was    done   to    buy   Spring   Valley    or 


gfflFjy- 


A    RUBBER-STAMP    OFFICIAL. 

acquire  Hetch  Hetchy,  and  at  the  end  of  two 
years  the  decent  people  rose  in  anger  and 
tiling  out  the  Union  Labor  gang.  They  were 
a  eood  riddance. 


THE  Eolph  administration  has  four  years 
— forty-eight  months — to  run.  Seven 
months  have  passed  and  Manson  has  made 
no  further  headway  in  solving  the  water  prob- 
lem than  to  pay  a  million  dollars  to  Ham  Hall 
for  the  Cherry  Creek  water  shed,  which  was 
offered  to  the  Taylor  administration  for  a 
quarter  of  a  million,  and  was  originally 
hawked  around  San  Francisco  for  fifty  thous- 


advised  the  hasty  purchase  of  the  property, 
and  Auditor  Boyle,  who  swore,  before  election, 
he  would  never  sanction  such  a  grab,  approved 
it  and  let  the  money  be  hogswoggled.  If  we 
had  the  right  kind  of  a  Board  of  Supervisors 
and  the  proper  kind  of  a  Grand  Jury,  some  of 
the  official  gentlemen,  who  figured  in  this 
dubious  transaction  would  be  made  to  walk 
the  plank. 

*     *     * 

OUR  worthy, Mayor  is  an  honest  man,  who 
would  like  to  make  our  City  government 
perfect    and    prosperous,    but    he    will 
never  succeed  in  making  it  tolerable  as  long 
as  he  permits  politicians  like  Casey  and  Man- 


LETTING  HIM  DO  IT  ALL, 


and  dollars.  It  has  been  stated  on  the  author- 
ity of  prominent  citizens  that  Mr.  Manson 
obtained  an  option  on  the  property  for  $340,- 
000.  This  charge  has  never  been  publicly 
refuted  by  Mr.  Manson,  although  it  certainly 
calls  for  an  answer,  as  people  naturally  in- 
quire why  the  City  of  San  Francisco  should 
pay  a  million  dollars  for  water  rights  that 
were  practically  bonded  to   it  for  much   less 

than  half  a  million. 

*     *     * 

IF  ANYTHING  ever  called  for  a  searching 
investigation,  it  is  the  record  of  the  trans- 
actions by  which  Ham  Hall  got  a  million 
dollars  out  of  the  treasury  for  water  rights 
that  were  offered  to  the  City  for  a  quarter  of 
a  million.  To  make  the  matter  worse,  Mr. 
Hall  could  not  give  legal  title  to  the  water 
rights,  because  they  are  in  litigation,  and 
even  the  taxes  on  the  property  were  left  in 
dispute.     Yet  Mr.  Manson  and  his  associates 


son  to  run  the  Board  of  Works.  Great  cap- 
tains of  industry  command  success  by  picking 
the  first-class  men  to  fill  the  important  posi- 
tions. How  absurd  it  would  appear  to  a  real 
captain  of  industry  to  have  Casey  and  Manson 
trotting  into  his  office  week  after  week,  and 
year  after  year,  explaining  that  the  reason 
the  sewers  are  not  built  quickly,  the  streets 
swept  properly,  and  the  municipal  water  prob- 
lem solved  satisfactorily  is  that  the  office  boy 
is  too  busy  to  attend  to  the  work.  That's 
about  what  the  excuses  of  Casey  and  Manson 
amount  to.  They  shift  the  responsibility  to 
irresponsible  subordinates,  as  if  the  heads  of 
departments  are  not  responsible  for  everything 
done  by  them.  A  hustling  captain  of  industry, 
who  knew  his  business,  would  lay  down  the 
law  to- the  Caseys  and  Mansons  in  one  straight 
talk.  There  would  be  no  more  hitches  and 
delays.  He  wouldn  't  waste  five  minutes  of 
his    valuable    time    talking    to    subordinates, 


Saturday,  August  10,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


15 


when  be  could  touch  the  bell,  call  iiis  heads 
of  departments  before  him  and  tell  them  to 
show  satisfactory  results  speedily  or  gel   their 

walking  piipers.   • 

OIK  worthy  Mayor  cannot  claim  thai  En- 
gineer Hanson  ia  retained  because  to 
dismiss  him  would  endanger  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  scheme.  H  was  shown  in  the  recent 
investigation  of  the  leaky  reservoir  on  Twin 
Peaks  that  Mr.  Manson's  position  iu  the 
Engineering  Department  was  largely  that  of 
a  rubber  stamp.  His  "right  hand,''  as  Mr. 
Hanson  called  his  deputy,  Coimirk.  attended 
to  most  things,  and  whenever  the  Chief  En- 
gineer's name  was  required  to  any  important 
document  the  "right  hand"  reached  out  for 
the  red-rubber  stamp,  bearing  Mr.  Manson's 
name,  and  used  it.  Advocates  of  high  pay 
for  public  servants  have  maintained  that  Mr. 
Manson's  position  is  underpaid,  but  it  is  hard 
to  understand  why  the  salary  should  be  raised 
when  a  twenty-cent  red-rubber  stamp  per- 
forms so  many  of  the  most  important  duties. 
The  Engineer's  office  should  be  designated  in 
the  annual  budget  as  the  "Red  Rubber 
Stamp    Department." 


Comical  Sfcoirafcs 
by  Honest  John 


gj  |  UN  EST"  John  Edmund  McDougald 
|  J  is  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  and 
County  of  ban  Francisco.  Every- 
body knows  that.  Not  so  many  were  aware 
that  he  is  a  humorist  of  the  first  order,  till 
they  read  of  it  in  a  morning  newspaper.  Ac- 
cording to  the  newspaper  account,  His  Honor 
the  Mayor  found  a  large  sack  of  iron  washers 
doing  duty  as  $20  pieces  in  the  Treasury. 
The  Mayor,  it  seems,  was  counting  the  coin 
to  see  that  it  was  all  right,  when  suddenly 
the  sack  of  stage  money  was  unearthed.  It 
gave  the  examiners  a  shock,  only  equalled 
by  the  famous  discovery  that  $116,000  had 
mysteriously  vanished  after  the  Hon.  James 
Duval  Phelan  had  "hefted"  the  money,  in- 
stead of  counting  it  as  the  law  provided, 

"Honest"  John  laughed  gaily  when  the 
bag  of  iron  washers  was  emptied  on  the  count- 
er the  other  day,  and  the  eyes  of  the  exam- 
iners bulged   in   surprise. 

11  The  joke  is  on  you  fellows,"  he  chuckled. 
"I've  had  that  bag  of  fake  money  staked 
out  to  fool  you.  I've  been  trying  to  catch  the 
Mayor  for  a  month  with  that  fake  bag,  but 
he  wouldn't  bite." 

The  keen  wit  of  the  Treasurer  has  no  doubt 
been  appreciated  by  all  the  tax-payers  who 
read  of  the  humorous  incident.  The  City 
Treasury  is  not  exactly  the  place  one  would 
look  for  vaudeville  stunts.  It  is  a  very  ser- 
ious matter,  that  of  looking  after  the  millions 
of  public  money,  but  our  City  Treasurer  can 
be  excused  for  regarding  it  is  a  joke.  "Why 
.  should  he  not  think  lightly  of  it.  Nobody 
seemed  to  pay  the  slightest  attention  to  the 
loss    of   $37,600,    which    disappeared    one    day 


from  Treasnr<  McDougald 's  custody.  -\>-i 
even  a  bag  oi   i  mere   was  lefl   in   place 

"t    the   vanished   coin.     Later  on,   the  sum   of 

-,; -. <  took  fligbi     ad  never  came  back,     A 

bookkeeper  was  Beni  to  San  Quentin  for  five 
years  for  thai  embezzlement,  and  is  now  oui 

on  parole,  after  serving  less  than  two  years 
of  hi-  Bentenci  <o\  a  cenl  of  t  he  stolen 
money  has  been  i  itored  to  the  treasury. 
That  is  the  joke.  No  doubt  the  taxpayers 
enjoy  the  humor  of  the  affair  immensely, 
when  they  look  at  their  tax  bills.  The  char- 
acter of  the  City  and  County  Treasury  as  an 
institution  for  the  development  of  humor,  and 
the  presentation  of  comic  stunts  cannot  be 
interfered  with. 

In  former  years  the  City  and  County  Treas- 
urer was  not  regarded  as  an  annex  of  the 
Orpheum,  nor  was  juggling  with  the  public 
coin  considered  a  star  performance.  Head- 
liners  in  that  specialty  wished  that  they  had 
turned  their  talents  to  some  different  line  of 
endeavor. 

It  is  of  record  that  when  Charles  Hubert 
was  Treasurer  in  1878,  his  chief  deputy  be- 
came a  defaulter  to  the  amount  of  $20,000. 
AVhat  did  he  do  when  the  embezzlement  was 
discovered?  Did  he  hold  levees  in  the  county 
jail,  and  discuss  with  sympathetic  lady  re- 
porters the  psychology  of  crime,  and  accept 
an   engagement  to  write  essays  for  the   Bul- 


letin   while    in    San    Quentin,  and    lake  a 

\  iile  engagemenl   as  a  ion  as  he  gol    pa 
Alas,  do!    Sad   to   relate,  in  those  dark 
people  bad  i    misconcepl  ion  oJ   i  lie  i  rui 
,   tions   of   crime    and    honesty    and    the    duties 

of   those    who   don 't    steal    to   I  be    i pie   oi 

higher   mentality,   who   have   thrown    the   ten 
commandments  in  the  ash  barrel. 

As  soon  as  the  newspapers  published  an 
account  of  the  defalcation  in  Treasurer  iin 
bert  's  office,  the  defaulting  Deputy  Treas- 
urer committed  suicide  to  escape  the  officers 
of  the  law,  who  were  on  his  track.  The  hon- 
est Treasurer  sold  his  property  on  Sutter 
street  to  make  good  the  defalcation.  The 
City  did  not  lose  a  cent. 

There  were  fewer  schools  and  colleges  in 
those  days,  less  churches,  .  and  no  Common- 
wealth Club  to  stir  the  public  conscience, 
and  yet  the  public  conscience  was  able  to 
discern  clearly  the  difference  between  right 
and    wrong. 

* 

WHAT  IS  NEEDED. 

MICHAEL  CASEY  told  the  Mayor  that, 
although  he  had  been  in  office  fully 
nine  years,  he  has  never  yet  been  able 
to  find  out  why  the  streets  are  not  kept  clean, 
all  of  which  goes  to  show  that  a  new  broom 
is  sadly  needed  to  sweep  the  streets,  and  in- 
cidentally to  sweep  Michael  out  of  his  job. 


HONEST  JOHN 

Under  whose  management  some  remarkable  vaudeville  stunts  in  the  City  and  County  Treasury 

have  been  pulled  off. 


Vacation  1912 

A  Handbook  of 

Summer  Resorts 

Along  the  line  of  the 

NORTHWESTERN 
PACIFIC    RAILROAD 

This  book  tells  by  picture  and  word 
of  the  many  delightful  places  in  Marin, 
Sonoma,  Mendocino,  Lake  and  Humboldt 
Counties  in  which  to  spend  your  Vaca- 
tion— Summer  Resorts,  Camping  Sites, 
Farm  and  Town  Homes. 


Copies  of  Vacation  1912  may  be  ob- 
tained at  874  Market  St.  (Flood  Build- 
ing), Sausalito  Ferry  Ticket  Office,  or 
on  application  to  J.  J.  Geary,  G.  P.  & 
F.  A.,  808  Pbelan  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


NEW  ENGLAND  HOTEL 

Located  in  beautiful  grove  about  40  rods  from 
station.  Beautiful  walks,  grand  scenery;  hunt- 
ing and  fishing,  boating,  bathing,  bowling  and 
croquet.  Table  supplied  with  fresh  fruit  and 
vegetables,  milk  and  eggs  from  own  ranch  daily. 

Adults  $7  to  $9  per  week;  special  rates  for 
children. 

Address  F.  K.  HARRISON,  Camp  Meeker, 
Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


OWN   SUMMER   HOME    IN 

CAMP    MEEKER 

Mountains  of  Sonoma  Co.  Lots  $15  up.  Meeker 
niilds  cottages  $85  up.  Depot,  stores,  hotels, 
*staurant,  phone,  post,  express  office,  theater, 
free  library,  pavilion,  churches,,  sawmill;  2,000 
lots  sold,  700  cottages  built.  Sausalito  Ferry. 
Address  M.  O.  MEEKER,  Camp  Meeker. 


Redwood  Grove 


%  mile  from  Guerneville;  tents  and  cottages; 
abundance  of  fruit,  berries;  bus  meets  all  trains. 
Rates  $10-$11  per  week;  L.  D.  phone.  Address 
THORPE  BROS.,  Box  141,  Guerneville,  Sonoma 
Co.,   Cal. 


HILL 

HOTEL  AND  COTTAGES 
Camp  Meeker 

Opposite  depot;  20  minutes'  ride  from  Russian 
River;  surrounded  by  orchards  and  vineyards; 
excellent  dining-room,  with  best  cooking.  Fish- 
ing, boating,  swimming  and  dancing.  Many 
good  trails  for  mountain  climbing.  Open  all 
year.  Can  accommodate  75  guests.  Adults,  $6 
to   $10  per  week;    children  half  rates. 

Building  lots  for  sale  from  $50  and  up.  Ad- 
dress MRS.  L.  BARBIER,  Camp  Meeker,  So- 
noma   County,    Cal. 


The  Gables 


Sonoma  county's  ideal  family  resort,  just  opened 
to  the  public.  Excellent  table,  supplied  from 
our  dairy  and  farm.  Dancing,  tennis,  games. 
Bus  to  hot  baths  and  trains  daily  at  Verano  sta- 
tion. Rates  $2.50  per  day,  $12  and  up  per 
week.  Open  year  round.  Address  H.  P.  MAT- 
THEWSON,   Sonoma  City  P.  O.,   Cal. 


Hotel  Rowardennan 

OPEN  ALL  THE    YEAR. 

New  ownership,  new  management,  new  fea- 
tures. Golf,  tennis,  bowling,  fishing,  boating, 
swimming,    clubhouse.      Free    garage. 

Rates  $17.50  to  $25  per  week;  $3  to  $4  per 
day. 

Folders  and  information  at  Peck-Judah'B,  or 
address  J.  M.  SHOULTS,  Ben  Lomond,   Cal. 


::  RIVERSIDE  RESORT :: 


Country  home  *4  mile  from  Guerneville;  ideal 
spot;  Vz  mile  of  river  frontage;  $8  to  $12  per 
week.  For  particulars,  MRS.  H.  A.  STAGG, 
Proprietor,    Guerneville,    Sonoma    county. 


COSMO  FARM 

On  the  Russian  River;  electric  lighted  through- 
out. Rates  $10  to  $12  per  week.  For  particu- 
lars see  Vacation  Book  or  address  H.  P.  Mc- 
PEAK,    P.    O.    Hilton,    Sonoma   Co.,    Cal. 


RIONIDO  HOTEL 

Lawn  Tennis,  Croquet,  Shuffle  Board,  Swings, 
Shooting  Gallery,  Box  Ball  Alleys,  also  4,000 
square  feet  Dancing  Pavilion,  unsurpassed  Bathing 
and  Boating,  and  large  social  hall  for  guests. 
Hotel  ready  for  guests.  Rates,  $12  per  week. 
American  plan.  For  reservations  address  RIO- 
NIDO   CO.,    Rionido,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


Summer  Resorts 

AT  HOME,  AT  THE   CLUB,   OAFE   OB  HOTEL 

CASWELL'S  COFFEE 


Always   Satisfactory 
GEO.  W.    CASWELL  COMPANY 

530-532-534  Folsom  St.  Phone  Kearny  3610 

Write  for  samples  and  prices. 


CARR'S 


NEW  MONTE 
RIO    HOTEL 


NEAREST    TO    STATION    AND    RIVER. 

New  modern  hotel,  first-class  in  every  detail 
and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience. 
Swimming,  boating,  canoeing,  fishing,  launching, 
horseback  riding  and  driving.  Hotel  rates  $2 
day;  $12  and  $14  per  week.  Round  trip,  $2.80. 
good  on  either  the  broad  or  narrow  gauge  rail- 
roads. Sausalito  Ferry.  Address  C.  F.  CARR, 
Monte   Rio,    Sonoma   Co.,    Cal. 


HOTEL  RUSTICANO 

The  hotel  is  just  a  two-minute  walk  from  the 
depot  amongst  the  giant  redwood  trees.  The 
amusements  are  numerous — boating,  bathing, 
lawn  tennis,  bowling,  dancing,  nickelodeon,  and 
beautiful  walks.  A  more  desirable  place  for  a 
vacation  could  not  be  found.  Rates,  $9  to  $12 
per   week ;    rates    to    families. 

For  folder,  address  L.  B.  SELENGER,  Prop., 
Camp    Meeker,     Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


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I? 


CLUB  LIFE  is  not  all  reform  work  along 
a  prescribed  propaganda.  Not  is  ir 
it  all  politics;  nor  yet  all  civic  work; 
nor  even  all  philanthropic.  There  is 
an  aesthetic  side,  none  the  lesa  beneficent, 
which  acta  as  a  lever,  raising  the  standard 
of  concent  ric  force. 

One  of  tlio  must  influential  among  the  lead- 
ers in  the  educational  and  musical  circles  of 
our  leading  clubs  is  Madame  Emilie  Tojetti, 
whose  picture  is  given  in  tins  week's  issue 
of  The  Wasp.  Madame  Tojetti  is  eh  airman 
of  the  educational  department  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Club,  and  has  under  her  direction  the 
various  sections,  including  the  dramatic,  art 
and  niusie  sections. 

"There  is  so  much  to  be  accomplished  in 
this  work,"  said  Madame  Tojetti.  ''My  very 
heart  is  in  it  all.  1  wanted  to  encourage 
musical  people,  and  especially  our  local  com- 
posers, all  that  I  possibly  can. 

"Let  us  have  all  the  compositions  by  our 
Californians  that   we  can  find,  for  I  heartily 


Vaughan-Fraser    Photo. 
MME.    EMILIE    TOJETTI 
Who  Is  a  strong  sponsor  for  local  creative  work. 

believe  in  encouraging  every  line  of  creative 
work,  right  here,  now,"  added  the  leader, 
emphatically. 

"Even  if  it  be  ragtime1?''  was  interposed. 

"Ragtime  is  not  bad.  That  is,  the  music 
and  the  rhythm  of  this  syncopated  music  is 
not  offensive.  In  fact,  it  is  attractive.  But 
it  is  the  words,  the  low,  degenerate  words, 
that  make  ragtime  music  unfit  for  the  draw- 
ing room  and  the  club,  and  absolutely  de- 
moralizing  to    the   young, 

"The  modern,  touch  is  found  iu  all  this 
music,  which  would  be  welcomed   everywhere 


11    the   phrasing   were  onlj    a-   rhythmical  ami 
clean. ' ' 

Madame  Tojetti  is  Chairman  of  the  state 
Committee  on  Music,  also,  and  at  one  of  the 
morning  conferences  of  the  "Channing'1  not 
h>ng  ago,  she  presented  a  thesis  on  the  "De- 
velopment Of  Folli    Song.  " 

•       *       » 

PROMINENT  in  the  social  and  literary  cir- 
cles hi'  several  of  our  local  clubs  is  the 
name  of  Mis.  Clarence  Grange,  whose 
picture  is  given.  She  is  identified  in  the  clubs 
of  which  she  is  a  member  as  one  of  the  most 
enthusiastic  and  gracious.  In  the  "Cap  and 
Bells"  Club,  Mrs.  Grange  is  always  one  of 
the  prominent  speakers,  and  her  voice  is 
heard  on  thoughtful  themes  in  the  Laurel 
Hall  Club,  the  California  Club  and  the  Pacific 
Coast   Women's   Press   Association. 

"I  prefer  to  listen  rather  than  to  talk/' 
was  the  remarkable  statement  made  by  this 
charming  club  woman.  "I  love  good  books, 
good  music,  good  pictures,  in  fact,  everything 
that  is  beautiful,  and  I  find  so  much  of  it 
here  at  home,"  enthusiased  Mrs.  Grange,  who 
returned  from  abroad  recently.  Her  home 
on  Broadway  is  often  the  scene  of  her 
gracious  hospitality,  and  plainly  presents  her 
appreciation   of   all   that  is   beautiful. 

Club  Luncheon  at  San  Mateo. 

THE  THURSDAY  CLUB,  composed  of 
Burlingame  and  San,  Mateo  ladies,  gave 
a  complimentary  luncheon*  at  the  Pen- 
insula Hotel,  limited  to  members  only.  The 
guests  of  honor  were:  Mrs.  Percy  L.  Shuman, 
President  of  the  San  Francisco  District;  Mrs. 
Frederick  Colburn,  Chairman  of  the  Pro- 
gramme Committee,  Thursday  Club;  Mrs. 
Eugene  de  Veer,  Assistant  Curator  of  the 
Oakland  Academy.  Mrs.  Eugene  McClellan 
presided  as  toastmaster,  and  those  who  re- 
sponded to  toasts  were:  Mrs.  Charles  McCar- 
thy, Mrs.  Henry  Hagen,  Mrs.  S.  D.  Merle, 
Past-president  of  the  San  Mateo  Club.  Poig- 
nant speeches  in  response  were  made  by 
Mrs.  Vickerson,  President  of  the  Thursday 
Club,  Mrs.  Colburn  and  Mrs.  de  Veer.  Among 
those  present  were:  Mesdames  S.  J.  Bingham, 
Fred  J.  Breckenridge,  Charles  J.  Brown,  F. 
H.  Colburn,  Finlay  Cook,  C.  E.  Douglass, 
Albert  Gunn,  Henry  "W.  Hagen,  E.  A.  Hardy, 
A.  F.  Hess,  E.  E.  Johnson,  L.  Berton  Law- 
rence, Charles  F.  McCarthy  Eugenia  McClel- 
lan, Kenneth  McLeod,  Samuel  D.  Merk,  Dr. 
Florence  Power,  Percy  L.  Shuman,  Eugene 
de  Veer,  John  M.  Vickerson,  Henry  W.  Wieg- 
ersom  The  final  toast  was  given  by  Mrs. 
Eugenia  McClennan,  who  said:  "To  the 
Thursday  Clubwoman — May  she  be  welcome 
in  every  home,  liked  in  many,  loved  in  a  few, 
and  adored  in  one." 


A'mishan-Frnser    Photo. 
MBS.    CLARENCE    GRANGE 
Prominent    in    the    literary    and    social    sets    of 
energetic  women. 

Just  Wanted  to  Prove  it. 

THE  father  of  several  boys  was  recently 
busily  engaged  in  writing,  sitting  near 
the  window,  when  he  heard  a  shrill  cry 
of  "Dad,  Dad!"  from  his  youngest-born,  who 
was  playing  with  neighbors'  children  outside. 
"What  a  trial  my  children  are!  "  murmured 
the  distinguished  man,  as  he  thrust  his  head 
out  of  the  window.  "Well,  boy,"  he  asked, 
"  what  is  it?  " 

Whereupon    the    hut,    who    was   standing    in 
the  center  of  a  group  of  youngsters,  replied: 

"Willie  Johnson  wouldn't  believe  that  you 
hadn't  a  hair' on  your  head.    That's  all,  Dad." 


Even  the  people  who  think  twice  before 
they  speak  often  nave  another  think  coming 
to   them. 


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for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  Francisco.  Phone  Park 
2940.  1200  S.  Main  Street, 
Los    Angeles. 


THE  summer  dullness  continues  to  affect 
the  local  realty  market.  Now  is  the 
time  when  bargains  can  be  picked  up. 
G.  H.  Umbsen  &  Co.  will  test  the  market  by 
an  auction,  on  August  19th,  of  some  choice 
properties,  including  the  northwest  corner  of 
Kearny  and  Sutter  streets.  It  is  seldom  that 
property  of  this  class  comes  into  the  market. 
Before  the  fire  in  1906,  a  Kearny  street  corner 
so  close  t  o  Market  street,  and  improved  with 
a  new  three-story  mezzanine  and  basement 
building,  would  cause  lively  competition 
amongst  buyers.  It  remains  to  be  seen  what 
will  happen  when  this  high-class  property  is 
offered  at  auction  on  the  19th  inst.  The 
building  is  under  lease  till  December  31,  1916. 
Jas.  E.  Jackson,  who  occupies  the  ground 
floor  mezzanine  and  basement,  pays  $800  per 
month  tinder  secured  lease,  The  upper  floors 
are  also  tenanted.  The  building  will  carry 
three  additional  stories.  Kearny  street  will 
remain  one  of  the  great  business  arteries  of 
San  Francisco,  no  matter  what  changes  may 
occur  in  the  new  alignment  of  business  locali- 
ties. Kearny  street  commands  the  districts 
north  and  south  of  Market  street  that  will 
continue  to  increase  in  population. 

G.  H.  Umbsen  &  Co.  will  also  offer  at  auction 
on  August  1st  a  new  five-story  and  basement 
Class  C  building  and  lot  25x137,  southeast 
corner  of  Bush  street  and  Mary  lane,  near 
Kearny  street.  The  entire  building  is  leased 
to  one  tenant  at  $500  a  month.  This  also  is 
a  very  desirable  property. 

The  southwest  corner  of  Polk  street  and 
Pacific  avenue,  a  lot  90x80,  will  be  offered  by 
Umbsen  &  Co.  at  their  forthcoming  auction  on 
the  19th  inst.  Polk  street  is  one  of  the  thor- 
oughfares that  have  regained  their  old  status 
rapidly  since  the  fire  of  1906.  The  lot  offered 
by  Umbsen  &  Co.  is  a  choice  one.  It  is  part 
of  the  estate  of  the  late  John  L.  Norton. 


Some  lots  on  Hayes  street  will  also  be  sold. 
They  are  part  of  the  Seyden  estate. 

A  very  choice  apartment  site,  southwest  cor- 
ner of  "Washington  and  Franklin,  in  the  midst 
of  many  fine  houses,  will  be  offered  by  Umb- 
sen &  Co.     The  lot  is  55x137:6. 

Some  attractive  holdings  in  the  Easton  ad- 
dition, Burlingame,  will  be  put  up  at  auction. 


DR.    WASHINGTON    DODGE 

Who  resigned  from  tlie  office  of  Assessor  to 
become  Vice-President  of  the  Anglo  and 
London    Paris    National    Bank. 

The  lots  are  large,  and  on  one- there  is  a  cozy 
bungalow  of  five  rooms  and  bath. 

Investors  will  watch  this  auction  by  Umbsen 


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THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources     $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT  FLEISHHAOKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM Chairman  of  the  Board 

J.  PRIEDLANDER "Vice-President 

O.  P.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.  ALTSCHUL   CaBhier 

C.  R.   PARKER    Assistant  Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH     . Assistant    Cashier 

H.   CHOTNSKI    Assiatant   Cashier 

G.   R.   BURDICK    Assistant   Cashier 

A.   L.    LANGERMAN    Secretary 


&  Co.  with  keen  interest,  as  the  properties 
are  representative  of  so  many  desirable  local- 
ities. Auctions  are  sometimes  little  more 
than  a  sale  of  "junk,"  but  in  this  case  the 
cream  of  business  property  and  apartment 
sites  is  offered  in  the  shape  of  fine  corners. 
There  is  sure  to  be  a  large  attendance  of  bid- 
ders at  G.  H.  Umbsen  &  Co.  's  salesrooms  on 
Montgomery  street  on  the  19th  inst,  and  who- 
ever gets  one  of  the  choice  properties  at  a  fair 
market  price  can  consider  that  he  has  made 
money.  Property  will  never  be  any  lower  in 
San  Francisco. 

It  is  a  certainty  that  real  estate  values 
must  increase  in  the  next  few  years  in  San 
Francisco,  facing  as  we  do  the  boom  that  must 
come  with  the  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal 
and  the  inauguration  of  the  Panama-Pacific 
International    Exposition. 

From  Assessor  to  Banker. 
Dr.  Washington  Dodge  is  one  of  the  few 
municipal  officials  who  conducted  his  office 
like  a  private  concern.  No  visitor  to  the  As- 
sessor's office  ever  found  the  clerks  sitting 
around  loafing  and  smoking.  A  bank  could 
not  have  been  conducted  in  a  more  orderly 
manner  than  Dr.  Dodge  conducted  his  impor- 
tant office.  The  result  was  that  the  citizens 
elected  Dr.  Dodge  year  after  year  to  the  posi- 
tion of  Assessor,  and  now  he  has  left  the 
public  servic.e  to  become  vice-president  of 
one  of   the   most   prosperous   and   progressive 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  FranolBoo 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street. 

N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 
Capital  paid  up 96,000,000.00 

SurphiB   and   Undivided  Profits.  ..  .$5,055,471.11 


Total      $11,055,471.11 

OFFICERS. 
Isaias  W.  Hellman,   President 
I.   W.  Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice  Prea. 
F.  L.  Lipman,  Viae  Pres. 
James  K.  Wilson,  Vice  Pres. 
Frank  B.  King,  Cashier 
W.   McGavin,   Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.   L.   Davis,   Assistant   Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.   B.    Price,    Assistant    Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
Isaias   W.    Hellman  Hartland  Law 

Joseph   Sloss  Henry  Roasnfeld 

Percy   T.   Morgan  James  L.  Flood 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  J.  Henry  Meyer 

Wm.  F.  Herrin  A.   H.  Payson 

John  C.  Kirkpatriek  Chas.    J.    Deering 

I.    W.    Hellman,   Jr.  James  K.   Wilson 

A.   Ohristeson  F.    L.    Lipman 

Wm.    Haas 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Facilities. 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


Saturday,  August  10,   1M2.] 


-THE  WASP  ~ 


The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The    German    Bank)  Commercial 

Incorporated    1868. 

626   California    St.,    San   Francisco.    Cal 

(Member    of    the    Associated    Saringi     Banki    of 
San  Francisco.) 

The   following   Branches   for   Receipt   and   Pay- 
ment   of   Dope-Bits   only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,   2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 

Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 

Assets  ....        $51,140,101.76 

Capital  actually  paid  up  In  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number    of   Depositors  .  .  .        56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock 
P.  M..  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock   P.   M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


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cious  move  of  the  directors  of  the  Anglo, 
London  and  Paris  National  Bank  t"  offer  Dr. 
Dodge  an  important  position,  and  will  un- 
doubtedly add  i"  the  prestige  mul  the  liiiitn 
eial  success  of  theii  bank.  The  Assessor's 
office,  under  Dr.  Dodge,  was  one  of  the  Cew 
departments  of  the  municipal  government 
which  has  no!  Bhown  enormously  increased 
cosl  o'f  operation  in  the  pasl  ten  years.  With 
.-in  increased  amount  of  clerical  work,  Assess 
or  Dodge  kept  down  the  expenses  of  his  office. 
Thai  he  will  be  as  successful  in  the  banking 
business  as  in  private  life  is  a  foregone  con- 
clusion. 

Stocks. 

One  of  the  most  noticeable  features  of  the 
local  stock  market  this  week  has  been  the 
low  price  of  Associated  Oil,  which  went  below 
i  he  13  mark,  and  even  then  showed  signs  ot 
weakness.  There  is  no  stock  on  the  list  of 
the  local  exchange  which  lias  disappointed  in- 
vestors more  than  Associated  Oil.  It  isn't 
t lie  outsiders,  altogether,  who  have  been  dis- 
appointed, either.  The  insiders  have  lost 
money  on  the  stock.  It  is  well  known  mi  the 
street  that  insiders  who  would  be  expected 
to  know  all  about  the  condition  of  the  com- 
pany and  the  prospects  of  dividends  bought. 
the  stock  at  55  just  before  it  began  to  slide 
down.  There  isn't  the  slightest  doubt  that 
they  lost  money.  Associated  Oil  at  the  pres- 
ent price  certainly  looks  like  a  good  buy. 
The  control  of  the  company  has  passed  en- 
tirely to  eastern  hands,  and  when  the  con- 
ditions are  right,  the  stock  will  be  moved  up 
a  good  many  points.  It  is  worth  while  to  keep 
an  eye  on  Associated  Oil. 

Spring  Valley  stock  has  been  weak  lately, 
owing  to  the  activity  on  the  part  of  the 
politicians,  who  are  pushing  the  Hetch  Hetchy 
municipal  water  scheme.  There  is  a  hitch  in 
the  deal  to  sell  the  Spring  Valley  property  to 
the  City  for  $43,000,000}.  Eventually  the 
City  will  be  forced  to  buy  Spring  Valley  at  a 
fair  figure,  as  the  Hetch  Hetchy  water  will 
not  be  brought  here  in  ten  years,  if  ever,  by 
the  incompetent  politicians  that  generally  run 
the    City   government. 

The  market  for  local  municipal  bonds  at 
less  than  5  per  cent,  is  also  dropping,  and  that 
will   tangle  up  the  politicians'  wild  schemes. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  G'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 


LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and 

ARRANGED  SAFE  DEPOSIT 

Boxes  $4  per  annum 

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MOST  CONVENIENTLY 
WEST  OF  NEW  YORK 
and  upwards. 

Kearny  11. 


Mixing-up  in  Dining  and  Leaving. 

"Waiter,"  >-:ii<l  a  traveler  in  an  Erie  Bail- 
road  restaurant,  '*did  you  sa}  I  bad  20  min- 
utes to  wan.  or  thai  il   was  20  minutes  to  Bf 

"Nayter.     (|i  said  ye  liad  - inutes  ti»  at<- 

an1  that's  all  ye  'li'l  uave.  Ver train's  just 
gone. ' ' 


WE  HAVE  MOVED  OUR  OFFICES 
TO 

410  MONTGOMERY  ST. 


Our  Facilities  for  Handling 

Investment  Securities 

Are  Considerably  Increased. 


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Sultan  Turkish  Baths 

624  POST  STREET 
Special   Department   for   Ladies 

Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladies  and  Gen- 
tlemen. 
Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Hammam,  has  leaBed  the  Sultan  Turkish 
Baths,  where  he  will  be  glad  to  see  his 
old  and  new  customers. 


WALTERS  SURGICAL  CO. 

SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 
R09  Sutter  St.,  S.  P.     Phone  Douglas  4011 


ONE  of  the  prettiest  affairs  of  the  week  was  giv- 
en at  the  MacAdam  home  on  Jackson  street, 
Wednesday  evening.  Miss  Katherine  Mac- 
Adam  was  presiding  hostess  at  the  bridge  party  ar- 
ranged for  her  cousin,  Mrs.  Earl  Shipp.  Many  of  the 
local  smart  set  competed  in  the  pleasures  of  the 
games  and  extended  greetings  to  the  honorary  guest. 
The  guests  were  Miss  ila  Sonntag,  Miss  Maye  Col- 
burn,  Miss  Hattie  Schultz,  Miss  Ethel  Thomdyke, 
Miss  Helen  Adams,  Mr.  George  Shaner,  Mr.  George 
Hall,  Mr.  Alfred  Harwood,  Mr.  Clarence  Coonan, 
Mr.  Courtney  Moore,  Ensign  H.  Waddington,  TJ.  S. 
X.,  Cordova  de  Garmendia,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas 
Minturn   Jr. 


Weddings. 


Because  of  her  interesting  family  connections  the 
wedding  of  Miss  Ruth  Casey  has  been  a  subject 
much  discussed  by  the  bride's  many  friends.  The 
marriage  ceremony  took  place  at  the  home  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Frederick  Beaver,  the  latter  of  whom  is 
the  bride's  aunt,  on  Thursday  evening,  August  8th, 
at  9  o'clock,  \vnen  pretty  Ruth  Casey  became  Mrs 
Arthur  Brown  she  was  attended  by  her  handsome 
cousin,  Miss  Isabel  Beaver,  and  Miss  Helen  Ashton. 

Mrs.  Frederick  Beaver  and  the  mother  of  Ruth 
Casey,  who  died  some  time  ago,  were  sisters,  being 
two  of  the  daughters  of  Millionaire  Pierce,  whose 
large  rancn  was  one  of  the  richest  lands  in  Santa 
Clara  county.  Mrs.  FranK  Madison  was  another  sis 
ter.  The  mother  of  the  three  Pierce  girls,  died  some 
years  ago,  and  Pierce  married  a  second  time.  Miss 
Mildred  Pierce,  a  daughter  by  this  marriage,  is 
traveling  in  Europe  previous  to  her  debut  in  society. 

Upon  their  return  from  their  honeymoon  Mr. 
Brown  and  his  bride  will  reside  in  San  Rafael,  where 
a  large  colony  of  young  couples  are  making  their 
homes. 


The  wedding  of  Mrs.  Augusta  Moule  and  Mr. 
Perry  Morton  was  one  of  the  events  of  the  past 
month.  Mrs.  Morton  was  formerly  of  Pendleton.  Or. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Major  Lee  Moorhouse  of 
Pendleton,  Or.,  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ore- 
gon. Mr.  Morton  is  a  brilliant  lawyer,  well  known 
in  this  city.  He  is  the  son  of  the  late  John  M. 
Morton,  at  one  time  Consul-General  to  Hawaii,  and 
afterward  Collector  of  the  Port  of  San  Francisco, 
and  is  now  special  United  States  Attorney  in  Ore- 
gon, and  also  supervising  attorney  for  the  United 
States  reclamation  service  in  Oregon,  California  and 
Nevada.  He  and  his  bride  are  located  at  the  St. 
Francis  for  a  brief  sojourn,  as  they  will  make  their 
home  in  Portland,  Oregon.  Mr.  Morton  is  related 
to  Mrs.  Norman   Collyer  of  this  city. 


Miss  Gladys  Adeline  Brown  became  the  wife  of 
Mr.  Joseph  B.  Dryden  on  Thursday  evening  of  last 
week.  The  pretty  home  of  the  bride's  aunt.  Mrs. 
William  Hawthorne,  was  decorated  in  pink  and  white 
blossoms  for  the  happy  event.  The  bridal  gown 
was  of  shimmering  satin  richly  trimmed  with  rare 
lace.  In  her  arms  the  bride  carried  a  shower  gar 
land  of  roses.  Miss  Marietta  Hawthorne,  attired 
in  pale  pink  satin,  was  maid  of  honor.  The  brides- 
maids were  Miss  Ruby  Brown  and  Miss  Genevieve 
Brown,  sisters  of  the  bride.  Their  gowns  were  of 
pink  chiffon,  augmented  by  shower  bouquets  of  pink. 
Dainty  Miss  Veryle  Burns,  the  bride's  little  cousin, 
was  flower-girl.  The  best  man  was  Daniel  P.  Hag- 
maier.  The  bride  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Frank  R. 
Brown,  who  is  connected  with  the  Alaska  Commer- 
cial   Company.      Mr.    Joseph    B.    Dryden    is    secretary 


of  the  Supreme  Court  of  California.  He  is  the  son 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  S.  Dryden.  His  father 
is   also  connected  with  the  Supreme   Court. 


On  Saturday  evening,  August  10th,  Miss  Mildred 
Wood  will  become  the  bride  of  Mr.  Melville  Erskine. 
The  attractive  home  of  Mrs.  Catherine  Wood,  mother 
of  the  charming  young  bride,  will  be  a  bower  of 
roses  and  the  choice  blooms  for  which  San  Rafael 
is  renowned.  Many  friends  of  the  contracting  par- 
ties from  Ross  "Valley  and  Berkeley  will  assemble 
at  the  Woods  home  to  witness  the  ceremony.  Miss 
Wood  is  one  of  the  most  popular  young  women  of 
Marin  county,  where  she  has  lived  for  many  years 
with  her  mother  and  brother,  Mr.  Parker  Wood. 
She  is  an  ardent  philanthropist,  taking  an  active 
interest  in  the  settlement  work  of  children.  Mr. 
Erskine  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Erskine, 
now  located  in  Berkeley,  and  granclson  of  the  late 
Dr.    John  Morse,    a   physician   of  pioneer   days. 


The  wedding  of  Mrs.  Edna  Cohn  and.  Mr.  Fred 
Belasco  took  place  this  past  week.  Mr.  Belasco  is 
of  Belasco  and  Mayer,  proprietors  of  the  Alcazar 
Theater  Among  the  wedding  guests  were  Mrs. 
Sarah  Mayer  and  Mrs.  Edward  Herenghi,  sisters  to 
Belasco ;  Emanuel  B.  Mayer,  his  nephew ;  Edward, 
Henry  and  Walter  Belasco,  his  brothers;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  David  Warfield,  Henry  H.  Davis,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  Davis,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sylvain  bchnaittacher, 
Mrs.  Charles  J.  Behlow  Jr.,  sisters  of  the  bride;  S.  L. 
Marks,  her  uncle,  and  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Nieto.  The 
friends  of  Belasco  were  greatly  surprised  when  they 
learned  of  his  marriage.  It  had  not  been  generally 
known    that  he   contemplated  matrimony. 


When  the  U.  S.  S.  California  reaches  Honolulu 
this  week  a  pretty  wedding  will  take  place  which  is 
of  interest  to  the  local  society  set,  the  bride  being 
Miss  Ray  Bell,  and  the  groom  Ensign  Paul  Marshall. 
The  wedding  will  take  place  at  the  home  of  the 
bride's  mother,  Mrs.  J.  N.  Bell.  The  groom  will 
return  to  San  Francisco  on  the  California,  the  bride 
following  immediately  on  a  liner.  For  a  time  at 
least  their  home  will  be   at   Mare  Island. 


The  wedding  of  Miss  Bertha  Josephine  Hemphill 
and  Mr.  Douglas  Lindsay  Pringle  took  place  on 
Wednesday  of  last  week.  Dr.  John  Hemphill,  uncle 
of    the    bride,    performed    the    ceremony. 


Engagements. 


BRILLIANT — HERTZOG. — Miss  Sadie  Brilliant 
and  Mr.  Leon  Hertzog  of  San  Diego,  Miss  Brilliant 
is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  A.  Brilliant. 

CUNNINGHAM — SARGENT. — Miss  Mary  Cun- 
ningham and  Mr.  Murray  Sargent.  Miss  Cunnighain 
is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  James  Cunningham  and 
sister  of  Miss  Sara  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Cunningham. 
She  is  a  cousin  of  Miss  Evelyn  and  Miss  Genevieve 
Cunningham,  daughter  of  Mrs.  James  Athearn  Fol- 
ger.  Mr.  Sargent  is  a  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry 
B.  Sargent  of  New  Haven.  He  is  a  graduate  of 
Tale,  class  of  '05.  The  wedding  will  take  place 
in  New  York  this  winter. 

ELIOT — PIERCE. — Miss  Ruth  Eliot  and  Mr.  Rog 
er  Pierce.  Miss  Eliot  is  the  granddaughter  of  Dr. 
Charles  W.  Eliot  of  Harvard.  Mr.  Pierce  is  a  grad- 
uate of  Harvard,  class  of  '04.  The  engagement  was 
announced  in  San  Francisco  this  week,  while  the 
Eliot  party  was  touring  the  world.  When  the 
Eliots  reach  their  home.  Mount  Desert,  Me.,  the 
plans  for  the  wedding  will  be  formulated. 


JACKSON HICKEY. — Miss   Ethel  Jackson  and 

Mr.  Frederick  Hickey.  Miss  Jackson  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Jackson.  Mr.  Hickey 
is  a  prominent  mining  expert  and  is  a  graduate  of 
the  University  of  California.  The  wedding  will 
take  place  soon,  at  the  Crossways?  after  which  the 
bridal    couple  will  tour  the  world. 

JAMES — KLINE. — Miss  Gladys  James  and  Lieu- 
tenant James  W.  Kline,  U.  S.  N.  Miss  James  is 
the  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  Nathaniel  James  and 
Mrs.  James  of  Washington,  D.  C,  formerly  of  San 
Francisco.  Lieutenant  Kline  is  on  the  staff  of 
Rear-Admiral  Reynolds  of  Bremerton.  The  wedding 
will   take  place  in  the   fall. 

KELLEY — GARTHWAITE. — Miss  Edith  Kelley 
and  Mr.  J.  W.  Garthwaite.  Mr.  Garthwaite  is  the  son 
of  Mr.  W,  W.  Garthwaite,  President  of  the  Oakland 
Bank   of   Savings. 

MAYHEW — COBB. — Miss  Emelita  Mayhew  and 
Mr.  William  R.  Cobb.  Miss  Mayhew  is  the  young- 
est daughter  of  Mr.  H.  Allen  Mayhew.  She  is  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  California,  class  of 
'11.  Mr.  Cooo  is  a  civil  engineer,  a  member  of 
the  Phi  Sigma  Kappa.  He  is  the  son  of  W.  H. 
Cobb,  an  attorney  of  San  Francisco.  The  wedding 
will    take  place   this   fall. 

UYATT — KAPLAN. — Miss  Rose  Uyatt  and  Mr. 
Joseph  Kaplan  of  New  York  City.  Miss  Uyatt  is 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  Uyatt.  The  wed- 
ding will   take  place   in   tne  fall. 

WEINBERG — TURLOCK. — Miss  Mildred  Wein- 
berg and  Mr.  A.  Samuel  Turlock.  Miss  Weinberg 
is   the  daughter  of  Mr.    and   Mrs.    M.    Weinberg. 

WELCH— CULVER.— Miss  Martha  E.  Welch  and 
Mr.  A.  Hj  Culver.  Miss  Welch  is  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  L.  Welch  of  Colusa,  who  are  now 
at  the  Palace.  Mr.  Culver  is  the  head  of  the  land 
department  of  the  Sacramento  Valley  Irrigation 
Company.  The  wedding  will  take  place  in  Septem- 
ber   at    St.    Stephen's    Church,    Colusa. 


Announcement. 
The  wedding  of  Miss  Natalie  Coffin  and  Mr. 
Crawford  Greene,  whose  engagement  was  announced 
in  last  week's  issue  of  The  Wasp  will  be  married 
on  Saturday,  August  24th  at  St.  John's  church,  Ross. 
Miss  Sara  Coffin  will  be  her  sister's  maid  of  honor. 
The  bridesmaids  will  be  Miss  Helen  Chesebrough 
and  Miss  Virginia  Newell  Drown.  Mr.  John  C. 
Kittle  will  be  best  man.  Dr.  James  Whitney  and 
Mr.  Chauncey  Goodrich  will  be  ushers. 


Crocker  Dinner. 
The  dinner  which  was  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Charles  Templeton  Crocker  at  Pebble  Beach  Lodge 
this  past  week  was  as  novel  and  iu  teres  ting  as  it 
was  delicious  and  appetizing.  After  the  splendid 
repast  the  guests  assembled  in  the  ballroom  and 
passed  the  remainder  of  the  evening  in  the  pleas- 
ures of  a  dance.  A  party  of  merry  guests  were 
included  in  the  list  of  society  people  from  the  Pen- 
insula, Del  Monte,  the  cottages  at  Monterey  and 
from  Del   Norte. 


Pleasant  Surprise. 
Old-fashioned  surprise  parties  are  as  rare  in  these 
days  of  carnation  functions  as  old-fashioned  sweet- 
smelling  pinks.  And  so  the  genuine  "surpris ;"  at 
the  Presidio  on  Monday  evening  which  was  "sprung-' 
in  honor  of  Mrs.  K.  J.  Hampton,  wife  of  Quarter- 
master Hampton,  was  genuinely  delightful.  Mrs 
Hampton  is  as  popular  at  the  Presidio  as  the  Major 


Saturday,  August  10,   1M2.] 


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himself,    and    so    her   birthday    gave    the    empl  i    ■ 
the  Q.  M.  D.  office  just  on  opportunity   to   tell   In  r 
80 — with  their  gift,   a  beautiful  bronie    l 

Then  the  old-fashioned   surprise   p<t»ty   hold 
in    the  whole-souled  way   which    marks   Each 
I'll,     l'iksis    ;it    this    happy    affair    were    Colonel    and 
Mrs.    Wisser,    Colonel    and    Mrs.  l  h  I    and 

Mrs,  Prick,  Captain  and  Mrs.  Waldria,  Captn-n  i.mi 
Mrs.  M-etcalfw,  Captain  and  Mrs.  Chttppoloar,  Cap 
lain     and     Mrs.     W.-rt  inlx'iiki-r.     Lieutenant     and     Mrs. 

Knight,  Major  and  Mrs,  Davis,  Captain  Bealy,  Miss 

Holland,  Captain  and  Mrs    n s.  Captain  and   Mrs. 

Connell,  W.  8.  Muliin,  Miss  Taylor,  and  Captain 
Piatt. 


Will  Wed  Virginian. 
Miss  [gabe!  Sprague  will  be  greatly  missed  from 
the  social  set,  where  she  bad  I a  a  general  favor- 
ite, for  when  she  becotneB  Mrs.  William  Poul,  her 
home  will  be  in  Virginia,  Although  his  profession 
us  mi  attorney  places  Mr,  Pool  among  the  New 
Sorkers,  yel  his  enthusiasm  for  hunting  mid  cross- 
conntry  riding  makes  his  Virginia  estate  his  great- 
est  attraction.  The  old  Virginia  homestead  is  being 
remodeled,  and  it  is  here  that  Mr,  Pool  will  take  bis 
bride.  She,  too,  is  fond  of  the  limit,  and  so  will 
take  an   interest    in   the  Bport   in   which   Mr,    !'<>"l   is 

a  recognized  adept.  A  park  of  hea tries  mid  many 
famous  hunting  hounds,  with  a  stable  of  trained 
hunters  are  a  part  of  the  equipment  at  the  Pool 
hunting    quarters. 


Rumors  of  Rumors. 
When  the  faintest  rumor  of  an  engagement  Bn- 
circles  the  athletic  Miss  Sears,  how  it  multiplies  i 
If  it  were  not  so,  Miss  Sears  would  probably  stamp 
an  impetuous,  sprinting  foot  and  say,  No!  If  it  be 
so,  the  lady  questioneu  does  not  choose  to  say  so. 
Hence  confonnding  rumors.  That  Eleanor  Sears  and 
Harold  S.  Vanderbilt  have  found  many  congenial 
moments  riding,  yachting,  golfing  and  touring  to- 
gether cannot  be  denied.  Neither  has  the  engage- 
ment. But  let  us  give  smiling  Mies  Sears  the 
chance    to    tell    us    what,    perhaps,    we    already    know. 


Golf  Enthusiasts. 

Large  aggregations  of  golf  enthusiasts  welcomed 
the  trophy  tournaments  at  the  Burlingame  Country 
Club  during  this  past  week.  Two  cups  were  tempt 
ingly  displayed  to  spur  the  contestants.  One  prize 
is  the  Mrs.  Malcolm  Douglas  Whitman  cup — the 
other   the    Shreve   cup. 

Among  the  prominent  society  people  were  Messrs. 
and  Mesdames  Laurance  Irving  Scott,  Ward  Bar- 
ron, Oscar  Cooper,  Walter  Martin,  Norris  King 
Davis,  Thomas  A.  Driscoil,  Remi  Pierre  Schwerin, 
James  Athearn  Polger,  William  Geer  Hitchcock, 
John  Drum,  Templeton  Crocker,  Augustus  Taylor 
Eugene  Murphy,  Charles  jy.  Mcintosh,  Eugene  Lent, 
Christian  de  Guigne  Jr.,  Osgood  Hooker,  Captain 
A.  H.  Payson,  Messrs.  Pelton  Elkins,  H.  C.  Breeden 
and    John    Parrot t    Jr. 


Miss  Grant's  Tea. 
The  tea  given  by  Miss  Nellie  Grant  in  compliment 
to    Mrs.    Ean    Shipps    (Anna    Weller)    at    the    Palace 
this   week   was    a    delightful    affair. 


Theater  Party. 
With  her  usual  grace,  Mrs.  Frances  Wright  has 
been  entertaining  Mrs.  William  Beckman,  a  society 
matron  of  Sacramento,  this  week.  A  theater  party 
formed  the  plan  of  Monday's  pleasure.  It  was 
followed    by    an    interesting    after-theater    gathering. 


Lawn  Party, 
Mrs.  Milo  Potter  and  Miss  Nina  Jones  presided  at 
a  lawn  party  at  the  Hotel  Potter  on  Saturday  last. 
The  parly  was  given  in  honor  of  Miss  Ethel  Crocker, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker.  The 
guests  at  this  delightful  affair  were  the  Misses  Mar- 
guerite Doe,  Down,  Eleanor  Park  and  Aileen  Finne- 
gan ;  and  Messrs.  George  Howard  J„  Edmund  Ly- 
man, Walker,  William  Crocker  Jr.,  and  Prince  Poni- 
a    towski. 


Dinners. 
Mr.    and    Mrs.    George   H.    Hellman    entertained    at 
dinner   in    honor    of   Mrs.    George    La    Parge    of   Van- 


couver,   at    the    Hellman    home    on    California    street, 
during  the  past  week. 

Card   Basket. 

A  luncheon  in  honor  >i  Mrs,  Patrick  Calhoun  was 
given  Wednesday  by  Mr-*.  Prank  Deering  at  her 
home  an   Russian   Hill. 

Two  interesting  bachelors,  Mr.  John  Qallois  and 
Mr.  Ferdinand  Theriot,  arc  located  al  a  cozy  bunga- 
low  in   San    Mateo. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Hopkins  will  reside  at  tin- 
Hop  kins  house,  "ii  California  street,  with  the  elder 
Mr.    and    Mrs.    K.    Hopi  ins, 

Miss  MacAdam  has  just  returned  from  Castella, 
where  she  was  the  guesl  of  her  uncle.  Judge  Charles 
L.  Weller,  and   Mrs.  Weller.     Mrs.   Karl  Sbipp,  for- 


Weller,    has    been    the    complimentary 
guesl  of  a  number  oi  affairs  previous  to  hex  depi 
for  Annapolis,   which  will   be   within   thi 
■ 

Mrs       Philip     Lansdale    is    visiting    her    pat 
and  Mrs,  William  Ford  Nichols.'    Mn 
dale's  two  beautiful  children  are  with  her. 

Mr.   and   Mrs.    Frederick    kohl   have    reached    Bar 
Harbor,    Maine,   where  they  will  remain  a  short  time 
before  returning  home.     The   Kohls  will  go  to 
Ban    Mateo    homo    for    (no   winter. 


Large  Bridge  Party. 
Perhaps  the  mosl  elaborate  partj   of  the  Inst   week 
was  the  complimentary  bridge  afternoon  al  the  home 

ol    Miss    Mildred    Porter   of    the    Adams   Point    district, 


G.  H.  UMBSEN  &  CO. 

20  MONTGOMERY  STREET,   S.  F. 


A 


AUCTION! 
AUCTION! 


AUCTION! 
AUCTION! 


Referee    and  Executor    Sale   of  Properties    at    Our    Salesroom, 

Monday,  August  19th  -  -  -  -  At  12   0 'Clock  Noon 

BY    ORDER   OF  REFEREE 


No.  1. — New  3-story  and  mezzanine  and  base- 
ment, steel,  class  "C"  building  and  lot  36:6x 
57:5  feet,  at  Northwest  corner  of  Kearny  and 
Sutter  Streets  and  Clara  Lane.  3  frontages. 
Entire  building  very  light.  Ground  floor,  mezza- 
nine and  basement  tented  to  Jits.  R.  Jackson  to 
Dec.  31,  1916,  at  $800  per  month,  under  secured 
lease,  for  clothing  store  (with  option  of  5 
years  more  at  $1,500  per  month  for  entire  build- 
ing). Upper  part  leased  to  Dec.  31,  1916,  at 
from  $150  to  $425  to  Max  Arnovitch.  Building 
will  carry  3  auditional  stories.  Average  month- 
ly rental,  $1,157,  to  Dec.  31st,  191*5.  Leases  on 
inspection    at    our    office. 


No.  2. — New  5-story  and  basement  class  "C" 
building  and  lot  25x137:6  feet,  situate  Southeast 
corner  of  Bush  Street  and  Mary  Lane,  near  Kear- 
ny Street;  entire  building  leased  to  one  tenant 
at  $500  per  month. 


THESE  PROPERTIES 
MUST  BE  SOLD 


TERMS  OF  SALE: — Thirty  days  allowed  for  settlement  and  to  complete  purchase.  A  Deposit 
of  ten  per  cent,  of  the  purchase  money  invariably  required  on  tne  fall  of  the  hammer  or  announce- 
ment of  sale:  balance  of  cash  payment  on  delivery  of  deed;  and  .  not  so  paid  (unless  for  defect 
of  litle)    then  said  ten  per  cent    to  be  forfeited  and  the  sale  to  be  void. 


Taxes 


the   Fiscal    Year   ending    June    30th.    1913,   to  be  prorated. 


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[Saturday,  August  10,  1912. 


Jules  Restaurant 

-  Special  Lunches  50c.  or  a  la  Carte 

Ladies'  Grill  and  Booms  for  Parties 

REGULAR     FRENCH     DINNER     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. 

MONADNOCK  BUILDING 

Next  to  Palace  Hotel 

Phone  Kearny  1812. 

All  Cars  Pass  the  Door.    Elevator  Service. 


The  New 


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Prices    Will    Please    Ton. 


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All  Steamers  Equipped  with  Wireless,  Submarine 

Signals    and    Latest    Safely    Appliances. 

First   Cabin  Passengers  Dine   a   la   Carte  without 

Extra  Charge. 

NEW    YORK,    LONDON,    PARIS,    BREMEN 

Fast    Express    Steamers    Sail    Tuesdays 

Twin-Screw    Passenger    Steamers    Sail    Thursdays 

S.    S.    "GEORGE  WASHINGTON" 

Newest  and  Largest  German   Steamer   Afloat 

NEW  YORK,    GIBRALTER,  ALGIERS, 

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Express   Steamers    Sail    Saturdays 

INDEPENDENT  TOURS  AROUND  THE  WORLD 

Travellers*   Checks  Good  all  over  the  World 

ROBERT  CAPELLE,     250  Powell  St. 

Gen'l  Pacific  Coast  Agent  Near  St.  Francis  rUtel 

and  Geary  St. 

Telephones:     Kearny     4794 — Home    O     3725 


Oakland.  The  beautiful  affair  was  planned  for  Miss 
Hazel  Laymance,  Miss  Onristine  Turner  and  Miss 
Ldith  Porter.  Oakland  society,  richly  gownned,  at- 
tended in  large  numbers,  adding  u  distinctive  blend- 
ing of  eolor  and  beauty  to  the  pretty  surroundings. 
Among  those  who  enjoyed  Miss  Porter's  hospitality 
were  Miss  Nellie  Adams,  Miss  Camille  Adams,  Miss 
Marguerite  Anioss,  Miss  Marianne  Brown,  Miss  Lil- 
lian Barnard,  Mrs.  John  Britton  Jr.,  Miss  Mildred 
Boyne,  Miss  Letitia  Barry,  Miss  Anita  Crellin,  Miss 
Katherine  Crellin,  Miss  Dorothy  Capwell,  Miss  Isa- 
belle  Culver,  Miss  Olive  Cutter,  Miss  Katheryn  Cul- 
ver, Mrs.  Roy  Cowles,  Miss  Marjorie  C'oogan,  Miss 
Jessie  Craig,  Miss  Katherine  Carlton,  Miss  Margar- 
et Duruey,  Miss  Ruth  Everson,  Mrs.  Herbert  Ers- 
kiue,  Miss  Yarina  Emmert,  Mrs.  George  H.  Freear, 
Miss  Margaret  Griffith,  Miss  Marion  Gay  of  Sacra 
niento,  Miss  Carmen  Ghirardelli,  Miss  Einilie  Har- 
rold,  Miss  Edim.  Harmon,  Miss  Aimee,  Jorgensen, 
Miss  Lorraine  Jordan,  Mrs.  Milton  Johnson,  Miss 
Grace  Laymance,  Miss  Hazel  Laymance,  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Latham,  Miss  Marie  McHenry,  Miss  Liela  Sic- 
Kibben,  Mrs.  John  McLellan,  Miss  Vivienne  Moors, 
Miss  Mabel  Moller,  Miss  Marion  Mitchell,  Miss 
Edith  Porter.  Miss  Marjorie  Porter,  Miss  Gertrude 
Postel,  Mrs.  Byron  Paul,  Miss  Carol  Pardee,  Miss 
Madeline  Pardee,  Miss  Marguerite  Parr,  Miss  Edith 
Pence,  Miss  Virginia  Pinkston,  Miss  Dorothy  Phil- 
lips, Miss  Juliette  Perrin,  Miss  Helen  Runyon,  Miss 
Lenore  Salsig,  Miss  Gertrude  Strum,  Miss  Caroliu 
Teichert  of  Sacramento,  Miss  Christine  Turner,  Miss 
Dorothy  Thompson,  Miss  Dorothy  Taylor,  Miss  Reid 
Venable,  Miss  Lois  Voswinkel,  Miss  May  Van  March 
of-  Sacramento,  Miss  Florence  Wendling,  Miss  Helen 
Weston,  Miss  Margaret  Witter,  Miss  Bessie  Yates, 
Miss  Fannie  Whitman,  Miss  Heilbron  of  Sacramen- 
to, Miss  Helen  Sutphen,  Miss  Mary  Keyes,  Miss 
Mildred  Knox,  Miss  Florence  Ramsey,,  Miss  Gwendo- 
lyn Woodward,  Miss  Helen  Bannon,  Miss  Alice 
Hiestand,  Miss  Katherine  McElrath,  Miss  Frances 
Sherman,  Miss  Helen  Hiller,  Miss  Harriet  Newman, 
Miss  Hazel  Lawton,   and  Mrs.    D.   H.  Porter. 

T 

LIVELY   TIMES  AHEAD. 

August  and  September  are  to  be  very  lively  months 
in  Santa  Cruz.  A  big  day  has  been  planned  for 
the  first  of  September.  Labor  Day  and  Admission 
Day  will  be  celebrated.  September  will  have  many 
attractions    to    lengthen    out    the    season. 

This  Saturday  night  the  annual  banquet  of  the 
Ambassadors,  the  organization  of  commercial  travel- 
ers, takes  place  at  the  Casino  Grill,  and  the  doings 
of  the  evening  will   be  lively. 

August  15-18  is  the  date  for  the  golf  tournament 
at  Casa  del  Rey.  August  1617  the  Bench  Show 
of  the  Santa  Cruz  Kennel  Club  takes  place  on  the 
board  walk.  August  24th  the  auto  run  from  San 
Francisco  will  be  the  Jig  event.  Then  comes  Sep- 
tember with  the  tian  Jose  Elks,  and  friends  will  be 
here  on  the  1st   and  2nd. 

From  September  2nd  to  9th  the  Fraternal  Broth 
erhood  hold  their  big  outing  at  Santa  Cruz.  It  is 
to  include  these  two  latter  dates  that  Swanton  plans 
to  have  a  festival  or  feast  of  lanterns.  On  the  bay 
in  front  of  the  Casino  all  boats  which  enter  will 
be  decorated  with  lanterns.  The  Beach  Company 
will  give  prizes  for  the  best  decorated  boats.  The 
beach  front   will  be  lined  with   lights,    and  the  build- 

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At  the  Orpheuni. 

THE  ORPHBUM  offers  for  next  week  a 
program  which  lias  never  been  surpass- 
ed in  vaudeville.  \V.  II.  St.  James, 
who  will  be  remembered  for  his  acting  with 
Dustin  Farnum  in  "Cameo  Kirby."  and  as 
the  Squire  in  "Way  Down  East,''  will  appear 
in  a  comedy  playlet  by  Byron  Ongley,  entitled 
"A  Chip  .it'  the  old  Block.'3  Mr.  Ongley  is 
the  author  of  "Brewster's  Millions"  aud  co- 
author of  "The  Typhoon."  in  his  latest  ef- 
fort, "A  Chip  of  the  Old  Block,"  he  is  said 
ti>   maintain   his  high  reputation     and   to   pro 

s.mii   a  st   amusing  character  in  the  person 

of  a  father  who  is  delighted  that  his  son  sin- 
cerely flatters  him  by  imi- 
tating him  in  every  way. 
Mr.  St.  James  is  said  to  be 
inimitable  in  this  amusing 
role.  He  will  have  the  sup- 
purr  of  John  Moore,  Walter 
Jenkins,  J.  C.  Davis,  and 
Laura    Dacre. 

Charley  Case,  "The  Fel- 
low who  Talks  about  His 
Father,''  will  be  a  droll 
feature  of  the  coming  bill. 
Quite  a  while  has  elapsed 
since  his  last  visit  here,  but 
he  is  still  remembered  as 
one  of  the  most  enjoyable 
of   monologists. 

William  Burr  and  Daphne 
Hope,  immense  favorites  of 
the  English  music  halls, 
come  with  a  clever,  melodi- 
ous and  enjoyable  .skit,  "A 
Lady,  a  Lover  and  a 
Lamp."  They  are  excellent 
singers  and  amusing  come- 
dians. At  the  rise  of  the 
curtain  the  couple  are  dis- 
covered under  the  glow  of 
a  big  lamp.  They  discuss 
in  song  and  bright  dialogue 
the  sort  of  love  that  each 
pictures  as  ideal.  The  man 
is  humorous,  while  the  girl 
sings  earnestly  of  the  ten- 
der passion.  Among  the 
songs  introduced  is  "Into 
.Dreamland, ' '  which  made 
a  big  "hit  in  London  vaude- 
ville   theaters. 

Martin  Johnson's  wonder- 
ful South  Sea  Islands  Trav- 
elogues will  be  exhibited 
for  the  first  time  in  this 
city,  and  its  engagement  is 
limited  to  one  week.  Mr. 
Johnson  was  the  only  man 
that  left  San  Francisco 
with  Jack  London  on  his 
famous  little  45-foot  yacht, 
"Snark,"that  remained  on 
the  entire  voyage,  spending 
two  and  a  half  years  among 
the  islands  oi  the  South  Pa- 
cific, making  photographic 
records  of  their  une>ilized 
inhabitants.  His  travel- 
ogues depict  cannibals,  their 
wars,  worships  and  tribal 
life.  Hunting  mammoth 
crocodiles  and  turtles,  catch 


bead-hunters,   the  midgets  of  Borneo,  savage 

methods    of    warfare,    tropical    vegetation    and 

fruits. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Chick  Sale 
in  his  comedy  protean  entertainment;  Lydia 
Nelson  and  her  boys  and  girls,  and  Kathi  Gul- 
tini,  "The  Lady  .higgler."  It  will  also  he 
the  final  one  of  Bertha  Kalich,  conceded  to  be 
the  greatest  actress  now  appearing  before  the 
American  public,  who  is  repeating  the  bril- 
liant success  in  this  city  she  scored  in  New 
York.  Madame  Kalich  has  created  quite  a 
furore  by  her  artistic,  thrilling  and  compelling 
impersonation  of  the  French  Creole  Toinette 
in    the    playlet,    "A    Light    from    St.    Agnes." 


Interesting  News. 

FB.  BENSON,  tin-  well-known  Shakes- 
pearean actor  has  announced  in  Lou- 
•  don  I  hat  he  has  been  engaged  by  rep- 
resentatives of  the  Panama  (Janal  Exposition 
in  San  b'rancisco  in  L915  to  "invent  and  de- 
sign the  greatest  and  most  magnificent  pag- 
eant the  world  has  ever  seen. "  In  telling 
how  this  came  about,  Mr.  Benson  said: 

"The  beginning  was  at  Stratford-on-Avon. 
We  were  holding  the  usual  celebration  this 
year,  and  two  California  gentlemen,  who 
made  the  pilgrimage  to  Stratford,  approached 
me.  They  talked  about  the  1915  exhibition, 
and  said  they  wanted  it  to  be  something  more 
than  a  show  of  canned 
goods  on  shelves,  They 
wanted  to  get  an  idea  into 
that  exhibition  and  thought 
1  could  help  tnem.  Well, 
we  went  over  the  various 
points,  the  opening  of  the 
Panama  Canal,  the  hundred 
years  of  peace,  the  making 
of  California,  and  the  re- 
building of  San  Francisco 
after  the  earthquake,  and 
my  American  friends  gave 
me  the  hint  1  wanted. 

"  'All  these  achieve^ 
nienl  s, ' '  they  said,  '  have 
been  made  possible  because 
we,  like  you,  are  of  the 
Island  race.  The  things  you 
pride  yourselves'  on,  your 
great  wars,  victories,  free- 
dom and  love  of  home — all 
these  are  ours  as  well  as 
yours,  and  the  wall  is  down 
that  parted  our  fathers. 
Young  Americans  no  long- 
er begin  the  study  of  his- 
tory at  the  year  1760.  The 
great  story  of  England 
from  the  beginning  is  put 
before  them.  We  have 
hen rd  the  voice  of  America, 
and  that  voice  is  the  call 
of  blood. ' 

"That  was  the  hint  I  got 
and  [  am  going  to  make 
the  San  Francisco  rjageant 
of  1915  the  story  and  pic- 
ture the  celebration  of  the 
history,  work  and  triumph 
of  the  great  Anglo-Celtic 
race.  .  When  Mrs.  Benson 
aud  1  go  to  San  Francisco 
we  will  work  with  the  di- 
rectors of  the  Exposition 
and  the  Bohemian  Club. 
They  have  raised  between 
them  something  like  $40,000 
to  make  the  celebration  a 
worthy  one.  Between  their 
energy  and  business  capac- 
ity, and  what  they  are  good 
enough  to  call  the  artistic 
talents  of  my  wife  and  my- 
self, we  hope  to  make  the 
pageant  beyond  all  compar- 
ison, the  most  magnificent 
show  that  has  ever  been 
seen,  and  we  hope  that  by 
it  the  feeling  of  friendship, 


ing  flying  fish,  dances  of  the  WILLIAM  BURR  AND  DAPHNE  HOPE,  WHO  WILL  APPEAR  NEXT  WEEK  AT  THE  ORPHEUM.  or   kinship,  rather,  between 


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[Saturday,  August  10,  1912. 


t lie  two  parted  branches  of  this  great  family 
inav  lie  much  strengthened  and  rendered 
family  may  be  strengthened  and  rendered 
more  cordial  and  more  intimate.  Let  Eng- 
lishmen and  Americans  see  manifested  before 
them  the  great  fact  that  they  are  all  one 
people,  that  each  nation  be  convinced  that 
it  shares  in  the  achievements  and  victories 
of  the  other. ' ' 


At  the  Cort. 

THE  success  of  the  season  of  Gilbert  and 
Sullivan  opera  at  the  Cort  has  been 
truly  phenomenal,  and  capacity  houses 
have  prevailed  during  the  past  week,  as  in 
the  two  weeks  previous.  The  notable  nature 
of  the  company  and  production  have  made 
for  this  success.  The  fact  remains  uncontra- 
dictable  that  San  Francisco  has  never  had 
light  opera  interpreted  in  such  admirable  fash- 
ion as  is  being  furnished  by  the  star  cast  from 
the  New  York  Casino. 

The  fourth,  and  what  must  be  the  final, 
week  of  the  engagement  of  this  organization 
starts  with  Sunday  night 's  performance  of 
"The  Pirates  of  Penzance,"  which  will  mark 
the  last  presentation  of  this  popular  Gilbert 
and  Sullivan  opera. 

On  Monday  and  Tuesday  nights  "The  Mi- 
kado'' will  be  the  bill.  The  production  of 
this  opera  during  the  first  wTeek  of  the  en- 
gagement created  something  approaching  a 
furore.  Popular  "Pinafore"  will  be  given 
on  the  Wednesday  matinee  and  on  Wednesday 
and  Thursday  nights,  while  Friday  is  to  be 
given  over  to  satirical  "Patience."  The  en- 
gagement will  terminate  with  the  matinee  and 
evening  performances  of  Saturday,  August 
17th,  when  "The  Mikado"  will  be  repeated. 

DeWolf  Hopper,  Blanche  Duffield,  Eugeue 
Cowles,  George  MacFarlane,  Kate  Condon, 
Arthur  Aldridge,  Viola  Gillette,  Arthur  Cun- 
ningham, Alice  Brady,  and  Louise  Barthel 
will  be  seen  in  the  same  roles  interpreted  by 
them  in  the  previous  productions  of  the  Gil- 
bert and  Sullivan  masterpieces. 

On  Sunday  night,  August  18th,  comes  "Ba- 
by Mine, ' '  the  great  Margaret  Mayo  laugh- 
maker,  with  Marguerite  Clark  and  Ernest 
Glendinning  in  the  cast.  It  will  be  remember- 
ed that  this  merry  comedy  dedicated  the  Cort 
last  September. 


At  Pantages. 

THE  attendance  at  the  Pantages  Theater  is 
unusually  good  this  week,  the  bill  being 
of  a  particularly  attractive  sort,  includ- 
ing Taylor  Granville's  very  realistic  scenic 
production,  "The  Hold-Up, M  with  its  wonder- 
ful  train    effects;    the    clever   imitator   of   fa- 


CQB£ 


LEADING  THEATRE 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter    2460. 


4th     and     POSITIVELY    LAST     WEEK 

of  the 

GILBERT   &  SULLIVAN  FESTIVAL   CO. 

De  Wolf  Hopper 
Blanche  Duffield  Geo.    MacFarlane 

Kate  Condon  Arthur   Aldridge 

Viola  Gillette  Arthur   Cunningham 

Alice   Brady  Louise  Barthel 

Eugene    Cowles 


Tonight  and  Sunday — "THE  PIRATES  OF  PEN- 
ZANCE." 

Monday    and   Tuesday — "THE    MIKADO." 

Wednesday  Matiuee  and  Night  and  Thursday — 
■'PINAFORE." 

Friday — "PATIENCE." 

Saturday  Matinee   and   Night — "THE    MIKADO." 


Nights   and    Sat.   Mat.    Prices — 50c.    to    $2. 
Popular   Wednesday   Matinee. 

Commencing  Sunday,  August  IS — "BABY  MINE,1 
with   Marguerite    Clark. 


nious  composers,  Wilhelmi,  and  his  Imperial 
Yacht  Orchestra;  the  "All  Star  Trio,"  who 
sing  the  old  and  new  songs  in  splendid  style; 
Alice  Berry,  the  doll  comedienne;  the  Jan- 
'kowsky  troupe  of  acrobats;  Howard  and  Do 
lores,  magnetic  ragtime  singers,  and  Bankoff 
and  Belmont,  versatile  dancers. 

Another  carefully  prepared  program  will  be 
offered  on  Sunday,  when  San  Franciscans  will 
have  an  opportunity  of  laughing  at  Frank 
Bush,  who  is  easily  the  best  story-teller  and 
character  impersonator  on  the  vaudeville 
stage.  He  has  a  style  absolutely  his  own  that 
has  successfully  kept  him  before  the  public 
for  a  great  many  years.  The  Tokio  Miyako 
Troupe,  the  first  Japanese  to  play  the  Pan- 
tages circuit,  are  said  to  present  the  most  as- 
tounding gymnastic  act  on  the  road,  one  of 
the  little  brown  men  particularly  distinguish- 
ing himself  by  ascending  a  twelve-foot  ladder 
on  his  head  without  the  aid  of  his  handr*. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Morris,  who  are  well 
and  favorably  known  on  the  legitimate  stage, 
and  who  are  taking  a  little  "flyer"  into 
vaudeville,  will  offer  their  jolly  playlet,  "The 
Lady  Down  Stairs,"  abounding  in  bright  lines 
and  amusing  situations;  and  the  Three  Mad- 
caps, English  acrobatic  dancing  girls,  will  go 
through  some  hurricane  terpsichorean  evolu 
tions  that  are  said  to  be  as  graceful  as  they 
are  unique.  The  Clipper  Quartet,  good  sing- 
ers who  couple  their  harmonies  with  no  end 
of  good,  clean  comedy,  will  appear  for  the 
first  time  here;  and  the  Mayers,  a  lively  sing- 
ing and  dancing  couple,  will  continue  to  en- 
liven proceedings.  A  special  feature  will  be 
an  International  Cake  Walk,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Gertrude  Kulalie,  in  which  couples  rep- 
resenting the  most  important  nations  will  have 
a  good,  old-fashioned  competition,  such  as  has 
not  been  seen  here  in  many  a  day.  The  cake- 
walk  will  be  beautifully  costumed  and  pranced 
to  particularly  catchy  music.  Sunlight  Pic- 
tures will  complete  the  bill. 

Carl  Seed,  John  Cort's  private  secretary,  is 
officiating  as  acting  manager  of  the  Cort  The- 
ater during  the  absence  of  Homer  F.  Curran, 
the  manager,  who  is  now  East  on  bis  vacation. 
Although  a  young  man,  Keed  has  attained 
an  enviable  position  in  the  theatrical  world. 
His  rise  has  been  rapid.  Beed  is  manager  of 
the  Moore  Theater  in  Seattle  in  addition  to 
being  Mr.  Cort 's  private  secretary.  He  is 
also  in  charge  of  the  box  offices  of  the  entire 
Cort  circuit,  and  devotes  considerable  of  his 
energies  in  this  direction.  Eeed  will  remain 
here  till  the  end  of  the  month. 


a: ,  **5&/r#**^.- .,_.- ; 


ENTHUSIASTIC  over  the  possibilities  of  what 
is  known  as  the  southern  route  for  coast- 
to-coast  tourists,  Dr.  S.  S.  Crow  and  A. 
Faulkner  of  Los  Angeles  have  just  completed  a 
motor-car  trip  from  that  city  to  New  York.  The 
two  men  took  the  trip  as  a  vacation  in  Dr.  Crow's 
48-horse-power  Pierce  Arrow  runabout.  They 
made  no  attempt  to  establish  any  records,  but  stop- 
ped at  several  places  for  visits  with  friends  and 
relatives  and  for  sight-seeing.  They  left  Los  An- 
geles on  June  5th  and  arrived  in  New  York  on  July 
8th.  Of  tuis  time  they  spent  17  days  on  the  road. 
1  'We  followed  the  southern  route  as  far  as  St. 
Louis,"  said  Dr.  Crow,  "and  then  branched  north 
to  Chicago,  as  we  wanted  to  visit  the  Pierce-Arrow 
factory  at  Buffalo  for  a  day.  We  thought  we  could 
do  this  more  easily  by  going  there  on  our  way 
East,  than  by  going  direct  to  New  York,  and  then 
touring   back. 

"Within  the  next  few  years  I  believe  the  south- 
ern route,  which  leads  through  Yuma,  Phoenix, 
Globe,  Spririgville  and  Trinidad,  Colorado,  will  be 
in  excellent  condition  for  tourists,  and  when  it  is  it 


will  be  preferred  by  most  ocean- to-ocoau  tourists. 
Most  of  the  transcontinental  tourists  now  choose 
the  northern  route.  But  this  is  only  open  during 
the  summer  months.  During  the  winter  many  parts 
of  it  are  impassable.  The  southern  route  will  be 
open  the  year  round.  Eastern  people  have  little 
idea  of  the  extent  of  the  road  work  that  is  being 
done  in  some  of  the  less  thickly  populated  States 
in  the  West.  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  are  interest- 
ed  in  this  work  to  a  remarkable  degree.  New  Mex 
ico  has  adopted  the  plan  of  working  its  convicts 
on  the  roads,  and  the  progress  made  is  surprising. 
There  are  roads  in  New  Mexico  that  compare  fa- 
vorably with  the  finest  of  the  boulevards  in  the 
East." 

Why  cannot  the  convicts  in  California  be  em- 
ployed on  the  roads?  It  would  be  a  good  solution 
of  a  problem  that  puzzles  the  advocates  of  true 
prison  reform.  Road-making  would  not  do  the 
convicts  any  harm  and  would  do  the  State  much 
good. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Talbot,  Miss  Talbot,  W.  0. 
and  Eric  Talbot  are  guests  of  Mrs.  H.  Darneal  at 
the  Casa  del  Rey.  The  party  motored  down  from 
San   Mateo  for   the  week-end. 


A  fishing  party,  consisting  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  West- 
phal,  W.  C.  and  R.  B.  Muraock,  W.  D.  Burlingame, 
J.  A.  Hawkins,  motored  down  last  week  from  San 
Francisco  for  a  few  days'  stay.  Saturday  morning's 
catch  amounted  to  twenty-nine  salmon,  all  averag- 
ing over  ten  pounds. 


What   a   man    says   to    his   wife   goes — if  he    is   us 
ing  a  telephone. 


Safest  and  Most  Magnificent   Theater   in   America! 

WEEK   BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 

Matinee  Every  Day 

POSITIVELY  LAST   WEEK  OF  BERTHA  KALICH 

in    "A    LIGHT   FROM    ST.    AGNES." 

GREAT  NEW  SHOW. 

W.  H.  ST.  JAMES  and  PLAYERS  in  Byron  Ong- 
ley's  Comedy  Playlet,  "A  Chip  of  the  Old  Block"; 
CHARLEY  CASE,  "The  Fellow  Who  Talks  About 
^is  Father";  WILLIAM  3DR.R  and  DAPHNE 
HOPE,  in  "A  Lady,  a  Lover  and  a  Lamp";  MAR- 
TIN JOHNSON'S  TRAVELOGUES,  Wonderful 
Stories  and  Pictures  of  Savage  Life  in  the  Far-off 
South  Sea  Islands  (One  Week  Only);  LYDIA  NEL- 
SON ana  HER  BOYS  AND  GIRLS;  KATHI  GUL- 
TINI;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES; 
CHICK   SALE,   Comedy  Protean   entertainer. 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Box  Seats,  $1 
Matinee    Prices    (Except    Sundays    and    Holidays). 
10c,    25c-    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  0  1670. 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week  of  August  11th: 

EXCEPTIONAL  ATTRACTIONS! 
FRANK  BUSH,  World's  Foremost  Story-Teller; 
TOKIO  MIYAKO  TROUPE,  Astounding  Acrobats; 
CLIPPER  QUARTET,  Original  Singing  Comedians; 
THE  3  MADCAPS,  English  Dancing  Girls;  MR.  aou 
MRS.  WILLIAM  MORRIS,  Presenting  "The  Lady 
Down  Stairs";  THE  MAYERS,  Singing  and  Danc- 
ing  Comedians;    SUNLIGHT   PICTURES,    and 

INTERNATIONAL  CAKEWALK! 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights, 
Continuous  from   6:80. 


Prices — 10c,    20c.    and    80c 


Saturday,  August   10,   1912. 1 


-THE  WASP  - 


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OLD  MAID'S 
DIARY  -• 


ELL,  DEAS  ME!  I'm  kept  so  busy 
reading  about  divorces  that  I'm 
way  behind  in  my  civic  work.  I 
don't  know  whether  Mayor  Mott  of 
Oakland  was  recalled  or  not,  or  if  the  gentle- 
man Moose  or  President  Taft  is  elected  yet. 
Lands  sake!  you'd  require  a  secretary  to  keep 
I  rack  of  political  elections  these  days,  let 
alone  club  affairs.  Sometimes  1  think  'twould 
t't.'  just  as  well  to  let  those  blundering  men 
keep  on  running  polities — even  it'  they  do 
make  such   a   mess   of  it. 

Mrs.  Trotter  was  in  to  see  me  this  after- 
noon. My,  hasn't  she  been  busy  running 
around!  So  many  weddings  and  engagements! 
She  says  the  divorce  crop  next  year  will  be 
immense. 

One  of  her  young  married  friends  has  been 
to  see  a  lawyer.  Goodness  me,  such-  deception 
as  was  practised  on  her!  She  told  all  her  girl 
friends  that  she  would  never  marry  anything 
less  than  a  millionaire  who  could  give  her  a 
fine  limousine  to  go  shopping.  And  she  threw 
over  such  a  nice  young  man  who  could  only 
support  a  motorcycle.  He  had  the  nerve  to 
ask  her  to  go  riding  with  him.  Gracious!  She 
said  if  't wasn't  that  her  pet  Boston  bull 
might  hurt  his  teeth  on  the  young  man  's  leg- 
gings she'd  turn  him  loose.  Goodness  me!  ain't 
girls  spicy  nowadays?  I'd  no  more  talk  to  a 
young  man  that  way  when  I  was  18  than  I'd 
bite  my  tongue  off. 

Well,    she    married    voung      Bondsley,    the 


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banker's  sun,  thai  came  around  to  \isit  lier 
in  a  swell  limousine  with  a  big  "B"  on  il 
as  large  as  your  lial  And  what  d'ye  think.' 
'Twasn'l  lii-  car  al  all,  IK-  just  hired  it  by 
tin-  hour  from  Kelly,  the  stableman,  who  keeps 

a   mail    liusv   with   a    glue   pol    Sticking  gilt    niun- 

ograms  on  hired  autos  and  buggies.  Lands 
sake,  isn  '1  this  a  deci   M  ul  age! 

The  worst  of  ii  is  that  the  young  man  with 
tin*  motorcycle  lias  made  loads  of  money  since 
the  girl  throw  him  over.  He  was  so  wild  at 
her  jilting  him  be  flew  around  the  country 
Like  mad  and  tried  to  run  down  a  street  car, 
and  he  got  so  iiuu-n  damages  he's  Btarted  out 
as  an  oil  operator.  Luck  just  chases  him, 
ItfrS,  Trotter  says,  [f  he  bored  down  amongst 
a  lot  of  oil  cans  in  a  vacant  lot  he  M  strike 
a  gusher,  she  says,  lie  "s  engaged  to  three 
of  Mis.  Bondsley 's  friends  that  move  in  the 
most  exclusive  society,  and  he  sends  each  of 
them  a  bushel  of  orchids  before  breakfast  and 
takes  them  in  turns  riding  in  his  160-horse- 
pnwer  limousine.  Every  time  Mrs.  Bondsley 
looks  out  the  window  and  sees  him  fly  by  on 
his  way  to  the  Ocean  Beach  she  feels  like 
ringing  up  her  lawyer  and  telling  him  to  file 
divorce  papers  at  once.  And  to  make  matters 
worse,  her  husband  is  one  of  them  that  says: 
''Where's  that  quarter  1  gave  you  two  weeks 
ago?  Lands  sake,  you  haven't  squandered  it 
already?" 

I  always  did  say  that  no  woman  should 
marry  for  money.  But,  goodness  me!  why 
should  any  sane  woman  marry  at  all ?  I'm 
convinced  no  sane  woman  ever  does.  If  she's 
not  raving  mad  when  she  goes  to  the  altar — 
halter,  I  should  say! — she's  surely  that  way 
after   the  ceremony.     That's  my  firm   belief. 

TABITHA   TWIGGS. 

♦ 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  Bias  and  tneir  son,  young 
Billy  Bias,  have  returned  from  their  trip  to  Santa 
Cruz,  where  they  were  the  guests  at  the  Bias 
home  on  Terrace  Hill.  Mr.  Bias  is  the  son  of 
"Billy"  Bias,  one  of  the  best-known  and  honored 
citizens   of    Santa    Cruz    county, 

♦ 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver  Dibble  have  rented  a  place 
at  Menlo  Park  for  several  months. 

NOTICE       TO    CREDITORS. 
No.    13,815.      Dept.    10. 

ESTATE    OP    MARGARET    COLLINS,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  MARGARET 
COLLINS,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  per- 
sons having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four 
(4 1  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice 
to  the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858 
Phelan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of 
business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
of    MARGARET    COLLINS,    deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator     of     the     estate     of     MARGARET 
COLLINS,   deceased. 

Dated,    San    Francisco,    August   6,    1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HICKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
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SOCIAL  LIFE. 


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ings  will  be  decorated  with  lanterns.  There  will 
be  special  floating  fireworks,  something  new.  There 
will  be  constructed  a  ship  fifty  feet  long,  from  which 
fireworks  will  be  displayed,  and  on  the  final  night 
this  ship  will  be  burned,  making  a  very  pretty  ap- 
pearance. 


AT  CASA  DEL  REY. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Doolittle  of  Sau  Mateo  have 
been  guests  at  the  Casa  del  Bey.  Mr.  Doolittle  is 
the  manager  and  proprietor  of  the  well-known  Penin-. 
sula  Hotel  at  San  Mateo.  His  visit  to  Santa  Cruz 
this  time  is  for  a  few  days'   rest  and  recreation. 

Mr.    and  Mrs.  Bert  Wertheinier  have   taken  apart- 


3UMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.   3. 

MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erly herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  Defend- 
a. us. — Action  No.    32,539. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MURRAY  F.  YAXDALL,  plaiutitf, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  monthB  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  ol 
California,   and  particularly   described  as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  one  hundred  (100)  feet 
southerly  troin  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  street 
and  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet,  four  {±> 
inches  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of 
seventeenth  avenue,  measured  respectively  along 
lines  drawn  at  right  angles  to  said  lines  of 
said  streets,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Clement  street  eight  (8 1 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Seventeenth  avenue  three, 
hundred  and  fifty  (350)  feet ;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eight  (8)  indies;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  three  hundred  and  fifty  (350) 
ieei  iu  the  point  oi  beginning;  being  part  of  Out- 
side Land  Block  Number  198. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
aaifl  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  astates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  oi  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
tterein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may   be   meet   in    the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
31st    day   of   July,    A.   D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    1.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By    J.    F.    DUNWORTH,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse 
to    plaintiff: 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society,  (a  cor- 
poration)   San   Francisco,    California. 

Fernando   Nelson,   ban  Francisco,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   street,    San  Francisco,    Cal. 


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ments  at  the  Casa  del  Roy  for  a  few  weeks'  stay, 
registering  from  Sacramento.  Mr.  Wertheimer  is  a 
well-known  business  man. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Jaynes  and  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
William  A.  Martin  make  up  a  very  delightful  party 
who  are  again  visiting  Santa  Cruz,  registering  at 
the    Casa    del    Rey. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goldstein,  Master  Edgar  and  Miss 
Edith  Goldstein  are  at  tne  Casa  del  Rey  for  the 
month  of  August.  Mr.  Goldstein  is  a  well-known 
Sau  Francisco  business  man,  and  is  president  of 
the    California    Fruit    Canners'    Association. 

Mr.  B.  H.  Henderson  and  Rufus  G.  Smith,  promi- 
nent oil  men  from  Bakersfield,  who  are  occupied 
with  big  things  in  that  vicinity,  have  joined  their 
families  at  the  Casa  del  Rey,  where  they  will  re- 
main the  rest  of  the  season. 


AT   DEL  MONTE. 

Mrs.  D.  T.  Murphy,  Mrs.  Eugene  Murphy,  with 
Miss  Gertrude  and  nurse,  went  to  Del  Monte  Satur- 
day for  an  extended  visit,  and  Mr.  Clinton  Worden 
goes  every  week-and  with  his  family. 

Del  Monte  is  one  of  the  favorite  places  for  the 
army  people.  Major  F.  H.  Sargent  joins  his  wife 
and  daughter  regularly.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  W.  McClure 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  J.  Nowlen  of  the  U.  S.  Army 
also  spent  the  week-end  at  this  resort.  Mr.  C.  S. 
Stanton  of  the  Examiner  is  a  guest. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Hopkins  of  Menlo  Park  ar- 
rived   Saturday    in    their   car. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  C.  Breeden  of  Burlingame  joined 
their    friends    at   Del    Monte    Saturday. 

Mr.  Stewart  Lowery  of  Burlingame  goes  down 
often  and  plays  golf  persistently.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E. 
H.  Griffen  of  San  Francisco,  with  some'  Louisville 
friends,  spent  last  week  at  Del  Monte;  also  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  W.  J.  Woodsile. 

There  is  such  a  desire  to  get  out  in  the  quiet 
woods  and  live  within  hearing  of  the  breakers  that 
this  summer  the  accommodations  at  Rancho  del  Monte 
and  Pebble  Beach  Lodge  are  taxed  to  their  utmost. 
In  fact,  if  there  were  several  more  cottages  similar 
to  the  one  Mayor  Rolph  and  his  family  occupy  near 
the  Lodge,  they  would  all  be  filled.  Painters  and 
authors  have  in  turn  spent  the  spring  and  summer 
season  there.  The  Rancho  del  Monte  is  being  en 
larged  and  improved — there's  where  you  get  those 
home-cooked  chicken  uinners.  The  Lodge  is  nearer 
the  hotel,  and  for  the  next  ten  weeks  will  be  the 
scene  of  many  a  family  gathering  and  pleasant  little 
dinner    party,    with    an    occasional    dance. 

Amongst  the  visitors  from  the  southern  part  of  the 
State  is  J.  Whitcomb,   a  prominent   landowner. 

Sylvain  Schuhl,  L.  Alexander,  Mrs.  B.  Ruppin, 
with  Misses  Florence  and  Edith  Ruppin.  have  ar- 
rived   for   a    two    weeks'    visit. 


SANTA  CRUZ  DOG  SHOW. 

Entries  closed  Monday.  August  5th,  for  the  Santa 
Cruz  Dog  Sjiow.  A  hundred  trophies  have  been  of- 
fered, and  with  James  Mortimer,  the  premier  dog 
expert,  of  the  country,  for  judge,  the  success  of  the 
show  is   assured. 

The  dogs  of  Mrs.  Malcolm  D.  Whitman  (formerly 
Miss  Jennie  Crocker)  will  not  be  entered  for  com 
petition. 

Additional  prizes  have  been  posted  by  Miss  Alice 
Wilkins,   Mrs.   E.    F.    Brown,    Miss  Jean   Forgeus,    the 


Bulldog  Breeders'  Association,  John  Martin,  Warren 
Porter,  Mayor  Rolph  of  Sau  Francisco,  Mrs.  Fred 
Kohl,  Mrs.  C.  J.  Lindgren,  Col.  Walter  Martin,  Judge 
Carroll  Cook,  Harry  Hastings,  Charles  Conlisk,  Mrs. 
J.  P.  Norman,  Mrs.  D.  T.  Murphy,  Miss  Lydia  Hop- 
kins, Mrs.  Hal  JJiggs,  Mrs.  H.  F,  Anderson,  Mrs. 
Norman  J.  Stewart,  Mrs.  Leon  L.  Ross,  Mrs.  W.  W. 
Stetheimer,   and  others. 

John  Martin  is  president  of  the  Santa  Cruz  Ken 
nel  Club,  under  whose  auspices  the  show  will  be 
given. 

♦ 

DEL  MONTE    TOURNAMENT. 

The  Del  Monte  prizes  for  the  fall  tournament  are, 
if  possible,  more  elegant  than  ever.  There  is  a 
very  large  number  of  them,  and  they  are  now  and 
will  be  on  exhibition  in  Shreve's,  on  Grant  avenue, 
for   the    next   ten    days. 

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CURRIER'S   NEW    STUDIO. 
E.    W.    Currier,    the  well-known    artist,    has   moved 
his   studio   from   57   Post   street   to  220   Post   street, 
5th  floor,   Hirsch  and  Kaiser  building.     Visitors  wel- 
come Thursdays  and   Saturdays  from  2   to    5  p.  m. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  TILE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OK  THE  STATE  OF 

California,    in    and    fur    the    City    and    County    of    Sao. 

.  >ept.   No,  2. 

\K1>    W.    bl  tid    HELEN    SI  EG 

PRIED,   Plaintiffs,   %-     .\n   persona  claiming  any   "i 

ln    ur    lieu    Dpi 

■ 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
ions  claiming  any  Interest  in.  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting  : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer   the 
■  ..    .   .  ut'KlED  and   H 

Glerk  of  the 
■     ■ 
after   the   oral    publication   of   this  summons,   end    to 
set  forih  what  int.  i  "  aay,  you  ti.-i v  ■ 

■ 
situated   in    the  I  I   County  of  Ban    Pre 

if    California,    and    particularl)    i 

inning  si  a  point  on  the  southwesterly 

in     iwu    hundred    unci 
twenty-five    (225)    ^  i  ;    rly   from  the   corner 

formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southwesterly  Line 
of  Gihnau  Avenue  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Jen 
niugs  Bti  rly  "J"  Strei 

ulng   tb  along  haul   lii 

ce    at    u    right    angle 
southwesterly  one  hundred   (100  oee  at  a 

right  in  ilerly  fifty  (5u>  fei  I 

m  a  right  angle  northeasterly  one  hundred  (100  j 
feet  to  the  point  ol  beginning;  being  lots  14  and  15, 
in    bio  ue    per 

i  ranciBco,  March  -,    l 
You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,   to  wit,  that  it 
be   adjudged   that   plaintiffs   sre    the   ■ 
properl  y  in  ft  that  their  title  to 

hi  ii  .i nil  (i  ieted ;  that  the 
bid  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may- 
be meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
26th   day  of  June,   A.   D.    lttli:. 

(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  S.   I.  HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 
The   first  publication   of   this   summons   was   made 
he     Wasp"    newspaper    on    the    13th    day    of 
July,   A.   D,    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    street,    San   Francisco,   California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

MICHAEL  U  u;i  [RE  and  BRIDGET  MAGUIRE, 
Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persona  claiming  any  interest  in 
or   lien   upon    the   real   property   herein   described  or 

any    part   thereof.    Defendants. — Action    No.    3 2,4 7 7. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET 
.MAGUIRE,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
above-cutitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  Hen,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  iu  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows: 

First:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Union  street,  distant  thereon  sixty-two  (62) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  easterly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Union 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Sterner  street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Union 
Btreet  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25) 
feet  ;and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (ti)  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Western  Addition,   Block  Number  344. 

Second:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Twenty-second  avenue,  distant  thereon  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  southerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  west- 
erly line  of  Twenty-second  avenue  with  the  southerly 
line  of  Point  Lobos  avenue,  and  running  thence 
southerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue 
seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120 1  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
mid  tn  en  I'm  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Outside  band  Block  Number  262. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  i' 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;that  the  Court 


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ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles,  in 
tenets  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and  every 
part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or  equitable, 
present  or  future)  vested  or  contingent,  and  whether 
the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  de- 
scription: thai  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
imises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
isrh    day    of   July.    A.   D.    1912 

(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

r...   .ii     in  \\\  ORTH,   Deputj   Clerk, 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  Che  Wasp  uowspaper  on  t lie  loth  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1913. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery  St.,   San    FranolBCO,  Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OK 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Fro  nciscc      I  >ept.  No.  4. 

GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.   32,371. 

The  People  of  the  Slate  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting; 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-one  (31)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lombard  Street,  and  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Octavia 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK  Number  170. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  ia  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
20th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  6th  day  of  July, 
A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   7. 

JOSEPH  G.  McVERRY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty  herein   described   or  any   part   thereof,   Defend- 


■    .     :  ■ 

e    Of     the     State     of     California,     to     all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lieu    upon, 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of   Defendants,    greeting: 

You    are    hei  n  d    to    appear   and    answer 

■ 

■ 
in  three  months  aft. 
cation  of  ibis  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
Ot  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  ur  upon  that 
certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  litnated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and   particularly  described  as  follows: 

..  tersec' 
line  of  Lawton  (formerly  "L "j 
i    Eleventh    v 

an«l  r 

i    two   hundred    end    forty    (2*0  i 

nth  Avenue,   thence  north- 
erly  ai 

■ 

d  end  twenty  (120)  feet ;   I 

rtherly    twelve    (12)    feet,    six    (6) 

... 

•""l  twenty   I  120  I   reel    I ■   westei  Ij     i 

I    along   said 

Eleventh   Avon ■  hundred   (100)   feet  to 

part    of    OUTSIDE 

rg 

otified  that,  unless  you  so  uppoar 
and  answer,  the  plaiutiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  roliof  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that    it    be    adjudged    that    plaintiff    iB    the    owner    of 

roperty  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  thai  hi 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interest  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  oquitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  liena  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover 
his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further 
relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this   9th  day  of  July,    A.   D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY.   Clerk. 

By  II.  I.  PORTER,    Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wtsp"  newspaper  on  the  20th  day  of  July, 
A.   D.    1912.  3' 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Oalifo 

SUMMONS, 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
h  ranciBco. — Dept.    No.    10. 

NORENA  M.  LIBBY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  BURR  A. 
LIBBY,    Defendant. — Action    No.   42,622. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing  to  BURR  A.   LIBBY,    Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above-named  Plaiutiff 
m  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the 
service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  willful  neg- 
lect and  desertion,  also  for  general  relief,  as  will 
more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaint- 
iff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  1st  day  of  June, 

(SEAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk 

m.      „  fiy  L-  w-  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The   first   publication   of   this   summons   was   made 

m      The  WaBp"  newspaper  on  the  8th  day  of  June, 

A.     \*.    19X2. 

GERALD  C.  HATSBT,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  Cal. 


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UY  AMERICUS 


i  OME  statesman  who  has  been  keeping  tab  on  the  days' 
work  of  the  Hon.  Hiram  Johnson  lias  figured  out  that 
the  eminent  statesman  has  devoted  100  days  to  the 
duties  of  his  office  since  he  was  elected.  I  confess  that 
it  surprises  me  that  Hiram  has  wasted  that  much  of  his  valuable 
time  earning  his  salary  as  Governor  of  California  when  he  could 
draw  it  just  as  easily  without  even  going  near  his  office.  It  is 
bad  policy  to  educate  the  people  to  the  idea  that  public  officials 
are  elected  to  perform  public  duties  and  neglect  their  own 
affairs.       The      contrary    is 

the  true  principle,  and  has     ^7^.  ^^£*liA^\         -^     jS 
been  exemplified  admirably    ^» 
by  the  Hon.  Hiram  and  oth-    ^ 

id 


er  illustrious  citizens  in 
California,  including  the 
late  "Wm.  H.  Langdon  and 
that  other  self-sacrificing 
patriot,   Edwin  R.  Zion. 

Cynics  may  remark  that 
"republics  are  ungrate- 
ful, ' '  but  we  have  pot 
found  it  so  in  San  Francis- 
co. 

Mi.  Langdon,  having 
stoutly  resisted  all  attempts 
to  drag  him  to  his  desk  in 
the  District  Attorney's  of- 
fice, to  waste  his  precious 
time  in  trying  to  jail 
thieves  and  hang  murderers, 
was  rewarded  in  the  third 
month  of  his  official  term 
by  the  nomination  for  Gov- 
ernor of  California.  That 
discriminating!  judge  of 
civic  worth,  the  Hon.  Wm. 
R.     Hearst,      selected     Mr. 

Langdon  for  the  honor,  and  from  the  hour  of  his  nomination  on 
the  Hearst  ticket  till  election  day  in  November  Mr.  Landgon 
drew  his  salary  as  District  Attorney  for  riding  around  the  State 
in  a  city -bought  automobile  canvassing  for  votes.  It  was  such 
an  edifying  example  of  civic  pride  and  purity  that  after  Mr. 
Langdon  got  walloped  at  the  polls  the  public  consoled  him  by 
making  him  the  High  Cockalorum  of  the  Graft  Prosecution, 
with  special  powers  to  employ  as  many  of  his  friends  and  rela- 
tives as  he  wished,  and  draw  as  much  money  from  the  public 


A  SURPRISE   PARTY 


treasury  as  he  said  he  required.  Mr.  Langdon  entered  public 
office  as  a  needy  pedagogue,  and  left  it  in  a  few  years  as  the 
affluent  owner  of  several  automobiles,  not  counting  those  which 
the  city  kept  for  his  week-end  outings. 

Not  as  eminent  in  the  profession  of  vote-getting  as  former 
District  Attorney  Langdon,  or  the  very  eminent  incumbent 
of  the  Governor's  office,  but  filled  with  a  similar  spirit  of  civic 
pride,  is  the  Hon.  Edwin  Ray  Zion,  now  head  of  the  newly  creat- 
ed Bureau  of  Efficiency.  It  costs  the  city  $10,000  to  begin  with, 
and  will  probably  cost  $10(1, 111.111  to  finish  up  on.  Mr.  Zion,  like 
some  of  his  illustrious  prototypes  in  public  office,  nas  never  been 
charged  with  straining  his  back  or  arms  in  preference  to  his 
conscience.  He  has  long  been  noted  in  political  circles  as  an 
exponent  of  the  principle  that  "public  office  is  a  private  snap," 
and  the  shorter  the  hours  the  lighter  should  be  the  work  and 
the   larger  the  pay.     His  fertile  brain  was  one  of  the  first  to 

conceive  the  advisability  of 
a  City  Hall  clerks'  combi- 
nation for  long  summer  va- 
cations, six  hours '  daily 
work,  and  a  holiday  on  Sat- 
urday with  full  pay.  His 
literary  labors  in  writing 
pamphlets  to  promote  his 
philanthropic  schemes  would 
have  prevented  his  regular 
daily  attendance  as  a  Dep- 
uty Tax  Collector.  But  to 
Mr.  Zion  'a  credit  be  it  said, 
he  has  never  made  a  stren- 
uous effort  to  perform  his 
official  duties  at  thle  ex- 
pense of  his  private  fads 
and   interests. 

At  every  election  Mr. 
Zion  turns  up  as  a  candi- 
date for  public  office,  and 
between  his  political  cam- 
paigns busies  himself  as  an 
attorney  in  his  office  in  the 
Monadnock  Building,  or  in 
the  lobby  of  the  State  Leg- 
islature when  that  august 
body  is  in  session. 
The  statistician  who  figured  out  that  the  Hon.  Hiram  has 
worked  only  100  days  at  Sacramento  since  his  election  as  Gov- 
ernor would  have  a  hard  time  figuring  that  Mr.  Zion  has  worked 
at  all  since  he  became  a  City  Hall  deputy.  His  intermittent 
and  semi-occasional  appearance  for  all-day  work  at  his  desk 
in  the  Tax  Collector's  office  have  been  so  rare  as  to  be  the  sub- 
jects of  newspaper  publications.  He  has  done  more  than  any 
other  one  clerk  in  the  City  Hall  to  absolve  toiling  humanity 
from  the  primal  curse  of  hard  work.     His  bright  example  has 


THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  August  17,  1912. 


given  hope  that  we  are  rapidly  nearing  the 
millennium,  when  everybody  will  hold  a  public 
office,  with  no  duties  more  onerous  than 
cashing  a  pay  warrant  once  a  month. 

In  Mr.  Zion's  case,  as  in  that  of  the  patriot- 
ic Langdon,  civic  virtue  has  brought  its  well- 
deserved  rewards.  When  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors, the  other  day,  created  the  Bureau  of 
Efficiency  to  conceal  its  own  inefficiency,  no 
doubt,  whom  did  the  sapient  city  fathers 
select  to  run  the  concern?  Who  but  Zion, 
whose  record  dims  that  of  our  Governor,  with 
his  laborious  record  of  100  days  on  the  job 
since  the  people  elected  him  600  days  ago. 

The  Vice-Presidency  of  the  United  States 
would  be  but  a  poor  reward  for  Governor 
Johnson's  efforts  in  behalf  of  "progressive" 
government,  which  is  now  well  understood  to 
mean  rapid  progression  of  the  taxpayers  in 
the  direction  of  the  almshouse.  By  the  aid  of 
the  Zions  and  Johnsons  in  office  and  anxiously 
looking  for  other  offices,  while  the  people  foot 
the  bills,  the  march  of  the  taxpayers  will 
soon  become  a  gallop.  Every  day  we  get 
nearer  to  the  interesting  condition  where  the 
chief  industry  of  the  nation  will  be  politics, 
and  the  great  majority  will  draw  salaries 
from  the  State  for  doing  nothing  for  it. 


SADLY  NEEDED. 

NOW  that  we  have  a  Bureau  of  Efficiency, 
created  by  the  wisdom  of  City  Fathers 
Muidoek,  Gianhini,  Andy  Gallagher, 
Murphy  and  Grandpa  Payot,  would  it  not  be 
a  judicious  move  to  creat  a  Bureau  of  Defi- 
ciency? There  is  likely  to  be  much  more 
for  the  latter  to  attend  to  than  for  the  for- 
mer. Efficiency  in  city  government  in  the 
United  States,  or  anywhere  else,  there  never 
can  be  while  every  tramp's  vote  counts  as 
much  ,as  that  of  the  best  citizen.  Efficiency 
is  a  pipe-dream  when  every  drunken  bum  can 
walk  up  to  the  ballot-box  and  vote  for  an 
issue  of  twenty  or  a  hundred  million  dollars ' 
worth  of  bonds,  and  saddle  the  debt  on  the 
community  in  which  the  loafers  have  no  hon- 
est  interest. 

Municipal  government,  with  the  universal 
franchise  as  a  perquisite,  is  a  ghastly  joke, 
and  must  end  in  the  deterioration  of  the  com- 
munities that  persist  in  conducting  it  on  such 
a   senseless   plan. 

A  Bureau  of  Deficiency  would  therefore  be 
a  desirable  addition  to  the  list  of  expensive 
ornaments  that  now  decorate  the  pay-roll  of 
our  municipality.  Unlike  the  Bureau  of  Effi- 
ciency, which  can  deal  only  with  foolish 
themes,  the  Bureau  of  Deficiency  will  deal 
with  actual  facts.  For  instance,  there  is  the 
fact  that  we  have  spent  twice  what  we  fig- 


ured on  for  our  Auxiliary  Fire  Protection  Sys- 
tem, and  it  isn  't  finished  yet,  and  high  insur- 
ance rates  are  giving  our  merchants  frightful 
headaches.  -  " 

We  have  to  make  good  a  deficiency  caused 
by  repairing  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir,  which 
turned  out  to  be  a  sieve  after  Manson  and 
Connick  finished  its  engineering. 

We  will  have  nice,  healthy  deficiencies  on 
our  Geary  Street  Municipal  Railroad  and  our 
municipal  water  supply,  and  everything  else 
municipal  just  as  long  as  the  community 
sticks  to  the  foolish  notion  that  the  votes  of 
the  mob  should  control  the  city  government 
and  make  it  a  matter,,  of  pothouse  politics,  in- 
stead of  strict  business  on  a  sound  dollar-and- 
cents  basis — the  business  ,of  ■  giving  the  citi- 
zens protection  of  life  and  property  for  the 
least  money. 


Af termraath  off 


THE  CITY  IN  THE  TOILS. 

UNITED  STATES  JUDGE  FARRING-TON, 
whose  honesty  and  judgment  have  been 
unquestioned,  decided  that  the  Spring 
Valley  Water  Company 's  property  was  worth 
$26,000,000.  Since  then  the  Company's  plant 
must  have  suffered  some  deterioration.  That 
deterioration  is  probably  offset  by  expend- 
itures of  the  Company  on  its  property  since 
.Judge  Farrington 's  decision. 

Our  City  Government  has  seen  fit  to  offer 
the  Spring  Valley  Company  $38,500,000  for 
this  property,  which  an  able  and  disinterested 
United  States  Judge  said  was  worth  only 
$26,000,000.  Moreover,  since  Judge  Earring- 
ton's  decision,  it  has  become  apparent  that 
the  Spring  Valley  Company  has  not  nearly  as 
large  a  water  supply  as  it  claimed.  Engineer 
John  R.  Freeman 's  recent  report  cut  down  the 
amount  greatly. 

In  view  of  these  undisputed  facts,  it  is 
impossible  to  understand  why  the  city  should 
offer  the  Spring  Valley  speculators  $38,500,- 
000.  They  bought  the  properly  as  a  stock 
speculation,  and  have  managed  it  as  such 
with  utter  disregard  of  the  public.  San  Fran- 
cisco was  burned  in  1906  because  the  main 
pipe  of  the  Spring  Valley  Company,  which 
rested  on  rotted  wooden  trestles  in  the  San 
Bruno  marsh,  fell  and  burst.  Since  then 
nothing  has  been  done  by  the  Spring  Valley 
Company  to  avert  another  catastrophe  by 
fire. 


We  citizens  of  San  Francisco  owe  no  debt 
of  gratitude  to  the  Spring  Valley  Company 
and  the  stock  speculators  who  hold  it  like 
Shylock,  demanding  their  last  ducat.  "Never- 
theless, we  should  treat  the  Company  with 
fairness  and  even  liberality.  It  is  proper 
cities  should  pay  generously  for  property  util- 
ities they  wish  to  acquire  by  bargain  or  con- 
demnation. 

If  San  Francisco  offered  the  Spring  Valley 
Company  $5,000,000  more  for  the  company's 
property  than  Judge  Farrington  decided  it 
was  worth,  the  offer  should  be  regarded  as 
liberal. 

The  Spring  Valley  people  themselves  offered 
to  sell  to  the  city  for  $35,000,000  a  few  years 
ago.  That  is  $9,000,000  more  than  the  United 
States  court  said  the  property  was  worth. 
Nine  million  dollars  is  a  lot  of  money,  even 
when  public  money.  The  interest  on  it  as  5 
per  cent  is  $450,000  a  year.  How  many  use- 
ful things  could  be  done  with  $450,000  a 
year  under  wise  management! 

The  present' offer  of  $38,500,000,  besides  the 
$1,500,000  of  impounded  water  rates — $40,- 
000,000  in  all — is  an  excessive  price.  It  is 
$5,000,000  more  than  the  Spring  Valley  people 
offered  to  sell  for  when  their  water  supply 
was  supposed  to  be  much  greater  than  it  is 
now  positively  known  to  be.  We  know  now, 
absolutely,  that  the  Spring  Valley  supply  is 
insufficient  for  San  Francisco,  before  the  Ex- 
position is  opened.  It  would  therefore  be 
necessary,  after  we  bought  the  property  for 
$40,000,000,  to  expend  a  large  sum  to  make 
the  water  supply  sufficient. 

First  of  all,  the  Calaveras  dam  would  have 
to  be  built.  The  building  of  this  Calaveras 
dam  and  the  laying  of  a  6%-foot  steel  pipe 
from  the  dam  to  Crystal  Spring  reservoir  will 
cost  $11,660,000,  according  to  Spring  Valley 
figures  of  ten  years  ago.  Building  extensions 
of  city  mains  will  cost  $2,200,000  according 
to  figures  furnished  the  Supervisors  several 
months  since. 

The  actual  cost  to  the  people  of  San  Fran- 
cisco will,  therefore,  be  $53,860,000,  and  not 
$38,500,000.  Figure  it  up  for  yourself.  Any 
schoolboy  can  do  so. 

And  mind  you,  kind  reader,  after  the  vast 
sum  of  $53,860,000  shall  have  been  spent  to 
buy  the  Spring  Valley  outfit,  and  put  it  into 
workable  condition,  San  Francisco  will  have 
only  a  patched-up  and  insufficient  water  sup- 
ply. We  will  not  have  one  gallon  of  that 
beautifully  pure  water  from  Heteh  Hetchy 
which  Mayor  Phelan  and  his  bright  star, 
Marsden  Manson,  and  other  impressionable 
theorists,  promised  us  more  than  twelve  long 
years     ago— the   healthful,   untainted     water 


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Saturday,  August  17,  1912. 


-THE  WASP 


from  the  mountain  snows  which  we  were  to 
roceh  «.'  '  •  without  COSl  '  *  t<>  us.  Those  were 
the  words. 

The  citizens  of  San  Francisco  could  be  for- 
given if  they  rose  up  in  their  just  indignation 
and  tarred  and  feathered  every  bungler  who 
for  the  past  twelve  years  lias  muddled  the 
water  problem]  till  now  we  find  ourselves  up 
against  tins  egregious  proposition: 

Acquire  Spring  Valley  and  improve  it  at  a 
cost  of  $53,860,000,  and  be  still  without  a 
proper  water  supply. 

We  shall  still  be  without  a  proper  water 
supply,  for  even  the  building  of  the  Calaveras 
dam  will  nut  give  the  .Spring  Valley  plant  an 
adequate  supply  for  the  growing  needs  of 
San  Francisco,  This  city  should  have  a  moun- 
tain supply  of  water,  aud  could  have  secured 
one  long  ago  had  the  water  project  been  in 
competent  hands  instead  of  being  an  asset 
for  a  band  of  little  politicians  in  the  City 
Hall  who  have  used  it  to  keep  themselves  in 
office   and   to  feather  their  nests. 

Fur  several  years  The  Wasp  has  striven  to 
expose  those  political  tricksters  and  arouse 
public  sentiment,  and  has  been  the  means  of 
turning  the  calcium  light  of  investigation  up- 
on them. 

The  Wasp  has  frequently  asserted  that  these 
politicians  never  seriously  intended  lo  g»>t 
Hetch  Hetchy  or  any  other  mountain  supply 
for  San  Francisco,  although  they  have  spent 
$2,000,000  of  Hetch  Hetchy  bond  money. 
What  they  seemed  to  be  aiming  at,  and  what 
The  Wasp  charged  they  were  trying  to  do  all 
the  time,  was  to  so  arrange  things  that  in  the 
end  the  city  would  b,e  placed  in  such  a  predic- 
ament that  it  would  be  forced  to  buy  out 
Spring  Valley  in  a  hurry  and  at  any  price 
the  speculators  were  willing  to  accept  for  it. 

That  is  the  actual  condition  today.  Some- 
thing must  be  done,  and  done  in  a  hurry,  and 
therefore  be  done  not  well  nor  wisely. 

It  has  happened  that  the  crisis  has  come 
during  the  administration  of  Mayor  Rolph, 
though  he  did  not  create  the  undesirable  con- 
ditions that  now  exist  and  should  not  be 
blamed  for  them. 


THE  TAXATION  OF  UNIONS  CONTINUES. 

ON  JULY  31st  the  Labor  Council  of  San 
Francisco  adopted  resolutions  to  do- 
nate the  sum  of  $10  per  month  for  six 
months  to  the  Mutual  Aid  and  Employment 
Bureau.  This  is  business  which  should  be 
transacted  by  the  unions  themselves,  but  the 
bureau  has  been  established  for  the  purpose 
of  laying  ano'ther  tax  on  the  patient  back 
of  the  labor  donkey.  In  addition,  a  special 
committee  consisting  of  Brothers  Nolan,  Mc- 
Guire  and  McLaughlin,  assisted  by  the  prog- 
nathous McCarthy  and  the  delectable  McDon- 
ald of  the  Building  Trades  Council,  were  paid 
their  expenses  for  a  junket  to  San  Quentin,  in 

Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  aud 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  for  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend. 


a  futile  attempt  to  browbeat  Warden  Hoyle. 
Another  means  of  drawing  money  out  of  the 
pockets  .»('  labor  is  the  appointment  of  a  cum 
mittee  consisting  of  the  much-indicted  Tveit- 
moe,  Johannson  and  Clancey  to  extend  the  leg 
of  labor  and  deplete  the  sack  of  the  poor  in 
the  attempt  at  obtaining  backsheesh  to  defend 
the   much-indicted. 

These  highwaymen  will  devise  ways  and 
means  to  pick  the  pockets  of  the  members 
without    making  them   squeal  too  hard. 

Tveitmoe,  in  his  "organized  labor,"  calls 
upon    those    whom    he   so    readilv    bleeds    for 


more  blond  money,  but  as  yet  he  has  given  no 
account  of  the  thousands  of  dollars  collected 

for    the    MeXamaras    and    the    special    $1n, 

fund  which  Harrow  says  he  paid  him, 
4 — 

■  ■  Hubby,   we   in  List   crive  a   reception, ' ' 

"it   will  cost  too  much." 

"Oh,  no.     1  can  rent  some  plants  and  some 

dishes    ami    sume    palms,  ' ' 

"But   you   can't   rent    the   sandwiches   and 
t be  ice  cream." 


TII'O.  the  purest  and  choicest  California 
wine,  is  produced  only  by  the  Italian- 
Swiss     l  'ulon  v. 


G.  H.  UMBSEN  &  CO. 

20  MONTGOMERY  STREET,   S.  F. 

AUCTION!  AUCTION! 

AUCTION!  AUCTION! 

Referee    and   Executor    Sale    of  Properties    at    Our    Salesroom, 

Monday,  August  19th  -  -         -  -  At  12  O  'Clock  Noon 

BY    ORDER   OF  REFEREE 


No.  1. — New  3-story  and  mezzanine  and  base- 
ment, steel,  class  "C"  building  and  lot  36:6x 
57:5  feet,  at  Northwest  corner  of  Kearny  and 
Sutter  Streets  and  Clara  Lane.  3  frontages. 
Entire  building  very  light.  Ground  floor,  mezza- 
nine and  basement  rented  to  Jas.  R.  Jackson  to 
Dec.  31,  1916,  at  $800  per  month,  under  secured 
lease,  for  clothing  store  (with  option  of  5 
years  more  at  $1,500  per  month  for  entire  build- 
ing). Upper  part  leased  to  Dec.  31,  1916,  at 
from  $150  to  $425  to  iiax  Arnoviteh.  Building 
will  carry  3  auditional  stories.  Average  month- 
ly rental,  $1,157,  to  Dec.  31st,  1916.  Leases  on 
inspection    at    our   office. 


No.  2. — New  5-story  and  basement  class  "C" 
building  and  lot  25x137:6  feet,  situate  Southeast 
corner  of  Bush  Street  and  Mary  Lane,  near  Kear- 
ny Street;  entire  building  leased  to  one  tenant 
at  $500  per  month. 


THESE  PROPERTIES 
MUST  BE  SOLD 


TERMS  OF  SALE: — Thirty  days  allowed  for  settlement  and  to  complete  purchase.  A  Deposit 
of  ten  per  cent  of  the  purchase  money  invariably  required  on  tne  fall  of  the  hammer  or  announce- 
ment of  sale;  balance  of  cash  payment  on  delivery  of  deed;  and  i.  not  so  paid  (unless  for  defect 
of  title)    then  said  ten  per  cent  to  be  forfeited  and  the  sale  to  be  void. 

Taxes   for    the   Fiscal   Year  ending   June    30th,   1913,  to  be  prorated. 


CORRESPONDENT  resid- 
ing in  Santa  Barbara  in- 
forms me  that  the  much- 
bepraised  tableaux  vi- 
vants  given  by  that  once 
very  popular  hostess, 
Mrs.  William  Miller  Gra- 
ham, were  in  the  nature 
of  a  peace-offering  to  Santa  Barbara.  The 
natives  professed  to  have  detected  in  Mrs. 
Graham's  manner,  after  her  return  from  her 
European  social  triumphs,  a  certain  hauteur 
not  noticeable  hitherto.  Such  suspicions  are 
common  to  village  communities,  and  while 
Santa  Barbara  has  acquired  a  "country  club  ' ' 
and  some  excellent  hotels,  it  has  remained  in 
some  respects  as  primitive  as  in  the  days 
"before  the  Gringo  came."  Santa  Barbara 
grew  slightly  frigid  towards  its  chief  social 
ornament,  and  hence  the  tableaux  vivants  to 
appease  the  rustics.  Once  more  the  dove  of 
peace  perches  contentedly  on  the  roof  of  the 
Country  Club,  when  not  sunning  her  plumes 
on  the  top  of  the  Potter  Hotel. 

&      J*      J* 
Why  'Tis  Dull  in  Town. 

IT  IS  NOT  STRANGE  that  things  seem  so 
dull  in  San  Francisco  this  summer,  as  all 
the  people  of  social  prominence  seem  to 
have  taken  flight  to  the  mountains  and  other 
seashores  than  those  by  the  Golden  Gate.  Are 
we  becoming  like  the  large  Eastern  cities, 
where  everybody  who  is  anybody  packs  up 
and  leaves  for  the  woods  and  waves.  In  the 
Eastern  cities  this  summer  hegira  is  impera- 
tive, for  old  Sol 's  visitations  are  not  to  be 
endured  amidst  skyscraping  apartment  houses. 
In  looking  at  the  people  in  the  Potter  The- 
ater on  the  night  of  Mrs.  Graham's  tableaux 
vivants  one  would  have  thought  that  the  Bur- 
lingame  set  had  moved  down  en  masse  to  the 
Channel  City.  Among  the  well-known  San 
Francisco  people  viewing  the  show  were  the 
George  Howards,  Jack  Casserlys,  Willis  Polks, 
Arthur  Redingtons,  A.  L.  Brewers,  Mrs. 
Fletcher  Elliot.  Mrs.  Percy  Moore,  Miss  Ethel 
Crocker,  Miss  Innes  Keeney,  Frank  Langtry, 
the  Peixottos,  the  Worthington  Ames',  Wii- 
lard  Drowns,  Haig  Patigans,  Mrs.  William 
Abbott,  the  Misses  Finnegan. 

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As  Seen  in  Santa  Barbara, 

THE  dressing,  or,  to  be  more  explicit,  the 
"dressing  up,"  in  Santa  Barbara  is 
all  done  by  the  San  Francisco  visitors. 
Mrs.  Jack  Casserly  wore  a  striking  gown  of 
black  and  white  silk  at  the  Montecito  Club  for 
tea,  and  her  guest,  Mrs.  Percy  Moore,  was  in 
an  elaborate  costume  in  two  tones  of  lavender. 
So  the  Santa  Barbara  girls  and  matrons  are 
addicted  to  outing  togs  for  daytime  and  danc- 
ing frocks  for  evening.  When  one  gives  much 


v  i£t    'i       /  i     ■**■     X--' 


NOTICE. 

All  communications  relative  to  social  news 
should  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  insure  publication 
in  the  issue  of  that  week. 


time  and  energy  to  tennis,  golf,  swimming  or 
riding,  there  is  little  time  for  primping,  espe- 
cially as  a  great  many  of  the  girls  aim  to  get 
in  each  and  every  one  of  these  sports  daily, 


A   CHARMING   PRESIDIO   HOSTESS 
Mrs.    Cornelius    Gardener,    wife    of    the    gallant 
Colonel   of   the    Sixteenth   Infantry,    now    sta- 
tioned  at   San  Francisco. 

and  be  ready  to  dance  the  Boston  all  night. 
If  the  dance  doesn  't  last  all  night  an  im- 
promptu swimming  party  is  arranged  for  the 
"wee    sma'    hours"    before    every    one    goes 


home  to  sleep;  for  they  do  sleep  in  snatches. 
In  the  rush  of  such  strenuous  living  it  be- 
comes the  custom — nay,  the  "smart  thing" — 
to  drop  in  at  the  Country  Club  or  private 
houses  for  tea,  accoutred  in  tennis,  golf,  or 
riding  clothes — anything  short  of  the  bathing 
suit;  and  that  is  frequently  worn  at  the 
beach  at  Miramar  when  tea  is  being  served. 

c5*        t5*        *5* 

A  Place  of  Women  Smokers. 

THE  free-and-easy  life  of  sport  and  pleas- 
ure in  Santa  Barbara  seems  to  encour- 
age people  to  do  as  they  please.  For 
instance,  all  the  women  there  smoke,  and  not 
behind  closed  doors.  No,  indeed!  Quite  un- 
concernedly they  woo  the  Lady  Nicotine  at 
the  Country  Club  and  at  the  Potter  and  in  the 
private  houses.  Only  one  San  Francisco  wo- 
man had  the  nerve  to  follow  suit  at  t be 
Country  Club,  although  many  were  wishing 
ioi  the  privacy  of  their  boudoir  to  "light  up.  " 

Colonel  Gardener  and  Wife. 

COLONEL  AND  MRS.  GARDENER,  who 
leeently  arrived  from  Alaska  with  the 
Sixteenth  Infantry,  are  indeed  a  great 
addition  to  the  army  life  of  San  Francisco. 
Mrs.  Gardener,  who  is  a  very  striking-looking 
woman,  with  a  most  charming  personality, 
was  Miss  Bessie  Patton  of  Detroit,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs.  James  Patton,  and  sister  of  Mrs. 
Benjamin  Ristine,  wife  of  Lieutenant  Ristine, 
stationed  at  Fort  Leavenworth.  She  is  very 
much  the  junior  of  Colonel  Gardener,  being 
his  third  wife.  They  have  two  little  girls, 
and  the  Colonel  has  several  grown  children 
living  in  the  East,  one  of  whom,  Miss  Amy, 
he  hopes  to  have  visit  him  later  in  the  winter. 

^*      ^*      t?* 
A  Generous  Man. 

ME,     WILLIAM      FISHEE    is    quite    the 
most  popular  man  in  town,  owing  to 
his   great   generosity   in    turning   over 
his  beautiful  country  place  back  of  Los  Altos 


MOTEL 

DEL 
MONTE 

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PACiric 

GROVE 
HOTEL 

Pacific     Grove 

BOTH    HOUSES   UNDER 
SAME    MANAGEMENT 

Address: 

H.   E.   WABNEE, 

Del  Monte,    -    California 

A  beautiful  summer 

home  at 
very  moderate  rates 

A  tasty,  comfortable 

family  hotel. 
Low  monthly  rates 

•  ^mw 

Saturday,  August  17,  1912 


-THE  WASP- 


i  o  different  parties  of  friends.  K\  ery  week 
end  several  motorloada  of  young  people  go  to 
Loa  Altos  and  take  complete  possession  of  Mr. 
Fisher's  property,  which  commands  a  wonder- 
ful  view   of   the   Santa   Clara   valley.     There 

are   two   attracts Mages,  one  for  the  men 

:hm1  one  for  the  girls.  There  are  large  sleep- 
ing porch es  and  every  convenience,  and  it  is 
voted  by  all  visitors  a  most  delightful  spot 
for  week-end  parties.  The  Langhornes, Newel] 
Drown,    Dorothy    Baker,    the    A  ah  tons,    and 

BCOrOB   of   other  Well    liTlOWIl    sorb'ty    people   have 

been  Mr.  Fisher's  guests  at  these  pleasant 
gal  berings, 

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A  Butler  Burglar. 

IN  AMERICA,  and  particularly  out  here  on 
the  Pacific  coast,  employers  take  desperate 
chances  by  employing  servants  wi1  houl  look- 
ing up  the  applicant's  previous  records,     Mrs. 

<• *ge  M.  Studebaker,  wife  of  the  automobile 

and  carriage  manufacturer,  pursued  that  im- 
prudent  course  and  employed  a  notorious 
thief,  who  carried  off  $15,000  worth  of  her 
jewelry.  The  criminal  is  known  to  the  police 
of  America  and  Europe  as  "The  Butler- 
Burglar."  His  real  name  is  Edgar  R.  Beach. 
He  has  used  many  aliases,  and  was  engaged 
in    the  Studebaker  home  as  "Edward  Bell." 

Before  robbing  the  Studebakers,  the  Butler 
Burglar  had  carried  off  $5,000  worth  of  jew- 
els from  the  home  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Davis, 
743  Madison  avenue,  New  York.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Davis  engaged  the  burglar  from  an  em- 
ployment agency.  He  was  an  English-looking 
young  man,  and  said  he  had  held  positions 
in  "other  first  families,"  a  statement  which 
pleased  his  employers  so  much  that  they 
treated  him  with  the  utmost  confidence.  Mrs. 
Davis  showed  him  all  over  the  house,  thus 
unconsciously  furthering  his  burglarious  plans. 
The  new  servant  said  he  had  been  in  the 
service  of  Sir  John  O.  Whitney  of  Toronto. 
Another  baronet,  with  whom  he  had  taken 
service,  drank  too  heavily  to  please  a  butler 
who  had  mingled  only  with  the  most  fastid- 
ious of  the  aristocracy  and  nobility.  "There 
were  several  lovely  children  in  the  family," 
he  explained,  ' '  but  I  could  not  stand  the 
drinking." 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  were  delighted  with 
their  new  acquisition,  who  told  them  he  in- 
tended to  introduce  several  innovations  in 
his  duties  as  butler.  And  he  kept  his  word, 
though  not  as  expected  by  his  employers.  He 
asked  Dr.  Davis  what  the  latter  considered 
correct  dress  for  a  butler. 

"We  are  the  luckiest  people  in  New  York" 
to  get  such  a  prize,"  said  Mr.  Davis  in  a 
glow  of  delight  to  his  equally  happy  spouse. 

On  the  second  day  of  his  engagement  the 
model  butled  swiped  $5,000  worth  of  Mrs. 
Davis'  jewelry  and  by  the  merest  mischance 
overlooked  a  considerable  sum  of  money. 

Mrs.  Davis  had  returned  to  her  house  at  4 
o  'clock  in  the  afternoon,  and,  as  her  automo- 
bile stopped,  the  new  butler,  dressed  in  over- 
coat and  cap,  came  down  the  steps  of  the 
house.  He  hastened  forward  and  stood  ready 
to  open  the  automobile  door.  Mrs.  Davis, 
however,   decided  not  to   stop,  and  the  auto- 


HIGH    WORDS. 

mobile  started  away,  leaving  the  new  retainer 
bo  wing  deferentially.  Mrs.  Davis  thought  he 
was  going  upon  an  errand.  When  she  return 
ed,  nearly  two  hours  later,  the  butler  was 
missing,  and  so  were  her  jewels.  The  police 
were  notified,  but  Mr.  Davis  did  not  see  his 
model  servant  again  until  he  confronted  him 
in  Philadelphia,  where  he  had  been  arrested 
for  the  robbery  of  the  Studebaker  jewels. 
Beach  (or  Monroe)  confessed  that  he  had 
taken  the  jewelry,  and  it  was  said  that  he 
had  told  where  each  of  the  pieces  had  been 
disposed  of,  and  steps  were  taken  to  recover 
the  gems. 

After  departing  from  the  Davis  home,  the 
butler  stayed  for  several  days  in  New  York, 
and  then  sailed  for  England.  He  stayed  there 
some  weeks,  and  then  returned  to  the  United 
States.  When  he  was  captured  he  was  about 
to  sail  on  the  American  liner  Dominion.  When 
he  saw  the  detectives  coming  he  dodged  up 
the  gangplank  and  ran  into  a  compartment 
in  the  steerage.  The  detectives  had  to  drag 
him  out.  In  his  trunk  a  valuable  collection 
of  jewelry  was  found,  one  necklace  contain- 
ing eighty-five  pearls.  He  had  also  $4,000  in 
cash.  It  is  charged  that  the  prisoner,  under 
the  name  of  "Gunning,"  was  responsible  for 
the  robbery  in  1907  of  $2,500  worth  of  jewel- 
ry from  the  home  of  Dr.  Walter  J.  Freeman 
of  Spruce  street,  Philadelphia. 

Gj5*  t£*  t?* 

Bildad's  Car. 

"Well,  Bildad, "  said  Jimpsonberry,  "I 
suppose,  now  that  you  are  living  out  in  the 
country,  you  have  a  car." 

"Yes,"-  said  Bildad.  "That  is,  my  neigh- 
bors and  I  have  one  together." 

"Really?"  said  Jimpsonbeerry.  "Co-op- 
erative arrangement,  eh?  Not  a  bad  idea. 
What  make  is  it?" 

"Oh,  just  plain  Trolley." 

Raggers,   Beware! 

THE  line  has  been  drawn  and  our  younger 
generation  shall  not  be  contaminated 
by  the  dances  that  intoxicate.  So  says 
Mrs.  Jessie  Bowie  Dietrick —  and,  further- 
more, the  devotees  of  "ragging"  shall  not 
so  much  as  receive  an  invitation  to  the  junior 
assemblies  this  year.  So  all  "ye  rag  lovers" 
must  look  to  the  Barbary  Coast  or  the  Beach 
for  the  contortions  of  Terpsichore.  Nothing 
but  the  sedate  waltz  and  two-step  will  be 
de  rigueur  in  town;  and,  mind  you,  lest  you 
forget   for   a   moment   and   shuffle    and   sway, 


straightway  you  will  be  thrust  from  the  junior 
ftssemblj  into  the  outer  darkness,  where  the 
tighl  of  social  pre-eminence  shineth  aot. 
These  dances  arc  to  be  more  elaborate  this 
year  than  ever  before,  as  Mrs.  Dietrick  has 
raised  the  fees  a  bit  and  is  planning  1"  31 
light   supper  at    little  tables. 

Exclusive  Ross. 

Miss  NATALIE  COFFIN,  whpse  wed 
ding  to  Crawford  Green  will  take 
place  on  Saturday,  August  iMtli,  is  a 
member  of  the  very  exclusive  Ross  Valley 
colony,  which  places  ancient  lineage  and  good 
breeding  far  ahead  of  the  stuff  that  glitters. 
The  little  coterie  of  friends  are  most. of  them 
related  to  each  other  in  some  way,  and  Miss 
Xatalie  claims  kinship  to  the  John  Kittles, 
Lucius  Aliens,  Bryant  Grimwoods,  Griffiths1, 
Mrs.  Charles  Eells  and  her  three  daughter i, 
and  Mrs.  Shepard  Eells,  who  is  a  sister  of 
the  bride-to-be;  so  in  a  way  these  people  oJ 
exclusive  Ross  are  very  clannish,  and  to  be  eli- 
gible for  membership  one  has  to  show  a  fam- 
ily tree  sprouting  with  illustrious  ancestors 
and  quite  free  from  any  branches  grafted  on 
in  the  town  which  has  made  Nevada  famous. 
The  wedding  of  Miss  Coffin  is  to  take  place 
in  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  near  Ross 
Station,  and  will  be  filled  to  overflowing  with 
friends  and  relatives.  Miss  Helen  Chese- 
brough  and  Miss  Newell  Drown  will  be  the 
bridesmaids,  and  Miss  Sara  Coffin  will  be  her 
sister's  maid  of  honor.  After  the  ceremony 
there  will  be  a  reception  at  the  home  of  the 
bride's  mother,  Mrs.  James  Coffin,  at  their 
beautiful   home   on   Shady   Lane. 

Mm  One — ( '  They  ,say  she 's  wedded  to 
Art. ' ' 

Mrs.  Tother — "Yes;  and  Art  could  get  a 
divorce  in  a  minute  from  any  competent 
court  on  earth." 


BOORD'S 

LONDON.  ENG. 

GINS 

DRY 

OLD   TOM 
TWILIGHT 


CHARLES  MEINECKE  &  CO. 

Agents   Pacific  Coast 
314  Sacramento  St.  San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  August  17,  1912. 


An  Appalling  Strain. 

THE  Bohemians  were  so  surfeited  with 
Grecian  mythology  after  Pan  had  made 
atonement  in  the  tall  redwoods  that 
they  reveled  in  the  mental  relaxation  of  their 
Low  Jinks.  Everybody  became  natural  again. 
The  Wasp  has  taken  the  liberty  of  hinting, 
several  times,  to  our  talented  Bohemians  that 
the  annual  struggle  to  make  Wagner  look  like 
30  cents  is  an  awful  contract  for  home-made 
talent.  Something  will  have  to  burst,  like  the 
frog  in  the  fable  who  wished  to  swell  himself 
to  the  size  of  the  thirsty  ox.  Every  year 
there  is  a  wild  scramble  amongst  mythological 
libraries  to  discover  some  unclothed  elf  or 
deity  to  hang  a  string  of  very  blank  verses  or 
loose-jointed  rhymes  upon,  and  some  gifted 
composer  goes  to  the  verge  of  brain  fever  to 
sugar-coat  the  pill  so  that  the  audience  will 
not  desire  to  lynch  the  poet.  After  the  agony 
is  bveT  the  palpitating  world  hears  that  the 
greatest  operatic  work  ever  conceived  has  been 
born  in  the  forests  of  Sonoma  county,  but 
nevertheless  Puccini  and  De  Koven  do  busi- 
ness at  the  old  stand,  and  statues  are  still 
erected  to  old  Verdi  and  Wagner  all  over 
Italy  and  Germany.  Par  be  it  from  us  to  dis- 
praise this  laudable  attempt  to  transfer  the 
operatic  center  of  the  universe  from  Beyreut 
to  Guemeyville.  May  the  laurel  trees  in  all 
the  bay  counties  be  insufficient  to  decorate 
the  high-brows  of  our  incomparable  Bohemian 
Club!  But  between  ourselves,  wouldn't  it  be 
less  of  a  strain  on  the  festive  brokers  and 
grain  speculators  and  insurance  agents,  and 
other  varieties  of  the  genus  Bohemian,  as  ob- 
served fraternally  assembled  at  the  annual 
forest  plays,  to  give  them  less  stimulating 
diet  than  classic  mythology  translated  into 
hexameter  bombastry  by  some  native  bard? 

(£*       (5*       ii5* 

Keal  Enjoyment. 

THERE  was  no  make-believe  affectation  of 
pleasure  at  the  Bohemian  Low  Jinks  on 
Friday  night,  with  McKenzie  Gordon  as 
the  sire— and  an  excellent  one.  David  War- 
field  was  introduced,  and  announced  that  he 
would  give  the  "Music  Master,"  and  then 
disappeared.  A  few  seconds  after  a  man 
came,  and  who  so  resembled  the  talented 
David  that  every  one  believed  it  to  be  the 
real  article  till  he  gave  a  very  screamingly 
funny   burlesque    on   the   famous   play. 

The  echo  song  was  one  of  the  hits  of  the 
evening.  It  was  sung  by  eight  members  on 
the  stage,  and  the  echo  given  by  two  bands 
of  men  off  in-  the  woods,  who  received  from 
electric  flashes  their  signals  to  sing. 

A  much-enjoyed  feature  of  the  entertain- 
ment was  the  Southern  California  Quartette, 
which  McKenzie  Gordon  said  was  brought  by 
several  millionaires  from  "Lost  Angels 
Camp,"  near  Los  Angeles,  at  great  expense. 
These  proved  to  be  four  well-known  clubmen, 
who  sang  several  skits  on  our  much-overrated 
southland.  One  song  was  entitled  "That  Con- 
sumptive Cough,"  and  another  "Do  the  Tour- 
ist," "We  Often  Sell,  but  Seldom  Buy." 
Charles  Pentress  sang  charmingly,  and  Bill 
Barton   read   a   paper   entitled   "The  Folding 


Bedom" — the  scene  laid  in  the  California 
desert.  The  great  feature  of  the  evening  was 
the  finale,  a  political  meeting,  given  by  thirty 
members.  It  was  a  screaming  burlesque  on 
the  Chicago  and  Baltimore  conventions.  All 
the  parties  were  represented — Republicans, 
Democrats  and  Bull  Mooses.  The  nomination 
speech  for  Taft,  given  by  a  prominent  Demo- 
crat, was  received  with  great  enthusiasm. 

During  the  week  in  Bohemian  Grove  there 
were  contests  in  crap-shooting  and  prizes  for 
each  event.  This  was  largely  participated  in 
and  the  competition  was  of  the  keenest.  Bud 
Havens  paralyzed  every  one  by  making  50  out 
of  a  possible  50,  and  won  the  first  prize,  which 
it  was  confidently  expected  would  be  won  by 
George  Wingfield,  who  came  out   third. 

Others  who  won  prizes  at  craps  and  tennis 
were  Pred  Schneider,  Courtney  Ford,  and 
George  Stehl.  Danny  Brown,  who  fell  and 
broke  both  of  his  ankles  early  in  the  week, 
was  always  in  the  thick  of  things,  being  push- 
ed about  in  a  wheel-chair;  and  Jim  Bishop, 
who  broke  his  leg  at  the  Pacific-Union  Club 
awhile  ago,  was  getting  around  on  crutches. 

It  was  very  largely  attended,  and  from  the 
wild  enthusiasm  shown  over  each  number,  was 
voted  a  great  success. 

to*  t?*  t£* 

The  Golf  War. 

OLDDAME  RUMOR  has  never  been  fully 
satisfied  with  the  statement  that  Uncle 
Sam    needed    the    ground    used   by    the 
Presidio  Golf  Club.     It  seemed  like  a  sort  of' 
made-to-order   reason,   and   that   there   was   a 
nigger  in  the  woodpile  somewhere.     Now  the 


A  SUMMER  COURTESY— A  box  of  candy 
sent  to  a  friend  in  the  country  by  mail  or  ex- 
press from  any  one  of  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four 
candy  stores. 


garrulous  Dame  has  probed  the  matter  to  the 
bottom,  and  the  true  "casus  belli"  has  been 
learned.  Two  canny  Scotch  carpenters,  with 
a  yearning  to  combine  the  art  of  carpentering 
and  their  own  native  game,  hied  them  out  to 
the  Presidio  links  and  gaily  started  driving. 
What!  Ho,  the  varlets!  Where  do  you  think 
you  are?  With  characteristic  Scotch  per- 
tinacity, the  base  intruders  stood  the  question- 
ing and  swapped  word  for  word.  They  ganged 
awa',  vowing  that  the  Carpenters'  Union  and 
the  Secretray  of  War  would  hear  about  the 
interference  with  the  pleasure  of  naturalized 
citizens  using  the  greensward  of  the  Presidio. 
"Is  this  a  monarchy  or  a  republic"  asked  the 
Carpenters'  Union,  in  hot  democratic  anger. 
After  reams  of  official  paper  had  been  used 
up,  Colonel  Gardener,  as  custodian  of  the 
Presidio,  wrote  the  president  of  the  aristo- 
cratic club  to  please  betake  his  cleeks  and 
brassies  outside  the  bounds  of  the  Reserva- 
tion. The  national  parade  ground  could  not 
be  made  a  monopoly  for  the  fashionables  of 
the  game.  Now  I  hear  a  plan  is  secretly  on 
foot  to  have  the  club  an  army  and  navy  club 
belonging  to  army  officers,  with  the  civilian 
members  invited  to  belong,  and  in  this  way 
manage  to  evade  our  all-powerful  unions. 

A  Hillsborough  Affair. 

THE  Adrian  Splivalos  gave  a  delightful 
dinner  party  at  their  attractive  home 
in  Hillsborough  for  Major  and  Mrs. 
Ashburn,  who  are  to  be  their  house  guests  for 
a  couple  of  weeks.  Amongst  those  present 
were  the  Raymond  Splivalos,  Gale  Lombard, 
Fletcher  Elliot,  Jack  Mighel,  Mrs.  Arthur 
Ryan,  and  Mrs.  Shipp  (nee  Anna  Weller). 

The  following  night  "Billy  Humphry  gave 
a  dinner  for  Major  and  Mrs.  Ashburn  at  the 
Cliff  House. 


George   R.  Shreve 

Announces  that  he  has  severed  his  con- 
nection with  Shreve  and  Co.  and  that 
he    is    now    actively    associated    with 

SHREVE,  TREAT  &  EACRET 

Jewelers  and  Silversmiths 

136  GEARY  ST. 

Sachs  Building  San  Francisco 


Saturday,  August  17,  1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


Quite  a  Record. 

THE  troubles  of  the  McXamaras  have 
grown  less  active  if  we  may  believe  the 
reports  in  the  newspapers.     It   has  not 

been  mentioned  in  any  of  the  newspapers 
that  Mrs.  Perkins,  who  took  possession  of  Mr. 

McXuiiiitra  's  domicile  and  virtually  ousted 
him  from  control,  once  contemplated  a  relig- 
ious lite.  She  thought  she  was  suited  to  he- 
come  a  recluse  and  devote  her  days  to  piety, 
hut  the  convent  which  she  selected  as  her 
place  of  refuge  from  the  world  did  nol  enter 
tain  the  same  ideas.  She  returned  to  the 
wicked  world,  and  not  long  thereafter  mar- 
ried Mr.  Perkins,  whom  the  neighbors  said 
would  surely  marry  her  sister.  Mrs.  Perkins 
is  certainly  a  forceful  person,  and  what  she 
puts  her  mind  on  is  very  likely  to  take  place. 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 


Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house,  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such  a 
house  is  the  John  O.  Bellis  Gold  and  Silver 
Ware  Factory,  328  Post  St.,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup 
plied  at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

We  can  supply  you  with  Silver  toilet  arti- 
cles or  Silver  tableware  in  all  standard 
patterns. 

"Our  Lines  are  Limitless."  If  we 
haven't  got  what  you  want,  we  can  make 
it   for  you. " 


^JAPANESE  ASTTamid  BRY 


EXCLUSIVE     DESIGNS     IN 

EMBROIDERED 

WAIST     PATTERNS     AND     KIMONOS 


157-159  GEARY  STREET 

Bet.  Grant  Arenue  and  Stockton  St. 

Branch  Store:  152  Kearny  Street 
San  Francisco 


Mr.  Perkins,  whom  she  took  as  her  husband. 
is  a  pattern-maker,  and  lives  in  a  bungalow 
down  in  San  Mateo  county,  where  the  Me- 
Namara home  is  also  located.  In  their  girl- 
hood Mrs.  Perkins  and  Mrs.  MeXainara  were 
chums  at  school,  and  alter  Mrs.  MeNamara 
had  suffered  a  stroke  of  apoplexy  Mrs.  Per- 
kins became  a  frequent  caller.  Finally  she 
became  a  fixture  and  took  to  bossing  things 
while  MeNamara,  who  used  to  be  a  drug  clerk 
in  San  Francisco,  and  is  a  retiring  kind  of 
man,  raged  in  silence]  but  refrained  from 
breaking  the  furniture  on  the  intruder,  Final- 
ly Mrs.  I'erkins  took  the  MeXainara  automo- 
bile and  most  of  the  MeNamara  family,  in- 
cluding Mrs.  MeNamara,  to  New  York,  in- 
tending to  cross  the  ocean  and  motor  through 
Europe.  MeNamara  thought  it  was  about 
time  to  assert  himself,  and  he  got  her  and  the 
chauffeur  indicted.  The  public  is  familiar 
with  the  other  facts  of  the  case. 

One  of  the  causes  of  the  family  trouble  has 
been  the  fact  that  Mrs.  MeNamara  is  the 
banker  of  the  house.  Her  father  was  a  thrifty 
old  Irish  resident  of  the  Mission,  ran  a  coal 
yard   and   amassed   a   large  fortune. 

■*      ,4     & 
All  Is  Lovely  Again. 

THE  fatted  calf  has  been  killed  for  Mr. 
James  Blum,  who  electrified  the  genteel 
Richelieu  clientele  by  suddenly  carrying 
off  the  fascinating  telephone  deity  of  the  house. 
Papa  Blum  said,  when  he  heard  the  news,  nev- 
ermore would  the  shadow  of  his  young  hope- 
ful darken  the  family  doorpost,  but  after  he 
slept  on  his  bad  resolution  he  thought  better 
of  it  and  wired  forgiveness  to  the  happy  cou- 
ple. How  could  he  do  differently?  The  bride- 
groom is  his  only  son,  and  the  old  man  has 
loads  of  money,  and  the  girl  is  pretty,  and  if 
all  the  rich  sons  that  ran  away  to  get  mar- 
ried were  disinherited  there  would  be  so  many 
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RUMOR  has  it  that  Mrs.  Collis  P.  Hunting- 
ton, who  is  coming  out  here  on  a  visit, 
has  decided  a  very  vital  question,  and 
society  may  be  electrified  to  find  the  immense- 
ly rich  widow  the  bride  of  a  man  many  years 
her  junior.  The  romance  brings  to  mind  the 
late  Mrs.  Mark  Hopkins'  marriage  to  the 
decorator,,  Mi'-  Searles,  who  arranged  her 
costly  palace  on  Nob  Hill,  now  the  home  of 
the  Hopkins  Art  Association.  That  was  a 
great  sensation.  Time  will  tell  whether  the 
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10 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  August  17,  1912. 


Cupid's  Aim  Was  Changed. 

MISS  MARION  NEWHALL,  who  was 
maid  of  honor  at  the  wedding  of  Miss 
Julia  Langhorne  on  Wednesday  even- 
ing, has  decided  to  remain  a  bachelor  girl, 
and  has  taken  up  a  course  in  farming.  Miss 
Newhall  has  had  beaux  by  the  score,  but 
rumor  has  it  that  the  only  one  she  smiled 
upon  at  all  was  Clifford  Woodhouse,  who  came 
out  from  Canada  for  the  polo  tournament  at 
Santa  Barbara,  when  Miss  Marion  met  him. 
They  were  becoming  rather  good  friends,  and 
their  observant  friends  thought  that  at  last 
Cupid  might  score,  but  dainty  Miss  Rebecca 
Kruttschnitt  suddenly  appeared  on  the  scene 
and  the  mischievous  little  archer  changed  his 
target.  The  engagement  of  Mr.  Woodhouse 
and  the  railroad  magnate's  pretty  daughter 
wras  announced  in  a  few  weeks,  and  if  Cupid 
intends  to  try  another  shaft  on  the  bachelor 
maid  he  will  be  compelled  to  hide  himself  in 
the  alfalfa  patch,  for  a  farmer  she  '11  be. 

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Visiting  California  Friends. 

CAPTAIN  JESSIE  LANGDON  and  his 
wife,  who  was  Euth  Dunham,  are  out 
here  from  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas, 
visiting  Miss  Mary  Dunham  at  her  place  near 
Los  Satos.  Captain  Langdon,  it  will  be  re- 
membered, was  originally  Jessie  Loewenthal, 
and  several  years  ago  he  changed  his  name  to 
the  less  Semitic  cognomen  o*f  Langdon,  which 
was  his  mother's  name.  After  visiting  Miss 
Dunham,  Captain  and  Mrs.  Langdon  will  visit 
Mrs.  Duane  Bliss,  another  sister  of  Mrs.  Lang- 
don. 

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Eleanor  Sears  Outdone. 

MES.  MAETHA  CAESON  MILES  of  New 
York,  whose  riding  costume  out-Sears 
that  of  the  illustrious  Eleanor,  is  a 
San  Franciscan  by  birth.  She  comes  of  a 
very  well-known  family,  who  owned  a  beauti- 
ful home  at  one  time  on  Pacific  avenue.  She 
is  the  niece  of  Mrs.  James  Bull  of  Santa  Bar- 
bara, wife  of  Commander  James  Bull,  V.  S. 
Navy,  and  cousin  of  Miss  Marjorie  Bull,  and 
was  the  intimate  friend  of  the  James  Cun- 
ningham girls,  the  Eandel  Hunts,  and  others 
prominent  in  society.  Her  father,  Samuel 
Carson,  was  very  well  known  in  literary  cir- 
cles, and  had  a  large  publishing  establish- 
ment.    Mrs.   Miles  rode  into  town  from  Los 


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AND  THEY  HAVE  JUST  BEEN  DIVORCED — 
But  Not  from  Each   Other. 

Gatos,  where  her  father  now  has  a  ranch,  in 
neatly  fitting  black  velvet  riding  breeches, 
a  short  velvet  coat,  white  sailor  blouse,  and 
high  black  leather  boots.  This,  with  a  soft 
black  felt  hat  perched  upon  a  mound  of  Titi- 
an-colored hair,  indeed  made  a  picture  to  stun 
the  rural  inhabitants.  She  considers  us  awful- 
ly provincial  and  slow.  Well,  perhaps  we  are, 
and  these  Easterners  with  their  costumes  from 
C4otham  will  educate  us  in  time — we  hope. 

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"I  met  your  father  last  evening  and  spoke 
to  Mm  about  our  being  married. " 
"Did  he  strike  you  favorably?" 
"Well,   not    exactly   favorably,   but    rather 
accurately. ' ' 

A  Host  of  Relatives. 

THE  invitations  are  out  for  the  wedding 
of  Miss  Marian  Miller  and  Bernard 
Ford,  on  the  11th  of  September.  Miss 
Miller  is  to  be  married  at  the  home  of  the 
C.  O.  G.  Millers,  on  Pacific  avenue,  and  her 
sister,  Leslie  Miller,  and  Miss  Ernestine  Me- 
Near,  are  to  be  the  bride's  attendants.  This 
attractive  bride-to-be  has  very  extensive  fam- 
ily connections,  which  is  causing  her  much 
earnest  consideration,  for  if  she  invites  all  of 


her  many  relatives  to  her  wedding  there  will 
be  no  room  for  friends,  or  vice  versa.  She  is 
the  stepdaughter  of  Mrs.  C.  O.  G.  Miller,  who 
was  a  Miss  Watte,  with  large  family  connec- 
tions. Her  own  motner  was  a  Tucker,  one 
of  the  five  daughters  of  Dr.  Tucker  of  Oak- 
land. And  then  the  Miller  relatives,  which 
are  numerous  so  the  wedding  could  be  large 
and  still  be  only  a  family  affair — and  Miss 
Marian  wants  her  friends,  too — so  there's  the 
trouble. 

Notable  Engagements. 

THE  engagement  of  Mary  Cunningham  and 
Murray  Sargent,  which  was  announced 
in  last  week's  Wasp,  is  of  interest  to 
San  Franciscans  as  well  as  New  Yorkers.  Miss 
Mary  is  the  second  of  the  three  handsome 
Cunningham  girls,  and  is  quite  the  most  ac- 
complished of  them.  She  is  a  wonderful 
seamstress,  and  can  model  the  most  Frenchy 
costumes,  and  is  planning  to  make  most  of  the 
gowns  for  her  trousseau  hers.elf.  She  is  very 
domestic  in  her  tastes,  and  is  not  so  fond  of 
the  gay  social  whirl  as  her  sisters,  Sara  and 
Elizabeth.  Mr.  Sargent  is  a  Tale  man,  and  is 
a  member  of  a  large  commercial  house  in 
New  York,  where  the  young  couple  will  make 
their  home.  Mrs.  James  Cunningham  has  just 
bought  a  very  attractive  home  in  a  fashion- 
able district  of  New  York,  and  her  home  is 
always  the  scene  of  much  entertaining  during 
the  winter  months. 

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Saturday,  August  17,  1912.) 


-THE  WASP* 


ii 


De  Wolf  Hopper's  Alimony  Checks. 

AT  A  SELECT  D1NNEB  PARTY  the 
cither  evening,  narrates  "The  ECnaVe. " 
in  tin.-  Oakland  Tribune,  De  Wolf  Hop- 
per  waa  one  of  the  guests  of  honor.  One  oJ 
the  tfuesis  tol4  a  story  which  introduced  the 
name  of  Ida.  whereupon  i  in-  comedian  re- 
marked : 

"You  say  Ma.'  That's  the  name  of  one  of 
my  'alimonies.1  She  preceded  Edna  Wallace 
Hopper.     The  dear  ^irls!      I  've  lost  them  all." 

"How  many  did  you  have,  Hoppert"  he 
was  asked. 

"Four,  and  I  lost  them  all  by  the  alimony 
route.  1  lost  them  all,  and  still  am  forcibly 
reminded  once  a  month  that  1  still  have  them, 
paradoxical  as  that  may  sound.  It's  a  regular 
round  of  checks  once  a  month,  and  I  some- 
times get  them  mixed,  to  the  distraction  of 
of  the  ladies  and  my  grim  amusement.  But, 
believe  me,  four  alimonies  are  an  unwelcome 
part  of  my  entourage — yea,  for  even  an  al- 
leged  funny  man   like  your  humble  servant.'" 

A  Home  in  the  Southland. 

WHILE  making  purchases  for  her  beau- 
tiful home  near  the  Great  Santa 
Anita  Ranch,  Mrs.  Anita  Baldwin 
McClaughry  has  been  stopping  at  the  Palace 
Hotel.  The  old  Sauta  Anita  Ranch  house  was 
one  of  the  famous  show  places  of  Southern 
California.  While  miniature  in  comparison 
with  the  great  Santa  Anita  estate,  Mrs.  Mc- 
Claughry's  country  place  will  be  one  of  great 
picturesqueness  and  abounding  in  unusual 
features.  Mrs.  McClaughry  has  purchased  the 
famous  Arab  steeds  which  the  late  Homer 
Davenport  brought  to  the  United  States,  her 
idea  being  to  have  all  the  horses  and  other 
stock  on  her  place  thoroughbred.  Though  she 
owns  several  motor  cars,  Mrs.  McClaughry 
would  like  to  see  revived  the  time  honored 
custom  of  using  the  carriage  horse  for  travel. 
She  is  particularly  fond  of  horses,  and  will 
break  the  young  colts  herself,  never  allowing 
a  bit  to  be  placed  in  the  horse's  mouth  or  a 
whip  to  be  used  in  the  hand. 

The  paper-chase,  with  all  its  entourage,  is 
another  bit  of  fancy  on  the  part  of  this 
charming  matron  of  the  southland. 

The  McClaughry  gray  stone  house,  which 
is  plaeed  well  back  at  the  foothills  of  the 
San  Gabriel  mountains,  will  be  surrounded  by 
spacious  grounds.     Careful  thought  dominates 


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i  scheme  of  things.    One  delightful 

«ill   contain   all    the   !«'>i  beloved   old 

fashioned   Sowers  of  our  grandmother 'g  time. 

Sloping    law  n-.   boundi  d    bj    i a   of   <  ariou 

plaj  ing   i  mutaina  and  hundreds  of 

choice  birds  are  but   pari  of  th mprehens 

n  e  scheme. 
Mrs.    McClaughry   is   petite   and   dainty   in 

personal!)  j  ;  ge a-;  kind,  i lest,  shrinking 

from  the  public  gaze,  she  is  the  smil  of  re- 
finement and  culture.  She  is  :i  compose]  oi 
some  distinction  and  has  received  special  com- 
mendation from  Mrs.  A.  E.  McDowell,  wife 
of  the  late  composer.  In  addition  to  writing 
the  music,  Mrs.  McClaughry  also  writes  the 
words   to   her  songs.     She  lias  two  beautiful 


MRS.    ANITA    BALDWIN    MCCLAUGHRY 

A  talented  matron  from  the  south  whose  interests 
are  centered  in  her  home. 


children,  a  daughter,  Dextra,  and  a  son,  Bald- 
win, both  of  whom  attend  public  school. 

Mr.  McClaughry  is  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
and  the  Columbia  law  school  and  is  sole  heir 
to  ,a  large  fortune  in  his  own  right.  While 
the  beautiful  McClaughry  home  will  contain 
all  that  wealth  can  buy,  yet  its  dominating 
note  will  be  that  of  artistic  beauty  and  rare 
elegance  rather  than  a  lavish  display  of  mon- 
ey.    It  will  tpyify  the  word  "home." 

Not  Laden  with  Coin. 

HENEY  KEILTJS,  the  "son  of  his  father," 
— heir  to  a  retail  business  established 
by  years  of  hard,  patient  work,  flew 
off  to  New  York  the  other  day  in  company 
with  Miss  Marie  A.  Albert,  or  Mrs.  Al  Block. 
The  young  man  was  not  weighted  with  coin. 
It  seems  that  he  tried  unsuccessfully  to  ob- 
tain loans  from  his  friends.  One  man  declin- 
ed to  advance  him  $300.  Another  refused  to 
lend  him  $500  for  sixty  days.  Judging  by 
these  occurrences,  it  has  been  guessed  that 
the  young  merchant  would  not  go  long  before 
seeing  the  bottom  of  his  purse.  He  holds  the 
record   as   an   ardent  lover,   as  he   is  said   to 


have  thought  nol :"  ling  his  lady  fair 

messages   ol    i      fr New 

York  tn  Sau  Francisco  taining  as  many  as 

'00  words  of  endearment.  Such  missives  are 
rather  expensive  billets  doux,  even  for  a  young 

pril of    trade,    and    when    Ins    relatives    took 

the  business  out   of  his   h Is   it    was  found 

thai  he  had  cost  them  a  nice  penny — $30,000. 
one  report  states.  Mr.  Block,  who  was  sup- 
posed to  have  been  despoiled  by  Cupid  has 
not  yet  started  East  on  the  track  of  the 
Sown  merchant  prince  and  his  fiancee.  The 
millionaire  tobacco  merchant's  sou  who  was 
credited  with  paying  for  the  tair  lady's  mil- 
linery, is  also  showing  no  symptoms  of  un- 
rest and  worry,  so  the  conclusion  is  growing 
strong  t hut  Mr.  Keilus  could  have  betaken 
himself  to  New  York  without  any  of  the  haste 
and  mystery  that  characterized  his  departure. 
It  is  even  hinted  that  he  and  his  pretty  trav- 
eling companion  could  have  notified  everybody 
of  their  intentions  and  the  hour  of  leaving, 
and  all  hands,  including  Block  and  the  mil- 
lionaire's  son,  would  be  at  the  train  to  wave 
them  a  friendly  adieu. 

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IT  IS  just  about  a  hundred  years  since  Thack- 
eray was  born  (July  18,  1S11),  but  the  sub- 
jects he  satirized  so  admirably  in  his  4&y 
are  as  much  a  part  of  the  life  of  this  genera- 
tion as  they  were  of  his  own.  ' '  Snobs, ' ' 
whom  Thackeray  classified  and  depicted  in  all 
their  variety,  still  exist  undiminished  in  num- 
ber and  social  importance.  Their  manners 
and  methods  have  not  changed  so  much  that 
we  cannot  find  the  counterparts  of  the  snobs 
Thackeray's  pen  dealt  with  so  delightfully. 

Have  we  not  in  our  list  of  fashionable  society 
leaders  who  have  climbed  triumphantly  over 
all  barriers,  as  did  ' '  Lady  Marian  de  Mogyns, ' ' 
whose  London  house,  we  are  informed  by 
Thackeray,  was  next  to  Lady  Susan  Scraper's, 
and  which  Lady  Susan,  who  boasted  descent 
from  the  Earl  of  Bagwig,  would  have  wished 
in  the  next  county? 

With  the  skill  of  a  true  artist,  Thackeray  has 
sketched  for  us  in  a  few  strokes  of  his  pen 
the  canopied  establishment  of  Sir  Alured  and 
Lady  S.  de  Mogyns,  "whose  parties  are  so 
much  admired  by  the  publie  and  the  givers 
themselves." 

Lady  de  Mogyns  is  shown  to  us  riding 
in  Hyde  .Park  for  the  benefit  of  her  health 
and  the  edification  of  the  admiring  popuplace. 

Peach-colored  liveries,  laced  with  silver 
and  pea-green  plusn  inexpressibles,  ren- 
derthe  De  Mogyns  flunkeys  the  pride  of 
the  ring  when  they  appear  in  Hyde  Park, 
where  Lady  de  Mogyns,  as  she  sits  upon 
her  satin  cushions,  with  her  dwarf  span- 
iel in  her  arms,  only  bows  to  the  very 
selectest  of  the  genteel. 

Times  have  altered  with  this  great  lady  of 
fashion  in  the  years  since  her  modest  Chris- 
tian name  of  Mary  Anne  began  to  undergo 
changes  and  finally  to  bloom  forth  as  Mirian 
de  Mogyns.  Need  we  travel  a  thousand  miles 
from  San  Francisco  to  find  names  that  have 
been  subjected  to  even  more  startling  trans- 
formation in  the  journey  from  the  humble 
cottage  south  of  Market  street  to  the  apex 
of  Presidio  Heights  or  the  impressive  gen- 
tility of  Broadway? 

Thackeray  gives  us  a  brief  sketch  of  the 
family  tree  of  Mary  Anne  who  became  Lady 
Marian: — 

She  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Flack 
of  the  Eathdrum  Fencibles,  who  crossed 
with  his  regiment  over  from  Ireland  to 
Caermarthenshire  ever  so  many  years  ago, 
and  defended  Wales  from  the  Corsican 
invader.  The  Rathdrums  were  quartered 
at  Pontydwdlm,  where  Marian  wooed  and 
won  her  De  Mogyns,  a  young  banker  in 
the  place.  His  attentions  to  Miss  Flack 
at  a  race  ball  were  such  that  her  father 
said  De  Mogyns  must  either  die  in  the 
field  of  honor,  or  become  his  son-in-law. 
He  preferred  marriage.  His  name  was 
Muggins  then,  and  his  father — a  flourish- 
ing banker,  army  contractor,  smuggler, 
and  general  jobber — almost  disinherited 
him  on  account  of  this  connection. 

The  old  banker  died  in  course  of  time, 
and,  to  use  the  affectionate  phrase  common 
on  such  occasions,  "cut  up"  prodigiously 
well.  His  son,  Allred  Smith  Mogyns,  suc- 
ceeded to  the  main  portion  of  his  wealth, 


in  tcne 

ickeray0 

and  to  his  titles  and  to  the  bloody  hand 
of  his  scutcheon.  It  was  not  for  many 
years  after  that  he  appeared  as  Sir  Alured 
Mogyns  Smyth  de  Mogyns,  with  a  geneal- 
ogy found  out  for  him  by  the  editor  of 
' '  Fluke 's  Peerage. ' ' 

There  was  a  story,  circulated  no  doubt  by 
some  base  political  scribbler  writing  in  the 
interest  of  a  malevolent  faction,  that  Muggins 
the  elder  was  made  a  baronet  is  a  reward  for 
having  lent  money  to  a  certain  Eoyal  Per- 
sonage. Howbeit,  to  his  life  's  end  the  baro- 
net ''remained  simple  Sir  Thomas  Muggins," 
representing  his  county  in  Parliament. 

Fluke's  Peerage  Pedigree. 

"De  Mogyns. — Sir  Alured  Mogyns 
Smyth,  2nd  Baronet.  This  gentleman  is  a 
representative  of  one  of  the  most  ancient 
families  of  Wales,  who  trace  their  descent 
until  it  is  lost  in  the  mists  of  antiquity. 
A  genealogical  tree  beginning  with  Shem 
is  in  the  possession  of  the  family,  and  is 
stated  by  a  legend  of  many  thousand 
years'  date  to  have  been  drawn  on  papy- 
rus by  a  grandson  of  the  patriarch  himself. 
Be  this  as  it  may,  there  can  be  no  doubt 
of  the  immense  antiquity  of  the  race  of 
Mogyns. 

"In  the  time  of  Boadicea,  Hogyn 
Mogyn,  of  the  hundred  Beeves,  was  a 
suitor  and  a  rival  of  Caractacus  for  the 
hand  of  that  Princess.  He  was  a  person 
of  gigantic  stature,  and  was  slain  by 
Suetonius  in  the  battle  which  terminated 
the  liberties  of  Britain.  From  his  de- 
scended directly  the  Princes  of  Pontyd- 
wdlm, Mogyn  of  the  Golden  Harp  (see 
the  Mabinogion  of  Lady  Charlotte  Guest), 
Bogyn-Merodac-ap-Mogyn  (the  black  fiend 
son  of  Mogyn),  and  a  long  list  of  bards 
and  warriors,  celebrated  both  in  Wales 
and  Armorica.  The  independent  Princes 
of  Mogyn  long  held  out  against  the  ruth- 
less Kings  of  Englaid,  until  finally  Gam 
Mogyns  made  his  submission  to  Prince 
Henry,  son  of  Henry  IV,  and,  under  the 
name  of  Sir  David  Gam  de  Mogyns,  was 
distinguished  at  the  battle  of  Agincourt. 
From  him  the  present  Baronet  is  descend- 
ed. (And  here  the  descent  follows  in  or- 
der until  it  comes  to)  Thomas  Muggins, 
first  Baronet  of  Pontydwdlm  Castle,  for 
twenty-three  years  Member  of  Parliament 
for  that  borough,  who  had  issue,  Alured 
Mogyns  Smyth,  the  present  Baronet,  who 
married  Marian,  daughter  of  the  late  Gen- 
eral P.  Flack,  of  Ballyflack,  in  the  King- 
dom of  Ireland,  of  the  Counts  Flack  of 
the  H.  E.  Empire.  Sir  Alured  has  issue, 
Alured  Caradoc,  Dorn'1819;  Marian,  1811; 
Blanche  Adeliza.  Emily  Doria,  Adelaide 
Obleans,  Katinka  Eostopchin,  Patrick 
Flack,  died  1809. 

"Arms — a  mullion  garbled,  gules  on  a 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


saltire  reversed  of  the  second.  Crest — a 
tom-tit  rampant  regardant.  Motto — Uug 
Eoy  ung  Mogyns. 

Following  the  death  of  the  Elder  Muggins 
and  the  discovery  of  the  family  tree,  Lady 
Marian  de  Mogyns  began  to  shine  in  the  fash- 
ionable world  as  a  star  which  could  not  be 
hidden  by  a  thousand  bushels.  In  vain  did 
supercilious  dames  of  high  pedigree  attempt 
to  snuff  out  Lady  de  Mogyns'  light  She 
climbed  steadily,  and  discarded  as  she  rose 
all  useless  social  baggage.  At  first  the  house 
of  Muggins  was  filled  with  the  Flacks,  the 
Clancys,  the  Tooles,  and  the  Shanahans;  but 
Lady  Marian  threw  them  all  overboard  by 
going  abroad  and  establishing  foreign  social 
connections.  The  Muggins  clan  made  rapid 
headway. 

They  pushed  into  all  foreign  courts,  and 
elbowed  their  way  into  the  halls  of  Am- 
bassadors. They  pounced  upon  the  stray 
nobility,  and  seized  young  lords  travel- 
ing  with   their  bear-leaders.     They   gave 


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Citizen's  Alliance  of  San  Fr*nciw9 

OPEN  SHOP 


"Tie  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence. " — Prof.  Eliot. 
Harvard   University. 


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The  union  sacrifices  the 
community  to  the  wants  of  a 
select  few,  who  are  strongly 
organized.     Others    may    starve. 


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Saturday,  August  17,  1912.  J 


THE  WASP- 


parties  at  Naples,  Borne,  and  Paris.  They 
gol  a  Boya)  Prince  to  attend  their  Boireea 
:it  the  latter  place;  and  it  was  here  that 
they  first  appear e ^  under  the  name  of  De 
Mogyns,  which  they  bear  with  such  splen- 
dor  to  i  bis  day. 

The  intrigues  set  afoot  by  the  De  Mogyns 
to  gel  the  Duchesa  oi  Buckskin  to  her  parties 
"would  strike  a  Talleyrand  with  admiration. 
Lady  Marian  had  brain  fever  after  being 
disappointed  of  an  invitation  to  Lady  Alder 
manbiiry  's  tea  dausant,  and  would  have  com 
mitted  Buicide  but  for  a  timely  invitation  to 
a   ball  at  Windsor  Castle. 

She  suffered  from  the  antipathy  of  Lad) 
Clapperclaw,  who,  prior  to  her  marriage,  was 
Lady  Kathleen  0  'Shaughnessy,  daughter  <>] 
tin-  great  Earl  of  Turfanthunder.  Lady  Clap- 
perclaw spread  the  awful  story  that  Lady  de 
Mogyns'  grandfather  kept  cows  at  Rathdrum 
on  the  Earl  of  Turfanthunder  s  estate.  Con- 
siderations of  caste  forbade  absolutely  that 
Lad)  Clapperclaw  could  give  social  recognition 
to  Lady  Marian,  alias  Mary  Anne,  and  when 
the  latter  asked  her  pobat  blank  at  the  dinner 
given  by  Count  Volauvent,  the  French  Am- 
bassador, why  she  had  not  sent  a  card  for  her 
ball,  the  Earl's  proud  daughter  replied  so 
everybody    could    hear: — 

Because  my  rooms  are  already  too  full, 
and  your  ladyship  would  be  crowded  in- 
conveniently. 

Privately,  to  her  friends,  the  Earl's  daugh- 
ter said  that  Lady  Marian  took  up  as  much 
room  as  an  elephant,  and  she  wouldn't  have 
her  at   any  price. 

But  J_/ady  Marian  got  into  the  hall  neverthe- 
less. She  begged  an  admission  card  for  her 
daughter,  who,  being  in  her  first  season  out, 
would  he  socially  ostracised  if  refused  a 
card.  The  Earl's  daughter  relented  to  the 
extent  of  giving  a  card  for  the  daughter,  with 
the  express  provision  that  mother  was  to  stay 
away,  and  moreover  subscribe  twenty  guineas 
to   Lady   Clapperclaw 's   favorite   charity. 

When  the  ball  took  place,  Lady  Marian 
came  with  the  daughter  and  stayed  till  sup- 
per, and  Lady  Clapperclaw  nearly  died  of  ap- 
oplexy. 

In  the  end  Lady  Marian  de  Mogyns,  having 
the  requisite  push  and  cash,  outdid  the  haugh- 
ty Clapperclaw  and  administered  her  a  dose 
of  her  own  medicine.  Complaining  of  the  base 
ingratitude,  the  insulted  lady  remarked: 

"What  do  you  think?  After  all  my  kind- 
ness to  her,  the  wicked,  vulgar,  odious,  impu- 
dent upstart  of  a  cowboy's  granddaughter 
has  done — she  cut  me  yesterday  in  Hyde  Park, 
and  hasn  't  sent  me  a  ticket  for  her  ball  to- 
night, though  they  say  Prince  George  is  to 
be  there?,J 

Yes,  such  is  the  fact.  In- the  race  of 
fashion  the  resolute  and  active  De  Mogyns 
has  passed  the  poor  old  Clapperclaw.  Her 
progress  in  gentility  may  be  traced  by 
the  set  of  friends  whom  she  courted,  and 
made,  and  cut,  and  left  behind  her.  She 
has  struggled  so  gallantly  for  polite  rep- 
utation that  she  has  won  it — pitilessly 
kicking  down  the  ladder  as  she  advanced 
degree   by    degree. 

With  a  few  changes  of  names,  this  satire 
by  Thackeray  on  the  struggles  of  social  climb- 


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IN   THE   LAP   OF   LUXURY. 

era  in  the  nineteenth  century  in  London  would 
lit  our  fashionable  community  today.  Many 
a  "Marian  de  Mogyns"  has  outstripped  more 
fortunate  sisters  in  the  struggle  for  social 
leadership,  and  paid  them  back  in  their  own 
coin   for   all   the   snubs   and   heartburnings. 

♦ 

AN  UNWISE  MOVE. 

THE  Portland  Spectator,  a  journal  edited 
by  a  well-known  Calif ornian,  Hugh 
Hume,  formerly  of  the  Post  of  this 
city,  declares  that  ' '  California  will  live  to 
repent  the  movement  to  abolish 
capital  punishment  if  the  iniative 
petition  now  being  circulated 
should  be  ratified  later  in  a  con- 
stitutional amendment.  San  Fran- 
cisco Js  Building  Trades  Council 
is  reported  to  have  indorsed  the 
petition  of  the  anti-capital  pun- 
ishment league,  whose  mistaken 
activity  is  partially  responsible 
for  the  derelictions  of  our  Gov- 
ernor and  the  sparing  of  half  a 
dozen  lives  forfeited  to  the  State 
by  reason  of  capital  crimes.  It 
is  sentiment  alone  that  sways 
these  misguided  agitators  who 
seek  to  interfere  with  the  right  of 
society  to  protect  itself  from  the 
pariahs  that  menace  its  welfare. 
"We  do  not  argue  that  inflic- 
tion of  the  death  penalty  will 
prevent  the  commission  of  capital 
crimes,  but  we  do  contend  that  it 
acts  as  a  deterrent  to  those  hav- 
ing homicidal  tendencies.  The 
man  who  is  inclined  to  commit 
acts  of  violence  as  a  rule  is  ob- 
sessed by  a  fear  of  reprisal  in 
similar  torm,  and  that  fear  is  im- 
planted even  in  the  muddled  niind 
of  the  paranoiac.  Destroy  this 
judicial  insurance,  let  the  degen- 
erates of  the  country  or  State 
become  imbued  with  the  feeling 
that  no  like  fate  will  overtake 
them   following  the  committal  of 


a   eapita!   crime,   and    it    i-    inevitable   thai    the 
dtage    of    murders    will    reveal    a    marked 

increase    in    the   course   ol  time.     Imp 

meat    for  life  is  oo(    an   .  ibstil  Hi  ■'.  '  ' 

The    fear    of    certain    and  adequate    punish 
inent    i>   society  'a    Bl  rOOg 

♦ 

A    CONJTJRER'S   PREDICAMENT. 

JAMES  FRANCIS  DWYER.author  of"The 
White  Waterfall. "  tells  the  following 
si,.ry    of    an     American    sleight-of-hand 

artist,    who    visited    the    Kijis.      A    plantei    com 

plained  of  the  laziness  of  the  natives,  and  the 
prestidigator  tried  an  experiment.     He  assem 

bled   a  dozen   of  the   Datives,   mumbled     

words  over  a  green  eocoanut,  sliced  the  Tint 
and  extracted  a  bright  soverign  from  the 
inside.  He  explained  that  his  mystical  chant 
was  necessary  to  produce  the  coin,  but  he  was 
quite  willing  to  say  the  magical  words  at  4 
o'clock  that  afternoon  over  all  cocoanuts 
that  should  be  brought  to  the  house.  The 
news  spread  like  a  prairie  fire.  Men,  women 
and  children  were  busy  climbing  after  nuts, 
and  when  4  o'clock  came  there  were  thousands 
of  cocoanuts  piled  up  waiting  for  the  bless- 
ing that  would  make  their  owners  rich. 

The  magician  was  astounded  with  the  re- 
sult of  his  trick.  He  looked  out  at  the  wait- 
ing islanders,  many  of  whom  were  holding 
their  knives  in  their  hands,  ready  to  hack 
for  the  hidden  gold  the  moment  the  words 
were  said,  then   he  turned  to  the  planter. 

"I-I  don't  thing  they're  the  right  kind  of 
people  to  stand  a  joke,"  he  stammered.  "If 
you  don't  mind  I'll  slip  out  the  back  way 
and  get  back  to  the  town  on  foot."  And  he 
went  helter-skelter,  while  the  waiting  brown 
men  called  loudly  for  the  magic  man  to  bless 
their    cocoanuts. 


DDC 


THE  AMERICAN  GENTLEMAN  EXCULS 
IN   THE   HOSPITALITY  OP  HIS  HOME 

HUNTER 
WHISKEY 

EXCELS  IN  ITS  PURITY,  FLAVOR 
AND  GENERAL  EXCELLENCE 


Sold   at   all    first-class    cafes   and    by    jobbers 
WM.     LANAHAN     &     SON,     Baltimore,     Md. 


3DC 


IDC 


OTH 


NEW  YOEK  newspapers  do  not  relish  the 
criticism  of  Europeans  on  the  conspir- 
acy of  New  York  policemen  to  murder 
a  gambler  who  exposed  their  crookedness.  An 
article  in  the  London  Mail  has  displeased  the 
New  York  editors  most,  and  several  large 
newspapers  have  attempted  to  prove  that  the 
statements  are  exaggerated  grossly.  It  would 
take  considerable  strong  testimony  to  prove 
that  the  Mail's  statements  about  the  New 
York  police  are  base  libels.  The  article  in 
question  states  that  the  people  of  New  York 
have  never  .trusted  their  police;  and  that  is 
true.  The  New  York  newspapers  are  con- 
demning   police    methods    continually. 

' '  Anybody  who  has  lived  on  Manhattan 
Island  will  have  come  across  a  hundred  in- 
stances of  this  utter  lack  of  confidence  in 
the  integrity  of  the  force,"  declares  the 
Mail's  correspondent.  "I  remember  that  a 
friend  of  mine  had  some  jewelry  stolen  by 
one  of  his  servants,  who  immediately  de- 
camped. Instead  of  applying  to  the  New 
York  equivalent  of  Scotland  Yard,  he  called 
in  the  assistance  of  a  great  private  detective 
agency,  and  laughed  at  my  suggestion  that  he 
should  notify  the  regular  police.  'But  couldn't 
they  find  the  thief  f'  I  asked.  'Sure,'  he  re- 
plied, 'and  pocket  half  the  profits.'' 

After  describing  several  cases  of  police 
crookedness  and  miscarriage  of  justice  in  the 
police  courts,  the  Mail's  correspondent  says: 
"It  is  in  that  sort  of  school  that  the  New 
Y'ork  policeman  picks  up  his  ideas  of  justice. 
He  finds  all  around  him  an  organized  com- 
munity of  criminals  and  law-breakers  living 
under  the  protection  of  his  official  superiors 
and  their  political  and  legal  allies.  He  finds 
his  captain,  for  instance,  in  standing  receipt 
of  some  $1,000  a  month  over  and  above  his 
salary.  He  finds  the  district  inspector  regu- 
larly raking  in  from  three  to  four  times  that 
amount.  He  finds  politicians,  lawyers,  magis- 
trates, and  the  higher  officials  of  the  force 
all  working  together  to  blackmail  saloons  and 
poolrooms  and  disorderly  house  and  policy 
shops  and  gambling  dens.  He  finds  an  inter- 
locked system  that  makes  vice  profitable  and 
virtue  an  impassable  barrier  to  promotion, 
and  nine  times  out  of  ten  he  takes  the  easier 
path.  So  far  as  it  is  permissible  to  general- 
ize about  10,000  men,  I  should  say  that  the 
New  York  policeman  is  brave  and  generous, 
untruthful  and  dishonest.  I  well  remember 
that  when  Mr.  Koosevelt  was  at  the  head  of 
the  Police  Commission  a  certain  patrolman 
stopped  a  runaway  in  an  extremely  plucky 
fashion  and  saved  four  lives  at  the  almost 
certain  loss  of  his  own.  By  some  miracle  he 
escaped  without  serious  injury.  Six  months 
later  a  friend  who  had  seen  his  act  asked  him 
how  he  was  getting  on  in  the  new  post  to 
which  he  had  at  once  been  promoted.  He  re- 
plied that  he  was  doing  'great' — making  $500 
a  month  above  his  salary.  This  was  not  a 
confession;  it  was  just  a  piece  of  good  news 
that  he  was  glad  to  be  able  to  impart  to  a 
friend. 


Europeans   are 


casniniM  our 


ounce  iVile' 


"When  a  man  wants  to  start  a  gambling 
den  in  New  York  be  first  interviews  the  polit- 
ical leader  in  his  district.  The  most  interest- 
ing district  leaders  of  my  acquaintance,  by 
the  way,  was  originally  a  tramp,  then  a  pick- 
pocket, then  a  bank  burglar,  then  a  saloon- 
keeper, then  a  hotel  proprietor,  and  is  now  a 
Tammany  statesman,  the  autocrat  of  his  local- 
ity, and  the  friend  ana  protector  of  innumer- 
able criminals — <a  very  decent '  fellow.  His 
permission  is  necessary  before  any  poolroom 
or  gambling  den  can  be  opened  in  his  realm; 
and  it  is  usually  given  in  return  for  25  per 
cent  of  the  profits. 

"The  next  man  to  be  'seen"  is  the  'eitizen 
collector/  usually  the  proprietor  of  an  illegal 
business  who  receives  immunity  as  compen- 
sation for  his  services  in  taking  charge  of 
the  finance  and  diplomacy  of  the  transaction. 
He,  in  turn,  'sees'  the  police  captain  and  the 
patrolman,  and  arranges  for  the  monthly  levy. 
The  patrolman  gets  20  per  cent  of  the  amount 
agreed  upon,  the  captain  60  per  cent,  and  the 
remaining  20  per  cent  is  set  aside  for  the  in- 
spector. 

"The  same  system  holds  good  for*  every 
single  form  of  vice  and  crime.     The  Armenian 


Hunchakist,  the  Neapolitan  Camorra,  the  Si- 
cilian Mafia,  the  Chinese  Tongs  all  share  in 
the  privileges  of  American  citizenship  to  this 
extent,  that,  equally  with  the  home-bred  gangs 
and  the  purely  native  associations  of  crimi- 
nals, they  are  permitted  to  enjoy  immunity  if 
they  can  pay  for  it. 

"Every  New  Yorker  is  aware  of  what  is 
going  on,  but  nobody  knows  how  a  system  so 
strongly  entrenched  and  intertwined  with  so 
many  powerful  interests  can  be  overthrown. 

"Prom  time  to  time  a  reaily  strong  and 
honest  Commissioner  of  Police  starts  in  to 
clean  up.  There  ensues  a  period  of  revela- 
tions and  a  certain  amount  of  legitimate  anx- 
iety among  the  police.  Or  perhaps  a  com- 
mittee is  appointed  to  investigate  the  conduct 
of  the  force,  or  some  particularly  scandalous 
incident,  like  the  murder  of  this  man  Rosen- 
thal  precipitates   a   crisis. 

"But  all  that  is  needed  is  a  little  patience. 
The  Commissioner  is  soon  got  rid  of,  the^  re- 
port of  the  committee  is  soon  forgotten,  and 
when  the  storm  has  blown  over  the  politicians 
and  the  'shyster'  lawyers  and  the  debauched 
magistrates  and  the  grafting  police  remain, 
fostering  depravity  and  crime,  that  they  may 
fatten  on  it." 

Until  large  American  cities  take  judges  out 
of  politics  and  give  dignity  and  power  to  the 
courts  by  appointing  judges  for  life  and  giv- 
ing them  large  salaries,  the  police  departments 
will  remain  inefficient  or  dishonest.  Crime  will 
increase  instead  of  being  diminished.  Things 
will  go  from  bad  to  worse. 


IT'S   A   WISE    CHILD   KNOWS   ITS    OWN  FATHER/ 


Saturday,  August  17,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


15 


»ad  Times  for 
Tlh©  Magazines 


YELLOW    MAGAZINES   have   done  much 
to    bring    aboul    tbe   demoralization    of 

polities   and   public   opinion,    which    has 
had  such  an  unfortunate  effect  on  the  genera] 

welfare   of   the    1'nited   States.      Tin-   past    year 

lias  been  an  unfortunate  one  for  those  Ben- 
aational  publications.  Some  ha\  e  suspended, 
others  consolidated,  and  the  publishers  of 
several  are  in  Berious  trouble  with  their  cred- 
itors or  with  the  United  states  authorities, 
for  violation  of  the  Post-office  regulations. 

Outright  rascality  lias  characterized  the 
financing  of  some  of  those  yellow  magazines, 
The  stockholders,  who  invested  their  money 
in  Hampton's  Magazine,  have  lost  over  two 
million  dollars.  Three  of  the  promoters  of 
t he  concern  are  being  prosecuted  for  crooked 
stock  manipulation,  to  deceive  investors.  It 
is  charged  that  they  represented  that  the 
magazine  was  paying  dividends,  when,  in 
truth,  it  was  losing  money.  Speaker  Champ 
Clark,  who  was  one  of  the  victims,  lost 
$4,000. 

Jn  the  Fall  of  last  year,  Hampton's  Mag- 
azine consolidated  with  the  Columbian  Mag- 
azine. The  stock  was  held  by  24,000  sub- 
scribers, who  had  been  induced  to  invest  by 
the  representation  tnat  the  publication  was 
profitable.  Enough  stock  was  sold  to  make 
the  combined  magazines  represent  an  invest- 
ment of  $2,000,000.  It  is  claimed  in  behalf 
of  Hampton,  the  advertising  man,  who  started 
the  original  Hampton 's  Magazine,  that  he 
retired  from  the  management  before  the 
swindling  operations  began. 

By  wide-awake  advertising  methods,  the 
sale  of  Hampton  's  rose  rapidly.  In  1909,  Ben 
B.  Hampton,  who  was  publisher  then,  ob- 
tained from  Rear  Admiral  Peary  the  maga- 
zine rights  to  his  narrative  of  the  discovery 
of  the  north  pole.  For  the  rights,  Hampton 
paid  to  Peary  $43,000.  He  gave  to  a  literary 
agent,  who  obtained  the  contract  for  the 
rights  from  Peary,  $10,000,  and  to  Miss  Elsa 
Barker  he  gave  $5,000  to  edit  it.  Here  was 
an  investment  of  $58,000  and  the  funds  of 
the  concern  were  drained. 

While  the  circulation  of  the  magazine  with 
this  striking  feature  went  up  to  a  great  num- 
ber, Hampton  found  that  it  would  require 
more  capital  than  the  magazine  had  to  meet 
the  increased  cost  of  manufacture.  He  was 
unable  to  meet  the  demands  made  upon  him 
and  in  May,  1911,  he  entered  into  an  agree- 
ment with  the  Columbian  Magazine  for  a  con- 
solidation. The  consolidated  enterprise  failed 
last  October.  It  would  have  gone  under  long 
before,  but  was  upheld  by  the  sale  of  stock. 
A  small  army  of  agents  scoured  the  country 
in  quest  of  dupes,  and  found  them  all  the 
way  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco. 

This  expose  of  the  operators  of  the  Col- 
umbian-Sterling company,  shows  that  the 
publication  of  the  sensational  class  of  maga- 
zines at  popular  prices,  is  not  possible,  except 


in     \ery     good     times,     when     advertising     is 
plentiful. 

Thousands  of  copies  of  Hampton's  Maga- 
zine were  sold  to  agents  a1  3  cents  though 
they  cosl  the  publishers  1>  cents.  It  is  quite 
plain,  therefore,  that  the  greater  the  circula- 
tion of  Buch  a  publication,  the  heavier  the 
loss  to  the  publishers,  unless  made  up  in  ad- 
vertising. The  magazines  are  really  adver- 
tising sheets,  the  publishers  being  willing  to 
lose  heavily  on  their  subscription  lists  if  they 
can   get    enough   advertising  to    pay   them. 

These  facta  explain  why  it  is  sometimes  so 
hard  to  get  copies  of  a  popular  cheap  maga- 
zine at  I  he  newsstands,  when  some  story  of 
unusual  attractiveness  causes  the  circulation 
to  double.  The  publishers  do  Dot  try  hard 
to  meet  the  demand,  because  selling  in  un- 
limited quantities  for  '■'>  cents  a  magazine  that 
costs  them  9  is  not  to  be  encouraged.  The 
publishers  issue  just  enough  magazines  to  get 
advertisements  and  keep  the  patronage  of 
the  advertisers.  In  years  of  dull  business, 
such  as  the  United  States  has  experienced 
since  the  great  slump  of  1907,  the  lot  of  a 
yellow  magazine  publisher  is  not  a  happy  one. 
4 

ANTI-DIVORCEES. 


By  Josephine  Martin. 

THERE  is  something  new  'neath  our  West- 
ern sun.  It  is  an  Anti-Divorcee  League. 
Xo,  it  is  not  an  attack  on  divorcees. 
It  is  founded  on  the  principle  that  "an 
ounce  of  prevention'7  may  obliterate  the  ne- 
cessity of  a  cure.  And,  strange  to  say,  the 
"League"  has  been  formed  by  the  very  sub- 
jects themselves.  It  is  not  the  blossoming  of 
much  advice.  It  is  the  sane  solution  of  some 
marital  difficulties  by  an  aggregation  of  sen- 
sible little  wives — brides  most  of  them. 

"You  see  we  came  to  the  conclusion  that 
something  must  be  done  to  maintain  our  ideals 
of  happiness, ' '  one  of  the  ' '  anti '  '-leaguers 
said,  "so  we  have  made  a  study  of  the  cases 
of  our  most  intimate  friends  who  have  not 
made  a  success  of  life-partnership  and  we 
have  drawn  our  conclusions." 

Just  what  those  conclusions  are  I  succeeded 
in  discovering  after  much  persuasion,  which 
the   philosophic   bride    condensed    as   follows: 

' '  We  discovered, "  said  the  fair  anti- 
divorcee,  "that  every  dissatisfied  Jack  wanted 
something  as  interesting  at  home  as  he  found 


downtown  among  his  associates.     A  man  likes 

to  talk  of  things — big  things — alter  lie  is  mar 
ried — not  just  love  chat.  So  we  have  funned 
a  league  to  try  to  avoid  ennui  at  home.  One 
of  the  rules  of  our  league  is  thai  we  inn-! 
read  the  papers  thoroughly  every  day.  This 
is  to  enable  us  to  talk  intelligently  when  the 
evening  meal  is  set.  Xo  easy  task  is  this,  1 
assure  you,  when  girls  have  confined  their 
reading  t<»  the  social  and  the  beauty  sections 
of  the  papers  and  to  current  novels.  But 
we  are  determined  to  be  able  to  discuss  the 
affairs  at  home  and  abroad,  the  cost  of  high 
living,  who's  who,  and  tbe  market  reports, 
etc.     So  we  study  these  things." 

"It  has  proved  more  interesting  than  we 
ever  dreamed,"  continued  little  Mrs.  Wise- 
acre, and  her  face  beamed  as  she  spoke,  "for 
we  seem  to  be  real  partners,  as  if  we  were 
out  in  the  activities  of  the  world,  just  as 
if,  in  a  way,  we  were  in  the  pit  with  the 
bulls  and  the  bears. 

"Every  week  our  league  holds  a  meeting. 
The  members  sew  and  discuss  the  things  we 
are  going  to  present  to  our  husbands  at  the 
dinner-table  talk.  It  is  surprising  how  well 
the  brides  can  discuss  these  profound  sub- 
jects. They  are  as  enthusiastic  over  their  ac- 
quired knowledge  as  they  are  over  the  cut  of 
a  new  gown.  Then  we  always  have  music, 
and  encourage — in  fact,  insist — on  music  in 
the  home.  It  helps  a  lot,  more  than  anything 
else,  perhaps.  Don't  you  think  that  we  have 
made  a  good  beginning?"  The  sweet,  earnest 
face  looked  up  into  mine.  You  have  made  a 
beginning.     Bless  you! 

Of  course,  there  is  the  bugbear  of  the  affin- 
ity question,  on  which  the  anti-divocee  and 
I  started  to  dilate;  but  that  is  auother  ques- 
tion  entirely. 

f 

HALF-CENT     PAPERS? 

The  bill  for  coinage  of  half-cent  pieces 
passed  by  the  House  of  Representatives,  but 
not  yet  by  the  Senate,  causes  a  good  deal  of 
concern  among  newspaper  publishers,  as  the 
introduction  of  the  half -cent  may  lead  to 
half-cent  newspapers.  Publishers  are  not 
making  any  profit  on  the  present  one-cent-a- 
carrycopy  papers.  Prom  the  advertising 
they  carry  the  loss  has  to  be  made  up  and  the 
profits  made  to  come.  The  introduction  of 
half-cent  newspapers  will  only  be  an  addi- 
tional charge  on  the  advertising  business. 


A  ONE-PIECE  SUIT. 


Vacation  1912 

A  Handbook  of 

Summer  Resorts 

Along  the  line  of  the 

NORTHWESTERN 
PACIMC    RAILROAD 

This  book  tells  by  picture  and  word 
of  the  many  delightful  places  in  Marin, 
Sonoma,  Mendocino,  Lake  and  Humboldt 
Counties  in  which  to  spend  your  Vaca- 
tion— Summer  Resorts,  Camping  Sites, 
Farm  and  Town  Homes. 


Copies  of  Vacation  1912  may  be  ob- 
tained at  874  Market  St.  (Flood  Build- 
ing), Sausalito  Ferry  Ticket  Office,  or 
on  application  to  J.  J.  Geary,  G.  P.  & 
F.  A.,  808  Phelan  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


NEW  ENGLAND  HOTEL 

located  in  beautiful  grove  about  40  rods  from 
station.  Beautiful  -walks,  grand  scenery;  hunt- 
ing and  fishing,  boating,  bathing,  bowling  and 
croquet.  Table  supplied  with  fresh  fruit  and 
vegetables,    milk  and  eggs  from  own  ranch  daily. 

Adults  $7  to  $9  per  week;  special  rates  for 
children. 

Address  F.  K.  HARRISON,  Camp  Meeker, 
Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


OWN  SUMMER  HOME    IN 

CAMP    MEEKER 

Mountains  of  Sonoma  Co.  Lots  $15  up.  Meeker 
^lilds  cottages  $85  up.  Depot,  stores,  hotels, 
.staurant,  phone,  post,  express  office,  theater, 
free  library,  pavilion,  churches,,  sawmill;  2,000 
lots  sold,  700  cottages  built.  Sausalito  Ferry. 
Address  M.  O.  MEEKER,  Camp  Meeker. 


Redwood  Grove 


%  mile  from  Guemeville;  tents  and  cottages; 
abundance  of  fruit,  berries;  bus  meets  all  trains. 
Rates  $10-$11  per  week;  L.  D.  phone.  Address 
THORPE  BROS.,  Box  141,  Guerneville,  Sonoma 
Co.,    Cal. 


ROSE    MILL 

HOTEL  AND  COTTAGES 
Camp  Meeker 

Opposite  depot;  20  minutes'  ride  from  Russian 
River;  surrounded  by  orchards  and  vineyards; 
excellent  dining-room,  with  best  cooking.  Fish- 
ing, boating,  swimming  and  dancing.  Many 
good  trails  for  mountain  climbing.  Open  all 
year.  Can  accommodate  75  guests.  Adults,  $6 
to  $10  per  week;    children  half  rates. 

Building  lots  for  sale  from  $50  and  up.  Ad- 
dress MRS.  L.  BARBIER,  Camp  Meeker,  So- 
noma   County,    Cal. 


The  Gables 


Sonoma  county's  ideal  family  resort,  just  opened 
to  the  public.  Excellent  table,  supplied  from 
our  dairy  and  farm.  Dancing,  tennis,  games. 
Bus  to  hot  baths  and  trains  daily  at  Verano  sta- 
tion. RateB  $2.50  per  day,  $12  and  up  per 
week.  Open  year  round.  Address  H.  P.  MAT- 
THEWSON,   Sonoma  City  P.   O.,   Cal. 


Motel   Rowardennan 

OPEN  ALL   THE    TEAR. 

New  ownership,  new  management,  new  fea- 
tures. Golf,  tennis,  bowling,  fishing,  boating, 
swimming,     clubhouse.       Free    garage. 

Rates  $17.50  to  $25  per  week;  $3  to  $4  per 
day. 

Folders  and  information  at  Peck-Judah's,  or 
address  J.   M.  SHOULTS,    Ben  Lomond,   Cal. 


::  RIVERSIDE  RESORT :: 


Country  home  *&  mile  from  Guerneville;  ideal 
spot;  Vz  mile  of  river  frontage;  $8  to  $12  per 
week.  For  particulars,  MRS.  H.  A.  STAGG, 
Proprietor,    Guerneville,    Sonoma    county. 


COSMO  FARM 

On  the  Russian  River ;  electric  lighted  through- 
out. Rates  $10  to  $12  per  week.  For  particu- 
lars see  Vacation  Book  or  address  H.  P.  Mc- 
PEAK,    P.    O.    Hilton,    Sonoma   Co.,    Cal. 


RIONIDO  HOTEL 

Lawn  Tennis,  Croquet,  Shuffle  Board,  Swings, 
Shooting  Gallery,  Box  Ball  Alleys,  also  4,000 
square  feet  Dancing  Pavilion,  unsurpassed  Bathing 
and  Boating,  and  large  social  hall  for  guests. 
Hotel  ready  for  guests.  Rates,  $12  per  week. 
American  plan.  For  reservations  address  RIO- 
NIDO   CO.,    Rionido,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


Summer  Resorts 

AT  HOME,  AT  THE   OLDB,   CAFE  OR  HOTEL 

CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

Always   Satisfactory 

GEO.  W.   CASWELL  COMPANY 

530-532-534  Folsom  St.  Phone  Kearny  8610 

Write  for  samples  and  prices. 


CARR'S 


NEW  MONTE 
RIO    HOTEL 


NEAREST    TO    STATION    AND    RIVER. 

New  modern  hotel,  first-class  in  every  detail 
and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience. 
Swimming,  boating,  canoeing,  flBhing,  launching, 
horseback  riding  and  driving.  Hotel  rates  $2 
day;  $12  and  $14  per  week.  Round  trip,  $2.80. 
good  on  either  the  broad  or  narrow  gauge  rail- 
roads. Sausalito  Ferry.  Address  C.  F.  OARR, 
Monte   Rio,    Sonoma   Co.,    Cal. 


HOTEL  RUSTICANO 

The  hotel  is  just  a  two-minute  walk  from  the 
depot  amongst  the  giant  redwood  trees.  The 
amusements  are  numerous — boating,  bathing, 
lawn  tennis,  bowling,  dancing,  nickelodeon,  and 
beautiful  walks.  A  more  desirable  place  for  a 
vacation  could  not  be  found.  Rates,  $9  to  $12 
per    week ;    rates    to    families. 

For  folder,  address  L.  B.  SELENGER,  Prop., 
Camp    Meeker,     Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


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Saturday,  August  17,  1912.] 


THE  WASP 


1? 


Tills  issue  of  The  Wasp  brings  before 
us  two  most  interesting  San  Francisco 
women.    Art  and  all  the  best  i  hat  it 
implies  is  the  high  standard  <-t  their 
efforts. 

Sirs.  Ii.  E.  P.  Easton,  Pasl  President  of  the 
Cap  Mini  Bells  Club,  under  whose  brilliant 
administration  the  talented  members  achieved 
enviable  sucess,  is  a  dramatic  Leader  of  ex- 
ceptional ability.  Her  charm  of  personality, 
her  musical  voice,  her  splendid  mind  and  the 
warmth  of  her  generosity,  together  with  bet 

own  talents  have  placed   Mrs.   Easton   as  

of  the  foremost  cultured  women  of  San  Fran- 
cisco's Club  leaders. 

■     *     * 

PORTIA,  she  is  termed  by  her  admirers,  for 
her  grace,  her  charms,  her  brilliancy,  are 
likened  unto  one  of  the  great  bard's 
must  interesting  women. 

• '  I  shall  continue  to  work  for  the  Cap  and 
Bells,"  said  this  splendid  woman,  "for  my 
interests  shall  always  be  centered  in  this 
club.  Their  efficient  new  President,  Miss 
Dugan,  is  an  excellent  type  of  a  leader,  of 
sterling  qualities  and  extremely  modest  as  to 
her  own  abilities.  It  will  be  my  greatest 
pleasure  to  uphold  her  in  all  her  ideals." 

But,  owing  to  the  many  requests  from  an 
appreciative  people,  Mrs.  Easton  has  organized 
a  new  club,  called  the  Antoine  Club  of  Cali- 
fornia, named  after  Andre  Antoine  of  Paris. 

jjrj-iHERE  is  only  one  other   club  with  a 

J       similar   project,"    said   Mrs.    Easton, 

' '  and   that   is  the   one  in   connection 

with  the  Toy  Theater  of  Boston.     The  mem- 


Yaughan  &  Fraser  Photo. 
MBS.  D.  E.  T.  EASTON 
Dramatic    leader    whose    ability    has    won    her 
the  title  of   "Portia." 


bors  of  the  Intoine  Club  will  be  amate.ui 
players,  bul  picked  amateurs,  their  merits 
equaling  in  many  rqspi  c  those  of  the  pro- 
fessional. 

(,We  intend  to  produce  many  of  Ihe  neg- 
tected  pageants,"  continued  this  talented 
leader,  "from  the  Kuv-ian,  the  Swedish,  t  lie 
German  and  the  French,  which  wilt  be  trans- 
lated by  scholars  in  these  various  languages, 
hut.  our  greatest  pride  and  pleasure,"  and 
the  speaker's  eyes  beamed  as  she  spoke,  "will 
be  to  produce  plays  of  the  western  atmos- 
phere, written  by  western  writers.  We  in- 
tend, also,  to  present  plays  for  children,  by 
children,  and  in  this  way  we  hope  to  discover 
and   encourage    much   latent   talent. 


"i^""  FIRST  production  will  be  given 
M  on  the  evening  of  August  24th,  at 
San  Anselmo,  and  will  be  for 
a  charitable  put  pose.  On  this  occasion,  we 
will  present  'As  You  Like  It. '  "  This  perform- 
ance will  be  given  in  the  open,  as  a  splendid 
theater  has  been  arranged  for  such  purposes 
at  that  site,  with  excellent  lighting  facilities. 
The  funds  accruing  from  the  play  will  be 
devoted  to  the  mosquito  crusade  of  Marin 
county.  Many  of  the  social  leaders  of  San 
Rafael,  Ross  Valley  and  other  Marin  county 
colonies  are  taking  an  active  interest  in  this 
production.  Mrs.  Easton  and  Mr.  Steiger, 
who  are  carrying  on  the  work  for  the  suc- 
cess of  this  performance,  are  working  assid- 
uously with  only  a  few  weeks  time  allotted 
them  for  preparation. 

' '  This  work  is  the  forerunner  of  the  An- 
toine Club,"  said  Mrs.  Easton,  "for  the 
club  proper  will  not  be  inaugurated  before 
September.  We  hope  to  commence  our  work 
with  some  entirely  new  play,  one  that  has 
never  been  given  in  San  Francisco  before." 
The  inherent  bigness  of  Mrs.  Easton 's  plans, 
the  titanic  majesty  of  her  ideals  and  the  in- 
domitable energy  of  her  active  mind  all  pre- 
sage ultimate  achievement. 

MRS.  VIRGINIA  LARME,  a  beautiful 
young  southern  matron,  is  an  ardent 
admirer  of  the  ancient  Greek  art. 
She  has  taken  up  the  study  of  weaving,  which 
she  operates  on  a  loom  patterned  after  one 
of  the  old  Greek  models.  Mrs.  Larme  super- 
intended the  very  construction  of  this  loom, 
herself,  on  which  she  weaves  the  most  mag- 
nificent garments  for  her  own  use.  It  was 
my  privilege  to  see  some  of  the  materials, 
the  texture  of  which  was  as  exquisite  to  the 
touch  as  they  were  beautiful  to  the  eye. 

Mrs.  Larme  operates  her  loom  in  her  own 
apartments  at  the  Crossways.  She  has  taken 
up  the  study  of  scene  painting,  also,  being 
attached    to    the    Alta   Studio,   in    connection 


Habonicht   Photo. 
MRS.  VIRGINIA  LAKME 

An   interesting   artist   who   weaves   her   own 
garments. 

with  one  of  our  local  theaters,  and  bears  the 
distinction  of  being  Ihe  only  woman  on  the 
Pacific  coast  who  has  any  aptitude  for  scenic 
painting.  She  has  a  most  charming  person- 
ality, .is  artistic  to  the  finger  tips  and  is  as 
gentle  and  refined  as  a  grand-dame,  which, 
forsooth,  she  is — Mrs.  Virginia  Larme. 
♦ 

Little  Ethel  had  been  brought  up  with  a 
firm  hand  ana  was  always  taught  to  report 
misdeeds  promptly.  One  afternoon  she  came 
sobbing  penitently  to  her  mother. 

"Mother,  I — I  broke  a  brick  in  the  fire- 
place. " 

"Well,  it  might  be  worse.  But  how  on 
earth  did  you  do  it,  Ethel?" 

"I  pounded  it  with  your  watch." — Harper's 
Bazaar. 


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medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


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UNIONS  of  San  Francisco  are  bent  on 
driving  away  all  business  enterprise. 
In  every  direction,  they  are  maintain- 
ing indefensible  and  illegal  boycotting.  What 
is  the  mater  with  the  authorities? 

In  many  cases  the  boycotting  and  picket- 
ing now  going  on  in  San  Francisco,  the  use 
of  profane  language,  the  insulting  of  women, 
the  threatening  of  children  with  bodily  harm 
is  being  indulged  in  by  the  pickets,  who  are 
undoubtedly  coached  in  these  tactics  by  the 
leaders  of  labor. 

The  bakery  of  a  Mr.  Kreyer,  of  1515  Haight 
street,  is  under  boycott  and  a  most  violent  and 
shameful  picketing.  The  proprietor's  wife 
has  been  repeatedly  insulted,  a  little  boy,  by 
the  name  of  Gerald  Flynn,  has  been  threat- 
ened with  death  because  he  bought  bread  at 
the  place,  and  the  pickets,  there  are  four  of 
them,  have  been  behaving  in  the  worst  kind 
of  hoodlum  ways. 

At  the  Occidental  bakery  at  1529  Haight 
street,  another  bakery  which  refuses  to  affix 
the  unsanitary  spit  label,  the  same  tactics 
are  employed.  At  John's  Grill  and  at  Child's 
Dairy  Lunch  the  same  hoodlum  thuggery  pre- 
vails, and  it  is  driving  away  investments 
from  San  Francisco. 

That  is  the  main  reason  why  no  new  fac- 
tories are  being  established  here,  why  invest- 
ments go  south  and  north,  and  why  industry 
in  general  and  real  estate  transaction  are 
lagging  dormant,  while  in  other  communities 
everything  is  booming  right  along  on  the  lines 
of  prosperity. 

What  are  the  authorities  at,  that  they  deny 
the  business  man  and  the  individual  protection 
from  the  blackmailing  assaults  of  the  unions? 
Do  they,  too,  wish  to  drive  away  from  here 
every  industry?  Do"  our  city  officials  want  to 
make  all  industrious  pursuit  unprofitable  by 
tnrning  their  heads  when  boycotting  is  going 


on?  It  is  high  time  some  law  were  placed  on 
the  books  here  providing  for  a  severe  penalty 
for  the  kind  of  conspiracy  which  makes  boy- 
cotting and  picketing  and  blackmail  possible. 

It  is  surely  within  the  lines  of  police  act- 
ivity to  prevent  the  insulting  of  women,  the 
threatening  of  men  and  the  beating  of 
children. 

Lest  We  Forget. 

Thomas  Magee's  Real  Estate  Circular  con- 
tains,' amongst  other  interesting  information, 


JAMES  WOODS 

Popular  manager  of  the  Hotel  St.  Francis  and  Pres- 
ident of  the   Board  of  Police   Commissioners. 

the  following  facts  about  the  increase  of  pop- 
ulation   of   San   Francisco: 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER President 

STG.  GREENEBAT7M        .  .Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE     Vice-President 

J.  FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.  F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.  ALTSCHUL    Cashier 

C.  R.  PARKER Assistant  Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH     Assistant    Cashier 

H.   CHOYNSKI    Assistant  Cashier 

G.    R.    BURDICK    Assistant    Cashier 

A.  L.   LANGERMAN    Secretary 


When  the  United  States  Census  was 
taken  in  1910,  San  Francisco's  population 
was  found  to  be  416,912.  At  that  time 
the  daily  average  attendance  upon  the 
public  schools  of  the  city  was  36,774. 
This  established  a  ratio  of  11.3  of  popu- 
lation to  school  attendance!.  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Schools  Hyatt  has  just 
estimated  the  present  population  of  San 
Francisco,  based  upon  this  ratio  and  the 
daily  average  attendance  at  our  public 
schools  of  40,423,  for  the  fiscal  year  end- 
ing June  30,  1912,  to  be  456,780,  or  an  in- 
crease in  two  years  of  39,8GS — nearly 
20,000  a  year.  This  is  a  remarkably  good 
showing  for  the  city,  especially  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  this  increase  in  popula- 
tion is  not  a  sudden  accession  of  tempo- 
rary residents  made  up  of  a  floating  pop- 
ulation that  has  come  to  San  Franciseo 
in  the  hope  of  securing  work  in  connec- 
tion with  our  Exposition  and  other  im- 
provements to  be  erected  by  the  munici- 
pality. This  is  proved  by  the  fact  that 
the  increase  in  population  is  based  on  the 
addition  of  nearly  4,000  children  to  the 
public  school  rolls,  showing  that  the  in- 
crease is  a  legitimate  and  permanent  one. 
With  the  opening  of  the  Panama  canal, 
the  annual  increase  in  population  of  San 
Francisco  will  be  considerably  greater, 
which  will  be  due  to  the  landing  here  of 
the  great  European  passenger  steamers, 
bringing  to  these  shores  a  great  tide  of 
immigration  which  is  now  landed  in  At- 
lantic ports. 

The  very  optimistic  tone  of  this  article  is 
fully  justified  by  the  bright  prospects  that 
San   Francisco   now   faces,   with    the   opening 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street. 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  paid  up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided   Profits $5,055,471.11 


Total     $11,055,471.11 

OFFICE  ES. 
Isaias   W.   Hellman,   President 
I.   W.   Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice  Pres. 
F.   L.  Lipman,  Vice  Prea. 
James   K.  Wilson,  Vice  Prea. 
Frank  B.  King,  Cashier 
W.   McGavin,   Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.   L.   Davis,   Assistant   Cashier 
A.   D,  Oliver,   Assistant  Cashier 
A.    B.    Price,    Assistant    Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
Isaias   W.   Hellman  Hartland  Law 

Joseph   SIoss  Henry  Rosenfeld 

Percy    T.  Morgan  James  L.  Flood 

F.  W.  "Van  Sicklen  J.  Henry  Meyer 

Wm.  F.  Herrin  A.   H.    Payson 

John  O.  Kirkpatriok  Chas.    J.    Deering 

I.    W.    Hellman,    Jr.  James    E.    Wilson 

A.  Chriateaon  F.    L.    Lipman 

Wm.  'Haas 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt    Service,    Courteous   Attention,    Unexcelled 
Facilities. 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


Saturday,  August  17,  1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


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The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The    German    Bank)  Commercial 

Incorporated    1868. 

626    California    St.,    San   Francisco.    Oal 

(Member    of    the     Associated    SaTings    Banka    of 
San  Franciico.) 

The   following   Branches   for   Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,   2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 

Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29tn,  1912. 
Assets  .... 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 
Employees'  Pension  Fund 
Number    of   Depositors 


$51,140,101.75 

.      1,000,000.00 

1,656,403.80 

140,109.60 

56,609 


Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'clock 
P.  M„  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8   o'clock   P.  M.   for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


Established  1853. 
Monthly  Contracts,   $1.50  per  Month. 

NEW    WORKS    JTJST    ERECTED    AT    27 
TENTH   ST,    S.   F. 

Largest    and    Most    Up-to-Date    on    Pacific 
Ooast. 

Wagons  call   twice  daily. 

Gleaning  Dainty  Garments  Our  Specialty 

F.  Thomas  Parisian  Dyeing  & 
Cleaning  Works 


of  the   Panama  Canal.       At   the  same  time, 

it  is  wt'll  to  remember  tliat  other  cities  and 
States  on  tiif  Pacific  Coael  are  laying  plans 
the  greatesl  benefit  from  the  transfor- 
mation which  will  take  place  when  the  Canal 
brings  the  Pacific  Coasl  closer  '<•  the  great 
markets  of  the  world.  One  of  the  great  trou- 
bles in  San  Francisco  lias  been  that  we  have 
displayed  more  optimism  than  sound,  practi- 
cal sense.  We  have  displayed  great  courage 
in  n-si. .ring  our  city,  but  we  have  never 
na]l\  iiiaih'  Hi./  most  of  the  great  natural  ad- 
v  ant  ages  Sau    Francisco  possesses. 

Whenever  we  feel  inclined  to  lean  back 
in  our  easy-chairs  and  blow  clouds  of  smoke 
in  which  we  see  visions  of  San  Francisco's 
commercial  supremacy  assured,  we  should  re- 
member that  other  Go  a  si  cities  have  gone 
ahead  far  faster. 

Had  San  Francisco  grown  in  the  last  twenty 
pears  as  fast  as  Los  Angeles,  the  population 
today  would  be  three  and  a  half  millions  in- 
stead of  half  a  million.  Remember,  too,  that 
the  seat  of  government  has  shifted  from  San 
Francisco  to  Los  Angeles.  We  have  lost  leg- 
islative representatives  and  Los  Angeles  has 
gained.  We  have  ourselves  to  blame  for 
this.  It  is  the  result  of  encouraging  dema- 
gogues and  yellow  newspapers  that  help  to 
organize  the  criminal  elements.  The  mer- 
chants  who  patronize  and  support  such  news 
papers  injure  themselves  as  well  as  their  city. 

Real  Estate. 
The    local    real    estate    market    still    halts. 
Shrewd  buyers  are  picking  up  bargains  these 
days,  knowing  that  they  can  make  nice  turns 
before  long. 

Stocks. 

Spring  Valley  stock  has  been  the  center  of 
interest  this  week  on  account  of  the  offer  of 
the  city  to  buy  the  Spring  Valley's  property 
for  $38,500,000.  There  is  doubt  whether  the 
deal  will  go  through,  as  the  public  thinks  the 
price  too  high.  The  Spring  Valley  people  are 
putting  up  the  bluff  that  they  think  the  price 
too  low,  but  would  gladly  take  it.  They  have 
been  asking  $43,000,000,  which  is  all  the  bond 
money  the  city  can  get  for  a  municipal  water 
supply  without  another  bond  election.  At 
present  it  looks  as  i£  the  city  will  be  forced 
to  buy  Spring  Valley  at  the  company's  own 


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FEW  San  Francisco  girls  have  gone  to  the  altar 
followed  hy  more  sincere  and  loving  wishes 
than  were  showered  on  Miss  Julia  Langhorne 
when  she  became  the  bride  of  Lieutenant  James 
Parker,  U.  S.  N.,  at  the  brilliant  wedding  which  took 
place  Wednesday  evening,  August  14th,  at  St.  Luke's 
Church.  The  affair  was  one  of  the  notabie  events 
in  local  society.  The  church  was  beautiful  in  its 
bower  of  ferns  and  lilies,  with  touches  of  blue,  in 
compliment   to   the   colors   of  the   groom. 

The  bride,  tall  and  stately,  with  the  graces  of 
a  true  American  girl,  was  regal  in  her  beautiful 
the  length  of  her  train.  A  graceful  shower  of  or- 
the  length  of  he  rtrain  .  A  graceful  shower  of  or- 
chids and  lilies  of  the  valley  was  carried  in  the  arms 
of  the  bride.  Orange  Dlossoms  caught  the  Juliet 
cap  to  her  hair  and  fell  becomingly  in  the  folds  of 
the  lace. 

Miss  Marion  Newhall,  the  maid  of  honor,  was 
charming  in  a  gown  of  white  and  gold.  She  car- 
ried a  bouquet  of  yellow  blossoms.  The  two  brides- 
maids, Miss  Sara  Cunningham  and  Miss  Louise 
Boyd,  were  gowned  in  beautiful  blue,  the  shades 
blending  from  the  blue  of  the  heavens  to  the  deeper 
blue  tones  of  the  sea.  They  carried  graceful  wreaths 
of  old-fashioned  flowers  harmonizing  with  the  colors 
of   their   exquisite    gowns. 

Lieuntenant  Courtland  Parker,  U.  S.  A.,  brother 
of  the  bridegroom,  was  best  man,  and,  like  the  other 
army  and  navy  officials  present,  was  in  full  uni- 
form. Lieutenant  James  Lawrence  Kauffman,  U.  S. 
N.,  Mr.  James  P.  Langhorne  Jr.,  brother  of  the 
bride,  Mr.  Philip  Lauman,  and  Mr.  Stanford  Gwin 
were   the  ushers. 

After  the  wedding  a  reception  was  held  at  the 
Langhorne  home  on  Pacific  avenue,  to  which  many 
relatives  and  intimate  friends  were  invited.  The 
same  color  scheme  of  white  and  gold  was  followed, 
and  significant  touches  of  blue  were  abundantly 
used. 

The  bride's  popularity  was  attested  by  the  mag- 
nificent wedding  gifts  in  wondrous  profusion.  Mrs. 
Templeton  Crocker,  one  of  whose  bridesmaids  Miss 
Langhorne  had  been,  sent  a  beautiful  bow  of  dia- 
monds. Prom  the  Newhalls  came  a  silver  tea  ser- 
vice. (Miss  Langhorne  was  bridesmaid  for  Eliza- 
beth Newhall.)  The  Alexander  girls  of  New  York, 
who  were  bridesmaids  at  Miss  Jennie  Crocker's  wed- 
ding with  Miss  Langhorne,  presented  silver  candel- 
abra. Miss  Cora  Flood  presented  a  wonderful  silver 
vase  standing  three  feet  high.  Quantities  of  per- 
sonal pieces  of  silver  from  intimate  friends  who 
know  the  desires  and  tastes  of  the  bride,  exquisitely 
embroidered  linens,  jewelry  displaying  thought  and 
taste,  bronzes,  pictures — in  fact,  a  veritable  shower 
of  the  best  the  shops  could  offer — found  the  home 
of   this  favorite   bride. 

Miss  Langhorne  acted  as  bridesmaid  oftener  than 
any  other  society  belle  in  San  Francisco.  Her  last 
appearance  in  that  role  having  been  at  the  wedding 
of  Miss  Jennie  Crocker,  whom  she  expects  to  meet 
at  her  Norfolk  home.  When  her  sister,  Maizie  Lang- 
horne, married  Richard  Hammond,  she  was  maid  of 
honor,  and  was  bridesmaid  for  Mary  Keeney  and 
Talbot  Walker,  Elizabeth  Newhall  and  Arthur  Chese- 
brough,  Carol  Moore  and  Arthur  Geissler,  Helene 
Irwin  and  Templeton  Crocker,  and  others  of  her, 
social   set. 

Miss  Julia  Hayne  Langhorne  comes  of  one  of  San 
Francisco's  exclusive  families'.  She  is  the  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  P.  "Langhorne.  Mr.  Lang- 
horne is  a  prominent  lawyer. 


Weddings. 


Flowers  everywhere,  making  a  bower  of  the  pretty 
Whittle  home  in  Mill  Valley,  was  the  scene  of  the 
wedding  of  Miss  Grace  Whittle  and  Mr.  Leslie 
Webb  Symmes.  It  was  a  family  affair,  with  only 
a  few  intimates  as  guests.  The  bride,  a  winsome 
young  woman,  of  charming  beauty  and  grace,  looked 
beautiful  in  her  elegant'  bridal  robe  of  white.  Miss 
Bessie  Whittle,  sister  of  the  bride,  was  maid  of 
honor.  She  was  gowned  in  the  daintiest  shimmering 
shades    of   pink    and    lavender. 

Mrs.  Albert  Whittle,  mother  of  the  bride,  was 
beautifully  gowned  in  silk  and  rare  laee.     The  bride 


Boye    Photo. 
MRS.  LESLIE  WEBB  SYMMES   (nee  Whittle) 

The  winsome  bride  of  the  week  whose  wedding  was 
a  pretty  home  affair. 

was  given  into  the  keeping  of  the  groom  by  her 
father,  Albert  M.  Whittle,  assastant  cashier  of  the 
Savings    Union   Bank   of    San   Francisco. 

Mr.  Symmes  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank 
J.  Symmes,  receiver  of  the  California  Safe  Deposit 
and  Trust  Co.  Their  home  is  in  Berkeley.  Young 
Symmes  is  a  civil  engineer,  his  college  life  being 
spent  at  the  University  of  California.  The  young 
couple  will  spend  a  part  of  their  honeymoon  in 
Europe,  and  are  planning  to  locate  in  South  Amer- 
ica for  the  next  few  years,  where  Mr.  Symmes 
finds  a  promising  future. 

The  bride  and  groom  are  very  popular  in  the 
younger  social  set,  the  fact  being  attested  by  the 
elegant  gifts  from  their  many  friends.  The  elder 
Symmes  family  presented  the  young  people  a  chest 
of  flat  silver  as  a  wedding  gift. 


News  of  the  wedding  of  Dr.  William  Saehens 
Morgan  and  Mrs.  Leolyn  S.  Beard  has  come  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  many  friends  of  Dr.  Morgan  in 
Berkeley.  The  wedding  took  place  on  Thursday, 
August  1st,  at  Shelton,  Conn.,  the  home  of  the 
bride,  who  is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Aaron  R. 
Sniist.      Mr.    Smith    is    a    wealthy    manufacturer    of 


Connecticut.  Dr.  Morgan  is  very  well  known  as  a 
teacher  of  ethics  and  theology,  and  the  author  of 
philosophical  books  used  in  theological  courses.  He 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Yale  divinity  school  and  during 
late  years  has  been  occupying  his  present  position 
at  the  University  of  California.  Doctor  and  Mrs. 
Morgan  will  make  their  home  in  Berkeley. 


At  the  flower-gardened  iiome  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank 
Seitz  in  San  Rafael,  a  pretty  wedding  was  solemn 
ized  on  Monday,  August  12th.  Miss  Vera  Seitz, 
the  bride,  has  been  one  of  the  most  popular  girls 
of  the  San  Rafael  set.  Mr.  Parker  F.  Wood,  the 
groom,  is  the  son  of  Mrs.  Catherine  Wood  of  San 
Rafael,  whose  daughter,  Mildred  Wood,  was  mar- 
ried last  Saturday  to  Mr.  Melville  Erskine.  Mr. 
Wood  is  connected  with  Fairbanks,  Morse  &  Co. 


The  quaint  little  Swedenborgian  Church,  where 
so  many  noted  weddings  have  taken  place,  was  the 
scene  of  a  ceremony  last  Saturday  morning  at  11 
o'clock.  Miss  Mildred  Wood  was  the  beautiful 
bride  and  Mr.  Melville  Erskine,  the  groom.  The 
ceremony  was  performed  by  the  pastor  of  the  church, 
the  Rev.  Joseph  Wooster.  The  bride  was  given  in 
marriage    by  her  brother,    Mr.    Parker  F.    Wood. 

The  bride  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Catherine  Wood* 
of  San  Rafael,  where  the  Wood  family  have  made 
their  home  for  some  time  past.  Mr.  Erskine 
is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Erskine  of 
Berkeley,  and  is  connected  with  the  Alaska  Com- 
mercial  Co. 


A  quiet  wedding  ceremony  was  solemnized  Tues- 
day afternoon  last,  when  Edna  Meyer  became  the 
wife  of  Ernest  J.  Sultan.  The  pretty  home  of  the 
bride  in  Presidio  Terrace  was  the  scene  of  the 
wedding,  and  the  affair  was  a  secret  hidden  from 
friends  of  the  contracting  parties.  Miss  Meyer  is 
the  grandniece  of  Daniel  Meyer,  a  banker  and  mil- 
lionaire. She  was  formerly  the  wife  of  Walter  G. 
Sachs,  an  insurance  broker,  from  whom  she  was 
divorced  some  two  years  ago.  The  divorce  was  a 
shock  to  the  smart  set,  where  Edna  Meyer  bore  the 
distinction  of  being  the  best-gowned  woman  in  San 
Francisco.  The  family  disruption  followed  after 
six  years  of  married  life,  and  the  decree  was  obtained 
so  quietly  that  even  the  most  intimate  friends  of 
the  couple  never  did  discover  the  cause  which  led 
to  the  divorce.  Sachs  transferred  the  Presidio 
Terrace  home  and  a  small  fortune  in  stocks  to  his 
wife.  She  resumed  her  maiden  name  of  Edna 
Meyer. 

News  of  the  wedding  came  as  a  complete  surprise 
to  those  who  have  known  both  the  bride  and  groom, 
for  no  one  had  suspected  the  romance.  Mr.  Sultan 
is  a  familiar  figure  in  many  of  the  foremost  clubs 
of  the  city.  He  is  treasurer  of  the  Crescent  Feather 
Company,  in  which  he  is  interested.  Julius  Sultan, 
pioneer    cigar   merchant,    is  his    father. 


At  the  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  G.  Watson 
on  Twenty-ninth  street  last  Wednesday  evening  took 
place  one  of  the  prettiest  weddings  of  the  season, 
when  Miss  Maybelle  Lindlay  Allan,  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  B.  Allen  of  Paw- 
tukct,  Rhode  Island,  became  the  bride  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Charles  Hunter  of  this  city.  The  house 
was  profusely  decorated  with  palms,  festoons  of 
smilax  and  cut  roses,  pink  and  white,  predominat- 
ing. The  ceremony,  which  took  place  at  eight 
o'clock,  was  performed  hy  the  Rev.  W.  Kirk  Guthrie 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  under  a  wedding 
bell    of    white    roses.      The    bride    was    attended    by 


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Miss    Helen    Josephine    Conant    of    this    city,    while 
Mr,    Robert    Otis    Houghton,    also  of   this   city    attend- 

•■I l  Mr.   Hunter  si  best  man.     The  ashen  were  Mr. 
Campbell   Mac-Gregor  and  Mr.  John   <;.   Watson. 

To  the  music  of  the  bridal  chorus  from  Lohengrin, 
played  by  an  orchestra  under  the  direction  of  Prof. 
I  ha  Weisel,  the  bride  entered  tin.-  front  parlor 
alone,  preceded  by  the  bridal  party,  Sho  wore  a 
beautiful  gown  of  white  oharmeuse,  cut  entrain, 
with  overdrape  and  trimmings  *»f  lacy  und  pcurl, 
also  a  Juliet  cap  of  rose  point  lace  and  orange 
blossoms,  and  carried  a  shower  bouquet  of  orchids 
and  lilies  of  the  valley.  The  maid  of  honor  wore 
a  beautiful  gown  of  pink  Batin  with  overdrapo  of 
pink  eh i (Ton,  and  carried  pink  roses.  At  ill.  re- 
ception which  followed  and  I"  which  a  hundred 
guests  had  burn  bidden,  tin-  bridal  couple  wore  as- 
aisted  in  receiving  by  Mrs,  John  G  Watson,  Bister 
of  the  bride,  who  wore  a  becoming  gown  of  while 
satin;  also  by  Miss  Qonant  and  Mr.  Houghton.  A 
buffet  supper  was  Berved  during  the  evening  by  a 
fashionable  caterer. 

The  groom's  gift  to  his  best  man  was  gold  cuff 
links  and  to  the  ushers,  gold  stick  pins.  The  bride's 
gift  to  bei  maid  was  a  gold  neck  chain  with  a 
imr'Hpii'  pearl  pendant.  The  wedding  gifts  were 
\rn  numerous  and  beautiful.  After  the  honeymoon 
in  Southern  California,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hunter  will 
reside    in   this  city. 


A  romance  which  began  at  Stanford  and  found 
Us  culmination  in  San  Francisco  on  Saturday,  Aug. 
ITtli,  united  Miss  Maude  Bassett  of  Los  Angeles 
and  Mr.  Liiiliani  McDougal  of  Belmont.  The  bride 
graduated  from  Stanford  in  '12,  the  groom  pre- 
ceding  her  in  the  year  '11.  The  wedding  of  this 
week  is  the  result  of  the  college  romance.  Miss 
Bassett  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  S.  Bas- 
aetl  of  I. os  Angeles.  Mr.  McDougal  is  the  son  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  McDougal  of  Belmont.  He 
is   engineer    for    the    Imperial    Valley    Water    Co. 


Miss  Violet  Dow  was  a  beautiful  bride  at  the 
ceremony  on  Thursday,  the  15th,  when  she  became 
the  wife  of  Mr.  George  Schulz.  The  attractive  home 
of  Mrs.  Joseph  Ames,  sister  of  Violet  Dow,  was 
beautifully  decorated  for  the  occasion.  Miss  Hazel 
Dow,  a  younger  sister  of  the  bride,  was  maid  of 
honor.  Miss  Winifred  Shepard,  a  charming  debu- 
tante, was  bridesmaid.  Mr.  Chester  and  Mr.  Lester 
Dow  attended  the  groom.  The  bride  has  been  the 
special  protege  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  Ames,  who  an- 
nounced the  betrothal  at  the  Palace  some  weeks 
ago.  Mr.  Schulz  is  a  .jright  young  business  man 
of  Pruitvale.  The  young  couple  will  reside  in 
Oakland. 


Many  of  the  society  folks  of  the  transbay  cities 
journeyed  to  Auburn  on  Saturday  to  a,ttend  the 
wedding  of  Miss  Grace  Jordan  and  Mr.  Herbert 
Gerald  Ramsay.  It  was  a  garden  wedding,  the  beau- 
tiful country  home  of  the  bride  furnishing  a 
picturesque    environment. 

Miss  Jordan  is  the  daughter  of  Secretary  of 
State  and  Mrs.  Frank  Jordan.  Mr.  Ramsay  is  iden- 
tified with  the  business  life  of  Oakland,  where  the 
young    couple   will   reside. 


A  very  pretty  wedding  ceremony  took  place  in 
St.  Mark's  Church,  Berkeley,  on  the  1st  inst.  Miss 
Mabel  Elliott  was  the  pretty  bride,  Mr.  Leon  Irving 
Kelly  the  groom.  Mr.  Kelly  is  known  as  the  sister 
nf  Elliott,  the  varsity  football  captain.  Only  the 
immediate  members  of  the  family  witnessed  the  cer- 
emony. Mr.  Loon  Kelly  is  a  well-known  contractor 
of  San  Jose,  where  the  bridal  pair  will  make  their 
home. 


The  wedding  of  Miss  Henrietta  Hanson  aud  Mr. 
Thomas  G.  Gutherie  was  a  pretty  affair  of  the  past 
week. 


Miss  Nell  Siddons  is  married.  The  announcement 
of  this  clever  girl's  marriage  to  Mr.  W.  C.  Hall 
came  as  an  interesting  bit  of  news.  The  wedding 
took  place  in  Seattle  during  the  past  week  at  the 
home  of  Mr.  W.  W.  Chapin.  The  bride  is  well  known 
in  Sacramento  and  San  Francisco,  where  her  literary 
and    journalistic    work    gave    her    some    prominence. 


She  is  very  bright,  attractive,  and  speaks  a  number 
uagea   with    ease   and   grace.     Mr.   Hall   is  a 
mining   man    with    urge   intonate   iii   Aluska. 


Engagements. 


BARON— HARBISON.— Miss  Estelle  Baron  and 
Mr.  Samuel  ML  Harrison  Miss  Baron  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mr.s.  William  Baron.  Mr.  Harrison 
is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  A.  Harrison.  The  wed- 
ding    will    take    j. lace    in    Ortober. 

DEIMEL— McODTOHEON.— Miss     Elma     Deimel 

anil  Mr.  Charles  McCntAaon.  Miss  Deimel  is  the 
daughter  nf  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  L.  Deimel  of  New 
York,  and  niece  of  l>r.  and  Mrs.  Victor  G.  Vecki 
of  this  city.  Mr.  MeCutelieon  is  junior  partner  of 
tho  firm  of  McCutcheon  &  McCutchoon  of  New 
York  and  London.  Tho  wedding  will  take  place  in 
London  during  October.  New  York  will  be  tho 
future    nome    of    the    McCutcheons. 

HASK1  NS— W  I  (i  1  IT. — M  iss  Marguerite  Haskins 
ami  Mr,  Ralph  H,  Wight.  Miss  Haskins  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Mr  \V.  S.  Haskins,  a  well-known  mining  man, 
with      large     interests     iu     British     Columbia.  Mr. 

Wighl  is  a  son  of  Mr.  nnd  Mrs.  C.  N.  Wight,  a* 
pioneer  family  of  Contra  Cost  a  county.  He  is  now 
practising  law  in  Martinez..  The  wedding  will  take 
place   within    the    next    few    montus. 

KAUFMAN — MUELLER. — Miss  Blanche  Lillian 
Kaufman  and  Mr.  Jesse  Albert  Mueller.  Miss  Kauf- 
man is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leo  Kaufman. 
Mr.  Leo  Kaufman  is  an  attorney-at-law  of  San 
Francisco.  Mr.  Mueller  is  connected  with  the  firm 
of  Bishop,  Hoefler,  Cook  &  Harwood.  The  date  of 
the   wedding    is    not  announced. 

PRINCE— MORRIS.— Miss  Elede  Prince  and  Mr. 
Leon  E.  Morris.  Miss  Prince  is  the  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Charlotte  Prince.  Mr.  Morris  is  an  attorney  of 
San  Francisco.  Miss  Prince  received  her  friends  on 
Monday  at  the  Dorchester.  The  wedding  will  take 
place   during   the   winter  months. 

RYAN — SIMPSON. — Miss  Marie  Louise  Ryan 
and  Lieutenant  George  Wirt  Simpson.  Miss  Ryan 
is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Burrell 
Ryan  of  Norfolk,  Va.  Lieutenant  Simpson  is  the 
son  of  Colonel  William  A.  bimpson,  who  was  for 
several  years  Adjutant-General  of  California.  The 
Simpsons  resided  at  the  Hillcrest,  and  it  was  there 
that  Miss  Simpson  became  the  wife  of  Lieutenant 
Harold  Naylor.  Lieutenant  Simpson  came  to  San 
Francisco  with  the  Pacific  fleet  a  short  time  ago. 
Lieutenant  William  F.  Simpson,  now  at  the  Pre- 
sidio, is  a  brother  of  Lieutenant  George  Simpson  of 
the  navy.  October  has  been  selected  as  the  month 
for  the  wedding  at  the  bride's  Virginia  home. 

RYST— QUINN.— Miss  Emilie  Ryst  and  Mr. 
Thomas  Quinn.  Miss  Ryst  is  the  daughter  of  Otto 
Ryst,  and  comes  of  a  distinguished  German  family. 
Her  father  and  grandfather  were  both  connected 
with  the  army,  receiving  the  honors  of  the  Iron 
Cross  for  medical  services.  Mr.  Quinn  comes  of  an 
English    family,    and   now    resides    in    San   Francisco. 

THOMPSON — COONS. — Miss  Laura  Thompson 
and  Mr.  Vernon  Coons.  Miss  Thompson  is  the 
daughter  of  Mrs.  F.  E.  McKinstry  of  Park  avenue, 
Alameda.  Mr.  Coons  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Coons  of  Elk  Grove.  He  is  the  nephew  of 
Mayor  M.  H.  Beard  of  Sacramento.  The  wedding 
will  take  place  in  September  at  the  home  of  the 
bride  s    mother. 

Recent  Events. 

Luncheons  in  honor  of  Miss  Maybelle  Findlay 
Allan,  who  became  the  bride  of  Mr.  Thomas  Charles 
Hunter  last  Wednesday,  were  given  by  Mrs.  Caro- 
line R.  Ogilvie,  Mrs.  Frank  E.  Olhin,  Mrs.  Emil 
Hirshfeld,   and  also  by  Mrs.  A.   C.   Mullin. 

Miss  Christiana  Gray  of  Eleventh  avenue  gave  a 
Dutch  Whist  and  Linen  Shower  in  honor  of  Miss 
Maybelle  Allan,  who  became  the  bride  of  Mr. 
Thomas  C.  Hunter  on  August  7th.  The  bride-to-be 
was  showered  with  many  beautiful  gifts,  after  which 
the  guests  played  whist,  the  winners  at  the  close  of 
the  game  being  Miss  Jessie  Harrower,  Mrs.  James 
Weir,  and  Mrs.  David  Girdwood.  Among  the 
guests  were  Mrs.  John  G.  Watson,  Mrs.  B.  I. 
Conant,    Miss    Helen    J.    Conant,    Misses    Harrower, 


.Mrs.  \V.  E.  Stark,  Mrs.  William  P.  Stanton,  Mrs. 
Oliver  Darker,  Mrs.  James  Weir,  Mrs.  David  Gird- 
wood, Dr.  Emma  Buckley,  Mrs.  Frank  Miller,  Mrs. 
A.  Solley,  Mrs.  A.  Mulhns.  Miss  Maybelle  K 
Mrs.  Gray,  Miss  E.  P.  Edgar,  Mr.s.  \\  a. Iter  Campbell, 
Mrs.    Eugene  Ginty. 

Miss  Marie  Dieckmann  greeted  B  SCOre  and  more 
of  her  friends  on  Monday  afternoon  at  a  bridge 
pariy.  The  function  was  complimentary  to  Miss 
Christine  Turner  aud  Miss  Laymai 


Beautiful  Luncheon. 
The    Misses    Morrison    of    San    .lose    entertained 

Willi  a  very  beautiful  luncheon  On  .Saturday  in 
honor  of  Mrs,  Carroll  Buck.  Tho  beautiful  Morrison 
home  was  "en  feie,"  lovely  flowers  and  fernory 
making  a  bower  of  the  spacious  residence.  The 
round  table  was  very  effective — a  mass  of  pink 
amayriUie  in  the  center  of  the  table.  Pink  blossoms 
s  in  o  the  red  in  ferns  covered  the  tables,  which  were 
illuminated  with  soft  pink-shaded  lights.  Dainty 
water-color  place-cards  added  to  the  effectiveness 
of  the  color  scheme.  Among  the  guests  were  Mrs. 
Carroll  Buck,  Mrs,  John  P.  Wisser,  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
James  P.  Whitney,  Mrs.  J.  de  Barth  Shorb,  Mrs. 
G.  de  Noon  Lewis,  Count  aud  Countess  Knulh,  Mrs. 
Gaillard  Stoney,  Miss  de  Noon,  Judge  Broughton, 
Mr.  Findlay,  and  others.  Countess  Knulh  delight- 
fully rendered  a  very  fascinating  vocal  and  instru- 
mental   program    after    luncheon. 


Mrs.  Gardener  Initiates  Old  Custom. 
Card  cases  are  to  bo  in  evidence  again;  that  is, 
in  the  circle  of  friends  on  the  list  of  Mrs.  Cornelius 
Gardener,  wife  of  Colonel  Gardener  of  the  Sixteenth 
Infantry.  "At  homes"  have  almost  become  ob- 
solete in  these  days  of  telephones,  electrics  and 
hurried  calls.  So  the  revival  of  the  day  at  home 
and  its  attendant  pleasures  will  be  welcomed  by 
the  many  friends  of  Mrs.  Gardener,  one  of  the 
charming  hostesses   of   the   Presidio. 


Miss  Froelich's  Tea. 

When  talented  folks  assemble  there  is  always  an 
assured  commingling  of  inner  confidences.  So  the 
tea  which  Maren  Froelich  planned  in  honor  of  her 
talented  friend,  Miss  Hyde,  was  artistic  in  every 
sense  of  the  word.  Miss  Hyde  has  distinguished  her- 
self as  an  exponent  of  the  Japanese  art,  and  ranks 
among   the    first    in    this    branch    of   the   brush. 

Miss  Froelich  has  won  many  honors  in  Europe 
for  her  work,  and  her  studio  is  the  joy  of  her  many 
admirers.  Among  the  guests  at  Miss  Froelich's  tea 
were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Crocker,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  -Deering,  Major  and  Mrs.  Andrew  S.  Rowan, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  McLennan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold 
de  Wolfe,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Mora  Moss,  Mrs.  David 
Bixler,  Mrs.  Steiner,  Mrs.  Henry  St.  Goar,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Gerberding,  Miss  Elliott  of  Los  Angeles, 
Miss  Erna  St.  Goar,  Messrs.  George  Lewis,  Lucien 
Knight. 


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Miss  Colburn's  Tea. 
One    of    the    most    daintily    appointed    teas    of    the 
past  week  was  given  by  Miss  Maye  Colburn  in  com- 
pliment   to    Mrs.    Earl    Shipp,    who    is    the    special 
guest   at   so   many   society   affairs  just  now. 


Finley  Dinner. 
The  dinner  given  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Walter 
L.  Finley  and  Mrs.  Finley  in  honor  of  Colonel  and 
Mrs.  Cornelius  Gardener,  upon  their  return  from 
Alaska,  was  a  most  delightful  affair.  The  guests 
were  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Lea  Febiger  and  Lieutenant 
Colonel   and  Mrs.   Chase   Kennedy. 


Miss  McKinstry  Gives  a  Luncheon. 
When  Miss  Laura  McKinstry  gives  a  luncheon, 
her  guests  always  anticipate  a  genuine  pleasure; 
and  so  Wednesday's  affair  was  all  that  could  be 
desired  in  appointment,  in  concourse  and  cordiality. 
Mrs.  Charles  E.  Alexander  was  the  complimented 
guest  and  the  friends  invited  for  this  occasion  were 
Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker,  Mrs.  Ernest  Simpson, 
Mrs.  Philip  E.  Knowles,  Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard,  Mrs. 
Frederick  Sanborn,  Mrs.  M.  C.  Sloss  and  Mrs.  Abbie 
E.  Krebs. 


Weller  Reception. 
The  hospitable  doors  of  the  Weller  home  on  Pa- 
cific avenue  were  thrown  open  on  Saturday  to  the 
many  friends  of  Mrs.  Earl  Shipp  (Anna  Weller). 
Mrs.  Charles  L.  Weller,  with  her  usual  grace,  greeted 
the  guests  and  genuine  cordiality  prevailed.  The 
spacious  rooms  were  abloom  with  blossoms  of  ar- 
tistic blending.  The  gorgeous  gowns  of  the  guests 
added  to  tne  picture  of  it  all,  and  marked  one  of 
the  most  beautiful   functions  of  local  society. 


At  Del  Monte. 

Del  Monte  has  been  throbbing  with  gaiety  and  life 
lately.  Putting  contests  on  the  miniature  nine-hole 
course  in  the  spacious  grounds  of  the  hotel,  after- 
noon teas  served  out-of-doors,  and  interesting  diver- 
sions of  all  kinds  add  to  the  attractions  of  this 
popular   resort. 

Mrs.  H.  R.  Warner  was  the  presiding  hostess  at 
an  afternoon  tea  a  few  days  ago,  entertaining  sixty 
ladies.  Tne  dainty  floral  colorings  of  the  table 
decorations  and  the  beautiful  afternoon  gowns  of 
the  charming  guests  lent  a  harmonious  rainbow 
effect   to  the  event. 

Mrs.  Eugene  Murphy  is  another  hostess  who  en- 
tertains at  afternoon  parties  after  the  golf  games. 
Mr.  D.  T.  Murphy  joined  Mrs.  Murphy  for  the 
week-end.  Mr.  E.  C.  Woleseley  of  Burlingame,  and 
Mr.  C.  R.  Tobin  of  San  Francisco,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Cheatham  of  the  Granada  Hotel,  Mrs.  Milton 
Pray,  Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges  of  Santa  Barbara 
(now  on  her  way  to  New  Jersey),  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  R.  Dray  and  Miss  Laura  Meyer  are  favorite 
visitors   to   the   famous   hostelry. 

Among  those  who  motor  to  Del  Monte  for  the 
week-end  are  Major  F.  H.  Sargent,  TJ.  S.  A.,  Miss 
Sargent,  a  golf  enthusiast,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  0. 
Duncan,  Mr.  Berrion  Anderson  of  Burlingame,  with 
Messrs.  Lucio  and  M.  Mentzer  and  Miss  Mentzer, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ewiug  Winship,  Miss  Margaret  Casey, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Jaynes  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam A.  Martin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Cantel,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  E.  C.  Putnam,  Mr.  J.  W.  Byrne  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.    P.    M.    Hall. 

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1MPRESABI0  GBEENBATJM,  it  seems,  has 
not  let  any  grass  grow  under  his  feet 
Binee  the  close  of  the  last  concerl  season 
in  Sim  Francisco,  He  has  been  one  of  the 
busiest  of  men  preparing  a  list  of  attractions 
to  match  those  of  the  past  year.  That  is,  in- 
deed, a  tusk,  for  Mr.  Greenbaum  presented  to 
us  some  of  the  greatest  artists  in  lite  world, 
and  so  many  others  of  the  first-class  that 
the  concert  stage  of  San  Francisco  reached  a 
degree  of  excellence  that  would  be  creditable 
in  any  great  metropolis  in 
the    world. 

When  lovers  of  good  mu- 
sic contract  what  the  local 
concert  stage  offered  in  for- 
mer years,  or  what  the  pub- 
lic has  become  accustomed 
to  under  the  direction  of 
Impresario  Greenbaum,  the 
debt  of  gratitude  to  Mr. 
Greenbaum  for  his  discrimi- 
nation and  enterprise  is 
made  apparent.  It  can  only 
be  repaid  by  the  most  lib 
eral  support  during  the  sea- 
sou,  when  Mr.  Greenbaum 
will  present  many  artists  of 
world-wide  renown  —  some 
of  them  old  favorites,  ever 
welcome,  and  some  new  to 
Han  Francisco  concert  pa- 
trons. 

Amongst  the  noted  sing- 
ers will  be  Ricardo  Martin, 
the  great  Metropolitan  Op- 
era •House  tenor.  Mr. 
Greenbaum  has  selected  this 
eminent  artist  to  opeu  the 
season  on  Octjober  loth. 
Rudolph  Ganz,  a  pianist  ot 
splendid  ability,  will  be  the 
accompanist. 

Madame  Johanna  Gadski, 
who  as  a  Wagnerian  expo- 
nent is  incomparable,  will 
visit  us  under  Impresario 
Greenbaum 's  management, 
and  so  will  that  former  fa- 
vorite, Alice  Nielsen  of 
the  Boston  Opera  Company. 
With  six  members  of  the 
company,  she  will  give  se- 
lections from  her  operatic 
repertoire.  Miss  Nielsen 
was  one  of  the  ' '  bright,  par- 
ticular stars  of  the  old  Tiv- 
oli  Opera  House  in  the  days 
antecedent  to  1906.  Since 
leaving  us  she  has  extended 
her  artistic  fame  and  broad- 
ened her  vocal  powers,  and 
is  justly  rated  as  one  of  the 
great  American  sopranos  of 
the  day.  possessing  as  she 
does  a  voice  of  wonderful 
purity  and  flexibility.  The 
old  Tivoli  Company  devel- 
oped many  fine  artists  as 
well  as  a  Tetrazzini. 

An  entire  performance  of 
that  delightful  operetta, 
"The  Secret  of  Suzanne," 


will  be  given  by  Miss  Nielsen  and  the  other 
members   of   i  i,r    Boston    I  (pera    <  'ompany. 

Another  artist  win.  calls  California  home, 
and  whom  Mr,  Greenbaum  will  present  during 
the  comping  season,  is  Kathleen  Parlow,  the 
violinist  whose  triumphs  have  gained  her  inter- 
national fame.  She  was  a  pupil  of  the  late 
Henry  Holmes  of  San  Francisco,  whose  hopes 
of  her  brilliant  future  have  been  fully  realized. 
Miss    Parlow    is    only    2<)    years    of    age. 

Of  tiie  violinists,  the  best  in  the  world  will 


MRS.    GENE   HUGHES 
Who  will  present  Edgar   Allen  Woolf's   playlet,    "Youth,' 


next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 


he  presented  by  Mr.  Greenbaum.     lie  intends 
that  we  shall  hear  5fsaye,  fclischa   Elman,  ami 

Mam I     Powell,     as     well     as     Kathleen     Parlow. 

The  pianists  selected  u^'  the  Greenbaum  list 
of  attractions  include  Yoland  Mero,  the  Nun 
garian,  Joseph  Lhevinne,  and  Leopold  Godow- 
ski,  an  artist  of  eminent  distinction,  who  has 
not  been  heard  for  years  by  San  Francisco 
concert  patrons,  but  is  remembered  with  pleas- 
lire  since  his  appearance  in  the  old  California 
Theater.  The  engagement  of  the  famous  con- 
tralto. Clara  Butt,  and  her 
husband,  Kennedy  Rumford, 
a  celebrated  English  basso, 
should  prove  a  most  judi- 
cious selection  for  the  Green- 
baum attractions.  Clara 
Putt's  eminence  in  English 
concert  is  unquestioned. 
She  has  been  patronized  by 
royalty,  and  has  an  Irish 
following  only  equaled  by 
that  of  John  McCormic,  the 
tenor,  whose  engagement 
last  year  proved  so  success- 
ful when  Mr.  Greenbaum 
intercepted  him  on  the  way 
back  from  an  Australian 
tour  and  signed  him  up  for 
a  brief  engagement,  which 
had  to  be  extended  so  great 
was  the  public  desire  to 
hear  him. 

In  London,  where  Clara 
Butt  is  lecognized  as  an 
artist  of  the  first  order,  it 
is  no  unusual  thing  to  find 
several  columns  of  concert 
announcements  exclusive  of 
the  regular  theatrical  ad- 
vertisements in  the  Morn- 
ing Telegraph.  Not  on  one 
day  in  the  week,  but 
throughout  the  season,  do 
the  leading  London  news- 
papers contain  so  many  ad- 
vertisements of  musical 
events.  London  gets  the 
best  talent  in  the  world, 
and  more  of  it  than  any 
other  city,  and  for  that  rea- 
son a  real  London  reputa- 
tion means  much  to  a 
singer, 

Mme.  Marcella  Sembrich, 
Mme.  Gerville  Reach  the 
contralto,  Julian  Culp  the 
mezzo-soprano,  are  included 
in  Mr.  Greenbaum  's  list  for 
the  approaching  season.  So 
are  Corinne  Rider-Kelsey 
and  Adeline  Genee,  whose 
dancing  has  electrified  Eu- 
rope. An  innovation  by 
Mr,  Greenbaum  will  be  the 
presentation  of  the  ever- 
popular  colored  screen  pic- 
tures, of  the  kind  which 
Barton  Holmes  introduceu 
so  cleverly.  ''Travelogues" 
is  the  title  of  these  pictures 
which  are  intended  to  com- 
bine     the      amusement      of 


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[Saturday,  August  17,  1912. 


travel  with  its  instruct- 
ive features.  It  is  evi- 
dent that  the  Greenbaum 
season  will  be  memor- 
able, with  such  a  list  of 
talent  to  keep  the  public 
interest   at   full   tension. 


At  the  Cort. 

THE  Margaret  Mayo 
comedy,  ' '  Baby 
Mine,"  that  ded- 
icated the  Cort  Theater, 
and  which  returns  there 
Sunday  night  for  a  two 
weeks'  engagement,  de- 
pends not  on  buffoonery, 
but  on  ludicrous  situa- 
tions for  the  humorous 
action  of  the  piece. 

As  a  laugh-producer, 
it  is  said  to  be  the  great- 
est success  the  stage  has 
ever  known.  The  play, 
unique  in  origin  and 
mission,  fulfills  the  part 
it  sets  out  to,  as  an  in- 
strument of  roaring  com- 
edy. "While  Miss  Mayo 
confesses  that  she  got 
the  idea  for  "Baby 
Mine"  from  a  newspa- 
per clipping  that  stated 
that  thousands  of  hus- 
bands are  fondling  ba 
bies  in  the  belief  that 
they  are  their  own,  the 
records  of  the  Chicago 
luundling  hospital  bear 
out  the  assertion  that 
hundreds  of  strange  in- 
fants have  been  and  are 
constantly  being  palmed 
off  on  unsuspecting  so- 
called  fathers  as  their 
legitimate  issue.  With 
this     basic     idea,     Miss 

Mayo  has  fashioned  the  funniest  play  of  re- 
cent years.  From  the  moment  the  young,  hot- 
headed husband  leaves  home  in  a  towering 
rage,  and  when  later  a  comforting  female 
friend  of  the  wife  suggests  that  he  be  lured 
back  by  a  telegram  that  at  least  he  is  the 
father  of  a  baby  boy,  "Baby  Mine"  takes 
on  all  the  aspects  of  a  screamingly  funny 
comedy  that  knows  no  let-up  in  its  laughing 
department.  Throughout  the  three  acts  of 
the  piece  the  fun  proves  to  be  of  the  cumu- 
lative sort,  so  that  by  the  time  for  the  final 
fall  of  the  curtain  the  audience  is  well  nigh 
exhausted  with  laughter. 

"Baby  Mine"  proved  an  unmixed  delight 
when   it   was    here   last    September,    although 


CPJ£ 


MARGUERITE    CLARK 

The  aainty  actress  who  will  he  seen  in  her  original  role  of  the  fibbing  wife 
in  "Baby  Mine"  at  the  Cort  Sunday  night. 

Miss  Clark,  one  of  the  principal  members  of 
the  cast,  was  missing  on  account  of  illness. 
This  time  we  will  have  her  at  the  head  of  the 
company,  investing  the  part  of  the  fibbing 
wife  with  the  rare  charm  that  is  her  portion. 
Ernest  Glendenning,  the  original  "husband" 
of  the  piece,  who  was  here  before,  is  in  his 
old  part.  His  achievements  at  the  old  Al- 
cazar, where  he  was  leading  juvenile  for  a 
number  of  seasons,  are  too  well  known  to  need 
reiteration.  The  selection  of  Miss  Clark  and 
Mr.  Glendenning  for  their  respective  parts 
could  scarcely  be  improved  upon.  Both  are 
young,  attractive,  and  in  every  other  way 
especially  fitted  to  the  roles  devised  by  Miss 
Mayo.  The  New  York  cast  will  be  seen  in 
addition  to  the  two  players  noted,  anud  the 
production  continues  under  the  direction  of 
William  A.  Brady,  which  is  a  sufficient  guar- 
antee of  its  character. 


LEADING  THEATRE 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter   2460. 


Last  Time  Tonight,    "THE  MIKADO' 


Beginning     Tomorrow     ( Sunday)     Night 

2    Weeks — Matinees    Wed.    and    Sat. 

William  A.   Brady  Ltd.   Presents: 

"BABY  MINE" 

BY    MARGARET    MAYO 
The    Funniest    Play    Ever    Written,    with 

MARGUERITE  CLARK 

—  And  — 

ERNEST      GLENDINNING 

In  Their  Original  Roles. 


Prices — 50c.   to   $1.50. 


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Orpheum  Attractions. 
HE  Orpheum  program  for  next  week 
should  particularly  commend  itself  to 
lovers  of  vaudeville.  If  W.  C.  Fields, 
who  heads  the  new  bill,  would  eliminate  every 
semblance  of  jugglery  from  his  performance 
he  would  be  entitled  to  a  position  in  the  van 
of  comedians.  For  this  reason  the  appella- 
tion, "  The  Silent  Humorist,"  is  particularly 
appropriate  to  him.  His  game  of  pool  is  a 
classic  in  pantomime  which  has  never  been  ex- 
celled, if  equaled  anywhere.  Fields  has  only 
just  returned  from  an  extended  European  tour 
of  phenomenal  success.  He  was  to  have  ap- 
peared at  the  ' '  special  command  perform- 
ance" given  for  King  George  and  Queen  Mary 
of  England,  but  his  Orpheum  contracts  com- 
pelled his  return  to  America. 

Mrs.  Gene  Hughes  and  her  company  will  ap- 
pear in  Edgar  Allan  Woolf's  play,  " Youth," 


the  theme  of  which  is  that  youth  is  the  great 
desideratum,  and  that  people  should  prevent 
themselves  from  growing  old  in  manner  and 
appearance  by  preserving  a  lively  interest  in 
the  affairs  of  every-day  life.  Mrs.  Cora  Van 
Tassell,  somewhere  in  the  neighborhood  of 
40,  has  permittea  herself  to  become  premature- 
ly old  and  is  training  her  daughter  in  the 
same  way.  They  are  both  a  pair  of  frumps. 
Into  their  home  comes  Mrs.  Van  Tassell 's 
mother,  who  instead  of  looking  her  age  and 
appearing  very  ancient,  is  dressed  in  the 
height  of  fashion  and  is  full  of  vivacity  and 
dash.  How  she  reforms  her  daughter  and 
granddaughter  and  metamorphoses  them  from 
frowsy,  sit-in-the-corner  dowds  into  real  flesh- 
and-blood  creatures,  who  take  a  delight  in  liv- 
ing, is  cleverly  and  amusingly  shown.  Mrs. 
Gene  Hughes  achieves  quite  a  triumph  as  the 
rollicking  grandmother,  and  is  well  supported 
by  Addie  St.  Alva,  Adele  C.  Potter,  Betty 
Schwartz   and   Bruce    Elmore. 

The  Van  Brothers,  Joe  and  Ernie,  will  in- 
troduce their  skit,  "Can  Jimmy  Come  In?" 
which  is  a  happy  combination  of  harmony  and 
comedy,  next  week  only.  The  comedy  is  de- 
veloped chiefly  through  the  natural  ability  of 
Joe  Van,  whose  quaint  humor  and  amusing 
acting  are  really  inimitable.  Both  men  are 
expert  musicians  and  play  popular  selections 
on  the  zither,  saxophone  and  other  instru- 
ments. 

Venita  Gould,  a  clever  and  attractive  girl, 
who  mimics  with  accuracy  the  most  promi- 
nent stage  celebrities  of  the  day,  will  appear 
in  an  act  entitled  "Twelve  Minutes  with  the 
Stars."  Among  those  she  imitates  are  Anna 
Held,    Emma    Trentini,    Madame    Nazimova, 


Safest   and   Most   Magnificent   Theater   in   America! 

WEEK   BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY   AKTERNOON 

Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST   STANDARD   OF  VAUDEVILLE! 

W.  C.  FIELDS,  "The  Silent  Humorist";  MRS. 
GENE  HUGHES'  &  CO.,  Presenting  Edgar  Allan 
Woolf's  Oomedy  Playlet,  "Youth";  VAN  BROTH- 
ERS, Harmony  and  Comedy  (Next  Week  Only); 
VENITA  GOULD,  Impersonations;  BRADSHAW 
BROTHERS,  Comedy  Contortionists;  W.  H.  ST. 
JAMES  &  CO. ;  CHARLEY  CASE ;  NEW  DAYLIGHT 
MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week  WILLIAM  BURR 
and  DAPHNE  HOPE  in  "A  Lady,  a  Lover  and  a 
Lamp.' ' 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c.,  50c,  75c  Box  Seats,  ?1. 
Matinee    Prices    (Except    Sundays    and    Holidays). 
10c,    25c.    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  C  1670 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week   of  August   18th: 

A  SHOW  TO  THINK  ABOUT! 
JEWELL'S  MANIKINS,  Europe's  Greatest  Novelty; 
ERANCESCA  REDDING  and  CO.,  Presenting  "Hon- 
ora";  4  SOUTHERN  SINGING  GIRLS,  in  Songs 
of  the  bunny  South;  WILLIAMS  and  WOLEUS, 
Piano-Punologuists;  ELISE  SCHUYLER,  Singing 
Comedienne;  CUNNING,  "The  Jail  Breaker"; 
HATHAWAY  and  MACK,  Whirlwind  Dancers;  and 
SUNLIGHT  PICTURES. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights. 
Continuous  from   6:30. 


Prices — 10c,    20c.    and    80c. 


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and  George  X.  Cohun.  Miss  Gould  is  one  oi 
the  few  in.personators  who  before  presenting 
an   imitation  gives  a   private   rehearsal   of   it 

in   its  original. 

The  Bradshaw  Brothers,  tumblers  ami  con- 
tortionists, will  also  manifest  their  skill. 
They  hail  from  the  English  music  halls,  where 
they  are  great  favurites,  and  are  now  making 
their  first  tour  of  this  country. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  William  Burr 
and  Daphne  Hope,  Charley  Case  ami  \v.  H.  St. 
James  and  his  company. 


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At  Pantages. 
HEEBFtJL,  chuckling  audiences  are  fill 
ing  the  Pantages  Theater  this  week. 
the  stories  of  Frank  Bush,  the  incom- 
parable aneedotalist  and  impersonator,  being 
the  talk  of  the  town.  Other  acts  on  an  inter- 
esting bill  are  the  International  Cake  Walk; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Morris  in  their  clever 
little  sketch,  "The  Lady  Down  Stairs";  the 
Tokio  Miyako  troupe  of  Japanese  acrobats; 
John  P.  Kodgers,  the  popular  basso;  the  Three 
Madcaps,  English  acrobatic  dancing  girls,  and 
the  amusing  and  melodious  Clipper  Quartet. 
A  program  well  worthy  of  consideration  has 
been  prepared  for  the  week  commencing  Sun- 
day afternoon,  headed  by  Jewell's  Manikins, 
a  great  European  novelty.  A  miniature  stage 
is  shown  with  tiers  of  boxes  filled  with  well- 
dressed  first-nighters,  who  applaud  vigorously 
and  the  show  presented  is  of  a  vaudeville  na- 
ture, with  the  death  of  Cleopatra  as  a  con- 
cluding feature.  Miss  Lillie  Jewell  is  the 
manipulator  of  the  manikins,  and  she  is  a 
perfect  mistress  of  her  art.  Prancesca  Red- 
ding, a  talented  actress  who  has  scored  many 
a  success  in  San  Francisco,  will  present,  with 
competent  support,  "Honora, "  a  jolly  little 
comedietta  abounding  in  funny  situations  and 
bright  dialogues.  Max  Witt's  Southern  Sing- 
ing Girls,  four  pretty  girls  whose  excellent 
voices  blend  perfectly,  will  be  heard  in  the 
familiar  old  songs  of  the  Sunny  South,  as 
well  as  in  more  ,recent  popular  numbers.  The 
Southern  Girls  dress  becomingly  and  have 
made  a  big  hit  all  along  the  circuit.  Williams 
and  Wolfus,  a  lively  young  couple  who  offer  a 
unique  turn  entitled  "Piano-Funology, "  also 
come  highly  praised.  Williams  is  a  deep-dyed- 
in-the-wool  comdeian  who  keeps  the  piano 
busy  at  the  same  time  distributing  a  parcel 
of  jokes  that  seems  to  be  just  about  what 
vaudeville  audiences  want.  A  series  of  sensa- 
tions will  be  present- 
ed by  Cunning,  known 
all  over  the  world  as 
"The  Jail  Breaker," 
and  who  allows  him- 
self to  be  manacled 
by  officers  of  the  law, 
using  their  own  irons, 
thrown  into  a  steel 
cage  which  is  careful- 
ly sealed,  and  making 
his  escape  in  less  time 
than  it  takes  to  ejac- 
ulate "Jack  Robin- 
son." A  dainty  of- 
fering will  be  that  of 
Elise  Schuyler,  a  sing- 
ing comedienne,  who 
made  a  big  hit  in  the 
support  of  James  T. 
Powers,  and  who 
gives  a  delightful  lit- 
tle entertainment  very 
out  of  the  ordinary. 
Hathaway  and  Mack, 
a  whirlwind  dancing 
duo,         who  dash 

through  a  sensational 
specialty,  and  Sun- 
light Pictures  show- 
ing current  events  of 
the  day,  will  complete 
a  most  excellent  and 
entertaining    bill. 


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Kruger   Club. 
HE  monthly    meeting  of  the  Krugci   i 

was  held  al   I  tie  society  'e  t as,  81 

>i  reel,    mi    Monday     aftoi  a A  Etet 

the  i  his  in  ess  of  the  meeting  was  disposed  oi 
an  excellenl  program  was  enjoyed  by  the  many 
members  present,  mosl  of  whom  were  glad  to 
be  back  in  town  to  take  up  Berious  study  fur 
the  coming  season.  Those  who  contributed  to 
the  program  were  Miss  Alta  U  Bice,  who  ren- 
dered Nbskowski's  beautiful  "An  Berceuse" 
with  exquisite  daintiness  and  u   fine  siuging 

tune;     Miss     My  rile     Claire     Lionel  ly     offered     a 

brilliantly  executed  imposition  by  Saint- 
Saens,  "The  I>anse  Marabro, "  with  Mr.  Kru- 
ger at  the  second  piano.  With  marked  finish 
and  temperament.  Miss  Violet  Funster  gave 
Saint-Saene '  ' '  Rhapsodic  d  'Auvergne, "  the 
orchestral  part  being  taken  fur  second  piano 
by  Mr.  Kruger,  while  the  final  numbers  were 
contributed  by  Mr.  Kruger,  his  selections  be- 
ing: "Si  Oiseau  j  'etais'5  ( Heneelt);  Etude 
op,  25,  No.  1,  A  fiat  majur;  Etude,  op.  25,  No. 
6,  G  sharp  minor;  Etude,  op.  10,  No.  12,  (J 
minor    (Ohopiu). 

1 

Who  He  Was. 

The  court  was  having  trouble  getting  a 
satisfactory  jury. 

"Is  there  any  reason  why  you  could  not 
pass  impartially  on  the  evidence  for  and 
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[Saturday,  August  17,  1912. 


SOCIAL  LIFE. 


(Continued  from  page  22.) 
At  Casa  del  Rey. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  B.  York  are  again  occupying 
apartments 'at  Casa  del  Rey.  Mr.  York  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Josselyn.of  San  Francisco.  A 
portion  of  the  summer  for  the  past  ten  years  has  been 
spent,   by    Mr.    York    at    Santa    Cruz. 

Mr.  Paul  Roney  and  Mrs.  F.  C.  Murphy  are  reg- 
istered at  the  Casa  del  Rey  as  guests  of  Hon.  3.  V. 
Coleman,  the  well-known  mining  man,  who  is  en- 
joying  a  two  weeks'    visit  at   Santa   Cruz. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Meusdorffer,  with  their  son,  C. 
P.  Meusdorffer,  have  taken  apartments  at  the  Casa 
del  Rey  for  the  balance  of  the  month  of  August. 
Mr.  Meusdorffer  is  a  prominent  San  Francisco  archi- 
tect. 

Mrs.  Milton  Pray  of  Burlingame,  Gal.,  and  Mrs. 
Walter  rledges  of  Sauta  Barbara,  were  at  the  Casa 
del  Rey  for  the  week-end  en  route  to  Paso  Rubles. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Devlin,  socially  promi- 
nent   in    Sacramento,    where    Mr.    Devlin    is    a    well- 

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E.   W.   Currier,   the  well-known  artist,   has   moved 
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5th  floor,  Hirsch  and  Kaiser  building.     Visitors  wel- 
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definite stay. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  F.  Devlin  of  San  Francisco 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  O.  W.  Wagner  of  Sonoma,  Gal., 
are  registered  at  the  Casa  del  Rey  for  a  few  days' 
stay.      Mr.   Wagner   is   a  well-known   rancher. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  W.  Swift  and  the  Misses  Shaber 
of  Fresno  are  guests  at  the  Casa  del  Rey  for  a  two 
weeks'     stay.       Mr.     Swift    is    a    well-known    banker 


Lantern  Feast  at  Santa  Cruz, 
One  of  the  features  of  the  Lantern  Feast  to  be 
given  at  the  beach  the  first  week  in  September  will 
be  "Tableaux  Vivant, "  a  series  of  living  pictures, 
poses  by  some  of  our  most  graceful  young  ladies 
on  a  float  out  in  the  bay,  facing  the  shore,  illumin- 
ated with  a  spotlight.  Such  groups  as  "The  Three 
Graces"  and  other  popular  subjects  will  be  shown 
in  white,  offset  by  a  background  of  black. 

Mr.  Swan  ton  announces  his  program  as  follows : 
"On  Saturday,  Sunday,  and  Monday,  September 
7th,  8th,  and  9th,  we  are  to  give  an  entertainment 
and  display  in  front  of  the  Casino  and  boardwalk 
at  Santa  Cruz  that  will  tend  to  please  all  who 
visit  our  city.  It  will  be  my  aim  to  carry  out  a 
program  such  as  a  lantern  feast  composed  of  thou- 
sands of  Japanese  lanterns,  strung  over  the  water 
reaching  from  the  dome  of  the  Casino  to  the  end  of 
the  pier  and  raft,  forming  a  network  of  beautiful 
effects,  while  under  the  reflection  of  all  this  will 
be  beautifully  decorated  row-boats,  launches,  yachts, 
crafts  of  all  kinds,  besides  fireworks,  and  mid-ait 
fireworks  with  red  and  green  displays.  With  all 
this  will  be  a  reproduction  of  the  old  style  battle- 
ships in  action,  from  which  fire  effects  and  beautiful 
fireworks  will  be  freed.  Two  bands  will  render  a 
program  of  national  and  war  pieces,  together  with 
the  latest  music.  Lantern  parades  on  the  board- 
walk, daylight  fireworks,  Sunday  and  Monday,  8th 
and  9th;  lantern  ball  on  Monday  night.  Taking 
this  program  as  a  whole,  there  will  be  more  pleasure 
dealt  out  in  these  three  days  on  the  Santa  Cruz 
beach  than  on  any  other  three  days  in  the  history 
of   amusements   there." 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   3. 

MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.    32,539. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  thiB  Summoni,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  FranciBco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly   described   as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  one  hundred  (100)  feet 
southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  street 
and  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of 
Seventeenth  avenue,  measured  respectively  along 
lines  drawn  at  right  angles  to  said  lines  of 
said  streets,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Clement  street  eight  (8) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Seventeenth  avenue  three 
hundred    and    fifty     (350)     feet;     thence    at    a    right 


angle  easterly  eight  (S)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  three  hundred  and  fifty  (350) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  Out- 
side Land  Block  Number  198. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  astates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
aerein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may   be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
31st   day   of   July,    A.   D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.   DUNWORTH,   Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse 
to    plaintiff: 

The  German  Saviugs  and  Loan  Society,  (a  cor- 
poration)   San   Francisco,    California. 

Fernando  Nelson,  San  Francisco,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  street,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OK  THE  STATE  OF 
California,    in   and    fur   the   City   and   County   of   San 

KDWAltH    W,    SIEGFRIED    and    li 
PRIED,   Plaintiffs,   vs.   All   pexioni  claimiog  any   In- 

si-ni.fJ  or  mi  Ion  No, 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
■oita  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting ; 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 

Li  J  R1ED  and  ULLLN 

ed    with    the    Clerk    of    the 

above  entitled  Couri  month* 

after    tlif    in  ins    summon s,    and    to 

iii-it,   il   an j,   )uu   liuve   in  ut 

upon  tbal  certain  <■  ,  01  unj  pun  thereof, 

situated    in    I]  j    of    Sun    Fr  l 

State     of     C'nlil'orniu,     and     purlieu  lit  rl> 

lining    .1'    .i    poinl    --n   the  southwesterly   line  of 

hundred    and 

ntheaeterly  from  tin 

i.  «.i   ill.;  southwesterly  line 

ol  Oilman  Avenue  w  beaaterly  line  ol  Jen 

oinge  struct  ( former ty   "J''  Street  South),  end  run 

ning  thi  along  laid  Line  <>(  Oilman 

liny     (60)  18     at     a     right    angle 

southwesterly  one  hundred   (100)   feet;   thence  at  a 

right  angle  northwesterly  fifty   ir'U>  feet;  and  thence 

at   a   right   angle    northeasterly   one   liundred    nuo 

feet  to   the  point   of   beginning;    being   lots    14   and   15, 
in     block     551,    15A\  OME&TEAD, 

map  thereof   tiled  in    the  oihce  of  the  Kvcurder  of  the 
end  County  oi   Bl  OO,    March  J,    1*7'J 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  bo  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  ere  ' he  owners  of  said 
property  In  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
naid  property  lie  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Oourl  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
26th   day  of  June,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCEEVY,   Clerk. 

By   S.   I.    HUGHES,    Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  1  he  W  asp"  newspaper  on  the  13th  day  of 
July,    A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  i  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    Sun    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

MICHAEL  MA<t|  ikk  and  BRIDGET  MAGU1RE, 
Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in 
or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  desicrilxd  or 
anj   pan   thereof)   Defendants. — Action  No.  82,477. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  Of  MICHAEL,  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET 
MAGU1RE,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
above-entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  puDlication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  Bet  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  apon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows: 

First:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Union  street,  distant  thereon  sixty-two  ( 62 ) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  easterly  from  the  corner  formed, 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Union 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Steiner  street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Union 
street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25) 
feet;and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Western  Addition,  Block  Number  344. 

Second:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Twenty-second  avenue,  distant  thereon  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  southerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  west- 
erly line  of  Twenty-second  avenue  with  the  southerly 
line  of  Point  Lobos  avenue,  and  running  thence 
southerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue 
seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  tl20t  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
and  tnence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Outside  Land  Block  Number  262. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  anne** 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  tn-wit,  that  ■ 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiff's  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted; that  the  Court 


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ascertain  and  determine  all  eiinlei.  rights,  titles,  In- 
terest! and  claims  in  and  to  said  properly,  and  uverj 
part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or  equnanlr, 
present  or  future.  Vested  or  contingent,  and  whether 
the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  de 
.-.cripinm  ;that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  tun  her  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in    the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
lay  of  July,  A.  l>.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  I  ii:  1  ii,   Ooputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  iiic  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  luth  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

PERKY  ft  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery   St.,    San    FranciBO,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  Sun 
Francisco — Dept.  No.  4. 

C1USEPPE  DIRESTA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.  32,371. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lieu  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the'  above  entitled  Oourt  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publicu- 
tiou  of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  Hen,  if  any,  you  hove  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  properly,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-one  (31)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lombard  Street,  and  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  eaid  line  of  Octavia 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK   Number  170. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
ii  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
20th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  6th  day  of  July, 
A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.  7. 

JOSEPH  G.  McVERRY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty  herein    described   or  any   part   thereof,   Defend- 


■ 

People  of  thu  State  of  California,  to  all 
persona  claiming  any  Interest  In,  or  lien  upon, 
the  real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of  Defendants,    greeting: 

You    are    hereby    required    to    appear    and    answer 
.     |oi 

of  the  abovi 
County,    within    three   months   after   the    first 
cation   of  thi*  summouB,   and   io   set   forth   what   la- 
or    lien,    if    any,    you    h;iv«    in    or    upon    that 
certain   real   property,  or  any  part   thereof,   all 
in    thi-    City    and    County    of    Ban    Francisco,    Slate    of 
California,  and  particularly  described  as  fob  \% 
uning   si   the   corner   formed    bj 
the  northerly  line  of  Lawtou  (formerly 
n  ith    the    westerly    line   of    Etle  ■ 

thence  westerly  and  along  said   line  of 

hundred     and     forty     (240)     feet 
lith  Avenue;  then< . 
ltd  line  of  Twelfth  Avenue  eight; 

ace   at  a   right   angle 
hundred  and  twenty   (120;    feet; 
ngle  oortherly  twelve  (12)  feet,  .  > 

right  angle  easterly  on 
and  twenty   (120)   feet  to  the  westerly  in,,    i 

■'■ ■;    and    thence    southerly    and    along    said 

eleventh  Avenue  one  hundred   (lou)   feet  io 
beginning;     being    part    of    OUTSIDE 

STou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Oourt 
ie  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
thai  a  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  io  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  thai 
the  Court  aBcertuin  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
interest  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property! 
and  very  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  erpjitnble,  present  or  future,  veBted  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
M  lieDS  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover 
his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further 
relief  ns  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court 
>lus  9th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

mu      *  By  H-  *'  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

^he  hrst  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wisp"  newspaper  on  the  20th  day  of  July. 
A.    D.    1912.  " 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

NOTICE       TO    CREDITORS. 

No.    13,815.      Dept.    10. 

ESTATE  Off  MARGARET  COLLINS,  DECEASED. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  U  J 
H-ynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  MARGARET 
I  OLLINS,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  per- 
sons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four 
(4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice 
to  the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  roomi  858 
Phelan  Building,  San  Francisco.  California,  which 
said  onice  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of 
business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
of    M  UftGARET    COLLINS,    deceased. 

....  M.  J.  HYNES, 

Administrator    of    the    estate    of    MARGARET 
COLLINS,    deceased. 
Dated,    San    Francisco,    August   6,    1912 
OULLINAN    &    HIOKEY,   Attorneys    for   Adminis- 
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Vol.   LXV1U—  No.  8. 


sa\   FRANCISCO,  AUGUST  24,  1912. 


Price,  10  Cents. 


Plato  English. 


BY  AMERICUS 


|  CLUE  words  of  very  plain  English  are  needed  in 
discussing  the  latest  phase  of  the  municipal 
muddle  which  Mayor  Rolph  is  striving  most 
earnestly  to  straighten  out.  He  has  placed  the  blame 
of  the  Twin  Peaks  sieve  reservoir  on  Engineer  H.  D.  II. 
Connick,  who  was  taken  from  the  position  of  chief  as- 
sistant to  City  Engineer  Marsdeu  and  made  chief  engi- 
neer of  the  Panama-Pacific  Interna- 
tional Exposition. 

Connick  came  as  a  student,  without 
a  diploma,  from  the  Stanford  Univer- 
sity and  took  service  under  Manson, 
and,  being  a  man  of  force,  though 
quite  inexperienced,  saw  at  once  that 
Hanson 's  administration  wras  of  the 
jelly-fish  order.  The  aggressive  Con- 
nick quickly  became  the  real  head  of 
the  Engineer's  Department,  and  Man- 
son  receded  passively  in  authority 
and  importance  till  his  position  be- 
came that  of  an  official  red-rubber 
stamp. 

Connick  and  the  rest  of  the  young 
and  old  subordinates  ran  things  their 
own  way,  and  when  they  wished  to 
affix  Manson 's  name  to  official  docu- 
ments of  importance,  reached  for  the 
red-rubber  stamp  and  dabbed  on  the 
chief's  cognomen. 

This  interesting  fact  about  the  sub- 
stitution of  a  red-rubber  stamp  for 
the  real  head  of  the  City  Engineer's 
Deparement  was -brought  out  fully  in  the  investigation 
of  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir  by  the  committee  of  engi- 
neers selected  by  Mayor  Rolph.  Engineers  all  over  the 
State  have  been  laughing  about  it  ever  since.  Sail 
Francisco  has  long  been  the  jest  of  the  country  in  engi- 
neering matters. 


ENGINEER  H.    D.    H.    CONNICK. 


After  Mr.  Connick  had  been  for  some  years  in  the 
position  of  chief  assistant  to  Manson,  Stanford  Univer- 
sity conferred  his  full  degree  on  him,  and  he  became, 
tn  all  intents  and  purposes,  a  full-fledged  engineer.  But 
prior  to  that  the  young  man  had  been  merely  a  student, 
who  came  fresh  out  of  college  without  experience  and 
filled  the  place  of  chief  assistant  to  a  city  engineer,  who 
let  his  assistant  and  a  red-rubber  stamp  do  most  of  the 
important  work.  These  are  facts  and  highly  instructive 
as  to  municipal  government. 

When  a  person  is  aware  of  this  state  of  affairs  in 
the  City  Engineer's  office,  it  is  easy  to  understand  why 
the  engineering  work  of  the  city  has  been  a  cause  of 
so  much  trouble  and  expense  that  the 
matter  has  grown  to  the  proportions 
of  a  scandal  which  calls  for  the  vig- 
orous intervention  of  Mayor  Rolph 's 
authority. 

Mayor  Rolph  finds,  as  we  have 
stated  for  years,  when  every  other 
newspaper  was  silent  on  the  subject, 
that  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to 
clean  out  the  Board  of  Works  and  the 
Engineer's  Department  and  start 
afresh. 

I  miss  my  guess  if  the  Mayor  will 
find  it  as  easy  to  get  rid  of  the  Hon- 
orable Casey  and  the  other  undesir- 
ables as  he  would  had  he  applied  the 
broom  to  their  vanishing  coattails 
the  day  he  took  his  office.  The  Wasp 
advised  him  to  make  short  work  of 
the  incompetents  who  had  made  a 
farce  of  the  building  of  the  Geary 
Street  Municipal  Railroad  and  caused 
the  Hetch  Hetchy  municipal  water 
project  to  become  a  comedy  of  er- 
rors. 

It  is  to  be  feared  that  Mayor  Rolph  will  find,  when 
he  lays  violent  hands  on  Casey  &  Co.  with  good  intent 
to  evict  them  from  office,  that  they  are. part  of  a  power- 
ful ring,  with  many  ramifications. 

The  same  influence  that  obtained  indefinite  leave  of 
absence  from  the  Board  of  Works  for  Mr.  Connick  so 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  August  24,  1912. 


that  he  might  become  chief  engineer  of  the 
Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  is  helping  to  keep 
Mr.  Casey  in  office.  When  the  burning  ques- 
tion in  San  Francisco  was  whether  the  Expo- 
sition should  be  placed  in  Golden  Gate  Park 
or  Harbor  View,  it  was  Engineer  Connick 
who  came  forward  with  voluminous  data, 
compiled  in  the  Board  of  Works,  to  prove 
that  De  Young  and  the  proponents  of  the 
Park  were  egregiously  in  error  and  Jim  Mc- 
Nab  and  the  advocates  of  Harbor  View  were 
supremely  wise.  Harbor  View  won,  and  Mr. 
Connick  was  made  chief  engineer  as  a  tribute 
to  friendship  rather  than  cold  considerations 
of  superlative  professional  experience,  for  it 
has  since  been  shown  to  Mayor  Rolph 's  satis- 
faction that  the  work  done  by  Mr.  Connick 
and  his  assistants  on  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir 
and  the  Auxiliary  Fire  Protection  System 
was  so  defective  that  some  of  it  will  have  to 
be  done  over  at  added  cost  to  the  city.  The 
building  of  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir  was  a 
small  affair  compared  with  the  creation  of  a 
great  international  exposition. 

A  very  powerful  pull  has  been  exerted  to 
hold  Mr.  Casey  in  the  position  of  President 
of  the  Board  of  Works,  for  which  he  is  pal- 
pably unfitted  by  lack  of  proper  training,  to 
say  nothing  of  natural  disqualifications.  Cit- 
izens of  prominence  who  have  obtained  spe- 
cial favors  from  Mr.  Casey  on  the  Board  of 
Works  have  repaid  the  debt  by  obstructing 
the   reorganization   of  the   Board. 

Mayor  Rolph,  who  is  thoroughly  sincere 
and  unselfish  in  his  desire  to  get  the  govern- 
ment of  his  native  city  into  proper  working 
order,  should  have  the  hearty  eo-operation 
of  all  decent  and  influential  citizens.  Even 
with  such  aid,  the  task  which  confronts  our 
honest  Mayor  is  herculean.  Without  such  aid 
the  Mayor  must  fail  and  the  result  be  relapse 
to  government  by  the  sandlot,  from  which  we 
fondly  hoped  we  had  entirely  escaped  by  the 
defeat   of   the   allied   grafters   last   November. 

With  a  competent  Board  of  Works  and  a 
responsible  and  experienced  engineer,  affairs 
can  be  whipped  into  shape,  and  Mayor  Rolph 
will  have  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  his  pet 
projects  of  a  new  City  Hall  and  a  municipal 
water  supply  hurried  along. 

Even  with  the  serious  handicaps  under 
which  he  has  been  working.  Mayor  Rolph  has 
accomplished  a  great  deal  as  compared  with 
his  predecessors.  The  Geary  Street  Railroad 
has  been  rushed  to  an  advanced  stage,  the 
Civic  Center  has  been  provided  for,  an  offer 
has  been  made  to  Spring  Valley,  and  some 
firecrackers  have  been  exploded  under  the 
slow-going  custodians  of  the  municipal  gar- 
bage scheme. 


Mayor  Rolph  's  work  has  been  constructive 
and  not  destructive.  He  has  toiled  ceaseless- 
ly, and  if  he  had  had  the  good  fortune  to  be 
aided  by  an  honest  and  competent  Board  of 
Woiks  and  a  reliable  Engineering  Depart- 
ment he  would  have  accomplished  more  al- 
ready than  all  his  predecessors  for  the  past 
sixteen  years. 

However  we  may  be  inclined  to  grumble  at 
the  unavoidably  slow  progress  of  municipal 
reform,  let  us  not  forget  for  a  moment  that 
Mr.  Rolph  is  far  above  the  average  Mayor 
of  an  American  city,  where  the  best  and  worst 
citizens  meet  on  equal  terms  at  the  polls. 

Perhaps,  when  people  come  to  their  senses 
and  restrict  the  voting  at  municipal  elections 
to  citizens  having  a  direct  interest  in  good 
governmeut,  and  eliminate  tramps  and  loaf- 
ers, it  will  be  comparatively  easy  to  elect  an 
upright  and  useful  Mayor.  At  present,  how- 
ever, the  election  of  a  Mayor  representing 
the  decent  people,  instead  of  the  criminal  ele- 
ments, is  a  difficult  undertaking.  A  city  pos- 
sessed of  a  chief  magistrate  like  Mayor  Rolph, 
whose  record  is  thoroughly  clean  and  whose 
purposes  are  absolutely  honest,  is  to  be  en- 
vied. 


THE   POLITICAL   SITUATION. 

MATTERS  POLITICAL  are  in  a  deplor- 
able condition  in  California  at  present 
owing  to  Governor  Johnson 's  ill- 
advised  determination  to  convert  the  State 
Government  into  a  political  machine  of  the 
most  undesirable  character.  At  a  time  when 
California  needs  a  broad-minded,  unselfish  ex- 
ecutive to  shape  its  affairs  so  that  our  State 
should  receive  the  full  benefits  of  the  Pana?un 
Canal  our  Governor  is  engrossed  wiih  a  fac- 
tional quarrel  in  which  honest  citizens  *»ave 
no  interest,  and  which  can  only  be  injurious 
to  the  community. 

The  San  Francisco  Call  is  showing  up  in 
most  meritorious  fashion  the  Governor '%  un- 
worthiness  and  scandalous  neglect  of  his  im- 
portant official  duties  while  waging  a  faction- 
al fight  and  endeavoring  to  further  his  ambi- 
tion as  Vice-Presidential  nominee  on  the 
Third  Term  ticket.  Nothing  like  the  slashing 
articles  from  the  pen  of  Phil  Francis  in  the 
Call  has  appeared  in  any  California  daily 
since  the  late  Arthur  McEwen  laid  down  his 
trenchant  pen. 

In  puncturing  the  vulnerable  armor  of  our 
negligent  Governor,  Editor  Francis  overlooks 
the  largest  rust  spot — Mr.  Johnson's  record  in 
the  Dalzell  Brown  affair.  It  has  never  been 
denied  that  Mr.  Johnson  received  $55,000 
for  defending  the  sleek  bank- wrecker  who 
ruined    hundieds    of    people,    and      that    this 


$55,000  fee  was  raised  by  hypothecating  the 
stock  of  the  Western  Pacific  Railway  Com- 
pany, which  Dalzell  had  stolen. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  selected  as  attorney  by 
bank-wrecker  Dalzell  Brown  when  he  (Mr. 
Johnson)  was  in  the  full  enjoyment  of  his 
power  as  an  assistant  of  the  District  Attorney, 
and  it  is  undeniable  that  no  other  lawyer 
could  so  surely  and  so  quickly  have  helped 
his  conscienceless  client  to  dodge  justice  and 
get  out  of  San  Quentin  after  thirteen  months' 
incarceration.  Thirteen  years  would  have  been 
too  light  a  sentence  for  the  rascal. 

Bank-wrecker  Brown  not  only  retained  his 
legal  defender  with  some  of  the  proceeds  of 
his  theft,  but  he  escaped  with  a  good  sack  of 
his  loot,  like  his  partner  in  guilt — that  uncon- 
victed felon  Bartnet?  who  at  last  accounts 
was  enjoying  high  life  on  the  Parisian  boule- 
vaids. 

In  the  history  of  bank-wrecking  there  is 
nothing  worse  than  the  true  story  of  the  rob- 
bery of  the  California  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust 
Company  by  the  unctuous  rascals  who  control- 
led the  concern.  The  theft  of  the  Western 
Pacific  stock,  which  Brown  sold  in  Denver 
to  get  money  for  his  counsel,  and  the  outright 
robbery  of  the  Colton  bonds,  were  as  bold  as 
any  stage-coach  stand-and-deliver  exploit. 

The  Colton  bonds — hundreds  of  thousands ' 
worth — were  appropriated  by  the  thieves  as 
coolly  as  if  daylight  theft  were  a  regular  part 
of  the  banking  business  and  all  deposits  in 
any  form  were  as  much  the  property  of  the 
bankers   as   of   the   depositors. 


HIS    SHINGLE    OUT    AGAIN. 

THE  Hon.  James  Gallagher — "Big  Jim" — 
who  distributed  the  boodle  after  Abra- 
ham Ruef,  Esq.,  had  shaken  down  the 
corporations,  has  returned  to  the  practice  of 
the  law  and  opened  an  office  in  San  Francisco. 
There  is  much  curiosity  to  know  whether  Mr. 
Ruef  will  become  a  silent  member  of  the  firm 
when  Brother  Older,  by  the  influence  of  the 
San  Quentin  and  San  Francisco  Bulletin,  suc- 
ceeds in  getting  the  literary  ex-boss  outside 
the  walls  of  the  penitentiary. 

Several  of  the  Hon.  Mr.  Gallagher's  old 
associates  in  the  Board  of  Supervisors  have 
established  themselves  in  business  on  the  pro- 
ceeds of  their  boodling.  One  of  them  was 
mentioned  in  the  last  official  list  of  registered 
owneis  of  automobiles  as  the  possessor  of  a 
car.  "Virtue  is  its  own  reward." 
4 

Nell:  "She's  rather  selfish,  don't  you  think 
so?" 

Belle:  "Well,  I  never  heard  of  her  wanting 
to  occupy  a  hammock  all  by  herself. ' ' 


Thru  Railroad  Tickets 

Issued  to  All  Parts  of 
FOR    PORTLAND 

1st   class  $10,  $12,  $15.   2d  $6.00.     Berth  and  Meals  Included. 

The  San  Francisco  and  Portland  S.  S.  Co. 

A.    OTTINGER,    General    Agent. 


United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico 

Id  Connection  with  These  Magnificent  Passenger  Steamers 

FOR  LOS  ANGELES 

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Ticket  Office,  722  Mkt.,  opp.  Call.  Ph.  Sutter  2344 
8  East  St.,  opp.  Ferry  Bldg.  Phone  Sutter  2482 
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Saturday,   August   2i,   1912 1 


THE  WASP- 


DEFYING  THE  LAW. 

THE  Board  <>t  Public  Works,  a  purely  mu- 
nicipal institution,  coming  directly  un- 
der that  provision  of  tbe  charter  requir- 
ing "all  deputies,  clerics  and  other  employes 
to  reside  in  the  city,  and  to  have  resided  here 
at  least  one  year  prior  to  their  receiving  em- 
ployment," pays  absolutely  do  attention  to 
the  above  provision  of  our  organic  law. 

Professor  John  Galen  Howard,  one  of  the 
three  consulting  architects  appointed  origin- 
ally by  the  Mayor,  who,  in  liis  inaugural  mes- 
sage, acknowledged  the  force  of  the  law,  and 
suggested  an  amendment  to  the  charter,  which 
would  repeal  such  provision,  resides  in  Berk- 
eley, :ti  242]  hlidge  Road  avenue.  He  is  a 
Professor  of  Architecture  in  the  University  oi 
California,  receiving  a  regular  salary  of  $5000 
per  annum,  recently  increased  from  $4,000 — 
and  it  is  said,  6  per  cent,  on  all  work  for  the 
State  coming  under  Ids  supervision.  From  this 
city  lie  receives  $25  per  day  and  $2,500  per 
annum  as  a  retainer.  The  per  diem  allowance 
would  clearly  make  him  an  employe,  and  bring 
him  within  the  prohibitory  section  of  the 
charter;  but  city  authorities  call  him  a  con- 
tractor, although  he  never  had  a  written  con- 
tract,  and  he  gets  the  money  and  takes  it  to 
Berkeley. 

Mr.  Charles  Derleth  Jr.  is  down  on  the  pay 
roll  of  the  University  of  California  as  a  Pro- 
fessor of  Civil  Engineering,  and  as  such,  re- 
ceives a  salary  of  $3,300  per  annum.  He 
resides,  as  his  account  with  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  shows,  at  2845  Webster  street, 
Berkeley,  and  receives  for  his  services  as 
consulting  structural  engineer  the  modest 
sum  of  $4  per  hour,  which,  if  permanently 
employed,  means  just  $10,000  per  annum. 

W.  E.  Leland,  a  consulting  engineer  in  the 
Board  of  Public  Works,  receives  a  regular 
salary  of  $150  per  month.  He  resides  on  In- 
dian  Rock   avenue,  Berkeley. 

A.  Appleton,  a  designer  in  the  Board  of 
Public  Works,  receives  a  regular  salary  of 
$225  per  month,  and  is  said  to  have  moved 
over  to  this  city  within  a  month  or  two. 

Wm.  Dolge,  employed  by  tbe  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors, as  an  expert,  resides  with  his  fam- 
ily at  2124  San  Jose  avenue,  Alameda,  and 
has  always  resided  there,  even  when  em- 
ployed for  years  on  a  regular  salary  of  $300 
per  month. 

Jas.  R.  Freeman  is  another  expert,  desig- 
nated as  a  "Contractor."  He  resides  in 
Providence,    Rhode   Island    and   receives   from 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 


MEMBERS: 

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Cisco. 

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tli.-  Board  of  Public  Works  $:!<h>  per  diem 
:"■"-'■-.  Mr  ,,,-■  .  bad  a  contract  with 
the  <  'it\ .  lie  is  a  p  i  iona]  employe  "i  the 
illiiHtrioua   Michael  Casey. 

Dillon  i.  Hubbard,  atl  rneys  on  bond  issues, 
residing  in  New  fork,  occasionally  receive 
from  i  In-  Board  of  Supervisors  a  fee  of  $5,000. 
Their  alleged  contract,  it"  it  could  be  called 
bucIi  by  innuendo,  expired  long  ago,  but  their 
pay,  like  John  Brown  's  body,  goes  marching 
on   forever, 

Melvin  Earl  Cummings  is  an  instructor  ui 
modeling  in  the  University  of  California,  His 
pay  is  modest,  to  !"■  sure,  amounting  t"  onlj 
$600  per  annum.  He  is  in  addition  thereto  a 
Park  Commissioner  in  this  City,  and  while  it 
is  true  that  he  resides  on  this  si.le  of  the  bay, 
yet  so  little  does  he  care  for  the  charter,  that 
he  has  never  filed  his  oath  of  office  as  re- 
quired   by    law. 


JOTTINGS 


PHYSICAJST,   HEAL  THYSELF. 

DR.  C.  F.  BUCKLEY,  whom  the  newspapers 
stretched  on  his  deathbed  a  mouth  ago, 
is  walking  around  looking  as  strong  as 
this  clever  and  famous  pioneer  physician  did 
twenty  years  ago.  The  newspapers  were  not 
to  be  blamed  for  saying  that  he  was  dying  ot 
pneumonia,  for  a  medico  who  was  called  in  to 
attend  him  declared  that  his  ailment  was  ty- 
phoid  pneumonia. 

'  'Balderdash!  Bosh!  Stuff  and  nonsense! ' ' 
said  the  patient.  "Why,  man,  I  can  blow  up 
my  lungs  like  a  bellows,  and  if  1  'd  pneumonia 
I  couldn  't  do  that. ' ' 

Nevertheless,  the  attending  physician  iii- 
sisted  that  his  doctor  patient  had  pneumonia. 
The  patient,  losing  patience,  sent  the  man 
about  his  business  and  wrote  a  prescription 
for  himself.  He  is  as  well  as  ever  now,  but 
rather  inclined  to  believe  that  sometimes  his 
medical  brethren  help  the  undei taker's  busi- 
ness. 

Dr.  Buckley's  illness  was  caused  by  eating 
a  small  portion  of  crab  salad.  Had  he  partak- 
en heartily  of  the  salad  he  thinks  his  funeral 
would  have  taken  place  soon  after.  He  never 
eats  crab  knowing  it  to  be  such,  and  is  now 
more  convinced  than  ever  that  it  is  a  suitable 
dish  to  give  your  mother-in-law  when  you're 
hesitating  whether  to  treat  her  to  rough-on- 
rate  or  prussic  acid. 

*     *     * 

A  MAGNATE'S  SON. 

BARBEE  HOOK,  son  of  W.  F.  Hook,  the 
railroad  magnate,  who  has  been  stop- 
ping at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis,  is  rumor 
ed  to  be  engaged  to  a  dashing  Southern  giii. 
The  belles  of  the  Southland  seem  to  have  a 
peculiar  attraction  for  this  gilded  youth.  His 
first  wife  was  a  girl  from  Albuquerque,  New 

Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  for  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend. 


Mexico.     Mr.   fiook    is  a   true   magnate 
in  thai  he  lias  perfect  disregi  i  the  fVme 

it  an  eagle.  The  lavish  band  with  win- 
made  all  the  arrangements  for  his  Hrst  wed 
ding  will  not  soon  be  forgotten.  He  £har1 
a  private  train  from  1-os  Angeles  to  carry 
his  usheis  and  friends  i"  New  Mexico,  where 
his  nuptials  were  tit  take  place,  and  thi 
lionaire's  touch  was  no.  missing  in  any  del  til 
However,  money  couldn  J1  \>uy  his  unbroken 
domestic  bliss.  On  his  return  from  a  short 
fishing  trip,  soon  after  his  marriage,  he  found 
his  young  bride  in  the  company  of  a  dashing 
navy  man  who  had  completely  supplanted  him. 
The  husband  cone  I  in  led  there  was  nothing 
left  for  him  to  do  but  seek  the  aid  of  the  di- 
vorce «.ourt.  Now  it  looks  as  if  the  broken 
fragments  of  his  heart  are  being  piecel  to- 
gether again,  and  the  name  of  the  fair  maid 
from  the  South  who  has  wrought  the  cure  will 
soon  be  made  public. 

Mr.  Hook  and  his  mother  are  planning  to 
leave  for  an  extended  motor  trip  through  the 
north,  and  will  not  return  to  San  Francisco 
until   later  in   the  fall. 

JOHN  MORRISEY'S  AMBITION. 

JOHN  MORRISEY'S  resignation  as  manager 
of  the  Orpheum  surprised  the  public,  but 
not  those  in  the  profession,  for  it  has  been 
known  for  some  time  that  this  popular  mana- 
ger has  desired  to  embark  in  business  for 
himself.  He  leaves  his  present  position  with- 
out any  severance  whatever  of  friendly  rela- 
tions. Mr.  Morrisey  keeps  as  a  dark  secret 
the  class  and  location  of  tbe  theater  which 
he  expects  to  control  before  long.  Judging 
by  his  past  record,  it  will  be  first-class.  He 
has  received  a  bushel  of  letters  from  the  best- 
known  people  in  the  amusement  business  wish- 
ing him  the  best  of  good  fortune  in  his  new 
field    of    enterprise. 


CHAMPAGNE 


Piper- Heidsieck 


Anc"-eM°-nHEIDSIECKfondee  en  I  785 

KUNKELMANN  &  Co.  Succ'i 
REIMS 


Charles  Meinecke  &  Co. 

Agents  Pacific  Coast 


431  SACRAMENTO  ST.,    S.  F. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  August  24,  1912. 


I'M  AFRAID  to  look  at  a  newspaper  these 
days,  for  I  can't  take  up  one  without 
seeing  some  allusion  to  the  "Astor  Baby" 
— its  weight,  or  the  color  of  its  eyes,  or  the 
kind  of  lace  it's  got  on  its  dress,  or  the  size 
of  the  doctor's  bill  for  bringing  it  into  this 
wicked  world.  Such  rot  is  insufferable  and 
I've  got  trouble  enough  from  my  liver  with- 
out having  it  aggravated  by  anybody's  baby. 
What's  the  actual  physical  or  mental  differ- 
ence between  this  infant  there's  so  much 
fuss  over  and  the  squalling  brat  of  any  la- 
borer in  the  Mission?  If  you  dressed  both 
infants  in  the  same  kind  of  clothes  and  mixed 
them  up  while  their  mothers  were  out  of  the 
room,  it  would  be  a  hard  matter  to  tell  which 
was  which.  I  know  I  couldn't.  All  infants 
look  much  the  same,  as  far  as  I  have  observed. 
Their  own  fathers  and  mothers  see  beauty  in 
them  which  no  one  else  does.  Their  princi- 
pal characteristics  are  hiccoughs,  the  colic 
and  a  tireless  ambition  to  get  their  big  toes 

into   their  slobbery  mouths. 

*     *     * 

A  new-born  baby  has  no  more  amiability, 
beauty  or  intelligence  than  a  hunk  of  cheese. 
The  little  troublesome  animal  is  only  a  plastic 
lump  of  humanity,  ready  to  receive  impres- 
sions, like  a  phonograph  record,  and  become 
good  or  bad,  according  to  the  quality  of  its 
fibre  and  the  skill  exercised  in  molding  it. 

Why,  then,  should  all  the  editors  from 
Hoboken  to  Petaluma,  devote  paragraphs, 
columns  and  pages  to  the  details  of  Baby  Ast- 
or's  daily  life?  Even  the  Bull  Moose  isn't 
an  object  of  more  interest.  Hourly  bulletins 
from  the  nursery  of  the  much-advertised  in- 
fant should  be  issued: 

8  a.  m. — The  Little  Darling  has  opened  an 
eye   and   closed  it   again. 

8:15. — Tne    Precious    Dear   has    opened    both 

16 — He  said  "Goo!" 
19 — He    repeated    "Goo-goo  I ' ' 
21 — Baby    smiled    at    head    nurse.      Daily 
crowd  beginning   to   gather  in  the   street. 

8:25  to  9:00  a.  m. — Baby  given  bath  after 
delegation  of  doctors  from  Board  of  Health, 
Pasteur  Institute,  Association  for  the  Preven- 
tion of  Cruelty  to  Children,  had  tested  the  tem- 
perature   of    bath    ana    sterilized    it    thoroughly. 

9:10  a.  m. — Crowd  in  the  street  clamoring 
for  more  bulletins,  while  head  nurse  is  busy 
taking    breakfast. 

9:15 — Crowd  so  demonstrative  second  nurse 
raises  the  window  and  shakes  baby's  rattle. 
Great  excitement   and  cheering. 

9:20 — Baby  lets  out  a  whoop  that  alarms 
everybody.      Nurses    gather   around   cradle. 

9:21 — Baby  still  keeps  yelling.  Doctors  sum- 
moned   by    telephone. 


9:25 — Crowd  iu  the  street  threatening  to 
break  into  the  house  and  investigate  for  them- 
selves.     Police    reserves    ordered   out. 

9:26 — Baby  still  bawling.  Excited  men  in 
street  mount  soap  boxes  and  address  the  crowd. 
Police  reserves  arriving;  try  to  force  crowd 
back. 

9:27 — Likelihood  of  troops  being  called  out. 
Crowd  more  menacing  than   ever. 

9:28 — Chief  surgeon  discovers  that  a  pin  is 
jabbing  Baby  in  the  tummick.  Third  nurse, 
who  pinned  up  Baby,  placed  under  arrest,  and 
all  others  discharged  on  the  spot.  Entire  new 
force  engaged  by  telephone,  and  airships  and 
automobiles    dispatched    for    them. 

9:30 — Baby  goes  to  sleep  sucking  his  bottle 
and    crowd   in   the    street    disperses    on    tiptoe. 

If  so  much  fuss  is  made  over  a  $3,000,000 
infant,  what  kind  of  somersaults  would  be 
thrown  if  some  well-disposed  lady  should 
thoughtlessly  present  us  with  a  $3,000,000,000 
baby? 

What  becomes  of  our  lofty  pretense  that 
money  isn't  everything  and  "a  man's  a  man 
for  a'  that,"  though  he  hasn't  a  nickel  to  his 
name?  If  a  man,  why  not  a  baby?  But  who 
is  making  any  fuss  over  John  Smith's  little 
kid  out  on  a  Richmond  sandlot,  or  Terrence 
O'Beilly's  brat  of  a  boy  kicking  up  his  in- 
fantile heels  in  the  Mission  road  cottage,  or 
Sandona  Macaroni 's  sturdy  youngster  playing 
around  the  family  wagon  over  in  North  Beach? 
And  yet  any  of  these  infants,  raised  in  rough- 
and-tumble  style,  and  ignored  by  the  popu- 
lace and  the  caste  of  wealth  and  fashion,  may 
be  nearer  to  the  Presidency  than  the  heir  of 
the  millions  or  billions. 

The  dear  people  have  a  fatal  faculty  for 
ranging  themselves  on  the  wrong  side  of  im- 
portant questions,  and  their  elected  politicians 
being  fully  aware  of  the  popular  tendency, 
always  scurry  into  line  well  in  advance  of 
the  mobilized  lunatics. 

The  Representatives  and  Senators  at  Wash- 
ington, who  have  voted  to  give  free  passage 
to  American  ships  in  the  Panama  Canal,  have 
not  done  so  because  they  think  it  is  wise  or 
honorable,  but  because  it  is  popular.  Legis- 
lation has  become  largely  a  matter  of  phono- 
graphic records.  "What  do  the  people  say?" 
"They  say  'aye!'  "  "Then  aye  it  is,"  and 
the  legislature  act  is  done;  and  generally 
"the  people,"  too,  are  done  and  undone  as 
well. 


If  legislation  in  Congress  is  to  be  merely 
a  matter  of  recording  the  yawp  of  the  un- 
thinking multitude,  which  is  reverentially  re- 
ferred to  as  "the  dear  people,"  why  go  to 
the  enormous  expense  of  keeping  Congress  in 
session?  A  bureau  of  half  a  dozen  clerks,  at 
small  salaries,  will  answer  just  as  well.  The 
Governor  of  each  state  can  consult  the  saf- 
ranine  editor  of  the  yellowest  newspaper  in 
his  bailiwick,  and  wire  the  decision  on  to 
Washington  to  be  engrossed,  recorded  and 
proclaimed  the  law  of  the  land.  The  saving 
in  time,  money  and  lung  power  will  be  enor- 
mous, and  the  results  about  the  same  as  at 
present,  when  a  Congressional  session  is  equiv- 
alent to  taking  a  billion  dollars  out  of  the 
Treasury  and  throwing  it  to  the  birds. 

+ 

STAY  IN  THE  RACE,  COLONEL. 

THE  THIRD-TERM  PARTY,  with  which 
Colonel  Roosevelt  favors  us,  is  but  a 
shy,  young  thing  yet.  Indeed,  it  is  so 
timid,  weak  and  wobbly,  that  one  wonders  if 
it  will  ever  have  courage  and  strength  enough 
to  walk  out  and  face  the  troubles  and  turmoil 
of  a  campaign. 

Third  parties  have  not  done  very  well  in 
this  country.  Eugene  Uebs  has  been  a  third- 
party  candidate  for  some  years,  and  few  of 
us  know  that  he  is  running  until  a  few  months 
after  election,  when  in  some  book  of  statis- 
tics we  find  his  name  in  the  "scattering" 
list  of  presidential  aspirants.  Horace  Greely 
was  the  first  noted  bolter;  he  left  the  Repub- 
lican party  in  1872,  and,  although  he  got  a 
very  large  Democratic  vote,  did  not  come 
within  three-quarters  of  a  million  ballots  of 
General  Grant.  J  ames  B.  Weaver  courted 
and  met  a  similar  fate  when  he  tried  to  form 
a  third  party  in  1880;  with  his  Greenbackers 
he  polled  307,301  votes,  more  than  four  mil- 
lion behind  General  Garfield.  In  1892,  Wea- 
ver carried  his  own  state,  Iowa,  through 
coalition  witn  the  Populists;  but  when  good 
times  came,  Weaver  was  lost  in  the  political 
shuffle,  and  the  Populists  and  Greenbacks 
ceased  from  troubling. 

Colonel  Roosevelt's  third-term  party  is  suf- 
fering from  a  variety  of  vexatious  annoy- 
ances, of  which  general  indifference  is  not 
the  least.  Unfortunately  for  the  gallant  Col 
onel,  he  has  nothing  to  offer  the  country  but 
himself.  His  borrowed  "policies"  have  all 
gone  back  whence  they  came — to  Bryan, 
who  has  passed  them  over,  slightly  shop-worn, 
it  is  true,  but  still  serviceable,  to  his  candi- 
date.— -Portland  Spectator, 


MOTEL 

DEL 
MONTE 

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PACIPIC 

GROVE 

MOTEL 

Pacific    Grove 

BOTH    HOUSES   UNDER 
SAME    MANAGEMENT 

Address: 

H.   R.   WARNER, 

Del  Monte,    •    California 

A  beautiful  summer 

home  at 
very  moderate  rates 

A  tasty,  comfortable 

family  hotel. 
Low  monthly  rates 

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iHE   highly   important  news 
has     been     Hashed     in     a 

special  dispatch,  all  the 
way  from  New  York,  that 
Newport's  smart  set  in- 
cludes Louis  «:.  Bruguiere 
and  Mrs,  Bruguiere  of  San 
Francisco.  The  classifica- 
tion has  been  made  in  book  form  by  C.  W. 
de  Lyon  Nicholls,  society  man  and  author, 
we  are  informed  in  the  dispatch  aforesaid. 
It  isn't  stated  how  this  society  man  and  au- 
thor managed  to  separate  the  sheep  from  the 
goats.  By  what  standard  did  he  measure 
them?  Not  solely  by  the  length  of  their  purs- 
es, for  the  Bruguieres  could  not  match  bank 
accounts  with  a  hundred  of  the  238  in  Mr. 
C.  W.  de  Lyon  NichoU  's  illustrious  list.  Class- 
ifying these  "ultra-fashionables"  by  the 
height  of  their  family  trees  would  be  equally 
unsatisfactory,  for  many  of  them  might  run 
into  the  blue-jumper-overall  variety  before 
their  great-grandfathers  had  been  reached. 
Grandpa  Cornelius  Vanderbilt,  himself,  was 
a  husky  young  boatman,  in  a  tieless  woolen 
shirt,  before  he  donned  the  becoming  title  of 
'  'Commodore ,y  and  took  up  the  interesting 
task  of  founding  a  dynasty. 

Another  statement  attributed  to  Mr.  C.  W. 
de  Lyon  Nicholls,  "society  man  and  author," 
is  that  "the  vice-regal  authority  of  Newport 
is  vested  in  four  women — Mrs.  Cornelius  Van- 
derbilt Sr.,  Mrs.  Stuyvesant  Fish,  Mrs.  Cor- 
nelius Vanderbilt  Jr.,  and  Mrs.  John  R. 
Drexel. " 

What  does  Mr.  Nicholls  mean  by  vice-regal 
authority?  You  can't  have  a  viceroy  or  a 
vicereine  without-  a  king  or  queen  to  appoint 
them  and  confer  authority  upon  them.  If 
these  four  Newport  ladies  of  social  super-em- 
inence, Mesdames  Vanderbilt  Si1.,  Vanderbilt 
Jr.,  Stuyvesant  Fish  aud  Drexel  exercise  vice- 
regal authority,  who  exercises  regal  author- 
ity? Who  is  the  queen  of  America?  Have 
we  a  king,  who  modestly  hides  his  crown 
under  his  coattails?  Happy  thought!  Per- 
haps Nicholls  of  the  many  names  is  himself 
the  actual  monarch  of  American  fashion,  and 
travels  '  'incognito ' '  under  the  title  of  ' '  so- 
ciety man  and  author,"  organizing  an  aris- 
tocracy and  nobility  for  us.  "Incognito "  has 
been  a  characteristic  of  rulers  from  the  days 
when  the  famous  Calept  Harum-al-Rasehid 
nosed  around  the  streets  of  Bagdad,  after 
dark,  and  thus  enjoyed  the  adventures  des- 
cribed so  entertainingly  in  "Arabian  Nights" 
— a  work  of  pure  fiction,  only  excelled  in 
imagination  by  Mr.  Alphabeth  NichoU 's  cat- 
alogue of  a  blue-blooded,  18-karat,  hall- 
marked and  blown-in-the-bottle  American 
peerage  of  238  members,  each  "primus  inter 
pares,  nulli  seeundus"   (the  real  cheese.) 


NOTICE. 

All  communications  relative  to  social  newi 
should  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  Insure  publication 
In  the  Issue  of  that  week. 


Done  by  a  Female  Sharper. 

QUITE  the  richest  thing  in  the  history  of 
San  Francisco  since  the  quake  was  the 
the  way  our  clever  clubmen  and  men- 
about-town,  who  consider  themselves  fully 
capable  of  avoiding  any  bunco  game  or  scheme 


MISS    KATHERINE    MacADAM 

A    popular    society    girl    who    has    successfully 
essayed  the  part  of  hostess  at  recent  events. 

of  graft,  were  all  landed  by  one  lone  and 
crafty  woman  who  had  made  a  careful  study 
of  a  prominent  man  in  clubdom  and  the  busi- 
ness world — and  his  wife.  What  surprises 
most  people  is  that  all  the  victims,  who  are 
intimate  friends  of  the  Friedlanders,  must 
have  known  that  Mrs.  Friedlander  has  an  in- 
dependent fortune  of  her  own  exceeding  by 
far  that  of  her  husband.  One  would  natur- 
ally have  considered  it  suspicious  that  such 
a  rich  woman  would  be  borrowing  sums  rang- 
ing from  $25  to  $100.  Would  you  not  have 
thought  that  the  sharper  simulating  the 
wealthy  woman,  would  have  been  detected  at 
once,  and  the  imposture  exposed?  But  the 
clever  adventuress  baffled  detectioii.  By  a 
few   tactful   words   she   made,   the    appeal   for 


li.'lj.  -ii  intimate  ihsit  no  gentleman  could  re 
fuse,  aud  her  troubled  voice  Haying  "Yes, 
I  iii>  is  Jessie,  and  I  am  in  real  trouble, 
would  melt  a  heart  of  steel.  I  am  told  that 
the  artful  female  did  Fred  Sharon,  Hurry 
Tevis  and  Harry  Mendell  the  honor  of  pick 
ing  them  out  in  the  first  batch  of  victims  to 
see  how  the  trick  would  work,  and  when  they 
"tell  for  it"  she  made  a  clean-up  all  along 
the  line.  Few  of  the  bitten  ones  will  own  up 
to  having  been  touched.  They  all  concede, 
though,  that  Kipling  was  not  far  from  the  truth 
when  he  made  those  trite  remarks  about  the 
female   of   the   species. 

Princess  Kawananakoa's  Illness. 

NEWS  reaches  me  that  Princess  Kawauan- 
akoa  of  Honolulu  is  in  a  very  critical 
condition.  She  returned  from  London 
by  way  of  San  Francisco  a  short  time  ago  in 
too  miserable  health  to  see  any  of  her  friends. 
She  barely  gets  around  on  crutches  now,  and 
seems  very  much  broken.  The  real  beginning 
of  her  trouble,  it  is  said  came  from  a  fall  she 
had  when  an  infant  from  her  nurse's  arms. 
This  in  some  way  dislocated  the  knee,  which 
is  crippling  her  so  seriously  now. 

San  Francisco  women  are  quite  used  to  the 
swarthy  complexions  of  their  sisters  from  our 
Island  Possessions,  but  when  those  islanders 
travel  in  the  Eastern  States  they  cause  no  end 
of  comment.  New  York  and  London  gaze  in 
open-eyed  astonishment  to  see  those  swart 
beauties  so  perfectly  at  ease  in  the  fashionable 
hostelries. 

Mrs.  Gay  of  Honolulu,  the  wife  of  a  white 
plantation  owner,  travels  constantly,  and  is 
always  in  daoger  of  being  mistaken  for  an  Af- 
rican. She  is  a  woman  of  very  large  means, 
and  always  has  a  guest  with  her  wherever  she 
goes.  Mrs.  George  Lacy  Spaulding  of  Santa 
Barbara  spends  months  at  a  time  as  her  guest 
and  was  with  her  a  year  ago  in  New  York, 
when  Mrs.  Gay  had  a  wonderful  suite  at  the 
Plaza  for  three  months  and  created  such  a 
sensation  at  the  famous  hotel 

Mrs.  Spaulding,  who  is  a  perfect  blonde, 
offset  Mrs.  Gay's  dusky  beauty,  and  they 
were  a  very  noticeable  pair  at  the  great  me- 
tropolis. 

&     &     S 
Mrs.  Smart's  Beautiful  House. 

MR.  AND  MRS.  HENRY  GAILLARD 
SMART  (Miss  Thelma  Parker)  are 
building  a  beautiful  house  on  the 
corner  of  Vallejo  and  Broderick  streets, 
which  will  be  principally  occupied  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Fred  Knight,  as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smart  will 
divide  their  time  between  San  Francisco  and 
Honolulu.  I  hear  from  the  gossips  that  before 
his  marriage  to  the  heiress,  Mr.  Smart  was 
only   receiving    an    income    of   $50    a   month, 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  August  24,  1912. 


which,  of  course,  he  gave  up  upon  his  betrothal 
to   the  Hawaiian  belle. 

I  have  not  seen  it  mentioned  in  any  news 
paper  that  the  bride  was  unfortunately  at- 
tacked by  a  very  severe  cold  and  sore  throat 
during  her  wedding  tour  and  bad  to  return 
home  from  the  Volcano  House  for  medical  at- 
tention. She  is  a  vivacious  girl,  but  not  phys- 
ically rugged. 

x£m  t£*  c5* 

Going  to  Europe. 

ME.  GAERET  McENEENET,  the  famous 
lawyer,  and  Mrs.  McEnerney  leave  foi 
their  regular  European  trip  this  week. 
They  would  have  gone  in  June,  or  earlier,  had 
not  important  business  detained  ilr.  McEn- 
erney. The  Baldwin  estate,  amongst  other 
things,  was  being  settled  up.  Mr.  McEnerney 
was  Mrs.  Baldwin's  lawyer  in  that  celebrated 
case  and  other  litigation  affecting  the  estate. 
A  portion  of  the  great  Santa  Anita  ranch, 
part  of  the  Baldwin  estate,  was  disposed  of 
the  other  day  for  $6,000,000.  Of  this  sum, 
$1,000,000  was  paid  in  cash  and  the  balance 
is  to  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  $1,000,000  a  year 
for  five  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McEnerney  will 
visit  the  principal  cities  of  Europe  and  expect 
to  return  in  about  four  months.  Mrs.  McEn- 
erney is  an  accomplished  linguist,  who  speaks 
French  and  German  fluently. 

t£*  !^*  t£* 

Bird  of  Happy  Omen. 

THE  stork  seems  to  be  quite  the  busiest 
thing  in  town  these  days,  and  at  most 
of  the  tea  parties — the  come-early  and 
bringyour-sewing  kind — fully  half  the  guests 
are  applying  their  skill  to  tiny  garments.  The 
long-legged  bird  of  happy  omen  is  flapping 
his  wings  over  the  home  of  the  Charles  Mills' 
(Miss  Claire  Nichols),  daughter  of  Bishop 
Nichols.  The  Franklin  Harwoods  are  eagerly 
waiting  for  the  obliging  visitor  to  alight. 
Mrs.  Harwood  was  pretty  Margaret  Wilson. 
The  Baldwin  Woods  (Miss  Gertrude  Hyde- 
Smith)    are   expectant   of   a   visit. 

^*  (5*  ^* 

Not  "Betsy  B." 

iir-piHE  KNAVE"  in  the  Oakland  Tribune 
J  tangled  himself  up  pretty  badly  in 
last  Sunday's  paper,  when  he  describ- 
ed Mrs.  Joe  Austin  as  ' '  Betsy  B.. ' '  the  famous 
dramatic  critic  of  early  days,  when  George 
E.  Banes  of  the  Call  was  the  respected  dean 
of  the  profession,  and  Peter  Robertson  was 
just  beginning  to  make  a  name  for  himself. 
"Betsy  B. "  was  the  wife  of  the  late  Park 
Commissioner  Joe  Austin's  brother,  long  since 
dead.  Joe  Austin 's  widow,  who  is  unfortu- 
nately in  failing  health,  and  to  whom  "The 
Knave"  referred,  was  a  Miss  Sesnon.  She 
belongs  to  the  well-known  family  of  which 
William  Sesnon  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Expo- 
sition Company  is  a  member.  The  handsome 
Father  Sesnon.  who  is  one  of  the  most  aris- 
tocratic-looking Catholic  priests  in  America, 
is    also   Mrs.    Joe    Austin  's   brother.      ' '  Betsy 

YOTTB  PHYSICIAN 

Will  tell  you  that  a  glass  of  Italian-Swiss 
Colony  TIPO  with  your  meals  will  aid  diges- 
tion. 


B.  "  was  a  sister  of  Jerome  Hart,  for  many 
years  the  partner  of  the  late  Frank  Pixley, 
editor  of  the  Argonaut.  After  the  death  of 
Pixley,  Mr.  Hart  edited  the  journal  very  ably 
and  conducted  it  on  the  same  lines  as  his  pre 
decessor  till  he  sold  it  to  the  present  owner. 
"Betsy  B. "  was  undoubtedly  tire  greatest 
woman  dramatic  critic  of  her  day,  and  per- 
haps of  any  day.     She  was  a  marvel. 

c5*        c5*        t&fr 

Work  of  Snap-Shot  Reporters. 

AS  IT  IS  WELL  KNOWN  in  society  that 
Mrs.  W.  H.  -Crocker  has  a  positive  av- 
ersion to  newspaper  notoriety,  and  es- 
pecially to  being  depicted  in  the  sensational 
piints,  it  has  surprised  her  friends  how  these 
publications  sometimes  present  pictures  of 
both  Mrs.  Crocker  and  her  daughter,  Miss 
Ethel.  The  pictures,  which  the  public  sees 
occasionally,  are  snap-shots  taken  at  the  polo 
tournament  and  other  fashionable  events,  by 
the  newspaper  photographers,  who  are  no  re- 
spectors  of  persons.  Nothing  is  sacred  to 
those  reprobates,  and  with  fiendish  delight 
they  go  out  of  their  way  to  snap  such  people, 
who  object  violently  to  such  attentions. 

Newport  Not  Responsive. 

WITH  bated  breath  'tis  whispered  around 
the  Fairmont  and  out  Bioadway  and 
down  San  Mateo  way,  wheie  Miss 
Esther  Moreland's  wealth  and  brilliant  social 
qualities  dazzled  the  native  society  so  com- 
pletely last  winter,  that  she  has  not  penetrat- 
ed even  the  outside  crust  of  Newport  society. 
Such  a  failure  bodes  ill  for  certain  local  nota- 
bles we  all  know  who  have  ambitions  fixed 
on  a  Newport  triumph.  Miss  Esthei  Moreland 
is  pretty  and  has  wonder- 
ful clothes.  Rumor  hath  it 
that  this  heiress  never  wears 
the  same  costume  twice. 
No  matter  how  becoming, 
it  must  be  discarded  so  that 
she  may  appear  in  some- 
thing quite  new.  The  wealth 
ot  the  Morelands  is  a  prod- 
uc ;  oi  Pittsburg,  where 
crops  of  millionaires  create 
no  mo:c  surprise  than  sis 
crops  of  alfalfa  a  year  on 
a  California  ranch.  The 
glitter  of  Pittsburg  gold 
dazzled  San  Francisco,  but 
it  se?ms  that  Newport 
doesn  't  even  blink  in  the 
glaie  of  the  yellow  metal 
unless  you're  "in."  Being 
outside,  you  must  have 
some  trace  of  blue  blood, 
world-wide  fame,  or  phe- 
nomenal mental  brilliancy. 
Mi^s  Esther  made  her  de- 
but here  last  winter  when 
she  visited  the  George  T. 
Maryes,  and  was  taken  up 
by  the  Sharons  and  rushed 
by  several  of  our  eligible 
bachelors;  but  if  the  pretty 
little  debutante  from  Pitts- 


burg expected  to  conquer  Newport  as  easily 
as  she  swept  the  field  here,  she  has  received  a 
rather  sad  blow. 

Cupid's  Triumph. 

THE  visit  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  A. 
Brooks,  who  are  out  here  at  the  St. 
Francis  on  their  wedding  trip,  recalls 
the  amusing  story  of  how  Mrs.  Biooks  jilted 
the  dashing  Captain  Alleyne  of  the  Queens 
Own  Regiment  to  marry — in  spite  of  strong 
family  opposition — the  man  she  truly  loved. 
Mrs.  Brooks,  as  Miss  Carol  Newbury,  was 
extremely  popular  in  Detroit,  New  York  and 
Washington,  where  she  lived  when  her  father, 
Tiuman  H.  Newbury,  was  Secretary  of  War, 
and  where  she  met  Brooks.  Her  father  and 
mother  peisuaded  her  to  leave  Washington 
and  winter  with  them  in  Bermuda,  hoping  it 
would  be  a  case  of  out  of  sight  out  of  mind 
ior  Brooks.  It  seemed  for  a  time  as  though 
it  had  worked  out  that  way,  for  when  Cap- 
tain Alleyne,  who  had  all  the  dash  and  aris- 
tocratic prominence  of  an  English  officer,  beg- 
ged for  her  hand,  she  accepted  him,  mucl.  to 
the  immense  joy  of  Mamma  and  Papa  New- 
bury. But,  alas!  when  she  returned  home  and 
saw  Brooks  again  it  was  all  off  for  the  pride 
of  the  Queen 's  Own.  And  just  two  weeks 
after  the  date  set  for  the  biillaint  marriage 
of  the  Captain  she  was  quietly  wedded  to  the 
invincible  Brooks.  .  Miss  Caroline  Murray, 
daughter  of  General  and  Mrs.  Murray  of  Fort 
Mason,  was  to  go  East  and  be  Miss  New- 
bury's bridesmaid;  but  with  the  change  in 
husbands  she  changed  her  plans  and  went 
north  with  her  parents,  and  now  is  with  them 
at  Yellowstone  Park.  So  it  is  doubtful  wheth- 
er she  will  see  the  Brooks'  while  they  are  here. 


$12 


Los  Angel 

and  back 

Sept.  7,  8,  9.     Limit  Sept.  25. 
These  tickets  are  good  on 

Angel 


from  the  Ferry  4:00  p.  m.  daily 

AND   YOU  RETURN    ON   THE    SAINT. 

Phone  or  eall  on  me  for  reservations. 

Jas.    B.   Duffy,    Gen.   Agt.,    673    Market    St.. 
San    Francisco.   Phone:   Kearny  315 
J.   0.    Warner.    Gen.    Apt.,    1218    Broadway. 
Oakland.      Phone:     Oakland    425 


Saturday,   August   24,    1912J 


-THE  WASP 


Change  of  Subject  at  the  Tea  Tables. 

SANTA  BARBARA  will  bave  one  subject 
less  ti»  gossip  about  since  Mr.  Rope 
Vere  of  London  has  flitted  northward 
tn  San  Francisco,  after  enjoying  t'<>r  severaJ 
months  the  gracious  hospitality  i>t'  the  most 
talented  societj  hostess  in  the  mission  town. 
Mrs.  Graham  is  devoted  t»>  her  family,  and 
lias  all  the  virtues  of  a  loving  wife,  tender 
mother,  and  bo  forth,  combined  with  the 
twentieth-century  craving  Cor  the  fads  and 
ailments  of  the  social  whirl.  Mr.  Vere  bas 
figured  conspicuously  for  several  months  in 
the  social  plans  of  Santa  Barbara's  must 
noted  bostess,  and  the  prolonged  visit  of  the 
interesting  stranger  bas  furnished  an  unend- 
ing topic  t'"]'  i lie  tea-tables.  His  departure 
for  the  northern  fog-belt  makes  some  fresh 
subject    of    small    talk    necessary,    for    Santa 

Barbara    minus   gossip   would    be 

,<      &      .* 
vVill  Reside  in  Alameda. 

ALAMEDA  is  preparing  in  welcome  with 
open  arms  the  advent  in  that  city  of 
die  family  of  A.  Carnegie  Ross,  the 
British  Consul.  Mr.  Ross  was  appointed  Con- 
sul to  San  Francisco  by  the  British  Colonial 
Office  last  fall,  and  came  here  from  Buenos 
Ay  res,  Argentine  Republic,  where  he  was  then 
stationed  as  British  Consular  Representative. 
His  family  consists  of  himself,  Mrs.  Ross,  Miss 
NatoKe  Ross,  and  two  younger  children,  a  boy 
and  a  girl.  Miss  Natolie  Ross  made  many 
friends  in  Buenos  Ayres  social  circles  before 
her  family  moved  to  San  Francisco.  The 
temporary  residence  of  the  family  in  San  Fran- 
cisco resulted  in  the  forming  of  numerous 
pleasant  social  ties  here,  and  Alameda  and 
Oakland  society  circles  are  already  busy  with 
plans  for  welcoming  the  Rosses  to  the  Island 
City.  The  British  Vice-Consul  to  this  port, 
Wellesley  Moore,  is  also  a  commuter,  living  in 
Alameda,  where  his  family  are  already  mem- 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 


Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house,  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such  a 
house  is  the  John  O.  Bellis  Gold  and  Silver 
Ware  Factory,  328  Post  St.,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup 
plied  at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

We  can  supply  you  with  Silver  toilet  arti- 
cles or  Silver  tableware  in  all  standard 
patterns. 

"Our  Lines  are  Limitless."  If  we 
haven't  got  what  you  want,  we  can  make 
it    for  you." 


bers  of  several  social  sets.  Dr.  K.  W.  d'Evi 
lyn,    who    is    a    p  ng    i.m.  sician    in    San 

Francisco,  and  pei  i  apa  the  leading  Alaim  da 
exponent  of  the  Grcatei  San  Francisco  move- 
ment across  the  bay,  is  another  well-known 
Englishman,  now  Americanized,  living  in  Ala 

meda.     Dr.  d'Evelyn   was  an   English  surg 

in  the  Boer  war.  He  is  a  dabbler  in  politics 
and  genera]  civics,  and  a  pleasing  writer  on  a 
wide  range  of  Bpecial  topics.  His  son,  Norman 
d'Evelyn,  is  connected  with  the  California 
Promotion   Committee. 

Alarming  Accident. 

MRS.  ARTHTJB   WATSON,  who  was  Miss 
May  lit  a  Pease,  met   with  a   very  pain- 
ful   accident    a    few    weeks   ago.      She 
was    bathing    her    pet    collie,    when    the    animal 
tamed    and    snapped    at    her,    inflicting    a    very 
bad    bite    on    her    hand.       The    dnv    was    placed 

under  medical  observation  and  was  pronounc- 
ed to  be  suffering  from  rabies.  Mis.  Watson 
was  immediately  given  the  I'asteur  treatment 
and  great  alarm  was  felt  over  her  condition 
for  some  time,  but  she  is  now  happily  past 
the  danger  point  and  on  her  way  to  recovery. 
Her  friends  and  family  are  greatly  rejoiced. 
'Hie  usual  Pasteur  treatment  is  veiy  painful, 
lint  the  clever  physician  who  attended  Mrs. 
Watson  has  discovered  a  method  by  which 
the  patient's  suffering  is  greatly  mitigated. 

^*      t?*      ^* 
Second  Honeymoon. 

A  SECOND  HONEYMOON,  spent  at  Bel 
Monte  last  week  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Er- 
nest M.  Porter  of  Alameda,  marked  the 
reconciliation  between  this  couple  after  the 
stormy  clouds  of  a  domestic  disagreement  had 
caused  a  separation  of  a  few  months  which 
friends  feared  might  end  in  a  permanent  part- 
ing of  the  ways  and  a  divorce  court  action  as 
a  closing  chapter.  Now  the  Porters  are  back 
again  in  Alameda,  and  are  again  occupying 
the  handsome  home  of  Mrs.  E.  J.  Dodge,  where 
they  lived  prior  to  the  trouble.  The  Porters 
have  their  own  home  in  Alameda,  but  leased 
this  residence  and  look  the  Dodge  home  when 
Mrs.  Dodge  moved  to  Berkeley.  Mrs.  Porter 
was  Jessie  Dodge  befoie  her  mariiage  to  the 
successful  young  lumberman  who  is  now  the 
head  of  the  big  E.  J.  Dodge  Company. 

Interesting   Debutante. 

MISS  Mauricia  Mintzer,  who  has  just  re- 
turned with  her  brothers  from  Paris,  is 
contemplating  making  her  debut  this 
winter.  Should  she  so  decide,  she  will  be  in  the 
lead  of  any  of  the  other  buds,  for,  besides  her 
immense  wealth  she  has  wonderful  personal 
charm  and  real  Nell  Brinkley  looks — light, 
curly  hair,  blue  eyes,  and  that  petite  dainti- 
ness which  always  makes  the  heroines  of  that 
versatile  illustrator.  Miss  Mintzer  began  her 
education  in  this  State,  and  has  finished  it  at 
Miss  White's  school  in  Paris.  The  young 
lady,    with    her    two    brothers,    have   taken    a 


NOT  AMISS  TO  A  MISS— She  will  enjoy  a 
box  of  candy  while  staying  in  the  country; 
easily  sent  by  mail  or  express  from  any  one  of 
Geo.   Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores.    . 


house  in   Boss  for  the  summer,  l<ut   will   later 
■    i1'    their   beaul  il  til    -.    on    Pacini    a  ■  - 

llllr. 

*  <  < 

Interest  Becoming  Acute. 

THERE  is   an  air  of  expectancy  and   Inter 
est     being       manifested       an  mi  ml      Tail  v 

these  days.  Now  thai  the  i  imi 
awarding  the  beautiful  Oak  la  ml  automobile 
to  be  given  away  is  drawing  near  patrons  of 
the  place  are  showing  a  stimulate.!  interest. 
The  lady  patron  who  wins  this  beautiful  lii^h- 
powered  ear  will  certainly  be  a  lucky  one  ami 
the  envy  of  her  friends  and  acquaintances. 
The  manner  in  which  the  car  is  to  lie  awarded 
is  tally  explained  at  the  cafe  every  afternoon 
between  the  hours  of  3  and  (5  o'clock.  There 
is  always  a  novel  and  interesting  entertain- 
ment  here  every  afternoon. 

The  man  who  tells  a   woman   she   is  his  very 
life  may  realize  how  uncertain  life  is. 


We  offer  exclusive  originality  in  classic  schemes 
for  Format  Gardens  and  approaches  of  picturesque 
designs.  We  invite  you  to  correspond  with  us  on 
the  subject.  We  have  also  a  large  variety  of 
high-class  articles,  as  Roman  Benches,  Greek  and 
Florentine  Yases,  Fountains,  Sundials,  Posts,  etc. 

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10 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  August  24,  1912. 


VIEW     IN    "WTNSHIP     PARK     AT     ROSS. 
Showing  the  Winship  country  residence  and  part  of  the   splendid   demesne   of  seventy-five  acres  now  being   subdivided   for   building  purposes. 


Winship  Estate  Cut  Up. 

WINSHIP  PARK  of  Ross  Valley  bids 
fair  to  become  one  of  the  most  at- 
tractive residence  spots  in  America. 
The  seventy-six  acres  formerly  pwned  by 
Mrs.  Emory  "Winship,  who  is  so  prominent  and 
popular  in  local  society,  were  purchased  by  a 
syndicate,  and  the  place  is  being  laid  out  re- 
gardless of  cost,  for  villa  sites.  Winding 
roads,  well-macadamized,  and  cement  path- 
ways are  being  constructed  by  a  small  army  of 
workmen,  and  the  wild  woodland  around  the 
handsome  "Winship  residence  is  undeTgoiug 
transformation,  which  makes  all  parts  of  it 
accessible  for  home-seekers.  All  the  fine 
trees  on  the  property  are  to  be  preserved  and 
will  prove  a  delight  to  the  new  owners  of  this 
delightful  place. 


San  Francisco 
Sanatorium 

specializes  in  the  scientific  care 
of  liquor  cases.  suitable  and 
convenient  home  in  one  of  san 
francisco's  finest  residential 
districts  is  afforded  men  and 
women  while  recuperating  from 
overindulgence.  private  rooms, 
private  nurses  and  meals  served 
in  room&  no  name  on  building, 
terms  reasonable. 

San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Phone  Franklin  7470        1911  Van  Ness  Ave. 
H.  L.   BATCHELDER,    Manager. 


The  "Winship  residence,  in  the  center  of 
this  beautiful  locality,  is  also  for  sale.  The 
price  is  said  to  be  something  under  $20,000. 
It  has  been  the  scene  of  much  hospitality,  for 
the  "Winships  have  entertained  a  great  deal. 
Mrs.  Winship  was  Katherine  Dillon  before  her 
marriage  to  Lieutenant  Emory  Winship,  U.  S. 
1ST.  Few  women  in  local  society  have  been  as 
prominent,  and  at  the  same  time  as  popular, 
as  Mrs.  Winship.  Lieutenant  Winship  is  a 
Southern   man   of   fine   family. 

Mrs.  Winship  inherited  a  great  fortune 
from  her  aunt,  the  late  Mrs.  McLaughlin, 
widow  of  a  well-known  California  millionaire. 

Ross  Valley  has  been  the  home  of  our  most 
exclusive  aristocracy,  and  until  recently  none 
of  the  large  estates  were  subdivided.  It  was 
difficult  for  people  of  moderate  means  to 
obtain  a  desirable  building  site  in  the  valley. 
The  subdivisions  of  the  seventy-five  acres  of 
the  Winship  demesne  will  afford  an  opportu- 
nity for  which  home-seekers  in  Ross  will 
quickly  avail  themselves.  The  terms  offered 
by  the  real  estate  agents,  G.  H.  Umbsen  &  Co., 
are  most  liberal — only  10  per  cent  cash,  and 
the  balance  in  easy  paj'ments.  Lots  from 
$1,500  up  and  artistic  restrictions  to  keep  out 
freak  structures. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  Heinke  are  here  from 

CURRIER'S   NEW    STUDIO. 
E.    W.    Currier,    the  -well-known    artist,    lias   moved 
his   studio   from   57   Post   street  to  220   Post   street, 
5th.  floor,  Hirsch  and  Kaiser  building.     Visitors  wel- 
come Thursdays  and  Saturdays  from  2  to  5  p.  m. 


Los  Angeles  and  are  staying  at  the  Palace. 
On  Sunday  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heinke  entertained 
a  luncheon  party  at  the  Burlingame  Club. 


Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 


Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Vietrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de 
luxe"  at  $200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a 
very  small  expense  you  can  enjoy  a 
world  of  entertainment.  Victrolas  $15 
to  $200.     Any  Vietrola  on  easy  terms. 


Sherman  Ray  &  Co. 

Sheet  Music  and  Mimical  Merchandise. 
Steinway  and  Oth«r  Pianos. 
Apollo  and  Cecillan  Player  Pianos 

Victor  Talking  Machines. 

KEAENT    AND    SUTTEE     STEEETS, 

SAN     FRANCISCO 

14TH  &   CLAY  STS.,   OAKLAND. 


Saturday,   August   24,   1912] 


-THE  WASP- 


ii 


Made  Burlinganie  Smile. 

IT  CAUSED   more   than   smiles   around   Bur- 
tingame  and  San  Mateo  when  the  residents 

of  those  places  rem!  in  :i  San  Krancisco 
morning  paper  that  the  erratic  Walter  Mr 
(Jreery,  the  polo  player,  is  the  "sou  of  A.  B. 
Mi-l're.-ry,  win.  is  also  a  famous  polo  player.'' 
Of  :ill  the  humorous  ideas,  that  is  the  most 
side-splitting.  Imagine  the  cautious  old  cap- 
italist seated  on  a  mettlesome  polo  pony  and 
chasing  a  ball  all  over  the  field.  Any  kind 
Of  a  ball  wouldn't  tempt  him  to  indulge  in 
auch  an  exhibition.  The  nearest  the  elder 
Mr.  MeCreery  ever  came  to  the  polo  game 
was  when  Walter  Jlobart,  in  full  polo  togs, 
rodo  a  polo  pony  upstairs  and  into  the  bed- 
room  in  t he  old  Burlingame  Club,  where  the 
:igrd  rapitalist  was  trying  to  sleep  the  sleep 
of  the  just. 

The  elder  Mr.  MeCreery  has  been  a  good 
citizen  of  Sau  Francisco  and  deserves  no  fam- 
ily troubles  in  his  old  age.  He  gave  the  city 
a  handsome  library  out  in  the  Noe  Valley 
district,  and  like  all  public  benefactors,  got 
very  little  thanks  for  it.  He  began  life  a 
poor  man  and  put  his  savings  into  a  mine  aud 
one  morning  woke  up  to  find  himself  a  mil- 
lionaire. His  wife,  a  woman  of  good  family, 
separated  from  him  many  years  ago,  and  has 
made  Europe  her  place  of  permanent  resi- 
dence. His  sons  got  good  educations  on  the 
English  plan  and  have  lived  more  abroad 
than  in  America. 

Walter  A.  MeCreery,  who  has  been  acting 
queerly  for  a  few  years,  and  is  now  the  sub- 
ject of  judicial  inquiry  as  to  his  mental  com- 
petency, is  a  splendid  horseman.  Amongst 
his  performances  is  that  of  having  jumped 
his  horse  over  a  lunch  table  set  for  a  large 
party.  All  his  Burlingame  acquaintances,  in- 
cluding the  Tobin  boys,  have  taken  sides  with 
his  wife.  Joseph  S.  Tobin  has  been  Mrs.  Me- 
Creery's  lawyer  in  the  settlement  negotia- 
tions and  the  subsequent  legal  proceedings. 

Mr.  MeCreery,  senior,  owns,  among  other 
valuable  property  in  San  Francisco,  the  large 
corner  of  Market  and  Eighth  streets,  known 
as  the  old  Central  Park  baseball  grounds. 
The  Central  Theater  stands  on  this  fine  prop- 
erty. wThich  would  long  ago  have  been  im- 
proved by  the  owner  had  his  family  affairs 
been   more   satisfactory. 

News   Travels  Fast. 

THERE  is  an  ancient  proverb  that  "bad 
news  travels  on  the  wings  of  the 
wind."  Not  any  faster,  though,  than 
good  news.  On  Monday  evening  a  week  ago, 
the  San  Quentin  and  San  Francisco  Bulletin 
announced  that  the  Hon.  Charles  Wesley  Reed 
had  made  a  nice  turn  of  $10,000  on  a  land 
deal  in  Southern  California.  On  Tuesday  at 
7  a.  m.  the  Hon.  Charles  found  amongst  his 
largely  increased  bunch  of  mail  this  touching 
missive: 

Claus    Spreckels    Bldg. 
San    Francisco,     August    32,     1912. 
HON.     CHAS.    WESLEY    REED,     City- 
Dear    Sir: — During    the    last    municipal    campaign, 
in    which    you    were    a    candidate    for   Auditor,    I    as- 
sisted  you  to  a   considerable  extent  at  your  personal 


and    written     ft 

you    i    bill    for   servii 

to    tin-    data    remains 
!  observe  in  the  Bi 


In   due    time    I    submitted    to 
b    rendered,    which,    b 
unpaid. 

Jletln  a  paper  devoted 


tu  political  Interests,  thai  you  have,  by  a  auo- 
coastal  land  deal,  jusi  idded  the  mm  of  $10,000  to 
your  exchequer  in  the  short  space  of  threi  day* 
which  fact  carries  thi  conviction  to  mj  heart  that 
you  arc  qow  in  a  position  to  Liquidate  the  bill  and 
wipe  it  off  the  slate.  You  have  long  since  ) a  ac- 
quainted with  what  Governor  Hiram  Warren  Johnson 
said  about  eating,  and  with  the  Scriptural  injunc i 

that    "the  laborer  is   worthy  of  his  hire."    and  a  word 
to    the    vise    is    sufficient. 

Yours    very    respectfully, 

JULIUS    OABSAB    SAULMANN. 

Wedding  Bells. 

Although  September  promises  to  rival  the 
month  of  June  in  the  number  of  weddings,  yei 
the  present  month  is  ringing  a  few  bells  right 
merrily.  A  notable  wedding  was  that  of  Miss 
Julia  Hayne  Langhorne  mid  Lieutenant  James 
Parker,  U.  S.  N.,  which  was  recorded  in  The 
Wasp  last  week.  Imposing  and  picturesque 
was  the  bridal  party  at  the  wedding  of  Miss 
Langhorne  and  Lieutenant  Parker,  with  all  the 
glitter  of  naval  and  military  accoutrements. 
Vet  the  fashionable  audience  was  not  a  whit 
less  interesting.  Prominent  among  the  beau- 
tifully gowned  guests  Mrs. 
Templeton  Crocker  was  dis- 
tinctively noticeable.  She 
wore  a  Parisian  creation  of 
wistaria  shades  ranging 
from  the  light  purples  to 
the  darker  heliotrope.  Gold 
brocade  was  used  in  effect- 
ive decoration.  The  gown 
was  made  in  classical  sim- 
plicity, the  lines  suiting  the 
supple  gracefulness  of  her 
figure.  Mrs.  Hamilton  Wal- 
lace, herself  a  bride  of  a 
few  weeks,  was  striking  in 
her  smart  French  coat  of 
white.  A  stunning  black 
hat  was  worn  with  the  cos- 
tume. Miss  Enid  Gregg  af- 
fected a  style  particularly 
suited  to  her  dashing  beau- 
ty— a  white  imported  gown 
with  smart  touches  of 
black,  an  effect  which  this 
fashionable  belle  has  adopt- 
ed this  season  most  success- 
fully. Pale  pinks,  soft 
blues  predominated  among 
the  belles.  White  lace,  an 
abundance  of  exquisite 
laces,  formed  the  motif  of 
milady's  gown  among  the 
matrons.  Mrs.  Langhorne, 
mother  of  the  bride,  wore  a 
violet  satin  toned  with  lace 
and  black  trimmings,  mak- 
ing a  most  attractive  and 
becoming        gown.  Mrs. 

Richard  Hammond,  sister  of 
Mrs.  Parker,  wore  a  rich 
black  gown  with  a  bunch  of 
orchids  in  her  corsage.  Mrs. 
Malcolm  Whitman  wore  a 
handsome  robe  of  pale  blue 


and  lace  with  touches  of  gold.     She  was  one  of 
■    bevy  of  brides  who   formed  an   inter 

■  hi'  this  attractive  audience,  Mrs.  Whit 
mi  '  wore  her  elegant  strand  of  pearls.  An 
Other  bride,  Mrs.  Rudolph  Schilling,  who  has 
just  returned  from  abroad,  was  gowned  in 
rich  bla.dk,  with  striking  touches  of  white, 
this  color  forming  the  entire  upper  portion  of 
the  garment.  Miss  Innes  Keeney  was  exceed- 
ingly attractive  in  a  gown  of  pink  pompadour 
silk.  White  charmeuse  was  worn  by  Miss 
Harriett  Alexander.  Touches  of  black,  which 
appeared  the  inevitable  smart  adornment  at 
this  fashionable  wedding,  was  noticeably  a 
pan  of  Miss  Alexander's  tasteful  adornment. 
The  Cunningham  girls,  Miss  Sara,  Miss  Mary 
and  Miss  Elizabeth,  wore  dainty  gowns  ot 
white  chiffon  over  white  silk. 

Caught  Bride's  Bouquet. 

Miss  Mary  Cunningham,  the  attractive  bride- 
elect  whose  engagement  to  Murray  Sargent 
lias  been  announced,  succeeded  in  catching 
Miss  Langhorne 's  bouquet.  There  may  be 
nothing  authentic  in  signs — but  there  may  be 
sentiment  in  abundance  in  longing  to  believe 
in  symbolism. 


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[Saturday,  August  24,  1912. 


MUCKROSS  ABBEY 
Where  young  Mrs.  Vincent    (nee   Bourn)    gives  delightful    teas,    etc. — so    some    local    scribes    assert. 


Hearts  of  Adamant. 

AN  INTENSELY  sarcastic  letter,  unsigned 
of  course,  has  come  to  me  from  some- 
body who  resents  my  humane  interfer- 
ence in  behalf  of  Mrs.  Arthur  Rose  Vincent, 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  Win.  Bourn  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  now  a  resident  of  the  County  Kerry 
in  Ireland.  She  married  a  young  Irish  gen- 
tleman and  her  father,  the  Croesus  of  Cali- 
fornia, acquired  for  her  the  Killarney  estate 
of  the  Earl  of  Kenmare.  The  property  had 
been  seeking  an  American  purchaser  for 
years,  although  it  is  very  picturesque  and 
valuable  in  several  ways,  and  was  offered  at 
a  moderate  price.  Muckross  Abbey,  which 
has  historic  interest  for  Irishmen  and  Irish- 
American  visitors  to  Killarney,  is  part  of  the 
property.  Some  of  the  ancient  Irish  chief- 
tains are  entombed  within  this  ruined  abbey, 
which  is  the  Westminster  of  Ireland,  and  the 
well-filled  churchyard  is  still  used  as  a  place 
of  interment.  American  tourists  at  Killarney 
sometimes  observe  with  curiosity  a  funeral 
party  going  towards  the  ancient  burial-ground 
and  the  relays  of  relatives  and  friends,  acting 
as  pall-bearers,  carrying  the  heavy  cothn  on 
their  shoulders  for  miles,  in  observance  of 
an  old  Celtic  custom.  To  place  the  dead  on 
a  wagon  or  other  vehicle  would  be  to  slight 
the  memory  of  the  departed  one  and  would 
— "°^  scandal  unending.  At  the  grave,  the 
mourners  are  likely  to  wail  loudly  and  long 
in  conformity  "with  the  old  Celtic  traditions 
that  abhorred  undecorous  haste  in  the  laying 
away  of  the  deceased.  It  wouldn't  have 
been  very  healthy  for  an  up-to-date  funeral 
director,  as  we  see  and  know  that  worthy,  to 
have  applied  his  speed  methods  to  the  burial 
of  a  Celtic  clansman  of  the  bygone  days.  It 
would  be  a  miracle  if  some  large  rocks  did 
not  make  havoc  of  the  plate  glass  windows 
and  veneer  of  his  smart  motor-hearse,  and  a 
forest  of  shillelahs  tickle  the  ears  of  his 
chauffeurs. 


At  Muckross  Abbey,  through  whose  shat- 
tered walls  the  winds  whistle  requiem  of  old 
Irish  kings,  and  owls  hoot  in  the  ivy,  Mrs. 
Arthur  Rose  Vincent  resides.  That's  what 
certain  San  Francisco  lady  reporters  declare. 
There 's  no  doubt  about  it,  for  the  ladies 
pride  tJhemselves  on  infallibility  equal  to 
that  of  the  comic  opera  personage,  who  sings: 

I  really  w\£l\  I  could  make  a  mistake, 

If  only  for  variety's  sake. 
Gently  but.  firmly,  I  have  reminded  those 
insistent  lady  reporters  that  eerie  Muckross 
Abbey  is  no  tit  place  for  an  accomplished 
and  refined  daughter  of  the  Golden  West  to 
establish  her  boudoir  and  dispense  the  social 
hospitalities  of  a  lady  of  great  wealth.  No- 
body but  the  bats  and  owls  have  foregathered 
there  for  centuries.  Why  not  let  Mrs.  Vin- 
cent live  in  some  more  habitable  abode?  Kil- 
larney is  full  of  such.  Good  hotels  are  many 
and  not  far  from  Muckross  Abbey  stands  the 
fine  red  brick  country  house,  built  by  the 
Earl  of  Kenmare,  father  of  Viscount  Castle- 
rosse.  An  ideal  home  for  a  young  hostess, 
desirous  of  entertaining  on  a  large  scale,  is 
this  house,  built  for  an  Earl's  family,  and 
sometimes  referred  to  as  a  "castle,"  which 
it  isn't.  Why  not  permit  Mrs.  Vincent  to 
occupy  this  fine  establishment,  with  its  abund- 
ant accommodations,  its  beautiful  gardens,  its 
broad  terraces,  commanding  a  fine  view  of  the 
lakes  of  Killarney,  its  lawn  tennis  court  and 
its  general  air  of  luxury? 
In  vain  the  plea.  The  hearts  of  those  lady 
reporters  are  adamant.  They  will  keep  Mrs. 
Vincent,  amongst  the  tombs  and  the  wailing 
mourners  and  the  crowds  of  inquisitive  tour- 
ists   in    Muckross    Abbey.      Every    few    days 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


one  reads  some  item  about  a  tea  or  a  recep- 
tion, or  even  a  grand  ball  ' '  given  by  Mrs. 
Arthur  Rose  Vincent  at  her  beautiful  home 
in   Muckross   Abbey,   Ireland. ' ' 

As  a  last  resort,  The  Wasp  herewith  prints 
a  view  of  the  Muckross  Abbey  from  the  grave- 
yard side.  If  the  implacable  lady  reporters, 
after  seeing  this  picture,  persist  in  keeping 
Mrs.  Vincent  there,  the  matter  will  be  beyond 
journalistic  adjustment.  It  can  only  be  rec- 
tified by  making  it  an  international  question 
and  passing  it  up  to  The  Hague  Tribunal. 

♦ 

A  Diplomat  if  Not  a  Linguist. 

A  breezy  and  enterprising  politician  ap- 
plied to  the  Secretary  of  State  for  a  consul- 
ship at  one  of  the  Chinese  ports. 

"You  may  not  be  aware,  Mr.  Blank,"  said 
the  Secretary,  "that  I  never  recommend  to 
the  President  the  appointment  of  a  consul  un- 
less he  speaks  the  language  of  the  country 
to  which  he  esires  to  go.  Now,  I  suppose  you 
do  not  speak  Chinese." 

The  Westerner  grinned  cheerfully.  "If, 
Mr.  Secretary,"  said  he,  "you  will  ask  me  a 
question  in  Chinese,  I  shall  be  happy  to  an- 
swer it. '  ' 

He  got  the  appointment. 

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13 


Won  More  Laurels. 

COVERED  with  laurels  tot  ber  skill  in 
the  Potlatcu  Tournament  at  the  Se- 
at tie  '  louni  i  v  '  'lull,  fid  i38  A  lice  War 
ner  of  Del  Monte  bas  returned  to  town. 
wheie  bei  mother  was  on  hand  to  welcome 
ber.  Miss  Warner  defeated  Mis.  Skinner, 
ih.  Oregon  champion,  and  won  i  In1  cham- 
pionship cup  in  a  manner  which  proved  her 
a    most    admirable    player.      Ber    love    <»i 

Bporta  has  made  her  an  adepl  In  swi ling 

and  riding,  as  well  :«s  one  "t'  the  best  golf 
players  in  tin-  State.  As  a  motorist  sin- 
is  also  most  proficient.  She  drives  a  i>ig 
six  cylinder  car  and  often  takes  her  friends 
to  and  from  the  golf  Links.  The  Del  Monte 
Tournament  is  causing  nil  tin-  golf  en- 
thusiasts in  c once ii i  m te  tnr  that  event  ut 
absorbing  interest,  in  which  Miss  Warner 
will  again  bave  mi  opportunity  to  demon- 
strate  bei'  skill  on   the  links. 

A  Famous  Woman  Artist  in  Town. 

LAURA  POSTER,  the  artist,  who  is 
now  Mis.  Monroe  ut'  New  Vork, 
is  visiting  her  relatives  and  friends 
on  both  sides  of  the  bay.  tthe  is  one  o± 
1  be  many  (/lever  California  us,  who  have 
made  our  city  famous  in  New  York,  as  a 
Cradle  of  talent.  Mrs.  Poster  Monroe's 
drawings  appear  frequently  in  Lite.  Col- 
liers and  the  leading  magazines.  In  her 
peculiar  line — humorous  and  satirical  skits 
on  the  sex,  and  suffiagettes  in  particular, 
— Laura  Foster  Monroe  is   unequalled. 

Like     many     celebrities,     Mrs.     Monroe 
made   her  start  on   The   Wasp.     She   drew 
political    cartoons   for   this  journal   for   two 
years  and  is  the   fiist    woman   in    America, 
if  not. in  the  world,  who  did  political  work 
of  that  class.    Her  cartoons  were  good  ones, 
too — so   clever   that   some  of  them   were  used 
in  the  McKinley  campaign  by  the  Republican 
National  Committee.     A  quarter  of  a  million 
copies  of   one   of   her   cartoons   in   The   Wasp 
were  circulated  throughout  the  United  States 
by  the  campaign  committee  and  helped  to  dis- 
credit the  Free  Silver  craze. 

When  the  catastrophe  of  1906  left  most  of 
the  artists  in  San  Francisco  without  an  oc- 
cupation, Miss  Foster  left  her  Alameda  home 
and  cast  her  lot  in  >Jew  York.  She  thanks 
her  lucky  star  that  the  fire  drove  her  East, 
for  she  might  have  remained  here  all  hei 
days  and  not  found  the  rich  field  she  is  now 
exploring.  Other  elever  artists  and  writers, 
who  were  forced  out  of  San  Francisco  in 
1906",  have  had  similar  experiences.  They 
have  done  remarkably  well  in  New  York  and 
established  a  colony  of  writers  and  illustra- 
tors. By  their  success,  it  has  come  to  be 
regarded  as  a  recommendation  that  one  hails 
from    San  Francisco. 

Miss  Foster  obtained  recognition  very  quick- 
ly in  New  York,  though  at  first,  she  suffered 
by  the  fact  that  she  had  been  employed  so 
long  on  the  daily  newspapers  and  had  ac- 
quired the  sloppy  style  into  which  daily  news- 
paper artists  fall  inevitably.  Being  ambitious 
and  painstaking.  Miss  Foster  overcame  her 
technical  disadvantage  and  was  soon  able  to 


MISS  AJLICE   WARNER 


Her  performances  on  the  golf  lints  have  proved 
her  a  first-class   player. 


sell  her  drawings  to  the  high-class  weeklies 
like  Life  and  Colliers;  also  to  the  leading 
magazines.  Her  work  has  greatly  improved 
since  she  became  a  metropolitan  celebrity, 
and  she  is  now  classed,  properly,  as  in  the 
front  rank   of  American  Illustrators. 

Miss  Foster's  marriage  to  Mr.  Monroe  took 
place  several  years  ago  and  has  been  a  very 
happy  one.  She  and  her  husband  occupy  a 
pretty  flat  on  upper  Broadway,  overlooking 
Central  Park.  She  will  return  to  New  York 
in  a  few  weeks. 

<£     &     & 
A  Metropolitan  Incident. 

AN  INCIDENT  of  New  York  life,  char- 
acteristic of  the  attitude  of  strangers 
to  one  another  in  the  great  metropolis, 
was  told  at  an  artists'  and  writers'  gathering 
this  week  by  Mrs.  Laura  Foster  Monroe,  the 
noted  illustrator.  When  Mrs.  Monroe  (then 
Miss  Laura  Foster)  went  to  New  York  from 
San  Francisco  in  1906,  she  took  a  small  ap- 
artment with  a  woman  writer.  It  was  Miss 
Foster's  first  visit  to  the  metropolis,  but  the 
woman  writer  was  accustomed  to  the  ways 
of  New  York.  One  day  the  two  girls  n'oticed 
that  crape  had  been  hung  on  the  door  of  an 
adjoining  apartment,  which  seemed  to  be  oc- 
cupied by  an  old  lady  and  a  young  woman. 
The  girls  were  touched  with  sympathy.     "Vis- 


ital  n<ii->  of  deal  h  generally  stir  1    i    ■ 
deeply. 
M  i>s  Poster,  in   her  n  estet  a  good  Cellow- 
■    .'ml    impulsh  em  to    her 

ipanion  thai  they  should  call  and  offer 
i  hem  condolence.  "Perhaps  somebody 
Deeds  help  and  sympal  by, ' '  she  said. 

The  woman   writer,  who  knew  New   York 

better,  demurred.  She  suggested  that  the 
\  isit  might  not  be  welcomed,  and  finally 
declined  to  make  it. 

Miss  Poster,  somewhat  timid,  but  still 
determined  to  do  what  she  considered  a 
woman's  duty  in  the  hour  of  sorrow,  pro- 
ceeded on  the  errand  of  benevolence.  The 
Grape,  hanging  desolately  on  the  door, 
fortified  her  good  resolution.  She  knocked 
ami  the  young  woman,  who  she  supposed 
was  the  dead  woman 's  daughter,  opened 
the  door  and  stared  at  her.  The  stare  be- 
came blanker  as  Miss  Foster  proceeded  to 
explain  the  object  of  her  neighborly  visit. 
Almost  before  she  had  finished  her  sym- 
pathetic apology  for  intruding  on  the  scene 
of  death,  the  woman  closed  the  door  in  her 
face  with  scant  ceremony. 

"No,  Madame,  you  can  do  nothing  for 
us,"  she  said,  not  even  garnishing  the 
reply  with  an  expression  of  thanks,  and 
interposing  the  oaken  door  against  any 
further  overtures  of  sympathetic  humanity. 

''I  told  you  so,"  was  the  comment  of 
the  sophisticated  woman  writer,  when  Miss 
Foster  returned  to  her  apartment,  "In 
the  future  you'll  attend  to  your  own  busi- 
ness  in    New   York." 


The  Only  Way. 
If  he  comes  to  borrow  ten, 

I  am  out. 
Tell    him,    office  boy,   again, 

I  am  out. 
It's   the   only   way   to    win, 
Or    to    save    my    hard-earned    tin, 
For  if  he  should  find  me  in, 

I  am  out. 


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TOGO  AT  ARMAGEDDON 


WHEN  Colonel  Roosevelt  added  to  his 
reputation  as  a  phrase-maker  by  his 
remark  about  "standing  at  Armaged- 
geddon,"  compatatively  few  people  knew  just 
what  he  meant.  The  great  majority,  of  course, 
had  a  hazy  notion  about  the  meaning  of  the 
word,  and  knew  that  it  was  something  Bib- 
lical and  warlike. 

Armageddon  is  the  place  mentioned  in  the 
Book  of  Revelation  as  the  scene  of  the  great 
battle  between  the  forces  of  Good  and  Evil 
that  will  precede  the  millennium.  Driven  to 
desperation  by  their  sufferings,  all  the  evil 
inhabitants  of  the  earth  will  gather  there  for 
a  last  fight.  Their  leaders,  the  "dragon," 
the  "beast"  and  the  "false  prophet,"  will 
cast  forth  from  their  mouths  three  unclean 
spirits  which,  by  working  miracles,  will  de- 
ceive the  kings  of  the  earth  and  make  them 
gather  with  their  subjects  on  the  side  of  evil. 

When  the  "three  unclean  spirits  like  frogs" 
(whom  the  Colonel  may  have  thought  were 
typified  by  the  three  most  active  campaign 
agents  of  President  Taft)  had  scattered  all 
the  evil  uncleanness  at  Armageddon,  the  mir- 
acle occurred.  It  is  described  with  impressive 
vividness  in  the  Good  Book: 

And  every  island  tied  away  and  the 
mountains  were  not  found.     * 

And  I  saw  heaven  opened  and  beheld  a 
white  horse;  and  he  that  sat  upon  him 
was  called  Faithful  and  True,  and  in- 
right  eousn  ess  he  doth  judge  and  make 
war. 

His  eyes  were  as  a  flame  of  fire,  and 
on  his  head  were  many  crowns;  and  he 
had  a  name  written  that  no  man  knew  but 
himself. 

And  he  was  clothed  with  a  vesture  dip- 
ped in  blood;  and  his  name  is  called  The 
Word  of  God. 

And  the  armies  which  were  in  heaven 
followed  him  upon  white  horses,  clothed 
in  fine  linen,  white  and  clean. 

And  out  of  his  mouth  goeth  a  sharp 
sword,  that  with  it  he  should  smite  the 
nations;  and  he  shall  rule  them  with  a 
rod  of  iron;  and  he  treadeth  the  wine- 
press of  the  fierceness  and  wrath  of  Al- 
mighty God.     *     *     * 

And  I  saw  the  beast  and  the  kings  of 
the  earth  and  their  armies  gathered  to- 
gether to  make  war  against  him  that  sat 
on  the  horse,  and  against  his  army. 

And  the  beast  was  taken  and  with  him 
the  false  prophet  that  wrought  miracles 
before  him,  with  which  he  deceived  them 
that  had  received  the  mark  of  the  beast, 
and  them  that  worshipped  his  image. 
These  both  were  east  alive  into  a  lake  of 
fire  burning  with  brimstone. 

And  the  remnant  were  slain  with  the 
sword  of  him  that  sat  upon  the  horse, 
which  sword  proceedeth  out  of  his  mouth; 
and  all  the  fowls  were  filled  with  their 
flesh. 

And  I  saw  an  angel  come  down  from 
heaven,  having  the  key  of  the  bottomless 
pit  and  a  great  chain  in  his  hand. 

And  he  laid  hold  on  the  dragon,  that  old 
serpent  which  is  the  Devil  and  Satan,  and 
bound  him  a  thousand  years. 

And  cast  him  into  the  bottomless  pit 
and  shut  him  up  and  set  a  seal  upon  him, 
that  he  should  deceive  the  nations  no 
mare.     *     *     * 

Tn  his  speech  at  Chicago,  the  Colonel  made 


eamims 


etaphoro 


it  clear  that  he  is  to  be  the  leader  at  Arma- 
geddon. There  can  be  no  doubt,  therefore, 
of  the  confidential  character  of  his  relations 
with  Providence,  and  the  responsible  part 
which  he  is  to  play  in  the  great  drama  of 
humanity's  regeneration  and  the  final  impris- 
onment of  Old  Nick,  alias  the  Dragon,  alias 
Satan,  alias  various  and  sundry  personages 
we  all  know,  and  who  are  conspiring  to  en- 
chain mankind  physically,  morally  and  spirit- 
ually by  trying  to  keep'  Taft  in  the  White 
House  and  the  Colonel  out  of  it.  The  name 
of  the  leader,  Faithful   and  True,   sitting  on 


SHE    CRITICISED    THE    COLONEL. 

Gertrude  Atherton,  whose  political  remarks  have 

caused  much  discussion. 

his  white  horse  at  Armageddon,  is  ' '  The  Word 
of  God,"  and  the  Colonel  has  let  the  world 
know  he  will  lead  the  hosts  of  righteousness 
on  that  day. 

We-  can  only  wonder  at  the  modesty  of 
this  self-sacrificing  patriot  in  representing 
himself  as  merely  ' '  The  Word  of  God. ' '  He 
might  have  gone  a  step  farther  without  as- 
tonishing anybody  who  has  closely  observed 
his  antics  since  virulent  egomania  seized  the 
unfortunate  man  and  scattered  whatever 
grains  of  reason  he  ever  possessed. 

— ♦ 

THE  REAL  ARMAGEDDON. 

BIBLE  STUDENTS  regard  Armageddon  as 
none  other  than  the  great  plain  of  Es- 
draelon.  the  Greek  form  of  the  Hebrew 
word    "Jezreel. "      Esdraelon    is   the   greatest 


plain  in  Palestine.  Lying  as  it  does  in  a  strat 
egic  location,  directly  in  the  path  likely  to 
be  taken  by  armies  and  caravans  on  their 
marches,  the  plain  has  from  time  immemorial 
played  an  important  part  in  the  history  of 
Palestine.  It  has  been  the  scene  of  decisive 
battles.  The  Israelites  there  defeated  various 
invaders,  including  Jabin,  King  of  the  Ca- 
naanites.  They  themselves  were  vanquished 
at  Esdraelon  by  Pharaoh  Necho,  king  of  Egypt, 
who  was  advancing  towards  the  Euphrates. 
The  Israelites,  under  Josiah,  attacked  Pharaoh 
and  suffered  severe  defeat.  The  Philistines 
defeated  Saul  at  Esdraelon,  or  Armageddon, 
and  killed  his  three  sons.  Saul,  being  pur- 
sued and  overtaken  by  the  archers,  said  to  his 
armor-bearer,  "Draw  thy  sword  and  thrust 
me  through  therewith,"  which  the  armor- 
bearer,  refusing  to  do,  the  defeated  leader 
killed  himself. 

"And  when  his  armor-beaier  saw  that  Saul 
was  dead,  he  likewise  fell  upon  his  sword 
and  died  with  him.  So  Saul  died  and  his 
three  sons  and  his  armor-bearer  and  all  his 
men  that  same  day  together.  And  when  the 
men  of  Israel  that  were  on  the  other  side  ot 
the  valley  and  they  that  were  beyond  the 
Jordan  saw  that  the  men  of  Israel  fled,  and 
that  Saul  and  his  sons  were  dead,  they  for- 
sook the  cities,  and  the  Philistines  came  and 
dwelt  in  them." 

Napoleon,  in  his  military  operations  in  1799 
against  allied  Turkish  and  British  forces,  de- 
feated a  Turkish  army  on  the  plain  of  Arma- 
geddon and  thus  cleared  the  way  for  his  ad- 
vance on  the  beseiged  seaport  of  Acre,  which 
was  defended  by  Turkish  troops  and  British 
warships. 

Prom  this  brief  sketch  it  can  be  seen  that 
Colonel  Koosevelt's  performances  at  his  figur- 
ative Armageddon  must  be  highly  spectacular 
and  strenuous  to  eclipse  the  famous  warriors 
who  have  performed  on  the  real  field  of  battle. 

♦ 

GOOD   BILL   COLLECTOR. 

IN  HER  frank  remarks  about  Colonel  Roose- 
velt. Gertrude  Atherton  overlooked  the 
practical  side  of  the  eminent  statesman 's 
character.  It  really  is  as  interesting  as  any 
other  view  of  his  many-sided  make-up.  A 
great  deal  has  been  written  about  the  Col- 
onel's letter  to  the  late  E.  H.  Harriman,  whom 
he  addressed  as  one  of  "two  practical  men," 
himself  being  the  other,  and  which  letter 
started  Harriman  out  to  drum  up  $240,000, 
for  the  campaign  fund.  In  those  days,  when 
the  trusts  had  more  scope  and  swing  than 
now,  the  raising  of  a  quarter-of-a-million  was 
only  a  pleasant  afternoon 's  recreation  for  a 
financier  of  Mr.  Harriman  's  influence. 

Mr.  Roosevelt 's  financial  transaction  with 
the  French  Savants,  who  invited  him  to  lec- 
ture in  Paris  after  his  African  hunt,  was 
a  much  more  instructive  and  interesting  oc- 
currence than  his  deal  with  Harriman.  It  is 
an  old  story  that  American  candidates  for 
high  office,  and  low  office  as  well,  look  to 
"Big   Business"   to  finance   their   campaigns. 


Saturday,   August   24,   1912J 


-THE  WASP 


:i  was  a  novel  occurence,  however,  to  have  a 
limi  ami  •  lephanl  liuntet  emerge  from  the  Dark 
Continent  to  lecture  to  the  learned  Aoademians 
of  Prance  on  an}  Bubjecl  thai  would- be  likely 
to   interest,   instruct    or   edify   them. 

The  best-informed  historians  assert  thai 
the  bid  for  the  lecture  came  from  the  Colonel 
and  iint  from  the  Parisian  highbrows,  Any 
i»i..iv  at  all  acquainted  with  Parisian  ways 
need  noi  be  told  that  Paris  is  a  law  unto 
itself,  and  looks  to  no  outsider  for  enlighten- 
ment, r^nst  of  all,  would  a  politician  of  the 
big-Stick  order  be  requested  to  lecture  on  any 
subjeel  pleasing  to  a  representative  gathering 
of    French    savants   and    literati.' 

Be  that  as  it  may,  the  lecture  was  deliv- 
ered and  the  highbrows  of  Paris  pronounced 
it  too  dull  and  commonplace  to  impress  any- 
body. They  changed  their  minds  next  day, 
when  the  Colonel  sent  in  his  bill  for  $2,500. 
The  savants  were  impressed  as  nover  before. 
They  had  foolishly  imagined  that  the  "honor"' 
of  appearing  before  such  a  representative 
gathering  of  the  great  intellects  of  France 
would  have  more  than  repaid  the  greatest 
lecturer  on  earth.  To  have  a  wild  western 
politician  of  the  big-stick  variety  weary  tluir 
ears  and  insult  their  keen  scholarship  by  his 
superficial  twaddle  and  state  platitudes,  and 
then  send  them  a  bill  for  $2,500  for  the  ordeal 
was  a  new  sensation — a  novelty  in  Paris, 
where  all  novelty  was  supposed  to  have  been 
exhausted  a  century  ago. 

In  the  French  Academy  and  the  8ab«  nne 
and  Beaux  Arts  and  the  clubs,  the  Colonel's 
lecture  bill  is  not  a  debatable  subject.  It  was 
paid,  without  protest  and  in  silence,  like  an 
overcharge  by  an  undertaker,  which  the  rel- 
atives dislike  to  haggle  over.  The  incident 
is  closed.  If  opened  by  an  indiscreet  stranger, 
shoulders  and  eyebrows  are  raised  and  heads 
are  shaken,  and  the  ugly  corpse  is  thrust  back 
into  the  coffin  of  silence.  The  French  are 
very  sensitive  about  such  things.  They  are 
temperamental.  Here  in  the  breezy  West,  on 
the  fringe  of  civilization,  we  experience  no 
nervous  shocks  when  an  ex-President  of  the 
United  States  talks  ethics  to  us  overnight 
and  sends  us  a  bill  in  the  morning  for  his 
flowers  of  oratory. 

To  be  sure,  we  only  paid  the  Colonel  $600 
for  his  lecture  at  the  State  University  when 
he  visited  us  on  his  disguised  campaign  tour. 
He  got  a  little  more  on  this  side  of  the  bay, 
for  he  included  in  his  lecture,  approval  of  the 
recall  of  the  judiciary,  by  request  of  the  pay- 
master's department. 

Although  the  American  colony  in  Paris,  in- 
cluding the  artists,  professes  to  have  been 
"humiliated  by  the  presentation  of  the  Col- 
onel 's  bill  to  the  academicians,  we  have  no 
such  qualms  of  conscience  here.  Taking  a 
practical  view  of  the  situation,  he  did  right 
in  charging  those  French  high-brows  four 
times  as  much  as  he  exacted  from  the  ex- 
chequer of  the  State  University  of  California. 
That's  practical  protection  to  home  industry. 
If  the  foreigners  want  American  goods,  let 
them  pay  for  it.  Some  of  the  local  admirers 
of  the  Colonel  go  to  the  extent  of  declaring 
that  they  "glory  in  his  spunk." 


THE  REBEL  YELL. 

Perhaps  before  we  commit  ourselves  to  that 
extent  we  had  better  find  out  what  rates  he 
intends  to  charge  us  on  his  coming  tour.  He 
is  getting  ready  to  head  this  way,  and  will 
surely  respect  his  oratorical  triumphs  at  the 
university  and  elsewhere,  and  may  send  in 
his  bills  with  characteristic  promptness  and 
for  higher  figures  than  ever.  The  cost  of  liv- 
ing is  going  up,  and  all  statesmen  and  orators 
must  eat. 

All  taxpayers,  too,  must  eat,  and  foot  the 
bills  of  government  as  well  as  their  butchers' 
and  bakers'  accounts.  Let  us  restrain  our  en- 
thusiasm over  the  Colonel's  bill-collecting 
capacity  till  we  learn  how  much  his  campaign 
visit  is  going  to  cost  our  State  and  city. 
f 

Casey  (watching  the  golfers):  Oi  don't  see 
anny  difference  bechune  thot  an'  wor-rk. 

O'Brien:  Yez  don't,  eh!  "Well  yez  would 
whin  pay  day  kem  around. 


15 


THOUGHT  IT  WAS  SUICIDE. 

1!     I---   ALWAYS  a  mistake  to  jump  to  con- 
LOnSj  and  here  is  an   instance  in  point. 
One  day  last   summer,  says  a  writer  in  the 
Strand,     a     wealthy     American,     who 
live--    in     Paris,    was    playing    baccarat     :■ 

1  asiuo  at  Engheim.     The  gentleman   in  quas 
tion    has    a    simple    system    oi    his    nun.      ||r 
loses    only    a    fixed    sum,    and.    when    tbJ 
gone,  stakes  no  more. 

On  this  occasion  he  had  readied  his  limit 
loss.--;,  and,  turning  to  a  lady  who  was  sitting 
next  him,  remarked:  "There  goes  my  last 
loui  .  'I  shall  not  play  any  more."  At  the 
same  time  he  took  a  little  tortoise  shell  box 
from  his  pocket,  opened  it,  and  slipped  a 
small  white  lozenge  into  his  mouth.  Next 
thing  he  knew  was  that  he  was  in  the  hands 
of  four  stalwart  attendants,  who  caught  him 
from  behind,  swung  him  out  of  his  chair,  and 
carried  him  out  of  the  Casino  into  a  small 
room  adjoining.  Refusing  to  listen  to  his 
angry  protests,  they  hastily  laid  him  on  a 
sofa,  forced  his  jaws  open,  and  poured  a 
strong  emetic  down  his  throat. 

The  consequences  were  so  immediate  and 
disastrous  that  the  poor  man  was  beyond 
speech  for  the  next  quarter  of  an  hour.  By 
that  time  it  was  too  late  for  his  explanation 
that  the  lozenge  was  merely  sulphate  of 
quinine,  and  that  the  Casino  authorities  were 
idiots  for  jumping  to  the  conclusion  that  he 
had  lost  his  last  penny  and  taken  poison. 

♦ 

Went  Him  One  Better. 

ANDREW'S  grandmother  had  been  telling 
him  Bible  stories,  his  favorite  being 
that  of  Daniel  in  the  lion's  den.  At 
the  age  of  'four  he  was  taken  to  a  circus  for 
the  first  time.  When  the  lion-tamer  put  his 
head  into  the  lion's  mouth  Andrew's  excite- 
ment knew  no  bounds.  Jumping  up  and  down 
he  gleefully  screamed: 

"Gee,  that  knocks  the  spots  off  Daniel!" 


•HALFMOON      BAT.* 


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Along  the  line  of  the 

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This  book  tells  by  picture  and  word 
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Counties  in  which  to  spend  your  Vaca- 
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on  application  to  J.  J.  Geary,  G.  P.  & 
F.  A.,  808  Phelan  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


NEW  ENGLAND  HOTEL 

Located  in  beautiful  grove  about  40  rods  from 
station.  Beautiful  walks,  grand  scenery;  hunt- 
ing and  fishing,  boating,  bathing,  bowling  and 
croquet.  Table  supplied  with  fresh  fruit  and 
vegetables,  milk  and  eggs  from  own  ranch  daily. 

Adults  $7  to  $9  per  week;  special  rates  for 
children. 

Address  P.  K.  HARRISON,  Camp  Meeker, 
Sonoma   County,    Cal. 


OWN   SUMMER   HOME    IN 

CAMP    MEEKER 

Mountains  of  Sonoma  Co.  Lots  $15  up.  Meeker 
'uilds  cottages  $85  up.  Depot,  stores,  hotels, 
,staurant,  phone,  post,  express  office,  theater, 
free  library,  pavilion,  churches,,  sawmill;  2,000 
lots  sold,  700  cottages  built.  Sausalito  Perry. 
Address  M.  O.  MEEKER,  Camp  Meeker. 


Redwood  Grove 


%  mile  from  Guerneville;  tents  and  cottages; 
abundance  of  fruit,  berries;  bus  meets  all  trains. 
Rates  $10-$11  per  week;  L.  D.  phone.  Address 
THORPE  BROS.,  Box  141,  Guerneville,  Sonoma 
Co.,    Cal. 


ROSE    HILL 

HOTEL  AND  COTTAGES 
Camp  Meeker 

Opposite  depot ;  20  minutes'  ride  from  Russian 
River ;  surrounded  by  orchards  and  vineyards ; 
excellent  dining-room,  with  best  cooking.  Pish- 
ing, boating,  swimming  and  dancing.  Many 
good  trails  for  mountain  climbing.  Open  all 
year.  Can  accommodate  75  guests.  Adults,  $6 
to   $10  per  week;    children  half  rates. 


Building  lots  for  sale  from  $50  and  up. 
dress  MRS.  L.  BARBIER,  Camp  Meeker, 
noma    County,    Cal. 


Ad- 


The  Gables 


Sonoma  county's  ideal  family  resort,  just  opened 
to  the  public.  Excellent  table,  supplied  from 
our  dairy  and  farm.  Dancing,  tennis,  games. 
Bus  to  hot  baths  and  trains  daily  at  Verano  sta- 
tion. Rates  $2.50  per  day,  $12  and  up  per 
week.  Open  year  round.  Address  H.  P.  MAT- 
THEWSON,   Sonoma  City  P.  O.,  Cal. 


Motel   Rowardennan 

OPEN  ALL  THE    YEAR. 

New  ownership,  new  management,  new  fea- 
tures. Golf,  tennis,  bowling,  fishing,  boating, 
swimming,     clubhouse.       Free    garage. 

Rates  $17.50  to  $25  per  week;  $3  to  $4  per 
day. 

Folders  and  information  at  Peck-Judah's,  or 
address  J.   M.  SHOULTS,  Ben  Lomond,   Cal. 


::  RIVERSIDE  RESORT :: 


Country  home  Vi  mile  from  Guerneville;  ideal 
spot;.  %  mile  of  river  frontage;  $8  to  $12  per 
week.  For  particulars,  MRS.  H.  A.  STAGG, 
Proprietor,    Guerneville,    Sonoma    county. 


COSMO  FARM 

On  the  Russian  River;  electric  lighted  through- 
out. Rates  $10  to  $12  per  week.  For  particu- 
lars see  Vacation  Book  or  address  H.  P.  Mc- 
PEAK,    P.    O.    Hilton,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


RIONIDO  HOTEL 

Lawn  Tennis,  Croquet,  Shuffle  Board,  Swings, 
Shooting  Gallery,  Box  Ball  Alleys,  also  4,000 
square  feet  Dancing  Pavilion,  unsurpassed  Bathing 
and  Boating,  and  large  Bocial  hall  for  guests. 
Hotel  ready  for  guests.  Rates,  $12  per  week. 
American  plan.  For  reservations  address  RIO- 
NIDO   CO.,    Rionido,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


Summer  Resorts 

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New  modern  hotel,  first-class  in  every  detail 
and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience. 
Swimming,  boating,  canoeing,  fishing,  launching, 
horseback  riding  and  driving.  Hotel  rates  $2 
day;  $12  and  $14  per  week.  Round  trip,  $2.80. 
good  on  either  the  broad  or  narrow  gauge  rail- 
roads. Sausalito  Ferry.  Address  C.  F.  CARR, 
Monte   Rio,    Sonoma   Co.,    Cal. 


HOTEL  RUSTICANO 

The  hotel  is  just  a  two-minute  walk  from  the 
depot  amongst  the  giant  redwood  trees.  The 
amusements  are  numerous — boating,  bathing, 
lawn  tennis,  bowling,  dancing,  nickelodeon,  and 
beautiful  walks.  A  more  desirable  place  for  a 
vacation  could  not  be  found.  Rates,  $9  to  $12 
per  week ;    rates   to   families. 

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Camp    Meeker,    Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


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-THE  WASP- 


i? 


IT  Is  urn  PLEASURE  and  privilege  to 
present  this  week  two  women  of  excep- 
tional talent.  One  who  liu.ls  expression 
in  tin'  creative  work  of  her  pen;  the 
other,  whose  talent  is  expressed  in  interpre- 
tative drama.  Both  are  intensely  interested 
in  tin'  drama;  the  one,  the  author  and  the 
other,  the  actress. 

Mrs.  Ella  M.  Sexton,  one  of  California's 
best  known  authors,  has  just  returned  from 
her  trip  t"  Honolulu,  where  she  went  for 
study  as  well  as  pleasure. 

"My  prime  motive  in  visiting  Honolulu 
was  to  familiarize  myself  with  Hawaiian  his- 
Icny.  II  has  been  one  of  the  desires  of  my 
heart  to  write  a  child's  history  of  Hawaii, 
in  addition  to  a  book  of  the  folk  tales  ol 
these  interesting  people,  for  use  iu  the  school 
libraries. '' 

"  You  have  been  urged  to  write  a  drama  oi 
Hawaiian  life,  also,  have  you  not,"  was 
interposed. 

"Yes,  1  have,"  returned  this  charming 
author,  in  her  quiet  even  voice,  "And  that 
is  what  I  hope  to  do."  A  bright  light  darted 
into  her  eyes  and  her  face  beamed  with  en- 
thusiasm. 

*     *     * 

iif-|-»HERE  is  such  a  field  for  the  pageant 
I  in  anything,  in  fact  everything,  Ha- 
waiian. 'I  liese  children  of  the  sun 
lead  such  idealistic  lives.  Simple  idealism 
dominates  every  thought  force  and  then- 
daily  life  is  of  itself  a  pageant. 

' '  As  simplicity  is  the  keynote  of  all  art,  1 
am  sure  the  natives  of  Honolulu,  with  their 
quaint,  simple,  unobtrusive  way  of  viewing 
the  most  profound  problems  of  life,  would 
make  a  sermon  on  simple  life  fit  for  the  in- 
nermost recesses  of  the  moist  astute  con- 
science." 

Mrs.  Sexton  is  a  rare  type  of  woman,  whose 
nature  consists  of  sweet  sympathies  and  char- 
ity and  liberal  views  of  life,  with  a  full  under- 
standing of  the  lives  of  those  whom  she  de- 
picts with  skill.  Her  book  "Stories  of  Cali- 
fornia" is  used  as  a  text  book  in  the  public 
schools  of  San  Francisco  and  is  in  the  school 
libraries  of  the  State.  And  there  is  every 
reason  to  predict  that  Mrs.  Sexton's  greatest 
talent  will  be  manifested  in  the  pageants  which 
she  has  been  urged  to  present, 

"The  history  of  Hawaii  is  full  of  dramatic 
possibilities  and  most  unusual  and  striking 
scenes,"  stated  this  California  author.  "These 
facts,  grouped  with  the  beautiful  tropical 
environments,  would  present  the  native 
drama  in  its  most  original  aspect," 

Mrs.  Sexton  was  agreeably  surprised  with 
the  climate  of  Honolulu,  the  hot  days  merg- 
ing into  comfortable  nights,  fanned  by  the 
trade  winds  of  the  Pacific.  The  automobile 
roads   throughout    the   islands,    especially   the 


road  leading  it.  I  lie  volcano,  Y?a£  a  subject 
which  I  am  sure  will  furnish  material  for 
the  energetic  mind  of  this  interesting  ob- 
server,   win.    m.i\     use     her    influence    toward 

tlie    better I    of   such    affairs    in    the   city    of 

her  home. 

MBS.  HENEY  ALFEEITZ  is  one  of  the 
must  distinguished  players  in  the  Cap 
and    Bells    Club.      She    has    presented 

the  rule  of  the  leading  character  in  many  "1 
the  strongest  plays  of  this  club  of  talented 
women.      Although    Mis.    Alferitz    makes    no 


MRS.   HENRY   ALFERITZ 

Whose   excellent   character   portrayals   place   her 
foremost  among  talented  amateurs. 

claim,  herself,  beyond  the  amateur  ranks,  yet 
her  work  is  of  such  artistic  worth  and  finish 
that  she  could,  with  grace  and  ease,  step  onto 
the  boards  of  the  professional. 

As  Mary  Madalene,  in  the  excellent  pro- 
duction that  was  given  by  the  Cap  and  Bells 
during  the  administration  of  the  dramatic 
leader,  Mrs.  D.  E.  F.  Easton,  Mrs.  Alferitz 
was  an  artist  in  her  portrayal  of  the  char- 
acter. Other  important  strong  characters 
will  engross  the  attention  of  this  talented 
woman  during  the  year  which  is  about  to  be 
inaugurated  by  our  local  dramatic  leaders. 

The  new  officers  of  the  Cap  and  Bells  for 
the  ensuing  year  are:  Miss  Adele  Dugan, 
President;  Mrs.  Louise  L.  Gage,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Mrs.  Paul  Downing,  Second  Vice-Presi- 
dent;  Mrs.  Lewis  S.  Mace,  Recording  Secre- 


tary; Miss  Elizabeth  Taft,  Corresponding 
Secretary;    .Mrs.    Clarence    Grange,    Bust  i 

tary;  Mrs.  c.  Maefnrland,  Treasurer; 
Directors-  Mrs.  Henry  Alferitz.  Mrs.  E.  W. 
Thomas,   Mis.    William   ' '.    Halstead,    Mrs.   M. 

i  .   Hebbard,  Mis.   i  lharlea  s.   Roberts. 

... 

MRS.  l'i:i;cY  L.  SHUMAN,  President  of 
the  San  Francisco  1'isinct  has  issued 
;i  call  fin-  :l  Districl  Council  meeting 
fco  be  held  al  Redwood  I  lity  on  Thursday, 
September  5th.  This  council  meeting  is  one 
08  i  he  features  of  the  new  administration, 
the  object  of  which  is  to  establish  the  priv- 
ileges and  freedom  of  the  open  forum  and  in 
add   to  the  cooperation   of  district  officers. 

Mrs.  i '.  ]•;.  ( iumberson,  President  of  the 
Redwood  City  Club,  and  Mrs.  George  Merrill, 
Vice-President,  will  have  charge  of  the  meet- 
ing.    A    buffet   luncheon   will  "be  served. 

On  Saturday,  October  12th,  a  similar  coun- 
cil     eting    will    be    held    at    San   Jose    under 

the  direction  of  the  club  women  of  that  city. 
Other  meetings  will  be  held  each  month  at 
various  cities. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  San  Francisco 
District  Federation  will  be  held  at  Sauta 
('niz,  November  6th,  7th  and  8th.  Prominent 
speakers  will  address  the  enthusiastic  workers 
and  many  important  subjects  will  receive 
consideration.  Mrs.  Percy  L.  Shuman,  Presi- 
dent of  the  District,  will  preside.  The  ladies 
of  the  attractive  seaside  resort  are  preparing 
to  greet  the  guests  with  the  true  hospitality 

for  which  Santa  Cruz  has  long  been  famed. 
*     *     * 

BEATRICE  Priest  Fine,  one  of  our  Califor- 
nia singers,  who  has  been  living  in  New- 
York  for  some  time,  is  returning  to  this 
coast  for  a  visit  with  her  mother.  Mrs.  Fine 
was  always  a  favorite  in  musical  circles  in  San 
Francisco  and  the  bay  cities.  Since  her  debut 
in  the  East  Mrs.  Fine  has  been  most  success- 
ful, her  work  ranging  from  the  concert  field 
to  oratorio  soprano  in  the  New  York  Sym- 
phony and  the  New  York  Oratorio  Society. 
In  October  and  November,  Mrs.  Fine  will 
make  a  tour  of  the  Pacific  coast  in  a  series 
of  song  recitals. 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  In  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


LADIES'  GOWNS  and  FANCY 
COSTUMES 

420  SUTTER  STREET.  NEAR  STOCKTON. 
Phone  DOUGLAS  4964 

•  AN    FRANCISCO.     CAL, 


_,  HE  G.  H.  Umbsen  auction  of  real  estate 
^  last  Monday  electrified  the  brokers 
and  investors.  The  attendance  was 
so  large  that  a  good  many  people 
could  not  crowd  into  the  auction  room,  al- 
though it  is  a  spacious  one.  The  bidding  was 
spirited,  and  the  auction  went  with  a  vim  that 
amazed  everybody,  including  the  auctioneer, 
for  the  sale  of  real  estate  has  not  been  very 
brisk  lately,  notwithstanding  the  positive  as- 
suiances  of  the  daily  'newspapers  that  the 
market  is  booming.  The  market  hasn't  been 
booming  for  a  good  while;  consequently,  when 
G.  H.  Umbsen-  &  Go.  announced  their  auction 
of  desirable  business  property  for  Monday 
last  everybody  interested  in  realty  was  on 
the  qui  vive  to  see  what  would  happen. 

"What  transpired  was  that  there  was  any 
amount  of  money  looking  for  good  investments 
and  preferably  good  business  pioperty,  or 
property  with  an  assured  business  future. 

Readers  of  The  Wasp  are  aware  that  I  have 
been  advising  them  that  real  estate  bargains 
were  to  be  obtained  lately  and  that  prospect- 
ive bu}rers  had  better  piek  up  some  of  the  bar- 
gains, ror  the  market  might  rise  on  them  sud- 
denly. Another  auction  like  that  by  G.  H. 
Umbsen  &  Co.  last  Monday,  and  bargains  in 
business  real  estate  in  San  Francisco  will  not 
be  easily  picked  up.  It  is  astonishing  how 
suddenly  a  real  estate  market  rises,  and  how 
long  it  remains  high  when  once  the  public  be- 
gins to  buy. 

Mose    Gunst's   Old   Corner. 

The  most  important  offering  at  the  G.  H. 
Umbsen  &  Co.  auction  last  Monday  was  the 
building  and  lot,  36:6x57:5  feet,  at  the  north- 
west corner  of  Kearny  and  Sutter  streets.  It 
runs  back  to  Clara  Lane.  The  building  is  a 
new  three-story  one,  with  mezzanine  and  base- 
ment. The  average  monthly  rental  of  the 
building  up  to  December  31,  1916,  is  $1,157. 
The  bidding  on  this  fine  corner  was  spirited, 
and  it  was  sold  for  $200,000.  Shrewd  buyers 
thought  it  might  go  for  less  owing  to  the 
dullness  of  the  realty  market  and  other  causes 
opeiating  to  depress  property  values,  but  they 
had  not  gauged  the  market  correctly.  The 
bargain  hunters  realized  at  once  that  there 
were  to  be  no  presents  of  good  property,  and 
if  they  wanted  to  secure  any  of  the  parcels 
offered   fair  prices  must  be   offered. 

This  building  at  Sutter  and  Kearny  streets 
which  was  knocked  down  for  $200,000  was 
formerly  the  site  of  M.  A.  Gunst's  establish- 
ment. It  was  there  that  the  well-known  mil- 
lionaire made  his  start  in  business.  In  those 
days  the  corner  of  Sutter  and  Kearny  streets 
was  the  center  of  the  night  life,  in  the  midst 
of  the  theaters  and  restaurants.  These  have 
moved  several  blocks  westward,  along  Market 


street  and  streets  converging  into  it,  and  are 
still  moving. 

Hotel  Property  Sold. 
The  new  five-story  and  basement,  class  C 
building  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Bush 
street  and  Mary  lane,  25x137:6  feet,  near 
Kearny  street,  was  sold  at  the  G.  H.  Umbsen 
&  Go.  auction  on  Monday  last  for  $55,000. 
The  entire  building  is  leased  to  one  tenant  at 
$500  per  month.  The  bidding  on  this  proper- 
ty also  was  spirited,  and  left  no  room  for 
doubt  that  plenty  of  money  is  looking  for  in- 
vestment in  good  business  property.  That 
shows  plenty  of  confidence  in  the  future  of 
San  Francisco. 

Polk   Street   Corner. 

The  offering  of  property  at  the  G.  H.  Umb- 
sen &  Co.  sale  on  Monday  included  a  choice 
business  corner  on  Polk  street  and  Pacific 
avenue,  90x80.  It  is  a  desirable  site  for 
stores  and  an  apartment  house  and  was  sold 
readily  for  $30,000. 

A  south-of-Market  corner,  30x87:6  to 
blocks  from  Market  street,  at  the  northeast 
corner  of  Fourth  and  Tehama  streets,  also 
caused  lively  bidding  and  was  knocked  down 
at  $20,000. 

Civic  Center  Property. 
G.  H.  Umbsen  &  Co.  also  offered  at  their 
remarkably  successful  auction  on  Monday  last 
two  very  desirable  but  small  lots  on  Hayes 
street,  near  Gough.  One  of  these  lots,  24:6x90 
feet  on  the  north  line  of  Hayes  street,  and  26 
feet  from  the  corner  of  Gough,  was  knocked 
down  at  $8,100.  That  is  the  best  prico 
brought  by  property  in  that  vicinity  since 
1905.  For  an  inside  lot  on  the  same  block  on 
Hayes  street  $7,000  was  bid.  The  brisk  com- 
petition for  these  properties  showed  clearly 
that  the  Civic  Center  plans  have  had  an  im- 
mediate effect  on  property  values  within  sev- 


eral blocks  of  the  proposed  Civic  Center.  That 
being  the  case  on  lesser  streets  like  Hayes, 
the  effect  must  be  greater  on  an  important 
thoroughfare  like  Market  street,  which  be- 
tween Ninth  street  and  the  junction  of  Val- 
encia has  never  been  improved  to  any  degree 
worth  speaking  about.  Some  people  will 
make  a  good  deal  of  money  out  of  upper  Mar- 
ket street  one  of  these  days,  but  it  will  not 
be  the  persons  who  have  held  the  property  for 
thirty  years  or  more  and  done  nothing  what- 
ever to  improve  conditions  there.  New  hold- 
ers, who  take  a  chance  and  improve  the  prop- 
erty, will  reap  the  rewards  of  their  enterprise; 

Receiving  Congratulations. 

H.  H.  Noble,  president  of  the  Northern 
California  Power  Company  Consolidated,  is 
receiving  congratulations  for  his  successes  in 
arranging  for  the  refunding  of  the  entire  float- 
ing debt  of  the  corporation.  The  arrangement 
should  have  the  effect  of  strengthening  the 
market  value  of  the  company's  securities. 

Mr.  Noble  is  one  of  the  most  experienced 
company  presidents  in  the  State.  He  was  a 
prominent  figure  in  extensive  mining  opera- 
tions when  some  of  the  best-known  operators 
of  the  present  day  were  still  schoolboys. 

The  Railroad  Commission  has  entered  its 
approval  of  the  application  of  the  Northern 
California  Power  Company,  Consolidated,  to 
issue  $500,000  of  its  6-percent  debenture  notes, 
thus  making  it  possible  for  the  corporation 
to  complete  negotiations  for  their  .sale  to  a 
Swiss  banking  house.  An  examination  of  the 
properties  of  this  company  was  made  by  engi- 
neers of  the  Swiss  bankers  several  years  ago, 
laying  the  foundation  for  the  transaction  just 
completed.  The  proceeds  have  been  transmit- 
ted by  cable  to  the  Mercantile  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco,  which  acted  for  the  Swiss 
bankers  in  the  preparation  of  the  agreement. 
The  notes  are  of  the  denomination  of  $1,000, 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital    $4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Proflts $1,600,000 

Total    ResourceB    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT  FLEISHHAOKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM   .  .  .  .Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON   DODGE    Vice-President 

J.  FRIEDLANDER Vice-Preiident 

C   F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.  ALTSOHUL   Cashier 

C.  R.  PARKER   Assistant  CaBhier 

TO.    H.    HIGH    Assistant    Cashier 

H.   CHOTNSKI    Assiatant  Cashier 

G.   R.   BURDICK    Assistant   Cashier 

A.   L.   LANGERMAN    Secretary 


Saturday,    August   24,    1912] 


-THE  WASP- 


19 


.l:ir,-<l  July  l.  1912,  payable  July  1,  1917,  and 
are  certified  by  the  -Mercantile  Trust  Com- 
pany of  San  Francisco.  They  are  callable  up 
nu  any  interest  date  prior  t»>  maturity.  The 
Dotes  bear  interest  at  the  rate  oi  6  per  cen( 
per  annum,  payable  January   l"*  and  .luly   15. 

Stock  Market. 

The  local  market  has  been  listless  this  week. 
Associated  Oil  had  a  downward  tendency.  A 
new  deal  is  impending  in  the  company,  as 
Mr.  Sproule  does  nut  approve  of  the  extrava- 
ganl  methods  under  Mr.  Porter's  regime.  Mr. 
Porter  is  still   a   sie.k   man. 


EFFECTS  OF  THE  CANAL. 

T1IK  Compagnie  Generale  Transatlantique, 
the  French  line  steamship  company, 
which  operates  a  large  fleet  of  steam- 
ers between  New  Pork  and  Havre.  New  Or- 
leans and  Marseilles  and  Colon  and  Prance, 
has  appointed  James  B.  Duffy,  the  General 
Agent    of  the  Santa  Fe,   its   Cabin   Agent   in 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of   San   Fraaciaco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Str««t. 
N.   E.  Corner  of  Market   Street. 

Capital  paid  up 16,000.000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided   Profits.  ..  .$5,055,471.11 


Total      $11,055,471.11 

OFFICERS. 
Isatas   W.    Hellmaa,    President 
I.   W.    Hellman,    Jr.,    Vice   Prei. 
F.  L.  Lipman,  Vice  Prei. 
James    K.    Wilson,    Vice  Prei. 
Frank   B.  King,   Cashier 
W.   McGavin,    Assistant    Cashier 
E.   L.   Jacobs,    Assistsnt   Oaihier 
C.    L.    Davis,    Assistant    Cashier 
A,   D.  Oliver,   Aeiietant   Cashier 
A.    B.    Price,    Assistant    Cashier 

DIEECTOES. 
Isaias    W.    Hellman  Hartland   Law 

Joseph   Sloss  Henry  Rosanfeld 

Percy   T.   Morgan  James  L.  Flood 

P.  W.  Van  Sieklen  J.  Henry  Mayer 

Wm.  P.  Herrin  A.   H.  Payson 

John  C.   Kir  kpa  trick  Chas.    J     Deering 

I.    W.    Hellman,    Jr.  Jamea   K.   Wilson 

A.   Christason  F.    L.    Lipman 

Wm.    Haas 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 

Prompt    Service,    Courteous   Attention,    Unexcelled 

Facilities. 

SATE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


San  Francisco.  The  appointment  indicates 
rhf  French  line's  appreciation  of  the  impoi 

tance  of  San  Kranri-r-,  as  a  hooking  point 
for  European  travel.  They  have  stated  thai 
their  investigation  indicates  a  large  travel 
from  and  through  San  Francisco  upon  the 
completion  of  the  Panama  ('anal,  and  the 
opening  of  the  new  agency  is  in  anticipation 
of  much  new  business  to  France  and  the  Eu- 
ropean continent.  The  French  ships  are  of 
the  most  modern  type,  ami  are  operated  un- 
der the  direction  of  the  French  Navy,  each 
being  an  auxiliary  cruiser.  The  new  agency 
will    take   care   of   the   government    business 


JAMES   B.    DUFFY 

Whose    appointment    gives    satisfaction    to    the 
business    community    of    San    Francisco. 

from  Tahiti,  the  French  possession  in  the 
South  Seas.  Mr.  Duffy  will  conduct  the 
French  line  business  in  connection  with  that 
of  the  Santa  Fe,  the  general  agency  of  which 
he  will  retain,  opening  a  new  department  for 
the  Compagnie  Generale  Transatlantique.  This 
French  company  is  one  of  the  largest  in  the 
American  trade,  and  operates  some  of  the 
finest  passenger  steamers,  sailing  from  this  con- 
tinent.     It    is    owned    exclusively   in   France, 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  0'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenne 

LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and 

ii  111^  most  c°nveniently 

ARRANGED  SAFE  DEPOSIT    j 

1 1  |  ||||p.    WEST  OF  NEW  YORK 

Boxes  $4  per  annum    1 

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tSSSz-^'         Kearny  11. 

and  is  French  in  every  particular.  The  ex- 
cel lence  of  its  ;  urnishinge,  etc.,  are  of 
worldwide  fame.  Natives  of  Prance  will 
i  ravel  ■  rUy  on  thai  line,  and  Americans  are 
rapidly  getting  thai  habit.  The  efforts  of  the 
'  lompagnie  Generale  Trausal  [antique  to  pro 
vide  for  Americana  is  prompted  by  the  mosl 
recent  practice  of  citizens  of  this  country 
traveling  to  Europe  to  visit  France  first,  in- 
sti'.ul   Hi'   the   Rrilish    Isles,   :is  in   former  times, 

The  new  San   Francis Ifice  bopes  to  induce 

the  management  of  the  Compagnie  Generate 
Transatlantique  i<>  extend  the  Colon  line 
through  i  lii-  Panama  Canal  to  Nan  Francisco 
upon    the   completion   of   the   big   ditch. 


WE  HAVE  MOVED  OUR  OFFICES 


410  MONTGOMERY  ST. 


Our  Facilities  for   Handling 

Investment  Securities 

Are  Considerably  Increased. 


ESTABLISHED  1858 

SUTR0&C0. 


Telephone 
Sutter   3434 


Private    Exchange 
Connecting   All    Depts. 


The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The  German   Bank)  Commercial 

Incorporated    1868. 

526   California   St.,    San  FranclBCO.   Oal 

( Member    of    the    Associated    Saving!    Banki    of 
San   Francisco.) 

The   following   Branches  for   Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment  of  Deposits   only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 

Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 

Assets  ....        $51,140,101.76 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number   of   Depositors  .  .  .        66,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8   o'clock   P.  M.   for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


THE  appended  news  relative  to  the  return  of 
prominent  people  from  the  mountains  and 
seashore  presages  an  immediate  renewal  of 
activities.  The  indications  are  that  the  approach- 
ing   season    will    be    the    most    remarkable    on    record. 


MISS   MERLE   MADDEKN 


Recent   Events. 

The  beautiful  Musto  home  on  Scott  street  was  the 
scene  of  a  delightful  tea  given  by  Madame  Emilie 
Tojetti,  on  Tuesday.  The  interesting  affair  was  in 
compliment  to  Miss  Merle  Maddern,  the  talented 
California)!,  whose  dramatic  success  has  been  the 
pride1  of  her  many  friends 
and,  also,  the  admirers 
of  her  loved  mother. 
Madame  Tojetti 's  hos- 
pitality is  always  the  joy 
of  her  host  of  friends, 
and  the  tea,  with  Miss 
Maddern  as  the  motif, 
was  as  replete  with  gen- 
uine interest  as  it  was 
artistic  and  dainty.  Pink 
formed  the  color  scheme 
of  the  decorations,  roses 
and  ferns  being  most 
tastefully  placed.  The 
gowns  worn  at  this  luncheon  were  particularly  at- 
tractive; Miss  Merle  was  a  typical  summer  girl  in 
her  diess  of  pure  white,  tone  is  likened  unto  Duse 
by  her  admirers,  who  see  a  strong  resemblance  to 
the  famous  actress  in  the  personality  and  manner- 
isms  of   this   young   woman    of    the    stage. 

Mrs.  Clarence  Grange,  whose  gowns  are  the  ad- 
miration of  her  friends,  was  the  personification  of 
grace  and  beauty,  in  a  gown  of  old  rose  silk  and  lace. 
Mrs.  Grange  wore  coral  jewelry  to  correspond  with 
the  tone  of  her  becoming  gown. 

Madame  Tojetti  received  her  guests  in  a  hand- 
some gown  of  blue  silk  and  white  lace,  with  touches 
of  pink.  The  guests  at  this  tea  were  Miss  Maddern, 
Mrs.  Eowin  Stadtmuller,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Stanton,  Miss 
Marjorie  Stanton,  Mrs.  James  Crawford,  Miss  Dor- 
othy Crawford,  Mrs.  A.  P.  Black,  Miss  Black,  Miss 
Hortense  Russell,  Miss  Eccles,  Miss  Alice  Wilson, 
of  Kansas  City;  Mrs.  W.  Hart  "Wood,  Miss  Wood, 
of  Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  Clarence  Grange,  Miss  Mar- 
shall Frank,  Mrs.  Joseph  Keenan,  Miss  Laura  Musto 
and    Mrs.    Musto. 

Mrs.  Martin  Crimmins  entertained  at  luncheon  at 
the  Presidio  in  honor  of  Colonel  Gardener,  her  other 
guests  being  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  of  San  Francisco, 
Mrs.  Lea  Febigen,  Mrs.  T.  P.  Wisser,  Mrs.  W.  C. 
Bennett,    Mrs.  Marrack  and  Mrs.  Woekolds. 

Mrs.  James  Jenkins  entertained  at  luncheon  at 
her  home  in  San  Rafael  for  Mrs.  Taliaferro  Milton 
of   Chicago. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Latham  and  her  mother,  Mrs. 
Henry  M.  Bull,  were  hostesses  at  one  of  the  most 
elaborate  teas  of  the  season,  at  the  family  home  on 
San  Pablo  avenue,  Oakland.  Four  guests  were  the 
motif  of  the  day:  two  brides-elect.  Miss  Hazel  Lay 
ma  nee  and  Miss  Christine  Turner,  and  two  society 
matrons,  Mrs.  Herbert  Erskine  and  Mrs.  Anthony 
Caminetti. 

A  bridge  party  was  given  by  Miss  Theresa  Harri- 
son   in   compliment    to  Miss    Helen    Bailey. 

Miss  Erna  Herrmann  was  hostess  at  a  delightful 
tea,  the  guests  being  Mrs.  St.  George  Holden,  Mrs. 
Kenneth  McDonald,  Mrs.  Lathrop  Ellinwood,  Mrs. 
Gcirge     Herriek.     Mrs.     Ursula     Stone     Shean,     Mrs. 


Harry  Campbell,  Mrs.  Ned  Torney,   Mrs.  Fred  Black- 
burn,   and   several    others. 


The  Card  Basket. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman  have  returned  to 
Burlingame,  after  spending  the  week-end  at  Del 
Monte    with    the    Templeton    Crockers. 

The  James  Athearn  Folgers  have  returned  to  their 
country  place  at  Woodside  after  a  motor  trip 
through  Northern  California.  They  will  open  their 
Pacific    avenue    towu    house    next    month. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Cheever  Cowdin  (Miss  Florence 
Hopkins)  have  returned  to  the  country  home  of  Mr. 
and   Mrs.    E.    W.    Hopkins   at  Menlo   Park. 

Mr.  aud  Mrs.  Jerome  B.  Landfield  have  returned 
from  '  'The  Hacienda, ' '  where  they  were  guests  of 
Mrs.  Phoebe  Hearst. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clement  Tobin  did  not  accompany 
the  Eugene  de  Sablas  from  Paris  to  Carlsbad,  but 
returned  to  London  to  await  the  wedding  of  Mr. 
Edward  Tobin  and  Miss  Abby  Parrott  on  September 
12th. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eugene  de  Sahla,  Miss  Vera  and 
Miss  Leontine  de  Sabla,  who  have  been  in  Carls- 
bad, may  tour  Italy  and  Spain  before  returning  to 
San   Francisco. 

Miss  Ysobel  Chase  nas  been  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
William    Duncan    at    their    Burlingame    home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  E.  Dean  and  Miss  Helen  Dean 
have  returned  from  Tahoe  and  will  occupy  their 
apartments    at    the    Fairmont    for    the    winter. 

Mrs.  Earl  Shipp  (Miss  Anna  Weller)  has  gone  to 
join  her  husband,  Lieutenant  Shipp,  U.  S.  N.,  at 
Annapolis. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  S.  Knight,  who  went  to  the 
Islands  to  attend  the  wedding  of  Miss  Thelma  Par- 
ker,   are  in  town   again. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Laurence  Irving  Scott  were  the 
week-end  guests  of  Mrs.  Irving  Scott  at  Marienwood. 

Miss  Dorothy  Baker  and  her  aunt,  Miss  Kate 
Stone,  have  returned  from  their  motor  trip  to  Lake 
Tahoe. 

Mrs.  Lester  Herriek  has  returned  after  a  delight- 
ful summer  visit  to  her  relatives  in  the  East,  and 
has  joined  Mr.  Herriek  at  the  Keystone  Apartments 
for  the  winter. 

Mrs.  Edward  Poillon  and  Miss  Gladys  Poillon, 
who  are  visiting  Captain  Arthur  Poillon  in  the  Yo- 
semite  valley,  will  be  tne  guests  of  Mrs.  J.  B. 
Coryell    before   returning   to    their  home   in    the    East. 

Mrs.  Frank  Carolan  and  Mrs.  George  Pope  were 
seen  lunching  at  the  St.  Francis  this  week,  having 
come  from  San  Mateo  to  shop. 

Miss  Eleanor  Fay  and  her  mother,  Mrs.  Frederick 
G.  Henshaw,  have  returned  from  a  prolonged  visit 
in   Honolulu. 

Mrs.  A.  Sbarboro  has  gone  to  Lake  Tahoe. 

Dr.  Victor  Lucchetti  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Guido 
Musto  are  at  Lake  Tahoe. 

Mrs.  Nelson  Shaw  and  her  little  girl  are  visiting 
Mrs.  Towne  and  Mrs.  Clinton  E.  Worden  at  Del 
Monte. 

Miss  Margaret  Kemble  leaves  this  week  for  New 
York  and  Washington,  where  she  will  give  a  series 
of  readings  from  modern  operas.  She  will  return  in 
the   winter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  P.  Schwerin  will  entertain  Mrs. 
Collis    P.    Huntington    during  her    visit   to    California. 


Sequoians   "At  Home." 

It  has  been  said  that  a  Sequoian  is  at  home  any- 
where, at  any  time.  While  all  this  may  be  true, 
individually  speaking,  there  is  no  gainsaying  the 
iact  that  Sequoians  collectively  do  like  to  congre- 
gate, especially  when  essaying  the  part  of  host. 
Cenial  hosts  are  they — these  clever  "men  and  wo- 
men' ' — note    the    duo. 

Tile  Sequoia  Chib  lias  purchased  through  the  Se- 
quoia Club  Hall  Association  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  property  at  1725  Washington  street,  between 
Polk  and  Van  Ness  avenue.  The  building  is  to  be 
made  over  into  a  hall,  with  a  fine  stage  for  dra- 
matic productions,  banquet  hall,  hardwood  maple 
floor  for  dancing,  art  rooms,  literary  rooms  and  mu- 
sical  rooms. 

The  first  club  function  was  give  on  Thursday 
evening,  August  15th.  It  was  a  very  informal  af- 
fair. The  musical  program  was  rendered  by  Miss 
Mae  FitzGerald,  the  young  pianist,  who  has  achieved 
a  reputation  of  being  one  of  California's  brightest 
musical  stars.  She  appeared  recently  at  the  Greek 
Theater  in  Berkeley,  and  the  musical  critics  pro- 
nounced her  work  as  very  wonderful,  both  in  spirit 
and  technique.  Harr  Wagner,  the  president  of  the 
club,  presided,  and  during  the  evening  read  a  list 
of  the  subscribers  to  the  hall  fund.  Among  those 
present  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irving  F.  Moulton,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  S.  M.  Haslett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  A.  Dtirn, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  Fulloni,  Mrs.  Oslrom  and  daughters, 
Mr.  N.  A.  Thomas*  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  W.  Davis,  Mr. 
William  Sparks,  Bertha  Stringer  Lee,  Mrs.  Norman 
Martin,  Hilda  Clough,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  V.  Meyer- 
stein,  Mrs.  Monroe,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  P.  Merillion, 
Miss  Jane  McElroy,  Mrs.  Barrett  Franklin,  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  E.  Gedge,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Cuten,  Mrs.  E.  R. 
Barrow,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  B,  Passmore,  Mrs.  C. 
Clement,  Mrs.  Theodore  Vogt,  Mr.  Theodore  Wores, 
Mrs.  Boston,  Miss  Boston,  and  Mrs.  Robert  McKim, 
a    young   bride    from   Honolulu. 

The  Sequoians  are  going  about  their  building  en 
terprise  in  a  thoroughly  businesslike  way.  Men  of 
affairs  say  it  is  very  likely  to  be  a  profitable  enter- 
prise and  calculated  to  increase  the  importance  of  the 
club.      The  Wasp    sincerely   hopes    so. 


Weddings. 


Sayers-  Rankin. 
Mrs.  Julia  Nixon  Sayers  and  Mr.  Robert  Ream 
Rankin,  whose  wedding  took  place  Wednesday  at 
the  home  of  Mrs.  Lewis  Wetzel,  are  both  well  known 
in  literary  and  college  circles.  The  bride  is  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Robert  Nixon,  founder  of  the 
Yreka  Journal.  Mr.  Rankin  is  an  attorney  of  Port- 
land,   where    the   Rankins  will   make   their   home. 


Coffin-Green. 
Saturday,  August  24th,  is  Miss  Natalie  Coffin's 
wedding  day.  She  will  become  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Crawford  Green.  While  simplicity  has  been  sounded 
as  the  reverbant  note,  yet  even  so,  there  will  be 
the  fascinating  interest  attendant  upon  anything 
associated  with  such  a  charming  belle.  Attending 
the  bride  as  maid  of  honor  will  be  her  sister,  Miss 
Sara  Coffin,  who  has  hurried  home  from  Europe  to 
be  present  at  her  sister's  wedding.  Two  other  in- 
teresting society  belles,  Miss  Helen  Chesebrougb  and 
Miss  Newell  Drown,  intimate  friends  of  the  bride, 
will  lead  the  way  as  bridesmaids.  The  beautiful 
little  church  of  St.  John's  at  Ross  will  furnish  the 
scene.  The  reception  following  me  wedding,  where 
the    real    cordialities    are    exchanged,    will    take    place 


Saturday,   August   24,    1912] 


THEWASP- 


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at    the    artistic    home    of    the    bride 'a    mothei       ill 
James  Coffin.     i>r   James  Whitney  and  Mr.  Chauncey 
Goodrich   will   !»•   the  UBhera,      Mr.  Jack   Kittle   will 

be   be  I    mai      itt<  nding  the  groom. 


Griffiths-Martin. 
One  of  the  out-of-town   weddingi  which   interested 
I  ical  society   took  place  al   Porl   Townsend,   recent]] 
i.  .-_       •   Griffiths  and   Lieutenant    Fred 

erick  Biarttn,  I".  S.  a  .  were  married  at  the  home 
.if  the  bride's  mother,  .Mrs,  Mary  Pox  Griffiths. 
The  bride  was  attended  by  her  sister,  Miss  Lucie 
Griffiths,  and  Mr,  Herberl  Griffiths  acted  us  best 
man.  Lieutenant  Martin  and  his  bride  will  live  m 
Porl  Flagler,  when-  the  Linn. -until  is  stationed  i»i 
present. 


Hanford-Schutter. 
News  >>f  the  marriage  of  Mrs.  Marguerite  San  ford 
and  Mr.  Frederick  Wilhelm  Schutter  has  reached  thin 
city  from  Yokohama,  The  wedding  took  place  July 
iTih  Mrs,  Ban  ford  was  formerly  of  this  city,  and 
1 1  wns  while  she  was  traveling  in  the  Orient  that 
her  wedding  took  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sohutter 
will  make  their  home  in  Tsingtau. 


I  ones-Bank  In. 
Miss  Ethel    IniK's  ami  Mr,  Ralph   V.  Rankin   were 
married    on    AuguBt    1 4  th    in    St.    Paul's    Episcopal 
Church,    Benicia.      Miss    limes   is   the    niece   of   Mr, 
ami    Mrs.    Frederick    Philip   Weinmann. 


Simon-Eisenbach. 
A  pretty  home  wedding  wns  tin-  plan  of  Miss 
Blossom  Simon  when  she  became  Hie  wife  of  Mr. 
Julius  Eieenbach.  The  ceremony  took  place  on 
Thursday,  the  15th,  al  the  home  of  the  bride's 
mother,   on   Broadway. 


Stern-Hart. 
Quiet  simplicity  marked  the  wedding  of  Miss  Alice 
I1.  Stem  and  Mr.  Harry  H.  Hart,  yet  it  was  ex- 
ceedingly  attractive.  The  bride,  attired  in  white 
ivory  satin  and  rich  lace,  was  unattended.  The 
Stern  home  on  WashiiiKlon  street  wns  decorated  pro- 
fuselj  in  pink  blossoms,  the  favorite  shade  of  the 
bride.  Miss  Stern  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Moses  Stern.  Mr.  Stern  being  of  the  firm  of  Heine- 
man  and  Stern.  Mr.  Hart  is  the  assistant  city  at- 
torney of  San  Francisco.  He  is  the  son  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.    Henry    Hart    and   brother  of    Dr.    Morton    Hart. 


Jones-Daily. 

Judging  from  the  number  of  marriages  that  have 
taken,  place  in  educational  circles  it  would  appear 
that  Cupid  was  lurking  somewhere  between  the  cov- 
ers of  the  modern  text-book. 

One  of  these  recent  marriages  among  the  educa- 
tors look  place  August  15th,  at  the  family  home  of 
the  bride,  Miss  Francis  Olive  Jones,  Mira  Vista  ave- 
nue, Alameda. 

The  wedding,  which  united  Miss  Francis  Jones 
and  Dr.  M.  E.  Dailey,  was  a  quiet  affair,  the  invita- 
tions limited  to  members  of  the  family  and  a  few 
intimates.       The    bride    was    gowned    in    white    satin 


Citizen's  Alliance  of  San  Fi 

OPEN  SHOP 


7 


"The  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence. '  * — Prof.  Eliot. 
Harvard   University. 


Open  the  window  (o  the  sun- 
shine of  the  Open  Shop  and 
Equal  Opportunity  and  the  In- 
vestment and  Prosperity  comes 
in    by    the    door. 


Citizens'  Alliance  Office 
Rooms.  Nos.  363-364-365 
Russ   Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 


■     d  adorned    w  itb    lace,      she 

carried   whit.-    i 

B"tb  the  bride  end  i       groom  have  bi 
with   educational  Miss  Jones  took   ber  de- 

gree i  rom   Monn  ■  ge  and  after*  ai  d    became 

,.   teacher  in   the   Ma       fa    Scl I,    Alameda,      She  is 

a  sister  of  Mr.  Robcoc  Jones,  a  well-kn»wn  attorney 
of  tic  boy   cities. 

Dr.  Doil)   i-   Pre  idenl  of  the  Stnie  Normal  Bel I 

al    San   Jose,   where  tin-  bride  and  groom   will  make 
their  boim 


Young-Farmer. 
The   elite  of   Berkeley   were   in   attendance   al    the 
wedding    of    Miss    Selen    Montague    Young   and    Mr. 

Milton     Thomas     Farmer.        The     ivy  .nver.-d      .hurch 

of  St.  Mark's,  Berkeley,  was  the  scene  of  the  nun 
riage  ceremony  mi  Wednesday  evening,  August  21st. 
Green   .mil   white   were  chosen  as  tin-  effective  color 

scheme.  The  bride  was  a  picture  of  loveliness  in 
her  bridal  robes  of  purest  white  satin,  with  its 
ni  ii,.  garniture  <><  lace.  She  carried  white  lilies 
atul  orchids,  which  fell  in  graceful  profusion  from 
her  arms.  The  bridesmaids'  gowns  were  beautiful 
creal s  of   pole  green   oharmeuse   satin   with  over- 

draperiee  >>!'  white  lace.  Miss  Bthel  Farmer,  sister 
of    the    bridegroom,    was    maid    of    honor. 

The  bridesmaids  were  Miss  Leila  MeKibbeu,  Miss 
Esther  Sadler.  Miss  Edith  Carew,  Miss  Lucy  Phil- 
lips.   Miss   Alice   Porterfield,    Miss   Margarel    Witter. 

Mr.  William  Hays  was  best  man.  The  ushers  were 
Mi-  Herman  Phleger,  Mr.  William  Donald,  Mr.  James 
Mark  Burke,  Mr.  Chester  Allen,  Mr.  Kay  Hayes  and 
Mr.    Farnum    Griffiths. 

Invitations  numbering  8t)()  had  been  issued  for 
tin:  wedding  ceremony.  About  150  relatives  and  in- 
timate friends  were  bidden  to  the  reception  at  the 
attractive    family    home    in    Elmwood    Park. 

Miss  Young  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  E.  Seymour 
Young  of  Berkeley.  Mr.  Farmer  is  interested  in 
affairs   at    Los   Angeles. 


Engagements. 


ADAMS. — MARTIN.— Miss  Helen  Adams  and  Mr. 
Scott  Martin.  Miss  Adams  is  the  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Adams.  Mr.  Martin  is  the  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  S.  Martin  of  Berkeley.  No  date  has  been 
set    for    the    wedding. 

BARRY — BRYDEN. — Miss  Ellen  Barry  and  Lieu- 
tenant V  illiam  Bryden.  Miss  Barry  is  the  daughter 
of  Major-General  Thomas  H.  Barry.  Lieut.  Bryden  is 
stationed  at  West  Point.  The  wedding  will  take 
place   this  winter. 

KELLOGG — KENDALL. — Miss  Angie  Myrl  Kel- 
logg and  Mr.  Walter  Kendall.  Miss  Kellogg  is  the 
daughter  of  Mrs.  A,  Z.  Kellogg  of  Roosevelt  avenue, 
Berkeley.      The  wedding  day  has  not  been  set. 

MANGE — SCHUMACHER. — Miss  Lily  Gros  de 
Mange  and  Mr.  Albert,  Schumacher.  Miss  de  Mange 
is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Gros  de 
Mange  of  Oakland.  Mr.  Schumacher  is  a  merchant 
of  San  Francisco.  The  wedding  will  take  place  in 
September. 

MEYER — GROSSE. — Miss  Rosa  Wadsworth  Meyer 
and  Dr.  Alfred  B.  Grosse.  Miss  Meyer  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  H.  V.  Meyer  of  New  York. 
Dr.  Grosse  is  well  known  in  this  city.  The  wed- 
ding will  be  in  December. 

MORSE — BROCK. — Miss  Ruby  R.  Morse  and  Mr. 
Charles  W.  Brock.  Miss  Morse  is  the  daughter  of 
Miss  Ellen  D.  Morse  of  Berkeley.  She  is  a  graduate 
of  the  State  University,  "01.  Her  sister,  Miss 
Blanche  Morse,  is  well  known  in  club  circles.  Mr, 
Brock  is  a  graduate  of  the  State  University,  class 
of  "97.  He  is  engaged  in  the  realty  business  in 
San  Francisco.  The  wedding  day  has  not  been  an- 
nounced. 

PALMER — BAYLIS, — Miss  Harriet  Palmer  and 
Lieutenant  James  Ernest  Baylis,  U.  S.  A.  Miss 
Palmer  is  a  San  Jose  belle  who  has  entertained  fre- 
quently in  local  society.  Lieutenant  Baylis  is  the 
son  of  a  wealthy  Mississippi  planter.  The  wedding 
ivill   take  place  soon. 

SUTPHEN — GOMEZ. — Miss  Helen  Dunham,  Sut 
phen  and  Victor  de  Gomez.  Miss  Sutphen  is  the 
daughter  of  Mrs.  D.  D.  Sutphen.  She  is  a  musician 
of  exceptional  merit,  and  has  toured  California  late- 


ring    violti ■■■■         Shi     has    studied    with 

Kneisel   and    > * «     Damrosch,     Mr.  Gomel 
1         irnian   of   Spanish   desi 
..i         rit,    big   pari icular  in 
\"  'l.i'''  bas  i n   --.'t   for  the   wedding. 


VEAZIE—  MI'Kl'HN         Mi         B    I  io    and 

Ensign    Joseph    A.    Murphy       Ml  b 

daughter  of  Mrs.   William   Everett*  Veazie,     She   is 

also    the    niece    of    Admiral  ran       Qosl 
wick,  r,  S.   x. 


FEAST    OF    LANTERNS, 


Santa  Cruz   to  Celebrate  the   September   Holidays  in 
a  most  spectacular  manner. 

MANAGER  FRED  SWANTON  bus  turned  things 
upside  down  in  Sunt  a  Cm/,,  once  the  sleepi- 
est of  Beaside  resorts*  -now  the  gayest.    Fred 

has  put  Santa  Oruz  squarely  on  the  niu]>,  ami  visit- 
ors to  the  home  town  of  the  Rip  Van  Winkles  ol 
the  past  decade  now  find  "something  doing  every 
minute.' ' 

For  the  September  holidays  Manager  Swan  ton  bas 
arranged  a  grand  fen  si  of  lanterns  io  last  from  Sep- 
tember   7th    tn    9th    inclusive. 

The   Water    Pageanl    was   a    great    Bucceaa   and    a 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Begs  to  announce  that  he  has  removed  his  muiic 
studio  to  the  Gaffney  Building,  376  Sutter  Street, 
between  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  Street. 
Office  hours,  from  ten  to  twelve,  and  from  two  to 
four,  daily. 

Telephone  Douglas  4211. 


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[Saturday,  August  24,  1912. 


Jules  Restaurant 

Special  Lunches  50c.  or  a  la  Carte 

Ladies'  Grill  and  Rooms  for  Parties 

REGULAR     FRENCH     DINNER     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. 

MONADNOCK  BUILDING 

Next  to  Palace  Hotel 

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All  Cars  Pass  the  Door.    Elevator  Service. 


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All  Steamers  Equipped  with  Wireless,   Submarine 

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First  Cabin  Passengers  Dine  a  la   Carte  without 

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Fast    Express    Steamers    Sail    Tuesdays 

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Express   Steamers    Sail    Saturdays 

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wonderful  spectacle.  On  the  forthcoming  occasion 
thousands  of  lanterns  will  decorate  the  Casino, 
Beach  and  water  from  the  dome  of  the  buildings  to 
ihe  end  of  the  pier  and  raft.  All  of  the  fishing 
boats,  rowing-boats  and  launches  will  be  gaily  decor 
ated  for  the  nightly  events.  Daylight  Japanese  lire 
works,  water  and  night  fireworks  each  evening, 
and  the  grandest  Tableaux  Vivants  ever  displayed 
on  the  water,  will  be  shown. 

This  will  be  one  grand  affair  for  those  already 
in  Santa  Cruz,  as  well  as  for  the  thousands  that 
look  forward  to  an  outing  on  Admission  Day,  and 
as  there  are  three  days,  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
Monday,  for  this  year's  "September  Ninth"  doings, 
Santa  Cruz  will  surely  get  her  share  with  a  program 
like   this. 

Following  is  the  program  of  events  during  Lantern 
Feast  and  Admission  Day,  to  take  place  on  a  float 
in  front  of  the   Casino  and  Natatorium : 

Sept.  7,  8:00  p.  m. — Music  by  Williams  Santa 
Cruz    Band. 

8:15 — Balloons    with    lanterns    attached. 

8:25 — Parachute  jump  by  young  lady  from  burst- 
ing   fire    balloon. 

8:40 — Brocken    Scene    from     "Faust, 
and    original    fire    effects. 

8:50 — Living      picture, 
Girls." 

9:00 — Living  picture, 

9:10 — Living  picture, 

9  :20 — Living    picture, 

9:30 — Living    picture, 


with    new 


'Santa      Cruz      Bathing 


'The   Rescue." 
'Rock  of  Ages." 
'  'Three    Graces." 
"Goddess    of    Liberty." 

9:45 — Si  takes  Maud  to  the  Santa  Cruz  Beach. 

9:55 — Ship   on  fire  at   sea. 

Grand    finale — Water   fireworks. 

10:30 — Maud    and    Si    will    dance    two-step    in    the 
ball    room. 

Japanese   day  fireworks    at   3:00  p.   m. 


Sept.  8,  8:15  p.  m. — Baloons  and  water  shells 
from  Pleasure  Pier. 

8:30 — Living  picture,    "Rock  of  Ages." 

8:40 — Mechanical  picture,  Light  House  and  Ship 
Wreck. 

9:00 — Living  picture  (with  mechanical  effects), 
"Die    Loleloi." 

9:10 — Si   introduces   Maud   to   fireworks. 

9:25 — Tableaux,  (a)  "The  Mermaid  and  her 
Court." 

9:40 — (b)    "Washington  Crossing  the  Delaware." 

10:00 — Illumination    and  water   fireworks. 

10:30 — Sj  will  feed  barley  to  Maud  in  the  ball 
room. 

Japanese   day  fireworks   at    3:00   p.   m. 


-Fire   baloon    and  parachute 


water    fairies    with    illumin 


Sept.    9,    8:30    p.    m.- 

jump. 

8:45 — Dance    of    the 

ated    light   house. 

9:05 — Si    training    Maud    for    the    circus. 

9:15 — Living  picture,    "Rock   of  Ages." 

9:20 — Living    picture,     "The    Rescue." 

9:25 — Living   picture,    "Seal   of    California." 

9:35 — Living  picture,    "Three   Graces." 

9:50 — Living    picture    (witn    mechanical    effects), 

"Dante's  Inferno." 

Fight  of  pirate  ships,  witii  grand  fireworks  effect. 
10:30 — Queen    and    Water    Fairies    hold    court    in 

ball    room. 

Japanese   day   fireworks    at    3:00  p.   m. 


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Till-:  OEPHEUM  bill  for  uext  week  will 
Ik-  headed  by  Elsa  Ruegger,  the  world's 
greatest  woman  cellist.  Madame  Rucg- 
ger's  artistic  career  lias  been  a  succession  of 
triumphs.  Shi'  has  played  both  here  and 
abroad  with  leading  symphony  and  musical 
societies,  and  has  been  immensely  successful 
in  numerous  concert  tours.  Her  appearance 
in  vaudeville  is  therefore  an  event  of  ex- 
traordinary  importance  and  another  striking 
illustration  of  the  wonderful  advance  this 
branch  of  theatricals  is  making.  Madame 
Ruegger  has  been  distinguished  by  the  ap- 
probation of  the  most  hy- 
percritical European  and 
American  musical  critics. 
She  has,  in  addition  to  the 
compelling  force  of  her  art, 
a  most  magnetic  personal- 
ity. On  her  present  vaude- 
ville tour  she  will  be  assist- 
ed by  the  celebrated  con- 
ductor,  Mr.  Edmund  Lich- 
enstein,  an  eminent  figure 
in  the  musical  world.  Her 
program  will  consist  of  a 
nocturne  by  Chopin,  an  el- 
egy by  Massenet,  and  "The 
Elves'  Dance"  by  Poppe--. 

Cesare  Nesi,  the  young 
Caruso,  who  will  be  heard 
for  the  first  time  in  this 
city,  has  in  the  opinion  of 
those  best  qualified  to  judge 
a  splendid  future  in  grand 
opera.  Although  a  young 
man,  he  has  had  a  very 
eventful  career.  Three  years 
ago  he  came  in  the  steerage 
with  other  immigrants  from 
Florence,  Italy,  to  New 
York.  In  his  own  land  he 
had  been  a  modeler  of  clay 
statues,  and  he  soon  secur- 
ed a  position  as  a  peddler 
of  these  from  a  compatriot, 
who  made  them  in  a  little 
shop  on  the  Bowery.  At 
night  he  amused  himself  in 
his  own  room  by  sing:ng  the 
songs  of  his  native  land  and 
his  fellow-boarder  soon 
made  of  him  a  local  celeb- 
rity. His  first  public  ap- 
pearance was  on  an  amateur 
night  at  a  five-ceni  vaude- 
ville theater,  where  he  scor- 
ed under  the  most  tinfavor- 
able  circumstances  a  tre- 
mendous hit.  His  fame  went 
forth,  and  an  alert  vaude- 
ville manager  was  so  im- 
pressed by  his  tenor  robusto 
notes  that  he  booked  him 
for  his  entire  circuit.  Since 
then  his  success  has  been  as- 
sured, 

De  Witt,  Burns  and  Tor- 
rence  will  introduce  their 
mirthful  creation,  ' '  The 
Awakening  of  Toys.''  It  is 
Christmas  Eve  in  a  toyshop 
and    the    trio    impersonate 


respectively  a  jack-in-the-box,  a  wooden  sol- 
dier, and  Pierrot  doll,  who  become  aniinatt-a 
and  indulge  in  acrobatic  dances  and  novel  and 
attractive  poses. 

Harry  Earl  Godfrey  and  Veta  Henderson 
will  present  an  enjoyable  bit  of  travesty  call- 
ed "Aboard  for  Abroad,"  which  gives  both 
players  liberal  scope.  The  scene  is  the  for- 
ward deck  of  a  boat,  and  there  is  not  a  dull 
minute  in  the  entire  act. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Mrs.  Gene 
Hughes  &  Co.,  Van  Brothers,  Bradshaw  Broth- 
ers, and  W.  C.  Fields,  "the  Silent  Humorist.   ' 


"Pyramid  of  Conceit." 

SIK  ABTHTJE  PINERO  recently  o.nde- 
scended  to  give  an  interview  t"  a  Lon- 
don newspaper,  an  incident  that  has  been 
commented  upon  as  an  event  of  almost  na- 
tional importance.  It  is  stated  to  have  been 
ten  years  since  the  author  of  "The  Second 
Mis.  Tanqueray,"  "Iris,"  and  several  other 
famous  dramas  talked  for  the  press,  yet  Ar- 
chie Bell  claims  that  "many  years  within  that 
period  Pinero  received  me  at  his  apartments 
in  Hanover  Square  in  London — received  me  as 
a  newspaper  man — and  freely  talked  to  me  for 
publication.  "And  I  was 
disappointed,"  he  states, 
"to  find  him  the  most  col- 
ossal pyramid  of  conceit 
and  egotism  ihat  it  has  ever 
been  my  misfortune  to 
meet. ' ' 

( ( What  do  I  care  for  what 
the  critics  say  of  my 
plays?"  Sir  Arthur  is  quot- 
ed as  saying  on  this  occa- 
sion. "Who  among  the 
critics  of  London  can  tell 
me  whether  or  not  I  have 
written  a  good  play?  There 
is  not  one  critic  in  England 
whose  opinions  I  respect.  I 
say  that  the  author  knows 
more  about  his  play  than 
any  one  can  tell  him!" 


ELSA    RUEGGER 
The    world'B   greatest    lady   cellist,    who    will   appear  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 


A  Small  Plot. 

America  is  not  the  only 
couutry  running  to  plays  of 
the  light  farce  variety  built 
around  a  tiny  situation  or 
incident.  One  of  the  big 
European  successes,  which 
is  booked  for  New  York 
later,  is  written  around 
nothing  more  important  than 
a  swallow-tailed  coat.  It  is 
the  work  of  a  Viennese 
dramatist,  and  "is  called 
"The  Well-Fitting  Dress 
Coat."  Briefly  the  plot 
runs  as  follows: 

A  poor  man,  born  to  a 
better  station  in  the  world, 
has  drifted  into  the  tailor- 
ing trade.  He  tu'ms  out  a 
dress  coat  for  a  rich  vul- 
garian which  is  a  miracle 
of  cut  and  finish.  Now,  the 
poor  man  is  a  modern  psy- 
chologist, and  he  knows  the 
effect  of  good  clothes  on 
either  a  man  or  a  woman. 
It  is  he,  and  not  the  vul- 
garian, who  coulu  live  up 
to  that  coat. 

The  poor  tailor  appropri- 
ates it,  makes  himself  wor- 
thy of  the  creation,  becomes 
successful  and  by  the  time 
he  is  at  the  top  of  the  social 
tree  he  has  tethered  every- 
body so  firmly  to  his  chariot 
that  no  one  cares  to  unmask 
him.    No  one  seems  to  have 


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[Saturday,  August  24,  1912. 


dramatized  the  notion  before,  but  ' '  clothes 
Miui  the  man''  is  more  than  a  phrase — it  is  a 
psychological  fact. 


At  the  Cort. 

MARGARET  MAYO 'S  screaming  comedy, 
''.Baby  Mine,"  which  opened  a  limited 
engagement  at  the  Cort  Theater  last 
Sunday,  will  enter  upon  its  second  and  last 
week,  beginning  Sunday  night.  "Baby  Mine'' 
still  has  the  power  to  provoke  unrestrained 
laughter.  It  is  seldom  one  hears  such  genu- 
ine laughter  completely  possess  the  large  au- 
diences at  the  Cort  as  was  noticeable  this 
week,  where  this  screaming  success  is  dupli- 
cating its  previous  engagement  in  this  city. 
Never  was  a  corned}'  constructed  that  so  eas 
ily  took  the  audience  off  its  gravity  and  kept 
it  going  in  an  avalanche  of  shrieks.  It  is  a 
quadruple  success  in  the  gilt-edge  class. 

The  story  is  simplicity  itself,  but  the  situa- 
tions are  irresistible ;  there  is  no  need  to 
criticise;  it  clears  that  hurdle  by  several  thou- 
sand feet  and  goes  bounding  on  in  seven- 
league  boots. 

Marguerite  Clark  and  Ernest  Glendinning 
of  the  original  cast,  and  James  A.  Bliss  and 
Vira  Real,  form  the  quartet  which  furnishes 
most  of  the  fun.  Miss  Clark  is  as  winsome 
a  bit  of  prettiness  as  San  Francisco  has  seen 
in  many  a  day,  and  goes  through  her  strenu- 
ous part  as  "Zoie, "  the  young  wife,  in  the 
most  daintily  ridiculous,  whimsically  funny 
way.     Her  acting  is  artistically  perfect. 

Ernest  Glendinning,  home  again  in  the  same 
part  of  the  husband,  is  splendid  in  his  char- 
acter study  of  the  jealous,  suspecting  man  and- 
the  foolishly  happy  and  suddenly  despoiled 
father  of  triplets.  James  A.  Bliss  plays  Ihe 
part  of  Jimmy  in  a  manner  that  just  fits  the 
situations,  as  the  kind  and  helpful  female 
friend.  Miss  Vira  Rial,  acts  her  part  remaik- 
ably  well.  The  stage  settings  for  this  de- 
lightful little  comedy  are  quite  perfect,  and 
Miss  Clark,  in  her  pink-draped  bed  in  the 
second  act,  appears  like  a  human  bonbon. 

1  'Bought  and  Paid  For, ' '  William  A. 
Brady's  remarkable  success,  which  he  is  send- 
ing here  with  the  original  New  York  Play- 
house cast,  including  Charles  Richman,  Julia 
Dean  and  others,  is  underlined  to  follow  ''Ba- 
by Mine"  at  the  Cort  for  a  limited  engage- 
ment,   beginning    Monday,    September    2nd. 

At  Pant  ages. 

THE  PANTAGES  THEATER  is  doing  a 
banner  business  this  week,  the  current 
attractions  being  varied  and  interest- 
ing, including,  as  they  do,  Francesca  Red- 
ding and  her  jolly  little  company  in  the  live- 
ly farce,  "Honora'';  Jewell's  Manikins,  in 
their    sprightly    entertainment;    Cunning,    the 


€QR£ 


LEADING  THEATRE 

Ellis  and   Market. 
Phone    Sutter    2460. 


2nd    and    Last    Big    Week    Starts    Tomorrow. 
Matinees    Wednesday    and    Saturday. 


William  A.  Brady  Ltd.   Presents: 

"BABY  MINE" 

BY    MARGARET    MAYO 
The    Funniest    Piny    Ever    Written,    with 

MARGUERITE  CLARK 

—  And  —    • 
ERNEST      GLENDINNING 

In   Their   Original  Roles. 
Pi-ices — 50c.    to    $1.50. 


Commencing    Monday,    Sept 
PAID    FOR." 


'BOUGHT    AND 


"jail  breaker/'  in  his  mysterious  perform- 
ance; Williams  and  Wolfus,  the  "Pianofun- 
ologuists  ' ';  Max  Witt 's  ' '  Southern  Singing 
Girls, ' '    and    other    bright    features. 

The  piograin  for  the  week  commencing  Sun- 
day afternoon  abounds  in  good  numbers,  one 
of  which  is  the  four  Bards,  undeniably  the 
best  acrobats  before  the  public.  These  ath- 
letic marvels  have  been  seen  here  several 
times  before,  and  they  return  with  several 
new  and  daring  feats.  The  Morati  Opera 
Company,  composed  of  splendid  vocalists, 
will  present  their  original  novelty,  "The 
Mardi  Gras  in  Paris, ' '  beautifully  staged  ana 
costumed,  and  introducing  many  beautiful 
standard  operatic  selections.  Eldon  and  Com- 
pany will  offer  a  novel  magical  act  in  which 
such  eminent  conjurers  as  Hermann  the  Great, 
Keller  and  Thurston,  will  be  impersonated  to 
the  life,  many  of  the  best  tricks  of  these  niys- 
vifieis  being  reproduced  in  capital  style.  The 
"Seven  Texas  Tulips,"  lively  and  gingery 
dancers  of  both  sexes,  and  who  lay  claim  to 
originating  the  ' '  Texas  Tommy, ' '  will  ap- 
pear in  a  big  terpsicnorean  and  singing  act, 
bound  to  set  the  feet  tapping  all  over  the 
house  and  with  a  lot  of  the  latest  and  catchi- 
est music  accompanying  them.  Clifton  R. 
Wooldiiage,  Uuicago's  most  famous  detective, 
who  is  making  a  few  vaudeville  appearances 
in  the  principal  houses  of  America,  will  cer- 
tainly offer  an  unusual  feature  in  his  brief 
lecture,  well  illustrated  with  steieopticon 
slides,  concerning  his  wonderful  career  as  a 
criminologist.  His  act  is  said  to  be  interest- 
ing, laughable,  surprising,  humorous  and  in- 
stinctive, and  it  contains  a  decided  moral  up- 
lift. The  Imperial  Dancing  Pour,  young  men 
and  women  who  dance  in  hard  shoes,  will 
give  an  energetic  and  spirited  specialty,  and 
Billy  Bioad,  one  of  the  best  black-face  enter- 
tainers before  the  public,  will  offer  his  origi- 
nal parodies  and  stories.  Sunlight  Pictures, 
showing  current  events  of  the  day,  will  com- 
plete   the    bill. 


THE  first  composite  automobile,  built  by 
48  leading  motor  car  engineers  working 
under  the  direction  of  Howard  E.  Coffin, 
the  foremost  American  designer,  is  creating  a 
tremendous  amount  of  attention  since  its  ar- 
lival  on  Tuesday,  at  the  salesrooms  of  S.  G. 
Chapman,  the  Hudson  distributor  in  this  ter- 
ritory. The  car,  a  touring  model,  is  a  beauty. 
It  is  far  larger  than  last  year's  Hudson,  and 
conclusively  shows  the  remarkable  progress 
that  has  been  accomplished  in  a  single  year 
by  having  a  large  number  of  noted  special- 
ists  work    together   in    creating    a   single   car. 

The  car  is  electrically  self-cranking.  Illus- 
trating the  bigness  of  the  car  is  the  fact  that 
it  has  118-inch  wheel  base,  the  tonneau  is 
wide,  deep  and  roomy,  and  the  cushions  are 
12  inches  deep,  Turkish  type.  The  motorist 
sinks  down  into  them  as  he  would  into  a 
Sleepy  Hollow  chair. 

The  car  is  electrically  lighted  throughout, 
front,  tail,  side,  and  the  dash  lamps  are  oper- 
ated by  three  buttons  on  the  dash. 

The  men  who  built  the  car  are  leaders'  in 
their  line,  from  every  automobile-building  na- 
tion— American,  France,  Germany,  Italy,  Aus- 
tria and  England.  Each  is  a  specialist  along 
certain  lines.  The  advanced  motor  car  ideas 
of  such  men  have  in  consequence  produced  a 
automobile  that  to  many  motorists  flwlt  be  a 
revelation.  Taking  the  motor  as  an  instance: 
It  is  a  powerful,  long-stroke  motor,  develop- 
ing -13  horse-power,  on  the  brake  test,  and  is 
dust  proof.  All  valves,  valve  mechanism  and 
moving   parts    are    entirely   enclosed,    so    that 


dust,  tne  must  ruinous  element  that  an  auto- 
mobile must  face,  is  entirely  eliminated.  As 
an  indication  of  the  completeness  of  the  car 
from  every  possible  standpoint  are  such  fea- 
tures as  the  ease  of  operating  the  self-starting 
system,  which  merely  makes  it  necessary  to 
push  a  button  from  the  seat  to  start  the 
motor.  There  is  a  rain-vision  wind-shield 
built  into  the  car  that  makes  it  possible  to 
see  and  drive  perfectly  even  though  the  down- 
pour be  blinding. 

The  New  Hudson  "37"  was  tested  20,000 
miles  by  a  racing  driver  thiough  ten  States, 
the  equivalent  of  40,000  miles  of  ordinary 
driving.  The  racing  driver's  instructions 
were  to  ' '  break  her  to  pieces  if  you  can. ' ' 
The  testing  ground  most  used  was  in  the  Al- 
legheny mountains,  in  spite  of  the  warning 
of  motoring  authorities  against  any  car  going 
through  the  stony  mountain  passes  unless  spe- 
cially tuned  up.  This  warning  was  unheeded, 
and  the  racing  driver  put  the  car  over  these 
bad  roads  as  a  part  of  the  20,000-mile  try-out. 
At  the  end  of  the  test  it  was  necessary  to 
make  a  single  basic  change  from  the  design 
determined  upon  by  the  forty-eight  engineers 
and  Mr.  Coffin,  thereby  illustratnig  the  fact 
that  a  compositely  built  car  is  a  true  success. 


Mrs.  J,  Lawrence  Toole,  wife  of  the  well- 
known  newspaper  writer,  with  Miss  B.  Doni- 
gan,  spent  the  week  at  Del  Monte,  and  with 
some  friends  motored  over  the  winding  boule- 
vards. 


Dr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Cooper,  Messrs.  Edwin 
and  Arthur  Goodall  motored  to  Del  Monte  last 
week  for  a  two  weeks '  stay.  Mr.  Goodall  is 
an   enthusiastic   motorist. 


Safest   and   Most   Magnificent   Theater   in   America! 

WEEK  BEGINNING  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 
Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  ACME  OF  VAUDEVILLE! 
ELSA  RUEGGER,  World's  Greatest  Woman  Cellist, 
Assisted  by  the  Celebrated  Conductor,  Edmund  Lich- 
enstein;  CESARE  NESI,  "The  Young  Caruso";  DE 
WITT,  BURNS  &  TORRENCE,  in  the  Mirthful  Cre- 
ation, "The  Awakening  of  Toys";  GODFREY  & 
HENDERSON,  in  "Aboard  for  Abroad";  MRS. 
GENE  HUGHES  &  CO.,  Presenting  "Youth";  VAN 
BROTHERS:  BRADSHAW  BROTHERS;  NEW  DAY- 
LIGHT MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week  W.  C. 
FIELDS.    "The   Silent   Humorist." 

Evening  Prices,    luc  25c.  50c,  75c.  Box  5eals,  $1 
Matinee    Prices     (Except    Sundays    and    Holidays). 
Inc.    '25c.    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.      HOME  C   1670 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week  of  August  25th: 

SUPERLATIVE  ATTRACTIONS! 
FOUR  BARD  BROTHERS,  World's  Greatest  Acro- 
bats; MORATI  OPERA  COMPANY,  Presenting  "The 
Mardi  Gras  in  Paris' '  :  ELDON  and  CO.,  Magicians 
Extraordinary;  SEVEN  TEXAS  TULIPS.  Originat- 
ors of  the  Texas  Tommy;  CLIFTON  R.  WSOL- 
DRIDGE,  the  Famous  Detective;  IMPERIAL  DANC- 
ING FOUR.  Terpsicnorean  Marvels  ;  BILLY  BROAD. 
Blackface    Comedian,    and    SUNLIGHT    PICTURES. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights.  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:30  and  8:30.  Nights, 
Continuous  from   6:30. 


Prices — 10c.    20c    Bnd    30c 


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OLD  NAD'S 

DIARY  -• 


Lands  SAKE!  ['ve  bo  much  on  my  mind  this 
week  1  don'1  kuow  which  way  to  turn.  I'm 
acting  ;■*  secretary  of  our  Ethical  Effort 
Clab  while  Miss  Bones  is  down  ut  Del  Monte  prac- 
tising ror  the  Golf  Tournament.  And  t've  got  to 
iix  my  brown  mid  lavender  dress  1  wore  at  Ethyl 
Gaj  leigh  i  latest  wedding  ihree  years  ago.  Good- 
ness me  I  It's  time  stu-  whs  baving  another,  but  i 
hope   not   as   I'd  have  to  send  a  present. 

"I    pot    such    a    tine   i<le:i    for  a   yellow    girdle   on    my 

brown  and  lavender  dress  when  I  went  with  Mrs. 
Mugeby  to  Bee  "Baby  Mine."  I  made  up  my  mind 
I    wouldn't    say    a    word    to    a    soul    about    it.    for    tin- 

lust  time  I  designed  something  real  unique  I  fool- 
ishly told  Miss  Bones,  and.  goodness  me  I  at  our 
next  club  luncheon  what  should  I  see  bul  the 
identical  thine  on  her.  I  glared  at  her  so  she  wasn't 
able  to  read  her  paper  on  the  '  'Deterioration  of 
Psychological  Individuality' '  when  Mrs..  Manly,  our 
president,     called    on     her. 

Everybody  tittered,  and  1  was  so  delighted,  for 
slu-  looked  a  perfect  fright.  The  low-cut  effect 
showing  her  collar-bones  was  agonizing,  hut  it  would 
have  been  most  becoming  to  me.  Aren't  some  women 
so     silly! 


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Importers  and  Dealers  In 

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Phone  Franklin    897. 


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Ktbyi  Clay  leigh  bus  taken  t"  wearing  one  b  tacking 
white  and  the  other  black      She  came  "i   this  after 

.■■nil,'     [     whs     luting     up     my    dress     ami 

the    couch    and    put    hor    feel    on    the    arms    ol    my 

mahoganj    rocker,     G ln»       me  I      Such  attitudi 

thai  girl  strikes!  1  though)  the  musl  hove  been 
asleep  when   she   put   on    i  locking  .    oi    shi 

their    mates    in    the    WttSh, 

Lands  Bakol  She  says  it  s  going  i<>  be  oil  the 
fashion.  Mrs,  Striveagain  Lobster,  or  somebody  »' 
Newport,  walked  into  the  Casino  with  different 
colored  stockings,  and  ■■'  you  want  to  stay  in  the 
Smart  Sot,  Ethyl  lays,  you've  gol  to  get  your  pipe 
stems  properly  decorated  Goodness  mol  Such  ex- 
pressions! \'i<i  such  morals!  \\  !"•  is  supposed  to 
know  the  color  of  ony  respectable  lady's  hosioi 
outside    ile-    Sacred    familj    circle  J 

I  said  that  to  Ethyl,  and  she  laughed  so  thai  she 
slid  oft'  the  couch  and  scratched  the  varnish  oil  mj 
lovely  rocker  with  her  high  heels.  Ah,  dear  uie ! 
Girls  ain't  like  when  I  whs  a  young,  innocent  thing. 

Ethyl  says  there  s  going  to  be  such  bully  fun  at 
the  Greenways  this  winter  if  the  men  adopt   the  old 

fashion  «i  whiskers  and  tr s  with  straps  on  the 

legs  of  them — like  the  men  used  to  wear  in  1830, 
she  says.  All  the  men  go  clean-shaved  now,  and 
she's  'most  forgotten,  she  says,  how  it  feels  to  be 
kissed    by    a    fellow   with    whiskers.     What    indecency ! 

1  just  despise  men  with  whiskers.  Lands  suke, 
when  I  was  a  girl  there  wasn't  a  bigger  fool  round 
Coon  Creek  than  Si  Puukin,  and  all  the  girls  ueted 
just  crazy  about  him  because  he  had  black  whiskers 
thai  curled  like  a  water  spaniel.  He  was  always 
making  eyes  at  me  when  we  came  out  from  prayer- 
meeting,  but  I  wouldn't  look  at  the  bunch  of  con- 
ceit, and  he  had  to  make  love  to  Prudence  Crabtree, 
a  perked  uj),  silly  thing  that  hadn't  half  as  much 
sense  as  a  grasshopper.  Lands  sake,  everybody  in 
the  village  nearly  burst  their  sides  laughing  when 
Si  went  to  take  the  honey  from  a  hive  of  bees  and 
they  all  swarmed  in  his  whiskers  and  the  fire-hose 
company    had    to    turn    out    to    save    him ! 

TABITHA   TWIGGS. 


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The  James  B.  Jeffery  Company  for  1913  announces 
the  Cross  Country  Model  in  five  different  body  styles, 
all  on  the  same  chassis,  embodying  the  uew  unit 
gasoline  and  electric  motor.  The  body  styles  in- 
clude the  five-passenger  Cross  Country  at  $1,700 ; 
four-passenger  Cross  Country,  $1,70.0;  the  Cross 
Country  Roadster,  $1,650;  the  Sedan  for  four  pas- 
sengers, all  enclosed,  $2,500 ;  the  Gotham,  a  five- 
passenger  limousine  with  two  extra  cab  seats,  $2,750, 
and  a  special  touring  body  for  five  adxilts  and  two 
children,    $1,900. 

The  new  unit  gasoline  and  electric  motor,  a  fea- 
ture quite  in  advance  of  the  day,  combines  two  wide- 
ly used  and  thoroughly  known  power  principles; 
one,  in  the  28  H.  P.  four-cylinder  Cross  Country 
engine,  the  other  in  the  commonly  used  electric  mo- 
tor generator.  To  start  you  merely  press  a  button. 
Press  another — the  lamps  are  lighted.  At  the  in- 
stant you  press  the  starting  button  the  electric  mo- 
tor starts. 

As  the  gasoline  engine  is  an  integral  part  it  is 
turning  also  at  the  rate  of  200  revolution  per  minute. 
After  the  explosions  start  the  electric  motor  auto- 
matically changes  into  an  electric  generator  and  is 
creating  and  storing  electrical  energy  for  future  use. 

The  construction  and  operation  of  the  motor  gen- 
erator is  practically  fool-proof.  The  entire  device 
is  thoroughly  dependable;  so  simple  that  a  woman 
who  does  not  care  to  know  about  its  construction 
can  expect  the  same  success  with  it  as  an  electrical 
expert.  The  color  of  the  1913  Cross  Country  is 
light  Brewster  green.  The  car  is  trimmed  in  nickel 
with  body,  fenders  and  fillers  of  black  enamel.  Flush 
dash  lamps  add  greatly  to  its  appearance.  Ten-inch 
upholstery  is  a  new  feature.  The  Cross  Country 
is  announced  as  the  most  popular  car  the  Jeffery 
factory    ever   produced. 

Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al 
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Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladies  and  Gen- 
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Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  August  24,  1912. 


AND     M 


Miss  Carolyn  Wells,  one  of  our  leading  Am- 
erican wntter'Sj  a  'humorist  of  exceptional 
ability,  has  written  a  new  book  called  "A 
Chain  of  Evidence. ' ' 

' '  Queed, ' '  by  Henry  Sydnor  Harrison,  is 
said  to  be  the  one  .American  novel  that  has 
been   accepted  in  England   this  year. 

"The  Lady  of  the  Decoration'1  will  have 
a  sequel,  telling  what  happened  w  after  they 
were  married."  It  will  be  published  in  the 
fall  by  the   Century   Company. 

♦ 

Nothing  Private. 

Mistress:  "Well,  J.m  sorry  you  want  to 
leave  me,  Mary;  what  s  your  reason?" 

(Mary  keeps   silent.) 

Mistress:    "Something  private?" 

Mary  (suddenly):  "No,  mum;  please,  mum, 
he's  a  lanee   corporal."     London   Tidbits. 

WANTED. 

More    men    and    women    who   will    save   their 
money  and  do  it  systematically. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

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WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.   and  Gen.   Mgr. 


ti 


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Kaisha 

(ORIENTAL   STEAMSHIP   CO.) 
S.  S.  Chiyo  Maru , Saturday,  Aug.  31,  1912 

S.  S.  Nippon  Maru  (Intermediate  Service 
Saloon.  Accommodations  at  reduced 
rates Saturday,    September   21,    1912 

S.   S.   Tenyo   Maru,    (Via  Manila  direct) 

Friday,    September    27,    1912 

S.  S.  Shinyo  Maru, (New). ..Saturday,    Oct.  19,  1912 

Steamers  sail  from  Company's  pier,  No.  34. 
near  fooi,  of  Brannan  Street,  1  P.  M.  for  Yoko- 
hama and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Honolulu,  Kobe 
(Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  connecting 
at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,  etc. 

No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing. 
Round   trip   tickets   at  reduced   rates. 

For  freight  and  passage  apply  at  office,  4th 
floor,  Western  Metropolis  National  Bank  Building, 
625  Market  St. 

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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
j'  raacisco. — jJept.    No.    8. 

LtI^VANNI  DANERI,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop 
er..y  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Deiend- 
ants. — Action  No.    32,600. 

me  People  of  the  ataie  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
proper iy  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
letidauts,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIOVANNI  DANERI,  plaintiff,  filea 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
ana  particularly  described   as    follows    : . 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Gari- 
baldi (formerly  Vincent)  Street,  distant  thereon 
ninety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line  of  Garibaldi  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Garibaldi  Street  twenty  (20)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty-eight  (58)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20,  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly fif tv-eight  ( 58 )  feet,  nine  ( 9 )  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT 
Number  379. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther   relief    as    may    be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand   and   the  seal   of   said  Court  this 
13th  dav  of  August,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.    MTJLCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
''The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  24th  day  of  August, 
A.   D.    1912. 

■    PERRY    &    DAILEY,    Attorneys    for   Plaintiff,    105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.    3. 

MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.    32,539. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summoni,  and  to  set  forth  what  in 
terest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    and   particularly    described   as   follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  one  hundred  (100)  feet 
southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  street 
and  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of 
Seventeenth  avenue,  measured  respectively  along 
lines  drawn  at  right  angles  to  said  lines  of 
said  streets,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Clement  street  eight  (8) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Seventeenth  avenue  three 
hundred    and    fifty    (350)    feet;    thence    at    a    right 


angle  easterly  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  three  hundred  and  fifty  (350) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  Out- 
side Land  Block  Number  198. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
•aid  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  oi  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be   meet    in    the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
31st   day   of   July,    A.   D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.   DUNWORTH,   Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse 
to    plaintiff: 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society,  (a  cor- 
poration)   San   Francisco,    California. 

Fernando  Nelson,  San  Francisco,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  street,    San  Francisco,    Cal. 


DR.  WONG  HIM 

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Established  1872 
Our  wonderful 
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Leucorrhoea,  Urine  and  Bladder  Troubles,  Dia- 
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PATIENTS   SPEAK  FOR  THEMSELVES. 

Petaluma,  Cal.,  November  11,  1911. — Dr. 
Wong  Him — Dear  Sir:  This  is  to  certify  that 
I  was  sick  for  about  three  years  with  a  compli- 
cation of  troubles  resulting  from  tuberculosis  of 
the  bowels  and  liver  combined  with  tumor  of  the 
stomach,  I  had  been  given  up  by  all  the  doc- 
tors of  Ukiah,  Mendocino  county,  and  three 
prominent  physicians  of  San  Francisco,  They  all 
told  me  that  the  only  chance  to  prolong  my  life 
was  an  operation,  and  that  I  could  not  live  long 
under  any  circumstances.  When  I  began  to  take 
your  treatment  I  weighed  about  75  pounds.  I 
am  now  entirely  recovered  and  weigh  147  pounds, 
more  than  I   ever  weighed  in  my  life. 

I   write   this   acknowledgment   in   gratitude   for 
my  miraculous   recovery,    and   to    proclaim   to    the 
public  your  wonderful  Herb  Treatment,  that  oth 
ers  may  find  help  and  healing.      Gratefully, 
R.  E.  ANGLE, 
419  Third  Street. 
Formerly   of   Ukiah. 

DR.  WOING  HIM 

Leading  Chinese  Herb  Doctor 

1268    O'FARRELL    ST. 

(Between   Gough   and   Octavia) 

SAN    FRANCISCO. 


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eyelids,  etc.  It  gives  instant  relief.  For  infants  or  adults.  At  all  drug- 
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Saturday,   August   24,   1912] 


-THE  WASP 


27 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  8TATE  OK 

California,    in    and    fur    the    City    and    County    uf    Sau 
ueui .  .s  ■  > .  - . 
EDWARD    W.     SIEGFRIED     u  SlEvi- 

FRIED,   Plaintiffs,  iodi  cluiiuiiiK  any   In- 

turi-st  in  ox   I  :■    real  property  lier< 

acribed  or  any  i-urt  thereof,  Defendant*. — Actiuu    No, 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  alt  per- 
ioub  claiming-  any  interest  iu,  or  lieu  upou,  the  real 
property  heroin  described  ur  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   grt 

You  ore  lii-ruby  required  to  appeur  and  an*  v. 

iffa,    Bled   with   the  OJerk   of   the 
above  untitled  Court  und  County*,  within  three    i 
after    the    lir&t    publicnliun    uf    iliis    summons,    und    to 
ael   forth   what   interest   ur   lien,   n   any,   jroU   luive   in   <-r 

upon  that  certain  real  property,  ox  any  pun  thereof, 

situated    hi    tin    '  it)    and  County  of  Sun   Francisco, 
of    California,    and  ribed    as 

Beginning  at  n  point  on  the  southwesterly  line  of 
Oilman  latanl    thereon    two    hundred    and 

twenty  ii  iit   suuilieasterly    from   tin 

formed  by  the  Intersection  of  the  southwesterly  line 
tnan  Avenue  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Jen 
nings  Ktreut  (formerly  "J"  Street  Booth),  and  run- 
ning   the  along    said    line    ol    Oilman 

Avenue    hllj     (60)  ee    at    a    right    angle 

southwesterly    one    hundred    1100]  uce   at    a 

right  aiik'l'-  Dorthweaterly  fifty  (50)  feel;  ami 
at  a  right  angle  northeasterly  one  hundred  (100 1 
(eel  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  luts  l-t  and  15, 
In  block  651,  BAY  PARK  HOMESTEAD,  as  per 
map  thereof  filed  in  the  office  oi  the  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  Son  Francisco,  March  2,  1872. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be    adjudged    that    plaintiffs    are    (he    owners    of    said 

property   in   fee  aim]  ,    that  their  title  to 

said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
26th  day  of  June,   A.  D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  S.   I.   HUGHES,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  13th  day  of 
July,   A.   D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET  MAGUIRE, 
Plaint  ill's,  vs.  A 11  persons  claiming  any  interest  jn 
or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or 
any  part  thereof,    Del'eudauls. — Action   No.  32,477. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  -  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET 
MAGUIRE,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
above-entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  puolication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows: 

First:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Union  Btreet,  distant  thereon  sixty-two  (62) 
feet,  sis  (6t  inches  easterly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Union 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Steiner  street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Union 
street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty- five  (25) 
feet;and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Western  Addition,  Block  Number  344. 

Second:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Twenty-second  avenue,  distant  thereon  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  southerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  west* 
erly  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue  with  the  southerly 
line  of  Point  Lobos  avenue,  and  running  thence 
southerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue 
seventy-five  ( 75 )  feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Outside  Land  Block  Number  262. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted  ;that  the  Court 


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ascertain  and  determine  alt  estates,  rights,  titles.  In- 
terests and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and  every 
part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or  equitable, 
present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent,  and  whether 
the  same  consist  uf  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  de 
Bcriptionjthal  plaintiffs  recover  their  costB  herein  and 
have  such  other  und  further  relief  as  muy  be  meet 
■  mUeti 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
18th    duy   of   July,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  V.   DUN  WORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  \\  bbp  uewspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A     I*     1912 

'    PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,   105 
Montgomery   St.,   Ban   Francisco,  Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco — Dept.   No.  4. 

GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.    32,371. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
properly  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  Bet  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  Stale  of  Califor- 
nia,   and   particularly   described   as    follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-one  (31)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lombard  Street,  and  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Octavia 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK   Number  170. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  Raid 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  th« 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
20th  day  of  June,  A.  D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY.    Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  thiB  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspnper  on  the  6th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OF 
California,   in   and  for  the  City  and  Oonnty  of   San 

Francisco. — Dept.    No.   7. 

JOSEPH  G.  McVERRY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein   described   or  any   part   thereof,   Defend- 


ants.— Action   No.   82,482, 

The    People    of    the    State    of    California,    to    all 
persons     claiming     any     interest     in,     or     lien     upon, 
the  real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
■dams,    gru 

You         1    to    appear    and    answer 

RY,  plaintiff, 
of  (he  above  entitled  Court  and 
Oonnty,  within  three  mouths  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  thli  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
ter tat  ur  lien,  if  any,  you  have  Lo  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
ilia,    And  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Bl    the    corner    formed   by    tho    iutersoc- 
rthftl  ton    (.formerly   "L "  ) 

Street    with    the   westerly   line  of  Eleventh   a 
and   rum  rly  and  along  said   lino  of 

Law-ton    Street    two    hundred    and    forty    (2*0)    feet 
to  the  Bt  ilfth  Avenue;   thence  north- 

Ij  :seven 
(87)    feet,    six  ,    thence    at   a    right    angle 

■ 

m  n  right  angle  northerly  twelve  (12)  feet,  six  (6) 
angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  lo  the  westerly  line  of  Elev- 
enth Avenue ;  and  thence  southerly  and  along  auid 
line  of  Eleventh  Avenue  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
i  of  beginning;  being  purl  of  OUTSIDE 
Br  77D. 
You  arr  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  In  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  In  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interest  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  eontin* 
gent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  liens  Of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover 
his  costs  herein  ami  bave  such  other  and  further 
relief   us   may  be  meet  in    the   premises. 

Witness     my    hand    and     the    sea!    of    said    Court, 
this   Bth   day  of  July,   A.   D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  II.  I.  PORTER.   Deputy  Clerk. 
The    first    publication    of    this    summons   was   made 
in   "The  Wtsp"  newspaper  on  the  20th  day  of  July, 
A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DATLEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

NOTICE      TO    CREDITORS. 

No.    13,815.      Dept.    10. 

ESTATE    OF    MARGARET    COLLINS,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  MARGARET 
COLLINS,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  per- 
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hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four 
(4  months  nfter  the  first  publication  of  this  notice 
to  the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858 
Phelan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of 
business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
of   MARGARET   COLLINS,    deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator    of    the    estate    of    MARGARET 
COLLINS,   deceased. 

Dated,    San   Francisco,   August  6,   1912. 

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THE  great  question  of  the  day,  and  many  Jays  to 
come,  is  and  will  be,  "Who  lies?"  Did  the  Col- 
onel know  that  Standard  Oil  sent  him  $125,000  for 
campaign  expenses,  and  did  he  tell  Loeb  or  Cortelyou, 
his  handy  men,  to  return  it  at  once  as  tainted  money? 
One  fact  that  stands  put  with  impressive  prominence 
is  that  Standard  Oil  did  not  get  back  its  large  wad  of 
currency  after  National  Committeeman  Cornelius  Bliss 
pocketed  it.  The  money  went  into  campaign  circulation 
despite  the.  almost  hysterical  warn- 
ings of  the  Colonel  not  to  touch  it. 

Isn't  it  rather  a  strange  fatality 
that  the  Colonel  is  so  frequently  the 
focus  of  a  typhoon  of  vituperation 
and  contradiction?  No  statesman  in 
American  history,  or  any  other,  seems 
to  have  been  pursued  so  persistently 
by  malignant  enemies  of  the  truth — 
"liars,"  in  plain  English. 

The  tribe  of  Ananias  bedogged  the 
Colonel  since  he  entered  polities  and 
has  kept  close  to  his  coattails  from 
the  day  he  sat  in  the  Presidential 
chair  to  this  moment. 

To  his  credit  be  it  said  that  the 
Colonel  has  never  quailed  before  the 
bitter  assaults  of  the  Ananias  Club. 
No  sooner  has  a  malicious  falsehood 
been  flung  at  his  bright  and  stainless  record  for  truth, 
honesty  and  unselfishness  than  he  answered  with  a 
' '  short  and  ugly  word. ' '  Now  so  maDy  bricks  and  clods 
of  mud  flung  by  the  Ananias  Club  encircle  the  Colonel, 
and  he  is  so  busy  handing  them  back  with  compound  in- 
terest, that  the  missiles  of  inveracity  fairly  darken  the 
sky.  The  sun  of  conviction  cannot  shine  through  the 
obscuration,  and  the  palpitating  public  looks  anxiously 
for  a  cessation  of  the  bombardment  and  a  decision  by 
the  umpire.     Who  won  the  epithetical  combat?     Who 


lold  t lie  truth,  or  something  approximating  thereto? 
Who  has  been  proclaimed  the  champion  liar,  so  that 
the  applauding  multitude  may  crown  him  with  decayed 
cabbages,  and  anoint  him  with  overripe  fruit  as  Hered- 
itary Monarch  of  the  Great  Race  of  Liars? 

It  looks  very  likelj-  that  out  of  the  cloud  of  contra- 
diction and  falsification — for  some  of  the  statesmen 
must  be  lying  as  fast  as  a  horse  can  trot — that  the  pub- 
lie  will  obtain  more  than  an  inkling  of  the  true  state  of 
affairs. 

The  public  has  already  learned  that  the  chief  source 
of  campaign  money  for  eminent  statesmen  is  the  cor- 
poration treasury.  Neither  the  Colonel  nor  his  trusty 
henchmen  attempted  to  deny  that  Standard  Oil  contrib- 
uted $125,000  for  "campaign  ex- 
penses," and  refused  to  contribute 
$150,000  more,  though  earnestly  so- 
licited to  do  so,  and,  in  fact,  warned 
of  the  consequences  of  refusal  by 
National  Committeeman  Cornelius 
Bliss. 

It  is  also  a  matter  of  record  that 
the  late  E.  H.  Harriman,  after  a  talk 
with  President  Roosevelt  as  "two 
practical  men,"  raised  $240,000  for 
campaign  purposes  and  handed  over 
the  money  to  National  Committee- 
man Bliss.  The  latter  gave  $200,000 
of  this  Harriman  contribution  to  Gov- 
ernor Odell  for  campaign  purposes  in 
New  York  State  and  kept  $40,000 
for  national  campaign  expenses. 
Until  the  last  month  it  was  never 
clearly  established  that  Harriman  did  raise  $240,000  in 
Wall  street  for  the  campaign  of  1904.  The  eminent 
financier  asserted  firmly  that  he  had  raised  the  money, 
and  did  so  after  his  visit  to  President  Roosevelt  at. 
Washington  by  the  latter 's  request  in  the  famous  letter 
of  invitation  known  as  the  "two  practical  men"  corre- 
spondence. The  Colonel  promptly  put  Mr.  Harriman  in 
the  dishonor'ary  membership  of  the  Ananias  Club,  and 
there  he  remained  till  the  end  of  his  earthly  career.  His- 
tory recorded  that  he  had  thrown  mud  at  "the  greatest 


CENTER    OF    THE    FIGHT 


-THE  WASP- 


tSaturday,  August  31,  1912. 


American    President"    and      been      called    a 
"liar,"   and  the  incident  was  closed. 

But  remarkable  changes  in  politics  and  pub- 
lic mind  have  occurred  since  Eoosevelt  retired 
from  the  White  House.  Traditions  are  no 
longer  considered  binding:  The  unwritten  law 
that  nothing  except  what  was  good  should  be 
told  by  a  President  or  Former  President  of  the 
United  States  has  been  abrogated  by  the  in- 
fluence of  the  President  and  Former  President 
themselves.  Our  amazed  and  saddened  fellow- 
citizens  have  seen  a  President  arfd  his  prede- 
cessor filled  with  mutual  disregard  and  hurry- 
ing through  the  States  and  Territories  in  a 
whirlwind  of  denunciation  by  the  one  and 
of  vituperation  by  the  other.  The  Presiden- 
tial privilege  of  immunity  from  criticism  ex- 
ists no  longer,  for  the  dignity  of  the  office 
have  been  destroyed.  Instead  of  being  a  ta- 
booed subject,  the  private  acts  of  a  Former 
President  are  now  the  choicest  food  for  vio- 
lent  partisans   and   virulent   scandal-mongers. 

Out  of  all  this  discreditable  turmoil,  Colonel 
Koosevelt  can  hardly  emerge  with  incieased 
prestige.  It  was  predicted  by  shrewd  poli- 
ticians when  he  retired  from  office  that  Col- 
.  onel  Boosevelt  would  try  to  force  his  nomi- 
nation for  a  third  term  and  wreck  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  seems  in  a  fair  way  to 
finish  the  job  and  sink  himself  as  well.  The 
tidal  wave  of  disgust  which  is  sweeping  over 
the  nation  will  drive  an  army  of  Republican 
voters  from  the  polls  or  into  the  camp  of 
Woodrow   Wilson. 

The  reorganization  of  the  Republican  party 
will  be  accomplished  in  a  way  that  the  third- 
term  candidate  never  dreamed  of  when  he 
started  on  his  task  of  unmaking  the  friend 
he  had  pitchforked  into  the  Presidency. 

After  the  battle  is  over  in  November  every- 
body, including  the  Colonel,  may  discover 
that  the  contract  to  make  a  personal  asset  of 
the  Presidency  of  this  nation  of  ours  is  jusi 
a  trifle  too  big  for  any  living  man. 

♦ 

DESERVES  RECALL. 

THE    HON".    HIRAM    JOHNSON    and    his 
friends  are  greatly  nettled  by  the  insist- 
ent demands  for  the  Governor's  recall. 
Governor  Johnson  neglects  his  official  duties 
shamelessly  and  deserves  to  be  recalled. 

What  a  contrast  is  that  of  Governor  John- 
son, spending  months  out  of  the  State  pro- 
moting his  private  ambition,  and  Mayor 
Rolph,  rushing  back  to  San  Francisco  in  48 
hours  to  attend  his  official  duties,  which  he 
had  to  lay  aside  as  a  member  of  the  deputa- 
tion visiting  British  Columbia! 

Our  worthy  Mayor  toils  early  and  late, 
striving  to  better  conditions.     Our  Governor 


leaves  his  office  to  irresponsible  understrap- 
pers for  months  and  stumps  Eastern  States 
when  his  own  State  needs  every  second  he 
can  give  to  her  affairs — and  then  some. 

Governor  Johnson  should  be  recalled.  Let 
the  good  work  proceed. 

-t 

IS  IT   A  BOOMERANG? 

ALTHOUGH  our  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  our  daily  newspapers  commend  the 
President  for  signing  the  Panama  Canal 
bill,  the  leading  journals  of  the  East  take  the 
position  that  the  United  States  has  done  an 
unfair  and  unwise  act  which  in  the  end  will 
have  a  bomerang  effect.  The  foreign  press  is 
strongly  denunciatory  of  the  United  States. 
The  New  York  Times,  one  of  the  most  con- 
servative and  fairest  of  American  daily  news- 
papers, gives  the  following  reasons  why  the 
President  should  have  vetoed  the  canal  bill: 

1.  Because  the  favors  in  the  use  of  the 
canal  granted  to  American  ships  are  in  viola- 
tion of  the  treaty  made  with  Great  Britain. 

2.  Because  we  shall  surely  be  called  to  ar- 
bitrate the  questions  raised  by  our  action, 
and  shall  have  to  choose  between  being  de 
feated  in  arbitration,  or  refusing  to  arbitrate. 
In  the  former  case  we  shall  incur  less  dis- 
credit; in  the  latter  we  shall  take  ourselves 
out  of  the  ranks  of  civilized  nations  working 
for  the  peaceful  settlement  of  differences,  in 
which  ranks  we  have,  for  more  than  a  cen- 
tury, led. 

3.  If  we  refuse  to  arbitrate,  the  treaties 
of  arbitration  that  we  have  with  Gieat  Brit- 
ain and  with  a  number  of  other  nations  will 
be  allowed  to  expire  by  limitation,  and  we 
shall,  within  five  years,  have  taken  a  long 
step  backward  toward  barbarism. 

4.  The  bill  is  stuffed  with  silly  provisions 
utterly  impertinent  to  its  professed  object, 
tending  to  impair  the  value  of  the  canal,  and 
sure  to  lessen  the  respect  in  which  we  are 
held  in  the  world  of  commerce,  besides  work- 
ing actual  mischief  to  our  own  enduring  in- 
terests. 


PROSPECTS  IN  NEW  YORK. 

IT  IS  EXPECTED  by  politicians  in  New  York 
that  Roosevelt  will  poll  200,000  votes  in 
the  state.  He  would  thus  draw  away 
from  Taft  15,000  Republicans,  who,  in  an 
ordinary  year,  would  vote  the  straight  party 
ticket.  On  this  showing,  the  Republicans 
would  lose  New  York,  and  the  Democrats 
would  elect  nearly  all  Congressmen  and 
State  Senators  and  all  but  a  few  of  the 
Assemblymen. 

In  1908  the  vote  in  New  York  for  President 
was:  Taft,  870,070;  Bryan,  667,468;  Debs, 
38,451;  Hisgen  (Independent  League),  35,- 
871.  Twenty-five  per  cent,  taken  from  Taft's 
vote  in  1808  would  give  him  only  637,803,  a 
smaller  vote  than  Bryan  polled.     And  Bryan 


did  not  run  as  well  in  1908  as  Woodrow  Wil- 
son will  this  year.  It  is  considered  almost 
certain  that  the  Roosevelt  ticket  will  cut  the 
Taft  vote  25  per  cent. 

NOTICE  OF  TRUSTEES'  SALE  OF  REAL  ESTATE 


Whereas,  W.  A.  WALKER  and  ANNA  J.  WALT- 
ER, P.  F.  BRADHOFF  and  KATHERINE  M. 
oRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W.  Vi  EHE  and  PAME- 
LIA  M.  WEHE,  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
c.sco,  ata.e  ui  caiuurmu,  the  parties  of  the  first 
part,  did  execute  a  certain  deed  of  trust  dated  the 
24th  day  of  October,  1911,  to  JOSEPH  E.  BIeu 
and  D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  parties  ot  the  second  part, 
and  as  trustees  for  the  benefit  and  security  of  the 
iJ.  0.  CuiviPjtNi,  a  corporation  duly  incorporated 
under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  ol 
California,  which  deed  of  trust  was  recorded  in  the 
~.,.ce  oi  the  ^„umy  Recorder  01  ihe  Couuty  of  Te- 
nama,  totate  of  California,  on  the  15th  day  of  No- 
.emoer,  r9ll,  in  Liber  "T"  of  Trust  Deeds,  Page 
2d6  et  seq. ; 

wow,  therefore,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and 
under  the  authority  of  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in 
,.-rJua..ce  or  a  resolution  passed  and  adopted  on  the 
26th  day  of  August,  1912,  by  the  board  of  directors 
ot  said  P.  C.  COMPANY,  the  holder  of  a  certain 
promissory  note  made  by  W.  A.  WALKER  and 
ANNA  J.  WALKER,  P.  F.  BRADHOFF  and  KATH- 
ERINE M.  BRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W.  WEHE 
and  PAMELIA  M.  WEHE  to  said  P.  C.  COM- 
PANY, to  secure  the  payment  of  which  said  promis- 
sory note  said  deed  of  trust  was  executed,  declaring 
that  default  in  the  payment  of  the  monthly  install- 
ments of  interest  had  beeu  made,  and  that  the  whole 
of  said  note  had  thereby  become  due  and  had  not 
S??JS„Pald'  a"d  requesting  and  directing  that  JO 
SEPH  E.  BIEN  and  D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  trustees, 
under  the  power  and  authority  conferred  upon  them 
by  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in  pursuance  of  said 
resolution,  to  sell  said  real  property  described  in 
said  deed  of  trust  and  hereinafter  described!  to 
satisfy  said  indebtedness,  the  said  JOSEPH  E  BIEN 
and  D  F.  CONWAY  do  hereby  give  notice  that  on 
Saturday,  the  21st  day  of  September,  1912  at 
twelve  o'clock  noon  of  said  day,  at  Room  1114 
Addison  Head  Building,  No.  209  Post  Street,  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, they  will  sell,  at  public  auction,  to  the 
highest  bidder  for  cash  in  gold  coin  of  the  United 
olates  of  America,  all  that  certain  real  property 
with  the  improvements  thereon,  situated  in  the 
County  of  Tehama,  State  of  California,  and  partic- 
ularly bounded  and  described  as  follows,   to-wif 

The  west  one-half  (W.  %)  of  Section  Sixteen 
(Sec.  16  and  the  east  one-half  (E.  14)  of  Section 
17),  and  the  northeast  one-quarter  {N.  E  V*  )  of 
Section  Twenty  (Sec.  20),  and.  the  northwest  one- 
quarter  (N.  W.  y4  )  of  Section  Twenty-one  (Sec. 
21),  all  in  Township  Twenty-five  (Tp.  25)  North 
Range  Three    (R.   3)      West,   M  D.  M. 

Together  with  all  and  singular  the  tenements,  her- 
editaments and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging 
or  in  any  wise  appertaining,  and  the  reversion  and 
reversions,  remainder  and  remainders,  rents,  issues 
and  profits  thereof. 

And,  also  all  the  estate,  right,  title  and  interest, 
homestead,  or  other  claim  or  demand,  as  well  in 
law  as  in  equity,  which  the  said  W.  A.  WALKER 
and  ANNA  J.  WALKER,  P.  r.  BRADHOFF  and 
VK™EKIXE  »'■  BRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W 
WEHE  and  PAMELIA  M.  WEHE  now  have  or  mav 
hereafter  acquire,  in  or  to  the  said  premises  or 
any   part   thereof,   with   the   appurtenances 

TERMS  OF  SALE:  Cash  in  Gold  Coin  of  the 
United  States  of  America;  fifty  per  cent  (50  per 
cent)  payable  to  the  undersigned  at  the  fall  of  the 
hammer;  balance  upon  delivery  of  deed,  and  if  not 
so  paid,  unless  for  want  of  title  (ten  days  being 
allowed  for  search,  then  said  fifty  per  cent  (50  per 
cent)  to  be  forfeited  and  the  sale  to  be  void.  Taxes 
to   be  pro  rated. 

JOSEPH  E.   BIEN, 
D.    F.    CONWAY, 

Trustees. 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


Thru  Railroad  Tickets 

Issued  to  All  Parts  of 

FOR    PORTLAND 

1st  class  $10,  $12,  $15.  2d  $6.00.    Berth  and  Meals  Included. 

The  San  Francisco  and  Portland  S.  S.  Co. 

A.    0TTIN6ER,    General    Agent. 


3 

BEAR 

BEAVER 

ROSE  CITY 

Sailings   Every    5    Says. 


United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico 

In  Connection  with  These  Magnificent  Passeoger  Steamers 

FOR  LOS  ANGELES 

st  class  $7.35  &  $8.35.  2d  class  $5.35.  Berth  &  meals  included 


Ticket  Office,  722  Mkt.,  opp.  Call.  Ph.  Sutter  2344 
8  East  St.,  opp.  Ferry  Bldg.  Phone  Sutter  2482 
Berkeley    Office    2105    Shattuck.      Ph.   Berkeley    331 


Saturday,  August  31,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


FINE    VIEW    OF    MOUNT    TAMALPAIS    FROM    BEAUTIFUL    WINSHIP    PARK    IN    ROSS     VALLEY. 


r  jjiwNE  of  the  innumerable  views  obtain- 
able from  Winship  Park,  former 
country  place  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emory 
Winship,  in  beautiful  Marin  county, 
is  that  of  Mount  Tamalpais.  What  a  price 
one  would  have  to  pay  in  the  suburbs  of  New 
York  or  Chicago  for  a  building  site  command- 
ing the  magnificent  views  of  mountain,  wood, 
and  dale  that  are  to  be  had  in  AVinship  Park! 
But  New  York,  nor  Chicago,  nor  any  East- 
ern city,  has  suburbs  comparable  to  th,e 
woodlands  and  hills  of  Marin  county,  with 
its  delightful  climate,  where  the  rigors  of  win- 
ter never  come,  and  summer  is  a  continual  joy. 
If  one  could  transplant  Winship  Park  from 
Ross  Valley  to  the  banks  of  the  Hudson  or 
the  Chicago  lake  shore,  the  property  could 
only  be  bought  by  multimillionaires. 

It  will  not  be  so  long,  either,  until  all  the 
choice  holdings  in  Marin  county  are  disposed 
of  and  Californians  will  then  wonder  that 
such  property  ever  sold  at  low  figures — just 
as  we  in  San  Francisco  today  marvel  that  lots 
on  Market  street  now  worth  $6,000  a  foot 
could  be  purchased  by  our  pioneer  predecess- 
ors for  "a  mere   song." 

Winship  Park  measures  up  in  full  detail 
to  every  requirement  of  the  exacting  home- 
builder.  There  is  not  in  the  United  States  a 
more  desirable  place  in  which  to  raise  chil- 
dren. Here  they  can  romp  to  their  hearts' 
delight.  Green  trees  and  grass  and  running 
brooks  and  pure,  invigorating  air  add  to  the 


joys  of  life,  and  the  social  surroundings  are 
most  desirable.  Ross  Valley  i«  a  place  of 
homes  of  the  better  class,  and  its  character 
in  that  respect  is  sure  to  become  more  pro- 
nounced. 

Of  all  the  counties  in  California,  none  offers 
grander  or  more  varied  scenery  or  more  de- 
lightful climate.  Of  all  the  beauty  spots  in 
Marin  county  none  can  compare  with  beauti- 
ful Winship  Park,  in  green  and  lovely  Ross 
Valley,  at  the  foot  of  Mount  Tamalpais. 

Home-seekers  who  wish  to  get  the  best  for 
their  money  should  visit  Winship  Park  before 
this  splendid  property  is  all  bought  up.  It 
cannot  be  duplicated. 

The  subdivisions,  made  by  G.  H.  Umbsen  & 
Co.  with  great  care,  and  the  superb  macadam 
roads  (Marin  county  is  famous  foi  its  drives), 
are  laid  out  so  as  not  to  disturb  any  of  the 
beautiful  trees  that  are  the  glory  of  the  land- 
scape. 

The  utter  absence  of  fog  and  harsh  winds 
in  Ross  Valley  make  it  so  immeasurably  at- 
tractive as  a  place  of  residence  all  the  year 
round  that  it  has  been  the  chosen  spot  of  the 
best  class  of  people  since  it. became  possible 
to    reach   Marin    county    in    reasonable   time. 

Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  for  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend. 


the  population  around 
Cisco  will  be  so  dense 
Inline  in  Marin  county  w 


There  is  now  a  half* 
hour  service  by  the 
Nor1  ii\\  estern  Pacific 
Railroad  which  brings 
you  t«>  Bolinaa  stal  ion 
at  the  gates  of  Win- 
sltij.  Park,  witli  its 
g  and  old  oaks,  bay 
trees,  acacias,  pines, 
redwoods,  madrones, 
and  other  varieties  of 
t  l'.'is  and  shrubs  that 
were  brought  from 
many    parts     of     the 

Wi-I  hi. 

Telephone  service, 
gas  and  electricity,  as 
well  as  concrete  side- 
walks, tine  macadam 
roads;  and  artistic- 
building  rest  rid  ions 
make  Winship  Park 
thoroughly  modern  as 
well  as  naturally 
beautiful. 

The  prices  asked  for 
this  fine  property  are 
exceedingly  moderate 
— $1,500  up— and  the 
terms  are  equally  at- 
tractive— 10  per  cent 
cash,  balance  in  easy 
monthly  payments. 
Any  person  desiring 
an  ideal  country  home 
can  make  no  mistake 
by  investing.  It  will 
not  be  many  years  till 
the  Bay  of  San  Pran- 
that  a  pretty  country 
ill  call  for  large  means. 


MACKIE'S 

WHlTEJ2p]P 

IESTAB.  1742   [ 


1MGLEDT&ESEEYE! 


CHARLES    MEINECKE    &.    CO. 

j1«cnt«  Pacific  Coast,  B14  Saomamknt*  St.,  B.  f 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  August  31,  1912. 


Impcrt 
inent 


QMC5TI0W5 


HY  is  it  that  Special  Expert  John  R. 
Freeman  ($250  per  day)  has  re- 
ceived $50,000  for  his  report  on 
Hetch   Hetchy  -when   it   isn't   filed 


yet? 


?   ? 


What  kind  of  lobsters  of  newspaper  report- 
ers   are   on   the   job   in    San   Francisco    these 


?     ?     ?- 

The  dog-eared  volume  filed  with  the  Board 
of  Army  Engineers  in  the   Custom  House  is 
only  an  excuse  for  a  report.     Doesn't  every 
engineer  in  town  know  that? 
?     7     ? 

Did  not  Expert  Freeman  promise  a  month 
ago  that  he  would  complete  his  $50,000  report 
in  a  few  days  and  be  ready  to  furnish  copies 
of  the  same,  and  is  it  not  a  fact  that  he  has 
only  filed  a  supplementary  and  incomplete  re- 
port? 

?     7     ? 

Let  some  real  live  reporter  go  down  and  ask 
the  Board  of  Army  Engineers  if  they  ever 
saw  such  a  document  as  Expert  Freeman 's  re- 
port filed  by  an  engineer  who  got  $250  a  day 
for  the  work. 

7     7? 

If  Expert  Freeman  should  flit  back  to  the 
East  in  a  few  days,  as  he  intimated  at  the 
Commonwealth  Club  luncheon,  who  will  com- 
plete his  incomplete  $50,000  report? 
7     7     7 

Was  there  ever  a  city  left  in  such  a  gov- 
ernmental muddle  as  San  Francisco  has  been 
by  the  rotten  Schniitz-Ruef  regime  and  the 
unspeakable  administration  of  McCarthy, 
Tveitmoe  &  Co.? 

?     7     7 

Why  didn't  the  daily  newspapers  make  note 
of  the  fact  that  the  newly  created  Bureau  ot 


Efficiency,  under  the  Hon.  Edwin  Ray  Zion, 
fizzled  on  its  first  attempt  to  draw  up  a  simple 
resolution  creating  itself  and  appropriating 
all  the  thousands  requisite  to  start  the  fool- 
ishness? Wasn't  it  necessary  to  draw  up  and 
print  a  second  resolution  to  remedy  the  de- 
fects of  the  first,  and  didn  't  this  cost  the  city 
about  $20? 

7     7     7 

How  many  thousands  and  thousands  of  $20- 
pieces  will  the  Bureau  of  Inefficiency  cost  the 
city  if  Mayor  Rolph  is  inconsiderate  enough 
to  ever  approve  such  a  freak  as  a  Bureau  of 
Efficiency,  with  Edwin  Ray  Zion  at  its  head? 
7     7     7 

Why  does  the  city  require  such  a  freak  in- 
stitution as  a  Bureau  of  Efficiency? 
7     7? 

Haven't  we  got  an  Auditor  who  has  experts 
employed?  What  does  he  and  they  do  for 
their  salaries?  Very  little  some  of  them  do, 
it  seems. 

7     7     7 

Have  we  not  eighteen  Supervisors  and  com- 
mittees galore?  Formerly,  with  the  city  al- 
most as  large,  we  got  along  with  twelve  Super- 
visors at  $100  a  month.  Haven't. we  eighteen 
now  at  $200  a  month? 

7     7     7 

If  these  eighteen  Supervisors  and  the  Au- 
ditor and  all  the  experts  cannot  get  along 
without  a  Bureau  of  Efficiency,  hadn't  we  bet- 
ter do  away  with  the  Supervisors  and  let 
Zion  and  his  Bureau  of  Efficiency  run  the 
Legislature  and  tax-levying  end  of  the  city't, 
business? 

7     7     7 

Why  doesn't  some  political  party  nominate 
"Big  Jim"  Gallagher  "for  Superior  Judge? 
Hasn't  he  had  a  baker's  dozen  of  indict- 
ments returnefl  against  him,  and  didn't  he 
come  back  without  a  requisition  when  he 
knew  he  wouldn't  be  prosecuted?  Doesn't 
that  show  his  genuine  public  spirit?  Isn't  it 
a  fact  that  "Big  Jim"  is  a  tetter  lawyei 
than  certain  gents  on  the  bench,  and  the  onl}' 
difference  appears  to  be  that  he  has  been  in- 
dicted? 

7     7     7 

Would  the  San  Francisco  Bar  Association 
indorse  "Big  Jim"  if  he  should  announce 
his  candidacy  for  the  bench,  and  would  the 
indorsement  have  the  desired  effect  or  other- 
wise? 


NEVER   AGAIN? 


HOTEL 

DEL 
MONTE 

oMMy 

PACIFIC 

GROVE 

HOTEL 

Pacific    Grove 

BOTH    HOUSES   UNDER 
SAME    MANAGEMENT 

Address : 

H.   E.  WABNEB, 

Del  Monte,    -    California 

A  beautiful  summer 

home  at 
very  moderate  rates 

A  tasty,  comfortable 

family  hotel. 
Low  monthly  rates 

^w 

Bohemian    Bounty    from    a    Purely    Feminine 
Standpoint. 

WAS  it  sage  benevolence  that  prompted 
the  boundtul  Bohemians?  Or,  was  it 
t lie  lesult  of  mueh  importuning?  True, 
the  sacred  gates  were  gallantly  held  ajar,  thus 
fulfilling  the  devout  wish  of  every  fair  (or 
unfair,  according  to  your  point  of  view)  in- 
truder. Yet  there  is  an  impression  among 
those  of  analytical  minds  that  a  mandate 
has   been   issued — Never   againl 

Lest  the  unwholesome  tale  gain  momentum, 
or  become  a  thesaurus  of  regrets,  it  has  been 
suggested  that  some  appreciative  intruders 
voice  a  portion  of  the  genuine  gratitude  that 
is  fairly  ready  to  burst  from  feminine  hearts. 
Everything  that  could  be  done  by  these  cour- 
teous cavaliers  was  done,  with  a  keen  under- 
standing for  the  comfort,  the  absolute  delight, 
of  the  intruder.  Yet  there  it  was,  unmistak- 
ably, written  in  flaming  words  against  the 
very  sky:  Never  again!  There  was  no  dis- 
puting the  fact  that  each  host  was  genial, 
jovial  to  a  nicety,  yet  somehow  he  bore  the 
attitude  of  having  been  wounded  by  some 
missile.  There  was  not  the  gaiety  of  battle 
in  him. 

I  met  one  of  these  wounded  masters  uZ 
commerce  walking  leisurely,  thoughtfully 
'neath  a  sequoia  gigantea.  His  eyes  wander- 
ed up,  up  to  the  tops  of  the  tall  trees,  out 
upon  the  broad  expanse  of  heaven,  and  then 
down  again  upon  the  strange  commingling 
round  and  about  him. 

"Have  you  noticed?"  he  said,  ruthfully, 
and  his  voice  sounded  hollow  and  strange. 
"Had  I  noticed?"  I  thought  of  all  the  things 
I  had  noticed — the  wonderful  woods,  the  foli- 
age, the  clear,blue  skies,  the  moon,  the  exqui- 
site music,  the  poetic  seimon,  the  grandeur 
of  the  settings,  the  magnificent  transformation, 
the  stalwart  men  full  of  the  very  joy  of  life, 
the  handsome  women,  a  perfect  aggregation 
of  beauty  and  brains,  fashion  and  culture.  I 
thought  of  the  sumptuous  dinner,  the  during- 
dinner  speeches,  the  service,  the  charmed  cir- 
cle, the  bonfire,  the  lighted  pathway,  the  spe- 
cial trains,  the  buffet  supper,  the  special 
boats,  the  taxis,  and  even  the  chartered  car 
service  that  met  us  at  the  break  of  dawn.  1 
thought  of  all  the  members  in  the  cast,  the 
author,  the  President  of  Bohemia,  and  every 
listed  member  of  the  clan.  Of  all  this  I 
thought,  lest  my  gratitude  take  on  the  sem- 
blance of  subsidized-  spirituality.  Still  the 
query  of  this  host:   "Have  you  noticed?" 

"Have  you  noticed,"  he  repeated,  with 
that  same  wounded  look,  "that  all  the  women 
who  came  here  wear  a  purr-purr  expression, 
while  all  the  men  look — damn!" 

AN   INTRUDEB. 


Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


i  HE  engagement  of  Wallace 
Everett  to  Miss  Jane 
Crellin  of  Oakland  has 
caused  quite  a  stir  of  in- 
terest on  both  sides  of 
the  bay.  Mr.  Everett  and 
Miss  Crellin  have  each 
had  a  romance  with  a  sad 
ending,  which  has  kept  them  out  of  society  for 
a  number  of  years,  and  their  friends  are  all 
rejoicing  that  they  have  found  happiness  to- 
get  her. 

Mr.  Everett's  experience  dates  buck  consid- 
erably more  than  a  decade  ago,  when  he  be- 
came engaged  to  pretty  Eloise  Davis,  the 
daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  H.  0.  Davis.  She 
was  just  18,  and  full  of  life  and  the  joy  of 
living.  With  a  party  of  young  people,  which 
included  herself  and  Mr.  Everett,  she  went 
camping  up  in  Mendocino  county  near  Fort 
Bragg.  One  of  their  diversions  was  riding  at 
break -neck  speed  on  a  hand-ear  over  an  old 
lumber  train  track.  This  pastime  ended  most 
unhappily  one  day  when  Miss  Davis  was  sit- 
ting in  front,  and  a  small  dog  darted  across 
the  track.  In  her  alarm,  Miss  Davis  leaned 
far  back  to  avoid  seeing  the  animal  killed. 
She  thus  received  such  a  terrible  blow  from 
one  of  the  iron  handles  of  the  car  that  she 
was  paralyzed  instantly. 

A  very  sad  journey  was  made  through  the 
woods  to  the  coast  with  the  injured  girl  lying 
on  a  litter,  and  in  that  way  she  was  brought 
back  by  steamer,  she  being  utterly  unable  to 
move  a  muscle. 

For  months  the  life  of  Miss  Davis  was  de- 
spaired of,  but  eventually  she  improved,  and 
while  never  able  to  walk  a  step  again,  she 
could  sit  up  and  move  the  upper  part  of  her 
body.  For  several  years  she  lived  this  way, 
improving  her  mind  and  writing  charming 
music  and  poetry — with  Mr.  Everett  her  con- 
stant companion  and  devoted  lover.  Some 
time  afterward  they  were  married,  the  groom 
having  to  carry  his  bride  to  the  altar  in  his 
arms.  They  lived  a  very  ideal  existence  until 
her  death,  a  few  years  ago,  left  her  faithful 
husband  disconsolate  and  little  son  motherless. 

t2&  %0*  tG& 

A  Cloud  of  Sorrow. 

MISS  CRELLIN 'S  romance  is  equally  sad, 
for  her  wedding  to  Roger  Friend  of 
Oakland  was  all  planned,  her  attend- 
ants chosen,  and  the  day  set,  when  she  left 
town  for  a  short  rest  before  the  ceremony. 
Mr.  Friend  was  taken  ill  suddenly,  and  beforc- 
she  eould  return  to  him  he  died.  Even  a 
death-bed   ceremony   was   impossible. 

For  two  years  Miss  Crellin  went  into  com- 
plete retirement,  and  many  of  her  friends 
never  saw  her  during  that  time.  It  seems  a« 
though  fate,  in  dealing  so  harshly  with  these 


NOTICE. 

All 

communications    relative    to    social    newi 

should 

be  addressed    "Society 

Editor 

Wasp,    121 

Second 

Street,  S.  P.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 

not  later  than   Wednesday  to 

insure 

publication 

in  the 

issue  of  that  week. 

two  young  people,  is  more  kindly  disposed 
now.  Wallace  Everett  is  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  local  clubdom,  and  played  on  the  Bo- 
hemian team  when  they  defeated  the  Olarc- 
mont  Country  Club  a  couple  of  years  ago. 

&      Jt      Jt 
California  Well  Represented. 

CAPTAIN  AND  MRS.  ALFRED  BJORN- 
STAD  have  sailed  from  New  York  for 
Captain  Bjornstad 's  new  station  at  Ber- 
lin.     They   expect   to    make    a   short   tour    of 


MISS  JANE   CRELLIN, 

France  before  going  to  Germany,  where  Cap- 
tain Bjornstad  will  be  Military  Attache.  Mrs. 
Bjornstad  was  Miss  Pearl  Sabin  of  this  city, 
daughter  of  the  late  John  I.  Sabin,  President 
of  the  Pacific  Telephone  Company.  Her  sister, 
Irene,  who  makes  her  home  at  Mountain  View, 
is  planning  to  visit  her  this  winter. 

As  the  Naval  Attache  at  Berlin  is  Lieuten- 
ant Commander  Niblack,  whose  wife  was  Mary 

Women  are  no  longer  mere  ciphers  in  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


Harrington  of  San  Francisco,  California  will 
bo  well  represented  at  the  German  capital.  The 
two  attractive  young  matrons  will  take  a  very 
a>(  ive  part  in  the  social  affairs  in  the  Kaiser's 
capital. 

A  Charming  Hostess. 

MRS.  CLAUS  SPRECKELS  of  Coronado, 
daughter-in-law  of  John  D.  Spreckels, 
is  one  of  the  most  charming  hostesses 
residing  in  the  Southland.  She  is  a  native  of 
the  North.  The  recent  affair  given  by  Mrs. 
Spreckels  on  her  father-in-law's  fine  yacht, 
"Vcneta, "  with  Miss  Clay  of  San  Francisco 
as  the  guest  of  honor,  was  thoroughly  delight- 
ful. The  floral  decorations  were  arranged 
most  artistically  in  baskets,  the  blossoms 
being  of  red,  white  and  blue  tints.  The  place- 
cards  were  ornamented  with  miniature  flags 
in  the  patriotic  colors.  Bridge  tables  were 
placed  on  deck  as  well  as  in  the  cabin,  and 
after  the  exquisitely  served  luncheon  the  com- 
pany played  for  the  numerous  prizes,  consist- 
ing of  fine  French  prints  in  beautiful  frames. 
Miss  Clay,  for  whom  this  delightful  affair 
was  given,  has  been  the  house  guest  of  Mrs. 
Spreckels.  Amongst  those  who  were  invited 
to  meet  Miss  Clay  were  the  following:  Mrs. 
Joseph  Sefton  Jr.,  Mrs.  Luther  Kennett,  Miss 
Grace  Gibson,  Mrs.  Arthur  Brandner,  Mrs. 
Sands  Forman,  Mrs.  John  D.  Spreckels,  Mrs. 
W.  D.  K.  Gibson,  Mrs.  Percival  Thompson, 
Mrs.  Mead  and  Miss  O'Brien  of  San  Francisco. 

&5*        c5*        t£?* 

Distinguished  Visitors. 

THE   engagement  has  been   announced  in 
.New  York  of   Mrs.   Hope   Cheney  Ha- 
vens  to  Robert  G.  McCracken  of  San 
Francisco,  who  has  been  visiting  Mrs.  Havens 
and  her  mother  in  the  East. 

Mrs.  Havens  is  well  known  in  this  city,  as 
she  was  socially  prominent  as  the  wife  of  Har- 
old Havens,  more  familiarly  known  in  club 
circles  as  *'Bud"  Havens,  the  capitalist,  who 
gave  that  wonderful  round-them-up  ball  at  the 
St.  Francis.  Married  bliss  was  very  short- 
lived for  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bud  Havens,  as  their 
tastes  were  about  as  far  apart  as  the  poles. 
Mrs.  Havens  grew  very  weary  of  the  Pied- 
mont hills,  and  there  is  nothing  on  record  to 
show  that  Bud  objected  strenuously  when  the 
unendurable  ennui  drove  the  attractive  young 
wife  into  the  divorce  court  after  a  formal  sep- 
aration. Since  then  Mrs.  Havens  has  spent 
most  of  her  time  in  New  York  with  her  moth- 
er, Mrs.  John  Vance  Cheney,  the  wife  of  the 
noted  author.  Mr.  McCracken  comes  of  a  well- 
known  Portland  family.  His  sister-in-law, 
Mrs.  McCracken,  who  owns  a  beautiful  ranch 
near  Portland,  came  here  a  short  time  ago  on 
a  visit  to  her  sisters,  Mrs.  Ernest  Palmer  and 
Mrs.  Derby. 


■THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  August  31,  1912. 


An  Intellectual  Set. 

ANOTHEB  Vassar  girl,  who  will  enter  the 
ranks  of  the  debutantes  this  year,  is 
Miss  Katie  Belle  McGregor.  She  is  the 
charming  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Mc- 
Gregor, who  will  give  a  large  reception  for  her 
in  October,  at  their  home  on  Green  street. 
Mr.  McGregor  is  the  president  of  the  Union 
Iron  "Works. 

Miss  Harriet  Pomroy  will  also  enter  the 
ranks  of  debutantes.  She  is  the  daughter  of 
the  Carter  P.  Pomroys,  and  sister  of  Mrs. 
Thomas  Scott  Brooks,  who  was  the  popular 
Christine  Pomroy.  Miss  Harriet  is  decidedly 
deep  minded  and,  like  the  others  of  her  fam- 
ily, is  much  interested  in  charitable  work. 

The  debutantes  this  year  will  eeTtainly  at- 
tain a  new  mark  in  intellectual  distinction. 

tF»  l£*  (.5* 

News  from  Baltimore. 

WORD  reaches  us  of  the  marriage  of 
Mrs.  E.  A.  Emerson  of  Baltimore  to 
C.  Hazeltine  Basshor,  at  Jersey  City, 
on  August  22nd.  Mrs.  Emerson  is  the  divorc- 
ed wife  of  Captain  Isaac  Emerson,  the  Brorno- 
Seltzer  king,  whose  factory  in  Baltimore  at- 
tracts much  attention  on  account  of  the  huge 
Bromo-Seltzer  bottle  done  in  electric  lights, 
which  reaches  up  into  the  he?vens  from  the 
building.  Mr.  Basshor  was  the  cher  ami  nam- 
ed in  Captain  Emerson 's  sensational  divorce 
case  a  couple  of  years  ago,  immediately  aftei 
which  the  notorious  Captain  married  his  house- 
keeper aboard  his  steam  yacht  "Margaretf" 
anchored  off  Tarrytown.  Mrs.  Margaret  Em- 
erson Vandebilt,  wife  of  Alfred  G.  Vander- 
bilt,  is  the  daughter  of  Captain  and  Mrs.  Em- 
efson  and  always  took  her  father's  part  against 
her  mother.  Mrs.  Vanderbilt,  we  hear,  is  ex- 
pecting a  visit  from  the  long-legged  bird  in 
a  few  months,  at  their  home  in  London. 

t?*  z&&  t&fc 

Gone  on  World  Tour. 

MES.  ISADOR  BURNS  AND  MRS.  GER- 
RITT  LIVINGSTON  LANSING  have 
gone  for  a  trip  around  the  world.    Mrs. 
Lansing  has  been  in  very  poor  health  and  has 
not  been  seen  at  all  in  society  for  a  year  past. 

&      &      j» 
The  Late  George  Theobald. 

NEWS  of  the  death,  at  his  Alameda  resi- 
dence, of  George  Theobald,  for  many 
years  cashier  of  the  London  and  Liver- 
pool and  Globe  Insurance  Company,  has  been 
a  great  shock  to  the  many  friends  of  the  pop- 
ular business  man.  He  had  suffered  lately 
from  heart  trouble,  but  serious  consequences 
were  unexpected.  Mr.  Theobald  leaves  a  wid- 
ow, two  daughters — Mrs.  Edwin  N.  Otis  and 
Miss  Hattie  Theobald — and  a  son.  Lieutenant 
Theobald,  U.  S.  N.  The  latter  is  the  parent 
of  a  fine  boy,  and  so  is  Mrs.  Otis.  Mrs.  Theo- 
bald was  Miss  Hettie  Yoell,  daughter  of  the 
late  Alexander  Yoell,  by  his  first  wife.     Her 

"HOME-MADE"  SPECIALS  comprise  a 
variety  of  all  the  most  popular  HOME-MADE 
candies.  The  most  original  and  attractive 
candy  combination  ever  put  upon  the  market. 
Packed  only  in  ¥2,  1  and  2- lb  boxes.  Geo. 
Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


sisters  are  Miss  Alice  Yoell  and  Mrs.  Levy. 
Mr.  Theobald's  brother,  John  James  Theobald 
of  Sausalito,  is  manager  of  the  Canton  Insur- 
ance Company,  and  very  well  known  in  com- 
mercial circles.  The  Theobald  family  has  been 
very  prominently  identified  with  large  finan- 
cial interests  in  England,  where  the  late 
George  Theobald  and  John  James  Theobald 
were  born.  Their  father  was  vice-president 
of  the  old  Union  Club  in  San  Francisco  before 
it  consolidated  with  the  Pacific  Club  and  be- 
came the  Pacific-Union  Club.  The  funeral 
takes  place  Friday  from  the  Theobald  residence 
in  Alameda.  The  domestic  accord  of  the  The- 
obald family  was  perfect,  and  deep  sympathy 
is  felt  for  the  widow,  who,  after  some  thirty 
years  of  tranquil  happiness  finds  herself  sud- 
denly bereft  of  the  loving  care  of  her  life- 
partner. 

Celebrities  in  the  Grove. 

MANY  HANDSOME  WOMEN  in  most  he, 
coming  gowns  were  noticed  at  the 
"Atonement  of  Pan''  in  the  Bohemi- 
an Grove.  The  stars  of  society  were  in  evi- 
dence, and  the  local  queen  of  literature  was 
on  hand — presumably  to  gather  inspiration 
for  another  of  her  clever  novels.  Miss  Innes 
Keeney,  Constance  McLaren  and  the  Stone 
girls  wore  very  becoming  tailor  suits.  Miss 
Enid  Gregg,  always  noticeable  even  amongst 
the  most  fastidious  dressers,  wore  a  stunning 
suit  of  the  fashionable  black  and  white.  Miss 
Cora  and  Miss  Frederika  Otis  looked  to  ad- 
vantage in  their  well-fitting  white  street 
suits. 

Amongst  the  matrons  none  0  'ertopped  Mrs. 
Frank  Deering  in  her  long,  dark  coat  and 
close-fitting  hat,  with  long  blue  streamers 
bordered  with  a  band  of  Oriental  coloring. 
Mrs.  Deering  rather  affects  the  Oriental  effect. 


Mrs.  Edgar  Peixotto,  dressed  in  black,  and 
wearing  a  hat  particularly  becoming,  was  the 
center  of  much  admiration. 

Gertrude  Atherton  went  to  the  Grove,  "bag 
and  baggage."  The  fair  novelist  evidently 
anticipated  a  mountain  frost.  Certain  it  was, 
she  had  fortified  herself  against  any  inclem- 
ency with  an  equipment  of  shawls,  robes, 
sweaters,-  and  other  varieties  of  woolen  im- 
pedimenta. As  the  balmy  night  air  made 
even  the  lightest  wrap  all-sufficient,  our  Ger- 
trude proved  to  be  most  unnecessarily  bur- 
dened. 

One  of  the  pleasurable  sights  of  all  the 
femininity  was  the  number  of  matured  ma- 
trons, unmistakable  grandmas,  whose  beaming 
faces  were  aglow  with  genuine  pleasure.  Mrs. 
Phoebe  Hearst,  bright  and  gracious  as  usual, 
was  the  center  of  a  congenial  circle.  She 
wore  a  wistaria  gown,  with  hat  and  wrap  to 
correspond,  and  looked  like  a  duchess  with- 
out striving  to  create  any  such  effect. 

&     <£     <£ 
Gala  Occasion  for  Motorists. 

AUTOMOB1LISTS  played  a  prominent 
part  in  the  gathering  of  Society,  Art, 
Literature  and  Finance  at  Bohemian 
Grove  to  witness  the  "Atonement  of  Pan." 
A  great  number  of  San  Francisco  people  made 
the  journey  in  their  machines.  The  trip  sharp- 
ened their  appetites,  but  the  hospitable  Bo- 
hemian hosts  had  provided  for  all  such  con- 
tingencies. 

A  perfectly  delicious  dinner  was  served, 
the  bill  of  fare  including  a  whole  broiled 
chicken  for  each  guest — meaning  the  demise 
of  a  host  of  domestic  bipeds. 

A  new  feature  of  this  year's  entertainment 
was  a  stage  screen  made  of  two  great  iron 
gates  banked  by  tall  redwood  trees,  giving  the 
impression   of   a   young   forest.      These   gate^i 


W**^A$0*0ifi*0*0l9^*0ijmi0+Hl^*0ifm0l\ 


Since  the  decision  rendered  by  the  United  States  Su- 
preme Court,  it  has  been  decided  by  the  Monks  here- 
after to  bottle 

CHARTREUSE 

(Liqueur  Peres  Chartreux) 

both  being  identically  the  same  article,  under  a  combi- 
nation label  representing  the  old  and  the  new  labels, 
and  in  the  old  style  of  bottle  bearing  the  Monks' 
familiar  insignia,  as  shown  in  this  advertisement. 

According  to  the  decision  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court, 
handed  down  by  Mr.  Justice  Hughes  on  May  29th,  1911, 
no  one  but  the  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Chartreux)  is 
entitled  to  use  the  word  CHARTREUSE  as  the  name  or 
designation  of  a  liqueur,  so  their  victory  in  the  suit 
against  the  Cusenier  Company,  representing  M.  Henri 
Lecouturier,  the  Liquidator  appointed  by  the  French 
Courts,  and  his  successors,  the  Compagnie  Fermiere  de 
la  Grande  Chartreuse,  is  complete. 

The  Carthusian  Monks  (Pires  Chartreux),  and  they 
alone,  have  the  formula  or  recipe  of  the  secret  process 
employed  in  the  manufacture  of  the  genuine  Char- 
treuse, and  have  never  parted  with  it.  There  is  no 
genuine  Chartreuse  save  that  made  by  them  at  Tarra- 
gona, Spain. 

At  first-class  Wine  Merchants,   Grocers,   Hotels,   Cafei. 
Batjer  &  Co.,  45  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  T. 
Sole  Agents  for  United  States. 


: 


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Saturday,  August  31,   1912.] 


-TriEWASP- 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 


Every  family  ut  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house;  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such  a 
house  is  the  John  O.  Belli  a  Gold  and  Silver 
Ware  Factory,  :;:>  1',-t  St.,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup- 
plied at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
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We  can  supply  you  with  Silver  toilet  arti- 
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It  was  u  o'clock  in  the  morning  before  the 
lie  ferry,  which  was 
alive  with  private  automobiles,  taxis,  and  bo 
forth,  while  boats  and  cars  arranged  by  the 
Southern  Pacific  members  made  splendid  eon- 
aections.  All  society  ivaa  there,  and  a  more 
brilliant  scene  was  never  witnessed  than  Paa 
saw  when  in-  came  upon  the  stage  for  his  pro- 
logue. 

Bufus  St,..  !,-.  i  be  Sunday  editor  of  the  Call, 
is  to  be  the  sire  for  nexl  year's  entertainment 
— the  plans  of  which  lie  is  keeping  strictly 
secret 

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Engagement   Denied. 

Till':  i.-ithcr  stHniM  denial  of  Mrs.  Chrystal 
Harrison,  that  her  son,  Lieutenant 
Ralph  C.  Harrison,  U.  S.  A.,  has  become 
engaged  to  Miss  Call  Philipps  of  Savannah, 
lias  set  the  tongues  of  Lhe  gossips  to  wagging. 
Miss  Philipps  is  the  daughter  of  the  com- 
manding ollicer  of  Lieutenant  Harrison's  reg- 
iment, ami  is  a  prominent  and  admired  South- 
ern belle.  Mrs.  Harrison  returned  but  lately 
from  a  visit  to  her  son,  and  for  that  reason 
her  denial  is  so  positive  and  carries  conviction 
with  it.  Such  a  contretemps  is  calculated  to 
cause  some  commotion  and  complications 
amongst  Southern  people,  who  are  very  sensi- 
tive on  the  subject  of  engagements  denied  by 
the  man's  side  of  the  romance.  Lieutenant 
Hariison  is  the  brother  of  Miss  Marie  Har- 
rison of  Sausalito. 

Tne  Keith  Exhibit. 

CVRATOR  BARRON  of  the  Park  Museum 
deserves  praise  for  arranging  to  ex- 
hibit thirty  of  the  late  Wm.  Keith's 
pictures.  Keith  was  one  of  the  best  products 
of  California,  for  though  a  Scotchman  by 
birth,  he  reached  his  full  development  in  this 
land  of  sunshine.  Under  the  gray  skies  of 
his  native  land  he  would  never  have  become 
the  master  of  landscape,  which  all  conniosseurs 
acknowledged  him  to  be,  a  decade  before  his 
death.  His  greatest  power  as  a  landscape 
painter  is  shown  in  the  pictures  he  produced 
between  1890  and  1900.  It  was  his  period  of 
highest  quality  and  greatest  productiveness. 
He  toiled  incessantly  till  his  death. 

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Automobile  Given  Away. 

THE  beautiful  Oakland  automobile  that  is 
to  be  given  away  by  the  Tait-Zinkand 
Cafe  will  be  awarded  on  September 
16th.  This  date  is  being  looked  forward  to 
with  much  interest  by  the  lady  patrons  of  the 
Cafe,  as  the  machine  to  be  given  away  is  cer- 
tainly a  beauty,  and  the  person  who  gets  it 
will  be  a  much  envied  individual.  The  manner 
in  which  the  car  is  to  be  awarded  is  fully  ex- 
plained at  Tait's  every  afternoon  between 
3  and  6  o'clock.  During  these  hours  there  is 
a  delightful  and  novel  entertainment,  and 
those  who  drop  in  to  while  away  an  idle  hour 
or  so,  are  sure  of  being  genuinely  amused. 

TIPO,  the  purest  and  choicest  California 
table  wine,  is  produced  by  the  Italian-Swiss 

Colony. 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  August  31,  1912. 


Great  Expectations. 

IT  THE  EARL  OF  GKANARD,  who  married 
Miss  Mills,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ogden  Mills,  and  granddaughter  of  the 
late  D.  O.  Mills  of  California,  should  get  the 
appointment  of  Viceroy  of  Ireland,  the  Mills 
family  will  overtop  all  Americans  in  fashion- 
able English  society.  The  Viceroy  of  Ireland 
holds  court  of  his  own  in  Dublin  Castle,  and 
is  the  personal  representative  of  the  King  of 
England.  He  commands  quite  an  army,  and 
his  progresses  through  the  county  are  made 
on  much  the  same  scale  of  military  and  civic 
display  as  if  a  monarch  were  on  a  tour.  The 
Earl  of  Granard  owns  Irish  estates  and  sports 
the  name  of  Patrick  as  one  of  his  numerous 
Christian  names.  His  full  name  is  Bernard 
Arthur  William  Patrick  Hastings  Forbes,  and 
in  the  peerage  of  the  United  Kingdom  his  title 
is  Baron  Granard. 

The  late  Lady  Curzon  (Mary  Leiter  of  Chi- 
cago) attained  great  social  celebrity  by  the 
appointment  of  her  husband,  Lord  Curzon,  is 
Viceroy  of  India.  Our  American  newspapers, 
with  that  snobbishness  which  amazes  all  in- 
telligent foreigners  and  disgusts  real  Ameri- 
cans, were  continually  harping  on  Lady  Cur- 
zon's  close  approach  to  regal  station.  Her 
family,  including  old  man  Leiter  of  Chicago, 
and  the  speculatively  inclined  brother,  Joseph, 
became  for  the  lime  being  the  most  exalted- 
personages  in  the  United  States.  Their  com- 
ings and  goings,  and  all  the  capers  of  Joseph 
in  trying  to  corner  the  wheat  market,  and  let- 
ting in  papa  to  the  tune  of  a  couple  of  mil- 
lions, took  precedence  over  Congressional  dis- 
cussions on  the  tariff,  or  the  consideration  of 
the  Panama  Canal.  Then  Lord  Curzon,  who 
was  never  very  strong  with  the  British  Gov- 
ernment, lost  his  grip  on  the  post  of  Viceroy, 
and  the  Leiter  clan  disappeared  as  completely 
from  the  newspaper  columns  as  if  they  had 
been  taken  out  and  sunk  in  the  middle  of  the 
big  lake  that  supplies  Chicago's  winds  and 
humidity.  Sic  transit  gloria  parveni  (illiteral 
translation,  "Up  like  a  rocket  and  down  like 
a  stick"). 

If  the  Baron  Granard  should  become  the 
Viceroy  of  Ireland,  the  Mills  family  and  its 
many  branches  would  overtop  every  genealog- 
ical tree  in  America.  Not  only  would  it.  be 
noteworthy  by  its  British  connections,  but  by 
the  fact  that  the  family  possesses  real  dis- 
tinction in  America  not  acquired  like  the  social 


San  Francisco 
Sanatorium 

specializes  in  the  scientific  care 
of  liquor  oases.  suitable  and 
convenient  home  in  one  of  san 
francisco's  finest  residential 
districts  is  afforded  men  and 
women  while  recuperating  from 
overindulgence.  private  rooms, 
private  nurses  and  meals  served 
in  rooms.  no  name  on  building, 
terms  reasonable. 

San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Phone  Franklin  7470       1911  Van  Ness  Ave. 
H.  L.  BATCHELDER,   Manager. 


glory  of  an  annual  crop  of  Pittsburg  high- 
tariff  millionaires  or  Klondike  gold-seekers. 
Whitelaw  Reid,  who  married  the  daughter  of 
the  late  D.  O.  Mills,  has  been  recognized  as  a 
leading  American  journalist  for  many  years, 
and  has  discharged  most  admirably  the  duties 
of  his  important  post  as  American  Ambassador 
to  England.  The  late  D.  0.  Mills  was  a  bank- 
er and  philanthropist.  The  Crocker  family, 
which  is  united  with  the  Mills  family,  is  one 
of  our  richest  American  clans,  and  has  had 
money  in  great  quantities  long  enough  to  have 
got  over  all  the  newness.  Mrs.  Whitelaw 
Reid,  the  aunt  of  the  Countess  of  Granard, 
Templeton  Crocker  and  Mrs.  M.  D.  Whitman 
(nee  Crocker)  are  cousins  of  the  Countess. 

t?*  c£%  c£* 

A  Social  Favorite. 

EVERY  one  who  has  visited  Santa  Cruz 
has  been  impressed  with  the  charming 
wife  of  Mr.  Fred  Swanton.  As  widely 
popular  and  indispensable  as  this  very  en- 
ergetic citizen  of  Santa  Cruz  is  uni- 
versally conceded  to  be,  his  beautiful  wife  is 
equally  a  favorite.  She  is  sweet,  kind  and 
gentle  to  every  one,  under  all  circumstances. 
Her  personality  is  one  that  wins  immediately, 
for  two  large  dark  eyes  look  straightfoiward- 
ly  into  yours  and  you  seem  to  have  found  a 
friend.  This  is  the  influence  Mrs.  Swanton 
has  upon  those  who  meet  her,  even  as  strang- 
ers. She  is  the  acknowledged  leader  of 
Santa  Cruz  society;  but  paramount  to  her  so- 
cial position  and  the  praise  of  her  beauty  is 
the  tenderness  with  which  her  name  is  spoken. 

t5*        t£*        t^fr 

A  Parisian  Effect. 

MISS  TINY  O'CONNOR  was  lunching  at 
the  Palace  the  other  day  in  a  very 
Frenchy  costume.  The  effect  of  it 
seemed  to  be  of  black  satin,  slashed  up  and 
revealing  an  underdress  of  Napier  blue;  while 
the  waist  was  a  coat  effect  of  macreme  lace. 
With  this  she  wore  a  flat  purple  hat,  which 
sounds  most  daring,  but  gave  the  whole  cos- 
tume its  Parisian  touch.  She  has  recently  re- 
turned from  abroad,  and  has  worn  black  for 
some  time  owing  to  her  brother  Will's  death. 

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A  Rich  Young  Widow. 

THE  WILL  of  John  S.  Lyle,  for  years  a 
silent  partner  of  Lord  &  Taylor,  New 
York,  gives  his  young  widow,  Mrs. 
Julia  Gertrude  Lyle,  to  whom  he  was  married 
about  three  years  ago,  the  bulk  of  the  ex- 
tensive estate.  She  receives  $500,000  out- 
right and  gets  the  homestead  of  forty  acres, 
valued  at  $200,000.  She  is  named  as  sole  ex- 
ecutrix, and  gets  the  balance  of  the  residuary 
estate,  said  to  be  worth  several  million  dol- 
lars. The  young  widow  nursed  and  cared  for 
Mr.  Lyle's  first  wife,  and  after  her  death 
became  the  second  wife.  She  visited  Cali- 
fornia with  her  husband  soon  after  their 
marriage. 

CURRIER'S  NEW    STUDIO. 
E.   W.   Currier,    the  well-known  artist,   has  moved 
his    studio    from    57    Post   street   to    220    Post    street, 
5th  floor,  Hirsch  and  Kaiser  building.     Visitors  wel- 
come Thursdays  and  Saturdays  from  2  to  5  p.  m. 


True  to  His  Own  Town. 

THE  doctor  was  patching  him  up,  and  he 
was  repentant.  He  fiddled  awhile  and 
then  came  out  with  the  question  direct. 

"I  say,  Doc — " 

"Well?" 

"Can  I  live  much  longer?'' 

"Not  if  you  stick  to  your  present  habits." 

"It's  tough  to  go  at  60,  Doc," 

"You  could  live  to  be  100  if  you  really 
wanted  to." 

"How,  Doc?     Tell  me  how." 

"By  living  in  the  Balkans  on  fermented 
buttermilk." 

"I  knew  there  was  a  catch  in  it.  Fix  me 
up  to  last  another  year  in  San  Francisco,  and 
I'll  be  satisfied,  Doe." 

An  Exponent  of  Diet. 

MRS.  WELLINGTON  GREGG,  who  is  one 
of  the  exponents  of  diet,  is  looking 
much  thinner  than  she  did  before  her 
European  trip.  Slenderness  is  exceedingly  be- 
coming to  her.  She  and  Miss  Enid  are  both 
affecting  black  and  white  costumes  this  sum- 
mer— a  style  distinctly  favorable  to '  their 
type   of  beauty. 

"A  glass  of  beer  is  the  most  temperate 
drink. " 

"How  so?" 

"You  never  see  one  full." 

Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  f  ofr  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend. 


Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 


Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  ' '  de 
luxe"  at  $200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a 
very  small  expense  you  can  enjoy  a 
world  of  entertainment.  Victrolas  $15 
to  $200.     Any  Victrola  on  easy  terms. 


Sherman  Kay  &  Co. 

Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise. 
Stelnway  and  Other  Pianos. 
Apollo  and  Cecillan  Player  Pianos 

Victor  Talking  Machines. 

KEARNY    AND    SUTTER    STREETS, 

SAN    FRANCISCO. 

14TH  &  CLAY  STS.,   OAKLAND. 


Saturday,  August   31,   1912.] 


-THEW4SP- 


II 


MISS    HAZEL    LAYMANCE 

Whose    wedding    on    September    4th    will    be    a 
brilliant    society   event. 

The  Great  General's  Granddaughter. 

MISS  NELLIE  GRANT  and  her  mothcj 
have  come  up  from  San  Diego,  and 
have  taken  a  house  on  Washington 
street  for  the  winter,  when  she  will  do  ex- 
tensive entertaining.  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  is 
one  of  the  hostesses  who  is  planning  several 
affairs  in  honor  of  this  young  maid  from  the 
southland.  Miss  Grant  is  the  granddaughter 
of  the  illustrious  General  Ulysses  S.  Grant, 
and  it  is  quite  a  coincidence  that  one  of  her 
devoted  friends  is  Major  John  P.  Haines  of 
Fort  Barry,  the  son  of  that  famous  old  soldier, 
General  Peter  Haines,  who  was  aide  to  Gen- 
eral Grant  in  the  Civil  War.  Another  well- 
known  officer  in  Miss  Grant's  list  of  army 
friends  is  Major  Samuel  Bottoms,  who  is  to 
sail  September  oth  for  the  Philippines.  Miss 
Grant  a  very  pretty  girl,  and  deservedly  pop- 
ular in  society,  where  her  position  is,  of 
course,  most  prominent. 

9£&  t£&  t2rl 

Found  He  Was  Married. 

THAT  loquacious  personage  "The  Knave," 
who  contributes  to  the  Oakland  Tribune 
many  delectable  morsels  of  San  Fran- 
cisco small  talk,  and  scandal  occasionally,  de- 
scribes how  a  spendthrift  youth  found  him- 
self possessed  of  a  wife  without  being  able 
to  remember  having  been  to  the  altar,  or 
even  to  a  justice  of  the  peace,  The  youth  is 
described  as  "a  graduate  of  Yale,"  whose 
father  had  inconsiderately  left  the  young  man 
a  snug  fortune.  One  afternoon  recently  this 
graduated  young  spendthrift  awoke  and  found 
a  woman  sitting  by  the  window  and  bearing 
the  air  of  proprietorship. 

"What's  your  name,  madam?"  asked  the 
half-awake  roysterer,  and  without  any  hesita- 
tion she  told  him  she  was  his  wife. 

' '  My    wife !       Great    Caesar ! ' '      The    man 


fondly  imagined  himself  ■■>  gay  bachelor.     Bin 

married  he  was.  it  seems,  and  the  nuptial  knot 
tied    hard    and    fast,    for    the    veracious    Knave 

records  the  confession  oi  the  astonished  spend 

III  rift: 

She  proved  tu  me  thai  I  had  married  her 
the  night  before.  I  didn't  remember  any- 
thing about  the  wedding,  but  I  found  out 
the  ceremony  hail  been  performed  legally 

enough.  Wouldn't  that  stumble  you  f  She 
was  a  good-looking  girl,  one  that  i  had 
run  across  in  the  nighl  lite  for  the  first 
time.  She  is  to  call  on  me  once  a  week 
for  $50  until  we  are  divorced.  Then  my 
lawyer  has  arranged  with  her  attorney  to 
give    her   a    check    in    lull    settlement.      It 

will  cost  me  $6, I  to  get  out  of  this  crazy 

mess,  but  get  out  of  it  I  must.  Then  me 
for  the  quiet  paths  of  lite  with  the  remain- 
der of  an   ill-spent   fortune. 

Perhaps.     Let's  hope  so. 

Have  Relatives  Here. 

NEW  YORK  newspapers  have  announced 
the  engagement  of  Miss  Mary  Hale 
Cunningham,  seeond  daughter  of  Mrs. 
James  Cunningham,  to  Murray  Sargent  of  New 
Haven,  Conn.  Miss  Cunningham,  who  is  now 
in  California  with  her  mother,  is  a  sister  of 
the  Misses  Sara  and  Elizabeth  Cunningham 
and  James  Cunningham.  Her 
mother  was  Miss  Mary  Hale.  The 
Cunninghams  went  to  New  York 
from  California  several  yeais  ago. 
Their  town  house  is  124  East 
Fifty-fifth  street.  Miss  Cunning- 
ham is  a  niece  of  Miss  Mary  M. 
Cunningham,  who  died  the  other 
day  at  Lucerne,  Switzerland.  The 
Cunninghams  are  related  to  the 
J.  A.  Folgers  of  San  Francisco. 
Mrs.  Folger  was  Miss  Clara  Lim- 
ing, daughter  of  the  multimillion- 
aire,   Nicholas   Luning. 

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Sleuths  on  Watch. 

The  Oakland  Tribune,  ever  vig- 
ilant to  note  what  is  happening  in 
social  circles  on  this  side  of  tho 
bay,  says  that  ' ( the  looting  of 
lockers  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  gymna- 
sium on  Golden  Gate  avenue  and 
those  of  the  Presidio  Gold  Club 
at  intervals  during  the  past  two 
or  three  months  has  been  puzzling 
the  authorities  of  those  institu- 
tions as  well  as  the  police.  In 
both  places,  the  suspicion  is  pro- 
nounced that  the  thefts  have  njot 
been  done  by  outsiders,  but  that 
some  people  on  the  inside  are  the 
culprits.  In  one  instance  at  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  recently  a  member 
lost  money  and  jewelry  aggregat- 
ing over  $800.  While  taking  a 
plunge  in  the  afternoon  somebody 
succeeded  in  getting  into  his  lock- 
er and  quickly  vamosing  with  the 
loot.  The  military  authorities 
have  secretly  canceled  the  golf 
privilege  on  the  Presidio  reserva- 
tion, the  members  of  the  Presidio 
Golf  Club  abandoned  their  search 


for  the  thieves  in  their  place.  Now,  however, 
that  this  privilege  has  been  continued  until 
February  .".,  L913,  they  are  back  on  the  trail 
keener  than  ever.  It  is  said  detectives  an'  in 
both  institutions  under  the  guise  of  members 
keeping  an  eagle  eye  out  fur  the  thieves.  If 
any  one  in  the  body  of  membership  is  found 
guilty,  it  has  been  decided  in  both  places  to 
show    no    mercy. ' ' 

«.*      &      jt 
Found  Another  Husband. 

MRS.  HELEN   HICKS  EAKLE,  the  weal- 
thiest woman  in  fashionable  Westbury, 
Long  Island,  did  not  take  long  to  find 
a   husband   after   she   got   her   divorce   decree. 
She    has    ma  tried    within     the    month    James 
Laighton    Bertie. 

In  taking  out  the  license  M's.  Earle  said 
she  was  45  years  old,  that  she  had  been  di- 
vorced, and  thai  the  present  address  of  her 
first  husband  was  unknown  to  her.  Mr.  Bertie 
said  he  was  53  years  old,  and  gave  his  occu- 
pation as  a  capitalist.  This  will  be  his  first 
marriage.  Mrs.  Earle  has  two  children,  a  son 
and  a  daughter,  the  foimer  living  with  his 
father  and  the  daughter  residing  with  her 
mot  her  on  the  Hicks  estate.  The  father  of 
Mrs.  Hicks  Earle  Laighton  was  very  rich. 


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HUNTER 

BALTIMORE 

RYE 


IS     OF 
MELLOW  TONE  AND  PERFECT 
QUALITY.        ITS    UNIQUE    AND 
UNIFORM       CHARACTER      DIS- 
TANCES     ALL      COMPETITION 

GUARANTEED    UNDER    THE    PURE    FOOD    LAW 


'old  at   all   first-class   cafes   and   by  jobbers 
WM.  LANAHAN  &  SON,  Baltimore,  Md. 


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-THE  WASP^ 


[Saturday,  August  31,  1912. 


Accomplished  Debutantes. 

MISS  PHYLLIS  DE  YOUNG,  who  has 
been  in  Europe  with  her  parents, 
will  be  a  debutante  this  year.  She 
is  a  very  attractive  girl,  and,  like  all  the 
De  Young  girls,  is  beautifully  educated. 
Her  debut  will  take  place  at  a  large  ball 
to  be  given  by  Mrs.  de  Young  at  the  family 
home  on  California  street.  Miss  Phyllis  de 
Young  is  as  highly  accomplished  as  her 
talented  sisters,  and  that  is  saying  a  good 
deal. 

Speaking    of    accomplished    debutantes — 
our  society  men  and  eligible  bachelors  will 
have  to  furbish  up  their  stock  of  knowl- 
edge this  winter  if  they  expect  to  shine  in 
society,    for    so   many    "high-brow"    girls 
have  never  appeared  in  one  season  before. 
There  is  Miss  Henriette  Blanding,  a  Vassar 
girl  and  great  student;  Miss  Louise  Janin, 
Mrs.    Harry    Mendell's    daughter,    and    Miss 
Elizabeth  Brice,  both  college  girls,  with  whom 
the  usual  frivolous  small  talk  will  not  go  at 
all. 

In  such  intellectual  company  some  of  our 
most  popular  beaux  will  be  as  much  at  ease 
as  a  lobster  in  a  kettle  of  boiling  water. 

An  Oakland  newspaper,  exponent  of  "Athe- 
nian culture,"  published  an  article  the  other 
day  relating  what  a  fashionable  woman  said 
at  a  tea  at  the  Palace  Hotel.  She  had  just 
come  from  a  long  trip  abroad  and  lamented 
the  lack  of  general  culture  and  air  of  distinc- 
tion which  she  found  amongst  her  men  friends 
of  the  Far  West.  She  told  her  interested  au- 
dience she  found  the  foreigners  she  had  met 
more  interesting  and  presentable.  She  didn ' t 
get  down  to  figures,  however,  and  say  how 
much  more  ability  the  average  American  man 
displays  in  digging  up  the  coin  so  requisite  to 
keep  up  appearances  in  these  days  of  high 
prices. 

But  aside  from  all  that,  it  seems  to  be  the 
tendency  of  the  superior  sex  nowadays  to  cul- 
tivate brain  power,  and  if  the  men  wish  to 
hold  their  own  they  must  possess  some  stock 
of  general  information  and  a  veneer  of  gen- 
tility. The  mere  knowledge  of  how  to  run  a 
wholesale  business  at  high  pressure  and  show 
big  dividends  will  not  be  sufficient  qualifica- 
tions for  a  young  man  in  quest  of  a  clever 
and  accomplished  partner  for  life. 

c£*  ^?*  ^* 

One  of  the  "Old  Guard." 

DE.  WM.  J.  YOUNGER,  who  came  all  the 
way  from  Paris  to  attend  the  forest  play 
of  the  Bohemian  Club,  is  so  old  a  mem- 
ber that  he  is  almost  a  perfect  stranger  to 
most  of  the  young  men.  Many  guesses  as  to 
the  Doctor's  age  have  been  made,  but  they 
have  been  wide  of  the  mark.  He  is  78,  and 
was  60  when  he  packed  his  dental  kit  and 
left  San  Francisco  to  become  the  fashionable 
dentist  of  the  American  colony  in  Paris.  The 
Doctor  really  introduced  dentistry  to  Paris, 
for  prior  to  his  advent  the  French  capital 
knew  comparatively  little  of  the  new  profes- 
sion. French  dentists  had  not  advanced  much 
from  the  status  they  occupied  in  the  days  of 
Fagaro.  They  were  professionally  a  trifle 
higher  than  a  barber,  and  not  so  elevated  as  a 
horse   doctor.     In  the  British  Isles  they  still 


THE   M.    H.    DE   YOUNGS 

After    accomplishing   a   tour   of   the   world,    they   are 
again  in  America. 

refuses  to  call  a  dentist  "Doctor."  He  is 
plain  "Mr.,"  and  is  considered  lucky  to  get 
that  prefix  to  his  name. 

Cards  are  Out. 

INVITATIONS  are  out  for  the  wedding  of 
Miss  Isabelle  Sprague  and  William  Pool, 
which  will  take  place  at  the  beautiful 
home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Sprague  at 
Menlo  Park,  on  the  19th  of  September,  at 
four: thirty.  Miss  Sprague  is  the  daughter  of 
the  late  Mervin  Donohue,  son  of  old  Peter 
Donohue  and  nephew  of  our  esteemed  society 
leader,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin.  The  mother  of 
Miss  Sprague  was  the  daughter  of  the  late 
Judge  Wallace  and  the  sister  of  Ryland  Wal- 
lace, who  died  recently. 

Miss  Isabelle  is  certainly  the  child  of 
wealth,  as  only  a  short  time  ago  she  inherited 
a  couple  of  million  dollars  in  her  own  name. 
She  has  a  large  touring  car,  which  she  runs 
all  about  Menlo  and  Burlingame,  and  is  nat- 
urally very  popular  in  the  younger  set,  which 
includes  her  cousins,  the  Von  Schroeder  girls, 
Miss  Ysobel  Chase  and  Miss  Ethel  Crocker. 

Mr.  Pool  is  planning  a  very  ideal  existence 
for  his  young  bride,  inasmuch  as  he  has  pur- 
chased a  very  beautiful  ranch  at  Warrenton, 
Virginia,  where  they  will  winter,  while  they 
will  sjiend  their  summers  amongst  their  old 
friends    at    Menlo. 

Old  Peter  Donohue,  the  grandfather  of  Miss 
Sprague,  was  the  founder  of  the  great  iron 
business,  now  known  as  the  Union  Iron  Works. 
He  brought  out  from  the  eastern  states,  in 
early  days,  Irving  M.  Scott  to  manage  the 
business,  and  in  time  the  Scotts — Irving  M. 
and  Henry  T. — became  the  heads  of  the  vast 
enterprise,  which  had  added  ship-building  to 
its  other  lines. 

Judge  Wallace,  the  grandfather  of  Miss 
Sprague  on  her  mother's  side,  was  one  of  the 
best-known  and  cleverest  judges  of  his  day  in 
California.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  physique 
as  well  of  most  vigorous  mind,  and  yet  lived 
long  enough,  like  many  other  noted  men,  to 
become  enfeebled  physically  and  lose  his  men- 
tal grasp.  Hardened  criminals,  who  came 
before  Judge  Wallace  for  sentence,  in  the  days 
of  his  usefulness  on  the  bench,  had  good  cause 
to  shake  in  their  boots.  He  had  little  mercy 
for   thieves   and   murderers. 


Interesting  Rumor. 

RUMOR  hints  that  Miss  Kathleen  de 
Young  is  going  to  impart  some  very 
interesting  news  on  her  return  from 
Europe,  and  society  is  quite  on  the  qui 
vive  for  it.  She  is  planning  a  visit  to  her 
sister,  Mrs.  George  Cameron,  who  is  very 
prominent   in  Burlingame  society. 

C^*  &5*  ti?* 

Queens  of  Newport. 

NEWPORT  SOCIETY  is  completely  dom- 
inated this  year  by  Mrs.  Stuyvesant 
Fish   and  Mrs.  Vanderbilt.     One   of 
the   most   important  affairs   of   the   season 
was  the  ball  given  by  Mrs.  Fish  at  Cross- 
ways    for    her      niece,    Miss    Helena   Fish, 
daughter  of  Hamilton  Fish.    On  that  even- 
ing there  were  many  large  dinner  parties, 
but  all  roads  led  to  Crossways.    Two  nights 
later  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  gave  a  large  dance 
at  The  Breakers,  and  on  that  night,  too,  there 
were  numerous  dinners,  among  them  one  which 
Mrs.  Fish  gave  for  100  guests  at  Crossways. 

♦ ■ 

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medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


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THE  WASP- 


13 


MISS  SCHLIPPENSCHLOPP'S 
FEROCIOUS  APPETITE. 


PROPESSOE   Starr   Jordan   and   other   fa 
mous    scientists    are    telling    the    world 

that    ideas  and   traditions  about    the   llll- 

man   race   need  t<>   be   forgotten   or  modified. 
In  the  days  of  our  grandmothers,  woman  was 

not  BUppOBed  t<>  be  an  animal  with  a  health; 
appetite.  It'  she  did  not  peck  at  her  food  like 
a  delicate  canary,  she  was  in  danger  of  losing 
her  male  admirers  and  becoming  an  old  maid, 
That  famous  satirist  and  master  of  fiction, 
Thackeray,  lias  tnld  most  amusingly  how  the 
Hon.  (ieorge  Savage  Fitz-Boodle  severed  his 
sentimental  relations  with  I'raulcin  Ottilia 
v.  Schlippenschlopp  of  alsbraten  Pumpernickel 
because  she  could  not  restrain  her  ferocious 
appetite  when  a  "square  meal''  was  set  be- 
fore her.  The  final  chapter  of  the  tragedy  as 
described   by  Thackeray  is  inimitable: 

Any  reader  who  has  spent  a  winter  in  Ger- 
many perhaps  knows  it.  A  large  party  of  a 
score  or  more  of  sledges  is  formed.  Away  they 
go  to  some  pleasure-nouse  that  has  been  pre- 
viously fixed  upon,  where  a  ball  and  collation 
are  prepared,  and  where  each  man,  as  his  part- 
ner descends,  has  the  delicious  privilege  of 
saluting  her.  O  heavens  and  earth!  1  may 
grow  to  be  a  thousand  years  old,  but  I  can 
never  forget  the  rapture  of  that  salute. 

"The  keen  air  has  given  me  an  appetite," 
said  the  dear  angel,  as  we  entered  the  supper- 
room;  and  to  say  the  truth,  fairy  as  she  was, 
she  made  a  remarkably  good  meal — consuming 
a  couple  of  basins  of  white  soup,  several 
kinds  of  German  sausages,  some  Westphalia 
ham,  some  white  puddings,  an  anchovy  salad, 
made  with  cornichons  and  onions,  sweets  in- 
numerable, and  a  considerable  quantity  of  old 
Steinwein  and  rum-punch  afterwards.  Then 
she  got  up  ana  danced  as  brisk  as  a  fairy;  in 
which  operation  1  of  course  did  not  follow  her, 
but  had  the  honor,  at  the  close  of  the  even- 
ing's amusement,  once  more  to  have  her  by 
my  side  in  the  sledge,  as  we  swept  in  the  moon- 
light  over  the  snow. 

Kalbsbraten  is  a  very  hospitable  place  as 
far  as  tea-parties  are  concerned,  but  I  never 
was  in  one  where  dinners  were  so  scarce.  At 
the  palace  they  occurred  twice  or  thrice  in  a 
month;  but  on  these  occasions  spinsters  were 
not  invited,  and  I  seldom  had  the  opportunity 
of  seeing  my  Ottilia  except  at  evening-parties. 

Nor  are  these,  if  the  truth  must  be  told, 
very  much  to  my  taste.  Dancing  I  have  for- 
sworn, whist  is  too  severe  a  study  for  me, 
and  I  do  not  like  to  play  ecarte  with  old 
ladies,  who  are  sure  to  cheat  you  in  the  course 
of  an  evening's  play. 

But  to  have  an  occasional  glance  at  Ottilia 
was  enough,  and  many  and  many  a  napoleon 
did  I  lose  to  her  mamma,  Madame  de  Schlip- 
penschlopp, for  the  best  privilege  of  looking 
at  her  daughter.  Many  is  the  tea-party  i 
went  to,  shivering  into  cold  clothes  after 
dinner  (which  is  my  abomination),  in  order 
to  have  one  look  at  the  lady  of  my  soul. 

At  these  parties  there  were  generally  re- 
freshments of  a  nature  more  substantial  than 
mere  tea — punch,  both  milk  and  rum,  hot 
wine,  consomme,  and  a  peculiar  and  exceeding- 
ly disagreeable  sandwich  made  of  a  mixture 
of  cold  white  puddings  and  garlic,  of  which 
I  have  forgotten  the  name,  and  always  de- 
tested  the   savour. 

Gradually  a  conviction  came  upon  me  that 
Ottilia  ate  a  good  deal. 

I  do  not  dislike  to  see  a  woman  eat  com- 
fortably. I  even  think  that  an  agreeable 
woman  ought  to  be  friande,  and  should  love 
certain    little    dishes    and    knick-knacks.      1 


SEASONABLE    FICTION. 

know  that  though  at  dinner  they  commonly 
take  nothing,  they  have  had  roast  mutton 
with  the  children  at  two,  and  laugh  at  their 
pretensions    to    starvation. 

Nol  a  woman  who  east  a  grain  of  rice,  like 
Amina  in  the  "Arabian  Nights,"  is  absurd 
and  unnatural.  But  there  is  a  modud  in  rebus; 
there  is  no  reason  why  she  should  be  a  ghoul, 
a  monster,  an  ogress,  a  horrid  gormaudiseress 
—faugh! 

It  was,  then,  with  a  rage  amounting  almost 
to  agony,  that  I  found  Ottilia  ate  too  much 
at  every  meal.  She  was  always  eating,  and 
always  eating  too  much.  If  I  went  there  in 
the  morning,  there  was  the  horrid  familiar 
odor  of  those  oniony  sandwiches;  if  in  the 
afternoon,  dinner  had  just  been  removed,  and 
I  was  choked  by  reeking  reminiscences  of 
roast  meat.  Tea  we  have  spoken  of;  she 
gobbled  up  more  cakes  than  any  six  people 
present.  Then  came  the  supper  and  the  sand- 
wiches again,  and  the  egg-Hip  and  the  hor- 
rible rum-punch. 

She  was  as  thin  as  ever — paler,  is  possible, 
than  ever;  but,  by  heavens!  her  nose  began 
to  grow  red! 

Mon  Dieu!  how  I  used  to' watch  and  watch 
it!  Some  days  it  was  purple,  some  days  had 
more  of  the  vermillion;  I  could  take  an  affi- 
davit that  after  a  heavy  night 's  supper  it 
was  more  swollen,  more  red  than  before. 

I  recollect  one  night  when  we  were  playing 
a  round  game  (I  had  been  looking  at  her  nose 
very  eagerly  and  sadly  for  some  time),  she 
of  herself  brought  up  the  conversation  about 
eating,  and  confessed  that  she  had  five  meals 
a  day. 

"That  accounts  for  it!"  says  I,  flinging 
down  the  cards,  and  springing  up  and  rushing 
like  a  madman  out  of  the  room.  I  rushed 
away  into  the  night,  and  wrestled  with  my 
passion.  "What!  marry,"  said  I,  "a  woman 
who  eats  meat  twenty-one  times  a  week,  be- 
sides breakfast  and  tea'?  Marry  a  sarcophagus, 
a  cannibal,  a  butcher  shop? — Away!"  1 
strove  and  strove.  I  drank,  I  groaned,  1 
wrestled  and  fought  with  my  love;  but  it 
overcame  me — one  look  of  those  eyes  brought 
me  to  her  feet  again.  I  yielded  myself  up 
like  a  slave;  I  fawned  and  whined  for  her; 
I  thought  her  nose  was  not  so  very  red. 

Things  came  to  this  pitch  that  I  sounded 
his  Highness '  Minister  to  know  whether  he 
would  give  me  service  in  the  Duchy;  I  thought 
of  purchasing  an  estate  there.  I  was  given 
to  understand  that  I  should  get  a  chamber- 
lain 's  key  and  some  post  of  honor  did  I 
choose  to  remain;  and  I  even  wrote  home  to 
my  brother  Tom  in  England,  hinting  a  change 
in   my   condition. 

At  this  juncture,  the  town  of  Hamburg 
sent  his  Highness  the  Grand  Duke  (apropos 
of    a    commercial    union    which    was    pending 


between  t  he  two  Mat.-  .      ■  ,,.■_  .m.  ,   ,,:.  -.<  ,, 
no   Less  than   a   certain   numbei    of   by  rel 

-.    which    are    considered    exi  erne    lux- 
uries   in    Germany,    especially    in    the    inland 
parts  of  the  country,  where  they   an    ulnto* 
unknown. 

In  honor  oi  these  oysters  and  the  new 
commercial  treaty  (which  arrived  in  Eeurgona 
dispatched  for  the  purpose),  his  High  ties  3  uu 
no u need  a  grand  supper  and  ball,  and  invii  1 
al  the  quality  of  all  the  principalities  rtuud 
about,  it  was  a  splendid  affair  the  grand 
saloon,  brilliant  with  hundreds  oj  tiuiti  rms 
and  brilliant  toilettes;  not  the  leasl  beautiful 
among  them,   1    need  not   say,  was  Ottilia. 

At  midnight  the  supper  roomB  were  thrown 
open,  and  we  formed  into  little  parties  of  six, 
each  having  a  table  nobly  served  with  plate, 
a  lackey  in  attendance,  and  a  gratifying  ice- 
pail  or  two  of  champaign  to  egayer  the  supper. 
it  was  no  small  cost  to  serve  five  hundred 
people  on  silver,  and  the  repast  was  certainly 
a   princely  and  magnificent  one. 

1  had.  of  course,  arranged  with  Mademoiselle 
de  Schlippenschlopp.  Captains  Frumpel  find 
Fridelberger  of  the  Duke's  guard,  Mesdames 
de  Butterbrod  and  Bopp,  form  eel  our  little 
party. 

The  first  course,  of  course,  consisted  of  the 
oysters.  Otillia's  eyes  gleamed  with  double 
brilliancy  as  the  lackey  opened  them.  There 
were  nine  apiece  for  us — how  well  1  recollect 
the  number! 

1  never  was  much  of  an  oyster  eater,  nor 
can  I  relish  them  in  naturalibus  as  some  do, 
but  require  a  quantity  of  sauces,  lemons, 
cayenne  peppers,  bread  and  butter,  and  so 
forth,  to  render  them  papatable. 

By  the  time  I  had  made  my  preparations, 
Ottilia,  the  captains,  and  the  two  ladies  had 
well-nigh  finished  theirs.  Indeed,  Ottilia  had 
gobbled  up  all  hers,  and  there  were  only  my 
nine  left  in  the  dish. 

I  tootc  one.  It  was  had — the  scent  of  it 
was  enough.  They  were  all  bad.  Ottilia  had 
eaten  nine  bad  oysters. 

1  put  down  the  horrid  shell.  Her  eyes 
glistened  more  and  more;  she  could  not  take 
them  off  the  tray. 

"Dear  Herr  George,"  she  said,  "will  you 
give  me  your  oysters?" 

*  *  *  »  * 

She  had  them  all  down — before — I  could  say 
— Jack — Robinson. 

***** 

I  left  Kalbsbraten  that  night,  and  have 
never    been    there    since. 


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IF  THE  municipal  water  supply  problem  of 
San  Francisco  were  a  kaleidoscope  invent- 
ed for  popular  amusement  purposes  only, 
it  could  not  exhibit  more  bewildering  changes 
of  form  and  color  than  those  presented  by 
the  political  engineers  who  have  been  its 
manipulators  for  twelve  years.  The  only  con- 
stant sure  things  in  the  whole  fake  show  are 
that  the  political  engineers  have  $2,000,000  of 
the  spectators'  money,  and  that  the  spectators 
have  a  tired  feeling. 

On  March  26,  1900,  the  Board  of  Supervi- 
sors adopted  Resolution  No.  257,  inviting  of- 
fers of  a  supply  "two  or  three  times  the  con- 
sumption of  the  city  at  that  time.  The  mean 
daily  consumption  in  1900  was  25,400,000  gal- 
lons. A  supply  three  times  that  consumption 
is  76,200,000  gallons  daily.  The  population 
of  the  city  was  312,000  in  that  year,  so  the 
Supervisors  seem  to  have  thought  then  that 
providing  for  about  1,000,000  population  was 
all  that  could  be  reasonably  asked  of  them. 

In  October,  1901,  City  Engineer  Grunsky, 
having  expended  about  $50,000  of  the  people 's 
money  in  an  alleged  investigation  of  water 
supply  sources,  exhibited  the  Hetch  Hetchy  as 
his  find,  and  presented  with  it  a  plan  of  works 
to  bring  30,000,000  gallons  daily  to  the  city 
from  a  reservoir  which  was  to  be  built  in 
Hetch  Hetchy  valley.  The  total  cost  of  the 
works  was  to  be  $38,206,200,  but  the  water 
was  to  cost  nothing. 

In  September,  1908,  City  Engineer  Manson 
presents  a  plan  of  water  works  to  bring  30,- 
000,000  gallons  daily  from  Lake  Eleanor  and 
Cherry  Creek,  Ham  Hall  properties.  The  to- 
tal cost  was  to  be  $43,000,000.  The  needs  of 
the  city  for  a  water  supply  were  boosted  to 
200,000,000  gallons  daily,  which,  on  the  basis 
of  water  consumption  in  1900,  would  provide 
for  about  2,700,000  population.  In  1910  the 
census  showed  416,000  as  the  population  of 
tan  Francisco,  and  Spring  Valley  said  we 
were  consuming  about  35,000,000  gallons  daily, 
which,  coincidently,  was  an  increase  from  the 
consumption  of  1900  in  the  same  ratio  as  the 
increase   of  population. 

In  July,  1912  (last  month),  the  imagination 
of  John  E.  Freeman  having  been  added  to  the 
dreams  of  our  own  city  engineering  twin, 
G-runsky  and  Manson,  the  show  now  presents 
400,000,000  gallons  daily  as  the  needed  water 
supply  for  the  city.  This  quantity,  on  the 
basis  of  the  city's  water  consumption  of  1900- 
1910,  will  provide  for  about  5,400,000  popula- 
tion. Can  you  beat  it  for  a  kaleidoscopic 
dream  view  of  the  future  of  San  Francisco? 
Sure,  we  have  the  starter,  the  400,000,  but 
the  5,000,000  is  a  dream  of  empire  from  which 
we  should  waken  ourselves  before  -our  pockets 
are  picked  of  another  $2,000,000. 

♦ 

TALKFEST   ORATORY. 

AT    THE    talkfest    of    the    Commonwealth 
Club    Engineer   John   R.   Freeman    told 
the  clubmen  assembled  that  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  is  "  a  huge  project. ' '    Indeed  it  is,  Mr. 
Freeman,  and  nobody  with  an  ounce  of  brains 


A  Talkfest  at 


or  a  grain  of  business  senst  has  any  doubts 
on  the  subject. 

According  to  Mr.  Freeman's  own  report  on 
file  in  the  office  of  the  U.  S.  Army  engineers 
in  the  Custom  House,  it  will  be  necessary  to 
run  70  miles  of  tunnels  through  granite,  slate, 
quartz  and  porphyry  to  bring  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  water  to  San  Francisco. 

Think  for  a  moment,  Mr.  Taxpayer,  what 
70  miles  of  tunneling  means — one  tunnel  alone 
in  the  mountains  above  Livermore  being  ovei 
20  miles  long.     Another  tunnel  in  the  Sierras 


wealth  Club  would  be  necessary — two  years 
moie  on  preliminary  work  alone  before  leal 
construction   work   began. 

What  have  Manson  and  his  associates  done 
for  all  the  money  they  have  taken  out  of  the 
treasury? 


THE  DREGS. 

will  run  through  solid  granite  for  15  miles. 

Remember,  too,  that  all  this  work  must  be 
done  in  a  mountainous  country,  where  the 
difficulties  and  cost  of  operations  will  be  great. 

Don't  forget,  also  that  Engineer  Manson 
and  his  highly  inefficient  corps  of  assistants 
have  managed  to  spend  $2,000,000  of  Hetch 
Hetchy  bond  money  before  making  any  start 
at  all  on  the  70  miles  of  tunneling,  and  the 
railroad  building  that  will  be  necessary  to 
tap  the  snow  waters  of  the  high  Sierras. 

This  Hetch  Hetchy  project  is  an  immense 
one.  The  people  of  San  Francisco  today  have 
no  more  idea  of  what  it  should  cost  to  bring 
Hetch  Hetchy  water  to  San  Francisco  than 
they  have  of  what  it  would  cost  to  run  :;  rail- 
road to  the  moon.  The  densest  ignorance  on 
the  subject  prevails. 

If  we  had  the  data  that  should  have  been 
compiled  long  ago  by  the  City  Engineer  and 
his  associates,  who  have  spent  $2,000,000, 
would  it  take  the  next  coupleof  years  for 
making  surveys  a  nd  diamond-drilling f  That's 
what    Engineer    Freeman    told    the    Common- 


AN  ENGINEER  BADLY  NEEDED. 

The  first  thing  that  Mayor  Rolph  and  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  should  do  is  to  engage 
a  reliable  engineer.  It  is  said  that  overtures 
have  been  made  to  M.  M.  O  'Chaughnessy, 
who  constructed  an  admirable  water  system 
for  San  Diego  which  cost  only  $5,000,000,  and 
has  a  reservoir  capacity  three  times  that  of 
Spring  Valley.  Men  like  Mr.  O 'Shaughnessy. 
who  have  the  confidence  of  captains  of  in 
dustry  and  enjoy  a  luciative  income  from 
legitimate  work,  are  not  attracted  by  political 
jobs.  They  can  only  be  induced,  if  at  all,  to 
accept  positions  under  a  municipal  govern- 
ment by  a  special  engagement.  The  city 
would  be  fortunate  to  get  some  first-class  man 
like  O  'Shaughnessy,  who  has  had  vast  ex- 
perience and  whose  ability  and  integrity  are 
bej'ond  question.  Engineers  of  that  class 
earn  large  incomes  and  will  not  accept  mu- 
nicipal appointments  at  small  salaries,  for  the 
good  reason  that  they  can  do  much  better- 
in  private  engagements  where  nothing  but 
results  are  considered  and  where  political 
wire-pulling  is  unknown. 

A  thoroughly  competent  engineer, 
whose  reputation  is  at  stake  in  any 
work  he  undertakes,  will  not  consent  to 
be  the  puppet  of  a  Board  of  Supervisors 
which  cannot  possibly  understand  the 
''-^P^/sf.  technicalities  of  his  task  as  thoroughly 
~T\H      as  he  does  himself. 

The    business    course    for    the    Board 
- of  Supervisors  and  Mayor  Rolph  to  pur- 
sue is  to  select  some  engineer  who  has 
demonstrated  that  he  is  competent  and 
honest,  and  let  the  man  go  ahead  and 
conduct    operations    in    the    same    style 
that   private   corporations    carry    large   enter- 
prises to  a  satisfactory  conclusion.     The  Pana- 
ma Canal  has  ben  conducted  on  that  plan. 
4 

THE  EAT  BRIGADIERS. 

A  LOT  of  odoriferous  verbal  bouquets  are 
being  tossed  to  Dr.  Rupert  Blue  for  the 
rat  campaign  he  is  waging  in  New  Or- 
leans. The  average  editor  or  reporter  of  a 
daily  newspaper  praises  or  censures  what  he 
doesn  't  understand,  just  as  the  mood  takes 
him.  It  rarely,  if  ever,  occurs  to  him  to  in- 
vestigate the  matter  and  find  out  the  truth 
of  it. 

Dr.  Blue  and  his  professional  associates  did 
some  good  to  San  Francisco  by  cleaning  up 
filthy  old  basements.  The  same  might  be 
said  of  the  fire  of  1906,  which  purified  San 
Francisco  more  thoroughly  than  could  have 
been  done  by  a  thousand  Doctor  Blues.  We 
should  not  care,  though,  to  have  another  vis- 
itation of  the  fire  of  1906,  and  neither  should 
we  crave  a  return  of  Generalissimo  Blue  and 


Saturday,  August   31,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP  - 


15 


AUTO    TOURS: — Bowling   along   the   banks    of   the  Truckee   Fiver   towards   Lake    Tahoe. 


his  Rat  Brigade,  who  cost  a  lot  of  money,  and 
spread  the  falsehood  that  San  Francisco  was 
threatened  by  the  scourge  of  bubonic  plague- 
It  is  immensely  injurious  to  a  city  like  San 
Francisco  to  be  described  to  the  world  as  a 
plague-infested  place.  Ao  surer  method  of 
stopping  the  growth  of  the  city  could  be  found. 

The  absurdity  of  the  theory  that  bubonic 
rats  carried  the  germs  of  plague  in  San  Fran- 
cisco was  proved  by  the  very  fact  that  only 
one  private  of  the  Eat  Brigade  died  from  al- 
leged plague.  Dr.  Blue's  admirers  stated 
repeatedly  that  during  the  clean-up  in  San 
Francisco  some  of  the  rat-killers  had  as  many 
as  10,000  rat  scalps  to  their  credit. 

Just  consider  what  that  means.  Although 
hundreds  of  men  in  the  Rat  Brigade  contin- 
ued for  a  long  time  to  catch  and  handle  and 
scalp  plague-infected  rats — some  rat-catchers 
scalping  as  many  as  10,000  infected  rodents — 
only  one  man  died  of  plague.  Yet,  according 
to  the  theory  of  Dr.  Blue  and  his  professional 
associates,  every  rat  carried  fleas,  and  if 
these  hopped  on  a  human  being  and  bit  him, 
the  undertaker  would  be  attending  to  his  case 
very  soon.  The  bubonic  germs  transmitted 
from  the  bubonic  rats  by  the  rat  fleas,  would 
make  short  work  of  the  unfortunate  victim. 

Yet  miraculous  to  relate,  though  the  Rat 
Brigadiers  were  handling  thousands  of  rats 
during  the  greater  part  of  the  two-year  cam- 
paign, only  one  gallant  rat  catcher  bit  the 
dust.  Flea  bites  had  no  effect  on  the  invin- 
cible members  of  the  Brigade.  Unscientific 
cynics  may  well  inquire  what  brand  of  booze 
did  the  Brigade  use  as  a  specific  against  flea 
bites? 

The  public  likes  to  be  fooled,  and  seems 
to  enjoy  paying  for  it. 


THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  BACKBONE. 

THE  building  committee  of  the  P.  P.  I.  E. 
did  a  good  thing  the  other  day  for  the 
people  when  it  allotted  the  contract  for 
the  erection  of  the  fence  around  the  exposi- 
tion grounds  to  an  open  shop  contractor.    De- 
ciding thus  early  in  the  game  that  Mr.  Olaf 


Tveitmoe  does  not  run  the  exposition  was  an 
answer  to  the  boast  made  by  that  misleader 
of  labor  in  Chicago,  that  he  would  not  a;low 
the  employment  of  non-union  help  on  the  fair 
grounds. 

It  was  an  official  announcement  by  the  ex- 
position management  that  it  is  not  necessary 
to  have  a  card  in  a  union  to  earn  the  right 
to  live  and  breathe  in  San  Francisco.  Open 
shop  contractors  are  going  to  bid  on  all  the 
fair  work,  and  when  they  are  shown  to  be 
responsible,  it  is  proposed  that,  all  things  be- 
ing equal,  if  the  bid  by  the  open  chopper  be 
the  lowest,  the  contract  shall  go  to  him.  The 
open  shop  men  will  employ  free  workers  and 
union  men  on  the  work  and  will  not  discrim- 
inate. They  ask  no  favors,  but  at  the  same 
time,  they  strenuously  demand  tint  no  fjr/ors 
be  shown  those  who  would  establish  an  oli 
garchy  of  labor,  a  combination  of  silk-stock- 
ing carpenters  and  mechanics,  to  ihe  exclu- 
sion of  those  who  are  not  of  union  domination 
and  taxation. 

Mr.  Olaf  Tveitmoe,  through  his  Chicago 
speech,  reported  in  his  organ  of  organized 
labor,  practically  notified  all  free  or  union 
labor  to  stay  away  from  San  Francisco,  as 
he  could  easily  take  care  of  all  the  work  with 
his  overtaxed  slaves  now  here.  He  practically 
told  the  people  of  Chicago  and  the  East  that 
he  controlled  the  situation  and  wouldn't  allow 
any  interloping  laborer  to  intrude,  non-union 
or  union,  free  or  thrall. 

Wouldn  't  you  think  that  a  fellow  with  a 
record  such  as  Olaf  possesses  would  be  afraid 
to  attract  such  atention  to  himself.  And 
what  kind  of  a  country  is  the  United  States 
becoming,  when  the  Olaf  Tveitmoes,  McNam- 
aras,  Johannsens  and  Darrows  undertake  to 
represent  all  the  interests  of  honest  labor? 


Clerk  (to  woman  who  has  fingered  over  ev- 
erything in  the  store  without  buying  any- 
thing): "Excuse  me,  madame,  but  are  you 
shopping  here?'7 

Customer:  "Certainly,  What  would  I  be 
doing?" 

Clerk:  "I  thought  perhaps  you  might  be 
taking  an  inventory.7' 


AN  OBJECT  LESSON. 

IN  A  SUMPTUOUSLY  furnished  parlor  on 
Fifth  avenue,  New  York,  sat  a  proud  and 
haughty  belle.  Her  name  was  Isabel  Saw- 
telle.  Her  father  was  a  millionaire,  and  his 
ships,  FiehLy  laden,  plowed  many  a  sea. 

By  the  side  of  Isabel  Sawtelle  sat  a  young 
man  with  a  clear,  beautiful  eye  and  a  massive 
brow. 

"1  must  go,"  he  said,  "the  foreman  will 
wonder  at  my  absence." 

"The  foreman?"  asked  Isabel  in  a  tone 
of  surprise. 

' '  Yes,  the  foreman  of  the  shop  where  I 
work. ' ' 

"Foreman — shop — work!  What!  Do  you 
work?77 

"Aye,  Miss  Sawtelle.  I  am  a  cooper!" 
And  his  eyes  flashed  with  honest  pride. 

"What's  that?"  she  asked.  "It  is  some- 
thing about  barrels,  isn't  it?" 

"It  is,"  he  said  with  a  flashing  nostril. 
"And  hogsheads.'7 

"Then  go!"  she  said,  in  a  tone  of  disdain 
— "go   away!  " 

"  Ha !  "  he  cried,  ' '  you  spurn  me,  then, 
because  I  am  a  mechanic.  Well,  be  it  so, 
though  the  time  will  come,  Isabel  Sawtelle,' 
he  added — and  nothing  could  exceed  his  looks 
at  this  moment — "when  you  will  bitterly  re- 
member the  cooper  you  now  cruelly  cast  off! 
Farewell!  " 

Years  rolled  on.  Isabel  Sawtelle  married  a 
miserable  aristocrat,  who  recently  died  of 
delirium  tremens.  Her  father  failed  and  is 
now  a  raving  maniac  and  wants  to  bite  little 
children.  All  her  brothers  (except  one)  were 
sent  to  the  penitentiary  for  burglary,  and  her 
mother  peddles  clams  that  are  stolen  by  little 
George,  her  only  son  that  has  his  freedom. 
Isabel's  sister,  Bilanca,  rides  an  immoral 
spotted  horse  in  the  circus,  her  husband  hav- 
ing long  since  been  hanged  for  murdering  his 
own  uncle  on  his  mother's  side.  Thus  we  see 
that,  it  is  always  best  to  marry  a  mechanic. 


A  Dog  Experiment. 

"Lady,77  said  Meandering  Mike,  "will  dat 
dog  bite  strangers?" 

"I  don't  know,"  was  the  reply.  "We've 
been  waiting  to  find  out  for  sure  for  a  long 
time.  If  you'll  stand  in  the  yard  while  we 
unchain  him,  I'll  give  you  a  sandwich  if  you 
care  to  wait  for  it." 


The  worst  thing  about  taking  a  chance  is 
that  you  can7t  always  put  it  back  where  you 
found  it. 


Vacation  1912 

A  Handbook  of 

Summer  Resorts 

Along  the  line  of  the 

NORTHWESTERN 
PACIFIC    RAILROAD 

This  book  tells  by  picture  and  word 
of  the  many  delightful  places  in  Marin, 
Sonoma,  Mendocino,  Lake  and  Humboldt 
Counties  in  which  to  spend  your  Vaca- 
tion— Summer  Resorts,  Camping  Sites, 
Farm  and  Town  Homes. 


Copies  of  Vacation  1912  may  be  ob- 
tained at  874  Market  St.  (Flood  Build- 
ing), Sausalito  Ferry  Ticket  Office,  or 
on  application  to  J.  J.  Geary,  G.  P.  & 
F.  A.,  808  Phelan  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


NEW  ENGLAND  HOTEL 

Located  in  beautiful  grove  about  40  rode  from 
station.  Beautiful  walks,  grand  scenery;  hunt- 
ing and  fishing,  boating,  bathing,  bowling  and 
croquet.  Table  supplied  with  fresh  fruit  and 
vegetables,  milk  and  eggs  from  own  ranch  daily. 

Adults  $7  to  $9  per  week;  special  rates  for 
children. 

Address  F.  K.  HARRISON,  Camp  Meeker, 
Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


OWN  SUMMER  HOME   IN 

CAMP    MEEKER 

Mountains  of  Sonoma  Co.  Lots  $15  up.  Meeker 
•■uilds  cottages  $85  up.  Depot,  Btores,  hotels, 
.staurant,  phone,  post,  express  office,  theater, 
free  library,  pavilion,  churches,,  sawmill;  2,000 
lots  sold,  700  cottages  built.  Sausalito  Ferry. 
Address  M.  O.  MEEKER,  Camp  Meeker. 


Redwood  Grove 


%  mile  from  Guerneville;  tents  and  cottageB; 
abundance  of  fruit,  berries;  bus  meets  all  trains. 
Rates  $10-$11  per  week;  L.  D.  phone.  Address 
THORPE  BROS.,  Box  141,  Guerneville,  Sonoms 
Co.,   Cal. 


ROSE    MILL 

HOTEL  AND  COTTAGES 

Camp  Meeker 

Opposite  depot;  20  minutes'  ride  fVom  Russian 
River;  surrounded  by  orchards  and  vineyards; 
excellent  dining-room,  with  best  cooking.  Fish- 
ing, boating,  swimming  and  dancing.  Many 
good  trails  for  mountain  climbing.  Open  all 
year.  Can  accommodate  75  guests.  Adults,  $6 
to   $10  per  week;    children  half  rates. 

Building  lots  for  sale  from  $50  and  up.  Ad- 
dress MRS.  L.  BARBIER,  Camp  Meeker,  So- 
n oma    County,    Cal . 


The  Gables 


Sonoma  county's  ideal  family  resort,  just  opened 
to  the  public.  Excellent  table,  supplied  from 
our  dairy  and  farm.  Dancing,  tennis,  games. 
Bus  to  hot  baths  and  trains  daily  at  Verano  sta- 
tion. Rates  $2.50  per  day,  $12  and  up  per 
week.  Open  year  round.  Address  H.  P.  MAT- 
THEWSON,   Sonoma  City  P.  O.,  Cal. 


Hotel    Rowardennan 

OPEN   ALL   THE    YEAR. 

New  ownership,  new  management,  new  fea- 
tures. Golf,  tennis,  bowling,  fishing,  boating, 
swimming,    clubhouse.      Free    garage. 

Rates  $17.50  to  $25  per  week;  $3  to  $4  per 
day. 

Folders  and  information  at  Peck-Judah's,  or 
address  J.  M.   SHOULTS,   Ben  Lomond,   Cal. 


::  RIVERSIDE  RESORT :: 


Country  home  *4  mile  from  Guerneville;  ideal 
spot;  ^  mile  of  river  frontage;  $8  to  $12  per 
week.  For  particulars,  MRS.  H.  A.  STAGG, 
Proprietor,    Guerneville,    Sonoma    county. 


COSMO  FARM 

On  the  Russian  River;  electric  lighted  through- 
out. Rates  $10  to  $12  per  week.  For  particu- 
lars see  Vacation  Book  or  address  H.  P.  Mc- 
PEAK,    P.    O.    Hilton,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


RIONIDO  HOTEL 

Lawn  Tennis,  Croquet,  Shuffle  Board,  Swings, 
Shooting  Gallery,  Box  Ball  Alleys,  also  4,000 
square  feet  Dancing  Pavilion,  unsurpassed  Bathing 
and  Boating,  and  large  social  hall  for  guests. 
Hotel  ready  for  guests.  Rates,  $12  per  week. 
American  plan.  For  reservations  address  RIO- 
NIDO   CO.,    Rionido,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


Summer  Resorts 

AT  HOME,  AT  THE  CLUB,   CAFE  OR  HOTEL 

CASWELL'S   COFFEE 


Always   Satisfactory 

GEO.  W.  CASWELL  COMPANY 

530-532-534  Folsom  St.  Phone  Kearny  3610 

Write  for  samples  and  prices. 


CARR'S 


NEW  MONTE 
RIO    HOTEL 


NEAREST    TO    STATION    AND    RIVER. 

New  modern  hotel,  first-class  in  every  detail 
and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience. 
Swimming,  boating,  canoeing,  fishing,  launching, 
horseback  riding  and  driving.  Hotel  rates  $2 
day;  $12  and  $14  per  week.  Round  trip,  $2.80. 
good  on  either  the  broad  or  narrow  gauge  rail- 
roads. Sausalito  Ferry.  Address  C.  F.  CARR, 
Monte    Rio,    Sonoma    Co.,    Cal. 


HOTEL  RUSTICANO 

The  hotel  is  just  a  two-minute  walk  from  the 
depot  amongst  the  giant  redwood  trees.  The 
amusements  are  numerous — boating,  bathing, 
lawn  tennis,  bowling,  dancing,  nickelodeon,  and 
beautiful  walks.  A  more  desirable  place  for  a 
vacation  could  not  be  found.  Rates,  $9  to  $12 
per   week;    rateB    to    families. 

For  folder,  address  L.  B.  SELENGER,  Prop., 
Camp    Meeker,    Sonoma    County,    Cal. 


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WOMEN   OF    PTJBPOSE.     Two   noble 
women,  whose  lives  are  the  embod- 
iment  of   purpose — strong   purpose 
— come  to  us  in  tins  week's  issue 
of  The   Wasp. 

.Mrs.  Nellie  Blessing  Eyster,  whose  name  is 
identified  with  early  California  literature,  is 
one  of  the  best  beloved  authors  of  the  State. 
Gifted  with  an  extraordinary  power  of  vivid 
phrasing,  a  keen  understanding  of  all  sorts 
and  conditions  of  men  and  a  pronounced  sym- 
pathy for  any  oppressed  human  life,  she  uses 
ber  pen  for  some  great  purpose. 
*     *     * 

MRS.  XelHe  Blessing  Eyster  lives  with  her 
daughter,   Mrs.   Mary  Elder,   in  Berk- 
el  ey,    surrounded    by    her    books,    her 
roses,  !t<  r  friends. 

She  was  born  near  Frederick,  Maryland,  of 
a  long  line  of  Maryland  ancestors.  Her  fa- 
ther's name  was  Abraham  Blessing;  her  mo- 
ther's, Mary  Henee.  Mrs.  Eyster  is  a  lineal 
descendant,  on  the  maternal  side,  of  Barbara 
Fritchie,  whom  the  poet  Whittier  immortal- 
ized. At  the  age  of  sixteen,  Mrs.  Eyster  was 
a  bride.  Her  husband,  Prof.  David  A.  S. 
Eyster,  was  formerly  her  tutor.  One  of  ber 
bridesmaids  was  Marie  W.  Hauer,  niece  of 
Dame  Barbara  Fritchie.  Two  children  blessed 
this  union,  one  a  daughter,  Mary  (Mrs.  Elder 
of  Berkeley);  the  other,  a  son,  Charles,  who 
died  in  his  tenth  year. 


■IT T  WAS  but  natural,"  stated  one  of  the 
|^    author's  ardent  critics,  "that  Mrs.  Ey- 
ster's  first  public  work  should  be  a  bene- 
ficent  one.     It  was  she  who  was  greatly  in- 
fluential in  securing  the  purchase  of  Mt.  Ver- 


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MRS.     NELLIE     BLESSING     EYSTEK 

Loved    California    author    as    she    was    found 

"Among    the    Roses." 


non.  \\\'\-  second  public  effort  was  in  behalf 
of  the  Sanitary  Commission,  during  the  \\ar. 
Mrs.  Eyster  has  compiled  a  most  valuable  col- 
lection of  historic  clippings,  which  she  pre- 
sented to  the  library  nt"  the  University  of 
California"  During  her  lecture  tours  of  the 
continent,  she  has  beer  feted  and  honored  by 
the  mayors  of  maav  cities. 

WHEN  the  plan  was  first  formulated  of 
having  a  Pacific  Coast  Womau  s 
Press  Association,  Mrs.  Eyster  and 
another  brilliant  woman.  Mrs.  Emily  Y.  Swett 
Parkhurstj  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Swett,  com- 
bined their  forces  and  founded  the  organiza- 
tion. 

A  poem  published  many  years  ago,  in 
a  well-known  journal,  attracted  the  at- 
tention of  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes.  II 
was  he  who  encouraged  her  to  publish  her 
first  book,  "Sunny  Hours,  or  Child  Life  of 
Tom  and  Mary."  This  book  went  through 
1,500  volumes  in  its  first  year. 

"A  Chinese  Quaker,"  one  of  her  most  pop- 
ular productions  dealing  with  local  atmosphere 
has  been  translated  into  the  Chinese  language. 
A  "Biography  of  Mrs.  John  Fryor"  has  just 
been  completed.  For  two  years,  Mrs.  Eyster 
was  editor  of  The  Pacific  Ensign. 

Mrs.  Eyster  is  honored  and  revered  for  her 
distinction;  she  is  admired  for  her  genial 
cheer  and  her  loving  sympathies;  she  is  loved, 
sincerely,  loyally,  because,  in  truth,  does  she 
bring  down  to  us  some  of  the  sunshine  of 
Heaven. 

*     *     * 

MISS  MARY  FAIEBEOTHEE,  one  of  the 
best-known  of  our  local  literary  wo- 
men, whose  writings  and  lectures  are 
always  of  superior  worth,  is  interested,  heart 
and  soul,  among  other  big  things,  in  anti- 
slavery.  "We  have  only  just  begun  this 
work,"  stated  Miss  Fairbrother,  "for  the 
California  Anti-Slavery  Society  was  organized 
less  than  three  months  ago.  We  believe  that 
the  time  has  come,  however,  for  the  people 
of  California  to  declare  war  upon  svhite  slav- 
ery and  put  it  to  death. ' ' 

Some  of  the  fire  which  keeps  aglow  the 
enthusiasm  in  everything  Miss  Fairbrother 
undertakes,  illumined  her  speech.  "Without 
fear  or  favor,  we  shall  institute  and  vigorous- 
ly prosecute  all  just  and  lawful  proceedings 
against  its  beneficiaries,"  returned  Miss  Fair- 
brother,  when  questioned  further.  "We  are 
in  earnest — we  will  not  equivocate — we  will 
not  excuse — we  will  not  retreat  a  single  inch 
— and  we  will  be  heard!" 

The  officers  of  the  Society  are:  President, 
Clayton  Herrington,  United  States  Depart- 
ment of  Justice;  Vice-Presidents,  Charles  N. 
Lathrop,  Sector  Church  of  the  Advent;  Dr. 
Margaret  Farnham,  California  Club,  John  0. 


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MISS    MARY    FAIRBROTHER 

A    brilliant    woman    of    purpose    whose    energy 
never  lags. 

Walsh,  San  Francisco  Labor  Council;  Treas- 
urer, F.  H.  Ainsworth,  United  States  Immigra- 
tion Service;  Trustees,  Mary  Fairbrother, 
Women's  Political  League,  Georgia  M.  Sperry, 
New  Era  League,  Rose  Myears,  San  Francisco 
Labor  Council,  Mrs.  James  Ellis  Tucker,  Civic 
League  (S.  F.  Center),  Rose  French,  State 
Equal  Suffrage  Association;  Secretary,  Mary 
Fairbrother. 

If  you  are  interested  in  this  great  cause 
communicate  with  the  secretary,  Miss  Mary 
Fairbrother,  P.  0.  Box  2189;  Phone  Sutter 
1613.  She  will  impart  unto  you  so  much  gen- 
uine philanthropy  that  I  warrant  you,  too, 
will  want  to  add  your  name  to  the  worthy 
list  at  once. 


THE  WASP  reaches  5,000  society  and  club 
women  regularly.  We  will  soon  reach  twice 
as  many.  Subscribe  for  THE  WASP  and  get 
the  interesting  news  that  women  look  for. 


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v|  R.  ANDREA  E.  SBARBORO,  one  of 
our  leading  citizens,  has  been  quot- 
ed by  a  local  newspaper  as  saying 
that  California  is  on  the  eve  of  a 
great  accession  of  population.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  Mr.  Sbarboro  's  expectation  of  an 
immigration  of  agriculturists  who  can  take 
up  land  will  be  realized.  He  visited  Europe 
recently,  and  found  that  many  agriculturists 
aie  desiious  of  coming  to  our  State.  Thost 
people  are  trained  in  the  ait  of  intensive 
farming  and  can  transform  many  of  the 
waste  spots  into  fruitful  fields  and  orchards. 

Such  a  shrewd  man  of  affairs  as  Mr.  Sbar- 
boro is  not  easily  misled.  He  is  no  sentimen- 
talist, and  his  judgment  can  be  accepted  as 
sound.  We  shall  undoubtedly  get  a  large 
number  of  colonists  when  the  Panama  Canal 
is  open  for  travel.  The  next  problem  will  be 
the  proper  distribution  of  those     arrivals. 

San  Francisco  has  had  several  periods  of 
rapid  increase  of  population,  followed  by  de- 
crease. That  is  why  our  city  has  grown  slow- 
ly as  compaied  with  several  other  large  Amei 
iean  cities.  There  were  not  opportunities 
enough  for  the  new  population.  California 
was  a  land  of  large  holdings — great  intact 
ranches  and  cattle  ranges.  Manufacturing 
was  limited,  and  what  little  there  was  felt 
the  depressing  effect  of  labor  agitators,  en 
couiaged  by  the  foolish  policy  of  truckling, 
and  shoit-sighted  daily  newspapers  of  the  yel- 
low variety. 

Mr.  Sbarboro  has  been  quoted  as  favoring 
the  issuance  of  bonds  on  real  estate  as  a 
means  of  making  tracts  of  California  land  ac- 
cessible to  the  new  colonists.  No  doubt  this 
experienced  financier  has  in  mind  the  details 
of  the  plan  of  financing  a  bond  scheme.  It 
would  require  the  most  careful  handling.  Un- 
der the  old  Wright  Irrigation  Act  a  flood  of 
bonds  were  issued  and  the  result  was  most  un- 
satisfactory. Crookedness  was  rampant  "and 
the  schemers  did  very  much  as  they  pleased. 
Our  State  is  in  a  demoralized  condition  at 
present  as  far  as  its  courts  of  law  and  its 
State  government  are  concerned,  and  it  will 
take  some  time  to  restore  it  to  normal  condi- 
tions under  which  financial  operations  of  a 
semi-public  and  semi-philanthropic  character 
can  flourish. 

A   Clumsy  Arrangement. 

The  suggested  plan  of  issuing  bonds  on  lands 

for  the  purpose  of  marketing   and  improving 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


them  brings  up  the  question  why  some  scheme 
to  make  investments  in  city  realty  more  de 
sirable  cannot  be  introduced.  A  great  deal 
of  money  which  might  be  invested  in  real 
estate  never  goes  into  it.  The  reasons  are 
good.     It    is   a   slow   and   expensive   affair  to 


ANDREA    SBARBORO. 

raise  a  loan  on  property,  whereas  the  owner 
of  good  railroads  or  government  bonds  or 
gilt-edge  stocks  can  get  money  on  them  quick 
ly.  Bankers  will  accept  them  readily.  In- 
vestors, therefore,  who  are  looking  for  quick 
action  are  very  slow  to  put  their  money  into 
real  estate,  where  it  is  so  difficult  to  get  it 
out  again.  Consequently  capital  invested  in 
real  estate  is  the  reverse  of  liquid,  and  in  the 
United  States  investors  are  particularly  anx- 


ious to  find  securities  that  can  be  quickly  con- 
verted into  cash,  or  at  least  partially  convert- 
ed. We  have  so  many  violent  fluctuations 
in  our  city,  caused  by  injudicious  political 
agitators  that  timid  investors  are  averse  to 
tying  up  their  money  for  long  periods.  Cap- 
ital is  proverbially  timid,  and  political  dema- 
gogues and  labor  agitators  would1,  do  well  to 
keep  that  fact  in  mind,  for  the  more  trouble 
they  make  the  scarcer  capital  becomes.  It  is 
scared  off  and  goes  elsewhere,  or  remains  dor- 
mant, ana  the  laboring  man  finds  woik  scarcer 
and  times  getting  hard. 

Pretty  Slow  People. 

The  Real  Estate  Board  of  San  Francisco 
has  not  done  much  to  make  city  realty  a  de- 
sirable investment,  or  devise  any  new  plans 
to  awaken  public  interest  in  the  business. 
Once  a  year  the  Board  gives  a  gay  banquet  at 
some  leading  hotel  and  unlooses  a  lot  of  tur- 
gid oratory  full  of  airy  predictions  of  a  popu- 
lation of  seveial  millions  in  tne  near  future 
and  people  climbing  over  one  another  to  buy 
Market  street  property  at  $10,000  per  front 
foot. 

At  the  last  annual  banquet  the  most  of  the 
evening  was  devoted  to  listening  to  risque 
stories  by  a  young  man  connected  with  the 
saloon  business  and  watching  an  itinerant 
sleight-of-hand  performer  take  half  dollars 
out  of  oranges  that  were  apparently  uncut  till 
he   applied   his   penknife  to   them. 

Relaxation  and  amusement  are,  of  course, 
all  right,  but  the  Real  Estate  Board  should 
exist  for  some  purpose  more  progressive  than 
to  cram  $10  worth  of  viands  once  a  year  intu 
every  broker  on  the  membership  list. 

By  reason  of  the  fact  that  they  are  amongst 
the  steadfast  and  most  liberal  advertising  pa- 
trons of  the  daily  newspapers,  the  real  estate 
brokers  of  San  Francisco  and  the  State  could 


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THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capita]    ¥4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM        .  .Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON   DODGE    Vice-President 

J.  FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.  F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.  ALTSCHUL   Cashier 

O.  R.  PARKER   Assistant  Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH    Assistant    Cashier 

H.   OHOYNSKI    Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.   BURDICK    Assistant   Cashier 

A.   L.   LANGERMAN    Secretary 


Saturday,  August  31,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP  - 


19 


get  any  just  measure  advocated  by  tho  press. 
The  editors  dare  not  oppose  them. 

Vet  little  or  nothing  is  done  except  talti 
and  eat  at  the  yearly  banquet.  N<>  pressure 
i-  exerted  to  protest  owners  of  property  from 
excessive    taxation     and     many    unjust     things 

that  cause  people  to  hesitate  before  they  pul 

tlo.-ir  money  into  city  property. 

Owners  of  any  kind  of  tenements  can  be 
put  to  considerable  trouble  and  expense  bj 
professional  beats,  who  would  move  rather 
than  pay  rent.  There  is  uo  redress  for  an 
owner  whose  property  is  injured   maliciously. 

In  Paris  and  other  European  cities,  a  ten- 
ant is  expected  to  take  reasonable  cart-  of  the 
house  he  occupies,  and  should  he  injure  it  by 
gross  carelessness  or  maliciousness,  the  officers 
of  the  law  are  very  likely  to  attend  to  his 
case. 

A  thoroughly  active  and  capable  Real  Es- 
tate  Board,  composed  of  the  principal  brokers, 
could  compel  proper  legislation,  calculated  to 
protect  the  landlord  as  well  as  the  tenant,  so 
that  neither  could  oppress  or  injure  the  other. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street. 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  paid  up 96,000,000.00 

Surplus   and   Undivided  Profits.  ..  .$5,055,471.11 


Total     $11,055,471.11 

OFFICERS. 
Isaias  W.  Hellman,   President 
I.  W.   Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice  Prea. 
F.    L.    Lipman,    Vice   Prei. 
James   K.   Wilson,   Vice   Prea. 
Frank  B.  King,  Cashier 
W.   McGavin,   Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.   L.   Davis,    Assistant   Cashier 
A:  D.  Oliver,   Assistant  Cashier 
A.    B,    Price,    Assistant    Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 

Isaias    W.    Hellman  Hartland   Law 

Joseph   Sloss  Henry   Rosenfeld 

Percy   T.   Morgan  James  L.  Flood 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  J.  Henry  Meyer 

Wm.  F.  Herrin  A.    H.    Payson 

John   0.    Kirkpatrick  Chas.    J.    Deering 

I.    W.    Hellman,    Jr.  James    E.    Wilson 

A.   Ohristeson  F.    L.    Lipman 

Wm.    Haas 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Faeilities. 
SATE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


By  Bueh  legislation,  real  estate  could  be  made 
a  more  desirable  investment  and  the  building 
industry    would    be   stimulated. 

Spring  Valley  Prospects. 

Spring    Valley    stuck    has    been    somewhat 

stronger  this  week,  ■  >'.-,  ui>;  to  the  belief  that 
San    Francisco   will   be   compelled  to  buy   the 

property.      The    *'ity    has    offered    $3S.."»hm. 

and  *t.">'">. i"  tin-    ■impounded  money"  of 

rate-payers,  who  paid  under  protest  against 
the  Company's  rales.  There  doesn't  seem  to 
be  any  doubl  that  the  City  has  no  right  what- 
ever  to  give  this  million  and  a  half  of  im- 
pounded money  to  anybody.  The  City  has 
nothing  to  say  aboul  it.  The  money  belongs 
to  the  people  who  paid  it  or  to  the  water 
company.  The  matter  is  one  to  be  settled  by 
the  courts  and'nol  by  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors or  t  he  \  oters. 

The  water  muddle  grows  worse  every  week, 
and  Mayor  Rolph  will  be  forced  to  make 
some  compromise  with  the  Spring  Valley  Com- 
pany and  let  the  people  vote  on  the  matter. 
Hetch  Hetchy  talk  is  wild.  If  work  on  Hetch 
Iletchy  began  tomorrow  the  city  would  not 
get  water  for  the  next  six  years — perhaps 
eight  or  ten.  Meantime  we  would  have  a 
water  famine.  That  is  the  real  situation. 
Spring  Valley  must  be  bought  or  some  com- 
promise must  be  reached,  for,  in  the  language 
of  the  day,  the  city  "is  up  against  it." 

Stocks. 

The  local  stock  market  has  been  rather  fea- 
tureless during  the  week.  Onomea  sugar  stock 
reached  $60,  the  highest  point  ever  attained 
by  it.  This  stock  is  now  paying  a  60-cent 
monthly  dividend  as  against  40  cents  last  July. 
Nothing  new  in  oil  stocks.  There  has  been 
some  talk  of  a  stir  in  mining  stocks,  but  there 
is  nothing  at  present  to  justify  any  move  of 
interest  to  the  public. 

State  Bonds  Become  a  Drug. 

The  refusal  of  bond  brokers  to  bid  on  the 
$2,000,000  of  San  Francisco  Harbor  Improve- 
ment bonds  offered  for  sale  by  the  State  this 
week  gave  leading  statesmen  quite  a  jolt. 
State  and  municipal  4-per-cents  have  become  a 
drug  on  the  market,  and,  like  all  spendthrifts, 
States  and  cities  must  offer  higher  interest 
for  loans.     The  Wasp  foretold  that  long  ago. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAPE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  O'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 

LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and      JJH%m^ 

Ik    MOST  CONVENIENTLY 

ARRANGED  SAFE  DEPOSIT    -f|ffl.: 

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Boxes  $4  per  annum    IfflUlJ'ifcL 

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MEMBERS: 

NEW  TOEK  STOCK  EXCHANGE 
NEW  YOEK  COTTON  EXCHANGE 
CHICAGO  BOARD  OF  TRADE 
STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE.  3.  F. 

MAIN     OFFICE— Milli    Building,     Sail     Fran 

CISCO. 


BRANCH  OFFICES — Los  Angeles.  San  Dis- 
ci, Coronado  Bench,  Portland.  Ore.;  Seattle, 
"ash.;  Vancouver,  B.  O. 


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WE  HAVE  MOVED  OTJR  OFFICES 
TO 

410  MONTGOMERY  ST. 


Our  Facilities  for  Handling 

Investment  Securities 

Are  Considerably  Increased. 


ESTABLISHED  1858 

SUTR0&C0. 


Telephone 
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Private    Exchange 
Connecting  All  Depts. 


The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The    German    Bank)  Commercial 

Incorporated    1868. 

626   California   St.,    San   Francisco.    Oal 

(Member    of    the    Associated    Savings    Banks    of 
San  Francisco.) 

The  following  Branches  for  Eeceipt  and  Pay- 
ment  of  Deposits   only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 
Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haignt 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....       ¥51,140,101.76 

Capital  actually  paid  up  In  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,666,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  . '  .  140,109.60 
Number   of  Depositors  .  .  .        66,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:80  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


SOON  we  are  to  have  a  yellow  wedding  like  i 
"burst  of  California  sunshine.  Miss  Isabel 
Sprague  has  chosen  yellow  for  her  color  scheme. 
The  matron  of  honor,  Mrs.  William  Duncan,  witii 
her  beauty  and  fine  Titian  hair,  will  be  a  striking 
6gure  in  yellow  taffeta,  paniers,  and  a  large  picture 
hat.  We  have  had  pink,  hlue,  green,  and  white 
weddings  in  ahundance,  so  that  yellow  is  a  compar- 
atively new  ray  plucked  from  the  rainbow  for  pretty 
brides. 


Recent  Events. 

Mrs.  Gordon  Bromfield,  at  the  Bella-  Yista,  gave  u 
dinner  in  honor  of  her  brother,  William  Studebaker 
Innis.  Mr.  Inuis  has  been  making  an  extended  tour 
through  the  West,  and  in  the  fall  returns  to  Yale 
via    To semite    and    the    Yellowstone. 

Cosmo  Morgan  Jr.  was  host  at  the  Palace,  his 
guests  heing  several  friends  of  his  parents,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.   Cosmo  Morgan  of  Los  Angeles. 

Miss  Lorraine  Plum  was  hostess  at  a  delightful 
tea  given  at  her  home  on  Clay  street  this  week, 
with  tne  Misses  Kathryn  Irvine  and  Dorothy  Berry 
as    guests    of    honor. 

Mrs.  H.  M.  A.  Postley  gave  a  tea  at  her  Santa 
Barbara  home  to  about  fifty  guests,  among  whom 
were  some   twenty  prominent   San   Franciscans. 

The  largest  affair  of  the  Claremont.  Club  given 
recently  took  place  on  Saturday  last  when  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  G.  Arthur  Kelly  entertained  100  guests  in  cel- 
ebration of  the  sixth  anniversary  of  their  wedding. 
The  sumptuous  dinner  was  followed  by  a  dance. 
Among  the  guests  were  Messrs.  and  Mesdames  Wil- 
liam Dunning,  George  Greenwood,  Jack  Van  Sicklen, 
Frederick  Farmim,  John  Valentine,  Harry  Weihe, 
William  Hagon;  Misses  Marie  McHenry,  Elaine 
Hancock,  Marie  Tyson,  Arabella  Morrow  and  Emilie 
Harrolu  and  Noble  Hamilton,  Al  Coogan,  Jack  Har- 
tigan,  Daniel  Volkmann,  Herbert  Schmidt  and  War- 
ren     Harrold. 

Mrs.  Jacob  G.  Jacobson  was  hostess  at  a  delight- 
ful luncheon  this  week  at  her  home  in  Fruitvalt. 
Mrs.  Howard  Burns  Rector  (Gladys  Brigham)  and 
Miss  Evelyn  Adams  were  ine  complimented  guests. 
The  guests  were  Mesdames  Eugene  Cooper  Johnson, 
Jack  Van  Sicklen,  Frederick  Fa  mum,  Maurice  Welsh, 
and  the  Misses  Fanny  Plaw,  Elma  Hook  and  Edith 
Peck. 

Miss  Louise  Boyd  was  hostess  at  a  dainty  lunch- 
eon at  her  home  in  San  Rafael,  where  she  entertain- 
ed  twelve    charming   debutantes. 

Miss  Nina  Jones,  social  favorite  of  the  younger 
set  at  Santa  Barbara,  was  hostess  at  a  delightful 
dance  given  at  the  Country  Club,  which  temporarily 
is  the  scene  of  the  Montecito  Club  assemblies.  The 
guests  were  Miss  Marion  Newhall,  Miss  Rosita 
Nieto,  Miss  Margery  Bull,  Miss  Marguerite  Doe, 
Hope  Vere,    Sherman   and  Stow,    Prince   Hopkins. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Kelly  entertained  at  a  din- 
ner in  honor  of  the  sixth  anniversary  of  their  mar- 
riage at  the  Claremont  Country  Cluh.  Mrs.  Kelly, 
who  was  formerly  Miss  Charlotte  Lalll,  is  as  great 
a  social  favorite  as  she  was  in  her  debutante  days. 
Her  father  and  mother  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.1  Henry 
Thornton  Lally,  whose  home  is  on  Pacific  avenue. 
Mrs.  Lewis  Durkee  (Marian  Lally)  is  a  sister  of 
Mrs.    Kelly. 


Society  Congregated. 
Many  prominent  people  motored  to  Menlo  Park  to 
attend   the    fete   for  the  benefit   of  Trinity  Episcopal 


Church.  The  fine  gardens  of  the  E.  W.  Hopkins 
residence  made  a  most  delightful  setting  for  the 
groups  of  society  maids  and  matrons  who  presided 
over  the  booths,  where  various  enterprises  to  in- 
crease the  receipts  were  conducted. 

The  vaudeville  entertainment  was  under  the  man- 
agement of  Mrs.  James  L.  Flood,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Coryell. 
Mrs.  Augustus  Taylor,  Mrs.  Will  Taylor,  Mrs.  Fred 
W.  McNear,  Mrs.  R.  D.  Girvin,  Mrs.  George  A. 
Batchelder,  Miss  Marian  Zeile,  Miss  Mary  Eyre,  Mrs. 
J.  Cheever  Cowdin.  Mrs.  Peter  Rossi,  the  president 
of  the  guild,  had  charge  of  the  general  arrange- 
ments, and  was  ably  assisted  by  Miss  Meta  Kingeler, 
Mrs.  George  Wilcox,  Mrs.  D.  N.  Dorn,,  Mrs.  John 
E.  Bennett,  Mrs.  Harold  Law,  Mrs.  Gressan,  Mrs. 
Walter  Linforth,  Mrs.  George  Downey,  Mrs.  Edmund 
Shortridge,   Mrs.    Silas  Palmer,   Mrs.   DeLaney  Lewis. 


Weddings. 

Will  Be  Elaborate. 
One  of  the  first  of  the  September  brides  will  be 
Miss  Hazel  Laymance,  whose  picture  is  given  in 
this  week's  issue  of  The  Wasp.  Miss  Laymance  auc' 
Mr.  Henry  Heilbron  Jr.  will  be  married  on  Wednes 
day,  September  4th.  It  will  be  an  elaborate  home 
wedding,  the  beautiful  Laymance  residence  in  Pieci- 
mont  being  the  setting  for  the  nuptials.  Hundreds 
of  invitations  have  been  issued  for  the  event,  as 
Miss  Laymance  is  exceedingly  popxilar.  The  handsome 
bride  will  be  attended  by  her  sister,  Miss  Grace 
Laymance,  as  maid  of  honor.  The  bridesmaids  will 
be  Miss  Nina  Heilbron,  a  beautiful  belle  from 
Sacramento;  Miss  Mae  Heitway,  also  a  favorite  from 
the  Capital  City,  Miss  Florence  Ramsay,  and  Miss 
Dorothy  Taylor.  Mr.  Andrew  Heilbron,  brother  of 
the    bridegroom,    will    be    best    man. 


Arnold-Wardell. 
The  wedding  of  Miss  Louise  Arnold  and  Ensign 
Ward  A.  Wardell,  U.  S.  N.,  took  place  at  the  home 
of  Miss  Nadine  Belded  of  Oakland  on  July  22.  The 
bride  and  bridegroom  went  at  once  to  San  Diego, 
where  ensign  Wardell  embarked  on  the  Cruiser  Cal- 
ifornia, which  is  under  orders  tn  sail  for  Nicaragua. 
The  bride  had  hastened  from  her  Annapolis  home 
for   the    hurried   wedding. 


Bell-Bates. 

Interesting  news  comes  from  Honolulu  of  the  mar- 
riage of  Miss  Ray  Bell  and  Ensign  Paul  Marshall 
Bates,  U.  S.  N.,  at  St.  Clement's  Churchs,  in  the 
presence  of  a    large  and  fashionable    gathering. 

Miss  Martha  McChesney  was  maid  of  honor.  The 
bridesmaids  were  Miss  Vivian  Buckland,  Miss  Hazel 
Buckland.  Ensign  Skelton  Bates  and  Ensign  Merton 
Anderson  were  ushers.  Immediately  after  the  wed- 
ding Ensign  Bates  left  for  San  Diego,  en  route  to 
Nicaragua.  The  bride  is  with  her  mother,  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Bell,    in    Honolulu. 


Coffin-Crawford. 

No  -prettier  wedding  could  be  pictured  than  the 
brilliant  event. which  took  place  on  Saturday  las; 
at  the  Episcopal  Church  in  fashionable  Ross,  and 
which  was  reveiewed  briefly  in  last  week's 
issue  of  The  Wasp.  Fashionable  society  attended 
the  pretty  ceremony  when  Mr.  Crawford  Green 
claimed  Miss  Natalie  Coffin  for  his  bride.  The 
church  altar  had  been  banked  with  pink  and  blue 
hydrangeas,  and  a  profusion  of  these  blossoms 
adorned    the    edifice. 

The  bride  was  adorable  in  her  robe  of  ivory  satin 


and  filmy  veil  of  tulle  attached  to  her  coiffure  with 
a  coronet  of  orange  blossoms.  She  carried  a  grace- 
ful shower  of  white  orchids  and  lilies  of  the  valley. 
The  daintiest  of  lingerie  gowns  effectively  finished 
with  picture  hats  were  worn  by  the  maid  of  honor, 
Miss  Sara  Coffin,  sister  of  the  bride,  and  Miss 
Helen  Chesebrough  and  Miss  Newell  Drown,  In 
their  arms  were  carried  sheaves  of  pink  roses.  Jack 
Kittle  was  best  man,  and  the  ushers  were  Mr. 
Chauncey  Goodrich  and  Dr.  Joseph  Whitney.  The 
list  of  prominent  people  invited  to  the  wedding 
ceremony  included  Messrs.  and  Mesdames  William 
Duncan,  Arthur  W.  Foster,  Eldridge  Green,  Henry 
Keuchler,  James  Jenkins,  Herbert  Ross  Baker,  Dou- 
ald  Jadwin,  Robert  Foster,  John  Martin,  DuvaI 
Moore,  James  Peter  Langhorne,  Robert  Burns  Hen- 
derson, C.  O.  G.  Miller,  Athol  McBean,  Arthur  Chesa- 
brougli,  Jaames  Athearn  Folger,  Talbot  Walkei, 
Malcolm  Whitman,  J.  Cheever,  Cowdin,  Augustus 
Taylor,  William  Taylor,  Eugene  Murphy,  Frederick 
McNear,  Henry  Bodin,  Chauncey  Boardman,  Gordo:i 
Blanding,  Charles  Beldeu,  William  Babcock,  Harry 
Babcock,  S.  Leonard  Abbott,  Frank  Barstow  Ander- 
son, Alfred  Barnard  Ford,  William  H.  Crocker, 
Harry  N.  Stetson,  Edward  Schmieden ;  Misses  Marian 
Zeile,  Ruth  Zeile,  Edith  Chesebrough,  Lee  Girvin, 
Ysobel  Chase,  Mary  Eyre,  Elena  Eyre,  Isabelle 
Sprague,  Evelyn  Cunningham,  Genevieve  Cunning- 
ham, Mary  Donahoe,  Katheriine  Donahoe,  Mary 
Cunningham,  Martha  Foster,  Sara  Cunningham,  Lou- 
isiana Foster,  Marian  Hall,  Floride  Hunt,  Hele  l 
Ashton,  Bessie  Ashton,  Marian  Miller,  Geraldine 
Forbes,  Margaret  Belden,  Helen  Jones,  Ethel 
Crocker,  Elizabeth  Cunningham,  Louise  Boyd,  Con- 
stance McLaren,  Dora  Winn;  Messrs.  Leonard  Abbot:, 
Piatt  Kent,  Arthur  Foster  Jr. .Spencer  Grant,  Wilber- 
force  Williams,,  Bernard  Ford,  Sidney  Ford,  John 
Cushing,  Walter  Martin,  Charles  Belden,  Mill^n 
Griffith,  Kenneth  Moore,  Hall  Rowe,  John  Parrot!, 
Atherton  Eyre,  Dr.  Lovell  Langstroth,  William  Jack- 
son, Robert  Eyre,  Frank  Langstroth,  Gordon  Armsby, 
Raymond  Armsby,  Prescott  Wcott,  Harry  Scott,  Ar- 
thur     Ford,    Allan    Kittle. 


Sargent-Livingston. 
One  of  the  most  interesting  weddings  of  the  week 
took  place  on  Tuesday  at  Carmel  when  Miss  Laura 
Sargent  became  tne  wife  of  Mr.  Charles  Livingston. 
The  attractive  country  home  of  the  Sargents  at 
Carmel    was    the    scene    of    the    ceremony. 


Card  Basket. 

When  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  James  Parker  left  for 
their  home  at  Princetown,  Cape  Cod  Bay,  a  group 
of  friends  crossed  the  bay  to  bid  the  bridal  pair 
adieu.  Those  who  assembled  at  the  train,  blending 
their  good  wishes  with  their  regrets  at  losing  the 
loved  social  favorite,  were  Messrs.  and  Mesdames 
James  Potter  Langhorne,  Talbot  Walker.  Arthur 
Chesebrough,  Charles  Mills,  Charles  Templeton 
Crocker;  Mesdames  Richard  Hammond,  Arthur  Geiss- 
ler;  Misses  Louise  Boyd,  Mary  Ashe  Miller,  Marian 
Newhall.  Sara  Cunningham,  Mary  Cunningham, 
Margaret    Nichols. 

Mrs.  Charles  W.  Piatt  and  her  sister,  Mrs.  Shirley 
Baker,  are  occupying  their  new  home  in  Piedmont. 
Their  sister-in-law,  Miss  Lottie  Shirley-Baker  of 
Barnet  Castle,  Yorkshire,  England,  will  spend  some 
months  here  before  continuing  her  journey  to  Aus- 
tralia and  the  South  seas,  with  Miss  Burroughs,  who 
is    travelling  with   her. 

Mrs.  O.  V.  Walker  and  her  granddaughter,  Miss 
Eleanor    Tay,    and    Miss    Elizabeth   Darcy,    have    re- 


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turned  from  a  two  months'  visit  to  Honolulu.  Tho 
two  young  ladies  wore  entertained  by  members  of 
the    younger   set    during    their    stay. 

Sir.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  bring  Scott  will  be  the 
guests  of  Mrs.  Scott's  mother,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Crockett, 
at  the  Webber  Luke  Country  Club. 

Mrs  E.  D.  Ti-niiy,  who  is  being  entertained  by 
Mrs.    Wm.    'I.    Irwin,    is    very   prominent    in    Honolulu 

society. 

Miss  Marian  Zeile  has  returned  from  a  visit  to 
the  E.  W.  Hopkins'  residence  at  Menlo  Park. 

Miss  Fannie  Martin,  who  hitB  boon  at  Castle 
Oragl  with  Mrs.  L.  R,  Ellert,  has  returned.  Mrs. 
Kllert    will    remain    another   month. 

A  daughter,  who  has  been  named  Eleanor,  has 
been  burn  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Hussey  at  their 
home  in  South  Africa,  where  Mr.  Hussey  is  en- 
u';iL'i.''l  as  a  mining  engineer.  Mrs.  Uussey  was  Miss 
Emily  Pitchford,   and  prominent  iu  local   society. 

Mrs.  Robert  McMillan  has  been  the  guest  of  Mrs. 
Mrs.   Cliarlivs    Mrlntosli    Keeney  at   the    Fairmont. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  William  A.  Thunder  will  become 
residents  of  Berkeley  next  month.  Mrs.  Thunder 
is  ;i  daughter  of  Dr.  Christopher  Buckley,  the  em- 
inent  physician. 

Mrs,  <_'.  II.  Piiyson.  after  motoring  through  Lake 
county,  bus  returned  to  her  San  Mateo  residence. 
After  the  l>el  Monte  golf  tournament,  she  will 
motor     tu     Snnta     Barburn. 

Engraved  tin  plates  have  carried  the  invitation 
nf  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace  Morgan  for  tho  celebration 
nf    their    tenth    wedding    anniversary. 

Mrs,  A.  1\  Hotaling  and  Miss  Jane  Hotaling,  after 
a  year  in  Europe,  are  now  at  '  "Sleepy  Hollow,' ' 
the  Hotaling  ranch. 

Miss  Harriet  Pomeroy,  who  with  her  aunt,  Mrs. 
Hartman,  has  returned  from  Europe,  will  be  one  of 
the  debutantes  this  winter. 

Miss  Adele  Martel  is  the  guest  of  the  Misses  Anna 
and  Emma  Kenyon  at  their  summer  home  in  Son- 
oma county. 

The  Friday  Night  Dancing  Club  will  hold  its 
dances  this  year  in  the  California  Club  Hall  on 
October  18th,  November  29th,  December  27th,  Jan 
uary  3rd  and  January  24th.  The  patronesses  are 
Mesdames  Frank  Dudley  Bates,  Robert  Irving 
Bentley,  Frank  J.  Cooper,  Wendell  P.  Hammon, 
William  H.  Little,  William  Hulburt  Morrow,  Fred- 
erick   W.    Thompson    and    Allison    Howard    Turner. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  Somers  planned  a  delightful 
motor  trip  to  Fort  Bragg  this  week.  They  will 
spend  a  few  days  with  Mrs.  Somers'  sister  and  her 
husband,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otis  Russell  Johnson,  at 
their  beautiful  home.  Mrs.  Otis  Russell  Johnson 
(Marion  Marvin)  is  planning  to  visit  her  parents, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harvey  Armington  Marvin  for  a  few 
weeks. 

Miss  Sidney  Davis,  who  has  been  spending  the 
early  summer  months  at  Santa  Barbara,  will  be  the 
guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pierre  Moore  next  month  at 
their  home  at  Belvedere.  She  will  make  another 
visit  south  in  the  fall,  but  will  spend  the  winter  with 
the   Pierre   Moores   at   their   home   on   Pacific   avenue. 

Mrs.  Claremont  Livingston  Best,  who  have  been 
living  in  Washington,  D.  C,  since  their  return  from 
abroad  last  year,  will  come  to  California  for  a  few 
months  this  winter,  when  they  will  be  the  guests 
of  Mrs.  Best's  sisters,  Mrs.  Frederick  Moody  and 
Mrs.    Beverly    MacMonagle. 

Mrs.  Henry  Melvin,  who  has  been  spending  the 
summer  at  her  country  home  in  the  Santa  Cruz 
Mountains,  came  up  to  be  present  at  the  Bohemian 
Club  play  at  the  grove  on  Saturday  night.  She 
will  return    to    Santa   Cruz    for   the   remainder   of   the 


Mr.    and    Mrs.    Howard    Holmes    returned    from    a 
motor    trip    through    Lake    county.       They    are    pre- 


Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al- 
f rednm  7s  Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 


puring    to    leave    fur    Europe    in    September,    when    Mr 
and    Mrs.   Talbot    Walker   will   laki  □    of   the 

residence  on  Buchai  in  street. 

Mr.  ami  Mrs  Benjam  oss  left  f"r  their  East- 
ern home  after  an  extended  visit  tu  the  Utter'*  pur- 
ems,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  i  liapman.  They  plan  to 
arrive  tu  Boston  in  time  to  be  present  at  the  wed 
ding  "'  Nbole  i  oi  :  and  Mic  Catherine  I  lobb,  which 
will    take    place    early    in    Septeotber, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  de  Latmn  id  St,  Helena  have  joined 
M<-  Blaii  nnd  Miss  Jennie  Blair  at  Del  Monte  for 
a    month. 

Mr.  Sidney  Waterloo  Ford,  trtio  has  been  spend- 
ing several  days  at  Tahoe,  returned  to  his  home  in 
Ross  this  week.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ford  and  their  B0n8 
have  planned  i"  ci>nw  i"  S;m  Francisco  next  week, 
remaining  at  their  homo  on  Broadway  until  after 
the  wedding  of  Mr.  Bernard  Kurd  and  Miss  Marian 
Miller. 

Miss  Ethel  Beaver  and  her  aunt.  Mrs.  Kate  Bea- 
ver, are  spending  a  few  weeks  at  Lake  Tahoe.  Miss 
Kiliel  Beaver  will  return  to  her  school  in  tho  East 
when    the    fall    semester    begins. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Coryell  have  returned  to 
Menlo  from  Lake  county,  where,  with  their  two 
sons,  they  spent  a  week  motoring  to  the  various 
resorts. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace  Morgan  will  celebrate  the 
tenth  anniversary  of  then-  wedding  on  September 
3rd,  witn  a  reception  <at  their  home  on  Washington 
street. 

Mrs.  William  J.  Duttou  and  Miss  Molly  Dutton 
have  been  occupying  their  apartment  at  the  Fair- 
mont   since    their .  return   from    Europe. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  Blunding  and  Miss  Henri- 
ette  Blanding  will  stop  at  the  Fairmont  for  the 
winter.  The  debut  of  Miss  Henriette  Blanding  will 
be  made  in  October.  She  graduated  from  Vassar 
last   summer. 

Mrs.  William  H.  Matson  and  Miss  Lurline  Mat- 
son  have  been  entertained  extensively  at  Montecito 
and  Santa  Barbara.  They  return  to  town  this 
week. 

Miss  Edith  Von  Schroeder  has  returned  to  "Eagle's 
Nest"  at  San  Luis  Obispo  after  visiting  Miss  Mar- 
garet and  Miss  Evelyn  Barron  at  Mayfield. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Breuner's  little  girl,  who 
broke  her  leg,  is,  fortunately,  recovering  rapidly, 
though    still    confined    to    a    hospital. 

Mrs.  Louis  H.  Long  has  been  the  guest  of  her 
mother,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Burns,  at  the  Bellevue  Hotel. 
She  will   spend  the   winter   in    San   Francisco. 

Mrs.  John  Gill,  who  was  Miss  Sara  Drum,  spent 
several  days  in  Burlingame  as  the  guest  of  Mrs. 
William    Geer    Hitchcock. 

Captain  and  Mrs.  William  H.  McKittrick  will  be 
at    the    Fairmont    for   a    visit    in   September. 

Miss  Sophie  Baylard,  who  is  at  Santa  Barbara 
with  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Duplessis  Baylard, 
will  be  a  debutante  in  San  Francisco   this  season. 

Mrs.  Horace  Morgan  is  spending  the  month  at  the 
Vendome  at  San  Jose,  where  Mr.  Morgan  joins  them 
for    the    week-ends. 


Announcements. 

Miss  Adelaide  Deming  and  Mr.  N.  Lincoln  Greene 
of  Boston  will  be  married  early  in  September  in 
New  York.  Miss  Deming  has  been  visiting  in  San 
Franciseo  at  the  nome  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  E.  O. 
Deming,  Charlevoix  Apartments,  and  left  Wednesday 
for  the  New  York  home  of  her  sister,  Alice  Deming. 


Miss  Pearl  Wisebrough  has  chosen  September  10th 
as  the  day  when  she  will  become  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Edward  Hoag.  The  wedding  will  take  place  in 
Los  Angeles,  after  which  the  groom  will  take  his 
bride  to  Mexico,  where  they  will  make  their  home. 
Mr.  Hoag,  who  is  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Prentiss  Cobb 
Hale,    has    large   mining    interests    in    Mexico. 


The  wedding  of  Miss  Ernestine  Kraft  and  George 
Gunn  will  take  place  September  10th  at  the  home 
of  the  bride's  sister,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Birmingham,  on 
Pierce   street.      The   wedding  will   be   a    quiet   home 


affair,  at  which  Miss  Alma  Birmingham  will  be 
maid  "f  honor  and  little  Miss  Eleanor  Birmingham 
will  lie  the  8ower*girl,  A  reception  for  loo  guests 
will   follow   the  n  addin .   cei  ■  i 


Miss  Graasie  Bulkley  and  Mrs.  J.  B  Hyde-Smith 
wilt  be  married  during  October.  It  will  be  an 
elaborate  church  wedding  in  Washington,  i>.  0.,  t<> 
whiob  an  hundred  or  mure  friends  have  been  invited. 
Miss  Bulkley  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  W.  A.  Gill, 
wife  <>(  Commander  dill  nf  the  U.  S.  cruiser  Colora- 
do. Mr.  Bayard  Hyde  Smith  is  the  son  of  Mrs.  J. 
Hyde- Smith,  ami  brother  nf  Mrs.  Baldwin  Wood, 
who    »as     formerly    Miss    Gertrude    Hyde-Smith. 


The  wedding  of  Miss  Bessie  Ash  ton  and  Mr.  John 

Pig'gotl   will   take  plac i   Wednesday,   October  2nd. 

Miss     Helen    Ashton,    sister    of    tho    bride,    will    be    a 


Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  for  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend- 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Begs  to  announce  that  he  has  removed  hia  muiic 
studio  to  the  Gaffney  Building,  376  Sutter  Street, 
between  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  Street. 
Office  hours,  from  ten  to  twelve,  and  from  two  to 
four,  daily. 

Telephone  Douglas  4211. 


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the  phonetic  sounds  enabling  the  scholar  to  sing 
or  speak  in  French  with  the  purest  '  'Indre  et 
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French  repertoire  in  songs  from  Lully  to 
Debussy.  Italian  tone  placing,  Toweling  and 
syllabation.  Italian  repertoire  in  songs  from 
Carissimi  to  Puccini.      Studio  recitals. 

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beautiful  pink  wedding,  the  soft  shade  making  a 
becoming  background  for  the  beauty  of  the  bride, 
who  is  one  of  the  deany  loved  members  of  her 
social  set.  The  bridal  robe  will  be  of  white.  The 
wedding  will  take  place  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
mother,    Mrs.    George    F.    Ashton,    on    Pacific    avenue. 


The  marriage  of  Miss  Constance  McLaren  and  Mr. 
Milieu  Griffith  will  be  one  of  the  first  large  affairs 
of  the  early  winter.  It  will  take  place  in  October 
at   St.  Luke's  Church. 


Invitations  are  out  for  the  wedding  of  Miss  Isa- 
belle  Donohue  Sprague  and  William  Henry  Pool, 
on  the  19th  of  September,  at  4:30  o'clock,  at  the 
home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard 
Sprague,  at  Menlo  Park.  About  200  guests  will 
attend  the  wedding.  The  bride  will  be  attended  by 
Miss  Janet  von  Schroeder,  Miss  Edith  von  Schroe- 
der,  Miss  Ethel  Crocker,  Miss  Herrin,  Miss  Ysobel 
Chase,  Miss  Lee  Girvin,  Miss  Marjorie  Josselyn, 
and    Miss    Geraldine    Forbes. 


Engagements. 


BERRY— NICHOLS. — Miss  Loda  de  Russy  Berry 
and  Lieutenant  Harold  Nichols,  U.  S.  N.  Miss  Berry 
is  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Berry  and  a  niece  of 
Mrs.  Arthus  Murray.  She  is  kin  to  Mrs.  Lloyd 
Baldwin  and  the  Edwin  Newhalls.  The  wedding  will 
probably   take   place    this    fall. 

BURNSIDE — &HELDON. — Miss  Irene  Buruside 
and  Mr.  Edwin  R.  Sheldon.  Miss  Burnside  is  a 
member  of  the  Delta  Gamma  sorority  and  has  been 
identified  with  dramatic  and  musical  circles  of 
Stanford  University.  Mr.  Sheldon  is  an  attorney-at- 
law  in  San  Francisco.  No  date  has  been  named  for 
the   wedding. 

CAMERON — ALLEN. — Bolh  parties  are  identified 
with  college  life  at  the  University  of  California.  Mr. 
Allen  was  formerly  a  football  hero  and  captain 
of  the  Varsity  baseball.  Wedding  day  not  an- 
nounced. 

CHENEY — McCRACKEN. — Mrs.  Hope  Cheney- 
Havens,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Vance  Cheney  of  New 
York  to  G.  McCracken  of  San  Francisco.  Wedding 
date    not    announced. 

CRELLIN — EVERETT— Miss  Jane  Crellin  and 
Wallace  Everett.  Miss  Crellin  is  the  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Thomas  Crellin  of  Oakland.  Mr.  Everett  is 
the  Son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wallace  Everett  of  the 
bay  city.  Everett  is  a  member  of  the  Claremout 
Country  Club,  Bohemian  Club  and  the  Athenian 
Club. 

ROBINSON— LEITER.— Miss  Ethel  Robinson  ana 
Mr.  Charles  William  Letter.  Miss  Robinson  is  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Robinson  of 
Berkeley.  Mr.  Leiter  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Edward  T.  Leiter  of  Oakland.  The  wedding  will 
take  place  on  the  17th  of  October,  and  will  be  a 
brilliant    social    affair. 

'  YOUNG — CRAWFORD. — Miss  Helen  Young  and 
Professor  Tracy  Crawford.  Miss  Young  is  the 
daughter  of  the  Youngs  of  Los  Angeles.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  class  '14  University  of  California 
Professor  Crawford  is  a  member  of  the  faculty  of 
the  U.  of  C,  being  identified  with  the  astronomical 
department.  Wedding  will  probably  take  place 
this  fall. 


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DOMESTIC  EXPENSES  are  aot  the  only 
niics  that  have  risen  in  the  past  decade. 
Theatrical  managers  have  fell  the  effeel 
of  the  rising  costs  as  well  as  the  housekeepers. 

Ten  or  fifteen  years  ago  the  dramatic  specta- 
cle thai  rust  more  than  $25,000  to  produce  was 
a  nine  days '  wonder.  This  sum  expended 
would  insure  nine,  ten  or  more  well-painted 
scenes,  picturesque  costuming  for  a  large  cast, 
and  sumptuous  hangings  and  trappings.  But 
t he  cost  of  producing  has  kept  pace  with  the 
food  hill,  and  the  manager  who  today  would 
astonish  and  amaze  is  forced  to  pay  high  for 
the  privilege.  Half  a  dozen  productions  a 
year  lout  up  bills  that  exceed  the  high-water 
mark  of  a  decade  and  a  half  ago,  and  occasion- 
ally the  old  $25,000  (igure  is  doubled.  "The 
Garden  of  Allah."  production,  for  instance, 
is  said  to  have  cost  in  the  neighborhood  of 
$75,000.  This  mark  was  nut  destined  to  re- 
main on  top  for  any  lengthy  period,  however. 
Another  spectacular  production  is  contemplat- 
ed  which    will   cost  over  spnm.tiun. 

Such  enormous  expenses  were  unknown  to 
managers  in  former  days.  To  begin  with,  the 
dramatic  authors  and  composers  are  better 
paid   than   ever.      The   public   now   demands   a 


very  high  stai.dard  mi'  (\,.-llence.  Costuming 
costs  a  large  sum.  Music  and  the  many  re- 
hearsals necessary  to  the  success  of  a  piece 
are  \  ery  expensh  e. 

Huiing  "The  Garden  of  Allah"  rehearsals 
the  stage  hands  had  to  put  in  an  average  of 
fourteen    hours  a  day   for  ten  days  preceding 

I taction,  the  rehearsal  bill  amounting,  it  is 

said,  to  almost   $10, 

The  final  item  is  that  of  advance  advertis- 
ing, including  printing,  newspaper  advertising, 
special  locations  and  billboards. 


Orpheum  Attractions. 

THEORPHEUM  announces  for  next  week 
another  splendid  bill,  which  will  be 
headed  by  Edmond  Hayes,  a  comedian 
of  original  ideas  and  odd  methods,  who  will 
appear  in  his  latest  satire,  "The  Piano  Mov- 
ers.'' in  which  one  laugh  follows  another  in 
rapid  succession.  Hayes  is  the  originator  of 
that  well-remembered  and  most  popular  char- 
acter, "The  Wise  Guy,"  and  when  not  appear- 
ing as  a  vaudeville  headliner  stars  at  the  head 
of  his  own  company.  Quite  a  period  has 
elapsed  since  he  was  last  seen  here,  but  he  is 
one   of   our  playgoers'   pleasant  est    memories. 


Grace  Cameron,  the  dainty  singer  of  rollick 
ing  songs,  who  since  her  last  appearance  here 
has  taken  New  York  and  Londou  by  storm, 
will  be  a  feature  of  the  new  program.  The 
London  Daily  Telegrapn,  a  newspaper  of  the 
highest  rank,  said  of  her:  "Miss  Cameron  is 
a  combination  of  Yvette  Guilbert,  a  female 
Harry  Lauder,  a  Cecelia  Loftus,  a  Louis  Prear 
and  a  typical  French  soubrette.  The  descrip- 
tion recalls  Goldsmith's  lines,  "And  still  the 
wonder  grew,  how  one  small  head  could  carry 
all  he  knew,"  although  in  Miss  Cameron's 
case  it  is  rather  an  instance  of  half  a  dozen 
personalities  packed  into  one  small  body." 

Harrison.  Armstrong  who  has  given  vaude- 
ville a  number  of  big  features  in  the  shape  of 
such  plays  as  "The  Police  Inspector"  and 
"Circumstantial  Evidence,"  will  introduce  an- 
other clever  effort  called  "Squaring  Ac- 
counts." There  are  but  two  characters  in  it — 
a -gruff,  grouchy  old  landlord,  impersonated  by 
Richard  Nesmith,  and  a  rough,  lively  young 
newsboy,  played  by  Verne  Sheridan.  The 
story  is  brisk,  animated,  humorous  and  inter- 
esting. The  Kemps,  Bob  and  May,  will  fur- 
nish a  merry  skit  called  "Matrimonial  Bliss," 
which    is   a   mixture   of   singing,   dancing   and 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  August  31,  1912. 


CHARLES  RICHMAN 

The  distinguished  actor,  who  will  he  seen  at  the  head    oi    c*.e    original   cast   of 
For,"    at    the    Cort,    beginning    Monday    matinee. 


'Bought    and    Paid 


spontaneous  comedy.  Aside  from  Bert  Wil- 
liams, there  is  probably  no  funnier  man  of  bis 
race  on  the  stage. 

Next  week  concludes  the  engagements  of 
Cesare  JSesi  and  De  Witt,  Burns  and  Torrence. 
It  will  also  be  the  final  one  of  Elsa  Euegger, 
the  world's  greatest  woman  cellist,  who  is 
creating  a  perfect  furore.  Madame  Euegger 
will  present  a  new  program  which  will  include 
"Andacht"  (Devotion)  and  "The  Spinning 
Song,'-    both    of  which    are   by  Popper. 

A  TRANSCONTINENTAL  JUMP. 
One  of  the  Most  Remarkable   Theatrical 
Movements  of  Recent  Years. 
RAVELING  direct  from  New  York  City 
to   San    Francisco,   the    original    Broad- 
way cast  in  George  Broadhurst  's  play. 
Bought  and  Paid  For, "  will  be  presented  by 


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William  A.  Brady  at  the  Cort  Theater,  San 
Francisco,  for  a  three-weeks'  engagement,  be- 
ginning Monday  (Labor  Day)  matinee,  Sept. 
2nd.  This  is  probably  the  first  time  in  the- 
atrical history  that  any  manager  has  broken 
a  successful  New  York  run  in  order  to  present 
his  company  on  the  Pacific  coast,  return  them 
almost  immediately  to  New  York  and  agaiu 
take  up  their  metropolitan  engagement  just 
where  they  left  off..  In  the  parlance  of  th** 
stage,  it  is  "some  jump"  from  New  York  to 
San  Francisco  and  return,  and  playgoers  here, 
who  have  heard  a  great  deal  about  "Bough1: 
and  Paid  For,"  are  to  be  congratulated  in 
securing  the  original  Broadway  cast,  headed 
by  Charles  Richman  and  Julia  Dean,  the  lattei 
a  daughter  of  the  Golden  West. 

But    as   to    the   play   itself.      "Bought   and 
Paid  For"  is_in  three  acts,  all  the  scenes  of 


which  are  laid  in  New  York  at  the  present 
time.  The  story,  briefly,  concerns  the  mar- 
riage of  Virginia  Blaine,  a  ten-dollar-a-week 
telephone  operator,  to  Robert  Stafford,  mil- 
lionaire and  man-about-town,  their  subsequent 
separation  as  a  result  of  the  husband's  over- 
indulgence in  drink,  and  their  final  reunion 
through  the  power  of  love  and  a  little  side 
aid  from  a  scheming  brother-in-law.  The 
story  is  not  new,  but  as  told  by  George  Broad- 
hurst, author  of  "The  Man  of  the  Hour"  and 
other  noted  plays,  it  teems  with  interest 
through  four  acts,  with  an  equal  sprinkling 
of  laughter  and  wet  handkerchiefs.    "Bought 


CQB£ 


LEADING  THEATER 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter    2460. 


Saturday  Night,  Last  Time  of 
"BABY  MINE" 


Com.    MONDAY    (LABOR    DAY)    MATINEE 

Limited   Engagement — Mats.  Wed.   and  Sat. 

William  A.  Brady  Ltd.  Presents: 

The    Biggest   Play   of   Our   Time. 

BOUGHT  AND  PAID  FOR 

By  GEORGE  BROADHURST 
With    the    Original    Cast    Direct    from    Brady's    Play- 
house,   New    York,    Including 
Charles  Richman,  Julia  Dean,  Frank  Craven 
Agnes   de   Lane,   Allen  At  well, 
Mari  Hardi. 
Prices — 50c.    to    $2.00. 


CTMRTCU.  mxSTOCWON  fc-?OVJt\A. 

Safest   and   Most   Magnificent   Theater   in   America! 

WEEK  BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 
Matinee  Every  Day 
THE   HIGHEST   STANDARD    OF   VAUDEVILLE! 
EDMOND    HAYES    &    COMPANY,    in    His    Latest 
Satire,    "The   Piano   Movers";    GRACE    CAMERON, 
the  Dainty  Singer  of  Rollicking  Songs;   HARRISON 
ARMSTRONG'S   PLAYERS,    in   His   Latest   Offering 
"Squaring  Accounts";   BOUNDING  PATTERSONS 
THE     KEMPS,     Presenting     "Matrimonial     Bliss" 
CESARE  NESI;  DE  WITT,  BURNS  &  TORRENCE 
NEW      DAYLIGHT      MOTION      PICTURES.      Last 
Week  Artistic  Triumph,  ELSA  RUEGGER'S  World's 
Greatest  Woman   Cellist,   Assisted  by   Edmund  Lich- 
enstein.      New    Selections. 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c.  Box  Seats,  $1. 
Matinee    Prices    (Except    Sundays   and   Holidays), 
10c,   25c.   50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  0  1570. 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week  of  September  1st: 
ANOTHER  BIG  SHOW! 
THE      FOUR     CASTERS,      Sensational      Aerialists; 
"SEVEN   MERRY  YOUNGSTERS,"    in    "Fun   on   a 
School    Ground";     MLLE.    NADJE,     "The    Perfect 
Woman' '  ;     MATTHEWS    and    DUFFY,     Presenting 
"The   Rangers";    ZENITA.   the      Cyclone   Violinist; 
LEON    MORRIS'    WRESTLING    PONIES;     GYPSY 
WILSON,     Singing     Comedienne,     and     SUNLIGHT 
PICTURES. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:30  and  8:80.  Nights, 
Continuous  from  6:30. 


Prices— 10c,    20c    and    80c 


Saturday,  August  31,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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and  Paid  Fur''  is  saiii  In  Uv  ;i  [day  "fur  tliost- 
wlio  are  married  or  expect  to  I"-,"  in  which 
case  its  appeal  is  quite  universal,  especially 
in  California,  where  old  maid-,  are  a  luxury. 

But  "Bought  and  Paid  For"  does  come 
to  Sau  Francisco  witfi  a  great  recommendation 
and  just  prior  to  their  departure  from  N<\\ 
Yuri;,  the  casl  to  be  seen  a1  the  Corl  Theater 
entered  upon  their  Beoond  year  al  the  Play 
house,  on  Weal  Forty- eighth  street.  A  play 
thai  can  run  through  an  entire  season  and 
brave  the  heat  of  Broadway  must  have  sonSe* 

thing  to  guarantee  its  entertaining  qualities. 
It     is    said    that     there    are    to    be    six    se|.aralr 

Companies  playing  it   the  presenl  Beason. 

Of  the  principal  players  to  be  Been  here  are 
.Julia  Dean,  in  her  original  role  of  Virginia 
Blaine,  the  young  wife;  Charlea  EMchmanj  i- 
the  millionaire  husbandj  Agnes  De  Lane,  seeu 
here  last  year  in  "Baby    Mine,'*  as   Virginia  V 

iter;  Frank  Craven,  as  the  scheming  brother- 
in-law;  Allen  At  well,  as  a  Japanese  servant; 
and  i  Miers. 


At  Pantages. 

THERE  is  excellent  entertainment  at  the 
Pantages  Theater  this  week,  the  bill  in- 
eluding  the  Morati  Opera  Company  in 
their  "Mardi  Gras  in  Paris";  the  four  Bard 
brothers,  extraordinary  gymnasts;  Hermann 
Eldon  and  his  company  is  an  unique  and  mys- 
tifying magical  act;  the  "Seven  Texts  Tu- 
lips," dusky  entertainers;  the  Imperial  Danc- 
ing Four;  Billy  Broad,  the  amusing  black-face 
artist;  Clifton  R.  Wooldridge,  the  eminent 
detective,  and  a  series  of  wonderful  Hawaii- 
an   motion    pictures. 

On  Sunday  there  comes  another  big  bill  in 
which  the  "Four  Casters,"  sensational  aerial- 
ists,  will  play  an  important  part.  These  men 
are  said  to  be  wonders  in  their  way.  Lew 
Cantor  will  offer  his  "Merry  Kids"  in  "Pun 
on  a  School  Ground,"  an  act  full  of  fun  and 
dancing,  and  Zenita,  a  young  woman  who 
plays  the  violin  in  an  unusual  and  eccentric 
way,  will  dance  as  she  plays.  Zenita  has 
never  appeared  before  in  San  Francisco,  and 
she  has  created  a  big  sensation  all  along  the 
circuit.  Matthews  and  Duffy,  than  whom 
there  but  few  better  fun-makers  before  the 
public,  will  offer  their  comedy  military  novel- 
ty, "The  Rangers,"  in  which  Matthews  ap- 
pears as  the  General,  and  Duffy  as  the  eccen- 
tric Irish  Captain.  Mile.  Nadje,  renowned 
as  "the  perfect  woman,"  will  give  an  extra- 
ordinary exhibition  of  physical  culture.  She 
has  been  seen  here  before  and  created  a  mark- 
ed impression.  The  wrestling  ponies  of  Leon 
Morris,  accompanied  by  their  colored  oppo- 
nent, John  Hedge,  will  be  strongly  in  evi- 
dence. Gypsy  Wilson,  a  pretty  and  clever 
singing  comedienne,  will  change  her  costumes 
and  songs  several  times,  and  the  Sunlight 
Pictures,  with  many  surprises,  will  complete 
the  program. 

^ 

A  young  wife  was  in  tears  a  few  mornings 
ago,  when  her  mother  called.  When  asked 
what  was  the  matter  she  replied  that  her 
husband  was  out  late  the  night  before  and  had 
been  to  a  drinking  party. 

"What  makes  you  think  he  had  been  to  a 
drinking  party?"   asked  the  mother. 

"He  came  home,"  sobbed  the  young  wife, 
"wearing  a  phonograph  horn  for  a  hat." 


Eames    Tricycle   Co. 

Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
ROLLING  CHAIRS  for  all 
purposes.  Self  -  Propelling 
Tricycle  Chairs  for  the  dis- 
abled. INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  Francisco.  Phone  ParJr 
3040.  1200  S.  Main  Street, 
Lot  Anfelei. 


OLD  NAID'5 
DIARY  • 


EAR  ME!  My  bones  ache  so!  Those 
women  that  want  to  shine  On  1  ho 
stage  will  be  tin*  death  of  me.  Reg- 
inald Travers  has  been  coaching  us 
all  for  a  historic  [day  with  a  dance 
of  :ill  cations.  And  they  would  insist  on  my 
doing  I  In'  Highland  Ming.  Goodness  gracious! 
What    next,    I    wonder.' 

Mrs.  Trotter  and  Ethyl  Gayleigh  came  in 
this  afternoon  and  rubbed  my  aching  limbs 
with  witch  hazel.  It  was  so  kind  of  them. 
Mrs.  Trotter  told  us  so  many  things  about 
High  Society. 

Land's  sake!  There's  nothing  Mrs.  Trotter 
doesn't  know.  She  told  us  why  Mrs.  Dental 
and  Mrs.  Judge,  that  used  to  be  Such  Friends, 
don 't  look  at  one  another  any  more.  They 
were  all  at  a  bridge  party  and  Mrs.  Trotter 
at  the  table  with  them,  and  Mrs.  Dental  and 
Mrs.  Judge  were  partners.  Such  lovely  prizes 
there  were,  and  everybody  playing  for  dear 
life.  My!  It  was  exciting!  Just  at  the 
critical  point,  Mis.  Dental  made  a  frightful 
play  that  lost  the  game.  It  stunned  every- 
body. 

"Don't  you  know  how  to  play  cards'?  "said 
Mrs.  Judge,  and  her  voice  just  fairly  hissed. 
So    Mrs.  Trotter  says. 

Mrs.  Dental  raised  her  lorgnette  and  gave 
Mrs.  Judge  Oh,  Such  a  Look. 

•"Doesn't  my  playing  suit  you,  madam?" 
she  said. 

'"Not  a  little  bit.  What  do  you  come  to 
card  parties  tor,  anyhow1?"  answered  Mrs. 
Judge. 

' '  Swine ! ' '  said  Mrs.  Dental  through  her 
clenched  teeth,  as  soon  as  Mrs.  Judge's  back 
was  turned,  and  of  course  all  the  women  told 
Mrs.  Judge  just  as  quick  as  they  could  get 
her  in  a  corner. 

My!  Would  you  think  there  would  be  such 
carryings  on  in  High  Society? 

Land's  sake,  it's  hard  to  draw  the  line  be- 
tween the  High  and  the  Low,  for  Mrs.  Trotter 
told  us  everybody  in  Society  is  talking  about 
how  Mrs.  Rock,  that  weighs  350  pounds  if 
she  weighs  an  ounce,  got  out  on  the  floor  at 
Greaser's  and  danced  the  Rag  till  everybody 
thought  the  floor  would  collapse.  Mercy  me! 
What  is  Society  coming  to? 


POWER  OF  MONEY 

Cannot  be  overestimated.  Money  and  the 
lack  of  it  divides  the  world  into  two  classes. 
To  which  class  do  you  belong?  Every  mem- 
ber of  the  Continental  Building  &  Loan  Asso- 
ciation belongs  to  the  Money  Class. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

EDWARD    SWEENEY,    President. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


Mrs.   Manly,  our  Club   President]  called  to 
see  me  while  Mi-.  Trotter  and  Ethyl  Gayh 
were    musing    me.      Mrs.    Manly   said    'twas 
awful,  the  lack  of  interest  women  are  showing 
in    1  lu'ir   civic    dul  168. 

Something  must  be  done  to  interesl  the  young 
girls  in  our  meetings,  Mrs.  Manly  declared. 
What  should  it  i">.'  "A  dance  with  a  tin-'  sup* 
per  and  h.is  of  men,"  said  Ethyl.  My!  that 
girl   is  incorrigible. 

TAB1THA    TWIGGS. 


A  DAINTY  TOILET  ARTICLE. 

Kvery  lady  who  desires  to  keep  up  her  at- 
tractive appearance,  while  at  the  theater,  at- 
tending receptions,  when  shopping,  while  trav- 
elling and  on  all  occasions,  should  carry  in 
her  purse  a  booklet  of  Gouraud 's  Oriental 
Beauty  Leaves.  This  is  a  dainty  little  booklet  of 
exquisitely  perfumed  powdered  leaves,  which 
are  easily  removed  and  applied  to  the  skin. 
It  is  invaluable  when  the  face  becomes  moist 
and  flushed,  and  is  far  superior  to  a  powder 
puff,  as  it  does  not  spill  and  soil  the  clothes. 
It  removes  dirt,  soot  and  grease  from  the 
face,  imparting  a  cool,  delicate  bloom  to  the 
complexion.  Put  up  in  white  and  pink,  and 
sent  anvwhere  on  receipt  of  ten  cents  in 
stamps  or  coin.  F.  T.  HOPKINS,  37  Great 
Jones  St.,  New  York. 


Citizen'*   Alliance  of  San   Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

'"Hie  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambitloD 
for  excellence," — Prof.  Eliot 
Harvard   University. 


7 


Equal  opportunity  for  nil 
and  the  Open  Shop.  Monopoly 
of  jobs  for  the  Branded  and 
(  losed  Shop.  Unionism  means 
industrial    decay. 


Citizens'  Alliance  Office 
Booms,  Nos.  363-364-365 
Russ  Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 


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LAUNDRY  CO. 

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26 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  August  31,  1912. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.   4. 

HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    32,630. 

'The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and   particularly    described   as    follows. 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  six 
(106)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  westerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Webster 
Street,  and  running  thence  westerly  along  said  line 
of  Green  Street  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty-one  (41)  feet,  three  (3)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  Vallejo  Street;  thence  easterly  along 
said  line  of  Vallejo  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eighteen  (18)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
southerly  line  of  Green  Street  and  the  point  of  be- 
ginning;' being  part  of  "WESTERN  ADDITION  Num- 
ber   321. 

Tou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

"Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
19th  day    of  August,    A.   D.    1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULCREVT,   Clerk. 

By  S.  I.   HUGHES,    Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
''The  Wasp''  newspaper  on  the  31st  day  of  August, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


Market  Street  Stables 


New  Class  A  concrete  building,  recreation 
yard,  pure  air  and  sunshine.  Horses 
boarded  $25  per  month,  box  stalls  $30 
per  month.  LIVERY.  Business  and 
park  rigs  and  saddle  horses. 


C.  B.  DREW,  Prop. 

1840  Market  Street.       San  Francisco 

PHONE    PARK   263. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

GIOVANNI  DANERI,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.    32,600. 

Ihe  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIOVANNI  DANERI,  plaintiff,  filea 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica 
tion  of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and  particularly  described  as   follows    : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Gari- 
baldi (formerly  Vincent)  Street,  distant  thereon 
ninety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line  of  Garibaldi  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Garibaldi  Street  twenty  (20)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty-eight  (58)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20»  feet;  and—thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly fifty-eight  (58)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT 
Number  379. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther   relief    as    may    be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness  rrfy  hand  and  the  seal   of  said   Court  this 
13th  day  of  August,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I.    PORTER,   Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp''  newspaper  on  the  24th  dav  of  August, 
A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.    3. 

MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erly herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.    32,539. 

Ihe  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De-. 
fendauts,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  plaintiff, 
tiled,  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  ihe  nrst  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in 
terest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and   particularly   described   as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  one  hundred  ( 100 )  feet 
southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  street 
and  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of 
Seventeenth  avenue,  measured  respectively  along 
lines  drawn  at  right  angles  to  said  lines  of 
said  streets,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Clement  street  eight  (8  i 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Seventeenth  avenue  three 
hundred    and    fifty     (350)     feet;     thence    at    a    right 


angle  easterly  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  three  hundred  and  fifty  (350) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ;  being-  part  of  Out- 
side Land  Block  Number  198. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
Tor  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title  to 
»ald  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
>r  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  ot  contingent, 
ind  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
nerein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may   be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and    the   seal  of  said   Court  this 
31st  day  of  July,   A.  D,   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   J.    F.    DUNWORTH,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse 
to    plaintiff: 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society,  ( a  cor- 
poration)   San  Francisco,    California. 

Fernando  Nelson,  toan  Francisco,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  street,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 


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tors of  Ukiah,  Mendocino  county,  and  three 
prominent  physicians  of  San  Francisco.  They  all 
told  me  that  the  only  chance  to  prolong  my  life 
was  an  operation,  and  that  I  could  not  live  long 
under  any  circumstances.  When  I  began  to  take 
your  treatment  I  weighed  about  75  pounds.  I 
am  now  entirely  recovered  and  weigh  147  pounds, 
more    than    I    ever  weighed    in  my   life. 

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-THE  WASP 


27 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,    in   and   fur   the   City   and   County   of   San 
■■  ■ 

EDWARD    W.    S1EU1  RJED    ar.d    HI 
FK1EI>,   Plaintiffs,  timing  any  In- 

terest in  or  lien   up  properly  tteretn  dp 

scribed  or  any  part  thereof)  UciVndams. — Ac. 

The  Peoule  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  hen  upou,  the  real 
property  herein  described  ur  any  part  thereof.  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  uppear  and  answer  the 
compiaiui  ol   fcJDtt  ARD  Vi 

led    With    the    Clerk    ui     the 
above  ■  '   I   "Liutv,   within   three  months 

after    Ihi  all    summons,    and    to 

aet  forth  what  interest  ur  lien,  if  any,  you  have  iu  or 

upon  thut  certain  real  property,  or  any  pun  thereof, 
situated   in    the   City    and   County   of   San   Franc! soo, 

dime  ilariv     described    as 

follows; 

Beginning  at  a  point   on  the  southwesterly  line  of 
i.     two    hundred    and 
twenty-live    (225)    feel    ^southeasterly   from   the  corner 
formed   by    th(  ol    lh(    HOUthweai  crly   line 

h easterly  line  i 
(formerly  -,J"  Street  South),  and  run- 
ning   thence    southeasterly    along    said    hue    ol    I 
Avenui  v     at     a    right    angle 

southwesterly    one    hundred    (10UJ    feet;    thence    at    a 

right  angle  northwesterly  fifty  iju)  feet;  uud  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northeasterly  one  hundred  (100 
feet  to  the  point  ol  beginning;  being  lots  1-1  and  IS, 
in  block  551,  BAH  PARK  HOMESTEAD,  as  per 
hereof  Bled  in  the  office  of  the  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  Gout  I  rancisco,  March  2,  187*J. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  nppear 
and  answer.  Lbs  plaiutiffe.  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  iu  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  odjudgt'd  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  i 
property  id  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
>  be  established  and  Quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
26th  duy  of  Juno,  A.  D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   S.  I.  HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  18th  day  of 
Julv,    A,    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &    DAILEY,    Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,    105 
tgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,   California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco, — Dept.    No.    7. 

MICHAEL  .MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET  MAGUIRE, 
Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in 
or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or 
any  part  thereof,   Defendants. — Action    No.   32,477. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET 
MAGUIRE,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
above-entitled  Court  and  county,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  whnt  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  iu  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows: 

First:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Union  street,  distant  thereon  sixty- two  (62) 
feet,  six  (6>  inches  easterly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Union 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Steiner  street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Union 
street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  ( 87 )  feet,  six  ( 6 )  inches ; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25) 
feet  ;and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Western  Addition,  Block  Number  344. 

Second:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Twenty-second  avenue,  distant  thereon  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  southerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  west- 
erly line  of  Twenty-second  avenue  with  the  southerly 
line  of  Point  Lobos  avenue,  and  running  thence 
southerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue 
seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
and  tnence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Outside  Land  Block  Number  262. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complnint,  to-wit,  that  h 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted ;  that  the  Court 


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ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles,  in- 
terests and  claims  in  ami  to  said  property,  and  every 
part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or  equitable, 
present  or  future,  vested  ur  contingent,  and  whether 
the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  de 
;tha(  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
iich  other  and  further  relief  aa  may  be  meet 
iu  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
18th   day  of  July,   A.  D.    1912, 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Olerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  '1'he  Wasp  newspaper  ou  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1012. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Oat. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco — Dept.  No.  4. 

GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  personB 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.   32,371. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lieu  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summonB,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  ban  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-one  (31)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lombard  Street,  and  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Octavia 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK  Number  170. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
20th  day  of  June,  A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By   S.  I.   HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  6th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,   San   Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.  7. 

JOSEPH  G.  McVERRY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty  herein   described   or  any   part   thereof,   Defend- 


ants.— Action    No.    32,432. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon, 
the  real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of   Defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  mo  I  aiutiff,  . 

i-t    and 
within    three    months    after    the    tfrat   publi 
cation    of    this    summons,    a:. J    to    let    forth    what    iu 
terest    or    lien,    if    any,    you    hav  iu    that 

certain    real    property,    or   any    par)    inert    .',    'Miuaiqd 
in    the    City   and    County    of    Sun  taie   of 

rnia,   and  particularly  described  as  follows; 
■ 
the  northerly  line  of  Lai 

■  i    Eleventh 
and  running  tl  rly  and  along 

i     two    hundred    and    forty     i  240)     foot 

j  seven 
i87)    fuet,  si  ice   at  a  right 

easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120t  feet;  thence 
at    a    right   angl  112)    fet't,   six    (6) 

S€    at    B    right   angle   easterly   one   hundred 
Bt    to   the  westerly  line  of  Elev- 
outb   Avenue;    and    thence  southerly  and  along  said 

iih    Avenue   one    hundred    (100)    feet   to 
the    point    of    beginning;     being    part    of    OU  I     1DH 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
ur  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
mid  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interest  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  hens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover 
his  costs  heroin  and  have  such  other  and  further 
relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  9th  day  of  July,  A.  D.   1912 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Olerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wtsp"  newspaper  on  the  20th  day  of  July, 
A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,   San   Francisco,   California. 

NOTICE       TO    CREDITORS. 

No.    13,815.      Dept.    10. 


ESTATE    OF    MARGARET    COLLINS,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  MARGARET 
COLLINS,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  per- 
sons having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four 
(4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice 
to  the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858 
Phelan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of 
business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
Of    MARGARET    COLLINS,   deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator     of     the     estate     of     MARGARET 
COLLINS,   deceased. 

Dated,    San   Francisco,   August  6,   1912. 

OULLINAN  &  HIOKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
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BY  AMERICUS 


MAYOB  Rill. I'll  has  made  a  wise  selection  of  a  successor  to 
Marsden  Hanson  as  chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Engineering. 
M.  M.  0  'Shaughnessy,  who  has  been  appointed  by  our 
energetic  Mayor,  is  a  Californian  by  choice.     He  has  lived  here 
and  reared  a  family,  and  made  his  reputation  as  a  civil  engineer, 
and  a  most  enviable  reputation  it  is. 

He  is  recognized  as  a  thoroughly  competent  man,  perfectly 
reliable,  and  uncompromising 
in  his  conscientious  determina- 
tion to  do  his  full  duty.  These 
traits  have  caused  Mr. 
O  'Shaughnessy 's  services  to 
become  in  demand  by  capital- 
ists engaged  in  large  enter- 
prises, and  for  years  he  has 
been  in  receipt  of  a  much  larg- 
er income  than  the  city  of  San 
Francisco  will  pay  him. 

The  city  is  to  give  Mr. 
0 'Shaughnessy  $15,000  a  year, 
but  as  he  has  been  receiving 
lately  as  much  as  $3,000  a 
month,  he  will  not  be  a  great 
gainer  in  a  financial  way  by 
his  new  position,  which,  1 
learn  on  good  authority,  he  did 
not  seek,  ana  in  fact  was  with 
difficulty  induced  to  accept. 

This  able  and  successful  en- 
gineer has  had  an  immense 
amount  of  experience  in  work 
of  the  character  which  San 
Francisco  finds  so  essential  at 
present,  When  the  municipal 
water  problem  is  our  greatest 
source  of  worry.  He  has  been 
for  years  constructing  great 
irrigation  systems  in  the  Ha- 
waiian Islands  and  other 
places.  His  employers  have 
been  men  of  affairs  who  sought 
the  best  talent  procurable,  and 
had  no  use  for  mediocrity. 

Amongst  the  many  proofs  of 
Mr.  O  'Shaughnessy 's  ability- 


Mayor  Rolph's  admirable   selection  for  the  highly  important 
position  of  City  Engineer. 


and  I  think  by  far  the  most  convincing  proof  —  that  Mayor 
Kolph  has  selected  the  right  man  for  the  place,  was  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Sail  Diego  water  works.  Many  attempts  had  been 
made  to  give  San  Diego  a  satisfactory  water  supply,  but  the 
rainfall  in  the  region  is  light  and  the  difficulties  of  constructing 
adequate  storage  reservoirs  were  many  and  discouraging.  Nev- 
er! heless  Mr.  O 'Shaughnessy,  in  a  remarkably  short  time,  and 
fur  a  sum  which  seems  ridiculously  small,  planned  and  completed 
a  water  system  for  San  Diego  which  has  been  commended  by  all 
experts  who  have  seen  it. 

The  owner  of  this  San  Diego  water  system  was  John  D. 
Spreckels,  for  whom  Mr.  O  'Shaughnessy  lias  been  a  consulting 
engineer  for  many  years.     Mr.  Spreckels,  after  some  experience 

as  the  owner  of  the  San  Diego 
water  works,  concluded  that  he 
could  invest  his  money  in  some 
more  desirable  property.  He 
offered  to  sell  the  water  works 
to  the  city  for  $4,000,000,  and 
at  the  election  in  San  Diego, 
the  other  day,  the  people  voted 
by  25  to  1  to  accept  Mr. 
Spreckels'  offer.  The  voters 
were  wise  in  their  generation. 
Mr.  Spreckels  offered  them  a 
bargain,  for  the  water  works 
had  been  built  to  last,  and  the 
storage  capacity  of  the  fine 
and  substantially  constructed 
reservoirs  was  three  times 
greater  than  the  storage  capac- 
ity of  the  Spring  Valley  Com- 
pany, for  which  over  $40,000,- 
000  has  been  demanded. 

It  is  known  that  Mr.  Spreck- 
els has  lost  no  money  by  sell- 
ing out  to  the  city  of  San 
Diego  for  $4,000,000.  The 
water  works,  therefore,  must 
have  been  erected  in  an  aston- 
ishingly economical  manner, 
their  capacity  being  three 
times  that  of  the  Spring  Val- 
ley   Company 's    supply. 

A  salary  of  $15,000  a  year 
for  an  engineer  capable  of 
such  work  as  Mr.  O 'Shaugh- 
nessy has  done  at  San  Diego  is 
exceedingly  moderate.  An  in- 
competent engineer  could  lose 
millions  for  San  Francisco   in 


O' SHAUGHNESSY 


THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  September  7,  1912. 


the  next  lew  years.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  a 
couple  of  million  dollars  of  Hetch  Heteliy 
money  have  already  been  spent,  and  nothing 
of  any  practical  value  done  to  solve  the  mu- 
nicipal water  problem. 

Mayor  Eolph  has  acted  wisely  and  well  iu 
picking  out  an  engineer  who  stands  at  the 
head  of  his  profession  and  who,  besides  that, 
is  thoroughly  acquainted  with  water  condi- 
tions in  California  and  engineering  problems 
of  all  kinds  on  this  coast.  There  should  be 
no  more  childish  handling  of  the  greatest 
problem  before  our  people — that  of  supplying 
enough  water  for  daily  use  and  for  protection 
against  fire. 

Our  business  men  and  property-owneTS  are 
oppressed  by  fire  insurance  rates.  These  must 
be  reduced.  Some  outlying  districts  suffer 
for  water,  and  such  a  condition  is  calculated 
to  drive  home-seekers  to  other  counties. 

Considered  from  all  points,  the  water  prob- 
lem is  far  the  most  important  of  all  in  San 
Francisco,  and  in  selecting,  without  any  con- 
sideration of  narrow  politics,  a  noted  engi- 
neer, fully  capable  of  handling  the  situation, 
Mayor  Eolph  deserves  the  highest  commenda- 
tion. 

It  may  seem  to  many  people  a  very  easy 
thing  for  our  worthy  Mayor  to  pick  out  a 
thoroughly  responsible  and  capable  engineer. 
In  reality  the  task  has  been  one  of  great  dif- 
ficulty. If  an  easy  one,  why  has  the  city 
been  so  lamentably  deficient  in  engineering 
talent  for  a  dozen  years,  while  the  sums  spent 
on  engineering  work  have  been  prodigious? 

With  a  really  competent  and  trustworthy 
engineer,  working  in  harmony  with  our  ener- 
getic Mayor,  the  wateT  question  will  be  no 
longer  a  discouraging  problem,  but  a  simple 
matter,  to  be  disposed  of  quickly  and  at  the 
lowest  possible  cost. 

Other  great  public  improvements  contem- 
plated by  our  enthusiastic  Mayor  will  also 
be  hurried  along,  and  our  citizens,  who  have 
performed  a  miracle  in  rebuilding  their  town, 
will  have  reason  to  be  proud  of  the  pro- 
gressiveness    of   their   municipality. 

It  is  well  to  consider  what  has  Ween  done 
in  the  first  eight  months  of  Mayor  Rolph's 
official  term. 

The  Geary  Street  Municipal  Eailroad,  which 
before  made  no  progress,  has  been  almost  fin- 
ished. 

The  Civic  Center  and  the  construction  of 
a  new  City  Hall,  which  for  years  were  only 
talk,  have  become  facts. 

The  Twin  Peaks  tunnel  has  been  hurried 
over   the    preliminary   stages. 

An  offer  has  been  made  to  the  Spring  Val- 
ley "Water  Company,  and  the  next  stages  of 


the  negotiations  can  be  entered  on  speedily. 
If  the  Spring  Valley  Company  should  reject 
all  reasonable  propositions,  the  Mayor  will 
have  valuable  aid  from  the  reorganized  De- 
partment of  Engineering  in  settling  the  water 
problem. 

If  Mayor  Eolph  keeps  up  this  pace  he  will 
have  a  record  to  be  proud  of  at  the  end  of 
his  four  years,  and  the  city  will  have  reason 
to  congratulate  itself  on  its  improved  condi- 
tion. 

P   ♦ i 

THE  CORRECT  FIGURES. 

AS  USUAL,  certain  daily  newspapers  of 
San  Franeisco  that  deliberately  play 
into  the  hands  of  agitators  represented 
that  the  procession  on  Labor  Day  was  three 
times  its  actual  size.  The  smallest  estimate 
of  the  l<  marching  hosts'''  credited  them  with 
35,000  men.  Hearst's  paper  would  probably 
have  given  them  60,000  only  the  "marching 
hosts"  sported  a  number  of  banners  advising 
unionists  to  boycott  the  Examiner. 

The  actual  count  w^s  less  than  12,000.  Sev- 
eral reporters  counted  the  procession.  One 
.experienced  man  made  it  11,800.  Another 
man  made  it  65  less. 

The  count  of  11,800  includes  the  24  bands, 
8  drum  corps,  24  automobiles,  and  39  hacks. 

The  various  unions  were  counted  in  the  fol- 
lowing  order: — 

Firemen,  40;  hod  carriers,  292;  carpenters,  436; 
teamsters,  428;  typesetters,  53;  marble  cutters,  115; 
plasterers,  243;  lathers,  26;  stevedores,  288;  line- 
men, 328;  carpenters  and  joiners,  1117;  millmen, 
325;  musicians,  80;  stationary  firemen,  168;  ma- 
chinists, 338;-,  iron  ship  builders,  72;  iron,  steel  and 
tin  workers,  36 ;  moulders,  152 ;  blacksmiths  (8 
boys),  56;  iron  workers,  404;  roofers,  88;  gas  and 
steam  fitters,  298;  woodworkers,  100;  sheet  metal 
workers,  429;  elevator  construction,  96;  insulator 
and  asbestos  workers,  240;  united  laborers,  312; 
elevator  conductors  and  starters,  64;  electrical 
workers,  520;  painters,  400;  varnishers,  120;  pic- 
torial painters,  60;  glass  workers,  160;  masons,  88; 
upholsterers,  164;  furniture  fumers,  36;  ice-wagon 
drivers,  88 ;  waitresses,  waiters  and  bakers,  251 ; 
milk-wagon  drivers,  140;  bootblacks,  80;  sugar 
workers,  120 ;  shoe  clerks,  112 ;  beer-bottlers,  152 ; 
brewery  workers,  248;  pavers  and  concrete  workers, 
200;  sailors,  60;  grocery  clerks,  96;  coopers,  162; 
horseshoers,  90;  butchers,  80;  butcher  clerks,  208; 
garment  workers,  36;  gas  and  water  workers,  414; 
retail  grocery  drivers,  128;  sailors  and  soldiers  Y. 
M.   C.  A.,    16;    Seamen's   Aid,    42;    riggers,    24. 

In  1910  the  Labor  Day  procession  contained 
14,086  men.  In  1911  there  were  only  10,5S0. 
This  year  there  was  the  additional  attraction 
of  Clarence  Darrow  riding  in  the  parade,  and 
yet  the  procession  contained  less  than  12,000. 

The  Labor  Day  parade  in  San  Francisco  is 
a  sure  indication  of  the  voting  strength  of  or- 
ganized labor.  The  Wasp  has  asserted  repeat- 
edly that  the  voting  strength  of  the  unions  in 


this    city   has   never    exceeded   14,000.     It   is 
lower  than   that   now. 

A  great  Labor  Day  parade  of  honest  work- 
ingmen  marching  as  good  American  citizens, 
intent  on  advancing  the  best  interests  of  our 
country,  and  led  by  worthy  citizens,  would  be 
a  fine  sight.     It  would  be  above"  criticism. 

It  serves  no  good  purpose,  however,  to  mag- 
nify the  size  of  a  procession  which  is  used  by 
designing  politicians  of  the  worst  stripe,  and 
which,  though  a  small  minority  of  the  popu- 
lation, dominate  the  great  majority  and  treat 
them  as  if  they  had  no  rights  that  were  worthy 
of  respect. 

1 ; 

AS  GOES  VERMONT. 

VERMONT  has  been  long  regarded  as  the 
barometer  to  foretell  political  ups  and 
downs.  The  Colonel  stumped  Vermont 
with  all  his  vigor,  and,  after  all  that  effort, 
the  Third  Term  candidate  has  run  a  bad  third 
in  Vermont.  The  Democrats  gained  slightly, 
and  the  Republicans  suffered  a  reduction, 
caused  by  Roosevelt's  getting  about  20  per 
cent  of  the  vote  cast. 

The  signs  multiply  that  the  Colonel's  ef- 
forts to  destroy  the  Republican  party,  that 
did  so  much  for  him,  are  reacting  on  himself, 
and  before  November  he  will  be  practically 
out  of  the  game. 

> 

RECALL  OF  GOVERNOR  JOHNSON. 

THE  movement  for  the  recall  of  Governor 
Johnson  for  his  disgraceful  neglect  of 
his  official  duties  gains  strength  rapid- 
ly. Our  indiscreet  Governor  has  gathered 
around  him  a  most  objectionable  set  of  pro- 
fessional politicians,  and  with  their  aid  all 
the  citizens  of  California  who  wished  to  vote 
for  President  Taft  as  the  regular  nominee  of 
the  Republican  party  have  been  disfranchised. 
When  the  people  realize  fully  what  the  State 
machine,  under  the  control  of  Governor  John- 
son, has  done  they  will  be  more  than  likely 
to  recall  him.  It  would  be  a  salutary  warning 
to  office-holders  who  neglect  their  duties  and 
injure  the  community  by  their  misconduct. 

♦ 

SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  OREGON. 

The  Flying  Legion  of  representative  Saa 
Francisco  citizens  have  had  a  hearty  welcu*?ie 
in  their  formal  visit  to  the  cities  of  the  Pa- 
cific Northwest.     They  have  found  that  there 


Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


Thru  Railroad  Tickets 

Issued   to  All  Parts  of 
TOR    PORTLAND 

1st   class  $10,  $12,  $15.   2d  $6.00.     Berth  and  Meals  Included. 


The  San  Francisco  and  Portland  S.  S.  Co. 

A.    OTTINGER,    General    Agent. 


United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico 

In  Connection  with  These  Magnificent  Passenger  Steamers 
TOR  LOS  ANGELES 

1st  class  $7.35  &  $8.35.  2d  class  $5.35.  Berth  &  meals  included 


Ticket  Office,  722  Mkt.,  opp.  Call.  Ph.  Sutter  2344 
8  East  St.,  opp.  Ferry  Bldg.  Phone  Sutter  2482 
Berkeley    Office   2105    Shattnck.      Ph.    Berkeley   331 


Saturday,  September  7,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


is  an  exceedingly  cordial  feeling  here  toward 
San  Francisco  and  California,  and  they  know, 
as  they  could  nut  have  heretofore  known,  that 
there  is  an  earnest  desire  throughout  the 
whole  of  Oregon  and  Washington  that  the 
Panama-Pacific  Exposition  in  1 1*  15  be  a  ruag- 
nilicent    success. 

Oregon  and  California  are  friends  from  tra- 
dition and  sentiment  and  in  all  their  neighbor- 
ly relations.  They  could  hardly  be  otherwise. 
The  prosperity  of  one  is  the  concern  of  the 
other;  adversity  for  one  is  the  misfortune  of 
the  other.  Their  citizens  have  mingled  for 
years  on  terms  of  fraternal  good  will,  and 
have  given  to  one  another  a  thousand  evi- 
dences of  mutual  regard.  A  recent  testimoni- 
al of  Oregon's  attitude  was  the  Oregon  first 
excursion  last  March.  Now  the  Californiana 
are  here,  and  Oregon  is  glad  to  receive  them. 

Probably  the  Calif  or  dans  will  hear  some- 
thing while  here  about  the  embargo  at  San 
Francisco  on  the  finished  lumber  products  of 
the  Pacific  Northwest.  There  is  virtually  a 
boycott,  which  is  an  impediment  to  the  re- 
ciprocal relations  ot  the  Northwest  and  San 
Francisco  that  ought  not  to  exist.  It  is  no 
sufficient  excuse  that  it  grows  out  of  San 
Francisco's  extraordinary  labor  situation.  It 
is  an  intolerable  combination  that  excludes 
free  trade  between  the  States,  and  that  ex- 
ists  nowhere   but    in    San   Francisco. 

In  the  interest  of  its  own  market,  San  Fran- 
cisco ought  to  take  down  this  lumber  barrier. 
What  would  California  think,  for  example,  if 
Portland  should  refuse  to  buy  any  California 
raisins  unless  they  were  seeded  and  boxed  in 
Portland,  or  California  oranges  unless  they 
were  packed  in  Portland  or  Oregon  boxes,  or 
Hour  unless  the  wheat  were  milled  in  Portland? 
Yet  this  is  precisely  what  San  Francisco  does 
when  it  insists  that  all  Northwest  lumber 
shall  be  planed  or  finished  in  San  Francisco. 
— Portland  Oregonian. 

♦ 

TRIPS   THROUGH  THE  PANAMA  CANAL. 

Mr.  H.  F.  Dorgeloh  has  returned  from  the 
North,  where  he  has  visited  Portland,  Spo- 
kane, Seattle,  and  British  Columbia  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  Hamburg-American  S.  S.  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  Pacific  Coast  agent.  His 
journey  was  made  in  connection  with  two 
pleasant  trips  recently  organized  by  the  com- 
pany, the  excursionists  leaving  New  Orleans 
next  January  and  February  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  and  visiting  Jamaica,  Havana,  and 
Santiago  de  Cuba.  The  entire  trip  will  occu- 
py about  fifteen  days.  The  coming  winter  will 
be  the  last  chance  to  see  the  great  canal  be- 
fore the  water  is  turned  in.  The  Hamburg- 
American  steamers  are  put  on  specially  for 
Pacific  Coast  people,  as  in  addition  to  these 
there  are  eight  trips  arranged  from  New  York 
through  the  Panama  Canal  and  to  the  West 
Indies. 

1 

REMOVAL  NOTICE. 

The  Cooper  Advertising  Company  have  re- 
moved to  spacious  quarters  in  the  Bankers' 
Investment  Building,  at  742  Market  street. 
The  offices  are  on  the  Market-street  side  of 
this  class  A  building,  and  the  arrangement 
of  the  same  shows  careful  thought  and  good 
taste. 

Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  ia  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  f  oar  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend. 


Shreve   &   Company's  handsome  new  factory  on  Bryant  Street,  now  in  course  of  construction. 


EXPERIENCED  and  observant  travelers 
who  visit  San  Francisco  are  always  im- 
pressed by  the  metropolitan  air  of  our 
famous  jewelry  firm,  which  may  be  said  to 
have  become  one  of  the  institutions  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

For  fifty  years  Shreve  &  Co.  have  been  as- 
sociated with  the  history  of  our  State  and  in 
the  production  of  beautiful  and  original  de- 
signs in  the  precious  metals  have  attained  a 
reputation  which  may  be  said  to  be  world- 
wide. 

Only  one  firm  in  America,  and  that  the  larg- 
est and  most  celebrated  in  New  York,  com- 
pares at  all  favorably  with  our  famous  Cali- 
fornia house,  which  for  half  a  century  has 
enjoyed  the  best  patronage  of  the  Pacific 
Coast. 

Very  remarkable,  indeed,  has  been  the 
growth  of  this  firm,  which,  beginning  with  a 
few  workmen  and  limited  accommodations  in 
rented  quarters,  has  expanded  till  its  factory 
furnishes  employment  to  four  hundred  master 
craftsmen.  Its  sales  force  requires  two  hun- 
dred more  persons;  so  that  the  regular  staff 
of  this  admirable  establishment  represents  a 
pay-roll  of  six  hundred  employes. 

Even  Californians,  well  aware  as  they  are 


of  the  business  importance  of  Shreve  &  Co., 
do  not  realize  the  immensity  of  its  business. 
In  the  holiday  season  the  regular  working 
staff  has  to  be  so  much  augmented  that  a 
thousand  persons  are  retained  in  the  factory 
and  salesrooms.  The  size  of  this  enormous 
force  is  all  the  more  remarkable  as  Shreve  & 
Company  devote  themselves  exclusively  to 
retail  business.  Whatever  articles  they  manu- 
facture are  disposed  of  to  their  private  pa- 
trons, and  not  the  trade,  and  no  article  passes 
over  the  counter  which  does  not  bear  the  dis- 
tinctive elegance  of  design  and  fineness  of 
craftsmanship  that  have  given  this  San  Fran- 
cisco establishment  pre-eminence  for  a  gener- 
ation past. 

Shreve  &  Company  have  now  in  course  of 
construction  one  of  the  most  modern  and  best- 
equipped  industrial  buildings  in  the  United 
States.  It  is  of  reinforced  concrete,  and  has 
a  frontage  of  125  feet  on  Bryant  street  and 
a  depth  of  160  feet  on  Zoe,  through  to  "Welsh 
street. 

It  is  expected  that,  with  the  facilities  af- 
forded by  this  perfect  new  factory  building, 
Shreve  &  Company  will  attain  even  a  higher 
standard  of  workmanship,  but  it  is  difficult 
to  see  how  their  present  standard  of  artistic 
excellence   can   be  improved  upon. 


TWO  IDEAL  CRUISES  TO  THE  PANAMA  CANAL 

by  the  Twin-Screw  S.  S.  "Kronprinzessin  Cecilie" 
from  New  Orleans  on  January  23  and  Fefc.  10,  1913, 

allowing   several  days   on  the  Isthmus, 

and  including  visits  to  Kingston,  Santiago  and  Havana. 

Duration  of  Cruises,  15  and  16  days.    Passenger  Rates,  $125  and  upwards. 

The  "Kronprinzessin  Cecilie"  is  the  largest  steamer  dispatched    from    New    Orleans    to    the    Canal    Zone, 

and  this  winter  offers  the  last  chance    to  inspect  the  awe-inspiring    Engineering    Peat    of    building    the 

Canal,  as  the  cut  will  be  filled  with  water  by  next  season. 

SECURE  YOUK  ACCOMMODATIONS  NOW. 

HAMBURG-AMERICAN    LINE 


160    POWELL   STREET, 


SAN  FRANCISCO,   CAL. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  September  7,  1912. 


SAN  FBANCISCO  will  soon  have  an  oppor- 
tunity or  inspecting  the  smaller  and 
lower-priced  Pope-Hartford  automobile 
that  the  tope  Manufacturing  Company  is 
turning  out  this  year,  and  if  the  interest  in 
this  car  keeps  up  no  doubt  many  of  these  ma- 
chines will  find  owners  here  awaiting  them. 

The  fact  that  this  is  the  first  time  a  manu- 
facturer of  high-grade  cars  has  placed  upon 
the  market  a  lowei -priced  automobile  em- 
bracing all  of  their  best  features,  and  back- 
ing it  up  with  the  past  reputation  of  their 
company,  as  the  Pope  Manufacturing  Company 
is  doing  in  the  case  of  their  new  model  "31" 
forty  H.  P.,  a  car  in  itself  enough  to  arouse 
tremendous  interest  in  motoring  circles.  But 
add  to  this  the  fact  that  this  is  the  first  com- 
pany making  high-grade  cars  to  put  on  the 
market  a  smaller  and  lower-priced  car,  and 
the  interest  is  still  greater. 

It  will  give  the  reader  a  good  idea  of  how 
thoroughly  the  Pope  Manufacturing  Company- 
have  embarked  upon  their  career  of  building 
a  smaller  car,  embracing  all  that  is  best  in 
their  finest  production,  when  they  announce 
that  they  have  constructed  a  four-story  fac- 
tory to  increase  their  facilities  so  as  to  be 
able  to  bring  out  sufficient  cars  to  meet  the 
demands  brought  to  them.  This  additional 
factory  space  will  be  equivalent  to  doubling 
their  plant,  and  they  feel  that  they  can  turn 
out  their  cars  and  introduce  them  into  terri- 
tory that  up  to  the  present  time  has  been  poor- 
ly represented. 

The  1913  line  of  Pope-Hartford  cars  con- 
sists of  three  models  selling  as  three  prices; 
they  are  the  model  "31"  forty  H.  P.,  which 
sells  for  $2,250,  the  model  "33"  fifty  H.  P., 
which  sells  for  $3,250,  and  the  model  "29" 
sixty  H.  P.,  which  sells  for  $4,250.  All  of 
these  cars,  besides  having  the  usual  Pope- 
Hartford  equipment,  have  a  number  of  new 
features  which  make  them  great  favorites 
with  owners  and  dealers  as  soon  as  they  are 
seen  and  fully  appreciated.  The  cars  have  in 
common  a  long-stroke  type  of  motor,  electric 
self-starters  and  electric  dynamo  lighting  sys- 
tems which  make  them  very  attractive  to  the 
motorist  who  cares  for  the  latest  ideas  in 
motor  car  building.  A  point  that  should  be 
emphasized  is  that  the  electric  self-starter 
and  the  electric  lighting  system  are  separate 
and  distinct  in  their  action,  and  that  no  com- 
plications can  arise  from  the  fact  that  there 
are  two  contrivances  in  the  car.  The  start- 
ing and  lighting  systems  are  of  the  Gray  and 
Davis  type. 

The  new  models  are  sold  ,as  usual,  com- 
plete with  top,  windshield,  truck  rack,  de- 
mountable rims,  and  the  usual  equipment 
which  goes  with  their  cars 

In  models  "33"  and  "29,"  besides  the 
new  mechanical  features  added  this  year,  a 
new  body  design  will  be  noted  on  these  models. 
In  harmony  with  the  mechanical  construc- 
tion of  tne  1913  models,  the  Pope-Hartford 
automobile  is  fitted  up  in  the  style  becoming 
a  car  of  this  character.  Built  low.  long  and 
roomy,  and  upholstered  according  to  the  most 
approved  methods,  they  afford  their  passengers 
every  comfort  and  their  owners  the  minimum 
of  trouble  for  care  and  upkeep. 

Though  San  Francisco  has  seen  some  splen- 
did cars,  it  can  safely  be  predicted  that  the 
new  line  of  Pope-Hartford  will  be  a  revela- 
tion to  the  public  as  soon  as  they  are  out  on 
exhibition  here. 


starter  has  evoked  much  praise  wherever  it 
has  been  seen.  Discussing  the  new  model 
Haynes,  Sales  Manager  Hood  of  the  local 
branch  said:  "It  shows  many  added  features, 
improvements  and  refinements  over  1912,  but 
withal  the  new  model  embodies  few  radical 
departures.  The  most  interesting  innovation 
is  the  new  built-in  electric-lighting  and  self- 
starting  system.  It  consists  of  two  separate 
but  correlated  elements,  the  generator  and 
cut-off,  and  the  battery,  self-starting  motor, 
and  lamp  system.  The  12-volt  generator  is 
situated  on  the  right  side  of  the  motor,  and 
is  driven  from  the  right  camshaft,  It  is  wir- 
ed to  a  cut-out  on  the  dash,  wiiich  alike  auto- 
matically prevents  overcharge  of  the  battery 
and  leakage  of  current  from  thence  to  the 
generator  armature  at  slow  speeds.  The  bat- 
tery is  carried  on  the  left  running  board,  and 
is  of  100  ampere  hours'  capacity.  All  five 
lamps  are  supplied  from  this  battery,  but 
three  wires  being  used  in  connecting  them. 


Answering  the  protest  of  S.  G.  Chapman, 
distributor  for  this  territory  of  the  Hupmo- 
bile,  the  Detroit  factory  has  assured  him  that 
it  is  wholly  unable  to  meet  the  demands  for 
cars  made  upon  it  with  its  present  equipment. 
It  was  explained,  however,  that  the  extension 
of  the  plant  had  been  under  way  some  time, 
and  that  Chapman  might  hope  for  "reason- 
able prompt  deliveries  in  the  near  future. 
Chapman  declared  to  the  company  that  he 
could  get  from  them  but  one  car  for  five  he 
could  dispose  of,  and  it  was  pointed  out  in 
reply  that  nearly  every  other  "Hup"  agent 
in  the  country  was  in  the  same  fix. 

A  great  many  prominent  people  motored  to 
Del  Monte  this  week  to  the  golf  tournament. 


On  Sunday,  September  1st,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
C.  E.  Lucore,  with  a  party  of  friends,  motor- 
ed to  Pescadero  via  La  Honda,  in  Mr.  Lu- 
core 's  large  touring  car.  The  return  trip  was 
made  by  way  of  Halfmoon  Bay. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Templeton  Crocker, 
after  lunching  at  the  St.  Francis  with  friends, 
motored  to  Del  Monte,  to  remain  during  the 
golf  tournament.  Misses  Harriett,  Janetta 
and  Mary  Alexander  will  be  under  the  chap- 
eronage  of  Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker  at  Del 
Monte. 


James  Cunningham,  who  came  here  from 
New  York  to  visit  his  mother,  Mrs.  James 
Cunningham,  was  accompanied  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  Walter  Webb  of  New  York.  The 
trip  was  made  across  the  continent  by  auto- 
mobile, the  party  having  started  on  July 
19th,  and  making  the  journey  by  convenient 
stages,  resting  leisurely.  No  mishap  marred 
any  part  of  the  journey,  Mr.  Cunningham  be- 
ing at  the  wheel  most  of  the  time. 


"THE  HERITAGE  OF  HIROSHIGE." 

' '  A  Glimpse  at  Japanese  Landscape  Art, ' ' 
by  Dora  Amsden,  with  the  assistance  of  John 
Stewart  Happer,  has  just  been  published  by 
Paul  Elder  &  Company,  San  Francisco. 

Hiroshige  has  been  termed  the  greatest  in- 
terpreter of  nature  in  all  her  moods,  and 
through  his  master  art  his  message  appeals 
directly  to  the  Occident  as  to  the  Orient.  No 
translation  is  needed  to  appreciate  his  beau- 
tiful color-prints,  for  he  here  speaks  an  uni- 
versal tongue.  In  Mrs.  Amsden 's  charming 
volume  there  is  a  general  survey  of  Japanese 
art,  which  deals  successively  with  its  earliest 
expressions,  the  emergence  of  the  rival  schools 
of  Tosa  and  Kano,  and  with  the  influences 
that  led  to  color-printing.  This  is  followed 
by  a  consideration  of  the  work  of  the  great 
master,  Hiroshige,  and  (with  the  collabora- 
tion of  Mr.  J.  S.  Happer,  the  well-known  Eng- 
lish connoisseur  and  collector  of  Japanese 
prints),  by  the  presentation  of  an  interesting 
contribution  to  our  knowledge  concerning  one 
of  the  most  distinctive  artists  of  Japan — 
namely,  the  seal-dating  of  the  Hiroshige  prints 
by  cycle-ciphers,  discovered  by  Mr.  Happer 
and  confirmed  by  the   connoisseurs. 

The  illustrations  in  the  present  volume  are 
exquisite  reproductions  of  rare  prints  belong- 
ing to  the  Happer  and  Amsden  collections, 
and  are  typical  examples  of  the  versatile  mas- 
ter 's  art.  An  appendix  contains  facsimiles  of 
Hiroshige  signatures,  seals  and  marks  (in- 
cluding the  cipher  characters  referred  to  in 
the  text),  facsimiles  of  other  artists'  signa- 
tures, and  a  bibliography  of  important  books 
dealing  with  the  subject  of  Japanese  art. 

The  typographical  scheme  is  striking  and 
most  attractive,  and,  together  with  the  unique 
but  tasteful  binding,  produces  a  characteristic 
effect  quite  appropriate  to  the  subject. 

Mrs.  Amsden  is  the  author  of  a  helpful 
study  on  the  subject  of  Japanese  prints,  en- 
titled ' '  Impressions  of  Jkiyo-ye ' '  that  has 
gone  into  a  second  edition. 

The  price  of  this  highly  interesting  work  is 
$2.25. 

1 

"Is  there  harmony  in  the  party?"  asked 
one  campaigner. 

"I  should  say  not,"  replied  the  other. 
"One  of  our  candidates  cannot  even  recon- 
cile his  own  statements." 

♦ 

Where  can  you  And  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


Nothing  in  late  years  lias  caused  so  much 
comment  among  automobile  dealers  and  users 
as  has  the  model  Haynes  "22,"  which  with 
its  new  electric  lighting  system   and  electric 


IRRELEVANT    TESTIMONY. 

A  "horse  case"  was  on  trial,  and  a  well- 
known  horseman  was  called  as  a  witness. 

"You  saw  this  horse?"  asked  counsel  for 
the   defendant. 

"Yes,   sir,  I ' ' 

"What   did  you   do?" 

"I  opened  his  mouth  to  ascertain  his  age, 
and  I  said  to  him,  'Old  sport,  there's  a  lot  of 
life  in  you  yet. '  ' ' 

Whereupon  counsel  for  the  other  side  en- 
tered a  vigorous  protest.  "Stop!"  he  cried. 
"Your  honor,  I  object  to  any  conversation 
carried  on  between  the  witness  and  the  horse 
when  the  plaintiff  was  not  present!" 


A  SUBDUED  MENU. 

Crushed  Oats. 

Beated   Biscuits  Mashed    Potatoes. 

Whipped  Cream 


Sultan  Turkish  Baths 

624  POST  STBEBT 
Special   Department   for   Ladles 

Open  Da;  and  Night  for  Ladiea  and  Gen- 
tlemen. 
Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Hammam,  haa  leaied  the  Sultan  Turkiih 
Bathe,  where  he  will  be  glad  to  see  hie 
old   and  new  customers. 


Blake,  Mof  f  itt  &  Towne 

PAPER 


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RAGGING  is  on  the  wan.-.  The  Barbary 
Coast  ami  Ocean  lieach  professors  ot 
the  noble  art  will  soon  find  their  occu- 
pation gone.  They  will  return  to  the  less 
remunerat  ive.  if'  not  less  strenuous  nee u pa 
tions  *'t  "slinging  beer,J  or  driving  a  Band* 
cart.  Already  it  has  been  noticed  in  The 
Wasp  that  Mrs.  Bowie  Oetrick  has  issued  the 
ultimatum  to  the  members  of  the  Junior  As- 
semblies, "No  ragging!" 

It  is  understood  thoroughly  that  this  ulti- 
matum dues  not  moan  "no  ragging — perhaps'1 
or  "only  an  occasional  rag."  It  means  just 
what  it  says,  an. I  wnebetide  the  dancing  youth 
or  imprudent  maiden  who  dares  violate  the 
edict.  Slam!  bang!  will  go  the  doors  of  gen- 
teel society  behind  them. 

Tabooed  by  the  Elect. 

SI  ( ;  N  S  multiply  that  ragging  is  destined  to 
become  a  lost  art  in  the  halls  of  the 
elect  of  society  and  fashion.  At  the 
Will  ('rockers'  dance  at  "New  Place,"  last 
week,  only  the  Boston  and  the  waltz  were  per- 
mitted. What  those  at  the  top  of  the  social 
heap  do  those  of  the  lower  strata  always  emu- 
late. If  ragging  be  proclaimed  the  exclusive 
privilege  of  the  rough-necks  and  sans  culottes, 
even  these  unworthies,  privileged  in  impropri- 
ety, will  discard  it.  Most  assuredly  the  day 
of  the  Ragger  and  Texas  Tommyite  is  passing. 
Mrs.  Crocker  is  considered  very  strait-laced 
in  social  matters,  and  often  frowns  on  some 
of  the  gay  doings  of  the  smart  leaders.  She 
chooses  very  carefully  the  associates  of  her 
children. 

la*     i0&     £v 
Sentimental  View  of  It. 

SENTIMENTALLY  disposed  persons  pro- 
fess to  see  in  the  announced  departure 
of  Bud  Havens  to  hunt  big  game  in  the 
frozen  north  a  similarity  to  the  African  game 
hunt  by  Paul  Rainey.  The  latter  went  to  the 
Dark  Continent  to  forget  that  the  fair  Eleanor 
Sears  wouldn  't  accept  him.  Pew  people  look- 
ing at  a  picture  of  Miss  Sears  in  her  favorite 
costume  of  male  nether  garments,  riding  boots 
and  mannish  coat  would  think  that  a  million- 
aire sportsman  would  become  so  infatuated 
with  her  that  nothing  short  of  a  rhinoceros 
hunt  in  Africa  could  assuage  his  sorrow\ 

Bud  Havens'  heart  has  been  supposed  to 
be  more  set  on  real  estate  deals  than  romances 
of  the  "true  till  death"  variety.  The  coinci- 
dence of  his  getting  ready  to  chase  polar 
bears  when  the  engagement  of  his  former 
wife,  Mrs.  Hope  Cheney  Havens,  is  announced, 
may  stir  the  imagination  of  the  gossips,  but 
the  prosaic-minded  men-about-town  remark 
that  if  Bud  were  so  deeply  infatuated  with  his 
spouse  he  ought  to  have  strained  a  point  to 
keep  her  contented  in  her  gilded  cage  at  Pied- 


All  communications  relative  to  social  newi 
should  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  P.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  Insure  publication 
in  the  Issue  of  that  week. 


mont.  But  what  would  the  world  be  if  all 
the  old  ladies  were  denied  the  right  to  re- 
vamp old  romances  and  drop  rose  leaves  on 
the  ashes  of  extinguished  loves?  Bud's  frac- 
tured heart  will  doubtless  stand  the  strain  of 
climbing  ice-floes  and  bring  him  back  in   the 


Webster  Photo. 
MISS    HELEN   DUNHAM    SUTPHEN 

Handsome    bride-to-be    whose     engagement    has 
been  announced. 

best  of  health,  as  did  the  cardiac  muscle  of 
Paul  Rainey,  despite  the  strain  his  terrible 
love  for  Eleanor  of  the  bifurcated  garment 
and  riding  boots. 

^w  t£*  V* 

Traveling  in  Germany. 

THE  last  news  of  the  Fred  Tillmans  was 
that  they  are  traveling  in  Germany. 
Rumor  has  it  that  it  was  Mr.  Tillman 
who  made  it  possible  for  that  talented  young 
violinist,  Ivan  Langstroth,  to  go  abroad  to 
perfect  himself  in  his  art.  He  is  studying  in 
Munich.  Now  that  the  Tillmans  are  in  Ger- 
many also  the  society  gossips  are  on  the  alert- 
to  hear  a  possible  announcement  of  interest, 
for  it  was  said  before  the  talented  musician 
went  abroad  that  a  fair  daughter  of  his  gen- 
Women  are  no  longer  mere  ciphers  in  the 
political  life  of  California,  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


erous  patrou  needed  only  the  parental  consent 
to   give   the  young   artist    her   hand. 

I**    J*    & 

Thrown  from  Her  Horse. 

MK'S.  LEOXAh'D  HAMMOND,  who  was 
beautiful  Ruth  Merrill,  met  with  a 
painful  accident  the  other  day.  Sin- 
was  thrown  from  her  horse  while  riding  in 
Golden  Gate  Park  and  injured  her  ankle  <piite 
badly.  She  is  able  to  be  up  and  about  again 
now,    but    still   limps   very   badly. 

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Secrets  of  the  Throne  Room. 

THE  Greenway  invitations  for  the  "Bach- 
elors and  Benedicts''  will  be  out  in  a 
few  days,  I  am  told — and  there  is  much 
rejoicing  over  the  fact,  as  for  a  time  it  was 
rumored  that  our  Czar  would  not  trip  the 
light  fantastic  again,  nor  pass  censorship  upon 
each  debutante,  as  he  has  done  in  former 
years. 

We  had  it  on  good  authority  that  His  Royal 
Nibs  had  injured  his  leg  during  the  summer, 
and  would  use  that  mishap  as  a  pretext  for 
his  long-expected  abdication  of  the  social 
scepter.  But  czars  never  abdicate,  It  takes 
dynamite  to  separate  them  from  their  thrones, 
and  nobody,  not  even  the  grouchiest  climber, 
would  put  a  bomb  under  our  genial  old  auto- 
crat of   the  ballroom. 

Last  year  the  Czar's  list  was  expurgated 
cruelly,  but  still  not  as  severely  as  it  might 
have  been  had  his  heart  been  of  adamant.  His 
blue  pencil  caused  tears  and  lamentations 
when  the  list  was  issued,  but  this  year  no 
Reign  of  Terror  impends.  The  Czar  will  be 
lenient  in  the  extreme,  and,  wishing  to  end  his 
long  reign  in  a  blaze  of  popularity,  will  virtu- 
ally erase  all  invidious  distinctions.  The  goats 
and  the  sheep,  for  one  glad  season,  will  gam- 
bol together  on  the  polished  boards.  Next 
year,  perhaps,  a  new  shepherd 's  crook,  and 
the  cruel  butcher-knife,  for  the  blue  blood  of 
exclusive  society  must  be  kept  from  contami- 
nation by  rank  outsiders. 

A  Generous  Cattle  King. 

«4npHE  KNAVE"  of  the  Oakland  Tribune 
i[  has  perpetrated  a  particularly  vil- 
lainous paragraph  on  Patrick  Burns 
— he  always  signs  himself  ' '  P.  Burns ' ' — the 
Canadian  cattle  king,  who,  while  he  was  on  a 
Canadian  Pacific  passenger  train  en  route  from 
Winnipeg  to  Vancouver,  found  two  English 
globe-trotters  sitting  in  front  of  him.  They 
were  continuing  their  conversation  just  as  th-j 
train  stopped  at  a  station.  It  was  on  this  ac- 
count that  Burns  could  not  but  help  hearing 
what  they  were  discussing.  One  of  the  trav- 
elers was  commenting  on  the  country  they 
were  riding  through  and  was  drawing  some 
parallel  with  something  he  had  seen  on  a  cer- 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  September  7,  1912. 


WILLIAM  H.  THOMPSON. 
Distinguished  character  actor,   who  will  appear  in   "An  Object  Lesson"  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 


tain  trip  in  Europe,  for  the  cattle  king  heard 
him  remark: 

"I  remember  very  well  when  I  was  travel- 
ing in  Austria-Hungary  1 — 

"Well,  gentlemen,  you  never  need  travel 
in  Canada  hungry  as  long  as  Pat  Burns  is 
around,"  interrupted  the  latter  with  the  best 
of  hospitable  intentions. 

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Death,  of  a  Worthy  Merchant. 

NOT  unexpected  by  his  relatives  and  friends 
was  the  death  of  that  highly  esteemed 
business  man,  William  duff,  as  he  had 
been  so  ill  for  some  time  that  he  had  sought 
relief  for  the  liver  trouble  which  affected 
him,  by  a  visit  to  Carlsbad.  He  intended 
to  remain  six  months  at  Carlsbad,  but  stayed 
only  two,  realizing  that  his  ease  was  hope- 
less. He  settled  his  worldly  affairs  with  char- 
acteristic   calmness    and    foresight,    and    died 


surrounded  by  his  sorrowing  family,  anil 
rich  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens.  His 
worldly  prosperity  was  the  result  of  his  in- 
telligence, energy  and  fair  dealing  with  all 
men.  Mr.  Cluff  left  a  widow  and  four  mar- 
ried daughters,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Wilson,  Mrs.  Edwin 
Janns  of  Los  Angeles,  Mrs.  John  Breuner  and 
Mrs.  George  Downey  of  San  Francisco. 

^»  10*  1G& 

Good  for  Both. 

HERMAN  SCHUSSLEE  'S  appointment  as 
consulting  engineer  of  the  Pacific  Gas 
&    Electric      Co.    is    a   good    thing    for 
that  competent  engineer  and  for  the  company. 
He  was  with  the  Spring  Valley  Company  for 
nearly  fifty  years. 

The  Italian-Swiss  Colony's  table  wines  are 
becoming  world-famous  for  their  excellence 
and  uniformity.  Try  their  TIPO  (red  or 
white). 


Blanche  Bates'  Engagement. 

BLANCHE  BATES'  engagement  to  George 
Creel,  one  of  the  new  literary  lights  of 
America,  seems  to  settle  the  question 
of  Dick  Hotaling  's  life  membership  in  the 
Old  Bachelors'  Brotherhood.  Once  upon  a 
time  the  newspapers  devoted  some  space  to 
Blanche  Bates  and  Dick  whenever  they  met 
in  the  halls  of  social  pride  and  pleasure.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Cool  did  more  than  their  share  of 
benevolence  in  trying  to  bring  the  leading  pro- 
fessional actress  and  the  first  amateur  trage- 
dian of  America  into  the  state  of  mutual  hyp- 
notism that  can  only  end  in  the  Lohengrin 
March,  orange  blossoms,  "Bless  you,  my  chil- 
dren!" and  a  shower  of  rice  and  old  shoes. 
Those  were  glad  days  and  nights  in  the  ex- 
hilarating atmosphere  of  Los  Gatos  and  Bo- 
hemia. But  either  the  amateur  tragedian  or 
the  most  illustrious  of  actresses  declined  to  be 
thoroughly  hypnotized.  Let's  say,  for  the 
sake   of  gallantry,  it  was  the  lady. 

Be  that  as  it  may,  the  greatly  expected  an- 
nouncement was  withheld,  much  to  the  dis- 
appointment of  Bohemia  and  clubdom,  and 
now  the  news  comes  that  Blanche  Bates  will 
become  Mrs.  George  Creel,  wife  of  a  writer 
with  advanced  ideas  on  sociology.  Dick  Ho- 
taling hasn't.  He  stuck  to  a  lot  of  old- 
fashioned  ideas. 

For  instance,  Dick  allowed  himself  to  get 
so  sore  over  some  alleged  bad  acting  by  Henry 
Miller  that  he  declared  publicly  that  if  Henry 
had  as  much  conscience  as  an  Oakland  Creek 
clam  he  would  refund  the  audience  their 
money.  The  taunt  stung  the  famous  actor  so 
deeply  that  in  the  heat  of  the  moment  he 
sent  his  check  to  Dick  for  the  $10  the  club- 
man had  misspent  in  tickets.  Dick  pocketed 
the  money. 

"Here  was  plain  proof  that  Mr.  Hotalina 
lacked  all  the  characteristics  of  a  progressive 
sociologist,  who  would,  first  of  all,  have  real- 
ized (he  being  an  amateur  thespian  himself) 
that  humanity  can  only  rise  to  higher  levels 
by  ages  of  suffering.  Since  theaters  were  in- 
vented humanity  has  been  victimized,  and 
more  agony  is  surely  ahead  of  us.  Dick  him- 
self contemplates  another  Shakespearean  re- 
vival in  Oakland. 

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A  Tragedian's  Brogue. 

BESIDES  being  a  Shakespearean  actor, 
Dick  Hotaling  is  something  of  an  Irish 
comedian.  He  often  tries  his  stage 
brogue  on  his  friends,  and  used  it  the  other 
day  on  Railroad  Conductor  Jim  O'Brien,  the 
wit  of  the  Family  Club,  and  noted  in  local 
political  history  as  the  organizer  and  field 
marshal  of  the  Democratic  host  known  as 
"The  Horses  and  Carts." 

"The  top  av  the  mawnin'  to  yez,  Jim,  me 
bhoy!  An'  faith  an*  sure  it's  right  glad  I 
am  to  see  yez, ' '  said  the  Shakespearean  actor 
to  Mr.  O  'Brien,  who  was  seated  at  the  large 
round  table  in  the  Palace  Hotel  grill-room, 
where  a  number  of  leading  politicians,  insur- 
ance managers,  railroad  magnates,  lawyers, 
capitalists,  journalists  and  other  suspicious 
characters  are  in  the  habit  of  lunching  to- 
gether. 


Saturday,  September  7,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


After  the  amateur  tragedian  had  cracked 
his  jokes  and  passed  out,  Charlie  Haggerty, 
the  lawyer,  who  doesn't  know  BotaUng,  lean- 
ed over  his  plate  and  Baid  t<>  O'Brien: 

"  Wliat  an  awful  brogue  that  friend  of 
yours  baa  got,  and  such  a  trim,  bright-looking 
fellow,  tool  What  part  of  Ireland  does  he 
come  fromf" 

All  Heading  for  Santa  Cruz. 

SANTA  CBUZ  will  attract  a  great  many 
people  from  San  Franc i sen,  who  intend 
to  view  the  tableaux  vivanls  and  Feast 
of  Lanterns,  mi  September  7th,  Sth  and  9th. 
Manager  Fred  Swanton  promises  that  it  will 
be  the  biggest  thing  ever  put  on  at  Santa  Cruz 
and  the  public  has  learned  to  have  full  con- 
fidence   in   his  promises. 

Lively  Times  at  the  Presidio, 

IT  HAS  been  a  brisk  week  at  the  Presidio, 
owing  (o  the  official  visit  of  Secretary  of  War 

Stimson.  What  a  lively  army  post  the  Pre- 
sidio is  now  compared  to  the  little  garrison  of 
former  years,  before  the  troops  were  taken 
from  the  frontier  and  concentrated  around 
the  great  cities. 

Secretary  of  War  Stimson  found  experi- 
enced and  gallant  officers  and  most  charming 
army  hostesses  ready  to  extend  to  him  the 
hospitalities  of  the  occasion. 

By  the  way,  Colonel  Cornelius  Gardner  of 
the  Presidio  is  the  father  of  two  strapping 
sons,  who  are  graduates  of  the  University  of 
Michigan  (Alpha  Delta).  Allen  Gardner  has 
a  grape  fruit  ranch  in  the  Isle  of  Pines,  Cuba, 
and  Fred  is  a  First  Lieutenant  in  the  Marine 
Corps  engaged  in  restoring  normal  conditions 

HOME-MADE  SPECIALS.— Each  box  is 
made  up  of  a  variety  of  all  the  popular  can- 
dies— fudge,  caramels,  cream  candies,  and 
many  others.  All  your  favorites  in  the  as- 
sortment. Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy 
stores. 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 


Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house,  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such  a 
house  is  the  John  O.  Bellis  Gold  and  Silver 
Ware  Factory,  328  Post  St.,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup- 
plied at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

We  can  supply  you  with  Silver  toilet  arti- 
cles or  Silver  tableware  in  all  standard 
patterns. 

1  'Our  Lines  are  Limitless. "  If  we 
haven't  got  what  you  want,  we  can  make 
it  for  you. ' ' 


MRS.  JAMUS   ROLPH 

Our   popular   Mayor's   charming   wife,   who   will 
entertain   extensively. 

in  Nicaragua,  Mrs.  Gardner,  whose  graceful 
hospitalities  have  established  .h^r  at  once  in 
the  high  esteem  of  local  society,  is  the  second 
wife  of  Colonel  Gardner. 

Mrs.  Rolph's  "At  Home." 

MAYOR  AND  MHS.  JAMES  ROLPH'S 
residence  on  San  Jose  avenue  has  been 
completely  remodeled  after  three 
months'  labor.  The  drawing-room,  the  halls, 
and  the  dining-rooms  are  finished  in  soft 
shades  of  old  rose,  with  tapestries  and  mahog- 
any furniture  to  match.  The  walls  are  cov- 
ered with  brocade. 

Mrs.  Rolph's  rooms  are  finished  in  pale 
pink,  as  are  also  the  children's  rooms.  No 
part  of  the  house  received'  more  attention 
than  the  conservatory,  which  is  Mrs.  Rolph  's 
particular  pride.  This  charming  lady  is  very 
fond  of  music  and  flowers.  Mrs.  Rolph  has 
expended  much  time  and  thought  on  the  music 
room,  which  is  fully  equipped  with  the  best 
in  the  musical  world,  for  Mrs.  Rolph  is  a  mu- 
sician of  superior  ability. 

The  Mayor's  study,  which  is  furnished  in 
French  blue  and  gray,  is  shot  off  from  the 
other  apartments. 

Mrs.  Rolph  has  selected  the  first  Wednes- 
day of  each  month  for  her  "at  homes."  A 
delightfully  informal  affair  w.as  the  first, 
which  was  held  this  week. 

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Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  hest 
advertising  mediums  for  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend. 


Gtray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al- 
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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,   September  7,  1912. 


Coaching  Is  Out  of  Date. 

THE  horse's  day  of  triumph  has  passed. 
No  doubt  was  felt  on  that  score  by  the 
people  who  witnessed  the  failure  of 
the  plans  for  a  coaching  parade  at  Newport. 
A  crowd  gathered  in  front  of  By-the-Sea,  the 
villa  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Belmont,  to 
watch  the  start  of  the  coaches.  Only  one 
lone  coach-and-four  appeared  on  the  scene, 
the  driver  being  Mr.  Paul  Andrews.  Young 
Mr.  Hermann  Oelrichs  was  one  of  the  pas- 
sengers. 

August  Belmont  and  another  prominent  New 
Yorker  each  drove  a  brake,  and  the  one  coach 
and  two  brakes  made  a  rather  lonely-looking 
procession  compared  with  the  array  of  coach- 
es that  gathered  in  other  years.  On  the  sanis 
day  when  coaching  cut  such  a  sorry  figure  in 
Newport  there  were  so  many  high-priced  au- 
tomobiles at  the  polo  game  that  everybody 
wondered   where   they   all  came   from. 

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Very  Prominent  at  Newport. 

THE  Newport  season  eclipsed  all  before  it. 
The  closing  affair  was  a  dinner  and 
dance  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pembroke 
Jones,  to  which  100  guests  had  been  asked.  The 
Nicholas  Longworths  were  in  the  list  of 
guests;  so  were  the  Theodore  Roosevelts  Jr. 
Young  Teddy  and  Mrs.  Eoosevelt  were  among 
the  earliest  arrivals.  Mrs.  Bourke  Cockran 
(former  Miss  Ide)  was  another  guest  who  is 
well  known  in  San  Francisco  society.  Judg- 
ing by  the  frequency  with  which  Mrs.  Cock- 
ran  ?s  name  has  appeared  in  accounts  of  New- 
port affairs  tbis  season,  and  the  careful  de- 
scriptions of  her  elaborate  toilets,  she  is  a 
great  favorite  in  the  innermost  circle  of  Am- 
erica's fashionable  society.  The  distinction 
of  her  father,  Governor  Ide,  and  of  her  tal- 
ented husband,  the  famous  orator,  Bourke 
Cockran,  as  well  as  her  own  social  gifts, 
have  given  her  much  prominence  in  a  social 
set  where  many  people  are  very  much  richer. 
The  absence  of  Miss  Eleanor  Sears'  name 
from  the  society  lists  of  Newport  this  sum- 
mer has  been   unusual. 

It  Came  as  Expected. 

COMPARATIVELY  little  has  been  printed 
about   the   divorce   of   Anna   Held    and 
her    husband,    Manager    Florenz    Zieg- 
feld.     Charles  P.  Hanlon,  the  well-known  at- 
torney,   could    give    some    good    stuff    to    the 


San  Francisco 
Sanatorium 

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of  liquor  oases.  suitable  and 
convenient  home  in  one  of  san 
francisco's  finest  residential 
districts  is  afforded  men  and 
women  while  recuperating  from 
overindulgence.  private  rooms, 
private  nurses  and  meals  served 
in  rooms.  no  name  on  building, 
terms  reasonable. 

San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Phone  Franklin  7470       1911  Van  Ness  Ave. 
H.  L.  BATOHELDER,   Manager. 


newspapers  about  Anna  and  her  spouse,  but 
the  confidential  relations  of  lawyers  and  their 
friends  and  clients  forbid  communications  to 
the  press.  Mr.  Hanlon  and  the  Helds  toured 
Europe  by  automobile  a  couple  of  times.  Mr. 
Ziegfeld  had  a  habit  of  getting  into  lawsuits 
and  his  San  Francisco  attorney  friend  helped 
him  out  of  the  meshes  of  the  law  more  thai 
once.  For  some  time  the  "Ziegfeld  attrac- 
tions," including  the  sinuous  Anna,  with  her 
suggestive  songs,  have  been  losing  their  popu- 
larity, and  invariably  when  box  receipts  fall 
below  the  margin  of  profit  theatrical  stars 
and  their  husband-managers  fall  out. 

Anna  Held's  early  life  was  not  calculated 
to  make  her  extremely  sentimental.  She  is 
rather  proud  of  her  rise  from  the  position  of 
a  poor  orphan  to  a  stage  celebrity.  Her 
mother  was  a  Pole  and  her  father  a  French 
glove-maker.  As  a  child  she  had  to  work  in 
a  fur  factory  in  Paris.  Even  there,  it  is 
said,  her  singing  of  songs  she  had  heard  in 
the  streets  attracted  attention.  It  was  Zieg- 
feld who  first  induced  her  to  come  to  this 
country,  marrying  her  later.  Her  first  song 
in  English  in  London,  "Won't  You  Come  and 
Play  Wiz  Me?"  scored  an  immediate  success. 
That  was  what  led  Ziegfeld  to  induce  her  to 
tour  the  United  States. 

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Hospitably  Entertained. 

DE.  AND  MRS.  CHAELES  A.  L.  JOHN- 
STON of  Washington,  D.  C,  are  out 
heTe  at  the  Palace  for  a  few  weeks' 
visit.  Mrs.  Johnston  will  be  remembered  as 
Miss  Edith  Newlands,  her  father  being  Sena- 
tor Francis  Newlands  of  Nevada,  and  her 
mother  (his  first  wife  was  a  Sharon)  the  sis- 
ter of  Mr.  Fred  Sharon.  When  Mrs.  New- 
lands  died,  several  years  ago,  she  left  her  im- 
mense fortune  to  her  husband  and  little 
daughter  Edith.  Mrs.  Johnston  has  been  en- 
tertained most  delightfully  by  the  Sharons, 
who  are  noted  for  the  quiet  elegance  of  their 
hospitality. 

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A  Fierce  London  Critic. 

THE   Daily   Express,   a  London   newspaper 
which  suffers  from  the  habies  whenever 
■     it  discusses  anything  "peculiarly  Am- 
erican,"   has    had    a    spasm    over    the    recent 
social    activities    of    Mrs.    Cornelius    Vander- 
bilt  and  Mrs.  Stuyvesant  Fish  at  Newport. 

' '  Twice  within  the  past  week, ' '  says  the 
Express,  "we  have  had  occasion  to  report 
from  America  the  brainless  vulgarity  of  two 
rival  hostesses,  who  have  given  entertainments 
doubtless  designed  to  dazzle  the  eyes  of  the 
public  and  arouse  the  curiosity  and  envy  of 
their  less  fortunate  sisters.  The  vast  for- 
tunes of  American  millionaires,  accumulated 
for  the  most  part  by  tireless  industry  and  in- 
trepid enterprise,  are  frequently  spent  patri- 
otically and  with  the  constant  idea  of  improv- 
ing the  social  conditions  of  the  country.  There 
is,  unhappily,  a  minority  whose  many  dollars 

CURRIER'S  NEW   STUDIO. 

E.  W.   Currier,    the  well-known  artist,   has   moved 

his   studio   from   57   Post   street  to  220   Post   street,    I 

5th  floor,  Hirsch  and  Kaiser  building.     Visitors  wel-   I 

come  Thursdays  and  Saturdays  from  2  to  5  p.  m.        | 


are  not  accompanied  by  either  imagination 
or  good  taste.  Nothing,  indeed,  more  pitiably 
vulgar  can  be  conceived  than  this  competition 
between  Mrs.  Stuyvesant  Fish  and  Mrs.  Cor- 
nelius Vanderbilt  as  to  who  could  spend  the 
most  on  an  evening  party.  Mrs.  Vanderbilt 
seems  to  have  won.  She  spent  £2,000,000 
($10,000,000)  on  jewels,  and,  judging  from 
the  cabled  accounts,  the  party  must  have  been 
tiresome,  sordid  and  silly.  The  chorus  ladies 
of  'The  Merry  Countess,'  specially  brought 
from  New  York,  doubtless  had  a  good  time, 
the  world  is  thrilled  by  the  news  that  mil- 
lionaires' wives  wore  diamonds  on  their  slip- 
pers, and  the  Socialists  and  Anarchists  all 
over  the  world  have  received  an  effective  ar- 
gument for  the  redistribution  of  wealth." 

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Looked  Forward  to  with  Interest. 

SEPTEMBEE  16th  is  being  looked  forward 
to  with  much  interest  by  patrons  of 
Tait's  Cafe,  for  on  that  date  somebody 
will  win  a  beautiful  and  high-powered  Oak- 
land automobile.  The  machine  to  be  given 
away  costs  $1,200,  and  the  person  who  wins  it 
will  have  just  cause  for  rejoicing.  The  man- 
ner in  which  the  car  is  to  be  awarded  is  fully 
explained  at  the  cafe  every  afternoon  'tweeu 
3  and  6  o'clock.  One  can  also  enjoy  a  novel 
entertainment  during  these  hours.  When  it 
comes  to  doing  the  unusual,  you  can  always 
look  to  John  Tait  for  a  pleasant  surprise. 
And  it  is  the  continual  striving  to  please  that 
has  won  for  the  cafe  a  patronage  that  is  both 
large  and  discriminating.  At  this  popular 
dining  place  you  are  always  sure  of  a  good 
meal,  the  best  service,  and  high-class  and  "dif- 
ferent"  entertainment. 


Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 


Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de 
luxe"  at  $200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a 
very  small  expense  you  can  enjoy  a 
world  of  entertainment.  Victrolas  $15 
to  $200.     Any  Victrola  on  easy  terms. 


Sherman  jpay&  Co. 

Sheet  Music  and  Muilcal  Merchandiie. 
Stelnway  and  Othar  Hanoi. 
Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianos 

victor  Talking  Machinal. 

KEARNY    AND    SUTTER    STREETS, 

SAN    FRANCISCO. 

14TH  &  CLAY  STS.,  OAKLAND. 


Saturday,  September  7,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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The  J.  B,  Haggins. 

IN  THE  Eastern  newspapers  this  summer 
there  have  been  frequent  references  to 
the  James  B.  Haggins  of  Kentucky. 
Mr,  James  Ben  Ali  Haggin  (liis  full  name) 
w:is  formerly  a  California  partner  of  the 
late  Senator  George  Hearst,  father  of  the 
celebrated  newspaper  publisher.  He  was 
also  a  partner  of  the  late  Lloyd  Tevis, 
founder  of  the  well-known  and  veiy  rich 
Tevis  family  of  California.  Haggin  and 
Tevis  were  the  principal  members  of  the 
copartnership,  and  were  known  all  over  the 
Pacific  Coast  and  in  New  York  financial 
circles  before  Geoige  Hearst  became  a 
prominent  figure.  J  Learst  was  t  he  mining 
expeit  oi  tlic  combination,  and  it  was  said 
that  few  better  ever  lived.  His  judgment 
of  mines  and  milling  prospects  was  almost 
infallible.  When  Hearst  recommended  the 
purchase  of  a  mine  Haggin  and  Tevis 
financed  it,  and  the  firm  grew  in  wealth 
amazingly. 

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Lloyd  Tevis,  who  was  one  of  the  shrewd- 
est of  men,  saw  that  the  express  business 
in    the    West    was    destined    to    become       very 
remunerative,  and  he  became  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal stockholders  in  the  Wells  Fargo  Express 
Company. 

It  was  their  great  possessions  in  land,  how- 
ever, that  made  the  firm  of  Haggin  &  Tevis 
notable  amongst  the  millionaires  of  the 
West.  They  owned  a  principality  in  Fresno 
county,  the  land  having  been  acquired  when 
must  people  thought  the  arid  plains  around 
Bakeisfield  were  only  good  for  sheep  or  jaek- 
rabbits.  Haggin  &  Tevis  knew  better,  and 
their  judgment  has  been  verified  fully,  for 
valuable  crops  of  alfalfa  are  now  raised  on 
the  former  desert,  and  Fresno  is  the  center 
of  the  important  raisin  business  of  California. 

In  the  eighties  James  Ben  Ali  Haggin  be- 
gan to  take  a  lively  interest  in  horse-racing. 
Tom  Williams,  our  great  turfite,  was  then 
only  a  youth,  but  was  already  known  on  the 
turf.  Old  "Lucky"  Baldwin  was  an  impor- 
tant member  of  the  fraternity  of  millionaire 
turfmen.  Theodore  Winters  was  another  fa- 
mous owner  of  racers.  The  game  was  played 
on  the  English  plan  then,  there  being  but 
short  racing  seasons,  and  the  control  of  the 
sport  being  in  the  hands  of  rich  landowners, 
who  raised  and  raced  their  horses  for  pleasure 
more  than  for  profit.  Bookmaking  as  we  know 
it  now  was  not  in  vogue,  and  auction  pools 
were  sold  on  all  races — both  the  running  and 
trotting  events. 

Of  all  the  racing  millionaires,  Haggin  was 
personally  the  least  known  to  the  public.  In 
public  he  was  so  silent  and  unobtrusive  a  man 
that  he  became  regarded  as  something  of  a 
mystery.  His  unusual  name,  James  Ben  Ali, 
increased  the  mystification  of  the  public,  and 
it  was  generally  believed  that  he  was  a  Turk 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


PHOTOGRAPHED  AT  NEWPORT. 

Lady  on  the  left  of  the  picture  is  Mrs.  James  E. 
gin.    Mr.   Haggin  is  the   man    with    his    back    turned, 

by  birth.  The  fact  is  that  he  was  born  in 
1827,  at  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky,  and  in  his 
native  State  his  home  in  now  established, 
though  he  has  a  New  York  house  at  No.  587 
Fifth  avenue.  It  is  not  even  as  imposing  as 
the  old  Haggin  home  on  Taylor  street,  near 
Jackson,  which  was  the  center  of  a  group  of 
rich  people  's  residences  in  former  days.  The 
Tevis  mansion  was  located  there. 

Mr,  Haggin 's  stock  farm,  Eancho  Paso,  near 
Sacramento,  was  one  of  the  largest  and  finest 
in  the  world.  The  best  thoroughbreds  that 
money  could  buy  were  taken  to  Eancho  del 
Paso  for  breeding  purposes,  and  the  only 
farm  in  America  that  could  be  compared  at 
all  with  it  was  the  wonderful  place  at  Palo 
Alto,  now  the  site  of  the  Stanford  University. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Haggin  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Lewis  Sanders  of  Natchez, 
Miss.  She  died  in  1894.  His  second  wife, 
whom  he  married  in  1897,  was  Miss  Pearl 
Voorhies  of  Versailles,  Ky.  She  is  many  years 
younger  that  her  husband,  and  has  taken  a 
keen  interest  and  a  prominent  part  in  society 
at  New  York  and  Newport.  Of  Mr.  Haggin 's 
two  sons  and  three  daughters,  one  son  and 
two  daughters  are  living.  His  eldest  daughter, 
when  a  resident  of  San  Francisco,  married 
the  Count  Festetics,  member  of  a  famous 
Austrian  family,  and  unduly  fond  of  voyag- 
ing around  the  world  in  a  small  yacht  which 
he  owned.  The  Countess  Festetics  (nee  Hag- 
gin) had  no  great  liking  for  the  strenuosities 
of  a  world-voyage  in  a  small  boat,  and  when 
the  couple  reached  Calcutta  she  left  the  titled 
mariner,  bag  and  baggage,  and  hurried  back 
to  her  wealthy  parents  as  fast  as  a  Suez 
steamer  and  an  Atlantic  liner  could  bring  her 
to  America.  An  attempt  to  coax  the  dove  of 
domestic  peace  back  to  the  Festetics  lodgings 
was  not  a  complete  success,  and  after  a  few 
short  flights  the  amiable  bird  disappeared,  to 
return  no  more.  The  Count  also  disappeared 
out  of  the  bright  light  which  illuminates  Am- 
erican fashionable  society. 

The  Festetics  affair  and  the  death  of  Ben 


Hag 


Ali  Haggin  Jr.,  added  to  a  natural  longing 
fur  his  native  place,  caused  Mr.  Haggin  to 
close  up  his  San  Francisco  house  and  es- 
tablish his  Ik. me  in  Kentucky,  liis  new 
estate  at  Elmendorf  contains  over  5,000 
acres  <if  the  finest  blue  ^i;iss  land  in  Ken- 
tucky. Here  he  has  built  a  superb  colon- 
ial mansion,  which  is  regarded  as  the  finest 
private  house  in  the  State.  His  Kentucky 
slock  farm  is  the  largest  and  finest  in  ex- 
istence. Mr.  Haggin  owns  three  times  ;is 
many  thoroughbred  horses  as  any  other 
man    in    the   world. 

Ben  Ali  Haggin,  the  grandson  of  this 
millionaire,  whose  great  wealth  was  accu- 
mulated in  California,  is  a  New  York  art- 
ist who  has  painted  some  noteworthy  por- 
traits of  Mary  Carden  and  other  stage  ce- 
lebrities. The  name  "Ben  Ali''  persists 
in  the  family,  but  the  aged  millionaire  has 
never  taken  the  trouble  to  explain  why 
the  name  of  Mohammed's  giandnephew 
should  be  so  cherished  in  the  Haggin  clan. 
The  old  gentleman,  in  his  early  days  in 
California,  when  his  beard  was  black,  had 
a   decidedly  Oriental   cast  of  countenance. 

James  Ben  Ali  Haggin  was  trained  for  the 
legal  profession  and  practised  in  the  Southern 
States  until  the  gold  fever  attracted  him  to 
California.  In  partnership  with  Lloyd  Tevis, 
who  was  his  brother-in-law,  he  opened  an  office 
and    specialized    on    mining    claims. 

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A  lad  was  found  in  the  street  crying  very 
bitterly  because  his  eart  was  broken. 

The  kindly  disposed  stranger  endeavored  to 
cheer  up  the  little  fellow  by  saying:  "Never 
mind,  my  boy;  your  father  can  easily  mend 
that." 

' ( No,  he  can  *t, ' '  sobbed  the  boy.  ' '  My 
father  is  a  preacher  and  he  don't  know  any- 
thing about  anything." 


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[Saturday,  September  7,   1912. 


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Greatest  Effort. 


THE  most  gorgeous  entertainment  in  the 
history  of  Newport  was  that  given  at 
Beaulien  by  Mrs.  Cornelius  Vanderbil;.. 
"The  Merry  Countess,"  a  three-act  light  oiji; 
era  from  the  Casino,  ISiew  York,  was  present- 
ed. The  dancing  included  a  Persian,  a  Russian 
and  a  gypsy  quadrille,  also  a  quadrille  of  the 
Four  Seasons,  all  danced  by  prominent  mem- 
bers of  fashionable  society.  Four  hundred 
guests  were  seated  at  the  supper  tables.  Pre- 
vious to  this  grand  entertainment,  dinners 
were  held  all  over  Newport. 

It  was  very  late  before  the  entertainment 
at  Beaulieu  on  the  Cliffs  started.  As  guests 
drove  to  the  entrance  of  Beaulieu  to  pass  into 
the  ballroom  and  combination  theater,  they 
saw  a  reproduction  of  the  Far  East  in  dome 
effect,  outlined  in  electric  lights  of  red,  blue 
and  yellow.  Two  domes  were  in  front  of 
Beaulieu  and  four  others  on  the  grand  conrt. 
Shafts  of  light  were  flashed  from  the  tops  ot 
verandas,  and  with  electiical  effects  on  the 
lawn,  the  scene  was  certainly  brilliant. 

The  ballroom  at  the  Cliff  side  of  the  house 
was  decorated  in  Oriental  style,  with  statuary 
on  the  sides,  divans  against  the  walls,  and 
magnificent  rugs  covering  the  solid  maple 
floor.     The  ceiling  gave  a  sky  effect. 

After  the  presentation  of  "The  Merry 
Countess,"  the  stage  was  cleared  for  the 
quadrilles.  The  curtain  rose  on  the  Persian 
quadrille,  in  which  Mrs.  Bourke  Cockran,  well 
known  in  San  Francisco  society,  was  a  partici- 
pant. Several  members  of  the  German  Em- 
bassy took  part  in  this  dance.  The  women 
wore  gold  slippers  and  beautiful  Persian  cos- 
tumes. After  the  quadrille,  the  dancers  took 
seats  on  the  divans  on  the  sides  of  the  ball- 
room. 

The  Russian  quadrille,  a  very  gorgeous  af- 
fair, was  led  by  the  hostess,  who  danced  with 
Henri  de  Bach,  of  the  Russian  Embassy.  Mem- 
bers of  the  Mexican  Embassy  danced  in  the 
Gypsy  quadrille. 

In  the  quadrille  of  "The  Four  Seasons," 
only  one  married  woman,  Mrs.  Robert  L. 
Gerry,  took  part.  The  girls  typifying  Spring 
were  costumed  in  apple  green  chiffon,  draped 
over  white  satin.  They  wore  wreaths  ot 
apple  blossoms  and  carried  garlands.  All 
the  young  women  wore  ballet  slippers  of  pink 
satin  with  pink  ribbons  to  cover  the  ankles. 

The  young  women  in  the  Summer  quad- 
rille were  costumed  in  rose  pink  chiffon  and 
those  in  the  Autumn  quadrille  in  bright  Ted 
and  deep  purple,  with  a  bit  of  tiger  skin  at 
the  left  shoulders  of  the  dancers,  and  wreathes 
of  grape  leaves.  The  dancers  in  the 'Winter 
quadrille  were  dressed  in  white  and  silver 
chiffon,  trimmed  with  eiderdown.  They  wore 
wreathes  and  carried  garlands  of  holly  ber- 
ries. Supper  was  served  at  the  conclusion  ot 
the   quadrilles. 

Amongst  those  whose  costumes  were  par- 
ticularly noticeable  were: 


Mrs.  W.  K.  Vanderbilt  Jr.,  who  was  gor- 
geous in  old  black  chiffon  waist  with  gold 
bloomers.  Her  hair  was  ananged  with  a 
handsome  effect  of  gold  headdress  and  black 
aigrettes. 

Mrs.  Stuyvesant  Fish  was  in  Persian  costume 
of  organdie  satin  embroidered  in  rich  gold. 
Her  hair  was  treated  in  rich  jewel  effect. 

Mrs.  R.  Livingston  Beeckman  wore  a  strik- 
ingly handsome  Persian  costume  of  black  and 
satin  effect,  brilliantly  decorated  with  pearls. 

Mrs.  George  B.  de  Forest  was  in  Persian 
costume  of  striking  black  and  silver,  with 
pretty  black  aigrettes. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Harriman  wore  a  handsome 
Turkish  costume  of  silver  cloth  with  aigrettes 
and  cabisha  of  lace.  The  coat  was  of  silver 
and  brown,  with  cerise  chiffon.  Her  slippers 
were  cherry  satin,  with  silver  butterfly  bow*. 

Miss  Lucy  Aldrich,  daughter  of  ex-Senatot 
Nelson  W.  Aldrich,  wore  a  coat  of  sapphire 
blue  satin,  embroideied  in  silver,  with  a  sap- 
phire blue  turban  to  match,  with  gold  and 
silver  aigrettes. 

Mrs.  William  B.  Leeds  looked  beautiful  as 
Cleopatra,  wearing  a  magnificent  string  of 
pearls. 

Mrs.  Cecil  Higgins  of  London  had  on  a 
handsome  Turkish  costume  of  black  and  sil- 
ver, with  an  immense  veil  worn  about  hev 
face. 

Mrs.  Lewis  Quentin  Jones  represented  Prin- 
cess de  Lamballe,  with  her  hair  dressed  very 
white  and  decorated  with  a  wreath  of  small 
pink  roses  in  the  coiffure. 

Mrs.  Eldridge  T.  Gerry  was  costumed  in  a 
beautiful  effect  of  Marie  Antoinette  design. 
Her  hair  was  arranged  very  high  with  a  coro- 
net   of    diamonds. 


STRENUOUS  DANCERS. 

THE  young  people  cannot  get  enough 
dancing  at  Newport  these  days.  After 
Mrs.  Stuyvesant  Fish  's  ball,  which  did 
not  end  at  a  particularly  early  hour,  a  lot  of 
them  went  to  Berger  's,  which  was  about  to 
close  after  the  regular  weekly  dance.  Musi- 
cians were  hurriedly  summoned,  even  from 
their  slumbers,  and  dancing  continued  until 
half-past  five  o  'clock  in  the  morning. 

♦ 

Only  "Dry"  Place. 
"Where  can  1  get  a  drink  in  this  place?" 
asked    a    traveling    man    in    the    San    Joaquin 
valley. 

"See  that  millinery  shop  over  there?"  asked 
the  driver,  pointing  to  a  building  near  the 
depot. 

"You  don't  mean  to  say  they  sell  whisky 
in  a  millinery  store?"  exclaimed  the  drum- 
mer. 

"No,  I  mean  that's  the  only  place  here  they 
don't  sell  it,"   said  the   man. 

4 

The  Mandarin's  Little  Joke. 

Bishop  Roots  of  Hankow  says  that  when 
he  first  went  to  China  he  had  a  good  deal  of 
difficulty  in    remembering   faces. 

"I'm  getting  over  my  difficulty  now,"  he 
said  one  day  to  a  mandarin,  "but  in  the  be- 
ginning here  in  Hankow  you  all  looked  as 
like  as  two  peas. ' ' 

"Two  peas?"  said  the  English  speaking 
mandarin,  smiling.  ' '  Why  not  say  two 
queues?  " 


When  the  Heart  is  Young — and  in  Love. 

The  Woman:  And  you  will  always  love  me 
as  now? 

The  Man:  I  will  always  love  you  as  now. 

The  Woman:  But  I  will  be  ill  and  weak. 

The  Man:   No  matter,  I  will  love  you. 

The   Woman:   I  will  grow  old. 

The  Man:   I  will  still  love  you. 

The  Woman:  I  may  be  fretful  and  cross. 
Not  always  smiling  sweet  as  now. 

The  Man:   No  matter.     I  will  love  you. 

The  Woman:  We  may  be  pressed  by  pover- 
ty. My  gowns  may  be  cheap  and  unbecom- 
ing. 

The  Man:  I  will  love  you  even  so. 

The  Woman:  Other  women,  younger,  more 
beautiful,  will  cross  your  path. 

The  Man:  I  will  see  only  you. 

The  Woman:  Children  may  absorb  my  at- 
tention. 

The   Man:    I  will  be  patienr. 

The  Woman :  You  will  always  love  me— 
as  now? 

The  Man:  I  will  always  love  you — as  now. 

The  Woman:  It  is  not  true.  But  you  have 
said  it — and  I  believe  you! — Josephine  Con- 
ger-Kaneko,   in   Life. 

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THE  WASP- 


13 


KING  CANUTE. 


King  Canute  was  weary  heart 
ed;  he  bad  reigned  foi  years 
a  score, 

Battling,  si  niggling,  pushing, 
fighting,  killing  much  and 
robbing    more; 

.\  ad  he  thought  upon  his  ac- 
tions, walking  by  the  wild 
sea  shore. 


f 

^%  Twixt     the     Chancellor     and 

f#  Bishop      walked      the     King 

Willi    steps    sedate. 

Chamberlains  and  grooms  came  a  tier,  silver 

Sticks    ami    goldstiekS    great. 

Chaplains,  aides-de-camp,  and  pages — all  the 
officers  of  state. 

Sliding    after    like    his    shadow,    pausing    when 

he  chose  '"  pause, 
1 !    a   frown    his  face  contracted,   straight   the 

courtiers  dropped  their  jaws; 
If   to    laugh    the    King    was    minded,   out    they 

burst  in  loud  hee-haws. 

Hut    that    day    a   something    vexed    him,    that 

was  clear  to  old  and  young; 
Thrice   his  Grace   had  yawned  at   table,  when 

his  favorite  gleenien  sung; 
Once  the  queen  would  have  consoled  him,  but 

he  bade  her  hold   her  tongue. 

''Something   ails   my    gracious    master,''    cried 

the  Keeper  of  the  Seal. 
"Sure,    my    lord,    it    is    the    lampreys    served 

tu  dinner,  or  the  vealf" 
"Pshal"      exclaimed      the     angry      monarch. 

"Keeper,    'tis   not   that   I   feel. 

"   Tis    the   heart,    and    not    the    diuuer,    fool, 

that  doth  my  rest  impair; 
Can    a    king    be   great   as    1    am,   prithee,    and 

yet  know  no  caref 
Oh,    I'm   sick,  and  tired,  and  weary." — Some 

one  cried,  "The  King's  armchair!'' 

Then  towards  the  lackeys  turning,  quick  my 
Lord  the  Keeper  nodded, 

Straight  the  King 's  great  arm  chair  was 
brought    him,    by    the    footmen    able-bodied. 

Languidly  he  sank  into  it — it  was  comfort- 
ably   wadded. 

"Leading    on    my   fierce    companions,"    cried 

he,  "over  storm  and  brine, 
1  have  fought  and  I  have  conquered!    Where 

was  glory  like  to  mine?" 
Loudly    all    the   courtiers    echoed,    ' '  Where    is 

glory  like  to  thine  f" 

"What    avail   me   all   my   kingdoms?      Weary 

am  I  now,  and  old; 
Those  fair  sons  I  have  begotten,  long  to  see 

me  dead  and  cold; 
Would  I  were,   and  quiet  buried,   underneath 

the  silent  mold! 

"Oh,    remorse,    the    writhing   serpent!    at   my 

bosom  tears  and  bites; 
Horrid,  horrid  things  I  look  on,  though  I  put 

out  all  the  lights; 
Ghosts    of    ghastly    recollections    troop    about 

my  bed  at  nights. 

' '  Cities   burning,    convents   blazing,    red   with 

sacrilegious  fires; 
Mothers    weeping,    virgins    screaming    vainly 

for  their  slaughtered   sires." — 
"Such  a  tender  conscience,"  cries  the  Bishop, 

"everyone  admires! 

"But  for  such  unpleasant  bygones,  cease,  my 

gracious  lord,  to  search, 
They're  forgotten  and  forgiven  by  our  Holy 

Mother  Church; 
Never,   never  does  she  leave  her  benefactors 

in  the  lurch. 

' '  Look !  tue  land  is  crowned  with  minsters, 
which  your  Grace's  bounty  raised; 


Abbeys  filled  with  holy  men,  where,  you  and 
Heaven    are   daily    praised. 

You,  my  lord,  to  think  of  dying?  on  my  con- 
science   1  'in    amazed!  ' ' 

"Nay,    1    teel,"    replied   King   Canute,    "that 

my  end  is  drawing  m-ar." 
"Don'1     >a\      bo,"     exclaimed    the    courtiers 

(Striving  each  to  squeeze  a  tear). 
"Sure    your    Grace    is   strong   and    lusty,    and 

may  live  this  fifty  year." 

"Live  these  fifty  years!"  the  jbishop  roared, 

with  actions  made  to  suit. 
"Are   you   mad,   my   good   Lord   Keeper,   thus 

to  speak  of  King  Canute! 
Men    have   lived    a    thousand  years,   and    sure 

his  Majesty  will  do  't. 

4 '  Adam,  Enoch,  Laniech,  Cainan,  Mahaleel, 
Methuselah, 

Lived  nine  hundred  years  apiece,  and  mayn't 
the  King  as  well  as  theyf" 

"Fervently,"  exclaimed  the  Keeper,  "ferv- 
ently I  trust   he  may." 

"He  to  die?"  resumed  the  Bishop.  "He  a 
a  mortal  like  to  us? 

Death  was  not  for  him  intended,  though  com- 
munis  omnibus; 

Keeper,  you  are  irreligious,  for  to  talk  and 
cavil  thus. 

"With   his  wondrous  skill  in  healing  ne'er  a 

doctor  can  compete, 
Loathsome   lepers,  if  he  touch  them,  start   up 

clean  upon  their  feet; 
Surely    he    could    raise   the   dead   up,    did    his 

Highness  think  it  meet. 

"Did   not   once   the   Jewish   captain    stay   the 

sun  upon  the  hill, 
And,   the  while   he   slew   the   foemen,   bid   the 

silver  moon  stand  still? 
So,    no    doubt,    could    gracious    Canute,    if    it 

were  his  sacred  will." 

' '  Might   I   stay   the   sun   above   us,   good    Sir 

Bishop?"  Canute  cried; 
"Could  I  bid  the  silver  moon  to  pause  upon 

her  heavenly  ride? 
If    the    moon    obeys    my    orders,    sure    I    can 

command  the  tide. 

"Will  the  advancing  waves  obey  me,  Bishop, 

if  I  make  the  sign  ? ' ' 
Said   the    Bishop,    bowing   lowly,    ' '  Land    and 

sea,  my  lord,  are  thine." 
Canute  turned  towards  the  ocean — "Back!" 

he  said,  "thou  foaming  brine. 

"From  the  sacred  shore  I  stand  on,  I  com- 
mand thee  to  retreat; 

Venture  not,  thou  stormy  rebel,  to  approach 
thy  master's  seat; 

Ocean,  be  thou  still!  I  bid  thee  come  not 
nearer  to  my  feet!" 

But  the  sullen  ocean  answered  with  a  louder, 

deeper  roar, 
And    the    rapid    waves    drew    nearer,    falling 

sounding  on  the  shore; 
Back    the   Keeper   and    the    Bishop,    back    the 

King  and  courtiers  bore. 

And  he  sternly  bade  them  never  more  to  kneel 
to  human  clay, 

But  alone  to  praise  and  worship  That  which 
earth  and  seas  obey; 

And  his  golden  crown  of  enrpire  never  wore 
he  from  that  day. 

King  Canute  is  dead  and  gone;  Parasites  ex- 
ist alway. 

'   + 

Women  are  no  longer  mere  clpliers  in  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


VALUING  THE  ASTOR  ESTATE. 

IN  APPRAISING  the  estate  of  the  late  Col. 
John  Jacob  A st or,  a  new  plan  lias  been 
adopted.  The  State  of  New  York  named 
three  appraisers,  the  Astor  heirs  named  three, 
and  the  six  appraisers  selected  a  seventh. 
These  seven  men  are  expected  to  work  in 
harmony,  and  their  appraisement  is  to  be 
final.  The  estate  has  been  divided  into  seven 
parts  for  the  purpose  of  appraisement,  four 
divisions  consisting  of  real  property  and  three 
divisions   consisting  of   personal    property. 

In  the  first  division  of  personal  property 
will  be  included  all  pictures,  miniatures,  etch- 
ings, engravings,  statuary  and  bronzes.  The 
second  parcel  will  include  property  in  the 
Astor  homes  at  Khinebeck  and  at  845  Fifth 
avenue.  The  third  division  includes  all  the 
property  in  the  Hotel  St.  Regis. 

In  so  far  as  Col.  Astor  left  his  entire  es- 
tate to  his  next  of  kin,  the  maximum  rate 
of  transfer  tax  is  4  per  cent.  It  is  believed 
at  the  State  Controller's  office  that  the  estate 
is  worth  $100,000,01)1),  in  which  case  the  tax  will 
approach  $4,000,000.  By  tentatively  paying 
this  tax  within  six  months  of  the  date  of  Col. 
Astor "s  death  the  estate  will  save  5  per  cent., 
or,    in    this   case,   very   nearly  $200,000. 

f 

The  Difference. 

A  TEMPERANCE  lecturer  displayed  to 
his  audience  two  geraniums.  The  first, 
watered  in  the  usual  way,  was  a  fine 
and  vigorous  plant.  But  the  other  had  been 
dosed  with  alcohol,  and  its  foliage  was  shriv- 
eled and  sparse,  its  stem  twisted,  and  its 
vitality  decayed.  "Mow,  ladies  and  gentle- 
men," cried  the  lecturer,  "what  can  you  say 
to  a  demonstration  such  as  this  one?"  "It's 
all  right,  and  if  I  were  a  geranium,"  said 
a  shabby  man  in  the  gallery,  "I'd  stick  to 
water  exclusively;  but  I  am  not  a  geranium." 
: f 

Very  Likely. 

His  Honor  (gazing  at  intoxicated  person)  — 
"What  is   he  charged   with,   officer?" 

Officer(newly  appointed) — "Oi  don  't  know, 
yer  honor,  but  Oi  think  it 's  shtraight  whis- 
key. ' ' 


EXCLUSIVE     DESIGNS     IN 

EMBROIDERED 

WAIST     PATTERNS     AND     KIMONOS 


157-159  GEARY  STREET 

Bet.  Grant  Arenue  and  Stockton  St. 

Branch  Store:  152  Kearny  Street 
San  Francisco 


HAY-PAUNCEF0TE  TREATY. 


THE  average  American  citizen  (out  West, 
especially)  doesn't  know  what  to  make 
of  the  Panama  Canal  bill,  which  is  so 
much    discussed    in    the    newspapers — and    so 
improperly   presented  to   the   readers   in   most 
cases. 

Various  citizens — Congressmen  anxious  to 
be  re-elected,  representatives  of  traffic  asso- 
ciations or  shipping  combines,  or  chambers  of 
commerce — are  coming  back  from  Washington 
and  congratulating  themselves  (and  the  bod- 
ies that  pay  them  good  salaries)  for  the  won- 
derful work  they  did  at  the  capital.  They 
"stirred  up  Congress"  and  "braced  up  the 
President,"  etc.,  etc.,  etc.  All  of  which  is 
calculated  to  make  the  average  newspaper 
reader  conclude  that  the  Panama  Canal  bill 
is  a  wonderful  piece  of  constructive  legisla- 
tion, and  as  far  as  San 
Francisco  is  concerned, 
we  may  expect  to  see  our 
harbor  ' '  crowded  with 
the  fleets  of  the  world" 
just  as  soon  as  the  Canal 
is  thrown  open  to  com- 
merce. That's  what  one 
of  the  late  arrivals  from 
Washington  told  the  re- 
porters, or  at  least  what 
the  reporters  told  the 
public    he    said. 

In  San  Francisco  we 
are  prone  to  discuss 
cold  business  propositions 
more  from  our  hearts 
than  our  heads.  We 
have  a  weakness  for  tak- 
ing sides  violently  and 
discussing  public  busi- 
ness matters  with  too 
much  heat  and  fury.  It's 
the  result  of  our  exhil- 
arating climate  no  doubt 
and  the  energy  imparted 
by  the  ozone  from  the 
Pacific  ocean. 

It  is  well  that  we 
should      all      understand 

thoroughly  what  the  Panama  Canal  bill  means 
'.o  our  nation  and  foreign  nations.  The  facts 
can  be  stated  very  briefly. 

The  vital  part  of  the  Hay-Pauncefote 
treaty  is  Article  III,  which  provides  that: 

The  Canal  shall  be  free  and  open  to  the 
vessels  of  commerce  and  war  of  all  nations 
on  terms  of  entire  equality,  so  that  there 
shall  be  no  discrimination  against  any  naticn 
or  its  citizens  or  subjects  in  respect  to  the 
conditions  or  charges  of  traffic  or  otherwise. 

Now,  it  is  argued  by  the  advocates  of  free 
passage  for  American  vessels  that  the  fore- 
going provision  does  not  prevent  the  United 
States  from  favoring  its  own  commerce  in 
any  way  it  may  desire.  The  Canal  is  ours, 
it  is  argued.  We  constructed  it  with  out 
own  money,  and  a  great  monument  to  our 
courage  and  enterprise  it  is.  We  own  the 
territory    through     which     the     Canal     runs. 


The  Cold  Faefcs 


Therefore  there  should  be  no  obstruction  to 
our  sovereign  authority  over  the  Canal  and 
all  the  rules  governing  it.  So  runs  the  argu- 
ments against  allowing  England,  or  any  other 
foreign  power  to  have  a  finger  in  the  pie,  or 
dictate  to  us. 

There  is  a  fatal  defect  in  this  argument; 
one  which  would  cause  the  pins  to  be  knocked 
from  under  us  if  we  ever  arbitrated  it  before 
The   Hague  Tribunal. 

The    fatal    defect    is    that    when    the    Hav- 


VIEW  OF  THE  PANAMA  CANAL  AT  GATUN  DAM. 

Pauncefote  treaty  was  made  and  ratified  by 
the  United  States  Senate,  it  was  distinctly 
understood  that  the  United  States  was  to 
stand  on  exactly  the  same  footing  and  terms 
of  equality  as  all  other  nations.  The  words 
"all  nations"  in  the  treaty  did,  in  fact  and  in 
law,   include  the   United   States. 

The  proof  of  that  fact  is  given  in  the  Con- 
gressional Record,  which  is  the  official  ac- 
count of  the  daily  doings  and  discussions  of 
Congress. 

The  Congressional  Record  shows  that  the 
United  States  Senate  debated  and  voted  on 
the  question  whether  the  United  States  was 
included  in  the  wordls  "all  nations,"  or 
whether  the  United  States  could  discriminate 
in  favor  of  its  own  vessels.  The  question  was 
finally  brought  to  a  vote  of  the  Senate  by 
the  proposal  of  Senator  Thomas  Bard  of  Cal- 
ifornia, to  amend  Article  III  as  follows: 
Article  III.    The  United  States  reserves 


the  right  in  the  regulation  and  manage 
ment  of  the  Canal,  to  discriminate  in 
respect  to  charges  of  traffic  in  favor  of 
vessels  of  its  own  citizens  engaged  in 
the  coastwise  trade. 

Upon  this  amendment,  proposed  by  Senator 
Baird,  the  vote  of  the  Senate  stood  27  in 
favor  of  the  amendment  and  43  against  the 
amendment.  That  was  a  decisive  vote,  and 
settles  all  doubts  that  the  treaty  makers  did 
not  intend  to  allow  the  United  States  the 
privilege  of  discriminating  in  favor  of  Amer- 
ican vessels,  either  ocean-going  or  coastwise. 
With  such  convincing  official  proof  of  the 
intention  of  the  treaty  makers,  it  would  be 
silly  to  go  before  the  Tribunal  of  Arbitration 
at  The  Hague.  We  would  lose  our  case  and 
be  laughed  at  for  ever  going  into  court  on 
such    a    flimsy    plea. 

The  honorable  thing 
for  us  to  do  should  be 
to  declare  that  .we  made 
a  treaty  which  we  now 
consider  unfair  and  wish 
to  break,  but,  being  de- 
sirous of  protecting  our 
national  respect,  we 
would  make  the  best  of 
a  bad  bargain  and  abide 
by  our  written  pledges 
until  some  fair  means  to 
abrogate  the  treaty  could 
be   found. 

Such  a  declaration  as 
that  would  silence  crit- 
icism and  increase  our 
national  dignity  and  the 
ruspect  of  foreign  na- 
tions for  our  flag. 

There  is  no  loss  of 
honor  in  declaring  that 
we  made  a  mistake,  which 
we  should  like  to  rectify 
in  a  direct  manner.  In- 
stead of  taking  that 
straightforward,  sensible 
course,  we  have  adopted 
a  shuffling  and  devious 
policy  which  cannot  fail  to  cause  us  loss  of 
national  credit  and  entangle  us  in  a  mass  of 
most  undesirable  complications.  The  more 
influential  and  respected  of  our  great  Amer- 
ican newspapers  have  condemned  this  inju- 
dicious policy. 

President  Taft,  who  was  at  first  accredited 
with  a  determination  to  veto  the  bill,  has 
issued  an  elaborate  argument  in  favor  of  it. 
He  assumes  that  the  United  States  can  dis- 
criminate in  favor  of  our  shipping  and  aid  it 
by  the  remission  of  tolls,  but  the  Congression- 
al Record  shows  clearly  that  such  was  not  the 
understanding  of  the  treaty  makers. 

If  the  government  at  Washington  be  so 
confident  that  the  United  States  has  the 
right  to  remit  tolls  to  our  shipping,  there 
should  be  no  hesitation  in  submitting  the 
case  to  The  Hague  Tribunal  for  arbitration. 
Thrice    armed    is    he    "who    hath    his    quarrel 


just. 


The  United  States  has  been  foremost 


Saturday,   September  7,   1912. 


THE  WASP- 


15 


(^ts&&/<JU2—. 


AN    OBSTACLE    RACE. 


in  advocacy  of  arbitration  on  all  important 
international  affairs  calculated  to  cause  fric- 
tion and  sever  the  friendly  relations  of  the 
powers,  that   had  better  remain  at  peace. 

But  it  is  announced  from  Washington  that 
we  will  not  arbitrate.  We  shall  not  permit 
the  matter  to  go  before  The  Hague  Tribunal, 
we  are  confidentially  informed  by  the  Wash- 
ington correspondents  and  by  prominent  mem- 
bers of  Congress. 

Anybody  can  tell  in  advance  what  will  be 
said  of  our  refusal  to  arbitrate,  for  we  are 
not  particularly  popular  with  foreign  powers. 
All  of  them  envy  us,  and  some  of  them  detest 
us  quite  cordially,  though  they  are  not  averse 
to  taking  the  large  wads  of  money  our  tour- 
ists leave  with  them  annually.  Cential  and 
South  Americans,  who  regard  the  United 
States  with  suspicion,  will  become  more  dis- 
trustful of  us  than  ever.  The  Oriental  powers 
will  make  careful  note  of  our  method  of  dis- 
posing of  important  international  affairs,  and 
Japan,  having  an  eye  to  the  control  of  tho 
Pacific,  herself,  will  be  more  disposed  than 
ever  to  renew  her  treaty  with  England,  which 
will  do  all  the  talking  for  the  commercial 
nations  that  want  to  get  the  greatest  benefit 
from  the  Panama  Canal. 

It  will  not  improve  matters  for  us  to  declare 
that  we  are  taking  a  leaf  out  of  England '3 
own  book  of  diplomacy  and  insist  that  John 
Bull  would  do  just  as  we  are  doing;  that  ho 
never  allowed  a  treaty  to  stand  in  his  way 
of  increasing  England's  shipping  interests; 
that  he  lives  in  an  edifice  largely  constructed 
of  glass,  and  throwing  stones  is  a  foolish  pas- 
time for  him. 

John  Bull 's  real  or  fancied  misdeeds  do 
not  excuse  our  shortcomings.  John  has  made 
trade  follow  his  flag,  and  he  boasts  that  the 
sun  never  sets  on  his  historic  banner. 

The  United  States  is  a  republic,  and  not  a 
warlike  empire.  We  have  been  the  loudest  and 


foremost  advocates  of  arbitration  and  broth- 
erly love  between  nations.  We  should  not 
sacrifice  our  principles  and  good  reputation 
at  one  swoop. 

♦ 

Burial  of  a  Lone  Bull  Moose. 

Yes,  buiy  him  deep,  the  lone  Bull  Moose, 

Both  his  horns  and  his  hoofs  and  his  hide. 
Lay  him  away  in  a  calm,  quiet  spot, 

\v  ith  the  big  stick  close  by  his  side. 
Make  not  a  sound  to  disturb  his  repose 

Or  refer  to   his  last  sad  foray; 
Plant  his   rough-rider  hat  with  his  other  old 
clothes 

And  leave  him  alone  in  his  glory. 

We  will  not  refer  to  the  New  York  campaign, 
Or    the   later    affair   at    Chicago. 


Prom  the  Panama  matter  we'll  kindly  refrain, 

On  Mrs.  Storer  we'll  place  an  embargo. 
Of  the  sugar  and  steel  trusts  no  mention  we'll 
make. 
Nor  refer  to  the  Harriman  letter; 
But  in   silence  and  sorrow  our  leave  we   will 
take, 
Of  such  things  the  less  said  the  better. 

We'll  silently  watch  them  lay  him  away 

Without  prejudice,  envy  or  bias, 
We'll  think  a  whole  lot,  though  nothing  we'll 
say, 
We  brothers  of  old  Ananias. 
No  reveling  sound  will  mark  our  retreat, 

Nor  tears  for  the  hopes  that  were  blighted, 
But  we'll  kick  up  the  dust  with  our  shuffling 
feet 
And  away  we  will  hurry  dee-lighted. 

— R.   G.  Clarke. 


PITY   THE  BLIND 


16 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,   September  7,  1913. 


THE  call  of  local  clubdom  for  the  new 
fiscal  year  resounds  with  exceptional 
vigor  at  the  very  dawn  of  these 
September  days.  Signal  proofs  of  a 
vast  amount  of  precursory  activity  is  evi- 
denced by  the  familiar  and  forceful  way  the 
new  Piesidents  are  accepting  the  gavel  of 
authority. 

Mrs.  Edward  Coleman,  President  of  the  Pap- 
yrus Club  is  one  of  the  most  energetic  and  re- 
sourceful of  the  new  presiding  officers.  Her 
attractive  personality,  ber  tact,  her  natural 
grace  and  the  conscientious  attitude,  in  which 
she  meets  each  situation,  predict  a  success- 
ful  administration. 

*     *     * 

■■r-p»HE  Papyrus  Club  has  maintained  an 
li  unique  position  in  club  life, "stated 
this  charming  President.  ' '  and  1 
shall  be  zealous  to  maintain  this  standard. 
Our  musical  programmes  have  been  our  su- 
perlative delight  and  we  intend  to  cultivate 
this  section  of  our  club  work  more  and  more." 
The  interesting  speaker  tossed  her  head  with 
a  piquancy  which  adds  zest  to  her  charms, 
and  continued: 

"Perhaps  my  plans  and  hopes  run  high, 
but  I  shall  be  all  the  happier  when  they  ma- 
terialize." And  surely  they  will.  Mrs.  Cole- 
man will  inaugurate  three  new  sections: 
French,  dramatic  and  cards.  The  club  began 
its  fiscal  year  on  Wednesday,  September  4th, 


MRS.    EDWARD    H.    COLEMAN 

President    of    Papyrus    Club,    whose    charming 
personality   proclaims   her    a   favorite. 


with  a  business  meeting.  On  September  18th, 
a  musical  programme  will  be  given,  with 
Mrs.  Charles  Goetting,  who  is  exceptionally 
talented  in  musical  and  dramatic  loie,  in 
charge. 

Mrs.  Coleman  will  have  the  hearty  support 
of  an  excellent  executive  board  as  follows: 

Mrs.  Edward  H.  Coleman,  President;  Mrs. 
Kathleen  Byrne,  Vice-President;  Mrs.  Thom- 
as Dempsey,  2nd  Vice-President;  Mrs.  Walter 
Bartlett,  Kecording  Secretary;  Mrs.  George 
Newman,  Corresponding  Secretary;  Mrs.  Min- 
nie Reed,  Financial  Secretary;  Mrs.  Prosper 
Eeiter,  Treasurer;  Dr.  Rosamond  Cox,  Histor- 
ian; Board  of  Directors:  Mrs.  Manfred  Hey- 
nemann,    Mrs.    Walter    Wilkie,    Mrs.    Charles 

Goetting,  Mrs.  J.  Herzog,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Strauss. 

*     *     * 

THERE  is  an  energetic,  earnest  little  bene- 
factor in  our  city,  whose  personality 
is  of  that  rare  type,  which  imparts 
sincerity,  spirituality  and  gentle  determina- 
tion. The  magnitude  of  her  work  is  beyond 
definite  delineation.  1  refer  to  Miss  Estelle 
Carpenter,  Supervisor  of  Music  in  the  San 
Francisco   public   schools. 

"My  work  with  the  school  children  is  of 
such  a  nature  that  1  hardly  know  where  it 
begins,"  said  this  interesting  educator,  "and 
you  see,  it  runs  into  volumes."  She  laughed 
in  the  most  musical  way,  and  pointed  to  the 
rows  of  books  and  manuscripts  arranged  on 
the  shelves  of  her  study,  where  we  had  gone 
for  a  heart  and  brain  talk.  For,  while  en- 
gaged in  developing  child  character  through 
the  art  of  song,  and  training  the  pure,  per- 
fect child  voice,  and  educating  the  taste  for 
the  best  in  music,  Miss  Carpenter  accomplishes 
a  prodigious  amount  of  literary  work,  also; 
"technical  work''  she  terms  it,  without  real- 
izing the  creative  worth  of  her  splendid  ef- 
foits.  In  "Some  Ideas  on  Children's  Sing- 
ing," Miss  Carpenter  expounds  the  value  of 
character  training  through  the  expression  o.t 
song,  especially  songs  of  a  patriotic  nature. 

THE  power  to  impart  is  so  potent  a  force 
in  Miss  Carpenter's  nature  that  she  is, 
in  truth,  an  educator,  an  official  honor 
which  has  just  been  conferred  upon  her  by  the 
National  Council  of  the  N.  E.  A.,  the  council 
membership  being  strictly  limited  to  a  mem- 
bership  of  121. 

"Here  is  our  Portola  Chorus,"  enthusea 
Miss  Carpenter,  in  showing  me  photographs 
where  she  is  seen  leading  the  largest  chorus 
of  children  ever  assembled  together.  "Here 
is  the  Tetrazzini  Chorus,  and  here  the  most 
interesting  chorus  of  all."  Tears  glistened 
in  her  great,  brown  eyes  as  she  showed  me 
a  group  of  children  standing  on  the  brick 
pavement  little  hands  had  made  when  oui 
city   was  in   ashes.     Tiny   heads   were   raised 


MISS    ESTELLE    CARPENTER 

Prominent    musical    educator,    who    understands 
character    development    through    song. 

on  high,  and  you  could  almost  hear  the 
strains  of  "Lift  Thine  Eyes,"  the  "Pil- 
grim's Chorus,"  Mendelssohn's  "Spring 
Song,"  "Just  For  a  Day,"  as  these  little 
citizens  were  doing  their  part  toward  bring- 
ing sunshine  and  cheer  into  chaos. 

II  \TT  THAT  a  work  you  are  doing  for  homes, 
\ftf  for  Hearts,  for  humanity, ' '  was 
interposed,  and  the  noble  little 
lady  returned  with  that  same  fineness  which 
traces  its  natural  way  back  into  the  hearts 
of  the  children:  "There  are  such  sermons  in 
songs.  They  are  the  springtime  of  life.  Pat- 
riotism, love  of  home,  and  Nature,  and  God, 
are  what  the  little  folks  find,  and  all  uncon- 


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Bciously,  they   impart   it   back  to  me.*'     This, 
then,   is   the  tremendous   secret    of   Mis-   Cuj 

penter's  magnificent   success, 

*  •     . 

C.\i'  ami  BELLS  CLUB  gave  a  novel 
progressive  luncheon  at  their  clubrooms 
ns  tin*  initial  program  of  tin1  fiscal 
year.  Mrs,  Malcolm  Austin  was  chairman  of 
the  day.  She  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Lyman 
Poster,  Mrs.  Glenn  C.  Barnhart,  Mrs.  E.  W. 
Thomas,  M  rs.  P.  G.  W.  Paige,  Mrs.  Charles 
J.  Keen  an,  Mrs.  K.  O.  Smith,  Mrs.  Daniel  J. 
Patterson,  Mrs.  <>.  W.  Roberts,  Brilliant  re- 
partee, always  a  feature  of  Cap  and  Bells, 
was  exceptionally  abundant  at  tins  original 
gathering  of  the  merry  clan.  The  informal 
program    was    under    the    direction    of    Mis. 

Louise  I-.  Gage. 

*  *     * 

A    MEETING   of  the   Executive   Board   o! 
the  San   Francisco  District  was  held  at 
the  Palace  Hotel  on   Friday,  Sept.  6th, 
Mrs.  Percy  L.  Shuman,   President   of  the  Dis- 

i  rict,  presiding. 

*  *     * 

StGNOB  SANTIAGO  ARRILLAGA  gave  a 
lecture  on  Spanish  music  at  the  Kohlei 
&  Chase   Hall  on  Tuesday  evening,  Sep- 
tember 3rd,   SignoT  Arrillaga  is  equipped  with 

a  vast  storehouse  of  knowledge  in  the  histoi 
ical  legends  of  the  Spanish  provinces,  and  the 
lecture  which  lie  gave  was  in  compliance  with 
a  general  request  from  those  who  heard  him 
at  the  Music  Teachers'  Association.  A  full 
attendance  of  appreciative  listeners  greeted 
the  prominent  composer  and  lecturer. 

California  Club — Mrs.  A.  P.  Black,  President. 

September  8 — Sunday  assembly,  Mrs.  E.  L. 
Baldwin  in  charge.  Address:  "The  Ideal  ot 
the  City,"  Thomas  H.  Reed,  Assistant  Pro 
lessor  of  Government,  U.  C. 

September  17 — Tuesday,  3  p.  in.  Depart 
merit  of  Education,  Mme.  Emilie  Tojetti. 
Chairman.  Addresses:  "The  Missions  of  Cal- 
ifornia,'5 Mr.  George  Barron,  Curator  of 
Golden  Gate  Park  Museum;  "Color  Musi-i 
and  Its  Possibilities,"  Miss  Olive  B.  Wilson 
Kansas  City. 

*  X  * 

Ebell— 1440  Harrison  Street,  Oakland,  Mrs. 
A.  C.  Posey,  President. 
Fiscal  year  opened  Tuesday,  September  3rd. 
September  10th,  12  o'clock,  luncheon.  Mrs. 
A.  E.  S.  Bang,  Presiding  Hostess;  Mrs.  J.  G. 
Allen,  Chairman  Music;  Address:  "Sources  of 
California  History,''  Herbert  E.  Bolton,  Pro- 
fessor of  History,  U.  C;  Mrs.  II.  J.  Knowles, 
Vocalist. 


AND 


His  First  Elevator. 

Walter  Damvosch,  the  famous  musical  con- 
ductor, was  describing  a  very  ignorant  for- 
eign  critic. 

"In  short,'7  Damrosch  ended,  "he  was  as 
ignorant  of  music  as  old  Jed  Shucks  and  his 
wife  were  of  the  city  ways. 

Jed  was  describing  at  a  dorcas  his  recent 
visit  to  the  metropolis. 

"  'An'  we  went  to  a  big  department  shop,' 
he  said,  'an'  we  went  inter  one  of  them  'ere 
things  wot  whizzes  ye  clean  up  to  the  top — 
what  in  tarnation  is  their  name,  ma?' 

"  'Shop-lifters,  Jedediar/  Mrs.  Shucks  re- 
plied. 


PACE  K(  >RT,  ill-  ae«  lj   elected   Prince  oi 
.  oets,    has    for    twenty    years    taken    a 
profound  inteiest  in  me  welfare  of  his 
fellow-poets   and    has   worked   generously   and 

indetangalily  in  their  behalf.  In  tin'  early 
nineties,  when  little  more  than  a  boy,  he  or- 
ganized I  lie  Tin -a  tie  d  'Art.  which  admini-- 
tered  the  baptism  of  the  footlights  to  man,. 
celebrities,  including  Maeterlinck.  Eater,  by 
founding  the  literary  review  ("Vers  et 
Prose")  oveT  whose  destinies  he  continues  to 
preside,  Paul  Port  won  the  everlasting  grat- 
itude of  another  generation  of  "les  jGUD.es,  '* 
Finally,  Paul  Fori  lias  made  the  cafe  serve  the 
interests  ot  literature.  At  the  Closet  te  des 
Eilas,  in  Paris,  lie  has  for  some  time  been 
the  life  and  light  of  a  band  of  poets  of  all 
ages,  sizes,  complexions,  dispositions,  anil  na- 
tionalities, for  some  of  whom  he  is  a  master 
and  for  all  of  whom  he  is  a  jovial  comrade 
and    a    devoted    friend. 

Paul  Port's  predecessor  as  Prince  of  Poets 
was  the  venerable  Leon  Dierx,  who  died  sud- 
denly last  June,  three  days  after  presiding 
over  exercises  in  honor  of  his  own  predecessor, 
Stephane  Mai  lame.  He  was  74  years  old,  and 
spent  most  of  his  li£e  as  a  clerk  at  the  Min- 
istry  of   Public   Innst ruction. 

His  salary  in  this  capacity  never  exceeded 
$750,  and  when  he  retired,  his  pension  was 
only  a  part,  of  course,  of  this  small  sum,  but 
so  far  as  finances  went,  He  appeared  to  be 
perfectly  satisfied.  The  only  thing  of  which 
he  seems  to  have  complained  was  the  partial 
blindness  with  which  he  was  afflicted  toward 
the  end,  and  which  prevented  him  from  read- 
ing and  indulging  in  his  favorite  pastime  of 
painting.  When  his  election  as  Prince  of 
Poets  was  announced  to  him  he  was  more 
troubled  than  elated,  and  observed  character- 
istically: "This  is  an  honor  I  never  aspired 
to,  and  I  am  afraid  in  accepting  it  to  be  a 
bit  ridiculous."  As  a  matter  of  fact,  he  was 
Prince  in  name  only — 'So  inveterate  were  his 
modesty  and  humility — the  real  Prince  being 
the  late  Jean  Moreas,  (neither  humble  nor 
modest,)  who  reigned,  as  does  Paul  Port  now, 
in  the  cafe,  where  he  was  constantly  attended 
by  a  retinue  of  disciples  and  admirers. 

Treasure  Island. 

CHRISTMAS  ISLAND,  the  original  Treas- 
ure Island,  of  Robert  Louis  Stevenson's 
great  story,  and  around  which  many 
another  less  famous  tale  of  piracy,  treasure 
and  blackbirding  has  been  written,  on  whose 
coral  shores  lie  the  skeletons  of  many  a 
wreck,  has  been  sold  to  a  German  Syndicate 
for  a  mid-Pacific  depot  for  steamships.  The 
price  is  said  to  be  $272,000  cash. 

Father  Rougier,  vendor  and  vendee  of 
islands,  negotiated  the  deed  by  which  the 
G  reig  family  disposed  of  all  interests  in 
Christmas  Island.  William  Grieg,  a  member 
of  the  family,  which  is  known  all  over  the 
Pacific,  was  educated  in  Honolulu.  He  at- 
tended to  the  transfer  of  the  deeds  of  the 
property,  and  came  to  San  Francisco  on  the 
steamer  Wilhelmina  to  deliver  the  documents 
to  the  new  owners. 


The  Latest  Six  Best  Sellers. 

ACCORDING  to  official  record,  the  six  books 
of  fiction  selling  best  in  the  order  of  de- 
mand for  August  are:  "The  Street  Call- 
ed Straight,"  Anon.  (Harper),  $1.35;  "The 
Just  and  the  Unjust,"  Kester  (Bobbs-Merrill), 
$1.25;  "The  Melting  of  Molly,"  Daviess 
(Bobbs-Merrill),  $1;  "The  Harvester,"  Strat- 
ton-Porter  (Doubleday,  Page),  $1.35;  "A 
Hoosier  Chronicle,"  Nicholson  (Houghtou 
Mifflin),  $1.40;  "The  Lighted  Way,"  Oppen 
heim  (Little,  Brown),  $1.25.  Mary  Austin  is 
quoted  as  having  said:  "I  shall  never  write 
another  book   dealing  with  the  West."     "A 


Woman  of  Genius,"  which  i-  the  story  of  a 
struggle  between  a  genius  for  tragic  rtC  ing 
ami  the  daughter  ot"  a  count}  clerk  with  the 
social  ideal  of  Taylorville,  Ohianna,  for  the 
villain,  is  Mrs.  Austin'-,  last  book.  It  was 
published   during   the   present    month. 

Three    editions    of    "   I'lio     Promised     Land, 
by    Mary   Austin,   have   been    called    I'm    in    less 
than  three  months,  thus  totaling   11,000  copies, 
♦  

Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 

club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 

advertising  mediums  for  merchants  who  desire 

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DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

BegB  to  announce  that  he  has  removed  hn  music 
studio  to  the  Gaffney  Building,  376  Sutter  Street, 
between  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  Street. 
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*=jt*  T  IS  THE  CONCLUSION  of  economists 
^Ift  all  over  the  world  that  the  high  cost 
ym?>_  of  living  is  due  to  the  enormous  in- 
crease in  the  world  's  gold  production 
caused  by  the  improved  methods  of  extract- 
ing gold.  This  cannot  go  on  increasing.  Lead- 
ing experts  believe  that  the  production  oE 
gold  will  reach  its  maximum  this  year.  Should 
that  prove  to  be  true,  prices  of  commodities, 
would   drop. 

The  world's  annual  output  has  been  stim 
ulated  enormously  in  the  past  decade.  In 
1890  the  output  was  about  $119,000,000.  Last 
year  the  output  of  gold  was  $460,000,000.  It 
is  a  most  astonishing  advance — $341,000,000 
more  annually  than  eleven  years  ago. 

One  of  the  chief  causes  of  this  enormous 
increase  of  gold  is  the  improvement  in  the 
reduction  of  ores.  The  cyanide  process  has 
made  it  possible  to  work  refactory  ores,  for- 
merly impossible.  This  not  only  resulted  in 
an  increased  output  from  mines  previously 
working,  but  brought  hundreds  of  mines  hith- 
erto unremunerative,  into  the  region  of  profit- 
able operation.  Further,  this  process  made  it 
profitable  to  re-work  thousands  of  old  dumps 
from  previous  mining,  out  of  which  the  gold 
had  not  all  been  extracted.  There  is  no  better 
proof  of  the  value  of  the  process  than  the 
African  mines.  The  mines  of  the  Rand  dis- 
trict alone  have  produced  since  1890  the  enor- 
mous amount  of  $1,750,000,000,  and  none  of 
them  could  be  worked  without  the  cyandie 
process. 

These  rich  mines  of  the  Rand,  which  pro- 
duce nearly  one-third  of  the  annual  gold  out- 
put, are  beginning  to  peter  out.  They  have 
been  worked  to  a  considerable  depth  and  the 
cost  of  operation  is  therefore  greater.  In  the 
next  ten  years  they  are  likely  to  show  a 
great  decrease.  How  can  this  diminution  be 
counterbalanced? 

Not. by  the  discovery  of  new  fields,  for  the 
globe  has  been,  figuratively  speaking,  raked 
with  a  fine-tooth  comb  for  valuable  gold  de- 
posits. Every  cranny  and  corner  of  the 
world  has  been  searched  for  gold  with  an  en- 
ergy, and  even  frenzy,  never  witnessed  be- 
fore. Yet,  in  the  last  ten  years,  it  is  safe  to 
say,  there  have  been  no  discoveries  of  any 
importance.  Placer  mining,  which  today  fur- 
nishes about  15  per  cent,  of  the  world's  out- 
put, is  a  decadent  industry.  Dredging  should 
show    increasing    volume    of    output,    but    the 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  tne  "buyers. 


volume  recovered  in  this  manner  is  small  as 
compared  to  the  total  output.  California  is 
doing  more  dredging  than  all  the  rest  of  the 
world  put  together,  and  yet  the  total  output 


JOHN  A.  BEITTON. 

His  management  of  the  Pacific  Gas  &  Electric 
Company  has  made  it  a  most  popular  public 
service    corporation. 


from  this  quarter  is  less  than  $12,000,000  per 
annum. 

Dividends  Are  All  Right. 
On  October  15th  the  regular  quarterly  divi- 
dend on  the  common  stock  of  the  Pacific  Gas 
and  Electric  will  be  paid  to  stockholders  who 


are  on  record  on  September  14th.  This  contra- 
dicts in  the  most  convincing  manner  a  news- 
paper report  which  emanated  from  Chicago, 
that  the  dividend  might  be  endangered  by  the 
issue  of  more  bonds.  Undoubtedly  the  report 
was  floated  by  stock  jobbers  who  desired  to  fix 
the  market  for  their  own  purposes. 

'Not  only  will  the  regular  monthly  dividends 
on  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  common  stock 
continue  to  be  paid,  but  the  prospects '  are 
favorable  for  an  increase  of  the  dividend  from 
IV-l  to  1%. 

The  present  management  of  the  Pacific  Gas  & 
Electric  Company  is  an  object  lesson  to  public 
service  corporations.  There  is  no  complaint 
of  its  methods,  for  the  company  strives  ear- 
nestly to  give  complete  satisfaction  to  the 
public  and  treat  everybody  courteously  and 
fairly.  Time  was  when  irresponsible  under- 
strappers of  public  service  corporations  swag- 
gered around  and  made  trouble  for  their  em- 
ployes by  their  insolent  demeanor.  No  such 
conduct  is  tolerated  by  the  Pacific  Gas  and 
Electric  Company.  Its  employes  are  instruct- 
ed to  treat  the  public  as  their  patron,  and  not 
their  servant,  and  to  be  polite  and  obliging 
in  the   discharge   of  their  duties. 

The  result  of  this  wise  policy  is  that  at  a 
time  when  the  country  is  filled  with  dema- 
gogues raging  about  the  arrogance  and  un- 
fairness of  corporations  in  general,  and  public- 
service  corporations  in  particular,  nothing  but 
what  is  creditable  is  heard  of  the  Pacific  Gas 
and  Electric  Company.  Such  a  corporation 
will  continue  to  pay  dividends,"  for  public 
opinion  will  not  permit  politicians  to  make 
unjust  war  upon  the  corporation  and  deprive 
it  of  the  power  to  earn  a  legitimate  profit  on 
its  business. 

If  public-service  corporations,  generally 
speaking,  were  managed  with  the  same  regard 
for  public  opinion  that  characterizes  the  man- 


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THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital    14,000,000 

Surplus  and  Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT  FLEISHHAOKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM        .  .Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON   DODGE    Vice-President 

.7.  FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.  F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.  ALTSCHUL   Cashier 

C.  R.  PARKER   Assistant  Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH    .    Assistant    Cashier 

H.   CHOYNSKI    Assistant  Cashier 

G.    R.    BURDICK    Assistant   Cashier 

A.   L.   LANGERMAN    Secretary 


Saturday,  September  7,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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agement  of  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Com- 
pany, there  would  be  less  talk  of  public  own 
ersbjp  of  public  utilities,  which  public  owner- 
ship is  only  desirable  when  the  jmanagemenl 
by  corporations  I mes  insufferable. 

Injurious  Politics. 

The  continual  political  agitation  lias  had  a 
serious  effecl  on  the  investment  markets. 
The  entire  American  nation  has  been  wait- 
ing for  some  certain  indication  of  the  turn 
which  the  Presidential  contest  is  likely  to 
take.  Judging  by  the  returns  in  Michigan 
.■Hid  Vermont,  the  Third  Term  movement  will 
aol  develop  sufficient  strength  to  do  more 
than  imperil  the  election  of  Taft.  It  is  a 
certainty  that  Colonel  Roosevelt  will  not  ho 
given  a  third  term,  and  t  he  business  com- 
munity can  take  comfort  in  the  belief  that 
either  Governor  Woodrow  Wilson's  or  Pres- 
ident Taft's  election  would  have  the  effect 
of  restoring  public  confidence.  Already  the 
belief  is  very  strong  that  our  political  troubles 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,     2    Montgomery    Street. 
N.    E.   Corner  of  Market   Street. 

Capital  paid  up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus   and   Undivided  Profits.  ..  .$5,055,471.11 


Total      $11,055,471.11 

OFFICERS. 
leaiaa  W.  Hellman,   President 
I.  W.   Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice  Pr«. 
F.   L.   Lipman,    Vice   Prea. 
James   K.   Wilson,   Vice   Prei. 
Frank  B.  King,  Cashier 
W.   MeOavin,    Assistant   Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
O.    Ij.    Davis,    Assistant   Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,   Assistant  Cashier 
A.    B.    Price,    Assistant   Cashier 


DIRECTORS. 


Isaias   W.    Hellman 
Joseph   Sloes 
Percy   T.   Morgan 
F.  W.  Van  Sicklen 
Wm.  F.  Herrin 
John  O.  Kirkpatriek 
I.    W.    Hellman,    Jr. 
A.   Christeson 
Wm.    Haas 

ACCOUNTS 


Hartland  Law 
Henry  Rosenfeld 
James  L.  Flood 
J.  Henry  Meyer 
A.    H.    Payson 
Chaa.    J.    Deering 
James   K.   Wilson 
F.     L.     Lipman 


Prompt  Service,   Oonrteons  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Facilities. 
SATE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


will  be  abated  considerably  after  the  Nov- 
ember election,  and  in  thai  expectation,  much 
capital    which    ha-    been    inactive   t  his  year   is 

orga nized   for  opci us  in   new    fields 

terprise  in   1913. 

The  Railroads. 

Politics  have  cul  a  figure  in  the  action  of 
Mi,-  Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  in  sus- 
pending lill  December,  action  on  the  proposed 

increase      in      !  ranscontinental      railroad      rates. 

Anything  that  could  be  construed  into  favor- 
able treatment  of  the  greal  railroad  systems 
must  be  avoided  by  the  politicians,  and  i lie 
impression  created  in  the  minds  «.t  the  un- 
thinking multitude  that  the  Government  is 
uosl  ile  t"  i  he  coi  po rations. 

Of  course  there  can  be  but  one  end  to  such 
a  policy,  which  seems  to  have  become  the 
fixed  one  with  our  Washington  Government. 
Eventually  the  meddling  with  the  great  and 
intricate  business  of  railroad  transportation 
in  a  nation  like  ours,  with  many  diversified 
interests,  will  force  the  weaker  railroad  sys 
terns  to  the  wall.  That,  indeed,  is  the  object 
of  a  great  deal  of  the  political  tampering  with 
railroads  that  has  been  so  noticeable  in  the 
United  States  in  the  past  ten  years.  Public 
ownership  of  all  public  utilities  is  what  is 
sought.  "The  people  should  rim  their  own 
railroads  as  they  do  their  own  postoftice "  is 
a  slogan  that  never  fails  to  bring  forth  ap- 
plause from  the  multitude,  and  as  long  as  it 
tickles  the  ears  of  the  mob,  politicians,  in- 
tent on  getting  into  public  office,  will  keep 
it  up.  It  doesn't  bother  the  multitude  in  the 
least  that  if  the  railroads  were  run  like  our 
postoffice  they  would  all  be  in  the  hands  of 
receivers.  The  average  annual  loss  of  the 
postoffice  for  the  past  dozen  years  has  been 
over   $10,000,000. 

There  is  no  governraent-owned  railroad  sys- 
tem in  the  world  as  efficient  as  the  great  rail- 
road system  in  the  United  States,  ^nor  does 
any  of  them  give  such  cheap  as  well  as  satis- 
factory service. 

Local  Stock  Market, 

The  two  holidays  in  this  week  interfered 
a  great  deal  with  the  local  stock  market. 
Sales  were  light,  and  there  was  nothing  of 
unusual  interest   to   report. 


ARMOR  PLATE 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  G'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 

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June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....       $51,140,101.76 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number   of  Depositors  .  .  .        56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


«-**  T  IS  NOT  often  that  San  Francisco  has 
i^l^  been  paid  the  compliment  of  having 
v}l(s  the  original  cast  of  a  New  York  suc- 
edsfe  cess  sent  direct  to  us.  Usually  Sau 
Francisco  gets  less  than  the  original 
star  production,  and  the  play  comes  here  after 
the  other  large  cities  of  the  United  States 
have  had  their  fill  of  it. 

"Bought  and  Paid  For,"  the  George  Broad- 
hurst  drama,  is  presented  at  the  Cort  Theater 
just  as  New  York  saw  it.  The  cast  is  admir- 
able, and  the  Paris  gowns  of  Miss  Julia  Dean, 
who  plays  Virginia  Blaine,  the  rather  morbid 
heroine,  verify  the  statement  on  the  program 
that  Lucile  designed  them.  It  is  very  evident 
that  if  they  were  not  cut  by  a  Parisian  scissors 
the  hand  that  patterned  tnem  did  not  acqui  r 
its  cunning  in  Hoboken  or  Petaluma. 

The  women  of  the  audience  expressed 
much  admiration  on  the  fetching  gowns  of 
Miss  Dean,  and  whatever  is 
left  of  the  feminine  stock  of 
adjectives  is  spent  on  Charles 
Richman,  the  very  presenta- 
ble, manly  and  discriminating 
actor  who  portrays  the  deeid 
edly  contradictory  and  not 
pleasant  character  of  "Rob- 
ert Stafford,"  man  of  affairs, 
snob,  occasional  boozer,  and 
perpetual  money  grubbe1.', 
with  an  inflated  idea  of  his 
importance  and  resolute  char- 
acter. 

Why  any  successful  dram- 
atist should  put  such  a  hero 
on  the  stage  would  be  a  mys- 
tery in  any  age  but  this, 
when  English  and  American 
dramatists  are  all  straining 
to  copy  the  worst  features  of 
their  French  brethren,  and 
interest  their  audiences  by 
shocking  them  to  the  full 
limit    of    sexual    exploitation. 

'•Bought  and  Paid  For  "is 
heralded  as  the  "biggest 
play  of  our  time."  Perhaps 
it  is  in  the  matter  of  draw- 
ing large  audiences,  and  will 
continue  to  do  so  for  qui^e 
awhile.  It  is  a  play  which  is 
likely  to  excite  the  femnle 
interest  and  fill  the  dress 
circle,  but  it  has  serious  in- 
herent defects  as  a  work  of 
dramatic  art,  and  of  itself 
will  never  place  Author 
Broadhurst  in  the  largest 
niche  of  dramatic  fame. 

It  would  be  difficult  to 
suggest  how  Mr.  Charles 
Richman  could  improve  his 
portrayal  of  the  difficult  part 
intrusted  to  him,  and  which 
calls  for  the  most  judicious 
treatment. 

The  broad  comedy  charac- 
ter of  James  Gilley,  the  man 
with  ideas,  played  by  Frank 
Craven,  is  an  admirable  por- 
trayal of  a  very  amusing 
character,  the  eccentricities 
of  which  are  keenly  enjoyed 
by  the  audience. 


The  heroine,  Virginia  Blame,  whom  a  liberal 
education  has  not  enabled  to  rise  above  the 
salary  of  a  hotel  telephone  girl  till  Robert 
Stafford,  the  Captain  of  Finance,  weds  and 
dresses  her  in  Parisian  gowns,  is  portrayed 
with  genuine  refinement  by  Miss  Julia  Deane. 
Excellent,  too,  is  Miss  Agnes  Delane,  as  Fanny 
Blaine,  the  unpolished  sister  of  the  million- 
aire 's  wife,  who  finds  the  intimate  relations 
of  her  married  life  so  abhorrent  that  she  aban- 
dons domestic  luxury  for  her  old  "hello"  po- 
sition and  life  in  an  East  Side  flat  on  $6  a 
week. 

Even  the  smallest  parts  in  this  admirably 
acted  play  are  carefully  portrayed.  San 
Francisco    has    seen    few    such    performances. 

The  elever  company  will  return  to  New 
York  without  playing  en  route. 

San  Francisco  playgoers  are  indebted  to  Pro- 
ducer Wm.    A.   Brady   for   this   genuine   treat. 


Orpheum  Attractions. 

THE  ORPHEUM  announces  another  great 
new  show  for  next  week.  That  justly 
famous  character  actor,  William  a. 
Thompson,  will  head  the  new  bill.  Mr.  Thomp- 
son's visits  are  red-letter  events.  He  will 
present  a  one-act  play  entitled  ' '  An  Object 
Lesson,"  which  has  great  intrinsic  value,  with 
the  added  merit  of  being  on  a  timely  modern 
subject  and  of  showing  him  "in  his  habit  as 
he  lives."  His  characters  are  the  trio  of  the 
dramatic  ages — the  wife,  the  mummy,  and  the 
little  humming-bird.  Mr.  Thompson  is  sup- 
ported by  a  capable  company. 

The  appearance  of  Billy  Gould  and  Belle 
Aslilyn  means  fun,  good  songs,  and  a  couple 
of  smart  entertainers.  Miss  Ashlyn  is  a  gir. 
of  extraordinary  ability  and  versatility,  wh'_ 
manages  to  convulse  with  mirth  the  most 
decorous   and   staid   audiences. 

Howard's  Novelty,  a  spec- 
tacular exhibition  of  musical 
Shetlands  and  terriers,  will 
be  another  popular  feature. 
The  animals'  performance  is 
simply    wonderful. 

Prominent  among  Euro- 
pean novelties  imported  for 
the  current  season  is  the  cel- 
ebrated duo,  "The  Takv 
ness, "  who  will  present  their 
eccentric  musical  offering, 
' '  The  Angry  Tutor. ' '  Senor- 
ita  Takiness  possesses  a  fine 
soprano  voice,  and  Signor 
Takiness  is  gifted  with  a 
very  unusual  basso. 

Little  Minnie  Allen,  who 
will  also  make  her  first  ap- 
pearance here,  is  one  of  the 
brightest  features  of  vaude- 
ville. She  is  a  cultivated  vo 
calist  and  a  sparkling  come- 
dienne. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last 
one  of  Grace  Cameron,  the 
Bounding  Pattersons,  and  Ed- 
mond  Hayes  and  Company 
in  his  laughable  skit,  "The 
Piano    Movers." 


AGNES    DeLANE. 

The   delightful   actress,    who   has   scored   a    tremendous  hit  in 

the  Cort. 


'Bought  and  Paid  For"   at 


At    Pantages. 

THINGS  are  liummlng  at 
the  Pantages  this 
week,  the  current  at- 
tractions including  Lew 
Cantor's  merry  youngsters  in 
the  miniature  musical  com- 
edy, ' '  Fun  on  a  School 
Ground";  the  four  Casters, 
astounding  aerial  gymnasts; 
Matthews  and  Duffy  in  their 
military  travesty,  "The  Rai- 
gers";  Mile.  Nadje,  the  ath- 
letic girl;  Gypsy  Wilson,  the 
singing  girl;  Zenita,  the  girl 
who  plays  the  violin  in  cy- 
clonic fashion;  Morris' 
Wrestling  Ponies,  and  other 
features. 

The  bill  announced  for  Ad- 
mission Day  week  is  full  of 
good  things,  one  of  which  is 
Gus  Sohlke's  eight  "Sum- 
mertime   Girls, ' '    aided    and 


Saturday,   September  7,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


21 


abetted  by  Bobby  Harrington,  a  nimble  danc- 
er, and  including  Mildred  Cecil,  a  Broadway 
favorite.  "Chums"  is  an  intensely  interest 
Lng  dramatic  playlet,  with  good  comedy  relief, 
and  will  be  presented  by  that  sterling  actor, 
li'-iir;.    ii    ij  ave,  and  :i  competent  company; 

;tij'l  Irwin  and  Ber/.ng.  "tlnise  minstrel  boys,' 

I. ur  appearing  in  while  face,  will  be  heard  in 
soi.s  and  duets.  They  are  said  to  possess 
iplendid  voices,  which  they  well  know  how  to 
use,  and  their  selections  are  of  the  very  la1 
est.  Alsace  and  Lorraine,  European  artists 
who  have  played  hen-  before  with  great  su< 

cess,    will    return    with    their    BensatlOnal    nni 

Bical  act,  handsomely  costumed  and  staged, 
and  in  which  they  extract  eweel  music  from 
Beveral  novel  instruments.  The  Caits  broth- 
ers, the  younger  of  whom  is  renowned  the 
length  and  breadth  of  the  land  as  "the  darn- 
ing midget,"  will  oiler  a  decided  dancing  no\ 
elty,  in  which  they  will  show  what  can  be  ac* 
eoniplished  in  wooden  shoes;  and  Paris  Green. 
'•rie  i»i'  the  most  entertaining  monologuists  on 
the  circuit]  will  be  heard  in  a  lot  of  original 
songs  and  stories.  No  Pantages  program  is 
Complete  without  an  athletic  act  of  some  de- 
scription, and  Rose  and  Ellis,  "the  jumping 
jacks,"  will  appear  in  a  special  setting  snow- 
ing the  interior  of  a  circus  tent.  The  novel- 
ilv  of  the  bill  will  be  offered  by  Rupert  Jeff- 
kins,  the  "Australian  Speed  King,"  who 
drove  the  Mercedes  ear  in  the  International 
Auto  Races  of  May  30th  last  at  Indianapolis. 
With  a  wonaerful  series  of  films  he  will  give 
a  pictorial  history  of  the  greatest  automobile 
raee  ever  driven,  and  his  recital  is  said  to  bo 
thrilling  in  the  extreme. 


Greenbaum  Attractions. 

MA  XAKER  GREENBAUM  announces  that 
he  will  open  his  concert  season  on 
Sunday  afternoon,  October  13th,  pre- 
senting Riccardo  Martin,  the  famous  dramat- 
ic tenor  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House, 
and  the  only  American  tenor  who  has  won 
world  renown  on  the  operatic  stage;  in  a 
combination  concert  with  Rudolph  Ganz,  the 
Swiss  piano  virtuoso,  thus  offering  two  star 
attractions  on  a  single  program.  Both  artists 
will  appear  in  selected  solo  numbers,  and  Mr. 
Martin  will  bring  his  own  accompanist  from 
the  Metropolitan  forces. 

Following  this  exceptional  attraction  will 
come  the  United  States  Marine  Band  of  Wash- 
ington, T>.  C,  known  as  the  "President's 
Own"  for  the  reason  that  ever  since  its  or- 
ganization by  John  Quincy  Adams'  orders,  it 
has  been  stationed  at  the  White  House  as  the 
official  band,  assisting  in  all  the  great  public 
functions,  receptions  to  foreign  potentates 
and  ambassadors,  and,  in  short,  is  at  the  im- 
mediate command  of  the  President  of  the 
United  States  at  any  and  all  times.  It  has 
had    such    famous    conductors    as    Schneider, 


CQR£ 


LEADING  THEATER 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter    2460. 


A    VERITABUI    SENSATION! 

Last  Two  Weeks   Start  Sunday  Night. 

Special    '  'Pop.' '    Mat.   Monday    (Admission  Day) 

Regular   Mats.    Wednesday    and    Saturday 

William  A.   Brady  Ltd.  Presents: 

The    Biggest    Play    of    Our    Time, 

BOUGHT  AND  PAID  FOR 

By  GEORGE   BROADHURST 

With    the    Original    Cast    Direct    from    Brady's    Play- 
house,    New     York,     Including 
Charles  Richman,  Julia  Dean,  Frank  Craven 
Agnes   de   Lane,   Allen  Atwell, 
Mari  Hardi. 
Prices — 50c.  to  $2.      "Pop."   Mat.  Wed.  and  Ad- 
mission  Day. 


Fanciulli  and  John  Philip  Sousa.  and  at  prcs- 
ent  Lt.  Win.  Santellman  is  th.-  director.  [1 
is  jusl  twenty  years  since  'his  band  enjoyed 
it-  Ias1  long  furlough,  at  wl  ich  time  it  played 
here  al  tin-  old  Grand  Opera  Souse  under  the 


MRS.    GEORG   KRUGER,    PIANIST 
Soloist   at    Greek   Theater,    September    8th. 

baton  of  Sousa,  who  shortly  resigned  to  take 
up  the  work  of  the  famous  Pat  Gilmore. 

As  a  musical  organization,  the  Marine  Band 
is  one  of  the  finest  in  America,  and  its  solo 
performers   are   men   of   international   reputa- 


GEORG    KRUGER,    PIANIST 

Who  will  appear  in  joint  piano  recital  with  Mrs. 
Kruger,   Sept.   8,  at  Greek  Theater,  Berkeley 

tion.  The  band  will  play  but  five  days  in 
California  and  Greenbaum  has  secured  three 
of  these,  and  the  series  will  open  with  an 
afternoon  and  evening  concert  at  the  Greek 
theater  in  Berkeley,  at  the  special  invitation 


of  the  Music  and  Dramatic  Committee  of  the 
University,  of  which  Prof.  William  Dallam 
Armes  is  the  chairman,  after  which  two  days 
will  be  devoted  t^  concerts  in  San  Francisco. 
Fijora  here  tin-  big  organization  of  over  sixty 
^..<-s  direcl  to  Los  Angeles,  with  a  ]><•  ible 
single  concert  in  Fresno. 

The  final  attraction  to  be  offered  in  October 
will  be  Mme.  Johanna  Gadski,  the  greai  \\':i^ 

n.'imii   -tar,  and  one  of  the  few  artists  equally 

brilliant  on  the  concert  mid  operatic  slaves. 

other  attractions  to  be  offered  i>\  Green- 
baum will  be  as  follows:  Vocal— Mine.  Sem- 
brich,  Mme.  Julie  Culp,  Mme.  < ;  ■  i- \  i m < ■ 
Reache,  Mine.  Clara  Butl  and  Mr.  Kennerly 
Bumf ard  in  joint  recit  ils,  jainl  appearas 
of  Mine,  ('urine  Ryder  Kelsev  and  Mr.  Claude 
<  'iinningham.  Operatic       attract  inns— M  me. 

Alice  Neilson,  assisted  by  six  artiste  Eram 
the  Boston  Opera  Company,  by  arrange  men  I 
with  Director  Henry  Russell.  Pianists— Mme. 
Yolande  Mem,  a  Hungarian  virtuosa;  Leopold 
Godowsky,  Josef  Lhevinne,  Arthur  Fricd- 
heim;  and  the  following  eminent  accompanists 
will  appear:  Frank  LaForge  with  Mme.  Sem- 
brich,  Edward  Schneider  with  Gadski,  and 
that  wonderful  artist,  Coenraad  V.  Bos,  with 
Mme.  Julie  Culp.  The  list  of  violinists  in- 
cludes Maud  Powell,  Misclia  Elman,  and  Eu- 
gen  Vsaye,  with  the  possibility  of  a  return 
by  Zimbalist. 

The  novelty  of  the  season  will  be  the  grand 
ballet,  from  the  Coliseum  in  London  starring 
Adeline  Genee,  supported  by  Volinin.  A  mag- 
nificent scenic  production  and  symphony  or- 
chestra will  accompany  the  organization, 
which  is  modeled  after  the  lines  of  the  mem- 
orable   Pavlowa-Mordkin    aggregation. 

Safest  and  Most  Magnificent  Theater  in  America! 
WEEK  BEGINNING  THIS  SDNDAT  AFTERNOON 
Matinee  Every  Day 
ANOTHER  GREAT  NEW  SHOW! 
WILLIAM  THOMPSON,  the  Distinguished  Ameri- 
can Character  Actor  and  His  Company  in  Frederic 
Sargent's  one-act  play,  ''An  Object  Lesson";  BIL- 
LY GOULD  and  BELLE  ASHLYN,  Jokes  and 
Songs;  HOWARD'S  NOVELTY  Spectacular  Exhi- 
bition of  Musical  Shetlands  and  Terriers;  THE 
TAKINESS,  in  Their  Eccentric  Musical  Novelty; 
MINNIE  ALLEN,  the  Little  Volcano  of  Mirth; 
GRACE  CAMERON;  BOUNDING  PATTERSONS; 
NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES.  Last 
Week  EDMOND  HAYES  &  CO.,  in  "The  Piano 
Movers.' ' 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Box  Heats,  ?1. 
Matinee   Prices    (Except    Sundays   and   Holidays), 
10c,    25c.    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  O  1570. 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week  of  September  8th: 
A    VAUDEVILLE     CELEBRATION! 
SUMMERTIME    GIRLS;    HE«RY    HARGRAVE    & 
CO.,    in    "Chums";    IRWIN   and   HERZOG,    Minstrel 
Boys;   ROSE  and  ELLIS,   Jumping  Jacks;    ALSACE 
and    LORRAINE,    Novelty    Instrumentalists;    CAITS 
BROTHERS,    Wonderful    Dancers;    PARIS    GREEN, 
Famous   Monologuist;    and 

RUPERT    JEPFKINS, 
Australian     Speed    King,     wijh     INTERNATIONAL 
AUTO   RACE    PICTURES. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:80  and  8:80,  Nights, 
Continuous  from  6:80. 


Prices — 10c,    20c    and    80c 


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-THE  WASP^ 


[Saturday,   September  7,  1912. 


Other  attractions  in  the  musical  line  are 
being  negotiated  for;  and  in  quite  a  different 
field  the  impresario  will  offer  a  series  ol 
' '  Travelaughs  "  by  E.  \*.  Knowles,  the  famous 
humorist,  who  was  at  one  time  a  star  in  vau- 
deville as  "The  Man  Who  Made  the  Shah 
Laugh."  During  the  season  there  will  also 
be  some  talks  on  health  anl  kindred  subjects 
by  the  celebrated  pure-food  expert.  Dr.  Har- 
vey Wiley. 


Musical  Lectures  by  Emilie  F.  Bauer. 

PEIOE  to  the  brilliant  musical  season 
promised  by  Manager  Will  Greenbaum, 
Miss  Emilie  Frances  Bauer,  the  eminent 
musical  critic  of  the  New  York  Mail,  and 
correspondent  for  a  number  of  leading  Amer- 
ican papers,  will  give  a  series  of  three  lec- 
tures under  Mr.  Greenbaum 's  management  at 
the  Century  Club,  corner  Franklin  and  Sutter 
streets.  Miss  Bauer  is  well  known  in  this  city, 
having  resided  here  for  several  years  as  rep- 


Jules  Restaurant 

Special  Lunches  50c.  01  a  la  Carte 

Ladles'  Grill  and  Booms  for  Parties 

REGULAR     FRENCH     DINNER     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. 

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EMILIE   FRANCES  BAUER. 

Who    will    lecture    at    Century    Club    Hall 
Sept.   17th,   19th  and  24th. 

resentative  of  one  of  the  foremost  musical 
journals,  and  she  is  admitted  to  be  one  of  the 
best  authorities  on  matters  musical  and  liter- 
ary in  the  United  States. 

The  first  subject  will  be  the  "Psychology 
of  Richard  Strauss  and  His  Works,"  and  the 
date  Tuesday  afternoon,  September  17th,  at 
3:20.  The  second  lecture  will  be  given  Thurs- 
day afternoon,  September  19th,  and  the  sub- 
ject will  be  ' '  The  Psychological  Phase  of 
Modern   Home   Life   and  Culture." 

For  the  final  subject,  Tuesday  afternoon, 
September  24th,  Miss  Bauer  has  chosen  "Op- 
era Writers  Since  Wagner, ' '  and,  having  a 
personal  acquaintance  with  most  of  the  fa- 
mous living  composers.  Miss  Bauer  is  able  to 
tell  many  interesting  facts  that  have  never 
been  published  about  such  men  as  Debussy, 
Puccini,   Leoncoballo,  Humperdinck,  etc. 

Course  tickets  for  the  series,  as  well  as  sin- 
gle tickets,  may  be  secured  at  both  Sherman, 
Clay  &  Co.'s,  and  Kohler  &  Chase's,  or  by  ad- 
dressing Will  L.  Greenbaum  at  either  office. 


Kruger  Concert  at  Greek  Theater. 

Arrangements  have  just  been  made  by  the  manage- 
ment of  the  Greek  Theater  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo. 
Kruger,  the  emineut  pianists,  for  a  joint  recital  to 
be  given  on  Sunday,  September  18th,  at  which  they 
will  play  an  entire  program,  seldom,  if  ever,  heard 
before  on  the  Coast. 

The  bay  cities'  music-loving  public  are  just  begin- 
ning to  realize  the  musical  worth  of  Mr.  Kruger 
and  his  series  of  piano  recitals  to  be  given  this 
coming  winter  will  undoubtedly  meet  with  great  suc- 
cess. 

Mr.  Kruger's  class  of  pupils  has  grown  rapidly, 
and  fine  results  are  looked  for  from  all  who  place 
themselves  under  the  guidance  of  this  famous  teacher. 


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THE  WEDDING  of  Miss  Miriam  McNear  and  Mr, 
Leo  V,  Corbel  is  the  event  of  this  Saturday. 
The  ceremony,  which  is  to  he  solemnized  at 
tin-  McNear  ranch  near  Petaluma,  will  be  elaborate 
in  nil  its  details,  n  list  o!  friends  journeying  from 
San    Francisco  t<>  he  present. 

The  ceremony  takes  place  fit  1  o'clock,  under  the 
trees,  amid  u  beautitul  profusion  of  growing  flowers. 
The  bride's  gown  will  he  of  white  charmeuse, 
adorned  with  most  exquisite  lace.  Her  tulle  veil 
will   he  attached  to  the  coiffure  by  a  coronet  of  or- 

ange  blossoms.  In  her  arms  she  will  bear  a  shower 
of  orchids  and  lilies  of  the  valley.  Miss  Amy 
Scuville.  an  intimate  friend,  who  came  from  New 
York  to  attend  the  bride  as  maid  of  honor,  will 
be  attired  in  pink  chiffon,  a  la  rye  picture  hat 
of  black  tulle  completing  the  costume.  The 
bridesmaids,  Miss  Ha  Sonntag,  Miss  Christine 
McNab,  Miss  Amylita  Talbot  and  Miss  Louise 
McNear,  a  younger  sister  of  the  bride,  will  wear 
pink  chiffon,  black  picture  hats  and  carry  gar- 
lands of  pink   roses. 

Miss  McNear  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  P.  McNear,  wno  are  members  of  one  of 
the  best-known  and  most  influential  families  in 
the  State.  The  uncle  of  the  bride's  father  has 
been  known  for  a  generation  in  California  as  a 
great  grain  operator.  The  bride's  father  is  inter- 
ested in  a  chain  of  banks,  and  is  said  to  own  a 
large  part  of  Sonoma  county,  either  directly  or 
indirectly. 

The  bride  is  a  cousin  of  Miss  Ernestine  Mc- 
Near,  Frederick  McNear,  and  Mrs.  Hiram  John- 
son   (Amy   Bowles). 

Mr.  Korbel  is  the  son  of  a  rich  viticulturist. 
Many  years  ago  the  firm  of  Korbel  Brothers  were 
interested  in  the  lithograph  business  and  box 
manufactory  on  an  extensive  scale.  They  in 
vested  in  Sonoma  county  vineyards  and  ranches. 
Korbel  Station,  on  the  Russian  River,  is  named 
after  the  family.  They  recently  purchased  the 
Hazelhurst  home,  San  Rafael  Mr.  Korbel  will 
take  his  bride  to  Korbel,  where  a  beautiful  new 
home   awaits   t..em. 


Mrs.   Colman's   Tea. 

Mrs.  Edward  H.  Coleman  was  hostess  at  a  par- 
ticularly attractive  tea  in  the  Palm  Garden  of 
the  Palace  Hotel  in  honor  of  Mrs.  John  Baker 
Jr.  of  Chicago,  who  is  visiting  her  mother,  Mrs. 
Margaret  May.  Mrs.  Colman  wore  a  gown  of 
golden  brown.  After  the  general  exchange  of 
cordialities,  the  guests  were  escorted  to  a  table 
daintily  decorated  in  plate  roses.  The  charming 
hostess  and  her  guest  of  honor,  Mrs.  Baker,  who 
looked  younger  and  more  attractive  than  ever  in 
her  smart  tailored  costume  of  French  blue  witn 
a  violet  hat  to  match,  were  the  recipients  of 
hearty  congratulations  on  the  delight  of  the  oc 
casion.  Mrs.  Margaret  May,  mother  of  the  com- 
plimented guest,  was  gowned  in  a  French  gray, 
trimmed  in  rare  lace.  A  hat  and  wrap  to  corre- 
spond were  worn  to  complete  the  costume. 
Among  the  guests  at  Mrs.  Colman's  tea  were  Mrs. 
John  Baker  Jr.,  Mrs.  Margaret  May,  Mrs.  Clar- 
ence Grange,  Mrs.  T.  J.  O'Brien,  Mrs.  Paul 
Kingston,  Mrs.  Manfred  Heynemann,  Mrs.  A. 
Roncovieri,  Miss  Emma  Baker,  Miss  Lucille  Levy, 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Nolan,  Mrs.  Joseph  Seeley,  Mrs.  Geo. 
Taylor,  Mrs.  D.  J.  Patterson,  Mrs.  Chas.  Schroth, 
Mrs.  George  Butler,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Crooks,  Mrs.  Nor- 
man Martin. 


Miss  Laymance's  Engagement  Cups. 
Previous  to  the  wedding  of  Miss  Hazel  Layman ce, 
the  details  of  which  were  given  in  last  week's  issue 
of  The  Wasp,  much  interest  was  taken  in  the  en- 
gagemenl  cups  which  Miss  Laymunce  received.  The 
beauty  and  the  number  of  these  dainty  cups  excited 
the  admiration  of  this  charming  girl's  many  friends. 
Cups  of  rare  Oriental  design,  hand-painted  conven- 
tional design,  floral  tracing,  iridescent,  silver  and 
gold  cups  of  many  sizes,  shapes  and  patterns,  com- 
pletely lined  a  large  cabinel  especially  designed  for 
their    receptacle.      Miss    Laymance   is    fond    of   assert- 


ing    that     each     beautiful 
the    character    of    the    dono 


sup    portrays 


Mrs.  Umbsen'  s  Party. 
Mrs.  Harry  P.  I'mbsen,  one  of  the  handsomest  of 
our  younger  matrons,  has  been  entertaining  on  quite 
an  extensive  scale  this  summer  at  her  country  place 
on  the  ■  Russian  River.  Her  recent  week-end  party 
was  given  for  twenty  guests,  who  left  the  city  in 
automobiles.  The  affair  was  in  honor  of  Mrs.  l_' nib- 
sen's  sister,  who  is  visiting  here  from  Boise  City, 
Idaho.  The  party  was  entertained  with  motoring, 
boating,  daneing  and  unstinted  hospitality,  and 
returned   to    the    city    delighted   with    their   visit. 


Crocker  Dance. 

The  recent  affair  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Win. 
H.  Crocker,  at  '  'New  Place, ' '  their  Burlingame 
home,  was  in  compliment  to  their  second  daugh- 
ter. Miss  Helen  Crocker,  and  Miss  Mary  Alexan- 
der, youngest  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles 
B.  Alexander  of  New  York.  The  younger  set  of 
girls  and  boys,  whose  student  life  will  be  re- 
sumed with  the  fall  semester,  made  up  the  party, 
few  of  the  elders  parti cipatiug  in  the  gaieties 
except  as  interested  observers.  The  hundreds 
of  young  guests  who  took  part  in  the  dance  rep- 
resent the  future  belles  and  beaux  of  fashionable 
society  in  California.  Amongst  the  guests  who 
attended  the  affair  were  Messrs.  and  Mesdames 
William  Duncan,  James  Athearn  Folger,  Ettore 
Avenali,  Laurance  Irving  Scott,  Norris  King  Da- 
vis, Eugene  Murphy,  Harry  N.  Stetson,  Edward 
Lilburn  Eyre;  the  Misses  Emily  Pope,  Evelyn 
Cunningham,  Genevieve  Cunningham,  Christine 
Donohoe,  Katharine  Donohue,  Evelyn  Barrin,  Cora 
Otis,  Frederika  Otis,  Lee  Girvin,  Ysobel  Chase, 
Elena  Eyre,  Helen  Keeney,  Constance  MacLaren, 
Leslie  Miller,  Mary  Donohoe,  Sara  Cunningham, 
Mary  Cunningham,  Elizabeth  Cunningham,  Miri- 
am Beaver,  Ruth  Winslow,  Marie  Louise  Winslow, 
Emily  Tubbs,  Marian  Wise,  Sophie  Beylard; 
Messrs.  Piatt  Kent,  Atherton  Eyre,  Edward 
Eyre  Jr.,  Chapin  Tubbs,  George  Pope  Jr.,  Fleton 
Elkins,  Henry  Howard,  Frederick  Hope  Beaver 
Jr.,  James  Sperry,  Millen  Griffith,  Leonard  Ab- 
bott, William  H.  Crocker  Jr.,  George  Howard  Jr., 
John  Parrott,  Jack  Cunningham,  Joseph  Donohoe 
Jr. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker  entertained 
at  an  elaborate  dinner  before  the  young  people's 
dance.  A  number  of  other  dinner  parties  pre- 
ceded the  interesting  affair.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo. 
Pope  gave  a  dinner  at  their  country  home.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Garritt  entertained  at  dinner  at  the 
Burlingame  Country  Club  in  compliment  to  Miss 
Garritt,  a  score  of  guests  of  the  young  set  being 
present. 


MRS.    JOHN  BAKER     Jr. 

Society  favorite,   who  was  the  complimented  guest  at  Mrs. 
Coleman's  tea  at  the  Palace, 


Recent  Events. 

Mrs,  Eleanor  Martin  had  at  her  dinner  party 
this  week  a  dozen  guests  to  meet  the  Walter  Mar- 
tins,   who    have    returned   from    Stag's   Leap. 

Miss  Marian  Miller,  bride-elect,  has  been  feted 
at  a  series  of  enjoyable  events.  Miss  Elsa  de 
Pue  was  hostess  at  one  of  the  affairs  given  for 
Miss  Miller.  Among  those  invited  were  Miss 
Corona  de  Pue,  Miss  Lillias  Wheeler,  Miss  Mari- 
an Crocker,  Miss  Amylita  Talbot,  Mrs.  Dolly 
MaeGavin  Fry,  Mrs.  Effingham  Sutton,  Miss  Ethel 
McAllister. 

Mr.  and  Mrs".  Clinton  Worden  entertained  at  a 
dinner  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis  for  Mr.  and  Mrs, 


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[Saturday,  September  7,  1912. 


George  Whittell,  the  Misses  Quay  and  Mr.  J.  Quay. 

An  enjoyable  tea  was  given  by  Mrs.  H.  M.  A. 
Postley  at  her  home  in  Santa  Barbara,  where  she 
has  been  summering.  Her  guests  included  a  large 
number  of  society  women  from  San  Franeiseo. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Prewitt  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon 
at  the  Fairmont  reecntly,  the  complimented  guest 
being  Mrs.  E.  B.  Tenney  of  Honolulu.  Those  who 
were  selected  to  meet  Mrs.  Tenney  were:  Mesdames 
"Walton  Thorne,  Ira  Pierce,  Grayson  Dutton,  Flor- 
ence Porter  Pfingst,  Van  Dyke  Johns,  Andrew  Welch, 
Frederick  Fenwick,  Harry  Jenkine,  Roders  Clark, 
William  Per&ins,  Charles  iFarquarson,  Frederick 
Knight,  Fletcher  Elliot,  Bowie  Detrick  and  Mrs. 
Noonan,    the  latter   a   sister  of  Mrs.   Tenney. 

Mrs.  William  Whitney  and  her  daughter,  Miss 
Lillian  Whitney,  gave  a  farewell  tea  in  honor  of 
Mrs.  Ernest  Stillman  ( Mildred  Whitney ) ,  who,  in 
company  with  her  husband,  returned  to  New  York 
Saturday.  Am<<ng  the  guests  at  this  delightful 
gathering  were:  Miss  Cora  Otis,  Miss  Fredericks 
Otis,  Miss  Cora  Smith,  Miss  Grace  Wilson,  Miss 
Margaret  Williams,  Mrs.  D.  MacGavin  Fry,  Mrs. 
Franklin  Harwood,    Mrs.    Marshall  Williams. 

A  jolly  dinner  and  dance  was  given  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  William  Thomas  and  Miss  Gertrude  Thomas 
on  Tuesday  of  the  past  week  in  honor  of  Miss  Mar- 
ian Miller  and  Mr.  Bernard  Ford,  whose  wedding 
is  a  notable  event  of  the  coming  week.  The  en- 
joyable affair  took  place  at  San  Rafael  and  was  at- 
tended by  Messrs.  and  Mesdames  Albert  Ford,  C. 
O.  G.  Miller,  H.  M.  A.  Miller,  George  McNear,  Wil- 
liam Watt,  Christian  Miller,  Duval  Moore,  Rovert 
Henderson,  and  the  Misses  Leslie  Miller,  Margaret 
Belden,  Helen  Bertheau,  Constance  Davis,  Ernestine 
McNear,  Marian  Crocker,  and  Messrs.  Gray  Skip- 
worth,  Jack  Neville,  Jack  Martin,  Louis  Martin, 
Kenneth   Moore   and   Sidney   Ford. 

Colonel  and  Mrs.  John  P.  Wisser  gave  a  most 
elaborate  reception  at  the  Presidio  on  Tuesday. 
The  affair  was  in  honor  of  the  officers  and  ladies 
of  the  sixth  and  sixteenth  infantry.  A  profusion 
of  blossoms,  culled  from  the  Presidio  gardens,  lined 
the  rooms  of  the  Commander's  residence.  Colonel 
and  Mrs.  Wisser  were  assisted  in  receiving  by  Mrs. 
Cornelius  Gardener  and  Mrs.  Lea  Febiger.  Flags 
and  patriotic  decorations  were  used  in  abundance. 
Among  the  guests  were :  Captain  and  Mrs.  Martin 
Crimmins,  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Finley,  Captain  and 
Mrs.  Louis  Chappelear,  Captain  Douglas  Potts  and 
Mrs.  Potts,  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Clease  Kennedy,  Major 
and  Mrs.  Edward  Chrisman,  Captain  and  Mrs.  George 
Ball,  Captain  and  Mrs.  Shindler,  Captain  Harry  S. 
Howland,  Captain  and  Mrs.  Alden  Knowles,  and 
many   others. 

On  Wednesday  Colonel  and  Mrs.  John  Wisser 
entertained  at  luncheon  Secretary  of  War  Henry 
Lewis   Stimson   and   General   George   Tormey. 

Secretary  of  War  Henry  Lewis  Stimson  and  Gen- 
eral George  Tormey  were  guests  of  honor  at  a  re- 
ception given  on  Wednesday  by  Colonel  and  Mrs. 
Cornelius    Gardener    at    their   quarters,    Presidio. 


Engagements. 


DICK — HUME. — Miss  Maude  Crawford  Dick  and 
Mr.  Samuel  Hume.  Miss  Dick  is  of  Edinburgh 
and  Mr,  Hume  is  the  son  of  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hume,  well 
known  in  Berkeley.  Miss  Dick  sailed  from  Liver- 
pool on  Tuesday,  meeting  Mr.  Hume  in  Boston,  the 
scene  of  the  wedding.  Mr,  Hume  graduated  from 
the  University  of  California  '08,  and  left  for  Har- 
vard t  o  complete  his  studies,  which  he  will  follow 
after  the  wedding. 

GOODMAN — TRYNER. — Miss  Inez  Goodman  and 
Robert  Tryner.  Miss  Goodman  is  the  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Alice  Goodman  of  Berkeley.  She  is  a  vocalist 
of  Berkeley  and  member  of  the  choir  of  St.  Luke's 
Church.  Mr.  Tryner  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  F.  Tryner  of  Berkeley. 

GRIESCKE — ROSE. — Miss  Alice  .  Griescke  and 
Mr.  Burton  J.  Rose.  Miss  Griescke  comes  from  a 
prominent  Berkeley  family.  Mr.  Rose  is  identified 
in  business  circles  about  the  bay  cities.  The  wed- 
ling  will  take  place  September  10th. 

PALMANTEER — GRUNSKY, — Miss     Hazel     Pal- 


OLD  MAIC& 

DIARY  -• 


AND'S  SAKE!  Nobody  is  safe  these 
days.  I've  hardly  been  able  to 
sleep  a  wink  since  I  read  about  that 
wicked  butler  that's  been  robbing 
rich  people  down  Burlingame  way,  of  their 
jewels.  And  somebody  took  young  Mrs.  Sam 
Hopkins'  $5,000  necklace.  Goodness  me! 
When  I  read  about  it,  I  took  my  lovely  cameo 
brooch,  that  Aunt  Julie  left  me,  and  hid  it 
under  my  mattress,  but  it  is  so  large  I  feel 
at  night  as  if  I  was  sleeping  on  a  heap  of 
bricks.  I'd  hide  it  in  one  of  my  shoes,  but 
I've  got  such  a  small  foot.  I  was  greatly  ad- 
mired for  it  as  a  girl,  and  Miss  Bones,  the 
secretary  of  our  Club,  who  has  Such  Awful 
Feet,  turns  green  with  envy  when  she  sees 
me  with   a  nice  new  pair   of   shoes.     Aren't 

women  So  Envious? 

*     *     * 

Dear  me!  What  a  lot  of  space  the  news- 
papers waste  telling  about  actresses  and  such 
like  that  cut  up  capers  on  the  steamers  com- 
ing from  China  and  Australia  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. I  read  a  whole  column  about  one  girl 
that  walked  around  in  a  bathing  suit.  The 
reporters  thought    'twas   So   Wonderful. 

Land's  sakes,  where 's  their  eyes?     If  they 


walked  around  as  Ethyl  Gayleigh  and  me  did 
at  the  Fashion  Show  this  week,  they  would 
see  the  indecency  of  that  frisky  actress  on 
the  Mongolia  double  discounted.  My!  Such 
shamelessness.  The  women  might  just  as  well 
have  nothing  on  them.  1  do  hope  our  Club 
will  vote  to  make  the  Legislature  pass  a  law 
against  a  dress  with  less  than  eleven  yards 
in  the  skirt.  I  know  'twill  cost  some  more, 
but  the  public  morals  will  be  protected.  And 
it  isn't  that  I'm  jealous,  myself,  of  any  wo- 
man's figure,  for  if  I  do  say  it,  tight-fitting 
clothes  are  Most  Becoming  to  my  figure. 

But  I  never  can  forget  the  Lessons  of  My 
Youth.  Land's  saks!  If  I  went  around  with 
such  clothes  as  I  saw  at  the  Fashion  Show, 
I'd  feel  So  Depraved,  I'd  be  afraid  Something 
Dreadful  would  happen  me.  People  are  always 
punished  for  their  misdeeds.  I  remember  one 
time  when  I  chaperoned  Ethyl  Gayleigh  to  a 
masquerade  that  didn't  break  up  till  4  o'clock 
Sunday  morning,  the  cream  went  sour  three 
days  in  succession  on  me,  though  I  kept  it 
in  the  ice  chest,  and  Flannigan's  bull-dog 
chased  my  dear  little  Juliet  over  the  back 
fence  and  pulled  mouthfuls  of  fur  out  of  her. 
She  was  a  month  recovering  from  the  shock, 
and  an  inch  of  the  dear  little  pet 's  tail  is  gone. 
*     *     * 

My  goodness!  Mrs.  Trotter  is  so  worked  up 
over  the  Bruguiere  divorce  case.  She  didn't 
have  time  to  go  and  vote  for  Teddy.  I  do 
think,  myself,  it's  so  queer  that  Maryon  An- 
drews has  taken  so  long  to  find  out  she  wasn't 
divorced  from  Dr.  Pedar  B.  And  she  was  so 
anxious  to  divorce  him  too.  A  Reno  decree 
was  all  right.  Now  'tisn't  all  right,  though 
she's  been  married  and  divorced  from  a 
New  York  man  since  she  gave  up  Dr.  Pedar 's 
name.  And  Mrs.  Trotter  says  Maryon  is  all 
ready  to  embark  on  the  sea  of  matrimony 
with  another  pilot  again.  Goodness  me!  Land's 
sake!    My,  my!    Did  you  ever? 

TAEITHA  TWIGGS. 


manteer  and  C.  Grunsky  Jr.  Miss  Palmanteer  is 
the  daughter  of  the  late  William  G.  Palmanteer,  for- 
merly a  prominent  banker  of  Oakland.  Miss  Hazel 
is  the  second  daughter  of  the  Palmanteer  family, 
her  eldest  sister,  Carolyn,  having  married  Freder- 
ick Snowden  several  years  ago.  Mrs.  Snowden  now 
lives  in  Watsonville.  Miss  Palmanteer  will  return 
from  Europe  with  her  mother  and  her  younger  sis- 
ter, Miss  Ethel,  within  a  few  weeks;  but  the  news 
of  the  engagement  gained  credence  previous  to  the 
bride-elect's  formal  announcement.  Mr.  Grunsky 
is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Ewald  Grunsky,  well 
known  in  San  Francisco.  The  elder  Grunsky  is  a 
member   of   the   Panama-Pacific   Exposition   Company. 


Announcements. 

Miss  Cerata  Taylor's  annulment  of  her  engage- 
ment to  Mr.  George  Smith  places  her  among  the 
interesting  belles  of  the  winter  season.  No  definite 
reason  is  given  for  the  young  lady's  change  of  mind 
other  than  a  woman's  prerogative — because. 

■ j ♦ 

DR.    STEWART'S    NEW    MASS. 

Messrs.  J.  Fischer  &  Bro.  of  New  York  announce 
the  publication,  at  an  early  date,  of  a  new  mass 
by  Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart.  The  mass  is  in  honor  of 
St.  Pius  V,  and  is  dedicated  to  the  Very  Rev.  A.  L. 
McMahon,  O.  P.,  of  the  Dominican  Order.  This 
new  mass  is  the  third  which  Dr.  Stewart  has  pub- 
lished, and  it  will  be  heard  at  St.  Dominic's  Church 
in   the  near  future. 


The  Tale  of  a  Bill. 


BY  JINGO!   but  I'm  feeling  blue, 
For  I've  not  had  a  single  sou 
Since  I  escorted  Dolly  Bright 
Unto  the  show  the  other  night. 
I  cannot  help  but  get  a  chill 
Whene'er  I  think  upon  that  bill. 
Now  here  it  is  in  black  and  white. 
Something  fierce?    You  have  it  rightl 
Taxi  fare  and  tip  to  driver 
Got  away  with  one  whole       .       .       .       $5.00 
Tickets,  second  row  (quite  nifty), 

Also  opera  glass 3.50 

Hat  check,  tips  to  sundry  gents 

Cost  the  whole  of 50 

And  then  a  feed  at  Bector's.  Shucks! 

I  wish  I'd  kept  those 7.00 

When  we  came  out  I  did  contrive 

To  slip  the  doorman .75 

And  then  a  small  bouquet  I  bought  'er, 

-c'or  that  j.  only  coughed      ....         .25 

At  last  for  starting  home    'twas  time. 

We    took    the    subway    train  .        .        .10 

Then,  heavens!  I  was  in  a  pickle! 

I  had  to  ask  her  for  a 05 

To  get  back  home.     That  night  I  swore 
I'd  be  a  "live  ine"  nevermore. 

Hereafter  for  no  girl  alive  

Will  I  spend $16.75 

— Homer  Croy  in  Judge. 


Saturday,  September  7,  1912.] 


•THE  WASP- 


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GRAND  VIEW  HOTEL  OPENING. 


A  Fine  New  Edifice  Overlooking  the  Exposi- 
tion Grounds  and  the  Golden  Gate. 

Former  Supervisor  John  L.  Herget  is  a 
man  of  action.  J ii  Hit-  Board  of  Supervisors 
he  was  an  energetic  official,  working  for  the 
city's  interests.     Realizing  that  a  good  hotel 

in     the     vicinity     Of     tin-      I 'ana  ma      BxpOSitlon 

must  prove  to  he  a  good  investment,  Mr. 
Herget  has  built,  in  partnership  with  L. 
Levy,  the  Grand  View  Hotel,  which  is  just 
wliat   its  name  denotes. 

This  hotel,  at  2224-2232  L'nioii  street,  be- 
tween Fillmore  and  Steiner,  overlooks  the 
Bxposition  site.  It  certainly  commands  a 
grand  view,  and  one  which  will  be  greatly 
appreciated  just  as  soon  as  the  Exposition 
buildings  begin  to  take  form,  which  Chief 
Architect  Willis  Polk  declares  will  be  in  the 
near  future. 

The  Grand  View  Hotel  contains  100  rooms, 
and  is  equipped  with  an  unsurpassed  grill, 
cafe  and  roof  garden.  The  latter  feature 
cannot  fail  to  be  very  attractive,  as  from 
this  part  of  the  hotel  not  only  can  the  Expo- 
sition grounds  he  observed,  but  Fort  Point, 
the  Presidio  and  the  Golden  Gate. 

Messrs.  Herget  and  Levy  assure  the  public 
that  entertainments  of  the  highest  musical 
order  will  be  provided,  and  with  such  a  splen- 
did location  and  such  a  fine  hotel  former  Super- 
visor Herget  and  his  partner  should  be  in  a 
fair  way  to  do  a  splendid  business.  Mr.  Her- 
get's  standing  among  business  men  in  San 
Francisco  is  of  the  highest,  and  his  popularity 
has  been  well  attested  by  the  large  vote  he 
polls  whenever  he  consents  to  run  for  office. 

At  the  opening  of  the  Grand  View  Hotel 
on  Saturday  last  Union  street  for  several 
blocks  was  filled  with  automobiles,  and  the 
accommodations  of  a  hotel  twice  the  size 
would  not  have  sufficed  for  the  gala  occasion. 


NOTICE   OF  DISSOLUTION   OF  W.   E.   STANFORD 
&    CO.,  A  PARTNERSHIP. 


XOTIC'K  IS  HERKBY  GIVEN  THAT  THE  FIRM 
of  W.  E.  STANFORD  &  CO.,  a  partnership  consist- 
ing of  W.  E.  STANFORD  and  A.  G.  LUOHSINGER, 
formerly  doing  business  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  was  dissolved  on  September  1,  1912. 
(Signed):  W.    E.    STANFORD. 

A.    G.    LUCHSINGER. 


NOTICE  OF  TRUSTEES'   SALE  OF  REAL  ESTATE 


Whereas,  "W.  A.  WALKER  and  ANNA  J.  WALK- 
ER, P.  F.  BRADHOFF  and  KATHERINE  M. 
BRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W.  WEHE  and  PAME- 
LIA  M.  WEHE,  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  the  parties  of  the  first 
part,  did  execute  a  certain  deed  of  trust  dated  the 
24th  day  of  October,  1911,  to  JOSEPH  E.  BIEN 
and  D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  parties  of  the  second  part, 
and  as  trustees  for  the  benefit  and  security  of  the 
P.  C.  COMPANY,  a  corporation  duly  incorporated 
under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  oi 
California,    which   deed  of  trust  was  recorded   in    the 

office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the  County  of  Te- 
hama, State  of  California,  on  the  15th  day  of  No- 
vember, 1911,  in  Liber  "T"  of  Trust  Deeds,  Page 
296  et  seq.; 

Now,  therefore,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and 
under  the  authority  of  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in 
pursuance  of  a  resolution  passed  and  adopted  on  the 
26th  dav  of  August,  1912,  by  the  board  of  directors 
of  said  "P.  C.  COMPANY,  the  holder  of  a  certain 
promissory  note  made  by  W.  A.  WALKER  and 
ANNA  J.  WALKER,  P.  F.  BRADHOFF  and  KATH- 
ERINE M.  BRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W.  WEHE 
and  PAMELIA  M.  WEHE  to  said  P.  C.  COM- 
PANY, to  secure  the  payment  of  which  said  promis- 
sory note  said  deed  of  trust  was  executed,  declaring 
that  default  in  the  payment  of  the  monthly  install- 
ments of  interest  had  been  made,  and  that  the  whole 
of  said  note  had  thereby  become  due  and  had  not 
been  paid,  and  requesting  and  directing  that  JO- 
SEPH E.  BIEN  and  D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  trustees, 
under  the  power  and  authority  conferred  upon  them 
by  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in  pursuance  of  said 
resolution,  to  sell  said  real  property  described  in 
said  deed  of  trust  and  hereinafter  described,  to 
satisfy  said  indebtedness,  the  said  JOSEPH  E.  BIEN 
and  D.  F.  CONWAY  do  hereby  give  notice  that  on 

Saturday,  the  21st  day  of  September,  1912,  at 
twelve  o'clock  noon  of  said  day,  at  Room  1114 
Addison  Head  Building,   No.  209  Post  Street,   in  the 


City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, they  will  Bell,  at  public  auction,  to  the 
highest  bidder  for  cash  in  gold  coin  of  the  United 
of  Auieriea,  all  that  certain  real  property, 
wit  it  the  Improvements  thereon,  situated  in  Hie 
Count;  of  Tehama,  State  of  California,  and  partic- 
ularly  boundi'd  uud  described  its  follows,   town; 

The  west  one-half  (W.  '.■.•)  of  Section  Sixteen 
(Sec.   10)    and  the    Da  t   (JB.     14)    of  Section 

17),  and  the  northeast  one-quarter  (N,  E.  % )  of 
Seol Twenty    (See.   20),   and  tho  northwest  one- 

quarler  (  N'.  \V,  >t  i  ..f  >,,->,,,,!  I'w.niy-one  (Sec. 
21),  all  in  Township  Twenty  five  (Tp.  25)  North, 
Range  Three    (R.    3)      West,    M    D.   M. 

T.ik'ctli'T  willi  nil  and  singular  the  tenements,  her- 
editaments and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging, 
or  in  any  wise  appertaining,  and  the  reversion  and 
n- versions,  remainder  and  remainders,  rents,  issues 
and  prufitK  thereof. 

And,  also  all  tin*  eslule,  ri^lit,  title  and  interest, 
homestead,  or  other  claim  or  demand,  us  well  in 
law  as  in  equity,  which  the  said  W.  A.  WALKER 
and  ANNA  J.  WALKER,  P.  F.  BRADHOFF  and 
KATIIKR1NE  M.  HKADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W. 
WEHE  and  PAMELIA  M.  WEHE  now  have  or  may 
hereafter  acquiro,  in  or  to  the  said  premises,  or 
any    part    thereof,    with    the    appurtenanceB. 

TERMS  OF  SALE:  Cash  in  Gold  Coin  of  the 
United  States  of  America;  fifty  per  cent  {50  per 
cent)  payable  to  the  undersigned  at  the  fall  of  the 
hammer;  balance  upon  delivery  of  deed,  and  if  not 
so  paid,  unless  for  want  of  title  (ton  days  being 
allowed  for  search)  then  said  fifty  per  cent  (50  per 
cent)  to  be  forfeited  and  the  sale  to  be  void.  Taxes 
to   be  pro   rated. 

JOSEPH    E.    BIEN, 
D.    F.    CONWAY, 

Trustees. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    4. 

RICHARD  SCOTT,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim- 
ing any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  purt  thereof,  Defendants. — 
Action    No.    32,686. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  herebv  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  RICHARD  SCOTT,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and   particularly   described   as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southeasterly  line  of 
Falcon  Avenue,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
eighty-one  (181)  feet  and  three  (3)  inches  north- 
easterly from  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Mono  Street  (formerly  Moss  Alley) 
with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Falcon  Avenue  (as 
said  streets  are  shown  upon  that  certain  map  adopt 
ed  and  made  official  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of 
the  said  City  and  Countv,  under  ordinance  No.  ±d52, 
New  Series),  and  running  thence  northeasterly  and 
along  said  line  of  Falcon  Avenue  twenty-five  (25) 
feet;  thence  south  44  degrees  east  one  hundred  and 
four    (104)    feet   and  eight    (8)    inches;    thence   south 

48  degrees  39  minutes  west  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  north  forty-three  (43)  degrees  51  min- 
utes west  one  hundred  and  five  (105)  feet  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  a  part  of  lot  number  6, 
in  block  number  3,  of  the  MARKET  STREET 
HOMESTEAD  ASSOCIATION, — 

which  said  property  was  before  the  widening  of 
Mono  Street  (formerly  Moss,  Alley)  described  as 
follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southeasterly  line  of 
Falcon  Street,  distant  northeasterly  on  said  line 
two  hundred  and  two  (202)  feet  and  one  (1)  inch 
from  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Falcon  Street  and 
Moss  Alley;  thence  running  north  50  deg.  20  min. 
east  along  said  line  of  Falcon  Street  twenty-five  (25) 
feet;  thence  south  44  deg.  eaBt  one  hundred  and 
four    (104)   feet  and  eight   (8)   inches;   thence  south 

49  deg.  50  min.  west  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and 
thence  north  39  deg.  45  min.  west  one  hundred  and 
five  (105)  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  point  of  com- 
mencement; being  a  part  of  lot  No.  six(6)  in  block 
No,  three  (3)  as  the  same  is  laid  down  and  desig- 
nated upon  the  official  map  of  the  Market  Street 
Homestead  Association,  filed  in  the  ottice  of  the 
County  Recorder  of  the  said  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

LOAFING  MEN 

And  loafing  money  never  did  any  community 
any  good.  The  millions  of  dollars  invested 
in  the  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Associ- 
ation have  built  thousands  of  homes. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

EDWABD    SWEENEY.    President. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


You  ure  hereby  notified  that,  unless  ymi  so  appear 
and    answer,    the    plaintiff    will    apply    to    the    Court 

rot    the   relief   demanded    in    the   Complaint,    to-wit, 

that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
bo  id  property  in  fee  Bimple  absolute;  that  in  -  Litli 
tn    said    property    be    established   and   quieted;    that 

tin-  Ouurt  ascertain  and  determine  all  .'sint.-s.  rights, 
titles,    interests    and    claims    in    and    1>>    s:ud    pro] 

and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  he  legal 
nr  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  oi  mortgages  oi  Liens 
of    any    description ;    that    the    plaintiff    recover    his 

Q08ts  herein  und  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as    may    be    meet    in   the   premise,-.. 

Witness  my  hand   and    the  seal  of   Baid  Court    thlB 
29th  day  of  August,  A.  D.,   1912. 
fSEAL)  H.  I.  MULCkK\  v.  Olerfc 

By  J.  F.  DUNWnliTII,  Deputy  Olork. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp" 'newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,  A.  l>.   1912. 

PERRY  &  PAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    St.,    San    Francisco,    California. 


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[Saturday,  September  7,  1912. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.  4. 

HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    32,630. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and   particularly    described   as    follows. 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  six 
(106)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  westerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Webster 
Street,  and  running  thence  westerly  along  said  line 
of  Green  Street  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly,  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty-one  (41)  feet,  three  (3)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  Vallejo  Street;  thence  easterly  along 
said,  line  of  Vallejo  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eighteen  (18)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
southerlv  line  of  Green  Street  and  the  point  of  he- 
ginning;'  being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION  Num- 
ber   321. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  Bame 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

WitnesB  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
19th   dav   of   August,   A.  D.    1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.  I.   HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk.  _ 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  31st  day  of  August, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    S. 

GIOVANNI  DANERI,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.    32,600. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIOVANNI  DANERI,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and  particularly  described  as  follows    : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Gari- 
baldi (formerly  Vincent)  Street,  distant  thereon 
ninety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line  of  Garibaldi  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Garibaldi  Street  twenty  (20)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty-eight  (58)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20j  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly fifty-eight  (58)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT 
Number  379. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther  relief   as   may   be   meet   in   the   premises. 

Witness   my  hand   and   the   seal  of  said  Court  this 
13th  day  of  August,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.    PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  24th  dav  of  August, 
A.   D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    California. 

3TJMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.  No.   3. 

MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.    32,539. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly   described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  one  hundred  (100)  feet 
southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  street 
and  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of 
Seventeenth  avenue,  measured  respectively  along 
lines  drawn  at  right  angles  to  said  lines  of 
said  streets,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Clement  street  eight  (8) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Seventeenth  avenue  three 
hundred    and    fifty     (350)     feet;     thence    at    a    right 


angle  easterly  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  three  hundred  and  fifty  (350) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  Out- 
side Land  Block  Number  198. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  oi  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  *■ 
may   be    meet   in    the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
31st  day  of  July,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SJEAL)  H.   I.    MULCREVY,    Clsrk. 

By   J.    F.    DUNWORTH,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse 
to    plaintiff: 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society,  (a  cor- 
poration)   San  Francisco,    California. 

Fernando  Nelson,  San  Francisco,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  street,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  Si  OUST  OF  THM  STATE  OF 

California,    in    and    fur    the    City    and    County    of    San 
■ 

SIEG- 
FRIED,   Plaintiffs,  inning    any    iu> 
■  ■■.■■ 

scribed  ur  anj  \  Defendants. — Aoti 

People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
suns  claiming  any  interest  in,  ur  lien  unou,  the  real 
ptopei  BCribed    ur    any    part    thereof,    De- 

fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 

tint  ut  EDrt'AHU   W,  SIEGFRIED  and  HELEN 

lied   with    the   link   ol    iho 

:  -  d  Count j  Lbi       months 

after   ll  unonB,   and   to 

rtb  what  Intereei  or  lien,  if  any,  yon  have  in  or 

Upon    '  'party,   ur  any  part   thereof, 

situated   in    the   City   and   County   of   Ban    Prai 

described    an 

follow  B  . 

inning  at  a   point   on  the  southwesterly  line  of 

■  hi',    distant    thereon    two    hundred    and 

twenty-five  (225)   (eat  southeasterly  from  the  corner 

formed  by  the  Intersection  of  the  southwesterly  line 

of  Oilman  Avi  •  ■■  southeasterly  line  of  Jen 

nings   Street    [formerly    "J"    Streot  South),   and  run- 

along  said  line  of  Oilman 

thence    at    a    right    angle 

southwesterly  one  hundred   iiuuj    feet;   thence  at  a 

right  angle  nurthwusierly  fifty  (50)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northeasterly  one  hundred  (luu. 
feel  to  tho  point  of  beginning;  being  lots  14  and  15, 
in  block  551,  BAY  PARK  HOMESTEAD,  as  per 
map  thereof  filed  in  the  office  Of  the  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  March  -j,  1872. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  fur 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  thai  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  tee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  Quieted;  that  the 
ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
•very  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
aud  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
if  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  band  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
26th  day  of  June,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  S.   I.  HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  ou  the  13th  day  of 
July,   A.   D.   1912, 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET  MAGUIRE, 
Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in 
or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or 
any  part   thereof,   Defendants. — Action  No.   32,477. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   groeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET 
MAGUIRE,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
above-entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows: 

FirBt:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Union  street,  distant  thereon  sixty-two  (62) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  easterly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Union 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Steiner  street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Union 
street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25) 
feet  ;and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Western  Addition,  Block  Number  344. 

Second:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Twenty-second  avenue,  distant  thereon  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  southerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  west- 
erly line  of  Twenty-second  avenue  with  the  southerly 
line  of  Point  Lobos  avenue,  and  running  thence 
southerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue 
seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
and  tnence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Outside  Land  Block  Number  262. 

You  are  hernby  nntifipd  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  tn-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;that  the  Court 


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ascertain  aud  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles,  in- 
tt-reMB  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and  every 
part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or  equitable, 
preBeut  or  future,  vested  or  contingent,  and  whether 
the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  de- 
scription ;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  tin  I'll  other  aud  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in    the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
18th    day    of  July,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery  St.,   San   Francisco,  Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco — Dept.  No,  4, 

GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  Hen  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No,   32,371. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIUSEPPE  DIRESTA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  .what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and  particularly   described   as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-one  (31)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  line  of  Octavia  Street  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lombard  Street,  and  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  line  of  Octavia 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK  Number  170. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or_  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  hiB  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
20th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  6th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept,  No.  7. 

JOSEPH  G.  McVERRY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty  herein   described   or  any   part   thereof,    Defend- 


ants.—  A  J.432. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persona  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lieu  upon, 
the  real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 

Yon  appear    and    answer 

ihu   complaint   of  JOSEPH    i 
itb  the  Olerk 
y.    within    three    months    after    tb«    first    publi 
Is    summons,    and    to    set    forth    what    in 
kereat    or    Hen,    if    any,    you    havi    m    or   upon   that 
real   property,  or  any  part   thereof,   situated 
nuty    of    San    Francisco,    Stale    of 
California,  and  particularly  described  as  follows: 
formed   by 
tortherly  lino  of  Lawton  (formorlv 
ith  the  wi 
and   running    n  ime   0f 

ivd    and    forty     (240)     feet 
itsterly   lino,  of  Twelfth   Avenue;    thence  north- 
erly along  said  line  of  Twelfth  Avenue 

reet,    six    (6i    inches;    thence    at    a    rigln 
easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120>  feet;  thence 

.lil  angle  northerly  twelve  (12)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  thence  at  u  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  tho  westerly  line  of  Elev- 
enth Avenue;  and  thence  southerly  and  along  said 
nth  Avenue  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning:  being  part  of  OUTSIDE 
LAND  block   Number  779. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  properly  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  eaid  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
(he  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interest  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover 
his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further 
relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  9th  day  of  July,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  20th  day  of  July. 
A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,   San  Francisco,   California. 

NOTICE       TO    CREDITORS. 
No.   13,815.     Dept.   10. 

ESTATE    OF    MARGARET    COLLINS,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  MARGARET 
COLLINS,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  per- 
sons having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four 
(4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice 
to  the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858 
Phelan  Building,  San  Francisoo,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of 
business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
of   MARGARET   COLLINS,    deceased. 

.  ,    .   .  M.  J.  HYNES, 

Administrator    of    the    estate    of    MARGARET 
COLLINS,   deceased. 

Dated,    San  Francisco,   August  6,   1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HIOKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
trator,  858  Phelan  Building,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 


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[Saturday,    September   14,   1912. 


Plain  English. 


BY  AMERICUS 


THERE  is  a  broad  grin  on  the  faces  of  all  local  politi- 
cians. Ike  Spiro  and  Shawn  Donohoe  have  set  up 
their  words  against  the  word  of  Jim  Rolph.  It  is  to 
laugh,  indeed! 

Not  everybody  knew  that  Mr.  Ike  Spiro  was  a  Police  Com- 
missioner till  he  suddenly  burst  into  print  with  the  declara- 
tion that  he  wouldn't  resign,  come  what  may,  and  he  hadn't 
ever  told  the  Mayor  he  intended  to  resign. 

Nobody  at  all  outside  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians, 
the  Fire  Department,  and  the  patrons  of  Mr.  Shawn  Dono- 
hoe's  saloon  knew  that  he  was  a  Fire  Commissioner,  holding 
office  by  virtue  of  an  appointment  under  the  administration 
of  that  illustrious  patriot,  P.  H.  McCarthy. 

The  reading  public  in  San  Francisco  having  learned  to  dis- 
trust most  newspaper  statements  about  office-holders,  hardly 
knows  what  to  make  of  the  Ike  Spiro  and  Shawn  Donohoe 
affair.  The  Wasp,  therefore,  will  give  the  exact  facts.  Here 
they  are,  and  you  can  swear  by  them,  kind  reader,  if  inclined 
to  swear. 

Mayor  Rolph  made  up  his  mind  soon  after  taking  office  to 
remove  Police  Commissioner  Spiro  from  office  for  several 
reasons.  The  principal  reason  was  that  he  thought  he  might 
get  a  man  more  satisfactory  all  round.  Spiro  is  a  soda  water 
manufacturer,  and  the  other  pop-bottle  merchants  raised 
Cain  because  Ike  had  the  inside  track  of  them  in  the  saloon 
trade.  Every  saloon-keeper,  of  course,  wanted  Spiro 's  soda 
water,  because  a  saloon-keeper  never  knows  when  he  may 
require  the  friendly  aid  of  a  Police  Commissioner  to  help 
him  out  of  charges  of  running  a  disorderly  house,  or  to  help 
him  in  getting  his  license  renewed. 

Police  Commissioner  Spiro  hated,  worse  than  poison,  to 
be  separated  from  the  job  of  Police  Commissioner.  It  gave 
him  distinction  and  authority,  and  it  kept  the  soda  water  fac- 
tory working  overtime.  He  prayed  to  his  friends  to  intercede 
with  the  Mayor,  but  genial  Jim  was  resolute — Spiro  must 
go. 

Police  Commissioner  Jim  Woods  spoke  many  good  words 
for  Spiro,  because,  after  all  is  said  and  done,  Ike  is  a  pleasant- 
mannered  chap,  and  he  had  generally  voted  with  Woods. 

Finally  the  friends  of  Spiro,  with  the  full  knowledge 
and  consent  of  Ike,  effected  a  compromise.  Ike  was  to 
take  his  medicine  and  be  given  till  August  31st  to  swal- 
low the  dose,  and  on  September  1st  he  was  to  hand  in 
his    resignation    and    retire    to    private    life.       He    would 


thus  get  the  credit  of  having  gracefully  retired  to  private 
life  instead  of  being  kicked  out,  like  the  average  politician. 

About  a  month  before  the  evil  day,  Isaac  changed  his  mind 
and  began  to  intimate  that  he  didn't  think  it  was  up  to  him 
to  keep  his  word  and  not  put  his  friends  in  a  most  humiliat- 
ing position.  He  declared  that  his  honor  was  affected  by  the 
premature  publication  in  a  morning  newspaper,  that  he  was 
1  about  to  hand  in  his  resignation. 

Of  course,  the  plain  English  of  it  is  that  Ike  couldn't 
bring  himself  to  give  up  voluntarily  a  public  office  that  paid 
him  a  salary  and  sold  his  soda  water  for  him.  Moreover, 
there  is  a  conspiracy  on  foot  to  embarrass  Mayor  Rolph  and 
thus  help  the  politicians  who  held  places  under  McCarthy 
and  under  Schniitz  to  get  back  into  office — perhaps.  These 
conspirators,  of  course,  did  not  discourage  Mr.  Spiro  from 
sticking  to  his  foolish  resolution  to  try  and  hold  on  to  the 
office  of  Police  Commissioner,  to  which  he  should  never  have 
been  appointed. 

Now  it  is  up  to  the  Mayor  to  hoist  Mr.  Spiro  out  of  office. 
By  the  shifty  course  he  has  chosen  to  pursue,  Mr.  Spiro  has 
proved  that  the  Mayor's  judgment  in  firing  him  is  most  ex- 
cellent. 

Any  judge  of  a  Superior  Court  who  will  help  to  thwart 
the  Mayor's  good  resolution  to  get  rid  of  Mr.  Spiro  as  expe- 
ditiously as  possible  is  not  promoting  the  cause  of  good  gov- 
ernment— quite  the  contrary. 

As  to  Commissioner  Donohoe. 

AS  TO  Fire  Commissioner  Shawn  Donohoe  (also  a  Mc- 
Carthy appointment) ,  the  conflict  of  his  word  against 
that  of  Mayor  Rolph  is  more  amusing  than  the  question 
whether  Ike  Spiro  or  Mr.  Rolph  should  be  elected  to  mem- 
bership in  the  Ananias  Club. 

Mr.  Donohoe  may  be  classed  as  a  "professional  Irishman," 
and  of  course  keeps  a  saloon,  that  accessory  being  an  essen- 
tial part  of  the  equipment  of  the  brand  of  Celtic  patriots  who 
divide  their  activities  between  shouting  for  the  freedom  of 
Erin  and  holding  American  public  offices.  To  describe  such 
vociferous  incondite  bogtrotters  as  representative  Irishmen 
would  be  a  gross  libel  on  a  nation  which  has  produced  the 
indomitable  Sarsfield,  the  eloquent  0  'Connell,  the  accomplish- 
ed Richard  Brinsley  Sheridan,  Robert  Emmet,  Oliver  Gold- 
smith, Henry  Grattan,  and  Edmund  Burke,  famed  in  oratory ; 
Moore,  Parnell,  Lord  Kitchener,  Lord  Roberts,  and  countless 
other  poets,  statesmen  and  soldiers. 

Unfortunately,  in  this  great  land  of  ours,  so  rich  in  oppor- 
tunities for  all  men,  regardless  of  birth,  an  aggressive,  obtru- 
sive, underbred  clodhopper  is  more  likely  than  a  decent  citi- 
zen to  shoulder  his  way  to  the  political  pie-counter  and  hold 
it  down  till  his  appetite  fail    or  his  pockets  burst. 


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-THE  WASP  - 


Fire  Commissioner  Donohoe  deliber- 
ately deceived  Mayor  Rolph.  lie  got 
his  friends  to  go  with  him  to  the  Mayor 

and  in  presence  of  witnesses,  he  prom- 
ised mi  his  word  as  a  man,  that  when 
he  returned  from  Ireland  he  would  re- 
sign. On  that  understanding,  the  May- 
or withheld  his  order  for  Donohoe's 
removal,  and  the  man  was  given  leave 
of  absence,  which  he  made  use  of  by 
visiting  his  relatives  in  Ireland,  and 
on  bis  way  back  attending  a  convention 
of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians  in 
the  East,  he  being  a  delegate. 

Now  he  lies  deliberately  (if  the  news- 
papers epiote  him  correctly)  and  says 
he  never  promised  to  resign,  though 
witnesses  far  more  credible  than  he 
saw  the  fellow  almost  go  down  on  his 
marrow-bones  when  asking  the  Mayor 
to  delay  his  dismissal,  and  promising, 
solemnly,  that  he  would  resign  the  mo- 
ment he  got  back  to  San  Francisco. 

The  friends  of  Donohoe,  whom  he 
deceived  and  humiliated  by  getting 
them  to  back  up  his  promise  to  resign, 
declare  that  if  lying  were  a  felony, 
Fire  Commissioner  Shawn  would  be 
sentenced  to  imprisonment  for  life  at 
Folsom  penitentiary,  which  is  the  hot- 
test and  most  undesirable  place  of  de- 
tention that  can  be  reached  by  any 
terrestrial  route. 

Of  course  it  will  only  be  a  question  of 
a  few  days  till  Messrs.  Donohoe  and 
Spiro  find  themselves  kicked  out  as 
they  deserve,  after  their  mendacious  and 
shameless  course  of  double-dealing. 


WORTHLESS   ADVICE. 

VICTOR  L.  BERGER  is  coming  to 
San  Francisco  to  tell  us  how  to 
uplift  our  city.  Every  hot-air  merchant 
in  the  United  States  heads  this  way  to 
give  us  advice  on  running  our  own  bus- 
iness. If  any  of  them  should  fail  to  ask 
for  pay  as  a  lecturer,  it  is  because  he  is 
a  candidate  for  some  public  office. 

We  should  get  over  the  habit  of  run- 
ning a  "jay  town,"  where  any  skipjack 
who  comes  along  from  the  East  can  get 
a  respectful  hearing  by  telling  ms  what 
a  lot  of  mutts  we  are. 


Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  for  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend. 


MESSES.    SPIRO    AND    DONOHOE    RETIRING    GRACEFULLY   FROM   OFFICIAL   LIFE. 


We  are  fully  conscious  of  our  short- 
comings, and  trying  our  best  to  improve. 
It  isn't  likely  that  people  who  have  been 
rank  failures  in  their  own  home  towns, 
or  who  represent  schemes  that  have 
proved  impracticable,  can  give  us  any 
advice  that  is  worth  listening  to. 

Mr.  Victor  L.  Berger  calls  himself  a 
Socialist,  though  I  have  my  doubts  on 
the  subject  of  his  Socialism.  He  is  com- 
ing West  under  the  auspices  of  the 
avowed  anarchist,  Debs,  candidate  of 
the  Red  Flag  cutthroats  for  President, 
and  Emil  Seidel,  candidate  for  Vice- 
President. 

Berger  is  a  Congressman,  which  isn't 
much  of  an  honor  these  days.  He  is  one 
of  the  men  who  turned  over  Milwau- 
kee to  the  so-called  Socialists  (profes- 
sional politicians  would  be  a  better 
name),  and  promised  for  his  comrades 
that  they  would  relieve  Milwaukee  from 


all  the  civic  ills  that  afflicted  it.  Mark 
the  result. 

At  the  end  of  the  first  official  term  of 
the  city  government  of  Milwaukee,  the 
people  rose  in  anger  and  kicked  out  the 
reformers.  Not  a  promise  had  they  ful- 
filled, and  their  administration  had  cost 
the  unfortunate  taxpayers  more  than 
ever  before. 

In  all  probability  Congressman  Ber- 
ger will  get  yards  of  space  in  the  San 
Francisco  newspapers.  If  they  knew 
their  business  they  wouldn't  waste  any 
space  on  the  shop-worn  political  goods 
that  this  gentleman  has  to  offer. 

I  trust  that  the  Commonwealth  Club, 
which  has  a  soft  spot  in  its  heart  for 
tramp  statesmen  and  philosophers,  will 
not  be  foolish  enough  to  make  Mr.  Debs' 
confrere  the  "guest  of  honor"  at  a 
luncheon.  But  in  the  language  of  a 
great  Scotsman,  "I  hae  me  doots." 


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allowing  several   days  on  the  Isthmus, 

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THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    September   14,    1912. 


A  COMPARISON. 

THE  editor  of  the  San  Francisco  Monitor, 
who  is^  touring  Europe  (what  luxurious 
lives  these  editors  of  religious  weeklies 
lead!),  writes  most  impressively  of  his  climb 
up  to  the  tunnel  of  St.  Gothard.  He  didn't 
forget,  did  this  pious  soul,  when  in  the  midst 
of  the  famous  tunnel,  that  the  foundations  of 
the  Church  of  St.  Columban  were  a  thousand 
feet  above  him.  Another  fact  which  impress- 
ed him  was  that  this  tunnel,  nine  and  a  fourth 
miles  long,  took  over  seven  years  to  build, 
though  2,500  men  were  employed  daily  on 
its  construction.  These  men  were  paid  much 
less  than  they  would  receive  in  America,  and 
yet  the  tunnel  cost  $15,000,000. 

The  editor  of  the  Monitor  might  have  made 
some  interesting  arithmetical  comparisons  for 
his  San  Francisco  readers  had  not  his  mind 
been  so  engrossed  with  the  historical  interest 
of  his  trip  in  lands  rich  in  history. 

He  might  have  figured  out  that  as  the  pro- 
posed Hetch  Hetchy  project,  planned  by  Engi- 
neer'John  R.  Freeman,  calls  for  70  miles  of 
tunnel  through  rocky  mountains,  it  would 
take  nearly  53  years  to  do  the  piercing  if  the 
work  proceeded  at  the  same  rate  yearly  as 
at  St.  Gothard.  No  doubt  it  will  advance 
faster,  for  the  tunnel  would  not  be  so  large, 
but  the  small  boys  of  today  would  be  nearly 
of  the  voting  age  before  the  task  was  finished. 

♦ 

THE   REAL  TROUBLE. 

IN  a  few  months  the  public  will  hear  a  good 
deal  about  the  Panama  Canal  bill  which 
England  objects  to.  So  does  Canada,  and 
that  is  why  Scotland  has  begun  to  protest  vig- 
orously that  the  Hay-Pauneefote  treaty  has 
been  violated.  There  is  a  great  deal  of  Scotch 
money  in  Canada,  and  that  great  country  has 
been  developed  largely  by  Scotch  enterprise 
and  thrift. 

The  question  of  canal  rates  would  not  be 
raised  if  Congress  proceeded  honestly  and 
openly  to  advocate  a  subsidy  for  American 
shipping.  It  is  clear  that  America  shipping 
cannot  compete  with  foreign  ships,  some  of 
which  are  subsidized,  and-  all  of  which  run 
cheaper  than  American  vessels. 

Congress  realizes  fully  that  the  American 
merchant  marine  can  never  be  built  up  with- 
out financial  aid,  but  the  interior  States  that 
have  no  seaports  oppose  violently  subsidies 
for  ships.    The  seacoast  States  favor  subsidies. 

Seeing  no  chanee  of  settling  the  subsidy 
proposal  without  a  political  row,  Congress 
takes  what  seems  the  easier  course  and  pro- 
poses to  pass  American  coastwise  vessels 
through  the  canal  without  paying  any  tolls. 

The  two  sides  of  the  subsidy  question  were 
presented  in  a  reeent  debate  in  the  Senate 
by  Senators  Reed  of  Missouri  and  Gallinger 
of  New  Hampshire.  The  following  is  an  ex- 
eerpt  of  the  debate  as  taken  from  the  Con- 
gressional  Record: 

MR.  REED:  Mr.  President,  I  know 
the  Senator  from  New  Hampshire  would 
vote  to  give  our  ships  equal  opportunity 
with  foreign  ships.  I  have  no  doubt  he 
would  vote  to  permit  our  ships  to  engage 
in  the  organization  of  monopolies  and 
pools,    as    foreign    ships    do.      I   have    no 


doubt  he  would  be  willing  to  tax  the  peo- 
ple of  the  United  States  and  turn  large 
portions  of  the  money  over  to  the  ship- 
owners of  the  Eastern  coast.  I  did  not 
expect  in  any  manner  to  change  the 
views  of  the  Senator  from  New  Hamp- 
shire; but  I  submit  that,  when  this  Gov- 
ernment furnishes  a  canal  free  of  charge 
it  requires  considerable  temerity  to  ask 
it  also  to  assume  all  the  risks  of  trans- 
porting ships  through  the  canal.  So  far 
as  the  argument  is  concerned,  that  we 
must  put  our  ships  on  an  equality  with 
foreign  ships,  I  have  this  to  say:  If  the 
governments  of  other  countries  see  fit  to 
burden  their  people  with  taxation  and 
pay  those  taxes  over  to  ships  that  are, 
according  to  the  best  evidence,  controlled 
by  great  pools  and  monopolies,  fixing  ex- 
orbitant charges,  then  that  will  be  for 
the  people  of  those  countries  to  endure 
or  to  escape  from  as  best  they  may;  but, 
so  far  as  I  am  concerned,  if  this  Govern- 
ment builds  a  $400,000,000  canal  and 
maintains  it  free  of  charge  to  the  ships 
of  our  eountry,  I  do  not  propose  in  taxing 
the  people  to  further  benefit  those  ships. 

MR.  GALLINGER:  I  have  no  disposi- 
tion to  prolong  this  discussion,  Mr.  Pres- 
ident. I  expected  the  Senator  from  Mis- 
souri would  charge  me  with  being  in  fa- 
vor of  combinations  which  put  money  in 
the  pockets  of  shipowners.  That  is  the 
usual  language  of  certain  men  in  public 
life  and  of  certain  newspapers.  I  call 
the  attention  of  the  Senator  to  the  fact 
that  these  foreign  shipowners,  if  they 
are  in  pools  and  combinations,  are  op- 
pressing our  people  as  well  as  their  own 
people.  We  are  paying  foreign  ships  today 
$300,000,000  a  year  to  transport  our  goods 
and  our  passengers  across  the  ocean,  and 
we  are  at  a  disadvantage  to  such  an  extent 
that  our  overseas  trade  is  practically 
blotted  from  the  oceans  of  the  world. 

Mr.  President,  a  great  deal  of  discus- 
sion has  been  had  as  to  the  manner  in 
which  Great  Britain  manages  these  af- 
fairs. We  entered  into  an  agreement 
with  Great  Britain,  and  I  think  about  30 
other  nations  of  the  world,  that  we  should 
have  reciprocal  conditions  on  the  ocean. 
The  moment  we  entered  into  that  recip- 
rocal relation  with  other  nations  those 
governments  subsidized  their  ships  and 
absolutely  destroyed  the  efficacy  of  that 
agreement  that  we  had  made  with  them; 
so  tnat  we  are  today  in  competition,  with 
the  other  nations  of  the  world  with  ships 
that  get  no  help  from  our  Government, 
while  the  other  governments  are  paying 
enormous  tribute  to  their  ships,  and  the 
result  is  that  we  nave  8  or  10  ships.  This 
great  nation  is  represented  by  only  8  or 
10  ships  engaged  in  the  overseas  trade 
today,  and  we  are  carrying  8  or  9  per 
cent  of  our  products  to  foreign  countries 
and   8   or   9  per   cent    of   our  passengers. 

Mr.  President,  it  goes  without  saying, 
that  if  foreign  governments  pay  subsidies 
to  their  steamships,  and  we  do  not  assist 
our  ships  at  all,  and  our  laws  require  that 
to  navigate  our  ships  we  must  expend 
more  money  than  foreign  nations  spend 
in  navigating  their  ships,  we  cannot  com- 
pete with  them.  And  so,  I  say,  if  we 
are  going  to  have  any  merchant  marine — 
and  I  have  no  apologies  to  make  for  the 
position  I  take  on  this  subject — if  we 
are  going  to  have  any  foreign  merchant 
marine,  the  United  States  Government 
must  deal  with  it  much  more  generously 
than  it  has  done  in  the  past,  because  we 
cannot  compete  with  Germany  or  England 
or  Japan  or  France  in  a  contest  where 
those  governments  are  behind  their  mer- 
chant marine,  giving  them  all  kinds  of 
assistance,  while  the  moment  we  mention 


the  subject  of  rendering  any  assistance 
to  our  merchant  marine  we  are  subjected 
to  the  cry  of  plundering  the  people  to 
help  shipbuilders  and  of  advocating  sub- 
sidies that  are  not  in  accordance  withour 
principles    of    government. 

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THE  MYSTERY  OF  SPRING  VALLEY. 

SPRING  VALLEY  WATER  COMPANY, 
says  the  Oakland  Tribune,  has  as  yet 
given  no  indication  of  its  acceptance  of 
the  city's  offer  to  buy  it.  If  it  consents — 
and  presumably  it  will — and  the  voters  ratify 
the  bargain,  then  President  Bourn's  crypto- 
graphic corporation  movements  of  about 
eighteen  months  ago  will  probably  pass  into 
oblivion  without  any  explanation.  After  the 
people  failed  to  give  the  necessary  two-thirds 
vote  on  the  first  scheme  to  sell,  Bourn  and  his 
inside  clique  formed  three  different  corpora- 
tions, with  clerks  in  his  office  as  dummy  direc- 
tors. They  concerned,  of  course,  Spring  Val- 
ley properties  on  both  sides  of  the  bay,  but 
their  intent  was  never  officially  explained. 
One  of  the  corporations  was  the  Water  Supply 
Company  of  San  Francisco.  It  was  to  run 
for  fifty  years  and  had  twenty  millions  of 
capital  stock;  of  the  sum,  $700  was  subscrib- 
ed. The  other  two  corporation  moves  were 
the  City  and  Suburban  Water  Company  and 
the  City  and  Suburban  Realty  Company.  The 
former  had  twenty-eight  millions  of  capital 
stock  and  the  latter  fourteen  millions.  A  few 
hundred  dollars  in  each  case  were  actually 
subscribed.  Bourn  and  his  attorney,  MeCutch- 
eon,  repeatedly  refused  to  explain  the  object 
of  these  moves  on  the  corporation  chess-board. 
On  its  face,  there  was  evidently  here  a  plan 
to  force  a  valuation  of  all  Spring  Valley 
properties  up  to  sixty-two  millions.  In  its 
entirety,  the  city's  offer  means  about  forty 
million  dollars. 

+ 

AN  OVERWORKED  ANECDOTE. 

"I'll  give  you  $2  for  this   anecdote  about 
Daniel   Webster." 

"What's  the  matter  with  you?"  de- 
manded the  hack  writer.  "You  gave  me  $4 
for  that  anecdote  when  it  was  about  Roose- 
velt." 


Sultan  Turkish  Baths 

624  POST  STREET 
Special   Department   for   Ladies 

Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladies  and  Gen 
tlemen. 
Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Hammam,  haa  leaied  the  Sultan  Turkish 
Baths,  where  he  will  be  glad  to  see  his 
old  and  new  enstomera. 


Blake,  Mof  fitt  &  Towne 

PAPER 

37-45  First  Street 

PHONES:  SUTTER  2230;  J  3221  (Homo) 
PriTBto    Ezekanga    Connecting    all   Depart monti. 


announcement   that    the 

iveddiBg    of    Miss    Neva 

^alislniry  and  Ensign  Wil- 

iain      Reynolds     Pennell 

lias  been  indefinitely  post- 
poned comes  as  a  surprise 
to  their  many  friends,  as 
the  day  bad  been  set  for 

tin*  ceremony  and  all  the  plans  made.  The 
parents  of  the  young  lady,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Guy 
Salisbury,  deny  the  engagement  is  broken, 
and  give  as  the  only  cause  for  the  postpone- 
ment that  Mr.  Pennell  was  unable  to  arrange 
for  his  leave,  owing  to  the  present  troubled 
condition  in  Nicaragua.  The  wedding,  which 
was  to  have  taken  place  on  Wednesday,  the 
11th,  was  to  have  been  a  brilliant  naval  af- 
fair, ana  the  honeymoon  was  to  have  been 
spent  in  New  York  and  other  of  the  Eastern 
cities. 

JX      &      $L 
On  the  Golf  Links. 

MR.  AND  MRS.  CHARLES  TEMPLE- 
TON  CROCKER  were  noticed  amongst 
the  very  wealthy  people  at  the  Del 
Monte  Golf  Tournament,  which  has  attracted 
a  great  many  prominent  persons.  Mr.  Crocker 
was  faithful,  as  usual,  to  his  vivid  neckties, 
which  would  not  be  noticed  in  Paris  or  Lon- 
don, but  which  almost  case  strabismus  to  na- 
tives of  the  Far  "West,  where  some  of  the 
traditions  of  the  plain  string  tie  and  the 
white  choker  still  remain.  None  but  a  mil- 
lionaire could  wear  Mr.  Crocker's  ultra- 
fashionable  and  brilliant  haberdashery — rich 
purples  and  Scotch  plaids  and  wonderful 
shades  of  magenta,  always  held  in  place  by  a 
splendid  black  pearl  scarfpin.  Mr.  Crocker 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  golf  tourna- 
ment at  Del  Monte,  but  Mrs.  Crocker  did  not 
remain  for  the  tournament,  but  returned  early 
in  the  week  to  her  home  at  Uplands. 

(^*      ^*      ttfr 
Death  of  Mrs.  McLean. 

THE  death  of  Mrs.  John  R.  McLean  at 
Bar  Harbor  comes  as  a  great  shock,  as 
she  had  been  ill  only  such  a  short  time, 
and  no  one  imagined  for  an  instant  that  it 
would  be  fatal.  She  was  the  mother  of  Ed- 
ward R.  McLean,  and  grandmother  of  that 
muchly-  writ  ten-up-million-  dollar  baby,  Ed- 
ward Walsh  McLean.  Some  predict  that  this 
is  the  first  misfortune  to  come  to  the  possess- 
ors of  that  famous  and  fatal  Hope  diamond, 
which  has  just  recently  come  into  the  posses- 
sion of  the  young  McLeans,  and  that  a  series 
of  misfortunes  are  liable  to  follow  in  the  wake 
of  this  one — for  that  beautiful  stone  has 
never  been  known  to  bring  happiness  to  any 
one,  and  can  beat  any  opal  that  was  ever 
heard  of  for  bad  luck. 

Mrs.  John  McLean  was  the  sister  of  Trux- 


N^ICE. 

ah 

communications    relative    to 

■oclal 

news 

should 

be  addressed   "Society 

Editor 

Wasp 

121 

Second 

Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this 

office 

not   later   than   Wednesday   to 

insure 

publication 

In  the 

issue  of  that  week. 

tun  Beale  and  Mine.  Bakhmetieff,  wife  of  the 
Russian  Ambassador,  and  possessor  of  the 
most  famous  rubies.  Mr.  Beale  divides  his 
time  between  Washington,  New  York  and  San 
Francisco,  as  he  spends  a  part  of  each  year 


MISS   HAZEL   PALMANTEER 

Whose  engagement  to  C.  Ewald  Grunsky  Jr.  has 

been  announced. 

with  his  young  son  by  his  first  wife,  who  lives 
in  Washington. 

Mrs.  McLean  will  be  taken  back  to  Wash- 
ington by  special  train,  where  she  has  always 
made  her  home. 

d5*  t?*  <&* 

Seen  on  the  Verandah. 

SOCIETY  has  been  sizzling  and  blistering 
all  week  at  the  Del  Monte  Golf  Tourna- 
ment, and  fair  skins  which  usually  have 
been  so  much  pampered  were  absolutely  un- 
considered in  the  great  enthusiasm  of  the  fair 
golf  players  and  their  spectators.  A  large 
number  of  maids  and  matrons  took  an  active 
part  in  the  Scotch  game,  while  several  girls 
devoted  their  time  to  tennis;  among  them 
were  Ysobel  Chase,  Ethel  Crocker,  Marion 
Zeile,  and  Miss  Barron. 

Women  are  no  longer  mere  ciphers  in  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


The  clubhouse  verandah  was  constantly 
crowded  by  a  bevy  of  attractively  gowned 
women,  among  them  Mrs.  Gerald  Rathbone, 
Mrs.  Oscar  Cooper  and  Mrs.  H.  McDonald 
Spencer.  Everett  Bee  and  his  mother,  Mrs. 
S.  S.  Bee,  weTe  much  in  evidence,  as  were  the 
Harry  Weihes  and  George  Tysons  of  Alameda. 
Mrs.  II.  II.  Sherwood  and  her  beautiful  daugh- 
ter, Avis,  took  part,  and  are  ardent  devotees 
of  the  game.  Pretty  little  Mrs.  Vincent  Whit- 
ney made  a  great  hit  on  Monday  evening  in  a 
charming  gown  of  Kittie  Gordon  green,  trim- 
med with  brilliants,  which  suited  her  petite 
trim  figure  to  great  advantage. 

^*  (^*  ^5* 

Cafes  and  Hotels  Lively. 

TIMES  are  not  dull  in  the  hotels  and  cafes 
these  days.  I  saw  well-dressed  people 
four  deep  waiting  for  tables  at  Tait's 
one  evening.  Amongst  those  seated  at  supper 
I  noticed  Willis  Polk  entertaining  a  party  of 
men  friends,  Raymond  Armsby,  Harry  Scott, 
and  others.  At  another  table  Julia  Dean, 
Charles  Richmond  and  a  party  of  the  "Bought 
and  Paiu  For"  company  were  having  supper. 

Very  Clever  Design. 

MRS.  MAY  SMITH-BIRD-CUNNINGHAM 
SMALL,  for  whom  Mrs.  Maynard  Dix- 
on gave  a  delightful  tea  the  other  day, 
is  one  of  the  cleverest  designers  of  jewelry 
in  America.  In  her  girlhood  she  was  one  of 
the  most  admired  belles  of  Honolulu.  Whether 
through  ill-luck  or  because  of  the  "artistic 
temperament/'  this  Honolulu  beauty's  mari- 
tal affairs  have  been  rather  unfortunate.  She 
sued  her  second  husband,  Mr.  Cunningham, 
a  few  years  ago,  and  a  very  sensational  case 
was  predicted,  for  he  began  a  counter  suit, 
and  it  was  rumored  that  there  might  be 
"revelations."  But  after  excitement  had  run 
highest,  it  was  suddenly  stilled  and  the  divorce 
was  granted  quietly.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Maynard 
Dixon  have  made  their  home  for  some  time  in 
New  York,  where  Mr.  Dixon  has  won  consid- 
erable fame  by  his  wonderful  desert  and  In- 
dian pictures.  The  Dixons  are  out  here  for 
the  winter  now,  and  have  taken  an  attractive 
home  on  Clay  street. 

^»  i^M  16& 

Philanthropic  Motorists. 

SOME  of  our  society  maids  seem  to  be  de- 
veloping a  strong  tendency  toward  phil- 
anthropy, and  several  who  own  their 
own  machines  frequently  fill  them  with  little 
tots  from  the  various  orphanages  and  take 
them  off  for  a  day  in  the  country.  One  of  our 
popular  beaux,  Cosmo  Morgan  Jr.,  is  very 
often  seen  with  his  machine  brimming  over 
with  small  girls  and  boys,  to  whom  he  ap- 
pears a  young  Apollo. 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    September    14,    1912. 


Dramatic  Critic  to  Be  Married. 

THE  announcement  of  the  engagement  oi 
that  clever  dramatic  critic,  Waldemar 
Young,  the  well-known  newspaper  writ- 
er, and  Mrs.  Bessie  Strong  has  caused  quite  a 
stir  in  literary  circles,  where  they  are  both 
very  prominent.  Mrs.  Strong  was  Miss  Bessie 
Haight,  and  married  Joseph  Strong,  a  very 
clever  painter.  His  first  wife  was  Isabel  Os- 
boume,  sister  of  that  versatile  writer,  Lloyd 
Osbourne,  and  daughter  of  Mrs.  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  They  were  divorced,  and  Joe 
Strong  married  Miss  Bessie  Haight,  but  that 
union  also  proved  infelicitous.  Mr.  Strong 
died  some  time  ago.  Waldemar  Young  is  a 
descendant  of  that  historic  character,  Brigham 
Young,  and  is  a  great  favorite  in  the  Family 
Club.  The  wedding  will  take  place  this  Satur- 
day, September  14th,  at  the  home  of  the 
bride  on  Edgewood  avenue. 

^%  <£?t  tgfc 

Buoyancy  of  Youth. 

AL  ROSENSTIRN,  who  landed  such  an 
effective  punch  on  Billy  Ireland's  nose 
when  both  were  dining  at  the  Hotel  St. 
Francis,  is  known  along  Montgomery  street 
as  the  greatest  young  hustler  in  the  real  es- 
tate business.  They  say  tiiat  the  enterprising 
Alfred  cleared  up  $18,000  in  commissions  in 
the  first  three  months  of  this  year.  He  was 
formerly  a  bank  clerk,  but  that  life  did  not 
suit  him  a  little  bit,  so  he  joined  in  partner- 
ship with  that  hustling  firm,  Harrigan,  Weid- 


enmuller  &  Rosenstirn.  There  was  too  much 
nomenclature  in  the  concern,  and  Alfred  re- 
tired and  set  up  for  himself,  and  has  been 
doing  very  well,  indeed,  thank  you.  His  only 
fault  is  youthful  exuberance,  but  most  people 
get  over  that  without  much  trouble.  Mr.  Ire- 
land, whose  nose  Mr.  Rosenstirn  damaged  be- 
cause the  owner  indulged  in  some  remarks  not 
to  the  liking  of  the  young  real  estate  broker, 
is  in  the  automobile  trade.  He  also  is  a  young 
married  man,  his  wife  being  one  of  the  most 
popular   young  matrons   in   society. 

&5*        t?*        t&fc 

Most  Noticed  Young  Matron. 

MRS.  SAM  HOPKINS  (formerly  Miss 
Schultz)  has  been  one  of  the  most  ad- 
mired women  at  the  society  gathering 
at  Del  Monte,  ostensibly  to  see  the  fascinat- 
ing games,  but  really  to  see  one  another.  The 
proportion  of  enthusiasts  to  lookers-on  in  these 
affairs  is  always  about  ten  to  one.  Mrs,  Hop- 
kins is  a  stunning  dresser,  and  her  style  is 
exceedingly    chic. 

i5*        t£*        *&* 

Mr.  Whitman's  Mistake. 

THE  Hearst  newspapers  keep  close  tab  on 
Mr.    and    Mrs.    Malcolm    D.    Whitman 
(Miss  Jennie'  Crocker),  and  profess  to 
have  discovered  that  the  people  of  the  aristo- 

HEALTH  AND   STBENGTH 

May  be  secured  by  using  the  Italian-Swiss 
Colony 's  red  and  white  TTPO  with  your  meals. 


cratic  New  York  neighbors  of  the  Whitmans 
are  exercised  over  the  bride's  kennel  of  sixty 
valuable  Boston  terriers.  Mr.  Whitman  made 
a  mistake  in  telling  the  Examiner  reporter  to 
skiddoo  at  the  wedding  breakfast  when  the 
knight  of  the  camera  tried  to  snapshot  the 
aristocratic  assemblage.  It  were  easier  to 
submit  to  one  affliction  of  that  kind  than  to 
be  a  mark  for  vengeful  paragraphers  for  all 
time.  The  reporters  cannot  forget  that  horse- 
pistol  Mr.  Whitman  twirled  under  the  pho- 
tographer's nose. 


Where  can  you  And  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


Murphy  Grant  &  Co. 

JOBBERS  OF  DRY  GOODS 

NEW  OO0D3  CONSTANTLY 
ARRIVING  AND  ON  SALE 
AT     OTJB     NEW    BUILDING 

134-146  Bush  St.  N.E.  Cor.  Sauome,  S.F. 


Saturday,    September   14,    1912.) 


-TOE  WASP- 


Gone  East. 

THE  many  friends  of  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young 
will  be  very  BOrry  to  hear  of  her  serious 
illness  in  Xew  Vurk.  The  I»e  Youngs 
are  just  back  t'n.m  Europe,  and  planned  to 
only  stay  iii  New  Sorb  a  short  time  before 
journeying  back  to  San  Francisco;  Imt  now 
Mrs.  (ieorge  Oameron  (Helen  de  Young)  and 
Charles  de  Young  have  Left  for  the  East  to 
be  with  their  inotbei  at  the  Hotel  Wolcott. 
The  He  Votings  are  a  most  devoted  family, 
and  when  Miss  Mary  Ay  res  Deane,  Mrs.  de 
Young's  sister,  whose  death  she  has  not  yet 
recovered  from,  was  so  desperately  ill  not 
only  the  De  Young  girls  were  in  constant  at1 
tendance,  but  their  husbands  as  well;  and 
there  was  much  comment  over  the  grief- Strick- 
en  way  George  Cameron  and  Joe  Tobin  linger- 
ed  over  her  bedside. 

&      &      .* 
Welcome  Addition  to  Society. 

MAJOR  SYDNEY  CLOMAN  has  been  de- 
tailed  to    command   the   guard   at    the 
Panama  Exposition  in  1915,  and,  with 
Mrs.  ('Ionian,  will  be  a  great  addition  to  San 
Francisco    society.      Major    Cloman    was    sta- 


TAFFiES,  FUDGES— WHAT  A  MIX- 
TI'KKS!  —  Try  a  box  of  "Home-Made  Spe- 
cials" next  time  when  you  want  to  give 
something  different.  Contains  a  variety  of  all 
the  most  popular  home-made  candies.  Geo. 
Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


:;    TO   LET    ;: 

12-Room   Apartment 

3    BATHS 

Inquire  at  1925 

the  Building  GOUGH  ST. 


YOUR  FAMILY 

SILVERSMITH 


Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
house,  where  the  charges  are  right.  Such  a 
house  is  the  John  O.  Bellis  Gold  and  Silver 
Ware  Factory,  328  Post  St.,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup- 
plied at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

We  can  supply  you  with  Silver  toilet  arti- 
cles or  Silver  tableware  in  all  standard 
patterns. 

"Our  Lines  are  Limitless."  If  we 
haven't  got  what  you  want,  we  can  make 
it  for  you. " 


tioned   out    here   before    his   marriage   several 
agOj  e    was   extremely   popular   in 

all  the  social  gatherings  and  was  universally 
a  favorite  at  the  clubs.  His  wife,  who  had 
been  Airs.  Clara  Louise  Clement,  8  wealthy 
widow,  met  Major  Cloman  before  the  tire, 
while  out  here  on  a  visit.  Lieutenant  Com- 
mander David  Sellers,  who  is  to  be  naval  aid 
:it  the  Exposition,  has  already  arrived  here. 
He  and  Mrs.  Sellers  were  the  guests  of  Cap- 
tain and  Mrs.  Charles  Cove  at  Mare  Island, 
but  will  take  a  house  in  town,  where  they 
will  be  very  prominent  in  society.  Just  at 
present  Mrs.  Sellers  is  in  mourning.  She  is 
the  -laughter  of  H.  Clay  Evans  of  Tennessee^ 
who  was  at  one  time  Consul-General  to  Lon- 
don. The  Consul's  daughter,  who  was  then 
A  nit  a  Evans,  was  very  popular  in  London 
and  in  Washington. 

Coming  to  Visit  Relatives. 

MR.  AND  MRS.  PAUL  FOSTER  (nee 
Margaret  Calhoun)  are  expected  out 
here  for  a  visit  later  in  the  season, 
and  will  be  the  guests  of  Mr.  Foster's  parents, 
the  A.  W.  Fosters,  at  the  latter 's  beautiful 
home  in  San  Rafael.  Young  Mrs.  Foster  will 
be  very  extensively  entertained  by  her  many 
friends  while  she  is  here. 

Owns  Prize  Limousine. 

MR.  AND  MRS.  THEO.  THOMLINSON 
of  New  York,  who  will  attend  the  wed- 
ding of  Mrs.  Thomlinson 's  sister,  Innes 
Keeney,  to  Williard  Chamberlain,  are  popular 
in  local  society.  Mrs.  Thomlinson  was  the  dash- 
ing Ethel  Keeney,  who  played  havoc  with  the 
hearts  of  the  gay  s-wains  of  some  ten  years 
ago.  She  has  made  her  home  in  New  York 
ever  since  her  marriage,  and  has  a  beautiful 
apartment  at  the  Ansonia,  on  Broadway  and 
73rd  streets.  Her  limousine  is  said  to  be  one 
of  the  finest  in  this  country,  and  was  recently 
exhibited  at  the  automobile  show  in  Chicago 
and  won  the  first  prize.  Its  fittings  are  most 
luxurious,  with  heavy  velvet  rugs  and  gold 
ornaments,  such  as  dock,  card-case,  vase,  etc. 

Mr.  Morgan's  Tin  Plates. 

CONSIDERABLE  attention  was  given  by 
the  society  reporters  to  the  engraved 
tin  plates  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace 
Morgan  set  out  in  lieu  of  cards  to  announce 
their  tenth  anniversary.  Mr.  Morgan  is  the 
brother  of  Miss  Ella  Morgan  and  Mrs.  Norris 
Davis,  and  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in 
society,  like  his  relatives. 

Wedding  Innovations. 

SOME    innovations    were    observed    at    the 
wedding   of    Miss    Marian    Miller    and 
Bernard    Ford,    at    the    Pacific    avenue 
home   of   the   bride's   parents,   Mr.    and   Mrs. 
C.  0.  G.  Miller,  in  the  presence  of  a  hundred 


Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  far  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  mpn.ey  to  spend. 


and  fifty  guests.  The  decorations  were  gold 
baskets  tilled  with  American  Beauty  roses. 
The  altar  was  formed  near  the  window  of  the 
front  room.  There  was  a  beautiful  gold  altai 
cloth.  Instead  of  using  ribbons  to  form  th  • 
aislej  greal  baskets  tilled  with  tiger  lilies  were 
Bel  ai  certain  distances  apart  to  form  the  aisle. 
There  were  Dp  ushers.  After  the  reception 
the  bride  and  groom  left  in  a  taxi  to  go  to  the 
hospital  to  see  the  bride's  brother,  who  had 
been  operated  on  very  recently.  An  afternoon 
train  carried  the  bride  and  groom  on  their 
honeymoon.  The  wedding  breakfast  was  most 
elaborate.  The  bride  was  certainly  a  lovely 
picture  in  white  satin  and  quantities  of  rose 
point  lace.     She  wore  rare  old  lace  in  her  hair. 


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[Saturday,    September   14,    1912. 


Epidemic  of  Elopements. 

LIKE  the  hookworm  in  the  Southern  States 
and  infantile  paralysis  in  Los  Angeles, 
the  ravages  of  the  elopement  bug  in 
Alameda  is  causing  grave  concern  to  parents 
of  marriageable  daughters.  In  the  last  few 
weeks  so  many  Alameda  girls  have  "slipped 
away  to  wed"  that  elopements  outnumber  the 
regular  wedding  ceremonies.  The  last  one, 
happening  a  few  days  ago,  was  when  Monica 
Fores,  talented,  a  social  favorite,  and  widely 
known,  came  over  to  San  Francisco  and  was 
married  at  St.  Mark's  Episcopal  Church  to 
Philip  Alexander,  a  San  Francisco  broker.  The 
bride's  parents  were  considerably  exercised 
over  the  "wed  and  tell  afterward"  stunt,  but 
have  undoubtedly  forgiven  by  this  time. 

Lily  Alfs,  another  Alameda  society  and  sor- 
ority maid,  eloped  with  young  Eobert  Rosen- 
berg  in  Rosenberg  pere's  bik  automobile.  The 
youthful  bridegroom's  daddy  is  a  Tominating 
San  Francisco  wool  tactor.  This  doesn't  mean 
that  young  Rosenberg  is,  therefore,  a  black 
sheep.  Indeed,  he  is  a  remarkably  steady 
young  man  for  a  boy  with  a  liberal  allowance 
of  spending  money  and  time  to  spend  it.  He 
has  taken  up  the  wool  business  now  to  earn  a 
living  for  his  bride.  Rosenberg  was  very 
much  in  love  with  pretty  Lily  Alfs,  but  the 
girl's  aunt  frowned  on  the  young  wooer,  and 
wouldn't  let  him  come  to  the  house.  The  girl 
mingled  much  in  society  seemingly,  but  after 
the  elopement  it  was  softly  hinted  in  hushed 
whispers  by  the  bride's  loyal  girl  friends  that 
when  she  left  her  aunt's  home  for  a  social 
function  she  played  hookey  and  met  Rosen- 
berg instead. 

Herbert  Bruntsch  and  lovely  Shannon  Rob- 
inson eloped  to  Sacramento  and  telephoned 
the  wedding  nerws  to  their  respective  families. 

Mrs.  Lilia  Innes,  who  was  married  last  week 
in  Oakland  to  M.  R.  Winans,  didn't  exactly 
elope,  but  she  didn't  tell  anybody  until  after 
it  was  all  over.  She  was  the  attractive  widow 
of  Edward  Innes,  who  came  to  a  tragic  end 
in  Los  Angeles  two  years  ago  by  shooting  him- 
self with  a  revolver  after  financial  disaster 
overtook  him.  Before  her  marriage  to  Innes, 
Mrs.  Winans  was  an  Alameda  society  girl,  and 
was  Miss  Lilia  Schmidt. 

It  is  understood  in  Alameda  society  that  Mr. 
Hunt  will  not  return  to  journalism  after  his 
honeymoon,  but  will  engage  in  the  real  estate 


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THE   DUTIFUL  GARTER   SNAKE. 

business.  His  bride,  who  was  Mrs.  Dodge, 
was  left  a  large  share  of  Mr.  Dodge 's  million- 
dollar  estate. 

Old  Rumor  Renewed. 

THE  sale  of  the  Alameda  Argus  by  T.  G. 
Daniells,  who  founded  the  paper  thirtv- 
five  years  ago,  has  set  afloat  anew  the 
alleged  reason  for  Daniells  embarking  in  the 
newspaper  business  in  the  Island  City.  At 
the  time  the  Argus  was  started  the  late  Alfred 
Cohen,  one  of  the  chief  Central  Pacific  lieu- 
tenants, was  alive.  Cohen  became  incensed  at 
something  the  editor  of  the  Alameda  Eneinal, 
a  small  weekly,  had  published,  and  sent  to 
the  Chronicle  office  for  a  man  to  go  to  Ala- 
meda, Cohen's  home  city,  and  start  an  opposi- 
tion paper.  Daniells  was  the  man  who  went. 
For  thirty  years  he  bucked  the  Eneinal,  win- 
ning a  substantial  lead,  but  never  succeeding 
in  putting  it  quite  out  of  business  until  almost 
the  day  be  leased  his  own  paper,  when  the 
Eneinal  turned  up  its  toes  and  died  from  news- 
paper inanition,  'the  plant  was  later  sola 
and  taken  to  Goldfields.  Cohen  helped  Daniells 
substantially,  though  he  never  placed  the  Ar- 
gus on  a  steady  railroad  payroll,  as  many  ot 
Daniells '  political  opponents  and  the  opposing 
newspaper  owner  insinuated,  and  even  openly 
stated.  Cohen's  estate  still  owns  over  100 
acres  within  the  city  limits  of  Alameda.  The 
land  is  operated  as  a  ranch,  and  yearly  hay, 
fruit  and  truck  crops  are  raised  by  Don  Co 
hen,  one  of  the  sons.  Cohen  had  many  bitter 
personal  enemies.  He  used  to  ride  from  the 
Alameda  railroad  station  to  his  home  in  a 
steel-lined  carriage,  the  steel  lining  being  pro- 
vided to  guard  against  mysterious  assassin's 
bullets,  of  which  Cohen  stood  in  deadly  fear. 

A  Bit  Perplexing. 

Mamma  had  talked  earnestly  to  her  young 
son,  how  at  death  his  soul  alone  would  go  to 
Heaven.  Evidently  impressed,  the  youngster 
asked: 

"But,  Mother,  if  just  my  soul  goes  to 
Heaven,  what  am  I  going  to  button  my  pants 
to?" 

CURRIER'S  NEW   STUDIO. 
E.  W.   Currier,   the  well-known  artist,   has  moved 
his   studio   from   57   Post  street   to  220   Post   street, 
5th  floor,  Hirsch  and  Kaiser  building.     Visitors  wel- 
come Thursdays  and  Saturdays  from  2  to  5  p.  m. 


Pleasantly  Situated. 

CAPTAIN  AND  MRS.  EDWIN  C.LONG 
and  little  son  are  occupying  the  new 
quarters  at  Fort  Mills,  on  Corregidor 
Island,  at  the  entrance  of  Manila  Bay — a  new 
post,  and  much  healthier  than  most  of  the 
others,  as  its  situation  is  such  as  to  collect 
all  the  fresh  sea-breezes.  Mrs.  Long  was  at- 
tractive Georgie  Sheppard  of  this  city — the 
daughter  of  A.  D.  Sheppard,  a  railroad  man, 
and  was  very  popular  here  in  army  and  navy 
circles. 

A  Lucky  Move. 

WALLACE  IRWIN  and  his  wife,  who 
have  gone  East  after  a  short  visit 
here,  were  much  entertained  by  local 
society.  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  gave  a  dinner 
for  them  and  so  did  Miss  Nellie  Grant.  Mr. 
Irwin  has  written  the  libretto  of  an  opera 
for  Walter  Damrosch  and  rehearsals  of  the 
work  have  begun  in  New  York.  It  was  a 
lucky  day  for  the  Irwin  boys  that  they  head- 
ed for  New  York,  which  is  the  place  for  an 
artist  of  any  kind — literary  or  pictorial.  If 
Will  Irwin  remained  around  here,  he  might 
yet  be  doing  stunts  as  a  general  utility  re- 
porter, and  the  local  nobility  would  send  the 
butler  to  talk  to  him  if  he  rang  their  door 
bells. 

Pa's  In  a  Terrible  Predicament. 

"Pa's   in   a   terrible   predicament." 

"How  sot" 

"About  this  new  progressive  party.  The 
Republican  party  has  the  jobs,  and  pa  wants 
a  job.  On  the  other  hand,  the  progressive 
party  has  the  noise-makers,  and  pa's  always 
been  a  shouter. " 


Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 


Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de 
luxe"  at  $200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a 
very  small  expense  you  can  enjoy  a 
world  of  entertainment.  Victrolas  $15 
to  $200.     Any  Victrola  on  easy  terms. 


Sherman  Kay  tSc  Co. 

Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise. 
Stelnway  and  Othar  Pianos. 
Apollo  and  Cecillan  Player  Pianos 

Victor  Talking  Machines. 

KEARNY    AND    SUTTER    STREETS, 

SAN    FRANCISCO. 

14TH  &  CLAY  STS.,  OAKLAND. 


Saturday,    September    14,    1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


11 


Prominent  Journalist's  Marriage. 

AX  ENTEBESTING  WEDDING  which 
has  taken  place  was  that  of  Hubert  E. 
Hunt,  the  popular  and  talented  city 
editor  of  the  Chroniclej  and  Mrs.  Elizabel  b 
Dodge,  widow  of  a  lumber  magnate.  The 
romance  ripened  into  love  in  the  Eosemite 
Valley,  where  both  Mrs.  Dmlge  and  Mr.  Hum 
were  spending  the  summer.  Mrs.  Dodge  is 
extremely  wealthy,  having  more  than  a  mil 
lion  dollars  invested  in  the  Dodge  Lumber 
Company, 

Mr.  Hunt  has  been  for  years  connected 
with  the  Chronicle.  He  took  the  city  editor's 
chair  when  Ernest  Simpson  and  Charles  \V. 
lloruick  went  as  editor  and  manager  of  the 
Call. 

Mr.  Hunt  is  a  widower.  A  very  sad  affair 
was  the  fatal  accident  to  his  beautiful  young 
daughter  Helen,  a  fascinating  girl,  who,  visit- 
ing her  father  one  Christmas  Eve,  fell  through 
an  elevator  shaft  and  was  instantly  killed. 
A  few  moments  before  she  had  been  full  of 
girlish  happiness  over  her  Christmas  presents. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hunt  have  gone  East  on  their 
honeymoon,  and  will  not  return  for  two 
months. 

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Work  for  Judge  Graham. 

THE  daily  newspapers  have  woke  up  to 
the  fact  that  Mrs.  Charles  Quinn  (for- 
merly Miss  Mabel  Hopkins)  had  sep- 
arated from  her  husband,  a  well-known  turf- 
man, and  came  back  to  San  Francisco.  The 
news  was  in  The  Wasp  four  months  ago, 
when  Mrs.  Quinn  returned  without  her  hus- 
band. She  is  a  granddaughter  of  the  late 
pioneer  railroad  magnate,  Mark  Hopkins,  one 
of  the  great  four — Stanford,  Crocker,  Hunt- 
ington and  Hopkins —  that  built  the  Central 
Pacific  Railroad.  She  is  a  niece  of  Edward 
W.  Hopkins,  and  cousin  of  Will  and  Mrs. 
Gus  Taylor  and  Mrs.  Fred  McNear.  The  old 
St.  Anne  property,  northwest  corner  of  Powell 
and  Eddy  streets,  opposite  the  Flood  Build- 
ing, was  part  of  her  inheritance.  She  mar- 
ried in  1903  against  the  wishes  of  her  rela- 
tives, Charles  Quinn,  a  prominent  racetrack 
man  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  Eacing  was 
the  rage  at  the  time,  and  several  celebrated 
turfiites  were  hand  and  glove  with  local  ladies 
of  wealth  or  fashion.  Most  of  those  noted 
book-makers,  plungers,  and  horse-owners  have 
since  those  halcyon  days  lost  their  last  cent, 
and  the  divorce  court  has  taken  due  cogni- 
zance of  their  domestic  tangles.  Mrs.  Quinn 
has  a  fine  little  boy,  and  is  said  to  be  afraid 
that  she  may  lose  him  in  the  impending  di- 
vorce suit. 

That  Fashion  Show  Poster. 

NOW  that  the  Fashion  Show  is  over,  and 
I  cannot  be  accused  of  "knocking"  it, 
I  wish  to  state  that  the  much-adver- 
tised poster,  which  was  drawn  by  a  famous 
Paris  artist  and  imported  hither  with  a  great 
flourish  of  trumpets,  was  decidedly  punk. 
The  daily  newspapers  gave  Paul  Verdier,  of 
the  City  of  Paris,  the  credit  of  having  picked 
out   the   Parisian   artist   to    draw   the   poster, 


THE  TOUCH  OF  A  VANISHED  HAND, 

and  Monsieur  Paul  succeeded  in  inducing  a 
famous  wielder  of  the  crayon  to  do  the  work. 
It  is  to  be  inferred  from  the  articles  on 
the  subject,  written  by  the  gifted  art  critics 
of  the  dailies,  that  the  poster-maker  conferred 
a  great  honor  on  the  Fashion  Show  merchants 
and  on  the  metropolis  of  the  Pacific  coast. 
The  community  of  local  artists  doesn't  think 
so,  and  they  are  right. 

It  was  not  necessary  to  go  all  the  way  to 
Paris  for  a  Fashion  Show  poster,  and  the 
truth  is  that  it  could  be  much  better  done  in 
America  than  in  France.  The  art  of  drawing 
advertising  posters  has  advanced  a  great  deal 
more  in  America  than  in  France,  where  ad- 
vertising is  almost  unknown.  French  news- 
papers carry  very  little  advertising  and  French 
merchants  do  not  dream  of  spending  the  vast 
sums  of  money  that  are  expended  in  America 
on  illustrated  advertising.  Then  again,  the 
magazines  in  France  are  few  and  poor,  com- 
pared with  American  periodicals.  There  are 
some  admirable  periodicals  in  Paris,  but  the 
class  of  drawings  that  appear  in  them  are 
altogether  different  from  poster  work.  In 
Paris,  999  of  every  1,000  artists  are  painters 
or  training  for  a  painter's  career,  and  there 
is  almost  as  much  difference  between  painting 
and  illustrating  for  newspapers  and  magazines 
and  making  commercial  posters  as  there  is 
between  running  an  automobile  and  steering 
an  airship.  Every  painter,  and  especially 
every  near-painter,  despises  illustrators,  al- 
though he  couldn't  impart  the  real  illustra- 
tor's touch  to  his  drawings  if  he  got  the 
Palace  of  the  Luxembourg  for  it. 

Take  a  very  clever  illustrator  and  put  him 
to  painting  under  any  famous  Paris  master 
and  as  fast  as  he  improves  with  the  brush 
he  will  retrograde  with  the  pencil.  It  all 
probability  he  will  never  make  a  great  painter 
and  will  lose  his  facility  as  an  illustrator. 

Charles  Dana  Gibson  is  a  good  example  of 


an  illustrator]  who  tried  painting  after  he  had 
conquered  America  as  an  illustrator.     He  did 

nut  master  the  painter's  art  and  his  drawings 
with  the  pen  and  pencil  are  not  as  much  ad- 
vanced as  before  he  made  bis  unwise  change 
of  profession. 

Here  in  San  Fran  CISCO  we  had  a  very  clever 
chap — Jules  Pages — a  Native  Son  of  French 
birth,  who  drew  admirably  for  the  newspa- 
pers and  magazines.  He  was  on  the  Exam- 
iner's art  staff  for  some  time,  and  then  went 
to  Paris  to  study  painting.  He  succeeded, 
and  for  years  has  been  an  exhibitor  at  the 
Salon  and  gets  his  pictures  hung  in  the  most 
favorable  positions.  He  is  a  professor  in  one 
of  the  famous  academies  of  painting  and  his 
position  in  art  circles  in  Paris  has  been  well 
established.  But  as  an  illustrator  now,  he 
would  not  get  one-quarter  the  salary  Hearst 
paid  him  and  it  is  doubtful  if  lie  could  get 
work  on  an  up-to-date  newspaper  staff. 

Harrison  Fisher,  formerly  of  San  Francisco, 
and  now  in  the  first  rank  of  New  York  illus- 
trators, could  draw  a  far  better  poster  in  every 
respect  than  the  much-touted  work  of  art 
that  the  San  Francisco  Fashion  Show  connois- 
seurs went  all  the  way  to  Paris  for.  Besides 
Harrison  Fisher,  there  are  hundreds  of  young 
Americans  who  could  make  a  better  poster 
than  that  Fashion  Show  affair,  which  we  are 
informed  represents  the  best  work  of  the 
best   Paris   poster-maker.      Gordon   Eoss,   for- 


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[Saturday,    September   14,   1912. 


merly  of  San  Francisco  and  now  in  New  York, 
could  draw  a  more  attractive  woman's  face 
and  Laura  Foster  eould  also  make  a  better 
poster. 

Going  to  France  for  illustrators  is  like 
going  there  for  table  wines,  when  we  have 
such  abundance  at  home.  Why  patronize 
foreign  inferiority  in  preference  to  home 
superiority  ? 

t£*      *5*      t?* 
A  Clever  Woman  Artist. 

LAURA  FOSTER,  the  artist,  will  go  back 
to  New  York  in  about  two  weeks.  She 
has  enjoyed  her  visit  to  her  old  homes 
— San  Francisco  and  Alameda — and  like  all 
Californians,  hates  to  head  Eastward  to  re- 
sume wrork.  An  excellent  drawing  by  this 
clever  woman  appeared  in  the  latest  number 
of  Life.  Her  work  is  in  much  demand  by 
leading  Eastern  publications.  She  began  her 
newspaper  career  on  The  Wasp,  and  drew  for 
it  for  two  years  before  she  took  charge  of  the 
art  department  of  the  Bulletin, 

t£>*  t&*  *£& 

Going  to  Washington. 

MISS  JANET  COLEMAN,  the  attractive 
daughter  of  the  John  Colemans,  is 
planning  to  spend  the  coming  winter 
in  Washington  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Herman 
Jennings,  who  is  very  popular  in  the  social 
life  of  the  capital.  Miss  Janet,  we  hear,  is 
going  to  leave  a  very  broken-hearted  admirer, 
who  has  plied  his  suit  many  seasons  in  vain. 
He  is  the  son  of  a  naval  officer,  but  has  made 
his  home  in  this  city  for  years,  and  is  ex- 
tremely popular  at  all  the  dances. 


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CHAMPION    OF    CHAMPIONS. 

Miss  Edith  CheseDrough,  who  has  again  annexed 
Del  Monte  golf  prizes. 

Who  "Betsy  B."  Was. 

SINCE  the  death  of  that  highly  esteemed 
lady,  Mrs,  Joseph  Austin,  whose  demise 
was  a  cause  of  deep  sorrow  to  her  many 
friends  both  in  this  city  and  throughout  the 
State,  there  has  been  much  dis- 
cussion as  to  whether  the  cele- 
brated "Betsy  B."  was  the  first 
wife  or  the  sister-in-law  of  Jo- 
seph Austin.  ' '  Betsy  B. ' '  was 
Mr.  Austin's  nrst  wife,  and  sister 
of  Jerome  Hart.  Her  dramatic 
criticisms  have  never  been  equal- 
ed by  those  of  any  literary  woman 
in  America.  After  her  death,  Mr. 
Austin,  who  for  many  years  was 
Park  Commissioner,  married  the 
estimable  lady  whose  death  is  so 
deeply  mourned  by  her  relatives 
and  friends.  Prior  to  her  mar- 
riage she  was  Miss  Mamie  Ses- 
non,  and  had  been  engaged  to  E. 
B.  Pomeroy,  who  died.  "Betsy 
B. "  was  held  in  high  favor  by 
the  old  Bohemian  clubmen.  They 
regarded  her  as  a  great,  wit  and 
ideal  hostess.  The  best  people 
sought  entree  to  her  social  circle. 

Famous  Letters. 

ADY  WOLSELEY,  who  is 
stopping  at  the  Hotel  Belle- 
vue,  is  the  sister  of  Daniel 
T.  Murphy,  and  one  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  the  late  Marquis  Murphy, 
who  received  his  title  from  Pope 
Pius  IX  for  his  benefactions  to 
his  Church.  The  Marquis  was  a 
member    pf    the    great    importing 


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firm  of  Murphy,  Grant  &  Co.,  but  retired  from 
business  years  before  his  death.  He  erected 
the  Murphy  Building,  corner  of  Jones  and 
Market  streets,  formerly  occupied  by  J.  J. 
O'Brien  &  Co.,  and  now  by  Prager's.  It  was 
said  he  intended  to  establish  a  large  depart- 
ment store  there  long  before  San  Francisco 
haa  one,  and  when  the  corner  of  Market  and 
Jones  was  almost  out  in  the  sandhills.  He 
gave  his  children  European  educations,  and 
one  of  his  sons,  Sam,  got  a  captain 's  commis- 
sion in  the  English  army.  Captain  Sam  was 
rather  a  gay  blade,  and  an  ardent  admirer  of 
the  ladies,  as  becomes  a  gallant  son  of  Mar?. 
Owing  to  some  rather  acrid  litigatiuri  in  the 
family,  the  private  letters  of  one  ~>f  'he  Mur- 
phy girls  to  her  sister  were  read  in  open  court 
and  almost  prostrated  exclusive  society  in  San 
Francisco.  The  shock  was  awful,  as  the  au- 
thor of  the  letters  went  into  rather  intimate 
details  of  the  pedigree  of  certain  ladies  who 
carried  their  heads  high  on  the  strength  of 
their  newly  acquired  wealth. 

"Many  a  time,"  said  the  author  of  the 
sarcastic  epistles,  "have  I  seen  Mother  So- 
and-so  (name  high  on  the  Oreenway  list)  wash- 
ing off  the  front  steps-,  and  they  weren't  her 
own,  either. ' ' 

The  reminiscences  relative  to  other  illustri- 
ous grand-dames  were  equally  amazing.  But 
why  go  into  these  harrowing  details  at  this 
late  day,  when  Society  has  long  since  issued 
its  patent  of  nobility  to  the  ladies  aforesaid 
and  all  the  heirs  and  heiresses  thereunto  be- 
longing. Sufficient  unto  the  day  is  the  gossip 
thereof.  Lady  Wolseley  is  out  here  on  busi- 
ness relative  to  the  family  property.  Her 
husband.  Sir  Charles  Michael  Wolseley  of 
Staffordshire,  is  a  baronet,  whose  title  dates 
from  King  Charles  I.  At  the  coronation  of 
George  V,  Sir  Charles  took  .",  prominent  part, 
being  the  bearer  of  the  keys  of  London.  One 
of  Lady  Wolseley 's  sons  accompanied  her 
from  England.     Her  son  Eric  was  also  here. 


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CLARENCE  DARROW'S 

RIGHT  CLASSIFICATION 


CLARENCE  DAKRoW  lectured  the  other 
day,  "a  the  Closed  Shop,  in  Los  An- 
geles, before  an  audience  of  over  a 
thousand.  Great  interest  was  displayed  in 
bis  words.  It  cannot  be  said  that  Darrow, 
clearly  as  he  understood  bis  subject  from  his 
own  very  peculiar  standpoint,  was  able  to 
convey  to  his  hearers  anything  other  than  a 
very  confused  idea  of  bis  beliefs. 

Briefly  told,  Mr.  Darrow  said  (1  am  quot- 
ing from  a  Los  Angeles  newspaper): 

"The  Cloaed  Shop  is  wrong. 

"The  Closed  S)n»p  means  that  it  labor  were  suf- 
ii«  ii-ntiy  vv,ii  organized,  no  wan  would  or  could  work 

for  anothur  uuli-ss  he  belonged  to  a  union.  It 
would  in. ■:. ii  that  if  a  muii  refused  to  belong  to  u 
labor  union,  ha  must  beg  or  Btarve.  Trade  union- 
lam,  in  the  last  analysis,  is  au  effort  to  form  a 
trust   in   labor. 

"The  workingunin  has  the  right  to  make  the  best 
bargain  he  can  for  nis  labor  and,  since  one  man 
eould  not  bargain  with  a  great  corporation,  the  uuly 
practical  thing  is  collective  bargaining,  and  to  this 
end  labor  men  must  organize  to  control  the  only 
product  they  have — their  labor 

"Each  individual  has  the  right  to  make  any  con- 
dition he  wants  respecting  the  conditions  of  his 
labor,  and  if  laboring  men  have  the  right  to  do 
collective  bargaining  as  regards  the  price  of  their 
product,  they  have  a  right  to  make  a  collective  de- 
mand as  to  the  conditions  under  which  they  work. 
They  have  as  much  right  to  say  they  will  not  work 
with  a  non-union  man  as  they  have  to  insist  on  san- 
itary conditions  of  employment,  or  the  employer 
has  to  say  he  will  not  employ  this  or  that  kind  of 
man,    or   insist  upon    certain    conditions. 

"The  Closed  Shop  is  a  war  measure,  and  is  ab- 
solutely necessary  as  a  war  measure.  The  Open 
Shop  would  mean  the  destruction  of  all  unions. 
However  tyrannical  and  unjust  it  is,  the  Closed 
shop  is  the  only  thing  that  will  better  the  conditons 
of  the  workingman.  I  do  not  worship  the  idea  of 
union  laborism  or  closed  shop;  I  know  there  is 
something  better  yet  to  come,  but  they  are  necessary 
in  the  eternal  conflict,  which  cannot  be  adjusted  as 
long  as  the  wage  system  endures.  Business  strife 
will  be  ended  when  every  laboring  man  will  be  a 
capitalist    and    every    capitalist    is    a    laboring   man.' ' 

Clarence  Darrow  appears  in  print,  therefore, 
and  on  the  public  platform,  as  an  advocate 
of  that  which  he  brands  as  wrong  and  as  a 
war  measure. 

Clarence  Darrow,  in  his  original  premise, 
admits  that  the  closed  shop  is  an  evil.  He 
does  not  attempt  a  mitigation  of  this  evil. 
He,  later  on,  states  that  with  the  closed  shop 
established  firmly,  every  man  or  woman  re- 
fusing to  receive  the  benediction  of  the  Amer- 
ican Federation  of  Labor,  would  have  to 
"beg  or  starve." 

What  is  Clarence  Darrow 's  belief? 

I  picked  up  a  newspaper  the  other  day  and 
the  headlines  read:  "The  Great  Socialist  At- 
torney Makes  a  Magnificent  Plea." 

Is  Darrow  a  Socialist? 

What  is  Socialism? 

Socialism  is  practically  collectivism.  The 
best  examples  of  collectivism  are  our  great 
trusts,  The  Standard  Oil,  the  big  telephone 
and  telegraph  companies,  the  expanded  stock 
companies,  the  steel  trust  and  other  examples 


of  action  by  numbers,  impossible  when  un- 
dertaken  by   units. 

Collectivism  Dguished   from  commun- 

ism in  not  demanding  a  unity  of  goods,  a 
community  of  propei  .  and  from  nationalism 
in  not  demanding  thai  all  individuals  be  re- 
warded  alike.  Fabianism  is  a  modified  form 
of  Socialism,  it  means  industry  uuder  state 
ownership.      Tin-  i,,,,    to    be    acquired 

only  so  t'.-i-t  as  Hi.-  state  can  be  mad.'  to  op- 
erate  it. 

There    is    State   Socialism,    Pure   Socialism, 

Christian  Socialism  and   tunny  other  ft a  of 

tin-  same  ism.  Socialists  are  today  iu  schis- 
matic struggle  tu  define  exactly  what  Social- 
ism means  and  exactly  what  a  Socialist  be- 
lieves.  The  very  oldest  definition  of  the 
word  socialist  is  probably  the  best,  because 
we  would,  if  tin.-  term  still  had  that  meaning, 
all  be  socialists.  It  formerly  was  accepted  to 
mean  one  who  had  the  amelioration  of  all 
classes  at  heart.  Later,  this  meaning  was 
modified,  or  amplified,  to  mean  oue  who  would 
ameliorate  the  condition  of  the  working  class- 
es; not  any  particular  class,  but  all  classes, 
by  any  means  within  his  power,  including 
the  alliance  with  anarchism  or  nihilism. 

After  reading  these  definitions,  which  are 
necessarily  boiled  down  because  of  the  lack 
of  space,  wrhere  would  you  place  Clarence 
Darrow?  I  am  told  he  would  be  classed  as  a 
friend  of  mankind. 

Could  we  safely  so  place  him? 

The  great  majority  of  mankind,  as  included 
in  the  working  classes,  are  free  workers,  aud 
do  not  affiliate  or  belong  to  the  labor  unions. 
It  is  but  a  small  minority  of  the  total  labor- 
ers of  the  world,  skilled  or  unskilled,  that 
acknowledge    any    affiliation    with    organiza- 


SYMPTOMS    OF    TOBACCO    HEART. 


tions,  or  any  thralldom  to  fraternal  industrial 
orders. 

.Mr.  Darrow 's  idea  is  that  unless  this  ma- 
jority choose  to  join  the  ranks  of  his  clients 
they  should  starve.  Mr.  Darrow  might  justly 
claim  to  be  a  friend  only  of  the  organized 
portion  of  the  mankind.  The  majority  whom 
he   would   starve,    is    possessed    of   no   defense 

fund  from  which  this  friend  of  the  [ tnighl 

derive  a  standing  income  of  huge  proportion. 
The  free  working  men  or  women,  therefore,  in 
the  philosophy  of  the  Greal  Indicted,  are  not 
to  be  reckoned  with  at  all.  They,  their  babies 
and  all  those  dependent  on  them,  are  coldly 
and  heartlessly  driven  out  of  the  fold,  and 
told  that  they  may  drag  themselves  off  some- 
where and  die. 

Mr.  Darrow  is  not  a  Socialist  of  any  des- 
cription. Mr.  Clarence  Darrow  has  evidently 
evolved  a  cult  of  his  own,  with  Gompers,  the 
McNamaras,  Caplan,  Schmidt,  Tveitmoe  and 
Clancy  as  the  High  Priests  thereof. 

Mr.  Darrow  knows,  as  well  as  any  one  who 
is  so  closely  in  touch  with  union  thuggery 
as  he  is,  knows  that  the  closed  shop  is  always 
followed  by  the  closed  charter.  The  closed 
charter  creates  a  privileged  class,  the  aris- 
tocrats of  labor.  When  the  desire  becomes 
acute  to  rule  or  ruin  a  community  the  ruining 
process  begins  in  the  union  itself.  Action  is 
immediately  taken  to  close  the  membership 
lists  to  all  comers,  union  or  non-union,  thrall 
or  free,  it  makes  no  difference.  The  rest  may 
beg  or  starve. 

What    is   Anarchism? 

Anarchism  would  destroy  by  violence,  if 
necessary,  all  existing  order  and  government. 
It  would  leave  the  future  to  determine  what, 
(Continued  on  page  17.) 

Women  are  no  longer  mere  clpliers  in  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


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[Saturday,    September    14,    1912. 


A   DESEETER. 


CALLS  FOR  A  VETO. 

EDWIN  RAY  ZION  has  not  yet  got  his 
Bureau  of  Efficiency  (Inefficiency,  more 
likely,)  in  operation.  If  Mayor  Rolph, 
who  is  a  very  busy  man,  can  ever  get  time 
enough  to  look  into  this  scheme  to  saddle  an- 
other load  on  the  tax-payers,  he  will  veto  it 
every  time  it  comes  up 
to  receive  his  signature. 
In  the  first  place  a  Bu- 
reau of  Efficiency  is  a 
needless  expense.  For 
what  do  we  pay  eight- 
een Supervisors  $200  a 
month  if  they  cannot 
give  some  of  their  time 
to  the  City  affairs. 
They  are  paid  $200  a 
month  to  see  that  the 
city  business  is  con- 
ducted in  an  efficient  manner. 

The  only  theory  that  can  justify  it  is 
that  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  the  Mayor  and 
all  the  City  and  County  officials  are  inefficient 
and  a  bureau  is  needed  to  do  the  work  that 
these  officials  are  incompetent  to  perform. 

Now,  such  is  not  the  case  at  all.  The  Board 
of  Supervisors  is  fully  able  to  attend  to  all 
its  legitimate  duties.  Mayor  Rolph  is  an 
earnest  and  hard-working  chief  magistrate 
and  is  doing  great  work. 

Where,  then,  does  the  Bureau  of  Efficiency 
come  into  the  scheme  of  things?  Can  Mr. 
Edwin  Ray  Zion,  who  is  always  running  for 
office,  instead  of  devoting  himself  to  his 
duties    as    a    civil    service    elerk    in    the    Tax 


EDWIN  RAY  ZION. 


Collector's  office,  teach  the  Sheriff  and  the 
County  Clerk  and  the  Auditor  and  everybody 
else  how  to  become  highly  efficient?  He  has 
never  exhibited  high  efficiency  himself,  and 
judging  by  his  record  as  a  deputy  in  the 
Tax  Collector's  office  and  his  constant  elec- 
tioneering to  get  himself  elected  Justice  of 
the  Peace  or  Supervisor  or  something  else, 
he  needs  a  course  in  efficiency  very  badly  him- 
self. We  feel  sure  that  if  the  Mayor  can 
look  into  this  project  of  creating  a  totally 
unnecessary  bureau,  he  will  condemn  it.  Bu- 
reaus and  other  costly  excrescences,  on  City 
government  never  die;  they  grow  steadily. 

The  Bureau  of  Efficiency  may  begin  with 
$10,000  a  year;  then  Bureaucrat  Edwin  Ray 
Zion  would  require  assistants,  experts,  extra 
clerks  and  more  commodious  quarters,  and  the 
first  thing  the  tax-payers  would  know,  the 
Bureau  of  Efficiency  (?)  would  be  costing 
them  the  best  part  of  $100,000  a  year. 

The  same  Supervisors  who  have  mismanaged 
the  municipal  garbage  plans  badly  have  fath- 
ered the  Bureau  of  Efficiency  and  fixed  on 
Edwin  Bay  as  the  long-headed  boy  to  run  it. 
Their  record  on  the  purchase  of  the  old  San- 
itary Reduction  Works  for  $400,000,  which 
plant  they  now  wish  to  dispose  of  for  $200,- 
000,  stamps  those  Supervisors  as  very  poor 
financiers  for  the  City. 

These  matters  should  not  be  smothered  up, 
as  official  blunders.  When  allowed  to  pass  with- 
out criticism  they  encourage  carelessness  and 
extravagance.  The  light  of  publicity  cannot 
be  turned  too  strongly  on  incompetent  or 
wasteful  public  officials. 


UNION   IS   STRENGTH. 

BUSINESS  MEN  and  manufacturers  of 
San  Francisco  are  discovering  that  unit- 
ed action  is  their  salvation  from  the  in- 
dustrial troubles  that  have  harrassed  them 
and  cut  out  their  profits  for  several  years. 
The  united  front  of  the  Master  Housesmiths' 
Association  has  won  the  controversy  between 
them  and  the  Housesmiths'  and  Architectural 
Iron  Workers '  Union. 

The  Union's  demands  could  not  be  granted, 
for  the  good  and  sufficient  reason  that  to  do 
so  would  put  our  local  contractors  out  of 
business.  The  Union  demanded  an  eight- 
hour  day,  to  take  effect  August  26th.  The 
Master  Housesmiths'  Association  pointed  out 
to  the  Union  that  in  other  cities  on  the  Pa- 
cific Coast  and  in  the  East,  the  men  work 
nine  and  ten  hours  a  day,  and  furthermore, 
that  employers  in  this  city  were  paying  66 
per  cent  higher  wages  than  were  paid  by 
employers  elsewhere. 

Finally,  the  controversy  was  referred  to  the 
Building  Trades  Employers'  Association,  and 
after  a  full  discussion  of  the  proposition,  the 
Union  men  have  been  decided  against. 

The  members  of  the  Master  Housesmiths' 
Association  acted  in  the  best  of  faith  in  the 
matter  and  deserve  much  credit  for  their  fair- 
ness. They  asserted  their  willingness  to 
grant  the  eight-hour  day  demanded  by  their 
workmen  if  the  same  conditions  could  be  es- 
tablished among  their  competitors  outside  of 
San  Francisco,  but  until  such  conditions  do 
prevail,  it  will  be  impossible  to  make  any 
further    concessions    to    the    employes    in    the 


Saturday,    September    14,    1912.; 


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mutter  of  wages  and  hours  and  BtUl  be  able 
to  compete  with  concerns  in  more  favored  I" 
cali ties.  There  haB  been  no  animus  in  this 
controversy;  it  has  simply  been  a  business 
proposition  as  to  what  is  besl  and  what  is 
possible  for  employers  to  grant  to  their  em- 
ployes. Tin'  harmonious  ami  united  action 
of  the  several  employers  *  associations  that  took 
part  in  this  discussion  lias  demonstrated  the 
wisdom  of  a  collective  reply  to  workmen  dc- 
siring  to  make  a  collective  bargain  with  their 
employers. 


A  RELIC  OF  BARBARISM. 

ON  A.CCOUNT  of  the  peaceable  settlement 
of  the  question  whether  the  lluuse- 
smitiis'  Union  should  be  given  an  eight- 
hum-  day  in  San  Francisco,  and  be  allowed  to 
work  nine  and  ten  hours  in  other  parts  of 
California,  some  contractors  think  that  the 
Closed  shop  is  "all  right."  These  optimistic 
contractors  think  that  by  the  employers  com- 
bining  to  answer  the  demands  of  the  unions, 
fair  phi}'  will  be  assured  both  sides. 

Nothing  could  be  more  erroneous.  Indus- 
trial peace  will  always  be  jeopardized  under 
the  closed  shop  plan. 

As  long  as  times  are  dull  and  idle  men  are 
walking  around  looking  for  work,  it  may  be 
possible  under  the  closed  shop  plan  to  settle 
disputes  between  employers  and  workmen  in 
a  perfectly  friendly  way.  But  just  as  soon 
as  there  is  a  great  demand  for  labor  and  a 
small  supply  of  it,  the  closed  shop  will  cause 
strikes  and  strife  and  retard  industrial  pro- 
gress. The  walking  delegate  will  go  around 
with  a  chip  on  his  shoulder,  eager  to  cause 
trouble,  for  the  more  trouble  he  can  create, 
the  surer  and  larger  will  be  his  salary.  In 
dull  times  the  walking  delegate  dare  not  pre- 
cipitate strikes,  for  he  would  only  throw 
out  of  employment  more  of  the  workmen  who 
support  him  and  who  might,  in  their  just 
anger,  dismiss  him  or  leave  the  union.  The 
open  shop,  where  all  honest  workmen  stand 
on  an  equal  footing,  is  the  only  guarantee  of 
industrial   peace  and  progress. 

Moreover,  the  open  shop  plan  is  the  only 
one  which  has  a  moral  and  a  patriotic  basis. 
It  does  not,  like  the  closed  shop,  rob  an  Am- 
erican citizen  of  his  right  to  take  honest  em- 
ployment without  consulting  the  wishes  of  a 
lot  of  parasites,  who  live  on  honest  labor 
and  make  cheap  politics  and  graft  their  pro- 
fession. The  open  shop  opens  to  every  Am- 
erican boy  the  doors  of  the  factories  that  are 
now  remorselessly  shut  against  him  by  the 
closed  shop,  which  robs  the  rising  generation 
of  equal  rights,  guaranteed  under  the  Con- 
stitution, and  helps  to  recruit  the  army  of 
tramps  and  the  ever-increasing  legion  of  con- 
victs and  paupers. 

A  hundred  years  hence,  people  will  read 
with  amazement  that  in  1912,  when  the  United 
States  was  spending  vast  sums  for  popular 
education  and  universities,  and  newspaper 
presses  were  revolving  in  every  village  in 
the  land,  American  boys  were  debarred  from 
learning  honest  trades  by  orders  of  an  oli- 
garchy of  labor  monopolists,  chiefly  imported 
foreigners  of  a  low  class. 


A" 


ZAPATA. 
I"    PRESENT   there   is 

a    g '    deal    in    the 

newspapers  a  1>  o  u  t 
"The  Terrible  Zapata," 
who  is  causing  so  much 
trouble  to  the  Federal  com- 
manders in  Mexico,  and 
who  would  ii:i\  e  been  a  dead 

bandit  long  ago  had  not 
Presidenl  Madero  shown 
such  clemency  to  maraud- 
ers at  the  beginning  of  his 

term      of      oilier.         lV;icuble 

Mexicans  do  d.o1  admire 
Zapata.  The  Mexican  gen 
tleman  who  sent  The  Wasp 
the  accompanying  picture 
of  the  nororious  bandit  and 
some  of  his  companions,  ad- 
ded the  following  remarks 
about  Senor  Zapata's  dis- 
tinguishing   characteristics: 


1  'Zapata    is    a     mod- 
ern   John     of     Iceland,. 
His    atrocious    conduct, 
if      'recounted,       would 
fill      a      volume      with 
tales     of     cruelty     and 
rapine,  murder,  arson  and  thievery.  There 
is    nothing    that    is    sacied    to    him.      He 
roams    the    count  ly,    a    confessed    bandit, 
whose  motto   is   to   take   from   those  that 
have   and    to   give    nothing    in    return   to 
anyone.     He    believes  in   the   strength   of 
might,  in  the  righteousness  of  success,  in 
holiness  of  appropriation   and  in  the 


the 

joy  of  causing  suffering.  He  and  his  fol- 
lowers have  spread  the  torch  through  the 
State  01  Morelos  and  have  passed  beyond 
the  Divide  and  have  entered  the  State  of 
Mexico,  even  to  the  gates  of  the  Federal 
District  and  the  Capital.  They  have 
slain  right  and  left,  and  left  a  trail  of 
blood  behind  them.  They  have  no  set 
form  of  demands,  all  they  ask  is  to  be 
allowed  to  create  disorder.  Zapata  prom- 
ises no  millenium,  he  does  not  wish  all 
capitalists  laborers  and  all  laborers  cap- 
italists, but  has  improved  on  Darrow  and 
Debs  by  taking  what  he  desires,  be  it 
property  or  woman,  money  or  crops.  He 
has  reduced  the  philosophy  of  the  anar- 
chist to  practical  business.  When  he 
has  devastated  one  province  he  passes  to 
the  next.  As  soon  as  the  poor  peons  have 
garnered  their  crops  and  recovered  from 
the  blow  he  has  administered,  he  returns 
and  gathers  in  the  coin.  He  descends  on 
the  haciendado,  the  rich  proprietor,  with 
equal  and  ferocious  gusto,  and  levies 
tribute  with  fire  and  sword.  He  holds 
the  haciendado  and  peon  for  ransome  at 
schedule  rates,  and  when  the  money  is 
paid  over,  the  corpse  of  the  ransomed 
is  delivered  to  the  dear  friends  of  the  de- 
parted, with  ironical  fiendish  glee. 

"Madero  has  been  unable  to  stop  Za- 
pata's forays.  Zapata  is  in  command  of 
an  army,  but  it  is  an  army  of  armed 
tramps,  a  Mexican  I.  W.  W.  In  the  arid 
and  semi-arid  plains  of  the  middle  table 
land,  they  scatter  to  the  four  winds  on 
the  approach  of  superior  forces,  only  to 
re-appear  at  distant  points  and  slaughter, 
murder  and  compel  tribute.  The  only 
means  to  reach  such  a  foe  is  to  concen- 
trate all  the  citizenship  in  given  centers 
and  then  kill  all  outlanders  at  a  given 
time.  It  is  a  brutal  means  to  an  end,  a 
ferocious  proceeding,  but  it  is  the  only 
way  to  make  Zapata  a  thing  of  the  past, 


THE     "TERRIBLE    ZAPATA"    AND  FRIENDS. 
Left   to   right — Efrin   Martinez   Tavera,    Zapata's    secretary;    Eufenio 
Zapata,    the    bandit '  s   brother ;    Emiliano    Zapata,    '  'The    Terrible ' ' ; 
and  Brigadier  Abraham  Martinez,  now  in  captivity. 

the  only  way  to  draw  the  fangs  and  dip 
the  claws  of  the  tiger  and  rid  Mexico 
forever  of  her  John  of  Iceland. " 

When  Huerta  captured  Zapata,  it  looked  as 
if  the  bold  bandit 's  career  had  come  to  an  end, 
but  President  Madero  interposed.  Huerta  was 
for  making  short  work  of  the  robber  chief, 
but  President  Madero,  for  some  reason,  polit- 
ical or  sentimental,  pardoned  the  marauder 
and  gave  him  $15,000  and  each  of  the  bandits 
$250  to  pacify  them  and  make  them  firm 
friends  of  the  Government.  They  all  accepted 
the  money  gladly,  and  as  soon  as  it  was 
spent,  resumed  their  predatory  raids  on  ranch- 
es and  trains. 

This  so  angered  General  Huerta  that  he 
wished  to  resign.  He  had  served  under  Dic- 
tator Diaz,  when  bandits  who  were  captured 
were  as  good  as  dead.     They  got  short  shrift. 

Madero  then  transferred  General  Huerta 
to  Northern  Mexico,  where  bandits  were  very 
troublesome.  The  General  has  suffered  no  re- 
verse since  assuming  that  command,  and  in  a 
few  months  will  have  driven  all  the  rebels 
out  of  Sonora  or  forced  them  to  lay  down 
their  arms  and  deport  themselves  as  peace- 
able citizens. 

In  the  State  of  Sinaloa,  professional  bandits 
were  causing  much  trouble  until  General 
Ojeda,  another  experienced  soldier,  took  com- 
mand. He  adopted  most  drastic  methods 
with  all  rebels  caught  carrying  amis  after 
the  date  when  he  ordered  them  to  lay  down 
their  weapons.  He  ordered  all  captives  of 
that  description  to  be  shot,  and  to  add  greater 
terror  to  his  authority,  hanged  the  bodies  of 
the  robbers  along  the  roads,  where  everybody 
could  see  them. 

It  is  said  that  these  rigorous  measures 
have  made  bandits  as  scarce  as  diamonds 
along  the  highways  and  byways  of  the  State 
Sinaloa. 


16 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    September    14,    1912. 


EVERY  CLUB  WOMAN  who  attended 
the  District  Council  meeting,  which 
Mrs.  Percy  L.  Shuman,  President  of 
the  San  Francisco  District,  inaugur- 
ated as  a  new  feature,  came  home  with  re- 
newed zest,  augmented  by  an  abundant  stock 
of  inspirations  gleaned  from  the  open  forum. 
The  attractive  clubhouse  of  the  Redwood 
City  Woman's  Club,  in  the  Dingee  Park, 
formed  the  setting  at  the  initial  council  meet- 
ing, held  on  Thursday,  September  5th.  The 
Redwood  City  officers  and  members  essayed 
the  part  of  hostesses.  The  pretty  club  home 
was  a  profusion  of  crimson  geraniums,  palms 
and  ferns,  arranged  by  Mrs.  Kate  Ralston 
and  Mrs.  F.  Lorenz.  A  dainty  luncheon  was 
served  on  the  wide  veranda  and  during  the 
meal   vocal   numbers   were   rendered   by   Mrs. 

John.   Gish. 

*     *     * 

ASSEMBLING  in  the  main  auditorium, 
Mrs.  George  Merrill,  President  of  the 
Redwood  City  Club,  opened  the  meeting 
with  a  greeting,  and  announced  the  event  one 
of  moment,  inasmuch  as  the  invitations  ex- 
tended were  to  the  workers  in  the  various 
capacities  on  the  state  board  and  the  district 
board.  Mrs.  C.  E.  Cumberson,  the  Honorary 
President  and  first  president  of  this  progres- 
sive club,  extended  a  cordial  welcome,  the 
dominating  note  of  her  address  implying  that 
the  hospitality  of  the  day  carried  with  it  a 
word  of  encouragement  to  other  club  members 
who  might  cherish  the  desire  for  a  club  home. 
"The  way  to  accomplish  this  aim  is  to  start 
it,"  proclaimed  this  energetic  leader,  and  the 
fire  of  her  enthusiasm  seemed  to  kindle  anew 


MRS.    PERCX    anuiVLAN. 


Efficient  President  oi  the  San  Francisco  District 
of  Women's  Clubs. 


the  slumbering  sparks  of  the  "club  woman's 
ambition. " 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Orr,  the  new  State  President  of 
the  California  Federation,  imparted  her  zeal 
in  the  larger  activities  of  club  affairs.  She 
interspersed  her  governmental  wisdom  with 
terse,  witty  admonitions,  and  issued  her  man- 
date for  conciseness,  clearness  and  brevity 
in  all  bureau  work.  Mrs.  Orr  called  at- 
tention to  the  forthcoming  year  book,  which 
promises  to  be  of  invaluable  assistance  to 
the  club  woman. 

A  telegram  from  Mrs.  A.  A.  Goddard,  Vice- 
President  of  the  State  Federation,  was  read. 

*  *     * 

MRS.  PERCY  SHUMAN,  in  assuming  her 
omeial  position,  outlined  the  purpose 
of  the  council.  ' '  District  Inspirations ' ' 
was  the  theme  on  whicn  she  focused  her 
thoughts,  and  the  exchange  of  ideas  which 
followed  the  President's  declaration  for  an 
open  forum,  lent  a  wide  range  of  beneficial 
results.  Gifted  with  a  gracious  personality, 
none  the  less  forceful,  a  perfectly  timed 
meeting  distinguished  the  first  council  and 
presages  continued  interest  in  the  meetings 
to  be  held  at  regular  intervals. 

The  marking  system,  planned  by  Mrs.  Lewis 
Aubury,  the  spirited  Corresponding  Secretary, 
bids  fair  to  make  promptness  a  law  unto  the 
district  club  member.  Mrs.  Nathan  Frank, 
the  Recording  Secretary  of  the  district,  ad- 
hered to  the  same  law. 

*  *     * 

THE  value  of  the  study  clubs  was  outlined 
by  Mrs.  Frederick  Colburn,  with  a  keen 
understanding  and  appreciation  of  her 
theme.  Mrs.  Colburn  ranks  as  one  of  the 
most  ardent  sponsors  for  the  study  work 
versus  the  self-seeking  culture  work.  She 
spoke  with  wisdom  of  the  dignity  of  work, 
and  dilated  in  her  eloquent,  logical  way  on 
the  advisability  of  more  utilitarian  work, 
rather  than  the  attainment  of  overrated  cul- 
ture. Mrs.  Horace  Coffin,  who  spoke  on  legis- 
lature, stated  that  fewer  bills  and  their  en- 
forcement formed  the  goal  of  the  present 
active  club  woman's  effort  of  the  hour.  Her 
work  as  President  of  the  New  Era  League 
gives  added  interest  to  all  this  prominent 
club  woman  proclaims. 

Dr.  Mariana  Bertola,  chairman  of  the  health 
committee,  definitely  outlined  an  attack  on 
the  fly  and  dust,  to  the  latter  of  which  she 

attributed  the  spreading  of  infantile  paralysis. 

*  *     * 

MADAME  EMILIA  TOJETTI  forcefully 
described  ragtime,  and  made  an  elo- 
quent appeal  for  better  music  for  the 
children,  the  schools,  and  the  club  women, 
too.  Mrs.  Louis  Hertz,  prominent  in  social 
and  educational  work,  addressed  the  forum  on 
the    industrial    conditions,    always   presenting 


MRS.    GEORGE    A.    MERRILL. 

President   of  the  Redwood  City  Woman's   Club, 
which  entertained  the  District  Council. 

a  practical  remedy — it  is  her  manner  of  work- 
ing. The  endowment  fund  was  outlined  by 
Mrs.  E.  G.  Denniston,  who  advocated  the 
practicability  of  this  philanthropic  work. 

Miss  Jennie  Partridge  made  a  brilliant  ad- 
dress on  civie  work.  Other  members  of  the 
board~  who  presented  plans  for  the  co-oper- 
ative work  were  Mrs.  Percy  V.  King,  Vice- 
President  of  the  San  Francisco  District;  Mrs. 
Charles  McCarth}'-,  President  of  the  San  Ma- 
teo Woman's  Club;  Mrs.  John  C.  Vickerson, 
President  of  the  Thursday  Club;  Mrs.  Norman 
Martin,  Chairman  of  the  press  committee; 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Grimes,  chairman  of  the  civil  ser- 
vice reform  committee;  and  Miss  Rose  Berry, 
art. 

THE  WASP  reaches  5,000  society  and  club 
women  regularly.  We  will  soon  reach  twice 
as  many.  Subscribe  for  THE  WASP  and  get 
the  interesting  news  that  women  look  for. 


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1? 


MISS  JESSICA  BRIGGS,  State  Corres- 
ponding Secretary  was  another  speak 
er  of  the  day.  The  music,  which  was 
of  exceptional  merit,  was  under  the  direction 
of  Mrs.  John  *>.  Jury,  chairman  of  the  music 
committee,  who  gave  two  selections.  Others 
mi  the  programme  were:  Mrs.  John  Gish,  vo- 
calist, and  Miss  Lydia  Roper  of  San  Jose, 
pianist. 

The  officers  and  members  of  the  Redwood 
City  Woman's  Club,  to  whom  credit  is  due 
for  the  success  of  this  first  district  council, 
are:  M  ra  George  A.  Merrill,  President;  Mrs. 
It,  C.  Pinkler,  Vice-President j  Mrs.  C.  D. 
Hayward,  Second  Vice-Presidentj  Mrs.  .1.  X. 
Winter.  KeronUng  Secretary;  Mrs.  T.  N1. 
Tin 'ruing,  i  'urri'sp.nnliug  Secretary;  Mrs.  A. 
M.  Porter,  Chairman  programme  committee, 
assisted   by   Mrs.  David  Graham  and  Mrs.  C. 

E.  Cumberson. 

*  *     * 

THE  second  council  meeting  will  be  held 
Saturday,  October  12th,  at  the  Ho- 
tel Yendome,  San  Jose,  and  will  be 
under  the  direction  of  the  San  Jose  club  wo- 
men. Mrs.  Shuman  believes  that  the  out- 
come of  these  council  meetings  will  be  an  in- 
creased interest  in  all  the  fields  of  club  life, 
and  create  a  camaraderie  among  the  club 
members,  which  will  tend  toward  universal 
uplift.  The  ctlicient  District  President  is  as- 
sured the  hearty  co-operation  of  all  her  officers 
and  members  in  her  splendid  progressive  work. 

California  Club. 
The  new  officers  of  the  California  Club,  1750 
Clay  street,  for  1912-1913,  are:  Mrs.  A.  P.  Black, 
President;  Mrs.  H.  C.  Tibbitts,  Recording  Secretary; 
Mrs.  J.  S.  A.  MucDonald,  Corresponding  Secretary; 
Mrs.  L.  E.  Barnes,  Financial  Secretary;  Mrs.  V.  S. 
Bradley,  Treasurer.  Chairmen  of  Departments: 
Mme.  Emilia  Tojetti,  Education;  Mrs.  Louis  Hertz, 
Civics;  Miss  Margaret  B.  Curry,  Social  Science; 
Mrs.  George  T.  Marsh,   Out  Door  Art  League;   Mrs. 

E.  L.  Baldwin,  Sunday  Assembly;  Mrs.  James  C. 
Crawford,  Programme;  Mrs.  W.  S.  Leake,  Member- 
ship; Mrs.  J.  S.  Reef,  Reception;  Mrs.  R.  Carmany, 
Renting;  Mrs.  Alice  Park,  Humane  Education;  Mrs. 
Aaron  Schloss,  Courtesy;  Mrs.  R.  P.  Merillion,  De- 
corating; Mrs.  D.  P.  Plymire,  Tea;  Mrs.  L.  A. 
Hayward,  Revision.  Leaders  of  Sections:  Mrs.  Henry 
Bernhard,  "Whist;  Mrs.  C.  S.  Stanton,  Literature 
and  Drama  Study;  Miss  Mary  Fairbrother,  Parlia- 
mentary Law  and  Current  Topics;  Mrs.  Orlo  East- 
wood, Players.  Choral  Section:  Mrs.  Paul  Stein- 
dorf,    Director;    Mrs.  Rufus    Steele,    Chairman.      Mrs. 

F.  "W.  Croudace,  Librarian;  Mrs.  James  Hervey 
Jones,   Historian. 

The  first  of  the  Sunday  assemblies  was  held  on 
September  8th,  with  Mrs.  E.  L.  Baldwin,  the  new 
chairman,  in  charge.  An  address  on  "The  Ideal 
of  the  City,"  by  Professor  Thomas  H.  Reed,  Asst. 
Professor  of  Government  at  the  University  of  Cal- 
ifornia, was  listened  to  with  interest.  These  assem- 
blies, to  be  held  on  the  first  Sunday  of  each  month, 
promise  to  be  of  unusual  interest  to  the  business 
women  and  their  friends,  as  well  as  the  club  women. 
The  President,  Mrs.  A.  P.  Black,  and  her  chairman, 
Mrs.  Baldwin  have  a  splendid  work  in  this  direction. 

*  •      * 
rhilomath  Club. 

The  new  year  book  of  the  Philomath  Club  1912- 
1913,  has  just  been  received.  Philomath  is  de- 
rived from  the  Greek — "Lover  of  Learning."  The 
officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are:  Mrs.  I.  Lowen- 
berg,  Honorary  President;  Mrs.  Henry  Sahlein, 
President;  Mrs.  D.  Henderson,  Miss  Iiattie  Sheide- 
man,  Vice-Presidents;  Mrs.  Walter  Samson,  Record- 
ing Secretary;  Mrs.  Edward  Brandenstein,  Corres- 
ponding   Secretary;    Miss  Babette  H.   Newman,   Busi- 


ness Secretary;  Mrs.  Benjamin  Arnhold,  Treasurer; 
Executive  Bourd:  Mrs.  Moses  Heller,  Mrs.  David 
Hirscbler,    Mrs.    J,    ,1.    Mack,    Mrs.    Otto    Irving   Wise. 

San  Mateo  Woman' s  Club. 
Mrs.  Charles  P.  McCarthy,  new  President  of  the 
Sim  Mateo  Woman's  club,  has  made  the  following 
appointments  of  committee  chairmen  for  the  year: 
Mrs.  <_'.  J.  Robinson,  Reception ;  Mrs.  Lane,  Mem- 
bership;  Mrs.  A.  B.  Emerson,  Decoration;  Mrs. 
Henry  Hagen,  Programme;  Mrs.  T.  J.  Brady,  Vis- 
il  in- :  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Green,  Hospital ;  Mrs. 
Charles  M.  Morse.  Press;  Miss  '  Amy  Comings, 
Printing;  Mrs.  C.  J.  Brown,  Auditing;  Mrs.  Harry 
Peekham,  Sewing  School;  Mrs.  Frank  Grummon, 
Playground;  Mrs.  O.  II.  Hickei,  Tea;  Mrs.  I.  M. 
Crawford,  Library;  Mrs.  Percy  L.  Shuman,  Juvenile 
Court;  Mrs.  Leonard  McRoskey,  House;  Mrs.  John 
II.    I  lojuie,    Club   Parliamentaries. 

♦ 

CLARENCE    DARROW. 


(Continued  from  page  13.) 
if  anything,  should  be  raised  on  their  ruins. 
Anarchism,  however,  aims  to  ultimately  bene- 
fit mankind.  Anarchism  may  be  wrong,  just 
as  wrong  as  the  closed  shop,  but  anarchism 
does  not  aim  at  creating  and  keeping  up  an 
established  caste  and  a  monopoly.  It  follows, 
then,  that  Clarence  Barrow  is  not  even  a  res- 
pectable anarchist. 

The  final  analysis  is  that  Clarence  Darrow 
is  frankly  a  destroyer.  He  believes  this  des- 
truction should  be  allowed  because  it  is  a 
step  towards  the  light.  What  the  light  is — a 
bullrush  aflame  or  an  arc  of  large  dimensions 
— he  doesn't  know  and  cares  less.  His  motto 
is  "any  means  to  an  end,"  but,  above  all 
things,  don  't  forget  the  fee. 

He  is  consistent  in  nothing  except  in  his 
ability  for  self-laudation  and  self-advertising 
as  the  defender  of  the  poor  and  down-trod- 
den workingman,  and  he  never  overlooks  tak- 
ing the  fee  out  of  his  prostrate  client's  pocket. 

"Each  individual  man  has  the  right  to  make 
this  bargain  collectively. " 

"Will  anyone  quarrel  with  Mr.  Darrow  over 
what  is  self-evident? 

Exception  will  certainly  be  taken  when  Mr. 
Darrow  infers  that  the  employer  is  given  the 
same  rights  as  the  employed.  The  unions, 
Mr.  Darrow 's  clients,  deny  the  right  of  the 
employer  to  employ  whom  he  pleases,  and 
under  what  conditions  he  pleases.  They  en- 
force their  denial,  if  necessary,  by  dynamite, 
as  Mr.  Darrow  knows  better  than  anybody. 
He,  himself,  has  more  than  once  admitted,  nay, 
condoned,  it  is  said,  the  use  of  dynamite  or 
any  other  bloody  and  murderous  means  to 
prevent  the  exercise  of  a  right  he  so  glibly 
claims  for  his  dear  lambs. 

Mr.  Darrow 's  stock  in  trade  is  a  ready  so- 
phistry, which  cannot  stand  analysis.  The 
Socialist,  who  knows  his  business,  looks  upon 
it  as  the  one  science  of  government.  The 
anarchist  worships  his  tenets  as  a  religion. 
Mr.  Darrow  is  not  a  Socialist,  and  he  is  not 
an  anarchist.  He  is  just  Darrow,  the  trouble 
brewer. 

T 

Little  four-year-old  Harold  was  playing  in 
his  yard,  which  was  enclosed  by  a  four-foot 
fence,  when  his  mother  called  out,  "  Harold, 
have  you  seen  the  cow  in  the  next  lot?"  He 
answered,  "I  only  saw  her  hooks  and  eyes, 
mamma. ' ' 


MISTAKEN  IDENTITY. 

When  Charlie  was  first  taken  to  Sunday- 
school  he  watched  witli  great  interest  the 
superintendent,  an  old  gentleman  with  white 
hair  and  beard.  Returning  home  he  ran  to 
his  mother,  and  cried  excitedly.  "Mamma, 
mamma,  who  do  you  suppose  was  ;ii  Sunday- 
school? — Adam!  ' ' 

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A  GOOD  many  holders  of  railroad  secur- 
ities are  nervous  about  the  probable 
effect  of  the  Panama  Canal  on  trans- 
continental railroad  earnings.  With  the  ap- 
proach of  the  opening  of  the  Canal,  still  more 
active  discussion  is  taking  place  as  to  its  in- 
fluence on  railroads  extending  from  the  Mis- 
sissippi to  the  Pacific  coast,  and  those  which 
cross  the  middle  of  the  continent  southward, 
including  the  Illinois  Central.  Investors 
should  remember  that  the  total  tonnage  moved 
by  boats  from  all  ports  of  the  United  States 
is  a  mere  pittance  as  compared  with  the  ton- 
nage moved  by  rail.  Last  year,  for  example, 
the  total  tonnage  cleared  from  our  ports  for 
foreign  ports  was  only  42,437,147  tons  as 
against  96S,464,009  tons  carried  by  our  rail- 
roads in  1910.  These  figures,  however,  are 
only  approximate,  especially  those  for  traffic 
by  boats,  which  are  based,  not  on  the  amount 
of  freight  actually  carried,  but  on  tonnage  of 
vessels  in  service.  The  Southern  Pacific  car- 
ries more  freight  each  year  than  is  exported 
in  our  entire  foreign  trade. 

Nor  is  water  competition  so  dreadful  a 
thing  to  the  railroads  as  it  is  widely  sup- 
posed. Railroad  freight  rates  between  the 
Atlantic  seaboard  and  Chicago  are  about  the 
lowest  in  the  country;  and  the  lines  in  this 
territory  are,  to  be  sure,  subject  to  water 
competition.  It  was  not,  however,  the  water 
competition  that  put  these  rates  down.  On 
the  contrary,  it  was  the  railroad  rate  wars 
which  occurred  between  1870  and  1882,  and 
water  competition  had  but  very  little  to  do 
with  it.  Hates  have  never  recovered  from 
those  wars;  and  the  popular  impression  that 
freight  will  travel  by  water  whenever  possible, 
is  mostly  erroneous. 

If  any  of  the  Western  trunk  lines  lose  busi- 
nes  through  the  Panama  Canal,  it  is  most 
likely  to  be  the  Southern  Pacific,  for  this 
system  is  made  up  of  a  network  of  lines  in 
California,  and  another  network  in  Louisiana 
and  eastern  Texas,  the  two  being  joined  by  a 
long  single  line  of  road.  Eastward-bound 
freight  from  the  Pacific  coast,  at  least  such 
as  does  not  need  to  be  moved  quickly,  may 
well  go  via  the  Panama  Canal  to  the  Gulf. 

However,  there  seems  to  be  no  real  cause 
for  concern,  even  here,  for  water  competition 
already  exists  all  along  the  coast  of  Califor- 
nia and  that  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  Appar- 
ently, the  only  part  of  the  system  which  will 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


be  newly  subjected  to  water  competition  is 
the  line  running  from  Los  Angeles  to  the 
Gulf,  and  this  line  constitutes  only  about 
1,400  miles  out  of  a  total  of  9,900  miles.  Nor 
should  it  be  overlooked  that  if  the  Panama 
Canal  assumes  any  great  importance  as  a 
highway  of  traffic,  it  will  so  develop  the  port 
of  San  Francisco  as  to  eventually  increase 
the  Southern  Pacific's  traffic. 

Those  inclined  to  feel  alarmed  should  ob- 
serve that,  even  now,  the  Atlantic  coast  line, 
which  is  subject  to  water  competition  through- 
out its  territory,  receives  an  average  freight 
rate  of  1.215  cents  per  ton  per  mile,  as  com- 
pared with  1.175  cents  for  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific. The  great  bulk  of  all  railroad  freight 
is  comparatively  local,  because  .of  the  con- 
stant tendency  everywhere  for  the  producer 
to  get  as  near  as  possible  to  his  market  It 
is,  therefore,  probable  that  the  Panama  Canal 
will  have  no  further  effect  upon  our  railroads 
than  to  change  the  course  of  routes  of  traffic 
within  a  limited  territory,  and  on  a  limited 
number  of  articles.  Any  serious  effect  upon 
earnings  need  not  be  feared. 

Revival  of  Business. 
The  last  week  was  very  satisfactory  to  the 
retail  merchants  of  San  Francisco  in  the  dis- 
trict east  of  Fillmore.  The  Mission  was  not 
so  good.  It  begins  to  be  apparent  that  the 
general  revival  of  trade  in  the  United  States 
is  being  felt  in  San  Francisco.  Last  week 
the  Fashion  Show  and  the  eireus  brought 
great  crowds  downtown,  and  the  retail  mer- 
chants found  their  sales  very  satisfactory. 
This  should  show  our  merchants  that  there  is 
nothing  in  sitting  down  and  indulging  in 
gloomy  forebodings.  Wake  up,  and  copy  the 
methods  of  other  bustling  communities! 

Increased  Bank  Clearings. 
Our  bank   clearings  for  August   were  very 


satisfactory — $226,198,027,  as  compared  with 
$200,585,327  for  August,  1911.  This  is  a  gain 
of  over  $25,000,000  in  one  month,  or  over  12 
per  cent.  It  is  very  creditable  and  very  en- 
couraging. 

Interesting   Comparison. 

Wise  financiers  and  business  men  always 
look  around  to  see  what  other  clever  people 
are  doing.  We  can  always  observe  something 
of  interest  in  the  financial  and  industrial  do- 
ings of  the  lively  city  in  the  southland,  which, 
like  ourselves,  is  doing  so  much  to  advertise 
California. 

Los  Angeles  bank  clearings  for  August 
amounted  to  $94,218,629.  That  does  not  look 
large  when  compared  with  San  Francisco's 
bank  showing.  San  Francisco  is  the  financial 
center  of  the  Pacific  Coast.  But  we  should 
not  forget  that  in  August,  1911,  Los  Angeles 
showed  bank  clearings  of  only  $78,832,127. 

Los  Angeles  has  gained  over  $15,000,000  in 
the  twelvemonth,  but  proportionately  the  Los 
Angeles  gain  is  the  larger.  The  gain  of  Los 
Angeles  is  over  19  per  cent,  as  against  the 
gain  of  12  per  cent  by  San  Francisco. 

I  wish  to  assure  the  many  merchants  and 
financiers  who  read  The  Wasp  that  the  enter- 
prising people  of  Los  Angeles  believe  firmly 
that  they  can  make  their  wonderful  city  the 
financial  center  of  our  State.  They  have  in 
twenty  years  transformed  it  into  the  political 
center,  and  have  more  representation  in  the 
Legislature  than  San  Francisco  is  entitled  to. 
Instructive  Figures. 

Nearly  all  the  important  cities  of  Califor- 
nia showed  largely  increased  bank  clearings 
'  in  August  as  compared  with  August,  1911. 
Stockton  was  the  exception.  Its  clearings  last 
month  were  $3,819,672,  as  against  $3,883,468 
in  August,  1911. 

Oakland's  clearings  for  August  increased  16 
per  cent,  Sacramento  20  per  cent,   and     San 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital    $4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBADM Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON   DODGE    Vice-President 

J.  FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.  F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.  ALTSCHUL   Cashier 

C.  R.  PARKER   Assistant  Caahier 

WM.    H.    HIGH    Assistant    Cashier 

H.   CHOTNSKI    Assistant   Cashier 

G.   R.   BURDICK    Assistant   Cashier 

A.   L.   LANGERMAN    Secretary 


Saturday,    September   14,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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Diego  increased  30  per  cent,  and  San  Jose  29 
per  rent. 

Building  Figures. 

l.n-t  moutfa  in  Los  Angeles,  which  is  adver- 
tised i'ar  and  wide  as  an  open-shop  city,  the 
building  contracts  reached  $3,212,007.  In  Au- 
gust, 1911,  the  Los  Angeles  building  contracts 
were  $1,760,736.  Tims  there  was  an  increase 
of  $1,451,271 — almost    100    per   cent. 

The  building  contracts  in  s;m  Francisco  for 
August  were  $1,827,616,  as  against  $2,135,095 
in  August,  1911.  Here  we  have  a  falling  off 
of  60  per  cent. 

Oakland  showed  a  substantial  gain  in  build- 
ing contracts  for  August.  Buildings  are  erect- 
ed  cheaper  in  Oakland  than  on  this  side,  as 
the  Labor  Trust  permits  men  to  work  for  less 
milsi.li>  Sail  1-YniH'isi'ii.  San  Diego  showed  a 
very  large  gain — over  SO  per  cent.  San  Diego 
is  an  njicii  shop  town.  Fresno  shows  very  large 
gains. 

Building  activity  and  activity  in  the  real 
estate   market  go   hand-in-hand.     As   long   as 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street. 
X.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  paid  up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided    Profits ....  $5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFICERS. 
Isaias  W.   Hellman,   President 
I.  W.   Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice  Prei. 
F.  L.  Lipman,  Vice  Prei. 
James  K.  Wilson,  Vice  Prei. 
Frank  B.  King,  Cashier 
W.   McGavin,   Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.   L.   Davis,    Assistant   Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,   Assistant  Cashier 
A.    B.    Price.    Assistant   Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
Isaias   W.    Hellman  Hartland  Law 

Joseph   Sloss 
Percy    T.    Morgan 
F.  W.  Van  Sicklen 
Wm.  F.  Herrin 
John  C.   Kirkpatriek 
I.    W.    Hellman,    Jr. 
A.  Christtson 
Wm.    Haas 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 

Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 

Facilities. 

SATE  DEPOSIT  VAXJXT8. 


Henry  Rosenfeld 
James  L.  Flood 
J.  Henry  Meyer 
A.   H,   Payaon 
Chas.    J.   Deering 
James   K.   Wilson 
F.    L.    Lipman 


people  can  rent  houses  to  advantage  they  will 
build  new  ones  and  buy  property.  Steady  in- 
crease of  population  causes  a  demand  for  new 
houses,  and  increase  uf  population  takes  place 
when  the  new-comers  can  find  opportunity  to 
obtain  profitable  employment. 

Twin  Peaks  Tunnel. 
The  real  estate  operators  are  watching  the 
development  of  the  Twin  Peaks  Tunnel  pro- 
ject. It  seems  to  be  taken  for  granted  that 
the  plans  submitted  by  Bion  J.  Arnold  are 
final.  Some  criticisms  of  these  plans  have 
been  made,  however,  by  engineers,  and  it  is 
claimed  that  while  Mr.  Arnold  is  an  expert 
on  street  car  traflic,  he  is  not  a  tunnel  con- 
structor, and  never  built  a  tunnel.  Twin 
Peaks  Tunnel  is  a  most  important  project, 
and  most  desirable,  for  it  will  open  to  home- 
seekers  a  great  area  of  fine  land.  Investors 
would  do  well,  however,  to  make  sure  how  the 
tunnel  will  be  constructed. 

The  Panama-  Canal. 
A  uuniber  of  San  Francisco  business  men 
have  visited  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  lately, 
and  they  bring  back  the  assurance  that  ships 
will  be  passing  through  the  canal  some  time 
next  summer.  The  Eastern  States  are  more 
alive  to  the  progress  of  the  canal  and  the 
probable  effect  on  business  on  the  Pacific 
Coast  than  is  California.  There  is  not  any 
doubt  that  as  soon  as  ships  begin  to  pass 
through  the  canal  there  will  be  a  stir  in  busi- 
ness in  this  city.  Shrewd  investors  are  now 
preparing  for  it.  The  work  on  the  Panama 
Exposition  will  also  be  in  swing  by  that  time. 

No  Money  Stringency. 
The  talk  of  a  money  stringency  which  has 
been  heard  a  good  deal  lately  is  not 
substantiated  by  the  Treasury  officials  at 
Washington.  They  are  of  opinion  that  no 
stringency  is  likely,  and  judge  by  the  last 
bank  call  that  the  withdrawals  of  money  from 
the  East  are  unusually  light  for  this  season. 

The  Local  Market. 
There  have  been  no  developments  of  special 
interest  on  the  local  Bond  and  Stock  Exchange 
this  week.  Spring  Valley  stock  remained 
around  the  figures  of  the  previous  week.  The 
importance  of  the  Eastern  market  has  been 
reflected  in  the  local  one. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

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(Member    of    the    Associated    Savings    Banks    of 

San   Fran cieco.) 

The  following  Branches  for  Eecelpt  and  Pay- 
ment  of   Deposits   only: 

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between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 
Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....      851,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number   of   Depositors  .  .  .        66,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:80  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


THE  tremendous  business  done  by  "Bought 
and  Paid  For,"  at  the  Cort,  in  the  early 
part  of  its  engagement  still  continues. 
The  wonderful  Broadhurst  drama  has  caught 
the  favor  of  theatrical-loving  San  Francisco 
completely.  It  is  establishing  a  new  record  for 
the  Cort.'  The  play  is  now  rounding  out  the 
second  week  of  its  engagement,  and  Sunday 
marks  the  start  of  its  third  and  final  week 
here.  In  every  sense  of  the 
word,  "Bought  and  Paid 
For"  has  met  its  advance  an- 
nouncements. It  is  truly  the 
''biggest  play  of  our  time." 
Its  power  cannot  be  resisted. 
Its  appeal  is  universal.  The 
human  note  is  conspicuously 
in  evidence.  There  is  to  this 
drama  none  of  the  artificial 
ity  of  the  theater.  Its  char- 
acters are  from  life.  The 
lines  are  colloquial.  Natur- 
alness is  the  keynote  of  the 
drama  and  its  interpretation. 

Broadhurst  has  taken  the 
simplest  of  themes  around 
which  to  build  his  powerful 
play.  In  brief,  it  is  the  love 
of  a  millionaire  for  a  tele- 
phone operator,  their  mar- 
riage, their  separation 
through  the  demon  drink,  and 
their  reconciliation  through 
the  power  of  love.  And  it  is 
remarkable  that,  with  so  se- 
vere a  theme,  the  playwright 
has  been  able  to  so  consist- 
ently and  effectively  intro- 
duce such  a  deal  of  comedy 
"relief."  The  play  essen- 
tially makes  for  entertain- 
ment in  its  most  popular 
form. 

The  enterprise  of  Producer 
William  A.  Brady  in  sending 
us  the  original  company  di- 
rect from  the  Playhouse,  New 
York,  has  been  rewarded  by 
the  enormous  attendance. 
Charles  Hickman  and  Julia 
Dean,  as  the  millionaire  and 
telephone  operator  respect- 
ively, give  virile  and  satis- 
fying performances.  The 
comedy  work  of  Agnes  de 
Lane  and  Frank  Craven  is 
wholly  delicious  and  away 
from  the  beaten  track,  and 
Allen  Atwell  and  Marie  Hardi 
contribute  excellent  character 
bits.  Matinees  will  be  given 
Wednesday  and  Saturday,  the 
Wednesday  matinee  being 
given  at  popular  prices.  Sat- 
urday night,  September  21st, 
marks  the  final  performance. 


Cort,  which  begins  Sunday  night,  September 
22nd.  The  name  "Lambardi"  stands  for  much 
here.     It  is  a  guarantee  of  excellence. 

The  veteran  impresario  has  banded  together 
the  finest  oiganization  of  his  notable  career 
for  the  new  season  which  starts  with  the  local 
engagement.  The  subscription  sale  has  been 
very  gratifying,  and  the  outlook  from  a  finan- 
cial standpoint  points  to  a  profitable  engage- 


Lambardi  Opera  at  Cort  Soon. 

TREMENDOUS  interest  is 
being  evinced  in  the 
forthcoming  season  of 
the  Lambardi  Pacific  Coast 
Grand  Opera  Company  at  the 


ment.  From  an  artistic  standpoint  there  is 
certainly  nothing  to  fear,  judging  by  Lambar- 
di productions  in  the  past. 

Fifteen  new  artists  will  be  brought  from 
Italy  by  Lambardi.  They  all  have  reputation, 
and  many  have  never  sung  in  this  country. 
The  repertoire  contains  eighteen  operas,  and 
will  include  the  following  novelties:  Strauss' 
' '  Salome, ' '  and  Zandonai  's  ' '  Conchita. ' '  A 
great  treat  for  the.  music- 
loving  public  of  San  Francis- 
co is  thus  assured. 


JULIA  DEAN — The  admirable  leading  woman  of   "Bought  and  Paid  For"  at  the  Cort. 


Orpheum   Attractions. 

THE  Orpheum  bill  for 
next  week  cannot  fail 
of  success,  for  it  con- 
tains the  pick  of  this  season's 
vaudeville  successes.  "The 
Antique  Girl,"  which  is  Jes- 
se L.  Laskey's  latest  produc- 
tion, will  be  the  headline  at- 
traction. This  thumbnail 
musical  comedy  possesses  an 
original  and  possible  story, 
and  also  half  a  dozen  catchy 
musical  numbers,  sure  to  be- 
come popular.  It  is  inter- 
preted by  a  company  of  six- 
teen people,  chief  among 
whom  are  Fletcher  Norton, 
Maud  Earl  and  Doris  Wil- 
son. ' '  The  Antique  Girl ' ' 
was  written  by  William  Le 
Baron,  and  its  music  was 
composed  by  Robert  Hood 
Bowers.  Mr.  Lasky  has  giv- 
en the  piece  a  beautiful  pro- 
duction. 

"Twenty  Minutes'  Lay- 
over at  Alfalfa  Junction"  is 
the  title  of  the  skit  in  which 
Frank  Milton  and  the  De 
Long  Sisters  will  appear.  The 
action  of  the  little  play  takes 
place  at  an  unstate  railroad 
station,  where  a  vaudeville 
sister  team  is  compelled  to 
lay  over,  awaiting  connec- 
tions. Their  conversation 
with  the  station  agent,  a  pro- 
nounced rural  type,  cleverly 
played  by  Mr.  Milton,  fur- 
nishes abundant  comedy,  and 
the  yokel 's  curiosity  about 
show  folks  furnished  an  ex- 
cellent excuse  for  the  intro- 
duction of  several  songs  and 
a  violin  and  saxophone  spe- 
cialty. The  skit  is  by  J.  A. 
Murphy,  better  known  as 
Adam  Sowerguy. 

Herbert  Ashley  and  Al  Lee 
will  appear  in  a  fantastical 
dialogue  entitled  "A  Night 
in  Chinatown."  It  is  a  bit 
of  song  and  humor  located  in 
the  New  York  Chinese  quar- 
ter. The  sketch  contains 
many  good  stories,  some  clev- 
er parodies,  an  original  song 
or  two,  and  a  remarkably 
clever  characterization. 


Saturday,    September    14,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP' 


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Bertisb,  the  [deal  Athlete,  will  giye  an  ex- 
hibition of  strength  and  agility.  He  is  a 
splendid  specimen  "1"  physical  development, 
and  his  feats  are  astounding. 

Next  week  will  lie  the  last  one  of  Billy 
Gould  and  Belle  Ashlyn,  Howard's  Trained 
Ponies  and  Dogs,  .Minnie  Allen  and  William 
I!.  Thompson  and  lii*  company  fn  Frederic 
Sargent's  one*ac,   piny,  "An  Object  Lesson.'* 


At  Pantages. 

BUSINESS  is  looming  at  the  Pantages 
Theater  this  week,  the  current  attrac- 
tions being  varied;  and  including  Rupert 
Jeffkins,  the  Australian  "Speed  King,"  with 
the  wonderful  motion  pictures  showing  the 
international  auto  races  al  tndianapolis;  Gus 
Sohlke's  lively  "Summertime  Girls1';  Alsace 
and  Lorraine,  novelty  instrumentalists;  the 
Gaits  Brothers,  very  clever  dancers;  Henry 
Hargrave  and  his  company  in  the  dramatic 
playlet,  "Ctudb";  Paris  Green,  an  entertain- 
ing monologuist ;  Rose  and  Ellis,  barrel  junib- 
ers  extraordinary,  and  Irwin  and  Herzog,  jollv 
vocalists. 

The  bill  for  the  week  commencing  Sundaj 
bids  fair  to  be  the  best  since  the  opening  of 
the  Pantages  Theater.  Heading  the  list  of  at- 
tractions  comes  Charles  J.  Carter,  the  renown- 
ed magician,  illusionist,  piestidigateur  and  all- 
round  man  of  mystery,  who  has  just  completed 
a  tour  of  the  world  with  his  big  show.  Early 
in  the  program  he  will  present  his  "Bouquet 
of  Mysteries, ' '  in  which  he  exploits  the  pet 
theoiies  of  the  Theosophists  and  Spiritualists, 
demonstrates  his  ' '  Magician  *s  Incubator, 
and  winds  up  with  "The  Magical  Divorce," 
in  which  a  maiden  fair  disappears  while  sus- 
pended in  a  chair  in  midair.  Later  in  the  bill 
tie  will  offer  ' '  The  Lion  's  Bride, ' '  the  most 
sensational  illusion  ever  staged.  A  cage  con- 
taining a  forest -bred  lion  is  displayed,  and, 
following  a  lot  of  pantomimic  action,  a  young 
woman  is  thrust  into  the  den,  only  to  be  res- 
cued by  the  illusionist,  who  suddenly  causes 
the  king  of  beasts  to  disappear,  the  magician 
mysteriously  appearing  in  its  place.  "The 
Lion 's  Bride ' '  should  create  a  stir  in  this 
community.  Maybelle  Fisher,  a  lyric  soprano 
of  renown  will  be  heard  for  the  first  time  in 
San  Francisco,  accompanied  by  Miss  Oline 
Wallis  an  accomplished  pianist.  Miss  Fisher 
has  been  making  a  big  impression  among 
music-lovers  all  along  the  circuit.  Fred  Zobe- 
die,  Europe's  representative  refined  gymnast 
and  equilibrist,  will  present  a  series  of  poses 
and  demonstrations  of  strength  that  will  at- 
tract all  classes.  Cook  and  Stevens,  "The  Chi- 
nese and  the  Coon,"  will  offer  a  specialty  full 
of  genuine  comedy  and  surprises.  The  "All 
Star  Trio,  who  made  such  a  hit  here  recently, 
with  their  old  and  new  songs,  will  play  a  re- 


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NIGHT. 

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BOUGHT  AND  PAID  FOR 

By  GEORGE  BROADHURST 

With    the    Original   Cast   Direct   from   Brady's    Play- 
house,   New    York,    Including 
Charles  Rlchman,  Julia  Dean,  Frank  Craven 
Agnes   de   Lane,   Allen  Atwell, 
Marie  Hardi. 
Prices,   50c.  to  $2. 


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COAST   GRAND   OPERA   CO. 


turn  engagement;  making  a  complete  change 

Of   select  inns,    and    there   will    lie   several   other 
features  on  i  he  program. 


Paid  In  Full. 


An  Irishman  was  sitting  in  a  station,  smok- 
ing, when  a  woman  came,  and,  sitting  down 
beside  him,  remarked: 

"Sir,  if  you  w-m<-  a  gentleman  you  would 
not  smoke  here. 

"Mum,"  he  said,  "if  ye  wuz  a  lady  ye'd 
sil    fart  hit   away.  ' ' 

Pretty  soon  the  woman  burst  out  again: 

"If  you  wore  my  husband  I'd  give  you 
poison." 

"Well,  mum,"  returned  the  Irishman,  as 
he  puffed  away  :it  his  pipe,  "if  you  wuz  me 
wife  I'd   take  it." 


And  a  Bargain  at  That. 

A   little  boy  had  got  into  the  habit  of  say- 
ing "Darn,"  of  which  his  mother  naturally 


b» 

MABEL    RIEGELMAN 

Who    will    appear    in   concert    at    the    Hotel    St. 
Francis  on  September  25th. 

did  not  approve. 

"Dear,"  she  said  to  the  little  boy,  "here  is 
ten  cents;. it's  yours  if  you  will  promise  not 
to  say  'Darn'  again." 

"All  right,  mother,"  he  said,  as  he  took 
the  money,  "I  promise. " 

As  he  lovingly  fingered  the  money  a  hopeful 
look  came  into  his  eyes,  and  he  said:  "Say, 
mother,  I  know  a  word  that's  worth  fifty 
cents. ' ' 


Peremptory  Orders. 

Murphy  was  a  new  cavalry  recruit  and  was 
given  one  of  the  worst  horses  in  the  troop. 

"Remember,"  said  the  sergeant,  "no  one 
is  allowed  to  dismount  without  orders." 

Murphy  was  no  sooner  in  the  saddle  than 
the  horse  kicked  and  Murphy  went  over  his 
head. 

"Murphy!"  yelled  the  sergeant  when  he 
discovered  him  lying  breathless  on  the  ground, 
"you  dismounted!'.' 

"I  did." 

"Did  you  have,  orders?" 

"I  did." 

"From   headquarters?" 

"No,  sor,  from  hindquarters." 


Couldn't  Miss  It. 

"Tell  me  candidly,  Doc,  do  you  think  I'll 
pull  through!"  asked  the  patient. 

'■nli,  you're  bouud  to  get  well,"  replied 
tin-  doctor.  "You  can't  help  yourself.  Sta- 
tislics  prove  that  out  of  one  hundred  cases 
like  yours,  one  per  cent,  invariably  recovers. 
I've  treated  ninety  nine  cases,  and  every  one 
of  them  died.  Why,  man  alive,  you  can't 
die    if  you   try!  ' ' 


Daniel  Up-to-Date. 

Jimmy,  aged  five,  was  told  the  story  of 
Daniel  in  the  lions'  den,  by  his  grandmother. 
When  she  had  finished  the  story,  the  said, 
"Now  what  do  you  think  Daniel  did  the  very 
first  thing  when  he  found  ho  was  saved  from 
the  lions'?" 

"Oh,  I  guess  he  telephoned  home  to  his 
wife  to  tell  her  he  was  all  right,"  answered 
Jimmy. 


RIEGELMAN  CONCERT. 
Miss  Mabel  Riegelman  will  give  a  concert  at-  the 
Hotel  St.  Francis  on  the  evening  of  September  25th. 
Among  the  special  numbers  on  the  program  will  be 
an  aria  from  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne,"  one  of  the 
newer  operas.  Miss  Riegelman,  who  leaves  soon  to 
join  the  Metropolitan  Opera  Company,  was  given 
Mr.  Andre  Dippel's  special  permission  to  sing  this 
number,  no  one  having  ever  sung  this  on  a  concert, 
program  before.  Mr.  Dippel  is  one  of  Miss  Riegel- 
man's  best  friends,  she.  having  sung  under  his  di- 
rection when  on  an  operatic  engagement  with  Mad- 
ame Gadski,  whose  protege  Miss  Riegelman  "has  been 
for  several  years.  Miss  Riegelman  was  the  pupil  of 
Louis  i.-repaux  of  San  Francisco,  who  was  formerly 
a   member  of  the  Paris  Grand  Opera  Co. 

Safest  and   Most   Magnificent  Theater   in   America! 
WEEK   BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 

Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE! 
JESSE  L.  LASKY'S  PRODUCTION  OF  THE  MU- 
SICAL COMEDY,  "THE  ANTIQUE  GIRL,"  witn 
Fletcher  Norton,  Maud  Earl,  Doris  Wilson  and  Com- 
pany of  16;  FRANK  MILTON  and  DE  LONG,  SIS- 
TERS, Presenting  Twenty  Minutes'  Lay-over  at 
Alfalfa  Junction ;  HERBERT  ASHLEY  and  AL  LEE, 
in  '"A  Night  in  Chinatown";  BERTISH,  "The  Ideal 
Athlete";  BILLY  GOULD  and  BELLE  ASHLYN; 
HOWARD'S  NOVELTY;  MINNIE  ALLEN;  NEW 
DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week  WIL- 
LIAM H.  THOMPSON  &  CO.,  in  Frederic  Sargent's 
One-Act  Play,   "An  Object  Lesson." 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Box  Seats,  $1. 
Matinee    Prices    (Except   Sundays   and   Holidays), 
10c,    25c.   50c 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  O  1570. 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 

Week  of  September  15th: 
Engagement  Extraordinary! 

MYSTERIOUS     CARTER 

The  Master  Magician. 


THE  LION'S  BRIDE. 

Marvel  of  the   Century. 
AND   ALL   FEATURE   SHOW. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  NightB,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:80  and  8:30.  NightB, 
Continuous  from  6:80. 


Prices — 10c,    20e.    and    80c. 


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THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    September   14,   1912. 


The  Greenbaum  Season. 

THE  opening  events  of  the  Greenbaum  mu- 
sical season  will  be  the  two  concerts 
Sunday  afternoons,  October  13th  and 
20th,  of  Riccardo  Martin,  tenor  of  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  House,  in  conjunction  with  Ru- 
dolf Ganz,  the  piano  virtuoso  and  composer. 
Miss  Lima  O  'Brien  will  be  the  accompanist 
for  Mr.  Martin.  In  tne  East  each  of  these 
stars  give  their  own  recitals,  but  Manager 
Greenbaum  is  to  give  us  a  double  attraction 
for  nis  opening  event.  It  is  interesting  to 
learn  that  Martin,  now  one  of  the  world's  fore- 
most tenors,  commenced  his  career  as  a  pianist 
and  composer,  while  Ganz,  who  ranks  among 
the  world's  greatest  pianists,  was  originally  a 
violin  virtuoso. 

Mme.  Gadski  will  give  but  one  public  con- 
cert in  this  city  on  her  present  tour,  the  date 
being  teunday  afternoon,  October  27th.  and  the 
place  the  Columbia  Theater.  Manager  Green- 
baum 's  only  fear  is  that  hundreds  will  be  dis- 


Jules  Restaurant 

Special  Lunches  50c.  or  a  la  Carte 

Ladies'  Grill  and  Booms  for  Parties 

REGULAR     FRENCH     DINNER     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. 

MONADNOCK  BUILDING 

Next  to  Palace  Hotel 

Phone  Kearny  1812. 

All  Cars  Pass  the  Door.    Elevator  Service. 


The  New 


POODLE    DOG 


HOTEL   and    RESTAURANT 

WILL  REMAIN  AT  CORNER 

POLK  and   POST 

SAN     FRANCISCO. 
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04-66  Ellis  Street 

Our   Cookinj  Will   Meet  Your  Taete. 
Prices   Will   Ple&ie    Too- 


appointed,  as  the  capacity  of  the  house  is  but 
1,600,  and  Gadski 's  admirers  are  legion.  Early 
mail  orders  will  save  a  lot  of  disappointment. 

The  Response. 

A  MAN  unused  to  speech  making,  but 
listed  among  those  who  must  respond 
to  toasts,  spent  three  days  in  the  pre- 
paration of  a  speech  for  the  occasion.  When 
he  rose  to  address  the  audienee,  it  was  with 
some   apparent    embarrassment. 

(t  Ladies — and  gentlemen,  I — I — had  quite 
a  speech  committed  to  memory.  Indeed — I — I 
— spent  some  time  in  the  preparation  of  it, 
and — when  I  came  here  tonight  there  were 
only  two  who  knew  what  I  was  going  to  talk 
about — GTod  and  me — andjjiow  only  God  knows*. 

♦ 

His  Reading  of  It. 
The     circus     advertisement    sez,     ' '  Secure 
seats,'  "  remarked  Uncle  Hayseed,  who  was 
on  one  of  the  top  rows;  "but  they  seem  all- 
ured rickety  to  me." 

* + 

A  Subsidy. 
"I   see   so   much   in   the  newspapers   about 
subsidies.       What     does     a     subsidy     mean, 
Frank?" 

"A  subsidy,  Grace,  is  where  I  give  you 
$25  for  going  to  see  your  mother  instead  of 
having  her  come  to  see  you." 

v 

THE    DAILY    BLUFF. 


The  rooster  flew  upon  the  fence 

And  gave  his  morning  call. 
It  was  defiance  that  be  sent 

To  roosters  great  and  small. 

'Twas  answered  round  the  neighborhood, 
Each  rooster  fierce  for  fray; 

Though  each  one  knew  he  was  confined 
And  couldn  't  get  away. 

How   roosterlike   some   mortals   are, 

Note  their  defiant  tone 
When  they  are  sending  letters  out, 

Or  crow  by  telephone. 

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THE  EMILIE  FRANCES  BAUER  LECTURES. 

The  first  of  the  series  of  three  lectures  to  be 
given  at  Century  Club  Hall,  corner  Sutter  and. 
Franklin  streets,  by  the  eminent  literary,  dramatic 
and  musical  critics,  Miss  Emilie  Frances  Bauer,  will 
be  given  next  Tuesday  afternoon,  September  17th, 
at  3:20,  the  subject  being  "The  Psychology  of  Rich- 
ard Strauss  and  His  Works."  On  Thursday  after- 
noon, September  19th,  Miss  Bauer  has  chosen  for 
her  subject  "The  Psychological  Phase  of  Modern 
Home  Life  and  Culture,"  and  her  farewell  address 
on  Tuesday  afternoon,  September  24th,  she  will  dis- 
cuss   "Opera   Writers   Since   Wagner." 

A  brilliant  writer  and  speaker,  Miss  Bauer  will 
certainly  interest  the  large  numbers  who  have  al- 
ready evinced  their  interest  in  this  series  of  most 
interesting  subjects. 

Tickets  are  to  be  secured  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s 
and  Kohler  &  Chase's,  and  at  Century  Club  Hall  on 
the  day  of  the  lectures. 


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HIS  WEEK  has  been  prolific  in  interesting 
evonts.  Weddings  have  been  numerous. 
The  golf  tournament  has  engrossed  the 
attention  "f  many.  One  of  the  most  not- 
able  weddings  of  the  coming  winter  will 
be  that  01  .Miss  tunes  Keeney  and  Mr.  Willard 
Chamberlain,  The  wedding  of  Miss  Keeney  and  Mr. 
Chamberlain  will  take  place  on  November  6th  at 
Trinity  Church,  Rev.  Mr.  Clampett  and  Bishop 
Ford  Nichols  officiating.  The  bridesmaids  will  be 
Miss  Gertrude  Thomas,  Miss  Ysohel  Chase,  Miss  Au- 
gusta t'uute,  Miss  Helen  Dean,  Miss  Ethel  Mc- 
Allister, MLss  Frederika  Otis.  Miss  Harriett  Alex- 
ander  will  he  maid  of  honor.  The  color  scheme  of  the 
wedding  is  unusually  attractive,  the  pastel  shades  of 
yellow,  green  and  mauve  being  used,  the  pretty 
shades  blending  togetner  in  rainbow  effects.  The 
ceremony  wiu  be  followed  by  a  reception  and  dance 
for  -<><>  guests  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  where  the 
Keeneys  reside.  Mrs.  Theodore  Thompson  of  New 
York,  formerly  Miss  Ethel  Keeney,  will  arrive  in 
this  city  within  a  few  weeks  in  time  for  her  sister's 
wedding.  Mr.  Chamberlain's  brother  will  come  from 
Boston  to  officiate  as  best  man.  The  affair  will 
undouliledly  be  one  of  the  most  interesting  events  of 
the   seiisnu    to    people   in   Oalifor  ua   societ). 


McNear-Korbel. 

At  the  McNear-Korbel  wedding  at  Petaluma  the 
bride's  uouquet  was  caught  by  Miss  Louise  McNear. 
Miss  Amylitu  Talbot  cut  the  ring  in  the  bride's 
cake.  Miss  Ha  Sonntag  cut  the  thimble  in  the  cake, 
and  Miss  Elsa  Korbel  the  coin.  Miss  Amy  Scoville 
got  the  bachelor's  button.  The  guest-list  included 
many  well-known  people,  among  them  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Seward  McNear,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Denman,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Donald  Jadwin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eldridge 
Green,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Weihe,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hiram  Johnson  Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  St.  John  Whitney, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Earle  Talbot,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Antone 
Korbel,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chester  Ristentart,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  D.  H.  Leppo,  Mr.  and  Sirs.  Ellinwood,  Mrs. 
Amy  Talbot,  Miss  Ernestine  McNear,  Miss  Lillian 
Van  Vorst,  Miss  Metha  McMahon,  Miss  Lurline  Mat- 
son,  Miss  Marie  l*ouise  Tyson,  Miss  Janet  Coleman, 
Miss  Laura  Baldwin,  Miss  Florence  Braverman,  Miss 
Mildred  Baldwin,  Miss  Lillian  Whitney,  Miss  Mil- 
dred Sallee,  Miss  Janet  Painter. 

The  ceremony  took  place  on  the  lawn  of  the  Mc- 
Near home,  which  is  an  attractive  residence,  where 
the  McNears  have  lived  many  years.  Miss  Miriam 
McNear  was  a  striking  bride  in  her  exquisite  bridal 
robe  of  white  charmeuse.  She  has  been  a  great 
favorite  in  local  society,  where  she  made  her  debut, 
and  where  her  beauty  has  always  proclaimed  her 
one  of  our  most  attractive  society  belles.  The  wed- 
ding party  was  decidedly  picturesque  as  it  descended 
the  steps  of  the  house  and  crossed  the  lawns  to  the 
improvised  altar  beneath  the  trees,  where  the  nuptials 
took  place.  Miss  Amy  Scoville  of  New  York,  a 
former  classmate  of  the  bride  when  both  were  attend- 
ing a  fashionable  school,  was  maid  of  honor.  She 
was  attired  in  pink  chiffon,  with  a  large  black  pic- 
ture hat.  Miss  Ha  Sonntag,  Miss  Christine  McNab, 
Miss  Amylita  Talbot,  and  Miss  Louise  McNear,  the 
four  bridesmaids,  were  pictures  in  pink  chiffon  and 
blaek  tulle  hats.  They  preceded  the  bride,  who 
looked  regal  in  her  gown  of  white,  as  she  leaned  on 
the  arm  of  her  father,  who  gave  her  into  the  keep- 
ing of  the  groom,  Mr.  Leo  Korbel,  who  was  attended 
by  Mr.  Airleigh  Lemberger  as  best  man.  The  ushers 
were  Denman  McNear,  George  McNear  Jr.,  Claud 
Mellersh  and   Almy   Seabury. 


Fine  Wedding  Present. 
A  fine  new  residence  was  tin-  wedding  gift  of  the 
parents  of  Henry  Heilbron  Jr.,  on  the  occasion  of 
his  marriage  to  Miss  Hazel  Laymance  of  Oakland 
last  week.  The  bride's  parents  furnished  the  resi- 
dence in  splendid  style.  When  the  young  couple  re- 
turn from  their  honeymoon  tour  in  the  south  they 
will  occupy  this  handsome  home  in  Sacramento,  where 
the  bridegroom  is  in  business  with  his  father.  No 
prettier  wedding  has  taken  place  in  Oakland  this 
season  than  that  by  which  Miss  Laymance  became 
the  wife  of  Mr.  Heilbron.  The  attractive  home  of 
M  r.     and    Mrs.    Millard    J.    Laymance    on     Chetwood 


Moore   &    Clarke  Photo. 
MBS.    HENRY    HEILBRON    JR. 
(nee   Laymance) 

Whose  wedding  was  an  event  of  interest  to  soci- 
ety in  Oakland  and  San  Francisco. 

street  was  beautifully  decorated  for  the  event,  a 
profusion  of  pink  tiger  lilies  being  used  effectively, 
with  bows  of  blue  tulle,  and  forming  a  bower  be- 
neath which    the    bridal   couple    stood. 

The  bride,  who  is  a  most  attractive  girl,  was  ex- 
quisitely gowned  in  white  charmeuse,  draped  with 
embroidered  chiffon.  She  wore  a  veil  of  tulle  and 
carried  a  shower  bouquet  of  white  orchids  and  lilies- 
of  the  valley.  It  was  a  pink  and  blue  wedding,  the 
combination  being  effectively  used  in  the  gowns  of 
the  bridesmaids. 

Miss  Grace  Laymance,  sister  of  the  bride,  wore  a 
gown  of  pink  charmeuse,  with  overdrapery  of  blue. 
She  carried  a  sheath  of  pink  lilies.  The  four  brides- 
maide  were  Miss  Dorothy  Taylor,  Miss  Frances 
Ramsay,  Miss  Nina  Heilbron,  a  sister  of  the  groom, 
and  Miss  Mae  Heitman,  a  Sacramento  belle.  They 
were  gowned  alike  in  pink  silk  and  carried  baskets 
of  pink  roses  and  blue  forget-me-nots.  The  entire 
effect  formed  a  dainty  picture.  Mr.  Andrew  Heil- 
bron,   brother    of    the    groom,    was    best    man.      The 


ushers  were  Mr.  Herbert  Phleger,  Mr.  Robert  Moul- 
ton,  Mr.  Leonard  Buck  and  Mr.  Watt  Clinch. 

After  the  wedding,  a  reception  was  held  and  sup- 
per was  served  in  a  marquee,  erected  on  the  lawn 
of   the   Laymance   home. 

Mrs.  Heilbron  (nee  Laymance)  has  been  one  of 
the  most  popular  girls  in  society  in  the  Bay  cities. 
She  is  loved  by  a  host  of  friends,  whose  good  wishes 
follow  her  to  the  new  home,  where  Mr.  Heilbron 
will  take  her.  Mr.  Heilbron  is  prominent  in  affairs 
in  the  capital  city,  whore  his  family  have  been 
identified  in  the  social  and  financial  circles  for  a 
great  many  years. 


Card   Basket. 

Miss  Phoebe  Elias,  who  is  a  guest  of  Mrs.  Phoebe 
Hearst  at  Pleasanton,  and  who  is  en  route  from 
India  to  England,  having  visited  her  brother,  an 
officer  in  the  English  army  in  India,  enjoys  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  Mrs.  Hearst's  godchild. 

Miss  Geraldine  Forbes  will  give  u  dance  at  the 
Menlo  Country  Club  on  September  17th  in  honor  of 
Miss    Isabel    Sprague    and    Mr.    William    Pool. 

Miss  Grassi  Bulkeloy  and  Bayard  Hyde  Smith  will 
be  married  on  November  6th  iu  Washington.  Miss 
Bulkeley  is  a  daughter  of  Captain  and  Mrs.  W.  A. 
Gill.  Mr.  Hyde-Smith  is  a  son  of  Mrs.  Eleanor 
Hyde-Smith.  He  has  business  interests  in  Hono- 
lulu. 

Michael  Weill  has  gone  to  New  York  to  meet  his 
uncle,  Raphael  Weill,  who  is  completing  the  latter 
part    of    his    trip    around    the    world. 

Mr.  Nelson  B.  Lansing  has  come  from  Honolulu 
to  meet  Mrs.  Lansing,  who  has  been  visiting  her 
aunt,    Mrs.   Timothy  Guy  Phelps,  at  San    Carlos. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Dernham  will  leave  on  the 
Manchuria  and  enjoy  a   year's  tour  of  the  world. 

Miss  Margaret  Ames  has  been  the  much-feted 
guest  of  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  John  Reynolds  at  the 
Presidio.  Later  she  will  visit  Miss  Ruth  Brooks  at 
the  post. 

Madame  Nieto,  Miss  Rosita  and  Miss  Josephine 
Nieto  and  Baroness  Rosen  zweig  returned  to  San 
Francisco  tnis  week,  after  a  month  at  Sauta  Barbara. 

Mr.  Wallace  A.  Sabin,  director  of  the  Loring 
Club,  has  returned  after  a  summer  abroad,  during 
which  he  visited  his  parents  at  Southend-on-the-Sea, 
in   England, 

Mrs.  George  Cameron  has  gone  to  New  York  to 
meet  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young, 
and  her  sisters,  the  Misses  de  Young.  Mrs.  Camer- 
on was  accompanied  by  her  cousin,  Miss  Dorothy 
Deane.  Miss  Dorothy  Deane,  who  is  an  exceedingly 
pretty  girl,  will  be  one  of  this  season's  debutantes, 
as  will   Miss   Phyllis   de   Young. 

Messrs.  Arthur  Paget,  Reginald  Paget  and  Darcy 
von  Bokkelen  spent  the  week-end  at  Beaulieu,  the 
country  place  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  Carolan.  Mr, 
Lawrence  Waterbury  is  also  a  guest  at  Beaulieu. 

Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker  and  Miss  Helen  Crocker 
will  go  East  on  September  24th.  Miss  Ethel  Crock- 
er, preceding  them,  will  sail  on  the  25th  for  Berlin, 
where   she   will   continue  her  musical    studies. 

Mrs.  Walker  C.  Graves  will  leave  this  month  for 
New  Yprk  and  Europe  to  be  away  three  months. 

Miss  Alice  Mullins  of  England  is  visiting  her 
niece,  Mrs.  John  Rodgers  Clark,  and  accompanied  Dr. 
and  Mrs.   Clark   to  Del  Monte. 

Miss  Julia  Dillingham,  who  will  be  one  of  the 
belles   of    the   coming   winter,   is   a   daughter   of   Mr. 


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[Saturday,    September    14,    1912. 


and  Mrs.  Frank  Dillingham,  the  former  United 
States  Consul-General  at  Coburg,  Germany.  .  She 
has  been  presented  at  court  with  her  mother,  who 
was  Miss  Minnie  Sneath  of  San  Francisco.  Mrs. 
Dillingham,  since  her  marriage,  has  lived  mostly 
abroad.  With  her  daughter  and  son,  she  has  been 
visiting  her  mother,  Mrs.  R.  G.  Sneath,  at  the 
Granada   Hotel. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  King  Brown  have  as  their 
house  guests  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cabot,  a  noted  physician 
of  Boston.  Mrs.  Cabot  is  a  very  intellectual  woman, 
much  interested  in  civic  affairs.  She  is  to  speak 
before  the  Civie  Center  in  San  Francisco. 

Miss  Constance  Alexander  of  Boston,  who  has  been 
visiting  Miss  Virginia  Newhall,  has  returned  to  her 
home. 

Miss  Leontine  de  Sabla,  who  is  expected  from  Paris 
in  October,  will  be  one  of  the  debutantes  this  sea- 
son. She  will  be  presented  to  society  at  an  elabor- 
ate ball  this  season.  Miss  Leontine  is  the  daughter 
of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Eugene   de  Sabla. 

Rev.  Robert  Sesnon  is  in  Santa  Cruz  at  the  Casa 
del   Rey.      He  will  remain  for  a    fortnight. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Ross,  who  were  at  the 
Beresford  for  the  summer,  have  reopened  their  house 
on  JacKson  street. 

At  a  pretty  luncheon  given  lately  at  the  Hotel 
Vendome,  Miss  Lorine  Knowles  of  San  Jose  an- 
nounced to  her  friends  her  engagement  to  John 
Davenport    Bromfleld    of    San    Mateo. 


Weddings. 

Adam  s-E  dwar  d  s . 

Miss  Evelyn  Adams  and  Mr.  Clarence  Robert 
Edwards  were  married  on  the  evening  of  Septem- 
ber 10th.  The  attractive  home  of  the  bride's  par- 
ents, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  H.  Adams,  Lakeshore 
Boulevard,  Oakland,  was  the  scene  of  the  marriage 
ceremony.  It  was  a  pink  wedding,  an  abundance 
of  pink  tiger  lilies  being  used  to  form  a  canopy, 
beneath  which  the  young  couple  stood.  The  bride 
wore  an  exquisite  gown  of  white  charmeuse,  made 
with  a  long  court  train.  A  long  veil  was  held  in 
place  by  the  becoming  Juliet  cap,  fr>ui  which  orange 
blossoms  fell  in  the  folds  of  lace.  A  shower  bouquet 
of  orchids  and  lilies-of-the-valley,  tied  with  streamers 
of  tulle,   was  carried  in  her  arms. 

Mrs.  Maurice  Walsh  was  matron  of  honor.  She 
was  attired  in  pink  charmeuse,  and  carried  garlands 
of  pink  tiger  lilies  and  ferns.  Miss  Glen  Edwards, 
sister  of  the  bridegroom,  wore  a  gown  of  pink  char- 
meuse, and  carried  a  shower  bouquet  similar  to  that 
of  the  matron  of  honor.  Little  Jane  Opelt,  a  cousin 
of  the  bride,  acted  as  flower-girl.  Her  frock  was  of 
white,  with  a  huge  pink  sash,  and  she  carried  a 
basket  filled  with  Cecil  Brunner  roses. 

Mr.  George  Cline  was  best  man,  and  four  young 
men  acted  as  ribbon-bearers.  They  were  Paul  Gard- 
ner of  Los  Angeles,  Maurice  Walsh,  Fillmore  Adams 
and  Gerald  Meggs  of  Stockton.  Mr.  Edwards  has 
taken  his  bride  to  Los  Angeles,  where  the  young 
couple    will   make   their   home. 


Kraft- Gunn. 


A  pretty  home  wedding  took  place  at  the  home 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Birmingham  on  Pierce 
street,  on  Tuesday,  September  10th.  Miss  Ernestine 
Kraft  was  the  bride,  Mr.  George  Gunn  the  groom. 
The  ceremony,  performed  by  Rev.  Frederick  Clam- 
pett,  was  witnessed  by  relatives  and  a  limited  num- 
ber of  friends.  The  bride  was  becomingly  gowned 
in  a  going-away  gown  of  taupe  charmeuse,  with  a 
plumed  hat  to  match.  Her  niece,  Miss  Eleanor  Bir- 
mingham, acted  as  flower-girl,  strewing  petals  in  the 
path  of  the  bride.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gunn  will  reside 
in  this  city  a,t  their  pretty  apartment  on  Pacific 
avenue. 


Miller-Ford. 
Miss  Marian  Miller  was  as  beautiful  a  bride  as 
ever  walked  to  the  altar.  The  wedding  ceremony 
uniting  Marian  Miller  and  Bernard  Ford  took  place 
at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
C.  O.  G.  Miller  on  Pacific  avenue,  on  Wednesday, 
September  11th,  at  high  noon.  The  bride  wore  an 
exquisite   gown  of  white  satin   trimmed   in   rare  lace. 


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and 


H  DEAR!  I'm  glad  the  Fashion  Show 
is  over.  I  was  most  dead  from  going 
around  with  Ethel  Gayleigh  and  Mrs. 
Trotter,  looking  at  the  store  windows 
the  living  in  o  dels.  ~  My!  How  brazen 
some  of  them  models  are,  strutting  around 
with  very  little  on  them  and  their  bare  arms 
and  their  necks  all  fricasseed.  Ethyl  was 
awful  jealous  of  them  for  her  young  man  came 
along  with  us  and  kept  admiring  one  girl  so 
much  I  was  afraid  we  'd  lose  him.  Goodness 
me!  You  can't  tell  what  a  man  will  do  these 
days.  Now  you  see  him,  now  you  don't  see 
him.  Away  he  goes  in  his  automobile  with 
some  woman  or  other  and  you've  got  to  go 
down  and  get  an  order  from  Judge  Graham  to 
bring  him  back.  Land's  sake,  they're  not 
worth  it.  I  wouldn  't  waste  paper  getting  an 
order  to  bring  back  the  best  man  that  ever 
lived.  Though  I  think  it's  a  fine  idea  to 
stick  them  for  alimony.  That's  what  helps 
to  keep  them  straight. 

I  thought  'twas  perfectly  shameful  the  way 
Ethyl  and  Mrs.  Troter  got  the  salesgirls  to 
pull  out  dresses  and  hats.  You'd  think  they 
intended  to  buy  out  the  whole  store,  and 
goodness  me,   they   didn't  have   a  cent  after 


Ethyl  treated  us  to  lunch  at  the  Woman's 
Exchange.  She  wanted  to  take  us  to  the 
Goat  and  Thistle,  but  had  only  enough  to  pay 
for  a  plate  of  salad,  and  we  were  all  so  hungry 
that  we  were  hardly  able  to  walk. 

I  wonder  why  they  call  that  the  Woman 's 
Exchange.  Ethyl  said  'twas  originally  in- 
tended to  be  a  place  where  old  women  could 
be  exchanged  for  new  ones,  and  the  man  that 
got  the  idea  had  a  great  head,  but  got  off  his 
trolley  and  he  missed  making  a  fortune,  she 
said.  Land's  sake,  such  expressions! 
*     *     * 

Ethyl  and  Mrs.  Trotter  wanted  me  to  chap- 
erone  them  down  to  the  Del  Monte  Golf  Tour- 
nament, but  my  poor,  dear  little  Juliet  is  still 
suffering  from  the  shock  to  her  nerves  since 
Plannigan  's  bull-dog  chased  her  over  the  back 
fence  and  bit  mouthfuls  of  fur  out  of  her. 
Ethyl  said  I  ought  to  learn  to  play  golf.  It's 
such  a  fascinating  game,  she  says,  in  Scotland, 
where  they  invented  it,  because  there  was  no- 
thing else  to  do.  They  play  it  with  umbrellas, 
for  it  rains  there  367  days  in  the  year,  count- 
iug  extra  for  storms  and  thunder  and  lightning. 
Mercy  me!  That's  the  only  thing  reconciles 
me  to  California.  You  don  't  get  frost-bitten 
here,  nor  baked  to  cinders,  nor  have  to  carry 
a  lightning  rod  on  your  umbrella. 

But  I  wouldn't  learn  golf,  nohow,  and  Ethyl 
has  given  it  up  herself.  She  only  looks  on 
from  the  clubhouse  porch  now,  for  she  got 
freckles  on  her  nose,  and  when  she  saw  her 
picture  in  the  papers,  clutching  a  club  like 
a  wild  Indian  and  her  feet  twisted  up  as  if 
she  was  going  to  fall  all  over  herself,  she  had  a 
catfit.  My!  And  however  the  photographer 
did  it,  he  made  her  feet  look  like  hams,  and 
Ethyl  is  so  proud  of  her  feet. 

Whenever  Ethyl  goes  out  to  the  golf  links 
now,  she  carries  a  parasol  and  strikes  poses, 
so  if  any  stray  photographer  comes  along, 
she  won't  get  the  worst  of  it. 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


A  fine  tulle  veil  attached  to  her  coiffure  with  a 
wreath  of  orange  blossoms  was  arranged  as  a  Juliet 
cap.  She  carried  a  shower  of  lilies  of  the  valley 
and  orchids.  Miss  Leslie  Miller,  sister  of  the  bride, 
and  Miss  Ernestine  McNear  were  bridesmaids.  Miss 
Laura  Baldwin  was  the  maid  of  honor.  Mr.  Sidney 
Ford,  brother  of  the  groom,  acted  as  best  man. 
After  the  ceremony  a  reception  was  held  at  the 
Miller  home  to  which  one  hundred  guests  were  in- 
vited. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ford  will  make  their  home  in 
San   Francisco. 


Stanton-Kent. 
The  marriage  of  Miss  Belinda  Stanton  and  Mr. 
Thomas  J.  Kent  took  place  on  Thursday,  September 
12th,  at  the  Stanton  home.  Lake  Shore  Boulevard, 
Oakland.  Miss  Stanton  is  a  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California  and  a  favorite  in  sorority  circles. 
Mr.  Kent,  a  TJ.  C.  graduate  also,   is  an  architect. 


Thompson-Benet. 
Cards  have  been  received  announcing  the  wedding 
of   Miss    Therese  Thompson    and   Mr.    William  Benet, 
which    took   place   on    Tuesday,    September    10th,    at 


Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


the  home  of  the  bride's  sister,  Mrs.  Charles  Norris 
(Kathleen  Thompson),  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  Benet 
is  the  son  of  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Walter  Benet  of 
Georgia.  Mr.  Benet  will  take  his  bride  to  Port 
Washington,  Long  Island,  where  the  young  couple 
will    establish    their   home. 


Thompson-Brainerd. 
Miss  Fannie  Thompson  and  Mr.  George  W.  Brain- 
erd  were  married  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Thompson,  on  Russell  street, 
Berkeley,  on  Tuesday,  September  10th.  Over  one 
hundred  guests  were  invited  to  witness  the  cere- 
mony, which  was  exceedingly  pretty  in  all  its  de- 
tails. A  honeymoon  trip  to  Europe  will  be  en- 
joyed by -the  young  couple,  and  on  their  return  they 
will  take  possession  of  a  beautiful  new  home  in 
Claremont. 


Wisebrough-Hoag. 
One  of  the  interesting  weddings  of  the  week  took 
place  at  Los  Angeles  on  Tuesday,  September  10th, 
Miss  Pearl  Wisebrough  and  Mr.  Edward  Hoag  being 
the  contracting  parties.  The  bride  is  one  of  the 
beautiful  belles  of  the  southern  city,  where  she  is 
a  general  favorite.  Mr.  Hoag  is  a  brother  of  Mrs. 
Prentiss  Cobb  Hale  of  this  city,  so  well  known  in 
social  and  literary  circles.  Mrs.  Hale  and  her 
daughter,  Miss  Linda  Bryan,  went  to  Los  Angeles  to 
attend  this  wedding.  Mr.  Hoag  will  take  his  bride 
to   Mexico,   where   they  will   make   their  home.      Mr. 


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THE  WASP- 


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Hoag  has  mining  interests  in  Mexico.  The  many 
friends  of  the  bride  and  groom  in  San  Francisco,  as 
well  as  in  Lob  Angeles,  extended  a  host  of  happy 
Irishes      for    the    interesting    young    couple. 


Engagements. 


HEMPL — HILL, — Miss  Elsa  Hempl  and  Mr.  K.  12. 
Hill.  Miss  Hempl  is  the  daughter  of  Professor  G. 
Hempl  •  >{  Stanford  University.  Mr.  Hill,  of  the 
class  u{  '11,  Stanford,  whs  art  editor  of  the  1911 
Quad,  and  editor-in-chief  of  the  Sequoia.  Wedding 
date    not    announced. 

PORTER — OHRISTTN. — Miss  Estelle  Porter  and 
.Mr.  0,  A.  Christin.  Miss  Porter  is  the  daughter 
of  Mrs.  Boruff,  who  is  living  at  the  Fairmont.  She 
is  the  niece,  also,  of  former  Lieutenant-Governor 
Warren  R.  Porter,  and  of  William  T.  Sesnon  of  San 
Franoiaoo.  Mr,  Oirieiin  is  an  attorney  of  San 
FranciBCo.  The  wedding  will  take  place  in  Novem- 
ber. 


Gift  to  Mayor  and  Mrs.  Rolph. 
A  Bplendid  set  of  silver,  consisting  of  a  huge 
bowl  and  four  other  large  pieces,  was  presented  to 
Mayor  and  Mrs.  Rolph  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors, 
the  design  of  the  silver  corresponding  to  the  other 
Rolph  silverware.  Mrs.  Rolph  waB  particularly 
pleased  with  the  beautiful  gift  coming  as  it  did,  and 
adding  to  the  adornment  of  the  new  Rolph  home. 
Mrs.  Rolph  has  been  at  Stockton  visiting  friends  dur- 
ing the  Native  Sons'  celebration.  At  an  early  date 
she  will  name  an  evening  for  the  reception  of  the 
Supervisors  and  their  wives  at  the  Rolph  home.  The 
Mayor  expressed  in  most  graceful  terms  both  his  own 
and  Mrs.  Rolph's  appreciation  of  the  beautiful  pres- 
ent sent  by  the  Supervisors. 


Recent   Events. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Sutro  entertained  at  their 
home  on  Jackson  street  last  Wednesday,  it  being  the 
tenth  anniversary  of  their  marriage.  Congratulations 
were  showered  on   them. 

Major  and  Mrs.  Nathaniel  F.  McClure,  who  ar- 
rived a  short  time  ago  from  Honolulu,  were  entertain- 
ed by  Captain  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Owens  of  Mare 
Island.  , 

Miss  Margaret  Fedding  entertained  a  number  of 
her  friends  at  her  home  on  Broderick  street,  her 
guest  list  including  Misses  Elizabeth  Bates,  Mary 
Bates,  Ethel  Graham,  Mildred  Tampbell,  Roberta 
Holmes,  Florence  Redding,  Mildred  Spengler,  Hazel 
Orear,  Woolsey  Talford,  Laurens  Davis,  Melvin  Sav- 
age, William  Gatewood,  Eustace  Bosqui,  Gilman 
Hayes,  Perry  Holmes,   John  Parker. 

Mrs.  William  Beckman  of  Sacramento  enter- 
tained at  one  of  the  dinner  parties  of  the  week,  given 
in  honor  of  Ambrose  Bierce  and  Marshall  Darrach  of 
New  York.     A  dozen  guests  enjoyed  the  affuii. 

E.  M.  Greenway,  was  one  of  the  many  persons 
who  gave  dinners  at  the  Hotel  del  Monte  this  week. 
He    entertained    a    dozen    friends. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  S.  Martin  entertained  at 
dinner  at  the  clubhouse  at  Del  Monte  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Fred  McNear,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Taylor,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Augustus  Taylor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Foster 
Dutton,    Miss   Marion   Zeile,    and  others. 


For  Health,  Strength 

DAMIANA  BITTERS 

Nailer,   Alfa  &  Brune,  Agents. 
635  Howard  St.,  opp.  new  Montgomery  St. 


Eames   Tricycle   Co. 


Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
ROLLING  CHAIRS  for  all 
purposes.  Self  -  Propelling 
Tricycle  Chairs  for  the  dis- 
abled. INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
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Fortunate    ia    the   man   who   doean't   have    to   pay 
•  ah  for  hie  experience. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  Cily  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — D e  p  t .   No.   -i . 

RICHARD  SCOTT,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim 
bag  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — 
Action    No.    32,686. 

The  People  of  thy  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  uny  purt  thereof,  de- 
fendants,  greeting: 

You  are  herebv  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  RICHARD  SCOTT,  plaintiff,  tiled 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and   particularly   described   as    follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southeasterly  line  of 
Falcon  Avenue,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
eighty-one  (181)  feet  and  three  (3)  inches  north- 
easterly from  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Mono  Street  (formerly  Moss  Alley) 
with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Falcon  Avenue  (as 
said  streets  are  shown  upon  that  certain  map  adopt 
ed  and  made  official  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of 
the  said  City  and  Countv,  under  ordinance  No.  ±652, 
New  Series),  and  running  thence  northeasterly  and 
along  said  line  of  Falcon  Avenue  twenty-five  (25) 
feet;  thence  south  44  degrees  east  one  hundred  and 
four    (104)    feet  and  eight    (8)    inches;    thence   south 

48  degrees  39  minutes  west  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  north  forty-three  (43)  degrees  51  min- 
utes west  one  hundred  and  five  (105)  feet  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  a  part  of  lot  number  6, 
in  block  number-  3,  of  the  MARKET  STREET 
HOMESTEAD  ASSOCIATION,— 

which  said  property  was  before  the  widening  of 
Mono  Street  (formerly  Moss  Alley)  described  as 
follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southeasterly  line  of 
Falcon  Street,  distant  northeasterly  on  said  line 
two  hundred  and  two  (202)  feet  and  one  (1)  inch 
from  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Falcon  Street  and 
Moss  Alley;  thence  running  north  50  deg.  20  min. 
east  along  said  line  of  Falcon  Street  twenty-five  (25  \ 
feet ;  thence  south  44  deg.  east  one  hundred  and 
four   (104)   feet  and  eight   (8)   inches;   thence  south 

49  deg.  50  min.  west  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and 
thence  north  39  deg.  45  min.  west  one  hundred  and 
five  (105)  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  point  of  com- 
mencement; being  a  part  of  lot  No.  six(6)  in  block 
No.  three  (3)  as  the  same  is  laid  down  and  desig- 
nated upon  the  official  map  of  the  Market  Street 
Homestead  Association,  tiled  in  the  otlice  of  the 
County  Recorder  of  the  said  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is'  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  the  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as   may  be  meet   in  the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and   the  seal  of   said  Court   this 
29th  day  of  August,  A.  D.,   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Sep- 
tember, A.  D.   1912. 

J.  KARMEL,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  105  Mont- 
gomery   St.,    San    Francisco,    California. 

NOTICE   OF  DISSOLUTION  OF  W.  E.    STANFORD 
&   CO.,  A  PARTNERSHIP. 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  (ilVEN  THAT  THE  FIRM 
of  W.  E.  STANFORD  Ss  CO.,  a  partnership  consist- 
ing of  W.  E.  STANFORD  and  A.  G.  LUCHSINGER, 
formerly  doing  business  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  was  dissolved  on  September  1,  1912. 
(Signed):  W.    E.    STANFORD. 

A.    G.   LUCHSINGER. 

THOUGHTLESSNESS 

Means  spendthrifts,  dependence,  disasters,  dis- 
appointments. Better  join  the  ranks  of  the 
careful  saver  in  the  Continental  Building  and 
Loan  Association. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

EDWABD    SWEENEY,    President. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Seety.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


Market  Street  Stables 


New  Class  A  concrete  building,  recreation 
yard,  pure  air  and  sunshine.  Horses 
boarded  $25  per  month,  box  stalls  $30 
per  month.  LIVERY.  Business  and 
park  rigs  and  saddle  horses. 


C.  B.  DREW,  Prop. 

1840  Market  Street.       San  Francisco 
PHONE    PARK   263. 


Citizen".  Alliance  of  S.n  Frucuco 

OPEN  SHOP 


"The  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence. '  * — Prof.  Eliot. 
Harvard  University. 


■? 


Show  me  the  Closed  Shop 
town  and  around  the  corner 
I'll  show  you  hundreds  of  hun- 
ffry  citizens  tied  to  the  char- 
iot of  Parasites,  who  live,  with- 
out working,  off  the  earnings 
of   the   poor. 


Citizens'  Alliance  Office 
Booms,  Nos.  363-364-365 
Euss  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 


WALTERS  SURGICAL 

CO. 

SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 

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LA  GRANDE  &  WHITES 

LAUNDRY  CO. 

Offlcg  and  Works,  234  12th  St. 

Bet.  Howard  A  Folaom  Sta. 

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Three  1409  Sutter  St. 

DAY        phone  Franklin  1098 

ADOPTED  BY  AUSTRALIAN  GOVERNMENT 


26 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    September   14,    1912. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.  4. 

HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action   No.    32,630. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting : 

Tou  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  plaintiff, 
filed  -with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and    particularly    described    as    follows. 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  six 
(106)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  westerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Webster 
Street,  and  running  thence  westerly  along  said  line 
of  Green  Street  oi.e  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(137i  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty-one  (41)  feet,  three  (3)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  Vallejo  Street;  thence  easterly  along 
said  line  of  Vallejo  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eighteen  (18)  feet,  nine  49)  inches; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
southerly  line  of  Green  Street  and  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION  Num- 
ber   321. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  bo 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

WitnesB  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
19th  day    of   August,    A.  D.    1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk.  _ 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  31st  day  of  August, 
A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  TRUSTEES'  SALE  OF  REAL  ESTATE 


Whereas,  W.  A.  WALKER  and  ANNA  J.  WALK- 
ER, P.  F.  BRADHOFF  and  KATHERINE  M. 
BRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W.  WEHE  and  PAME- 
LIA  M.  WEHE,  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, Stale  of  California,  the  parties  of  the  first 
part,  did  execute  a  certain  deed  of  trust  dated  the 
24th  day  of  October,  1911,  to  JOSEPH  E.  BIEN 
and  D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  parties  of  tlie  second  part, 
and  as  trustees  for  the  benefit  and  security  of  the 
P.  C.  COMPANY,  a  corporation  duly  incorporated 
under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  ol 
California,  which  deed  of  trust  was  recorded  in  the 
office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the  County  of  Te- 
hama, State  of  California,  on  the  15th  day  of  No- 
vember, 1911,  in  Liber  "T"  of  Trust  Deeds,  Page 
296   et  seq. ; 

!Now,  therefore,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and 
under  the  authority  of  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in 
pursuance  of  a  resolution  passed  and  adopted  on  the 
26th  day  of  August,   1912,  by  the  board  of  directors 


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promissory  note  made  by  "W.  A.  WALKER  and 
ANNA  J.  WALKER,  P.  P.  BRADHOFP  and  KATH- 
ERINE M.  BRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W.  WEHE 
and  PAMELIA  M.  WEHE  to  said  P.  C.  COM- 
PANY, to  secure  the  payment  of  which  said  promis- 
sory note  said  deed  of  trust  was  executed,  declaring 
that  default  in  the  payment  of  the  monthly  install- 
ments of  interest  had  been  made,  and  that  the  whole 
of  said  note  had  thereby  become  due  and  had  not 
been  paid,  and  requesting  and  directing  that  JO- 
SEPH E.  BIEN  and  D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  trustees, 
under  the  power  and  authority  conferred  upon  them 
by  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in  pursuance  of  said 
resolution,  to  sell  said  real  property  described  in 
said  deed  of  trust  and  hereinafter  described,  to 
satisfy  said  indebtedness,  the  said  JOSEPH  E.  BIEN 
and  D.  F.  CONWAY  do  hereby  give  notice  that  on 
Saturday,  the  21st  day  of  September,  1912,  at 
twelve  o'clock  noon  of  said  day,  at  Room  1114 
iddison  Head  Building,  No.  209  Post  Street,  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, they  will  sell,  at  public  auction,  to  the 
highest  bidder  for  cash  in  gold  coin  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  all  that  certain  real  property, 
with  the  improvements  thereon,  situated  iu  the 
County  of  Tehama,  State  of  California,  and  partic- 
ularly bounded  and  described  as  follows,   to-wit: 

The  west  one-half  (W.  y2 )  of  Section  Sixteen 
(Sec.  16)  and  the  east  one-half  (E.  V2 )  of  Section 
17),  and  the  northeast  one-quarter  (N.  E.  %)  of 
Section  Twenty  (Sec.  20),  and  the  northwest  one- 
quarter  (N.  W.  V\ )  of  Section  Twenty-one  (Sec. 
21),  all  in  Township  Twenty-five  (Tp.  25)  North, 
Range  Three    (R.    3)      West,   M  D.   M. 

Together  with  all  and  singular  the  tenements,  her- 
editaments and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging, 
or  in  any  wise  appertaining,  and  the  reversion  and 
reversions,  remainder  and  remainders,  rents,  issues 
and  profits  thereof. 

And,  also  all  the  estate,  right,  title  and  interest, 
homestead,  or  other  claim  or  demand,  as  well  in 
law  as  in  equity,  which  the  said  W.  A.  WALKER 
and  ANNA  J.  WALKER,  P.  F.  BRADHOFF  and 
KATHERINE  M.  BRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W. 
WEHE  aud  PAMELIA  M.  WEHE  now  have  or  may 
hereafter  acquire,  in  or  to  the  said  premises,  or 
any    part    thereof,    with    the    appurtenances. 

TERMS  OF  SALE:  Cash  in  Gold  Coin  of  the 
United  States  of  America;  fifty  per  cent  (50  per 
cent)  payable  to  the  undersigned  at  the  fall  of  the 
hammer;  balance  upon  delivery  of  deed,  and  if  not 
so  paid,  unless  for  want  of  title  (ten  days  being 
allowed  for  search  1  then  said  fifty  per  cent  (50  per 
cent)  to  be  forfeited  and  the  sale  to  be  void.  Taxes 
to   be  pro  rated. 

JOSEPH   E.    BIEN, 
D.    F.    CONWAY, 

Trustees. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.    3. 

MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.    32,539. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summoni,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  one  hundred  (100)  feet 
southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  street 
and  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of 
Seventeenth  avenue,  measured  respectively  along 
lines  drawn  at  right  angles  to  said  lines  of 
said  streets,  and  running  thence  westerly  aud  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Clement  street  eight  (8) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  par- 
allel   with    said    line    of    Seventeenth    avenue    three 


hundred  aud  fifty  (350)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  three  hundred  and  fifty  (350) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  Out- 
side Land  Block  Number  198. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  aatatea,  rightB, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  01  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  aa 
may  be   meet   in   the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
31st  day  of  July,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULOREVY,    Clark. 

By  J.   F.   DUNWORTH,   Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  AuguBt, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse 
to    plaintiff: 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society,  (a  cor- 
poration)   San  Francisco,   California. 

Fernando  Nelson,  San  Francisco,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  street,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

I  ilK  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OK 
California,    111    and    for    the    City    mid    County    of    San 
laeo, — -Dept,   No.  2. 
EDWARD  .nil    HELEN 

l  lill.u,   Plaintiffs,   »«.   All   persuus  clmoiing  any  m 

in    vr    liuu    upon    the    reui    prop)  rl 

■crihed  or  any  part  thereof,  Defeudaute. — Acuou  Nj. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
mits claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  Upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting  : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 

.1,1     .1    hHUAKU    W.   SJEOFKIKD  and   HELEN 

HKiilKIKH,    plaintiffs,    filed    with    the    Clerk    of    the 

above   l  I    and  County,   within   three  months 

after  the  ilrst  publication  of  this  summons,  uud  to 
■«i  forth  wiiat  Interest  or  lien,  II  sny,  you  have  in  or 
upon  thut  certain  reel  property,  or  any  pun  thereof, 
situated  end  County  of   San   Francisco, 

State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows: 

%\  a  point  on  the  southwesterly  line  of 
Oilman  Avenue,  distant  thereon  two  hundred  and 
twenty *flve  (226)  feet  southeasterly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southwesterly  line 
uf  Oilman  Avenue  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Jea 
uiugB  Street  l  formerly  "J"  Street  South),  and  run- 
uing  thence  southeasterly  along  said  line  of  (iilman 
nfty  160)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southwesterly  unu  hundred  (100)  feel;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northwesterly  fifty  (50)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northeasterly  one  hundred  ( 100  < 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  lots  14  and  15, 
in  block  551,  I3AY  PARK  HOMESTEAD,  as  per 
map  thereof  tiled  in  the  oftice  of  the  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  March  2,  1672. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
■  nd  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  aru  the  owners  of  said 
properly  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  their  title  to 
said  properly  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  ssid  property,  and 
•very  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
26th  day  of  June,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  13th  day  of 
July.   A.    D.   1912. 

PERKY  &  DAI  LEY.  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET  MAGUIRE, 
Plaint  ills,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in 
or  lien  upon  the  refil  properly  herein  described  or 
any    pari  thereof,   Defendants. — Action   No.  32,477. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET 
MAGUIRE,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
above-entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows: 

First:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Union  street,  distant  thereon  sixty-two  (62) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  easterly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Union 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Steiner  street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Union 
street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-seven  (87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25) 
feet; and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Western  Addition,  Block  Number  344. 

Second:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Twenty-second  avenue,  distant  thereon  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  southerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  west- 
erly line  of  Twenty-second  avenue  with  the  southerly 
line  of  Point  Lobos  avenue,  and  running  thence 
southerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue 
seventy-five  ( 75 )  feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
and  tnence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Outside  Land  Block  Number  262. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  yu  bo  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  i1 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  their  title  to 
•aid  property  be  established  and  quieted ;  that  the  Court 


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ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles,  in- 
terests and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and  every 
part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or  equitable, 
present  ur  future,  vested  or  contingent,  and  whethsr 
the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  de- 
scription ;that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
18th    day   of   July,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery   St.,   San   Francisco,   Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   8. 

GIOVANNI  DANERI,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lieu  upon  the  real  prop 
erty  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.    32,600. 

The  People  of  the  btate  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIOVANNI  DANERI,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  mouths  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lieu,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and  particularly  described  as  follows    : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Gari- 
baldi (formerly  Vincent)  Street,  distant  thereon 
ninety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line  uf  Garibaldi  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Garibaldi  Street  twenty  (20)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty-eight  (58)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly fifty-eight  (58)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT 
Number  379. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther   relief    as    may    be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
13th  day  of  August,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  H.   I.   PORTER,   Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  24th  day  of  August, 
A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,   San  Francisco,   California. 

SUMMONS. 


THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  end  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.   7. 

JOSEPH  G.  McVERRY,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty  herein   described   or   any   part   thereof,   Defend- 


ants.— Action 

The    People    of    the    State    of    California,    to    el) 
persons     claiming     any     interest     in,     or     lieu     upon, 
the  real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
■  I  ing : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the    complaint   of  JOSEPH    G.   Mi  eintlff. 

filed  with  the  Cleric  of  the  above  entitled  Oou 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi 
cation  of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in 
terest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  thet 
certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,  and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by 
tion  of  the  northerly  line  of  Lawton  (formerly  "L"  ) 
Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Eleven  in  Aveuuo, 
and  running  thence  westerly  and  along  said  line  of 
Lawton  Street  two  hundred  and  forty  (2*0)  feet 
to  the  easterly  line  of  Twelfth  Avenue;  thence  north- 
erly along  said  line  of  Twelfth  Avenue  eight: 
(87)    feet,   six    (61    inches;    thence   at   a   right 

y  one  hundred  and  twenty  (l*20j  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  twelve  (12)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Elev- 
enth Avenue;  aud  thence  southerly  and  along  said 
line  of  Eleventh  Avenue  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  OUTSIDE 
LAND   BLOCK    Number    779. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  he  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interest  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property' 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  hens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover 
his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further 
relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  9th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

™.      *     .        ,  ,By  H-  J-  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

Jne  first  publication  of  this  summous  was  made 
in  I  he  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  20th  day  of  July 
A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff.  105 
Montgomery  Street,   San   Francisco,   California 


NOTICE      TO    CREDITORS. 

No.    13,815.      Dept.    10. 


ESTATE    OF    MARGARET    COLLINS,    DECEASED 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J 

JS??8-fvradnlinifltra^or  of  the  eetate  of  MARGARET 
COLLINS,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  per- 
sons having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four 
(4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice 
to  the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858 
Pnelan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of 
business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
of   MARGARET   COLLINS,    deceased. 

.  .    .   .  ,      ,  M.  J.  HYNES, 

™VIT8TML0rJ0f     tbe     estote     of     MARGARET 

COLLINS,    deceased. 
Dated,    San   Francisco,   August  6,   1912 
CULLINAN   &    HIOKEY,   Attorneys    for  Adminis- 
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[Saturday,    September    21,    1912. 


PLAIN  ENGLISH 

BY  AMERICUS. 


PUDGE  SEAWELL'S  decision  that  Po- 
lice Commissioner  Spiro  and  Fire  Com- 
missioner Donohoe  cannot  hang  on  to 
their  offices  by  enjoining  Mayor  Eolph, 
who  wishes  to  be  rid  of  them,  is  what  Was  ex- 
pected. Judge  Seawell  is  a  good  lawyer  as 
well  as  a  just  judge,  and  before  such  a  man 
the  tricky  attempt  of  Spiro  and  Donohoe  to 
defy  the  Mayor  and  destroy  the  discipline  of 
the  Police  Department  and  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment was  doomed  to  failure  from  the  moment 
they  filed  their  injunctions. 

As  The  Wasp  has  already  informed  its  read- 
ers, Spiro,  through  some  of  his  intimate 
friends,  promised  Mayor  Eolph  that  he  would 
resign  at  the  end  of  August  and  retire  as 
gracefully  as  possible.  The  Mayor  had  told 
Spiro  he  intended  to  remove  him,  and  Spiro 
preferred  to  resign,  and  professed  to  regard 
it  as  a  favor  to  be  allowed  to  hand  in  his 
resignation. 

Notwithstanding  these  facts,  which  could 
be  easily  proved  before  any  tribunal,  Mr. 
Spiro  not  only  refused  to  resign  as  he  had 
promised  to  do,  but  resorted  to  all  the  trick- 
ery of  the  law  to  embarrass  Mayor  Eolph  in 
return  for  that  gentleman's  kindness  to  him. 

No  further  proof  of  the  Mayor's  good  judg- 
ment in  removing  Spiro  could  be  needed.  Now 
that  the  man  is  in  a  fair  way  to  be  ousted 
from  office,  it  should  be  laid  down  as  a  rule 
in  selecting  Police  Commissioners  that  all  per- 
sons connected  with  the  retail  liquor  trade  are 
ineligible.  Spiro  sells  soda  water,  and  one  of 
the  charges  against  him  is  that  he  violated 
the  law  by  selling  bis  beverage  to  the  city. 
The  most  serious  objection  to  him,  however, 
is  that  he  is  a  relic  of  the  thoroughly  discred- 
ited administration  of  Mayor  McCarthy,  and 
should  be  removed  for  the  good  of  the  Police 
Department,  which,  under  the  former  city 
government,  reached  its  lowest  level. 

But  if  Spiro  had  never  sold  a  bottle  of  soda 
water  to  the  city  he  should  be  considered  ob- 
jectionable by  reason  of  his  connection  with 
the  retail  liquor  trade.  The  saloon-keepers 
themselves  would  prefer  to  see  some  reliable 
man,  unconnected  with  their  trade,  placed  on 
the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners.  Under 
such  an  arrangement  there  would  be  less  jeal- 
ousy and  less  scandal,  and  smaller  opportunity 
for  petty  graft. 

The  man  Donohoe,  who  wishes  to  hold  his 
position  as  Fire  Commissioner,  is  thoroughly 
unfit  for  the  position,  and  has  conducted  him- 


self in  a  manner  which  shows  him  to  be  most 
u d trustworthy.  He,  too,  was  informed  by 
Mayor  Eolph  that  he  would  be  removed  from 
office;  and  he,  like  Spiro,  asked  permission 
to  resign  in  preference  to  being  dismissed  for 
cause.  The  Mayor  consented  reluctantly,  and 
only  after  Donohoe 's  friends  had  entreated 
the  Mayor  to  have  compassion  on  him,  and 
Donohoe  himself  had  pledged  his  word  in  the 
presence  of  his  friends  that  he  would  resign. 
When  the  time  came  for  the  fellow  to  hand 
in  his  resignation  he  repudiated  the  arrange- 
ment and  denied  that  he  had  ever  promised 
to  resign.  A  more  disgraceful  instance  of 
mendacity  and  low  trickery  has  seldom  been 
recorded,  even  in  ward  politics,  for  this  un- 
worthy Police  Commissioner  not  only  lied  out- 
right, but  humiliated  his  intimate  friends 
who  had  backed  up  his  false  promises  and 
saved  him  from  being  kicked  out  of  office 
months  ago. 

With  a  man  of  that  class  filling  the  re- 
sponsible place  of  Fire  Commissioner,  the.o 
would  be  small  hope  of  making  the  Fire  De- 
partment one  which  would  be  an  advantage 
to  the  city.  It  would  be  an  advantage  to 
Donohoe  and  his  ilk. 

All  of  Mayor  McCarthy's  appointments, 
with  a  few  honorable  exceptions — very  f.;w — 
were  of  the  stripe  of  Fire  Commissioner  Don- 
ohoe. Their  oath  wasn't  much  better  than 
their  word — in  politics  at  least.  It  was  a  for- 
tunate day  for  San  Francisco  when  the  people 
voted  them  out  of  power,  and  it  will  be  an- 
other happy  day  when  the  last  one  of  the 
gang  will  have  been  removed  from  official  life 
and  sent  back  to  stations  where  they  belong — 
sweeping  the  streets  or  driving  trucks.  They 
have  cost  San  Francisco  a  vast  sum  of  money, 
and  the  loss  sustained  in  reputation  through 
their  incompetence  and  crookedness  is  beyond 
calculation.. 


POLITICAL  CLAPTEAP. 

IT  IS  UNFOETUNATE  that  our  leading 
statesmen!  and  captains  of  industry  are  so 
much  disposed  to  discuss  important  public 
business  matters  with  all  the  heat  and  fury 
of  violent  partisan  polities. 

For  example,  that  discussion  of  the  Harbor 
Question  before  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

State  Harbor  Commissioner  J.  J.  Dwyer  ex- 
pressed himself  as  firmly  opposed  to  changing 
the  control  of  our  harbor  to  the  City,  instead 
of  the  State.  That  might  be  expected.  Mr. 
Dwyer  is  a  State  official  and  doubtless  be- 
lieves that  the  State  Government,  of  which 
he  is  a  part,  is  managing  harbor  affairs  very 
well. 

But  Mr.  Dwyer  did  not  confine  his  argument 


to  parliamentary  limits  and  business  consid- 
erations— the  considerations  of  most  vital  in- 
terest— and  hopped  over  the  fence  of  propriety 
almost  as  soon  as  the  discussion  began,  and 
quoted  Governor  Johnson  as  having  said  that 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  is  in  unholy  alli- 
ance with  the  Southern  Pacific.  Consequently, 
when  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  composed  as 
it  is  of  a  body  of  first-class,  thoroughly  re- 
sponsible, influential  and  representative  citi- 
zens, favors  City  control  of  our  harbor,  it  is 
but  the  phonograph  of  the  Southern  Pacific, 
which  means  W.  F.  Herrin.  It  is  the  ' '  Mas- 
ter *s  Voice"  that  is  heard.  The  obedient 
little  dog,  listening  to  the  voice,  wags  its  tail 
and  gives  a  timorous  yelp  of  approval. 

Now,  between  ourselves,  that  is  wretched 
clap-trap  to  come  from  the  lips  of  such  a 
clever  lawyer  as  Mr.  Dwyer.  Personally,  Mr. 
Dwyer  is  a  most  conscientious  citizen,  as  well 
as  an  intellectual  man,  but  in  this  instance  he 
appears  unable  to  sink  cheap  and  nasty  poli- 
tics and  discuss  a  question  of  great  public 
importance  without  lugging  in  irrelevant,  im- 
material offensive  personalities.  He  imitates 
the  favorite  pose  of  the  pugnacious  person  at 
the  head  of  the  State  Government — whenever 
by  chance  that  person  may  be  at  Sacramento 
attending  to  his  official  duties,  instead  of  a 
thousand  miles  away  ' '  doing  politics. 

It  was  well  that  Harbor  Commissioner 
Dwyer 's  fling  at  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
was  not  allowed  to  pass  without  a  proper  re- 
sponse. He  was  fully  and  effectually  answered 
by  several  speakers — Seth  Mann  in  particular 
— who  were  not  to  be  cowed  by  the  imputa- 
tion that  they  were  the  hirelings  of  the  Sou- 
thern Pacific  Company. 

Accusations  of  dishonest  collusion  with  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company  is  the  stock  argu- 
ment of  Governor  Johnson  and  the  orators  of 
his  cabinet.  The  argument  is  used  in  answer- 
ing all  statements  that  do  not  accord  with  the 
political  plans  of  our  absentee  Governor. 


PROGRESSING  CEABLIKE. 

«  t  Q  TANDPATTISM  is  an  impediment  to 
lJ  natural  progress,"  declares  Mr.  Bert 
Schlesinger,  who  wishes  to  go  to  Con- 
gress as  the  Democratic  Representative  from 
the  Fourth  District.  "Progressiveness"  is 
the  great  civic  virtue  at  present.  If  not  a 
"progressive,"  you  are  an  enemy  to  the  hu- 
man race,  and  particularly  that  part  of  it 
which  makes  a  living  by  politics. 

As  regards  the  election  of  State  and  nation- 
al lawmakers,  we  are  progressing  like  a  crab 
— backwards.  The  deterioration  in  the  qual- 
ity of  talent  and  civic  virtue  sent  to  Sacra- 
mento has  been  so  pronounced  that  decent  cit- 


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Saturday,    September   21,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


izeos  shrink  from  a  legislative  nomination. 
It  has  actually  become  a  reproach  to  be  known 
as  having  been  elected  to  a  State  legislature. 

No  one  will  argue  that  it  is  not  a  bad 
state  of  affairs  when  the  disreputable  people 
are  sent  to  the  capital  to  make  laws  for  our 
State.  If  you  ponder  over  the  subject  for  a 
moment,  it  will  become  evident  that  it  is  the 
untit  who  are  chosen  tor  Assemblymen  and 
State  Senators. 

The  qualifications  for  a  State  legislator  are 
those  that  would  disqualify  him  from  employ- 
ment in  any  responsible  private  position.  Ig- 
norance, idleness  and  dishonesty  are  the  most 
noteworthy  qualifications  of  the  men  who  as- 
pire to  make  our  State  laws,  and  at  last  we 
have  reached  such  a  stage  of  demoralization 
that  the  record  of  having  served  in  the  Legis- 
lature is  only  a  shade  better  than  that  of 
having  served  in   the   penitentiary. 

The  argument  has  been  used  that  the  demor- 
alization of  the  State  legislature  was  due  to 
the  influence  of  corporations;  that  elected 
Assemblymen  and  Senators  pass  laws  unfavor- 
able to  "the  people."  The  so-called  "Pro- 
gressives*'  have   used   that   argument   freely. 

If  that  were  true,  the  personnel  of  the  leg- 
islature should  improve  as  soon  as  the  corpor- 
ations were  defeated.  Governor  Johnson  and 
his  so-called  Progressives  claim  to  have 
"smashed  the  Southern  Pacific  machine" 
completely.  That  is  their  proudest  and  loud- 
est boast.  But  though  the  legislature  has  been 
freed  from  corporation  control,  the  character 
of  the  legislators  becomes  more  degraded  than 
ever. 

The  most  illustrious  local  statesman  now 
identified  with  legislative  activity  is  the  Hon. 
Tom  1'inn,  who  used  to  be  chambermaid  in  a 
livery  stable  not  long  ago,  and  bounded  into 
political  fame  by  helping  to  slug  unfortunate 
non-union  hostlers  that  refused  to  go  out  on 
strike.  The  assault  committed  on  a  poor  old 
cripple  by  Finn  and  other  strong-arm  strike- 
enforcers  has  seldom  been  exceeded  in  sheer 
brutality.  Unless  the  better  class  of  citizens 
be  sent  to  our  State  and  National  legislatures, 
both  will  become  more  than  a  menace  to  our 
republic.     They  will  be  the  ruin  of  it. 

♦ 

THE  COLONEL'S  VISIT. 

THE  net  result  of  the  visit  of  Colonel 
Roosevelt  to  California  is  that  he  gain- 
ed no  new  votes.  When  a  candidate  on 
the  stump  does  not  go  ahead>  he  always  loses 
ground.  Seldom  has  there  been  such  a  cam- 
paign as  this.  The  sane,  conservative  Repub- 
licans don't  want  Teddy,  and  are  far  from 
being  wild  over  Taft,  with  all  his  good  quali- 
ties. The  Democrats  don't  know  yet  whether 
they  want  Woodrow  Wilson  or  not.  The  sum- 
mary of  the  situation  is  that  Taft  is  gaining 
slightly.  The  Colonel  is  going  back  in  the 
betting,  and  it  looks  as  if  Bryan  and  Hearst 


may  help  Wilson  to  talk  himself  from  first  to 
second  place  in  the  race.  Whoever  wins,  there 
will  be  little  red  lire  and  skyrockets  set  off 
by  the  highly  disgu^uM  voters. 

1 

SOCIETY  NOTES. 


Mr  and  Mrs  Walter  M;irtiu  have  returned  to  their 
Burliugame   home. 

Mrs.  Arthur  Lord  of  Paris  was  the  guest  01  Mrs. 
Will   Crockur  at    New   Place  last  week. 

Mrs  James  Larolan  and  Miss  Emily  Carolan  have 
gone  East  to  visit  Mr  and  Mrs  William  Timlow  (Em- 
ily Carolan) 

Mrs.  W.  R.  L.  Campbell  was  hostess  at  a  large 
bridge  party  and  luncheon  at  her  home  in  Piedmont 
on    Saturday. 

Mrs.  John  Darling  was  hostess  at  a  dinner  given 
at  her  home  on  Thursday  evening,  in  compliment  to 
Miss  Cora  Helen  Smith. 

Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges  has  returned  from  Santa 
Barbara,  and  is  to  visit  at  her  mother's  Burlingame 
residence    before    returning    south. 

Senator  and  Mrs.  Francis  Newlands,  who  were 
spending  a  few  days  in  town,  entertained  several 
friends   at   luncheon   at    the   Palace. 

A  luncheon  was  given  recently  in  honor  of  Mrs. 
Ward  Ellis,  wife  of  Lieutenant  .rillis,  U.  S.  N.,  by 
Miss   Ruth   Brooks   at    Fort    McDowell,    Mare    Island. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allan  Macdonald  have  returned  to 
their  home  in  Presidio  Terrace  after  a  long  visit  at 
Pleasanton  with  Colonel  J.  C.  Kirkpatrick  and  Mrs. 
Kirkpatrick. 

Cards  are  out  for  a  delightful  tea  to  be  given 
by  Miss  Margaret  and  Miss  Florence  Redding  at 
their  attractive  home  on  Broderick  street,  Saturday, 
October    12th. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  M.  A.  Miller  and  Miss  Flora 
Miller  have  taken  apartments  at  the  Fairmont  for 
the  winter.  They  occupied  their  home  in  Ross 
Valley  during   the   summer. 

Miss  Ha  Sonutag  is  spending  a  week  in  Sacra- 
mento as  the  guest  of  Miss  Corinne  Dillman.  Miss 
Dillman  will  spend  part  of  the  winter  in  San  Fran- 
cisco,  where   she   is  popular  in   the  younger  set. 

Miss  Geraldine  Forbes  was  the  charming  hostess 
at  a  dinner  dance  at  the  Menlo  Country  Club,  gi^ea 
Tuesday  in  honor  of  Miss  Isabel  Sprague  and  Mr. 
William  jrool..  The  dinner  guests  included  the  mem- 
bers of  the  bridal  party. 

The  wedding  of  Dr.  Alfred  Grosse  of  this  city  and 
Miss  Rose  Wadsworth  Meyer  will  take  place  De- 
cember 18th,  at  the  home  of  the  bride,  New  York. 
After  a  brief  wedding  journey  Dr.  Grosse  will  bring 
his  bride  to   this   city   to   mane   their  home. 

M.  and  Mrs.  George  Shreve  and  their  daughters, 
Miss  Elizabeth  and  Miss  Agnes  bhreve,  who  have 
been  occupying  the  Lansdale  residence  in  San  Ma- 
teo during  the  summer,  will  come  to  town  for  the 
winter  months  and  have  rented  the  attractive  Wil- 
kins  home. 

The  wedaing  of  Miss  Hazel  Anna  Cook,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Alden  Cooke,  and  Mr.  Rob- 
ert   Spain   Woodward,    son    of   Mr.    and  Mrs.    Thomas 


P.  Wuudward,  is  announced  for  Wednesday,  Octo- 
ber 16th,  at  the  Fairmont.  The  wedding  will  be 
an  elaborate  social  event. 

Mrs.  Harry  Earl  Miller  gave  a  reception  at  her 
home  in  Oakland  Friday  in  houor  (f  her  niece,  Mrs. 
Thomas  Watson  (Nina  Clay),  who  is  a  visitor  from 
Mississippi.  Miss  Marjorie  Wilson,  a  charming  de- 
butante of  Oakland,  was  one  of  the  complimented 
gu68ts   on    this   occasion,   also. 

The  La  Jeunesse  Dancing  Club  has  issued  cards 
for  the  first  assembly,  to  be  given  October  11th,  un- 
der the  direction  of  Miss  Alys  Miller,  at  the  new 
Wellesley  studio,  3043  Clay  street.  The  assemblies 
will  be  one  of  the  important  diversions  for  the 
younger   bet   of   boys   and   girls. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  M.  Sutton  of  Berkeley  gave  a 
smart  dance  at  the  Town  and  Gown  Hall  on  Friday 
evening,  the  younger  set  being  the  guests.  The  af- 
fair was  planned  especially  for  Miss  Barbara  Sutton 
in  the  nature  of  a  farewell,  as  the  buttons  will  leave 
the  college  town  and  return  to  San  Francisco  for 
the   winter. 

A  delightful  dancing  party  was  given  at  Mare 
Island  Thursday  evening.  Dinner  parties  preceded 
the  dance,  one  of  the  interesting  dinners  being  given 
by  Ensign  Taylor,  U.  S.  N.,  on  the  South  Dakota. 
The  party  was  chaperoned  by  Mrs.  J.  D.  Peters, 
and  the  guests  included  Miss  Anna  Peters,  Miss 
Nell  Rauch,  Miss  Jean  Oliver,  Miss  Helen  Oliver, 
Miss    Katherine    MacAdam,    Miss    Bessie    McDonald. 

Mrs.  William  Goodyear  Backus  was  hostess  at  a 
beautifully  appointed  luncheon  on  Tuesday  at  her 
home  on  Lewiston  avenue,  Berkeley.  Mis.  Kate 
Franklin,  whose  son  is  promiuent  in  riilroad  cir- 
cles of  El  Paso,  was  the  complimented  guest  of  the 
day.  It  was  an  intellectual  group  of  friends  Mrs. 
Backus  assembled  on  this  occasion,  and  the  eventful 
day  was  distinguished  by  a  reading  from  Mrs.  Flor- 
ence Richmond  from  her  latest  book,  "Golden  Lark"; 
Miss  McMahon,  wno  has  lately  returned  from  abroad, 
sang  several  numbers  in  a  pleasing  manner.  Th<* 
Backus  home  was  beautifully  decorated  in  crimson 
blossoms  culled  from  the  home  garden  in  honor  of 
the  guests. 

The  Family  Club  will  give  another  of  its  famous 
"rows"  in  the  grounds  of  the  Church  of  the  Na- 
tivity the  evening  of  September  28th  for  the  bene- 
fit of  Father  Lacombe's  Church  at  Portola.  The 
little  chapel  will  be  dedicated  the  following  day. 
Among  those  who  will  take  part  in  the  Family  row 
are  Larry  Harris,  Alex  Young,  Roy  Folger,  Richard 
M.  Hotaling,  P.  D.  Kahn,  A.  Rosborough,  D.  H.  Mc- 
Laughlin, Fay  Beal,  E.  D.  Coblentz,  Frank  Hooper, 
Will  Jacobs,  J.  R.  Miller,  C.  J.  Dickman,  Waldemar 
Young,  Clyde  Colby.  The  patronesses  will  be  Mes- 
dames  J.  A.  Folger,  J.  B.  Casserly,  Perry  Eyre, 
A.  Carrigan,  J.  A.  Donohoe,  Eugene  Lent,  R.  Y. 
Hayne,  E.  Barron,  Edward  L.  Eyre,  Alex  Garceau, 
E.  R.  Diamond,  J.  W.  Harris,  C.  D.  McGettigan, 
George  Whittell,   Andrew  Welch. 

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ROAD   IN  FINE    CONDITION. 

A  great  many  motor  parties  have  arrived  at  the 
Casa  del  Rey  in  the  past  few  days,  and  all  report 
the  mountain  road  by  way  of  Los  Gatos  and  Hotel 
De  Redwood  to  be  in  better  condition  than  it  has 
been  all  season.  The  recent  rains  served  to  lay  the 
dust  and  the  road  is  therefore  in  excellent  shape. 
At  this  season  of  the  year  the  trip  is  delightful. 


Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  for  merchants  wno  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend. 


TWO  IDEAL  CRUISES  to  the  PANAMA  CANAL 

by  the  Twin-Screw  S.  S.  "Kronprinzessin  Cecilie" 
from  New  Orleans  on  January  23  and  Feb.  10,  1913, 

allowing  several  days   on  the  Isthmus, 

and  including  visits  to  Kingston,  Santiago  and  Havana. 

Duration  of  Cruises,  15  and  16  days.    Passenger  Rates,  $125  and  upwards. 

The  "Kronprinzessin  Cecilie"  is  the  largest  steamer  dispatched'  from    New    Orleans    to    the    Canal    Zone, 

and  this  winter  offers  the  last  chance    to  inspect  the  awe-inspiring    Engineering    Feat    of    huilding    the 

Canal,  as  the  cut  will  he  filled  with  water  hy  next  season. 

SECURE  YOUR  ACCOMMODATIONS  NOW. 

HAMBURG-AMERICAN    LINE 


160    POWELL   STREET, 


SAN  FRANCISCO,   CAL. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    September   21,    1912. 


^allafornnainis 

Are  Leaders 


SOME  weeks  ago  The  Wasp  referred  brief- 
ly to  the  number  of  San  Francisco 
writers  and  artists  who  have  made 
names  for  themselves  in  the  front  rank  of 
journalists   and  illustrators  in  New  York. 

Chief  among  the  artistic  fun-makers  is 
"Tad,"  Thomas  A.  Dorgan,  formerly  of  the 
San  Francisco  Bulletin.  In  the  words  of  a 
Californian  who  has  written  to  The  Wasp 
about  the  art  colony  of  San  Francisco  in  New 
York,  "Tad"  is  "inimitable/'  a  born  hu- 
morist, the  peer  of  the  clan,  a  jay  for  the 
jaded  ones,  a  fun-maker  of  the  rarest  order. 
Such  is  "Tad,"  and  incidentally  he  is  the 
second  highest-salaried  of  that  group  of  well- 
paid  laugu-makers  now  in  New  York  and 
gathered  together  from  the  earth 's  four  cor- 
ners. 

"Then  comes  'Bud'  Fisher,  formerly  of  the 
Chronicle,  who  stepped  into  Manhattan,  and 
with  his  Mutt  and  Jeff  soon  had  the  whole 
town  laughing — and;  believe  me,  it's  some- 
thing to  take  that  big  town  by  the  ears. 
Fisher  also  stands  well  to  the  front  as  a  high- 
salaried  illustrator. 

"Herbert  Roth,  who  established  himself  as 
a  caricaturist  of  merit  when  he  made  draw- 
ings of  R-uef  for  the  Bulletin  during  the  Graft 
Prosecution,  is  now  on  the  World,  a  shining 
light  in  his  particular  specialty.  By  the  way, 
Mrs.  Both  is  one  of  those  gloriously  beautiful 
California  girls  that  the  whole  world  so  justly 
raves  about.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roth  keep  open 
house  Sunday  evenings  during  the  winter 
months,  and  there  this  fair  hostess  entertains 
her  husband's  fellow-artists  and  the  writers. 

"Genial,  good-looking  Rube  Goldberg,  who 
drew  sporting  pictures  for  the  Bulletin,  is 
now  on  the  Mail. 

"Ray  Irwin,  who  used  to  draw  'Morgue 
portraits'  for  the  Post,  now  draws  pages  for 
Life  that  would  make  the  dead  laugh. 

"Fred  Cooper  is  a  valued  member  of  Life's 
staff,  and  that  is  some  distinction  in  the  art 
world,  for  Life  is  the  most  admirable  publi- 
cation of  its  kind  on  this  continent  or  any 
other. 

"Harrison  Fisher,  formerly  of  the  Chron- 
icle and  Examiner,  made  his  hit  drawing  pret- 
ty girls.  It  seems  a  simple  thing  to  make  a 
drawing  of  a  pretty  girl's  head,  but  no  other 
artist  has  succeeded  in  drawing  a  pretty  girl 
as  has  Harrison  Fisher;  and  no  other  artist, 
it  is  safe  to  say,  has  orders  piled  up  a  year 
ahead,  as  has  Harrison  Fisher.  He  has  a  big 
bank  account  and  a  fine  automobile. 

"Harry  Raleigh  has  a  handsome  studio,  a 
handsome  wife,  a  handsome  waiting  list  of 
editors,  and  a  handsome  income.  A  few 
years  back  he  used  to  draw  Sunday  pages  for 
the  Examiner  for  a  most  unhandsome  salary. 

"Maynard  Dixon  has  a  studio  near  New 
York,  and  is  busy  every  day  of  the  season. 
Lately  he  has  been  in  San  Francisco,  and  is 
now  engaged  on  a  series  of   drawings  to  be 


HARRISON  FISHER 

Most  successful  of  all  the  San  Francisco  artists 
went  to  New  York. 

used  in   Sunset   Magazine  during   the   coming 
year. 

"Another  star  in  this  galaxy  of  young  San 
Franciscans  who  have  made  good  names  for 
themselves  in  art  circles  in  New  York  is  that 
sunny-hearted  Native  Son,  Arthur  J.  Cahill, 
who  did  some  of  his  first  work  for  The  Wasp. 
His  success  in  New  York  was  instantaneous, 
and  he  continued  to  increase  his  reputation 
in  the  metropolis  until  his  young  wife  be- 
came a  vietim  of  tuberculosis.  Mr.  Cahill 
brought  her  back  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  but  de- 
spite all  efforts  to  save  her  she  succumbed 
to  the  dread  malady.  Mr.  Cahill  has  been 
drawing  for  Sunset  Magazine  for  some  time, 
but  expects  to  return  to  New  York  next  year, 
for  the  metropolis  is  the  most  inviting  field 
for  artists  and  writers  of  great  ability." 

♦ 

ZION  ON  THE  JOB. 

EDWIN  RAY  ZION,  the  celebrated  Direc- 
tor-General of  the  Bureap  of  In- 
efficiency, whose  appointment  is  con- 
sidered in  the  City  Hall  as  a  costly  joke,  he 
having  already  enlisted  the  services  of  an 
assistant  at  $1,800  per  annum  to  assist  him 
in  doing  nothing,  is  a  man  of  many  resources. 
The  Auditor,  having  held  up  his  demand  be 
cause  of  apparent  invalidity  of  the  ordinance, 
this  reformer  par  excellence  now  manages  to 
obtain  his  own  salary,  as  well  as  that  of  the 
above-mentioned  assistant,  out  of  a  fund  set 
aside  for  the  payment  of  extra  clerks  and 
examiners  when  their  services  are  needed — 
all  of  which  reminds  us  of  the  story  of  the 
bailiff  in  "Bleak  House,"  who,  being  joked 
about  his  long  wait  for  Harold  Skimpole,  an 
impecunious  debtor  whom  he  had  come  to  ar- 
rest, but  was  unable  to  lay  his  hands  on, 
philosophically  exclaimed:  "If  I  don't  catch 


him  one  day,  I  catch  him  another; 
a  day  don't  make  no  odds." 

» 

.    THE   BIBLE  HELPED. 

TIM  REARDON,  a  faithful 
disciple  of  Gavin  McNab, 
not  satisfied  with  holding 
down  two  public  jobs — to-wit, 
that  of  Superintendent  of  Public 
Buildings  at  $250  per  month  and 
Play  Ground  Commissioner — has 
now  taken  up  the  study  of  the 
Bible  to  get  more  money  out  of 
the  city  treasury.  The  other  day, 
while  in  quest  of  appropriations, 
he  had  recourse  to  the  Good  Book 
while  pleading  his  cause  before 
the  Finance  Committee  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors.  So  aston- 
ished were  the  City  Fathers  at 
this  sudden  change  of  Tim  that 
they  immediately  raised  his  al- 
lowance from  $3,000  to  $8,000. 
All  of  which  goes  to  show  that 
progression  is  the  order  of  poli- 
tics and  the  winning  card. 

♦ 

A  GOOD  SIGN. 
ESSRS.  KERNET  &  EI- 
SERT  report  the  sale  at 
public  auction  of  the  Si- 
mon Seymour  property,  northwest  corner  Bush 
street  and  St.  George's  alley,  between  Kearny 
street  and  Grant  avenue,  24x215,  irregular. 
The  purchaser  is  W.  B.  Pringle,  and  the  price 
$55,500.  This  the  brokers  consider  a  good 
price,  and  one  which  will  have  a  tendency  to 
restore  values  to  this  district.  The  attend- 
ance was  large  and  bidding  was  rather  spirit- 
ed among  those  present.  Some  time  ago  the 
property  was  offered  for  sale,  bait  the  bidding 
was  dispirited  and  the  prices  unsatisfactory. 

Women  are  no  longer  mere  ciphers  in  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


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Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
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11  K\  Barrister  Dauiell  of 
the  Loudon  bar  made  his 
stepdaughter,  Miss  Hast- 
ings, a  British  subject, 
by  her  own  wish  he  said, 
he  fancied  he  had  turned 
a  very  clever  trick  and 
checkmated  Miss  Hast- 
ings' aunt,  Mrs.  John  A.  Darling,  wife  of 
Colonel  Darling,  U.  S.  A.  Dauiell  harbored 
no  illusions  about  Mrs.  Darling's  quality  as 
an  adversary.  He  had  a  lot  of  respect  for 
her  cleverness  and  staying  qualities,  but  in 
the  light  of  recent  events  it  would  seem  that 
he  never  fully  realized  what  a  dangerous  an- 
tagonist she  is.  Mr.  Daniell  was  a  familiar 
figure  around  San  Francisco  last  year.  He 
came  over  the  ocean  full  of  fight,  and  deter- 
mined to  carry  the  war  into  the  camp  of  the 
enemy.  He  thought  nothing  could  spike  his 
guns.  His  Stepdaughter,  having  been  declar- 
ed a  British  subject,  Mr.  Daniell  was  going 
to  level  his  intimidatory  forefinger  at  -Mrs. 
Darling  and  her  lawyers  and  the  American 
judge  in  the  ease  and  order  them  to  hand 
him  over  forthwith  an  allowance  of  about 
$1,000  a  month  for  Miss  Hastings,  besides  ar- 
rears of  income  which  had  accumulated  since 
she  was  declared  incompetent  by  an  American 
court.  But  Mrs.  Darling  and  her  lawyers 
didn  't  scare  a  little  bit.  They  stood  to  their 
guns,  and  Barrister  Daniell  found  that  he  had 
a  legal  Port  Arthur  to  take  by  storm.  His 
fighting  ardor  cooled  every  day  that  he  re- 
mained in  San  Francisco,  dividing  his  time 
between  the  Palace  Hotel,  Judge  Graham's 
court  and  his  lawyer's  (A.  J.  Treat's)  office. 
A  sudden  flank  movement  by  Mrs.  Darling 
caused  Mr.  Daniell  to  raise  the  siege  and 
scurry  back  to  dear  ole  London  as  fast  as 
train  and  boat  could  carry  him.  He  learned 
that  his  Nemesis  was  heading  for  England, 
resolved  to  find  her  niece  and  try  to  bring 
her  back  to  her  relatives  in  the  United  States. 
Daniell  managed  to  reach  Miss  Hastings  first, 
and  although  Mrs.  Darling  remained  during 
the  winter  in  the  south  of  England,  she  failed 
to  bring  Miss  Hastings  back  with  her.  She 
obtained  material,  however,  for  a  renewed  at- 
tack on  Daniell  with  intent  to  remove  him 
from  the  self-appointed  position  of  guardian 
of  her  niece  and  custodian  of  the  weak-mind- 
ed young  woman's  income.  Nobody  knows 
better  than  Mr.  Daniell  what  it  would  mean 
to  him  to  be  legally  prevented  from  handling 
Miss  Hastings '  purse  and  disbursing  her 
money,  most  of  which,  Mrs.  Darling  asserts, 
goes  to  the  upkeep  of  Mr.  Daniell  himself  in 
style  befitting  a  London  clubman.  At  present 
the  odds  are  much  against  Daniell,  who  has 
been  scared  back  to  England  and  placed  on 
the  defensive,  watching  his  stepdaughter  and 
trying  to  keep  her  concealed  from  Mrs.  Dar- 


notice. 

All  communications  relative  to  toclal  news 
Bhould  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  F.,"  and  Bhould  reach  thifl  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  insure  publication 
in  the  issue  of  that  week. 


ling's  agents.  An  American  commission  is 
being  iormed  to  proceed  to  England  and  cor- 
ner Daniell,  who  must  often  think  that  the 
vendettas  of  Florence  and  Venice  in  the  Mid- 
dle Ages  were  prayer-meetings  compared  with 
what  he  is  undergoing.  The  Hastings  estate, 
from  which  Daniell 's  stepdaughter  draws  most 


MISS    MAETHA    CAIHOUN 

Her  re-engagement  to  the  most  eligible  bachelor 
in   Cleveland   no   surprise. 

of  her  income,  was  left  by  Mrs.  Darling's 
father,  Chief  Justice  Hastings  of  the  Supreme 
Court.  Part  of  the  estate  consists  of  very 
valuable  and  remunerative  property  on  the 
city  front,  which  will  become  more  valuable 
after  the  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

t5*  t5*  i^* 

Relaxed  Considerably. 

MES.   BOWIE   DETBICK   has    announced 
that  the  first  Assembly  will  be  a  pink 
affair.     All  the  girls  are  to  wear  pink 
frocks.     That   doesn't  appear  so  very  impor- 
tant, and  it  isn't.     But  it  is  of  decided  social 
importance    that    Mrs,    Detriek    has    decreed 


that  the  prefix  of  "junior"  shall  be  dropped 
from  her  Assemblys.  By  the  name  "Assem- 
blys," and  "Assemblys"  only,  shall  they  be 
known.  The  people  who  notice  a  small  cloud 
far  off,  and  predict  it  will  rain,  see  in  the 
excision  of  the  word  "junior"  from  Mrs. 
Detriek 's  Assemblys  a  cloud  of  obscuration 
perhaps  for  Czar  Greenway,  who  has  been 
the  bright  particular  star  in  an  almost  cloud- 
less sky  for,  lo!  these  many  years.  Too  many 
to  emulate.  May  not  the  Assemblys  minus  the 
word  "junior"  overtop,  outshine  and  obscure 
to  nothingness  all  other  affairs  in  fashionable 
San  Francisco? 

Another  significant  fact  is  that  Mrs.  Det- 
riek has  increased  her  list  very  largely,  and 
there  has  been  much  criticism  on  that  account. 
People  forget  that  it  takes  quite  a  list  to 
pay  the  bills.  The  captious  critics,  say  that 
Mrs.  Detriek  has  let  down  the  bars  so  .much 
that  climbers  of  the  least  agility  can  vault 
over  and  into  the  sacred  preserves  of  Exclu- 
sive Society.  However  that  may  be,  there  is 
no  question  that  these  Assemblys  are  quite 
the  most  popular  in  the  younger  set,  which  in 
a  few  years  will  not  be  so  young.  The  open- 
ing of  the  pink  ball  is  eagerly  anticipated. 

t5*      ^*      t&& 
A  Lovers'  Quarrel. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  society  is  not  particular- 
ly surprised  to  hear  that  Miss  Martha 
Calhoun  has  again  announced  her  en- 
gagement to  Wilson  Hickox  of  Cleveland;  for 
when  she  came  out  here  on  a  visit  after  sev- 
ering it,  her  friends  all  believed  it  to  be  only 
a  lovers'  quarrel.  Miss  Martha  is  an  extreme- 
ly high-spirited  young  lady,  and  one  rather 
used  to  her  own  way,  and  it  was  rather  be- 
lieved that  when  she  returned  to  Cleveland 
Mr.  Hickox  would  hasten  to  make  his  peace. 
He  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Hickox, 
and  is  a  graduate  01  Yale,  class  of  '04.  He  is 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Country,  Mayfield, 
Tavern,  and  University  Clubs  of  Ohio,  as  well 
as  a  very  prominent  business  man  of  Cleve- 
land. To  describe  him  as  the  most  eligible 
bachelor  of  that  city  would  be  correct.  Miss 
Martha  is  the  eldest  daughter  of  Patrick  Cal- 
houn, the  traction  magnate,  and  several  years 
the  junior  of  her  fiance. 

The  wedding  was  set  for  last  June,  and  all 
arrangements  made  for  a  large  church  wed- 
ding and  reception  to  be  held  at  the  Calhouns' 
new  residence.  Miss  Marian  Newhall  and 
Julia  Langhorne  were  to  go  on  to  act  as 
bridesmaids,  and  Mrs.  Paul  Foster  was  to 
have  been  matron  of  honor.  The  wedding 
has  now  been  set  for  Octeber  12th,  and  Miss 
Marian  Newhall  has  already  left  for  Cleve- 
land to  participate  in  it.  It  is  possible  that 
Mrs.  James  Parker  Jr.  may  journey  back  from 
Newport  to  fulfill  her  role. 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    September   21,    1912. 


Love  in  the  Desert. 

SO  MANY  new  wrinkles  and  original  fea- 
tures have  been  tacked  on  to  up-to-date 
weddings  of  late  that  it  would  seem  as 
if  the  strive*  after  originality  would  find  the 
search  a  most  difficult  one.  But  Eugene  Samp- 
son, a  young  oil  operator,  and  Elizabeth  Lank- 
tree,  Stanford  graduate  and  a  society  young 
woman  of  Alameda,  apparently  had  little  diffi- 
culty in  evolving  a  wedding  scheme  which  will 
make  even  Eleanor  Sears  sit  up  and  take  no- 
tice. The  first  plans  were  for  a  very  proper 
and  time-honored  ceremony,  to  take  place 
next  month,  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  fam- 
ily. Young  Sampson  is  superintendent  of  pro- 
duction at  the  Lost  Hills  oil  wells  on  the  big 
stretch  of  desert  on  the  border  between  San 
Luis  Obispo,  Kings  and  Kern  counties.  A 
big  gusher  and  other'details  of  oil  production 
caused  the  bridegroom-elect's  services  to  be 
needed  for  an  indefinite  period  at  the  oil  sta- 
tion, and  it  looked  as  if  the  wedding  would 
have  to  be  postponed.  But  if  Sampson  couldn  't 
come  to  Alameda  to  wed,  there  was  no  rea- 
son why  Miss  Lanktree  could  not  go  to  the 
Lost  Hills,  despite  the  desert  stretches  to 
cross  and  the  fact  that  the  oil  wells  are  65 
miles  from  railroads.  With  this  point  settled 
it  was  natural  that  the  day  should  be  advanced 
to  September  11,  so  last  week  the  wedding 
took  place,  with  the  desert  for  scenic  effect 
and  the  huge  veranda  of  Manager  William  Mc- 
Laine's  home  for  a  mammoth  bower  and  bri- 
dal parlors  combined.  Sampson  and  his  bride 
are  Stanford  graduates.  McLaine  is  a  former 
Stanford  baseball  champion.  The  attendants 
were  Miss  Erne  McGilvray,  a  Stanford  gradu- 
ate, and  Girard  Richardson,  likewise  late  of 
Stanford.  The  bride  is  the  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  B.  Lanktree.  Lanktree  was  one 
of  the  big  political  bosses  in  Alameda  county 
until  the  progressive  wave,  which  recently 
struck  Alameda  county  like  a  tidal  overflow, 
left  him  little  to  boss.  Sampson  is  a  San  Jose- 
an,  and  the  son  of  Mrs.  Martha  Sampson. 
Sampson  and  his  bride  are  occupying  one  of 
the  three  houses  in  the  little  desert  oasis,  arti- 
ficially made  when  the  oil  station  was  estab- 
lished. Manager  McLaine  occupies  another 
and  the  third  house  is  the  domicile  of  Benja- 
min Stroude,  a  former  University  of  Califor- 
nia football  hero,  and  one  of  the  oil  company 
officials.  All  about  stretches  the  desert,  giving 
a  regular  "Garden  of  Allah"  effect. 

What  Next? 

NOW  that  the  drawing  for  the  automobile 
given  away  by  Tait's  is  over,  patrons 
of  the  place  are  beginning  to  wonder 
"what  next."  If  John  Tait  follows  his  usual 
custom  of  doing. the  unusual  and  unexpected, 
the  next  free  offering  by  this  popular  estab- 
lishment is  sure  to  please  and  satisfy.  What 
it  will  be  no  one  knows.     I  asked  John  Tait, 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


and  he  smilingly  replied,  "Wait  and  see." 
There 's  always  some  sort  of  a  surprise  in 
store  for  patrons  of  this  popular  dining  place. 
It  may  be  in  the  entertainment,  the  decora- 
tions, or  in  a  prize,  but  "  It "  is  always  certain 
to  be  there.  And  aside  from  the  many  pleas- 
ing novelties  found,  one  can  always  get  a 
good  meal  there. 

An  Almost  Forgotten  Tragedy. 

THE  resurrection  of  General  Daniel  P. 
Sickles  and  his  domestic  troubles  is 
like  converting  the  lives  of  the  Phar- 
aohs into  newspaper  stories.  It  is  more  than 
fifty  years  since  Dan  Sickles  killed  the  man 
who  had  caused  Mrs.  Sickles  to  wrong  her 
husband.  In  that  half-century  so  many 
strange  things  have  occurred  to  engross  pub- 
lic attention  that  the  reappearance  of  the  old 
soldier  in  newspaper  columns  is  like  a  voice 
from  a  tomb.  Millions  of  Americans  imagined 
that  old  Dan  Sickles  was  dead  and  gone. 
Millions  never  heard  of  him,  though  his  name 
figures  in  the  history  of  American  diplomacy 
and  of  that  Titanic  struggle,  the  Civil  War, 
in  which  he  won  his  military  title.  He  was 
a  civilian  in  1859,  and  serving  in  Congress 
when  he  killed  his  wife's  lover,  Philip  Bar- 
ton Key,  the  District  Attorney  of  the  District 
of  Columbia.  He  was  tried  and  acquitted  of 
the  charge  of  murder.  Later  he  forgave  his 
wife  and  took  her  back,  and  for  that  act  was 
criticised  harshly,  for  in  those  days  bonds  of 
matrimony  and  the  ethics  of  the  home  were 
not  regarded  in  quite  the  same  light  as  now. 
The  Mrs.  Sickles,  whom  the  New  York  re- 
porters are  describing  as  being  desirous  of 
having  General  Sickles  dismiss  his  housekeep- 
er, before  she  returns  to  him,  is  his  second 
wife.  General  Sickles  met  her  while  he  was 
Minister  to  Spain  in  1871,  at  a  Court  function 
given   by  Queen   Isabella.     Mrs.   Sickles   was 


then  Senorita  Carmina  Creagh,  a  maid  of 
honor  to  the  Queen  and  noted  for  her  beauty. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  a  noble,  her  father 
being  a  Spanish  Councilor  of  State.  Her  mar- 
riage to  Gen.  Sickles  in  1871  seemed  a  happy 
one  up  to  the  time  that  her  husband  resigned 
his  post  to  return  to  this  country.  Then  she 
suddenly  and  without  explanation  refused  to 
accompany  him.  Later  she  reconsidered  her 
determination,  and  rejoined  her  husband  in 
New  York,  but  only  to  leave  him  again  and 
return  to  Madrid.  That  parting  was  twenty- 
seven  years  ago.  In  1908  she  returned  to  New 
York,  and  took  her  abode  on  West  Eighth 
street,  close  to  her  husband's  home.  Through 
the  efforls  of  their  son,  Charles  Stanton 
Sickles,  a  meeting  was  brought  about  between 
husband  and  wife,  but  no  reconciliation  was 
effected.  Since  that  time  they  have  lived  as 
strangers  within  a  stone 's  strow  of  each  other. 
The  newspapers  had  an  account  of  how  she 
pawned  her  jewels  the  other  day  to  save  the 
old  General 's  library,  which  creditors  had 
levied  on.  She  made  that  sacrifice  for  the  son 
more  than  her  husband,  who  seems  to  be  will- 
ing to  live  in  his  usual  condition  and  let  the 
objectionable  housekeeper  run  his  grass-wid- 
ower's establishment. 

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No  Slouch. 

The  men  were  arguing  as  to  whom  was  the 
greatest  inventor.  One  said  Stephenson,  who 
invented  the  locomotive.  Another  declared 
it  was  the  man  who  invented  the  compass. 
Another  contended  for  Edison.  Still  another 
for  the  Wrights. 

Finally  one  of  them  turned  to  a  little  man 
who  had  remained  silent: 

"Who  do  you  think?" 

"Veil,"  he  said,  with  a  hopeful  smile,  "the 
man  who  invented  interest  was  no  slouch." 

TIPO,  the  purest  and  choicest  California 
wine,  is  produced  only  by  the  Italian-Swiss 
Colonv. 


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INDIAN 


SUMMER  | 


at  Lake  Tahoe.  September  is  a  delightful 
month.  Fishing  is  excellent.  Quail  and 
grouse  shooting.  An  easy  motor  trip  over 
State  highway  via  Auburn  and  Donner  Lake 


TAHOE  TAVERN  Open  Until  OCT.  15 


Saturday,    September   21,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


ii  t.VK"  NEVILLE,  who  d 

golf  cracka  al   I  >el  Mont 

**      the   John    Ne^  illes,   and 


A  Great  Golfer. 

[ACK"   NKVILLK.  who  <lwV:iti-l  all  tin? 
Monte,  is  the  son  of 
ml   is  considered 
tbe    Adonis    of    the   younger     goli      players, 

tl gh    ili*'   snapshot    of    him    taken    for   The 

Wasp  when  he  was  out  in  the  boiling  sun  does 
urn    make   him    look   the   counterpart    of   the 

1 tli   beloved   b]    Aphrodite.     The  gossips  on 

Hi.-  porch  .-it  Del  Monte  kepi  their  eye  on 
Champion  .lark  when  he  meandered  over  the 
links  with  one  of  the  dashing  belles  of  most 
fashionable  society,  a  tall  and  dark  beauty, 
whose  family  has  long  been  habituated  to  the 

handling  of  money   in   lar^e  wails.     The  gossips 

whispered  to  one  another  it  surely  looked  like 
the  premonitory  indications  of  what  is  known 
as  an  "interesting  announcement.'1 

Of  the  Ross  Valley  Set. 

M[SS  CONSTANCE  McLAREN,  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  Norman  McLarens,  has  set 
the  date  for  her  wedding  to  Milieu 
Griffith  Tor  October  16th.  It  is  to  be  a  four 
o'clock  wedding  at  St.  Luke's  Church,  the 
Rev.  Edward  Morgan  officiating.  After  the 
ceremony  a  small  reception  will  be  held  at  the 
bride's  residence  on  Sacramento  street. 

CURRIER'S   NEW    STUDIO. 
E.   "W.   Currier,    the  well-known  artist,   has   moved 
his    Btudio    from    57    Post    street    to    220    Post    street, 
5th  floor,  Hirsch  and  Kaiser  building.     Visitors  wel- 
come Thursdays  and  Saturdays  from  2   to   5  p.   m. 


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Every  family  at  some  time  or  another 
needs  something  in  the  silverware  line,  or 
has  articles  to  be  repaired  or  matched,  or 
jewelry  to  be  fixed,  and  doubtless  would 
be  glad  to  know  of  an  absolutely  reliable 
bouse,  where  tbe  charges  are  right.  Sucb  a 
house  is  the  John  0.  Bellis  Gold  and  Silver 
Ware  Factory,  328  Post  St.,  San  Francisco, 
where  all  wants  of  this  nature  can  be  sup- 
plied at  reasonable  cost.  The  firm  enjoys 
the  confidence  of  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  the  State.  A  feature  of 
their  business  is  the  altering,  resetting  or 
entirely  reconstructing  of  old  family  jew- 
elry into  modern  styles.  It  is  wonderful 
what  transformation  can  be  wrought  on 
your  old  trinkets  at  trifling  expense  with- 
out impairing  any  of  their  sentimental 
value. 

We  can  supply  you  with  Silver  toilet  arti- 
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"Our  Lines  are  Limitless. "  If  we 
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GOLF    CHAMPION   JACK  NEVILLE. 

Mr.  Grid  th  is  the  son  of  Mrs.  E.  L.  Griffith 
of  Ross  Valley,  and  is  related  to  all  that  Ross 
Valley  colony — the  Kitties-Aliens  and  Coffins, 
and  is  a  cousin  of  Natalie  Coffin,  whose  wed- 
ding occurred  a  few  weeks  ago  to  Crawford 
Green. 

Miss  McLaren  has  chosen  for  her  brides- 
maids Miss  Harriet  Pomeroy  and  Miss  Mau- 
ricia  Mintzer,  who  have  not  yet  made  their 
formal  bow,  and  Miss  Dora  Winn,  Isabel 
Beaver,  Cora  Otis,  Elizabeth  Cunningham  and 
Ethel  McAllister. 

Prominent  Families  United. 

THE  marriage  of  Miss  Abbie  Parrott  and 
Edward  Tobin  of  San  Francisco  was 
noticed  by  the  important  English  news- 
papers. The  London  Correspondents  of  tbe 
leading  New  York  dailies  sent  accounts  of  the 
wedding,  which  took  place  at  Brompton,  Or- 
atory Clement  Tobin  being  best  man.  The 
three  sisters  of  the  bride,  Emilie,  Barbara  and 
Josephine  Parrott  were  the  bridesmaids. 
Douglas  Dick  and  M.  de  Guigne,  relatives  of 
the  bride,  and  Charles  W.  Clark  and  Raoul 
Duval,  relatives  of  the  bridegroom,  were  the 
ushers.  The  marriage  of  Miss  Parrott  and 
Mr.  Tobin  united  two  of  the  most  prominent 
and  influential  Catholic  families  in  America, 
and  that  fact  was  recognized  by  the  Pope, 
who  sent  the  young  couple  a  telegram  con- 
ferring his  blessing  upon  them.  Ambassador 
Reid  was  one  of  the  witnesses  at  the  "civil  cer- 
emony, which  preceeded  the  wedding. 

Richard  M.  Tobin,  Joseph  S.  Tobin  and  their 
nephews,  who  are  in  San  Francisco,  lunched 
together  at  the  Palace  on  the  day  of  the  wed- 
ding, and  sent  congratulations  by  cable  to  the 
bride  and  bridegroom.  Both  the  Parrotts 
and  Tobins  are  noted  for  the  strength  of  their 
family  ties  as  well  as  their  social  and  finan- 
cial distinction. 

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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    September   21,    1912. 


HENRY  HADLEY 

Latest   portrait   of  tlie    famous   and  popular  composer  who  will  again  conduct  the 
San   Francisco  Orchestra. 


How's  your  insomnia,  Slocum?" 
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when  it's  time  to  get  up!" 


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Coming  Back  to  Town. 

OUT-OF-TOWN  SOCIETY  is  all  planning 
to  move  back  to  town  the  first  of  Oc- 
tober, and  there  will  be  a  perfect  in- 
flux from  the  country.  The  Roy  Somers  are 
planning  to  leave  Mill  Valley,  where  they 
have  been  all  summer,  to  return  to  town,  and 
from  Boss  Valley  and  San  Rafael  there  will 
be  a  large  exodus.  The  Sam  Boardmans  and 
Ferdinand  Stevensons  will  come  over,  as  will 
the  George  Morrises  and  the  Du  Val  Moores. 
The  Jack  Polhemuses  have  rented  their  house 
in  San  Eafael  for  the  winter  to  John  Piggot, 
who  will  take  his  bride  there,  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Arthur  Brown  (Ruth  Casey)  will  be 
amongst  the  few  left  to  commute. 

The  Sam  Boardmans  will  occupy  their  house 
on  Franklin  street  until  their  new  house  on 
Broadway  and  Broderick  is  completed.  This 
is  the  second  home  the  Boardmans  have  built. 


Their  first  beautiful  home,  which  was  full  of 
wedding  presents,  was  one  of  those  destroyed 
by  the  fire  of  1906,  being  on  Franklin  street, 
directly  behind  the  Claus  Spreckels'  mansion 
on  Van  Ness  avenue. 

So  Say  the  Gossips. 

IT  IS  whispered,  that  a  romance  is  entwining 
around  two  young  budding  play  writers  who 
are  constantly  seen  in  each  other's  soci- 
ety, and  who  have  just  recently  completed  a 
play  together.  They  are  Felton  Elkins,  that 
popular  beau  and  heir  to  millions,  and  Janet 
von  Schroeder,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Baron 
and  Baroness  von  Schroeder.  They  are  both 
extremely  clever  and  with  strong  literary  tend- 
encies, and  are  apparently  a  most  congenial 
pair. 

Felton  Elkins,  I  hear,  .is  receiving  an  income 
of  $5,000  a  month,  and  he  and  his  sister,  Marie 
Louise,  now  Mrs.  Christian  de  Guigne,  are  the 
direct  heirs  of  that  wonderfully  well-preserved 
pioneer,  Senator  Charles  N.  Felton,  now  80 
years  old.    He  is  many  times  a  millionaire. 

The  mother  of  Felton  Elkins  relinquished 
her  right  to  the  Elkins  money  when  she  was 
married  a  few  years  ago  to  William  Neilson 
of  Philadelphia,  which  fact  largely  increased 
the  wealth  of  her  two  children. 

Mr..  Elkins  has  taken  a  house  in  San  Mateo 
and  spends  a  large  part  of  his  time  at  Eagle's 
Nest,  the  country  home  of  the  Von  Schroe- 
ders. 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than.  THE  WASr,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


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Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
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very  small  expense  you  can  enjoy  a 
world  of  entertainment.  Victrolas  $15 
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Saturday,    September   21,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


II 


A   Remarkably   Pretty   Wedding. 

THE  wedding  of  Miss  Marion  Miller  and 
Hernard  Ford,  which  took  place  last 
Wednesday,  was  one  of  the  prettiest 
house  weddings  of  the  season.  The  bride, 
who  is  a  beautiful  girl,  tall  and  most  patrician- 
looking,  made  a  charming  picture  in  rare  old 
lace  and  while  >utiu  and  her  dead  mother's 
diamond  necklace.  Her  veil,  fastened  into  a 
Dutch  cap,  was  most  becoming.  Her  two 
bridesmaids  and  maids  of  honor  were  very 
sweet  in  pink  gowns  with  black  velvet  hats 
with  pink  plumes;  and  instead  of  the  usual 
set  bouquets  which  the  bridal  party  invariably 
carry,  they  held  gold  staffs  with  American 
Beauty  roses  fastened  to  them  and  a  cloud 
of  pink  tulle. 

Many  of  the  early  winter  styles  were  no- 
ticed, and  large  velvet  hats  were  in  the  pre- 
dominance. Mrs.  Henry  E.  Bothin 's  gown 
displayed  the  new  fancy  for  pleated  skirts, 
the  entire  gown  and  bodice  being  made  of 
graduated  pleats.  It  was  white  chiffon  flow- 
ered in  blue  over  blue  satin,  worn  with  a  large 
blue  hat  trimmed  with  the  same  color  plumes. 
Miss  Marion  Crocker  was  quite  a  picture 
in  a  .trench  tailored  costume  of  pale  gray 
satin,  with  a  pannier-style  skirt.  A  black 
velvet  hat  smothered  in  white  ostrich  plumes 
completed  the  gown. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Charles  Baldwin  will  be  in 
San  Francisco  soon,  and  their  coming  is  wel- 
comed by  local  society,  in  which  Mrs.  Baldwin, 
as  Miss  Hobart,  was  a  great  favorite.  The 
Baldwins  have  been  living  for  some  years  at 
Colorado  Springs. 

A  Time-Honored  Gag. 

BROTHER  WALDEMAR  YOUNG,  one  of 
the  most  entertaining  of  dramatic  crit- 
ics, devoted  a  page  of  the  Sunday  Chron- 
icle to  that  accomplished  Native  Daughter, 
Maude  Lillian  Berri,  daughter  of  the  late  Ful- 
ton G.  Berry  of  Fresno,  who  was  almost  as 
well  known  as  the  prima  donna  herself.  Wal- 
demar  says  that  the  vivacious  Maude  Lillian 
is  singing  with  Kolb  and  Dill,  not  because  she 
needs  the  money  (her  father  had  a  million), 
but  because  she  wTas  offered  the  engagement. 
If  the  money  be  no  object  to  the  talented  pri- 
ma donna,  why  doesn't  she  donate  it  to  the 
combination  of  old  maids  and  motherless  ma- 
trons who  are  running  around  now  framing 
a  law  to  do  away  with  maternity  hospitals 
and  encourage  fecundity  "by  giving  a  cash 
bonus  to  all  prolific  females?  There  are  plenty 
of  other  charities  if  the  one  named  should 
not  appeal  to  the  prima  donna's  benevolence. 
That  phrase  about  ' '  not  caring  for  the 
money  that's  in  it"  is  one  of  the  oldest  gags 
in  the  English  language,  and  never  fails  of 
applause  from  the  gallery,  but  the  bald  and 
frosty-pated  occupants  of  the  front  row  in . 
the  orchestra  seats  wink  knowingly  and  chuck- 
Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


MRS.  FREDERICK  KOHL 

This  popular  young  matron  is  interested  in  the 
Toy  Dog  Show  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis. 

le  clear  down  to  their  heel-tips.  In  the  beauti- 
ful and  classic  language  of  George  Ade,  "The 
mazuma  has  always  been  a  star  attraction." 

Greatest  of  Bluffers. 

IT  HAS  not  surprised  those  who  know  Wil- 
liam A.  Bourn  of  the  Spring  Valley  Water 
Co.  that  he  had  the  nerve  to  refuse  the 
city's  offer  of  $40,000,000  for  a  property  which 
Judge  Farrington  decided  was  worth  only 
$26,000,000,  and  which  was  offered  by  Mr. 
Bourn  to  the  city  not  very  long  ago  for  $35,- 
000,000.  Bourn  is  known  as  one  of  the  great- 
est poker  players  in  America,  a  game  in  which 
the  ability  to  carry  off  a  big  bluff  is  of  im- 
mense   advantage.      Before   the    fire    of    1906 


scattered  so  many  of  the  old  residents,  there 
was  a  notable  set  of  poker  players  in  this 
city,  and  when  they  met  over  the  green  cloth 
at  their  millionaires'  club,  or  at  one  of  the 
leading  hotels,  some  pretty  stiff  games  were 
played.  "Billy  "Bourn  was  easily  the  cham- 
pion. He  has  not  lost  any  of  his  nerve,  and 
I  shouldn't  mind  offering  odds  that  his  bluff 
of  refusing  $40,000,000  for  the  Spring  Valley 
property,  which  would  be  well  sold  at  $30,- 
000,000,  will  win  the  money.  When  the  city 
voted  to  issue*  $45,000,000  of  bonds  for  a  mu- 
nicipal water  supply,  all  the  wise  people  knew 
that  the  $45,000,000,  and  not  a  cent  less, 
would  be  the  price  of  the  Spring  Valley  prop- 
erty to  the  city,  if  the  city  should  offer  to 
buy  it. 

Domestic  Peace  Restored. 

PEACE  is  restored  in  the  McNamara  fam- 
ily, which  has  had  so  much  notoriety  in 
the  newspapers  by  reason  of  the  efforts 
of  a  Mrs.  Perkins  to  oust  the  "man  of  the 
house"  from  authority  and  run  the  establish- 
ment herself.  Such  proceedings  by  mothers- 
in-law  would  excite  little  surprise,  but  Mrs. 
Perkins  was  only  an  old  schoolmate  who  had 
not  kept  up  a  lifelong  intimacy.  Nevertheless, 
when  Mrs.  McNamara  suffered  a  slight  stroke 
of  paralysis,  Mrs.  Perkins  assumed  the  role 
of  domestic  boss,  and  after  a  series  of  usur- 
pations of  authority  carried  off  Mrs.  McNa- 
mara and  family  in  the  unlucky  husband's 
own  automobile.  The  invalid  wife,  who  was 
the  treasurer  of  the  McNamara  family, .  al- 
lowed her  old  schoolmate  to  settle  the  bills 
on  their  automobile  tour,  which  would  have 
extended  to  Europe  if  McNamara  had  not 
intercepted  the  party  at  New  York  and  jailed 
Mrs.  Perkins  and  the  chauffeur.  McNamara 
asserts  that  the  relations  between  the  chauf- 
feur and  the  female  disturber  of  his  domestic 
peace  are  quite   confidential. 

Since  Mrs,  McNamara  was  brought  back 
from  New  York,  and  her  domineering  friend 
and  her  friend's  friend,  the  chauffeur,  were 
indicted  by  the  Grand  Jury  for  grand  larceny 
in  taking  McNamara 's  automobile,  the  mis- 
guided wife  has  come  to  a  clearer  conception 
of  her  unwise  course.  Large  bunches  of  her 
money  were  squandered  while  she  was  heading 
for  Europe  under  Mrs.  Perkins'  guidance. 
Much   of   the   McNamara   fortune   would   not 


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LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and 

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and  upwards. 

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'THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    September    21,    1912. 


have  been  left  had  the  women  not  been  in- 
tercepted at  New  York.  This  peculiar  case 
exemplifies  the  proverb  that  truth  is  stranger 
than  fiction. 

Mrs.  McNamara's  money  was  made  in  land. 
Her  father,  an  industrious  wood  and  coal  mer- 
chant in  the  Mission,  bought  a  place  for  his 
business.  In  time  the  family  coal  yard  be- 
came the  site  of  a  bank,  and  the  coal  mer- 
chant 's  daughter,  who  inherited  the  property, 
was  given  a  big  block  of  bank  stock  for  the 
land. 

Club  Performance  of  "The  Toad." 

THE  Antoine  Club,  which  intends  to  pre- 
sent Mrs.  Perry  Newberry's  play  of 
The  Toad,"  which  received  so  much  no- 
tice at  its  initial  production  at  Carmel-by-the- 
Sea,  promises  to  become  an  active  rival  of 
those  flourishing  organizations,  "The  Gap 
and  Bells"  and  "Tne  Players'   Club." 

Rehearsals  of  ' '  The  Toad, ' '  the  presenta- 
tion of  which  will  be  for  the  benefit  of  The 
Columbia  Park  Boys'  Club,  will  begin  on  the 
25th  inst.  The  intention  is  to  produce  it  in 
the  open  court  of  the  club  on  Guerrero  street, 
between  Sixteenth  and  Seventeenth  streets, 
and  to  stage  it  in  thoroughly  professional 
style,  and  with  a  cast  of  superior  merit,  under 
the  direction  of  Messrs,  Louis  Steiger  and 
Garnet  Holme.  The  former  is  president  of 
the  Antoine  Club.  The  music  will  be  under 
the  direction  of  Paul  Steindorff. 

A  new  rule  with  regard  to  ladies'  hats  will 
be  adopted.  The  fair  patrons  will  be  asked 
to  remove  their  hats  before  being  seated  and 
to  keep  them  oft'  until  the  final  drop  of  the 
curtain. 

Mrs.  D.  E.  'F.  Easton,  who  was  so  closely 
identified  with  the  Cap  and  Bells  Club,  is 
secretary  of  the  Antoine  Club.  Others  promi- 
nent in  the  organization  are  Mrs.  Edwin 
Stadtmuller,  dramatic  critic;  Miss  Marie  Cole 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Express;  Leila  Grant,  the 
playwright;    Herbert   Law. 

A  Real  Statesman. 

ONE  of  our  contemporaries,  in  referring  to 
the  coming  election  in  Nevada,  remarks 
that  United  States  Senator  Newlands 
is  the  ablest  man  Nevada  has  ever  sent  to 
the  upper  house  of  national  legislation.  Ne- 
vada has  sent  some  very  clever  men  to  Con- 
gress, but  none  who  has  devoted  his  abilities 
to  the  task  as  tirelessly  and  ceaselessly  as 
Prank  S.  Newlands.  He  began  his  career  in 
San  Francisco  as  a  young  lawyer  in  the  late 
General  W.  H.  L.  Barnes'  office,  and  is  one  of 
the  original  members  of  the  Bohemian  Club, 
when  that  famous  organization  was  little 
more  than  a  hole-in-the-wall  over  an  under- 
takers' shop  on  Sacramento  street.  Senator 
Newlands  is  said  to  be  desirous  of  re-election 
to  the  Senate.     Key  Pittman  of  Goldfield,  the 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


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Republican  appointee  of  Governor  Oddie  when 
Senator  Nixon  recently  died,  are  candidates 
for  the  Nevada  Senatorship  this  year.  George 
Wingfield,  millionaire  miner  and  banker,  and 
a  Republican  power  in  the  State,  is  favorable 
to  Senator  Massey.  If  the  people  of  Nevada 
know  what  is  best  for  them,  they  will  return 
Senator  Newlands  to  the  position  which  he 
has  graced  for  so  many  years. 

Key  Pittman,  the  Democratic  aspirant  for  the 
Senatorship,  is  a  Southern  man  of  pronounced 
type.     He   was   formerly   a  journalist,   and   a 


very  bright  one,  and  had  experience  in  the 
publicity  end  of  the  theatrical  business.  When 
the  Goldfield  excitement  occurred  Pittman, 
who  was  a  champagne  agent  in  San  Francisco, 
went  to  Nevada  and  was  soon  heard  of  as 
one  of  the  mining  magnates  of  the  new  El- 
dorado, wow  he  is  mentioned  for  the  post  of 
United  States  Senator,  which  has  always  been 
regarded  in  Nevada  as  fit  only  for  a  man  with 
a  most  impressive  bank  aceount.  Such  are 
the  changes  of  fortune  in  the  mining  regions 
of  the  West. 

Short  Public  Memory. 

A  GENERATION  which,  so  to  speak, 
"knew  not  Joseph"  is  arising  in  San 
Francisco.  The  old  order  has  changed 
and  new  people  are  coming  into  prominence. 
Not  very  long  ago  a  reporter  who  graduated 
from  Stanford,  and  whose  father  had  received 
favors  from  the  late  llnited  States  Senator 
Sharon,  former  owner  of  the  Palaee  Hotel, 
handed  in  an  article  to  his  city  editor  about 
some  social  happening  in  tht  Sharon  family. 
He  spelled  the  name  "Shearin. "  The  young 
man  evidently  had  no  more  idea  who  Senator 
Sharon  was  than  if  that  prominent  citizen  of 
great  wealth  and  influence  had  existed  on  the 
planet  .Mars  and  the  leporter  himself  had 
been  a  resident  of  the  moon.  The  other  day 
a  lady  reporter  (also  college  raised)  handed 
her  city  editor  an  article  in  which  she  referred 
to  the  former  owner  of  the  Palace  Hotel  as 
"Congressman  Sharron. "  The  public  memory 
is  very  short-lived  in  this  bustling  commu- 
nity of  ours.  It  isn't  so  long  since  every  man, 
woman  and  child  in  California  and  Nevada 
knew  Senator  Sharon  's  name  better  than  they 
did  their  prayers. 

The  great  trouble  with  a  man  of  might  is 
that  very  often  he  won't. 


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Since  the  decision  rendered  by  the  United  States  Su- 
preme Court,  it  has  been  decided  by  the  Monks  here- 
after to  bottle 

CHARTREUSE 

(Liqueur  Peres  Chartreux) 

both  being  identically  the  same  article,  under  a  combi- 
nation label  representing  the  old  and  the  new  labels, 
and  in  the  old  style  of  bottle  bearing  the  Monks' 
familiar  insignia,  as  shown  in  this  advertisement. 

According  to  the  decision  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court, 
handed  down  by  Mr;  Justice  Hughes  on  May  29th,  1911, 
no  one  but  the  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Chartreux)  is 
entitled  to  use  the  word  CHARTREUSE  as  the  name  or 
designation  of  a  liqueur,  so  their  victory  in  the  suit 
against  the  Cusenier  Company,  representing  M.  Henri 
Leeouturier,  the  Liquidator  appointed  by  the  French 
Courts,  and  his  successors,  the  Compagnie  Fermiere  de 
la  Grande  Chartreuse,  is  complete. 

The  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Chartreux),  and  they 
alone,  have  the  formula  or  recipe  of  the  secret  process 
employed  in  the  manufacture  of  the  genuine  Char- 
treuse, and  have  never  parted  with  it.  There  is  no 
genuine  Chartreuse  save  that  made  by  them  at  Tarra- 
gona, Spain. 

At  first-class  Wine  Merchants,  Grocers,  Hotels,  Oafe*. 
Batjer  &  Co.,  45  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Sole  Agents  for  United  States. 


Saturday,    September    21,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


13 


Much  Entertaining  Expected. 

THE  Gufl  Bpreokels1  are  booked  at  the 
KairiiiMitt  i'<>r  tin-  eml  of  the  month,  and 
EQUch    cut. -it  aining    is    ln'in^    planned    in 

their  honor.  It  is  being  ardently  hoped  thai 
Mr.  and  Mrs,  Spencer   Eddy  will  accompany 

them  on  their  trip  to  the  Coast,  as  Mrs.  Kddy 
has  only  made  one  visit  here  since  her  mar- 
riage some  years  ago. 

She  had  many  friends  when  she  made  her 
debut  here  as  the  beautiful  Lurline  Spreckels, 
and  in  Paris,  where  she  was  the  objed  of 
such  devotion  from  that  famous  bird-man, 
Santos  Dumont.  In  fact,  rumor  had  it  that 
she  would  wed  him.  when  the  news  came  of 
her  engagement  to  Spencer  Eddy,  who  was 
then  Secretary  to  the  Legation  at  Berlin.  They 
have  a  beautiful  home  in  Chicago,  where  they 
are  constant  entertainers. 

Cosmos  Club  No  More. 

WHEN  the  Cosmos  Club  entertained  the 
President  and  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Union  League  Club  at  their  din- 
ner recently,  there  was  a  commingling  of 
mirth  and  melancholy.  It  was  in  tire  nature 
of  an  adandonment  of  the  old  ties  and  the 
inauguration  of  new  ones.  President  Tryon 
of  the  Union  League  Club  expressed  the  sen- 
timents of  his  club  and  invited  the  Cosmos 
members  to  afliliate  with  them.  While  there 
may  have  been  some  hesitation  in  relinquish- 
ing old-time  ties,  some  fifty-three  Cosmos 
members  signed  for  the  new  enrollment.  Wil- 
liam Hanson,  President  of  the  Cosmos  Club, 
presided  at  the  dinner.  Charles  L.  Weller 
was  toastmaster.  Brilliant  speeches  were  the 
order  of  the  evening,  while  gloom  departed  and 
joy  held  sway.  Those  who  responded  to  toasts 
were  E..  H.  Tryon,  President  of  the  Union 
League  Club;  W.  B.  Webster,  Vice-President;' 
C.  G.  Wood,  Secretary;  and  Varney  W.  Gas- 
kill,  Managing  Director;  Henry  Ickhoff,  Vice- 
President  of  the  Cosmos  Club;  Fred  S.  Myrtle, 


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*  PERA.TIVES  in  full  dreBS  furnished  for 
weddinga,  receptions  and  other  social 
functions.  Uniformed  officers  supplied 
as  ticket  takers  for  balls,  dances  and 
entertainments  at  reasonable  rates. 
Patrolmen  to  protect  property  against  fire  and 
depredations  of  thieves  daring  absence  of  owner. 
Engage  in  all  branches  of  legitimate  detective 
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MRS.   JOHN  A.   DARLING 

The  Nemesis  of  Lawyer  Dauiell  of  the  English 
bar. 

Clunk's  P.  Ilanloii,  Retired  Admirals  Farenholt 
and  Kempff,  and  Justice  Lucian  Shaw. 

In  such  a  bunch  there  was  certainty  of  some 
good  speeches.  Mr.  Tryon  could  have  given 
them  some  valuable  thoughts  on  the  uncertain- 
ty of  politics.  Varney  Gaskill  is  a  walking 
encyclopedia,  and  Fred  Myrtle  and  Charlie 
Hanlon  know  enough  about  the  inside  of  clubs 
and  clubdom  in  Sau  Francisco  to  fill  all  the 
shelves  of  the  free  Library.  The  old  Cosmos 
was  a  good  club  in  its  day,  but  one  of  its 
mistakes  was  to  anchor  away  out  in  the  fog- 
belt  after  the  fire  of  1906,  when  everybody 
else  had  betaken  themselves  downtown.  Clubs 
cannot  be  old-fogyish  any  more  than  business 
men. 

A  CJ-reat  Golf  Player. 

SOCIETY  is  still  discussing  with  interest 
the  golf  tournament  at  Del  Monte  and 
Miss  Edith  Chesebrough's  wonderful 
nerve — for  nerve  she  certainly  has.  That  is 
what  counts  in  a  tournament,  whether  between 
men  or  women.  In  golf  tournaments  a  woman 
may  play  a  beautiful  game  when  it's  just  for 
fun,  but  when  it's  in  dead  earnest,  with  the 
championship  for  the  prize,  the  steadiest  play- 
er will  tremble  just  a  wee  bit,  and  in  golf  it's 
the  wee  bits  that  count. 

Miss  Chesebrough,  besides  playing  a  won- 
derful game,  has  the  nerve  of  a  man,  and  is  as 
steady  in  a  tournament  as  in  an  ordinary 
practice  game. 

Mrs.  A.  R.  Pommer  made  very  direct  drives, 
but  on  the  putting  green  her  nervousness 
showed  and  she  lost  ground.  However,  a  very 
brilliant  future  is  predicted  for  that  lady, 
and  it  is  expected  that  Coast  titles  will  be 
hers  in  the  near  future. 

Miss  Edith  Chesebrough  is  a  typical  ath- 
lete, who  adores  sports  of  all  kinds  and  scorns 
anything  feminine.  She  has  a  man 's  easy 
stride,  dresses  in  most  severe  clothes,  and 
much  prefers  the  company  of  her  finely  trained 
dogs  to  the  teatable  gatherings.  In  fact,  it  is 
almost  impossible  to  induce  this  young  woman 
of  Amazonian  proportions  to  grace  a  formal 
dinner-table  or  enter  a  ballroom. 


Mis-<  Chesebrough  lias  the  unique  distinc- 
tion— if  distinction  one  may  call  it — of  having 
been  kidnaped  iu  her  early  infancy.  It  was 
when  -he  was  a  tot  of  three  or  more  that  she 
\\,i-  snatched  from  her  nurse's  care  and  whisk- 
ed "IV  and  kept  away   for  hours. 

Miss  Chesebrough  left  on  Monday  fur  New 
fork  with  the  Alexander  girls  will  be  their 
guest  at  their  beautiful  home  on  Fifty-eighth 
•^i  reel .  adjoining  the  Cornelius  Vnaderbilts ', 
and  ;it  their  country  place  at  Tuxedo.  She  is 
planning  to  enter  several  of  the  Eastern  golf 
tournaments  before  returning  home. 

The  Chesebroughs  and  the  Crocker  family 
have  been  on  terms  of  the  closest  friendship 
for  many  years.  The  late  George  Crocker  and 
the  elder  Mr.  Chesebrough  were  inseparable, 
and  whenever  Mr.  Crocker  came  from  New 
York  to  visit  his  relatives  here  Mr.  Chese- 
brough was  the  first  to  entertain  him. 

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Little  James,  while  at  a  neighbor's,  "was 
given  a  piece  of  bread  and  butter,  and  politely 
said,  "Thank  you!" 

"That's  right,  James,"  said  the  lady,  "I 
like  to   hear  little  boys  say  'Thank  you!'  " 

"Well,  rejoined  James,  "if  you  want  to 
hear  me  say  it  again  you  might  put  some  jam 
on  it. ' ' 

Women  are  no  longer  mere  clpners  In  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


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-THE  WASP  - 


[Saturday,    September   21,    1912. 


Is  fclfoe  Bull  Moose 


MANY  PEOPLE  are  now  asking  whether 
Colonel  Roosevelt  is  quite  right  in 
his  upper  story.  Newspaper  corres- 
pondents have  been  discussing  that  question 
for  years.  There  is  nothing  in  American  his- 
tory to  match,  fully,  the  eccentricities  of 
Colonel  Roosevelt  in  the  White  House  and 
since  he  left  it.  The  Demon  of  Unrest  seems 
to  have  taken  possession  of  him,  even  more 
fully  than  Napoleon  was  possessed.  The 
French  Emperor  was  only  happy  when  carry- 
ing war  into  somebody 's  territory,  and  the 
Colonel  is  in  his  merriest  mood  when  shouting 
defiance  at  his  enemies. 

Lombroso  would  have  had  no  difficulty  in 
classifying  Colonel  Roosevelt,  for  the  famous 
Italian  author  and  scientist  has  maintained 
in  his  book  on  men  of  genius,  that  all  gen- 
iuses are  more  or  less  mentally  deranged.  The 
curious  thing  is  that  there  is  a  wonderful 
similarity  between  the  abnormal  character- 
istics of  the  man  of  genius  and  those  of  the 
insane. 

Delusion  is  the  most  undeniable  character- 
istic of  the  insane.  The  lunatic  imagines  him- 
self an  emperor,  a  mighty  conqueror,  a  bril- 
liant author,  a  marvelous  painter,  an  unequal- 
ed  sculptor,  or  one  or  more  of  a  hundred 
things  that  he  neither  is  nor  ever  can  be.   The 


A  HIKE    WITH  THE    COLONEL 


One  of  the  former  President's  strenuous  tramps 
through  the  woods  regardless  of  weather. 


man  of  genius  often  has  the  same  self-admira- 
tion. Gibbon,  the  historian,  wrote  in  his 
diary,  that  he  was  the  greatest  historian  that 
had  ever  lived.  Walt  Whitman,  the  quaint 
American  poet,  sang  his  own  praises  in  a  long 
poem. 

Rousseau  was  another  man  of  genius  in- 
ordinately vain.  Perhaps  the  most  remarka- 
ble example  of  this  "delusion  of  grandeur" 
in  a  great  man  is  the  case  of  Schopenhauer, 
the  German  philosopher,  who  went  so  far  as 
to  say:  "If  I  could  only  satisfy  my  desire  to 
look  upon  this  race  of  toads  and  vipers  as 
my  equals,  it  would  be  a  consolation  to  me." 
Such  are  many  of  the  more  common  signs  of 
the  affinity  between  genius  and  insanity.  But 
there  are  many  more  which  are  less  fre- 
quently observed. 

Many  times  in  the  "history  of  the  world, 
men  whose  mental  aberration  was  sufficient 
to  have  justified  their  commitment  to  a  lun- 
atic asylum,  have  been  acclaimed  as  great 
leaders.  Multitudes  have  followed  them.  No- 
body could  be  much  crazier  than  Cola  de 
Rienzi,  and  nevertheless,  Petrarch  and  other 
celebrated  Italians  of  his  day  hailed  the  mad- 
man as  one  of  the  greatest  of  his  race.  Pe- 
trarch lauded  Rienzi  as  a  modern  Gracchus 
or  Seipio.  In  his  poems  he  referred  to  the 
maniac  as  if  he  were  a  sublime  and  super- 
natural  being. 

Lombroso  classifies  Rienzi  amongst  the  fa- 
mous men  of  genius  who  were  mad  as  March 
hares.  Rienzi  was  one  of  the  wildest.  This 
son  of  a  Roman  inn-keeper,  despite  his  ab- 
errations, or  perhaps  because  of  his  aberra- 
tions, drew  the  multitude  to  him.  Beginning 
with  no  power,  he  attained  almost  supreme 
authority  and  destroyed  that  of  the  nobles, 
whom  he  hated  because  they  had  killed  his 
brother.  Desiring  revenge,  he  was  tireless  in 
his  efforts  to  pull  down  the  nobles  from  their 
seats  of  power  and  raise  himself  to  authority. 
He  professed  to  be  carrying  on  a  crusade, 
and  was  ostentatiously  pious.  When  not  en- 
gaged in  praying,  he  was  talking  about  Prov- 
idence and  its  good  judgment  in  making  him 
its  special  instrument. 

Ignoring  the  authority  of  the  Government 
of  the  Thirteen  (the  lawful  governing  power) 
Rienzi  convoked  a  "parliament  of  the  people" 
and  obtained  its  approval  of  the  measures  he 
was  advocating.  Amongst  these  was  the  im- 
mediate decision  of  all  lawsuits,  that  nobles 
and  people,  alike,  should  be  given  equal  jus- 
tice; that  the  taxes  should  be  rearranged  so 
as  to  shift  the  burden  on  the  rich;  that  the 
forts  and  bridges  and  gates  of  the  city  should 
be  held  by  the  rector  of  the  people  and  not 
the  nobility;  and  that  all  the  store-houses  for 
grain  should  be  thrown  open  for  the  use  of 
the  public. 

Amid  general  homage  and  applause,  Rienzi 
proclaimed  himself  head  of  the  republic,  with 
the  title  of  "Tribune  and  Liberator  of  the 
Holy  Roman  Republic,  by  authority  of  the 
Most  Merciful  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 

The  Roman  nobles  laughed  at  this  appar- 
ently empty  honor  conferred  on  the  "libera- 
tor," but  within  six  months  he  called  the 
militia  to  arms  and  made  war  on  the  ruling 


"FOLLOW    THE    LEADER" 

*    Roosevelt  leading  his  companions  a  merry  cnase 
in  the   suburbs   of  Washington,   D.    C. 

nobles  and  defeated  them  in  a  genuine  battle. 
This  success  turned  Rienzi 's  head  and  he  be- 
gan to  play  the  tyrant  by  levying  taxes  and 
exacting  instant  obedience.  He  kept  the 
republic  in  a  ferment  from  1347  to  1354,  when 
he  took  to  killing  people  for  their  money,  for 
he  was  in  desperate  need  of  coin  to  keep  his 
political  schemes  in  operation  and  retain  pos- 
session of  the  Government.  He  invited  to  a 
banquet  Ft  a  Monreale,  one  of  his  rich  ad- 
herents, and  put  him  to  death  for  the  sake  of 
his  wealth.  The  victim 's  two  brothers,  who 
were  captains  of  his  troops,  he  threw  into 
prison.  This  act  excited  general  indignation 
and  when  the  lunatic  resorted  to  other  violent 
deeds  to  fill  his  depleted  exchecquer,  the  peo- 
ple stormed  the  Capitol  with  cries  of  "Death 
to  the  Traitor."  Rienzi,  draped  in  the  toga 
adorned  with  symbols,  which  he  often  wore 
in  public,  appeared  at  the  window  and  tried 
to  subdue  the  populace,  but  they  answered  his 
words  by  missiles  hurled  at  him.  The  last  stage 
of  his  popularity  had  been  passed.  The  old 
charm  was  broken.  The  alarmed  dictator 
fled,  hid  himself  in  the  courtyard,  shaved  his 
beard  and  disguised  as  a  shepherd,  with  a 
cloth  over  his  head,  slipped  into  the  crowd 
and  joined  in  their  cries  against  himself.  Be- 
ing recognized,  however,  by  the  golden  brace- 


Saturday,    September   21,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


15 


lets  he  bad  forgotten  to  remove,  he  was  in* 
"titniiy  stabbed.  For  two  days  his  corpse  was 
left   exposed   to   the   insults  of   the  mob   and 

was  then  buried,  Such  was  the  wretched  end 
of  a  man  who,  though  unhinged  mentally. 
reached  such  heights  of  power  that  he  seemed 
destined  to  carry  out  his  avowed  purpose  of 
creating  an  universal  revolution,  calculated 
to  regenerate  Rome  and  Italy,  and.  after  these 
the  civilized  world. 

Tin*  two  engravings  which  accompany  this 
article  were  made  from  photographs  of  Colonel 
KiMisevelt's  cross-country  runs  around  Wash- 
ington when  he  was  serving  as  President. 
One  picture  represents  him  leading  his  mili- 
tary aide  through  the  woods.  The  unlucky 
officer  returned  in  a  state  of  exhaustion. 
Koosevelt  had  taken  him  off  on  the  hike  at 
a  moment's  warning,  and  while  they  were 
tearing  along  through  the  woods  the  rain  be- 
gan and  fell  in  torrents.  Coming  to  a  swollen 
creek  the  Colonel  plunged,  waist-deep,  through 
the  water,  and  there  was  nothing  for  the 
aide  to  do  but  follow  his  chief. 

The  other  picture  shows  the  progress  of  a 
hike  in  which  President  Roosevelt  led  a  lot 
of  military  officers  and  friends  in  civil  life 
through  brush  and  bramble  and  over  rocks 
like  a  party  of  school  boys  on  a  juvenile 
frolic.  The  newspapers  of  Washington  re- 
ported the  affair  and  it  occasioned  a  great 
deal  of  comment,  the  mildest  remark  being 
that  a  fat  and  middle-aged  President  who 
could  find  time  for  such  boyish  pranks  was, 
to  say  the  least,   very  strenuous. 

-♦ 

DEMANDS   FOR   DIAZ. 

MOBS  in  the  City  of  Mexico  are  demand- 
ing the  recall  of  Diaz,  who  was  never 
anything  but  a  dictator.  He  ruled 
with  the  rifle  when  in  his  opinion  force  was 
advisable.  Under  his  benevolent  despotism 
Mexico  advanced  rapidly  from  a  wretched 
condition  of  unrest,  almost  akin  to  barbarism, 
and  became  a  land  of  great  progress  and 
prosperity.  Foreign  capital  was  invested  free- 
ly in  Mexico,  and  the  natural  resources  of  the 
country  developed  to  the  advantage  of  every- 
body. 

All  this  was  forgotten  by  the  people  when 
the  foes  of  Diaz,  who  wished  to  wrest  author- 
ity from  him  and  use  it  themselves,  created  a 
revolution.  The  aged  despot  was  forced  to 
flee  from  the  land  he  tried  to  better,  and  the 
prosperity  of  Mexico  fled  with  him. 

Now  there  is  a  counter  revolution  brewing, 
and  shouts  of  "Long  live  Diaz!"  are  heard 
under  the  windows  of  the  Chamber  of  Depu- 
ties. 

If  the  populace  that  vociferously  demands 
the  return  of  Diaz  gets  the  benevolent  despot 
back  in  his  former  place  of  power,  their  next 
desire  would  be  to  dethrone  him  again. 

All  of  which  indicates  that  the  "voice  of 
the  people"  is  a  long  distance  from  being 
"the  voice  of  God,"  notwithstanding  the  fer- 
vent assurances  of  many  eminent  patriots,  in- 
cluding Messrs.  Bryan  and  Roosevelt. 

.  The  voice  of  the  mob  is  the  voice  of  icono- 
clasts who  today  desire  to  smash  the  idols 
they  erected  yesterday. 


ANOTHER   STRIKE   IS   LOST. 

AFTEB  many  months  of  struggle  the  strike 
of  lumber  handlers  and  mill  men  on 
Gray's  Harbor  and  at  Hoquiam  and 
Aberdeen  lias  come  to  an  end.  Open  shop  has 
been  established  with  the  consent  of  the 
unions  in  every  department  of  the  milling  in- 
dustry. This  strike  was  started  by  the  Am- 
erican Federation  of  Labor  through  its  locals, 
and  after  a  time,  the  1.  W.  W.  became  mixed 
up  in  the  quarrel,  .just  as  they  did  at  Lawrence, 
Mass.,  in  the  textile  mills  strike.  They  de 
stroyed  property,  beat  up  employees,  and 
committed  all  sorts  of  atrocities. 

The  unions  attempted  to  assist  by  declaring 
the  lumber  from  the  mills  effected  boycotted 
in  Portland.  But  as  Portland  is  an  open  shop 
city,   the   boycott    was   absolutely  ineffective. 

Following  close  upon  the  declaration  that 
all  products  from  these  mills  weie  scab,  came 


giving  the  newspapers  a  measly  little  adver- 
tisement. 

Similarly  with  the  prize-fight  game.  Pages 
are  giveu  daily  to  help  in  booming  the  game, 
and  the  promoters  of  the  fistic  sport  never 
put  an  advertisement  in  the  newspapers. 

The  theory  is  that  the  newspapers  cannot 
get  along  without  the  baseball  and  prize-fight 
news,  but  the  fact  is  that  the  newspapers  keep 
alive,  and  if  they  stopped  publishing  pages 
of  gush  about  batters  and  sluggers,  nine-tenths 
of  the  diamond  and  the  ring  would  have  to 
apply  their  muscles  to  driving  sand  carts  or 
steering  plows. 

What  a  happy  lot  the  merchants  on  Grant 
avenue  would  be  if  they  got  a  page  a  day  of 
free  advertising.  More  people  would  actually 
read  the  free  ads  of  millinery  and  dry  goods 
than  the  baseball  news  and  fights.  Fifty  per 
cent,  of  the  men  do  not  look  at  sporting  newe, 


— t- 


&«?***. 


SOME    OF    PRESIDENT    MADERO'S    MEXICAN    TROOPS  AT   GTJATMAS. 


the  complete  surrender  of  the  unions.  There 
was  no  great  vital  principle  at  stake,  it  was 
simply  a  desire  on  the  part  of  certain  leaders 
to  make  their  power  felt.  The  victory  for 
the  employers  is  a  clear  indication  to  San 
Francisco  men  that  if  they  will  only  stand 
together,  they  have  nothing  to  fear  from  the 
unjust  exactions  of  labor  agitators. 
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CHAMPIONS   OF    SUCKERDOM. 

IF  SOMEBODY  would  start  a  Tournament 
for  the  championship  of  suckerdom,  some 
of  the  daily  newspaper  publishers  in  San 
Francisco  would  win  the  gold  medal,  hands 
down.  Every  day  these  easy-marks  give  the 
game  of  baseball  an  illustrated  page  or  so. 
It  takes  reporters,  editors,  artists,  linotype 
operators  and  pressmen  to  get  this  baseball 
matter  ready  for  the  public,  and  for  all  this 
great  expense  the  publishers  do  not  get  a 
dollar  in  direct  returns.  The  baseball  mag- 
nates, who  are  growing  fat  and  sassy  on  the 
game,  do  not  even  loosen  up  to  the  extent  of 


and  of  the  other  fifty  per  cent,  not  one-tenth 
wade  through  all  the  details;  but  every  woman 
of  shopping  age,  who  reads  a  newspaper  at  all, 
would  pursue  every  line  descriptive  of  bar- 
gains in  headgear,  footgear  and  gowns,  de- 
signed to  beautify  the  female  form  divine. 

Nevertheless,  it  is  very  unlikely  that  pages 
of  free  ads  of  the  shopping  district  will  ap- 
pear in  any  newspaper. 

One  reason  wTiy  newspapers  Q"o  business  on 
freak  principles,  wholly  unlike  those  observed 
in  the  commercial  world,  is  that  most  large 
journals  are  now  owned  by  multi-millionaires, 
who  use  their  newspapers  as  toys  or  for  the 
influence  they  give  them  in  polities. 


Men  Are  Quicker. 

"So  you  suspect  that  men  are  quicker  of 
judgment  in  practical  matters  than  women?" 

"Yes/'  replied  Miss  Cayenne.  "Men  have 
heeded  the  warnings  of  the  newspapers  and 
quit  buying  gold  bricks,  but  women  continue 
to  marry  for  money." 


16 


THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    September   21,    1912. 


EBELL.  A  more  interesting  woman  'a 
club  than  Ebell  of  Oakland  is  not  to 
be  found  in  California.  It  is  one  of 
the  pioneer  clubs  of  the  state  that  has 
rapidly  progressed  with  the  advanced  move- 
ments of  the  hour,  and  has  on  its  membership 
enrollment  many  of  the  most  brilliant  and 
exclusive  women  of  Oakland.  Mrs.  A.  C. 
Posey  is  the  newly-elected  President  of  Ebell. 
Her  brilliancy,  her  discerning  judgment  and 
her  superior  executive  ability  having  placed 
her  as  leader  of  this  large  club — it  is  one  of 
the  largest  in  California.  An  attractive  club 
home  on  Harrison  street  is  owned  by  these 
active  women  and  the  word  "home77  typifies 
the  meeting-place  of  Oakland's  thinking  wo- 
men. The  club  house  is  pictorially  placed, 
lawns,  flowers  and  trailing  vines  adorning  the 
building.  Within,  everything  bespeaks  the 
home.  A  large  fireplace,  where  immense  logs 
crackle  a  welcome,  when  the  occasion  requires, 
a  receiving  room,  a  banquet  hall  and  a  large 
auditorium  are  well  arranged,  all  the  fur- 
nishings of  which  denote  superior  taste,  re- 
finement and  absolute  comfort. 

THE  first  social  meeting  of  Ebell  for  the 
new  club  year  will  be  held  on  Tuesday, 
September  24th,  at  2:30  o'clock,  at  the 
club  home,  and  will  be  marked  by  distinctive 
events  and  by  distinguished  women.  Mrs. 
Frank  K.  Mott,  wife  of  the  honorable  Mayor 
of  Oakland,  will  be  chairman  of  the  day. 
Mrs.  Mott  is  an  admirable  exponent  of  hos- 
pitality,  of   refinement   and   elegance,   and   of 


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MRS.  FRANK  K.   MOTT 

The  cultured  wife  of  the  Mayor  of  Oakland,  who 
is   interested   in   educational  projects. 


forceful  character.  She  is  an  accomplished 
linguist  and  is  widely  read  in  the  literature 
of  many  nations.  She  has  travelled  extensive- 
ly, being  a  woman  of  the  world  in  its  highest 
sense.  She  is  indeed  admirably  suited  to  be 
the  official  hostess  of  a  great  city.  Oakland 
is  to  be  congratulated.  In  her  own  artistic 
home  Mrs.  Mott  is  the  personification  of  grace 
and  hospitality.  While  not  exactly  an  ardent 
club  woman,  Mrs.  Mott  is  profoundly  inter- 
ested in  all  educational  matters,  and  is  es- 
pecially fond  of  Indian  lore,  which  is  the 
theme  for  next  Tuesday. 

MES.  FREDERICK  H.  COLBURN  will  be 
the  lecturer  for  the  day,  and  in  this 
programme  she  will  confine  herself  to 
the  variants  of  the  Messianic  legends  per- 
taining to  the  southwest  Indian,  and  will  tell 
the  story  of  the  long  wait  for  the  coming  of 
the  Montezuma.  Mrs.  Colburn  has  specialized 
for  many  years  in  mythology  and  archaeology 
and  the  arts  of  the  Red  Races.  She  has 
brought  to  bear  on  this  subject  the  natural 
instinct  of  a  news-gatherer,  highly  trained 
in  special  observation,  as  well  as  much  tech- 
nical service  in  her  work  as  a  statistician, 
which  entailed  twenty  years  of  research  and 
patient  comparison,  and  assorting  of  material. 
While  Mrs.  Colburn  is  intensely  feminine, 
hers  is  a  master-mind,  as '  evidenced  in  her 
journalistic  work.  She  is  the  author  of  two 
books  dealing  with  prehistoric  culture,  and  her 
latest  achievement,  "Yermah — The  Dorado/ ' 
is  being  dramatized  in  New  York  under  the 
stimulus  of  the  New  Theater  management. 
She  is  also  an  interesting  example  of  the  lit- 
erary women  who  knows  how  ' ( to  keep  house. ' ' 

*  *     * 

THE  interesting  programme  mciuaes  the 
address  of  "The Red  Man's  Messiah  in 
Myth  and  Legend"  by  Mrs.  Frederick 
H.  Colburn  and  an  accompanying  group  of 
Indian  songs  by  Prof.  Carlos  Troyer,  sung  by 
Miss  Helen  Colburn  Heath.  Prof.  Troyer, 
composer,  is  a  priest  of  the  Zuni  tribe,  having 
been  initiated  into  their  Riva  and  given  the 
severe  trial  required  of  a  candidate. 

Mrs.  D.  W.  de  Veer,  assistant  curator  of  the 
Oakland  Museum,  will  give  an  address,  "Cere- 
monial Significance  and  Use  of  Baskets,"  with 
a  basket  loan  exhibit  from  the  Museum. 

Mrs.  Lillian  Birmingham  will  sing  a  group 
of  Indian  songs  in  costume.  She  will  be  ac- 
companied by  her  daughter,  Miss  Alma  Bir- 
mingham. Mrs.  A.  W.  Kinney  will  be  pre- 
siding hostess  of  the  day. 

*  *     * 

ANOTHEE  day  of  worth,  given  by  Ebell 
was  noted  on  Tuesday,  September  17th. 
Mrs.    Beatrice    Priest    Fine,    the    well- 
known  vocalist  of  Oakland,  who  has  been  so 
favorably  received  by  the  New  York  musical 


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Habenicht  Photo. 
MRS.  FREDERICK  H.  COLBURN 

The    prominent    lecturer,    who    is    a    recognized 
authority  on  prehistoric  life. 

critics,  and  who  is  touring  California  in  con- 
cert work,  gave  a  song  recital.  Mrs.  Pine  was 
enthusiastically  received  by  her  home  people. 
She  was  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Margaret  Hughes. 
The  receiving  hostess  for  Tuesday,  September 
17th,  was  Mrs.  H.  P.  Carlton,  Members  of 
the  auditorium  decoration  committee  were 
Miss  Adaline  Blood,  Chairman;  Miss  A.  Far- 
rier, Mrs.  Samuel  S.  Shepherd,  Mrs.  E.  L. 
Ormsby  and  Mrs.  Walter  "Vane. 
♦ 

"See  that  chap — three  years  ago  he  mort- 
gaged his  home  to  buy  an  automobile." 

"Same   old   story." 

"Yes — now  he  owns  tnree  ears  and  a  big- 
ger house." 

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•  AN    FRANCISCO.     CAL, 


Saturday,    September    21,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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NAT   WILLS — "The   Happy   Tramp,"    who   will   appear  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 


With  and  Without  Geography. 

A   little   girl  was  well  up   in  most   of  her 

studies  except  geography.     The  other  day  her 

teacher   sent   to   her   mother  to   see   that  the 


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girl  studied  her  lesson.  The  next  few  days 
showed  no  improvement  and  the  teacher  asked 
whether  she  had  delivered  the  note.  . 

"Yes,  ma'am,"  was  the  reply. 

"What  did  your  mother  say?" 

"She  said  that  she  didn't  know  geography 
an'  she  got  married,  an'  my  aunt  didn't  know 
geography  an'  she  got  married,  an'  you  know 
geography  and  you  haven't  got  married." 
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In  Search  of  Information. 

Donald  and  Jeanie  were  putting  down  a 
carpet.  Donald  slammed  the  end  of  his  thumb 
with  the  hamper  and  began  to  pour  forth  his 
soul  in  language  befitting  the  occasion. 

"Donald,  Donald!"  shrieked  Jeanie,  hor- 
rified.   "Dinna  swear  that  way!" 

"Wummun!"  vociferated  Donald,  "gin  ye 
know  ony  better  way,  now  is  the  time  to  let 
me  know  it!" 

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A  Home  Thrust. 

"What  in  the  world  are  you  up  to,  Hilda?" 
exclaimed  Mrs.  Bale,  as  she  entered  the  nurs- 
ery where  her  six-year-old  daughter  was  stuff- 
ing broken  toys,  headles  dolls,  ragged  clothes 
and  general  debris  into  an  open  box. 


"Why.  mother,1'  cried  Hilda,  "can't  you 
Beel  I'm  packing  a  missionary  box  just  the 
way  the  ladies  do;  and  it's  all  right,"  she 
added  reassuringly,  "I  haven't  put  in  a  single 
thing  that's  any  good  at   all!" 

» 

.Some    fellows    spend    all    their    time    trying 
to   prove   that   luck  is  against    them. 
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Going  Into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  for  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend. 


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HE  value  of  tunnels  in  developing  San 
Francisco  property  has  been  shown 
by  the  increase  in  value  of  the  For- 
est Hill  land.  This  was  formerly 
owned  by  the  well-known  firm  of  Baldwin  & 
Howell,  who  paid  about  $2,000  an  acre  for  it 
and  sold  several  hundred  acres  to  the  present 
proprietors  at  $3,000  an  acre.  Here  was  a  nice 
turn  for  Baldwin  &  How-ell,  and  it  could  not 
have  been  made  so  quickly  but  for  the  likeli- 
hood of  the  Twin  Peaks  tunnel  being  con- 
structed. 

Since  the  sale  of  the  Forest  Hill  property 
by  Baldwin  &  Howell  the  Twin  Peaks  tunnel 
has  become  almost  an  assured  fact.  True,  the 
details  are  not  yet  planned,  and  the  project 
may  be  said  to  be  only  in  its  infancy,  and  no- 
body can  ever  tell  what  Boards  of  Supervisors 
may  do  and  what  obstructions  public  agitators 
may  raise  against  most  desirable  improve- 
ments. 

Although  this  Twin  Peaks  tunnel  project  is 
still  in  its  primary  stages,  the  present  owners 
of  Forest  Hill  property  are  selling  it  off  rap- 
idly at  a  rate  which  gives  them  a  gross  profit 
of  $30,000  an  acre.  The  amount  of  money 
they  have  expended  on  the  property  in 
putting  it  into  marketable  shape  is  compara- 
tively small,  for  the  land  lies  well  and  needs 
no  extensive  grading.  It  is  estimated  by 
real  estate  experts  that  the  Forest  Hill  people 
will  make  a  net  profit  of  $20,000  an  acre  for 
the  couple  of  hundred  acres  they  purchased 
from  Baldwin  &  Howell  for  $3,000  an  acre. 
Who  says  that  there  is  no  money  to  be  made 
in  San  Francisco  real  estate?  "What  a  long 
head  old  Mayor  Sutro  had  when  he  put  his 
money  into  so  much  outlying  land!  He  fore- 
saw the  growth  of  San  Francisco  and  knew 
that  the  bare  sandhills  he  bought  and  planted 
with  trees  would,  before  many  years,  be  in 
demand  for  hoinesites.  The  property  must  be 
in  demand  when  the  Forest  Hill  property, 
which  is  by  no  means  the  choicest  part,  sells 
for  over  $30,000  an  acre.  Figure  out  what 
the  immense  tract  west  of  Twin  Peaks  will 
be  worth  when  the  Twin  Peaks  tunnel  will 
make  a  twenty  minutes'  trip  to  Third  and 
Market  streets  probable. 

Millions  in  It. 
In  refusing  the  eity's  offer  of  $40„000,000 
for  the  Spring  Valley  Water  Company's  prop- 
erty,  Mr.   William   Bourn   and   his   associates 
suggest  that  they  might  accept  the  price  if 


Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  "buyers. 


.allowed  to  keep  several  thousand  acres  of  the 
land  in  the  neighborhood  of  Lake  Merced.  The 
average  citizen  does  not  realize  what  that 
means.  He  thinks  the  land  is  worth  $1,000 
an  acre,  perhaps.  A  little  idea  of  the  pros- 
pective value  of  the  land  can  be  obtained  by 
comparing  it  with  the  Forest  Hill  land  now 
on  the  market  and  selling  readily  at  over 
$30,000  an  acre.  The  land  which  the  Spring 
Valley  people  desire  to  withhold  will  be  im- 
mensely valuable  in  a  short  time.  Few  peo- 
ple in  San  Francisco  have  ever  seen  it  except 
at  a  long  distance,  and  have  no  conception  of 
its  possibilities  when  the  Twin  Peaks  tunnel 
shall  have  opened  up  the  Ingleside  district. 
The  land  will  be  worth  millions  when  put  in 
shape  to  be  marketed.  With  an  offer  of  $38,- 
500,000  from  the  city,  $1,500,000  of  impounded 
rate  money,  and  the  several  thousand  acres 
around  Lake  Merced,  the  Spring  Valley  Water 
Company  would  be  making  a  very  handsome 
deal.  Kemember  that  they  offered  the  whole 
thing  to  the  Mayor  McCarthy  administration 
a  few  years  ago  for  $35,000,000,  and  have 
been  earning  fair  interest  on  their  money 
ever  since.  Now  they  wish  to  collect  a  bonus 
of  about  $10,000,000  more  than  they  were 
willing  to  sell  for  thirty  months  ago.  That 
is  pretty  clever  financiering,  and  shows  that 
San  Francisco  offers  some  opportunities  to 
men  with  brains  and  money. 

As  far  as  the  real  interests  of  the  city  are 
concerned,  it  would  be  best  for  the  citizens 
if  a  deal  could  be  arranged  by  which  the 
Spring  Valley  Company  would  be  left  those 
few  thousand  acres  near  Lake  Merced  that 
they  seem  anxious  to  keep.  The  city  should 
not  go  into  land  speculation,  which  would 
mean  graft,  no  matter  how  carefully  the  mu- 
nicipality provided  against  it.  It  is  certain 
that  Mr.  Bourn  and  his  associates,  who  are 
keen  business  men,  would  improve  the  large 


tract  of  land  and  make  it  one  of  the  beauti- 
ful districts  of  San  Francisco. 

Going  to  Headquarters. 
The  New  York  Times  says  that  no  amount 
of  notoriety  or  advertisement  will  ever  make 
Wall  Street  and  its  methods  of  doing  business 
familiar  to  the  average  citizen.  A  prosperous, 
intelligent  appearing  business  man  from  the 
Far  West  entered  the  New  York  office  of  one 
of  the  big  Northwestern  roads  yesterday  and 
began  negotiations  for  the  purchase  of  100 
shares  of  its  stock.  He  had  learned  of  the 
company's  growing  earnings  and  had  decided 
to  invest  in  its  stock.'  He  had  taken  out  his 
wallet  and  begun  to  count  out  money  before 
the-  transfer  clerk  grasped  his  meaning  and 
explained  that,  strange  as  it  might  seem,  cor- 
porations did  not  sell  their  securities  over 
the  counter. 

Another  Captain  of  Finance. 

The  bonds  of  the  Peoples  Water  Company 
of  Oakland  have  been  advancing  on  the 
strength  of  the  demand  of  the  people  of  Ala- 
meda county  for  i  a  municipal  water  supply 
and  the  apparent  reluctance  of  President 
Frank  C.  Havens  to  let  the  dear  people  have 
his  most  valuable  water  supply.  The  dear 
people  are  up  a  tree,  so  to  speak,  and  it  rests 
entirely  with  Mr.  Havens  whether  he  will 
shake  them  down  good  and  hard.  He  has 
sent  a  letter  to  the  stock  and  bond  holders 
of  his  company  to  brace  them  up  so  that  secu- 
rities will  advance  and  the  excited  voters  of 
Alameda  county  will  have  to  sweat  gold  if 
they  wish  to  acquire  the  Peoples  Water  Com- 
pany. 

President  Havens  is  not  excelled  even  by 
Mr.  William  Bourn  as  a  captain  of  finance. 
Since  the  Alameda  populace  began  to  develop 
such  a  thirst  for  municipal  water  the  reser- 
voirs   of    the    Peoples    Water    Company    have 


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THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total   Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.   GREEXEBAUM.  ..  .Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE.  . Vice-President 

J.     FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.   F.   HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

¥11.  H.  HIGH Assistant  Cashier 

H.    CHOYNSKI Assistant   Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERM AN Secretary 


Saturday,    September   21,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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been   found    capable   of   unlimited    expansion. 

It  used  to  be  thought  in  civil  engineering 
circles  that  the  Peoples  Water  supply  was  no 
Niagaraj  but  President  Havens  corrects  that 
mistake.  He  has  had  the  infallible  John  K. 
Freeman  of  Hetch  Hetchy  fame  look  into  the 
reservoirs,  and  John  says  that  "at  small  ex- 
pense" the  storage  capacity  of  the  San  Leau- 
dro  dam  can  be  increased  from  6,000,000  to 
17,000,000  cubic  feet,  a  supply  ''equal  to  the 
oeedf  of  a  chain  of  cities  from  Niles  to  San 
Pablo  and  from  the  bay  t<>  the  hilltops." 
That's  the  way  to  talk  when  the  people  are 
getting  excited  about  buying  you  out.  Fur- 
thermore— and  this  is  the  real  nub  of  the 
ease — President  Havens  tells  the  stock  and 
bond  holders  that  there  is  but  one  available 
water  system  within  150  miles  of  Oakland, 
and    that    is    I  lie   Peoples    Water  Company. 

That's  pretty  nearly  an  exact  fact.  Presi- 
dent Havens  should  have  no  difficulty  in  keep- 
ing the  bonds  and  stocks  of  the  Peoples  Water 
Company  on  the  top  notch  when  the  situation 
looks  so  promising  for  the  company  and  blue 
for  the  excited  populace  that  is  anxious  to 
increase  its  troubles  by  going  into  municipal 
ownership  on  an  extensive  and  costly  scale. 
Associated  Oil. 

One  of  the  rumors  that  have  interested  local 
investors  was  that  of  a  possible  sale  of  the 
Associatel  Oil  properties  held  by  the  Southern 
Pacific  Company.  This  rumor  was  a  mere 
figment  of  the  imagination.  The  Southern  Pa- 
cific Company  is  not  selling  out  its  oil  proper- 
ties at  present,  and  as  it  becomes  more  and 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,     2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 


Capital    paid    up 

Surplus    and    Undivided    Profits. 


.$6,000,000.00 
.$5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFICERS. 

Isaias    W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  \V.  Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice-Pres. 
P.  L.   Lipman,  Vice-Pres. 
James    K.    Wilson,    Vice-Pres. 
Frank   B.   King,    Cashier. 
"YV.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  L.  Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIKE  C  TORS. 
Isaias  W.   Hellman  I.  "W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph  Sloss  A.   Christeson 

Percy  T.  Morgan  Wm,  Haas 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  Hartland  Law 

Wm.  F.-  Herrin  Henry   Rosenfeld 

John  C.  Kirkpatrick         James  L.  Flood 
J.  Henry  Meyer  Chas.  J.  Deering 

A.  H.  Payson  James    K.    Wilson 

F.  L.  Lipman 
ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Facilities 
SAPE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


more  a  great  consumer  of  oil  it  naturally  would 
n. -I    In.'  in  a  hurry  to  sell  at  all. 

Manager  Porter,  who  was  so  long  at  the  head 
of  affairs  in  the  Associated  Oil  Company,  is 
still  away,  recuperating  from  his  serious  ill- 
ness. His  U-ave  i-l'  absence  extends  till  Jan- 
uary 1st,  but  the  leading  oil  operators  think 
that  Mr.  Porter  will  not  again  take  an  active 
pari  in  the  affairs  of  the  Associated  Oil  Com- 
pany. 

Spring  Valley  Securities. 

Spring  Valley  Writer  stock  has  been  strong 
this  week — about  i!I  ex  dividend — which  would 
indicate  that  there  are  hopes  that  the  city 
and  the  company  will  eventually  come  to 
satisfactory  terms.  The  company  is  very  fool- 
ish if  it  lets  the  opportunity  pass  to  unload 
now,  when  the  idea  of  municipal  ownership  is 
so  rampant.  Later  on  it  may  not  be  so  en- 
thusiastically received  by  the  public,  for  taxey 
are  getting  higher.  The  "dollar  limit"  has 
been  forgotten,  and  so  has  the  two-dollar 
limit.  Soon  we  may  be  outside  the  three- 
dollar  limit,  and  taxpayers  will  raise  such  a 
howl  for  economy  that  public  ownership,  which 
means  added  expense,  may  become  decidedly 
unpopular.  Now  is  the  golden  opportunity 
for  a  man  with  a  water  supply  to  sell  it  to 
the  city.  The  Spring  Valley  Company's  water 
supply  is  not  such  a  wonderful  thing,  either. 
It  could  be  duplicated  in  San  Francisco  foi 
$20,000,000. 


ORDERING  A  PORTRAIT. 

"I   shou.d   like   to   have   a  portrait   of   my 
dear  departed  wife  painted." 

"Have  you  a  good  photograph  of  her?" 
"No;   but  here   1   have  her   wig,   her  false 
teeth  and  her  dog,  who  looks  very  like  her. 

■ • 

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O  Man,  and  O  Woman, 

If  high  or  if  low, 
If  big  or  if  little, 

If  fast  or  if  slow. 
When  you're   stuck   in   the  passage 

And  want  to  pull  through, 
Please  listen  a  moment 
And  learn  what  to  do: — 
Get  yourself  talked  about! 
No  matter  what  it  is, 
How  cold  or  hot  it  is, 
Get  yourself  talked  about. 

When   everything's   slumping 

And  Fortune  won't  smile, 
And  nothing  is  doing 

At  all  that's  worth  while; 
When  you  feel  that  you're  going 

To  drop  out  of  sight 
And  you  want  to  come  back  to 

The  spot  in  the  light, 

Get  yourself  talked  about! 

If  you  want  to  wear  diamonds 

And  ride  in  a  ear, 
If  you  want  all  your  holdings 

To  stay  above  par; 
If  you  want  to  shine  forth 

As  a  radiant  star, 
And  you're  bound  to  be  It 
Wherever  you  are, 

Get  yourself  talked  about! 

No  matter  what  it  is, 

How  cold  or  hot  it  is, 

Get  yourself  talked  about! 

Get  yourself  talked  about! 

— W.   J.   LAMPTON. 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 


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Investment  Securities 

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and  Loan  Society 

Savings  (The   German  Bank)  Commercial 

Incorporated    1868. 

626   California    St.,    San  Francisco.    Cal 

(Member    of    the    Associated    Savings    Banks    of 
S'an  Francisco.) 

The   following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment  of   Deposits   only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT    BRANCH,     601 

Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....       $51,140,101.76 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number    of   Depositors  .  .  .        56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'oloek 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


?  HAT  will  unquestionably  prove  as 
brilliant  a  grand  opera  season  as 
San  Francisco  has  known,  will  be 
started  on  its  way  Sunday  night  at 
the  Cort,  when  the  new  Lambardi 
Pacific  Coast  Grand  Opera  Company  begins  a 
limited  engagement  at  the  Cort  Theater,  pre- 
senting for  the  initial  bill,  Puccini's  "La  Bo- 
heme,"  San  Francisco's  favorite  opera. 

Impresario  Lambardi  has  banded  together 
the  most  distinguished  organization  of  his 
successful  career.  The  artists  are  practically 
all  new  to  us.  Many  have  never  sung  in  this 
country,  but  they  nave  great  reputations 
abroad.  They  were  selected  recently  by  Et- 
tore  Patrizi,  who  spent  considerable  time 
abroad  in  an  endeavor  to  secure  the  best  art- 
ists obtainable. 

The  company  in  its  entirety  numbers  110 
people.  There  will  be  an  orchestra  of  45,  the 
nucleus  of  which  has  been  brought  here. 
Gaetano  Bavagnoli,  the  conductor,  is  a  man 
of  great  note,  and  a  favorite  of  Mascagni. 

During  the  engagement  at  the  Cort,  two 
distinct  novelties  will  be  offered.  These  are 
Strauss'  " Salome, "  and  ' ( Conchita, ' '  by  Zan- 
donai.  The  latter  opera  has  never  been  given 
in  this  country.  It  created  a  furore  at  Convent 
Garden,  London,  with  Tarquinia  Tarquini  in 
the  title  role,  the  same  prima  donno  who  will 
sing  it  at  the  Cort. 

The  principal  members  of  the  company  are 
the  following:  Sopranos,  Tarquini,  Matini, 
Pereira,  D'Oria,  Charbelois;  mezzos,  Zizolfi, 
Pineschi;  tenors,  Giorgi,  Armanini,  Agostini, 
Graziana;  baritones,  Giardini,  Nieoletti,  Pin- 
eschi; bassos,  Martino,  Bonaventure;  conduc- 
tor, Bavagnoli;  assistant  conductor,  Colucci; 
stage  managers,  Petrovich,  Fuglia. 

This  is  the  repertoire  for  the  first  week: 
Sunday  night,  Sept.  22,  "La  Boheme";  Mon- 
day, "Conchita";  Tuesday,  "Lucia";  Wed- 
nesday matinee,  "La  Boheme";  Wednesday 
night,  "Conchita";  Thursday,  "Traviata"; 
Friday,  "La  Boheme";  Saturday  matinee, 
"Lucia'';   Saturday  night,  "Conchita". 

The  final  performance  of  the  remarkable 
Americal  play  by  George  Broadhurst,  "Bought 
and  Paid  For,"  will  be  given  this  Saturday 
night. 


Orpheum  Attractions. 

THE  Orpheum  bill  for  next  week  is  certain 
of  popular  approval.  Five  of  the  acts 
will  be  entirely  new,  and  the  entire 
program  ranks  as  one  of  the  best  ever  offered 
in  vaudeville. 

So  triumphal- was  the  tour  of  Nat  Wills, 
"The  Happy  Tramp,"  last  season  that  he  has 
been  booked  again,  and  will  appear  in  an  en- 
tirely new  act.  Wills  is  one  of  the  biggest 
names  in  vaudeville.  His  present  monologue 
in  the  character  of  the  dilapidated  but  care- 
free traveler  is  said  to  be  the  wittiest  and 
most  diverting  he  has  ever  delivered.  His 
new  songs  and  stories  have  proved  such  a  great 
hit  that  the  maintenance  of  his  immense  pop- 
ularity may  be  regarded  as  certain. 

E.  Frederick  Hawley,  a  sterling  actor  of 
deserved  popularity,  will  present  a  one-act 
drama  entitled  "The  Bandit,"  the  scene  of 
which  is  laid  in  Mexico  in  the  early  70 's. 
The  plot  is  intensely  interesting  and  becomes 
more  and  more  fascinating  as  it  unfolds.    Mr. 


Hawley  is  credited  with  a  great  and  distinct 
hit  in  the  name  part,  and  has  excellent  sup- 
port in  Frances  Haight  and  W.  E.  Hawes. 
The  play  is  well  presented,  well  acted,  and 
well   written. 

Joe  Mclntyre  and  Bob  Harty,  "The  Sugar 
Plum  Girlie  and  the  Marshmallow  Boy,"  will 
bring  with  them  a  unique  and  entertaining 
act  composed  of  comedy,  songs  and  witty 
character. 

Annie  Kent,  a  tiny  bundle  of  fun,  who  re- 
joices in  the  title  of  "The  Little  Jester," 
will  be  an  entertaining  feature  of  the  coming 
bill.  Her  act  has  been  described  as  contain- 
ing songs  that  start- your  feet  and' talk  that 
make  yon  chuckle.  She  is  a  genuine  comedi- 
enne, with  a  delightful  song  repertoire.  Her 
specialty  is  oddly  staged,  and  .she  makes 
three  changes  of  costume',  one  of  which  is  ac- 
complished in  full  view  of  the  audience. 

The  Four  Konerz  Brothers,  known  as  "The 
Boys  with  the  Toys,"  will  give  an  exhibition 
of  skillful  hoop-throwing,  diabolo  juggling 
and  bomerang  casting. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Herbert  Ash- 
ley and  Co.;  Bertish,  "The  Ideal  Athlete," 
and  Jesse  Lasky's  musical  comedy,  "The  An- 
tique  Girl." 


At  Pantages  Theater. 

THE  Pantages  Theater  was  crowded  to 
the  doors  these  afternoons  and  even- 
ings, the  current  bill  being  particularly 
goad,  including  Carter,  the  urbane  magician, 
in  his  "Bouquet  of  Mysteries,"  and  wonder- 
fully sensational  illusion,  ' '  The  Lion 's 
Bride";  Fred  Zobedie,  the  remarkable  Euro- 
pean athlete  and  equilibrist;  Miss  Maybelle 
Fisher,  the  delightful  lyric  soprano,  assisted 
by  Miss  Olive  Wallis,  pianist;  the  "All  Star 
Trio"  of  splendid  male  voices,  singing  old 
and  new  songs;  Cook  and  Stevens,  "The  Chi- 
nee and  the 'Coon, "  and  many  motion  picture 
novelties,  among  which  is  a  film  direct  from 
London  showing  the  last  rites  of  General  Bal- 
lington  Booth  of  the  Salvation  Army. 

Heading  the  new  bill  next  Sunday  is  "The 
Star  Bout, ' '  another  melodramatic  sketch  of 
Taylor  Granville,  producer  of  "The  Hold 
Up,"  which  ereated  such  a  sensation  -  here 
a  few  weeks  ago.  "The  Star  Bout"  is  a  'ro- 
mance of  the  prize  ring  in  three  scenes,  show- 
ing a  training  quarters  under  a  cafe  on  the 
Bowery,  the  Bowery  after  dark,  and  the  ring 
in  the  Olympian  Boxing  Club  where  a  grilling 
six-round  bout  takes  place,  and  where  virtue 
comes  out  triumphant  and  vice  receives  a 
decisive  knock-out  punch.  "The  Star  Bout" 
ran  three  years  in  New  York  at  the  principal 
vaudeville  houses,  made  a  great  hit  in  Lon- 
don, and  employs  thirty-five  people  in  its  pre- 
sentation. Florence  Lorraine  and  Edgar  Dud- 
ley, with  a  snug  little  company,  will  present 
their  sensational  one-act  farce,  "The  Finish," 
in  which  they  scored  heavily  here  on  a  pre- 
vious visit.     "The  Finish"  abounds  in  bright 


ABOUT  HOME-MADE  CANDY— Everybody 
is  delighted  with  "Home-Made  Specials,"  the 
most  fascinating  home-made  candy  made.  One 
of  the  charms  lie  in"  the  generous  variety 
packed  in  each  box.  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four 
candy  stores. 


lines  and  amusing  situations.  The  Lillian 
sisters,  pretty  and  petite  young  girls,  will 
.offer  a  dainty  act,  replete  with  singing  and 
dancing  and  pleasing  selections  on  the  violin 
and  piano;  and  Provol,  the  ventriloquial 
whistler  arid  mimic,  will  make  his  first  ap- 
pearance, in  this  city.  He  comes  highly  prais- 
ed, and.  imitates  several  kinds  of  birds,  a  dog, 
a  planing  mill,  and  all  the  denizens  of  a 
barnyard,  and  gives  several  whistling  obli- 
gates while  calmly  smoking  a  cigar.  The 
Capital  City  Four,  "manipulators  of  harmony 
and  comedy, "  will  joke,  dance,  yodle  and 
sing,  giving  a  specialty  full  of  life  and  mel- 
ody; and  the  Apollo  Trio,  large  but  well- 
proportioned  athletes,  will  give  a  startling  ex- 
hibition of  hand-balancing  and  ground  tum- 
bling, in  aadition  to  some  wonderful  work  on 
ladders.  There  will  be  other  interesting  fea- 
tures on- the  program,  which  will  conclude 
with  current  events  of  the  day  shown  in  Sun- 
light rictures. 


San  Francisco  Orchestra. 

THE  Board  of  Governors  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Orchestra  has  set  itself  the  very 
difficult  task  of  raising  the  standard 
of  musical  excellence  observed  last  season. 
There  will  be  ten  symphony  and  ten  popular 
concerts,  the  dates  selected  (subject  to  change) 
being: — . 

Symphony  Concerts. — Friday  afternoons, 
October  25th,  November  1st,  November  15th, 
November  29th,  December  13th,  December 
20th,  January  20th,  January  24th,  Sunday  af- 
ternoon, February  7th,  March.  7th. 

Popular  Concerts. — October  27th,  November 
Sth,  November  17th,  December  6th,  December 
22nd,  January  10th,  January  31st,  February 
14th,  February  28th,  March  9th. 

These  concerts  are  made  possible  by  the  gen- 
erous aid  of  public-spirited  citizens  who  desire 
to  see  San  Francisco  become  a  recognized  cen- 
ter of  musical  art.  Last  year's  concerts  ac- 
complished much,  and  this  season  will  greatly 
increase  the  reputation  of  our  community  for 
fostering  the  highest  and  best  in  art. 

without  mentioning  in  detail  all  the  changes 
and  improvements  that  have  been  made  in  the 
personnel  of  the  orchestra  for  this  season, 
the  Board  of  Governors  announce  the  en- 
gagement of  Mr.  Adolph  Rosenbocker,  the 
celebrated  Chicago  concert-meister;  Mr.  Ar- 
thur Hadley,  the  talented  brother  of  Conduct- 
or Henry  Hadley,  and  a  valued  member  of 
the  Boston  Symphony  Orchestra,  as  principal 
cellist,  and  B.  Emilio  Puyans,  who  achieved 
considerable  reputation  as  the  first  flute  of 
the  Pittsburg  Orchestra.  Emil  Power,  direct- 
or and  flute  soloist  for  Tetrazzini,  will  occupy 
the  position  of  first  tlute.  Joseph  Vito,  a 
splendid  harpist,  who  in  reputation  is  only 
second  to  Enrico  Tramonti  of  the  Chicago 
Orchestra,  has  also  been  engaged. 

Mr.  Henry  Hadley  has  been  re-engaged  as 
conductor,  and  will  commence  rehearsals  in 
October,    on   returning   from   his   vacation. 


California  Conservatory  of  Music. 
The  opening  recital  of  the  California  Conservatory 
of  Music  was  given  on  Thursday  evening,  September 
12th,  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium. .  It  proved  a 
most  successful  concert,  both  as  to  the  attendance 
and  the   artistic   interpretation.      The   numbers  were 


Saturday,    September   21,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


21 


GIUSEPPE  GIORGI 

One  of  the  notable  tenors  of  the  Lambardi  Pacific  Coast  Grand  Opera  Company,  which  opens  a 
limited  engagement  at  the  Cort  on  Sunday  night. 


received  with  enthusiastic  appreciation,  many  times 
an  encore  being  demanded.  The  following  members 
of  the  conservatory  faculty  furnished  the  programme: 
Frank  P.  Moss,  pianist;  Julius  A.  Haug,  violinist; 
Ferdinando  Cattadori,  barytone;  Miss  Rey  del  Valle, 
soprano;  Karl  Grienauer,  cellist;  Augusto  Rovelli, 
flutist;   Miss  Mary  Houghton  Brown,   accompanist. 

The  programme  in  full  was  as  follows:  Part  first. 
Bach-Busoni,  Prelude  and  Fugue  in  D  Major,  Frank 
P.  Moss.  Cadman,  "At  Dawning";  De  Koven,  "It 
Was  a  Lover  and  His  Lass";  Charpentier,  Grand 
Aria    from    '  'Louise' ' ;    Rey    del    Valle ;    Miss    Olara 


Lowenberg,  piano.  Golterman,  Concerto  in  A  minor, 
first  movement;  Karl  Grienauer;  Mrs.  Grienauer, 
piano.  Gounod,  Valentino  Romanza  from  "Faust;' 
Ferdinando  Cattadori;  Mr.  Bodie,  piano.  Part  sec 
ond.  Gounod,  Waltz  song  from  „Romeo  and  Juli 
ette";  Rey  del  Valle;  Miss  Lowenburg,  piano.  De- 
merssenman,  Sixieme  solo  pour  la  Flute;  Augusto 
Rovelli,  flutist;  Mr.  Bodie,  piano.  Massenet,  Aria 
Sindia  from  "II  Re  di  Lahore";  Ferdinando  Catta' 
dori ;  Mr.  Bodie,  piano.  Brahms,  Rhapsodie,  B 
minor;  Chopin,  Nocturne,  C  minor;  Liszt,  Tarantelle 
Frank  P.  Moss. 


-Mr.  Moss,  the  new  head  of  the  piano  department, 
rendered  exquisite  interpretations,  his  versatility, 
tiM'liniral  knowledge  and  his  art  fascinating  the  audi- 
anee.  The  California  Conservatory  of  Music — Branch 
Studio  mill  U.si.i.ti..'  Department  is  situated  at 
1509  Gough  St.,  near  Butter  St.,  R.  S.  Knudson  is 
the   manager. 

*         *         m 

Reception  to  Miss  Bauer. 
The  Philomath  Olub  of  San  Francisco  will  give 
a  reception  and  musicals  on  Monday,  September 
28rd,  in  honor  of  Miss  Emilte  Frances  Bauer,  the 
noted  New  York  musical  and  dramatic  critic,  at  the 
Philomath  club  rooms,  536  Sutter  St.,  from  3:30  to 
5  o'clock.  Mrs.  Henry  Sahlein,  President  of  the 
Club,  and  her  assistant  officers  will  receive. 


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"BOUGHT   AND   PAID   FOR.' 


BEGINNING   TOMORROW    (SUNDAY)    NIGHT 
Limited  Engagement — Mats.  Wed.   and   Sat. 

LAMBARDI 

PACIFIC  COAST 
GRAND  OPERA  COMPANY 

Repertoire  for  First  Week: 
Sunday,  "La  Boheme" ;  Monday,  "Conchita" ; 
Tuesday,  "Lucia";  Wed.  Mat.,  "La  Boheme";  Wed- 
nesday, 'Conchita";  Thursday,  "Traviata"  ;  Friday, 
"La  Boheme";  Sat.  Mat.,  "Lucia";  Saturday, 
1  'Conchita.' ' 

Prices,   50c.  to  $2. 

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WEEK  BEGINNING  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 
Matinee  Every  Day 
A  WONDERFUL  NEW  BILL! 
NAT  M.  WILLS,  "The  Happy  Tramp,"  in  an  En- 
tirely New  Act;  "THE  BANDIT,"  with  E.  FRED- 
ERICK HAWLEY  &  CO.;  McINTYRE  and  HARTY, 
"The  Sugar  Plum  Girlie  and  the  Marshmallow  Boy"  ; 
ANNIE  KENT,  "The  Little  Jester";  THE  FOUR 
KONERZ  BROS.,  "The  Boys  with  the  Toys,"  Dia- 
bolo  Experts;  HERBERT  ASHLEY  and  CO.;  BER- 
TISH;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES.  Last 
Week  Jesse  L.  Lasky's  Musical  Comedy,  "The 
ANTIQUE  GIRL." 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c.  Box  SeatH,  ?1. 
Matinee    Prices    (Except    Sundays    and   Holidays), 
10c,    25c.    50c. 

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Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 

Week  of  September  22nd: 

VAUDEVILLE'S    GREATEST    NOVELTY 

A   Romance    of  the   Prize   Ring 

THE   STAR    BOUT 

3  Big  Scenes — 35  People  on  the  Stage. 
MANY   OTHER   STAR   ACTS. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30. 
and  Holidays,  Mais. 
Continuous  from  6:80, 


Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
it    1:30    and    8:80.      Nights, 


Prices — 10c,  20c.  and  30c. 


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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    September   21,    1912. 


Mrs.  Cecil  Mark's  Recital. 
At  Mrs.  Cecil  "W.  Mark's  recent  recital  at  her 
studio  on  Frederick  St.,  the  vocalists  displayed  such 
a  wide  range  of  voice  culture  that  Mrs.  Mark  was 
warmly  praised  for  her  power  to  impart  her  own 
art  of  singing.  Miss  Isabelle  "Wilkie,  a  pupil  of 
Mrs.  Mark,  opened  the  evening's  programme  with  a 
group  of  four  songs,  displaying  the  sweet,  appealing 
quality  of  her  voice.  Miss  Sawtelle,  concert  soloist, 
played  a  number  of  violin  selections  which  showed 
great  execution  and  breadth  of  tone.  Miss  Clifford, 
pianist,  who  has  just  returned  from  seven  years' 
study  in  London  and  Berlin,  played  a  group  of 
Beethoven  selections.     Mrs.  Cecil  Mark,  who  is  asso- 


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ciated  with  Miss  Clifford  at  the  Hall  Studio,  Berk- 
eley, has  a  voice  which,  in  its  breadth  and  sympa- 
thetic quality,  goes  to  .he  depth  of  the  compositions. 
The  recital  was,   in   truth,   one   of  professional  merit. 

Musical  Notes. 
Miss  Mabel  Riegelman,  protege  of  Madame  Gad- 
ski,  will  give  a  concert  in  the  Colonial  Ball  Room 
of  the  St.  Francis  on  the  evening  of  September  25th. 
Miss  Riegelman  is  under  contract  with  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  Company  for  the  coming  season.  One 
of  the  special  numbers  on  the  programme  for  "Wed- 
nesday night  will  be  an  Aria  from  one  of  the  newer 
operas,     '  'The    Secret    of    Susanne.' ' 

Pacific  Musical  Society. 

Mrs.  David  Hirschler,  President  of  the  Pacific 
Musical  Society,  has  announced  the  opening  concert, 
which  will  take  place  on  Thursday  evening,  Septem- 
ber •  26th  at  the  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium.  Mrs. 
Beatrice  Priest  Fine  of  New  York,  who  is  so  well  and 
favorably  known  here,  will  be  the  soloist  of  th& 
evening.  There  is  no  doubt  but  that  Mrs.  Fiue  will 
receive  an  ovation  from  her  ardent  admirers,  who 
are  anxious  to  hear  her  remarkable  voice.  George 
Stewart  McManus  of  Berlin,  a  concert  pianist,  who 
has  achieveu  distinction  abroad,  will  contribute  sev- 
eral numbers. 

The  program  for  the  evening  will  be  as  follows: 
Dich  Theure  Halle,  Wagner;  Mrs.  Beatrice  Priest 
Fine.  Piano  solo,  Prelude  and  Fugue,  in  E  minor, 
Mendelssohn;  Mr.  George  S.  McManus.  (a)  Mai, 
Reynaldo  Hahn;  (b)  JJ'Oiseau  Bleu,  Jacques  Dal- 
croze;  (c)  Le  Coeur  da  ma  Vie,  Jacques  Dalcroze; 
(d)  Lies  Presents,  Chaminade ;  Mrs.  Beatrice  Priest 
Fine.  Nachtstruck  in  F,  S.chumann;  Intermezzo, 
op.  119,  No.  2,  Brahms;  Ballade,  op.  118,  No.  3, 
Brahms ;  Mr.  George  S.  McManus.  Down  in  the 
Forest,  Landon  Ronald;  Love,  I  Have  Won  You, 
Landon  Ronald;  A  Birthday,  Woodman;  Mrs.  Beat- 
rice  Priest  Fine.      Mr.   Uda  Waldroy,   accompanist. 

Players'  Club. 
The  Players'  Club,  an  organization  of  men  and 
women  interested  in  the  production  of  high-class 
drama  for  the  benefit  of  deserving  charities,  will 
give  its  initial  performance  of  the  autumn  on  Thurs- 
day evening,  October  26th,  under  the  personal  di- 
rection of  Reginald  Travers.  The  play  will  be  "The 
Idle  Born,"  by  H.  C.  Chatfield  Taylor  and  Regin- 
ald DeKoven.  The  play  has  splendid  worth  and  be- 
cause of  Mr.  Taylor's  interest  in  the  Players' 
Club  and  their  leader,  Mr.  Travers,  permission  was 
given  for  the  use  of  the  play.  Rehearsals  are  now 
in  progress  for  the  splendid  production.  Those  in 
the  cast  are:  Nicholas  Schuyler,  Frederick  Huber; 
Schuyler  Ainslee,  Arthur  J.  Owen;  Norman  Wendell, 
Francis  P.  Buckley;  Dickie  Willings,  William  Raiu- 
ey;  Monty  Dressier,  Frank  Bray;  Bertie  Beacher, 
Jardine  B.  Whyte ;  Mr.  Dobbs,  Clarence  Heald; 
Herr  von  Bulowitz,  Louis  Danhauer;  Charlie  Du- 
valar,  William  Melander;  Thomas,  Edwin  Queen; 
Parker,  Frank  Spencer;  Margaret  Irvingtou,  Pearl 
King  Tanner;  Renee  Dressier,  Jeanette  Alf eritz ; 
Lady  Coldstream,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Meussdorff er ;  Eveline 
Schuyler,  Miss:  Mae  O'Keefe;  Mrs.  Ferry  Dobbs, 
Mrs.  Clarence  Grange;  Mrs.  Jones  Smythe,  Mrs. 
Louis  Danhauer;  Mabel  Smythe,  Miss  Ella  Ewing; 
Mr.  Van  Renselaer,  Lloyd  Fountaine ;  Mrs.  Van  Ren- 
selaer,    Mrs.    Lucy    A.    Smith. 


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THE  first  wedding  of  the  week  was  Una  of  Miss 
Nicholson  and  Leon  Clark,  which  took  place 
on  Tuesday.  Miss  Isabelle  Sprague  and  Mr. 
Lawrence  Pool  wore  married  on  Thursday.  Both 
brides  are  prominent  in  exclusive  sets.  This  month 
of  September  will  go  into  social  history  as  one  of 
the  most  remarkable  in  the  number  of  interesting 
engagements  and  weddings  that  have  united  promi- 
nent   families. 


Mrs.  Martin's  Dinner. 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin's  dinner  this  week  was 
more  than  usually  elaborate.  This  prominent  host- 
ess is  partial  to  small  and  cosy  dinners.  The  din- 
ner which  Mrs.  Martin  gave  on  Monday  night,  and 
which  was  followed  by  a  dance,  was  in  honor  of 
Miss  Isabelle  Sprague  and  her  fiance,  Mr.  William 
H.  Pool  of  New  York.  The  dining-room  was  decor- 
ated with  a  profusion  of  bride's  and  bridesmaids' 
roses  and  beautiful  ferns.  The  other  rooms  were 
bright  with  handsome  American  Beauties,  with 
chrysanthemums  in  yellow  and  bronze  tints  filling 
the  fireplaces  and  mantels.  Baroness  and  Baro-i 
von  Schroeder  and  their  two  daughters,  the  Misses 
Janet  and  Edith,  and  Mr.  Heinie  von  Schroeder 
came  up  from  San  Luis  Obispo  for  the  evening's  en 
tertainment.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Downey  Harvey  also 
came  to  town  for  the  dance.  The  guests  for  the 
dance  included  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Sprague, 
Baron  and  Baroness  von  Schroeder,  Colonel  and  Mrs. 
Hamilton  Wallace,  Major  and  Mrs.  Henry  P.  Fer- 
guson, Captain  and  Mrs.  Martin  Crimmins,  Colonel 
and  Mrs.  Charles  Sweeney,  Mrs.  John  Breckenridge; 
Misses  Innes  Keeney,  Arabella  Morrow,  Nellie  Grant, 
Augusta  Foute,  Helen  Dean,  Caroline  Murray,  Marion 
Newhall,  Knight,  Louise  Janin,  Ruth  Winslow,  Lou- 
isiana Foster,  Martha  Foster,  Cora  Otis,  Frederika 
Otis,  Harriett  Alexander;  Messrs.  Prescott  Scott, 
Chapman  Grant,  Lieutenant  J.  B.  Howell,  Captain 
Howland,  Count  Daneo  (the  Italian  Consul),  Cor- 
dova de  Garmendia,  Erwin  Richter,  Gordon  Tevis, 
Alfred  Harwood,  Raymond  Armsby,  Lieutenant  Nul- 
sen,  Samuel  Knight,  Dr.  Eazes,  Dr.  Tracy  Russell, 
Willard  Chamberlin,  Philip  Paschel,  Leonard  Ab- 
bott,   James    D.    Phelan,    Lieutenant   Pratt. 


Sanborn  Dinner. 
A  delightful  affair  was  the  dinner  given  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  F.  G.  Sanborn  in  the  red  room  at  the  Bo- 
hemian Club.  The  affair  was  in  honor  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Edward  H.  Clark  of  New  York,  Mrs.  Clara 
R.  Anthony  of  Boston,  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Marshall 
Flint.  Among  those  who  enjoyed  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Sanborn's  hospitality  were  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin 
Ide  Wheeler,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Curtis  H.  Lindley,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Richard  A.  Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cosmo 
Morgan  Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McClellan;  Mesdames 
Hearst,  Brooks,  Stone  Rockwell,  Lane,  Leonard; 
Misses  Whitwire,  Lindley,  Lilas  Wheeler,  Jean 
Wheeler ;  Messrs,  Fred  Hall,  Orrin  Peck,  James  D. 
Phelan,    Winterhalter. 


Weddings. 


Belcher-McCormick. 
An  elaborate  wedding  took  place  Monday  evening, 
September  16th,  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  Miss  Adeline 
Belcher  pledging  her  troth  to  Mr.  Ralph  Wheeler 
McCormick.  The  red  room  of  the  Palace  was  made 
a  bower  of  lilies  and  ferns.  Two  tall  pillars  on 
either  side  of  an  improvised  altar  were  adorned  with 
pink  lilies.  Similar  decorations  were  used  on  the 
table.      The    ceremony    took    place    at    9    o'clock,    the 


Officiating  clergyman,  Rev.  Fletcher  Cook,  an  old 
friend  of  the  family,  coming  from  the  Marysville 
home    for    the    event. 

The  uride  wore  an  exquisite  gown  of  white  char- 
tneuse,  with  a  long  court  train  and  elaborately  fin- 
ished in  rich  lace.  Her  bridal  veil  was  caught  in 
place  with  a  coronet  of  orange  blossoms.  She  car- 
ried a  shower  of  orchids  and  lilies  of  the  valley. 
Miss  Roberta  Belcher,  sister  of  the  bride,  was  maid 
of  honor.  She  wore  a  French  gown  of  green  char- 
meuse,  trimmed  with  gold  lace  and  embroidery,  and 
in  her  arms  bore  a  garland  of  Killarney  roses.  The 
bridesmaids  wore  pink  satin  gowns,  being  fashioned 
in  pannier  style.      They  were  Mrs.  Alfred  Thompson 


MISS    VIVA  NICHOLSON 

An  interesting  bride  whose  marriage  to  Mr.  Leon 
Clark  was  an  event  of  the  week. 

of  Los  Angeles,  Miss  Ruth  Goodman  of  Berkeley, 
Miss  Nadine  Sherwood  and  Miss  Calla  Hale  of  Marys- 
ville. Mr.  Barclay  Henley  acted  as  best  man.  The 
bride  is  a  society  favorite  in  San  Francisco  as  well 
as  in  Marysville.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Richard  Belcher,  prominent  residents  of  Marys- 
ville, and  granddaughter  of  the  late  Judge  Isaac 
Belcher. 

Mr.  McCormick  is  a  member  of  a  prominent  Al- 
ameda family  and  has  large  property  interests  in 
Marysville.  He  is  the  son  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank    McCormick. 

Among  the  guests  at  the  wedding  were :  Judge 
and  Mrs.  Harry  Melvin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leonard  Pryor, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  Belcuer,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  C.  Bing- 
ham, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Stabler,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  Johnson,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  E.  E.  Stone,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.    Houghton     Sawyer,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    John    P. 


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Kelly,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Covington  Pringle,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Dewey  Weinmann,  Mrs.  A.  N.  Belcher,  Mrs. 
John  Wheeler,  Mrs.  Edgar  Jack,  Miss  Susan  Figg, 
Miss  Harriet  Figg,  Mrs.  John  Metcalf,  Miss  Edith 
Metcalf,  Miss  Constance  Metcalf,  Mrs.  Swain,  Miss 
Elizabeth  Swain,  Miss  Mary  Hale,  Miss  Marjorie 
Ellis,  Robert  Belcher,  Judge  Edward  Belcher,  Dun- 
ning Rideout,  William  Pridham,  Herbert  Tietzen, 
John  Goodman,  George  Goodman,  Lou  Thompson,  Bert 
Meek,  T.  Murdock,  John  Hale,  Hobart  Miller,  Pete 
Freeman,  Robert  Simpson,  Belcher  Cooley,  William 
Cooley,  Elmer  Stone  Jr.,  William  Byrne,  Stanley 
Belcher. 


Deming- Greene. 
Miss  Adelaide  Deming  and  Mr.  N.  Lincoln  Greene 
were  married  in  New  York  on  Monday,  September 
16th.  The  weuding  is  of  interest  to  local  society, 
for  Miss  Deming  and  her  mother,  Mrs.  E.  O.  Deming, 
are  well  known  in  San  Franciseo.  The  young  couple 
will  make  their  home  at  the  Hotel  Buckminster,  on 
Beacon  street,  Boston.  They  are  planning  a  trip  to 
California  the  first  of  the  year,  spending  several 
weeks    in    this    city. 


Fiedler- Allen. 

Cards     have     been    received    from     Mr.     and    Mrs. 

Gaston    Ernest    Bacon    announcing    the    marriage    of 

their    niece,    Miss    Kate    Ernestine    Fiedler,    and    Mr. 

Laurence  David  Allen,   on  Thursday,    September  5th. 


Perkins -Tufts. 
Miss  Irma  Perkins  and  Chester  Vernon  Tufts 
were  married  at  St.  Matthew's  Chapel,  Berkeley, 
on  Thursday,  September  19th.  The  bridesmaids 
were  Miss  Gertrude  Haws,  Miss  Anne  Cremers,  Miss 
Caroline  Cremers.  Miss  Florence  Marshall  was  the 
maid  of  honor.  Miss  Perkins  is  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Perkins.  Mr.  Tufts,  who 
just  graduated  from  the  California  University,  has 
charge  of  a  large  ranch  near   Sacramento. 


Vine  t-T  rethe  way. 
The  announcement  of  the  secret  wedding  of  Miss 
Lucille  Vinet  and  Mr.  Lester  E.  Tretheway,  which 
took  place  many  months  ago,  has  just  reached  the 
friends  of  the  contracting  parties.  Mr.  Tretheway 
is  the  son  of  William  E.  Tretheway,  president  of 
the  Stoekton  Iron  Works.  The  bride  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  P.  Vinet,  and  is  a  beauti- 
ful brunette.      Vinet   is    a  wealthy  land-owner. 


McClellan-Baston. 
Announcement  of  the  marriage  of  Miss  Rose  Mc- 
Clellan and  Captain  Charles  A.  Easton,  U.  S.  A.,  has 
been  received.  The  wedding  took  place  on  Tuesday, 
the  10th,  in  London.  Miss  McClellan  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Brigadier-General  and  Mrs.  John  McClellan, 
U.  S.  A.  The  bride  was  attended  by  her  sister, 
Miss  Josephine  McClellan,  as  maid  of  honor.  Gen- 
eral McClellan  and  his  daughter  are  well  known  in 
local  society,  where  they  have  been  the  motif  of 
many  prominent  events.  After  a  wedding  journey 
abroad  Captain  Easton  will  take  his  wife  to  Fort 
Douglas,  Utah,  where  he  will  be  stationed.  General 
and  Mrs.  McClellan  and  their  daughter,  Josephine, 
will   soon  be  in   San  Francisco   again. 


Wick  son-Force. 

Miss  Ethel  Grace  Wickson  and  Dr.  Nevison  Force 

suddenly  changed  their  plans   for  a   large   Christmas 

wedding   and  were   quietly  married  at   the   Wickson 

home    on    Thursday,    September    12th.      Immediately 


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[Saturday,    September   21,    1912. 


after  the  ceremony  Dr.  Force  and  his  bride  left 
for  Washington,  where  the  Doctor  will  attend  the 
Medical  Congress.  Dr.  Force  is  an  examining  phy- 
sician at  the  California  State  University.  He  has 
been  an  interne  in  the  United  States  Marine  Service, 
surgeon  in  the  Geodetic  Survey,  and  acting  assistant 
surgeon  in  the  United  States  Public  Health  and 
Marine  Hospital  Service  in  the  Philippines.  Miss 
Wickson  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
Wickson,  Berkeley,  and  a  niece  of  Professor  E.  J. 
"Wickson,  formerly  dean  of  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture  at  the   University. 


Klutch-Carp  enter. 
An  attractive  wedding  took  place  at  the  Samuel 
M.  Mills  home  in  Claremout,  the  contracting  parties 
being  Miss  Octavia  Klutch  and  Mr.  Elwin  E.  Car- 
penter. The  bride  wore .  a  gown  of  white  char- 
meuse  and  rose  point  lace.  Miss  Grace  Bye  of 
Vancouver,  B.  C.  and  Miss  Dorothy  Lilly  of  Seattle 
were  bridesmaids.  They  were  gowned  in  white  and 
carried  baskets  of  pink  and  blue  flowers.  Little 
Harriet  Oliver  was  flower-girl.  Mr.  Jay  Carpenter, 
brother  of  the  groom,  was  best  man.  Miss  Klutch 
is  the  sister  of  Mrs.  Samuel  M.  Mills.  Mr.  Car- 
penter  is    a   mining   engineer    of    Tonopah. 


Nicholson-Clark. 
A  wedding  of  interest  in  smart  society  took  place 
Tuesday  evening,  September  17th,  when  Miss  Viva 
Nicholson  became  the  bride  of  Mr.  Leon  Clark.  The 
marriage  ceremony  was  solemnized  at  the  home  of 
the  bride's  sister,  Mrs.  Victor  Metcalf,  on  Vernon 
Heights,  Oakland.  The  wedding  was  a  auiet,  simple 
affair,  witnessed  only  by  relatives  and  a  few  close 
friends.  Rev.  Alexander  Allen,  rector  of  St.  Paul's 
Episcopal  Church,  officiated  at  the  marriage  cere- 
mony. Pink  and  blue  were  effectively  carried  out 
by  the  use  of  tiger  lilies  and  hydrangeas.  The  bride, 
out  of  compliment  to  the  navy,  wore  an  exquisite 
gown  of  blue  charmeuse.  She  made  a  pretty  picture 
in  her  becoming  Dridal  robe.  The  bride  was  un- 
attended. Miss  Nicholson  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs. 
J.  H.  Nicholson,  and  a  sister  of  Richworth  Nichol- 
son, paymaster  in  the  United  States  Navy.  Miss 
Nicholson  has  traveled  extensively,  and  returned 
this  summer  from  an  European  trip  with  Miss  Eliz- 
abeth McNear.  Sue  spent  much  time  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  where  she  first  met  Mr.  Leon  Clark,  who 
was  then  secretary  to  Hon.  Victor  Metcalf.  Mr. 
Clark  is  now  Assistant  District  Attorney  of  Alameda 
County.  A  new  home  in  Piedmont  awaits  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Clark  upon  their  return  from  their  honeymoon 
trip. 


A  Beautiful   Wedding. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Isabel  Sprague  and  Mr. 
William  Henry  Pool  was  one  of  the  notable  events 
of  the  week.  The  wedding  took  place  at  the  beau- 
tiful Sprague  home  in  Menlo  Park,  on  Thursday.  It 
was  a  magnificently  appointed  affair  both  as  to  the 
great  number  of  society  people  in  attendance  and 
in  the  matter  of  detail.  The  color  scheme  of  the 
wedding  was  yellow,  and  the  golden  hue  was  carried 
out  in  the  costumes  of  the  bridal  party  and  the 
floral  adornment.  The  Sprague  home  is  one  of  the 
show-places  of  San  Mateo  county,  and  the  elaborate 
ceremony  which  was  solemnized  on  Thursday  will 
long  be  remembered  by  those  in  attendance  as  one 
of  the  events  of  soeiety. 

The  bride  was  a  charming  picture  in  her  robe 
of  snow-drop  satin.  Mrs.  William  Duncan,  matron 
of  honor,  wore  a  stunning  gown  of  yellow  taffeta, 
made  in  the  new  pannier  style.  The  bridesmaids 
were  gowned  in  yellow  taffeta,  draped  with  lace  in 
the  new  effects,  and  wore  large  picture  hats  of  lace 
and  chiffon.  The  bridesmaids  were  Miss  Janet  von 
Schroeder,  Miss  Edith  von  Schroeder,  Miss  Gerald- 
ine  Forbes,  Miss  Tsobel  Chase,  Miss  Lee  Girvin  and 
Miss  Janie  Hearin,  the  latter  a  charming  Eastern  belle. 

The  ushers  were  Bradley  Wallace,  Henry  von 
Schroeder,  Stewart  Haldrome,  Felton  Elkins,  Edward 
Eyre,  William  Holloway,  Lieutenant  Mclntyre,  U. 
S.  A.,  and  William  Duncan.  Mr.  Pool,  who  is  an 
attorney  of  New  York,  has  a  beautiful  home  in  the 
mountains  of  Virginia,  where  he  will  take  his  bride 
for  a  time,  but  they  expect  to  divide  their  time  be- 
tween   New   York,    Virginia    and    Menlo. 


OLD  MAID'S 
DIARY  * 


AND'S  SAKE!  I  reckon  the  Rev.  Geo. 
Macadam,  that't  been  lecturing  to 
Wowen's  clubs  back  East,  isn't  muck 
of  a  friend  of  equal  suffrage.  He 
says  the  World  don 't  change  half  as  much  as 
we  think.  The  politicians,  he  says,  now  act 
just  the  same  as  they  did  in  the  days  of 
Julius  Caesar.  Of  course!  Men  never  change. 
They  are  always  the  same  and  that's  just 
why  we  women  want  equal  suffrage.  We'll 
change  things  pretty  soon.     See  if  we  don't. 

Mr.  Macadam  says  that  the  politicians  in 
Julius  Caesar's  time  used  to  go  around  kiss- 
ing the  babies,  and  telling  the  mothers  what 
lovely  little  dears  the  dirty-faced  brats  -were, 
and  how  handsome  the  mothers  looked,  them- 
selves, hanging  over  their  front  gates  and 
jawing  the  vegetable  man  or  talking  gossip. 

Just  think  of  it.  Goodness  me!  Ain't  it 
dreadful.  Julius  Caesar  died  so  long  ago  that 
you  have  to  look  up  the  date  in  a  book,  for 
nobody  remembers  it.  Two  or  three  thousand 
years  ago.  And  in  all  that  time  what  has  the 
male  sex  done?  Nothing!  They  haven't  even 
the  brains  to  invent  new  deceptions. 

Rev.  Mr.  Macadam  says  that  those  old  Ro- 


man politicians  used  to  go  around  wearying 
people  with  speeches  and  saying  how  bad  the 
men  in  office  were  and  how  good  they  would 
be  if  elected,  and  how  much  they  intended  to 
do  for  the  voters.  Land's  sake,  'twas  just 
the  same  when  I  was  a  girl  back  in  Coon 
Creek.  When  Si  Punkin  was  running  for 
Sheriff,  he  made  Pop  believe  he'd  paint  our 
barn  at  the  expense  of  the  county  and  give 
Pop  enough  lumber  out  of  the  old  jail  they 
were  pulling  down,  to  fence  in  a  fifty  acre 
farm.  And  goodness  me,  the  first  thing  we 
knew,  when  Si  was  elected,  two  of  Pop's 
cows  that  got  on  to  the  county  road,  was  put 
in  the  pound,  and  the  old  lumber  Pop  was  to 
get  was  put  up  at  auction  and  sold  to  Jabez 
Soapley,  the  grocer,  for  firewood.  Pop  was 
so  mad  he  didn't  vote  the  Whig  ticket  again 
for  ten  years.  He  said  you  might  as  well 
expect  honesty  in  politicians  as  blood  in  a 
turnip. 

*     *     * 

Mrs.  Trotter  and  Ethyl  Gayleigh  were  in 
to  see  me  today  and  I  gave  them  some  ice- 
tea.  My!  Hasn't  it  been  hot  weather  for 
San  Francisco.  Mrs.  Trotter  says  that  there's 
great  excitement  in  fashionable  society  over 
the  notice  that  the  Tapestry  Room  of  the 
Hotel  St.  Francis  is  to  serve  tea. 

Land's  sake!  I  said  is  it  so  wonderful  if 
a  hotel  opens  a  new  tea-room  and  gives  music? 

"Not  if  everybody  was  looking  for  a  place 
to  drink  tea,"  Ethyl  saidt  and  there  are  peo- 
ple, she  said,  "that  actually  like  it." 

Mrs.  Trotter  says  that  the  Tapestry  Room 
was  easily  the  most  popular  spot  in  all  the 
bay  counties  as  a  feminine  resort,  and  she's 
going  to  watch  to  see  how  the  new  arrange- 
ment works. 

I  must  stop  writing,  as  I'm  going  to  the 
Civic  League  luncheon  to  hear  Gertrude  Ath- 
erton  give  Colonel  Roosevelt  fits.. 

TABITHA   TWIGGS. 


Engagements. 


BARNARD — HAVEN. — Miss  Lillian  Barnard  and 
Mr.  Harold  Eastman  Haven.  Miss  Barnard  is  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Barnard  of  Pied- 
mont. Mr.  Haven  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas 
E.  Haven.     The  wedding  day  has  not  been  announced. 

CALHOUN — HICKOX. — The  announcement  of  the 
engagement  of  Miss  Martha  Calhoun  and  Mr.  Wilson 
B.  Hickox  is  of  great  interest  to  society.  Miss 
Martha  Calhoun  is  the  eldest  daughter  of  Patrick 
Calhoun  of  California  and  Ohio.  Mr.  Hickox  is 
one  of  the  wealthiest  bachelors  of  Cleveland.  The 
wedding  is  set  for  October  12th  at  the  home  of  the 
bride's  parents,   Cleveland. 

PATTON — HELMER. — Miss  Helen  Patton  and 
Mr.  Frederick  H.  A.  Helmer.  Miss  Patton  is  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Mrs.  A.  M.  Patton  and  sister 
of  Mrs.  Clarence  Holmes.  Mr.  Helmer  is  engaged 
in  business   in   Los  Angeles. 


Recent  Events. 
Colonel    and    Mrs.    Lee    Fehiger    and    the    officers 
of  the   Sixteenth  and  Sixth  Infantry,   U.  S.  A.,   sent 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


out  invitations  for  a  reception  Wednesday  evening, 
September  18th,  at  the  Officers'  Club  at  the  Pre- 
sidio, ine  honored  guests  at  the  affair  were  Col- 
onel and  Mrs.  Cornelius  Gardener,  and  the  reception 
was  one  of  the  most  brilliant  enjoyed  by  society 
and  the  army  set  this  season. 

San  Francisco  claims  the  first  outdoor  Women's 
Bowling  Club.  That  the  club  is  going  to  prove  a 
success  was  evidenced  by  the  initial  meeting,  which 
was  held  the  other  day  at  the  park  green.  Mrs. 
James  Rolph  bowled  the  first  ball  in  the  name  of 
the  club.  Mrs.  Rolph  and  Mrs.  John  McLaren  were 
elected  honorary  members.  The  other  members  at 
the  first  meet  were:  President,  Mrs.  George  Van 
Smith;  Vice-President,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Donovan;  Secre' 
tary,  Mrs.  Andrew  McNair;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  L. 
Cooley;  Mrs.  E.  Marrison,  Mrs.  John  Russell,  Mrs, 
J.  Hendry,  Mrs.  A.  Muller,  Mrs.  W.  P.  HigginbO' 
tham,  Mrs.  J.  Harding-Mason,  Mrs.  B.  Etter,  Mrs, 
E.  M.  Cooley,  Mrs.  W.  Maundrell,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Mc 
Cauley,  Miss  Irene  Fear,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Dow,  Mrs, 
George  Patterson,  Miss  Jennie  Reid,  Miss  M.  Rob' 
erts,  Miss  Mary  Wilkie,  Mrs.  L.  Arthur,  Mrs.  George 
Cushing,  Mrs.  Norman  Martin,  Mrs.  W.  K.  Cole, 
Mrs.  Frank  Wilkie,  Mrs.  Florence  Richmond,  and 
Mrs.  R.  E.  Carter. 

Miss  Marian  Newhall  will  go  to  Cleveland  to  at- 
tend the  wedding  of  Miss  Martha  Calhoun  and  Wil- 
son Hickox,  which  will  take  place  at  the  bride's 
home    on    October   12th. 


Saturday,    September   21,    1912.] 


■THE  WASP- 


25 


KRUGER    CLUB. 

At  iht;  lusi  regular  meeting  oi  the  Krager  Club 
ii  program  of  exceptional  meril  waa  preaented,  Mra. 
Qeorg  Cruger,  wife  oi  the  director  of  this  society, 
gare  a  very  One  rendering  of  Liszt's  Hungarian  Pan- 
tusiu  for  two  pianos  iGeorg  Kruger  at  aecond  in&tru 
un-iit  i.  Other  numbers  were  played  with  BUCCeflfl 
by  various  members,  while  the  large  gathering  prea 
ant  wjis  delighted  to  hear  the  director,  in  his  in- 
imitable   manner,    render    the    Liszt     "Turau telle. ' 

The  attendance  at  these  meetings  continnea  to 
grow,  the  Intereel  deepens  at  each  session,  and  the 
musical  talent  i»  strengthened  by  this  "get  to* 
gether"  spirit  of  club  members.  Miss  Violet  Fens 
ter,  ;i  pupil  of  Georg  Kruger,  will  play  several  com- 
poaltiona  al  a  recital  to  be  held  on  the  18th  inat. 
jit  the  Berkeley  High  School  Association.  Miss 
Fenater  is  a  member  of  the  Kruger  Club,  and  has 
developed  considerable  ability  under  Mr.  Kruger's 
instruction. 

NOTICE     OF     SALE     OF     REAL     PROPERTY     BY 
GUARDIAN  AT  PRIVATE  SALE. 


NOTICE  is  HEREBY  GIVEN  THAT,  PURSUANT 
to  an  order  »i  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  ox 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
L'rani'isco,  duly  given  and  made  on  the  ltith  day 
uf  September,  191-J,  and  filed  on  the  18th  day  of 
September,  1912,  in  the  matter  of  the  guardianship 
of  the  person  and  estate  of  Lillie  Tognotti,  a  minor, 
the  undersigned,  as  guardian  of  the  person  and  estate 
of  said  minor,  will  sell  on  behalf  of  said  minor,  at 
private  sale,  on  and  after  MONDAY,  the  7th  day  of 
October.  1912,  to  the  highest  bidder,  for  cash  in 
sold  coin  of  the  United  States  of  America,  the  fol- 
lowing  described    real   property,    to-wit : 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Montgomery  Street,  distant  thereon  seventy  (70> 
tY.-t  'Uitherly  from  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Green 
and  Montgomery  Streets,  thence  running  southerly 
iiloiiL-  said  westerly  line  of  Montgomery  Street  thirty- 
three  (38)  feet  and  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  right 
angles  running  westerly  eighty  (80)  feet;  thence  at 
right  angles  running  northerly  thirty-three  (33) 
feet  and  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  right  angles  ruu 
ning  easterly  eighty  (80)  feet  to  the  westerly  line 
of  .Montgomery  Street  and  the  point  of  commence- 
ment, the  same  being  a  part  of  fifty-vara  lot  number 
245,  as  the  same  is  laid  down  and  designated  upon 
the  official  map  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  now  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Recorder  of  the    City   and   County  of   San   Francisco. 

Offers  or  bids  to  purchase  said  real  property  must 
be  in  writing,  and  they  will  be  received  at  the  offices 
of  O'Gara  &  DeMartini,  rooms  549,  550  and  ool 
Mills  Building,  northeast  corner  of  Bush  and  Mont- 
gomery Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,    State    of    California. 

Dated  this  18th  day  of  September,  1912. 

MARIA    TOGNOTTI, 
Guardian     of    the    person    and    estate     of    Lillie 
Tognotti,    a    minor. 

O'GARA  &  DeMARTINI,  Attorneys  for  Guardian, 
Mills  Building. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action   No.    32,737. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  plaintiff. 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty  (80) 
feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Street 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Diamond  Street,  and  run 
ning  thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-fifth 
Street  twenty-six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty- 
six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of 
HORNER'S  ADDTION  BLOCK    Number  221. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unlesB  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  he  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,   interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 


and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  lieni 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  hav*e  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
mav  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
12th   day   of   Septemb.  i     A.   D.   1912. 
(SEAL)"  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  .1.    1'     in   NWORTII.    Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
■The  Wiisp"  newspaper  on  the  2lst  day  of  Septum 
ber,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property,  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOOTETS 
ia  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
FranciBco,   <  laliforaia. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
FranciBco. — Dept.  No.  4. 

JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L.  PRIOR,  Plaint- 
iffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien 
upon  the  real  properly  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof.    Defendants.' — Action    No.    32,735. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L. 
PRIOR,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows : 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  eastern- 
line  of  Walter  Street,  distant  thereon  three  hundred 
and  eighteen  (318)  feet  northerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Walter  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of  Fourteenth 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and  along  said 
line  of  Walter  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125 1  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (12o)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  MISSION 
BLOCK   Number  100. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south 
easterly  line  of  Clementina  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Ninth  Street,  and  running  thence 
northeasterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clementina 
Street  twenty- five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southwesterly  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  seventy 
five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part 
of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number  298. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
•very  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
12th   dav  of  September,   A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUN'WORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of 
September,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiffs: 

EMILY  A.  FRIEDLANDER,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 


WANTED, 

More   men    and   women    who   will    save    their 
money  and  do  it  systematically. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

EDWABD    SWEENEY,    President. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


NOTICE   OF  DISSOLUTION   OF  W.  E.    STANFORD 
&    CO.,   A  PARTNERSHIP. 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN  THAT  THE  FIRM 
of  W.  E.  STANFORD  &  CO..  a  partnership  consist- 
ing of  W.  E.  STANFORD  and  A.  G.  LUCHSINGER, 
formerly  doing  business  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  was  dissolved  on  September  1,  1912. 
(Siened):  W.    E.    STANFORD. 

A.    G.    LUCHSINGER. 


Eames    Tricycle   Co. 

Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
ROLLING  CHAIRS  for  all 
purposes.  Self  •  Propelling 
Tricycle  Chairs  for  the  dis- 
abled. INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  Franeisco.  Phone  Park 
3040.  1200  S.  Main  Street, 
Let  Angelsi. 


For  Health,  Strength 

DAMIANA  BITTERS 

Naber,   Alfa   &   Brune,   Agents. 
635  Howard  St.,  opp.  new  Montgomery  St. 


Citizen's   Alliance  of  Sao  Frtncur^ 

OPEN  SHOP 


"The  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence." — Prof.  Eliot. 
Harvard   University. 


7 


Show  me  the  Closed  Shop 
town  and  around  the  corner 
I'll  show  you  hundreds  of  hun- 
gry citizens  tied  to  the  char- 
iot of  Parasites,  who  live,  with- 
out working,  off  the  earnings 
of   the   poor. 


Citizens'  Alliance  Office 
Rooms,  Nos.  363-364-365 
Russ  Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 


WALTERS  SURGICAL  CO. 

SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS 
393  Sutter  St.,  S.  F.     Phone  Douglas  4011 


LA  GRANDE  &  WHITES 

LAUNDRY  CO. 

Office  and  Works,  234  12th  St. 

Bet.  Howard  &  Folsom  Sts. 

SAN    FRANCISCO,         -         CALIFORNIA 

Phones:   Market  916,  Home  M.  2044. 

Neal  Liquor  Cure 
Three  uosSutterSt 

DAY        phone  Franklin  1098 

ADOPTED  BY  AUSTRALIAN  GOVERNMENT 


26 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  September  21,  1912. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.   4. 

HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.—Action   No.   32,630. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and   particularly    described   as    follows. 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  six 
(106)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  westerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  "Webster 
Street,  and  running  thence  westerly  along  said  line 
of  Green  Street  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(137)  feet,  six  (,6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty-one  (41)  feet,  three  (3)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  Vallejo  Street;  thence  easterly  along 
said  line  of  Vallejo  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eighteen  (18)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
southerly  line  of.  Green  Street  and  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION  Num- 
ber   321. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and,'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
19th  day   of   August,    A.   D.    1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.  I.   HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  31st  day  of  August, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

NOTICE  OP  TRUSTEES'   SALE  OF  REAL  ESTATE 


Whereas,  W.  A.  WALKER  and  ANNA  J.  WALK- 
ER, P.  F.  BRADHOFF  and  KATHERINE  M. 
BRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W.  WEHE  and  PAME- 
LIA  M.  WEHE,  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  the  parties  of  the  first 
part,  did  execute  a  certain  deed  of  trust  dated  the 
24th  day  of  October,  1911,  to  JOSEPH  E.  BIEN 
and  D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  parties  of  the  second  part, 
and  as  trustees  for  the  benefit  and  security  of  the 
P.  C.  COMPANY,  a  corporation  duly  incorporated 
under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  oi 
California,  which  deed  of  trust  was  recorded  in  the 
office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the  County  of  Te- 
hama, State  of  California,  on  the  15th  day  of  No- 
vember, 1911,  in  Liber  "T"  of  Trust  Deeds,  Page 
296  et  seq. ; 

Now,  therefore,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and 
under    the    authority   of    said    deed   of   trust,    and   in 


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of  said  P.  C.  COMPANY,  the  holder  of  a  certain 
promissory  *  note  made  by  W.  A.  WALKER  and 
ANNA  J.  WALKER,  P.  F.  BRADHOFF  and  KATH- 
ERINE M.  BRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W.  WEHE 
and  PAMELIA  M.  WEHE  to  said  P.  C.  COM- 
PANY, to  secure  the  payment  of  which  said  promis- 
sory note  said  deed  of  trust  was  executed,  declaring 
that  default  in  the  payment  of  the  monthly  install- 
ments of  interest  had  been  made,  and  that  the  whole 
of  said  note  had  thereby  become  due  and  had  not 
been  paid,  and  requesting  and  directing  that  JO- 
SEPH E.  BIEN  and  D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  trustees, 
under  the  power  and  authority  conferred  upon  them 
by  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in  pursuance  of  said 
resolution,  to  sell  said  real  property  described  in 
said  deed  of  trust  and  hereinafter  described,  to 
satisfy  said  indebtedness,  the  said  JOSEPH  E.  BIEN 
and  D.  F.  CONWAY  do  hereby  give  notice  that  on 
Saturday,  the  21st  day  of  September,  1912,  at 
twelve  o'clock  noon  of  said  day,  at  Room  1114 
iddison  Head  Building,  No.  209  Post  Street,  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, they  will  sell,  at  public  auction,  to  the 
highest  bidder  for  cash  in  gold  coin  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  all  that  certain  real  property, 
with  the  improvements  thereon,  situated  in  the 
County  of  Tehama,  State  of  California,  and  partic- 
ularly bounded  and  described  as  follows,   to-wit: 

The  west  one-half  (W.  %)  of  Section  Sixteen 
(Sec.  16)  and  the  east  one-half  (E.  ^ )  of  Section 
17),  and  the  northeast  one-quarter  (N.  E.  M )  of 
Section  Twenty  (Sec.  20),  and  the  northwest  one- 
quarter  (N.  W.  Yi, )  of  Section  Twenty-one  (Sec. 
21),  all  in  Township  Twenty-five  (Tp.  25)  North, 
Range  Three    (R.   3)      West,  M  D.  M. 

Together  with  all  and  singular  the  tenements,  her- 
editaments and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging, 
or  in  any  wise  appertaining,  and  the  reversion  and 
reversions,  remainder  and  remainders,  rents,  issues 
and  profits  thereof. 

And,  also  all  the  estate,  right,  title  and  interest, 
homestead,  or  other  claim  or  demand,  as  well  in 
law  as  in  equity,  which  the  said  W.  A.  WALKER 
and  ANNA  J.  WALKER,  P.  P.  BRADHOFF  and 
KATHERINE  M.  BRADHOFF,  and  ALFRED  W. 
WEHE  and  PAMELIA  M.  WEHE  now  have  or  may 
hereafter  acquire,  in  or  to  the  said  premises,  or 
any  part   thereof,   with   the   appurtenances. 

TERMS  OF  SALE:  Cash  in  Gold  Coin  of  the 
United  States  of  America;  fifty  per  cent  (50  per 
cent)  payable  to  the  undersigned  at  the  fall  of  the 
hammer ;  balance  upon  delivery  of  deed,  and  if  not 
so  paid,  unless  for  want  of  title  (ten  days  being 
allowed  for  search)  then  said  fifty  per  cent  (50  per 
cent)  to  be  forfeited  and  the  sale  to  be  void.  Taxes 
to   be   pro  rated. 

JOSEPH    E.    BIEN, 
D.    F.    CONWAY, 

Trustees. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   3. 

MURRAY  P.  VANDALL,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.    32,539. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly   described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  one  hundred  (100)  feet 
southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  Btreet 
and  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of 
Seventeenth  avenue,  measured  respectively  along 
lines  drawn  at  right  angles  to  said  lines  of 
said   streets,   and  running   thence  westerly  and  par- 


allel with  said  line  of  Clement  street  eight  (8.) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Seventeenth  avenue  three 
hundred  and  fifty  (350)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  three  hundred  and  fifty  (350) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  Out- 
side Land  Block  Number  198. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights. 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  oi  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  aa 
may  be   meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
91st  day  of  July,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clsrk. 

By  J.   F.  DUNWORTH,   Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse 
to    plaintiff: 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society,  (a  cor- 
poration)   San  Francisco,   California. 

Fernando  Nelson,  San  Francisco,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,   Cal. 


NOTICE      TO    CREDITORS. 

No.    13,815.      Dept.    10. 


ESTATE    OP    MARGARET    COLLINS,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  MARGARET 
COLLINS,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  per- 
sons having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four 
(4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice 
to  the  said  Administrator,  at  Mb  office,  room  858 
Phelan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of 
business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
of   MARGARET    COLLINS,    deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator    of    the    estate    of    MARGARET 
COLLINS,   deceased. 

Dated,    San   Francisco,   August  6,   1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HIOKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
trator,  858  Phelan  Building,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 


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SUMMONS 


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. 

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y.ui  required    i"    appeal    and 

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with    the    Clerk    at  to    t  uurl    ami 

within  tin..  lirat   publloa- 

lion  ol  this  summons,  and  to  sel  rortb 
•  >r  Ilea,  if  any,  you  have  io  or  up  in  real 

propei  ty, 

BDd     l'"lint\      o 

icribed   as   follows; 
Beginning  at  a  point  oa  the  southeasterly   line  ol 
i  bereoo 

eighty  one    •  I  inches   north* 

.'  north' 
irmerly   Moss  Alley) 

irltfa    the    Boutheasterlj    I  i if    Falcon 

Baid  »t  i  ion  thai   certaii 

ed  iiini  ird  of  Buperrieore  of 

■  mi  i  lounl  ■■    under  ordinance    Jo,   1 652, 
New   Series),   and   running   thence  northeaster] 

■Id    lii i    Falcon    Avenue   twenty-five    (25 

lonth  -ii  degr<  hundred  and 

four   (104)   feel   and  eighi  thence  south 

■    -Hi  y   ii\  e     (26)     feel  ; 

end   thence   north   forty-thn  i    mm 

utea   veal   one   hundred    and   five    (105)    feet    to    the 
point   of   beginning;    being   a    part   of   tot   numl 
in     blo<  oi     the    MARKET    STREET 

HOMESTEAD   ASSOl  I  H  EO 

which  aa(d  property  was  before  the  widening  oi 
M>. no  Street  (formerly  Moss  Alley)  descrii>> in  ai 
followa ; 

aning  at  a  point  iii  the  southeasterly  line  of 
Falcon  Street!  distant  northeasterly  on  saiil  line 
two  hundred  and  two  (202)  feel  and  one  (1  inch 
from   ti.  srly  corner  of   Falcon    Streel    ana 

LUey;   thence   running   north   SO  deg.  20  min. 

■  lc  hi  Si  reel  in  enty-fii  e 

feet;    thence    south    ii    deg.    e&sl    one    hundred    and 

four   (loi)    feel   and  eight    (8)    inches;    thence  south 

49   deg.    50    min.    weal    twenty-five    (25)    feet;    and 

north  39  deg.  45  min.  west  one  hundred  and 
fivo    (105)    feet,    more   or   less,    to    the    point    of    com 

ment;   being  a  pari  of  loi   No.  Bix(6)   in  block 

No.  three  (3)  as  the  same  is  laid  down  and  desig- 
nated upon  the  official  map  of  the  Market  Street 
Homestead  Association,  tiled  in  the  onice  of  the 
County  Recorder  of  the  said  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute:  that  his  title 
to  said  properly  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  iiny  description;  that  the  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as   may   be   meet    in   tlie   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and   the  seal  of  said  Court   this 
2?th   day  of  August,  A.  D.,   1912. 
(.SHAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.   P.  DUNWORTH,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Sep 
tember,  A.  D.  1912. 

J.  KARMEL,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  105  Mont- 
gomery   St.,    San    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
Ban   Francisco. — Dept.   No.   7. 

MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET  MAGUIRE, 
Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in 
or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or 
any  part  thereof.  Defendants. — Action  No.  32,477. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET 
MAGUIRE,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
above-entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows: 

First:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Union  street,  distant  thereon  sixty-two  (62) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  easterly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Union 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Steiner  street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Union 
street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly    eighty-seven    (87)    feet,    six    (6)    inches; 


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thence  at  u  right  angle  westerly  twenty*five  (25) 
feet;aud  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eighty-seven 
l<i7j  feet,  six  (0_>  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  pan  of  Western  Addition,  Block  Number  844. 

Second :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Twenty-second  avenue,  distant  thereon  one 
hundred  and  twenty  live  (125)  feet  southerly  from 
ihe  corner  formed  l>y  the  intersection  of  the  west- 
erly line  of  Twenty-second  avenue  with  the  southerly 
line  of  Point  Lobos  avenue,  and  running  thence 
southerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue 
seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120'  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  Beventy-five  (75)  feet; 
and  tnence  at  a  n-iu  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Outside  uand  Block  Number  262. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
or-  rHiff  'i.-iimiMii'.t  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted  ;that  the  Court 
aei'.-muii  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles,  in- 
terests and  claims  in  nnd  io  said  property,  and  every 
pari  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or  equitable, 
present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent,  and  whether 
I  he  same  consist  of  mo  rt  cages  or  liens  nf  any  de 
scription;that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
18th    day   of  July,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery   St.,    San   Francisco,   Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

GIOVANNI  DANERI,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
ertv  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.   32,600. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIOVANNI  DANERI,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lieu,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
nnd   particularly  described  as  follows    : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Gari* 
baldi  (formerly  Vincent)  Street,  distant  thereon 
uinety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line  of  Garibaldi  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Garibaldi  Street  twenty  (20)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty-eight  (58)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20  t  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly fifty-eight  (58)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT 
Number  379. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,    and    every  part    thereof,   whether  the    same 


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Witness    my    hand    and    111  rt   this 

of  August, 

(SEAL) 

■ 

"The  H 
A     D.  lfl 

PERRY    A    DAI  LI 

Oal 

SUMMONS. 


THE     SUPERIOR    COURT    OF    THE    STATE    OF 
California,    In    and    for    the    City    and   County    of    San 
1  >epi .    No.  7. 

KRRY,    Pluinliff,    vs.    All   persons 
claiming    any    interest    in   or   lien    upon    the    real   prop- 
erly   herein    described   or   any    part    thereof,    Defend- 
lotiOD    No.    32.432. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  iu,  or  lien  upon, 
the  real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of   Defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  JOSEPH  G.  McVERRY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi 
cation  of  thiB  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in 
lerest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,  and  particularly  described  as  followa: 

inning  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  northerly  line  of  Lawton  (formerly  *'L") 
Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Eleventh  Avenue, 
and  running  thence  westerly  and  along  said  line  of 
Lawton  Streel  two  hundred  and  forty  (240)  feet 
to  the  easterly  line  of  Twelfth  Avenue;  thence  north- 
erly along  said  line  of  Twelfth  Avenue  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (6>  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
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and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Elev- 
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You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
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Vol.  LXV1II  — Xo.  13. 


SAX  FKAXi'lsro,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1912. 


Price,  10  Cents. 


Plain  English. 


BY  AMERICUS 


SOME  of  the  daily  newspapers  have  criticised  Col- 
onel Herbert  Choynski,  who  defended  thai  char- 
ter member  of  the  Ananias  Club,  Fire  Commis- 
sioner Donohoe.  The  Colonel  instructed  Donohoe  to 
keep  his  teeth  as  close  as  a  rat-trap  and  answer  no  ques- 
tions— a  very  wise  piece  of  advice.  Mr.  Donohoe  be- 
longs to  that  class  of  intellectuals  who  obtain  much 
prominence  in  sandlot  politics,  and  can  seldom  open 
their  mouths  without  putting  their  feet  in  them. 

Mayor  Rolph,  in  reproving  Donohoe 's  counsel,  re- 
minded him  that  he  was  neither  in  the  Police  Court  nor 
a  barroom.  It  was  not  incumbent  on  the  learned  coun- 
sel, therefore  to  behave  as  if  he  had  no  respect  for  his 
surroundings. 

The  critics  of  the  daily  press  are  deeply  grieved  that 
the  dignity  of  the  Mayor 's  office  should  be  imperiled  by 
the  tactics  of  a  lawyer  more  anxious  to  save  his  client 
than  to  preserve  the  proprieties. 

If  these  censorious  journalists  of  the  daily  press  pos- 
sessed something  more  than  the  perspicacity  of  a  mole 
and  the  mental  breadth  of  a  clam,  they  would  see  clearly 
that  Colonel  Choynski's  capers  in  court  are  some  of  the 
results  of  their  own  handiwork  in  molding  public  opin- 
ion badly. 

•    *    « 

Colonel  Choynski  manifested  no  awe  in  the  presence 
of  constituted  authority.  He  felt  none.  His  demeanor 
towards  the  worthy  Mayor  of  San  Francisco  and  the 
Mayor's  office  was  not  less  respectful  than  it  would 
have  been  in  a  tribunal  of  law.  Probably  it  was  much 
more  respectful.  Lawyers  in  this  State,  and  most  oth- 
ers, consider  that  their  first  duty  is  to  save  their  clients, 
regardless  of  truth  or  justice.  The  worse  the  case,  the 
greater  the  efforts  that  must  be  put  forth  to  protect  the 
accused.  Some  lawyers  think  it  does  not  do  violence  to 
the  ethics  of  their  noble  profession  to  bribe  the  jury  if 
they  cannot  win  by  browbeating  the  witnesses  for  the 
prosecution. 


Yellow  newspapers  have  succeeded  in  warping  public 
opinion  so  tliai  the  lawful  trial  of  an  accused  person  is 
uo  longer  regarded  as  a  dignified  judicial  investigation, 
me  usual  trial  is  devoid  of  dignity,  decency  and  justice, 
and  the  lawyer  who  can  shout  tlie  loudest  stands  the 
best  chance  of  getting  the  yellow  press  on  his  side. 
From  the  beginning  of  the  trial  it  is  understood  that 
the  newspapers  have  the  closing  argument  and  the  right 
to  instruct  the  jury  as  to  the  kind  of  verdict  which  is  ex- 
pected by  the  populace. 

«    «    » 

Tne  journalistic  advantage  of  treating  a  trial  in  court 
as  a  sort  of  duel  is  plainly  apparent,  hew  people  mignt 
read  about  the  case  if  it  were  reported  without  sensa- 
tionalism. Everybody  is  sure  to  devour  it  when  the 
trial  is  written  up  like  a  prize  fight.  In  one  round  Crime 
receives  a  stunning  thump  in  the  solar  plexus,  and  in 
the  next  Justice  is  brought  to  the  floor  and  "takes  the 
count,"  as  the  sporting  reporters  say.  From  the  news- 
paper standpoint  the  only  thing  at  stake  is  the  amount 
of  public  interest  that  can  be  created  in  the  duel.  The 
probability  of  the  guilt  or  innocence  of  the  defendant 
cuts  little,  if  any,  figure.  A  cold-blooded  scoundrel, 
charged  with  the  most  atrocious  murder,  is  not  viewed 
with  the  least  abhorrence.  He  is  given  the  full  benefit 
of  any  fiimsy  plea  he  may  set  up  to  excuse  his  crime. 
To  read  the  accounts  of  the  trial  as  given  by  the  yellow 
newspapers  one  might  imagine  him  an  influential  citi- 
zen charged  with  some  technical  violation  of  the  stat- 
utes against  combinations  in  restraint  of  trade.  If  this 
red-handed  malefactor,  whose  guilt  is  obvious,  should 
gain  the  slightest  advantage  over  Justice,  the  victory 
calls  for  flaring  headlines,  and  perhaps  an  extra  edition 
to  inform  the  public  that  the  prisoner  is  likely  to  escape. 

By  such  journalistic  methods  there  has  been  created 
a  certain  amount  of  public  disrespect  for  the  courts  of 
justice  and  public  misconception  of  the  rights  of  every 
criminal  who  finds  himself  in  the  meshes  of  the  law.  The 
public  has  been  educated  to  believe  that  the  rascal  has 
the  right  to  resort  to  any  methods  to  regain  his  liberty, 
and  that  his  statements,  uttered  to  save  him  from  the 
penitentiary,  should  be  published  in  full,  no  matter  how 
grossly  they  may  libel  honest  people. 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    September    28,    1912. 


It  has  become  a  common  occurrence  for  an  embezzler  who 
robs  his  employer  to  excuse  his  dishonesty  by  pleading  that 
he  was  shamefully  underpaid. '  He  could  not  support  himself, 
or  perhaps  his  family,  in  comfort  on  his  miserable  stipend, 
and  therefore  he  stole.  The  yellow  press  glorifies  the  thief 
and  denounces  his  victim,  though  it  not  infrequently  appears 
that  the  necessaries  of  life  for  which  the  embezzler  risked 
his  liberty  were  wine,  joy-rides  and  gambling. 

Not  infrequently  an  embezzler,  when  arrested  after  system- 
atically robbing  his  employer  for  years,  attacks  the  reputa- 
tion of  his  victim  for  honesty.  He  or  she  declares  that  the 
employer  was  engaged  in  some  dubious  practices,  and  was  the 
real  culprit  who  should  have  been  seized  by  the  officers  of  the 
law. 

No  matter  how  scandalous  the  stories  told  by  the  prisoner 
to  discredit  the  accuser  and  help  him  or  her  out  of  jail,  the 
libels  are  printed  in  full  by  the  newspapers.  More  promi- 
nence ccrald  not  be  given  to  these  slanderous  statements  if 
they  were  made  by  the  first  citizen  in  the  land  and  were 
vouched  for  by  the  Governors  of  all  the  States. 

At  the  end  of  the  long  string  of  calumnies  uttered  by  the 
prisoner  a  few  lines  are  printed  to  inform  the  newspaper 
readers  that  the  object  of  the  bitter  tirade  pronounces  the 
accusations  against  him  as  untrue  in  every  particular. 

After  such  a  start  it  is  easy  to  tell  how  the  trial  is  likely 
to  turn  out.  That  is  the  kind  of  thing  which  causes  public 
disrespect  for  justice  and  the  courts. 


MAYOR'S  FIGHT  FOR  LOWER  INSURANCE. 


M 


AYOR  ROLPH'S  gallant  fight  for  lower  insurance  is 
as  good  as  won,  and  it  means  more  to  San  Francisco 
than  most  people  think.  High  taxes  we  are  sure  to 
have  on  account  of  the  restoration  of  our  city.  When  to  high 
taxes  you  add  crushing  insurance  rates,  you  make  real  estate 
unprofitable,  and  you  oppress  the  merchant.  All  this  adds 
ito  the  cost  of  living  and  causes  high  rents,  and  everything 
else  high  in  proportion. 

Mayor  Rolph 's  public-spirited  action  in  demanding  relief 
for  the  long-suffering  policy-holders  will  surely  result  in  a 
saving  of  at  least  $1,000,000  a  year  to  the  public.  That  repre- 
sents interest  equal  to  5  per  cent  on  $20,000,000  a  year.  In 
other  words,  if  our  energetic  Chief  Magistrate's  demands 
should  cause  a  reduction  of  20  per  cent  on  insurance  rates 
(which  is  hopefully  looked  for),  the  net  result  to  the  public 
which  pays  insurance  rates  would  be  the  same  as  if  Mr. 
Rolph  made  them  a  present  of  the  yearly  income  from  $20,- 
000,000  of  5-per-cent  bonds. 

That  would  be  a  very  handsome  present,  and  widely  appre- 
ciated, for  nearly  everybody  has  some  kind  of  property  to 
insure  against  fire. 

This  insurance  question  is  one  of  the  most  important  the 
Mayor  could  have  undertaken  to  solve,  and  if  the  discussion 
should  end  in  a  saving  of  a  million  or  so  a  year  to  the  public, 
Mr.  Rolph  will  deserve  the  praise  and  gratitude  of  his  fellow- 
townsmen.     - 


STUCK  TO  THE  LIE. 

FIRE  COMMISSIONER  DONOHOE  stuck 
manfully  to  the  outright  lie  that  he 
never  pioinised  to  resign  as  soon  as  he 
returned  from  Ireland.  'He  could  not  have 
gone  back  to  his  native  land  without  resign- 
ing as  Fire  Commissioner  had  not  the  Mayor 
granted  him  the  favor,  for  the  charter  does 
not  permit  officials  to  be  absent  from  the 
State   for  more   than   sixty   days. 

The  Mayor  had  made  up  his  mind  to  drop 
Donohoe  from  the  roll  of  public  officials,  and 
so  notified  him.  The  Mayor  believed  that 
the  good  of  the  public  service  required  Dono- 
hoe 's   removal. 

Donohoe  agreed  to  resign.  It  was  the  wiser 
plan  for  him,  as  he  knew  that,  if  tried  on  the 
charges  the  Mayor  has  ready  to  present,  he 
would  be  dismissed. 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  eharter  a  pub- 
lic official  who  is  dismissed  from  his  position 
can  never  again  hold  another  position  under 
the  city  government.  As  politicians  like  Don- 
ohoe usually  have  their  weather  eyes  fixed 
on  some  fat  office,  the  greatest  calamity  that 
can  befall  them  is  to  be  disqualified  from  hold- 
ing any  office  at  all. 

Making  the  best  of  the  dilemma,  Donohoe 
said  he  would  resign  if  the  Mayor  would  not 
subject  him  to  the  ordeal  of  a  public  trial. 
He  asked  as  a  great  favor  that  his  leave  of 
absence  be  extended  long  enough  to  allow 
him  to  visit  his  relatives  in  Ireland,  and  on 
his  way  back  he  intended  to  attend  a  conven- 
tion   of  the   Ancient   Order   of   Hibernians   to 


which  he  was  a  delegate.  The  Mayor  was 
desirous  that  Mr.  Donohoe  should  at  once 
hand  in  his  resignation,  to  take  effect  imme- 
diately, but  the  man  beggea  off.  He-  also 
dodged  the  proposal  that  he  hand  in  his  res- 
ignation to  take  effect  on  the  date  of  his 
return.  He  vowed  he  would  keep  his  word, 
and  called  on  his  friends  to  vouch  for  him, 
and  induced,  amongst  others  J.  C.  Nealon,  who 
had  been  his  good  friend  and  adviser  in  poli- 
tics. Mr.  Nealon,  having  faith  in  Donohoe, 
declared  his  belief  that  the  fello-w  would 
keep  nis  word  like  a  man,  and  on  this  under- 
standing the  unworthy  Eire  Commissioner  was 
allowed  to  depart  on  his  travels.  When  he 
returned,  as  everybody  knows,  he  forgot  all 
his  vows  and  protestations  and  declared  flatly 
that  he  had  never  agreed  or  promised  to  re- 
sign, and,  furthermore,  had  no  intention 
whatever  of  handing  in  his  resignation. 

Mr.  Nealon  was  naturally  mortified  at  be- 
ing placed  in  such  an  embarrassing  position. 
He  had  pledged  his  faith  in  Donohoe 's  in- 
tegrity, and  here  was  the  man  attempting  to 
outface  his  best  friends  and  the  Mayor  and 
make  them  all  out  a  set  of  unmitigated  liars. 
Mr.  Nealon  hastened  to  set  himself  right 
on  the  record,  and  it  is  said  did  not  mince 
words  in  telling  Donohoe  his  opinion  of  him. 
There  were  several  pointed  references  in  the 
conversation  to  a  certain  historic  personage 
named  "Michael  Feeney, "  but  such  allusions 
had  no  effect  on  the  contumacious  Donohoe. 
He  lied  from  start  to  finish,  and  the  Mayor's 
only   alternative  was   to   place   the   fellow  on 


the  carpet  and  let  him  stand  trial. 

At  the  trial  Donohoe 's  attorneys  objected 
strenuously  to  allowing  Mr.  Nealon  to  be 
placed  on  the  witness  stand.  This  was  a  very 
astute  move,  as  Mr.  Nealon,  under  oath, 
would  be  compelled  to  testify  as  to*Donohoe's 
votes  in  many  of  the  matters  on  which  Dono- 
hoe has  been  tried.  It  is  known  that  Donohoe 
has  many  times  sought  Mr.  Nealon  's  advice  in 
these  matters,  and  it  is  generally  known  that 
in  every  case  where  advice  was  sought  Mr. 
Nealon  urged  Donot'oe  not  to  vote  as  he  had 
intended  to  vote.  On  more  than  one  occasion 
Mr.  Nealon  advised  Donohoe  that  he  would 
get  into  trouble  if  he  persisted  in  voting  as 
he  did,  but,  regardless  of  such  warning,  Don- 
ohoe went  ahead  according  to  his  own  plans, 
and  -as  landed  in  the  troubles  that  now  beset 
him.  Had  he  heeded  Nealon 's  good  advice 
he  would  have  steered  clear  of  shoals,  and 
his  administration  might  possibly  be  of  some 
use  to  the  municipality.  But  in  view  of  Mr. 
Donohoe 's  recent  performances,  it  is  doubtful 
if  he  could  be  an  ornament  to  any  govern 
ment  outside  of  some  corner  of  Darkest  Af- 
rica. 


A  JUST  ACQUITTAL. 

THE  acquittal  of  the  well-known  local  firm 
D.  Ghirardelli  &  Co.  in  the  United 
States  District  Court  gives  general  sat- 
isfaction. There  never  has  been  any  question 
of  the  purity  of  the  wares  put  on  the  market 
by  D.  Ghirardelli  &  Co,,  for  the  reputation 
of  their  chocolates  has  long  been  established, 


Saturday,    September    28,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


and  owing  to  that  fact  its  popularity  has  in- 
creased  till   the  sales  are  enormous. 

The  complaint  of  the  Government  experts 
was  that  1).  GhirardeUi  &  Co.  violated  the 
law  by  selling  to  Tillmann  &  Bendel  in  1909 
a  barrel  of  chocolate  labeled  "Italian  Choco- 
late," though  it  had  been  manufactured  in 
San  Francisco  by  D.  GhirardeUi  A:  Co. 

The  contention  of  the  Government  was  thai 
the  title  was  misleading,  but  it  was  shown 
clearly  that  the  boxes  wore  labeled  plainly  as 
having  been  made  in  San  Francisco  by  D. 
GhirardeUi  &  Co.,  and  were  not  made  up  in 
any  way  to  deceive,  or  delude  buyers  into  the 
idea  that  they  were  purchasing  an  article 
made    in    Italy. 

The  manufacturer^,  in  answering  the  Gov- 
ernment, claimed  that  no  deception  was  in- 
tended or  accomplished,  and  that  the  name 
"  I  Lilian  Chocolates"  was  merely  a  trade  term 
well  known  as  such  to  all  people  in  the  trade. 

This  claim  was  fully  sustained  by  the  tes- 
timony of  well-known  retailers  and  manufac- 
turers. George  Haas,  a  prominent  manufac- 
turer, testified  that  the  boxes  put  up  by  Ghir- 
ardeUi &  Co.  were  not  misleading  in  the  least. 
Prank  Maskey  swore  that  the  term  il  Italian 
Chocolates"  has  always  been  but  a  trade 
name.     The  jury  acquitted  in  a  few  minutes. 

f 

PLEASED  BEYOND  MEASUBE. 


The  Sale  of  Seats  for  the  San  Francisco  Or- 
chestra Exceeds  All  Expectations. 

The  Board  of  Governors  of  the  Musical 
Association  of  San  Francisco  are  pleased  be- 
yond measure  with  the  demands  on  the  open- 
ing day  of  the  sale  for  the  guarantors  of  the 
orchestra.  All  indications  point  to  a  record- 
breaking  season.  The  Board  of  Governors  are 
particularly  pleased  with  the  demand  for  seats 
for  the  combined  season  of  the  ten  symphony 
and  ten   popular  concerts. 

The  sale  of  seats  for  the  general  public  will 
open  at  the  rooms  of  The  San  Francisco  Or- 
chestra, No.  711-712  Head  Building,  Post  and 
Grant  avenue,  on  Thursday,  October  3rd,  and 
will  close  Thursday,  October  17th.  No  sea- 
son tickets  will  be  sold  after  that  date.  The 
sale  for  the  single  tickets  will  open  at  the 
box  office  of  the  Cort  Theater,  Monday  morn- 
ing, October  21st. 

The  Board  of  Governors  requests  that  all 
mail  orders  be  made  payable  to  the  Musical 
Association  of  San  Francisco  and  addressed 
to  Frank  W.  Healy,  manager  of  The  San  Fran- 
cisco Orchestra.  No.  711-712  Head  Building. 
4 

THE  TOY  DOG  SHOW. 


It   Now   Takes  Precedence    of  All   Others   in 
the  Fashionable  World. 

THE   Pacific    Coast    Toy   Dog   Association, 
(members     of     the     American     Kennel 
Club)    will    hold    its    initial    Toy    Dog 
Show    in    the    Colonial    Ballroom    of    the    St. 

Going  into  the  homes  of  5,000  society  and 
club  women,  THE  WASP  is  one  of  the  best 
advertising  mediums  for  merchants  who  desire 
to  reach  people  who  have  money  to  spend. 


Francis,  on  Thursday  .  I  loto- 
ber  LOth.  This  important 
event  will  interest  all  ad- 
mirers   of    the     diminutive 

and  pretty  canines,  and  will 
be  the  first  of  its  kind 
ever  attempted  in  the  West 
and  will  be  similar  in  na- 
ture to  the  successful  shows 
held  annually  at  the  Wal- 
dorf-Astoria and  The  Pla'za, 
New  York.  In  the  Eastern 
city  the  event  is  one  which 
ranks  with  the  horse  show 
in  attracting  the  society  and  beauty  of  the 
metropolis. 

A  large  list  of  entries  for  the  show  at  the 
St.  Francis  is  already  on  record  and  before 
the  opening  day  of  the  exhibition  no  space 
will  be  left.  Among  some  of  the  well-known 
people  who  will  exhibit  pet  dogs  with  ped- 
igrees longer  than  the  much-prized  canines 
themselves,  are:  Mrs.  ; Charles  Sutro.  Mrs. 
Charles  Clark,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Follis,  Freeman  A. 
Ford,  Miss  Louise  Hering,  Miss  Lydia,  Hop- 
kins, Miss  Vera  "'Lindgren,  Mrs.  Leon  Roos, 
Miss  Ethel  Tompkins,  Mrs.  R.  L.  Weinstock 
and  Judge  Carroll  Cook. 

Much  time  thought  and  money  will  be  ex- 
pended on  the  kennel  exhibits  and  a  vast 
range  of  originality  will  be  displayed.  Mrs. 
Charles  Sutro  will  have  a  King  Charles  Spaniel 
Kennel.  The  model  will  represent  King  Char- 
les' time,  and  will  occupy  a  space  of  over 
six  feet.  Miss  Lydia  Hopkins  has  chosen  the 
stage  for  her  kennel,  and  will  bench  her  dogs 
after  the  style  of  oriental  decorations,  making 
a  sumptuous  display  of  gorgeous  colorings. 

The  Carro-Beth  Kennels  of  Judge  and  Mrs. 
Carroll  Cook  will  be  a  miniature  of  the  Hotel 
St.  Francis,  with  toy  dogs  in  each  room.  A 
flag  will  be  displayed  at  one  end,  bearing  the 
insignia  "St.  Francis,'  and  another  flag  at 
the  other  end  displaying  "Carro-Beth." 

Mayor  and  Mrs.  Rolph  will  probably 
be  represented  by  some  of  their  choice  dogs 
under  the  18-pound  limit. 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Conlisk  will  be  the  judge  of  the 
decorated  exhibits.  Mr.  John  Bradshaw,  the 
judge  on  this  occasion,  needs  no  introduction. 
No  judge  in  America  knows  more  about  the 
toy  dog  variety.  He  is  a  most  conscientious 
judge  and  has  managed  dog  shows  from  the 
Atlantic  to  the  Pacific,  and  just  lately  he 
judged  the  dog  show  at  Atlantic  City.  Mr. 
Bradshaw  is  at  present  in  Victoria,  B.  C, 
judging  a  show,  prior  to  the  coming  exhibi- 


MISS    HOPKINS'    KENNEL    OF   PEKINGESE    SPANIELS. 

tion  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis  in  San  Francisco. 
From  this  city  he  will  go  to  Texas  to  act  as 
judge,  and  then  will  proceed  to  Sioux  Falls, 
S.  D.,  to  judge  another  show.  In  fact,  Mr. 
Bradshaw  has  professional  engagements  that 
will  keep  him  occupied  until  next  February, 
when  he  goes  to  judge  the  big  show  at  Indian- 
apolis. All  communications  relative  to  the 
Toy  Dog  Show  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis,  will 
reach  Mr.  John  Bradshaw  at  the  Headquar- 
ters, Robison  Bros.,  1260  Market  street. 

The  Pacific  Coast  Toy  Dog  Association  have 
ordered,  from  the  TJ.  S.  Mint,  enough  $2.50 
gold  pieces  to  be  given  wherever  a  cash  prize 
of  that  amount  is  won.  These  will  make  in- 
teresting souvenirs. 

+ 

THE  LEADING  MAN. 


What  Becomes  of  Him  When  He  Grows  Round- 
Shouldered  and  Bald. 

M  WONDER  if  the  Girl  who  Gushes  in 
in  ecstacy  over  the  Leading  Man  won- 
ders what  becomes  of  him  after  he's 
played  out.  The  great  Belasco  has  a 
plaint  in  one  of  the  big  magazines  of  recent 
date  in  which  he  tells  us  that  we  are  not  cre- 
ating supports  to  stars.  In  fact,  he  claims, 
— and  no  one  has  a  better  right  to  so  claim — 
that  the  supply  of  leading  men  in  the  raw, 
the  younger- sons  of  the  idle  rich  of  England, 
the  disinherited  of  the  social  drones,  are  get- 
ting scarcer  and  scarcer  with  every  year 
which  passes. 

Belasco  tells  us.  charmingly,  as  to  how  he 
makes  'em.  He  says  he  finds  them  in  the 
rough,  these  gentlemen  of  fortune,  and  that 
he  gives  them,  as  in  the  case  of  the  plays  he 
•assimilates,  atmosphere.  He  finds  out  all 
about  them,  their  escapades,  their  previous 
trades  or  callings.  He  is  especially  happy  if, 
besides  being  born  to  the  purple,  the  near- 
star  of  the  male  persuasion  may  be,  too,  the 


TWO  IDEAL  CRUISES  to  the  PANAMA  CANAL 

by  the  Twin-Screw  S.  S.  "Kronprinzessin  Cecilie" 
from  New  Orleans  on  January  23  and  Feb.  10,  1913, 

allowing   several  days  on  the  Isthmus, 

and  including  visits  to  Kingston,  Santiago  and  Havana. 

Duration  of  Cruises,  15  and  16  days.    Passenger  Bates,  $125  and  upwards. 

The  "Kronprinzessin  Cecilie"  is  the  largest  steamer  dispatched    from    New    Orleans    to    the    Canal    Zone, 

and  this  winter  offers  the  last  chance    to  inspect  the  awe-inspiring    Engineering    Feat    of    building    the 

Canal,  as  the  cut  will  be  filled  with  water  by  next  season. 

SECURE  YOUR  ACCOMMODATIONS  NOW. 

HAMBURG-AMERICAN    LINE 


160    POWELL   STREET, 


SAN  FRANCISCO,    CAL. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    September   28,    1912. 


nephew  of  some  Lord  This  or  That.  The  sec- 
ond in  command  in  a  road  show  or  in  stock, 
and  male  who  is  always  subservient  and  who 
shines  in  the  reflected  light  of  the  female  star 
of  the  first  or  second  magnitude,  needs  must 
grow  old.  He  is  not,  the  leading  man,  like 
the  star.  She  is  like  She;  she  never  grows 
old.  She  lives  her  emotional  roles  in  the  Land 
of  Make  Believe,  and  out  of  it.  Her  leading 
man  is  usually  one  of  her  emotions.  He  is 
the  stock  emotion  she  has  on  hand  to  keep 
herself  in  trim.  He  fetches  and  carries,  and, 
emulating  Catherine  of  Eussia,  when  the  bald 
spot  shows  or  the  wrinkles  become  crow's- 
feet,  the  Overwhelmer  of  the  Unsophisticated 
Matinee  Girl  is  thrust  out  of  the  company, 
-and  sometimes  into  the  cold,  cold,  cold  world. 
What  then  happens  to  the  near-star?  Youth 
and  virility,  or  that  which  takes  the  place  of 
it — imitation  of  youth  and  virility,  drawing 
power — is  gone  with  the  creeping  years. 

Belasco  says  that  the  supply  is  waning;  he 
complains  of  the  impossible  kind  of  material 
obtained  in  the  United  States  because  of  its 
uneouthness,  and  he  seemingly  sorrows  over 
the  fact  that  Englishmen  are  not  all  of  them 
willing  to  beeome  actors  of  the  magnitude  to 
tail  after  a  star.  The  American,  according  to 
Belasco  again,  has  not  the  "savoir  faire"  of 
the  Englishman;  he  is  not  to  the  manor  born. 
Belasco  mentions  an  array  of  the  near-great 
actors  and  the  truly  great  he  has  discovered 
and  made.  He  speaks  of  Eaversham,  McEae, 
and  others,  and  pays  them  high  tribute.  He 
realizes  better  than  any  one  else  their  adver- 
tising possibilities.  They  are  all  of  them  sci- 
olists in  the  histrionic  art-  but  not  real  stars. 
But,  having  deplored  the  crop  failing,  he  tells 
us  not,  O  Marcella!  what  does  become  of  the 
leading  man  when  his  occupation  as  a  pro- 
fessional overwhelmer  is  gone.  There  was 
White  Whittlesey.  They  tell  me  that  he  is 
an  interior  decorator — it  is  not  said  whether 
his  own  or  whether  he  is  in  loathed  business, 
selling  portieres  and  carpets,  laee  curtains 
and  brass-headed  tacks.  You  note  that  age 
is  creeping  on  the  idols  of  the  footlights.  Fa- 
versham  's  temples  show  the  whitening  hand 
of  time,  but  I  am  told  he  is  rich.  Bought  a 
villa  in  England  recently,  and  he  and  Julie 
Opp  may  some  day  retire  and  grow  fat  and 
uninteresting.  What  a  terrible  shock  the 
thought  of  so  much  domesticity  must  bring 
to  the  fluttering  young  things  who  raved  about 
the  man  in  the  yesteryears.  There  is  Charles 
Richmond — crow's-feet,  and  he  says  it  is  from 
his  merry  disposition,  I  am  told.  Late  nights 
at  the  Lambs,  or  some  other  gathering  place, 
has  probably  given  Thurlow  Burgin  the  look 
of  middle  age  which  strikes  terror  to  the 
gusher  who  would  enthuse.  Bruce  McRae  will 
have  to  wear  a  toupee  soon;  his  bald  spot  is 
not  effective  under  the  calcium.  Besides,  he 
has  taken  on  a  kind  of  stoop.  Richard  Ben- 
net,  too,  shows  signs  of  a  loss  of  magnetism. 
John  Ince  is  yet  strong  for  the  love  of  glances 
and  all  of  our  declining  heroes  of  the  World 
of  Make  Believe  are  yet  with  us,  but  soon 
will  be  among  the  men  who  have  been  near- 
great  on  the  American  stage. 

All  of  which  doesn't  solve  the  question  as 


TABQUINIA  TAEQTJINI 

The  great  Covent  Garden  star,  who  has  created  a  furore  with  the  Lambardi  forces  at  the  Cort  with 
her   wonderful   work  in   "Conchita." 


to  where  we  are  to  look  for  our  leading  men. 
If  it  is  true  that  the  American  hasn  't  the 
years  of  ancestry  and  good  breeding  behind 
him,  then  we  should  look  to  England.  The 
yet  available,  well- nurtured  and  never-do- 
well  younger  sons  might  be  herded  together 
and  kept  as  a  reserve  fund  to  draw  from  by 
the  big  American  theatrical  managers  who 
want  real  pedigreed  and  registered  gentlemen 


to  tail  on  as  supports  on  some  effulgent  fe- 
male star's  kite,  to  shine  in  reflected  glory 
and  make  the  fame  of  all  future  Belascos. 
That  provides  the  supply,  but  doesn't  answer 
the  questions  the  Marcellas,  Marguerites.  Mil- 
dreds of  the  Soulful  Eyes  ask  over  the  Foot- 
lights— What  Does  Become  of  the  Leading 
Man  when  the  Star  tires  of  Him  or  the  Sign  of 
Age  stripes  him  with  its  bar  sinister? 


r^     ^T"^^  *? 


ANNOUNCEMENT  of  the  divorce  suit  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Worthiugton  Ames  was 
like  a  bolt  from  the  blue.  These  well- 
known  people  have  not  been  as  active  socially 
as  they  were  just  before  the  fire  of  1906. 
Few  young  married  people  were  then  more 
prominent  in  social  circles  than  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Worth  in  gt  on  Ames.  Mrs.  Ames  was  Miss 
Norma  Preston,  the  handsome  daughter  of 
the  late  Colonel  Edgar  J.  Preston,  one  of  the 
leaders  of  the  California  bar.  Colonel  Pres- 
ton enjoyed  the  distinction  of  having  received 
the  largest  fee  ($150,Uin_tJ  ever  paid  in  Cali- 
fornia for  probating  a  will.  He  performed 
that  service  as  the  attorney  who  attended  to 
the  legal  formalities  of  filing  the  will  of  Wm. 
S.  O'Brien,  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Great 
Bonanza  mine,  and  brother  of  the  late  Mrs. 
MacDonough.  Colonel  Preston  continued  to 
be  the  attorney  of  the  MacDonough  heirs  till 
his  death,  and  it  was  he  also  who  bought  for 
the  estate  the  property  on  Bush  street,  west 
of  Kearny  street,  where  formerly  stood  the 
famous  old  California  Theater,  managed  by 
John  McCullough,  the  great  tragedian.  Upon 
this  old  theater  site  Mr.  Preston  erected  for 
the  MacDonough  heirs-the  California  Hotel 
and  the  new  California  Theater,  neither  of 
which  proved  very  profitable.  The  fire  of 
1906  destroyed  both. 

Colonel  Preston  left  a  very  valuable  estate. 
He  had  been  very  prominent  in  Republican 
politics,  as  well  as  the  law,  and  was  mentioned 
several  times  for  Governor,  but  he  had  a  re- 
pugnance to  campaign  notoriety,  and  declined 
the  dubious  honor.  He  was  an  able  lawyer 
and  effective  speaker. 

Colonel  Preston  was  married  twice,  and 
was  divorced  from  his  first  wife,  by  whom  he 
had  one  child,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Lew  D.  Owens. 
By  his  second  wife  he  had  three  children — 
Mrs.  Worthington  Ames,  Mrs.  Willard  Drown, 
and  Frank  Preston,  who  married  the  attract- 
ive and  much-admired  widow  of  Frank  Nor- 
ris,  the  novelist.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Pres- 
ton are  now  making  a  tour  of  the  world. 
Both  Mrs.  Ames  and  Mrs.  Drown  are  noted 
for  their  statuesque  beauty.  Mrs.  Ames  has 
decided  talent  for  the  stage,  and  it  was  once 
rumored  that  she  might  essay  a  theatrical 
career.  Mr.  Ames  is  a  leading  stockbroker, 
and  has  had  some  very  influential  clients, 
but  the  stock  business  has  undergone  great 
changes  in  recent  years,  and  the  path  of  the 
average  broker  has  not  been  overstrewn  with 
thousand-dollar  gold  notes. 

Mrs.  Ames  and  her  two  handsome  children 
have  been  spending  the  summer  at  Miramar. 
The  Ames  country  home  at  Menlo,  where  the 
family  lives  most  of  the  year,  is  a  fine  resi- 
dence. As  Mrs.  Ames  is  in  the  very  prime  of 
womanhood,  the  gossips,  of  course,  anticipate 
that  in  the  event  of  a  divorce  decree  being 


All  communications  relative  to  social  newi 
should  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  Insure  publication 
in  the   issue   of  that  week. 


granted,  she  will  not  remain  in  seclusion  all 
her  years  and  banish  all  thoughts  of  matri- 
mony. As  a  noted  belle,  before  her  marriage, 
she  had  many  suitors.  In  fact,  it  would  be 
difficult   to    find   a   couple   with    more   friends 


Habenicht  Photo. 
MRS.  WM.  HENRY  POOL       (nee  Sprague) 

Her  wedding  at  Menlo  Park  was  an  event  of  much 
interest  to  fashionable   society. 

and  admirers  than  the  dashing  young  stock- 
broker  and   his   stunning  bride. 

^¥  ^5*  *5* 

An  Elaborate  Wedding. 

OCTOBER  16th  is  the  date  which  has  been 
set  for  the  wedding  of  Miss  Mazel 
Anna  Cook  and  Robert  Spain  Wood- 
ward. It  will  take  place  at  the  Fairmont 
Hotel  and  will  be  one  of  the  most  elaborate 
affairs  of  the  early  winter.  Miss  Cook  is  the 
daughter  of  Charles  A.  Cook,  who  is  the  Fair- 
mont's manager,  under  Colonel  Kirkpatrick. 
Mr.  Woodward  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thomas  P.  Woodward,  who  have  just  built  a 
beautiful  new  home  on  Broadway  near  Brod- 
erick.  Thomas  Woodward  belongs  to  a  prom- 
inent pioneer  family.  His  father  was  one  of 
the  publishers  of  the  old  Alta,  the  leading 
daily  newspaper  of  San  Francisco  before  the 
Chronicle  became  so  influential.  Mr.  Wood- 
Women  are  no  longer  mere  ciphers  in  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


ward  is  a  civil  engineer  by  profession,  and 
was  City  Engineer  for  several  years.  Three 
years  ago  his  oil  lands  were  found  to  be  most 
valuable  and  they  have  brought  him  a  great 
deal  of  money.  He  is  a  very  enterprising  cit- 
izen and  amongst  other  things  has  headed" 
the  company  which  built  the  fine  Sutter  Ho- 
tel, corner  of  Sutter  and  Kearny  streets. 

Robert  Woodward's  sister,  who  was  a  very 
pretty  girl,  married  Glieve  Glenn,  an  heir  of 
the  great  Glenn  estate  in  Glenn  county;  but, 
like  many  youths  born  with  gold  spoons  in 
their  mouths,  he  proved  too  fond  of  the  prim- 
rose paths,  and  divorce  became  necessary  to 
the  sorely  tried  young  wife.  She  resides  with 
her  two  children  and  her  parents  in  the 
Broadway  home  of  the  Woodward  family. 
Robert  Woodward  has  had  some  experience 
at  West  Point,  but  soldiering  did  not  appeal 
to  him.  and  he  returned  to  civilian  life. 

Mathieu-Wilson  Engagement. 

THE  engagement  of  Miss  Marianne 
Mathieu  and  Alexander  A.  Wilson 
comes  as  a  delightful  surprise  to  their 
many  friends  here.  Miss  Mathieu,  who  is  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Mathieu,  is 
very  young,  being  still  in  her  teens.  She  is 
a  bright,  accomplished  girl,  with  a  great  deal 
of  vivacity  and  charm  of  manner,  combined 
with  a  very  attractive,  girlish  prettiness.  She 
has  quite  a  gift  for  dramatic  expression,  and 
has  taken  a  very  active  part  in  all  the  ama- 
teur theatricals  since  her  debut.  Her  father, 
Frank  Mathieu,  is  a  very  well-known  figure 
about  town.  He  has  been  very  much  inter- 
ested in  theatricals,  and  managed  the  dramatic 
department  of  Stanford  University,  and  usual- 
ly has  a  prominent  part  in  staging  the  Bohe- 
mian Club  plays.  He  is  generally  referred  to 
as  an  amateur,  but  several  years  ago  he  played 
here  in  Daniel  Frawley's  company,  of  which 
the  pulchritudinous  Mary  Van  Buren  was  a 
distinguished  member.  Mr.  Mathieu  made  quite 
a   name  for  himself  in   that   engagement. 

Mrs.  Mathieu  was  Miss  Elizabeth  McCor- 
mick  of  this  city,  and  was  a  great  belle  here 
several  years  ago.  Mr,  Wilson  is  the  son  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  W.  Wilson,  who  reside  at  the 
St.  Regis  Apartments,  which  valuable  property 
they  own.  Before  the  fire  Mr.  Wilson,  who  is 
a  self-made  man,  was  making  money  in  real 
estate  very  fast.  His  charming  daughters, 
Bessie  and  Bernice,  were  very  prominent  in 
the  social  activities,  and  the  fine  family  resi- 
dence on  Broadway,  near  Fillmore,  was  a  cen- 
ter of  social  interest.  Miss  Bessie  is  now 
Mrs.  Claude  Smith,  and  is  living  in  the  East. 
The  other  girl  married  Robert  Schurman,  son 
of  the  President  of  Cornell  University,  who 
is  in  business  in  China.  The  wedding  of  Miss 
Mathieu  and  Mr.  Wilson  will  take  place  in 
June  at  St.  Luke's  Church. 


'TME  WASP- 


[Saturday,    September   28,    1912. 


The  Cudahys  Coming  West. 

IT  INTERESTS  local  society  to  hear  that  the 
Edward  Cudahys  are  planning  a  visit  this 
winter  to  the  coast.  They  will  visit  the 
.  Jack  Casserlys  and  the  Brewers  at  San  Mateo. 
Mrs.  Cudahy  was  Miss  Nora  Brewer  before  her 
marriage  to  the  wealthy  packer,  and  has  many 
friends  who  will  entertain  her  on  her  return. 
Mr.  Cudahy  is  the  brother  of  Mrs.  Jack  Cass- 
erly,  and  spends  most  of, his  time  in  Chicago, 
where  a  large  part  of  his  business  interests 
lie.  He  came  before  the  public  eye  at  an 
early  age,  when  he  was  kidnaped  in  Chicago 
and  held  for  a  large  ransome.  The  case  was 
thoroughly  investigated  and  the  extortionists 
were  punished,  but  young  Master  Cudahy  did 
not  get  over  his  thrilling  experience  for  some 
time.  The  Cudahys  have  a  beautiful  home  in 
Chicago,  on  the  Lake  Shore  Drive,  .'and  are 
very  popular  in  the"  most  exclusive  society  of 
the  "Windy  City." 

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The  Vanderbilt  Heir. 

MUCH  general  interest  has  been  evinced 
in  the  news  of  the  arrival  of  an  beir 
to  the  Alfred  G.  Vanderbilt  millions, 
which  puts  the  small  posthumous  Astor  baby 
quite  in  the  shade;  for  this  young  child  of 
wealth  only  gets  three  little  millions,  while 
the  Vanderbilt  son  and  heir  finds  himself  pos- 
sessed of  fifty  millions.  It  almost  makes  one 
wonder  how  young  John  Jacob  Astor  Jr.  will 
ever  keep  up  his  place  in  society  against  such 
odds.  The  mothers  of  the  Vanderbilt  child 
of  millions  was  Mrs.  Smith  Hollis-McKim  be- 
fore her  romantic  marriage  to  Vanderbilt  a 
year  or  more.ago.  She  was  one  of  those  rest- 
less spirits  who  served  their  time  in  Reno, 
and  when  her  engagement  to  Vanderbilt  was 
rumored  her  ex-husband,  Dr.  McKim,  con- 
tested the  legality  of  her  divorce,  declaring 
a  Reno  divorce  void.  However,  after  much 
bickering  and  extensive  newspaper  notoriety, 
the  Vanderbilt  millions  finally  convinced  Dr. 
McKim  that  the  divorce  was  bona  fide,   and 


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shortly  after  that  the  beautiful  Margaret  sail- 
ed for  London.  Vanderbilt  followed  her  on 
the  next  steamer,  and  after  a  month  or  more 
they  were  quietly  married  at  a  small  vicarage 
outside  of  London. 

It  is  believed  that  as  soon  as  Mrs.  Vander- 
bilt and  her  young  sprwire  able  they  will  sail 
for  New  York,  where  the  whole  top  floor  of 
the  gorgeous  new  Vanderbilt  Hotel  on  Murray 
Hill  has  been  expensively  arranged  for  them 
ever  since  that  famous  newT>  hostelry  has  been 
completed. 

The  New  Order. 

EDWARD  SWEENEY,  the  millionaire 
who  has  come  out  of  the  Northwest 
and  negotiated  for  the  site  of  the  old 
Occidental  Hotel  on^Montgomery  street,  va- 
cant since  the  fire,  is  the  type  of  hustling  cit- 
izen who  will  change  the  old  order  of  things 
in  San  Francisco.  The  expected,  and  not  the 
unexpected,  is  what  has  ,  happened  amongst 
the  rich  people  in  this  eity.  The  fire  of  1906 
was  more  disastrous  to  the  rich  people  with 
steady  incomes  from  property  than  to  any- 
body else. 

When  the  restoration  of  San  Francisco  be- 
gan it  was  evident  that  the  real  hustlers  who 
had  always  been  able  to  make  -a  good  living 
would  go  along  just  about  as  usual,  but  that 
there  were  sad  days  ahead  of  the  drones  who 
had  lived  on  the  proceeds  of  their  pioneer 
fathers '  industry.  So  it  has  turned  out. 
Most  of  those  people  have  disappeared  al- 
ready from  society  and  business  circles.  They 
were  unable  or  unwilling  to  raise  the  money 
to  restore  their  property  or  business,  and 
have  given  way  to  more  enterprising  persons. 
A  new  generation  is  therefore  taking  charge 
of  affairs.  Sweeney  from  the  Northwest  is 
one  of  the  new  hustlers,  and  when  we  get  a 
lot  more  like  him  San  Francisco  will  begin  to 
boom  in  a  style  that  will  make  Los  Angeles 
look  like  "Lonesome  Town, M  and  the  traffic 
squad  will  be  kept  busy  regulating  pedesthi- 
anism  on  Market  street  so  the  people  will 
not  trample  one  another. 

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Has  Injured  the  Street, 

DELAY  in  improving  the  Occidental  Ho- 
tel property  has  done  much  injury  to 
Montgomery  street.  The  property  be- 
longed to  Peter  Donahue  and  his  sister,  who 
married  Mr.  Burke,  an  Irish  barrister  who 
was  noted  in  fox-hunting  circles  as  the  Master 
of  the  Tipperary  Foxhounds.  Peter  Dona- 
hue was  an  invalid  for  years  before  his  death 
and  his  sickness  caused  the  loss  of  his  mind. 
This  misfortune  led  to  legal  complications  af- 
ter his  death  and  caused  the  Occidental  prop- 
erty to  be  tied  up.  The  Burkes  prefer  to 
live  the  life  of  .country  squires  in  the  easy- 
going Irish  style  rather  than  wrestle  with 
building   problems   and  the   labor   question   in 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


the  Far  West.  In  Limerick,  one  of  the  chief 
seaports  of  the^south  of  Ireland,  and  about 
a  dozen  miles  from  Mr.  Burke's  estate  in  Tip- 
perary, they  have  not  erected  any  building 
larger  than  a  six-room  cottage  in  fifty  years. 
Every  American  tourist  knows  what  Royal 
Hotel,  the  swell  caravansary  of  Limerick, 
looks  like.  It  has  been  painted  only  once 
since  the  days  of  Thackeray,  the  novelist,  who 
slept  there  in  1843. 

Limerick,  which  is  passed  on  the  way  from 
Dublin  to  Killarney,  and  which  was  a  walled 
town  where  the  adherents  of  King  James  II 
defended  so  stoutly  against  William  of  Or- 
ange that  the  garrison  was  allowed  to  march 
out  with  their  arms  and  take  service  with 
France.  Thackeray  stayed  at  the  Royal  Hotel 
in  1S43  when  writing  his  Irish  Sketch  Book, 
and  after  reading  that  entertaining  volume 
one  can  have  no  difficulty  in  recognizing  the 
famous  caravansary,  for  it  has  had  only  one 
coat  of  paint  since.  The  linen  is  changed 
daily  and  the  waiters'  dress  coats  once  every 
ten   years.      Twice   a   year   this   ancient   Irish 

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for  Formal  Gardens  and  approaches  of  picturesque 
designs.  We  invite  you  to  correspond  with  us  on 
the  subject.  We  have  also  a  large  variety  of 
high-class  articles,  as  Roman  Benches,  Greek  and 
Florentine  Vases,  Fountains,  Sundials,  Posts,  etc. 

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-THE  WASP- 


city  becomes  a  bustling  metropolis — iu  mid- 
summer, when  the  annua!  regatta  takes  place, 
and  in  the  fall,  when  the  population  of  a 
dozen  counties  assemble  to  see  the  steeple- 
chases. During  the  rest  of  the  year  sport, 
politics  and  the  manufacture  of  lace  ami  bacon 
are  the  principal  industries,  but  they  never 
interfere  sutliciently  with  the  comfort  of  the 
inhabitants  to  prevent  them  from  declaring 
a  public  holiday  to  attend  a  coursing  or  cricket 
match. 

It  is  nut  difficult  to  understand  how  a  pop- 
ular squire  and  master  of  foxhounds  in  the 
BOCial  environment  of  this  Irish  seaport  would 
lose  no  sleep  over  the  fact  that  a  piece  of 
the  family  property  away  out  on  the  shores 
of  the  Pacific  was  minus  a  skyscraper. 

Edward  Sweeney,  who  has  leased  the  Occi- 
dental Hotel  site  for  $30,000  a  year,  and  in- 
tends to  erect  a  lofty  office  building,  is  a 
native  of  San  Francisco  who  for  years  has 
bee*  engaged  in  various  enterprises  in  Seattle 
and  Alaska.  He  is  a  money-maker  who  mar- 
ried wealth.  Mr.  Sweeney  intends  to  buy  a 
fine  residence  or  erect  one,  and  may  conclude 
to  become  a  factor  in  the  fashionable  life  of 
this  city.  He  is  related  to  Matthew  Nunan, 
the  millionaire  brewer,  who  was  formerly 
Sheriff  of  San  Francisco.  When  Mr.  Swee- 
ney's $30,000  a  year  gets  to  going  regularly 
across  the  Atlantic  there  will  be  two  packs 
of  foxhounds  in  Tipperary  and  an  extra  week's 
racing   at   the   Limerick   steeplechase. 

Society  at  the  Opera. 

FASHIONABLE  society  has  been  well  rep- 
resented at  the  grand  opera  perform- 
ances at  the  Cort  Theater.  Amongst 
those  who  came  to  hear  Signor  Lambardi 's 
songbirds  on  the  opening  night  were  Mrs. 
Eleanor  Martin.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Downey  Harvey, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talbot  Walker,  Miss  Marian 
Zetie,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Henry    Foster    Dutton, 


A  RELIABLE  GOLD 
AND  SILVER  HOUSE 

Old  family  jewelry  reconstructed  into  mod- 
ern styles. 

Stone  setting. 

Silverware  made  to  order,  repaired  and  re- 
finished. 

We  can  supply  you  with  toilet  articles  and 
table  flat-ware  in  ALL  STANDARD 
PATTERNS. 

A  department  for  expert  watch  repairing. 


JOHN  0.  BELLIS 

Manufacturing  Gold   and   Silversmith 
328  Post  Street  Union  Square 


THE    FIVE    JUGGLING  JEWELS 
Who  will  give  a  dainty  and  dextrous  act  at  the   Pantages   Theater  next  week. 


Mrs.  Charles  Slack  and  her  two  daughters, 
(Edith  and  Ruth),  Mrs.  J.  C.  Sims,  Mrs.  Mil- 
ton Bremer,  Mrs.  Erward  J.  Bowles,  Miss 
Diven  of  Washington,  Mrs.  Leon  Greenebaum, 
Mrs.  John  Metcalf.  Miss  Edith  Metcalf,  Miss 
Erna  Hermann,  Miss  Elva  and  Corinne  de 
Pue.  Mrs.  Fred  Kellogg,  Mrs.  A.  Bachman, 
Mrs.  Ernest  Simpson,  Miss  Fernanda  Pratt, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Rowan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank 
Burt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  Rose?  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Walter  Gannon,  Mr.  and  Miss  Boer,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Charles  Brown,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Fries  Jr.,  Miss  Fries,  Harold  Pracht  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  James  Black,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Ellis 
Tucker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Cushing,  Mrs. 
Emma  Shafter  Howard,  Mrs.  John  Brice,  Mrs. 
Alexander  Young,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Felton  Jones, 
and   Mr.  and  Mrs.   Elbert  Sands. 

$500  Merchandise  Order  Free. 

THERE'LL  be  some  woman  in  San  Fran- 
cisco who  will  be  made  happy  this 
Christmas  by  receiving  a  $500  free  mer- 
chandise-order on  the  City  of  Paris.  Who  is 
going  to  give  this  generous  Christmas  gift? 
Why,  John  Tait,  of  course!  Every  lady* who 
visits  the  Tait-Zinkand  Cafe  between  the  af- 
ternoon hours  of  3  to  6  o'clock  will  receive  an 
order  which  may  make  her  the  lucky  recipient 
of  a  $500  merchandise  order.  Whoever  is 
fortunate  enough  to  get  this  award  need  have 
no  fear  of  satisfactorily  solving  the  Christ- 
mas problem  of  "What  shall  I  give?"  I 
don't   know    of   a   nicer    or   more   appropriate 

Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al 
fredum 's  Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effe.ct  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 


present  than  this,  and^I  am  sure  it  is  a  prize 
that  will  be  thoroughly  appreciated  by  who- 
ever gets  it. 


Strictly    first-class     tailor-made    suits,     plain     and 

fancy.    Three-piece  suits  a  specialty.    Wraps 
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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    September   28,    1912. 


Has  Many  Friends  Here. 

LIEUTENANT  CONGER  PRATT,  aide  to 
Major-General  Murray,  has  just  arrived 
with  the  General  from  Alaska  and  the 
Yellowstone.  He  will  be  a.  great  addition  to 
society,  as  he  is  a  tall,  fine-looking  officer, 
and  has  many  friends  here  who  remember  him 
when  he  was  stationed  at  the  Presidio  some 
years  ago  with  the  Fourth  Cavalry.  He  will 
move  to  Port  Mason  when  General  Murray 
returns  to  his  home  there,  which  has  been 
having  repairs  made,  and  with  his  mother, 
who  makes  her  home  with  him,  will  take  au 
active  part  in  the  winter  gaieties. 

Lieutenant  Pratt  was  several  years  in  Wash 
ington,  where  he  was  one  of  the  social  aides 
to  the  President,  and  became  acquainted  with 
all  the  diplomats  there.  He  is  the  son  of  Gen- 
eral Pratt  and  a  nephew  of  Minister  Conger, 
who  was  Minister  to  China  during  the  Boxer 
troubles. 

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Mrs.  de  Young's  Condition. 

IT  IS  to  be  regretted  that  the  news  whic'i 
comes  from  the  bedside  of  that  universally 
respected  lady,  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young,  is 
not  of  the  best.  The  operation  she  underwent 
was  most  severe  and  prolonged,  and  she  dici 
not  rally  from  the  shock  as  quickly  as  her 
anxious  family  hoped  for,  nor  have  the  results 
been  as  decisively  favorable  as  all  her  frieuds 
would  wish.  The  care  given  the  sufferer  has 
been  of  the  tenderest,  for  her  loving  family 
have  watched  over  her  with  greatest  solicitude 
during  her  dangerous  illness.  It  is  to  be 
hoped- sincerely  that  the  grave  fears  of  Mis. 
de  Young's  relatives  and  friends  will  prove 
groundless,  and  that  her  family  may  soon  be 
able  to  bring  her  back  to  her  native  city,  in 
the  social  life  of  which  she  has  been  so  promi- 
nent and  highly  esteemed. 

Gave  a  Delightful  Entertainment. 

MISS    GERALDINE    PORBIS,    who    gave 
one  of  the  prettiest  dinner  dances  of 
the   season  for  William  Pool   and  his 
fiancee,  Isabel   Sprague,   is    an   extremely   at- 


"  HOME-MADE  SPECIALS  ARE  POPU- 
LAR.— Large  assortment  in  each  box.  Re- 
member, too,  that  we  are  constantly  adding 
to  our  varieties.  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four 
Candy  Stores. 


DRINKERS 
Take  Notice 

THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  SANATORIUM  WAS 
ESTABLISHED  FOR  THE-  SOLE  PURPOSE  OF 
GIVING  TO  MEN  AND  WOMEN  WHO  HATE 
OVER-INDUL'GED  THAT  SCIENTIFIC  AND 
PROPER  CARE  THAT  WILL  ENABLE  THEM 
TO  SOBER  UP  IN  THE  RIGHT  WAT.  HU- 
MANE, UP-TO-DATE  METHODS  EMPLOTED, 
STRICTEST  PRIVACY  MAINTAINED,  PRICES 
MODERATE.      NO   NAME    ON   BUILDING. 


San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Phono  Franklin  7470       1911  Van  Ness  Ave. 
H.  L.  BATOHELDER,   Manager. 


tractive  girl  with  an  abundance  of  animation. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Philip  Wales  of 
San  Mateo,  who  was  a  wealthy  widow  before 
her  marriage  to  Major  Wales,  a  very  distin- 
guished army  surgeon  with  the  rank  of  major. 
His  first  wife  died  some  ten  years  ago,  leaving 
him  with  five  small  children  to  rear,  and  when 
the  wealthy  widow  smiled  upon  his  suit  the 
general  impression  was  that  the  popular  Ma- 
jor was  surely  fortunate.  Since  his  marriage 
he  has  retired'  from  the  army  and  purchased 
a  beautiful  home  at  San  Mateo,  where  his 
oldest  son,  Philip  Wales  Jr.,  attends  school. 
His  stepdaughter,  Miss  Forbis,  is  planning 
to  leave  in  the  near  future  for  the  East.  She 
will  visit  her  grandmother,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Thorn- 


MRS.   PAUL  POSTER    (nee   Calhoun) 

Who  returns  to  California,  much  to  the  delight  of 
her  friends. 


ton,  in  New  York,' and  in  Washington  will  be 
the  guest  of  her  aunt,  Mrs.  James  Oxnard. 
Later  on  in  the  winter  she  will  visit  the  Wil- 
liam Pooles  at  their  beautiful  estate  at  War- 
rentown,  Virginia,  before  returning  home. 

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Interesting  Bit  of  News. 

AN  ENGAGEMENT  which  will  come  as  a 
_  great  surprise  will  be  that  of  a  very 
popular  and  attractive  girl  who  makes 
her  home  down  on  the  peninsula.  She  has 
been  out  several  seasons,  and  has  been  rumor- 
ed engaged  so  many  times  that  the  coming 
announcement  will  be  withheld  till  just  before 
the  wedding.  The  lucky  man  is  a  very  wealthy 
Easterner  who  came  out  here  a  year  or  two 
ago  and  who  now  makes  his  home  here. 

The  news  of  the  engagement  and  announce- 
ment of  the  wedding  day  are  almost  simulta- 
neous, and,  not  wishing  to  mar  the  program, 
The  Wasp  reserves  the  well-known  names  of 
the  happy  and  prominent  couple. 


Broke  the  Will. 

COLONEL  AND  MES.  LINCOLN  KAR- 
MANY  are  out  here-  on  a  visit  from 
Norfolk,  Virginia,  where  Colonel  Kar- 
many  is  stationed  with  the  marines.  Mrs. 
Karmany  was  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Henry 
Butters  by  her  first  husband,  and  was  very 
well  known  here  as  Georgiana  Edwards.  She 
married  Dr.  Cook  some  years  ago,  but  mar- 
ried happiness  was  denied  them,  and  they 
were  divorced.  This  was  the  cause  of  much 
controversy,  for  Mrs.  Butters  disapproved 
highly  of  divorce,  and  in  her  will  absolutely 
disinherited  her  daughter  unless  she  remarried 
Dr.  Cook.  They  finally  decided  to  break  the 
will,  as  this  stipulation  was  utterly  impos- 
sible, and  after  much  legal  dispute  Mrs.  Ed- 
wards Cook  got  her  share  of  the  estate. 

She  met  Colonel  Karmany  while  he  was  in 
command  of  the  marines  at  Mare  Island,  and 
when  he  sailed  for  the  Philippines  she  fol- 
lowed, and  they  were  married  in  Manila.  Her 
daughter,  Lucille,  accompanied  her  on  this 
trip,  and  last  winter,  while  she  was  still  there, 
Miss  Marguerite  Butters  went  out  and  spent 
the  winter  with  them.  Lucille  Cook  married 
Naval  Surgeon  Hoyt  a  short  time  ago  at  Nor- 
folk, Virginia,  where  she  met  him  while  with 
her  mother,  and  is  still  living  there. 
Jt  jT  jt 
Many  a  man  has  lost  his  health  making 
money  in  order  to  enable  him  to  go  abroad 
and  regain  it. 


Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 


Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de 
luxe"  at  $200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a 
very  small  expense  you  can  enjoy  a 
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Sheet  Mnaic  and  Muaical  Merchandlee. 
Steinway  and  Other  Planoi. 
Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianos 

Victor  Talking  Machlnej. 
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SAX    FRANCISCO. 
14TH  &  CLAY  STS.,  OAKLAND. 


Saturday,    September    28,    1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


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A  Generous  Winner. 

CE.  W.  JEKXIXGHAM.  who  for  twenty 
years  was  a  contributor  to  London 
Truth,  when  edited  by  the  Late  Henry 
Laboucbere.  has  bought  Vanity  Fair,  a  well- 
known  London  weekly.  Mr.  Jerningbam  tells 
the  following  story: 

"A  man  1  knew,  the  youngest  son  of  a 
peer,  had  inherited  a  fortune  of  £20,000, 
($100,000.)  He  did  the  usual  thing— gambling 
and  racing  and  the  rest — and  lost  everything 
except  the  price  of  a  ticket  to  South  Africa. 

"Three  weeks  before  the  boat  sailed,  he 
went  to  the  Turf  Club,  and  in  one  night  won 
B23.000  ($115*000)  from  one  man.  Three 
times  lie  gave  his  opponent  his  revenge,  and 
finished   up   by  winning  £25,000    ($125,000.) 

"Then  the  man  from  whom  he  had  won 
the  money  told  him  that  to  pay  meant  ruin 
and  lie  had  a  wife  and  family.  The  winner 
tore  up  the  ,1.  O.  U, '  walked  out  of  the  club 
and  caught  the  boat  to  South  Africa." 

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A  Banker's  Vengeance. 

THE  vengeance  of  Banker  John  Beal  Snead 
of  Amerillo,  Texas,  on  the  man  who 
eloped  with  his  wife,  had  none  of  the 
modern  superficiality  of  sentiment  about  it. 
The  banker's  revenge  was  implacable  and 
deadly,  not  alone  towards  the  young  man  who 
carried  off  his  faithless  wife,  but  towards  the 
young  man's  father.  Banker  Snead  is  very 
wealthy.  The  feud  began  last  December, 
when  Alfred  Boyce  eloped  with  Mrs.  Snead, 
and  was  traced  by  the  husband  to  Winnipeg. 
Manitoba,  where  Snead  caused  the  arrest  of 
the  couple.  At  the  time,  Snead  swore  to  kill 
his  wife's  companion,  but  Boyce  was  saved 
through  the  action  of  the  Canadian  author- 
ities, who  ordered  his  deportation.  The  wo- 
man was  also  sent  back  into  the  States,  but 
was  deserted  by  Boyce  in  Chicago,  where 
she  was  later  found  by  her  husband  and  for- 
given. Snead  learned  from  her  that  the 
younger  Boyce  had  been  supplied  with  funds 
necessary  for  the  elopement  by  his"  father, 
and  the  banker's  wrath  was  kindled  against 
the  latter.  On  January  13th,  he  encountered 
the  elder  Boyce  in  the  lobby  of  the  Metro- 
politan Hotel  in  Fort  Worth,  Texas;  without 
utteiing  a  word  of  warning  he  emptied  six 
chambers  of  his  revolver  into  the  old  man's 
body.  Snead  was  arrested  and  tried,  but  the 
jury  failed  to  agree  on  a  verdict,  and  he  was 
finally  admitted  to  bail  pending  his  second 
trial,  which  is  to  begin  on  November  11th. 

With  his  wife,  Snead  has  been  living  since 
his  trial,  at  Georgetown,  and  has  never  shown 
himself  in  Amarillo,  where  he  formerly  lived. 
Young  Boyce,  after  his  father's  death,  turned 
over  his  Amarillo  ranch  to  the  management 
of  friends  and  went  to  Western  Canada,  where 
he  purchased  a  second  ranch  and  made  his 
home.      A   week    ago,  ■  however,   he   had   occa- 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


sion  to  return  to  Texas  upon  business.  Snead 
learned  of  his  return  and  journeyed  secretly 
to  Amarillo,  dressed  as  a  farmer.  He  had 
been  there  two  days  awaiting  an  opportunity 
to  kill  Boyce,  tut  had  hidden  himself  so  com- 
pletely that  no  one  dreamed  he  was  in  town. 
He  finally  obtained  his  opportunity.  As  Boyce 
was  strolling  pasr  the  First  Methodist  Church 
with  some  friends.  Snead  stepped  from  the 
vestibule  of  the  church,  holding  a  double- 
barreled  shotgun  undeT  his  arm.  He  confront- 
ed Boyce,  and  thrusting  the  muzzle  of  the 
gun  against  the  young  man's  breast,  emptied 
the  contents  of  both  barrels  into  the  victim's 


MRS.    WORTHINGTON  AMES 

News   of  her   divorce   suit  has   occasioned  much 
surprise    in    local    society. 

body.  Then  he  turned  and  calmly  surrendered 
himself  to  a  policeman. 

Snead  explained  later  that  he  had  rented 
a  shanty  near  the  church  and  had  been  in 
wait  for  Boyce  for  two  days.  He  declared 
that  he  knew  Boyce  would,  sooner  or  later, 
visit  his  mother,  who  lived  close  by,  and  that 
he  determined  to  ''get  him"  then. 

The  person  whom  the  horror  of  this  tragedy 
has  overwhelmed  is,  of  course,  the  poor  old 
mother  of  young  Boyce,  who  has  lost  a  hus- 


band and  son,  and  whom  the  shock  has  all 
but  killed.  Some  of  the  principals  in  this 
dreadful  affair  have  been  well-known  in  San 
Francisco. 

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A  Posthumous  Tale. 

ALTHOUGH  Col.  John  Jacob  Astor  has 
long  since  been  laid  to  rest,  stories 
about  him  continue  to  float  through  the 
newspapers.  Two  years  before  he  went  down 
with  the  Titanic,  the  ill-fated  capitalist  was 
believed  to  have  been  lost  while  yachting  off 
the  coast  of  Central  America.  It  seems  that 
consideration  of  a  pet  dog  was  the  cause  of 
the  Astor  yacht 's  running  on  a  reef  at  Hon- 
duras. The  dog  was  a  bad  sailor  and  grew 
sick  on  board.  Mr.  Astor  caused  the  yacht 
to  be  anchored  off  the  Jersey  coast  while  he 
took  the  dog  for  a  run.  This  performance 
was  repeated  many  times  without  any  un- 
forseen  results,  but  when  they  came  to  Hon- 
duras, the  skipper  advised  against  going  in 
close  to  shore,  as  he  had  no  charts  and  the 
reefs  made  sailing  there  very  risky.  As  the 
dog  was  still  ailing,  the  millionaire  owner 
insisted  on  trying  to  effect  a  landing  at  all 
hazards,  and  the  yacht  ran  on  a  reef.  It 
took  ten  days  to  float  her  off.  Meantime  com- 
munication with  shore  was  interrupted  and 
the  rumor  took  wings  that  the  yacht  and  all 
on  board  had  been  lost. 

Of  the  1,500  members  of  the  New  York 
Yacht  Club,  to  which  Mr.  Astor  belonged,  600 
own  vessels  and  about  150  of  these  vessels  are 
steam  yachts.  "Boats"  they  call  them  in 
Newport,  as  if  they  were  little  skiffs.  It 
costs  between  $20,000  and  $120,000  a  year  to 
keep  one  of  these  boats.  J.  P.  Morgan's 
Corsair  carries  a  crew  of  a  hundred  men,  and 
it  is  estimated  that  a  steam  yacht  will  cost 
about  $1,000  a  year  for  eaeh  man  she  carries. 

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Hippomachus,  a  teacher  of  the  flute,  struck 
a  pupil  with  his  stick.  "You  fool,"  said  he, 
"you  must  have  played  a  false  note,  or  this 
audience   would   never   have   praised  you. ' ' 

A  Surprise  to  Society. 

THE    engagement    of      Mrs.    Julia   Bolado 
Ashe  and  Paul  H.  Davis  has  come  as  a 
great    surprise    to    their   many   friends. 
Mrs.   Ashe  is   a  very   attractive   woman,   and 
has  had  many  ardent  admireTS.     In  fact,  her 


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[Saturday,    September   28,    1912. 


WILL  WED  AGAIN 

Mrs.  Bolado  Ashe,  who  has  changed  her  resolve 
never  again  to  marry^-: 


engagement  to  one  eligible  suitor  was  looked 
for  by  society.  But  a  pretty  woman's  choice 
is  not  to  be  predicted  with  certainty. 


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Mrs.  Ashe  is  of  the  dark  type 
of  beauty.  She  was  Miss  Dulce 
Bolado,  the  daughter  of  a  wealthy 
land-owner  who  possessed  large 
holdings  in  this  State.  Gaston 
Ashe,  whom  the  pretty  dark-eyed 
Miss  Bolado  married  is  her  teens 
was  a  dashing  young  lawyer  fresh 
from  Yale,  and  belongs  to  the 
well-known  Ashe  family,  so  prom- 
inent in  the  social  life  of  Cali- 
fornia. R.  Porter  Ashe  is  his 
brother,  and  the  late  "Will  Ashe, 
who  married  Miss  Peters  of  the 
wealthy  Stockton  family,  was  an- 
•  other  brother. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gaston  Ashe  lived 
for  some  years  in  Sausalito,  where 
they  were  extremely  popular  with 
all  the  hillside  folk,  but  Gaston 
Ashe  did  not  fill  his  young  wife's 
ideal  of  a  husband,  and  not  so 
very  long  after  their  marriage 
came  their  separation. 

Of  eourse,  being  of  Spanish  ex- 
traction, Mrs.  Asfie  had  religious 
scruples  against^  divorce,  and  for 
a  time  it  seemed  impossible;  but 
after  several  years  of  legal  separ- 
ation a  divorce  decree  was  grant- 
ed, which  gave  her  control  of 
her  two  sons.  It  was  stipulated 
that  the  boys  should  not  be  taken 
out  of  the  State  without  the  per- 
mission of  their  father,  who 
strenuously  "  objects 
each  /time  his  consent 
is  asked  for.  Mrs. 
Ashe  has  been  living 
in  the  Henry  Scotts 
house  on  Clay  street. 

Mr.  Davis,  the  for- 
tunate suitor,  is  a 
New  York  man,  but 
has  been  engaged  in 
business  on  this  coast 
for  several  years,  and 
he  and  his  bride  will 
continue  to  make  their  home  here 
in  the  future. 

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News  to  San  Francisco. 

WORD  has  reached  us  from 
New  York  of  the  mar- 
riage of  Mrs.  Lottie  Dut- 
ton  Wheeler  and  Wallace  Bowes 
of  that  city.  It  comes  as  a  great 
surprise  to  San  Franciscans,  as 
many  people  did  not  know  that 
she  had  been  divorced  from  her 
first  husband,  Walter  Wheeler. 
Mrs.  Wheeler  was  the  daughter 
of  one  of  our  pioneer  families; 
her  father  was  Samuel  E.  Dutton, 
brother  of  Will  Dutton,  and  her 
mother  was  Annie  King,  whose 
father,  James  King  of  William — " 
as"-:he  was  called — "was  one  of  the 
"most  prominent  men  of  our  early 
times.  Old  Californians  will  re- 
call his  tragic  death — how  he  was 


shot  down  in  cold  blood  while  sitting  on  the 
porch  of  his  home  with  his  family,  by  the 
rough  political  element  whom  he  has  been  ex- 
posing in  his  paper  during  that  time  when  law 
and  order  were  unknown.  He  left  several 
children,  among  them  Pheenie,  who  is  now 
Mrs.  Russell  Wilson;  Annie,  now  Mrs.  S.  E. 
Dutton,  and  Joseph  King. 

Lottie  Dutton  was  a  great  beauty  here  some 
twenty  years  ago,  and  her  marriage  to  Walter 
Wheeler  was  one  of  the  most  brilliant  affairs 
of  that  time.  He  was  the  son  of  a  Newr  York 
meat-packer  and  a  cousin  of  Charles  Wheeler 
of  this  ci>ty,  and  after  their  marriage  they 
made  New  York  their  home.  The  news  of 
their  divorce  has  been  kept  very  quiet,  and 
hardly  any  one  knew  that  Mrs.  Wheeler  had 
joined  the  colony  at  Reno.  Now,  with  the 
news  of  the  divorce  comes  the  surprising 
knowledge  that  Mrs.  Wheeler  was  quietly  mar- 
ried  to   Bowes  on   her   return   to   New   York. 

Mrs.  Wheeler  Bowes  has  two  children,  who 
will  divide  their  time  between  their  father 
and  mother.  Mrs.  Bowes'  sister  has  recently 
married  again,  too.  She  was  the  widow  of 
that  fighting  chaplain  of  the  First  Tennessee 
Regiment  who  gave  up  his  life  in  the  Philip- 
pines— the  first  to  fall,  I  believe.  Her  mar- 
riage to  Colonel  Williard  French  took  place 
a  month  or  more  ago  in  New  York,  and  they 
are  making  their  home  in  Washington,  wher^ 
Colonel  French  has  a  Government  position. 

Love  is  almost  as  necessary  to  a  woman  as 
tobacco  to  a  man. 


HUNTER 

BALTIMORE 

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WM.  LANAHAN  &  SON,  Baltimore,  Md. 


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THE  WASP- 


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Six  Cylinder 


THE    "51"    HUDSON — A   SIX.      65  miles  an  hour.     To  58  miles  in  30  seconds  from  standing  start. 


Marriage  Date  Not  Set. 

THE  wedding  of  Katrina  Page-Brown  and 
Austin  Moore  will  not  take  place  for 
some  time,  as  the  young  man  is  still  a 
student  at  Tale.  Both  Miss  Brown  and  Mr. 
Moore  belong  to  very  prominent  families,  and 
for  that  reason  the  anuouncement  of  their  en- 
Women  are  no  longer  mere  clpners  In  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


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gagement  has  interested  Californians  a  great 
deal.  Miss  Page-Brown  is  the  daughter  of 
-that  famous  architect,  Page-Brown,  who  was 
the  first  to  build  the  beautiful,  artistic  resi- 
dences at  Burlingame  years  ago,  when  that 
fashionable  abode  was  just  budding.  He  de- 
signed the  Ferry  Building,  but  his  death  oc- 
curred before  he  saw  the  completion  of  the 
work.  He  was  killed  when  driving  a  frac- 
tious horse  at  Burlinganie.  Mr.  Brown's  fam- 
ily divide  their  time  between  New  York  and 
Burlingame.  Miss  Katrina  is  an  intimate 
friend  of  Mrs.  Francis  Carolan,  and  frequently 
visited  her;  and  Lucy  Page-Brown,  the  young- 
est daughter,  travels  a  good  deal  with  Beatrice 
Miller,   Mrs.  Bain's  daughter 

Austin  Moore  is  the  stepson  of  the  famous 
architect,  Willis  Polk.  Mrs.  Polk  was  Miss 
Christine  Barreda,  a  member  of  a  very  aristo- 
cratic Spanish  family.  After  the  death  of 
her  first  husband,  Mr.  Charles  Moore,  she 
married  Mr.  Polk.  The  Polks  move  in' the 
most  fashionable  society  in  California  and  in 
Europe  when  they  go  abroad.  The  late  Mr. 
Charles  Moore  was  the  brother  of  Percy 
MooTe,  Mrs.  Edward  Pringle.  and  Mrs.  Thom- 
as Breeze,  who  have  beautiful  homes  at  Ather- 
ton  and  entertain  a  great  deal.  Toung  Austin 
Moore  inherited  quite  a  fortune  from  his 
grandfather,  the  late  Austin  Moore,  who  made 
a  large  fortune  in  lumber. 

THE  friends  of  Mrs.  John  McMullen  and 
Miss  Eliza  McMullen  will  be  delighted 
to  hear  that  after  a  year  abroad  they 
are  planning  to  return  to  San  Francisco  for 
the  winter.  Miss  Eliza,  who  is  a  most  ac- 
complished.  girl,  is  a  great  favorite  in  local 
society,  and  her  arrival  is  being  eagerly  an- 
ticipated   by    one    of    our    most   popular    and 


clever  beaux.  Mrs.  and  Miss  McMullen  will 
stop  in  Washington  for  a  brief  visit  with  the 
John  Hays  Hammonds  before  turning  their 
steps  westward. 


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[Saturday,    September   28>   1912. 


THE  commutation  of  the  sentence  of  that 
brutal  wife-murderer,  George  Figueroa 
(known  in  criminal  records  as  ' ( The 
Tiger  Man")  looks  like  cheap,  tricky  politics. 
Ten  thousand  murders  a  year  has  been  the 
average  crop  in  the  United  States.  This  year 
it  is  expected  the  murder  crop  will  exceed 
all  previous  records.  The  first  six  months 
have  shown  a  remarkable  increase  of  mur- 
ders, due  in  a  large  measure  to  the  growing 
belief  that  murder  no  longer  endangers  a 
murderer's  neck. 

The  strong  movement,  stimulated  by  fool- 
ish sentimentalists  who  think  capital  punish- 
ment is  barbarous,  helped  Figueroa,  "The 
Tiger  Man. ' '  to  dodge  the  gallows. 

Governor  Johnson  was  requested  to  save 
the  brutal  mffrderer,  who  deserved  hanging 
if  ever  a  rascal  did.  Mr.  Johnson,  being  im- 
mersed in  politics,  took  the  usual  course  of 
an  office-seeker  and  temporized.  He  neither 
ordered  the  murderer  to  the  gallows  nor  com- 
muted the  villain's  sentence.  He  merely  post- 
poned the  day  of  execution,  an  act  more  cruel 
than  to  hang  the  prisoner,  if  it  were  intended 
to  eventually  stretch  the  fellow's  neck. 

After  several  postponements  of  "The  Tiger 
Man's  execution  Governor  Johnson  betook 
himself  beyond  the  bounds  of  the  State  to 
stump  Eastern  States  for  the  Third  Term 
party,  which  has  nominated  him  for  Vice- 
President.  "When  neglecting  his  official  duties 
as  Governor  of  California,  Governor  John- 
son's place  is  usually  taken  by  a  clerk  or 
typnst,  but  these  subordinates  cannot  exer- 
cise the  pardoning  power. 

Lieutenant-Governor  Wallace  alone  can  save 
murderers  from  the  gallows  or  open  the  gates 
of  the  penitentiary  to  felons  when  his  supe- 
rior officer  of  State  is  away  speech-making 
in  other  States,  though  drawing  his  salary  in 
his  own  for  neglecting  his  duties. 

Now  that  Figueroa,  "The  Tiger  Man, "  has 
been  saved  from  the  gallows,  though  the  trial 
jury  believed  him  to  be  such  a  villain  they 
returned  a  verdict  in  three  minutes,  some  use- 
ful politics  has  been  done.  Politics  may  not 
have  been  considered  either  by  Governor 
Johnson  nor  Lieutenant-Governor  Wallace,  but 
the  political  effect  is  just  the  same  as  if  they 
had  used  their  official  power  to  advance  their 
political  interests. 

The  opponents  of  capital  punishments  who 
petitioned  Johnson  to  save  "The  Tiger 
Man's"  neck  have  carried  their  point.  They 
cannot  say  that  the  Governor  hanged  the  man, 
and  the  people  who  believe  hanging  too  good 
for  a  brutal  wife-murderer  cannot  charge  that 
Johnson  saved  Figueroa,  as  the  record  shows 
that  the  Lieutenant-Governor  commuted  the 
villain's  sentence. 

It  is  becoming  the  usual  thing  to  find,  on 
the  first  page  of  one's  newspaper  in  the  morn- 
ing, a  cheerful  account  of  the  slaughter  of  a 
family  by  some  member  actuated  by  sudden 


"OH,  TES,  SHE'S  IN  POIJTICS — ONE  OF  THOSE  LONG-HAIRED    REFORMERS!" 


fury.  The  other  day  a  young  man  killed  his 
brother  and  brother 's  wife,  and  then  shot 
himself.  Had  he  preferred  to  live  and  been 
able  to  engage  counsel,  he  would  never  have 
hanged.  After  long  legal  delay,  some  execu- 
tive official  like  Johnson  or  Wallace  would 
probably  turn  the  murderer  loose  on  the  com- 
munity, or  he  might  be  declared  a  congenital 
lunatic  like  that  young  man  who  in  most  cold- 
blooded fashion  shot  down  at  her  own  door  a 
girl  who  refused  his  attentions  a  month  ago. 
Newspaper  readers  were  regaled  over  their 
coffe-cups  with  the  description  of  how  a 
country  schoolboy  gave  his  mother  rough-on- 
Tats  because  her  treatment  of  him  did  not  en- 
tirely please  the  youthful  murderer. 

Instead  of  the  average  murder  crop  being 
10,000  a  year,  it  will  soon  be  20,0000  unless 
our  citizens  of  intelligence  and  influence  do 
something  more  than  mutter  their  dissatis- 
faction over  such  outrageous  executive  clem- 
ency as  that  exhibited  in  Lieutenant-Govern- 
or Wallace  's  protection  of  a  ruthless  and  de- 
praved wife-slayer. 

* 

THE   EIGHT  TO  DIE. 

THE  EIGHT  TO  DIE  is  being  eagerly  dis- 
cussed in  the  German  medical  world. 
Prof.  Schwalbe,  editor  of  Medizinische 
Wochenschrift,  the  foremost  German  medical 
weekly,  thus  presents  the  German  view: 

"A  doctor  is  neither  ethically,  profession- 
ally nor  criminally  entitled  to  kill  a  patient  at 
the  latter 's  wish.  His  duty  is  to  heal  or 
ameliorate.  Any  other  function  is  a  direct 
misuse  of  his  professional  knowledge  and  skill. 
Even  an  operation  which  the  surgeon  is  con- 
vinced will  most  probably  result  fatally  is 
ethically  reprehensible.  No  conscientious 
physician  ever  injects  morphine  unless  he  is 
convinced  that  the  patient  is  already  in  his 
death  agony." 

Prof.  Schwalbe  repeats  the  well  worn  argu- 
ment that  even  the  most  famous  doctors  know 
of  cases  which  they  have  given  up-  where  the 
patients  have  nevertheless  recovered.  He  in- 
stances   many    cases    where    eminent    doctors 


have  diagnosed  a  disease  as  cancer  of  the 
stomach  and  discovered  later  that  all  tang- 
ible evidence  of  cancerous  growths  had  dis- 
appeared and  complete  health  has  returned. 
Such  patients,  the  professor  says,  might  have 
been  killed  on  the  ground  that  they  were  in- 
curably ill,  when  a  cleverer  or  luckier  doctor 
would  have  cured  them. 

Prof.  Schwalbe  adds  that  the  authority  to 
kill  incurables  at  their  wish  would  be  crim- 
inally exploited  by  unscrupulous  physicians. 

According  to  the  present  German  penal 
code,  a  doctor  who  kills  a  patient  at  the  lat- 
ter's  request  can  be  punished  with  three 
years'  imprisonment.  The  newly  proposed 
penal  code  makes  the  minimum  punishment 
six  months. 

♦ 

APARTMENT  HOUSE  GRAFT. 

THE  WASP  is  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from 
an  apartment  house  resident,  who  claims 
that  managers  of  San  Francisco  apart- 
ment houses  practise  petty  graft.  These  man- 
agers, it  is  said,  permit  only  one  milkman, 
grocer,  butcher,  etc.,  to  solicit  business,  and 
if  any  other  tradesmen  get  in,  the  managers 
make  it  unpleasant  as  possible  for  them.  The 
managers,  being  in  the  position  of  middlemen, 
are  interested  in  giving  the  tenants  the  worst 
for  their  money  so  as  to  obtain  a  large  rake- 
off   for   themselves. 

Some  managers,  it  is  claimed,  make  a  nice 
thing  out  of  the  commissions  they  receive 
in  money  or  provisions  from  the  tradesmen 
whom  they  favor.  It  would  be  well  for  own- 
ers of  apartment  houses  to  protect  their  ten- 
ants against  such  graft,  which  not  only  in- 
jures the  tenants,  but  has  a  tendency  to 
empty  apartment  houses. 

♦ 

To  continue  love  in  marriage  is  a  science. 
It  requires  so  little  to  kill  those  sweet  emo- 
tions, those  precious  illusions,  which  form 
the  charm  of  life;  and  it  is  so  difficult  to 
maintain  a  man  at  the  height  on  which  an 
exalted  passion  has  placed  him,  especially  when 
that  man  is  one's  husband. — Madame  Hey- 
baud. 


Saturday,    September    28,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


15 


Sc 


LITERAHV  EUROPE  is  much  interested 
in  the  discovery  of  a  hitherto  unknown 
play  of  Sophokles.  It  deals  with  events 
in  the  childhood  of  Hermes — the  theft  of 
Apollo 's  cattle  and  the  invention  of  the 
lyre.  Considering  that  Sophokles  died  in 
40b'  B.  C.j  at  the  somewhat  ripe  age  of  90.  it 
is  rather  a  ticklish  literary  task  to  decide, 
by  the  style  of  a  papyrus  play  found  recently 
in  the  excavations  of  an  ancient  Egyptian 
city,  that  the  manuscript  was  the  work  of  the 
great  Athenian  playwright.  M.  Reinach,  in 
his  report  of  the  discovery,  states  to  the 
Academie  des  Inscriptions  et  Belles-lettres, 
that  the  style  of  Sophokles  is  unmistakable. 
Those  eminent  academicians  are  very  sure  of 
themselves. 

Sophokles  was  writing  plays  during  a  large 
part  of  his  90  years,  when  not  engaged  in 
leading  Athenian  troops,  for  ancient  bards 
did  not  disdain  to  use  the  sword  as  well  as 
the  stylus. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  more  of  the  poets 
of  our  day  do  not  go  upon  the  firing  line, 
where  the  bullets  are  supposed  to  be  thick- 
est. It  is  also  lamentable  that  the  compet- 
itive method  of  eliminating  bad  playwrights, 
which  prevailed  in  the  days  of  Sophokles.  has 
been  abandoned.  Though  all  Greece  declared 
that  Sophokles  was  the  past-master  of  dram- 
atic authorship,  the  old  gentleman  was  com- 
pelled to  defend  his  laurels  from  aspiring  ri- 
vals. More  than  a  baker's  dozen  of  those 
bumptions  stage  poets  of  ancient  Athens  rode 
Pegasus  over  the  bars  of  Prosody  to  demon- 
strate their  superiority.  All  were  flopped  on 
their  backs  and  some  of  them  had  their  san- 
dals shaken  off,  so  sudden  was  their  return 
on  the  reverse  side  to  Mother  Earth.     Soph- 


PRUDENT  FATHER:  "Do  you  think  you  can 
support  her  in  the  manner  to  which  she  has  been 
accustomed?" 


BUT 


AIN'T   SICK 


'THE    WILL    OF    THE    PEOPLE.1 


okles  held  the  record  to  the  finish  in  Athens. 

Though  the  old  warrior  and  poet  is  dead, 
lo  these  two  thousand  three  hundred  and 
eighteen  years,  they  are  still  playing  his 
pieces  (without  paying  any  royalty  on  them) 
over  at  the  Greek  Theater  in  Berkeley.  Every 
year  some  ambitious  Bohemian  Club  bard 
tears  a  fistful  of  dramatic  suggestion  out  of 
the  venerable  dramatist's  works  and  utilizes 
it  in  a  woodland  play  for  the  Midsummer 
Jinks.  The  plot  of  the  new-found  Sophokles 
play,  discovered  in  central  Egypt,  could  be 
substituted  for  one  of  those  that  have  made 
Bohemian  Grove  imperishable  in  the  annals 
of  literature. 

The  scene  is  laid  in  the  Valley  of  Arcadia, 
typical  land  of  innocence  and  good  fortune. 
At  the  foot  of  the  purpling  mountains  is  a 
grotto,  its  entrance  hidden  by  a  dense  growth 
of  underbrush.  "Stretching  far  away  is  the 
valley  where  Apollo,  god  of  music  and  things 
beautiful  has  been  exiled  in  the  character 
of  a  base  cowherd,  for  misconduct  obnoxious 
to  great  Zeus  himself.  Apollo  discovers 
that  his  cows  are  missing.  The  graceful  god's 
entrance  is  arranged  with  proper  dramatic 
effect.  Coming  to  R.  U.  E.,  as  the  playbooks 
might  say,  he  takes  the  center  of  the  stage, 
and  in  the  prosaic  language  of  our  unromantie 
day,  "sets  up  a  roar"  over  his  lost  cattle. 
Who  has  rounded  them  up  and  run  them  off 
the  range?  so  to  speak.  To  stimulate  a  search 
for  the  herd,  the  excited  god  of  music  emp- 


ties a  sack  of  gold  on  the  ground.  Musicians 
don't  disburse  their  coin  so  recklessly  now- 
adays. "Hear  ye,  oh  shepherds  and  you, 
oh  charcoal  burners,  if  such  there  be  within 
sound  of  my  voice,  and  even  better  the  hir- 
sute satyrs  and  the  agile  children  of  the 
woodland  nymphs — to  such  and  all  I  announce 
that  whoever  captures  the  thief,  the  gold  is 
here  to  pay  his  reward."  Thus  speaks  Apollo 
to  the  air  and  tr*ees  and  awaits  response. 

In  the  realistic  drama  of  today,  such  a 
careless  display  of  the  precious  metal  might 
be  followed  by  the  appearance  of  a  masked 
intruder,  in  overalls,  witn  a  big  thirty-thirty 
at  full-cock.  No  such  denouement  takes  place 
in  the  new-found  Grecian  play.  Old  Silenus 
(familiar  to  frequenters  of  Bohemian  Grove) 
emerges  from  the  thicket,  and.  with  the  skill 
of  an  Apache,  follows  the  tracks  of  Apollo's 
lost  herd  to  the  cave  at  the  foot  of  the  moun- 
tain, and  from  which  cavern  extraordinary 
sounds  are  heard.  After  several  dramatic  sit- 
uations- the  loss  of  Apollo's  herd  is  explained. 
Hermes,  the  beaven-born,  son  of  Zeus,  and  the 
oldest  of  the  Pleiades,  is  the  culprit,  though 
ithe  young  rascal  is  but  two  months  old.  The 
strange  noises  emanating  from  the  cavern  are 
the  strains  of  the  lyre  Hermes  has  constructed 
out  of  the  bones  of  an  ox  he  has  eaten. 
Heaven-born  infants   have  healthy  appetites. 

This  Sophokles  play  demonstrates  that  our 
Bohemian  Gi-ove  poets  have  lighted  the  fires 
of  their  genius  with  the  true  Hellenic  spark. 


16 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    September    28,    1912. 


IT  "WOULD  be  difficult  to  imagine  a  more 
enjoyable  affair  that  the  Pounders'  Day- 
anniversary — the  eighth — which  was  cele- 
brated by  To  Kalon  with  a  delightful  breakfast 
at  the  Bellevue.  To  Kalon — from  the  Greek, 
meaning  the  beautiful,  love  of  good.  Inter- 
preted by  the  loyal  members  as  To  Kalon — 
love  of  art,  of  literature,  of  the  beautiful.  So, 
with  such  a  foundation,  To  Kalon  has  grown 
from  but  a  mere  quorum  of  women  to  a  very 
large  organization  of  women,  earnest  women, 
thinking  women,  busy  women.  For  To  Kalon 
bears  the  distinction  of  having  on  its  mem- 
bership roll  some  of  the  very  busiest  women 
in  our  city.  To  verify  this  statement,  I 
refer  you  to  the  official  list,  where  you  may 
note  that  three  of  it  officers  share,  also,  the 
responsibility  of  being  President  of  some 
other  club.  Mrs.  George  Mullin,  President  of 
To  Kalon,  is  an  executive  officer  of  superior 
ability.  Her  warm,  generous  nature  and  her 
brilliant  intellect,  together  with  that  powerful 
quality — tact — bespeak  the  forceful  charac- 
ter of  this  leader. 

"We  are  to  continue  our  lectures  on  vital 
themes,  "  stated  Mrs.  Mullin,  "whenever  we 
are  able  to  secure  the  best,  the  very  best,  ex- 
ponents on  the  subjects  of  the  hour.  Our 
programs  have  been  on  the  universal  themes 
— broad  as  to  thought  and  wide  in  scope,  and 
we  want  to  always  bear  this  distinction. " 

Mrs.  Mullin  was  one  of  the  founders  of  To 
Kalon.  It  was  she  who  advocated  the  various 
sections  and  who  was  largely  instrumental 
in  creating  the  cordial,  social  atmosphere  that 
prevails  at  all  of  the  meetings  of  this  in- 
teresting club  of  three  hundred  women. 
*     *     * 

THE  eighth  anniversary  of  To  Kalon  was 
a  brilliant  event  as  well  as  beautiful 
in  its  appointments.  Four  long  tables 
arranged  T  fashion  were  massed  with  yellow 
flowers  and  ferns   artistically   arranged^ 

Mrs.  George  Mullin  presided,  and  at  the 
President 's  table  were  seated  the  guests  of 
honor,  including  the  Presidents  of  other  clubs. 
In  a  most  delightful  manner,  Mrs.  Mullin 
welcomed  the  guests  of  the  day,  told  some 
of  her  cherished  ambitions  for  the  advance- 
ment of  To  Kalon  and,  with  a  winning  charm, 
she  introduced  the  toastmaster,  Mrs.  Aurelius 
E.   Buckingham. 

( '  Harmony ' '  was  the  vibrant  note  that 
Mrs.  Buckingham  proclaimed  as  the  thought 
force  of  the  occasion  and  with  appropriate 
introductions,  she  called  upon  the  speakers  to 
respond  to  the  letters  of  the  word. 

"H"  was  given  by  Mrs.  E.  G.  Denniston,  a 
past-President  of  To  Kalon,  and  President  of 
the  Forum,  who  chose  "Happiness  in  the 
Home  Club"  as  her  theme.  She  prefaced  her 
response,  with  a  message  from  the  former 
President,  Mrs.  Frank  Fredericks,  who  is  at 


present  in  Europe,  but  whose  thoughts  revert- 
ed to  home  on  the  anniversary  of  her  club. 
It  was  just  like  Mrs.  Fredericks.  In  view 
of  the  fact  that  club  dissensions  have  caught 
the  public  ear  of  late,  the  vibrant  chord  of 
harmony  which  Mrs.  Denniston  sounded  with 
such  force  in  her  toast  revealed  the  real 
rythm  which  predominates  in  local  clubdom. 
For  -every  woman  versed  in  the  technique  of 
club  life  knows  that  while  on  the  surface 
there  may  appear  an  infinite  variety  of  con- 
tending hopes  and  ambitions,  yet  at  the  cen- 
ter there  is  unity  of  purpose.    Mrs.  Denniston, 


Terkelson  &  Henry  Photo. 
MRS.  RICHARD  REES 
A  resident  artist  whose  beautiful  voice  is  often 
heard  in  concert. 

who  has  probably  been  President  of  more 
clubs  than  any  other  resident  clubwoman,  is 
always  a  strong  advocate  for  harmony — har- 
mony without  individual  capitulation,  without 
self-abnegation.  Hers  is  the  logical  mind, 
bounded  by  much  experience. 

'*A'J  with  "Aims  and  Ambitions"  formed 
the  theme  by  Mrs.  Laura  Y.  Pinney,  one  of 
the  past-Presidents  and  founders  of  To  Kalon. 

"M"  for  "Memories"  received  a  witty 
response  from  Mrs.  F.  W.  Thompson,  who 
told  how,  in  the  early  days  of  the  club's  his- 
tory, a  member  asked  the  pastor  of  the  Cal 
vary  Church  (where  the  meetings  are  held) 
if  To  Kalon  did  not  mean  some  kind  of  a 
drink.  To  which  the  reverend  gentleman  re- 
plied: "Perhaps  so,  but  I  have  not  tried  it." 

"O-N"  were  combined  in  "Onward"  by 
Mrs.  Paul  Alexander,  whose  prophetic  vis- 
ions inspired  the  members  with  desires  for 
more  expansion  and  the  larger  growth. 


' '  Rhyme  and  Rhythm, ' '  necessary  to  all 
harmony,  was  exemplified  by  readings  from 
Mrs.  Walter  B.  Herndon,  and  a  group  of 
songs  by  Mrs.  E.  De  Los  Magee. 

"Y"  for  "You"  was  toasted  by  Mrs.  E. 
E.  Williams,  who  directed  the  members  in 
their  search  for  the  castle  of  their  dreams,  to 
the  thought  of  others. 

*  *     * 

THE  entire  scheme  of  the  day  was  a  de- 
lightful conception,  and  those  in  charge 
of  the  highly  interesting  event  re- 
ceived the  sincere  congratulations  from  those 
fortunate  enough  to  have  been  in  attendance. 
Seated  at  the  President's  table  were  the 
following:  Mrs.  J.  W.  Orr,  State  President; 
Mrs.  Percy  Schuman,  District  President;  Mrs. 
Buckingham;  Mrs.  P.  C.  Alexander;  Mrs.  E. 
G.  Denniston,  President  Forum;  Mrs.  J.  D. 
Jessup,  President  of  Corona  Club;  Miss  Chris- 
tine Hart,  Laurel  Hill  President;Mrs.  F.  P. 
Jones,  Clionian  Club  President;  Mrs.  Horace 
Wilson,  Century  Club  President;  Mrs.  F.  W. 
Thompson,  Mrs.  A.  P.  Black,  California  Club 
President;  Mrs.  Walter  B.  Hernden;  Mrs.  H. 
B.  Pinney,  Past-President  P.  C.  W.  P.  A.; 
Mrs.  E.  D.  Stadtniuller,  Channing  Auxiliary 
President;    Mrs.    J.    M.    Dixon,    Mrs.    Reuben 

Hills  and  Mrs.  E.  De  Los  Magee. 

*  *     * 

THE  PLAYERS'  CLUB,  comprising  the 
talented  group  of  men  and  women,  pre- 
sented in  this  week 's  issue  of  The 
Wasp,  will  present  some  unusual  plays  during 
the  coming  season.  It  is  one  of  the  aims  of 
this  club  to  foster  and  encourage  local  writers. 
Our  local  musicians  are  striving  for  the 
proper  recognition  of  resident  artists,  and 
now  the  Players'  Club  definitely  outlines 
plans  for  developing  talent,  encouraging  local 
writers  and  for  the  production  of  the  better 
class  of  dramas,  with  some  deserving  charity 
always  in  view. 


THE  WASP  reaches  5,000  society  and  club 
women  regularly.  We  will  soon  reach  twice 
as  many.  Subscribe  for  THE  WASP  and  get 
the  interesting  news  that  women  look  for. 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  in  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


LADIES'  GOWNS  and  FANCY 
COSTUMES 

420  SUTTER  STREET.  NEAR  STOCKTON. 
Phone  DOUGLAS  4964 

■  AN    FRANCISCO.     CAL, 


Saturday.    September   28,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


i? 


THE  TALENTED  AMATEURS  OF  THE  PLAYERS'    CLUB. 


The  excellent  production  of  ' '  Mary  Magda- 
lene,"  Madame  Sans  Gene,  given  by  the  Cap 
and  Bells  last  season  elicited  much  favorable 
criticism  from  the  local  draniatie  world. 

Many  prominent  society  people  are  inter- 
ested in  the  production  of  the  Players'  Club. 
On  the  associate  membership  list  are:  Mrs. 
Phoebe  A.  Hearst,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  Mr. 
A.  W.  Scott  Jr.,  Mts.  Margaret  C.  May,  Mrs. 
Ella  Sexton,  Mr.  E.  P.  Heald,  Mrs.  Frank  D. 
Monckton,  Mrs.  F.  H.  Colburn,  Dr.  P.  A.  Bill, 


Mrs.  H.  Meyer  Wood,  Mrs.  D.  J.  Patterson, 
Dr.  U.  Grant  Bartlett,  Mrs.  Lillis  George 
Brann,  Mrs.  T.  E.  Edwards,  Mr.  Henry  Alfer- 
itz,  Mrs.  Henry  S,  Van  Winkle,  Miss  Hilda 
Clough  Mr.  Thos.  S.  Baker,  Mrs.  P.  A.  Bill, 
Mts.  Marshal  A.  Frank,  Mr.  J.  A.  Sullivan, 
Mrs.  Hortense  J.  Foreman,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Phillips, 
Mr.  B.  D.  Dean,  Mrs.  Henry  Eichoff,  Mrs.  C. 
Paul  Haag,  Mrs.  Chas.  A.  Gwinn,  Mrs.  H.  J. 
Perrazzi,  Mr.  Daniel  O  'Connell,  Mrs.  Peter 
Cook,  Mrs.   James  Kolph  Jr.,   Mr.   George  H. 


Hooke.  .Mrs.  R.  u.  Postletuwaite;  Mrs.  1. 
Magmiij  Mr.  C.  A.  Meussdoreffer,  Mrs.  A.  Y. 
Baker,  Mrs.  L.  Gassner,  Mr.  Brnesl  S.  Tan 
hit.  Mrs.  .hum-.  (.'.  Jordan,  Mrs.  Susanne  All 

fiit/..  Mr.  Joseph  A.  1. ardi  Miss  Elizabeth 

Price,  Mrs.  George  K.  Rainey,  Mr.  A.  Vander 
Naillen  Jr.,  Miss  Ruth  F.  Scott,  Mrs.  Robert 
Levy,  Mr.  Milton  D.  Bailey;  Mrs.  C.  II.  King, 
Mrs.  Sazel  *.  Johnson,  Mrs.  Clarice  P.  Hen- 
ry, Miss  Ruby  Levin*  Miss  Alice  M,  Eager, 
Miss  Edna  M.  Thornagle,  Miss  Lila  Maple, 
Miss    Cora     Levin,    Miss    Mabel    (lallegii,    Mrs. 

E.  Mandel. 


GEORG  KRUGER 

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Phone  Kearny  5454. 

"An  artist  of  the  first  rank,  a  pi:ipist 

of   correct   feeling    and    ripe    experience." 

— H.   E.   Krehbiel   in   New   York   Tribune. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Begs  to  announce  that  ho  has  moved  his  music 
studio  to  the  Gaffney  Building,  376  Sutter  Street, 
between  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  Street. 
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(HE  newspapers  recently  have  referred 
to  the  serious  illness  of  Mrs.  Eobert 
Goelet  of  New  York.  The  Goelets 
and  Astors  owe  their  wealth  to  New 
York  real  estate.  As  land-owners,  the  Goelets 
were  amongst  the  earliest  in  New  York. 

More  than  a  century  ago  the  Goelet  family 
had  an  idea  that  New  York  would  grow  into 
a  great  city  and  that  dollars  planted  in  well- 
located  property  would  produce  more  dollars. 
That  idea  was  handed  from  father  to  son, 
with  the  result  that  each  successive  Goelet, 
while  retaining  intact  the  property  given  to 
him  by  his  antecedents,  added  something  to  it 
until  today,  with  the  investments  of  genera- 
tions all  of  greater  value  than  ever  before 
and  producing  larger  returns,  the  possessor 
of  them  has  an  estate  which  even  a  king  or 
an  emperor  might  envy. 

The  Goelets  followed  the  plan  of  buying 
property  as  near  the  business  center  as  pos- 
sible and  erected  buildings.  The  Astor  fam- 
ily purchased  outlying  lands  in  large  tracts 
and  have  not  been  builders  on  an  extensive 
scale.  They  have  preferred  to  rent  the 
ground  rather  than  erect  and  rent  build- 
ings. The  Astors  have  become  the  rich- 
er, though  the  estate  of  Eobert  Goelet  is 
valued  at  $60,000,000.  One  piece  of  prop- 
erty purchased  by  the  Goelet  family  flor 
$2,000  is  now  valued  at  almost  $20,000,000. 
On  one  corner  of  it  stands  the  terminal  of 
the  New  York  Central  Railroad.  OtheT  im- 
provements on  the  land  are  the  Eitz-Carlton 
Hotel,  Delmonico  's  and  Sherry 's  restaurants, 
the  Harriman  National  Bank  and  the  Windsor 
Arcade.  The  Goelets,  like  the  Astor  family, 
have  held  on  tenaciously  to  their  real  proper- 
ty, and  as  they  bought  on  the  line  of  im- 
provement their  plan  has  proved  to  be  im- 
mensely profitable.  San  Francisco  today  of- 
fers wonderful  opportunities  to  purchasers  of 
real  estate  who  will  use  reasonable  prudence. 

Peter  Goelet,  who  died  in  1879,  was  the 
most  successful  of  the  family.  Old  Commo- 
dore Cornelius  Vanderbilt  was  the  greatest 
money-maker  of  his  clan,  and,  as  generally 
happens  between  great  money-makers  living 
in  the  same  town,  old  Peter  and  old  Corne- 
lius found  that  their  interests  clashed  some- 
times. Their  most  interesting  tilt  was  over 
the  old  Commodore's  effort  to  get  some  of 
the  Goelet  property  for  his  Grand  Central 
terminal.     Goelet  did  not  wish  to  sell  at  any 


Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  •  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


price,  perhaps  because  he  was  not  pleased  to 
see  the  Commodore  looming  so  large  in  a 
community  where  he  had  been  known  as  a 
sturdy,  if  not  humble,  young  boatswain  on  the 
water  front  when  the  Goelets  were  already 
landed  proprietors  and  people  of  social  impor- 
tance. They  possessed  little  influence  in  poli- 
ties, however,  whereas  Vanderbilt  exerted 
much  influence  in  State  politics.  The  old 
Commodore  got  the  Legislature  to  pass  a  spe- 
cial act  enabling  him  to  condemn  and  acquire 
the  Goelet  land  he  required  for  a  railroad  ter- 
minal. Old  Peter  Goelet  never  forgave  the 
Commodore  for  the  high-handed  act,  though 
the  placing  of  the  New  York  Central  termi- 
nal on  the  property  greatly  enhanced  the 
realty  values  in  the  neighborhood.  The  Duke 
of  Eoxburghe  married  into  the  Goelet  fam- 
ily some  years  ago. 

Cheerful  (statistics. 

Edward  A.  Woods,  who  represents  the  Equi- 
table Life  Assurance  Society  in  Pittsburg, 
with  betwen  200  and  300  agents  in  the  field, 
and  a  business  larger  than  that  of  many  life 
insurance  companies,  has  compiled  a  series  of 
statistics  on  the  railroad  business,  farming, 
and  other  industries  on  which  he  predicates 
a  prediction  of  vast  development  and  pros- 
perity in  this  country. 

They  show  that  45  per  cent,  more  freight  to 
an  inhabitant  was  hauled  in  1910  than  in 
1900.  and  that  is  was  hauled  49  miles  further, 
that  the  railroad  business  is  larger  than  the 
total  wealth  of  such  countries  as  Spain,  Neth- 
erlands, Portugal  or  Switzerland;  that  the 
total  value  of  the  farm  products  of  this  coun- 
try equals  the  total  wealth  of  Belgium;  that 
in  a  decade,  not  especially  prosperous,  the 
wealth  of  the  United  States  has  increased  from 
$88,517,306,775  to  $130,000,000,000;  deposits 
in    National    banks    from    $2,458,092,758    to 


$5,278,216,312;  deposits  in  savings  banks  from 
$2,389,719,954  to  $4,070,486,247;  amount  of 
life  insurance  from  $13,775,342,347  to  $25,175,- 
797,538,  and  receipts  of  the -Post  Office  Depart- 
ment from  $102,354,579  to  $224,128,637. 

Business  Is  Good. 

One  finds  a  good  many  croakers  in  San 
Francisco  ready  to  whisper  that  "business  is 
very  bad,"  and  the  "big  stores  are  not  able 
to  pay  their  rents. ' '  Don 't  believe  a  word  of 
it  as  a  statement  of  the  general  condition  of 
our  city.  Business  is  always  bad  with  some 
people  who  have  not  the  requisite  energy  and 
enterprise  to  make  it  good,  and  who  will  not 
spend  a  cent  to  advertise  and  bring  business 
to  them. 

Just  as  an  example  of  the  real  condition  of 
the  big  stores,  take  the  biggest,  the  Empori- 
um. It  made  10  per  cent  up  to  June  1st  for 
its  stockholders,  and  it  is  considered  a  cer- 
tainty that  the  Emporium  will  make  30  per 
cent  this  year,  for  it  did  fully  as  well  as  that 
last  year,  and  all  the  indications  point  to 
better  business   this  year. 

Lost  a  Good  Client. 
Is  it  good  business  for  a  banker  to  be 
"strictly  business-like?"  A  local  banker  lost 
a  good  client  the  other  day — a  man  whose  bal- 
ance was  seldom,  below  $6,000.  This  client 
was  charged  10  cents  for  the  collection  of  a 
small  check  and  got  so  angry  over  it  that  he 
transferred  his  account.  According  to  strictly 
business  methods  the  bank  acted  properly  in 
charging  the  10  cents  for  collection,  for  the 
charge  was  legitimate.  Here  in  the  West 
sueh  preciseness  of  detail  is  likely  to  cause 
more  loss  than  gain,  for  in  our  free-and-easy 
Western  way  we  think  close  regard  for  nickels 
and  dimes  parsimonious  and  objectionable. 
Bankers  need  to  be  diplomats  as  well  as  finan- 
ciers in  San  Francisco  to  win  great  success. 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.  6REENEBADM Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.     FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.   F.   HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

TO.  H.  HIGH Assistant  Cashier 

H.    CHOYNSKI Assistant   Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


Saturday,    September    28,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


19 


More  Trouble. 

The  Railroad  Commission's  instructions  to 
tbe  Southern  Pacific  Company  to  build  a  de- 
pot in  West  Berkeley  and  perform  other  work 
is  undoubtedly  another  usurpation  of  power. 
It  is  not  within  the  lawful  scope  of  a  Railroad 
Commission's  powers  to  do  things  of  that 
sort.     That  is  Socialism. 

The  Railroad  Commission  of  California,  un- 
less checked  in  some  way — by  the  courts  or 
by  political  pull — may  do  a  great  deal  of  in- 
jury to  our  State  at  a  time  when  California 
should  begin  to  prosper  amazingly. 

The  demands  which  have  been  made  on  pub- 
lic service  corporations  for  exact  statements 
of  their  affairs,  if  complied  with,  will  CJ9t 
the  corporations  a  great  deal  of  money.  To 
several  corporations  it  would  mean  an  outlay 
of  over  $100,000.  Of  course,  it  is  perfectly 
proper  that  public  service  corporations,  or 
any  other  kind  that  float  stocks  and  bonds 
for  investment  or  speculation,  should  furnish 
correct  statements  of  their  affairs,  but  the 
corporations  should  not  be  harrassed  and  put 
to  any  needless  expense.  There  are  two  ways 
to  proceed  with  the  work  of  regulating  corpor- 
ations. They  can  be  controlled  fairly  and 
with  a  view  to  enable  them  to  pay  honest  div- 
idends, and  they  can  be  harassed  for  the 
purpose  of  pleasing  the  mob  and  gaining  polit- 
ical advantage  for  the  politicians  in  power. 

The  latter  course  must  be  very  injurious  to 
the  general  public,  for  if  the  railroads  and 
other  public  service  corporations  be  forced  to 
increase  their  expenses  and  decrease  their  in- 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  Is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  "business.  "Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,     2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital    paid    up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided   Profits.  ...  $5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFICERS. 
Isaias    W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,  Vice-Pres. 
F.   L.   Lipman,   Vice-Pres. 
'James    K.    Wilson,    Vice-Pres. 
Frank  B.    King,    Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  L.  Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant   Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 
Isaias   W.   Hellman  I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph  Sloss  .  A.   Christeson 

Percy   T.   Morgan  Wm.  Haas 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  Hartland  Law 

Wm.  F.  Herrin  Henry   Rosenfeld 

John   C.   Kirkpatrick  Jamas  L.  Flood 

J.  Henry  Meyer  Chas.  J.  Deering 

A.  H.  Payson  James    K.    Wilson 

F.  L.  Lipman 
ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt    Service,    Courteous   Attention,    Unexcelled 
Facilities 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


come  by  charging  lower  rates,  the  point  must 
eventually  bo  readied  where  the  corporations 
will  become  insolvent  and  the  State  or  nation 
will  iiud  itself  confronted  with  the  unpleasant 
problem   of  financing  the  corporations  itself. 

\u  that  case  the  inevitable  result  would  be 
a  considerable  increase  of  rates  and  the  added 
cost  would  fall  un  the  public,  which  in  the 
end  suffers  for  all  unwise  juggling  with  the 
laws  of  business  to  please  theoretical  reform- 
ers. 

The  large  part  of  the  public  which  owns 
corporation  stocks  and  bonds  is  the  first  to 
suffer  by  unwise  tampering  with  corporations. 

The  newspapers  of  California  should  pro- 
tect their  people  from  any  politicians  that  at- 
tempt to  advance  their  own  selfish  interest  at 
the  expense  of  the  State's  prosperity. 

More  Tenants. 
One  of  the  best  signs  in  San  Francisco  at 
present  is  the  increasing  demand  for  labor. 
The  want  columns  of  the  Sunday  newspapers 
are  growing  larger,  and  employers,  generally 
speaking,  are  short  of  help.  This  is  especially 
true  of  employers  of  unskilled  labor,  though 
the  demand  for  skilled  labor  is  also  increasing. 
The  immediate  effect  of  this  employment  of 
labor  is  the  reduction  in  the  number  of  un- 
tenanted flats.  Before  long  we  may  expect  to 
see  the  too-familiar  sign,  "To  Let,"  becoming 
less  noticeable,  for  the  town  is  surely  filling 
up. 

Foreign  Visitors  in  California. 

J.  Milton  Watkins,  associate  editor  of  the 
Statist  of  London,  is  one  of  the  many  foreign- 
ers who  have  visited  San  Francisco  this  year 
to  sum  up  the  possibilities  of  our  metropolis 
and  State.  Intelligent  and  far-seeing  foreign- 
ers are  much  more  impressed  by  the  prospects 
of  California  than  are  we  who  are  here, 
and  should  be  the  first  to  appreciate  the  bene- 
fits of  the  Panama  Canal. 

Mr.  Watkins  was  treated  very  courteously 
by  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company's 
officials  and  the  "Western  Power  people,  and 
shown  over  their  properties.  He  will  visit 
the  oil  fields  and  then  go  south.  Mr.  Watkins 
has  been  stopping  at  the  Fairmont. 

A  Far-Seeing  Pioneer. 

Some  of  the  choicest  residence  sites  in  San 
Francisco  will  soon  be  placed  on  the  market 
by  the  Brickell  estate,  of  which  that  progress- 
ive and  successful  young  business  man,  John 
C.  Brickell,  is  the  manager.  Mr.  Brickell 's 
father  clearly  foresaw  the  expansion  of  San 
Francisco,  and  years  ago  purchased  a  large 
tract  overlooking  Baker's  Beach  and  the  Pre- 
sidio. A  more  magnificent  view  cannot  be  ob- 
tained iu  any  residence  site  in  the  world.  In 
fact,  no  other  city  in  the  world  can  equal  San 
Francisco  in  the  beauty  of  the  marine  views 
to  be  obtained  from  many  points  in  our  highly 
favored  city. 

There  were  about  1,000  large  lots  in  the 
Brickell  property  overlooking  Baker's  Beach. 
Mr.  John  Brickell  is  now  grading  and  improv- 
ing a  portion  of  this  splendid  holding,  and 
when  the  work  is  completed  it  will  exceed  in 

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Incorporated    186S. 

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(Member    of    the    Associated    Savings    Banks    of 
San  Francisco.) 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment  of   Deposits   only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 

Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....       $61,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number   of  Depositors  .  .  .        56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'oloek 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


MANAGER     WILL     GREENBAUM     lias 
completed    bis    plans    for    the    musical 
season,    and    definitely    announces    the 
following   events  for   the   month    of   October: 

On  Sunday  afternoons,  October  13th  and 
20th,  he  has  arranged  for  combination  concerts 
by  Riccardo  Martin,  tenor  of  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  House  and  Covent  Garden,  and  Rudolph 
Ganz,  the  Swiss  violin  virtuoso.  In  the  East 
these  artists  appear  in  their  individual  con- 
certs, but  in  order  to  make  his  opening  attrac- 
tion a  quite  exceptionally  attractive  one, 
Green  baum  is  to  give  us  the  two  stars  on  the 
same  program.  Miss  Lima  O  'Brien  will  be 
Mr.  Martin  's  personal  accompanist.  The 
only  evening  concert  by  these  stars  will 
be  for  the  St.  Francis  Musical  Art  So- 
ciety, on  Tuesday  night.  October  15th. 
Riccardo  Martin  has  been  engaged  to 
give  an  entire  evening  of  song  by  the 
Peninsula  Musical  Association  at  Stan- 
ford University. 

An  attraction  that  will  appeal  to  the 
masses  as  well  as  the  music  lovers  is  the 
United  States  Marine  Band  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  popularly  known  as  "The 
President's  Own,"  it  being  stationed 
at  the  White  House  as  the  official  band 
and  orchestra  of  the  Government.  It 
is  the  largest  and  oldest  musical  organ- 
ization in  the  United  States,  having 
been  founded  by  President  John  Quincy 
Adams.  Such  famous  directors  as  Fan- 
ciulli,  Schneider  and  John  Philip  Sousa 
have  been  associated  with  the  Marine 
Band,  and  a  special  act  of  Congress  in 
the  matter  of  pay  has  made  it  possible 
to  secure  only  first-class  artists  for  the 
organization.  The  present  director  is 
Lieutenant  William  Santelmann.  This 
is  the  first  time  in  twenty  years  that  the 
Marine  Band  has  been  given  an  extend- 
ed furlough.  The  Marine  Band  has  been 
invited  to  give  two  concerts  at  the 
Greek  Theater  of  the  University  of  Cal- 
ifornia on  Saturday  afternoon  and  night, 
October  9th,  and  will  then  come  to  San 
Francisco  for  concerts  on  the  afternoons 
and  nights  of  Sunday  and  Monday,  Oc- 
tober 20th  and  21st." 

The  final  attraction  for  the  month 
will  be  Mme.  Johanna  Gadski.  the  fa- 
vorite dramatic  soprano  and  Wagnerian 
interpreter.  Unfortunately,  on  account 
of  her  presence  being  required  at  the 
Metropolitan,  Gadski  will  give  but-  one 
concert  in  San  Francisco,  the  date  being 
Sunday  afternoon,  October  27th.  at  the 
Columbia  Theater.  She  is  arranging  a 
specially  great  program  for  this  event. 
Usually  Gadski  sings  three  times  in  this  city, 
and  it  is  a  question  how  the  Columbia  will 
hold  the  crowds  that  will  want  to  hear  this 
queen  of  song.  To  avoid  disappointment  it 
would  be  well  to  send  mail  orders  for  this 
event  to  Manager  Greenbaum  without  delay. 
Gadski  will  sing  in  Oakland  at  Ye  Liberty 
Playhouse  on  Thursday,  afternoon,  October 
24th,  offering  an  entirely  different  program 
from  her  concert  in  San  Francisco.  Applica- 
tions for  seats  should  be  sent  direct  to  Ye 
Libertj7  Playhouse. 


In  November  Mr.  Greenbaum  will  present 
Yolande  Mero,  the  Hungarian  pianiste.  and 
Alice  i-ielsen  and  her  company  of  stars  from 
the  Boston  Opera  Company  in  versions  of 
"The  Barber  of  Seville"  and  Wolf  -Ferrari  'a 
masterpiece,  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne." 

Music  lovers  desiring  the  "Concert  Bulle- 
tin," the  official  program  of  the  Greenbaum 
concerts,  mailed  to  them  should  send  their 
name  and  address  to  Mr.  Greenbaum  at  101 
Post  street. 


The  Sigmund  Beel  Quartet. 
The  Beel  Quartet,  which  gave  the  most  suc- 


sents  works  of  various  forms,  among  these  be- 
ing Mis.  Alice  Bacon  Washington  and  Mrs. 
Oscar  Mansfeldt. 


ALEXANDER  HEINEMANN 

The   famous    German   court   lleder  singer,    who    will    be    heard    next 
week  only  at  the  Orpheum. 


cessful  season  of  chamber  music  concerts  ever 
attempted  in  this  city  last  season,  will  resume 
its  activities  on  Sunday  afternoon,  November 
3rd,  and  a  series  of  six  concerts  will  be  given, 
the  same  as  last  year. 

Throughout  the  summer  months  the  quartet 
has  had  its  tri-weekly  rehearsals,  just  as  dur- 
ing the  concert  season,  and  Mr.  Beel  feels 
confident  that  the  high  standard  set  last  year 
will  even  be  surpassed.  The  personnel  foi 
the  quartet  remains  unchanged,  and  a  number 
of  assisting  artists  have  been  engaged  to  pre- 


At  the  Cort. 

THE  first  week  of  the  limited  engagement 
of  the  Lambardj  Pacific  Coast  Grand 
Opera  Company  at  the  Cort  Theater  is 
proof  positive,  through  the  brilliant  character 
of  the  performances,  that  the  season  will  be 
a  most  successful  one,  not  alone  from  an  ar- 
tistic standpoint,  but  from  a  financial  stand- 
point as  well.  This  is  naturally  very  gratify- 
ing to  Impresario  Lambardi,  who  has  been 
purveying  grand  opera  for  many  years 
on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

In  every  way  the  productions  have 
lived  up  to  the  advance  announcements, 
and  the  singers  have  more  than  justified 
their  reputations  in  the  music  centers 
of  Italy  and  Continental  Europe.  Scen- 
ically  the  presentations  are  wholly  ad- 
mirable, and  the  orchestra,  under  the 
eloquent  baton  of  Gaetano  Bavanagoli, 
certainly  the  most  able  conductor  San 
Francisco  has  known,  has  astonished  the 
most  able  conductor  San  Francisco  has 
known,,  has  astonished  and  delighted 
local  music  lovers.  The  orchestra  is  the 
largest  and  best  that  has  ever  played  in 
the  pit  of  a  San  Francisco  theater.  It 
is  interesting  to  note  that,  for  the 
most  part,  the  personnel  of  the  orches- 
tra is  made  up  by  local  musicians, 
merely  the  nucleus  having  been  brought 
here  by  Bavagnoli. 

We  have  thus  far  heard  "La  Bo- 
heme, "  "Lucia,"  and  "Traviata,"  all 
of  which  have  been  admirably  done  and 
given  us  the  best  sort  of  an  opinion 
of  the  artists  brought  here  by  Ettore 
Patrizi,  the  general  manager  of  the  com- 
pany. Tonight  will  see  the  first  produc- 
tion of  "Conchita. "  the  wonderful  Zan- 
donai  opera,  which  may  truly  be  said 
to  have  created  a  veritable  sensation  at 
Covent  Garden.  London,  where  it  was 
produced  with  Tarquinia  Tarquini,  the 
noted  prima  donna,  in  the  title  role. 
The  same  artist  will  appear  with  the 
Lambardi  forces  at  the  Cort.  Tonight 's 
performance  will  mark  the  first  presen- 
tation  of  the   opera  in   America. 

The  repertoire  for  next  week  is  as 
follows;  Tomorrow  night,  "Conchita"; 
Monday  night,  * '  Madame  Butterfly, ' ' 
with  Matini  in  the  title  role  and  Agos- 
tini  as  Pinkerton;  Tuesday  night.  "Con- 
chita"; Wednesday  matinee,  "Madame 
Butterfly";  Wednesday  night.  "Travi- 
Thursday  night,  ' '  Conchita ' ' ;  Friday 
' '  Rigoletto, ' '  with  Pereira  as  Gilda. 
and  Giardiui  in  the  title  role;  Saturday  mat- 
inee. "Conchita,"  and  Saturday  night.  "Mad- 
ame Butterfly." 


ata ' 
night 


Orpheum  Attractions. 

ALEXANDER  HEINEMANN,  the  famous 
German  Court  lieder  singer,  has  been 
secured  by  the  Orpheum  for  next  week 
only.  This  great  artist  had  his  ticket  pur- 
chased for  Europe,  and  was  on  the  eve  of  de- 


Saturday.    September    28,    1912.] 


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partuie  when  the  Orpheum  management  per- 
suaded him  to  delay  in  order  that  he  might 
play  his  first,  and  in  all  probability  his  last, 
engagement  in  vaudeville,  for  Hctr  Seine- 
man n  'b  concert  engagements  in  the  Old 
World  extend  over  several  years.  For  a  dee- 
ado  and  a  half  he  has  been  the  idol  of  the 
chief  capitals  of  Europe,  and  has  been  decor- 
ated by  the  Emperor  of  Germany,  the  King 
of  Spain i  and  other  European  monarchs.  EEerr 
Ileinemann  will  sing  Handel's  ' '  Largo, ' ' 
"Hans  und  Liesel"  (Hans  and  Liza).  "Teu- 
t'elstietl'"  (The  Devil's  Snug),  and  "Die  Bei- 
den  Grenadiers  "  (The  Two  Grenadiers).  Miss 
Fay  Foster  will  aecompany  him  at  the  piano. 

To  the  vast  host  of  Dickens'  admin  is, 
which  includes,  it  may  be  safely  said,  the 
great  majority  of  the  Orpheum  patrons,  the 
appearance  of  the  famous  Irish  actor,  Owen 
WcGiveney,  -  will  be  of  great  interest.  He 
will  present  his  latest  and  greatest  protean 
success,  ' '  Bill  Sykes. ' '  in  which  he  will  im- 
personate, besides  the  name  part.  Monks, 
Fagin,  "The  Artful  Dodger,"  and  Nancy 
Sykes.  All  these  characters  appear  naturally 
and  the  marvelous  manner  in  which  Mr.  Mc- 
Giveney  hides  his  own  individuality  by  skill- 
full and  almost  instantaneous  changes  of 
make-up  makes  it  difficult  to  believe  that  one 
man  is  portraying  the  five  roles. 

Claud  and  Fannie  Usher  will  return  for 
next  week  only,  after  quite  a  lengthy  absence 
with  their  famous  skit,  "Fagan's  Decision.'' 
The  little  play  is  a  comedy  gem,  with  a 
touch  of  pathos  deftly  interjected  towards  the 
finish. 

Williams  and  Warner,  two  ingenious  French- 
men who  have  invented  a  number  of  mu- 
sical instruments  and  fancy  stunts,  will  evi- 
dence their  skill.  They  introduce  an  instru- 
ment which  they  call  a  Clacaphone,  which 
they  describe  as  an  organ  with  a  human  voice. 

La  Maze  Trio,  eceentric  comedians,  who 
are  sometimes  described  as  "the  three  fools 
with  the  five  chairs/'  will  also  be  included  in 
the  new  bill. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Annie  Kent, 
"The  Little  Jester,"  and  E.  Frederick  Haw- 
ley  and  Company  in  "The  Bandit."  It  will 
also  conclude  the  engagement  of  Nat  Wills, 
"The  Happy  Tramp,"  who  will  sing  by  spe- 
cial request  his  famous  parody  on  "Alexan- 
der's Ragtime   Band." 


At  Pantages. 

PANTAGES  THEATER  is  doing  a  banner 
business  this  week,  the  current  program 
being  full  of  good  things,  including 
Taylor  Granville 's  sensational  tabloid  melo- 
drama, "The  Star  Bout,"  a  romance  of  the 
prize    ring;    "The   Finish,"    a   bright    one-act 


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LEADING  THEATER 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter   2460. 


LAMBARDI 

PACIFIC  COAST 
GRAND  OPERA  COMPANY 


Tonight 

"CONCHITA" 

Second  Week  Begins  Tomorrow   (Sunday)   Night. 

Repertoire  for  Second  Week: 
Sunday,  "Conchita" ;  Monday,  "Mrae.  Butter- 
fly" ;  Tuesday,  "Conchita" ;  Wednesday  Matinee, 
"Mme.  Butterfly";  Wednesday,  "Traviata"  ;  Thurs- 
day, "Conchita"  ;  Friday,  Rigoletto"  ;  Saturday 
Matinee,  "Conchita";  Saturday,  "Mme.  Butter- 
fly." 

Prices,    50c.  to  $2. 


farce.  Splendidly  played  by  Florence  Lor- 
raine, Edgar  Dudley  and  their  company  the 
Capita]  <'u\  1  -in.  clever  comedians  and  sing- 
ers;  the  dainty  Lillian  sisters,  talented  instru- 
mentalists an-!  Mr;ili-ts;  I'rov.d,  a  whistling 
genius;  the  Apollo  Trio,  marvels  of  strength 
and  sensational  ■_■ 'yirwasts,  and  other  good 
features. 

Fur  t  he  week  commencing  Sunday  after- 
noon anotner  strong  array  ol  attractions  has 
been  secured,  headed  by  "An  Evening  in  Ha- 
waii,'' an  elabotate  scenic  production  partici- 
pated in  by  teli  vocalists,  instrumentalists  and 
dancers.  These  talented  natives  are  said  to 
give  a  delightful  entertainment,  abounding  in 
tropical  atmospheie  and  pleasing  in  every  par- 
ticular. Lloyd  Childs.  who  presents  the  act, 
will  also  show  several  reels  ol  motion  pictures 
depicting  life  in  the  Sandwich  Islands. 
That  well-known  character  comedian,  Ned 
Burton,  supported  by  Norbert  Myles  and  Ma- 
rion 1-ord,  will  present  his  tabloid  musical 
comedy,  ''The  Commercial  Man,"  abounding 
in  clean  fun  and  musical  interruptions;  and. 
the  Orpheus  Comedy  Four,  great  tavorites  in 
this  city,  will  return  with  a  brand-new  assort- 
ment ot  songs  and  comedy.  There  are  but  few 
better  comedy  quartettes  on  the  vaudeville 
stage  than  the  Orpheus  Four.  Five  dainty  and 
agile  damsels  are  the  "Juggling  Jewels, "who 
toss  around  Indian  clubs  in-  a  marvelous  man- 
ner, and  they  are  pretty  as  they  are  dextrous. 
Good  banjo  players  are  scarce,  and  the  Black 
Brothers  are  masters  of  the  pigskin  instru- 
ment, iu  addition  to  being  finished  dancers. 
Their  turn  is  described  as  oeing  both  neat  and 
novel.  Fagg  and  Dixon,  one  of  wdiom  appears 
in  black  face,  will  present  a  mirth-provoking 
specialty  which  they  entitle  "  Africanology," 
abounding  in  original  quips  and  unique  paro- 
dies. Gladys  and  Louis  La  Vere,  versatile 
gymnasts  who  perform  feats  attempted  by  no 
other  artists,  will  show  athletic  routine  that 
is  as  difficult  as  it  is  interesting-  and  intro- 
ducing some  paraphernalia  of  their  own  inven- 
tion. Sunlight  Pictures,  showing  current  hap- 
penings of  the  day  all  over  the  globe,  will 
complete  a  diversified  and  excellent   program. 

The  popularity  of  this  conveniently  located 
place  of  amusement  is  attested  by  the  increas- 
ing numbers  which  daily  crowd  its  auditorium. 


San  Francisco  Musical  Club. 

FINDING  that  the  old  club  rooms  at 
Franklin  and  Sutter  streets  were  no 
longer  adequate,  the  San  Francisco  Mu- 
sical CIud  has  taken  possession  of  new  quar- 
ters at  the  fc>t.  Francis.  The  club  has  a  mem- 
bership of  over  four  hundred  of  San  Francis- 
co's  music-loving  women  and  has  stood  for 
the  best  in  musical  programmes,  paying  par- 
ticular attention  to  its  own  members,  and 
always  fostering  and  encouraging  the  work 
of  resident  ariists. 

Mrs.  Albert  E.  Phelan,  the  President  of 
the  club  is,  herself,  a  musician  of  exceptional 
merit  and  a  leader  whose  guidance  typifies 
the  high  standards  necessarily  expected  of 
one  in  such  a  position.  The  programme  pre- 
sented the  other  day  was  under  the  direction 
of  Mrs.  Edward  Everett  Bruner,  chairman  of 
the  music  committee,  a  singer  whose  pure 
tone  qualities  have  been  much  admired  in  her 
capacity  as  a  church  soloist.  The  large  Co- 
lonial room  of  the  St.  Francis,  making  a 
pretty .  setting,  was  filled  to  its  capacity  by 
the  audience.  The  opening  number  was  by 
Miss  Claire  Ferrin,  whose  violin  interpreta- 
tions displayed  excellent  technique  and  sym- 
pathetic work.  Miss  Ferrin  was  accompanied 
by  Mrs.  Lowell  Kedfern.  A  group  of  four 
songs  was  given  by  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Farrell, 
a  soprano  singer  highly  favored  in  musical 
circles.  Mrs.  Hayward  Thomas,  a  pianist  of 
splendid  ability,  gave  a  number  of  Chopin 
selections.  Mrs.  E.  de  Dos  Magee's  contralto 
voice  was  heard  in  a  group  of  four  gypsy 
songs.      Two    piano    parts    were    played    by 


Miss  Martha  Washington  Duke  and  Professor 
S.  Arrillagn.  The  club  hostess  for  the  day 
was   M  iss    Marion   Cunning, 

Founders'  Day  will  be  commemorated  with 
a  jinks  party  under  the  direction  of  Mrs. 
Ashley  Faull,  and  will  be  limited  in  attend 
ance  In  members  only,  which  means,  of  course, 
that  something  deliriously  secrel  is  afoot.  Last 
year   members   personated    famous    composers. 

A  morning  devoted  to  the  works  of  Hadley 
is  programmed  for  one  of  the  mornings  iii 
November.  Two  or  three  programmes  are 
being  arranged  with  excerpts  from  new  op- 
eras, which  have  not  been  presented  in  San 
Francisco,  both  solo  and  ensemble  work  to 
be  given.  In  December  an  oratorio  morning 
will  be  given,  and  in  the  early  Spring  the 
different  committees  will  make  the  Wagner 
Centenary  one  long  to  be  remembered,  as 
many  of  the  most  beautiful  works  of  the 
composer  will  be  given.  The  choral  sections 
will  work  under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  Wal- 
lace Sabin.  The  officers  of  the  San  Francisco 
Musical  Club  are:  Mrs.  Albert  E.  Phelan, 
President;  Mrs.  Louis  Carrigan,  Recording 
Secretory;  Mrs.  S.  E.  Knowles,  Corresponding 
Secretary;  Mrs.  Rae  B.  Partridge,  Business 
Secretary;  Miss  Irene  Ferguson,  Treasurer; 
Mrs.  Edward  Everett  Bruner,  Chairman  Pro- 
gramme Committee. 


Kohler  &  Chase  Concert. 

A  STRONG  MOVEMENT  is  afoot  for  the 
recognition  of  resident  artists  and  will 
be  heard  about  soon.     It  is  most  merit- 
orious.    Recognition  of  good  local  talent  will 

Safest  and   Most  Magnificent   Theater   in  America! 

WEEK   BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 

Matinee  Every  Day 

THE    ZENITH    OF    VAUDEVILLLE ! 

ENGAGEMENT  FOE  NEXT  WEEK  ONLY 

ALEXANDER  HEINEMANN 

The  Famous  German  Court  Lieder  Singer,  Miss  May 
Foster  Accompanist;  OWEN  McGIVENEY  in  his 
Protean  Success,  "Bill  Sykes";  CLAUD  and  FAN- 
NIE USHER  in  "Fagan's  Decision";  WILLIAMS 
and  WARNER,  Musical  Merrymakers;  LA  MAZE 
TRIO,  Eccentric  Comedians;  ANNIE  KENT;  E. 
FREDERICK  HAWLEY  &  CO.,  in  "The  Bandit"; 
NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week 
NAT  WILLS,  Singing  by  Request  His  Famous  Par- 
ody   on    "Alexander's    Ragtime    Band." 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Box  Seats,  ?1. 
Matinee    Prices    (Except   Sundays   and    Holidays), 
10c.    25c.    50c 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  C  1670. 


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Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week  of  September  29th.: 

"AN  EVENING  IN  HAWAII" 

10  Talented  Islanders,  in  a  Gorgeous  Production  of 
Native  Novelties;  NED  BURTON  and  CO.,  Present- 
ing "The  Commercial  Man";  FIVE  JUGGLING 
JEWELS,  Agile  and  Pretty  Maidens;  ORPHEUS 
COMEDY  FOUR,  Vocalists  Eccentrique;  BLACK 
BROTHERS,  Dancing  Banjoists;  FAGG  and  .DIXON, 
"Africanologuists";  THE  LaVERES,  Versatile 
Gymnasts,     and    SUNLIGHT    PICTURES'. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:80  and  8:80.  Nights, 
Continuous  from  6:80. 


Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


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[Saturday,    September   28,    1912. 


not  prevent  the  visits,  but  on  the  contrary, 
will  aid  the  engagement  of  world-famed  art- 
ists. The  higher  the  local  standard  of  music 
and  the  greater  the  encouragement  for  mu- 
sicians, the  more  eager  great  artists  will  be 
to  obtain  concert  engagements  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. In  recent  years,  thanks  to  the  enter- 
prise of  Impresario  Greenbaum,  San  Fran- 
cisco has  been  greatly  favored  by  the  en- 
gagement of  artists  of  the  highest  repute 
and  splendid  ability. 

One  of  the  most  enthusiastic  advocates  of 
wider  recognition  for  resident  artists  is  that 
successful  vocalist,  Mrs.  Kichard  Bees.     Gift- 


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ed  with  a  charming  personality,  a  generous 
nature  and  a  warmth  of  sympathy,  all  of 
which  are  manifested  in  her  ^singing,  she 
has  entered  with  great  spirit  into  the  move- 
ment for  the  recognition  of  local  ability. 
There  is  plenty  of  it. 

"Our  resident  artists  should  be  encouraged 
by  giving  them  every  opportunity  for  expres- 
sion, ' '  said  Mrs.  Eees  to  The  Wasp  represent- 
ative. ' '  Many  times  liberal  opportunities 
are  given  to  visiting  artists  that  could  be 
well-filled  by  our  resident  artists,  and  while 
we  want  to  be  broad  in  all  our  ideas,  yet 
we  believe  that  home  talent  should  not  be 
overlooked  where  it  is  possible  to  give  it  an 
opportunity." 

Mrs.  Eees  is  one  of  our  most  intelligent 
fingers.  tehe  is  a  linjguist,  speaking  five 
languages  fluently.  She  has,  on  a  number  of 
occasions,  presented  a  group  of  folk  songs  in 
French,  German,  Italian,  Eussian  and  the 
Swedish  languages,  her  pronunciation  being 
flawless  and  the  temperamental  distinction 
perfect.  Her  splendid  art  of  repression  ap- 
peals to  the  listener  as  strongly  as  her  fine 
expression,  .  and  her  warm  flexible  soprano 
voice  is  particularly  delightful  in  her  effective 
climaxes.  She  is  indeed  a  gifted  vocalist, 
and  one  of  our  resident  artists,  who  is  uni- 
versally lovea  for  her  great,  generous  nature. 

On  the  evening  of  September  28th,  Mrs. 
Eees  will  be  the  soloist  at  a  recital  given  at 
Kohler  &  Chase  Concert  Hall.  The  manage- 
ment is  to  be  congratulated,  indeed,  upon  hav- 
ing secured  so  fine  an  artist.  She  will  pre- 
sent the  following  songs:  Prin  temps,  Leo 
Stern;  Boat  Song,  Harriet  Ware;  Obstinationv 
de  Fontenailles;    Spring   Song,  Oscar  Weil. 


Volunteer  Talent  Dissatisfied. 

IN  MUSICAL  CIRCLES  in  San  Francisco, 
the  question  is  seriously  discussed  whether 
so  much  volunteer  service  should  be  ren- 
dered gratis  to  various  clubs.  These  organ- 
izations have,  in  a  large  measure,  come  to 
•regard  gratituous  contributions  to  their  mu- 
sical programmes  as  their  vested  rights.  In 
fact,  some  of  them  seem  to  think  that  the 
musicians  who  contribute  their  services  free- 
ly are  complimented  by  being  placed  on  the 
programmes.  This  erronious  idea  gains 
strength,  though  the  fact  is  that  the  clubs 
gain  far  more  by  the  free  services  of  the 
musicians  than  the  musicians  gain  by  the 
advertisement  of  their  talents.  Women  sing- 
ers and  instrumentalists  who  volunteer  for 
these  club  affairs  must  have  new  gloves  and 
good  clothes,  and  when  they  balance  the  gain 
in  reputation  against  the  actual  outlay"  in 
money,  they  are  likely  to  be  losers.  It  is 
questionable  whether  a  local  musician  of  tal- 
ent can  be  benefited  at  all  by  appearing  grat- 
uitiously  at  club  and  social  affairs.  The  aud- 
ience gets  the  impression  that  the  unpaid  art- 
ists are  '  only  amateurs"  looking  for  a  free 
advertisement  and  never  change  their  minds 
on  the  subject  until  they  hear  that  the  merits 
of  the  singers  or  players  have  been  recog- 
nized outside  their  own  city. 


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No  wedding  has  taken  place  this  season  which 
haa  commanded  more  interest  than  that  of  Miss 
[B&belle  Donohne  Sprague  and  William  Henry  Pool, 
an  event  of  the  past  week.  The  appointments  were 
aniiBUal  and  magnificent.  The  scene  presented  the 
effect  ol  a  burst  of  California  sunshine  in  all  its 
golden  glow.  STellow  flowers  uf  many  varieties 
were  used  in  abundance.  Gilded  baskets,  from 
which  festoons  uf  yellow  blossoms  fell  in  graceful 
profusion,  were  suspended  at  artistic  intervals.  The 
bride's  table  was  laden  with  the  choicest  of  yellow 
blossoms.  The  yellow  tinge  was  supplemented  by 
the  yellow  taffeta  gowns  of  the  bridesmaids — and 
could  anything  have  been  more  attractive  than  that 
bridal    party!  Pannier    gowns,    picture    hats    and 

touches  of  Muck  velvet  are  always  fascinating.  And 
when  Mrs.  William  Duncan,  as  matron  of  honor,  in 
her  gown  of  yellow  silk  and  chiffon,  led  the  bridal 
procession  of  society  belles,  gowned  alike  in  yellow, 
with  tulle  picture  hats  for  completion,  it  was  a 
vision  of  loveliness  to  be  remembered.  The  beauti- 
ful luide  was  regal  in  her  exquisite  robe,  with  its 
rare   old    lace,    a    treasured   heirloom. 

Miss  Janet  von  Schroeder,  Miss  Edith  von  Schroe- 
der,  Miss  Geraldine  Forbis,  Miss  Lee  Girvin,  Miss 
Janey  Henrin,  Miss  Ysobel  Chase  were  the  brides- 
maids. Mr.  Stewart  Haldrone  came  from  the  East 
io  be  best  man   for  his  friend,   Mr.  Pool. 

This  morriage  unites  two  families  long  identified 
with  State  and  financial  affairs.  The  family  of 
Miss  Sprague  has  been  identified  with  California's 
financial  growth,  her  two  paternal  grandparents, 
the  late  Judge  William  T.  Wallace  and  the  late 
Peter  Donahue,  being  pioneers  of  this  State.  Mr. 
Donahue  was  a  builder  of  railroads,  and  organized 
the  first  gas  company.  From  these  ancestors,  the 
bride  inherited  a  fortune,  increased  by  the  wealth 
of  her  late  father,  Mervyn  Donahue.  On  her  mo- 
ther's side  she  is  related  to  Judge  Wallace,  one  of 
the  eminent  men  on  the  supreme  bench  of  this 
State.  She  is  also  more  remotely  related  to  the 
Rylands  and  the  Burnetts  of  San  Jose,  Governor 
Burnett  having  been  the  first  American  governor  of 
California.  Her  halfbrothers  are  William  W.  Sprague 
and  Thomas  O.  P.  Sprague  and  her  cousins  are  Miss 
Janet  von  Schroeder,  Miss  Edith  von  Schroeder  and 
Henry  von  Schroeder.  She  is  a  niece  of  Baroness 
von  Schroeder,  who  was  formerly  Miss  Mamie 
Donahue,  and  is  also  related  to  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin. 
Mrs.  Martin  entertained  at  one  of  the  elaborate 
dancing  parties  of  the  week,  given  in  honor  of  the 
young  couple,  at  her  home  on  Broadway,  and  she 
was   one   of  the   guests   at   the   wedding. 

William  Henry  Pool  is  a  nephew  of  the  late 
Lawrence  Pool  of  this  city,  but  his  home  is  in 
New  York,  where  he  is  conspicuous  in  club  and  finan- 
cial affairs.  After  their  wedding  journey  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  State,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pool  will 
return  here  for  a  brief  stay,  before  going  to  War- 
rentown,  Va.,  where  a  winter  home  awaits  them. 


Haslam-  Jenkins. 

The  many  friends  of  Mrs.  Josephine  Pearl  Alford 
Haslam  and  Mr.  Horace  Greeley  Jenkins  are  con- 
gratulating them  upon  the  announcement  of  their 
wedding,  which  took  place  on  Wednesday,  September 
18th,  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  mother,  Mrs.  Ben- 
jamin   Alford,    in    Oakland. 

Mrs.  Jenkins  was  for  many  years  connected  with 
the  educational  department  of  San  Francisco,  and 
was  the  widow  of  Mr.  William  Haslam,  cashier  of 
the  Bank  of  Santa  Cruz,   who   died  some  years  ago. 


Mrs.  Jenkins  is  an  exceedingly  attractive  and  bril- 
liant woman,  and  has  a  lot  of  admiring  friends.  The 
bride  wus  for  many  years  n  loader  in  the  Santa 
Cruz  social  life,  and  her  brother,  Mr.  William  Al- 
ford, was  prominently  connected  with  State  politics. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jenkins  will  tour  the  South  for  a 
brief     wedding     journey,     and     then     establish     their 


Kathryn  Hopkins  Photo. 
MISS   MARIANNE    MATHIEU 

Whose    engagement    to    Mr.    Alexander    Wilson 
has  just  been  announced. 

home   in   this   city.      Mr.  Jenkins   is   connected   with 
the   Southern  Pacific   Company. 


Hill-Glover. 
The  wedding  of  Miss  Grace  Hill  and  Mr..  Robert 
O.  Glover  was  solemnized  on  Saturday  of  last  week 
at  the  home   of   Thomas   B.   Hill,    on  Webster   street. 


Wilbur-Postel. 
Miss  Zelda  Wilbur  and  Mr.  Waldo  F.  Postel  were 
married  on  Wednesday  evening  of  last  week  at  the 
home  of  the  bride  on  Hill  street.  The  bride  was 
attired  in  a  gown  of  white  satin  trimmed  with  lace 
and  orange  blossoms.  Miss  Muriel  Wilbur,  sister 
of  the  bride,  was  maid  of  honor,  and  wore  a  gown 
of  pink  chiffon  over  satin.  Miss  Gertrude  Postel,  a 
sister  of  the  bridegroom,  wore  a  gown .  of  apricot 
satin  and  lace,  and  acted  as  bridesmaid. 


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Opening  of  the  St.  Francis  Tea  Room. 
The  opening  of  the  tea  room  at  the  St.  Francis 
on  Saturday  last  was  an  event  which  presages  the 
the  success  of  the  innovation.  A  number  of  inter- 
esting '  "parties' '  were  in  attendance — congenial 
groupings  being  convenient  by  the  arrangement  of 
small  tables.  The  orchestra  was  enlarged  by  a 
number  of  pieces,  and  the  entire  affair  wus  brilliant 
in  every  sense  of  the  word.  Handsome  women, 
beautiful  gowns  of  the  early  winter  styles,  and 
social  cheer  made  the  proper  atmosphere  of  the 
"afternoon  tea."  There  is  no  doubt  but  that  our 
social  belles,  when  shopping,  will  make  the  tea 
room  of  the  St.  Francis  their  meeting  place  for  the 
discussion  of  social  events.  Among  the  interesting 
groups  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  as  hostess,  was  the 
center  of  attraction,  her  guests  including  Baron  and 
Baroness  von  Schroeder  and  Mrs.  Charles  Sweeney. 
Some  of  those  with  parties  on  Saturday  afternoon 
were:  Mesdames  Robert  Hays-Smith,  Lansing  Kel 
logg,  Louis  MncDermot,  William  H.  Manaton,  Earl 
Cummings,  George  Hill  Stoddard,  Wendell  P.  Ham- 
mon,  Marshall  Hale,  William  Timson,  Marie  L. 
Walton,  Winston  H.  Obear,  William  Waldron,  S.  L. 
Braverman,  Scott  Hendricks,  Joseph  .Martin,  Richard 
V.  Ellis,  William  Romaine,  Shirley  Walker,  E.  W. 
Morgan,  Charles  Gibson,  Williamson  of  Honolulu, 
N.  F.  Wilson,  J.  B.  Crowley;  the  Misses  Innes 
Keeney,  Amalia  Rivas,  Louise  Weick,  Chas  Holbrook. 


Brilliant  Belle  Feted. 
Miss  Katibelle  McGregor,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  A.  McGregor,  will  be  one  of  the  interest 
ing  buds  of  the  winter  season.  Miss  McGregor  is 
one  of  the  intellectual  society  belles,  being  a  gradu 
ate  of  Vassar,  and  brimful  of  that  briskness  and 
charming  brilliancy  which  stamp  college-bred  girls. 
A  tea  will  be  given  in  her  honor  very  soon,  followed 
by  a  dance,  and  on  this  occasion  Miss  Janet  Mc> 
Gregor  of  New  York,  cousin  of  Miss  Katibelle,  will 
be   presented   at   the   same   time. 


The  University  Assembly  Dance. 
The  University  Assembly  will  give  their  initial 
dance  for  the  season  on  the  evening  of  November 
16th,  at  the  Palace.  These  dances  bring  together 
the  young  people  from  the  California  State  Univer- 
sity and  Stanford  University,  and  are  a  source 
of  intense  pleasure  for  the  collegians.  These  dances 
are  financed  by  young  men  from  both  universities. 
Among  them  are  Messrs.  Frederick  St.  Goar,  Fred- 
erick Palmer,  Ralph  Bundschu,  Vincent  La  Coste, 
Frank   Yeser,   Harold   Maundrel. 


Engagements. 


BROWN — MOORE. — Miss  Katrina  Page-Brown 
and  Mr.  Austin  Moore.  Miss  Page-Brown  is  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  Page-Brown,  a  famous  arch- 
itect. Mr.  Austin  Moore  is  the  stepson  of  Mr. 
Willis  Polk.  Mr.  Moore's  mother  was  the  wife  of 
Mr.    Charles    Moore,    who    died    some    years    ago. 

DILLMAN — PEARSON. — Miss  Corinne  Dillman 
and  Mr.  Joseph  N.  Pearson.  Miss  Dillman  is  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  O.  F.  Dillman  of  Sacra- 
mento. Mr.  Pearson  is  connected  with  affairs  in 
"the  Capital  City.  He  is  the  brother  of  Mrs.  Hen- 
derson,   wife    of   Dr.    Andrew   Henderson. 

MATHIEU — WILSON. — Miss  Marianne  Mathieu 
and  Mr.  Alexander  Wilson.  Miss  Mathieu  is  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Mathieu.  Mr. 
Wilson    is    the    son    of    Alexander    Wilson    and    a 


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[Saturday,    September    28,    1912. 


brother  of  Mrs.  Robert  Schumann  and  Mrs.  Claude 
Smith,      The  wedding  will  take  place  in  June. 

OLIVER — DE  LISLE.— Miss  Hester  Oliver  and 
Mr.  Frank  de  Lisle.  Miss  Oliver  is  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  David  Oliver.  Mr.  de  Lisle  is  connected  with 
the  real  estate  firm  of  Mr.  Edward  Tobin.  The 
wedding    will    take    place    in    November. 

SIMON — ABRAHAM. — Miss  Blanche  Simon  and 
Mr.  Newton  Abraham.  Miss  Simon  is  the  daughter 
of  Mrs.  E.  Simoif.  She  had  just  returned  from 
abroad  when  the  engagement  was  announced  at  the 
St.  Francis,  where  Mrs.  Simon  and  her  daughter 
reside.  Mr.  Abraham,  a  former  banker  of  Reno,  is 
largely  interested  in  the  Orpheum.  His  family  have 
large  real  estate  interests  in  this  city.  The  wedding 
day  will    soon   be    announced. 

STEWART — POTTER. — Mrs.  L.  H.  Stewart  and 
Mr.  C.  U.  Potter.  Mrs.  Stewart  was  formerly  of  this* 
city,  now  of  Honolulu,  where  her  fiance  is  engaged 
in    business. 


Himilton-  Grigsby. 
Miss  Helen  Hamilton  and  Mr.  Harvey  C.  Grisgby 
were  married  on  Tuesday,  September  24th,  at  the 
home  of  the  bride,  in  the  presence  of  the  relatives 
of  the  two  respective  families.  The  bride  is  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  James  K.  Hamilton,  who,  for  the 
past  thirty  years,  has  been  a  well-known  educator 
of  San  Francisco,  and  under  whose  tuition  many  of 
our  most  prominent  business  men  have  received 
their  education.  Miss  Hamilton  has  but  lately  re- 
turned from  abroad,  where  she  spent  some  time  in 
company  with  her  aunt,  Mrs.  E.  O.  Singletary.  Mr. 
Grigsby  is  a  graduate  of  Stanford  University,  and 
follows  his  profession  of  mining  engineer.  The 
young  couple  will  make  their  home  at  Outogota, 
Sonora,  Mexico,  where  Mr.  Grigsby  is  the  general 
manager  of   the   Sonora    Land   Company. 


McClellan-Exton. 
Cards  from  London  announce  the  wedding  of  Miss 
Rose  Lee  McClellan  and  Captain  Charles  Wesley 
Exton,  U.  S.  A.  The  bride  is  the  daughter  of  Gen- 
eral John  McClellan  and  is  well  known  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, having  spent  last  winter  with  her  sister,  Miss 
Josephine  McClellan  at  the  Stewart  Hotel,  and  took 
an  active  part  in  the  Greenway  dances.  General 
McClellan    is    retired. 


A  Dainty  Affair. 
Miss  Marianne  Mathieu,  the  handsome  bride-elect, 
whose  engagement  to  Alexander  A.  Wilson  has  just 
been  announced,  was  the  complimented  guest  at  a 
most  beautifully  appointed  tea  given  by  Miss  Helen 
Elizabeth  Cowles,  on  Tuesday  of  this  week.  The 
attractive  young  hostess  received  her  guests  with  the 
charm  for  which  she  is  famed,  and  was  assisted  in 
receiving  by  the  Misses  Margaret  C'arrigan,  Elizabeth 
Bull  Helen  Levitt,  Marjorie  Smith,  Madge  Wilson, 
Katherine  Hooper,  Harriet  Bradford. 


The  Cook  Reception. 
Mrs.  William  Hoff  Cook,  who  has  returned  from 
Washington,  D.  C,  where  she  spent  two  winters, 
was  the  hostess  at  a  large  reception  on  Tuesday  of 
this  week.  The  event  was  planned  in  compliment 
to  Mrs.  William  Cullen,  formerly  of  this  city,  but 
who  has  spent  a  number  of  years  in  Washington. 
Gorgeous  chrysanthemums  were  used  in  profusion  in 
the  scheme  of  decorating.  The  Cook  home  was  ex- 
ceedingly attractive  and  elegant,  both  as  to  blos- 
soms and  the  exquisitely  gowned  guests  who  filled 
the  large  drawing  rooms.  An  intellectual  entertain- 
ment was  supplied  by  the  fine  readings  given  by 
Mrs.  uscar  Maillard  Bennett  in  her  scholarly  inter- 
pretations of  Maeterlinck. 


Card  Basket. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Amadeo  P.  Gianniui  and  their  fam- 
ily, who  have  been  touring  Europe  for  the  past 
eight  months,  have  visited  Ireland  on  their  way  to 
Queenstown.  They  have  sailed  for  New  York.  Af- 
ter a  visit  to  the  Yellowstone  Park  they  will  arrive 
in    San    Francisco    about    November   1st. 

Miss  Jane  Hotaling,  who  has  returned  to  Califor- 
nia after  a  year's  traveling  in  Europe  and  Canada, 
and  who  spent  some  time  in  Southern  California, 
has   been    spending   the    week    at    Richard    Hotaling's 


"Sleepy  Hollow."  Miss  Hotaling  will  be  one  of 
the  favorite  debutantes  this  social   season. 

H.  G.  Robertson,  a  New  York  clubman,  is  on  his 
way  out  here  from  New  York  to  tour  California. 
Mr.  Robertson  will  be  looked  upon  with  particular 
interest,  as  he  is  reputed  to  have  invented  that 
most  delicious  of  all  beverages,   the  club  cocktail. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  B.  Casserly  and  their  children 
will  leave  in  November  for  Europe,  where  they  will 
remain  for  two  years.  They  will  be  accompanied 
by    Miss   Margaret    Casserly. 

Mr.  William  S.  Tevis  Jr.  is  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs, 
Horace  Blanchard  Chase  at  their  home  near  Yount- 
ville. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hairy  Rice  Bostwick  will  give  a 
reception  at  their  beautiful  home  on  Broadway  in 
honor  of  the  eightieth  birthday  of  Mr.  Henry  E, 
Bostwick,  who  is  so  well  known  in  social  circles 
in  San  Francisco. 


Recent  Events. 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Whiting  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon 
given  at  the  Town  and  Country  Club  on  Thursday 
of  last  week  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  W.  Edwards 
of   Los   Angeles. 

Miss  Henriette  Blanding  gave  a  beautiful  luncheon 
on  Wednesday  of  this  week  at  the  elegant  Blanding 
home  in  Belvedere.  The  guests  included  many  of 
the  charming  debutantes  who  will  take  active  part 
in  the  social  events  this  season.  Miss  Blanding  will 
be  formally  presented  in  society  at  a  large  ball 
to  be   given   at    the  Fairmont. 

A  delightful  tea  was  given  by  Mrs.  Prentiss  Cobb 
Hale  at  her  attractive  home  on  Vallejo  street.  The 
event  was  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  Edmunds  of  Chi- 
cago. Many  of  Miss  Hale's  interesting  friends  were 
asked  to  meet  the  honored  guest. 

A  luncheon  was  given  by  Mrs.  Charles  A,  Gove  at 
her  home  on  Yerba  Buena  Island,  in  honor  of  Mrs. 
David     Sellars,     wife     of     Lieutenant      Se  liars.  An 

interesting  feature  of  the  event  was  the  music, 
which  was  furnished  by  the  musicians  of  the  train- 
ing school  on  the  island.  The  guests  included  Mrs. 
Albert  Reese,  Mrs.  Henry  E.  Bothin,  Mrs.  Frank  B. 
Anderson,  Mrs.  William  S.  Tevis,  Mrs.  Montford 
Wilson,  Miss  Jennie  Hooker,  Miss  Charlotte  Land. 


MUCH   ENTERTAINED. 


Mrs.  William  Shea,  who  has  left  for  Milwaukee  to 
join  her  husband,  Lieutenant  Shea,  was  much  en- 
tertained before  her  departure.  That  extremely 
popular  young  hostess,  Mrs.  John  Drum,  gave  a 
luncheon  in  her  honor  at  Mrs.  Drum's  delightful 
home.  Mrs.  Shea  was  also  entertained  by  Mrs. 
Clarence  Oddie  and  by  Mrs.  Rawson  Wolfe,  wife  of 
Captain  Wolfe.  Mrs.  Wolfe  was  Miss  Mabel  Wat- 
kins  of  Sausalito,  where  her  family  has  resided  for 
many  years.  Mrs.  Howard  Holmes  also  entertained 
for  Mrs.  Shea.  Mrs.  Graupner  gave  a  farewell  tea, 
the  list  of  guests  including  Mesdames  John  Drum, 
Stewart  Rawling,  Gerald  Buckley,  Clarence  Oddie, 
Wallace  Bertholf,  A.  Wenzelburger,  George  F.  Volk- 
mann,  Alan  W.  Dimond,  W.  E.  F.  Deal;  the  Misses 
Roberta  Deal,  Johanna  Volkmann,  Dorothy  Collier, 
Edith    Treanor,    Edith    Cutter. 


THE  PENINSULA  OPENS. 
It  will  interest  people  in  quest  of  a  first-class 
winter  hotel  to  learn  that  The  Peninsula  opens  for 
winter  business  Oct.  1st.  The  advantages  of  this 
justly  popular  house  are  manifest.  It  is  situated 
in  the  delightful  climate  of  San  Mateo,  and  only 
thirty  minutes  from  San  Francisco,  and  is  first-class 
in  every  respect.  It  has  a  fine  auto  grill  and  a 
most  comfortable  clubhouse.  The  table  is  unexcel- 
led, and  the  management  under  James  H.  Doolittle 
experienced  and  courteous.  An  unusual  reduction 
of  winter  rates  beginning  October   1st  is  announced. 


FINE    EXHIBITION. 

Society    has    been    flocking    to    the    fine    exhibition 

of   pictures   at   the   Century  Club.      It   is  well   worth 

a    visit,    there    being    fine    examples    of    the    work    of 

such     clever     painters     as     Evelyn     Wi  throw,     Maren 


Froelich,  Bertha  Stringer  Lee,  Lucille  Joullin,  Alice 
Chittenden,  Katherine  Bishop,  Isabel  Hunter,  Ama- 
lia  Taussig,  Constance  Meeks,  Laura  D.  Rhodes, 
Sarah  Bender  de  Wolfe,  Rosa  Hooper  Lyon,  Marie 
Sander  Rey,  Anne  Bremer,  Mary  Curtis  Richardson, 
McLeod  Batten,  I.  C.  '  Percy,  Ethel  W  ickes,  Jesse 
Francis  Short,  Eleanor  Mitchell,  Shirley  William- 
son, Alice  Best,  Pearl  Sturdevant,  Eda  St.  John 
Smitten,  Haidee  Tobriner,  Deneal  M.  Morgan,  Ma 
tilda  Lotz,  Etta  K.  Wormser,  Winifred  Riever,  El- 
mira  Judson,  J.  Jacobs,  Elizabeth  O'Sullivan,  Mary 
T.    Menton,    Jane   McElroy,    Charleton    Fortune. 


MABEL  RIEGELMAN'S  CONCERT. 
A  large  musical  crowd  thronged  the  Colonial  ball- 
room Wednesday  evening  at  the  St.  Francis,  at  the 
farewell  concert  prior  to  the  departure  of  Miss  Rie- 
gelman  for  Chicago,  where  this  gifted  young  Cali- 
fornia singer  will  join  Andreas  Dipper  s  other  fa- 
mous artists.  The  concert,  from  a  musical  and 
artistic  standpoint,  was  a  brilliant  success,  having 
given  a  rare  treat  with  the  rendition  of  the  aria 
from  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne."  She  also  sang 
Hansel  and  Gretel,"  which  was  created  especially 
for  her,  and  which  no  doubt  will  cause  a  sensation 
when  she  appears  here  with  the  Chicago-Philadelphia 
Grand    Opera    Company. 


APPRECIATION  OF  DR.   STEWART. 

The  following  is  from  an  interview  with  Madame 
Schumann-He  ink,  appearing  in  the  New  York  Mu- 
sical Courier  of  September  11th:  "Tell  the  musical 
world, ' '  averred  the  singer,  '  'that  I  have  added  a 
large  number  of  songs  in  English  to  my  repertoire. 
I  will  sing  selections  from  a  new  Indian  cycle  of 
songs  by  Stewart,  the  California  composer,  at  my 
New  York  recital  during  the  early  part  of  January. 
I  regard  these  songs  as  being  more  strikingly  char- 
acteristic of  Indian  lore  than  any  I  have  studied." 

The  cycle  referred  to  is  entitled  '  'Legends  of 
Yosemite,"    by   Allan    Dunn    and   H.   J.    Stewart. 


MRS.  ATHERTON  AS  A  SPEAKER. 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Atherton  is  becoming  as  celebrated 
in  debate  as  in  literature.  She  and  that  very 
handsome  and  distinguished-looking  priest,  Rev. 
Father  Robert  T.  Sesnon,  were  the  principal  speak- 
ers on  Thursday  at  a  meeting  in  the  Hotel  St. 
Francis,  at  which  Judge  Frank  J.  Murasky  presided. 


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attiactivenesa  West  Olay  Park,  which  is  a 
handsome  monument  to  the  enterprise  and 
good  judgment  "t  Lyon  &  Hoag.  When  Mr. 
Brickell  puts  hi*  property  on  the  market  peo- 
ple who  are  looking  for  most  desirable  home 
sites  should  make  haste  to  put  up  their  de- 
posits, for  they  will  never  get  anything  better. 


■'THE  HUB"  MOVES. 
It  woi  »  very  judicious,  move  o(  ' 'The  Hub 
clothing  Btore  from  Post  street,  weal  "f  Keaney,  to 
726  Markel  Btreet,  in  the  thick  ot  the  retail  trade. 
The  late  Charlie  Keilus,  who  established  "The 
Hull."  whs  »  very  popular  and  keen  business  man. 
His  first  location  was  the  corner  <>f  Sutler  and 
Kearny  streets,  then  the  heart  of  the  retail  district, 
and  he  remained  there  till  tho  1906  fire  drove  him 
in   new   quarters.     The   new   establishment   of    '  'The 

Hub"     "l     726-728     Market     street     is     41x125     feet. 

"The    Hub"    will   - tinue  atong   the  Bame   lines  as 

always,  bundling  exclusively  men's  fine  clotheB,  and 
the  same  high  standards  or  the  business  in  the  past 
will  be  carried  on  in  the  new  store.  Jack  Mariscb 
and  Bert  Lasaxus,  who  have  conducted  "The  Hub" 
on  Post  street,  have  been  admitted  to  membership 
in  the  lirm.  The  new  store  is  expected  to  open  for 
business  on    October   15th. 

• 

NEWS    FOE    THE    MOTORISTb. 

S.  G.  Chapman,  Northern  California  distributor 
for  Hudson  ana  Hupmobile  cars,  has  just  received 
word  that  the  Hudson  people  are  to  udd  a  new  fac- 
tory at  once  to  their  26-acre  plant.  This  move  has 
been  found  necessary  on  accoun  tof  the  tremendous 
demand  for  the  new  Hudson  model  "37"  and  the 
new  Hudson  "Six."  With  the  increased  facilities 
the  new  factory  will  give  them,  the  Hudson  people 
will  be  able  to  take  care  of  the  orders  that  have 
been  swamping  their  present  factory.  No  better 
indication  of  the  prosperity  of  the  country  than 
this  is  needed.  From  all  sections  dealers  are  send- 
ing   in    rush    orders. 

Mr.  Chapman  says  it  is  not  surprising  that  the 
Hudson  people  find  it  necesary  to  increase  their 
facilities,  as  their  progressive  policy  is  to  keep 
abreast  of  the  times.  They  showed  that  in  their 
new  car,  in  constructing  which  they  brought  to- 
gether   a    body    of   48    engineers. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    32,737. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  tirst  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor 
nia,    and   particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty  (80) 
feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter 
section  of  the  southerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Street 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Diamond  Street,  and  run 
ning  thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-fifth 
Street  twenty-six  (26)  feet,  eight  (81  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty- 
six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of 
HORNER'S  ADDTION  BLOCK   Number  221. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rightB. 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 


and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  lien» 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my   hand   and   the   seal   of  said   Court   this 
12th   dnv   of    September,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  i     i'i  NUoKTfl.   Deputy  Clerk.  _ 

The  first  publication  of  this  summuiis  was  mail*  in 
"The-Wasp  newspaper  on  the  21at  day  of  Septem 
ber,    A.   D.    1912. 

The  full" wini;  inT-.nn-.  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in.  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property)  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  5J(i  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    TranciBCO,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


NOTICE    OF  DISSOLUTION   OF  W.  E.    STANFORD 
&    CO.,   A  PARTNERSHIP. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    Xo.   4. 

JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L.  PRIOR,  Plaint 
iffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien 
upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,735. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  V.  PKIOR  and  ANNIE  L. 
PRIOR,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the( 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
line  of  Walter  Street,  distant  thereon  three  hundred 
and  eighteen  (31H)  feet  northerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Walter  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of  Fourteenth 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and  along  said 
line  of  Waller  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  MISSION 
BLOCK   Number  100. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south 
easterly  line  of  Clementina  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Ninth  Street,  and  running  thence 
northeasterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clementina 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southwesterly  twenty- five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  seventy 
five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part 
of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number  298. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
•very  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
snd  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
if  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  Buch  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
12th    dav  of  September,   A,  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The    first,   publication   of   this   summons  was   made 
in     "The    Wasp"     newspaper    on     the    21st    day    of 
September,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter-" 
est  in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiffs: 

EMILY  A.  FRIEDLANDER,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

POWER  OF  MONEY 

Cannot  be  overestimated.  Money  and  the 
lack  of  it  divides  the  world  into  two  classes. 
To  which  class  do  you  belong?  Every  mem- 
ber of  the  Continental  Building  &  Loan  Asso- 
ciation belongs  to  the  Money  Class. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

EDWAUD    SWEENEY.    PreBid*nt. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN  THAT  THE  FIRM 
of  W.  E.  STANFORD  &  CO.,  a  partnership  consist- 
ing Of  W.  B.  STANFORD  and  A.  G.  LUCHS1NGER, 
formerly  doing  business  in  the  City  and  County  of 
Sim  Francisco,  was  dissolved  on  September  1,  1912. 
(Signed):  W.    E.    STANFORD. 

A.    G,   LUCHSINGER. 


Eames    Tricycle   Co. 

Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
ROLLING  CHAIRS  for  all 
purposes*  Self  -  Propelling 
Tricycle  Chairs  for  the  dis- 
abled. INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  Francisco.  Phone  Parlr 
2040.  1200  S.  Main  Street. 
Lot   Angeles. 


For  Health,  Strength 

DAMIANA  BITTERS 

Naber,   Alfs   &   Brnne,   Agents. 
635  Howard  St.,  opp.  new  Montgomery  St. 


Citizen's  Alliance  of  San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 


"The  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence. '  * — Prof.  Eliot. 
Harvard   University. 


7 


Open    Shop'    and    Prosperity, 
Closed    Shop    and    Calamity. 


Citizens'  Alliance  Office 
Booms,  Nos.  363-364-365 
Buss  Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 


WALTERS  SURGICAL  CO. 

SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS 
393  Sutter  St.,  S.  F.     Phone  Douglas  4011 


LA  GRANDE  &  WHITES 

LAUNDRY  CO. 

Office  and  Works, 

234  12th  St. 

Bet.   Howard  & 

Folsom   Sts. 

SAN    FRANCISCO, 

CALIFORNIA 

Phones:    Market  916 

Home   M.  2044. 

Neal  Liquor  Cure 
Three  wosSutterSt 

DAY       phone  Franklin  1098 

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[Saturday,    September   28,    1912. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.  4. 

HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  Hen  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    32,630. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof. 
Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and   particularly    described   as    follows. 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  six 
(106)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  westerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Webster 
Street,  and  running  thence  westerly  along  said  line 
of  Green  Street  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(137;  feet,  sis  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle. 
easterly  forty-one  (41)  feet,  three  (3)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  Vallejo  Street;  thence  easterly  along 
said  line  of  Vallejo  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eighteen  (18)  feet,  nine  (9 )  inches ; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
southerly  line  of  Green  Street  and  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION  Num- 
ber   321. 

Tou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit :  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  ana!  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
he  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  he  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
19th   day   of   August,    A.   D.    1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,    Deputy  Clerk.  _ 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
''The  Wasp''  newspaper  on  the  31st  day  of  August, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.  No.  3. 

MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.    32,539. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly   described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  one  hundred  (100)  feet 
southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  street 
and  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of 
Seventeenth  avenue,  measured  respectively  along 
lines  drawn  at  right  angles  to  said  lines  of 
said  streets,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  par- 
allel   with    said    line    of    Clement    street    eight    (8) 


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inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Seventeenth  avenue  three 
hundred  and  fifty  (350)  feet ;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eight  ( 8 )  inches ;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  three  hundred  and  fifty  (350) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  Out- 
side Land  Block  Number  198. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
aaid  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  oi  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be   meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
31sf  day  of  July,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H,    I.   MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.   DUNWORTH,   Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse 
to    plaintiff: 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society,  (a  cor- 
poration)   San  Francisco,   California. 

Fernando  Nelson,  cian  Francisco,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  street,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.   32,741. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 
The  People   of   the    State   of   California:    To   all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lien   upon,    the 
real    property   herein    described   or    any    part    thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  herebv  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after,  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Thrift  (formerly  Hill)  Street,  distant  thereon  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Capitol  Avenue ;  running  thence  easterly  and  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northerly  one 
huudred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  westerly  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  and  thence 
at  right  angles  southerly  one  hundred,  and  twenty- 
five  (125)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street 
and   the  point  of   commencement. 

Being  Lot  Number  two  (2)  in  Block  "Y,"  as  per 
Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  Railroad  Homestead  Associ 
ation,  recorded  in  Book  "C  &  D,"  at  Page  111  of 
Maps,  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali 
fornia. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simp.e  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 


Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
13th  day  of  September,   A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.  DUNWORTH,    Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,    or  lien    upon,    said   property   adverse   to   plaintiff: 

E.  MESSAGER,  EMIL  GUXZBURGER,  Trustees 
of  the  Argonaut  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion (a  corporation),  No.  1933  Ellis  Street,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  California 
Pacific  iiuilding,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Streets, 
Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  Bl  LTE  OF 

California,    in   and  ,J'   San 

i 
RICHARD  SCOTT,  Plaintiff,  re.  All  perions  claim 
interest   in  or  lien   upon   the 
herein  described  01    any 
■ 

.11   per- 
il.,  ot  lien  upon,   the  real 
property   her  >    or  any   pun    thereof,   de- 

Ynu    are    herebv    requii    i 

implalol    -'i    Hli  ll  \  plaintiff,    aied 

with    tl  I     the    above    entitled    Con 

within  three  months   after  the   8rs<    p 
this  inmmonSi  and  to  tel   forth  whal   inter  eat 
■ 
n  j ,    ox  any   pa  ■ 

:>inl     pa  I 

Beginning  a(  a  i In     oath 

hereon    one    I Iri 

feet  and  three   (3)    inches   north- 

oi    the  north- 

line   ol    Uono   Btre  ly   Moss  Alley) 

with    "  ti  i  Ij    line    ol  me    (as 

said  - 1 1  ain  map  adopt 

ed  and  made  official   by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of 

under  ordinal 

,.  w     -  ily    anil 

■  i  i.  ..i,    lyenue    >  «  eni  y  Ave    (25  • 

ist  one  hundred  and 

■  ■  eighi    i  8  I   inchei  .    I  hence  south 

■>■■■   39    m ■  ■    weal    tw  enl  |  oVe   (25)    feet; 

hence   north   fortj  three    {4  51    min- 

utes ii  ired   and    Ave    (105]    (eel    to   the 

if   beginning  uuber  6, 

in     block     dud  the     MARKET     8 1 

HOMESTE  \i'  ASSOl  1  ITION,- 
vrhich    Baid    property     wae    before    the    widening    of 

id Streel     t  former  1 3     Moss    Alley.*    described    as 

follows : 

the    ■ hen  terlj    line  of  [ 

i  ;ii. -..ll    Street,    diati 'thea&terly    on    said    line 

two  hundred   and   two    (202)    feet   and   I    (lj   inch 

fnim   the    in  i.].-r  h.    corner  of    Falcon   Street  and 

Hobs  illey;  thence  running  north  50  dog.  20  min. 
sasf  along  said  line  of  Falcon  Street  twenty-flve  (25  > 
thence  south  i  i  deg,  Baal  one  hundred  and 
four  (104)  foot  and  eight  (8)  inches;  (hence  south 
49  deg.  50  min.  we^i  twenty-live  (25)  feet;  and 
(heme  north  89  deg.  45  min.  was!  one  hundred  and 
five  (105)  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  point  of  com- 
mencement;  being  a  pari  of  i<>'  No.  six(6)  in  block 
\u  three  (3)  as  the  same  is  laid  down  and  desig- 
nated upon  the  official  map  of  the  Market  Street 
Homestead  Association,  lii^d  in  the  ottice  of  the 
County  Recorder  of  the  said  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

You  arc  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title 
to  said  proper!  y  l"1  established  and  quieted ;  that 
the  Courl  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  the  plaintiff  recover  hiB 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as    may    he    meet    in    trie    premises. 

Witness   my   hand   and    the   seal   of   said   Court   this 
29th   dav   of  August,   A.    D.,    19X2. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By   J.   F.   DUXWORTH,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Sep' 
tember,  A.  D.   1912. 

3.  KARMEL,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  105  Mont- 
gomery    St.,    San    Francisco,    California, 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE 
of    California,    in    and    for   the    City    and   County    of 

Ban   FranciBco. — Dept.   No.    7. 

MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET  MAGUIRE, 
Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in 
or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or 
any  part   thereof,   Defendants. — Action   Xo.   32,477. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET 
MAGUIRE,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
above-entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as   follows: 

First:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Union  street,  distant  thereon  sixty-two  (62) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  easterly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Union 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Steiner  street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Union 
street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly    eighty -seven    (87)    feet,    six    (6)    inches; 


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Phones — Sutter   789,    J    2705. 

Entered  at  the  San  Fra  icisco  Poatoffice  as  second- 
class   matter. 

SUBSCRIPTION  RATES— In  the  United  Statee, 
Canada  and  Mexico,  $5  a  year  in  advance;  six 
months,  $2.50 ;  three  months,  $1.25 ;  single 
copies,  10  cents.      For  sale  by  all  newsdealers. 

FOREIGN  SUBSCRIPTIONS — To  countries  with- 
in  the  Postal  Union,  $6  per  year. 


thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25) 
feetjand  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (ti;  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  pari  of  Western  Addition,  Block  Number  344. 

Second:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Twenty-second  avenue,  distani  thereon  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  southerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  west- 
erly line  of  Twenty-second  avenue  with  the  southerly 
line  of  Point  Lohos  avenue,  aud  running  thence 
southerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue 
seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120j  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
aud  tneuce  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Outside  .band  Block  Number  262. 

Vim  ure  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  wilt  apply  to  the  Court  for 
nr  i-iier  demanded  m  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted  ; that  the  Court 
ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles,  in- 
terests and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and  every 
part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or  equitable, 
present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent,  and  whether 
the  Bame  consist  of  mortgages  or  Menu  of  any  de- 
scription; that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  aaid  Court,   this 
18th   day  of  July,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUXWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery   St.,   San    Francisco,   Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

GIOVANNI  DAXERI,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lieu  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,600. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIOVANNI  DANERI,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and  particularly  described  as   follows    : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Gari- 
baldi (formerly  Vincent)  Street,  distant  thereon 
ninety-seven  "(97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line  of  Garibaldi  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Garibaldi  Street  twenty  (20)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty-eight  (58)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly fifty-eight  ( 58 )  feet,  nine  (9 )  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT 
Number  379. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,   and  every  part   thereof,  whether  the   same 


■  bent    or    future,    irei  ted     ■. 

■ 

cover  hi  L  have 

■ 
Witu  i  iid  i  ourt  this 

■■'  I   I  lerk. 

i  ■  ■ 

■ 

iii,.       ,     DAILE1 
■ 

NOTICE     OF     SALE     OF     REAL     PROPERTY     BY 
GUARDIAN  AT  PRIVATE  SALE. 


■    I     i     tfi    EBY  GIVEN  THAI     I 

i ■  ■      ■ 

■  nia,    in    and    (oi    th<    t  Hty   and   I  !omi 

■  co,    dulj    gi*  en    and    made    on    the    '  Q 
of    Beptember     1 9 1  I,    and    filed   on    the    18th    ■ 

'■'■  ptember,    '  9 1 2     iu    the  mat  let  of  the   g idj  i 

oi   i  he  person  and  ■  itati    ol    Ullie  Tognotl  i.  a   d 
bhe  undersigned,  as  guardi [  i  he  person  and 

of  said  minor,  will  sell  on  behalf  of  said  minor,  at 
private  sale,  m  and  after  MONDAY,  the  7th  day  of 
October.    1912,    to    the    bigheal    bidder,    for    casta    in 

■-;"!'1   e the   i  sited   Stales  of   America,   the   foi 

I   property,   to-wit : 

1  oi "■  ii  -      l    b    poinl    on    the    westsrlj    line    of 

Montgomery    Street,    distant    thereon    Beventj     (70j 

feel  Boutherlj   fr the  southwesterly  ner  of  Green 

and  Montgomorj  Streel  ■■  thence  running  southerly 
■  'i"".-  said  9  esterlj   line  of  Montgomery   Streel  thirty- 

tar 33)   feel  aud  nine   [9)  inches;  thence  at  right 

angles  running  westerly  eighty   (80)    teet;   thence  al 

right    angles     ru e     northerly    tbirij  -three 

■ '■ I  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  right  angles  run 

nine  easterly  eighty  (80)  feel  to  the  westerly  line 
of  Montgomery  Street  and  the  poinl  of  commence- 
ment, the  same  being  a  pari  of  fifty-vara  lot  number 
245,  be  (he  same  ie  laid  down  and  designated  upon 
[he  official  imip  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Franoisco,  now  mi  flie  in  the  office  Df  Ihe  County 
Recorder  oi   the  City  and   County  of  San    Francisco. 

Offers  or  bids  to  purchase  Baid  real  propertj  musl 
be  in  writing,  and  they  will  be  received  at  the  offices 
'•i  O'Gara  &  DeMartini,  rooms  5 19,  550  and  551 
Mills  Building,  northeast  corner  of  Bubo  and  Mont- 
gomery Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,    State    Of    California. 

Dated  this  18th  dav  of  September,  1912. 

MARIA   TOGNOTTX 
Guardian    of    the    person    and    estate    of    LilHe 
Tognotti,    a    minor. 

O'GARA  &  DeMARTINI,  Attorneys  for  Guardian 
Mills   Building, 


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S.  S.  Nippon  Maru  (Intermediate  Service 
Saloon.  Accommodations  at  reduced 
rates Saturday,    December    7,    1912 

S.  S.  Tenyo  Maru.  .  .  .Friday,  December  13,  1912 

Steamers  sail  from  Company's  pier.  No.  34, 
near  foot  of  Brannan  Street,  1  P.  M.  for  Yoko- 
hama and  Hongkong,  culling  at  Honolulu,  Kobe 
(Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  aud  connecting 
at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,  etc. 

No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing. 
Round    trip    tickets    at  reduced    rates. 

For  freight  and  passage  apply  at  office,  4th 
floor,  Western  Metropolis  National  Bank  Building, 
625  Market  St. 

W.  H.  AVERY.  Assistant  General  Manager. 


Vol.  IAVlll-No.  14. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  OCTOBEE  5,  1912. 


Price,  10  Cents. 


JGLESH. 

BY  AMERICUS 


THE  TRUTH  about  the  real  relations  that  existed 
between  President  Roosevelt  and  the  late  B.  H. 
Harriman  is  at  last  becoming  a  matter  of  exact 
knowledge  to  the  public.  It  has  taken  a  long  time  for 
the  public  intelligence  to  grasp  the  fact  that  President 
Roosevelt  did  not  always  regard  the  famous  railroad 
financier  as  one  of  the  "malefactors  of  great  wealth" 
lie  expressed  such  eagerness  to  put  out  of  business. 

When  Harriman 's  influence  and  purse  were  of  value 
to  President  Roosevelt  he  freely  made  use  of  both,  just 
as  he  has  recently  availed  himself  of  the  influence  of 
Boss  Plinn  of  Pittsburg  and  any  other  exponent  of 
strong-arm  politics  who  can  aid  him  in  regaining  the 
Presidential  authority. 

What  the  general  public  has  been  learning  about 
Roosevelt  lately  has  been  known  to  all  well-posted  jour- 
nalists and  politicians  for  years.  It  may  be  asked  why 
the  facts  were  not  laid  before  the  public  and  the  people 
of  America  made  acquainted  with  the  true  character  of 
the  .politician  to  whom  they  paid  almost  idolatrous 
homage.  The  reasons  for  withholding  the  facts  were 
good  and  sufficient. 

When  the  public  becomes  infatuated  with  any  leader, 
however  unworthy  to  lead,  it  is  a  hopeless  task  to  cor- 
rect public  opinion  until  the  craze  shall  have  expended 
some  of  its  hysterical  force.  A  true  description  of  the 
real  Roosevelt,  such  as  any  observant  Washington  jour- 
nalist or  Congressman  could  have  given  while  the  Pres- 
ident was  at  the  height  of  his  popularity  would  have 
fallen  on  ears  deaf  to  such  information.  The  author  of 
the  allegations  would  have  been  denounced  as  a  mali- 
cious liar,  and  instead  of  lessening  the  esteem  and  glory 
of  the  idol  of  the  hour,  would  have  increased  both. 

No  Washington  correspondent  would  have  dared,  be- 
tween 1904  and  1908,  to  hint  at  the  things  that  are  now 
published  freely  about  the  most  strenuous  of  American 
Presidents,  and  in  the  estimation  of  millions  of  his 
fellow-citizens  "the  greatest  American  that  ever  lived." 


While  this  flame  of  popular  adulation  was  blazed  from 
the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific,  politicians  and  journalists 
in  New  York  discussed  among  themselves  the  erratic 
character  of  the  President,  his  utter  disregard  of  the 
dignity  of  his  high  office,  and,  above  all,  his  tendency 
to  quarrels  with  people  on  the  score  of  veracity.  No 
famous  public  man  in  any  country  has  ever  nominated 
more  members  for  the  Ananias  Club,  and  none  has  ever 
been  so  frequently  denounced  as  an  untiring  and  un- 
mitigated prevaricator. 

Perhaps  the  worst  thing  that  was  ever  published 
about  Roosevelt  during  his  occupancy  of  the  "White 
House  was  the  narrative  of  his  adventure  in  a  suburb 
of  Washington  with  some  schoolgirls  on  horseback,  who 
were  chaperoned  by  their  governess.  The  children  an- 
noyed the  President  by  riding  past  his  party  and  caus- 
ing the  horses  to  become  restive,  and  in  the  heat  of  the 
moment  he  rode  up  and  struck  one  girl 's  horse  with  his 
whip.  That  was  the  narrative  as  it  appeared  in  the 
pages  of  the  Washington  Post,  which  journal  professed 
to  have  detailed  a  reporter  to  investigate  the  truth  of 
the  matter.  An  interview  with  the  governess  was  al- 
leged to  have  been  obtained,  and  it  was  declared  that 
the  woman  had  corroborated  the  facts,  thus  obviating 
any  doubt  that  the  encounter  had  occurred  and  the 
President  of  the  United  States  had  committed  an  offense 
against  decency  and  chivalry  which  would  have  been 
discreditable  to  the  roughest  cow-puncher  in  the  land. 

Hardly  a  newspaper  in  the  United  States  dared  to 
refer  to  this  unpleasant  affair,  some  being  actuated  by 
disinclination  to  besmirch  the  honorable  office  of  Presi- 
dent, and  others  being  unwilling  to  believe  the  facts  or 
timid  about  giving  them  publicity.  The  affair  was 
hushed  up  and  apparently  forgotten,  but  in  the  last 
two  months  it  has  been  told  in  every  hall  from  the  At- 
lantic to  the  Pacific  where  Messrs.  Harlan  and  Bede 
have  addressed  audiences  for  the  purpose  of  counter- 
acting the  effects  of  Roosevelt's  campaign  tour.  All 
that  they  told  about  the  former  President,  including  his 
assault  on  the  frightened  saddle-horse  of  the  little 
schoolgirl  at  Washington,  has  long  been  ancient  his- 
tory in  Washington  and  metropolitan  newspaper 
offices.     The  public   eventually  learns   the   real   facts 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   October  5,   1912. 


about  perpetual  office  seekers,  no  mattei 
how  much  they  may  dissemble  or  loudly  de- 
nounce those  that  turn  the  light  of  investiga- 
tion upon   them.      Truth   is   irresistible. 

■ ♦ 

THE   DONOHOE  AFFAIR. 

MAYOE  EOLPH'S  handling  of  the  Dono- 
hoe  affair  was  very  creditable.  He 
displayed  no  bitterness,  although  Don- 
ohoe  had  treated  him  most  scurvily.  The 
Mayor  acted  with  judicial  firmness.  In  the 
first  place,  he  became  convinced  of  Donohoe 's 
utter  unfitness  for  the  responsible  position  of 
Fire  Commissioner,  and  told  the  man  frankly 
that  he  intended  to  remove  him.  "When  Don- 
ohoe  pleaded  for  leniency,  and  promised  to 
resign  sooner  than  stand  trial,  the  Mayor 
gave  him  full  opportunity  to  retire  gracefully 
and  without  any  unpleasant  notoriety.  A 
more  intelligent  man  than  Donohoe  would 
have  made  his  exit  quietly  from  the  official 
life  for  which  he  is  unfit;  but  instead  of  do- 
ing so  the  Sandlot  Fire  Commissioner  gave 
battle  and  attempted,  in  Eooseveltian  fash- 
ion, to  put  everybody  but  himself  in  the  An- 
anias Club.  He  vowed  he  had  never  promised 
to  resign,  and  sought  the  aid  of  the  courts 
to  hold,  in  defiance  of  the  Mayor  and  the 
city  charter,  the  official  position  to  which  he 
did  no  credit. 

In  kicking  out  this  mendacious  little  poli- 
tician the  Mayor  performed  the  unpleasant 
task  as  considerately  as  possible,  and  instead 
.of  hurling  a  certificate  of  bad  character  after 
the  fellow,  gave  him  balm  for  his  bruises  by 
the  declaration  that  the  unlawful  things  he 
did  as  Fire  Commissioner  were  done  not  for 
the  filthy  lucre  that  was  in  them. 

As  far  as  the  public  is  concerned,  it  mat- 
ters little  why  Donohoe,  the  appointee  of  P. 
H.  McCarthy,  violated  the  law  and  disgraced 
his  office.  Perhaps  it  would  have  been  im- 
possible for  him  to  do  differently  had  he  tried 
his  utmost.  Few  of  us  can  obscure  our  nat- 
ural disabilities. 

The  important  consideration  is  that  good 
government  has  been  advanced  by  the  expul- 
sion of  an  unfit  official  and  the  demonstra- 
tion to  the  public  that  Mayor  Bolph  is  deter- 
mined to  have  men  of  character  on  the  various 
Commissions.  Under  the  previous  adminis- 
tration a  jailbird  stood  a  better  chance  of 
preferment  than  an  upright  citizen  who  en- 
joyed the  esteem  of  his  townsmen. 

♦ 

OPEN  SHOP  GAINING. 

IN  ITS  monthly  bulletin  the  Citizens'  Alli- 
ance calls  attention  to  the  great  advance 
the  open  shop  has  made  in  San  Francisco. 
The  Directors  of  the  Exposition  have  taken  a 
stand  in  giving  the  fence  contract,  which 
means  that  any  reputable  contractor,  no  mat- 
ter what  his  affiliations  may  be,  may  build 
and  expect  to  build  on  the  Exposition  grounds 
and  that  any  workingman,  union  or  non-union, 
may  labor  within  the  grounds  without  fear 
or  molestation.  The  fence  is  being  built  of 
open-shop  material,  and  the  men  doing  the 
work  are  union   and  non-union  men. 

In  regard  to  the  help  rendered  to  the  San 


Francisco  Examiner:  The  Alliance  has  con- 
tinued to  send  open-shop  help  to  this  office, 
and  not  only  printers,  but  oileTS,  the  fly  men, 
and  others  in  allied  printing  trades  are  now 
running  open  shop  in  this  establishment,  union 
and  non-union  working  amicably  side  by  side. 
The  Sacramento  Bee  has  been  running  its 
printing  plant  open  shop  since  some  months. 
This  office  tendered  the  Bee,  through  a  letter 
to  Mr.  MeClatchey,  what  help  it  might  need 
in  securing  men.  The  offer  was  declined  and 
tnanks  given  us. 

The  embargo  on  Northwestern  lumber,  a 
question  upon  which  the  public  has  been  made 
cognizant  by  Mr.  Gerstle,  the  president,  is 
one  with  which  the  Alliance  had  much  to 
do  in  an  effort  to  prevent  a  boycott  of  San 
Francisco  and  yet  cause  an  abrogation  of  the 
agreement  between  the  mill  men  and  the 
unions. 

The  Alliance  has  addressed,  at  times  dur- 
ing the  last  session  of  Congress  of  the  United 
States,  requests  to  the  membership  to  memor- 
ialize the  Senate  and  the  House  on  the  subject 
of  various  bills  which,  if  passed,  would  have 
worked  incalculable  harm  to  the  business  com- 
munity. The  net  result  of  the  campaign 
among  employers'  associations  on  the  Pacific 
Coast  and  in  the  East  has  been  to  cause  the 
Clayton  Anti-injunction  Bill  to  stay  in  com- 
mittee— the  subcommittee  of  the  Senate  Ju- 
diciary Committee. 


THE   LATE   JAMES   E.  KELLY. 

THE  late  James  E.  Kelly,  whose  funeral 
took  place  on  Tuesday,  was  ,a  fine  type 
of  the  best  class  of  pioneer  business 
man.  A  strong  race,  physically  and  mental- 
ly, were  those  old  pioneers  who  laid  the 
foundations  of  this  important  seaport  of  the 
Pacific — one  which  may  become  the  greatest 
in  the  world.  Not  only  were  the  pioneers  of 
California  a  virile  and  adventurous  set  of  men, 
but  sturdy  advocates  of  good  government  as 
well.  The  real  test  of  a  community  is  -its 
capacity  for  self-government,  and  the  pio- 
neers demonstrated  their  capacity  in  that  di- 
rection most  impressively.  When  the  laws 
of  the  land  were  set  at  defiance  by  the  law- 
less, and  force  was  needed  to  restore  normal 
conditions,  these  pioneers  proved  themselves 
equal  to  the  occasion,  and  for  twenty-five 
years  thereafter  San  Francisco  was  one  of 
the  best-governed  municipalities  in  America. 
The  generation  to  which  James  E.  Kelly 
belonged  has  almost  disappeared.  He  was 
one  of  the  few  prominent  citizens  of  San 
Francisco  who  had  seen  our  city  expand  from 
its  primitive  state  and  become  a  metropolis, 
inviting  the  nations  of  the  earth  to  its  great 
international  exposition,  commemorative  of 
the   opening  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

Disasters  like  that  of  1906  were  not  un- 
known to  the  pioneers.  They  had  had  their 
devastating  fires,  it  is  true  that  the  area  of 
the  conflagrations  was  small  compared  with 
that  of  the  1906  fire,  but,  comparatively 
speaking,  the  disasters  experienced  by  the 
residents  of  our  city  in  its  early  days  were 
almost  as  discouraging  as  our  catastrophe  in 


1906.  Several  times  the  old  pioneers  saw 
their  hastily  constructed  wooden  city  almost 
obliterated.  With  undaunted  resolution,  they 
addressed  themselves  to  the  rebuilding  of 
their  town.  The  successors  of  these  dauntless 
old  argonauts,  imbued  with  the  same  indomi- 
table spirit,  have  performed  in  six  years  a 
work  of  rehabilitation  which  most  people  be- 
lieved would  not  -  be  accomplished  in  fifty 
years,  and  which  many  persons  imagined  was 
impossible. 

In  the  days  of  James  E.  Kelly's  vigorous 
middle  age  the  merchants  of  Front  street 
were  a  powerful  factor  in  the  promotion  of 
good  government.  Then  followed  a  period 
of  sandlot  domination  in  municipal  affairs, 
and  only  of  late  has  San  Francisco 's  business 
community  displayed  the  unity  of  purpose 
which  was  the  salvation  of  our  city  in  the 
ordeals  of  its  early  existence. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Kelly,  as  the  President 
of  the  Hibernia  Bank,  had  been  closely  iden- 
tified with  the  banking  interests,  and  had 
seen  our  financial  institutions  pass  safely 
through  the  storm  and  stress  of  public  pan- 
ics and  emerge  stronger  than  ever.  It  is  ex- 
traordinary how  few  have  been  the  bank 
failures  in  San  Francisco  in  the  half-century 
during  which  Mr.  Kelly  was  first  a  leading 
merchant,  and  then  the  official  head  of  one 
of  the  most  important  financial  institutions 
in  America.  For  nearly  twenty-five  years  he 
had  been  President  of  the  Hibernia  Bank, 
having  succeeded  another  very  prominent  and 
highly  respected  citizen,  the  late  Joseph  Don- 
ohoe, one  of  the  founders  of  the  Donohoe- 
Kelly  Bank,  which  in  the  days  before  the 
creation  of  the  national  banks  did  a.  very 
large  private  banking  business. 

1 

EESPECTED  NAME  UPHELD. 

THE  STEEET  has  considered  it  a  very 
graceful  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the 
late  Edward  Pollitz,  that  his  surviving 
partner,  Henry  St.  Goar,  has  concluded  to 
conduct  the  affairs  of  their  long-established 
and  prosperous  firm  under  the  old  style  of 
Edward  Pollitz  &  Co.  In  financial  circles,  the 
expressions  of  gratification  at  the  course  taken 
by  Mr.  St.  Goar  are  highly  complimentary  to 
that  gentleman's  loyalty  to  the  partner,  with 
whom  for  twenty  years  his  relations  had  been 
most  intimate  and  cordial.  It  was  in  1892 
that  Mr.  St.  Goar  and  the  late  Mr.  Pollitz 
became  business  associates. 

Mr.  Pollitz,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was 
President  of  the'Hutchinson  Sugar  Plantation 
Co.,  and  a  director  in  the  Hawaiian  Commer- 
cial and  Sugar  Company,  Honolulu  Sugar  Com- 
pany, Onomea  Sugar  Company  and  the'Paau- 
hau  Sugar  Company. 

During  the  years  of  his  eonection  with  these 
corporations,  the  public  confidence  in  them 
remained  unshaken  and  sugar  stocks  attained 
a  prominence  on  the  San  Francisco  Stock  and 
Bond  Exchange  which  they  had  not  previously 
possessed. 

In  the  organization  and  establishment  of 
the  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange, 
Mr.  Pollitz  had  been  an  important  factor.  It 
was  originally  the  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange, 


Saturday,   October  5,   1912.J 


-THE  WASP- 


and  had  been  organized  at  a  meeting  called 
mm  September  ]  8,  1882  by  Mr.  Pollitz,  who 
had  been  a  residenl  of  oar  city  Bince  1S74.  At 
tliu  beginning  of  the  present  year  the  name 
wafi  changed  to  that  oi  ^au  Francisco  Stuck 
and  Bond  Exchange  and  Mr,  Pollitz  was 
■  n  Chairman  oi  the  Executive  Committee. 
He  bad  served  several  times  as  President  of 
the  institution,  and  seen  it  grow  in  iniluence 
and  importance. 

Pew  Mini,  engrossed  by  t he  details  of  finan- 
cial life,  have  rounded  out  their  career  better 
than  Mr.  Pollitz,  who  united  civic  pride  and 
interest  with  his  other  activities,  lie  was  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  San 
Francisco  in  Jsss-iiii,  and  when  he  passed 
away  was  a  member  of  various  influential 
associations;  clubs  and  societies,  including  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Commercial  Club 
of  San  Francisco,  Planters'  Association  of 
Honolulu,  lie  was  for  many  years  a  member 
of  the   Masonic  order. 

Tliere  is  no  room  for  doubt  that  the  firm  of 
Kit  ward  Pollitz  &  Co..  established  by  such  a 
worthy  citizen,  and  maintained  in  honor  to 
his  name  by  the  partner,  who  had  shared  his 
unbroken  friendship  for  nearly  a  quarter  of 
a  century,  will  remain  a  valuable  asset  to  the 
San    Francisco   Stock  and  Bond  Exchange. 


DEATH      OF      RESPECTED      MERCHANT. 

THE  death  of  John  Francis  Merrill  marks 
the  passing  of  one  of  San  Francisco's 
most  prominent  pioneer  merchants.  Mr. 
Merrill  was  born  in  Halowell.  Me.,  and  came 
to  tliis  Coast  on  the  completion  of  his  edu- 
cation. He  engaged  in  business  in  Sacramen- 
to and  in  Austin,  Nev.,  before  he  entered  the 
hardware  store  in  this  city,  of  which  he  be- 
came the  Vice-President — the  firm  of  Hoi 
brook,  Merrill  and  Stetson.  Mr.  Merrill  has 
been  in  poor  health  since  the  earthquake  and 
fire.  It  is  said  he  never  fully  recovered  from 
the  necessary  dynamiting  of  his  beautiful 
home  on  Washington  street  and  Van  Ness 
avenue  at  that  time.  His  firm  lost  their  en- 
tire establishment,  and  a  few  months  later, 
their  store  in  Sacramento  also  burned  to  the 
ground,  greatly  increasing  Mr.  Merrill's  stress 
of  mind.  He  withdrew  from  all  active  busi- 
ness last  December,  and  has  since  been  living 
at  his  home  at  Atherton,  on  the  Peninsula. 

Mr.  Merrill  married  Molly  Sroufe  ,the  daugh- 
ter of  John  Sroufe,  the  wholesale  liquor  deal- 
er. Their  wedding  at  the  old  First  Congrega- 
tional church  was  one  of  the  brilliant  affairs 
of  that  day.  The  old  Merrill  home  was  al- 
ways a  center  of  gaiety,  as  the  large  family, 
including  father  and  mother,  were  jolly  and 
hospitable.  Henry  Merrill,  the  oldest  son, 
died  in  a  tragic  manner.  In  going  to  Oak- 
land, he  in  some  way  became  caught  in  the 
vestibule  of  the  train  and  was  crushed  to 
death. 

John  Sroufe  Merrill,  who  married  Olive 
Snider,  the  actress,  died  a  few  years  ago. 
Only  four  children  now  survive  their  father — 
Ralph  D.  Merrill,  Charles  H.  Merrill,  who  mar- 
ried Phyllis  Moulton,  who  have  a  pretty  place 
at  Menlo;  Gladys,  who  married  Harry  Sears 
Bates,  head  of  the  Bates-Chesebrough  Steam- 


ship Company;  and  Ruth  who  married  Leonard 
C.  II  ammond,  son  of  A.  B.  Hammond,  the 
lumber  man. 

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EXCELLENT  APPOINTMENTS. 

WM.  II.  HAMMER'S  appointment  to  suc- 
ceed Isaac  H.  Spiro  on  the  Board  of 
Police  Commissioners,  and  Theodore 
J.  Roche  to  be  Fire  Commissioner  in  place  of 
John  Donohoe,  dismissed,  gives  perfect  satis- 
faction. Mr.  Hammer  is  a  representative  bus- 
iness man  and  Mr.  Roche  a  representative  at- 
torney. The  latter  is  the  grandson  of  one  of 
San  Francisco's  most  noted  pioneer  artists, 
Donienico  Tojetti.  Mayor  Rolph  is  choosing 
his  officials  wisely. 

♦ 

A     CROWN     IN     DANGER. 

EVERYBODY  knows  that  the  Beresford 
Country  Club  is  one  of  the  wealthiest 
and  most  ambitious  social  organizations 
on  the  Pacific  Coast,  it  having  been  establish- 
ed by  a  number  of  young  Jewish  millionaires 
who  objected  to  viewing  the  Burlingame  polo 
matches  from  the  side-lines.  Mr.  William 
Friese  is  the  President  of  this  affluent  and 
progressive  organization,  and,  being  a  man 
of  affairs,  does  things  in  a  slap-bang  style, 
which  has  won  him  the  club  sobriquet  of 
' '  Czar. ' '  The  latest  ukase  issued  from  the 
throne  is  a  gentle  notification  to  all  members 
of  the  Beresford  to  step  up  to  the  cashier's 
desk  and  pay  a  little  assessment  of  $200  per. 
Perhaps  there  isn't  what  is  popularly  denom- 
inated "a  roar"!  You  can  hear  echoes  of  it 
all  around,  but  the  basis  of  the  protest  is  that 
the  assessment  was  "slipped  over"  and  in 
full  working  order  before  anybody  not  in  the 
confidence  of  the  imperial  cabinet  had  any 
notion  that  the  pile-driver  was  at  work.  Of 
course,  they  will  all  pay  up,  for  $125,000  is 
required  for  the  building  fund,  and  the  club 
could  oversubscribe  that  many  millions  with- 
out resorting  to  a  tag-day  or  any  other  inge- 
nious device  to  thwart  the  Sheriff.  There 
are,  however,  Nihilistic  hints  of  a  "recall" 
petition,  and  the  coming  club  election  may 
witness  the  explosion  of  a  bomb  under  the 
imperial  seat  that  will  turn  things  upside  down 
in   exclusive  Beresford. 

4 

KOHLER  &  CHASE  CONCERTS. 


Recognition  of  Resident  Artists  Becoming  a 
Highly  Commendable  Feature. 

THE  SOLOISTS  for  Saturday,  October  5th, 
at  the  weekly  matinee  musicale  given 
by  Kohler  &  Chase  will  be  Carl  E.  An- 
derson, one  of  the  most  successful  concert 
and  church  singers  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  These 
weekly  musicales  of  Kohler  &  Chase  are  great- 
ly appreciated  by  lovers  of  music  (and  who  is 
not?)  and  are  doing  much  to  convince  the 
public  of  the  excellence  of  the  local  talent 
to  be  found  in  San  Francisco.  Time  was 
when  San  Francisco  people  hesitated  to  attend 
the  concerts  of  resident  artists,  even  upon  in- 
vitation, but  that  day  has  passed,  and  people 
are  becoming  better  judges  of  merit,  whether 
exhibited  in  resident  or  visiting  artists. 

The  Wasp  has  always  advocated  the  encour- 
agement of  resident  artists,  for  it  is  thus  that 
we  can  make  our  city  a  real  art  center  and 
doubly  attractive  to  the  great  artists  of 
world-wide  reputation.  Kohler  &  Chase  have 
proceeded  upon  the  theory,  and  their  laudable 


efforts  have  been  appreciated  by  the  artists 
and  i  lie  public. 

Mr.  Anderson,  the  tenor  who  will  sing  at 
Kohler  &  Chase's  on  Saturday,  has  constant 
engagements  throughout  the  season,  and  when- 
ever he  appears  he  scores  immediate  triumph. 
He  possesses  a  flexible  lyric  tenor  voice,  which 
he  uses  with  daintiness  and  effectiveness  of 
interpretation  that  makes  it  particularly  use- 
ful for  ballad  singing.  The  sentiment  of  the 
words  is  always  well  represented  in  Mr.  An- 
derson's interpretation  of  songs,  and  his  par- 
ticipation in  Saturday's  musicale  ought  to  as- 
sist greatly  in  making  the  demand  for  admis- 
sion   even   greater   than   at   any   time   before. 

The  complete  program  for  next  Saturday 
will  be:  Ballade,  op.  23,  G  minor  (Chopin, 
the  Pianola  J^iano;  "La  Nuit"  (Holmes); 
a  Valse  Caprrce,"  op.  7  (Newland),  the  Pian- 
ola Piano;  "Songs  My  Mother  Taught  Me" 
(Dvorak);  "I  Know  of  Two  Bright  Eyes" 
(Clutsam);  "The  Pretty  Creature"  (Wilson), 
Mr.  Anderson,  with  Pianola  Piano  accompani- 
ment; "You  Flaunt  Your  Beauty"  (Liza  Leh- 
mann),  Mr.  Anderson,  accompanied  with  the 
Pianola  Piano;  Offertory  on  two  Christmas 
hymns    (Guilmant),   the  Aeolian   Pipe  Organ. 

NOTICE  OF  TRUSTEES'  SALE  OF  REAL  ESTATE. 


WHEREAS  ALFRED  ST.  JOHN  HUMPHREYS 
(a  single  man),  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  the  party  of  the  first  part, 
did  execute  a  certain  deed  of  trust  dated  the  15th 
day  of  September,  1911,  to  JOSEPH  E.  BIEN  and 
D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  parties  of  the  second  part,  and 
as  trustees  for  the  benefit  and  security  of  the  P.  0. 
COMPANY,  a  corporation  duly  incorporated  under 
and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  of  California, 
which  deed  of  trust  was  recorded  in  the  office  ol 
the  County  Recorder  of  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  on  the  20th  day 
of  September,  1911,  in  Liber  575  of  Deeds,  Page 
131,  et  seq.; 

Now,  therefore,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and 
under  the  authority  of  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in 
pursuance  of  a  resolution  passed  and  adopted  on 
the  18th  day  of  September,  1912,  by  the  board  of 
directors  of  said  P.  C.  COMPANY,  the  holder  of  a 
certain  promissory  note  made  by  ALFRED  ST. 
JOHN  HUMPHREYS  to  said  P.  O.  COMPANY,  to 
secure  the  payment  of  which  said  promissory  note 
said  deed  of  trust  was  executed,  declaring  the  whole 
of  said  note  due,  and  requesting  and  directing  that 
JOSEPH  E.  BIEN  and  D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  trustees, 
under  the  power  and  authority  conferred  upon  them 
by  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in  pursuance  of  said  reso- 
lution, sell  said  real  property  described  in  said  deed 
of  trust  and  hereinafter  described,  to  satisfy  said 
indebtedness,  the  said  JOSEPH  E.  BIEN  and  D.  F. 
CONWAY  do  hereby  give  notice  that  on  Saturday, 
the  26th  day  of  October,  1912,  at  twelve  o'clock  noon 
of  said  day,  at  Room  No.  1114  Addison  Head  Build- 
ing, No.  209  Post  Street,  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  they  will  sell,  at 
public  auction,  to  the  highest  bidder  for  cash  in 
gold  coin  of  the  United  States,  all  that  certain  real 
property,  with  the  improvements  thereon,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,  and  particularly  bounded  and  described 
as    follows,    to-wit: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Lar- 
kin  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  northerly  line  of  Bush  Street;  running  thence 
northerly  and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Larkin 
Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  eighty-two  (82)  feet  and  six  (6i  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  eighty- two 
(82)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Larkin  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 

Being  a  part  of  50  Vara  Lot  No.   1414. 

Together  with  all  and  singular  the  tenements,  her- 
editaments and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging, 
or  in  anywise  appertaining,  and  the  reversion  and 
reversions,  remainder  and  remainders,  rents,  issues 
and  profits  thereof. 

And,  also,  all  the  estate,  right,  title,  and  interest, 
homestead,  or  other  claim  or  demand,  as  well  in  law 
as  in  equity,  which  the  said  ALFRED  ST.  JOHN 
HUMPHREYS  now  has  or  may  hereafter  acquire, 
in  or  to  the  said  premises,  or  any  part  thereof,  with 
the    appurtenances. 

Subject  to  mortgage  from  Alfred  St.  John  Hum- 
phreys in  favor  of  California  Title  Insurance  &  Trust 
Company  in  the  sum  of  Seven  Thousand  (7,000) 
Dollars. 

TERMS  OF  SALE:  Cash  in  Gold  Coin  of  the 
United  States  of  America;  fifty  per  cent  (50  per 
cent)  payable  to  the  undersigned  at  the  fall  of  the 
hammer;  balance  upon  delivery  of  deed,  and  if  not 
so  paid,  unless  for  want  of  title  (ten  days  being 
allowed  for  search),  then  said  fifty  per  cent  (50 
per  cent.)  to  be  forfeited  and  the  sale  to  be  void. 
Taxes    to    be    prorated. 

JOSEPH    E.    BIEN, 
D.  F.  CONWAY, 

Trustees. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  October  5,  1912. 


an. 


LAST  week  The  Wasp  published  an  article 
entitled  "What  .Becomes  of  the  Lead- 
ing Man?"  It  is  an  interesting  sub- 
ject, and  the  writer  in  The  Wasp  treated  it 
skillfully.  He  pointed  out  the  darkness  of 
the  leading  man's  future  as  a  leader  in  the 
thespian  band  when  his  Hyperion  locks  begin 
to  grow  thin  and  gray,  and  a  paten  of  uncov- 
ehed  pate  threatens  ominously  to  become  a 
broad  expanse  of  shiny  baldness.  Then,  too, 
the  majestically  confident  stride  of  the  mati- 
nee idol  athwart  the  stage  acquires  a  tend- 
ency towards  the  shuffling  gait  of  rheumatic 
old  age.  What  becomes  of  the  drooping  hero 
of  multitudinous  stage  lovers?  Whither  does 
his  downward  journey  tend,  for  in  these  days 
of  strenuosity  pervading  all  vocations  the  vet- 
eran does  not  "lag  superfluous  on  the  stage," 
as  Shakespeare  describes  it.  There  is  unfor- 
tunately small  room  for  laging  veterans  now- 
adays. To  the  elevator  man's  job  and  the 
scrap  heap  with  them  I  That  is  the  heartless 
cry  of  Necessity,  as  hustling  managers  see  it. 
New  blood,  new  faces,  and  leading  men  with- 
out bald  spots  on  the  top  of  their  pates  or 
a  suspicious  weakness  of  the  knees  suggestive 
of  the  quivering  tendons  of  a  superannuated 
cabhorse. 

That  The  Wasp's  article  on  "What  Be- 
comes of  the  Leading  Man?"  was  read  there 
is  no  doubt,  for  several  letters  on  the  subject 
have  been  received.  The  following  communi- 
cation from  a  resident  of  Alameda  depicts 
the  leading  man  from  a  new  angle: 

.    Alameda,    Sept.    29,   1912. 
Editor  The  Wasp: — 

Your  article  of  last  week  on  "The  Leading 
Man"  has  been  read  by  me  with  a  great  deal 
of  interest.  I  am  only  a  mechanic,  and  can- 
not afford  to  give  my  wife  many  of  the  com- 
forts and  pleasures  usually  given  a  woman  by 
men  in  better  circumsanees.  At  the  time  i 
am  writing  of  we  were  living  in  Oakland.  I 
had  a  particularly  hard  time  of  it  that  winter. 
My  wife  is  a  good-looking  woman,  many 
years  my  junior,  and  she  craved  excitement 
and  pleasure.  We  have  no  children.  1 
blame  myself  for  much  of  the  trouble  that  fol- 
lowed. 

It  was  quite  by  accident  that  my  wife  was 
asked  by  a  rich  friend  to  meet  at  luncheon, 
at  one  of  the  big  hotels,  an  actor,  a  leading 
man,  as  you  call  him.  He  was  with  a  com 
pany.  I  have  never  been  able  to  discover 
what  it  was  attracted  my  wife  to  him.  He 
was  gentlemanly  in  appearance  and  polite.  I 
met  him  but  once.  Soon  my  wife  was  over 
in  San  Francisco  every  Wednesday  and  Satur- 
day, and  with  her  woman  friend  she  attended 
the  show.  This  is  some  years  ago.  I  can 
write  calmly  now.  She  left  me,  and  was  gone 
six  weeks.  She  came  back  just  like  a  wound- 
ed bird,  wings  broken,  dispirited  and  in  de- 
spair. Will  men  blame  me  that  I  took  her 
back?  I  do  not  know.  I  think  I  did  the 
right  thing.  She  isn't  the  same,  and  I  know 
I  am  not.  I  have  tried  to  make  her  forget 
what  she  went  through.  We  do  not  talk 
about  it  at  all. 

However,  my  object  in  writing  to  you  is  to 
say  that  anything  a  journal  like  yours  can  do 
to   show  women   the  matinee  idol  in  his  true 


light  is  not  wasted  pen  and  ink  or  type  work. 
Of  course,  I  suppose  these  men  are  not  all 
of  them  like  this  one,  but  they  live  a  false 
life;  they  counterfeit  the  most  holy  affections 
to  such  an  extent  that  it  comes  easy  to  them 
to  advertise  themselves  through  their  conquests, 
and  women  are  so  susceptible  and  foolish! 
It  is  condescension  on  the  part  of  such  a  man 
to  notice  the  dupe  who  gazes  at  him  over  the 
footlights — at  least,  so  the  woman  thinks 
when  she  is  washing  dishes  and  doing  the 
necessary  drudgery  of  the  home. 

Tour  article  of  last  week  asks,  "What  Be- 
comes of  the  Leading  Man?"  I  hope  he  gets 
what  he  deserves  if  he  is  like  the  one  I  have 
reason  to  remember.  I  know  what  would 
have  become  of  him  if  I  got  him  out  alone 
on  the  edge  of  Alameda,  with  only  a  few  sea- 
gulls and  frogs  to  hear  what  passed  between 
us  The  matinee  idol  that  caused  my  wife 
to  lose  whatever  sense  she  had  was  married 
and  supposed  to  be  supporting  a  wife  and 
two  little  ones.  It  was  only  a  case  of  suppo- 
sition, though.  Much  of  the  time  they  were 
supporting  themselves,  and  the  poor  wife  was 
almost  crazy  through  the  stories  coming  to 
her  of  toe  continual  escapades  of  her  good- 
looking  and  gentlemanly-appearing  husband. 
I  understand  that  she  afterwards  got  a  di- 
vorce, but  even  that  was  used  by  the  hero  as 
an  elegant  chance  for  self-advertising.  He 
had  the  clipping  habit  and  sent  my  wife  all 
mention   of   himself  for  months. 

A  bald  head  and  rheumatism  in  the  knees 
can 't  afflict  that  fellow  and  all  like  him  too 
soon  to  suit  me. 

I  thank  you  for  your  article  in  The  Wasp, 
for  it  may  cause  sentimental  young  girls  and 
foolish  married  women,  who  are  worse,  to 
regard  the  matinee  idol  in  his  true  light.  I 
hope  other  people  will  take  the  trouble  to 
write  to  you  and  show  him  up.  for  I  know 
I'm  not   the   only  one   has  suffered. 

Tours  truly,  J.  B.  M. 
♦ 

PINERO' S    METHODS. 


England's  Leading  Dramatist,  Who  Was  One 
of  the  Worst  of  Actors. 

BETWEEN  1874  and  1881,  Arthur  Pinero 
entered  upon  a  eontraet  to  serve  in 
Henry  Irving 's  company  at  the  Lyceum, 
in  London,  but  he  seemed  to  have  mistaken 
his  vocation.  Everybody  who  knew  him  then 
said,  without  prejudice,  that  he  was  an  ex- 
tremely bad  actor.  A  Birmingham  critic  once 
frankly  told  Pinero  that  his  Claudius  in 
"Hamlet"  was  the  most  atrocious  king  that 
a  British  subject  had  ever  gazed  on. 

Henry  Irving,  next  to  Pinero  himself,  is 
deserving  of  the  credit  of  transforming  Ar- 
thur Pinero,  bad  actor,  into  Arthur  Pinero. 
famous  playwright.  Irving  encouraged  Pin- 
ero to  go  ahead  writing  plays  as  far  back  as 
1876.  Pinero  commenced  the  following  year 
with  three  curtain  raisers — "Two  Hundred 
Pounds  a  Year,"  "Daisy's  Escape"  ?nd  "By- 
gones." The  whole  lot  brought  him  $200 
and  the  acquaintance  of  Miss  Myra  Holme,  a 
clever  and  charming  actress,  who  is  now  Lady 
Pinero. 

To  look  at  Pinero,  man  to  man,  one  would 
never  guess  that  he  is  what  he  is.  He  has 
all  the  quiet,  well-groomed  air  of  a  well-to-do 
private  gentleman.  His  clean-shaven  face, 
with  small  eyes  that  are  black  as  coal,  and 
that  have  overhanging,  thick  eyebrows,  has 
nothing  of  the  look  of  a  man  of  letters.  But 
to  talk  with  him  is  to  quickly  detect  the  quiet 


and  subtle  precision  of  a  refined  humorist 
and  scholar.  In  spite  of  his  name  and  Port- 
uguese descent,  Arthur  Wing  Pinero  is  a 
pure-blooded  Londoner.  His  father  was  a 
solicitor,  and  wanted  his  son  to  enter  the 
legal  profession.  But  young  Arthur,  at  17 
years  of  age,  said  good-bye  to  his  parent's 
deeds  and  conveyances,  and  enrolled  himself 
for  a  pound  a  week  in  a  dramatic  company 
at  Edinburgh.  At  this  he  served  an  entire 
year  of  apprenticeship,  and  then  he  went  to 
another  theater  in  Liverpool,  from  there  to 
the  Globe  Theater,  London,  and  finally  to 
Irving 's  Lyceum. 

Pinero 's  characters  are  all  drawn  from  life, 
the  "Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray,"  the  "Gay 
Lord  Quex, "  and  all  the  others.  The  first 
night  the  "Mind  the  Paint  Girl"  was  put  on 
in  London,  some  of  the  knowing  ones  winked 
at  one  another  and  whispered  the  name  of 
the  prototype. 

Pinero  is  a  methodical  and  accurate  worker. 
The  pages  of  a  Pinero  Play  are  all  written 
out  in  longhand  and  go  direct  from  his  desk 
to  the  printer.  Proofs  are  made  and  these 
are  corrected,  almost  never  for  changes  in 
thought  or  expression,  but  usually  for  errors 
in  spelling,  punctuation  or  more  specific  stage 
directions.  The  play  is  then  printed  and  bound 
in  the  form  of  a  book  for  private  circulation. 
Its  text  is  never  again  changed  in  the  slight- 
est regard.  So  detailed  and  unmistakable 
are  Pinero 's  directions  for  the  mounting  and 
acting  of  one  of  his  plays  that  it  is  possible 
for  him  to  send  a  printed  volume  of  any  of 
his  dramas  or  comedies  to  Australia,  and,  as- 
suming honesty  and  efficiency  in  Australia, 
Sir  Arthur  can  rest  assured  that  the  play 
will  be  done  there  exactly  as  he  would  have 
it  done. 


Hadn't  Proposed. 

"No,  darling,  I  have  never  proposed  to 
any  other  woman  than  you." 

"Oh,  but  you  once  told  me  you  had  been 
engaged  to  a  widow." 

"True,  but  that  was  in  a  leap  year." 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


DRINKERS 
Take  Notice 

the  san  francisco  sanatorium  was 
established  for  the  sole  purpose  of 
giving  to  men  and  women  who  have 
over-indulged  that  scientific  and 
proper  care  that  will  enable  them 
to  sober  up  in  the  right  wat.  hu- 
mane, up-to-date  methods  employed, 
strictest  privacy  maintained,  prices 
moderate.    no  name  on  building. 

San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Phone  Franklin  7470        1911  Von  Ness  Ave. 
H.  L.  BATOHELDER,   Manager. 


m£~>^   p=^r^>^.  &*r?^...'rtftrl^  *^p? 


^^^Z3S4^9i.._.-^-' S^fr^Jx?) 


DMEBOTJS  are  the  woes  of 
the  rich  of  San  Francisco 
who  would  "keep  house." 
Servants  are  scarce  and 
unsatisfactory,  and  be- 
coming more  so  everj 
minute,  and  mansions  are 
not  to  be  had  for  rent 
any  more,  except  in  rare  cases  and  at  long 
intervals.  If  Dives  or  Croesus  need  a  suit- 
able home  of  fifteen  to  twenty  rooms,  the 
man  must  build  it  and  undergo  all  the  attend- 
ant trials  and  tribulations.  The  tribe  of 
cooks  is  vanishing.  The  astute  Japanese  has 
learned  his  cash  value  and  keeps  raising  his 
terms  steadily.  Not  so  many  years  ago  $20 
a  month  would  tempt  a  fairly  good  Japanese 
cook  of  the  punctiliously  polite  and  old- 
fashioned  Oriental  type — the  servant  who 
salaamed  whenever  spoken  to,  and  who  repaid 
his  salary  twice  over  in  willingness  to  give 
satisfaction.  Then  the  armies  of  Japan  began 
to  win  battles,  and  the  humblest  subjects  of 
the  Mikado  acquired  souls  above  the  menial 
trade  of  frying  beefsteaks  and  washing  dishes. 
The  salaaming  Japanese  who  hung  upon  your 
words,  and  accepted  orders  as  if  they  were 
$20  pieces,  has  disappeared — gone  back  to 
t  he  Land  of  the  Rising  Sun,  perhaps.  His 
successor  is  becoming  as  airy  as  a  French  chef 
and  will  soon  be  as  difficult  of  approach  as 
those  superior  deities  of  the  culinary  depart- 
ment, Mary  from  Cork  and  Anna  from 
Stockholm. 

Chinese  cooks,  by  reason  of  the  Exclusion 
Act,  have  long  been  so  scarce,  and  therefore 
highly  prized-  that  none  but  millionaires  as- 
pire to  the  distinction  of  keeping  one.  Two 
weeks  ago  the  anxious  head  of  a  San  Fran- 
cisco family  of  more  social  than  financial  dis- 
tinction, lost  the  Chinese  cook  he  had  man- 
aged by  superhuman  effort  to  keep  for  eight 
years.  Beginning  at  $40,  the  cook 's  salary 
had  gone  up  slowly  but  steadily  to  $60,  and 
then  came  a  demand  for  $5  more  a  month. 
This  was  the  last  straw.  The  final  hope  of 
the  family  before  they  closed  the  old  home 
was  a  white  woman  cook.  The  last  applicant 
for  the  position  looked  the  premises  over, 
scrutinized  the  mistress  of  the  house,  sat  down 
and  screwed  up  her  mouth  into  a  line  of  grim 
hostility. 

"You  will  have  every  other  Sunday  off," 
said  the  prospective  employer. 

"I  haven't  told  you  yet  I'm  going  to  take 
the  job!"  snapped  the  cook-lady. 

The  family  is  now  installed  in  a  comfort- 
able hotel,  and  likely  to  remain  there  all 
winter  at  least. 

*5*        (5*        ti5* 

The  arrival  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Gaillard 
Smart  (formerly  Miss  Thelma  Parker  of  Hon- 


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Second  Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  Insure  publication 
In  the   issue   of  that  week. 


olulu)  has  been  interesting  to  local  society. 
The  bride's  mother,  Mrs.  Fred  Knight,  was 
on  hand  to  receive  her. 

^*      t^*      ^* 
Jewish  Society  Agitated. 

TELL  it  not   in   Gath!      whisper  it   softly 
in  fashionable  Jewish  society,  for  it  is 
a   scrap   of   gossip   which   is    told    only 
in    bated   breaths   wherever  the    elite    of    our 
Hebrew    community    congregate    for    amuse- 
ment or  business.     The  fine  old  city  home  of 


Vaughan  &  Fraser  Photo. 
MKS.  JOHN  T.  PIGOTT   (nee  Ashton) 

A  charming  bride  whose  wedding  was  one  of  the 

Interesting    events    of   the    week. 

the  Mintzner  family,  northeast  corner  of  Pa- 
cific and  WebsteT  streets,  was  selected  by 
one  of  our  best-known  and  richest  Jewisn 
merchants  as  a  desirable  place  of  residence, 
and  nobody  can  question  his  good  taste  in 
choosing  it.  Money  was  not  spared  in  the 
construction  of  the  edifice,  and  was  lavished 
on    the    interior    decoration    and    furnishings. 

Women  are  no  longer  mere  ciphers  in  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


For  the   Mintzners   have  had  money   to   burn 
for  years  past. 

The  death  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  MintzDer  occur- 
red within  a  few  years,  and  left  their  son 
and  daughter,  both  in  their  teens,  tbe  heirs 
to  their  rich  estate,  including  the  great  house 
at  Pacific  and  Webster  streets.  Such  an  es- 
tablishment offered  few  attractions  to  the 
heirs,  and  it  became  known  through  their 
agent  that  the  place  was  for  lease  at  $500  a 
month — very  cheap  rent  at  present,  as  man- 
sions are  scarce. 

The  affluent  Jewish  merchant  and  importer 
aforesaid  recognized  the  excellency  of  the 
opportunity  and  notified  his  own  agent  to 
close  negotiations  at  once  and  get  a  long 
lease.  In  the  preliminary  negotiations  the 
name  of  the  merchant  had  not  been  disclosed, 
but  when  the  transaction  had  progressed  to 
the  stage  of  drawing  up  the  lease  the  pros- 
pective tenant's  name  had  to  be  given.  There- 
upon the  agent  of  the  Mintzner  family  seem- 
ed to  be  suddenly  affected  with  the  ailment 
commonly  known  as  "cold  feet."  He  fidget- 
ed and  fussed  and  seemed  anxious  to  dodge 
the  business,  and  when  finally  pinned  down 
for  an  explanation  of  his  indecision  he  blurt- 
ed out  the  truth. 

"What's   that?"   gasped   the   Jewish    mer- 
chant's  agent,   stunned   with   the    thought   of 
losing  a  nice,  fat  commission.     "Why  can't  • 
my  client  get  a  Jease  of  the  house?     Do  you 
doubt  his  responsibility?" 

"Oh,  no;  not  in  the  least.  Money  wasn't 
the  objection."  Nor  was  the  character  and 
social  standing  of  the  merchant  questioned. 
In  every  respect  he  seemed  a  most  desirable 
tenant,   but  he  couldn't  get   the  lease. 

"You  don't  mean  to  say  he's  barred  be- 
cause—  ?" 

' '  Yes,  because;  that 's  it, ' '  admitted  the 
Mintzner  agent. 

"Are  your  instructions  explicit  on  that 
point?" 

"They  are — most  explicit — no  Jews." 

Now  the  serious  question  arises:  If  the 
Christian  aristocracy  for  various  reasons  wish 
to  rent  their  mansions  and  bar  Jews,  where 
are  they  going  to  find  tenants?  For  the  Jew- 
ish aristocracy  seem  to  be  the  only  set  that 
has  both  the  money  and  the  wish  to  keep 
house  on  an  extensive  scale  and  face  the 
Awful  Problem. 

Naturally,  this  incident  has  set  the  tongues 
of  the  gossips  wagging,  and  fashionable  Jew- 
ish society  is  busy  examining  the  Mintzner 
family  tree  with  a  large  magnifying-glass, 
so  to  speak.  The  tabooed  religionists  will  not 
have  to  wait  long  for  their  revenge-  as  I  am 
credibly  informed  the  Mintzner  family  is  on 
the  verge  of  one  of  those  deadly  fueds  that 
are  hailed  with  joy  by  the  lawyers  who  make 
the  breaking  of  wills  a  specialty. 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   October  5,   1912. 


The  Mintzner  fortune  was  made  in  Kich- 
mond  land,  which  was  inherited  from  the  late 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Tewksbury,  well-known  pioneer 
residents  and  prominent  in  early-day  society. 
They  owned  a  great  deal  of  what  is  now  the 
growing,  new  industrial  city  of  Richmond,  the 
transbay  terminal  of  the  Atchison  and  Santa 
Fe  Railroad.  In  the  days  of  Dr.  Tewksbury 
it  was  cow-pasture,  and  likely  to  remain  so 
indefinitely,  but  the  coming  of  the  new  trans- 
continental road  transformed  it  to  town  lots, 
and  Mrs.  Mintzner,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Tewksbury,  became  suddenly  an  exceed- 
ingly rich  woman.  Her  daughter,  Eugenia 
Tewksbury,  married  twice,  her  first  husband 
being  a  navy  surgeon  named  Ware,  who  left 
her  a  widow  with  one  daughter.  The  young 
Widow  Ware  had  musical  gifts  and  went  to 
Philadelphia  to  cultivate  them  by  study.  At 
the  boarding-house  where  she  stopped  she  met 
William  Mintzner,  a  young  lawyer,  and  she 
married  him  and  abandoned  music  as  a  pro- 
fession. The  fruit  of  that  union  was  the  son 
and  daughter  who  now  own  the  Mintznei 
mansion  which  is  closed  against  all  worship- 
ers at  the  synagogue.  These  children  of  the 
second  husband  of  Eugenia  Tewksbury  have 
inherited  most  of  the  great  estate,  and  the 
daughter  of  the  navy  surgeon  intends  to  have 
the  courts  decide  whether  she  should  be  given 
what  she  considers  a  mere  pittance.  The  rea- 
son of  her  partial  disinheritance  was  that  she 
married  without  the  consent  of  her  mother. 
One  day  she  rang  up  her  mother  and  imparted 
to  her  the  startling  information  that  if  Mrs. 
Mintzner  would  go  to  St.  Luke's  Church  in 
half  an  hour  she  would  have-  the  pleasure  of 
seeing  her  married.  The  hasty  wedding  took 
place  as  scheduled,  and  unless  the  legal  plans 
are  changed  there  will  be  one  of  the  merriest 
will  contests  over  the  rich  Mintzner  estate 
that  has  taken  place  in  San  Francisco  in  years. 
And  San  Francisco  has  had  its  full  share  of 
will  contests. 


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They  Admire  California. 

THE  engagement  of  Miss  Carolyn  Murray, 
youngest  daughter  of  General  and  Mrs. 
Arthur  Murray,  comes  as  a  distinct  sur- 
prise to  society,  as  it  was  supposed  that  both 
the  Murray  girls  were  to  be  with  us  all  win- 
ter to  take  part  in  the  season's  gaieties.  Miss 
Murray  has  set  December  1st  for  her  wedding 
to  Ord  Preston  of  New  York,  and  it  is  there 
that  she  will  make  her  future  home.  The 
Murrays  are  great  admirers  of  California,  so 
it  is  to  be  hoped  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Preston  will 
make  frequent  visits  to  the  Coast.  Miss  Mur- 
ray  was   to   have   gone    East    to    "Washington 


Frances  Bruguiere    Photo. 
A    BANKER'S    CHOICE 

Miss  Eernice   Smith,   whose   engagement  to   Alfred 
L.  Meyerstein  was  announced  this  week. 

this  summer  to  be  bridesmaid  for  her  friend, 
Carol  Newbury,  when  that  young  lady  plan- 
ned to  marry  the  dashing  English  army  officer, 
and  when  she  changed  her  plans  Miss  Murray 
also  changed  hers,  and  went  to  Alaska  and  the 
Yellowstone  with  her  parents.  The  Murrays 
plan  to  move  to  their  quarters  at  Fort  Mason 
next  month,  where  they  will  do  very  exten- 
sive entertaining  during  the  winter. 

A  Soldier's  Mysterious  Romance. 

LIEUTENANT  WILLIAM  H.  ANDEBSON 
has  been  ordered  to  Alaska  to  join  his 
regiment,  the  Thirteenth  Infantry,  which 
is  stationed  there,  thus  ending  the  final  chap- 
ter of  his  sad  romance  here.  Last  February 
he  married  Miss  Ada  Louise  Armstrong,  who 
lived  at  The  Gables  with  her  father  and  mo- 
ther, Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Robert  Armstrong. 
They  were  married  at  St.  Luke's  church  with 
all  the  glitter  and  circumstance  of  a  "big 
army  wedding,"  four  bridesmaids  and  four 
ushers,  gold  lace  and  picture  hats.  The  bride 
ignored    the   conventional   white   and   wore    a 

TIPO,  the  purest  and  choicest  California 
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pink  gown,  trimmed  with  green,  and  a  big 
black  picture  hat.  The  usual  reception  fol- 
lowed, and  a  wedding  trip;  but  hardly  had 
society  digested  all  the  details  of  the  affair, 
when  the  dailies  blazed  forth  in  pictures  of 
the  couple  with  the  startling  news  that  Mrs. 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


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Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
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Saturday,   October  5,   1912.] 


'THE  WASP- 


Anderson   was  seeking  to  have  the  marriage 

annulled.  That  this  startling  and  unexplained 
procedure  was  fully  warranted  was  evidenced 
l.y  tin-  <|ui.'k  liiv  act iuii  of  the  Court  in  grant- 
ing ber  application.  She  resumed  her  maiden 
name  and  returned  to  her  parents.  With 
Lieut.  Anderson's  departure  for  the  North, 
the  affair  is  brought  to  a  dose. 

Miss  Dorothy  and  Miss  Evelyn  Parker  have 
left  with  their  mother  for  Panama,  to  make 
a  trip  around  the  world.  They  were  brides- 
maids for  -Miss  Ada  Louise  Armstrong  at  the 
wedding  which  united  her  to  Lieut.  William 
H.  Anderson. 

Likely  to  Be  Great  Singer. 

MBS.  JolIN  BEIOKELL,  who  left  for 
Paris  this  week  to  pursue  her  musical 
studies,  is  the  wife  of  John  Brickell, 
son  of  the  late  Dr.  Brickell  and  owner  of  a 
large  tract  of  land  overlooking  Baker  Beach. 
Some  of  his  neighbors  have  intimated  a  wish 
that  Mr.  Brickell  would  donate  a  large  share 
of  this  fine  property  for  a  public  park  over- 
looking Baker's  Beach  and  beautify  it  with 
free  ice  cream  parlors,  nickelodeons  and  four- 
round  contests.  Mr.  Brickell  has  promised  to 
take  the  valuable  suggestion  under  considera- 
tion. 

Mrs.  Brickell  is  a  young  matron  of  fine 
stage  presence  and  the  possessor  of  a  really 
splendid  voice.  Music  is  her  first  fad,  and 
she  wishes  to  perfect  herself  in  the  art  for 
the  love  of  it.  She  has  the  physique  and  the 
talent  essential  to  a  great  singer.  She  was  in 
Europe  before. 

Gossips  Are  Very  Busy. 

IN   THE   DIVORCE    CASE    of    a   prominent 
society  couple,  which  is  now  being  argued 
pro  and  eon,  by  the  gossips,  we  hear  that 
the  beautiful  brunette  in  question  is  already 
being  quite  besieged  with  suitors  and  anxious 


A  RELIABLE  GOLD 
AND  SILVER  HOUSE 

Old  family  jewelry  reconstructed  Into  mod- 
ern styles. 

Stone  setting. 

Silverware  made  to  order,  repaired  and  re- 
flnished. 

We  can  supply  you  with  toilet  articles  and 
table  flat-ware  in  ALL  STANDARD 
PATTERNS. 

A  department  for  expert  watch  repairing. 


JOHN  0.  BELLIS 

Manufacturing  Gold  and  Silversmith 
328  Post  Street  Union  Square 


admirers  waiting  for  the  decree  to  be  granted. 
There  is  a  very  prominent  society  man  and 
polo  player — another  man,  who  is  the  cousin 
of  three  stunning  sisters,  well-known  to  ev- 
eryone— and  the  string  of  admirers  even 
reaches  to  far-distant  Honolulu,  where  a  very 
well-known  business  man  is  biding  his  soul 
in  patience  for  the  time  when  he  may  press 
his  suit.  We  hear,  also,  that  with  the  de- 
cided stand  the  much-admired  lady's  brother- 
in-law  has  taken  against  her  is  likely  to  be 
provocative  of  complications  that  would  in- 
terest the   newspaper   reporters   greatly. 

By  the  way,  the  tall  and  famous  polo  player 
whom  Dame  Rumor  accredits  with  being  in 
the  lead  for  the  prospective  divorcee's  hand 
was  said  to  have  been  an  ardent  suitor  for 
the  hand  of  a  young  and  very  great  heiress 
who  recently  married  an  athletic  New  Yorker. 
In  this  instance  the  disparity  in  ages  was  so 
agonizing  that  Cupid  couldn't  string  his  bow, 
he  giggled  so  much. 

«£*      i^*      «£* 
It's  All  Off. 

SOCIETY,  which  has  been  on  the  qui  vive 
for  quite  some  time  awaiting  the  news 
of  a  rumored  engagement,  is  doomed  to 
disappointment.  The  young  man  is  a  very 
popular  beau  at  all  the  functions,  and  has  a 
very  prominent  bank  position,  while  the  young 
lady  is  one  of  our  prominent  heiresses.  Their 
engagement  has  been  rumored  time  and  again, 
until  finally  the  young  lady  herself  suggested 
to  her  supposed  fiance  that  they  announce  it. 
This  seemed  to  cool  the  young  man's  ardor, 
for  he  calmly  replied  "that  if  that  was  the 
fact  about  it  there  was  nothing  to  announce." 
So  now  we  hear  authentically  that  it  is  all  off. 

A  Bubble  Burst. 

THE  Sidney  M.  Worthington 's  little  bub- 
ble of  happiness  seems  to  have  burst 
like  so  many  of  those  elusive  bubbles 
the  bone  of  contention  being  an  overindulg- 
ence toward  the  flowing  bowl  on  the  part  of 
the  husband.  Mrs.  Worthington  was  Miss 
Marion  Dowsett  of  Honolulu,  one  of  that 
large  family  of  twelve  or  thirteen  children 
who  are  so  much  before  the  public  eye.  Her 
first  husband  was  a  man  named  Crooks,  from 
whom  she  became  divorced  several  years 
ago,  and  after  which  she  went  to  live  with 
her  sister,  Mrs.  Fred  Knight.  She  had  a 
very  beautiful  voice,  and  was  anxious  to  have 
it  trained  that  she  might  go  on  the  stage 
for  an  operatic  career.  In  this  way  she  met 
Worthington,  who  was  a  very  successful 
teacher,  who  proceeded  to  win  her  heart  in 
short  order.  When  she  announced  her  inten- 
tion of  marrying  him  she  gave  up  her  ambi- 
tion for  the  stage  and  settled  down  to  quiet 
married  life.  Her  young  son.  Billy,  the  child 
of  her  first  husband,  was  legally  adopted  by 
Worthington  at  the  time  of  the  marriage,  so 
now  the  child's  mother  has  to  sue  for  the  eus- 


Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al- 
fredum's  Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 


tody  of  her  own  son.  It  is  believed  that 
when  the  divorce  is  obtained  Mrs.  Worthing- 
ton will  again  turn  her  thoughts  toward  be- 
coming a  singer. 

OV  t^*  ^* 

Program  of  Winter  Gaieties. 

WITH  the  advent  of  October  plans  for 
the  winter's  gaieties  begin  to  sprout, 
up.  There  is  quite  a  long  list  of  de- 
butantes  who  are  decided  in  their  intentions 
of  making  a  formal  bow,  while  there  are  sev- 
eral who  are  still  sort  of  on  the  fence.  The 
coming-out  affairs  will  be  given  the  last  of 
this  month  and  the  first  of  next,  thus  formal- 
ly opening  the  season.  The  list  of  debutantes 
includes  Miss  Henrietta  Blanding,  Louise  Ja- 
nin,  Katie  Bell  McGregor,  Corona  Williams, 
Peggie  Nichols,  Christine  Donohoe.  Jane  Ho- 
taling,  Mauricia  Mintzner,  Harriet  Pomeroy, 
Constance  Metcalf,  Madge  Wilson,  Nancy 
Gunn,  Elena  Eyre,  Arabella  Morrow,  Aimee 
Eaisch  and  Nellie  Grant.  The  invitations  have 
already  been  received  for  the  Greenway  Bach- 
elors and  Benedicts,  Mrs.  Detrick's  Assem- 
blies and  the  Universities  Assemblies;  while 
the  Neighborhoods'  Gaieties'  and  impromptu 
cotillons  and  Mrs.  Frank  Bates'  Friday  Night 
cotillons  will  all  follow  later.  The  dances  at 
the  Presidio  will  be  as  popular  as  ever  this 
year,  and  with  the  two  new  regiments  there 
will  be  many  new  gallants  to  do  the  honors. 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  Cornelius  Gardener  of  the 
Sixteenth  Infantry,  are  indefatigable  host, 
and  hostess;  so  are  Col.  and  Mrs.  Febiger,  6th. 


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[Saturday,  October  5,  1912. 


FRANCESCO  NTCOLETTI. 
A  leading  "baritone  with  the  iiambardi  forces  at  the  Cort,  who  has  sung  his  way  into  public  favor. 


Interesting  Wedding. 

A  "WEDDING  which  is  of  much  interest 
to  Californians  is  that  of  Miss  Ger- 
trude Fancher,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  A.  Fancher  of  Merced,  and  Austin  Sper- 
ry.  The  ceremony  was  performed  at  St.  Mark  's 
Episcopal  Church  in  Berkeley,  the  Rev.  Ed- 
ward Lamb  Parsons  officiating.  The  bride 
wore  a  tailored  suit  of  blue  broadcloth  with 
-large- black  velvet  hat.  as  did  her  only  attend- 


ant. Miss  Katherine  McElroy.  Austin  Sperry 
is  the  son  of  Mrs.  Austin  B.  Sperry,  and 
grandson  of  the  late  Austin  J.  Sperry,  the 
flour  king. 

His  grandmother,  Mrs.  Austin  Sperry,  is 
an  ardent  advocate  of  woman's  suffrage,  and 
was  one  of  the  pioneer  enthusiasts  of  that 
cause.  She  was  also  at  the  head  of  the 
Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  for 
some  time. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Austin  Sperry  Jr.  will  make 
their  home  in  Sacramento,  where  Mr.  Sperry, 
who  is  a  civil  engineer,  makes  his  headquar- 
ters. 

S      <£     & 
Won  the  Tait  Auto. 

THE  high-powered  automobile  given  away 
by  the  Tait-Zinkand  Cafe  was  awarded 
to  Mrs.  Henry  Avila,  2331  Ward  street, 
Berkeley.  That  was  a  "something  for  noth 
ing"  that  was  truly  worth  while.  This  popu- 
lar cafe  is  serving  something  out  of  the  ordi- 
nary tnese  days  in  the  way  of  a  special  50- 
cent  luncheon.  One  would  have  to  go  long 
and  far  to  duplicate  it  at  the  price.  And 
aside  from  the  good  things  to  eat  to  be  had 
there  every  day  from  11:30  to  2,  there  is  an 
exceptionally  good  entertainment  bill.  John 
Tait  promises  that  this  special  50-cent  lunch- 
eon is  going  to  be  still  better  in  the  future. 
If  it  is,  he'll  be  suspected  of  being  a  philan- 
thropist, for  even  now  all  who  partake  of  this 
half-dollar  luncheon  wonders  how  he  does  it. 
Mrs.  Henry  Avilla  is  the  wife  of  Henry  Avila 
of  Berkeley,  a  well-known  official  of  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad  and  agent  of  the 
Cunard  Steamship  Company.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Transportation  Club  and  a  promi- 
nent Elk,  Mrs.  Avila  is  the  daughter  of 
Banker  Bernard  of  Fresno,  and  a  sister  of 
Mrs.  Patterson,  wife  of  the  millionaire  banker 
of  Fresno. 

It  isn't  every  politician  who  can  nail  a  lie 
without  smashing  his  fingers. 

HOME-MADE  SPECIALS.— A  box  of  de- 
licious surprises:  taffies,  fudges,  caramels  and 
creams.     Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


Victor  Floor 
REMODELED 


We  have  remodeled  the  Third  Floor  of 
our  building,  devoting  it  to  the  perfect 
display  of  VICTORS,  VICTROLAS  and 
RECORDS.  This  entire  floor  is  devoted 
to  individual  glass-partitioned,  sound- 
proof demonstration  rooms,  all 

Perfectly  Ventilated  &  Day-Lighted 

Every  convenience  has  been  installed 
for  the  proper  demonstration  of  our 
tremendous  stock  of  VICTOR  goods, 
and    for    the    comfort    of    our    patrons. 


Sherman  Jpay  &  Co. 

Sheet    Music    and    Musical    Merchandise. 
Steinway    and    other    Pianos — Victor    Talking 
Machines — Apollo   and   Cecilian  Player  Pianos 

KEARNY  &  SUTTER  STS.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
14TH  &   CLAY  STS.,   OAKLAND. 


Saturday,   October  5,   1912.1 


-THE  WASP- 


II 


ETHEL  BARRYMORE. 
Who   will  make  her  first  vaudeville   appearance  in   this    city    next   week   at   the    Orpheum. 


Ethel  Barrymore's  Estimate  of  Beauty. 

MISS  ETHEL  BARRYMOEE  has  her  own 
ideas  of  beauty  as  a  stage  asset,  and 
wittily  unbosomed  herself  of  her  views 
on  this  subject  in  a  few  piquant  remarks  and 
clever  stories  told  at  a  dinner  given  in  her 
honor  by  a  Burlingame  hostess  on  the  oc- 
casion of  her  last  visit  to  this  city.  According 
to  "The  Knave"  in  our  trans-bay  contempor- 
ary, Miss  Barrymore  flouted  the  popular  be- 
lief that  beauty  alone  will  advance  an  act- 
ress, and  said,  "You  know  beauty  without 
hard  work  is  valueless.  The  most  exquisitely 
lovely  woman  on  earth  cannot  mash  a  potato 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


except  in  the  usual  onerous  way  with  a  po- 
tato masher."  Miss  Barrymore  recalled  what 
a  certain  New  York  dramatic  critic  once  said 


to  a  friend  in  the  foyer  between  acts  about 
the  leading  lady,  whose  beauty  seemed  to  be 
her  main  stock  in  trade.  She  had  been  doing 
a  good  deal  of  ranting  in  her  part  in  the  act 
just  ended  and  those  sitting  near  the  stage, 
like  he  was,  had  seen  her  perspiring  freely. 
"Her  skin  acts  beautifully,"  was  his  laconic 
comment.  And  the  American  stage  has  no 
better  authority  on  the  subject  matter  of  her 
caustic  comments  than  this  same  Miss  Ethel 
Barrymore. 

The  Cook  in  Politics. 

WHEN  Congressman  Joseph  R.  Knowland 
returned  from  Washington  and  took 
up  his  residence  at  Alameda,  his  wife 
advertised  for  a  cook.  Mrs.  Knowland  was 
not  satisfied  and  a  few  days  later  found  an- 
other sprite  of  the  cuisine  installed.  The 
second  also  proved  unsatisfactory  and  a  third 
was  engaged.  Mr.  Knowland,  in  the  midst 
of  a  strenuous  campaign,  paid  little  attention 
to  what  was  going  on,  but  when  Mrs.  Know- 
land  told  him  that  she  was  looking  for  the 
fourth  cook  he  became  attentive. 

"Better  keep  the  one  you  have,  dear," 
he  said  to  Mrs.  Knowland.  "I  can't  afford 
to  have  too  many  enemies  just  now.  If  this 
keeps  up  I'll  lose  the  election." 

Will  Winter  in  California. 

IT  IS  indeed  good  news  that  the  Piexpont 
Morgans  are  planning  to  winter  in  Califor- 
nia. They  were  out  here  two  or  three 
years  ago  and  were  delighted  with  the  mild 
climate  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State,  and 
it  is  there  that  they  will  again  turn  their 
steps,  with  an  occasional  visit  to  San  Francis- 
co. They  have  taken  one  of  the  beautiful 
places  at  Montecito,  that  fashionable  suburb 
of  Santa  Barbara  and  will  greatly  add  to  the 
social  importance  of  the  winter  colony  there. 
They  are  rather  friendly  with  the  patron 
saint  of  that  place— Mrs.  William  Miller  Gra- 
ham— 'who  is  planning  quite  extensive  enter- 
tainments in  their  honor.  Miss  Anne  Morgan 
has  no  taste  at  all  for  society,  and  in  New 
York  she  religiously  keeps  out  of  the  social 
whirl.  Her  tastes  are  entirely  philanthropic 
and  she  is  constantly  working  with  Miss 
Helen  Gould  to. alleviate  the  sufferings  of  the 
East  Side  poor. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  O'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 

LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and      J^m 

plplk    MOST   CONVENIENTLY 

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WK    WEST  OF   NEW  YORK 

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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    October   5,    1912. 


Swindling  Prominent  People. 

THE  arrest  of  a  young  man  calling  himself 
George  F.  Wallace,  and  his  side-partner 
named  McGowan,  for  collecting  money 
for  a  mythical  organization  which  they  called 
"The  Special  Newspaper  Men's  Club."  may 
lead  to  the  exposure  of  a  gang  which  has 
been  working  in  San  Francisco  for  years,  and 
doing  much  injury  to  the  reputation  of  jour- 
nalists as  a  body.  Neither  Wallace  nor  Mc- 
Gowan are  connected  with  any  newspaper, 
nor  has  there  ever  been  a  recognized  club 
known  as  "The  Special  Newspaper  Men's 
Club."  Obtaining  money  by  such  pretenses 
as  Wallace  and  McGowan  have  been  arrested 
for  is  a  serious  offense,  but  the  likelihood  of 
the  schemers  being  convicted  is  very  remote. 
The  people  they  victimized,  including  Mrs. 
Eleanor  Martin,  who  gave  them  $100,  and 
Henry  T.  Scott,  who  paid  them  $10,  will  not 
be  likely  to  prosecute.  They  avoid  the  trouble 
and  the  notoriety,  and  knowing  that  the 
bunco  men,  who  masquerade  as  agents  of  fa'ie 
newspaper  organizations,  ply  their  trade  al- 
most with  impunity. 

The  Wasp  has  frequently  called  attention 
to  the  operators  of  the  gang  in  San  Francisco, 
who  have  been  at  the  game  for  the  past  fif- 
teen years,  and  some  of  them  seem  to  be  as 
spry  as  ever.  Some  years  before  the  1006 
fire,  a  couple  of  these  bunko  artists  introduced 
themselves  at  a  Maison  de  Joil  as  well-known 
journalists  of  excellent  standing,  and  kept 
up  their  visits  till  the  deception  was  made 
public  by  the  demand  of  a  bad-bill  collector 
on  Ambrose  Bierce  to  pay  a  large  -um  for 
champagne  and  other  sundries.  Mr.  irerec 
naturally  imagined  that  he  was  being  made 
the  victim  of  a  practical  joke  by  Si.me  club 
humorist,  and  that  the  bill  was  the  concoction 
of  some  wag's  pen.  He  became  very  sorious 
and  angry,  however,  when  he  discovered  how 
his  name  had  been  appropriated  by  the  buuko 
men.  and  warrants  were  issued  and  th-3  brace 
of  rascals  placed  behind  prison  bars.  But 
[only  temporarily.  They  wffiggl  ed  out  by 
some  technicality  and  went  back  to  their  tjld 
tricks  till  one  of  them  died  ot'  a  complication 
of  ailments  resulting  from  dissipation  and 
the  other  fellow  fled  the  city  to  avoid  arrest 
for  some  swindling  operation. 


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Monthly   Contracts  $1.50   per   Month. 

NEW    WORKS    JUST    ERECTED    AT    27 
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Largest    and    Most    Up-to-Date    on    Pacific 
Coast. 

Wagons  call  twice  daily. 

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These  swindlers,  who  go  around  victimizing 
decent  people,  by  pretending  to  be  p.'e-ss  rep- 
resentatives, are  usually  well-dressed  and  giib 
individuals,  and  the  people  they  pi'ey  upon 
are  thoroughly  deceived.  That  is  thi  evil  of 
the  matter.  The  victims,  believing  chat  the 
bunko  men  are  representative  of  the  journal- 
istic calling,  are  likely  to  classify  all  news- 
paper people  as  shady  characters. 

Occasionally  these  swindlers  drop  the  dis- 
guise of  journalists  and  become  canvassers 
for  same  fake  charity.  This  is  even  a  meaner 
and  more  disreputable  swindle  than  the  ether, 
but  before  the  local  charities  were  organized 
it  was  practised  with  profit.  Even  yet,  the 
bunko  practitioners  turn  a  dishonest  dollar 
at  the  game. 

People  who  are  called  upon  by  these  swind- 
lers  could  protect   themselves  by   demanding 


MISS   KATRINA  PAGE-BROWN. 

The  attractive  fiancee  of  Austin  Moore,  the  son 
of  Mrs.  Willis  K.  Polk. 


credentials  of  the  men,  or  ringing  up  the  Press 
Club  or  the  City  Editor  of  any  newspaper.  In 
all  likelihood,  this  would  lead  to  the  exposure 
of  the  rascals  and  set  the  police  on  their 
traih  but  the  schemers  are  so  adroit  that  un- 
less a  concentrated  effort  be  made  to  drive 
them  out  of  business  they  cannot  be  prose- 
cuted earnestly  and  sent  where  they  properly 
belong. 

Canines  of  Quality. 

OUR  local  aristocracy,  with  the  example 
of  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman  (Jennie 
Crocker)  and  other  notable  feminine 
fanciers  of  dogdom,  take  a  lively  interest  in 
the  blooded  denizens  of  the  kennel.  Much 
has  been  said  about  how  the  former  Jennie 
Crocker's  costly  pet  dogs  traveled  in  style 
to  her  new  home  in  New  York.  "Many  other 
women  in  town,"  says  an  Oakland  newspaper 
paragrapher,  "as  well  as  men,  do  not  stint 
themselves    when    it    comes    to    the    care    and 


comfort  of  their  canines.  Thinking  of  this 
one  is  forcibly  reminded  that  the  old  saying, 
which  characterized  a  particularly  WTetched 
existence  as  'a  dog's  life',  must  be  greatly 
revised  in  these  days,  for  not  only  dogs,  but 
a  lot  of  other  animal  pets,  are  a  great  deal 
better  eared  for  than  many  human  beings. 
One  man,  whose  dogs  cost  him  about  $5,000 
a  year,  is  authority  for  the  statement  that 
dogs  worthy  of  the  name  in  this  city  have  a 
■value  in  the  aggregate  of  over  $250,000,  and 
that  their  food  and  care  bill  is  $50,000  a  year, 
easily."  All  of  which  suggests  to  the  reflect- 
ive scribe  an  inversion  of  the  old  adage, 
' '  'Tis  better  to  be  a  king  among  dogs  than 
a  dog  among  kings. ' ' 

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Being  "One  of  the  People,"  Must  Pay. 

THE  Interstate  Commerce  Law  operates  as 
a  social  and  financial  steam  roller  in 
many  of  its  late  workings.  Recently, 
when  Mrs.  Francis  J.  Carolan  of*  Burlingame 
purchased  a  Pullman  reservation  for  a  trip 
East,  a  lady  friend  standing  nearby  expressed 
surprise  to  her  that  she  did  not  get  it  free. 
Mrs.  Carolan  remarked  that  the  law  took 
away  her  Pullman  pass  several  years  ago,  as 
well  as  those  enjoyed  by  her  mother  and  her 
sister,  Mrs.  Frank  Lowden  of  Chicago.  The 
mother,  Mrs.  George  Pullman,  is  credited  with 
having  her  $20,000,000  fortune  in  the  com- 
pany's securities.  The  several  million  dol- 
lars the.  two  daughters  have  is  mostly  rep- 
resented in  the  same  manner.  Not  being  em- 
ployes of  the  concern,  but  stock  and  bond- 
holders, like  a  great  many  other  people,  they 
must  pay  the  same  as  anybody  else  of  that 
big  class  known  as  the  general  public.  The 
Crockers  and  the  Will  Tevis  people  are  about 
the  only  families  out  here  now  who  own  pri- 
vate cars.  They  are  expensive  luxuries  even 
to  the  rich.  Democratic  institutions  bear 
hard  on  our  gilded  elect. 


A  SKIN  OP  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOT  FOREVER 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

Or    Magical     Beau ti tier 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
Freckles,  Moth-Patch- 
es, Rash  and  Skin  Dis- 
eases, and  every  blem- 
ish on  beauty,  and  de- 
fies detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  of  65 
years,  no  other  has, 
and  is  so  harmless  we 
taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is 
properly  made.  Accept 
no  counterfeit  of  simi- 
lar name.  The  dis- 
tinguished Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  lie  haut-ton  (a  patient) : 
"As  you  ladies  will  use  them,  I  recommend 
'Gouraud'B  Oream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  all 
the    Skin    preparations.' ' 


For  Sale  by  All  Druggists  and  Fancy  Goods 

Dealers. 

Gouraud's  Oriental  Toilet  Powder 

For  infants  and  adults.  Exquisitely  perfumed. 
Relieves  Skin  Irritations,  cures  Sunburn  and  ren- 
ders an  excellent  complexion.  Price  26  cents  by 
Mail. 

Gouraud's  Poudre   Subtile 
I   Removes  Superfluous  Hair.      Price  $1.00  by  Mall. 

i         FERD.  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop'r,  37  Great  Jones 
St.,  New  York  City. 


Saturday,    October   5,    1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


13 


WORLD    AND    A    HALF    AT 
DEAUVILLE. 


Till':  -u,c. --nil  launching  ot  Deauville  as 
u  pleasure  resort  for  the  Bummer,  com* 
tuning  the  attractions  of  Ostend  and 
Monte  Carlo,  could  not  be  expected  to  take 
place  wit  in. lit  evoking  some  laments  for  the 
passing  of  the  old  order  of  things  and  some 
criticism  of  the  Btyle  of  the  new.  Hitherto 
Deauville  hits  been  the  only  fashionable  water- 
ing place  which  was  tree  from  the  drawbacks 
of  such  resorts  as  Ostend  and  Monte  Carlo. 

Some  members  of  the  best  society  at  Deau- 
ville  have  expressed  their  intention  not  to 
return  next  year  and  others  are  thinking  of 
getting  riil  of  their  villas.  But  these  are 
exceptions  and  they  will  be  told  that  they  are 
only  taking  advantage  of  the  favorable  op- 
portunity, for  never  before  have  villas  at 
Deauville  reached  their  present  prices,  and 
that  if  they- left  their  villas  they  will  return, 
going  to  a  hotel,  for  they  cannot  do  without 
the  races  and  golf.  A  new  world  has  flocked 
to  Deauville  which  it  knew  not. 

Jn  the  Figaro,  the  well-known  playwright, 
M.  Fernand  Vanderem.  deals  with  Deauville 's 
grand  week,  and  makes  some  curious  obser- 
vations on  the  changes  in  the  true  world  and 
t  he  half  world.  Deauville 's  attractions,  he 
points  out,  are  the  same  as  those  of  Paris — 
gossip,  races,  polo,  tennis,  pigeon  shooting, 
teas,  cabarets,  receptions.  Russian  ballets  op- 
era, music  halls,  baccarat  and  the  rest,  while 
those  who  follow  them  are  also  the  same — - 
aristocrats,  financiers,  the  upper  bourgeoisie, 
young  men,  young  women,  with  the  usual 
troupe  of  croupiers,  liveried  servants,  head 
waiters,  etc.  But  the  plot  is  the  same  if  the 
actors'  have  not  changed;  the  stage  setting 
creates  many  differences. 

While  at  Paris,  all  these  entertainments  are 
scattered  over  the  four  quarters  of  the  city 
and  its  suburbs,  and  are  spread  over  ten 
months,  at  Deauville  they  take  place  within 
a  restricted  area  and  within  a  few  days. 
Crowded  together,  side  by  side,  as  at  a  fair, 
jammed  into  a  short  week,  they  gain,  as  it 
were,  a  new  vitality  by  this  compression.  Here 
is  M.  Vanderem 's  description  of  the  scene  in 
the  huge  entrance  hall  of  the  new  Casino: 

"With  its  immense  white  walls,  all  trellis- 
wnrked  in  gold,  like  a  cage  of  luxury,  it  is 
neither  the  vestibule  of  a  hotel  nor  the  gallery 


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of  a  casino,  but  rather  the  gala  salon  of  some 
princely  palace.  Wandering  familiarly  on  the 
blight  carpet  is  a  whole  army  of  women  in 
low  necked  dresses,  in  satin,  covered  with 
silver;  satin,  covered  with  gold;  or  in  dia- 
phanous taffeta.  Most  of  them  are  in  perfect 
form,  rejuvenated  and  spurred  on  by  contin- 
uous excitement,  by  competition  with  the 
others  and  by  the  surrounding  electricity. 
Almost  all  are  in  fancy  dress,  some  in  direc- 
toire  style  or  in  classie  costume,  others  as 
Persians,  with  turbans  streaming  with  precious 
calling  the  days  of  Louis  XV.  with  panniers 
stones,  some  as  Muscovites,  with  huge  pearl 
headdresses  weighing  them  down,  others  re- 
calling the  days  of  Louis  XV.  with  panniers 
light  as  wings. 

"From  this  hall  the  concert  room  is  reached. 
This  is  another  enormous  hall,  yet  still  too 
small  for  all  the  women,  alwajrs  in  low-necked 
dresses,  all  covered  with  diamonds,  who  crowd 
around  the  orchestra  or  keep  arriving  by  the 
staircases,  arriving,  arriving,  arriving  without 
cease. 

One  evening,  however,  these  halls  were  de- 
serted. A  charity  ball  summoned  their  fre- 
quenters to  a  'tango  competition.'  In  view 
of  the  high  charge  made  for  the  tickets,  it 
was  expected  that  possibly  the  hall  in  which 
it  was  held,  might  be  fairly  filled.  Two  such 
halls  would  not  have  held  the  crowd.  The 
dancers  could  not  start  owing  to  the  crush. 

"For  a  moment  there  was  pajiic  and  riot. 
Ladies  of  the  true  world  and  ladies  of  the 
half  world  mingled  together,  crowded  together, 
bumping  into  one  another,  asked  for  nothing 
but  to  see,  and  cordially  helped  one  another 
to  climb  on  chairs.  Shrieks,  exclamations, 
bursts  of  laughter,  cries  of  anger  broke  out, 
which  even  the  orchestra  could  not  drown. 
'Back!  Back!  Stand  back!'  the  leader  of  the 
cotillon  cried  in,  vain.  It  might  have  been  a 
railroad  platform  as  a  fast  express  flashed 
by.  and  in  fact  it  almost  was  one,  for  the 
'great  week'  was  passing  at  its  highest  pres- 
sure and  speed. 

' '  This  promiscuousness  will  remain  un- 
doubtedly the  chief  characteristic  of  Deau- 
ville's  great  week  of  1912.  The  'tango'  as- 
suredly is  at  the  bottom  of  much.  It  seems 
to  be  becoming  to  the  world  of  pleasure  what 


the  'Internationale,'  the  anarchists'  anthem, 
is  to  the  socialist  world.  Once  its  strains 
are  heard,  classes,  prejudices,  nationalities 
disappear  as  if  down  a  stage  trap  and  at  the 
cost  of  being  elbowed  by  most  unusual  neigh- 
bors, ladies  of  the  best  society  join  the  dance." 
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Women  are  no  longer  mere  ciphers  in  the 
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[Saturday,    October   5,   1912. 


THERE  has  been  much  discussion  over  the 
suicide  of  Gen.  Nogi,  European  news- 
papers have  discussed  it  from  many 
angles.  The  higher  class  American  publica- 
tions of  the  Eastern  States  have  expressed 
their  views  on  the  occurrence.  In  correcting 
some  misconceptions  of  the  reasons  that  in- 
duced Gen.  Nogi  to  take  his  life  after  the 
funeral  of  his  Emperor,  some  interesting  facts 
about  the  famous  Japanese  soldiers  have  been 
contributed  by  Richard  Barry,  a  well-known 
journalist,  who  was  a  war  correspondent  at 
the  siege  of  Port  Arthur. 

Mr.  Barry  maintained  very  friendly  rela- 
tions with  Gen.  Nogi  during  the  nine  months 
in  which  it  took  the  Japanese  army  to  cap- 
ture the  fortress,  whit  h  had  been  regarded 
as  impregnable. 

Mr.  Barry  has  pointed  out  that  it  is  very 
difficult  for  Western  people  to  comprehend 
the  feelings  that  actuated  Gen.  Nogi  in  taking 
his  life.  When  Nogi  died,  he  was  not  only 
the  chief  military  advisor  of  the  Japanese 
nation;  he  was  also  the  official  head  of  the 
Nobles'  School.  The  Emperor  made  him  the 
head  of  the  Nobles'  School — where  are  taught 
the  future  leaders  of  the  empire — not  as  an 
executive,  not  as  a  teacher,  but  as  an  exam- 
plar.  It  was  no  idle  honor  conferred  on  a 
great  soldier;  it  was  done  in  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  rising  generation  of  selected  Jap- 
anese youth. 

Nogi  was  thoroughly  aware  of  this.  If 
ever  a  man  realized  his  responsibilities  he  did. 
He  knew  that  he  was  placed  over  the  young 
peers  as  a  spiritual  captain,  not  as  a  tem- 
poral.    And  they  knew  it. 

The  first  year  or  two  of  Nogi's  Presidency 
brought  marked  improvement.  Before  he 
came  the  young  peers  had  been  noticeably 
deteriorating  in  aims  and  ideals.  Their  mor- 
als were  becoming  lax.  Materialism  had 
weaned  them  from  old  religions.  Modern  lux- 
ury bad  led  them  astray  from  the  old  Jap- 
anese simplicity  of  life,  of  which  Gen.  |Nogi 
was  such  a  distinguished  example. 

But  with  the  advent  as  their  President  of 
one  of  the  most  renowned  and  successful  men 
of  the  day,  and  when  he  showed  them,  not 
by  word  of  mouth,  but  by  the  actual  mode  of 
his  life,  that  modern  show,  modern  indulgence 
and  modern  low  ambitions  should  have  no 
part  in  the  aims  and  ideals  of  a  gentleman, 
the  youths  noticeably  changed.  Their  rever- 
ence for  Nogi  was  unbounded;  their  desire  to 
please  him  supreme. 

Yet  this  condition  of  improvement  was  only 
temporary.  Even  the  exalted  prestige  and 
the  Spartan  character  of  Nogi  could  not  with- 
stand indefinitely  the  inroads  of  a  fresh,  easy, 
successful  life  which  the  empire  was  enjoying 
at  the  flood. 

"I  am  told  by  those  recently  from  Japan," 
says  Mr.  Barry,  "that  within  the  past  year 
or  two  it  has  been  generally  remarked  that 


the  *  conduct  of  the  youths  at  the  Nobles ' 
School  had  slipped  back  to  the  conditions 
precedent  to  Nogi's  arrival  as  President. 

((In  viewing  this  condition,  Nogi  was  not 
a  philosopher,  in  our  sense  of  the  word.  He 
took  them  as  being  his  failure,  not  as  theirs. 
To  his  mind  in  some  way  he  had  been  lax. 
The  boys  were  not  to  blame;  it  was  his  fault." 

It  had  been  the  same  at  Port  Arthur  when 
his  soldiers  failed  to  take  those  terrible 
heights.  Many  a  time  Mr.  Barry  heard  him 
say  it  was  his  fault;  it  was  never  theirs.  He 
.always  felt  that  in  some  way  he  had  failed; 
it  apparently  never  occurred  to  him  that  the 
soldiers  were  more  than  incidentally  to  blame. 
Several  times  at  Port  Arthur,  according  to 
Mr.  Barry,  the  great  general  was  on  the  verge 
of  hara-kiri,  but  he  was  dissuaded,  chiefly  by 
Gen.  Kodama,  who  made  three  special  trips 
to  his  headquarters  to  assure  him,  personally, 


NOGI   THE    SPARTAN. 
A  great  general,  whose  motto  was    "Modesty." 

that  the  Emperor  fully  exonerated  him  and 
wished  him  to  continue,  in  life,  until  he  suc- 
ceeded.    And,  in  war,  he  did  triumph. 

Then,  in  peace,  the  conquerer  of  Port  Ar- 
thur was  conquered  by  the  spirit  of  modern 
youth.  He  went  down  before  it,  and  when 
his  Emperor,  who  sustained  him,  always  ex- 
cusing those  failures  which  he  took  to  him- 
self, passed  away,  Nogi  felt  that  he  had  but 
one  method  left  with  which  to  make  a  last 
desperate  attempt  to  appeal  to  the  fast-wan- 
ing ideals  of  his  young  men.  He  must  show 
them  that  the  old  spirit  was  not  dead,  that 
even  he,  fully  abreast  of  modern  thought, 
President  of  a  school  which  taught  all  the 
sciences,  could  and  would,  through  hara-kiri, 
a  supposedly  outworn  custom,  but  a  vital  and 
integral  part  of  the  Samurai  training,  prove 
that  it  is  better  to  die  gloriously  than  to  live 
unsatisfactorily. 

"His  chain  of  reasoning  may  not  stand 
the  pitiless  analysis  of  material  American 
thought, ' '  remarks  Mr.  Barry.  ' '  Faith  is 
usually  scared  away  by  logic.  Chivalry  often 
fades  before  common  sense.  Loyalty  dis- 
appears before  self-interest." 


The  truism  that  "comparisons  are  odious" 
does  not  prevent  Mr.  Barry  from  contrasting 
Colonel  Roosevelt's  pose  as  a  soldier  with 
that  of  the  modest  .Nogi,  who  took  a  fortress 
that  all  the  soldiers  in  Christendom  declared 
to  be  untakeable. 

"I  shall  never  forget  the  hour  I  spent  with 
Roosevelt,"  says  Mr.  Barry.  "It  was  in  the 
White  House  shortly  after  I  returned  from 
the  Japanese  war.  Roosevelt  consumed  prac- 
tically the  entire  time  telling  me  of  that  piff- 
ling, miserable  little  charge  up  San  Juan  Kill, 
and  of  his  "glorious  share  in  it.  And  I  had 
just  come  from  a  man  who,  in  the  midst  of  a 
war  of  some  consequence,  the  hero  of  actually 
desperate  charges,  had  never,  either  in  defeat 
or  in  victory,  uttered  anything  but  apologies 
for  his  mistakes  and  failures." 

How  desperate  were  the  charges  to  which 
Mr.  Barry  refers,  military  history  has  re- 
corded fully.  On  the  fifth  grand  assault 
against  the  serried  redoubts,  which,  like  its 
predecessors,  had  failed,  the  Japanese  loss 
was  'estimated  at  20,000.  The  old  warrior 
whose  two  sons  had  already  been  killed,  or- 
dered another  100,000  men  to  essay  what  ap- 
peared a  hopeless  task,  in  this  grave  deter- 
mination to  conquer  regardless  of  loss,  he 
resembled  our  own  great  hero.  General  U.  S. 
Grant,  whose  famous  dispatch  "I  shall  fight 
it  out  on  this  line  if  it  takes  all  summer," 
was  the  answer  to  the  criticism  and  rebuffs 
that  would  have  dismayed  a  soldier  of  less 
heroic  mould. 

After  the  fifth  and  disastrous  repulse  at 
Port  Arthur,  the  Japanese  generals  held  a 
council  of  war,  and  all  but  Nogi  favored  a 
repetition  of  the  previous  action.  Nogi,  as 
Commander-in  Chief,  had  the  deciding  vote, 
and  after  ineffectually  trying  to  change  his 
comrades'  opinions,  exercised  his  authority 
and  ordered  a  concentrated  ' '  Keissheitai ' ' 
(victory  or  death  assault).     Port  Arthur  fell. 

Nogi  was  one  of  the  last  of  a  race  of  sol- 
diers who  were  trained  like  the  ancient 
Spartans,  who  learned  to  subdue  fear  and 
pain.  When  only  eight  years  old.  his  father 
took  him  to  witness  an  execution.  He  was 
placed  quite  near  the  scene,  and  as  the  head 
fell  and  the  arterial  gush  occurred,  the  lad 
was  reprimanded  for  the  involutary  shudder 
which  shook  his  young  frame. 

That  evening  he  was  given  for  supper  a 
bowl  of  rice  from,  which  ran  salted  plum 
juice,  so  that,  as  he  ate,  each  mouthful  brought 
to  him  a  vision  of  the  neck  of  the  decapit- 
ated criminal.  As  a  final  test  of  courage  the 
lad  was  sent  alone  at  midnight  to  the  exe- 
cution grounds  to  bring  back  the  severed 
head.  Thus  the  father  was  teaching  him  that 
fear  of  death  is  no  less  contemptible  than  the 
fear  of  man;  in  short,  he  was  to  fear  no- 
thing. Haughtiness  was  reprimanded  even 
more  severely  than  cringing.  Swaggering  was 
no  less  a  sin  than  cowardice.  From  that  boy 
came  the  man  who  died  by  his  own  hand,  in 
the  belief  that  he  did  a  loyal  and  worthy  act 
and  would  share  in  the  future  world  the  con- 
fidence and  approval  of  his  temporal  chief. 
An  army  officered  by  men  of  that  type  is  not 
easily  vanquished. 


Saturday,    October   5,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


15 


of  a  Genius, 


GEOKGE  PALMER   PUTNAM'S  reminis- 
cences of  literary  celebrities  are  most 
interesting.     They  are  published  by  his 
«ni,  George  Palmer  Putnam  Jr.,  head  of  the 
well-known  firm  it'  U.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.. 

Edgar  Allan  Poe  catne  into  Mr.  Putnam's 
office  one  afternoon  in  the  half  intoxicated 
condition  in  which  much  of  his  work  was 
done,  lie  demanded  a  desk,  pen,  ink  and 
paper.  "Oh.  Mr.  Putnam,"  he  said,  "you 
do  not  realize  the  importance  of  the  work 
that  I  am  here  bringing  to  completion. 
1  have  solved  the  secret  of  the  universe." 
lie  wrote  furiously  during  the  daylight 
that  remained,  until  the  time  for  Mr. 
Putnam  to  return  to  his  home  in  Staten 
Island.  The  author  was  then  turned  over 
to  the  care  of  the  bookkeeper,  and  re- 
mained until  the  bookkeeper  started  for 
home.  The  porter  had  patience  for  a 
little  time  longer,  and  then,  mote  inter- 
ested in  the  plans  for  his  own  supper 
than  in  the  secrets  of  the  universe,  put 
the  poet  out  in  spite  of  his  indignant 
protests.  The  next  day  the  performance 
was  repeated  on  practically  the  same 
lines.  On  the  third  day  the  completed 
manuscript  was  brought  by  the  poet  to 
the  publisher's  desk  and  was  handed 
over  with  glowing  prophecies  of  the  rev- 
olution that  was  to  be  brought  about  in 
the  conceptions  of  mankind. 

"Mr.  Putnam,"  said  Poe,  his  eye  with 
fine  frenzy  rolling,  "here  is  a  revelation 
that  will  make  fame  for  myself  and  for- 
tune  for   my   publisher.      The   world   has 
been  waiting  for  it.     To  me  'has  come  an 
inspiration,    a    conception    that    has    not. 
yet  been  reached  by  scientific  investiga- 
tors.    For  such   a  result  the   name   '  Eu- 
reka' is  certainly  fitting.     I  judge   that 
you    ought    to    make    your    first    edition 
not   less   than    one    million    copies.      You 
certainly    would    not    wish    to    have    a    read- 
ing public  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic  in  a 
state    of   irritation   because   copies   could    not 
be  secured." 

Mr.  Putnam  took  the  manuscript  (which, 
as  was  the  case  with  even  the  most  intoxicated 
effusions  of  Poe,  was  in  a  beautiful  and  very 
legible  script)  and  found  himself  impressed 
with  the  eloquence  of  the  fantasy,  but  not 
quite  so  clear  in  his  mind  as  to  its  importance 
as  a  scientific  discovery.  His  views  of  the 
immediate  demand  from  the  public  were,  in 
any  case,  not  fully  up  to  the  expectations  of 
the  author.  He  printed  of  Eureka  a  first 
edition  of  750  copies,  and  a  year  later  at 
least  a  third  of  these  copies  were  still  on 
hand.  The  essay  will  now  be  found  in  its 
place  with  the  other  prose  writings  of  Poe. 

"I  am  not  sufficiently  familiar,"  says  the 
biographer,  "with  the  chronology  of  astron- 
omical investigation  to  know  at  just  what 
date  the  nebular  hypothesis  originated.     It  is 


probable,  however,  that  1'oe,  who  was  not  a 
student  of  astronomy,  could  have  known  tittle 
or  nothing  "i  the  results  secured  by  Herschel 
and  others,  even  if  these  results  were  at  the 
time  in  print,  lie  may  fairly,  therefore,  be 
entitled  t<>  til..-  credit  of  haying  secured  in 
Borne  inspirational  fashion  of  his  own  a  con- 
ception  expressed  by  him  as  a  fantasy,  which 
did  happen  to  be  in  line  with  the  results  of 
scientific  investigation. 

♦ 

AN  AMERICAN  GIRL'S  SUCCESS. 

Till-]  mh-css  of  Miss  Vera  Curtis,  who  will 
sing  twenty-four  soprano  roles  with  the 
Metropolitan  Opera  Company  this  win- 
ter  in    New   York,   demonstrates   that  Ameri- 
cans   can    become    thorough    artists    without 


OSCAE   STRAUS. 

The  philanthropist,  whom  the  Third  Term  Party  ha3 
chosen  as  nominee  tor  Governor  of  New  York. 

going  to  Europe.  Not  that  the  European 
experience  is  not  beneficial,  but  it  is  not  in- 
dispensable if  we  can  judge  by  the  experi- 
ence of  Miss  Curtis. 

A  little  more  than  a  year  ago,  when  Miss 
Curtis,  who  had  never  been  out  of  America, 
and  had  practically  no  operatic  experience, 
sent  word  to  Alfred  Hertz  of  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  Company  that  she  wished  to  have  her 
voice  tried  for  operatic  work,  that  very  busy 
man  refused  to  see  her.  He  had  never  heard 
of  her,  and  what  she  told  him  did  not  sound 
particularly  promising.  It  was  true  that  she 
had  excellent  teachers  in  this  country,  and 
that  she  sang  in  a  church;  but  she  was  not 
only  inexperienced,  she  was  quite  without  the 
European  training  that  has  always  been  a 
part  of  a  singer's  preparation  for  the  oper- 
atic stage.  Vera  Curtis  made  two  unsuccess- 
ful attempts  to  see  the  Metropolitan  Opera 
people,  and  last  Spring  she  was  beginning  to 
feel    discouraged    about    getting    a    hearing, 


when  a  strange  voice  called  her  on  the  tele- 
phone and  asked  her  to  sing  before  Alfred 
Hertz  the  next  day. 

Vera  f'urtis  is  preparing  now-  to  sing  twen- 
ty-four soprano  roles  with  the  Metropolitan 
Company  this  year.  She  is  to  sing  all  of 
Alma  Gluck's  parts  and  several  others  be- 
side, and  she  is  to  sing  in  four  languages. 
It  is  a  large  ' '  order ' '  for  an  inexperienced 
girl  to  fill,  and  Miss  Curtis  admits  that  it 
will  be  tremendously  hard  work;  but  it  means 
that  in  siuging  a  contract  with  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  Company,  she  has  come  sud- 
denly into  the  first  results  of  years  of  hard 
training  and  the  first  taste  of  well-deserved 
success. 

"When  I  knew  that  I  was  to  be  put 
on  the  list  of  the  Metropolitan's  ne-w 
sopranos  this  year,  there  was  one  thing 
that  pleased  me  particularly,  and  that,  1 
think,  is  quite  unprecedented,"  she  said. 
"That  is  that  I  have  been  given  this 
position  after  studying  only  in  America. 
I  have  never  been  to  Europe.  I  have 
never  studied  anywhere  but  in  Boston  and 
New  York.  And  I  don't  think  there  is 
another  opera  singer  who,  even  if  she 
is  an  American,  has  not  had  some  train- 
ing abroad." 

Miss  Curtis  is  a  tall,  beautiful,  ath- 
letic-looking young  woman,  with  a  great 
deal  of  golden-brown  hair,  and  big,  dark, 
merry  eyes.  She  says  that  it  takes  tre- 
mendous physical  strength  to  succeed  in 
vocal  music,  and  she  looks  very  strong 
and  energetic,  herself.  She  has  only 
been  studying  for  eight  years,  and  she 
is  a  very  young  woman  to  be  chosen  for 
an  impoitant  place  in  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  Company. 

' '  I  have  always  been  singing,  ever 
since  I  was  a  little  tot,"  she  remarked, 
"and  I  have  always  been  interested  in 
musical  technique  as  well.  All  through 
the  years  that  I  was  as  school  at  home 
in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  I  studied  the  piano, 
and  I  have  found  that  to  be  of  immense 
help  in  my  vocal  work. 

"When  I  was  17,  I  went  to  Boston  to 
learn  to  sing.  I  began  work  under  William 
L.  Whitney,  and  stayed  with  him  for  four 
years.  During  that  time  I  sang  in  several 
churches,  although  I  had  no  church  position. 
Finally,  after  four  years,  I  made  up  my  mind 
to  go  to  New  York.  Just  at  that  time  I  was 
offered  a  position  as  soprano  soloist  with  the 
Park  Street  Church  in  Boston,  but  I  had  set 
my  heart  on  coming  to  New  York,  and  so  I 
refused  the  offer. 

' '  I  had  no  thought  of  doing  anything  but 
concert  work.  That  was  my  ultimate  ambi- 
tion. I  was  very  glad,  of  course,  to  get  a 
place  in  a  church  choir,  and  I  hoped  I  could 
go  on  to  real  success  in  concert.  But  I  never 
thought  of  such  a  thing  as  singing  in  opera. 
It  was  my  teacher  in  New  York  who  first  put 
that  in  my  head. ' ' 

The  Wasp  has  frequently  published  articles 
advising  students  of  music  to  rely  more  than 
they  do  on  teachers  in  our  own  country.  Am- 
erica possesses  a  great  number  of  fine  teachers. 


16 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    Octoljer   5,    1912. 


AET  AND  LETTEES.  Mrs.  I.  Lowenberg, 
President  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Women 's 
Press  Association,  has  planned  to  pre- 
sent the  famous  artist,  Miss  Anna  Klumpke, 
at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Association,  Mon- 
day, October  14th,  at  the  new  club  rooms  on 
Washington  street,  "Sequoia  Club  Hall."  On 
this  occasion,  Miss  Klumpke  will  give  a  lec- 
ture on  the  work  and  life  of  Eosa  Bonheur, 
and  will  exhibit,  also,  some  of  the  smaller 
pictures  of  the  noted  woman,  as  well  as  some 
of  her  own,  one  of  the  most  interesting  and 
notable  of  which  is  a  picture  of  Eosa  Bon- 
heur, done,  by"  Anna  Klumpke,  and  which  is 
the  only  one  in  existence. 

Miss  Anna  Klumpke,  famed  as  a  portrait 
painter,  is  a  native  of  San  Francisco,  but  has 
spent  many  years  abroad,  studying  art.  She 
began  her  career  in  Italy,  studying  under 
Monsieur  Fleury,  later  on,  going  to  Paris, 
where  she  studied  at  the  Academie  des  Beaux- 
Arts,  irom  which  she  received  her  diplomas. 

When  Miss  Klumpke  was  in  Boston,  where 
she  had  a  large  studio,  one  of  her  clients  said 
to  her:  "You  admire  Eosa  Bonheur  so  much, 
why  do  you  not  paint  a  picture  of  her? 
There  is  none  in  existence. ' '  Whereupon, 
Miss  Klumpke  wrote  to  the  famous  artist, 
asking  for  such  a  privilege.  The  reply  which 
she  received  was  to  the  effect  that  the  request 
would  be  granted  with  pleasuie.  Miss  Klump- 
ke hastened  to  the  home  of  Eosa  Bonheur, 
who  posed  for  her,  and  thus  began  the  beau- 
tiful friendship  between  these  two  artist 
women. 

BEFOEE  the  picture  was  completed,  Eosa 
Bonheur,  who  had  just  lost  a  dear  friend. 
Natalie  Micas,  persuaded  Miss  Klumpke 
to  remain  and  become  her  companion.  For 
two  years  the  friends  worked  and  planned 
together,  collaborating,  many  times  Miss 
Klumpke  assisting  in  the  large  pictures,  fill- 
ing in  the  sky  work;  to  such  an  extent  was 
the  art  of  the  younger  woman  trusted. 

When  the  will  of  Eosa  Bonheur  was  read, 
it  was  discovered  that  Miss  Klumpke  had 
been  made  heir  to  the  Bonheur  estate.  La 
Chateau  du  Eosa  Bonheur,  at  By,  near  Thorn- 
ery,  S.  M.,  France,  and  everything  it  con- 
tained, pictures,  sketches,  jewels  and  furni- 
ture were  bequeathed  to  this  artist  friend. 
It  was  at  By  that  Eosalie  Marie  Bonheur  died 
on  May  25,  1899,  although  the  popular  im- 
pression is  that  she  died  at  Fontainebleau. 
*     *     * 

NOT  long  ago,  it  was  my  privilege  to  visit 
Miss  Klumpke  in  her  studio.  Here  is 
where  one  quickly  discerns  the  artist, 
enraptured  with  her  art.  "Let  me  show  you 
one  of  Eosa  Bonheur  Js  gems,  wnich  is  almost 
unknown,"  said  this  interesting  woman,  as 
she  brought  forward  a  magnificent  production 


entitled  "In  the  Meadows."  The  artist's 
eyes  were  aglow  with  pride,  and  it  was  only 
by  much  diplomacy  I  gleaned  the  information 
that  every  night  the  little  ' '  gem ' '  is  folded 
carefully  in  a  silver-colored  bag  and  carried 
to  tne  sleeping  room,  where  it  is  faithfully 
hidden. 

Many  of  Miss  Klumpke 's  admirers  do  not 
know  that  she  is  the  author  of  a  valuable 
work  on  the  life  of  Eosa  Bonheur.  This 
book   is   written    in    the   purest    French,    and 


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Yaughan  &  Fraser  Photo. 
MISS  AKNA  KLUMPKE. 

Distinguished    portrait    painter,    who    was    the 
protege   of   Eosa   Bonheur. 

contains  many  very  interesting  engravings  of 
famous  masterpieces  and  sketches,  some  of 
them  quaint  and  'humorous,  depicting  the  peo- 
ple of  Eosa  Bonheur  ?s  time. 

*     *     * 

II  »  PTER,  having  been  a  warm  admirer  of 
/-\  Rosa  Bonheur, ' '  stated  Miss  Klump- 
ke, in  the  course  of  conversation,  "the 
circumstances  of  my  life  and  some  secret  des- 
tiny, no  doubt,  made  me  the  companion  of 
her  last  days  and  the  confident  of  her  intim- 
ate thought.  In  this  way,  I  contracted  the 
pious  duty  to  make  known,  according  to  her 
own  description,  the  life  of  the  illustrious 
woman,  whose  passing  away  I  shall  never 
cease  to  deplore."  The  lecture  which  Miss 
Klumpke  is  to  present  to  the  Press  Associa- 
tion meeting  will  be  replete  with  this  valu- 
able knowledge  and  further  valued  by  the 
views  which  she  will  display.     Miss  Klumpke 


has  not  yet  arrived  from  Honolulu,  where  she 
has  been  favorably  received  and  honored,  and 
where  her  engagements  in  portrait  painting 
have  detained  her. 

Miss  Klumpke  comes  of  a  distinguished  fam- 
ily. Her  father,  John  Klumpke,  a  native  of 
Germany,  aged  88,  lives  at  the  Klumpke  home 
on  Chestnut  street.  He  is  a  courtly  white- 
haired  old  gentleman,  and  looks  for  all  the 
world  like  Joaquin  Miller.  Four  of  the  daugh- 
ters have  attained  distinction  in  various  fields, 
*     *     * 

ANNA,  the  artist,  is  the  eldest.  Augusta 
is  the  wife  of  Dr.  Jules  Dejerine,  one  of 
the  foremost  physicians  in  the  Paris 
clinic,  on  nervous  diseases.  Augusta,  who  is 
a  physician,  also,  is  associated  with  her  hus- 
band in  his  extensive  profession.  Many  times 
they  are  called  as  far  east  as  Russia  to  attend 
nobility.  Dorothy  is  an  astronomer  of  note. 
She  has  received  many  degrees  and  teaches 
in  the  Paris  Observatory,  Her  husband  is 
Dr.  Isaac  Roberts,  well  known  in  Prance. 

Julia,  the  youngest  of  the  quartet,  is  a  vio- 
linist of  distinction,  having  studied  under  the 
masters  of  Hamburg.  All  of  the  girls  are 
polyglots,  being  thoroughly  instructed  in  all 
branches. 

When  Miss  Anna  Klumpke  finishes  the 
promised  portraits  to  be  painted  here,  she  is 
planning  to  return  to  By,  her  inherited  home 
in  France. 

A  reception  will  be  accorded  Miss  Klumpke 
at  the  elose  of  her  lecture.  Mrs.  Lowenberg, 
with  the  officers  and  members,  will  receive  the 
guests.  Mrs.  Amelia  Truesdell's  beautiful 
song,  "California's  Hymn,"  will  be  sung  on 
this  splendid  occasion. 

4, 

1 '  Open  your  mouth ;  I  shall  not  hurt  yon — you 
will   feel  no  pain,"   said  a  dentist  to  a  patient. 

'  'Doctor,' '  exclaimed  the  latter,  after  the  opera- 
tion had  been  performed,  "now  I  know  what  An- 
anias did  for  a  living!" 

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women  regularly.  We  will  soon  reach  twice 
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1? 


AND 


§ 


New  Whistler  Anectlotoa. 

S  TOBIES  about  Whiatler  still  continue  to 
come  wet  from  the  printing  presses.  In 
a  dow  book,  "  Footprints  of  famous 
Americans  in  Paris,"  by  Jobn  Joseph  Con 
way.  M.  A.,  (John  Lane  Company,  publishers) 
some'  Bpace  is  devoted  to  doings  and  sayings 
hi  America's  most  celebrated  but  by  no 
means  greatest  artist. 

The  author  of  the  book  met  Whistler  0oi 
the  first  time  at  the  studio  of  JSaiut  Gaudens. 
Whistler  is  described  as  "a  very  attractive 
man,  with  very  queer  clothes,  a  kind  of  1830 
coat  with  an  enuriimns  collar,  greater  even 
than  thai  of  the  periodi  a  monoclej  a  strong 
jaw,  very  frizzy  hair  and  an  extraordinary 
hat." 

Whistler's  dress  was  so  unusual  that  he 
was  once  pursued  through  the  streets  of  Lon- 
don by  a  jeering  mob.  He  was  a  symphony 
in  black,  lilac  and  lemon  colors.  His  hat  was 
a  monumental  truncated  cone  of  super-super- 
lative glossiness,  with  a  brim  as  flat  as  a 
pancake.  His  fiock  coat — as  black  and  as 
glossy  as  his  hat — had  a  magnificent,  but 
wholly  unfashionable  "flare"  to  its  skirts; 
his  trousers  were  of  an  unheard-of  lilac-gray. 
and  "peg  top"  at  that;  his  waistcoat  was 
pale  lemon-colored,  with  buttons;  the  famous 
thick-rimmed  monocle  was  attached  to  abroad 
lilac  tinted  silk  ribbon — and  the  finishing 
touch  was  an  ebony  cane,  adorned  with  a 
yellow  butterfly  silk  bow  with  streamers. 

Whistler's  white  lock  of  hair  was  so 
peculiar  that  a  nobleman's  butler  once  an- 
nounced to  his  master:  "There's  a  gent 
downstairs  says  he  has  come  to  dinner  wot 's 
forgot  his  necktie  and  stuck  a  feather  in  his 
'air. ' ' 

Nobody  ever  found  Whistler  short  of  an  an- 
swer, for  he  was  a  master  of  repartee.  A 
judge  once  said  to  him:  "The  labor  of  two 
days,  then,  is  that  for  which  you  ask  200 
guineas?"  "No,  I  ask  it  for  the  knowledge 
of  a  lifetime."  was  Whistler's  retort. 

An  example  of  Whistler's  terse  criticism 
Of  his  pupil's  work  was  given  one  day,  when 
he  entered  the  Academy  and  found  an  Eng- 
lish student  smoking  a  pipe.  "You  should  be 
very  careful, ' '  observed  the  master,  ' '  you 
know  you  might  get  interested  in  your  work 
and  let  your  pipe  go  out."  Once  he  sent  for 
a  famous  throat  specialist  to  attend  his  much 
petted  poodle.  The  physician  choked  down 
his  indignation  and  bided  nis  time.  Next  day 
he  sent  hastily  for  Whistler.  "How  do  you 
do?"  said  the  doctor;  "I  wanted  to  see  you 
about  having  my  front  door  painted."  Thus 
a  Roland  for  his  Oliver. 

Whistler  was  as  quick  in  observation  as  in 
wit.  "How  old  are  you1?"  he  once  asked  a 
London  newsboy.  "Seven,"  was  the  reply. 
Whistler  insisted  that  he  must  be  older  than 
that,  and  turning  to  his  friend,  he  remarked: 
"I  don't  think  he  could  get  as  dirty  as  that 
in  seven  years,  do  you?" 


On    hearing   one    «"t"    Whistler's    bon    mots. 
Oscar  Wilde  exclaimed:  "Oh,  Jimmy;   1   wish 
t   had  said  that !  "    "  Never  mind,  dear  ( (scar, 
was  the  rejoinder  ■  clyou  will ! ' ' 

*  •     # 

A  Local  Literary  Contest. 

AMONG  other  interesting  plans  thai  Mrs. 
Lowenberg.  the  brilliant  President  of 
ill*-  Press  Association,  has  in  view  for 
the  members  is  a  Literary  contest,  she  has 
offered-  a  prize  of  $100  for  the  best  one-aci 
drama,  short  Story  and  poem.  Fifty  dollars 
will  be  given  for  the  best  one-aci  piny,  twen- 
ty-five dollars  for  the  best  short  story,  and 
twenty-five  dollars  tor  the  best  poem.  The 
rules  are:  The  contest  is  open  to  all  active 
members  whose  dues  are  paid  to  April  30, 
1913.  No  member  may  submit  more  than  one 
manuscript  for  the  contest.  All  manuscripts 
must  be  typewritten.  The  drama  may  be  a 
musical  comedy,  a  heart  story  or  anything 
known  as  drama,  it  must  be  written  to  oc- 
cupy about  20  to  30  minutes  when  produced. 
The  author  of  the  winning  play  shall  produce 
it  before  the  association.  The  short  stoiy 
must  not  exceed  5,000  words — 3,500  or  4,000 
preferred.  Manuscripts  must  not  bear  the 
author's  name-  and  must  be  sent  to  the  Presi- 
dent, Mrs.  I.  Lowenberg,  2196  Jackson  street, 
in  sealed  envelopes,  and  within  the  envelope, 
must  be  placed  another  sealed  envelope,  con- 
taining the  title  ot  the  story,  poem  or  drama, 
and  the  name  and  address  of  the  author.  All 
manuscripts  must  be  submitted  not  later  than 
February  16,  1913,  when  the  contest  closes. 
The  judges  shall  be  chosen  by  the  President 

outside  the  association. 

*  *     * 

A  Creditable  Year  Book. 

THE  new  Year  Book  of  the  California 
Federation  of  Women's  Clubs  for  1912- 
1913  has  just  been  received.  It  is  in- 
deed worthy  of  much  praise.  The  first  im 
pression  is  that  the  book  is  one  of  beauty, 
with  its  brown  cover,  gold  embossed  copa-de- 
oro  and  State  insignia.  The  next  impression, 
on  opening  the  book  is  its  value,  for  it  is 
certainly  a  compilation  of  indispensable  mat- 
ter. To  Mrs.  J.  W.  Orr,  State  President,  and 
those  assisting  her,  much  credit  is  due.  Every 
club  woman  should  indeed  possess  a  copy. 

*  *     * 

Tommy  Nunan's  Poetry. 

AM.  Robertson  has  published  for  Thomas 
Nunan.  "Out. of  Nature's  Creed,"  a 
very  attractive  little  book  of  poems, 
the  cover  and  typography  of  which  are  much 
more  meritorious  than  the  versification.  The 
many  actors,  whose  more  or  less  pachyderma 
tous  self-esteem  has  felt  the  prod  of  Mr. 
Nunan 's  pen,  need  not  exclaim  ' '  Oh,  that 
mine  enemy  would  write  a  book!"  Thomas 
has  done  it,  and  like  many  other  poets  may 
live  to  regret  his  trial  spin  on  Pegasus.  We 
trust  his  life  may  be  long  and  happy,  for  no 
man  should  be  condemned  to  the  ill-will  of 
mankind  because  he  was  not  born  a  poet. 
Having  done  so  well  at  prose,  Mt.  Nunan 
should  stick  to  it  until  his  muse  can  strike  a 
more  sublime  note  than  can  be  found  in  "Out 
of  Nature's  Creed."     For  example: 


God  gave  us  love  and  light  to  see 
That  like  his  varied  Mowers  are  we. 

Should    man,   however,    seek  one  hue, 
The  iii;mi>    colors   -nil  he'd  view: 

Or    BhOUld    he    toil    all    while    to    stain, 
The    spotless    white     would    still    remuin. 

"I'wiis    God's   own    wisdom  that  began 
Tin-    varied    excellence    of   uinn. 

I'oet  Nunan  calls  this  "optimistic  philoso- 
phy.'' We  should  rather  not  be  compelled 
to  give  it  a  name — not  in  public,  at  least. 


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"An  artist  of  the  first  rank,  a  pianist 

of   correct   feeling    and   ripe   experience." 

— H.    E.   Krehbiel   iu   New   York   Tribune. 


DR.  H. 

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u^Sfc^  HE  friendly  visit  of  representative 
|/y|  real  estate  men  from  Los  Angeles, 
\^^  and  their  hearty  reception  "by  the  San 
Francisco  Real  Estate  Board  is  the 
kind  of  thing  which  augurs  well  for  the  fu- 
ture of  our  State.  There  has  been  too  much 
narrow  provincialism  and  antagonism  of  rival 
cities.  There  is  no  meed  of  a  bitter  rivalry 
between  San  Franciseo  and  any  other  city  on 
the  Pacific  coast.  There  is  more  than  enough 
room  for  all  of  them.  Of  friendly  rivalry  in 
improving  our  civie  conditions  and  attracting 
the  best  class  of  settlers  there  cannot  be  too 
much. 

The  amazing  growth  of  Los  Angeles  has 
had  a  beneficial  effect  on  San  Francisco  in 
many  ways.  Amongst  other  things  it  has 
shown  us  that  we  have  not  taken  full  ad- 
vantage of  our  wonderful  opportunities  as  a 
city  possessing  an  incomparable  harbor,  splen- 
did commercial  possibilities  and  the  finest  cli- 
mate in  the  world  for  a  hustling  business 
community.  It  is  never  too  hot  nor  too  cold 
to  work,  and  the  bracing  salt  bieezes  from 
the  Pacific  keep  the  community  healthy  and 
energetic. 

Large  Enough  for  All. 

For  some  time  the  idea  obtained  in  Southern 
California  that  the  growth  of  Los  Angeles 
depended  on  the  decay  of  San  Francisco,  but 
that  mistaken  notion  has  been  discarded.  Al- 
though Los  Angeles  has  grown  as  if  by  magic, 
San  Francisco  has  continued  to  expand  in  ev- 
ery way,  and  particularly  in  finance.  This 
is  the  commercial  center.  Owing  to  the  fact 
that  the  suburbs  of  San  Francisco  have  spread 
so  extensively  and  attracted  so  many  home- 
seekers,  the  growth  of  our  city  has  appeared 
comparatively  small. 

The  correct  method  of  ascertaining  the 
growth  of  a  eity  like  San  Francisco  is  to  es- 
timate the  population  according  to  metropol- 
itan area,  taking  in  the  suburbs.  When  that 
is  done,  San  Francisco  appears  to  have  in- 
creased rapidly  in  population.  Our  city  has 
not,  however,  grown  at  as  fast  a  rate  as  Los 
Angeles  has  exhibited.  Had  San  Francisco 
done  so,  its  population  would  be  closer  to  four 
millions  than  the  one  million  mark. 

Settlers  from  the  Middle  West. 
Los    Angeles    has    gone    ahead    much    more 
rapidly  for  several  reasons.     One  reason  was 
that  the  construction  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka 

Where  can  you  find  a  "better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


&  Santa  Fe  railroad  stimulated  travel  from 
the  Middle  West  to  Southern  California.  Once 
the  wave  of  immigration  began,  it  kept  roll- 
ing on  and  gaining  in  volume,  and  Los  Angeles 
has  received  and  retained  a  great  deal  of  it. 

The  Real  Remedy. 
While  it  is  most  desirable  that  the  friend- 


JAJVTES  R.   KEELY. 

The    highly-esteemed   pioneer    citizen,    who    was 
President  of  the  Hibernian  Bank. 

liest  relations  between  San  Francisco  and 
Los  Angeles  should  be  cultivated,  it  needs 
more  than  expressions  of  good  will  and  visits 
of  committees  and  joy  riders  and  banquets  to 
build  up  our  city  and  set  the  wheels  of  pro- 
gress  whirling   so   that   everybody   will   know 


that  San  Francisco  is  an  attractive  place  for 
honest  and  industrious  people. 

For  several  years  our  city  was  the  battle- 
field of  feudists.  Rich  politicians,  "and  poor 
ones,  too,  fought  for  the  control  of  the  city, 
and  the  result  was  that  we  actually  lost  popu- 
lation. Any  city  will  lose  population  when 
it  permits  demagogues  to  obtain  control,  for 
they  run  the  community  not  for  the  better 
elements,  but  the  worst. 

There  isn't  the  slightest  room  for  argu- 
ment, as  to  whether  San  Francisco  has  in 
creased  her  home  industries  in  the  past  half 
dozen  years.  She  has  not.  On  the  contrary, 
we  have  seen  various  industries  reduced  in 
importance  or  driven  away.  The  results  of 
that  has  been  to  lessen  the  opportunity  for 
working  people.  That  is  why  our  lists  of  un- 
tenanted flats  have  increased  in  length  and 
why  real  estate  agents  have  been  complaining 
for  years  that  the  market  is  dull.  Of  course 
it  is  dull  because  real  estate  agents  cannot, 
as  in  Los  Angeles,  show  purchasers  where 
and  how  they  can  invest  money  to  advantage. 
But  it  will  not  remain  dull  long,  for  San  Fran- 
cisco is  going  to  be  one  of  the  best  places  in 
the  world  to  buy  real  estate.  There  have  been 
times  before  when  the  city  was  full  of  un- 
tenanted buildings,  but  when  the  tide  turned, 
these  places  found  occupants  and  the  real 
estate  agents  were  again  busy  selling  prop- 
erty to  intending  builders. 

In  Los  Angeles,  at  present,  there  are  very 
few  untenanted  houses.  Two  San  Francisco 
real  estate  men  visited  Los  Angeles  last  week 
and  in  riding  around  on  the  street  cars,  made 
note  of  the  number  of  "To  Let"  signs.  The 
task  was  a  very  easy  one,  for  there  were 
hardly  any  such  signs  on  exhibition.  Because 
there  is  a  constant  demand  for  houses  in  Los 
Angeles,  there  is  a  constant  demand  for 
property,  and  business  booms. 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.     FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

O.   F.  HUNT ". Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

O.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH Assistant  Cashier 

H.   CHOTNSKI i  .Assistant   Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


Saturday,    October   5,    1912.1 


-THE  WASP 


19 


Effect  of  Open  Shop. 

i  adoubtedly.  the  •■"pen  Shop'1  baa  helped 
Los  Angeles,  just  us  the  "Closed  Shop"  lias 
done  grievous   injury   to  usisco.     The 

not  been  able  to  control   Loa 
Angeles   thus   far,   and   it    has  been   possible 
to  build  houses  much  cheaper  than  in 
Ban   Francisco.    Of  coin  3  a  great  at- 

traction  for  home-seekers,  Another  affect  of 
the  "Open  Shop"  is  that  it  encourages  ail 
kinds  of  working  people  to  settle  in  a  City, 
for  they  are  not  dependent  on  the  favor  of 
any  clique  for  employment. 

In  S:m  Francisco,  several  of  the  building 
trades  deliberately  closed  their  charters,  and 
thus  not  only  shut  out  nonunion  men,  but 
actually  prevented  union  men  from  coining  to 
iln  city  to  seek  work.  Many  union  me- 
i'\  whu  lutvo  nunc  to  Snii  Fiuim-Im-m  seek 
ing  work  have  applied  in  vain  for  union  cards 
and  have  been  compelled  to  leave  the  city 
and  take  employment  in  some  other  place 
where  the  Labor  Trust  was  not  so  all  pow- 
erful. No  city  can  grow  rapidly  when  its 
borne  industries  are  strangled  by  a  trust, 
which,  for  purely  selfish  reasons,  is  engaged  in 
preventing  desirable  people  from  becoming 
citizens. 

A   Shrewd   Investment. 
P.  K.  Gordon,  Pacific  coast  agent  for  trie  At- 
lantic system  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company, 
ami  prominent   in  the  Pacific  Union  Club,  says 
11  The  Knave  "  in  the  Oakland   Tribune,   "four 
ra   ago   bought   a   piece   of  improved  busi- 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  Is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  £.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital    paid    up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided  Profits $5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFICERS. 

Isaias   "W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,  Vice-Pres. 
F.    L.    Lipman,    Vice-Pres. 
James   K.   Wilson,    Vice-Pres. 
Frank   B.   King,   Cashier. 
W.  SIcGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  L.  Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,   Assistant   Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 
Isaias   W.   Hellman  I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph  Sloss  A.   Cnristeson 

Percy  T.   Morgan  Wm.  Haas 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  Hartland  Law 

Wm.   F.    Herrin  Henry    Rosenfeld 

John   0.  Kirkpatrick  James  L,  Flood 

J.  Henry  Meyer  Cnas.-J.  Deering 

A.  H.  Payson  James   K.    "ft  ilson 

F.  L.   Lipman 
ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prpmpt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Facilities 
SATE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


property  is  the  Oregon  metropolis,  for 
(87,000.  The  growth  of  the  city  and  the  con- 
sequent    1  rend   of   the   retail   businef  ■■    seel  ion 

0  dire  1            f  bis  investment  I 
enhanced   its   value.     The  owner  bas   refused 
several  handsome  offers  for  the  location.   The 
!;i-i    offer   from   a    Portland   capitalist    be  Baw 
lit    to   ivj.ti    n;i-    s;;mu, 

A  Satisfactory  Transaction. 

The  purchase  by  the  City  oi'  the  Mechanics' 
[nstitute  block,  which  faces  on  Larkin  and 
Hayes    si  rests,    shows    that    well-located,    real 

i'M  ale    in    S.-in    I-'i;l  m-isvu    is   a    good    investment. 

The  Mechanics'  Institute  purchased  the  block 
in  1881  from  the  late  Archbishop  Aleiiiany 
for  $175,000.  Archbishop  Alemany  was  the 
predecessor  of  Archbishop  Biordan,  and  held 
the  property  is  trust  i'or  the  Catholic  church. 
Title  was  conveyed  from  the  church  to  A.  W. 
Stailiird  and  J.  A.  Bauer  and  the  late  P,  U. 
Cornwall,  for  the  Mechanics'  Institute.  A 
loan  of  $105,000  on  the  property  was  granted 
by  the  Hibernia  Bank  and  a  cheap  frame 
structure  was  erected  on  the  block.  The 
property,  minus  the  old  structure,  which  went 
up  in  smoke  in  1906,  has  been  purchased  for 
the  Civic  Center  for  $750,000.  The  Mechanics' 
Institute  has  therefore  done  well  in  this  real 
estate  transaction,  and  may  thank  the  good 
judgment  of  P.  B.  Cornwall  for  it. 

He  was  a  great  believer  in  the  future  of 
San  Francisco,  and  though  he  had  large  coal 
and  land  interests  at  Bellingham  Bay  and 
Seattle,  he  always  predicted  that  this  city 
would  become  incomparably  the  most  import- 
ant on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

The  old  frame  building  which  the  Mechan- 
ics' Institute  erected  on  the  block  just  sold 
for  the  Civic  Center,  brought  in  a  good  deal 
of  money.  For  years  it  was  used  for  an  an- 
nual industrial  fair,  and  when  that  feature 
was  dropped,  it  served  for  various  purposes, 
political  meetings,  indoor  athletics,  boxing 
matches,  animal  circuses,  etc.  Altogether,  the 
Mechanics'  Institute  has  good  cause  to  be 
well  pleased  with  its  investment  in  San  Fran- 
cisco  realty, 

The  Rip  Van  Winkles. 

If  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  should  buy 
out  the  United  Railroads  right  of  way  to  San 
Mateo  and  establish  a  terminus  on  upper 
Market  street  for  their  peninsular  electric 
service,  the  Rip  Van  Winkles  of  upper  Mar- 
ket street  may  come  out  of  their  trance  and 
do  something  to  improve  their  valuable  prop- 
erty. There  is  a  great  deal  of  money  to  be 
made  on  upper  Market  street,  for  that  thor- 
oughfare is  one  of  the  finest  business  streets 
in  the  world,  and  has  a  future  just  like  upper 
Broadway,  New  York. 

Most  of  the  owners  on  upper  Market  street 
have  done  nothing  whatever  to  develop  busi- 
ness. They  have  sat  down  and  waited  for 
enterprising  people  to  come  along  and  take  a 
ground  lease  of  their  property,  or  buy  next 
to  them  and  put  up  expensive  buildings,  thus 
adding    to    the    value    of    the    unprogressive 

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WITH  a  great  combination  concert  by 
Riceardo  Martin,  one  of  the  star  ten- 
ors of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House 
and  Covern  Garden,  and  Rudolph 
Ganz,  the  Swiss  piano  virtuoso,  Manager  Will 
L.  Greenbauni.  will  open  the  concert  season 
on  Sunday  afternoon,  October  13th,  at  Scot- 
tish Rite  Auditorium.  Miss  Lima  O'Brien 
will  be  the  accompanist  for  Mr.  Martin.  Very 
few  cities  will  have  the  opportunity  of  hear- 
ing tnese  stars  in  joint  recitals,  as  each  is 
really  big  enough  to  draw  an  audience  alone, 
but  Greenbaum  wants  to  open  his  season  in  a 
blaze  of  glory.  On  this  occasion  Mr.  Martin 
will  sing  arias  from  "La  Tosca"  and  "La 
Boherue, "  and  songs  by  Sinigaglia,  Dvorak, 
Leoncovallo,  Cbadwick,  Georg  Hensckel,  and 
Rudolph  Ganz. 

Mr.  Ganz's  contributions  will  include 
Schumann's  "Etudes  and  Symphoniques, "  a 
group  of  Chopin  gems,  and  numbers  by  Liszt 
and  himself,  for  Ganz  is  equally  famous  as 
player  and  composer. 

The  second  and  positively  last  joint  concert 
will  be  given  Sunday  afternoon,  October  20th, 
with  an  entire  change  of  program,  Mr.  Mar- 
tin being  scheduled  to  sing  numbers  from 
Wagner'  s  "Die  Walkure"  and  Giordano's 
"Fedora."  By  special  request  Mr.  Ganz  will 
play  Beethoven's  "Moonlight  Sonata." 

The  sale  of  seats  for  both  concerts  will 
open  next  Wednesday  morning  at  Sherman, 
Clay  &  Co.'s  and  Kohle  &  Chase's,  and  mail 
orders  should  be  addressed  to  Will  L.  Green- 
baum at  either  place. 

On  Tuesday  night,  October  15th,  these  art- 
ists will  inaugurate  the  sixth  season  of  the 
St.  Francis  Musical  Art  Society 's  concerts, 
and  Mr.  Martin  will  appear  in  recital  for  the 
Peninsula  Musical  Association  at  Stanford 
University  on  Thursday  night,  October  17th. 


Grand  Opera  at  the  Cort. 

THE  second  week  of  the  engagement  of 
the  Lambardi  Pacific  Coast  Grand  Op- 
era Company  at  the  Cort  has  proven 
quite  as  successful  as  the  first  week  betokened 
it  would  be.  The  theater  has  known  capacity 
audiences  for  practically  every  performance, 
and  the  work  of  the  artists  and  orchestra  has 
evoked  general  admiration  and  enthusiasm 
among  San  Francisco  music-loveTS. 

To  Messrs.  Lambardi  and  Patrizi  all  man- 
ner of  credit  is  due  for  their  enterprise  in 
banding  together  such  a  worthy  organization, 
unquestionably  the  finest  grand  opera  com- 
pany that  has  ever  played  San  Francisco  at 
popular  prices. 

During  the  past  week  the  work  of  Tarquinia 
Tarquini,  the  great  Covent  Garden  diva,  has 
created  what  may  be  truly  termed  a  sensa- 
tion. San  Francisco  had  the  first  opportunity, 
among  all  American  cities,  to  become  acquaint- 
ed with  the  wonderful  Zandonai  opera,  "Con- 
chita." It  was  in  this  opera  that  Tarquini 
made  her  reputation  abroad  and  established 
her  name  among  the  greatest  operatic  inter- 
preters of  the  day. 

The  orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  the 
magnetic  Gaetano  Bavagnoli,  continues  one  of 
the  features  of  the  Lambardi  season.  San 
Francisco  has  never  known  such  music  in  a 
theater  orchestra  pit. 


The  second  week  of  the  Lambardi  engage- 
ment-comes to  a  close  with  the  performance 
tonight  of  "Madame  Butterfly."  The  reper- 
toire for  the  third  week,  which  begins  tomor- 
row (Sunday)  night,  is  exceedingly  attractive. 
' '  Rigoletto  ' '  will  be  the  bill  tomorrow  night, 
with  Pereira,  Giorgi  and  Giardini.  On  Monday 
night  "Conchita"  will  be  repeated,  with  the 
peerless  Tarquini.    Tuesday  will  be  given  over 


RICCARDO   MARTIN 


Scottish  Rite  Hall,   Sun. 
Oct.   13  and  20. 


to  "Madame  Butterfly,"  with  Matini  in  the 
title  role.  At  the  Wednesday  matinee  "La 
Boheme"  will  be  given,  with  Virginia  Pierce, 
the  popular  local  singer,  in  the  part  of  Mimi. 
This  promises  to  be  quite  a  social  event. 

Wednesday  nigbt  will  see  a  performance  of 
"Conchita,"  and  Thursday  will  mark  the  in- 
itial giving  of  the  double  bill,  ' '  Cavalleria 
Rusticana"    and    "I'Pagliacci." 

Thursdav  night  will  see  a  sensation  in  the 


RUDOLPH    GANZ 

Piano  Virtuoso,    Scottish  Rite  Hall, 
Sun.   AftsL,    Oct.    13   and  20. 

first  Western  production  of  Strauss '  ' '  Sal- 
ome," with  Tarquini  in  the  title  role,  in 
which  she  has  won  distinction  abroad.  At  the 
Saturday  matinee  "Cavalleria  Rusticana"  and 
"I'Pagliacci"  are  to  be  repeated,  and  an- 
other production  of  ' '  Salome ' '  on  Sunday 
night  will  bring  the  third  week's  repertoire 
to  a  close.  The  fourth  week's  repertoire  will 
be  unusually  attractive. 


Orpheum  Attractions. 

A  DISTINCT  triumph  for  Orpheum  vaude- 
ville is  the  temporary  acquisition  of 
Ethel  Barrymore,  who  vies  with  Maude 
Adams  as  the  foremost  American  actress.  She 
has  been  secured  by  Martin  Beck  by  special 
arrangement  with  Charles  Frohman.  and  will 
appear  next  week  at  the  Orpheum  in  J.  M. 
Barrie's  remarkable  play,  "The  Twelve  Pound 
Look. ' '  Regardless  of  what  she  might  play, 
Miss  Barrymore  in  vaudeville  is  a  remarkable 
achievement,  and  in  "The  Twelve  Pound 
Look"  is  doubly  important,  because  it  brings 
to  vaudeville  a  work  of  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant authors  in  the  English-speaking  world. 
There  is  not  a  playgoer  who  is  not  entirely 
familiar  with  Miss  Barrymore 's  career.  From 
the  time  she  first  became  a  star  in  Clyde 
Fitch's  "Captain  Jinks  of  the  Horse  Ma- 
rines" until  her  last  tour  in  Sir  Arthur  W. 
Pinero's  powerful  play,  "Mid-Channel,"  she 
has  held  a  foremost  position  in  the  stellar 
firmament.  "The  Twelve  Pound  Look"  was 
presented  by  Charles  Frohman  at  the  Empire 
Theater  as  a  curtain  raiser  for  one  of  Miss 
Barrymore 's  vehicles.  The  critics  were  unan- 
imous in  declaring  that  in  it  the  delightful 
actress  positively  appeared  at  her  best. 

The  Ofedos'  Manon  Opera  Company  will  be 
heard  next  week  in  excerpts  from  various 
grand  operas.  In  organizing  this  company 
Monsieur  Ofedos  secured  a  splendid  quartette 
of  soloists.  The  prima  donna,  Caelia  Zawas- 
chi,  was  for  several  seasons  coloratura  soprani 
with  the  Chicago  Grand  Opera  Company.  The 
other  three  members  of  the  company  are  sing- 
ers of  recognized  ability.  Their  repertoire  is 
large,  and  among  their  favorite  selections  are 
the  overture  from  "La  Sonnambula,"  "En- 
semble Angelus, ' '  and  the  famous  aria  and 
finale  from  "Traviata. " 

Owen  Clark,  "The  Master  Magician,"  and 
the  inventor  of  every  trick  he  performs,  will 
exhibit  his  extraordinary  skill  as  a  conjuror. 
Mr.  Clark  is'  a  past  master  in  the  art  of  leger- 
demain, and  entirely  different  in  his  methods 
from  others  of  his  ilk.  His  work  is  perplex- 
ing, and  he  renders  it  additionally  interesting 
by  the   clever  comedy  he  introduces  with  it. 

Fred  Gray  and  Nellie  Graham  will  present 
next  week  only  a  potpourri  of  comedy  and 
music,  entitled  "The  Musical  Bell  Boy."  Miss 
Graham-  who  is  an  accomplished  instrumental- 
ist, is  credited  with  performing  on  the  largest 
saxophone  ever  made.  Mr.  Gray  is  a  droll  of 
the  first  order,  and  his  burlesque  of  the  dance 
craze  is  pronounced  a  choice  bit  of  humor. 

Frederick  Andrews  will  introduce  his  Won- 
der Kettle  next  week  only.  It  is  just  a 
plain,  ordinary  kettle  which  boils  furiously  on 
a  huge  cake  of  ice.  Andrews  removes  the 
kettle  from  the  ice  and  makes  a  delicious  dish 
of  ice  cream,  which  is  distributed  among  the 
audience.  With  the  same  fluid  he  fries  a  chop 
till  it  is  as  brittle  as  glass,  and  then,  to  dem- 
onstrates that  the  liquid  is  harmless  he  drinks 
it.  He  also  sets  fire  to  the  ice  and  performs 
many   other    entertaining   experiments. 

Mclntyre  and  Harty,  ' '  The  Sugar  Plum 
Girlie  and  the  Marshmallow  Boy,"  will  re- 
turn for  next  week  only,  which  will  be  the 
last  of  Williams  and  Warner,  and  Owen  Me- 
Giveney  in  his  protean  success,  "Bill  Sikes." 


Saturday,    October   5,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


21 


At  Pantages. 

TEE  CUERENT  BILL  at  the  Pantages 
Theater  seems  to  strike  the  popular 
fancy,   crowded    houses   being   the   rule 

and   evenings;    and    a ug 

the  principal  features  are  "An  Evening  in 
Hawaii.''  with  talented  native  singers  and 
instrumentalists]  including  pretty  Ruth  ulah, 
the  refined  hula  dancer;  the  Eive  Juggling 
Jewels,  dainty  and  agilo  girls;  Ned  Burtuu 
and  his  company  in  the  musical  comedietta, 
"The  Commercial  .Man';  the  Orpheus  Com- 
edy Four,  eccentric  singers;  the  Black  Broth- 
ers, clever  banjoists  and  dancers;  and  Fagg 
and  Dixon,  entertaining  comedians  and  sing 
ers. 

A  bright  array  of  attractions  has  certainly 
been  secured  for  the  week  commencing  Sun- 
day afternoon,  headed  by  Boyle  Wolt'olk's 
"  i  "hickk'ts.  half  a  dozen  dainty  and  pretty 
girl  singers  and  dancors,  who  appear  as  a  sup- 
port for  Raymond  Paine,  an  up-to-date  young 
comedian,  and  Hazel  McKee,  a  musical  com 
edy  favorite.  ''The  "ChickIets'J  are  said  to 
offer  one  of  the  prettiest  acts  of  the  season. 
The  Keene  Trio,  young  ladies  who  are  good  to 
look  upon,  and  who  have  splendidly  schooled 
voices,  will  present  the  reiined  singing  act 
which  lias  won  them  fame  in  the  principal 
vaudeville  houses  of  the  East;  and  Paul  Gor- 
don, one  of  the  best  trick  cyclists  before  the 
public,  assisted  by  Mile.  Rita  Ricca.  will  offer 
a  aovel  specialty  in  which  breakneck  cycling 
will  be  intermingled  with  songs,  dances  and 
conversational  quips.  An  act  of  the  highest 
musical  importance  will  be  contributed  by 
Franz  Adelman,  the  famous  violin  virtuoso, 
who  lias  not  been  heard  in  San  Francisco  fur 
many  years.  Before  the  fire  Herr  Adelman 
\\a>  one  of  the  best-known  violinists  who  ever 
played  in  this  city,  and  he  returns  after  a 
•-■■lies  of  European  triumphs,  ani  will  ha 
heard  in  a  program  including  both  classical 
and  popular  selections.  Another  San  Francis 
CO  favorite  who  is  bound  to  receive  4  warm 
welcome  is  Tom  Kelly,  the  popular  tone  and 
story  teller,  and  who  has  been  making  b'S 
first  tour  of  the  Pantages  Circuit  and  boosting 
the  Fair  with  might  and  main.  Fred  Graham. 
Nellie  Dent  and  their  company  will  present 
an  original  one-act  comedy,  "Just  Like  a 
Man."  full  of  bright  lines  and  amusing  situa- 
tions; and  the  most  wonderful  animal  that 
ever   faced   the    footlights,    Alice    Teddy,    the 


WILL  L.  GREENBAUM 

Will  inaugurate  Ms  musical  season  with 
RICCAUDO 


MARTIN 

TENOR     METROPOLITAN 
OPERA   HOUSE 


In   Joint  Concert  Recitals  with 


GANZ 


PIANO  VIRTUOSO 


f 


Miss  "Lima  O'Brien,   Accompanist 

SCOTTISH  RITE  HALL 

Sunday  Afternoons,   Oct.   13th  and  20th. 
Prices,   $2.00,  $1.50,   $1.00. 
BOX    OFFICES    at    Sherman,     Clay    &    Co.'s    and 
Kohler   &    Chase's. 

OPEN    NEXT    WEDNESDAY    MORNING. 
MAIL  ORDERS  to  Will  L.  Greenbaum,  care  either 
office,    NOW. 

Steinway   Piano. 


roller-skating  and  wrestling  bear,  will  give 
the  act  which  bae  Frequently  been  seen  here 
before,  bul  which  is  always  received  with 
-;ii\  os  of  applause.  Sunlight  Pictures,  showing 
current  events  of  the  day  au  over  the  world, 
will  complete  :i  varied  and  interesting  bill. 
♦ 

GREAT    ARTISTS   ENGAGED. 


Coming— UNITED       STATES      MARINE      BAND, 
Dreamland,    S.  F.,   and  Greek  Theater,   Berkeley. 
Soon — GADSKI,    One    Concert    Only. 


Most  Remarkable  List  of  Musicians  to  Appear 
in  This  Season's  Symphony  Concerts. 

OX  FRIDAY  AFTERNOON,  October  25th, 
we  shall  have  an  opportunity  to  learn 
how  much  the  Symphony  Concerts  have 
been  improved  instrumentally.  It  is  stated 
in  advance  thai  the  improvement  will  be  most 
gratifying,  as  the  Board  of  Governors  have 
done  everything  possible  to  present  to  Con- 
ductor Hadley  the  finest  array  of  musical 
talent  that  has  ever  obeyed  the  baton  of  a 
symphony  concert  leader  in  San  Francisco. 

The  proguam  for  the  first  Symphony  Con- 
cert, on  October  25th,  is  calculated  to  bring 
out  the  very  best  efforts  of  the  conductor  and 
orchestra.  It  was  the  overture  *  'Leonore. ' ' 
No.  3  (Beethoven),  with  which  Nikisch,  the 
great  Hungarian  conductor,  opened  his  first 
program  on  the  occasion  of  his  recent  visit 
to  America.  "The  New  World,"  the  most 
important  contribution  of  Antonin  Dvorak, 
and  which  gives  such  convincing  proof  of  his 
greatness,  will  be  the  symphony,  and  for  the 
first  time  in  San  Francisco  the  "Spanish  Ca- 
price"   of    Rimsky-Korsakow    will    be    given. 

The  most  important  features  for  the  first 
Populair  Concert,  which  will  be  given  Sunday- 
afternoon,  October  27th,  with  Beatrice  Fine 
as  soloist,  will  be:  "March  of  Homage" 
(Grieg);  overture,  "Flying  Dutchman"  (Wag- 
ner); "In  Holland"  Suite  (Christian  Kriens), 
which  will  be  performed  tor  the  first  time  in 
San  Francisco;  "Artists'  Life,"  the  brilliant 
Stoauss  waltz,  will  be  given. 

An  event  of  great  musical  importance  will 
be  the  second  Symphony  Concert,  on  Friday 
afternoon,  November  1st,  and  which  will  form 
part  of  a  contribution  to  a  grand  Symphony 
Concert  at  the  Greek  Theater,  Berkeley,  Sat- 
urday afternoon,  November  3ird,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  University  of  California. 

Adolph  Rosenhecker,  the  new  concert  mas- 
ter, whom  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra  has 
been  so  fortunate  as  to  secure,  should  prove  a 
valuable  acquisition.  He  has  a  splendid  rep- 
utation, and  was  a  prize  pupil  of  Ferdinand 
David,  the  celebrated  violin  tutor  of  Leipsig. 
For  ten  years  he  played  with  Theodore  Thom- 
as, who  engaged  and  brought  him  to  the  United 
States.  That  great  leaaer  regretted  much 
to  see  Mr.  Rosenbecker  leave  his  splendid  or- 
chestra and  come  to  San  Francisco  to  aid  in 
the  Symphony  Concerts. 

Conductor  Hadley 's  handsome  and  talented 
brother  Henry,  who  will  be  leader  of  the  cel- 
los, comes  direct  from  the  Boston  Symphony 
Orchestra,  of  which  he  has  been  a  valued  mem- 
ber for  nine  years.  He  studied  under  Fritz 
Giese  of  Boston.  Rhinold  Hummer,  solo  cellist 
of  the  Imperial  Opera  Company,  Vienna,  and 
the  great  Bohemian  cellist,  Popper. 

Other  fine  artists  who  have  been  secured 
for  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra  this  season 
are  B.  Emilio  iruyans,  fiute  virtuoso,  Joseph 
Vito,  great  harpist,  Adolph  Bertram,  for  years 
first  oboe  for  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House, 
Walter  Hornig,  principal  French  horn  of  the 
Victor  Herbert  Orchestra.  Sakar  Borodkin,  the 
celebrated  Russian  trumpeter,  and  A.  Lombar- 
di,  one  of  the  best  English  horn  players. 

Puyans,  the  flute  virtuoso,  won  first  prize 
for  flute  in  the  Conservatory  of  Paris  in  1904, 
and  after  touring  Europe,  where  he  was  pro- 
claimed the  Pugno  of  the  flute,  came  to  Amer- 
ica as  the  first  flute  of  the  Pittsburg  Sym- 
phony Orchestra.  He  was  the  flute  accompan- 
ist to  Tetrazzini  on  her  most  recent  tour. 

It  is  evident  that  the  Board  of  Governors 
of  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra  are  very  seri- 


ous in  their  purpose  of  giving  San  Francisco 
the  best  in  musical  art  when  such  famous 
artists  as  those  here  eiiumeratc<l  arc  placed 
under  the  baton  ol   ounr  competenl   and  popu 

lar     leader,     lleniv     Hadley. 


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Tonight 
"MME.  BUTTERFLY." 
3rd  Week  Starts   Tomorrow   (Sunday)    Night. 
Repertoire  for  Third  Week: 
Sunday,      "Rigoletto";       Monday.      "Con- 
chita";    Tuesday,    "Mme.    Butterfly";    Wed- 
nesday Matinee,  "La  Boheme";   Wednesday, 
"Conchita";     Thursday,    "Cavalleria    Rusti- 
cana"      and     "I'Pagliacei";     Friday,     'Sa- 
lome"; Saturday  Matinee,  "Cavalleria  RuBti- 
cana"    and    "I'Pagliacei";    Saturday,    "Sa- 
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INCOMPARABLE  VAUDEVILLE 

ETHEL  BARRYM0RE 

In  J.  M.  Barrie's  one-act  play,  "THE  TWELVE 
POUND  LOOK";  OPEDOS'  MANON  OPERA  CO.; 
OWEN  CLARK,  the  Master  Magician;  GRAY  & 
GRAHAM  in  "The  Musical  Bell  Boy";  FRED'K 
ANDREWS'  WONDER  KETTLE;  McINTYRE  & 
HARTY  (Return  lor  One  Week  Only);  WILLIAMS 
&  WARNER;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PIC- 
TURES. Last  Week  OWEN  McGIVENEY  in  His 
Protean   Success,    "Bill  Sikes." 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c.  Box  Seats,  $1. 
Matinee    Prices    (Except    Sundays   and   Holidays), 
10c,    25c.    50e. 

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Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week  of  Octoher  6th: 
BOYLE    WOLFOLK'S 

CHICKtETS 

A  Dashing  Musical  Comedy  Offering;  GORDON  and 
RICCA,  Cycling,  Talking,  Singing  and  Dancing ; 
KEENE  TRIO,  Charming  Songstresses;  FRANZ 
ADELMAN,  Violin  Virtuoso;  GRAHAM  DENT  and 
CO.,  Presenting  "Just  Like  a  Man";  ALICE  TED- 
DY, Famous  Roller  Skating  Bear;  SUNLIGHT  PIC- 
TURES,   and 

TOM  KELLY 
San  Francisco's  Favorite. 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:80  and  3:30.  Nighti, 
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[Saturday,   October   5,   1912. 


David  Warfijeld's  Beginning. 

J.  C,  Matthews,  Chicago  representative  of 
the  Pantages  Circuit,  repeats  a  bit  of  history 
told  him  by  Jams  Richmond  Glenroy.  It 
was  at  the  time  "amateur  nights"  were  pop- 
ular at  the  Bella  Union  Theater  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  Mr.  Glenroy  was  stage  manager. 
The  regulars  included  among  many  other  lu- 
minaries of  the  present  day  John  and  Emma 
Ray  and  Junie   McCree. 

One  night  a  young  aspirant  for  honors  was 
discovered  making  up.  or  trying  to,  and  his 
attempt  was  so  pathetic  that  Glenroy  took 
pity  on  him  and  loaned  him  his  grease  paint 

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Special  Lunches  50c.  or  a  la  Carte 

Ladies'  Grill  and  Kooms  for  Parties 

EEGULAE     FRENCH     DLNNEK     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. 

MONADNOCK  BUILDING 

Next  to  Palace  Hotel 

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Vaughan  &  Keith  Photo. 
MRS.    EDWARD  EVERETT  BRUNER 

Who    has    charge    of    the    program,    of    the    San 
Francisco    Musical    Club. 

and  offered  a  few  pointers.  "When  the  youth 
did  his  "turn"  it  was  plain  that  he  knew 
even  less  about  the  profession  than  the  art 
of  make-up,  and  his  exit  from  the  Bella  Union 
that  night  was  made  under  most  depressing 
and  distressing  circumstances. 

But  here  comes  the  sequel.  The  young  am- 
ateur eventually  made  good  and  now  has  the 
laugh,  for  he  was  none  other  than  David  War- 
field. 


The  U.  S.  Marine  Band. 
The  United  States  Marine  Band  from  the 
White  House,  where  at  has  been  stationed 
for  about  one  century  as  the  official  band  of 
the  President,  will  play  in  this  city  October 
20th  and  21st.  On  Saturday  afternoon  and 
night,  October  19th,  it  has  been  invited  to 
play  in  the  Greek  Theater  of  the  University 
at  Berkeley. 

♦ 

LECTURE  ON  CHRISTIAN  SCIENCE. 
A  free  lecture  on  Christian  Science  will  be  given 
by  Prank  H.  Leonard,  C.S.B.,  of  Chicago,  Illinois, 
at  3  o'clock  next  Sunday  afternoon,  in  Dreamland 
Rink,  Steiner  street,  near  Sutter.  Mr.  Leonard  is 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Lectureship  of  The 
Mother  Church,  The  First  Church  of  Christ,  in  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  and  his  lecture  is  given  under  the 
auspices  of  First  Church,  Scientist,  in  this  city. 
The  public   is    cordially   invited. 


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California  Artists'  Display. 
An  exhibition  of  tne  work  of  California  artists 
will  in.-  held  at  the  clubrooms  of  the  dip  mid  Bells 
Club,  1509  Gongh  street,  on  the  23rd,  24th,  and 
25th  of  October,  from  10  to  4  o'clock  of  the  three 
days.  The  first  day's  exhibit  will  be  for  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Cup  and  Bells.  The  two  following  days 
n  reception  to  the  artists  will  be  given,  to  which 
the  presidents  of  other  clubs  will  be  invited.  Some 
one  hundred  or  more  pictures  will  be  displayed,  and 
everything  to  make  toe  exhibition  one  of  general 
interest  is  being  planned  by  Miss  Adele  Dugan, 
President  of  the  Cap  and  iiells.  Mrs.  nerlha  String- 
er Lee  is  to  have  charge  of  the  exhibition.  Fol- 
lowing tnis  exhibition  a  similar  event  will  bo  held  at 
ill.'    Sorosis  Club   rooms. 


Pioneer  Women. 

A  large  gathering  of  pioneer  women  and  theii 
friends  ussembb-d  at  Pioneer  Hall,  on  Friday  of  lasl 
week.  The  open  meeting  was  given  by  the  Women's 
Auxiliary  to  thy  Society  of  California  Pioneers. 
Mrs.  Aurelius  E.  Buckingham  was  chairman  of  the 
day.  She  sung  two  groups  of  songs  in  a  most  de- 
lightful way  and  was  accompanied  by  Miss  Caroline 
Nesh.  Readings  were  presented  by  Mrs.  Walter 
Herndon.  One  interesting  feature  of  the  day  was 
the  installation  of  omcers,  who  immediately  as- 
sumed charge  of  their  respective  duties.  The  offi- 
cers are:  President,  Mrs.  Timothy  Guy  Phelps; 
First  Vice-President,  Mrs.  Robert  White;  Second 
Vice-President,  Mrs.  John  M.  Burnett;  Third  Vice- 
President,  Mrs.  G.  J.  Bucknall;  Fourth  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Mrs.  Jerome  Madden;  Fifth  Vice-President, 
Mrs.  Burke  Holladay;  Recording  Secretary,  Mrs. 
Henry  P.  T^icou;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  C. 
A.  Shurtleff;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Caroline  A.  Snook; 
Historian,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Hathaway;  Librarian,  Mrs. 
Josephine  F.  Daniels;  Directors — Mrs.  A.  E.  Buck- 
ingham, Mrs.  William  Romaine,  Mrs.  Emma  L.  Hunt, 
Mrs.  Joseph  N.  Masten,  Mrs.  William  'i .  Fonda,  Mrs 
James    W.    Buriiham,    Mrs.    Jane   L.    Martel. 


Society  Belles  Sew. 

A  sewing  school  has  been  inaugurated  by  our 
local  belles  for  the  purpose  of  making  garments 
for  the  young  girls  at  the  Recreation  Club  on  Har- 
rison street.  Many  of  our  society  leaders  are  in- 
terested in  the  philanthropic  project  and  dainty 
lingers  will  ply  the  needle  and  thimble  not  only 
in  the  making  of  garments,  but  in  the  teaching  of 
practical  sewing.  Tuesday  afternoons  have  been 
chosen  for  the  busy  hour,  and  no  social  festivity 
will  be  allowed  to  interfere.  Miss  Lurline  Matson 
has  been  selected  as  president  of  the  charitable  en 
terprise,  and  will  be  assisted  by  such  charitable  en- 
thusiasts as  the  Misses  Elva  de  Pue,  Doris  Wilshire, 
Ethel  McAllister,  Cora  Otis,  Isabel  Beaver,  Anna 
Olney,  Marcie  Fee,  Edith  Slack,  LiUian  Van  Vorst, 
Erna  St.  Goar,  Jane  rlotaling,  Marian  Stone,  Har- 
riet   Stone. 


Weddings. 


Ashe-Davis. 
Mrs.  Julia  Bolado  Ashe  and  Mr.  Frank  H.  Davis 
took  place  on  Thursday,  September  26th.  It  was  a 
quiet  wedding,  only  relatives  attending  the  cere- 
mony. After  a  brief  honeymoon  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Davis  will  make  their  home  oh  Clay  street.  The 
announcement  of  the  engagement  was  followed  close- 
ly by  the  wedding. 


Ellsworth-Wells. 

Miss  Reno  D.  Ellsworth  and  Mr.  J.  'Raymond 
Wells  were  married  on  September  24th  at  the  home 
of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  II.  L.  Ells- 
worth,  on  Hill  Btreet,  The  bride  is  connected  with 
i  \\i>  pioneer  families  of  California.  She  is  the 
granddaughter  of  the  late  Judge  D.  O.  Shattuck, 
formerly  one  of  the  Superior  Judges  of  San  Fran- 
cisco; of  the  late  Judge  F.  W.  Shattuck  of  Sonoma 
county;   and  of  the  late   Lee  Ellsworth  of  Petaluma. 

Mr.  Wells  is  the  son  of  the  late  J.  Wells,  a  prom- 
inent   lawyer   of    Akron,    Ohio,    and   of    Mrs.    Wells   of 


MISS  BERTHA  STRINGEB  LEE. 

She  will  manage  the  exhibition  by 
California  artists  at  the  Cap  and 
Bells   Club. 


Los  Angeles.  He  is  the  manager  of  the  Michlin 
Tire  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  the  home  of  the 
young    couple. 


O  shorn-  Webb. 
Word  has  been  received  of  the  wedding  of  Miss 
Aileen  Osborn,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Church  Osborn,  and  Mr.  Vanderbilt  Webb,  son  of 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Seward  Webb.  The  wedding  took 
place  recently  in  the  Episcopal  Church  at  Garrison- 
on-Hudson.  The  Webbs  are  well  known  in  San 
Francisco,  as  they  have  spent  many  winters  here; 
in  fact,  they  usually  travel  West  in  their  private 
car,  visiting  various  points  throughout  the  State. 
Mrs.  Webb  is  connected  with  the  Vanderbilt  fam- 
ily, after  whom  young  Webb  is  named.  He  gradu- 
ated from  Tale  College  with  the  class  of  '12,  and 
is  now  planning  to  take  a  post-graduate  course  at 
Oxford,  where  he  will  take  his  bride.  The  Osborn 
Webb  wedding  was  an  elaborate  affair,  attracting 
the    society    of    GotOam.      There    were    nine    brides- 


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maids  and   two  maids  <>i   honor,   Mi?.s  Josephine  Os- 

born   and   Miss  Julia   Xewbuld.      They  were  gowned   in 

white,    and    wore    large    picture    hats.      Garlands    of 

pink  rises  were  carried  in  their  arms.  Eleven  ush- 
ers augmented  the  length  of  ihe  large  bridal  party. 
Mr.  Arnold  \Y  hit  ridge  was  best  mini.  A  beautiful 
reception,  following  the  wedding  ceremony,  was  held 
at  Forest  Farm,  the  country  home  of  Dr.  and  Mrs, 
Webb. 


Wheeler-Bowes. 
Mrs.  Lottie  Dutton  Wheeler  and  Mr.  Waltei 
Bowes  were  married  in  New  York  City  recently. 
The  bride  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Samuel  Dutton 
and  niece  of  Mrs.  Russell  Wilson.  Mrs.  French, 
wife  of  Colonel  French  of  Washington,  is  a  sister  of 
Mrs.  Bowes.  Since  the  death  of  her  father,  who 
wa6  well  nown  in  San  Francisco,  Mrs.  Bowes  and 
her  mother  have  made  their  home  in  Washington, 
D.    C. 


Announcement:. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  May  \joogan  and  Mrs.  John 
J.    Donovan    will    take    place    Wednesday,    October    16. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Ethel  Johnson  and  Dr.  Elmer 
E.  Johnson  Buckerhoff  is  announced  for  Thursday, 
October  X7th,  at  the  Plymouth  Church,  Oakland. 
An  elaborate  wedding  is  planned,  to  be  followed  by 
a  reception  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  James  A.  Johnson,  East  Oakland.  Miss 
Charlotte  Hurd  will  be  maid  of  honor,  and  as  brides- 
maids will  be  Miss  Elizabeth  Orriek,  Miss  Elizabeth 
Wilcox,  Miss  Irene  Schwere  and  Miss  Dorothy  Mc- 
Knight.  Little  Miss  Elizabeth  Jenks  will  be  flower- 
girl. 


Mrs.  Finnell's  Bridge. 
Mrs.  Bush  Finnell  has  taken  a  novel  way  of  ex- 
tending her  hospitality  by  giving  a  series  of  four 
bridge  parties  with  ten  tables  each  time.  On  Thurs- 
day and  Friday  of  the  past  week 'the  friends  met  at 
cards,  anu  on  the  same  day  this  week  the  game 
will   engross    the    attention    of    Mrs.    Finnell's    guests. 


Engagements. 

COULLING — RANDOL. — Miss  Lucy  Lee  Coulling 
and  Lieutenant  Marshall  G.  Randol,  Sixth  Field  Ar- 
tillery, U.  S.  A.  The  wedding  will  take  place  in 
Leesburg,  Virginia,  Wednesday,  Wednesday,  Octo- 
ber 16th,  Owing  to  the  recent  death  of  Major 
Coulling,  father  of  the  bride,  the  wedding  ceremony 
will  be  quiet  and  simple.  Both  Miss  Coulling  and 
Lieutenant  Randol  are  well  known  in  army  circles 
of    this    post. 

MURRAY — PRESTON. —  Major-General  JArthur 
Murray,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Mrs.  Murray  announce  the 
engagement  of  their  daughter,  Carolyn,  and  Mr. 
Ord  Preston  of  New  York.  The  wedding  will  take 
place  December  j.st,  and  will  be  a  brilliant  mili- 
tary event.  General  Murray  aud  his  family  are  now 
at  the  riotel  Stewart,  but  they  expect  to  occupy 
their  quarters   at   Fort   Mason    in   November. 

SCHLEUTER— SWIFT.— The  engagement  of  Miss 
Lucy  Lee  Schleuter  and  Lieutenant  Henry  Swift  is 
announced.  Miss  Schleuter  is  one  of  the  handsome 
and  accomplished  debutantes  of  Oakland?  and  is 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph  Schleuter. 
Mr.  Henry  Swift  is  the  son  of  James  Swift  of 
Berkeley. 

WOOSTER — HOCKABOUT. — The  engagement  of 
Miss  Margaret  Wooster  and  Mr.  W.  R.  Hockabout 
is  announced.      Miss  Wooster  is  the  daughter  of  Mr. 


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'THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   October  5,   1912. 


and  Mrs.  Charles  Wooster  of  Stanford.  Mr.  Hock- 
about  is  the  son  of  Mrs.  C.  A.  Hockabout  of  Palo 
Alto.     The  wedding  day  has  not  been  named. 


A  Lovely  Bride. 

One  of  the  prettiest  home  weddings  of  the  season 
took  place  on  Wednesday  evening  of  this  week  when 
charming  Bessie  Ash  ton  became  the  bride  of  Mr. 
John  T.  Pigott.  Miss  Ashton,  who  '  is  one  of  the 
most  attractive  of  the  society  favorites,  made  a  de 
lightful  picture  in  her  gown  of  white  charmeuse, 
trimmed  in  rare  old  lace  and  pearl  ornaments.  A 
long,  dainty  little  veil  fell  to  the  length  of  the 
court  train,  the  veil  being  fastened  to  her  coiffure 
with  a  coronet  of  orange  blossoms.  She  carried  a 
shower  bouquet  of  lilies  of  the  valley  and  orchids. 
Miss  Helen  Ashton,  the  handsome  sister  of  the 
bride,  was  maiu  of  honor,  and  was  attired  in  a  gown 
of  pale  pink  charmeuse  of  the  most  becoming  style. 
She  carried  a  garland  of  pink  roses.  Little  Eliza- 
beth Raymond,  a'tirea  in  pink  and  white,  was 
flower-girl.      Mr.    Chauncey    Goodrich    was    best   man. 

The  attractive  home  of  Mrs.  Geo.  Ashton  on  Pacific 
avenue  was  profusely  decorated  with  pink  blos- 
soms of  choice  varieties,  making  a  veritable  bower 
beneath  which  the  lovely  bride  and  the  groom  stood 
to  receive  their  guests  at  the  reception  following 
the   ceremony. 

Mrs.  Pigott  donned  a  going-away  gown  of  French- 
blue  broadcloth  and  wore  a  dainty  hat  trimmed  with 
plumes  to  matcn.  The  bride  is  one  of  the  most  act- 
ive of  our  society  belles,  many  of  the  garments  in 
her  trousseau  being  the  result  of  her  own  fine 
handiwork.  Sue  is  the  second  daughter  of  Mrs. 
George  Ashton,  ana  is  a  sister  of  Bessie  and  Ray- 
mond Ashton,  and  niece  of  Mrs.  W.  R.  Smedberg. 
Mrs.  George  Mclver  of  the  Cinderellas,  the  Friday 
Night  Club  and  the  Greenway  Assemblies  is  her 
cousin.  Mr.  Pigott,  the  bridegroom,  is  a  son  of 
Judge  William  T.  Pigott  of  Helena,  Montana.  He 
graduated  from  Yale,  where  he  won  high  honors, 
and  has  been  three  years  in  San  Francisco,  and  is 
connected  with  the  law  firm  of  which  Judge  Charles 
Slack  is  head. 


Dare-Franklin  Wedding. 
The  marriage  of  Miss  Virginia  Dare  and  Mr. 
Barnett  Franklin,  which  took  place  on  September 
26th,  was  an  event  of  much  interest  to  society  and 
journalistic  circles,  in  the  latter  Mr,  Franklin  is 
very  prominent,  having  been  for  years  a  writer  of 
recognized  ability,  and  being  at  present  the  press 
representative  of  the  Cort  Theater.  He  has  written 
some  very  clever  things  for  the  magazines,  and  is 
a  playwright  of  promise.  He  is  a  graduate  of 
Stanford  University,  and  his  oride,  a  very  hand- 
some girl  of  congenial  tastes  has  also  had  college 
training.  L_e  is  the  daughter  of  John  T.  Dare  and 
Mrs.  Dare,  who  is  very  well  known  in  club  life  as 
well  as  in  society.  Mr.  Dare  is  a  lawyer  of  promi- 
nence, and  has  filled  important  public  positions, 
that  of  U.  S.  Appraiser  having  been  one  of  his 
responsibilities.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Franklin  have  been 
showered  with  congratulations  by  their  many  friends. 
They   will   reside   iu   this   city. 


A  California  Girl's  Success. 
Miss  Sophie  Charlebois,  who  is  singing  with  such 
success  in  the  Lambardi  Opera  Company  at  the 
Cort,  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Charles  Charlebois,  and  granddaughter  of  the  late 
Israel  Kasbow,  who  at  one  time  owned  the  entire 
Kashow  Island,  now  known  as  Belvedere.  Miss 
Charlebois  has  made  rapid  strides  in  her  profession. 
She  studied  in  New  York  for  the  operatic  stage. 


9^/ss  Ttfarion    fielle    White 
SCHOOL    OF    DANCING 

2868  California  St.  Tel.  Fillmore  1871 

Pupil    of   Mr.    Louis    H.    Chalif,    Mme. 

Elizabeth  Menzeli,  Gilbert  Normal 
School  of  Dancing  of  New  York   City. 

Miss  White  has  just  returned  from  New  York 
and  will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy, 
National,  Classical  and  Folk  Dances.  New 
Ball  Room  Dances  for  this  season:  Tango, 
Crab  Crawl,  Four  Step  Boston.     Hall  for  Rent. 


VICTORIANS      BANQUETED. 


Flying    Legion    Returns    the    Courtesies    Ex- 
tended to  It  in  British  Columbia. 

THAT  the  operations  of  the  "Plying  Le- 
gion'7 tend  to  promote  a  cordial  spirit 
of  fellowship  between  the  various 
States  of  the  Pacific  Coast  visited  by  that 
body  of  enthusiastic  citizens  was  demonstrat- 
ed beyond  question  at  the  splendid  banquet 
given  in  the  great  white  and  gold  room  of 
the  Fairmont  Hotel.  Pamous  as  that  hostel- 
ry is  for  splendid  banquets,  the  affair  of 
Wednesday  night  was  most  notable  for  its 
excellence,  not  only  in  the  matter  of  the 
viands  and  the  wines,  and  the  admirable 
service,  but  in  the  representative  character 
of  the  assemblage.  The  best  elements  of  San 
Francisco's  population  were  fully  represented. 

The  banquet  was  in  the  nature  of  a  re- 
union, and  commemorative  of  the  trip  of  the 
Flying  Legion  to  British  Columbia,  where 
the  Californians  were  most  hospitably  re- 
ceived. Five  members  of  the  citizens'  com- 
mittee of  Victoria  having  visited  San  Fran- 
cisco, the  banquet  at  the  Fairmont  was  given 
in  their  honor;  and  when  J.  Frederick  Kos- 
ter,  the  chairman  of  the  evening,  as  well  as 
chairman  of  the  Plying  Legion,  rose  to  pro- 
pose the  opening  toast  of  "The  President  of 
the  United  States,"  he  saw  before  him  an 
audience  of  which  any  eity  in  the  world 
should  feel  proud. 

Mr.  Koster  presided  over  the  assemblage 
of  400  guests  most  admirably,  and  by  his 
tact  and  enthusiasm  made  the  banquet  what 
he  declared  he  wished  it  to  be — an  expression 
of  a  spirit  of  harmony  and  good  fellowship 
that,  properly  developed,  would  redound  to 
the  advantage  of  all  and  cement  the  States 
of  the  Pacific,  north  and  south,  in  one  great 
brotherhood. 

The  applause  that  greeted  the  chairman 's 
expressions,  and  the  outpouring  of  friendly 
sentiment  both  of  representatives  of  San 
Francisco  and  the  eloquent  speakers  who 
spoke  for  British  Columbia,  showed  that 
much  more  than  a  good  start  has  been  made 
in    the    commendable   project. 

Mr.  Koster,  in  a  graceful  speech,  present- 
ed' to  Randolph  Stuart,  honorary  secretary  of 
the  Victoria  citizens'  committee  handsomely 
bound  books  of  the  trip  of  the  Flying  Legion, 
one  volume  being  for  Mr.  Stuart  himself  and 
one  for  Sir  Richard  McBride,  the  able  and 
popular  statesman  who  fills  the  position  of 
Premier  of  British  Columbia.  A  third  vol- 
ume was  presented  by  Mr.  Koster  to  Mayor 
James  Rolph,  whose  undiminished  popularity 
was  shown  by  the  applause  which  greeted  our 
energetic  young  Mayor  when  he  rose  to  speak. 
His  address  was  happily  worded,  and  his  wel- 
come to  the  distinguished  representatives  of 
Victoria  had  a  ring  of  heartiness  and  true 
sincerity  which  did  much  to  make  the  occa- 
sion a  real  demonstration  of  fraternal  regard. 

The  spirit  of  this  memorable  and  most  de 
lightful  occasion  was  well  expressed  by  Ran- 
dolph Stuart  when  he  rose  to  speak  for  his 
townsmen    of    Victoria.      The    greatest    asset 


San  Francisco  possessed,  he  said,  despite  all 
her  magnificent  natural  advantages,  was  the 
art  of  making  friends.  In  that  felicitous 
strain  he  proceeded,  and  was  followed  in  an 
equally  happy  style  by  Herbert  Cuthbert, 
chairman  of  the  Victoria  citizens'  committee, 
a  most  interesting  speaker,  who  predicted 
confidently  the  triumphant  success  of  the 
Panama-Pacific    International    Exposition. 

Toasts    were    responded    to    admirably    by 
Dr.  Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler,  C.  C.  Moore,  Rev. 
F.  W.  Clampett,  and  Edgar  Peixotto. 
♦ 

A   DELIGHTFUL   HOSTELRY. 

To  the  attractions  of  its  splendid  location  "in  a 
garden,"  omy  thirty  minutes  from  San  Francisco, 
its  excellence  of  cuisine  and  service  have  been  add- 
ed the  uuusually  low  rates  for  the  winter,  which 
cannot  fail  to  interest  those  who  prefer  the  freedom 
of  the  suburbs  to  the  crowds  of  the  mteropolis.  The 
Peninsula  is  so  closely  connected  with  the  city, 
however,  by  frequent  and  excellent  train  and  trolley 
service  that  it  can  hardly  be  considered  other  than 
one  of  the  city  hotels. 

All  indications  point  to  a  large  and  fashionable 
patronage  at  this  delightful  hostelry  during  the 
coming  months.  The  unusually  low  winter  rates 
took  effect  beginning  the  first  of  the  month,  and 
reservations  should  be  made  as  early  as  possible 
with  Mr.  James  Doolittle,  Manager. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  ban 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    10. 

ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of  "WILLIAM  G. 
RYDER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No. 
32,805. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of 
WILLIAM  G.  RYDER,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  prop- 
erty, or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Calif rnia,  par- 
ticularly described  as   follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Pierce  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Vallejo  Street  and 
the  westerly  line  of  Pierce  Street;  running  thence 
southerly  along  said  westerly  line  of  Pierce  Street 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly one  hundred  twelve  (112)  feet,  six  (G)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  twenty-five  (25) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hun- 
dred twelve  (112)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  west- 
erly line  of  Pierce  Street  and  the  point  of  com- 
mencement. Being  a  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 
Block    No.    421. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff 
recover  her  costs  herein,  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  27th  day  of  September.  A.  D.  1912 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By.  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  5th  day  of  Oc- 
tober,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a 
corporation),  Market  and  Jones  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   California. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and 
Montgomery    Streets,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


Saturday,   October  5,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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FINANCIAL. 


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neighbor's  holdings.  The  result  is  that  upper 
Market  street  is  a  disgrace  to  the  owners. 
They  say:  "What's  the  use  of  building?  It 
won't  pay."  If  people  down  in  Los  Angeles 
thought  that  way  about  Spring  street  and 
Broadway  the  jack- rabbits  would  still  be 
capering  around  there.  Practically  nothing 
has  been  done  in  thirty  years  to  make  upper 
Market  street  a  live  thoroughfare.  Forty 
years  ago  it  was  a  livelier  locality,  as  the 
Southern  Pacific  had  a  depot  near  Twelfth 
for  its  San  Jose  trains,  which  ran  along  Val- 
encia street. 

Speculators  who  wish  to  make  a  profitable 
turn  should  pick  up  some  bargains  along  up- 
per Market  street;  for  it  is  a  certainty.  The 
city  is  growing  southward,  and  "when  the 
Southern  Pacific  opens  its  peninsular  electric 
service  and  the  Twin  Peaks  tunnel  is  ready 
for  communication  with  the  Ingleside  region, 
prices  of  property  west  of  Eighth  street  will 
go  up  rapidly. 

Elected  Director. 

Henry  St.  Goar.  who  for  so  many  years 
was  the  partner  of  the  late  Edward  Pollitz, 
has  been  elected  Director  in  the  Hutchinson 
and  all  the  other  sugar  companies  in  which 
Mr.  Pollitz  had  a  place  on  the  directorate. 

Return  of  Banker  Gianni ni. 

That  popular  and  progressive  banker,  Ama- 
deo  P.  Giannini  of  the  Bank  of  Italy,  has 
just  returned  from  an  eight  months'  tour  of 
Europe.  He  is  extremely  enthusiastic  over 
the  prospects  of  this  his  native  eity.  Mr. 
Giannini  is  a  keen  business  man,  and  what 
he  heard  while  abroad  convinces  him  that  we 
people  of  San  Francisco  do  not  fully  realize 
as  yet  what  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  Pana- 
ma Exposition  will  do  for  our  eity.  Mr, 
Giannini 's  family  accompanied  him  to  Eu- 
rope, and  all  have  enjoyed  splendid  health, 
and  return  like  all  Californians,  well  pleased 
with  their  trip  and  glad  to  be  home  again. 
♦ 

The  champagne  used  at.  the  splendid  ban- 
quet given  to  the  visiting  Victorians  at  the 
Fairmont  Hotel  was  Swiss-Colony  wine,  and 
everybody  voted  it  as  good  as  the  best  prod- 
uct of  Prance. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action   No.    32,737. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  DAVID  "WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty  (80) 
feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Street 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Diamond  Street,  and  run- 
ning thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-fifth 


Street  twenty-six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inchos;  thence 
h\  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty- 
six  (26 )  feet,  eight  ( B)  inchos;  end  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  mid  fourteen 
(ill)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  ut 
HORNER'S   ADDTlOX    BLOCK    Number  221. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  eo  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet   in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand   and  the   seal  of  said  Court  this 
12th    day    of    September,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY.    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  Septem 
bor,    A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est  in,   or   lien   upon,    the   said  property,   adverse   to 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation).  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.  No.  4. 

JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L.  PRIOR,  Plaint- 
iffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien 
upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof.    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,735. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L. 
PRIOR,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows: 

FIRST :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
line  of  Walter  Street,  distant  thereon  three  hundred 
and  eighteen  (318)  feet  northerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Walter  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of  Fourteenth 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and  along  said 
line  of  Walter  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  MISSION 
BLOCK  Number  100. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south 
easterly  line  of  Clementina  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Ninth  Street,  and  running  thence 
northeasterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clementina 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southwesterly  twenty- five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  seventy- 
five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part 
of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number  298. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  Bame  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff s  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
he  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
12th  day  of  September,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCBEVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The   first  publication   of   this   summons   was   made 
in     "The    Wasp"     newspaper    on    the    21st    day    of 
September,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiffs: 

EMILY  A.  FRIEDLANDER,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco,   California. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Franciseo. — Dept.    No.  4. 

HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    32,630. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and   particularly    described   as    follows. 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  six 
(106)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  westerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Webster 
Street,  and  running  thence  westerly  along  said  line 
of  Green  Street  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(137 }  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty-one  (41)  feet,  three  (3)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  Vallejo  Street;  thence  easterly  along 
said  line  of  Vallejo  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eighteen  (18)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
southerly  line  of  Green  Street  and  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  "WESTERN  ADDITION  Num- 
ber   321. 

Tou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and.'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liena  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  he  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
19th  day   of  August,    A.   D.    1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULCREVT,  Clerk. 

By  S.  I.   HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 
The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  31st  day  of  August, 
A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.  No.   3. 

MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.    32,539. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  FranciBco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly   described   as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  one  hundred  (100)  feet 
southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  street 
and  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of 
Seventeenth  avenue,  measured  respectively  along 
lines  drawn  at  right  angles  to  said  lines  of 
said  streets,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  par- 
allel   with    said    line    of    Clement    street    eight     ( 8 ) 

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Illustrated  His  Point. 

A  SAN  FRANCISCO  LAW-MAKEE  was 
condemning  the  reciprocity  idea.  "The 
'  United,  States  promoters  of  Canadian 
reciprocity  expect  too  much  of  it,"  he  said. 
"They  expect  to  gain  practically  everything 
and  to  give  practically  nothing.  Well,  they'll 
get  left — like  Hi  Billings. 

"Hi  went  to  a  horse  sale  one  day  and  bought 
a  horse  for  $18.  When  he  got  the  horse  home 
he  offered  it  a  bucket  of  water,  but  it  would 
not  drink.  After  that,  he  gave  it  a  feed  of 
corn,  but  it  wouldn't  touch  that  either. 

1  "By  gosh,'  he  said,  'you're  the  very  horse 
for  me  if  you'll  only  work!'  " 

inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Seventeenth  avenue  three 
hundred  and  fifty  (350)  feet ;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  three  hundred  and  fifty  (350) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  Out- 
side Land  Block  Number  198. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  «states,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  ot  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liena 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be   meet   in   the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
31st  day  of  July,   A.  D.   1912. 

(ftEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clark. 

By   J.    F.    DUNWORTH,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse 
to    plaintiff: 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society,  (a  cor- 
poration)   San   Francisco,    California. 

Fernando  Nelson,   ban  Francisco,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   street,    San  Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   5. 

RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.    32,741. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 
The   People   of   the    State   of   California:    To    all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or   lien  upon,    the 
real   property   herein    described   or    any   part   thereof, 
defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly    described   as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Thrift  (formerly  Hill)  Street,  distant  thereon  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Capitol  Avenue;  running  thence  easterly  and  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northerly  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  westerly  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  and  thence 
at   right   angles   southerly   one   hundred   and   twenty 


five    (125)   feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement. 

Being  Lot  Number  two  (2)  in  Block  "Y,"  as  per 
Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  Railroad  Homestead  Associ 
ation,  recorded  in  Book  "C  &  D,"  at  Page  111  of 
Maps,  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Call 
forma. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simp.e  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
13th  day  of  September,   A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.  DUNWORTH,    Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,    or  lien   upon,    said  property  adverse   to   plaintiff- 

E.  MESSAGER,  EMIL  GUNZBURGER,  Trustees 
of  the  Argonaut  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion (a  corporation),  No.  1933  Ellis  Street,  San 
Francisco,    Col. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  California 
Pacific  riuilding,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Streets 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 
Dept.  No.   10. 


ESTATE    OF   AMBROSIUS    MAAS,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Ambrosius 
Maas,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  puulication  of  this  notice,  to 
the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phe- 
lan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said 
office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  busi- 
ness in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of 
Ambrosius  Maas,   deceased. 

ia     .    .  M.    J.    HYNES, 

Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Ambrosius  Maas, 
deceased. 

Dated,    San   Francisco,    Sept.   24,    1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HICKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
trator,   858    Phelan    Building,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  0OU1 

aio,    in   and   (or  ih»*  ( 'ny  and   County   of  San 

KH'llAUii  s  claim 

tag    any    |nt«l 

ied    -T   any    p 

The    Pi  i    i'f  California!  to  all  per 

in,  or  lien  upon, 
loribed   ur  iiny   purl   thereof!   de- 

■  ■ling  : 

you    ere    berebv    requin  i 

►  SCO 
irith    the    l  'lerh    of    the    above    entll  lea    ■ 
■ 

■    . 
or  lien,  II  any,  you  have  In  or  upon  tfa  I 
properly,    or  any   part    then 

1 
i  ■.  leularly   de    i 

mlng  nt  a  polnl  on  the   ■  line  of 

i      one    hundred    and 

sighty-onc    (181)    reel     md    three    (3)    inches   aorth 

.    north- 

Alley  l 

with    the    Bout  beast  i  i  nue    (os 

<      in  map  adopt 

lex  ordJ  nanci 

New   Series),   and    running   thence   northeasterly   una 
Falcon    Avenue   twenty- five    (25. 

Imi  mired   and 

.  -- 1   Inohea      beoce  south 
li  e    (25)    feet; 
hence   north 

i   'i    .: '  'i    five    ■  i :    to    i lie 

in     blocl      an  i  the     MARKET    STREET 

HOMES!  E  \l>  assoi  1ATION,— 
whiob  ire    the    widening    of 

(formerly    Mobs    Alley)    described    as 

a    the   southeasterly  line  of 

Falcon    Street,    distant     i heasterl)     on     laid    line 

ndred   and   two    (202)    feel    and   one    (1 1    inch 
he   northeasterly  corner  of   Falcon    Street  and 

20    nun 

■  id  I '■   I  i  Icon  Si  reel  twenty-fii  i 

nil     !  i     deg.    east    one    hundred    and 
tour   ii'ii    fee]    and  eight   (8)   inches;   thence  south 
L9    deg     50    min     weal    twenty-five    ("25)    feet;    und 
89  deg.  45  min.  west  one  hundred  and 
five    (105)    feet,    mure    <>r   less,    to    the    point    of    com- 
ment;   being  b   pari   of  lot  No.  six(6)   in  block 
No.    three    (3)    as   the   same  is   laid  down   and  desig- 
nated   upon    the    official   map   of   the   Market    Street 
ead     Association,    filed    in    the    orrice    of    the 
County    Recorder  of  the  said  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  the  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
ae   may  be  meet  in  tne  premises. 

Witness  my   hand   and    the   seal  of  said  Court   this 
29th  day  of  August,  A.  D.,  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  T.  MULOREVT,   Clerk. 

By  J.   F.  DUNWORTH,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Sep- 
tember, A.   D.    1912. 

•T.  KARMEL,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  105  Mont- 
gomery   St.,    San    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET  MAGUIRE, 
Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in 
or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or 
any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No.   32,477. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET 
MAGUIRE,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
above-entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows: 

First:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Union  street,  distant  thereon  sixty-two  ( 62 ) 
feet,  six  (6i  inches  easterly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Union 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Steiner  street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Union 
street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly    eighty-seven    (87)    feet,    six    (6)    inches; 


THE    WASP 

Published   weekly   by   the 
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Offico   of  publication 

121  Second  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Phones — Sutter    789,    J    2705. 

Entered  at  the  San  Francisco  Postofflce  as  second 
class  matter. 

SUBSCRIPTION  RATES— In  the  United  States, 
Canada  and  Mexico,  $5  a  year  in  advance;  six 
months,  $2.50 ;  three  moutbB,  $1.25 ;  single 
copies,    10  cents.      For  sale  by  all  newsdealers. 

FOREIGN  SUBSCRIPTIONS — To  countries  with- 
in  the  Postal   Union,   *6  per  year. 


thenoe    at    a    right    angle    westerly    twenty- five    (25) 

feel  ;and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eighty-seven 

(87)    feet,    six    (oj    inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 

part  of  Western  Addition,  Block  Number  344. 

Second :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Twenty-second  avenue,  distant,  thereon  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  southerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  west- 
erly line  of  Twenty-second  avenue  with  the  southerly 
line  of  Point  Lobos  avenue,  and  running  thence 
southerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue 
seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  <120>  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
and  tuence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Outside  Jjand  Block   Number  262. 

\uii  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  wih  apply  to  the  Court  for 
(he  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted  ; that  the  Court 
asceriuiu  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles,  in- 
terests and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and  every 
part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or  equitable, 
present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent,  and  whether 
the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  de- 
scription ;that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  band  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
18th   day  of  July,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery   St.,    San   Francisco,   Cal.  * 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.   8. 

GIOVANNI  DANERI,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.   32,600. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIOVANNI  DANERI,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and  particularly  described  as  follows    : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Gari- 
baldi (formerly  Vincent)  Street,  distant  thereon 
ninety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line  of  Garibaldi  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Garibaldi  Street  twenty  (20)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty-eight  (58)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly fifty-eight  (58)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT 
Number  379. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
fca  said  property  be  establi shed  and  quieted ;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
ri  gh  i  s,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the   same 


or    future,   vested   or 

i    nsitt  of  mort- 

id  ;    that   plaintiff  re* 

such  other  and  fur- 

■ 
sal  irt  this 

lU    ■ 

i.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 
poty  Clerk. 
hie  summons  was  made  in 
newspaper  on  the-  24th  day  of  August, 

lorueys    for    Plaintiff,    105 
otontgonn 

NOTICE     OF     SALE     OF     REAL     PROPERTY     BY 
GUARDIAN  AT  PRIVATE  SALE. 


NOTH    B  IS 
■ 

1  ■ rnio,   in   and   for   thi    City   and  Conn 

1  i    made    on    -he    16th   day 

11,1    r,   1911  isih   day  of 

mber,    1912,    in    Ihe    matter    of    the    guardianship 

i"  i ■ nt<      l   Lillie  Tognotti,  a  minor, 

the  under  Igned,  as  guardian  of  the  person  and  estate 
of  said  minor,  will  Bell  on  behalf  of  said  minor,  at 
private  sale,  on  and  after  Monday,  the  7th  day  of 

October]     L912(    | hi  [he  I    bidder,    for   cash    in 

Bold  con be  United  stales  of  America,  the  fol- 
lowing descri  bed    rea  I   pi  operl  j .   to-wlt: 

Commencing    al    a    poini    on    the    westerly   lino   of 

M gomery    Street,    distant    thereon    seventy    (70i 

mtherly  from  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Green 

and    :ii - ry    sireets,    thence    running    .southerly 

along  said  westerly  line  of  Montgomery  Street  thirty- 
three  (33)   teel  and  nine   (9)  inches;  thenoe  at  right 

' ling   westerly  eighty  (80)  feet;  thence  at 

right  anglea  running  northerly  thirty-three  (33) 
'  and  nine  (9)  inehee  .  thi  ace  al  rignl  angles  run- 
ning easterly  eighty  (80)  feet  lo  the  westerly  line 
of  Montgomery  Street  and  the  polnl  of  eummence- 
ment,  the  same  being  a  part  of  fifty-vara  lot  number 
245,    as    the    same   is    laid   down    and    designated    upon 

Ecial     map     of     the     City     and     Count  v     of     San 

Francisco;  now  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Recorder   of   the    City    and   County  of  San    Francisco. 

Offers  or  bids  to  purchase  said  real  property  must 
be  in  wining,  nod  they  will  be  received  at  the  offices 
«t  O'Gara  &  DeMartini,  rooms  549,  550  and  551 
Mills  Building,  northeast  corner  of  Bush  and  Mont- 
gomery Streets,  in  the  Cily  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,    State   of   California. 

Dated   this   18th   day  of  September,    1912. 

MARIA    TOGNOTTI, 
Guardian    of    the    person    and    estate    of    Lillie 
Tognotti,    a    minor. 

O'GARA  &  DeMARTIXf,  Attorneys  for  Guardian, 
Mills  Building. 


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Vol.  LXVIH— No.  15. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  OCTOBER  12,  1912. 


Price,  10  Genu. 


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The  loudest  noise  ever  heard 
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This   volcano   is   situated  in 
the    Straits    of"    Sunda,    be- 
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If  the  eruption  had  occurred 
in    San'  Francisco,    it   would 
have  been  heard  as  far  away 
as   Chicago,      It   caused   air 
waves  that  encircled  the  earth  seven  times,  and  the 
dust  from  it  was  carried  about  the  earth  in  the  air 
for  three  years. 

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it  would  make  a  noise  that  would  tax  the  ablest  mathematician  to  estimate. 

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V,.l.    LX VI II— No.  15. 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  OCTOBER  12,  1911'. 


Price,  10  Cents. 


Plain  English. 


BY  AMERICUS 


M' 


■R.  RUDOLPH  SPRECKELS  has  rendered  a  pub- 
lic service  by  rising  in  a  meeting  of  the  friends 

of  Woodrow  Wilson  and  demanding  that  Uuv- 
ernor  Johnson  shall  declare  whedier  or  nut  he  intends 
to  pardon  Alio  Kurt  and  the  MeNamara  brothers.  Mr. 
Spreckels  points  out  that  the  San  Francisco  Bulletin, 
which  is  the  organ  of  the  Johnson  administration,  is 
ardently  advocating  a  general  jail  delivery. 

The  Bulletin  conveys  the  impression  to  the  minds  of 
many  of  its  readers  that  jails  are  relics  of  barbarism, 
and  that  it  is  a  symptom  of  mental  and  moral  degener- 
acy to  regard  convicted  felons  as  anything  but  highly 
deserving  citizens,  who  should  be  treated  with  the  ut- 
most  consideration  while  within  the  walls  of  the  peni- 
tentiary— and  not  be  kept  there  very  long. 

Governor  Johnson,  being  an  adroit  politician,  knows 
very  well  that  the  friendship  of  some  daily  newspaper 
is  indispensable  to  him  in  San  Francisco.  The  Bulletin 
is  the  only  daily  journal  which  sounds  his  praises.  Self- 
interest,  therefore,  would  suggest  to  Governor  Johnson 
that  he  should  pay  attention  to  the  requests  of  his 
chief  newspaper  organ  and  reduce  the  number  of  in- 
mates in  San  Quentin  as  speedily  as  possible. 

Mr.  Rudolph  Spreckels  does  not  state  definitely  wheth- 
er or  not  he  is  unalterably  opposed  1o  the  liberation 
of  Abe  Ruef  and  the  MeNamara  brothers.  His  purpose 
in  directing  attention  to  the  matter  is  to  prevent  Gov- 
ernor Johnson  from  riding  two  horses  at  once,  and 
thereby  helping  to  lessen  the  ehanees  of  Woodrow  Wil- 
son's winning  the  Presidential  race. 

In  some  parts  of  the  country  where  he  is  delivering 
stump  speeches,  instead  of  attending  to  his  official  duties 
at  Sacramento,  Governor  Johnson  leads  his  hearers  to 
believe  that  he  may  extend  pardon  to  Abe  Ruef  and  the 
McNaniara  brothers.  The  people  who  are  in  favor  of 
such  liberation  are,  therefore,  influenced  favorably  to- 
wards Governor  Johnson. 

In  other  parts  of  the  country  Governor  Johnson's 


speeches  give  his  hearers  the  impression  that  he  believes 
in  the  doctrine  of  "an  eye  for  an  eye  and  a  tooth  for  a 
tooth,"  and  is  opposed  to  the  extension  of  executive 
clemency  to  malefactors  who  have  been  tripped  up  by 
•  I  ust  ice  and  placed  behind  prison  bars. 

People  favorable  to  judicial  and  executive  severity 
applaud  Governor  Johnson's  professions  of  inflexibility. 
He  therefore  gains  by  obtaining  the  favor  of  both  sides, 
and  Mr.  Rudolph  Spreckels  wishes  to  stop  Governor 
Johnson's  adroit  manoeuvers  and  place  him  where  he 
properly  belongs. 

Mr.  Spreckels,  in  protesting  against  the  political 
methods  of  Governor  Johnson,  links  the  names  of  Abe 
Ruef  and  the  MeNamara  brothers  in  such  a  way  that  a 
casual  reader  might  jump  to  the  conclusion  that  they 
were  offenders  of  the  same  character.  It  is  not  advis- 
able that  such  an  opinion  should  be  entertained  by  the 
public,  because  there  would  be  a  vast  difference  in  the 
effect  of  turning  Ruef  loose  and  letting  the  McNamaras 
out  on  parole.  There  has  seldom  been  a  more  heinous 
crime  charged  against  anybody  than  that  to  which  the 
McNamaras  pleaded  guilty.  They  deliberately  planned 
to  commit  murder  upon  a  wholesale  scale,  and  in  the 
Los  Angeles  explosion  they  sacrificed  the  lives  of  a 
score  of  innocent  persons. 

Compared  with  the  operations  of  the  McNamaras,  the 
murderous  deeds  of  the  Molly  Maguires  were  trivial 
offenses  and  confined  to  a  limited  area.  The  McNamaras 
and  their  murderous  associates  planned  to  carry  terror- 
ism and  death  wherever  any  employer  dared  to  oppose 
their  demands.  Their  operations  extended  from  the  At- 
lantic to  the  Pacific,  and  it  has  been  revealed  at  the  trial 
of  the  dynamiters  in  Indianapolis  this  week  that  the 
elder  MeNamara  even  contemplated  the  dynamiting  of 
the  Panama  Canal  so  as  to  punish  a  contractor  who  had 
offended  him. 

The  feebleness  of  justice  was  never  more  convincingly 
exhibited  than  in  the  prosecution  of  the  McNamaras. 
Their  arrest,  in  the  first  place,  was  only  made  possible 
by  the  employment  of  private  detectives  and  by  the  ex- 
penditure of  a  large  sum  contributed  by  employers  who 
had  suffered  from  the  terrorists.  Neither  Federal,  State 
nor  municipal  officers  of  the  law  had  succeeded  in  de- 


■THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  October  12,  1912. 


teeting  the  dynamiters.  The  outlaws  had 
practically  a  clear  Held  until  private  detectives 
were  placed  upon  their  tracks  by  private  citi- 
zens who  were  willing  to  pay  for  work  which 
should  have  been  performed  by  the  govern- 
ment. 

After  the  McNamaras  were  arrested  it  be- 
came an  operation  of  the  utmost  difficulty  to 
transport  them  from  Indianapolis  to  Los  An- 
geles. The  progress  of  the  detectives  and 
their  prisoners  was  more  like  the  advance 
of  scouts  in  a  hostile  territory  than  the  jour- 
ney of  officers  of  justice  carrying  a  gang  of 
murderers  back  to  the  scene  of  their  crime. 

In  the  long  delay  preliminary  to  the  open- 
ing of  the  dynamiters'  trials  the  inefficiency 
of  justice  under  our  vicious  judicial  system 
was  again  made  apparent.  Under  a  proper 
system  the  men  would  have  been  tried  and 
convicted  or  acquitted  in  one-quarter  of  the 
time  taken  to  get  the  defendants  into  court. 

If  our  law  judges  were  appointed  for  life, 
instead  of  being  elected,  and  thus  made  sub- 
ject to  the  whim  and  influence  of  the  mob, 
outlaws  like  the  McNamaras  and  Tveitmoes 
could  not  intimidate  and  baffle  justice,  and 
the  courts  and  laws  would  be  moie  respected. 


RIGHT  MAN  FOE  THE  PLACE. 

SOME  technical  objections  to  the  payment 
of  the  newly  appointed  City  Engineer, 
M.  M.  O  'Shaughnessy,  were  made  by 
Auditor  Boyle,  but  have  been  overcome.  It 
is  a  good  thing  to  see  Mr.  Boyle  scrutinizing 
the  city's  bills  keenly,  but  it  is  seldom  he 
will  see  a  salary  warrant  for  which  better 
service  will  be  rendered  than  by  Mr. 
O  'Shaughnessy.  This  practical  and  experi 
enced  engineer  has  already  imbued  his  de- 
partment with  a  new  spirit,  and  the  impor- 
tant public  work  is  going  ahead  energetically. 
Mr.  O  'Shaughnessy  has  demonstrated  that 
the  Mayor  made  a  most  admirable  selection 
when   he    appointed  him. 


A  RELIABLE  GOLD 
AND  SILVER  HOUSE 

Old  family  jewelry  reconstructed  into  mod- 
ern styles. 

Stone  setting. 

Silverware  made  to  order,  repaired  and  re- 
finished. 

We  can  supply  you  with  toilet  articles  and 
tahle  flat-ware  in  ALL  STANDAED 
PATTERNS. 

A  department  for  expert  watch  repairing. 


JOHN  0.  BELLIS 

Manufacturing  Gold   and   Silversmith 
328  Post  Street  Union  Square 


THE   POLOISTS  PREPARING. 

POLO  promises  to  be  very  conspicuous  in 
tiie  list  of  fashionable  amusements  this 
winter.  Play  begins  with  the  junior 
championship  opening  game  on  November  2nd. 
There  will  be  fourteen  events  between  No- 
vember 2nd  and  Saturday,  November  30th. 
Felton  Elkins,  Christian  de  G-uigne  Jr.,  Wal- 
ter S.  Tevis  Jr.,  Elliott  McAllister  Jr.,  Harry 
Hastings,  O.  C.  Pratt,  Paul  Verdier  and  Eu- 
gene de  Coulon  are  among  the  younger  mem- 
bers of  the  club  that  will  take  part  in  the 
junior  champions  nip  games. 

+ 

ALBERT     SIDNEY     JOHNSON     CHAPTER. 

"Yesterday,  Today  and  Tomorrow'  is  the 
title  of  the  entertainment  for  the  charity 
fund  of  the  Albert  Sidney  Johnson  Chapter, 
which  will  be  given  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel- 
Saturday  afternoon,  October  12th,  hours  2  to 
7.  Yesterday  signifies  the  Old  South,  Tomor- 
row will  be  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition. 
The  Albert  Sidney  Johnson  Chapter  repre- 
sents exclusive  Southern  society,  and  its  en 
tertainments  are  always  most  delightful  af- 
fairs. 

» 

The  first  rehearsal  of  the  San  Francisco 
Symphony  Orchestra  under  the  direction  of 
Henry  Hadley  was  held  on  Tuesday  at  the 
Cort  Theater,  with  65  musicians  present.  It 
was  a  most  auspicious  beginning  of  what 
promises  to  be  a  very  brilliant  season. 


POPULAR  CONCERT  PROGRAM. 


Interesting  Announcement  by  Manager  Healey 
of  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra. 

THE  first  symphony  concert  of  the  San 
Francisco  Orchestra  for  the  season  of 
1912-13  is  scheduled  for  Friday  after- 
noon, Oct.  25th,  and  the  first  popular  concert 
for  Sunday  afternoon,  October  27th.  The 
manager  now  comes  forward  with  the  an- 
nouncement of  the  programs  for  the  two  pop- 
ular concerts,  Sunday,  October  27th,  and  Sun- 
day, November  17tn,  which  will  be  a  sur- 
prise and  a  delight  to  music  lovers  of  San 
Francisco: 

October  27th. — Grieg.  "March  of  Homage"; 
Wagner,  overture-  "Flying  Dutchman"; 
Charpentier,  (De  puis  le  jour) ,  ' '  Louise, ' ' 
Beatrice  Fine;  Christian  Kriens,  suite,  "In 
Holland  '  (first  time  here) — (1)  Morning  on 
the  Sea,  (2)  The  Dutch  Mill,  (3)  Evening 
Sounds,  ((4)  Wooden  Shoe  Dance;  Strauss- 
La  Forge,  "Storiette  del  Bosco"  (Viennese 
waltz),  Beatrice  Fine;  Massenet,  Medita- 
tion, "Thais,"  Adolph  Rosenbecker;  Strauss, 
waltz,    "Artist's   Life." 

November  17th. — Part  I:  Berlioz  Rakoczy, 
march  irom  "Damnation  of  Faust";  E.  von 
Reznicek.  overture,  ' '  Donna  Diana ' '  (new, 
fiist  time  in  San  Francisco);  Massenet  suite, 
"Scenes  Pittoresque.  Part  II:  Andreas  Dip 
pel  presents  Wolf -Ferrari 's  operatic  master- 
piece, ' '  The  Secret  of  Suzanne, ' '  by  mem 
bers  ot  the  Chicago  Opera  Company. 

For  the  third  popular  concert,  Sunday  af- 
ternoon, November  17th,  as  a  special  treat 
to  lovers  of  the  opera,  the  San  Francisco  Or- 
chestra offers  Andreas  Dippel's  own  company 
and  production  of  Wolf-Ferrari's  Mozartean 
operetta,  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne,"  whicn 
comes  intact,  with  a  double  cast  and  its  own 
orchestra,  direct  from  Chicago,  where  it  en- 
joyed great  popularity.  The  Symphony  Or- 
chestra will  provide  the  first  half  of  the  pro 
gram,  and  the  Wolf -Ferrari  operatic  gem 
will   follow. 


'THE  SECRET  OF  SUZANNE' 


Just  Enough  to  Hang  the  Plot  of  a  Most  De- 
lightful Opera  upon  It. 

The  composer  of  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne" 
is  Ermano  Wolf-Ferrari,  whose  fame  has  been 
won  chiefly  by  this  one  work.  The  story  is 
taken  from  the  French  of  Enrico  Golisciani. 
Munich  saw  the  first  production  on  November 
4,  1909.  There  are  three  characters — Count 
Gil,  who  is  about  30  years  old;  his  wife,  the 
Countes  Suzanne,  who  is  ten  years  his  junior, 
and  a  dumb  servant,  Sante,  who  is  about  50. 
The  scene  is  the  drawing-room  of  the  Count's 
home.  After  the  beautiful  overture,  the 
Count  enters,  greatly  worried,  for  he  has  seen 
a  woman  on  the  street  who  looked  very  like 
his  wife,  and  he  knows  that  the  Countess  does 
not  venture  out  alone.  He  smells  cigarette 
smoke,  and,  not  being  a  smoker  himself,  his 
suspicions  are  aroused.  The  dumb  servant  is 
questioned,  and  he  tells  the  Count  by  gestures 
that  he  does  not  smoke.  The  Count  knows 
that  his  wife  does  not,  and  his  suspicions  as 
to  another  man  coming  into  the  house  verge 
on  conviction.  Tlie  Countess  enters,  and  she 
and  her  husband  have  a  love  scene  together. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.  No.   4. 

JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L.  PRIOR,  Plaint- 
iffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien 
upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No,   32,735. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in|  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L. 
PRIOR,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows : 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
line  of  Walter  Street,  distant  thereon  three  hundred 
and  eighteen  (318)  feet  northerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Walter  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of  Fourteenth 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and  along  said 
line  ot  Walter  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125  <  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  MISSION 
BLOCK  Number  100. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south 
easterly  line  of  Clementina  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Ninth  Street,  and  running  thence 
northeasterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clementina 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southwesterly  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  seventy 
five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part 
of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA   LOT  Number  298. 

Tou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  Baid  Court,  this 
12th   day  of  September,    A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVT,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Olerk. 

The'  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  '  'The  Wasp' '  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of 
September,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiffs: 

EMILY  A.  FRIEDLANDER,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 


Saturday,  October  12.  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


Hut  the  '"l"i  "i  tobacco  smoke  on  the  wife's 
gown  sends  '  lipid  Ueeing.  me  i  ounts  asks 
ius  uii i-  1 1  bog  lias  not  b  and  sue  admits 

that  sue  tias.     Now   the  "'"tint  is  ceru tai 

rin.-i.-   is  another   man   in   the     case,   and   he 

ato  a  rage  and  smashes  the  furniture  ana 

brae,     neeping,  the  Countess  leaves  the 

luom.   and    the   Couni    is    iu   .I.-- pa  ii-.       Then 

comes   a  1< traJ   interlude,   matcned 

only  by  me  intermezzo  <>i  "Cavalieria  Busti 
cana,'  during  wlncn  the  smiling  bante  clears 
up   tnr   wreckage. 

When  the  Countess  returns  the  Count  pre 
pares  to  leave,    nis  wue,  after  1 1 y  i u g  to  pacr 

i\    Him.   ^m-s   ii i in   hi'-   nat    ami   gloves,   ana   lie 

u  in  a  buff.  As  soon  as  he  leaves  the 
kJountess  1 1 ^4 u t ?>  a  cigarette.  But  her  smoke  is 
interrupted  by  the  Count's  sudden  teturn. 
ljuickl}  .--in'  drops  t in_-  cigarette  into  the  tire. 
'i be  Count ,  in  luryi  thinks  he  has  his  man 
now,  anil  be  rusiios  1 1  a  11 1  h-aily  a  I  unit  tue 
100111.      llis   wife  asks   him   it   he  is  looking  tor 

bis  iimb  elia,  which  Bhe  bands  him.  ine  Louut 
promptly  breaks  the  uandle  and  tears  off  into 
1  he  other  rooms  looking  lor  his  rival,  imme- 
diately the  Countess  ligMs  another  cigarette. 

'1  he  light  is  now  loWi  and  the  young  woman 
voices  uer  Bentiment  in  a  tender,  exquisite 
cigarette  song.  After  awhile  the  Count  ap- 
pears at  the  window  outside,  lu  triumph  ne 
fomes  1  brough  1  lie  window  as  the  Countess 
bides  tin-  cigarette  behind  her.  The  Count 
grabs  her  to  jerk  in  tiont  ot  the  imaginary 
man  and — tun  us  his  band  on  the  cigarette! 
The  secret  out  at  last,  the  husband  is  penitent, 
and  so  is  1  he  wife.  They  torgive  eacn  other, 
ami  husband  ami  wile  do  a  joyful  "cigarette 
dance.  '  The  story  closes  with  the  dumb  ser- 
vant himself  lighting  a  cigarette  as  the  Count 
ami  Countess  go  happily  to  their  apartments, 

The  principal  role  in  this  delightful  opeia 
will  be  assumed  by  Miss  Jenny  Lmfeu,  who  is 
credited  with  being  a  beautiful  singer  with  a 
tine  understanding  of  the  lighter  forms  of  mu- 
sical  expression, 

Carrie  Bridewell,  contralto  will  be  the  solo- 
ist for  t  ne  S\  mphouy  Orchestral  concerts  to 
be  given  by  the  oiehestra  in  the  Greek  Thea- 
ter, .November  2nd.  .Beatrice  Priest  Fine,  so- 
prano, and  Adolph  Rosenbecker,  violinist,  will 
lie  the  soloists  for  the  first  popular  concert, 
Sunday,  October  27th. 

The  sale  of  the  seasun  tickets  will  continue 
until  October  17th,  after  which  date  no  one 
can  avail  themselves,  as  the  sale  of  the  single 
tickets   will    commence,    at    the   Cort   Theater. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  the  engagement  of 
••The  Chocolate  Soldier"  opens  at  the  Cort 
Theater  on  Sunday  night  and  closes  on  Satur- 
day night,  and  the  star  of  the  attraction  that 
follows  does  not  appear  on  Sundays,  it  has 
been  possible  to  secure  this  evening  for  the 
second  production  of  "The  Secret  of  Su- 
zanne," in  order  that  every  one  will  have  an 
opportunity  ot  attending  tuis  opeia,  which  is 
an  entertainment  of  rare  merit,  ranking  artist- 
ically with  anything  that  can  be  advanced 
this  season,  and  one  of  great  popularity.  The 
regular  $2  scale  of  prices  will  be  asked. 

At  the  popular  concert  of  the  San  Francis- 
co Orchestra  on  the  afternoon  of  November 
17th,  holders  of  season  tickets  will  receive 
the  benefit  of  the   season  prices. 


FINE   VOICES   HEARD. 


T 


Enjoyable  Program  Presented  by  the  Pacific 
Musical  Society. 

HE  program  presented  by  the  Pacific  Mu- 
sical Society  on  Wednesday  last,  at 
Golden  Gate  Commandery  Hall,  was  ot 
superior  worth.  Miss  Fernanda  Pratt  and 
Mrs.  Eugene  Elkus  were  the  soloists  of  the 
day.  and  the  fine  artistic  quality  of  their 
voices  brought  forth  an  outburst  of  genuine 
appreciation  from  the  large  assemblage. 

The  program  opened  with  a  sonata  for  vio- 
lin and  piano  by  Emile  Merz  and  Miss  Joan 


MRS.   EUGENE   ELKUS. 

Baldwin.  The  selection  chosen  was  the  Grieg 
sonata,  op,  13,  G  major,  and  was  one  of  the 
great  melodist 's  composition  in  which  his 
creative  genius  is  wonderfully  revealed. 

Miss  Fernanda  Pratt's  poise  and  tempera 
mental  qualities  found  expression  in  her  work, 
which  was  most  perfectly  finished.  The  group 
of  songs  she  selected  for  this  appearance  in- 
cluded the  difficult  "Printemps  qui  com- 
mence" (Saint-Saens),  from  "Samson  and 
Delilah."  Every  emotion  and  tone  production 
seemed  particularly  adapted  for  the  rich 
warmth  of  Miss  Pratt's  contralto  voice,  which 
displayed  a  range  that  was  remarkable.  Again 
in  the  duo  work  with  Mrs.  Elkus,  which  com- 
prised the  selection  of  "Gruss,"  by  Mendel- 
ssohn, and  "Still  wie  die  nacht. "  by  Goetze, 
Miss  Pratt's  artistic  rendition  charmed  her 
audience. 

Mrs.  Eugene  S.  Elkus,  as  the  soprano  solo- 
ist, sang  a  group  of  songs  ranging  from 
Brahms,  and  Schumann  to  Wagner.  Mrs. 
Elkus  is  one  of  the  foremost  of  our  resident 


prized  by  the  Musical  Society,  of  which  she  is 
a    member. 

Mrs.   David   Ilirschler,   President  of  the  Pa- 
cific Musical  Society,  and  Miss  Joan  Baldwin 
were  the  accompanists  at  this  admirable  event. 
4 

Kohler  &   Chase   Matinee. 

FOR  Saturday  afternoon,  October  12th,  the 
soloist  will  be  Charles  F.  Robinson, 
basso,  who  is  among  the  younger  set 
of  our  resident  concert  artists,  lie  has  been 
\  ery  successful  t  hus  far  in  his  career,  his 
work  having  made  a  deep  impression  upon  all 
the  discriminating  critics  who  have  heard 
him.  Mr.  Robinson  has  been  urged  to  take  up 
a  professional  career.  His  debut  at  the  Koh 
ler  &  Chase  matinee  on  Saturday  will  be  an 
important  event  in  local  musical  circles.  In 
his  interpretation  of  an  aria  from  Rossini 's 
famous  "Stabat  Mater."  Mr.  Robinson  will 
have  an  opportunity  to  reveal  the  extent  ot 
his    artistic    powers. 

Another  feature  of  tbe  program  will  be  the 
interpretation  on  the  beautiful  Aeolian  pipe 
organ  of  two  exquisite  compositions — "Kam 
menoi  Ostrow"  overture  (Rubinstein),  and 
selections  from  "La  Boheme"  (Puccini).  The 
complete  program  will  be  as  follows:  "Kam- 
menoi  Ostrow"  (Rubinstein);  Aeolian  pipe 
organ  and  Pianola  piano;  "Pro  Peccatis, " 
from  "Stabat  Mater"  (Rossini),  Mr.  Robin- 
son, accompanied  with  the  Pianola  piano; 
"Dance  Creole,"  op  94  (Chaminade);  "Fruh- 
lingslauten"  (Moszowski),  the  Pianola  piano; 
"Madrigal"  (Harris);  "To  the  Stormwind" 
(Evers),  Mr.  Robinson,  accompanied  with  the 
Pianola;  selections  from  "La  Boheme"  (Puc- 
cini), the  Aeolian  pipe  organ. 


THE    KRUGER    CLUB. 

The  regular  monthly  meeting:  of  the  Kruger  Club 
will  be  held  Monday,  October  14,  1912,  at  310  Sut- 
ter street,  at  3:30  o'clock,  when  the  following-  pro- 
gram will  be  rendered:  "Etude  de  Concert"  (Wol- 
lenhaupt),  Loraine  Jordan;  "Fleurette"  (Raff), 
Helen  Auer;  "Au  Matin  (Godard),  Helen  Hamil- 
ton; Mazurka  (Leschetiszky),  Julia  Obenesser;  Noc- 
turne (Chopin),  Marie  Reisener;  "Si  oiseau  j'etais" 
(Henselt),  Mabel  Filmer;  "Witches'  Dance"  (Mc- 
Dowell), Mr.  Padget;  '  'Le  Matin"  (Chaminade), 
for   two   pianos,    Miss   Eva    Mehegan,    Mr.    Kruger    at 


artists,    and    her    beautiful    voice    is    greatly  I  second  piano. 


HAS  STOOD 

THE  TEST 

OF  AGES 

AND  IS  STILL 

THE  FINEST 

CORDIAL  EXTANT 


At  first-class  Wine  Merchants,  Grocers,  Hotels,  Cafes. 

Batjer  &   Co.,   45  Broadway,    New  York,   N.  Y., 

Sole   Agents   for  United   States. 


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OCIETY,  which,  as  a  rule 
is  pretty  quick  at  sus 
pecting  engagements,  is 
once  and  awhile  treated, 
to  a  complete  surprise,  as 
occurred  this  week  when 
the  announcement  was 
made  of  the  engagement 
of  Mrs.  Gertrude  Eels  Babcock  and  John  Law- 
son.  Mrs.  Babcock  is  one  of  our  handsomest 
matrons — tall  and  blonde,  and  wonderfully 
healthy  and  athletic-looking,  with  superb  col- 
oring. She  married  when  quite  young  Lieu- 
tenant John  Franklin  Babcock  of  the  navy. 
He  was  as  fine  a  specimen  of  a  man  as  she 
is  of  a  woman,  and  they  always  attracted 
much  attention  as  they  swung  off  on  long 
tramps,  which  they  frequently  took  while  Lieu- 
tenant Babcock  was  stationed  here.  After 
they  left  San  Francisco  Lieutenant  Babcock 
was  stricken  with  a  terrible  form  of  paralysis, 
which  crippled  him  from  his  waist  down  com- 
pletely. Of  course,  the  unfortunate  officer  was 
retired  from  the  service,  and  with  his  beauti- 
ful wife  he  went  everywhere  in  hopes  of  re- 
covery. They  lived  in  Paris  for  some  time, 
where  ne  was  under  the  care  of  a  wonderful 
specialist,  but  with  no  results  at  all,  and  two 
years  ago  death  gave  surcease  of  pain  to  the 
unhappy  sufferer  and  left  his  widow  heart- 
broken. 

Lieutenant  Babcock  was  the  second  son  of 
General  John  B.  Babcock,  who  was  the  com- 
manding officer  here  for  some  time,  and  was 
very  well  known  throughout  the  service.  His 
brother,  Captain  Babcock,  married  his  wife  's 
sister,  Marion  Eels.  Another  brother,  Lieu- 
tenant Franklin  Babcock,  is  in  the  Coast  Ar- 
tillery, with  station  at  Fort  Williams,  Maine. 
After  the  death  of  Lieutenant  Babcock  his 
widow  spent  much  of  her  time  abroad  with  her 
sister  and  brother-in-law,  the  Conrad  Bab- 
cocks.  Captain  Conrad  Babcock  was  stationed 
at  the  French  cavalry  school  at  Sauniur,  near 
Paris,  at  which  time  Lieutenant  Adna  E. 
Chaffee,  son  of  General  Chaffee,  was  there,  so 
both  the  Eels  girls  made  Paris  their  head- 
quarters for  the  time  being.  They  returned 
■"■i  America  in  the  summer  when  Captain  Bab 
cock  was  ordered  to  take  station  at  West 
Point.  Mrs.  Babcock  has  been  living  for 
the  last  few  months  with  her  mother-  Mrs. 
Charles  Parmelee  Eels,  at  her  place  in  Ross. 
Their  relatives  are  many  in  the  exclusive  little 
coterie  of  that  pretty  suburb. 

An  Eligible  Bachelor. 

JOHN"  LAWSON,  who  is  regarded  as  one 
of  the  most  eligible  of  bachelors,  is  the 
manager  of  the  San  Francisco  branch 
of  Balfour,  Guthrie  &  Company.  Mr.  Lawson 
is    a   tall,    athletic,    and    distinguished-looking 


NOTICE. 

All  communications  relative  to  social  news 
should  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  insure  publication 
in  the  issue  of  that  week. 


man,  with  iron-gray  hair  and  a  wonderful]} 
large  and  will-filled  purse.  He  is  also  noted 
as  a  polo  and  golf  player.  For  some  time  he 
was  reputed  to  be  a  very  ardent  admirer  of 


MRS.    BLANCHE     SCHWABACHER 

A  socially  prominent  and  wealthy  young  matron 
who  has  sought  the  divorce  court. 

Jennie  Crocker,  and  it  was  believed  that  he 
had  won  the  band  of  that  little  heiress  until 
Malcolm  Whitman  carried  off  the  prize. 

Such  an  eligible  bachelor  is  sure  to  be  the 
subject  of  gossip,  and  Dame  Rumor  had  it 
that  the  handsome  defendant  in  a  celebrated 
divorce  case  now  pending  regarded  the  atu 
letic  polo-player  with  more  than  passing  inter- 
est. 

The  firm  of  Balfour,  Guthrie  &  Co.  has  al- 
ways been  conducted  according  to  Britisn 
ideals  of  strict  but  honorable  business,  and  to 

Women  are  no  longer  mere  ciphers  in  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


be  manager-  of  such  an  influential  concern  for 
many  years  is  no  slight  guarantee  of  merit. 
How  thoroughly  English  is  the  concern  can 
be  understood  when  it  is  stated  that  the 
4  o  'clock  tea  is  faithfully  observed.  On  the 
stroke  of  4  all  hands  stop  work,  and  delicious 
tea  and  marmalade  are  served. 

The  wedding  of  Mr.  John  Lawson  and  Mrs. 
Babcock  will  tak'e  place  at  Boss  on  the  17th 
inst,  and  will  be  a  very  quiet  church  affair. 

l5*  t^*  c£* 

Inherits  Her  Mother's  Talent. 

MISS  VIRGINIA  PIERCE,  who  sang  the 
leading  role  of  Mimi  in  "La  Boheme" 
at  the  Wednesday  matinee  with  such 
success,  is  a  well-known  San  Francisco  girl. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James 
Pierce  of  Berkeley,  and  was  largely  identified 
with  the  young  society  there  several  years  ago 
— before  she  went  abroad  to  study  music.  She 
inherits  her  beautiful  voice  from  her  mother, 
who  has  been  veiy  prominent  in  musical  cir- 
cles beie  for  years,  and  sang  in  Grace  Churcb 
and  in  the  Unitarian  Church,  where  her  voice 
was  considered  quite  out  of  the  ordinary.  Miss 
Virginia  has  achieved  quite  remarkable  suc- 
cess with  the  Larbardi  Opera  Company,  and 
a   very  brilliant   future  is  predicted  for   her. 

t£*  t^*  X0* 

She  Died  Extolling  Music. 

COMING  to  the  Orpheum  next  month  on 
her  first  vaudeville  tour  is  Beatrix 
Michelena,  who  at  16  was  Henry  W. 
Savage's  youngest  prima  donna,  star  of  that 
producer's  "Peggy  from  Paris,"  who  stud- 
ied under  her  famous  father,  Fernando  Mich- 
elena, for  the  grand  opera  stage,  which  am- 
bitions the  lure  of  Martin  Beck,  who  is  al- 
ways looking  to  take  to  vaudeville  the  best 
from  the  legitimate,  ended.  Beck  secured 
her  while  she  was  visiting  in  New  York,  and 
the  circumstances  of  her  engagement  were  as 
unusual  as  her  brief  and  successful  eareer 
has  been. 

While  in  San  Francisco,  where  her  father, 
the  noted  tenor,  is  now  living,  she  was  called 
to  New  York  by  a  telegram  announcing  her 
mother's  death  from  heart  failure.  Miss 
Michelena  hurried  East  at  once  to  share  with 
her  sister,  another  noted  light  opeTa  singer, 
the  grief  attending  her  mother's  sudden 
death.  Vera  told  Beatriz  the  tragic  story. 
Their  mother,  who  a  few  years  ago  was  a 
famous  light  opera  beauty,  had  been  afflicted 
with  heart  trouble.  Possessed  of  the  ardent 
temperament  of  the  Latin,  she  was  warned 
not  to  permit  herself  any  excitement.  Vera 
had  invited  a  few  intimate  friends  to  meet 
her  mother  at  dinner.  The  conversation  turn- 
ed on  music,  of  which  Mrs.  Michelena  was 
passionately  fond.  One  of  the  guests  thought- 
lessly made  a  remark  about  the  relative  mer- 


Saturday,  October  12.  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


ligui  music,  ragtime  and  classical  mu 
sir.  Hi-  opined  thai  most  of  the  expressed 
devotion  to  classical  music  was  hypocrisy. 
\\  t  -.  M  ichelena  accepted  be  e  ballenge,  and 
vehemently  claimed  foi  music  the  distinction 
given  i"  iii'.'  other  arts— painting,  sculpture 
itinl  Literature,  She  excitedly  challenged  her 
verba]  antagonisl  to  Listen  to  the  two  kinds 
Hi'  music  the  cheap  and  the  fine — and  then 
pass  judgment.  She  went  to  the  piano  and 
dashed  oil"  a  hit  i»l'  ragtime  with  the  teehnic 
■ a  it  isl  and  t  lie  Bpirit  oi  a  ' '  cafe  enter- 
tainer." Then  she  played  her  own  arrange- 
ment of  the  great  trio  scene  from  the  Last  act 
nt  "Faust."  She  way  a  brilliant  player,  and 
played  the  marvelous  music  superbly.  The 
were  entranced.  The  woman  ruse  from 
the  piano.  Her  antagonist,  with  a  smile  of 
willing  acknowledgment,  started  towards  her 
tn  congratulate  the  artist.  She  clutched  at 
her  heart  and  fell  dead  at  his  feet. 

W'nh  Buch  an  ancestry — a  father  who  was 
uowledged  in  his  day  to  be  in  the  very 
1 1 mi  i  ranks  of  the  world's  greatest  tenors, 
and  a  mother  who  died  extolling  music,  it  is 
DOl  in  be  wondered  at  that  Beatriz  Miche- 
tena  is  gifted  with  voice  and  temperament. 
The  offer  from  Beck,  coming  after  sueh  a 
tragic  occurrence,  was  gladly  accepted  by 
.Miss  Michelena  as  a  means  of  distraction, 
and  reports  all  along  the  circuit  have  it  that 
in  vivacity  of  manner,  sympathetic  quality 
nf  voice,  and  grace  and  beauty  of  person. 
she  is  scoring  the  biggest  hit  recorded  in 
many  seasons  by  any  singing  star. 

Bird  of  Happy  Omen. 

THE  long-legged  bird  is  flapping  his  wings 
over  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas 
F.    Hesketh.     Mrs.   Hesketh  was  Miss 
Florence    Breckenridge    before    her    marriage, 
and  already  has  two  charming  little  ones. 

The  bird  of  much  renown  is  also  seen  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  Bavid  E.  C.  Browns'  home  in 
Denver.  Mrs.  Brown  was  very  well  known 
here  before  her  marriage  to  the  Colorado  mil- 
lionaire, when  she  was  beautiful  Ruth  McNutt. 
.Mi.  Brown  was  a  widower  before  he  married 
our  San  Francisco  beauty,  and  has  several 
grown  daughters  almost  the  same  age  as  his 
fair  young  wife. 

(J*  9£pl  t&* 

Was  Missed  by  Society. 

AT  A  LARGE  LUNCHEON,  at  which  she 
was  hostess,  at  the  Town  and  Country 
Club,  Miss  Dorothy  Baker  made  her 
first  appearance  in  society  in  two  years,  since 
the  death  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Baker. 
Miss  Dorothy  during  that  time  remained  in 
complete  retirement,  and  was  very  much  miss- 
ed at  all  the  functions,  Where  she  was  ex- 
tremely popular.  This  winter  she  intends  to 
resume  an  active  part  in  the  season's  gaieties, 
and  will  do  much  entertaining  for  the  young- 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASI*,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


er  set.     Her  guests  at  the  Town  and  Country 

1  lub   were  all   the  3 iger  girls— some  debu 

[antes  ■»*'  1  his  winter  and  - -1'  La  -1  « inter. 

including  Miss  Gertrude  Thomas,  Miss  Marion 
Crocker,  Miss  Helen  Bertheau,  Miss  [sabel 
Beaver,   Mise   Dors   Winn,  Mis-;   Ernestine  Mc 

Near,    MlBS    Elva   «le    Tin',    Miss  Oora  <  >t  is,    Mis^ 

Frederika  Otis,    Miss    Ethel    McAllisteri    Mi^s 

Anna  Olney,  Miss  Maurieia  Mintzner,  Miss 
II en  1  iette  Blanding,  Miss  Margaret  Belden, 
Miss  Louise  Kelloggj  and  Miss  Martha  Foster. 
The  (utile  was  bountifully  decorated  in  red 
carnations  and  greens.    This  is  the  first  of  a 

series  of  luncheons  -Miss  Baker  is  planning  to 
gi\  e  before  she  leaves  for  Europe  in  the 
spring. 

je    &    j* 

Mrs.  de  Young's  Convalescence. 

NEWS  comes  from  New  York  that  Mrs.  M. 
11.  de  Young  is  recovering  rapidly,  but 
as  yet  sho  has  not  been  able  to  leave 
the  hospital  where  she  underwent  a  serious 
operation.  She  is  able  to  be  about  the  grounds 
and  her  son  Charles,  who.  Like  all  the  DeYoung 
children]  is  greatly  attached  to  his  mother, 
spends  a  portion  of  eacn  aay  wheeling  her 
about  so  that  she  may  benefit  as  much  as  pos- 
sible by  the  outdoor  air.  It  is  thought  that 
the  De  Youngs  may  return  to  San  Francisco 
iu  about  three  weeks. 

The  Morelands  Expected. 

MR.  A;ND  MRS.  AiNDREW  MORELAND 
of  Pittsburg  and  their  daughters,  Miss 
Esther  and  Miss  May,  who  are  at 
present  at  the  Plaza  Hotel  at  New  York,  are 
expected  to  be  prominent  partici- 
pants in  the  social  activities  of 
the  coming  winter  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  Morelands  occupied 
' '  Stoneacres ' '  at  Newport  last 
summer,  and  society  reporters  not- 
ed the  fact  that  Miss  Esther  was 
one  of  the  most  fashionably  dress- 
ed young  women  at  the  most 
fashionable  of  American  summei 
resorts.  Money  is  no  obstacle  to 
the  Moreland  family  in  carrying 
out  their  ambitious  social  plans, 
because  Mr.  Moreland  was  a  for 
mer  official  of  the  Carnegie  Steel 
Company,  and  has  retired  with  a 
fortune  ample  enough  even  for 
numerous  seasons  in  Newport.  It 
is  the  custom  at  Newport  for  the 
extremely  rich  and  socially  pre- 
eminent to  assume  an  air  of  hau- 
teur towards  newer  arrivals,  and 
it  not  infrequently  occurs  that 
the  new-comers,  if  people  of  or- 
dinary wealth,  become  dishearten- 
ed by  this  frigid  manner  Qf  the 
most  fashionable  society  and  re- 
tire from  the  contest  discouraged, 
if  not  dismayed.  The  Morelands 
will  return  to  Newport  next  sea- 
son, and  it  is  said  will  entertain 
even  on  a  more  expensive  scale 
than  they  did  last  summer.  Mrs. 
George  T.  Marye  of  San  Francis- 


co  and  Washington  is  the  sister  of  Mrs.  More- 
land.  Mr.  Marye  was  formerly  a  wealthy 
-""  i  brokei  in  San  Francisco,  but  retired  from 
the  business  years  ago  ami  has  lived  upon  hie 

la  Pgfl    i  ttC I, 

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A  Philanthropic  Woman. 

MRS.  LOUIS  P.  MuXTK.UiLE,  who  has 
just  relume. 1  from  a  year  or  so  abroad, 
is  receiving  a  warm  welcome  from  her 

host  of  friends.  Airs.  Mnntengle,  who  was 
Miss  Daisy  Paige  before  her  marriage,  lias  al- 
ways been  a  devoted  church  worke;  A  few 
years  ago  she  inherited  a  large  fortune  quite 
unexpectedly  from  her  uncle.  Timothy  Paige, 
nf  New  York,  and  since  then  she  has  taken 
her  place  among  our  gieatest  philanthropists 
on  the  coasl.  She  is  generous  to  a  degree, 
and  besides  doing  many  lovely  things  for  her 
old  friends,  she  has  given  large  sums  of  money 
to  St.  Luke's  Church  and  GraceCathedral,. 
She  just  recently  gave  over  half  a  million  dol- 
lars to  St.  Luke's  Hospital  in  this  city.  Her 
visit  here  will  only  be  of  short  duration,  as 
she  plans  to  return  soon  to  Munich  to  join 
Mr.  Monteagle  and  her  youngest  son,  Kenneth, 
who  is  studying  there.  Her  oldest  son,  Paige, 
is  in  Harvard  University,  and  will  not  joir 
the   family   abroad   until    summer. 

t5*         eS         o?* 

Unexpected  Ending. 

THE   decree   of  divorce   obtained  by   Mrs. 
Blanche  Schwabacher,  whose  family  and 
that  of  her  husband  are  both  very  well 
known  in  San  Francisco,  is  a  matter  of  con- 
siderable interest  to  a  large  circle  of  society 


Best  of  All, 


HUNTER 
WHISKEY 
HIGH-BALL 


Sold   at   all   first-class    cafes   and   by   jobbers 
¥M.    LANAHAN    &     SON,    Baltimore,     Md. 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  October  12,  1912. 


in  which  they  have  moved.  The  young  cou- 
ple 's  married  life  began  most  happily,  and 
promised  to  be  an  ideal  union,  but  Mr.  Schwa- 
bacher  developed  a  tendency  for  midnight 
jaunts  through  the  redlight  district,  or  at  least 
his  wife  has  so  asserted,  and  by  rapid  stages 
they  reached  the  divorce  court  and  have  said 
good-bye.  Rumor  has  had  it  that  Mrs.  Sehwa- 
bacher  is  likely  to  accept  a  prominent  sur- 
geon and  try  matrimony  again.  Her  husband 
found  his  affinity  long  ago.  Too  much  money 
wrecked  their  connubial  bliss. 

Popular  Young  Matron's  Sad  Death. 

A  VERY  sad  death  is  chronicled  from  Al- 
ameda this  week.  Mrs.  Prank  Young- 
berg,  perhaps  better  known  by  her 
maiden  name  of  Laura  Euddell,  died  at  Fabio- 
la  Hospital  following  a  desperate  operation 
Tuesday  in  the  final  effort  to  save  heT  life. 
The  young  matron  was  an  Alameda  High 
School  graduate,  and  stepped  from  high  school 
into  the  social  life  of  this  and  the  other 
bay  communities.  Following  her  marriage 
to  a  prominent  customs  broker  the  couple 
took  up  their  home  on  Central  avenue,  near 


Hagen  ^<™w  &*•/<»■ 

Strictly    first-class     tailor-made    suits,     plain    and 

fancy.    Three-piece  suits  a  specialty.    Wraps 
1657  FRANKLIN  ST.  Phone 

Cor.  Pine  Franklin  6752 


Ttftss  97?arion    ftelle    White 
SCHOOL    OF    DANCING 

2868  California  St.  Tel.  Fillmore  1871 

Pupil   of   Mr.    Louis    H.    Chalif,    Mme. 

Elizabeth  Menzeli,  Gilbert  Normal 
School  of  Dancing  of  New  York  City. 

Miss  White  has  just  returned  from  New  York 
and  will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy, 
National,  Classical  and  Folk  Dances.  New 
Ball  Room  Dances  for  this  season :  Tango, 
Crab  Crawl,  Four  Step  Boston.     Hall  for  Rent. 


GENUINE 

NAVAJO  INDIAN 

BLANKETS 


Vlsalla  Stock 
Saddle  Co. 

2117  Sn 

Market  St.  Francisco 


Murphy  Grant  &  Co. 

JOBBERS  OF  DRY  GOODS 


NEW  GOODS  CONSTANTLY 
AEBIVINO  AND  ON  SALE 
AT     OUE     NEW     BUILDING 

134-146  Bosh  St.  N.E.  Cor.  Saniome,  S.F. 


Moore   &    Clarke   Photo. 
MISS    VIRGINIA    PIERCE 

Who  made  her  operatic  debut  in  "La  Eoheme" 
on  Wednesday  at  the  Cort  Theater. 

Morton  street,  and  entertained  with  many 
little  informal  affairs.  Mrs.  Youngberg  was 
a  young  matron  of  peculiarly  winning  ways 
and  sunny  disposition.  She  had  an  unusually 
wide  circle  of  warm  friends,  who  sincerely 
regret  her  unexpected  death.  The  death  of 
an  infant  preceded  that  of  the  young  mothei 
by  a  few  hours. 

Marriage  Entre  Nous. 

ALAMEDA  society  matrons  and  maids 
who  have  been  entertaining  Miss  Bes- 
sie Valleau  and  Hamilton  Murdock, 
two  leading  members  of  Alameda's  chief  so- 
cial circles,  for  the  past  two-thirds  of  a  year 
are  now  recalling  with  sundry  gasps  of  aston- 
ishment and  surprised  ejaculations  their  spe- 
cial efforts  to  throw  these  two  young  people 
together  to  aid  in  their  love-making.  All 
the  time  that  the  entertaining  matrons  were 
engaged  in  this  laudable  work  Murdock  and 
Miss  Valleau  were  man  and  wife.  They  were 
married  at  San  Jose  last  February,  and  close- 
ly kept  the  news  until  this  week,  when  it 
seemed  expedient  to  make  the  news  public. 
During  the  period  of  secrecy  friendly  matrons 
arranged  at  dinner  parties  for  Murdock  to 
take  Miss  Valleau  to  table,  and  arranged  for 
the  supposed  lovers  to  be  unostentatiously 
corraled  in  cosy  corners  and  given  all  the 
lovers5  nooks  and  special  hiding  places. 

Just  why  the  young  folks  did  not  at  once 
announce  the  news  of  their  marriage  in  the 
Garden  City  is  not  plain.  Young  Murdock  is 
a  successful  architect  in  San  Francisco,  and 
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i  her  divorce  from  I»r.  Wells.  Percy 
Murdock'e  bride  ia  the  daughter  of  Mrs. 
John  Spring  <»t  Pruitvale  and  the  sister  ut 
Mrs.  George   Pi  iend   of  Oakland. 

Mrs.  Bessie  VaUeau  Murdock  is  a  sister 
Of  Etoberl  Brotuertou  ValU-au,  wliu  miuru'd  :i 
leading  Alameda  Bocietv  girl,  Miss  Evelyn 
Cowing,  daughter  ol  Mrs,  Mary  Green  Cow- 
ing. She  is  extremely  fond  of  athletics,  be- 
ing   an    accomplished   swimmer,    rower    ami 

tenuis    j. layer.       Murdock     and    his    bride    are 

making  their  home  temporarily  al  the  VaUeau 
residence  al    1775   Broadway,  this  city. 

Mrs.  Darling's  Tea. 

MBS  JOHN  A.  DABIiXNG.  who  is  giving 
a  series  .■!'  teas,  entertained  at  her 
Clay  Btreel  residence  last  Tuesday  in 
honor  Of  Mrs.  I  Mucins  Fry,  and  was  assisted 
in  receiving  by  Mrs.  Sidney  V.  Smith,  Mrs. 
William  C.  Watson,  and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Maud. 
The  following  were  among  Mrs.  Darling's 
guests:  Mesdames  Phoebe  Hearst,  Charles 
Slack,  Alfred  S.  Slubbs,  Henry  P.  Dodge, 
Otis,  Ciale.  S.  C.  Bigelow,  William  I.  Kip, 
Adam  Grant,  £.  B.  Cutter,  Eleanor  Martin, 
P.  L.  Castle,  Jerome  Lincoln,  Evans,  Marcel 
Cerf,  1.  L.  Requa,  John  L.  Brice,  Randell 
Hunt.  Margaret  Irvine,  Ira  Pierce,  Cyrus 
Walker. 
Mrs.   Darling   will   also   entertain   in   honor 

SUMMONS. 


IX  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco, — Dept.   No.   7. 

DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    32,737. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  Hen,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty  (80) 
feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter 
section  of  the  southerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Street 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Diamond  Street,  and  run 
ning  thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-fifth 
Street  twenty-six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8t  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty- 
six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of 
HORNER'S   ADDTION  BLOCK    Number  221. 

Tou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  lo-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute:  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted ;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand   and  the   seal   of  said  Court    this 
12th    day    of    September,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY.    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  thiR  summons  vas  mnde  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  Septem- 
ber.   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in.  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property,  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation).  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Frnncism.    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 


tiifi  wife  of  Fortune  Gallo  of  the  Lambardi 
Opera  Company,  of  which  she  is  a  talented 
member. 


MISS    SOPHIE    CHARLEBOIS 

A  talented    San   Francisco    girl   who    is    singing 
with  the  Lambardi  Opera  Company. 

of  Mrs.  Arthur  Murray  and  Mrs.  John  P. 
Wisser  of  the  army.  She  is,  in  a  measure, 
an  army  woman  herself,  Colonel  Darling  hav- 
ing been  in  the  service  many  years. 

Maes.  Cornell's  Tea. 

AT  THE  elaborate  tea  given  by  Mrs.  J.  B. 
Cornell  in  honor  of  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
William  Harrison  Clary,  a  recent  bride, 
the  hostess  was  assisted  in  receiving  the  hun- 
dred guests  by  Mrs.  Clary  of  Stockton,  Mrs. 
James  P.  Pressley,  Mrs.  Prank  L.  Southack 
Jr.,  Mrs.  Thomas  Hyman,  Mrs.  Adrian  Spli- 
valo,  Mrs.  J.  Cornell.  Mrs.  Walker,  Mrs.  Kent- 
field,  Miss  Johnson  and  Miss  Long. 

Prefers  California. 

WHEN  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman 
left  San  Francisco  for  New  York, 
after  their  marriage,  it  was  intimat- 
ed that  they  were  likely  to  reside  permanent- 
ly in  New  York.  The  proverb,  once  a  Cali- 
fornian  always  a  Californian,  is  likely  to  be 
verified,  for  the  intimate  friends  of  Mrs. 
Whitman  in  San  Francisco  are  now  of  the 
opinion  that  the  bride  will  prefer  her  native 
State  to  the  attractions  of  the  metropolis. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Gladys  Jones,  second 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hugh  Jones  of  San 
Eafael,  and  Kent  Mercer  Weaver,  nephew  of 
Charles  W.  Weaver  of  San  Francisco,  will  take 
place  soon. 

Sophie  Charlebois,  whose  portrait  appears 
on  this  page,  is  a  granddaughter  of  the  late 
Israel   Kashow,    owner   of   Belvedere,    and   is 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA  WAGNER,  Plain 
tiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or 
lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part  ,  thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,847. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,     greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA 
WAGNER,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of ,  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  'the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or: any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  .and  particularly 
described    as    follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Utah 
Street,  distant  thereon  seventy-seven  (77)  feet,  two 
(2*  inches  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Utah  Street 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Nineteenth  Street,  and 
running  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Utah 
Street  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-six  (76)  feet ;  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  fo 
POTRERO  NUEVO  BLOCK  No.   92. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  own- 
ers of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist 
of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  th?ir  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
aDd   further  relief   as  may  be   meet   in   the   premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   H.    I.   PORTER,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October.    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs: 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation),  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,   San  Francisco,   California. 


10 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  12,  1912. 


AMINA  MATINI 
An  exquisite  soprano  of  the  Lambardi  Pacific  Coast  Grand  Opera  Company  at  the  Cort  Theater. 


A  Strenuous  Soldier. 

GENERAL  LEONARD  WOOD  arrives  this 
week  for  bis  inspection  of  tbe  army 
posts  on  tbe  Coast,  and  tbere  "will  be 
much  entertaining  done  in  his  honor.  General 
Wood  has  had  a  wonderful  military  career, 
having  risen  from  the  rank  of  army  doctor 
during  President  Roosevelt's  administration 
to  that  which  be  now  holds  of  ranking  officer 


of  the  army,  with  the  title  of  Major-General. 
He  is  one  of  the  most  strenuous  of  army  men, 
and  was  the  first  advocate  of  long  practice 
marches  and  extended  manoeuvers  to  keep  up 
the  general  efficiency  of  tbe  army.  It  is  a 
great  disappointment  to  society  that  Mrs. 
Wood  has  not  accompanied  him  oh  his  Western 
tour,  as  she  has  many  friends  here  who  would 
gladly  give  her  a  warm  welcome.    She  belong- 


ed to  tbe  Condit-Smith  family  of  Washington, 
and  is  a  niece  by  marriage  to  Chief  Justice 
and  Mrs.  Fields.  General  Wood  will  be  ac- 
companied only  by  his  aide,  Captain  Frank  R. 
McCoy. 

It  Is  Army  Life. 

THE  new  detached  service  bill  is  causing 
tbe  change  of  station  of  many  army 
officers  all  over  the  country.  For  this 
bill  limits  the  time  of  the  detached  duty  as 
well  as  requires  that  an  officer  must  serve 
with  his  regiment  for  two  years  before  be  is 
eligible  for  detached  service.  This  pleasant 
little  bit  of  news  awaited  tbe  Bjornstads  on 
their  arrival  at  Berlin,  where  Captain  Bjorn- 
stad  expected  to  be  military  attache  for  the 
next  four  years;  and  now,  bag  and  baggage, 
they  must  return  to  serve  with  Captain  Bjorn- 
stad's  regiment  at  Fort  Snelling,  Minnesota. 

Captain  Stephen  0.  Fuqua,  who  has  been 
instructor  of  tbe  National  Guard  of  Califor- 
nia for  some  time,  and  has  done  such  splendid 
work  with  them,  must  also  join  his  regiment 
at  Fort  Benjamin  Harrison,  Indiana.  He  mar- 
ried Pauline  Stafford,  daughter  of  Major  John 
Stafford,  who  was  very  well  known  here,  and 
they  will  be  greatly  missed  this  season. 

Lieutenant  Maxwell  Murray,  who  came  out 
here  with  bis  bride  expecting  to  be  his  father's 
(General  Murray's)  aide,  must  now  journey 
back  East  again  and  serve  bis  time  with  bis 
troop. 

But  one  can't  complain,  for  this  is  army  life. 

It 's  always  safe 

To  swat  tbe  fly, 
Unless  he's  on 

A  custard  pie. 


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our  building,  devoting  it  to  the  perfect 
display  of  VICTORS,  VICTROLAS  and 
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to  individual  glass-partitioned,  sound- 
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Perfectly  Ventilated  &  Day-Lighted 

Every  convenience  has  been  installed 
for  the  proper  demonstration  of  our 
tremendous  stock  of  VICTOR  goods, 
and    for    the    comfort    of    our    patrons. 


Sherman  Bay  &  Co. 

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Machines — Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianos 

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Saturday,  October  12.  1912.] 


THE  WASP' 


II 


Sale  of  a  Fine  Keith. 

SOME  time  ago  The  Wasp  mentioned  thai 
the  S.  &  <;.  Gump  Co.  bad  on  exhibition 
a  splendid  example  "»  Wm,  Keith's  work, 
'•The  Coming  Storm."  The  pictuie  was  or 
iginally  pui chased  from  Keith  by  the  late 
Fred  Zeile,  the  capitalist!  who  was  an  Lntim 
ate  friend  of  the  tamous  painter  and  a  fine 
judge  of  pictures,  1  happen  to  know  thai 
Keith  considered  the  picture  to  be  one  of  his 
l.i'M  examples,  and  as  such  Bold  it  to  bis  friend 
and  in  purchasing  the  painting,  Mr.  H.  E. 
Huntington  has  t-ecuied  a  really  splendid 
landscape.  The  picture  is  a  product  of  Keith's 
best  period,  when  he  had  attained  the  full 
development  of  the  really  wonderful  powers 
which  enabled  him  to  interprel  every  mood  of 
Nature  and  transfer  to  canvas  not  only  the 
scenic    beauties    of    landscape,    but    the  .poetic 

sentiment  that  pervaded  them. 

Mr.  Huntington  will  search  for  a  lung  time 
before  he  6nds  a  landscape  which  will  grace 
liis  line  picture  gallery  better  than  this  Keith 
he  lias  been  so  fortunate  as  to  secure.  He 
cannot  find  it  in  Europe  and  it  isn't  likely 
lie  will  discover  it  in  any  American  picture 
dealer's  collection.  The  Messrs.  Gump  knew, 
when  they  bought  the  picture  from  the  Fred 
Zeile  estate,  that  it  was  a  gem.  for  they  un- 
derstand their  business,  and  Mr.  Abe  Gump 
knows  more  about  Keith  landscapes  than  any 
dealer  in   America. 

By  the  way,  it  has  been  reported  in  art 
circles  here  that  $12,000  was  paid  recently 
in  the  East  for  a  fine  Keith.  The  picture  was 
originally  sold  to  a  wealthy  New  York  col- 
lector. The  Keith  collection  in  the  Park  Mu- 
seum continues  to  attract  much  public  at- 
tention. 

A  Liberal  Patron  of  Art. 

HENRY  E.  HUNTINGTON  is  one  of  the 
most  liberal  and  discriminating  patrons 
of  the  fine  arts.  It  is  said  that  his 
New  York  agent  will  be  a  bidder  at  the  sale 
of  the  Augustus  Daly  collection,  which  con- 
tains some  valuable  portraits  of  stage  celeb- 
rities, including  Nell  Gwynn,  Kitty  Clive  and 
David  Garrick.  The  portraits  are  by  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds  and  Sir  Peter  Lely.  Fine 
examples  of  the  work  of  these  great  masters 
of  portraiture  are  to  be  found  in  the  Uffizi 
Gallery  at  Florence,  and  are  regarded  as  no 
inconsiderable  part  of  the  attractions  of  that 
wonderful  collection  of  art  treasures. 

A  Much-Divorced  Family. 

THE  birth  of  a  son  and  heir  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Alfred  Gwynne  Vanderbilt  will 
keep  the  newspapers  busy  for  the  next 
six  months,  describing  the  wealth  in  store  for 
this  baby,  born  with  a  gold  spoon  in  its 
mouth.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  future  life 
of   the   heir   will   be   freer   from   matrimonial 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  youx  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


MISS    ETHEL   EAERYMORE 
Who  is  creating  quite  a  furore  at  the  Orpheum. 


complications  than  have  been  the  lives  of 
his  relatives,  for  divorce  has  flourished  on 
both  sides  of  the  illustrious  house.  The  pres- 
ent Mrs.  Alfred  G.  Vanderbilt  was  Mrs.  Mar- 
garet Emerson  McKim,  former  wife  of  Dr. 
Smith  Hollis  McKim.  On  December  17th  of 
last  year  she  was  married  to  Mr.  Vanderbilt 
at  Reigate,  a  small  town  in  Surrey,  twenty- 
five  miles  from  London. 

Mr.  Vanderbilt 's  first  wife  was  Miss  Ellen 
French,  daughter  of  Francis  Ormond  French, 
who    was   better   known   in    society    as    Elsie 


Flench.  They  were  married  after 
their  engagement  had  been  re- 
ported  and  denied  over  u   period 

covering      more     than      f.Wu     years. 

Mr.   Vanderbill   was  first   reported 

to    lie    cri;^:iL.«'i|    to     Miss    t'iciich    ill 

1899  <»n  the  e\  e  of  his  graduation 

f Vale.      After   his   graduation 

he  stalled  upon  a  trip  around  thn 
world,  which  was  interrupted 
when  he  reached  Japan  by  the 
news  of  the  death  of  his  father, 
Cornelius   Vanderbilt. 

On  his  return  to  New  York  the 
contents  of  his  father's  will  were 
made  public,  and  it  became  known 
that  Alfred  had  been  made  head 
of  the  family  instead  of  his  older 
brother.  Cornelius,  who  had  in- 
curred his  father's  displeasure  by 
marrying  Miss  Grace  Wilson. 
The  bulk  of  the  estate-  then  es- 
timated at  $70,000,000,  was  left 
to  Alfred,  who  was  then  twenty- 
two  years  o'f  age. 

To  the  other  children,  except 
Cornelius,  $7,000,000  each  was 
given.  Cornelius  received  $1,000,- 
000  in  trust,  and  $500,000  outright 
from  a  fund  left  by  his  grand- 
father. To  equalize  his  share 
with  those  of  the  others,  Alfred 
Vanderbilt  voluntarily  gave  his 
brother  $b',000,000. 

Alfred  Vanderbilt 's  entire  share 
in  the  estate  did  not  become  his 
absolutely,  however,  at  that  time. 
Properties  and  securities  amount- 
ing to  more  than  $30,000,000  were 
paid  over  to  him  when  he  reached 
the  age  of  30.  The  rest  will  come 
into  his  possession  on  October  20th,  when  he 
celebrates  his  thirty-fifth  birthday. 

Mr.  Vanderbilt 's  engagement  to  Miss 
French  was  finally  announced  in  January, 
1901,  and  on  the  15th  of  that  month  they  were 
married  in  the  Zabriskie  Memorial  Church  in 
Newport.  They  were  happy  together  only  a 
few  years,  and  rumors  of  discord  were  numer- 
ous long  before  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  began  suit 
for  divorce  on  April  1,  1908. 

The  evidence  was  taken  iu  secret  and  the 
name  of  the  eo-respondent  was  not  made  pub- 


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[Saturday,  October  12,  1912. 


BEATEIZ   MICHELENA 
Who  is  appearing  on  the  Orpneum  Circuit  in  operatic  roles. 


lie,  but  the  name  of  Mrs.  Agnes  Ruiz,  wife 
of  Antonio  Ruiz,  former  attache  of  the  Cuban 
Legation  in  London,  was  mentioned  in  con- 
nection of  the  case.  The  divorce  was  granted 
and  the  papers  were  ordered  sealed.  Mrs. 
Vanderbilt  took  her  maiden  name,  and  has 
custody  of  the  only  child,  William  Henry 
Vanderbilt,  born  in  November,  1910. 

The  present  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  was  married 
to  Dr.  Smith  Hollis  McKim  on  December  30, 
1902,  in  Baltimore,  and  for  a  time  the  couple 


made  their  home  at  Irvington,  N.  Y.,  summer- 
ing at  Newport.  They  separated  in  1908,  and 
Mrs.  McKim  obtained  a  divorce  from  her  hus- 
band at  Reno  on  August  13,  1910,  on  the 
ground  of  cruelty.  Subsequently  Dr.  McKim 
brought  suit  for  $100,000  against  Alfred 
G-wynne  Vanderbilt  for  alienation  of  his  wife's 
affections,  but  the  suit  was  settled  out  of 
court  on  February  22,  1911.  The  terms  of  the 
settlement  were  never  made  known  to  an  ex- 
pectant public. 


The  Emerson  family,  of  which  Mrs.  Vander- 
bilt is  a  member,  figured  conspicuously  in  the 
divorce  courts.  Captain  Isaac  E.  Emerson, 
her  father  a  wealthy  drug  manufacturer,  was 
divorced  from  his  wife  after  he  had  filed  a 
suit  in  which  he  named  C.  Hazeltine  Basshor, 
a  wealthy  resident  of  Baltimore,  as  co-respon- 
dent. Mrs.  Emerson  later  married  Basshor, 
and  Captain  Emerson  also  remarried,  as  fully 
set  forth  in  the  newspapers. 

Captain  EmeTSon  's  youngest  daughter, 
Daisy,  sister  of  the  present  Mrs.  Alfred  G. 
Vanderbilt,  divorced  her  first  husband, 
T.  Mitchell  Horner,  and  later  married  James 
McVickar  of  New  York  City. 

♦ 

Lots  of  things  are  lost  that  are  never 
missed — t'ne  reputations  of  some  people,  for 
instance. 


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13 


ABSENTEE    LANDLORDS. 


MANY'  ducal  estates  famous  iu  the  annuls 
of  Europe,  great  game  preserves,  ex- 
tensive villas  along  the  blue  waters  of 
the  Mediterranean!  are  supported  by  incomes 
drawn  from  investments  in  American  lands, 
buildings  or  bonds.  William  Waldorf  Astor, 
who,  in  1903,  relinquished  his  rights  to  Amer- 
ican citizenship,  owns  $150,000,000  worth  of 
New    York  property. 

William  Waldorf  Astor  occupies  one  of  the 
finest  places  in  England.  No  one,  with  the 
exception  of  the  late  John  Jacob  Astor,  had 
nearly  the  land  he  controls.  Tenements,  pri- 
vate dwellings,  office  buildings,  loft  structures 
and  monumental  hotels  are  among  his  prop- 
erties. In  every  part  of  New  York"  City,  Mr. 
Astor  has  property.  Some  of  the  chief  sources 
of  his  income  are  the  Astor  House,  one  of  the 
oldest  hotels  on  Broadway;  the  Waldorf  As 
fcoiia,  the  Hotel  Astor  and  the  Apthorpe  ap- 
artment house,  one  of  the  largest  apartment 
structures  in  the  world.  It  covers  the  entire 
block  between  Broadway,  West  End  avenue. 
Seventy-eighth  and  Seventy-ninth  streets. 

The  Duchess  of  Roxburghe,  granddaughter 
of  Peter  Goelet,  one  of  New  York's  most  suc- 
cessful pioneer  operators,  owns  some  of  the 
choicest  parcels  along  Fifth  avenue.  She  is 
reputed  to  be  worth  between  $30,000,000  and 
$40,000,000.  All  of  this  is  in  her  own  right, 
it  having  been  left  to  her  by  her  father,  when 
he  died  in  1899.  All  of  this  is  in  real  estate, 
which  makes  her  one  of  the  richest  women 
land  owners  in  the  world.  What  is  more,  her 
holdings  are  steadily  increasing  in  value. 

Anita  Stewart,  who  married,  not  long  ago, 
Prince  Miguel  de  Braganza,  the  pretender  to 
the  throne  of  Portugal,  is  another  American 
girl  who  owns  much  property  in  the  business 
section  of  New  York.  Her  grandfather  was 
William  C.  Ehinelander.  The  Rhinelanders 
own  about  $100,000,000  worth  of  New  York 
real  estate.  The  early  Rhinelanders  made  it 
a  practice  to  put  all  their  surplus  money  into 
vacant  land.  Princess  De  Braganza 's  grand- 
father began  to  buy  real  estate  early  in  the 
nineteenth  century.  He  foreclosed  a  mortgage 
of  $6,000  on  a  piece  of  land  which  is  today 
worth  more  than  $2,000,000. 

Countess  Zborowski,  who  died  last  year, 
was  another  large  non-resident  owner  of  New 
York  property.  The  Countess '  mother  was 
the  youngest  sister  of  William  Astor. 


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The  millionaire  owner  of  the  New  York 
Herald  has  not  lived  in  his  native  land  during 
the  past  40  years.  His  large  steam  yacht  can 
be  found  anchored  in  Areniee  or  some  other 
port  of  southern  Europe. 

Eugene  Higgins,  whose  father  established 
ft  carpet  manufacturing  business,  by  the  aid 
of  a  protective  tariff,  owns  about  $20,000,000 
worth  of  New  York  real  estate,  and  lives 
continually  in  Europe.  The  owner  of  the 
best-patronized  confectionery  place  in  New 
York  spends  most  of  his  time  in  France. 

San  Francisco  property  does  not,  of  course, 
furnish  as  many  large  incomes  as  does  New 
York,  but  a  number  of  people  of  wealth  main- 
tain their  place  in  the  world  of  fashion  by 
their  holdings  in  this  city,  which  hardly  ever 
sets  eyes  on  them.  Most  of  the  time  they  live 
in  Europe.  That  is  one  of  the  reasons  why  a 
graduated  income  tax  finds  so  many  ardent 
advocates  amongst  the  masses  that  have  to 
depend  on  their  daily  toil. 

4 

GEORGETTE  LIKES  AMERICA. 

AMERICA  must  be  advancing  in  the  lofty 
opinions  of  the  dressmakers  and  mill- 
iners of  Paris  or  "Georgette,"  one 
of  the  most  famous  of  Paris  milliners,  would 
never  have  gone  to  the  pains  and  expense  of 
visiting  the  United  States  to  see  what  man- 
ner of  men  and  women  are  Americans  when 
at  home.  She  knows  well  what  they  look 
like  in  Paris,  and  what  their  fat  poeketbooks 
(not  so  fat  on  departure)  look  like. 

Georgette  arrived  quietly  and  departed  with- 
out a  brass  band.  It  is  the  way  of  those 
prudent  Parisians.  Frivolous  Paris  we  usu- 
ally say.  Solid,  sensible,  thrifty  and  prosper- 
ous Paris  would  describe  it  better — that  is, 
the  part  of  it  sacred  to  the  bourgeoisie.  There 
is  a  special  Paris  for  tourists,  just  as  there 
is  a  special  San  Francisco  for  people  who  wish 
to  see  sights  that  do  not  improve  their  morals 
or  •  add  anything  worth  knowing  to  their 
stock   of  information. 

Georgette,  the  milliner  famous  on  at  least 
two  continents,  would  have  passed  unnoticed 


in  any  crowd  as  more  than  an  ordinary  look- 
ing woman  in  a  black  coat  and  accompanied 
by  a  boy  of  sixteen.  That  gives  a  line  on 
her  age.  for  Parisieruaea  who  know  the  joys 
and  sorrows  of  maternity,  usually  acquire 
their  experience  at  an  early  age. 
♦ 

On  Tuesday  of  this  week  a  musical  pro- 
gramme was  given  under  the  auspices  of 
Kohler  &  Chase.  Miss  Fanny  Myra  Bailey, 
Soprano,  was  the  soloist  of  the  day,  with 
William  E.  Riggs  at  the  pianola. 
1 

The  Mansfeldt  Club  is  preparing  for  the 
first  public  recital  of  the  season,  which  will 
be  given  next  month.  Misses  Esther  Unua, 
Bernice  Levy,  Constance  Mogan  and  Cecil 
Cowles  will  appear  at  this  recital. 
4 

Cabman's  Logic. 

"My  dear  friend,"  expostulated  the  cler- 
gyman to  the  cab  driver,  "I  told  you  to  hur- 
ry, but  I  surely  never  told  you  to  use  profan- 
ity. If  you  must  say  something  strong  to 
your  horses  why  not  substitute  such  innocent 
words  as  'gol  darn!'  or  'dad  bing'?  They 
have  the  same  explosive  sound,  and  should 
surely  be  as  effective." 

"Yer  riverence.  I  tried  that  stunt  wance, " 
answered  the"  cabby,  "an'  I  was  tin  minutes 
late  at  th '  station.  Shut  yer  ears  while  I 
spurt   these   plugs   a  bit." 


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and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


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Map©le©nss 
Great  II 


THE  admirers  of  Napoleon,  whose  name  is 
legion,  should  read  the  newly  published 
work,  ' '  The  Crime  of  1812  and  Its  Ret- 
ribution," from  the  French  of  Eugene  La- 
baume,  translated  by  T.  Dundas  Pillans,  with 
an  introduction  by  the  late  "Win.  T.  Stead.  Mc- 
Bride,  Nast  &  Co.  are  the  publishers. 

Colonel  Labaume's  book  is  the  detailed  but 
impressively  simple  narrative  of  his  experi- 
ences during  the  terrible  six  months  from 
June  to  December  in  1812,  when  Napoleon 
Bonaparte,  with  no  justification  of  defense 
and  no  glory  of  patriotism,  led  643,000  strong- 
bodied  soldiers  across  half  Eussia  to  Moscow, 
and  brought  scarce  20,000  wretched  cripples 
back.  The  author  of  the  memoirs  comments 
but  little  upon  the  campaign;  he  has  tried, 
he  explains  in  his  own  short  preface,  to  "re- 
press his  indignation  against  the  author  of  so 
much  evil,"  and  he  has  simply  recorded  the 
facts  of  the  day's  march.  It  has  been  left 
for  the  translator  to  point  out,  in  the  pages 
of  Labaume's  story,  the  enigmatic  absurdity 
of  the  "Napoleonic  legend,"  through  which 
so  many  ignorant  folk  have  paid  a  mistaken 
homage  to  the  man  who  demanded  of  his  coun- 
trymen the  crime  and  the  futile  sacrifice  of 
1812. 

As  Mr.  Stead  points  out  in  his  introduc- 
tion, Colonel  Labaume  writes  as  one  who  is 
a  "soldier  without  ceasing  to  be  a  man." 
His  officers,  his  fellow-soldiers,  the  miserable 
men  and  women  of  the  villages  through  which 
he  marched,  live  in  his  story  as  in  his  ex- 
perience. And  his  descriptions  of  the  coun- 
try through  which  he  passed,  the  influence  of 
the  frozen  desert  upon  the  feeling  as  well  as 
the  physical  condition  of  the  army,  help  to 
make  plain  some  of  the  despair  of  Napoleon's 
Russian   retreat. 

Napoleon  had  prepared  for  the  expedition 
(which  he  justified  by  accusing  the  Czar 
Alexander  of  betraying  their  alliance  to  the 
profit  of  England)  with  his. accustomed  fore- 
sight and  solicitude.  His  immense  army,  com- 
posed of  French,  Austrians,  Westphalianfe, 
Saxons,  Prussians,  Bavarians,  Italians,  Span- 
iards, Dutch  and  Poles,  represented  a  total 
of  643,000.  The  artillery  contingent  contain- 
ed 1,400   cannon. 

Napoleon  committed  the  mistake  of  going 
far  from  France  with  doubtful  allies.  He, 
moreover,  closed-  his  ears  to  the  warnings 
that  were  given  him  relative  to  the  danger 
that  he  would  encounter  from  Kussian  tactics. 
He  was  told  that  the  Muscovite  plans  (ap- 
proved by  the  Czar  on  the  proposition  of 
Gemeral  Barclay  de  Tolly)  consisted  in  draw- 
ing away  from  the  invader,  creating  a  vacu- 
um around  him,  and  refusing  battle.  If  the 
Emperor  had  taken  notice  of  these  prophecies 
he  would  have  stopped  at  Smolensk.  He 
would  not  have  played  the  game  of  the  enemy 
in  marching  to  Moscow,  which  the  Russians 
set  on  fire,  leaving  Napoleon   no   alternative 


but  to  march  back  from  a  land  where  he 
could  find  neither  shelter,  provision,  nor  an 
organized  army  to  give  him  battle.  On  the 
retreat  the  disheartened  army  was  constantly 
harrassed  by  hostile  Russians,  who  assassin- 
ated all  stragglers.  The  loss  amounted  in 
the  corps  under  Ney  to  several  hundred  a 
day. 

Only  one  gi-eat  battle  had  been  fought  in 
the  campaign — the  engagement  at  Borodino, 
which  Napoleon  provoked  marching  towards 
Moscow. 

Sixty  thousand  Russians,  dead  and  wound- 
ed, lay  on  the  field  after  the  battle  of  Boro- 
dino, near  the  Moskowa,  fought  on  Septem- 
ber 7th.  Among  them  were  Prince  Bragation 
and  the  elite  of  the  Moseovite  officers.     The 


MRS.    ALFRED    GWYMTE   VANDERBILT 

From  a  photograph  taken  when  she  visited  San 
Francisco  after  obtaining  her  Reno  divorce. 

French  lost  30,000,  among  whom  were  forty- 
seven  generals  and  thirty-seven  colonels  kill- 
ed or  wounded.  Never  in  any  battle  had  so 
many  superior  officers  been  killed.  Around 
the  Great  Redoubt  blood  flowed  in  rivers. 
Taken  and  retaken  three  times,  it  remained 
finally  in  the  hands  of  the  Napoleonic  army. 
The  bodies,  heaped  upon  the  slopes,  testified 
to  the  heroism  of  either  side. 

The  victory — for  it  was  technically  a  vic- 
tory for  Napoleon,  since  he  had  driven  the 
enemy  from  its  positions  and  occupied  them 
himself — weakened  terribly  the  Grand  Army, 
without  assuring  to  the  nominal  conqueror 
the  power  of  dictating  peace.  He  spoke  of 
it  later  as  a  great  tragedy,  which  lacked  the 
fifth  act;  that  is  to  say,  the  denouement. 

Moscow  was   entered  by  the  "victorious" 


invaders  on  September  15th.  It  was  only  a 
month  later  that  Napoleon  decided  on  his  re- 
treat— when  it  was  practically  too  late. 

The  French  army  started  from  Moscow  in 
October.  The  retreating  army  marched  in 
rain  and  sun  across  a  country  transformed 
into  a  quagmire,  and  where  horses  died  by 
thousands  and  artillery  could  not  be  drawn. 

Colonel  Labaume  wrote  his  memoirs  by  the 
light  of  burning  villages,  took  his  notes  as 
the  soldiers  struggled  in  the  terrible  crossing 
of  the  Berezina.  He  saw  his  own  corps  dwin- 
dle until  only  1,200  cripples  were  left  of  the 
52,000  men  who  had  so  bravely  set  out.  He 
saw  the  cavalry  destroyed,  the  ammunition 
wagons  and  baggage  trains  lost,  the  sick  and 
wounded  left  to  freeze  by  the  wayside.  He 
saw  the  Italian  Royal  Guard,  the  flower  of 
the  Italian  soldier  nobility,  absolutely  an- 
nihilated. At  last,  on  the  morning  of  the 
13th  of  December,  he  saw  20,000  worn-out 
men  drag  themselves  across  the  river  Nie- 
men.  Kovno  was  reached;  the  Moscow  cam- 
paign was  over.  Of  the  great,  army  that  had 
set  out  six  months  before,  20,000  were  still 
alive.  But  before  the  army's  remnant  reach- 
ed Niemen,  when  they  were  halting  at  Smo'- 
ghoni,  near  Berezina,  Colonel  Labaume  saw 
a  man  in  heavy  furs  wave  a  careless  good- 
bye to  an  officer  and'  drive  off  in  a  closed 
carriage.  Napoleon  was  defeated.  His  army 
was  destroyed.  His  unconquerable  prestige 
was  broken.  He  left  his  soldiers  without  a, 
word  and  drove  back  home.  The  loss  in  offi- 
cers was  proportionately  as  great  as  that 
of  ordinary  soldiers,  for  9,000  officers  of  all 
grades  perished  in  the  campaign.  Of  these 
3,000  died  with  arms  in  their  hands  or  as  the 
results  of  wounds.  The  rigors  of  the  winter 
were  responsible  for  the  loss  of  the  others. 

It  suffices  to  quote  these  figures  as  a  poign- 
ant eloquence  to  demonstrate  that  the  gigan- 
tic conception  of  the  Emperor  had  resulted 
in  one  of  the  greatest  disasters  that  the  his- 
tory of  humanity  has  had  to  record.  It  is 
not  astonishing,  then,  that  its  memory  should 
be  forever  engraved  on  the  mind  of  man. 
The  war  was  one  of  the  three  capital  faults 
of  the  imperial  reign.  It  was  unnecessary, 
and  it  seems  clear  that,  in  preparing  it,  the 
Emperor  was  not  inspired  by  his  powerful 
genius  to  the  same  degree  as  in  his  former 
campaigns. 


WISHED  TO   SURPRISE   THEM. 

A  member  of  the  London  County  Council 
was  regretting  the  lack  of  art  sense  displayed 
by  his  fellows  when  they  placed  an  open 
space  at  the  disposal  of  the  people.  He  plead- 
ed elooquently  for  fountains,  gold-fish  in  or- 
namental basins,  lions  and  unicorns  in  stucco, 
and  emerald-green  garden  seats. 

"Why,"  said  he,  in  a  splendid  peroration, 
"we  want  something  homely  and  country- 
like— a  little  arbor  here  and  there.  If  a 
foreigner  came  to  this  country  and  asked  to 
see  one,  we've  never  an  arbor  worth  showing 
to  show  him. ' ' 

Then  up  and  spake  another  member,  who, 
prior  to  attaining  the  height  of  his  civic  am- 
bitions, had  been  a  petty  officer  in  the  navy. 

"Oh,  we  'aven't,  'aven't  we?  And  wot 
about  Portsmouth  'Arbor?" 


Saturday,  October  12.  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


15 


Ibsen's  Passion 
for   i 


IBSEN  baa  often  been  attacked  as  a  sub- 
versive reformer,  a  destroyer  of  homes 
and  moralityi  and  as  a  joyless  agent  of 
ugliness  and  s<|u:ilnr.  A  splendid  defense  of 
the  Norwegian  has  been  published  in  the 
London  Times,  the  writer  maintaining  thai 
on  better  acquaintance  Ibsen  is  found  to  be 
"in  search  of  one  thing  only — the  expression 
of  himself  through  the  creation  of  beauty, 
lie  began  by  writing  in  rhyme  and  meter — 
poetry  in  the  common  acceptance  of  the 
term — and  tragedies  in  verse.  What  we  like 
to  call  accident  in  the  establishment  of  the 
Norwegian  Theater  at  Bergen  won  him  for 
the  stage.  Thirteen  years  later  came  the 
civil  pension  which  enabled  him  to  go  abroad 
and  get  that  distant  view  of  his  country's 
life  which  he  needed  for  its  proper  under- 
standing. He  was  still  a  romantic  and  still 
writing  works  in  which,  as  in  'Brand'  and 
'  Peter  Gynt, '  his  passion  for  beauty  is  patent. 
"It  is  necessary  to  follow  his  development 
in  order  to  see  clearly  how,  in  the  changes 
from  the  romantic  of  the  early  plays  to  the 
classic  of  'A  Doll's  House'  and  'Ghosts, 'and 
thence  to  the  modernest  plays  from  'The  Wild 
Duck '  onward,  the  motive  force  was  always 
the  passion  of  the  artist.  Even  in  'Ghosts,' 
the  most  dreadful  play  that  Ibsen  ever  wrote; 
even  in  '  Hedda  Gabler, '  the  meanest  play 
that  Ibsen  ever  wrote,  this  passion  for  beauty 
is  the  ruling  power.  'Ghosts'  is  a  master- 
piece of  construction-  even  among  Ibsen's 
row  of  masterpieces,  and  'Hedda  Gabler'  is 
so  full  of  leaping,  turbulent  yet  ordered  life 
(a  high  tide  with  the  wind  behind  it,  yet 
obedient  to  the  moon)  that  we  wonder  at  the 
hint  of  subservience  of  its  life  to  its  art. 

"And  throughout  the  plays  of  Ibsen's  ma- 
turity there  is  proof  of  his  artist's  genius, 
of  'the  quality  of  magic,  of  ecstasy,'  in  the 
obstinate  manner  in  which  these  people, 
whether  you  like  it  or  not,  become  real  peo- 
ple to  you,  people  about  whom  you  find  your- 
self talking  and  speculating,  as  if  you  knew 
them,  not  on  the  stage,  but  in  your  daily  life. 


This   is   never  the   case   with   the  mere   stage 

preacher.     Which   of   M.   Brieux's   characters 

does  not  cease  to  live  when  the  curtain  falls?" 

4 

A  LITERARY  CARPENTER. 

SUME  ten  months  ago  there  appeared  i it 
The   Saturday    Evening   Post    an    article 

►  called  "Making  a  Living  by  Literature." 
It  was  an  anonymous  confession.  Very  frank- 
ly it  told  the  story  of  a  young  man  with  lit- 
erary abmitions  who,  after  a  most  successful 
start  in  the  field  of  novel  writing,  seemed  to 
have  written  himself  out,  to  have  lost  his 
grip,  to  have  forgotten  how  to  write.  He  had 
lost  his  punch,  and  the  things  he  wrote  would 
not  sell.  After  easting  about  him  for  more 
than  a  year  of  ineffectual  effort  to  reinstate 
himself,  his  attention  was  turned  to  the 
field  of  the  10  and  lo-ffent  fiction  magazines 
and  a  certain  type  of  swiftly  moving  romance, 
for  which  there  was  a  vast  and  greedy  public. 
He  tried  his  hand,  with  the  aid  of  a  steno- 
grapher. He  turned  out  60,000  words  of 
murder,  love  and  intrigue.  It  was  easy.  It 
took  him  just  three  weeks,  and  the  return  mail 
brought  a  cheek  for  $600,  with  the  request 
for  more.  That  started  him,  and  since  then 
his  income  had  been  derived  largely  from 
such  fiction,  ground  out  at  the  rate  of  a  half- 
dozen  a  year,  and  published  under  various 
pen-names.  Only  when  a  romance  seemed  to 
strike  a  slightly  higher  level  and  be  worthy 
of  a  better  magazine  would  his  own  name  be 
printed  underneath  the  title.  And  so  he 
made  his  living  by  literature. 

It  wasn  't  his  ideal  of  literary  work.  It 
wasn't  what  he  had  hoped  to  do  when  his 
first  novel  was  accepted  not  long  after  he 
had  left  college.  But  he  was  making  his 
living  by  literature.  And  that  was  the  an- 
onymous confession.  A  great  many  people 
read  it  and  a  great  many  people  speculated 
as  to  tne  writer 's  identity.  Some  thought 
they  knew  and  some  guessed  wrong.  The 
author  of  "Making  a  Living  by  Literature" 
was  Henry  Kitchell  Webster  of  Evanston, 
Illinois. 

In  the  intervals  of  constructing  literary 
'  'potboilers. ' '  Mr.  Webster  writes  stories  of 
a  higher  order  and  also  turns  out  plays.  He 
wrote  "June  Madness,"  which  was  recently 
produced. 


Mr.  Webster  disposes  of  all  his  romances 
through  an  agent.  At  this  time,  when  his 
play  "Juno  Madness"  is  getting  ready  to 
open  on  the  road,  one  of  his  published  books, 
which  has  been  dramatized,  is  under  contract 
for  production  on  the  stage.  And  neither  the 
publisher  of  the  book  nor  the  producer  of 
the  play  have  any  idea  that  Webster  was  the 
author. 

♦ 

NATIONALITY  IN  NEWSPAPERS. 

EVERY  nation  of  the  world  has  its  own 
distinctive  newspapers.  They  vary 
with  the  soil,  like  wines  of  the  country. 
While  there  are  certain  general  types  to  which 
books  and  magazines  tend  to  conform,  in  the 
daily  newspaper  human  nature  declares  its 
diversity.  An  American  in  France  is  aston- 
ished by  the  slightness  of  the  newspaper,  and 
the  apparent  exclusive  interest  in  aeroplanes. 
An  Englishman  in  America  is  astonished  by 
the  average  American  newspaper's  vastness, 
and  the  variety  of  subjects  designed  to  in- 
terest its  readers.  He  is  at  first  bewildered 
by  its  form,  just  as  the  American  reader  is 
bewildered  by  the  form  of  the  English  paper. 
But  we  soon  get  accustomed  to  headlines  as 
we  get  accustomed  to  eye-glasses.  Tradition 
and  custom  count  for  much.  The  large,  start- 
ling headlines  of  the  American  journal  de- 
scend by  direct  inheritance  from  a  period 
long  prior  to  the  civil  war.  The  small  head- 
lines, which  are  still  to  be  found  in  a  few 
English  papers  deseend  from  mid-Victorian 
days.  In  every  country  the  appearance  which 
a  newspaper  takes  is  due  partly  to  a  natural 
demand,  but  far  more  to  the  taste  fostered 
by  the  training  and  habits  of  the  journalist. 
In  the  matter  of  headlines,  appearance,  ' '  make- 
up. "  the  public  soon  learns  to  endure  what 
the  journalists  decide  that  it  likes. 


A  STUMPER  STUMPED. 

A  political  speaker,  while  making  a  speech, 
paused  in  the  midst  of  it  and  exclaimed; 
"Now,  gentlemen,  what  do  you  think?" 

A  man  rose  in  the  assembly,  and  with  one 
eye  partially  closed,  modestly,  with  a  strong 
Scotch  brogue,  replied:  "I  think,  sir,  I  do, 
indeed,  sir — 'I  think  if  you  and  I  were  to 
stump  the  country  together  we  would  tell 
more  lies  than  any  other  two  men  in  the 
country,  sir,  and  I'd  not  say  a  word  myself 
during  the  whole  time,  sir!" 


ENGLAND  EXPECTS  EVERY  MAN  TO  DO  HIS  DUTY. 


16 


THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  12,  1912. 


The  Clui 


Notes  and  Comment  by  Josephine  Martin. 


CLIONIAN.  One  of  the  most  studious 
clubs  to  be  found  in  our  city  is  that 
of  the  Clionian  Club,  of  which  Mrs.  F. 
H.  Jones  is  the  President.  Without 
making  any  apparent  effort  for  recognition, 
this  organization  of  women  has  forged  stead- 
ily ahead  by  virtue  of  its  excellent  work,  ser- 
ious work — the  ultimatum  being  superior  re- 
sults. Mrs.  Jones,  the  President,  has  been 
twice  elected  to  the  office  she  now  fills  with 
distinction,  her  beautiful  character  and  her 
capabilities  as  an  executive  officer  having 
placed  her  as  the  leader  of  these  studious 
women,  who  have  progressed  amazingly  under 
her  inspiring  guidance. 

Education,  music,  art,  civics,  household  ec- 
onomics, philanthropy  and  conservation,  the 
latter  including  forestry  and  waterways,  form 
the  wide  range  of  the  club's  attainments.  It 
is  now  the  plan  of  these  zealous  women  to  de- 
vote much  time  to  the  subjeet  of  conservation 
of  forests  and  waterways,,  taking  up  these 
issues  under  the  leadership  of  prominent  lec- 
turers and  national  civic  workers,  with  a 
view  to  conserve  and  improve  wherever  sueli 
work  is  required.     And  they  will  find  it. 

Founders'  Day  will  soon  be  observed  with 
one  of  the  excellent  programmes  for  which 
Clionian  is  tamed,  marking  the  event.  The 
Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Secombe, 
and  the  chairman  of  the  programme  committee, 
Miss  Emma  Campbell,  are  largely  influential, 
together  with  all  the  officers,  for  the  splendid 
success  of  Clionian. 


FETE  CHAMPETRE."  Something  novel 
in  club  life  is  always  eagerly  welcomed 
by  the  zealous  club  woman,  whose 
mental  thrift  seems  to  have  been  taxed  to  its 
limitation.  But  the  members  of  the  Papyrus 
Club,  ever  alert,  have  something  new  to  pre- 
sent to  its  members  and  friends.  Under  the 
administration  of  Mrs.  Edward  Coleman,  the 
progressive  President  of  Papyrus  Club,  mat- 
ters have  already  assumed  distinction.  And 
now  comes  plans  for  the  "Pete  Champetre," 
which  will  be  given  on  Saturday,  October  26th, 
at  the  beautiful  Belvedere  home  of  Mrs.  Man- 
fred Haynemann. 

This  philanthropic  hostess,  always  planning 
for  others,  has  given  the  key  to  her  attractive 
home  garden  to  the  members  of  Papyrus,  and 
their  friends — for  a  purpose — always  for  a 
purpose,  whenever  Mrs.  Manfred  Haynemann 
espouses  a  cause.  The  purpose — is  the  club  's 
piano — all  "but"  paid  for.  So  if  you  want 
to  have  one  of  the  pleasantest  days  of  your 
natural  life,  buy  a  ticket  from  Mrs.  Coleman, 
Mrs.  Haynemann,  Mrs.  Kathleen  Byrne  or 
Mrs.  Thomas  Dempsey,  and  go  to  Belvedere. 
Remember  the  date,  Saturday,  the  twenty- 
sixth. 


ONE  of  the  features  of  the  day  will  be  a 
comedy  drama,  ( ( The  Untangling  of 
Tony,"  by  Helen  Bagg,  with  a  large 
cast,  under  the  personal  supervision  of  Miss 
Miriam  Nelke,  of  the  Alcazar  Dramatic  School. 
The  grounds  at  the  Haynemann  home  are  one 
of  the  most  attractive  on  the  island,  flowers, 
garden-walks  and  alluring  spots  offering  a 
fascination  not  easily  duplicated  anywhere. 
Added  to  these  natural  beauties  will  be  the 
whole-souled  hospitality  of  a  generous  and 
noble  woman. 

_ + 

MUSICAL  NOTES. 


Players'    Club  to   Present   Drama. 

THE-PLAYEKS'  CLUB  and  members  of 
the  Faculty  of  the  California  Conserv- 
atory of  Music  will  present  "Dies 
Trae, "  a  dramatic  fragment  in  one  act,  at  the 
Sorosis  Club  House  on  Thursday,  October  17th 


MBS.    CECIL    W.    MAKE 

Resident  artist,   who  will  take  part  in  program 
at  S.   F.   Musical   Club,    October    17th. 


with  the  following  cast:  A  Woman,  Mrs. 
Jeanette  Alferitz;  An  Officer,  Mr.  Frank 
Buckley.  The  play  will  be  under  the  personal 
direction  of  Mr.  Reginald  Travers.  The  day 
is  the  social  event  of  the  month's  calendar, 
given  by  the  Cap  and  Bells  Club,  Miss  Adele 
Dugan,  President.  Mrs.  Louise  L.  Gage  is 
chairman  of  the  day;  Mrs.  Frank  D.  Monck- 
ton,  chairman  of  "the  reception  committee; 
Mrs.  Thomas  Morffew,  chairman  hospitality 
committee.  The  Gap  and  Bells  Mandolin  Or- 
chestra, under  the  direction  of  Mr.  G.  C. 
Santisteban,  will  give  a  number  of  selections. 
Miss  Marie  Sloss  and  Miss  Rey  Del 
Valle  will  be  the  soloists  of  the  day.  A 
monologue  will  be  given  by  Miss  Mae 
O'Keefe.     The   affair  promises   to   be   one   of 


the   interesting   events    in   the    annals    of    the 
club  week. 


The  Loring  Club  has  been  rehearsing  dili- 
gently for  the  initial  concert  of  this  season — 
the  thirty-sixth — which  will  be  given  on  Tues- 
day evening,  October  15th,  at  the  Scottish 
Rite  Auditorium.  An  orchestra  has  been 
added,  to  the  interest  and  advantage  of  this 
musical  club,  so  well-known:  to  our  local  mu- 
sic lovers. 


Miss  Audrey  Beer,  President  of  the  Kruger 
Club,  appeared  in  a  recital  in  Starr  King 
Hall,  Oakland,  on  Thursday  evening,  October 
3rd.  She  played  a  number  of  compositions 
by  Liszt,  Debussy  and  Chopin,  winning  sincere 
applause  for  her  excellent  work.  St.  And- 
rew's Episcopal  church  of  Oakland  was  ma- 
terially benefited  by  Miss  Beer 's  recital. 

Warren  D.  Allen,  pianist;  Herbert  Riley, 
cellist;  and  Miss  Fannie  Myra  Bailey,  so- 
prano ;  presented  a  programme  of  musical 
worth  at  the  Town  and.  Gown  Hall,  Berkeley, 
on  Thursday  evening,  October  10th. 

The  Philomath  Club  of  San  Francisco  gave 
a  delightful  reception  and  musicale  on  Mon- 
day, of  the  past  week,  in  honor  of  Miss  Em- 
ilie  Frances  Bauer,  the  noted  New  York  mus- 
ical and  dramatic  critic.  Mrs.  Henry  Sahlein, 
President  of  Philomath,  and  her  corps  of  of- 
ficers received  the  guests  at  this  brilliant  af- 
fair. The  club  rooms  were  attractively  ar- 
ranged in  a  profusion  of  blossoms  and  genuine 
hospitality  prevailed.  Presidents  from  other 
clubs  and  many  distinguished  persons  in  the 
various  fields  of  art,  music  and  letters,  assem- 
bled to  meet  the  honored  guest. 


The  San  Francisco  Musical  Club  will  ob- 
serve a  Liszt-Strauss  day  on  Thursday  morn 
ing,  Oct.  17th,  the  interpretations  being  from 
the  two  famous  composers.  Mrs.  Edward 
Everett  £>runer,  whose  picture  was  presented 
in  last  week's  issue  of  The  Wasp,  is  chairman 
of  the  music  committee.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Pelt- 
ret  will  be  hostess  of  the  day  and  the  soloists 
will  be  Miss  Francis  Buckland,  Mrs.  Arthur 
J.  Hill,  Mrs.  Cecil  W.  Mark  and  Mrs.  Georg 
Kruger,  assisted  by  Mr.  Kruger.  The  inter- 
esting programme  will  be  presented  in  the 
new  club  rooms  at  the  St.  Francis. 


Miss  Ada  Clement,  the  San  Francisco,  pian- 
ist and  composer,  whose  work  is  so  finished, 
is  "preparing  a  recital  to  be  given  at  the  St. 
Francis,  Tuesday  evening,  October  29th.  Miss 
Clement  will  play  on  this  occasion  Beethoven  's 
sonata  in  D  minor,  op.  31,  a  composition  rare- 
ly ever  heard. 


Art  Jfe  Refinement  are  displayed  in  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


LADIES'  GOWNS  and  FANCY 
COSTUMES 

420  SUTTER  STREET.  NEAR  STOCKTON. 
Phont  DOUGLAS  4964 

SAN     PRANCKCO,     CAL, 


Saturday,  October  12.  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


i? 


Books  AND  Authors 


HERMAN    WHITAXER 


A   Poet- Carp  enter. 

Herman  Whita- 
ker  and  bis  wife 
will  hardly  make 
as  good  a  record 
on  house  building 
as  did  Harry  Cow- 
ell,  ;ilso  a  poet  of 
more  than  local  re- 
nown. The  Whit- 
aker  home  is  in 
the  hills  of  upper 
Piedmont,  in  a 
grove  of  eucalyp- 
tus— which  will  be- 
come classic  shades 
when  the  house  is 
finished  and  the 
literary  occupants  ran  hitch  Pegasus  to  the 
front  fence.  At  present  they  are  too  much 
engiossed  with  carpentering  of  wood  to  ex- 
pend  any  time  on  verse  carpentry.  Both  toil 
from  the  first  glimpse  of  rosy  dawn,  tripping 
o'er  the  hills,  till  night  draws  the  curtain 
down,  and  Mr.  Whitaker  says  that  house- 
building is  as  easy  as  rolling  off  a  log.  Car- 
pentering, ne  declares,  is  only  common  sense. 
Prosaic  cynics,  who  have  a  nasty  habit  ol 
sneering  at  anything  poetic,  may  remark  thai 
if  common  sense  is  a  necessary  part  of. car 
pentering,  the  industrious  poet  had  better  get 
a  hiied  man  to  help  him  right  away.  But 
despite  any  such  flippant  rematks,  the  house 
will  be  built,  and  admirers  of  Mr.  Whitaker's 
fine  verses  will  wish  that  he  may  fare  as 
well  by  his  carpentering  as  did  Harry  Cowles. 
a  fellow  bard,  well-known  to  local  publishers^ 

and  not  unknown  to  Eastern  ones  also. 
*     *     * 

Good  Fortune  of  a  Bard. 

POET  COWLES  was  one  of  the  first  per- 
sons to  discover  the  scenic  advantages 
of  the  Lake  street  district,  overlooking 
Baker 's  Beach  and  the  Presidio.  He  pur- 
chased a  modest  strip  of  sandhill,  commanding 
a  splendid  view,  and  without  any  help  ex- 
cept a  few  finishing  touches  beyond  his  me- 
chanical ability,  erected  a  decidedly  neat 
bungalow.  Not  long  after  the  building  was 
finished  the  improvement  of  the  property  now 
known  as  West  Clay  Park  was  begun,  and 
Poet  Cowles  found  his  modest  bungalow  over- 
looking the  sightly  Park,  with  its  handsome 
and  expensive  residences,  transformed  into  a 
very  valuable  piece  of  property.  The  bunga- 
low and  lot  cost  him  less  than  $3,000,  and  he 
refused  an  offer  of  $10,000  for  the  property 
after  occupying  the  place  a  few  years.  Who 
can  say  that  the  gift  of  poetry  unfits  the  re- 
cipient for  the  serious  affairs  of  life? 

Thackeray's  Puns.  ' 

THACKERAY  has  an  unique  gift  of  coin- 
ing  or   choosing   names   that   convey   a 
whimsical      idea    without    actually    ex- 
pressing  it   by   a    definite   pun,    an    extraordi- 


nary talent  for  hitting  upon  names  that  ap- 
pear natural  ami  artless  because  they  are  SO 
apt,  and  lie  played  with  them  as  a  .jugglei 
tossrs  balls  iit  the  air.  There  is  Miss  Billing 
in  take  an  example  at  random) (  who  is  refer- 
red to  quite  casually  as  having  tried  to  win 
Colonel  Newcome's  affections  with  her  music. 
Thackeray  aever  openly  ridicules  his  charac- 
ters by  their  names;  the  pun  is  always  sub 
rosa,  as  it  were.  The  cringing  chaplain  is 
Tuft  on  Hunt,  not  Tuft  hunter,  as  Trollope 
would  have  called  him.  One  is  not  surprised 
that  Frank  Berry  married  Angelica  Catacomb 
— whichever  name  was  first  conceived  made 
the  other  inevitable;  but  it  is  rather  well 
done  to  call  Angelica's  father  Sir  George 
Catacomb,  apothecary  to  his  late  majesty, 
George  HI.  You  see  he  very  naturally  bur- 
ied his  royal  patient.  This  way  of  carrying 
on  a  pun  to  a  quite  unlooked-for  aud  hilarious 
finish  is  distinctly  Thackerayan.  Bob  Cullen- 
der, for  instance,  is  unobtrusive;  his  country 
place,  Sievely  Hall,  is  amusing,  and  in  the 
order  of  things  is  the  further  information  that 
he  "ran  through  seven  thousand  a  year  be- 
fore he  was  thirty  years  old." 
*     *     * 

Popular  Writer  Visits  San  Francisco. 

ONE  of  the  brightest  in  California's  gal- 
axy of  literary  lights,  who  has  been  in 
exile  for  some  years  past,  is  back  here 
visiting  the  scenes  of  his  early  and  greatest 
triumphs    and    the    friends    of    former    days. 


helped  to  establish  his  name  and  fame.  Since 
residing  in  the  Easl  lie  has  been  less  in  the 
public  eye,  but  has  nevertheless  made  the 
power  of  his  trenchant  pen  felt  in  various 
ways.  San  Francisco  is  glad  to  see  his  tare 
again,  and  hopes  his  temporary  sojourn  may 
give  as  much  pleasure  to  himself  as  to  his 
friends. 


AMBROSE  EIERCE. 

Ambrose  Bierce  needs  no  introduction  to  San 
Francisco  readers  who  have  lived  here  long 
enough  to  walk  the  length  of  Market  street 
without  getting  lost.  A  few  years  back  he 
was  one  of  the  most  compelling  newspaper 
writers  of  the  Coast,  having  conducted  a  de- 
partment of  independent  criticism  of  men 
and  things  in  the  San  Francisco  Examiner  ■ 
dubbed  "Prattle,"  which  was  widely  read 
and  admired — and  justly  feared  by  those  who 
became  the  targets  of  his  caustic  wit.  He 
wrote  a  number  of  readable  books  and  con- 
tributed to  other  publications,  but  his  work 
on    the    Examiner    more    than    anything    else 


The  doctor  will  treat  an  imaginary  illness, 
but  he  is  never  satisfied  with  an  imaginary 
fee. 


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HOW  few  are  the  people  that  realize  that 
the  many  improvements   now  going  on 
in  San  Francisco,  both  by  private  and 
public  enterprise,  will  soon  make  it  conspicu- 
ously  one   of   the   finest   cities  in   the  world! 
This  is  no  idle  talk. 

If  you  .wish  to  get  a  comprehensive  idea  of 
the  improvements  in  the  residence  districts 
in  San  Francisco,  take  an  automobile  ride  out 
to  the  Ingleside  district  and  se"e  the  beautiful 
new  homes  overlooking  the  golf  links.  A 
few  years  ago  the  site  of  these  homes  was  the 
old  abandoned  Ingleside  race  course.  It  looks 
very  unlike  a  race  track  now,  with  its  winding 
contour  roads,  from  which  you  can  get  a 
view  of  Lake  Merced  and  the  rolling  country 
around  it,  and  beyond  that  the  great  Pa- 
cific. Near  this  handsome  tract  is  the  fine 
property.  St.  Francis  Wood,  and  near  that, 
Forest  Hill,  all  of  which  will  be  close  to  the 
western  outlet  of  the  Twin  Peaks  tunnel.  In 
this  district  there  are  thousands  of  acres  of 
as  fine  residence  sites  as  can  be  found  in  the 
world. 

From  the  Ingleside  district,  by  automobile, 
one  can  spin  along  Sloat  Boulevard  to  the 
Ocean  beach,  and  notice  the  scenic  boulevard 
which  is  being  constructed  there.  Where  will 
there  be  a  finer  ocean-side  road?  Not  in  the 
world,  tor  nowhere  else  is  there  such  a  stretch 
of  great  blue  ocean  and  magnificent  beach, 
alongside  a  great  city.  Chicago,  Philadelphia, 
New  York,  London.  Paris,  Berlin,  Vienna,  Ven- 
ice, Rome,  St.  Petersburg — not  one  of  them 
has  drives  that  begin  to  compare  with  San 
Francisco  today.  And  what  will  our  city  be 
twenty  years  hence,  when  all  the  contemplated 
improvements  shall  have  been  finished? 

On  the  northwest  side  of  San  Francisco,  out 
towards  Lincoln  Park,  and  along  the  Lake 
street  neighborhood,  the  graders  and  builders 
are  busy.  Here  you  can  see  ideal  homes  with 
a  marine  view  the  millionaires  of  Pasadena 
would  give  fortunes  to  possess.  West  Clay 
Park,  which  was  developed  by  the  foresight 
and  enterprise  of  Lyon  &  Hoag,  shows  the 
capabilities  of  this  district  when  treated  in 
the  now  popular  terrace  style,  with  proper  re- 
strictions as  to  the  buildings. 

The  Brickell  tract,  close  to  West  Clay  Park, 
and  overlooking  the  Golden  Gate,  and  com- 
manding an  incomparable  view  up  the  bay-  is 
being  graded  and  will  soon  be  built  upon, 
and  one  more  sightly  residence  place  added  to 
San  Francisco's  residence  districts. 

Where  can  you  find  a  "better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  Buyers. 


It  can  be  said  no  longer  that  San  Francisco 
is  lacking  in  fine  residence  districts,  for  those 
that  have  been  briefly  mentioned  here  are  not 
to  be  excelled  in  attractiveness  by  the  resi- 
dence districts  of  any  large  city  in  the  world. 
There  may,  in  other  States,  be  little  out-of-the- 
way  places  with  a  few  ideal  homes,  command- 
ing delightful  views  of  hill  and  lake-  or  river, 


BANKER    A.    P.    GIANNINI 

He    has   just    returned    from    an   enjoyable    and 

instructive  tour  of  the  Old  World. 

or  ocean,  but  right  here  in  a  great,  busy  sea- 
port, which  promises  to  be  one  of  the  largest 
on  earth,  we  have  miles  of  territory,  where 
the  scenic  advantages  range  from  fine  to  mag- 
nificent. 


And  we  of  San  Francisco  pay  hardly  any 
attention  to  these  scenic  advantages,  which 
visitors  rave  over  and  consider  so  incompar- 
able that  before  many  years  San  Francisco  is 
sure  to  become  known  as  the  handsomest  city 
in  America,  unequalled  in  the  number  and 
beauty  of  its  homes. 

As  to  the  climate  of  San  Francisco,  which 
some  Eastern  people,  unused  to  the  fresh  ocean 
breezes,  complain  of  at  first  but  finally  come 
to  enjoy,  there  is  none  better  in  California, 
and  California  stands  pre-eminent  in  climate. 

Without  wishing  in  the  least  to  disparage 
the  wonderful  metropolis  of  Southern  Califor 
nia,  the  sultry  climate  of  Los  Angeles  is  not 
nearly  so  healthful  and  enjoyable  all  the  year 
round  as  the  cool  and  exhilarating  climate  of 
our  own  city. 

For  a  few  weeks  in  July  the  trade  winds 
may  be  a  trifle  boisterous,  but  if  they  occa- 
sionally toss  the  hair  of  ladies  fair,  or  send 
hats  spinning,  it  is  well  to  remember  that  a 
cool  breeze  off  the  ocean  is  preferable  to  the 
involuntary  Turkish  bath  that  the  suffering 
inhabitants  of  New  York  and  other  Eastern 
cities  are  undergoing.  Take  a  trip  to  Sac- 
ramento or  Fresno,  or  Los  Angeles"  for  a  week 
in  the  hot  season,  and  see  how  the  bracing 
ocean  breezes  of  San  Francisco  will  revive 
you  on  your  return.  The  moment  you  inhale 
them,  perhaps  with  some  mouthfuls  of  fog 
added,  you  feel  like  a  new  man  or  woman,  and 
in  fact,  you  are  physically  a  different  person. 
You  work  better,  eat  better  and  sleep  better. 
Amongst  Western  travellers  there  is.no  con- 
troversy about  the  superiority  of  San  Fran- 
cisco's climate  for  all-the-y ear- round  experi- 
ence. It  is  the  pleasantest  in  the  world.  Some- 
times we,  who  live  here,  rail  at  too  much  rain 
in  the  winter,  but  as  a  matter  of  fact  we  never 
get  enough  rain  in  California,  and  frequently 
what  we  call  wintry  weather  would  pass  for 
summer    sunshine    in    the    British    Isles    and 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM Chairman   of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.    FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

"C.   F.   HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH Assistant  Cashier 

H.   CHOYNSKI Assistant   Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


Saturday,  October  12.  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


19 


Northern  Europe,  where  umbrellas  are  almost 
as  much  of  the  daily  outfit  as  shins  or  Bhoes. 

Tho  foregoing  remarks  are  intended  to  im- 
San  Francisco  people  with  the  l'act,  so 
evident  to  observant  visitors,  that  our  city. 
having  bo  many  extraordinary  natural  advan- 
tages, must   inevitably  become  recognized  as 

■  of  the  mm. si  desirable  places  of  residence 

in  the  world.  We  should,  therefore,  be  most 
optimistic,  and  instead  of  being  disposed  to 
hang  back  in  dread  of  the  future,  should  go 
ahead,  energetically  inspired  by  the  complete 
confidence  io  the  bright  future  of  our  remark- 
able city. 

Looking  backwards,  it  is  noteworthy  that 
the  men  who  believed  firmly  in  San  Francis- 
co's destiny  as  a  great  metropolis,  and  invest- 
ed their  money  confidently  in  good  property, 
all  made  money  or  left  valuable  estates  to 
l  heir  children.  Many  of  the  rich  families  of 
today  in  San  Francisco  are  wealthy  because 
their  parents  believed  that  this  city  would 
continue  to  grow,  and  therefore,  money  in- 
vested  in  the  growing  localities  would  in- 
erease.  In  many  instances,  the  increase  has 
been  very  wonderful. 

Take  the  case  of  E.  M.  Bunker,  formerly 
publisher  of  the  Daily  Report,  which  the 
Scripps  Syndicate  bought  from  him  and  let 
die.  Mr.  Bunker  was  city  editor  of  the  old 
Bulletin  in  the  days  of  Pickering  and  Fitch, 
and  is  now  the  Washington  representative  of 
the  San  Francisco  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and 
quite  a  wealthy  man.  When  he  owned  the 
Daily  Report,  he  invested  $13,000  in  the  sand- 


Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  cluu  women,  Is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  m  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,     2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital    paid    up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided    Profits $5,070,803.23 


Total. 


.$11,070,803.23 


OFFICERS. 

Isaias   "W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,   Jr.,  Vice-Pres. 
F.   L.   Lipman,   Vice-Pres. 
James   K.    Wilson,    Vice-Pres. 
Frank  B.   King,   Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  L.  Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 
Isaias   W.   Hellman  I.  "W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph   Sloss  A.   Christeson 

Percy  T.  Morgan  Wm.  Haas 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  Hartland  Law 

Wm.   F.   Herrin  Henry   Rosenfeld 

John   C.  Kirkpatrick  James  L,  Flood 

J.  Henry  Meyer  Chas.  J.  Deering 

A.  H.  Payson  James   K.    "Wilson 

F.  L.   Lipman 
ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt    Service,    Courteous   Attention,    Unexcelled 
Facilities 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


lots  that  are  now  known  as  attractive   West 

Clay    Park.      Mis   $13, '    grew    into   $92,000, 

which  was  ill"  price  Lyon  &  Hoag  paid  Mr. 
Bunker  for  the  property. 

Ami,  mind  you,  lie  never  *  1  i « 1  anything  with 
uia  property  excepl  to  level  ii  ofl  slightly  and 
fence  it  in.  The  tuxes  were  light.  It  was 
certainly  ;i  line  speculation,  and  there  have 
i  een  many  jus!  as  good. 

An  interesting  example  of  the  steady  growth 
of  property  values  in  San  Francisco  is  the 
Richmond  property,  which  that  well-known 
and  talented  pioneer,  .luilge  Hittell,  the  his- 
torian,  sold  a  few  years  ago  for  $45,000.  The 
•lodge  got  the  property  forty  years  before,  in 
payment  of  a  lee  of  $S00.  At  that  time, 
Richmond  land  was  not  considered  to  be  of 
much  value,  and  Judge  Hittell  did  not  think 
he  got  $800  worth  when  his  clients  deeded  the 
laud  to  him.  The  property  increased  in  value, 
however,  about  $1,000  a  year  and  is  worth  a 
great  deal  more  than  when  Judge  Hittell 
sold  it. 

It  may  be  said  that  forty  years  is  a  long 
time  and  that  investments  other  than  in  land 
might  yield  more  in  that  period.  That  may 
he  true,  but  it  must  be  remembered  that  these 
investments  in  land  here  referred  to  entailed 
no  care  on  the  owners.  They  let  the  land  lie 
unimproved  and  paid  the  taxes,  and  all  at 
once  found  that  they  had  made  a  great  deal 
of  money  without  any  effort. 

Gold  Output  Decreases. 
Some  weeks  ago,  The  Wasp  referred  to  the 
predictions  of  some  noted  experts,  that  the 
output  of  gold,  which  has  been  increasing  for 
the  past  ten  years,  is  likely  to  decrease  in 
the  next  ten.  This  decrease  of  gold  output 
would  have  the  effect  of  decreasing  values 
in  general.  A  few  days  ago  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  issued  a  statement  that  most 
of  the  bonanzas  in  the  Fairbanks  district, 
Alaska,  have  been  worked  out.  The  annual 
production  has  fallen  off  from  $6,100,000  to 
$4,500,000.  In  the  Forty  Mile  and  the  Sev- 
enty Mile  districts  there  has  been  a  slight 
annual  increase  of  $12,000,  owing  to  the  suc- 
cess of  two  dredgers  on  the  headwaters  of  the 
Forty  Mile  river,  but  this  slight  gain  is  not 
likely  to  be  kept  up.  In  South  Africa,  the 
great  gold-producing  country  at  present,  the 
indications  are  those  of  a  decreasing  output. 
(Continued  on  page  24.) 


Accommodating. 

Night  was  approaching  and  it  was  raining 
hard.  The  traveler  dismounted  from  his 
horse  and  rapped  at  the  door  of  the  one  farm- 
house he  had  struck  in  a  five-mile  stretch  of 
traveling.     No  one  came  to  the  door. 

As  he  stood  on  the  doorstep  the  water  from 
the  eaves  trickled  down  his  collar.  He  rapped 
again.  Still  no  answer.  He  could  feel  the 
stream  of  water  coursing  down  his  back.  An- 
other spell  of  pounding,  and  finally  the  red 
head  of  a  lad  .of  12  was  stuck  out  of  the  sec- 
ond-story window. 

"Watcner  want?M  it   asked. 

"I  want  to  know  if  I  can  stay  here  over 
night,"  the  traveler  answered,  testily. 

The  red-headed  lad  watched  the  man  for  a 
minute   or  two   before  answering. 

"Ye  kin  fer  all  of  me,"  he  finally  answered 
and  then  closed  the  window. 


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The   United   States   Marine   Band. 

BY  SjcECIAL  permission  of  the  President 
of  the  United  States  and  the  Secretary 
of  the  Navy,  gained  through  the  influ- 
ence of  some  eighteen  Western  and  Pacific 
Coast  Senators  and  Representatives  who  were 
desirous  of  having  their  "home  folks"  hear 
the  famous  United  States  Marine  Band, 
whose  music  is  such  an  important  feature  of 
life  at  the  Capitol,  we  are  to  have  four  con- 
certs by  this  world-famous  organization,  which 
for  the  past  one  hundred  years  has  been  sta- 
tioned as  Uncle  Sam's  official  band  at  the 
White  House. 

The  Marine  Band  is  popularly  called  "The 
President's  Own,"  and  gives  band  concerts 
as  well  as  symphony  concerts  at  the  White 
House  and  at  all  the  big  functions,  recep- 
tions to  foreign  dignitaries  and  any  other 
events  taking  place 
at   the   Capitol. 

Every  member 
must  be  an  artist, 
and  be  able  to  play 
in  symphony  orches- 
tra as  well  as  mili- 
tary band,  and  the 
U.  S.  Marine  Band 
is  the  only  large  mu 
sical  organization  in 
this  country  which 
rehearses  or  gives 
a  concert  every  day 
in  the  year. 

Some  of  the  finest 
band  musicians  in 
the  world  have  been 
among  its  directors, 
ana  they  include 
Franceco  Scala,  P. 
Fanciulli  and  Louis 
Schnider  and  John 
Philip  Sousa.  who 
was  for  twelve  years 
conductor  of  the 
Mariue  Band,  and 
composed  many  of 
his  finest  works  ex- 
pressly for  its  use. 
The  only  other  visit 
of  this  band  to  the 
Coast  was  when  Sou- 
sa was  director,  just 

twenty  years   ago,   and   it  played  at   the   old 
Grand  Opera  House. 

The  present  conductor  is  Lieutenant  W.  H. 
Santelmann  from  the  Leipsic  Conservatory,  a 
musician  and  composer  of  the  highest  rank, 
and  one  who  is  equally  at  home  conducting 
either  orchestra  or  band.  Congress,  appreci- 
ating the  importance  of  this  organization, 
passed  an  act  during  President  McKinley's 
term  giving  the  leader  of  the  Marine  Band 
the  pay  and  rank  of  First  Lieutenant,  in  ad- 
dition to  his  usual  band  fees,  and  greatly  in- 
creasing the  pay  of  the  playeTs,  and  thus  it 
was  that  a  man  of  Santelmann 's  qualifications 
was  induced  to  enlist,  and  some  of  the 
finest  instrumentalists  in  the  country  to  do 
likewise.  At  the  present  day  the  United  States 
Marine  Band  ranks  with  the  finest  military 
bands  in  the  world.  Throughout  the  winter 
its  symphony  concerts  are  an  important  factor 
in  the  social  life  at  Washington. 


The  concerts  will  be  given  at  Dreamland 
Rink  on  Sunday  and  Monday  afternoons  and 
nights,  October  20th  and  21st.  There  will  be 
different  programs  and  different  soloists  at 
each  concert. 

Popular  prices  will  prevail,  and  in  order 
that  the  children  may  have  the  opportunity 
of  seeing  and  hearing  the  President's  own 
band  in  its  gorgeous  naval  uniforms  of  red, 
blue  and  gold,  children  will  be  admitted  at 
the  matinees  at  the  rate  of  twenty-five  cents. 

Before  coming  to  San  Francisco  the  entire 
Marine  Band,  numbering  some  sixty  people, 
will  play  at  the  Greek  Theater  of  the  Univer- 
sity at  Berkeley,  the  date  being  next  Satur- 
day afternoon  and  night,  October  19th.  Spe- 
cial programs  will  be  given  and  the  same 
popular  prices  will  be  maintained. 

Seats  for  the  concerts  in  San  Francisco  and 


THE  UNITED   STATES  MARINE    BAND    ON  THE   STEPS   OF   THE    CAPITOL. 


the  Greek  Theater  will  be  on  sale  all  next 
week  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  's  and  Kohler  & 
Chase's,  and  in  Berkeley  for  the  concerts  at 
the  Greek  Theater  only  at  Tupper  &  Reed's, 
the  Sign  of  the  Bear,  the  Glessner  Morse  Co. 's, 
Sadler's,  and  at  the  Co-op  Store  on  the  cam- 
pus. 


T 


Gadski. 
'HE  one  and  only  concert  by  the  great 
Gadski  will  be  given  at  the  Columbia 
Theater  on  Sunday  afternoon,  October 
27th,  and  it  is  doubtful  if  the  cozy  house  will 
be  able  to  hold  one-half  the  number  of  Gadski 
admirers  who  will  want  to  bear  that  queen  of 
song  in  what  she  promises  Manager  Green- 
baum,  which  will  be  the  greatest  program  she 
has  ever  sung  here.  So  it  behooves  all  who 
do  not  want  to  be  disappointed  to  rush  their 
mail  orders  to  Will  L.  Greenbaum  as  soon  as 
possible. 


Gadski  will  also  sing  one  special  program  in 
Oakland  at  Ye  Liberty  Playhouse,  on  Thurs- 
day afternoon,  October  24th,  and  many  will 
cross  the  bay  on  that  occasion  so  as  to  hear 
both  her  offerings. 

Martin  and  Ganz   Open  Greenbaum 's   Season 
This   Sunday  Afternoon. 

RICCARDO  MARTIN,  one  of  the  tenor 
stars  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House, 
and  Rudolph  Ganz,  the  famous  Swiss 
pianist  and  composer,  with  the  assistance  of 
Mr.  Martin's  personal  accompanist,  Miss  Lima 
O'Brien,  will  combine  in  a  monster  program 
as  the  opening  event  of  Will  Greenbaum 's 
musical  season.  In  the  East  each  of  these 
stars  appears  at  his  own  recitals,  but  the  en- 
terprising Greenbaum  wants  to  make  his  open- 
ing event  a  notable  one,  hence  our  music- 
lovers  are  just  so 
much  the  gainers. 
The  date  is  this 
Sunday  afternoon, 
October  13th,  at 
Scottish  Rite  Audi- 
torium and  Mr.  Mar- 
tin promises  selec- 
tions trom  his  oper- 
atic successes,  ' '  La 
Tosca"  and  "La 
Boheme,"  and  songs 
in  German,  French, 
Italian  and  English, 
and  Mr.  Ganz  offers 
Schumann 's  Etudes 
Symphoniques,  a 

group  of  Chopin  and 
Liszt  works,  and  two 
numbers  of  his  own 
composition. 

The  second  and 
positively  farewell 
concert  of  these  co- 
stars  will  be  given 
Sunday  afternoon, 
October  20th,  with 
an  entire  change  of 
program,  Martin  of 
f'ering  arias  from 
"Die  Walkuere" 
and  "Fedora,"  be- 
sides a  dozen  songs, 
and  by  special  re- 
quest Mr.  Ganz  will  play  Beethoven's  "Moon- 
light' '  sonata. 

Seats  for  both  concerts  are  now  on  sale  at 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Co. 's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's. 
On  Sunday  the  box  office  will  open  at  the  hall 
at  10  a.  m.,  and  phone  orders  will  receive 
most    courteous    attention. 

On  Thursday  night  Mr.  Martin  will  give  a 
song  recital  at  Stanford  University  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Peninsula  Musical  Association. 


The  St.  Francis  Musical  Art  Society  will 
entertain  its  members  twice  this  month.  The 
first  occasion  will  be  Tuesday  night,  October 
15th,  when  Riecardo  Martin  and  Rudolph 
Ganz  will  furnish  a  special  program,  and  on 
Tuesday  night,  October  22nd,  when  Mme.  Gad- 
ski will  be  the  motif.  This  society  will  have 
the  distinction  of  introducing  to  the  Pacific 
Coast  Miss  Kittey  Cheatham,  the  world-famous 
"diseuse"  and  entertainer. 


Saturday,  October  12.  1912. 


-THE  WASP- 


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Operatic  Success  at   Cort   Theater. 

Till:  succeee  of  the  Lambardi  Pacific  Coast 
.\  Opera  Company  during  the  three 
weeks  it  has  heeii  appearing  :■ 
Corl  Theater  has  been  phenomenal.  The  ca- 
pacity of  the  theater  bas  been  tested  by  the 
delighted  audiences,  and  the  financial  succ  bs 
has  been  most  gratifying  to  the  management. 
The  artistic  excellence  "i  the  pei  formancea 
has  been  unquestionedi  tor  it  is  freely  con- 
ceded  that  the  Lambardi  Company  ranks  ar- 
tistically higher  than  any  popular  priced  grand 
opera  aggregation  that  lias  ever  visited  our 
city. 

The  fourth  and  final  week  of  the  Lambardi 
engagement  at  the  Cort  will  begin  tomorrow 
night  with  "La  Boheme.'1  Matini  will  again 
9ing  the  role  Of  M  imi..  and  Arrniniui  will 
once  more  be  Rudolfo.  Tonight  will  see  a 
repetition  or"  "Salome,'1  which  proved  a  sen- 
sation on  its  first  presentation  Friday,  with 
Tarquini   in   the   title   role. 

Monday  night  will  be  devoted  1o  another 
performance  of  the  Strauss  masterpiece  with 
the  same  casl  as  before.  The  interest  in 
this  opera  has  exceeded  even  that  accorded 
• '  <  "oiiehifn.  which  occupied  the  attention  of 
opera  followers  during  the  early  part  of  the 
Lambardi  engagement. 


3 


TWO  JOINT   CONCERTS 
by 


MARTIN 

TENOR     METROPOLITAN 
OPERA  CO. 


4 


GANZ 

THE    SWISS 
PIANO  VIRTUOSO 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

This  and  Next  Sunday  Afternoons,  Oct.  13th  and  20th 

Reserved    Seats    $2.00,    $1.50,    $1.00. 

Seats  now  on  sale  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s  and 

Kohler  &  Chase's.     Sunday  after  10  o'clock  at  Hall. 

Steinway  Piano. 

BY    PERMISSION     OF     PRESIDENT 

TAFT   and  the    SECRETARY 

OF    THE    NAVY 

The 

UNITED  STATES 

MARINE  BAND 

of    "Washington,    D.     C. 
"The    President's    Own    Band.' ' 
FOUR    CONCERTS    AT    DREAMLAND 
Sunday  Afternoon  and  Evening,  October  20th 

and 
Monday  Afternoon  and  Evening,  October  21st 
Reserved  seats   75    cents   and   $1.00.      2,000   seats 
at    50    cents.      Children    at    Matinees    25    cents. 

Box  offices  open  Monday  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s 
and   Kohler  &   Chase's. 

Mail  orders  now  to  W.  L.  Greenbaum,  either  place 


MARINE  BAND  AT  GREEK  THEATER 

Saturday   Afternoon   and   Evening,    Oct.    19th 

Special  Programs 

SEATS   AT   USUAL   BOX   OFFICES 


Gadski 


ONE    CONCERT    ONLY 

Sunday  Afternoon,   Oct.   27th, 

at   Columbia. 

Mail    your    orders    now.      $1.00,    $1.50,    $2.00,    $2.50. 
In   Oakland,   Thursday,   Oct,  24th, 


"Madame  Butterfly"  will  be  given  on  Tues- 
day night  with  Matini  in  the  title  role  and 
Agostinj  supporting  the  tenor  parr  of  l'iuker 
ton.  At  the  Wednesday  matinee  "  Salome"' 
will     lie     repealed,     and     on     Wednesday     night 

the    double    bill    of    "Cavalleria    Rusticana' 
and    E'Pagliacci"  is  to  be  the  offering. 

The  real  feature  of  the  week,  however, 
will  be  the  appearance  of  Tarquini  in  "Car- 

men."  There  is  a  great  desire  on  the  part  of 
the  opera  partons  to  see  the  prima  donna  as 
Bizet's  cigarette  girl.  The  opera  will  be  re- 
peated on  Saturday  night,  the  farewell  per- 
formance of  the  season.  "II  Trovatore"  will 
be  given  its  first  and  only  performance  on 
Friday  nigbt.  and  at  the  Saturday  matinee 
"La   Boheme''   will   be  repeated. 

Orpheiim  Attractions. 

ETHEL  BARKVMOEE'S  engagement  at 
the  Orpheum  is  resulting  in  one  of  the 
greatest  theatrical  furores  this  city  has 
known.  Her  performance  of  Kate  in  J.  M. 
Barrie's  one-act  play  "The  Twelve  Pound 
Look"  is  winning  her  the  most  enthusiastic 
recognition  or  her  brilliant  career.  She  will 
repeat  it  all  next  week,  which  will  most  pos- 
itively bo  the  last  of  her  season  here. 

.lack  Wilson,  supported  by  Franklyn  Batie 
and  Ada  Lane,  will  appear  next  week  in  his 
newest  vehicle  "A  1912  Review."  Wilson  is 
one  of  the  funniest  comedians  in  vaudeville 
and  an   immense  favorite. 

Considerable  uncertainty  exists  concerning 
the  identity  of  the  clever  comedienne,  who, 
under  the  name  of  Mary  Elizabeth,  has  be- 
come a  pronounced  success  in  vaudeville.  Ru- 
mor has  it  that  she  is  a  prominent  New  York 
society  girl.  In  a  dainty  little  act  of  song 
and  story,  she  aisplays  great  charm  and  ability 
and  she  is  expected  to  prove  one  of  the  great- 
est hits  of  the  new  bill. 

Mary  Quive  and  Paul  McCarty,  recent  re- 
cruits from  musical  comedy,  and  prominent 
features  of  "Lousiana  Lou. "  come  with  a 
combination  of  talents.  Miss  Quive,  who  is 
the  sister  of  Grace  Van  Studdiford,  sings  with 
great  charm  and  beauty  of  voice.  Mr.  Mc- 
Carty excels  both  as  a  pianist  and  vocalist. 

The  eminent  English  actor,  Ben  Lewin,  will 
introduce  next  week  only  his  marvelously  ac- 
curate deliniations,  which  include  '  'Pagin ' ' 
in  his  prison  cell.  Grandfather  Trent  and  other 
characters  from  Dickens.  One  of  his  greatest 
hits  is  his  recital  of  Chevalier's  "A  Fallen 
Star,"  which  is  the  complaint  of  an  aged  and 
decrepit  actor. 

Leonard  Gautier's  Animated  Toyshop  is  the 
title  given  to  one  of  the  best  animal  acts  in 
vaudeville.  The  curtain  rises  upon  the  inter- 
ior of  a  toyshop,  in  which  are  introduced  four 
beautiful  tiny  ponies  and  a  number  of  cute 
little  dogs,  whose  statuesque  attitudes  cause 
them  to  be  mistaken  for  rocking-horses  and 
other  toys.  They  perform  many  original 
tricks. 

Deiro.  the  famous  piano  accordionist,  will 
display  his  wonderful  musical  ability  next 
week  only,  and  Owen  Clark  will  mystify  with 
his  astounding  feats  of  magic  and  legerder- 
man.     On  the  whole  it  is  a  wonderful  bill. 


Great  Bill  at  Pantages. 
a  T  PANTAGES  THEATER  this  week 
t  \  things  are  humming,  the  current  bill 
including  such  interesting  numbers  as 
Boyle  Wolf  oik 's  ' '  Chicklets "  in  a  bright 
musical  comedietta;  Franz  Adelman.  the  cel- 
ebrated violinist;  the  Keene  Trio,  charming 
young  lady  vocalists;  Tom  Kelly,  San  Fran- 
cisco's favorite  baritone  and  story-teller; 
Fred  Graham  and  Nellie  Bent  in  a  laughable 
skit,  "Just  Like  a  Man";  Paul  Gordon  and 
Mile.  Ricca.  novelty  bicyclists;  and  Alice  Ted- 
dy, the  wonderful  roller-skating  bear.  At 
the  Saturday  matinee  Alice  Teddy  will  hold 
a  reception  for  the  children  on  the  stage. 

For    the    week    commencing    Sunday    after- 
noon the  bill  will  be  headed  by  Robert  Ever- 


est's Monkey  Hippodrome,  the  cleverest  ag- 
gregation Of  simians  ever  appearing  in  San 
Francisco.  These  four  legged  actors  offer  an 
entertainment  abounding  in  surprises,  with 
a  monkey  orchestra,  monkey  aerialists.  and 
all  kinds  of  monkeyshines  generally,  Karl 
Dewey!  a  light  comedian  fresh  from  triumphs 
on  the  legitimate  stage,  and  his  four  "Danc- 
ing Dolls,"  will  present  an  act  abounding  in 
terpsichorean  surprises  and  catchy  son^- 
girls     showing    several     beautiful     changes     "t 

(Continued  on  page  Z4.) 


CQR£ 


LEADING  THEATER 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter    2460. 


LAMBARDI 

PACIFIC  COAST 
GRAND  OPERA  COMPANY 


Tonight 
"SALOME" 
Fourth    and    LAST    Week    Starts    Tomorrow     (Sun- 
day)   Night. 
Repertoire    for    Final    Week: 
Sunday   "LA  BOHEME";  Monday,    "SALOME"; 
Tuesday.    "MME.   BUTTERFLY";    Wednesday  Mat 
inee.     "SALOME";       Wednesday.     "CAVALLERIA 
RUSTICANA"     and     'TPAGLIACCI"  :       Thursday, 
"CABMEN";    Friday.    "IL    TROVATORE";    Satur- 
day   Matinee,     "LA    BOHEME";    Saturday    "CAR- 
MEN." 


Prices,   50c.  to  $2. 


Coming,  Sunday  Night,  Oct. 
PANAMA." 


-"THE  ROSE  OF 


Safest   and   Most   Magnificent   Theater   In   America! 

WEEK   BEGINNING  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 

Matinee  Every  Day 

Positively    Last   Week 

ETHEL  BARRYM0RE 

Presenting    J.    M.    Barrie's    One-Act    Play 
"The   Twelve  Pound  Look" 
In  Conjunction  with 
AN    ENTIRELY    NEW    SHOW! 
JACK    WILSON    Supported   by   Franklvn    Batie    and 
Ada    Lane    in     "A    1912    Review":     MARY    ELIZA- 
BETH,    Comedienne;      MARY     QUIVE     and     PAUL 
McC'ARTY;  BEN  LEWIN:   GAUTIER'S  ANIMATED 
TOYSHOP;     DEIRO;     NEW     DAYLIGHT     MOTION 
PICTURES;    OWEN    CLARK. 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c.  Box  SeatB,  $1 
Matinee    Prices    (Except    SundayB    and   Holidays), 
10c,    25c.    50c 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  O  1670. 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week  of   October   13th: 

A  MONKEY  HIPPODROME 

THE  SENSATION  OF  THE  CENTURY 
EARL  DEWEY  and  His  FOUR  DANCING  DOLLS; 
ELDRIDGE  and  BARLOW.  Comedy  Sketch.  "Tne 
Law":  VAN  and  PEARCE  in  ''Get  a  License"; 
DAVIS  and  SCOTT.  Mirth  and  Melody  Dispensers; 
HELEXE  SCHILLER  and  OLIVE  HURLBUT,  Vio- 
linists;   and    SUNLIGHT    PICTURES. 


Ma'.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:80  and  3:30.  Nights, 
Continuous  from   6  :80. 


Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  October  12,  1912. 


HOW  ABOUT  YOTJR  TREASURES7 
Pew  persons  there  are  who  have  no  treasures. 
Now,  treasure  does  not  necessarily  mean  jewels  and 
precious  metals,  or  bonds  and  stocks.  Almost  ev- 
eryone has  something  he  prizes  highly  and  the  loss 
of  which  he  would  deeply  regret.  If  nothing  more 
than  receipted  bills,  cancelled  notes,  insurance  pa- 
pers, court  decrees,  contracts,  household  inventories 
and  the  various  other  kinds  of  papers  usual  to  the 
average  citizen,  they  are  worth  preserving  from  fire 
and  other  danger.  M'heir  loss  might  entail  much 
hardship    and  misery. 

In  a  safe  deposit  box,  which  can  be  rented  by 
the    year    at    a    trivial    cost    ($4.00  \    these    papers, 

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Ladies'  Grill  and  Rooms  for  Parties 

REGULAR     FRENCH     DINNER     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

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with  your  jewelry  and  other  precious  things,  can  be 
placed  absolutely  beyond  reach  of  fire,  burglars  and 
all  other  dangers.  Anything  that  is  worth  having 
is  worth  keeping.  If  you  prize  your  wedding  certifi- 
cate or  your  divorce  decree ;  the  notes  you  have 
paid  or  the  notes  you  hold  against  someone  else; 
the  heirlooms  you  have  inherited  or  those  .you  hope 
to  pass  on  to  posterity,  you  will  not  entrust  them 
to  the  poor  protection  of  a  cupboard,  trunk  or  a 
bureau  drawer. 

Articles  of  intrinsic  value  are  not  often  the  prey 
of  burglars.  A  fire  shows  less  discrimination.  It 
will  destroy  what  the  thief  would  not  steal.  And 
yet,  of  all  the  treasures  you  may  possess,  the  dearosl 
ones  may  be  those  the  burglar  would  not  covet  as 
collateral  for  a  pawnshop  loan. 

Common  prudence,  therefore,  would  indicate  that 
the  form  of  safety  that  will  create  a  peace  of  mind 
in  the  owner  of  any  kind  of  treasures,  is  such  as 
is  provided  by  the  great  vaults  of  the  Crocker  Safe 
Deposit  Vaults.  These  vaults,  of  the  most  modern 
and  approved  construction,  are  absolutely  proof 
against  attack  of  auy  kind.  This  composite  con- 
struction, of  the  hardest  chrome  steel  and  reinforced 
concrete,  will  withstand  the  worst  earthquake,  the 
fiercest   fire,    and   the   most   astute   burglar. 

Of  course,  protection  against  burglary  is  simpli 
fied  by  the  utilization  of  watchmen  and  concealed 
electric  wires,  interference  with  which  would  sound 
an  alarm  that  would  bring  tne  police  upon  the  tres- 
passers. To  enter  one  of  these  great  vaults  the  burg- 
lar would  require  time  and  opportunity  he  could 
not  hope    to    have. 

As  for  the  danger  of  fire,  it  is  removed  utterly  by 
the  construction  of  the  vaults  and  their  location  in 
the  basement  of  a  fire-proof  building.  Not  even  an 
earthquake,  even  severe  enough  to  shake  down  the 
structure  above  it,  would  disturb  these  vaults,  they 
being  upon  their  own  foundation  and  wholly  discon- 
nected from  the   great  building  above  them. 

These  assertions  can  be  demonstrated  to  the  sat- 
isfaction of  visitors,  who  are  invited  to  come  at 
any  time  and  make  an  inspection  of  the  vaults  and 
the  equipment  of  the  department.  Mr.  John  Cun- 
ningham, the  manager,  who  has  been  identified  with 
this  department  for  many  years,  will  be  glad  to 
show  the  unequalled  facilities,  not  alone  of  the  safe 
deposit  uepartment,  but  the  companion  vault  that 
is  devoted  to  the  storage  of  bulkier  articles  of 
value,  like  silverware,  cut  glass,  wedding  presents, 
pictures,  books  and  other  treasures  which  the  owner 
would  not  entrust  to  his  home,  especially  in  his 
absence. 

Besides  the  safety  that  this  department  insures, 
another  important  feature  is  found  in  the  provisions 
for  the  secrecy  of  the  patrons.  In  any  one  of  the 
many  private  rooms  available  for  the  purpose,  the 
renter  can,  behind  locked  doors  and  in  entire  se- 
clusion, overhaul  the  contents  of  his  box,  cut  his 
coupons  or  do  as  he  pleases  with  his  property,  safe 
from  observation  of  anyone. 

Nowhere  in  the  whole  West  are  facilities  for  this 
service  so  complete  and  extensive  as  in  the  Crocker 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults,  Crocker  Building,  Post  and 
Market  streets. 


Correct. 
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Miss  MARION  NEWHALL  did  not  go  East 
la  attend  Misa  Martha  Calhoun  at  her  wed- 
ding to  Wilson  Hickox  in  Cleveland,  us  was 
Oral  planed.  The  wedding,  which  whs  at  first  to 
lun,-  been  i  large  one,  has  since  been  changed,  and 
now  is  to  i'<-  extremely  amall  and  quiet.  It  is  to 
take  place  Saturday,  October  12th,  at  4:30,  with 
only  the  family  ami  a  fvv,  intimate  friends  present. 
Mr.  anil  .Mrs.  Hickox  will  pass  their  honeymoon 
abroad,  and  on  their  return  will  make  their  home 
in    i  l-veland. 


A  Banker's  Bride. 
The  wedding  Oi  Miss  Bernico  Smith  and  Mr.  Alfred 
1>.  M.-ycrst.-in,  which  tnok  place  last  week,  was 
marked  by  quiet  simplicity,  only  the  relatives  of  the 
two  families  being  in  attendance.  The  nuptials  of 
this  interesting  couple  followed  closely  upon  the 
formal  announcement  of  the  engagement.  The  bride 
is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Ida  L.  Smith,  formerly  of 
Nevada  City,  now  residing  at  the  St.  Francis,  aud  is 
remarkably  beautiful.  Mr.  Meyerstein  is  one  of  the 
best-known  bankers  of  our  city,  being  President  of 
the-  Merchants'  .National  Bank.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyer- 
stein  will  divide  their  time  octween  Woodside  and 
Sail  FranoiBCO.  Their  Woodside  place  is  very  at- 
tractive,   and   contains   some   twenty-four   acres. 


The  Card  Basket. 

Mrs.  Richard  E.  Mulcuhy  departed  for  Paris  on 
Thursday,  sailing  from  New  York  on  the  10th.  Mrs. 
Mulcahy  will  remain  abroaa  for  a  year.  Mr.  Mul- 
cahy  will  go  to  Europe  in  April,  regaining  three  or 
four    months    in    touring    Europe. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emory  Winship  will  be  at  the 
Fairmont  until  their  departure  for  their  estate  in 
Georgia   in   December. 

Henry  Hadley,  during  the  absence  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Haig  Patigan  in  Europe,  will  occupy  their 
apartments  at  the  Gables. 

Mrs.  Keith  Gregory,  wife  of  Lieut.  Gregory  of  the 
Presidio,  is  a  cousin  of  Lieut.  G.  Ord,  U.  S.  A., 
and  has  many  relatives   in  local   society. 

Miss  Janet  and  Miss  Edith  von  Schroeder,  who 
are  entertaining  friends  at  "Eagle's  Nest' ',  San 
Luis  Obispo,  will  return  to  town  for  the  winter. 

W,  R.  Sherwood  and  family,  who  have  been 
passing  the  summer  at  Belvedere,  returned  to  town 
recently  and  are  again  at  their  home  on  Pierce 
street. 

The  Charles  R.  Raymonds,  who  were  at  their 
Montecito  home  during  the  summer,  have  gone  to 
Akron,  Ohio,  Mrs.  Philip  King  Brown  accompanying 
them  in  their  private  car.  They  will  raturn  to 
California    in    the    Spring. 

Miss  Aileen  McCarthy,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Avery  McCarthy,  who  spent  two  months  with  friends 
in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  ttas  returned  and  will  be 
one  of  the  debutantes  at  Los  Angeles  this  winter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  FranK  Davis,  who  are  in  the  South 
for  their  honeymoon,  will  occupy  the  Nevin  resi- 
dence on   Clay  street  for  the  winter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Hayes  Smith  have  gone  to 
New  York   for  a  brief  visit. 

Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard  is  taking  a  rest  cure-  at  the 
Adler    sanatorium. 

Mrs.  Henry  F.  Allen,  Miss  Dorothy  Allen,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ivy  L.  Borden  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry 
E.  Collins  of  Mare  Island  went  South  to  attend  the 
wedding  of  Miss  Juliet  Borden  and  Lieut.  Irving 
Hall  Mayfield,   at  the   Borden  home   at  Los  Angeles. 


Lieut.  Mayfield  is  with  the  torpedo  fleet,  and  is  in 
charge  of  one  of  the  torpedo-boat  destroyers.  The 
young  couple  are  at  Coronado,  where  the  fleet  is 
at  present  anchored. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  "William  G.  Irwin  have  left  fur  Now 
York  in  the  Crocker's  private  car,  and  will  be 
followed  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Templeton  Crock- 
er,   who  will   visit   Mr.    and    Mrs.    Malcolm  Whitman. 

M  rs.  Luu  is  Long  has  returned  to  her  home  in 
Santa  Barbara,  after  a  two  weeks'  visit  with  her 
mother,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Burns,  at  the  Bellevue. 

Mrs.  McNutt-Potter  and  her  little  daughter,  Marie 
Louise  Potter  have   returned    from   Colorado    Springs, 


MISS  ESTHER  MORELAND 

Her  family  were  amongst  the  lavish  entertainers 
at   Newport  last   summer. 

where  they  spent  the  summer.  During  their  ab- 
sence their  house  on  Washington  street  was  occu- 
pied by  Charles  N.  Black  and  Miss  Marie  Louise 
Black. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  W.  Dohrmann  have  engaged 
passage  on  the  George  Washington  from  Bremen  on 
October   19th. 

Mrs.  Harrison  Smith  and  Miss  Henrietta  Har- 
rison-Smith have  returned  from  Honolulu  after  sev- 
eral   months. 

General  and  Mrs.  W.  E.  Dougherty  and  Major 
Julius  A.  Pett,  U.  S.  A.,  have  been  visiting  in  San 
Jose  recently  as  guestB  of  the  Misses  Morrison  at 
their   country  home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lorenzo  Dow  Jacks  of  Santa  Rosa 
have  sent  out  invitations  for  a  dancing  party  Friday 

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evening,  October  18,  in  the  club  house  in  Santa  Rosa. 
Several    guests    from    this    city    will    attend. 

Miss  Kale  Peterson  entertained  at  a  luncheon  on 
Wednesday,  October  9th,  in  her  home,  Belvedere. 
Miss  Henriette  B landing  was  the  guest  of  honor. 
There  were  guests  from  this  city  and  San  Rafael. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A,  S.  Baldwin,  who  have  been  pass- 
ing a  few  days  in  Paso  Robles  Springs,  will  return 
this   week    to    their   home    on    Pacific   avenue. 

Miss  Virginia  Newhall  is  convalescent  after  her 
recent  illness  and  is  able  to  be  out  again. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Seymour,  who  are  at  the 
Palace,  will  leave  in  December  for  a  visit  in  the 
East.  Mrs.  Seymour  will  entertain  at  a  series  of 
bridge    parties    before    her    departure. 


Announcements. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Florence  Robinson  and  Mr 
Charles  William  Leiter  will  take  place  on  Thurs 
day,  evening,  Oct.  17th,  at  the  Fourth  Congrega- 
tional  church,   Oakland. 

Miss  Robinson  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs 
ihomas  M.  Robinson  of  Oakland.  She  is  the  niece, 
also,  of  Mr.  John  Haven  and  of  Mrs.  Mason  Whiting 
Mather.  On  her  mother's  side  she  is  related  to  the 
prominent  Shattuck  family.  Mr.  Leiter  is  related 
to  the  Leiters  of  Chicago,  two  of  whom  have  mar- 
ried into  the  English  aristocracy.  The  marriuy: 
ceremony  will  be  elaborate  in  all  its  appointment? 
a  bevy  of  beautiful  bridesmaids  being  in  attendance 


The  marriage  of  Miss  Hazel  Cook  and  Rober 
Spain  Woodward  will  take  place  on  October  16th, 
at  the  Fairmont.  Rev.  Charles  Gardiner  of  Stanford 
University  will  be  the  officiating  clergyman.  Mrs. 
Willis  Clark  will  be  matron  of  honor.  The  brides- 
maids will  be  Miss  Alice  Shinn  and  Miss  Mildred 
Lomax.  Bayard  Hyde-Smith  will  be  best  man.  There 
will   be   a   large  reception. 


Recent   Events. 

Mrs.  James  Rolph  Jr.  was  at  home  to  her  friends 
on  the  first  Wednesday  of  the  month.  She  was 
assisted  in  receiving  by  Miss  Jane  Reid. 

Mrs.  Lawrence  W.  Harris  gave  a  tea  at  her  home 
on  Devisadero  street  to  meet  Miss  Constance  Met- 
calfe, daughter  of  Captain  and  Mrs.  John  Metealfe, 
who  is  to  be  one  of  the  debutantes  of  this  season. 

Mrs.  Montford  Wilson  entertained  at  luncheon 
at  her  Burlingame  home. 

Mrs.  Edward  Hoag,  a  recent  bride,  was  the  guest 
of  honor  at  a  reception  given  by  Mrs.  William 
Felton  on  Buchanan  street.  Mrs.  Prentiss  Cobb 
Hale    assisted    in   receiving. 

Mrs.  Edwin  Bell  was  hostess  in  honor  of  Mrs. 
James  A.  Shipton,  who  leaves  this  week  for  Buenos 
Ayres,  where  Major  Shipton  is  military  attache  of 
the  American  Legation. 

The  beautiful  reception  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Harvey  Rice  Bostwick  in  honor  of  the  eightieth 
birthday  of  the  elder  Mr.  H.  E.  Bostwick  on  Thurs- 
day evening  of  last  week  was  a  beautiful  affair, 
attended  by  three  hundred  ardent  frienas  of  the 
noble   gentleman. 

Last  week,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  Martin  Mann, 
at  their  home  on  Washington  street,  celebrated  the 
twenty-second  anniversary  of  their  wedding. 

Miss  Dorothy  Winn  was  hostess  at  a  beautiful 
luncheon  recently.  It  was  given  in  honor  of  the 
debutantes    and   a    score    of   younger   girls   who    will 


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[Saturday,  October  12,  1912. 


Professional  Interest. 
Young   Doctor — "What    do    you    suppose   I 
got  out  of  the  Senator's  windpipe ? J 7 

Old  Doctor — "Oh,  about  a  thousand  dollars. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  Count;  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.   3. 

MURRAY  F.  VANDALL,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.    32,539. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  De- 
fendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MURRAY  P.  VANDALL,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  Summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  properly  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   and  particularly   described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  one  hundred  ( 100 )  feet 
southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  street 
and  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  .  of 
Seventeenth  avenue,  measured  respectively  along 
lines  drawn  at  right  angles  to  said  lines  of 
said  streets,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Clement  street  eight  (8) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  par- 
allel with  said  line  of  Seventeenth  avenue  three 
hundred  and  fifty  (350)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  three  hundred  and  fifty  (350) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ;  being  part  of  Out- 
side Land  Block  Number  198. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
aaid  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  as  tales,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  snid  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  oi  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may   be   meet   in   the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
31st   day   of  July,   A.  D.   1912. 

(SEAL.  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clark. 

By    J.    F.    DUNWORTH,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse 
to    plaintiff: 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society,  (a  cor- 
poration)   San  Francisco,   California. 

Fernando  Nelson,  San  Francisco,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  street,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  TRUSTEES'  SALE  OF  REAL  ESTATE. 


WHEREAS  ALFRED  ST.  JOHN  HUMPHREYS 
(a  single  man),  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  the  party  of  the  first  part, 
did  execute  a  certain  deed  of  trust  dated  the  15th 
day  of  September,  1911,  to  JOSEPH  E.  BIEN  and 
D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  parties  of  the  second  part,  and 
as  trustees  for  the  benefit  and  security  of  the  P.  C. 
COMPANY,  a  corporation  duly  incorporated  under 
and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  of  California, 
which  deed  of  trust  was  recorded  in  the  office  of 
the  County  Recorder  of  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  on  the  20th  day 
of  September,  1911,  in  Liber  575  of  Deeds,  Page 
131,  et  seq.; 

Now,  therefore,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and 
under  the  authority  of  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in 
pursuance  of  a  resolution  passed  and  adopted  on 
the  18th  day  of  September,  1912,  by  the  board  of 
directors  of  said  P.  C.  COMPANY,  the  holder  of  a 
certain  promissory  note  made  by  ALFRED  ST. 
JOHN  HUMPHREYS   to   said  P.   C.   COMPANY,   to 


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RUBBER  STAMPS 

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660  MARKET  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 


secure  the  payment  of  which  said  promissory  note 
said  deed  of  trust  was  executed,  declaring  the  whole 
of  said  note  due,  and  requesting  and  directing  that 
JOSEPH  E.  BIEN  and  D.  F.  CONWAY,  as  trustees, 
under  the  power  and  authority  conferred  upon  them 
by  said  deed  of  trust,  and  in  pursuance  of  said  reso- 
lution, sell  said  real  property  described  in  said  deed 
of  trust  ana  hereinafter  described,  to  satisfy  said 
indebtedness,  the  said  JOSEPH  E.  BIEN  and  D.  F. 
CONWAY  do  hereby  give  notice  that  on  Saturday, 
the  26th  day  of  October,  1912,  at  twelve  o'clock  noon 
of  said  day,  at  Room  No.  1114  Addison  Head  Build- 
ing, No.  209  Post  Street,  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  they  will  sell,  at 
public  auction,  to  the  highest  bidder  for  cash  in 
gold  coin  of  the  United  States,  all  that  certain  real 
property,  with  the  improvements  thereon,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,  and  particularly  bounded  and  described 
as    follows,     to-wit: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Lar- 
kin  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  northerly  line  of  Bush  Street;  running  thence 
northerly  and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Larkin 
Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  eighty-two  (82)  feet  and  six  (6,  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle,  southerly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  eighty-two 
(S2)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Larkin  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 

Being  a  part  of  50  Vara  Lot  No.   1414. 

Together  with  all  and  singular  the  tenements,  her- 
editaments and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging, 
or  in  anywise  appertaining,  and  the  reversion  and 
reversions,  remainder  and  remainders,  rents,  issues 
and  profits   thereof. 

And,  also,  all  the  estate,  right,  title,  and  interest, 
homestead,  or  other  claim  or  demand,  as  well  in  law 
as  in  equity,  which  the  said  ALFRED  ST.  JOHN 
HUMPHREYS  now  has  or  may  hereafter  acquire, 
in  or  to  the  said  premises,  or  any  part  thereof,  with 
the    appurtenances. 

Subject  to  mortgage  from  Alfred  St.  John  Hum- 
phreys in  favor  of  California  Title  Insurance  &  Trust 
Company  in  the  sum  of  Seven  Thousand  (7,000) 
Dollars. 

TERMS  OF  SALE:  Cash  in  Gold  Coin  of  the 
United  States  of  America;  fifty  per  cent  (50  per 
cent)  payable  to  the  undersigned  at  the  fall  of  the 
hammer;  balance  upon  delivery  of  deed,  and  if  not 
so  paid,  unless  for  want  of  title  (ten  days  being 
allowed  for  search),  then  said  fifty  per  cent  (50 
per  cent)  to  be  forfeited  and  the  sale  to  be  void. 
Taxes    to    be    prorated. 

JOSEPH    E.    BIEN, 
D.  F.  CONWAY, 

Trustees. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.   32,741. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 
The   People   of   the    State   of   California:   To   all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lien   upon,    the 
real   property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  herebv  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Thrift  (formerly  Hill)  Street,  distant  thereon  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Capitol  Avenue;  running  thence  easterly  and  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northerly  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  westerly  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  and  thence 
at   right    angles    southerly   one    hundred    and    twenty 


five   (125)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street 
and  the  point  of   commencement. 

Being  Lot  Number  two  (2)  in  Block  "Y,"  as  per 
Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  Railroad  Homestead  Associ 
ation,  recorded  in  Book  "C  &  D,"  at  Page  111  of 
Maps,  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cah 
fornia. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simp.e  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be   meet   in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
13th  day  of  September,    A.   D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.    F.   DUNWORTH,    Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,    or  lien   upon,    said  property  adverse   to    plaintiff: 

E.  MESSAGER,  EMIL  GUN2BURGER,  Trustees 
of  the  Argonaut  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion (a  corporation),  No.  1933  Ellis  Street,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  California 
Pacific  -tsuilding,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Streets, 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 
Dept.  No.    10. 


ESTATE    OF   AMBROSIUS    MAAS,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Ambrosius 
Maas,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  puolication  of  this  notice,  to 
the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phe- 
lan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said 
office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  busi- 
ness in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of 
Ambrosius  Maas,   deceased. 

M.    J.    HYNES, 
Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Ambrosius  Maas, 
deceased. 

Dated,    San    Francisco,    Sept.    24,    1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HICKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OF 
»rnia,    In   and  for  the  City  and  County   of  San 
co.— Dept.    No.  4. 

RICH  r,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim- 

ing  any   interest  in  or  ties   upon    Lhe   real   property 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — 
Action    No.  83, 686. 

People  of   the   Stale  of  California,   to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,   the  real 
property    herein    described  or  any   part   thereof,  de- 
>,   greeting ; 

tire    herebv    required    to    appear    and    answer 

lhe   complaint   oi   IUi'Maicd  SOOTT,   plaintiff.   Bled 

with    the    Clerk    of    the    above    entitled    Court    and 

ree  months  after   the   tirst   publica- 

i    this  numinous,  and  to  sot  forth  what  interest 

■   have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 

property,    or    any    part    thereof)    situated    iii    the    City 

and    County   of    San    Francisco,    State    of    California, 

and    i  .irticularly   described   as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  poinl  on  the  southeasterly  line  of 
Falcon  Avenue,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
181)  feet  and  three  (3)  inches  north- 
easterly from  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  north- 
|  line  of  Mono  Street  (formerly  Moss  Alley) 
with  the  southeasterly  lino  of  Falcon  Avenue  <as 
mud  Btreeti  are  shown  upon  that  certain  map  adopt 
ed  and  made  official  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of 
'in  said  City  and  Oountir,  under  ordinance  No.  ni52. 
New  Series),  and  running  thence  northeasterly  and 
along  Miid  line  Di  Falcon  Avenue  twenty-five  (25) 
feet;  thence  south  44  degrees  east  one  hundred  and 
four    (104)    feel   and  eight    IS)   inches;   thence   south 

48  degrees  3U  minutes  west  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  north  forty-three  (43)  degrees  51  min- 
utes west  one  hundred  and  five  (105)  feet  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  a  part  of  lot  number  6, 
i»  block  number  8,  of  the  MARKET  STREET 
HOMESTEAD  ASSOCIATION,— 

which  said  property  was  before  the  widening  of 
Uono  Street  (formerly  Moss  Alley)  described  as 
follows: 

Beginning  at   a  point  in   the   southeasterly  line   of 

Pal I     Street,     distant     northeasterly     on     Baid     line 

two  hundred  and  two  (202)  feet  and  one  (1)  inch 
from  i he  northeasterly  corner  of  Falcon  Street  and 
Moss  Alley;  thence  running  north  50  deg.  20  min. 
east  along  said  line  of  Falcon  Street  twenty-five  (25) 
feet;  thence  south  44  deg.  east  one  hundred  and 
four    (Iu4)    feet  and  eight   (8)    inches;    thence  south 

49  deg.  50  min.  west  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and 
thence  north  39  deg.  45  min.  west  one  hundred  and 
five  (105)  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  point  of  com- 
mencement; being  a  part  of  lot  No.  sixfG)  in  block 
No.  three  (3)  us  the  same  is  laid  down  and  desig- 
nated upon  the  official  map  of  the  Market  Street 
Homestead  Association,  filed  in  the  oltice  of  the 
County  Recorder  of  the  said  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  the  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
29th  day  of  August,  A.  D.,  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULOREVY,  Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Sep 
tember,  A.  D.  1912. 

J.  KARMEL,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  105  Mont- 
gomery   St.,    San   Francisco,   California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San   Francisco. — Dept.   No.   7. 

MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET  MAGUIRE, 
Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in 
or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or 
any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action   No.   32,477. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persona  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  MICHAEL  MAGUIRE  and  BRIDGET 
MAGUIRE,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
above-entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows: 

First:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Union  street,  distant  thereon  sixty-two  (62) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  easterly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Union 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Steiner  street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of  Union 
street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly   eighty-seven    (87)    feet,    six    (6)    inches; 


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thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25) 
feet  ;and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  US)  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Western  Addition,  Block  Number  344. 

Second :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  Twenty-second  avenue,  distant  thereon  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  southerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  west- 
erly line  of  Twenty-second  avenue  with  the  southerly 
line  of  Point  Lobos  avenue,  and  running  thence 
southerly  along  Baid  line  of  Twenty-second  avenue 
seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
and  tnence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  Outside  .band  Block  Number  262. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;that  the  Court 
ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles,  in- 
terests and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and  every 
part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or  equitable, 
present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent,  and  whether 
the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  de 
scription;that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
18th   day  of  July,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULOREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery  St.,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   8. 

GIOVANNI  DANERI,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action  No.    32,600. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIOVANNI  DANERI,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and  particularly  described  as   follows    : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Gari- 
baldi (formerly  Vincent)  Street,  distant  thereon 
ninety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line  of  Garibaldi  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Garibaldi  Street  twenty  (20)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty-eight  (58)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly fifty-eight  (58)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT 
Number  379. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unlesB  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  hie  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,   and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 


be    legal   or   ■  iq  sent   or  future,   vested  or 

he  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover  his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther   relief    as    may    be    mettt    in    ' !.  ■ 

Witness  my  hand  and  tho  seal   of  suid  Court  this 
iy  of  August,  A.  J»         i 

i'i     ^i'LCREVY,  Clerk. 
By   H.   I.    PORTER,   Deputy  Clerk. 
The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"   newspaper  on  the  21th  day  of    August, 
I  912. 
PERKY    A    DAILEY,   Attorneys  for   Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cain 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco  —Dent.   No    4 

HARRIET  K.  SHERMAN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,—  Act  ion    No,    32,630. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof 
Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  plaintiff 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  hen,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California 
and    particularly   described   as    follows. 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
ween  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  six 
(106)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  westerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Webster 
Street,  and  running  thence  westerly  along  said  line 
of  Green  Street  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(137  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty-one  (41)  feet,  three  (3)  inches- 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  north- 
erly hne  of  Vallejo  Street;  thence  easterly  along 
said  line  of  Vallejo  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  Bix  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eighteen  (18)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
southerly  line  of  Green  Street  and  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION  Num- 
ber   321. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  Hens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  coBts  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  tho  seal  of  said  Court  this 
19th  day  of  August,  A.  D.   1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULOREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 

"The  Wasp  '  newspaper  on  the  31st  day  of  August, 
A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,   San  Francisco,    Cal. 


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English. 

BY  AMERICUS 


TINKERING    WITH     TAXATION. 

IN  ALL  this  mania  for  reform,  so  much  of  which  is 
merely  a  desire  for  change  for  change's  sake,  whicn 
has  seized  upon  a  noisy  section  of  the  California 
community,  the  most  dangerous  manifestation  is  the 
tight  for  the  single  tax  in  municipal  government.  The 
proposal  to  be  voted  on  by  electors  is  not  frankly  en- 
titled the  Single  Tax,  and  is  artfully  disguised  as  a  sys- 
tem for  giving  cities  the  right  to  change  the  basis  of 
assessment;  but  the  certain  intention  of  its  advocates 
is  to  introduce  a  method  of  taxation  which  would  never 
for  a  moment  be  sanctioned  if  voters  knew  precisely 
w  hat  it  means. 

While  we  all  believe  that  paradise  is  a  place  where 
there  is  no  taxation,  the  Single  Taxer  is  a  crank  who 
is  convinced  that  a  paradise  on  earth  is  open  to  us  if 
only  we  will  adopt  his  theories  of  taxation.  While 
others  differ  as  to  particular  things  which  ought  to  be 
taxed  in  order  to  raise  the  necessary  revenue  in  the 
least  objectionable  manner,  your  land  socialist — for  that 
is  what  the  Single  Taxer  is — wants  land  to  bear  all  the 
burden  of  taxation  because  he  regards  that  as  the  best 
method  of  land  confiscation. 

In  the  beginning  he  would  ask  for  only  a  trifling  as- 
sessment, but  his  real  object  is  to  keep  on  increasing 
that  assessment  until  by  the  graduated  tax — or  gradu- 
ated theft,  he  would  confiscate  all  land  values. 

Pernicious  if  applied  to  the  cities,  it  would  be  disas- 
trous if  applied  to  fruit,  agricultural,  or  any  other 
lands  the  products  of  which  are  sold  in  other  States  or 
abroad,  and  in  competition  with  products  raised  under 
conditions  free  of  this  burden. 

Let  any  one  glance  at  the  rate  of  building  in  San 
Francisco  within  the  last  few  years  and  ask  if  the 
vacant  lots  are  not  disappearing  with  an  amazing  rapid- 
ity. Under  the  Single  Tax  system  holders  would  be 
forced  to  either  sell  at  a  sacrifice  or  build  before  there 
was  the  requisite  demand  for  building,  with  the  result 


that  industry  would  be  paralyzed  by  the  waste  of  capi- 
tal upon  unnecessary  structures. 

liut  there  is  a  stronger  argument  against  the  pro- 
posal. In  the  present  condition  of  San  Francisco,  call- 
ing as  it  does  for  the  utmost  encouragement  of  the  out- 
side investor,  nothing  could  be  more  fatal  than  to  make 
any  radical  changes  in  our  system  of  taxation,  since  it 
would  give  nation-wide  publicity  to  the  uncertainty  of 
investments.  We  want  all  the  outside  capital  we  can 
get,  and  we  can  offer  it  a  good  return;  but  capital  is 
timid,  and  nothing  scares  it  so  readily  as  a  tinkering 
with  taxation. 

It  is  not  enough  for  the  Real  Estate  Board  to  go  on 
record  as  protesting  against  this  innovation.  It  should 
unmask  the  Single  Taxer  wherever  he  shows  his  head, 
and  systematically  fight  for  the  defeat  of  a  proposal 
all  the  more  pernicious  because  it  is  disguised  as  an 
innocent  device  for  enlarging  the  fiscal  powers  of  mu- 
nicipalities. 

»    •    • 

RETURNING    SANITY. 

UNDER  Mayor  Rolph's  administration  thus  far  a 
number  of  important  steps  have  been  taken  which 
cannot  fail  to  be  of  great  public  benefit.  It  is  doubtful 
if  any  of  these  steps  has  been  more  important  than  the 
movement  towards  the  establishment  of  proper  relations 
between  the  city  and  the  United  Railroads.  For  years 
the  slogan  of  politicians  anxious  for  election  to  public 
office  has  been  ' '  Crush  the  corporations ! ' '  and  the  rail- 
road company  has  been  singled  out  as  the  most  desir- 
able object  of  assault. 

The  net  result  of  this  persistent  warfare  on  corpora- 
tions has  been  to  discourage  the  investment  of  outside 
capital  in  San  Francisco  properties,  for  capital  always 
evinces  a  disinclination  to  seek  investment  where  the 
people  and  the  corporate  forms  of  business  are  engaged 
in  a  struggle. 

In  another,  and  even  more  serious  way,  the  war  of 
the  politicians  upon  the  United  Railroads  has  been  in- 
jurious to  the  city,  for  it  has  stopped  the  construction 
of  new  railroad  lines  to  outlying  districts.  Great  mod- 
ern cities  need  constant  extension  of  car  lines  to  their 
suburbs.    By  such  extensions  home-seekers  are  enabled 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  19.  1912. 


to  locate  in  residence  districts  where  dwell- 
ings can  be  had  at  moderate  prices  and  on 
easy  terms.  The  moment  the  extension  of 
car  lines  ceases  in  any  city  its  growth  stops. 

For  six  years  citizens  of  San  i'raneisco  have 
been  compelled  to  construct  their  own  street 
railroads  wherever  new  lines  were  absolutely 
necessary.  No  railroad  company  would  build 
under  the  unfair  restrictions  imposed  by  the 
charter  and  in  the  face  of  the  bitter  hostility 
to  corporations  that  animated  the  city  govern- 
ment. 

It  appears  is  if  we  have  at  last  come  to  the 
end  of  that  short-sighted  and  injurious  con- 
flict between  the  municipality  and  the  street 
railroad.  Both  sides  realize  that  harmony  will 
be  the  wisest  and  best  policy,  and  most  bene- 
ficial to  the  community.  Entering  a  new  era 
of  progress  and  prosperity,  the  city  should 
manifest  a  broad  public  spirit  worthy  of  San 
Francisco 's    metropolitan    aspirations. 

♦ 

SHOOTING  OF  ROOSEVELT. 

UNTIL  assured,  as  it  is  devoutly  hoped  we 
soon  will  be,  that  Colonel  Roosevelt  is 
out  of  all  possible  danger,  there  is  nei- 
ther Republican  or  Democrat,  Progressive  or 
Socialist,  but  a  nation  at  one  in  sympathy 
with  an  injured  citizen  and  in  its  abhorrence 
of  the  deed  of  the  assassin.  In  a  country  of 
free  institutions  the  anarchist  is  an  excres- 
cence for  whose  elimination  all  parties  are 
ready  to  unite.  Roosevelt  it  is,  but  with  as 
much  logic  as  the  anarchist  is  ever  able  to 
muster,  it  might  just  as  well  have  been  any 
other  of  our  leading  political  figures.  The 
assassin's  punishment  should  be  certain  and 
as  immediate  as  our  laws  will  allow;  but 
when  justice  is  done  to  this  particular  indi- 
vidual it  would  be  well  for  those  engaged  in 
political  warfare  to  consider  to  what  extent 
the  unnecessary  bitterness  of  Presidential 
campaigns  is  responsible  for  such  an  out- 
burst of  fanaticism. 

+ 

DEATH   OF   MR.  RISING. 

THE  untimely  death  of  A.  H.  Rising,  the 
General  Freight  Agent  of  the  Southern 
Pacific,   has  been  much   deplored.     His 
promotion  last  year  was  a  well  deserved  tribute 
to  his  ability.    He  was  a  son  of  former  Judge 
Rising  and  is  survived  by  a  widow. 

1 

RETURN  OF  M.  H.  de  YOUNG. 

THE  return  of  M.  H.  de  Young  has  been 
hailed  with  satisfaction  by  his  towns- 
men, who  realize  that  this  enterprising 
citizen  can  lend  most  valuable  aid  in  further- 
ing the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition.  Few  men 
are  fitter  than  Mr  de  Young  to  aid  in  the 
management  of  a  great  international  exposi- 
tion. His  experience  in  the  successful  man- 
agement of  great  international  expositions  is 
unequalled,  and  his  executive  ability  as  a  bus-i 
nes  man  of  tireless  energy  and  keen  foresight 
is  proverbial.  It  is  a  matter  of  great  public 
satisfaction  that  Mr.  de  Young  has  stated 
that  in  his  tour  of  the  world,  which  has  oc- 
cupied a  full  year,  he  has  found  that  in  all 
the  lands  he  visited  great  interest  in  the  Pan- 


ama-Pacific Exposition  has  been  aroused. 
'  Mr.  de  Young's  return  was  somewhat  de- 
layed by  the  serious  illness  of  Mrs.  de  Young, 
but  that  estimable  lady  is  now  convalescing 
rapidly  and  has  every  prospect  of  many  more 
years  of  the  health  and  happiness  which  her 
host  of  friends  wish  her. 


MUSICAL  EVENTS. 


The  San  Francisco  Orchestra. 

THE  fact  that  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra 
has  been  daily  rehearsing  since  October 
8th;  and  that  the  sale  of  tickets  for 
single  seats  will  open  for  the  first  concerts, 
Monday,  October  21st  at  the  box  offices  of 
the  Cort  theater,  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  and 
Kohler  &  Chase's,  denotes  the  imminence  of 
the  season.  The  Board  of  Governors  is  ex- 
tremely anxious  to  make  known  the  fact  that 
it  is  not  the  intention  to  make  the  Popular 
Concerts  cheap  in  any  respect,  excepting  the 
prices  of  admission,  which  are  one-half  those 
asked  for  the  Symphony  Concerts. 

In  selecting  for  the  first  concert  Antonin 
Dvorak's  Symphony  No.  5  in  E  minor,  "Prom 
the  New  World,"  Conductor  Hadley  was  in- 
fluenced by  the  fact  that  it  would  claim  the 
very  best  eftorts  of  the  Conductor  and  his 
men.  "The  New  World  Symphony,"  which 
is  a  beautiful  example  of  orchestral  music, 
was  written  by  Dvorak  in  New  York  and  was 
first  performed  by  the  Philharmonic,  Decem- 
ber 15th,  1S93.  It  follows  the  lines  of  a 
classic  symphony. 

Antonin  Dvorak,  the  composer,  was  born  at 
Muchlhausen,  Bohemia,  September  Sth,  1841, 
and  grew  from  the  village  butcher's  son  to  a 
man  beloved  and  honored  in  two  worlds — hon- 
ored in  the  Old  World  by  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Music,  conferred  upon  him  by  Cambridge 
University  (England),  and  by  a  seat  given 
him  in  the  Bohemian  House  of  Lords;  and  be- 
loved in  the  New  World  because  of  his  help  in 
pointing  the  way  to  the  freer  use  of  our 
native  idioms  of  musical  language,  and  for 
the  legaey  he  left  us  in  the  so-called  "New 
World"  music,  (a  symphony,  a  string  quar 
tet  and  quintet),  based  upon  some  of  the 
characteristics  which  he  found  peculiarly  ex- 
pressive. 

Kohler  &  Chase  Concert, 

THE  program  to  be  presented  at  the  Koh- 
ler &  Chase  music  matinee  next  Satur- 
day afternoon,  is  one  of  the  most  ambi- 
tious of  the  season.  The  three  vocalists  will 
include  Miss  Ella  R.  Atkinson,  soprano;  Zden- 
ka  Buben,  pianiste,  and  Prof.  Joseph  Berin- 
ger,  pianist.  Miss  Atkinson  is  one  of  the 
bestknown  vocalists  in  this  city,  and  her  fre- 
quent appearances  in  public,  as  well  as  in  pri- 
vate recitals,  have  resulted  in  many  artistic 
triumphs  and  made  her  hosts  of  friends  and 
admirers.  Miss  Atkinson  possesses  a  clear, 
steady  voice  of  fine  timbre,  and  her  interpre 
tations  are  quite  individual  and  sound.  She 
will  sing  compositions  by  Gounod,  Puccini 
and  Dell'  Aequa.  Miss  Buben  is  a  very  skill- 
ful young  pianiste,  an  advanced  pupil  of  Prof. 
Beringer,  who  also  has  appeared  quite  fre- 
quently in  public  and  private  recitals,  and 
who  has  scored  gratifying  artistic  successes. 
She  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  well-known 
Beringer  Musical  Club.  Prof.  Beringer  is 
widely  known  and  esteemed  as  one  of  the 
foremost  virtuosos  residing  on  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  has  also  made  a  big  reputation  as 
the  director  of  the  Beringer  Conservatory  of 
Music.  Miss  Buben  and  Prof.  Beringer  will 
play  the  Polonaise  from  "Mignon, "  which 
has  been  especially  arranged  by  Prof.  Berin- 
ger for  two  pianos.  The  complete  program 
to  be  presented  on  this  occasion  will  be: 
"Love's  Dream  After  the  Ball"  (Czibulka); 
"Spinning  Song"  from  "The  Plying  Dutch- 


man" (Wagner);  the  Pianola  Piano,  "0  Re- 
deemer Divine!"  (Gounod),  Miss  Atkinson, 
accompanied  with  the  Pianola  Piano;  Polon- 
aise from  "Mignon, "  arranged  for  two  pianos 
by  Prof.  Joseph  Beringer,  Miss  Buben,  Prof. 
Beringer  at  the  second  piano;  "Valse  de  Mu- 
sette," from  "La  Boheme"  (Puccini); 
Chanson  Provencale"  (Dell'  Acqua),  Miss 
Atkinson,  accompanied  with  the  Pianola  Pi- 
ano ;  ' '  Marehe  Slav ' '  (Tsehaikowsky),  the 
Aeolian  Pipe  Organ. 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 


No.  14119.     Dept,  10. 
ESTATE  OF  JAMES  SEXTON,  DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  JAMES  SEX- 
TON, deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to 
the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phelan 
Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  of- 
fice the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  business 
in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  JAMES 
SEXTON,    deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator  of  the  estate  of  JAMES  SEXTON, 
deceased. 
Dated,    San    Francisco,    October    8,    1912. 
CTJLLINAN    &    HICKEY,    A-ttorneys    for    Adminis- 
trator,  858   Phelan  Building,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No,   4. 

JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L.  PRIOR,  Plaint- 
iffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  iu  or  lien 
upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,735. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ,  JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L. 
PRIOR,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
line  of  Walter  Street,  distant  thereon  three  hundred 
and  eighteen  (318)  feet  northerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Walter  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of  Fourteenth 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and  along  said 
line  of  Walter  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning ;  being  part  of  MISSION 
BLOCK  Number  100. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south 
easterly  line  of  Clementina  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Ninth  Street,  and  running  thence 
northeasterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clementina 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southwesterly  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  seventy- 
five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part 
of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number  298. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
•very  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
12th  day  of  September,    A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The   first  publication   of   this   summons  was  made 
in     '  'The    Wasp"     newspaper    on     the    21st    day    of 
September,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiffs: 

EMILY  A.  FRIEDLANDER,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation).  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco,    California. 


Saturday,  October  1&,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


LIGHTENING    THE    LOAD. 


"[MO 

OLD  MAICft 
DIARY  * 


ANDS  SAKE!  Am  I  alive  or  dead?  I've 
1 0$  as^e&  myself  that  a  thousand  times. 
Was  it  all  a  dream?  Goodness  me  I  What 
a  fool  I  am  to  around  at  all  with  that 
Ethyl  Gayleighl  A  woman  of  my  years 
and  experience!  Gracious  I  I  ought  to  have  known 
better  than  go  up  with  her  to  the  Perline  Baths. 
"Are  there  any  men  around  there':"  I  asked  her, 
for  I'm  always  suspicious  of  Ethyl.  She  said  there 
might  be  a  few  in  the  public  swimming  tank,  but  I 
could  shut  my  eyes  passing  through  to  the  women's 
section  and  not  look  at  them  cutting  capers  in  the 
water. 

Well,  goodness  mel  What  do  you  think?  After 
we  had  our  hot  bath,  and  I  was  waiting  to  be  mas- 
saged with  a  sheet  wrapped  around  me,  in  walked — 
oh,  mercy  I — in  came  a  great  big  man.  Such  a  scream 
as  I  let  out!  It  lifted  him  a  foot  off  the  floor.  I 
got  behind  Ethyl  and  gave  a  couple  of  more  screams, 
and  he  took  to  his  heels  as  if  the  police  were 
after  him. 

"Help!  Murder  I  Help!"  I  cried  out  at  the 
top  of  my  voice,  thinking  he  might  be  coming  back, 
but   he   didn't. 

Why,  goodness  me!  the  man  was  a  professional 
masseur,  and  Ethyl  says  you  have  to  make  an  en- 
gagement a  week  ahead  to  get  him.  She  made  an 
engagement  for  herself  and  me,  and  if  I  hadn't  let 
out  such  a  yell  he'd  have  laid  hands   on  me  in  an- 


other  minute.  Heavens!  When  she  told  me  that 
I  all  but  fainted.  I  don't  believe  I'll  ever  be  tlie 
same  woman  again.  I  shake  as  if  I  had  the  a£tHJ 
when    I    think    of   it   now. 

What   on    earth    are    we    coming    to? 
*       •       w 

I'd  have  had  a  perfectly  lovely  time  at  the  enter- 
tainment of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  at  the 
St.  Francis  if  that  awful  Mrs.  Klymer  hadn't  pes 
tered  me  to  give  her  an  introduction  to  the  exclu- 
sives.  .  I  wouldn't  dare  to.  Mercy  me,  my  life 
wouldn't  be  safe!  She  spoiled  my  appetite — and 
they  had  such  nice  things  to  eatl  Ethyl  Gayleigh 
says  that  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  always 
give  a  perfectly  peachy  feed  at  their  public  enter- 
tainments. It's  a  peace-offering  to  their  consciences, 
she  says,  for  taking  a  dollar  a  head,  one  day  in  the 
year,  for  all  the  people  they  wouldn't  look  at  the 
other  364.     That's  charity,  Ethyl  says. 

Goodness  me,  what  queer  remarks  that  woman 
makes! 

It  seems  that  Mrs.  Klymer  has  been  getting  up 
ever  so  many  limousine  parties.  Mrs.  Trotter,  who 
hears  everything,  says  there  will  be  no  more.  Mrs. 
Klymer  was  to  take  twenty-two  people  to  the  Con- 
federate Daughters'  affair,  but  when  she  rang  up 
for  the  machine  the  dealer  said  'twas  down  to  the 
barber    shop    getting    shaved. 

"You  mean  the  chauffeur  is  getting  shaved?" 
"No;  I  think  I'm  the  one  is  getting  shaved,  too," 
said  the  dealer.  "You've  been  taking  parties  round 
in  the  limousine  for  six  months  and  telling  us  you 
were  going  to  buy  it.  No  more  limousine  parties 
unless  you  come  through  with  a  thousand  dollars 
down  as  a  first  payment.  We're  all  on  to  you  in  the 
auto  business." 

My,  wouldn't  I  hate  to  have  any  man  sass  me 
like   that  I 

Lands  sake  I  Such  a  story  as  Mrs.  Trotter  tells 
about  the  Mugsbys  taking  Mrs.  Driguds'  city  resi- 
dence for  the  summer,  while  she  was  away,  and 
their  own  country  place  at  "Buck  Jump"  was 
rented  to  advantage!  The  morning  after  Mr.  Dri- 
guds reoccupied  her  city  residence  she  thought  the 
Progressives  were  holding  a  mass  meeting  on  her 
front  doorstep.  Goodness  me!  Everybody  was  try- 
ing to  ring  her  doorbell  at  once,  and  the  language 
they  were  using  was  so  hot  it  blistered  the  varnish 
on    the   hall   door. 

Lands  sake!  It  seems  the  Mugsbys  went  away 
without    settling    with    anybody,    aud    the    Butchers' 


Protective  Association  and  the  Grocers'  Alliance 
and  the  Scavengers'  Union,  and  everybody  was  try- 
ing to  break  into  the  house  and  lay  hands  on  some- 
thing. They  made  such  a  row  and  scraped  so 
much  paint  off  the  front  of  the  house,  aud  left  the 
steps  so  dirty,  it  cost  Mrs.  Drigoods  $15  to  clean 
up.  Gracious  me!  She  had  to  hire  au  extra  girl 
to  answer  the  bell  till  Fillmore  finds  out  that  the 
bills  will  have  to  be  sent  on  to  "Buck  Jump"  if 
they  want  them  filed. 

My,  aren't  some  people  forgetful  about  settling  up 
their  accounts?  I  suppose  it's  because  they're  so 
busy  giving  all  those  affairs  you  read  about  in  the 
society  columns  all  the  time. 

TABITHA   TWIGGS. 


'THE    PENINSULA.' 


As  autumn  advances  the  Peninsula  Hotel  is  again 
becoming  the  Mecca  of  many  pleasant  social  affairs. 
Its  delightful  surroundings  and  the  charm  of  its 
beautiful  lobby  makes  the  hotel  a  most  desirable 
place    for    holding    these    events. 

The  Peninsula  Club,  an  organization  of  San 
Mateo's  most  desirable  young  people,  gave  their 
initial  dauce  of  the  season  at  the  hotel  on  Saturday 
evening,  October  5th.  Over  fifty  couples  partici- 
pated in  the  enjoyable  affair,  which  lasted  until 
after  midnight.  It  is  the  intention  of  the  club  to 
give   a   dance    each  month   during    the   winter   season. 

One  of  the  select  luncheons  given  recently  at 
the  Peninsula  was  presided  over  by  Mrs.  John  Lee 
Jr.  of  Palo  Alto  as  hostess  to  seventeen  of  her  most 
intimate  lady  friends.  The  luncheon  was  served  in 
the  private  banquet  room  with  special  service.  The 
decorations  were  many  and  beautiful.  It  was  a 
delightful  event,  and  Mrs.  Lee  was  highly  compli- 
mented on  her  ability  as  a  hostess. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Breeze  of  Menlo  Park, 
who  have  been  visiting  in  the  East  for  several 
months,  returned  recently  and  have  been  making 
the    Peninsula    their    temporary    home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Shreve,  with  their  daugh- 
ters, Misses  Agnes  and  Elizabeth,  are  among  the 
most  recent  arrivals  at  the  hotel.  The  Shreves 
will  make  the  Peninsula  their  winter  home  this 
season. 

Mrs.  A.  M.  Talbot,  accompanied  by  their  daugh- 
ter, Miss  Amylita  Talbot,  are  pleasantly  domiciled 
at  the  Peninsula.  They  arrived  early  in  Septem- 
ber,   and    will    remain    indefinitely. 


WE  OFTEN  hear  that  ragging  is  on  the 
wane,  and  it  may  be  at  the  subscrip- 
tion danees;  but  just  take  a  car  out 
to  the  Cliff  House  some  evening  towards 
midnight  before  you  are  convinced.  Satur- 
day nights  resemble  more  the  ballroom  of  a 
Greenway  assembly  than  a  resort  by  the  sad 
sea  waves  since  Society,  with  a  capital  "S" 
is  there.  The  place  is  crowded  and  the  floor 
congested  with  dancers,  not  doing  the  sedate 
waltz  and  two-step,  and  instead  of  the  ribald 
crowd  one  expects  to  meet  one  notes  with 
surprise  many  very  proper  persons  reveling 
in  the  dances.  Society  men  and  women  have 
been  taking  lessons  in  the  dances  that  have 
been  under  so  much  discussion,  and  some  of 
them   have   become    adepts. 

Mrs.  Elsa  Cook  Greenfield  is  considered 
quite  the  cleverest  and  most  graceful  dancer, 
and  when  she  starts  off  in  the  Texas  Tommy 
the  floor  is  cleared  for  her  and  the  other 
dancers  turn  into  interested  spectators.  It 
seems  almost  unbelievable  the  immense  popu- 
larity these  dances  have  acquired,  and  even 
the  most  conservative  people  and  harshest 
critics  have  become  devotees. 

dJ*       1,5*       io* 

Society  Bagging. 

IT  IS  natural  that  purists  should  protest 
against  the  patronage  accorded  ragtime 
dancing  by  certain  society  dames,  but, 
after  all,  the  departure  from  the  conventions 
has  its  excuses.  It  is  a  question  of  choosing 
between  a  little  latitude  with  the  certainty 
of  a  large  attendance  of  men,  and  a  strict 
etiquette  with  the  accompanying  difficulty 
of  male  partners.  All  ragging  is  not  equally 
bad.  Much  depends  upon  the  raggers,  and 
if  the  presence  of  a  superior  element  stays 
that  all  too  easy  descent  to  the  depths  of 
the  undesirable  then  so  much  the  better  that 
these  social  dignitaries  should  lend  a  quali- 
fied approval.  It  is  witn  dancing  as  it  is 
with  language — the  slang  or  rag  phrase  of 
today  becomes  the  accepted  speech  of  tomor- 
row, and  much  of  the  accepted  speech  of  to- 
day was  the  slang  or  rag  of  a  former  genera- 
tion. When  first  introduced  the  waltz  was 
denounced  as  a  terpsichorean  device  of  his 
satanic  majesty,  while  today  it  has  the  ap- 
proval of  all  but  the  just  too  utterly  utter. 
And  while  it  is  difheult  to  foresee  the  day 
when  church  reunion  programs  will  provide 
for  a  Texas  Tommy,  Turkey  Trot,  or  Grizzly 
Bear,  it  is  certain  that  those  strange  inven- 
tions will  be  either  forgotten  or  deemed  suf- 
ficiently respectable  to  be  dull  and  unattract- 
ive. Nothing  is  but  thinking  makes  it  so. 
To  the  impure  the  modest  minuet,  with  its 
timid  touch  of  the  finger-tips,  may  excite  an 
evil  imagination,  while  the  purer  thought  of 
those   society   matrons   who   may   have   taken 


NOTICE. 

All  communications  relative  to  social  news 
should  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  F.r"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  Insure  publication 
In  the  issue  of  that  week. 


to  rag  may  see  a  world  of  social  uplift  in 
the  Texas  Tommy  and  a  soulful  inspiration 
in  the  antics  of  the  Grizzly  Bear. 

The  Next  Divorce. 

SOCIETY,  or  at  least  that  portion  of  it 
not  already  in  the  secret,  is  soon  to 
be  startled  by  news  of  the  divorce  suit 
of  another  well-known  couple  who  make  their 
home,  or  homes,  down  the  peninsula.  The 
spirit  of  harmony  packed  its  suitcase  and 
departed  some  time  ago  and  shortly  after- 
ward the  couple  took  separate  quarters.  For 
a  time  it  seemed  as  if  such  separation  would 
have  been  ample,  but  now  we  hear  that  they 
are  to  air  their  grievances  in  the  court.  The 
wife  is  a  sister  of  a  well-known  city  matron 
and  a  cousin  of  three  stunning  sisters  who 
are    closely    identified    with    the    Burlingame 


MKS   FRANCES    CAROLAN. 

Who  will  entertain  Count  Eoni,  when  he  comes 
to  Eurlingame  on  business  and  pleasure. 


set.  The  husband  is  a  wealthy  city  banker. 
It  is  said  that  the  wife  is  one  of  those  who 
were  unduly  surprised  at  the  engagement  an- 
nounced last  week  of  a  prominent  polo  play- 
er. Her  surprise  is  said  to  have  been  the 
keener  because  sue  and  the  poloist  had  been 
very  much  together  just  prior  to  the  an- 
nouncement. 

A  Surprise  Wedding. 

MISS  LAURA  FARNSWORTH  surprised 
her  friends  the  other  day  by  quietly 
becoming  the  bride  of  J.  P.  Rounsell 
at  the  home  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Edward  P.  Farnsworth,  on  Washington 
street.  None  of  her  most  intimate  friends 
knew  that  she  even  contemplated  matrimony 
until  they  were  asked  to  be  at  her  home  at 
a  eertain  hour  on  Saturday,  and  upon  arriv- 
ing there  found  the  Rev.  William  Guthrie 
prepared  to  read  the  wedding  ceremony.  Miss 
Parnsworth  has  been  a  very  popular  girl  at 
dances  for  several  seasons,  and  has  a  host 
of  friends,  who  were  more  than  interested  in 
the  news.  Mr.  Rounsfell  is  an  expert  de- 
signer for  a  jewelry  firm  here,  where  the  bride 
and  groom  will  make  their  future  home.  He 
has  been  married  before. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rounsfell  have  gone  south  for 
their  honeymoon,  and  wedding  announce- 
ments which  reached  their  friends  this  week 
state  that  they  will  be  at  home  after  Novem- 
ber 15th  at  their  house  on  Sacramento  street 
that  Mr.  Rounsfell  has  taken  for  the  winter. 

Count  Boni  Coming. 

GREAT  news  it  surely  is  that  San  Fran- 
cisco is  to  have  a  visit  from  that  most 
notorious  of  Frenchmen,  Count  Bom 
de  Castellane.  He  has  tried  most  everything 
for  a  living  except  fortune-hunting  in  Califor- 
nia, and  now  we  hear  we  are  to  be  "honor- 
ed."' He  is  coming  under  cover  of  the  Fran- 
cis Carolans,  and  it  is  while  adjusting  for 
tbem  a  wonderful  French  tapestry  room  pur- 
chased for  a  large  sum  that  he  will  begin  op- 
erations. All  the  Carolans'  new  home  at  Bur- 
lingame  lacked  was  a  really  truly  French  room 
— hundreds  of  years  old,  from  a  really  truly 
French  chateau.  It  was  a  question  of  no 
sooner  said  than  done  with  them.  Just  the 
room  from  just  the  chateau  was  found.  A 
paltry  sum  of  $50,000  was  paid,  and  the  deal 
was  closed.  Now  all  we  have  to  do  is  to  wait 
for  the  boxed  room,  with  its  royal  keeper, 
for  the  Carolans  did  not  feel  themselves  ca- 
pable to  superintend  the  adjusting  of  the 
room  and  urged  the  little  Frenen  Count  to 
accept  a  large  sum  of  money  and  take  charge 
of  it.  Count  Boni  was  the  first  husband  of 
that  slashing  heiress,  Anna  Gould.  She  threw 
over  Harry  Woodruff,  the  actor,  who  gave  up 


Saturday,  October  1&,  1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


ARTHUR  HADLEY 

Noted  musician,   who  is  principal  of  the   cellos  of  the  oan  Francisco  Orchestra,  talented  brother 

of  Conductor  Henry  Hadley. 


the  stage  in  order  to  enter  Harvard  Univer- 
sity, for  the  title   of  Countess. 

After  a  few  miserable  years  the  title  of 
"Countess"  did  not  look  so  good  to  her  and 
she  began  looking  about  for  a  way  of  getting 
rid  of  it.  Count  Boni,  it  seems,  irritated  her 
sorely  by  flaunting  his  promiscuous  love  af- 
fairs in  her  face;  so,  after  many  attempts, 
she  finally  got  a  divorce  by  getting  a  special 
dispensation  from  the  Pope  and  the  Gould 
millions  paying  up  all  the  royal  husband's 
debts.  Shortly  after  this  she  married  Prince 
de  Sagan,  a  cousin  of  Boni,  and  resides  at 
Paris  with  her  children.  Some  time  ago  it 
was  rumored  that  Count  Boni  was  a  suitor 
of  Anne  Morgan,  but  that  proud  philanthro- 


pist preferred  plain  Morgan  to  any  title  that 
came  her  way.  The  new  Carolan  home  will 
not  be  ready  for  the  Count  and  his  ancient 
plunder  until  next  year,  so  society  shall  have 
to  possess  its  soul  in  patience  for  several 
months  to  come. 

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Mrs.  Darling's  Hallowe'en  Party. 

MISS  ELIZABETH  BEICE  is  to  be  the 
guest  of  honor  at  a  Hallowe  'en  party 
given  by  Mrs.  John  A.  Darling  at  her 
house  on  Clay  street.  This  will  be  the  first 
formal  appearance  of  Miss  Brice,  who  will 
be  one  of  the  season's  debutantes.  She  is  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Captain  Brice  of  the 
navy,  whose  death  last  winter  prevented  Miss 


Elizabeth's  formal  debut.  She  is  a  studious 
girl,  and  has  spent  much  of  her  time  study 
ing  music  and  languages  in  Germany.  Her 
mother  was  Elizabeth  Tallant,  sister  of  the 
late  John  and  Fred  Tallant,  and  before  her 
marriage  t»  the  naval  officer  was  a  great  belle 
al  the  old  Tallant  home  on  Bush  and  Jones 
streets  before  the  fire. 

Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker. 

MBo.  CHARLES  TEMPLETON  CROCK- 
ER is  looking  extremely  attractive  and 
youthful  these  days  in  a  grey  and 
white  silk  costume,  with  rolling  Robespierre 
collar  low  in  front  so  as  to  permit  a  glimpse 
of  her  throat.  With  this  she  wears  a  purple 
velvet  nat  very  much  on  the  order  of  the 
hat  Ethel  Barrymore  wears  in  her  fascinating 
little  sketch,   "The  Twelve  Pound  Look." 

Mrs.  Crocker's  hat  has  beautiful  purple 
plumes  in  the  back,  which  curl  down  on  her 
neck  and  is  wonderfully  becoming.  Purple 
and  lavendar  are  very  popular  shades  of  this 
young  matron,  as  they  act  as  foils  for  her 
patrician   type   of   beauty. 

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Babcock-Lawson  Nuptials. 

ST.  JOHN'S  EPISCOPAL  CHUECH,  in 
Ross  Valley,  was  the  scene  of  a  very 
pretty  wedding  on  Thursday,  when  John 
Lawson  claimed  for  his  bride  beautiful  Mrs. 
Gertrude  Eels  Babcock.  The  wedding  was 
extremely  small,  and  included  only  the  rela 
tives  of  the  bride  and  a  few  of  her  most  in- 
timate friends.  A  small  reception  at  the 
home  of  the  Charles  Parmelee  Eels  on  Shady 
Lane  followed  the  ceremony,  and  the  honey- 
Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


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AND  SILVER  HOUSE 

Old  family  jewelry  reconstructed  into  mod- 
ern styles. 

Stone  setting. 

Silverware  made  to  order,  repaired  and  re- 
finished. 

We  can  supply  you  with  toilet  articles  and 
table  flat-ware  in  ALL  STANDARD 
PATTERNS. 

A  department  for  expert  watch  repairing. 


JOHN  0.  BELLIS 

Manufacturing  Gold  and  Silversmith 
328  Post  Street  Union  Square 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  19.  1912. 


moon  will  be  spent  in  London,  where  Mr. 
Lawson  has  taken  a  house  for  the  polo  tour- 
nament. The  guests  included  Mrs.  James  Cot- 
fin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crawford  Green,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Bryant  Grimwood,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lucius 
Allen,  Miss  Grimth-Wharton  Thurston,  John 
Kittle,  Mrs.  Jonathan  Kittle,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Shepard  Eels,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Jenkins. 
Mr.  Lawson  is  many  years  the  senior  of 
his  beautiful  bride,  and  has  known  her  ever 
since  she  was  a  little  girl,  and  while  the  news 
of  her  engagement  came  as  a  great  surprise 
to  society  in  general,  her  intimate  friends 
rather  predicted  it.  Mrs.  Babcock's  marriage 
to  John  Lawson  rather  breaks  up  the  close 
alliance  the  Eels'  family  have  been  in  with 
two  other  families.  It  was  quite  a  coinci- 
dence that  both  Marion  and  Gertrude  Eels 
should  have  two  Babeocks,  while  their  broth- 
er, Shepard  Eels,  married  Marion  Coffin,  the 
oldest  daughter  of  Mrs.  James  Coffin,  and  the 
youngest  Eels  girl,  Dorothy,  married  Marion 
Coffin's  cousin,   the  Rev.   James  Slion   Coffin. 


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SCHOOL    OF    DANCING 

2868  California  St.  Tel.  Fillmore  1871 

Pupil    of    Mr.    Louis    H.    Chalif,    Mme. 

Elizabeth  Menzeli,  Gilbert  Normal 
School  of  Dancing  of  New  York   City. 

Miss  White  has  just  returned  from  New  York 
and  will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy, 
National,  Classical  and  Folk  Dances.  New 
Ball  Room  Dances  for  this  season:  Tango, 
Crab  Craw],  Four  Step  Boston.     Hall  for  Rent. 


Murphy  Grant  &  Co. 

JOBBERS  OF  DRY  GOODS 


NEW  GOODS  CONSTANTLY 
ARRIVING  AND  ON  SALE 
AT  OUR  NEW  BUILDING 

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PAPER 

37-45  First  Street 

PHONES:  SUTTER  2230;  J  3221   (Home) 
Private    Exchange    Connecting    all    Departments. 


Eames    Tricycle   Co. 

Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
ROLLING    CHAIRS    for   all 

purposes.  Self  -  Propelling 
Tricycle  Chairs  for  the  diB 
abled.  INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  Francisco.  Phone  Park 
2940.  1200  S.  Main  Street, 
Lop    Angelei. 


MRS.  HARRY  KERNER   (nee  Bunker). 

An  Ambitious  Young  Business  Man. 

MR.  and  MRS.  HARRY  KERNER  (Miss 
Alfaretta  Bunker),  whose  wedding 
took  place  last  week,  are  a  very  pop- 
ular young  couple  who  believe  in  an  early 
start  in  life.  Mr.  Kerner  is  the  son  of  that 
popular  real  estate  broker,  Louis  Kerner  ol 
the  well-known  firm  of  Kerner  &  Eisert. 
Young  Mr.  Kerner  inherits  his  father's  abil- 
ity, and  has  already  established  himself  in 
the  real  estate  business,  and  has  built  for  his 
bride  a  handsome  home  in  the  Rockridge  Ter- 
race district  of  Oakland.  The  wedding  took 
place  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  G.  Bunker,  an  elaborate  reception 
following  the  ceremony,  at  which  Rev.  Father 
CoIUns  officiated. 

Henry  J.  Crocker. 

IT  "WAS  FITTING  that  at  the  funeral  ser- 
vices for  the  late  Henry  J.  Crocker  no 
word  of  eulogy  was  spoken.  None  was 
needed.  He  was  so  much  a  contemporary 
steeped  in  the  life  of  his  city  and  State,  and 
touched  its  activities  in  so  many  directions, 
any  formal  enumeration  of  his  sterling  qual- 
ities would  have  been  superfluous.  Capitalist, 
holder  of  important  public  offices,  banker,  and 
one  whose  general  commercial  interests  were 
infinitely  varied,  he  was  at  the  same  time  a 
social  personage,  and  active  member  of  many 
fraternal    organizations. 

He  leaves  a  widow,  Mrs.  Mary  Ives  Crock- 
er, who  was   one  of  the  heirs  of  the  Charles 


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Jack  O  'Lanterns,  strange  Goblin  candy  boxes 
and  appropriate  Dinner  Favors — all  these  for 
your  Hallowe'en  party  on  October  31st.  Geo. 
Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


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for  Formal  Gardens  and  approaches  of  picturesque 
designs.  We  invite  you  to  correspond  with  us  on 
the  subject.  We  have  also  a  large  variety  of 
high-class  articles,  as  Roman  Benches,  Greek  and 
Florentine  Vases,  Fountains,  Sundials,  Posts,  etc. 


SARSI 


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STUDIOS 

San  Francisco,   Oala. 


Sultan  Turkish  Baths 

624  POST    STREET 
Special    Department    for    Ladies 

Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladies  and  Gen- 
tlemen. 
Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Hammam,  has  leased  the  Sultan  Turkish 
Baths,  where  he  will  be  glad  to  see  his 
old    and   new    customers. 


WALTERS  SURGICAL  CO. 

SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS 
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ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  REAL  PROPERTY 

OF  THE  ESTATE    SHOULD  NOT  BE 

MORTGAGED. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Depi.    No.    9    Probate. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  MARY  STANFORD, 
Deceased. — No.    9390    N.    S. 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  REAL  PROP- 
ERTY OF  THE  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MORT- 
GAGED. 

In  the  above  entitled  matter,  it  appearing  to  said 
Superior  Court  that  the  verified  petition  of  Jasper 
Stanford,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Mary  Stan- 
ford, deceased,  has  been  filed  praying  for  an  order  of 
said  Superior  Court  authorizing  him  as  such  Admin- 
istrator to  borrow  the  sum  of  one  thousand  and  ten 
dollars,  and  to  execute  a  note  or  notes  and  mortgage 
so  as  to  mortgage  the  real  property  of  said  deceased 
to    secure    the    repayment    of    said    loan; 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  all  persons  interested  in 
the  estate  of  Mary  Stanford,  deceased,  he  and  they 
are  hereby  required  and  directed  to  appear  before 
said  Superior  Court,  in  the  court  room  of  Depart- 
ment No.  9  thereof,  at  the  New  City  Hall,  on  Market 
Street,  near  Eighth  Street,  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  at  the  hour  of 
ten  o'clock  a.  m.,  on  Monday,  the  18th  day  of  No- 
vember, 1912,  then  and  there  to  show  cause  why 
the  real  property  of  said  deceased  hereinafter  de 
scribed  should  not  be  mortgaged  for  the  sum  men- 
tioned in  said  petition,  to-wit,  one  thousand  and  ten 
dollars  or  such  lesser  sum  as  shall  be  meet;  and  all 
persons  interested  in  said  estate  are  hereby  referred 
to  the  petition  on  me  for  further  particulars. 

Said   real   property  is   described  as  follows: 

An  undivided  one-half  interest  in  and  to  all  that 
certain  lot,  niece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying 
and  being  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,' 
State  of  California,  with  the  improvements  thereon, 
and  hounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows, 
to-wit: 

Commencing  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Godeus  Street  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
twenty  feet  northwesterly  from  the  point  of  inter- 
section of  said  line  of  Godeus  Street  with  the  north- 
westerly line  of  Coleridge  bireet,  formerly  Califor- 
nia Avenue,  running  thence  northwesterly  along  said 
northeasterly  line  of  Godeus  Street  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  right  angles  northeasterly  sixty  (60'  feet; 
thence  at  right  angles  southeasterly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
and  thence  at  right  angles  southwesterly  sixty  (60) 
feet  to  said  line  of  Godeus  Street,  and  the  point  of 
commencement. 

Given  in  open  Court  this  16th  day  of  October, 
1912. 

J.   V.    COFFEY,    Judge. 

Endorsed:      Filed  Oct,  16,  1912. 

H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 
By    E.    B.    GILSON.    Deputy    Clerk. 

JOHN   O'GARA,    Attorney    for    Petitioner. 


McLaughlin  estate;  two  sons,  Harry,  a  stu 
dent    at    Vale,   and    Clark,   who    is   at    Taf t  's 

Sel 1  in  Connecticut;  three  daughters,  Mary 

Julia,  Sate  and  Marian;  three  sisters,  Mrs 
W.  0,  Van  Fleet,  Mrs.  Fanny  C.  McCreary 
and  Mrs.  Fred  Green,  and  a  brother-in-law 
Samuel  G.  Buckbee, 

A  man  who  never  forsook  a  friend  nor  for 
got  a  favor,  however  slight,  he  will  be  mourn 
ed  hoi  only  by  those  who  enjoyed  the  inest 
mable  privilege  of  an  intimate  and  personal 
assooiafciohj  but  by  many  thousands  who  came 
in  contact  with  him  in  his  multitudinous  pub- 
lic, commercial  and   fraternal  activities. 

J{     Jt     Jl 
Toy  Dog  Show. 

The  ballroom  of 
the  St.  Francis  pre- 
sented a  brilliant 
scene  when  all  so- 
ciety gathered  to- 
gether to  witness 
the  toy  dog  show. 
It  was  San  Fran- 
cisco 's  first  exper- 
iment with  a  show 
of  this  kind,  but 
many  who  were 
present  had  seen 
the  regular  toy 
MR.     JOHN    BRADSHAW.      d°^     disP}^     held 

in  New  York.  The 
judge,  Mr.  John  Bradshaw,  though  unable  to 
satisfy  all  the  competitors,  convinced  them 
of  the  fairness  of  his  adjudications. 

Her  Honolulu  Trip  Profitable. 

MISS  ANNA  E.  KLUMPKE,  the  noted 
painter,  received  several  commissions 
from  well-known  people  while  in  Hon- 
olulu, where  her  talent  as  a  portrait-painter 
was  fully  recognized.  Eich  Hawaiians  are 
generous  in  their  patronage  of*  talented  art- 
ists, and  Miss  Klumpke  certainly  belongs  to 
that  category. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Percy  Henderson,  who  spent 
the  summer  in  Europe,  remained  over  in  New 
York  to  see  the  championship  baseball  series, 
and  will  return  to  San  Francisco  next  week. 

t0&  10*  1£& 

The  Christmas  Spirit. 

THERE  will  be  at  least  one  among  the 
many  lady  patrons  of  Tait's  Cafe  who 
will  be  made  happy  this  year  by  a  very 
generous  Christmas  present.  The  manage- 
ment of  this  popular  cafe  is  to  present  a 
$500  merchandise  order  on  the  City  of  Paris 
on  Thursday,  December  19th.  Free  orders  are 
given  to  lady  patrons  every  afternoon  between 
the  hours  of  3  and  6  o  'clock.  Liberal  Christ- 
mas presents  are  not  the  only  attractions  at 
Tait's  these  days.  The  special  luncheon  at 
50  cents  served  there  is  undoubtedly  the  finest 
in  town,  both  as  to  the  quality  and  variety 
of  the  food. 


Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al- 
fredum  's  Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 


Beautiful  Residence 

Price,  $90,000 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  anu  County  of  San 
Francisco.      Department    No.    5. 

WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZABETH  MANN, 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32871. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZA- 
BETH MANN,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly   described   as    follows: 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (for- 
merly "Q")  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Avenue ;  running  thence  west 
erly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (formerly 
"Q")  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th) 
Avenue;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  com- 
mence ment  Being,  part  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS 
BLOCK    No.    1052. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the 
owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  Hens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief  as  may  be   meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
10th   day  of  October,  A.  D  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I   .POR'i^R,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of 
October,   A.  D.   1912 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  Califor- 
nia Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Sts., 
San   Francisco,    Cal.,    Attorney   for   Plaintiffs. 


10 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  19,  1912. 


Not  Rented  Yet. 

THE  Mintzer  mansion 
on  Pacific  avenue,  for 
which  a  prominent 
Jewish  merchant  offered 
$450  a  month  has  not  yet 
been  rented.  It  was  pro- 
vided in  the  lease  that 
Ouristians-  only  were  eli- 
gible to  rent  the  mansion, 
and  they  appear  to  be 
scarce,  for  nobody  with  a 
certificate  of  church  mem- 
bership has  stepped  up  to 
take  the  place  of  the  prom- 
inent merchant  who  was 
willing  to  pay  the  $450  a 
month,  but  could  not  make 
the  requisite  religious  show- 
ing. The  will  contest  which 
threatens  to  tie  up  the 
Mintzer  estate  in  prolonged 
litigation  still  impends,  for 
the  first  daughter  of  the 
late  Mrs.  Mintzer  is  de 
termined  to  get  what  she 
considers  her  full  share  of 
the  estate — if  not  one-third, 
at  least  some  fraction  very' 
close  to  that. 

t$*      i5*      t?* 

Invitations  Are  Out. 

INVITATIONS  are  out  for 
the  wedding  of  Miss 
Enialita  Mayhew  to 
"William  Richard  Cobb, 
which  will  take  place  at 
11:30  Saturday  morning  of 
October   26th. 

It  will  be   a  large   affair 
at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allen 
Mayhew  of  Niles,  and  will 
be    well    attended    by    soci- 
ety   from    across    the    bay. 
The    color    scheme    will    be 
lavender    and    yellow,    and 
will  be  carried  out  in  every 
particular.     Miss  Mayhew's 
ancestors  date  way  back  to     in 
the  early  settlers,  when  old 
Captain     Mayhew      started 
the  first  colony  on  Martha's  Vineyard  Island, 
which  still  bears  his  name.     After  their  wed- 
ding Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cobb  will  make  San  Fran- 
cisco  their  home. 

Rose  From  the  Ranks. 

REAR  ADMIRAL  SOUTHERLAND,  who 
has  conducted  the  operations  in  Nicar- 
agua so  successfully,  is  one  of  the  few 
officers  of  the  Navy  who  rose  from  the  ranks 
to  commission  grade.  He  was  an  apprentice 
at  the  Naval  Training  School  at  a  time  when 
a  law  of  Congress  provided  that  a  certain 
number  of  naval  apprentices,  who  had  shown 
unusual  brightness  and  efficiency,  might  be 
sent  to  the  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis. 
Admiral  Southerland  was  thus  chosen.  Al- 
though the  youngest  member  of  his  class,  he 


CHAPINE    AND   JOHN   R.    PHILLIPS 

The  Rose  of  Panama,"  John  Cort's   delightful   comic   opera   at   the 
Cort  for  one  week  only. 


was  graduated  with  highest  honors,  and  stands 
on  the  naval  list  ahead  of  many  officers  older 
than  himself. 

Officials  of  the  Navy  Department  express 
every  confidence  in  Rear  Admiral  Souther- 
land,  who  is  an  officer  of  proved  ability  and 
discretion.  He  has  always  done  well  in  what- 
ever duty  has  been  assigned  to  him  to  per- 
form. Recently  he  was  intrusted  with  what 
was  regarded  as  a  delicate  mission  to  Palmyra 
Island  in  the  Pacific.  It  was  of  a  diplomatic 
character,  and  neither  the  Navy  Department 
nor  the  State  Department  has  ever  made  pub- 
lic any  statement  in  regard  to  it.  The  sup- 
position has  been  that  a  European  nation  had 
seized  or  contemplated  seizing  the  island  for 
a  coaling  station,  in  preparation  for  the 
changed  conditions  in  the  control  of  the  seas 


that   will  result   from   the   completion   of  the 
Panama  Canal. 

Admiral  Southerland  did  especially  efficient 
service  in  the  Spanish  war  as  commander  of 
the  little  gunboat-yacht  Eagle,  engaged  in 
scout  duty  along  the  Cuban  coast.  His  most 
notable  exploit  was  the  capture  of  the  Spanish 
merchant  auxiliary  ship  San  Domingo.  This 
vessel  was  sighted  by  the  little  Eagle  off  the 
south  coast  of  Cuba  in  such  near  proximity 
that  if  the  Eagle  had  attempted  to  escape  she 
would  almost  certainly  have  been  captured. 
Southerland  determined  if  possible  to  bluff 
out  the  Spaniards,  and,  ordering  full  speed, 
ahead,  started  after  his  big  enemy.  Instead 
of  putting  up  a  fight,  the  Sau  Domingo  turned 
tail  and  started  shoreward.  She  was  beached 
and  her  officers  and  crew  escaped  ashore.  It 
was  imposible  to  float  the  Spaniard,  but  South- 
erland and  his  men  took  as  much  of  her  rich 
cargo  as  they  could  conveniently  carry  away 
on  the  Eagle.  The  prize  money  that  came  to 
them  kept  them  in  pocket  money  for  months. 
The  San  Domingo  flag  was  sent  to  Washington 
and  was  the  first  trophy  of  the  Spanish  war 
displayed  in  the  Navy  Department. 

t2fr  <a*  t&* 

Practising  Eastern  Dances. 

MISS  MAEION  BELLE  WHITE  has  re- 
cently returned  from  New  York,  where 
she  spent  some  weeks  studying  the  new 
work  in  her  chosen  art.  Miss  White  has  in- 
troduced in  society  the  latest  dances  so  much 
in  vogue  in  the  Eastern  cities.  The  Boston 
Grab  Crawl  and  Tango  are  among  those  most 
popular.  Classes  and  clubs  have  already  been 
formed,  and  hold  their  meetings  at  Miss 
White 's   attractive   hall  on   California  street. 


Victor  Floor 
REMODELED 


We  have  remodeled  the  Third  Floor  of 
our  building,  devoting  it  to  the  perfect 
display  of  VICTORS,  VICTEOLAS  and 
BECOBDS.  This  entire  floor  is  devoted 
to  individual  glass-partitioned,  sound- 
proof demonstration  rooms,  all 

Perfectly  Ventilated  &  Day-Lighted 

Every  convenience  has  been  installed 
for  the  proper  demonstration  of  our 
tremendous  stock  of  VICTOB  goods, 
and    for    the    comfort    of    our    patrons. 


Sherman 


flay  &  Co. 


Sheet    Music    and    Musical    Merchandise, 
feteinway    and    other    Pianos — Victor    Talking 
Machines — Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianos 

KEARNY  &  SUTTER   STS.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
14TH   &   CLAY   STS.,   OAKLAND. 


Saturday,  October  19,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


ii 


The  Club  Suit. 

OF  ALL  the  ■■<■<  i  Bice  Quick  Walling 
fords,"  the  most  difficult  for  the  law 
i.i  deal  with  is  the  one  who  bas  really 
something  to  sell.  It  may  !>«■  miles  behind 
Bam  pie,  and  Leagues  behind  the  represents 
txons  of  the  solicitor,  and  be  can  always  claim 
thai  the  quality  is  :i  matter  of  opinion.  A 
romas  may  have  been  induced  t<>  buy  a  share 
in  the  suit  club  ou  the  Btrength  oi  being 
shown  a  variety  of  materials  no  one  of  which 
but  was  of  a  quality  suited  to  her  tastes,  and 
then,  wheu  it  Comes  her  turn  to  .make  final 
select  ion,  and  get  measured,  she  is  shown 
something    so    vastly    inferior    she    woiiM    not 

wish   it    tor  her   worst  enemy.     She  actually 

buys,  as  it  were,  on  sample,  but  not  on  a  par- 
ticular sample  a  piece  of  which  she  can  cut 
off  and  compare  with  the  goods  when  deliver- 
ed. Surer  of  nothing  OB  this  earth  so  mueii 
as  the  fact  that  sin-  has  been  swindled,  she  is 
yet  unable  to  produce  her  piece  of  cloth  and 
proceed  with  a  law  suit.  Now,  when  you 
buy  a  winter  suit,  you  don't  want  to  buy  a 
law  suit — they  can  l»e  picked  up  inexpensively 
any  old  time — and  even  when  you  awake  to 
find  that  you  have  bought  a  law  suit  you  like 
to  feel  thai  it  is  one  in  which  you  have  a 
chance  of  winning.  But  the  trouble  with  cer- 
tain club  suit  swindlers  is  that  they  are  so 
versed  in  the  law  the  innocent  individual  can- 
not get  at  them,  and  there  is  nothing  left  but 
the  consolation  of  some  violent  adjectives 
and  the  hope  that  the  judge  may  sentence 
them  for  fraudulent  device.  The  moral  of 
this  is:  Beware  of  the  gold-brick  suit  when 
offered  by  an  irresponsible  club;  and  prefer 
the  genuine  article — always  the  cheapest  in 
the  long  run-i-as  advertised  by  the  firm  that 
didn't  start  business  yesterday  and  is  not 
going  to  run  out  of  it  tomorrow.  The  Wasp 
sympathizes  witli  the  scores  of  women  who  are 
just  now  lamenting  their  investments  in  what 
they  describe  as  a  fake  suit  club.  If  a  man 
must  eat,  a  woman  must  dress,  but  the  prob- 
lem of  ready  cash  is  often  the  difficulty,  just 
the  difficulty  which  the  club  suit  man  makes 
his  opportunity.  To  women  faced  with  this 
trouble  The  Wasp  would  suggest  tnat  a  little 
effort  in  the  direction  of  keerong  your  credit 
good  with  a  reputable  firm  is  far  preferable 
to  the  easy  solution  of  a  "  Gef.-Rich-Quick 
Wallingford. ' ' 

An  Old  Bachelor's  Will. 

PEOBATE  JUDGES  and  lawyers  generally 
are  severely  criticized  in  the  will  of 
Ezra  G.  Bartlett,  who  died  in  New 
York  the  other  day.  The  will  was  filed  in 
the  Surrogates'  Court  by  Anna  Cora  Bartlett, 
of  Jerome,  Arizona,  a  sister  of  the  testator, 
who  was  appointed  sole  executrix  of  the 
$50,000  estate.  She  received  specific  divec 
tions  in  the  will  to  depend  on  no  lawyer. 

Bartlett 's  last  words  were:  "I  hereby  par- 
ticularly   warn    you    against    Probate    Judges 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  youx  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


DOMINA   MARINI  AND    MARCEL    BRONSKI 
Who  will  appear  in  Albertina  Rasch's   "La  Ballet  Classique"   next  week  at  the   Orpheum. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  O'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 

LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and      Mm 

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m.  WEST  OF  NEW  YORK 

Boxes  $4  per  annum  lyyljjpip^'fili 

IfiJf  ■   and  upwards. 

Telephone       ^^8l^3gSr*! 

Kearny  11. 

12 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  October  19,  1912. 


and  Attorneys-at-Law  and  sincerely  trust  you 
will  not  have  occasion  to  consult  or  employ 
the  latteT  in  regard  to  this  instrument.  My 
personal  experience  in  dealings,  social  and 
otherwise,  with  lawyers,  has  been  extensive, 
and  careful  investigation  in  other  instances 
has  convinced  me  that  they  are  all  dangerous 
crooks,  only  disguised-  and  expressly  educat- 
ed and  trained  to  obtain  one's  confidence  and 
rob  with  impunity. 

"I  further  remark  that  I  am  unmarried, 
and  that  no  one  has  any  moral  or  legal  right 
to  participate  in  the  distribution  of  my  es- 
tate or  the  proceeds  thereof  on  the  grounds 
of  or  growing  out  of  any  alleged  intermar- 
riage with  me  heretofore  contradicted,  and  I 
expressly  exclude  all  such,  also,  from  par- 
ticipating in  any  manner  in  my  estate  or  the 
proceeds  thereof." 

Princess  Lasarovich. 

THE  trouble  in  the  Balkans — there  is  al- 
ways trouble  in  the  Balkans — has 
brought  into  prominence  the  brilliant 
and  politically  powerful  Princess  Lazarovich- 
Hrebelianovieh,  who  has  taken  quite  a  prom- 
inent part  in  the  parlor  political  intrigues 
affecting  her  husband's  country.  The  Prin- 
cess is  a  native  daughter  of  the  Golden  "West, 
and  in  her  youth  was  known  as  dainty  little 
Eleanor  Calhoun  of  San  Jose.  In  addition 
to  her  literary  labors  as  collaborator  with  the 
Prince  in  a  two-volume  history -of  the  Ser- 
vian people,  which  was  published  early  last 
year,  she  has  entered  into  a  contract  with 
a  New  York  and  London  publishing  house  to 
write  a  volume  of  memoirs. 

If  these  memoirs  are  completely  biograph- 
ical they  should  be  of  special  interest  to  Cal- 
ifornia readers,  for  the  writer  has  played  a 
considerable  part  in  the  history  of  Western 
society  and  has  made  a  careful  study  of  all 
the  principal  missions  of  the  State.  When 
John  MeG-roarty  staged  his  famous  "Mission 
Play"  at  the  old  San  Gabriel  Mission,  it  was 
the  then  Eleanor  Calhoun  who  took  the  lead- 


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WAIST     PATTERNS     AND     KIMONOS 


157-159  GEARY  STREET 

Bet.  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  St. 

Branch  Store:  152  Kearny  Street 
San  Francisco 


MISS  LELAND   SPARKS    (nee   seailes) 

Her  wedding  to  Mr.  Leland  Sparks  was  celebrated 
recently. 

ing  role.  And  thereby  hangs  a  tale.  In  those 
days  Miss  Calhoun  was  an  amateur  actress 
whose  charm  came  over  the  fotlights  with 
such  magnetic  force  there  was  more  than  one 
youth  of  the  period  whose  heart  was  captive 
to  her  soulful  glances.  To  what  extent  these 
passions  gave  the  pretty  young  actress  a  sec- 
ond thought  can  only  be  guessed  at  except 
in  the  case  of  one  young  sophomore  who  is 
now  a  publishing  prince  and  a  power  in  the 
land.  William  Randolph  Hearst  was  the 
youth  in  question,  and  the  pair  would  have 
married  but  for  the  intervention  of  parental 
influence — at  least  so  Tuns  the  story.  How- 
ever, it  is  pleasing  to  note  that  association 
with  European  nobility  has  in  no  way  dimin- 
ished Princess  Lazarovich's  love  for  her  na- 
tive State,  of  which  she  says:  "God  called 
forth  our  beloved  land  from  his  depth — let- 
ting down  between  the  mountain  and  the  sea 
a  purlieu  of  his  paradise  where  he  can  still 
walk  with  his  children  at  sunrise  and  in  the 
perfumed   evening. ' ' 

It  is  understood  that  the  Prince  is  consid- 
erably angered  by  the  tone  of  certain  San 
Francisco  papers  which  questioned  the  value 
of  his  titles.  He  denies  that  he  ever  made 
the  claim  to  be  a  prince  of  the  reigning  house, 
and  admits  that  his  is  only  a  courtesy  title. 
As  a  diplomat  he  is  said  to  have  made  a  mark- 
ed success;  and  though  there  was  nothing 
strikingly  brilliant  in  his  history  of  the  Ser- 
vian people,  considerable  interest  attaches  to 
his  forthcoming  volume  on  the  Pacific  Ocean 
and  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  which  will  discuss 
a  number  of  Oriental  problems. 

Judge  James  A.  Cooper,  Mrs.  Cooper  and 
Miss  Ethel  Cooper  are  expected  home  from 
Europe  about  November  1st,  and  will  occupy 


the  St.  Eegis  apartment  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Downey  Harvey.  Mrs.  Harvey  is  contemplat- 
ing a  visit  to  Paris. 

10*  lc&  <£* 

A  Lady  Captain. 

MISS  KLOTHO  McGEE,  whose  marriage 
to  Mr.  David  Willis  took  place  at 
the  home  of  the  bride 's  mother,  Mrs. 
W.  J.  McGee  of  Berkeley  last  Saturday,  is 
the  only  American  woman  who  ever  received 
a  commission  as  captain  in  the  regular  army. 
This  unique  distinction  was  conferred  on  her 
for  her  services  as  surgeon  and  physician 
with  the  American  army  in  China  during  the 
Boxer  uprising. 


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women  regularly.  We  will  soon  reach  twice 
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Saturday,  October  If,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP  * 


13 


STROLLING. 


A  Mind-the-Paint  Girl  Comedy,   but  Not  by 
Pinero. 

Scene — In  Shopland. 
Characters:       She — ('liuriniugly    youthful. 
He — Excessively    jronnfr 
Her    Mother — Prudently    mature. 
Time — Today,  Yesterday,   Tomorrow,  Auy  Old  Time. 

Among  the  Shops. 

He — Have  anything  else?  Another  small 
Boffeel 

She — Nothing  else,  thanks.  You've  spent 
quite  enough  already,  you  extravagant  boy. 

He — Shall  we  stroll,  then? 

She — Yes.  let's  stroll  and  look  at  the  shops. 

(They  turn  and  stroll.) 

She— What  lovely  orchids!  Aren't  they  too 
gorgeous  for  words! 

He — Would  you  like  some? 

She— Oh,  you  mustn  't.  They  're  awfully  ex- 
pensive. 

He — That's  all  right.  Come  in. 

Shop  Sir] — Yes,  sir.  Shall  1  make  up  a  little 
bouquet  for  the  lady — just  a  small  one — for 
the  lady  to  wear? 

He — Thanks.  That  will'  do  nicely.  How 
much? 

Shop  Girl— That  will  be  $4.50. 

She — How  perfectly  adorable  of  you.  Har- 
old!   Tney  really  are  too  duckie  for  words. 

(They  turn  and  stroll.) 

She — Oh,  that's  the  perfume  Marjy  had  in 
the  dressing  room  last  night — "Tout  Pour 
Toi."  She  wouldn't  tell  me  where  she  got  it, 
the  cat!  I  must  just  pop  in  and  ask  the 
price. 

Shop  Man — Pardon  me,  we  don't  sell  it  by 
the  single  bottle,  Madam.  The  price  is  $18 
for  a  box  of  three. 

She — Oh,  what  a  shame!  1  did  so  want  to 
spite  Marjy,  and  I  can't  afford  all  that. 

He — Yes,  but  I  think  we  ought  to  spite 
Marjy.     Let's  have  a  box,  please. 

She — It  is  very  naughty  of  you,  Harold.  It 
really  is.  You  must  let  me  pay  you  back 
Saturday,  of  course. 

He — Oh,  that's   all   right. 

(They  turn  and  stroll.) 

She — Will  you  wait  a  minute  while  I  just 
step  in  here?     I  won't  be  five  minutes. 

He — Can't  I  come  in  with  you? 

She — Oh,  if  you  like.  But  I  thought  it 
would  bore  you — I  want  some  gloves,  please. 
Long  white  kid. 

He — Are  you  speaking  to  me? 

She — Oh,  no,  how  silly  of  you!  Of  course  1 
was  looking  at  you  but  speaking  to  the 
attendant. 

Shop  Girl— Certainly,  Madam.  The  size, 
please? 

She — Five   and  three-quarters. 


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Shop  Girl — That's  an  excellent  glove,  Mad- 
am— beautifully  Boft — French  kid. 

She — Yes,  1  like  those.  How  much  are 
theyl 

Shop  (Jirl — $4.95  a  pair,  Madam.  But  it 
is  a  great  saving  to  get  them  by  the  half 
dozen.  We  sell  the  half  dozen  at  $28.  That's 
a   great    reduction,   you   see. 

She — Yes,  of  course  it  is.  But  I  can't  af- 
ford more  than  uue  pair  today.  Just  one 
pair,  please. 

He — Belter  have  a  half  dozen.  Just  do 
them    up    please-    will    you? 

Shop   Girl — Sure! 

Slie— No,  Haroldl  1  forbid  it!  I  am  be- 
coming very  angry  with  you — I  really  am! 

Shop  Girl — Can't  1  show  the  lady  anything 
else?  Some  silk  stockings?  We've  a  new 
line  here.  They  are  superior  to  any  of  our 
previous  stock. 

She — Aren't  they  lovely?  But  it's  no  use 
getting  real  good  stockings;  they  wear  out 
so   quickly. 

Shop  Girl — Y'ou  wouldn't  find  these  wear- 
ing out,  lady.  It  pays  in  the  end  to  get  the 
best.  I  can  guarantee  these  against  any  two 
pairs  of  inferior  grade. 

He; — How  much  are  they? 

Shop  Girl — These  are  $5.50  a  pair.  We 
have  them  at  $2  less,  but  these  are  really  a 
better  bargain. 

He — Just  put  up  three  pairs  with  the  gloves, 
will  you? 

She — I  '11  never  bring  you  out  with  me 
again!  Never,  never!  No!  Don't  say  a  word! 
I  am  really  cross  with  you! 

(They  turn  and  stroll.) 

She — I  must  just  look  in  here  a  minute  to 
try  on  some  shoes.  They've  been  waiting  for 
days  and  days — yes,  those  are  very  comfort- 
able. Send  them  at  once  to  this  address,  will 
you? 

Shopman — Certainly,  Madam.  Have  you 
an  account? 

She— No.  That  will  be  all  right.  I'll  look 
in  some  day  next  week. 

Shopman — -I  am  sorry  lady,  but  our  terms 
are  strictly  cash,    1  am  afraid  I  couldn't — 

She — How  annoying!  I  particularly  wanted 
to  wear  them  tonight!  Why  didn't  you  tell 
me  you  wanted  cash  when  I  ordered  them? 

He — I  have  plenty  of  change.  You  can 
fix  it  up  witn  me  later  on. 

She — Well,  if  you  wouldn't  mind.  I  really 
must  have  them  tonight. 

He— That's  all  right.     What's  the  bill? 

Shopman — Twelve  dollars,  please.  Thank 
you. 

She — How  perfectly  inane  of  these  people, 
making  "me  look  like  a  fool!  I'll  never  go 
there  again.  It  almost  looks  as  if  I  took  you 
in  there  on  purpose. 

He — Oh,  how  absurd!    Don't  say  so. 

(They  turn  and  stroll.) 

She — Just  a  second.  Did  you  ever-ever-ever 
see  such  a  duckie  little  pendant?  Can  you 
see  it?  That  round  one  with  the  diamonds. 
Isn't  that  the  sweetest  design  you  have  ever 
seen? 

He — Let  me  give  it  to  you,  Hilda.  Will 
you?    Please! 

She — Certainly  not!  I  wouldn't  dream  of 
it!     Come  right  along  at  once! 

He — 'Do  let  me!     I  should  love  to! 

She — Nonsense!  You  know  I  never  accept 
presents  from  men! 

He — Just  this  once?  Let  me  ask  the  price, 
anyhow,  will  you? 

She — Well,  you  can  ask  the  price,  but  I 
won't  have  it.     I  couldn't! 

Shop  Man — $105.  Thank  you,  sir.  That's 
correct.    Here's  the  receipt, 

(They  turn,  stroll  and  hail  a  taxicab.) 
In  the  taxicab. 
She — It    was   perfectly   outrageous   of   you, 
Harold,  but  it  was  very,  very  sweet.     I  wish 


I  could  afford  to  give  YOU  something. 

He — Y'ou  can. 

She — I  can't.  1  have  nothing  to  give  and 
no  money  to  buy  with. 

He — What  1  want  doesn't  cost  anything. 
It   is  just  a  kiss. 

She— Harold] 

He — Won't  you?     Just   oriel 

She — Certainly  not!  1  never  dreamed  you 
were  that  kind  of  a  man.  But  you're  all 
alike.  If  a  girl  goes  out  to  lunch  with  you 
and  lets  you  buy  her  a  few  little  things  you 
lake  it  for  granted  that  you  can  make  love 
to  her!  I  AM  amazed!  Just  because  we  have 
to  earn  our  living  on  the  stage!  But  it  never 
dawned  upon  me  that  you  were  like  all  the 
rest. 

He — I'm  dreadfully  sorry!  I  won't  ask 
you  again. 

She — That's  a  dear,  nice  boy.  And  you  will 
take  Marjy  and  1  out  in  the  machine  on  Sun- 
day as  you  promised,  won't  you? 

He — Yes.  sure.     But  you  might  have — 

She — Now  Harold,  dear,  don't  be  like  the 
rest  of  them.  Bye-bye.  You'll  surely  be  on 
hand  with  the  machine,  won't  you?  The 
sixty-horse-power  one  1  like  the  best.  Bye- 
bye.     Don't  forget. 

(He  turns  and  strolls  and  strolls  and  strolls, 
and  does  a  lot  of  hard  thinking  while  he 
jingles  some  few  silver  coins  that  still  stick 
to  his  pockets.) 

At  home. 

Her  Mother — Wonderful,  my  daughter! 
Wonderful!  And  what  darling  gloves  and 
stockings !  And  the  very  perfume  you  so 
much  wanted.  But  I  hope  you  didn't  let 
him  make  love  to  you? 

She — What  kind  of  a  ninny  do  you  think 
I  am,  Momnier? 


Some  people  spend  most  of  their  lives  try- 
ing to  sprinkle  salt  on  the  tails  of  opportu- 
nities. 


Women  are  no  longer  mere  ciphers  In  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


A  SEEN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOEEVEE  - 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

Or    Magical     Beautifier 

Purifie»  Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 

Freckles,  Moth-Patch- 
es, Rash  and  Skin  Dis- 
eases, and  every  blem- 
ish on  beauty,  and  de- 
fies detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  of  65 
years,  no  other  has, 
and  is  so  harmless  we 
taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is 
properly  made.  Accept 
no  counterfeit  of  simi- 
lar name.  The  dis- 
tinguished Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  ifcie  haut-ton  (a  patient) : 
"As  you  lediea  will  use  them,  I  recommend 
'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  all 
the    Skin    preparations." 

For  Sale  by  All  Druggists  and  Fancy  Goods 

Dealers. 

Gouraud's  Oriental  Toilet  Powder 

For  infants  and  adults.  Exquisitely  perfumed. 
Relieves  Skin  Irritations,  cures  Sunburn  and  ren- 
ders an  excellent  complexion.  Price  25  cents  by 
Mail. 

Gouraud's  Poudre  Subtile 
I   Removes  Superfluous  Hair.      Price  $1.00  by  Mall. 

FERD.  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop'r,  37  Great  Jonei 
St.,  New  York  City. 


14 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  19,  1912. 


Like  Winner c 


THE  campaign  tour  which  .Eoosevelt  has 
completed  in  a  "swing  around  the  cir- 
cle," sets  a  new  mark  in  campaigning. 
He  left  New  York  on  Sept.  2nd  to  go  to  New 
England,  then  swung  through  the  Middle 
West  to  the  States  bordering  on  Canada,  then 
down  the  Pacific  Coast  and  through  the  South- 
west to  the  States  bordering  on  Mexico. 
Proceeding  through  the  Gulf  States  he  visited 
New  Orleans,  Birmingham  and  other  important 
points,  and  then  proceeded  up  the  Atlantic 
Coast  to  New  York,  stopping  off  at  Washing- 
ton to  testify  before  the  Senate  investigating 
committee  about  the  Archbold-Penrose  charg- 
es, and  speaking  at  Atlanta,  Baltimore  and 
elsewhere  along  the  route.  The  trip  covered 
about  9,000  miles. 

A  million  people  saw  and  heard  Roosevelt, 
though  bis  practice  of  making  most  of  his 
speeches  in  the  daytime  has  deprived  many 
of  his  working-class  admirers  of  a  chance  to 
see  what  he  looks  like.  The  crowds,  varied 
widely  in  the  kind  of  reception  they  have 
given  him.  *  In  one  or  two  cities  where  multi- 
tudes turned  out  to  see  him,  they  were  so 
cold  as  to  make  it  evident  that  they  were  hos- 
tile and  moved  only  by  curiosity,  but  in 
only  one  or  two.  In  other  cities  there  was 
wild  enthusiasm;  the  sentiment  seemed  to  be 
unanimous,  and  the  attitude  of  the  people 
seemed  almost  idolatrous.  But  the  temper 
found  among  the  people  in  by  far  the  greater 
number  of  places  has  been  neither  the  cold 
hostility  of  Oskaloosa  nor  the  frenzied  idol- 
atry of  Los  Angeles,  but  a  quiet,  steady,  in- 
tent earnestness  that  does  not  often  char- 
acterizes a  crowd  at  a  political  meeting. 

On  this  extended  political  tour  Eoosevelt 
was  accompanied  by  representatives  of  some 
of  the  leading  American  newspapers,  who 
kept  their  journals  informed  of  what  occurred, 
and  who  wrote  regardless  of  political  affili- 
ations. Prom  their  communications  to  their 
newspapers,  it  seems  that  Eoosevelt,  himself, 
is  immensely  pleased  with  the  result  of  his 
journey,  and  seems  confident  that  he  is  go- 
ing to  win.  In  each  of  the  States  through 
which  the  Eoosevelt  train  passed  the  press 
representatives  questioned  men  of  all  parties 
who  were  in  a  position  to  know  the  conditions 
in  their  respective  States,  and  the  consensus 
of  opinion  may  be  summed  up  as  follows: 

1.  In  every  one  of  these  States  except  Utah 
Taft  is  out  of  the  race  and  will  run  third. 

2.  In  most  of  them  Wilson  is  well  in  the 
lead. 

3.  In  States  where  La  Follette  is  strong 
numbers  of  La  Pollette  men  will  vote  for 
Wilson. 

4.  As  things  now  are,  the  only  nearly  cer- 
tain State  that  Taft  has  is  Utah;  the  only 
nearly  certain  State  that  Eoosevelt  has  is 
California. 

5.  In  some  States,  such  as  Arizona,  where 
Eoosevelt   has   personal   claims   on    the   grati- 


tude or  affection  of  the  voters — it  was  he 
who  gave  Arizona  the  Eoosevelt  dam — he 
will  get  many  Democratic  votes.  As  a  gen- 
eral rule,  however,  he  seems  to  draw  most  of 
his  support  from  the  Bepublican  Party,  and 
if  this  condition  continues,  this  split  among 
the  Republicans  will  give  Wilson  most  of  the 
States  so  far  traversed. 

6.  Generally  speaking,  the  rural  districts 
are  much  more  strongly  for  Eoosevelt  than 
are  the  cities. 

7.  There  is  a  strong  feeling  in  favor  of 
Eoosevelt  personally  throughout  the  West, 
based  on  the  fact  that  he  is  the  man  who 
understands  the  needs  of  that  section  of  the 


LIKELY  TO  BE  PRESIDENT  WILSON. 

country  as  no  other  Eastern  politician  does. 
Yet  most  of  the  Democrats  who  entertain  that 
feeling  will  vote  for  Wilson  simply  as  party 
men. 


MUNSEY  "S   NEW   ORGAN. 

THE  partisan  press  makes  many  references 
to  the  amount  of  money  Frank  Munsey, 
the  publisher,  and  Mr.  Perkins,  the  for- 
mer partner  of  J.  P.  Morgan,  are  gutting  out 
to  help  in  electing  Roosevelt.  Munsey  pur- 
chased the  New  York  Press  a  few  weeks  ago, 
and  has  converted  it  into  a  Eoosevelt  organ. 
The  Press  has  not  been  much  of  a  journal  as 
compared  with  great  newspapers  like  the 
Times,  Herald  and  World,  but  has  advertised 
itself  as  having  the  largest  Republican  circu- 
lation in  New  York. 

Mr.  Munsey's  statement  of  his  reasons  for 
purchasing  the  Press  have  been  published  in 
many  newspapers,  and  read  with  interest  by 
journalists  and  politicians.  He  declares  posi- 
tively that  the  newspaper  is  to  advocate  the 
election  of  Eoosevelt,  whom  Mr.  Munsey  pro- 
fesses to  regard  as  the  real  competitor  of 
Woodrow  Wilson.  President  Taft  "has  been 
eliminated  from  the  contest,"  Mr.  Munsey 
declares.  He  adds  that  for  a  long  time  he 
was  looking  for  an  opportunity  to  purchase 
a  New  York  newspaper  that  owned  an  Asso- 
ciated Press  franchise  and  for  that  reason 
bought   The  Press   as  a   business  investment. 


The  advocacy  of  Eoosevelt  is,  therefore,  a 
side  issue  of  principle  and  not  a  primary  con- 
sideration. 

The  exact  truth  about  Mr.  Munsey  and  his 
new  journalistic  venture,  we  believe,  is  that 
he  but  half  discloses  the  truth.  It  may  be  a 
fact  that  he  has  long  sought  to  buy  a  New 
York  journal  which  possessed  an  Associated 
Press  franchise,  but  it  is  a  matter  of  record 
that  he  had  a  New  York  daily  of  his  own 
— the  Daily  News — several  years  ago,  and  it 
went  out  of  existence.  The  daily  newspaper 
business  in  New  York  has  not  improved  since 
Mr.  Munsey's  newspaper  failure.  The  compe- 
tition is  so  fierce  and  the  publishers  so  fool- 
ish that  Harmsworth  of  London  remarked  of 
them  some  time  ago,  when  he  visited  New 
York,  that  they  were  selling  $20  pieces  for 
$15.  Another  significant  fact  about  Mr.  Mun- 
sey's  purchase  of  The  Press,  not  for  Roose- 
velt politics,  but  for  cold  business,  is  that 
the  newspaper  has  been  looking  for  a  purchas- 
er for  a  long  time  and  could  have  been  bought 
much  more  cheaply  before  the  Presidential 
campaign  began. 

Mr.  Munsey  bought  the  New  York  Press 
because  the  Roosevelt  party  needs  an  organ 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  where  nearly  all  the 
large  newspapers  are  violently  hostile  to  the 
party's  candidate.  Every  year,  the  necessity 
of  newspaper  support  for  any  political  party, 
which  hopes  to  win  offices,  becomes  more  ap- 
parent. Before  long,  it  will  be  in  the  United 
States  as  in  France,  where  every  important 
politician  aims  to  have  at  least  one  journal- 
istic organ,  of  his  own. 

Where  is  all  the  money  for  the  Roosevelt 
campaign  coming  from?  This  newspaper 
purchase  by  Mr.  Munsey  represents  only  a 
mere  fraction  of  the  outlay,  and  yet  it  takes 
a  good  deal  of  money  to  buy  even  a  decaying 
newspaper  in  New  York.  The  Associated 
Press  franchise  of  any  daily  is  worth  a  for- 
tune, for  there  are  few  closer  corporations  in 
the  world  than  the  great  news  trust  known  as 
the  Associated  Press.  Without  the  Associated 
Press  dispatches,  the  publication  of  a  daily 
in  a  large  city  is  almost  impossible,  and  these 
dispatches  are  available  only  to  members  of 
the   Associated  Press. 


MR.  ROOSEVELT  IN  THE  SOUTH. 

IT  HAS  BEEN  freely  predicted  by  the  man- 
agers of  the  Bull  Moose  campaign  and  by 
the  Bull  Moose  himself  that  there  is  to  be 
a  wonderful  overturn  of  the  South  politically 
at  the  election  in  November.  The  Times  has 
made  inquiry  of  a  considerable  number  of 
men  of  high  character  and  much  political 
experience  as  to  real  conditions  in  that  part 
of  our  great  moral  vineyard.  The  returns  do 
not  seem  to  sustain  any  of  the  claims  that 
have  been  made  by  the  Progressives.  The 
Southern  white  people  have  long  memories. 
They  have  no  faith  in  the  professions  of  Mr. 
Eoosevelt. 

There  is  no  Democratic  defection.  The 
Democratic  Party  is  solid  for  Wilson.  The 
white  people  of  thje  South  do  not  trust  Mr. 
Eoosevelt,  and  the  negroes  have  been  dis- 
missed by  him  as  undesirable  citizens.  The 
Bull  Moose  is  already  dead  in  the  South.  In 
fact,  so  far  as  that  part  of  the  country  is 
concerned,  he  never  was  alive — New  York 
Times. 


Saturday,  October  19,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


15 


Cause  ©f  Taft's 


As  THE  l>AV  i.r  election  approaches,  it 
becomes  more  apparent  that  President 
Taft  has  nut  developed  the  political 
strength  that  his  well-wishers  desire.  This 
is  evidently  a  bad  year  for  a  candidate  of 
the  "judicial  temperament"  who  finds  him- 
Bell  opposed  not  only  by  the  regular  eandi- 
date  of  the  opposite  political  party,  but  also 
by   a   strenuous   opponent    in    bis   own   party. 

The  question  is  asked  every  day.  "what  is 
the  matter  with  Taft .'"  His  honesty  and 
experience  and  fitness  to  administer  the  duties 
of  his  office  are  conceded  and  conspicuously 
apparent,  but  still  he  does  not  develop  the 
enthusiastic  popularity  so  valuable  on  the 
eve  of  election  day.  "What  is  the  matter 
with  Tail  .'" 

The  answer  is  not  hard  to  find.  The  matter 
with  President  Taft,  primarily,  is  that  he  is 
the  political  creation  of  Roosevelt,  and  when 
that  strenuous  politician  repudiated  him,  he 
had  little  left  to  arouse  general  enthusiasm 
in  his  candidacy.  If  Roosevelt  had  not  laid 
the  plans  and  used  the  big  stick  and  the 
steam  roller  to  make  Taft  the  President  of 
the  United  States  he  would  never  have  be- 
come the  occupant  of  the  White  House.  No 
other  President  ever  used  or  misused  his  in- 
fluence to  elect  a  successor  as  did  Roosevelt. 
His  conduct  in  that  respect  was  reprehensible 
and  deplorable,  for  he  furnished  evidence  to 
the  whole  world  that  a  popular  President  of 
the  United  States  could  Mexicanize  American 


politics,  and  to  must  intents  and  purposes, 
disfranchise  hie  people  and  make  one  of  his 
favorites  tin-  President  to  succeed  him. 

The  individuality  of  Taft  has  been  the  in- 
dividuality thai  Roosevelt  gave  him.  Tat't 
accepted  ' '  my  policies "  as  a  sacred  trusl 
and  has  apparently  tried  to  convince  the  peo- 
ple and  the  corp.. rations  that  he  could  enforce 
1 '  my  policies ' '  more  fully  than  did  their 
author. 

President  Taft  has  committed  many  tact- 
ical blunders  of  a  political  nature.  His  ca- 
pacity for  political  mistakes  amounts  to  gen- 
ius. He  can  nearly  always  be  relied  on  to 
do  the  wrong  thing,  politically,  at  the  right 
moment.  A  keener  politician  and  less  scrup- 
ulous man  than  President  Taft  would  not 
have  tied  himself  up  to  the  Roosevelt  poli- 
cies, because  he  would  have  kuown  that  Roose- 
velt himself  never  did  so. 

Roosevelt  policies  had  two  sides — one  for 
the  public  and  the  other  for  the  "malefactors 
of  great  wealth"  when  they  contributed  lib- 
erally to  his  campaign  funds  and  called  to 
see  him  and  talk  things  over  like  political  pals. 

President  Taft,  with  his  legal  training  and 
judicial  temperament,  believes  that  laws  are 
placed  on  the  statute  books  to  be  enforced. 
In  conformity  with  that  idea  he  has  establish- 
ed a  record  as  a  trust-buster  which  Roosevelt 
never  attained  nor  attempted  to  approach. 
The  President  now  finds  his  reward  in  the  hos- 
tility of  the  trusts  and  the  hatred  of  the 
Roosevelt  enthusiasts,  who  never  desired  that 
he  should  be  anything  more  than  a  chair- 
warmer  to  hold  down  the  Presidential  position 
till  their  hero  returned  from  his  foreign  tri- 
umphs to   resume   imperial  authority. 


The  lesson  of  President  Taft 's  political 
weakness   i*   that    the  power   which   elevates 

you      to     high     office     can     generally     pull     you 

down. 

+ 

HIRAM'S  TROUBLES. 

Ol'K  I1IKAM  is  not  creating  in  the  East 
the  sensation  his  local  admirers  antici- 
pated. Prominent  Eastern  newspapers 
have  been  referring  to  him  somewhat  sneer- 
ing ly.  Alluding  to  (iovernor  Johnson 's  un- 
pleasant experience  in  Indiana,  the  New  York 
Times  said: 

"Hiram  Johnson  has  made  the  mistake  the 
second  fiddle  so  often  makes,  of  thinking 
that  he  is  playing  the  leading  score.  For 
example,  when  he  was  in  Indiana  the  other 
day,  lie  "got  cloudy"  because  the  hospitable 
people  of  Indianapolis-  much  given  to  old- 
fashioned  ways,  asked  him  to  ride  in  an  inter- 
urban  ear  while  they  were  showing  him  off, 
and  protested  against  the  schedule  prepared 
by  the  "imbecile  committee."  That  was  too 
much  for  the  Committee  of  Entertainment, 
aud  they  took  down  the  red  and  blue  stream- 
ers ancl  let  Hivam  "gang  his  own  gait." 

"Hiram  objected  to  the  interurban  car  be- 
cause he  wanted  "privacy."  which  shows 
how  ill-adapted  he  is  to  the  demands  of  the 
present  wild-goose  chase  in  which  he  is  en- 
gaged. Manifestly,  he  is  not  the  man  to  run 
on  the  ticket  with  the  Bull  Moose.  The  idea 
of  "privacy"  in  a  contest  like  this,  when 
everything  and  everybody  must  be  open  and 
above  board,  excepting,  or  course,  certain  cor- 
respondence with  which  the  public  should 
have  nothing  to  do.  Hiram  was  not  cut  out 
for  this  sort  of  work.  He  made  the  blunder 
of  supposing  that  he  could  wiggle  his  fingers 
in  sign  language-  that  he  could  do  the  mighty 
works  of  his  impeccable  leader;  but  he  has 
found  out  that  there  is  only  one  first  violin 
and  that  he  does  not  know  now  to  play  it. 
The  modulations  are  too  much  for  him.  A 
knight  in  fustian  is  not  a  knight  in  steel." 


DRIVING    THEM   ALL    INTO    THE    DEMOCRATIC  CORRAL. 


16 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  October  19-  1912. 


CORONA  CLUB  is  making  history.  The 
distinguished  President,  Mrs.  John  De- 
Lamater  Jessup,  whom  the  club  critics 
have  styled  ' '  The  Thinker, ' '  is  responsible 
for  the  pronounced  leap  into  prominence  which 
this  club  of  two  hundred  energetic  women 
has  made. 

4 'The  Corona  Club  of  the  Mission  is  coming 
down  town!"  This  is  the  theme  of  discussion 
among  club  women.  It  is  news.  Because  the 
Corona  Club  has  for  fourteen  years  been  iden- 
tified with  that  part  of  the  city  which  the 
Franciscan  Fathers  selected  as  the  most  beau- 
tiful and  the  most  sheltered.  Because  Corona 
has  ' ' belonged"  to  the  Mission.  The  two 
founders  of  this  organization,  Mrs.  Frank 
Dalton  and  Mrs.  Mary  Garton  Foster,  were 
the  social  leaders  of  the  "warm  belt"  and 
to  them  is  accredited  the  honor  of  mothering 
this  thriving  body  of  women.  Conservative, 
home-loving  women  were  they.  So,  when  a 
club  sprang  out  of  the  recesses  of  their  hearts 
and  minds  a  loyal  following  of  the  Mission's 
elite  rallied  to  their  support.  The  response 
was  so  enthusiastic  that  a  club  limit  was 
placed  on  the  membership  enrollment.  Two 
hundred — no  more!  That  was  the  verdict. 
And  two  hundred  it  has  been  ever  since  the 
initial  organization — with  a  long,  anxious 
waiting  list  of  at  least  twenty-five  or  more 
applicants.  That  is  one  distinction.  So,  you 
may  readily  determine  that  progress  in  this 
club  is  measured  not  in  numerals,  but  in  ener- 
gy; not  in  quantity,  but  in  quality  of  the 
active  variety. 


"HE    paramount    reason    for    the    club's 


I! 


|j  advancement,"  stated  Mrs.  Jessup, 
■*  with  that  engaging  candor  for  which 
she  is  famed,  "is  that  there  are  positively  no 
drones  in  Corona.  Every  member  is  a  work- 
er." She  accentuated  the  final  word  and  took 
unto  herself  no  part  of  the  splendid  advance- 
ment made  during  her  administration.  But 
every  other  worker  knows  that  her  excellent 
guidance  and  firm,  logical  reasoning  mark  the 
progress  of  this  club. 

' '  The  first  meeting  in  our  new  quarters  at 
the  Sorosis  Club  rooms  on  Sutter  street  will 
be  held  on  Thursday,  October  24th,"  said 
Mrs.  Jessup  in  the  course  of  our  interview. 
"We  intend  to  make  it  as  interesting,  as 
cordial  and  as  homelike,"  and  her  thoughts 
dwelt  on  the  word,  "as  we  possibly  can,  in 
consideration  of  those  who  may  feel  a  trifle 
disturbed  over  leaving  the  Mission."  As 
Mrs.  Jessup,  herself,  is  one  of  the  home- 
dwellers  and  property  owners  of  the  Mission, 
the  advisability  of  the  change  and  the  sin- 
cerity of  her  impartial  judgment  elicit  all 
the  more  commendation.  "Most  of  our  mem- 
bers no  longer  live  in  the  Mission,"  con- 
tinued this  leader,  "and  while  we  who  do 
are  loyal  to  this  part  of  the  city,  yet  it  is  a 
cognizant  fact  that  the  hall  on  Mission  street 
is  no  longer  adequate  for  our  meeting  place. 
It  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  temples  in  the 
city  and  was  built  to  meet  the  needs  and  re- 
quirements of  the  men  who  assemble  there. 
I  don't  believe,  though,"  and  a  smile  was  in- 
troduced, "that  such  a  thing  as  a  woman's 
club  was  in  the  scheme  of  the  architect's  ar- 
rangement. It  was  built  for  men  and  that 
is  all  there  is  to  it."  The  beautiful  temple 
on  Mission  street  was  built  for  men  and  won- 
drously  kind  and  tolerant  have  they  been  to 
a  host  of  femininity,  lo,  these  many  years. 
Yet,  who  knows  but  that  they,  too,  may  have 
a  reason  for  rejoicing. 


M1 


RS.  JAMES  WETMORE  TEEADWELL, 
one  of  the  most  attractive  members 
of  the  Corona  Club,  and  Chairman  of 
the  Programme  Committee,  will  have  charge 
of  the  epoch-making  meeting  on  the  fourth 
Thursday  of  this  month.  "Indian  Lore"  will 
be  the  topic  of  the  day,  which  promises  much 
of  excellence.  The  music  will  be  under  the 
supervision  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Peltret,  Chair- 
man of  the  Music  Committee,  with  Mrs.  Flora 


MRS.  JOHN  DE  LAMATEE  JESSUP. 

President   of   Corona   Club,   whose   members   are 
all    "workers." 


Howell  Bruner  as  the  vocalist  and  Mrs.  Eae 
Partridge  at  the  piano.  Another  day  of  su- 
perior worth  is  scheduled  for  Friday  after- 
noon, November  29th,  the  day  following 
Thanksgiving.  Mrs.  Clive  Brown,  Chairman 
of  the  Book  Review",  and  a  recognized  literary 
leader  of  Corona,  will  be  in  charge.  Mrs. 
Brown  announces  a  most  interesting  lecture 
for  this  occasion  on  "The  Eelation  of  Drama 
to  Fiction,"  with  Mr.  John  Barry  as  the 
speaker  .Mr.  Barry  is  always  an  inspiration 
to  his  listeners  and  the  Corona  Club  members 
anticipate  a  memorable  event  in  the  announce- 
ment of  Mr.  Barry's  lecture.  Two  other 
events  which  will  soon  engross  the  attention 
of  the  members  are  the  "Household  Econom- 
ics" and  "The  Christmas  Jinks."  The  for- 
mer is  the  especial  thought  of  Miss  Frances 
Meeker,  who  is  famous  for  her  originality, 
coupled  with  an  intense  amount  of  valuable 
practibility.  Mrs.  L.  D.  MaeDonald  will  gov- 
ern the  yearly  prank,  known  in  the  annals 
of   the   club   as   "The   Jinks,"   and   which  is 

one  of  the  merriest  days  of  all  the  year. 
*     *     # 

MES.  JESSUP  has  in  her  executive  work 
an  excellent  board  to  assist  her  in  the 
big  things  which  she  has  planned  for 
the  ensuing  year.  The  Executive  Board  is  as 
follows:      President,    Mrs.    John    DeLamater 


Jessup;  First  Vice-President,  Mrs.  Harold 
Laurence  Seager;  Second  Vice-President,  Mrs, 
Alfred  E.  McCullough;  Treasurer,  Miss  Laura 
M.  Collins;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs. 
Charles  F.  Lewis;  Secretary,  Miss  Emma  Van 
Bergen ;  Directors :  Mesdames  Robert  B. 
Phillips,  Edward  B.  Carson,  Robert  H.  Dun- 
bar, Charles  M.  Emerson,  Horace  Sexton. 

The  cordiality  by  which  the  Corona  Club 
has  attained  much  of  its  genuine  popularity  is 
maintained  by  Mrs.  James  Ellison,  Chairman 
of  the  Reception  Committee,  and  a  long  list 
of  prominent  members,  who  assist  in  this  es- 
sential part  of  the  club  work. 

Other  chairmen  of  important  committees 
are:  Hospitality,  Mrs,  Fred  C.  Mathews; 
Household  Economics,  Miss  Frances  V.  Meek- 
er; Decorating,  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Mohr;  Civic 
Section,  Mrs.  B.  F.  Cook;  Club  House  Fund, 
Mrs.  Edward  Dexter  Knight,  Mrs.  E.  H.  Mer- 
ril  and  Mrs.  Almeron  Skinkle;  Dramatics,  Mrs. 
A.  N.  Knoph;  Auditing,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Bagot, 
Mrs.  W.  \V.  Topping  and  Mrs.  W.  S.  Upham; 
Current  Events,  Mrs.  Arthur  Lyne  Sobey; 
Custodian  of  the  Log  Book,  Miss  Elizabeth 
D.  Salter;  Parliamentarian,  Mrs.  Annie  Little 
Barry;  Club  Pins,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Boynton;  Honor- 
ary member,  Mrs.  Mary  Garton  Foster;  Past 
Presidents:  Mrs.  Frank  Dalton,  Mrs.  Annie 
Little  Barry,  Mrs.  Edward  Gere  Denniston, 
Mrs.  Robert  Wallace,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Wiester, 
Mrs.  John  Bullock,  Mrs.  George  Fredricks, 
Mrs.  E.  D.  Knight,  Mrs.  Almeron  Skinkle, 
Mrs.  John  DeLamater  Jessup. 

♦ 

Actresses'  Dresses. 

DRESSING  for  the  stage  is  a  very  serious 
thing  for  women  players.  As  dressing 
goes  nowadays,  it  means  that  an  actress 
must  invest  anywhere  from  $200  to  $1,000  in 
any  modern  production.  If  the  play  fails,  she 
loses  her  engagement,  her  investment,  and 
the  time  she  has  given  for  rehearsals.  Even 
if  the  play  succeeds  it  will  be  several  weeks 
before  she  gets  her  investment  back. 

Every  woman  in  the  audience,  who  sees  an 
actress  in  one  play  would  instantly  recognize 
a  gown  if  the  actress  was  rash  enough  to  try 
to  wear  the  same  dress  in  two  different  pro- 
ductions. 

In  the  contract  of  an  actress  with  the  man- 
agement it  is  carefully  provided  that  the  part 
shall  be  properly  dressed.  No  matter  what 
other  clause  is  "scratched,"  that  remains.  It 
used  to  be  that  two  weeks'  notice  was  re- 
quired before  a  manager  could  close  a  com- 
pany, but  too  many  plays  failed  to  make  that 
at  all  profitable  to  a  manager,  so  now  contracts 
are  usually  drawn  giving  the  manager  the 
right  to  withdraw  any  play  by  giving  two 
days'  notice.  ;  | 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  in  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


LADIES'  GOWNS  and  FANCY 
COSTUMES 


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■  AN    PRANCI.CO.     CAL. 


Saturday,  October  It',  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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AND 


PIKK'k'K  LuTI.  who  has  come  to  America 
to  superintend  the  production  of  his 
play,  "The  Daughter  of  Heaven, "  is 
a  captain  in  the  French  Army,  an  Oriental 
scholar,  aoveiist,  playwright,  poet  and  acad- 
emician. He  sprang  into  fame  more  than 
twenty  years  ago  as  the  author  of  "The 
Fishers  of  Iceland,"  a  beautiful  and  affecting 
romance  which,  in  a  few  years,  went  the 
rounds  of  Europe.  On  the  death  of  Octave 
Feuillet,  he  was  nominated  for  the  French 
Academy.  He  was  opposed  violently  by  Emile 
Zola,  who  thought  he  deserved  the  place  him- 
self. The  rival  candidatures  were  made  a 
literary  issue  and  there  was  factional  fight- 
ing for  and  against.  In  the  end,  M.  Loti  ob- 
tained the  chair.  He,  the  young  romanticist, 
received  twenty-one  votes;  M.  Zola,  the  great 
master  of  realism-  obtained  but  two.  This 
was  but  an  incident  in  the  long  fight  that  M. 
Zola  made  for  recognition.  He  continued 
the  struggle  for  a  lifetime  and  was  invariably 
defeated. 

M.  Loti  is  a  man  slightly  below  the  average 
height,  but  stands  erect  and  soldier-like.  His 
new  piece,  "The  Daughter  of  Heaven,'1  is 
modern  in  action,  and  based  upon  the  fact 
that  three  .hundred  years  ago  the  Manchurian 
dynasty  established  itself  in  Pekin  upon  the 
ruins  of  the  old  Chinese  Empire.  A  number 
of  the  Chinese  have  never  wavered  in  their 
allegiance  to  the  older  empire,  and  there  has 
always  been  another  Chinese  Emperor  in  Nan- 
kin, secretly  revered  and  obeyed.  Perhaps 
during  the  recent  revolution  his  partisans 
have  been  active.  All  this  is  one  of  the 
elements  of  the  play. 

"Madame  Chrysantheme"  is  another  of 
Pierre  Loti's  successful  novels.  He  considers 
"Madame  Butterfly"  a  plagarism  of  his  work, 
though  the  ending  of  ' '  Madame  Chrysan- 
theme" differs  materially  from  the  work  by 
Puccini.  In  "Madame  Chrysantheme"  the 
European  lover  deserts  his  Japanese  bride, 
only  to  be  stricken  by  remorse  and  to  re- 
turn. He  finds  her  happy  among  her  friends, 
quite  forgetful  of  him  and  his  love.  That  is 
more  in  keeping  with  the  idea  of  life  among 
the  Japanese  women. 

The  attitude  of  Pierre  Loti  towards  English 
literature  is  peculiarly  Parisian.  The  symbol 
of  M.  Loti's  attitude  is  not  motion,  but  rest. 
Mentally,  he  does  not  move  forward,  but 
backward.  The  further  he  is  in  the  past,  the 
more  alert  he  is.  He  lives  here  and  now 
simply  because  Pate  has  so  decreed  it,  but 
he  shakes  his  fist  in  the  face  of  the  present 
for  all  that  it  has  done  to  dispel  the  ancient 
beauty  of  the  Orient. 

"Are  we  to  talk  on  literary  matters?"  he 
asked  an  interviewer  in  New  York.  "I  read 
very  little  of  contemporary  work;  it  is  too 
social,  too  economic.  I  am  not  interested  in 
politics,  you  know.  I  have  always  been  at 
sea;  I  voted  for  the  first  time  only  two  years 
ago.  If  I  am  a  reactionist  it  is  not  for  polit- 
ical reasons,  but  because  I  do  not  believe  in 
modernism  as  essential  to  our  being.    I  accept 


inventions  because  I  have  to,  but  in  my  home 
I  keep  them  out!"  He  smiled  proudly.  "At 
Rochefort  I  have  no  electric  lights. "  His 
gesture  dismissed  the  Present. 

"But,"  said  the  interviewer,  "are  you  not 
concerned  with  such  men,  for  instance,  as 
Bernard  Shaw   in   England'?'* 

"Shaw?"     A   confused  look  shot  across  M. 
Loti's  face.     "Shaw."'  he  queried.     "Who  is 
Shaw?    I  have  never  heard  of  Shaw!" 
*     *     * 

Some   Rare   Editions. 

LOVERS  of  rare,  old  and  choice  editions 
de  luxe  will  find  material  to  their  lik- 
ing in  a  collection  now  on  exhibition  by 
Paul  Elder  &  Company.  The  feature  of  the 
present  display  is  the  drama,  and  in  the  col- 
lection are  some  of  the  finest  works  of  an- 
cient and  modern  bookcraft.  Except  in  a 
few  instances,  the  prices  are  beyond  the  purses 
of  any  but  the  wealthy  collector;  but  those 
who  love  the  sight  and  touch  of  a  choice  edi- 
tion are  privileged  to  inspect,  and  they  will 
find  the  time  well  spent.  In  the  excellent  as> 
sortment  of  Shakesperiana  is  a  Pickering's 
Diamond  classic  edition,  London,  1825,  con- 
taining numerous  miniature  steel  engravings 
and  notable  for  type  of  a  size  no  longer  set 
up  in  this  commercial  age.  So  small  is  some 
of  this  type  the  modern  printer  will  not  touch 
it,  and  prefers  when  seeking  its  effect  to  adopt 
a  photographic  reduction.  The  Stratford 
Town  Shakespeare  claims  the  distinction  of 
being  the  only  edition  of  the  immortal  dram- 
atist printed  in  his  native  town.  It  is  a  lim- 
ited edition,  on  hand-made  paper,  and  con- 
tains many  rare  old  woodcuts.  Other  dramat- 
ists represented  are  Beaumont  and  Fletcher, 
Ben  Jonson,  Dodsley,  Richard  Brinsley  Sheri- 
dan, Moliere,  Calderon,  "Las  Comedias  da 
Pedro  Calderon"  in  the  original  Spanish,  and, 
coming  down  to  the  contemporary  dramatists, 
Shaw,  Brieux,  Maeterlinck,  Synge,  Bennertt 
and  others. 

♦ 

LECTURER   DEPARTS. 

R.  S.  Wheeler,  Principal  of  the  Piedmont 
School.  Oakland,  started  last  week  on  the 
Overland  Limited  for  New  York,  from  whieh 
point  he  will  leave  on  October  19th,  on  the 
Hamburg- American  Line  SS.  "Cleveland," 
which  will  on  that  day  commence  her  annual 
pleasure  cruise  around  the  world,  due  to  arrive 
in  San  Francisco  on  January  31,  1913. 

Mr.  Wheeler  has  been  selected  as  Lecturer 
for  this  cruise,  and  during  the  voyage  will 
deliver  lectures  touching  on  the  following 
countries  visited:  Madeira,  Gibraltar,  Italy, 
Egypt,  India,  Burma,  Java,  Straits  Settlements, 
Philippines,  China,  Japan,  Honolulu  and  Cal- 
ifornia. The  several  thousand  colored  lantern 
slides  featuring  Mr.  Wheeler's  talks  are  be- 
lieved to  be  the  most  complete  set  ever  col- 
lected for  travel  talks  encircling  the  entire 
globe,  and  it  is  noteworthy  that  the  Hamburg- 
American  Line  had  the  entire  collection  of 
lantern  slides  ma"de-in  San  Francisco,  as  even 
the  large  Eastern  cities  did  not  possess  the 
wide  choice,  of  Necessary  subjects"  of  which 
our  local  .dealers  may  be  proud. 

Rev.  Salaries  C.  Champlin,  formerly  of  San 
Francisco,  and-  at  present  Chaplain  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  San  Rafael, 
accompanies  Mr.  Wheeler.  Rev.  Champlin 
has  been  engaged  as  Chaplain  aboard  the 
"Cleveland"  during  her  world  cruise. 


Pleaded  Case  on  Merit. 

A  MAN  traveling  westward  on  a  through 
express  one  day  last  week,  left  his  s  eat 
in  the  crowded  dining  car  just  after 
he  had  ordered  his  luncheon.  He  wenl  to 
get  something  he  had  forgotten  in  the  Pull- 
man car. 

When  he  returned,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 
he  had  left  a  magazine  on  the  chair  in  the 
diner,  he  found  a  handsomely  dressed  woman 
in  his  place.  He  protested  with  all  the  po- 
liteness he  could  muster,  but  the  woman 
turned  on  him  with  flashing  eyes. 

' 'Sir,"  she  remarked  haughtily,  " do  you 
know  that  I  am  one  of  the  directors'  wives?" 

"MSy  dear  madam,"  he  responded,  "if 
you  were 'the  director's  only  wife,  I  should 
still   ask   for  my  chair." 


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^5  HE  success  of  Mayor  Rolph  's  efforts 
to  have  fire  insurance  rates  reduced 
is  a  cause  of  general  congratulation. 
Business  could  not  be  carried  on  at 
the  rates  charged  by  the  Board  of  Under- 
writers. The  burden  was  too  heavy  for  mer- 
chants and  property  owners.  The  Under- 
writers cannot  be  blamed,  however,  for  hav- 
ing maintained  very  heavy  rates  since  1906, 
for  the  risk  has  been  immense.  The  public 
does  not  realize  how  great  the  risk  has  been. 
Very  little  was  done  to  change  the  conditions 
that  existed  in  1906,  when  San  Francisco  was 
almost  obliterated  from  the  map  by  the  in- 
sufficiency of  the  water  supply.  The  small 
politicians  in  control  of  the  city  government 
were  too  deeply  engrossed  with  their  petty 
schemes  to  take  proper  steps  to  protect  the 
city  against  a  recurrence  of  the  disaster  of 
1906.  We  may  consider  ourselves  lucky  that 
the  repetition  has  not  occurred.  Our  immunity 
has  been  pure  good  fortune  and  nothing  else. 

Now,  however,  order  is  being  restored  un- 
der Mayor  Rolph's  businesslike  and  energetic 
government.  The  City  Engineer's  office  is  in 
competent  hands  and  before  long  San  Fran- 
cisco will  have  something  like  proper  protec- 
tion against  a  disastrous  fire.  The  time  is 
favorable,  therefore,  for  a  reduction  of  fire 
insurance  rates. 

It  is  very  creditable  to  the  Board  of  Under- 
writers that  they  have  evinced  such  a  spirit 
of  fairness  in  discussing  with  Mayor  Rolph 
the  reduction  of  rates.  They  have  realized 
that  the  best  interests  of  the  city  are  their 
best  interests,  also.  Prosperity  for  the  mer- 
chant and  property  owner  means  prosperity 
for  the  fire  insurance  companies. 

Lowering  of  the  insurance  rates  means  in- 
crease of  insurance.  Many  people  have  been 
carrying  insufficient  insurance  on  account  of 
the  high  rates.  These  people  will  increase 
their  insurance. 

Another  desirable  result  will  be  the  certain 
strengthening  of  the  so-called  "Board  Com- 
panies." These  companies  demonstrated  their 
soundness  and  fairness  in  1906,  when  .they 
paid  in  full  enormous  losses  that  were  con- 
sidered by  many  people  impossible  of  settle- 
ment, except  at  an  immense  discount. 

Prudent  business  men  prefer,  of  course,  to 
patronize  the  companies  that  have  been  tried 
and  found  thoroughly  responsible,  but  when 
the  rates  are  very  high  and  outside  companies 
offer   greatly   reduced   rates,    a   large    amount 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The-women-are.  the  3myer&_  _  _ 


of  the  insurance  business  is  sure  to  gp  to 
these  minor  companies  that  have  not  the  finan- 
cial status  nor  reputation  of  the  companies 
that  paid  dollar  for  dollar  in  1906. 

Within  the  last  year  the  less-responsible 
insurance  companies  have  taken  a  good  deal 
of  business  away  from  the  Board  Companies, 
whose  financial  strength  is  unquestioned. 
Property  owners,  suffering  from  necessarily 
high  rates  of  insurance,  have  become  more 
and  more  disposed  to  "take  chances,''  and 
unless  the  Board  of  Underwriters  granted  the 
reduction  asked  for  by  Mayor  Rolph,  the 
state  of  affairs  that  existed  before  the  1906 
fire  might  again  be  brought  about.  Prior  to 
1906,  property  owners  and  merchants  were 
very  careless  about  insurance  and  the  result 
was  that  irresponsible  companies  obtained  a 
great  amount  of  patronage  and  welched  when 
the  1906  disaster  overtook  them. 

In  round  numbers,  a  million  dollars  a  year 
will  be  saved  to  the  policy  holders  of  San 
Francisco  by  the  reduction  in  insurance  rates. 
A  million  dollars  a  year  is  five  per  cent,  ou 
twenty  million  dollars.  That  is  worth  consid- 
ering any  time,  and  particularly  now,  when 
our  citizens  are  just  bracing  themselves  for 
the  task  of  creating  a  grand  international  ex- 
position, that  will  demonstrate  to  the  world 
that  San  Francisco  is  bigger  and  stronger 
than  ever  before. 

Reduced  Real  Estate  Sales. 
In  September  the  total  amount  of  real  es- 
tate sales  in  San  Franciseo  was  $2,435,069, 
quite  a  decrease  from  the  figures  of  August. 
Thomas  Magee  &  Sons  monthly  circular  calls 
attention  to  the  fact  that  there  were  only 
twenty-three  working  days  in  the  month,  there 
having  been  five  Sundays  and  two  holidays. 
As  it  was,  an  average  of  over  $100,000  for 
every  working  day  was  recorded,  which 
Messrs.  Magee 's  circular  considers  not  a  very 


poor  showing.  It  isn't  a  good  one,  and  in  all 
probability,  before  long,  when  the  market 
gains  its  proper  strength,*  we  shall  look  back 
and  wonder  how  the  showing  was  so  compar- 
atively small.  Two  causes  are  operating  to 
depress  the  realty  market  in  San  Francisco. 
There  are  too  many  untenanted  flats  which 
have  been  emptied  by  the  more  modern  apart- 
ment houses,  and  the  banks  have  been  very 
conservative  in  granting  loans.  The  banks 
have  for  some  time  been  apprehensive  of  a 
tight  money  market  and  have  been  preparing 
for  it  by  curtailing  loans.  These  conditions 
are   sure  to  be   changed  very  soon. 

Sugar  Stocks. 

The  outlook  for  larger  dividends  from  Ha- 
waiian sugar  companies  is  considered  very 
good  by  local  experts.  This  opinion  is  based 
on  the  admitted  fact  that  the  world's  demand 
for  sugar  is  passing  the  production  and  con- 
sequently higher  prices  are  certain  to  prevail 
by  reason  of  the  limitation  of  sugar-producing 
lands.  Higher  priees  have  had  the  effect  of 
stimulating  production  this  year  in  the  Phil- 
ippines, Hawaii  and  Louisiana,  all  of  which 
have  shown  increased  production.  The  Phil- 
ippine exports  have  increased  from  82,664 
tons  in  1910  to  319,000  tons  this  year.  Never- 
theless, the  increase  of  stocks  is  very  much 
Jess  than  normal,  and  with  a  period  of  pros- 
perity approaching  there  is  every  likelihood 
of  the  demand  for  sugar  exceeding  the  supply 
and  causing  advanced  prices  and  very  satis- 
factory dividends  to  the  holders  of  good 
sugar  stocks. 

Steel   Business   Prosperous. 

After  the  monthly  meeting  of  the  presidents 
and  heads  of  departments  of-  the  United 
States  Steel  Corporation,  one  of  the  men  from 
the  Pittsburgh  district  said  that  the  corpor- 
ation's production  in  September  exceeded 
1,100,000   tons,   which   is  at  the  rate  of  close 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANOISOO 


Capital     $4, 000, 000 

8urplus    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.   GREENEBAUM Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J".    FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.   F.   HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHDL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.  H.   HIGH Assistant  Cashier 

H.    CHOYNSKI Assistant   Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


Saturday,  October  19,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP^ 


19 


ear.    The  mills,  hi 
were  operating  more  hilly  than  a<  any  time  in 
their    history.     The    mills    in    the    Pittsburgh 

el  are  b agested  thai  the  Belling  tore 

is  practically  resting  on  its  oars  aa  far  as  im 
mediate   business    is   concerned. 

Should  Benefit  the  Securities, 

Harmony  between  the  city  and  the  United 
Railroads  is  not  only  :nh  antageous  to  I  he 
company]  but  to  the  public  as  well,  For  a 
long  time  the  ci  tintained  a   liustile 

attitude  towards  the  street  railroad  company, 
and  thus  affected  the     financial  credit  of  tbe 

I  Railroade  by  towering  I  he  ■■-  al I  i  he 

lany's  securities.  There  is  every  pros 
pect  oi  a  different  ;tnd  fairer  policy  being 
adopted  by  the  city,  and  the  effect  en  the 
imrnis  aini  stnrks  ..I'  the  United  Ra'lroads 
should  soon  show  the  effeci  of  the  bd.icficial 
change. 

Reniarka-ble  Increase. 

The  Internal  ionaJ  Banking  Corporation 's 
deposits  have  increased  over  57  per  cent  since 
January  J,  1910.  This  is  certainly  very  re- 
markable in  a  period  when  money  has  be?  1 
supposed  to  be  rather  tight.  hi  January, 
1910,  the  San  Francisco  branch  of  the  Inter- 
national Banking  Corporation  bad  deposits 
amounting  lo  $1,799,458.99.  These  had  in- 
creased to  .tii.Siil.liC4. 40  on  January  1,  1912, 
and  on  October  1st  were  $3,23o,724.59.  The 
deposit  increase  lias  been  $1,436,2665.60.  This 
gain  has  been  obtained  by  progressive  bank- 
ing methods  backed  by  abundant  capital,  for 
the  International  Banking  Corporation  is  one 


Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  Is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  m  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,     2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital    paid    up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided   Profits ...  .$5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFICERS. 

Isaias   W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,   Jr.,  Vice-Pres. 
P.   L.   Lipman,   Vice-Pres. 
James   K.   Wilson,   Vice-Pres. 
Frank  B.  King,   Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L,  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  It.   Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 
Isaias  W.   Hellman  I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph   Sloss  A.   Christeson 

Percy  T.   Morgan  Wm.  Haas 

F.  W.  Van  tiicltlen  Hartland  Law 

Wm.    F.   Herrin  Henry    Rosenfeld 

John  C.  Kirkpatrick         James  L.  Flood 
J.  Henry  Meyer  Chas.  J.   Deering 

A.  H.  Payson  James   K.    W  ilson 

F.  L.  Lipman 
ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt    Service,    Courteous   Attention,    Unexcelled 
Facilities 
SATE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


of    the   groat   financial    concerns    with    many 

Che  San  Francisco  branch  i 

known  to  our  business  men  as  a  banking 
bouse  which  conducts  its  operations  on  Lib*  ral 
lines  and  carefully  observes  the  policy  of  cul- 
tivating the  good  will  of  its  clients.  It  is 
evident  that  the  management  understands   lie 

correct  method  of  l>uiMin^  up  :i  -.mud  bunking 
business  or  it  wmiM  not  have  made  such  a 
rapid   advance    in   a   couple  of  dull    business 

Improvement  in  Steel  Business. 
Higher  prices  and  better  demand  for  steel 
products  mean  much  to  the  manufacturing 
companies.  The  quarterly  statement  of  the 
Lackawanna  steel  Company  for  the  period 
ending  September  30th  shows  this.  Manufac- 
turing and  operating  income,  which  was  $1,- 
033,000,  increased  $398,000,  while  the  balance 
left  after  the  payment  of  bond  interest 
amounted  to  $817,000,  an  increase  of  $455,000. 
The  surplus  remaining  alter  the  appropriations 
for  sinking  fund,  depreciation,  etc.,  was  $38(3,- 
000,  an  increase  of  $34b',OUU.  Moreover,  the 
unfilled  orders  on  hand  September  30th  were 
570,000  tons,  as  compared  with  190,000  tons 
for  the  corresponding  time  last  year.  The  steel 
business  is  a  barometer  of  industrial  pros- 
perity. 

(Continued  on  page  24.) 
+ 

JEWS   IN  A  NEW   ROLE. 

THE  JEW  has  long  been  a  successful  busi- 
ness man.  That  he  can  also  be  a  suc- 
cessful and  up-to-date  farmer  is  the  in- 
teresting testimony  of  Leonard  G.  Robinson, 
general  manager  of  the  Jewish  Agricultural 
and  Industrial  Aid  Society,  in  an  article  ap- 
pearing in  The  American  Jewish  Year  Book. 
It  appears  that  during  the  past  fifty  years 
the  Jews  have  begun  an  extensive  movement 
back  to  the  soil. 

In  1900  the  Jewish  Agricultural  and  Indus- 
trial Aid  Society  began  its  important  work  o± 
placing  prospective  Jewish  farmers,  and  of 
assisting  those  already  on  the  fa'm  to  main- 
tain their  foothold.  The  eftorts  of  the  so- 
ciety met  with  rapid  and  encouraging  success. 
Its  latest  records  show  that  there  are  now 
more  than  18,000  Jews  living  on  the  farm, 
that  they  own  approximately  500,000  acres. 
distributed  through  every  State  in  the  Union, 
and  that  they  are  worth  more  than  $26,000,- 
000  in  real  and  personal  property. 

The  Jewish  farmer  is  thoroughly  practical 
and  does  not  hesitate  to  adopt  up-to  date  and 
scientific  methods  in  tilling  the  soil.  He  is 
usually  a  member  of  the  Jewish  Farmers ' 
Association  in  his  district,  and  enjoys  the 
benefits  of  a  Co-opeTative  Credit  Union.  If 
unable  to  read  English,  he  keeps  in  touch 
with  the  best  agricultural  methods  through  a 
farming  journal  published  in  Yiddish,  and 
through  a  course  of  itinerant  instruction  of- 
fered by  the  Jewish  Agricultural  and  Indus- 
trial Aid  Society.  His  children  are  entering 
the  agricultural  schools  and  colleges  through- 
out the  country  in  increasing  numbers,  and 
many  of  them  are  winning  success  and  dis- 
tinction as  practical  farmers,  as  agricultural 
teachers  and  as  Government  experts. 


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(Member    of     the    Associated    Savings    Banks    of 
San  Francisco.) 

The   following   Branches  for   Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment of  Deposits  only: 

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between  21st  and  22nd. 

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Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

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street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....      961,110,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,666,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number    of   Depositors  .  .  .        56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8   o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


The  Martin-Ganz  Farewell  Concert  This  Sun- 
day Afternoon. 
RICCABDO  MABTIN,  the  superb  tenor 
whose  voice  and  exquisite  art  have 
proved  a  revelation  to  our  music-lovers, 
and  the  brilliant  and  interesting  pianist,  Eu- 
dolph  Ganz,  will  give  their  farewell  joint  re- 
cital at  Scottish  Eite  Hall  this  Sunday  after- 
noon, October  20th,  at  2:30.  Mr.  Martin's 
offerings  will  include  the  "Love  Song"  from 
Wagner's  "Die  Walkuere,"  the  aria  from 
Giordano's  "Fedora,"  and  songs  in  German, 
French,  Italian  and  English.  By  special  re- 
quest Mr.  Ganz  will  play  Beethoven's  "Moon- 
light" sonata,  and  novelties  by  Andrea  and 
Dohnanyi,  besides  some  important  Brahms 
and  Liszt  works.  Seats  are  now  on  sale  at 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  's,  and  on  Sunday  the 
box  office  will  be  open  at  the  hall  after  10  a.  m. 


The  United  States  Marine  Band  This  Week. 

TWENTY  years  ago,  when  the  United 
Statep  Marine  rjand  of  Washington 
visited  us  under  the  leadership  of  John 
Philip  Sousa,  it  numbered  about  thirty-six 
players,  and  we  thought  it  one  of  the  finest 
things  we  had  ever  heard — and  it  was,  too. 
The  old  Grand  Opera  House  was  crowded  ev- 
ery day  and  night  for  a  week  to  hear  "The 
President's  Own."  Since  that  time  Congress 
has  provided  for  increasing  the  band  to  over 
half  a  hundred  class  A  players  and  paying 
them  a  splendid  salary,  and  by  making  the 
emoluments  of  the  leader  such  as  to  secure 
a  really  great  musician,  and  also  by  giving 
him  the  rank  and  privileges  of  a  first  lieuten- 
ant in  the  Marine  Corps. 

Lieutenant  Santelmann,  the  leader  of  the 
Marine  Band,  is  a  born  leader  of  men  as  well 
as  an  admirable  musician,  both  in  practice 
and  in  theory,  and  it  is  but  necessary  to 
glance  at  a  few  of  the  Marine  Band's  pro- 
grams to  be  given  in  this  city  to  at  once 
recognize  the  lofty  aims  and  ideas  of  Con- 
ductor Santelmann,  who  has  done  much  to 
elevate  the  standard  of  band  music  in  this 
country. 

Four  concerts  will  be  given  at  Dream- 
land Eink,  the  first  being  scheduled  for 
this  Sunday  afternoon,  October  20th,  at 
2:30.  Among  the  works  to  be  played  are 
numbers  by  Wagner,  Leybach,  Yon  Weber, 
Delibes,  Dvorak,  Chopin,  Eogan  and  Sousa, 
and  the  soloist  will  be  Mr.  George  Otto 
Frey  on  the  euphonium.  At  the  evening 
concert,  which  commences  at  8:15,  works 
by  Wagner,  Einding,  Schuett,  Godfrey,  Bi- 
zet Santelmann  and  Liszt  will  be  given. 
The  soloists  will  be  Mary  Sherier,  a  so- 
prano singer  from  Washington,  Mr.  Jacques 
Yanpuck,  a  clarinet  virtuoso,  and  a  sensa- 
tion is  promised  in  Peter  Lewin,  the  sylo 
phone  soloist. 

The  Monday,  afternoon  program  will 
commence  at  3:15,  and  the  evening  one  at 
8:15,  and  both  will  be  exceptional  lists  of 
offerings.  Popular  prices  will  prevail,  with 
a  special  25-eent  rate  for  children  under 
16  years  of  age  at  matinees.  The  box 
offices  are  now  open  at  Sherman,  Clay  & 
Co.  's,  and  Kohler  &  Chase 's,  and  on  Sun- 
day the  office  at  Dreamland  will  be  open 
at  10  a.  m.  Phone  orders  will  receive  care- 
ful attention. 


MISS    MARY    SHERIER 
Soprano    soloist    with    U    S.    Marine    Band. 

The  Marine  Band  at  the  Greek  Theater. 
Under   the    auspices    of   the   University    of 
California,  the  President's  Own  Band,  or,  in 


O1 


MME.    JOHANNA    GADSKI 


other  words,  the  United  States  Marine  Band, 
will  appear  at  the  Greek  Theater  in  Berkeley 
this  Saturday  afternoon  and  night  in  pro- 
grams specially  arranged  for  these  auspicious 
occasions,  for  it  is  not  often  that  even  Uncle 
Sam  's  pet  band  gets  the  opportunity  of  play- 
ing in  such  an  auditorium  and  in  such  sur- 
roundings. Our  Greek  Theater  stands  quite 
alone  in  the  way  of  a  beautiful  auditorium 
for  band  music. 

A  the  afternoon  concert,  at  3  o'clock,  the 
program  will  include  Dvorak's  "From  the 
New  World  Symphony, ' '  Bizet  's  suite  ' '  L  JAr- 
lesienne, "  Liszt's  "Polonaise  No.  2,"  and 
half  a  dozen  other  masterpieces,  and  in  the 
evening  Grieg's  "Peer  Gynt"  suite,  selec- 
tions from  "Hansel  und  Gretel,"  and  many 
other  splendid  works  will  be  given. 

The  famous  Marine  Band  soloists  will  lend 
their  assistance,  and  Miss  Mary  Sherier  will 
sing  at  the  evening  concert. 

Jolly  ragtime,  marches,  etc.,  will  be  given 
as  encores,  and  of  course  no  Marine  Band 
would  be  complete  without  the  official  march 
of  the  United  States  Marine  Corps,  "Semper 
Fidelis, "  by  Sousa,  and  perhaps  his  most 
stirring   and  patriotic  work. 

The  same  popular  prices  as  in  San  Francis- 
co will  prevail,  and  seats  may  be  secured  at 
the  ticket  offices  in  this  city  or  in  Berkeley. 

Gadski. 

^  SUNDAY  afternoon,  October  27th, 
at  the  Columbia  Theater,  our  music- 
lovers  are  to  have  their  one  and  only 
opportunity  of  hearing  that  peerless  queen 
of  song,  the  famous  Mme.  Johanna  Gadski, 
unless  they  are  fortunate  enough  to  belong 
to  the  St.  Francis  Musical  Art  Society,  which 
hears  her  on  Tuesday  night,  October  22nd,  or 
take  the  trouble  to  cross  over  the  bay  to 
Oakland,  .where  she  sings  next  Thursday 
afternoon,  October  24th,  in  quite  a  differ- 
ent program  too,  so  that  many  will  take 
advantage  of  the  pleasant  transbay  trip. 
When  Mme.  Gadski  ascertained  that  her 
many  operatic  engagements  would  prevent 
her  giving  the  usual  three  concerts  in  this 
city,  she  cabled  Manager  Greenbaum  that 
she  would  put  so  many  things  into  the  one 
program  that  her  public  would  be  more 
than  pleased  and  satisfied,  and  Greenbaum 
says  that  she  has  certainly  kept  her  prom- 
ise, and  that  he  has  never  had  the  honor  of 
presenting  more  beautiful  and  important 
feasts  of  song. 

At  the  Columbia  Theater  concert  Mme. 
Gadski  will  sing  four  great  operatic  works, 
as  follows:  "Ritorno  Vincitor,"  from 
"Aida";  the  suicide  scene  from  "La  Gio- 
eonda";  "Isolde's  Narrative  to  Brangane" 
and  "The  Love-Death"  (Liebestod),  from 
"Tristan  und  Isolde."  A  group  of  songs 
by  Schubert,  Hugo  Wolf,  Franz  and  Bich- 
ard  Strauss  contains  gems  rarely  heard  in 
public,  and  a  group  of  works  in  English 
includes  songs  by  Metcalf,  Saar,  Schneider, 
Oley  Speaks  and  Walter  Morse  Hummel. 

Seats  for  this  concert  will  be  ready  Mon- 
day at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  's  and  Kohler 
&  Chase's,  and  as  the  Columbia  will  hold 
about  half  the  number  of  people  who  will 
want  to  hear  this  queen  of  song  in  such  a 
program  early  application  for  seats  is  ad- 
visable.    Mail   orders  should  be  addressed 


Saturday,  October  19,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


21 


to  Will  I..  Greenbamn,  who  will  give  them 
prompt    attention. 

Tin'  Oakland  concert  will  be  given  at  STe 
Liberty  Playhouse  r his  coming  Thursday  af- 
ternoon. October  24th,  at  3:15,  and  the  pro- 
gram  will  consist  of  :i  group  of  four  Wagner 
masterpieces,  groups  by  Schubert,  Brahms, 
and   Richard  Strauss,  containing  many  novel 

tic-,  and  songs  in  English  by  Rummcl.  Brans 
combe.  Selinoiilcr,  Mctcalf.  ami  a  new  work 
by  Mary  Tnrn.-r  Salter,  saiil  to  fully  equal 
her  "Cry  of  Kaehael." 

For  the  I  lakland  concerts  seats  will  he  ready 
Monday  at  "Ye  Liberty,  and  mail  orders 
should  be  addressed  to  II.  W  .Bishop. 


MARTIN 
GANZ 


4 


Farewell  Concert 

This   Sunday  Afternoon,    October   20,   at   2.30 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

Tickets,  $1.00,  $1.")0,  $2.00,  at  Sherman,  Clay 
\-  I'n.'s  ami  at  Ktihler  &  Chase's.  On  Sunday  all 
day   at    the  hall. 

Sti-iuway    Pi  a  nu    used. 


UNITED  STATES 

MARINE  BAND 

of    Washington,    D.    C. 

"THE    OFFICIAL    BAND    OF    THE    PRESIDENT." 
Half  a"  Hundred   Splendid   Musicians. 
Lieut.    Wm.    H.    Santelmann,    Leader. 

DREAMLAND  RINK 

This  Sund.  Aft.    at  2:30.     Night  at  8:15. 

And 

Monday  Aft.  at  3:15  and  Night  at  8:16. 

Admission,    50c.        Reserved    Seats,    75c.    and    $1.00 

Children  at  Matinees,  25c. 

Box    Offices    at    above    Music    Stores.      Sunday    at 

Dreamland. 


MARINE   BAND  AT   GREEK  THEATER 

This  Sund.  Aft.  at  3,  and  Night  at  8:15. 

Same   Popular   Prices. 


MME.    JOHANNA 

GADSKI 

Will  Give  Just  One  Great  Feast 
of    Song    at    the 


COLUMBIA  THEATER 

Sunday  Aft,  Oct.  27th,  at  2:30 
Tickets,     $1.00,     $1.50,     $2.00    and     $2.50,     Ready 

Monday    at    Sherman,    Clay    &    Oo.'s    and    Kohler    & 

Chase's. 

Mail    orders    to    Will    L.    Greenbaum. 


GADSKI  IN 

OAKLAND 

This 

Coming  Thursday 
Te    Liberty 

Aft,   Oct.  24, 
Playhouse 

at 

3 

15 

"The  Rose  of  Panama." 

LOVEES  "i'  light,  brighl  and  breezy  mn- 
c idy  are  promised  a  veritable 
feasl  of  tun. -till  flippancy  in  John  Con  - 
production  "t  Heinricfa  Berle's  Viennese  op 
eretta,  '*The  Rose  of  Panama,"  which  i*  bill- 
ed foi  a  week  at  the  Cort,  begining  Sunday 
night.  Tlu-  story  i^  filled  with  those  delightful 
contradictions  which  were  1 1*  *-■  Bpice  '>t'  the 
Gilbert  anil  Sullivan  compositions.  Set  in 
a  Central   American   republic,  it   concerns  the 

funazing  adyenl -  of  one  who  is  a  president 

in  spite  "1'  bimself.  He  wants  to  surrender 
his  job  and  enjoy  a  trip  to  Paris,  but  such  is 
hie  popularity  the  citizens  compel  him  to  re- 
main in  olliee.  A  revolution  breaks  out,  and 
lie  sees  in  it  a  chance  t"  escape  from  the  cares 
of  his  presidential  duties.  But  he  lias  reckon 
ed  without  bis  enemy.  He  tries  to  aid  the 
insurgent  leader,  but  the  latter,  a  true  comie 
opera  pretender,  would  do  anything  ratber 
than  actually  fight.  The  spectacle  of  a  man 
who  wants  to  be  beaten  being  faced  by  an- 
other who  is  afraid  to  face  him  is  wholly  im- 
possible, but  it  is  the  impossible  which  makes 
the  essence  of  musical  comedy.  The  score  is 
tuneful,  and  many  ot  the  numbers  will  be- 
come  instantaneously  popular. 

Cbapine,  the  little  l-'renchwoman  who  cap- 
tured New  York  in  a  single  night,  will  be 
liea  I'd  in  the  prima  donna  role  of  Jacinta, 
while  many  others  of  the  metropolitan  com- 
pany nave  been  retained  for  this  tour. 

For  the  following  week  we  are  to  have  Hol- 
brok  Klinn  in  "A  Romance  of  the  Under- 
world. ' ' 


Coming — YOLANDA   MERO,    the  Hungarian    Pian- 
iste. 


Orpheum  Attractions. 

AMERICA'S  leading  actress,  seen  at  the 
apex  of  her  art  in  the  happiest  con 
ceit  of  England's  most  genial  dramatic 
humorist — that  in  a  sentence  sums  up  the  tri- 
umph of  Miss  Ethel  Barrymore  at  the  Orphe- 
um in  the  Barrie  playlet,  "The  Twelve  Pound 
Look."  Time  was  when  apologies  seemed  need- 
ed for  the  appearance  of  so  brilliant  a  star 
of  the  serious  stage  on  a  vaudeville  program, 
but  the  day  of  such  apologies  has  passed.  That 
nothing  is  too  good  for  Orpheum  patrons  has 
been  amply  attested  in  the  enlightened  and 
discriminating  enthusiasm  with  which  they 
have  received  a  work  of  exquisitely  delicate 
satire  interpreted  with  the  sympathy  of  his- 
trionic genius  .  As  the  Barrie  heroine  seen 
through  the  haze  of  Orpheum  cigar  smoke, 
Miss  Barrymore  is  a  note  from  another  theat- 
rical world,  but  something  in  her  magnetism 
is  so  compelling  many  a  Perfecto  is  dropped 
from  the  listless  hands  of  enraptured  specta- 
tors. As  a  rule,  regaled  chiefly  upon  the  broad- 
ly farcical  and  the  all  too  obviously  funny, 
the  audiences  of  the  O'Farrell  street  playhouse 
have  yet  all  the  acumen  necessary  to  appre- 
ciate the  most  subtle  comedy  when  well  pre- 
sented, and  than  that  interpretation  of  Miss 
Barrymore  it  would  be  difficult  to  imagine 
anything    nearer    to    perfection. 

Comedy  will  predominate  in  next  week's 
Orpheum  bill,  and  all  who  enjoy  a  hearty 
laugh  are  assured  of  a  delightful  entertain 
ment. 

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ORCHESTRA 

Henry Hadley-Conductor 

Season    1912-1913    Cort   Theater. 
OPENS  MONDAY  MORNING,  OCT.  21. 

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MUSICAL    ASSOCIATION     OF     SAN    FRANCISCO, 

OAL. 


Joseph  Jefferson,  a  - I  the  famous  Amer- 
ican actor,  and  Felice  Morris,  will  appear  in 
:i  problem  play  of  the  future  entitled  "In 
1999, ,J  which  deals  with  the  reversed  condi- 
tion of  man  and  wife,  which  the  authoi  pre 
diets  will  exisl  at  that  period 
In  this  clevei  play  tin-  wife  is  the  bread-win- 

(Continued  on  page  Z4.) 


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LEADING  THEATER 

Ellis  and  Market. 
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Tonight-LAMBARDI  OPERA 

"CAEMEN." 


Beginning    Tomorrow     (Sunday)     Nighl 

One  Week   Only — Mats.  WED.  and  Sat. 

JOHN  CORT  Offers: 


Groat     Now    York 


Op, 


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With    CHAPINE 

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The   Only   Original    Company. 

Nights  and  Sat.  Mat — 50c.  to  $1.50. 

DOLLAR    WEDNESDAY    MATINEE. 


Next — HOLBROOK    BLINN    in    *  'A    Romance    of 
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Jesse  L.  Lasky's  Production  of  William  0.  de' 
Mille's  Problem  Play,  "In  1999";  ALBERTINA 
RASCH'S  "LE  BALLET  CLASSIQUE,"  with 
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Company  of  Ten;  FRANKLYN  ARDELL  &  CO.  in 
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Week  of  October  20th: 
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MERCEDES 

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[Saturday,  October  19,  1912. 


ACTING  VERSUS  SINGING. 

A  LIVELY  DISCUSSION  has  been  car- 
ried on  by  Eastern  critics  as  to  whether 
fine  acting  compensates  for  poor  sing- 
ing on  the  operatic  stage.  It  has  been  claimed 
that  undue  emphasis  is  placed  today  on  cos- 
tuming, scenery,  stage  management  and  act- 
ing, and  above  all  that  there  is  a  deplorable 
demand  on  the  part  of  the  public  for  the 
cheap  and  sensational.  No  less  authority  than 
Mme.  Sembrich  takes  such  a  pessimistic  view 

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of  the  situation  that  she  declares  the  art  of 
bel  canto  is  being  lost  and  the  future  of 
really  artistic  singing  is  hopeless. 

Replying  to  that  severe  criticism.  Frank 
Danirosch  has  said  that  Mme.  Sembrich  is 
but  partly  correct  in  her  summary  of  the  sit- 
uation. He  grants  that  the  tendency  Sembrich 
deplores  does  exist,  but  declares  that  there 
are  many  teachers  who  still  uphold  the  best 
traditions  of  the  old  Italian  school  of  singing. 
These  conscientious  teachers  are  -working  sole- 
ly with  a  view  to  producing  the  very  highest 
in  bel  canto  singing  and  it  is  from  their 
hands  that  our  truly  great  singers  come.  They 
have  conscience  and  they  have  the  highest 
ideals,  and  this  cross  current  of  modern  ten- 
dency does  not  affect  them  nor  the  art  they 
uphold. 

''Bel  canto  will  always  be  bel  canto,"  de- 
clares Mr.  Damrosch.  "The  art  of  singing  is 
to  express  beautiful  emotions  by  means  of 
beautiful  sounds,  and  the  ideal  of  that  art 
is  the  same  as  it  was  a  hundred  years  ago. 
There  has,  however,  come  into  the  opera  sing- 
er's work  today  a  task  that  was  not  expected 
of  him  a  hundred  years  ago — a  task  of  acting 
his  part.  This  is  no  reason  why  good  singing 
should  suffer.  There  is  absolutely  no  neces-. 
sity  for  the  deterioration  of  a  man's  art  as  a 
singer  because  he  must  also  act  well.  We 
have  had  those  who  have  combined  the  two 
elements,  singing  and  acting,  and  they  have 
remained  in  the  front  rank  of  our  bel  canto 
singers,  Lili  Lehmann,  Jean  de  Reszke  and 
Olive  Fremstad — they  could  all  act,  and  yet 
they  represent  that  ideal  in  singing  toward 
which   we  are  working. 

"It  is  wrong  to  ask  which  shall  be  subor- 
dinated, the  acting  to  the  singing,  or  the 
singing  to  the  acting.  You  may  speak  of  the 
subordination  of  orchestra  to  singer,  of  in- 
strumentation to  voice,  but  not  of  one  art  to 
another.  No  art  ought  to  be  lowered  in  the 
service  of  another  art.  All  the  Muses  are  of 
equal  right  and  value  in  the  court  of  Apollo. 
Acting  and  singing  should  be  co-ordinate; 
there  should  be  between  them  that  true  and 
deep  co-operation  which  makes  it  possible  for 
the  audience  to  appreciate  the  ensemble,  and 
not  be  obliged  to  separate  the  singing  from 
the  acting." 

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Page-Brown — Moore. 

Miss  Katrina  Page-Brown,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Ar- 
thur Page-Brown  of  this  city,  and  Austin  Percy 
Moure  of  Sail  Francisco  were  married  on  Wednes- 
day, in  the  new  Spanish  Catholic  Church  Nuestra 
Senora  de  la  Esperanza,  at  West  156th  street,  be- 
tween Broadway  and  Riverside  Drive,  New  York. 
Miss  Brown,  who  is  the  granddaughter  of  ex-Justice 
Roger  A.  Pryor  of  West  69th  street,  accepted  the 
faith  of  her  husband  and  became  a  Catholic.  Mr. 
Mnore  is  the  son  of  the  late  Charles  Moore  of  San 
Francisco  and  Mrs.  Willis  Polk,  whose  husband  is 
the  chairman  of  the  Architectural  Committee  of 
the  Panama  Exposition.  The  couple  will  sail  on 
November  2nd  on  the  Carmania  and  will  live  in 
Paris,  where  Mr.  Moore  is  to  continue  his  studies 
in  architecture  at  tne  Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts.  The 
bride  was  attended  by  her  sisters,  the  Misses  Agnes 
and  Lucy  Page-Brown,  as  bridesmaids,  and  her 
cousin,  little  Miss  Sarah  Pryor  Dodge,  acted  as 
flower-girl.  Earl  Miller  of  San  Francisco,  a  stu- 
dent at  Yale,  was  best  man,  and  there  were  two 
ushers,  Frederick  Sherman,  a  cousin  of  the  bride 
groom,  and  Mr.  Eyre.  On  account  of  mourning  in 
the  family  of  ex-Justice  Pryor,  only  the  immediate 
families  attended  the  reception  and  bridal  break- 
fast at  the  Pryor  home,  following  the  ceremony  at 
the  church.  A  high  dignitary  of  the  Catholic  Church 
officiated.  Mrs.  Brown  ana  her  daughters  have 
made  tneir  home  with  ex -Justice  Pryor  since  the 
death  of  Mr.  Page-Brown  several  years  ago.  The 
Moore  and  Page-iirown  families  have  been  friends 
for   three    generations. 


Farnsworth-Rounsfell. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  H.  Farnsworth  announce 
the  marriage  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Laura  Farns- 
worth, and  John  Vaughn  Rounsfell,  which  took  place 
Saturday,  October  12th,  in  this  city.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Rounsfell  will  be  at  home  after  November  15th,  at 
1406  Sacramento  street,  where  they  have  taken 
an   apartment   for  the  winter. 


Reginald  Fernald.  Miss  Doe  will  spend  the  winter 
in  her  beautiful  new  home  at  Montecito.  Mrs.  Doe, 
who  is  in  Europe,    will   return  this  winter. 


Saturday  Evening  Assemblies. 
On  the  26th  of  this  month  the  first  dance  of  the 
Saturday  Evening  assemblies  will  be  given  at  Miss 
White's  hall  on  California  street.  It  is  expected 
to  be  a  very  jolly  affair,  and  will  be  followed  by 
four  other  dances  this  winter.  The  patronesses  are 
Mrs.  Allen  Green,  Mrs.  Frank  Kerrigan,  Mrs.  James 
Lanagan,  Mrs.  William  H.  Manaton,  Mrs.  Stewart 
McNab   and   Mrs.   Dudley   Sales. 


Army  and  Navy  Affair. 
At  the  tea  given  by  Mrs.  John  Darling  at  her  home 
on  Clay  street,  the  Army  and  Navy  were  represent- 
ed, the  affair  being  in  honor  of  General  and  Mrs. 
Arthur  Murray.  The  house  was  appropriately  deco- 
rated in  American  flags  and  red,  white  and  blue 
flowers  of  all  kinds.  Some  thirty  friends  connected 
with  the  Army  or  Navy  were  present,  among  them 
being  Col.  and  Mrs.  John  Wisser,  General  and  Mrs. 
0,  F.  Long,  Mrs.  George  Boardman  and  Admiral 
Thomas    Phelps. 


A  Montecito  Affair. 
Miss  Margaret  Doe  was  hostess  at  a  pretty  dinner 
at  her  home  in  Montecito,  the  affair  being  in  honor 
of  Charles  Taylor  of  Pittsbugr,  who  has  spent  the 
winter  with  his  niece,  Mrs.  Arthur  Alexander,  in 
Santa  Barbara.  Miss  Doe's  guests  included  Mrs. 
Alexander,     Miss    Nina    Jones,     Edward    Field    and 


Engagement  Announced. 
At  a  tea  given  by  Airs.  C.  B.  Reddiu,  she  an- 
ouncend  the  engagement  of  her  daughter,  Miss  Flor- 
ence Mary  Reddin  and  Dr.  Frank  Elmore  Sarll, 
formerly  stationed  at  Yerba  Buena  Island.  Dr.  Sarll 
resigned  his  commission  in  the  Navy  and  is  estab- 
lished  at   Madera,    where   the   young   people   will   re- 


MRS  AUSTIN  MOORE    (nee  Page-Brown.) 

Her  marriage  to  the  son  of  Mrs.  Willis  Polk  was 
a  society  event  of  much  interest. 

side.  Dr.  Sarll  and  Miss  Reddin  are  well  known  in 
service  and  other  circles  here.  Miss  Reddin  is  one 
of  the  belles  of  the  Friday  Evening  Assembly.  Re- 
ceiving  with  Mrs.  Reddin  and  Miss  Reddin  were  the 
Misses  Nadine  Ojeda,  Irene  Fallon,  Violet  Cook, 
Marie  Payne  and  Anita  Flahaven. 


Card  Basket. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  J.  D.  Grant  have  opened  their 
Broadway  residence  for  the  season.  They  returned 
from  Europe  in  August. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Lent  will  open  their  town 
house  on  the  first  of  ixovember. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  R.  0.  Brown  have  leased  the 
home  on  Washington  street  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  M. 
A.   Miller. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Oliver  Tobin  have  leased 
the  home  of  Mrs.  Irving  M.  Scott  on  Pacific  avenue. 

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Mr.  and  Mrs.  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr.  have  gone  East 
for  a  few  weeks,  and  will  spend  most  of  their  time 
at   the  Virginia  Hot    Springs. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Unibsen  and  Mrs.  Umbsen's 
sister,  Miss  Sidebotham,  nave  taken  apartments  at 
the   Bellevue   for  the  winter. 

Mrs.  William  D.  O'Kane  has  sent  out  cards  for  a 
tea  to  be  given  Thursday,  October  31st,  at  the  Key- 
stone, the  guest  of  honor  Deing  Mrs.  Arabella  Mor- 
row. 

Mrs.  John  Darling  will  entertain  at  a  tea  next 
Tuesday,  which  wil  be  given  in  compliment  to  Mrs, 
Richard    Sprague    of   Menlo    Park. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Green  have  closed  their 
home  in  San  Mnteo  and  came  to  town  to  take  pos- 
session of  their  apartments  at  the   St.  Francis. 

Mrs.  William  Cluff  has  taken  apartments  at  the 
oella  Vista  and  will  take  possession  about  November 
1st. 

Miss  Ethel  Shorb  will  go  to  Baltimore  to  visit 
relatives  for  several  weeks,  and  may  remain  till 
early   winter. 

Mrs.  Charles  Josselyn  spent  the  week-end  in 
Burlingame  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Gerald  Rath- 
bone. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  B,  Anderson  have  closed 
their  home  in  San  Rafael  and  taken  Mrs.  Alexander 
Garceau's  house,  which  they  have  rented  for  the 
winter. 

Mrs.  B,  B.  Cutter  will  spend  the  winter  at  the 
Bellevue. 

Mrs.  William  Wood,  who  has  sailed  for  the 
Orient,  was  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Yerington  of  Car- 
son. 

Mrs.  Hyde-Smith  has  been  visiting  her  son-in- 
law  and  daughter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baldwin  Wood  of 
Burlingame, 

Mr.  G,  Alexander  Wright,  who  has  gone  to  London 
by  way  of  Montreal,  will  be  absent  for  several 
months. 

Miss  Anna  M.  Joy,  sister  of  Mrs.  Charles  Alden 
Cooke,  came  from  Boston  to  attend  the  marriage 
of  Miss  Hazel  Cooke  to  Mr.  Robert  Spain  Wood- 
worth  this  week.  Miss  Joy  stopped  with  the  Cooke 
family  at  the  Fairmont. 

Miss  Marion  Zeile  and  her  sister  Ruth,  will  be 
accompanied  on  their  European  tour  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.   Robert  Oxnard  and  Miss  Ruth  Winslow. 

Mrs.  Guido  J.  Musto  will  entertain  at  a  tea  on 
Saturday  afternoon,  October  19th,  at  her  home  on 
Washington   street. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Vaugban  Rounsell  (Laura 
Farnsworth;  went  to  the  Grand  Canyon  on  their 
wedding  trip  and  will  be  away  several  weeks. 

Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  has  been  at  the  Walter 
Martin  home   in  Burlingame. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young  and  the  Misses 
Kathleen  and  Phyllis  de  Young  have  returned  from 
Europe,  and  are  at  their  town  house  on  California 
street. 


Recent  Events. 

Mrs.  Eugene  Bresse  entertained  a  dozen  guests  at 
a   luncheon   and   bridge    at  her   home   on    Clay   street. 

Mrs.  C.  O'Brien  Reddin  entertained  at  a  pretty 
tea  Saturday  afternoon,  October  12th,  in  honor  of 
her  daughter,  Miss  Florence  Reddin,  whose  engage- 
ment was  announced  to  Dr.  Frank  Saill  of  Madera. 
Dr.     Saill    was     formerly    dental    surgeon     at    Yerba 


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'THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  19-  1912. 


Bueua  Island,  but  for  the  last  four  months  has 
been  practising  in  Madera.  Receiving  with  Mrs. 
Reddin  were  Mrs.  William  Breen,  Mrs.  Parker  Wood, 
Miss  Mary  Bates,  Miss  Ethel  Graham,  Miss  Lily 
Katz,  Miss  Elizabeth  McCarthy,  Miss  Edemee  Ar- 
tiques,  Miss  Florence  Katz,  Miss  Elizabeth  Bates, 
Miss  Roberta  Holmes,   Miss   Margaret  Reddin. 

Mrs.  Walter  Starr  gave  a  large  bridge  party  at 
the  Claremont  Country  Club  last  week.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Starr,  with  their  family,  are  staying  at  the 
club  until  their     new  home  at  Piedmont  is   finished. 


Cook- Woodward  Wedding. 

Miss  Hazel  Cook  became  tne  bride  of  Robert  Spain 
Woodward  last  evening  at  a  very  elaborate  wed- 
ding in  the  ballroom  of  the  Fairmont.  About  a 
hundred  and  fifty  guests  attended  the  ceremony, 
which  was  performed  by  the  Rev.  Edward  Morgan, 
assisted  by  Dr.  Charles  Gardner  of  Stanford  Uni- 
versity, where  the  bride  was  a  student  for  several 
years. 

The  ballroom  was  beautifully  decorated  in  yellow 
chrysanthemums  and  dahlias,  and  the  color  scheme 
throughout    was    blue    and    yellow. 

Ihe  bride's  gown  was  a  handsome  one  of  white 
satin  heavily  trimmed  with  Venetian  lace,  and  she 
wore  a  tulle  veil  held  iu  place  with  orange  blossoms, 
and   carried   a    large    bouquet   of   lilies    of   the    valley. 

Mrs.  Cook  wore  a  costume  of  white  lace  and  corn- 
flower blue   that   was  most   effective. 

Mrs.  Willis  Clark,  who  was  matron  of  honor,  wore 
a  very  becoming  costume  of  yellow  charmeuse  trim- 
med with  lace.  Miss  Mildred  Lomax  and  Miss  Alice 
Shinn  were  the  bridesmaids,  and  wore  blue  char- 
meuse and  carried  yellow  chrysanthemums.  Bayard 
Hyde-Smith  was  tne  best  man.  He  left  on  Thursday 
for  the  East  to  prepare  for  his  own  wedding  to 
Miss  Grassi  Bulkeley,  on  November  66th,  in  Wash- 
ington. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Woodward  are  spending  their 
honeymoon  in  the  South,  and  on  their  return  will 
take    an    apartment    in    town    for    the    winter. 


McLaren-Griffith  Wedding. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Constance  McLaren  and  Mil- 
ieu Griffith,  which  took  place  on  Wednesday  after- 
noon at  4  o'clock,  in  St.  Luke's  Church,  was  a 
very  attractive  affair.  The  ceremony  was  performed 
by  the  Rev.  Edward  Morgan,  and  the  handsome 
church  was  crowded  with  friends  and  many  rela- 
tives. 

The  decorations  were  very  artistic  and  beautiful, 
masses  of  pink  and  white  chrysanthemums  being 
used. 

The  bride  loked  wonderfully  attractive  in  a  gown 
of  point  applique  lace  over  tulle,  and  had  a  long 
court  train  of  white  satin.  The  lace  was  old  family 
lace  worn  by  the  bride's  grandmother,  the  late  Mrs. 
Richard  Ashe,  at  her  wedding,  and  also  her  mother 
and  her  aunt  at  their  marriages.  She  wore  a  tulle 
veil  fastened  with  orange  blossoms  and  carried  a 
shower  bouquet    of    orchids    and    lilies    of    the    valley. 

The  bridesmaids — Miss  Mauricia  Mintzer,  Miss 
Isabel  Beaver,  Miss  Cora  Otis,  Harriet  Pomeroy, 
Miss  Ethel  McAllister  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Cunning- 
ham— wore  gowns  of  white  point  d'esprit  with  touch- 
es of  pink,  and  were  trimmed  with  bands  of  white 
swansdown,  making  them  most  fetching  and  girlish. 
Their  hats  were  large  ones  of  pink  crepe  de  chine, 
and  were  trimmed  with  pink  roses  and  swansdown. 
They  carried  huge  bunches  of  bridesmaids'  roses. 
Miss  Dora  Winn  was  the  maid  of  honor  and  looked 
very  pretty  in  a  pink  and  white  gown,  with  a  hat 
to  match  the  bridesmaid's.  Mrs.  McLaren  looked 
very  handsome  iu  a  rose  brocade  gown  trimmed  with 
Honitan  lace.  Witn  this  sne  wore  a  small  hat  of 
ermine. 

James  Jenkins,  the  groom's  cousin,  was  best  men, 
and  the  ushers  were  Wharton  Thurston,  Harry 
Evans,  John  Kittle,  Loyall  McLaren,  Frank  Kenne- 
dy, John  Cushing  and  Thomas  Barnes,  who  came 
from  New  York  to  be  present. 

A  reception  followed  the  ceremony  at  the  Mc- 
Laren home  on  Sacramento  street,  and  was  attended 
by  the  numerous  relatives  of  the  young  couple  and 
intimate  friends. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Griffith  have  left  for  a  wedding  trip 
of    several    weeks'    duration,    and    upon    their    return 


will  occupy  the  house  Mr.   Griffith  has  recently  pur- 
chased   on    Octavia    and    California    streets. 


A  coterie  of  young  ladies,  consisting  of  the  Misses 
Zeta  Mendel,  Clarice  Schroder,  Bessie  Rattagan, 
Vivien  Schien,  Dorothy  Barrows,  Dracilla  Clay  and 
Jessie  McKenzie  will  be  hostesses  at  one  of  the 
largest  dances  of  the  season.  About  300  of  the  sub- 
debutantes  and  their  beaux  will  enjoy  the  affair, 
which  will  take  place  at  the  Sorosis  Club,  Friday 
evening,    October    25th. 


MISS    MARION    B.    WHITE 

She   has   just   returned   from   the   East   to   teach   the 
latest   things   in   fashionable    dancing. 


PASSING  SHOW. 


(Continued  from  page  21.) 

uer,  and  assumes  all  the  privileges  which  were 
previously  her  husband's.  She  frequents  the 
club,  stays  out  at  night  and  keeps  her  stay-at- 
horne  spouse,  who  is  performing  the  house- 
hold duties,  in  a  state  of  constant  anxiety. 

Albertina  Basch's  "Le  Ballet  Classique'7 
will  be  presented  with  Mile.  Domina  Marini 
and  Marcel  Bronski,  dancers  of  international 
fame,  and  late  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera 
House,  New  York.  The  premieres  will  have 
the  support  of  ten  skilled  and  graceful  cory- 
phees. 

' '  The  Suffragette, ' '  a  humorous  political 
satire,  will  be  played  nest  week  only  by 
Franklyn  Ardell,  who  is  its  author,  with  the 
assistance  of  Marie  Walters.  The  sketch  de 
picts  a  political  campaign  in  which  husband 
and  wife  oppose  each  other  as  candidates  for 
the  office  of  Mayor. 

Mae  Melville  and  Robert  Higgins  will  ap- 
pear in  a  skit  entitled  "Just  Married,"  which 
fairly  bubbles  over  with  wit  and  humor. 

The  Great  Asahi  and  his  quintette  will  be 
seen  in  their  feats  of  magic,  their  feature  be- 
ing the  "Human  Fountain,"  a  spetacular 
achievement  in  which  Asahi  eauses  a  stream 
of  water  to  spout  up  almost  anywhere — from 
his  fan — from  any  part  of  the  floor  and  from 
his  head,  hands  and  feet.  The  act  is  beauti- 
fully staged,  and  the  equipments  include  the 
famous  $4,000  curtain,  which  is  hand-embroi- 
dered. 


At  the  Pantages. 

THE  thoroughly  entertaining  bill  at  the 
Pantages  Theater  is  serving  to  erowd 
that  borne  of  vaudeville  to  the  doors, 
some  of  the  excellent  features  offered  being 
Robert  .Everest 's  amusing  and  novel  Monkey 


Hippodrome,  with  a  score  of  simian  perform- 
ers; Chot  Eldridge  and  Harriet  Barlow  in 
their  rurai  comedy,  "The  Law";  Gladys  Van 
and  Arthur  Pearce,  with  their  jolly  musical 
skit,  "Get  a  License";  Helene  Schiller  and 
Olive  Hurlbut,  "the  bow  and  Strang  girls"; 
and   the  lively   "Seven   California  Poppies." 

Next  Sunday  comes  a  bright  aggregation  of 
attractions,  with  two  distinct  headline  acts, 
Mercedes,  "the  musical  enigma,"  and  Hassan 
Ben  Ali  7s  Arabian  troupe.  Mercedes,  assisted 
by  Mile.  Stantone,  will  offer  a  series  of  start- 
ling demonstrations  of  thought  transmission 
as  applied  to  music.  With  his  assistant  seated 
at  a  piano  on  the  stage,  he  passes  through  the 
audience,  requesting  the  spectators  to  mention 
the  name  of  any  familiar  musical  selection, 
which  Mile.  Stantone  immediately  plays,  al- 
though she  does  not  hear  the  request.  The 
act  of  Mercedes  has  created  a  genuine  sensa- 
tion both  abroad  and  in  America.  The  eleven 
"sons  of  the  desert,"  comprising  Hassan  Ben 
All's  troupe,  are  the  very  best  gymnasts  that 
ever  came  to  this  country,  and  they  give  a 
whirlwind  act  that  is  said  to  be  little  short  of 
marvelous. 

An  event  of  especial  iterest  to  San  Fran- 
cisco will  be  the  vaudeville  debut  of  Sylvia 
Sabolcsy,  a  well-known  young  lady  o  ft  his 
city,  who  will  be  heard  in  classical  and  popu- 
lar selections  on  the  violin.  Sunlight  Pictures, 
showing  many  novelties,  will  complete  a  var- 
ied   and   interesting   program. 


FINANCIAL. 


(Continued  from  page  19.) 
Local  Stock  Market. 
In  the  local  stock  market  nothing  of  spe- 
cial interest  was  developed  during  the  week. 
Spring  Valley  held  its  own,  and  is  likely  to 
do  so  until  the  city  buys  the  property,  which 
is  the  most  likely  thing  to  happen. 


For  Health,  Strength 

DAMIANA  BITTERS 

Naber,   Alfs  &   Brune,  Agents. 
635  Howard  St.,  opp.  new  Montgomery  St. 


OPEN  SHOP 


"The  minlmnm  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence." — Prof.  Eliot. 
Harvard    TJnive ratty. 


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Lust  of  power  has  brought 
to  the  front  all  the  bad  feat- 
ures   of   unionism. 


Citizens '  Alliance  Office 
Rooms,  Nos.  363-364-365 
Buss  Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 


Neal  Liquor  Cure 
Three  i409SutterSt 

DAY       phone  Franklin  1098 

ADOPTED  BY  AUSTRALIAN  GOVERNMENT 


Saturday,  October  19,  1912.] 


THE  WASP; 


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SUMMONS. 


I\  THE  6UPERIOH  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 

ma,     in    and    fur    the    City    and    County    of    San 

Francisco,  —Dept.    Mo.    lu. 

HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE  BOHWARZ, 
his  wife.  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persona  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  >>r  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed    or    any    part    thereof.    Defendants. — Action 
-,842. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY, 

Attorney   for    Plaintiffs, 
The   People  of  the  State  of  California,   to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest   in,  or  lien  upon,    the  reul 

property   herein   described  or  any  part   thereof,   de- 
fondants,  greeting: 

You  art-  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 

lint     of     HENRI     SCHWARZ     and     PAULINE 

SI   lll\    IRZ,      In-      wife,      plaintiffs,      tiled      with      the 

Clerli    of    the    above-entitled    Court    and    City    and 
County,    within    three    months    after    the    first    publi- 

01 'i    of    this    summons,    and    to    set    forth    what    in- 

or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
n-rlain  real  property  or  tiny  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  "t  Ban  Francisco,  State  of 
California,     particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Leavenworth  street,  distant  thereon  eight-seven  (87) 
feet  and  six  (6)  inches  southerly  from  the  south- 
erly line  of  Filbert  Street;  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth  Street 
twenty-live  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly  one  hundred  and  twelve  (11-)  feet  aud  six 
Hi  j  inches;  thence  at  a  right  ungle  northerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(tii  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth 
Si  lie  [  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
part    of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    441. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
i  nil  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiffs  are 
the  owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute; 
that  their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and 
quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertuin  and  determine  all 
estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  other  descrip- 
linn;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  bo  meet 
in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCR^VY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.   D.    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiffs, 
No.  501-501-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter 
and    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
CALIFORNIA,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco.      Dept.    No.    10. 

MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA 
MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants.      Action    No.    32849. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  MARINA  MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  the 
plaintiff  herein,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above 
entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any 
part  thereof,  situate  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  particularly  described 
as  follows: 

I. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  (formerly  Washington  Place)  dis- 
tant thereon  thirty-seven  (37)  feet  eight  (8)  inches 
northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  westerly  line  of  Wentworth  Street  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Washington  Street;  running 
thence  northerly  along  said  westerly  line  of  Went- 
worth Street  thirty-three  (33)  feet,  ten  (10)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty-three  (33) 
feet,  ten  (10)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  Lot  No.  50  of  the  FIFTY  VARA 
SURVEY. 

II. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section   of    the    southerly    line    of    Green    Street    and 


the    easterly    li I    Baton    Alley,    running    then..' 

aasterlj    alone    said    southerly    line   of  Green    Strew 
sixty,  three    (68)     fe<        thenec    at    a    right    angle 
southerly   one   hundred   and  thirty-seven    [131 
mx    (  hi    inches;    thence    at    n    right    angle    westerly 
forty-one   (41)   feet;   thenoe  at  a  right  angle  north 

•■fly  fifty    I  eel     thenoe  at  a  right  angle  westerly 

twenty-two    (23)    feel    to  the   easterly   line  of  Eaton 
Alley;    and   thence    ai    a    right    angle   northerly   and 

along  said  easterly  line  of  Katon  Alley  eighty-sevn, 
(87)  feet,  six  (G)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be- 
ing a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
111. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Bffason  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (10UI 
feel  southorh  from  the  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;    running    thence    southerly   and  along   the   said 

easterly     li !     Mason     Street    thirty-seven     (37) 

feet,  mm  Hi)  inches;  thenco  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
ninety-six  (961  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37  >  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  and  thence  a\  a  right  angle  westerly  ninety- 
six  t  '.Mi  >  feet,  six  (t>>  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
IV. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  street  distant  forty  (40)  feet  easterly  from 
the  point  of  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street  with  the  said  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  last  men- 
tioned line  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  westerly  lino  of  an  alleyway  twelve  (1-) 
feet  wide;  thence  southerly  along  the  last  mentioned 
line  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  westerly  and  parallel 
with  Green  Street  twenty- two  (22)  feet  and  six 
(G  i  inches;  thence  northerly  sixty  (60)  feet  to 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
V. 
Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the 
westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
southerly  aud  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  and  along  said  southerly  line 
of  Broadway  one  hundred  seventeen  (117)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Ave 
nue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  por- 
tion of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  63. 
VI. 
Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  northerly  line  of  Geary  Street  and 
the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Geary  Street 
Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of 
Geary  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be 
ing  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  757. 
VII. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Bush  Street  distant  thereon  eighty-eight  (88)  feet, 
ten  (10)  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street,  running  thence  easterly  along  said 
northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet, 
four  (4)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
seventy-eight  ( 78 )  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Emma  Street;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Emma  Street  twenty- 
four  (24)  feet,  four  (4)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to 
the  northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT    No.     300. 

VIII. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Broadway  distant  thereon  forty-five  (45)  feet  east- 
erly from  the  easterly  line  of  Osgood  Place  (for- 
merly Ohio  Street),  running  thecne  easterly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Broadway  twenty  (20) 
feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  fifty- seven 
1 57 )  feet,  six  ( 6 1  inches ;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT   No.    197. 

IX. 
Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  and  the 
easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence  east- 
erly along  said  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  sixty 
(60)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  along  said 
westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place  seventy-seveji  (77 1 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly sixty  (60)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  seventy- 
seven  (77*  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line 
of  Pine  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement, 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  286. 
X. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Grant    Avenue    distant    thereon     seventy-seven     (77) 


feet,  six  (G)  inches  southerly  from  the  southerly 
line  "i  California  Street,  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fiftj    (50) 

feel     l"    the    westerly    line    of   Quincy  Place;    theUCG  at  B 

nghi  angle  northerly  and  along  said  westerl;  line 
oi  Quincy  Place  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thenoe  al 
a  nghl  angle  westerly  fifty  (50)  feot  to  the  easterly 

line    of    Grant     Avenue    a  nil    the    point    of    commence 

Dent,      Being  a   portion  of   FIFTY    VARA  LOT  No. 

XI. 
Commencing   at    the   corner   formed   by    the   inter- 
section   of    the    easterly    line    of    Grant     Avenue    and 
the    northerly   line  of   Adler   Street,    running    thence 

northerly    along    said    easterly    line    of    Grant    Avenue 

twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
Hits  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20  -  feet :  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Adler 
Street  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  67. 
XII. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-six  (66)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Vallejo  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty- 
seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twentv  (20j  feet;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  and 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No  224. 
XIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Grant  Avenue  distant  thereon  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Jackson  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6'  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  sixty- 
eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  ot  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  60. 
XIV. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  westerly  line  of  Mason  Street  and 
the  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street,  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Mason  Street  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  sixty  (60) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  and  along 
said  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  to  the  westerly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  475. 
XV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-three  (63)  feet 
easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley; 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  southerly 
jine  of  Green  Street  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hun- 
dred thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion 
of    FIFTY   VARA    LOT    No.    232. 

And  you  are  further  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit :  For  the  judgment  and  decree  of  said 
Court  establishing  and  quieting  the  title  of  MARY 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSI- 
CANO, the  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased,  in  and  to  said  real  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  subject  to  the  administra- 
tion of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  declaring  that 
plaintiff  as  executrix  of  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased  is  in  the  actual  and  peace- 
able possession  in  the  right  and  for  the  benefit 
of  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  said  deceased;  and  that  it  be  adjudged 
that  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  the  said  deceased  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute,  subject  only  to 
the  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased; 
and  that  her  title  to  said  property  is  established  and 
quieted ;  and  that  the  Court  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property  and  e^ery  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gage or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further   relief    as   may    be    meet   in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court, 
this   5th  day   of   October,    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    HULCREVY,     Clerk. 

By  H.    I.    PORTER,   Deputy   Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  '  'The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY.  Attorney  for  Plaintiff 
No.  501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  No. 
105    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8.  „ 

FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA  WAGNER,  Plain- 
tiffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or 
lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,847. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,     greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA 
WAGNER,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described   as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Utah 
Street,  distant  thereon  seventy-seven  (77)  feet,  two 
(2>  inches  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Utah  Street 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Nineteenth  Street,  and 
running  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Utah 
Street  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  fo 
POTRERO  NUEVO  BLOCK  No.   92. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer*  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  own- 
ers of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist 
of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief   as  may  be   meet    in   the   premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.'I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By    H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  ' 'The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.  D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs: .       v      r, 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation),  San  Francis- 
co,   California.  ._ 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,   San  Francisco,   California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 


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property   herein   described   or   any   part   thereof,   De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    32,737. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  -entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty  (80) 
feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Street 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Diamond  Street,  and  run 
ning  thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-fifth 
Street  twenty-six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches ;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty- 
six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of 
HORNER'S  ADDTION   BLOCK   Number  221. 

Tou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and   the   seal   of  said  Court   this 
12th    day    of    September,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  Septem- 
ber,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property,  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,   San   Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.   32,741. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 
The    People    of    the    State    of    California:    To    all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lien   upon,    the 
real    property   herein    described    or    any   part    thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  Ibis  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer-, 
tain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly   described   as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Thrift  (formerly  Hill)  Street,  distant  thereon  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Capitol  Avenue;  running  thence  easterly  and  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northerly  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  westerly  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  and  thence 
at   right   angles   southerly  one   hundred   and   twenty- 


five    (125)   feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street 
and  the  point  of   commencement. 

Being  Lot  Number  two  (2)  in  Block  "Y,"  as  per 
Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  Railroad  Homestead  Associ 
ation,  recorded  in  Book  "C  &  D,"  at  Page  111  of 
Maps,  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali 
fornia. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simp.e  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  auy  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the   seal   of  said  Court  this 
13th   day  of  September,   A!  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.   DUNWORTH,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first,  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,   or  lien  upon,   said  property  adverse  to   plaintiff: 

E.  MESSAGER,  EMIL  GUNZBURGER,  Trustees 
of  the  Argonaut  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion (a  corporation),  No.  1933  Ellis  Street,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  California 
Pacific  building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Streets, 
Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 
Dept.  No.   10. 


ESTATE    OF    AMBROSIUS    MAAS,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hyncs,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Ambrosius 
Maas,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice,  to 
the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phe- 
lan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said 
office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  busi- 
ness in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of 
Ambrosius  Maas,   deceased. 

M.    J.    HYNES, 
Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Ambrosius  Maas, 
deceased. 

Dated,    San    Francisco,    Sept.    24,    1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HICKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
trator,   858    Phelan    Building,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


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i.   Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim 
i  real    hi   or  lit  real    property 

•hints. — 

The   People  ol   Ihi  California,  to  all  per- 

w  lien  upon,  the  real 

d    «»r    any    purl    thereof.    uV- 

required    t<.    appear    imJ 
the   eon  LU4  HARD    scon  ,    plaintiff,  filed 

wnii  above    entitled    Coun    u»d 

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Uley)    described    as 

■  ■ in    the     outheasterly   line   of 

Falcon    Street)    distant    northeasterly    on    Baid    line 
two  hundred   end    two    (202)    feel   and   one   (li   inch 

from   the   northeasterly   'ner  of   Falcon   Street  and 

i     running    north  50  deg.  20  ruin. 

,i.i  line  "i  Falcon  Btreel  twenty-five  (25 

thence    south    44    deg,    easl    one    hundred    and 

four    (104)    feet   and  eight    (8)    inches;    thence   south 

_     50    nun     weal    twenty-five    (25)    feet;    and 

north   89  deg.  45  min,   wesl  one  hundred  and 

five   (105)    feet,   more  or  less,    to   the  point  of  com- 

meut;   being  o  pari  of  lot   No.  six(6)   in  block 

be   the  Bame  is  laid  down  and  desig- 

nnted    upon    the    official    map   of    the   Market    Street 

Somes tead    Association,    tiled    in    the    o  trice    of    the 

County   Recorder  of  the  said  City  and  County  of  San 

I  ran  cisco. 

You   are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
ami    answer,    the    plaintiff   will    apply    to    the    Court 
for    the    relief    demanded    in     the    Complaint,    to-wit, 
be    adjudged    that    plaintiff   is    the   owner   of 
said   property   in    fee  simple  absolute;   that  his  title 
i,l    property    be    established   and   quieted;    that 
the   Courl    ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,    interest  a    and    claims    in   and   to   said   property, 
and    every    pan    thereof,    whether   the   same   be   legal 
or  equitable,  present   or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and    whether   the    same    consist    of  mortgages  or   liens 
of    any    description;    thai    the    plaintiff   recover   his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  oilier  and   further  relief 
)>e  meet   in  tne  premises. 
\\  iiuess  my  hand  and   the  seal  of  said  Court   this 
29th  day  of  August,  A.  D.,  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  T,  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  J.  P.  DUNWORTII,   Deputy  Clerk. 
The    first   publication   of   this   summons    was   made 
in    "The   Wasp"    newspaper  on    the   7th   day  of  Sep 
temher.   A.   D,   1912. 

J.  KARMEL,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  105  Mont- 
gomery   St.,    San    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 

[N  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  01' 
inia,    in    and    for  the   City   and   County   of   San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    10. 

ELIZABETH  II.  RYDER,  wife  of  WILLIAM  G. 
RYDER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
MM-iliiil  ni'  any  part  thereof.  Defendants. — Action  No. 
B2.805. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  per- 
BonB  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
aomplainl  of  ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  oi 
WILLIAM  ti.  RYDER,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  ot 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  prop- 
erty, or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Calif rnia,  par- 
ticularly  described  as   follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Pierce  Street,  distant  ihereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
aeotion  of  the  southerly  line  of  Vallejo  Street  and 
the    westerly    line    of    Pierce    Street;    running    thence 


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And    you   are   hereby    notified    that   unless    you    so 
appear   and    answer,    ihe   plaintiff   will   apply    to   the 
<  oti  rl    for   l  he   i  elief  iiriii.iinl.-il  in   the  complaint,   to- 
wit:     That    it     be    adjudged    that    the    plaintiff    is    the 
owner  ol   s;ii<l  property  m   fee  simple  absolute;   that 
her  title  t..   said   property   he  established  and  quiet- 
ed;    that    the   Court    ascertain   and  deiermine  all   es- 
tates,    rights,   titles,   interests  ami   claims   in   and   to 
-.a ni   property,   ami   every  part   thereof,   whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,   preseni  or  future,  vested 
or    contingent,    and    whether    the    same    consists    of 
inorigaEie.s  or  liens  of  &nj   description ;   that  plaintiff 
recover    her    rusts    herein,    and    have    such    other    and 
further    relief    as    may    be    t     in    the    premise- 
Witness     my     hand     and     the     seal    of     said     Court, 
this  27th  day  of  September,  A.  D,  1912. 
(SEAL)                                 II.    I.     MULCREVY,    Clerk. 
By.  J.  F.    DITXWORTH,    Deputy    Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 
The    first    publication    of    this    summons    was    made 
in    '"The  Wasp"    newspaper  on   the  5th  day  of  Oc- 
tober,   A.   D.    191  "J. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

IUBFRNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a 
corporation),  Market  and  Junes  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  California. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY.  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and 
Montgomery    Streets,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

GIOVANNI  DANERI,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.   32,600. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting ; 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIOVANNI  DANERI,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  withiu  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and  particularly  described  as  follows    : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Gari- 
baldi (formerly  Vincent)  Street,  distant  thereon 
ninety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line  of  Garibaldi  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of 
Green  Sireet,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Garibaldi  Street  twenty  (20)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty-eight  (58)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20  >  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly fifty-eight  (58)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT 
Number  379. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part   thereof,  whether  the   same 


01    future,    ve   ti 
be    B&me    consist     ■  ■■ 
■ription;    that   plaintiff    re 
d    have  such  other  and   fur- 
'     in    the    prni 
V''!l  ]    ;,nd   ,ne  seal  of  said   Court   this 

Lugust,    A.   D     i 
1  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clork. 

Th     «     ,        ,  ,?y   H.    I     PORTER.   Deputy    Clerk. 

ibhcation  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
/,"     ,'*!'      nowsP»Per  on  the  24th  day  of  August, 

'  Y,    Attorneys    for   Plaintiff,    105 
MniiigtuiK-ry    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
'  ib,    in  and  for   the    City   and  County   of   San 

"l:M  I  ''  SHI  RM  IN,  Plaintiff,  vb  All  per- 
sous  canning  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
Pjonerty  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
rendanta. —  Aetmu   No.  32,630. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  ner- 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof. 
Defendants,    greeting :  ' 

Yon  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
^e  complaint  of  HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  plaintiff, 
filed  With  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
county,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 

l!ll*t  any"  y0U  h8ve  ID  or  uP°n  that  "rtain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California 
and  particularly  described  as  follows  V/Bllloru,a' 
Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  street  distant. thereon  one  hundred  and  six 
fnrmiA'v'  Jk**?  3)  1D^hes  w«terly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of 
StrS  Tl    WI-th     l^e     westerly     line     of     Webster 

Street,    and   running    thence    westerly   along   said    line 
of   Green    Street   one   hundred    (100)    feet*    thence    at 

(lsf^fWlrSy1*7  h00e  hV"dred  -"  thir,ynsCeevean 
(1ST)    feet,   six    (6)    inches:    Ihence     nt  D   riltht  ancle 

easterly  forty-one  (41)  feet,  three  <s  inchfe- 
hence   at   u    right   angle   soulherly   one   hundred   and 

Sw'-'inJ";/^  -'n six  (6> inehes  <°  "he  -,;;]; 

HZ    r    e     /  J",  le-JO  cs,reet:    thence    easterly    along 

a?  a  iilht  „,7l"e'0  ,Sh,re,et  furty  <40>  'Mt;  thence 
>™>an,sle  "onherly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  (hence  at  a  right 
angle  easlerly  eighteen  (18)  feet,  nine  (9.  inchls- 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred 
»nd  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
soulherly  line  of  Green  Street  and  the  point  of  be 
ner   Hi  P°r'  °f  WESTERN  ADDITION  Num- 

.JL°U  *"■  hereby  n?tifled  that.  unless  yon  >o 
appear   and   answer    the   plaintiff  will   apply  Jt„    the 

Si?  ™.V^\rel,^d!m"dtd  in  the  °°mpl.int,  to 
WJi'  ?'  '•'., be  ^aieei  that  the  plaintiff  i»  the 
EI?!  ,i °'nli.  P">Perty  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
,£l,  I  '£,  8a,d  P'oP'rty  bo  established  and  Quieted; 
ri.M.  V.<?°urt-  "oert'"n  »no'  determine  all  estates 
n&n J*,  "".i  ,",ere»"  »**  olaime  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort 
gages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premiees. 

.J1'1""  ™y  h»n4  »nd  the  seal  of  laid  Court  this 
19th  day   of  August,  A.   D.   1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MTJLOBEVT,  Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,  Deputjl  Clerk. 
...r£h8,?,r"'  tmb'ica'ion  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 

AD    l9l'P      "ewspaper  on  the  31st  day  of  August, 

PERRY  &  DAILEJ,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
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Dining    Room    Seating    500 — Table    d'hote 
or  a  la  Carte  Service,  as  desired. 


Special  Sunday  Dinner, 
Including  Wine,  $1.00. 


EDWARD  R0LKIN 
Manager. 


GEO.  A.  D1X0N 
Ass't  M'g'r. 


Hi 


Toyo  Kisen 
Kaisha 

(ORIENTAL   STEAMSHIP   OO.) 


S.  S.  Ckiyo  Maru   (via  Manila  direct)  .... 

Friday  November   15,   1912 

S.  S.  Nippon  Maru  (Intermediate  Service 
Saloon.  Accommodations  at  reduced 
rates Saturday,    December   7,    1912 

S.  S.  Tenyo  Maru.  .  .  .Friday,  December  13,  1912 

Steamers  sail  from  Company '  s  pier,  No.  34. 
near  torn  of  Brannan  Street,  1  P.  M.  for  Yoko 
hama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Honolulu,  Kob# 
(Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  connecting 
Ml  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,  etc. 

No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing. 
Round   trip   tickets   at  reduced    rateB. 

For  freight  and  passage  apply  at  office,  4th 
floor.  Western  Metropolis  National  Bank  Building, 
625  Market  St. 

W.  H    AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 


LXVin— No.   17. 


SAN  PSANCISCO,  OCTOBER  26,  1912 


Price,  10  Cents. 


0  I     ^JMGLJL 

i:  (  AMERICUS 


RECALL  GOVERNOE  JOHNSON. 

WHETHER  Governor  Hiram  Johnson  shall  re- 
turn to  his  official  duties  at  Sacramento  or 
continue  stumping  through  the  Eastern  States 
should  make  no  difference  to  the  voters  of  California 
who  have  at  heart  the  true  interests  of  their  State. 
Governor  Johnson  should  be  recalled.  He  has  forfeited 
his  rights  to  the  high  office  he  disgraces  by  the  rancor  of 
his  partisanship  and  the  outright  indecency  of  his  con- 
tempt for  law  and  duty.  California 
has  never  had  a  Governor  nearly  so 
unworthy  as  Johnson,  and  yet  it  has 
paid  money  for  painting  the  por- 
traits of  some  gentlemen  to  be  placed 
in  the  State  Capitol  gallery  or  State 
Governors  whose  faces  would  hardly 
be  a  suitable  adornment  for  a  wood- 
shed. 

Consider  what  Johnson  has  done, 
and  left  undone.  His  offenses  in  both 
respects  are  sufficient  to  justify  his 
recall  by  unanimous  vote  of  his  fel- 
low-citizens who  have  the  misfortune 
to  call  him  the  Chief  Magistrate  of 
their  State. 

Never  before  in  the  United  States 
has  any  Governor  dared  to  rob  his 
fellow-citizens  of  the  right  to  vote 
for  a  President  of  the  United  States  as  Hiram  Johnson 
has  done  this  year.  A  host  of  honest  citizens  desire  to 
cast  their  ballots  this  year  for  William  H.  Taft,  but  not 
one  of  the  Taft  Electors  is  to  be  found  upon  the  ballot 
for  the  November  election.  Republicans  favorable  to 
Mr.  Taft  must  vote  for  the  Roosevelt  Electors  or  for  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  President.  In  the  heat  of  their 
just  resentment  thousands  of  honest  voters  whose  bal- 
lots might  have  been  recorded  for  the  man  of  their  first 
choice  will  be  cast  for  Woodrow  Wilson  as  a  fitting  re- 


buke to  the  daylight  burglars  who  have  robbed  them  of 
their  constitutional  rights. 

For  this  outrageous  disfranchisement  of  a  host  of 
loyal  Republicans  in  California,  Governor  Hiram  John- 
son is  to  be  blamed.  He  is  in  full  control  of  the  polit- 
ical machine  which  has  crushed  out  all  organized  party 
.opposition  to  the  Third  Term  candidate  for  President. 
All  the  officials,  from  the  Attorney-General  up  to  the 
janitor  of  Governor  Johnson's  office  at  Sacramento  are 
but  cogs  in  the  machinery  which  moves  obedient  to 
Hiram's  master  hand. 

In  times  when  the  heroic  spirit  of  the  pioneers  was 
stronger  than  at  present  a  robbery  of  constitutional 
rights  like  that  perpetrated  this  year  on  the  Taft  Repub- 


0  - « 


OUR  ABSENTEE   GOVERNOR. 


licans  would  have  brought  more  than 
hot  verbal  protests  to  the  head  occu- 
pant of  the.  State  Capitol  at  Sacra- 
mento. When  the  lawful  rights  of  the 
pioneers  of  San  Francisco  to  the  pro- 
tection of  life  and  property  were 
abridged  by  organized  outlaws,  the 
Vigilance  Committee  sprang  into  ex- 
istence and  law  and  order  were  re- 
stored quickly  by  most  vigorous' 
methods.  In  these  days  it  is  not 
usual,  nor  desirable,  to  employ  the 
forcible  methods  of  Judge  Lynch  in 
freeing  the  community  from  the  dom- 
ination of  public  enemies.  Nor  is  it 
necessary  if  the  foes  of  good  govern- 
ment happen  to  hold  public  office. 
The  Legislature  has  provided  an  ef- 
fective method  of  relief  by  providing 
for  the  recall  of  public  officers  whom  the  voters  believe 
to  be  better  fitted  for  the  obscurity  of  private  life. 

Governor  Johnson's  neglect  of  duty  has  become  a 
public  scandal,  and  the  longer  he  remains  in  office  the 
more  defiant  of  public  opinion  does  he  appear.  His 
contemptuous  disregard  of  common  decency  in  treating 
his  office  as  if  it  were  a  petty  post  to  be  held  in  trust  for 
him  by  a  clerk  and  a  stenographer,  is  a  flagrant  insult 
to  the  people  of  California.  Seeing  how  unlimited  is 
the  disregard  of  Governor  Johnson  for  the  law  and  the 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  26,  1912. 


proprieties,  the  Eastern  press  representatives 
have  begun  to  publish  statements  that  Mr. 
Johnson  ignores  the  60-day  vacation  law,  and 
will  remain  on  the  stump  in  the  East  till 
election  day.  It  is,  of  course,  taken  for  grant- 
ed by  the  Eastern  press  that  the  people  o± 
California  whom  Mr.  Johnson  has  flouted 
and  scandalized  and  disfranchised,  will  con- 
tinue to  manifest  a  spirit  of  utter  abasement, 
and  allow  him  to  resume  his  office  and  collect 
its  emoluments  without  a  word  of  rebuke  or 
protestation. 

If  the  people  of  San  Francisco  do  not  wish 
to  make  themselves  the  jibe  and  jest  of  the 
nation,  they  will  give  public  recognition  to 
the  belated  return  of  Mr.  Johnson  by  signing 
a  huge  petition  for  his  recall  and  send  him 
spinning  down  the  political  toboggan  along 
which  he  will  sooner  or  later  wend  his  weary 
way  to  the  scrap  heap  of  discredited  official- 
ism. 


DISFKANCHISEL*   REPUBLICANS. 

THE  President  of  the  newly  organized  Wil- 
son League,  William  A.  Doble,  is  an 
example  of  the  class  of  Republicans 
that  cannot  vote  for  their  own  choice  for 
President  of  the  United  States  this  year.  Mr, 
Doble  is  a  Bepublican  whose  ancestors  of 
several  generations  voted  the  Republican  tick- 
et. He  would  be  glad  to  do  so  this  year,  were 
it  possible,  but  it  is  impossible.  Mr.  Doble  is 
compelled  to  vote  for  Woodrow  Wilson  or  a 
factional  ticket  put  forth  to  destroy  the  party 
to  which  he  has  acknowledged  a  preference 
and  to  which  his  ancestors  were  loyal. 

Is  it  strange  that  in  his  indignation  and  his 
resentment  Mr.  Doble  should  declare  for  the 
candidate  of  the  Democracy,  who  has  at  least 
the  merit  of  being  the  standard-bearer  of  his 
whole  party,  and  who  is  not  doing  traitorous 
work  to  destroy  the  organization  which  con- 
ferred honors  upon  him? 

An  army  01  Republicans,  animated  by  feel- 
ings similar  to  those  that  inspire  Mr.  Doble 
to  form  a  Republican  organization  to  help  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  President,  will  march 
to  the  polls  on  election  day. 

What  will  be  the  feelings  of  Messrs.  John- 
son, Lissner  &  Co.  tne  day  after  election  when 
they  read  the  returns  and  find  a  banner  Re- 
publican State  like  California  transferred  in- 
to either  a  doubtful  section  or  a  Democratic 
one?  What  will  their  Republican  fellow- 
citizens  say  of  them  and  to  them,  and  what 
answer  can  they  make? 


tainty  as  to  taxation  is  equivalent  to  a  war 
scare  so  far  as  capital  is  concerned.  Vote  No 
on  this  amendment,  and  with  aii  emphasis 
that  will  prevent  its  reappearance  on  the 
ballot. 

, f 

THE  PAWNSHOP  PISTOL. 

THE  proposal  to  prohibit  the  sale  of  pis- 
tols, ii  adopted,  would  prove  about  as 
efficacious  as  a  mustard  plaster  applied 
to  a  wooden  leg.  It  is  not  the  facility  for 
committing  crimes  which  calls  for  attention 
so  much  as  the  severity  of  the  punishment 
for  those  crimes  when  committed,  and,  more 
than  the  severity,  the  certainty  of  such  pun- 
ishment. There  will  always  be  the  means  for 
committing  murder  and  other  crimes,  but  if 
society  can  never  abolish  the  means,  it  can 
do  much  to  deter  those  who  use  them  by  see- 
ing that  we  have  efficient  police  backed  by 
judges  fearless  in  the  interpretation  of  the 
law  and  officials  as  fearless  in  seeing  that  the 
sentences  are  carried  out.  So  loug  as  our 
jails  are  full  of  murderers  who  have  evaded 
the  requisite  punishment  it  is  absurd  to  think 
that  we  can  prevent  murder  by  stopping  the 
sale  O-l  firearms.  The  remedy  must  be  sought 
for  in  a  reform  of  the  judicial  system  rather 
than  in  a  regulation  of  the  sale  of  the  pawn- 
shop pistol. 

r 

Sunday  next  is  Roosevelt's  birthday,  and 
the  fact  recalls  an  odd  sequence  in  the  ages 
of  the  Presidential  candidates.  Debbs  is  55, 
Wilson  56,  Taft.  57.  and  Roosevelt  58. 


A  PERNICIOUS  PROPOSAL. 

PROPERTY  OWNERS  and  all  others  inter- 
ested in  encouraging  the  investment 
of  outside  capital  in  California  should 
make  certain  of  voting  against  the  "Home 
Rule  in  Taxation"  amendment  on  November 
5th.  Under  the  pretense  of  enlarging  the  fis- 
cal powers  of  municipalities  it  is  in  reality  a 
device  for  introducing  the  Single  Tax  system, 
which,  as  openly  and  honestly  advocated,  has 
failed  to  impose  upon  the  credulity  of  the 
American  people.  Recognizing  the  hopeless- 
ness of  his  policy  when  explicitly  stated,  the 
Single  Taxer  now  drops  the  name  and  fights 
under  the  banner  of  "Home  Rule  in  Taxa- 
tion." Stability  in  taxation  is  the  first  requi- 
site for  inducing  outside  capital,  since  uncer- 


MUSICAL  EVENTS. 


Mrs.  Richard  Rees,  the' resident  artist,  whose 
popularity  has  gained  for  heT  an  interesting 
field  in  many  educational  events,  will  be  the 
soloist  at  the  Greek  Theater  on  Sunday  after- 
noon, November  3rd.  A  program  of  excep- 
tional worth  is  being  prepared  for  this  event 
by  Mrs.  Rees  and  her  accompanist,  Mr.  Roscoe 
Warren  Lucy. 

Mrs.  Eugene  Elkus  was  the  soloist  at  the 
California  Club  on  Tuesday,  when  a  delightful 
reception  was  tendered  the  State  President, 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Orr,  and  the  District  President, 
Mrs.  Percy  L.  Shuman.  Mrs.  A.  P.  Black, 
President  of  the  Calilornia  Club,  and  other 
officers  received  the  many  guests.  Mrs.  David 
Hirschler,  President  of  the  Pacific  Musical 
Society,  accompanied  Mrs.  Elkus  in  her  beau- 
tiful singing  of  the  group  of  songs. 


Gadski,  at  the  concert  on  Tuesday  evening, 
gave  convincing  evidence  that  she  is  greater 
in  her  art  than  ever.  Society  had  assembled 
in  raiment  befitting  the  ocasion  at  the  Hotel 
St.  Francis,  where  the  second  concert  of  the 
St.  Francis  Musical  Art  Society  was  given. 
The  brilliant  voice  df  the  great  Wagnerian 
singer  was  as  full  of  fire  as  ever.  Her  ren- 
dition of  the  "Brunhilde's  Farewell  to  Sieg- 
fried," from  the  "Gotterdammerung,"  was 
of  superior  splendor.  Hadley's  rainbow  song, 
"The  Rain  is  Falling  on  the  Flowers,"  dis- 
closed both  the  singer's  art  and  that  of  the 
composer.  Gadski  has  a  most  gracious  way  of 
presenting  the  compositions  of  her  pianists, 
and  her  singing  of  the  "Snow  Flowers"  by 
Schneider  was  attractively  fine.  Edward 
Schneider,  who  long  ago  won  popularity  by 
his  "It  Is  Not  Raining  Rain  to  Me,"  is  the 
Gadski  accompanist  and  is  recognized  as  an 
unusual  pianist. 

At  the  St.  Francis  next  Thursday  evening 
Miss  Clara  Alexander,  who,  despite  her  long 
list  of  titled  patrons,  is  a  genuinely  popular 
performer,  will  give  a  "Concert  Varie"  with 
clever  impersonations  of  plantation  people 
and  a  number  of  negro  folk  lore  melodies  and 
love  poems.  Since  her  last  appearance  in  San 
Francisco  Miss  Alexander  nas  won  high  favor 


as  an  entertainer  of  European  royalty  and  was 
pronounced  a  success  by  her  more  critical 
London  audiences.  In  addition  to  the  support 
of  several  imported  artists,  Miss  Alexander 
will  have  the  assistance  of  Miss  Enid  Gregg, 
Mrs.  George  Armsby,  Mr.  Felton  Elkins  and 
Mr.  Willard  Barton  Jr.  in  a  one-act  play  en- 
titled " Felton Js  First  Play,"  by  Mr.  Felton 
Elkins.  Mr.  Oscar  S.  Frank,  Mr.  Lewis  Cole- 
man Hall  and  Miss  Ida  von  Weick  will  also 
appear. 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 


No.  14119.     Dept.  10. 

ESTATE  OF  JAMES  SEXTON,  DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  JAMES  SEX- 
TON, deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to 
the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phelan 
Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  of- 
fice the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  business 
in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  JAMES 
SEXTON,    deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator  of  the  estate  of  JAMES  SEXTON, 
deceased. 

Dated,    San   Francisco,    October   8,    1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HICKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
trator,  858  Phelan  Building,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   4. 

JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L.  PRIOR,  Plaint- 
iffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien 
upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,735. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L. 
PRIOR,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows : 

FIRST :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
line  of  Walter  Street,  distant  thereon  three  hundred 
and  eighteen  (318)  feet  northerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Walter  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of  Fourteenth 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and  along  said 
line  of  Walter  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred,  and  twenty- 
five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  MISSION 
BLOCK  Number  100. 

SECOND :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Ninth  Street,  and  running  thence 
northeasterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clementina 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;-  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southwesterly  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  seventy- 
five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part 
of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number  298. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
•very  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

WitnesB  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
12th  day  of  September,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The   first  publication   of   this   summons   was  made 
in    "The    Wasp"    newspaper    on    the    21st    day    of 
September,    A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiffs: 

EMILY  A.  FRIEDLANDER,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco,    California. 


Saturday,  October  26,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


Correinit 

Comment 


Jack  Johnson    hung   in   effigy!     Why  stop 

at  an  effigy  I 

»     «     * 

The  suit  club  swindler  has  had  his  suit-case 
packed  and  Bent  free  of  charge  to  the  Hotel 
Ban  Quentin,  where  1 1 «_•  will  reside  during  the 
winter  mouths. 

*  *     * 

They  have  lin-d  at  Uuosevelt  and  are  threat- 
ening Wilson.  Not  a  word  about  Tat't,  which 
is  probably  an  indication  of  what  the  anar- 
chist   thinks  of  liis  chances. 

Tlie  Sun  prints  an  article  on  how  to  live  on 
nothing  in  New  fork.  Some  people  can  man- 
age that  in  any  part  of  the  world.  The  rock 
pile  is  never  kept  as  busy  as  it  might  be. 

After  all,  there  is  much  to  be  said  for  the 
candidate  who  can  treat  a  bullet  as  an  irrel- 
evant interjection,  turn  it  metaphorically 
aside  with  a  clever  retort  and  keep  the  sur- 
geons waiting  while  he  finishes  his  speech. 

*  *     # 

Instead  of  singing  a  parody  on  the  hymn 
"Follow,  Follow,''  it  might  be  more  appro- 
priate if  those  who  are  sufficiently  saerelig- 
ious  to  turn  a  sacred  canticle  into  a  political 
chorus  would  turn  their  attention  to  "While 
the  lamp  holds  out  to  burn." 

Joseph  Marski  of  Chicago,  who  died  early 
in  the  week  at  the  age  of  110,  became  a 
teetotaler  at  the  age  of  85  and  a  non-smoker 
at  105.  As  he  lived  25  years  after  cutting  out 
alcohol  and  only  5  years  after  quitting  to- 
bacco, it  would  seem  that  there  is  more  dan- 
ger in  reforming  from  the   tobacco  than  the 

liquor  habit. 

*  *     * 

Edwards  Davis,  remembered  alike  by  Oak- 
land congregations  and  Orpheum  audiences 
as  the  preacher  who  acted  his  sermons  and 
the  actor  who  preached  his  lines,  looked  like 
a  matinee  idol  in  the  pulpit  and  like  a  pastor 
on  the  stage,  is  being  sued  for  divorce  by  the 


beauteous    Ad.de    liinod,    the    Alameda    blonde, 
who   looked   9ueu  a   picture  on   horseback. 

*  *     • 

The  Colonel,  prodded  by  Bryan,  declares 
that  he  favors  the  recall  of  the  President; 
but  what  a  roar  would  come  from  the  Bull 
Moose  if  he  happened  to  be  the  occupant  of 
the  White  House  and  "the  people"  expressed 
a   wish   to  yank  him   out! 

*  •     * 

That  policemen  are  not  insensitive  to  the 
consolation  of  a  poetic  revenge  was  seen  the 
other  day  in  New  York,  when  a  constable 
arrested  a  man  who  had  stolen  his  gun. 
First  he  charged  the  prisoner  with  theft, 
then  with  carrying  a  concealed  weapon  and 
finally  with  disorderly  conduct.  Incidentally 
the  victim,  who  bore  the  strange  name  of 
(.Jillio  Peoples,  had  to  be  taken  to  the  hos- 
pital for  repairs  as  the  result  of  resisting 
arrest. 

"COWLIKE  INTELLECTS. 

J  HOWARD  MORE,  a  Chicago  educator, 
#  says  men  have  still  "the  vague,  dull, 
satisfied,  cowlike  intellects  of  the  larval 
stage  of  the  race."  Poor,  suffering  humanity 
is  accustomed  to  these  flattering  tributes,  but 
it  ill  becomes  a  Chicagoan  to  extend  a  gratu- 
itous insult  to  the  animal  he  grinds  into  such 
handsome  dividends.  But  then,  he  sees  her 
robbed  of  all  pastoral  picturesqueness  and  only 

as  the  raw  material  of  a  Chicago  smell. 

*  *     * 

PAYING  FOE  YOUR  JOB. 

WE  CAN  sometimes  go  abroad  for  news 
about  ourselves,  but  more  often  it  is 
to   find   more   openly   stated   what   is 
fairly    well    known    at    home.      For    instance, 
this  item  from  the  New  York  Times: 

The  harbor  of  San  Francisco  is  under  State 
control,  and  it  entails  enormous  patronage. 
This  has  recently  been  doubled.  A  wharfinger 
told  me  that  his  salary  was  $125  a  month. 
On  a  recent  pay  day  he  was  handed  this 
certificate  and  $62.50,  and  he  wanted  to  see 
if  there  was  any  way  he  could  get  the  money 
due  him  without  losing  his  job. 

Fifty  per  cent,  of  your  salary  to  hold  down 
your  job  under  Governor  Johnson.  This  should 
make  even  the  leader  of  a  recent  municipal 
administration   green   with   envy.      There   are 


certainly  others — which  recalls  a  good  story 
told  by  sir  Kui'us  Isaacs,  an  eminent  London 
attorney,  or  barrister,  as  they  call  him.  Isaacs 
was  acting  with  a  licmile  attorney  in  a  case 
and  after  they  had  won  it  came  the  question 
of  deciding  upon  the  final  fee  to  be  asked. 
A  high-priced  man,  Isaacs  named  a  high  fig- 
ure. The  Centile  just  doubled  it  and  got  it, 
whereupon  Isaacs  remarked:  ''Almost  thou" 
persuadest  me  to  be  a  Christian." 
... 

SNUFFED  OUT. 

THERE  was  a  sound  of  revelry  by  night, 
For  Mrs.  Detrick  had  assembled  then 
Our  beauty  and  our  chivalry;  and  bright 
The  lamps  shone  on  fair  women  and  brave 
men; 
Two  hundred  hearts  (revised  list)  beat  happily 
and  when 
Music  arose  with  its  voluptuous  swell 
Soft  eyes  looked  love  to  eyes  that  spake  again, 
And  all  went  merry  as  a  marriage  bell. 

But,  hush!  hark!  a  strange  sound  rises  on  the 
ballroom  breezes. 
The     dancers     leave     the     hall     and     cry 
"Enough! ' J — 
Or,    rather,    would    do    could    they    stop      the 
sneezes 
Induced  by  that  thick  atmosphere  of  snuff; 
For  some  one,  in  a  jest,  or  in  a  huff — 

Perhaps  an  agent  of  the  Czar,  her  foe, 
Who  in  the  game  of  social  leaders'  bluff 
Had  paid  his  man  to  spread  the  powder  so, 

And  plunged  the  Detrick  clan  in  direst  woe. 

+     *     * 

MANAGER    MOOSER    ENTERTAINS. 

IT  WAS  a  very  wonderful  and  gracious  act 
of  Impresario  George  Mooser  of  the  Kolb 
and  Dill  aggregation  to  entertain  the  many 
friends  and  admirers  of  that  combination  of 
beauty  and  talent  at  a  most  enjoyable  fancy 
dress  ball  and  sumptuous  supper  at  the  St. 
Francis  before  his  departure  for  the  East  on 
professional  business.  Fortunate,  indeed,  were 
those  who  received  invitations  for  this  unique 
entertainment,  and  that  many  enjoyed  them- 
selves thoroughly  may  be  seen  by  a  glance  at 
the  flashlight  picture  taken  by  one  of  our 
most  conscientious  photographers  shortly  be- 
fore supper.  After  the  supper  no  flashlights 
were  taken. 


GEORGE  MOOSER'S  GUESTS  AT  THE  FANCY  DRESS  BALL. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  October  26,  1912. 


POLITICAL  POSTERS. 

ON  FLARING  red  posters  across  the  bay 
we  read:  "Abolish  Poverty  and  Send 
J.  Stitt  Wilson  to  Congress."  The 
wording  is  very  artful,  for  it  does  not  actu- 
ally say  that  sending  Stitt  Wilson  to  Congress 
will  abolish  poverty,  but  the  implication  is 
there  and  as  a  sample  of  political  hypociisy 
it  is  sadly  amusing.  This  "Me  and  the 
Millenium"  claim  of  the  socialistic  aspirant 
is  becoming  wearisome,  and  yet  Wilson  knows 
the  kind  of  pap  with  which  to  feed  his  fol- 
lowers and  they  are  many.  If  he  were  little 
short  of  the  Diety,  and  Wilson  does  not  shrink 
from  the  comparison,  he  could  not  abolish 
poverty,  but  this  is  the  age  of  the  startling 
poster  and  as  the  socialistic  bill-sticker,  the 
Mayor  of  Berkeley  is  an  adept. 


AN  APT  RETORT. 

GEORGE    TRUMBULL    LADD,    the   well- 
known  writer,  recently  made  the  state- 
ment, that  few   women  understand  the 
male  character  profoundly,  and  that  the  one 
woman  he  ever  knew  who  did  thoroughly  un- 
derstand men  was  a  woman  who  never  mar- 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  lor  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5.  . 

IDA  BOLTEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming 
any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,892. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  Hen  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
lendants,    greeting : 

You  are  herebv  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  IDA  BOLTEN,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk:  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  sum- 
mons, and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any, 
you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly   described    as    follows: 

FIRST;  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southeaster 
ly  line  of  Mission  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-five 
(85)  feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Mission 
Street  with  the  noriheasteny  line  of  Eighth  Street, 
and  running  thence  northeasterly  along  said  line  ot 
Mission  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  eighty  (80)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southwesterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  eighty  (80)  feet  to 
the  point  of  oeginning;  being  part  of  ONE  HUN- 
DRED VARA  BLOCK  Number  407. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Silliman  Street,  distant  thereon 
twenty-eight  (28)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  form 
ed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sil- 
liman Stret  with  the  easterly  line  of  Dartmouth 
Street,  and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 
of  Silliman  Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100;  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-seven  (27) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hun- 
dred (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  beinfe 
lot  number  25,  block  52,  as  per  map  of  the  property 
of  the  RAILROAD  AVENUE  HOMESTEAD  ASSO- 
CIATION. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  sole  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  hei 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur 
ther  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  mv  hand  and  the  seal  of  said   Court,    this 
14th  day  of  October,   A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The    first    publication    of    this    summons    was    made 
in  "The  Wasp"   newspaper  on  the  26th  day  of  Octo 
ber,   A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


ried.  To  which  a  suffragette  made  the  retort 
of  asking  did  he  mean  to  imply  that  because 
of  her  profound  understanding  of  the  male 
character  the  woman  preferred  to  remain 
single. 

+ 

SEAWEED   SOUP. 

MRS.  ELMEE  BLACK  returns  from  Eur- 
ope with  the  brilliant  suggestion  that 
America  might  materially  reduce  the 
high  cost  of  living  by  eating  mushrooms  and 
dogs.  She  says  that  the  people  of  Munich 
are  rather  partial  to  roast  dog,  garnished 
with  mushrooms,  and  that  when  both  are 
properly  inspected  beforehand,  they  are  "per- 
fectly fit  to  eat."  Mushrooms  are  all  right, 
provided  people  are  educated  up  to  distin- 
guishing them  from  toadstools,  but  why  drag 
in  the  dog?  It  is  very  like  the  inspiration  of 
an  Eastern  professor,  who  advised  the  Pa- 
cific coast  to  make  soup  out  of  the  thousands 
of  tons  of  seaweed  daily  washed  up  on  our 
shores.  There  would  be  nothing  to  prevent  a 
mushroom  corner,  a  dog  trust  or  a  combine 
in  seaweed,  and  in  place  of  searching  for  new 
foods,  we  should  devise  some  way  by  which 
the  grower  can  get  into  more  direct  communi- 
cation with  the  ultimate  consumer.  If  we  did 
this,  prices  might  drop  to  a  point  where  it 
would  not  be  necessary  to  eat  stewed  dog  or 
boiled  seaweed. 

1 

SIR  GEORGE  REED. 

WITHOUT  visiting  San  Francisco,  but  on 
the  strength  of  a  study  of  the  statis- 
tics relating  to  the  capital  of  the 
Pacific,  Sir  George  Reid;  High  Commissioner 
for  Austrailia  in  England  has  recommended 
to  his  government  that  of  the  two  commission- 
ers to  be  located  in  America,  one  should  be 
assigned  to  this  city.  Eeid,  who  impressed 
his  New  York  hearers  as  a  man  of  singular 
ability,  is  one  of  the  brightest  after  dinner 
speakers  in  the  British  Empire  and  a  ready 
wit,  whose  repartee  is  unrivalled.  He  left 
Scotland  when  only  a  two-year-old — he  says 
that  for  him  it  was  a  land  always  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey — and  went  to  Australia, 
and  as  he  now  weighs  in  the  region  of  250 
pounds  he  claims  to  be  an  Australian.  In 
the  antipodes  he  was  known  as  "Yes-No" 
Reid  and  on  one  occasion  an  iuterjector  called 
him  a  two-faced  man.  "I'm  sorry,  my  friend, 
that  I  cannot  return  the  compliment, ' '  he 
replied,  "for  if  you  had  two  faces  you  would 
certainly  have  left  that  one  at  home."  For 
many  years  his  chief  antagonist  was  Sir 
Henry  Parkes,  a  man  who,  though  he  became 
widely  read,  could  never  get  over  the  cockney 
habit  of  dropping  his  h's  or  of  putting  them  in 
where  they  were  not  wanted.  They  used  to 
average  out  alright,  but  they  were  sadly 
distributed.  In  the  course  of  a  debate  Eeid 
nettled  the   old   man,   who   appealed   for   pro- 


tection, declaring  that  he  was  a  self-made 
man.  "You  see  he  doesn't  blame  anyone  else 
for  it,"  was  Eeid's  retort,  which  recalls  a 
somewhat  similar  story  told  of  Lincoln. 


A  RELIABLE  GOLD 
AND  SILVER  HOUSE 

Old  family  jewelry  reconstructed  Into  mod- 
ern styles. 

Stone  setting. 

Silverware  made  to  order,  repaired  and  re- 
finished. 

We  can  supply  you  with  toilet  articles  and 
table  flat-ware  in  ALL  STANDAED 
PATTERNS. 

A  department  for  expert  watch  repairing. 


JOHN  0.  BELLIS 

Manufacturing  Gold  and  Silversmith 
328  Post  Street  Union  Square 


THE  CHILDREN'S  PAETY.— On  Hallow- 
e'en, October  3lst.  "We  have  a  world  of  help- 
ful suggestions  for  the  party.  Jack  O 'Lan- 
terns, Black  Cats,  Goblins,  and  many  appropri- 
ate Table  Favors.  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four 
candy  stores. 

(Advertisement) 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
iTanciscu. — Dept.    No.    3. 

NATHAN  ABRAHAM,  Plaintiff,  .vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  aay  part  thereof,  Detend- 
auts. — Action    No.    32,908. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  iu,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
properly  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
lendauis,    greeting; 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  NATHAN  ABRAHAM,  plaintift, 
tiled  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lieu,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereot,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cal- 
ifornia,   and  particularly   described  as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  souutherly  line  of 
Clay  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-one  (81)  feet, 
three  (3)  inches  easterly  from  tue  corner  formed  by 
Hie  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Clay  Street 
with  the  easterly  line  of  Divisadero  Street,  ana 
running  thence  easterly  and  aiong  said  line  of  Clay 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  (127)  feet, 
eight  and  one-fourth  (8*4)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25 ,  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven 
(127)  feet,  eight  and  one-iourth  (8}4)  inches  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK  Number  462. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap 
pear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted ;  thai 
ihe  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  tne  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
16th  day  of   October,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNSWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  26th  day  of  Octo- 
ber,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


IT   IS,  indeed,  newa  to  bear  that  the  Charles 
Sworn- vs     ui     Spokane    uro     planning     to 
make   San    Francisco    their    future    borne. 
They    arc   intimate   friends   of    Mrs.    Eleanor 
Martin,   who  has  done  quite  extensive  outer 
taming   in   their   honor.     The  Sweeneys  have 

I ghl   the  old  Baker  mansion  on  Washington 

and  Franklin  streets  from  the  Antoine  Borels, 
who  spend  most  of  t heir  time  at  their  beautiful 
home  in  San  Mateo.  They  also  have  a  place 
in  Switzerland.  The  Baker  house  was  built 
by  the  late  Livingstone  L.  Baker  some  thirty 
years  ago,  and  was  the  scene  of  constant  gai- 
ety while  his  large  family  was  growing  up. 
s«\  era)  years  before  the  earthquake  Mrs. 
Baker  sold  the  house  to  William  J.  Diugee, 
who  practically  true  it  down  and  built  it 
over,  making  it  more  like  a  palace  than  a 
home.  Money  was  no  object  to  Mr.  Dingee 
in  those  days,  and  lie  spout  $li<M),()[)i.)  in  the 
residence  to  please  Mrs.  Dingee,  though  in  ad 
dition  to  this  costly  San  Fianeisco  residence 
he  had  a  splendid  country  place  at  Redwood 
City  and  a  fine  house  at  Santa  Cruz.  Each 
establishment  required  a  retinue  of  servants, 
so  it  can  be  estimated  how  much  it  cost  the 
cement  magnate  to  keep  up  his  chain  of  domi- 
ciles. 

His  remodeled  San  Francisco  house  was  em- 
bellished with  marble  floors,  and  the  exterior 
was  treated  with  a  coating  of  paint  and  mica, 
so  that  it  glittered  in  the  moonlight  like  the 
palace  of  the  Fairy  Queen  in  a  Christmas  pan- 
tomime. Lucullus  never  dreamed  of  such  lux- 
urious surroundings  as  the  San  Francisco  ce- 
ment magnate  planned  in  his  city  residence, 
where  one  could  touch  a  button,  and  lo!  a 
carved  figure  in  a  cosy  corner  revolved  on  a 
pedestal  and  handed  out  a  box  of  cigars  or  a 
panel  in  the  wall  operated  by  electricity  slid- 
ed  back  and  exposed  an  array  of  bottles  and 
glasses  sufficient  to  satisfy  all  the  requirements 
of  Bacchus. 

One  fine  day  the  fate  which  generally  over- 
takes promoters  who  deal  in  millions  as  if  they 
were  nickels  befell  Magnate  Dingee,  and  it  was 
found  that,  counting  in  the  two  and  a  half 
millions  he  got  for  his  Oakland  water  supply, 
and  all  the  money  he  made  in  cement  and 
other  operations,  he  was  still  about  two  mil- 
lions shy  of  sufficient  assets  to  pay  his  debts. 

The  usual  committee  on  appraisal,  readjust- 
ment and  restoration  held  many  protracted 
sessions  before  a  final  settlement  of  Mr.  Din- 
gee 's  much-complicated  affairs  was  reached, 
and  then  he  betook  himself  to  Wall  street,  and 
San  Francisco  has  not  known  him  since, 
though  occasional  rumors  reach  Pine  street 
that  his  habits  of  dealing  with  decimals  have 
not  changed  very  much. 

In  the  early  stages  of  his  financial  compli- 
cations Mr.  Dingee  sold  to  Banker  Borel,  for 


NOTICE. 

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in  the  issue  of  that  week. 


about  a  quarter  of  what  it  cost,  the  fairy 
palace  in  San  Francisco  in  which  he  had  not 
lived  for  six  consecutive  months  during  the 
term  of  his  ownership.  Banker  Borel  had  a 
large  family  of  growing  girls  to  entertain  for. 
Not    long    after    his    purchase    of    the    Dingee 


MISS  ZDENKA  BUBEN 

Pianiste  who  scored  a  triumph  at  the  Kohler  & 
Chase  matinee. 

mansion  San  Francisco  was  visited  by  the 
earthquake  of  1906,  and  the  Borels  fled  to 
San  Mateo.  They  rented  the  city  mansion  to 
the  burnt-out  "Pacific  Unionites, "  who  occu- 
pied it  for  a  couple  of  years  previous  to  their 
reconstruction  of  the  Flood  home,  where  they 
now  reside. 

Since  that  time  the  house  has  been  more  or 
less  empty,  and  it  is  a  pleasure  to  hear  that 
the  Sweeneys,  who  are  planning  to  entertain 
on  a  very  large  scale,  are  to  be  its  occupants. 
The  house  is  wonderfully  adapted  for  enter- 
tainments; the  whole  ground  floor,  including 
the  exquisite  conservatory,  can  be  thrown  into 
one,  making  its  holding  capacity  enormous. 


Miss  Aileen  McCarthy. 

AN  ATTRACTIVE  young  girl  who  will 
make  her  debut  in  Los  Angeles  this 
winter  is  Miss  Aileen  McCarthy,  daugh- 
ter of  E.  Avery  McCarthy  of  tuat  city.  She 
is  a  blonde  of  the  petite  type,  and  very  viva- 
cious, although  not  resembling  in  the  least 
her  mother.  Mrs.  J.  J.  Moore.  Miss  McCarthy 
was  the  first  child  of  Mrs.  Moore  when  she 
was  the  wife  of  Avery  McCarthy,  and  she  re- 
linquished the  child  to  him  at  the  time  of 
their  divorce,  keeping  for  heTself  her  little 
daughter  Lillian.  When  she  married  J.  J. 
Moore  she  changed  Lillian's  name  with  her 
own,  while  McCarthy  moved  south,  where  he 
married   again,    keeping   Aileen    with    him. 

Miss  McCarthy  will  have  a  very  gay  winter, 
as  her  father  and  stepmother  are  extremely 
popular  in  the  south  and  do  much  entertain- 
ing. 

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Mrs.   Jackson  Gouraud. 

MES.  JACKSON  GOUEAUD  is  evidently 
planning  to  shake  the  dust  of  the  Unit- 
ed States  from  her  feet  entirely,  as 
she  has  just  announced  in  New  York  that  she 
intends  to  dispose  of  her  American  belongings 
before  settling  down  into  her  newly  purchased 
home  in  Paris. 

Her  friends  are  speculating  as  to  whether 
she  intends  taking  another  husband  to  enjoy 
life  in  the  French  capital  with  her.  Eumoi 
has  linked  her  name  time  and  again  with  the 
French  actor,  M.  de  Max,  who  was  leading 
man  with  Madame  Bernhardt  for  several 
years — and  also  with  a  well-known  diplomat. 
Mrs.  Gouraud  is  a  woman  who  has  had  many 
and  varied  experiences  since,  as  Miss  Amy 
Crocker  of  Sacramento  she  married  E.  Porter 
Ashe. 

Society  Circus. 

THAT  society  will  not  merely  amuse  itself, 
but  will  provide  genuine  entertainment 
for  the  paying  public  at  the  circus  in 
aid  of  the  Infants'  Shelter  next  month,  is  evi- 
dent from  the  elaborate  preparations  now  be- 
ing made.  Nothing  of  the  kind  has  been  done 
since  the  fire,  and  it  is  promised  that  the 
items  will  surpass  anything  ever  given  by  the 
smart  set  in  the  palmiest  days  of  social  revels. 
In  place  of  the  feeble  and  amateur  imita- 
tions which  indulgent  drawing-rooms  consent 
to  applaud  as  society  vaudeville,  there  will 
be  undeniably  novel  turns  by  accomplished 
performers.  Charles  de  Young,  who,  if  fate 
had  been  less  kind,  might  have  won  a  name 
by  his  theatrical  talent,  has  been  rehearsing 
with  his  sister  Kathleen  and  Miss  Enid  Gregg 
a  number  of  choice  items  fresh  from  New 
York,  and  others  are  making  equally  sure  of 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  26,  1912. 


springing  surprises  upon  the  spectators.  The 
Riding  Club  will  appear  with  a  number  of 
blood  horses^  several  members  of  the  Bohemian 
Club  will  take  part  as  clowns,  Olympians  will 
furnish  acrobatic  talent  equal  to  the  best, 
while  the  Family  Club  will  be  represented  by 
members  who  have  an  aptitude  for  circus  com- 
edy. Altogether,  the  show  gives  promise  of 
being  worth  twice  the  money. 

O*       w~       *5* 

Mrs.  George  Primrose,  who  is  suing  the 
minstrel  for  divorce  in  the  New  York  courts, 
alleges  that  Minstrel  George  is  somewhat  more 
than  living  up  to  name  through  treading 
primrose  byways.  Mrs.  Primrose  is  a  former 
Oakland  girl,  and  was  Miss  May  Kerney  be- 
fore she  married  the  minstrel,  who  was  then 
associated  with  West  in  the  Primrose  and 
"West  Minstrels.  Mrs.  Primrose's  mother  still 
lives  on  Fallon  street  in  Oakland,  where  the 
Nerney  home  has' been  ever  since  early  Oak- 
land days. 

Miss  Fernanda  Pratt. 

MISS  FERNANDA  PRATT,  whose  picture 
is  presented  in  this  week's  issue  of 
The  Wasp,  is  one  of  our  most  talented 
societ37  belles.  For  a  number  of  years  her 
time  and  study  were  devoted  to  the  piano,  on 
which  instrument  her  exquisite  interpretations 
placed  her  as  one  of  the  most  finished  of  resi- 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  JUSTICES'  COURT  OP  iHE  CITY  AND 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  City 
Hall. 

W.  P.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  A.  SHAPIRO,  De- 
fendant.— Action  No.  47,521. 

Action  brought  in  the  Justices'  Court,  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  complaint  filed  in 
the  office  of  Clerk  of  said  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  to  A. 
SHAPIRO,    Defendant,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above  named  plaintiff,  in 
the  Justices'  Court  of  the  City  and  County  of  .San 
Francisco,  and  to  answer  to  the  complaint  filed  there- 
in; with  in  five  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  ser- 
vice) after  the  service  on  you  of  these  summons,  if 
served  within  this  county,  oberwise  within  twenty 
days. 

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

This  action  has  been  assigned,  and  you  are  directed 
to  appear  before  A.  E.  TREADWELL,  Esq.,  one  ot 
the  Justices  of  said  Court,  at  bis  office,  Grant  Build- 
ing, Seventh  and  Market  Streets,  in  said  City  and 
County. 

Make  legal  service  and  due  return  hereon :  By 
order  of  the  Presiding  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  22nd  day  of  March 
1912. 

ROBERT  W.  DENNIS,  Justices'    Clerk 
by  WM.   H.   CAMPBELL,   Deputy  Clerk 

JOSEPH  KIRK,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,*  Rooms' of 
the  Board  of-  Trade,   San  Francisco. 


dent  artists.  She  was  a  pupil  of  Hugo-  Mans- 
feldt,  later  on  going  to  Boston  and  Euiope, 
where  she  studied  under  piano  masters.  Yield- 
ing to  the  importunity  of  teachers  who  recog- 
nized the  rare  quality  of  her  voice,  Miss  Pratt 
took  up  vocal  studies.  Her  coloring  and  the 
warmth  of  a  rich  contralto  voice  have  gained 
for  her  further  honors,  as  evidenced  in  her 
appearance  at  the  recent  recital  of  the  Pacific 
Musical  Society.  Gifted  with  a  charming  per- 
sonality, temperament  and  brilliancy,  Mrs. 
Pratt,  who  is  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Ernest  Simp- 
son, is  rapidly  winning  a  distinguished  place 
in  society.  She  is  a  linguist,  speaking  four 
languages  with  ease  and  grace,  and  has  com- 
posed a     number  of  piano  selections. 

Hubert  E.  Hunt. 

TRANSBAY  folk  are  speculating  as  to 
whether  Mr.  Hubert  E.  Hunt,  who  is 
returning  with  his  bride  from  their  hon- 
eymoon in  the  East,  will  enter  into  their  social 
life  or  resume  his  post  as  city  editor  of  the 
Chronicle.  City  editors,  who  are  always  in 
the  thick  of  work  afternoons  and  evenings, 
have  no  time  for  the  social  round,  as  their 
hours  of  idleness,  if  they  ever  have  any,  are 
confined  to  the  interval  between  breakfast 
and  the  desk,  when  society  is  still  in  bed. 
Hunt  has  an  infinite  fund  of  anecdote,  a  keen 
sense  of  their  fitness  to  the  conversation,  and 
a  capacity  for  their  spirited  recital,  and  when 
time  has  softened  the  asperity  engendered  by 
long  association  with  hopeless  cubs  and  re- 
fractory reporters,  he  should  figure  as  the 
Chesterfield  of  the  smart  set.  It  is  no  longer 
necessary  that  he  should  toil,  and  it  is  said 
that  Ms  wealthy  bride  is  anxious  that  he 
should    have    abundant    leisure. 

Miss  Enid  Gregg. 

THEKE  is  considerable  curiosity  just  at 
present  as  to  whether  that  piquant 
•beauty,  Miss  Enid  Gregg,  is  preparing 
to  go  on  the  stage  m  real  earnest  or  not.  Some 
time  ago  there  were  many  rumors  of  it,  and 
now  that  she  is  "up  to  her  ears"  in  private 
theatricals  everybody  seems  to  have  their  sus- 
picions again.  She  is  to  appear  in  Felton 
Elkins'  new  play  that  is  to  be  given  shortly, 
and  also  is  planning  a  neat  little  skit  with 
Willard  Barton  in  the  "Campus  Mouse," 
which  is  well  under  way. 

She  has  a  great  deal  of  talent  in  that  line, 
as  well  as  belonging  to  that  type  which  always 
makes  a  hit,  and  is  not  unlike  the  famous 
Dolly  twins-  in  New  York,  who  are  making 
such  wholesale  slaughter  of  masculine  hearts 
in  "The  Merry  Countess." 

About  the  time  Alysse  Schultz  announced 
her  engagement  to  Sam  Hopkins  it  was  mo- 
mentarily expected  that  Miss  Gregg  would  also 
make  an  announcement,  but  it  seems  that  the 
young  lady's  parents  did  not  look  with  favor 
upon  the  suit  and  took  her  off  to  Paris  to  put 

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-THE  WASP- 


an  end  to  it.  This  apparently  was  successful. 
for  the  young  man  hied  himself  down  to  San 
Diego,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  business, 
and  Miss  Gregg  appears  to  be  once  more 
"heart    whole   and   fancy  free." 


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ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  REAL  PROPERTY 

OF  THE  ESTATE    SHOULD  NOT   BE 

MORTGAGED. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Depi.    No.    9    Probate. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  MARY  STANFORD, 
Deceased. — No.   9390   N.   S. 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  REAL  PROP- 
ERTY OF  THE  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MORT- 
GAGED. 

In  the  above  entitled  matter,  it  appearing  to  said 
Superior  Court  that  the  verified  petition  of  Jasper 
Stanford,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Mary  Stan- 
ford, deceased,  has  been  filed  praying  for  an  order  of 
said  Superior  Court  authorizing  him  as  such  Admin- 
istrator to  borrow  the  sum  of  one  thousand  and  ten 
dollars,  and  to  execute  a  note  or  notes  and  mortgage 
so  as  to  mortgage  the  real  property  of  said  deceased 
to    secure   the   repayment   of   said   loan; 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  all  persons  interested  in 
the  estate  of  Mary  Stanford,  deceased,  be  and  they 
are  hereby  required  and  directed  to  appear  before 
said  Superior  Court,  in  the  court  room  of  Depart- 
ment No.  9  thereof,  at  the  New  City  Hall,  on  Market 
Street,  near  Eighth  Street,  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  at  the  hour  of 
ten  o'clock  a.  m.,  on  Monday,  the  18th  day  of  No- 
vember, 1912,  then  and  there  to  show  cause  why 
the  real  property  of  said  deceased  hereinafter  de 
scribed  should  not  be  mortgaged  for  the  sum  men- 
tioned in  said  petition,  to-wit,  one  thousand  and  ten 
dollars  or  such  lesser  sum  as  shall  be  meet;  and  all 
persons  interested  in  said  estate  are  hereby  referred 
to  the  petition  on   hie  for  further  particulars. 

Said  real  property  is   described   as  follows: 

An  undivided  one-half  interest  in  and  to  all  that 
certain  lot,  niece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying 
and  being  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  with  the  improvements  thereon, 
and  bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows, 
to-wit: 

Commencing  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Godeus  Street  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
twenty  feet  northwesterly  from  the  point  of  inter- 
section of  said  line  of  Godeus  Street  with  the  north- 
westerly line  of  Coleridge  Street,  formerly  Califor- 
nia Avenue,  running  thence  northwesterly  along  said 
northeasterly  line  of  Godeus  Street  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  right  angles  northeasterly  sixty  (60'*  feet; 
thence  at  right  angles  southeasterly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
and  thence  at  right  angles  southwesterly  sixty  (60) 
feet  to  said  line  of  Godeus  Street,  and  the  point  of 
commencement. 

Given  in  open  Court  this  16th  day  of  October, 
1912. 

J.    V.    COFFEY,    Judge. 

Endorsed:      Filed  Oct.  16.  1912. 

H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 
By    E.    B.    GILSON,    Deputy    Clerk, 

JOHN   O'GARA,   Attorney   for   Petitioner.      , 


After  the  Opera. 

AFTEB  t he  opera  the  other  night  the  Cash 
ionable  crowd  which  was  assembled  at 
Tait's  for  supper  focused  its  stare  oj 
more  than  a  minute's  surprise  un  that  pulchri- 
tudinous  anfl  aristocratic  young  woman,  Mrs. 
Marion  Ami  rows  Denting  Bruguiere,  second 
wife  of  Dr.  Pedar  I'..,  ami  recently  plaintiff 
for  the  restoration  of  legal  status  as  a  collect- 
or of  alimony  from  the  much-married  physi- 
cian.- With  both  of  her  Venus  de  Medici  el- 
bows on  tho  snowy  damask,  and  her  shapely 
chin  resting  on  her  richly  bejeweled  hands, 
she  puffed  away  at  her  cigarette,  apparently 
oblivious  of  the  commotion.  A  snapshot  of 
the  interesting  beauty  would  have  been  worth 
a  wagon-load  of  shekels  to  that  enterprising 
tobacco  magnate,  Mr.  Heynemann,  as  an  ad- 
vertisement for  the  latest  of  Lady  Nicotine's 
whims.  By  the  way,  1  saw  the  fair  divorcee 
twice  during  the  week  with  fashionable  box 
parties  at  the  opera — once  attended  by  the 
same  cavalier  who  lighted  her  cigarette  for 
her  at  Tait's,  and  on  the  second  occasion  by 
a  different  admirer.  It  was  questionable 
whether  the  audience  devoted  more  attention 
to  Signor  Lambardi  's  songbirds  or  the  decided- 
ly Cafe  de  la  Paix  cut,  front  and  back,  of  Dr. 
Pedar  B. 's  former  escort  when  she  leaned 
out  of  the  box  to  exchange  greetings  with 
friends  below,  making  evident  the  ultra-Paris- 
ian scantiness  of  filigree  work  in  her  bodice. 

*2?i  t&M  tzfr 

Edwin  O.  Rieser. 

IN"  THE  passing  of  Edwin  O.  Bieser  the  com- 
mercial and  fraternal  life  of  San  Francis- 
co loses  one  of  its  most  conscientious  and 
companionable  of  members.  In  business  he 
was  for  over  twenty  years  with  Bayle,  Lacoste 
&  Co.,  and  he  took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
affairs  of  Golden  Gate  Commandery,  Knights- 
Templar,  and  other  fraternal  organizations. 
He  leaves  a  widow  and  two  daughters,  and 
his  loss  is  mourned  by  a  wide  circle  of  friends 
and  associates.  Much  sympathy  is  felt  for 
Mrs.  Rieser,  who  is  very  popular  and  widely 
esteemed. 

t£&       o5*       *5* 

A  Widely  Known  Cafe. 

IT  IS  always  interesting  to  know  that  some 
popular  place  at  home  is  well  known 
abroad.  This  was  clearly  indicated  last  week 
in  a  telegram  received  by  Tait's  from  Mr.  Ed- 
win Gould,  reserving  a  table  at  this  popular 
cafe  for  himself  and  party  for  the  only'  even- 
ing of  his  stay  in  San  Francisco.  This  speaks 
mighty  well  for  the  popularity  of  Tait's,  out- 
side the  borders  of  this  city.  Another  evi- 
dence of  the  great  popularity  of  this  ca£e  was 
the  dinner  entertainment  by  Governor  Har- 
mon to  his  party  and  a  few  guests  the  middle 
of  last  week.  When  the  good  things  and 
places  in  any  section  become  known  else- 
where, it  means  much  for  the  community  that 
institutions  like  Tait's  are  well  thought  of. 

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most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 

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IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  anu  County  of  San 
Francisco.      Department    No.    5. 

WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZABETH  MANN, 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32871. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZA- 
BETH MANN,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly   described   as    follows: 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (for- 
merly "Q")  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Avenue;  running  thence  west- 
erly along  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (formerly 
"Q")  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th) 
Avenue;,  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  com- 
mence ment  Being,  part  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS 
BLOCK    No.    1052. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit  :  That  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the 
owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  Beal  of  said  Court,  this 
10th   day  of  October,   A.  D    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.   MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I   .POR'i^R,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of 
October,   A.  D.   1912 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  Califor- 
nia Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Sts., 
San   Francisco,    Oal.,   Attorney  for  Plaintiffs. 


10 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  26,  1912. 


MISS    AMELIA   BINGHAM. 

The    distinguished   actress   who    will   present   her  original  idea,    "Big  Moments  from   Great  Plays,' 

next  week  at  the    Orpheum. 


A  Surprise  Engagemnet. 

THE  engagement  of  Miss  Kate  Peterson 
and  Ward  Maillard  comes  as  quite  a 
bombshell  to  society  in  general,  as  both 
Miss  Peterson  and  her  fiance  are  so  extremely 
youthful.  Miss  Peterson  is  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ferdinand  Peterson,  who  have 
a  beautiful    home   in   Belvedere,   as   have   Mr. 


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Maillard 's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Mail- 
lard. Miss  Peterson  is  the  niece  of  the  late 
Burbank  Somers,  that  popular  clubman  and 
bachelor  who  died  several  years  ago.,  and 
Mrs.  Harriet  Peterson  Miller,  who  has,  one  of 
the  attractive  homes  in  Montecito  overlooking 
the  ocean.  Her  cousin,  Earl  Miller,  is  attend- 
ing Yale  University,  and  will  be  best  man 
at  the  wedding  of  Katrina  Page-Brown  and 
Austin  Moore  the  last  of  this  month  in  New 
York.  Mr.  Maillard  is  the  brother  of  Miss 
Anita  Maillard,  whose  wedding  to  Temple 
Bridgeman  was  an  event  of  last  season.  Miss 
Peterson  announced  her  engagement  at  a 
luncheon  she  gave  in  honor  of  Henriette 
Blanding,    while    Mr.    Maillard    made    known   I 


the  fact  to  a  score  of  more  of  his  friends  at 
a  luncheon  given  by  his  father.  The  wedding 
will  take  place  the  first  of  the  year,  when 
the  Petersons  will  occupy  a  house  in  town  for 
the  winter. 

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Dramatist  and  Divorcee. 

RUMOR  has  it  that  although  Charles  Ken- 
yon,  the  playwright,  has  gone  to  New 
York,  he  has  left  his  heart  behind  him. 
The  object  of  his  devotion  is  said  to  be  Mrs. 
Elsa  Cook  Greenfield,  the  divorcee,  who  has 
achieved  quite  a  reputation  for  her  terpsichor- 
ean  skill  in  the  Texas  Tommy.  They  have  been 
seen  in  each  other's  company  very  frequently, 
and  those  who  claim  to  know  say  that  Cupid 
has  hit  the  mark. 


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Saturday,  October  26,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


Good  News  for  Society. 

IT  is  indeed  good  news  tu  the  many  friends 
of  -Mr.  and  Mrs,  David  B.  Brown  of  Col- 
orado tbat  they  intend  spending  the  win- 
ter in  Sau  Francisco.  They  have  taken  the 
tl.  M.  A.  Millfi-  bouse  "ii  Washington  street 
for  several  months,  where  they  will  add  Large- 
ly to  the  gaiety  of  the  winter,  s/Lra.  Brown 
was  beautiful  Miss  Kuth  McNuttj  the  young- 
■  daughter  of  Dr.  McNutt  of  his  city,  and 
great  belle  before  her  marriage.  They  have 
Q  beautiful  home  in  Coluradd.  where  they 
usually  spend  their  summer,  as  dues  Mrs. 
Brown's  sister,  Mrs.  Manic  McNutt  Potter. 
Mrs.  Potter  is  divorced  from  her  husband, 
who  was  Captain  Ashton  Potter  of .  the  army, 
retired,  lie  euine  of  a  very  fine  family,  being 
a  nephew  of  Bishop  Potter  of  New  York, 
but  army  life  did  not  suit   his  fair  wife. 

Mrs.  Brown  was  also  engaged  to  an  army 
man  before  she  married  Mr.  Brown.  lie  was 
Lieutenant  Fitzhugh  Lee  of  the  cavalry,  son 
of  old  General  Fihtzhugh  Lee,  but  she  decided 
she  did  not  love  him  enough  to  join  the  rov- 
ing band  of  army  women. 

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Will  Be  Memorable. 

THE  Sharon  ball  in  honor  of  Miss  Louise 
Janin,  which  will  take  place  on  Decem- 
ber 5th,  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  will  un- 
doubtedly be  an  event  to  be  remembered  in 
local  society.  The  Sharons  are  proverbial  for 
the  quiet  elegance  of  their  entertainments,  as 
there  is  everything  that  hospitality  could  sug- 
gest and  an  utter  absence  of  ostentation. 

A  Popular  Ycung  Officer. 

LIEUTENANT  RALPH  GHEYSTAL  HAR- 
RISON will  arrive  in  San  Francisco 
this  month,  and  will  be  stationed  at  the 
Presidio,  where  he  will  be  a  great  addition 
at  the  hops  this  winter.  His  mother,  Mis. 
Chrystal  Harrison  makes  her  home  here,  as 
did  her  son  before  he  cast  in  his  lot  with 
Uncle  Sam.  He  was  educated  at  the  Santa 
Clara  University,  and  has  a;  host  of  friends 
to  welcome  him  here  again.  He  has  been 
stationed  at  Port  Scriven,  Georgia,  and  only 

[a  few  months  ago  all  the  service  papers 
came  out  with  the  announcement  of  his  en 
gagement  to  Miss  Cali  Phillips,  daughter  of 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Pnillips.  How- 
ever, the  following  week  the  papers  printed 
a  vigorous  denial  of  the  engagement  by  the 
young  man's  mother,   who   was  visiting   him 

I  at  the  time,  and  the  statement  that  the  whole 
report  of  any  engagement  was  erroneous. 
Now  Lieutenant  Harrison  has  a  change  of 
station,  and  there  is  no  mention  made  of  the 
pretty  daughter  of  the  Colonel,  thus  verifying 
his  mother's  denial.  The  change  would  be  id 
the  regular  order  or  affairs  after  the  engage- 
ment incident. 


Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


A   REBUKE. 
Ker  Mother — "My  dear,  that  gown  is  in  shocking   had   taste   for   one    of   your   years.' 


EMIL  SEIDEL,   the   ex-Mayor  who   for   a 
time   helped   in  his  way  to   make   Mil- 
waukee famous  as  a  city  wherein  it  was 
possible  for  a  socialist  to  rule,  struck  his  San 
Francisco  audiences  as  being  very  small  beer, 
indeed.     He   began   by   a  fitting   apology  for 


his  lack  of  education,  and  concluded  by  saying 
that  "the  socialist  party  was  nurtured  in  the 
crucible  of  suffering,  but  victory  in  the  future 
can  be  seen.  "  "  Nurtured  in  a  crucible ' '  is  dis- 
tinctly good,  though  it  could  not  have  been 
just  what  he  meant. 


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[Saturday,  October  26,  1912. 


MAID'5 
DIARY  • 


AND'S  SAKE!  Just  think  of  it!  I  got  an 
innocent  looking  invitation  the  other  day, 
asking  me  as  an  ornament  of  society  to 
*i  assist  in  a  function  to  raise  funds  in 
aid  of  the  Infants'  Shelter.  Of  course  I 
accepted,  for  it's  my  idea  that  the  best  way  to  get 
a  reputation  as  a  charitable  worker  is  to  be  prom- 
inent in  all  schemes  for  getting  other  people  to  he 
charitable.  And  the  Infants'  Shelter  is  such  a 
worthy  cause. 

"Well,  goodness  me!  I  went  along  to  the  address, 
and  what  do  you  think  I  found?  A  circus  tent! 
My,  but  I  got  a  shock.  I  was  sure  I  could  smell 
saw-dust  and  lions  and  monkeys  and  clowns  and 
all  that  sort  of  thing.  At  first  I  thought  I  must  he 
mistaken.  But  no,  sure  enough,  there  were  half  the 
four  hundred  of  our  Smart  Set  elbowing  their  way 
into  the  tent.  Goodness  me,  but  I  was  surprised. 
What  on  earth  are  we  coming  to? 

There  it  was,  a  real  circus  ring,  just  as  I  have 
read  about  them,  though,  of  course,  I  never  had 
seen  one.  I  was  awfully  embarrassed,  but  ;just 
then  up  came  Ethyl  Gayleigh  and  said:  "Come  along1 
to  the  dressing  room. "  "  The  what  room  V  I 
asked,  for  I'm  always  suspicious  of  Ethyl.  "Oh," 
she  replied,  '  'the  undresing  room,  if  you  like,  hut 
come  along  and  get  your  things  off  and  get  into 
tights;    you  will  look   ever  so  well  in   them.'' 

"Tights!"  I  screamed  and  almost  fainted.  "Me 
in  tights?  Do  you  think  I'm  going  to  walk  a  tight 
rope?"  "Not  unless  you're  able  to  do  it,"  she 
answered,  ' 'but  we've  got  you  down  for  a  part  in 
the  grand  procession  and  masquerade.  You  see, 
this  is  the  rehearsal  for  the  circus  entertainment 
to  he  given  by  society  in  aid  of  the  Infant's 'Shel- 


EXCLUSIVE     DESIGNS     IN 

EMBROIDERED 

WAIST     PATTERNS     AND     KIMONOS 


157-159  GEARY  STREET 

Bet.  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  St. 

Branch  Store:  152  Kearny  Street 
San  Francisco 


ter."  "You  mean  to  tell  me  that  society,  real 
society,  is  going  to  take  part  in  a  circus,  and  that 
I  am  expected  to  appear  in  a  masquerade  ?  Whatever 
am  I  to  go  as?"  "Oh,"  she  said,  "you're  to  dress 
in  black  tights  and  go  as  a  hairpin." 

Everybody  around  us  just  screamed  with  laughter, 
hut  I'm  sure  I  couldn'  t  see  any  joke  beyond  that 
of  a  woman  of  my  years  going  into  tights  of  any 
color.  Well,  we  went  along  to  the  dresing  room 
and  my,  but  it  was  dreadful.  There  was  that  Mrs. 
Klymef  dressed  with  nothing  more  than  you  could 
have  packed  away  in  a  good- sized  purse.  And  a 
positively  stout  society  matron,  the  mother  of  two 
charming  daughters,  who  are  due  to  come  out  this 
season,  though  I'm  sure  they  will  be  too  ashamed 
at  mother  to  do  so  now,  well,  there  she  was  in 
tights  so  tight-fitting  they  became  transparencies 
and  looking  as  if  every  minute  would  be  their  next 
and  see  them  bursting.  And  around  the  equator 
was  a  starched  out,  white  muslin  frill  that  seemed 
to  hide  nothing,  no,  not  even  her  modesty.  Ethyl 
said  she  was  to  he  the  columbine.  Land's  sakel 
But  it  was  simply  too  shocking  for  words.  The  tent 
looked  like  one  of  those  awful  pictures  of  a  French 
ballet. 

They  say  that  quite  a  number  of  society  leaders 
are  to  appear  on  horseback  in  public  with  little 
more  on  them  than  they  came  into  this  world  with. 
Just  fancy  women  of  social  standing,  and  mothers 
into  the  bargain,  standing  on  their  heads  or  swing- 
ing by  their  heels  from  a  trapeze  in  the  cause  of 
charity.  To  be  sure,  I'll  never  think  of  going.  The 
sight  of  that  rehearsal  was  enough  for  me.  Why, 
it  reminded  me  of  a  naughty  little  nursery  rhyme  I 
heard  when  I  was  a  girl. 

There  was  a  young  racy  named  Sllnnie, 
Who   went  to   a  ball   in   a  pinny. 

It   was   goffered  and  gored, 

And  ironed  like  a   board — 
'Twould    have    done    for    full    dress    in    New    Guinea. 
*      *      * 

My,  but  whatever  is  coming  over  our  system  of 
training  the  young?  I  got  a  letter  this  morning  from 
a  pupil  in  a  young  ladies'  high  school,  saying  in  the 
sassiest  manner  that  I  am  ''an  obsolete  and  fossil- 
ized old  female,  whose  proper  place  would  be  that  of 
custodian    of  the  morals   of   Egyptian  mummies." 

Such  impudence!  But  then,  it  all  comes  from  the 
way  young  girls  are  allowed  to  carry  on  at  colleges. 
I  was  so  pleased  to  read  in  the  Chronicle  the  other 
morning  about  that  Miss  Oldham — Ethyl  says  she 
should  be  called  Oldgirl — who  has  charge  of  the 
girls  in  the  Bayonne,  New  Jersey  High  School. 
Goodness  me,  but  didn't  she  give  those  girls  a 
dressing  down.  "You  are  too  skillful  in  the  use  of 
paint  and  rouge,"  she  said  to  her  pupils,  "and 
you  will  have  to  stop  the  practice  at  once.  We  do 
not  care  to  be  treated  to  moving  pictures  in  this 
school,  and  neither  do  we  want  any  Galateas  or 
living  oil  paintings  around  here.  This  is  a  public 
school  and  not  an   art  gallery." 

I  don't  know  what  she  ment  by  "living  oil 
paintings,"  unless  it  be  that  the  girls  were  painting 
up  so  much,  but  the  idea  of  Galateas  in  a  girls' 
high  school.  Why,  they'll  be  having  Pygmalions 
next,  clingiug  to  their  unfrocked  limbs,  like  that 
horrible  picture,  and  praying  for  them  to  come  to 
life.  Not  that  such  girls  need  praying  for  in  that 
way. 

And    then    Miss    Oldham    said   many   of    them   had 


SCRAPING    AN     ACQUAINTANCE. 


fallen  ito  the  habit  of  wearing  hose  of  too  loud  colors. 
Loud!  Why,  some  of  their  hose  fairly  shrieks  at 
you,  and  in  place  of  the  innocent  clocks  that  graced 
the  stockings  of  my  girlhood,  many  of  them  are 
wearing  dragons  and  snakes  and  all  sorts  of  in- 
delicately suggestive  designs.  Hearts,  pierced  with 
arrows  and  even  monograms  of  their  lovers  worked  in 
colors  on  their  hosiery.  High  school  girls  with 
lovers!  Land's  sake!  But  I  hope  that  Miss  Oldgirl 
— I  mean  Miss  Oldham — will  put  them  down  too. 
♦ 

There  Was  a  Reason. 

"It's  all  very  well  for  you  to  preach  economy," 
said  his  wife,  "but  I  notice  whenever  I  cut  down 
expenses  that  you  smoke  better  cigars  and  spend 
more  money  for  your  own  pleasure  than  at  any 
other  time." 

"Well,     confound    it!      What     do     you    suppose     I' 
want   you   to    economize    for,    anyway?" 


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I'M  getting  in  such  a  frame  of  mind  that  I 
can't  read  the  newspapers  any  more.  It's 
next  to  impossible  to  peruse  ten  lines  on 
any  page  without  flying  into  a  rage.  Such 
idiocy.  Such  utter  imbecility.  If  I  had  to 
read  them  all  through  every  day  I'd  be  in  a 
Straight  jacket  in  the  .Napa  lunatic  asylum 
within  a  week.  I  use  the  word  Napa  advis- 
edly, for  Phil  Francis  of  the  Call  says  that 
the  management  is  so  bad  'twould  turn  a 
sane  person  crazy,  and  if  that's  so  the  luna- 
tics must  be  a  wild  lot. 

I  felt  better  on  Sunday  than  I'd  felt  in  a 
month.  I  ate  my  breakfast  with  something 
of  a  relish,  though  I  can't  say  that  my  dys 
pepsia  is  all  gone.  The  day  was  perfect  and 
I  dropped  into  an  easy  chair  near  the  window 
and  lighted  a  cigar — the  doctor  allows  me 
but  one  a  day.  The  first  line  my  eye  lighted 
on  was  about  skirts.  "Will  they  be  narrower 
this  winter? ' '  I  felt  my  fingers  tingling. 
Will  they  be  narower?  In  the  name  of  com- 
mon sense,  how  could  they?  The  regular 
feminine  gait  now  is  a  bird-like  hop,  for  a 
natural  womanly  stride  would  trip  them  up, 
and  perhaps  cause  a  catastrophe.     Will  they 


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A  dainty  little  booklet  of  exquisitely  perfumed 
powdered  leaves  to  carry  in  the  purse.  A  handy 
article  for  all  occasions  to  quickly  improve  the 
complexion.  Sent  for  10  cents  in  stamps  or 
coin. 

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be  narower  this  winter?  I'd  like  to  brain 
with  his  own  ink  stand  the  imbecile  who 
wrote  that. 

The  lines  that  fulowed  were  worse,  if  [m^ 
sible — ami  'twas  possible.  They  were  eulo- 
gistic of  Worth  and  the  two  young  sons,  who 
have  succeeded  that  man  milliner.  ' '  The 
Great  Worth"  was  the  title  he  was  desig- 
nated by  in  capital  letters  like  the  Divinity. 
I  don't  know  whether  this  Great  Man  is 
alive  or  dead.  If  the  latter,  no  tears  of  mine 
will  ever  bedew  his  tombstone,  believe  me. 

The  crowning  glory  of  the  House  of  Worthj 
I  read,  was  that  "it  kept  up  its  Dignified 
Traditions."  When  I  read  that  I  felt  shoot- 
ing pains  in  my  liver,  as  if  it  had  been  turned 
into  a  pin  cushion  and  was  doing  duty  in  the 
dressing  room  at  one  of  Mr.  Ned  Greenway's 
cotillions.  The  Sabbath  wasn't  one  for  me. 
All  peace  of  mind  had  fled.  But  I  grited  my 
teeth  and  read  on  to  discover  how  the  Dig- 
nified Traditions  were  kept  up. 

Sure  enough,  they  were  kept  up — up  to 
the  knees.  The  crowning  glory  of  the  House 
of  Worth  was  a  skirt  so  constructed  that 
"  'twas  transparent  from  the  knees."  Down 
or  up  the  article  didn't  say. 

Restraining  the  impulse  to  throw  the  news- 
paper out  of  the  window,  I  turned  to  the  sec- 
tion devoted  to  politics  and  read  that  Presi- 
dent Taft  "is  still  hopeful."  He  "believes 
implicitly  in  the  good  judgment  of  the  peo- 
ple." Wouldn't  that  give  anybody  cirrhosis 
of  the  liver  and  drive  him  to  strong  drink? 
When  were  the  dear  people,  col- 
lectively, ever  known  to  display 
anything  but  the  capacity  for  do- 
ing the  wrong  thing  at  the  right 
moment?  Isn't  our  optimistic 
President  constantly  pointing  out 
the  blunders  made  by  the  dear 
people?  Doesn 't  Colonel  Roose- 
velt point  to  President  Taft  as 
the  biggest  blunder  of  all.  Isn't 
it  a  foregone  conclusion  that,  no 
matter  whom  the  people  elect 
President  this  year,  they  will  wish 
to  heaven  in  six  months  that  they 
had  left  him  at  home  and  elected 
some  other  man'? 

President  Taft  couldn't  be  any- 
thing but  an  optimist,  no  matter 
how  hard  he  tried  to  be  otherwise. 
Optimism  and  avoirdupois  go  hand 
in  hand,  and  you  can't  separate 
them.  The  difference  between  be- 
ing an  optimist  and  a  pessimist 
is  entirely  a  matter  of  mental 
vision.  They  are  born  that  way, 
and  not  made  so.  If  you  showed 
a  doughnut  to  a  pessimist  and  an 
optimist,  one  man  would  see  only 
the  hole  in  the  doughnut  and  the 
other  nothing  but  the  sugar  coat- 
ing. 

I'm  always  sorry  for  a  real  op- 
timist, for  he's  sure  to  come  down 
from  the  clouds  every  few  days 
with  a  dull  thud.  When  you're 
expecting  a  hard  fall  it  isn't  so 
easy  to  get  you  up  in  an  airship, 


and  if  you  break  your  neck,  why  it's  not  half 
what  you  expected,  for  ten  chances  to  one 
you  fchoughl  fche  motor  would  explode  or  light- 
ning strike  you,  or  something  else  get  into 
your  system  before  the  coroner  laid  hands  on 
you. 

♦ 

A  WITTY   CANDIDATE. 
OB  E.  HEDGES,  the  Republican  candidate 


J 


for  Governor  of  New  York,  is  a  man  who 
next  to  impossible  to  peruse  ten  lines  on 
but  he  has  a  faculty  for  not  only  taking  them 
with  the  kindliest  good  humor,  but  of  hitting 
back  with  a  wit  as  keen  as  anything  he  is 
called  upon  to  endure.  Some  of  his  definitions 
are  particularly  happy  and  he  tells  a  good 
story  well.  From  his  recent  campaign  speech- 
es the  following  may  be  taken  as  typical: 


"The  difference  between  a  politician  and  a 
statesman  is  simple.  Any  one  will  tell  you 
that  a  politician  is  always  trying  to  do  some- 
one for  something  and  any  statesman  will 
tell  you  that  he  is  always  trying  to  do  some- 
thing for  someone. 

"In  politics  there  are  always  those  who 
are  prone  to  question  even  apparent  facts. 
These  voters  remind  me  of  the  experience  of 
a  friend  of  mine  who  boarded  a  Thirty-fourth 
street  crosstown  car  bound  for  the  Long  Island 
ferry.  He  was  anxious  to  get  to  his  destina- 
tion, and  knowing  that  New  York  cars  do 
not  always  have  their  torward  signs  properly 
turned,  he  accosted  the  conductor  who  collect- 
ed his  fair  and  demanded: 

"  'Does  this  car  stop  at  the  ferry?' 

"  'Begorra,  if  it  don't  we'll  land  in  the 
river,'  was  the  response." 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  October  26,  1912. 


BLACK'S  LIST. 

EVERY  additional  probe  into  the  affairs 
of  the  Palo  Alto  Building  Society,  re- 
veals additional  defalcations  to  the 
debit  of  Senator  Black.  In  fact  the  danger 
is  that  he  may  be  shown  to  have  misappro- 
priated a  sum  sufficiently  big  to  almost  guar- 
antee him  against  receiving  anything  but  a 
trifling  sentence.  Indeed,  it  would  seem  as 
though  there  was  already  a  move  to  palliate 
his  offense.  The  papers  that  tried  to  make  out 
a  very  black  case  against  another  building 
association  recently  in  difficulties,  seem  as 
though  ready  to  paint  Black,  if  not  exaetly 
white,  at  least  a  very  pale  grey.  But  the 
muse  is  impatient  to  point  a  moral. 

It's  wrong  to  steal  a  watch  or  chain 

From   off  your  neighbor; 
And  if  you  do,  it's  right  that  you 
Receive  at  least  a  year  or  two 

Hard  labor. 
Society  demands  relief 
Prom  all  who  play  the  petty  thief; 

But  if  you  pinch  a  million  bucks 

And  poSe   repentence, 
The  Law  its  mercy  will  extend 
And  treat  you  as  an  erring  friend 

And  ease  your  sentence — 
Strange  that  this  difference  should  be 
'Twixt  high  finance  and  larceny. 
♦ 

The  loss  of  Marconi 's  eye  as  the  result  of 
an  operation  may  entail  a  serious  loss  to  the 
world  of  invention,  but  the  cable  discusses 
it  with  little  more  than  a  paragraph.  His  loss 
of  Miss  Elkins  and  each  time  he  was  reported 
to  have  regained  or  lost  her  ran  into  columns 
on  the  front  page  and  carried  elaborate  pic- 
tures. Thus  do  we  value  genuine  human  in- 
terest as  compared  with  idle  social  gossip. 

f 

GOLDBERG,  CARTOONIST. 

PEOPLE  often  wonder  how  "Bud"  Fisher 
and  Reub  Goldberg  and  other  serial 
cartoonists  keep  up  their  supply  of 
ideas.  Goldberg,  who  developed  his  art  in 
this  city,  explains  it  in  the  course  of  an  in- 
terview with  an  Eastern  paper.  You  must 
first  catch  your  idea,  but  after  that,  if  you 
have  caught  a  good  one,  correspondents  simp- 
ly deluge  you  with  suggestions,  and  every 
man  who  has  a  suggestion  adopted  becomes  a 
friend  ever  willing  to  contribute  another. 

"How  did  I  happen  to  draw  foolish  question 
pictures?  Well,  one  day  L  was  wondering  how 
I  could  fill  the  space  allotted  for  the  next 
day,  when  it  occurred  to  me  that  I  might  draw 
a  picture  of  someone  asking  someone  a  fool- 
ish question. 

."The  most  foolish  thing  I  could  think  ot 
right  then  was  a  woman  asking  a  man  who 
had  just  fallen  from  a  twenty-story  window 
if  he  was  hurt.  'No!  I  was  just  taking  a 
beauty  sleep,'  he  replied.  It  wasn't  really 
very  funny,  was  it?  But  the  next  morning 
I  received  a  batch  of  mail  with  foolish  ques- 
tion suggestions  and  I  knew  my  theme  had 
made  a  hit.    I've  kept  at  it  ever  since." 

It  was  the  same  with  "I'm  the  Guy." 

"I  owe  a  lot  to  my  college  professors  out 
in  the  University  of  California,"  says  Goldie. 
"You  know,  I'm  a  mining  engineer.  I  hold 
a  bachelor  of  science  degree,  and  1  '11  sell  it 
to  anyone  who  wants  it  for  five  cents.  But 
as  1  was  saying,  I  owe  my  professors  a  lot — 


no,  no,  not  for  the  education  they  game  me, 
but  for  the  funny  faces  they  had.  Instead  of 
listening  to  their  lectures  on  strata  and  cu- 
bic measurements  I  looked  at  their  comic 
make-ups  and  used  them  as  models." 

He  started  on  a  San  Francisco  paper,  work- 
iDg  for  the  munificent  sum  of  eight  dollars 
per.  "Five  years  ago  I  came  to  New  York 
and  now  I've  sunk  as  low  as  vaudeville. " 

The  interviewer  pestered  the  cartoonist  with 
queries  about  his  private  life,  but  Goldberg 
kept  replying  in  the  manner  of  the  man  who 
answers  the  foolish  questions  until  asked 
when  did  he  rest.  "Rest?"  said  the  artist, 
"I  never  rest.  I'm  the  guy  that  puts  the 
gold  in  Goldberg.' 

♦ 

FUZZY-WUZZY. 

THE  sacrosanct  Library  Trustees  seem  to 
be  losing  considerable  sleep  these  days 
worrying  over  the  problem  at  to  wheth- 
er they  should  relieve  Philanthropist  Carnegie 
of  any  more  of  that  "conscience  money," 
which  he  seems  so  anxious  to  pay  in  the  form 
of   libraries    and   statues.      And    the    member 


upon  whose  conscience  this  problem  appears 
to  weigh  most  heavily  is,  strange  to  say,  our 
one-time  Mayor  Doc  Taylor,  called  familiar- 
ly, if  somewhat  irreverently,  "Fuzzy  Wuzzy." 

Fuzzy- Wuzzy,  you're  a  poet,  and  all  that, 
And  we  like  to  read  your  verses  now  and 
then, 
But    there's    something   you    should   keep    be- 
neath your  hat 
When  ranting  on   the  faults  of  other  men. 

Be  careful  how  you  make  the  next  appeal 
Against  a  gift  of  money  with  a  taint 

From  the  man  who  made  his  millions  out  of 
steel, 
Though  none  of  us  supposes  he's  a  saint. 

It  may  happen  that  a  hearer  will  arise 
And  put  this  simple  question  up  to  you: 

Was  it  tainted  when  you  won  the  civic  prize 
To   hold   another  job   and  pay  of  two? 

Why  make  of  Andrew's  offer  all  this  fuss, 
Or  indulge  in   hypocritical  complaint? 

And  remember  that  the  more  he  gives  to  us 
The  less  he  '11  have  of  money  with  a  taint. 


PIERRE  LOTI. 

[Pierre  Loti  left  for  France,  his  pockets  lined  by 
American  money,  with  which  he  intends  to  buy  a 
villa  in  Stamboul  and  spend,  his  days  in  writing. — 
News     item.] 

He  came  with  a  soulful  scorning 

Of  our  stern  commercial  ways, 
Pierre  of  the  pencilled  eyebrows, 

Rouged   cheeks  and  straight  front  stays. 

He  sneered  at  our  greed  of  dollars, 

That  to  him  made  no  appeals, 
Pierre  of  the  lace  work  collars 

And  effeminate  French  heels. 

He  wept  with   esthetic   sorrow 

As  our  sordid  tale  he  told, 
But  he  quietly  left  on  the  morrow 

With  his  pockets  lined  with  gold. 

For  it's  part  of  the  esthete  bunkum. 

With    its   transcendental  trash, 
To  rave  at  the  Yankee  spirit, 

But  to  pocket  the  Yankee  cash. 

And  when,  witn   our  hard-earned  dollars 

He  buys  that  Stamboul  place, 
Pierre   of  the  point   lace   collars 

Will  sneer  at  the  Yankee  race. 

Lost  cash  we  can  treat  as  a  trifle, 
Some  censure  is  sweeter  than  praise, 

But  nothing,  Pierre,  can  stifle 

Our  laugh  at  your  rouge  and  stays. 
* 

OUR  SIGHTLY  CITY. 


It  is  by  no  Means  One  of  Hotels  and  Apart- 
ment Houses  Only, 

THE  WASP  has  published  several  articles 
on  the  attractiveness  of  San  Francisco  's 
new  residence  parks,  which  will  assist 
materially  in  making  this  one  of  the  most 
sightly  cities  in  the  world.  These  articles  on 
real  estate  have  attracted  a  good  deal  of  at- 
tention because  they  are  written  by  persons 
who  have  paid  close  attention  to  the  real  estate 
market  for  many  years  and  are  fully  informed 
as  to  existing  conditions. 

We  have  received  numerous  communications 
from  well-known  real  estate  brokers  and  op- 
erators commending  the  Wasp's  articles  and 
expresing  the  hope  that  they  may  be  continued. 
It  is  our  intention  to  do  so;  for  the  subject  is 
one  which  interests  many  thousands  of  people. 
R.  A.  Doud,  of  the  real  estate  firm  of  Doud 
&  Co.,  has  called  our  attention  to  the  peculiar 
fact  that  so  many  San  Francisco  people  are 
not  aware  that  their  city  possesses  some  of 
the  most  sightly  residence  districts  in  the 
United  States.  The  false  impression  has 
spread  that  San  Francisco  is  notoriously  de- 
ficient in  the  matter  of  fine  residences  as 
compared  with  other  large  American  cities. 
The  opposite  is  the  fact,  as  pointed  out  by 
Mr.  Doud  in  the  following  letter  to  The  Wasp: 

Oct.  15,  1912. 
Editor  "The  Wasp", 

121  2nd  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Dear  Sir: — 

It  is  surprising  how  general  the  belief  is 
that  San  Francisco  has  no  homes.  Few  people 
know  of  Pacific  and  Presidio  Heights.  Thous- 
ands of  city  dwellers  and  nearly  all  the  com- 
muters have  never  been  through  these  sec- 
tions of  town  and  therefore  think  that  San 
Francisco  is  all  hotels,  apartments  and  flats. 

While  it  is  true  that  the  above  mentioned 
sections  have  not  large  gardens,  it  is  also 
true  that  they  contain  hundreds  of  magnificent 


Saturday,  October  2C,  1912.) 


-THE  WASP- 


OUR  FASHIONABLE  RESIDENCE  DISTRICT. — Mr.  John  D.   Sprecbels'   Imposing  town  house  on  Pacific  avenue. 


homes,  built  on  lots  of  over  twenty-five  feet 
frontage.  San  Francisco  probably  has  more 
homes  costing  over  $25,000  than  any  other 
city  on  the  Coast.  In  addition  to  the  very 
expensive  homes  situated  in  Pacific  and  Pre- 
sidio Heights,  there  are  a  great  many  more 
costing  from  $4,000  to  $10,000  not  only  in  the 
last  named  sections,  but  also  in  the  Presidio 
Terrace,  Jordan  Park,  Sunset  Heights  (that 
portion  lying  along  Edgewood  street  that  re- 
minds one  of  Mill  Valley  or  the  "Hill  Dist- 
rict" of  Sausalito)  and  Buena  Vista  Heights. 
To  the  writer  it  seems  that  attractive  homes 
are  of  more  importance  to  a  town  than  any- 
thing else.  Nothing  will  draw  desirable  popu- 
lation quicker.  We  are  all  glad  that  we  are 
to  have  a  Civic  Center,  but,  after  all,  people 
cannot  live  in  a  Civic  Center.  It's  the  home 
districts  that  count.  Los  Angeles  owes  its 
great  growth  to  its  homes  more  than  any- 
thing else. 

The  writer  has  taken  many  people  througn 
,  Pacific  and  Presidio  Heights,  and  they  were 
all  surprised  at  the  magnificence  of  the  view 
and  the  beauty  of  the  homes.  They  said  they 
never  thought  that  the  town  had  such  a  dis- 
trict. A  few  years  ago,  the  writer  called  to 
the  attention  of  the  Merchants'  Association 
(since  consolidated  with  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce) the  fact  that  the  sight-seeing  autos 
were  not  going  through  the  best  sections  of 
town.     They  immediately  took  up  this  matter 


with  the  sight-seeing  companies  and  succeed- 
ed an  getting  them  to  run  their  cars  along 
Jackson  street  from  1st  to  Van  Ness  avenue. 
This  helps  some.  I  do  not  think  enough  can 
be  done  to  offset  the  idea  that  San  Francisco 
is  not  a  city  in  which  to  build  one's  home. 

When  Forest  Hill,  St,  iVrancis  Wood,  Ingle- 
side  Terrace  and  the  Parkside  restricted,  tracts 
are  completed  into  beautiful  residence  sections 
these,  in  addition  to  our  present  fine  residence 
districts,  will  make  San  Francisco  a  very 
beautiful  residence  city,  one  that  we  all  can 
be  proud  of. 

Yours  very  truly, 

R.  A.  Doud. 

The  fine  residence  being  erected  by  Mr. 
James  L.  Flood  is  now  in  an  advanced  stage 
of  construction.  This  mansion  promises  to  be 
one  of  the  finest  in  the  country,  for  it  will 
have  much  character,  arehitectually,  and  its 
commanding  position  on  Broadway,  near  the 
mansion  of  the  Joseph  D.  Grants,  gives  it  a 
marine  view  unequalled  by  any  residence  site 
in  the  world.  Mr.  Flood  is  noted  for  sparing 
no  expense  in  the  buildings  that  he  erects.  The 
Flood  Building  at  Market  and  Powell  streets 
is  one  of  the  strongest  in  America.  Its  sub 
stantial  quality  was  demonstrated  in  the  aw- 


ful fire  of  1906.  The  Flood  Building  was  one 
of  the  first  to  be  renovated  and  made  ready 
for  business,  and  since  then  has  been  occupied 
by  the  Southern  Pacific  Company. 

Mr.  Flood 's  new  mansion  on  Broadway, 
near  Fillmore,  will  be  both  earthquake-  and 
fire-proof.  Its  street  beams  look  strong  enough 
to  uphold  an  office  skyscraper  or  great  hotel, 
and  it  is  so  situated  as  to  be  flooded  with  sun- 
shine. It  will  be  one  of  the  show  places  of 
San  Francisco  when  completed. 

The  Joseph  D.  Grant  mansion  on  Broadway 
is  best  seen  from  Vallejo  street,  from  which 
it  presents  a  very  impressive  appearance.  It 
commands  a  most  magnificent  view  of  bay, 
ocean  and  mountain. 

Farther  out  on  Broadway  and  Vallejo,  in 
the  vicinity  of  Devisadero  street,  a  number 
of  very  handsome  residences  are  being  erected. 
The  sloping  hills  in  this  locality  give  opportuni- 
ties for  the  construction  of  sightly  buildings, 
of  which  full  advantage  is  being  taken.  Be- 
fore long  all  the  slopes  westward  from  Broad- 
way and  Fillmore  street  will  be  covered  with 
fine  residences,  a  great  many  of  which  will 
have  cost  from  $25,000  upwards. 


16 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  October  26,  1912. 


EXPECTATION  is  on  tiptoe  as  to  the  sub- 
jects to  be  discussed  at  the  eleventh 
annual  convention  of  the  San  Francisco 
District  of  the  California  Federation  of  the 
Women's  Clubs,  "which  is  to  be  held  at  Casa 
del  Rey,  Santa  Cruz,  on  November  6th,  7th 
and  8th.  Resolutions,  which  should  be  sent 
to  the  chairman  of  the  resolutions  committee, 
Mrs.  Geraldine  Frisbie,  San  Mateo,  will  be 
read  and  discussed  at  least  once  before  their 
final  presentation  for  action.  At  recent  con- 
ventions members  have  been  faced  with  a 
list  of  subjects  all  too  long  to  permit  of  ade- 
quate discussion,  and  wiser  heads  in  tbe  vari- 
ous clubs  are  contemplating  a  move  to  per 
suade  delegates  that  it  is  better  to  confine 
their  activities  to  a  smaller  number  of  ques 
tions,  upon  which  unanimity  is  possible,  and 
by  concentrated  action  upon  winch  it  will  be 
possible  to  accomplish  more  than  by  merely 
spreading  women's  club  opinion  over  too  wide 
an  area.  As  a  device  to  aid  in  general  edu- 
cation the  passing  of  resolutions  upon  a  mul- 
titude of  matteis  has  its  advantages,  but  in 
the  sphere  of  practical  politics  nothing  is  so 
inept  as  to  include  too  many  planks  in  a  fight- 
ing platform.  Every  additional  plank  over 
and  above  the  absolute  essentials  represents 
a  source  of  weakness,  since  it  is  apt  to  be  one 
upon  which  opinions  are  divided,  as  they  most- 
ly are  upon  the  minor  matters.  If  the  force 
of  the  new  electorate  is  not  to  be  dissipated  on 
side  issues,  which  however  dear  to  the  heart 
of  the  individual  enthusiast  cannot  become 
State-wide  issues,  it  must  adopt  the  policy  of 
concentration  and  agree  upon  a  short  but  ap- 
pealing platform. 

TO  WRITE  a  readable  editorial  every  day, 
'year  in  and  year  out,  on  the  moods  and 
manners,  faults  and  foibles  of  society 
is  no  small  achievement  and  argues  a  singular- 
ly fertile  imagination.  Nevertheless,  Lady 
Teazle  is  occasionally  compelled  to  go  just 
a  little  over  the  edge  of  what  is  strictly  the 
society  field  in  search  of  material  for  com- 
ment. She  seems  to  have  done  this  in  her 
criticism  of  the  club  women  of  San  Francisco 
for  not  turning  over  their  subscription  money 
to  charitable  purposes  and  thereby  arguing 
sincerity  in  the  cause  of  social  uplift.  If 
there  is  logic  in  this,  why  stop  at  the  club 
subscription  when  the  same  argument  would 
hold  equally  well  for  every  expeuditure  upon 
dress  in  excess  of  the  demands  of  sheer 
respectability.  Charity  is  a  noble  cause,  but 
to  be  served  well  it  demands  the  exercise  of 
that  intelligence  which  it  is  the  object  of 
women's  clubs  to  promote  by  means  of  the 
discussion  of  social  problems. 

CERTAIN  writers  on  the  daily  press  take 
a  delight  in  making  satirical  fun  at  the 
expense  of  the  club  woman  and  her  dis- 
cussions, and  ou  the  principle  apparently  that 
woman  as  a  seeker  after  light,  leading  and 
uplift,  is  a  being  totally  devoid  of  the  sense 
of  humor.  These  journalists  were  taken  back 
so  completely  at  the  recent  meeting  of  La 
Mesa  Redonda  Club  they  contented  themselves 
with  the  barest  record  of  the  proceedings  and 
gave  no  details  of  the  sparkling  satire  at  t  heir- 
expense  which  the  officers  of  the  club  enjoyed 
as  frankly  as  the  rest  of  the  members.  Mrs. 
Halyn  McDermott  introduced  the  innovation 
of  a  "toast  on  grill,"  in  which  the  various 
officials  of  the  organization  were  treated  much 
in  the  manner  of  the  speeches  at  the  famous 


.  ridiron  gatherings.  At  first  timid  of  criti- 
cism, club  women  whose  part  in  the  proceed- 
ings is  sufficiently  prominent  to  make  them 
public  figures  are  now  coming  to  realize  that 
a  frank  comment  upon  their  actions  is  ex- 
tremely helpful;  and,  provided  always  that 
it  is  good-natured,  they  do  not  object  to  the 
satirical  vein  in  their  commentators.  Good 
humor  is  always  good-humored,  and  though 
playful  to  a  degree,  Mrs.  McDermott  was  so 
kindly   in   her   badinage   none   of   her   victims 


MISS  FERNANDA  PRATT 

Whose  charming  voice  was  heard  at  the  Pacific 
Musical  Club  Recital. 


felt  the  slightest  sting.  The  theory  that  wo- 
men have  no  sense  of  humor  was  born  of  an 
age  when  it  was  foolishly  thought  that  she 
had  no  capacity  for  social  problems  or  public 
affairs,  and  if  she  does  not  always  laugh  at 
the  things  which  inspire  men  to  merriment  it 
will  generally  be  found  on  analysis  that  there 
is  something  in  those  things  wnich  are  objec- 
tionable to  other  senses  more  highly  develop- 
ed in  woman  than  in  man.  A  man  will  laugh 
at  the  antics  of  a  stage  drunk  where  a  woman 
is  merely  disgusted  with  the  degradation.  Who 
will  say  that  the  sense  of  disgust  is  not  pref- 
erable to  the  feeling  of  humor  in  such  cases? 

ON  WEDNESDAY  evening,  November  6th, 
at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium,  the  Play- 
ers' Club,  an  organization  including  a 
large  number  of  well-known  amateurs,  will 
present  an  elaborateby  staged  production  of 
Maeterlinck's  "Mary  Magdalene."  As  the 
Players'  aim  is  simply  to  produce  plays  of  a 
high  order  of  literary  merit,  and  such  as 
would  not  otherwise  be  given  in  San  Francis- 
co, they  will  devote  the  proceeds  to  the  work 
of  the  Woman  "s  Outdoor  Club.  This  latter 
organization  is  dong  effective  service  in  the 
community  by  furnishing  supervised  outdoor 
recreation  for  young  people,  and  is  also  de- 
veloping vocational  training  for  girls — a  most 
necessary  philanthropy. 

Aside  from  the  unusual  nature  of  the  play 
to  be  given — and  it  is  undoubtedly  the  au- 
thors' masterpiece — the  incidental  music  will 


be  a  most  attractive  leature.  Mr.  Hother 
Wismer,  the  eminent  violinist,  has  chosen  the 
music,  and  will  render  some  beautiful  solos. 
The  play  itself  treats  of  the  scenes  immediate- 
ly pieceding  the  crucifixion,  as  well  as  some 
striking  incidents  in  the  ministry  of  Christ. 
Though  the  characters  include  Lazarus,  Mary, 
Martha  ana  other  familiar  companions  of  the 
Master,  the  drama  develops  so  delicately  and 
reverently  that  one  is  left  with  a  feeling  of 
having,  for  the  moment,  come  into  real  eon- 
tact  with  these  Scriptural  personages.  The 
leading  part — of  Mary  Magdalene  herself — 
will  be  exceptionally  presented  by  Mrs.  Jean- 
nette  Alferitz,  with  Mrs.  n..  W.  Scott  Jr.  as 
understudy,  in  this  characterization  of  the 
Magdalene,  Maeterlinck  shows  her  develop- 
ment from  the  brilliant  courtesan,  through  her 
awakening  spiritually,  until  in  the  final  scene 
she  refuses  to  grieve  the  Master  by  sacrificing 
this  new  spiritual  self,  even  though  it  may 
be  the  means  of  saving  His  life. 

Tickets  for  tne  play  will  be  on  sale  with 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.,  or  may  be  obtained 
either  through  the  flayers'  or  the  Women's 
Out-production,  and  the  entire  cast  is  un- 
usually strong. 

Mrs.  Phoebe  A.  Hearst,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Mar- 
tin, ,  Mrs.  James  Rolph  Jr.,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Scott, 
and  many  other  society  folk  are  interesting 
themselves  in  the  success  of  the  entertainment. 


DAKROW  ON  SUFFRAGE. 

CLARENCE  DARROW  says  he  is  opposed 
to  woman  suffrage  because  the  sex  is 
too  conservative.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
the  tendency  is  rather  in  the  other  direction. 
The  wives,  mothers,  sisters,  daughters  and 
other  feminine  folk  of  the  labor  unionists 
will  always  register  a  big  vote,  because  they 
can  see  what  is  believed  to  be  the  direct  gain 
of  labor  measures,  while  the  women  whose 
interests  are  bound  up  in  a  more  stable  form 
of  government  are  apt  to  be  too  otherwise  en- 
gaged by  social  functions  when  they  are  ex- 
pected at  the  polls.  In  Australia  and  New 
Zealand,  the  labor  party  fought  hard  for 
woman  suffrage,  for  they  foresaw  that  it 
would  mean  a  doubling  of  the  labor  vote. 
And  it  has,  with  the  result  that  those  coun- 
tries have  now  whole  statute  books  of  social- 
istic measures.  There  need  be  no  fear  of 
such  enactments  in  California  if  all  classes 
of  women,  whether  they  wanted  the  franchise 
or  not,  will  recognize  that  having  the  vote,  it 
is  their  duty  to  exercise  it. 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  In  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


LADIES'  GOWNS  and  FANCY 
COSTUMES 

420  SUTTER  STREET.  NEAR  STOCKTON. 
Phone  DOUGLAS  4964 

SAN    FRANCISCO.     CAL. 


Saturday,  October  26,  1912.J 


THE  WASP- 


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Books  AND  Authors 


IN  "San  FraHCi8C0  A-  h  was.  A.&  li  Es,  Ami 
How  To  Bee  n."  filisa  Helen  Throop  Pur- 
dy  of  Berkeley  has  written  something  more 
than  :i  glorified  guide  book  and  only  a  littl.9 
less  than  a  genuine  contribution  to  literature. 
The  publishers,  Paul  Elder  and  Company  of 
this  city,  have  added  another  to  their  many 
triumphs  in  the  arl  of  book-making,  the  work 
being  neatly  printed   in   dear  type  on  choice 

paper,      eX(|iiisi!ely      and      Liberally      illustrated 

and  hound  with  solid  boards  swung  on  a 
stout  canvas  back.    As  a  book  it  is  a  pictorial 

delight  and  a  repository  of  information  eon 
corning    the    many    places    worth    visiting    in 

and  around  the  city.  So  far  as  the  writer  is 
concerned]  unaginal  ion  has  been  wisely  sacri- 
ficed to  fact,  but  scattered  through  her  pages 
are  many  fascinating  bits  of  literary  embel- 
lishment drawn  from  the  national  and  inter- 
national literature  in  which  this  city  figures 
so  prominently.  No  other  city  of  America  has 
evoked  so  many  tributes  from  distinguished 
litterateurs,  and  for  the  reason  so  aptly  ex- 
pressed by  Gelett  Burges  when  addressing 
"the  city  of  miracles."  lie  says:  "Of  it  and 
its  people  many  stories  have  been  told,  and 
many  shall  be;  but  a  thousand  tales  shall  not 
exhaust    its   treasury  of  Romance." 

In  the  earlier  chapters  the  author  gives  an 
interest  ing  Survey  of  our  history  from  the 
coming  of  the  padres  to  the  days  when  the 
water  ceased  to  come  up  to  Montgomery  street 
and  on  to  the  period  of  the  building  of  the 
new  city  that  is.  With  a  good  descriptive 
style  and  a  rare  fund  of  aptly  ar^plied  anec- 
dote, the  work  is  one  deserving  a  place  on 
the  table  of  all  who  are  proud  of  our  city  and 
is  eminently  suited  for  presentation  as  a  sou 
venir.  Jt  tells  of  a  rare  achievement  by  a 
unique  people  and  gives  bint  of  the  Greater 
San  Francisco  yet  and  surely  to  be. 

Benson's  Latest. 

BELASCO  says  that  the  public  is  growing 
tired  of  the  tender  loves  of  adolescent 
Romeos  and  all  too  juvenile  Juliets, 
and  is  turning  to  the  amours  of  the  middle 
aged.  If  that  taste  is  at  all  prevalent  among 
San  Francisco  readers  they  will  find  material 
to  their  liking  in  "Mrs.  Ames,"  the  latest 
novel  by  E.  F.  Benson.  All  the  characters 
of  any  importance  have  long  since  cut  their 
wisdom  teeth,  but  though  no  longer  youthful, 
they  are  equal  to  all  the  romance  that  comes 
their  way.  As  usual,  Benson  is  minutely  an- 
alytical, but  in  place  of  the  technical  psy- 
chology of  those  novelists  whose  pages  read 
more  like  a  philosophic  treatise  than  enter- 
taining fiction,  he  gives  his  result  in  terms 
of  exquisite  satire,  the  sting  of  which  is  re- 
lieved by  his  genial  humor.  It  is  a  story  of 
the  little  woes  and  hatreds  of  the  suburban 
souls  of  a  small  suburban  English  community. 
Mrs.  Ames,  the  heroine,  is  the  leader  of  local 
society,  an  honor  out  of  which  her  rival  fails 
to  either  coax  or  coerce  her.  Her  husband  is 
ten  years  her  junior  and  nas  settled  down  to  a 
passion  for  golf  and  gardening.  Mrs.  Ames 
is  content  with  his  tameness  and  domesticity 
until  she  awakes  to  find  that  he  is  attracted 
by  the  doctor's  wife.  Then  in  a  pathetic  way 
she  tries  to  put  back  the  band  of  time  by 
dyeing  her  hair,  using  face  cream  and  other 
devices  which  decieve  none  but  herself.  The 
doctor 's  wife  is  in  search  of  an  emotion. 
Long-married    and    having    a    daughter    of    al- 

Wbere  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


most  marriageable  age,  she  suddenly  realizes 
t  hal  she  has  ne>  er  lx  on  in  love  and  is  heart 

hungry   for   the   expi    uncut.     Major   A •    is 

chosen  as  her  victim  and  he  is  flattered  bj 
the  thoughl  that  ho  musl  be  a  real  devil  of  a 
follow.  As  a  matin  nf  fact,  he  is  a  \  erj 
ordinary    person,   much    too   enamored    of    the 

creature    c forts    for    any    serious    sacrifices 

in  the  cause  of  gallantry,  lie  packs  his  trunk 
for  the  elopement,  but  is  inwardly  delighted 
when  his  political  wife  arrives  in  time  to 
check    his   folly.      \u    ends   happily   and   con- 


JACK  LONDON 

Whose    fiftli    book    for    the   year   lias    Just    been 
published. 

I    scribble   novels    day    and  night; 

My   weekly    output    weighs   a    ton. 
They   are   such   easy    things  to   write — 

Just  five   this   year,  with  months  to   run. 
Dickens,    or  Thackeray,    or   Scott — 
I  think  I've  beaten   all   tnat  lot 

And  won   the  authors'    Marathon. 


ventionally  and  if  the  book  provides  little  in 
the  way  of  insight  into  the  serious  problems 
of  life,  it  is  rich  in  distinctively  Bensonian 
humor.  Published  by  Doubleday,  Page  and 
Company   of  New  York. 


Merrimee's  Carmen. 

OF  THE  untold  thousands  who  have  de- 
lighted in  Bizet's  "Carmen"  as  an 
opera,  what  a  small  percentage  seem 
to  have  read  the  story  as  written  by  Prosper 
Merrimee.  As  a  long  short  story  either  in 
the  original  French  or  in  a  good  translation 
it  is  one  of  the  most  fascinating  eveT  written. 
So  magnetic  is  the  narrative  the  reader  never 
pauses  to  think  of  the  author's  masterly  style 


until    the    flnal    sentence    has    been    finished. 

then  it   uis  to  him  thai  here  is  the  greatest 

of  all  art,  the  ait    thai   seals  itself  iii  the 

force  and   beaut}    of  the   intended  impression. 


To  Save  Trouble. 
\    Conneeticul    man    tells   of   twj    Irishmen 
from    Boston,    who,    while   driving   through   the 
Slate  named,  observed  that   many  of  the  barns 

Sad     weather-vanes    in    the    shape    of    huge 
roosters. 

"  himiis, ''  said  one  Irishmen  to  the  other, 
"can  ye  tell  me  why  they  alwans  have  a 
rooster  an'  niver  a  hin  on  the  top  of  thim 
l.anis.'" 

• '  Sure. ' '  replied  Dennis.  It's  because  of 
the  difficulty  they'd  have  colliding  the  eggs." 


GEORG  KRUGER 

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"An   artist   of  the  first  rank,   a  pianist 

of    correct   feeling    and    ripe    experience. ' ' 

— H.   E.   Krehbiel   in   New   York   Tribune. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Begs  to  announce  that  he  has  moved  his  music 
studio  to  the  Gartney  Building,  376  Sutter  Street, 
between  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  Street. 
Oflice  hours:  from  ten  to  twelve,  and  from  two  to 
ftnir,    daily. 

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HE  expenditure  of  $S75,000  on  the  new 
Sub-Treasury  building,  corner  of  Pine 
and  Sansome  streets,  will  be  a  good 
thing  for  that  locality  in  particular 
and  for  the  city  in  general.  This  beautiful 
Uoveinment  building  will  make  more  apparent 
the  iaet  that  the  financial  district  in  San  Fran- 
cisco has  been  established  just  as  much  as  the 
financial  district  is  defined  clearly  in  New 
Y/oik,  London,  Paris  or  Berlin.  The  rapid 
growth  of  uptown  iNew  York  has  not  affected 
Wall  stieet.  London  spreads  Westward,  but 
the  Bank  of  England  and  the  financial  dis- 
trict remain  fixed.  There  being  no  longer 
any  question  of  the  limits  of  the  financial 
district  of  San  Francisco,  it  would  be  well  for 
owners  of  unimproved  property  therein  to 
rebuild  as  soon  as  possible  and  make  the  char- 
acter of  the  neighborhood  more  apparent  than 
ever.  There  are  already  several  tine  build- 
ings in  the  financial  district,  and  when  the 
gaps  are  filled  up  and  the  new  Sub-Treasury 
building  completed  San  Francisco  will  have 
good  cause  to  be  proud  of  its  own  "Wall 
Street"  locality. 

The  Sub-Treasury  building  lot  is  83  x  128 
feet.  This  will  permit  of  the  erection  of  an 
imposing  edifice  of  granite,  with  a  fine  classic 
facade,  spacious  entrance  and  a  great  banking 
room,  the  ornamented  ceiling  of  which  will 
be  thirty-seven  feet  high. 

Mr.  Edward  Sweeney's  offer  to  the  Dona- 
hue heirs  for  a  lease  of  the  old  Occidental 
Hotel  site  on  Montgomery  street,  between 
Pine  and  Bush,  was  a  shrewd  business  move. 
This  property  is  right  in  the  heart  of  the 
financial  district  of  San  Francisco,  with  im- 
portant banks  and  large  office  buildings  on 
both  sides  of  it.  The  value  of  the  property 
will  be  more,  apparent  when  the  new  Sub- 
Treasury  building  at  Pine  and  Sansome 
streets  begins  to  loom  up.  Close  to  this  Oc- 
cidental Hotel  site  is  the  fine  new  building  of 
the  Standard  Oil  Company. 

Spring  Valley  Negotiations. 
The  city 's  rejection  of  the  offer  of  the 
Spring  Valley  Company  to  sell  its  property 
was  expected  to  weaken  the  stock,  but,  on  the 
contrary,  stockholders  became  more  confident. 
They  evidently  had  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  the  water  company  will  force  the  city 
to  take  the  property  at  a  higher  figure  than 
the  city  wishes  to  pay.  The  public  believes 
that    the    city's    offer    to    the    Spring    Valley 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


Company  was  a  very  liberal  one,  and  the 
company's  rejection  of  the  offer  has  created  a 
decidedly  hostile  feeling,  which  may  be  devel- 
oped into  a  stubborn  opposition  to  giving  Mr. 
Bourn  and  Ms  associates  their  price.  One 
fact  which  is  plainly  apparent  in  all  this 
Spring  Valley  deal  is  that  the  city  has  been 
placed  at  a  great  disadvantage  by  the  blun- 
ders of  City  Engineer  O  'Skaughnessy  's  prede- 
cessors in  office  and  the  stupid  policy  of 
Mayor  McCarthy's  union  labor  administration, 
If  the  city  had  had  a  capable  Engineer  and 
Mayor,  the  Spring  Valley  Water  Company 's 
plant  could  have  been  acquired  at  reasonable 
figures  and  the  danger  of  a  water  shortage 
would  have  been  averted.  Much  valuable  time 
was  lost,  and  now,  after  several  years  of  p.o- 
crastination  the  city  finds  itself  forced  to  do 
something  speedily  to  avert  a  water  famine. 
This  state  of  affairs,  of  course,  favors  the 
Spring  Valley  Company,  and  that  is  why  the 
holders  of  Spring  Valley  stock  have  not  been 
discouraged  in  the  least  by  the  city  's  refusal 
of  the  company's  offer.  The  city  will  in  all 
likelihood  be  glad  to  accept  a  compromise  at 
a  good  figure,  and  Mr.  Bourn  and  his  associ- 
ates, who  have  done  so  little  to  make  Spring 
Valley  popular  with  the  voters  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, will  get  their  pound  of  flesh  and  a  few 
straps  throw  in  for  full  weight. 

Associated  Oil. 
There  was  some  speculation  in  Associated 
Oil  this  week,  but  the  knowing  ones  on  the 
street  did  not  rush  in  to  buy.  It  is  astonishing 
what  a  bad  name  this  stock  has  with  specula- 
tors. Ask  ten  habitual  buyers  of  stocks  what 
they  think  of  Associated  Oil,  and  seven  of 
them  will  shak  etheir  heads  dubiously  and  tell 
you  they  have  nothing  to  base  a  good  opinion 
on,  and  neither  has  anybody  else.  Yet  this  is 
one  of  the  first  oil  properties  in  California,  and 
the  control  rests  with   one   of  the  great  cor- 


porations. Mr.  Sproule  is  given  credit  on  the 
street  for  an  earnest  desire  to  make  the  rep- 
utation of  Associated  Oil  what  it  should  be 
with  the  investing  public,  but  so  far  he  has 
had  uphill  work. 

Town  Filling  Up. 
The  complaint  about  the  great  number  of 
untenanted  flats  is  growing  less,  for  many 
strangers  are  coming  to  San  Francisco  these 
days,  and  there  is  every  indication  that  before 
long  there  will  be  complaint  of  a  lack  of  tene- 
ments. 

A  Correction. 
By  a  typographical  error  in  these  columns 
last  week  it  was  made  to  appear  that  the  de- 
posits of  the  International  Banking  Corpora- 
tion had  increased  57  per  cent  since  January 
1,  1910.  The  figures  were  reversed.  The  ac- 
tual increase  was  75  per  cent.  That  is  cer- 
tainly a  most  creditable  showing  for  any  bank. 
It  is  another  of  the  many  proofs  that  San 
Francisco  is  the  financial  center  of  the  Pacific 
Coast.  The  deposit  increase  of  the  Interna- 
tional Banking  Corporation  in  San  Francisco 
since  January  1,  1910,  is  $1,436,265.60.  The 
San  Francisco  concern  is  only  a  branch  of 
this  powerful  financial  corporation^  which 
comprises  a  chain  of  great  banks.  The  San 
Francisco  branch  has  made  itself  deservedly 
popular  with  local  merchants,  and  has  no- 
ticeably extended  its  business  amongst  the 
real  estate  brokers  and  operators,  who  are 
very  desirable  clients,  who  handle  a  deal  of 
money  during  the  year. 

Tight  Money. 
For  several  months  the  bankers  have  been 
preparing  for  a  financial  pinch — not  a  panic, 
but  a  temporary  tightness  of  the  money  mar- 
ket owing  to  various  causes,  and  particularly 
of  means  to  move  the  harvest.  The  crops 
this  year  have  been  most  bountiful,  and  there- 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus     and     Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.   GREENEBAUM Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.     FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.   F.   H0NT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

\VM.   H.   HIGH Assistant   Cashier 

H.   CHOYNSKI Assistant   Cashier 

G.  R,  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERM AN Secretary 


Saturday,  October  26,  1912.  | 


-THE  WASP- 


19 


fore  there  lias  been  more  need  <»t"  money  than 
ever  to  market  them.  Bui  all  that  great 
outlay  will  soon  be  returned  and  the  increased 
stream  of  money  will  flow  through  the  channels 
lit"  trade.  The  war  scare  in  Europe  has  also 
had  an  effect  in  causing  interest  to  rise,  Cor 
Europe  always  tabors  under  tin*  nightmare  oi 
"impending  war,"  and  the  Ear  East  is  the 
place  in  which  ir  is  generally  expected  to 
Btart.  With  the  war  scare  abated  in  Europe 
and  the  crops  marketed,  the  boom  we  have 
been  ex  pec!  ing,  and  which  all  the  financial 
prophets  predict,  should  begin  to  be  apparent. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San   Francisco 

Nevada,    Bi.nk    Building,     2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital     paid     up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    und    Undivided    Profits.  ...  $5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFICEBS. 

Isnias    W.    Hellman,    President 
I.    W.   Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice-Pres. 
F.    L.    Lipman,    Vice-Pres. 
James    K.    Wilson,    Vice-Pres. 
Frank   B.    King,    Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  L.    Davis,    Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIBECTOns. 


Isaias    W.    Hellman 
Joseph    Sloss 
Percy   T.    Morgan 
F,  \V.   Van   Sicklen 
\Vm.   F.  Herrin 
John  C.  Kirkpatrick 
J.  Henry  Meyer 
A.  H.  Payson 


I.  W.  Hellmnu,   Jr. 
A.   Christeson 
Wm.  Haas 
Hartland  Law 
Henry    Rosenfeld 
James   L.  Flood 
Chas.  J.  Deering 
James    K.    \\  .Ison 


F.  L.   Lipman 

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Facilities 

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2100  Acres  Delta  Land 

On  the  best  Reclamation  in  San  Joaquin  County. 

Will  produce  35  to  40  sacks  of  Barley  per  acre. 

Price  5115  per  acre  on  good  terms. 

—  Inquire  — 

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323-24   Mills  Building. 


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Some  Good  Tenants  Secured, 
When  thai  handsome  structure,  the  Sharon 
Building  nn  V-u  Montgomery  street,  opposite 
the  Palace  Hotel,  began  to  rise  into  view  many 
pea]  estate  men  asked  where  the  tenants  were 
to  come  from,  for  office  buildings  have  been 
rated  a  drug  on  the  market.  The  owners  of 
the  Sharon  Building  evidently  knew  what 
they  were  about,  for  it  has  transpired  that  the 
Associated  Oil  Company,  which  lias  had  ollices 
in  the  Wells  Fargo  Building  on  Second  street, 
will  take  three  floors  of  the  Sharon  Building. 
The  Builders'  Exchange  people  have  agreed 
to  take  a  good  deal  of  space.  With  two  such 
tenants  to  start  with,  the  new  office  building 
is  likely  to  be  a  paying  investment  from  the 
start. 

Dull  Stock  Market. 
The  local  stock  market  has  been  very  dull 
t  his  week,  and  nothing  worthy  of  notice  oc- 
curred. This  condition  is  not  likely  to  con- 
tinue. The  firmness  of  Spring  Valley  stock 
was  remarkable,  there  being  very  little  to  be 
had  and  the  sellers  being  unwilling  to  con- 
cede  anything. 

Improvement  in  Shipping  Business. 
The  shipping  business  is  improving  all  over 
the  world.  In  San  Francisco  the  increase  in 
the  shipping  business  in  the  past  few  yeai\> 
has  been  most  remarkable.  The  Panama  Canal 
will  certainly  stimulate  the  shipping  business 
on  this  Coast  as  never  before. 

(Continued  on  page  24.) 
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THE  STONE  AGE  LOVER. 

FROM  Chigago  comes  word  that  Dr.  Eise- 
len  has  unearthed  a  number  of  love 
letters,  directions  for  the  cure  of  tooth- 
ache, descriptions  of  quartet  singing,  demands 
for  fresh  fish  and  many  other  similar  literary 
gems,  purporting  to  have  been  written  4,000 
years  ago. 

We  are  not   keen  to  know  just   now 
The  ancient  lover  wrote  his  vow — 
Four  thousand  years  ago,  or  hence, 
Made  or  will  make  small  difference. 

"We  know  he  said  her  cheeks  were  fair, 
Caressed  with  adjectives  her  hair, 
Told  all  the  antiquated  lies 
About   her  peerless  lips  and  eyes; 

Declared  her  like  was  ne'er  before, 
And  racked  his  brain  for  metaphor. 
But,  though  he  struggled  all  he  knew, 
Could  never  hit  upon  the  new. 

For  lover's  speech  was  ancient  when 
The  first  stone  ager  carved  a  pen 
To  hew  upon  some  rugged  cliff 
A  billet  doux  in  nieroglyph. 

But  while  we  do  not  care  a  rap 

For  love  epistles  of  the  chap 

Who  lived  when  time  was  in  its  youth, 

We'd  give  a  lot  to  learn  the  truth 

About  his  cures  for  the  tooth 

That  doubtless  would  persist  in  aching 

Whene'er  he  started  in  love  making. 


Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  Is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


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(Member    of    the     Associated    Saving!    Banks    of 
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The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment  of   Deposits   only: 

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between  21st  and  22nd. 

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street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29tn,  1912. 
Assets  ....       $51,140,101.76 

Capital  actually  paid  up  In  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,666,403.80 
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P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


G-adski  the  Great. 

MME.  JOHANNA  GADSKI,  greatest  of 
Wagnerian  sopranos,  queen  of  Mozart 
singers,  and  the  embodiment  of  all 
that  is  truly  great  in  vocal  art,  will  give  her 
one  and  only  concert  at  the  Columbia  Theater 
on  Sunday  afternoon,  at  2:30,  presenting  a 
program  of  an  order  that  is  rarely  heard  in 
this  or  any  other  city,  it  is  best  described  as 
1 '  a  stupendous  feast  of  song. ' ' 

Mme.  Gadski  is  now  at  the  very  height  of 
her  powers;  the  voice  is  riper  and  mellower 
than  ever,  and  her  art  is  almost  at  the  stage 
of  absolute  perfection.  Assisted  by  the  emi- 
nent young  composer  and  pianist,  Mr.  Edwin 
Schneider,  Mme.  G-adski  will  sing 
four  important  operatic  scenes, 
as  follows:  "Ritorna  Vincitor" 
from  ' '  Aida ' ' ;  suicide  scene 
from  "La  Gioconda";  Isolde's 
narrative  to  Brangane  from 
"Tristan  und  Isolde,"  and  for 
her  final  number  the  exquisite 
' '  Liebestod ' '  from  the  same 
music-drama. 

Then  there  will  be  a  score  of 
songs  by  Schubert,  Brahms, 
Wolf,  Richard  Strauss,  Edwin 
Schneider,  J.  W.  Metcalf  and 
others. 

Seats  are  now  on  sale  at 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  's,  and 
Kohler  &  Chase's,  and  on  Sun- 
day at  the  box  office  of  the  Col- 
umbia Theater  after  10  o'clock. 


at  the  Piano  Club  Hall,  on  Haste  streets,  near 
College  avenue. 


Alice   Nielsen's  Novelty  Concerts. 

THE  advent  of  Alice  Nielsen  in  this  city 
for  the  first  time  since  she  has  won  her 
place  in  the  first  ranks  of  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  House's  stars  will  be  a  notable 
event  in  the  musical  nistory  of  this  city,  where 
she  commenced  her  career  in  a  most  humble 
manner.  There  were  many  people  here  who 
predicted  that  the  brilliant  little  artiste  would 
unquestionably  get  to  the  top,  and  she  cer- 
ainly  has. 

The  Nielsen  programs  will  be  very  similar 


The  Beel  Quartet. 

THE  first  of  the  series  of  six 
concerts  by  the  Beel 
Quartet  will  be  given  in 
the  ballroom  of  the  St.  Francis 
Hotel,  on  Sunday  afternoon,  No- 
vember 3rd,  at-  2:30,  when  the 
splendid  organization  will  have 
the  assistance  of  Mrs.  Alice  Ba- 
con Washington  as  pianiste. 

The  Beel  Quartet  is  now  firm- 
ly established  as  one  of  the  im- 
portant factors  in  our  musical 
life,  and  its  work  will  stand 
comparison  with  that  of  any 
similar  organization  in  the  coun- 
try. Rehearsals  have  been  held 
regularly  throughout  the  summer 
and  music  lovers  and  students 
are  promised  a  genuine  surprise 
when  they  hear  the  results  of 
the  earnest  efforts  of  these  art- 
ists. 

The  program  will  consist  of 
Schumann's  quartet  in  F  major, 
op.  45,  Brahms'  sonata  for  vio- 
lin and  piano,  and  the  quartet 
in  D  flat,  introduced  to  us  by 
the  Flonzaley  Quartet  four  years 
ago. 

Both  season  tickets  and  single 
tickets  are  now  on  sale  at  Sher- 
man, Clay  &  Co.'s  and  Kohler  & 
Chase's. 

Next  Thursday  night,  October 
31st,  the  Beel  Quartet  will  give 
its   second   concert   in   Berkeley 


to  those  given  at  the  Sunday  night  concerts 
at  the  Metropolitan,  for  she  will  have  the 
assistance  of  six  of  the  leading  artists  of  the 
Boston  Opera  Company,  and  there  will  be 
trios,  duets  and  quartets  in  addition  to  the 
solos.  It  will  be  quite  a  change  from  the  reg- 
ulation concert  offerings. 

At  her  opening  concert,  in  addition  to  the 
concert  part  of  the  program,  Miss  Nielsen  will 
offer  a  fifty-minute  version  of  Rossini's  "Bar- 
ber of  Seville,"  with  cotumes,  scenery,  etc.," 
and  at  two  of  the  events  she  will  present 
Wolf-Ferarri's  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne"  in 
its  original  form,  and  with  original  orchestra- 
tion, for  which  she  possesses  the  sole  rights 
in  this  city.  These  interesting 
features  will  certainly  be  highly 
appreciated  by  our  San  Francis- 
co music  lovers. 


Yolanda   Mero,   Pianiste. 

THE  first  piano  recitals  of  the 
Greenbaum  season  will  be 
given  by  Yolanda  Mero, 
a  young  Hungarian  virtuosa,  who 
has  just  made  a  striking  success 
with  the  Boston  Symphony  Or- 
chestra at  the  Worcester  Festi- 
val, and  who  is  among  the  solo- 
ists engaged  by  Theodore  Thom- 
as, Philadelphia  and  New  York 
Philharmonic  orchestras  this  sea- 
son. It  is  Mme.  Mero's  second 
American  tour  and  her  first  vis- 
it west  of  Chicago. 

In  this  city  Mme.  Mero  will 
give  three  concerts,  the  dates  be- 
ing Sunday  afternoon,  November 
10th,  Thursday  night,  November 
14th,  and  Saturday  afternoon, 
November  16th,  Manager  Green- 
baum selecting  Saturday  at  the 
request  of  a  number  of  teachers 
and  students  at  conservatories 
and  convents  in  neighboring 
towns.  Greenbaum  promises 
quite  a  number  of  novelties  on 
the   Mero  programs. 


CATHERINE   CALVEKT 

charming  actress,  new  to  us,  who  will  appear  with  Holbrook  Blinn 
of  the  Underworld"  at  the  Cort  Theater,  Sunday. 


in  "A  Romance 


Orpheum  Attractions. 

MISS  AMELIA  BINGHAM, 
one  of  the  foremost  star 
actresses  in  this  country, 
who  on  the  occasion  of  her  only 
visit  to  this  city  several  years 
ago  scored  an  immense  hit  in 
Clyde  Fitch's  comedy,  "The 
Climbers, ' '  is  making  a  brief 
tour  of  the  Orpheum  Circuit,  and 
will  appear  in  an  original  idea 
of  her  own  entitled  "Big  Mo- 
ments from  Great  Plays."  The 
story  of  each  one  is  briefly  told 
by  her,  and  then  the  scene  which 
contains  its  climax  or  greatest 
thrill  acted.  Miss  Bingham  in- 
cludes in  her  repertoire  "Fe- 
dora," "Madame  Sans  Gene," 
"The  Climbers,"  "La  Tosca," 
and  "A  Modern  Lady  Godiva," 
the  latter  play  being  from  her 
own  pen.  Her  supporting  com- 
pany consists  of  Mr.  Lloyd  Bing- 


Saturday,  October  26,  1912.] 


THE  WASP 


21 


THE   BEEL  QUARTET. 
Who   will  begin  a   series  of  concerts  at  the    St.    Francis    Hotel    on    November    3rd. 


ham,  Miss  Lisle  Leigh,,  Miss  Will-Nell  Laven- 
der, and  Mrs.  Beresford  Lovett. 

Nellie  Nichols,  the  chic  and  dainty  singer 
of  lilting  songs,  brings  a  number  of  new  and 
catchy  ditties,  and  Frank  MorrelJ,  known  in 
New  York  as  "The  California  Boy,"  and  one 
of  the  best  tenors  in  vaudeville,  will  introduce 
a  novel  act  entitled  "The  Singing  Minstrel." 

The  famous  clown  Slivers  will  present  his 
original  pantomime,  "The  Ball  Game,"  next 
week  only,  which  will  also  be  the  last  week 
of  Albertina  Basch's  "Le  Ballet  Classique," 
Melville  and  Higgins.  the  Asahi  Quintette,  Jo- 
seph Jefferson,  and  Felice  Morris. 


New  Play  at  the  Cort. 

ON  SUNDAY  night   at  the  Cort  we  will 
become    acquainted    with    Paul    Arm- 
strong's  "A   Eomanee   of   the   Under- 
world," a  four-act  drama  elaborated  from  the 


GADSKI'S 


ONLY  CONCEET 


This    Sunday   Afterno 


October  27,   at  2:30 


COLUMBIA  THEATER 

Prices,    §2.50,    $2.00,    $1.60    and    $1.00 
Box    Offices,    Sherman,    Clay   &    Co.'s,    and   Kohler 
&  Chase's. 


BEEL 


QUARTET 

FIRST  CONCEET 


ST.  FRANCIS  BALLROOM 

Sunday  Afternoon,  November  3,  at  2:30 
Season  Tickets    (6  concerts),   $5.00;    single,  $1.00, 
now  on   sale   at   Sherman,   Clay  &   Co.'s   and  Kohler 
&   Chase's. 

MRS.    ALICE    BACON    WASHINGTON,    PIANISTE. 
Steinway  Piano. 
Coming — MEKO. 


one-act  vaudeville  sketch  which  proved  such 
a  success  when  played  over  the  Orpheum  Cir- 
cuit last  season.  In  its  present  form  the  play 
has  proven  tremendously  successful.  Holbrook 
Blinn,  the  well-beloved  of  San  Francisco  thea 
tergoers,  will  star,  and  it  is  said  that  he  has 
the  best  role  of  his  career. 

The  playwright  has  painted  a  marvelously 
vivid  picture  of  the  tragedy  of  a  brother  and 
sister  who,  by  reason  of  the  boy's  arrest,  are 
drawn  into  the  police  court,  tnat  borderland 
between  respectability  and  the  "other  half." 
Through  the  pull  of  a  crooked  politician  whom 
she  has  refused  to  marry,  the  girl's  brother  is 
falsely  accused  of  being  a  thief.  The  ease 
seems  hopeless  until  a  young  lawyer,  a  gradu- 
ate from  the  ranks  of  newspaperdom,  learns 
of  the  conspiracy,  and  lends  his  efforts  to  clear 
the  boy. 

Blinn  is  supported  by  a  notable  company, 
which  includes  Catherine  Calvert,  Ruth  Ben- 
son, Anna  MacDonald,  W.  Tammany  Young, 
George  Miller,  Leonard  Hollister,  Robert  Ste- 
vens, James  Marcus,  and  Benjamin  Piazza. 

FIRST  POPULAR-PRICED  CONCERT  OF  THE 

A^AN    FRANCISCO     - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry Hadley-Conductor 

PROGRAM 
Sunday    Afternoon,    October    27th,    1912. 

Grieg1 March  of  Homage 

Wagner    Overture,    "Flying    Dutchman" 

Charpentier.  .Aria,   "Depuis  le  jour"  from  "Louise" 
Beatrice  Fine. 

Dvorak Symphony 

No.    5,    in    E    minor    ("From    the   New  World") 
II.      Largo. 
IV.     Allegro   con   fuoco. 

Strauss-La  Forge 

.  .  .  .  "  Storielle    del    Bosco,"     Viennese     (waltz) 
Beatrice  Fine. 

Massenet    Violin    solo,    Meditation    "Thais" 

Adolph  Rosenbeclcer. 
Tschaikowsky ' "Marche   Slav" 

Seats  on  sale  at  the  box  office  of  the  Cort  Theater, 
Sherman,  Clav  &  Co.,   and  Kohler  &  Chase. 
Prices — $1.00,    75c,    50c.,    35c. 


"A  Romance  of  the  Underworld"  will  stay 
al  tin?  Cort  for  but  two  weeks,  with  the  usual 
matinees  on  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays. 

Pantages  Bill. 

LARGE  AUDIENCES  are  in  evidence  ev- 
ery afternoon  and  evening  at  the  Pan- 
tages Theater  this  week,  the  program 
including  such  interesting  acts  as  Mercedes, 
the  mystifying  ' '  musical  enigma  ' ';  Hassan 
Ben  Ali 's  fifteen  Arabian  acrobats;  Lowell 
and  Esther  Drew,  presenting  "At  the  Drug 
Slore";  Copeland  and  Payton,  the  amusing 
colored  comedians;  Flo  and  Ollie  Walters,  very 

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Beginning    Tomorrow     (Sunday)     Night, 
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HOLBROOK  BLINN 

In  Paul  Armstrong's  Pour-Act  Drama, 

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The    Dramatic    Sensation   of   the   Century. 

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[Saturday,  October  26,  1912. 


Martin-Ganz  Recital. 

THE  final  recital  by  Riccardo  Martin,  ten- 
or, and  Rudolph  Ganz?  pianist,  at  the 
Scottish  Rite  Hall  was  poorly  attended, 
but  those  present  did  their  best  to  make  ap- 
plause like  a  full-grown  audience.  Martin's 
dramatic  tenor  was  heard  at  its  best  in  Seig- 
mund  Ts  ' '  Liebeslied ' '  from  ' '  Die  Walkuere, ' ' 
that  is  in  its  sounding  qualit}f,  though  one 
might  have  wished  tnat  his  tempo  had  been 
less  rapid,  particularly  in  the  more  emotional 
passages.  Ganz,  though  brilliant  in  technique, 
and  occasionally  inspiring,  yet  lacks  that  dis- 
tinctiveness of  touch  which  limits  the  world's 

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really  great  pianists  to  less  than  can  be 
counted  on  the  fingers  of  one  hand.  However, 
if  he  invited  criticism  by  his  playing  of  the 
"Moonlight  Sonata,"  he  left  little  to  be  de- 
sired in  the  Liszt  ' ( Liebestraum  ' '  and  Doh- 
nanyi's  C  major  "Rhapsody."' 


Kruger  Piano  Club. 

THE  members  of  this  musical  circle  who 
were  unavoidably  absent  from  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Kruger  Piano  Club  as- 
suredly missed  one  of  the  best  entertainments 
held  by  this  association  of  young  musicians. 
The  program  rendered  marked  the  performing 
members  as  talented  students  desirous  of  ob- 
taining the  best  in  music,  and  in  return  giv- 
ing the  best.  Each  number  contributed  was 
rendered  in  effective  style  and  with  correct 
interpretation,  each  performer  having  ab- 
sorbed the  composer's  conception  of  the 
theme.  The  following  were  the  items:  Fleur- 
ette  (Raff),  Helen  Auerj  mazurka  (Leschet- 
iszky),  Julia  Obernesser;  Le  Matin  (for  two 
pianos)  (Chaminade),  Eva  Mehogan  and  Mr. 
Kruger;  Hungarian  Rhapsodie,  No.  14  (Liszt), 
Audry  Ber. 


ODeratic  Finance. 

AN  ARTISTIC  triumph,  the  Lambardi  sea- 
son, despite  capacity  houses,  has  not 
proven  a  financial  success.  The  receipts 
have  been  handsome,  but  the  expenditures 
have  been  enormous.  A  profit  might  have 
been  shown  had  the  management  seen  fit  to 
reduce  certain  items  of  expense,  but  artistic 
ally  that  was  out  of  the  question.  However, 
there  is  consolation  in  the  thought  that  the 
venture  has  materially  assisted  in  that  mu 
sical  education  which  will  pave  the  way  for 
profits  in  the  future,  since  without  big  profits 
managers  will  not  be  tempted  to  provide  the 
best  available  talent.  A  further  consolation 
is  to  be  found  in  the  fact  that  impresarios, 
though  always  reported  as  having  lost  money, 
always  manage  to  come  back.  It  has  been 
said  of  Hammerstein  that  the  bigger  his  loss- 
es the  better  the  quality  of  his  next  venture. 
Let  us  hope  that  Lambardi  is  also  possessed 
of  that  secret. 


Musical  Notes. 
Miss  Rey  del  Valle  was  the  soloist  at  the 
District  Council  held  at  San  Jose  on  Saturday 
last  under  the  auspices  of  the  San  Jose  Wo- 
men 's  Club.  Mrs.  John  Jury,  chairman  of 
the  Music  Committee,  presided  and  introduced 
the  musicians.  Mrs.  Linda  Zink  Roper,  pian- 
iste,  played  a  number  of  difficult  selections. 
Mrs.  Roper  is  one  of  the  resident  artists  of 
San  Jose.  Mrs.  Percy  Shuman,  president  of 
the  district,  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Orr,  president  of 
the  State  Federation,  and  the  members  of  the 
Executive  Board,  were  the  complimented 
guests  at  the  Council. 

The  subject  of  Mrs.  Herbert  Sanford  How- 
ard's talk  at  the  St.  Francis  next  Monday 
will  be  "Deidre  of  the  Sorrows, "  by  John 
Synge,  the  erratic  Irish  genius,  one  of  whose 
plays  caused  such  a  storm  of  controversy  dur- 
ing  its   tour   through   the   East. 


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Winship  Ball. 

One  "f  the  most  brlllant  affairs  of  the  soason 
will  be  the  large  ball  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emory 
Winship  in  bonor  <>f  Lieutenant-Commander  and  Mrs, 
David  Sellers.  It  is  set  fur  Monday,  the  4th  of 
November,  and  is  to  take  place  at  the  Palace. 

The  Winship  entertainments  are  noted  for  their 
splendor,  und  society  is  eagerly  anticipating 
this  event.  Later  in  November  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Win- 
ship leave  for  their  charming  estate  in  Georgia, 
where  they  will  spend  the  winter. 


A  Debutante's  Tea. 
Mrs.  Harrison-Smith  and  her  two  daughters,  the 
Misses  Alice  and  Henrietta  Harrison -Smith,  have 
s.-ni  DUl  invitations  for  a  large  tea  for  Sunday,  the 
3rd  of  November,  in  honor  of  four  of  the  season's 
debutantes.  They  are  Miss  Henriette  Blanding, 
Miss  LouiBe  Janin,  Miss  Helen  Wright,  and  Mi&E 
Elizabeth  Brice.  This  will  be  the  first  Sunday  tea 
of  the  season,  and  will  draw  a  large  number  of  soci- 
ety men  who  are  anxious  to  become  acquainted  with 
the  debutantes  before  the  first  Greenway  Bachelor 
Benedicts,    which    will    occur    the    following    Friday. 


Mrs.  John  A.  Darling. 
Mrs.  John  A.  Darling  is  one  of  the  most  untiring 
of  hostesses.  Every  few  days  she  entertains  in  honor 
of  her  old  friends  or  their  debutante  daughters. 
This  week  she  gave  a  charming  tea  in  honor  of  Mrs. 
Richard  Sprague,  which  was  well  attended  by  all 
the  members  of  the  old  California  families.  She  was 
Miss  Clara  Hastings,  oldest  daughter  of  Judge 
Hastings  of  this  city.  Her  first  husband  was  Mr, 
Catherwood,  who  died  a  few  yearB  ago,  after  which 
she  married  Major  John  A.  Darling  of  the  army, 
who  has  since  retired.  She  has  just  returned  home 
after  having  spent  a  year  in  England,  where  she 
rented  a  house.  She  will  be  a  great  addition  to  so- 
ciety   this    season. 


Engagement  Announced. 
An  interesting  engagement  which  has  just  been 
announced  is  that  of  Miss  Grace  Helen  Zane  and 
Lieutenant  John  Bayliss  Earle  of  the  navy.  Miss 
Zane  is  the  daughter  of  Rear  Admiral  and  Mrs.  A.  V. 
Zane,  retired,  who  have  made  their  home  in  Washing- 
ton for  the  last  few  years,  where  Miss  Zane  has  been 
very  prominent  socially.  Their  marriage  is  to  take 
place  in  the  spring,  and  will  be  one  of  the  large 
affairs  of  the  capital,  after  which  they  will  make 
their  home  on  the  Eastern  coast,  as  Lieutenant 
Earle  is  attached  to  the  flagship  Ohio,  which  belongs 
to  the  Atlantic  fleet. 


Another  Engagement. 
Miss  Ellen  O'  Sullivan,  sister  of  the  late  Denis 
0' Sullivan,  that  fascinating  Irish  uinger,  has  just 
announced  her  engagement  to  Edward  Louis  Lowen- 
son  of  London,  Mr.  Lowenson  is  a  graduate  of 
Trinity  College,  London,  and  was  for  seven  years  in 
the  British  army.  His  marriage  to  Miss  O' Sulli- 
van will  take  place  here  in  November,  but  they 
will    make    their    future    home    in    London. 


Card  Basket. 

Miss  Metha  McMahon  will  accompany  her  mother, 
Mrs.  Eugene  Bresse,  on  a  trip  to  New  York  next 
month,  and  remain  in  the  East  for  a  couple  of 
months. 

Mrs.  A.  M.  McDonald  has  returned  from  the  Orient. 
Mrs.  McDonald  accompanied  her  daughter,  Miss  Gen- 
evieve  McDonald,    to    Manila,    where   her  marriage   to 


1 '.   S.    A.,    took    place.  Cap- 
ill   remain   in   the  Orient    in 


Captain  Murray  Baldwin 
tain  and  Mrs.  Baldwin  v 
definitely. 

Miss  Mildred  Baldwin  and  Miss  Kate  Peterson  will 
be  the  feted  guests  at  the  bridge  party  to  be  given 
Tuesday,  October  29th  by  Miss  McMahon  at  her  homo 
on  Washington  street. 

Mrs,  James  Cunningham  and  the  Misses  Sam  and 
Elizabeth  Cunningham  have  left  for  their  home  in 
New  York,  where  they  will  remain  until  after  the 
wedding  of   Miss   Mary    Cunningham   to    Murray    Sar- 


MISS  INNES   KEENEY 

Fiancee  of  Willard  C.  Chamberlain,  who  will  he 
married  next  month. 

gent  in  January.  Mrs.  Cunningham  has  just  pur- 
chased a  new  home  at  Woodside,  where  she  and 
her  daughters  will  spend  the  summers,  their  town 
house  on  Broadway  being  rented  to  the  Charles  Jos- 
selyns    for    the    winter. 

Miss  Edith  Cutter  has  gone  to  New  York  to  spend 
the  winter  with  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Kel- 
lond,  the  latter  of  whom  was  Miss  Katherine  Self- 
ridge. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lloyd  Baldwin  have  leased  their 
home  at  Clay  and  Steiner  streets  to  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Ernest  Dwight  Chipman,  who  will  take  possession 
of  it   this  week. 

Miss  Edith  Chesebrough,  who  is  the  guest  of  Mrs. 
Charles.  B,  Alexander  at  Tuxedo,  has  decided  to 
defer   her   return   to   California   until   after   the   hoh- 


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days.  Mrs.  Alexander  was  Miss  Crocker,  and  the 
Crocker  family  and  the  Chesebroughs  have  Been 
warm    friends    for   many    years. 

Mr.  und  Mrs.  Athole  McBean  bave  returned  to 
town  after  a  motor  trip  through  the  southern  pan 
of  the  State. 

Miss  Rboda  Pickering  has  gone  to  Tucson  to  visit 
her  brother-in-law  and  sister,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julius 
Kruttschuitt  Jr. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Athole  Mctfean  have  sold  their  home 
on  Steiner  street  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  HofFaker, 
the  parents  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  R.  Page  and 
Mrs.   Raymond   Splivalo. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Foster  and  their  young  daugh- 
ter, Sallie  Calhoun  Foster,  are  returning  from  Cleve- 
land,  and  will  make  their  home  at   San  Rafael. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pierre  Moore  have  closed  their  homo 
at  Belvedere  and  have  taken  a  house  on  Franklin 
street.  Miss  Sydney  Davis  will  pass  the  winter  with 
them. 

Mrs.  Richard  Hammond,  accompanied  by  her 
brother,  James  Potter  Langhorne  Jr.,  leaves  for  the 
East  for  a   visit  of  several   weeks. 

Mrs.  W.  J.  Sbotwell  has  returned  from  New  York 
for   the   winter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  H.  Schlacks  have  returned  aftei 
a   delightful   summer  in   the   East  and  Europe. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Starr  Keeler  have  closed  their  home 
in  San  Rafael  aud  taken  an  apartment  in  town  for 
the  winter. 

Miss  Helen  Wheeler  entertained  at  a  luncheon 
given  at  her  home  on  Washington  street  in  honor  of 
Mrs.   Francis  H.  Davis. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  P.  Deering  have  gone  to 
New   York   to   remain    for   a   mouth. 

The  engagement  of  Marjorie  Ward  Stanton  to 
Arnold  Randolph  Weber  has  been  announced  b> 
tbeir  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Stanton  of 
San  Francisco  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julius  Rehm  Weber 
of  Berkeley.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weber  are  very 
well  known  in  musical  circles,  as  Mr.  Weber  was 
an   instructor  of  music  for  years  in  this  city. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Lawson,  after  their  motor  tour 
of  Southern  California,  will  spend  the  winter  in 
the  home  in  San  Francisco  which  Mr.  Lawson  has 
prepared    for    his    bride. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Columbus  Wheeler,  who  are 
with  the  latter's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parkei 
Whitney,  at  Del  Monte,  will  be  at  the  Fairmont 
for  some  time  before  returning  to  their  home  in 
Chicago.  Mrs,  Wheeler  was  formerly  Miss  Beryl 
Whitney  Graydon. 

Thornwell  Mullally,  who  went  East  for  the  Cal- 
houn-Hickox  wedding  in  Cleveland,  joined  a  party 
of  friends  in  British  Columbia  for  a  hunting  trip 
after  big  game. 

During  her  stay  in  San  Francisco  Miss  Ethel 
Barrymore  was  much  entertained  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Charles  Clark  and  other  prominent  people  of  Bur- 
lingame    and    San    Mateo    county. 

Miss  Ethel  Shaver  of  Fresno  will  entertain  Miss 
Florence  Wendelling  at  the  first  dancing  party  i  of 
the  Friday  Night  Cotillon  Club  on  Hallowe'en  even- 
ing. 

Mr.  Albert  I.  Loeb,  who  has  been  doing  political 
speaking  through  Oregon  for  the  past  ten  days,  re- 
turned to  the  city  Friday  and  left  Monday  for 
Seattle,  where  he  joins  Senator  Mills  Poindexter  of 
Washington  for  a  speaking  tour  through  Washington. 


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[Saturday,  October  26,  1912. 


Recent  Events. 

The  Army  Ladies'  Bridge  Club  met  at  the  home 
of  Mrs.  John  C.  Waterman  at  the  Presidio.  Among 
the  members  are  Mrs.  Robert  Van  Vliet,  Mrs.  Cor- 
nelius Gardiner,  Mrs.  Kinsey  jiampton,  Mrs.  Thos. 
Rees,  Mrs.  "William  Brooks,  Mrs.  William  Davis, 
Mrs.  John  Wisser,  Mrs.  Charles  Clark,  Mrs.  Arthur 
Kirwin,    and    others. 

Miss  Louise  Janin  is  one  of  the  young  hostesses 
this  week  entertaining  at  a  debutantes'  luncheon 
at  the  nome  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  Mendell,  on  Pa- 
cific avenue,  her  guest  list  including  Miss  Louise 
Blanding,  Miss  Mauricia  Mintzer,  Miss  Elizabeth 
Brice,  and  others  who  will  make  their  debut  this 
season. 

Mrs.  William  Mayo  Newhall  entertained  at  an  elab- 
orate luncheon,  followed  by  bridge,  given  at  her 
home  on  Scott  street. 

Miss  Innes  Keeney  and  her  fiance,  Willard  C. 
Chamberlain,  v  hose  marriage  will  take  place  Novem 
ber  6th,  were  entertained  at  dinner  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  James  Otis.  A  theater  party  for  the  young 
couple  was  given  on  Wednesday  by  Miss  Gertrude 
Thomas. 

Mrs.  James  Ellis  Tucker  entertained  at  a  recep- 
tion at  the  Town  and  Country  Club,  the  guest  of 
honor  being  Mrs.  Marshall,  wife  of  the  Democratic 
nominee   for  Vice-President. 


PASSING  SHOW. 


(Continued  from  page  21.) 

talented    youngsters       Sylvia    Sabolcsy,      the 
local  violinist,  and  skating  Harrahs. 

Many  novelties  are  promised  for  the  week 
commencing  Sunday  afternoon,  one  bearing 
the  sensational  title  of  * '  Mysteries  of  the 
Dope,"  a  strikingly  unique  production  with 
a  big  cast  of  clever  comedians  and  pretty 
singing  and  dancing  girls;  Schepp 's  comedy 
circus,  which  includes  dogs,  ponies  and  mon- 
keys, and  the  bucking  pony,  the  star  of  the 
aggregation,  will  kick  up  all  kinds  of  excite- 
ment; Minnie  Palmer's  ''Six  American  Beau- 
ties," talented  young  women  who  play  violins, 
the  viola,  harp  and  'cello,  will  offer  a  delight- 
ful musical  interlude  in  which  they  intermin- 
gle their  instrumental  selections  with  a  song 
or  two.  Al  Espe  and  Laura  Roth  will  toss 
around  cannon  balls  and  torpedos  as  if  they 
were  tennis  balls.  Cal  Stewart  will  be  heard 
for  the  first  time  here  in  his  rural  anecdotes 
about  ' '  Uncle  Josh, ' '  and  Julie  Cooper  and 
Dell  Moore  will  make  four  changes  of  song 
and  costume.  Other  acts  and  special  Sunlight 
Pictures  will  complete  a  varied  and  interest- 
ing program. 


San  Francisco  Orchestra. 

THE  San  Francisco  Orchestra  commenced 
its  season  of  symphony  and  popular- 
priced  concerts  at  the  Cort  Theater  last 
Friday  afternoon.  An  audience  representing 
the  city's  wealth  and  culture  attested  its  ap- 
preciation of  Conductor  Hadley  and  his  men. 
The  Board  of  Governors  is  to  be  congratulated 
on  its  endeavor  to  create  an  interest  in  good 
music  in  San  Francisco.  The  music  committee, 
at  an  enthusiastic  meeting  held  in  the  offices 
of  Manager  Frank  W.  Healy,  decided  to  make 
some  changes  in  the  program  announced  for 
the  first  popular  concert,  and  as  a  consequence, 
those  who  attend  the  popular  priced  concert 
of  Sunday  afternoon,  will  hear  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Orchestra  in  a  most  excellent  program. 
Mr.  Hadley  has  agreed  to  give  the  two  most 
beautiful  movements  of  the  "New  "World 
Symphony."  The  second  movement  has  been 
aptly  termed  a  ' '  Moonlight  Night  on  the 
Prairie,"  for  it  is  an  exquisite  tone  picture 
of  varied  tints,  all  of  which  are  in  accord  with 
this  title.  Some  writers  have  averred  that 
the  movement  was  inspired  by  Longfellow's 
"Hiawatha,"  and  particularly  by  "Hiawa- 
tha's Wooing."     The  whole  symphony  proves 


Dvorak  a  master  of  thematic  elaboration,  full 
of  innate  humor  aud  naivette. 

The  first  popular  program,  Sunday  after- 
noon, October  27th,  1912,  is  as  follows:  Grieg, 
March  of  Homage;  Wagner,  overture,  '  'Fly- 
ing Dutchman";  Charpentier,  aria,  "Depuis 
le  jour, ' '  from  ' '  Louise, ' '  Beatrice  Fine ; 
Dvorak,  Symphony  No.  5,  in  E  minor  ("From 
the  New  World") — II  Largo,  IV  Allegro  con 
fuoco;  Strauss-La  Forge,  "Storielle  del  Bos- 
co, "  Viennese  (waltz),  Beatrice  Fine;  Mas- 
senet, violin  solo,  Meditation  ' '  Thais, ' ' 
Adolph  Eosenbecker;  Tschaikowsky,  "Marche 
Slav." 

Seats  are  on  sale  at  the  box  offices  of  the 
Cort  Theater,  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.,  and  Koh- 
ler  &  Chase. 


San  Francisco  Choral  Society. 

APROPOS  to  the  recent  revival  of  Sir  Ar- 
thur Sullivan's  popular  music  is  the 
forthcoming  presentation  of  his  beauti- 
ful cantata,  "The  Golden  Legend."  This  mu- 
sical masterpiece  has  seldom  been  heard  in 
San  Francisco.  It  abounds  in  melody,  and  is 
as  delightful  to  the  ear  as  a  light  opera,  al- 
though throughout  it  has  impressive  religious 
effects.  The  San  Francisco  Choral  Society  is 
under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Paul  Steindorff, 
and  with  the  support  of  a  symphony  orchestra 
and  well-known  local  soloists,  is  to  present 
this  beautiful  work  on  the  evening  oi  Novem- 
ber 1,  1912,  at  the  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium, 
Van  Ness  avenue  and  Sutter  street. 

The  society,  the  largest  ot  its  kind  here,  has 
been  rehearsing  for  this  production  for  months, 
and  as  only  oue  presentation  is  to  be  given, 
it  will  in  all  probability  be  a  long  time  before 
the  music-loving  public  of  San  Francisco  will 
have  another  opportunity  of  hearing  ' '  The 
Golden  Legend." 

The  soloists  are  well  chosen  and  are  all  con- 
nected with  local  churches  in  that  capacity. 
The  various  parts  will  be  assumed  as  follows: 
Miss  Ella  K.  Atkinson,  soprano,  "Elsie"; 
Mrs.  Carroll  Nicholson,  contralto,  "Ersula"; 
Mr.  J.  H.  Williams,  tenor,  "Prince  Henry"; 
Mr.  Lowell  Eedfield,  bass,  "Satan."  Tickets 
on  sale  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s,  Kohler  & 
Chase's,  Wiley  B.  Allen  Co.'s  and  Paul  Elder 
&  Co.'s.       Admission,  $1.00. 


Kohler  &  Chase  Concerts. 

THE  music  program  arranged  for  next  Sat- 
urday afternoon  at  Kohler  &  Chase  Hall 
is  especially  attractive.  Robert  Mal- 
com  Battison,  tenor,  will  be  the  soloist.  Mr. 
Battison,  who  has  a  very  pleasing  lyric  voice, 
is  well  known  in  church  and  concert  circles. 
Other  features  in  the  program  will  be  Liszt's 
Hungarian  Rhapsodie  No.  12,  and  the  over- 
ture to  "Der  Freischutz"  by  Weber.  Mr. 
Battison  will  sing  an  aria  from  Ponchielli's 
"La  Gioconda,"  and  songs  by  Tosti  and  Le- 
oncavalla.      The   complete   program   is: 

Ehapsodie  Hongroise  No.  12  (Liszt),  the 
Pianola  Piano;  Cielo  e  mar,  "La  Gioconda" 
(Ponchielli),  Mr.  Battison,  accompanied  with 
the  Pianola;  Coquette  Mazurka,  "Larregla, " 
Hungarian  Dance  No.  5  (Brahms),  the  Pianola 
Piano;  "Parted"  (Tosti)  and  "Mattinata" 
(Leoncavallo),  Mr.  Battison,  accompanied 
with  the  Pianola;  overture  "Der  Freischutz" 
(Weber),  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ. 

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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,    In    ami    for    the    City   and    County    of    San 

Francisco. — Dept,   No.   10. 

HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE  SCHWARZ. 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  Hen  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  .Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,842. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY, 

Attorney   for   Plaintiffs. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sona claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE 
SCHWARZ,  his  wifjo,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  nnd  City  and 
y,  within  threo  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Leavenworth  Street,  distant  thereon  eight-seven  (87) 
feet  and  six  (0)  inches  southerly  from  the  south- 
erly line  of  Filbert  Street;  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth  Street 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly  one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
( 6 )  inches ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  ( 112 )  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth 
Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
part    of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    441. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiffs  are 
the  owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute; 
that  their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and 
quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all 
estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  other  descrip- 
tion; that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCRriVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.   D.    1912. 

GERALD  0.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiffs, 
No.  501-501-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter 
and    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
CALIFORNIA,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco.      Dept.    No.    10. 

MARY  MARSIOANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA 
MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants.      Action    No.    32849. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for   Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  MARINA  MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  P.  MARSIOANO,  deceased,  the 
plaintiff  herein,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above 
entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  eertain  real  property  or  any 
part  thereof,  situate  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  particularly  described 
as  follows: 

I. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  (formerly  Washington  Place)  dis- 
tant thereon  thirty-seven  (37)  feet  eight  (8)  inches 
northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  westerly  line  of  Wentworth  Street  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Washington  Street;  running 
thenee  northerly  along  said  westerly  line  of  Went- 
worth Street  thirty-three  (33)  feet,  ten  (10)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty-three  (33) 
feet,  ten  (10)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  Lot  No.  50  of  the  FIFTY  VARA 
SURVEY. 

II. 
Commencing    at    the    corner    formed    by    the    inter- 
section   of    the    southerly    line    of    Green    Street    and 


the  i  si  erly  line  of  Eaton  Alley,  running  thenoe 
i  ly  along  said  -ntherly  line  of  Green  Street 
nree  <  on)  ir.  (  ;  thence  at  a  righl  angh 
southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-sovon  (137)  feet, 
^ix  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
forty-one  (41)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
twenty-two  (22)  feel  to  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton 
Alley;  and  thence  .-it  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  Raid  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (G)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  sir, .I  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be- 
ing a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
Til. 
Commencing  at  a  [joint  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Mnson  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  running  thence  southerly  and  along  the  soid 
easterly  line  of  Mnson  Street  thirty-Beven  (37) 
feet,  six  (G)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
ninety-six  (9G^  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37)  feet,  Bix  (6) 
inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  ninety- 
six  (96)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion   of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.   231. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  forty  (40)  feet  easterly  from 
the  point  of  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street  with  the  said  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street ;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  last  men- 
tioned line  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  westerly  line  of  an  alleyway  twelve  (12) 
feet  wide;  thence  southerly  along  the  last  mentioned 
line  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  westerly  and  parallel 
with  Green  Street  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six 
( 6 )  inches ;  thence  northerly  sixty  ( 60 )  feet  to 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
V. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the 
westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly twenty  ( 20 )  feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  and  along  said  southerly  line 
of  Broadway  one  hundred  seventeen  (117)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Ave' 
nue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  por- 
tion of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No,  63. 
VI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  northerly  line  of  Geary  Street  and 
the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Geary 
Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of 
Geary  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be' 
ing   a    portion   of   FIFTY   VARA   LOT    No.    757. 

VII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Bush  Street  distant  thereon  eighty-eight  (88)  feet, 
ten  (10)  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street,  running  thence  easterly  along  said 
northerly  line  of  Bush  iStreet  twenty-four  (24)  feet, 
four  (4)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
seventy-eight  (78)  feetr  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Emma  Street;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Emma  Street  twenty- 
four  (24)  feet,  four  (4)  inehes;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to 
the  northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT    No.    300. 

VIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Broadway  distant  thereon  forty-five  (45)  feet  east- 
erly from  the  easterly  line  of  Osgood  Place  (for- 
merly Ohio  Street),  running  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Broadway  twenty  (20) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  fifty-seven 
(57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT   No.   197. 

IX. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  and  the 
easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence  east- 
erly along  said  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  sixty 
(60)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  along  said 
westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place  seventy-seven  (77) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly sixty  (60)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  seventy- 
seven  (77)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line 
of  Pine  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement, 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  286. 
X. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Grant    Avenue    distant    thereon    seventy-seven    (77) 


reel,  Bis  (6)  inches  southerly  from  the  southerly 
lino  of   California    stri  ig    thence   southerly 

and  along  Boid  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty  (50) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Quincy  Place;  thence  at  a 
righl  angle  northerly  and  alone  said  westerly  line 
of  Quincy  Place  twentj  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  ri-l)t  angle  westerly  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly 
line  of  Grant  Avenue  and  the  point  of  commence- 
ment. Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No. 
111. 

XI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  and 
the  northerly  line  of  Adler  Street,  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue 
twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  and  along  said  nurtherly  line  of  Adler 
Street  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  67. 
XII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-six  (66)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Vallejo  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty- 
seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twentv  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  B 
right  angle  westerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  and 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No  224. 
XIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Grant  Avenue  distant  thereon  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Jackson  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  sixty- 
eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  60. 
XIV. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  westerly  line  of  Mason  Street  and 
the  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street,  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Mason  Street  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  sixty  (60) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  and  along 
said  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  to  the  westerly  Hue 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  475. 

XV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-three  (63)  feet 
easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley; 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  southerly 
line  of  Green  Street  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hun- 
dred thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion 
of    FIFTY    VARA   LOT    No.    232. 

And  you  are  further  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit:  For  the  judgment  and  decree  of  said 
Court  establishing  and  quieting  the  title  of  MARY 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSI- 
CANO, the  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased,  in  and  to  said  real  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  subject  to  the  administra- 
tion of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  declaring  that 
plaintiff  as  executrix  of  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased  is  in  the  actual  and  peace- 
able possession  in  the  right  and  for  the  benefit 
of  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  said  deceased;  and  that  it  be  adjudged 
that  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  the  said  deceased  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute,  subject  only  to 
the  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased; 
and  that  her  title  to  said  property  is  established  and 
quieted;  and  that  the  Court  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gage or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further   relief    as   may   he    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court, 
this   5th  day   of   October,    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.    I.  PORTER,    Deputy   Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
No.  501-502-503  California  Pacific,  Building,  No. 
105    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


26 


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[Saturday,  October  26,  1912. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COUKT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,   in   and  for  the   City   and   County   of   San 

FrFRANz"cDWAGNER  and  ANNA  WAGNER,  Plain, 
tiffs  vs  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or 
lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    »o.    32,847 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA 
WAGNER,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described   as    follows:  tt+-». 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Utah 
Street,  distant  thereon  seventy-seven  (77)  feet,  two 
(2)  inches  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Utah  Street 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Nineteenth  Street,  and 
running  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Utan 
Street  seventy-six  (76)  feet:  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  to 
POTRERO  NUEVO  BLOCK  No.  92. 

Tou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  own- 
ers of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed- that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist 
of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet   m  the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this   4th   day   of   October,   A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I.   PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,   A.   D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 

BANK  OF  ITALT  (a  corporation),  San  Francis- 
co,   California.  .       _,  .    .._    ,  „c 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,   San  Francisco,   California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   7. 

DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 


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fendants.— Action    No.    32,737. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  DAVID  "WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  Hen,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and   particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty  (80) 
feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter 
section  of  the  southerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Street 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Diamond  Street,  and  run- 
ning thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-fifth 
Street  twenty-six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty- 
six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of 
HORNER'S  ADDTION  BLOCK    Number  221. 

Tou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  Baid  Court  this 
12th   day   of   September,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY.    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  thiB  summons  was  made  in 
'"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  Septem- 
ber,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property,  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.   32,741, 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 
The   People   of   the    State   of   California:   To   all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lien   upon,    the 
real    property   herein    described    or   any   part    thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly   described  as   follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Thrift  (formerly  Hill)  Street,  distant  thereon  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Capitol  Avenue;  running  thence  easterly  and  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northerly  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  westerly  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  and  thence 
at    right    angles    southerly    one    hundred    and    twenty 


five    (125)    feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement. 

Being  Lot  Number  two  (2)  in  Block  "Y,"  as  per 
Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  Railroad  Homestead  Associ 
ation,  recorded  in  Book  "C  &  D,"  at  Page  111  of 
Maps,  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali 
fornia. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simp.e  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
13thday  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,   or  lien  upon,   said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff: 

E.  MESSAGER,  EMIL  GUNZBURGER,  Trustees 
of  the  Argonaut  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion (a  corporation),  No.  1933  Ellis  Street,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  California 
Pacific  .Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Streets, 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 
Dept.  No.  10. 


ESTATE    OF    AMBROSIUS   MAAS,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Ambrosius 
Maas,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  puulication  of  this  notice,  to 
the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phe- 
lan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said 
office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  busi- 
ness in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of 
Ambrosius  Maas,   deceased. 

M.   J.   HYNES, 
Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Ambrosius  Maas, 
deceased. 

Dated,    San    Francisco,    Sept.    24,    1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HICKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
trator,   858    Phelan    Building,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

>  TE  OF 

and  County  of  San 
i 
UK  HARD  &COTT,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim 

property 

any    purl    thereof,    Defendants. — 

of   the  Siu<  all   per- 

g  any  interest  in,  <>r  lien  upon,  the  real 

propertj    herein    described   or  any   pail    thereof,   de- 

Y.oi  t    and    answer 

tD    SCO  i.    filed 

with    ihe  Court    and 

publico- 
this  Bummoi 
.  if  any,  you  have  lo  or  u] 

1 
1 
rticularly    described    :is    loll 

,it   a    point    on    the   southeasterly    line  of 

in-,    distant  hundred    and 

d    three    (3)    inches    north- 

froui  the  point  o1  "f  the  north- 

of  Mono  Street   (formerly  Musa  Alley) 

with    tin-    southeasterly    Una   <>(    Falcon    Avenue    (as 

said  streets  are  shown  ope  lio  map  adopt 

i  by  the  Board  ■>:'  Supervisors  of 

■  ountv,  under  ■  >.  xd52, 

and   running  thence  northeasterly  and 

line   of    Falcon    Avenue   twenty-five    (25  > 

feet;    thence  south    i  >sl    one   hundred   and 

i      |  8  )    inches  ;    thence   south 

Hi  6    (25)    feet ; 

lortb   forty-three    (48)    degrees  51   min- 

na   hundred   and   live    (305)    feet   to   the 

point    of    begii  I        number   6, 

in     blocl      aumber  oi     the     MARKET    STREET 

[ON,— 
which     said     property     was     before     the     widening    of 
alono    Street     (formerly    Bfoaa    Alley)    described    as 

at    a    point    in    the    southeasterly    line    of 

t,    distil nt    northeasterly    on    said    line 

two    hundred    and    two    (202)    feet    and    one    (li    inch 

from   the   northeasterly  corner  of  Falcon   Street  and 

thence   running   north   50  deg.  20  min. 

east  along  said  Hue  of  Falcon  Street  twenty-five   (25] 

teat;    thence    south   44    dug.   east    one    hundred   and 

four    '  !i'    feel    and  eight   (8)    incites;    thence  south 

50    min.    weal    twenty-five    (25)    feet;    aDd 

li     19    deg,   45   min.    west  one  hundred  and 

five    (10  to    the   point    of    com- 

mencement;  being  a  part  of  lot  No.  six(6)  in  block 
No.  three  (3)  as  the  same  is  laid  down  and  desig- 
Dated  upon  the  official  map  of  the  Market  Street 
Homestead  Association,  filed  in  the  otrice  of  the 
Recorder  of  the  said  Oity  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

Yuii  ure  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
fur  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- wit, 
th;it  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  Baid  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
lUXt  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  aquitaole,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
uf  any  description;  that  the  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as    may    he    meet   in    tne   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
29th  day  of  August,  A.  D.,   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH.  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  WaBp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Sep- 
tember, A.   D.    1912. 

J.  KARMEL,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  105  Mont- 
gomery   St.,    San    Francisco,    California. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OI 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    10. 

ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of  WILLIAM  G. 
RYDER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lieu  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No. 
82.805. 

GERALD  C.  IIALSEY, 

Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  Hen  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants,   greeting: 

you  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  Of  ELIZABETH  II.  RYDER,  wife  of 
WILLIAM  G.  RYDER,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  ill  or  upon  thai  certain  real  prop- 
erly, or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califruia,  par- 
ticularly  described  as   follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Pierce  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Vallejo  Street  and 
the    westerly    line    of    Pierce    Street;    running    thence 


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rly    along    said    westerly    line    of    Pierce    Street 
at  a  right  angle  west- 
itI\   inie  hundred  i  tv  elve   (112)   fi  i 
I  hence   at    a    right    ai     s    aorl  aerlj    i  n  ent  j  live    (26  / 

■  rly  one  huu- 
ij    |  >;  i    inches  to  ihe  west- 
erly   Lini  Street   and    the    poinl    ol 

■Hint.     Being  a  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 
0.    421. 

you    are    In  reby    notified    that   unless    you    so 
the    plaintiff   will    apply    to    the 

Cour the   reliei   demanded  in   the  complaint,   to- 

wit  i  hat  ii  bi  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  oJ  Baid  property  in  tee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
.■ii.  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  cs- 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff 
recover  her  costs  herein,  and  have  such  other  and 
further   relief   as   may    be   meet   in    the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  27th  day  of  September,  A,  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  If.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By.   J.   F.   DUXWORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 
The    first   publication    of   this    summons   was   made 
in    "The   Wasp"    newspaper  on    the   5th   day   of  Oc- 
tober,   A.   D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a 
corporation),  Market  and  Jones  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California, 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and 
Montgomery    Streets,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.   8. 

GIOVANNI  DANERI,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,600. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  GIOVANNI  DANERI,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  aud  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lieu,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and  particularly  described  as  follows    : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Gari- 
baldi (formerly  Vincent)  Street,  distant  thereon 
ninety-seven  (97)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  northerly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line  of  Garibaldi  Street  with  the  northerly  iine  of 
Green  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Garibaldi  Street  twenty  (20)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty-eight  (58)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20 1  feet;  aud  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly fifty -eight  ( 58 )  feet,  nine  ( 9 )  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT 
Number  379. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  wili  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,   and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the   Bame 


■ 

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her  and   fur- 
in    the    pret 
-as  my   hand   and    the  seal  r;    thii 

y  of   August. 

dULOl  lerk, 

™    *    .  Clerk. 

Ins  first  pub  Waa  made  in 

'The  Wa  paper  on  the  24th  day  of  August, 

PERRY   A    DAI1  i  Plaintiff,    105 

Montgomery    Street,    Hhu    Kranei.s. ■  ..    r,,l, 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  00  .  ig  OF 

California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
•apt,  No  't. 
■  -n  i  ■■  3H1  km  \x.  Plaintiff,  rs  \ll  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  De- 
fendants.—  Act  ■  •  ■  i  •    \ 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  ony  part  thereof 
Defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  HARRIET  E.  SHERMAN,  plaintiff 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
county,  within  three  mouths  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  Bet  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California 
and    particularly    described    as    follows. 

"Ilir|t-'  ■'"  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
ween  btreet,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  six 
(iOo)  feet,  th]  .  westerly  from  the  comer 

formed  by  the  intersection  ol  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  .Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Webster 
Street,   an.)    running   thence  westerly  along  said  line 

"'    Groan     Streei    ■    hundred    (100)    feet-    thence    at 

a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(13/  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
forty-one  (41)  feet,  three  (3)  inches* 
thence  at  u  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (187)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  north- 
erly hue  Of  \allejo  Street;  thence  easterly  along 
said  line  of  Vallejo  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angk-  northerly  -me  hundred  and  thirty, 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
anple  easterly  eighteen  (18)  feet,  nine  (9  inches- 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
southerly  line  of  Green  Street  and  Ihe  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION  Num- 
ber   821 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  onless  you  bo 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
°?urta,\or  tne  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  iB  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute:  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted- 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and'  determine  all  estates 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  port  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
19th  day   of  August,  A.   D.   1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk, 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  31st  day  of  August 
A.   D.    1912.  6       ' 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
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BY  AMERICUS 


likelihood  he  will  be  the  central  figure  at  the  inaugura- 
tion ceremonies  at  Washington  next  March. 

•    •    • 

UNWISE    CALAMITY    TALK. 


BEFORE  The  Wasp  reaches  its  readers  next  week 
Woodrow  Wilson  will  probably  have  been  elected 
President.  The  leading  politicians  and  the  lead- 
ing newspapers  of  the  Eastern  States  regard  the  elec- 
tion of  Governor  Wilson  as  a  foregone  conclusion. 

The  confident  predictions  of  Governor  Wilson's  suc- 
cess are  based  on  the  information  from  the  important 
States  that  the  Democratic  party  is  holding  its  voting 
strength,  while  Roosevelt  is  drawing  Republican  votes 
from  President  Taft.  That  being  the  case,  Governor 
Wilson  will  have  an  opportunity  to  put  into  practice  as 
President  the  theories  of  government  in  which  he  has 
extreme  confidence.  He  will  make  a  patriotic  President 
and  it  will  be  interesting  to  see  how  his  administration 
will  measure  up  with  that  of  his  predecessors  in  a  great 
office,  which  has  been  almost  monopolized  by  the  legal 
profession. 

Even  Roosevelt,  who  never  practised  law,  received  a 
legal  training,  though  no  other  President  showed  less 
regard  for  the  codes  and  the  Constitution.  His  con- 
tempt for  the  organic  law  of  the  Republic  was  only 
equaled  by  Napoleon's  contempt  for  the  thrones  of 
dynastic  monarchies. 

"A  throne!"  exclaimed  Napoleon,  voicing  his  scorn 
of  his  kingly  rivals.  "What  is  a  throne?  A  few  boards 
and  a  yard  of  velvet  nailed  on  them." 

Prior  to  the  occupation  of  the  White  House  by  Theo- 
dore Roosevelt,  the  Constitution  was  a  sacred  thing  in 
American  archives,  to  be  invoked  reverently  as  the 
Mosaic  followers  supplicated  the  Ark  of  the  Covenant. 
Now  the  Constitution  is  not  easily  distinguished  from  a 
pile  of  old  newspapers  awaiting  the  ashman's  pleasure. 

Will  President  Woodrow  Wilson  restore  the  Constitu- 
tion to  its  old  position  of  reverent  regard?  Will  it  be 
possible  for  any  President  henceforth  to  run  the  Repub- 
lic on  the  lines  laid  down  by  its  founders?  We  shall 
not  have  long  to  wait  for  an  illustration  of  Woodrow 
Wilson's  methods  of  practical  government,  for  in  all 


IN  THE  closing  days  of  the  political  campaign  Presi-. 
dent  Taft  is  heralded  as  a  prophet  of  ill.  The  news- 
papers quote  his  dire  forebodings  of  what  will  occur  if 
the  Democracy  should  capture  the  Federal  power  and 
enforce  the  slogan  of  "Tariff  for  revenue  only."  The 
revenue  we  now  need  to  meet  governmental  expenses 
is  a  tremendous  tax,  and  not  likely  to  be  reduced 
greatly,  despite  the  Democratic  assurances  that  econ- 
omy is  what  the  Republic  needs  most  of  all.  When 
Woodrow  Wilson  apportions  all  the  possible  offices  to 
hungry  Democratic  politicians,  and  all  the  Democratic 
Congressmen  get  slices  of  the  general  appropriation,  to 
gratify  their  constiuents,  it  will  probably  be  found  that 
economy  exists  only  in  the  minds  of  the  "outs."  The 
politicians  in  office  cannot  practise  economy  and  hold 
their  places,  and  nobody  has  any  serious  intention  of 
putting  the  ax  to  the  roots  of  public  extravagance. 

But  aside  from  that,  the  cry  of  approaching  disaster 
raised  by  President  Taft  is  unwise  and  unfair.  It  is 
unwise  because  it  is  a  bad  thing  to  impress  the  people 
of  any  nation  with  the  belief  that  all  the  honesty,  patri- 
otism and  capacity  for  intelligent  government  are  con- 
tained within  the  lines  of  one  political  party. 

It  is  conceded  generally  that  the  Republican  party 
has  established  a  splendid  record  of  patriotism  and  pro- 
gressiveness.  Under  the  Republican  party  the  industri- 
al and  political  importance  of  the  United  States  has 
been  extended  and  the  national  wealth  and  prosperity 
increased.  Labor  has  been  so  profitably  employed  that, 
despite  the  declarations  of  nrofessional  demagogues  de- 
sirous of  causing  class  strife,  America  has  become  the 
favored  land  for  the  man  with  nothing  but  his  industry 
to  sell.    This  is  the  paradise  of  the  workingman. 

Nobody  can  rob  the  Republican  party  of  the  glory 
which  belongs  to  it  rightfully,  but  nevertheless  it  is 
foolish  to  assume  that  if  the  people  should  conclude  to 
transfer  the  governmental  authority  to  some  other  polit- 
ical party  national  ruin  would  follow.  Such  a  belief,  if 
generally  accepted,  would  have  the  effect  of  making  an 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   November  2,   1912. 


hereditary  governing  class.  Removal  of  that 
governing  class  from  power,  being  equivalent 
to  calamity,  the  party  should  be  left  forever 
in  office,  no  matter  how  extravagantly  or 
dishonestly  it  managed  affairs.  Of  course  that 
would  be  an  utter  absurdity. 

President  Taft  protests  against  the  election 
of  Woodrow  Wilson  because  that  occurrence 
would  perpetrate  a  panic,  but  he  forgets  that 
in  1907,  with  President  Roosevelt  in  the  White 
House,  and  exercising  almost  imperial  control 
of  the  Nation  and  the  exchequer,  we  had  one 
of  the  most  injurious  money  panics  that  ever 
swept  the  United  States. 

When  that  disastrous  panic  of  1907  occurred, 
the  Republican  President  of  the  United  States 
was  off  shooting  a  black*  bear  about  as  large 
as  a  Newfoundland  dog,  so  that  the  occurrence 
could  be  duly  and  truly  photographed  and 
published  in  all  the  popular  magazines  in 
America. 

♦ 

AS  TO  JUDGE  COFFEY. 

IT  IS  proof  of  the  viciousness  of  the  system 
of  electing  judges  that  such  an  able  and 
conscientious  jurist  as  Judge  Coffey 
should  be  compelled  to  seek  re-election.  Men 
like  Judge  Coffey  should  be  appointed  for  life. 
He  will  be  re-elected,  of  course,  next  Tuesday 
by  a  large  majority. 


COSTELLO   IS  THE  MAN. 

IT  WOULD  be  a  disgrace  to  send  to  Congress 
from  the  Fifth  District  any  of  the  un- 
worthies  who  have  the  nerve  to  nominate 
themselves  for  the  House  of  Representatives. 
Some  of  the  aspirants  would  disgrace  the  dog 
pound.  The  man  who  should  be  elected  for 
the  Fifth  District  is  Stephen  Costello,  the 
well-known  attorney.  He  is  infinitely  the 
best  man  in  the  list  of  candidates. 

1 

DON'T  FORGET  JULIUS. 

REMEMBER  on  election  day,  if  you  vote 
in  the  Fourth  Congressional  District,  to 
cast  your  ballot  for  Julius  Kahn,  who 
has  been  a  faithful  and  competent  Represent- 
ative, and  who  is  immeasurably  the  best  can- 
didate for  the  position. 

1 

VOTE  FOR  JUDGE  GRAHAM. 

THE  re-election  of  Judge  Graham  to  the 
position  he  holds  in  the  Superior  Court, 
and  which  he  has  filled  so  satisfactorily 
to  the  people  of  San  Francisco  for  many  years, 
is  almost  certain.  Make  this  exceedingly  pop- 
ular jurist's  re-election  certain,  and  remember 
to  vote  for  him  on  Tuesday  next. 


JUDGE  SHORTALL'S  POPULARITY. 

THE  immense  vote  received  by  Judge 
Shortall  at  the  primary  election  makes 
his  friends  confident  that  he  will  be 
elected  to  the  Superior  Court  next  Tuesday. 
Judge  Shortall  is  one  of  the  most  popular 
young  men  in  the  city,  and  has  the  valuable 
knack  of  keeping  his  friends.  To  that  fact 
may  be  attributed  the  surprisingly  large  yqte 
cast  for  him  at  the  primary  election. 


Woodrow.     Woodrun.     Wouldwin.   Willwin. 

*  *     * 

Having  eaten  off  all  the  grass,  the  goat  has 
now  eaten  the  very  name  off  Yerba  Buena. 

The  value  of  its  bonds  is  the  standard  of 
San  Francisco 's  credit.  The  Home  Rule  in 
Taxation  amendment  would  damage  that 
credit  by  depreciating  the  city 's  bonds.  Vote 
No. 

*  *         * 

Actor  Julian  Eltinge  has  insured  his  teeth 
for  $250,000,  or  at  the  rate  of  $8,000  a  tooth. 
Does  this  mean  that  if  he  runs 'short  of  casu 
he  can  draw  $8,000  out.  of  the  bank  by  hav- 
ing a  tooth  drawn? 

*  *     * 

Amendment  6  would  give  San  Francisco 
the  right  to  become  a  larger  city.  A  bigger 
city  means  bigger  and  better  men  for  its 
more  economical  administration.  Only  the 
petty  little  Pedlingtons  oppose  it,  because 
they  fear  the  loss  of  positions  they  are  in- 
competent to  fill.  The  world  movement  is  in 
the  direction  of  larger  civic  areas.  Prom 
Greater  London  to  Greater  Los  Angeles  it 
has  been  a  success.     Vote  Yes. 

*  *     * 

By  voting  "No"  on  the  Carnegie  ordinance, 
you  say  yes  to  all  that  the  millionaire  is  offer- 
ing the  city  in  the  way  of  donations.  It  is 
very  confusing,  but  the  cranks  who  prate  in 
public  about  tainted  money  are  responsible 
for  the  vote.  The  worst  taint  about  "tainted 
money,"  as  Dooley  observed,  is  that  taint 
mine  and  taint  yours.  However,  the  more 
Andrew   gives    away   the   less   tainted   money 


he  will  have,  so  perhaps  we  ought  to  help  him 

relieve    his    conscience.      Vote    "No"    if    yon 

mean  "yes,  we'll  take  it." 
*     *     * 

"The  Single  Taxers  are  supporting  this 
amendment,"  says  H.  A.  Mason  in  a  leaflet 
advocating  the  home-rule-in-taxation  proposal. 
Precisely,  and  no  better  reason  for  voting 
against  it  could  be  given  to  property  owners 
and  all  who  are  interested  in  encouraging 
outside  capital  to  come  to  California.  The 
first  tenet  of  the  Single  Taxer  is  that  private 
ownership  of  land  is  robbery,  the  second  that 
land  values  should  be  confiscated  by  steadily 
increasing    taxation. 

"If  you  really  want  a  thing  you  can  get 
it, "  says  Doctor  Pure  Food  Wiley,  who  resign- 
ed the  Federal  Service  because  he  could  not 
get  his  own  way.  That  doctrine  is  right 
enough  provided  other  people  don't  want  the 
same  thing  as  badly  as  you  want  it  yourself. 
But  then  "Wiley  will  probably  say  that  the 
man  who  gets  it  is  the  man  who  most  wanted' 
it.  There  are  two  of  the  Presidential  candi- 
dates who  will  not  indorse  the  theory — which 
two  we  cannot  tell  until  Tuesday  next. 

The  dog  who  was  so  intelligent  that  when- 
ever his  master  forgot  to  feed  him  he  would 
run  into  the  garden,  bite  off  a  foyget-me-notT 
and  drop  it  at  his  master's  feet  isn't  in  the 
same  kennel  with  the  canine  belonging  to  Bill 
Snyder,  head  keeper  at  the  Central  Park  zoo 
in  New  York.  Bill's  fox  terrier  ran  away 
with  his  newspaper  the  other  day,  and  when 
Snyder  scolded  him  the  pup  rushed  down  to 
the  newsstand  and  came  back  with  the  same 
paper,  only  a  later  edition.  After  that  it  is 
easy  to  believe  Bill 's  story  that  he  owns  a 
pet  sheep  that  can  play  the  first  few  baas  of 
"Home,  Sweet  Home,"  on  a  mouth  organ. 


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HAS  STOOD 
THE  TEST 
OF  AGES 
AND  IS  STILL 
THE  FINEST 
CORDIAL  EXTANT 


At  first-class  Wine,  Merchants,  Grocers,  Hotels,  Cafes. 

Batjer  &   Co.,   45  Broadway,    New  York,    N.   Y., 

Sole    Agents    for  United   States. 


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Saturday,   November  2,    1912.  J 


-THE  WASP- 


When   the   hurly-burly 'b  done, 

w  h.-n   i  In-   batl  !«■  'a   foal    and   \\  on, 

'Twill  not   matter  whom  they  name, 

Things  will  go  on   jus!  the  same. 

Some   may   hope   for   suns   the  brighter; 

None  will  find  his  taxes  lighter, 

Fur  you  '\  "■  got  !<■  pay  t  be  rent 

Under   any    President. 

But   the  merest   froth  and  bubble 

Is  tliis  talk  ni'  future   trouble       • 

It'  we  send  or  fore  i>r  aft, 

Wilson,  Teddyvelt,  or  Tat't. 

'Twill    nol    matter   whom    we   name, 

Things   will  go  on  just    the  Bame. 

Rockefeller  says  he  once  worked  for  $15 
per  week  for  a  man  who  refused  an  increase 
on  the  ground  that  he  was  not  worth  it. 
Nothing  remarkable  in  that.  John  I>.  may 
then  have  been  engaged  in  a  business  so  hon- 
est  i'    was  his   real   commercial  value. 


Mr.  Hum  Mcintosh,  \  bag  met  with  a 
physical  accident,  has  been  compelled  to  post- 
pone his  "Plain  Talk"  from  October  24th  un- 
til November  4th.  Seat-  already  Becured  shall 
be  held  as  pre\  iously  reserved. 


SAN   FRANCISCO    ORCHESTRA. 

THE  program  for  Friday  afternoon  next, 
November  8th,  is  as  follows:  Thomas — 
Overture,  "  Mignon"j  Mae  Do  well — ■ 
"('lair  de  Lune'';  Grieg  Concerto  in  A  mi- 
aor  for  piano  and  and  orchestra,  Adele  Rosen- 
thal; Tschaikowsky — Symphony  Pathetique 
(two  movements):  II.  Allegro  eon  grazia; 
III,  Allegro;  multo  vivace;  Moszkowski — 
Mah'queiia    from    ballet    ' '  Hoabdil. ' ' 


MISS    HEATH    TO    GIVE    CONCERTS. 

A  CONCERT  that  will  be  a  refreshing  nov- 
elty in  its  charm,  in  its  excellence,  and 
in  its  artistic  satisfaction,  will  be  that 
given  by  Miss  Helen  Colburn  Heath,  soprano, 
assisted  by  Herbert  Riley,  'cello  virtuoso,  and 


I'da  Waldrop,  pianist,  at  the  Colonial  ball- 
room, St.  Francis  Hotel,  at  B:30  o'clock,  on  the 
evening   of   Thursday,   November   -1st.     This 

c iert  is  under  the  business  management  of 

Frank  \V.  Ileal  v. 


HOME    CLUB'S    BOOK    EXHIBITION. 

An  exhibition  of  books,  the  fir6t  of  its.  kind  ever 
held  >.ii  the  Pacific  Coast,  will  be  neld  at  the  Home 
club  in  Oakland!  beginning  Thursday,  November  7th, 
and  continuing  until  Thursday,  November  i-lth,  in- 
clusive, The  publishers,  booksellers  ami  the  schools 
are  cordiallj  co  operating  with  the  directors  of  the 
club  in  mi  effort  to  make  the  event  successful.  It 
is   proposed   to  make  the  exhibit  an   annual  affair. 

In  addition  to  displays  by  :iil  the  leading  book- 
BelleiB,  the  Hopkins  Art  Institute  mid  the  California 
School  of  Art  at  Berkeley  will  contribute  to  the 
exhibit  by  showing  the  many  stages  of  nook-making, 
from  the  book  plates  to  the  completion  of  artistic 
bindings. 

Working  with  the  President,  Mrs.  Granville  E. 
Shuey,  is  n  committee  on  general  arrangement  con- 
sisting of  Mrs.  John   Yule,    Mrs.   George   W,   Percy, 

Miss     Helen     Powell,     Mrs.    G,     E.     Brinrkerliuff,     Miss 
Lucy   Shinn   and   Mr.    Norman    lifllis. 


This  Building  Broke  San  Francisco  Construction 

Records.     That's  the  First  Record. 

We'll  Break  Others.    Watch! 


The  New- 
Retail  Center 


Market  and 
Fifth  Streets 


This  Building 
Was  Erected 
in  175 
Working 
Days 


"Ready  for 

Business" 

Thursday, 

October 

31st 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  November  2,  1912. 


OUR  ABSENTEE  GOVERNOR. 

"But  you  owe  a  duty  to  the  people  of  California," 
protested  Roosevelt  when  Johnson  offered  to  sacri- 
fice the  governorship  in  order  to  campaign  for  his 
leader  "I  do,"  retorted  Johnson,  "but  not  half 
as  big  a  duty  as  1  owe  to  you  and  the  Progressive 
party." — New  York  Times. 
When  I,  dear  friends,  was  called  to  the  bar, 

(This  statement's  not  ex  parte) 
I  was,  like  most  law  students  are, 

A   sanctimonious  party. 

In  fact,  so  free  from  worldly  taint, 
My  brain  was  in  doubtful  revel 

As  to   whether   I'd  paint   for   a   gospel  saint 
Or  stick  to  the  law  and  the  devil. 

To  the  courts  I  went  in  search  of  a  pile 

And  risked  the  regions  nether, 
Though  I  tried  for  awhile  to  be  free  from  guile 

And  run  the  two  together. 

Alas!  in  the  law,  if  you'd  reap  reward 

And  make  a  pile  of  dollars, 
You  cannot  afford  to  follow  the  Lord 

Or   reverse  your  vest   and   collars. 

But  I  found  that  the  legal  game  was  slow 

For   a   master   rhetorician, 
And  I  made  a  go  for  the  extra  dough 

Of  the  crafty  politician. 

Now  in  politics  it  is  tact  to  rave 
Of  the  gospel's  truth  and  beauty, 

And  the  slickest  knave  must  swear  he 's  a  slave 
To  the  sacred  cause  of  duty. 

So  when  of  the  cause  you  may  hear  me  prate, 

Dear  friends,  you  must  not  doubt  me, 
And  remember  the  State,  if  it's  got  to  wait, 

Can  easily  do  without  me. 

*     *     * 

PIETY  AND  PULLMANS. 

WILBUR  GLENN  VOLIVA,  successor  to 
Elijah  Dowie  of  the  wings  and  other 
sacreligious  devices  for  deluding  his 
crack-brained  followers,  seems  to  have  put 
Zion  City  on  a  paying  basis  again,  at  least 
for  himself,  since  he  travels  always  by  special 
Pullman.  It  was  not  so  long  ago  that  Zion 
City  could  only  pay  about  fifty  cents  on  the 
dollar,  but  Voliva  has  evidently  the  same 
genius  for  the  profits  that  distinguished  the 
new  Elijah,  who  landed  in  this  city  from  the 
antipodes  with  barely  enough  to  pay  for  coffee 
and  sinkers.  Dowie  was  fond  of  telling  us  of 
his  vast  folowing  in  Australia,  but  the  fact 
was  that  he  had  not  sufficient  magnetism  to 
fill  a  small  shack  bethel  in  a  slum  suburb  of 
Melbourne.  Under  Dowie  the  congregations 
and  the  collections  dwindled  to  a  point  where 
the  trustees,  fearing  that  they  would  become 
personally  liable  for  the  expenses,  decided 
that  the  apostle  must  go.  They  gave  all  man- 
ner of  hints,  but  Alexander  wasn  't  taking  any. 
From  the  munificent  stipend  of  fifteen  dollars 
per  week  they  cut  him  down  and  down  to 
seven  and  a  half,  and  it  was  not  till  then  that 
Dowie  started  out  to  conquer  America.  Seven 
'  and  a  half  per  week,  and  to  earn  it  through 
the  collection  box  was  the  value  which  Mel- 
bourne set  upon  his  ministry.  Later,  when 
he  returned  from  America  on  a  visit,  they  ap- 
preciated him  so  highly  special  police  had  to 


be  secured  to  prevent  the  crowds  from  mob- 
bing the  prophet  and  his  unkissed  son,  Glad- 
stone. Voliva,  in  the  luxury  of  a  Pullman, 
recalls  the  story  of  Spurgeon  and  Newman 
Hall.  Spurgeon  was  driving  through  a  London 
park  in  a  stylish  carriage  decorated  by  a  liv- 
eried footman,  when  he  overtook  Hall  and 
invited  him  to  take  a  seat.  A  modest  divine, 
Hall  said:  "Say,  Spurgeon,  but  what  would 
the  apostles  Peter  and  Paul  think  if  they  saw 
us  driving  in  this  luxurious  manner?"  "Oh," 
replied  Spurgeon,  "I  suppose  they  would  think 
that  the  game  had  improved  a  bit." 

CUPID  AND  THE  GERMS. 

DR.  HALL  of  Minneapolis  says  that  the 
only  safe  place  to  kiss  a  woman  is  on 
her  photograph.  Even  that  may  be 
dangerous  if  it  is  the  photograph  of  another 
woman  and  wifey  happens  to  be  around.  How- 
ever, the  doctor  goes  on  record  as  against 
sterilized  osculation,  and  holds  out  the  hope 
that  if  a  young  man  persists  in  kissing  he 
may  become  "acclimated  to  the  woman's  mi- 
crococcus. ' ' 

A  MOONLIGHT  SONATA. 
He  pressed  her  to  his  manly  breast, 

But  she,  with  cynic  laugh, 
Observed  that  doctors  think  it  best 

To  kiss  a  photograph; 
That  while  the  lips  so  much  invite  us, 
They  're  portals  ot  appendicitis. 

But  he  had  studied  science  too, 
And  said  that  germs  baetillian, 

Though  caught  by  just  a  kiss  or  two, 
Were  harmless  in  a  million. 

Then  calm  your  fears;  let  nothing  block  us. 

I'll   acclimate  your  micrococcus. 
*     * 

FALLACIES  OF  FASHION. 

DEESS  DESIGNER  WOLF  of  the  Eastern 
house  of  Joseph  's  has  been  standing  up 
in  defense  of  American-made  costumes 
on  the  ground  that  they  are  not  only  as 
artistic  as  the  Parisian  variety,  but  give 
greater  guarantee  of  that  exelusiveness  which 
is  so  great  a  desideratum.  Under  present 
conditions,  French  gowns  become  more  com- 
mon and  more  rapidly  than  the  local  creation. 
For  the  Fall  season,  for  instance,  one  of  the 
leading  Paris  firms  sent  to  America  200  of  its 
"six  best"  and  now  they  are  as  familiar  as 
the  hired  wardrobe.  Wolf  exposes  the  fallacy 
as  to  "creations."  There  are  no  startling 
bombs  cast  into  the  world  of  fashion.  Nar- 
row skirts  were  not  produced  over  nigbt  by  a 
sudden  whim  that  originated  in  the  Rue  de  la 
Paix.  They  have  been  a  gradual  evolution 
and  both  French  and  American  designers  have 
only  followed  the  trend  of  the  times.  There 
is  no  question  of  creation,  and  when  it  conies 
to  adaptation  the  American  designer  has  ad- 
vantages over  the  Parisian. 

The  smart  dresser,  who  wants  clothes  which 
she  "will  not  meet  wherever  she  goes  is  be- 
ginning to  realize  that  the  American  designer 


Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  "buyers. 


is  just  as  capable  as  the  Frenchman  and  for 
her  purposes  is  superior,  since  he  builds  gowns 
for  his  patron  specially  and  she  is  not  called 
upon  to  share  a  "creation"  copied  all  over 
the  country.  Apart  from  the  home  industry 
end  of  the  proposition,  it  is  a  question  of 
common  sense,  and  the  society  woman  is  not 
necessarily  without  it. 

*     *     * 

•    A  CRUEL  REASON. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  husbands  are  world- 
famed  for  their  domestic  liberality,  but 
there  are  exceptions,  as  attested  in  the 
following  eclogue.  In  the  original  the  conver- 
sation was  in  anything  but  the  form  of  an  ec- 
logue, it  being  conducted  in  the  plainest  of 
fireside  prose,  but  then  to  tell  it  in  prose 
would  necessitate  the  use  of  actual  names. 
Therefore,  let  the  doggerel  bard  off  the  chain: 

Said  Mrs.  Thompson:  "Look  at  Johnson — 

There's  a  model  man; 
Builds  his  wife  a  country  villa 

On  the  latest  plan. 

"  Keeps   her   dressed  in   silks  the   best, 
Jeweled  like  a  queen, 
Buys    her   everything,   from    trinkets 
To  limousine. 

And  if  Johnson,  why  not  Thompson, 
'fell  me  on  your  life." 
"  Ah,  well,"  said  he,  "but  then  you  fee 
She's  Johnson's  second  wife." 

SUMMONS. 


:: 

of 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
Cauiurma,  iu  una  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Jiraucisco. — Dept.    No.    3. 

n a in AW  AaRAjlAiu,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persona 
ciaiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— ACiiou    No.    32,908. 

'Hie  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sous  ciaiming  any  interest  in,  or  lieu  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
leuuuuis,    greeting: 

lua  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  NATHAN  ABRAHAM,  plaintiff, 
hied  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lieu,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cal- 
ifornia,   and  particularly   described  as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  souutherly  line  of 
Clay  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-one  (81)  feet, 
three  (3 J  inches  easterly  from  tne  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Clay  Street 
with  the  easterly  Hue  of  Divisadero  Street,  ana 
running  thence  easterly  and  aiong  said  line  of  Clay 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  (127)  feet, 
eight  and  one-fourth  (8*4)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25 ,  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven 
(127)  feet,  eight  and  one-lourth  (8*4)  inches  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK  Number  462. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  thai 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
16th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  P.  DUNSWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  26th  day  of  Octo- 
ber,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 


ACCORDING  in  ;i  Pittsburg  dispatch,  the 
fair    Lillian    Russell,    who,     like     .Nai 

G Iwiii,  lias  married  so  oi'teu  her  only 

excuse  is  that  it  has  become  a  habit,  "has 
lost  no  opportunity  to  break  into  Pittsburg 
society."  Far  be  it  from  me  to  speak  dis 
respectfully  of  Pittsburg.  If  its  atmosphere 
is  blacker  than  .Stygian  midnight  aud  grimier 
than  a  stokehole,  it  is  an  unavoidable  con- 
comitant of  the  city's  most  profitable  indus- 
tries. But  Pittsburg  "society"  is  a  society 
jest,  and  at  best  a  sort  of  tradesman's  en- 
trance to  the  smart  set  generally.  But  even 
more  amusing  is  the  detail  that  Lillian  got 
her  entree  into  Pittsburg  society  through  Sena- 
tor Flinn!  By  the  beard  of  the  Prophet,  this 
is  too  much!  Lillian  may  have  a  weakness  for 
marching  up  the  aisle  to  matrimony  and  out 
again  through  the  back  door  of  the  divorce 
court,  but  her  record  is  spotless  compared  with 
that  of  her  sponsor  in  Pittsburg  society.  Sen- 
ator Flinn  is  notorious  throughout  the  nation 
as  the  man  always  employed,  and  it  is  under- 
stood always  willing  to  be  employed,  by  his 
political  party  whenever  the  work  to  be  done 
is  such  that  no  other  members  would  care  to 
undertake  it.  Lillian  Russell  has  an  art  which 
extenuates  her  matrimonial  eccentricities, 
Pittsburg  "society"  cannot  help  itself,  but 
Senator  Flinn  is  beyond  the  law  of  libel,  and 
then  some.  Lillian  should  show  better  judg- 
ment in  selecting  her  press  agents. 

Captain  E.  A\.  Robinson. 

VEKY  sad  news  has  just  reached  us  of  the 
death  of  Captain  Edward  W.  Robin- 
son at  Fort  Bliss,  Texas.  Captain  Rob- 
inson was  stricken  with  appendicitis  while 
on  temporary  duty  with  his  troop  on  the 
Texas  border,  and  was  operated  on,  but  with- 
out success.  He  was  the  son  of  Colonel  Robin- 
son, U.  S.  A.,  retired,  and  had  a  very  fine 
military  record.  He  was  married  about  ten 
years  ago  to  Miss  May  Crowell  of  this  eity, 
who  was  very  popular  in  society  at  that 
time,  and  their  wedding  was  a  very  brilliant 
military  affair. 

Besides  his  widow,  Captain  Robinson  leaves 
two  ehildien,  who  will  come  out  here  with 
their  mother  to  visit  Mrs.  Robinson's  sister, 
Mrs.  Alpheus  Bull,  wdiose  home  is  on  Jackson 
street. 

«££  c£*  *5* 

Ethel  Barrymore  Likes  Ragging. 

MISS  ETHEL  BARRYMORE,  who  is  still 
here,  is  a  great  devotee  of  ragging,  I 
hear,  and  has  become  very  proficient  in 
the  dances  so  much  under  discussion.  She  is 
exceedingly  graceful  in  the  Texas  Tommy,  and 
it  is  whispered  she  went  right  to  headquarters 
for  instruction  in  it.  Charles  de  Young  gave  a 
rag  party  for  her  last  week,  which  was  as  jolly 


NOTICE. 

All 

communications    relative    to 

oclal 

news 

should 

be   addressed   "Society  Editor 

Wasp 

121 

Second  Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this 

office 

not   later   than   Wednesday   to   Insure 

publication 

In  the 



issue   of  that  week. 

as  rag  parties  seem  to  have  the  faculty  of  be- 
ing. I  hear  that  the  fair  Ethel  has  been  very 
much  taken  up  by  the  Blingumites,  and  was 
extensively   entertained  by   them. 

Her  uncle,  John  Drew,  is  very  popular  with 
the    Burlingame    colony,    and    is    an    intimate 


MISS  LILLIAN  RUSSELL 

Who   has    been   introduced  to   Pittsburg    society 
by  Senator  Flinn. 

friend  of  Richard  Tobin.  He  is  a  splendid 
horseman  and  a  crack  polo-player,  and  is 
fond  of  outdoor  sports  of  all  kinds.  For  a 
man  well  in  the  sixties  he  is  certainly  active 
and  well  preserved,  rivaled  only  by  the  fair 
Lillian  Russell,  who  has  the  secret  of  youth 
down  to  a  fine  point.  The  Barrymores  have 
always  been  popular  in  society  in  its  most 
exclusive  form,  and  when  they  arrive  in  town 
are  always  dined  and  wined  by  the  ultra- 
fashionables. 

t£%  ^%  %6fi 

Said  Abruzzi:  "If  this  fellow  Hitt 
Thinks  Miss  Elkins  considers  him  It, 

I'll  soon  set  him  right 

"When  a  duel  we  fight, 

For  it  shouldn't  be  hard  to  hit  Hitt." 
*     *     * 

A  Supersensitive  Star. 

PRIMA   DONNAS    are    not    usually   noted 
for  a  sense  of  humor  and  the  kindliest 
jest,  if  it  contain  even  the  suspicion  of 
a  reflection  upon  their   right  to  the  title   of 
queen  of  the  queens  of  song,  is  a  dangerous 


experiment.  The  Lambardi  tenor,  who  sup- 
ported Tarquini  in  "Salome,"  found  this  to 
his  cost.  At  the  close  of  the  first  performance 
of  the  opera  which  proved  so  distressing  to 
Tommy  Nuuan,  he  approached  the  star  and 
said:  "Your  singing  was  beautiful — especially 
the  dance" — or  words  to  that  effect  in  their 
native  tongue.  Instantly  Tarquini  flew  into 
an  Alpine  passion  and  was  so  distressed  by 
what  she  considered  to  be  the  unpardonable 
insult,  the  company  flocked  to  her  assistance. 
Patrizi  sympathetically  shared  her  indigna- 
tion and  immediately  canned  the  performer, 
who  had  dared  to  insult  the  star.  Next  morn- 
ing, when  the  fury  had  abated  sufficiently  to 
allow  the  harmless  jest  a  chance  for  appre- 
ciation, the  offender  was  reinstated  and  he  is 
now  so  chastened  that  he  would  not  even 
venture  to  observe  that  Madame  dances  beau- 
tifully— especially  in  her  indignation. 
*     *     * 

Shouts'   Titled  Grandson. 

PEOPLE  at  Hot  Springs,  Va.,  have  been 
vastly  amused  by  the  aristocratic  antics 
of  the  little  grandson  of  Theodore 
Shonts,  who  refers  to  himself  in  haughty  fash- 
ionas  the  Duke  de  Chaulnes.  His  nurses  and 
his  family,  the  Duchess,  and  Miss  Marguerite 
Shonts,  his  aunt,  address  him  as  ' '  Your 
Grace. "  If  the  minds  of  innocent  infants 
are  thus  corrupted  by  a  groveling  snobocracy, 
is  it  any  wonder  that  they  grow  up  in  the  be- 
lief that  they  are  of  superior  clay,  entitled  to 
deference,  and  fail  to  realize  that  they  are 
merely  the  parasitic  survivals  from  an  age 
that  was  compelled  to  support  the  splendid 
pauper.  If  the  infant  Duke  de  Chaulnes,  in- 
sisting upon  being  addressed  as  "Your 
Grace, "  is  pathetically  amusing,  the  spec- 
tacle of  his  elders  so  addressing  him  is  amus- 
ingly pathetic. 

Miss  Ada  Reeve. 

ADA  REEVE,  who  before  her  appearance 
in  vaudeville  was  the  highest-priced 
artist  on  the  English  musical  comedy 
stage,  is  again  on  her  way  to  3an  Francisco. 
The  husband,  whose  obvious  devotion  added 
a  note  of  sentiment  to  the  frivolity  of  Orphe- 
um  vaudeville,  is  not  the  star's  first  matrimo- 
nial venture.  Hubby  No.  1  was  Bert  Gilbert, 
and  exceedingly  clever  character  comedian 
on  the  stage,  but,  judging  from  the  tale  of 
cruelty  on  which  the  divorce  was  granted,  a 
common  bully  in  the  domestic  circle.  Despite 
that  experience,  coupled  with  the  cares  of  a 
growing  family  and  severe  illness,  she  looks 
as  fresh  and  is  as  attractive  as  ever.  Strange 
to  say,  she  won  her  way  in  musical  comedy 
long  before  her  voiee  had  been  developed  to 
anything  like  its  present  pleasing  manner. 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   November  2,   1912. 


Initial  Showing  of 

Holiday  Novelties 

Imported  from 

Abroad 

Including  Our  Complete 
and   Exclusive    Line    of 


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English  Leather  Goods 
Metal  &  Glass  Novelties 
Practical  Travel  Equip- 
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Uhis   Season's   feature   is 

Tjhe  Jmmense  Jxssortment 

of  Snexpensive   Sifts 


SELECTIONS  for  CHRISTMAS 
ALREADY  ARE  BEING  MADE 


Market  &  Stockton,  San  Francisco 


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NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 


No.  14,243.   Dept.  10. 
ESTATE  OF  GEORGE  RESTE,  DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  George  Reste 
deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons  having 
claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phelan  Build 
ing,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the 
undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  business  in  all 
matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  George  Reste, 
deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator    of    the    estate    of    George    Reste. 
deceased. 
Dated,    San    Francisco.    October  29,    1912. 
eULLINAN    &    HICKEY,    Attorneys    for    Adminis- 
trator,   858    Phelan    Building,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


Belongs  to  Prominent  Family. 

FASHIONABLE  society  will  have  the 
pleasure  of  seeing  Miss  Pearl  Cawston 
amongst  the  buds  who  will  take  a  prom- 
inent- part  in  the  social  gaieties  of  this  win- 
ter. Miss  Cawston  is  the  daughter  of  that 
well-known  society  woman,  Mrs.  Tyler  Hen- 
shaw,  whose  family  is  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent in  California.  Miss  Cawston  has  had 
all   the   advantages   of   careful   education    and 


MISS    PEARL   CAWSTON 

A    season's    debutante    whose    presence    will    be 
welcome  in  fashionable   society. 

extensive  travel,  and  her  charming  personal- 
ity has  made  her  very  popular  in  society  on 
both  sides  of  the  bay. 

i^w        ip*        i£5 

Miss  Mae  Colburn  will  spend  the  winter 
at  the  Fairmont.  She  is  selecting  on  auto- 
mobile, and  will  probably  purchase  an  elec- 
tric coupe. 

A  Revelation  in  Art. 

THE  other  day  I  happened  to  casually 
drop  into  S.  &  G.  Gump  Company 's 
establishment,  and  was  greatly  and 
agreeably  surprised  by  what  I  saw.  Here 
is  a  store  which  for  the  variety  and 
beauty  of  the  stock,  is  certainly  unique.  It 
matters  not  what  a  person  may  be  interested 
in,  be  it  one  of  those  beautiful  English  or 
French  dinner  services,  an  artistic  crystal  set, 
an  engagement  cup  or  a  card  prize,  there  is  a 
wonderful  variety  in  every  line,  and  every- 
thing, from  the  dinner  service  to  the  card 
prize,  shows  the  same  good  taste  and  selec- 
tion. This  firm  certainly  lives  up  to  its  motto, 
"Solum  optima"  ("only  the  best").  S.  &  G. 
Gump  Company  has  recently  completed  a  beau- 
tiful Pompeiian  Court,  where  can  be  seen 
most  wonderful  pieces  for  the  embellishment 
of  gardens.  The  store  has  also  been  further 
beautified   by    the    addition   of   a   Louis   XVI 

Those  who  drink  Italian-Swiss  Colony  wines 
are  not  content  with  any  (  'her  brand.  Try 
them,  and  you  will  traders  and  the  reason. 
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-THE  WASP- 


Salon,  where  many  rare  Bpecimens  of  antiq  ie 
and  modern  tVench  ;irt  find  most  appropriate 
setting.  For  one  who  baa  traveled  the  world 
over,  I  can  say  to  the  San  Francisco  public 
thai  they  cannot  ;ip|»rt*t*i:itf  and  encourage  this 
store  i""  much.  Ii  is  an  honor  to  the  city 
and  a  monumenl  to  the  enterprise  of  S.  &  *>. 
Gump  Company. 

#     ^     j* 

Tin-  man   who  turns  liis  trousers  up 

A    t'm it    around   the   bottom, 
Has  mostly  gol   liis  brains  turned  down — 

'I  nat  is,  when  he  lias  gut   'em. 
jt    je    & 

Prank  Burt,  t  Ik*  uewl\  -appnintt'd  director 
of  concessions  for  the  Exposition  announces 
that   he  will  bar  the  "Bunny  Hug/'  "Texas 


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ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  REAL  PROPERTY 

OF   THE   ESTATE    SHOULD  NOT  BE 

MORTGAGED. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Depu    No.    9    Probate. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  MARY  STANFORD, 
Deceased. — No.   9390   N.   S. 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  REAL  PROP- 
ERTY OF  THE  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MORT- 
GAGED. 

In  the  above  entitled  matter,  it  appearing  to  Baid 
Superior  Court  that  the  verified  petition  of  Jasper 
Stanford,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Mary  Stan- 
ford, deceased,  has  been  filed  praying  for  an  order  of 
said  Superior  Court  authorizing  him  as  such  Admin- 
istrator to  borrow  the  sum  of  one  thousand  and  ten 
dollars,  and  to  execute  a  note  or  notes  and  mortgage 
so  as  to  mortgage  the  real  property  of  said  deceased 
to    secure    the    repayment    of    said    loan ; 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  all  persons  interested  in 
the  estate  of  Mary  Stanford,  deceased,  be  and  they 
are  hereby  required  and  directed  to  appear  before 
said  Superior  Court,  in  the  court  room  of  Depart- 
ment No.  9  thereof,  at  the  New  City  Hall,  on  Market 
Street,  near  Eighth  Street,  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  at  the  hour  of 
ten  o'clock  a.  m.,  on  Monday,  the  18th  day  of  No- 
vember, 1912,  then  and  there  to  show  cause  why 
the  real  property  of  said  deceased  hereinafter  de 
scribed  should  not  be  morl gaged  for  the  sum  men- 
tioned in  said  petition,  to-wit,  one  thousand  and  ten 
dollars  or  such  lesser  sum  ns  shall  be  meet;  and  all 
persons  interested  in  said  estate  are  hereby  referred 
to   the  petition   on    me  for  further  particulars. 

Said    real    property    is    described   as    follows: 

An  unuivided  one-half  interest  in  and  to  all  that 
certain  lot,  "iece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying 
and  being  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  with  the  improvements  thereon, 
and  bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows, 
to-wit: 

Commencing  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Godeus  Street  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
twenty  feet  northwesterly  from  the  point  of  inter- 
section of  said  line  of  Godeus  Street  with  the  north- 
westerly line  of  Coleridge  btreet,  formerly  Califor- 
nia Avenue,  running  thence  northwesterly  along  said 
northeasterly  line  of  Godeus  Street  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  right  angles  northeasterly  sixty  (60  ,  feet, 
thence  at  right  angles  southeasterly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
and  thence  at  right  angles  southwesterly  sixty  (60) 
feet  to  said  line  of  Godeus  Street,  and  the  point  of 
commencement. 

Given  in  open  Court  this  16th  day  of  October, 
1912. 

J.   V.    COFFEY,    Judge. 

Endorsed:      Filed  Oct.  16.   1912. 

H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 
Bv    E.    B.    GILSON,    DeDuty    Clerk. 

JOHN    O'GARA,    Attorney    for    Petitioner. 


T ;.  ' '  and  "Gi       i\    Bear, ' '   They  may  all 

be  as  dead  as  ti,    mediaeval  minuet  by  the 
time  the   Exposition  opens. 
.*      J*      ^ 

1'  was  do(  a  senior  assembly  that  was 
snuffed  oul  i.\  the  prinkling  of  snuff  in  Mr-. 
Detrick'a  ballroom,  but  an  assemblage  ft'  jun- 
iors. Ami  what  :i  perfectly  natural  trick 
it  was  for  a  facetious  juvenile  to  play!  -\'<> 
one  would  suppose  fur  a  moment  that  any 
adult  privileged  to  be  included  in  tin1  revised 
social  list  would  so  far  forget  bis  dignity 
ami  caim  reserve  as  to  be  guilty  of  a  practical 
joke. 

How  to  Enjoy  the  Election  Returns. 

THE  Techau  Tavern  management  is  enter- 
prising. On  election  night,  November 
5th,  a  telegraph  operator  will  be  en- 
gaged to  receive  t  he  latest  returns  so  tbat 
they  can  be  flasbed  on  a  motion  picture  screen 
for  the  information  of  the  guests.  An  elabor- 
ate table  d'hote  dinner  at  $2  will  be  served 
on  that  occasion,  and  many  well-known  peo- 
ple are  having  tables  reserved.  This  may  be 
called  the  Reception  de  Luxe  style  of  getting 
election  returns. 

Hale  Bros.,  Hail! 

I'M- 1  E  new  borne  of  Hale  Bros.  Inc.,  opened 
on  Thursday,  at  the  corner  of  Market 
and  Fifth  streets,  is  interesting  not  only 
because  a  magnificent  new  store  has  been  open- 
ed for  San  Franciscans,  but  because  an  un- 
usual building  record  was  made  by  Home  In- 
dustry workers.  Only  208  days  after  ground 
was  broken,  or  in  exactly  175  working  days, 
the  new  building  was  thrown  open  for  busi- 
ness. The  achievement  is  the  more  remark- 
able when  it  is  considered  that  the  new  store 
is  of  reinforced  concrete  construction,  five 
stories  and  a  basement,  and  contains  practi- 
cally every  modern  device  for  insuring  the 
safety  and  convenience  of  customers.  The 
investment  represents  an  outlay  of  over 
$500,000.  The  new  store  is  centrally  located 
and  establishes  a  "new  retail  center, "  stand- 
ing as  it  does  in  a  position  where  sixteen  of 
the  city's  carlines  come  within  one  block  of 
the  doors.  The  store  has  a  frontage  of  175 
feet  on  Market  and  Stevenson  streets,  and  a 
frontage  on  Fifth  street  of  165  feet.  Nearly 
all  the  work  on  the  new  Hale  store  has  been 
done  locally.  Reid  Bros.,  who  erected  the 
Call  building  and  other  •  edifices,  were  the 
architects.  Macdonald  &  Kahn  were  the  con- 
tractors, and  did  remarkable  work  in  super- 
vising and  speeding  the  construction.  Imme- 
diately upon  the  completion  of  the  building 
Hale  Bros,  closed  their  old  store,  a  block 
above  the  new  one,  and  reopened  in  the 
larger    quarters. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  anu  County  of  San 
Francisco.      Department    No.    5. 

WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZABETH  MANN, 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.   32871. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZA- 
BETH MANN,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer 
tain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   particularly  described   as   follows: 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  in 
tersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (for- 
merly "Q")  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Avenue ;  running  thence  west 
erly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (formerly 
"Q"  l  Street  twenty- four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet ; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th) 
Avenue;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  com- 
mence ment  Being,  part  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS 
BLOCK    No.    1052. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the 
owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
nr  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
nnd    further  relief   ns  may   be  meet   in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
10th    day   of  October,    A.   D    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I   .PORi^R,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
ii  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of 
October,    A.  D.    1912 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  Califor- 
nia Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Sts., 
San    Francisco,    Cat,    Attorney    for   Plaintiffs. 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   November  2,   1912, 


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Miss  Matilde  Moisant. 

DESPITE  her  narrow  escapes  from  death, 
Miss  Matilde  Moisant,  sister  of  the  ill- 
fated  John  B.  Moisant,  is  as  keen  as 
ever  in  her  enthusiasm  for  the  sport  of  aero- 
nautics. Superstitious  to  a  degree,  she  yet  con- 
siders 13  to  be  her  lueky  number.  Born  on 
the  13th  of  the  month,  she  began  flying  on  the 
13th,  got  her  pilot's  license  on  the  13th  and 
her  first  and  last  name  begin  with  the  13th 


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letter  of  the  alphabet.  She  believes  that 
there  are  many  more  13s  connected  with  her 
history  but  has  not  had  time  to  work  them 
all  out.  In  her  opinion,  the  absence  of  all 
fear  is  half  the  battle  with  the  aviator,  but 
unfortunately  for  the  theory  and  themselves 
the  most  intrepid  and  expeiienced  figure  more 
conspicuously  on  the  death  list  than  the  cau- 
tious amateurs. 

Mrs.  Walter  Hcbart. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  has  taken  much  pleasure 
in  welcoming  back  Mrs.  "Walter  Hob  art 
and  her  children,  who  have  spent  the 
last  few  years  in  Italy.  She  has  been  visiting 
for  some  time  in  San  Bafael,  and  the  first 
part  of  the  week  left  for  the  south  for  a  visit. 
Her  intimate  friends  are  wondering  the  exact 


cause  of  her  trip — whether  it  is,  as  she  says, 
to  place  her  two  children  in  school — Walter  Jr. 
to  a  preparatory  school  for  Harvard,  and  the 
little  girl  at  a  school  near  Baltimore — or 
whether  she  has  decided  to  get  a  legal  separa- 
tion from  her  husband.  The  Walter  Hobarts 
have  been  living  apart  for  a  number  01  years, 
and  there  has  been  no  divorce  granted,  so  inti- 
mate friends  are  wondering  whether  there  is 
a  deeper  reason  for  Mrs.  Hobart's  journey  to 
the  Coast.  Mrs.  Hobart  was  pretty  Hannah 
Williams  before  her  marriage  to  the  Burlin- 
game  horseman. 

Mr.  Hobart's  devotion  to  a  very  attractive 
divorcee  has  been  the  cause  of  much  comment, 
and  it  is  believed  that  if  Mrs.  Hobart  suc- 
ceeds in  getting  a  divorce  her  husband  will 
not  long  remain  a  bachelor. 


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Saturday,   November  2,   1912 


THE  WASP- 


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A  Splendid  Musician. 

MRS.  ji  hi  \  \i.i;aw,  who  gave  ;i  mosl 
elaborate  reception  lasl  week  at  her 
fine  borne  on  Green  street,  near  Jones, 
is  known  to  be  one  of  the  most  accomplished 
musicians  in  our  local  society.  She  i* 
sometimes  prevailed  upon  to  speak  at  women  s 
clubs  on  music,  and  whenever  she  dot's  so  the 
audience  enjoys  a  well-considered  and  highly 
instructive  lecture.  Mrs,  Mrli;i\v,  before  her 
marriage,  was  Miss  Blanche  Baldwin,  only 
daughter  of  0.  I'.  Baldwin,  the  millionaire 
real  estate  operator.  She  is  a  niece  of  Mrs. 
E.  P.  Preston  and  a  cousin  of  Mrs.  Worthing- 
ton  Ames  and   Mrs.  Willard  Drown.     At  the 

ektliornti1    u'reption    given    hist   week    by    Mrs. 

hfcGaw  ;i  string  orchestra  played  in  the  music 
room  during  the  afternoon.  The  color  scheme 
in  the  profuse  floral  decorations  of  the  house 
was  yellow,  chrysanthemums  predominating. 
Mrs.  iMrliiiw  was  assisted  in  receiving  by  the 
following  prominent  women:  Mesdames  O.  D. 
Baldwin.  Burke  Hoiladay,  W,  W.  Wymore,  Sei- 
dell S.  Wright.  Walter  I  >.  Mansfield,  Samuel 
Hoiladay.  Richard  Tomhnson,  Prank  Sumner, 
Edwin  Stadmoller,  Virginia  Aldrick  Beede, 
Bradford  Leavitt,  Samuel  Austin  Wood,  Wil- 
liam Swartley,  Georg  Kruger,  John  Clayton, 
James  Snook  Jonathan  Sweigert,  Harry  Mar- 
tenson,  Frederick  X  Kellam,  William  Hub- 
bard, George  Hellman;  the  Misses  Elizabeth 
AfcGaw,  Helen   Leavitt.  Marjorie  Smith. 

A  Count  in  the  Toils. 

COUNT  AUREL  R.  von  PACH,  who  claims 
to  be  a  scion  of  the  royal  house  of 
Austria,  was  charged  by  a  San  Francis- 
co widow  with  having  "grabbed  her  by  the 
ear"  and  with  threatening  to  shoot  her  with 
a  paper-weight  pistol.  The  blue-blooded  aris- 
tocrat denied  the  charges,  but  feared  that 
the  publicity  might  cost  him  his  job.  He  was 
also  much  distressed  by  a  newspaper  clipping 
which  informed  the  social  world  that  Count 
von  Pach  was  now  engaged  in  picking  cherries 
in  the  country  and  had  ceased  to  hunt  for 
heiresses.  The  Court,  in  dismissing  the  charge, 
seemed  to  be  much  more  impressed  by  the 
claim  that  a  man  who  picks  cherries  for  a 
living  is  a  decent  citizen  than  by  the  accused's 
recital  of  his  noble  lineage. 

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The  Coming  of  Lipton. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  will  extend  a  very  cor- 
dial welcome  to  that  prince  among 
sportsmen,  Sir  Thomas  Lipton,  who  is 
on  his  way  out  here  for  a  visit.  While  in  the 
city  he  will  be  the  guest  of  Captain  and  Mrs. 
Martin  L.  Crimmins  at  their  attractive  home 
on  Infantry  Terrace.  Sir  Thomas  has  done 
more  than  any  other  Englishman  to  encourage 
friendly  competition  between  England  and 
America,  and  he  expended  several  millions  of 
dollars  in  tile  series  of  yacht  races  by  which 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


MADAME   MAEIA    GALVANY 
The  celebrated  operatic  soprano,  who  will  te  hoai'd  next   week   at  the   Orpheum. 


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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,   November  2,   1912. 


he  sought  to  win  the  coveted  prize  for  Eng- 
land. He  has  a  host  of  American  friends,  and 
will  receive  a  very  warm  reception  from  the 
army  and  navy  people  on  the  Coast  as  well 
as  civilians  who,  are  planning  any  number 
of   affairs   for   his   visit   here. 

He  is  a  personal  friend  of  that  million- 
aire politician,  John  D.  Crimmins  of  New 
York,  whose  son  he  will  visit  while  here. 
Captain  and  Mrs.  Martin  Crimmins  are  a 
great  addition  at  the  Presidio,  where  they 
.are  constantly  entertaining,  and  their  home, 
which  is  one  of  the  handsomest  in  the  Post, 
is  the   scene   of  many   brilliant   functions. 

Mrs.  Crimmins  was  Miss  Margaret  Cole  of 
this  city  before  her  marriage,  and  was  one 
of  the  most  popular  belles  of  several  years 
ago.  'the  three  Cole  sisters — Margaret  (now 
Mrs.  Crimmins),  Bessie  (now  the  wife  of  Cap- 
tain Horatio  I.  Lawrence  of  the  army),  ana 
Florence  (Mrs.  Charles  MeCormiek) — were 
noted  for  their  brilliant  wit  and  quick  re- 
partee, and  were  always  the  life  of  every 
party.  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  who  was  an  in- 
timate frienu  of  the  Coles,  gave  a  dinner  for 
young  Lieutenant  Crimmins,  who  was  just  out. 
from  the  East,  and  among  the  guests  was 
Miss  Margaret  Cole.  It  seemed  to  be  a  case 
of  love  at  first  sight  with  them,  for  during 
the  following  week  of  his  visit  young  Crim- 
mins was  the  devoted  slave  of  the  vivacious 
Miss  Cole,  and  at  the  end  of  the  week  San 
Francisco  was  electrified  by  the  news  that 
they  were  to  be  married  immediately,  and 
Lieutenant  Crimmins  was  to  take  his  bride 
with  him  to  the  Philippines.  The  whole  af- 
fair took  no  longer  than  two  weeks,  when 
they  sailed  to  the  Orient  as  man  and  wife. 
Rather  an  amusing  story  of  it  was  told — that 
when  they  arrived  m  Honolulu,  and  Lieuten- 
ant Crimmins  met  some  of  his  friends  he  ab- 
sent-mindedly introduced  his  wife  as  Miss 
Cole,  mueh  to  every  one's  humor,  but  he  gave 
as  a  reason  that  the  whole  affair  was  so  sud- 
den that  he  couldn't  remember  that  she  wasn't 
Miss  Cole. 


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Whose  reported  engagement  to  Dramatist  Kenyon 
has  interested  society. 

The  burglar  who  broke  into  St.  John 's 
Presbyterian  church,  built  a  fire  in  the  studio, 
spent  several  hours  reading  and  decamped 
with  a  complete  set  of  Kipling  must  have  de- 
cided that  the  barrack  room  ballads  were  not 
fit  literature  for  juvenile  Presbyterians.  He 
probably  lighted  upon  the  lines: 

The  costume  that  he  wore 
Was  nothing  much  before, 

And  rather  less  than  half  of  that  behind. 

and    concluded    that    Calvin,    himself,    would 
have  put  such  a  work  upon  the  index. 

A  Dramatist's  Fiancee. 

MRS.  GKEENFIELD,  whose  engagement 
to  Dramatist  Kenyon  has  been  report- 
ed, was  Miss  Elsa  Cook  before  her 
marriage  to  Mr.  Greenfield,  who  was  charmed 
by  her  serpent  dancing  at  a  charity  affair 
which  was  presented  here  by  members  of  our 
fashionable  society.  Miss  Cook  outshone  all 
others  as  a  dancer.  Teipsichorean  distinction, 
however,  did  not  insure  domestic  happiness, 
and  she  sought  the  divorce  court,  and  is  now 

THE  WASP  reaches  5,000  society  and  club 
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the   fiancee    of   a   rising   dramatist,    according 
to  report. 

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After  the  Theater. 

In  view  of  the  many  new  attractions  which 
Manager  Morrison  of  Techau  Tavern  is  pro- 
viding for  the  pleasure  and  entertainment  of 
his  guests,  it  is  not  surprising  that  this  popu- 
lar cafe  is  growing  in  favor  daily  and  that 
constantly  increasing  crowds  flock  to  its  allur- 
ing portals  at  all  hours,  and  particularly  after 
the  tneater,  when  there  is  always  some  feature 
of  special  interest  to  the  ladies. 

Not  only  is  the  cuisine  admirable  and  the 
service  exceptionally  satisfactory,  but  there 
is  constantly  in  evidence  a  desire  to  please 
the  patrons  in  every  way.  The  latest  addition 
to  the  beauty  of  the  cafe  is  a  number  of  great 
globes  of  richly  hued  glass,  which,  suspended 
from  the  ceiling,  diffuse  a  sofe  and  pleasant 
light  over  the  tables,  giving  an  air  of  added 
cheerfulness  to  the  room. 


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-THE  WASP- 


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Old  Nad's 
Diary  -• 


ftY,    SUCH    a    busy   week    as      I    have   had! 
All    my    friends    went    to    see    the    art    ex- 
f}      hibition  at   the  Cap  and  Bulls  Club.  When 
Mrs.   Trotter   tuld  me  about  it  at   first,    I 
thought   it   was  going  to  be  a    living  pic- 
ture   show,    but    Mrs.    Trotter    says    they    have    got 
over   that   and  do   no  more   stunts   in   tights   and  hus- 
bands'   and    brothers'    clothes. 

Lands,  sakes!  I  think  it's  bad  enough  for  women 
i<>  mnrry  men,  but  to  make  it  worse  by  adopting 
their  style  of  dress  is  insufferable. 

Oh,  dear !  Such  a  shock  as  I  got  at  one  of 
those  club  masquerades  not  long  ago,  when  a  young 
man  with  his  hands  in  his  pockets  walked  up  to 
me  and  got  so  personal  in  his  remarks.  I  didn't 
know  whether  to  faint  or  call  for  the  executive  com 
mittee  when  Ethyl  Gayleigh  came  along  and  said, 
'  'Hello ! "  to  the  young  person,  and,  goodness  me ! 
'twnsn't  a  man  at  all,  only  a  girl  having  fun 
with  me.     I  just  gave  her  a  piece  of  my  mind. 

I've  lots  of  friends  in  the  Cap  and  Bells 
Club,  and  I  love  to  go  to  their  affairs.  They  are 
so   hospitable! 

My!  there  was  such  a  difference  between  the 
punch  they  served  at  the  Century  Club  art  exhibi- 
tion and  the  refreshments  at  the  Cap  and  Bells! 
"The  feed"  is  what  Ethyl  Gayleigh  called  it.  Good- 
ness   me,    that    girl    uses    such    dreadful    expressions! 

I  hardly  ever  touch  punch  myself.  Lands  sake  I 
When  I  was  a  girl  back  in  Massachusetts,  if  the 
deacons  heard  of  a  girl  taking  hard  cider,  much  less 
rum,  in  any  form,  they'd  have  her  on  the  anxious 
seat   quick   as   you'd   say    "Jack  .mobinson." 

Bertha  Stringer  Lee,  who  was  so  active  in  getting 
up  the  art  exhibition,  induced  us  to  go  to  the 
Century  Club  when  the  picture  show  was  held 
there,  and  Mrs.  Trotter  and  Ethyl  Gayleigh  came 
along.  Lands  sakes  I  the  first  thing  they  did  was 
to    make    a   dive    for   the    lunch   table,    and   the   way 


Women  are  no  longer  mere  clpners  In  the 
political  life  of  California.  They  have  votes 
and  intend  to  use  them.  THE  WASP  reaches 
5,000  club  women  regularly. 


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they  abused  the  punch  was  perfectly  dreadful.  Ethyl 
said  the  forlorn-looking  lump  of  ice  floating  around 
in  the  bowl  was  trying  to  drown  itself  in  despair. 
One  of  the  commit  tee  on  refreshments  said  we 
ought  to  have  come  earlier,  for  the  punch  was  just 
lovely  when  'twas  fresh  mado  and  all  the  maraschino 
cherries  were  floating  around  in  it,  but  so  many 
women  got  spearing  iliom  out  with  their  hatpins 
they  took  all  the  bubbles  out  of  the  punch  and  it 
went  flat. 

Why  on  earth  don't  refreshment  committees  put 
o  sugar  tongs  or  some  kind  of  a  strainer  alongside 
punch-bowls,  so  people  can  fish  out  the  cherries  in 
a  ladylike  way,  instead  of  going  after  them  like 
hoys   diving    fur  apple  ^    in    a    tub   on   Hallowe'en? 

My  I  but  the  Cap  and  Bells  women  set  a  liberal 
and  substantial  meal!  And  the  loveliest  teal  Usual- 
ly tea  that  I  get  outside  my  own  home  strangles 
me.  I  always  wonder  whether  it's  made  of  chop- 
ped hay  or  redwood 
shavings.  And  such 
delicious  cakes,  too ! 
And  all  you  wanted 
of  them!  'Twasn'1 
like  the  pink  tea 
that  Mrs.  Mugsby 
gave  and  that  was 
written  up  so  in  the 
papers  as  a  very 
swell  affair.  Mrs. 
Trotter  told  me  all 
about  it,  for  she 
went  with  Mrs.  Mugs- 
hy  to  the  Twig  and 
Thistle  to  buy  the 
cakes.  There  were  to 
be  just  eighteen 
guests,  and  Mrs. 
Mugsby  bought  a  doz 
en  and  a  half  of  lady 
fingers.  Then,  on 
second  thought,  she 
bought  two  more  in 
case     of      emergency, 

for  she  said  you  nev-        Taat  Fresl1   Young  Man. 
er  can  tell  at  a  fash- 
ionable   tea — somebody    may    have    the    awful    nerve 
to  ask  for  a  second  help. 

I  felt  perfectly  scandalized  at  the  way  Ethyl 
Gayleigh  and  Mrs.  Trotter  stuffed  themselves  at 
the  Cap  and  Bells  spread.  And  Mrs.  Trotter  pre- 
tends to  be  dieting  and  trying  to  get  thin.  She 
says  that  all  women's  clubs,  when  they're  coming 
up,  are  much  more  generous  than  when  they  are 
at  the  top.  It's  like  high  society  and  shy  society, 
she  says.  At  one  you  get  weak  tea  and  bread  and 
butter  you  could  read  a  newspaper  through,  and  at 
the  other  a  gorgeous  banquet  that  would  give  you 
dyspepsia   for  the  rest  of  your  life. 

When  we  were  coming  home  from  the  Cap  and 
Bells  we  met  Bertha  Stringer  Lee  at  the  door,  and 
she  asked  us'  how  we  liked  the  pictures.  Lands 
sake!  we'd  forgot  all  about  them.  We  met  so 
many  people  and  talked  so  much.  But  everybody 
said  the  pictures  were  just  grand,  especially  Rosa 
Bonheur's  painting  of  '  "The  Man  with  a  Hoe,"  or 
a  spade,  or  something  that  Miss  Klumpke  lent  the 
exhibition.  We're  all  going  to  admire  it  fully  the 
next    time    it's   put    on    view. 

TABITHA    TWIGGS. 

4 r 

A  Western  editor  received  the  following  letter: 
"Please  send  me  a  few  copies  of  the  paper  which 
had  the  obituary  and  verses  about  the  death  of 
my  child  a  week  or  so  ago.  Also  publish  the  en 
closed  clipping  about  my  niece's  marriage.  And  1 
wish  you  would  mention  it  in  your  local  columns,  if 
it  don't  cost  anything,  that  I  have  two  bull  calves 
to  sell.  Send  me  a  couple  of  extra  copies  of  the 
paper  this  week.  As  my  subscription  is  out,  please 
stop  my  paper.  Times  is  too  hard  to  waste  money 
on    newspapers." 


"Have  you  any  serious  trouble  with  your  new 
automobile  V 

"Not  a  bit.  So  far  I  haven't  hit  a  single  man 
without   being   able    to   get   away  before   he    got    my 

number.' ' 


The  Correct  Answer. 

"Suppose,"  asked  the  professor  in  chemistry, 
"that  you  were  summoned  to  the  side  of  a  patient 
who  had  accidentally  swallowed  a.  heavy  dose  of 
oxalic  acid,  what  would  you  administer  J" 

The  student,  who,  studying  fur  the  ministry,  took 
chemistry  because  it  was  obligatory  in  the  course, 
replied:    "I   would  administer  the  sacrament." 


"When    she    wasn't    looking,    I    kissed    her." 
"What    did    she   do  I' ' 

'  'Refused     to     look     at     mo     for     the     rest     of     the 
evening.' ' 


Your    husband    is    not    looking    well    tonight,    Mrs. 
Rhymer." 

'lie    isn't,    and   I'm   not  surprised  at   it." 
'  'No  i     Has   he    been    overworking?' ' 
"It    isn't  that   so  much,  it  is  his  originality.  Why, 
that    man    is    struck    by   so    many    original    ideas    that 
his   mind   must    be   one  mass  of  bruises." 


Very  Strong. 
"I     see,'       said     Slaters,      "that     our     old     friend 
Bitkins    had    a    strong    article    in    one    of    the    Boston 
papers    the    other    day." 

"Really?"    said    Binks,    incredulously.     I'd    never 
have  believed   that  of  old  Bilk.      What  was  it?" 
"A  recipe  for  pickled  onions,"    said  Slaters. 
♦ 

Baron:     "Did    I   hit    the    hare,    gamekeeper?" 
Keeper:    "Ah,    but  the  kind  heart   you  have,    your 
Highness!     You  have   mercifully    spared  his    life." 


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14 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   November  2,    1912. 


I  NOTICE  that  the  opponents  of  horseracing 
are  again  on  the  warpath  fighting  against 
the  plan  to  reopen  the  sport  of  kings  under 
restricted  conditions.  They  make  me  tired — 
all  enthusiasts  and  reformers  do.  I  refuse  to 
be  made  moral  by  act  of  legislature.  The 
other  day  a  visitor  from  abroad  asked  me  how 
it  was  that  people  renowned  the  world  over 
for  their  joyous,  outdoor  festival  spirit  have 
suppressed  the  thoroughbred  so  completely 
that  the  average  citizen  would  mistake  a  race- 
horse in  rugs  for  a  circus  animal  on  its  way 
to  the  hospital. 

"Why,"  he  continued,  "have  you  abolished 
a  pastime  that  in  all  other  countries  has  been 
for  so  many  centuries  the  delight  of  millions?'' 
I  could  only  reply  that  so  incompetent  were 
our  officials  to  regulate  certain  evils  connected 
with  the  pastime  they  had  to  proclaim  their 
incompetence  by  suppressing  the  sport  itself. 
Then  he  smiled  sarcastically  and  asked  if  the 
death  of  horseracing  bad  been  accompanied  by 
the  abolition  of  all  forms  of  the  evil  in  ques- 
.  tion.  I  felt  it  was  my  duty  to  lie  hard  and 
;  say  that  it  had,  but  just  then  we  were  accost- 
ed by  a  man  who  tried  to  sell  us  tickets  in  a 
lottery.  No  sooner  had  we  shaken  him  off 
than  Up  came  another  wanting  us  to  buy  shares 
in  a  wild-cat  mine,  x  was  proceeding  with 
my  argument  when  my  friend  left  suddenly  to 
accompany  a  bunco  steerer,  who  took  him  off 
to  play  a  quiet  little  game. 

After  his  trip  to  the  resort   he   again  met 
me  and  asked  why  it  was  that  we  San  Fran- 


ciscans were  only  pious  and  puritanical  in 
spots,  and  why  we  suppress  speculation  in  the 
open  air  and  permit  it  in  stuffy  rooms  in  the 
slums,  where  it  is  obliged  to  rub  shoulders 
with  other  and  more  pernicious  vices. 

I  could  only  admit  that  perhaps  we  were 
not  so  keen  to  abolish  gambling  as  to  keep 
it  out  of  sight,  and  that  officials  can  secure 
a  better  rake-off  from  the  protected  slum 
joint  than  from  competing  book-makers.  It 
is  a  pitiful  hypocrisy,  but  I  did  my  best  to 
'excuse  it. 

No  one  doubts  the  propriety  of  horseracing 
if  conducted  along  lines  which  do  not  permit 
it  to  degenerate  into  gambling  and  nothing 
else.  But  if  our  government  officials  are  not 
ashamed  to  advertise  their  deplorable  inca- 
pacity to  insure  the  requisite  regulation,  there 
is  no  reason  why  the  people  of  California 
should  proclaim  to  the  world  that  mistrust  of 
themselves  argued  in  the  prohibition  of  a  le- 
gitimate pastime. 

The  suppression  of  horseracing  in  order  to 
eliminate  gambling  is  very  much  like  '  the 
plan  to  prohibit  the  sale  of  firearms  as  a 
means  of  abolishing  murder,  A  few  cranks 
may  believe  that  murder  will  be  a  thing  of 
the  past  if  this  law  is  adopted,  just  as  there 
are  a  few  misguided  persons  who  imagine  that 
gambling  was  suppressed  when  we  suppressed 
horseracing. 

Pshaw!  Gambling  never  has  and  never  can 
be  suppressed.  You  might  as  well  try  and 
stop  the  crater  of  Vesuvius  with  the  bung  of 
a  barrel  as  try  to  prevent  a  man  losing  his 
hard-earned  dollar  on  some  swindle  or  other. 
I  insist  upon  the  sacred  right  of  losing  my 
own  money  in  my  own  way. 

If  the  legislatures  of  other  countries  are 
equal  to  the  regulation  of  the  sport — in  Eng- 
land the  jockey  clubs  manage  it  without  as- 
sistance from  the  government — we  ought  to 
be  able  to  secure  officials  with  sufficient  brains 
and  honesty  for  the  purpose. 

Of  itself,  racing  is  excellent  entertainment 
and  does  much  towards  improving  the  breed 


of  an  animal  which  the  automobile  has  not 
yet  abolished  and  never  will  entirely  elimin- 
ate. It  is  a  source  of  profit  to  farmers  and 
takes  thousands  of  people  into  the  fresh  air, 
who  might  otherwise  spend  their  leisure  hours 
in  elevating  superfluous  highballs  in  a  less 
wholesome  atmosphere.  And  lastly  there  is 
money  in  it,  and  not  merely  for  owners,  train- 
ers and  jockeys,  but  for  business  people  of  all 
kinds.  A  big  race  meeting  near  San  Francisco 
would  mean  an  enormous  income  to  hotel 
proprietors,  cafe  owners,  dress  makers  and 
others  far  too  numerous  for  mention.  San 
Francisco  is  the  capital  of  the  Pacific  Coast, 
which  is  the  natural  holiday  resort  of  the 
teeming  millions  of  the  East,  but  we  will 
lose  that  reputation  if  one  by  one  we  suppress 
every  form  of  entertainment  on  which  the 
average  man  delights. 

The  Puritan  conscience  is  a  fine  thing,  but 
the  Puritan  blue  law  mania  is  fearfully  de- 
pressing and  is  bad  business. 


ARE  BETTER  SHOTS. 

WHILE  upholders  of  monarchical  institu- 
tions do  not  openly  rejoice  at  the  as- 
sassination of  a  republican  President 
or  an  ex-President,  they  delight  in  point- 
ing an  irrelevant  moral  to  the  effect  that 
representative  government  tends  to  develop 
an  antipathy  to  leaders.  They  contend  that,  as 
a  president  is  only  the  chosen  of  what  may  be 
a  bare  majority,  the  minority  only  tolerates 
him  and  seeks  to  remove  him  as  speedily  as 
possible,  and  the  assassin  is  only  expressing 
in  more  brutal  terms  the  feelings  of  a  large 
number  in  the  nation.  Such  reasoning  is  utter 
nonsense,  and  omits  to  take  into  aecouut  the 
fact  that  outside  the  servants'  hall  which  Ber- 
nard Shaw  so  aptly  uses  to  describe  the  monar- 
chical court,  there  may  be  very  few  in  the 
nation  who  desire  their  king,  but,  having  no 
means  of  free  protest,  their  supposed  support 
is  merely  oxlike  submission.  Some  years  ago 
a  noted  Irish  wit  was  lecturing  in  England  on 
the   virtues  of  a  republican   form  of  govern- 


THE    ORDER    IN   WHICH    THE    POLITICIANS   PLACE  THEM. 


Saturday,   November  2,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP  * 


15 


MELBOURNE   CUP   FINISH. — Typical  crowd  of  125,000  at  Australia's  greatest  race:   to  be  run  on  Tuesday  next. 


ment.  At  the  close  of  his  address  a  supercili- 
ous critic  arose  and  asked:  If  republics  are — ■ 
er — so  much  better  than — ei — monarchies,  how 
it  is — er — that  so  many  Presidents  are — er — 
assassinated1?"  "Now,  my  friend,"  replied 
the  Irishman,  "I'm  glad  you  asked  that  ques- 
tion, for  the  statistics  show  that,  if  you  take 
the  number  of  times  that  the  lives  of  kings 
and  president  are  attempted,  you  will  find  that 
while  the  percentage  of  dead  presidents  to  at- 
tempts is  higher  than  the  percentage  of  dead 
kings  to  attempts,  the  greater  frequency  of 
attempts  upon  the  lives  of  kings  argues  the 
greater  dissatisfaction  with  their  form  of  gov- 
ernment. The  figures  don't  prove  that  re- 
publics are  worse  than  monarchies,  but  only 
that  under  a  republican  form  of  government 
the  citizens  are  better  shots." 

♦ 

NEW  YORK  POLICE. 

A  VISITOR  to  New  York  says  that  nothing 
impressed   him   so  much   as   the   imper- 
turbability   on    the    witness    stand    of 
certain  officials  of  the  police  department  now 
on  trial.     Instead  of  appearing  excited,  they 
gave  but  the  merest  signs  of  cultured  petu- 


lancy.  "In  speaking,  their  voices  seemed 
under  perfect  control,  and  they  called  their 
inquisitors  crooks,  thieves  and  liars  with  a 
verbal  precision  and  a  soft,  refined  accent 
utterly  unlike  the  crude  speech  of  the  prov- 
inces." 

♦ 

MELBOURNE  CUP. 

THE  race  for  the  Melbourne  cup,  to  be  run 
on  Tuesday  at  Plemington,  Victoria, 
usually  attracts  a  crowd  of  from  125,- 
000  up,  and  is  so  great  a  sporting  and  social 
carnival  thousands  of  visitors  are  attracted 
from  all  parts  of  the  world.  For  many 
weeks  beforehand  there  is  not  an  idle  dress- 
maker in  the  Commonwealth  capital,  as  the 
display  of  govns  on  the  spacious  lawn  is  a 
feature  appealing  to  large  numbrs  of  women 
whose  interest  in  the  racing  is  only  second- 
ary. So  crowded  are  the  hotels,  accommo- 
dation has  to  be  booked  months  ahead  as  an 
alternative  to  sleeping  on  billiard  tables  in 
bathrooms  or  on  the  roof,  which  at  this  the 
early  summer  season  in  the  antipodes,  is  not 
a  trying  ordeal.  Betting  is  not  prohibited  in 
Australia,  but  though  the  Commonwealth  laws 


and  law-makers  are  far  from  being  ideal, 
they  are  at  least  successful  in  regulating  gam- 
bling in  a  way  that  permits  a  reasonable  out- 
let for  the  speculative  spirit  without  endan- 
gering the  morals  or  financial  stability  of  the 
community.  The  voice  of  the  anti-bettor  is 
heard  in  the  land,  but  as  yet  it  is  not  heeded 
sufficiently  to  induce  the  people  of  Melbourne 
to  confiscate  an  asset  of  the  annual  value  of 
hundreds  of  thousand  of  dollars  in  the  shape 
of  tourist  capital. 

♦ 

THE  TOURIST  FACE. 

THE  problem  as  to  why  so  many  women 
world's  tourists  are  so  strikingly  home- 
ly is  given  an  amusing,  if  somewhat  un- 
gallant,  explanation  by  Pierre  Loti.  Talking 
of  the  Cook  face,  he  says:  "The  United  King- 
dom, jealous  of  the  well-earned  repute  for 
beauty  of  its  girls,  submitted  them  to  a  jury 
when  they  reached  maturity.  To  those  who 
were  adjudged  too  ugly  for  purposes  of  pos- 
terity was  given  a  perpetual  pass  with  Thomas 
Cook  &  Sons,  which  thus  vowed  them  to  an 
endless  voyage  that  precluded  their  leisure 
for  certain  other  trifling  details  of  life." 


16 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  November  2,   1912. 


OU  ±  (STANDING  among  the  items  dis- 
cussed by  various  clubs  during  the 
course  of  the  week  has  been  the  race 
track  amendment  to  be  voted  on  next  Tues- 
day. As  was  to  have  been  expected,  there 
was  a  general  unanimity  in  condemning,  the 
proposal,  not  on  the  ground  of  any  inherent 
objection  to  the  sport  of  iacing,  but  because 
it  was  believed  that  the  sport  is  inseparable 
from  the  evil  of  excessive  gambling  on  the 
part  of  those  who  can  least  afford  it.  That 
racing  cannot  be  conducted  purely  as  a  past- 
time,  but  needs  the  betting  feature  for  its 
support  was  said  to  be  evidenced  in  the  fact 
that  it  had  died  out  wherever  the  betting 
feature  had  been  successfully  suppressed. 
Sensitive  to  the  inconsistency  of  prohibiting 
gambling  in  one  form  while  virtually  per- 
mitting it  in  many  others,  clubwomen  yet 
took  the  stand  that  so  far  so  good,  and  in- 
stead of  going  back  to  race  betting  they 
would  go  forward  to  the  suppression  of  other 
forms  of  the  evil. 

When  it  was  pointed  out  that  many  society 
women  gambled  at  bridge  and  commercial 
men  often  speculated  in  wildcat  ventures,  the 
reply  was  put  forth  that  while  there  was  no 
moral  justification  for  the  gambling  of  the 
well-to-do,  at  least  its  ill-effects  did  not  take 
the  biead  out  of  the  mouths  nor  the  clothes 
from  the  backs  of  innocent  women  and  chil- 
dren. Man's  so-called  sacred  right  to  lost 
his  own  money  in  his  own  way  was  generally 
advocated  by  meu  who  forgot  tbe  fact  thai 
so  long  as  they  have  others  dependent  upon 
them  it  is  not  all  their  money,  and  that  the> 
have  no  right  to  spend  what  justly  belongs 
to  others.  Eveiy  penny  in  the  pocket  of  a 
man  with  domestic  responsibilities  is  a  trust 
fund,  and  to  gamble  such  funds  is  a  breach 
of  trust.  The  small  extent  to  which  women 
and  children  benefited  by  the  occasional  win 
was  more  than  offset  by  the  bitter  hardships 
of  the   all-too-frequent  losses. 

The  San  Francisco  Center  of  the  California 
Civic  League  has  instituted  an  active  cam- 
paign against  the  amendment,  and  among  the 
many  other  clubs  that  nave  gone  on  record 
against  the  measure  are  the  Juvenile  Protec- 
tive Association,  the  Corona  Club,  and  the 
New  Era  League.  The  members  of  the  last- 
named  body  pledged  themselves  to  an  active 
campaign. 

*  *     * 

THE  home  of  Mrs.  Manfred  H.  Heyne- 
mann  at  Belvedere  presented  a  beauti- 
ful spectacle  on  the  occasion  of  the 
fete  champetre  and  performance  by  the  Papy- 
rus Club  of  "The  Untangling  of  Tony."  The 
elements  were  sufficiently  unkind  to  necessitate 
the  performance  being  given  under  cover,  but 
nothing  damped  the  spirits  of  either  the  play- 
ers or  spectators.  Mrs.  G.  Caley,  Mrs.  W.  Wil- 
kie,  Miss  Leila  Randall,  Miss  Dora  Howe,  Miss 
Josephine  Condou,  Miss  Leah  Hatch,  Stewart 
Masters,  Lawrence  Cook  and  G.  S.  Stenhouse 
were  allotted  the  various  roles,  while  Miss  Mir- 
iam Nelke  evidenced  her  directing  hand  in 
the  general  smoothness  of  the  performance. 
In  addition  to  the  playlet  a  fine  program  of 
musical  and  elocutionary  items  was  rendered, 
"Dan  Casey,"  a  dramatic  reading  by  Mrs. 
Millie  Olds,  being  especially  applauded. 

*  *     * 

THAT  the  Women's  Outdoor  Club  will  ma- 
terially benefit  by  the  performance  of 
Maeterlinck's  "Mary  Magdalene,"  to 
be  given  in  its  aid  by  the  Player's  Club  Wed- 
nesday evening  next,  is  already  assured  by  the 


number  of  theater  parties  arranged  and  the 
general  demand  for  tickets.  It  is  an  ambi- 
tious experiment  on  the  part  of  an  amateur 
company  to  attempt  what  many  consider  to 
be  the  masterpiece  of  the  great  symbolic 
dramatist,  but  it  is  to  amateur  effort  that  we 
must  look  for  the  presentation  of  many  of  the 
finest  works  in  contemporary  drama.  There 
is  a  wide  field  open  to  such  elubs  as  the  Play- 
ers', and  with  reasonable  encouragement  the\ 
can  be  relied  on  not  only  to  present,  but  to 
present  well,  the  best  of  these  works,  so  many 
of   which   have    not   yet  been   staged   locally. 


MRS.  GERTRUDE  ATHERTON 

Who  is  taking  a  strenuous  part  in  National  and 
State  Politics. 

Prominent  among  those  who  are  taking  an 
active  interest  in  the  success  of  the  evening 
are  Mesdames  Eleanor  Martin,  A.  W.  Scott 
Jr.,  James  C.  Jordan,  Isaac  N.  Walter,  Clar- 
ence Grange,  C.  A.  Meussdorffer,  Jeannette 
Alferitz,  E.  P.  Heald,  Charles  A.  Hawkins, 
Eric  K.  Olsen,  Charles  M.  Tripp,  Phoebe  A. 
Hearst,  James  Rolph  Jr.,  Elizabeth  Gerber- 
ding,  Mary  C.  Bell,  U.  Grant  Bartlett,  Emilie 
Parent,  Emilie  Easton,  Louis  Danhauer,  Kate 
Ames;  the  Misses  Mae  O'Keefe,  Rosalie  Man- 
ning, Rachel  Wolfsohn,  Sarah  Hamlin,  Blanche 
Partington.  Mr.  Reginald  Travers  is  super- 
intending the  rehearsals,  and  the  music  is  in 

the  hands  of  Mr.  Hother  Wismer  and  others. 
*     *     * 

CLUB  WOMEN  who  are  interested  in  so- 
cial problems  will  find  material  for  a 
score  of  papers  in  "The  Task  of  Social 
Hygiene,"  Havelock  Ellis   (Houghton,  Mifflin 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


Company).  He  points  a  distinction  between 
the  woman  movement  in  Germany  and  the 
movement  in  America,  describing  the  former 
as  a  relatively  emotional  agitation  for  fuller 
powers  in  the  woman's  sphere,  and  the  latter 
as  an  agitation  for  the  exercise  and  control 
of  the  same  functions  as  men.  It  is  a  charm 
in  all  the  works  by  this  suggestive  and  stimu- 
lative writer  that  agreement  with  his  conclu 
sions  is  not  necessary  to  an  enjoyment  of  his 
clever  reasoning.  Discussing  the  centrifugal 
and  centripetal  forces  in  contemporary  poli- 
tics, he  says:  "No  one  needs  individualism 
in  his  water  supply  and  no  one  needs  social- 
ism in  his  religion." 

*     *     * 

LOS  ANGELES  seems  to  be  proud  of  the 
fact  that  it  has  a  branch  of  the  Drama 
League  of  America,  but  it  would  be 
well  for  the  pride  to  wait  until  the  local  branch 
does  something  moie  in  the  way  of  carrying 
out  its  objects  than  the  parent  organization. 
The  drama  League  arose  as  an  attempt  to 
solve  t-e  problem:  "What's  Wrong  with  the 
Drama?"  Some  had  blamed  the  critics,  others 
the  managers,  and  others  the  star  system, 
but  the  new  league  founders  thought  that 
audiences  had  their  share  in  the  trouble.  Their 
idea  was  to  prepare  audiences  for  good  drama 
as  the  league  members  understood  it.  A  first 
nighters'  committee  was  appointed  to  sample 
each  production  and  if  the  offering  was  ad- 
judged artistic,  well  written  and  well  acted,  a 
report  to  that  effect  was  issued  to  members, 
who  were  accordingly  expected  to  give  the 
show  their  paying  patronage.  Lectures  and 
reading  courses  were  also  arranged  and  it 
must  be  confessed  a  deal  of  enlightenment 
was  retailed  in  this  way,  but  what  was  the 
effect  upon  attendances  at  plays  recommended 
by  the  committee?  Practically  nothing.  Hun- 
dreds of  men  and  women  who  were  prepared 
to  pay  their  subscriptions  to  the  league  and 
attend  at  meetings  where  literary  coroners 
dissected  dead  dramas  or  vivisected  the  latest 
offspring  of  a  contemporary  dramatist,  were 
yet  unwilling  to  apear  at  the  box  office  and 
furnish  that  nourishment  without  which  thb 
best  of  dramas  cannot  live  except  in  book 
form.  The  truth  is  that  the  real  patrons  of 
the  play  do  not  seek  for  the  guidance  of  ex- 
perts or  dictation  in  a  matter  of  taste,  while 
those  who  join  societies  for  the  purpose  of 
discussing  dramatic  literature  are  mostly  of 
the  kind  that  prefer  the  cold  storage  drama 
or  play  in  book  form.  Los  Angeles  may  be 
different — it  mostly  is. 

f 

It  takes  a  mighty  little  shove  to  send  some 
men  down  hill. 


Art  ft  Refinement  are  displayed  In  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


LADIES'  GOWNS  and  FANCY 
COSTUMES 

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Phone  DOUGLAS  4964 

•  AN    FRANCISCO.     CAL, 


Saturday,   November  2,    1912.) 


-THE  WASP 


I? 


Books  and  Aotlhioirs 


JUDGING  from  the  number  of  manuscripts 
which  Local  theatrical  managers  say  they 
are  daiJy  invited  to  read,  ban  Francisco 
.  ns  a  small  army  M  playwrights.  Every  now 
and  then  one  packs  up  Mis  suit  case,  pays 
treight  upon  ins  effusions  and  hies  him  ti> 
Now  York,  where,  according  to  certain  mag- 
azines,  ii  is  no  uncommon  thiug  for  a  park 
bencher  t"  wake  up  one  morning  and  6nd 
himself  a  famous  dramatic  author,  -lust  why 
so  many  ol  these  dramatists  should  jump  sud 
denly  trom  the  Bronx  benches  to  the  Broad- 
way boards  is  hard  to  understand,  unless  it 
be  that  most  of  tin  so  authors  who  go  to  take 
the  New  i  oik  theaters  by  storm  soon  drift 
into  sleeping  out.  Some  of  them  come  back 
chastened  and  resolved  that  henceforth  they 
will  not  allow  a  dramatic  ambition  to  mock 
their  useful  toil,  but  for  the  others  it  is  a 
long  hike  and  as  a  uile  your  amateur  play- 
wright is  not  an  adept  in  beating  the  freights. 
If  he  were  he  might  have  the  experience 
which  would  make  him  a  better  playwright. 
But  there  is  no  need  to  waste  your  hard 
earned  brass  on  a  trip  to  Broadway.  The 
Century  <iub  of  New  l'ork,  whose  object  is 
the  encouragement  of  the  national  spirit  in 
the  America!  drama,  believes  that  our  stage 
is  too  largely  given  over  to  imported  plays, 
and  by  way  of  encouragement  to  native  am- 
ateur talent  is  offering  a  prize  of  $300  for  a 
play  to  consist  of  three  acts  or  more,  the 
acting  time  of  which  snail  not  be  less  than 
an  hour  and  three-quarters.  The  work  may 
be  either  drama,  tragedy,  comedy  or  farce. 
Musical  comedies  and  liDrettos  will  not  be 
considered.  The  competition  closes  on  Jan- 
uary 1,  1913  and  the  prize  will  be  awarded 
the   following   March. 


There  is  on  exhibition  at  Faul  Elder's  Book 
Shop  an  exceedingly  fine  collection  of  "Mem- 
oirs and  Reminiscences,"  in  which  is  included 
many  rare  old  editions,  some  in  their  original 
covers,  others  in  handsome  bindings.  For 
example,  there  is  a  beautiful  first  edition  of 
"Boswell's  Life  of  Johnson,"  bound  in  full 
grey  calf,  whilst  the  "Life  of  Grimaldi,"  by 
Charles  Dickens  (also  a  first  edition)  is  still 
in  its  original  boards.  The  Stuart  period  is 
represented  by  several  very  handsomely  bound 


A  RELIABLE  GOLD 
AND  SILVER  HOUSE 

Old  family  jewelry  reconstructed  into  mod- 
ern styles. 

Stone  setting. 

Silverware  made  to  order,  repaired  and  re- 
finished. 

We  can  supply  you  with  toilet  articles  and 
table  flat-ware  in  ALL  STANDARD 
PATTERNS. 

A  department  for  expert  watch  repairing. 


JOHN  0.  BELLIS 

Manufacturing  Gold  and  Silversmith 
328  Post  Street  Union  Square 


AN  AUTO  BIOGRAPHY. 


AND  DIED. 


editions  of  Pepys  and  Evelyn.  The  history 
of  the  early  reign  of  Victoria  and  those  of 
George  IV  and  William  IV  is  there  in  two 
fine  sets  of  the  Greville  Memoirs.  These  sets 
contain  the  original  issues  of  the  volumes  on 
the  reign  of  Queen  Victoria,  which  were  with- 
drawn at  her  request.  For  the  student  and 
lover  of  French  history,  we  find  the  Memoirs 
du  Gomte  de  Giamont,  in  both  the  French 
and  English  text,  Bourrienne's  Napoleon, 
Lady  .Jackson's  works,  and  the  Memoirs  of 
Madame  Junot  (La  Duchesse  d'Abrantes). 
Beaumarche  and  his  Times  in  four  volumes, 
the  Confessions  of  .Jean  Jacques  Rousseau,  the 
Amours  of  aublas,  give  a  good  insight  into 
the  morals  of  French  society  during  the  17th 
and  18th  centuay.  Beau  Brummell,  and  the 
Reminiscences  of  Henry  Angelo  treat  in  the 
same  manner  that  of  English  society. 


Kathleen  Noiris,  who  lives  with  her  husband 
and  two-year-old  son  all  the  year  round  at  her 
Long  Island  home,  maintains  that  she  and 
her  family  were,  are,  and  always  shall  be  Cal- 
ifomians,  but  admits  that  New  York  has  al- 
ways been  the  Mecca  of  her  ambition.  Her 
husband,  who  is  a  brother  of  the  late  Frank 
Norris,  manages  the  business  side  of  his  wife's 
lite-ary  work.  Speaking  of  her  great  success, 
"Mother,"  she  says:  "My  brother  was  almost 
indignant  when  he  saw  'Mother.'  'Why,  that's 
us, '  he  protested.  It 's  indecent  to  print 
that.'  "  What  a  fine  compliment  to  the  writ- 
er's fidelity  to  life! 

Albert  Dorington,  who  has  been  furnishing 
the  Hearst  Sunday  Magazine  with  a  series 
of  excellently  written  short  stories,  is  an 
Australian  who  got  his  literary  training  on 
the  Sydney  Bulletin.     Many  of  his  stories,  as 


Where  can  you  find  a  hetter  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


that  of  last  Sunday,  "Cleopatra  of  the  Coy- 
otes/' is  an  Americanized  rehash  of  his  Syd- 
ney sketches. 


Gelett  Burgess  says  that  Irwin  S.  Cobb  is 
one  of  the  ten  great  American  humorists.  Are 
there  ten  great  humorists  in  this  world?  Are 
there  ten  in  all  history  1  However,  Cobb  is 
certainly  entitled  to  rank  well  up  in  the 
first  ten  humorists  of  America,  which  was 
probably  what  Burgess  intended  to  say. 


"I'd  like  to  tour  as  a  Spanish  dancer  well 
enough,  but — firstly,  I'm  too  young;  secondly, 
I'm  not  Spanish;  and,  lastly.  I  ceau  really 
dance! ' ' — Vagabond  Journeys  by  Percival  Pol- 
lard. 


GEORG  KRUGER 

901    KOHLEE    &    CHASE    BLDG.,    S.    F. 

Phone  Kearny  5454. 

"An   artist  of  the  first  rank,  a  pianist 

of   correct   feeling    and    ripe    experience/' 

— H.    E.   Krehbiel   in   New   York   Tribune. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Begs  to  announce  that  he  has  moved  his  music 
studio  to  the  Gaffney  Building,  376  Sutter  Street, 
between  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  Street. 
Office  hours:  from  ten  to  twelve,  and  from  two  to 
four,   daily. 

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French  repertoire  in  songs  from  Lully  to 
Debussy.  Italian  tone  placing,  voweling  and 
syllabation.  Italian  repertoire  in  songs  from 
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"How  to  get  rich  quick"   we  know   not; 
How  to  teach  languages,  we  do  know. 


To    improve    your    mother    tongue, 
study  a  sister  tongue. 

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*ELDOM  has  San  Francisco  seen  a  dull- 
er period  as  far  as  speculation  is  con- 
cerned. The  limit  was  reached  last 
Monday  morning  in  the  Stock  and 
Bond  Exchange,  when  not  a  single  share  of 
stock  was  sold.  Notwithstanding  this  remark- 
able dullness  the  pervading  sentiment  is  one 
of  optimism,  and  everybody  predicts  a  period 
of  corresponding  activity.  The  Presidential 
election  has  a  good  deal  of  influence  in  creat- 
ing existing  conditions.  Some  local  financiers 
claim  that  the  approaching  election  has  no 
influence  whatever  on  investment  and  specu- 
lation, and  that  the  people  who  invest  in 
stocks,  bonds  or  real  estate  act  independently 
of  political  conditions.  The  proofs  are  abun- 
dant, however,  that  in  a  year  when  we  elect 
a  President  the  sale  of  securities  of  all  kinds 
decreases,  and  not  infrequently  the  fall  in 
prices  corresponds  with  the  shrinkage  in  vol- 
ume of  sales. 

A  leading  New  York  newspaper,  which  is 
an  authority  in  financial  matters,  published  a 
table  of  records  recently  to  prove  that  in  Pres- 
idential election  years  the  business  of  the  New 
York  Stock  Exchange  was  always  reduced. 
The  reduction  was  great  or  small  in  propor- 
tion to  the  popular  interest  in  the  contests. 
The  slump  in  business  prior  to  the  election 
of  President  McKinley  was  followed  by  a  great 
revival  of  industry  and  financial  expansion. 

Not  since  the  division  of  the  dominant  Dem- 
ocratic party  in  I860,  when  Abraham  Lincoln 
was  elected  over  the  two  Democratic  candi- 
dates, Stephen  A.  Douglas  and  John  C.  Breck- 
enridge,  has  there  been  such  a  bitter  partisan 
struggle  for  the  Presidency  of  the  United 
States  as  the  contest  this  year  between  two 
Republican  candidates  and  the  Democratic 
nominee,  Woodrow  Wilson. 

With  the  Presidential  election  past  and  soon 
forgotten,   the  prospects  for  general  activity 


in  business  should  be  excellent.  Since  1907, 
when  tne  banks  of  the  United  States  were  so 
sorely  tried,  there  has  been  a  contraction  of 
credits,  and  conservatism  has  been  the  rule, 
and  not  the  exception.  Crops  have  been  good, 
and  this  year  the  crops  have  exceeded  expec- 
tations. Bank  check  clearances  have  been  in- 
creasing generally,  and  in  San  Francisco  the 
advance  has  been  most  encouraging.  The 
bank  clearings  for  last  week  were  nearly  sev- 
en millions  in  excess  of  those  of  the  same  week 
last  year,  and  through  all  the  months  of  this 
year  the  bank  clearings  have  been  mounting 
higher  than  in  1911. 

Tlie  war  cloud  in  Europe  has  alarmed  bank- 
ers and  investors,  and  helped  to  make  money 
tighter,  but  peace  is  likely  to  be  restored  be- 
fore long.  In  Chiua  a  new  spirit  of  progress 
has  taken  possession  of  the  vast  nation,  Mexi- 
co is  also  approaching  a  more  tranquil  condi- 
tion, and  here  in  California  we  are  getting 
read}'  for  the  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

A  long  period  of  industrial  or  financial  con- 
traction is  always  followed  by  a  period  of  ex- 
pansion and  more  or  less  boom.  Everything 
indicates  that  the  period  of  general  business 
activity  is  approaching,  and  shrewd  business 
men  are  preparing  to  take  advantage  of  it. 

Spring  Valley. 
The  firmness  of  Spring  Valley  stock  indi- 
cates that  the  holders  believe  that  the  city  is 
sure  to  buy  the  property  for  something  like 
$40,000,000.  The  city  has  already  offered  the 
Spring  Valley  Company  $38,500,0000,  and  the 
impounded  money  paid  in  under  protest  by 
the  ratepayers.  This  would  amount  in  all  to 
about  $40,000,000.  Anybody  but  the  directors 
of  the  Spring  Valley  Company  would  have 
jumped  at  the  offer,  but  instead  of  doing  so 
they  are  determined  to  hold  out  a  consider- 
able tract  of  valuable  land  around  Lake  Mer- 
ced.    It  was  thought  at  first  that  the  Spring 


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THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital      $4,000,000 

Surplus    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources     $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.   GREENEBAUM Chairman    of  the   Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.    FRIEDLANDER Vice-PreBident 

C.    F.   HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHTJL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH Assistant    Cashier 

H.    CHOYNSKI Assistant    Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


Valley  people  might  be  only  bluffing,  and  that 
they  really  wished  to  accept  the  city's  offer, 
but  feared  to  do  so  lest  the  voters  might  not 
ratify  the  sale.  It  has  become  evident,  how- 
ever, that  the  Spring  Valley  people  are  deter- 
mined to  get  at  least  $40,000,000  net  for  their 
property.  They  expect  to  drive  a  bargain 
with  the  city  which  will  clear  off  all  their  in- 
debtedness and  give  them  $40,000,000  in  bonds 
and  a  good  chunk  of  the  land  around  Lake 
Merced.  If  they  should  succeed  in  doing  that, 
as  seems  not  unlikely — for  the  city  must  get 
water  soon,  and  almost  at  any  price — the 
Spring  Valley  stock  should  sell  for  $70  a  share. 
It  sold  firm  at  $62.50  last  week,  and  opened 
at  the  same  price  this  week,  showing  a  disposi- 
tion to  advance  on  small  sales.  Very  little  was 
offered  for  sale. 

A  Question  of  Value. 
-  The  condemnation  suit  which  the  city 
brought  against  the  property  of  A.  J.  Rich  & 
Co.,  at  Van  Ness  avenue  and  Ash  aveuue,  has 
caused  a  lively  discussion  amongst  real  estate 
operators  both  here  and  in  Los  Angeles.  The 
owners  of  the  property  declared  that  it  paid 
6  per  cent  on  $160,000,  and,  having  every 
prospect  of  increasing  in  value,  was  easily 
worth  $100,000.  The  city  put  on  the  witness 
stand  some  experts,  including  William  Shadde, 
the  Hibemia  Bank  expert.  They  thought  that 
the  property  was  worth  much  less  than  $160/ 
000,  and  the  upshot  of  the  affair  was  that  the 
owners  were  awarded  $104,000.  Mr.  Eich,  the 
head  of  the  firm  of  A.  J.  Rieh  &  Co.,  is  any- 
thing but  delighted  with  the  court's  award, 
and  real  estate  experts  on  Montgomery  street 
and  in  Los  Angeles  are  discussing  earnestly 
whether  $800  per  front  foot  is  a  fair  price  for 
Van  Ness  avenue  property.  The  Los  Angeles 
experts  declare  that  if  a  street  so  prominent 
as  Van  Ness  avenue,  and  with  such  a  future, 
is  worth  no. more  than  $S00  a  foot  at  the  cor- 


E.F.HUTT0N&C0. 

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And    St.   Francis   Hotel. — Tel.   Douglas   3982 

MEMBERS 

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Saturday,   November  2,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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net  of  v.-in  Ness  avenue  and  Asb  avenue, then 
San  Pn  iropert;     has    gone    back    and 

our  city  is  on  the  down  g  ad e,  though  brokers 
in  Los  Angeles  with  property  to  sell  to  aew 
comers  -I"  nol  look  al  it  from  the  samestand- 
j. p. int  :t>  i.v.  ierfl  in  San  Francisco. 

'I  l  e   answer   to   this   is   that    San   Francisco 
is  ni.t  on  the  downgrade,  bu1  on  the  advance, 

iiiid   real  i-statc  Heir  at    pri'St'iit   is  low  in   [nice, 

pxcepl  in  sumo  favored  sections.  Our  hank 
clearances,  increasing  every  week  and  every 
month,  show  that  San  Francisco  is  not  only 
holding  its  position  as  the  financial  center  of 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Br-nk    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital     paid     up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided    Profits ...  .$5,070,803.23 


.$11,070,803.23 


OFFICERS. 

Isaias    W,    Hellman,    President 
I.   W.   Hellman,   Jr.,   Vice-Pres. 
P.    L.    Lipman,    Vice-Pres. 
James   K.   Wilson,    Vice-Pres. 
Frank    B.    King,    Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  L.   Davis,   Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 

Isaias   W.   Hellman 

Joseph   Sloss 

Percy  T.   Morgan 

F.   W.   Van   Sicklen 

Win.   F.  Herrin 

John  C.  Kirkpatrick 

J.  Henry  Meyer 

A.  H.  Payson 


I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 
A.    Christeson 
Wm.    Haas 
Hartland  Law 
Henry    Rosenfeld 
James   L.  Flood 
Chas.  J.   Deering 
James    K.   Wilson 


F.   L.   Lipman 

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Facilities 

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At    a    Sacrifice 

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A. 

M.  ROSEINSTIRIN 

323-24   Mills   Building. 
San   Francisco. 

FOR  SALE 

CHOICE      BUSINESS      HOLDING. 

$45,000 — Rents  $390.00  per  month.  Mission 
St.,  near  23rd,  in  the  very  heart  of  an  act- 
ive business  section.  Improvements  consist 
of  a  very  substantial  3-story  building,  con- 
taining 2  stores  and  rooming  house  above. 
Lot    45x122:6.      For    more    detailed   particu- 


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the   Pacific   Coast,    but    making   that    posh  inn 
more  secure. 

That  a  !"i  on  Van  v-ss  avenue  a  few  blocks 
from  Market  street  should  be  valued  at  $800 
per  front  foot  shows  clearly  that  property  in 
this  cit\  i-  cheap  <  ,  mpared  with  property  in 
Los  Angeles  and  otlicr  cities.  The  same  class 
of  property  in  Los  Angeles  could  not  be  pur- 
chased for  $800  a  foot,  and  probably  not  for 
$1}500.  That  doesn't  prove  that  this  city  is 
going  back  and  Los  Angeles  taking  the  lead. 
It  merely  proves  that  at  present  in  San  Fran- 
cisco gilt-edge  property  is  undervalued,  and 
is  therefore  a  good  buy  for  anybody  desirous 
of  investing  in  real  estate. 

William  iShadde,  who  was  called  as  an  ex- 
pert to  value  the  property  of  A.  J.  Rich  & 
Co.  on  Van  Ness  avenue  is  regarded  as  one 
of  the  best  in  the  city.  He  was  for  years 
with  the  late  Thomas  Magee,  and  left  that 
noted  real  estate  operator  to  act  as  expert 
for  the  Hibernia  Bank.  He  has  had  a  vast 
amount  of  experience,  and  when  he  states  pos- 
itively that  $800  a  foot  is  a  fair  market  value 
for  the  Van  Ness  avenue  property  his  decision 
can  be  accepted  as  reliable.  If  the  property 
were  offered  for  sale  in  the  open  market  now, 
it  probably  would  not  bring  a  higher  price, 
and  might  bring  a  lower  one,  for  the  market 
is  depressed,  and  has  been  in  that  condition 
for  a  long  time.  The  depression  cannot  last 
much  longer. 

Jacob  Bartn's  Opinion. 

Like  all  observant  San  Francisco  business 
men  who  have  been  in  Europe  this  year,  Ja- 
cob Earth  of  J.  Barth  &  Co.  has  returned  in 
a  most  optimistic  mood.  The  existing  condi- 
tions, he  believes,  indicate  a  very  prosperous 
year  ahead  of  us.  He  found  that  there  was 
a  good  deal  of  interest  taken  in  the  Panama 
Exposition,  and  that  the  opinion  amounts  to  a 
conviction  in  Europe  that  the  opening  of  the 
Panama  Canal  will  make  San  Francisco  a 
great  distributing  point  for  the  wholesale 
trade   of  the   Pacific  Coast. 

Associated  Oil. 

As  the  week  advanced  increased  interest 
in  Associated  Oil  was  shown  by  local  buyers 
who  paid  little  attention  to  the  stock  when 
it  suddenly  advanced  in  New  York.  It  was 
thought,  when  the  stock  advanced  on  Tuesday 
to  $46.50,  that  it  was  pretty  high,  but  persons 
who  claim  to  be  well  informed  regard  that 
figure  as  at  least  ten  points  below  what  the 
stock  should  be  selling  for.  The  absence  of 
definite  information  to  justify  an  increase  of 
price  operates  to  depress  the  stock,  and  no- 
body seems  to  be  able  to  tell  when  the  situa- 
tion will  become  any  dearer. 

Death,  of  a  Clever  Young  Financier. 

The  death  of  Eugene  R.  Hallett,  manageT 
of  the  firm  of  Louis  Sloss  &  Co.,  was  greatly 
deplored  by  the  many  friends  of  that  popular 
young  business  man.  He  was  32  years  old, 
but  in  his  comparatively  brief  career  had  ac- 
complished much.  Judging  by  his  early  suc- 
cess, he  would  have  attained  great  success  in 
the  financial  world  had  he  been  spared  to 
enjoy  a  long  life.  Mr.  Hallett  was  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  University  of  California. 


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(Member    of    the    Associated    Savings    Banks     of 
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The   following  Branches  for   Receipt  and  Pay- 
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between  21st  and  22nd. 

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Assets  .  .  .        561,140,101.76 

Capital  actually  paid  up  In  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number    of   Depositors  .  .  .        66,609 

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P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'olock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


Yolauda  Mero,  Hungarian  Pianiste. 

ACCORDING  to  the  press  of  three  conti- 
nents, Mme.  X  olanda  Mero  must  be 
placed  in  the  ranks  of  the  first  pian- 
ists of  the  da}r.  On  this  her  second  tour  of 
America  she  has  been  re-engaged  by  every 
orchestral  and  musical  society  with  which  she 
appeared  two  years  ago,  and  these  include  the 
Boston,  Philadelphia,  New  York  and  Theodore 
Thomas  symphony  orchestras.  Her  grasp  up- 
on the  standard  pianoforte  compositions  of 
all  schools,  classic  and  modern,  is  complete. 
Many  consider  Mme.  Mero  the 
greatest  artist  of  her  sex  now  be- 
lore  the  public. 

Manager  Ureenbaum  announces 
three  concerts  by  this  artist  at 
Scottish  Rite  Auditorium,  tne 
dates  being  Sunday  atteinoon,  No- 
vember 10th;  Thursday  night,  No- 
vember 14th;  and  Saturday  after- 
noon, November  16th.  At  the 
opening  concert  Mme.  Mero  will 
play  rseethoven  's  sonata,  opus 
III,  Bach's  "Fantasie  Chromat- 
ique  and  Fugue, ' '  a  g:  oup  of 
Chopin  works,  a  rhapsodie  in  C 
major  by  Doiinanyi,  a  group  of 
Liszt  works,  and  a  novelty  ' '  Valse 
Intermezzo"  oy  Merkld.  At  the 
second  concert  the  novelties  will 
be  variations  by  Doknanyi,  etude 
on  octaves  by  Aghazzy,  and  a 
work  by  Liszt-Stradal.  Beetho- 
ven's sonata,  op.  109,  will  be 
given  tor  the  first  time  in  many 
years  at  a  public  recital.  For 
the  Saturday  matinee  a  special 
program  has  beeu  arranged,  in- 
cluding quite  a  few  works  never 
before  heard  in  this  eity,  and 
Schumann  's    ' '  Fantasiestucke. ' ' 

Complete  programs  may  be  ob- 
tained at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  's, 
and  Kohler  &  Chase's,  where  the 
sale  of  seats  opens  next  Tluns- 
day,    November   7th. 

Alice    Nielsen. 

A  I. [CH  NIELSEN,  the  bril 
liant  young  soprano,  who 
commenced  her  career  at 
the  old  Wigwam  in  this  city,  and 
who  vowed  that  she  was  going  to 
work  and  study  until  she  reached 
the  top  rung  of  the  ladder  ol 
fame,  has  certainly  achieved  her 
end,  and  is  this  year  registered 
as  one  of  the  star  members  of 
the  Metropolitan  Opera  House 
Company,  and  as  special  guest 
singer  at  the  Boston  and  Chicago 
opera    houses  as  well. 

Before    commencing  her   season 
at  the  Metropolitan,  Miss  Nielsen 
will  make  a  brief  concert  tour  in 
which  she  will  have  the  assistance 
of  the   following   stars   of   the   Boston   Opera 
Company,    by    special    arrangement    with    Mr. 
Henry  Russel:     Mile,  Jeska  Swartz,  contralto; 
Signor   Alfredo   Ramella,   lyric    tenor;    Signor 
Rudolpho  Fornari,  baritone;  Signor  Jose  Mar- 
dones,   basso;   Signor  Luigi   Tavecehia,  buffo- 


basso;  and  Signor  Fabio  Rimini,  pianist  and 
director. 

Quite  out  of  the  ordinary  programs  will  be 
offered  by  Miss  Nielsen  and  her  company,  the 
first  part  being  devoted  to  solos,  duets,  trios, 
etc.,  from  the  modern  and  classic  operas,  and 
the  second  part  being  operatic  performances 
in  costume. 

One  program  contains  a  condensed  version 
of  ' '  The  Barber  of  Seville, ' '  and  the  other 
the  complete  version  of  the  new  Wolf-Ferrari 
success,    "The    Secret    of    Suzanne."      All    of 


the  week  of  November  17th,  and  full  particu- 
lars of  these  interesting  events,  both  for  this 
city  and  Oakland,  will  appear  in  next  week's 
issue. 


The  Beel  Quartet. 

THE  first  concert  of  the  Beel  Quartet  will 
be    given    at    the   St.    Francis   Hotel    in 
the   Colonial   ballroom   this   Sunday   af- 
ternoon at  2:30.     With  this  concert  the  splen- 
did organization  will  issue  in  the  second  year 
of    its    existence,    and      Manager    Greenbaum 
promises  that  the  improvement  in 
the   work   will   astonish    even   the 
greatest  admirers  of  Mr.  Beel  and 
his  associates,  for  no   other  quar- 
tet ever  organized  here  has  done 
the  amount  of  rehearsing  that  this 
one    has,   and    that    is    what    tells 
in  the    art    of  ensemble    playing. 
The  program  is  as  follows: 

1— Quartet  in  F,  op.  43  (Schu- 
mann). 2 — Sonata  for  violin  and 
piano  in  U  major  (Brahms),  Mrs. 
Alice  Bacon  Washington  and  Mr. 
Beel.  3 — Quartet  in  D  flat,  op. 
15    (Dohnanyi). 

Tickets  are  $1,  and  may  be  se- 
cured at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  's, 
or  Kohler  &  Chase's,  and  on  Sun- 
day at  the  St.  Francis.  The  sec- 
ond concert  will  be  given  Tues- 
day   night,    November    2b'th. 


M1 


YOLANDA  MERO 

Famous   Hungarian   pianiste,   who   will  give   a   series   of  three   recitals   at   Scottish 

Rite  Auditorium. 

the  Nielsen  performances  will  be  given  with 
complete  grand  opera  orchestra,  the  star  pos- 
sessing the  exclusive  rights  to  do  the  un- 
abridged version  of  ( The  Secret  of  Suzanne." 
with  its  complete  brilliant  orchestration  in  this 
city.      The    Nielsen    Company   appears    during 


Music  Matinees. 
ISS  ZILPHA  RUGGLES 
JENKINS  has  been  select 
ed  as  soloist  for  the  reg- 
ular weekly  music  matinees  of 
Kohler  &  Chase.  Miss  Jenkins  is 
not  a  stranger  to  San  Francisco 
music  love:s,  for  she  has  frequent- 
ly appeared  in  public  and  private 
concerts.  Her  splendid  voice  and 
musicianship  will  no  doubt  please 
the  large  audience  that  will  as- 
semble next  Saturday  afternoon, 
November  2nd.  In  addition  to 
this  soloist,  Pierre  Douillet  and 
Mrs.  William  Henry  Banks,  two 
pianists  of  a  superior  order,  will 
p-esent  a  piano  concerto  by  Prof. 
Douillet.  Prof.  Douillet  "is  the 
Dean  of  the  Conservatory  of  Mu- 
sic of  the  College  of  the  Pacific, 
and  a  piano  virtuoso  of  interna- 
tional reputation.  Mrs.  Banks 
used  to  be  a  pupil  of  Prof.  Douil- 
let, but  has  in  the  meantime  stud- 
ied with  Rafael  Josephy,  and  has 
appeared  with  much  success  in 
private  and  public  concerts.  The 
following  is  the  program: 

Concerto,    op.    16,    third    move- 
ment (Grieg),  the  Pianola  Piano; 
Serenade    (Strauss),   Lenz,  op.  19 
(Hildach),    Mrs.    Jenkins,    accom- 
panied with   the  Pianola;    Concerto    in    E  flat 
(Pierre  Douillet),  Mrs.   Banks,  Prof.  Douillet 
at   the  second  piano;    Madrigal    (Chaminade), 
Villanelle  (Dell3  Acqua),  Mrs.  Jenkins,  accom- 
panied with   the   Pianola;   L'Arlessienne  Pre- 
lude,  Minuetto    (Bizet),   Aeolian  Pipe  Organ. 


Saturday,   November  2,    1912. 


-THE  WASP 


21 


Drama  at  the  Cort. 

FROM  a  tabloid  drama  written  for  vaude- 
ville purposes,  Paul  Armstrong  lias  ex- 
panded  "  A  Romance  of  the  Under- 
world" 'n1"  a  play  of  four  acts,  which  sus- 
tains, ii  it  does  nut  heighten,  the  reputation 
of  the  author  of  "Alias  Jimmy  Valentine." 
There  is  a  suspicion  of  padding  in  the  earlier 
scenes,  and  the  final  :u-t  is  largely  a  conces- 
sion to  thai  popular  sentiment,  which  de- 
mands the  certainty  of  a  blissful  ending,  but 
the  t  hi  rd  act  closes  mi  a  note  of  dram  at  ic 
genius.  All  that  had  seemed  in  be  superflu- 
ous suddenly  takes  a  meaning,  and  the  situa- 
tion becomes  so  tense  the  audience  is  held 
spellbound)  recovering  itself  only  in  the  tu- 
multuous applause  which  follows  t he  fail  of 
the  curtain.  It  is  a  scene  worth  all  the  wait- 
in-,  and  one  no  lover  of  sterling  drama  should 
miss   the    opportunity    of   seeing. 

Some  kid  gloved  critics  have  objected  to 
Armstrong's  partiality  lor  the  underworld,  hut 
-.u  long  as  he  is  aide  to  ^'et  effects  such  as  that 
in  '  *  A  Romance  of  the  Underworld ' '  I  for 
one  have  no  desire  to  see  him  trying  his 
hand  on  i  lie  aristocracy  or  the  wealthy  lower 
orders, 

Holbrook  Kliun,  the  star  of  the  play,  returns 
to  his  aative  city  acknowledged  as  one  of  the 
fine  si  actors  on  the  American  stage,  tilinu's 
methods  are  disl  inct  ive  and  individual.  He 
has  poise.  He  is  unstagy.  As  the  attorney, 
McDermott,  who  wins  his  first  case — and,  in- 
cidentally, the  hand  of  a  very  fair  maiden — 
in  "A  Romance  of  the  Underworld,"  BJinu 
has  a  part  that  fits  him  like  the  proverbial 
glove.  He  is  ably  supported  by  a  good  all 
round  combination. 

On  Sunday  night,  November  10th,  "The 
Chocolate  Soldier  '  comes  to  the  Cort  Theater 
on  its  annual  visit.  The  Whitney  Opeia  Com- 
pany is  the  producer,  and  a  notable  cast,  in- 
cluding four  favorites  who  were  here  last  sea- 
son,   is   announced. 


At  the  Orpheum. 

THE  Orpheum  announces  for  next  week 
a  great  new  show  which  will  be  headed 
by  Madame  Maria  Galvany,  the  famous 
European  prima  donna,  who  will  be  heard  in 
arias  from  her  repertoire  of  grand  opera.  Hei 
success  abroad  has  amounted  to  a  positive  tri- 
umph, and  her  engagement  for  the  Orpheum 
Circuit  is  a  distinct  managerial  coup.     Mine. 


BEEL 


QUARTET 

FIRST   CONCERT 


This  Sunday  Afte~noon,  November  3,  at  2:30 

ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL  BALLROOM 

Alice   Bacon   Worthington.  .  .    Pianiste 
Tickets,  $1.00,  nt  Sherman.  Clay  &  Co.'s  and  Koh- 
ler    &    Chase's.       Sunday    at    St.    Francis. 


YOLANDA 


v  >s 


MERO 


HUNGARIAN  PIANO  VIRTUOSA 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

Sunday  Aft.,  Nov.   10,  Thursday  Eve.,   Nov.    14, 

and    Saturday   Aft.,    Nov.    16. 
Tickets,    $1.50,    $1.00,    75c.,    ready  next    Thursday, 
Nov,    7.    ai     therman,    Clay    &    Co.'s    and    Kohler    &. 
Chase's. 

Steinway   Piano    used. 


Coming— ALICE    NIELSEN'S    COMPANY. 


Galvany  proved  a  great  lyric  sensation  in 
Russia,  Italy.  Spain,  Portugal  ami  England. 
Her  favorite  opera  is  '"La  Sonnambula,"  but 
she  has  also  triumphed  in  "'11  Flauto  Mag- 
u-...''  "II  Puritani,"  ' * Bigoletto, ' l  "II  Bar- 
biere,*'  "Don   L'asquale"  and  "Lucia." 

Joseph  Harts  production  of  I  i-eorge  V.  Ho- 
hari's  playlet,  "  Mein  Liebchen"  (My  Loved 
One)  will  be  a  feature  of  the  coming  pro 
gram.  It  is  withoul  doubl  one  of  the  must 
delightful  plays  that  this  famous  author  has 
ever   writ  ten. 

Gus  C.  Weinburg,  best  remembered  for  his 
admirable  rendition  of  the  Burgomaster  in 
the  musical  c  nedy  of  that  name,  [days  the 
old  musician,  Rudolph  Spiegel,  with  a  quaint 
German  humor  that  is  irresistible. 

Howard  the  Scottish,  original  sub-vocalist, 
who  comes  next  week,  is  the  most  original 
ventriloquist    before   the   public   today. 

Dane  Claudius  and  Lillian  Scarlet  will  intro- 
duce next  week  only  a  musical  melange  en- 
titled "The  Call  of  the  Sixties."  The  couple 
are  splendid  ban  joists  and  excel  particularly 
in  their  performance  of  the  old  songs  of  war 
times. 

Les  Marco  Belli,  French  comedy  conjurors, 
will  offer  a  series  of  clever  illusions  in  a  hu- 
morous and  novel  manner. 

Charlie  Olcott  will  present  a  comic  opera  in 
ten  minutes. 

Next  week  will  conclude  the  engagement  of 
Amelia  Bingham,  who  will  present  the  prin- 
cipal scene  from  Stanislaus  Slange's  comedy, 
"A  School  for  Husbands." 


At  the  Pantages. 

THK  many  admire1,  s  of  Miss  Nellie 
Schmidt,  the  young  and  athletic  Ala- 
medan  who  swam  across  the  bay  and 
around  the  Seal  Rocks,  and  who  will  shortly 
negotiate  the  English  Channel,  will  be  pleased 
to  learn  of  her  plunge  into  vaudeville  at 
Pantages  for  the  week  starting  Sunday,  No- 
vember 3rd.  Miss  Schmidt  will  give  an  ex 
position  of  trick  and  fancy  diving  and  swim- 
ming in  the  huge  glass  tank  provided  for  her. 
Beautiful  scenery,  showing  the  Cliff  House, 
Sutro  Heights,  the  Seal  Rocks  and  the  Golden 
Gate,  has  been  specially  painted  for  the  per- 
formance. Noted  the  world  over  for  their 
burlesque  on  cycling  and  their  thrilling  feats 
on  cycles,  the  Millard  Brothers  will  introduce 
a  cycling  burlesque  on  the  other  acts  on  the 
bill,  and  then  conclude  with  a  variety  of  sen- 
sational feats.  Eleanor  Otos  and  her  clever 
company  will  be  seen  in  ' ' De  Vere  of  the 
<  'hoi us,  '  the  plot  of  which  is  based  on  the 
love  adventures  of  a  chorus  girl.  The  All- 
Star  Trio  return  with  a  repertoire  of  old  and 
new  songs.  Mile.  Esmeralda,  a  young  zylo- 
phonist,  De  Lea  and  Orma.  in  " Six  Feet  o± 
Comedy,''  Jack  Matthews'  "School  Kids," 
and  two  reels  of  late  pictures  will  complete 
an  attractive  bill. 


/v»SAN   FRANCISCO    - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry HADLtr-CoNDucwR 

PROGRAM 
THIRD     SYMPHONY     CONCERT 

November  15,   1912: 

Mozart  (1756-1791),  overture,  "Marriage  of 
Figaro."  Rachmaninoff  (1873),  Symphony  No. 
2,  in  E  minor — I,  Largo,  Allegro  Moderato;  II, 
Allegro  Motto;  III,  Adagio;  IV,  Allegro  Vi- 
vaco.  S.  Coleridge  Taylor  (1875-1912,  The 
Bamboula,  Rhapsodic  Dance  (new,  first  time 
in  San  rrancisco).  Wagner  (1813-1883),  Sieg- 
fried's Funeral  March  from  "Die  Gotterdam- 
merung;  In  Memoriam,  three  obos  and  English 
horn. 


San  Francisco  Orchestra. 

Tl  I  E  first  concerl  of  i  he  second  season  o£ 
the  San  Francisco  Orchestra  was  a  tri- 
umph in  all  that  goes  to  the  mnk 
an  artistic  and  financial  snecess.  It  was  a 
house  packed  with  genuine  music  lovers,  who 
are  certain  to  continue  t heir  attendance  so 
long  as  the  high  standard  of  the  opening  pro 
gram  is  sustained.  It  was  neither  an  audience 
■.  ;miij  .-■■:  I  .-III:  lis  1  SOCKt'.  folk  out  to  <1k.|  I  i\ 
its   frocks   and    be   seen,    nor   an    assemblage   of 

musical     highbrows,     intent     more     U] riti- 

eism  than  appreciation.  Representing  the  best 
in  the  city's  musical  taste,  its  numbers  and 
enthusiasm   gave   guarantee    that    on    a    finan- 


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And  a  Compai 


"A  Romance  of  the  Underworld" 

BY  PAUL  ARMSTRONG 
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Week  of  November  3rd: 

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NELLIE  SCHMIDT 

'The    Girl    Who     Swam    Around    the    Seal    Rocks.' 

'The    Girl    Who    Swam    San    Francisco    Bay." 

'The    Girl    Who    Will    Swim    the    English    Channel.' 

In  an  Exhibition 

Of  Trick  and  Fancy  Diving  and  Swimming  in  a 

Huge   Glass  Tank. 

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eial  basis  the  success  of  the  second  season 
will  not  only  equal  but  surpass  that  of  the 
first. 

Coming  to  the  concert  itself,  it  was  pleas- 
ant to  note  that  those  present  exemplified  the 
rare  art  of  applauding  vigorously  and  yet  with 
discrimination.  As  each  number  was  conclud- 
ed, the  approval  was  most  emphatic,  but  it 
was  still  shaded  sufficiently  to  indicate  when 
it  was  for  conductor,  orchestra  and  composer 
and  when  for  conductor  and  orchestra  only. 
A  finer  ear  than  mine  might  have  detected 
in  the  case  of  Beethoven 's  Overture,  Lenore 
No.  3,  a  trine  more  applause  for  orchestra 
and  composer,  but  perhaps  I  only  thought  that 
it  should  have  been  so,  because  I  am  preju- 
diced in  favor  of  interpretations  of  this 
work  other  than  that  of  Conductor  Hadley. 
It  is  purely  prejudice,  for  as  a  music  lover, 
rather  than  a  critic  obsessed  with  the  dull 
mania  for  allotting  ranks,  assigning  musical 
prizes  and  speaking  as  with  the  voice  of  eter- 
nal wisdom  on  matters  purely  of  taste,  I 
prefer  to  label  my  preferences  frankly  as 
prejudices. 

And  again  with  the  symphony  "Prom  the 

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New  World/'  while  emphatic  as  to  the  ex- 
cellence of  the  conductor  and  orchestra,  I  am 
willing  to  concede  the  possibility  of  being 
utterly  mistaken  when  euarging  Dvorak  with 
having  perpetrated  the  greatest  musical  joke 
of  modern  times.  It  may  have  been  that  that 
really  great  composer  seriously  intended  it 
for  a  symphony  and  that  what  seems  to  me 
a  cross  between  ragtime  and  the  ranters' 
hymns  is  truly  great  music.  Dvorak  was  in 
America  and  saw  the  Sunday  supplements 
with  their  regular  supply  of  sensations  and 
must  have  been  alive  to  the  chance  for  put- 
ting over  a  superb  Sunday  thriller  by  writing 
a  symphony  which  professed  to  be  based  on 
the  distinctive  note  in  negro  and  other  folk 
melody.  But  however  mistaken  as  to  this,  I 
am  certain  that  the  work  was  never  better 
conducted  than  by  Henry  Hadley  nor  better 
played  than  by  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra. 

As  for  the  Spanish  Caprice  by  Eimsky- 
Korsakow,  it  is  difficult  to  think  of  superla- 
tives adequate  to  composer,  conductor  and 
orchestra.  That  Tschaikowsky  should  have 
described  it  as  "a  colossal  masterpiece  of  in- 
strumentation" is  not  to  be  wondered  at. 
From  the  opening  movement,  with  its  theme 
proclaimed  by  the  violins,  to  the  fandango 
with  which  it  closes,  the  atmosphere  was 
joyously  Spanish  and  one  had  but  to  close 
the  eyes  to  see  all  that  the  fancy  paints  of 
Spanish  Gypsy  gayety.  The  perfect  harmony 
of  players,  conductor  and  composition  was  a 
musical  delight  and  the  repetition  of  the  work 
will  ceitainly  be  clamored  for  by  the  orches- 
tra   patrons. 

Some  of  the  critics  observe  that  the  orches- 
tra had  not  gotten  into  the  harmony  to  be 
expected  later  on,  but  if  here  and  there  were 
minor  evidences  of  a  lack  of  perfection  in 
minor  details,  on  the  whole  the  orchestra  did 
wonders,  thanks  to  so  great  an  extent  to 
Hadley 's  remarkably  sympathetic  command 
of  his  performers. 

It  is  part  of  the  jargon  of  critics  to  class- 
ify conductors  as  great  and  successful,  the 
great  who  are  not  successful  and  the  success- 
ful who  are  by  no  means  great.  That  Henry 
Hadley  is  a  conductor  whose  success  amounts 
to  greatness  is  beyond  possibility  of  dispute. 
He  knows  just  what  the  people  want,  where 
and  how  to  get  it  and  he  never  fails  to  put  it 
across  to  the  perfect  satisfaction  of  his  sup- 
porters. The  opening  concert  was  a  distin- 
guished success  and  the  credit  is  in  the  main 
due  to  a  conductor  with  such  complete  mastery 
of  detail.  Hadley  is  also  to  be  congratulated 
on  the  judgment  shown  in  the  importation  of 
the  various  new  leaders  who  made  their  first 
appearance  with  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra. 

Adolph  Rosenbecker  of  Chicago,  as  con- 
cert master  proved  a  decided  acquisition  to 
the  string  section,  as  did  also  Arthur  Hadley, 
brother  of  the  conductor,  who,  as  the  new 
'cello  principal,  had  sufficient  opportunity  in 
which  to  indicate  his  sureness  and  artistic 
spirit.  B.  E.  Puyans,  the  flautist,  who  made 
his  local  bow  in  obligatos  for  Tetrazzini,  was 
another  welcome  addition  to  the  strength  of 
the   Hadley   combination. 


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Miss  Phyllis  de  Young's  Debut. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  II.  de  Young  are  planning  a  large 
reception  to  be  given  (or  their  daughter  Miss  Phyllis 
do  Young,  on  Thursday  evening,  November  17th. 
This  will  be  the  first  formal  appearance  of  the 
youngest  daughter  of  this  large  family  of  girls,  and 
Miss  Phyllis  is  quite  a  different  type  from  her 
other  sisters.  She  is  a  very  decided  blonde,  and  is 
a  great  exponent  of  diet,  and  is  looking  much  more 
Blender  than  she  did  before  her  year  abroad.  She 
has  just  brought  buck  a  beautiful  wardrobe  from 
Paris,  and  will  be  very  extensively  entertained  by 
the  numerous  friends  of  the  popular  De  Young  fam- 
ily, and  by  her  two  sisters,  Mrs.  George  Cameron 
and  Mrs.  Joseph  Tobin.  The  Do  Youngs  are  plan 
iiing  to  give  a  large  ball  early  in  December,  which 
will  e  the  first  opening  of  their  magnificent  ball- 
room and  picture  gallery.  It  is  being  rumored 
around  that  at  one  of  these  functions  a  very  inter- 
esting announcement  will  be  made  about  the  only 
other  unmarried  daughter  of  the  family.  Willard 
Barton  has  been  a  devoted  suitor  of  this  young  maid 
oven  since  her  return  from  Europe^  and  the  gossips' 
tongues    have    already    started   wagging. 


The  Baldwins  Arrive. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Baldwin  have  arrived  at  the 
Fairmont  for  a  week's  visit  from  their  home  in 
Colorado  Springs.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baldwin  were  mar- 
ried in  San  Francisco  about  twelve  years  ago,  but 
have  never  lived  here  at  all  since.  Mrs.  Baldwin 
was  Virginia  Hobart  before  her  marriage,  the  young- 
est of  the  Hobart  girls,  and  has  a  host  of  friends  to 
welcome  her  back  again.  Mr.  Baldwin  is  the  son 
of  the  late  Rear  Admiral  Baldwin  of  Newport,  and 
an  uncle  of  the  beautiful  Edith  Deacon  of  Boston, 
one  of  those  three  beautiful  sisters  of  so  much  news- 
paper notoriety.  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Baldwin  had  a  very 
sad  loss  a  few  years  ago  when  one  of  their  little 
sons  was  thrown  from  the  donkey  he  was  riding 
and  was  instantly  killed.  They  have  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  homes  in  Colorado  Springs,  where 
they  went  for  Mrs.  Baldwin's  health,  which  was 
very  poor  at  one  time,  but  which  is  much  improved 
now. 


A  Debutante  Tea. 
Miss  Augusta  Foute  gave  one  of  the  most  enjoy- 
able of  the  debutante  teas  when  she  entertained  at 
the  Palace  for  a  trio  of  buds  who  will  be  introduced 
this  winter.  The  three  girls  who  shared  the  honors 
of  the  occasion  were  Miss  Helen  Wright,  Miss  Lou- 
ise Janin  and  Miss  Henriette  Blanding.  The  decor- 
ations were  yellow  chrysanthemums  and  the  candel- 
abra shaded  in  the  same  color  gave  a  pretty  effect 
to  the  scene.  Among  those  who  were  bidden  to 
meet  the  debutantes  were  Misses  Sophie  Beylard, 
Harriett  Pomeroy,  Louise  Boyd,  Olive  Craig,  Janet 
Coleman,  Dorothy  Page,  Caroline  Murray,  Dora  Winn, 
Nell  Grant,  Margaret  Nicholas,  Misses  Otis,  Misses 
Cunningham. 


Miss  Keeney  Entertained. 
Miss  Innes  Keeney  and  her  fiance,  Willard  Cham- 
berlin,  who  are  being  so  much  feted  before  their 
marriage  on  November  6th,  were  the  guests  of  honor 
at  a  theater  party  given  by  Maurice  Sullivan,  who 
will  'be  one  of  the  ushers  at  the  coming  wedding. 
A  number  of  affairs  are  arranged  to  be  given  for 
Mrs.  Theodore  Tomlinson  on  her  arrival  from  New 
York  next  week.  Mrs.  Tomlinson  was  formerly 
Miss  Ethel  Keeney,  one  of  the  most  popular  belles 
in    San   Francisco    society   a   few    years  ago. 


Cupid  Sidetracked. 
It  seems  to  be  -inito  the  fad  nowadays  to  either 
break  one's  engagement  or  indefinitely  postpone  the 
wedding,  as  is  I  ho  case  of  Miss  Neva  Salisbury, 
Miss  Mildred  Baldwin  and  Miss  Barbara  Sinoll — all 
of   whom    had    set    t lie    date    for    their   marriage,    only 


MISS    PHYLLIS    DE    YOUNG 

Who    will    make    her    debut    at    a    reception    on 

the   17th. 

to  break  it  again.  Now  Miss  Marion  Hall  has  fol- 
lowed in  their  lead,  only  she  hns  broken  her  engage- 
ment off  entirely.  She  was  to  have  married  Fred- 
erick Nickerson  very  shortly,  and  the  plans  were  all 
made,  until  now  we  hear  that  there  will  be  no 
wedding,  and  no  reason  at  all  is  given  for  it.  She 
is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Hall, 
a  granddaughter  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Mee,  and  a  niece 
of  Mrs.  Robert  Hall  of  Washington,  and  Hubert  Mee 
of  this  city. 

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Frederick  Nickerson  is  a  prominent  business  man, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Burlingame  Club.  He  haa 
been  living  on  Pacific  uvonue  in  bachelor  quarters, 
with  Philip  Westcott,  Alfred  Holmes,  Hillyor  du 
Puy,  and  Dr.  Sterling  Bunnell,  and  was  very  popu- 
lar at   the  dances  during   the  winter. 


The  Neighbors'  Dance. 
The  Neighbors  are  giving  their  first  dance  of  the 
season  this  (Saturday)  evening,  and  it  promises  to 
be  a  very  jolly  affair.  These  dances  are  always  most 
informal,  beginning  at  8  sharp  and  ending  at  12, 
and  are  popular  with  the  young  married  peoplp  as 
they  are  with  the  debutantes.  In  fact,  the  Neigh- 
bors seem  to  be  all  ages,  ranging  from  the  extremely 
young — those  not  yet  out — to  the  older  men  who 
have  become  perennial  debutantes,  but  are  congenial, 
as  they  had  all  played  together.  The  patronesses  are 
Mrs.  J.  K.  Wilson,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bullard,  Mrs.  Andrew 
Carrjgan,  Mrs.  R.  H.  Postlethwaite,  and  Mrs.  Al- 
pheus  Bull. 


Campus  Mouser. 

Society  is  keenly  interested  in  the  plans  for  the 
"Campus  Mouser,"  which  is  materializing  wonder- 
fully. The  first  rehearsals  began  on  Monday  at  the 
St.  .Francis,  and,  owing  to  the  comparatively  short 
time,  they  will  have  to  be  frequent.  Most  of  the 
younger  girls  are  taking  some  part  in  it,  as  there 
are  to  be  several  different  choruses  and  about  ten 
girls  to  each  chorus.  It  promises  to  be  one  of  the 
most  enjoyable  affairs  all  round,  for  the  young  peo- 
ple will  derive  as  much  pleasure  out  of  being  in  it 
as    the    others    obtain    in    witnessing    it. 

The  affair  is  for  the  benefit  of  the  Armitage  Or- 
phanage of  San  Mateo,  and  will  be  given  at  the 
Valencia  Theater  on  November  14th  and  15th. 


Coming  of  Age. 
A  score  or  more  of  guests,  including  the  Hawaiian 
royalty,  were  elaborately  entertained  at  a  luau  given 
by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  C.  Beckley  of  Honolulu,  the 
occasion  being  the  coming  of  age  of  Mrs.  Beckley. 
Mrs.  Beckley  was  Miss  Beatrice  Campbell  of  Hono- 
lulu before  her  marriage,  which  occurred  a  year  or 
more  ago  in  this  city,  and  although  she  was  a  great 
heiress  her  income  was  only  $750  a  month  until  she 
should  come  of  age.  Now  that  time  has  arrived,  and 
a  very  gorgeous  affair  was  given  by  the  Beckleys  to 
celebrate  it.  The  Campbell  estate  is  extremely  large, 
and  Mrs.  Beckley's  share  will  bring  her  $3,000  a 
month,  making  her  the  second  wealthiest  girl  in  the 
Islands — Thelma  Parker,  now  Mrs.  Henry  G.  Smart, 
being  the  wealthiest.  Among  the  guests  present 
were  ex-Queen  Liliuokalani,  Princess  Kawananakoa, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  W.  Shingle,  and  Mrs.  Walter 
Macfarlane,  and  Prince  and  Princess  Kalanianaole. 
Two  Hawaiian  quintets  furnished  delightful  music 
for    the    guests'    entertainment. 


Card  Basket. 

Miss  Carolyn  Murray  has  set  the  date  for  her 
marriage  to  Ord  Preston  for  December  4th.  It  will 
be  a  large  wedding  and  will  take  place  at  the  beau- 
tiful residence  at  Fort  Mason  that  will  soon  be 
occupied  by  General  Murray  and  his  family.  Misa 
Sadie  Murray  will  be  her  sister's  only  attendant. 
The  young  couple  plan  to  spend  several  weeks' 
honeymoon  on  the  Pacific  Coast  before  going  to 
Washington   to  make   their  home. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Ord  Mason,  widow  of  Lieutenant  John 
Mason,  U.  S.  A.,  is  the  guest  of  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
K.  S.  Gregory,  wife  of  Lieutenant  Gregory,  U.  S.  A., 


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[Saturday,   November  2,   1912. 


at  the  Presidio.  Mrs.  Mason  has  a  large  circle  of 
friends  nere.  Her  father  was  the  late  General  K. 
O.  C.  Ord,  who  commanded  the  Department  of  Cali- 
fornia in  -  60  and  was  a  pioneer.  He  came  to 
California  in  1848.  Among  the  family  connections 
here  are  the  Holladays,   Huies  and  Thompsons. 

Miss  Marie  Hathaway  nas  sent  out  cards  for  a 
dance  to  be  given  at  the  home  of  her  parents  on 
Cough     street    on     Friday    evening,     November     15th. 

Mrs.  Frank  Holmes  and  her  daughter,  Miss  Mar- 
garet Holmes,  entertained  at  a  tea  during  the  week 
at  their  apartments  at  the  Bellevue.  They  were 
assisted  in  receiving  by  Mrs.  Elliot  McAllister,  Mrs. 
Tubbs,  Mrs.  Alexander  McCrackin  and  Miss  Sophie 
Coleman. 

Miss  Marie  Hathaway,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs 
H.  L.  Hathaway,  will  be  hostess  at  an  informal 
dancing  party  to  be  given  Thursday  evening,  Novem- 
ber 21st,  at  the  Fairmont,  when  the  members  of  the 
younger    set    will    be    entertained. 

Miss  Lucille  Levy  has  issued  cards  for  an  "At 
Home"  to  meet  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Rounsefell  (nee 
Miss  Laura  Farnsworth),  on  Friday  evening,  No- 
vember   lit. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francisco  de  Ojeda  will  entertain 
at  a  dancing  party  November  15th  at  their  home 
on  Lake  street,  when  they  will  introduce  their 
daughter.  Miss  Nadine  de  Ojeda,  at  one  of  the  first 
debutante  parties  of  the  season.  More  than  100 
young    people    have    been    invited. 


Recent   Events. 

Mrs.  Maurice  Frank  was  hostess  at  an  informal 
•'kaffee  klatch"  on  Saturday  afternoon,  at  which 
Mine.  Gadski  was  the  guest  of  honor.  In  the  early 
hours  of  the  afternoon  she  enjoyed  a  motor  trip 
with  a  group  of  friends,  the  party  being  enter- 
tained   by    Oscar    Frank. 

Miss  Sophie  Beylard,  the  debutante  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Duplessis  Beylard,  entertained  at  an 
informal  luncheon  on  Thursday  at  the  Town  and 
Country  Club  for  a  score  of  buds  who  will  be 
presented    this    winter. 

Mrs.  Peter  McG.  McBean  was  hostess  at  an  en- 
joyable luncheon  at  the  Fairmont,  when  the  feted 
guest  was  Miss  Henriette  Blanding,  one  of  the  de- 
butantes who  is  being  entertained  at  a  series  ot 
informal    affairs    this    month. 

4 

MISS  MEHEGAN'S  RECTAL. 
Miss  Eva  Mehegan,  a  talented  pupil  of  Georg 
Kruger,  is  to  appear  in  a  piano  recital  before  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  November  12th.  Miss  Mehe- 
gan's  playing  is  artistic,  and  shows  the  result  of 
good  training  coupled  with  serious  and  painstaking 
study. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  JUSTICES'  COURT  OF  i'HE  CITY  AND 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  City 
Hall. 

W.  F.  CORDES.  Plaintiff,  vs.  A,  SHAPIRO,  De- 
fendant.— Action   No.  47,521. 

Action  brought  in  the  Justices'  Court,  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  complaint  filed  in 
the  office  of  Clerk  of  said  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  to  A. 
SHAPIRO,    Defendant,    greeting: 

Tou  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above  named  plaintiff,  in 
the  Justices'  Court  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  and  to  answer  to  the  complaint  filed  there- 
in ;  with  in  five  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  ser- 
vice after  the  service  on  you  of  these  summons,  if 
served  within  this  county,  otherwise  within  twenty 
days. 

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

This  action  has  been  assigned,  and  vou  are  directed 
to  appear  before  A.  B.  TREADWELL,  Esq.,  one  ot 
the  Justices  of  said  Court,  at  his  office,  Grant  Build- 
ing, Seventh  and  Market  Streets,  in  said  City  and 
County. 

Make  legal  service  and  due  return  hereon:  By 
order  of  the  Presiding  Justice,  of  the  Peace  of  the 
City  and   County  of   San   Francisco. 

Given  under  mv  hand  this  22nd  dav  of  March, 
1912. 

ROBERT  TV.  DENNIS.  Justices*    Clerk, 
by  TVM.   H.    CAMPBELL.    Deputy    Clerk. 

JOSEPH  KTRK.  Attorney  for  Plaintiff.  Rooms  of 
the   Board  of   Trade,    San    Francisco. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
f  raucisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

IDA  BOLTEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming 
any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,892. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lieu  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
lendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  IDA  BOLTEN,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  sum- 
nuns,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any, 
you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly   described    as    follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southeaster 
ly  line  of  Mission  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-five 
( 85 )  feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Mission 
Street  with  the  northeaster  y  line  uf  Eighth  Street, 
and  running  thence  northeasterly  along  said  line  of 
Mission  Street  forty  (40)  feet ;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  eighty  (80)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southwesterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  eighty  (80)  feet  to 
the  point  of  Beginning;  being  part  of  ONE  HUN- 
DRED VARA  BLOCK  Number  407. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
erly line  of  Silliman  Street,  distant  thereon 
twenty-eight  (28)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  form 
ed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sil- 
liman Stret  with  the  easterly  line  of  Dartmouth 
Street,  and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 
of  Silliman  Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100 ,  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-seven  (27) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hun- 
dred (100 )  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ;  being 
lot  number  25,  block  52,  as  per  map  of  the  property 
of  the  RAILROAD  AVENUE  HOMESTEAD  ASSO- 
CIATION. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  sole  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur 
ther  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and   the  seal   of  said  Court,   this 
14th  day  of  October,    A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  2nd  dav  of  Nov- 
ember,   A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   4. 

JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L.  PRIOR,  Plaint- 
iffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien 
upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,735. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  De- 
fendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L. 
PRIOR,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows : 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
line  of  Walter  Street,  distant  thereon  three  hundred 
and  eighteen  (318)  feet  norlherly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Walter  Street  with    ihe   northerly   line   of   Fourteenth 

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Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and  along  said 
line  ot  Walter  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  ( 12o)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  MISSION 
BLOCK   Number    100. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south 
easterly  line  of  Clementina  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Ninlh  Street,  and  running  thence 
northeasterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clementina 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southwesterly  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  seventy 
five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part 
or  ONE    HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number  298. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estateB,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
•very  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
if  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
12th    day  of  September,   A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.   F.   DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of 
September,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiffs: 

EMILY  A.  FRIEDLANDER,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation ),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DATLEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  fur  the  City  and  County  uf  Sun 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    10. 

HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE  SCHWARZ, 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persuns  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  reul  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,842. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiffs. 

The  People  of  tho  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lion  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE 
SCHWARZ,  his  wir,e,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Ck-rk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  tho  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Loavenworth  Street,  distant  thereon  eight-seven  (87) 
feet  and  six  (6)  inches  southerly  from  the  south- 
erly line  of  Filbert  Street;  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth  Street 
twenty-five  (25  >  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east, 
erly  one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth 
Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
part    of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    441. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiffs  arc 
the  owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute; 
that  their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and 
quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all 
estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  other  descrip 
tion;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in   the   premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said     Court, 
this   4th   day   of   October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCRi^VY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  ol 
October,   A.  D.   1912. 

GERALD  0.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiffs, 
No.  501-501-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter 
and    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cnl. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
CALIFORNIA,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco.      Dept.    No.    10. 

MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA 
MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants.      Action    No.    32849. 

GERALD   C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  rnmplaint  of  MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  MARINA  MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  the 
plaintiff  herein,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above 
entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any 
part  thereof,  situate  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  particularly  described 
as  follows: 

I. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  (formerly  Washington  Place)  dis- 
tant thereon  thirty-seven  (37)  feet  eight  (8)  inches 
northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  westerly  line  of  Wentworth  Street  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Washington  Street;  running 
thence  northerly  along  said  westerly  line  of  Went- 
worth Street  thirty-three  (33  feet,  ten  (10)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty-three  (33) 
feet,  ten  (10)  inches:  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  Lot  No.  50  of  the  FIFTY  VARA 
SURVEY. 

II. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section   of    the    southerly    line    of    Green    Street    and 


the  easterly  Hue  of  Eaton  Alley,  running  thence 
easterly  uU>ng  said  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
sixty  three  (.03)  feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  one  hundred  sad  thirty-seven  (137)  feet, 
mx  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
forty-one  (41)  feel;  thence  at  a  right  anglo  north- 
erly fifty  (50i  fuct;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
twenty-two  (22)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton 
Alley;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
ilong  said  easterly  lint-  of  Eaton  Alley  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of 
t;  r.-iii  Street  and  the  [mint  of  commencement.  Be- 
ing a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
III. 

Commencing  a(  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  running  thence  southerly  and  along  tho  said 
easterly  line  of  Musi":  Street  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
ninety-six  (96^  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37  i  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  and  thence  at  u  right  angle  westerly  ninety- 
six  (96)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
IV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  forty  (40)  feet  easterly  from 
the  point  of  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street  with  the  said  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  last  men- 
tioned line  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  westerly  line  of  an  alleyway  twelve  (12) 
feet  wide;  thence  southerly  along  the  last  mentioned 
line  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  westerly  and  parallel 
with  Green  Street  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  northerly  sixty  (60)  feet  to 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
V. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the 
westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
( 6)  inches ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  thirty-seven  ( 137 )  feet,  six  ( 6 )  inches ; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  and  along  said  southerly  line 
of  Broadway  one  hundred  seventeen  ( 117  >  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Ave 
nue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  por- 
tion of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  63. 
VI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  northerly  line  of  Geary  Street  and 
the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Geary 
Street  forty  (40 )  feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of 
Geary  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be 
ing  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  757. 
VII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Bush  Street  distant  thereon  eighty-eight  (88)  feet, 
ten  (10)  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street,  running  thence  easterly  along  Baid 
northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet, 
four  (4  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Emma  Street;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Emma  Street  twenty- 
four  (24)  feet,  four  (4)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to 
the  northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT     No.     300. 

VIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Broadway  distant  thereon  forty-five  (45)  feet  east- 
erly from  the  easterly  line  of  Osgood  Place  (for- 
merly Ohio  Street),  running  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Broadway  twenty  (20) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  fifty-seven 
1,57)  feet,  six  (6>  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT  No.   197. 

IX. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  and  the 
easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence  east- 
erly along  said  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  sixty 
(60)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  along  said- 
westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place  seventy-seven  (77' 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly sixty  (60)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  seventy- 
seven  (77  *  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line 
of  Pine  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement, 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  286. 
X. 

Commencing  nt  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Grant    Avenue    distant    thereon    seventy-seven    (77) 


feet,  six  (0)  inches  southerly  from  the  southerly 
line  <>f  California  Street,  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  lino  of  Grant  Avenue  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  rigm  angle  easterly  fifty  (50) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Quincy  Place;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  and  along  said  westerly  line 
uf  Quincy  Place  twenty  CJ0)  feet;  and  thence  at 
n  right  anglo  westerly  fifty  (50)  feet  to  tho  easterly 
line  of  Grant  Avenue  and  the  point  of  commence- 
ment. Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No. 
144. 

XI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  and 
the  northerly  line  of  Adler  Street,  running  thence 
northerly  ulong  said  easterly  line  of  Grunt  Avenue 
twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20  feet;  and  thence  at  o  right  angle 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Adler 
Street  fifty  (50)  feet  to  tho  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  67. 
XII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-six  (66)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Vallejo  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty 
seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twentv  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  and 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No  224. 
XIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Grant  Avenue  distant  thereon  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches  northerly  from  tho  northerly  line 
of  Jackson  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6  inches;  thence  at  a  right  anglo  southerly  sixty- 
eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  60. 
XIV. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  westerly  line  of  Mason  Street  and 
the  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street,  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Mason  Street  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  sixty  (60) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  and  along 
said  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street  sixty-eight 
( 68 )  feet,  three  (3 )  inches  to  the  westerly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  475. 
XV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  thereon  sixty- three  (63)  feet 
easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley; 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  southerly 
line  of  Green  Street  sixty-eight  (68 1  feet,  nine  (9) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hun- 
dred thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion 
of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    232. 

And  you  are  further  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit:  For  the  judgment  and  decree  of  said 
Court  establishing  and  quieting  the  title  of  MARY 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSI- 
CANO, the  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased,  in  and  to  said  real  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  subject  to  the  administra- 
tion of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  declaring  that 
plaintiff  as  executrix  of  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased  is  in  the  actual  and  peace- 
able possession  in  the  right  and  for  the  benefit 
of  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  said  deceased;  and  that  it  be  adjudged 
that  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  the  said  deceased  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute,  subject  only  to 
the  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased . 
and  that  her  title  to  said  property  is  established  and 
quieted;  and  that  the  Court  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gage or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 
■  Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court, 
this    5th    day    of    October,    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   H.   I.   PORTER,   Deputv   Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    1912. 

GERALD  O.  HALREY.  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
No.  501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  No. 
105    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA  WAGNER,  Plain- 
tiffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or 
lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants..— Action    No.    32,847. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA 
WAGNER,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described   as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Utah 
Street,  distant  thereon  seventy-seven  (77)  feet,  two 
(2)  inches  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Utah  Street 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Nineteenth  _  Street,  and 
running  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Utah 
Street  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ;  being  part  f  o 
POTRERO  NUEVO  BLOCK  No.   92. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  own- 
ers of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist 
of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this   4th   day   of   October,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp''  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs: 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation),  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,   San  Francisco,   California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 


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property   herein   described   or  any  part   thereof,   De- 
fendants.— Action   No.    32,737. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty  (80) 
feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter 
section  of  the  southerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Street 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Diamond  Street,  and  run 
ning  thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-fifth 
Street  twenty-six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty- 
six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  ^lrteen 
(114)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of 
HORNER'S   ADDTION   BLOCK   Number  221. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  HenB 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand   and   the   seal   of  said   Court  this 
12th    day    of    September,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    T.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  Septem- 
ber,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property,  adverse  to 
plnintiff : 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lieu  upon,  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.    32,741. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 
The    People    of    the    State    of   California:    To    all 
persons    claiming   any    interest    in,    or    lien    upon,    the 
real    property    herein    described    or    any    part    thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Thrift  (formerly  Hill)  Street,  distant  thereon  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Capitol  Avenue;  running  thence  easterly  and  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northerly  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  westerly  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  and  thence 
at    right    angles    southerly    one    hundred    and    twenty- 


five   (125)   feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street 
and  the  point  of   commencement. 

Being  Lot  Number  two  (2)  in  Block  "Y, "  as  per 
Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  Railroad  Homestead  Associ 
ation,  recorded  in  Book  "C  &  D,"  at  Page  111  of 
Maps,  in  the  office. of  the  County  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Call 
fornia. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simp-e  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
13th  day  of  September,    A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.   DUNWORTH,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,   or  lien  upon,   said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff: 

E.  MESSAGER,  EMIL  GUNZBURGER,  Trustees 
of  the  Argonaut  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion (a  corporation),  No.  1933  Ellis  Street,  San 
Francisco,   Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  California 
Pacific  isuilding,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Streets, 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 
Dept.  No.  10. 


ESTATE    OF   AMBROSIUS    MAAS,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Ambrosius 
Maas,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice,  to 
the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phe- 
lan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said 
office  the  undersigned  selects  as  the  plaee  of  busi- 
ness in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of 
Ambrosius  Maas,   deceased. 

M.   J.   HYNES, 
Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Ambrosius  Maas, 
deceased. 

Dated,    San    Francisco,    Sept.    24,    1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HICKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
trator,  858   Phelan   Building,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 


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suns   ell  m,    ur   lion    UpOD, 

:     or    any    pari     thereof,    du- 

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immone,  and  to  set  forth  what 
or  lion, 

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end  County  of  Sau  of   California, 

and   partioulai 

wing   at    b    Mint    on    the    southeasterly    line   of 

i  three  (8 )  inches  north- 
easterly from  the  polnl  <i  intersection  of  tli<>  north- 
easterly line  of  Mono  Street  (formerly  Hose  Alley) 
with    the   southeasterly    lii  bus    (as 

said  stre*  down  hi  p  adopt 

official  by  toe  Hoard  of  Buparvi 
onntv,  under  or  din  tin 
n.'w  Series),  and   running  thence  north 
along   said   line   of    i 

feet;  thtoes  -t  one  hundred  and 

four   (I  tl    (8)  inches;   thence  south 

i,i v  live    (25)    feet; 
and   tl.-  ■  :.i    min- 

utes west  one   hundred   and   live   OOj)    feet   to   the 
of   beginning;    being  a   part   of   i"i    number   S, 
in     block     Dumber    8.    of    the    MARKET    si 
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y     wafl     before     the     widening     of 
Uona    Street     (formerly    bCoss    Alley)    described    as 
follows . 

the  soul  heasterly  line  of 
■  it,    distant     northeasterly    on    suid    lino 

n  i    ( 202  i    feel   and  ( i  1 1   inch 

fr.im  tbs  northeasterly  corner  of  Falcon  Street  and 
Mobs  Alley;  thence  running  north  50  deg.  20  miu. 
east  along  said  line  of  Falcon  Street  twenty-five  (25) 
feet ;    1 1  44    deg.    oast    one    hundred    ond 

four    (1  ad   eight    (8)    inches;    thence   south 

49  deg.  BO  ii'/iii.  west  twenty-five  (25)  feet ;  and 
thence  north  B9  deg.  45  min,  west  one  hundred  and 
rivr  (105)  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  point  of  com- 
mencement;  being  a  pari  of  lot  No.  six(C)  in  block 
the  same  is  laid  down  and  desig- 
nated upon  thi  Official  map  of  the  Market  Street 
ition,  Hied  iii  the  omce  of  the 
County  Recorder  of  the  said  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  thai  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  s.iifl  property  ho  established  and  quieted;  that 
iii.  '  ourl  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitahle,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  IienB 
of  any  description;  that  the  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet   in   tne  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
29th  day  of  August,  A.  D„  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The    first   publication   of    this   summons   was   made 
in    "The  Wasp"    newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Sep- 
tember, A.   D.    1912. 

J.  KARMEL,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  105  Mont- 
gomery   St.,    San    Francisco.    California. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    10. 

ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of  WILLIAM  G. 
RYDER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  Hen  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — 'Action  No. 
32,805. 

GERALD   C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of 
WILLIAM  G.  RYDER,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  prop- 
erty, or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Calif rnia,  par- 
ticularly  described  as   follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Pierce  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Vallejo  Street  ond 
the   westerly   line   of   Pierce   Street;    running   thence 


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tborly    along  said   westerly  Hue  of  Pierce  Street 

i..  m.  e    '  I   a  right  angle  west* 
erl)   one  hundred  twelve  (112)  feet,  six   (ft)   ii 
thence  at  a  ]  rly    twenty-five    (25 t 

feel  .   and   thenc*  i  kg  hi  terly  one  hun- 

dred   twelve    (112)    feet,    six    (6)    inches   to   the  west- 
erly   line    of    Pierce    .street    and    the    point    o 
mencement     Being  a  part  of  WESTERN  AIMjh  (ON 
Block    \n.    421. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
the  plaintiff  w  ill  apply  to  the 
l  .i  [or  iii"  reliel  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  Bnid  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  Baid  property  he  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Courl  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  li  gal  oj  quitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff 
recover  her  costs  herein,  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  he  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  27th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  II.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk, 

By.  J.    F.   DUNWORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  firsl  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  5th  day  of  Oc- 
tober,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  'ire  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  u] said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

IIIRERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a 
corporation),  Market  and  Joues  Streets,  San  Fron- 
eisCO,    California. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY.  Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  ond 
Montgomery    Streets,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 


No.  14119.     Dept.  10. 
ESTATE  OF  JAMES  SEXTON,  DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  JAMES  SEX- 
TUN,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to 
the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phelan 
Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  of- 
fice the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  business 
in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  JAMES 
SEXTON,    deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator  of  the  estate  of  JAMES  SEXTON, 

Dated,    San    Francisco,    October    8,    1912. 
CULLINAN    &    HICKEY,    Attorneys   for   Adminis- 
trator,  858   Phelan  Building,   San  Francisco,   Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

W  F.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  J.  A.  DAVIS, 
Defendant. — Action    No.    39.4H0. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  Shite 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  of  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  ami  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Jos. 
Kirk,   Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing to  J.   A.  DAVIS.  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appeur  and  answer  tne 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought 
against  you  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you 
of  this  summons — if  served  within  this  City  and 
County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served  elsewhere. 


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Calif  oral 

By   L.  J. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
ruia,    in    and    for   the    City   and    County    of   San 
■".   4. 

HARRIET  E,  SHERMAN,  Pluintiff,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
properly  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendant.     Action    Mo.    82,680, 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lieu  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
ins  complaint  of  HARRIET  E  SHERMAN,  pluinnir 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
■  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  Son  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and    particularly    described    as    follows. 

snfng  at  a  point  On  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  six 
(106)  feet,  three  ( ;i )  inches  westerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  lino  of 
Green  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Webster 
Street,  and  running  then ce  westerly  along  said  line 
of  Green  Street  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
forty-one  (41)  feet,  three  (3)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and 
tinny  seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  Vallejo  Street;  thence  easterly  along 
said  line  of  Vallejo  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  eighteen  (18)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches; 
and  thence  at  a  right  ancle  northerly  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
southerly  line  of  Green  Street  and  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION  Num- 
ber   321. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute:  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and'  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
l'Jlh   day    of    August,    A.   D.    1912. 

SEAL  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.  I.  HUGHES,   Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wnsp"  newspaper  on  the  31st  day  of  Aueust 
A.  D.    1912.  *       ' 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
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where    it   is    then    devoured.      The   only    peculiarity  in  the  form  of  the  archer 
fish    is    its    very   long    lower    jaws.       This    is    supposed   to   enable   il    to   direct    the 
liquid  muscle  with  which  it   hunts  its  game. 


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S.  S.  Chiyo  Maru  (via  Manila  direct) .... 

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S.  S.  Nippon  Maru  (Intermediate  Service 
Saloon.  Accommodations  at  reduced 
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S.  S.  Tenyo  Maru.  .  .  .Friday,  December  13,  1912 

Steamers  Bail  from  Company's  pier.  No.  34, 
near  foot  of  Brannan  Street,  1  P.  M.  for  Yoko- 
hama and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Honolulu,  Kobe 
(Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  connecting 
at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,  etc. 

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Round   trip   tickets   at  reduced  rates. 

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LAKM     ENGLISH. 

'  Y  AMERICUS 


CONSISTENCY  is  said  to  be  a  jewel.  It  is  one 
which  is  seldom  found  adorning  the  diadem  of 
municipal  government.  The  consistency  most 
in  evidence  under  all  municipal  governments  is  that  of 
the  penny-wise-and-pound-foolish  policy — saving  at  the 
spigot  and  wasting  at  the  bunghole. 

for  example,  the  other  day,  by  the  exercise  of  Spar- 
tan Eortitude  and  rare  prudence,  the  enormous  sum  of 
25  cents  was  saved  to  the  municipal  exchequer  by  the 
joint  efforts  of  the  Board  of  Works, 
the  Finance  Committee  of  the  Board 
of  Supervisors,  and  that  sleepless 
watchdog  of  the  treasury.  Auditor 
Thomas  Boyle. 

A  citizen  who  supplies  a  horse  and 
buggy  to  the  municipality  for  $45  a 
month  forgot  one  day  to  send  along 
with  the  rig  a  nosebag  and  the  requi- 
site quart  of  barley  for  the  horse, 
for  which  default  he  was  duly  docked 
a  quarter  of  a  dollar.  It  took  the  unit- 
ed efforts  of  several  bookkeepers  and 
experts,  and  Commissioners  Laumeis- 
ter  and  Fraser  (Commissioner  Casey 
was  away  at  a  funeral),  to  protect 
the  treasury ;  but  when  the  struggle 
was  over  and  the  Finance  Committee 
had  "0  K'd"  the  reduced  bill  of  $44.75,  and  Auditor 
Boyle  had  approved  the  abbreviated  claim,  the  munici- 
pality was  25  cents  ahead. 

Since  that  triumph  of  economy  was  recorded  in  the 
municipal  archives,  the  Finance  Committee  has  paid  the 
overswollen  $50,000  bill  of  Engineer  John  R.  Freeman, 
which  next  to  the  million-dollar  haul  made  by  Ham  Hall 
is  the  nearest  thing  to  using  a  jimmy  on  the  city  treas- 
ury that  has  taken  place  in  a  decade.  So  far  Ham  Hall 's 
brilliant  performance  holds  the  record,  and  is  likely  to 
remain  unequaled. 


THE      CHAMPION      CHAEGEE, 


STILL    IN    TOUCH. 

SEVERAL  times  it  has  seemed  to  the  long-suffering 
taxpayers  that  Expert  Freeman  would  be  paid  off 
and  got  rid  of  for  good,  but  no  sooner  is  he  handed  over 
a  large  wad  of  greenbacks  than  he  is  found  to  be  hack 
on  the  job  and  in  as  close  connection  as  ever  with  the 
city  and  count}'  treasury.  Somebody  should  write  a 
play  with  an  engineering  expert  as  the  hero.  In  an  un- 
guarded moment  the  people  of  a  town  employ  the  ex- 
pert to  prepare  plans  and  specifications  for  a  town-pump 
and  after  the  old  inhabitants  are  dead  and  gone  the  ex- 
pert is  still  digging  a  well-hole  and  the  people,  despair- 
ing of  ever  getting  water  to  drink,  have  built  a  munici- 
pal brewery  and  are  all  slaking  their  thirst  on  beer. 
But  the  expert's  pay  keeps  right  on, 
and  in  the  last  act  he  is  given  a  deed 
of  the  whole  town  in  settlement  of 
his  salary  account,  and  all  the  inhab- 
itants go  to  work  under  him  digging 
the  well  and  getting  their  pay  in 
promissory  notes.  We  commend  this 
to  Mr.  Felton  Elkins,  who  seems  to 
be  the  largest  figure  looming  at  pres- 
ent on  the  local  dramatic  horizon. 

It  will  require  a  good  deal  of  skill 
in  any  playwright  to  construct  a  farce 
as  funny  as  the  one  in  which  Engi- 
neer Freeman  has  played  a  star  en- 
gagement for  nearly  twenty-four 
consecutive  months. 

How  much  longer  he  may  hold  the 
center  of  the  stage  under  his  new  en- 
gagement remains  to  be  seen,  but  at  the  terms  of  $200  a 
day  for  Mr.  Freeman's  performances  when  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  $100  a  day  when  recuperating  at  his  far-dis- 
tant Eastern  home,  he  can  hardly  be  expected  to  dis- 
miss himself  in  a  hurry.  Few  of  us  would. 
•    •    • 

MAKING  THE  MONEY  FLY. 

ENGINEER  JOHN  R.  FREEMAN  may  or  may  not  be 
a  great  engineer,  but  there  is  no  question  of  his 
ability  to  present  a  pay  claim  that  makes  a  lawyer's  bill 
look  like  a  modest  account  for  carfare.     Although  he 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   November   9,    1912. 


drew  $200  a  day  from  the  city  when  here,  and 
$100  when  at  home  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  he 
charged  in  his  $50,000  bill  for  his  hotel  ex- 
penses and  railroad  fare.  One  bill  at  the 
Hotel  St.  Francis  was  almost  $1,000.  He 
charged  at  the  rate  of  $200  a  day  for  rolling 
up  his  maps.  He  charged  for  every  hour  he 
spent  on  the  railroad  going  to  and  from  Prov- 
idence, K.  I.,  and  he  even  worked  in  "over- 
time." For  services  rendered  during  98  days 
in  California  and  69  days  in  the  East — 167 
days  in  all — his  modest  bill  amounted  to 
$49,989.36,   or   an   average    of   $299.33    a   day. 

According  to  agreement,  he  should  only 
claim  98  days  at  $200  and  69  days  at  $100, 
or  in  all  $26,500  for  the  period  covered. 
How  does  be  figure  out  the  differenced  By 
the  simple  device  of  abolishing  the  calendar, 
putting  53  days  into  the  month  of  June,  68 
in  Jul}'  and  53  in  August,  or  to  be  more  ex- 
plicit, by  charging  for  overtime  not  stipulated 
in  the  contract.  It  reminds  one  of  the  plumb- 
er, who  exclaimed  poetically:  "Give  me  the 
overtime,  and  I  care  not  who  may  draw  my 
regular  wages;  give  me  the  extras  and  I  care 
not  who  may  get  the  contract.'' 

What  were  the  inspectors  of  the  Society 
for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  do- 
ing when  this  high-priced  engineer  was  being 
so  overworked  that  he  must  have  been  in 
danger  of  brain  fever?  Water  on  the  brain 
he  has.  That  is  what  lie  is  paid  for,  but  we 
had  no  right  to  let  him  work  68  hours  in  a 
month  that  has  only  31,  including  Sundays 
and  a  holiday,  on  which  no  loyal  American  is 
expected  to  labor.  Did  he  suffer  a  mental 
collapse,  and  were  those  extras  to  enable  him 
to  spend  a  year  in  Europe  at  a  cure  resort  1 
As  to  the  value  of  his  report,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  say  anything  farther  than  that  it  would 
be  fatal  to  his  bill  if  the  report  were  judged 
upon  typographical  appearances.  A  more  poor- 
ly printed  jumble  of  variegated  type  on  a  job 
lot  of  paper  ranging  from  barely  passable 
quality  to  inferior  news,  has  probably  never 
before  been  used  for  an  official  document. 
For  this,  Freeman  is  not  necessarily  respons- 
ible, but  it  is  a  detail  emphasizing  the  aston- 
ishment instinctively  felt  at  a  bill  of  charges 
so  preposterous  it  could  have  been  prepared 
only  on  the  assumption  that  in  their  eivic 
capacity  San  Franciscans  are  a  bunch  of  suck- 
ers. 

♦ ■ 

THE    RECALL    OF    GOV.    JOHNSON. 

THE  WASP'S  prediction  that  Woodrow 
Wilson  would  be  elected  in  triumphant 
style  has  been  verified  fully.  It  re- 
quired no  seventh  son  of  a  prophet  to  fore- 
see that  Governor  Wilson  would  attain  the 
Presidency,  and  that  California  would  dis- 
play in  the  most  convincing  manner  its  re- 
sentment for  the  disfranchisement  of  citi- 
zens who  desired  to  vote  for  Mr.  Taft.  Gov- 
ernor Johnson  and  the  politicians  associated 
with  him  in  the  manipulation  of  the  State 
government,  for  political  purposes,  must  be 
as   short-sighted   as  unscrupulous. 

If  they  ever  believed  that  the  regular  Re- 
publicans in  California  would  submit  to  the 
outrage    perpetrated    upon    them,    and    either 


stay  away  from  the  polls  or  swallow  the  Third 
Term  ticket,  they  have  been  thoroughly  un- 
deceived. The  conversion  of  a  banner  Re- 
publican State  into  a  Democratic  one,  in  a 
single  day,  is  a  lecord  on  which  no  Republi- 
can Governor  would  like  to  retiie  to  the  ob- 
scurity of  private  life.  Governor  Johnson  is 
very  likely  to  be  saved  the  ordeal  of  deciding 
for  himself  whether  to  resign  from  the  posi- 
tion in  which  he  can  no  longer  be  useful  to 
his  State,  or  of  brazening  it  out  to  the  bit- 
ter end  and  braving  the  disesteem  and  hostil- 
ity of  his  fellow-citizens.  An  insistent  de- 
mand for  Governor  Johnson 's  recall  is  al- 
ready heard  on  all  sides,  and  may  soon  be- 
come so  clamorous  that  the  machinery  of  ex- 
pulsion  must   be   set   in   motion. 

Governor  Johnson  was  one  of  the  most  ar- 
dent advocates  of  the  Recall  as  a  desirable 
measure  for  the  eradication  of  unworthy  pub- 
lic servants  from  the  State  pay-roll.  He  him- 
self has  been  one  of  the  boldest  and  most 
persistent  shirkers  or  official  duty.  He  has 
been  chiefly  conspicuous  by  his  absence  from 
his  office,  and  to  this  flagrant  neglect  of  his 
public  responsibilities  he  has' added  the  crime 
of  attempting  to  Mexicanize  the  government 
of  the  free  American  State  in  which  he  was 
born. 

Elected  on  a  so-called  ''progressive1'  plat- 
forni,  and  pledged  to  abolish  vicious  profes- 
sional politics  from  the  State  government,  Mr. 
Johnson  has  allowed  his  office  to  become  the 
recruiting  ground  of  undesirable  politicians, 
and  has  made  the  worst  of  them  the  leader 
in  legislative  affairs  and  the  boss  of  the  po- 
litical machine  he  has  created.  The  State 
government  under  Mr.  Johnson's  administra- 
tion has  reached  a  new  stage  of  disreputabil- 
ity  and  capped  the  climax  by  virtually  de- 
frauding thousands  of  honest  citizens. 

Governor  Johnson  should  be  hoisted  with 
his  own  petard.  By  the  Recall,  which  he  ad- 
mires so  much  and  advocates  so  strenuously, 
he  should  himself  be  recalled.  Let  the  good 
work  be  commenced  and  carried  on  energet- 
ically till  some  worthier  man  shall  be  placed 
at  the  head  of  the  shamefully  neglected  and 
woefully   degraded  State  government. 


OUR    NEW    PRESIDENT. 

ASIDE  from  the  fact  that  he  has  been 
elected  to  the  highest,  office  in  the  gift 
of  the  American  people,  and  one  of  the 
most  responsible  on  earth,  Governor  Woodrow 
Wilson  deserves  congratulation.  He  conduct- 
ed his  contest  for  the  Presidency  witu  effect 
ive  vigor,  which  never  degenerated  into  of- 
fensive personality,  but  was  at  once  decorous 
and  dignified.  He  won  the  commendation  of 
Americans  and  foreigners  by  the  contrast  of 
his  admirable  behavior  with  the  outright  in- 
decency of  his  most  formidable  opponent. 

It  is  a  gratifying  vindication  of  American 
citizenship  that  in  the  savage  battle  for  the 
Presidency,  the  man  who  most  observed  the 
code  of  civilized  warfare  emerged  triumphant 
and  was  awarded  the  laurels  of  victory  by 
an  overruling  majority  of  his  admiring  coun- 
trymen. 

We  shall  have  a  most   satisfactory  govern- 


ment with  President  Wilson  in  the  White 
House  if  the  now'  dominant  Democracy  can 
but  remember  that  the  overwhelming  vote  by 
which  it  has  been  placed  in  power  was  not 
so  much  an  indorsement  of  its  principles  and 
purposes  as  it  was  a  violent  protest  against 
Roosevelt    and    all    that   Rooseveltism    means. 

« 

POLITICS  IN  SCHOOLS. 

WHILE  many  a  politician  might  go  to 
school  with  profit,  the  school  is  not 
the  place  in  which  politicians  should 
be  pennitted  to  carry  on  a  campaign.  That 
there  are  such  political  canvassers  masquerad- 
ing as  superintendents  of  schools  was  evi- 
denced the  other  day  in  Alameda  county  by 
the  discovery  of  a  circular  letter  addiessed  to 
every  county  superintendent  of  schools  in 
the  State,  and  signed  by  George  W.  Frick, 
superintendent  of  schools  in  Alameda  county. 
Will  C.  Woods,  supeiintendent  of  Alameda 
city  schools,  and  J  .W.  McClymonds,  head  of 
the  Oakland  department.  The  circular  letter 
urged  the  necessity  of  educating  school  child- 
ren on  the  consolidation  amendment,  with  a 
view  to  influencing  the  voles  in  their  homes 
against  that  amendment.  That  these  three 
men  have  often  raised  their  voices  against 
the  introduction  of  politics  iuto  schools,  only 
adds  a  note  of  hyprocrisy  to  their  reprehens- 
ible piactices.  They  were  against  importing 
politics  iuto  the  schools  when  the  politics 
threatened  their  positions,  but  they  favor 
the   policy  when  it   favors  them. 

The  meiits  of  the  consolidation  amendment 
are  in  this  regard  the  merest  details  com- 
pared with  the  pernicious  principle  of  mis- 
using our  educational  institutions  to  the 
ends  of  partisan  politicians.  And  what  is 
hereby  revealed  only  gives  lise  to  the  sus- 
picion that  such  conduct  is  common,  though 
as  a  rule  successfully  concealed.  It  would  be 
interesting  to  know  to  what  extent  such  pol- 
icy on  the  part  of  school  diiectors  is  respons- 
ible for  the  rapidly  glowing  and  widely 
spread  dissatisfaction  with  our  public  school 
system.  All  over  the  country  the  educators 
are  taking  up  the  complaint  that  is  voiced 
by  President  David  Starr  Jordan,  that  our 
school  system  is  woefully  inefficient,  and  gives 
a  return  in  no  way  commensurate  with  the 
enormous  and  steadily  incieasing  expenditure. 
The  attack  made  recently  by  Charles  Wesley 
Reed  missed  the  mark  largely  because  it 
sought  to  point  the  evil  as  peculiar  to  San 
Francisco.  It  is  common  to  the  schools  of 
all  America;  nay,  more,  to  the  common  school 
systems   of  most   other   countries. 

Without  indorsing  all  that  has  been  saia 
in  the  Ladies'  Home  Journal,  and  the  many 
other  publications  exposing  the  defects  in 
primary  school  methods,  it  is  a  fact  patent 
to  the  general  taxpayer  that  he  is  not  getting 
the  article  he  pays  for.  The  Wasp  is  not  of 
those  primitives  who  declare  that  the  three 
' '  R  's' ' — '  'readin  ',  'ritin  ',  an  '  'rithmetie' ' — 
are  sufficient.  We  have  reached  the  necessity 
for  much  more,  but  so  far  we  are  only  pay- 
ing much  more  for  something  worth  very 
much  less. 

In  point  of  educational  attainments  the  av- 


Saturday,   November  9,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


I  eacbi  i .    and    esj iallj      I  be    a  i  bi  age 

i(*:icjit-r   >>!'   <  'ulil'nrnin,    which   sets   a   very    high 

Btandard,  would  Beem  to  be  well  equipped; 
Inii  theie  ia  something  radically  wrong  with 
the  system  under  which  teacheis  work,  and, 
it'   answerable     to    such     superintendents     as 

Prick,  W I  and  McClymonds,  they  are  oblig 

ed  ti>  Bpend  time  in  imparting  partisan  poli- 
tics to  their  pupils,  they  cannot  be  blamed 
for  the  failure  <>t  those  pupils  to  put  up  the 
Bhowing    taxpayers    have    a    righl    to    expect! 


COMPULSORY      VOTING. 

IN  THE  COXJESE  of  a  spirited  advocacy  of 
the  Utopian  principle  of  compulsory  voting, 
Federal  Attorney-General  Wickersham  re- 
lies chiefly  on  the  contention  that  "Xo  rights 
can  exisl  in  a  democracy  which  do  not  entail 
corresponding  duties."  This  venerable  plat- 
itude is  sound  enough,  but  the  mischief  arises 
when  the  crank  proceeds  to  decide  just  what 
are  the  duties  entailed  by  certain  rights. 
Every  right  does  not  entail  a  duty  of  exer- 
cising it,  the  duties  or  responsibilities  arising 
only  when  the  right  is  exercised.  A  man  has 
a  right  to  get  married,  but  whatever  the  moral 
there  is  no  legal  obligation  upon  him  to  secure 
a  license  and  proceed  to  the  nearest  altar. 
The  moment  we  are  compelled  to  exercise  a 
function,  that  function  ceases  to  be  a  right 
and  becomes  a  legal  obligation  and  it  is  only 
a  question  of  the  extention  of  these  obliga- 
tions and  you  get  a  condition  in  which  there 
is  no  longer  that  freedom  of  the  individual 
which  is  of  the  essence  of  a  democracy,  but  a 
bureaucratic  tyranny.  And  again,  if  it  be 
right  to  coerce  men  and  women  into  voting  in 
a  particular  class  of  elections,  then  why  not 
for  all  elections?  If  this  prevailed  America 
would  be  spending  half  its  time  at  the  ballot 
box  and  it  spends  far  too  much  time  there 
already.  Wickersham  stops  short  of  this  ab- 
surdity, but  in  that  hesitancy  he  confesses  the 
fatuousness  of  his  interpretation  of  the  dic- 
tum as  to  rights  and  duties.  If  the  millenium 
did  not  come,  as  was  expected,  when  all  were 
given  the  right  to  vote  it  is  no  more  likely 
to  arrive  when  all  are  compelled  to  vote.  But 
then,  absurd  expectations  as  to  the  results  of 
particular  reforms  is  the  very  breath  of  the 
nostrils  of  the  crank  reformer. 


After  a  tour  which  occupied  more  than  sev- 
en months,  A.  P.  Giannini  of  the  Bank  of  It- 
aly has  returned  to  San  Francisco  with  his 
family.  It  was  Banker  Giannini 's  first  trip 
abroad,  and  he  made  the  most  of  it.  He  visit- 
ed every  country  in  Europe,  including  Russia 
and  Spain,  and  crossed  the  Meditenanean  to 
Northern  Africa.  Like  all  Californians,  Mr. 
Giannini  has  returned  to  his  native  city  with 
a  better  opinion  of  his  State  and  its  metrop- 
olis than  he  ever  entertained  before.  And  he 
always  has  been  firm  in  his  championship  of 
California  as  the  best  State  in  the  Union. 

Mr.  Giannini  was  rather  surprised  to  find 
San  Francisco  somewhat  behind  Eastern  cities 
in  the  rapid  improvement  of  general  business. 
In  the  East  everybody  is  optimistic  in  the 
highest  degree  and  predicting  a  boom,  but  Mr. 


A  GOOD  ONE. 

Barne\    Oldfield, 

the  chance  -taking 
automobile  di  ivarj 
here  for  the  big 
automobile  meet 
scheduled  for  Tan- 
foran  track  Sun- 
day afternoon,  had 
a  good  laugh  band- 
ed him  by  a  news- 
boy one  morning 
tli  is    week. 

Harney  aul  a 
couple  of  fiionda 
were  standing  on 
Powell  street.  The 
dare-devil  had  the 
ever-present  cigar 
stub  in  his  mouth, 
this  particular  one 
being  "close  to 
the  cushion.  "  The 
youngster  offered 
an  election  extra 
to  the  speed  king 
and  was  waved 
away.  The  lad 
started  to  go,  then 
turned  around  and 
yelled:  "Say,  mis- 
ter, that  chew  of 
tobacco  is  on  fire. ' ' 


BARNEY    OLDFIELD    AND    HIS    "EVER-PRESENT     CIGAR. 


Giannini  thinks  that  nowhere  are  the  pros- 
pects of  prosperity  better  than  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Now  that  the  Presidential  election  has 
been  decided  in  such  a  convincing  manner,  Mr. 
Giannini  thinks  that  nothing  can  interfere 
with  the  complete  restoration  of  confidence  or 
delay  the  wave  of  prosperity. 

Mr.  Giannini  and  his  family  returned  in 
splendid  health  after  their  seven  months  of 
continuous  travel. 


Former  Police  Commissioner  and  State  Sen- 
ator Percy  Henderson  has  returned  from  his 
honeymoon  tour  of  Europe,  which  included  all 
the  principal  cities.  Mr.  Henderson  and  his 
bride,  who  was  Miss  Marie  Nealon,  the  at- 
tractive daughter  of  that  well-known  citizen, 
Mr.  James  C.  Nealon,  were  abroad  for  nearly 
five  months,  six  weeks  of  which  they  spent  in 
the  British  Isles  visiting  relatives. 

Mr.  Henderson,  who  is  a  successful  business 
man,  as  well  as  prominent  in  political  affairs, 
observed  that  a  great  improvement  in  busi- 
ness conditions  in  the  East  had  taken  place, 
and  he  predicts  that  the  opening  of  the  Pana- 
ma Canal  and  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition 
will  surely  bring  great  prosperity  to  San 
Francisco. 

4 

MUSICAL  EVENTS. 


Miss  Helen  Colburn  Heath. 

MISS  HELEN  COLBURN  HEATH,  so- 
prano, assisted  by  Herbert.  Riley,  'cel- 
lo virtuoso,  and  Udo  Waldrop,  pianist, 
will  give  a  concert  at  the  Colonial  Ballroom, 
St.  Francis  Hotel,  at  8 :30  o 'clock,  on  the 
evening  of  Thursday,  November  21st.  Miss 
Heath  is  well  known  in  this  city,  and  has  but 


recently  returned  from  Europe,  where  she 
coached  with  George  Henschel  and  Francis 
Korbay.  The  ladies  under  whose  patronage 
Miss  Heath 's  concert  will  be  given  are  Mes- 
dames  Richard  Bayne,  Edgar  Preston  Brine- 
gar,  Frank  B.  Carpenter,  Robert  Chester 
Foute,  James  Monroe  Goewey,  George  W. 
Hallowell,  Ralph  C.  Harrison,  J.  Downey  Har- 
vey, Rosalie  Kaufman,  James  Potter  Lang- 
horne,  Eleanor  Martin,  Benjamin  Franklin 
Norris,  Max  C.  Sloss,  Henriette  Stadtmuller, 
Vanderlyn  Stow,  James  Ellis  Tucker,  Charles 
Stetson  Wheeler,  and  Miss  Carolyn  Hunting- 
ton. Seats  for  Miss  Heath  's  concert  may  be 
obtained  from  her  at  her  residence,  2505  Clay 
street,  telephone  West  4890,  and  will  be  on 
sale  after  November  14th  at  Sherman,  Clay  & 
Co.'s  and  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 


Kohler  &  Chase  Concerts. 

THE  weekly  music  matinees  given  by  Koh- 
ler &  Chase  at  their  hall  every  Satur- 
day afternoon  are  becoming  more  and 
more  popular,  and  for  this  Saturday,  the  9th, 
there  is  promised  an  excellent  program.  The 
soloist  will  be  Mrs.  Ruth  Waterman  Ander- 
son, the  well-known  contralto,  whose  beauti- 
ful voice  is  in  great  demand  by  those  eager 
to  present  inspiring  musical  programs.  She 
will  sing  an  aria  by  Thomas  and  two  songs 
by  Schubert  and  Bemberg.  The  number  to 
be  interpreted  on  the  Pianola  Piano  will  bb 
the  well-known  Zigeunerweissen  by  Sarasate, 
and  the  great  feature  of  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Or- 
gan will  be  the  Magic  Fire  Scene  from  "Die 
Walkure,"  by  Richard  Wagner.  The  com- 
plete program  will  be  as  follows:  I.  Zigeuner- 
weisen,  op.  20   (Sarasate),  the  Pianola  Piano. 

2.  My  Heart  Is  Weary  (Thomas),  Mrs.  Ander- 
son,   accompanied    with    the    Pianola    Piano. 

3.  Sonata,  op.  27,  No.  2  (Moonlight),  adagio, 
allegreto  (Beethoven),  etude  in  E  flat,  the 
Pianola  Piano.  4.  Restless  Love  (Schubert), 
Chant  Hindoo-DesperariGQ  .(Bemberg),  accom- 
panied with  the  Pianola  Piano.  5.  Magic 
Fire  Scene  "Die  Walkure"  (Wagner),  the 
Aeolian  Pipe  Organ. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  November  9,   1912. 


T 


NUNAN  ON  STRAUSS. 
OMMY  NUNAN,  who  eom'oines  a  wide 
popularity  as  musical  eiitic  for  the 
Hearst  paper  with  a  modest  obscurity 
as  author  and  publisher  of  some  soulful  stan- 
zas, has  a  peculiar  aversion  to  Kiehard  Strauss. 
The  more  he  hears  of  this  composer  the  more 
he  dislikes  him.  When  "Salome"  was  pre- 
sented Tommy  led  his  readers  to  understand 
that  the  cacophonous  ravings  of  a  lunatic 
blowing  his  imbecility  through  the  wrong 
end  of  a  cracked  cornet  were  mellow  music 
matched  with  the  Strauss  orchestration.  He 
pointed  out  that  Hadley,  whom  he  considers 
' '  the  greatest  musician  of  the  West, ' '  did 
not  care  for  "Salome"  until  he  had  heard 
it  for  the  sixth  time,  alter  which  the  conduct- 
or rated  it  as  a  musical  masterpiece.  But  what 
was  the  mature  judgment  of  "the  greatest 
musician  of  the  West"  to  the  few  hours' 
reflection  of  a  spring  poet  whose  muse  on  one 
occasion  inspired  him  to  the  dizzy  altitudes 
whereon  he  penned  that  exquisite  couplet:— 

' '  Ah,  vain  the  pomp  of  churchly  show 
Compared  with  prayer  of  violet  low!" 

After  Tommy  had  given  tne  composer  that 
deadly  blow,  we  thought  it  would  have  been 
the  last  of  Strauss  in  this  city.  But,  no; 
Hadley  had  the  audacity  to  present  his 
Oeath  and  Transfiguration"  at  the  sym- 
phony concert  last  Friday,  whereupon  the 
poet  Nunan  again  arose  in  his  wrath  and 
said  of  the  tone  poet:  "The  more  I  think 
about  it  the  more  it  seems  that  if  Mr.  Strauss 
had  not  been  a  composer  he  would  have  been 
a  most  industrious  undertaker."  What  Tom- 
my  might   have   been   had   he   not   become   a 


Why  Not   Give  a 

VICTROLA 

For  Christmas 

Are  you  thinking  about  giving  a  VIC- 
TKOLA  for  Christmas?  You  will  glad- 
den the  whole  family  with  a  world  of 
music  and  entertainment  if  you  do.  But 
do  not  wait  until  the  week  before 
Christmas  to  select  that  VICTROLA. 
Come  in  now  and  select  at  your  leisure. 
We  will  hold  the  VICTROLA  and  deliv- 
er it  any  day — Christmas  day  if  you 
desire. 

V1CTROLAS    $15    TO    $200. 

VICTOR  TALKING  MACHINES  $10  TO  $68. 

EASY  TERMS. 


Sherman  J  Hay  &  Co. 

Sheet    Music    and    Musical    Merchandise. 
Steinway    and    other    Pianos — Victor    Talking 
Machines — Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianos 

I     KEARNY  &  SUTTER  STS-,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
14TH  &   CLAY   STS..   OAKLAND 


great  music  critic  and  a  greater  poet,  is 
difficult  to  say.  He  might  have  been  a  man 
with  sufficient  common  sense  to  keep  silent 
on  the  subjects  he  does  not  understand.  Mean- 
while references  to  the  undertaker  are  par- 
ticularly unfortunate  by  one  whose  senten- 
tious imbecility  calls  so  much  louder  for 
burial  than   for   publication. 

♦ 

THE  MAN  WHO  WORKED  WITH  DANA. 

CITY  EDITORS  are  complaining  of  thn 
time  taken  up  by  applicants  for  work 
as  reporters,  and  that  their  reception, 
or  "deception,"  rooms  resemble  the  waiting 
room  of  an  employment  ageney.  Many  of 
the  applicants  are  like  the  young  man  who 
had  never  played  the  violin,  but  thought  he 
could  if  he  tried,  but  the  majority  profess  to 
have  worked  on  anything  from  the  iNew  York 
Sun  to  the  Red  Gulch  Gazette.  Whence  do 
they  come,  how,  why  and  where  do  they  go 
when  turned  down,  as  ninety-nine  per  cent, 
are?  Whence? — everywhere  from  Hong  Kong 
to  Edinburgh,  and  then  some  both  ways. 
How? — anyhow  from  saloon  to  steerage,  or  as 
stowaways;  from  Pullmans  to  brake-beams,  or 
per  boot.  Why? — apparently  because  the 
one  subject  about  which  the  average  unem- 
ployed reporter  is  chronically  misinformed  is 
the  state  of  the  market  for  ink-slingers  in  the 
various    centers.      Where    do    they   go? — some 

to  H and  some  to  Los  Angeles.     Many  of 

them  are  good  men,  but  a  lot  are  failures, 
and  it  has  been  the  experience  of  more  than 
one  city  editor  that  the  very  worst  are  those 
who  claim  to  have  worked  on  the  Sun.  Eu- 
gene Field's  "man  who  worked  with  Dana  on 
the  New  York  Sun"  was  a  competent  person, 
compared  with  many  of  his  imitators.  With 
at  least  one  city  editor  the  first  and  last 
word  in  the  way  of  disqualification  is  to 
mention  having  seen  service  on  the  Sun.  Any 
old  Dogtowu  Gazette  is  a  better  recommen- 
dation. 

♦ 

BARRIE  TRIUMPHS. 

IN  WHAT  was  distinctively  a  contest  of  skill 
by  George  Bernard  Shaw,  Sir  Arthur 
Wing  Pinero  and  J.  M.  Barrie,  the  last 
named  was  recently  awarded  the  laurel  by  a 
Loudon  audience.  Manager  Charles  Frohman, 
with  rare  enterprise,  had  secured  short  plays 
by  each  of  these  authors  and  presented  them 
in  a  triple  bill.  The  evening  was  led  off  by 
Shaw 's  sketch,  entitled  ' '  Overruled, ' '  and 
though  several  of  the  epigrammatic  sallies 
were  well  received  the  piece  as  a  whole  was 
voted  dull  and  unconvincing.  But  if  Shaw's 
effort  was  a  disappointment  Pinero 's  playlet 
proved  a  positive  fiasco.  Entitled  "The  Wid- 
ow of  Wasdale  Head,''  it  introduced  a  ghost 
in  the  shape  of  a  defunct  husband  who  advised 
his  young  relict  how  to  manage  a  farm.  The 
ghost  was  voted  the  stodgiest  reincarnation 
that  had  ever  sought  to  amuse  a  London  audi- 
ence. 

Lastly  came  Barrie 's  "Rosalind,"  the  wit 
of  which,  aided  by  the  magnetism  of  Irene 
Vanbrugh,  fairly  carried  the  house  by  storm. 
In  the  absence  of  the  books  of  these  plays,  we 
cannot   judge   further   than    that   this    victory 


for  Barrie,  the  clean,  wholesome  and  sane  sat- 
irist, who  has  the  courage  of  his  sentiment 
and  romance,  argues  a  healthy  protest  against 
the  cynical,  if  dramatic,  pamphlets  of  Shaw, 
and  the  wearisome  sexology  of  the  later 
Pinero.  Time  was  when  Pinero  's  humor  was 
fresh  and  buoyant,  but  that  was  in  the  days 
before  he  started  creating  Pauline  Tanquerays 
and  other  women  with  lurid  pasts. 


We  offer  exclusive  originality  in  classic  schemes 
for  Formal  Gardens  and  approaches  of  picturesque 
designs.  We  invite  you  to  correspond  with  us  on 
the  subject.  We  have  also  a  large  variety  of 
high-class  articles,  as  Roman  Benches,  Greek  and 
Florentine  Vases,  Fountains,  Sundials,  Posts,  etc. 

SARSI     STUDIOS 
123  Oak   Street,        -         -        San  Francisco,   Cala. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

IDA  BOLTEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming 
any  interest  in  or  lieu  upon  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,892, 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  IDA  BOLTEN,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  sum- 
mons, and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any, 
you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly   described    as    follows : 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southeaster- 
ly line  of  Mission  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-five 
(85)  feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Mission 
Street  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Eighth  Street, 
and  running  thence  northeasterly  along  said  line  of 
Mission  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  eighty  (80)  feet ;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southwesterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  eighty  (80)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  ONE  HUN- 
DRED VARA  BLOCK  Number  407. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
erly line  of  Silliroan  Street,  distant  thereon 
twenty-eight  (28)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  form- 
ed by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sil- 
linian  Stret  with  the  easterly  line  of  Dartmouth 
Street,  and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 
of  Silliman  Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100»  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-seven  (27) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hun- 
dred (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being 
lot  number  25,  block  52,  as  per  map  of  the  property 
of  the  RAILROAD  AVENUE  HOMESTEAD  ASSO- 
CIATION. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  sole  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said   Court,    this 
14th   day  of  October,   A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVT,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The    first    publication    of    this    summons    was    made 
in    "The  Wasp"    newspaper  on  the  2nd  dav  of  Nov- 
ember,   A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco.    Cal. 


r^3§>£ 


Tl  1  E  A  riny  and  N:i\  y  Club,  which  opened 
with  Buch  a  Hare  of  trumpets  about 
three  year-  ago,  and  which  has  been 
decidedly  wobbly  ever  since,  bas  finally  con- 
cluded  to  give  up  the  struggle  and  allow  itself 
to  be  absorbed  by  the  Olympic  Club.  The  mem- 
bership is  composed  of  officers  of  the  Army 
and  Navy,  National  Guard  and  Naval  Militia, 
hui  a  small  club  never  lias  the  many  attrac- 
tion of  a  large  one,  and  the  service  men,  who 
can  see  each  other  constantly,  prefer  to  meet 
the  business  men  of  flit-  city  at  a  club  in  or- 
der to  come  more  in  touch  with  affairs  in 
general.  In  Manila  the  Amiy  and  Navy  Club 
is  the  one  great  and  only  one,  and  has  a 
large  membership,  and  is  extremely  popular; 
bin  Ih-ii-  service  men  are  eligible  for  both, 
the  Olympic  and  Bohemian  Clubs,  which  can 
furnish  infinitely  more  amusement.  When  the 
club  opened  it  had  card-rooms  for  ladies  ana 
tea  was  served  for  them  on  Wednesday  after- 
noons, when  there  were  always  many  gay 
parties  given.  Its  first  home  was  the  old 
Voorhies  house  on  California  street,  and  when 
they  moved  downtown  to  their  present  build- 
ing on  Post  street  the  opening  reception  and 
ball  was  one  of  the  biggest  affairs  of  the  win- 
ter. A  good  many  of  the  members  who  hail 
from  the  sunny  South  aie  planning  to  join 
the  Southern  Club,  which  has  such  a  beauti- 
ful home  on  California  street,  near  the  Uni- 
versity Club,  and  is  very  popular,  while  all 
the  members  will  continue  belonging  to  the 
Olympic  in  order  to  enjoy  their  wonderful 
tank.  The  directors  of  the  club  were  Colonel 
C.  G.  Woodward,  U.  S.  A.;  Colonel  O.  W.  Pot- 
lock,  U.  S.  A.;  Colonel  Horace  Wilson,  U.  S. 
V.;  Major  A.  W.  Chase,  U.  S.  A.;  Major  H.  M. 
Them  burgh,  U.  S.  A.;  Captain  S.  A.  Fuqua, 
U.  S.  A.;  Captain  F.  W,  Warren,  U.  S.  V.; 
Lieutenant  J.  A.  McGee,  U.  M.  C. 

Clubmen's  Responsibilities. 

ANOTHER  assessment  is  said  to  be  head- 
ing straight  for  the  fat  purses  of  the 
prosperous  citizens  who  compose  the 
membership  of  the  Pacific-Union  Club.  The 
newspapers  invariably  refer  to  them  as  at 
least  millionaires,  and  generally  "mutts" — 
which  isn't  exactly  a  correct  financial  esti- 
mate, tuough  no  doubt  they  would  assay  as 
high  per  capita  as  any  bunch  of  clubmen  on 
the  Pacific  Coast.  Last  year's  assessment  was 
$65,  and  this  year's  extra  tax  will  be  equally 
large  or  small,  according  to  the  way  the 
members  look  at  it.  The  club  carries  a  bond- 
ed debt  of  nearly  a  million,  James  L.  Flood 
holding  a  large  number  of  the  bonds.  As 
the  club  owns  the  improved  property  at  the 
corner  of  Stockton  and  Post  streets,  where 
the  club  was  formerly  located,  it  will  prob- 
ably reduce  the  debt  about  half  a  million  dol- 


NOTICE. 

All 

communications    relative    to 

oclal 

newi 

should 

be  addressed   "Society 

Editor 

Waip 

121 

Second 

Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 

not   later   than   Wednesday   to 

insure 

publication 

in  the 

iBsue  of  that  week. 

bus  when  it  sells  this  fine  Stockton  street  cor- 
ner. At  present  the  market  is  not  favorable 
for  the  sale  of  such  a  valuable  holding.  The 
Stockton  street  tunnel  will  add  to  the  value 
of  this  club  property,  and  it  wjll  also  add  to 
the  obligations  of  the  Pacific-Union  Club,  for 
the   tunnel   tax    will    amount   to   over   $20,000. 


MRS.    MARTA  McKIM  FULLONI 

Leader  of  Sequoia  Club,  wno  arranged  the  vaude- 
ville program  given  on  Thursday. 

These  are  the  days  when  property  owners, 
whether  collective  combinations  of  clubmen 
or  unorganized  citizens,  know  by  their  shrink- 
ing bank-books  that  the  spirit  of  public  im- 
provement is  "on  the  job." 

The  Pacific-Union  clubhouse  is  one  of  the 
finest  in  the  world.  No  other  clubhouse  com- 
bines so  many  advantages  of  architecture,  ac- 
cessible location,  grand  scenic  view  and  in- 
creasing ground  value  of  the  site. 

£m  tjy  t5* 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Tillman  and  Miss 
Agnes  Tillman  are  in  Munich,  and  are  the 
guests  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Lyman,  the  lat- 
ter being  pretty  Dorothy  Van  Sicklen  of  Ala- 
meda. Dr.  Lyman  is  studying  medicine  there, 
while  his  attractive  young  wife  is  making 
great    strides    studying    German. 


"Campus  Mouser." 

KEEN  interest  is  being  taken  in  the 
"Campus  Mouser,"  which  is  to  take 
place  next  week  at  the  Valencia  Theater 
and  those  who  are  to  take  part  in  it  are  at- 
tending strictly  to  business  at  the  meetings, 
which  are  occurring  three  times  a  week  at 
ti.e  St.  Francis,  so  that  all  may  become  quite 
proficient  in  their  parts.  Pretty  little  Miss 
Marie  Whiting,  who  is  to  appear  as  "Doro- 
thy Davidson — almost  a  star,"  is  a  fascinating 
young  girl.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Rear-Ad- 
miral Whiting,  U.  S.  N.,  retired,  and  inherits 
her  beauty  from  her  mother,  who  was  one  of 
the  Ali  Fong  girls  of  Honolulu — that  illust- 
rious family  being  part  Chinese  and  part  Ha- 
waiian. Miss  Katherine  Redding  is  to  be 
"Floradora  Amour — the  society  star."  She 
is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  P. 
Redding  and  a  niece  of  Joseph  Redding  of 
'  'Natoma"  fame. 

Miss  Dorothy  Deane  will  lead  the  novelty 
called  the  "tonga  dance,"  an  Argentine  im- 
portation which  is  said  to  be  taking  the  place 
of  the  "all  powerful"  "rag."  She  is  one 
of  the  youngest  girls  in  the  performance,  and 
has  not  yet  made  her  bow.  Her  parents  are 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  J.  Sloane,  and  she  is  a 
cousin  of  the  M.  H.  de  Youngs.  Each  of  these 
' '  leading  ladies ' '  will  be  supported  by  a  chorus 
of  ten  or  a  dozen  couples,  who  will  do  a  little 
fancy  step  and  sing  to  suit  the  act. 

Miss  Bessie  Ames. 

ALTHOUGH  the  sad  news  of  the  death  of 
Miss  Bessie  Ames  reached  us  from 
Carlsbad  about  two  months  ago,  no  one 
at  all  seemed  to  know  the  direct  cause  of  her 
demise.  Now  we  are  beginning  to  hear  de- 
tails. It  seems  that  she  was  at  a  dinner 
party  when  she  was  suddenly  seized  with  a 
terrible  heart  attack,  which  lasted  for  three 
minutes,  when  her  death  occurred  right  there 
at  the  dinner  table.  She  was  very  much  be- 
loved and  had  a  host  of  friends  here,  who 
remember  her  as  the  leader  of  the  "Saturday 
Morning  Concerts,"  which  she  and  her  sister 
organized.  She  was  the  sister  of  Worthington 
Ames,  who  lately  figured  in  the  divorce  courts, 
courts. 

High  Art  on  a  Fire  Escape. 

ZEALOUS  in  her  devotion  to  art,  one  of 
the  most  talented  and  dignified  mem- 
bers of  the  Sketch  Club,  having  remain- 
ed in  the  club  rooms  after  the  elevator  had 
stopped  running,  was  compelled  to  make  a 
spectacular  descent  via  the  fire  escape  one 
afternoon  last  week  after  the  meeting  of  the 
hanging  committee  for  the  present  exhibi- 
tion.    The  young  woman,  whose  natural  dig- 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  November  9,   1912. 


nity  is  augmented  by  the  dignity  which  nec- 
essarily goes  with  her  position  as  instructor 
in  one  of  the  affiliated  colleges,  is  very  reti- 
cent as  to  her  mode  of  escape  and  her  experi- 
ences en  route,  but  the  elevator  boy,  who 
might  have  made  another  trip  but  did  not, 
lives  to  tell  the  tale.  A  number  of  people 
who  were  in  the  vicinity  of  Sutter  street 
and  Grant  avenue  at  the  time  are  also  giving 
a  most  thrilling  description. 

Mrs.  Chamberlain's  Presents. 

QUITE  the  most  brilliant  wedding  of  the 
season  was  that  of  Miss  Innes  Keeney 
and  Willard  Chamberlain,  but  as  the 
dailies  have  so  fully  described  both  the  cere- 
mony and  the  brilliant  reception,  I  have  only 
room  for  a  few  details  of  the  many  unique 
gifts  which  literally  poured  in  upon  the  bride. 
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from  Athens,  formerly  the  property  of  a  Ser- 
vian princess  on  whom  the  vicissitudes  of  the 
Balkan  wars  have  been  so  disastrous  that  she 
was  forced  to  relinquish  them.  Mrs.  Chamber- 
lain's mother,  Mrs'.^Charles  M.  Keeney,  gave 
her  a  chest  of  flat  silver  of  very  beautiful 
design.  Her  aunt,  Mrs.  Theodore  Blakeman, 
presented  a  wonderfully  beautiful  silver 
tea  service.  Mrs.  Fred  Sharon  sent  an 
exquisite  diamond  and  sapphire  corsage  orna- 
ment, and  Mrs.  James  Kittle  gave  a  beautiful 
pear-shaped  diamond  eardrops.  Miss  Ethel 
Crocker,  from  Paris,  sent  sapphire  and  dia- 
mond earrings  that  are  very  beautiful  and 
will  be  most  becoming  to  Mrs.  Chamberlain's 
dashing  type  of  beauty.  Mrs.  Keeney  and  Mrs. 
Blakeman  are  daughters  of  the  late  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Alvord,  who  left  them  both  large  for- 
tunes. 

<<?*        t&*        ^5* 

Confessions  of  a  Dramatist. 

ACCORDING  to  the  confessions  of  Man- 
ager W.  A.  Brady  and  other  witnesses 
in  the  action  of  Mrs.  Furness  against 
the  Shuberts,  the  mere  author  is  a  very  small 
factor  in  the  success'of  a  popular  play.  Mueh 
more  important  than  the  original  text  of  the 
playwright  are  the  unblushing  thefts  from 
other  successes,  made  usually  by  the  stage 
director,  suggestions  supplied  by  stage  car- 
penters, scene  sniffers  and  electricians,  and 
finally  the  padding  of  actors  and  actresses, 
who  often  make  three  or  four  lines  run  into 
thirty  or  forty.  W.  S.  Gilbert  once  wrote  the 
story  of  a  dramatist  who  won  substantial 
damages  from  several  newspapers  that  had 
published  scathing  denunciations  of  a  play 
bearing  his  name.  He  accepted  the  criticisms 
of  the  performance  as  being  not  only  per- 
fectly justified,  but  even  milder  than  would 
have  been  warranted  by  the  pathetically  ri- 
diculous nature  of  the  drama.  He  then  sub- 
mitted his  original  manuscript,  and  it  was  so 
unlike  the  melodramatic  atrocity  presented 
on  the  stage  the  jury 'decided  it  was  a  gross 
libel  to  call  him  the  author,  and  awarded  ex- 
emplary damages.  That  story  always  read  to 
us  like  good  fiction,  but  after  the  Brady  tes- 
timony it  seems  like  literal  fact.     In  fact: — 

If  you  want  a  receipt  for  that  soul-stirring  mystery 

Known    to    the    world    as    a    popular    play, 
Take  any  old  joke   from  the   dawning  of  history 

And    dress    it    anew    in    the    slang    of    the    day. 
Call   in   the  aid  of   some  vet'ran   directors, 

Skilled  in   the   art   of   theatrical   theft; 
Seek    the    advice    of    the    fire    inspectors — 

Janitors,    too,   with   a   drama   are   deft. 
Borrow    a    scene    from    the    great    Aristophanes, 

Give  it  the  air  of  a  cafe   carouse, 
Set  it  to  strains  of  the  weirdest  cacophanies 

Chosen    by    Nunan    from    music   of    Strauss; 
Steal   a    good  plot    from   Sardou  or  Belasco, 

Ibsen,   or  Brady,   or   Shaw   at  a  pinch ; 
But    if  you  wish   to   avoid   a   fiasco, 

Make    of    your    play    what    is    known    as    a    cinch, 
Lei  the  performers  make  just  what  they  choose  of  it, 

Chop  it  or  pad  by  the  ream; 
Never    insist    on    a    mere    author's    views    of    it — 

Authors    don't    count    in    the    scheme. 

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-THE  WASP- 


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Huntington  as  a  Collector. 

HENRY  E.  HUNTINGTON  is  not  of  those 
wealthy  Californians  who  recline  on  a 
thousand-dollar  couch  and  gaze  admir- 
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pensive  frame.  His  couch  may  cost  more  than 
a  thousand,  but  its  price  is  a  mere  circum- 
stance compared  with  the  figure  paid  for  many 
of  his  paintings.  Nor  does  he  restrict  himself 
to  the  old  masters.  With  the  artistic  confi- 
dence born  of  a  cultivated  taste,  he  has  the 
courage  to  purchase  a  canvas  the  paint  on 
which  is  scarcely  dry,  if  it  seems  to  possess 
the  merit  of  true  art.  The  man  who  has 
merely  his  millions,  and  is  lacking  the  artistic 
sense,  cannot  afford  to  take  this  risk,  though 
it  would  be  better  to  pay  a  small  sum  for  a 
new  work  which  pleases  than  a  large  sum  for 
an  old  master  which  he  eannot  appreciate, 
and  whicn  may  be  only  a  fake.  Huntington 
has  many  a  genuine  old  master,  but  he  has 
also  encouraged  home  art  by  buying  many  a 
modern  painting  that  only  needs  a  little  time, 
a  few  cracks  and  a  lot  of  dust  to  make  it  an 
old   master.     In  buying  the  Beverly  Chew  li- 


brary for  half  a  million,  Huntington  now 
brings  tlit'  value  ol  his  book  collection  up  to 
lour  million  dollars,  but  the  magnate  boasts 
l«'s>  ,,i  tin1  commercial  value  than  of  the  in- 
trinsic literary  worth  of  his  treasures.  His 
library  is  a  growth,  and  was  not  built  by  a 
ca  i  penter. 

,<  ^  .■* 
At  the  risk  of  jus!  a  little  ton  much  Mrs. 
Klsa  Cook  Greenfield  and  Charles  Kenyon,  1 
am  templed  to  mention  that  the  lady  has  also 
left  for  the  East  minus  her  small  son,  and 
with  no  definite  plans  as  to  her  return. 

.**      ,*     ,* 
An  Air  About  It. 

IT  IS  the  successful  catering  to  the  tastes 
and  desires  of  the  seasoned  epicure  that 
has  made  the  great  success  of  the  special 
luncheon  at  50  cents,  served  every  day  at  the 
Tait-Zinkand  Cafe.  And  in  catering  to  the 
palate  at  this  noonday  "bite,"  the  manage- 
ment hasn't  overlooked  pleasing  the  whims 
and  fancies  of  a  pleasure-loving  crowd.  "We 
do  not  think  it  is  an  exaggerated  statement 
when  we  say  that  this  special  luncheon  is  the 
best  to  be  had  in  town.  There's  an  "air" 
about  this  popular  dining  place  that  captivates 
all  who  enter  it.  And  whether  one  in  Bo- 
hemian, Rounder  or  Stay-at-Home,  you  can 
enjoy  yourself  to  your  heart's  content.  The 
special  50-cent  luncheon  is  served  every  day 
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•THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   November  9,    1912. 


ILON  EERGEEE 

Who  lias  her   old  role   of  Mascha  in    "The  Chocolate    Soldier,"    coming    to    the    Cort 

on    Sunday. 


The  Pleasure  of  Christmas  Shopping. 

HOW  much  easier  it  is  nowadays  to  select 
and  send  Christmas  presents  than  it 
was  a  few  years  ago!  I  never  realized 
this  so  clearly  as  the  other  day  when  I  visited 
S.  &  G.  Gump  Company's  store  to  select  a 
Christmas  present  for  one  of  my  Eastern 
friends.  In  this  store  Christmas  has  been  an- 
ticipated with  special  preparations  in  all  de- 
partments. I  was  speaking  to  Mr.  Gump, 
and  he  said:  "We  are  all  ready  for  the  Christ- 
mas business;  all  we  desire  is  that  our  patrons, 
especially  those  who  have  Eastern  friends  to 
remember,  would  come  in  early,  shop  in  com- 
fort, and  make  their  selections  while  the  stock 
is  complete."  Certainly,  I  must  say  that  the 
S.  &  G.  Gump  Company's  stock  is  wonder* 
fully  complete   at  present.     Unless  you  have 


recently  seen  the  Gump  stock  you  have  no 
idea  what  beautiful  Christmas  presents  can  be 
had  for  a  small  outlay. 

BY  WAY  of  proving  that  all  women  are 
not  afraid  of  rats,  the  New  York  Times 
publishes  the  photograph  of  a  Massa- 
chusetts girl  with  rodents  running  all  over 
her  dress,  some  of  them  feeding  from  her 
hand.  The  picture  may  not  do  the  lady  jus- 
tice, but  if  it  does  the  marvel  is  not  that  the 
woman  is  unafraid,  but  that  the  rats  them- 
selves should  be  so  courageous  and  self- 
possessed. 

"Buffalo  Bill'  Cody  informs  the  world  that 
he  is  in  favor  of  the  good  roads  movement — 
most  traveling  showmen  are. 


Prefer  Silence. 

T^HE  refusal  of  Lord  Knollys  to  edit  the 
fj  official  biography  of  Edward  VII  is  as- 
cribed in  the  cable  to  his  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  monarch's  life  and  an  un- 
willingness to  have  a  hand  in  a  book  which 
will  be  published  for  public  consumption  only. 
There  is  something  spicily  suggestive  iu  that 
explanation,  but,  after  all,  Knollys  has  his 
excuses — he  may  be  willing  to  keep  silent, 
but  unwilling  to  advertise  the  fact  that  he  is 
suppressing  relevant  facts,  as  he  would  have 
to  do  in  an  official  biography.  And  again,  ex- 
cept as  bearing  upon  the  monarchical  super- 
stition, all  that  would  have  to  be  blue-penciled 
from  that  biography  is  now  deader  than  the 
details  of  last  year's  divorce  suit. 

Judge  A.  E.  Cotton. 

JUDGE  AYLETT  R.  COTTON  'S  death  marks 
the  passing  of  one  of  San  Francisco's 
oldest  legal  practitioners,  he  having  been 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1848.  He  came  to 
California  from  Iowa  the  following  year,  in 
an  ox  team,  and  was  a  miner  for  several 
years  before  practicing  law.  Judge  Cotton 
leaves  a  widow,  who  has  always  been  a  very 
prominent  club  woman;  three  sons  and  a 
daughter.  Aylett  E.  Cotton  Jr.  is  the  assist- 
ant district  attorney  for  the  city  and  county 
of  San  Francisco  and  was  for  several  years 
the  district  attorney  of  Manila,  lie  married 
Alice  Borel,  the  daughter  of  Antoine  Borel, 
the  banker.  His  youngest  son,  Stewart  Cot- 
ton, was  the  famous  football  player  of  Stan- 
ford and  won  much  notoriety  on  the  gridiron. 
His  daughter,  Claudine,  married  Charles  A. 
.Varren,  son  of  the  wealthy  contractor  of  that 
name,  who  died  a  couple  of  years  ago,  leaving 
several  million  dollars  to  his  three  sons.  Judge 
■otton's  funeral  was  held  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Society  of  California  Pioneers,  of  which 
lie  was  secretary. 

After  the  Theater. 

IN  VIEW  of  the  many  attractions  which  Man- 
ager Morrison  of  Techau  Tavern  is  pro- 
viding for  the  pleasure  and  entertainmeut 
of  his  guests,  it  is  not  surprising  that  this 
popular  cafe  is  growing  in  favor  daily  and 
that  constantly  increasing  crowds  flock  to  its 
alluring  portals  at  all  hours,  and  particularly 
after  the  theater,  when  there  is  always  some 
feature   of   special   interest   to    the   ladies. 

Not  only  is  the  cuisine  admirable  and  the 
service  exceptionally  satisfactory,  but  there 
is  constantly  in  evidence  a  desire  to  please 
the  patrons  in  every  way.  The  latest  addi- 
tion to  the  beauty  of  the  cafe  is  a  number  of 
great  globes  of  richly  hued  glass,  which,  sus- 
pended from  the  ceiling,  diffuse  a  soft  and 
pleasant  light  over  the  tables,  giving  an  air 
of  added   cheerfulness  to   the   room. 

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-THE  WASP- 


II 


Felton's  First  Play. 

M  t       ET  GEOBGB  DO  IT. 


■L 


said  a  tired,  but 
very    distinct    voice    from    the    back 

of  the  Colonial  ballroom  in  the  St. 
Francis,  at  I  lit'  close  of  Fulton  B.  Elkins' 
little  comedy  sketch,  "Feltoo's  First  l'lav. " 
The  large  and  fashionable  audience  laughed 
hilariously,  but  as  it  had  come  with  the  de 
liberate  intention  of  being  kind  to  the  bud- 
ding dramatist,  the  laughter  soon  turned  to 
applause.  Though  the  program  slated  that 
the  title  only  had  been  suggested  by  George 
Bernard  Shaw's  "  Fannie 's  First  Flay,"  it 
was  so  obvious  that  the  society  author  had 
been  imbibing  deep  draughts  of  the  London 
dramatist's  philosophy  that  the  reference  to 
George  was  particularly  apt.  And  after  all, 
George  B.  can  do  that  sort  of  thing  ever  so 
much  better  than  Pelton  B,  However,  the 
gilded  author  did  amazingly  well,  many  of  his 
lines  possessing  an  epigrammatic  snap  and 
humorous  sparkle  which  did  much  to  atone 
for  a  rather  feeble  theme.  Elkins  had  the 
courage  to  play  a  part  which  satirized  a 
number  of  his  own  personal  peculiarities  and 
there  is  always  hope  for  the  man  who  can 
smile  pleasantly  at  his  own  defects.  Enough 
was  shown  to  justify  the  writer  in  pursuing 
the  hobby  of  play  writing  as  a  diversion  from 
the  inanities  of  the  social  round. 

As  an  actor,  the  author  was  palpably  ner- 
vous, but  whenever  he  came  to  a  line  with  a 
"punch"  he  forgot  that  he  was  an  actor  and 
spoke  up  so  that  quite  a  number  could  hear 
him.  In  the  cast  he  was  ably  assisted  by  Miss 
Enid  Gregg,  whose  charmingly  confident  man- 
ner colored  the  rumor  that  she  may  seek  a 
professional  career.  As  the  low  comedy  par- 
lor maid,  Mrs.  George  Armsby  was  convincing 
and  Willard  Barton  was  agreeably  impossible 
as  the  chauffeur.  I  had  almost  forgotten  that 
the  occasion  was  a  "Concert  Varie"  by  Miss 
Clara  Alexander,  whose  character  sketches 
were  well  received.  During  the  evening  Miss 
Ida  von  Weick  warbled  a  series  of  favorite 
ballads  in  a  pleasing  manner  and  Mile.  Jeanne 
(iustin  and  Andre  Ferrier  were  delightful  in 
Jean  Bertot's  "Le  Mariage  de  Columbine." 
By  the  way,  Oscar  Frank  is  some  drawing- 
room  comedian.  His  imitations  of  a  Harvard 
professor,  discoursing  on  birds,  and  of  Kellogg 
spoiling  a  clever  turn  by  silly  patter,  were 
excellent. 

Judging  from  the  cabled  scenario  of  her 
comic  opera,  the  former  Crown  Princess  of 
Saxony  hits  the  reigning  house  on  a  tender 
spot,  but  though  magnificent  as  a  political 
document  it  is  difficult  to  detect  the  comic 
opera  element.  The  story  has  plot,  an  air  of 
reality,  and  quite  a  number  of  other  quali- 
ties wholly  foreign  to  the  art  of  the  popular 
librettist. 


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[Saturday,  November  9,   1912. 


THANK  HEAVEN  the  elections  are  over. 
There  was  so  much  talk  about  polities 
no  one,  not  even  the  politicians,  them- 
selves, had  a  chance  to  think  about  them. 
Some  of  these  days  when  I'm  not  too  tired, 
I'll  form  a  society  of  persons  who  are  tired 
of  politics — but  I  suppose  some  crank  would 
follow  it  up  by  a  society  of  persons  who  are 
tired  of  being  tiled  of  politics.  That's  just 
the  curse  these  days.  No  sooner  does  a  man 
or  woman  recover  from  the  shock  of  a  new 
idea,  or  something  mistaken  for  new,  than 
he  or  she  rushes  out  to  the  nearest  saloon 
or  gossip  circle,  forms  a  society  or  league  to 
exploit  the  fad,  and  the  next  thing  you  know 
you  are  called  upon  to  vote  on  it  as  a  charter 
amendment.  Every  year  the  ballot  paper  looks 
more  and  more  like  the  syllabus  of  a  lunatic 
asylum    debating   society. 

Such  a  mixture  of  junk  measures  and  job 
lot  men  to  be  voted  on!  You  can  take  a 
meaning  from  some  of  the  measures,  but  how 
can  you  take  the  measure  of  some  of  the 
men,  who  offer  to  sacrifice  themselves— at  so 
much  per — on  the  altar  of  public  duty?  "Who 
are  they  and  what  are  they?  In  what  saloon 
do  they  sell  liquor  so  fatal  to  the  senses  that 
it  inspires  these  men  to  the  belief  that  they 
can  serve  the  community  in  any  capacity  more 
useful  than  that  of  the  janitor  or  the  street 
sweeper?  Tet  some  of  them  aspire  to  the 
highest  oruces.  It  would  be  an  insult  to  the 
intelligence  of  the  people  were  it  not  for  the 


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fact  that  we  sometimes  condone  it  by  electing 
them.  It  is  said  that  a  people  gets  the  rep- 
resentatives it  deserves,  but  I'd  like  to  know 
what  crimes  the  people  have  committed  to 
ever  deserve  some  of  its  representatives. 

Perhaps  the  whole  theory  of  government/  by 
popular  election  is  a  fraud  and  a  sham,  a  de- 
lusion and  a  snare.  In  some  countries  the 
multitude  joshes  and  jeers  at  the  candidate 
on  the  hustings,  punctuating  his  verbosity 
with  tomatoes,  rank  and  stale,  and  eggs  of  great 
antiquity,  only  to  fall  down  and  worship  him 
when  elected.  Here  we  refer  to  the  office- 
holder as  a  grafter  and  all  manner  of  privil- 
eged porch-climbers,  but  when  the  same  man 
presents  himself  at  an  election,  he  is  apt  to 
be  taken  at  his  own  valuation  by  a  number 
sufficient  to  secure  his  return. 

Polities  is  the  one  business  in  which  in- 
competency is  no  burden  and  is  very  often  an 
advantage.  The  man  who  has  been  a  failure 
at  every  other  calling  he  has  followed  need 
never  despair  of  becoming  a  successful  poli- 
tician. He  may  not  have  the  intelligence  nec- 
essary to  successfully  pilot  the  financial  des- 
tinies of  a  peanut  stand,  but  that  will  not 
deter  him  from  seekiug  an  office  in  which  he 
will  have  a  voice  in  the  expenditure  of  mil- 
lions. And  the  humor  of  it  is  that  he  will 
often  persuade  successful  business  men  to 
vote  for  him.  If  he  stood  for  election  as  a 
director  of  a  corporation  in  which  they  had 
only  a  share  apiece  they  would  smile  at  his 
audacity,  but  as  shareholders  in  the  community 
they  put  their  comereial  acumen  in  their 
pockets  and  vote  blind. 

Is  it  any  wonder  so  many  don 't  vote  at 
all?  And,  by  the  way,  the  reforming  cranks 
are  now  talking  of  making  voting  compulsory. 
Well,  I  wouldn't  mind  if  it  were  compulsory, 
but  only  on  the  condition  of  being  permitted 
to  cast  a  negative  vote.  "Why  should  I  be 
compelled  to  choose  between  White,  Brown 
or  Black,  when  I  believe  that  all  three  are 
hopeless  incompetents,  utterly  unworthy  of 
public  office!  I  should  have  the  right  to  say, 
and  by  a  means  that  would  register  in  the 
returns,  that  I  think  all  three  are  unfit  for 
the  position. 

Just  imagine  the  delight  of  a  candidate, 
who,  though  receiving  more  votes  than  Ms 
oponents,  and  being  thereby  elected,  had  been 
declared  also  by  an  absolute  majority  of  el- 
ectors as  incompetent  for  the  position!  The 
censure  of  a  recall  would  be  a  compliment  in 
comparison. 

♦ 

Independence  in  politics,  when  it  is  not  in- 
difference, is  very  often  merely  the  diffidence 
which  wants  to  see  which,  way  the  cat  is  going 
to  jump.  However,  it  will  be  interesting  to 
watch  the  Call's  experiment  of  an  impartial, 
though  not  necessarily  neutral,  attitude  in 
political  matters. 

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IN  THE  JUSTICES'  COURT  OF  xHE  CITY  AND 
County  of  Sao  Francisco,  State  of  California,  City 
Hall. 

W.  F.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  A.  SHAPIRO,  De- 
fendant.;— Actioji   No.  47,521. 

Action  brought  in  the  Justices'  Court,  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  complaint  filed  in 
the  office  of  Clerk  of  said  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  to  A. 
SHAPIRO,    Defendant,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above  named  plaintiff,  in 
the  Justices'  Court  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  and  to  answer  to  the  complaint  filed  there- 
in;  with  in  five  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  ser- 
vice after  the  service  on  you  of  these  summons,  if 
served  within  this  county,  otherwise  within  twenty 
days. 

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

This  action  has  been  assigned,  and  vou  are  directed 
to  appear  before  A.  B.  TREADWELL,  Esq.,  one  of 
the  justices  of  said  Court,  at  his  office,  Grant  Build- 
ing, Seventh  and  Market  Streets,  in  said  City  and 
County. 

Make  legal  service  and  due  return  hereon:  By 
order  of  the  Presiding  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the 
City  and  County  of   San   Francisco. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  22nd  day  of  March, 
1912, 

ROBERT  "W.  DENNIS,  Justices'    Clerk, 
by  WM.   H.    CAMPBELL,    Deputy    Clerk. 

JOSEPH  KIRK,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  Rooms  of 
the  Board  of  Trade,   San  Francisco. 


Saturday,    November  9,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


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Old  Maid'5 

DIARY  -• 


,/~V  EAE  ME!  There  is  no  such  thing  any 
i"'"l  in, .re  us  uiuilesty.  The  young  niece 
(^_J1  u f  Miss  liiiiies,  tin"  Secretary  of  our 
Kthical  Effort  Club,  got  married  last 
week  and  her  young  man  had  the  nerve  to  call 
mi  her  the  day  before  the  wedding,  staying  for 
lunch.  Isn't  that  scandalous?  When  I  was 
a  gill  such  a  thing  wouldn't  be  tolerated.  For 
a  week  before  the  wedding  the  young  man 
was  barred  from  home,  and  if  he  met  his 
intended  on  the  streets  he  just  lifted  his  hat 
and  hurried  on,  and  the  girl  would  blush  to 
the  roots  of  her  hair.  But,  goodness  me! 
there's  no  refinement  any  more.  Blushes! 
Pshaw!  they're  all  put  on  with  a  rabbit 's- 
foot. 

Lauds  sake!  I  was  so  shocked  when  I.  saw 
that  young  man  that  was  to  marry  Miss 
Bones*   niece   walking   as   bold   as  brass  into 


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the  dining-room  foi  i  uch,  1  almost  choked.  1 
was  eating  a  biscuit,  and  Ethy]  Gayleigh,  who 
wns  wit  b  me,  whis]  rod  tlmt  1  was  taking 
chances  on  my  life,  u>  the  biscuits  were  made 
by  the  bride-to-be.  And  just  then  in  she 
walked,  arm-in-arm  with  her  intended,  and 
before  we  were  bait'  through  with  luncheon 
they  were  discussing  whether  they  would  get 
;i  divorce  on  the  grounds  of  cruelty  or  deser- 
tion if  they  didn't   suit  each  other. 

(*You   hot   no  man  would  treat  me  like  Dr. 
McMolar  did  his  wife!"  she  said. 

It  seems  Dr.  McAlular's  wife — they've  only 
been  married  about  a  year — went  down 
to  the  White  House  and  bought  a  $15  hat 
and  had  it  charged.  My!  When  Dr.  McMolar 
came  home  for  lunch  and  his  wife  put  ou  the 
hat  to  delight  him  he  nearly  had  hydrophobia, 
or  something  else  dreadful  He  grabbed  the 
telephone  and  told  the  White  House  people  to 
send  up  an  auto  truck  at  once  and  carry  back 
the  "lid,"   as  he  called  it. 

"  Who  authorized  you,  anyhow,  to  sell  that 
lid  to  my  wife  on  credit?"  he  demanded. 
"Don't  do  it  again,"  he  added,  and  glared  at 
his  wife  to  see  if  she  was  going  to  sneak  up 
the  chimney  or  throw  herself  out  of  the  win- 
dow in  despair.  The  wife  didn't  do  either. 
"Are  you  quite  through  with  that  phone?" 
she  said,  when  her  lord  and  master  squatted 
down  to  eat  his  lunch.  Then  she  grabbed  the 
phone  herself  and  rang  up  Dr.  McMolar 's  tai- 
lor. 

"Who  authorized  you,  anyhow,  to  sell  an 
overcoat  on  credit  to  my  husband,  Dr.  Mc- 
Molar— you  though  he  was  good  for  it — well, 
he  isn  't  without  my  permission. 
Now,  you  send  out  a  scavenger's 
wagon  right,  away  and  cart  back 
that  overcoat  or  you'll  hear  from 
me  through. the  Baker  Beach  Wo- 
man's Bill  Moose  Club." 

My!  did  you  ever  hear  such  a 
thing?  Dr.  McMolar  got  so  fran- 
tic he  rushed  off  without  eating 
his  lunch  and  banged  the  front 
door  so  he  fractured  the  glass. 

' '  If  any  man  eut  up  like  that 
with  me  I'd  call  a  policeman  and 
have  him  put  out  of  the  house, ' ' 
the  young  bride-to-be  said  to  us. 
"Don't  you  ever  try  such  capers 
with  me,  Clarence,"  she  said  to 
the  prospective  bridegroom,  and 
he  got  so  nervous  his  cigarette 
went  out. 

Lands  sake!  the  young  men 
nowadays  can't  go  five  seconds 
without  sucking  a  cigarette  or  a 
pipe.  And  the  girl's  mother  nev- 
er said  a  word  to  check  her! 
Goodness  me!  When  I  was  her  age 
if  I  talked  like  that  mommer 
would  take  me  out  in  the  wood- 
shed and  slipper  me  till  I  couldn't 
see  straight.  But  nowadays  it's 
the  mothers  are  scared  to  death 
of  their  daughters. 

Gracious!  What  are  we  coming 
to? 


On  the  way  home  wo  mot  Mrs.  Trotter, 
Who  was  up  tO  the  biggest  tea  nf  the  season 
at  Mrs.  .Money's  on  1'. roadway.  There  was 
such  a  magnificent  display  of  low-cut  gowns 
and  diamonds,  Mrs.  Trotter  and  a  couple  of 
her  friends  that  went  in  tailor-made  suits 
huddled  up  in  a  corner  like  wounded  doves, 
and  felt  like  crawling  under  a  sul'a,  only  their 
iVel  would  be  sure  to  stick  out.  Mrs.  Trotter 
saw  Mrs.  Mugsliy  there  in  her  latest  Paris 
creation,  and  Mrs.  T.  says  she  looked  like  a 
bad  photograph,  overexposed  and  undevel- 
oped. 

Lands  sake!  it  used  to  be  that  nobody  wore 
ballroom  clothes  before  9  o  'clock  at  night,  but 
we'll  soon   be  wearing  them  for  breakfast. 

Ah,   what  is   the  world  coming  to? 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 
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of  Afghanistan  to  a  New  York  reporter, 
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gives  a  mere  boy  six  wives  and  permits  him 
to  travel  the  world  de  luxe  on  money  wrested 
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[Saturday,  November  9,   1912. 


AND     M 


EVER  since  that  memorable  day  last  July 
when  (Jail,  Chronicle  and  Examiner 
made  the  simultaneous  discovery  o±  the 
greatest  poetical  prodigy  or  •  all  time,  the 
mere  boy,  who  in  odd  moments  stolen  from  the 
plow  or  woodpile  dashed  off  "Homeiic  epics," 
•■lyrics  lovelier  than  ever  came  from  the 
lilting  lyre  of  Shelley,"  sonnets  sweeter  than 
the  sacchaiine  strains  of  Keats,  and  fantasies 
"rivaling  the  descriptive  genius  of  Byron  at 
his  best,"  editors  have  been  daily  deluged 
with  tne  effusions  of  aspiring  bards  and  bard- 
esses.  The  fact  that  tnis  particular  genius, 
who  like  a  new  star  swept  so  suddenly  into 
our  ken— and  so  quickly  out  of  it  we  have  mis- 
laid his  name— had  to  be  brought  specially 
under  the  notice  of  editors  by  means  of  a 
press  agent,  has  caused  them  to  read  submit- 
;tBd:.yerses  in  the  hope  that  yet  another  Dante 
6r  Bogtown  or  Uoetne  of  Ked  Gulch  may  not 
waste  his  sweetness  on  the  editorial  waste- 
paper  basket.  Formerly  a  manuscript  had 
uniy  to  be  suspected  by  its  bulk  or  outward 
appearance  of  being  verse  to  be  consigned 
to  the  janitor. 

Three  months  have  passed,  but  as  yet  the 
dailies  have  discovered  no  new  Byrons.  The 
"Wasp,  however,  has  been  more  fortunate.  By 
Monday's  mail  it  received  a  budget  of  bal- 
lards  lyrics,  sonnets,  villanelles,  and  other 
forms  of  verse,  from  one  Lycidas  O  'Grady,  and 
ever  since  it  has  been  looking  for  superlatives 
equal  to  the  surpassing  excellence  of  this  bard 
of  the  bards  of  all  time.  But  why  delay  the 
reader  longer?  Let  us  print  a  sample  of 
Lycidas  at  his  best: — 


ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  REAL  PROPERTY 

OF   THE   ESTATE    SHOULD  NOT   BE 

MORTGAGED. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  iu  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Depi.    No.    9    Probate.  nmi„n„OT, 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  MARY  STANFORD, 
Deceased. — No.   9390   N.   S.  „„„„ 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  REAL  PROP- 
ERTY OF  THE  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MORT- 
GAGED. 

In  the  above  entitled  matter,  it  appearing  to  said 
Superior  Court  that  the  verified  petition  of  Jasper 
Stanford,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Mary  Stan- 
ford, deceased,  has  been  filed  praying  for  an  order  of 
said  Superior  Court  authorizing  him  as  such  Admin- 
istrator to  borrow  the  sum  of  one  thousand  and  ten 
dollars,  and  to  execute  a  note  or  notes  and  mortgage 
so  as  to  mortgage  the  real  property  of  said  deceaseu 
to    secure    the    repayment    of    said    loan; 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  all  persons  interested  in 
the  estate  of  Mary  Stanford,  deceased,  be  and  they 
are  hereby  required  and  directed  to  appear  before 
said  Superior  Court,  in  the  court  room  of  Depart 
ment  No.  9  thereof,  at  the  New  City  Hall,  on  Market 
Street,  near  Eighth  Street,  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,' State  of  California,  at  the  hour  of 
ten  o'clock  a.  m.,  on  Monday,  the  18th  day  of  No- 
vember, 1912,  then  and  there  to  show  cause  why 
the  real  property  of  said  deceased  hereinafter  de 
scribed  should  not  be  mortgaged  for  the  sum  men 
tioned  in  said  petition,  to-wit,  one  thousand  and  ten 
dollars  or  such  lesser  sum  as  shall  be  meet;  and  all 
persons  interested  in  said  estate  are  hereby  referred 
to  the  petition  on  nie  for  turther  particulars. 

Said   real    property    is    described    as    follows: 

An  undivided  one-half  interest  in  and  to  all  that 
certain  lot,  niece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying 
and  being  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  with  the  improvements  thereon, 
and  bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows, 
to-wit: 

Commencing  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Godeus  Street  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
twenty  feet  northwesterly  from  the  point  of  inter 
section  of  said  line  of  Godeus  Street  with  the  north- 
westerly line  of  Coleridge  .street,  formerly  Califor- 
nia Avenue,  running  thence  northwesterly  along  said 
northeasterly  line  of  Godeus  Street  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  right  angles  northeasterly  sixty  (60-  feet, 
thence  at  right  angles  southeasterly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
and  thence  at  right  angles  southwesterly  sixty  (60) 
feet  to  said  line  of  Godeus  Street,  and  the  point  of 
commencement. 

Given  in  open  Court  this  16th  day  of  October, 
1912. 

J.   V.    COFFEY,    Judge. 

Endorsed:     Filed  Oct.  16.  1912. 

H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 
Bv    E.    B.    GILSON,    Deputy    Clerk. 

JOHN   O'GARA,    Attorney   for   Petitioner. 


LYCIDAS  O1  GRADY 


BALLAD  OF  BUTCHERTOWN. 


I  love   to  rove   when   summer's  sun    is   setting 

Behind  the  fog- kissed  heights  of  tall  Twin  Peaks 
And    Butchertown,    all    slaughtering    care    forgetting, 

Seeks  solace  by  the  shore  of  Islais  Creek. 
Islais  Creek,  that  flows  by  beautiful  Butchertown, 
Upon  thy  balmy  breezes  my  soul  is  wafted  far  from 

town. 
Far  sweeter  unto   me  you   are  than   streams   of   more 

renown, 
And    oft    I    stroll    along    thy    banks    my    sorrows    for 

to    drown. 
One  dusk,   when  with  nature   I  was   communing, 

Convinced  that  only  man  is  vile, 
I   saw   a  roughneck   and  his   sweetheart  spooning 

In    fiercest    ragtime    style. 
As  I   approached  them,   on  my  ears   came  ringing, 

"You   are  my  honeysuckle,   I'm   the   bee," 
For  it  was  him  who  sang,  and  then  she  started  singing 

'  'Won't    yer    harmonize    with    me  ? ' ' 
1  interposed,   as  was  my  plain,   sad  duty, 

And    said,    when    nature    was    thus    our    host. 
It  was  wrong  of  guests  to  mar  the  scenic  beauty 

By  barbarous   antics   of   the   Barbary   Coast. 
Some    hours' later    I    awoke    to    find    me 

With  bleeding  head  ana  sore  as  sore  could  be. 
A   kindly    butcher    came  with  bags    to   bind   me 

Wounds.      That   couple    didn't  harmonize   with   me. 
But    though    for    every    cent    they    took    me    down, 
And   also    odes   addressed   to    Butchertown, 
To   Islais   stream  at   eve   I   still   go   down 
For    sonnet    subjects    yet   will    win    renown. 

Gentlemen,  your  hats  off,  please.  Here  at 
last  is  tbe  poet  who  will  not  only  enshrine 
in  immortal  verse  the  beauties  of  Butchertown 
and  the  soulful  splendors  of  Islais  Creek,  rank- 
ing them  with  Stratford  and  the  Avon,  but 
whose  genius  will  bring  admiring  and  worship- 
ing tourists  flocking  to  the  Golden  Gate  from 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

By  all  the  gods  on  high  Olympus,  who  is 
Lycidas  O'Grady?  Is  his  name  really  O 'Grady, 
or  is  that  the  disguise  of  some  local  bard  who, 
struggling  for  years  to  give  his  soul  adequate 
expression,  and  having  at  last  written  his 
masterpiece,  would  have  the  world  forget  his 
dead  self  and  old  identity?  He  sends  his 
photograph,  but  several  of  our  poets  have 
not  been  seen  about  the  city  lately,  and  it 
may  be  that  this  picture  is  of  one  of  them 
who  in  seclusion  has  been  leading  the  simple 
life  so  simply  he  is  do  longer  recognizable. 
Beneath  those  unkempt  whiskers  and  that 
shock  of  tousled  hair  can  you  detect  George 
Sterling,  Herman  Scheffauer,  Charles  Keeler, 
David  Starr  Jordan,  or  Doc  Taylor? 

Study  the  verse,  and  the  problem  becomes 
even  more  difficult.  "The  fog-kissed  heights 
of  Tall  Twin  Peaks"  suggests  George  Ster- 
ling, but  "beautiful  Butchertown"  and  "the 
balmy  breezes"  of  Islais  Creek  are  so  redo- 
lent o^  Doc  Taylor  suspicion  would  rest  finally 
upon  him  were  it  not  that   "convinced  that 


only  man  is  vile"  brings  to  mind  the  nature- 
worshiping  vein  of  Herman  Scheffauer.  Charles 
Keeler  and  Joseph  Bedding  are  recalled  in 
several  lines,  but  never  with  quite  the  same 
clearness  as  David  Starr  Jordan,  who  might 
well  have  written: 

I  saw  a  roughneck  and  his  sweetheart  spooning 
In     fiercest     ragtime     style;  — 

However,  taken  as  a  whole,  the  discriminating 
will  see  that  there  runs  througn  the  ballad  a 
touch  of  subtle  symbolism  somewhat  foreign 
to  the  sterner  realism  of  the  Stanford  poet. 

There  is  yet  another  solution.  Lycidas 
O  'Grady  may  be  merely  the  trading  name  of  a 
syndicate  or  all  these  poets,  who,  having 
pooled  their  poetical  output,  intend  to  corner 
the  corners  reserved  for  poetry  in  our  maga- 
zines. 


GEORG  KRUGER 

901    KOHLEE    &    CHASE    BLDG.,    S.    F. 

Phone  Keaxny  5454. 

"An  artist  of  the  first  rank,   a  pianist 

of   correct   feeling    and    ripe    experience." 

— H.    E.   Krehbiel   in   New   York   Tribune. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

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studio  to  the  Gaffney  Building,  376  Sutter  Street, 
between  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  Street. 
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-THE  WASP 


15 


MUNICIPAL  OPERA  HOUSE. 

THAT   the   Civic   Center  opera   bouse    will 
be  in  readiness  for  the  opening  of  the 
Exposition   is  no   longer  a  matter   foi 
doubt,     in  something  less  than   two  years  a 
project    which   at   lirst   seemed   visionary   bas 
been  transformed  to  a  Bcheme  so  satisfactory 

in  its  details  the  financial  difficulties  have 
been  solved,  thanks  to  the  enthusiasm  wit  li 
Which  the  wealthier  of  our  music- lovers  have 
taken  up  the  proposal.  Every  one  of  the 
twenty  nine  boxes  offered  for  subscription 
(the  thirtieth  is  reserved  as  a  "municipal 
box")   has  been  taken   with   a   pledge  of  $15,- 

,    making   a    total   amount    of   $435,000    now 

definitely  assured  and  signed  for.  The  list 
of  subscriptions,  which  has  been  made  Up  in 
So  short  a  time,  is  as  follows:  Mrs.  0.  B. 
Alexander,  William  B.  Bourn,  James  W. 
Byrne,  Francis  .1.  Carolan,  Selah  Chamber- 
lain, Mrs.  C.  M.  Clark,  C.  Templeton  Crocker, 
W.  II.  Crocker  Eugene  de  Sabla,  Mrs.  M.  11. 
de  Young,  William  Fitzhugh,  Mortimer  Fleish- 
hacker,  .lames  L.  Flood,  Mrs.  Lewis  Gerstle, 
I.  W.  Hellman.  Jr.,  Mrs.  Phoebe  A.  Hearst, 
E.  W.  Hopkins,  William  G.  Irwin,  C.  F.  Kohl, 
Louis  F.  Mont  eagle,  George  A.  Pope,  Fred- 
erick W.  Sharon,  Schilling  &  Volkmann,  Leon 
Sh.ss.  Harry  Tevis,  Mrs.  William  S.  Tevis, 
K.  M.  Tobin,  Mrs.  Cyrus  Walker,  George 
Whittell,  Municipal  Box.  In  addition  to  the 
boxes,  there  will  be  a  tier  of  twenty  loggias, 
wliicr  are  being  taken  at  subscriptions  of 
$6,000  each. 

The  location  is  on  the  east  side  of  the 
plaza  in  the  Civic  Center,  and  on  the  block 
bounded  by  Larkin,  McAllister,  Hyde  and 
Fulton  streets.  The  other  buildings  which  will 
front  on  the  plaza  will  be  the  City  Hall,  cov- 
ering two  blocks;  the  Auditorium  and  Public 
Library,  covering  each  a  block;  and  the  State 
building,  which,  according  to  the  present  sug- 
gestion, will  have  a  frontage  of  a  full  block, 
and  extend  in  the  rear  to  tbe  alley  in  the 
middle  of  the  block.  The  opera  house  as  it 
is  being  designed  by  architect  Willis  Po'k, 
wil  be  an  imposing  structure,  repl  ?te  with  all 
the  details  of  the  most  moden  devices  for 
the  comfort  of  patrons,  and  will  cost  $750,000, 
irrespective  of  the  mural  decoration,  which 
will  be  added  later. 

■ ♦ 

GO  ON  THE  CARS,  YOUNG  MAN. 

JUDGING  from  a  dispatch  to  the  Chronicle, 
9  it  would  seem  that  the  eternal  problem 
"What  shall  we  do  with  our  boys?"  is 
very  easy  of  solution  to  the  Chicago  parent. 
Instead  of  debating  the  rival  claims  of  par- 
son, university  professor,  bank  clerk  or  any 
number  of  other  genteel,  but  woefully  under- 
paid professions,  the  windy  city  father  trains 
his  son  for  the  high,  honorable  and  hand- 
somely rewarded  calling  of  a  street  car  con- 
ductor or  motorman.  As  to  whether  he  be- 
comes a  conductor  or  only  a  motorman  de- 
pends upon  whether  he  shows  a  genius  for 
finanee  or  only  a  quick  eye  and  a  strong 
right  arm  that  will  stand  him  in  good  stead 
when  using  the  controller  bar  in  persuading 
a    refractory    passenger    to    get    off    the    car 


Facade  of  the  Municipal  Opera  House  for  the  Civic  Center,    as    sketched   hy   Willis    Polk. 


or  pay  his  fare.  Professor  Stephen  Leacock, 
who  writes  those  delightfully  humorous  non- 
sense novels,  when  commenting  on  his 
appointment  as  head  of  the  department  of 
economics  and  political  science,  said:  "As 
this  position  is  one  of  the  prizes  of  my  pro- 
fession, I  am  able  to  regard  myself  as  sing- 
ularly fortunate.  The  emolument  is  so  high 
as  to  place  me  distinctly  above  the  policemen, 
postmen,  street  car  conductor^  and  other 
salaried  omcials  of  the  neighborhood,  while  I 
am  able  to  mix  with  the  poorer  of  the  busi- 
ness men  of  the  city  on  terms  of  something 
like  equality."  But  then,  Professor  Leacock 
is,  as  he  says,  singularly  fortunate  in  having 
secured  one  of  the  prizes  of  his  profession. 
If  he  were  the  average  professor,  he  would 
be  distinctly  below  the  Chicago  street  car 
conductor,  and  had  he. persisted  in  the  orig- 
inal intention  of  joining  tLe  clergy,  he  might 
never  had  sufficient  intimacy  with  the  inside 
of  a  street  car  to  know  what  financial  mag- 
nates the  conductors  are.  On  a  Haight  street 
car  the  other  day  I  was  forced  to  overhear  the 
conversation  betwen  a  number  of  miners  and 
a  conductor,  who  had  once  worked  with  them 
in  camp.  The  conductor  kept  asking  the  boys 
if  they  didn't  think  he  ought  to  cut  back 
with  them.  "Don't  be  a  fool,  Bill,"  they 
answered  in  chorus,  "you're  on  the  best-pay- 
ing lead  you  ever  struck  in  your  life.  You're 
at  least  aure  of  three  square  eats  a  day,  a 
decent  suit  of  togs  and  a  soft  bed.  Keep  on 
working  this  claim  and  you  can  come  back  as 
a  mining  investor." 


WOMEN  INEBRIATES. 

DE.  LEONARD  STOCKING,  medical  sup- 
erintendent of  the  Agnews  State  Hos- 
pital,  says:    "When   a   woman   reaches 
that  stage  of  the  drink  habit  called  inebriety, 
it  is  almost  impossible  to  cure  her."     He  adds 


that  he  has  not  yet  discovered  the  reason. 
The  explanation  is  simple  and  in  no  way  con 
nected  with  the  physiological  or  psychological 
differences  of  the  sexes.  There  are  incurable 
women  as  theie  are  incurable  men,  but  the 
greater  difficulty  with  women  cases  is  the 
struggle  to  legain  the  social  standing  lost  by 
their  lapses.  Statistics  show  that  among  men 
clergymen  are  the  hardest  to  cure  and  for  a 
similar  reason.  A  man  of  the  world  is  soon 
welcomed  back  to  his  former  standing  if  he 
shows  a  positive  determination  to  refoim,  but 
with  a  woman  or  a  clergyman  the  welcome  is 
scarcely  so  cordial,  or  at  least  they  never 
think  that  it  is. 

+ 

COLONEL  SUES  EDITOR. 

ROOSEVELT,  in  suing  Newett,  publisher 
of  The  Iron  Ore,  for  criminal  libel, 
says  he  intends  to  settle  once  and  for 
all  the  charges  that  he  is  intemperate  in  habit 
aDd  speech.  As  for  Roosevelt's  personal  hab- 
its of  eating  and  drinking,  they  are  his  pri- 
vate affairs  and  with  them  we  have  no  con- 
cern, but  that  the  Colonel  is  intemperate  in 
speech  is  an  altogether  too  preposterous  ac- 
cusation. 

I  am  the  mildest  spoken  man 

That  ever  cursed  a  foe  or  uttered  oath, 
Though  my  feelings  may  be  wilder, 
Than  my  speech  there  's  nothing  milder, 

For  to  use  a  vulgar  word  I'm  very  loath. 

Like  Bully  Bottom,  I  can  roar 

As  gently  as  the  gentlest  sucking  dove. 
I  can  call  you  "Ananias" 
In  a  key  so  calm  and  pious 

You'd  mistake  it  for  the  tone  of  brother  love. 


Why  strain  at  "obey"  and  swallow  "till 
death  do  us  .part,"  when  it  is  almost  certain 
to  be  not  death    but  divorce! 


16 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,   November  9,   1912. 


WHAT  with  campaigning  for  candidates, 
the  overshadowing  importance  of 
election  day,  and  the  eleventh  annual 
convention  of  the  San  Francisco  District  of 
the  California  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs, 
which  opens  just  as  this  page  is  closing  for 
the  press,  there  has  been  little  in  the  way  of 
ordinary  club  activities  this  week.  The  busi- 
ness sheet  of  the  convention,  though  still  for- 
midable, is  marked  by  the  improvement  an- 
ticipated in  these  columns  some  weeks  ago — 
namely,  a  restriction  of  the  number  of  sub- 
jects set  for  discussion.  Many  and  varied  as 
are  the  papers  set  for  reading,  they  are  more 
distinctively  practical  and  freer  of  the  aca 
demic  tone  than  former  conventions.  One 
notes  with  pleasure  the  preponderance  of  pure- 
ly businesslike  matters,  such  as  "How  Can 
We  Interest  Women  in  Club  Work?"  by  Mrs. 
E.  H.  Coleman  and  Mrs.  M.  A.  Buchanan; 
' '  What  Does  Federation  Accomplish  for  the 
Small  Club?"  by  Mrs.  A.  P.  Black  and  Mrs. 
P.  F.  Powers;  "What  Is  the  Best  System  for 
Nominating  Club  Officers?"  by  Mrs.  C.  E. 
Eandall  and  Miss  Jennie  Partridge,  and  many 
other  questions  of  equally,  vital  import  to 
the  welfare  of  women's  clubs. 
*     #     * 

GLANCING  over  the  convention  syllabus, 
I  see  that  Mrs.  Daniel  Lothrop  ("Mar- 
garet Sidney")  will,  by  the  time  The 
Wasp  is  out,  have  delivered  her  address  on 
"Conservation  of  the  Child  and  the  Growth 
of  Our  Country. ' '  The  subject  is  of  uneqnal- 
ed  importance,  and  one  with  which  Mrs.  Loth- 
rop is  singularly  qualified  to  deal.  Much  of 
the  talk  on  conservation  generally  is  merely 
the  pap  of  party  politicians,  but  conservation 
of  the  child  is  the  one  hope  of  modern  civ- 
ilization, which  has  less  to  fear  from  race  sui- 
cide than  the  woeful  waste  of  infant  life  and 
the  neglect  of  child  education.  Those  who 
have  not  the  requisite  affection  with  which 
to  greet  offspring  are  better  off  without  them. 
They  are  nature's  unfit,  and  their  aversion  to 
parenthood  is  but  one  of  nature's  means  of 
eliminating  them.  But  while  the  parasitic 
may  be  left  to  their  fate,  it  is  our  duty  to 
aid'  those  who  are  of  use  to  the  race  in  the 
care  of  their  young,  and  no  better  field  is  open 
to  club  women  than  assisting  the  spread  of 
that   education   which   will   enable   mothers — 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  In  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


LADIES'  GOWNS  and  FANCY 
COSTUMES 

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■  AN    FRANCISCO.      CAL. 


the  real  nation  builders — to  conserve  the  lives 
and  improve  the  minds  of  their  young. 

AN  ILLUSTRATION  of  the  essentially 
practical  habit  of  mind  which  the  club- 
woman is  developing  as  the  result  of 
discussing  public  affairs  was  seen  at  a  recent 
meeting  of  the  Outdoor  Art  Club.  Mrs.  J.  D. 
MacMaster  had  reported  at  length  on  the 
proposed  desecration  of  Van  Ness  avenue  by 
the  building  of  a  car  track,  and  Mrs.  Lovell 
"White  followed  with  observations  to  the  ef- 
fect that  man,  the  inartistic,  seemed  to  be 
ever  willing  to  tear  down  and  destroy  every- 
thing that  was  beautiful.     How  " inartistic" 


Ufa 

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^k: 

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m 

MKS.  PERCY  L.   SHTTMAN 

President    San    Francisco    District    of    Women's 
Clubs,  in  convention  at  Santa  Cruz. 

man  came  to  build  theee  beautiful  things  in 
the  first  place  was  not  explained,  but  there 
was  much  comment  upon  male  vandalism  gen- 
erally, until  Miss  Katherine  Hittell  arose  and 
reminded  members  that  the  proposed  muni- 
cipal road  could  not  be  built  until  a  bond 
issue  was  voted,  and  that  if  women  felt  suf- 
ficiently strong  upon  the  point  they  could,  by 
their  votes,  easily  defeat  the  measure. 

4  6\/OU  have  the  club  habit  so  bad  that  you 
Y  are  neglecting  yourselves.  You  have 
no  time  for  reading,  no  time  for 
study,  for  mental  exercise.  You  are  so  con- 
cerned with  the  great  'uplift'  that  you  have 
forgotten  yourselves."  These  remarks  to  a 
New  York  delegation  of  club  women  by  Mme. 
von  Klenner,  who  was  in  San  Francisco  at  the 
last  biennial  may  have  their  bearing  in  New 
Y'ork,  and  there  are  some  few  local  women 
to  whom  they  apply,  but  in  the  open-aired 
West,  where  life  is  so  full  and  varied,  even 
for  the  confirmed  club  women,  they  have  no 
meaning.      "It  was  man — man,   the   inventor, 

Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  thau  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


— who  has  done  so  much  for  the  emancipation 
of  women,"  continued  Madame,  thereby  de- 
scending to  that  trick  of  the  critics  who  know 
the  advertising  value  of  any  utterance  dis- 
paraging of  the  sex.  Add  a  little  sop  to  Cer- 
berus, and  a  jibe  at  your  own  sex  is  sure  of  a 
wide  publicity.  Nothing  is  so  silly  as  the  at- 
tempt to  set  up  an  antagonism  of  the  sexes, 
and  if  some  immature  club  women  are  foolish 
enough  to  encourage  it  the  ultimate  result 
of  club  discussions  will  be  the  elimination  of 
the   shrieking   sisterhood. 

^ 

THE    SOCIALIST   COUNTESS-. 

THE  Countess  of  Warwick  is  not,  as  some 
suppose,  a  society  woman  who  dabbles 
in  humanivarianism  as  a  diversion,  and 
by  way  of  relief  from  the  tedium  of  entertain- 
ing the  noodles  of  her  aristocratic  set,  but  is 
a  genuinely  misinformed  enthusiast  with  a 
limited  capacity  for  logical  reasoning,  a  fair- 
ly comprehensive  ignorance  of  economic  prin- 
ciples, but  withal  a  woman  of  considerable 
charm.  If  the  reader  doubts  any  one  of  these 
propositions  let  him  turn  to  the  article  "Why 
1  Became  a  Socialist,"  wiitten  by  the  Count- 
ess and  published  in  the  current  Hearst's  Mag- 
azine. After  describing  her  conversion  from 
the  heresies  of  the  idle  rich  to  the  so-called 
truths  of  socialism  as  the  result  of  a  conver 
sation  with  a  socialist  eaitor  who  lived  in  p. 
London  garret  and  smoked  a  short  pipe,  she 
explains  the  economic  basis  of  her  cult.  That 
the  lady  fails  to  understand  even  her  own  side 
is  seen  in  her  contradiction  of  the  socialist 
theory  of  equal  opportunity  for  all.  She  says 
that  until  we  reach  that  ideal  state  when  all 
will  share  alike  there  must  still  be  "managers 
and  organizers  and  systematic  control,  and 
the  chieis  may  get  larger  salaries  than  the 
less  capable  workers."  If  some  are  to  get 
larger  salaries  than  others,  then  how  can  there 
be  equal  opportunities  for  the  children  of  the 
high-priced  managers  and  the  children  of  the 
rank  and  file  of  the  industrial  army?  And 
again,  upon  what  basis  are  the  differences  in 
salaries  to  be  ■  arranged  when  competition  is 
abolished?  But  into  questions  such  as  these 
— which,  by  the  way,  are  clearly  ana  logically 
discussed  by  Father  William  Poland  of  St. 
Louis  University  in  a  pamphlet  on  "Social- 
ism"— the  Countess  does  not  go,  and  contents 
herself  with  the  usual  millennium  moonshine, 
a  little  better  expressed  than  the  average  soap 
box  orator,  but  no  less  ridiculous. 


A  RELIABLE  GOLD 
AND  SILVER  HOUSE 

Old  family  jewelry  reconstructed  into  mod- 
ern styles. 

Stone  setting. 

Silverware  made  to  order,  repaired  and  re- 
finished. 

We  can  supply  you  with  toilet  articles  and 
table  flat-ware  in  ALL  STANDARD 
PATTERNS. 

Watches  by  the  best  makers. 


JOHN  0.  BELLIS 

Manufacturing  Gold  and  Silversmith 
328  Post  Street  Union  Square 


!"■■■': ': 


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<m^^^'^^::M 


THE  recorded  total  of  real  estate  Bales  in 
Oetober  was  $5,960,406.  The"  aumber 
of  sales  was  661.  Some  of  the  daily 
newspapers,  commenting  on  the  October  rec- 
ord see  in  it  proofs  of  a  lively  real  estate 
market.  It  is  aot  a  fact,  though,  that  the 
market  is  brisk.  Far  from  it.  The  unusually 
large  total  for  October  was  due  to  the  pur- 
chases of  property  for  the  Civic  Center.  The 
Mechanics'  Institute  block,  at  La r kin  and 
Hayes  Ms.,  represented  $700,000.  Other  Civic 
Center  purchases  ran  the  amount  paid  by  the 
city    up   to   almost   a   million   and   a   half. 

Seldom  Been  Duller. 

The  real  estate  market  in  San  Francisco 
has  seldom  been  duller  than  during  the  yeai 
1H11.  1'nwise  politics,  general  depression  in 
the  United  States,  and  last,  but  by  no  means 
least,  t  he  world 's  money  market  has  been 
disturbed,  and  all  these  causes  operate  to  de- 
pi  ess    the    realty    market. 

Depends  on  the   Savings  Banks. 

The  real  estate  market  depends  upon  the 
savings  banks  more  than  any  other  market. 
When  the  wage-earners  are  all  busy  and  the 
deposits  are  piling  up  so  fast  that  the  bank- 
ers are  puzzled  how  to  employ  the  funds  and 
earn  dividends  for  their  depositors,  the  real 
estate  market  usually  begins  to  show  life.  For 
two  years  the  wage-earners  have  not  been 
saving  much  money.  Many  of  them  have 
been  drawing  on  their  little  hoard  laid  aside 
for  a  rainy  day.  Now  conditions  are  chang- 
ing rapidly.  Labor  is  in  demand,  and  many 
large  projects  promise  to  make  labor  in  still 
greater  demand  in  San  Francisco.  The  sav- 
ing bank  deposits  will  soon  begin  to  feel  the 
effect  of  the  industrial  revival,  and  then  the 
real  estate  brokers  will  find  the  harvest  ripen- 
ing for  them.     It   needs  more  than  boom  fig- 


ures  and   1 m   predictions  in   newspapers   to 

create  a  genuine  market  when'  profitable  deals 
can  in-  made  quickly. 

Bargains  to  Be  Had. 
There  are  good   bargains   to  be   had  in  real 
estate   in    S;in    Francisco   now,    and   speculators 
who  do   not    take  advantage  of   them  will   re- 


MAKSHAL   HALE 

Vice-President  of  Hale  Bros.,  the  opening  of 
whose  new  store  marks  the  progress  of  a 
successful   firm. 

gret  it  before  long,  when  prices  begin  to 
climb.  There  should  be  considerable  money 
made  along  the  line  of  the  new  municipal  rail- 
road line  on  Geary  street,  which  has  been  a 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital      $4,000,000 

Surplus     and     Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources     $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.    GREENEBAUM.  ..  .Chairman    of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.     FRIUDLANDER Vice-President 

O     F     HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH Assistant   Cashier 

H.    CHOYNSKI Assistant    Cashier 

G.  R    Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


backward  street  by  reason  of  the  very  infe- 
rior car  service.  Improved  car  service  alway.s 
raises  prices  of  property    in    growing   districts. 

Shows  Faith  in  San  Francisco. 
The  opening  of  the  palatial  department 
store  which  the  enterprising  Hale  Bros,  have 
elected  on  the  leased  site  at  Fifth  and  .Mar- 
ket streets  marks  alike  the  wonderful  expan- 
sion of  this  progressive  firm  and  the  confidence 
of  shrewd  business  men  in  the  commerial  fu- 
ture of  San  Franisco  and  California  generally. 
Beginning  in  a  small  and  modest  way  at  Sec- 
ond and  Main  streets,  San  Jose,  way  back  in 
187b',  Hale  Bros,  developed  their  business  act- 
ivities to  the  point  where  it  became  necessary 
to  enter  a  bigger  field,  and  they  accordingly 
opened  up  in  this  city  in  1892.  Here,  again, 
superior  methods  told  with  such  force  it  was 
necessary  for  the  film,  in  less  than  eight 
years,  to  move  into  one  of  the  then  largest 
stores  in  the  city.  There  was  the  set-back 
of  the  great  fire  of  1906,  but  so  well-estab- 
lished was  the  firm  that  the  losses  were  soon 
made  good,  and  now,  six  years  after  that  cat- 
astrophe and  twenty  years  after  their  first 
entry  into  the  San  Francisco  field,  Hale  Bros, 
are  now  occupying  one  of  the  finest  and 
most  modern  commercial  palaces  of  the  Pa- 
cific slope.  The  move  nearer  to  the  business 
heart  of  the  city  is  not  so  very  great  meas- 
ured in  yards  of  foot-walk,  but  it  is  the  dif- 
ference between  near  the  edge  and  well  within 
the  center  of  the  retail  district,  and  will 
certainly  be  measured  by  many  thousands  of 
yards  of  dress  and  other  material  in  addition 
to  sales  at  the  old  stand. 

Civic  Center  Activity. 
The  city  government  seems  to  be  deter- 
mined to  go  ahead  quickly  with  the  erection 
of  the  buildings  at  the  Civic  Center.  The 
starting  of  the  work  on  these  buildings  in  a 
couple  of  months  will  have  a  most  beneficent 


E.F.HUTT0N&C0. 


490    California    Street.      TeL    Douglas    2487 
And  St.  Francis  Hotel. — Tel.  Douglas  3982 


MEMBERS 

New  York  Stock  Exchange 

Pioneer  House 


Private  Wire  to  Chicago  and  New  York 


R.  E.  MULCAHY         MANAGER 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   November  9,   1912. 


effect.  It  will  be  a  visible  sign  of  the  new 
era  in  which  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition 
will  play  such  an  important  part. 

The  Grand  Opera  House  Scheme. 
The  piiolic- spirited  citizens  who  are  con- 
tributing to  the  erection  of  a  grand  opera 
house  on  the  former  site  of  the  City  Hall 
are  evidently  confident  of  launching  their 
splendid  project.  San  Francisco  needs  a  fine 
opera  house  badly.  With  an  opera  house,  a 
vast  auditorium  and  a  fine  city  hall  rising  on 
the  Civic  Center,  people  will  be  convinced  thai 
the  promise  of  new  and  wonderful  achieve- 
ments in  San  Francisco  has  been  no  idle  talk. 

Sleepy  Property  Owners. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  important  work 
on  the  Civic  Center  will  stimulate  the  private 
owners  of  fine  corners  on  upper  Market  street 
to  improve  their  vacant  lots,  which  are  now 
such  an  eyesore  and  a  detriment  to  all  prop- 
erty in  the  neighborhood  until  decent  build- 
ings are  erected  upon  them.  The  unwise  pol- 
icy of  putting  up  shabby  buildings  is  shown 
on  Market  street,  between  Seventh  and 
Eighth  streets,  where  so  many  stores  are  un- 
tenanted because  the  rents  are  too  high  for 
structures  of  that  character,  which  give  the 
tenants  no  chance  to  build  up  trade.  Most  of 
the  buildings  there  are  miserable  shacks.  At- 
tractive stores  bring  business.  That  fact  is 
made  clear  on  the  Market  street  block  be- 
tween Sixth  and  Seventh.  This  block  be- 
tween Sixth  and  Seventh  street  will  soon  be- 
come a  fine  business  locality  and  enrich  the 
owners  of  property.  It  is  not  so  many  years 
since  it  was  a  very  poor  business  place,  for 
the  buildings  were  small  and  mean,  and  re- 
pelled  trade  instead   of   creating   it. 

A  Real  Hustler. 

Chairman  M.  H.  de  Young  of  the  Committee 
on  Concessions  and  Admissions,  is  a  real  hus- 
tler. He  has  been  back  only  a  few  weeks,  and 
already  the  effects  of  his  tireless  enterpiise 
begins  to  be  manifest  in  the  development  of 
the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition.  The  Commit- 
tee on  Concessions  is  doing  things. 

The  concession  to  Marcel  Clesinger,  a  fa- 
mous artist  of  Paris,  who  will  erect  a  faith- 
ful reproduction  of  the  Grand  Trianon  at  Ver- 
sailles, is  a  most  important  undertaking,  and 
is  likely  to  net  its  proprietors  a  fortune.  It 
is  an  inspiration.  Every  one  who  will  visit 
the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  will  desire  to 
see  the  reproduction  of  the  famous  palace 
which  Louis  XXV,  the  "Grand  Monarque"  of 
French  history,  built  for  Madame  de  Main- 
tenon  in  1687,  and  which  every  American 
tourist  who  visits  Paris  goes"  to  see.  The 
reign  of  Louis  XIV  was  alike  famous  for  its 
court  intrigues  and  the  splendor  of  the  archi- 
tectural works  created-  by  the  government 
and  rich  citizens.  The  Place  Vendome,  the 
Place  des  Victoires,  the  triumphal  gates  of 
San  .^enis  and  San  Martin,  all  famous  sights 
of  Paris,  are  productions  of  the  reign  of 
Louis  XTV.  Voltaire  tells  us  that  private  per- 
sons, in  imitation  of  their  king,  erected  a 
great  many  splendid  buildings.  The  impulse 
given  to  fine  architecture  in  the  reign  of  the 


"Grand  Monarque"  was  the  means  of  making 
Paris  the  most  attractive  city  in  the  world. 
By  reason  of  being  attractive,  countless  mil- 
lions in  money  have  been  poured  into  the 
capital  of  France  by  travelers.  California 
has  contributed  her  full  share.  And  yet  we 
have  in  San  Francisco  the  possibility  of  mak- 
ing a  city  more  beautiful  than  Paris  in  many 
respects,  for  Paris  has  no  such  magnificent 
marine  view  as  San  Francisco  commands,  and 
its  climate  is  not  to  be  compared  with  ours. 
In  fact,  no  city  in  the  world  has  the  advan- 
tages of  oan  Francisco  in  becoming  a  resort 
of  travelers  if  we  but  give  them  something  to 
amuse  them  properly  when  they  visit  us.  Bar- 
bary  Coast  attractions  and  ragging  out  at  the 
ocean  beach  will  not   suffice   to   satisfy  thou- 


R.   B.   HAiE 

Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  Hale  Eros.,  to  whom 
much  of  the  firm's  success  is  due. 


sands  of  desirable  visitors.  Everybody  who 
visits  Paris  does  not  head  straight  for  the 
tough  places  where  Apache  dances  are  the 
chief  stunt. 

Desirable  Artistic  Touch. 

M.  H.  de  Young  is  said  to  be  much  pleased 
with  the  concession  to  the  proprietors  of  the 
Grand  Trianon  at  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposi- 
tion, xt  will  add  a  desirable  artistic  touch  to 
the  attractions.  The  association  of  the  great 
Napoleon's  name  with  the  later  history  of 
the  Grand  Trianon  will  make  the  famous  build- 
ing doubly  interesting.  To  present  a  faithful 
picture  of  the  Grand  Trianon  at  the  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition  will  cost  at  least  $50,000, 
for  the  artistic  work  will  be  done  in  the  most 
painstaking  manner.  Napoleon 's  apartments 
wil  be  represented  in  every  detail.  It  will  not 
require  many  concessions  of  such  high  order 
of  merit  to  make  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposi- 
tion the  success  we  all  desire.     The  awarding 


of  the  concessions  is  in  the  best  of  hands  with 
Mr.  de  Young  regulating  them.  He  is  a  won- 
der at  that  work. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital    paid    up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided    Profits $5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFICERS. 

Isaias    W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,  Vice-Pres. 
F.    L.    Lipman,    Vice-Pres. 
James   K.   Wilson,    Vice-Pres. 
Frank  B.    King,   Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  h.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  L.  Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 
Isaias   W.   Hellman  I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph    Sloss  A.    Christeson 

Percy   T.   Morgan  Wm.   Huas 

F.  W.   Van   Sicklen  Hnrtland  Law 

Wm.    F.   Herri ji  Henry    Rosenfeld 

John  C.   Kirkpatrick  James   L.  Flood 

J.  Henry  Meyer  Clias.  J.  Deering 

A.  H.  Paysou  James    K.    \\  ilson 

F.  L.  Lipman 
ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,    Unexcelled 
Facilities 
SATE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.     Dept.    10. 

WILLIAM  R.  KENNY,  Plaintiff  vs.  All  persons 
claiming,  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.     Action   No.    32943. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of,  Defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  ft.  KENNY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  fii.st  p  iblica- 
tion  of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  wIiul  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  Unit  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  Suaro  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
(100)  feet  "southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of  Arguello  Boule- 
vard with  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and.  twenty  (120) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  fifty  (50) 
feet ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one 
hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number   182. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
23rd  day  of  October,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  9th  day  of 
November,  A.  D.  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
a  corporation,  526  California  Street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


Saturday,   November  9.    1912. 


-THE  WASP- 


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FOR  SALE 


FINE     COUNTRY     HOME     IN     FAIROAKS. 

Beautiful      Residence  completely       furnished. 

Grounds    in    high    state  ol    cultivation.      Stable, 

I  £  System       For   par- 
tion.ire    opplj 

A.  M.  ROSENSTIRN 

323  _  i    Utile   Building. 


FOR  SALE 

CHOICE      BUSINESS      HOLDING. 

$45,000 — Rents  $890.00  per  month.  Mission 
St.,  near  23rd  in  the  very  heart  of  an  act- 
ive business  section.  Improvements  consist 
uf  u  very  substantial  8-story  building,  con- 
taining 2  ston  -  and  rooming  house  above. 
Lot    45x122:6.      For    more    detailed    particu- 


lars 


apply 


KERNER  &  EISERT 


Telephone  Douglas  1551 


41   Montgomery  Street 
San  Francisco.  Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  anu  County  of  San 
Francisco.      Department    No.    5. 

WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZABETH  MANN. 
his  wife.  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof.  Defendants. — Action 
No.   32871. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZA- 
BETH MANN,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described    as    follows : 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (for- 
merly "Q")  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Avenue;  running  thence  west 
crly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (formerly 
"Q"  )  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th) 
Avenue ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  com- 
mence ment  Being,  part  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS 
BLOCK    No.    1052. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the 
owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed: that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and    further  relief  as  may  be  meet   in    the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
10th   day  of  October,    A.   D    191Z. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I  .POR'i^R,   Deputy   Clerk. 

MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of 
October,   A.  D.    1912 

GERALD  L.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  Califor- 
nia Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Sts., 
San    Francisco,    Cal.,    Attorney    for    Plaintiffs. 


Interesting  to  Real  Estate  People. 

A  business  de  which  1ms  interested  local 
real  estate  meD  the  purchase  <>r"  i1j<'  rent- 
collecting  and  insurance  business  of  M.  1". 
1  &  i  to.,   f.ir      i-iy   Salomao   &    Ksu-s,    by 

\v .  t:.  McGerry  a.  Company.  The  'l<-;il  was 
aegol  iated  by  1 1  :ii  firm  o£  real  husl  lers, 
K<  rn.-i  &  Eisertj  who  manage  to  do  a  large 
volume  of  business,  whether  times  lie  had  ur 

^ I.       It     seems    to    make    no    difference    i" 

them.  They  [tile  up  the  sales  just  the  same. 
They  know  I  lie  real  estate  game  and  they 
never  let  any  grass  grow  under  their  feet. 

W.  H.  Me  (.Jerry  \  Company  have  been  forg- 
ing towards  the  tup  for  several  years,  despite 
a  dull  market.  Lately  they  have  made  a 
strong  bid  for  the  renting  ami  insurance  busi- 
ness, and  how  successful  they  have  been  is 
shown  by  their  acquisition  of  the  flue  busi- 
ness of  Sal  on  tan  &  Estes.  With  this  latest 
addition  to  their  business,  W.  B.  McGerry  & 
Company  have  hen, me  a  very  important  fac- 
tor in  the  renting  business  in  San  Francisco, 
and  no  doubt  their  signs  will  continue  to 
be  seen  round  town  only  more  conspicuously 
than  ever. 

While  a  renting  business  is  in  itself  not  a 
bonanza,  it  is  a  very  valuable  asset  of  a 
large  real  estate  concern.  That  has  been 
demonstrated  several  times  in  San  Francisco, 
where  pioneer  real  estate  firms,  like  the  fa- 
mous old  concern  of  Daly  &  Hawkins,  for 
instance,  almost  monopolized  the  renting  busi- 
ness, when  it  shrunk  to  nothing  by  reason  of 
mismanagement  or  dull  times,  those  prominent 
old  firms  lost  their  identity,  and  in  some  in- 
stances disappeared  completely,  leaving  hardly 
a  memory.  There  are  many  angles  to  the 
real  estate  game,  and  the  man  with  the  best 
head  watches  them  carefully  and  makes  head- 
way, while  his  rivals  go  backwards. 

Local  Stock  Market, 

Considering  that  this  is  election  week,  the 
volume  of  business  at  the  Stock  and  Bond  Ex- 
change has  been  good.  Sugar  stocks  weaken- 
ed by  reason  of  the  apprehension  that  Demo- 
cratic ascendancy  at  Washington  might  have 
an  injurious  effect.  Spring  Valley  remained 
firm,  and  it  is  evident  that  this  stock  is  held 
very  closely  for  a  substantial  rise.  Associated 
Oil  did  just  as  I  expected  it  would.  Although 
there  was  a  strong  tip  out  to  .buy  it  for  a  big 
rise,  it  fluctuated,  and  nobody  has  been  able 
to  get  the  five  points  of  an  advance  that  they 
looked  for.  Real  information  about  this  stock 
has  not  reached  the  street  in  San  Francisco, 
and  most  of  the  buying  here  has  been  specula- 
tive. There  is  no  doubt  that  the  price  of  As- 
sociated Oil  is  very  low  for  such  a  splendid 
property,  but  its  eccentric  performances  have 
made  the  cautious  investors  afraid  to  handle 
it  with  confidence. 

The  rumor  of  an  additional  issue  of  Pacific 
Gas  and  Electric  common  stock  appears  to 
have  had  no  basis  whatever,  and  was  probably 
started  by  some  astute  and  designing  specu- 
lator who  hoped  that  by  means  of  his  ruse  he 
would  succeed  in  so  influencing  the  market 
as  to  make  a  turn. 

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MME.  Yolanda  Mero,  the  famous  Hungar- 
ian piano  virtuosa,  will  make  her  first 
appearance  on  the  Pacific  Coast  this 
Sunday  afternoon,  November  10th,  at  Scot- 
tish Rite  Auditorium,  and  Manager  Green 
baum  predicts  a  sensational  success  for  the 
beautiful  young  woman,  who  is  one  of  the 
few  pianists  who  are  able  to  reach  the  heart 
as  well  as  the  head. 

The  second  concert  will  include  Bach 's 
"Chromatic  Fantasie  and  Fugue,"  Beetho- 
ven's "Sonata,  op.  Ill,  and  works  by  Dohn 
anyi,  Merkler,  Chopin  and  Liszt-,  and  it  is 
in  the  arrangements  of  the  melodies  of  her 
native  land  by  this  last  composer  that  Mine, 
Mero   creates   veritable   sensations. 

The  second  concert  will  be  given  next  Thurs- 
day night,  when  the  novelties  will  be  a  series 
of  "Variations"  by  Dohnanyi,  "  Elfentanz, ' ' 
by  Carl  Helmann,  and  "Etudes  on  Octaves,'' 
by  Aghazzy.  For  lovers  of  the  classics  there 
will  be  the  rarely  played  "Sonata,"  op.  109, 
by  Beethoven,  and  works  by  Debussy,  Chopin 
and  Liszt  will  complete  a  quite  exceptional 
program. 

An  equally  interesting  offering  is  promised 
for  the  last  concert,  announced  for  next  Sat- 
urday afternoon,  November  16th. 

Tickets  for  all  three  Mero  concerts  are  on 
sale  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  's  and  Kohler  & 
Chase's. 


The  Beel  Quartet. 
Quartets  by  Haydn,  Beethoven  and  Debussy 
will  form  the  program  for  the  second  concert 
of   the  Beel   Quartet    announced   for   Tuesday 
night,  November  26th,   at  the  St.  Francis. 


Mme.  Gerville-Reache. 

I^WO  years  ago  Mme.  Gerville-Reacke,  the 
French  contralto,  made  her  Western  de- 
but in  this  city  to  a  handful  of  people, 
but  before  she  left  she  was  singing  to  splen- 
did and  most  enthusiastic  audiences,  and  the 
news  that  she  will  be  the  next  great  star  to 
appear  here  in  song  recitals  under  the  Green- 
baum  direction  will  be  welcomed.  Mme.  Ger- 
ville-Reache  will  give  two  recitals  besides 
singing  for  the  St.  Francis  Musical  Art  Soci- 
ety. 

Alice  Nielsen  and  Her  Company. 

MANAGER  WILL  L.  GREENBAUM  an- 
nounces that  he  will  from  now  on  ac- 
cept mail  orders  for  the  appearance  of 
Alice  Neilsen,  now  a  shining  star  in  the  Met- 
ropolitan Opera  Company's  constellation,  ana 
who  has  surrounded  herself  with  a  company 
of, star  members  of  the  Boston  Opera  Com- 
pany, The  conductor  will  be  Signor  Fabio 
Rimini  of  the  Opera  in  Bologna,  and  at  pres- 
ent one  of  the  directors  at  the  Boston  Opera. 
The  first  performance  will  be  given  at  Scot- 
tish Rite  Hall  on  Thursday  night,  November 
21st,-  when  with  beautiful  stage  settings,  cos- 
tumes from  the  Boston  Opera  House,  and  a 
magnificent  grand  opera  orchestra,  Miss  Niel- 
sen will  present  Wolf-Ferarri 's  delightful 
work,  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne."  Manager 
Greenbaum  states  that  Miss  Nielsen  lias  the 
sole  rignt  to  present  this  work  in  its  original 
form,  with  the  original  beautiful  orchestra- 
tion. Prior  to  the  performance  a  grand  oper- 
atic concert  will  be  given,  in  which  Mile  Jeska 


Swartz,  the  prima  donna  contralto,  will  sing 
the  "Aria"  from  Tschaikowsky 's  "Joan  of 
Arc,"  Signor  Mardones  the  "Aria"  from 
Vei  di  's  ' '  Simon  Bocanegra, ' '  Signor  Ra- 
mella  the  "Aria"  from  "La  Boheme,"  Signoi 
Fornari  the  "Figaro  Aria"  from  "The  Bar- 
ber of  Seville,"  and  Miss  Nielsen  will  offer 
some  delightful  concert  numbers  and  an  oper- 
atic aria.  The  second  and  last  performance 
of  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne"  will  be  given  on 
Sunday  afternoon,  November  24th,  also  pre- 
ceded by  a  grand  opera  concert  with  an  entire 
change  of  progiam.  The  box  office  will  be 
open  November  18th,  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co. 's 
and  Kohler  &  Chase's,  where  mail  orders 
should  now  be  addressed  to  Mr.  Greenbaum. 
In  Oakland  Miss  Nielsen  and  the  complete 
organization  will  appear  at  Ye  Liberty  Play- 
house on  Friday  afternoon,  November  22nd, 
presenting  a  fifty-minute  version  of  "The 
Barber  of  Seville,''  with  the  following  cast. 
Rosina,  Miss  Nielsen;  Bertha,  Mile.  Swartz; 
Count  Almaviva,  Signor  Ramella;  Figaro,  Sig- 
nor Foruari;  Basilio,  Signor  Mardones;  and 
Don  Bartolo,  Signor  Tavecckia.  For  the  Oak- 
land concert  mail  orders  should  be  sent  to 
H.  W.  Bishop  at  Ye  Liberty  Playhouse,  where 
the  public  seat  sale  also  opens  Monday,  No- 
vember 18th. 


"The  Chocolate  Soldier." 

THAT  mast ei [dec e  of  Oscar  Strauss  and 
Bernard  Shaw,  "The  Chocolate  Sol- 
dier, ' '  is  billed  for  the  coming  week 
at  the  Cort,  and  the  booking  for  that  exqui- 
site piece  of  opera  bouffe  promises  a  season 
of    crowded    house. 

Not  content  with  the  strength  of  his  com- 
pany seen  here  last  season,  Mr.  Fied  C.  Whit- 
ney, director  of  the  \Vhitney  Opera  Company, 
and  producer  of  "The  Chocolate  Soldier," 
has  sought  to  surprass  his  former  achieve- 
ments by  numerous  improvements.  A  feature 
of  his  success  is  that  he  insists  that  every 
member  of  his  organization  shall  have  had 
grand  opera  training.  Among  those  who  will 
appear  next"  week  are  Refia  Vivienne,  Hon 
Bergere,  Lucille  Saunders,  Charles  Purcell,  J. 
Russel  Powell,  Hazel  Frazier,  Sylvain  Lang- 
lois,  Pony  Moore,  J.  F.  Donough,  and  other 
favorites.  The  Whitney  Opera  Comique  or- 
chestra will  be  in  evidence  under  the  baton 
of    Max    Fichandler. 

At  the  Orpheum. 

THE  Orpheum  bill  for  next  week  wili 
maintain  the  high  standard  of  excel- 
lence for  which  this  justly  popular  the- 
ater is  famous.  Lulu  McConnell  and  Grant 
Simpson  will  present  a  one-act  eomedy,  "The 
Right  Girl. ' '  written  for  them  by  Herbert 
Hall  Winslow.  Miss  McConnell  is  a  dash- 
ing, vivacious  and  engaging  comedienne  of 
original  methods,  and  as  Josie  Day,  a  hosiery 
drummer,  is  most  congenially  cast,  while  Mr. 
Simpson  is  particularly  happy  as  William 
Brown  Jr.,  a  dry  goods  merchant.  The  ludi- 
crous situations  and  witty  dialogues  are  skill- 
fully availed  of  by  both  artists. 

The  most  marvelous  exhibition  of  athleti- 
cism ever  witnessed  will  be  introduced  by 
Nat  Nazarro  and  his  company.  They  have 
just  completed  a  three  months'  engagement 
at  the  Winter  Garden.  New  York,  where  they 


nightly  received  the  extraordinary  compli- 
ment of  being  compelled  to  respond  to  en- 
cores. 

George  H.  Watt,  who  has  puzzled  the  entire 
medical  faculty  of  Europe  by  his  wonderful 
control  of  electricity,  will  also  appear.  This 
human  accumulator  allows  over  b00,000  volts 
to  pass  through  his  body,  making  it  possible 
for  him  to  light  firecrackers,  bicycle  lamps, 
paper,    etc.,    on    his    hands,    head,    and    chest. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Joseph  Hart's 
production  of  "Mem  Liebchen,  "  Howard  the 
Scottish  Ventriloquist,  Les  Marco  Belli,  and 
Madame  Maria  Galvany,  the  famous  Euro 
pean  prima  donna,  who  will  be  heard  in  an 
entirely   new    repertoire. 

Third  Popular  Concert. 

FOR  the  afternoon  of  Sunday,  November 
17th,  which  has  been  scheduled  for  the 
third  popular  concert  of  the  San  Fran- 
eisco  Oichestra,  the  Board  of  Governors  have 
arranged  for  Andreas  Dippel  's  production  of 
"The  Secret  of  Suzanne,"  in  addition  to  the 
orchestra.  The  first  part  of  the  rn'ogram  will 
be  devoted  to  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra, 
Henry  Hadley  conducting;  the  second  part 
will  consist  of  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne,"  and 
Attilio  Paielli,  one  of  Dippel 's  conductors 
for  the  Italian  Opera  with  the  Chicago-Phila- 
delphia Grand  Opera  Company,  will  wield  the 
baton  over  the  orchestra  supplied  by  Mr.  Dip 
pel. 


' '  The  Secret  of  Suzanne. ' ' 

FRANK  W.  HEAJUY  will  present  Andreas 
Dippel 's  pioduction  of  the  "Secret  of 
Suzanne ' '  at  the  Cort  Theater  Sunday 
evening,  November  17th.  The  company,  whien 
is  conducted  by  Attilio  Parelli,  carries  its 
own  orchestra  and  a  double  cast  of  principals, 
this  being  necessary  as  the  "Secret  of  Su- 
zanne" is  preceded  by  a  concert  program,  in 
winch  the  following  will  participate:  Alvin 
Steindel,  violinist,  nephew  of  Bruno  Steindel, 
'cellist;  Charles  Luivey,  pianist;  Jennie  De- 
tail, Marie  Cavau,  Agnes  Berry,  Alfreda  Costa, 
Aurele    Borriss    and    George    Vivian. 


Adele  Rosenthal's  Concert. 

A  DELE  ROSENTHAL,  the  San  Francisco 
pianist  who  created  somewhat  of  a  sen- 
sation by  her  excellent  playing  at  the 
concert  of  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra,  being 
paid  the  unusual  compliment  of  the  members 
of  the  orchestra  and  the  conductor  standing 
and  applauding  her,  will  be  heard  in  recital 
at  the  Scottish  Rite  Hall,  on  the  evening  of 
Wednesday,  November  13th.  Miss  Rosenthal, 
who  is  a  native  daughter,  is  entitled  to  a 
world  of  praise  for  the  progress  made  in  her 
work — the  sister  of  Albert  Rosenthal,  'cellist, 
and  the  daughter  of  Marcus  Rosenthal,  attor- 
ney. Miss  Rosenthal  devoted  eight  years  to 
study  and  concertizing  in  Europe.  Sueh  cel- 
ebrated masters  as  Alfred  Cortot,  Paris.  Al- 
fred Reisenauer,  Leipsic,  Joseph  Lhevinne, 
Berlin,  and  Harold  Bauer,  Paris,  taught  and 
complimented  the  little  San  Francisco  girl. 
An  excellent  program  will  be  given,  and 
will  include  Brahms.  Scarlatti,  Chopin,  Schu- 
mann, and  Liszt.  Seats  are  on  sale  at  Sher- 
man, Clay  &  Co. 's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's,  and 
may  be  obtained  from  Miss  Rosenthal  at  hei 


Saturday,   November  9,   1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


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residence,  3242  Washington  street.  The  con- 
cert is  under  the  business  direction  of  Prank 
W.   Healy. 


At  the  Pantages. 

TWELVE  pretty  girls  play  prominenl  parts 
in  the  firsl  of  a  series  of  tabloid  mu- 
sical comedies  produced  by  Ned  Way- 
burn,  the  famous  Broadway  producer,  to  be 
produced  al  Pantages  this  winter.  The  first 
production  will  be  the  "Minstrel  Misses/' 
presenting  for  the  firsl  time  here  "From 
White  to  Black/1  an  act  replete  with  start 
liny  sri-nu'  cllVrts,  liiriny  sniiys,  keen  comedy 
and  .pretty  girls.  The  "Minstrel  Misses 
make  their  appearance  in  ordinary  garb,  bul 
tin'  unique  part  of  tin1  performance  comes 
when  the  dozen  attractive  maids  manipulate 
the  burnt  cork  before  t  he  audience,  trans- 
forming I  li  em  selves  from  win  some  girls  to 
typical   comedians   of   the   dusky  type. 

The  second  hiy  feature  of  the  Pantages  bill 
is  to  be  a  big  surprise  a  el  enlled  "Si  14  Marked 
Money. "  Sensational  ho  Op -rolling  and  baton 
juggling  will  be  shown  by  the  members  of 
the  Zara  Carmen  Trio,  who  have  what  might 
be  called  "the  act  beautiful  in  pink.''  Wil- 
liam Howard  Langford,  styled  "the  Beau 
Brummel  <>f  Singers'';  O'Neal  &  Wamsley, 
comedians    known    as   "the   Lightning   Bugs''; 

^,SAN_FRANCISCO     - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry  Hadley-  Conductor 

THIRD     SYMPHONY     CONCERT 

Friday    Afternoon,    Nov.    15,    1912,    at    3:15    O'Clock. 
AT  THE  CORT  THEATER. 
PROGRAM: 
Mozart    (1756-1791).  .Overture,  Marriage  of  Figaro" 
Rachmaninoff   (1873) .  .Symphony  No.  2,  in  B  minor, 
op.    27:      I.   Largo-Allegro   Moderato ;    II.    Alle- 
gro  Motto;      III.   Adagio;      IV.   Allegro   Vivace. 
S.     Coleridge     Taylor     (1875-1912)  ..  The     Bamnoulu, 
Rhapsodic  Dance   (new,  first  time  in  San  Fran- 
cisco). 
Wagner      £1813-1883).  .Siegfried's     Funeral     March, 
from  Die  Gotterdammerung. 
Seats  on    sale   at   Sherman,   Clay   &   Co.,    Kohler   & 
Chase's,    and    the    Cort   Theater.      Prices    75c,    $1.00, 
$1.50,    $2.00. 

Frank  W.  Healy,  Manager,  711  Head  Building, 
209    Post    street.      Phone,    Sutter    2954. 


Adele  Rosenthal,  a  native  of  San  Francisco,  who 
devoted  the  past  eight  years  to  study  and  concertizing 
in  Europe,  will  give  her  first  concert  at  the  Scot- 
tish Rite  Hall,  on  the  evening  of  Wednesday,  No- 
vemher  13th.  Miss  Rosenthal  is  spoken  of  as  an 
exceptionally  clever  pianist,  and  has  had  the  bene- 
fit of  tuition  under  the  following  masters:  Alfred 
Cortot,  Paris ;  Alfred  Reisenauer,  Leipsic,  in  his 
Meister  Classe ;  Joseph  Lhevinne,  Berlin;  Harold 
Bauer,    Paris. 

PROGRAM : 

J,  Brahms:  Sonata  F  minor — I.  Allegro  Maestro; 
II.  Andante  (Der  Abend  daemmert,  das  Mondlicht 
scheint  Da  sind  zwei  Herzon  in  Liebevereint  Und 
haltenssich  selig  umfangen);  II.  Scherzo;  IV.  In- 
termezzo (Ruckblick);  V.  Finale.  Scarlatti:  Sonata 
in  C  major.  Scarlatti-Tansig :  Pastorale.  Scarlatti: 
Sonata  in  D  major.  Chopin:  Bacarolle.  Schumann: 
Fantasie,  op  17 — I.  Allegro  fantastico  e  con  pas- 
sinne;  II,  Moderato  ma  energico ;  III.  Andante  Sos- 
tenuto.      F.    Liszt:    Rhapsodie    hongroise    No.    12. 

The  concert  is  under  the  business  direction  of 
Frank  W.  Healy.  Seats  may  be  obtained  after  Wed- 
nesday, November  6th,  at  the  box  offices  of  Sherman, 
Clay  &  Co.  and  Kohler  &  Cnase,  and  at  the  resi- 
dence of  Miss  Rosenthal,  32-12  Washington  street. 
Prices   75c.,    $1.00,    $1.50.      Steinway  piano   used. 


CONCERT   OE 

MISS  HELEN  COLBURN  HEATH 

SOPRANO, 
AT  THE  COLONIAL  BALLROOM 

St.  Francis  Hotel. 

Thursday,    November  21st,   at  8:30  P.   M. 

Assisted   by 

HERBERT   RILEY,    'CELLO 

UNA   WALDRUP,    PIANIST 

Prices:      Reserved    Seats,    $1,00;    Box    Seats.    $1.50. 

Seats    on    Sale    after    November    1-ith    at    Sherman, 

Clay     &     Co.,     St,     Francis     Hotel  :     and     from     Miss 

Heath.    2505     Clay    street.       Telephone,     West    4890. 

Direction.  .Frank  W.  Healy 


the  Cervod  IMio,  masters  of  the  newest  in- 
strument, th<  piano  accordion;  the  sketch 
called  "The  ■nin  of  the  Vaesar  Girl,'1  and 
motion   picture*-   complete  an   interesting  bill. 

Sail  Francisco  Orchestra. 

Wll  KTll  II.  Richard  Strauss  founded  his 
tone  ["'em  "Death  and  Transfigura- 
tion" itn  Alexander  Ritter's  poem,  as 
stated  by  Harvey  Wickbam,  or  Bitter  wrote 
his  remarkable  verses  after  the  completion  of 
the  Strauss  ennipusitiun,  ;i>  alk'^evl  mi  the 
program,  is  the  most  irrelevant  of  details  in 
no  way  iilTeeting  that  masterpiece  of  the 
higher  melody,  nor  the  surpassing  excellence 
uf  its  interpretation  by  Conductor  Hadley 
and  his  brilliant  assemblage  of  musicians.  lu 
the  humble  judgment  of  the  present  scribe, 
who  is  also  something  of  a  pharisee,  and  very 
much  a  philistine,  the  literary  view  of  musi- 
cal art  is  the  merest  moonshine,  and,  except 
for  its  independent  value  as  literature,  when 
it  happens  to  be  such,  is  utterly  personal  and 
valueless.  A  composer  doubtless  starts  out 
with  certain  thoughts,  or  emotions,  but  no 
sooner  lias  he  conceived  the  fii st  bar  than 
he  has  entered  a  realm  wherein  mere  words 
can  never  follow  him  any  more  than  the  mere 
prose  writer  can  follow  or  adequately  express 
the  beauty  contained  in  a  poem.  Prose  bursts 
into  poetry  when  the  writer  glows  with  the 
incandescence  of  beautiful  emotions  and  when 
those  emotions  become  still  more  beautiful, 
their  adequate  expression  calls  for  music  or 
a  form  purged  of  the  dross  of  words.  All 
that  mere  language,  even  in  the  beautiful 
terms  of  a  Ritter  poem,  can  express,  when  it 
seeks  to  interpret  the  meaning  of  a  musical 
composition,  is  something  personal  and  pecu- 
liar to  the  writer  and  in  no  wise  representing 
the  thought-purged  emotions  of  the  composer. 
But  that  is  getting  away  from  the  second 
symphony  concert  of  the  San  Francisco  Or- 
chestra, and  if  I  say  much  more  in  denuncia- 
tion of  "mere  words"  the  reader  may  be 
persuaded  that  my  own  are  valueless — and 
they  would  be  if  they  sought  to  express  just 
what  Strauss  felt  when  he  yielded  himself  to 
the  delicious  madness  of  that  marvellous 
frenzy  "Death  and  Transfiguration."  Con- 
ductor Hadly  is  reported  to  have  summed  up 
his  judgment  of  the  afternoon's  performance 
in  sentences  so  well  balanced  I  am  sure  he 
must  have  figured  them  out  beforehand  in 
moments  less  tense  than  when  he  set  down 
the  baton.  As  a  conductor,  Hadley  often 
impresses  me  as  cold-bloodedly  prim  and  far 
too  sartorially  elegant  in  bis  fashion  plate 
appearance,  but  on  Friday  afternoon  he  be- 
came so  transfigured  by  his  whole-hearted  en- 
thusiasm he  looked,  as  he  was,  the  great  con- 
ductor. Through  the  Scnumann  symphony  he 
was  as  decorous  as  a  Harvard  professor  dis- 
coursing deferentially  on  esoteric  shintoism, 
but  when  it  came  to  Strauss  he  began  with  a 

OWSWEVL  mxSTOCWON  fe-?0\NE\.\. 

Safest  and  Most  Magnificent  Theater  In  America! 
WEEK  BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 

Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE! 
LULU  McOONNELL  and  GRANT  SIMPSON  in  Their 
Latest  Success,  "The  Right  Girl";  NAT  NAZARRO 
&  CO.,  the  Acme  of  Athletic  Artistry;  GEORGE  H. 
WATT,  the  Electric  Problem;  ADELE  FERGUSON 
and  EDNA  NORTHLANE,  the  London  Tivoli  Girls; 
Joseph  Hart's  "MEIN  LIEBCHEN"  ;  HOWARD, 
Scottish  Sub-Vocalist;  LES  MARCO  BELLI,  French 
Comedy  Conjurors;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PIC- 
TURES. Last  Week  MADAME  MARIA  GALVANY, 
Entirely  New  Program. 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c.  75c  Box  Seats,  $1 
Matinee    Prices    (Except    Sundays   and   Holidays) 
10c,    25c.    50c. 

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Ellis  and   Market. 
Phone    Sutter   2460. 


Lnsl   Time  Tonight,  Holbrook  lllinn  in 
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BEGINNING    TOMORRO'W     (SUNDAY)    NIGHT 

Week   Only — Mais.   Wed.   and    Sat. 

Farewell   visit   oi  tin.  Popular  Idol, 

"The  Chocolate  Soldier" 

Presented  by  the  Whitney  Opera  Company. 
('us!    uf    7."),  Full    Opera    Orchestra. 


Cora.    Mem.    Nov,    18— "A   BUTTERFLY    ON    THE 
WHEEL." 


MERO 


HUNGARIAN  PIANO  VIRTUOSA 

SCOTTISH  RITE  HALL 

Van    Ness    and    Sutter. 
This  Sunday  Aft.,  Nov.   10,   at  2:30 
Thurs.  Eve.,  Nov.   14  and  Sat.  Aft,  Nov.   16 
Tickets,    $1.50,    $1.00,    75c,    at    Sherman,    Clay   & 
Co.'s  and  Kohler  &  Chase's. 

Sleinway    Piano    used. 


MAIL  ORDERS  NOW  TO  WILL  L. 
GREENBAUM,    101   POST   ST., 
SAN  FRANCICO,  FOR 


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GRAND   OPERA   STARS  AND    ORCHESTRA  OF  30 
In  the  Original  Version  of 

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Thurs.  Eve.,  Nov.  21,  at  8:30 
Sund.   Aft.,   Nov.   24,   at   2:30 

Tickets,    $2.50,    $2.00   and   $1.00. 


NIELSEN  CO.  IN  OAKLAND 

Frid.  Aft.,  Nov.  22,   at  3:15,  Ye  Liberty 

"The  Barber  of  Seville" 


Coming — GERVILLE   REACHE,    Contralto. 


Pantages  Theater 


Market   Street,   Opposite   Mason. 

Week  of  November  10th: 

12-MINSTREL   MISSES--12 

Ned.    Way  burn '  s    Big    Production 


The   Big  Surprise, 

"804  MARKED  MONEY" 


7— BIG    VAUDEVILLE    ACTS— 7 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:30  and  3:80.  Nighti, 
Continuous   from    6:80. 


Prices — 10c,  20c.  and  30c. 


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[Saturday,   November  9,   1912. 


eesive  stages  of  enthusiasm  to  an  artistic 
delirium  in  which  his  whole  frame  swayed  in 
a  corybantie  ecstacy,  the  arms  waving  and 
his  very  hair  risiug  in  rebellion  against  an 
opppressive  pomade.  It  was  grand — not  the 
hair-raising,  but  the  soul-stirring  atmosphere 
with  which  it  sought  to  keep  in  harmony. 
Even  Tommy  Nunan  was  convinced  that  the 
Strauss  of  that  tone  poem  was  something 
more  than  a  composer  whose  chief  ability 
was  the  setting  of  an  asylum  delirium  to  a 
series  of  chaotic  chords. 

The  Schumann  symphony  was  well-received 
and  Miss  Carrie  Bridewell,  the  contralto  solo- 
ist, delighted  the  large  and  fashionable  aud- 
ience with  the  "  Erda  Scene"  from  Rhine- 
gold,  the  Mignou  Gavotte  and  an  old  favorite 
from  Lncerzia.  At-  next  Friday 's  concert, 
Miss  Adell  Rosenthal  will  play  the  piano 
score  of  Grieg 's   Concerto   in  A  minor. 


Kruger  Piano  Club. 

MEMBERS  of  the  Kruger  Piano  Club  held 
an    enjoyable    evening    last    Tuesday. 
The  talented  young  musicians  who  com- 
pose the  circle  gave  a  delightful  program.  The 

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WINE,  $1.00. 

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Next  to  Palace  Hotel 

Phone  Kearny  1812. 

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MISS   EVA  MEHEGAN 

Pupil   of    Georg   Kruger,    who   will   appear   in   a, 
piano  recital  next  Thursday. 

various  contributions  marked  the  performing 
members  as  singularly  gifted — etudents  desir- 
ous of  obtaining  the  best  in  music,  and  in  re- 
turn giving  the  best.  Each  number  contribut 
ed  on  the  program  was  rendered  in  effective 
style  and  correct  interpretation,  the  performer 
having  absorbed  the  composer's  conception 
of  the  theme.  The  following  program  was  en- 
joyed to  the  fullest  degree:  Fleurette  (Raff), 
Helen  Auer;  Mazurka  (Lesckitizky),  Julia 
Obernesser;  Le  Matin,  for  two  pianos  (Cham- 
inade).  Eve  Mehegan;  Hungarian  Rhapsodie 
14    (Liszt),  Audrey  Beer. 


rISS 


Miss  Mehegan's  Recital. 
EVA  MEHEGAN,  a  talented  pupil 


v  I  °^  Georg  Kruger,  will  appear  m  a  pi- 
ano  recital  before  the  Knights  of  Col- 
umbus, on  next  Tuesday.  Miss  Mehegan 's 
playing  is  artistic,  and  evidences  the  result 
of  good  training  coupled  with  serious  and 
painstaking  study. 


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The  Winship  Dinner. 
Quite  apart  from  the  brilliant  assemblage  of  some 
170  guests  bidden  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emory  Winship 
to  meet  Lieutenant-Commander  and  Mrs.  David  F. 
Sellars  ;it  dinner  al  the  Palace  EXotel  last  Monday 
were  the  gorgeously  beautiful  ,  original  and  artistic- 
ally arranged  decorations.  Nothing  in  the  hiatory  of 
decorative  dinners  in  iliis  city  was  quite  the  same 
us  this  magnificent,  yet  withal  tasteful,  display,  and 
there  were  those  among  the  guests  whose  wide  ex- 
perience  of  Eastern  and  foreign  munificence  recalled 
nothing  surpassing  its  floral  splendor.  The  autumn 
foliage  and  chrysantneniunis  ou  the  walls,  the  foun- 
tains and  potted  plants  at  each  end  of  the  room,  the 
Bummer  house  in  the  center,  and  the  beautiful  Italian 
vases  on  the  ten  individually  decorated  tables  were 
bul  some  of  the  details  contributing  to  the  charm  of 
the  dazzling  spectacle.  Lieutenant-Commander  Sel- 
lars is  a  naval  attache  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposi- 
tion, and  his  appointment  has  been  hailed  with  en- 
thusiasm by  his  many  friends  in  this  city.  Mrs. 
Sellers  is  equally  popular,  and  much  entertainment  is 
promised  the  couple  during  their  sojourn  among  us. 
Captain  Charles  A.  Gove,  Commandant  at  Yerbit  Bu- 
ena  Island,  and  Mrs.  Gove,  who  are  also  new-comers, 
were    among    the    guests. 


Miss  Margaret  Casey. 
Miss  Margaret  Casey  will  make  her  debut  at  a 
large  ball  given  in  her  honor  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Emory  Winship  on  the  21st  of  this  month  at  Cali- 
fornia Hall.  It  will  be  a  very  large  affair  and  will 
include  the  young  married  people  as  well  as  the  de- 
butantes. Miss  Casey  intended  making  her  debut 
last  winter,  but  the  death  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  Mau- 
rice Casey,  plunged  the  whole  family  into  mourning, 
She  is  one  of  the  greatest  heiressess  of  the  winter, 
having  inherited  a  large  fortune  from  her  mother. 
She  is  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Emory  Winship  and  of  Har- 
old Casey,  who  was  recently  married  to  Miss  Alex 
ander  Shields.  She  is  no  relation  at  all  t  o  Ruth 
Casey,  another  heiress,  who  was  married  to  Arthur 
Brown   a   few  months  ago. 


Murray-Preston  Wdeding. 

One  of  the  large  events  of  the  winter  will  be 
the  wedding  of  Miss  Carolyn  Murray  and  Ord  Pres- 
ton, which  will  take  place  on  December  4th,  at 
Fort  Mason.  This  will  be  the  first  wedding  in 
years  to  be  solemnized  at  this  historic  old  fort,  and 
will  be  largely  attended  by  town  people,  as  well 
as  all  the  service  people  from  all  parts  of  the 
buy  posts.  Her  sister.  Miss  Sadie  Murray,  will  be 
her  only  attendant,  and  after  the  honeymoon  of 
several  weeks  on  the  Coast  Mr.  Preston  will  take 
his  bride  to  Washington,  where  they  will  make 
their  future  home.  The  commanding  general's  house 
at  Fort  Mason  is  a  charmingly  rambling  sort  of 
a  place  and  is  ideally  built  for  entertainments.  It 
has  been  entirely  renovated  for  the  Murrays,  as 
before  their  arrival  it  stood  vacant  for  a  year  or 
more.  General  Shafter  occupied  it  for  a  long  time 
some  years  ago  when  his  sister,  Mrs.  McKittrick, 
presided  with  him,  and  it  was  constantly  the  scene 
of  much  gaiety.  After  him  came  General  McArthur 
and  his  family,  then  General  Bliss  and  General 
Barry,  all  of  whom  greatly  added  to  the  social  life 
with  large  teas  and  attractive  garden  parties,  which 
can  be  so  delightful  in  the  beautiful  gardens  over- 
looking the  bay. 

Miss  Murray  will  be  very  much  missed  in  society 
this  winter,  as  she  is  a  charming  girl  with  very 
gracious   manners. 


Slack-Zook  Engagement. 
Though  it  was  expected  that  Miss  Ruth  Slack 
would  take  her  place  in  society  this  winter  as  one 
of  its  attractive  debutantes,  there  was  no  general 
suspicion  as  to  an  engagement  announcement.  It 
was  therefore  a  genuine  surprise  to  the  many 
friends  of  this  popular  member  of  the  younger  set 
to  learn  that  she  was  betrothed  to  Judge  Edgar 
Thomson  Zook  of  San  Rafael.  Miss  Slack  is  a 
daughter  of  Judge  Charles  W.  Slack,  formerly  dean 
of  the  Hastings  Law  College,  and  a  man  who  dur- 
ing his  term  on  the  bench  won  the  respect  of  the 
public    and    the    legal    profession    by    his    probity    of 


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MRS.  GROVER  CLEVELAND 

As  she  looked  on  the  day  of  her  wedding  at  the 
White  House   to   the  late  President. 


character  and  thorough  grasp  of  the  intricacies  of 
the  law.  Though  re-elected  to  the  bench,  he  re- 
signed in  order  to  resume  a  more  lucrative  prac- 
tice. Like  her  father,  who  is  a  scholarly  man,  Miss 
Slack  is  essentially  a  student,  showing  always  a 
preference  for  books  and  lectures  over  the  allure- 
ments of  society.  Judge  Zook,  who  has  the  honor 
of  being  the  youngest  man  ever  elevated  to  the  Supe- 
rior bench  in  the  State,  is  an  appointee  of  Governor 
Gillett,  and  a  son  of  F.  K.  Zook,  a  railroad  official 
No  date  has  been  definitely  named  for  the  wedding, 
but  there  will  be  much  entertaining  for  Miss  Slack 
before    toe    event. 


Mrs.  Cleveland  to  Wed. 
In  less  than  a  year  after  their  first  meeting,  Mrs. 
Grover  Cleveland  and  Professor  Thomas  "Preston 
have  advanced  their  friendship  to  the  stage  of  an- 
nouncing a  marriage  next  April.  Mrs.  Cleveland 
is    a    superior    woman,    whose    personal    charm    more 

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than  atoned  f"r  all  the  bitter  criticism  t<>  which  her 
late  husband  was  subjected.  Cleveland  nover  could 
mix  with  many  of  the  political  leadei'6  whose  friend- 
ship was  it  requisite  to  party  success,  and  his  pref- 
erence for  home  life  was  easily  understood  by  all 
privileged  to  associate  with  his  charming  wife. 
Preston,  who  is  5u.  is  a  man  of  high  scholastic  at- 
tainments. 


The  Gayety  Club. 
Of  all  the  exclusive  sets,  the  members  of  the  Gay- 
ety Club  are  considered  the  most  ultra.  The  club 
was  originated  about  eight  years  ago  by  a  coterie 
of  girls  which  included  Miss  Christine  Pomeroy  (now 
Mrs.  Scott  Brook  of  Portland),  Miss  Natalie  Coffin 
(now  Mrs.  Crawford  Green),  Misses  Gertrude  and 
Dorothy  Eels  (now  Mrs.  John  Lawson  and  Mrs. 
James  Coffin ',  Miss  Marjorie  Josselyn,  Miss  Elsie 
Tallant,  Miss  Newell  Drown,  Miss  Helen  Chese- 
brough,  and  many  others.  Now  none  of  these  char- 
ter members  belong,  as  no  engaged  or  married  girls 
are  allowed  to,  and  some  of  the  older  girls  have 
dropped  out.  Last  year  Miss  Ethel  Crocker  was 
president,  and  they  gave  two  very  charming  dances, 
one  at  Miss  Dora  Winn's,  on  California  street,  and 
one  at  Miss  Janet  von  Schroeder's,  on  Jackson 
street.  At  a  meeting  the  other  day  Miss  Isabel 
Beaver  was  elected  president  for  this  year  and 
several  new  members  were  taken  in.  The  members 
now  are  Misses  Dorothy  Page,  Ysobel  Chase,  Cora 
Otis,  Ruth  Winslow,  Evelyn  Cunningham,  Dora  Winn, 
Martha  Foster,  Margaret  Nichols,  Janet  von  Schroe* 
der,  Ethel  McAllister,  Gertrude  Thomas,  Ernestine 
McNear,  Louise  Boyd.  Katherine  Donahue.  Virginia 
Newhali,  Lee  Girvin,  and  Evelyn  Barron.  It  has 
not  yet  been  decided  when  the  first  dance  will  be 
or  where,  but  they  have  to  have  another  meeting  in 
December,  when  both  questions  will  be  decided  upon. 


Mrs.  James  Fletcher. 

Mrs.  James  Fletcher,  who  has  been  spending  the 
summer  with  her  cousin,  Mrs.  Walter  Magee,  at 
her  home  in  Nevada,  has  returned  to  town  and  is 
visiting  her  mother,  Mrs.  W.  B.  Mills,  at  her 
apartment  on  Pine  street.  Mrs.  Fletcher  was  beau- 
tiful Miss  Carolyn  Mills  before  her  marriage  to 
Mr.  Fletcher,  and  has  lived  for  the  last  few  years 
in  Yokohama,  where  her  husband  was  in  business. 
Mr.  Fleteher  is  traveling  in  the  East  now,  but  will 
return  to  spend  the  winter  in  California  with  his 
attractive  wife,  who  has  a  host  of  friends  who  are 
planning    to    entertain    her. 

Mrs.  Fletcher  and  her  brother,  Simeon  Mills,  will 
inherit  a  large  fortune  from  their  grandmother, 
whose  husband,  the  late  Simeon  Wenban,  received 
an  income  of  a  thousand  dollars  a  day  for  a  long 
time   from  his  immensely  rich  gold  mines  in   Nevada. 


Loses  Her  Lawsuit. 
Society,  which  has  been  more  or  less  interested 
in  the  lawsuit  brought  by  Mrs.  Eugenia  Ware  Lees 
against  her  half-sister  and  others,  the  Mintzer  chil- 
dren, will  be  surprised  to  learn  that  she  has  lost 
her  suit  completely.  It  seems  that  after  her  step- 
father's (Mr.  William  Mintzer's)  death,  she  accept- 
ed clothes  and  jewelry  belonging  to  her  mother, 
which  makes  her  case  now  illegal,  so  she  can  not 
have  any  claim  against  the  Mintzer  estate.  Her 
father  was  a  navy  surgeon,  and  after  his  death  her 
mother  married  Mr.  Mintzer,  and  she  made  her 
home  with  them  until  her  marriage  to  the  English- 
man Lees,  which  displeased  her  parents  immensely. 
and   was   the    cause   of   their   cutting   her    off   in    their 


24 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,   November  9,   1912. 


wills.  Now  Mrs.  Lees  'will  have  to  get  along  on 
the  small  sum  left  in  trust  by  them  instead  of  shar- 
ing alike  with  the  Mintzer  children,  as  she  aspired 
to  do.  The  beautiful  Mintzer  home  on  Pacific  ave- 
nue and  Webster  streets  has  been  rented  for  the 
winter  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Sadoc  Tobin,  who 
will   take  possession   of  it  the    first  of  December. 


New  Home  for  Mauds. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Maud  are  spending  a 
few  days  in  town  superintending  plans  for  a  new 
home  which  is  to  replace  the  magnificent  one  they 
lost  by  fire  last  week  at  Monterey. 
Mrs.  Maud,  who  was  Miss  Jennie  Catherwood,  is 
the  only  daughter  of  Mrs.  John  A.  Darling  by  her 
first    husband. 


Miss  Marguerite  Doe. 
Miss  Marguerite  Doe  has  arrived  in  town  from 
Santa  Barbara,  and  will  be  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Jack 
Johnson  (nee  Amy  Bowles).  The  Johnsons  have 
come  to  town,  for  the  winter,  and  Miss  Doe  will 
be  the  recipient  of  much  entertaining  while  their 
guest.  She  is  an  extremely  vivacious  girl,  with  a 
deal  of  dash  about  her,  and  is  always  the  center 
of  a  jolly  throng.  Her  beautiful  new  home  in 
Montecito  is  always  filled  with  her  friends,  whom 
she    is    constantly    entertaining    for. 


Miss  Sophie  Beylard. 
Miss  Sophie  Beylard  promises  to  be  one  of  the 
most  popular  of  this  season's  debutantes.  She  is 
the  oldest  daughter  of  the  E.  Duplessis  Beylards, 
and  has  all  her  mother's  extreme  charm  and  delight- 
ful personality.  Her  mother,  as  Miss  Julia  Howard, 
was  one  of  the  belles  of  the  most  exclusive  set  a 
number    of    years    ago.      Miss    Sophie    will    make    her 


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A  Unique  Party. 

Miss  Vivian  Grant,  one  of  the  most  popular  girls 
in  the  younger  Berkeley  set,  entertained  a  number 
of  her  friends  at  a  unique  Hallowe'en  party  at  the 
Grant  home.  The  ghosts  walked,  witches  played 
their  pranks,  and  the  "man  in  the  moon"  and  the 
owl  looked  down  on  the  revel  from  all  over  the 
walls  in  the  immense  livingroom  where  the  jinks 
were  held.  Twelve  merry  girls  out  for  a  good  time 
can  make  even  the  spirits  of  the  wood  sit  up  and 
take    notice,    and    they    did    it. 

As  a  guest  approached  the  entrance  she  saw  a 
black  placard  on  the  door  which  bore  the  inscrip- 
tion in  gilt   letters: — 

"To  the  home  of  the  Grants  on  the  hillside 
The  witches  are  trooping,  their  broomsticks  astride." 
Entering  the  reception  hall,  she  was  met  by  a  witch 
and  compelled  to  jump  over  a  broomstick  (the 
wind  howlea  and  moaned,  represented  by  excerpts 
from  '  'The  Wind, ' '  by  Alkan,  played  on  a  piano 
by  Vivian  Grant).  This  added  to  the  weird  effect. 
The  room  was  draped  and  lighted  by  Jack  o'lan- 
terns.  After  passing  this  ordeal  the  guest,  going 
upstairs  to  the  dressing-room  to  remove  her  wraps, 
encountered  a  ghost  in  the  upper  hall  who  gave, 
with  arm  extended  toward  the  girl,  this  advice: — 
"Go  home,  little  girl,  before  it's  too  late, 
Or  the  'goblins  will  git  you"  out  by  Grant's  gate.' ' 
Turning  away,  another  ghost,  a  very  tall  one,  seem- 
ed to  rise  up  from  space  and  walked  by  her  side 
until  the  bedroom  was  reached.  "Going  downstairs, 
the  door  of  the  living-room  was  pushed  aside  by  the 
witch,  and  as  the  guest  entered  this  room  the  hostess, 
dressed  to  represent  a  sunflower,  greeted  her  with 
the    warning : —  t 

"Run  away,  little  girl,  as  fast  as  you  can, 
For  this  is   the  home   of   thebogie   man." 

After  all  had  run  the  gauntlet  and  gained  the  de 
sired  place,  the  time  was  spent  in  playing  Hallow- 
e'en games.  A  short  story  from  "Tam  O'Shan- 
ter, ' '  was  told  by  Miss  Edna  Grant,  to  the  accom- 
paniment of  the  violin  softly  played  by  Vivian  Grant; 
the  piece  played  was  Wieniawski's  "Legende," 
Miss  Carrie  Jones  playing  the  piano  accompaniment. 
After  the  dainty  repast  all  went  again  to  the  living- 
room   and   danced  until    6   o'clock. 


A  Hallowe'en  Musicale. 
A  delightful  Hallowe'en  affair  was  given  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ernest  A.  .Leigh  at  their  handsome  resi- 
dence on  Hayes  street,  opposite  Alamo  square.  The 
floral  decorations  were  most  profuse,  the  music  room 
and  dancing  room  being  a  mass  of  chrysanthemums, 
violents  and  rare  exotics.  The  Hallowe'en  decora- 
tions of  the  table  were  quite  unique  and  were 
greatly  admired.  The  musical  features  of  the  even 
ing  were  enlivened  by  the  lovely  soprano  voice  of 
Miss  Gussie  Mast  and  the  fine  tenor  of  Mr.  Richard 
Hunt.  Amongst  the  guests  were  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Russ 
Bullock,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Bunner,  Miss  Ha  Biven, 
Mr.  Joseph  Biven,  Mrs.  Amy  W.  Deane,  Mr.  Valen 
tine  Deane,  Mrs.  Augustus  Eckenroth,  Mr.  Harry 
Eckenroth,  Mr.  James  Gartland  (Judge),  Mr.  Otto 
Heineman,  Mr.  Hume,  Mr.  Richard  Hunt,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Walter  Lewis,  Miss  Ella  M.  Mailer,  Miss  Gussie 
Mast,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donald  O'Hair,  Mrs.  Kate  C. 
Roy,  Mrs.  T.  Soracco,  Miss  Clara  Strand,  Master 
Lionel  Soracco,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Marty  F.   Thain. 


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the  more  chance  of  being  stolen. 

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SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   4. 

JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L.  PRIOR,  Plaint- 
iffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien 
upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof.    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,735. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L. 
PRIOR,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
line  of  Walter  Street,  distant  thereon  three  hundred 
and  eighteen  (318)  feet  northerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Walter  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of  Fourteenth 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and  along  Baid 
line  of  Walter  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  MISSION 
BLOCK  Number  100. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south 
easterly  line  of  Clementina  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Ninth  Street,  and  running  thence 
northeasterly  aod  along  said  line  of  Clementina 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southwesterly  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  seventy- 
five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part 
of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number  298. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
•very  part  thereof,  whether  the  Bame  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  Bame  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
12th  day  of  September,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of 
September,    A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiffs : 

EMILY  A.  FRIEDLANDER,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation ) ,  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY.  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California, 


Saturday,   November  9,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP  - 


25 


SUMMONS. 

[\  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  In  and  fur  ihe  City  and  County  of  Sail 
Kra.icieco.— -Dept.    No.    10 

HKNRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE  SCHWARZ, 
uia  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  dc- 
scribed  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.   82,842. 

GERALD   C.   HALSEY. 

Attorney    for    PlaintilTs. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sona claiming  any  interest  in,  or  Hen  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fenaauts,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
mm  plaint  of  HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE 
-i  i  i  ..  AKZ,  his  wifie.  plaintiffs,  filed  with  ihe 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Leavenworth  Street,  distant  thereon  eight-seven  (87) 
feet  and  six  ( 6 )  inches  southerly  from  the  south- 
erly line  of  Filbert  Street;  running  thence  southerly 
and  n  long  said  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth  Street 
twenty -five  (25  feet;  thence  nt  a  right  angle  east- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth 
Streel  find  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
part    of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    441. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Couit  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiffs  arc 
the  owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple-  absolute; 
that  their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and 
quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all 
estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  other  de  scrip 
tion;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in    the    premises. 

Witness    mv    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCRMHT,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.    D.    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY.  Attorney  for  Plaintiffs, 
No.  501-501-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter 
and    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
CALIFORNIA,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco.      Dept.    No.    10. 

MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA 
MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  properly  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants.      Action    No.    32849. 

GERALD   C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  MARINA  MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  the 
plaintiff  herein,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above 
entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any 
part  thereof,  situate  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  particularly  described 
as  follows: 

I. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  (formerly  Washington  Place)  dis- 
tant thereon  thirty-seven  (37)  feet  eight  (8)  inches 
northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  westerly  line  of  Wentworth  Street  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Washington  Street;  running 
thence  northerly  along  said  westerly  line  of  Went- 
worth Street  thirty-three  (33)  feet,  ten  (10)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty-three  (33) 
feet,  ten  (10)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  Lot  No.  50  of  the  FIFTY  VARA 
SURVEY. 

II. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section   of    the    southerly    line    of    Green    Street    and 


the    easterly    line    of    Eaton    Alley,    running    I 
easterly   along   sai.l       utherly    line   of  Green    Street 
sixty  three      (63)      i        .      thence     at     a     right     angle 
southerly  one  hundred   and   thirty-seven    (187)   feet, 

ii  ■  u.  'i  ;ii     [i     right     angle    westerly 

forty-one  t  -l  l  >  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly fifty  (50)  feet;  'hence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
iv.. in;,  two  (S3)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton 
Alley;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
«long  Baid  eaaterly  of   Eaton  Alley  eighty-eeven 

(87)  feet,  six  (G)  in L-hes  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be- 
ing a  portion  of  PIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
III. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
foot  southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  running  thence  southerly  and  along  the  said 
easterly  line  of  Mason  Street  thirty -seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
ninety-six  (96^  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  o 
right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  ninety- 
six  (96)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
IV. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  ljne  of 
Green  Street  distant  forty  (40)  feet  easterly  from 
the  point  of  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street  with  the  said  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  last  men- 
tioned line  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  westerly  line  of  an  alleyway  twelve  (12) 
feet  wide;  thence  southerly  along  the  last  mentioned 
line  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  westerly  and  parallel 
with  Green  Street  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six 
(6 1  inches;  thence  northerly  sixty  (60)  feet  to 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
V. 
Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the 
westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  and  along  said  southerly  line 
of  Broadway  one  hundred  seventeen  (117)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Ave 
nue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  por- 
tion of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  63. 
VI. 
Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  northerly  line  of  Geary  Street  and 
the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Geary 
Street  forty  (40 )  feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  fifty  (50 )  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of 
Geary  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be 
ing  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  757. 
VII. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Bush  Street  distant  thereon  eighty-eight  (88)  feet, 
ten  (10)  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street,  running  thence  easterly  along  said 
northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet, 
four  (4)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Emma  Street;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Emma  Street  twenty- 
four  (24)  feet,  four  (4)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to 
the  northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT    No.    300. 

VIII. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Broadway  distant  thereon  forty-five  ( 45 )  feet  east- 
erly from  the  easterly  line  of  Osgood  Place  (for- 
merly Ohio  Street),  running  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Broadway  twenty  (20) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  fifty-seven 
1,57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT   No.   197. 

IX, 
Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  and  the 
easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence  east- 
erly along  said  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  sixty 
(60)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  along  said 
westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place  seventy-seven  (77) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly sixty  (60)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  seventy- 
seven  (77)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line 
of  Pine  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement, 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  286. 
X. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Grant    Avenue    distant    thereon     seventy-seven     (77) 


(6)    inchi  -    southerly    from    the   southerly 
line    of    California    Street,    running    thence   southerly 

and  along  Baid  easterly   I at  Grant  Avenue  twenty 

(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  rignt  angle  easterly  fifty  (50) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Quincy  Place;  thenceata 
right  angle  northerly  and  along  said  westerly  line 
of  Quincy  Place  twenty  (20)  feet ;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly 
line  of  Grant  Avenue  and  the  point  of  commence- 
ment. Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No. 
1-1-1. 

XI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  and 
the  northerly  lino  of  Adler  Street,  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue 
twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20 1  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Adler 
Streel  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  67. 
XII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-six  (66)  feet, 
six  ( 6 )  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Vallejo  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty 
seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twentv  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  and 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No  224. 
XIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Grant  Avenue  distant  thereon  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Jackson  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6-  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  sixty- 
eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  ot  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  60. 
XIV. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  westerly  line  of  Mason  Street  and 
the  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street,  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Mason  Street  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches;  thenee  at  a  right  angle  northerly  sixty  (60) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  and  along 
said  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  to  the  westerly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion   of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  475. 

XV. 

Commencing  at  a  point'  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  thereon  sixty- three  (63)  feet 
easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley; 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  southerly 
line  of  Green  Street  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hun- 
dred thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion 
of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    232. 

And  you  are  further  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit:  For  the  judgment  and  decree  of  said 
Court  establishing  and  quieting  the  title  of  MARY 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSI- 
CANO, the  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased,  in  and  to  said  real  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  subject  to  the  administra- 
tion of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  declaring  that 
plaintiff  as  executrix  of  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased  is  in  the  actual  and  peace- 
able possession  in  the  right  and  for  the  benefit 
of  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  said  deceased;  and  that  it  be  adjudged 
that  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  the  said  deceased  is  the  owner  of  saiu 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute,  subject  only  to 
the  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased, 
and  that  her  title  to  said  property  is  established  and 
quieted;  and  that  the  Court  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gage or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further   relief    as    may   be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the     seal    of    said    Court, 
this   5th   day   of   October,    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy   Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY.  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
No.  501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  No. 
105    Montgomery    Street,     San    Francisco,    Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA  WAGNER,  Plain- 
tiffs, vs.  All*  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or 
Hen  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,847. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lieu  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,     greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  PRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA 
WAGNER,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
aud  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  auy,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Utah 
Street,  distant  thereon  seventy-seven  (77)  feet,  two 
(2  i  inches  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Utah  Street 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Nineteenth  Street,  and 
running  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Utah 
Street  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ;  being  part  f  o 
POTRERO  NUEVO  BLOCK  No.   92. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  own- 
ers of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist 
of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief   as  may  be   meet   in   the    premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and.    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs : 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation),  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street.    San    Francisco,    California. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  AH 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 


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fendants.— Action   No.    32,737. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  DAVID  "WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty  (SO) 
feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter 
section  of  the  southerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Street 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Diamond  Street,  and  run 
ning  thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-fifth 
Street  twenty-six  (26)  feet,  eight  (81  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty- 
six  (26)  feet,  eight  (S)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of 
HORNER'S   ADDTION   BLOCK  Number  221. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unlesB  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  Baid  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  coBts 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand   and  the    seal   of  said   Court   this 
12th    day    of    September,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  Septem 
ber,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property,  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation).  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco.    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.   32,741. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 
The   People   of   the   State   of   California:   To   all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lien    upon,    the 
real    property   herein    described    or   any    part    thereof, 
defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly    described    as    follows : 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Thrift  (formerly  Hill)  Street,  distant  thereon  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Capitol  Avenue;  running  thence  easterly  and  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northerly  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125i  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  westerly  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  and  thence 
at  right   angles   southerly   one   hundred   and   twenty 


five    (125)   feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement. 

Being  Lot  Number  two  (2)  in  Block  "Y,"  as  per 
Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  Railroad  Homestead  Associ 
ation,  recorded  in  Book  "C  &  D,"  at  Page  111  of 
Maps,  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali 
forma. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simp.e  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
13th  day  of  September,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.  DUNWORTH,    Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  mad--. 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,   A.  D.    1912, 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,    or  lien   upon,    said  property  adverse   to    plaintiff: 

E.  MESSAGER,  EMIL  GUNZBURGER,  Trustees 
of  the  Argonaut  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion (a  corporation).  No.  1933  Ellis  Street,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY.  No.  501-502-503  California 
Pacific  xsuilding,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Streets, 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 


NOTICF,   TO   CREDITORS. 
No.    14,243.      Dept.    in. 


ESTATE    OF    GEORGE   RESTE,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  .1. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  Geurge  Reste, 
deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons  having 
claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phe|;ni  Build 
ing,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the 
undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  business  in  all 
matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  George  Reste, 
deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator    of    the    estate    of    George     Reste. 
deceased. 

Dated,    San    Francisco,    October  29,    1912. 

CTJLLINAN  &  HICKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
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SUMMONS. 

I  UK  BUPKRK 

irnla,   in   and  for  the  city  mid  County 

RICHARD  mutt,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim- 

m  reuf,    Defendants. — 
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and    ilionco   north    forty  three    (48)  51    mifl 

(1U5)    feet 
of   beginning;  ■  I    ol    lot    num 

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HOM1  &  [ON,— 

winch    said    property    was    before    the    widenli 
Mono    street    (formi  A  Hey)    deaeril 

follows  : 

at  ti  point  in  the  southeasterly  line  of 
Pa  Icon  Street)  distant  northeaeterly  on  said  line 
two  bundred   and  L)    inch 

from   the  nortl  con   Street  and 

.  i  h   50  deg,   20  min. 
east  aloi  treet  twenty-five  (25 

■  ■        south      l'i     fi<  -  hundred     and 

■  d  eight    [8)    tni  ■■■•  south 

49   deg.    50    m  25)    feet;    and 

me    hundred  and 

of    com- 

I    pari    Of    lo1    No.   six(6)    in   block 

No.   three   (3)   as  thi  aid   down   and  desig- 

I I  pon    the    on;    ■  the    Market    Street 
Homes)  i>f    tho 

Kecorder  of  the  said  City  and  County  of  San 

'SCO. 

Vi'ii   are  hereby  notified  tlint,  unless  you  bo  appear 

and    answer,    the    plaintiff    will    apply    to    the    Court 

fnr    the    relief    demanded    in     the    Complaint,    to- wit, 

be   adjudged    thai    plaintiff   is   the  owner  of 

in   fee  Bimple  absolute;   that  his  title 

ierty    be    established    and    quieted ;     that 

i  ertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 

titles,    interests   and    claims    in    ami    to    said   property, 

and    everj    pari    thereof,    whether   the    same    be    legal 

oi  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 

and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 

of    any    description ;    that    the    plaintiff    recover    his 

and   have   such  other  and   further  relief 

as    may    he    meet    in    tne    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
29th  day  of  August,  A.   D..   1912. 

H.    1.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 
By  J.   F.  DUNWORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Sep 
temher,  A.  D.   L912. 

J.  KARHEL,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  105  Mont- 
gomery    St.,    San    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  Or 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  Sun 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    lu. 

ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of  WILLIAM  G. 
RYDER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lieu  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No. 
32,805. 

GERALD  C.   HALSEY, 

Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of 
WILLIAM  G.  RYDER,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  prop- 
erty, or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califrnia,  par- 
ticularly   described   as    follows : 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Pierce  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Vallejo  Street  and 
the   westerly   line   of   Pierce    Street;    running   theuce 


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i    westerly    line    of    Pierce    Street 

i»t  angle  west- 

^    (G)    inches; 

righl    angle    northerly    twenty-five    (25j 

'        ingle    easterly   one   huu- 

dred   twelve   (11         -'.six   (6)   inches  to  the  west- 

erly    line    of    Pierce    Street    and    the    pi 

QiOiicemenl       i;.  ing   u  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 

■ 

And    you    are    hereby    notified    that    unless    you    so 
appear   and    answer,    the  plaintiff  will   apply   to   the 
Icma&ded  in   the  complaint,  to- 
"it:     That    it    be    adjudged    that    tbe    plaintiff    is    the 
owner  i    y    in    fee   simple   absolute;    that 

her  tnie   to   said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
tain    and    determine    all    es- 
tates,    rights,   titles,   interests  and  claims   in   and   to 
said    property,    and    every   part    thereof,    whether    the 
-ame  be  legal  or  Bquitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
at,     and    whether    the     same     consists    of 
■     liens   of   any  description;    that    plaintiff 
recover    her    costs    herein,    and    have    such    other    and 
further    relief  as   may    be  meet    iu    the   premises. 

my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
ibis  27th  dav  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  U.    I.    MULCREVY.    Clerk. 

By.  J     I'    in   vwoKTif.   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 
I  in     first    publication    of   this    summons    was    made 
in    "The    Wasp"    newspaper  on    the    5th    day    of    Oc- 
tober,   A.    D,    1912. 

Tbe  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a 
corporation),  Market  and  Jones  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   <  "alifornia. 

GER  \U>  I  ■  HALSEY,  Attornev  for  Plaintiff. 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building.  Sutter  and 
Montgomery    Streets,    -San    Francisco,    Oal. 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 


No.    14  119.      Dept.  10. 
ESTATE  OF  JAMES   SEXTON,  DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  JAMES  SEX- 
TON, deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  tbe  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  tho  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to 
the  said  Administrator,  at  hre  office,  room  858  Phelan 
Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  of- 
fice the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  business 
in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  JAMES 
SEXTON,    deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES. 
Administrator  of  the  estate  of  JAMES  SEXTON, 
deceased. 
Dnted,    San    Francisco,    October   8,    1912. 
CTJLLTNAN    &    HICKEY,    Attorneys    for    Adminis- 
trator,   858   Phelan    Building,    San  Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  fur  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

W.  F.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  J.  A.  DAVIS. 
Defendant. — Action    No.    39,480. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  of  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Cleric  of  said  City  and  County.  Jos 
Kirk,    Attorney    for   Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing   to   J.    A.    DAVIS.  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  tue 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought 
against  you  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  within   ten   days  after  the  service  on   you 


of    this    summons — if    served    within    ll 
or  Within    thirty 
And   | 

■ 
take  jud  |     . 

in    the   complaint    as   arli  i    will 

apply   to    the   Court    tor   tl) 

1 
■ 

(SEAL) 
JOS1  i 


SUMMONS. 

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■  v  :  EtAHAR    1  h ■ 

1  '■' ■  i  ■ 

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12,908 

'■ '"'   Peopl fin    Stati    m,   Oolifoj  nia,   to  all   per- 

■  '■  imiug  ■■in v    interest   iu,  0 

propertj    hen  In    described   13    p  ,n    th<  1  sol     1  >i 

1 
1 ""    an     hero b 3    required    to    ojppi  ai  newer 

'Ompll 01      N  \T||   ,  .,       \\:\;  \[|  \  J       p] 

Sled   n  mi   Hi.    Clerl   ol   the  abovi    ei 

1  '' !      «  'thin    1 ■    months    after    the    fir  1 

■'  " '""    »f  thi  1  ,,-th   what  in- 

or  lien,   if  an3 .   you   hs  1  e  i  hat  cer- 

tain    real   pro] 

ll"    (  "  1  1  of  t  lal 

and   particulai 

1  '""■,    ai    ;i    1 1    "H    the    souutherly    Ii 

»  ia\    Stroet,    distant 

jterly  from  tue  1  orm 

herly  line  of  Clay  Street 

vw'!l,  the    easterlj     line    ol     Divisadero     ■ and 

running  thence  easterly  and  aiong  said  line  ol 
Street  twenty  live  (25)  feel  ;  thence  at  a  righl 
southerly  one  hundred  and  en    (1271    feel 

;|i  one  fourth   (8%)  Inches;  thence  at  a  right 
■  esterlj    twenl  ■  f,  8|  ;   and  thenee  at 

northerly  one  hundred  and  twenl  1 
127)    feet,    eight    and    on  .    baches   to 

',l1'    pojnl    "i    beg ing ;    being    pari    ol    \v  ESTERN 

ADDITION  BLOCK    Number  462. 

You    are    hereby   notified    that,   unless   you  so  ap- 

he  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Courl 

for    the    relief    demanded    in    the    complaint,    to-wit 

that   H    be    adjudged    that    plaintiff   is   the   owner  of 

said   property   in   fee  simple  absolute;    that  bis   title 

"'    -;,lli    i"' rty    be    established   and    quieted;    that 

■'",  '  'I  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights 

titlos,  Interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property' 
;il"l  overj  pan  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  oonsisl  of  mortgages  or  liens 
ol  any  description;  thai  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  Huch  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be   meet  in  the  premises, 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
loth   day  of  October,   A.   D    1912. 
(SEAL)  11     1.    tfOLI  REVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.   F.   DTJNSWORTH,   Deputy   Olerk. 
The    first    publication   of  this  summons  was  made 
in     -file  \\asp"  newspaper  on  the  26th  day  of  Octo- 
ber,   A,    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
"-'.    ">•    '"'    Hen    upon,    said   properly    adverse    to    plain- 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  VND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co.   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILET,  Attorneys  fur  Plaintiff,  10.5 
Montgomery    Street,    Sun    Francisco,   Cal. 


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?ss*=afi    n,F5n  w  led  '°  "'e  Iabor  trust  and  ,lle  boycotters  and  dynamiters,  and 

iCjjLjlcSJrTlo  "'"yt   "'"'  :'s"isU'd  '"  "10  establishment  of  lie  closed  shop,  have 

seen  their  profits  dwindle  or  their  factories  close.  They  have 
found  that  a  rapacious  trust,  whether  of  labor  or  of  capital,  has 
no  mercy  on  anybody  whom  it  can  plunder.  All  the  favors 
wdiieh  Hearst  did  for  the  labor  trust  weie  forgotten  wdien  he 
objected  to  putting  on  duty,  and  paying  for,  three  times  more 
pressmen  than  the  work  required.  The  labor  tiust  held  the 
pistol  at  the  head  of  its  old  friend  just  as  if  he  had  been  a  life- 
long enemy,  and  perhaps  if  the  McNamaras  and  Ortie  McMan- 
igals  were  out  of  harm's  \\;iy  lie  would  find  something  stronger 
than  printer's  ink  in  his  color-presses  run  by  non-union 
strike-breakers. 

THE     HIGHER-UPS. 

IT  IS  to  be  regretted  that  daily  newspaper  publishers  generally 
do  not  devote  as  much  or  more  space  than  Publisher  Hearst 
to  the  revelations  about  the  dynamite  conspiracy  which  is 
now  the  subject  of  judicial  investigation 
at  Indianapolis.  What  the  American  pub- 
lic would  like  to  know,  and  what  the  Am- 
erican public  should  know,  is  just  how  far 
President  Gompers  and  other  higher-ups 
of  the  labor  trust  were  informed  of  the 
operations  of  the  McNamaras  and  Ortie 
MeManigal. 

Walter  Drew,  the  couiageous  head  of  the 
National  Erectors'  Association,  which  put 
up  the  money  that  paid  for  the  detection 
of  the  dynamite  conspirators,  is  an  Ameri- 
can citizen  who  has  exerted  himself  to  have 
Mr.  Gompers'  real  connection  with  the  Mc- 
Namaras and  their  kind  fully  exposed. 

Speaking  before  the  Senate  Judiciary 
Committee  against  the  vicious  anti-injunc- 
tion bill,  which  would  make  the  heads  of 
the  labor  trust  privileged  outlaws,  Mr. 
Drew  told  his  Senatorial  hearers  that  it 
SAMUEL  GOMPERS.  was  unlikely   that   Samuel   Gompers   could 

have  been  in  complete  ignorance  of  the 
nature  of  the  fight  waged  with  dynamite  and  accompanied  by 
murder  under  the  orders  of  the  McNamaras.  As  head  of  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor,  Mr.  Gompers  is  now  disposed  to 
repudiate  the  active  dynamite  conspirators  and  to  make  J.  J. 
McNamara  the  scapegoat.  McNamara,  as  a  confessed  convict  in 
San  Quentin,  cannot  be  much  injured  any  more  in  reputation,  no 
matter  what  disclosures  may  be  made  at  the  Indianapolis  trial. 
Not  so  the  higher-ups  of  the  great  labor  trust,  including  Mr. 
Gompers  and  that  most  active  agitator,  Prank  Buchanan,  who 
has  been  elected  as  a  Democratic  Congressman  from  Illinois.  The 
relations  of  Buchanan  and  Gompers  have  been  most  intimate. 
Buchanan  has  helped  greatly  to  keep  Gompers  at  the  head  of 


BY  AMERICUS 


WM,  R.  HEAEST  is  repoiting  quite  fully  The  trial  of  the 
dynamite  conspirators  :it  Indianapolis.  Mr.  Hearst  1ms 
no  particular  reason  to  feel  tender  towards  those  gentle- 
men who  would  enforce  the  principles  of  the  closed  shop  by 
nitio-glycerine.  There  has  been  a  stiike  in  the  Examiner's 
pressroom  for  months,  and  a  boycott  of  the  Examiner  has  been 
carried  on  where  it  was  expected  to  do  Hearst  the  greatest 
injury. 

The  net  results  of  these  hostilities  is  that  the  Examiner  is 
published  as  regularly  as  ever,  and  there  does  not  appear  to  be 
the  slightest  loss  in  its  advertising  patronage.  In  plain  English, 
the  strike  lias  been  a  losing  game  for  the  strikers  from  the  start, 
and  the  boycott  has  been  equally  ineffect- 
ual. 

Another  most  valuable  object  lesson  has 
been  furnished  the  business  men  of  San 
Francisco — that  the  labor  trust  in  San 
Francisco  is  harmless  against  any  person 
who  gives  it  lesolute  battle.  Even  little 
barber  shops,  where  Andy  Gallagher's  boy- 
cott donkey  stood  patiently  for  months, 
have  improved  their  patronage  despite  the 
continuous  cries  of  "unfair  house,"  raisea 
by  unjailed  anarchists  obstructing  the  side- 
walk. 

Boycotts  against  restaurants  and  saloons 
and  laundries  and  bakeiies  have  also  failed 
to  close  the  doors  of  the  boycotted. 

The  powerful  coercion  of  exploding  dyna- 
mite has  not  sufficed  to  make  the  labor 
tiust  omnipotent,  for  the  dynamite  con- 
spirators are  on  trial  in  Indianapolis,  and 
Win.  Randolph  Hearst,  who  did  so  much  to 
build    up    unionism    and    make    the    closed 

shop  an  established  institution,  is  giving  columns  of  type  to 
reports  of  the  prosecution.  These  repoits  are  printed  by  non- 
union pressmen,  or  pressmen  disobedient  to  the  dictates  of  the 
unions. 

The  present  attitude  of  the  Hearst  newspapers  to  the  dyna- 
mite conspirators  is  highly  instructive  to  the  general  public. 
Hearst  and  many  merchants,  and  other  classes  of  business  men, 
truckled  to  the  labor  trust  for  years,  believing  that  such  tactics 
would  have  a  beneficial  effect  on  their  bank  accounts.  Time  has 
proved  that  thrift  does  not  follow  fawning.  The  labor  trust 
has  returned  Hearst's  friendliness  by  making  him  pay  the  last 
cent  for  his  work.     The  merchants  and  manufacturers  who  truck- 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


that  close  corporation  called  the  American 
federation  of  Labor  for  over  twenty  years, 
(rompers,  in  return,  has  helped  to  advance 
Buchanan  until  now  be  is  a  full-fledged  Con- 
gressman from  Illinois,  instead  of  being  a 
mere  |  secretary  of  some  anarchistic  labor 
union.  Buchanan  was  once  the  international 
president  of  the  Structural  Iron  Workers' 
Union,  which  financed  over  a  hundred  dyna- 
mite outrages  by  which  many  people  were 
murdered.  A  letter  from  Buchanan  to  J.  J. 
McNamara,  suggesting  that  some  ' '  mission- 
ary work ' '  be  done  in  Toledo  was  found 
amongst  the  records  of  the  lawless  union. 
Congressman  Bucnanan  promptly  declared 
that  the  letter  was  a  forgery,  but  he  has  not 
convinced  anybody  outside  the  union  that  such 
was  the  case. 

At  the  annual  convention  of  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor  in  Rochester,  this  week, 
strong  resolutions  were  adopted  denouncing 
everybody  who  dared  to  intimate  that  G-om- 
pers  and  Buchanan  and  the  other  higher-ups 
of  the  labor  trust  were  cognizant  of  the  mur- 
derous character  of  the  "missionary  work" 
carried  on  by  J.  J.  McNamara. 

All  that  needs  to  be  said  on  that  point  is 
that  if  Congressman  Buchanan,  as  piesident 
of  the  organization  which  McNamara  was 
conducting  as  a  murder  bureau  did  not  know 
the  character  of  the  work  done  by  his  under- 
ling, he  should  be  in  a  home  for  the  feeble- 
minded instead  of  in  Congress.  Gompers,  if 
also  ignorant  of  what  was  going  on  in  the 
way  of  murderous  coercion  by  his  most  inti- 
mate associates  of  the  labor  trust,  is  too 
stupid  even  for  his  old  trade  of  rolling  cheap 
cigars,  which  he  abandoned  to  become  a  labor 
leader. 

4 

WILL  ROAR  SOON. 

THE  thousands  of  small  taxpayers  who  find 
their  bills  much  larger  this  year  than 
last  are  grumbling  audibly.  Soon  they 
will  set  up  a  roar  that  will  reverberate  from 
North  Beach  to  Butchertown.  Hit  a  small 
property-owner  in  the  pocket,  and  he  becomes 
the  loudest  enemy  of  municipal  extravagance. 

A  lot  of  charter  amendments  which  will  in- 
crease the  annual  expenses  of  city  govern- 
ment a  million  a  year  are  to  be  voted  on 
next  month.  The  needless  doubling  of  the 
Fire  Department  alone  will  cost  the  taxpayers 
$600,000  a  year  right  off,  and  much  more 
later  on. 

The  Board  of  Supervisors  should  expose  and 
condemn  these  extravagances.  They  are  un- 
faithful to  their  trust  if  they  let  them  go 
through  without  firm  protest,  and  most  as- 
suredly the  thousands  of  taxpayers,  small  and 
large,  will  hold  the  derelict  officials  respon- 
sible. 

* 

The  French  Academy  of  Sciences  has  issued 
a  new  and  revised  dictionary  of  the  monkey 
language  containing  grammatical  notes  for 
advanced  readers,  and  an  appendix  giving  the 
latest  ragtime  ditties  popular  in  monkeyland. 
Next  thing  we  will  be  hearing  of  the  Chim- 
panzee Herald  offering  that  dictionary  to  its 
simian  subscribers  on  the  coupon  principle. 


THE  BUREAU  OF    (IN)EFFICIENCY. 

NOTWITHSTANDING  the  protests  of  The 


Wasp    against    the 
called   Bureau    of 


EDWIN  KAY  ZION. 


establishment,  of  the  so- 
Efficiency — ' '  Inefficiency ' ' 
would  be  more  appropri- 
ate— the  work  of  en- 
grafting this  parasitic 
plant  of  extravagance 
goes  bravely  on.  Ed- 
win Kay  Zion,  noted  in 
the  municipal  service  as 
being  the  last  man  like 
ly  to  ever  kill  himself 
w£fch  hard  work,  is  head 
of  the  Bureau  and  draw- 
ing a  salary  of  $200  a 
month.  He  has  an  as- 
sistant with  a  salary  of 
$1,800.  That's  only  the  starter.  Before  long 
the  Bureau,  like  all  concerns  of  that  kind,  will 
increase  its  staff  of  tax-eaters  and  eventually 
will  be  costing  the  public  $20,000  a  year.  It 
is  even  possible  that  $100,000  a  year  of  the 
taxpayers'  good  money  may  be  wasted  on 
this  midsummer  night  madness  of  the  Board 
of  Supervisors.  It  is  generally  understood 
that  Supervisors  Murdock  and  Payot  fathered 
the  wild  scheme  of  extravagance  and  the  other 
city  fathers  acquiesced  in  the  foolishness. 

The  combined  intelligence  and  physical  en- 
ergy of  the  Bureau  of  Inefficiency  are  now 
concentrated  on  the  compilation  of  statistics 
to  show  the  Board  of  (Supervisors  how  much 
per  mile  and  per  inch  ,per  year,  month,  week 
and  day  is  now  spent  on  city  automobiles. 
The  Finance  Committee  of  the  Board  and  the 
Auditor  and  Treasurer  know  full  well  how 
much  is  the  total  cost  per  month  and  year. 
But  that  is  not  enougli.  The  Edwin  Bay  Zions 
of  the  civil  service  list  have  to  be  provided 
with  excuses  to  dig  into  the  treasury.  A 
couple  of  brand-new  automobiles  could  prob- 
ably be  bought  for  the  public  money  spent  on 
the  statistical  investigations  of  Mr.  Zion  and 
his  embryo  bureau.      "■"' 

Before  Mr.  Zion  got  the  position  of  head 
of  the  Bureau  of  Inefficiency  he  was  a  clerk 
in  the  Tax  Collector 's  office  and  a  candidate 
at  every  election  for  some  public  office.  He 
ran  for  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  tried  to  be 
Supervisor,  and  when  the  Legislature  met  at 
Sacramento  lie  was  found  in  the  lobby  work- 
ing through  bills  to  increase  the  rate  of  tax- 
ation. Meantime  he  kept  his  shingle  out  in  a 
San  Francisco  office  building  where  he  has 
his  name  on  the  floor  directory  as  a  lawyer. 
It  has  been  said  of  him  that  he  devoted  more 
time  to  his  private  legal  practice  and  his  cam- 
paigning for  office  than  to  his  duties  as  a 
clerk  in  the  Tax  Collector's  office. 

And  for  that  distinction  the  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors, led  by  those  sapient  city  fathers, 
Messrs.  Murdock   and  Payot,  picked  out  M-r. 


AUTOMOBILE  RACES  AT  TANFORAN. 

Barney  Oldfield  will  race  this  Sunday  af- 
ternoon at  Tanforan,  instead  of  at  Emeryville 
as  previously  announced.  Mr.  Oldfield  is  ex- 
pected to  break  all  records  for  this  track  with 
his  300-horse-power  Christie  racer. 

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Zion  to  organize  a  bureau  to  promote  and 
raise  to  the  highest  standard  efficiency  in  the 
municipal  government.  What  a  farce  city 
government  is  when  every  jackanapes  or  loaf- 
er w,ho  hasn't  a  dollar's  direct  interest  in  the 
taxation  of  the  city  can  vote  to  issue  bonds 
and  put  the  city  in  debt  to  keep  up  such  bur- 
lesque institutions  as  Edwin  Kay  Zion's  bu- 
reau! Well  may  the  beneficiary  of  that  leak 
in  the  treasury  sing  as  he  fills  his  purse  every 
month:  — 

Come  away  with  me,  Lucille 
In    the    City's    automobile, 
rihat    was    bought    to    save    expense — 
For    saving    taxis    it's     immense. 
From    the   Treasury   we'll   steal; 
Let  the   blooming   taxpayer   squeal — 
You  can  go  as  far  as  you  like  with  me 
In     the     City's     automobile. 


1<A  conspiracy  of  silence",  on  the  part  of 
the  Presidential  candidates,  their  platform 
supporters,  the  press,  and  even  the  general 
public,  was  a  charge  made  by  the  New  York 
Times  on  the  eve  of  the  elections.  If  all 
that  oratory  and  all  those  editorials  were 
even  remotely  related  to  silence,  heaven  de- 
fend us  from  a  campaign  in  which  candidates 
and  editors  speak  their  minds. 

♦ 

A   NEW    VAUDEVILLE    STAR. 


[The  Hon.  James  D.  Phelan  made  his  debut  in  pro- 
fessional vaudeville  as  a  monologue  entertainer  at 
the  Sequoia  Hall  last  evening.  Admission  50  cents. 
— News   Item.] 


If   you're    feeling   dull    and 
blighted, 
If   you're   sad   and    sore 
distressed 
By  a  love  that's  unrequited 
Or  a  meal  that  won't  di- 
gest, 
Don't    try    to    drown    your 
sorrows 
In   a   bottle   off  the   ice; 
Remember  he  who  borrows 
From   old  Bacchus   pays 
the   price. 
But    if    your    sorry    feelin' 
You'd    most    pleasantly 
assuage, 
Come    and    hear    the    only 
Phelan 
Monologuing        on        the 
stage. 


In  my  many  years'    campaigning 

I   collected   every   jest, 
And    for    use    in    entertaining 

I   select  the  very  best ; 
And   though    some   were    old    and   hoary 

And  so   ancient   at  the   flood 
That  if  Noah  had  told  the  story 

They'd    have    pelted    him    with    mud. 
But    my    style    is    so    appealin' 

No    one    thinks    about    their    age 
When    they   hear    the    only    Phelan 

Monologuing   on  the    stage. 

You  may  think  it  rather  funny 

That   a    man    like   me    should   act — 
One  who   doesn't  need  the  money, — 

But  believe  me   it   is  tact. 
For    the    while    my    fame    is    rising 

In   this  new   vaudevillian   role, 
It    is    splendid    advertising 

For  the  toga  and  the  scroll. 
It   is  thus   a   march   I'm   stea'lin'. 

And  be   this   my   battle   gage: 
Come  and  hear  the  only  Phelan 

Monologuing    on    the    stage. 


Saturday,  November  16,  1912.J 


-THEVASP- 


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ARMAGEDDON  - 

REPRINTED  FROM  THE  BROOKLYN  EAGLE  OP  SEPTEMBER  28. 


THE  PROOF  OF  THE  PUDDING. 

THE  WASP,  being  a  journal  which  is  read 
by  thousands  of  business  men  and  soci- 
ety   and    club    women,    is    an    excellent 
medium  for  advertising  certain  classes  of  real 
estate.     The  following  letter  is  proof  of  what 
an  advertisement  in  The  Wasp  can  do: — 

San   Francisco,    November    13,    1912. 
THE   WASP,    121    Second   Street,   City: 

We  take  pleasure  in  informing  you  that  we  have 
sold  the  following  property  for  Chas.  Katz :  2733- 
35-87  Mission  street,  east  side,  between  23rd  and 
24th  streets.  Improvements  consist  of  three-story 
building  containing  rooming  house  of  58  rooms  and 
storeH  below,  under  rental  for  $390  per  month.  Lot 
in   size   43x122:6.      Price   obtained   $42,500.00. 

The    above    property    we    had    advertised    in    your 
paper,    which   resulted   in   the   above   sale;    therefore, 
you  can   count  on  us  as  one  of  your  advertisers. 
Respectfully,  KEENER    &    EISERT. 


Andrew  Carnegie  says  that  the  secret  of 
success  in  interviewing  kings  is  to  laugh;  that, 
as  a  general  rule,  the  monarch  knows  he  is 
a  faker,  and  will  laugh  with  you.  Andrew 
is  accustomed  to  interviewing  royalty,  and  as 
he  can  buy  and  sell  one-half  of  the  kings  he 
meets  it  probably  is  an  easy  matter  for  him 
to  laugh  either  with  or  at  them. 

The  spectacle  of  an  honorable  and  highly 
qualified  judge  reduced  to  the  necessity  of  ap- 
pealing for  votes  from  the  platform  is  only  a 
little  less  appalling  than  that  of  attorneys 
who  appear  before  that  judge  from  time  to 
time  delivering  orations  in  support  of  his 
candidature.  Neither  the  judges  nor  the  at- 
torneys are  to  blame,  and  they  may  be  so  far 


above  the  frailties  of  human  nature  as  to  be 
able  to  keep  their  political  and  legal  rela- 
tions perfectly  distinct,  but  the  system  that 
puts  them  to  that  test  is  ridiculous  and  worse. 

Gompers,  commenting  on  the  decision  in 
the  hatters'  case,  says  that  the  Sherman  anti- 
trust law  was  never  intended  to  include  labor 
unions,  which  are  formed  "to  uplift  the  mas- 
ses," and  better  the  condition  of  the  workers. 
If  their  objects  were  to  uplift  the  masses  and 
to  benefit  all  workers,  as  distinct  from  seek- 
ing special  benefits  for  only  that  very  small 
percentage  of  workers  and  merest  fraction  of 
the  masses  that  pays  dues  to  a  union,  their 
tactics  would  not  bring  them  within  the  scope 
of  the  law.  That  it  was  intended  that  they 
should  be  included  is  seen  in  the  fact  that 
each  attempt  to  have  them  specifically  exclud- 
ed was  defeated.  The  trouble  is  that  unionists 
persist  in  using  methods  which  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  has  decided  to  be 
unlawful,  and  which  juries  have  found  to  be 
unfair. 

*     *     * 

There  is  nothing  remarkable  in  a  New  York- 
er attempting  to  win  a  wager  by  traveling 
around  the  world  without  a  smile.  New  York- 
ers are  not  so  addicted  to  smiling.  A  San 
Franciscan  could  never  do  it.  He  might  eas- 
ily   drop    the    smile    on    leaving,    but    on    the 

Where  can  you  find  a  hotter  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  cluo  women? 
The  women  are  th«  buyers. 


home  stretch  he  would  collapse  into  the  broad- 
est of  chuckles  once  he  caught  sight  of  the 

dear  old  Golden  Gate. 

*  +     * 

Last  year  America  smoked  3,800,000,000  ci- 
garettes, or  an  increase  of  1,000,000,000  over 
the  previous  year.  This  takes  no  account  of 
the  millions  consumed  by  people  who  roll  their 
own  tobacco.  However  there  is  consolation 
in  the  claim  that,  contrary  to  the  belief  of 
the  superior  person,  cigarettes  are  smoked 
largely  to  provide  the  senses  with  light  occu- 
pation while  the  mind  is  concentrated  on  the 

vast  problems  of  the  day. 

*  *     * 

A  woman  is  as  old  as  she  looks,  but  not  as 
young  as  she  think  she  looks. 

4 

A  MODERN  LAUNDRY. 

The  new  building  erected  by  La  Grande  and 
White  's  Laundry  Company  at  a  cost  of  over 
$50,000  brings  the  plant  of  this  progressive 
company  up  to  the  most  modern  to  be  found 
in  any  part  of  the  United  States.  On  the 
Pacific  Coast  this  firm  has  always  been  in  the 
lead,  and  it  enjoys  the  distinction  of  being 
the  oldest  in  this  city,  having  been  first  estab- 
lished in  1862.  In  1891  was  built  the  large 
laundry  in  which  business  was  done  up  till  the 
big  fire.  Though  suffering  an  enormous  loss, 
La  Grande  and  White's  Company  were  in 
business  again  in  a  few  weeks,  and  in  a  few 
months  had  the  largest  laundry  building  on 
the  Coast.  So  rapidly  has  the  business  in- 
creased, it  was  recently  found  necessary  to 
add  this  $50,000  structure,  which  has  been 
fitted  with  all  the  latest  mechanical  appli- 
ances. The  reputation  enjoyed  by  this  firm 
for  its  superior  work  at  the  lowest  trade  prices 
extends  beyond  the  city  and  immediate  su- 
burbs, and  is  indeed  Californian. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


MUSICAL  EVENTS. 

San  Francisco  Orchestra. 

ALTHOUGH  the  press  agent  had  been  un- 
usually industrious  in  prefacing  tne 
first  appearance  in  America  of  Miss 
Adele  Eosentnal,  nothing  was  said  that  the 
pianiste  did  not  live  up  to  at  the  second 
popular  program  of  the  San  Francisco  Or- 
chestra. It  took  the  nuggety  little  woman  a 
fearsome  time  arranging  the  folds  of  her 
skirt  and  otherwise  struggling  to  overcome 
a  most  palpable  nervousness,  but  no  soonei 
had  she  started  on  the  Grieg  concerto  than 
that  nervousness  was  tuined  into  a  magnetic 
current,  which  held  the  audience  in  tensest 
admiration.  All,  or  nearly  all,  that  was 
promised  in  the  physical  resemblance  of  hei 
arms  to  those  of  Carreno  was  fulfilled  in  the 
task  of  keeping  the  piano  score  in  balanct 
with  the  orchestra,  while  in  the  passages 
where  her  instrument  furnished  the  solo  or 
dominant  notes  she  evidenced  the  great  per- 
former, whose  perfect  artistry  is  but  the 
matter  of  a  little  time  and  public  experience. 
Miss  Bosenthal  has  marked  temperament  and 
strong  individuality,  but  she  has  also  the  re- 
straining brain,  which  kept  her  always  m 
mind  of  the  orchestra,  even  if  at  times 
the  orchestra  seemed  to  forget  the  pianiste. 
In  response  to  an  ovation  she  gave  the  Grieg 
Nocturne,  and  in  a  manner  that  assures  her 
success  in  recitals. 

Popular  the  program  was  in  every  respect, 
the  second  and  third  movements  from  Tschai- 
kowsky's  Symphony  Pathetique  being  played 
in  a  style  that  proved  them  no  exceptions. 
There  was  a  time  when  the  term  "popular" 
stood,  and  there  are  still  large  centers  where 
it  stands  in  opposition  to  what  is  known 
as  "artistic,"  but  it  is  not  so  now  in 
San  Francisco.  Thanks  largely  to  the  work 
of  Hadley  and  his  orchestra,  this  city  has  a 
thirst  for  the  best  in  music  and  all  that  is  im- 
plied by  "a  popular  orchestral  concert"  is 
that  the  items  are  not  unfamiliar.  The  "Mig- 
non"  overture  ana  Maleguena   from   "Boab 


Why  Not  Give  a 

VICTROLA 

For  Christmas 

Are  you  thinking  about  giving  a  VIC- 
TEOLA  for  Christmas?  You  will  glad- 
den the  whole  family  with  a  world  of 
music  and  entertainment  if  you  do.  But 
do  not  wait  until  the  week  before 
Christmas  to  select  that  VICTBOLA. 
Come  in  now  and  select  at  your  leisure. 
We  will  hold  the  VICTBOLA  and  deliv- 
er it  any  day — Christmas  day  if  yon 
desire. 

VICTEOLAS    $15    TO    $200. 

VICTOR  TALKING  MACHINES  $10  TO  $68. 

EAST  TEEMS. 


Sherman  J  pay  &  Go. 

Sheet    Music    and    Musical    Merchandise. 
Steimvay    and    other    Pianos — "Victor    Talking 
Machines — Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 

KEARNY  &  SUTTEE  STS.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
14TH   &   CLAY   STS..   OAKLAND 


Agitated    Fly:      "Oh,    sir!     Please    don't    take    it 
away!     It's  the  one  bright  spot  in  my  lifel" 


dil, "  by  Moskowski,  which  respectively  op- 
ened and  closed  the  program,  were  delight- 
fully done,  as  was  also  MacDowell's  dainty 
"Clair  de  Lune. ;'  Whatever  of  criticism  was 
called  for  was  incited  by  the  concessions  to 
cafe  tastes  in  the  two  movements  of  Tschai- 
kowsky 's  Symphony  Pathetique.  "Pathet- 
ique" does  not  fix  the  symphony  absolutely. 
Tschaikowsky,  himself,  was  some  time  choos- 
ing the  title.  Every  bar  was  not  written  with  a 
view  to  its  fitness  for  a  funeral  service,  but 
between  its  trist  temper  and  the  almost  joy- 
ous version  of  last  Friday  there  was  all  too 
wide  a  margin.  However,  it  was  on  the 
whole,  and  in  the  main,  a  charming  program, 
delightfully  rendered. 


Miss  Camille  Dora's  Recital. 

MISS  CAMILLE  DOKN,  daughter  of  Col. 
D.  S.  Dorn,  will  make  her  debut  in  a 
piano  recital  in  the  Colonial  Ballroom 
of  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  on  Wednesday  even- 
ing, -November  20th.  Miss  Dorn  will  be  pre- 
sented by  her  teacher,  Mrs.  Noah  Brandt,  in 
a  long  and  difficult  program,  performing  as 
an  opening  number  the  entire  concerto  of 
Schumann  in  A  minor,  and  closing  with  the 
Liszt  Hungarian  Fantasie.  The  young  lady 
is  exceptionally  gifted,  especially  tempera- 
mentally, leaning  very  much  toward  the  poet- 
ical, and  also  has  a  splendid  technical  and 
tonal  equipment.  She  is  certainly  assured  of 
great  success,  and  the  concert  is  awaited  with 
great  interest. 


"The  most  necessary  equipment  for  the 
vocal  student,  next  to  her  voice,  is  sufficient 
money  to  carry  her  well  through  ner  train- 
ing," says  Madame  Gadski  in  an  article,  "To 
the  Young  Girl  Who  Wants  to  Sing."  Mad- 
ame gives  some  good  advice  to  beginners  who 
have  got  to  the  stage  of  dealing  with  agents. 


Kohler  &  Chase  Matinees. 

THE  Kohler  &  Crase  management  desires 
to  emphasize  the  fact  that  their  Satur- 
day afternoon  matinees  are  open  to  the 
public  free,  without  so  much  formality  as  an 
admission  ticket.  These  matinees  are  for 
the  purpose  of  encouraging  resident  artists 
and  composers.  At  the  matinee  on  Saturday 
next,  the  16th,  two  soloists  will  appear.  Thev 
are  Lowell  Moore  Redfield,  baritone,  and  Miss 
Lorraine  Ewing,  pianist.  Mr.  Eedfield  pos- 
sesses a  very  smooth  and  flexible  voice,  and 
he  has  a  fine  comprehension  of  musical  and  po 
etic  values.  Miss  Ewing  is  an  artist  pupil 
of  Hugo  Mansfeldt,  and  has  scored  many  ar 
tistic  triumphs  at  private  and  public  recitals. 
The  program  is  as  follows: 

Rhapsodie  Hongroise  No.  14  (Liszt),  the 
Pianola  Piano;  "Even  Bravest  Heart  Maj 
Swell"  (Gounod),  Mr.  Redfield,  accompanied 
with    the    Pianola    Piano;     ' ' Silver    Spring' ' 


(Mason,  "Crepuscule"  (Twilight),  (Friml), 
"Titania"  (Wely),  Miss  Ewing  (Weber  pi- 
ano usea;  ' '  Calm  as  the  Night ' '  (Bohm), 
"Creole  Lover's  Song"  (Dudley  Buck),  Mr. 
Redfield,  accompanied  with  the  Pianola  Piano; 
Barcarolle,  Op.  13,  No.  5  (Nevin),  the  Pian- 
ola Piano;  "Elevation"  (Chaminade),  "At 
the  Spring"  (Strauss),  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Or- 
gan. 


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We  offer  exclusive  originality  in  classic  schemes 
for  Formal  Gardens  and  approaches  of  picturesque 
designs.  We  invite  you  to  correspond  with  us  on 
the  subject.  We  have  also  a  large  variety  of 
high-class  articles,  as  Roman  Benches,  Greek  and 
Florentine  Vases,  Fountains,  Sundials,  Posts,  etc. 

SARSI     STUDIOS 
123  Oak  Street,        -         -        San  Francisco,  Gala. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

IDA  BOLTEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming 
any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,892. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  IDA  BOLTEN,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  sum- 
mons, and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any, 
you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly   described    as    follows : 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southeaster- 
ly line  of  Mission  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-five 
( 85 )  feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Mission 
Street  with  the  northei>s'er.y  line  of  Eighth  Street, 
and  running  thence  northeasterly  along  said  line  of 
Mission  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  eighty  (80)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southwesterly  forty  (40)  feet;  aud  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  eighty  (80)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  ONE  HUN- 
DRED VARA  BLOCK  Number  407. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
erly line  of  Si  I  lima n  Street,  distant  thereon 
twenty-eight  (28)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  form 
ed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sil- 
liman  Stret  with  the  easterly  line  of  Dartmouth 
Street,  and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 
of  Silliman  Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100 )  feet ; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-seven  (27) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hun- 
dred (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being 
lot  number  25,  block  52,  as  per  map  of  the  property 
of  the  RAILROAD  AVENUE  HOMESTEAD  ASSO- 
CIATION. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  sole  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  her 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  mv  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
14th  day  of  October,   A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,   Deputy  Clerk. 
Thf    first    publication    of    this    summons    was    made 
in   "The  Wasp"   newspaper  on  the  2nd  day  of  Nov- 
ember,   A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,   Cal. 


e£&~i^    #qt^ 


^r~^  <*^gs>,? 


THAT  most  versatile  character,  Lieuten- 
ant-Commander Philip  V .  Moliun,  CI.  s. 
V,  retired,  who  can  make  a  great  suc- 
cess of  being  a  naval  hero,  and  then  of  being 
a  king  of  bootblacks,  is  very  well  known  out 
here.  lie  was  stationed  on  this  (.'oast  some 
few  years  ago,  and  was  a  very  popular  beau 
at  all  the  functions.  He  became  engaged  to 
a  San  HYancisco  society  girl  who  was  extreme- 
ly well  known,  but  it  was  another  case  of  in- 
compatibility of  temperament,  for  the  en- 
gagemenl  was  soon  broken  and  the  young  lady 
in  the,  ease  has  sinee  married  another  man. 
..I  i.  Mohun  deeided  he  could  corner  the  boot- 
Mark  business  in  New  York,  and  that  there 
was  all  sorts  of  ready  money  in  it.  He  gave 
it  a  trial  on  a  small  scale  and  proved  its  suc- 
cess, then  calmly  threw  over  old  Uncle  Sam 
and  went  at  his  chosen  career  in  real  earnest. 
He  fas  all  the  trade  in  the  big  Huuson  Ter- 
minal Building,  and  is  now  about  to  open  a 
new  stand  in  the  Longac  e  Building,  whicn 
win  lie  constructed  to  please  the  most  fasti- 
dious. Mirrors  will  adorn  the  walls,  Persian 
nigs  on  the  floor,  and  a  telephone  will  be 
placed  on  the  arm  of  each  chair.  What  more 
could  any  one  want,  except  possibly  that  the 
proprietor  might  serve  free  drinks  to  his  pa- 
tnms  I 

Lost  Their  Bearings. 

THAT  every  San  Fiancisco  husband  dues 
not  know  the  exact  geographical  boun- 
daries of  the  Barbary  Coast  was  evi- 
denced last  Saturday  night  in  a  well-known 
and  almost  notorious  Mason  street  cafe.  Reg- 
ular patrons  were  amused  to  see  a  very  sobei 
looking  male  enter  with  two.  women  who  were 
obviously  out  of  their  accustomed  atmosphere. 
They  quizzed  at  all  the  women  and  exchanged 
glances  in  which  there  was  a  world  of  mixed 
meanings.  When  seated,  they  ordered  eats 
and  sipped  gingerly  of  the  "wine  included.'' 
They  were  out  to  see  the  shocking  things,  and 
the  man  had  provided  himself  with  a  list  of 
the  best,  or  worst,  places,  with  the  proper 
times  for  seeing  the  improper  things.  The 
man  ate,  but  the  women  were  much  more  in- 
terested in  the  entertainment.  He  was  indif- 
ferent, or  felt  that  it  was  his  duty  to  seem 
so,  in  the  presence  of  his  wife  and  their 
guest,  but  they  were  intensely  amused.  "1 
feel  so  devilish  I  think  I'll  smoke  in  public," 
said  one  of  the  women,  and  the  man  passed 
her  the  cigarettes.  After  she  had  puffed  for 
several  minutes  a  waiter  came  up,  tapped  her 
on  the  shoulder  and  said:  "Excuse  me,  mad' 
ame,  but  ladies  can 't  smoke  in  here.  We 
would  lose  our  license  if  we  allowed  it." 
"What?"  she  exclaimed.  "You  mean  to  say 
that  women  can  drink  wine  and  beer  here, 
but  can't  smoke?"     "Not  here,  madame,  but 


NOTICE. 

All 

comuiunicatlo 

is    relative    to    social 

news 

should 

be   addressed 

"Society 

Editor 

Wasp 

121 

Second 

Street,  S.  F., 

'  and  should  reach  this  office 

not    later    than    Wednesday    to 

insure 

publication 

In  the 

Issue   of  that 

week. 

they  allow  it  in  the  Barbary  Coast."  "And 
isn't  this  the  Barbary  Coast?"  asked  the 
man,  who  seemed   to   be   quite   at    sea.     Then 


MISS    PHYLLIS    DE    YOUNG 

Who  made  her  debut  on  Tuesday  at  a  brilliant 
reception  and  dance  at  the  home  of  her  parents, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Yonng. 

he  smiled  a  broad  smile,  as  though  thoroughly 
enjoying  the  thought  that  his  otherwise  pain- 
fully respectable  guest  should  be  called  to 
order  for  improper  conduct  in  such  a  cafe. 


These  Whitman  Souvenirs. 

Gl  KS'ls  .-it  the  Whitman-Crocker  wedding 
are  still  anxiously  awaiting  the  promis- 
ed souvenir  albums  of  pictures.  U 
is  said  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitman  weie 
SO  annoyed  by  the  nature  of  some  of  tbfc 
press  comments,  particularly  those  appearing 
in  certain  Eastern  papers,  they  may  not  send 
out  the  albums  despite  the  enoimous  amount 
of  time  and  money  spent  in  their  production, 
it  is  known  that  the  final  proof  of  the  set  of 
uinety  pictures  has  been  in  the  possession  of 
the  couple  for  the  last  two  months,  though  it 
is  not  known  whether  or  not  the  order  to 
proceed  with  the  work  nas  been  given.  As 
the  additional  expense  cannot  be  even  so 
much  as  a  detail  to  the  Whitmans,  it  must 
be  a  question  of  a  sensitiveness  very  difficult 
tor  the  outsider  to  understand.  It  cannot 
be  that  the  honeymoon  enthusiasm  has  cooled 
down. 

Miss  Eleanoia  Sears  must  be  losing  her  im- 
agination and  that  dash  of  originality  which 
kept  her  so  long  so  prominently  in  the  public 
eye.  She  has  invented  a  new  rag  step.  This 
is  surely  the  imitation  which  spells  suicide 
for  the  social  leader.  Judging  from  descrip- 
tions furnished  per  greased  wire,  the  longest 
in  the  world,  "the  chicken  flip,"  as  Eleanora 
calls  her  innovation,  is  rag  ragged  to  the  limit. 
t5*       e5*       t5* 

Polite  Political  Bosses. 

MARY  MORTIMER  FRANKLIN,  an  ex- 
pert writer,  says  of  Tammany  Boss 
Murphy  that  his  manner  of  eating  is 
"quite  human,  not  to  say  polite."  Which 
surprise  comes  of  the  custom  of  depicting  the 
political  boss  as  a  type  of  pirate  or  cannibal, 
when  as  a  fact  his  viciousness  arises  from 
the  simulation  of  all  that  is  human  and  highly 
civilized.  The  first  requisite  of  the  boss  of 
today  is  a  reputation  for  self-sacrifice  in  the 
cause -of  humanity.  Once  he  gets  that,  he 
can  graft  all  the  better  and  for  all  he's 
worth.  The  day  of  the  unshaven  back-door 
burglar  has  been  succeeded  by  that  of  the 
expert  in  evening  dress  who  gains  entry  as  an 
invited  guest.  Similarly  the  rough-neck  who 
held  sway  in  politics  by  the  support  of  booze- 
fighting  pugilists  and  other  hired  rufhans,  and 
put  his  knife  in  his  mouth,  has  been  super- 
seded by  men  whose  bossing  is  done  by  gen- 
tler but  none  the  less  effective  methods,  and 
whose  manner  of  eating,  and  drinking,  too,  is 
"quite  human,  not  to  say  polite." 

Edna  Goodrich  writes  on  the  disadvantages 
of  great  personal  beauty,  but  her  article  only 
proves  that  one  of  the  great  advantages  of 
beauty  is  that  it  can  be  used  to  persuade  an 
editor   into    accepting   what   he   might   other- 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


wise  reject.  Beauty  without  sufficient  brains 
may  be  a  disadvantage,  but  as  Edna  has  both 
methinks  the  lady  doth  protest  too  much. 

An  Old  Story  Soon. 

GEBTEUDE  ATHEBTON'S  distinction  of 
being  the  only  San  Francisco  woman 
who  could  smoke  without  painful  self- 
consciousness  has  passed.  At  the  Keeney- 
Chamberlain  wedding  supper  those  fashionable 
matrons,  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch  and  Mrs.  Ethel 
Tomlinson,  produced  their  jeweled  cigarette 
cases,  and  without  the  least  discomposure  paid 
their  devoirs  to  Lady  Nicotine.  Ere  long 
ladies  smoking  in  public  will  become  as  tame 
a   sight   as   airships  flying  in   San   Francisco. 

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Miss  Phyllis  de  Young. 

TO  A  BBILLIANT  assemblage  of  the 
wealth  and  fashion  of  the  city  and  a 
setting  in  which  Oriental  splendor  vied 
with  the  distinctively  "Western  in  decorative 
art,  Miss  Phyllis  de  Young  made  her  debut 
at  the  home  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M. 
H.  de  Young,  on  California  street,  last  Tues- 
day. Nothing  that  an  aesthetic  taste  could 
suggest  was  omitted  from  the  costly  decora- 
tions devised  especially  for  the  receptior. 
While  the  chrysanthemum  was  dominant  there 
there  many  other  blooms  contributing  to  the 
floral  magnificence  and  beauty  of  the  various 
rooms.  Miss  Phyllis  de  Young,  who  is  one 
of  the  most  charming  of  the  season's  deb'', 
tantes,  and  the  youngest  daughter  of  the 
household,  is  a  blonde  of  striking  beauty,  anu 
has  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a  world  tour 
in  which  to  finish  off  her  education.  Her 
gown  was  of  white  satin,  with  a  pink  sash 
supplying  the  only  touch  of  color.  Mrs.  M.  H. 
de  Young,  who  with  her  daughter  receiver 
the  several  hundred  guests,  looked  resplendent 
in  a  gown  of  purple  satin  and  lace.  It  was 
a    most    enjoyable    evening,    the    younger    set 


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entering  with  festive  spirit  into  the  dances 
in  the  handsome  ballroom,  while  those  who 
preferred  it  played  bridge  in  the  quaint  and 
luxurious  Chinese  room.  Popular  alike  with 
the  younger  and  older  generation,  Miss  de 
Young  was  the  recipient  of  many  floral  greet- 
ings from  her  friends  in  the  city  and  down 
the  peninsula. 


Climbers  and  the  Dog. 

CLIMBERS  in  search  of  useful  hints  may 
fina  them  in  a  cleverly  satirical  sketch 
on  br  aking  into  New  York  society  by 
Richard  Barry.  According  to  Barry,  the  so- 
cial set  at  the  capital  is  not  nearly  so  exclu- 
sive as  in  the  days  when  it  took  the  Astors 
three  generations  to  amount  to  anything  as 
social  personages.  As  much  may  be  accom- 
plished now  in  three  seasons,  or  even  less,  be- 
cause of  the  multiplicity  of  avenues  of  ap- 
proach. Tabulating  these  in  the  order  of  ap- 
proach. Barry  gives  us  the  lollowing:  (1) 
Dogs,  (2)  Women 's  Clubs,  (3)  Publicity,  (4) 
Charity,  (5)  Summer  Resorts,  (6)  Graft,  (7) 
The  Opera,  (8)  First  Wights,  (9)  Travel  (for- 
eign), (10)  Woman  Suffrage.  That  the  put- 
ting of  dogs  before  women's  clubs  is  not  in- 
tentionally cynical  is  fully  explained  by  the 


Those  who  drink  Italian-Swiss  Colony  wines 
are  not  content  with  any  other  brand.  Try 
them  and  you  will  .understand  the  reason. 
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social  possibilities  in  the  ownership  of  a  prize- 
taking,  pedigreed  pup.  There  are  dog  lunch- 
eons, dog  dinners,  dog  receptions  to  which 
high-born  canines  are  invited,  and  as  no  ca- 
nine can  go  alone  the  mistress  must  be  in- 
cluded If  a  woman  of  reasonable  tact,  it  is 
not  unreasonable  for  her  to  hope  that  she  may 
eventualy  be  invited  on  her  own  account.  Ar- 
ter  all,  what  is  the  difference  between  the 
blue-blooded  poodle  leading  the  aspirant  into 
society  and  the  mongrel  that  leads  the  blind 
man  to  where  society  may  drop  its  odd  dime? 
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The  result  of  excavations  carried  on 
through  several  years  by  the  University  ot 
California  through  the  support  of  Mrs.  Phoebe 
A.  Hearst  are  now  on  view  at  the  Affiliated 
Colleges  Museum,  where  a  special  lecture  on 
their  significance  will  be  delivered  on  Sunday 
afternoon. 


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In  this  immense  assortment  are 
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Saturday,  November  16,  1912/ 


-THE  WASP- 


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"A    BUTTERFLY  ON   THE  WHEEL" 
Scene  from  the  great  English  play  which  will  he  seen  at  the   Cort  Monday  night. 


Aloha  Oe. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  in  Honolulu  informs 
me    that    the    gowns    of    Mrs.    Erminie 
Dargie  were  "a  revelation  of  magnifi- 
cence and   the   form   divine,"  that  made   the 
fashionables   of   the   Cannibal   Islands    sit    up 


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and  take  notice  when  the  statuesque  Oakland 
beauty  swept  through  the  streets,  on  foot  oi 
in  her  luxurious  limousine.  Mrs.  Dargie,  in 
gala  array,  is  a  sight  to  make  all  men  and 
women  turn  their  heads,  whether  they  belong 
to  the  Caucasian  or  the  Polynesian  race.  With 
a  tactful  regard  for  the  conventionalities,  the 
handsome  widow  of  Publisher  W.  E.  Dargie, 
confined  her  wardrobe  to  the  subdued  colors 
of  second  mourning — lavendar,  purple  and 
white — and  for  many  moons  to  come  fashion- 
able Honolulu  will  have  restless  dreams,  set 
in  this  chromatic  combination. 

Mrs.    Dargie 's    dinner   parties   in    Honolulu 


THANKSGIVING  SUGGESTIONS.  Natur: 
al-looking  little  turkeys,  filled  with  candies, 
or  miniature  candy  plum  puddings,  decked 
with  holly,  add  immensely  to  the  attractive- 
ness of  the  Thanksgiving  dinner  table.  Geo. 
Haas  &  Sons '  four  candy  stores. 

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were  many  and  worthy  of  a  Native  Daughter 
of  the  Gulden  West,  whose  California  progen- 
itors,  the  Senors  Peralta,  dispensed  hospitably 
with  the  lavishness  of  their  ancestors  of  old 
Castile.  The  strain  upon  1  he  vintage  wiio'ri.'s 
of  France  during  the  stunning  widow's  visit 
to  Honolulu  is  said  to  have  been  terrific.  Br- 
aes! Ku.-ii  's  famous  orchestra  had  cramps  in 
all  its  lingers,  trying  to  keep  up  harmoniously 
witli  the  procession,  so  to  speak.  The  ordin- 
ary stock  of  festive  music  being  insufficient 
for  the  many  occasions,  the  gifted  conductor 
evolved  an  especially  appropriate  scrap  of 
terpsiehorean  melody  which,  by  general  con- 
sent, has  been  christened  the  "Dargie  Hula." 
As  a  classic,  it  will  doubtless  remain  a  de- 
light to  native  Hawaiians  and  visitors  of 
discriminating  taste.  The  musicians  were  lib- 
erally rewarded  by  the  generous  hostess  from 
California,  and  saw  with  regret  the  fading 
smoke  of  the  steamer,  which  carried  her  back 
to  the  land  of  fruit  and  flowers.  Fashionable 
Honolulu  society  heaved  a  sigh,  for  it  had 
been  a  strenuous  month  in  its  variegated 
history. 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


MISS   GRACE  CARLYLE 
Soprano  soloist  with  the  Philharmonic  Four  at  the  Pantages. 


Changed  Their  Minds. 

IT  IS,  indeed,  news  to  us  that  Edward  Louis 
Lawrenson,  who  eame  from  London  a  few 
days  ago  to  claim  his  bride.  Miss  Ellen 
O 'Sullivan,  has  returned  to  his  home  still  a 
bachelor,  and  not  a  benedict  as  he  expected. 
Their  engagement  was  announced  in  The  "Wasp 
two  weeks  ago,  and  all  the  plans  were  made 
for  a  simple  home  wedding,  which  was  to  take 
place  as  soon  as  the  bride's  sister-in-law,  Mrs. 
Denis  O 'Sullivan,  arrived  in  town.  But  simul- 
taneous with  the  arrival  of  Miss  0  'Sullivan 
came  the  astounding  fact  that  the  engage- 
ment was  absolutely  broken  off.     Miss  O 'Sul- 


livan gives  as  the  reason  for  breaking  it  that 
in  London,  where  she  met  her  fiance,  they 
seemed  perfectly  congenial,  but  since  Mr. 
Lawrenson  's  visit  to  America  they  have  found 
that  their  likes  and  tastes  were  so  completely 
dissimilar,  thereby  causing  such  friction,  that 
they  both  decided  to  call  the  engagement  at 
an  end. 

Miss  O 'Sullivan  has  left  Piedmont,  where 
she  was  the  guest  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  Oscar 
Sutro,  and  has  gone  to  Los  Angeles  to  visit 
another   sister,    Mrs.    Patrick   Boland. 

Mr.  Lawrenson  has  won  quite  a  little  fame 
as   an   artist  in  London,   and   has   done   some 


very  remarkable  colored  etchings.  Miss  O  'Sul- 
livan has  spent  the  last  three  years  in  Eu- 
rope, and  became  acquainted  with  numerous 
well-known  artists  while  living  with  Mrs. 
Denis  O  'Sullivan  in  London,  where  she  was 
very  popular. 

The  Carolans'  New  Home. 

MES  FRANCIS  CABOLAN  has  just  gone 
East  to  consult  with  the  noted  French 
landscape  gardener,  Duchesne,  whom 
she  has  brought  over  from  Paris  to  take 
charge  of  the  exterior  of  her  new  million- 
dollar  estate  at  Hillside.  The  Carolans  have 
purchased  many  acres  of  land  for  a  wonder- 
ful park  all  around  the  marvelous  French 
villa  they  are  building,  and  of  the  interior  of 
which  Count  Boni  de  Castellane  is  to  have  full 
charge.  The  famous  Duchesne  will  beautify  the 
exterior.  He  is  planning  an  old-fashioned 
French  garden,  which  will  be  the  most  re- 
markable thing  of  its  kind  in  the  West,  and 
he  is  importing  from  Paris  all  the  details 
tor  it. 

The  Carolans'  wonderful  villa  is  to  adjoin 
that  of  the  Will  Crockers'  at  Hillside,  and 
will  far  surpass  anything  ever  seen  here. 
Mrs.  Carolan  was  Miss  Harriett  Pullman  ot 
Chicago,  and  is  one  of  the  wealthiest  women 
ever  married  to   a  Calif ornian. 

Mona  Lisa  Becker. 

STRANGE  that  San  Francisco  theater-goers 
never  detected  the  Mona  Lisa  smile 
lurking  in  the  lips  of  the  beauteous 
Claribel  Becker.  That  there  is  such  a  smile 
on  her  lips  we  may  believe  from  the  declara- 
tion of  artist  Herbert  Fargeon,  who,  having 
met  Miss  Becker  in  this  city,  married  her 
and  used  his  wife  as  the  model  with  which 
to  perfect  a  duplication  of  the  great  master- 
piece. In  the  Examiner  portrait  of  last  Sun- 
day there  is  nothing  to  warrant  the  claim  of 
resemblance  which  vanishes  the  moment  it  is 
compared   with   a   copy   of   the   original.     In- 


A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

Or    Magical     Beautlfler 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
FreckleB,  Moth-Patch- 
es, Rash  and  Skin  Dis- 
eases, and  every  blem- 
ish on  beauty,  and  de- 
fies detection.  It  has 
Btood  the  test  of  65 
years,  no  other  has, 
and  is  so  harmless  we 
taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is 
properly  made.  Accept 
no  counterfeit  of  simi- 
lar name.  The  dis- 
li'itruished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  ifcie  haut-ton  (a  patient)  : 
"As  you  ladies  will  use  them,  I  recommend 
'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  all 
the    Skin    preparations." 


For  Sale  by  All  Druggists  and  Fancy  Goods 

Dealers. 

Gouraud's  Oriental  Toilet  Powder 

For  infants  and  adults.  Exquisitely  perfumed. 
Relieves  Skin  Irritations,  cures  Sunburn  and  ren- 
ders an  excellent  complexion.  Price  26  cents  by 
Mail. 

Gouraud's  Poudre   Subtile 
I   Removes  Superfluous  Hair.       Price  $1.00  by  Mail. 

5         FERD.  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop'r,  37  Great  Jonei 
|  St.,  New  York  City. 


Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


-THE  WASP 


II 


stead  of  inscrutable  smile,  the  explanation  of 
which  has  baffled  the  imagination  of  several 
centuries,  we  have  an  exceedingly  pretty  girl 
whose  brain  seems  troubled  with  no  more 
complex  a  problem  than  that  of  remaining  ex- 
actly as  sue  was  posed  by  the  photographer. 
But  the  Examiner  is  entitled  to  the  credit 
of  at  least  one  great  discovery  in  its  story — 
that  of  discovering  that  the  painter  of  the 
world-famed  masterpiece  was  not  Leonaido  da 
Vinci,  as  believed  for  so  many  centuries,  bur 


Ttfiss  97?arion    fiette    White 
SCHOOL    OF     DANCING 

2868  California  St.         ::       Tel.  Fillmore  1871 

Pupil    of    Mr.    Louis    H.    Chalif,    Mme. 

Elizabeth  Menzeli,  Gilbert  Normal 
School  of  Dancing  of  New   York  City. 

Miss  White  has  just  returned  from  New  York 
and  will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy, 
National,  Classical  and  Folk  Dances.  New 
Ball  Room  Dances  for  this  season:  Tango, 
Crab  Crawl,  Four  Step  Boston.     Hall  for  Rent. 


GENUINE 

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BLANKETS 


Vlsalia 

Stock 

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Market  Si. 

San 
FranciKO 

Muiillo,  a  Spanish  painter,  who  was  not  born 
until  the  paint  on  the  immortal  canvas  had 
been  dry  more  than  a  hundred  years. 

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Excellent  Banquet  Halls. 

THAT  the  banquet  halls  of  Teehau  Tavern 
are  always  in  demand  for  private  din- 
ners and  banquets  given  by  prominent 
organizations  is  due  to  the  superior  service 
and  cuisine  of  this  celebrated  cafe,  Last 
Wednesday  Miss  Ross  entertained  a  number 
of  ladies  in  one  of  the  banquet  halls.  The 
taste  and  beauty  of  the  table  decorations  and 
the  excellence  of  the  music  were  in  keeping 


with  the  attractions  of  the  menu.  On  Satur 
day.  November  2nd.  the  Shrine:s  Patrol  oi 
Islam  Temple  gave  a  banquet  of  over  a  linn 
dred  covers  and  on  Monday  evening.  Novem- 
ber 4th,  the  officials  of  the  Railway  Man 
Service  also  banqueted  at  the  Tavern.  The 
decorations  on  both  occasions  weie  unique 
and  beautiful,  the  chief  decorative  feature  or 
the  Shriners'  banquet  being  a  huge  camel 
carved  from  a  solid  block  of  ice,  and  that  or 
the  Railway  Mail  Service  officials  being  a 
locomotive,  perfect  in  every  detail,  also 
carved  in  ice,  decorated  and  illuminated,  the 
tender  containing  the  dessert. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  C'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 


LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and 

ARRANGED  SAFE  DEPOSIT 

Boxes  $4  per  annum 

Telephone 


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\  WEST  OF  NEW  YORK 
\    and  upwards. 

Kearny  11. 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


'-■-.?  SEE  that  the  amendment  to  provide 
£  Ire  free  text  books  was  carried  by  a  large 
jOMl^  majority,  I'm  not  surprised.  We're  a 
great  people  for  rushing  bull-headed  af- 
ter anything  labeled  free.  It  may  cost  us  ever 
so  much  more  than  the  market  price  by  the 
time  we've  got  it  home  but  that  doesn't 
matter,  so  long  as  we  are  bulled  into  thinking 
we've  got  something  for  nothing. 

The  man  who  will  laugh  at  his  wife  for 
spending  dollars  and  dollars  more  than  she 
can  afford  on  things  she  doesn't  want,  in  or- 
der to  get  a  free  ticket  for  a  nickelodeon,  has 
probably  got  a  receipt  in  his  pocket  for 
twenty  dollars  worth  of  books  he  will  never 
read,  but  which  he  was  persuaded  to  buy  on 
the  strength  of  getting  a  free  magazine.  Few 
things  are  more  expensive  than  those  you 
get  for  nothing. 

Of  course  the  people  voted  for  free  text 
books.  Why,  PI  guarantee  there  would  be  an 
overwhelming  majority  for  a  charter  amend- 
ment to  provide  free  beer.  "But,"  I  hear 
some  wild-eyed  teetotal  crank  exclaiming, 
"we  are  not  all  beer-drinkers.  Why  should 
those  who  don't  drink  beer  pay  for  the  beer 
of  others?  Besides,  there  would  be  ever  so 
much  more  beer  consumed  if  it  were  free." 

But  we  don't  all  use  text  books.  Why 
should  those  who  don  't  use  text  books  pay  for 
the  text  books  of  others?  Besides,  there  will 
be   ever   so   many   more  text   books  used   for 


EXCLUSIVE      DESIGNS      in 

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curl  papers,  lighting  the  stove  and  otherwise 
carelessly  destroyed  when  they  are  free. 

But  what  is  the  use  of  being  logical  with 
people  who  don't  know  enough  about  a  free 
dictionary,  let  alone  a  text  book,  to  know 
what  logic  means,  and  who  haven't  the  com- 
mon sense  to  recognize  that  the  surest  way  of 
undermining  a  child's  respect  for  a  textbook 
or  anything  else  is  to  let  him  know  that  it  is 
free  and*  that  he  can  get  another  when  it  is 
destroyed  ?  The  child  whose  parents  were 
too  poor  to  buy  text  books  could  always  get 
them  free  by  a  very  simple  declaration.  Was 
that  not  enough?  Apparently  not  for  the 
intelligent  elector,  who  is  the  simplest  gink 
in  the  world  to  fool  if  you  use  a  ballot  full 
of  amendments  and  offer  him  something 
"free."  He  will  have  to  pay,  and  dearly,  for 
the  free  gift,  in  taxation;  but  that  is  not  men- 
tioned on  the  ballot  paper.  By  reason  of  the 
greater  waste,  the  tax-collector  will  have  to 
rake  in,  in  one  year,  more  than  was  formerly 
spent  on  text  books  in  two  or  three  years. 

We're  getting  so  many  things  free  the  taxes 
are  going  up  at  such  a  rate  that  it  will  soon 
be  too  expensive  for  most  of  us  to  live,  and 
after  all,  it  is  a  poor  consolation  to  know 
that  if  we  are  taxed  to  death  providing  free 
things,  that  we  can  have  a  free  burial.  1 
would  rather  have  fewer  gifts  and  enough 
money  left  to  pay  for  an  undertaker's  bless- 
ing. We  think  we  're  making  education  easy, 
and  we  are — so  easy  our  children  don  't  value 
it  nearly  so  high  as  their  fathers,  who 
knew  that  it  had  to  be  paid  for  by  their 
parents,  and  often  by  themselves.  We  can't 
go  back  to  that  system,  but  there  is  no  need 
to  rush  forward  into  the  imbecility  of  giving 
children  everything  fiee — especially  when  the 
free  thing  is  twice  as  expensive  to  the  citizen 
as  a  taxpayer  than  as  a  parent. 

Great  Scott,  but  the  race-track  men  came 
near  to  putting  one  over  on  the  bridge  players, 
wild-cat  mine  speculators  and  other  shining 
lights  of  the  anti-gambling  crusade!  It  was  a 
close  vote  and  showed  that  the  love  of  a 
good  horse-race  is  still  firmly  implanted  in 
the  California  heart.  The  worst  of  it  is  these 
reforming  cranks,  who  are  mostly  long-haired 
men  and  short-haired  women,  will  be  embold- 
ened to  go  on  with  their  kill-joy  campaign 
and  general  policy  of  eradicating  all  merri- 
ment from  the  heart  of  man  until  we  emulate 
those  blue  laws  of  Connecticut,  under  which 
it  was  made  a  crime  for  a  man  to  kiss  his 
wife  on  a  Sunday.  It  was  enough  to  make 
a  man  want  to  kiss  her. 

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IN  THE  JUSTICES'  COURT  OF  iHE  CITY  AND 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  City 
Hall. 

W.  F.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  A.  SHAPIRO,  De- 
fendant.— Action   No.  47,521. 

Action  brought  in  the  Justices'  Court,  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  complaint  filed  in 
the  office  of  Clerk  of  said  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  to  A. 
SHAPIRO,    Defendant,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above  named  plaintiff,  in 
the  Justices'  Court  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  and  to  answer  to  the  complaint  filed  there- 
in; with  in  five  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  ser- 
vice after  the  Bervice  on  you  of  these  summons,  if 
served  within  this  county,  otherwise  within  twenty 
days. 

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

This  action  has  been  assigned,  and  you  are  directed 
to  appear  before  A.  B.  TREADWELL,  Esq.,  one  oi 
the  Justices  of  said  Court,  at  his  office,  Grant  Build- 
ing, Seventh  and  Market  Streets,  in  said  City  and 
County. 

Make  legal  service  and  due  return  hereon:  By 
order  of  the  Presiding  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the 
City  and   County  of   San   Francisco. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  22nd  day  of  March. 
1912. 

ROBERT  W.  DENNIS,  Justices'    Clerk, 
by   WM.   H.    CAMPBELL,    Deputy   Olerk. 

JOSEPH  KIRK,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  Rooms  of 
the  Board  of  Trade,   San  Francisco.' 


Saturday,  November  16,  i912.J 


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old  riAids 

DIARY  -• 


PAB  ME  I  I'm  almost  dead.  So  much  to 
attend  to!  I've  not  bad  a  moment's  rest 
in  weeks,  my  social  and  club  uuties  are 
so  pressing,  I  ought  to  have  gone  t0  tne 
women's  convent  ion  at  Santa  (_ruz,  but 
hthyl  Gayleigh  said  if  j.  didn't  stay  home  and 
ohaperone  her  to  the  University  football  match  she'd 
never  speak  another  word  to  me.  'Twas  sure  to 
be  a  lovely  day,  she  said.  Lands  sake,  it  rained 
like  anything!  Oh,  but  that  didn't  stop  herl 
"Goodness  mel"  I  said  to  her.  "You  wouldn't  be 
so  crazy  as  to  go  out  a  day  like  .his  1  Why,  'twould 
drown  a  wild  duck."  She  said  she'd  go  to  the 
match  if  she  had  to  swim  to  the  ball  grounds,  as 
Mr.  Joblotts,  that  got  a  divorce  last  week,  was 
going  to  escort  us  across  the  ferry,  and  if  she  didn't, 
land  him  right  off  the  reel  somebody  else  would  hook 
him. 

I  felt  like  going  to  my  own  funeral,  wading  out 
in  the  rain,  and  I  could  feel  rheumatic  pains  coming 
on  all  over  me  before  I  started.  I  was  so  angry 
I  didn't  say  six  words  to  Ethyl  on  the  way  over, 
and  as  we  got  off  the  Oakland  boat  in  the  crowd  my 
crocheted  shawl  I'd  put  on  to  keep  me  warm  caught 
in  the  button  of  a  man's  overcoat,  and,  lands  sake! 
we  couldn't  get  away  from  each  other.  He  tugged 
and  I  tugged,  and  the  more  we  pulled  the  more  we 
got  tangled  up.  A  young  man  in  the  crowd  shout- 
ed out,  "Kick  him  in  the  slats,  mum  an'  you'll 
win  the  scrum."  Another  yelled,  "Tackle  him  low, 
miss.  Trip  him  up  and  toss  him  on  his  cocoanut." 
Heavens!  If  the  man's  button  hadn't,  come  off  1 
don't  know  what  would  have  happened.  I  was  so 
mad  I  didn't  speak  a  word  to  Ethyl  for  the  rest 
of  the  afternoon.  It  didn't  seem  to  worry  her  much, 
for  Mr.  Joblots  jabbered  to  her  till  his  jaw  must 
have  been  almost  dislocated.  Really,  if  it  was,  I 
wouldn't  have  been  very  sorry,  I  think.     Mercy  I 

'Twill  be  a  long  time  till  I  go  to  a  football  match 
again  on  a  wet  day.  I  wouldn't  go  if  President 
Wheeler  and  Dr.  David  Starr  Jordan  headed  the 
teams  and  mauled  each  other  around  in  the  mud. 
The  players  were  a  dreadful  sight.  They  reminded 
me  of  the  time  back  in  Massachusetts  when  poor 
old  Pop  was  trying  to  get  the  brindle  cow  out  of 
a  slough  she  was  mired  in.  When  he  was  twisting 
her  tail  she  gave  him  a  kick  in  the  stomach  and 
rolled  over  him  several  times  before  Si  Punken 
yanked  him  out  with  a  boat-hook.  We  all  had  to* 
take  turns  at  hosing  him  off,  and,  lands  sake  1  when 
we  got  the  mud  off  so  he  began  to  look  like  human 


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perfectly  scando  ms,  for  he'd  left  one  of 
his  boots   ami  most   of  hi     clothes  in   ihe   slough. 

What  on  earth  do  young  men  see  in  footbull  to 
go  so  crazy  over  it  and  roll  around  in  the  miry  like 
a  wot  floor-mop  .  Whou  wo  were  coming  home  from 
the  football  game  Mr.  JoblottB  said  he  supposed  thai 
before  long  the  co-eds  and  suffragettes  would  be 
showing  their  broth  ore  and  sweethearts  the  fine 
points    Hi    the    Rugby    game. 

"A  team  of  suffragettes  in  football  togs  would 
look  great  on  a  wet  day,' '  he  remarked,  with  a 
wink  tit  Ethyl,  who  of  course  sided  with  everythiug 
the  silly  creature  said. 

I  had  an  answer  on  the  tip  of  my  tougue  that 
would  wither  him,  but  concluded  to  treat  his  imbe- 
cile remarks  with  the  -silent  contempt   they  deserved, 

Wuen  I  got  home  and  wus  taking  a  cup  of  hot  tea 
to  get  rid  of  the  chills,  after  sitting  out  all  day  in 
the  cold  and  damp,  Mrs.  Trotter  rang  me  up,  and 
while  we  were  talking  the  telephone  lines  got  cross- 
ed. Lands  sake,  I  whs  so  annoyed!  Some  woman 
was  speaking  to  Mrs.  Howie  Detrick  about  her 
daughter  not  getting  a  curd  for  tae  Assembly  ball. 
My,  wasn't  she  excited  when  Mrs.  D.  said  the  daugh- 
ter was  too  young  for  the  set  in  the  Assembly. 

"Good  gracious,  she's  221"  the  mother  said. 
"How  old  did  you  think  she  was?" 

Mrs.  D.  said  she  thought  the  girl  was  the  agt= 
her   mother   always   said   she  was — going   on    Hi. 

"Well,  now  you  know  she's  22  what's  your  de- 
cision about  senaing  her  a  card?"   said  the  mother. 

"She's   too  oldl"    said   Mrs,   D. 

Just  as  the  convention  was  getting  very  interest- 
ing Central  switched  me  on  to  Mrs.  Trotter's  num- 
ber again.  Goodness  mel  Isn't  the  telephone  ex- 
asperating sometimes? 

Mrs.  Trotter  never  misses  a  church  wedding  if 
she  bus  to  get  a  hook-and-ladder  to  peek  in  through 
one  of  the  windows.  She  says  that  the  Innes  Keeney 
wedding  was  the  swellest  thing  of  the  year.  And 
such  prominent  people  as  were  invited  I  The  bride 
was  too  lovely  for  anything,  but  she  wasn't  just  the 
least  bit  nervous.  My!  isn't  that  wonderful?  I'd 
be  all  of  a  tremble  if  I  was  in  her  place.  Mrs. 
Trotter  was  in  a  front  seat  and  watched  her  with 
a  powerful  field-glass,  so  as  nothing  would  escape 
her.  She  says  that  just  at  the  "love,  honor  and 
obey"  part  of  the  ceremony,  when  you'd  think  she'd 
be  all  of  a  flutter,  she  reached  up  as  cool  as  a  cu- 
cumber and  gave  a  little  touch  to  the  back  fastening 
of  her  veil,  and  then  smoothed  out  her  dress  at  the 
waist — just  as  naturally  as  if  she  was  standing  in 
her  own  parlor.  Anybody  with  half  an  eye,  much 
less  a  field-glass,  could  see  that  the  bridegroom 
wasn't  nearly  so  much  at  ease. 

Mrs.  Trotter  says  that  the  six  bridesmaids  were 
a  pretty  picture  in  their  costumes,  all  made  alike, 
two  in  green  chiffon  over  satin,  two  in  pink,  and 
two  in  yellow,  and  the  maid  of  honor  in  pink  too. 

But  it  isn't  often  that  you  see  six  bridesmaids 
in  mixed  colors  that  become  them  all.  And  no  girl 
likes  to  walk  down  the  aisle  of  a  crowded  church  in 
a  gown  that  isn't  her  color  and  stand  around  for 
half  an  hour  with  a  golden  staff  in  her  hand  for 
everybody   to   pick  her  to   pieces. 

Really,  brides  ought  to  think  twice  before  they 
pick  out  colors  for  their  bridesmaids,  just  to  make 
the  wedding  look  lovely,  if  the  bridesmaids  don't. 
Land's  sake  I  I  remember  back  home  when  Sarah 
Crabapple  married  Jebez  Korncob  and  made  me  and 
five  other  girls  dress  for  a  military  wedding  because 
Jebez  was  a  second  corporal  in  the  Coon  Creek 
Zouaves.  Mercy  me,  we  all  looked  like  frights  in 
red  and  blue,  with  American  flags  stuck  in  our 
hair,  and  the  Coon  Creek  Tocsin  came  out  that  week 
and  said  the  reason  a  horse  ran  away  on  Main 
street  and  went  through  Jeff  Donut's  bakery  window 
was  that  he  caught  sight  of  us  coming  out  of 
church.  Pop  stopped  his  paper,  and  when  the 
editor  of  the  Tocsin  wanted  to  settle  the  three  years' 
unpaid  subscription  for  a  peck  of  apples  he  threat- 
ened to  have  hira   arrested  for  blackmail. 

Mrs.  Trotter  says  Lawyer  Thomas,  after  the  Kee- 
ney wedding,  put  on  his  stovepipe  hut  before  he  was 
half  way  to  the  door.  My!  that  woman  misses  nothing. 
He  may  have  thought  he  was  in  court.    My  goodness! 

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[Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


UNCLE'S  RUSE. 


San  Francisco  Attorney  Works  Clever  Trick 
on  Neglectful  Nephews. 

A  WILY  ATTORNEY  of  this  city,  whose 
time  of  life  is  not  yet  fallen  into  the 
sere  and  yellow  leaf,  but  is  getting  well 
on  to  the  stage  when  people  begin  to  feel  sus- 
picious of  any  lapse  in  the  attentions  of  their 
friends,  got  even  recently  with  a  brace  of 
nephews,  who  for  the  first  time  in  many  years 
omitted  to  mark  his  birthday  with  the  usual 
memento.  They  have  no  great  expectations 
that  their  prodigal  uncle  will  leave  them  much 
in  the  way  of  bequests,  but  he  was  always  a 
good  friend  to  the  boys  and  they  liked  him 
for  the  companionable  way  he  always  showed 
them  around  town  whenever  they  came  to  San 
Francisco. 

Wily  is  scarcely  the  word  with  which  to 
describe  him.  So  wide  is  his  reputation  foi 
astuteness  that  some  time  ago  a  couple  of 
strange  bunco  men,  who  had  accosted  him  in 
a  street  car,  and  submitted  a  proposal  for 
making  him  enormously  rich,  suddenly  rose, 
felt  through  all  their  pockets  and  jumped  off 
when  the  attorney,who  had  seemed  to  be 
taken  by  their  little  scheme,  handed  them  his 
business  card. 

But  to  return  to  our  nephews.  One  of  them 
is  a  junior  clerk  in  a  Los  Angeles  bank  and 
the  other  has  a  similar  post  with  a  merchant 
in  Seattle.  Each  year  they  had  sent  uncle 
a  box  of  cigars,  or  some  other  small  token, 
together  with  letters  which,  for  all  his  sever- 
ity in  business,  always  touched  the  attorney 
in  a  soft  spot  and  were  prized  by  him  far 
higher  than  the  accompanying  presents. 


This  year  the  birthday  came  and  went  with 
neVer  so  much  as  a  line  from  either.  At  first 
deeply  grieved,  he  then  decided  to  get  even 
with  them  for  their  neglect.  He  sat  down 
and  wrote  a  touching  epistle  to  the  youth  in 
Los  Angeles  thanking  him  for  the  receipt  of 
a  box  of  such  excellent  cigars,  but  particu- 
larly for  the  kindly  letter  which,  he  said,  he 
valued  more  than  all  the  fragrant  weeds  that 
ever  were  or  ever  could  be  made.  In  a  short 
and  sorrowful  postscript  he  casually  expressed 
his  regrets  at  the  ingratitude  of  the  brother 
in  Seattle,  who  forgot  him  altogether  and 
probably  because  he  was  now  getting  on  in 
years. 

Then  he  copied  the  letter  almost  word  for 
word,  except  that  it  was  written  to  the  Seattle 
youngster  and  that  the  postscript  reflected 
upon  the  ingratitude  of  his  brother  in  Los 
Angeles..  The  next  step  was  to  put  the  Los 
Angeles  letter  in  the  envelope  addressed  to 
the  one  in  Seattle  and  the  Seattle  letter  in 
the  envelope  addressed  to  Los  Angeles.  Hav- 
ing posted  them,  he  waited  results. 

When  the  boys  opened  their  epistles  they 
each  thought  long  and  hard.  Of  course  it 
was  out  of  the  question  to  correct  uncle 's 
mistake  by  forwarding  the  letters.  Neither 
wanted  to  let  the  other  know  that  uncle 
thought  him  cheap.  No,  there  was  only  one 
thing  to  do  and  that  was  to  destroy  the  letters 
and  forward  a  box  of  cigars.  They  did,  and 
by  return  delivery  the  attorney  received  two 
boxes  of  the  best  and  two  letters  protesting 
warmly  the  congratulations  of  the  nephews, 
who  both  wished  him  so  many  happy  returns. 
Uncle  smiles  and  says  they  are  the  finest  he 
ever  spent  a  match  on. 


ALONE  I  DID  IT. 


THOSE    ROOSEVELT    FIVE-SPOTS. 

DEAR  WASP:  Why  don't  you  start  an 
agitation  for  the  recall  of  those  five- 
dollar  gold  pieces  coined  at  the  insti- 
gation of  Colonel  Roosevelt?  They  are  surely 
the  limit  in  the  way  of  unsightly  realism, 
and  could  scarcely  have  been  uglier  had  they 
been  decorated  with  the  awful  teeth  of  the 
would-be  monarch  responsible  for  their  coin- 
age. It  is  not  merely  that  they  are  desti- 
tute of  any  touch  of  symbolism,  though  obvi- 
ously designed  to  be  symbolic,  but  that  they 
look  like  telephone  slugs  or  saloon  checks. 
They  are  round,  but  they  don't  look  it,  and 
it  is  no  wonder  that  travelers  as  well  as  nu- 
mismatic students,  though  fond  of  collecting 
and  reluctant  to  part  with  them,  invariably 
sneer  at  their  appearance.  The  other  day  1 
saw  a  woman,  evidently  a  foreigner  newly 
landed  from  some  trans-Pacific  steamer,  cash- 
ing a  draft  at  the  bank.  She  was  paid  in 
five-spots  all  of  this  particular  mold,  and, 
gathering  the  coins  in  her  hands,  she  turned 
to  me  and  said:  "Now,  what  do  I  do  with 
these  things?"  "Well,"  I  replied,  with  a 
suppressed  smile,  "it  all  depends  upon  your 
tastes,  madame — but  what  do  you  suppose 
they  are?"  "Oh!"  she  replied,  as  the  light 
suddenly  began  to  dawn,  "are  these  funny 
little  things  the  money  itself?  T  thought 
they  were  just  the  tokens  I  had  to  take  to 
some  other  counter  and  get  cashed."  T  sup- 
pose it  is  sacrilege  to  sneer  at  money  in  any 
form,  but. this  form  is  an  insult  to  the  nation. 
The  old  five-spot  is  nothing  to  rave  about, 
but  at  least  it  does  not  look  like  a  brass  but- 
ton that  has  been  flattened  by  a  street-car. 
Yours,  SIMOLEON. 
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A  BAD  BUSINESS. 

THE  unlairness  of  the  attack  which  was 
made  on  the  Continental  Building  and 
Loan  Association  by  the  State  Govern- 
ment officials,  co-operating  with  certain  yel- 
low newspapers,  is  becoming  appaient  to  ev- 
eiybody.  It  always  was  apparent  to  people 
who  knew  the  facts  of  the  case.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  State  Building  and  Loan 
Commissioner  Walker  insisted  that  some  of 
the  assets  of  the  Continental  Building  and 
Loan  Association  were  overvalued  by  Mana- 
ger Corbin.  Commissioner  Walker  pointed 
out  as  a  particularly  glaring  bit  of  over- 
valuation the  site  of  the  Berkeley  Furniture 
factory,  which  Corbin  valued  at  $15,000.  It 
wasn  't  worth  half  the  amount,  the  State  offi- 
cial declared.  Now  it  turns  out  that  the 
property  can  be  sold  by  the  Continental  Build- 
ing and  Loan  Association  for  $50,000,  and 
the  sum  of  $107000  has  already  been  deposited 
to  bind  the  bargain  till  the  title  to  the  prop- 
erty  can   be   looked  up. 

It  is  a  bad  state  of  affairs  when  National 
or  State  governments  make  war  on  business 
interests  to  please  politicians  and  help  along 
their  selfish  schemes. 


Asked  if  it  was  exceedingly  difficult  to  write 
a  poem,  Victor  Hugo  replied:  "Not  at  all — 
it  is  either  easy  or  impossible." 


Saturday,  November  16,  1912.] 


-THE  iVASP 


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Governor  Johnson  opening  the  campaign — "WE    WILL    SWEEP    THE    COUNTRY!' 


1 '  PROGRESSIVISM ' '    REPUDIATED. 

NEVER  was  a  candidate  so  badly  beaten 
he  could  not  claim  a  moral  victory — 
that  is,  if  his  vanity  is  greater  than 
his  intelligence.  It  is  one  of  the  kindly  com- 
pensations of  human  pride,  and  no  one  should 
be  surprised  that  in  the  crushing  defeat  of 
the  "progressive"  party  Roosevelt  reads  "a 
veritable  triumph,"  Johnson  "a  substantial 
victory,"  Chester  Rowell  "an  indorsement  of 
the  new  party,"  Meyer  Lissner  "a  national 
recognition  of  the  progressivist  cause,"  and 
the  sublimely  hopeful  Daniel  A.  Ryan  a  "tri- 
umphant vindication  at  the  polls  four  years 
irom  now."  If  to  the  victors  the  spoils,  why 
not  the  apologies:,  lame  excuses  and  fatuous 
hopes  to  the  defeated? 

'Tis  not  in  mortals  to  command  success,  but 
Sempronius  Ryan  is  fully  convinced  his  party 
did  more  in  deserving  it  and  assuring  that 
success  four  years  hence.  Yet  what  is  there 
to  color  this  forlorn  hope?  Taking  the  latest 
estimate  of  the  popular  vote  recorded,  we  find 
that  out  of  a  total  of  15,451,316  no  less  than 
11,285,583  were  cast  against  the  "progressiv- 
ist" cause.  These  figures  exclude  the  votes 
cast  for  the  Socialist  and  Prohibitionist  can- 
didates as  being  accorded  to  utterly  hopeless 
parties.  They  are  not  significant,  though  they 
should  swell  the  number  of  those  who  disap- 
proved of  the  third-termer.  On  the  basis  oi 
Electoral  votes,  the  425  against  Roosevelt 's 
106  is  an  even  more  emphatic  repudiation. 

While  it  is  natural  that  Democrats  should 
claim  their  overwhelming  majority  as  an  in- 
dorsement of  Democratic  principles,  the  claim 
deceives  no  one — not  even  those  who  make  it. 


That  vote  for  the  Democrats  was  less  an 
affirmation  of  Wilson  than  a  negation  of 
Roosevelt,  since  it  expressed  the  protest  of 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  Republicans  against 
the   Rooseveltian  policy. 

If  the  vote  on  the  fifth  represented  the 
national  estimate  of  "progressivism"  after 
that  policy  had  been  so  strenuously  advocated 
for  a  couple  of  years,  it  is  difficult  to  see  the 
warrant  for  Ryan  's  prophecy  as  to  four  years 
hence.  The  great  heart  of  the  American  na- 
tion is  not  Democratic,  nor  "progressive"  in 
the  Bull  Moose  sense,  but  in  politics  is  sane^ 
ly  conservative,  and  the  Wilson  majority  rep- 
resents that  conservatism.  Conservatism  was 
the  keynote  in  all  Wilson's  speeches,  and  the 
nation  took  him  at  his  word  and  voted  for 
him.  as  opposed  to  the  man  whose  violent  rad- 
icalism and  millennium  moonshine  was  alien 
to  its  conservatism. 

But  leaving  the  national  issue  on  one  side, 
and  confining  criticism  to  our  State,  the  flam- 
boyant boasting  of  Johnson  and  the  inconse 
quent  apologies  of  Lissner,  Rowell  and  Ryan 
become  all  the  more  grotesque.  If  "pro- 
gressivism "  is  a  growing  policy  in  Califor- 
nia, why  did  the  party  poll  less  at  the  recent 
election  than  when  Roosevelt  triumphed  at 
the  primaries?  That  is  surely  the  progress- 
ivism of  the  crab,  which  crawls  backwards, 
and,  by  the  way,  the  Roosevelt  party  might 
well  change  its  emblem  from  the  horns  of 
the  bull  moose  to  the  tail  of  the  lobster.  Only 
political  lobsters  could  put  up  such  pathetic 
apologies  as  those  furnished  by  Johnson,  Ryan 
and  the  other  leaders  of  the  party  to  which 
the  people  gave  so  emphatic  a  dismissal. 


HOW   THE  COUNTRY  SWEPT  HIRAM. 

If  Roosevelt  is  ever  to  come  back  in  poli- 
tics, and  a  man  of  such  untiring  energy  can 
never  stay  put,  he  must  first  come  back  from 
his  repudiated  "progressivism"  to  the  nomi- 
nal Republican  policy  and  party.  As  for 
Governor  Johnson's  future,  we  can  speak 
with  more  confidence.  A  political  blunder 
on  the  part  of  the  people  of  California,  he  is 
almost  certain  of  being  recalled,  but  if  he 
runs  his  term  the  mistake  will  assuredly  be 
corrected  at  the  next  election. 


BACILLI  AND  THE  BALLET. 

SINCE  the  innovation  of  the  hobble  and 
other  fashions  calling  for  a  shorter  skirt 
for  street  wear,  doctors  with  bacteria 
on  the  brain  restrained  themselves  as  to  the 
germ-laden  hem.  But  —  and  we  begin  to 
suspect  the  purely  scientific  motives  of  the 
profession — they  are  now  declaiming  against 
the   indoor  or  evening  train: — 

Though    to    the    skirt    that    trails    the    dirt 

The    doctors    raise    objection, 
Claiming   contagion   lurks  within   each   frill 
That  every  fold  death-dealing  germlets  fill — 

But    on    reflection 
They'll  own   that   in   the   ballet   skirt, 
That '  s    mostly    cut    extremely    curt, 
There's    even    more    infection. 


16 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


MES.  MAETA  McKIM  FULLONI  made 
her  debut  as  an  irnpressario  at  tiie 
new  home  of  the  Sequoia  Club  last 
week,  and  the  Orpheum  management  will 
have  to  look  to  its  laurels  if  the  lady  persists 
in  the  enterprise.  At  the  box-ofhce  end  she 
scored  the  success  of  "standing  room  only," 
while  from  behind  the  footlights  she  put  up 
a  bill  no  item  of  which  failed  to  score  an 
ovation.  Outshining  all  of  the  other  stars 
on  her  vaudeville  piogram  was  the  one  and 
only  James  D.  Phelan,  secured  at  great  ex- 
pense of  telephone  slugs  and  for  that  night 
only.  This  world-renowned  vaudevillian  pre- 
faced his  side-splitting  monologue  by  observ- 
ing that  there  were  some  jokes  so  very,  very 
old  they  were  new,  and  on  that  principle 
every  line  of  his  patter  was  the  very  newest. 
As  a  humorist,  James  D.  has  the  advantages 
of  looking  so  solemn  and  funereal,  and  a  dic- 
tion so  chaste  his  jests  stand  out  like  splashes 
of  whitewash  on  a  suit  of  mourning.  Almost 
equal  applause  was  won  by  Prof.  Enrico  Squal 
ini  and  his  pupils,  Sig.  Mario  Pasmorini  and 
Signorina  Eicardo  McManini.  Which  was 
which  of  these  latter  was  left  to  the  imagin- 
ation of  the  audience,  for  the  man  was  dressed 
as  a  woman  and  the  woman  as  a  man,  and 
each  sang  in  a  voice  of  the  other  sex.  It  was 
a  delightful  skit  and  brought  down  the  house. 
More  serious  comedy  was  furnished  by  Miss 
Miriam  Nelke  ,an  accomplished  actress,  Jo- 
seph Macauley  and  Eay  Covel,  in  a  sketch  ot 
the  time  of  Ganick.  Miss  Nelke,  as  Kitty 
Clave,  a  famous  comedienne,  made  the  audi- 
ence forget  that  it  was  in  a  club  room  that 
had  recently  been  a  church,  and  for  the  time 
imagine  that  it  was  back  in  days  of  the  im- 
mortal David.  Frances  de  Larsh  Chamberlain, 
"direct  from  Berkeley,"  might  have  been 
direct  from  Berlin's  giand  opera  companies, 
so  delightful  was  her  rendering  of  the  Gypsy 
Song  from  "Carmen.''  Oscar  Prank  sang  a 
Stevenson  song;   Mrs.  Carolvn  Augusta  Nash, 


Popular  Club  Women. 


MES.    F.    H.    JONES 

President  of  the  Clioman  Club,   for  the   success 
of  which  her  efforts  are  largely  responsible. 


Nathan  Firestone  and  Sigismondo  Martinez 
rendeied  a  concerto  for  two  violins  and  piano. 
Altogether  it  was  an  excellent  entertainment. 

MEASURED  by  the  number  ot  resolutions 
submitted  by  the  committee  for  indorse- 
ment, the  eleventh  annual  convention 
of  the  San  Francisco  District  of  Women 's 
Clubs  was  not  a  success  in  the  opinion  ot 
those  well-meaning  but  misguided  enthusiasts, 
who  imagine  that  the  chief  purpose  of  a 
women's  convention  is  to  express  opinions  on 
everything  from  the  regulation  of  the  size 
of  hatpins  to  the  probability  of  the  nebular 
hypothesis.  On  the  other  hand,  that  com- 
mendable restraint  in  the  matter  of  gratui- 
tions  opinion  can  be  taken  as  an  iudex  of  a 
more  businesslike  procedure  than  has  marked 
any  of  the  previous  gatherings.  So  business- 
like the  convention  had  little  in  way  of  hu- 
morous incident,  and  that  most  delightfully 
facetious  of  all  the  scribes  who  chronicle  the 
small  tea  of  woman 's  clubdom,  Miss  Annie 
Wilde,  had  to  put  her  imagination  on  the 
rack  to  squeeze  out  the  usual  allowance  of 
amusing  comment.  Mrs.  W.  C.  Morrow  sup- 
plied a  touch  during  the  discussion  as  to 
whether  woman  's  work  was  in  the  main  util- 
itarian, when  she  told  of  a  pastor  who,  though 
he  seemed  in  the  pulpit  too  impossibly  pure  for 
the  rough  uses  of  this  world,  had  yet  mar- 
ried twice  and  cultivated  vegetables  in  his 
back  yard. 

The  discussion  on  the  Montessori  system 
was  notable  for  the  fact  that  the  comparative 
newness  of  the  theory  did  not  impress  dele- 
gates as  a  reason  for  immediately  indorsing 
it.  That  is  certainly  a  novel  experience  for 
an  educational  fad.  Not  that  I  am  con 
vinced  that  the  Montessori  system  is  no  more 
than  a  fad,  but  that  we  do  seem  to  rush  so 
blindly  into  every  new  and  easy  royal  road 
to  that  education  which  never  has  and  never 
can  be  acquired  without  the  expenditure  of 
effort.  Most  of  the  papers  were  well  thought 
out  and  were  very  intelligently  discussed. 
Mrs.  Norman  Martin  made  a  strong  point 
when  she  said  that  it  was  only  through  the 
medium  of  the  press  that  the  uplifting  thought 
nurtured  in  the  club  room  could  reach  those 
most  in  need  if  it.  The  President,  Mrs.  Percy 
L.  Shuman,  was  paid  the  compliment  of  re- 
election. 

■IT  F  I  WEEE  asked  to  what  the  singular 
"  I  prosperity  and  growing  strength  of  the 
American  people  ought  mainly  to  be  at- 
tributed, I  should  reply:  To  the  superiority 
of  their  women."  It  is  many  years  since 
that  observant  Frenchman,  Alexis  de  Tocque- 
ville,  penned  that  sentence,  but  were  he  alive 
today,  and  were  he  to  undertake  a  revision  of 
his  "Democracy  in  America,"  is  it  one  pas- 
sage he  would  assuredly  leave  untouched. 
Those  who  in  the  heat  of  conflict  over  par- 
ticular proposals  advocated  by  organized  wo- 
men deny  that  the  strength  of  the  American 
people  is  mainly  attributable  to  the  status  of 
the  American  woman,  or  that  that  status  has 
been  won  largely  by  women  themselves,  would 
do  well  to  read  "Woman  in  the  Making  of 
America."  by  H.  Addington  Bruce  (Boston: 
Little.  Brown  &  Company).  After  a  general 
survey,  interspersed  with  many  excellent  bio- 
graphical sketches  of  the  woman's  part  in  our 
history,  the  writer  deals  with  the  origin  of 
the  women's  club  movement.  In  connection 
with  the  founding  of  the  Sorosis,  which  shar- 


Popular  ^Entertainers. 


HON.  JAMES  D.  PHELAN. 

Whose  entry  into  vaudeville  may  indicate  a  new 
method  of  campaigning  for  the  Senatorial 
toga. 

ed  with  the  New  England  Woman 's  Club  the 
honor  of  the  pioneer  organizations,  Bruce  tells 
a  story  of  its  origin. 

When  Dickens  made  his  second  American 
visit  in  1S67-1S68  he  was  given  a  banquet  by 
the  Press  Club  of  New  York.  Mrs.  Jane  Cun- 
ningham Croly,  the  brilliant  newspaper  wo- 
man whose  writings,  under  the  pseudonym  of 
"Jennie  June,"  have  delighted  so  many  thou- 
sands of  readers,  was  at  that  time  a  member  of 
the  editorial  staff  of  the  "World,"  and  it 
seemed  to  her  only  right  that  she  should  at- 
tend the  PressClub's  banquet.  Her  applica- 
tion met  with  a  prompt  refusal,  on  the  score 
of  her  sex. 

Greatly  disappointed,  and  not  a  little  in- 
censed, Mrs.  Croly  invited  a  number  of  her 
friends — among  whom  were  Mrs.  Charlotte  B. 
Wilbur,  Mrs.  Eliza  Botta,  Kate  Field  and 
Alice  and  Phoebe  Cary — to  meet  her  at  home 
and  discuss  the  formation  of  a  club  exclu- 
sively for  women.  The  result  of  their  meet- 
ing was  the  birth  of  Sorosis,  in  March,  1868, 
with  Alice  Cary  as  its  first  president. 


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>^IE  United  Railroads  is  feeling  the  ben- 
efits of  improved  business  and  less 
hostile  treatment  by  the  municipal 
authorities.  For  several  years  after 
the  1906  fire  the  United  Railroads  was  the 
Bcapegoal  ■  >"  which  was  visited  all  the  sins 
nf  the  corporations  The  city  government,  un- 
der the  direction  of  .Mayor  Rolph,  has  lost  its 
rabidness,  and  measures  intended  to  regulate 
street  car  service  can  be  discussed  with  some- 
thing  approaching  judicial  fairness  and  reason. 
The  immediate  effect  of  this  desirable  change 
is  that  the  securities  of  the  United  Railroads 
have  a  stronger  tone  on  the  Bond  and  Stock 
Exchange,  and  the  likelihood  is  that  they  will 
continue  to  improve  rather  than  weaken.  The 
1'anama-PaciL'  Exposition  should  be  a  great 
boon  for  the  united  Railroads. 

On  January  1st  the  United  Railroads  will 
retire  $3,500,000  of  the  6-per-cent  bonds,  and 
be  in  still  better  financial  condition  than  at 
any  time  since  1906.  "With  a  large  amount  of 
its  roadbed  relaid  in  substantial  manner,  and 
its  net  earnings  increasing  steadily,  the  com- 
pany should  be  able  to  continue  to  improve  its 
service,  and  will  doubtless  endeavor  to  do  so 
if  not  hampered  by  the  unwise  legislation  so 
often  threatened. 

Need  of  Broader  Provisions. 
The  present  provisions  of  the  charter  of  San 
Francisco  must  be  changed  as  suggested  by 
Expert  Arnold  if  we  wish  to  see  our  city 
properly  developed.  (  No  street  railroad  com- 
pany can  compete  with  the  United  Railroads, 
and  the  latter  will  not  extend  its  lines  into 
the  new  districts  in  the  suburbs  unless  guar- 
anteed a  proper  return  on  its  outlay.  The 
charter  forbids  long-term  franchises,  and  cap- 
italists will  not  supply  the  money  to  build 
roads  that  have  only  short  franchises.  The 
outcome  of  this  conflict  of  interests  may  be 
that  in  the  end  the  city  will  acquire  a  munic- 


ipal car  service,  but  that  is  a  remote  possi- 
bility. *We  are  already  heavily  bonded,  and 
when  we  get  through  paying  for  a  municipal 
water  service  we  will  not  be  in  a  position  to 
finance  the  purchase  of  a  street  railroad  sys- 
tem. 

Eyperl    Arnold's   suggestion    i"   grant   inde- 
terminate   franchises   with  the  provision   that 


M.   H.   ROBBINS   JR. 

Energetic  President  of  the  Chamher  of  Com- 
merce, who  distinguished,  himself  in  the  fight 
for  a  Greater  San  Francisco. 

the  city  could  take  over  the  property  if  de- 
sired seems  to  be  the  logical  solution  of  the 
problem.  Under  such  an  agreement  new  lines 
of  railroad  could  be  run  into  ^suburban  locali- 
ties  now   unimproved,    or    v  ry    sparsely    set- 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


3; 


In 


Ji    urn 


Capital      $4,000,000 

Surplus    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources     $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.   GREENEBAUM.  ..  .Chairman    of  the   Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.     FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C     F     HUNT      Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL .- Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

\VM     H     HIGH Assistant   Cashier 

H.    CHOYNSKI Assistant    Cashier 

G.  R   Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


tied.  Without  constant  railroad  construction 
no  city  can  be  properly  built  up.  Oakland 
and  Berkeley  are  fine  examples  of  the  good 
results  of  ample  railroad  facilities.  Los  An- 
geles possesses  one  of  the  finest  street  rail- 
road systems  in  the  world,  and  few  cities 
anywhere  have  grown  more  rapidly  than  the 
southern  metropolis. 

Coming  Along  Very  Fast. 

The  Wasp  has  frequently  called  attention 
to  the  wonderful  growth  of  Los  Angeles,  and 
every  new  statement  of  political  strength, 
population  or  finance  shows  that  the  southern 
city  keeps  up  its  astonishing  rate  of  develop 
ment.  Los  Angeles  outstripped  our  city  some 
time  ago  in  the  matter  of  politics.  We  used 
to  control  State  conventions  and  legislatures. 
Los  Angeles  is  now  the  most  important  unit 
in  State  politics.  In  population  Los  Angeles 
has  been  rapidly  overhauling  San  Francisco 
Had  our  city  grown  as  rapidly  as  the  southern 
city,  our  population  would  be  up  in  the  mil- 
lions. 

In  the  matter  of  bank  clearings,  also,  Los 
Angeles  is  coming  up  amazingly,  though  San 
Francisco  still  holds  a  commanding  lead  as  the 
money  and  business  center  of  the  Pacific 
Coast.  Will  we  retain  that  supremacy?  We 
certainly  would  if  our  sister  cities  around 
the  bay  had  a  proper  sense  of  what  is  best 
for  them  and  joined  in  the  movement  for  a 
Greater  San  Francisco.  Unfortunately,  they 
are  blind  to  their  own  interests,  and  obey 
short-sighted  leaders.  The  blind  are  leading 
the  blind,  and  if  both  do  not  fall  into  the 
ditch  their  escape  will  be  due  more  to  good 
luck   than   good  judgment. 

The  bank  clearings  of  San  Francisco  this 
year  have  reached  the  impressive  total  of  two 
hundred  and  flxty-six  millions,  in  round  num- 
bers. That  is  a  gain  of  thirty-one  millions  in 
a  year.     The  total  of  Los  Angeles'  clearings 


E.F.HUTT0N&C0. 


490    California    Street.       Tel.    Douglas    2487 
And   St.   Francis   Hotel. — Tel.   Douglas   3982 


New  York  Stock  Exchange 

Pioneer  House 


Private  Wire  to  Chicago  and  New  York 


R.  E.  MULCAHY         MANAGER 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


this  year  is  one  hundred  and  six  millions,  in 
round  numbers,  a  gain  of  twenty-seven  mil- 
lions. Proportionately,  that  is  a  much  great- 
er gain  than  has  been  recorded  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Had  our  bank  clearings  been  increased 
in  the  same  ?atio  as  those  of  Los  Angeles, 
we  would  have  a  total  of  about  three  hundred 
millions  this  year.  That  would  be  a  gain  of 
some  seventy-five  millions  over  the  total  of 
San  Francisco's  bank  clearings  in  1911  instead 
of   thirty-one   millions. 

For  a  Greater  San  Francisco. 
Comparison  of  San  Francisco  with  Los  An- 
geles, Portland  or  Seattle  are  likely  to  be  un- 
fair to  this  city,  because  none  of  these  are 
surrounded  by  such  populous  and  independent 
suburbs  as  San  Francisco  possesses.  Oakland 
in  former  years  made  no  pretensions  to  be 
little  more  than  an  annex  of  San  Francisco, 
where  people  retired  to  sleep  because  it  had  a 
rustic  stillness  after  the  chickens  went  to 
roost.  Mr.  Laymance,  a  leading  real  estate 
man  of  Oakland,  who  took  an  active  part  in 
the  fight  against  a  Greater  San  Francisco,  re- 
ferred feelingly  to  the  fact  that  Oakland  was 
once  known  as  the  bedchamber  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. That,  in  the  opinion  of  Mr.  '  Lay- 
mance, was  a  slur  which  Oakland  has  triumph- 
antly refuted..  Mr.  Laymance  expresses  very 
frankly  in  an  Oakland  journal  the  views  of 
his  leading  townsmen  who  think  that  their 
city  did  nobly  in  rejecting  the  amendment 
which  would  have  made  a  Greater  San  Fran- 
cisco possible.  In  recounting  the  many  im- 
provements made  by  Oakland,  Mr.  Laymance 
writes  more  like  a  Los  Angeles  boomer  than  a 
resident  of  our  sister  city,  which  lives  on  the 
income  it  derives  from  San  Francisco.  The 
day  is  not  far  distant,  Mr.  Laymance  evidently 
believes,  when  the  old  order  of  things  will  be 
reversed,  and  San  Francisco  will  be  an  annex 
of  Oakland,  like  San  Leandro.  Our  banks 
will  be  converted  into  warehouses  and  tan- 
neries, and  dairymen  will  utilize  the  uncut 
grass  and  weeds  growing  in  our  parks. 

A  Needed  Stimulus. 
In  one  way  this  rivalry  of  our  San  Fran- 
cisco suburbs  with  this  city,  on  which  they 
exist,  will  be  beneficial,  for  San  Francisco, 
like  a  prodigal  with  superabundant  advan- 
tages, has  not  taken  advantage  of  them.  Un- 
til recently  the  average  citizen  of  San  Fran- 
cisco regarded  his  city  as  so  immeasurably 
superior    to    all    others    on    the    Pacific    Coast 


MORSE 

Detective  and  Patrol 

Service 


OPERATIVES  in  full  dress  furnished  for 
j'V  weddings,  receptions  and  other  social 
functions.  Uniformed  officers  supplied 
as  ticket  takers  for  balls,  dances  and 
entertainments  at  reasonable  rates. 
Patrolmen  to  protect  property  against  fire  and 
depredations  of  thieves  during  absence  of  owner. 
Engage  in  all  branches  of  legitimate  detective 
service  and  serve  legal  papers  in  difficult  cases. 


602  California  St,  San  Francisco 

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that  he  made  no  special  effort  to  insure  its 
supremacy.  He  was  willing  to  let  things 
drift  along  aimlessly  and  allow  suburban  com- 
munities to  assume  the  airs  of  real  metropol- 
itan  greatness. 

The  New  Spirit. 
A  new  spirit  has  taken  possession  of  the 
business  men  of  San.  Francisco,  and  was 
admirably  demonstrated  in  the  effort  to  se- 
cure a  greater  San  Francisco.  The  San  Fran- 
cisco Chamber  of  Commerce,  with  its  large 
membership  composed  of  the  most  progressive 
citizens,  is  a  powerful  factor  in  the  promo- 
tion of  plans  for  the  upbuilding  of  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Its  President,  M.  H.  Bobbins  Jr.,  and 


P.  J.   COOPER 

Whose   expert   advice    in   advertising   campaigns 
has  benefited  many  money-makers. 

its  other  officials  did  excellent  work  to  secure 
the  consolidation  of  the  disconnected  bay  cit- 
ies in  one  vast  metropolis.  Had  they  suc- 
ceeded every  property  owner  and  business  man 
on  both  sides  of  the  bay  would  have  been 
benefited.  Property  in  a  large  metropolis  with 
a  million  of  inhabitants  is  likely  to  be  much 
more  valuable  than  in  a  suburb  of  compara- 
tively small  population.  The  power  of  a 
great  metropolis  to  attract  population  is  well 
known.  A  Greater  San  Francisco,  with  the 
bay  cities  united,  would  be  a  more  efficient 
force  to  prepare  for  the  new  conditions  creat- 
ed by  the  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

Before  long  the  suburbs  of  San  Francisco 
that  immensely  aided  the  scheme  to  prevent 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  cluo  women,  is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


the  establishment  of  a  Greater  San  Francisco 
will  discover  their  mistake.  They  will  realize 
that  the  best  interests  of  all  the  bay  cities 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  B.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital    paid    up . $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided    Profits.  ..  .$5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFICERS. 

Isaias    W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,   Jr.,  Vice-Pres. 
F.  L.   Lipman,  Vice-Pres. 
James   K.    Wilson,    Vice-Pres. 
Frank  B.  King,   Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C,  L.  Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 

Isaias   W.   Hellman 

Joseph  Sloss 

Percy   T.    Morgan 

F.    W.  Van   SicHen 

Wm.   F.  Herrin 

John   C.  Kirkpatrick 

J.  Henry  Meyer 

A.  H.  Payson 


I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 
A.    Christeson 
Wm.  Haas 
Hartland  Law 
Henry   Rosenfeld 
James  L.  Flood 
Chas.  J.  Deering 
James   K.  Wilson 


F.   L.   Lipman 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 

Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,    Unexcelled 

Facilities 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.     Dept.    10. 

WILLIAM  R.  KENNY,  Plaintiff  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.     Action   No.    32943. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of,  Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  It.  KENNY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  whuz  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  S.jito  of  Cali- 
fornia,   and  particularly  described   as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
(100)  feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of  Arguello  Boule- 
vard with  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard  fifty  ( 50 )  feet ;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  fifty  (50) 
feet ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one 
hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK 
|    Number    182. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
23rd  day  of  October,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The    first    publication    of    this    summons    was    made 
in     "The    Wasp"     newspaper    on    the    9th    day    of 
November,  A.  D.  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
a  corporation,  526  California  Street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 


Saturday,  November  IB,  1912. 


-THE  WASP 


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FOR  SALE 


FINE     COUNTRY     HOME     IN     FAIROAKS. 

Beautiful  i;      di            ■  ompletely      furnished. 

Grounds    in  high    itate    of    cultivation.      Stable. 

Garage   and  Water    Pumping   System, 
tioulara 

A.  M.  ROSENSTIRN 

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FOR  SALE 


CHOICE      BUSINESS      HOLDING. 

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St.,  near  28rd.  in  the  very  heart  of  an  act- 
i\  i  business  Bection.  Improvements  consist 
of  a  very  substantial  3-atory  building,  con- 
taining  2  stores  and  rooming  house  above. 
Lot    45x122:6.      Vox    muro   detailed   purlieu- 

KERNER  &  EISERT 

41   Montgomery  Street 
Telephone  Douglas  1551  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  anu  County  of  San 
Francisco.      Department    No.    5. 

WILLIAM  II.  MANN  and  ELIZABETH  MANN, 
his  wife.  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.   32871. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZA- 
BETH MANN,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer 
tain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described   as    follows: 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  in 
tersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (for- 
merly "Q" )  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Avenue;  running  thence  west 
i  erly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (formerly 
"Q" )  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty-four  ( 24 ) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th) 
Avenue;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  com- 
mence ment  Being,  part  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS 
BLOCK    No.    1052. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the 
owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whelher  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises, 
Witness  mv  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
10th  day  of  October,  A.  D  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I    .POR'ix.R,    Deputy    Clerk. 

MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of 
October,    A.   D.    1912 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  Califor- 
nia Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Sts., 
San    Francisco,    Cal.,    Attorney    for    Plaintiffs. 


Lie  in  the  e  on  solid  at  io.  into  one  powerful  me- 
tropolis, inn)  when  the  voters  reach  thai  stage 
"i  Banity  they  will  deserf  the  scheming  poli 
ticians  and  the  shun -sighted  business  men 
who  induced  them  to  do  a  very  foolish  act. 

Excellent  Appointment. 
The  appointmenl  of  Captain  Charles  Mayo 
:is  president  of  the  iliberaia  Bank  is  a  well- 
deserved  tribute  to  the  oldesl  director  on  the 
board  since  the  death  of  James  R.  Kelly,  who 
so  long  filled  the  president's  ehair.  Captain 
Mayo,  like  Mr.  Kelly,  came  to  California  in 

early  days.  'I  heir  intimate  friendship  lasted 
till  Mr.  Kelly's  death,  and  every  Sabbat rt 
these  two  highly  respected  pioneers  could  be 
seen  wending  their  way  together  from  church. 
A  few  weeks  ago  Mr.  Kelly  passed  away,  hav- 
ing reached  a  great  age — close  to  90  years — 
and  retained  all  his  mental  clearness  to  the 
last.  Captain  JUayu  is  a  much  younger  man, 
and  is  remarkably  well  preserved.  He  has 
been  one  of  the  most  active  directors  of  the 
bank  for  over  twenty  years,  having  been  elect- 
ed during  the  lifetime  of  the  late  Judge  Robert 
Tobin.  He  was  the  personal  friend  of  t  hat 
exceedingly  popular  and  clever  young  lawyer, 
the  late  Colonel  Robert  Tobin,  who  for  years 
commanded  the  Third  Regiment  of  the  Na- 
tional  Guard  when  it  was  one  of  the  crack 
militia  organizations  of  America.  Captain 
Mayo  is  one  of  the  least  ostentatious  of  men, 
and  that  trait  combined  with  his  high  repute 
as  a  most  honorable  and  public-spirited  citi- 
zen makes  him  a  fit  successor  to  the  worthy 
president  of  the  Hibernia  Bank  with  whom 
he  was  associated  for  so  many  years. 

A  Real  Money-Make r. 

The  portrait  of  F.  J.  Cooper,  the  well-known 
advertising  expert,  appears  in  these  columns. 
Mr.  Cooper  is  well  entitled  to  be  classed  as  a 
money-maker,  for  nobody  can  render  more 
efficient  service  in  the  creation  of  a  fortune 
than  a  man  who  knows  how  to  conduct  a 
successful  advertising  scheme.  Mr.  Cooper 
has  conducted  many  such  campaigns  in  Cali- 
fornia, and  his  clients  have  good  reason  to  be 
pleased  with  his  efforts  to  extend  their  busi- 
ness. His  masterly  handling  of  the  great  ad 
vertising  campaign  of  D.  Ghirardelli  &  Co. 
has  helped  to  make  those  chocolate  manufac- 
turers the  best  known  and  most  popular  in 
America.  Their  business  is  prodigious.  So  is 
the  business  of  the  H.  Hunt  Co.,  wholesale 
fruit  packers,  whose  success  has  made  high- 
class  California  fruit  products  known  through- 
out the  world. 

Mr.  Cooper  and  his  highly  efficient  staff  are 
now  settled  in  their  splendid  new  and  commo- 
dious offices  in  the  Bankers'  Investment  Build- 
ing. 

The  Stock  Market. 
The  tone  of  the  stock  market  has  been  weak. 
Associated  Oil  did  not  advance,  as  last  week's 
purchasers  expected,  and  there  is  no  telling 
when  it  will.  Spring  Valley  receded  a  little, 
but  is  still  strong.  .There  was  nothing  doing 
in  the  sugar  stocks',  and  altogether  the  mar- 
ket wa£  listless  and  uninteresting  this  week. 
THE  INVESTOR. 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 


MEMBERS: 

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CHICAGO  BOARD  OF  TRADE 
STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE,  3.  F. 

MAIN  OFFICE — Mill.  Building,  San  Fran 
ciaco. 

BRANCH  OFFICES — Lob  ADgelei,  San  Dl« 
go,  Ooronado  Beach,  Portland,  Ore.;  S..U1., 
WaBh. ;    VanconTor,  B.  0. 

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WE  HAVE  MOVED  OUB  OFFICES 

TO 

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Oar  Facilities  for  Handling 

Investment  Securities 

Are  Considerably  Increased. 


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Connecting  All  Depts. 


The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The   German    Bank)  Commercial 

incorporated    1805. 

626   California    St.,    San  Francisco.    Oal 

(Member     of     the     Associated     Having*     Banks     of 
San  Francisco.) 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment  of  Deposits   only; 

MISSION  BRANCH,   2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH.     601 
Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....       $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .        140,109.60 

Number   of   Depositors  .  .        66,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:80  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


The    Alice    Nielsen    Opera    Engagement. 

THE  big  events  of  the  coming  week  will  be  the 
appearances  of  Alice  Nielsen  of  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  Company,  assisted  by  her 
company  of  shirs  from  the  Boston  Opera  Company, 
forming  an  all-star  organization  such  as  has  not 
been  heard  here  in  many  years.  Our  readers  are 
now  familiar  with  the  career  of  Alice  Nielsen  and 
her  wonderful  success,  and  it  but  remains  to  tell 
them  of  the  glorious  feasts  of  music  that  await 
them.  The  members  of  Miss  Nielsen's  company 
are  Mile.  Jeska  Swartz,  who  at  the  age  of  21  has 
become  one  of  the  world's  leading 
contraltos;  Signor  Ramella,  a  lyric 
tenor  brought  to  this  country  for 
special  roles  which  heroic  tenors- 
such  as  Caruso  find  impossible  to 
do  justice  to;  Signor  Fornarni, 
well  remembered  here  as  a  leading 
baritone  with  the  San  Carlos  Op- 
era Company,  when  he  scored  a  tri- 
umph with  Mme.  Nordica  in  "La 
Gioconda";  Senor  Jose  Mardones, 
a  Spanish  basso  who  is  said  to 
possess  the  most  beautiful  voice 
of  that  kind  since  the  days  of 
Plancon;  Signor  Taveechia,  a  fa- 
mous buffo-basso,  once  here  with 
the  Sembrich  Opera  Company;  and 
Fabio  Rimini,  a  young  Italian  con 
ductor,  who  will  direct  a  magnifi- 
cent  grand  opera  orchestra.  Cos- 
tumes and  appointments  will  be 
from    the    Boston    Opera    House. 

The  first  appearance  of  the  Niel- 
sen Company  is  announced  for  next 
Thursday  night,  November  21st, 
with  the  following  program:  ( 1 ) 
Overture,  Grand  Opera  Orchestra. 
(2)  Duet  from  "Linda  de  Cham- 
ounix' '  (Donizetti),  Messrs.  For- 
nori  and  Mardones.  (3)  Aria  from 
"La  Boheme"  (Puccini),  Signor 
Ramella.  (4)  Aria  from  "La  Tos- 
ca"  (Puccini),  Alice  Nielsen.  (5) 
Aria  from  '  'The  Barber  of  fae- 
ville"  (Rossini),  Signor  Fornari. 
(6)  Aria  from  "Joan  of  Arc" 
(Tschaikowsky),  Mile.  Swartz.  (7) 
Arie  from  "Simon  Boccanegra" 
(Verdi1,  Senor  Mardones.  (8) 
Group  of  songs — (a)  "On,  Haunt- 
ing Memory"  (Carrie  Jacobs 
Bond,  (b)  "Down  in  the  Forest" 
(Landon  Ronald),  (c)  "But  Late- 
ly in  Dance"  (Arensky),  (d) 
"ijove  has  Wings"  (Rogers).  This 
to  be  followed  oy  a  complete  pro- 
duction of  the  Wolf -Ferrari  opera, 
"The  Secret  of  Suzanne,"  in  its 
original  form,  with  the  following 
cast;  The  Countess  of  Suzanne, 
Alice  Nielsen;  Count  Gill,  Signor 
Fornarni ;  Sante,  their  servant, 
Signor  Taveechia.  This  will  be 
given  with  a  complete  grand  or- 
chestra, Miss  Nielsen  possessing 
the  sole  rights  to  the  work  with 
the  original  orchestration,  and  Man- 
ager Greenbaum  asserts  that  any 
other  performance  of  the  work 
must  be  with  a  piano  and  string 
arrangement,  and  it  is  the  wonder-     And  members  of 


ful.  orchestration   that   made   half  the   success   of   the 
little    gem. 

The  second  and  positively  last  Nielsen  public 
performance  will  be  on  Sunday  afternoon,  Novem 
ber  24th,  when  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne"  will  be 
repeated,  but  with  an  entire  change  in  the  first 
part  of  the  program.  On  this  occasion  the  trio 
from  "Faust"  will  be  given  by  Signors  Ramella, 
Fornari  and  Mardones.  Signor  Fornari  will  sing 
some  Neapolitan  folk  songs,  and  Senor  Mardones 
some  of  the  melodies  of  his  native  Spain.  Mile. 
Swartz    will    sing    from    "Carmen,"    and    with    Alice 


^^ev^e/ 


ALICE    NIELSEN 
'Boston  Opera  Co.  in  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne"  at  Scottish  Rite  Hall. 


Nielsen  the  duet  from  "Mme  Butterfly."  Miss  Niel- 
sen's solo  offering  will  be  an  operatic  aria  and 
snngs    by    Cadmau,    Loomis    and    Spross. 

The  sale  of  seats  will  open  Monday  morning  at 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s  and  Kohler  &  Chase's  and 
mail  orders  should  be  addressed  to  Will  L.  Green- 
baum. 

In  Oakland  the  Nielsen  Company  will  appear  at 
Ye  Liberty  Playhouse  next  Friday  afternoon,  Novem- 
ber 22nd,  presenting  a  version  of  Rossini's  '  'The 
Barber  of  Seville,"  with  the  following  cast:  Ro- 
sin a.  Miss  Nielsen ;  Bertha,  the  housemaid,  Mile. 
Swartz;  Count  Almaviva,  Signor 
Ramella;  Figaro,  the  barber,  Sig- 
nor Fornari;  Basilio,  the  music 
master,  Signor  Mardones;  Don 
Bartola,  Signor  Taveechia.  The 
grand  orchestra  will  assist,  and 
during  the  singing  lesson  scene 
Miss  Nielsen  will  sing  a  number 
of  her  favorite  concert  songs.  A 
special  concert  program  will  pre 
ceed  the  opera.  For  this  event 
seats  will  be  ready  Monday  at  Ye 
Liberty  box  office.  Mail  orders 
should  be  sent  to  H.  W.  Bishop. 

"Secret  of   Suzanne"'  at  the   Cort. 

IT  IS  a  difficult  thing  to  com- 
bine melody  of  the  highest 
order  with  humor,  but  this  is 
the  accomplishment  of  the  wonder- 
ful young  Italian  composer,  Wolf- 
Ferrari,  in  his  latest  composition, 
"The  Secret  of  Suzanne,"  which 
will  be  given  at  the  Cort  Theater, 
Sunday  afternoon  and  evening,  No- 
vember  17th. 

At  the  afternoon  concert  the 
San  Francisco  Orchestra  will  give: 
Berlioz  —  Rakoczy  March  from 
"Damnation  of  Faust."  E,  von 
Reznicek — Overture,  "Donna  Di- 
ana" (new;  first  time  in  San 
Francisco).  Massenet        Suite — 

Scenes  Pittoresque.  After  which 
the  stage  will  be  cleared  of  music 
stands,  etc.,  and  set  for  the  per- 
formance of  the  "Secret  of  Su- 
zanne.' '  The  night  performance 
will  open  with  a  grand  operatic 
concert.  This  will  be  followed  by 
the  performance  of  the  "Secret  of 
Suzanne,"  with  an  entire  change 
of  cast  from  that  of  the  afternoon. 
The  theme  of  the  opera  is  mod- 
ern, amusing,  entertaining,  center- 
ing about  a  captivating  woman, 
the  Countess  Suzanne,  who  does 
not  wish  her  husband  to  discover 
her  secret — that  she  is  fond  of  the 
enticing  cigarette.  Entering  the 
house  and  smelling  cigarette  smoke 
not  only  in  the  rooms,  but  cling- 
in  his  wife' s  garments.  Count  Gil 
becomes  instantly  jealous,  sure  that 
he  has  a  rival  in  his  wife's  affec- 
tions. The  opera  is  comprised  in 
one  act,  but  there  is  not  a  single 
moment  that  it  is  not  fraught 
with  action.  The  opera  movfes 
straight  to  the  end,  through  frowns 
and   smiles,   through   deathless   love 


Saturday,  November  16,  1912.] 


'TH1;  WASP' 


21 


and  towering  rage,  the  whole  being  interp^fted  by 
music  tiim,  once  heard,  weaves  a  spell  about  the 
IHM-.I  insensate  and  practical,  and  from  which  vital 
appeal  there  In  no  escape,  Even  the  "tired  Bu 
man,"  that  bogie  •>(  the  theatrical  manajnu,  pro- 
i    himself  delighted  in  the  great  on<Kfai 

«if    this    i ti t r > ,    New    York,    Chicago    ami  J'i 

phia,  where  the  "Secret  of  ■  ■  onne  wii  ;m  in- 
stantaneona  hit,  causing  b   distinct   sensation. 

The  "Secret  ot  Suzanne,"  the  latest,  brfelitest, 
nipi  bail  work  ol  the  great  modern  metod]  '  i  i 
manno  Wolf-Ferrari,  which  has  made  the  moil  tune 
ful  impression  of  any  opera  to  a  decade,  and  which 
contains  the  wittiest,  gayest  and  moal  melodious 
mosic  of  this  time,  will  I"-  produced  in  San  Fran- 
cisco with  a  real  all-star  cast,  drawn  from  the  Chi- 
cago '■rami  Opera  Company)  and  with  nil  of  tim 
and   environment   of  the   original   production. 

The  music  "f  tin-  opera  i^  intimate,  and  i rches- 

i  rii  can  as  successfully  interpret  Mich  music  as  a 
stringed  orchestra.  The  orchestra  t hut  will  play 
the  music  is  the  very  pick  of  the  Chicago  Grand 
Opera  Company,  and  will  do  much  to  add  to  the 
enjoyment  "f  the  petite  grand  opera. 

There  will  )»■  a  double  bill  throughout,  so  that 
th<-  stars  may  be  heard  in  the  opera  and  before 
the  performance  of  the  "Secrel  of  Btuanne."  There 
will  be  u  magnificent  concert,  in  which  nil  the  Blare 
who  travel  with   the  company   will   be   beard  in   the 

moal     celebrated     rules     within     the     realm     of     music. 


At  the  Cort. 
■  A  butterfly  on  the  Wheel, ' '  which  the  Messrs. 
Shuberl  and  Lewis  Waller  will  offer  at  the  Cort 
Theater  for  two  weeks,  he  chin  ins  Monday,  Novem- 
ber 18th,  is  the  joint  work  of  Edward  H.  Hemmerde, 
a  kind's  counsel,  and  member  of  the  British  Par- 
liament,   and    Francis    .Wilson,    M.    P. 

^     SAN    FRANCISCO     - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry Hadley-  Conductor 

THIRD    POPTTLAE    CONCERT 

CORT  THEATER 

Sunday  Afternoon,  November  17th 

Special   Event! 

FINE    ORCHESTRAL    PROGRAM 

And   Andreas  Dippel'a   Production   of 

"THE  SECRET  OF  SUZANNE" 

Opera  by  Wolf-Ferrari, 

With   Members   of  the   Chicago  Grand    Opera  Co. 

Prices  50c.  to  $2.  Seats  on  sale  at  the  box 
offices  of  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s,  Kohler  &  Chase's, 
and     Cort    Theater. 

Out-of-town  Events:  Greek  Theater,  Berkeley, 
Saturday  Afternoon,  November  23rd,  and  Victory 
Theater,    Sun    Jose,    Tuesday    Night,    November    26th. 

Frank  W.  Healy,  Manager,  711  Head  Building, 
209    Post    St.,    Phone    Sutter  2954. 


CORT   THEATER 
Sunday   Night,    November   17th 

"THE  SECRET  OF  SUZANNE" 

Preceding    the    Opera    Members    of    the     Company 
will    Give    a    Recital    of    Operatic    Excerpts. 

Seats,  $2.00,  $1.50,  $1.00,  75c,  50c.     Boxes  $2.50. 
Tickets    on    sale    at   the    usual    places. 
Direction  Frank  W.  Healy. 


CONCERT  OF 

MISS  HELEN  C0LBURN  HEATH 

SOPRANO,  at  the 

COLONIAL     BALLROOM,     ST.     FRANCIS     HOTEL 

Thursday,    November   21,    at    8:30    P.    M. 

Assisted   by 

Herbert    Riley,    'Cello,    and    Una    Waldrop,    Pianist. 

Prices:    Reserved    Seats,    $1.00;    Box    Seats,    $1.50, 

Seats    on     Sale     after    November     14th     at    Sherman, 

Clay    &    Co.'s,     St.    Francis    Hotel,     and    from     Miss 

Heath,    2505    Clay    St.       Telephone    West    4890. 

Direction FRANK    W.    HEALY 


It  ma]   i"'  due  to  th.    legal  talent  in  this  < blned 

authorship  that   the  climax  of  the  drama   is  reached 

in     a    divorce     trial     in      i     court  room     icene,     winch    a 

doion  lawyers,  present  ut  New  York's  firsl  night  of 
"A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel,'1  pronounced 
beat  rnpresontutioi]  oi  its  kind  tboy  had  Been  on 
n  New  York  sIurp  Step  by  step  the  interosl  in 
the  proceedings  profjn  HOg  until  Peggy  Adinaston, 
the  defendant,  guaded.  to  desperation  by  accusations, 

ut   first   subtly  insinuated,  ti> tpenly   thrust  at  her 

by  li^ i-  husband's  counsel^  tmrsis  into  a  bait  hys- 
terica), hiili-inipnssioned  defense  of  her  character, 
culminating    in    her    utter    collapse    on    the    witness 

Stand.  The  role  of  the  leading  counsel  is  in  the 
hands  of  Stanley  .1.  \Y;irmington,  who  was  educated 
,nul    urra dnatrd    as    an     Knglisli    barrister. 

The  production  has  inid  the  personal  supervision 
Of  Lewis  Waller,  and  is  interpreted  by  the  All- 
English  company  selected  by  Waller,  which,  in  addi- 
tion     tO     tlio.s,.     hereto  fore     mentioned,      includes     Miss 

Florence  Leclerq,  Been  here  the  past  season  with 
Forbes  Robertson,  -l .  Malcolm  Dunn,  who  toured 
this    country    with    Mrs.    Patrick    Campbell,    Henry 

Dornton,  Arthur  Benton,  Kevitl  Mantioii,  John  Win- 
siiml.-y,  Alys  Kees,  Henry  Ross,  and  others.  "A 
Butterfly  on  the  \\  tieel1 '  comes  direct  from  a  run 
of  an  entire  year  at  the  Thirty-ninth  Street  Theater 
in  New  York,  which  followed  a  similar  season  of 
prosperity  in  London. 


At  the   Pantages. 

THE  Ellis-  No  wli  n  Troupe  of  comedy  acrobats, 
billed  as  the  "Fire-Fighters,"  can  be  de- 
pended upon  to  furnish  n  gale  o-f  laughter  at 
the  Pantages  for  the  week  starting  November  17th. 
There  are  ten  skilled  athletes  in  the  act,  the  scenes 
of  which  nre  laid  in  an  engine-house.  "The  Fire- 
Fighters'  '  is  a  pantomimic  farce  with  lots  of  horse 
play  and  sensational  acrobatic  stunts.  The  second 
big  headliner  is  that  sterling  comedienne  of  the 
legitimate  stage,   Miss  Gertrude  Lee  Folsom,   assisted 

Safest  and  Most  Magnificent  Theater  In  America  1 
WEEK  BEGINNING  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 
Matinee  Every  Day 
MARVELOUS  VAUDEVILLE!' 
Jesse  L.  Lasky's  American  Operetta,  "CALIFOR- 
NIA," with  Leslie  Leigh  and  Harry  Griffith;  JAMES 
J.  MORTON.  "A  Fellow  of  Infinite  Jest";  NON- 
ET.TE,  the  Violinist  Who  Sings;  S,CHICHTL"S 
ROYAL  MARIONETTES;  Return  for  One  Week 
Only,  CLAUDIUS  and  SCARLET,  Presenting  "The 
Songs  of  Fifty  Years  Ago";  LULU  McCONNELL 
and  GRANT  SIMPSON  in  "The  Right  Girl"; 
GEORGE  H.  WATT,  the  Electric  Problem;  NEW 
DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week 
NAT  NAZARRO  &  CO.,  the  Acme  of  Athletic  Art- 
istry. 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  60c,  75c  Box  Seats,  $1. 

Matinee    Prices    (Except    Sundays    and    Holidays). 
10c,    25c.    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  C  1670. 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Hason. 

"Week    of    November    17th: 

10 — ELLIS  NOWLIN  TROUPE — 10 

In    Their    Laughing    Scream, 

"THE  FIRE  FIGHTERS." 

GERTRUDE    LEE-FOLSOM    CO. 

In  the  Comedy,    "THE  GOLD  CURE." 

7 — BIG  VAUDEVILLE   ACTS — 7 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  MatB.  at  1 :80  and  3 :80.  Nights, 
Continuous  from    6:80. 


Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c 


b  |        o petenl    company     in    Hie   farce,    '  'The   Gold 

•  'nre.1'      it    is    , i'    those    domestic    "tragedies' 

where  the  drink  luiln!  predominates  witu  the  luis- 
hand.  The  sudden  return  of  an  alisenl  wile  inter 
faring    With     ftUbbj  '  *     plan     ami     the     forced     assist: 

of  a  valet  makes  complicated  and  amusing  situa- 
tions. The  Philharmonic  Four  is  mi  additional  fea- 
ture,   specially    engaged       Tin-    members    are    the 

Well-known  Orchestra  leader  and  soloist,  Mr.  Julius 
Hum;,  Miss  Grace  I'arlyle.  a  popular  soprano  solO' 
1st,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernst  von  Gixyckl,  who  have 
won   renown   on    the   concert   stage   with    the    'cell id 

harp.  The  Twin  City  Quartette  are  masters  of 
harmony  in  vocal  selections.  The  Three  Kelcey  Sis- 
ters,   acrobatic    dancers    and    singers;     Mabel     Elaine, 

a  dainty  singing  and  dancing  comedienne;   the  Dun 

bars,  Charles  and  Madeline,  offer  a  novel  singing 
turn,    with    numerous    imitations    of   comedy    Order, 


CQB£ 


LEADING  THEATER 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter    2460. 


LobI  Time  Tonight, 

"THE  CHOCOLATE  SOLDIER' 


BEGINNING  MONDAY  NIGHT, 
Two    Weeks — Night    and    Sat.    Mat.    Prices,    50c.    to 

$1.50;   Entire  Lower  Floor  $1   at   Wed   Mats. 

The   Messrs.   Shubert  and  Lewis  Waller  Present  the 

Dramatic  Sensation  of  the  Season, 

"A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel" 

With  Lewis  Waller's -All-English  Company. 


ALICE 
NIELSEN 

AND   HER   ALL-STAR  COMPANY 
GRAND  ORCHESTRA,  under  F.  RIMINI 

THE  SECRET  OF  SUZANNE 

(Original  Version) 

—  And  — 

A  GRAND  OPERA  CONCERT 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

Next  Thurs.  Night,  Nov.  21,  at  8:15 

And 

Sunday  Aft.,   Nov.   24,   at  2:30 

Tickets,     $2.50,     $2.00,     $1.00,     ready     Monday     at 

Sherman,    Clay  &   Co.'s  and  Kohler   &    Chase's.    Mail 

orders    to   Will   L.    Greenbaum. 


NIELSEN  CO.  IN  OAKLAND 

Ye  Liberty,   Fri.  Aft.,   Nov.  22 

•'THE   BARBER  OF   SEVILLE" 

And  Grand  Opera  Concert. 


Coming — MME.     GERVILLE-REACHE.     Contralto. 


CORT 


THEATER 
TUESDAY 

At    3    O'clock 


Mat.  Nov.  19 


The    Distinguished    Lecturer,    Photographer, 
Publisher    and    Actor, 

Burr  Mcintosh 

PLAIN   TALK 

On   the  Beauties  and  Wonders  of 

CALIFORNIA  J™ 

Illustrated   with 

400    COLORED   VIEWS. 

Prices,    25c,    50c,    and    $1.00. 

Seats    Now    Ready    at    Box    Office. 


22 


-THE  WASP  - 


[Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


At  the   Orpheum. 

IF  YOU  want  to  see  something  utterly  and  abso 
lutely  unlike  anything  you  have  witnessed  be- 
fore, go  to  the  Orpheum  and  wait  for  Nat  Na- 
zarro  and  his  company  of  athletes.  They  not  only 
accomplish  the  seemingly  impossible  feat  of  furnish 
ing  athletic  novelties,  but  they  put  them  over  in  the 
easiest,  breeziest  and  most  delightfully  amusing 
manner.  Nothing  is  said  until  in  response  to  deaf- 
ening calls  and  recalls  Nat  comes  forward  and  gasps 
a  few  humorous  exclamations,  but  in  the  language  of 
limbs  I  have  never  seen  anything  approaching  the 
eloquence  of  this  wonderful  company.  All  of  a  sud- 
den you  are  surprised  to  see  darting  across  the 
stage  what  looks  like  an  aeroplaue  propellor  until 
it  slows  down  and  you  realize  that  it  is  a  man,  and 
the  prince  of  all  flipfloppers.  Backwards,  forwards, 
sideways  and  every  other  way  he  somersaults  with 
the  rapidity  of  a  windmill  in  a  cyclone.  You  know 
that  his  body  is  in  the  center,  but  you  never  can 
pick  out  head,  feet  or  hands.  Nat's  hand  balancing 
is  marvelous,  and  the  comedy  end  is  supplied  by 
two  of  the  cutest  kids  that  have  ever  found  their 
way  into  vaudeville.  One  of  them,  a  vest  pocket 
edition  bound  in  red  cloth,  looks  so  frail  he  might 
snap  at  any  moment,  but  he  is  as  flexible  as  a  rub- 
ber tube   and  as  funny  as  a  toy  poodle. 

THE  WASP  reaches  5,000  society  and  club 
women  regularly.  We  will  soon  reach  twice 
as  many.  Subscribe  for  THE  WASP  and  get 
the  interesting  news  that  women  look  for. 


Jules  Restaurant 

Special  Lunches  50c.  or  a  la  Carte 

Ladies'  Grill  and  Rooms  for  Parties 

REGULAR     FRENCH     DINNER     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. 

MONADNOCK  BUILDING 

Next  to  Palace  Hotel 

Phone  Kearny  1812. 

All  Cars  Pass  the  Door.    Elevator  Service. 


The  New 


POODLE    DOG 


HOTEL    and    RESTAURANT 

WILL  REMAIN  AT  CORNER 

POLK  and   POST 

SAN     FRANCISCO. 
PHONES:  Franklin  2960;  Homo  O  6705. 


George  H.  Watt,  '  'the  electrical  problem,' '  lights 
lamps  and  torches  with  his  finger-tips  or  cheeks,  and 
is  so  indifferent  to  ever  so  many  thousand  volts  he 
could  sit  in  the  chair  and  laugh  at  the  electrocu- 
tionist. 

In  "The  Right  Girl"  Lulu  McC'onnell,  ably  sup- 
ported by  Grant  Simpson,  gives  an  amusing  study 
of  twin  sisters,  each  ignorant  of  the  other's  pres- 
ence in  a  young  man's  house.  The  one  fears  to  be 
found  there  with  a  man,  and  the  other  fears  she 
may  not  be  able  to  sell  him  a  line  of  silk  stockings. 
The  man  is  so  woefully  mixed  up  he  marries  the 
wrong  twin,  who  in  the  end  turns  out  to  be  the  right 
girl.  Miss  McConnell  bubbles  over  with  a  humor 
so  hilarious  it  almost  rivals  a  laugh  compared  with 
which  that  of  a  hyena  on   a  holiday  is  merry  music. 

Among  the  features  for  next  week  are  a  musical 
comedy,  '  'California, ' '  introducing  a  number  of 
bright  lyrics;  Sydney  Ayres  in  one-act  play,  "A 
Call  for  the  Wild";  James  J.  Morton,  monologue 
comedian;  Schichtl's  Royal  Marionettes,  and  Non- 
ette,    the    clever    violinist    who    sings. 


The  Farewell  Mero  Concert. 

MME  YOLANDA  MERO,  one  of  the  greatest 
pianists  that  has  ever  visited  this  city,  and 
whose  marvelous  playing  has  been  the  main 
topic  of  conversation  in  musical  circles  this  week, 
will  give  her  farewell  concert  this  Saturday  after- 
noon, November  16th,  at  2:30,  at  the  Scottish  Rite 
Auditorium.  Coming  to  us  practically  unknown, 
Mme.  Mero  won  all  hearts  at  her  very  first  con- 
cert, and  will  hereafter  be  sure  of  a  warm  welcome 
should  she  ever  choose  to  return.  Manager  Green- 
bauni  has  every  reason  to  be  proud  of  this  artiste 
and  has  again  demonstrated  his  ability  to  select  his 
stars  from  the  vast  number  offered  him  each  season. 
Tickets  may  be  secured  from  Sherman,  Clay  &, 
Co.'s  and  Kohler  &  Chase's,  and  at  the  hall  after 
1  o'clock. 


Mme.    GerviUe-Reache. 

MME.  JEANNE  GERVILLE-REACHE,  the  fa- 
mous French  contralto  who  came  to  this 
country  as  a  member  of  Hammerstein's  Man- 
hattan Opera  Company,  and  who  is  unquestionably 
the  successor  of  the  great  Scalchi,  will  make  her 
second  visit  to  San  Francisco  under  the  Greenbaxim 
management,  giving  two  concerts  at  Scottish  Rite 
Auditorium,  the  dates  being  two  Sunday  afternoons, 
December  1st  and  December  8th.  The  programs  will 
include  many  works  that  are  rarely  heard  here,  and 
among  the  novelties  will  be  the  aria  from  Bruneau's 
"The  Attack  on  the  Mill,"  the  aria  from  Massenet's 
latest  opera,  "Roma,"  "Fedia"  by  Camille  Erlan- 
ger,  and  the  aria  from  "Pique  Dame"  by  Tschai- 
kowsky.  Mme.  Gerville-Reache's  voice  is  the  genu- 
ine alto  quality,  and  not  the  mezzo-soprano  kind 
that  is  nowadays  called  a  contralto.  She  is  an  ex- 
cellent musician,  and  ner  program  includes  works 
in'  German,    French,    Italian    and    English. 


Maud  Powell,   Violinist. 

THE  first  of  the  great  violinists  to  appear  this 
season  will  be  Maud  Powell,  the  greatest  wo- 
man violinist  living,  and  one  who  needs  no 
consideration  on  account  of  her  sex,  for  but  few  of 
the  men  players  have  attained  the  position  in  the 
musical  world   that   Maud   Powell   holds. 


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Bachelor  and  Benedict  Ball. 

The  flrsl  Bachelor-Benedict  bull,  given  lusi  Fri 
day,  was  d  great  ami  glorious  success  in  spile  of 
the  faci  thai  his  "Majesty  the  Osar"  was  missing 
If  yon  can  .imagine  "Hamlet"  being  given  with 
Hamlet  DOl  in  you  can  picture  the  Fairmont  ball- 
room. Hut  after  the  first  shock  of  it  was  over  and 
y.nii-  eye-,  li;nl  l.-Tiiini'  ;iri'iihtniued  t'l  seeing  the 
room  minus  "his  rotund  lordship,"  you  east  off 
the  gloom  and  made  merry  with  the  rest.  This 
was  the  first  Greenway  bull  ever  given  without  the 
host,  but  Mr.  Greenway  had  made  such  minute 
preparations  beforehand  that  everytolng  went  off 
with  a  blaze  of  glory.  The  ballroom  was  a  veritable 
tin  r;i  I  bower.  Chrysan  the  mums  of  every  conceivable 
shade  banked  the  walls,  and  great  buches  of  golden- 
rod  and  wonderful  purple  and  crimson  grapevine 
gave  a  touch  of  autumn  color  which  contrasted  rich- 
ly with  the  pale  blue  and  ivory  of  the  ballroom. 
The  gowns  were  truly  beautiful.  The  rich  Oriental 
costumes  so  much  in  evidence  this  year,  with  the 
extremely  far  Eastern  head-dress  also  very  much 
in  vogue,  were  a  charming  contrast  to  the  draped 
and  classical  simplicity  of  many  of  the  other  cos- 
tumes. Mrs.  Joseph  Coryell,  who  is  always  ex 
quisiiely  gowned,  was  quite  the  most  stunning  figure 
in  the  room.  Her  gown  was  of  black  chiffon  vel 
vet  with  a  bodice  of  silver  net,  with  bands  of  blaz- 
ing rhinestones  and  smoked  pearls  surmounted  b> 
her  wodcrful  diamonds.  The  skirt  was  the  new 
draped  model  ,  slashed  up  the  side,  revealing  slip- 
pers aud  hose  studded  with  rhinestones.  In  her 
hair  black  paradise  plumes  waved.  Mrs.  Samuel 
Hopkins  was  another  very  noticeable  figure.  Hei 
costume  was  white  net  beaded  with  pearls  and  crys- 
tals draped  over  one  side  of  white  satin  and  the 
other  side  coral.  With  this  she  wore  beautiful 
pearls  and  diamonds.  Mrs.  Gus  Taylor,  as  usual, 
was  very  dazzling.  She  wore  royal  purple  and 
gold  brocade  with  a  corsage  of  silver  net  and  lace 
trimmed    with    bands    of    pearls    and    diamonds. 

Of  the  younger  girls  Miss  Janet  Hotaling  wore 
one  of  the  most  original  and  artistic  of  the  gowns. 
Hers  was  of  changeable  blue  and  silver  chiffon  taf- 
feta, made  in  pannier  style,  the  fullness  crushed  in 
about  the  feet  under  a  festoon  of  pink  and  red 
rosebuds.  Her  corsage  was  half  of  lace  and  half 
of  silk,  with  crystals  outlining  it.  Orchids  com- 
pleted this  fetching  picture.  Miss  Ysobel  Chase 
was  also  very  smart  looking  in  white  satin  over- 
draped  with  bright  green  chiffon  and  followed  out 
the  scheme  of  so  many  of  the  costumes  in  being 
half  one  thing  and  half  another,  ner  costume  was 
outlined    in    Persian    gold    ribbons. 


Chamber  lain -Keeney  Wedding. 
As  the  wedding  bells  for  Miss  Innes  Keeney  and 
Willard  Cranston  Chamberlain  were  still  ringing 
when  we  went  to  press  last  week  there  was  time 
only  for  the  most  meager  details.  It  was  a  bril 
liant  ceremony  at  Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  and  a 
gorgeous  reception  at  the  Fairmont,  the  decorations 
at  both  places  being  artistic  to  a  degree.  The 
bride,  who  was  singularly  composed,  looked  beautiful 
in  a  becoming  creation  of  white  satin  charmeuse 
with  point  applique  lace,  draped  pannier  style.  The 
rare  old  lace,  which  also  adorned  the  long  court 
train,  stood  out  with  striking  effect.  The  bodice 
was  entirely  covered  with  the  lace  and  a  corsage 
of  orange  blossoms  was  the  only  ornament.  Miss 
Harriett  Alexander,  the  maid  of  honor,  wore  pink 
chiffon  over  pink  satin  and  elaborated  with  lace. 
The    bridesmaids   were  Miss   Ysobel    Chase    and   Miss 


Augusta  Foute  (green  chiffon- over  satin),  Miss  Ethel 
McAllister  and  Miss  Frederika  Otis  (mauve  chiffon 
over  sutin  of  same  shade),  Miss  Helene  Deane  and 
Miss  Gertrude  Thomas  (yellow  chiffon  over  satin). 
Euch  maid  carried  ii  golden  staff  surmounted  with 
a  cluster  of  white  chrysanthemums,  and  each  at- 
tendant   wore    gold    colored    slippers, 

The  best  man  ut  the  wedding  was  Morgan  Cham- 
berlain, brother  of  the  bridegroom,  who  came  from 
Boston  for  the  event.  The  ushers  were  Allan  Tay- 
lor,   Maurice    Sullivan,    Charles    Chapman. 

Mrs.  Keeney's  dress  was  black  point  lace  draped 
over  a  foundation  of  white  satin,  and  she  wore 
diamond    ornaments.      Mrs.    Tomlinson,    sister    of    the 


MRS.   WILLARD    CRANSTON   CHAMBERLAIN 

Latest    portrait    of    society    "beauty    who    before    her 
marriage  last  week  was  Miss  Innes  Keeney. 

bride,  who  came  from  New  York  for  the  wedding, 
wore  a  gown  of  yellow  satin  draped  with  lace  and 
point  applique. 

Among  the  guests  who  attended  the  reception  last 
evening  were  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Hamilton  Wallace, 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  Frank  Denny,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wal- 
ter Dean,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  MacGavin,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Robert  Henderson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  M.  A. 
Miller,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sam  Hopkins,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Cheever  Cowdin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vincent  Whitney, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  K.  Steele,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dixwell 
Hewitt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H,  C.  Breeden,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Wulliam  Duncan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Harry  Williar,  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Andrew 
Welch  Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eugene  Lent,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  D.  Grant,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  de  la  Tour, 
Mr.  and  Mrs,  Percy  Moore,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James 
Otis,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  S.  Lilley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H. 
B.  Chase,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Silas  Palmer,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
. eorge  Howard,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Mendell,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  William  Thomas,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emory  Win- 
ship,   Mr.   and  Mrs.  Edward  Eyre,   Mr.   and  Mrs.  Or- 

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ville  Pratt.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Cooke,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  P.  Langhorne,  -Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  MeNear, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Chesebrough,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  Flood,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Sharon,  Mr.  ana 
Mrs.  Mountford  Wilson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Osgood 
Hooker,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  Misses  O'Connor, 
Miss  Dora  Winn,  Miss  Louise  Janin,  Miss  Gertrude 
Creswell,  Miss  Anna  Peters,  Miss  Margaret  Nichols. 
Miss  Janet  Coleman,  Misses  Cunningham,  Misses 
Joliffe,  Mrs.  Dolly  MacGavin  Fry,  Miss  Ruth  Wins- 
low,  Paymaster  Skipworth,  U.  S.  N.,  Percy  King, 
Herbert  Bonifield,  Knox  Maddux,  Herbert  Gould, 
Courtney  Ford,  Arthur  Vincent,  Elliott  Rogers,  Leon 
ard  Abbott,  Dr.  Harry  Tevis,  Bradley  Wallace,  Fel- 
ton    Elkins. 


Mrs.  Theodore  Tomlinson. 
Mrs.  Theodore  Tomlinson,  who  came  out  here 
from  New  York  to  attend  the  wedding  of  her  sister, 
Miss  Innes  Keeney,  and  Willard  Chamberlain,  is 
being  extensively  entertained  by  her  many  friends 
here,  who  have  had  very  little  opportunity  to  see 
her  since  her  marriage  abroad  ten  years  ago..  She 
is  an  extremely  striking-looking  woman,  very  tall, 
and  dark,  and  with  a  beautiful  figure.  She  and 
her  husband  are  very  popular  with  the  Bohemian 
set  in  New  York,  as  Mrs.  Tomlinson  has  never 
aspired  to  join  the  ranks  of  Gotham's  ultra-fashion- 
ables. They  live  at  the  Hotel  Ansonia  on  Broad- 
way, and  each  have  their  own  motors.  Mr.  Tom- 
linson is  very  athletic  and  devotes  a  .arge  part  of 
his  time  to  tennis,   of  which  he  is  a  devotee. 


Miss  Nancy  Glenn. 
Miss  Nancy  Glenn,  who  has  come  to  town  to  the 
Fairmont  for  the  winter  with  her  aunt  and  uncle, 
Mrs.  Charles  Leonard,  will  make  her  formal  bow 
at  a  large  ball  given  by  them  on  November  22nd. 
Miss  Glenn  is  one  of  the  wealthiest  girls  who  make 
up  Ae  list  of  debutantes,  as  she  is  a  daughter  of 
the  Glenns  of  Glenn  county,  who  own  such  large 
estates  up  there.  She  is  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Hope 
Glenn  and  of  Glieve  Glenn,  who  married  prettj 
Ethel  Woodward,  but  preferred  the  gay  life  to 
quiet  domesticity.  Miss  Glenn  was  one  of  the 
most  attractive  of  the  younger  girls  at  the  Bach- 
elors and  Benedicts  last  Friday  night,  and  bids 
fair  to  be  a  great  favorite  socially.  She  is  to  be 
in  the  "Parasol  Chorus"  of  the  "Campus  Mouser'* 
given  next  week  at  the  Valencia  Theater,  with  sev- 
eral other  of  the  younger  girls,  including  Miss  Mar 
guerite  Doe,  Miss  Eliza  McMullin,  Miss  Helen  Stone, 
Miss  Elsie  Clifford,  Miss  Kathleen  Farrell,  and  Mrs. 
Sylvanus    Farnham. 


Horace  S.  Hill. 
News  has  reached  us  from  New  York  of  the 
death  of  Horace  S.  Hill,  who  for  many  years  was 
a  prominent  business  man  of  San  Francisco.  He 
was  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  and  came  to  the  Coast 
at  the  age  of  12  in  a  sailing  vessel  which  made  the 
trip  around  the  Horn.  He  married  Miss  Julia  Ster- 
ling, daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  H.  Sterling, 
one  of  the  leading  families  of  Napa  valley.  The 
Hills  home  on  the  corner  of  Sacramento  and  La- 
guna  streets  was  the  scene  of  many  beautiful  func- 
tions where  San  Francisco's  most  exclusive  set 
were  entertained.  Since  the  fire  the  Hills  have  lived 
in  New  York,  and  their  son,  Horace.  Hill  Jr.,  at- 
tended Harvard  University.  They  sold  their  home 
here  to  the  J.  Leroy  Nickels,  who  have  added  very 
largely    to    it;    making    it    nearly    double    its    former 


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[Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


Miss  Ruth  Richards. 
One  of  the  most  attractive  of  the  out-of-town 
girls  who  came  up  for  the  first  Green  way  is  Miss 
Ruth  Richards  of  San  Diego.  She  is  visiting  at  the 
home  of  her  grandfather,  Mr.  H.  H.  Bancroft  and 
Miss  Lucy  Bancroft,  where  she  will  ~e  f6r  a  couple 
of  weeks.  Miss  Richards  made  her  debut  two  sea- 
sons ago,  when  she  spent  the  whole  winter  in  town, 
and  was  one  of  the  most  sought-after  buds  of  the 
season.  She  is  tall  and  dark,  and  exceedingly  hand- 
some, and  has  most  charming  and  gracious  manners, 
which  makes  her  a  great  favorite  with  the  girls 
as  well  as  the  men.  She  will  be  very  much  feted 
while  here  this  time,  as  her  friends  try  to  make  the 
most   of  her   infrequent    and    short   visits. 


Miss  Vivian  Grant. 

In  a  recent  concert  at  the  Berkeley  High  School, 
Miss  Vivian  Grant  gave  the  following  program: 
Piano  solo,  Andante  Finale  de  Lucia  di  Laminer- 
moor  (for  the  left  hand  alone),  Leschetizky — by  re- 
quest;French  Monologue,  "Le  Violin  Brise"  (The 
Broken  Violin),  Miss  Grant  accompanying  herself 
on  the  violin;  Violin  solos — (a),  Concerto  No.  9 
(De  Beriot;  (b)  Spanish  Dance,  op.  58,  No.  1  (Red 
field)'. 


Card  Basket. 

Mrs.  John  Breckenridge  and  her  small  son,  John 
Jr.,  are  planning  to  spend  the  winter  down  on  the 
peninsula,  and  have  taken  the  house  of  Mrs.  Jane 
Whittier  Bothin.  Mrs.  Bothin  and  Miss  Genevieve 
will  come  to  town  and  have  taken  apartments  at  tht 
Richelieu. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  M.  Bunker  have  taken 
apartments  at  the  Hotel  Bellevue,  where  they  will 
reside    during   the   winter. 

The  friends  of  Mrs.  Charles  O.  Alexander  will  be 
quite  interested  to  hear  that  she  has  gone  into  the 
real   estate   business. 

Mrs.  John  Darling  gave  another  one  of  her  de- 
lightful days  '  'at  home,' '  when  those  who  accepted 
of  her  hospitality  were  Mesdames  Frederick  King, 
Russell  Wilson,  John  Daniel,,  Joseph  Grant,  Hypo 
lite    Dutard,    Jerome    Hart,    William    Tubbs,    Charles 


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Stewart,  George  Crothers,  Joseph  Tobin,  H.  Teal, 
and  William  H.  Mills.  Mrs.  Darling  expects  to 
spend  the  Holiday  season  at  the  old  homestead  in 
Maine  with  her  husband.  Colonel  Darling,  U.  S.  A., 
retired. 

Miss  Ramona  Hamberger  will  be  hostess  at  a 
large  tea  on  November  21st  in  honor  of  Miss  Una 
Wise    and   Miss    Marie    Payne: 


Society  Circus. 
The  big  Pavilion  Rink  at  Sutter  and  Pierce  streets 
will  be  the  scene  of  a  unique  and  important  amuse- 
ment undertaking  on  the  evenings  of  December  5th, 
6th  and  7th,  with  a  matinee  on  the  last  date,  Sat- 
urday, when  a  Society  Circus  and  Horse  Show  will 
be  given  in  aid  of  the  Infant  Shelter.  The  idea  or- 
iginated with  Mrs.  Adrian  Splivalo,  who  is  the  chair- 
man of  the  executive  committee,  and  she  is  ably  as- 
sisted by  Mrs.  H.  P.  L'mbseu,  who  has  charge  of 
the  advertising  and  raising  the  funds  necessary  to 
open  the  doors;  Mrs.  G.  H.  Umbsen,  custodian  and 
distributor  of  tickets;  Mrs.  Jack  Mattheis,  director 
of  publicity,  and  many  other  hard  and  willing  work- 
ers. The  display  of  aristocratic  horse-flesh  promises 
to  be  exceptionally  fine,  and  already  over  twenty-five 
handsome  cups  have  been  donated  as  trophies. 
Among  the  gentleman  riders  will  be  Richard  Tobin, 
the  Tevis  brothers,  Walter  Hobart  and  Felton  Elkins, 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Clark  will  be  important 
exhibitors,  and  among  the  Indies  who  will  show 
their  equestrian  skill  are  Miss  Lurline  Matson,  Miss 
Chesebrough,  Miss  Grace  Gibson,  Mrs.  James  King 
Steele,  Miss  M.  Sidebotham  and  Miss  Amy  Raisch. 
Miss  Virginia  Newhall  will  also  display  an  equine 
pet. 


BURR    McINTOSH    "PLAIN    TALK. 

"The  Wonders  and  Beauties  of  the  Golden  State 
of  California  and  Our  Country"  will  be  vividly 
presented  at  the  Cort  Theater  next  Tuesday  after- 
noon at  3  o'clock,  when  Burr  Mcintosh  will  again 
present  his  "Plain  Talk."  More  than  four  hundred 
marvelous  colored  views  will  be  shown.  While  our 
own  great  country  is  pictured  in  a  very  complete 
and  interesting  way,  moments  in  Cuba  during  the 
Spanish-American  war  hold  the  auditor  spell-bound, 
while  the  many  beautiful  ones  made  in  the  Philip- 
pines when  Burr  Mcintosh  accompanied  President 
Taft  on  his  famous  trip  reveal  scenes  never  before 
caught   by    the    camera. 

Every  one  interested  in  "Our  Country"  should 
learn  the  facts  about  the  need  of  Ship  Subsidy 
and  Merchant  Marine,  the  Army  Canteen,  the  Im- 
migrant Situation,  and  other  vital  subjects,  which 
are  explained  in  an  interesting  way.  But  it  is 
"California"  which  holds  the  attention.  It  is 
doubtful  if  any  have  ever  instilled  a  deeper  feeling 
of  appreciation  and  "love  of  State"  than  Mr.  Mc- 
intosh does  with  his  appealing  "Plain  Talk." 

Sir  Thomas  Lipton  and  the  Mayor  of  the  city 
will  be  the  guests  of  Mr.  Mcintosh  on  this  occasion. 


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SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.   4. 

JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L.  PRIOR,  Plaint- 
iffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien 
upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,735. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L. 
PRIOR,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
line  of  Walter  Street,  distant  thereon  three  hundred 
and  eighteen  (318)  feet  northerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Walter  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of  Fourteenth 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and  along  said 
line  of  Walter  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  MISSION 
BLOCK  Number  100. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south 
easterly  line  of  Clementina  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Ninth  Street,  and  running  thence 
northeasterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clementina 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  -at 
a  right  angle  southwesterly  twenty-five  (25 )  feet ; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  seventy 
five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part 
of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number  298. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  nnswer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
paid  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
if  aay  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
12th   day  of  September,    A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  (bis  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of 
September.    A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiffs: 

EMILY  A.  FRIEDLANDER,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation).  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco.    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY.  Attorneys  for  Plain'/ffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 


Saturday,  November  16,  1912. 


-THE  WASP  * 


25 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  fur  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Fruncisco. — Dept.    No.    10. 

HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE  SCHWARZ, 
bis  wife.  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  -In- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendant*. — A*;i><u 
No.    32.842. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY. 

Attorney    for    Plaintiffs. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE 
SOHWABZ,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  mouths  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lieu,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Leavenworth  Street,  distant  thereon  eight-seven  (87) 
feet  and  six  (6)  inches  southerly  from  the  south- 
erly line  of  Filbert  Street;  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth  Street 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east, 
erly  one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  bL* 
(6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth 
Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
part    of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    441. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiffs  are 
the  owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute; 
that  their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and 
quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all 
estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  other  descrip- 
tion; that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this   4th   day   of   October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCRjiVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 
The    first   publication   of   this   summons  was   made 
in    "The    "Wasp"    newspaper    on    the    12th    day    of 
October,    A.   D.    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiffs, 
No.  501-501-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter 
and    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
CALIFORNIA,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco.      Dept.    No.    10, 

MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA 
MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  and 
testaments  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants.      Action   No.    32849. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  MARINA  MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  the 
plaintiff  herein,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above 
entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  Bet  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any 
part  thereof,  situate  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  particularly  described 
as  follows; 

I. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  "Westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  (formerly  Washington  Place)  dis- 
tant thereon  thirty-seven  (37)  feet  eight  (8)  inches 
northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  westerly  line  of  Wentworth  Street  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Washington  Street;  running 
thence  northerly  along  said  westerly  line  of  Went- 
worth Street  thirty-three  (33 1  feet,  ten  (10)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty-three  (33) 
feet,  ten  (10)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  Lot  No.  50  of  the  FIFTY  VARA 
SURVEY, 

II. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section   of    the    southerly    line    of    Green    Street    and 


the    easterly    line    of    Eat  >o    Alley,    running    thence 
easterly    along    said    southerly    line   of    Green    Street 
sixty  three     (63)      feet;      thence     at     a     right     angle 
rly    one    hundred    and    thirty  seven    (137)    feet, 
six     (U)     inches:     thence    :it    a    right    angle    westerly 
forty-one    (41)    feet;    thence    at   a   right    angle   north- 
erly tifty   (50     feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
twenty-two    (22)    feet    to    the    easterly    line    of    Eaton 
Alley ;    ond    thence    at    a    right   angle    northerly    and 
ilong  said  easterly   line  of   Eaton  Alley  eighty-seven 
(87)    feet,    bix    (6)    iuches    to    the   southerly   line   of 
Green    Street    and    the    point    of   commencement.      Be- 
ing  a    portion    of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    231. 
III. 
Commencing    at    a    point    on    the    easterly    line    of 
Mason    Street,    distant    thereon    one    hundred     (100) 
foot     southerly     from     the     southerly     line     of     Green 
Street;    running  thence  southerly  and  along  the   said 
easterly     line     of     Mason     Street     thirty-seven      (37) 
feet,  six  (6)   inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
ninety-six     (96^     feet,    six     (6)    inches;    thence    at    a 
right  angle  northerly   thirty-seven    (37  '    feet,  six    (6) 
inches;   and  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  ninety- 
six    (96)    feet,    six    (6)    inches   to    the    easterly    line 
of    Mason    Street    and    the    point    of    commencement. 
Being  a  portion   of  FIFTY   VARA   LOT  No.  231. 
IV. 
Commencing    at    a    point    on    the    southerly    line    of 
Green    Street    distant    forty    (40)    feet    easterly    from 
the     point     of    intersection     of    the    easterly     line    of 
Mason   Street  with  the  said   southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;    thence   running   easterly   along   the    last   men- 
tioned line  twenty-two   (22)   feet  and  six   (6)   inches 
to    the    westerly    line    of    an    alleyway    twelve     (12) 
feet  wide;  thence  southerly  along  the  last  mentioned 
line    sixty    (60)    feet;    thence   westerly    and   parallel 
with    Green     Street     twenty-two     (22)     feet    and    six 
( 6 )    ioches ;     thence    northerly    sixty     ( 60 )    feet    to 
the    point    of    commencement.       Being    a    portion     of 
FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    231. 
V. 
Commencing    at    the    corner    formed    by    the    inter- 
section   of   the    southerly   line   of  Broadway   and   the 
westerly     line     of     Grant     Avenue,     running     thence 
southerly    and    along    said    westerly    line    of    Grant 
Avenue    one    hundred    thirty-seven    ( 137 )    feet,    six 
(6)    inches;    thence    at    a    right    angle    westerly    one 
hundred    thirty-seven    ( 137 )    feet,    six     (6 )    inches ; 
thence   at   a    right   angle   northerly    thirty-seven    (37) 
feet,    six    (6)    inches;    thence    at    a    right    angle    east- 
erly   twenty     (20)     feet;    thence    at    a    right    angle 
northerly    one    hundred     (100)    feet;    and    thence    at 
a  right  angle  easterly  and  along  said  southerly  line 
of     Broadway     one     hundred     seventeen     (117 1     feet, 
six    (6)    inches    to    the    westerly    line    of    Grant    Ave 
nue  and  the  point  of  commencement.     Being  a  por- 
tion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.   63. 
VI. 
Commencing   at    the    corner  formed   by    the    inter- 
section   of    the    northerly    line    of    Geary    Street    and 
the    westerly    line    of    Grant    Avenue,    running    thence 
westerly    and     along     said     northerly     line     of    Geary 
Street    forty     (40)     feet;    thence    at    a    right    angle 
northerly    fifty    (50)    feet;    thence    at   a    right   angle 
easterly  forty    (40)   feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly    and    along    said    westerly    line    of    Grant 
Avenue     fifty     (50)     feet    to     the    northerly    line     of 
Geary    Street    and   the   point    of   commencement.      Be 
ing  a   portion   of  FIFTY   VARA  LOT   No.   757. 
VII. 
Commencing   at    a    point    on    the    northerly    line    of 
Bush   Street   distant   thereon   eighty-eight    (88)    feet, 
ten    (10)    inches    easterly    from    the    easterly    line    of 
Stockton    Street,    running    thence    easterly    along    said 
northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  twenty-four    (24)    feet, 
four    (4     inches;    thence   at  a  right   angle   northerly 
seventy-eight     ( 78 )     feet    to    the    southerly    line    ot 
Emma   Street;   thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  and 
along    said    southerly    line    of    Emma    Street    twenty- 
four    (24)    feet,    four    (4)    inches;    and   thence    at    a 
right     angle     southerly     seventy-eight     (78)     feet     to 
the    northerly   line    of   Bush    Street    and    the    point   of 
commencement.      Being    a    portion    of    FIFTY    VARA 
LOT     No.    300. 

VIII. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Broadway  distant  thereon  forty-five  (45)  feet  east- 
erly from  the  easterly  line  of  Osgood  Place  (for- 
merly Ohio  Street),  running  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Broadway  twenty  (20) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  fifty-seven 
v57)  feet,  six  (6 1  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  twenty  (20 )  feet ;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT    No.    197. 

IX. 
Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  and  the 
easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence  east- 
erly along  shid  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  sixty 
(60)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  along  said 
westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place  seventy-seven  (77  1 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly sixty  (60)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  seventy- 
seven  (771  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line 
of  Pine  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement, 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  286. 
X. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Grant    Avenue    distant    thereon    seventy-seven    (77) 


,X„[V  ,nches  southerly  from  the  southerly 
LlM  of  California  Street,  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  twenty 
UO)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  eusterly  fifty  (50) 
reel  to  the  westerly  hne  of  Quiucy  Place;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  and  along  said  westerly  line 
of  Quincy  Place  twenty  (-0)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly 
line  of  Grant  Avenue  and  the  point  of  commence- 
men*.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No 
14  1. 

xr- 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  and 
the  northerly  line  of  Adler  Street,  running  thence 
','"  ,'  ?o£lon.E  "n"1  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue 
«m?^?BA?°i  f.eet;v thence  at  a  r'Sht  angle  easterly 
fifty  (50)  feet:  thence  ot  a  right  angle  Boutherlv 
twenty     (20.     feet;     and    thence    at    a    right    angle 

S'iI8'"',  L.a,")r„°  0,;B  .said  "°nherly  line  of  Adler 
Street  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Beine  a 
portion    of   FIFTY   VARA   LOT   No.    67. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
.Muckton  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-six  (66)  feet 
81,x  <6,j  .>°ches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Vallejo  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
8o,",g  fmi  eaBler'y  "no  of  Stockton  Street  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  afty 
seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twentv  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches    to   the   easterly   line   of    Stockton    Street    and 

FIFTPT,nyARACLOTeUNC„em2e2"i:  B,lDg  "  P°rti°n  °' 
XIII. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Grant  Avenue  distant  thereon  sixty-eight  (68)  feet 
nine  (9)  mches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
ol  Jackson  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
,.?on,s  ,8  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  ancle 
westerly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  Six 
(0  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  sixty- 
eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  ot  commencement  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  60. 
XIV. 
Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  westerly  line  of  Mason  Street  and 
the  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street,  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Mason  Street  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  sixty  (60) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  and  along 
said  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street  sixty-eight 
(?  L  eet'  lbree  <3>  inches  to  the  westerly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  475. 
XV. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distaut  thereon  sixty-three  (63)  feet 
easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Baton  Alley 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  southerly 
line  of  Green  Street  sixty-eight  (68i  feet,  nine  (9) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hun- 
dred thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet 
nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion 
of   FIFTY   VARA   LOT   No.   232.  f 

And  you  are  further  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint 
to-wit:  For  the  judgment  and  decree  of  said 
.,°.uit„.e^tI'bllshlnS  and  quieting  the  title  of  MARY 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSI- 
CANO, the  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased,  in  and  to  said  real  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  subject  to  the  administra- 
tion of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  declaring  that 
plaintiff  as  executrix  of  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased  is  in  the  actual  and  peace- 
able possession  in  the  right  and  for  the  benefit 
of  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  said  deceased;  and  that  it  be  adjudged 
that  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  the  said  deceased  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute,  subject  only  to 
the  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased 
and  that  her  title  to  said  property  is  established  and 
quieted;  and  that  the  Court  determine  all  estates 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gage or  hens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief   as  may   be   meet   in    the   premises 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court 
this   5th   day   of   October,    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk 

By  H.   I.  PORTER,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 
The   first  publication   of   this   summons   was   made 
in       The    Wasp"    newspaper    on    the    12th    day    of 
October,    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff 
No.  501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building  No' 
105    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


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SUMMONS, 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.-*-Dept.    No.    8.  „ .  „„,,™    ™    ■ 

FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA  WAGNER,  Plain- 
tiffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or 
lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,847. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,     greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA 
WAGNER,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  iu  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described   as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Utan 
Street,  distant  thereon  seventy-seven  (77)  feet,  two 
(2t  inches  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Utah  Street 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Nineteenth  Street,  and 
running  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Utah 
Street  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  fo 
POTRERO  NUEVO  BLOCK  No.    92. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  own- 
ers of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist 
of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By    H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  ' 'The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs: .      „      „        „ 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation),  San  Francis- 
co,   California.  m       w  .   __    a„ 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco.    California. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  AH 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 


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fendants.— Action    No.    32,737. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

Tou  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  tins  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty  (80) 
feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter 
section  of  the  southerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Street 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Diamond  Street,  and  run 
ning  thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-fifth 
Street  twenty-six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty- 
six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of 
HORNER'S   ADDTION   BLOCK    Number  221. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  Bimple  absolute ;  that  Mb  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  aame  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costB 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

"Witness  my  hand   and  the   seal    of  said   Court   this 
12th   day   of   September,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  Septem- 
ber.   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est   in,    or    lien    upon,    the    said   property,    adverse    to 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation).  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  AH  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.    32,741. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 
The   People   of   the    State    of   California:    To   all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lien   upon,    the 
real   property   herein   described   or   any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly   described   as   follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Thrift  (formerly  Hill)  Street,  distant  thereon  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Capitol  Avenue ;  running  thence  easterly  and  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northerly  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  westerly  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  and  thence 
at  right    angles   southerly   one   hundred   and   twenty 


five    (125)   feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement. 

Being  Lot  Number  two  (2)  in  Block  "Y,"  as  per 
Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  Railroad  Homestead  Associ 
ation,  recorded  in  Book  "C  &  D,"  at  Page  111  of 
Maps,  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali 
forma. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simp.e  absolute;  thai 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet   in   the  premises. 

"Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
13th  day  of  September,   A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  madr. 
in  "The  "Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,    or  lien   upon,    said   property  adverse   to    plaintiff: 

E.  MESSAGER,  EMIL  GUNZBURGER,  Trustees 
of  the  Argonaut  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion (a  corporation).  No.  1933  Ellis  Street,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  California 
Pacific  rSuilding,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Streets, 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 


NOTICE   TO    CREDITORS. 
No.    14,243.      Dept.    10. 


ESTATE    OF    GEORGE   RESTE,    DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  George  Reste, 
deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons  having 
claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phelan  Build- 
ing, San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the 
undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  business  in  all 
matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  George  Reste, 
deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator    of    the    estate    of    George    Reste, 
deceased. 

Dated,    San    Francisco,    October  29,    1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HICKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
trator,   85S    Phelan    Building,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

.  mor  i «»[  !<i   .»)    rui    - 

;:i,,l       J.  T      111..'      «  "III)       Ol 

' 

.  I  \.  HFLOV  ■ 
kkim    M  iwiu.nj,  Plaintiff,  \ 

Interest  In,  »r  Lien  upon,  tin    i 

bed   or  any    purl    O" 
Action   No,  j.i.uay. 

GERALD  0,  HAL8faY, 

irnej   for  Plaintiff. 
The    People   of   tho   Stal  ' 

ming  auy  Interest  In,  or  hen  upon,   th< 
real   property   herein  described  or  an;    part    tl 
defendants,    greeting : 

Vim   are   hereby    required    to   appear   and 

(  WlHKKINK     BLANCH]  I 
Ifonnerlj    CATHERINE    MANSION),    plaintiff,    oleo 
with   the  Clerk   ol   th 

>    i    mju 
licalioit     mi! 

hi  ,  j  uu  have  In  or  upon  1 1 
tain    real    property   or  an] 

1 
ifornia,     particularly    deaei                      dlows; 
Coma     i  i  ii    ■       ■  i     ■  ■  I  j 

ty-flve    (95)    feet    no  northerly    liuc 

of    .in.'.:  \     .    Bi reel      running    theuci 

"■   ol     I  n  entj  sec 

Avenue  tw enty  live   1 25 t )   feet;   ihunee  ai  a 
right  an  id   and   twenty      L' 

at   a   right   angle   souther!]    twenty- five 
(25)  right    angle    westerly    one 

'  i iei    i"  ■  i"1  eaBteriy  Hue 

com Doement.     Bl- 

•IDS   BLOt  K    Mo. 

ottfled    that,    onleaa   you   ao 

.    the   plaintiff   will    apply   to   the 

■    nded   in   iii<'  complaint,   to- 

wi\       That   il    be  adjudged   thai    the   plaintiff  is  the 

owner    of    Bald    propenj     in     limple     absolute; 

her    title    to    aaid    property    be    established   ana 

i     thai    tie  Court   ascertain   and   determine  an 

rights,    titles,    intei  ad   i  laima    in    and 

ii    thereof]    whether 

legal   or   equitable,    present   or   future 

vested    or    contingent,    and    whether    ihe    same    oon- 

tgages  or  inns   ol   anj    description;   that 

plaintifl     recover    her    costs    herein    and    have    such 

other    and    further    relief    as    maj     be    meet    in    the 

. 

Witness   my    hand   and    the    Seal    Ol    Baid   Court,    this 

7th  day  of  November,   A.   l>.   1912. 
(SEAL)  II.    I      Ml  1. 1  l;i.\'V,    Clerk. 

By    H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  Bummons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  aev/Bpaper  on  the  loth  day  of  No 
n  Eubi  r,    \     h.   1912, 

The  following  persona  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff: 

PUGAZI  BANOA  POPOLARE  OPERAIA  tTAL- 
XANA  (a  corporation),  No.  '2.  Columbus  Avenue,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

J.  W,  WRIGHT  &  SONS  INVESTMENT  COM- 
PANY (a  corporation),  No.  228  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

HIBEHMA  SAVINGS  &  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a  cor- 
poration), Jones  and  McAllister  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HAl.sKY, 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 

501,    502    and   503    California-Pacific   Building,   San 

co,  Cal, 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  Ot 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.    10. 

ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of  WILLIAM  G. 
RYDER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No. 
32,805. 

GERALD   C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 
The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property   herein    described   or   any   part   thereof,    de- 
fendants,   greeting: 

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complaint  of  ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of 
WILLIAM  G.  RYDER,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  prop- 
erty, or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califrnia,  par- 
ticularly  described   as   follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Pierce  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
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section  of  the  southerly  line  of  Vallejo  Street  and 
i he  westerly  line  of  Pierce  Street;  running  thence 
toulherly  nloug  said  westerly  line  of  Pierce  Street 
five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erlj  one  hundred  twelve  (112)  feet,  six  (ii)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  twenty-live  (25i 
ihI  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hun- 
dred   twelve      I  ix   (6)   inches  to  the  west- 

erly line  of  Pierce  Street  and  the  point  of  com- 
nm  ■  -in 'lit.  Being  a  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 
Block    No.  421. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appeal  the   plaintiff  will   apply   to   the 

1  i    (or    the    relief   demanded   in    the   complaint,    to- 

wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  he  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff 
recover  her  costs  herein,  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  27th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By.  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  5th  day  of  Oc- 
tober,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a 
corporation),  Market  and  Jones  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  California. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and 
Montgomery    Streets,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 


No.  14119.      Dept.   10, 
ESTATE   OF  JAMES   SEXTON,  DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  JAMES  SEX- 
TON, deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to 
the  said  Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phelan 
Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  of- 
fice the  undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  business 
in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  JAMES 
SEXTON,    deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator  of  the  estate  of  JAMES  SEXTON, 
deceased. 
Dated,    San    Francisco,    October   8,    1912. 
CULLINAN   &   HIOKEY,    Attorneys   for  Adminis- 
trator,  858  Phelan  Building,  San  Francisco,   Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  ihe  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

W.  F.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  J.  A.  DAVIS, 
Defendant. — Action    No.    39,480. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  of  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Jos 
Kirk,    Attorney    for   Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing to  J.  A.  DAVIS,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  toe 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought 
against  you  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,    within    ten    tlays  after   the   service   on    you 


ol    thU    summons— jif    served    within 

,  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 

■ 
■ 
in    the    oon 
apply   to   the   Oourl    for   the   relief  dem 

.int. 

i  tl       Superior 

and    County    of    San 
State    of    CaUYorniii,     tins     J. Sid    day    of    Ootobi 

II       1        Ml    L.    !il,\   S 
By   L,   J.    WELCH,   Deputy    C.erk. 
KPII    KIRK,    Atton 


SUMMONS. 

i       i  :ir       UPERIOR  COURT  0  i  I    -   I 

and    County 

■      .: 

iff,     .-      mi    . 
_  any  Interest   in  or   lien  upon  the  real  prop 
orty   herein   described   or   any    part   thereof,   1 1 
!,908 
'i  ii>'   Peopli    ol    I  in    si. i  ir  ol   i  ali  Foi  nia,  to  all  per 
Jon     eld  imfn     ■■  i;     tnten    I    in,  or  lien  upon,    I  '■< 
propertj  cribed   or   any   part   thereof     Di 

■  ating; 
You  are  berebj  required  to  appear  ami  answei 
Ihe  complaint  of  NATHAN  ABRAHAM,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  almve  entitled  Ooui 
County,  within  three  muni  lis  after  the  first  publi- 
ci M  "I  this  Bummoiih,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest   or  lien,    it  any,    you   have  in   oi    upon    i  hat  cer 

ti 'eal  property,  or  any  part   thereof.  Bituated  in 

the  City  and  Count;  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Uai- 
[forma,   and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning   at    a    point    on    ihe    sountheidy    line   of 

l  Hay  SI  reel,  distant  thereon  eighty-one  (81)  feci, 
three  (3)  inches  easterly  from  tne  corner  formed  by 
the  Intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Clay  Street 
9 ■  "  1 1  the  easterly  line  of  Divisadero  Street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clay 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  (127)  feet, 
eight  and  one-fourth  (8%,)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  twenty-five  (26  ■  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  northorly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven 
(127)  feet,  eight  and  one-fourth  (8%)  inches  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK   Number  402. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap 
pear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and   the   seal   of  said  Court,   this 
16th  day   of  October,   A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNSWORTH.  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  26th  day  of  Octo- 
ber,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co.  California. 

PERRY  &  DATLEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San    Francisco,   Cal. 


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BY  AMERICUS 


TLE  curse  of  hasty  legislation  has  come  upon  us,  thanks 
to  the   new  provisions   by   which   any  kind  of  a  crazy 
law  can  be  submitted  to  the  multitude  by  petition.     Of 
course  the  average  citizen,  busy  with  his  own  affairs, 
has  no  time  or  thought  for  circulating  petitions.     That  enterprise 
is  monopolized  by  cranks  or  professional  politicians  desirous  of 
making  easy  places  for  themselves  in  the  public  service. 

lu  one  way  or  another  a  number  of  amendments  to  the  Charter 
of  San  Francisco  have  been  framed  and  prepared  for  the  voters, 
and  on  December  loth  our  citizens  will  vote  upon  them.  Will 
our  citizens  vote  intelligently  tf  How  can  theyf  Not  10  per  cent 
of  the  voters  have  anything  like  a  clear  understanding  of  what 
these  proposed  amendments  mean. 

So  numerous  are  these  undigested  Charter  amendments  that 
they  fill  over  three  pages  of  a  large  newspaper,  set  in  solid 
small  type.  It  will  take  months  for  a  keen  lawyer  to  study 
their  provisions  and  arrive  at  an  intelligent  idea  of  their  utility 
and  their  effects  upon  existing  laws  and  public  conditions.  Yet,, 
without  any  thought  at  all,  an  unthinking  multitude  of  voters 
will  be  invited  on  December  lUth  to  approve  or  reject  these  pro- 
posed laws,  prepared  with  more  or  less  haste. 

Knowing  the  danger  which  confronts  our  community,  a  great 

many  honest   citizens,   apprehensive   of  evil  results  from  hasty 

and  unwise  legislation,  have  made  up  their  minds  to  vote  against 

every  one  of  the  thirty-seven  amendments  to  the  Charter.     No 

doubt  on  election  day  the  majority  of  taxpayers  will  go  to  the 

polls  resolved  to  deal  an  effective  blow  to  the  vicious  practice 

of  changing  the  Charter  every  time  a  new  janitor  needs  a  place 

in  the  City  Hall,  or  the  Board  of  W.orks  wishes  to  hire  half  a 

dozen  additional  sand-shovelers. 

«     #     * 

A  JOB-CHASERS'   TRUST. 

THE  Department  of  Electricity,  a  lovely  and  sweet-scented 
excrescence  of  the  city  government,  which  attained  its 
most  rapid  growth  under  the  reign  of  McCarthy,  Tveitmoe, 
Clancy,  Johannsen  &  Co.  in  San  Francisco,  wishes  a  rise 
of  salaries  all  along  the  line.  Not  only  that,  but  the  offi- 
cial pets  must  not  be  subject  to  the  danger  of  investiga- 
tion and  removal  from  office.  All  of  them  now  drawing 
salaries  must  be  regarded  as  so  eminently  fit  to  go  on  for  the 
balance  of  their  natural  lives  loafing  at  the  public  expense  that 
nothing  short  of  a  dynamite  explosion  could  make  them  vacate 
their  sinecures. 

Of  course,  no  sane  citizen  who  knows  what  it  is  to  pay  taxes 
on  his  home,  be  it  small  or  large,  will  hesitate  a  second  on  elec- 
tion   day,   when    his   red-rubber   stamp    arrives    at    the   Charter 


amendment  No.  9.  He  will  stamp  a  most  emphatic  "No"  oppo- 
site that  chunk  of  audacious  class  legislation,  calculated  to  en 
courage  extravagance,  laziness  and  graft. 

•     •     * 

A  VERY  BAD  PROVISION. 

THE  proposed  increase  of  the  Fire  Department  and  the  cor- 
responding increase  of  taxes  wrill  not  be  indorsed  by  wise 
citizens  at  the  special  election  in  December.  Not  so  long 
ago,  and  when  San  Francisco  had  a  population  not  so  very  much 
less  than  now,  the  larger  number  of  the  paid  firemen  were 
"extra"  hands.  They  worked  at  various  occupations,  and  when 
the  fire-bell  rang  they  reported  at  their  respective  fire  houses 
and  assisted  in  stopping  the  conflagration.  That  system  was 
far  from  perfect,  but  it  is  worth  remembering  that  in  the  many 
years  it  was  in  force  we  had  no  such  calamitous  failure  of  the 
Fire  Department  as  in  1900.  At  that  disastrous  conflagration 
the  paid  Fire  Department  acquitted  itself  with  signal  discredit. 
Like  the  Police  Department,  it  was  tried  and  found  wanting. 
Both  the  firemen  and  the  peelers  in  1906  disappeared  as  if  the 
earth  had  swallowed  them  up. 

The  chief  cause  of  the  demoralization  of  the  Fire  Department 
was  the  loss  of  Fire  Chief  .Sullivan,  who  was  fatally  injured  by 
a  falling  chimney  before  the  great  conflagration  started.  The 
command  of  the  department  devolved  on  a  bunch  of  professional 
politicians,  and  they  proved  utterly  unequal  to  the  emergency, 
and  San  Francisco  was  destroyed  almost  without  an  effort  by  the 
Fire  Department  to  save  it.  That  failure  of  the  paid  Fire  De- 
partment, in  the  hour  of  greatest  need,  will  be  recorded  in  the 
history  of  the  destruction  of  San  Francisco  as  one  of  the  most 
discreditable  events  of  the  conversion  of  a  thriving,  bustling 
city  into  a  heap  of  bricks  and  ashes. 

San  Francisco  is  under  no  debt  of  gratitude  to  either  its  Fire 
or  its  Police  Department,  and  there  is  no  sound  business  reason 
why  the  city  should  double  the  expense  of  maintaining  either  of 
them. 

On  the  contrary,  there  are  powerful  reasons  for  rejecting  the 
proposition  to  double  the  force  of  paid  firemen,  and  thus  increase 
the  taxes  by  almost  a  million  a  year.  The  city  cannot  stand 
such  extravagance.  If  we  be  not  very  careful  we  shall  raise  our 
taxes  so  high  that  home-seekers  will  avoid  our  city.  Property- 
owners  will  not  put  up  new  buildings  when  prospective  tenants 
are  scarce  and  taxes  are  oppressive. 

We  have  undertaken  to  erect  a  city  hall  and  build  structures 
at  the  Civic  Center.  We  have  not  a  dollar  to  spare  for  extrava- 
gance, and  to  double  the  force  of  firemen  would  be  most  cul- 
pable waste  of  public  money. 

The  firemen  of  San  Francisco  are  far  from  being  overworked. 
How  many  times  a  week  are  they  forced  to  turn  out  and  extin- 
guish fires.  Days  elapse  when  they  do  little  except  sit  around 
the  engine  house  and  read  newspapers. 

Of  course,  the  labor  trust  has  declared  that  the  firemen,  who 
often  does  hardly  a  stroke  of  work  in  a  week,  should  be  given 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  November  23,  1912 


short  hours.  The  labor  trust  as  exemplified 
by  Tveitmoe  et  al  in  San  Francisco  would 
compel  employers  to  give  every  hod-carrier 
a  valet  to  light  his  pipe  and  keep  the  beer- 
can  going  steadily  from  the  eorner  saloon  to 
the  mortar  heap. 

No  doubt  the  intelligent  voters  will  give 
the  quietus  to  this  proposed  measure  to  double 
the  force  of  firemen  and  raise  the  already  ex- 
cessive taxes. 

If  our  property-owners  be  not  cautious  and 
alert,  and  vote  solidly  against  proposed  waste 
of  public  money,  they  will  have  the  decidedly 
unpleasant  experience  of  seeing  their  prop- 
erty confiscated  by  ruinous  taxation.  Last 
year  the  assessed  value  of  city  property  was 
raised  considerably,  as  was  the  tax  rate  itself. 
These  increases  in  tax  rates  bear  on  every- 
body— the  tenant  as  well  as  the  landlord,  for 
the  latter  shifts  the  burden  to  the  tenant  if 
possible.  "The  consumer  usually  pays"  is  an 
old  business  maxim  that  holds  good  in  taxa- 
tion. 


THE  LOCAL  OPTION  MADNESS. 

SENSIBLE  people  who  think  San  Francisco 
has  had  troubles  enough,  and  should  be- 
gin to  get  a  rest  from  political  turmoil, 
will  vote  against  the  proposed  local  option 
amendment  to  the  Charter.  The  Rev.  Dr. 
Aked,  who  has  been  in  San  Francisco  scarcely 
long  enough  to  vote  (if  he  has  a  vote)  is  lead- 
ing on  the  hosts  of  local  option.  Second  in 
command  to  the  reverend  Doctor  is  Publisher 
S.  S.  McClure,  whose  acqaintance  with  the 
needs  of  our  city  is  confined  to  a  sojourn  of 
a  week  or  two  at  a  hotel  while  he  arranges  for 
a  larger  circulation  of  his  magazine  on  the 
Pacific  Coast.  These  are  hard  times  for  the 
cheap  magazines,  and  publishers  have  to  bestir 
themselves  to  keep  their  periodicals  in  the 
limelight. 

No  doubt  the  Rev.  Mr.  Aked  and  Publisher 
McClure  are  very  clever  gentlemen  and  worthy 
persons  who  desire  to  do  what  is  right,  but 
there  are  many  thousands  of  old  residents  of 
San  Francisco  who  know  just  as  well  as  do 
these  comparative  strangers  what  is  best  for 
our  city.  One  of  the  worst  things  that  could 
happen  to  San  Francisco  now  is  to  plunge  it 
into  a  bitter  local  option  fight  when  we  are 
trying  to  convince  the  world  that  it  should 
come  to  see  our  Panama-Pacific  Exposition. 
Rest  assured,  if  we  start  the  saloon  war  it 
will  last  till  1915,  ana  probably  long  after,  and 
do  its  full  share  to  make  the  Exposition  a  fail- 
ure. 

Rev.  Mr.  Aked's  strongest  argument  in 
favor  of  the  proposed  amendment  giving  San 
Francisco  local  option  is  that  three  Poliee, 
Commissioners  can  now  place  a  saloon  in  the 
midst  of  any  residence  district.  Perhaps  they 
can.  The  Police  Commissioners,  with  Jim 
Woods  at  their  head,  can  climb  up  to  the  top 
of  the  Hotel  St.  Francis  and  throw  themselves 
into  Powell  street  and  make  work  for  the 
street-sweeping  brigade.  But  does"  anybody 
imagine  the  Commissioners  are  likely  to  per- 
form this  disastrous   acrobatic  feat? 

Any  sensible  citizen  would  just  as  soon 
trust  a  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  to  do 


the  right  thing  as  a  body  of  wild-eyed  emo- 
tionalists led  by  sensationalists  of  the  pulpit 
and  the  press, 

The  Police  Commissioners,  under  Mayor 
Rolph,  who  has  full  power  over  them,  can  be 
relied  upon  to  control  the  liquor  trade  without 
any  of  the  Carrie  Nation  tactics  that  are  sure 
to  follow  the  adoption  of  local  option  such  as 
the  extremists  now  propose.  Under  their 
amendment  law  a  comparatively  small  num- 
ber of  people,  could  start  a  local  option  fight 
in  any  district.  The  law  is,  in  principle,  very 
much  like  the  vicious  local-option-in-taxation 
proposal  that  was  rejected  at  the  ^November 
election,  and  which  would  make  possible  all 
kinds  of  taxation  systems  in  California. 

Sane  people  are  opposed  to  every  kind  of 
extreme  and  drastic  legislation  calculated  to 
abridge  the  public  liberty.  Prohibitionists 
do  much  good  in  their  way.  Their  influence 
helps  to  curtail  the  political  power  of  the 
saloons.  But  prohibition  which  at  one  swoop 
changes  a  "wet"  city  into  a  "dry"  one,  re- 
gardless of  the  wishes  of  the  minority,  or  per- 
haps the  majority  of  the  people,  is  offensive 
and  injurious  tyranny  of  the  kind  which  found 
expression  in  the  Blue  Laws  of  Connecticut, 
that  forbade  a  man  to  kiss  his  wife  on  Sun- 
day. 

The  sour  and  dour  old  blue-nosed  Connecti- 
cut Puritans,  whose  veins  pulsed  vinegar  or 
ice-water  instead  of  red  blood,  lacking  the 
ability  to  enjoy  the  blessings  of  life  them- 
selves, would  bar  all  mankind  from  rational 
enjoyment. 

Temperance  in  drink,  as  in  everything,  is 
greatly  to  be  desired  in  any  community,  but 
the  history  of  drastic  prohibition  is  that  it 
degrades  the  temperance  cause,  prevents  its 
moral  force,  creates  spies,  and  promotes  the 
illicit  sale  of-  vile  liquors  in  low  groggeries 
conducted  clandestinely.     The  consumption  of 


strong  liquor  continues,  but  the  quality  of  it 
is  made  worse,  and  the  drinking  people  are 
poisoned. 

No  matter  what  emotionalists  may  say,  the 
amount  of  whisk}'  sold  over  the  bars  of  San 
Francisco  is  diminishing.  In  proportion  to  . 
population,  far  less  whisky  is  drunk.  The  pub- 
lie  is  becoming  more  temperate.  Rational  re 
strictions  by  the  municipal  authorities  will 
accomplish  all  that  can  be  looked  for  as  long 
as  San  Francisco  shall  remain  a  cosmopolitan 
seaport  and  garrison  city.  When  the  millenni- 
um arrives,  and  every  man  and  woman  begins 
to  sprout  angel  wings  on  reaching  the  voting 
age,  we  can  run  the  town  on  the  exact  lines 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Aked  and  Brother  McClure  and 
their  coterie  would  like  to  prescribe. 


OUR  SAVING  SHERIFF. 

THE  Municipal  Record  proudly  makes 
note  of  the  fact  that  Sheriff  Eggers 
has  raised  $S3,42  worth  of  vegetables 
at  the  County  Jail.  The  other  day  the  Fi- 
nance Committee,  of  the  Board  of  Supervis- 
ors, saved  25  cents  for  the  City  by  docking 
a  livery  stable  proprietor  for  a  horse's 'feed 
bag,  which  was  lost.  Rampant  is  the  spirit 
of  economy. 

But  hold  a  moment !  How  much  did  it 
cost  to  feed  and  house  and  guard  the  County 
Jail  prisoners  that  raised  the  $83.42  worth 
of  garden  truck?  How  much  did  it  cost  in 
supervisorial  and  clerical  salaries  to  lop  off 
the  25  cents  from  the  liveryman 's  bill  and 
record  the  triumph  of  economy  in  the  City's 
archives? 

And,  by-the-way,  how  much  does  it  cost 
annually  to  maintain  that  worse  than  useless 
journalistic  excrescence,  the  Municipal  Rec- 
ord, itself,  which  has  no  justification  for  its 
existence  except  that  it  creates  a  leak  in 
the   treasury,   through    which   many   thousand 


t^v^t^ss^^t^t^t^t^t^t^t^t^t^mi 


HAS  STOOD 

THE  TEST 

OF  AGES 

AND  IS  STILL 

THE  FINEST 

CORDIAL  EXTANT 


At  first-class  Wine  Merchants,  Grocers,  Hotels,  Cafes. 

Batjer  &  Co.,  45  Broadway,  New  York,   N.  Y., 

Sole   Agents    for  United   States. 


£$33C&C&CSC^e&C&C&C&C&C&^ 


Saturday,  November  23,  1912] 


-THE  WASP- 


dollars  a  year  are  wasted,  as  much  as  if  they 
had  been  flung  into  the  street  for  idlers  to 
scramble  over  them  and  pocket. 

If  the  County  Jail  were  managed  properly 
under  wise  laws,  t  hat  would  cause  prisoners 
to  be  put  to  work  systematically  at  road- 
making,  or  other  useful  forms  of  employ- 
ment,  Sheriff  Eggers  would  not  think  it 
worth  while  to  report  a  saving  of  the  paltry 
sum  of  .fs.'i.li'.  Thousands  upon  thousands  of 
dollars  could  be  saved  tci  the  heavily-taxed 
public. 


THE  NEW  '-CALL." 

BBOTHEB  CHAI'lX  ul  the  Call  is  redeem- 
ing his  promise  to  make  that  paper  an 
independent  journal.  The  Call  has  al- 
ways been  an  admirable  newspaper,  voicing 
with  vigor  and  fairness  an  important  aspect 
of  the  political  life  of  the  city;  but  the  new 
manager  has  decided  that  the  general  good  of 
San  Francisco,  as  distinct  from  the  advance- 
ment of  sectional  opinions,  demands  a  co-oper- 
ation of  all  the  interests  of  the  community. 
While  party  politics  have  their  place  in  the 
scheme  of  things,  a  public  spirit  on  the  part 
of  all  parties  is  the  first  requisite  of  a  city's 
progress.  Recognizing  that,  we  do  not  always 
realize  all  the  truth  there  is  in  this  platitude, 
Manager  Chapin  is  daily  pointing  the  lesson 
in  his  impartial  through  not  necessarily  neu- 
tral publication.  The  Wasp  wishes  him  every 
success  in  his  new  venture. 

♦ 

AT  A  NEW  ANGLE. 

FOR  ten  years  Marsden  Manson,  former 
City  Engineer,  was  boosting  the  Heteh 
Hetehy  proposition,  and  incidentally 
spending  sums  on  it  that  amounted  to  nearly 
a  couple  of  millions.  A  politician  met  Mars- 
den the  other  day  on  Market  street  and  asked 
him  what  kind  of  a  reception  would  be  given 
the  official  delegation  that  left  for  Washing- 
ton this  week  to  press  San  Francisco 's  claim 
to  Hetch  Hetehy. 

' '  They  '11  get  a  swift  kick  in  the  coattails, ' ' 
was  the  answer. 

What  a  difference  it  makes  in  public  offi- 
cial's point  of  view  whether  he  is  drawing  sal- 
ary or  has   got   his  walking  papers! 

♦■ 

METROPOLITAN  HARBOR  DISTRICT. 

AGAINST  the  plan  to  create  a  metropoli- 
tan harbor  district  for  the  San  Fran- 
cisco bay  region  the  only  objections — 
they  cannot  dignified  as  arguments — are  those 
emanating  mainly  from  the  parasites  who,  by 
aid  of  the  State  Legislature,  are  preying  upon 
the  taxpayer  and  others  financially  interest- 
ed. Under  ideal  conditions  the  State  might 
successfully  control  the  harbors,  but  with 
State  affairs  as  they  are,  have  been  and  may 
continue  to  be,  it  is  the  duty  of  San  Fran- 
cisco citizens  to  combine  in  an  effort  to  secure 
a  more  efficient  control  of  the  water  front  by 
means  of  a  metropolitan  harbor  district.  That 
the  Legislature  discriminates  against  San 
Francisco  in  the  matter  of  water  front  and 
tide  lands  was  seen  during  the  session  of 
1911,  when  it  transferred  control  of  the  water 


front  and  tide  lands  to  Los  Angeles,  Oakland, 
Ban  l>iego  and  Long  Beach.  Now  it  is  obvi- 
it  if  the  water  front  of  San  Francisco 
remains  under  State  ownership  this  city  can- 
not meet  the  unequal  competition  of  Oakland, 
San  Diego,  Los  Angeles  and  Long  Beach.  The 
protest  that  the  people  of  the  State  being  in- 
terested in  the  harbor,  the  State  should  exer- 
cise control,  might  have  been  valid  if  urged 
before  the  other  transfers  were  made,  but  to 
urge  it  now  only  emphasizes  the  discrimina- 
tion against  San  Francisco.  The  importance 
of  an  improved  harbor  so  efficiently  and  eco- 
nomically managed  that  we  will  be  able  to 
offer  the  utmost  shipping  facilities  on  the 
cheapest  terms  is  infinitely  more  important  to 
the  trade  of  San  Francisco  than  the  perpetua- 
tion of  a  system  the  chief  purpose  of  which 
is  to  provide  sinecures  for  incompetent  legis- 
lators  and   political   derelicts. 

♦ 

A  PERTINENT  QUESTION. 

THF  full  exposure  of  the  conspiracy  of 
dynamite  and  murder  which  has  been 
made  at  the  Indianapolis  trial  of  the 
companions  of  the  McNamara  brothers  has 
dealt  the  death-blow  to  the  labor  trust  headed 
by  Samuel  Gompers.  It  is  time  for  honest 
American  workingmen  to  repudiate  the  dis- 
credited and  disgraced  chiefs  of  that  close 
corporation  known  as  the  American  Federa 
tion  of  Labor,  wThich  assumes  to  speak  for 
them. 

Readers  of  The  Wasp  will  remember  that  we 
stated  months  ago  that  Clancy,  the  local  head 
of  the  structural  iron-workers,  had  confessed. 
The  statement  was  then  denied,  but  at  the 
Indianapolis  trial  this  week  it  came  out  that 
Clancy  bad  made  admissions  to  the  police. 

Now  it  is  worth  remembering  that  after 
Ortie  McManigal  blew  up  the  Llewellyn  iron 


works  in  Los  Angeles  and  came  to  San  Fran- 
cisco to  lie  paid  fur  the  job  by  Olai  Twit , 

Clancy  funk  the  dynamiter  over  to  the  office 
of  Mayor  McCarthy,  and  the  dintinguished 
visitor  was  welcomed  warmly  by  the  chiei 
magistrate  of  San  Francisco. 

How  could  all  the  higher-ups  of  the  labor 
trust,  including  McCarthy,  Congressman  Bu- 
chanan ami  Samuel  Gompers  be  on  such  inti- 
mate terms  with  scoundrels  like  McManigal 
and  murderers  like  the  McXamaras  ami  vet 
be  ignorant  of  the  crimes  those  outlaws  were 
committing/ 

♦ 

Does  any  one  suppose  for  a  moment  that  the 
election  expense  accounts  as  filed  by  all  of 
the  candidates  for  judgeships  are  full  state- 
ments of  every  expenditure  known  to  have 
been  incurred'}  Some  of  the  totals  are  so  ridi- 
culously small  they  barely  represent  the  bill- 
sticker's  outlay  on  paste.  The  law  limiting 
expenses  would  be  too  laughable  for  words 
were  it  not  that  among  the  men  whom  it  com- 
pels to  become  perjurers  are  those  who,  if 
elected  as  judges,  will  be  compelled  to  sit  in 
judgment  on  cases  of  perjury. 

1 

At  Phoenix,  Arizona,  the  other  day,  one  H. . 
Montreville  Thornton  was  divorced  for  mental 
cruelty  superinduced  by  a  refusal  (1)  to  but- 
ton his  wife  's  new  gown  one  week  after  their 
marriage,  and  (2)  jeering  declination  to  accept 
the  smoking-jacket  bought  him  for  a  Christ- 
mas present.  Some  papers  are  citing  this  as 
the  limit  in  the  way  of  triviality,  but  it 
seems  to  me  that  the  man  who  does  not  re- 
spond to  the  distinct  privilege  of  being  in- 
vited to  adjust  the  hooks  and  eyes  on  a  wo- 
man 's  dress  is  a  hopeless  misogynist  for  whose 
feet  there  should  be  no  resting  place  on  a 
matrimonial   hearth. 


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THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  November  23,  1912 


DIVORCE  FALLACIES. 

IT  IS  a  principle  in  British  politics  that  if  a 
Cabinet  wants  to  dodge  an  issue  or  shelve 
a  question  it  appoints  a  royal  commission 
of  inquiry.  In  this  way  the  Cabinet  appears 
to  be  doing  something,  whereas  it  is  only 
shirking  the  responsibility  of  action,  and  pro- 
viding it  puts  the  right  men  on  the  commission 
is  really  burying  the  problem.  That  was  done 
when  a  commission  was  appointed  to  investi- 
gate the  reform  of  divorce  in  Great  Britain, 
but  to  the  surprise  and  evident  discomfort  ot 
Cabinet  Ministers  that  body,  after  being  ap- 
parently dead  for  three  years,  has  suddenly 
come  to  life  with  a  majority  and  a  minority 
report.  Tee  majority  report  favors  the  prin- 
ciple that  women  should  have  equal  rights 
with  men  in  obtaining  a  decree.  At  present 
it.  is  possible  for  a  Britisher  to  live  on  his 
wife's  money,  whether  her  earnings  or  an  in- 
heritance, maintain  other  establishments,  and 
in  various  ways  fly  in  the  face  of  the  Ten 
Commandments,  and  yet  rest  assured  that  the 
law  gives  his  wife  no  ground  for  action  in  a 
divorce  court.  On  the  other  hand,  though  it 
is  not  easy  to  get  a  divorce  from  a  wife,  there 
are  grounds  for  a  suit  by  the  husband  which 
are  denied  his  wife.  Some  of  these  anomalies 
are  crude  to  the  point  of  barbarism,  but  they 
would  not  overconcern  us  were  it  not  for  the 
fact  that  the  minority  report,  in  protesting 
against  any  change  that  would  result  in  in- 
creasing the  number  of  suits,  points  to  Amer- 
ica as  a  shocking  example  of  the  evils  ot 
easy  divorce.  There  are  divorce  abuses  in 
America,  chiefly  those  arising  from  the  con- 
flicting laws  of  the  various  States,  which  make 
it  possible  for  a  man  to  be  unmarried  in  one 


Why  Not  Give  a 

VICTROLA 

For  Christmas 

Are  you  thinking  about  giving  a  VIC- 
TKOLA  for  Christmas?  Tou  will  glad- 
den the  whole  family  with  a  world  of 
music  and  entertainment  if  you  do.  But 
do  not  wait  until  the  week  before 
Christmas  to  select  that  VICTROLA. 
Come  in  now  and  select  at  your  leisure. 
We  will  hold  the  VICTROLA  and  deliv- 
er it  any  day — Christmas  day  if  you 
desire. 

VIGTEOLAS    $15    TO    $200. 

VICTOR  TALKING  MACHINES  $10  TO  $68. 

EAST  TEEMS. 


Sherman  IRay  &  Go. 


Sheet    Music    and    Musical    Merchandise. 
Steinway    and    other    Pianos — "Victor    Talking 
Machines — Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianos 

KEARNY  &  SUTTEE  STS.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
14TH  &   CLAY   STS.,   OAKLAND. 


State,  married  in  another,  and  a  bigamist  in 
a  third;  but  the  point  lost  sight  of  in  the 
minority  report  is  that  while  freer  laws  have 
resulted  in  an  increase  in  the  number  of  sep- 
arations, there  is  no.  evidence  to  show  that 
there  are  more  failures  in  American  than  in 
British  marriages.  Divorce  statistics  are  not 
the  measure  of  unhappy  marriages.  They  are 
merely  one  of  the  means  by  which  unfortunate 
alliances  are  publicly  revealed.  For  every 
divorce  suit  in  England  there  are  a  thousand 
in  America,  but  that  does  not  argue  that  there 
are  a  thousand  matrimonial  mistakes  in  Am- 
erica for  every  one  in  England.  Whether  it 
is  better  that  men  and  women  should  be  com- 
pelled to  continue  a  cat-and-dog  existence  as 
an  alternative  to  living  in  secret  immorality 
than  to  obtain  a  divorce  with-  the  right  to  re- 
marry is  a  question  of  ethics  into  which  we 
need  not  enter,  but  as  Americans  it  is  our  duty 
to  protest  against  the  aspersion  that  because 
we  have  more  divorces  we  have  more  unfor- 
tunate marriages,  and  that  our  married  folk 
are  more  guilty  of  the  social  sins  upon  which 
divorces  are  based. 

There  is  no  more  dust  in  the  sunbeam  than 
there  is  in  the  rest  of  the  room — it  is  only  the 
more  apparent.  And  there  is  no  more  misery 
exhibited  in  the  divorce  court — often  there  is 
less — than  that  which  exists  in  the  homes  of 
those  who  do  not  go  there.  True,  to  an  ex- 
tent even  in  America,  where  divorce  is  so 
easy,  this  is  especially  true  in  England,  where 
divorce  is  so  difficult  it  is  a  luxury  possible 
only  to  the  very  rich,  and  of  those  only  a  very 
small  number  of  men  and  still  fewer  women. 
It  is  true  we  often  resort  to  the  surgery 
of  divorce  in  cases  where  common  sense,  diet- 
ary measures;  and  a  little  patience  would  suf- 
fice, but,  if  the  foundation  of  the  nation  is 
not  merely  the  home,  but  the  domestic  happi- 
ness on  which  true  homes  are  founded,  then 
there  are  no  figures  to  show  that  American 
homes  are  less  happy  than  those  of  England. 
If  the  home  argument  is  correct,  then  Ameri- 
can progress,  being  ever  so  much  more  rapid 
than  British,  the  American  hearth  must  be 
at  least  equally  happy. 


Berger,  the  Socialist  congressman  from  Mil- 
waukee, was  defeated  for  re-election,  and  in 
Schenectady,  a  Socialist  center,  practically 
all  the  party  candidates  for  a  second  term 
were  defeated.  One  trial  was  more  than 
enough. 

♦ 

A  PROGRESSIVE  FIRM. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  can  boast  of  having  the 
largest  and  most  modernly  equipped  lith- 
ographing establishment  west  of  Chica- 
go. The  firm  in  question  is  the  Schmidt  Lith- 
ograph Company,  Second  and  Bryant  streets. 
This  hustling  and  progressive  firm  has  done 
more  than  its  share  in  keeping  San  Francisco 
in  the  forefront  of  the  country's  producing 
centers.  The  large  business  of  this  house  has 
been  built  up  on  a  quality  basis.  The  high- 
class  and  characteristic  work  it  turns  out  has 
won  it  many  staunch  customers,  and  each  suc- 
ceeding year  witnesses  a  broadening  of  its 
business  field.  The  firm  has  lately  acquired 
the  Cooper  Gravures,  a  process  by  which  the 


finest  of  half-tones  are  produced  without  the 
use  of  cuts.  This  new  process  has  revolution- 
ized the  printing  business,  and  the  Schmidt 
Lithograph  Company  are  daily  receiving  re- 
quests for  samples  of  the  work  it  can  do.  We 
heartily  wish  this  company  the  brightest  of 
futures,  which  its  painstaking  endeavors  to 
please  justly  merit. 


We  offer  exclusive  originality  in  classic  schemes 
for  Formal  Gardens  and  approaches  of  picturesque 
designs.  We  invite  you  to  correspond  with  us  on 
the  subject.  We  have  also  a  large  variety  of 
high-class  articles,  as  Roman  Benches,  Greek  and 
Florentine  Vases,  Fountains,  Sundials,  Posts,  etc. 

SARSI     STUDIOS 
123  Oak  Street,        -         -       San  Francisco,  Cala. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

IDA  BOLTEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming 
any  interest  in  or  lieu  upon  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,892. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  IDA  BOLTEN,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  sum- 
mons, and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any, 
you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly   described    as    follows: 

FIRST:  Beginniug  at  a  point  on  the  southeaster- 
ly line  of  Mission  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-five 
(85)  ■  feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Mission 
Street  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Eighth  Street, 
and  running  thence  northeasterly  along  said  line  of 
Mission  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  eighty  (80)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southwesterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  eighty  (80)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  ONE  HUN- 
DRED VARA  BLOCK  Number  407. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
erly line  of  Silliman  Street,  distant  thereon 
twenty-eight  (28)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  form- 
ed by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sil- 
liman Stret  with  the  easterly  line  of  Dartmouth 
Street,  and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 
of  Silliman  Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet ; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-seven  (27) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hun- 
dred (100 )  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ;  being 
lot  number  25,  block  52,  as  per  map  of  the  property 
of  the  RAILROAD  AVENUE  HOMESTEAD  ASSO- 
CIATION. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  sole  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  he* 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
14th  day  of  October,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  2nd  day  of  Nov- 
ember,   A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street.    San    Francisco.    Cal. 


^ggTiBf  <^p? 


Thai'  newspaper  proprietors,  managers, 
and  even  editors,  do  not  always  read 
i  own  sheets  is  notorious;  bul  it 
seldom  happens  that  they  tall  in  as  badly 
as  did  one  recently  installed  manager.  New 
to  the  city,  he  was  innocent  of  the  uueom- 
promising  rivalry  between  two  of  our 
leading  impresarios;  nor  did  he  know  that 
the  present  week  marks  the  Cever  eiisis  <.t 
that  rivalry.  Each  is  presenting  what  lie 
claims  to  lie  the  only  genuine  and  authentic 
version  of  a  brilliant  operatic  novelty.  Well, 
the  newspaper  manager,,  who,  it  is  said,  has 
an  option  on  the  purchase  of  I  he  journal, 
wanted  seals  tor  a  particular  performance  of 
— the  opera  referred  to — and  called  up  the 
wrong  impresario.  "Seats  for  tonight  .' " 
gasped  the  indignant  music  manager.  "Look 
Ion-,  1  don't  blame  you  for  not  reading  your 
own  paper,  but  my  version,  which  is  the  only 
genuine,  complete  and  authentic  version,  will 
not    be    staged    until    next    Thursday    night." 

Mrs.  S.  G.  0.  King,  an  intimate  friend  of 
Mrs.  Dargie,  and  a  resident  of  Oakland,  is 
visiting  Honolulu  as  the  guest  of  Princess  Kal- 
nneanaole.  Mrs.  King,  who  still  retains  her 
good  looks  and  handsome  figure,  was  one  of 
Hawaii's  famous  beauties  of  fifteen  years  ago. 
There  may  be  no  truth  in  the  rumor  that  she 
is  contemplating  a  divorce,  and  the  fact  that 
an  exceptionally  handsome  young  Hawaiian  is 
seen  frequently  in  her  company  may  like  the 
flowers  that  bloom  in  the  spring  have  nothing 
to  do  with  the  case — that  is,  if  there  is  to  be 
any  case. 

A  Climbing  Couple. 

OUR  readers  should  have  little  difficulty 
in  recognizing  the  couple  referred  to 
by  Richard'  Barry  in  his  article  on 
"Cost  of  Buying  a  Social  Career  in  New  York 
and  its  Pitfalls."  After  retailing  a  number 
of  good  stories,  the  writers  says:.  "A  San 
Franciscan  came  to  New  York  a  few,  years 
ago.  He  had  plenty  of  money,  a  pretty  wife. 
Neither  was  without  savoir  faire,  yet  neither 
had  any  mode  of  entree  other  than  by  the  dol- 
lar route.  One  day  the  San  Franciscan  had 
the  good  fortune  to  meet  a  young  member  of 
New  York  'society'  who,  for  a  consideration, 
offered  to  show  him  the  way.  He  was  prompt- 
ly engaged  as  a  'secretary.'  It  was  his  busi- 
ness to  discover  what  members  of  the  most 
exclusive  circles,  the  so-called  Four  Hundred, 
were  being  overhard  pressed  by  creditors,  es- 
pecially by  tradespeople.  When  this  informa- 
tion was  laid  before  him  the  San  Franciscan 
would  then  have  two  reports  made  to  him. 
First,  he  discovered  if  the  social  position  of 
the  near-bankrupt  was  unquestioned;   second, 


NOTICE. 

All 

communications    relative    to 

toclal 

newi 

should 

be  addressed    "Society 

Editor 

Wasp 

121 

Second 

Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 

not   later   than   Wednesday  to 

Insure 

publication 

In  the 

issue  of  that  week. 

lie  determined  that  they  were  not  involved  in 
any  desperate  srandal,  nor  any  deep  indebted- 
ness which  would  be  likely  to  snuff  them  out 
within   a   short    time.     Satisfied  on  those   two 

points  he  proc led,   almost  clandestinely,  to 

settle  the  bills,  lie  was  content  to  wait  in- 
definitely for  his  returns.  He  pretended,  in- 
deed, that  he  was  merely  a  peculiar  kind  of 


MISS    NANCY   GLENN 

Handsome     daughter     of    a    prominent     pioneer 
family  of  California. 

philanthropist,  that  his  chief  pleasure  in  life 
was  the  lessening  of  the  burdens  of  the  idle 
rich,  that  those  who  had  not  been  taught  to 
work  should  not  be  expeeted  to  do  so,  that 
their  function  in  life  was  more  important  than 
work;  viz.,  that  of  embellishing  existence. 
He  protested  that  his  chief  joy  in  life  lay  in 
watching  the  butterflies  flit,  the  flowers  bloom 
and  the  orchids  sprout  out  of  the  inconstant 
air.  Most  important  of  all,  he  never  let  his 
right  hand  know  of  the  curious  activities  of 
his  left  hand.  The  wife  of  that  man  today 
enjoys  one  of  the  most  envied  social  positions 
in  New  York.  Very,  very  few  know  that  her 
husband  bought  and  paid  for  the  primature 
she  still  maintains." 


A  Polite  Secretary. 

THEY  are  telling  a  story  of  Edward  Rain- 
ey,  Mayor  Rolph's  secretary,  who  before 
he  got  that  appointment  was  an  Exam- 
iner reporter.  It  appears  that  Rainey  has  be- 
come so  accustomed  to  saying  nice  things  in 
the  nicest  way,  he  talks  compliments  in  his 
sleep,  and  so  mechanically  that  when  called 
upon  to  say  a  few  words  to  the  inmates  of 
the  Almshouse  recently  he  ladled  out  the  sac- 
charine stuff  so  liberally  the  old  folks  were 
delighted  until  he  wound  up  with  the  unfortu- 
nate but  well-intentioned  peroration:  "In 
closing,  I  wish  you  all  long  life  and  continued 
prosperity." 

Actors  as  Husbands. 

THE  old  story  that  actors  do  not  make  good 
husbands  was  repeated  during  the  week 
by  Mrs.  Myrtle  Gayetty  MacQuarrie  in 
her  petition  for  divorce  from  Benedict  Mae- 
Quarrie,  who  was  leading  man  with  the 
4 'Baby  Mine"  company.  According  to  Mrs. 
MacQuarrie,  who  before  her  marriage  in  San 
Francisco,  at  midnight  of  April  24,  1906,  was 
Miss  Gayetty,  the  absence  of  a  "baby  mine" 
was  largely  responsible  for  the  incompatibility 
which  so  often  arises  in  actor  families,  if 
the  matinee  idol  had  to  walk  the  carpet  in  the 
early  hours  of  the  morning  with  an  infant  on 
one  arm  and  a  feeding  bottle  on  the  other,  he 
might  be  a  better  husband.  But  would  he  con- 
tinue as  a  matinee  idol  if  some  one  happened 
to  snapshot  him  and  publish  the  photograph? 
A  tragedian  may  have  twins  and  yet  preserve 
his  popularity — indeed,  if  he  has  twins  very 
often  he  is  likely  to  become  all  the  greater 
tragedian.  It  is  also  different  with  actresses. 
We  are  so  accustomed  to  the  ingenue  with  a 
husband,  and  even  a  divorce  to  her  credit,  that 
so  long  as  she  preserves  her  juvenile  appear- 
ance her  matrimonial  experiences  do  not  mat- 
ter. She  may  become,  as  some  have,  a  grand- 
mother, and  yet  play  girl  heroines  to  the  per- 
fect delight  of  her  audiences.  At  a  recent  mu- 
sical comedy  I  was  admiring  the  ballet  when 
my  companion,  an  impressionable  youth,  drew 
attention  to  one  whom  he  thought  the  most 
graceful  and  fairy-like  dancer  of  them  all.  He 
was  quite  proud  to  be  able  to  say  that  she  was 
the  daughter  of  the  woman  who  served  as 
janitress  of  his  fiat.  I  was  a  little  dubious,  but 
said  nothing.  About  a  week  later  I  happened 
to  be  calling  on  my  escort's  family.  Meeting 
the  janitress,  I  complimented  her  on  her  daugh- 
ter's  graees  as  a  dancer  in  the  ballet. 
( '  Oh,  shucks ! ' '  she  said,  ' '  that  ain  't  my 
daughter!  That's  me!  I've  a  husband  out 
of  work,  and  the  ballet  money  now  and  then 
helps  me  out." 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  November  23,  1912 


Jack  London's  Start. 

1  NOTICE  that  Brother  Cahill,  "The  Candid 
Friend ' '  of  the  Call,  who  is  usually  accur- 
ate, and  always  interesting,  makes  a  small 
slip  in  regard  to  the  literary  genesis  of  Jack 
London.  Cahill  speaks  of  the  novelist  having 
had  his  beginning  with  the  Wave  as  a  writer 
of  serial  stories,  but  Jack's  entry  into  litera- 
ture was  made  per  medium  of  serial  letters 
written  to  the  store-keepers,  butchers  and 
other  tradespeople  whom  he  described  as  var- 
lets  and  caitiffs  when  they  refused  him  credit. 
To  the  storekeeper  who  refused  to  furnish 
any  more  bread  unless  the  disciple  of  litera- 
ture came  through  with  the  wherewithal  he 
wrote  a  prose  poem  so  replete  with  violent 
expletives,  sparkling  phrases  and  epigrammat- 
ic lines  it  was  published  in  the  Examiner.  So 
perfect  was  its  reply  to  one  who  had  dared  to 
ask  for  his  own,  the  letter  elicited  a  wide  ap- 


English   Holiday 
Novelties 


Of  the  Famous 


Trade 


@>ji? 


Mark 


Leather  Goods 

Wardrobe  Trunks 

Suitcases  and  Bags 

Glass  &  Metal  Novelties 


nSTEXPENSIVENESS. 

Drinking  Cups   75c. 

Button  Boxes   $1-00 

Manicure  Sets   $1.00 

Wallets $1-50 

Inkwells Sl-50 

Toilet  Cases   $7.50 

Poker  Sets $7.50 

Sewing   Stands    $10.00 

Garden  Baskets   $10.00 


Holiday  Novelties 

WITHOUT  THE  "CROSS"  LABEL 
Is  Like  a 

Capitalist  Without  Capital 


MARKET  and  STOCKTON 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


proval  and  drew  attention  to  the  distinctive 
style  of  the  socialist-author.  I  forget  the  ex- 
act language;  but  I  can  never  forget  the  clos- 
ing lines,  in  which  London  expressed  surprise 
that  a  common  storekeeper  should  not  feel  it 
an  honor  to  merely  serve  a  literary  gentleman. 

1£?k  %0*  1&M 

I  saw  Miss  Alice  Nielsen  at  close  range  on 
the  street  the  other  day  and  was  delight- 
ed to  observe  how  kindly  the  years  have 
dealt  with  her  striking  looks.  She  seemed 
so  fresh  and  youthful  it  is  easy  to  believe 
that  Miss  Ida  Valerga,  her  old  teacher,  treat- 


Miss    ELLEN    O' SULLIVAN 

Whose  engagement  to  Edward  Louis  Lawrenson, 
the  London  artist,  was  suddenly  broken. 

ed  her  as  a  child  and  threatened  to  box  her 
ears  if  she  again  spoke  of  feeling  nervous. 
Miss  Valerga,  who  is  an  octogenarian,  was 
in  her  day  a  wonderful  soprano,  and  ola*- 
timers  tell  me  that  few  of  the  stars  who 
shone  in  the  brilliant  constellations  that  were 
so  often  the  order  at  the  Tivoli  Theater 
scored  more  liberal  applause. 

They  Liked  His  Style. 

I  HEAR  that  Eugene  de  Sabla  clinched  the 
negotiations  for  the  purchase  of  the  Union 
Oil  properties  by  the  General  Petroleum 
Company.  It  was  a  very  large  deal,  in  which 
English  capital  plays  an  important  part.  The 
London  millionaires  liked  the  proposition,  but 
somehow  the  final  word  could  not  be  obtained 
from  them  till  Mr.  de  Sabla  took  the  lead  in 
the  arrangements.  The  California  capitalist, 
who  is  a  very  suave  man  of  affairs  and  thor- 


THE  WASP  reaches  5,000  society  and  club 
women  regularly.  We  will  soon  reach  twice 
as  many.  Subscribe  for  THE  WASP  and  get 
the  interesting  news  that  women  look  for. 


oughly  cosmopolitan,  satisfied  the  cautious 
London  financiers  on  every  point,  and  the 
millions  for  the  deal  were  forthcoming.  Be 
fore  the  Union  Oil  Company  showed  their 
books  they  required  that  $500,000  should  be 
put  up  to  guarantee  the  good  faith  of  the  of- 
fer to  buy  them  out.  The  holders  of  Union 
Oil  stock  look  for  a  rise,  as  the  new  powers 
in  control  of  the  properties  are  very  strong 
financially  and  the  business  of  the  company 
will  be  conducted  on  the  most  favorable  lines, 
without  any  attempt  to  force  the  market  for 
oil  and  lower  prices.  The  deal  is  of  much 
importance  to  our  State. 


Executor's  Sale 

FOLLOWING-    THREE    PROPERTIES 

MUST  BE  SOLD 

To  Close  an  Estate: 

$30.000 — Corner  on  3rd  Street,  near 
Howard.  30  foot  frontage. 
Ground  rental  $137.50  per 
month,  average. 

$10,000 — Howard  near  6th  Street.  De- 
sirable building  lot.     60x90. 

$10,000 — Valencia  near  22nd.  Lot 
34:4x125.  Splendid  business 
holding.  Present  improve- 
ments of  nominal  value. 


Kerner  &  Eisert 

41  MONTGOMERY  STREET 


ALL   SOLID    SILVER 
VANITY  CASE 


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POWDER 

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JOHN  0.  BELLIS 

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328  Post  Street  Union  Square 


Saturday,  November  23,  1912] 


-THE  WASP- 


No  House  to  Be  Had. 

THE  real  estate  agents  an aplaioing 
thai  they  can  find  no  houses  in  San 
Francisco  for  prosperous  people  who 
wish  t"  live  in  good  style.  Nobody  is  building 
houses  <>i"  the  better  class  with  :i  view  to  sell- 
ing or  renting  them.  The  building  activity  i* 
confined  to  apartment  houses  and  hotels,  and 
many  <>i'  the  fashionable  people  are  now  to  be 
found  domiciled  in  them.  A  well-known  reaJ 
i-s;;it.-  agent  has  for  several  months  been 
searching  in   vain   for  :i  $30,000  residence   foi 

■  of  his  clients, 

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For  his  new  church  L)r,  Aked  raised  in  three 
minutes  $55,700,  and  in  twenty-three  minutes 
$72,289.  Making  the  mosl  liberal  deduction 
for  Dr.  tked's  magnetic  eloquence,  and  it 
still  leaves  enough  to  prove  that  it'  the  re 
ligious  element  iB  less  assertive  than  certain 
others  it  is  yet  a  strong  factor  in  the  life  ot 
San  Francisco.  No  one  who  knows  has  ever 
doubted  tliis,  Imi  we  have  been  too  often  ad 
vertised  by  our  enemies,  within  and  wilhoul 
the  city,  as  a  godless  community, 

j*     «*     JJ 
fietnrn  of  the  Garret  W.  McEnerneys. 

MK.  AND    MKS.   GARRET   W.    McENER- 
NEY     have     returned     from     Europe, 
where  they  spent  about   three  months, 
as    is    their   custom.      'I  hoy    go   abroad   almost 
every  year.     Both   Mr.   and   .Mrs.   McEnerney 

SUMMONS, 


I\  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  state  OI 
California,  in  and  fox  the  Ciiy  and  County  o]  San 
l'  rancisco. — Dept.   Mo.   l. 

ROBERT     W.     M<  KEKOY     and     CARRIE     i\.     Mc 

KI.HDV,  l'laimiil's,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No. 
33,086. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sona claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  .De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  nfr  lirivliv  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRJtf  G. 
McELROY,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months, 
utter  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as  fol- 
lows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Moss  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hundred  and  fift> 
(250)  feet  southeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northeasterly  line  of  Moss 
Street  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Howard  Street, 
and  running  thence  southeasterly  and  along  said  line 
of  Moss  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  twenty-five  (25, 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southwesterly 
seventy-five  (75 )  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number 
248. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply,  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- wit : 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  their 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted ; 
thai  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs 
recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
13th  dav   of  November,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.  MULCREVY.   Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  23rd  day  of  No-, 
vember,    A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105  ' 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal, 


returned  in  excellent  health.  Mr.  McEnerney 'e 
b  legal  practice  bad  made  heavy  demands 
"ii  I'i--  time  and  attention  during  the  spring 
and  summer,  ami  in-  autumn  trip  in  Europe 
proved  mosl  beneficial.     His  legal  labors  were 

lesumed  aboul  as  s i  a-  be  crossed  the  State 

lini*.  lUi-  one  "l  hi-  -tall'  of  clever  young  bar- 
risters me!  him  ni  Sacramento  with  a  satchel 
"t'   briefs   t«.   1j,.  scanned  on   the  way  down   to 

Sail    Pra  m'l-'co. 

.Mr.  and  Mi-.  McEnerney  are  contemplating 
the  erection  of  a   handsome  residence  on  the 


MISS    GERTRUDE    WARREN 

Brilliant  young  California  actress  who  has  gone 
to  New  York  to  accept  a  big  professional 
engagement. 

line  building  site  on  Broadway,  between  Brod- 
eiiek  and  Baker,  which  they  have  owned  for 
some  time.  The  locality  has  become  very  fash- 
ionable, as  the  marine  view  is  unsurpassed  and 
a  number  of  rich  people,  including  Banker 
Hellman,  have  purchased  sites  for  mansions 
there. 

Everybody  enjoys  a  pleasant  "surprise." 
It  breaks  the  monotony  of  things,  and  gives 
a  zest  to  existence.  And,  speaking  of  "sur- 
prises," the  Tait-Zinkand  Cafe  is  a  veritable 
storehouse  of  them.  No  matter  how  frequent- 
ly one  dines  there,  there  is  always  something 
new.  It  is  John  Tait's  boast  that  the  more 
whimsical  and  critical  his  patrons,  the  better 
he  can  please  them.  And  judging  by  the  pat- 
ronage the  cafe  enjoys,  he  must  be  making 
good  his  boast.  There  is  an  especially  at- 
tractive and  dainty  lunch  served  here  every 
day  from  11:30  to  2  o'clock.  And  it  is  well 
worth   the  fifty-cent   oharge. — 

Where  can  you  And  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


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nr  miniature  candy  plum  puddings,  decked 
with  holly,  add  immensely  to  the  attractive 
ness  of  tin-  Thanksgiving  dinner  table.  Geo. 
Haas  &  Suns'  four  candy  stores. 

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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  November  23,  1912 


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DOROTHY  LANE 
The  clever  English  actress  appearing  "A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel"  at  the  Cort. 


Lured  by  the  temptation  of  flattering  offers 
and  the  wider  field  of  opportunity  in  the 
East,  another  California  girl  has  taken  her 
departure  for  New  York,  there  to  continue 
her  stage  career.  Miss  Gertrude  Warren, 
daughter  of  a  well-known  newspaper  man  of 
this  city  and  Oakland,  who  for  the  past  year 
has  been  connected  with  the  Alcazar  stock 
company,  is  now  in  the  metropolis.  Miss  War- 
ren is  a  striking  beauty  of  the  brunette  type, 
and  has  manifested  unusual  talent  for  the  his- 
trionic profession. 

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Thompson-Seton. 

EENEST  THOMPSON-SETON,  African  and 
far    Northern    explorer,    who    seems    to 
have  lost  his  dash  as  a  writer,  has  just 
sold    his    100-aere    home,    Wyndygoul    at    Cos 


Cot,  near  Greenwich,  Conn.,  for  $250,000.  It 
was  a  wild  venture,  but  made  just  the  kind 
of  retreat  suited  to  Thompson-Seton 's  temper- 
ament. It  resembles  a  bit  of  the  Adirondack^, 
or  the  Canadian  wilds,  with  its  picturesque 
features,  including  running  brooks,  lakes  and 
islands.  Wyndygoul  has  been  laid  out  as  close 
to  nature  as  possible,  and  all  the  Indian  tra- 
ditions have  been  retained.  To  turn  the  orig- 
inal marsh  into  a  lake,  Seton  built  a.  dam, 
and  he  has  a  lake  one-.third  of  a  mile  long 
and  twenty  feet  deep.  There  are  fifteen 
islands  in  the  lake,  and  one  side  is  lined 
with  precipitous  cliffs.  The  only  formal  thing 
about  the  place  is  an  Italian  garden.  Every- 
thing else  has  been  kept  so  wild  the  owner 
could  roam  around  Wyndygoul  and  get  ma- 
terial for  a  story  of  exploration  equal  at  least  [ 


to  the  mild  sensations  furnished  in  his  recent 
book  of  travels  in  the  far  North.  Thompson- 
Seton  married  Miss  Gallatin,  daughter  of  the 
late  Albert  Gallatin,  former  Mayor  of  Sacro- 
mento  and  wealthy  land-owner,  who  for  years 
before  his  death  lived  in  San  Francisco  with 
his  family.  Mrs.  Frank  Powers  of  San  Fran- 
cisco is  half-sister  of  Mrs.  Thompson-Seton. 
Early  in  March  Seton  intends  to  go  to  Eu- 
rope for  several  months,  but  when  asked  if 
he  intended  to  make  his  future  home  there 
he  gave   an  emphatic  "No!" 

^¥  ^W  i^W 

Campus  Mouser  Bard. 

JACK  DENSHAM,  who  wrote  the  many 
clever  jingles  which  contributed  much  to 
the  success  of  the  "Campus  Mouser,"  is 
a  reporter  on  the  Examiner  and  the  scion  of 
a  family  of  English  tea  merchants  whose  for- 
tunes were  considerably  reduced  by  the  over- 
powering competition  of  the  Lipton  corpora- 
tion. Deusham  is  so  English,  don'tcherknow, 
he  stands  in  high  favor  with  the  Burlingame 
Club  poloists,  who  frequently  tip  him  off  a 
good  story.  A  rollicking  good  fellow  he  is, 
one  of  the  most  popular  members  of  the  daily 
ink-slinging   fraternity. 

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Was  it  merely'  a  coincidence  that  in  its  issue 
just  prior  to  the  election  the  Sunset  Maga- 
zine published  a  splendidly  illustrated  article 
boosting  the  Eoosevelt  reservoir  and  other 
of  the  Colonel's  enterprises,  followed  by  a 
well-written  sketch  of  Lincoln,  the  President 
whom  Boosevelt  describes  as  so  much  resem- 
bling him? 


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GOURAUD'S 

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A  dainty  little  booklet  of  exquisitely  perfumed 
powdered  leaves  to  carry  in  the  purse.  A  handy 
article  for  all  occasions  to  quickly  improve  the 
complexion.  Sent  for  10  cents  in  stamps  or 
coin. 

P.  T.  Hopkins,  37  Jones  Street,  N.  T. 


Saturday,  November  23,  1912] 


-THE  WASP- 


11 


Poet,  Composer  and  Reporter. 

AMONG  the  songs  m  English  to  be  sung 
by  -Mino.  Gen  ill'-  Beache  'luring  her 
Beason  al  the  Scottish  Kite  Auditorium 
will  be  "Ayr,  Pinch  the  Jonquil,"  by  Harvey 
Wickham,  who  when  he  is  uot  before  the  pub- 
lic as  a  music  critic  or  writer  of  short  stories 
is  quietly  scribbling  sonnets  in  the  intervals 
of  'July  as  a  Chronicle  court  reporter.  Wick- 
ham, who  confesses  his  appearance  to  be  so 
forbidding  he  was  not  surprised  when  the  ed- 
itor of  an  obscure  musical  sheet  labeled  him 
"Snarley  Kiekham,''  is  an  accomplished  mu- 
siriiui  and  a  discriminating  critic,  whose  copy 
is  entirely  free  of  the  fake  so  obvious  in  cer- 
tain concert  and  operatic  reporters,  who  make 
a  bluff  at  music  criticism.  He  may  sometimes 
add  a  gushing  superlative  with  his  tongue  in 
his  cheek,  but  that  is  only  a  concession  to 
popular  sentiment  and  the  exigencies  of  local 
journalism,  but  there  is  always  earnest  thought 
at  the  back  of  his  censure.  To  look  at,  he  is 
the  last  man  you  would  suspect  of  having  a 
pocketful  of  sonnets  to  his  mistress'  eyebrow, 
but  if  privileged  to  read  them  you  will  regret 
that  there  is  more  money  in  court  reporting 
than  in  writing  poetry.  I  have  not  read  this 
ode  to  a  jonquil,  but  I'll  wager  it  is  good, 
for  although  Wickham  boils  the  pot  with  his 
stories,  he  never  lets  a  poem  off  the  chain 
until  he  is  sure  that  it  has  the  requisite  snap 
and  bite.  Talking  of  bite,  Wickham  was  bit- 
ten by  a  vicious  and  undiscriminating  mon- 
grel some  months  ago  when  there  was 
much  talk  of  rabies.  At  the  earnest  solicita- 
tion of  all  his  friends  that  he  should  go  and 
take  anti-toxin  treatment,  he  merely  laughed. 
They  spoke  of  death  as  a  probability,  but  he 
was  unmoved  until  some  one  whispered  that 
a  fellow-reporter  who  had  qualified  for  that 
sort  of  thing  would  write  his  obituary.  He 
reached  for  his  hat  and  headed  straight  for 
the  hospital. 

It  was  part  of  the  irony  of  fate  that  Pres- 
ident Taft  should  have  had  to  issue  that  proc- 
lamation for  Thanksgiving  Day  within  a  few 
hours  after  the  elections. 

A  Popular  Cafe. 

AN  ELABORATE  dinner,  at  which  the 
table  decorations  were  exceptionally 
beautiful,  was  given  at  Techau  Tavern 
last  week  by  Mr.  E.  G.  Holt,  vice-president 
of  Macondray  &  Co.,  who  entertained  a  num- 
ber of  wealthy  Honolulu  friends.  The  Ophite 
Club  supper  at  the  Tavern  was  a  notable  oc- 
casion. Covers  were  laid  for  sixteen  at  a 
big  round  table,  the  guests  joining  in  the  sing- 
ing of  many  college  songs.  The  theater  crowds 
fairly  overflow  the  Tavern  every  evening, 
drawn  not  only  by  the  excellence  of  the  ser- 
vice and  cuisine,  but  by  the  exceptionally  fine 
music  rendered  by  an  orchestra  of  artists, 
every  one  a  soloist,  under  the  able  leadership 
of  Signor  Grino  Severi.  This  orchestra  is  a 
most  important  feature  among  the  many  at- 
tractions of  the  cafe,  and  has  been  retained 
in  its  entirety  for  over  two  years,  during 
which    time    its   personnel    has    not    changed. 


ETHEL  GREEN 
Vaudeville's  daintiest  comedienne   who  will  appear  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

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12 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  November  23,  1912 


WAS  there  e^er  such  irritating  imbecil- 
ity as  that  talked  at  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor  convention  in 
Eochester  last  week?  I  know  it  is  a  part 
of  the  labor  agitators'  profession  to  bull-doze 
the  hard-working,  but  misguided,  dupes,  who 
pay  dues  to  keep  in  a  state  of  luxury  the 
men,  who,  having  failed  as  tradesmen,  be- 
come labor  leaders  and  union  secretaries, 
but  the  line  of  bull  peddled  at  Eochester 
was  surely  the  limit.  Not  content  with  urg- 
ing the  workers  to  indorse  labor  trust  tactics, 
which,  in  the  long  run,  are  ruinous  to  the 
majority  of  toilers,  they  now  want  the  honest 
American  working  man  to  sanction  murder 
and  absolve  the  assassin  who  slays  in  the 
cause  of  unionism,  as  the  irresponsible  per- 
petrator of  a  "social  crime." 

The  anarchists  in  the  executive  council 
showed  their  hand  when  they  led  off  with  a 
denunciation  of  Detective  Burns.  Every 
crook  hates  the  sight  of  a  policeman,  and  has 
an  instinctive  aversion  to  anyone  in  any  way 
associated  with  the  machinery  of  justice.  At 
Eochester,  the  labor  leaders  put  their  con- 
demnation of  Burns  into  set  resolutions,  which 
formality  is  the  only  difference  from  the 
same  sentiments  as  more  freely  expressed  by 
Ordinary  unincorporated  crooks  in  bar  room 
assembled. 


Does  50  Years' 
Experience 

in  the  skillful  distillation  of 


HUNTER 
WHISKEY 


MEAN  ANYTHING  TO  YOU? 

It  has  brought  this  finest  product  of  Maryland's  famous 
distilleries   up   to   the   highest    standard   of   perfection. 

THE  AMERICAN  GENTLEMAN'S  WHISKEY 

Sold   at   all   first-class    cafes   and  by  jobbers. 
WM.    LANAHAN    &     SON,     Baltimore,     Md. 


Gompers  knew,  and  other  labor  federation 
higher-ups  knew,  said  Detective  Burns;  and 
the  statement  makes  them  as  mad  as  a 
grafter  caught  with  the  goods.  It  puts  them 
on  the  horns  of  a  dilemma,  for  they  must 
either  confess  an  ignorance,  that  makes  them 
appear  as  so  many  idiots,  or  admit  a  cautious, 
though  none  the  less  criminal,  complicity  in 
the  McNamara  murders. 

That  of  the  two  positions  they  are  less  re- 
luctant to  be  thought  criminal  than  imbecile 
is  seen  in  the  virtual  indorsement  of  the 
McNamaras'  murders  by  classifying  them  as 
"social  crimes."  Society,  they  declared,  is 
responsible  for  such  offenses,  because  it  does 
not  remedy  the  conditions  which  give  rise  to 
them. 

Jumping  Jeosophat,  but  there 's  an  argu- 
ment that  makes  the  apologies  of  Machiavelli 
look  like  a  schoolboy's  excuses  for  being  late. 
It's  an  old  saying,  but  it  ean  be  commended 
to  these  union  leaders,  that  before  a  man 
decides  that  Nature  intended  him  for  a  rogue 
he  should  first  inquire  whether  she  did  not 
really  fit  him  for  a  fool.  Are  these  men 
criminally  insane  or  insanely  criminal?  It's 
a  nice  point,  and  I  don't  like  to  be  dogmatic 
in  my  choice,  which  is  that  they  are  a  good 
deal  of  both. 

"Social  crimes!"  "Why,  society  hasn't  got 
a  body  to  be  kicked  nor  a  soul  to  be  damned, 
and  to  hold  it  responsible  for  the  crimes  of 
individuals  is  to  abolish  all  law  and  order 
and  equity,  and  hand  the  country  over  to 
thieves,  cut-throats,  incendiaries,  dynamitards 
and  labor  federation  leaders. 

Society,  apart  from  the  individuals  who 
compose  it,  has  no  existence.  It  is  a  con- 
ception, and  not  a  thing  of  corporate  reality. 
It  neither  eats,  drinks,  sleeps  or  thinks.  Met- 
aphorically, it  is  said  to  do  or  refrain  from 
doing  things,  but  actually  those  things  are 
done  or  left  undone  by  individuals.  It  may 
be  said  to  sanction  tacitly  a  number  of  things, 
but  when  it  comes  to  the  actual  doing,  respon- 
sibility falls  upon  some  individ- 
ual or  set  of  individuals. 

Is  society  to  become  the  new 
fiction  or  superstition,  absolving 
individuals  of  their  crimes,  as 
they  were  formerly  in  civilized, 
and  are  still  in  uncivilized  coun- 
tries, absolved  in  the  name  of  a 
mistaken  conception  of  religion? 
Individual  responsibility  is  the 
foundation  of  civilization,  and 
whatever  tends  to  undermine  it 
is  heading  for  anarchy,  on  its 
way  to   barbarism. 

Society  can  act  only  through 
individuals,  and  if  these  latter 
cannot  be  brought  to  book,  the 
whole  social  structure  collapses 
like  a  house  of  cards,  since  there 
ean  be  no  longer  "any  order,  in- 
dividual or  social.  But  when  lun- 
atics and  knaves,  who  would  sanc- 
tify the  assassin,  fail  to  conceal 
their  arrant  hypocrisy.  They 
want  one  law  coming  and  another 
going.  The  men  against  whom 
they  direct  their  bombs  are  held 
sufficiently  responsible  to  warrant 
their  murder,  but  the  men  who 
do  the  work  of  the  assassin  are' 
merely  perpetrating  a  '  ■  social 
crime,"  for  which  they  should 
not  be  punished.  If  there  is  no 
such  thing  as  personal  respons- 
ibility, then  the  men  against 
whom  the  bombs  are  directed  are 
merely  guilty  of  "social  crimes." 
But  why  look  for  logic  from 
a  bunch  of  crooks,  whose  con- 
sternation at  being  caught  with 
the  goods  has  put  to  flight  the 
little  reasoning  capacity  they  ever 
possessed.     Their  unfortunate  and 


even  disastrous  leadership  is  a  phase  through 
which  the  labor  movement  must  pass.  Like 
the  monkey,  the  higher  they  climb  the  pole, 
the  more  they  expose  their  intelligence,  and 
in  this  latest  exposure  of  their  criminal  in- 
sanity and  insane  criminality  they  are  like 
to  cause  the  workers  to  realize  that  good 
leaders  are  not  necessarily  made  of  men 
whose  first  qualification  is  failure  as  journey- 
men, whose  second  is  a  gift  of  the  gab,  culti- 
vated in  hours  when  unable  to  find  more  useful 
employment,  and  whose  third  is  a  preference 
for  graft  and  assassination  to  the  tactics  of 
honest  organizers. 

"Social  crimes!"  Bah,  the  only  social 
crime  I  know  is  that  which  allows  such  men 
a  liberty  denied  their  comrades  in  San  Quen- 
tin.  Ii  that  theory  is  allowed  to  stand,  then 
all  a  murderer  would  have  to  do  to  escape 
the  gallows  would  be  to  include  half  a  dozen 
others  along  with  his  intended  victim  and 
plead  that  he  was  only  committing  a  "social 
crime. ' ' 


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IN  THE  JUSTICES'  COURT  OF  THE  CITY  AND 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  City 
Hall. 

"W.  F.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  A.  SHAPIRO,  De- 
fendant.— Action  No.  47,521. 

Action  brought  in  the  Justices'  Court,  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  complaint  filed  in 
the  office  of  Clerk  of  said  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  to  A. 
SHAPIRO,    Defendant,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above  named  plaintiff,  in 
the  Justices'  Court  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  and  to  answer  to  the  complaint  filed  there- 
in; with  in  five  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  ser- 
vice) after  the  service  on  you  of  these  summons,  if 
served  within  this  county,  otherwise  within  twenty 
days. 

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

This  action  has  been  assigned,  and  you  are  directed 
to  appear  before  A.  B.  TREADWELL,  Esq.,  one  of 
the  Justices  of  said  Court,  at  his  office.  Grant  Build- 
ing, Seventh  and  Market  Streets,  in  said  City  and 
County. 

Make  legal  service  and  due  return  hereon:  By 
order  of  the  Presiding  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

Given  under  mv  hand  this  22nd  day  of  March, 
1912. 

ROBERT  "W.  DENNIS,  Justices'   Clerk, 
by  WM.  H.   CAMPBELL,   Deputy  Clerk. 

JOSEPH  KIRK,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff,  RoomB  of 
the  Board  of  Trade,   San  Francisco. 


Saturday,  November  23,  1912] 


-THE  WASP- 


old  Maid's 
diary  .• 


OODNESS    MK'     There's    so  many   things  to 
r  W      occupy  your  attention  I  don't  have  u  min- 

■  V  1  nit?  in  myself,  homebody  is  running  in 
u-SsU  every  day  or  ringing  mo  to  go  and  Bee  a 
rehearsal  of  the  society  circus  or  the 
"Coupon  Mouser."  I  haven't  been  able  to  study  a 
line  of  my  French  exercises.  I'm  afraid  the  Lan- 
guage Section  of  our  Ethical  Effort  Society  will  ex- 
pel me,  they're  studying  like  anything  since  it  came 
out  in  the  newspapers  the  Cap  and  Bells  Club  has 
made  up  its  mind  to  talk  French  with  the  Parisian 
accent.  Mrs.  Trotter,  who  belongs  to  the  club,  says 
wonderful  progress  has  been  made  already.  In 
hundreds  of  the  very  best  homes  in  the  Mission  and 
the  Western  Addition  you  can  hear  them  say  "Passez 
moi  la  mush,  monsieur,'  or  "Voulez  vou  le  liver 
and  bacon  mamselle  f '  just  like  you  were  listening 
to  the  breakfast  talk  of  Sarah  Bernhardt.  Dear  mel 
I  must  brush  up  on  my  French  studies  or  I'll  soon 
look   like  a  perfect  dunce. 

Mrs.  Trotter  has  been  round  the  markets  already 
and  she  says  turkeys  are  going  to  be  so  cheap  this 
year.  But,  land's  sake!  that's  what  they  say  every 
year,  and  when  it  comes  on  to  Thanksgiving,  you'd 
think  'twas  a  flock  of  ostriches  in  full  feather 
you'd  bought  when  you  get  the  bill.  Even  one  of 
them  little  measley  cold  storage  birds  is  almost  as 
dear  as  an  ox.     Myl     It's  dreadfull 

Last  Thanksgiving  I  put  a  limit  of  $1.75  on  the 
turkey  when  I  ordered  it  by  phone.  Land's  sake! 
When  the  bird  came  home  my  Japanese  boy,  Maki- 
hashi  asked  me  if  I  thought  one  sparrow  would  be 
enough  for  my  six  guests.  If  I  thought  I  could  get 
another  boy  as  cheap  as  him  I'd  have  given  him 
his  walking  papers.  Goodness  mel  it's  getting  so 
as  you  can't  hire  a  cook  at  all  if  you  don't  live 
stylishly. 

Mrs.   Trotter  says  that   the   extravagance   of  some 


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School  of  Dancing  of  New  York  City. 

Miss  White  has  just  returned  from  New  York 
and  will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy, 
National,  Classical  and  Folk  Dances.  New 
Ball  Room  Dances  for  this  season :  Tango, 
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people  in  the  next  block  to  her  is  frightful.  She's 
been  trying  lo  find  oat  their  names  and  what  they 
do.  The  garbage  man  told  her  ue  didn't  know,  but 
he  hadn't  emptied  the  barrel  for  any  family  that 
had  snch  high-toned  swill  since  Mr.  Sickly,  the  do- 
i-u  iinr.  ran  off  to  Mexico  with  half 
a    million    dollars. 

*  *      # 

.Mrs,  Trotter  had  her  last  thanksgiving  dinner  at 
Pro  home    In    Berkeley.      His    mo- 

ther in  law  made  I. mi  a  present  of  a  turkey.  file's 
the  widow  of  ;i  wealthy  sawdust  sausage  merchant. 
lie  made  such  Jt  lot  of  money,  Mrs.  Trotter  says. 
His  rivals  in  ilie  sausage  trade  used  brick  dust  al- 
together, but  that  waa  very  expensive  and  cut  down 
(heir  profits.  He  used  redwood  sawdust  instead.  11 
i;iivu  such  a  line  color  and  rich  flavor,  and  mixed 
so  well  with  the  lard  that  he  couldn't  make  enough 
■  if  them.  Goodness  mel  Mrs.  Trotter  says  one  of 
the  millionaires  of  tho  Pacific  Union  Club  ate  so 
many  of  them  lie  nearly  died  from  suasagitis,  though 
the  doctors  got  the  usual  fee  out  of  him  for  appendi- 
citis. But  the  sausage  merchant's  widow  is  awfully 
sting? I  The  cold  storage  turkey  she  sent  Professor 
SJiimpton  had  a  metal  tag  on  the  leg  that  the  Pro- 
fessor of  Egyptology  nt  Berkeley  said  was  a  revenue 
stamp  of  the  time  of  Pharaoh.  Oh,  myl  But 
(wasn't.  'Twas  only  a  bit  of  tinfoil  that  got  mixed 
up  with  the  turkeys  when  they  were  put  in  the  ice 
house  10  or  15  years  before  in  Kalamazoo.  Good- 
ness  me  i 

*  *      * 

I  have  a  notion  to  got  a  nice  leg  of  fresh  pork 
for  Thanksgiving.  Back  home  in  Massachusetts, 
when  I  was  a  girl,  we  always  had  such  lovely  pork 
in  toe  fall  of  the  year.  Oh,  dear,  how  well  I  re- 
member it.  Those  good  old  days.  Ah,  mel  Pop 
used  to  boss  the  job  of  hog-killing,  and  we  had  to 
hide  the  jug  ot  hard  cider  from  him.  He  said  he 
needed  something  to  brace  him  up,  he  was  naturally 
so  tender-hearted.  Mother  used  to  tell  him  'twas 
kind  of  curious  she'd  never  found  it  out  all  the 
years  she'd  lived  with  him.  One  time  when  we  hid 
the  jug  on  him,  it  got  mixed  up  with  the  sheep  dip, 
and  he  nearly  strangled  when  he  took  a  swig  of  it 
in  the  dark.  We  had  to  give  him  a  quart  of  grand- 
ma's rheumatic  lotion,  as  'twas  the  only  patent 
medicine  in  the  house.  Myl  what  a  time  we  had! 
There  was  no  living  in  the  same  house  with  him  for 
six  months  after.  That's  one  reason  I'm  for  local 
option,  and  prohibition  too.  And  anything  else,  1 
reckon, 

*  *      * 

I  went  with  Ethyl  Gayleigh  to  see  the  "Campus 
Mouser"  at  the  Valencia  Theater,  Everybody,  in- 
cluding Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  was  there,  and  when 
I  saw  her  taking  a  quiet  nap  in  the  box  I  took  one 
myself.  Ethyl  gave  me  a  dig  in  the  ribs  to  wake 
me  up  and  see  Austin  Sperry  as  Adonis,  and — my, 
but  he  looked  it.  Ethyl  is  crazy  about  him  and 
his  fine  singing,  but  she  says  she  would  be  twice 
as  crazy  if  he  didn't  look  so  well  pleased  with 
himself.  Goodness  me!  Can't  Enid  Gregg  dancel 
And  Willard  Barton  for  a  stout  young  man  is  so 
light  on  his  feet!  I  was  so  scared  Mrs.  MacDonald 
Spencer's  petticoat  would  come  off  I  almost  jumped 
up  to  give  her  a  pin.  Miss  Molly  Sidebotham  didn't 
look  a  bit  like  a  suffragette,  but  Ethyl  says  that's 
just  the  reason  she  dressed  up  in  riding  clothes. 
All  the  men  are  standing  on  their  heads  about  her, 
Ethyl  says.  Although  I  was  so  sleepy,  I  enjoyed 
the  show  very  much;  but,  lands  sake!  I  don't  think 
tho  orphans  that  'twas  got  up  for  will  buy  many 
turkeys  for  Christmas  when  all  the  bills  are  paid. 
Lands  sake  I  Ethyl  says  there  is  a  bushel  of  them, 
and  the  woman  that  got  up  the  charity  show  must 
get  half  of  the  gross  receipts  for  her  time  and 
trouble  making  star  actresses  out  of  our  society 
maids. 

Ethyl  says  that  she  and  Mrs.  Trotter  are  thinking 
about  getting  up  a  Kirmess  themselves  for  charity 
and  taking  seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  receipts.  My! 
What   a    mercenary   ideal 

Mrs.  Trotter  says  that  she  thinks  the  society 
circus  will  be  more  profitable,  as  no  promoter  is  get- 
ting a  big  slice  of  the  receipts.  I  hope  so  for  sweet 
charity's   sake — indeed   I   dol 

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[Saturday,  November  23,  1912 


NEWSPAPER  PROFITS. 


Appraisal  of  Pulitzer  and  Other  Estates  Brings 
Out  Striking  Figures. 

ONE  of  the  most  difficult  of  values  to  ap- 
praise is  that  of  the  good  will  of  a 
newspaper.  After  all  these  years  of 
buying  and  selling  of  publications,  and  the 
many  assessments  placed  on  the  estates  of  de- 
parted proprietors,  authorities  are  no  nearer 
an  agreement.  Joseph  Pulitzer,  who  died  more 
than  a  year  ago,  left  newspaper  property 
about  which  the  official  appraiser  is  still  in 
a  fog.  According  to  his  latest  estimate,  the 
total  value  will  be  between  $18,000,000  and 
$20,000,000.  Of  this  amount,  the  New  York 
World,  the  Evening  World,  and  the  St.  Louis 
Post-Dispatch  are  said  to  represent  less  than 
one-third. 

The  delay  is  attributed  to  the  difficulty  in 
getting  newspaper  owners  and  managers  to 
qualify  as  experts  in  the  valuation.  Melville 
E.  Stone,  general  manager  of  the  Associated 
Press,  has  been  the  principal  witness,  and  he 
is  understood  to  have  testified  that  average 
earnings  over  a  period  of  years  capitalized  at 
15  per  cent  furnish  a  fair  basis  for  assessing 
the  good-will  of  a  newspaper. 

The  New  York  Sun  Printing  and  Publish- 
ing Association,  of  which  William  M.  Laffan 
was  the  principal  owner,  was  appraised  in 
making  up  the  value  of  his  estate.  The  as- 
sociation's properties,  the  New  York  Sun,  the 
Evening  Sun,  and  the  Laffan  News  Bureau, 
were  appraised  at  $2,415,000.  Laffan 's  estate 
was  $1,745,000. 

The  appraisal  of  the  Sun  showed  that,  like 
the  World,  the  paper  lost  money  in  1908.  In 
that  year  the  Sun  lost  $81,000.  In  1909,  the 
year  before  Laffan  died,  the  profits  were  $19,- 
026.  The  average  yearly  profits  during  the 
years  of  Laffan 's  management  were  $96,695. 

The  income  of  the  New  York  Evening  Jour- 


nal for  the  year  1910  came  out  in  the  ap- 
praisal of  the  estate  of  T.  T.  Williams.  In 
this  estate,  for  which  Clarence  J.  Shearn,  per- 
sonal counsel  for  William  Randolph  Hearst, 
was  attorney,  there  was  filed  a  memorandum 
in  Hearst's  handwriting: 

"Five  per  cent   of   $154,785— $7,739.25. 

"Total  net  profits  less  all  deductions,  $454,- 
785;  5  per  cent  of  all  profits  above  $300,000." 

The  report  of  the  Transfer  Tax  Appraiser 
showed  that  Hearst  paid  the  $7,739.25  men- 
tioned in  this  agreement. 

As  the  San  Francisco  Examiner  is  generally 
admitted  to  be  Hearst's  most  profitable  pub- 
lication, these  figures  concerning  the  New 
York  Evening  Journal  give  us  some  insight 
into  the  returns  of  the  local  daily  to  its  pro- 
prietor. The  figures  are  also  interesting  as 
showing  the  headway  made  by  T.  T.  Williams, 
who  will  be  remembered  as  Tom  Williams, 
the  San  Francisco  police  court  reporter  who 
subsequently  became  business  manager  of  the 
Examiner,  and  under  whose  administration 
that  paper  scored  its  first  dividend. 

Peter  Fenelon  Collier,  the  publisher  of  Col- 
lier's Weekly,  died  September  13,  1909,  leav- 
ing an  estate  of  $2,697,826.18,  and  the  good 
will  of  the  paper  was  appraised  at  $706,806.10, 
which  represented  a  capitalization  on  a  20 
per  cent  basis  of  the  average  profits  for  three 
years  preceding   Mr.   Collier's   death. 

From  all  of  which  figures  we  may  draw  the 
conclusion  that  there  are  still  big  profits  to 
be  made  in  the  newspaper  business,  and  it  is 
well  that  the  public  should  be  kept  in  mind 
of  the  fact  that  these  so-called  public  insti- 
tutions and  allegedly  magnanimous  educators 
of  public  opinion  are  instruments  of  private 
profit.  Private  profit  is  no  sin,  but  it  has  no 
special  sanctity  when  made  per  medium  of 
a  newspaper  professing  a  disinterested  guid- 
ance of  public  opinion. 


PANAMA    CANAL    CONSTRUCTION. 
Showing  solid  character  of  work  on  the  locks  of  the  great  interoceanic  waterway. 


MUSIC  AND  MATERIALISM. 

HAWIES  and  others  have  talked  learnedly 
and  sometimes  amusingly  on  the  rela- 
tion of  morals  and  music,  but  it  has 
been  reserved  for  Francis  Grierson  to  develop 
the  theory  that  music  may  work  a  cure  for 
the  evils  of  materialism  with  which  this 
commercial  age  is  alleged  to  be  so  unfortun- 
ately overweighted.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
there  never  was  in  all  history  a  period  in 
which  idealism  was  more  prevalent  than  the 
present,  as  might  easily  be  proven.  But 
letting  that  pass,  and  for  the  moment  con- 
ceding that  materialism  is  dominant,  it  is 
interesting  to  read  of  a  remedy  so  pleasant 
to  take  as  that  of  melody.  In  an  article  on 
"The  Soul's  New  Refuge,"  Grierson  says: 
"Music,  in  our  day,  has  become  for  many 
thousands  of  people  a  refuge  against  the  on- 
slaughts and  delusions  of  materialism.  So- 
ciety having  become  chaotic,  people  will  be 
more  and  more  attracted  to  the  harmony 
created  by  rythmic  sounds." 

It  is  a  pleasing  theory,  that  of  reforming 
humanity  by  means  of  music  instead  of  the 
noisily  advocated  nostrums  of  the  blatant 
politician,  but  it  would  be  well  to  consider 
to  what  extent  the  growth  of  musical  appre- 
ciation represents  not  the  development  of  a 
cure  for  materialism,  but  the  demand  for  a 
palliative  for  our  own  machine-made  non- 
chalance and  jaded  nerves.  Not  a  few  of 
life  5s  blesings  would  never  have  arisen  but 
for  the  evils,  real  or  imaginary,  which  stim- 
ulated the  invention  to  their  development. 
An  infinite  deal  of  nonsense  is  talked  about 
our  rank  materialism  and  the  ravages  of  in- 
dustrialism, but  for  those  who  suffer  from 
over-reflection  upon  them  the  Grierson  rem- 
edy is  an  excellent  suggestion.  If  adopted, 
we  may  some  day  have  the  strident  voice  of 
the  political  orator  softened  by  a  suitable 
orchestral  accompaniment.  Does  it  strain 
the  imagination  too  much  to  picture  the  mus- 
ical posibilities  of  a  Henry  Hadley  conducting 
an  orchestral  setting  to  a  political  fugue  by 
Hiram    Johnson? 

♦ 

THE  NEW  JUSTICE. 

Labor  Federation  leaders  at  the  Rochester 
convention  decided  that  society  was  respon- 
sible for  such  murders  as  those  committed  by 
the  McNamaras,  and  that  they  were  "social 
crimes." 

The  sins  you  do  by  two  and  two 

You  must  pay  for  one  by  one, 
But  you'll  save  your  skin  if  you  prove  the  sin 
The  union  cause  was  committed  in — 

It  will  then  be   "nobly  done." 

No   need  to  fear  a  sentence  here 

Of  gallows,  or  chair,  or  time. 
If  you  only  slay  in  a  wholesale  way 
In    the    union    cause,    wnose    leaders    say: 

xhat  is  only  a  social  crime. 


EXCURSIONS     TO     PANAMA. 

COLONEL  GOETHALS,  under  whose  direc- 
tion  the  Panama  Canal  has  been   con- 
structed with   such   marvelous   rapidity 
and  success,  is  expecting  a  great  rush  of  visit- 


Saturday,  November  23,  1012] 


-THE  WASP' 


15 


ors  from  all  part  of  the 
world,  and  is  making  elab- 
orate preparations  for  their 
reception   at   Panama. 

Everybody  who  has  vis- 
ited Panama  so  far  has 
(..I'm  inihl  in  praise  of  the 
courteous  treatment  accord- 
ed visitors  desirous  of  see- 
ing the  big  ditch.  Colonel 
Goethals  is  not  satisfied 
with  the  arrangements  that 
have  hitherto  sufficed  for 
the  reception,  of  tourists. 
The  force  of  guides  is  to  be 
increased  and  the  sight-see- 
ing cars  which  take  the 
tourists  alung  the  gigantic 
works  are  also  to  be  made 
more  numerous.  Special 
quarters  are  being  assigned 
for  the  reception  of  the 
army  of  tourists  which  is 
expected  to  reach  Panama 
in  the  next  few  months. 
Colonel  Goethals  has  had 
such  experience  in  prepar- 
ing accommodations  for 
large  bodies  of  people  that 
it  is  not  anticipated  that 
he  will  have  the  slightest 
difficulty  in  receiving  and 
entertaining  the  host  of  sight-seers  that  are 
preparing  to  descend  upon  him, 

A  number  of  prominent  people  intend  to 
take  passage  on  the  Hamburg-American  Com- 
pany's splendid  cruising  steamer  "Kronprin- 
zessin  Cecilie, "  the  largest  steamer  ever  dis- 
patched from  a  Southern  port  to  the  Canal 
Zone.  She  will  leave  New  Orleans  on  Janu- 
ary 23rd,  and  again  on  February  10th,  on  two 
16-day  trips.  The  trip  will  allow  a  few  days 
for  sight-seeing  on  the  Isthmus  and  also  in 
Cuba  and  Jamaica. 

A  special  train  de  luxe  will  leave  San  Fran- 
cisco on  January  19th  and  February  6th,  1913, 
to  connect  with  the  above  cruises,  which  have 
been  specially  planned  for  residents  of  the 
Pacific  Coast. 

+ 

THAT  WEARY  GEARY  LINE. 

CHAIRMAN  ALEX  VOGELSANG,  of  the 
Public  Utilities  Committee,  says  there 
will  be  cars  running  on  Geary  street 
by  the  middle  of  next  month.  That  may  be 
a  little  too  Vogelsanguine,  but  at  any  rate, 
the  present  controlling  committee  is  entitled 
to  the  credit  of  having  done  a  great  deal 
better  than  the  MeCarthy-Tveitmoe  adminis- 
tration, which,  as  a  matter  of  political  policy, 
was  ever  so  much  more  interested  in  the  suc- 
cess of  the  municipal  venture.  We  now  have 
at  least  some  idea  of  where  the  line  will  begin 
and  end,  and  along  what  streets  the  cars  will 
run.  Under  the  management  of  that  marvell- 
ous engineer,  Mr.  Casey,  we  could  never  go 
to  bed  two  nights  in  succession  with  the 
same  plan  as  to  where  the  cars  were  going. 
Casey    got    as    far    as    the    building    of    two 


SIGHT-SEERS   IN   THE    BIG   DITCH 

This  tourist  train  will  shortly  make  its  last  trip  along  the  bed  of  the  Panama  Canal,  as  the  rails  will  be  torn  up  preparatory 

to  flooding. 


blocks,  when  he  lost  all  knowledge  of  the 
compass  and  didn't  know  whether  his  line 
was  heading  north,  east,  south  or  west.  So 
many  and  so  strong  were  the  various  conflict- 
ing political  pulls,  which  Casey  sought  to 
please,  he  had  the  map  of  the  line  looking 
like  the  ink  trail  of  an  inebriated  spider.  He 
was  so  up  in  the  air  that  up  in  the  air  was 
about  the  only  direction  in  which  he  had  not 
figured  running  his  line — and  he  might  have 
done  that  had  there  been  a  political  pull  in 
that  direction. 

♦ 

DEGRADING  THE  JUDICIARY. 

AN  INTERESTING  commentary  on  the 
pernicious  system,  which  sets  a  capac- 
ity for  soap  box  oratory  and  election- 
eering dodges  above  a  sound  knowledges  of 
the  law  in  the  selection  of  judges,  was  fur- 
nished during  the  recent  campaign.  One  of 
the  candidates  for  the  superior  bench  in  his 
anxiety  to  rake  up  every  possible  vote,  hit 
upon  the  idea  of  cajoling  the  inmates  of  the 
Almshouse  by  giving  them  a  vaudeville  en- 
tertainment. These  unfortunate  derelicts, 
though  a  charge  upon  the  taxpayers,  have  a 
voice  in  all  elections,  whether  for  the  office 
of  a  judge  or  the  imposing  of  additional 
burdens  upon  the  community  in  the  form  of 
bond  proposals.  That  is  absurd  enough,  but 
it  remained  for  this  candidate  to  crown  the 
absurdity  in  soliciting  their  support  by  means 
of  a  troup  of  entertainers,  recruited  from  the 
Barbary  Coast,  with  the  pugilistic  owner  of  a 
notorious  resort  figuring  in  the  role  of  im- 
presario. Whatever  the  effect  upon  the  in- 
mates  of  the   institution,  it  was  fortunately 


unfortunate  for  the  candidate  that  the  nurses 
recognized  among  the  female  performers,  two, 
who  had  been  recently  under  municipal  med- 
ical treatment.  The  nurses  present  were 
duly  impressed,  but  not  quite  in  the  manner 
desired  by  the  aspirant  for  judiciary  honors. 
Incidentally,  it  might  be  mentioned  that  that 
particular  candidate  was  defeated;  but  is  it 
not  a  crime  in  the  name  of  Justice  that  such 
methods  are  possible  in  the  selection  of  judg- 
es? Would  it  not  be  far  better  to  have  the 
judges  so  appointed  that  proficiency  in  the 
law  and  uprightness  of  character  would  count 
for  more  than  an  aptitude  for  tactics  which 
argue,  if  anything,  an  absence  of  the  judicial 
faculty  ? 

+ 

BOSS     FLINN '  S     PROPHECY. 

Boss  Flinn  of  Pittsburg  predicts  that  there 
will  soon  be  but  two  political  parties  in  this 
country,  the  radical  and  the  conservative  par- 
ties. That  was  really  the  issue  at  the  recent 
election,  and  the  result  showed  that  out  of, 
in  round  numbers,  15,000,000  votes  the  Roose- 
velt or  radical  party  could  only  poll  4,000,000. 
Flinn 's  statement  that  the  party  had  only 
three  months  in  which  to  register  that  4,000,- 
000  is  the  merest  bunkum.  Roosevelt  has 
been  campaigning  ever  sice  the  day  when  he 
decided  to  go  back  on  Taft,  and  that  was 
ever  so  much  earlier  than  the  open  announce- 
ment of  his  disloyalty.  If  there  is  one  man 
who  can  talk  about  a  campaign  of  a  few 
months  it  is  President-elect  Wilson,  and  Wil- 
son won  not  because  he  was  a  Democrat,  but 
because  he  voiced  the  national  demand  for  a 
safe,  sane  and  conservative  administration. 


16 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  November  23,  1912 


AND     M 


CLARK   ASHTON   SMITH. 


Calif  ornia  Boy-Poet,  Whose  Muse  Gives  Prom- 
ise of  Masterpieces  of  Melody. 

THAT  the  hand  of  the  press  agent  dealt 
niost  unkindly  with  Clark  Ashton 
Smith,  the  juvenile  bard  of  Auburn, 
when  booming  him  as  a  new  Byron,  and  re- 
incarnated Keats  in  the  dailies  some  months 
ago,  is  evidenced  by  "The  Star-Treader  and 
Other  Poems,"  published  by  A.  M.  Robertson 
of  this  city.  Speaking  for  himself  in  book 
form,  Smith  is  infinitely  more  eloquent  than 
those  who  introduced  him  in  a  manner,  which, 
however  fitting  for  a  new  vaudeville  perform- 
er or  a  new  line  of  liver  pill,  was  in  the 
worst  possible  taste  for  a  poet,  or  rather  one 
who  will  be  a  poet  when  the  years  have  added 
a  message  to  his  melodic  felicity.  The  boy 
was  not  to  blame.  He  shrank  nervously  from 
the  ordeal  of  hearing  his  verses  read  by  a 
press  agent  to  busy  city  editors,  who  had  to 
interrupt  the  readings  every  few  minutes 
with  talks  over  the  telephone  to  hotel  or  po- 
lice reporters.  If  later  on,  he  seemed  to 
endure  and  even  like  it,  that  was  only  an- 
other crime  on  the  shoulders  of  his  self-ad- 
vertising discoverer.  However,  it  is  pleasant 
to  be  able  to  say  that  the  writer  of  this  vol- 
ume has  a  poetic  quality,  proof  against  even 
the  absurd  encomiums  and  grotesque  compar- 
isons, with  which  he  made  his  unfortunate 
bow. 

The  remarkable  feature  of  the  verse  of 
Clark  Ashton  Smith  is  that  while  it  recalls 
the  mannerisms  of  various  poets,  it  has  yet 
a  native  daring  and  distinctiveness  marking 
an  original  outlook  on  the  problems  of  man 
and  the  mysteries  of  nature.  Above  all,  he 
is  singularly  free  of  the  literary  vice  of  the 
age,  that  of  subordinating  everything  to  the 
startling  phrase,  or  striking  simile.  The  put- 
ting of  words  together  that  have  never  been 
introduced  to  each  other  is  a  mechanical  ac- 
complishment in  which  so  many  are  profic- 
ient. It  is  of  value  only  in  advertisements, 
political  and  other  articles,  calling  more  for 
the  sensational  than  the  literary.  Occasion- 
ally, as  in  "Nero,"  Smith  vexes  with  ((the 
eyeballs  of  posterity"  and  other  bizzare  ex- 
pressions, and  there  is  a  tendency  to  over- 
work such  words  as  "gyre,"  but  in  the 
main,  his  blemishes  are  insignificant. 

As  the  first  exercises  of  a  youth,  as  yet 
innocent  of  the  master  passion,  still  looking 
"with  wonder's  wide  and  startled  eye  at 
common  things  of  life  and  day,"  and  minus 
the  message  of  the  poetical  interpreter,  they 
are  laden  with  richest  promise.  When  the 
breath  of  Eros  shall  have  touched  his  lyre, 
and  when  inspiration  shall  have  given  him 
some  central  theory  for  his  wonderings,  then 
will  come  the  melodies  that  may  warrant  the 
most   daring  comparisons. 

Meanwhile,  and  dropping  into  the  key  of 
those  who  foolishly  wrote  of  him  as  though 
he  were  the  author  of  a  best-seller  and  not 
of  genuine  poetry,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  all 
who  would  come  in  on  the  ground  floor  of  a 
great  poet  should  buy  this  neatly  printed 
volume  of  exquisite  verse.  If  you  have  any 
doubt,  read  these  lines  from  a  boy  of  eighteen: 

Nirvana. 

Poised  as   a   god,   whose  lone,    detached  post, 
An    eyrie,    pends    between    the    boundary-marks 
Of  finite  years,  and  those  unvaried  darks 

That  veil  Eternity,  I  saw  the  host 

Of  worlds    and    suns,    swept    from    the    furthermost 
Of  night — confusion    as   of   dust  with   sparks — 
Whirl  tow'rd  the  opposing  bank;  as  one  who  harks 

Some   warning   trumpet,    Time,    a   withered   ghost, 

Fled  with  them;   disunited  orbs   that  late 


MISS   MARY   FAIRBROTHER 

Women's   Club   lecturer,   who   is   known   as   an 
aggressive  Intellectual. 

Were   atoms   of  the   universal   frame, 
They   passed   to    some    eternal    fragment   heap. 
And,  lo,  the  gods  from  space  discorporate, 
Who  were  its  life  and  vital  spirit,  came, 
Drawn    outward   by   the   vampire-lips   of    Sleep  1 

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The  Man  Who  Came  Back. 

WHEN  John  Fleming  Wilson  wrote  ' ' The 
Land  Claimers"  he  gave  the  impres- 
sion of  a  man  with  a  good  story  of 
some  personal  acquaintances,  who  lived  in  a 
district  with  which  he  was  very  familiar.  That 
was  certainly  a  high  standard  for  a  first  full- 
length  romance,  and  if  he  fails  to  maintain  it 
in  "The  Man  Who  Came  Cack"  it  is  because 
he  has  mistaken  the  market  for  his  wares. 
Hopeless  as  a  novel,  "The  Man  Who  Came 
Back"  would  have  made  an  excellent  sketch 
for  a  moving  picture  melodrama.  If  the  char- 
acters are  unreal  they  do  interesting  things, 
and  the  hero  travels  half  way  around  the 
world  and  back.  From  affluence  he  sinks  to 
deepest  degradation,  and  by  a  magical  influ- 
ence turns  on  his  tracks,  nor  stays  until  he 
returns  in  financial  triumph  to  claim  the  pa- 
tient heroine  whom  he  deserted  in  the  open- 
ing chapter.  Add  to  this  the  capitulation  of 
a  stern  parent,  and  what  more  could  be  asked 
for  by  patrons  of  the  nickelodeon. 

Briefly,  it  is  an  American  version  of  the 
Prodigal  Son  story,  the  difference  being  that 
the  Prodigal  makes  sure  of  the  fatted  calf  by 
having  sufficient  money  to  pay  for  it  if  the 
old  man  fails  to  come  through.  A  Pittsburg 
millionaire,  to  stay  his  son 's  marriage,  gives 
the  youth  a  bribe  of  $10,000.  Instead  of 
cashing  the  check  and  making  off  with  the 
girl,  the  youth  goes  steadily  via  San  Francisco 
and  Honolulu  to  the  dogs  in  Metter  alley, 
Shanghai.  Here  he  meets  his  "good  influ- 
ence," a  woman  who,  though  herself  a  wreck, 
would  save  him.  Out  of  seemingly  hopeless 
material  she  evolves  sufficient  of  a  man  to 
start  him  back  on  the  road  to  home.  The 
first  quarter  of  a  mile  costs  him  a  big  strug- 
gle, but  that  over,  and  his  pace  keeps  on  in- 
creasing until  with  breakneck  speed  he  ar- 
rives at  the  paternal  doorstep,  having  inci- 
dentally discovered  and  married  the  girl  he 
originally  deserted.  Being  able  to  pay  back 
the  bribe,  his  father  promptly  forgives  him. 
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MISS  MARY  FAIEBROTHER,  one  of  the 
most  widely  read  and  systematic  think- 
ers on  economic  and  social  subjects, 
addressed  the  Woman's  Political  League  on 
the  subject  of  sociology.  An  opponent  of 
socialism,  Miss  Fairbrother  has  little  faith 
in  the  theory  that  whenever  an  evil  is  dis- 
covered the  first  thing  to  be  done  is  to  rush 
off  and  get  an  act  of  Congress,  or  of  the  Leg- 
islature, or  failing  that  a  charter  amendment, 
in  order  to  cure  it.  She  does  not  believe  that 
there  is  any  one  or  any  number  of  political 
pills  equal  to  the  cure  of  all  the  ills  that  flesh 
is  heir  to,  but  she  is  convinced  of  nothing  so 
much  as  that  when  the  political  doctor  claims 
too  much  for  his  social  specific  he  can  be  set 
down  as  a  quack.  As  opposed  to  those  who 
are  obsessed  by  the  fallacy  that  mankind  can 
be  regenerated  by  statute  law  and  as  a  mass 
on  the  wholesale  principle,  she  can  see  noth- 
ing more  hopeful  for  humanity  than  its  re- 
formation through  the  reformation  of  its  in- 
dividuals. You  cannot  have  a  reformed  mul- 
titude made  up  of  unreformed  individuals.  It 
may  not  be  a  very  alluring  prospect  to  those 
misguided  humanitarians  whose  impatience  for 
the  millennium  calls  for  an  immediate  social 
revolution  as  against  the  only  possible  allevi- 
ation by  means  of  social  evolution,  but  it  is 
common  sense  and  sound  social  science. 

Miss  Fairbrother  holds  that  more  important 
than  the  passing  of  bills  through  the  Legis- 
lature is  the  exercise  by  the  individual  of  un- 
qualified justice,  kindness  and  mercy  to  each 
other  member  of  society  with  whom  that  in- 
dividual comes  in  contact  day  by  day.  With 
the  founder  of  Christianity,  so  often  and  so 
fallaciously  claimed  as  a  socialist,  she  is  of 
those  uncompromising  individualists  who  hold 
that  there  is  no  social  salvation  other  that  that 
wrought  by  the  rebirth  in  love  and  truth  of 
the  individuals  of  society.  Take  care  of  your- 
self and  help  others  to  help  themselves,  and 
society  can  take  care  of  itself.  History  has 
no  record  of  a  nation  suddenly  transformed 
by  enactments  or  any  other  means  ,  but  it 
teems  with  instances  of  regenerated  individ- 
uals to  a  sufficiency  of  whom  we  can  look  as 
the  only  possible  means  of  a  regenerated  so- 
ciety. A  scientist  mitigated  by  enthusiasm, 
elevated  by  imagination,  and  made  ever  inter- 
esting by  a  dash  of  satirical  humor,  Miss 
Fairbrother,  despite  a  charming  disrega/rd 
for  the  minor  conventions  of  manner,  is  one 
of  the  most  picturesque  figures  in  San  Fran- 
cisco women's  clubdom. 


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JAN  FBANCISCO  is  in  the  throes  of 
another  boycott.  As  you  go  along 
the  principal  street  you  see  the  fa- 
miliar sight  of  pickets  with  red  rib- 
bons pinned  tu  their  coats,  while  the  men 
march  up  and  down  before  the  boycotted  es- 
tablishments and  tell  the  public  not  to  patron- 
ize them. 

By  some  hocus-pocus  it  has  come  to  be  re- 
garded in  San  Francisco  as  a  lawful  proceed- 
ing fur  pickets  representing  a  labor  dispute 
to  plant  themselves  in  front  of  their  late  em- 
ployer's place  of  business  and  obstruct  the 
sidewalk.  Of  course,  legally  and  properly 
considered,  their  conduct  is  entirely  unlawful 
and  indefensible.  Any  judge  who  declares 
from  the  bench  that  it  is  lawful  for  a  picket 
to  stand  in  front  of  a  merchant's  store  day 
after  day  and  advise  customers  not  to  patron- 
ize them  is  either  weak  in  the  head  or  weak 
in  the  heart;  he  either  leans  toward  anarchy 
or  is  afraid  of  the  vote  of  the  mob. 

These  frequent  boycotts  in  Kan  Francisco 
are  a  very  bad  advertisement  for  the  city, 
and  they  certainly  make  it  more  difficult  for 
honest  citizens  to  earn  their  livelihood. 

In  trie  Labor  Trust's  Clutches. 

The  labor  trust  has  had  its  clutches  on  our 
city  for  many  years,  and  we  are  suffering 
therefrom  acutely.  Seldom  has  any  large  sea- 
port been  so  afflicted  by  lawless  labor  leaders 
as  has  ben  the  case  in  San  Francisco.  The 
climax  was  reached  last  year  when  Samuel 
Gompers,  the  head  of  the  American  Federa- 
tion of  Labor,  rode  at  the  head  of  the  Labor 
Day  procession,  his  special  escort  being  Sec- 
retary Tveitmoe  of  the  Building  Trades  Coun- 
cil, who  has  been  accused  at  the  Indianapolis 
trial  as  one  of  the  active  participants  in  the 
conspiracy  to  blow  up  the  Los  Angeles  Times. 

After  President  Gompers,  the  head  of  the 
labor   trust,    completed    his   triumphal   proces- 


sion through  the  streets  of  San  Francisco,  he 
proceeded  to  the  city  of  Oakland  and  there 
delivered  an  un-American  oration  at  which 
he  emphasized  his  hostility  to  the  flag  of  the 
nation  by  making  it  a  doormat.     The  picture 


GOMPERS    AT    OAKLAND 

He   used  the   Flag  as   a   doormat  after  the   Mc- 
Namara  procession  in  San   Francisco. 

of  Mr.  Gompers  standing  upon  the  stars  and 
stripes  has  been  reproduced  in  several  Amer- 
ican newspapers  and  magazines,  and  has  serv- 
ed to  convince  the  readers  of  those  publica- 
tions of  the  true  attitude  of  the  men  at  the 
head  of  the  American  Federaion  of  Labor. 
It  is  a  close  corporation,  Gompers  being  the 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital $4,000,000 

Surplus    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM.  ..  .Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE "Vice-President 

J.    FRIEDLANDER .Vice-President 

C.  F.  HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHDL ,.  ...Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.  H.  HIGH Assistant  Cashier 

,H.    CHOYNSKI Assistant    Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


president  for  over  twenty  years,  and  his  asso- 
ciate direct  ois  being  allies  in  the  emit  ml  of 
the  profitable  trust. 

Boycotting  Should  Stop. 
If  tue  business  men  of  San  Francisco  ex- 
pect their  city  to  advance  as  it  should,  with 
all  its  natural  advantages,  they  should  exert 
their  influence  to  drive  boycotters  from  the 
public  streets.  JNo  set  of  men,  no  matter  what 
their  dispute,  should  be  allowed  to  make  the 
highways  of  the  city  their  battleground.  Let 
them  orate  all  they  want  in  halls  or  vacant 
lots,  or  let  them  publish  what  they  please  in 
their  newspapers,  but  the  moment  they  plank 
themselves  in  front  of  any  man's  establish- 
ment and  make  themselves  a  nuisance  to  the 
general  public  they  should  be  jailed  for  ob- 
structing the  streets.  Ninety  days  with  hard 
labor  would  be  none  too  little  for  men  who 
have  so  little  sense  of  the  rights  of  their 
rellow-citizens  as  to  conduct  a  boycott  on  the 
sidewalks  of  crowded  thoroughfares  like  Mar- 
ket street,  Kearny  and  Montgomery  streets. 

The  Real  Question. 

In  most  of  these  labor  disputes  in  San  Fran- 
cisco the  question  is  not  one  of  hours  and, 
wages  as  much  as  the  question  whether  the 
labor  trust  shall  control  the  local  labor  mar- 
ket. For  several  years  the  labor  trust  has 
practically  controlled  the  labor  market  in  San 
Francisco.  The  effects  of  that  control  were 
stated  very  clearly  not  long  ago  when  Walter 
Drew,  the  head  of  the  National  Erectors'  As- 
sociation, appeared,  before  the  Senate  Judici- 
ary Committee  at  Washington  to  argue  the 
injunction  bill,  which  Gompers,  Tveitmoe,  P. 
H.  McCarthy  and  other  leaders  of  the  labor 
|trust  are  so  anxious  to  see  passed  by  Con- 
gress. Mr.  Drew  pointed  out  that  in  San 
Francisco,  under  absolute  closed-shop  domina- 
tion, it  cost  $4,370  to  buy  a  certain  type  of 


E.F.HUTT0N&C0. 


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boiler.  The  same  type  of  boiler  can  be  bought 
in  Camden,  N.  J.,  the  freight  paid  to  San 
Francisco,  and  there  delivered  for  $2,866.  It 
need  hardly  be  said  that  San  Francisco  has 
not  advanced  its  iron  industry  under  the  aus- 
pices of  Gompers,  Tveitmoe,  McCarthy  &  Co. 
The  iron  business  in  this  city  is  only  a  shadow 
of  what  it  was  in  former  years. 

The  statements  made  by  Mr.  Drew  in  Wash- 
ington have  been  copied  in  the  Eastern  maga- 
zines, and  every  well-informed  business  man 
in  America  knows  that  San  Francisco,  under 
closed-shop  rule,  has  lost  nearly  two-thirds  of 
her  manufacturing  industries  in  the  last  five 
years.  If  we  do  not  stop  the  boycott  and 
other  foolishness  we  will  lose  even  the  small 
fraction  of  home  industries  that  has  been  left 
to  us.  It  is  useless  for  us  to  close  our  eyes 
to  the  actual  condition  of  affairs  in  this  city. 
Eastern  trade  journals  publish  the  facts.  Ev- 
ery new-comer  who  arrives  in  Los  Angeles 
learns  the  information  that  if  he  wants  to 
erect  a  house  in  San  Francisco  it  will  cost 
him  a  great  deal  more  than  he  would  have  to 
expend  upon  a  similar  building  in  Los  Angeles. 

There  isn't  the  slightest  doubt  in  the  mind 
of  any  person  who  has  given  the  subject  the 
slightest  consideration  that  a  city  dominated 
by  closed-shop  conditions  cannot  compete  with 
other  cities  that  are  not  ruled  by  the  labor 
trust. 

The  Same  Old  Story. 

One  of  the  most  instructive  examples  of  the 
effect  of  the  labor  trust  in  San  Francisco  is 
the  delay  in  furnishing  streets  ears  for  the 
G-eary  street  railroad.  The  good  principle  of 
patronizing  home  industry  was  observed  in 
giving  the  contract  to  a  local  firm.  But  what 
is  the  result?  The  local  firm,  being  tied  hand 
and  foot  by  the  labor  trust,  has  delayed  the 
delivery  of  the  cars  so  long  and  so  often  that 
it  has  become  a  farce.  "Where  fifty  cars  should 
be   ready  for   delivery,  ten   are  not  yet   fin- 


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ished.  The  City  Engineer  has  figured  out  that 
at  the  present  rate  it  will  take  the  greater 
part  of  two  years  to  get  he  cars  out  of  the 
tardy  contractors'  shops.  San  Francisco  will 
never  attract  a  large  population  by  such  meth- 
ods, Tiie  local  labor  unions  of  the  great  na- 
tional labor  trust  have  done  a  great  deal  to 
drive  away  population  from  our  city.  Some 
of  them  have  closed  their  charters.  This 
means  that  no  more  mechanics  in  those  lines 
can  come  here  and  get  work.  There  may  be 
100  or  1,000  street  cars  to  build,  or  other 
work  to  be  done,  but  it  must  be  performed  by 
the  mechanics  that  have  lived  here  and  run 
the  unions.  Their  theory  is  that  San  Francis- 
co exists  for  the  benefit  of  the  unions,  and 
for  no  other  purpose.  San  Francisco  is  their 
oyster,  and  they  certainly  have  sliced  it  in 
fine  style. 

Should  Exert  Its  Influence. 
It  will  not  be  creditable  to  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  San  Francisco  if  it  permit  the 
labor  trust  to  continue  to  retard  the  progress 
of  our  city.  The  Chamber  of  Commerce  is  at 
present  a  very  powerful  body,  with  a  large 
membership.  Such  a  body,  representing  thou- 
sands of  business  firms,  should  be  able  to 
drive  boycotters  off  the  streets  and  make  the 
labor  trust  relax  its  grip  on  the  throat  of  San 
Franeiseo. 

The  Example  of  New  York. 

One  hears  it  said  frequently  in  San  Fran- 
cisco that  nothing  can  prevent  our  seaport 
from  becoming  the  great  center  of  commerce 
on  the  Pacific  Coast.  People  who  speak  in 
that  strain  do  not  stop  to  think  that  the 
greatest  seaport  in  the  world  cannot  afford 
to  be  careless  as  to  how  it  will  attract  and 
retain  commerce.  San  Francisco  undoubtedly 
has  many  advantages,  but  it  would  be  only 
ordinary  wisdom  to  make  the  most  of  those 
advantages,  and  not  the  least.  No  seaport 
can  afford  to  be  made  part  of  a  political  ma- 
chine, and  be  run  for  the  benefit  of  politi- 
cians in  preference  to  shippers. 

The  port  of  New  York  has  not  been  well 
managed.  New  York  is  a  nest  of  crooked 
politicians  who  thrive  on  graft.  One  of  the 
results  of  this  bad  management  of  the  port 
of  New  York  is  that  a  good  deal  of  shipping 
is  being  transferred  to  other  cities  on  the 
Atlantic  seaboard.  The  wheat  and  corn  ship- 
ments from  New  York  have  fallen  off  and 
have  increased  at  Philadelphia  and  Baltimore. 
Last  year  the  importations  of  coffee  decreased 
at  New  York  and  increased  at  Boston.  Sugar 
importations  at  New  York  have  also  shown 
a  falling  off  as  compared  with  other  seaports. 
The  Merchants'  Association  at  New  York  has 
become  convinced  that  measures  are  needed 
to  protect  its  commercial  and  trade  interests. 

If  so  powerful  a  metropolis  as  New  York 
must  defend  itself   or  lose  trade,   how  much 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  Is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


more  is  it  necessary  for  a  comparatively  young 
seaport  like  San  Francisco  to  guard  its  inter- 
ests closely! 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital    paid    up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus    and    Undivided   Profits $5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFICERS. 

Isaias   W.   Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,  Vice-Pres. 
F.  L.   Lipman,   Vice-Pres. 
James   K.   Wilson,   Vice-Pres. 
Frank  B.  King,   Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  L.  Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 
Isaias   W.   Hellman  I,  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph  Sloss  A.   Christeson 

Percy  T.  Morgan  Wm,  Haas 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  Hartland  Law 

Wm.   F.  Herrin  Henry    Rosenfeld 

John  C.  Kirkpatrick         James  L.  Flood 
J.  Henry  Meyer  Chas.  J.  Deering 

A.  H.  Payson  James    K.   Wilson 

F.  L.  Lipman 
ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Facilities 
SATE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.     Dept.    10. 

WILLIAM  R.  KENNY,  Plaintiff  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.     Action  No.    32943. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of, Defendants,   greeting:: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  &.  KENNY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  whut  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  Scatg  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
(100)  feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of  Arguello  Boule- 
vard with  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  fifty  (50) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one 
hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number   182. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estateB, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
23rd  day  of  October,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULOREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  9th  day  of 
November,  A.  D.  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
a  corporation,  526  California  Street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San  Francisco,   Cal. 


Saturday,  November  23,  1912] 


THE  WASP- 


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Spring  Valley  Prospects. 

On  the  25th  inst.,  at  Washington,  the  repre- 
sentatives of  San  Francisco  will  begin  a  hear- 
ing by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  and  will 
present  data  to  prove  that  the  Hetcfa  lletchy 
water  supply  is  necessary  for  San  Francisco. 
The  impression  prevails  in  financial  circles, 
and  amongst  engineers,  that  San  Francisco 
will  make  a  poor  showing.  The  Hetch  Hetchy 
project  has  been  scandalously  mismanaged  by 
the  San  Francisco  authorities.  It  has  been 
used  as  a  political  measure  instead  of  a  public 
business  matter.  Mayor  Rolph  and  his  eel- 
leagues  will  be  likely  to  realize  in  Washington 
how  badly  their  predecessors  handled  the 
Hetch  Hetchy  affair.  Several  times  at  the  re- 
quest of  the  San  Francisco  authorities  the 
bearing  at  Washington  was  postponed,  and  at 
last  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  grew  tired 
of  the  dilatory  tactics  of  former  City  Engineer 
Manson  and  his  official  associates,  and  ordered 
San  Francisco  to  be  ready  t--  present  its  plea 
on  the  25th  inst. 

The  tactical  mistake  has  been  made  of 
claiming  that  Hetch  Hetchy  is  indispensable 
to  San  Francisco.  The  Board  of  United  States 
Army  Engineers  who  investigated  the  matter 
will  probably  report  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Interior  that  the  Hetch  Hetchy  is  not  abso- 
lutey  necessary  to  San  Francisco.  There  are 
several  sources  of  supply  besides  Hetch  Hetchy 
available.  The  opposition  to  giving  San  Fran- 
cisco the  right  to  use  the  Hetch  Hetchy  water 
supply  is  very  powerful  in  the  Eastern  States, 
where  the  opponents  insist  that  the  public  do- 
main shall  not  be  invaded  and  one  of  the  fin- 
est valleys  in  the  "West  converted  into  a  reser- 
voir. The  irrigationists,  who  have  the  first 
right  to  the  waters  of  Hetch  Hetchy,  declare 
that  there  is  no  water  to  spare  after  they  have 
got  their  lawful  allowance. 


L.  P.  KERNER 


H.  W.  EISERT 


KERNER  &  EISERT 

REAL   ESTATE  AGENTS 

Selling,  Leasing,  Renting,  Collecting,  Insurance, 
Investments,  Loans  and  all  Branches  of  a  Gen- 
eral Real  Estate  Business  Carefully  Attended  to. 
We  are  Experts  with  Many  Years'  Experience. 
Full  Charge  Taken  of  Property 

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FOR  SALE 

At  a   Sacrifice 
FINE     COUNTRY     HOME     IN     FAIROAKS. 

Beautiful  Residence  completely  furnished. 
Grounds  in  high  state  of  cultivation.  Stable, 
Garage  and  Water  Pumping  System.  Eor  par- 
ticulars   apply 

A.  M.  ROSENSTIRIN 

323-24  Mills  Building. 
San   Francisco. 


It  will  surprise  many  well-informed  peo- 
ple if  Mayor  Rolph  and  the  numerous  city  offi- 
cials who  went  with  liim  to  Washington  to 
argue  the  Hetch  Hetchy  ease  next  Monday, 
obtain  a  favorable  decision. 

Pending  this  hearing  before  the  Secretary 
of  the  Interior,  Spring  Valley  stock  is  inactive 
on  the  San  Fraiurisi-o  Exchange.  It  is  neither 
bought  nor  sold  in  any  quantity.  If  San 
Francisco  should  lose  its  case  there  would 
probably  be  a  sharp  advance  in  Spring  Valley 
stock,  as  the  city  would  be  more  likely  to  buy 
out  the  Spring  Valley  Company,  and  the  lat- 
ter seems  determined  not  to  part  with  its  prop- 
erty for  a  cent  under  $40,000,000.  At  that 
price  Spring  Valley  stock  would  be  worth  over 
$70  a  share.  A  good  deal  of  it  is  held  in  ex- 
pectation of  that  price. 

A  Disappointment. 

The  failure  of  General  Petroleum  stock  to 
advance  on  publication  of  the  news  that  the 
company  had  absorbed  the  Union  Oil  Company 
was  a  disappointment  to  some  investors  who 
looked  for  a  sharp  advance.  It  had  been 
known  for  some  time  that  Eugene  de  Sabla 
and  Captain  John  Barneson  were  arranging 
the  financial  end  of  the  deal,  and  it  was  said 
that  Colgate,  the  soap  millionaire,  was  associ- 
ated with  them.  As  the  acquisition  of  the 
Union  Oil  gives  the  General  Petroleum  Com- 
pany many  great  advantages  in  the  profitable 
marketing  of  its  oil,  and  especially  the  crude 
product,  it  was  anticipated  that  a  rise  in  the 
value  of  the  stock  would  follow  the  news  that 
the  deal  had  been  consummated.  In  New  York 
$32  was  bid  and  $33.50  asked,  and  the  stock 
was  not  at  the  end  of  the  line.  One  never  can 
tell  what  a  stock  may  do. 

Keeps  Going  Ahead. 
Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  has  done  well  in 
the  past  year,  during  which  it  has  gained  near- 
ly 10,000  consumers.  On  December  31;  1911, 
it  had  102,198,  and  on  October  1st,  1912,  it 
had  111,906  consumers.  Extensive  develop- 
ment work  is  being  done  on  the  Bear  and  the 
Yuba  rivers  that  will  make  the  company's 
strong  position  even  more  commanding. 

Local  Stock  Market. 
A  Micawber-like  attitude  has  been  charac- 
teristic of  the  local  investors  during  the  week. 
They  all  seem  to  have  been  waiting  for  some- 
thing to  turn  up,  and  nothing  worth  mention- 
ing turned. 

THE  INVESTOR. 

♦ 

THE  DREAM  CHILD. 
It's  you  I  want,  with  your  eyes  so  blue; 
I  can  picture  your  face  in  the  firelight  hue. 
You're  tiny  and  dear,  all  laughter  and  cheer, 
And  my  heart's  fondest  fancy  when  evening 

draws  near. 
We  sit  in  my  arm-chair,  cosy  and  wide, 
And    Life's    one    glad    song    when    to    you    I 

confide 
Stories  of  fairies  and  knights,  wondrous  bold; 
Content  when,  sweet  dream  child,  my  love  you 
unfold. 

— Elsie  Clifford. 
San  Francisco,  Oct.,  1912. 

+ 

"When  you  sit  on  a  fellow  you  can't  very 
well  blame  him  for  acting  like  a  bent  pin. 


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At  the  Orpheuni. 

ETHEL  GREEN,  one  of  the  daintiest  and  most 
winsome  comediennes,  and  a  great  favorite  in 
this  city,  will  appear  next  week  as  a  nionolo- 
gist  and  singing  comedienne.  &he  sings  a  song  or 
two  and  tells  several  stories  with  a  naivete  which  is 
peculiarly  her  own,  and  firmly  establishes  her  in  the 
good   graces    of   her   audiences. 

Sydney  Ayres,  one  of  the  cleverest,  handsomest  and 
most  popular  of  romantic  actors,  will  appear  next 
week  only.  His  offering  will  consist  of  a  one-act 
play  of  his  own  authorship,  entitled  "A  Call  for  the 
Wild,"  the  action,  which  takes  place  in  Arizona,  af- 
fording ample  opportunity  for  picturesque  setting  ana 
costuming.  "A  Call  for  the  Wild"  is  a  comedy  dra- 
ma in  two  scenes  dealing  with  ranch  life.  Ayres  is 
supported  by  an  excellent  company,  which  includes 
Roy  Clements,  Myrtle  Langford  and  Rea  Mitchell. 

The  versatile  comedian,  Harry  Giuoil,  will  be  see:i 
in  his  greatest  hit,  "Baron  Sands."  George  Felix, 
the  Tom-Fopl  Comedian,  assisted  by  the  Barry  Girls, 
Emily  and  Gladys,  will  present  his  big  scream,  "The 
Boy  Next   Door." 

The  natural  independence  of  the  bulldog  makes  it 
one  of  the  hardest  animals  to  train.  Once,  however, 
his  teaching  is  accomplished  he  makes  the  best  ot 
canine  actors.  Al  Ray  no,  wiiose  fame  as  an  animal 
trainer  is  world-wide;  will  introduce  a  splendid  as- 
sortment of  bulldogs,  performing  a  variety  of  stunts. 
The  act  has  scored  a  great  hit  wherever  it  has  been 
presented — in  fact,  it  may  be  briefly  summed  up  as  a 
bully  one.  "A  Slide  for  Life"  and  "A  Football 
Game"  are  two  of  its  most  interesting  and  amusing 
features. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  James  J.  Morton, 
Schichtl's  Royal  Marionettes,  and  Jesse  Lasky's  pro- 
duction of   'California." 


"A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel." 

OPINIONS  differ  widely  as  to  the  dramatic  mer- 
its of  "A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel,"  a  melo- 
drama by  Hemmerde  and  Nielsen,  two  mem- 
bers of  the  British  House  of  Commons,  and  one  of 
them  a  King's  Counsel.  There  are  those  who  com- 
plain of  the  absence  of  any  genuinely  dramatic  situa- 
tions and  a  lack  of  lines  written  with  any  rhetorical 
force  or  epigrammatic  snap,  while  yet  others  see  in 
the  play  an  exceedingly  faithful  picture  of  a  cer 
tain  phase  of  English  political  and  social  life.  It  is 
largely  a  matter  of  taste.  Personally,  I  prefer  the 
subtle  delicacy  and  refined  humor  running  through 
the  story  to  the  brutally  obvious,  and  the  broadly 
farcical,  so  popular  with  a  certain  class  of  play- 
goers. I  think  the  secret  of  the  mysterious  letter 
is  skillfully  handled,  as  except  for  the  unobtrusive 
suspicions  of  the  maid  in  the  first  act  and  before  the 
epistle  has  come  to  light,  there  is  nothing  to  defi- 
nitely indicate  its  authorship.  The  divorce  problem 
and  the  dangers  of  relying  on  circumstantial  evidence 
are  the  central  themes.  Of  the  acting  it  is  difficult 
to  be  enthusiastic,  though  I  think  Hamilton  Deane 
as  Lord  Ellerdine,  the  slow-witted  peer,  who  reallj 
can  think  if  he  is  only  given  time,  was  superior  in 
his  pale  comedy,  and  of  course  Alys  Rees  as  Lady 
Atwill  is  an  actress.  Of  the  others  it  is  sufficient 
to  say  that  they  were  doubtless  successes  in  the 
English  provinces. 

On  Sunday,  December  1st,  comes  Valeska  Suratt, 
as  great  a  celebrity  as  the  stage  knows,  in  "The 
Kiss  Waltz,"  a  New  York  Casino  musical  comedy 
that  has  had  an  enormous  vogue.  An  elaborate  pro- 
duction and  a  pulchritudinous  chorus  are  announced. 


At  the  Pantages. 

SEVEN  acts,  all  new  to  San  Fraucisco,  will  be 
offered  at  the  Pantages  for  the  week  starting 
Sunday,  November  24th.  There  are  four  of 
the  seven  acts  that  are  all  headliners.  The  Seven 
Acrobatic    Hamada    Japs,    however,     occupy    the    top 


MME.    GERVILLE-REACHE 

The  French  contralto  who  will  sing  at  Scottish 
Rite  Auditorium  Sunday  afternoons,  December 
1st  and  8th. 


of  the  billing  ou  account  of  the  really  sensational 
feats  they  accomplish.  There  are  three  men  and 
four  Japanese  women  in  the  act,  and  the  stunts  they 
perform  on  a  wire  and  perch  pole  are  great.  A  re- 
markable musical  instrument  is  that  of  the  Myrio 
phone,  which  is  quite  a  decided  novelty  in  its  way. 
It  is  made  up  of  twenty-five  wired  wheels,  the  total 
occupying  a  space  of  about  twelve  feet  high  and  ten 
feet  wide.  As  the  wheels  revolve  tne  operators 
touch  the  wires,  producing  melodious  airs.  A  special 
drop  curtain,  studded  with  electric  lights,  adds  to 
the  effectiveness  of  the  act.  Harrison  Greene  and 
Miss  Katherine  Parker,  well  known  natives  of  San 
Francisco,  are  credited  with  being  a  pair  of  snappy 
entertainers.  They  are  classy  lookers  and  have  a 
fine    line    of    laughable    dialogue,    songs    and    stories. 


Jim  Rutherford,  the  former  well-known  circus  clown, 
and  Miss  Lottie  Munroe  have  a  comedietta  called 
"An  Extra  Added  Attraction."  Bessie  Leonard  has 
a  rather  novel  singing  and  dancing  act,  during 
which  she  makes  a  number  of  changes  in  full  view 
of  the  audience.  The  management  of  Pantages  an- 
nounce that,  beginning  December  1st,  .-ey  will  pre- 
sent the  famous  motion  picture  of  '  'The  Garden  of 
Allah." 


The  Popular  Kohler  &  Chase  Concerts. 

THE  management  of  the  weekly  music  matinees 
given  at  Kohler  &  Chase  Hall  announce  a  spe- 
cial feature  in  connection  with  the  next  mati- 
nee, on  Saturday,  November  23rd.  This  feature  will 
consist  of  a  dramatic  reading  with  musical  accompani- 
ment by  Mrs.  Lillian  Quinn  Stark.  Mrs.  Stark  en- 
joys an  enviable  reputation  as  a  reader.  Her  enunci- 
ation is  clear  and  distinct,  her  interpretations  are 
redolent  of  dramatic  force  and  individuality  of  ex- 
pression, while  her  poetic  delivery  blends  remarkably 
with  a  musical  accompaniment.  The  subject  selected 
is  Poe's  famous  poem,  "The  Raven,"  and  the  musical 
setting  has  ben  composed  by  Max  Heinrich.  The  mu- 
sucal  public  of  San  Francisco  has  listened  to  this 
poem  and  its  musical  accompaniment  through  the  me- 
dium of  Max  Heinrich  and  his  daughter  at  the  piano, 
and  also  later  David  Bispham  gave  a  version  with 
another  musical  accompaniment.  On  both  occasions 
seats  were  sold  at  $2.  Kohler  &  Chase  extend  an  in- 
vitation to  everybody  to  attend  free  of  charge.  The 
accompaniment  will  be  played  on  the  Pianola  Piano. 
Other  features  on  the  program  will  be  Chandelier's 
Rhapsodie  Hongroise,  Op.  13,  on  the  Pianola  Piano, 
Intermezzo  No.  2  from  the  "Jewels  of  the  Madonna,' 
by  Wolf-Ferrari  on  tne  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ,  and  Pre 
lude  and  Siciliana  from  Mascagni's  "Cavalleria  Rus- 
ticana"  on  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ.  The  complete 
program  will  be  as  follows:  Rhapsodie  Hongroise, 
Op.  13  (Chandelier),  the  Pianola  Piano;  Intermezzo, 
No.  2,  "Jewels  of  the  Madonna  (Wolf-Ferrari),  the 
Aeolian  Pipe  Organ;  'The  Raven"  (poem -by  Edgar 
Allan  Poe,  music  by  Max  Heinrich).  Mrs.  Lillian 
Quinn  Stark,  incidental  music  with  the  Pianola; 
Valse  Caprice,  Op.  7  (Newlaud),  "Two  Skylarks' 
(Leschetiszky),  the  Pianola  Piano;  Prelude  and  Sicil- 
ianna,  "Cavalleria  Rusticana"  (Mascagni),  the  Aelo- 
ian  Pipe  Organ. 

These  concerts  are  regularly  attended  by  many  of 
the  musically  elect  of  our  city. 


The  Farewell  Alice  Nielsen  Performance. 

ALICE  NIELSEN  and  her  brilliant  company  of 
stars  from  the  Boston  Opera  Company,  will 
give  their  farewell  performance  this  Sunday 
afternoon  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium,  which  has 
proved  such  a  satisfactory  place  for  works  requiring 
the  atmosphere  known  as  *  'intime.' '  The  program 
will  be  as  follows:  Part  I — Trio  for  male  voices 
from  "Faust,"  sung  by  Signors  Alfredo  Ramella, 
Jose  Mardones  and  Rudolfo  Fornari;  aria  from 
"Mme.  Butterfly."  Alice  Nielsen;  "Two  Neapolitan 
Songs,"  Signor  R.  Fornari;  group  of  English  Songs, 
(a)  and  (b)  "Two  Japanese  Songs"  (C'adman  ,  (c) 
"Little  Dutch  Garden"  (Loomis),  (d)  "Will  o'  the 
Wisp"  (Spross);  "Two  Spanish  Songs,"  Senor  Jose 
Mardones;  duet  from  "Mme.  Butterfly/'  Alice  Niel- 
sen  and  Jeska   Swartz. 

Part  II  will  be  the  beautiful  presentation  of  "The 
Secret  of  Suzanne,"  with  a  grand  opera  orchestra  of 
thirty  under  the  direction  of  Fahio  Rimini,  cos- 
tumes and  accessories  from  the  Boston  Opera  House, 


Saturday,  November  23,  1912] 


THE  WASP- 


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with  the  original  cast ;  viz  ,  Alice  Nielsen,  Rudoifn 
Pornari  and  Luigj   Tavecohia. 

Thii  'I'-'  version  of  the  work  as  produced  at  the 
world's   biggest   opera   hou  od  orchestration 

is  one  at  the  main  beauties  of  Vfoli  Ferrari's  iio 

ture  ma  ti  i  piece 

Tickets  ore   ' lured  al   both   Sherman,   Olaj 

I  Oo  and  Kohler  Bt  Chase's.  On  Sunday  the  box 
office  \viii  be  open  ai  the  hall  after  10  o'clock  Phone 
order*    will    receive    rmirtcuus    atten i 


The  Gerville-Roache  Concerts. 

ON  si'Miav  afternoon,  December  1st,  si  Scol 
Ush  Rite  Auditorium,  Manager  Will  Green- 
1 1 ;n i  in  will  present  Mme.  Jeanne  Gerville 
Reache,  the  French  contralto!  who  lias  been  often 
characterised  as  "the  woman  with  the  'cello  voice," 
and  who  visited  tie  two  years  ago,  leaving  a  most 
profound   impri 

There  are  few  voices  in  the  entire  world  ol  the 
beauty  and  quality  of  Gerville-Reache's.  Most  "i 
the  Bo-called  contraltos  are  reallj  mezzo  sopranos, 
but  the  natural  organ  of  this  artist  can  only  be  lik 
ened  to  those  of  the  great  Albani  and  Schalchi. 

ii  was  when  Eiammorsteio  organized  his  famous 
Manhattan  Opera  Company,  and  gave  sucn  valiant 
battle  tn  the  Metropolitan  that  Gorville-Reache  came 
to  this  country,  along  with  such  stars  as  Mary  Gar- 
den, Line  Cavalieri,  Tetrazzini  and  Bonci,  and  gave 
performances  thai  became  of  Buch  importance  that 
the  Metropolitan  wae  forced  to  buy  out  the  company. 

This  season  Gerville-Reache  will  devote  consider- 
able of  her  time  to  the  concert  field,  and  lias  prepared 
a  quite  unusual  and  interesting  repertoire  in  French, 
German,  English  and  Italian.  Here  is  the  glorious 
offering  for  the  opening  concert  next  Sunday,  De- 
cember 1st: 

I — (a)  'Apnisement"  (Beethoven),  (h)  aria  from 
"The  Attack  on  the  Mill,"  one  of  the  French  mater 
pieces  bj  Bruneau,  and  never  before  heard  in  this 
city.  II  —  (a)  "Zueignung"  (Richard  Strauss),  (b) 
oria  nt  Brangaene  from  'Tristan  und  Isolde''  (Wag- 
ner).     Ill — (a)     -Aria    de    la    Chiesa"     (Stradella, 

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ETHEL  GREEN,  Vaudeville's  Daintiest  Comedienne; 
SYDNEY  AYRES,  supported  by  his  own  Company, 
in  his  one-act  play,  "A  Call  for  the  Wild,"  (Next 
Week  only);  HARRY  GILFOIL,  in  his  original 
character  '  'Baron  Sands";  GEORGE  FELIX,  assist- 
ed by  the  BARRY  GIRLS  in  '  'The  Boy  Next  Door' '  ; 
AL  RAYNO'S  PERFORMING  BULL  DOGS;  JAMES 
J.  MORTON;  SCHICHTL'S  ROYAL  MARION- 
ETTES; NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES; 
Last  Week  Jesse  L.  Lasky's  "CALIFORNIA,"  An 
American  Operetta,  with  Leslie  Leigh,  Harry  Grif- 
fith and  Austin    Stuart. 

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■■■■  ■■"  ■  '   ■     nil     Bauei     I  b  I    "The   Little 

Groj    Dove"     [Loui  Soar)       V— (a)    aria   from 

"Roma/  the  last  triumphal  success  of  the  late 
Jutes  UaBsenet,  (b)  "J'oi  pleuxe  en  reveM  (Georges 
Hui    .    .  ■  ■       Lumeuie       i  Paladilhe  . 

The   sei I    and    I  .   i    i  (en  ill.-  Reache   ooncerl    will 

1,1    -■'■'"  Sunday    after p,  December  6th,  when  the 

artist    will   mm  ,,,m    "Jeanot   et   Colin,"    an 

old  French  classic  bj  NMcolo,  "Les  Troyens,'  *  by 
Berlioz,  'Fedia  bj  Baron  Erlonger,  and  "La  Dame 
Pique,"   bj  Tschai      ■  Among  the  songs  in  Eng. 

lish  will  be  a  composition  by  Harvey  Wickham,  the 
well-known  local  newspaper  man,  entitled  "Aye, 
Plui  !■  a  Jonquil.' ' 

The  Bale  of  Beats  for  both  concerts  will  open  next 
Wednesday  morning  al  Sherman,  Clay  &  Oo.'b  and 
Kohler  A  Chase's.  Mail  orders  may  be  addressed  to 
Will  l.    Greenbaum  at  either  box  office. 

The  St,  Francis  Musical  Art  Society  will  hear  Mme. 
Gerville-Reache  at  its  fourth  concert  Tuesday  night, 
December  8rd. 


The  Beel  Quartet. 

HERE  is  the  program  for  the  second  concert  oi 
the  Beel  Quartet,  to  be  given  Tuesday  night, 
November  26th,  in  the  Colonial  Ballroom  ot 
the  St.  Francis.  This  organization  lias  evidently  come 
in  slay,  and  true  music  lovers  pronounce  it  the  most 
artistic  permanent  musical  organization  ever  formed 
in  this  city:  I — Quartet  in  D  major  (Haydn).  11 
— Quartet  in  E  minor,  Op.  59  (Beethoven).  Ill — 
Quartet  in  G  minor  (Hist  time  here  complete), 
(Debussy). 

Tickets  may  be  secured  either  at  the  Gre.enbaum 
box  offices  or  at  tin-  si.  Francis  the  evening  of 
the  concert. 

The  date  of  the  third  Beel  Quartet  concert  has 
been  changed  to  Tuesday,  December  10th.  The  orig- 
inal date  was  December  17th,  but  this  is  considered 
a  hit  too  close  to  the  busy  holiday  season.  On  this 
occasion    Mr.    Oscar    Mansfeldt,    pianiste,    will    assist. 


Orchestra  at  Greek  Theater. 

UNDER  the  auspices  of  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia, the  Sau  Francisco  Symphony  Orches- 
tra will  give  its  first  symphony  concert  at, 
the  Greek  Theater,  Berkeley,  this  afternoon,  at  2:15 
sharp.  The  musical  and  dramatic  committee  of  the 
University  have  the  afEair  in  charge,  and  the  Musical 
Association  of  San  Francisco  have  determined  that 
this  afternoon's  concert  shall  be  the  best  that  can 
be  hnd.  Conductor  Hadley  and  the  entire  member 
ship  of  the  orchestra  will  be  on  hand,  and  an  ex- 
cellent program  has  been  arranged.  The  program 
will  open  with  the  overture,  "Carnaval  Romaine" 
of  Berlioz,  a  most  splendid  composition.  Richard 
Strauss'  Tone  Poem,  "Death  and  Transfiguration," 
the  big  hit  of  the  second  symphony  concert  at  the 
C'ort  Theater,  San  Francisco,  will  close  the  program. 
The  symphony  will  be  the  Beethoven  Symphony  No. 
5,    C  minor,   Opus   67. 

Tickets-  are  on  sale  at  the  usual  places — Sherman, 
Clay  &  Co.'s,  San  Francisco  and  Oakland;  and  Stu- 
dents' Co-operative  Store,  Glessner,  Morse  &  Geary's, 
Tupper  &  Reed's,  the  Sign  of  the  Bear,  and  Sadler's, 
Berkeley.  The  prices  of  admission  are  from  $1.50 
to  50  cents.  In  the  event  of  inclement  weather  the 
concert  will  take  place  in  the  Harmon  Gymnasium. 


*  ▼  *       or!     Ii, 


Maud  Powell. 
ANAGER  GREENBAUM  promises  three  of  the 
reatest  programs  of  violin  music  ever  offer- 
ed here  when  Maud  Powell  gives  her  con- 
certs, which  are  scheduled  for  Thursday  night,  De- 
cember 12th,  and  Saturday  and  Sunday  afternoons, 
December  14th  and  15th.  Maud  Powell  ranks  among 
the  foremost  living  violinists  regardless  of  the  ques- 
tion of  sex,  and  in  fact  there  are  but  few  of  the 
sterner  sex  that  have  equaled  her  position  in  the 
world  of  music. 


The    San   Francisco    Orchestra. 

OMITTING  "The  Bamboula"  of  S.  Coleridge- 
Taylor,  the  best  excuse  for  which  was  that 
it  had  never  been  presented  before  in  San 
Francisco,  the  third  symphony  program  was  a  de- 
lightful     harmony      of      composer,      conductor,      and 


^ 


ALICE 
NIELSEN 

AND    HER    ALL-STAR    COMPANY 


IX     liliANIl     OI'KKATIC     CONCERT 

THE  SECRET  OF  SUZANNE 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 
This   Sunday   Afternoon,   November   24,   at   2:30 
Tickets    $2.50,    $J.00,    $1.50,    $1.00,    lit    Sherman, 
clay  ,v-  Co.'s  an, I  Kohler  ^v  <1ias,-'s.     Sunday,  at  the 

Hall. 


The  BEEL  QUARTET 

SECOND  CONCEET 
Tuesday  Evening,  November  26,  at  8:30 

ST.  FRANCIS  BALLROOM 

Tickets    $1.00    at    above    Music    Stores. 


Gerville-Reache 


THE    FRENCH    CONTRALTO 
"A   Woman  with   a   'Cello  Voice" 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

Sunday  Afternoon,  December  1,  at  2:30 

And 
Sunday  Afternoon,   December   8,   at  2:30 

Tickets  $2.00,  $1.50,  $1.00,  at  Sherman,  Clay  & 
Co.'s  and  Kohler  &  Cnase's,  ready  next  Wednesday, 
November  27th. 

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ORCHESTRA 

Henry Hadley-Conductor 

FIRST   SYMPHONY  CONCERT 

GREEK  THEATER 

Sunday  Afternoon,  November  23,  at  2:15 

PROGRAM : 

Berlioz    Overture,    "Carnaval   Romain" 

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY,   NO.   5,  C  MINOR 

R.  Strauss  .  .Tone  Poem,  "Death  and  Transfiguration" 
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[Saturday,  November  23,  1912 


orchestra  such  as  I  have  known  onry  four  or  five 
tiroes  in  a  life,  the  one  abiding  devotion  of  which 
has  been  to  orchestral  music.  There  were  not  merely 
passages,  but  whole  movements  in  which  the  playing 
was  something  greater  than  the  merely  faultless.  In 
the  hour  taken  by  Rachmaninoff's  No.  2  Symphony 
there  was  not,  outside  the  pauses  between  the  move- 
ments, a  moment  in  which  the  time  element  rose  to 
consciousness.  Rachmaninoff  is  a  contemporary  with 
the  courage  of  his  own  masterly  genius.  If  he  re- 
calls the  moods  of  some  of  the  departed  great  it  is 
only  by  that  similarity  which  is  at  the  basis  of  all 
beauty,  and  if  he  breathes  a  new  spirit  it  is  of  his 
own  ereation,  and  not  an  echo  of  the  prevailing  note. 
What  temperaments  were  those  in  which  he  wove 
those  various  passages  of  surpassing  grandeur,  we 
can  guess  no  nearer  than  that  he  was  not  seeking 
to  tell  in  tones  the  story  of  a  dime  novel.  He  voices 
music  in  musical  terms,  and  never  attempts  the  task 


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of  seeing  how  near  a  combination  of  strings,  brasses 
and  woodwinds  can  come  to  imitating  a  street-car 
colliding  with  an  automobile. 

In  point  of  sympathetic  command,  Hadley's  con- 
ducting was  superb.  If  there  has  been  room  for 
criticism  in  some  of  his  values  in  previous  concerts, 
it  was  in  the  brasses  and  woodwinds,  but  at  this 
performance  his  proportions  were  perfect.  The 
rendering  of  Siegfried's  funeral  march  from  '  'Die 
Goitterdammerung"  respected  the  best  traditions 
and  left  nothing   to   be   desired. 

On  Saturday  afternoon,  at  2:15,  the  San  Francis- 
co Orchestra  will  give  a  symphony  concert  in  the 
Greek  Theater. 


"The  Secret  of  Suzanne." 
4  f  r  I  ^-^  Secret  of  Suzanne,"  as  presented  under 
j  the  baton  of  Attilio  Parelli,  with  piano 
-*"  and  string  accompaniment,  at  the  Cort 
last  Sunday  afternoon  and  evening,  lived  up  to  all 
the  advauce  press  notices,  and  then  some.  It  is  as 
dainty  a  bit  of  musical  comedy  as  was  ever  written. 
And  the  comedy  spirit  is  in  the  music  itself.  There 
is-  a  little  touch  of  unconventional  farce  supplied 
by  a  silent  servant,  but  he  is  almost  negligible,  and 
does  nothing  to  mar  the  subtle  quality  of  the  oper- 
etta. Marie  Cayvan  was  a  delightful  Suzanne,  and 
Alfreda  Costa  made  the  most  of  the  other  singing 
part.  Preceding  the  afternoon  performance  the  San 
Francisco  Orchestra  played  a  Massenet  suite,  and 
Miss  Agnes  Berry,  a  soprano,  warbled  "Vissi  d' 
Arte"  from  "La  Tosea."  Had  she  ended  there  her 
part  in  lue  program  would  have  been  satisfactory, 
but  after  her  second  item  the  audience  insisted  on 
an  encore,  and  the  result  was  fatal  to  the  praise 
we  would  like  to  accord  to  one  of  such  striking  beau- 
ty and  fine  stage  presence.  Miss  Berry  was  Suzanne 
in  the  evening.  The  concert  portion  of  the  evening 
performance  called  for  no  special  condemnation.  Did 
we  say  that  the  accompaniment  of  the  operetta  was 
exquisitely  played  at  both  performances?  If  not, 
let  it  be  taken  as  said,   and  with  emphasis. 


Adele  Rosenthal's  Recital. 

SCOTTISH  RITE  HALL  was  not  exactly  crowd- 
ed to  the  doors  on  the  occasion  of  Miss 
Adele  Rosenthal's  first  piano  recital,  but 
those  present  made  applause  that  sounded  like  the 
ovation  the  artiste  deserved  for  her  excellent  ren- 
dering of  an  exceedingly  difficult  program.  An  art- 
iste to  her  finger-tips,  Miss  Rosenthal  is  innocent 
of  any  platform  "side,"  and  settles  down  to  her 
instrument  with  the  abandon  of  one  playing  alone 
in  a  private  room.  The  nervousness,  so  noticeable 
when  playing  with  the  Hadley  orchestra,  was  absent, 
and  the  brilliant  little  woman  was  herself  to  a 
detail.  In  the  two  sonatas  and  a  pastorale  of 
Scarlatti  she  was  at  her  best,  hut  the  Sonata,  F 
minor,  of  Brahms,  was  given  in  a  way  that  em- 
phasised the  promise  of  a  great  pianiste.  The  other 
items  were  Chopin's  "Bacarolle,"  Schumann's  "Fan- 
tasie,  op  17,"  and  the  familiar  "Rhapsodie  Hon 
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Campus   Mouser. 

SOCIETY  attended  at  the  Valencia  in  full  force 
i<>  witness  the  performance  of  that  delightful 
combination  of  vaudeville  and  musical  com- 
ply, '  'Campus  Mouser,' '  given  in  ih"  sacred  cause 
of  charity.  Not  only  were  the  boxes  filled  with 
fashionable  people,  the  lower  part  of  the  house 
was  freely  studded  with  the  smart  set,  while  the 
tage   Itself  was  occupied  by  many  of  the  sons  aii't 

daughters    of    the    socially    elect.       The    incidental    ex 

penaes    of    such    an    entertainment 

must  he  enormous,  but  so  packed 
were  the  houses  each  evening  there 
is  certain  to  be  a  substantial  sum 
available  for  the  Armitage  Orphan- 
age. Of  the  show  itself  it  would 
be  difficult  to  speak  too  highly, 
since  many  of  the  performers  evi- 
denced more  than  a  talent  for  thent 
ricals,  and  almost  the  quality  fur 
which  we  are  quite  willing  to  pay 
at  the  regular  prices  when  display- 
ed by  professionals.  Flimsy  in 
thread,  as  becomes  a  musical  com 
edy,  the  various  items  had  all  the 
snup  of  the  best  vaudeville  turns. 
To  Mrs.  H.  MaeDonald  Spencer 
fell  the  role  of  the  Campus  Mouser, 
and  her  amusing  make-up  and  gen- 
uinely hilarious  eomedy  brought 
down  the  house.  If  Miss  Harriett 
Alexander  was  not  exactly  an  Am- 
azon in  her  part  as  the  athletic  girl 
it  was  only  because  nature  had  cast 
her  beauty  in  a  daintier  mold.  As 
the  society  star,  Miss  Katherine 
Redding  contrived  to  work  in  a  lot 
of  extremely  funny  if  decorous  by- 
play. With  Miss  Marie  Whiting 
she  shared  the  vocal  honors.  A 
terpsichorean  novelty  was  introduc- 
ed in  the  form  of  a  "Tango  Dance" 
in  which  Miss  Dorothy  Deane  and 
Noel  Fahnestock  were  the  central 
figures.  bo  many  and  so  various 
were  the  turns  and  so  numerous  the 
performers  that  a  detailed  list 
would  look  like  a  battle  between 
a  score  of  theater  programs  and  a 
city   directory. 


near  Sfenlo  Park.  Mrs,  Swartzenberg  will  return 
in  New  York,  going  by  way  of  New  Orleans,  and 
sponding  some  time  in  Texas,  where  she  and  her 
sister  own  ten  thousand  acres  of  cotton  land,  which 
was  inherited  from  their  groat  grnndfather's  estate, 
Hon.  Charles  Dawson  of  Louisville,  Ky..  who  was 
associated  with  Patrick  Joyce,  one  of  Kentucky's 
al.li-st      lawyers,     in      many     large     properties.  The 

Dawson  family  were  natives  of  Virginia,  going  to 
Louisville,   Ky.,   at  an  early   day.      'Die   Captain  Daw- 


Entertaining  Lipton. 
A  commercial  prince,  rather  than 
one  who  claims  a  lineage  stretch- 
ing back  to  the  days  of  the  Con- 
queror, Sir  T-homas  Lipton  lias 
nothing  of  the  severity  that  marks 
the  cast  of  the  haughtier  aristo- 
crats.  A  man  of  wonderful  ener- 
gy, he  knows  how  to  relax,  and 
when  he  does  he  is  a  most  jovial 
guest  and  can  tell  many  delightful 
stories,  and  none  better  than  those  which  tell  against 
himself.  He  was  particularly  at  his  ease  at  an  in- 
formal tea  in  his  honor  given  by  Mrs.  John  C.  "Wil- 
son in  her  Pacific  avenue  residence  last  Monday 
afternoon. 


Miss  Dorothy  Deane. 
One  of  the  most  brilliant  receptions  of  the  week 
was  that  at  the  Century  Hall  on  Tuosduy,  the  occa- 
sion being  the  debut  of  Miss  Dorothy  Deane,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Deane.  The  hall  was 
Insult  [fully  decorated  in  a  pink  scheme,  the  (lowers 
being  chrysanthemums,  hyrdangea  and  cherry  blos- 
soms. There  was  a  large  attendance,  and  many  of 
the  dresses  were  strikingly  picturesque.  Assisting 
the  host  and  hostess  in  receiving  the  guests  were 
Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young,  Mrs.  Oeorgo 
Cameron,  Mrs.  Joseph  Oliver  To- 
bin,  Mrs.  Jessie  Bowie  Detrick, 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Conlisk,  Miss  Anna 
Peters,  Miss  Edith  Rucker,  Miss 
Constance  Metcalfe,  Miss  Doris 
Wilshire,  Miss  Frances  Stewart, 
Miss  Marie  Whiting,  Miss  Julia 
Galpin,  Miss  Kathleen  de  Young, 
Miss  Phyllis  de  Young,  Miss  Mary 
Freer,  Miss  Margaret  Casey  and 
Miss  Linda  Bryan.  Miss  Deane 
is  an  accomplished  and  popular 
girl,  and  received  many  handsome 
floral  tributes  from  her  numerous 
friends.  Hie  will  be  much  enter- 
tained during   the   season. 


Mrs.  Helen  Swartzenberg. 
Mrs.    Helen    Swartzenberg    has    arrived    from    New 
York   to    spend   a    few   weeks   with    her   father,    Mr. 
R.  E.  Mulcahy,  at  his  country  home  in  the  foothills 


MISS  ENID  GREGG 

Who  with  Charles  de  Young  will  present  some  novel  turns  at  the  forthcoming  society 

circus. 


son  home  in  Louisville  was  a  landmark  for  many 
years,  and  the  family  was  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent in  Louisville.  Mrs.  Swartzenberg' s  grand- 
mother was  considered  the  most  beautiful  woman 
in  Louisville  in  her  day.  She  had  a  magnificent, 
voice,  which  her  granddaughter  inherits.  Mrs. 
Swartzenberg  has  been  studying  with  the  best 
vocal  teachers  in  New  York  for  five  years.  She  is 
a  widow.  Her  husband  was  killed  in  a  railroad 
accident   shortly   after  their  marriage. 


Miss  Enid  Gregg. 
Miss  Enid  Gregg  has  been  seen 
so  often  behind  the  footlights  it 
was  not  surprising  that  at  the 
"Campus  Mouser"  she  seemed 
rather  as  a  professional  whose  ser- 
vices were  "kindly  loaned  for  the 
performance' '  than  the  ordinary 
amateur.  With  Willard  Barton, 
also  an  amateur  who  •  has  made 
many  and  successful  attempts  to 
establish  a  reputation  as  a  portly 
comedian,  she  shared  the  chief  hon- 
ors of  the  evening.  Though  a 
budding  Falstaff  in  physique,  Bar- 
ton is  so  light  on  his  feet  that, 
stimulated  by  the  abandon  of  Miss 
Gregg,  he  entered  so  joyously  iuto 
the  spirit  of  the  "stunt"  it  was 
accorded  an  ovation.  Just  what 
Miss  Gregg  and  Mr.  Charles  de 
Young  are  going  to  spring  on  the 
audiences  at  the  society  circus  is 
not  known,  but  it  is  said  that  the 
turns  they  are  busily  rehearsing  are 
the  latest  hits  in  New  York,  and 
have  not.  yet  been  seen  in  the 
West.  "Whether  we  are  to  see 
more  or  less  of  Miss  Gregg  than  is 
shown  in  the  picture  on  this  page, 
which  is  one  of  her  favorite  parts, 
we  cannot  say,  but  from  what  is 
usually  seen  of  circus  performers 
we  may  infer  that  the  lady's  cos- 
tume will  be  as  daring  as  is  con- 
sistent with  her  own  refined  tastes  and  the  decorum 
of  a  society  circus. 


De  Lisle-Oliver  Wedding. 
Miss  Hester  Oliver  and  Mrs.  Frank  de  Lisle  were 
married  at  Christ  Church,  Alameda  on  Wednesday. 
The  ceremony  was  followed  by  a  brilliant  reception 
at  the  home  of  the  bride's  aunt,  Mrs.  A.  A.  Mills. 
The  bride,  who  is  an  exceptionally  beautiful  woman, 
has   been   away   from    San    Francisco    traveling   with 


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[Saturday,  November  23,  1912 


her  relatives,  was  on  her  return  extensively  enter- 
tained by  her  many  friends.  Miss  Olive  Mills  and 
Mr.  Cyril  Tobin  were  the  attendants  at  the  wedding, 
and  the  ushers  were  Mr.  Bion  Turkee,  Charles 
Byers,    Harry    Cnthbertson    and    G-.    A.    R.    Guer. 


Society  Circus. 

PREPARATIONS  are  going  on  apace  fort  the  So- 
ciety Circus  and  Horse  Show  to  be  given  at 
the  Pavilion  Rink  on  the  evenings  of  Thurs 
day,  Friday  and  Saturday,  December  5th,  6th,  and 
7th,  and  for  the  afternoon  of  Saturday.  This  big 
event  is  for  the  benefit  of  the  Infant  Shelter,  one  of 


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the  most  beneficent  institutions  in  California,  and 
one  which  is  sustained  by  absolutely  no  endow- 
ment but  the  hard  work  of  the  ladies  interested  there- 
in alone.  The  horsemen  of  Central  California  are 
interesting  themselves  to  show  their  equine  pets, 
and  all  of  the  owners  of  high-class  horses  in  San 
Francisco  are  entering  the  best  products  of  their 
stables.  There  are  twenty-four  classes  to  be  judged 
at  the  four  performances,  and  cups  and  ribbons  be- 
yond number  will  be  allotted  the  successful  competi- 
tors. The  Pavilion  will  be  fitted  with  two  circus 
rings,  forty-two  feet  in  diameter,  with  a  stage  be- 
tween, on  which  will  be  given  a  special  show  at 
every  performance.  The  performers  and  riders  will 
include  many  ladies  and  gentlemen  prominent  in 
society,  and  sensational  and  daring  feats  will  be  exe- 
cuted by  those  who  ordinarily  would  not  disport 
themselves  save  for  the  sake  of  "sweet  charity." 
Boxes  are  going  with  a  rush,  but  a  few  are  left  and 
may  he  obtained  by  application  to  Mrs.  G.  H.  Unib- 
sen,  2801  Broadway,  or  at  the  headquarters,  516 
Hotel  St.  Francis.  Seventy-five  dollars  buys  a  box 
for  the  four  performances,  and  the  price  for  a  single 
box,  if  there  are  any  left,  is  twenty-five  dollars  for 
a  single  performance.  The  sale  of  seats  will  .begin 
at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s  next  Friday  morning,  with 
Mrs.  Umbsen  in  cftarge. 


Sir  Thomas  Lipton'  s  Reception. 
San  Francisco  has  taken  Sir  Thomas  Lipton 
to  her  ample  bosom  and,  figuratively  speak- 
ing, hugged  him  like  a  long-lost  brother.  If 
he  could  be  nominated  for  Governor  of  the  State, 
the  Honorable  Hiram  would  be  recalled  by  a  ma- 
jority of  100,000.  The  men,  young  and  old,  vote 
him  a  '  'jolly  old  sport,' '  and  the  ladies  say  it's 
such  a  pity  he  remained  single  so  long.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  M.  H.  de Young's  entertainment  of  the  popular 
baronet  was  calculated  to  make  him  think  that  Cali- 
fornia's reputation  for  hospitality  is  well-founded. 
The  baronet's  reception  at  the  first  official  levee 
given  by  President  Charles  C.  Moore  of  the  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition  and  Mrs.  Moore,  at  the  Palace 
Hotel,  in  honor  of  Dr.  Frederick  Skiff,  director  in 
chief  of  exhibits,  was  also  very  cordial.  Sir  Thomas 
would  be  prostrated  by  indigestion  if  he  participated 
at  one-hundredth  of  the  number  of  dinners  that 
San   Francisco  hostesses  would  like  to  plan   for  him 


Fenster  Concert. 
A  testimonial  concert  will  be  given  at  the  Scottish 
Rite  Auditorium  Wednesday,  November  27th,  at 
8:15  p.  m.,  by  the  Fenster  children — -Violet  Fenster, 
pupil  of  Georg  Kruger,  and  Lajos  Fenster,  pupil  of 
Theodore  Fenster.  These  exceptionally  gifted  juven- 
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SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   4. 

JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L.  PRIOR,  Plaint- 
iffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien 
upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,735. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  V.  PRIOR  and  ANNIE  L. 
PRIOR,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as 
follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
lire  of  Walter  Street,  distant  thereon  three  hundred 
anl  eighteen  (318)  feet  northerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Walter  Street  with  the  northerly  line  of  Fourteenth 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and  along  said 
line  of  Walter  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125  >  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  MISSION 
BLOCK  Number  100. 

SECOND :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from 
the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Clementina  Street  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Ninth  Street,  and  running  thence 
northeasterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clementina 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southwesterly  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
and  thence,  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  seventy- 
five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part 
of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number  298. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  r'  lief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that  it 
be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
■very  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
12th  day  of  September,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp' '  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of 
September,    A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiffs: 

EMILY  A.  FRIEDLANDER,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,   California. 


Saturday,  November  23,  1912] 


THE  WASP 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  In  and  fur  the  City  and  County  of  Sun 
Fraucisco. — Dept,    No.    lu. 

HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE  SCHWARZ, 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  miy  in- 
terest in,  or  Hen  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
icribed  or  any  purt  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    82,842. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY, 

Attorney    for   Plaintiffs. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  uny  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE 
SCHWARZ,  his  wiHe,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  Bituated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  Son  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Leavenworth  Street,  distant  thereon  eight-seven  (87) 
feet  and  six  (6)  inches  southerly  from  the  south- 
erly line  of  Filbert  Street;  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth  Street 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  ( 112 )  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth 
Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
part    of   FIFTY   VARA    LOT    No.    441. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to 
wit:  That  It  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiffs  are 
the  owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute; 
that  their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and 
quieted;  thnt  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all 
estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  other  descrip 
tion;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  aB  may  be  meet 
in   the   premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCRiiiVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October.    A.    I>.    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY.  Attorney  for  Plaintiffs, 
No.  501-501-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter 
and    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
CALIFORNIA,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco.      Dept.    No.    10. 

MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA 
MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants.      Action    No.    32849. 

GERALD   C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for   Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARY  MARSICANO,  Bometimes 
called  MARINA  MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  the 
plaintiff  herein,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above 
entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
havei  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any 
part  thereof,  situate  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  particularly  described 
as  follows: 

I. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  (formerly  Washington  Place)  dis- 
tant thereon  thirty-seven  (37)  feet  eight  (8)  inches 
northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  westerly  line  of  Wentworth  Street  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Washington  Street;  running 
thence  northerly  along  said  westerly  line  of  Went- 
worth Street  thirty-three  (33)  feet,  ten  (10)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty-three  (33) 
feet,  ton  (10)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  Lot  No.  50  of  the  FIFTY  "VARA 
SURVEY. 

II. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section   of    the    southerly    line    of    Green    Street    and 


the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley,  running  thence 
easterly  along  said  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
sixty  three  (G3)  foot;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
rly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet. 
six  (6}  Inches;  thence  at  n  right  angle  westerly 
forty-one  (41)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly fifty  (50"  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
twenty-two  (22)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton 
Alley ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
*>long  said  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alloy  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  <G)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  and  in*  point  of  commencement.  Be- 
ing a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
III. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  running  thence  southerly  and  along  the  said 
easterly  line  of  Mason  Street  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  incheB;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
ninety-six  {96^  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37)  feet,  bix  (6) 
inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  ninety- 
six  (96)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
IV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  forty  (40)  feet  easterly  from 
the  point  of  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street  with  the  said  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street ;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  last  men- 
tioned line  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  westerly  line  of  an  alleyway  twelve  (12) 
feet  wide;  thence  southerly  along  the  last  mentioned 
line  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  westerly  and  parallel 
with  Green  Street  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six 
(6 1  inches;  thence  northerly  sixty  (60)  feet  to 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
V. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the 
westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  and  along  said  southerly  line 
of  Broadway  one  hundred  seventeen  (117)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Ave 
nue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  por- 
tion of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  63. 
VI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  northerly  line  of  Geary  Street  and 
the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Geary 
Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of 
Geary  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be 
ing  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  757. 
VII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Bush  Street  distant  thereon  eighty-eight  (88)  feet, 
ten  (10)  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street,  running  thence  easterly  along  said 
northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet, 
four  (4  i  inches;  thence,  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Emma  Street;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Emma  Street  twenty- 
four  (24)  feet,  four  (4)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to 
the  northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT    No.    300. 

VIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Broadway  distant  thereon  forty-five  (45)  feet  east- 
erly from  the  easterly  line  of  Osgood  Place  (for- 
merly Ohio  Street),  running  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Broadway  twenty  (20) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  fifty-seven 
(57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT  No.    197. 

IX. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  and  the 
easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence  east- 
erly along  said  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  sixty 
(60)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  along  said 
westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place  seventy-seven  (77) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly sixty  (60)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  seventy- 
seven  (77)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line 
of  Pine  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement, 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  286. 
X. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Grant    Avenue    distant    thereon    seventy-seven     (77) 


feet,  six  (6)  inches  southerly  from  the  southerly 
line  of  California  Street,  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grunt  Avenue  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty  (50) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Quincy  Place;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  and  along  said  westerly  line 
of  Quincy  Place  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly 
line  of  Grant  Avenue  and  the  point  of  commence- 
ment. Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No. 
14  4. 

XI. 

Commencing  nt  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
Beetion  of  the  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  and 
the  northerly  line  of  Adler  Street,  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue 
twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  eoBterly 
fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20  p  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Adler 
Street  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  67. 
XII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-six  (66)  -feet, 
six  ( 6 )  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Vallejo  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty- 
seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twentv  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  and 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No  224. 
XIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  weBterly  line  of 
Grant  Avenue  distant  thereon  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Jackson  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6-  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  sixty- 
eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  60, 
XIV. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  westerly  line  of  Mason  Street  and 
the  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street,  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Mason  Street  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  sixty  (60) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  and  along 
said  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  to  the  westerly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  475. 
XV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-three  (63)  feet 
easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley; 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  southerly 
line  of  Green  Street  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hun- 
dred thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion 
of    FIFTY   VARA    LOT    No.    232. 

And  you  are  further  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit:  For  the  judgment  and  decree  of  said 
Court  establishing  and  quieting  the  title  of  MARY 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSI- 
CANO, the  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased,  in  and  to  said  real  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  subject  to  the  administra- 
tion of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  declaring  that 
plaintiff  as  executrix  of  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased  is  in  the  actual  and  peace- 
able possession  in  the  right  and  for  the  benefit 
of  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  said  deceased;  and  that  it  be  adjudged 
that  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  the  said  deceased  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute,  subject  only  to 
the  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased; 
and  that  her  title  to  said  property  is  established  and 
quieted;  and  that  the  Court  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gage or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further   relief    as   may    be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court, 
this    5th   day    of    October,    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.I.    MULCREVY,     Clerk. 

By  H.    I.   PORTER,   Deputy   Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
No.  501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  No. 
105    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA  WAGNER,  Plain- 
tiffs, vs.  'All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or 
lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,847. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,    greeting : 

Tou  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA 
WAGNER,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Utah 
Street,  distant  thereon  seventy-seven  (77)  feet,  two 
(2)  inches  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Utah.  Street 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Nineteenth  Street,  and 
running  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Utah 
Street  seventy-sis  (76)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  fo 
POTRERO  NUEVO  BLOCK  No.   92. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  own- 
ers of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist 
of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I.   PORTER,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,   A.   D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs: 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation),  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,   San  Francisco.   California. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action   No.    32,737. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  DAVID  WILLIAM  ROBINSON,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty  (80) 
feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Street 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Diamond  Street,  and  run- 
ning  thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Twenty-fifth 
Street  twenty-six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty- 
six  (26)  feet,  eight  (8)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
(114)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of 
HORNER'S   ADDTION  BLOCK  Number  221. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  bo  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to 
said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the 
Court    ascertain    and    determine    all    estates,    rights, 


PATRICK    &    CO. 

RUBBER  STAMPS 

STENCILS.  SEALS,  SIGNS  AND  ETC. 
660  MARKET  ST.,      -      SAN  FRANCISCO 


titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
12th   day   of   September,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  BummonB  was  made  in 
".The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  Septem- 
ber,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property,  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,    San  Francisco,    Cal. 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 
No.  14,243.   Dept.  10. 


ESTATE  OF  GEORGE  RESTE,  DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M,  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  George  Reste, 
deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons  having 
claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phelan  Build- 
ing, San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the 
undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  business  in  all 
matters  connected,  with  said  estate  of  George  Reste, 
deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator    of    the    estate    of    George    Reste, 
deceased. 
Dated,   San  Francisco,   October  29,   1912." 
CULLINAN    &    HICKEY,    Attorneys    for    Adminis- 
trator,   858    Phelan  Building,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action   No.  32,741. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 
The   People   of   the    State    of   California:   To   all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lien  upon,    the 
real    property  herein   described   or    any   part    thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly    described   as    follows: 

"  Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Thrift  ( formerly  Hill )  Street,  distant  thereon  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Capitol  Avenue;  running  thence  easterly  and  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  thence  at  righ't  angles  northerly  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  westerly  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  and  thence 
at  right  angles  southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement. 

Being  Lot  Number  two  (2)  in  Block  "Y,"  as  per 
Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  Railroad  Homestead  Associ- 
ation, recorded  in  Book  "C  &  D,"  at  Page  111  of 
Maps,  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County-  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:     That   it  be   adjudged  that   the  plaintiff   is   the 


owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simp. e  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such,  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
13th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  mado 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,    or  lien   upon,    said  property  adverse  to   plaintiff: 

E.  MESSAGER,  EMIL  GUNZBURGER,  Trustees 
of  the  Argonaut  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion (a  corporation),  No.  1933  Ellis  Street,  San 
Francisco,   Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  California 
Pacific  .Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Streets, 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  ana  County  of  San 
Francisco.      Department    No.    5. 

WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZABETH  MANN, 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.   32871. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZA* 
BETH  MANN,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   particularly  described  as   follows: 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (for- 
merly "Q")  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Avenue;  running  thence  west- 
erly along  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (formerlv 
"Q")  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th) 
Avenue ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  com- 
mence ment  Being,  part  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS 
BLOCK    No.    1052. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the 
owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
10th  day  of  October,  A.  D   191ii. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I   .POR-i^R,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of 
October,  A.  D.  1912 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  Califor 
nia  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Sts., 
San    Francisco,    Cal.,    Attorney    for    Plaintiffs. 


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in     "ili  n   papi  i    on   the   i  Bth  da  j   of   No 

A,    I).    1912. 

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■:■        i     i  ■■    pi: . 

POPOL  1.RE    OPER  w  \     ITAL 

IANA    i  q   gov 'al  !■■■  lumbui     i  i  enue,  San 

■  ■    Cal. 
J.    W.    WRIGHT    &    .SONS    INVESTMENT    COM 
PANT   (a  corporation  j,   No.  228  Montgomery  Street, 
.   i 
ii  BERN!  \   SAVINQS  &   LOAN  SOCIETY    (a  cor 
nd    .m<\\ [lister   .Si recta,    San    1  ran 
«iscu,    Cal. 

GERALD  C    1 1  \  i .  - 1 .  5 

Attorney   for   Plaintiff. 
i  '  lifornia  Pacific   Building,   San 
1 


SUMMONS. 

IN'  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  01' 
rnia,    in    and   for  itie   City   and   County   of  ban 
Francisco .^1  'apt.    No.    i 0. 

ELIZABETH  II.  RYDER,  wife  of  WILLIAM  G. 
RYDER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No. 
32,805. 

GERALD   C     i    '.i 

Attorney  fur  Plaintiff. 
The  People  "f  the  State  of  California:  To  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest   in,  or  lien  upon,   the  real 
property   herein    described    or   any   pari    thereof,   de- 

Vim  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 

iiut     of     ELIZABETH     II.     RYDER,     wif 

WILLIAM  G.  RYDER,  plaintiff,  filed  with   thi 

of    the    above-entitled    Courl    and    City    and    County, 

within    ihree    months    after    (he    first    publicatii I 

this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  whal  interest  en  lii  n 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  prop- 
erty, ^oi  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califrnia,  par- 
ticularly described   as   follows: 


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medium  thin  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


THE    WASP 

Publishfd   weekly   by   the 
WASP  PUBLISHING    COMPANY 

publication 
121  Second  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
B8-    Sutter   789,    J    2705. 

Entered  at  the  San  Francisco  Postofflce  as  second 
class  matter. 

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copies,  10  cents.      For  sale  by  all  newsdealers. 

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Valium    Street    ami 

■  ■ it ;    running   thence 

■  t<  rly   line   of    Pierce   Street 

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d '  ■  d   twelve     i  '  ■      '■  ■       ■  ■    [8]   inches  to  the  west- 

irly   liu<  a    the    poinl    of    com- 

Bi      r  a   pari   of  WESTERN  ADDITION 

i     421. 

; ...  .i    i bill    unless   .- 
m  d    ansv  ei     thi    plaintiff   will    apply    to   I  be 

r   the   reliel    demanded   In   the  complaint,   to- 

1  |>  >  adjudged    that    the   plaintiff   is    the 

on  ner  ol    so  id   propi  imple  absolute :    that 

be  established  and  quiet* 
al  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
.said  properly,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
in  me  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or    contingent,    and    whether    the    same    consists    of 

ft  gages    or   liens   of   any   description;    that   plaintiff 

recover   her   costs    herein,    and   have   such   other   and 
relief   as   may    be   meet    in    the   premises. 
Witnoss    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
i     day   Of  September,  A.  D.   1012. 
(SEAL)  If.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By.   J.    V     IH    \  WORTH,   Deputy   Clerk. 
VI]  ilOE  \\i>r\i. 
The    flrsl    publication    of   this   siirammis  was   made 
l.     Wasp"    newspaper   on    the    5th    day    of    Oc- 
\      D.    1912. 
i  !"■   following  pen  hie    are  said  to  claim  an   inter- 
esl   in,  or  lieu   upon,  said   property  adverse  to  plain* 
tiff 

HTBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN"  SOCIETY  (a 
corporation),  Market  ami  Jones  Streets.  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

tALD  C  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-503-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and 
Montgomery    Streets.    San    Francisco.    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


TV  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

\\  .  1  ■  ( !<  tRDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  J.  A.  DAVIS, 
i  ►efendant.-   iction    No,    39   I 

■■ i    broughl    in    the    Superior   Court    of    the    State 

..I  California,  in  and  for  the  City  of  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  complainl  Sled  in  the  office 
■  ii'  the  County  Clerk  if  taid  City  and  County.  Jos. 
Kirk,    Attorney    for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
in-  in  ,i.    \     DAVIS,    Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  dh ted  to  appear  ami  answer  tne 

complainl    in    an    action    entitled    as    above     bi 

v  ou    in    the    Superior  « 'ourl    of   the   Sti 

California,  In  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  wilhin  ten  days  after  the  service  on  yon 
of  this  summons—  if  served  within  this  City  and 
County;  or  within   tl    i  ;    days  if  served  elsewhere. 

And  you  are  hereb;   ifled  thai  unless  you  appear 

and  answer  as  above  r tired.,  the  said  Plaintiff  will 

take  judgment    for  any  money  or  damages  demanded 

in    1 1"'    plaint    as    arising    upon    cont  racl    or    will 

apply  i"  the  Courl  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the 
complaint. 

Givei der    m;    hand    and    seal    of   the    Superior 

Courl    .H     the    Cit>     and    County    of    San    Frat 
State    of    California,    this    23rd    day    of    October    A. 
D.    1912, 

(SEAL)  H.   I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  L.  J.   WELCH,   Deputy   Clerk. 

JOSEPH    KIRK.    Attorney    lor    Plaintiff. 


SUMMONS. 

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and    one-fourth 

t"fl    point    ol    begim r;    being    part    ot    WESTERN 

V.DD1  riON   BLOt  K    Number  483. 

x"ou    ire    hereby    notified    that,   unless   you   so   ap- 

er,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Courl 

for    the    relief    demanded    in    the    complaint,    to-wit, 

that    it    be   adjudged    that    plaintiff  is   the    owner   of 

olute;    that    hi 
■"    huu.    property    be    established    and    quieted;    that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,   interests  and   claims  in  and   to  said  prop 
ai  'i   ei  srj    pari    thereof,   whether   the   sai 
or  equitable,  preBenl  or  future,  vested  or  contii 
hi  ther  the  Ban 

di  scripti hal    plainti 

herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 

'i    in   the  premises. 

Witnei      m.     hand jeal  of  said  Courl 

i  6th  day  of  October,  A.  I»    1912. 
(SEAL)  ii.    r.   MULCREVY.   Olerk 

P:  J,  r.  DUNSWORTH.  Deputj    - 
publication   of   this   summons   was    made 

in   "The  Wasp"  news) r  on  the  26th  day  of  Octo 

ber,     I.    D,    L912. 

The  following  persona  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
eel  in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff : 

CHE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
1:1  rporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Utorneys  for  Plaintiff  105 
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•  RICUS 


THAT  patriotic  aud  virtuous  representative  of  the  Nitro- 
glycerine Trust,  and  intimate  and  trusted  friend  of 
President  Samuel  Gompers,  desired  to  blow  up  the  locks 
of  the  Panama  (Janal  because  non-union  labor  had  been 
employed  in  their  construction.  The  other  lawless  and  murder- 
ous enterprises  which  Mr.  McNamara,  as  an  exalted  "labor  lead- 
er," directed  from  his  office  of  secretary  of  the  Structural  Iron 
Workers  International  Union,  have  been  fully  described.  It  is 
to  be  hoped  that  the  revelations  have  had  a  good  effect  on  the 
conscience  of  the  great  American  public.  The  blame  for  these 
crimes  of  the  Labor  Trust,  as  planned  and 
executed  by  the  McNamaras  and  their  mur- 
derous  accomplices,  rests  in  a  great  measure 
upon  the  American  people  themselves.  A 
wholesale  murder  business  could  not  be 
conducted  for  years  by  the  McNamaras 
and  their  associates,  and  carried  on  almost 
with  impunity,  unless  the  public  conscience 
was  dulled  by  the  prevalence  of  crime. 

Last  year  10,000  murders  were  commit- 
ted in  our  nation,  and  this  year  the  bloody 
record  will  be  larger.  What  are  we  doing 
to  stop  wholesale  murder  and  lawlessness/ 

What  did  the  United  States  Government, 
or  any  State  or  city  pidice  force,  do  to  ex- 
pose and  punish  the  awful  crimes  of  the 
McNamaras  and  their  confederates  of  the 
Labor  Trust?     Absolutely  nothing. 

The  money  that  was  paid  to  Wm.  J. 
Burns  to  track  and  arrest  the  men  who 
were  blowing  up  railway  bridges  and  fac- 
tories, and  who  had  killed  more  than  a 
score  of  innocent  men  by  the  Los  Angeles 
Times  outrage,  was  subscribed  by  private 
citizens,  and  paid  out  of  their  pockets. 

If  the  National  Erectors'  Association,  a  defensive  combination 
of  business  men,  had  not  furnished  a  large  sum  of  money  to 
defray  the  expenses  of  tracking  and  prosecuting  the  McNamaras 
and  .their  confederates,  the  campaign  of  dynamite  and  terrorism 
and  murder  would  be  still  in  full  swing.  There  isn't  the  slight- 
est doubt  of  that. 

What  a  picture  it  is  for  honest  and  patriotic  American  citizens 
to  contemplate!  A  nation  of  over  ninety  millions  of  people, 
with  a  government  costing  annually  a  billion  of  dollars,  so  feeble 
in  the  protection  of  life  and  property  that  10,000  murders  occur 
yearly,    aud   a   handful   of   petty  politicians   calling   themselves 


"labor  leaders,"  can  establish  a  reign  of  terror  extending  from 
tin.-  slimes  dl'  tlie  Atlantic  to  those  of  the  Pacific  Ocean! 

After  the  detection  and  arrest  of  the  McNamaras  it  was  with 
the  utmost  difficulty  that  they  could  be  transferred  to  the  select- 
ed place  of  trial.  The  public  belief  was  that  they  would  manage 
to  escape  in  some  way,  and  after  a  long  delay  justice  had -to 
compromise  with  the  murderers  and  permit  them  to  go  to  State 
prison  for  a  term  not  much  longer  than  a  man  might  get  for 
stealing  a  sheep  or  filching  a  purse. 

The  confederates  of  the  McNamaras — 'the  higher-ups  of  the 
Labor  Trust,  are  not  yet  punished,  aud  the  best  that  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  United  States  seems  able  to  do  in  the  interest  of 
law  and  order  is  to  expose  the  rascals  by  the  feeble  process  of 
a  trial  for  misdemeanor  in  transporting  dynamite  and  misusing 
the  mails. 
The  villains  should  be  shivering  under  the  shadow  of  the  gal- 
lows and  in  mortal  fear  of  having  their 
worthless  necks  stretched.  They  would  be 
in  that  proper  attitude  if  we  had  the  right 
kind  of  a  judicial  system  in  the  United 
States.  We  never  will  have  a  proper  ad- 
ministration of  justice  till  we  abolish  the 
vicious  system  of  electing  judges. 

Judges  should  be  appointed  under  strict 
civil  service  rules,  and  pensioned  after 
serving  honorably  till  they  become  super- 
annuated. They  should  be  paid  well  and 
be  made  objects  of  respect  instead  of  tar- 
gets of  attack  and  abuse  by  anarchistic 
newspapers    and   demagogic   politicians. 

The  foundations  of  our  republic  are  its 
courts  of  justice,  and  if  these  be  feeble 
the  whole  structure  will  come  down  with 
a  crash,  and  anarchy  will  triumph  for  a 
while,  to  be  followed  by  the  iron  rule  of 
military  despotism. 


DISTINGUISHED 
He    served 


LABOR    LEADER" 

Mayor    of 


a    term    as    tue    de    facto 
San  Francisco. 


O' 


HOW     GOMPERS     WAS     RE-ELECTED. 

LD  Sam  (rompers  is  nearing  the  end 
of  his  rope.  He  has  been  elected 
again  as  president  of  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor — but  how?  Intelligent  American  working- 
men  know.  The  newspapers  don't  tell  how  Sam  Gompers  has 
managed  for  thirty-six  years  to  hold  his  place  at  the  head  of 
the  Labor  Trust,  which  by  lawless  coercion  and  the  efforts  of 
the  Nitro-Glycerine  Squad  has  attained  a  membership  of  a  mil- 
lion. There  are  more  than  twenty  million  wage-earners  in  the 
United  States.  With  all  its  lawless  disregard  of  the  rights  of 
the  majority  of  American  workingmen,  Sam  Gompers'  Labor- 
Trust  remains  as  it  should,  a  very  small  minority. 

It  will  become  much  more  of  a  minority,  for  Gompers'  sun  is 
setting.    No  trust,  whether  of  labor  or  capital,  can  survive  such 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    November    30,    1912. 


hideous  revelations  as  those  of  the  operations 
of  the  Indianapolis  dynamite  conspirators, 
who  held  human  life  as  cheap  as  that  of  a 
chicken,  and  even  contemplated  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  Panama  Canal,  the  grandest  monu- 
ment to  American  enterprise  that  has  ever 
been  constructed. 

Coming  down  to  cold  facts  about  the  thirty- 
sixth  election  of  Sam  Gompers  as  head  of  the 
Labor  rust,  we  find  that  he  obtained  it  by  the 
same  votes  that  have  hitherto  held  him  in 
power.  Gompers  himself  always  appears  at 
the  annual  conventions  as  a  delegate  repre 
senting  the  Cigar-makers  Union,  although 
this  mythical  union  has  not  in  twenty  years 
held  a  State  or  national  convention  to  elect 
an  officer  or  transact  any  other  business. 

When  Gompers  was  just  starting  out  on  his 
career  as  a  labor  agitator  he  helped  to  kill 
the  cigar  business  in  San  Francisco  on  the 
plea  that  it  was  conducted  largely  by  Chi- 
nese labor.  Now  San  Francisco  has  no  cigar 
factories,  conducted  by  any  kind  of  labor, 
yellow  or  white. 

But  the  cigar  business  is  not  the  only  one 
Gompers  and  his  Labor  Trust  have  murdered 
in  San  Francisco.  Many  industries  much  more 
beneficial  than  cigar-making  have  been  put 
out  of  business  by  them. 


GOMPERS'  TRUSTY  FRIENDS. 

AN  IMPORTANT  member  of  the  close 
corporation  which  has  elected  Sam 
Gompers  president  of  the  Labor  Trust 
for  the  thirty-sixth  time  is  John  F.  Tobin  of 
the  Boot  and  Shoe  "Workers'  Union.  This 
"labor  leader"  and  his  clique  have  for  years 
enjoyed  a  very  profitable  form  of  graft.  To- 
bin's  secretary,  Charles  T.  Baine,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  convention  which  re-elected  Gom- 
pers the  other  day.  Tobin  has  been  helping 
Gompers  to  re-eleetion  for  over  twenty  years, 
and  in  return  Tobin  is  allowed  a  monopoly 
of  the  "shoemakers'  stamp. "  He  is  practi- 
cally the  owner  of  this  stamp,  and  every 
man,  woman  and  child  employed  in  union 
shoe  factories  must  pay  him  25  cents  a  week. 
That  is  the  head  tax  he  exacts,  and  it  amount* 
to  such  a  sum  annually  that  he  can  afford  to 
send  out  agents  all  over  the  United  States 
to  protect  the  monopoly.  Not  long  ago  the 
deadwalls  of  San  Francisco  were  decorated 
with  large  posters  calling  upon  union  labor  to 
buy  shoes  bearing  the  "shoe  workers'  union 
stamp.'*  The  dupes  who  followed  the  advice 
did  not  know  that  the  stamp  is  really  a  guar- 
antee of  an  inferior  quality  of  shoes,  and  that 
the  people  most  benefited  by  the  sale  of  the 
inferior  footwear  are  Mr.  Tobin  of  Boston 
and  his  staff  of  professional  "workingmen," 
who  don 't  work. 

If  the  wages  of  a  shoe  worker  in  a  factory 
using  the  Tobin  stamp  be  only  $5  a  week,  the 
worker  must  pay  Mr.  Tobin  25  cents  a  week. 
The  Labor  Trust,  in  all  its  ramifications, 
"plays  no  favorites."  Everything  is  grist 
to  its  mill. 

It  has  been  charged  repeatedly  that  State 
prison  contractors  who  use  convict  labor  in 
the  manufacture  of  shoes  put  the  shoemakers' 
union  stamp  on  the  products  and  pay  for  the 


privilege.  The  gross  income  derived  from  the 
use  of  the  shoe  makers'  union  stamp  is  very 
large.  It  is  said  that  it  has  amounted  to  be- 
tween $40,000  and  $5U,000  a  month,  and,  like 
the  McNamara  defense  fund  and  other  bood- 
ling  enterprises  of  the  Labor  Trust,  is  left 
to  the  tender  mercies  of  those  who  collect  it. 
They  never  condescend  to  go  into  precise  de- 
tails as  to  how  the  money  is  expended. 

But  with  all  the  closeness  of  the  close  cor- 
poration that  surrounds  and  protects  Gompers, 
his  reign  of  lawless  coercion  of  honest  Amer- 
ican labor  is  drawing  to  an  end.  Just  as  he 
was  expelled  from  the  Knights  of  Labor,  which 
he  tried  to  break  up  because  he  could  not 
control  it,  he  will  be  ousted  from  his  leader- 
ship of  American  labor.  Honest  American 
workingmen  all  revolt  against  the  perpetua- 
tion of  a  Labor  Trust  which  elevates  to  au- 
thority the  J.  J.  McNamaras,  Anton  Johann- 
sens  and  Olaf  Tveitmoes  of  the  organization. 
. + 

DISCOURAGE  THE  TAXEATERS. 

OF  ALL  the  new  charter  amendments  that 
are  intended  to  increase  the  public 
burden,  the  worst  is  Amendment  No. 
5,  authorizing  two  platoons  of  firemen.  This 
amendment  would  add  a  million  dollars  to  the 
annual  expenses  of  our  city,  which  in  a  few 
years  has  increased  its  yearly  expense  account 
from  $6,000,000  to  nearly  $13,000,000. 

All  the  professional  political  grafters  are 
in  league  this  year  to  pass  a  flood  of  charter 
amendments  increasing  salaries  and  raising 
the  taxes  on  everybody.  Vote  them  all  down, 
and  discourage  such  raids  on  the  treasury. , 


SANE    CITIZENS  AROUSED. 

THERE  is  a  strong  disposition  to  reject 
all  the  proposed  charter  amendments. 
Sane  citizens  are  aroused  by  the  con- 
tinual changes  in  the  organic  laws  and  are 
disposed  to  regard  it  as  their  duty  to  reject 
every  amendment.  That  course,  they  think, 
is  the  only  safe  one. 

Most  of  the  amendments  should  be  rejected. 
The  local  option  amendment  should  be  decis- 
ively beaten.  Local  option  at  this  stage  of 
affairs  would  set  loose  an  army  of  wild-eyed 


emotionalists,  kill  the  Panama-Pacific  Expo- 
sition, and  set  back  our  city  twenty  years. 
Reject  the  local  option  amendment,  by  all 
means. 


ONLY  A  FEW. 

ONLY  four  of  the  flood  of  charter  amend- 
ments have  merit  that  entitles  them 
to  favorable  consideration.  They  are 
amendments  No.  1,  No.  3,  No.  19,  and  No.  33. 
No.  1  helps  the  Civic  Center  project.  No. 
3  is  needed  for  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition. 
No.  19  aids  useful  tunnel  projects.  No.  33  leg- 
islates out  of  office  the  bumpkins  in  the  Board 
of  Works  and  puts  in  their  place  one  Director 
of  Works  at  a  salary  not  to  exceed  $15,000. 
The  Mayor  appoints  this  Director.  This 
amendment  would  make  the  Board  of  Works 
better.     It   coudn't   possibly  be  much  worse. 


PENSIONING      PRESIDENTS. 

ANDREW  CARNEGIE  is  getting  old, 
and  though  his  benevolence  increases 
with  the  years  his  judgment  in  public 
affairs  is  not  that  which  marked  the  man  who 
made  the  millions.  The  latest  evidence  of  a 
failure  to  grasp  all  the  factors  concerned  is 
the  proposal  of  a  private  citizen  to  pension 
the  past  Presidents  of  the  richest  nation  in 
the  world.  At  first  blush  it  looked  like  an 
amusingly  satirical  swipe  at  a  people  who 
had  failed  to  make  adequate  provision  for 
those  who  had  been  its  most  distinguished  ser- 
vants. It  still  has  that  merit,  but  the  care- 
fully planned  details  argue  that  the  donor 
intended  his  offer  to  be  taken  seriously. 

Of  course,  it  is  impossible  for  us  to  accept. 
The  circus  tactics  of  politicians  during  the 
last  decade  have  done  much  to  degrade  the 
high  office  of  President,  but  they  have  not 
yet  gotten  it  down  so  low  that  Presidents,  on 
retiring,  can  accept  the  charity  of  a  private 
philanthropist.  This  objection  has  nothing  to 
do  with  Carnegie  as  an  individual,  nor  with 
the  imbecility  so  frequently  indulged  in  as 
to  the  nature  of  his  money.  The  principle  is 
wrong,  so  wrong  it  is  ridiculous,  and,  not  to 
put  too  fine  a  point  on  it,  is  positively  rotten. 
Yet  Andrew  is  well-meaning — as  well-meaning 


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Saturday,    November    30,    1912.J 


-THE  WASP- 


as  when  lie  seriously  made  the  proposal  some 
yean  ago  in  the  columns  of  the  North  Amer- 
ican Review,  i  bat  i  he  United  81  ates  and 
Qreal  rSritain  should  unite  as  one  nation  an 
dor  the  rule  oi  Queen  Victoria,  with  a  gov- 
ernor appointed  by  he*  late  Majesty  in  place 
of  the  elected  President.  It  seemed  then 
that  our  benevolent  friend  was  verging  on 
his  dotage,  but  that  suggestion  was  harmless 
lolly  compared  with  the  stupendous  absurdity 
of  his  present  offer.  If  it  is  not  immediately 
laughed  out  of  consideration,  it  will  be  the 
nation  that  will  look  absurd. 

1 

OBSTRUCTING  THE  SIDEWALK. 

BY  VIKTUE  of  what  right  do  those  rau- 
cous-voiced labor  union  pickets  add 
their  note  of  violent  discord  to  the 
uoises  of  the  street  and  obstruct  the  side- 
walks by  trotting  up  and  down  in  front  of 
business  establishments  like  so  many  dancing 
dervishes?  As  to  their  leather-lunged  shout- 
ing in  the  ear-splitting  key  of  an  electric 
riveter,  a  buzz-saw  battling  with  a  nail,  or  a 
fog-horn  afflicted  with  catarrh,  that  is  per- 
haps as  much  their  misfortune  as  it  is  our 
miserable  torture,  but  if  we  have  not  yet 
reached  the  stage  of  civilization  which  will 
protest  as  strongly  against  the  hideous  noise 
as  against  the  unbearable  odor,  we  have  a 
law  which  prohibits  obstruction  of  the  side- 
walks. The  sidewalks  are  for  pedestrians,  and 
not  for  lunatics  paid  by  the  hour  to  do  a 
sort  of  Texas  Tommy,  in  which  they  are  con- 
stantly jostling  against  the  honest  taxpayers, 
who  provide  for  their  construction  and  main- 
tainance.  It  is  permissible  to  stand  long 
enough  for  a  street  car,  to  keep  an  appoint- 
ment, or  otherwise  stand  in  good  faith  and 
with  honest  intent,  but  the  footwalk  is  not  a 
platform  on  which  to  make  speeches,  however 
short,  to  the  passing  multitude.  This  reason- 
ing purposely  leaves  out  the  question  of  the 
right  of  crooks  to  organize  for  the  purpose 
of  injuring  persons  engaged  in  the  store- 
keeping  business.  Though  an  obviously  un- 
lawful and  inquitous  act,  the  machinery  for 
its  prohibition  is  difficult  of  motion  and  ex- 
ceedingly costly.  The  law  against  wilfully 
and  maliciously  obstructing  the  sidewalk  is 
so  simple,  all  that  is  necessary  for  its  en- 
forcement is  a  litle  spine  on  the  part  of  the 
police  administration,  and  if  those  in  author- 
ity are  lacking  that  spine,  business  men  should 
take  the  concerted  action  necessary  to  give 
it  to  them. 

If  a  merchant  paid  a  man  to  stand  out  on 
the  sidewalk,  calling  upon  people  to  patronize 
his  store,  the  runner  would  be  promptly  ar- 
rested for  obstructing  the  thoroughfare.  And 
again,  if  a  merchant  paid  a  man  to  stand  in 
front  of  a  rival's  establishment  and  yell  out 
that  the  goods  sold  therein  were  inferior  to 
those  of  bis  employer  that  would  be  a  mani- 
fest breach  of  the  law,  and  the  police  would 
promptly  stop  it.  An  action  would  also  hold 
against  the  offending  merchant.  That  is  on 
all  fours  with  what  is  being  done  by  the 
union  pickets,  but  the  minions  of  the  law 
stand  quietly  by,   as  though   their  only   duty 


ifl  that  of  looking  like  ornamental  lay  figures. 
The  failure  of  the  police  to  do  their  duty 
is  an  indirect  incitement  t"  otherwise  law- 
abiding  storekeepers  to  create  a  breach  oJ 
Mir  peace.  V'  one  wants  to  see  the  union 
roughnecks  throw  n  into  the  gutter,  where 
fchey  belong,  but  whenever  they  meet  that 
fate,  the  passing  citizen  will  be  unable  to 
conceal   his  pleasure. 

+ 

A  NEW  CASSANDRA. 

M"  A  DA  ME  DE  THEBES,  the  Parisian 
prophetess,  whose  annual  forecasts,  is 
sued  in  almanac  form  have  become 
an  institution  among  the  superstitious,  pre- 
diots  that  1913  will  be  a  bloody  year.  Like 
most  prophets,  whose  only  inspiration  is  the 
knowledge  that  if  you  anticipate  a  sufficient 
variety  of  things,  one  or  more  will  surely 
happen,  she  owes  her  fame  to  the  fact  that 
people,  while-  vividly  remembering  the  odd 
success,  readily  forget  the  round  number  of 
failures.  Any  uninspired  idiot  can  sit  down 
and  make  a  list  of  guesses  as  to  the  future, 
but  if  one  of  them  conies  off,  many  otherwise 
sane  people  will  credit  him  with  something 
akin  to  seership.  For  last  year  Madame  de 
Thebes  successes  were  the  near  Eastern  war 
and  the  defeat  of  Uoosevelt.  "There  will  be 
trouble  in  the  Balkans,"  has  been  a  standing 
prophecy  for  so  long  it  became  the  subject 
of  a  Kipling  joke,  while  as  for  the  defeat  of 
the  Bull  Moose,  the  scantiest  knowledge  of 
American  politics  would  have  sufficed  without 
invoking  the  aid  of  any  esoteric  or  oeculteric 
Hi  tii -flam. 

+ 

PASSING  OF  THE  WAR  CORRESPONDENT 

ANY  doubt  as  to  the  passing  of  the  old- 
time  war  correspondent  must  have  been 
removed  from  the  minds  of  those  who 
have  followed  the  reports  of  the  proceedings 
in  the  Near  East.  Contradictions  were  al- 
ways common  in  battle  stories;  in  fact,  they 
gave  a  zest  to  the  reading  as  representing  the 
conflicting  claims  of  either  side;  but  the  fla- 
grant contradictions  in  the  current  stories 
have  been  so  ridiculous  as  to  rob  the  narra- 
tives of  all  interest.  For  a  time  it  seemed  as 
though  Lieutenant  Wagner  of  the  Austrian 
army  was  the  one  man  privileged  to  get  any- 
thing like  reliable  information.  Now  it  ap- 
pears that  his  dispatches  were  censored  out  of 
all  recognition.  The  correspondents  with  the 
Turkish  army  were  put  off  from  day  to  day, 
and  when  finally  allowed  to  go  to  the  front 
were  forwarded  by  a  train  going  at  the  rate 
of  five  miles  an  hour.  Such  news  as  was  giv- 
en them  was  absolutely  false  and  made  them 
look  supremely  ridiculous  when  it  was  pub- 
lished. The  telegrams  they  sent  were  trans- 
lated in  Constantinople,  passed  a  second  time 
by  the  censor,  and  when  finally  published  were 
additionally  absurd. 

For  a  time  it  looked  as  though  American 
readers  were  being  given  specially  faked  dis- 
patches by  journals  which  recognized  that 
Turkey  had  few  sympathizers  and  practically 
no  citizens  in  our  midst.  Color  was  given  to 
this  when  the  few  Turkish  soldiers  reported  as 


having  escaped  'h<-  general  decimation  refused 

to  go  out  and  hang  themselves  in   accordance 
with  the  intentions  announced  in  the  reports. 

ii  i-  in.n  evident  thai  the  bard  lying  did 
iriginate  in  America,  but  on  the  battle 
field,  and  the  explanation  i>.  as  we  have  stat- 
o.l,  the  passing  of  the  war  correspondent 
into  a  mere  printer's  devil  for  the  leaders 
of  i  he  forces  to  which  he  is  attached. 

(lone  is  the  tinsel  from  the  halo  of  romance 
that  hung  around  the  head  of  that  journalistic 
marvel,  the  wonderful  gentleman  who  was 
supposed  to  stand  calmly  on  the  battlefield 
taking  notes.  When  one  lead  pencil  was  shot 
out  of  his  hand  he  coolly  pulled  from  his  pock- 
et another  already  sharpened  for  such  an 
emergency.  Once  the  pride,- the  envy  and  the 
admiration  .of  the  reporting  profession,  he  is 
now  restricted  to  duties  which  could  be  as 
elliciently  performed  by  the  average  cub  or 
ambitious  oifice  boy. 

f 

FAMOUS   "LABOR  LEADER." 

IN  THE  trial  of  the  dynamite  conspirators 
at  Indianapolis  Olaf  Tveitmoe  of  San 
Francisco  has  been  frequently  mentioned 
and  spoken  of  by  a  witness  as  the  "Mayor  de 
facto  of  San  Francisco"  under  the  McCarthy 
administration.  The  spirited  portrait  of  this 
"labor  leader"  in  The  Wasp  this  week  was 
taken  when  he  was  sojourning  at  Stillwater, 
Minn.,  some  years  ago. 

♦ 

Mayor  Gay e or  says  that  most  of  the  "vic- 
ious people,"  who  assail  his  administration, 
are  clergymen  preaching  to  empty  benches, 
which  they  hope  to  fill  by  denouncing  him. 
After  thus  relieving  his  feelings,  Gaynor  ad- 
vised the  ministers  that  the  best  way  to  fill 
their  churches  was  by  words  of  brotherly  love. 


CHARLES    MEINECKE    Sl    CO. 

AatNTiPuinoOOMT,  l14  1<OMy(HT*  »t..  s.f 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    November    30,    1912. 


THE  PRESS  AND  THE  PUG. 

THAT  full-page,  illustrated-m-color  sermon 
in  Sunday's  Examiner,  preached  from 
tbe  text  of  the  John  son- Jeffries  encoun- 
ter against  the  evils  of  prize-fighting,  was 
perfectly  consistent  with  Heaist's  engagement 
of  a  regiment  of  writers  to  record  every  detail 
of  the  battle  at  Keno.  The  people  insist  on 
having  the  news.  Heaist  may  be  opposed  to 
war,  but  he  is  obliged  to  chronicle  every 
skirmish. 

To  What  extent  the  newspapers  are  respon- 
sible for  the  perpetuation  of  prize-fighting  is 
another  matter.  Suppress  the  romance  woven 
around  the  training  of  pugilists  in  the  great 
dailies,  and  the  "noble  art."  already  decay- 
ing, would  soon  be  buried.  But  the  humor  ol 
it  is  that  the  so-called  ' '  brutal  prize  fights ' ' 
which  "masquerade  under  the  name  of  glove 
contests, ' '  are  harmless  fakes  devised  to  de- 
ceive a  credulous  public. 

In  sober  truth,  the  allegedly  manly  art  has 
lost  all  but  the  appearance  of  brutality.     The 


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reports  of  these  encounters  which  appear  in 
the  papers  are  often,  to  use  a  pugism,  mere 
picturesque  pap.  Sometimes  they  a.e  written 
up  and  in  type  before  the  men  have  entered 
the  ring.  Frequently  these  "prize  fights"  are 
tamer  than  a  church  congress,  and  not  nearly 
as  exciting  as  two  Supervisors  exchanging 
amenities;  but  the  yellow  journal  editor  wants 
a  certain  amount  of  blood  in  his  columns,  and 
with  blood  the  reporter  colors  his  copy,  even 
though  the  gloves  may  have  been  used  as 
gently  as  a  powder  putt". 

Once  in  a  blue  moon  two  contestants  may  be 
found  guilty  of  actually  hurting  each  other,  but 
they  aie  invariably  new  beginners,  who  soon 
learn  that  it  is  wholly  unnecessary. 

Even  when  a  little  "claret"  is  tapped  it 
happens  either  by  accident  or  prearrangement 
being  introduced  merely  as  a  * '  blind, ' ',  a 
guarantee  of  good  faith,  something  to  lend 
an  air  of  reality  to  an  otherwise  dull  and  un- 
convincing encounter. 

Indeed,  there  is  nothing  more  studiously 
friendly  than  the  average  prize  fight.  It  is 
recorded  of  one  celebrated  bruiser  that  he 
went  through  a  long  life  with  only  one  scratch 
and  that  he  received  in  a  weak  moment  when 
he  so  far  forgot  his  sense  of  danger  as  to 
(■Imp  a  little  firewood. 
•  Another  pug,  on  being  asked  why  he  had 
not  yet  fought  a  certain  slugger,  replied  sig- 
nificantly: "Fight  'im?  Why  should  I?  e 
ain't   no  friend  o*  mine." 

Pugilism  is  not  nearly  so  dangeious  as  poli- 
tics— Federal  politics  especially.  The  pug 
fights  not  because  it  is  his  nature  to,  but  be- 
cause he  and  his  partner — it  is  a  travesty  to 
call  them  opponents — find  that  the  easiest  and 
lightest  form  of  employment.  In  most  other 
occupations  there  is  the  danger  of  getting  in- 
jured. On  the  ground  of  obtaining  money  un- 
der false  pretenses  a  sustainable  charge  might 
be  leveled  against  p:ize-fighters  and  the  pa- 
pers that  aid  and  abet  them,  but  no  jury  of 
experts  would  ever  convict  them  of  brutality. 
If  the  pug  is  to  be  killed  by  sermons,  let  it  be 
for  the  reason  that  he  is  an  unpicturesque 
parasite. 


That  penmauship  should  decline  with  the 
growing  use  of  the  typewriter  is  only  natural, 
but  it  is  rough  upon  the  applicant  for  a  posi- 
tion, who  is  still  old-fashioned  enough  to  dot 
each  "i"  and  cross  each  "t,"  and  other- 
wise make  his  writing  legible,  to  be  told 
that  his  time  could  not  be  very  valuable,  since 
he  had  enough  to  spare  on  "dolling  up"  his 
letters.  That  eccentricity  of  genius,  which 
consists  in  illegible  writing,  may  be  due  to 
the  affectation  that  time  is  too  valuable  to 
waste  on  plain  characters,  but  that  affecta- 
tion generates  the  further  conceit  that  the 
time  of  other  mortals  is  so  worthless  much 
of  it  may  be  spent  in  vain  endeavor  to  de- 
cipher signatural  hieroglyphics.  The  only 
moral  of  which  is:  Buy  a  typewriter,  and  for 
preference    see   our    advertising    columns. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    1. 

ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRIE  G.  Mc 
ELROY,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No. 
33,086. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRIE  G. 
McELROY,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as  fol- 
lows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Moss  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hundred  and  fift> 
(250)  feet  southeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northeasterly  line  of  Moss 
Street  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Howard  Street, 
and  running  thence  southeasterly  and  along  said  line 
of  Moss  Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northeasterly  seventy- five  (75)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  twenty-five  (25 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southwesterly 
seventy-five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number 
248. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit : 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted ; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs 
recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said   Court,    this 
13th   day  of  November,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The- Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  23rd  day  of  No- 
vember,   A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    S&n    Francisco,    Cal. 


WW  EN  the  aews  of  Sir  Thomas  Upton's 
proposed  visil  to  Sun  Francisco  first 
reached  us  society  was  .-ill  astir  with 
excitement,  as  there  was  a  rumor  going  the 
rounds  i"  the  .-n c<-t  that  lit-  was  not  making 
the  trip  i"  the  Coast  solely  iu  the  interests  oi 
sport,  l>ui  that  little  Dan  Cupid  bad  been  pull 
ing  more  than  usually  hard  :ii  his  susceptible 
heart-strings,  this  time  towards  one  of  the 
youngest  "i  our  society  buds.  Those  who  have 
followed  the  career  of  the  gnllaut  knight 
shook  their  heads  and  smiled  as  they  thought 
of  Hie  lung  line  of  beauties  of  all  nations  to 
whom  ui  some  time  or  other  Sir  Thomas  bad 
become  engaged,  if  not  by  word  or  deed  oJ 
his  own.  ui  k-:isi  by  the  kindly  offices  of  news- 
paper coi  resj lents. 

The  fair  lady  in  the  presenl  case  is  Miss 
Phyllis  de  SToung,  whom  he  met  last  summei 
in  England,  and  to  wnom  he  seemed  so  devot- 
ed. So  ardent  was  Sir  Thomas  in  his  atten- 
tions it  was  thought  that  at  last  the  confirm- 
ed bachelor  had  met  the  one  whose  distinctive 
charms  had  won  njhere  so  many  had  failed. 
lining  his  visit  tie:e  it  was  constantly  ex- 
pected that  an  announcement  would  be  made, 
and  now  thai  lie  lias  departed  without  any 
public  intimation  those  who  were  so  busy 
ciiculating  the  rumor  explain  the  omission  by 

ilie   extre youth   of   the   lady,  whose  social 

how  is  only  a  matter  of  a  few  weeks.  Certain 
ii  is  that  Sir  Thomas  was  with  the  De  Youngs 
almost  constantly,  and  that  he  gave  to  the 
Chronicle  several  exclusive  stories.  At  the 
Crimmins  ball  a  week  ago  he  showed  a  mark- 
ed attention  to  the  He  Young  family,  but  as 
lo  whether  the  time  bestowed  on  Miss  Phyllis 
was  attention  with  serious  intention  only  the 
knight  and  the  fair  lady  can  say,  and  at  pres- 
ent they  do  not  choose  to  say  anything. 

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Hasty  Nuptials. 

IT  IS.  indeed,  news  to  us  to  hear  of  the  hasty 
nuptials  of  Mrs.  Lena  Sefton  Wakefield 
to  Captain  Henry  B.  ('lark,  U.  S.  A.  Mrs. 
Wakefield  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  J.  W.  Sef- 
ton of  San  Diego,  a  very  wealthy  widow.  Her 
first,  husband,  Prank  W.  Wakefield,  made  his 
home  also  in  San  Diego  until  after  his  mar- 
riage, when  he  decided  to  come  to  San  Fran 
cisco  to  engage  in  business.  They  made  their 
home  for  a  time  in  Sausalito,  where  Mrs. 
Wakefield  had  many  friends  and  became  pop- 
ular with  the  army  and  navy  set.  Her  young 
husband  was  unfortunate  in  business,  and 
finally  failed,  and  with  this  calamity  domes- 
tic bliss  seemed  to  flee  also,  and  two  years 
ago  Mrs.  Wakefield  sued  for  a  divorce.  This 
was  granted,  and  the  two  children  were  to 
divide   their  time  between   each  parent. 

Mrs.   Wakefield    has   known   Captain    Clark 
for  a  long  time,  it  seems,  but  her  mother  vio 


NOTICE. 

All  communications  relative  to  toclal  newi 
should  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  F.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  Insure  publication 
in  the   issue  of  that  week. 


lent  l\  opposed  her  marriage  to  iiim  when  the 
Captain  was  stationed  here.  A  IVu  weeks 
ago  Mrs.  Wakefield  left  for  a  lour  of  the 
South,  and  I  ho  first  thing  her  family  heard 
from  her  was  the  news  that  she  was  to  marry 
Captain  Clark  at  Jacksonville,  Florida.  Her 
mother    left    immediately    to   attend    the    wed 


MISS   CAMILLE    DOEN 

Daughter  oi  Colonel  D.  S.  Dorn,  who  made  a 
brilliant  deuiit  as  pianiste  at  the  St.  Francis 
on   Wednesday. 

ding,  which  took  place  on  November  20th 
and  Captain  and  Mrs.  Clark  will  make  theii 
home  at  Fort  Moultrie,  South  Carolina.  Mrs. 
Clark's  brother,  Joseph  W.  Sefton  Jr.,  mar 
ried  pretty  Helen  Thomas  of  Sausalito,  sever 
al  years  ago,  and  although  their  home  is  ir 
San  Diego  they  make  frequent  visits  north 
Young  Mrs.  Sefton  is  a  niece  of  Mrs.  Wake 
field   Baker   of   this   city. 

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Miss  Anna  Peters. 

MISS  ANNA  PETEBS,  who  made  such  a 
dashing  Capt.  Peacock  in  the  "Campus 
Mouser,  "was  the  lucky  one  to  catch 
the  bride's  bouquet  at  the  Keeney-Chamber- 
lain  wedding,  and  as  she  has  a  most  ardent 
suitor — to  be  more  explicit,  I  might  say  one 
who    wears    brass    buttons    and    anchors — old 


Dame  Rumor  is  shaking  her  head.  Miss  Peters 
i-  an  acknowledged  beauty,  and  lias  the  dis 
i  iiici  i.mi  of  being  called  i>\  I  lharles  1  tana  Gib 
sun  the  beauty  "i  California.  She  has  been 
known  to  remark  that  she  would  get  tit'M 
proposals  before  she  accepts  anj .  bul  as  sin- 
lias  suitors  by  the  score  thai  may  noi  be  an 
idle  jest. 

J*  ^  & 
Bex  Beach,  talking  of  liis  latest  success, 
"The  Net,"  enjpys  a  joke  at  the  expense  of 
local  reviewers  win.  praised  the  vivid  ami 
lifelike  picture  of  Sicily  in  the  opening  chap 
ters,  but  who  found  room  for  comment  on  his 
picture  of  Nru  Orleans,  h  appears,  not  be- 
ing able  io  \isii  Sicily,  Bex  was  forced  to 
fake  his  local  color  from  histories,  geograph- 
ies and  geologies,  while  lie  made  several  ex- 
tended  Mays  in  New  Orleans.  COnsluting  musty 

old   files   and   conversing   with    everybody    lie 

could    bill  tonhole. 

Hypnotic  Dancing. 

INHERE  is  one  thing  upon  which  the  editor 
of  i  he  illustrated  Sunday  magazine  can 
always  bank,  and  I  hat  is  the  short  mem 
ory  of  his  readers.  When  sufficient  sensations 
refuse  to  happen,  and  when  the  staff's  imag- 
ination is  unequal  to  the  necessary  space,  the 
editor  can  always  go  back  a  season  or  two  and 
warm  over  a  few  forgotten  thrillers,  which 
are  certain  to  thrill  anew  if  he  can  only  fake 
up  a  few  new  pictures.  Last  Sunday,  the 
Hearst  sheet  published  fifteen  pictures,  illus- 
trating what  purported  to  be  the  recent, 
discovery  of  a  dancing  Trilby,  one  "Mme. 
Magdeleine, ' '  who  under  a  hypnotic  spell 
dances  Chopin's  "Funeral  March."  And  is 
Mile.  Madeleine  the  Munich  marvel  who  some 
years  ago  startled  the  scientific  world  by  her 


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[Saturday,    November   30,    1912. 


professedly  trance  dancing,  so  far  forgotten 
that  she  can  be  changed  to  ' '  Mine.  Mag- 
deleine"  and  presented  as  a  sensation  of  the 
current  season?  I  remember  reading  about 
the  learned  persons  being  invited  upon  the 
platform  to  pinch  Mile.  Madeleine 's  calves 
and  convince  themselves  of  her  unconscious 
state.  I  also  remember  that  surgingly  elo- 
quent poem.  ' '  Madeleine, ' '  by  the  Munich 
poet,  A.  de  Nora,  who  asked:  "Is  she  in 
dreams?  Or  is  the  dream  in  her?  Are  all 
these  dreams  simply  her  body's  music?  Her- 
body  but  her  dreams  turned  music?  Perhaps 
oniy  for  cunning's  sake,  to  hide  her  conscious, 
careful  art,  she  wears  this  azure  eloak  of 
dreams.  What  matter,  and  who  cares?"  With 
which  final  query  we  may  well  close  the  com- 
ment  on   the   magazine's   rehash. 

Does  Marriage  Lengthen  Our  Days? 

THE  fallacy  that  married  people,  because 
of  marriage,  live  longer  than  those  who 
remain  single  is  only  a  little  more  an- 
cient than  the  accompanying  joke  that  they 
don't. live  longer;  it  only  seems  longer.  W. 
J.  Montgomery,  State  Actuary  of  Massachu- 
setts, is  the  latest  to  furnish  statistical  sup- 
port for  the  illogical  theory.  It  is  a  fact  that 
the  days  of  the  married  are  more  than  those 
of  the  unmarried,  but  not  because  they  are 
married.  The  wedded  are  a  specially  selected 
class  whose  married  state  is  not  the  cause  of 
longevity,  but  one  of  the  effects  or  results  of 
those  conditions  of  health  which  are  at  the 
basis  of  longevity.  Eugenists  and  other 
alarmists  to  the  contrary,  the  majority  of 
those  who  marry  are  the  healthiest  and  fittest 
in  the  community.  Sometimes  the  diseased, 
impecunious  and  otherwise  unfit  take  upon 
themselves  the  responsibilities  of  paying  rent 
for  two,  but  a  preponderating  percentage  of 
the  men  with  courage  to  face  the  altar  are  the 
successes  of  their  various  classes,  and  to  a 
great  extent  health  is  at  the  basis  of  finan- 
cial success.  Married  men  are  thus  seen  to 
be  a  specially  selected  class  who,  if  they  live 
longer,  do  so  because  they  are  healthier  to  be- 
gin with,  and  not  because  they  are  married. 
It  is  true  that  domestic  responsibilities  have 
a  sobering  effect  tending  to  that  more  orderly 
routine  which  is  conducive  to  longevity,  but 
no  overestimate  of  the  importance  of  this  can 
reduce  the  significance  of  the  better  average 
physique  and  general  health  with  which  they 
start. 

As  for  the  women  the  same  holds  true,  and 
to  an  even  greater  extent.  Now  and  then  the 
pale,  thin-lipped,  angular  and  anaemic  woman 
may  secure  a  mate,  but  in  an  overwhelming 
majority  of  instances  the  chosen  are  the  liber- 

LOAFING  MEN 

And  loafing  money  never  did  any  community 
any  good.  The  millions  of  dollars  invested 
in  the  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Associ- 
ation have  built  thousands  of  homes. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

WM.   CORBIN,  Secty.   and   Gen.   Mer. 

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ally  rounded,  warm-blooded,  deep-bosomed  va- 
riety. It  is  beauty  far  more  often  than  intel- 
lect, or  even  artistic  temperament,  that  is 
given  the  opportunity  of  fainting  under  the 
odor  of  orange-blossoms,  and  beauty  is  na- 
ture's poster  advertising  superior  health.  Thus 
married  women  are  also  the  specially  selected 
sisterhood  whose  selection  is  on  grounds  of 
enduring  vitality.  The  calm  and  quiet  of  the 
domestic  hearth  and  other  factors  incidental 
to  the  married  state  may  make  for  her  preser- 
vation, but,  as  in  the  case  of  the  married  man, 
they  are  matters  of  speculation  as  compared 
with  the  significance  of  their  special  selection 
on  the  grounds  of  health  in  the  first  instance. 

The  Ideal  Woman. 

I  VOWED  a  single  life  to  live, 
Immune  from  Cupid's  dart, 
Unless  I  found  the  perfect  maid 
With   pure   and   perfect   heart. 

I  weary  wandered  round  the  world, 
And  then  from  pole  to  pole, 

In  vain  to  find  the  angel  form 
That   held   the   angel   soul. 

At  last  I  saw  her:  Beauty's  Queen 
From  out  whose  radiant  face 

There  shone  the  light  of  love  serene, 
A  sweet  Hellenic  grace. 

I  viewed  awhile  the  majesty 

That  lit  her  placid  brow, 
And  then  upon  a  bended  knee 

I   made   her  lover's  vow. 

Alas!   the  lovely  maiden  who 
Fulfilled    perfection 's    plan 

Replied:  "Ah,  no!     I'm  looking  for 
A  perfect  type  of  man. 

Where  Christmas  Shoppers  FlocK 

THE  newspapers  have  referred  to  the  not- 
able exhibition  of  paintings  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  A.  &  S.  Gump  Co., 
246  Post  street;  but  the  fine  pictures  gallery 
is  only  one  of  the  multitude  of  attractions  that 
draw  crowds  of  holiday  buyers  to  Gumps' 
these  fine  winter  days.  Along  towards  Christ- 
mas the  wonderful  store  of  the  Gump  Broth- 
ers, established  by  their  worthy  father  nearly 
fifty  years  ago,  becomes  more  than  ever  a 
sort  of  Aladdin's  palace,  stocked  from  base- 
ment to  cellar  with  the  wonders  of  art  brought 
from  the  Occident  and  Orient.  A  woman  of 
discriminating  taste  who  visits  this  marvelous 
collection  of  art  goods  of  every  conceivable 
description,  and  the  best  that  can  be  found 
in  the  world  for  the  prices  asked,  finds  her- 
self bewildered  with  the  profusion  of  appro- 
priate Christmas  gifts  through  which  she 
ranges.  For  Gumps'  is  a  spacious  place,  with 
large  departments  devoted  to  the  various  de- 
scriptions of  ware — beautiful  Venetian  glass- 
ware, most  exquisite  Dresden,  Haviland  and 
Limoges   china,   cut-glass  beyond   description, 

DURING  THE  HOLIDAYS 

Use  Golden  State  extra  dry  California  cham- 
pagne produced  by  the  Italian-Swiss  Colony. 


admirable  marble  statuary  from  Florence  and 
Rome,  fine  bronzes  from  Parisian  ateliers, 
everything  in  the  line  of  applied  art  calculat- 
ed to  delight  the  eye.  The  Oriental  depart- 
ment, with  its  splendid  display  of  real  Satsu- 
ma,  its  -priceless  old  vases,  its  quaint  furni- 
ture and  its  richly  embroidered  Mandarin 
coats  and  beautiful  kimonas,  is  beyond  de- 
scriptor1" 

t5*  *5*  ta& 

His  Worth. 

Some  good  luek  had  come  to  him  in  business 
that  day  and  he  felt  as  if  he  wanted  to  share 
it  with  others.  So  when  he  reached  her  house 
and  dismissed  the  station  hack  with  its  two 
sorry  horses  he  joyously  handed  the  driver 
two  dollars. 

The  driver  looked  at  the  money,  then  at 
the  man,  and  then  at  his  horses,  and  finally 
said: 

"All  right,  sir;  which  horse  do  you  want?" 


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IMPORTED  NOVELTIES    *&£ 
IN  LEATHER,  GLASS  or 
METAL  for  CHRISTMAS 

ONLY  FOUR 

WEEKS  REMAIN. 

SELECT  YOUR 

HOLIDAY  GIFTS 

NOW. 


See  the   goods   the 


Pencil  Stands,  heavily 
nickeled,  with  pencils  at- 
tached on  automatic  take- 
up   device.     Prom  $1.50. 

Smokers*  Trays  of 
clear  glass,  with  dull 
brass  trimmings.  A  very 
acceptable  gift.  From 
$1.50. 

Sewing  Companion,  con- 
sisting of  metal  stand 
with  neat  pin  cushion 
and  scissors  of  best  grade 
imported  steel,  fitting 
in  cloth-lined  scabbard. 
A  clever  convenience  for 
$2.00. 

There  is  nothing  more 
appreciated  than  a  Trav- 
eling   Bag.     From    $5.00. 

These  are  merely  ran- 
dom selections  from  our 
immense  Holiday  Line, 
mselves    on    our  main   floor. 


IMITATION    IS    THE     TRIBUTE    MEDIOC- 
RITY   PAYS    TO    CAPACITY. 


MARKET  and  STOCKTON 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


Saturday,    November    30,    1912.J 


-TOE  WASP- 


The  Czar's  Crown  Slipping. 

IT   SEEMS    tbat    Czar    Greenway    is 
likely  lu  lose  liis  crown  by  a  quick 
revolt    of    his    long-luyal    subjects, 
and  not  by  any  efforts  of  Mrs,   Bowio 
Dietrick   and   bis   other    rivals.       His 
Knyal    Jli^'linrss,    it    is    wliispt-reil,    lias 

lost  the  favor  of  the  "old  aristocra- 
cy," whatever  that  may  mean  in  Cal- 
ifornia, by  letting  down  the  bars  .so 
completely    that    the    Bbeep    and    the 

goats  scampered  in  joyously  together 
to  his  Bachelors  and  Benedicts  balls. 
The  result  of  this  promiscuity  was 
shown  at  the  opening  Greenway  dance 
which  was  not  at  all  well-attended  by 
San  Francisco's  old  exclusives.  Th«, 
old  order  giveth  place  unto  the  new, 
and  many  of  the  younger  society  belles 
who  were  missing  from  the  Greenway 
dance  will  make  their  first  appearance 
this  season  at  the  Gayety  Clnb  ball  on 
December  ISth  at  California  Hall.  Tlie 
invitations  are  out.  The  Gayety  af- 
fairs are  always  most  elaborate,  and 
are  noted  for  their  extreme  txclusive 
ness.  Miss  Isabel  Beaver  has  bee° 
elected  president  of  the  Gayety  this 
year  in  place  of  Miss  Ethel  Crocker. 
Miss  Evelyn  Cunningham  has  been 
chosen  secretary  in  place  of  Miss  Fred- 
erika  Otis.  Several  new  members  have 
been  added  this  year  to  the  carefully 
chosen  list  of  members,  and  they  in- 
clude Miss  Margaret  Nichols,  Miss 
Christine  Donohoe,  Miss  Harriett  Pomeroy, 
Miss  Sophie  Beylard  and  Miss  Mauricia  Mint- 
zer. 

An  Expected  Engagement. 

STEWAET    HALDONI,    who    lives    at    the 
historic  old  Hugh  Tevis  place  at  Mon- 
terey, which  was  afterwards  sold  to  the 
Murrays,  has  been  very  ardent  in  his  atten 


ALL    SOLID    SILVER 
VANITY  CASE 


Compartmeits  for 

POWDER 

COINS 

CARDS 


VIOLET  FENSTEE 

Juvenile  pianiste,  who,  with  her  brother,  Lajos,  gave 
a  concert  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium  this  week. 


tions  to  an  extremely  well-known  society  girl 
who  has  eome  very  largely  before  the  public 
eye  as  a  dancer  and  amateur  actress.  Society 
is  very  busy  entwining  their  names  together 
and  wondering  whether  there  is  really  enough 
to  warrant  the  belief  that  the  amateur  star 
may  soon  essay  the  role  of  a  blushing  bride 
with  the  church  organ  for  an  orchestral  ac- 
companiment. The  young  man  has  abundant 
wealth,  and  is  extremely  popular,  while  the 
young  lady  is  quite  the  most  sought  after  in 
town,  owing  to  her  striking  looks,  brilliaint 
wit    and    daring    originality. 

tj5*  t£r*  t£f* 

A  Family  of  Bankers. 

HE  Joseph  Donohoes,  who  gave  a  ball 
this  week  to  introduce  their  attractive 
and  highly  accomplished  daughter  to 
society,  are  not  a  branch  of  the  Donahue  fam- 
ily of  which  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  is  the  head. 
They  spell  their  name  differently,  and  are  not 
related.  The  father  of  Mr.  Joseph  Donohoe 
was,  like  himself,  a  banker.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  famous  old  New  York  and  San 
Francisco  banking  firm  of  Donohoe,  Kelly  & 
Co.  Mr.  Joseph  Donohoe  Jr.  married  into 
the  wealthy  and  aristocratic  family  of  which 
John  Parrott,  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Empo- 
rium property  on  Market  street,  is  the  head. 
The    Parrotts    were    originally   bankers. 


JOHN  0.  BELLIS 

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328  Post  Street  Union  Square 


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medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women7 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


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four  candy  stores  are  ideal  places  to  meet  your 
friends.  When  shopping  downtown  make  your 
appointments  for  the  Phelan  Building  candy 
store. 

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Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    November    30,    1912. 


K  \  *  sSr  l  r  1 ,'  J  v      ft  i  .v  ■  '  "^H 


VALESKA    SURATT 
The   famous   stage  beauty  who  will  be   seen  at  the  Cort  Sunday  night  in   "The  Kiss  Waltz.' 


Infant   Artistes. 

DEAR  ME,  but  what  differences  there  are 
in  children!  In  Sunday's  Examiner  1 
read  on  one  page  of  a  Mrs.  Annie 
Scvoggins,  aged  14,  who,  having  been  granted 
a  divorce  and  the  custody  of  her  sis-months- 
old  baby,  secured  a  license  and  married  one 
C.  E.  Lacey.  On  another  page  I  read  an  in- 
review  by  J.  Lawrence  Toole  with  an  emo- 
tional actress.  Miss  Mary  Miles  Winter,  who 
the  day  before  had  cut  a  tooth,  which  is  not 
the  last  to  come.  "How  old  are  you?"  asked 
Toole.  "How  old  am  I,  aunty?"  asked  the 
emotional  actress  of  "the  lady  who  tucks 
her  in  bed."  "You  are  17,  dear.  Can't  you 
remember?"  replied  her  nurse.  Miss  Winter 
added  that  she  reads  Shakespeare,  but  not 
the  newspapers.     Happy  infant!     But  if  you 


should  chance  to  read  that  interview  you  will 
understand  why  I  am  smiling. 

Richard  le  Galliene  has  written  a  volume  of 
fairy  tales  entitled  ' '  The  Maker  of  Rain- 
bows,"  which  he  dedicated  to  the  publishers, 
Harper  and  Brothers.  An  author's  dedication 
to  a  publisher  sounds  like  a  fairy  tale. 

c5*        t£*        «j5* 

A  Borrowed  Birthday. 

MRS.  BOURKE  COCKRAN,  a  Native 
Daughter  of  the  Golden  West,  cele- 
brated her  birthday  during  the  month 
in  New  York,  though  she  was  born  on  a 
Christmas  Day.  When  a  very  little  girl,  in 
California,  Mrs.  Cockran  was  a  friend  of 
Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  She  was  lamenting 
one  day  that  her  birthday  came  on  Christmas, 


and  said  that  is  was  mean,  because  it  was 
a  day  that  everybody  celebrated  and  she  was 
entitled  to  a  birthday  all  to  herself. 

"I'll  tell  you  how  we'll  fix  it,"  said  Stev- 
enson. "I  have  a  birthday  that  I  don't  need 
very  much,  and  I'll  make  you  a  present  of 
it."  This  was  perfectly  satisfactory  to  the 
child,  and  as  Mrs.  Cockran  she  continues  the 
jest  so  typical  of  Stevenson,  the  beloved. 

The  blighted  romance  which  doomed  the 
Bishop  of  London  to  bachelorhood  recalls 
the  remark  of  that  facetious  divine,  Sydney 
Smith:  "A  bishop  cannot  make  love.  The 
most  he  can  say  is,  'I  will  meet  you  in  the 
vestry  after  service.'  "  Which  was  probably 
too  chilly  for  Lady  Cynthia. 


Executor's  Sale 


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MUST  BE  SOLD 

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Ground  rental  $137.50  per 
month,  average. 

$10,000 — Howard  near  6th  Street.  De- 
sirable building  lot.     60x90. 

$10,000 — Valencia  near  22nd.  Lot 
34:4x125.  Splendid  business 
holding.  Present  improve- 
ments of  nominal  value. 


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Saturday,    November    30,    1912.] 


THE  WASP- 


11 


Lipton  at  the  Press  Club. 

PROCEEDINGS  al   the  Piea     Club's  mid 
night   reception   to   Sir  Thomas    Lipton 
were   wild   &nd   wooly,  ;ts   befitted 
welcome  to  ;i  jovial  knighl  by  ;i  band  of  jov- 
ial reporters.    Thai  there  is  mirth  in  the  av* 
newspaper  man   may  not   I"'  suspected 
by   tin-  average   newspaper   reader,   but    seen 

utl"  the  chain,  the  local  scribe  has  a  sparkle 
which  xparkles  all  the  more  because  he  is 
obliged  to  cuncenl  it  when  on  duty.  Brother 
Naughton,  who  can  always  be  relied  upon 
to  say  the  unexpected,  said  it  with  more  tha  I 
usual  felicity.  He  was  not  certain  whether 
the  gU68l  was  a  So tj  oh- 1  rishman  or  an  Irish- 
Scotchman,  a  Bcotch  lad  of  Irish  parents  or 
an  Irish  lad  of  Scotch  parents,  an  Irish-Scotch 
lad  of  Scotch-Irish  parents  or — but  no  matter, 
Bill  got  them  all  mixed  up  iu  a  way  that 
made  him  feel  perfectly  at  home.  Whatever 
of  Scotch  there  may  be  in  Lipton,  he  certain- 
ly does  not  joke  wi'  deeficulty,  and  his  speech, 
manifestly  spontaneous,  set  the  key  of  the 
evening,  or  rather  early  morning,  which  was 
D  sharp  iu  ragtime. 

And.  talking  of  rag,  they  certainly  ragged 
some  in  the  dancing,  which  followed  the  re- 
past and  musical  items.  The  reporters,  assist- 
ed by  a  liberal  force  of  the  fair  sex  and  the 
members  of  the  various  theatrical  companies, 
entered  into  the  valse  de  bovine,  as  they 
called  the  Texas  Tommy,  with  an  abandon  so 
entertaining  the  gallant  knight  could  not  tear 
himself  away  until  close  on  four  a.  m.  Lip- 
ton  said  he  had  never  seen  anything  so  en- 
tertaining, and  was  genuinely  pleased  with 
having  been  made  a  life  honorary  member. 
He  certainly  gave,  both  in  speech  and  friv- 
olous deed,  a  new  and  most  diverting  con- 
ception of  the  British  aristocrat,  and  proved 
himself  the  good  mixer,  to  which  he  owes  so 
much  of  his  deserved  popularity.  A  barone! 
with  courage  enough  to  ask  an  audience  to 
turn  its  head  while  he  kisses  a  beautiful  wo- 
man, will  always  have  a  warm  corner  in  the 
heart  of  our  democracy. 

Advertising  Association  Gives  Banquet. 

LAST  Thursday  evening,  Mr.  Charles  W. 
Hornick,  the  retiring  General  Manager 
of  the  San  Francisco  Call,  was  tendered 
a  banquet  at  Techau  Tavern  by  the  Advertis- 
ing Assocation  of  San  Francisco.  The  occasion 
was  a  befitting  testimonial  to  this  public-spir- 
ited gentleman,  wno  has  been  identified  in  a 
prominent  way  with  every  important  public 
movement  in  San  Francisco  during  his  seven 
years'  residence.  The  banquet  was  of  unus- 
ual excellence,  even  for  this  famous  cafe. 
The  Thursday  luncheon  of  the  Kotary  Club, 
at  the  Tavern,  was  in  a  nature  of  a  welcome 
to  the  Club  's  .new  officers,  and  the  attendance 
was,  in  consequence,  unusually  large.  The 
always  popular  Tavern  is  constantly  increas- 
ing in  favor,  not  only  as  a  correct  place  for 
special  banquets,  but  as  a  rendezvous  for  the 
after-theater  crowds,  who  appreciate  the  at- 
mosphere of  refinement  and  respectability, 
which  is  immediately  noticeable  to  all  who  en- 
ter its  doors. 


ADRIENNE  AUGARDE,  who  comes  to  the  Orpheum  next  week. 


ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  Duilding  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  O'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 


LARGEST,  STRONGEST  and 

ARRANGED  SAFE  DEPOSIT 

Boxes  $4  per  annum 

Telephone 


MOST  CONVENIENTLY 
WEST  OF  NEW  YORK 
and  upwards. 

Kearny  11. 


12 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    November    30,    1912. 


<^m-3  SEE  that  the  Federal  authorities  have 
i?lra  served  indictments  against  1 73  doc- 
?)lls  tors,  druggists  and  others  alleged  to 
y^"%  be  engaged  in  the  race  suicide  indus- 
try. I've  no  sympathy  to  waste  on 
people  who  live  by  preventing  life,  but  these 
spasms  of  morality  on  the  part  of  the  Federal 
officials  seem  to  me  to  be  less  a  desire  to 
stamp  out  evils  than  to  keep  in  their  jobs  by 
doing  something  spectacular,  something  that 
will  result  in  a  lot  of  advertisement  without 
the  danger  of  hitting  at  an  abuse  sufficiently 
organized  to  hit  "back.  By  all  means  prose- 
cute those  people  who  misuse  the  mails  for 
purposes  of  their  nefarious  trade,  but  why 
stop  at  those  who  clip  tbe  wings  of  the  stork, 
and  leave  untouched  those  who,  in  the  name 
of  the  healing  art,  are  veritable  parasites 
and  licensed  vampires,  preying  upon  the  sick 
and  suffering? 

To  countless  thousands  in  our  country  the 
destroying  angel,  or  the  grim  reaper,  comes 
not  with  wings  or  a  scythe,  but  with  a  frock 
coat,  a  stovepipe  lid  and  a  medical  grip. 

The  so-called  "specialist,"  who  is  often  an 
ex-butcher,  with  a  preference  for  human  ma- 
terial; an  ex-solicitor,  tinker,  tailor,  soldier, 
sailor,  or  ex-anything  in  no  way  preparatory 
for  medical  and  surgical  skill,  is  responsible  for 
more  deaths  in  a  year  than  occur  on  any  bat- 
tlefield. And  in  a  way  those  whom  he  passes 
on  to  the  undertaker  are  more  fortunate  than 
those  ne  strings  on  until  tney  have  coughed 
up  the  last  dime  they  can  raise. 

The  quack  is  the  one  blunderer,  most  of 
whose  mistakes  are  safely  buried  under  six 
feet  of  mother  earth  or  obliterated  in  a 
crematorium. 

By  means  of  circulars  and  newspaper  ad- 
vertisements be,  too,  misuses  the  mails,  but 
for  the  reason  that  he  is  a  source  of  great 
profit  to  the  newspapers,  he  is  the  subject  of 
no  denunciatory  editorials,  and  the  Federal 
authorities  find  that  it  is  not  good  business  to 
prosecute  him. 

And  he  plys  his  piracy  with  such  astute- 
ness, a  favorite  device  being  the  employment 
of  runners,  who  infest  the  sitting  rooms  ol 
so  many  hotels,  lying  in  wait  for  victims 
from  the  country.  Always  smooth  and  suave, 
with  a  faculty  for  worming  his  way  into  the 


DRINKERS 
Take  Notice 

the  san  francisco  sanatorium  "was 
established  for  the  sole  purpose  of 
giving  to  men  and  women  who  have 
over-indulged  that  scientific  and 
proper  care  that  will  enable  them 
to  sober  up  in  the  right  wat.  hu- 
mane, up-to-date  methods  employed, 
strictest  privacy  maintained,  prices 
moderate.     no  name  on  building. 

San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Fhon*  Franklin  7470        1911  Van  NeBB  Ave. 
H.   L.    BATOHELDER,    Manmgtr. 


confidence  of  strangers,  he  is  sometimes  done 
up  to  look  like  one  who  has  known  a  great 
suffering,  but  who  talks  of  having  been  saved 
from  years  of  torture  and  being  snatched 
from  the  very  jaws  of  death  by  the  specialist 
for  whom  he  works.  He  may  even  produce 
a  photograph  showing  himself  as  doubled  up 
with  tneatrical  agony,  bandaged  and  support- 
ed by  crutches.  With  these  artifices  he  gains 
the  confidence  of  the  newcomer,  who  unfolds 
his  tale  of  suffering,  incidentally  telling  of 
his  various  symptoms.  The  information  is 
imparted  to  the  quack  before  the  victim  goes 
to  the  free  consultation — consultations  are 
always  free,  the  robbery  begins  with  the  med- 
icine or  other  treatment. 

At  the  ' '  consultation ' '  the  vampire  pre- 
tends to  feel  the  pulse  and  read  the  tongue, 
"Ah,"  he  says,  "a  bad  case.  You  are  for- 
tunate   to    have    come    to    me    in    time.      You 


cannot  sleep  more  than  a  few  minutes  at  a 
time.  You  have  violent  pains  under  the  right 
shoulder  blade  after  meals.  You  have  trouble 
with  your  kidneys '  '—and  so  on,  repeating 
verbatim  the  symptom's  as  furnished  him  by 
the  runner  in  a  prior  interview.  The  confiding 
patient  thinks  it  wonderful  that  from  a  mere 
touch  of  his  pulse  and  a  glance  at  his  tongue 
the  doctor  has  been  able  to  read  so  much  so 
accurately.  He  decides  to  take  the  treatment 
and,  of  course,  the  question  of  charge  is  reg- 
ulated by  what  the  runner  has  been  enabled 
to  elicit  from  the  victim.  If  a  rich  man,  it 
is  by  lump  sum,  and  if  not  so  rich,  the  patient 
is  strung  on  until  he  has  exhausted  the  last 
cent  he  can  rake  up. 

If  the  papers  would  only  give  the  space, 
they  could  tell  tales,  harrowing  tales,  of  the 
fiendish  extortion  practised  by  that  most  dia- 
bolical of  all  human  vampires,  the  medical 
quack,  who  fattens  on  the  sickness  and  decay 
of  his  victims. 

So   far,   the   federal    authorities   have    been 


THE  WASP  reaches  5,000  society  and  club 
women*  regularly.  We  will  soon  reacn  twice 
as  many.  Subscribe  for  THE  WASP  and  get 
the  intei-esting  news  that  women  look  for. 


as  lamentable  in  their  failure  to  prosecute  the 
worst  class  of  medical  imposters  as  they  have 
been  in  the  conduct  of  certain  health  opera- 
tions of  their  own.  Take  the  bubonic  plague 
scare  as  an  illustration  of  crass-headed  stupid- 
ity, supervening  on  a  mistaken  theory  as  to 
the  spread  of  the  disease.  We  were  told 
with  all  the  confidence  of  official  ignorance 
that  the  plague  was  spread  by  bites  from 
fleas  that  had  transferred  their  affections  from 
sewer  rats  to  humans.  If  that  is  the  case, 
then  how  monies  it  that  of  all  the  hundreds 
of  men  working  all  these  years  at  the  dan- 
gerous calling  of  rat-catchers  only  one  man 
has  died,  and  as  to  the  cause  of  his  death 
there  is  neither  certainty  as  to  its  being 
wrought  by  a  flea  bite  or  as  to  its  being  the 
bubonic  plague? 

Shucks!    It  makes  me  so  tired  I  haven't 

time  to  dilate  upon  certain  other  phases  of 
that  modern  medical  superstition,  the  fatuous 
worship  of  which  is  not  surpassed  by  the 
most  partizan  versions  of  ancient  religious 
idolatry. 


On  Either  Side. 

They  linger  at  the  garden  gate — 
The  moon  is  bright,  the  hour  is  late; 
They  laugh  and  talk  in  accents  low, 
And  so  they  did  an  hour  ago. 
Why  do  they  loiter  on  the  scen<*? 
The  garden  gate  is  closed  between, 
But  still  they  linger,  still  they  wait 
On  either  side  the  garden  gate — 
And  yet,  it  cannot  be  denied, 
There  's  much  to  say  on  either  side. 
+ 

Anyway  if  you  don't  like  the  umbrella  the  friend 
loans  you  it  can  be  returned. 


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DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

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Or    Magical     Beautlfier 

urifiea  Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 

Freckles,  Moth-Patch- 
es, RaBh  and  Skin  Dis- 
eases, and  every  blem- 
ish on  beauty,  and  de- 
fies detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  of  65 
years,  no  other  has, 
and  is  so  harmless  we 
taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is 
properly  made.  Accept 
no  counterfeit  of- simi- 
lar name.  The  dis- 
tinguished Dr.  L.  A. 
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THE  WASP • 


13 


MAItiS 

DIARY  • 


OO0NESS  MK!  1  don't  know  why  it  is.  but 
something  happens  every  Thanksgiving  to 
make    mo    feel    j"*t    the    way    I    oughtn't, 

i.V^/i         Hurl;     li<»iiif.     ;it      M:iss;uluwl  I.-,     Wi-     ln.'ul.'     BO 

much  of  Thanksgiving!  For  two  weeks 
ahead  of  ii  mother  wouldn't  let  us  talk  mean  about 
anybody.  H  Pop  used  anj  cuss  words,  such  us 
"<;.»l  dura  itl"  or  "By  heckl"  lie  got  such  a  going 
over  he   thought    the   bouse   fell  on  him. 

Lands  sake!  in  this  uncivilized  community  there's 
n<>  respect  tor  nothing  sacred.  At  the  Thanksgiving 
Thoughts  session  of  our  Ethical  Effort  Club,  what 
do  you  think  they  were  all  talking  ahout.  Did  Sir 
Thomas  Lipton  kiss  Maud  Lillian  Berri  on  the 
cheek  or  the  chin  or  the  mouth  at  the  Press  Club 
jinks.  Goodness  mel  Mrs.  Trotter  was  at  the 
iinks  chaperoning  Ethyl  Gayleigh,  and  gives  the 
worst  version  of  it.  She  says  that  she's  sure  Sir 
Thomas  is  an  old  band  at  the  game,  and  just  us 
sly  as  an  old  fox.  Mrs.  Trotter  could  see  by  the 
way  thai  he  was  shasseying  around  the  actress,  pre 
lending  to  turn  over  the  leaves  of  the  music  for 
her,  that  if  he  got  half  a  chance  he'd  just  as  soon 
kiss  her.  Lands  sake!  you  can't  fool  Mrs.  Trotter 
.mi  anything  like  that.  Of  course,  he  wouldn't 
have  tne  nerve  to  do  it  in  front  of  everybody.  So 
what  does  he  do  but  pretend  he'd  arranged  to  have 
a  photographer  take  everybody's  picture,  though 
'twas  nothing  of  the  kind. 

"Let's   all    look   towards    that    corner!"    he    said, 


Wliere  can  you  And  a  "better  advertising 
medium  tnan  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  club  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


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Elizaheth  Menzeli,  Gilbert  Normal 
School  of  Dancing  of  New  York  City. 

Miss  White  has  Just  returned  from  New  York 
and  will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy, 
National,  Classical  and  Folk  Dances.  New 
Ball  Room  Dances  for  this  season:  Tango, 
Crab  Crawl,  Four  Step  Boston.     Hall  for  Rent. 


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and    they   all    turned    their  heads — and   such   a   smack 

dl       Mrs.     Trotter    says    it    sounded    like 

the    explosion    of   an    automobile   tire.      If  it   hadn't 

l n    thai    somebody    nudged    Mrs.    Trotter    to    turn 

her  face  round  to  bi  photographed  she'd  have  seen 
the    Whole    proceedin  Sir    Thomas    wanted    every 

body  to  look  round  a  second  time  towards  the  cor- 
ner, and     Miss    Berri     seemed    satisfied,    but    Mrs. 
1  '":         .ii. 1. 1  i    turn    their   heads    with    a 
■   i  crew       Land     Hike  I   all  men  are  alike  whether 

they  have  titles  or  not  I  And  as  for  the  actresses — 
well,  I've  always  had  my  opinion  of  them.  I  mustn't 
acc<  pi  any  invitations  to  Press  Club  jinks.  Suppose 
I  bud  gone  with  Mrs,  Trotter  and  Ethyl  Gayleigh, 
and  Sir  Thomas  bad  picked  me  out  for  his  atten- 
tions   instead   of    that    prima   donna.      Heavens!      How 

careful  one  must  be ' 

*     *     * 

After  our  Thanksgiving  Thoughts  session  M  the 
Club  M  iss  Bones,  our  secretary,  came  home  with 
me   for  a   CUp  of   tea,   and    I   cut   into   the   lovely   choco- 

late  cake  made  for  Thanksgiving.  What  a  foolish 
thing  to  do!  A  slice  of  stale  bread  would  have 
been    g 1  enough   for  her. 

"I  suppose  you  have  much  to  be  thankful  for, 
Miss  Twiggs?"  she  said.  "Your  health  is  so  good 
and  you're  so  popular  and  have  such  a  lovely 
home! ' ' 

I  told  her  yes,  and  what  was  better  than  all  I 
was  still  the   sole  mistress  of  it. 

'  'Oh,  I  thought  that  would  be  one  of  your  re- 
grets,' '    she    said. 

Spiteful  cat  1  Next  time  she  drops  in  for  tea 
she'll  get  some  out  of  the  package  Makahasbi  drop- 
ped   into  the   soapsuds. 

Dear  me!  It  was  so  unfortunate  I  cut  up  the 
Thanksgiving  cake  for  Miss  Bones,  without  asking 
permission  from  Makahasbi.  He  cut  up  just  awful 
when  he  saw  it,  and  threatened  to  lenve.  Lands 
sake!  'tis  harder  to  get  a  good  cook  than  a  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States.  I  had  such  a  terrible 
time  before  I  got  Makabashi,  and,  goodness  knows, 
he  ain't  much  to  boast  about.  Mrs.  Trotter  says 
that  instead  of  giving  a  money  donation  to  the  Boys' 
Recreation  League  at  Christmas,  I  ought  to  present 
them  with  a  few  pans  of  Makahashi's  biscuits  as 
baseballs. 

Mrs.  Trotter  was  telling  me  about  the  trouble  Mrs. 
Kilo  Watt  of  Burlingame  has  with  her  cooks.  The 
last  Japanese  boy  that  called  to  answer  her  adver- 
tisement said  be  wanted  to  inspect  the  garage  be- 
fore he  went  to  work. 

"We  haven't  got  a  garage  in  the  kitchen.  I 
guess  you  mean  you  want  to  inspect  the  stove,  '  said 
Mrs.  Watt. 

Lands  sake!  'twasn't  the  stove  was  bothering  him 
at  all.  He  had  an  automobile  of  his  own  and  want- 
ed a  place  to  keep  it. 

"You  please  tell  me  how  many  days  a  month  I 
can   go   ride   me   automobile,"    he   said. 

"Thirty  days  anyhow,  and  some  months  thirty- 
one  days,  for  I've  got  no  earthly  use  of  you,"  said 
Mrs.  Watt. 

I  must  give  Makahashi  some  present  so  he  won't 
leave.  I  can  make  him  a  nice  necktie  out  of  the 
piece  of  red  carpet  that  was  left  over  after  laying 
the  stairs. 

TABITHA    TWIGGS. 


She  Did. 

The  young  girl  sat  in  her  bedroom,  reading  and 
waiting  impatiently.  Her  older  sister  was  enter- 
taining a  young  man  in  the  parlor  and  she  wanted 
to  know  how  it  would  terminote.  At  last  there  was 
a  sound  in  the  hall,  and  a  crash  as  of  a  closing 
door  made  it  plain  to  the  girl  that  the  young  man 
had  gone.  Throwing  down  her  book  she  ran  to 
the  head  of  the  stairs  and  peered  eagerly  and  in- 
tently into   the  blackness  of  the  hall  beneath. 

"Well,  Maude,"    she  called,    "did  you  land  him?" 

There  was  a  peculiar  silence  and  then  a  masculine 
voice  responded: 

"She  did." 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    November    30,    1912. 


i  Real  Facts 
of  HetchHetc 


Private  Graft  and  Official  Stupid- 
ity Have  Cost  Millions  to  San 
Francisco  Taxpayers. 

CITIZENS  of  San  Francisco  have  reason 
to  be  thankful  that  the  battle  for 
Hetch  Hetchy  is  on  at  Washington, 
with  Mayor  Rolph  leading  the  San  Francisco 
force.  The  Mayor  really  desires  to  have  the 
business  settled  and  got  out  of  the  way.  It 
should  have  been  done  years  ago,  and  would 
if  we  had  had  an  energetic  Mayor,  or  one 
who  was  not  more  of  a  politician  than  a  pub- 
lic servant, 

_The  Wasp  for  years  has  been  telling  its 
readers  how  shamefully  the  Heteh  Hetchy 
project  was  bungled,  and  how  much  money  the 
politicians  were  wasting  on  it  without  accom- 
plishing anything  of  real  value  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

One  of  the  worst  cases  of  misuse  of  public 
money  was  the  payment  of  a  million  dollars 
to"  Ham  Hall  and  his  associates  for  Lake 
Eleanor  water  rights,  which  are  actually  in 
litigation,  and  to  which  Mr.  Hall  was  not  able 
to  give  legal  and  valid  title.  In  all  the 
history  of  bad  government  in  San  Francisco, 
there  is  not  a  worse  example  of  the  reckless 
waste  of  public  money  than  this  donation  of  a 
million  dolars  to  Mr.  Hall  and  his  partners — 
for  donation  it  was  more  than  payment  for 
honest  value  given  the  eity. 

The  Hetch  Hetchy  project  is  an  old  one, 
but  it  took  shape  under  Mayor  Phelan,  and 
that  gentleman  and  his  political  followers 
have  been  the  acknowledged  leaders  and  cus- 
todians thereof  ever  since  former  City  Engi- 
neer Marsden  Manson  was  generalissimo,  and 


HON.    JAMES    D.    PHELAN 

Who  promised  an  inexhaustible  supply  of  moun- 
tain, water  free  of  cost  to  San  Francisco. 


right  valiantly  did  he  lead  an  army  of  special 
"experts"  and  regularly  retained  engineers, 
draughtsmen,  road  builders,  brush  cutters  and 
rock  blasters  against  the  city  treasury. 

The  sum  total  of  Mr.  Manson 's  official  ef- 
forts, as  expressed  in  dollars,  is  that  San 
Francisco  has  spent  something  like  $2,000,000 
out  of  the  general  funds  and  Hetch  Hetchy 
bond  money,  and  after  all  that  we  are  no 
nearer  to  the  consummation  of  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  project  than  we  were  ten  years  ago. 
.  The  clear  proof  that  we  are  no  nearer  is 
that  Mayor  Eolph  is  now  in  Washington 
heading  a  Hetch  Hetchy  delegation,  composed 
of  former  Mayor  Phelan,  the  new  City  Engi- 
neer (M.  M.  O 'Shaughnessy,  who  had  no  hand 
in  the  sins  of  his  predecessors  in  office),  City 
Attorney  Percy  V.  Long,  Expert  Freeman 
($250  a  day) ,  Supervisor  Alex  Vogelsang, 
and  Clerk  Dunnigan  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors. What  earthly  use  Mr.  Dunnigan  can 
be  to  this  delegation  in  Washington,  where  he 
has  no  acquaintance  or  influence,  is  past  un- 
derstanding. 

The  demand  for  definite  action  on  the 
Hetch  Hetchy  matter,  which  Mayor  !ftolph 
and  his  delegation  is  voicing  this  week  in 
Washington,  should  have  been  voiced  years 
ago.  For  several  years  the  officials  and  poli- 
ticians in  charge  of  the  Heteh  Hetchy  project 
appear  to  have  been  more  anxious  for  delay 
than  expedition.  The  records  in  the  office  of 
the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  at  Washington 
show  that,  time  and  again,  at  the  request  of 
the  San  Francisco  officials,  the  hearing  was 
postponed.  The  city  of  San  Francisco  paid 
something  like  $200,000  for  the  preparation 
of  engineering  data  and  maps  and  experts' 
reports  to  fortify  the  city's  representatives 
in  a  hearing  before  the  Secretary  of  the-  In- 
terior. Whenever  the  day  of  hearing  arrived 
it  was  found  that  by  some  strange  mischance 
the  San  Francisco  officials  were  stril  unready 
to  appear  and  do  battle  for  permission  to  use 
Heteh  Hetchy. 

But  the  drain  upon  the  treasury  of  San 
Francisco  never  stopped  in  all  those  years.  In 
explanation  of  these  expenditures  it  was  giv- 
en out  that  the  city  was  "strengthening  its 
position."  One  of  the  ways  adopted  to 
strengthen  it  was  to  pay  Ham  Hall  and  his 
silent  partners  a  million  dollars  for  their 
Lake  Eleanor  water  rights,  because  it  had 
been  stipulated  by  Secretary  Garfield  that 
Lake  Eleanor  should  be  developed  or  used 
first  before  Heteh  Hetchy  was  converted  into 
a  reservoir  for  the  use  of  San  Francisco.  Up- 
on that  stipulation  Secretary  Garfield  gave 
San  Francisco  a  revocable  permit  to  enter  the 
National  Park  in  its  development  of  a  munic- 
ipal water  supply.  San  Francisco  has  never 
had  anything  but  that  Garfield  permit,  which 
can  be  revoked  at  the  pleasure  of  any  Secre- 
tary of  the  Interior.  It  could  not  get  any 
more  tnan  that  revocable  permit  because  it 
is  not  in  the  lawful  power  of  any  Secretary  of 
the  Interior,  or  anybody  but  Congress,  to 
give  away  any  part  of  a  national  park.  Hetch 
Hetchy  lies  within  the  national  park,  and 
Congress  alone  can  give  San  Francisco  irre- 
vocable authority  to  go  ahead  and  construct 


JOHN  MTJIE 

The  well-known  hotanist,  who  opposes  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  project. 

reservoirs  and  use  such  parts  of  the  park  as 
are  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  Hetch  Hetchy 
waters. 

The  stupidity  of  the  course  pursued  by  our 
city  officials  heretofore  is  clear.  Their  waste- 
fulness in  dispensing  the  .public  money  has 
been  almost  criminal.  Schoolchildren  ten 
years  old  would  have  shown  as  much  business 
sagacity. 

After  paying  Ham  Hall  and  his  silent  part- 
ners a  cool  million  for  rights  which  are  in 
dispute  in  the  law  courts,  it  now  transpires 
that  Mr.  Hall  and  his  fellow-speculators  in 
water  rights  have  planted  themselves  across 
the  proposed  pipe  line  from  Hetch  Hetchy,  so 
that  they  can  exact  more  toll  from  the  city 
if  the  Hetch  Hetchy  project  be  carried  on. 

The  kindest  criticism  that  can  be  made  of 
the  official  policy  pursued  in  the  Hetch  Hetchy 
matter  is  that  it  has  been  marked  by  unparal- 
leled imbecility.  A  parallel  case  of  asininity 
would  be  to  go  ahead  and  begin  to  erect  a 
$60,000,000  city  hall  on  a  lot  which  somebody 
who  didn't  own  it  said  might  be  used  until 
somebody  else  came  along  and  canceled  the 
useless -permit. 

If  the  official  blunderers  in  charge  of  the 
Hetch  Hetchy  project  had  been  specially  re- 
tained to  play  into  the  hands  of  the  Spring 
Valley  Water  Company,  so  that  the  water 
company  could  exact  any  price  it  wished  from 
San  Francisco,  they  could  not  have  acted  bet- 
ter for  their  clients.  In  fact,  it  has  been  said 
on  the  streets  that  some  of  them  were  work- 
ing in  the  interests  of  Spring  Valley,  but  we 
do  not  indorse  that  sinister  rumor.  They  were 
doubtless  displaying  the  characteristic  stupid- 
ity and  incompetence  of  municipal  government 
under  a  bad  system,  which  permits  every 
tramp  in  the  city  to  vote  on  the  election  of 
city  officials  and  the  issuance  of  bonds  for 
municipal  improvements. 

Now,  almost  on  the  eve  of  the  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition,  our  city  finds  itself  with- 
out sufficient  water,  and  it  cannot  be  brought 
from  Hetch  Hetehy  in  six  years.     Some  engi- 


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niters  say  eight  years.  This  gives  the  Spring 
Valley  Company  an  enormous  advantage  in 
the  iliekering  for  the  sale  of  the  Spring  Val- 
ley property  to  the  city. 

Mayor  Rolph  deserves  credit  for  his  deter- 
mination to  bring  the  matter  to  a  settlement 
one  way  or  another.    Instead  of  costly  ina< 
(76   have  at    least   some  kind  of  action. 

We  shall  Bee  now  just  what  the  WashingtoD 
authorities  intend  to  do.  It  is  plain  that  Bee 
rotary  Fisher  cannot  give  San  Francisco  a 
stronger  permit  tLun  did  Secretary  Garfield. 
It  is  not  in  his  power.  All  be  can  do  is  to 
let  the  revocable  permit  stand,  or  pass  the 
matter  over  to  Congress  for  definite  action;  ill 
other  wordBj  '  -pass  the  buck,"  a  favorite 
iiietliHii  wt'  getting  ou1  of  awkward  situations. 

The  .San  Francisco  public  has  been  fchoi 
oughly  deceived  in  this  Hetch  Hetchy  affair, 
and  even  now  has  only  the  haziest  idea  of 
what  Mayor  Rolph  and  his  delegation  are 
trying  to  accomplish  in  Washington,  or  what 
obstacles  they  must  surmount. 

The  fact  is  that  San  Francisco  has  been 
placed  in  a  most  disadvantageous  position  by 
the  political  tinkering,  professional  grafting 
and  general  incompetency  displayed  in  the 
Hetch  Hetchy  affair. 

As  already  stated,  it  was  stipulated  in  the 
Garfield  permit  that  the  Lake  Eleanor  system 
should  be  developed  to  its  full  capacity  before 
Hetch  Hetchy  was  drawn  upon  for  a  municipal 
water  supply  for  San  Francisco.  It  is  impor- 
tant for  the  reader  to  bear  that  fact  in  mind. 

Lake  Eleanor  has  not  been  developed,  and 
the  important  part  of  the  case  is  that  the 
United  States  Geological  Survey  has  reported, 
after  an  investigation  of  the  matter,  that  tho 
Lake  Eleanor  system  alone  is  sufficient  for  all 
the  requirements  of  San  Francisco's  water  sup 
ply.  On  the  strength  of  that  report,  San  Fran- 
cisco is  now  called  upon  to  show  cause  why  its 
revocable  permit  from  Secretary  Garfield  for 
the  use  of  Hetch  Hetchy  should  not  be  re- 
voked. In  other  words,  San  Francisco  is  ask- 
ed to  prove  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior 
that  San  Francisco  cannot  get  along  without 
the  use  of  the  Hetch  Hetchy.  This  cannot  be 
proved,  for  the  Board  of  United  States  Army 
Engineers,  which  came  to  California  and 
made  an  examination  under  authority  of  Con- 
gress, will  report  that  San  Francisco  can  get 
all  the  water  it  needs  for  its  municipal  supply 
without  going  into   the  national   park. 

It  is  evident  that  the  officials  in  charge  of 
the  Hetch  Hetchy  project  for  years  past  have 
got  themselves  and  the  municipality  into  a 
trap  from  which  it  will  be  very  difficult  to 
escape,  while  vigilant  enemies  are  attacking 
them  from  all  sides. 

The  naturalists — "Nature  Fakers" — as  the 
city's  champions  call  them — are  rallying  all 
the  Eastern  influence  obtainable  to  induce 
Secretary  Fisher  to  revoke  San  Francisco 's 
permit  for  the  use  of  Hetch  Hetchy.  The  irri- 
gationists  of  Modesto  district  are  also  oppos- 
ing San  Francisco,  as  they  claim  the  right  to 
most  of  the  water.  These  active  opponents 
argue  that  San  Francisco  can  get  all  the  water 
it  needs  if  it  will  only  pay  for  it,  and  they  de- 
clare that  a  rich  city  should  not  be  allowed  to 


invade    the    national    park    to     erect     elet 
power   plants   and   t..   construcl    reservoirs  just 
ro  enable   it    to   -ave   money. 

Of  course,  people  in  San  Francisco  do  not 
opposition,  for 
the  Hetch  m  ijeci  waa  started  the  pol- 

icy has  been  to  keep  the  public  completely  in 
the  dark  as  to  the  true  state  of  affairs.  Secresy 
i-  always  desired  by  incompetent  officials  and 
grafters    on    the    public    treasury. 

To  Mayor  Rolph 's  credit  be  it  said,  he  pre- 
fers i"  tal ■■'    thi    public  into  his  confidence  in 
public  matters,  and  whatever  the  outcome  of 
tie    Ketch    Hetcl       contesl    at   Washington  the 
people  of  San   Francisco   will  not  continue  to 


MARSDEN  MANSON 

Former   City  Engineer  who   helped  to  make  the 
money  fly. 

be  flimflammed  politically  and  financially  as 
heretofore. 

It  should  not  be  overlooked  after  the  eon- 
test  is  over  that  when  the  Hetch  Hetchy  pro- 
ject was  launched  amidst  a  great  flourish  of 
oratorical  trumpets,  so  to  speak,  Mr.  Pbelan 
laid  much  stress  on  the  declaration. that  San 
Francisco  was  to  get  "an  inexhaustible  sup- 
ply of  pure  mountain  water  from  the  national 
park  free  of  cost." 

After  long  years  we  have  got  only  a  revoc- 
able permit  which  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment is  thinking  about  revoking,  and  in  actual 
cash  we  have  spent  two  million  dollars  on  the 
Hetch  Hetchy  scheme  before  a  foot  of  tunnel 
is  driven  or  pipe  line  laid. 

And  there  are  seventy  miles  of  tunnels,  to 
be  bored  mostly  through  granite  before  we  can 
get  a  drop  of  Hetch  Hetchy  into  San -Francis 
co.  That  is  what  Expert  Freeman  ($250  a 
day)   has  reported. 

Instead  of  being  the  cheapest  water  supply 
for  San  Francisco,  Hetch  Hetchy  is  the  cost- 
liest that  have  been  chosen,  and  has  been 
made  more  so  by  being  converted  from  a  busi- 
ness project  into  a  political  scheme  for  pro- 
fessional office-holders  to  retain  their  offices. 


Fortunately,   we  rived   at    the   tasl 

1  .  .  e  confidence 
that  .May.o-  Rolph  and  the  new  City  Eng  i 
M r,   t  >  'Shs '■■_  'H    handle    i  he    mat  ter 

honestly  and  intelligent  ly. 


The  Count  in  California. 


At  l  p.  m.  the  count  was  10 
in  J >r.  Wilson 'b  favor;  then 
T.  Etosevelt  bad  a  little  run 
And  led  i  in-  Jersoyan  by   l 

At  midnight.     Flashed  upon 
the  wires 

To   nil   thr    ii, ii  inn '  s    BOD8  and 

Biros 
The  news  came  winging  thai 

by  dawn 
Another  precinct  W Irow'd 

drawn, 
In  the  count  in  California. 


-*£«: 


High  noun  arrived  across  the 

plains. 

The  word  was  wafted,   "Ted- 
dy   gains  I" 
Bull  Moosers  shouted   "We  are  it  I" 
And  fires  of  celebration  lit; 
But  just  about  the   twilight    hour 
ilii-   clouds  of  doubt  began   to  lower, 
For  once   again    it    went    for  Woody, 
And    all    the   Democrats    cried    "Goody!'' 
At    the    count    in    California. 

The    midnight    "Uxtrays"    shrilled    the    news 
That   Roosemoose  was   tho   real    "Who's 
Who"   in   the  Golden   State,   by   leading 
His  rival  at  the  latest  reading. 
His  sure  plurality  was  7 — 
Then   Woodrow  passed   him   Dy   11; 
And    then,    of  course,    by   half-past    10 
The  Oyster  Bayman   led  again 
In    the    count    in    California. 

'Twns  Teddy's  State  for  half  of  Sunday; 
Then    Woody    carried    it    on    Monday; 
By   Tuesday   aignt   the  vote  was   tied, 
But  Thursday  morning  Shasta  shied 
A   precinct  down   from  up  the  creek 
That    had  been   wobbling   all   the   week; 
On   first  report  it  went  for  Ted; 
On    second   thought,    for  Wilson   read 
In   tne   count  in   California. 


\\hen 
When 
When 
When 
When 
Fourti 
When 
Then 
How 
By 


Ted  is  one  of  age's  wrecks. 
Wood    becomes    an    ancient    Ex, 
peace    upon    Madero    sits, 
European    Turkey    quits, 
Hades  freezes  over,  when 
;en   and   5   add  up   to   10, 
Taft  is  President  again, 
maybe  wo  shall  hear  at  last 
California's   vote   was   cast — 
the  count  in   California. 


-Robertus    Love. 


Phil  Francis,  who  was  given  the  unique  op- 
portunity of  monopolizing  the  Call  editorial 
columns  and  of  saying  precisely  what  he 
pleased  on  everything,  from  religion  down  to 
Governor  Johnson,  is  going  back  to  Stockton, 
where  he  intends  to  start  a  newspaper 
of  his  own.  The  Call  experiment  with  Fran- 
cis was  interesting  as  showing  that  we  are 
not  yet  ripe  for  the  signed  editorial.  Undoubt- 
edly a  brilliant  journalist,  Francis  wrote  him- 
self out  much  quicker  than  he  would  have 
done  anonymously,  which  paradox  is  explain- 
ed by  the  fact  that  readers,  like  some  women, 
soon  tire  of  the  same  man  every  morning  for 
breakfast.  Anonymously  he  would  have  been 
tho  same  man,  but  a  different  writer — or  at 
any  rate  would  have  seemed  so. 


16 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,    November   30,    1912. 


AND     M 


A  BOOK  which  is  now  receiving  some  at- 
tention and  deserves  a  great  deal  of 
thought  is  Dr.  Jacques  Loeb  's  work  on 
the  theory  of  life.  Mr.  Loeb's  remarkable 
experiments  on  creating  life  by  chemical  ac- 
tion, brought  him  into  prominence  in  the 
scientific  world  several  years  ago,  when  he 
was  connected  with  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia. Mr.  Loeb  took  the  eggs  of  a  sea 
urchin,  and  by  treating  them  with  a  saline 
fluid,  caused  them  to  produce  young  sea 
urchins.  It  was  the  first  instance  in  scientific 
history  where  the  remarkable  experiment  of 
eliminating  the  male  parent  had  been  suc- 
cessful. Dr.  Loeb's  fatherless  sea  urchins 
have  been  used  as  proof  of  the  long-accepted 
theory  of  many  biologists  and  the  scientific 
world  in  general,  that  life  is  as  much  a  me- 
chanical process  as  the  movement  of  the  sun 
and  stars.  Life  is  a  phenomenon  of  water 
and  heat. 

Strange  to  say,  this  subject  of  the  theory 
of  life,  which  should  be  of  vital  interest  to 
all,  interests  but  a  few.  Books  like  those  of 
Dr.  Jacques  Loeb  do  not  get  a  place  amongst 
the  best  sellers.  One  of  the  reasons  is  that 
the  books  are  written  for  scientific  readers 
and  not  for  the  public.  It  is  a  strange  thing 
that  so  few  scientists  can  express  their 
thoughts  in  the  simple  language  which  Hux- 
ley used  in  his  lectures  and  writings,  and 
which  have  made  his  works  known  to  vast 
numbers  of  people  who  ordinarily  would  never 
have  read  two  pages  of  scientific  work. 

The  " riddle  of  life7'  is  a  phrase  which 
will  continue  to  adorn  the  pages  of  our  pop- 
ular magazines  and  writings  on  popular  the- 
ology, but  Dr.  Loeb  regards  it  as  a  phrase 
which  has  now  no  greater  meaning  than  the 
' '  riddle ' '  of  chemical  action,  or  electrical 
action,  or  the  existence  of  light  and  heat. 
The  substance  which  develops  the  phenomena 
we  call  life  is  made  up  of  the  simple  com- 
pounds of  everyday  life — water  and  oxygen 
and  nitrogen,  phosphorus  and  salts.  There 
is  no  greater  mystery  in  its  composition  than 
there  was  in  the  composition  of  water  or  of 
nitre  or  potash  but  a  little  more  than  a  cen- 
tury ago.  The  real  secret  of  life  is  that  un- 
derlying and  ultimate  something  which  eludes 


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the  analysis  of  science,  which  baffled  Tyndal, 
Huxley  and  Haeckel,  as  it  has  baffled  all 
philosophers  and  speculators  from  the  dawn- 
ing of  history.  It  is  the  something  that  can- 
not be  precipitated  in  a  beker  or  reduced  to 
a  button  in  a  erueible. 

The  central  fact  which  endows  this  sub- 
stance with  so  profound  a  significance  is  its 
ability  to  develop  and  reproduce — in  a  word, 
as  we  say,  to  grow.  Dr.  Loeb  has  shown 
that  the  beginnings  of  this  process  involve 
no  mystical  vital-  element  whatsoever,  and  the 
process  may  be  initiated  by  simple  chemical 
reactions  with  known  substances. 

This    substance   again    responds    to    definite 


PAUL  ELDER 

Popular  publisher,  whose  progressive  firm  has 
opened  an  additional  store  for  the  display  of 
literary  specialties. 

stimuli,  as  light,  heat  and  the  rest,  in  a 
perfectly  definite  and  more  or  less  understand- 
able way.  To  these  reactions  of  the  living 
organism  Dr.  Loeb  has  given  the  name  of 
"tropisms, "  that  is  to  say,  directive  agen- 
cies; with  their  aid  he  has  been  able  to  anal- 
yze the  larger  part  of  the  movements  of  the 
lower  animals,  as  well  as  of  plants. 

Dr.  Loeb  is  now  connected  with  the  Rocke- 
feller Institute  of  Medical  Research.  His 
book  has  been  issued  by  the  University  of 
Chicago  Press,  and  is  worthy  of  the  attention 
of    all    thinkers. 


Dr.  Sigurd  Ibsen,  the  only  son  of  the"  great 
Henrik,  is  to  appear  in  book  form  with  a 
series  of  essays.  Judging  from  the  summaries 
supplied  by  the  ever-faithful  translator,  Arch- 
er, the  son  seems  to  be  limping  on  the  crutches 
of  logic  to  conclusions  which  his  father  long 
ago  reached  by  the  instinct  of  the  x>oet  and 
dramatist. 

Louis  Joseph  Vance,  who  runs  a  close  sec- 
ond to  Jack  London  in  the  rate  of  output,  is 
to  try  the  experiment  of  writing  a  novel 
drawn    from    real    life    and    containing    real 


men  and  women,  If  he  succeeds,  he  is  likely 
to  lose  his  standing  as  the  author  of  best- 
sellers. 


Stephen  Leacock,  author  of  "Nonsense 
Novels"  and  "Literary  Lapses,"  is  a  novel- 
ist by  choice  and  a  professor  of  political  econ- 
omy at  McGill  University  by  occupation,  and, 
until  his  books  relieve  him  of  the  necessity, 
is  teaching  the  dryas-dust  science.  In  a  re- 
cent interview  he  says:  "Very  soon  after 
graduation  I  had  forgotten  the  languages  and 
found  myself  intellectually  bankrupt.  In 
other  words,  I  was  what  was  called  a  distin- 
guished graduate,  and  as  such,  I  took  to  school 
teaching  as  the  only  trade  I  could  find  that 
needed  neither  experience  nor  intellect." 

1 '  The  Democratic  Mistake, J '  by  Arthur 
George  Sedgwick,  is  not  concerned  with  the 
colossal  blunder  of  the  Bourbon  party,  but 
with  the  delusion  that  a  democracy  can  best 
secure  responsibility  to  the  people  by  fre- 
quent elections.  He  also  exposes  the  super- 
stition strangely  believed  in  by  so  many,  that 
more  legislation  is  the  only  way  to  secure 
better  government.  Charles  Scribner's  Sons, 
publishers. 


A  NEW  BOOK  SHOP. 

WHILE  Eastern  publishers  have  been  me- 
chanically grinding  out  their  millions 
of  copies  of  very  often  mechanically 
written  romances,  San  Francisco  has  been 
steadily  acquiring  a  reputation  as  a  center  for 
the  making  of  distinctively  and  artistically 
printed  and  bound  volumes.  If  any  one  doubts 
that  in  this  city  we  are  doing  work  worthy 
of  comparison  with  the  book-making  of  the 
Venetian  and  other  famous  schools,  let  him 
turn  in  to  the  new  book  store  of  Paul  Elder 
&  Company,  opened  at  233  Post  street.  This 
store,  which  is  run  in  addition  to  the  quarters 
at  Grant  avenue,  has  been  opened  for  the  pur- 
pose of  exhibiting  special  publications  ranging 
from  costly  editions  de  luxe  down  to  bro- 
chures, leaflets  and  devices  suitable  for  gifts 
to  those  of  the  literary  temrjerament.  All  of 
the  work  has  been  done  here  in  fean  Francisco, 
and  it  is  graced  with  that  artistic  individual- 
ity which  argues  an  ideal  other  than  the  mere- 
ly commercial.  The  books,  booklets,  calendars, 
cards  and  tokens  can  be  confidently  recom- 
mended for  their  distinctive  excellence  and 
suitability  for  presentation  purposes.  The 
"Impressions  Calendar"  is  superior  to  any- 
thing we  have  seen  in  years,  and  for  the 
younger  generation  no  parent  can  afford  to 
miss  the  splendid  collection  of  polliwogs  and 
golliwogs  faithfully  reproduced  in  material 
from  the  choicest  picture  boks. 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  in  Tasteful  Attire. 


-MAKERS     OF- 


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•  AN    FRANCISCO.     CAL, 


THE  official  announcement  thai  the  South- 
ern Pacific  Company's  great  new  depot 
would  not  be  constructed  near  the  terry 
and  the  foot  of  Market  street  was  said  by 
smut'  of  the  dailies  to  have  caused  u  sensation 
in  real  estate  circles.  The  fact  is  that  it  had 
bees  known  on  Montgomery  street  for  a  cou- 
ple of  months  that  there  was  a  bitch  in  the 
original  program.  It  was  stated  in  the  Wasp 
quite  a  while  ago  that  the  intention  was  to 
enlarge  the  depot  accommodations  at  Third 
and  Townseud  streets,  and  money  would  not 
be  expended  on  that  project  if  the  company 
intended  to  construct  a  costly  depot  uear  the 
ferry. 

It  was  given  out  that  the  plan  of  putting 
a  large  depot  near  the  ferry  was  interfered 
with  by  the  refusal  of  some  property-owners 
to  part  with  their  holdings  at  anything  like 
reasonable  prices.  Of  course,  there  was  noth- 
ing in  such  a  report.  After  a  powerful  rail- 
road company  has  put  several  millions  into 
land  for  a  depot  site  it  is  not  to  be  deterred 
by  the  rapacity  of  a  few  lot-owners.  The  fact 
is  that  the  railroad  business  is  in  a  state  of 
rapid  evolution  all  over  the  United  States, 
and  the  Southern  Pacific  is  changing  its  plans 
to  meet  changed  conditions.  At  one  time  the 
great  railroad  monopoly  of  California  could 
afford  to  make  its  plans  without  regard  for 
those  of  anybody  else,  but  now  it  has  rivals, 
and  very  energetic  ones,  though  as  yet  com- 
paratively small.  No  up-to-date  company, 
however,  can  afford  to  let  even  the  smallest 
rival  get  ahead  these  days,  when  so  much  pub- 
lic and  official  attention  is  directed  to  the  rail- 
road corporations,  and  the  Panama  Canal  is 
nearing  completion  and  threatening  to  cause 
further  changes  in  the  transportation  busi- 
ness. 

An  Uptown  Depot. 

The    expectation   in   well-informed   quarters 


is  that  there  is  to  he  as  uptown  dep  i  for  the 
electric  railroad  line,  which  will  run  from 
San  Francisco  down  the  Santa  Clara  valley. 
Work  lias  been  progressing  on  thai  important 
line  for  several  years.  Owing  to  tightness  in 
the  money  market,  and  other  disturbing  fac 
tors,  the  completion  of  the  line  has  been  much 
delayed,  bul  the  time  lias  arrived  when  it 
should  be  finished.  There  has  been  much  spec- 
ulation as  to  where  this  line  will  terminate, 
and  the  conclusion  has  been   reached  that   tin1 


CHARLES  S.  FEE 

Who  lias  announced  tne  plans  for  the  Southern 
Pacific's  new  station  at  Third  and  Townsend. 

likeliest  place  is  the  vicinity  of  Twelfth  and 
Market  streets.  The  old  San  Francisco  and 
San  Jose  Railroad  depot  was  located  at  that 
spot,  over  thirty  years  ago,  and  the  trains  to 
San  Jose  ran'  along  Valencia  street  and  out 
througn  the  cut  uear  Twenty-fifth  street.  An 
easy  way  for  the  new  electric  line  from  the 
Santa    Clara    valley    to    enter    San   Francisco 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

SurpluB    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.   GREENEBAUM.  ..  .Chairman   of  the   Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.     FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

O.    F.    HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.  H.   HIGH Assistant   Cashier 

H.    OHOTNSKI Assistant    Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


would  be  througli  ili«-  Twin  Peaks  tunnel.  This 
would  be  Bhort  and  rapid,  and  would  have  a 
greal  effed  "n  the  value  of  property  lying 
wesl   of  Twin  Peaks  and  southwards  towards 

I  tin  lingame,    and    all    along    the    Santa    Clara 
foothills.      H    is   evidenl    that    there   will   be 
a  rapid  development  in  that  direction.     Hold- 
ers  >>f   well-located   land   will   make   money. 
Not  Business  Centers. 

The  value  of  large  railroad  depots  as  busi- 
ness renters  is  usually  exaggerated.  They  are 
sometimes  of  more 'disadvantage  than  benefit 
to  a  street.  In  New  York,  which  in  some  re- 
spiTis  resembles  San  Francisco,  the  great  de- 
pots have  not  stimulated  business  in  the  im- 
mediate neighborhood  as  much  as  owners  of 
property  expected.  There  is  complaint  now 
that  the  splendid  new  depot  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Bailroad  system  in  New  York,  one  of 
the  costliest  and  most  pretentious  in  the 
world,  has  not  changed  the  character  of  the 
old-fashioned  buildings  in  the  neighborhood. 
Tbe  Grand  Central  depot  in  New  York,  at 
Forty-second  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  has 
brought  some  fine  hotels  near  it,  but  the  im- 
mediate locality  is  not  to  be  compared  with 
Fifth  avenue  many  blocks  away  from  any 
depot. 

Business  Prospects. 

Nothing  but  a  general  war  in  Europe  can 
stop  the  wave  of  prosperity  which  is,  rolling 
towards  tbe  United  States.  The  figures  of  the 
freight  car  shortage  shows  that  the  demand 
for  ears  is  nearly  52,000  in  excess  of  the  sup- 
ply. The  statement  made  by  the  Bureau  of 
Statistics  of  the  country's  domestic  exports 
in  October  is  most  impressive.  These  reached 
the  large  sum  of  $133,715,629,  or  $30,000,000 
greater  than  in  October,  1911,  and  $45,000,000 
greater  than  in  September  last  year.  The  en- 
largement was  mostly  due  to  shipments  of 
breadstuff  s. 


E.F.HUTT0N&C0. 


490    California    Street.      Tel.    Douglas    2487 
And   St.   Francis   Hotel. — Tel.   Douglas   3982 


MEMBERS 

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Pioneer  House 


Private  Wire  to  Chicago  and  New  York 


R.  E.  MULCAHY         MANAGER 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    November    30,    1912. 


Bankers  Prepared. 
There  lias  been  talk  of  a  threatened  money 
tightness,  and  American  bankers  h£ve  been 
preparing  for  it.  Shrewd  financiers  now  be- 
lieve there  will  be  no  money  tightness,  al- 
though the  United  States  has  been  forced  to 
rely  on  its  own  resources  to  finance  a  great 
and  general  increasing  trade  activity  and  the 
movement  of  the  largest  crops  the  country  has 
ever  known.  Our  trade  balanee  abroad  has 
increased,  but  Europe,  chiefly  because  of  the 
Balkan  war  scare,  nas  asked  us  temporarily 
to  forego  the  receipt  of  compensation  for  the 
goods  and  commodities  purchased  by  her  peo- 
ple. The  matter  will  right  itself  eventually, 
and  has  thus  far  resulted  in  the  piling  up  or. 
an  enormous  credit  to  our  account  in  foreign 
financial  centers.  When  the  European  money 
market  eases,  as  it  is  likely  to  do  after  the 
turn  of  the  year,  gold  will  probably  come  to 
America  in  great  abundance,  and  indeed  good 
imports  are  already  foreshadowed  by  the  pres- 
ent course  of  the  sterling  exchange  market. 

Extra  Session  of  Congress. 
The  extra  session  of  Congress  is  not  likely 
to  have  a  serious  effect  on  business,  as  the  re- 
vision of  the  tariff  has  been  advocated  by 
both  of  the  great  political  parties.  The  busi- 
ness community  has  prepared  itself  for  the 
change  in  political  conditions  at  Washington. 
It  has  been  manifest  all  through  the  year  that 
tariff  revision  would  take  place  in  1913.  It 
was  known  that  even  if  the  Democratic  party 
was  unsuccessful  at  the  polls  in  the  national 
election  the  lowering  of  tariff  duties  would 
be  taken  in  hand  by  the  Eepublican  party.  In 
spite  of  all  this,  business  industry  has  increas- 
ed enormously,  and  there  is  an  underlying  con- 
fidence that  the  moderate  reduction  jdi  the 
tariff  that  is  proposed  will  not  be  hurtful.  If 
serious  apprehension  existed,  it  would  have 
been  reflected  in  the  stock  markets  of  the 
country.     The  bear  raids  in  Wall  Street  have. 


MORSE 

Detective  and  Patrol 

Service 


|^  PERATIVES  in  full  dress  furnished  for 
weddings,  receptions  and  other  social 
functions.  Uniformed  officers  supplied 
as  ticket  takers  for  balls,  dances  and 
entertainments  at  reasonable  rates. 
Patrolmen  to  protect  property  against  fire  and 
depredations  of  thieves  during  absence  of  owner. 
Engage  in  all  branches  of  legitimate  detective 
service  and  serve  legal  papers  in  difficult  caees. 


602  California  St.,  San  Francisco 

Telephone  Kearny  8158.  Homophone  0  2620 


GENUINE 

NAVAJO  INDIAN 

BLANKETS 


Visalia 

Stock 

Saddle  Co. 

2117 
Market  St. 

San 
Fraocitto 

however,  been  of  a  mild  character  and  the  re- 
action to  higher  prices  rapid.  Altogether,  the 
business  prospects  were  never  better,  and  the 
only  cause  of  uneasiness  is  the  war-cloud  in 
Europe.  Even  that  may  have  its  silver  lining 
for  the  United  States,  but  nevertheless  the 
civilized  world  recoils  from  the  thought  of  a 
conflict  in  which  14,000,000  men  might  be  en- 
lised. 

The  Fair's  First  Big  Boost. 
Galifornians  located  in  the  Eastern  States 
and  those  traveling  through  Europe  have  been 
constantly  writing  to  the  home  land  about  the 
Exposition  to  be  held  here  in  1915.  These 
letters  are,  perplexing  to  San  Franciscans,  who 
infer  from  the  yards  and  yards  of  space  given 
in  the  local  papers  that  the  world  should  know 
all  about  the  wonderful  display  we  are  going 
to  have.  But  it  does  not.  The  ambassadors 
who  have  gone  abroad  have  done  remarkably 
good  work  in  boosting  the  fair  with  foreign 
officials  but  when  it  comes  to  popular  knowl- 
edge in  other  countries  they  have  done  little 
more  than  to  attract  the  passing  notice  of  the 
eloquent  book  canvasser,  and  nothing  by  way 
of  fixing  the  popular  imagination  upon  a  great 
event.  The  first  big  scoop  in  the  way  of  an 
international  advertisement  was  the  announce- 
ment by  Sir  Thomas  Lipton  that  he  would 
bring  a  yacht  here  and  challenge  the  world 
for  supremacy  in  a  sport  that  has  its  enthu- 
siasts in  all  corners  of  the  seven  seas.  And 
it  is  not  merely  those  who  race  or  who  witness 
the  racing  who  are  interested.  Millions  of 
people  who  couldn't  tell  a  main  sheet  from  a 
spinnaker  boom  are  deeply  concerned  in  a  con- 
test of  the  nations  for  yachting  honors.  Every 
detail  in  the  construction  of  competing  craft, 
from  the  laying  of  the  keel  to  the  launching 
and  final  heat,  is  recorded  in  papers  all  round 
the  globe.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  a 
million  dollars  spent  in  any  other  way  would 
not  have  given  the  Exposition  the  advertise- 
ment of  Lipton  Js  challenge,  which  rivets  uni- 
versal interest  in  the  event  of  1915.  Pictures 
of  the  Golden  Gate  will  be  published  wherever 
the  cable  news  has  been  carried,  and  that  is 
by  this  to  every  city  of  any  size  on  the  five 
continents.  The  Exposition  directors  are  to 
be  congratulated  on  their  first  big  internation- 
al achievement,  and  if  it  was  an  accidental 
stroke  of  good  fortune  rather  than  any 
thought-out  plan,  it  makes  no  difference. 
Bully  for  Lipton! 

(Continued  on  page  19.) 


The  Los  Angeles  committees  appointed  to 
entertain  Sir  Thomas  Lipton  during  his  visit 
to  the  southern  city  have  decided  that  raggy 
music  must  be  omitted  from  all  programs  on 
the  ground  that  the  knight  would  not  care  for 
anything  so  vulgah.  San  Francisco  will  smile. 
Nothing  in  our  programs  seemed  to  please  him 


Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  club  women,  Is  tne  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


half  so  much  as  musical  rag,  while  his  one 
.taste  of  rag  dancing  kept  him  out  until  he 
^■ame  home  with  the  milkman. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,     2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital    paid    up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus   and   Undivided   Profits $5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFICERS. 

Isaias   W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,  Vice-Pres. 
F.  L.   Lipman,   Vice-Prea. 
James   K.   "Wilson,   Vice-Pres. 
Frank  B.  King,   Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  L.  Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 
Isaias   W.   Hellman  I,  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph  Sloss  A.   Christeson 

Percy  T.  Morgan  Wm.  Haas 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  Hartland  Law 

Wm.  F.  Herrin  Henry   Rosenfeld 

John  C.  Kirkpatrick         James  L.  Flood 
J.  Henry  Meyer  Chas.  J.  Deering 

A.  H.  Payson  James  K.  Wilson 

F.  L.   Lipman 
ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Facilities 
SATE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.    Dept.    10. 

WILLIAM  R.  KENNY,  Plaintiff  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.     Action   No.   32943. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of, Defendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  ft.  KENNY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  Ssaro  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
(100)  feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of  Arguello  Boule- 
vard with  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard  fifty  ( 50 )  feet ;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  fifty  (50) 
feet ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one 
hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being-  part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number    182. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  Baid 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  thiB 
23rd  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULOREVY,  Clerk, 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  jCHerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  waif  tnade 
in  *  'The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  9th  day  of 
November,  A.  D.  1913a 

The  following  p^rstoBS.  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  up'oS/  the  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
a  corporation,  526  California  Street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,   San  Francisco,   Oal. 


Saturday,    November    30,    1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


19 


Local  Stock  Market. 

Owing  to  the  temporarily  unsettled  condi- 
tion of  the  money   market   the   atoefa    market 

baa  bees  .hill.    Sugar  stocks  bave  been   - i 

what  firmer  this  week.  Spring  Valley  stock 
i:;i-  been  slightly  affected  by  the  proceedings 
in  Washington  i"  secure  from  San  Piancisco 
the  riyla  iu  use  the  Hetcli  Setchy  water  sup- 
ply.  a  few  timid  holders  offered  their  stock, 
and  s  bear  movement  reduced  the  quotations 
d  fraction  but,  generally  speaking,  the  stock 
i*.  held  v&r)  firmly,  and  is  Likely  to  advance. 
Ii   looks  like  a   buy  at  $51.50. 

Nothing  new  has  developed  in  Associated 
(iii  and  the  street  is  as  much  in  the  dark  aa 
ever  about  it.  The  only  thin^  known  definite- 
ly is  that  $45.25  is  far  too  low  a  price  for  the. 
stock  if  the  condition  ami  prospects  of  the 
Associated  Oil  Company  are  as  good  as  most 
(.iM.jil.*  suppose.  It  is  a  stork  which  is  likely 
to  make  a  sharp  advance  one  of  these  fine 
days,  as  a  good  deal  of  it  is  held  at  figures 
much  higher  than  the  present  selling  price, 
and  the  holders  are  not  likely  to  let  go  at 
the  reduced  figures. 


A  BARGAIN 

SPLENDID  MARINE  VIEW  CORNER 
$30,000 

Reduced   to  make  Quick  Hale. 

NEAR    THE    FAIRMONT    HOTEL 

Splendid  Site  for  Apartment  House  or  Club 

NEWELL-MURDOCK  CO. 

GENERAL     REAL     ESTATE 

SPENCER  GRANT,  Mgr. 

Phone  Sutter  3080.        30  Montgomery  St. 


L.  P.  KERNER 


H.  W.  EISERT 


KERNER  &  EISERT 

REAL   ESTATE  AGENTS 

Selling,  Leasing,  Renting,  Collecting,  Insurance, 
Investments,  Loans  and  all  Branches  of  a  Gen- 
eral Real  Estate  Business  Carefully  Attended  to. 
We  are  Experts  with  Many  Years'  Experience. 
Full  Charge  Taken  of  Property 


Telephone  Douglas  155! 


4 1   Montgomery  Street 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


FOR  SALE 


At  a   Sacrifice 
FINE     COUNTRY     HOME     IN     FAIROAKS. 

Beautiful  Residence  completely  furnished. 
Grounds  in  high  state  of  cultivation.  Stable. 
Garage  and  Water  Pumping  System.  For  par 
liculars   apply 

A.  M.  ROSENSTIRIN 

323-24    Mills  Building. 
San   Francisco. 


Declared  to  be  obsolete. 

The  Morning  Call,  which  is  a  journal  that 
takes  considerable  interest  in  business  affairs, 
declares  that  the  Southern  Pacific  Company's 
depot  site  al  Third  and  Townsend  --tn.-ci>  i~ 
"obsolete."  There  is  no  doubl  that  this  view 
of  thi*  matter  will  be  taken  generally.  As 
the  Call  states  correctly,  the  modern  idea  in 
other  large  cities  is  to  bring  its  passengers 
as  near  as  possible  to  the  center  of  the  city. 
The  Calls  refers  to  the  tine  depot  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  in  New  York,  which  has 
i n  established  rinse  to  Broadway  at  an  im- 
mense Outlay.  The  terminus  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania system  was  formerly  at  Jersey  City,  on 
the  other  side  of  I  he  North  River.  The  re- 
cently constructed  tunnel  brings  the  Pennsyl 
vania  trains  under  the  North  River  and  cluse 
to  the  business  heart  of  New  York. 

Another  notable  example  of  a  depot  in  the 
heart  of  a  great  city  is  the  Charing  Cross  sta- 
tion in  London,  which  faces  the  Strand,  one 
of  the  most  frequented  thoroughfares  iu  the 
English  metropolis.  To  bring  trains  through 
crowded  London  into  Charing  Cross  station 
has  been  a  very  difficult  and  expensive  under- 
taking, which  would  not  be  attempted  unless 
deemed  essential.  It  is  certain  that  the  South- 
ern Pacific  Company  will  not  have  its  main, 
central  depot  permanently  at  Third  and  Town- 
send  streets.  The  Call  declares  that  the  "log- 
ical railroad  terminal  of  the  future  in  San 
Francisco  is  the  Ocean  Shore  property  at 
Twelfth  and  Market  streets,  near  the  Civic 
Center  site,  and  eventually  that  or  a  location 
similarly  adapted  to  the  needs  of  the  develop- 
ing city  will  be  selected."  I  think  the  Call's 
prediction  is  likely  to  be  verified.  As  soon  as 
the  Civic  Center  is  built  up,  and  the  new 
Opera  House  and  Auditorium  erected,  there 
will  be  a  slight  shift  in  the  business  centei 
of  San  Francisco,  which  will  demonstrate  that 
our  city  is  not  different  from  others  in  the 
manner  in  which  they  spread  out  towards  the 
densely  populated  residence  sections. 

Real  Estate  Market. 
The  real  estate  market  is  entirely  lacking 
in  any  of  the  symptoms  of  a  boom.  It  is  not 
to  be  expected  that  right  in  the  midst  of  the 
tax-paying  period,  and  with  the  taxes  almost 
doubled  in  some  places,  there  would  be  a  rush 
to  buy  real  property.  The  city  is  filling  up 
rapidly,  however,  and  it  is  likely  that  before 
long  there  will  be  comparatively  few  unten- 
anted flats. 

THE  INVESTOR. 


George  W.  Glover,  a  son  of  the  late  Mrs. 
Mary  Baker  Eddy,  in  his  suit  to  set  aside  the 
bequest,  of  approximately  $3,000,000  to  the 
First  Church  of  Christ  Scientist,  of  Boston, 
claims  that  the  clause  is  void  because  not  a 
charitable  trust  and  "that  Christian  Science 
is  not  a  religion,  but  a  worldly  business,  a 
privately  owned  business,  conducted  by  its 
owners  for  money  profits  to  themselves,  and 
that  the  execution  of  the  said  attempted 
trust  will  result,  and  was  intended  to  result, 
in  the  private  pecuniary  profit  of  "the  owners 
of  said  business." 


i 


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Private    Exchange 
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The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The    German    Bank)  Commercial 

incorporated    1805. 

526   California    St.,    San   Francisco.    Oal 

(Member    of    the    Associated    Savin  go    Banka    of 
S'sn  Francisco.) 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment  of   Deposits   only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 

Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 

Assets  ....        851,14.0,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  In  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number   of   Depositors  .  .  .        66,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A*.  M.  to  3  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:30  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.    for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


At  the  Orpheum. 

MT  TASTES  may  be  woefully  plebeian,  but  I 
do  like  that  face  which  George  Felix  wears 
in  his  Tom  Fool  comedian  sketch,  "The 
Boy  Next  Door."  If  a  boy  with  a  face  like  that 
lived  next  door  to  me  I  would  surely  move,  as  it 
would  be  an  awful  thing  to  grow  on  one,  but  as  a 
cure  for  the  blues  it  is  the  most  delightfully  ridicu- 
lous mush  that  has  happened  in  vaudeville.  Cinque- 
valli  once  had  an  attendant  who  looked  nearly  as 
silly  as  Felix,  but  such  physiognomical  genius  is  all 
too  rare.  George  is  something  of  a  loose-limbed 
acrobat,  but  all  his  asides,  including  the  Barry  Girls, 
are  trifles  compared  with  that  nightmare  of  a  mug. 
Sydney  Ayres  has  the  cut  of  a  moving  picture  cow- 
boy and  the  enunciation  of  a  melodramatic  ranter. 
However,  he  looks  strong  and  vigorous,  and  his 
sketch,  A  Call  for  the  Wild,"  is  not  nearly  so  ab- 
surdly impossible  as  Jesse  L.  Lasky's  operetta,  "Cal- 
ifornia." This  week  sees  the  last  of  both  items. 
Outstanding  in  the  way  of  vaudeville  excellence 
is  Ethel  Green,  whose  singing  of  several  vener- 
able ballads  took  the  house  by  storm.  Ethel 
makes  a  happy  compromise  between  the  demand 
for  ragtime  and  sentimental  melody,  and  gets 
well  away  with  both.  In  her  talking  songs  she 
skates  close  to  where  the  ice  gets  thinner,  but 
then  she  is  so  light  and  dainty  there  is  never  fear 
that  she  will  fall  through.  Monologuist  Morton 
has  a  new  line  of  patter,  and  as  a  quick-firing 
humorist    scores    a   possible. 

The  headliners  for  next  week  are  Marion  Lit- 
tlefield's  Florentine  Singers,  consisting  of  Helena 
Morrill  and  Helen  Alton,  sopranos ;  Marion  Lit- 
tlefield  and  Florence  Le  Moyne,  contraltos;  Ste- 
fano  Piettine  and  Angelo  Liguori,  tenors;  and 
Alfred  Swinton  and  Ernest  Armor,  bassos,  who 
will  be  heard  in  the  following  program:  1. 
Traumerei,  Schumann;  2.  Medley  of  Old  Italian 
Airs;  3.  Miserere  from  Trovatore;  4.  La  Paloma; 
5.  iiaritone  Solos  from  Trovatore  and  Faust;  6. 
Annie  Laurie. 

Adrienne  Augarde,  an  EnglisTi  singing  come- 
dienne, will  appear  in  a  one-act  comedy,  '  *A 
Matter  of  Duty."  Ed  Morton  and  tne  Flying 
Martins,  the  limit  for  daring  and  speed  on  the 
double     trapeze,    are    also    announced. 


At  Pantages. 

THE  feature  at  the  Pantages  for  the  week 
commencing  Sunday,  December  1st,  will 
be  an  event  in  the  local  history  of  superi- 
or moving  pictures.  The  management  has  secur 
ed  the  exclusive  and  first  run  of  "The  Garden 
of  Allah' '  pictures,  the  makers  of  which  trav- 
eled 10,000  miles  to  the  desert  of  Sahara  to 
secure  them.  j.  P.  Reed  secured  the  permission 
and  co-operation  of  the  Liebler  Co.  to  go  to  the 
Desert  of  Sahara  in  Africa,  where  the  real  Gar- 
den of  Allah  is  located,  so  as  to  secure  in  mo- 
tion pictures  the  original  and  native  characters 
around  which  the  famous  Hiehens'  book  was 
written.  Tne  result  was  that  Read  secured  over 
sixty  scenes,  many  of  which  it  was  impossible 
to  produce  in  the  stage  version.  The  pictures 
show  the  Torture  Dance  of  the  Howling  Der- 
cishes,  the  Snake-Biting  Dervish  Charmer,  the 
Soudanese  Triumph  Dance,  the  Dance  of  the 
Ould  Nails,  etc.  Menlo  Moore '  s  "  Stage  Door 
Johnnies,"  with  dainty  little  Trix  Oliver,  is  the 
headline  act.  It  is  a  bit  of  song,  dance,  laugh 
and  revel  set  to  the  "clink,"  the  "pop"  and 
the   "honk-honk"   of  the  midnight  life.    Special 


scenery,  electrical  effects,  some  gorgeous  wardrobe 
and  many  catchy  musical  numbers  are  interpolated. 
The  Maybelle  Fonda  Troupe  of  young  men  and  wo- 
men jugglers,  the  Arlington  Four,  singing  and  danc- 
ing messenger  boys;  Howard's  Bears  and  Dogs;  Al 
Carlton,  the  "Skinny  Guy,"  well  known  here  for 
his  fun,  are  the  other  acts  that  go  to  make  up  one 
of  the  most  expensive  vaudeville  bills  every  offered 
at  the  Pautages. 


"The  Kiss  Waltz" -at  the  Cort. 

AT  THE  Cort  next  Sunday  Valeska  Suratt,  one 
of  the  most  charming  and  magnetic  of  all 
the  leading  spirits  in  musical  comedy  and 
comic"  opera,  will  make  her  bow  to  local  playgoers 
in  "The  Kiss  Waltz,"  a  Viennese  operetta  which 
scored  such  a  triumph  at  tne  New  York  Casino.  The 
score  is  the  work  of  Ziehrer,  the  composer  who  wrote 
'  'Mile.  Mischief"  for  Fritzi  -Scheff,  and  both  in 
New   York    and    during    the    tour   the   most    exacting 


critics  have  indorsed  the  verdict  of  consistently 
crowded  houses.  Edgar  Smith  and  Matthew  Wood 
ward  are  responsible  for  the  story  and  the  lyrics 
respectively.  Local  playgoers  will  be  much  interested 
in  judging  to  what  extent  Valeska  Suratt  lives  up  to 
the  many  magazine  eulogiums  which  have  preceded 
her  advent  in  this  city.  Far  from  being  a  one- 
star  show,  there  are  various  other  members'  of  the 
company  who  have  won  golden  opinions,  while  the 
chorus  is  spoken  of  as  something  superior.  A  fea- 
ture of  the  performance  is  the  luxurious  and  beauti- 
ful gowning. 


San  Francisco  Orchestra. 

THIS  Friday  afternoon  the  soloist  for  the  Fourth 
bymphony  Concert  at  the  Cort  will  be  Miss 
Tina  Lerner,  pianiste,  in  Tschaikowsky's 
"Concerto."  Declared  by  many  competent  judges 
to  be  without  a  peer  among  her  sex,  Miss  Lerner 
is  now  makiug  her  third  American  tour.  Miss  Lerner 
was  born  in  Russia  in  1890.  She  was  a  mere 
child  when  her  father,  a  well-known  critic,  de- 
termined to  give  her  every  opportunity  for  the 
full  development  of  her  artistic  nature.  At  the 
age  of  ten  she  entered  the  Conservatory  of  the 
Philharmonic  at  Moscow,  completing  the  nine 
years'  course  in  five  years  and  winning  the  high- 
est honors.  At  15 — a  most  unprecedented  age 
for  such  an  honor — she  appeared  as  soloist  with 
the  Moscow  Philharmonic  Society.  After  a  tour 
of  Russia,  appearances  followed  in  Germany  and 
England,  and  then  came  her  first  visit  to  Am- 
erica. 

Commenting  on  her  initial  appearance  with  the 
Boston  Symphony  Orchestra,  Philip  Hale  wrote 
in  the  Boston  Herald:  "Her  touch  is  singularly 
beautiful,  and  she  has  at  her  command  as  a  col- 
orist  a  great  variety  of  nuances.  Her  art  is  in- 
disputable." 

She  was  re-engaged  for  the  third  successive 
season  to  appear  as  soloist  at  the  London  Sym- 
phony Concerts  under  Arthur  Nikisch  and  Man- 
chester Halle  Concerts  under  Michael  Balling. 
This  distinction  is  without  precedent  in  England. 

Reference  to  Miss  Lerner  could  hardly  be  madi; 
without  mention  of  her  beanty.  Her  personality 
is  a  combination  of  winsome  charm  and  forceful 
magnetism. 

The  overture  to  Tannhauser  and  Beethoven's 
Symphony  No.  5  will  also  be  given.  For  Sunday 
afternoon  the  program  will  be  as  follows  (solo- 
ist, Tina  Lerner,  pianist)  :  Mendelssohn,  over- 
ture Ruy  Bias;  Grieg,  "Heart  Wounds,"  "Last 
Spring"  (for  string  orchestra);  Tschaikowsky, 
"Concerto"  (Tina  Lerner);  Liszt,  Liebestraum; 
R.  Strauss  .Tone  Poem — "Death  and  Transfifigur- 
ation." 

The  attendance  at  the  Greek  Theater  to  hear 
the  orchestra  in  a  symphony  concert  far  ex- 
ceeded the  most  sanguine  expectations  of  those 
who  organized  the  venture.  It  was  an  ideal 
autumn  day.  and  the  spacious  amphitheater  seem- 
ed as  though  designed  for  such  a  musical   treat. 


MME.    GERVILLE-REACHE 

French  contralto,  who  will  sing  at  Scottish  Rite  Audi- 
torium Sunday  afternoon,  December  1  and  8. 


Miss  Helen  Colburn  Heath. 

A  DELIGHTFUL  recital  was  that  given  by 
Miss  Helen  Colburn  Heath,  the  San  Fran- 
cibco  soprano,  at  the  St.  Francis.  Miss 
Heath,  who  recently  returned  from  Europe,  where 
she  nas  been  studying  under  the  best  masters, 
w-.s  in  perfect  voice  and  in  an  exceedingly  diffi- 
cult program  she  evidenced  an  artistic  tempera- 
ment, rich  in  promise  of  a  brilliant  future.     She 


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was    abl  by    Herbert    Riley,    'cellist,    and 

i  ihi    Waldrop,    pianist. 


Kobler  &    Chase   Concerts. 

Miss  hki.kx  PBTBS,  aSai  i   soprano 

of  superior  merit,  will  be  Introduced  si  t   the 
next    weekly    music    matinee    of    Kobler    & 
Chase,  given  at   Kobler  A  Chase  Ball  next  Saturdpj 

aften ,  November  80th.     In  New  York  Miss  Petre 

mbex  of  ill.-  Savagi   Grand  Opera  Repertoire 

Company,    appearing    in    t  ti«-   principal    cities    of    the 
Baat.     in   London   she   was  exceptionally   bqoi 
in  concert  work,  ami  was  the  recipient  of  an  invita- 
tion   in    sine    before    the    King    and    Queen.       Bliss 
Petre,    witb    Pianola    accompaniment ;     '  'Amaryllis1 

oxt  Saturday  will  include  the  following 
numbers:  Staccato  Etude  (Rubinstein),  Weber  Pian- 
ola Piano;  Jewel  Song!  "Faust"  (Gounod),  Miss 
Petre,  with  Pianola  a  ccompaniuu-m:  "Amaryllis1 
(Seger),  "Two  Skylarks' '  (LescheUUky),  Pianola 
Piano ;  "Traume"  (Wagner),  "Obstination1 '  i  Ron 
tonaillos),  "Los  Filles  de  Cadiz''  (DelibeB),  Miss 
Petro,  with  Pianola  accompaniment;  overture, 
"1812"    (Tschaikowsky >,    the   Aeolian    Pipe    Organ. 


The  GerviHe-Reache  Concerts. 

MME.  .IKAXXK  (iERVlLLE-REACHE,  the  star 
contralto  of  the  famous  Hammerstein  Opera 
Company,  and  one  of  the  most  accomplished 
concert  artists  before  the  public,  will  give  two  con- 
certs nt  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium  under  the  Green- 
liaum  management,  the  dates  being  this  Sunday  after- 
noon, December  1st,  and  the  following  Sunday  after- 
noon, December  8th.  The  voice  of  this  artisl  is  a 
genuine  contralto  of  exceptional  beauty  and  range, 
and  she  uses  it  with  the  most  consummate  artistry. 
It  is  the  kind  of  singing  that  reaches  both  the  head 
and  the  heart,  and  a  Gerville-Reache  recital  is  some- 
thing  no  music  lover  can  afford  to  miss.  The  prd 
grams  contain  many*  works  never  before  heard  in 
this  city,  and  include  gems  in  German,  French,  Eng- 
lish and  Italian.  At  tae  first  concert  the  principal 
features  will  be  the  aria  from  Bruneau's  opera.  "The 
Attack  on  the  Mill,"  the  aria  from  Massenet's  last 
masterpiece,    "Roma,"  and  the  glorious  aria  of  Bran 

^     SAN   FRANCISCO    - 

ORCHESTRA 

HenryHadley-  Conductor 

FOURTH   POPULAR   CONCERT 

OORT  THEATER 

Sunday  Afternoon,  December  1,  at  3:15 

Soloist— TINA  LERNER— Pianist 

Program  includes:  Mendelssohn,  overture,  "Ruy 
Bias";  Grieg,  "Heart  Wounds"  and  Last  Spring'  ; 
Tschaikowsky  Concerto  for  Piano  and  Orchestra; 
Liszt,  "Liebestraum"  ;  Richard  Strauss,  Tone  Poem, 
"Death  and   Transfiguration." 

Prices,  35c.  to  $1.00. 


C0R£ 


LEADING  THEATER 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter    2460. 


Last    Time   Tonight 
A    BUTTERFLY    ON    THE    WHEEL.' 


Beginning    Tomorrow    (Sunday   Night 

One  Week  Only — Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 

The  Queen  of  Beauty 

VALESKA  SURATT 

In   the  New  York   Casino    Melody  Masterpiece 

"The  Kiss  Waltz" 

Prices  50  cents  to  $2.     Wednesday  matinee  $1.50 


TINA    LERNER 
The   beautiful   and   brilliant   Russian   pianist. 

gaene  from  Wagner's  "Tristan  uud  Isolde."  Com- 
plete programs  may   be  secured  at  Sherman,  Clay  & 

Co.'e  and  [Cohler  &  Chase's",  where  the  seals  are  now 
on  sale.  On  Sunday  tlie  bos  oflice  will  be  open  at 
the  hall  at  10  o'clock.  On  Tuesday  night  Mine. 
Gerville-Reache  will  appear  before  the  St.  Francis 
Musical   Art    Society. 


Well  Worthy  of  Praise. 

THE  critics  of  the  daily  newspapers  may  have 
seemed  unduly  eulogistic  in  their  comments 
on  Alice  Nielsen,  but  the  cold  truth  is  that 
they  could  not  have  said  too  much  in  praise  of  this 
returned  San  Francisco  favorite.  In  the  old  days 
of  ihf  Tivoli  Opera  Company  Miss  Nielsen  was  rated 
as  a  singer  of  great  promise,  but  nobody  expected  to 
see  her  become -a  star  oi  the  first  magnitude  in  the 
galaxy  of  acknowledged  prima  donnas.  Her  recent 
performances  under  the  management  of  Impresario 
Greenbaum  filled  old  San  Francisco  playgoers  with 
amazement    and    admiration. 


Burr    Mcintosh's    "Plain   Talk." 
"The   Sunshine  and  Flower  League"    is  a  new  or- 
ganization  forming  for  the  daily  free   distribution  of 
flowers   to   inmates   of  all    the  hospitals  in   California. 


Commencing    Sunday,    Dec.    8 — "A    Modern    Eve.' 


Maud  Powell,  Violinist. 

IT.  HAS  been  many  months  now  since  our  music 
lovers  have  heard  programs  of  violin  music,  so 
the  announcement  by  Manager  Greenbaum  of  the 
engagement  of  Maud  Powell  will  be  most  welcome. 
This  woman,  an  American,  is  the  only  violinist  of 
her  sex  who  holds  a  position  in  the  world  of  music 
in  the  ranks  with  KImnn,  JSimbalist,  Marteau,  and 
Kreisler,  and  the  other  great  ones.  When  one  men-' 
tions  the  list  of  the  world's  very  greatest  violin  vir 
tuosi  the  name  of  Maud  Powell  must  be  considered. 
This  artist,  assisted  by  Harold  Osborn  Smith,  the 
pianist  who  used  to  visit  us  with  David  Bispham, 
will    give    three    exceptional    and    novel    programs    at 


St.     Francis     Hotel 

SATURDAY,    NOVEMBER    30TH 
(COLONIAL  HALL)   8:30  o'clock 

BURR    MclMOSH 

AND    HIS   PLAIN   TALKS 
On    the    WONDERS    and    BEAUTIES    of 

CALIFORNIA 

And  "Our  Country" 
For  the  Benefit  of  the 

"SUNSHINE  AND  FLOWER  LEAGUE" 

Orchestra,    $1.50.      Boxes,    $10,    $12,    $15,    $20. 
Securable  at  News  Stand  of  Hotel  or  by  Mail. 


Scottish  Rite  Mall  on  Thursday  night,  December  12, 
and  Saturday  and 'Sunday  afternoons,  December  14th 

and    15th. 


Godowsky. 

OF  THE  doaen  or  fifteen    piano   virtuosi   touring 
America  iiii--  season,  ever]  single  "tie  of  them 
has  )..'>-ii  offered  in  Manager  Will  Greenbaum 
for  concerts  in  this  city.     After  due  and  careful  con- 

sidei-iitii.il    nur    Mi., I    impresario    has    selected    what    lie 

considered  the  three  greatest  "f  them.  The  first  of 
these  is  Leopold  Godowsky,  of  wnom  the  famous  Vien 
nese    critic,    Korngold,    said:    "His    left    hand    is   a 

■  >■<■ i   righl   hand,"    and  who  is   in   many   wins  the 

must    important    pianist   living.      Xo  matter  what   art- 


Gerville-Reache 


HAMMERSTEIN'S  STAB  CONTRALTO 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

This  Sunday  Afternoon,  December  1,  at  2:30 

—  And  — 

Sunday  Afternoon,  December   8,  at  2:30 

TWO    EXCEPTIONAL    PROGRAMS 

Tickets.    $1.00,    $1.50,    $2.00,    at    Sherman.    Clay   & 
Co.'s,   and   Kohler  &   Chase's.      Sunday  at  hall. 
Steinway  Piano  used. 


Coming — MAUD    POWELL,    Violinist. 

CWRTCVL  MxSTOCWtON  &-  VOVJtU. 

Safest  and  Most  Magnificent  Theater  In  America! 
WEEK  BEGINNING  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 
Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE! 
MARION  LITTLEFIELD'S  FLORENTINE  SING- 
ERS; ADRIENNE  AUGARDE  and  Her  Company  in 
Mrs.  Richard  Burton's  One-Act  Comedy,  "A  Matter 
of  Duly";  ED  MORTON,  the  Comedian  Who  Sings; 
FLYING  MARTINS,  Sensational  Wizards  of  the 
Air;  HARRY  GILFOIL  as  "BARON  SANDS"; 
GEORGE  FELIX  and  the  BARRY  GIRLS  in  "The 
Boy  Next  Door":  AL  RAYNO'S  PERFORMING 
BULLDOGS;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PIC- 
TURES. Last  Week,  Tremendous  Hit  of  ETHEL 
GREEN,    Vaudeville's    Daintiest    Comedienne. 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Box  Seats,  f  1. 
Matinee    Prices    (Except    Sundays   and   Holidays), 
10c,   25c.    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  O  1670. 


Pantages  Theater 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week   of  December   1st: 


Exclusive   First   Run  Motion  Pictures  of  New  York's 
Memorable  Success, 
•     "THE    GARDEN  OF  ALLAH" 


Menlo    Moore's    Spectacular    Extravaganza, 
"STAGE    DOOR    JOHNNIES" 


In  a  Bit  of  Song,  Dance,  Laugh  and  Revel  Set  to  the 
"Clink."  the  "Pop"  and  the  "Honk  Honk"  of 
Midnight    Life. 


7 — BIG  VAUDEVILLE  ACTS — 7 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun 
and  Holidays,  MatB.  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nighu, 
Continuous    from    6:30. 


Prices — 10c,  20c.  and  30c. 


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[Saturday,    November    30,    1912. 


ist  you  ask  about  Godowsky's  playing  and  composi- 
tions, you  will  always  receive  the  answer:  "Godow- 
sky — that  man  is  a  wonder,  a  genius."  Although 
not  a  prolific  composer — for  he  has  but  little  time 
to  devote  to  the  creative  side  of  his  art,  his  works 
from  a  pianistic  standpoint  are  the  most  important 
for  the  pianoforte  since  Liszt  and  Chopin  gave  their 
masterpieces  to  the  world.  Godowsky  will  play  two 
programs  at  the  Columbia  Theater  early  in  the  new 
year.  Greenbaum  confidently  expects  a  genuine 
Paderewski  demonstration  for  this  artist,  as  his 
work  is  in  the  class  that  can  only  be  described  by 
the   word    '  'marvelous. ' ' 


M' 


The  Return  of  Esther  Mundell. 
|ISS  ESTHER  MUNDELL,  the  well-known  sing- 
er and  pianiste,  has  just  returned  from  a 
four  years'  visit  abroad,  where  she  has  ap- 
peared in  concerts  both  in  Prance  and  England,  be- 
sides devoting  much  time  to  her  vocal  work  with 
Jean  de  Reszke,  announces  a  recital  at  the  St.  Fran- 
cis ballroom  on  "Wednesday  night,  December  4th.  Miss 
Mundell  is  now  devoting  her  entire  time  to  her 
vocal  work,  and  is  said  to  have  a  voice  of  quite 
unusual  beauty,  and,  equipped  with  quite  a  remark- 
able   education    in    the    art    of    music,    both    practical 


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Special  Lunches  50c.  or  a  la  Carte 

Ladles'  Grill  and  Booms  for  Parties 

KEGULAB     FEENCH     DINNER     WITH 

WINE,  $1.00. 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. 

MONADNOCK  BUILDING 

Next  to  Palace  Hotel 

Phone  Kearny  1812. 

All  Cars  Pass  the  Door.    Elevator  Service. 


The  INew 


POODLE    DOG 


HOTEL    and    RESTAURANT 

WILL  REMAIN  AT  CORNER 

POLK  and   POST 

SAN     FRANCISCO. 
PHONES:  Franklin  2960;   Horn*  O  6706. 


and  theoretical,  Miss  Mundell  should  make  a  glori- 
ous success  of  a  concert  star.  An  interesting  pro- 
gram in  German,  French,  English  and  Italian  is 
promised.  Mr.  Uda  Waldrop  will  be  the  assisting 
artist.  Tickets  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s  and  at 
the    St.    Francis. 


Miss   Camille  Dorn. 

MISS  CAMILLE  DORN,  pupil  of  Mrs.  Noah 
Brandt,  made  her  debut  as  a  pianiste  at 
the  Colonial  ballroom  of  the  St.  Francis 
last  week,  and  there  was  a  liberal  attendance  of 
friends  and  the  general  public.  In  a  somewhat 
ambitious  program,  Miss  Dorn  reflected  infinite 
jred.it  upon  her  conscientious  teacher,  and  displayed 
a  remarkably  sound  grasp  of  the  spirit  of  her  var- 
ious composers.  A  little  too  bent  upon  unessential 
accuracy,  particularly  in  the  Scluimann  concerto. 
in  which  she  played,  as  it  were,  under  the  shadow 
of  her  tutor,  who  acted  as  accompanist,  Miss  Dorn 
was    yet    successful    in    convincing    her    hearers    that 


MISS  ESTHER  MUNDELL 

Singer   and  pianiste,   who  will  give  a  recital  at 
the  St.  Francis  on  Wednesday  night  next. 

she  has  that  individuality,  which,  when  given  a 
freer  hand,  will  make  the  gieat  player.  In  Chopin's 
'  'Fantasie  Impromptu,' '  C  sharp  minor,  she  was,  1 
think,  at  her  best,  though  still  playing  a  little 
more  with  her  brain  than  with  her  musical  emo- 
tions. An  inconsequent,  though  pleasing  idyl  by 
Enid  Brandt  was  daintily  handled,  and  I  thoroughly 
enjoyed  her  strength,  in  Liszt's  '  'Hungarian  Fan- 
tasie No.  2."  Miss  Dorn,  though  a  tall  and  strik- 
ingly handsome  woman  in  repose,  is  delightfully 
girlish,  in  her  carriage,  while  the  youthfuluess  in 
which  she  rejoices,  is  written  legibly  on  her  pleas- 
ing features.  The  applause  was  hearty,  and  the 
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Miss    GLADYS    \  \\    ki.s  mi  i; 

Hotel    ABtorin,    Now    York, — 
MY  DEAR  GLADYS       Glad  i»  learn  thai  > -»n  are 
ao  comfortable  al    the  Astoria,  and  also  to  hear  thi 

DeW8  of  BO  ninny  Sjmi  1  ranci scans.  It  lias  be 611  a 
btlBJ     Week.       All    classes,    from    llip    revised    lisl     In    I  lie 

free-and-eas]  bohemiane  of  the  Press  Club,  have 
been  entertaining  Six  Thomas  Lip  tun  with  functions 
varying  from  coldly  formal  teaB  to  midnight  ragging 
wiili  specialists  from  the  liarbary  L'uast,  giving  their 
anrevised  version  of  the  Texas  Tommy  and  other 
terpsichorean  atrocities,  all  of  which  our  genial  guest 

heiirtily    relished,    and,    if    1    nuisl    say    it,    the    ragging 

more   than   the   cold    tea. 

You  will  ii"  doubl  be  surprised  i"  hear  of  the  en- 
gagement of  .Miss  Helen  Leavitt,  only  child  of  Rev 
and  Mrs,  Bradford  Leavitt,  t"  Dr.  .lame-  [Saves.    You 

know    we   all   thoughl    ii    was   a    foreg conclusion 

that  Clark  Van  fleet,  sun  of  Judge  Van  Fleet,  was 
in  have  been  tne  lucky  chap.  His  devotion  lias  been 
well  known  to  tbe  intimate  friends  of  both,  and 
dates  hack    to   the   days   when    they,   metaphorically, 

madi    loud  pies  together.     It  is  said  that   U gage 

ment  is  but  the  result  of  a  few  weeks'  acquaintance. 
Oh,  say,  the  news  caused  a  Bhock  to  the  friends  of 
the  man  whom  we  all  thoughl  marked  oul  for  this 
one  of  Cupid's  darts.  Sn  sure  were  they  thai  young 
Van     Fleet's     name    would    he    coupled    with    any    ei, 

gogement  announcement,  some  of  them  called  up  his 

mother   and   asked    il"   (.lark    was   not    to    he    the    fiance 

She  deeply  regretted  thai  it  was  not  to  he,  hut  s-'ni 
one  of  the  largest  and  handsomest  baskets  of  Hi  .  e; 
to  xiiss  Leavitt  on  the  day  of  her  tea. 

Your  (dd  friend,  M aye  Colburn,  bas  come  to  town 
and  taken  apartments  at  the  Fairmont  for  the  season 
She  has  just  purchased  an  electric  coupe.  Such 
style!  You  will  remember,  how  studiously  devoted 
Maye  was  to  Mrs.  Klean  tr  Martin  some  few  years 
ngo  when  the  jealous  climbers,  and  many  who  were 
well  up  the  social  ladder,  accused  her  of  a  policy 
friendship.  Of  Course  it  was  all  so  catty,  aud  l 
know  you  never  believed  it.  Maye  was  remarkabl" 
patienl  in  reading  to  our  grande.  dame  what  time 
the  bit  lev  took  her  siesta.  Maye  was  so  orna- 
mental, and  deserved  the  many  tickets  and  invita- 
tions with  which  she  was  so  liberally  rewarded  for 
her  devotion.  I  am  not  surprised  that  she  has  re- 
newed her  friendship,  and  is  again  at  the  Martin 
home  early  and  late.  It  would  have  been  a  difficult 
thing,  to  have  filled  her  place,  as  the  maids  of  the 
period  with  such  unselfish  devotion  are  not  easily 
found,  and,  as  you  know,  with  all  her  charms,  Mrs, 
Martin    is   very    exacting    even    in    her    friendships. 

Everybody  is  at  a  loss  to  understand  why  the 
portly  Willard  Barton,  whom  you  will  be  surprised 
to  learn  has  become  the  Coquelin  of  the  amateur 
theatricals  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  wore  his  silk  hat 
all  through  the  dancing  scene  at  the  "Campus  Mou- 
ser."  As  everybody  knows  that  Willard  looks  quite 
becoming  in  a  stovepipe  lid,  it  could  not  have  been 
any  desire  to  advertise  that  fact,  and  muBt  have 
been  one  of  those  touches  of  subtle  and  symbolic 
humor    in    which    he    specializes. 

Our  Society  Circus  is  going  to  be  a  huge  success, 
but  with  so  many  prominent  people  playing  prom- 
inent parts  it  is  only  natural  that  the  ring  manag- 
ers are  encountering  difficulties  in  the  way  of  small 
jealousies.  It  is  always  the  same  with  amateui 
theatricals — everybody  wants  to  be  in  the  calcium 
rays.  Several  whose  names  first  appeared  as  having 
promised  to  take  part  may  be  conspicuous  by   their 


absence  So  fui  Mi-  Chesebrough  ami  Miss  Mai 
ion  N'ewhall  linvt  not  shown  up  al  anj  of  the  re 
bearsale  Milliam  Mayo  New  hull,  who  was  advor 
tised  as  one  of  the  crack  riders,  is  at  present  on 
his  ranch,  ii  it  is  even  reported  thai  the  Elks, 
the  Bohemian  and  the  Family  Clubs  may  uol  come 
thrdugh    with    their    promised    stunts.      The    riding 

cluh  hufi  gotten  on  its  high  horse  over  the  advent 
Of    ;i     well  known    dame    and    her    sisler,    and    there    is 

jealous}  as  to  the  leadership  of  a  matron,  who  ulso 
has  a  sister.  Bui  for  all  these  teapot  tempests,  the 
show    win    bo   a   whirling    success. 

'bie    of    the    social    top'ics    of   the    week    has   been 

the    breezy    way    in    which    Mrs.    Worthy    Ames    is    en 


MISS  HELEN  LEAVITT 

Who  was  the  recipient  of  many  presents  on  the 
occasion  of  the  announcement  of  her  engage- 
ment to  Dr.  James  Eaves. 

joying  her  newly  acquired  freedom.  At  the  De 
Young  reception,  her  striking  gown  was  a  revel- 
ation of  the  form  divine.  it  is  said  the  sudden 
nuptials  of  the  prominent  clubman  caused  the  lady 
a  distinct  shock.  I'm  told  that  when  abroad  some 
years  ago  she  and  her  sister,  though  both  were 
brides  of  more  than  a  year,  did  not  go  out  of  their 
way  to  disturb  the  impression  that  they  were  both 
still     heart-whole    and     fancy-free. 

I  sent  you  a  newspaper  clipping  with  the  jests 
at  the  expense  of  an  army  officer  who  was  the  guest 
of  a  well-known  town  girl  at  the  Greenway  ball. 
He  wore  a  black  necktie  with  his  evening  dress  in- 
stead of  white,  but  everybody  should  know  that 
blnck  is  the  correct  thing  with  full  army  dress. 
However,  it  seems  that  he  committed  an  awful  mis- 
take, and  his  innocent  companion  was  considerably 
piqued  over  the  public  joshing.  The  same  lieutenant 
was  the  young  lady's  partner  at  the  "Parasol 
Dance"  at  the  "Campus  Mouser"  and  at  an  even- 
ing rehearsal  four  of  his  brother  officers,  also  in 
the    production,    appeared    in    army    full    dress    with 


black  ties,  while  the  young  man  wore  civilian  dress 
with  this  lime  a  while  lie.  Strange  all  ibis  differ- 
ence shoul,.  be  'tw  tsi  tweedledum  and  tweedledee. 
If  men  cannol  be  exncl  in  trifles  when  they  have 
so  little  choice  with  their  funereal  looking  garbs, 
whatever   n Id   they   do   if  there   were  a   return    to 

the    color    and    variety    of    the    days    when    men     were 

more  ornamental  and  picturesque  al  social  functions! 
Yours   affectionately,  MARTHA. 

San  Francisco. 


Titled  Visitors. 
Viscount  and  Viscountess  Helie  de  Dauipierre  are 
receiving  a  very  cordial  welcome  from  their  many 
friends,  who  have  had  no  opportunity  of  seeing  them 
since  their  marriage  three  years  ago,  us  they  have 
spent  most  of  that  time  in  Paris.  The  Viscountess 
will  be  well  remembered  as  pretty  Christine  de 
Guigne,  who  made  her  debul  with  her  sister,  Marie 
Louise,  now  Viscountess  de  iristan.  The  old  Dam- 
pierres  have  one  of  the  finest  old  chateaux  in 
France,  and  as  llie  Viscountess  is  quite  the  must 
charming  of  hostesses  their  home  is  always  a 
rendezvous  for  wandering  San  Franciscans.  Mrs. 
Abby  Parrott,  the  grandmother  of  the  Viscountess, 
as  well  as  the  young  Christian  de  Guignes,  are 
planning   several    elaborate   affairs    in    their   honor. 


Miss  Dorothy  Williams. 
Miss  Dorothy  Williams,  the  pretty  fiancee  of  Eyre 
Pinckard,  is  out  here  from  Washington  with  her 
father,  Mr.  Gardner  Williams.  They  are  staying  at 
the  Fairmont,  where  they  will  remain  until  the  end 
of  the  winter.  The  marriage  of  Miss  Williams  and 
Mr.  Pinckard  will  take  place  at  the  bride's  family 
home  in  Washington  some  time  in  the  spring.  Mr. 
Williams  and  his  daughter  were  out  here  last  sum- 
mer, and  left  to  visit  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Williams 
in    London. 


Mrs.  Frederick  Willard  Sperry. 
The  wedding  of  Mrs.  Frederick  W  illard  Sperry 
took  place  at  Grace  pro-Cathedral  on  Sunday  after- 
noon, November  23rd,  Rev.  Webster  Loring  Clark 
officiating.  A  reception  followed  at  the  residence 
of  tbe  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W. 
Brooks,  on  Vallejo  street,  to  which  intimate  friends 
only  were  invited.  The  bride  was  formerly  Miss 
Lorraine  Brooks,  known  among  her  friendB  as 
"Beauty  Brooks."  She  is  one  of  four  daughters 
of  George  Brooks.  Mr.  Brooks  is  the  well-known 
insurance  man.  Frederick  W.  Sperry  is  a  son  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  riperry,  and  nephew  of  Mrs. 
William  IT.  Crocker  and  Princess  Poniatowski,  and 
brother  of  Mrs.  Aruo  Dosch,  formerly  Miss  Elsie 
Sperry.  The  couple  will  reside  at  Klamath  Falls, 
where    Sperry    is    in    business. 


Mrs.  Lillian  Birmingham. 
The  matinee  musicale  given  at  the  Alcazar  by 
Miss  Lillian  Birmingham,  assisted  by  Miss  Alma 
Birmingham,  pianiste,  Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart  and  Allan 
Dunn,  was  an  artistic  triumph.  A  remarkably  rich 
and  velvety  contralto,  the  lower  register  of  which 
has  the  melodic  fullness  of  the  organ,  Mrs.  Bir- 
mingham^ voice  was  never  heard  to  better  advan- 
tage, and  the  large  audience  marked  its  approval 
with  the  emphasis  of  an  ovation.  Her  items  includ- 
ed songs  by  Beethoven,  Schubert,  Brahms,  Wagner, 
Chausson,  Bachelet,  Debussy  and  Massenet.  These 
furnished  the  opening  portion  of  the  program,  the 
second  part  of  which  consisted  of  "The  Legends 
of    the    Yosemite,"    in    song    and    story,    with    a    full 


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[Saturday,    November   30,    1912. 


stage  setting  of  Yosemite  and  an  orchestral  accom- 
paniment under  the  direction  of  Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart. 
In  this  Mrs.  Birmingham  was  ably  assisted  by 
Allan  Dunn.  A  feature  of  the  afternoon  was  the 
work  of  Miss  Dorothy  Cranford,  who  though  only 
in  her  eighteenth  year,  has  done  wonderfully  well  as 
a  song  writer  and  composer.  Two  of  her  numbers 
were  given  by  Mrs.  Birmingham  as  encore  items, 
and    they    were    received    with    enthusiasm. 


I  notice  that  the  one  daily  which  for  so  long  has 
kept  the  society  sheep  railed  off  from  the  society 
goats  and  angoras  in  its  Sunday  column  has  at  'last 
let  down  the  barrier,  and  now,  metaphorically  or 
paragraphically,  they  all  rub  shoulders.  Meanwhile 
the  Greenway  400  and  the  Detriek  200  keep  as 
closely   as    ever   to   themselves. 


Two  Debutantes. 

Miss  lvancy  Glenn  and  Miss  Helen  Stone  made 
their  debuts  at  a  very  charming  dance  given  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Charles  Lee  Leonard  in  the  ballroom  of  the 
St.  Francis. 

The  decorations,  which  were  most  artistic,  con- 
sisted of  Christmas  berries,  woodwardia  ferns, 
palms    and    chrysanthemums    in   profusion. 

Miss  "Glenn,  who  is  an  unusually  attractive  girl, 
wore  a  gown  of  white  and  gold,  and  Miss  Stone 
also  carried  out  the  idea  of  debutantes,  appearing 
in  white  and,  and  wore  white  satin  and  chiffon 
with  a  touch  of  American  Beauty  chiffon  to  relieve 
it.  The  guests  numbered  about  one  hundred,  and 
included  all  the  younger  dancing  members  of  society. 


Most  Elaborate  of  Season. 
Quite  the  most  elaborate  bridge  party  of  the  sea- 
son was  that  given  by  Mrs.  Florence  Porter  Pfingst 
at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  last  Monday.  It  took  place 
in  the  ballroom,  which  was  trellised  across  the  mid 
die  with  beautiful  palms  and  smilax,  and  made  the 
front  half  of  it  into  a  reception  room  which  was 
extremely  attractive  with  Oriental  rugs  and  large 
chairs,  and  where  Mrs.  Pfingst  received  her  guests. 
In    the    other    half    were    the    bridge    tables,    twenty 


in  number,  where  most  attractive  prizes  were  dis- 
tributed— fine  towels  embroidered  by  the  charming 
hostess  and  pretty  kimonas.  Mrs.  Pfingst's  guests 
included   most  of  the  young  matrons  of  society. 


The  Donohoe  Dance. 

When  the  brilliant  company  had  assembled  at 
the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  A.  Donohoe  on 
Jackson  street  for  the  dance  and  supper  in  honor 
of  Miss  Christine  and  John,  the  daughter  and  son  of 
the  house,  there  was  convincing  evidence  that  the 
Donohoe  friends  represent  the  creme  de  la  creme  of 
local    society. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  some  of  the  distinguished 
guests  who  attended:  Messrs.  and  Mesdames  Chris- 
tian de  Guigne,  Charles  Page,  Edward  Tobin,  Edward 
Eyre,  George  A.  Pope,  "William  Tubbs,  William  B. 
Bourn,  George  Boyd,  Frank  B.  Anderson,  Arthur 
Page,  Carter  P.  Pomeroyr,  Wakefield  Baker,  A,  M, 
Sutton,  Emory  Winship,  W.  H.  Crocker,  Edgar  de 
Pue,,  Charles  S.  Wheeler,  George  Garritt,  J.  LeRoy 
Nickel,  E.  Duplessis  Beylard,  J.  D.  Grant,  Richard 
Girvin,  John  Lawsou,  Gordon  Blauding,  Samuel  Hop- 
kins, Frederick  McNear,  Charles  Josselyn,  D.  T. 
Murphy,  A.  J.  Dibblee,  J.  A.  Folger,  Horace  D. 
Pillsbury,  George  Howard,  George  H.  Mendell,  Elli- 
ott McAllister,  Perry  Eyre,  James  Follis,  W.  H. 
Taylor  Jr.,  George  Whittell,  Percy  Moore,  Hamilton 
Wallace,  Willis  Polk,  Ward  Barron,  Francis  Mc- 
Comas,  George  Newhall,  William  A.  Newhall,  Cheever 
C'owdin,  Samuel  Knight,  James  L.  Flood,  E.  W.  Hop- 
kins, Henry  T.  Scott,  Robert  Oxnard,  E.  J.  Pringle, 
Frederick  W,  Sharon,  James  Otis,  Bishop  and  Mrs. 
William  Ford  Nichols,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  Moffitt; 
Misses  Helen  Wright,  Barbara  Sutton,  Corennah  de 
Pue,  Katherin  Redding,  Jane  Hotaling,  Cora  Otis, 
Frederika  Otis,  Dorothy  Page,  Evelyn  Cunningham, 
Genevieve  Cunningham.  Isabel  Beaver,  Louise  Boyd, 
Evelyn  Barron,  Ysobel  Chase,  Louisiana  Foster,  Alice 
Griffith,  Jennie  Hooker-,  Ethel  McAllister,  Ruth 
Winslow,    Marion    Newhall,    Marion    Zeile. 


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IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OP  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

CARLTON  GARFIELD  POWERS,  plaintiff,  vs. 
MARGARET    POWERS,    Defendant. — No.    45,648. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the 
Stale  of  California  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  County.  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing    to     MARGARET     POWERS,     Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above-named  plaintiff  in 
the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Calif ornki,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the 
service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  extreme 
cruelty;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully 
appear  in  the  complaint  on  file,  to  which  special 
reference    is   hereby   made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plain- 
tiff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded  in   the    complaint. 

Given    under   my  hand    and   the    seal    of    the    Supe- 
rior   Court    of    the    State    of    California,    in    and    for 
the    Uitv    and    County    of    San    Francisco,    this    21st 
day   of   November,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVT,  Clerk. 

By  W.  R.  CASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEX  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  105  Mont> 
gomery   Street,    San   Francisco,   Oal. 


Saturday,    November    30,    1912.] 


THE  WASPr 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  Sao 
Francisco. — Dypt.    No.    10. 

HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE  SOHWARZ, 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persona  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,842. 

GERALD  0.  HALSEY, 

Attorney    for   Plaintiffs. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de* 
fondants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE 
SCHWARZ,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Leavenworth  Street,  distant  thereon  eight-seven  (87) 
feet  and  six  (6)  inchea  southerly  from  the  south- 
erly line  of  Filbert  Street;  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth  Street 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  Bix 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth 
Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
part    of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    441. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit :  That  It  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiffs  are 
the  owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute; 
that  their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and 
quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all 
estates,  rightB,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  other  descrip- 
tion; that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  us  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

"Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this   4th   day   of   October,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MTJLCRr/VY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.   D.    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiffs, 
No.  501-501-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter 
and    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
CALIFORNIA,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco.      Dept.    No.    10. 

MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA 
MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants.     Action   No.   32849. 

GERALD   C.   HALSEY, 

Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  MARINA  MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  the 
plaintiff  herein,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above 
entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any 
part  thereof,  situate  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  particularly  described 
as  follows: 

I. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  (formerly  Washington  Place)  dis- 
tant thereon  thirty-seven  (37)  feet  eight  (8)  inches 
northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  westerly  line  of  Wentworth  Street  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Washington  Street;  running 
thence  northerly  along  said  westerly  line  of  Went- 
worth Street  thirty-three  (33)  feet,  ten  (10)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty-three  (33) 
feet,  ten  (10)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  Lot  No.  50  of  the  FIFTY  VARA 
SURVEY. 

IT. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section   of   the    southerly    line    of   Green    Street    and 


the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley,  running  thence 
easterly  along  said  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
sixty-throe  (Git)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet, 
six  (6)  laches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
forty  one  (41)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly fifty  (50  i  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
twenty  two  (22)  feel  to  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton 
Alley;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  said  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alloy  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  Bix  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  ami  the  point  of  commencement.  Be- 
ing  a   portion    of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    231. 

in. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  running  thence  southerly  and  along  the  said 
oasterly  line  of  M  it  son  Street  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  Bix  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
ninety-six  (96)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  ninety- 
six  (96)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
IV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  forty  (40)  feet  easterly  from 
the  point  of  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street  with  the  said  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  last  men- 
tioned line  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six  (6)  incheB 
to  the  westerly  line  of  an  alleyway  twelve  (12) 
feet  wide;  thence  southerly  along  the  last  mentioned 
line  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  westerly  and  parallel 
with  Green  Street  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  northerly  sixty  (60)  feet  to 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
V. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the 
westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
southerly  and  along  Baid  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  and  along  said  southerly  line 
of  Broadway  one  hundred  seventeen  (117)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Ave- 
nue and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  por- 
tion of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  63. 
VI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  northerly  line  of  Geary  Street  and 
the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Geary 
Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of 
Geary  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be- 
ing a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  757. 
VII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Bush  Street  distant  thereon  eighty-eight  (88)  feet, 
ten  (10)  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street,  running  thence  easterly  along  said 
northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet, 
four  (4)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Emma  Street;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Emma  Street  twenty- 
four  (24)  feet,  four  (4)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to 
the  northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT    No.    300. 

VIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Broadway  distant  thereon  forty-five  (45)  feet  east- 
erly from  the  easterly  line  of  Osgood  Place  (for- 
merly Ohio  Street),  running  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Broadway  twenty  (20) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  fifty-seven 
1 57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT   No.  197. 

IX. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  and  the 
easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence  east- 
erly along  said  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  sixty 
(60)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  along  said 
westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place  seventy-seven  (77 > 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly sixty  (60)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  seventy- 
seven  (77)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line 
of  Pine  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement, 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  286. 
X. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Grant    Avenue    distant    thereon    seventy-seven    ( 77 ) 


feet,  six  (6)  inches  southerly  from  the  southerly 
line  of  California  Street,  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty  (50) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Quiucy  Place;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  and  along  Baid  westerly  line 
of  Quincy  Place  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly 
line  of  Grant  Avenue  and  the  point  of  commence- 
ment. Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No. 
144. 

XI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  and 
the  northerly  line  of  Adler  Street,  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue 
twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20 )  feet ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Adler 
Street  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  67. 
XII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street  distant  thereon  Bixty-six  (66)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Vallejo  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty- 
seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twentv  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  and 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No  224. 
XIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Grant  Avenue  distant  thereon  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Jackson  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  eixty- 
eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  thirty-Beven  (137) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  60. 
XIV. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  westerly  line  of  Mason  Street  and 
the  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street,  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Mason  Street  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  sixty  (60) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  and  along 
said  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street  Bixty-eight 
( 68 )  feet,  three  ( 3 )  inches  to  the  westerly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  475. 
XV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-three  (63)  feet 
easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley; 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  southerly 
line  of  Green  Street  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hun- 
dred thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion 
of    FIFTY   VARA   LOT    No.    232. 

And  you  are  further  notified  that  unlesB  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit:  For  the  judgment  and  decree  of  said 
Court  establishing  and  quieting  the  title  of  MARY 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSI- 
CANO, the  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased,  in  and  to  said  real  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  subject  to  the  administra- 
tion of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  declaring  that 
plaintiff  as  executrix  of  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased  is  in  the  actual  and  peace- 
able possession  in  the  right  and  for  the  benefit 
of  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  said  deceased;  and  that  it  be  adjudged 
that  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  the  said  deceased  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute,  subject  only  to 
the  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased; 
and  that  her  title  to  said  property  is  established  and 
quieted;  and  that  the  Court  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of.  mort- 
gage or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief   as  may   be  meet   in   the   premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    5th   day   of   October,    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
No.  501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  No. 
105    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


26 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,    November    30,    1912. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA  WAGNER,  Plain 
tiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or 
lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,847. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,     greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answei 
the  complaint  of  FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA 
WAGNER,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described   as    follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Utah 
Street,  distant  thereon  seventy-seven  (77)  feet,  two 
(2)  inches  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Utah  Street 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Nineteenth  Street,  and 
running  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Utah 
Street  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ;  being  part  fo 
POTRERO  NUEVO  BLOCK  No.   92. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  own- 
ers of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to.  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist 
of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
■*and  further  relief   as   may    be   meet   in    the    premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By    H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  '  'The  Wasp ' '  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation),  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  10S 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco.    California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

IDA  BOLTEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming 
any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,8.92. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  IDA  BOLTEN,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  sum- 
mons, and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any, 
you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly   described    as    follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southeaster 
ly  line  of  Mission  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-five 
(85)  feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Mission 
Street  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Eighth  Street, 
and  running  thence  northeasterly  along  said  line  of 
Mission  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  -southeasterly  eighty  ( 80 )  feet ;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southwesterly  forty  (40).  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  eighty  (80)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  ONE  HUN- 
DRED VARA  BLOCK  Number  407. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
erly line  of  Silliman  Street,  distant  thereon 
twenty-eight  (28)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  form 
ed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sil- 
liman Stret  with  the  easterly  line  of  Dartmouth 
Street, 'and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 
of  Silliman  Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence    at   a   right   angle  westerly   twenty-seven    (27) 


PATRICK    &    CO. 

RUBBER  STAMPS 

STENCILS.  SEALS,  SIGNS  AND  ETC. 
560  MARKET  ST.,      -      SAN  FRANCISCO 


feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hun- 
dred (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being 
lot  number  25,  block  52,  as  per  map  of  the  property 
of  the  RAILROAD  AVENUE  HOMESTEAD  ASSO 
CIATION. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  sole  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  het 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted ; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur 
ther  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
14th  day  of  October,   A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  2nd  day  of  Nov- 
ember,   A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco.    Cal. 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. 
No.  14,243.   Dept.  10. 


ESTATE  OF  GEORGE  RESTE,  DECEASED. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  M.  J. 
Hynes,  Administrator  of  the  estate  of  George  Reste, 
deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons  having 
claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Administrator,  at  his  office,  room  858  Phelan  Build- 
ing, San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the 
undersigned  selects  as  the  place  of  business  in  all 
matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  George  Reste, 
deceased. 

M.  J.  HYNES, 
Administrator    of    the    estate    of    George    Reste, 
deceased. 

Dated,    San   Francisco,    October  29,    1912. 

CULLINAN  &  HICKEY,  Attorneys  for  Adminis- 
trator,   858    Phelan    Building,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  prop' 
erty  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.   32,741. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 
The   People   of   the    State   of   California:   To   all 
persons    claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lien  upon,    the 
real    property    herein    described   or    any    part    thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAPHAEL  S.  BUGEIA,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly    described    as    follows : 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Thrift  ( formerly  Hill )  Street,  distant  thereon  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Capitol  Avenue;  running  thence  easterly  and  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street  two  hundred 
(200)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northerly  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (1251  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  westerly  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  and  thence 
at  right  angles  southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty 
five  (125)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Thrift  Street 
and  the  point  of   commencement. 

Being  Lot  Number  two  (2)  in  Block  "Y,"  as  per 
Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  Railroad  Homestead  Associ 
ation,  recorded  in  Book  "C  &  D,"  at  Page  111  of 
Maps,  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali 
fornia. 

And  you   are  hereby  notified   that,   unless   you   so 


appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simp.e  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
13th  day  of  September,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.   DUNWORTH,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  Sep- 
tember,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,    or  lien  upon,    said  property   adverse   to   plaintiff: 

E.  MESSAGER,  EMIL  GUNZBURGER,  Trustees 
of  the  Argonaut  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion (a  corporation),  No.  1933  Ellis  Street,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  California 
Pacific  .building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Streets, 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  anu  County  of  San 
Francisco.      Department    No.    5. 

WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZABETH  MANN, 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32871. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defeiidants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZA- 
BETH MANN,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer 
tain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   particularly   described   as   follows: 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  in 
tersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (for- 
merly "Q")  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Avenue;  running  thence  west 
erty  along  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (formerly 
"Q")  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th) 
Aveuue ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  com- 
mence ment  Being,  part  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS 
BLOCK    No.    1052. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the 
owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ^ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,*  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief   as  may   be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
10th  day   of  October,  A.  D   191.:. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I    .PORi^R,   Deputy   Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of 
October,    A.  D.    1912 

GERALD  L.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  Califor 
nia  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Sts., 
San    Francisco,    Cal.,    Attorney    for    Plaintiffs. 


EYE  TROUBLES  VANISH 

WHEN  USING  MAYESLE\S  GERMAN  EYEWATER  for  weak,  tired,  in- 
flamed, dull,  watery,  strained  or  discharging  eyes,  floating  spots,  crusty 
eyelids,  etc.  It  gives  instant  relief.  For  infants  or  adults.  At  all  drug- 
gists', 50c;  or  by  mail,  65c. 

GERMAN    OPTICAL    SPECIALIST 

960  Market  Street,  San  Francisco 
laV  Insist  on  getting  Mayerle's  ~V8 


Saturday,    November    30,    1912.] 


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Win..  kl   Of    s;iid   Court,    this 

7lh    dav    of    November,    A.    D.    1912. 
CSB  \.h)  II.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

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MEMORANDUM. 

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L'he    Wasp"    newspaper  on   the  16th  day  of  No 
vember, 

■  one  are  said  to  claim  an  in 

.■   tn   plaintiff: 
GAZI    BANCA    POPOIiARE    OPERA1A    ITAL 
iaxa   (a  corporation),  No.  2  Columbus  Aveuue,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

,1.    W.    WRIGHT    &    SOX.S    INVESTMENT    COM 
PA  XV  :   Montgomery  Street, 

Sun   Francisco,   Cat. 

HIBEE     ■  ■■       LVINGS  i    LOAN   &OOIE  I  S    (a  cor- 
■  Allister    Streets,    San    Fran- 
OIBGO,     Cal. 

GERALD  0.    FIALSEY. 
A  i  torney  for  Plaintiff. 
SOI  I  509    California-Pacific  Building,   San 


SUMMONS. 

IX  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  01 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  Sau 
Francisco. — Dept.   No,    10. 

ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of  WILLIAM  G. 
RYDER.  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No, 
32,805. 

GERALD   C.   HALSEY, 

Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  Hen  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants,   gree 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ELIZABETH  RC.  RYDER,  wife  of 
WILLIAM  <;.  RYDER,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  Bummons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  prop- 
erty, 'or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Calif rnia,  par- 
ticularly   described    as    follows: 


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tie    hundred    ( 100  ) 

corner  formed  by  the 

i     Vallejo    Street    and 

the   westerly  teat;    running   thence 

d    westerly   line   of   Pierce    Street 
.     a  right  angle  weat- 
I  .  ■  ■    i.i,  six   (6)  inches : 
at   a    right   angle   northerly    twenty-five    (25  j 
1  -in    angle   easterly   one   hun- 

dred   twelve    (112)    feet,    six    (6)    inches   to    the   west- 
erly   line    of    Pierce    Street    and    the    point    of    com- 
aent.     Being  a  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 
o.    421. 
And    yon    are    hereby    notified    that   unless    you    so 
plaintiff  will   apply   to   the 
For   the   relief   demanded   in    the   complaint,   to- 
wit;     That    it   be   adjudged    that   the   plaintiff   is    the 
said  property  in   fee  simple  absolute;   that 
her   title   to    said   property   be   established  and  quiet- 
.il      thai    the    Court    ascertain    and   determine   all    es- 
tates,   rights,    titles,    interests    and    claims    in    and    to 
said    property,    and    every   part    thereof,   whether   the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or    contingent,     and    whether    the    same     consists     of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;    that  plaintiff 
recover    her    costs    herein,    and    have    such    other    and 
further   relief  as  may    be    meet    in    the   premises. 

Witness     my     hand     and     the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  27th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By.  J.  F.  DUN  WORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 
The    first    publication    of   this   summons   was   made 
in    'The   Wasp"    newspaper  on   the   5th   day   of  Oc- 
tober,    A,  D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a 
corporation),  Market  and  Jones  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  California. 

GERALD     C.     HALSEY,     Attorney    for    Plaintiff, 
501-502-503    California    Pacific   Building,    Sutter   and 
joinery    Streets,     San     Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

W.  F.  CORDES.  Plaintiff,  vs.  J.  A.  DAVIS, 
Defendant. — Action    No.    39,480. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  of  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Jos 
Kirk,    Attorney    for    Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
in?  to  J.  A.  DAVIS.   Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  tne 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought 
against  you  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you 
of  this  summons — if  served  within  this  City  and 
County;    or  within   thirty  days  if  served  elsewhere. 

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

Given    under    my    hand    and    seal    of    the    Superior 
Court     nt     the    City    and    County    of    San    Frai 
State    of    California,    this    23rd    day    of    October     A. 
D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

JOSEPH   KIRK,    Attorney    for   Plaintiff. 


SUMMONS. 

"R  COURT  01 

City    and    Couuty    of    San 

■ 
claim ipg  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 

orty    h-  l    or    any    putt    thereof.    Defend- 

..ll   por- 
.liming  any   interest  in,   or   lien  upon,    the   real 

■ 

You    are    hei 

iTHAN    ABRAHAM,    plaintiff, 
of  the  above  entitled  Court   and 
■    h      after    the    firs 

.    . 
have  In  or  upon  that  cer- 
,  .  ■ 
1  State  of  Cal- 

-Hows: 
I  herly   line    of 
I    feet, 
terly  from   tne  corner  formed  by 
Street 
with    the    easterly    line    of    Divisadoro        rest,    and 
running  i .,.}  along  said  line  of  Clay 

25)    feet;    thence  at  a  righl 

i.    (127)    feet, 

ace  at  a  right 

and    thence    at 

!i   one  hundred  and  twenty-seven 

127)  .,  ,    luurth     (8'4  )     inches    to 

r|"      P0i  ing;     being    part    of    WESTERN 

ADDITI0      i      OC1      dumber  462. 

9  id    that,    unless   you   so   ap- 
e  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
'or    the    relief    demanded    in    the    complaint,    I 

iff    is    the    owner  of 
BOld    Pro  pie    absolute;    that    his    title 

blished    and    quieted;    that 
the  Court  aseei  ■  ■.  rmine  all  estates,  rights, 

titles,   ii  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 

and    every    pari  Ph ether    tne    same    be    legal 

or  equitable,  presenl  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist,  of  mortgages  or  liens 
Of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 

be   el   in   the  premises. 

Wittus-    my   hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
16th   dav    .1    i  lotobi  f     VD     1912 
(SEAL)  ii.    T.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.    F.  DIJNSWORTH.  Deputy  Clerk. 
The    fii^t    publication    of    this    summons    was    made 
in    "The  Wasp"    newspaper  on   the  26th  day  of  Octo- 
ber,   A,    D.    1912, 

The  following  persons  arc  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff : 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  Son  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DATLEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
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Ten    Reasons    Why    Charter    Amendment 

No.    27    Should    be    Rejected 

On   December    10th: 

1st — Because  its  title,  ' '  Local  Option  for  Districts, ' '  is  misleading  since  there  is  no  limit  to  the  size 
of  the  ' '  Districts. ' '  They  must  embrace  not  less  than  fifty  blocks,  but  they  may  include  100, 
200  or  1,000  blocks,  so  long  as  no  established  election  precinct  is  divided. 

2nd — Because  the  "districts"  are  not  confined  to  residence  sections,  but  may  consist  of  "ANY 
PORTION  OF  THE  CITY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO." 

3rd — Because  this  amendment  would  enable  advocates  of  the  measure  to  tack  business  sections  on  to 
residence  sections  and  wipe  out  the  licenses  of  our  hotels,  cafes,  restaurants  and  clubs  which 
sell  in  quantities  less  than  one  quart  to  be  drunk  on  the  premises. 

4th — Because  the  necessary  25  per  cent  of  signatures  to  a  petition  to  force  an  election  covering  resi- 
dence and  business  sections,  might  be  secured  from  the  residence  territory  without  giving  the 
business  section  the  slightest  voice  on  the  matter. 

5th — Because  the  whole  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  grounds  might  easily  be  dried  up 
by  tacking  it  on  to  a  residence  section.  There  is  no  vote  there,  and  consequently  fifty  or  more 
blocks  adjoining  the  site  could  easily  make  it  "no  license"  territory. 

6th— Because  the  men  who  helped  to  frame  Charter  Amendment  No.  27  are  using  every  effort  to 
make  California  dry  by  1915. 

7th — Because  at  this  time  we  cannot  afford  to  encourage  internal  fights.  We  must  bring  in  5,000,000 
visitors  to  San  Francisco  during  1915  to  insure  the  success  of  the  Exposition,  and  to  accom- 
plish this  task  the  whole  city  must  work  harmoniously. 

8th — Because  if  San  Francisco's  hotels,  cafes  and  clubs  are  unable  to  extend  true  California  hospital- 
ity, the  Exposition  will  be  shunned  by  visitors  from  every  nation  of  the  world. 

9th — Because  if  our  Exposition  site  is  dried  up,  it  will  make  us  the  laughing  stock  of  foreign  nations. 

10th— Because  the  amendment  has  been  framed  to  fool  and  delude  the  voters  and  has  been  disapprov- 
ed by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Civic  League  of  Improvement  Clubs,  San  Francisco  Real 
Estate  Board,  the  Mission  Promotion  Association,  and  the  San  Francisco  Labor  Council. 


Vote  "NO"  on  Amendment  No.  27 


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BY  AMERICUS 


OX  TUESDAY  next  the  people  of  Sun  Francisco  will  have 
the  opportunity  to  decide  whether  they  wish  thirty- 
seven  amendments  to  the  charter — all  in  a  bunch — or 
none  at  all. 

It  is  an  insult  to  any  community  to  offer  its  citizens  such  a 
soggy  lot  of  -ill-considered  laws  and  expect  the  voters  to  bolt 
them  down  at  one  gulp.  like  a  hungry  duck  swallowing  a  worm. 
This  attempt  to  bamboozle  the  populace  and  fleece  the  taxpayers 
by  a  sudden  coup  exposes  the  fallacy  of  making  legislation  easy 
and  off-hand.  Professional  ofh'ce-seekers,  and  not  the  "common 
people,1'  take  advantage  of  the  initiative  and  referendum,  and 
all  the  other  new-fangled  devices  to  give  full  effect  to  the  vox 
populi — the  voice  of  the  people  that  is  euphemistically  described 
as  the  "voice  of  God." 

To  what  extent  has  this  "voice  of  the  people,"  which  is  the 
"voice  of  God."  influenced  the  presentation  of  all  the  charter 
amendments  that  are  to  be  voted  on  next  Tuesday — thirty-seven 
varieties,  and  nearly  eveiy  one  indigestible  and  bad  for  the 
stoma'ch  of  the  community.'  Pew  of  these  thirty-seven  varieties 
of  graft  and  foolishness,  have  emanated  from  the  honest,  indus- 
trious citizens  who  do  not  make  politics  their  profession  and 
livelihood.  Most  of  the  thirty-seven  amendments  had  their 
inception  in  the  hopes  of  some  set  of  schemers  to  reach  the  pub- 
lic  treasury  or  oven  each   their   honest   fellow-citizens. 

Almost  the  entire  thirty-seven  varieties  of  graft  and  chicanery 
as  exhibited  on  the  official  ballot  for  next  Tuesday's  election 
could  be  chucked  into  the  bay  and  sunk  with  a  56-pound  weight 
attached  to  them,  and  the  city  would  not  suffer  in  the  least. 
Certainly  the  public  treasury  would  not  be  a  sufferer. 

First  in  prominence  as  a  proposed  law,  calculated  to  aft'eet 
the  peace  and  prosperity  of  San  Franckco  at  this  period  of  its 
recovery  from  the  catastrophe  of  1906,  is  the  proposed  local 
option  amendment — No.  27.  The  passage  of  this  amendment 
now  would  be  highly  demoralizing  to  business.  If  would  jeop- 
ardize the  success  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition. 

Nobody  will  deny  that  it  would  be  better  for  the  health  and 
morals  of  mankind  if  people  never  got  drunk.  For  thousands  of 
years,  however,  the  world  has  been  trying  to  find  alcoholic  sub- 
stitutes for  pure  and  healthful  water,  and  nevertheless  mankind 
has  managed  to  rise  from  barbarism  and  advance  in  the  sciences 
and  the  arts.  We  can  afford  to  worry  along  a  few  years  more — 
fill  1915,  at  least — without  fears  that  unless  we  empty  all  the 
beer  and  whisky  barrels  into  the  gutters,  and  close  the  saloons, 
mankind  will  go  straight  to  perdition. 

Far  be  it  from  us  to  cast  aspersions  on  the  motives  of  the 
earnest  men  and  women  who  are. leading  this  determined  fight 


for  Local  Option.  No  doubt  the  motives  of  most  of  the  Local 
Optionists  are  philanthropic  ami  their  plans  of  civic  betterment 
lofty.  But  nevertheless  we  must  positively  deny  to  those  good 
people  the  privilege  of  starting  a  vehement  agitation  and  con- 
verting our  city  into  a  battle-ground  of  Prohibition  and  Rum. 
This  is  not  the  propertime  nor  place  for  such  a  conflict.  The 
ardent  advocates  of  Local  Option  deny  any  intention  whatever 
of  embroiling  our  city  in  an  anti-saloon  war  on  the  eve  of  our 
great  Exposition.  It  is  far  easier  to  make  promises  for  an  army 
of  reformers  than  to  keep  them.  The  wisest  and  safest  plan  is 
to  defeat  the  proposed  Local  Option  amendment — No.  27 —  and 
leave  the  control  of  the  saloons  to  the  Board  of  Police  Commis- 
sioners, who  now  regulate  them  very  well.  This  Board  is  under 
the  authority  of  Mayor  Rolph,  an  honest  and  clean-living  citizen, 
whose  record  and  social  affiliations  guarantee  that  he  would  not 
permit  any  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  to  misuse  its  power 
There  are  no  indications,  however,  that  the  present  Board  of 
Police  Commissioners  intends  to  do  anything  but  what  will  reflect 
credit  on  the  administration  of  the  Mayor  who  appointed  them. 
This  being  the  case,  the  injection  of  the  Local  Option  contest 
into  our  municipal  politics  at  this  juncture,  when  our  city  cannot 
stand  any  more  costly  agitation,  would  be  civic  insanity.  Aside 
from  that  reason  there  are  many  weighty  ones  which  need  not 
be  recited  to  convince  sane  and  patriotic  citizens  that  their  con- 
sciences need  not  be  troubled  by  defeating  Amendment  27.  Let 
it  share  the  fate  that  should  befall  most  of  the  thirty-seven 
'ill-considered  and  unwise  amendments  that  will  be  voted  on  next 
Tuesday. 


AN  UNDESIRABLE  AMENDMENT. 

ALL  proposed  charter  amendments  that  increase  the  current 
expenses  of  the  city  government  should  be  defeated  next 
Tuesday.  One  of  the  most  undesirable  is  the  amendment 
that  proposes  to  double  the  number  of  firemen  and  thus  add  a 
million  dollars  to  the  annual  cost  of  the  Fire  Department.  The 
cost  of  the  Fire  Department  has  almost  doubled  in  ten  years. 
On  no  grounds  can  the  proposed  increase  in  the  number  of  fire- 
men be  justified.  An  organized  campaign  to  secure  the  adoption 
of  the  amendment  has  been  made,  and  the  sympathies  of  the 
community  appealed  to  on  the  score  of  humanity.  The  firemen, 
it  is  argued,  work  24  hours  a  day,  and  every  day  in  the  week. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  few  of  them  work  24  hours  in  a  month. 
They  sit  around  in  the  sun,  and  many  of  them  devote  their  time 
to  weaving  shawls,  which  they  present  to  their  friends  or  sell. 

If  they  have  families  they  establish  their  families  close  to  the 
engine  houses,  and  have  plenty  of  time  to  see  their  relatives. 

It  is,  of  course,  true  that  the  firemen  run  great  risks  in  putting 
out  conflagrations,  and  no  one  questions  their  bravery,  but  the 
proportion  of  fatalities  in  their  calling  is  not  greater  than  that 
of  many  trades,  and  not  nearly  as  great  as  amongst  carpenters, 
painters,  and  other  craftsmen  who  are  constantly  called  to  work 
on  lofty  structures. 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  7,  1912. 


If  all  the  firemen  in  San  Francisco  resigned 
their  places  tomorrow,  they  could  be  filled  in 
short  order.  Thousands  of  sturdy  workingmen 
of  all  classes  would  vie  for  the  positions.  The 
majority  of  the  carpenters,  painters  and  other 
craftsmen  would_  gladly  exchange  their  occu- 
pation for  that  of  firemen,  whose  pay  is  steady 
and  certain  and  whose  lives  are  far  from  be- 
ing devoid  of  sunshine  or  full  of  hardship. 

Even  the  conservative  estimate  of  the  Su- 
pervisors puts  the  cost  involved  in  the  amend- 
ments at  close  on  a  million  dollars.  It  will 
mean  far  more,  but  that  should  be  sufficient 
to  scare  the  sensible  taxpayer.  The  taxpayers 
are  alarmed,  but  the  trouble  is  that  many  who 
do  not  contribute  a  cent  to  the  city  revenue 
have  the  right  to  vote  for  increasing  civic 
expenditures.  What  do  these  birds  of  passage 
care  if  the  city  is  crushed  by  the  burden  of 
taxation?  They  share  in  the  immediate  bene- 
fits of  the  spending,  but  if  paying  the  bills 
causes  hard  times  they  can  fly  to  other  fields. 
♦ 

A   VERY  BAD  AMENDMENT. 

AMENDMENT  NO.  3  should  be  defeated 
■  next  Tuesday.  It  gives  the  hitherto 
useless  Civil  Service  Commission  vir- 
tual life  tenure,  and  makes  them  irremovable 
by  anything  but  dynamite.  It  keeps  in  office 
all  the  fakers  and  grafters  placed  in  the  City 
Hall  by  Euef-Schmitz  and  the  subsequent 
Union  Labor  incompetents. 

♦ 

THE  TAXEATERS'  TRUST. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NO  4  should  be 
repudiated  next  Tuesday.  It  increases 
the  compensation  and  perquisites  of  a 
lot  of  City  Hall  officials  not  entitled  to  any 
more  than  they  are  getting.  The  amendment 
is  the  handiwork  of  the  new  Taxeaters'  Trust, 
which  is  conducted  on  the  principle,  "You 
scratch  me   and  I  '11  scratch  you. ' ' 

♦ 

MORE  GRATT. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NO.  6  pro- 
vides for  the  erection  of  public  com- 
missions. The  bunch  of  professional 
politicians  who  designed  this  amendment  have 
a  lot  of  new  commissions  staked  out  for  them- 
selves and  their  friends.  It  would  be  a  crime 
to   gratify  them. 

♦ 

THIS  IS  ALSO  UNWISE. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NO.  13  permits 
eity  employes  to  live  outside  this  coun- 
ty, though  in  Oakland  today  if  you  don't 
live  there  you  couldn't  get  a  place  in  the  pub- 
lic service  as  a  garbage-can  emptier.  If  pub- 
lic servants  cannot  live  in  San  Francisco,  they 
should  resign  and  let  people  who  can  live 
here  take  their  places. 

♦ 

PARK   TAX   HIGH   ENOUGH. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NO.  16  inc- 
creases  the  tax  for  Park  improvements. 
The  Park  now  gets  money  enough  to 
be  kept  up  in  much  better  condition  than  it  is, 
for  nearly  everybody  loafs.  Take  a  look  at 
them  some  fine  day  and  observe  three  or  more 
superannuated  politicians  making  a  bluff   0±' 


doing  one  man's  work.  Since  Mayor  Taylor's 
reign  three  fine  automobiles  have  been  bought 
for  Golden  Gate  Park.  The  last  one  cost 
$5,500.  If  the  Park  gets  more  money  it  will 
only  be  wasted  on  political  loafers. 
+ 

EQUALLY  BAD. 

ALL  that  has  been  said  in  favor  of  char- 
ter  amendment   No.    6,   and   more   too, 
applies  to  amendments  7,  S,  9,  10,  11, 
12.      They    should    all   be    repudiated    by   the 
voters   next   Tuesday. 


DEFEATED  AT  OTHER  ELECTIONS: 

TWO  years  ago  nearly  every  charter  amend- 
ment proposing  increase  of  official  sal- 
aries was  defeated  by  majorities  rang- 
ing from  8,000  to  20,000.  And  yet  the  Tax- 
eaters'  Trust,  undismayed  by  that  vigorous 
kick,  is  at  it  again.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
the  majorities  will  be  doubled  next  Tuesday. 
♦ 

LAST  AND  WORST. 

LAST,    and    if    possible    worst    of    the    37 
charter  amendments,  good  old  37  itself 
proposes   to    create   a   so-called   "Plan- 
ning Commission."     What  new  scheme  can  it 
plan  to  get  any  more  cash  out  of  the  public 
treasury  than  is  now  taking  wings? 

♦ 

THE  LIMIT. 

THE  WASP'S  readers  can  now  see  that  all 
we  have  been  telling  them  about  the 
mismanagement  of  the  Hetch  Hetchy 
project  is  the  absolute  truth.  After  all  the 
lavish  expenditures  for  surveys,  maps  and  all 
kinds  of  data  about  water  supplies  in  Califor- 
nia, Mayor  Rolph  and  his  delegation  find 
themselves  unable  to  answer  the  questions  of 
Secretary  Fisher  about  the  McCloud  River 
supply.  Yet  only  last  summer  former  City 
Engineer  Marsden  Manson  went  to  the'  Mc- 
Cloud ostensibly  to  get  all  the  information 
requisite,  and  the  city  treasury  was  duly 
charged  for  the  expenses.  Mayor  Rolph  and 
present  City  Engineer  O  'Shaughnessy  are  in 
no  measure  responsible  for  the  blunders  and 
waste  of  money  of  their  predecessors. 


The  public  of  San  Francisco  does  not  know 
that  the  million  dollars  which  were  given 
Ham  Hall  for  his  Cherry  Creek  holdings  was 
paid  for  water  rights  originally  filed  on  by 
Mayor  Phelan,  the  sponsor  of  the  Hetch 
Hetehy  project.  Mr.  Phelan  turned  over  his 
filings  to  our  city,  and  in  due^time  the  blun- 
derers in  charge  of  the  water  project  let  the 
city's  rights  lapse.  Then  came  along  the 
astute  Mr.  Ham  Hall  and  his  astuter  associ- 
ates and  took  up  the  claims  the  city  had  re- 
linquished, and  last  winter  sold  those  identi- 
cal claims  baek  to  San  Francisco  for  a  cool 
million  in  Hetch  Hetchy  bonds.  Can  you 
beat  it?  Could  anything  be  more  illuminative 
of   municipal   incompetency? 

If  the  municipal  water  problem  were  hand- 
led by  good  business  men  like  those  at  the 
head  of  any  large  private  enterprise,  say  like 
the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  it 
would  be  settled  in  a  month.  But  Hetch 
Hetchy  is,  and  always  has  been,  a  political 
project,  and  not  a  business  one. 

It  passes  the  understanding  of  the  average 
man  of  sense  why  the  authorities  of  San  Fran- 
cisco and  the  people  of  the  eity,  for  that  mat- 
ter, are  so  wedded  to  the  idea  of  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  as  the  only  source  of  water  supply 
for  the  metropolis.  It  has  been  demonstrated 
through  the  medium  of  Mr.  John  R.  Free- 
man's report  that  the  supply  can  only  be  ob- 
tained from  the  Hetch  Hetchy  by  the  expen- 
diture of  nearly  $50,000,000,  and,  as  Secre- 
tary Fisher  remarked  the  other  day  to  Mayor 
Rolph  at  Washington,  it  would  be  foolish  and 
unbusinesslike  to  duplicate  the  Spring  Valley 
plant,  which  can  be  condemned  or  purchased 
by  arbitration.  If  Spring  Valley  costs  $40,- 
000,000  and  Hetch  Hetchy  costs  $50,000,000— 
more  likely  $70,000,000— the  city  will  be  sad- 
dled with  a  debt  for  its  municipal  water  sup- 
ply that  will  swamp  the  taxpayers  forever. 
Water  would  cost  everybody  twice  what  it 
costs  now. 

To  talk  about  acquiring  Heteh  Hetchy  and 
also  buying  Spring  Valley  is  a  mild  form  of 
lunacy,  which  could  be  indulged  in  only  by 
politicians  more  anxious  to  hold  office  than  to 
protect  the  taxpayers. 


Paul  Elder's 

Holiday  Annex 

Books,  Brochures,  Cards,  Calendars,  Tokens  and 
the  Golliwoggs.  "cTWade  in  San  Francisco." 

At  No  233  Post  Street 

Above  Grant  Avenue 
The  Main  Store  oJ  Paul  Elder  C&  Company-Book 
Rooms,  Art  Rooms,  Children's  Room,  the  Fic- 
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Saturday,  December  7,  1912.J 


-THE  WASP' 


THOSE  GEARY  CARS. 

£t/~^   EAR'S   street  car  contractors  granted 
Vl      another    extension    uf    lime    l»y    tin- 
i  visors. "     This   familiar   Read- 
ing in  the  newspapers  invariably  follows  with 
in  a  few  days  of  eacb  announcement  thai  the 

<-:irs    will    l.e    ready    next    Wi-ck    01    1 1 «_•  x T    month 

"i"i-  tomorrow,  then  tomorrow,  then  tomorrow 
Reads  the  daily   broken  promise  they'll  be 
done; 
But  tlif  people,  never  weary, 
Still  believe  thai  yel  on  Geary 
Cars  will  run. 

When  the  tumult  and  the  shouting  all  art-  ovei 
And  the  nineteen-h'ftren   Pair  is  closed  and 
done, 

We'll  he  hearing  echoes  dreary. 
That  tomorrow  mom  on  Geary 
i  'ars  will   run. 


On  the  evening  of  the  day  before  the  Judgment 
At  that  fatal,  final  setting  of  the  sun, 
Angel  Gabriel,  the  cheery 
Will  be  trumpeting  chat  Geary 
Cars  will  run. 

1 

IN  DISUNION  IS  WEAKNESS. 

IT  WAS  announced  with  something  like  a 
rlourish  of  trumpets  that  the  new  Emplo"- 
ers'  Association — really  a  levival  of  the 
old  and  not  very  successful  Employers'  Asso 
eiation — would  take  full  charge  of  the  tailors- 
boycott  and  speedily  banish  from  public  view 
the  melodious  pickets  that  have  been  obstruct- 
ing the  public  streets  and  offending  the  ears 
"rd  noses  of  the  community.  We  notice,  how- 
ever, that  the  nuisance  still  remains  unabated. 
Would  it  not  be  advisable  for  the  employers 
n  imitate  the  example  of  the  unions  and  con- 
centrate their  forces  and  influence  instead  of 
dividing  them? 


SOUR  MILK. 

THE  M  ilk  I  dealers "  Association  of  San 
Francisco  issues  .,  notice  to  the  public 
that  after  December  15th  "all  milk  and 
cream  will  be  -delivered  only  once  a  day,  not 
earlier  than  7  a.  m.,  and  not  later  than  ii 
p.  m.  As  this  change  m  the  hours  of  delivery 
has  been  caused  by  the  insistent  demands  of 
the  Milk  Wagon  Drivers'  Union  the  public  is 
respectfully  requested  i<<  submit  patiently  to 
the  conditions ' ' 

At    the   milkman's    Intent    lay, 

"Milk   and    cream    hut    once    a    day," 
Will    the    pubtie    mn.My    rave   and    take   a   fit  ? 
Not    a    bit! 

We  won't  even   raise  a   row, 

But    as    calmly    as   a   cow, 
Very    meekly,     very    patiently,    submit. 


They 


What  the   folk  who  merely  pay 

Choose   to   think,   or  even   say, 

•    union    leaden    never   mind  a  bit — 

They    are    It! 
We  may  sometimes  make  a  kick. 

Hut    (.'on]    down    so    very    quick, 
know   we  always   finally  .submit. 

Common    folk    are   so/test  clay. 
So  the  labor   potters   say, 

I      in'"     nun. ii     iiimMs     will     eusy     til — 
Wiiii    a    bit. 
In     this    mutter    of    the    milk 
There    ur<-    inure    tliuti    men    to    bilk — 
mothers    <>f    our    babes    will    not    submit 
Till    the    cows   in    stall   or  field 
Can  be  unionized  to  yield 

y   once   a   day,    the   mothers   won't    submit . 


' '  'Widow'    and    'window'    are   very    much    alike.' 

"Well,    and    what's    the    answer?" 

"When   I  get  near  either  I  always  look  out." 


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THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  7,  1912. 


I 


THE  BUSINESS  OF  BEING  A  WOMAN. 
By  "  Calif omienne." 


IN  CALIFORNIA  life  is  so -free  and  and  in 
dividuality  so  little  repressed,  to  think  is 
act,  if  the  action  seems  worth  while.  Tra- 
ditions count  for  so  little  and  conventions  for 
so  mucn  less,  even  woman,  in  all  lands  and  all 
ages  more  conservative  and  more  obedient  to 
custom  than  man,  is  here,  if  not  a  child  of 
radical  impulse  and  revolutionary  instinct,  *at 
least  more  inclined  to  expeiiment  than  to  ac- 
ademic discussion.  She  argues,  and  with  logic, 
that  tnefe  is  no  logic  so  convincing  as  an 
actual  trial.  She  may  not  proceed  on  the  prin- 
ciple of  acting  first  and  thinking  afterwards, 
but  she  realizes  that  you  can  think  about  a 
thing  ever  so  much  better  wlien  you  have  done 
it.  As  for  mistakes,  there  are  as  many  errors 
of  inaction  as  of  action,  and  as  for  regrets, 
life  in  the  West  is  too  rich  and  full  and  varied 
to  waste  time  on  them. 

California  women  have  settled  quickly,  and 
almost  quietly,  so  many  of  the  problems  still 
perplexing  their  sisters  in  tire  Eastern  Staes 
they  are  apt  to  smile  at  the  amusing  serious: 
ness  witlr  which  certain  exploded  fallacies  are 
continuing  to  do  duty  in  Eastern  discussions. 


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Are  you  thinking  about  giving  a  VIC- 
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music  and  entertainment  if  you  do.  But 
do  not  wait  until  the  week  before 
Christmas  to  select  that  VICTROLA. 
Come  in  now  and  select  at  your  leisure. 
We  will  hold  the  VICTROLA  and  deliv- 
er it  any  day — Christmas  day  if  you 
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But  if  we  are  not  interested  in  many  of  the 
arguments  for  and  against  the  suffrage,  and 
other  questions  we  have  answered,  there  are 
criticisms  on  our  decisions  and  speculations  as 
to  the  future  of  the  woman  movement  with 
which  we  are  deeply  concerned. 

The  business  of  being  a  woman  is,  at  basis, 
much  the  same  in  all  civilized  countries,  but 
we  women  of  the  West  have  gone  about  that 
business  very  differently  from  our  sisters  in 
the  East,  and  in  a  manner  wholly  unlike  that 
of  the  women  of  the  Old  World.  Nothing  illus- 
trates this  more  strikingly  than  our  method 
of  securing  the  franchise,  though  some  deny 
that  woman  has  any  business  in  politics.  What 
others  fought  and  are  still  fighting  for  we  ob- 
tained by  request  as  soon  as  it  was  shown  that 
that  request  was  not  a  passing  fancy. 

Elsewhere  the  suffrage  campaign  has  bred 
or  brought  to  light  tue  suffragette  and  all  man- 
ner of  militant  women  whose  abnormality 
varies  from  the  hysteria  of  the  shrieking  sis- 
terhood of  suffragettes  to  the  dementia  of  the 
chronically  unsexed.  Here  there  weig  no  trag- 
ic figures  at  the  head  of  the  movement,  and  the 
women  whose  superior  mentality  gave  them 
greater  prominence  were  essentially  feminine. 

In  e-very  other  activity  of  the  sex  it  has 
been  the  same.  We  na\  e  progresed  so  far, 
and,  in  fact,  beyond  the  mark  achieved  by 
the  women  of  any  other  State  or  country,  and 
yet  in  the  sense  of  the  comic  papers,  we  have 
not  evolved  the  advanced  or  new  woman,  thai 
semi-masculine  atrocity  whom  caiicaturists 
portray  in  trousers  and  satirists  describe  as 
the  natural  soul-mate  of  the  effeminate  man. 

For  these  and  other  reasons  much  of  Miss 
Ida  Tarbell  's  volume,  "The  Business  of  Being 
a  Woman',"  is  meaningless  to  Calitornians. 
The  author's  fear  that  women,  in  seeking  the 
widest  outlet,  for  her  activities  is  endangering 
the  intensity  of  her  life  force,  means  little  in 
a  land  where  the  industrial  conditions  are 
such  the  woman  in  business  is  not  thereby  un- 
fitted for  the  business  of  being  a  woman.  On 
the  contrary,  the  paths  of  commerce  lead  more 
directly  to  matrimony  than  the  quiet  walks  of 
domesticity.  Like  the  merchant  with  superior 
goods  who  does  not  advertise  them,  the  do 
mesticated  woman  has  often  to  wait  to:  a  bid. 
On  the  other  hand,  the  woman  in  the  commer- 
cial market  who  is  also  on  the  matrimonial 
market  is  soonest  off  the  market  and  in  her 
own  home.  To  the  extent  that  this  is  nol 
true  in  the  countiies  which  Miss  Taibell  has 
in  mind,  the  fears  for  emancipated  woman 
have  their  grounds.  If  economic  conditions 
in  California  so  change  as  to  make  the  lot  ot 
women  workers  harder,  we  too  must  suffei 
from  the  unsexing  influences  of  industry  on 
women;  but  can  we  not  by  our  political  power, 
do  much  to  check  any  tendency  in  that  direc 
tion?  Economic  laws  ate  not  to  be  amendea 
by  acts  of  legislatures,  but  there  are  artificial 
limitations  placed  upon  our  natural  powers  c* 
production  and  upon  natural  and  equitable 
methods  of  distribution,  and  to  these  prob- 
lems it  is  certain  that  the  women  of  Califor- 
nia, now  armed  with  the  vote,  will  apply  that 
direct  and  rapid  action  whieh  has  character- 
ized them  in  the  past.  The  only  danger  of  this 
lies  in  the  probability  that  we  may  overin- 
dulge in  experimental  legislation  and  become 
as  it  were,  the  political  laboratory  of  the  na- 
tion. However,  there  is  consolation  in  the 
thought  that,  though  sometimes  in  error,  we 
will  always  be  in  the  lead'. 


THE   PIEDMONT   ART   GALLERY. 

Recently  an  R.  A.  from  London,  a  great  au- 
thority on  paintings,  pronouilced  the  Piedmont 
Art  Gallery  to  be  the  greatest  collection  ot 
modern  art  in  the  hands  of  a  private  person. 

This  remark  will  seem  rather  strange  to  a 
community  which,  in  general,  does  not  seem  to 
be  aware  that  there  is  an  art  gallery  at  Pied- 
mont. 


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SOCIETY  was  completely  electrified  to 
hear  "t"  the  engagemen.1  of  Harold  Ha- 
vens and  Miss  Est  ell  e  Houston.  Mr. 
Havens,  who  is  one  of  the  mosl  popular 
members  of  the  Bohemian  Club,  oas  jusl  ie 
turned  from  a  trip  to  Alaska,  where  he  went 
on  an  extended  hunting  expedition.  When 
he  left  it  was  whispered  around  that  the  trip 
was  planned  to  soothe  Wis  troubled  feelings, 
which  tlie  news  of  the  en  g  a  gem  en  1  of  his  for- 
mer wife,  Mrs.  Hope  Cheney  Havens,  hail  pro- 
duced. At  the  same  time  .Miss  Lnnes  Keenej 
also  announced  her  intention  to  marry,  and 
as  Mr.  Havens  had  devoted  himself  rathev 
'ardently  to  her,  no  one  was  surprised  when 
he  left  to  seek  the  "silent  places."  Now 
Comes  the  news  that  Mr.  Havens  was  not 
heart-broken  at  all,  but  merely  waiting  until 
Miss  Houston  was  ready  to  make  public  the 
news  of  their  betrothal.  Miss  Houston,  who 
is  the  daughter  Of  Mrs.  L.  C.  Houston  of  Oak- 
land, is  a  petite  and  charming  little  blonde, 
who  dresses  beautifully,  and  whose  gowns 
always  have  a  decided  look  of  Paquin.  The 
wedding  will  not  take  place  tor  a  year  or 
more.  Mr.  Havens  fame  very  much  before 
the  public  eye  when  he  was  host  last  spring 
at  quite  the  most  remarkable  ball  ever  given. 
It  took  place  at  the  St.  Francis,  and  not  only 
included  tout  le  monde,  but  also  a  large  rep- 
resentation   of    the    demi-monde. 

High  Titles  in  Danger. 

WHKX  dainty  little  Eleanor  Calhoun  oi 
Sail  dose  became  "Princess  Lazaro 
vich-Hiebelianovich"  there  was  great 
rejoicing  and  some  secret  heart-burning  ovei 
the  thought  that  a  Californian  actress  had 
made  an  alliance  with  "one  of  the.  most  dis- 
tinguished members  of  ;lie  Servian  nobility." 
Prom  time  to  time  tl  ere  have  been  published 
suggestions  t<i  the  effect  that  Lazarovich- 
Ilrebelia no v ich  was  n<»t  a  real  live  prince 
but  they  were  generally  taken  as  evidences  of 
an  all  too  captious  criticism.  When  certain 
San  Francisco  papers  questioned  the  validity 
of  his  titles  the  Servian  wired  his  indignation 
from  New  York,  and  as  he  admitted  that  he 
was  not  a  prince  of  the  reigning*  house  it 
seemed  that  his  claim  was  reasonable.  Now 
comes  an  Indignant  denial  written  to  the  New 
York  Times  by  Paul  H.  Pavlovitch,  "Supreme 
Secretary  Serb  Federation  Sloga,"  and  Millan 
Yeftich,  editor  of  the  Servian  Daily.  These 
gentlemen  declare  that  all  who  claim  the  title 
of  Servian  prices  are  impostors.     They  say: 

"We  wish  to  call  the  attention  of  the  American 
public  to  certain  fakers  who  are  shamefully  abusing 
the  name  of  the  Servian  people.  These  fakers  are 
certain  so-called  princes,  claiming  titles  of  Servian 
nobility. 

"The  historical  facts  prove  that  since  the  fall  of 
the    old    Servian    Empire    in    the    fourteenth    century 


NOTICE. 

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ahould  be  addressed  "Society  Editor  Wasp,  121 
Second  Street,  S.  P.,"  and  should  reach  this  office 
not  later  than  Wednesday  to  Insure  publication 
In  the  Issue  of  that  week. 


there  never  has  been  any  Servian  nubility.  Willi 
the  fall  of  the  Servian  Kingdom,  which  embraced 
Servia,  Macedonia,  MunU-negro,  Bosnia  and  Herze- 
govina, the  fate  of  the  Servian  nobility  was  as  fol- 
lows: The  greater  part  of  the  nobles  were  converted 
to  Islam,  and  thus  became  Turkish,  and  not  Servian. 


MRS.    GEORGE    CREEL 

Who  before  her  marriage  on  Thanksgiving  Day 
wss  Kiss  Blanche  Bates. 

nobility;  the  remainder  emigrated  to  Hungary  01 
Venice,  and  eo  ipso  became  Hungarian  and  Venetian 
nobility.  None  of  them  could  'hold  the  title  of  Ser- 
vian nooility,  for  the  simple  reason  that  the  machine 
which  made  the  Servian  nobility — the  office  of  the 
Serbian    King — was    abolished. 

"That  was  one  socio-hiatoric  earthquake  that 
abolished  Servian  nobility.  The  other  followed  in 
1804,  as  Servian  peasantry  rose,  and  in  the  Kara- 
george  revolution  adojjshed  the  feudal  system  upon 
which  the  Turkish  Empire  was  built.  The  revolu 
tion  simply  drove  out  the  Islamized  Servian  nobility 
and  proclaimed  the  same  principles  of  social  equality 
which  were  proclaimed  by  the  American  and  the 
French  revolutions. 

"These  are  historical  facts,  and  no  honest  man 
would  today  even  think  of  calling  himself  a  Servian 
noble.      No  one  of  these  Serbo-American   princes  and 


nobles    ever    tried    to    do    that    in    Servia,    or   even    iu 

Europe.      Tin i>    country   where   they   practise  this 

business  is  A-meriea,  and  they  do  that  for  well  known 
reasons.' 

Some  tirjie  ago   Protelssor  Michael  I.  Pupin 
of   Columbia    CTniverBity,   with   other   Servian 

authorities,  denounced  Prince  St e tun  Nem- 
anjich-Duslianjich.  This  self-styled  prince, 
who  had  been  carrying  on  a  lecturing  cam- 
paign ostensibly  for  the  toervian-Ameriean  Red 
Cross  Society,  and  who  built  a  fine  summer 
cottage  overlooking  Neapeague  Beach,  now 
turns  out  to  be  none  other  than  plain  James 
Curtis  Baker  Andrews,  better  known  as  "  Jim- 
my"  and  "Alphabet"   Andrews. 

Where  Was  Watt? 

rT>HE  mysterious  disappearance,  and  still 
!  more  mysterious  finding,  of  William 
Watt,  the  wealthy  Napa  rancher,  has 
given  rise  to  ail  manner  of  surmises  as  to 
where  he  went  and  what  he  did  when  there. 
His  reputation  for  exemplaty  habits,  so  per- 
sistently emphasized  by  relatives  and  life-long 
friends,  only  serves  to  cause  suspicion  as  to 
the  secresy  with  which  his  movements  ait 
being  guarded.  As  it  seems  fairly  certain 
that  there  are  no  business  nor  domestic  com- 
plications, there  is  point  to  the  suggestion 
that  he  merely  indulged  in  one  of  those  joy- 
riding outbursts  said  to  afford  such  relief  to 
*o  those  who  are  overwrought  by  the  contin- 
ued strain  of  a  too  exemplary  existence.  The 
moral  of  which  would  seem  to  be:  Beware 
how  you  pile  up  the  reputation  of  being  a 
saint —  it  is  a  handicap  when  you  want  a  holi- 
day. Also  there  is  a  moral  for  your  friends: 
Don't  be  in  too  great  a  hurry  to  advertise  for 
a  missing  man — the  publicity  may  be  very 
awkward  when   you  find  him. 


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AND 

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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  7,  1912. 


Watt  is  a  brother  of  Mrs.  C.  0.  G.  Miller, 
who  was  Miss .  Watt,  and  of  Mrs.  Donald 
Campbell,  and  uncle  of  Miss  Leslie -Miller  and 
Mrs.  Bernard  Ford,  who  was  beautiful  Marion 
Miller.  Mr.  Watt  wandered  off  about  a  yeaj 
and  a  half  ago,  and  was  missing  for  several 
days,  during  which  he  claimed  to  have  sent  a 
wire  to  his  wife  from  Los  Gatos,  but  which 
never  reached  her.     It  seems  to  be  purely  a 


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METAL  for  CHRISTMAS 


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ONLY  FOUR 

WEEKS  REMAIN. 

SELECT  YOUR 

HOLIDAY  GIFTS 

NOW. 


Pencil  Stands,  heavily 
nickeled,  with  pencils  at- 
tached on  automatic  take 
up   device.      From   $1.50. 

Smokers'  Trays  of 
clear  glass,  with  dull 
brass  trimmings.  A  very 
acceptable  gift.  From 
$1.50. 

Sewing  Companion,  con- 
sisting of  metal  stand 
with  neat  pin  cushion 
and  scissors  Of  best  grade 
imported  steel,  fitting 
in  cloth-lined  scabbard. 
A  clever  convenience  for 
$2.00. 

There  is  nothing  more 
appreciated  than  a  Trav- 
eling   Bag.     From   $5.00. 

These  are  merely  ran- 
dom selections  from  our 
immense  Holiday  Line. 
See    the   goods    themselves   on   our   main    floor. 


IMITATION    IS    THE     TRIBUTE    MEDIOC- 
RITY   PAYS    TO    CAPACITY. 


MARKET  and  STOCKTON 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


Tffiss  Ttfareon    fietle    White 
SCHOOL    OF    DANCING 

2868  California  St.        ::       Tel.  Fillmore  1871 

Pupil   of   Mr.    Louis    H.    Chalif,    Mme. 

Elizabeth  Menzeli,  Gilbert  Normal 
School  of  Dancing  of  New  York  City. 

Miss  "White  has  Just  returned  from  New  York 
and  will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy, 
National,  Classical  and.  Folk  Dances.  New 
Ball  Room  Dances  for  this  season:  Tango, 
Crab  Crawl,  Four  Step  Boston.     Hall  for  Rent. 


case  of  mental  aberration  on  his  part.  For  a 
time,  though,  it  looked  as  though  it  might  be 
another  Dorothy  Arnold  case. 

Cupid's  Second  Chance. 

RTjMOR  has  it  that  there  will  be  two  wed- 
dings in  a  family  which  has  figured 
prominently  in  a  recent  divorce  case. 
The  woman  in  the  ease  has  a  score  or  more 
of  suitors,  but  the  lucky  man  is  said  to  be 
well  known  here,  although. he  makes  his  home 
in  Paris.  He  visited  relatives  here  last  spring 
and  summer,  and  an  announcement  is  being 
eagerly  expected.  Th.e  lady 's  ex-husband,  it 
is  said,  is  also  contemplating  matrimony  again, 
but  beyond  that  we  know  nothing. 

Some  Confusion. 

£  4J  SEE  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Mills  are 
\  receiving  the  congratulations  of  their 
friends  upon  the  arrival  of  a  little 
son,"  said  the  school  teacher  at  the  breakfast 
table,  as  she  put  down  the  Call  to  take  up 
her  toast.  "And  I  see  that  Mr.  and  Mts. 
Charles  Mills  are  receiving  congratulations 
upon  the  arrival  of  a  little  daughter, ' '  ob- 
served the  Jolly  Pessimist,  glancing  up  from 
the  Chronicle.  "Lands  sakes!"  gasped  the 
Old  Maid,  "and  has  Clara  Nichols  had 
twins?"  I  turned  to  the  other  papers,  morn 
ing  and  evening,  and  at  the  time  of  writing 
the  scores  stand  three  for  a  son  and  three  for 
a  daughter.  Cautiously,  but  none  the  less 
cordially,  The  Wasp  congratulates  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mills  on  the  arrival  of  a  child. 

A  Very  Smart  Wedding. 

THE  wedding  of  Miss  Gladys  James, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Jennie  Lee  James,  to 
Lieutenant  J.  H.  Klein  Jr.,  aide  to  Ad-- 
miral  Reynolds  on  the  flagship  Pittsburg,  now 
stationed  at  Bremerton,  was  decidedly  one  o± 
the  smart  weddings  of  the  year.  Lieutenant 
J.  D.  Little,  another  of  Admiral  Reynolds' 
aides,  was  best  man,  and  Ensign  Brown,  U.  S. 
N.,  usher.  Mrs.  John  B.  Chace  was  matron  of 
honor,  and  her  sister,  Miss  Cornelia  James, 
maid  of  honor.  The  bride's  beautiful  cream 
satin  gown  was  trimmed  with  rare  point  laee, 
which  bedecked  the  wedding  gowns  of  her  sis- 

THOUGHTLESSNESS 

Means  spendthrifts,  dependence,  disasters,  dis- 
appointments. Better  join  the  ranks  of  the 
careful  saver  in  the  Continental  Building  and 
Loan  Association. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.  and  Gen.  Mjrr. 

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SUMMONS. 


TN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.  4. 

RAYMOND  REALTY  COMPANY  (a  corporation), 
and  BRIDGET  "W.  JEROME,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    33,148. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,   the  real 


property    herein    described    or    any    part    thereof,    De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAYMOND  REALTY  COMPANY  (a 
corpoiation  ,  and  BRIDGET  W.  JEROME,  plaintiffs, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica 
tion  of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  bave  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and   particularly   described  as   iollows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Polk 
Street,  distant  thereon  twenty  (20)  feet  northerly 
from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the 
easterly  line  of  Polk  Street  with  the  northerly  line 
of  Pine  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Polk  Street  thirty  (30)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  sixty-two  (b'2)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty  (30) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-two 
(6j)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION  BLOCK  Num 
ber  15. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  Raymond  Realty  Com- 
pany is  the  owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple 
absolute,  subject  to  the  life  estate  of  plaintiff 
Bridget  W.  Jerome  therein;  that  their  title  to  said 
property  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court 
ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles, 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every '  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
22nd  day  of  November,  A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  De- 
cember,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation  ,  No.  526  California  Street,  San  Fran 
cisco,    California. 

CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO  (a 
municipal    corporation),    State    of    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    2. 

ANNA  McMAHON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim 
ing  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — 
Action   No.    33,143. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ANNA  McMAHON,  plaintiff,  filed  with 
the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this 
summons,  and  to'  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if 
any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property, 
or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of  Sev- 
enteenth Avenue,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section oi  the  westerly  line  of  Seventeenth  Avenue 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Anza  (formerly  '  'A' ' ) 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along  said  line 
of  Seventeenth  Avenue  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty 
(120  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  twenty- 
five  (25  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of 
beginning;  being  part  of  OUToiDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number    267. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted ;  thai 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  her  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet   in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
21st   day    of  November,   A.   D.    i912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Decem- 
ber,   A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,   San  Francisco,   California. 


Saturday,  December  7,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


ter,  mother  and  grandmother.  Her  shower 
bouquet  was  of  natural  orange  blossoms,  sent 
by  ;i  friend  from  Southern  California.  The 
ceremony,  which  was  performed- by  Rev.  Brad- 
ford Leayitt,  took  place  at  9.  p.  m.,  at  the  res- 
idence pt  Mr.  and   Mrs.   II.   H.   dndernill  on 

VallejQ  Btreet,  lifelong  friends  of  .Mrs.  Ja b. 

The  guesl  list  was  composed  of  ono  hundred 
intimate  friends  and  relatives. 

jt    jt    je 

Valeska's  Bold  Brigade. 

HAVE  y<pi   seen  the  swift  gyrations, 
Felt    the    soothing    osculations 

of  the  giddy  corybantes  at  the  Cortf 
Did  you  note  their  pretty  faces 
Or  t heir  curving  nether  graces, 
Scanty  flounces,  frills  and  laces, 

Dresses  short! 

They've  a  poetry  of  motion 
Soothes  the  optics  like  a  lotion, 

They  can   cure   with   a   kick   defective   sight. 
When  they  start  to  twist  and  twirly 
They  would  make  a  saint  feel  curly, 
Send  his  brain  in  quite  a  whirly 

Of  delight. 

11  you're  feeling  dull  and  surly 
Book  a  seat,  and  book  it  early; 

They  will  give  the  kind  of  treatment  that  is 
best. 
Por   your   liver's    inflammation 
They've  a  pleasing  medication, 
'Tis  a  counter-irritation" 

Of  the  chest. 

If  you  ask  in  tones  sarcastic 

Why  I'm  so  enthusiastic, 
Why,  I  write  as  one  so  perfectly  enthralled. 

Well,  the  answer's  very  simple: 

Sweet  Valeska  of  the  dimple 

Kissed  me  softly  on  a  pimple — 
I  am  Bald. 


Look  out,  John,  or  Valeska  will  kiss  youl 
Signal  Instance  of  Popularity. 

THE  catering  privileges  for  the  Society  Cir- 
cus were  given  to  John  Tait — another 
instance  of  the  popularity  of  the  Tait- 
Zinkand,  for  a  contract  of  this  sort  is  always 
given  careful  consideration  before  being 
awarded.  It  seems  that  this  establishment  is 
always  the  one  chosen  when  anything  first- 
class,  novel  and  unusual  is  desired.  And  it 
certainly  puts  forth  its  best  efforts  in  a  most 
pleasing  manner. 

This  cafe  has  become  quite  popular  these 
days  as  a  resting  place  for  tired  shoppers  be- 
tween the  afternoon  hours  of  three  and  six 
o'clock.  It  seems  to  be  "quite  the  thing" 
to  be  seen  here  of  an  afternoon,  and  it  would 
indeed  be  hard  to  find  a  more  restful  or  pleas- 
ant retreat.  One  can  always  be  assured  of 
good  music  and  first-class  entertainment  here 
of  an  afternoon. 


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[Saturday,  December  7,  1912. 


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Scene  from  the   delightful  musical  comedy 

A  Local  Lecturess. 

MRS.  FBED  W.  STOWBLL,  widow  of  the 
late  assistant  city  editor  of  the  Chron- 
icle, is  an  authority  on  music,  and  one 
of;  the  most  entertaining  and  illuminative  lec- 
turers on  the  kindred  arts  who  have  been 
heard  in  this  city.  Handicapped  by  the  fact 
that  she  is  with  us  and  of  us,  and  has  lectured 
so  often  gratuitously,  or  for  charitable  enter- 
prises, she  does  not  always  draw  the  audiences 
that  would  be  hers  were  she  preceded  by 
an  Eastern  or  European  reputation  and  the 
customary  gush   of   the   press   agent.     At  the 


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EMBROIDERED 

WAIST     PATTERNS     AND     KIMONOS 


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Branch  Store:  152  Kearny  Street 
San  Francisco 


"A    MODERN    EVE" 

which  will  hold  forth  for  the  next  two  weeks  at  the  Cort,  beginning 
Sunday  night. 


Channing  Auxiliary  during  the  week  she  spoke 
on  tue  evolution  of  the  interpretative  dance 
and  made  clear  the  distinction  between  the 
esthetic  expression  which  necessitated  a  study 
not  only  of  the  music,  but  of  the  background 
of  drama  which  the  music  may  voice,  and 
that  dancing  which  is  merely  an  exhibition  of 
gymnastics  with  a  nickelodeon  accompani- 
ment at  one  end  of  which  were  the  Maud  Al- 
lan interpretations  and  at  the  other  the  Texas 
Tommy.  With  the  aid  of  illustrations  on  the 
piano  by  Will  E.  Goodrum,  Mrs.  Stowell  made 
clear  the  difference  between  the  sensuous  and 
the  sensual  in  dancing  that  attempts  the  in- 
terpretation of  musical  compositions.  The 
revival  of  dancing  as  one  of  the  higher  and 
sublime  arts  is  among  the  most  hopeful  signs 
of  the  age  from  an  esthetie  point  of  view. 
Maud  Allan,  Gertrude  Hoffman,  and,  greatest 
of  them  all,  Pavlowa,  though  less  the  creators 
than  they  seem,  have  done  wonders  in  reviv- 
ing the  dance  that  is  something  more  than  the 
meaningless   gyrations    of   a   brainless   ballet. 

Judge  William  W.  Morrow,  who  has  decided 
to  retire  on  his  70th  birthday,  is  a  man  of 
many  extra-judicial  interests.  In  addition  to 
his  interest  in  the  American  Red  Cross  move- 
ment, and  activity  as  a  member  of  the  Car- 
negie Institute,  he  has  taken  a  keen  pleasure 
in  general  literature,  and  has  a  leaning  to 
works  expounding  advanced  views  on  matters 
theological.  Let  his  eye  light  upon  a  review 
of  a  book  purporting  to  give  a  new  view  ot 
Scriptural  doctrines,  and  he  will  not  rest  until 
he  has  read  the  volume.  Cultured  and  kindly, 
the  genial  Judge  will  take  into  retirement  the 
warmest  regards  of  the  whole  legal  profession. 


At  Last  'Tis  True. 

HE  announcement  that 
Blanche  Bates  had 
been  actually  married 
was  a  -sensation  not  second 
in  intensity  to  the  news 
that  Bud  Havens  had  sup- 
plemented his  Arctic  ex- 
plorations and  Paul  Rainey 
feats  by  putting  forth  for 
his  second  trip  on  the  sea 
of  matrimony.  The  society 
reporters  of  the  daily  news- 
papers kept  themselves  in 
work  for  years  by  predict- 
ing that  Blanche  Bates 
would  "sopn  make  an  inter- 
esting announcement. ' ' 
These  predictions  were  bas- 
ed largely  on  the  supposi- 
tion that  Fate  and  circum- 
stances had  so  shaped  af- 
fairs that  the  most  famous 
actress  and  the  most  cele- 
brated California  amateur 
tragedian  could  not  possi- 
bly get  along  without  each 
other.  But  somehow  they 
did.  Blanche  came  regular- 
ly to  the  Coast  on  profes- 
sional tours,  and  on  social 
pleasures  bent,  and  Dick 
and  his  friends  did  all  in 
their  power  to  make  the  visits  of  the  talented 
Native  Daughter  delightful,  but  never  did 
the  daily  records  of  the  marriage  license  bu- 
reau show  that  the  devotion  of  the  interest- 
ing pair  nad  progressed  beyond  the  Platonic 
stage.  And  so,  gradually  the  society  editors 
of  the  dailies  ceased  to  pin  their  paragraphia 
predilections  on  Blanche  Bates  and  Richard 
M.  Hotaling  and  devoted  themselves  to 
pointing  out  other  targets  for  Cupid. 

Miss  Bates'  selection  of  Mr.  George  Creel, 
a  Denver  journalist  and  political  progressive, 
is  not  the  result  of  a  sudden  infatuation,  for 
it  was  stated  nearly  a  year  ago  that  she  had 
decided  to  accept  ner  Colorado  admirer.  The 
wedding  has  taken  place  at  Newcastle,  New 
York,  at  Miss  Bates'  place,  and  a  clergyman 
performed  the  ceremony.  That  was  not  as 
''progressive*  as  some  of  the  marriages  that 
have  recently  taken  place  in  Bohemia.  Every- 
body in  California 'knows  that  Blanche  Bates 
is  a  born  actress,  though  her  mother  never  at- 
tained such  aistinction  that  has  been  attained 
by  her  clever  daughter.  Everybody  here 
knows,  too,  that  the  future  actress  was  in- 
tended for  a  teacher's  career,  and  married 
Lie.utenant  Milton  F.  Davis  of  the  United 
States  Army,  and  spent  the  most  wretched 
part  of  her  life  at  the  Presidio  Reservation 
in  San  Francisco.  Between  the  young  matron 
with  a  strong  predilection  for  the  stage  and 
the  prim  army  women  with  whom  she  came  in 
contact  there  was  little  congeniality.  She 
severed  her  connection  with  military  life  and 
began  her  successful  career  as  noviee  at  the 
Alcazar,  where  George  Osbourne,  who  had 
known  her  mother,  and  often  appeared  in  the 
same  plays  with  her,  gave  her  much  encour- 
agement   and    predicted    her   brilliant    future. 


Saturday,  December  7,  1912.  J 


-THE  WASP- 


ii 


A  Plain  Talker. 

IT  IS  doI  often  that  a  highly  successful  lee- 
tuuT  ami  entertainer  takes  the  risks  so 
lightly  assumed  by  Burr  Mcintosh.    Burr 

has  got  the  finest  collection  of  pan-American 
photographs  1  have  ever  seen,  and  he  also 
retails  a  line  of  California  boost  surpassing 
anything  that  was  ever  the  joint  work  of  a 
humorist  and  a  statistician.  In  descriptive 
passages  he  has  all  the  charm  of  a  man  who 
knows  intimately  everything  and  everybody 
in  the  picture,  and  from  his  easy  chair  ho 
talks  as  though  he  were  your  fireside  com- 
panion, always  to  you,  and  never  at  you.  That 
is  surely  stock  enough  for  the  lecture  plat- 
form, and  much  too  valuable,  one  would  think, 
to  be  hazarded  by  political  opinions.  But 
Hurr  holds  to  these  latter  with  the  tenacity  of 
a  bulldog,  and  nothing  will  persuade  him  to 
drop  tl  cm.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  they  are 
eminently  sane  and  wholesome,  but  there  are 
always  some  in  the  audiences  who  disapprove. 
Among  his  favorite  topics  are  the  ship  sub- 
sidy, which  he  favors,  the  abolition  of  the 
army  canteen,  which  he  opposes,  and  a  saner 
regulation  of  immigration.  On  the  subject 
of  the  canteen,  which  led  him  on  to  the  forth- 
coming vote  on  local  option,  he  caused  his 
hearers  to  sit  up  when  he  told  of  the  millions 
of  gallons  of  wine  and  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  tons  of  grapes  exported  each  year  from  Cal- 
ifornia. He  said  that  it  would  be  only  a  mat- 
ter of  time  if  the  local  optionists,  whom  he 
described  as  forerunners  of  the  prohibition- 
ists, are  given  full  sway  when  this  vast  and 
growing  industry  would  be  endangered.  A 
few  local  optionists  shrugged  their  shoulders, 
but  the  majority  of  the  audience  indorsed  the 
speaker's  sentiments.  The  lecture  was  deliv- 
ered on  behalf  of  "The  Sunshine  and  Flower 
League,"  u  new  organization  formed  for  the 
daily  free  distribution  of  flowers  to  poor  in- 
mates in  all  hospitals  in  California.  "That  is 
my  sunshine  and  flower,"  said  Burr,  as  the 
operator  threw  on  the  screen  a  picture  of  a 
beautiful  little  Mcintosh  girl.  Many  promi- 
nent society  folk  were  among  the  large  and 
appreciative  audience. 

Becoming  Very  Popular. 

ON  THANKSGIVING  DAY,  as  upon  all 
the  recent  holidays,  it  was  impossible 
to  accommodate  all  who  wished  to  dine 
at  Techau  Tavern  and  many  who  had  neg- 
lected to  reserve  tables  were  turned  away. 
Those:  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  find  ac- 
commodation  enjoyed  an  unrivaled  feast  in 
surroundings.,  which  added  the  right  touch 
of  holiday  festivity  and  substantial  comfort, 
and  :not  a  few  have  already  reserved  tables 
for  their  Christmas  dinner.  The  Tavern,  al- 
ways popular,  is  becoming  more  and  more  the 
favorite  cafe-"  of  those  'who  "enjoy  faultless 
service  and  the-  perfection  of  culinary  art. 
The  Rotary  Club  and  the  Advertising  Asso- 
ciation of  San  Francisco  have  long  held  their 
weekly  luncheons  at  the  Tavern  on  Tuesday 
and  Wednesday  noons,  respectively,  the  at- 
tendance at  which  seldom  falls  below  seventy- 
five  members,  and  often  rises  well  above  the 
hundred   mark. 


LITTLE   BILLY 
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ARMOR  PLATE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  Union  Safe  Deposit  Company  in  building  of 

UNION    TRUST  COMPANY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Junction  of  Market  and  G'Farrell  Streets  and  Grant  Avenue 

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[Saturday,  December  7,  1912. 


my 

LL    Europe   seems   to   have   caught   the 
war  fever. 

•'War  is  hell!"  said  Sherman,  and 
for  one  who  knew  so  much  about  it 
he  spoke  with  unnecessary  modera- 
tion. Soldiers,  politicians,  poets,  painters  and 
even  preachers,  who  represent  it  as  the  field 
of  glory,  are  either  hypnotized  by  the  great 
illusion  into  temporary  idiocy,  or  are  frauds 
grafting  upon  popular  ignorance.  The  only 
soldier  who  is  not  a  hired  and  uniformed  as- 
sassin, is  the  one  who  takes  up  arms  in  defense 
of  his  own  country  against  the  invader,  or  to 
protect  the  lives  of  his  fellow-countrymen,  in 
danger.  All  who,  by  writings,  speeches,  ser- 
mons, poems,  paintings,  or  other  arts  and 
crafts,  aid  and  abet  the  glory  delirium  of  the 
hi  ass-buttoned  brigand  who  goes  abroad  to 
steal  the  territory  of  others,  01  to  force  them 
into  trade  treaties,  are  mentally  and  morally 
warped.  If  they  believe  themselves  honest 
they  are  fools,  and  if  not  fools  they  are  crimi- 
nal frauds,  and  in  any  case  are  the  tools  of 
those  who  profit   by  the  spilling   of  blood. 

Except  the  soldier  so  greedy  for  promotion 
he  will  gamble  his  life  to  get  it.  the  makers 
of  armaments,  the  naval  dockyard  strategists, 
the  contractor  for  war  supplies,  and  the  cow- 
ardlv,  fraudulent   ruler,  nobody   wants  a   war. 


Bear  this  fact  in  mind 


THE    SOFT    MELLOW    DELIOIOUSNESS    OF 


HUNTER 

BALTIMORE 

RYE 


WILL  ONLY  BE  FOUND  IN  AN 

ABSOLUTELY   PURE,   WELL  MADE 

AND    MATURED    WHISKEY 


Sold    at    all    first-class    cafes    and    bv   jobbers. 
WM.     LANAHAN     &     SOX.     Baltimore.     Md. 


The  plain  people  do  not  want  it.  unless  they 
are  worked  up  into  hysteria  by  a  campaign  of 
lies.  The  taxpayers  does  not  want  it,  since 
the  war  debt  and  debt  for  war  preparations 
are  his  heaviest  burdens.  The  average  sol- 
dier does  not  want  it.  though  he,  once  safely 
through  a  battle,  often  indulges  and  uncon- 
sciously, in  the  lies  that  keep  the  superstition 
going.  When  peace  is  declared,  his  wounds 
healed,  his  brow  bound  with  victorious  wreaths 
or  his  ehest  decorated  with  a  tin  tag,  and 
when  the  war  has  become  only  an  episode  in 
his  life,  he  will  only  remember  the  joy  of 
using  physical  force,  the  excitement  of  the 
greatest  of  all  hunts — man  hunting,  the  se- 
duction of  danger,  tue  iutoxication  of  victory. 
If  you  want  the  truth  of  this  brought  home 
in  stronger  terms  than  I  can  command,  read 
Gustaf  Jauson's  "Pride  of  War,"  that  bril- 
liant commentary  of  the  Turko-Italian  atroc- 
ity. Janson  points  out  that  nobody,  not  even 
those  who  take  part  in  it,  know  what  war  is. 
A  whole  set  of  lies  has  been  woven  into  the 
idea  of  war.  Courage,  pluck,  valor,  honor, 
glory — all  the  richest  words  and  most  melli- 
fluous phrases  in. the  language  are  borrowed. 
And  the  soldier  is  often  as  much  deceived  by 
them  as  the  feather-bed  patriots  who  stay 
at  home  and  grind  them  out.  Ask  a  soldier 
his  impressions  of  war,  and  he  will  have  one 
opinion  for  the  newspaper  correspondent  and 
another,  totally  different,  for  his  companion- 
in-arms.  "War  is  worse  than  hell — it's  ver- 
min, nothing  but  vermin,  filth  and  hunger,'' 
he  will  say  to  his  comrades;  but  when  he  re- 
turns in  triumph  he  tells  the  plain  people  and 
the  newspaper  interviewer  of  the  glory  of  vic- 
tory, the  lust  of  battle,  and  the  contempt  of 
death.  He  has  been  fed  on  these  phrases,  and 
mechanically  repeats  them,  but  he  knows  he 
is  lying. 

I'm  a  pessimist,  but  I'm  afflicted  with  the 
deadly    germ    of    chronic    optimism    compared 
with   the  cynics  who  know  the  inside  of  this 
war   boosting   swindle.      Why,   they've   got    it 
_  down   so  fine  the  men   who  come 

home  plus  the  legacy  of  a  fever 
or  minus  a  limb  or  two,  the  dam- 
aged goods  who  should  be  war's 
worst  adver*  isement,  are,  by  the 
magic  healing  of  a  little  patriotic 
drivel,  turned  into  boosters  of 
butchery. 

Patriotism,  when  it  is  not  thfi 
last  refuge  of  a  scoundrel,  is  one 
of  the  noblest  sentiments  in  the 
breast  of  man,  but.  like  Liberty, 
the  ciimes  committed  in  its  name 
are  infinite  and  apalling.  The  ra- 
tion without  a  sufficiency  of  pa- 
triotism is  heading  straight  for 
the  post-mortem  of  the  historian. 
the  obituary  of  the  poet  and  the 
mora)  tag  of  the  jingo  on  a  war 
whoop.  i>ut  the  nation  whose  pa- 
triotism is  so  inflammable  it  has 
no  trace  of  commin  sense  or  sense 
of  justice,  will  end  either  in  bank- 
ruptcy or  world  dominion,  and 
there  never  was  a  complete  world 
dominion,  even  in  the  days  when 
it  was  relatively  easier  to  accom- 
plish. Put  I'm  not  tilting  at  a 
windmill.  If  this  war  talk  comes 
to  anything  it's  going  to  be  a 
case  of  roll  up  the  map  of  Europe, 
and  this  time  in  bitter  earnest 
The  real  thing  in  the  Balkans  was 
bad  enough,  but  when  Germany. 
England.  Russia  and  France  start 
talking  business  it  is  coining  dan- 
gerously near  home.  For  a  time 
certain  classes  of  trade  in  this 
country  would  boom  if  there  was 
a  European  war,  but  we  would 
soon  rind  ourselves  in  the  position 
of  a  shopkeeper  whose  best  cus- 
tomers are  laid  up  in  the  hospital 


for  repairs  or  going  through  the  bankruptcy 
court.  And  more  immediately,  a  nation  made 
up  of  men  of  so  many  nations,  chiefly  Euro- 
pean, the  domestic  discord  that  would  be 
stirred  up  would  be  little  short  of  veiled  civil 
war,  and  not  too  much  of  the  veil. 

Of  course,  we  can 't  hold  Europe  in  check 
if  those  who  profit  by  wars  and  rumors  of 
war  have  injected  sufficient  of  the  poison  of 
a  perverted  patriotism  into  the  veins  of  the 
people.  That  will  be  Europe's  funeral,  and 
only  our  expense  for  a  few  mourning  coaches. 
All  the  same,  there  is  a  lesson  in  it  for  us. 
How  much  longer  are  we  going  to  be  bull- 
dozed by  self-advertising  alarmists,  press  and 
platform  agents  of  the  army  and  navy  con- 
tractors, manufacturers  of  armaments,  build- 
ers of  battleships,  and  other  harpies,  into  pil- 
ing up  the  burdens  of  taxation? 

This  is  a  matter  of  business,  if  there  is  no 
higher  appeal  to  which  we  will  listen.  And 
that's  just  where  i  part  company  from  the 
insipid  sentimentalists  who  are  most  promi- 
nent in  peace  and  humanity  movements. 

This  world  is  slowly  listening  to  the  appeal 
to  reason,  and  the  sentiment  of  international 
justice  is  not  a  voice  so  far  out  in  the  wil- 
derness as  it  used  to  be.  but  these  are  times 
of  applied  thought  rather  than  applied  senti- 
ment. Prove  conclusively  that  this  war  super- 
stition, and  particularly  the  scares  that  are 
used  to  force  through  Congressional  appropri- 
ations, are  devices  of  a  veritable  war  trust 
deserving  all  the  adjectives  often  foolishly 
applied  to  legitimate  corporations,  and  the 
people  will   begin   to   think. 

Nations  of  themselves  do  not  want  to  go 
to  war  any  more  than  a  majority  of  working- 
men  want  to  go  out  on  strike.  It  is  the  na- 
tional walking  delegates  who  live  by  the  game 
who  work  the  mischief.  Some  day  we'll  get 
sufficient  sense  to  give  all  walking  delegates 
their  walking  tickets,  or  a  free  passage  to  a 
barren  island  reserved  for  parasites. 


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Maid's 
Diary  * 


WE'VE  hud  such  »  discussion  lit  i>nr  Ethical 
Effort  Club  over  Gertrude  Atherton'a  dec* 
In  rat  inn    that    sensible    women    wmi'l    waste 

time  on  love  any  more,     hands  sake!   they  don't  do 

it  now.  They  never  did  it.  Tis  only  llu-  foolish 
ones  ever  let  love  bother  them  even  the  least  bit. 
Mrs.  Trotter,  who  knows  everything  and  everybody 
since  the  year  1  in  California,  says  that  when  she 
was  a  girl,  and  used  to  read  story  books  by  the 
bushel,  she  just  doted  on  Gertrude's  novels,  they 
were  so  full  of  the  fire  of  tove.  They  hud  grand 
heroes,  and  such  catty  heroines,  too.  Oh,  they  were 
lovely.  Mrs.  Trotter  thought.  And  to  think  that  the 
author  of  such  books  would  turn  around  and  throw 
her  ink-bottle  at  Cupid  and  wet  the  poor  little  fel- 
low's wings  so  he  couldn't  even  flutter  over  the 
backyard  fence — it's  dreadful,  Mrs.  Trotter  says. 
It's  an  awful  warning  to  full-blooded,  warm-hearted 
women  not  to  take  to  such  things  as  novel-writing 
and    politics,    she    declares. 

I  don't  agree  with  Mrs.  Trotter  a  bit.  If  I 
thought  writing  novels  would  protect  women  from 
love  and  matrimony  I  'd  advise  them  all  to  spend  a 
good  deal  of  their  time  at  their  desks  and  on  the 
stump.  I  'd  practise  novel- writing  myself  and  go 
round  throwing  rocks  ut  the  Bull  Moose  like  Mrs. 
Atherton.  Lands  sake!  it's  a  good  thing  to  be  love 
proof.  It's  a  pity  the  doctors  haven't  some  serum 
they  could  inoculate  girls  with  so  they  wouldn't  lose 
their  heads  over  anything  in  the  shape  of  a  young 
man  that  comes  around  talking  nonsense  to  them. 
It's    always   well    to    he   on    the  safe   side. 

I  remember  back  home  in  Massachusetts  there  was 
a  woman,  a  double  widow  at  that,  who  whs  very 
strong-minded,  we  all  thought.  She  used  to  write 
pieces  for  the  Coon  Creek  Tocsin,  and  one  time  when 
the  poundmaster  took  up  her  cow  for  wandering 
around  on  Main  street  without  a  bell  on  her  she 
called  a  mass  meeting  to  go  to  the  pound  and  re- 
lease the  prisoner.  Lands  sake!  everybody  on  Coon 
Creek  was  surprised  one  day  when  the  Tocsin  came 
out  with  the  news  that  this  strong-minded  woman 
had  got  married  on  the  sly  to  Hank  Holdem,  the 
constable,    that    had    six    grandchildren    and    rheuma- 


LOUIS    CREPAUX 

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FREMPH0ITK»0L 


FOR  SINGING  AND  SPEECH 

French  phonetics,  configuration  and  placing  of 
the  phonetic  sounds  enabling  the  scholar  to  sing 
or  speak  in  French  with  the  purest  "Indre  et 
Loire"    accent. 

French  repertoire  in  songs  from  Lully  to 
Debussy.  Italian  tone  placing,  voweling  and 
syllabation.  Italian  repertoire  in  songs  from 
Carissimi   to  Puccini.     Studio   recitals. 

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Reception  hourB — 11:45  to  12,  and  8  to  4,  ex- 
cept Wednesday.  Wednesday  in  Maple  Hall, 
Oakland. 


tism  in  .both  feet.  Goodness  me  I  you  can't  tell 
what  a  woman  will  do  except  she  s  of  the  real  sen- 
sible kind  like  me  and  Mrs.  Atherton.  I  reckon 
we  both  know  too  much  to  have  Cupid  come  around 
and  play  pranks  on  us.  I  know  I  am! 
*      *      * 

I  haven't  set  eyes  on  Ethyl  Gayleigh  for  a  week, 
as  she  spends  her  time  between  practising  for  the 
Society  Circus  and  going  to  the  dressmaker's  to 
make  changes  in  the  suit  she  is  to  appear  in.  First 
she  was  going  to  ride  side-saddle,  as  I  advised  her. 
My!  it's  so  mannish  to  ride  the  otber  way!  Ethyl 
doesn't  mind  that  so  much,  but  when  she  was  out 
in  the  park  cavorting  on  her  horse  she  saw  her 
shadow  on  the  road  and  it  looked  round-shouldered. 
As  soon  as  she  got  home  she  gave  orders  for  those 
regular  man's  riding  affairs  that  Eleanors  Sears  puts 
on    in    public — frightful-looking    things! 

Mrs.  Trotter  has  been  attending  all  the  rehearsals 
and  she  says  some  people  that  have  their  eyes  fixed 
on  High  Society  will  be  woefully  disappointed  when 
the  circus  is  all  over.  They  won't  be  a  bit  nearer 
Ned  G-reenway's  ballroom  than  before,  she  says,  for 
High  Society  is  getting  more  exclusive  every  minute. 
'Twas  all  the  other  way  some  years  ago.  Everybody 
was  inclined  to  be  friendly  and  not  rake  up  pedi- 
grees. Land  sake!  Mr.  Greenway's  cotillons  were 
getting  so  all  old  acquaintances  actually  spoke  to 
one  another  between  dances.  So.  Mrs,  Trotter  says. 
Then  all  at  once  things  changed,  and  now  you  can't 
even  climb  in  through  the  window  or  transom  unless 


Where  can  you  find  a  tetter  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  cluh  women? 
The  women  are  the  buyers. 


you've  got  a  grandfather.  It's  all  on  account  of 
the  Gayety  Club  putting  on  such  airs  and  pretending 
to  look  down  on  the  Greenway  crowd.  Goodness  me  I 
Won't  it  lie  dreadful  if  people  can't  get  into  High 
Society  by  taking  part  in  charity  affairs!  What 
will  all  the  poor  orphans  do.'      Dear  me,  dear  me! 

TABITHA    TWIGGS. 


GEORG  KRUGER 

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"An   artist  of  the  first   rank,  a  pianist 

of   correct   feeling    and    ripe    experience." 

— H.    E.   Krehbiel   in   New    York   Tribune. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Begs  to  announce  that  he  lias  moved  his  music 
studio  to  the  Gaffney  Building,  376  Sutter  Street, 
between  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  Street. 
Office  hours:  from  ten  to  twelve,  and  from  two  to 
four,   daily. 

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14 


•THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  7,  1912. 


for  Taxpayer! 


How  Much  More  Can  the  Patient 
Camels'  Backs  Carry  With- 
out Breaking? 

THE  taxpayers,  both  small  and  large,  are 
becoming  thoroughly  aroused  over  the 
organized  raids  on  the  public  treasury. 
The  Civic  Center  and  a  Municipal  water  sup- 
ply are  to  be  borne.  On  top  of  that  formid- 
able load,  all  kinds  of  expensive  municipal 
baggage  will  be  dumped  unless  the  taxpayers 
give  battle  to  the  grafters  and  foolish  senti- 
mentalists. All  over  town,  combinations  of 
small  politicians,  male  and  female,  are  plan- 
ning to  convert  the  tops  of  hills  and  bottoms 
of  valleys  into  unnecessary  parks  and  play- 
grounds. San  Francisco  is  the  greatest  open- 
air  and  uncrowded  city  in  the  world,  and  has, 
already,  a  sufficiency  of  beautiful  parks,  which 
are  not  frequented  by  a  thousandth  part  of 
the  population. 

Bad  Civil  Service  a  Curse. 
A  wave  of  emotional  extravagance  is 
sweeping  over  the  nation,  and  San  Francisco 
is  getting  its  full  share  of  the  inundation.  A 
large  share  of  the  municipal  extravagance  is 
the  work  of  organized  office-holders.  Out 
Civil  Service  system,  or  rather  lack  of  it,  is 
responsible  for  most  of  this  official  activity 
in  politics.  The  Civil  Service  Commission  in 
San  Francisco  has  been  a  costly  burlesque. 
Its  original  purpose  was  good, -but  its  per- 
formances ranged  from  bad  to  worse.  The 
climax  of  incompetency  and  crookedness  was 


reached  under  the  Union  Labor  administra- 
tion, when  the  Civil  Service  Commission  was 
used  to  keep  the  favorites  of  the  leading  office 
holders  in  position,  regardless  of  their  quali- 
fications. It  would  be  hard  to  imagine  more 
flagrant  violations  of  true  Civil  Service  rules 
than  occurred  when  McCarthy  was  Mayor  de 
jure,  Olaf  Tveitmoe  Mayor  de  facto,  and  Mike 
Casey  sublime  autocrat  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Works. 

How  much  has  the  Civil  Service  Commission 
improved  under  the  administration  of  Mayor 
Eolph?  That  is  a  question  not  easily  answer- 
ed. The  Mayor  no  doubt  wishes  it  to  be  thor- 
oughly efficient,  but  is  it  possible  to  make  it 
such  with  so  many  forces  working  to  make 
the  Commission  thoroughly  inefficient. 

How  the  System  "Works. 

At  present  the  Civil  Service  Commission 
passes  upon  the  fitness  of  applicants,  for  offi- 
cial positions  in  the  municipal  government. 
When  these  applicants  get  places  they  regard 
them  as  life  positions.  In  a  short  time  these 
new  servants  of  the  municipality  become  dis- 
contented with  their  salaries  and  begin  to 
agitate  energetically  to  have  their  salaries 
raised.  We  have  a  convincing  example  now 
that  municipal  employees  devote  a  large  part 
of  their  time  and  energies  to  working  the  ma- 
chinery of  city  politics  so  that  their  pay 
may  be  increased.  The  proposed  amendment 
which  will  be  voted  on  December  10th  would 
add  considerably  over  a  million  dollars  to  the 
annual  cost  of  the  municipal  government. 

It  is  not  denied,  nor  is  any  attempt  made 
to  conceal  the  fact,  that  these  Civil  Service 
politicians,  drawing  regular  salaries  from  the 
city,  have  organized  to  raise  their  pay  and 
are  working  incessantly  to  accomplish  that 
object.  Their  election  placards,  advocating 
the  expenditure  of  the  public  money,  are  dis- 


LOAD    ENOUGH   WITHOUT   THE    THIRTY-SEVEN  AMENDMENTS. 


played  all  over  the  city.  Automobiles  with 
banners  and  printed  appeals  to  the  public  are 
seen  flying  around  the  streets. 

Our  Expenses.  Trebled. 

Of  course,  it  is  natural  that  any  man  should 
like  to  have  his  salary  raised,  but.  unfortu- 
nately no  city  can  keep  on  increasing  its  an- 
nual expenses  without  going  into  bankruptcy. 
San  Francisco  in  a  few  yearsr  ;has  almost 
trebled  its  municipal  expenses^  -without  in- 
creasing its  population  very  much. .*  "  Few  peo- 
ple realize  how  .,  shamefully-  extravagant  the 
municipal  service"  has  become  in  ten  years. 

For  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1902, 
the  grand  total  of  current  expenses  was  $5,- 
987,000.  This  money  was  raised  by  a  tax 
levy  of  $1.0726  on  an  assessed  valuation  of 
$405,000,000." 

For  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1911*, 
Auditor  Boyle,  in  his  report  to  Mayor  Mc- 
Carthy, furnished  a  statement  of  expenditures 
which  shows  that  he  audited  demands  against 
the  city  treasury  amounting  to  the  enormous 
sum  of  $17,356,287.29. 

The  running  expenses  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment in  1902  reached  a  total  of  $973,668.37. 
Auditor  Boyle's  report  for  the  fiscal  year  end- 
ing June  30,  1911,  shows  that  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment cost  the   city  $1,656,488.38. 

Non-Taxpayers'  Vote. 

Now  it  is  proposed  to  give  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment a  double  platoon  and  practically  double 
the  amount  of  money  contributed  by  the  tax- 
payers. As  previously  stated,  the  election 
banners  appealing  for  this  increase  of  taxes 
are  displayed  all  over  the  city.  Increase  of 
salaries  are  asked  by  many  departments  of 
the  city  government,  and  unless  the  taxpayers 
are  vigilant  will  be  granted  on  December  10th, 
when  every  Tom,  Dick  and  Harry  can  step 
up  to  the  polls,  and,  whether  a  taxpayer  or 
not,  vote  to  increase  the  cost  of  government. 

The  plain  fact  is  that  at  present  so-called 
Civil  Service  puts  a  premium  on  official  politics 
to  raise  salaries.  Instead  of  depending  on 
their  efficiency  and  faithful  service  to  give 
them  promotion  to  higher  salaries,  the  Civil 
Service  officials  spend  a  large  part  of  their 
time  planning  to  raise  their  pay  by  election. 
They  can  get  a  charter  amendment  on  the  bal- 
lot by  petition,  and,  having  no  fear  of  being 
removed,  they  devote  more  time  and  thought 
to  politics  than  to  their  clerical  duties. 
]  A  Civil  Service  Commission  properly  organ- 
ized and  conducted  would  weed  the. municipal 
service  of  all  the  persistent  political  organiz-: 
ers  that  now  keep  the  city  in  turmoil  with 
frequent  and  expensive  special  elections. 
j  Before  long,  if  things  keep  on  as  at  present.; 
it  will  be  necessary  to  legislate  against  public' 
pfficials  and  deprive  them  of  votes  in  munici- 
pal elections.  Unless  checked  by  some  such 
steps  they  will  eat  up  everything  like  a  crop: 
<j)f  locusts  and  ruin  the  country. 

— — ■* 

Dr.  Cook  has  come  too  soon.  Three  years 
hence  we  may  have  as  one  of  the  Exposition 
features  a  museum  for  the  display  of  nature! 
fakers. 


Saturday,  December  7,  1912.1 


-THE  WASP- 


15 


"GO   HIDE   YOURSELF." 

ii/~>  0  HIDE  YOURSELF!"  saya  Brother 
Lj  in-law  Milliken  to  Albert  T.  Patrick, 
for  whose  liberation  he  Bpeni  several 
thousands  of  dollars.  Any  doubt  as  to  the 
guilt  of  tin--  lawyer  charged  and  convicted  oJ 
having  forged  a  Client  'a  will  and  of  having  ad- 
ministered poisoned  pills  causing  thai  client's 

death  alter  hours  of  agonizing;  torture  is  not 
likely  to  be  removed  by  the  indecent  baste 
with  which  Patrick  1ms  sought  to  claim  the 
Rice  millions.  Thrice  within  tin-  shallow  oJ 
the  electric  chair,  Patrick  was  finally  sen 
tended  to  a  term  of  imprisonment,  ami  after 
serving  that  term,  no  sooner  is  lie  outside 
the  prison  gates  than  he  dives  as  straight 
for  the  murdered  client's  money  as  would  an- 
other convict  to  his  cache.  Milliken  describes 
his  action  as  suicidal,  and  if  it  really  proves 
so'  no  one  will  waste  any  sympathy  on  the 
liberated  convict.  But  Patrick  is  only  an 
unpleasant  circumstance  compared  with  the 
moral  so  obvious  from  his  conduct.  That 
moral  is:  Not  every  capital  offender  whom 
society  spares  today  will  spare  society  when 
he  is  liberated  tomorrow.  The  case  of  Pat- 
rick can  be  recommended  to  Governor  John- 
son for  study.  Since  the  elections,  though 
not  because  of  their  result,  but  possibly  by 
way  of  showing  that  he  is  now  actually  a  res- 
ident of  California,  Johnson  has  consented  to 
one  or  two  executions.  Some  months  ago  he 
instituted  a  policy  of  reprieving  murderers 
and  gave  as  a  reason  the  initiative  petition 
sought  to  be  filed  amending  the  Constitution 
in  regard  to  capital  punishment.  That  is  to 
say,  he  was  ignoring  the  law  actually  on  the 
statute  book  and  presumably  representing  97 
per  cent  of  ttie  electors,  since  the  initiative 
petition  called  for  only  3  per  cent  of  the 
legal  voters.  Later  he  announced  that  the 
initiative  petition,  not  being  complete  in  time 
to  present  to  the  people,  the  law  must  take 
its  course.  By  this  he  completed  the  proof 
that  he  was  for  the  time  ignoring  the  will  of 
97  per  cent  of  the  people  and  his  plain  duty 
as  Governor  sworn  to  administer  the  laws  of 
the  State.  We  might  also  say  to  Governor 
Johnson:  "Go  hide  yourself!"  but  he  is  in 
the  habit  of  doing  that  in  not  quite  the  way 
we  wish.  To  hide  him  as  he  should  be  hidden 
needs  a  recall  petition,  and  if  there  is: 
ny  hesitancy  as  to  this  step  it  is  the  cer- 
jainty  that  he  will  be  hidden  and  securely  bur- 
ijed  at  the  next  election. 
I  Meanwhile,  when  next  he  is  moved  to  re- 
prieve a  murderer,  lie  would  do  well  to  study 
flhe  case  of  poisoner  Patrick. 

CONSERVING  THEIR  JOBS. 

FOR  unblushing  effrontery,  commend  us  to 
the  average  State  official.  He  can  do 
.  less  for  the  money  than  any  man  we 
know.  As  a  grafter,  he  sets  a  pace  none 
Other  dares  follow,  and  for  the  reason  that 
t!he  publie  so  seldom  comes  in  contact  with 
him  it  never  knows  of  his  grafting  until  the 
bills  come  in,  and  not  always  then.  But  for 
lj)oiler-plated  impudence  he  is  seen  at  his  best 


'COUGH  UP,  MR.   TAXPAYER! 


when  there  is  a  danger  of  his  losing  the  job. 
The  squeal  of  a  trapped  rat  is  a  mild  protest 
compared  with  the  wail  of  the  State  official 
who  fears  that  he  has  gone  too  far  and  may 
get  his  walking  ticket. 

As  an  exhibition  of  the  devices  to  which 
those  on  the  State  pay  roll  will  resort  in  order 
to  continue  in  office  take  the  latest  move  of 
Louis  R.  Glavis  and  his  conservation  com- 
mission. What  the  commission  knows  about 
State  conservation  may  not  be  worth  the  ink 
it  would  take  to  print,  but  in  the  conservation 
of  their  jobs  they  combine  the  resource  of  a 
shyster  lawyer  with  the  grip  of  the  abalone. 
The  legislature  appropriated  $100,000  for  the 
work  of  the  commission,  but  a  halt  has  been 
called  when  only  $54,707.95  has  been  frittered 
away.  There  remains  in  the  treasury  $45,- 
292.05,  and  the  thought  that  they  may  not 
be  able  to  grab  it  all  has  driven  the  com- 
missioners to  the  most  desperate  tactics. 

Glavis,  whose  'salary  has  been  held  up, 
pending  official  investigation  of  his  office,  has 
prepared  a  bill  to  perpetuate  himself  and  his 
commission  by  absorbing  the  functions  of  the 
fish  and  game  and  forestry  commissions,  a 
portion  of  the  duties  of  the  surveyor-general 
and   the    state   engineer.     So   keen    are   these 


-Reproduced    from    the    San    Francisco    Chronicle. 


gentlemen  to  retain  their  grip  on  the  public 
purse  they  seem  prepared  to  run  the  whole 
of  the  State  departments  and  would,  if  there 
were  not  others  equally  voracious,  dispense 
with  the  Legislature  itself. 

For  all  the  good  they  do,  legislators  might 
well  be  dispensed  with  and  certainly  Glavis 
in  his  spare  time  could  fill  the  duties  of 
Governor,  giving  them  every  bit  as  much  at- 
tention as  they  have  received  from  absentee 
Johnson.  But  if  Johnson  is  superflous  and 
worse,  Glavis  would  be  all  that  and  then 
some. 

The  Glavis  scheme  is  the  last  word  in  the 
way  of  government  by  commission,  and  if 
there  is  any  spine  left  in  the  Legislature  it, 
should  drop  this  budding  despot  and  his'pre- 
sumptuous  commission  with  a  dull  sickening 
thud,  and  before  they  lay  hands  on  the  bal- 
ance of  that  $100,000.  Conservation  of  our 
natural  resources  is  a  wise  and  necessary  pol- 
icy, that  is  if  wisely  applied,  but  too  often 
it  has  been  used  as  a  device  for  checking  de- 
velopment and  as  a  catch  cry  for  designing 
politicians.  This  commission  was  appointed 
in  response  to  the  clamor  of  interested  agitat- 
ors, but  having  demonstrated  its  futility  it' 
should  be  paid  off  and  dropped. 


16 


THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  7,  1912. 


AND 

By  the  Bookfellow. 


WOMEN  IN  AMERICA. 


French  Baron  Gives  Experiences  With  San 
Francisco  Suffragists. 

PAUL  d 'Estournelles  de  Constant,  hered- 
itary baron  under  the  old  French  re- 
gime, democratic  Senator  under  the 
new,  orator,  artist  and  member  of  the  Inter- 
national Court  at  The  Hague,  who  visited  San 
Francisco  last  year,  has  authorized  a  trans- 
lation by  Miss  Bstelle  Porter  of  his  essay  on 
"Woman  in  the  United  States,"  and  now 
published  by  A.  M.  Robertson  of  this  city. 
On  the  strength  of  a  casual  reference  in  the 
closing  paragraph  to  the  "so  called  inevitable 
war  between  the  United  States  and  Japan," 
'  David  Starr  Jorday  has  seen  fit  to  write  a 
foreword  in  the  form  of  a  sermon  on  the 
evils  of  armaments.  In  the  matter  of  war, 
-David  Starr  Jordan  has  seen  fit  to  write  a 
never  misses  an  opportunity  to  rake  the  dock- 
yard strategists,  armament  builders,  contract- 
ors, speculators  and  other  ghouls,  who  prey 
upon  the  fears  of  the  nations.  It  is  all  am- 
usingly inappropriate  to  the  subject  matter 
of  the  essay,  but  it  serves  the  turn  of  self- 
advertisement.  When  the  Book  of  Judgment 
is  finally  ready  for  the  printer,  Jordan  will 
be  around  offering  to  write  a  preface,  and 
what  an  opportunity  that  would  give  him  for 
the  horrors  of  war. 

As  for  the  essay,  itself,  it  is  a  graceful 
and  sincere  tribute  to  the  women  of  America, 
particularly  those  of  the  Western  States, 
where  he  found  them  the  most  charming  and 
distinctive.  By  way  of  a  summary  for 
French  readers  it  is  an  admirable  estimate  of 
the  ideals  of  our  more  progressive  women, 
but  for  American  readers  it  contains  little 
that  is  new  or  illuminating.  The  Baron  has 
the  pleasing  manner  of  one  who  wrjtes  as 
though  he  were  talking  to  you  personally,  and 
occasionally  he  puts  a  pertinent  truth  in 
strikingly  simple  language.  "The  newer  the 
country,  the  higher  the  place  assigned  to  the 
woman  and  the  child."  "The  right  to  vote 
is  never  claimed  so  much  by  the  happy  people 
in  the  world  as  by  the  others. ' ' 

It  is  not  often  that  the  essay  calls  for  dis 
agreement,  but  the  Baron  is  surely  mistaken 
when  he  says  that  cities  where  people  amuse 
'  themselves,  ' '  and  particularly  the  great  sea 
ports,  are  naturally  hostile  to  every  reform 
tending  to  protect  women.  The  patrons  of 
the  bars,  saloons  and  houses  of  ill-fame  do 
not  fall  into  these  dreams.  San  Francisco, 
therefore,  voted  against  the  woman  according 
to  rule  *  *  *  the  returns  from  the  rural  pre- 
cincts corrected  the  votes  of  the  metropolis, 
and  defeat  was  changed  into  victory.  There 
is  a  lesson  that  will  not  be  lost.     The  masses 


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in  which  the  woman  is  submerged  are  agaim-'t 
her  rising;  the  country  where  she  is  mistress 
of  the  farm  or  the  home,  is  for  her.1' 

This  is  the  superficial  reasoning  of  a  man 
with  a  preconceived  theory.  If  the  facts 
don  't  fit  the  theory,  so  much  the  worse  for  the 
facts.  The  women  of  Sau  Francisco  are  as 
much  mistresses  of  their  homes  as  those  in 
the  country,  and  the  vote  against  the  franchise 
was  not  that  of  "patrons  of  the  bars,  saloons 
and  houses  of  ill-fame,"  but  of  those  who 
feared  that  the  extension  of  the  suffrage 
would  double  the  labor  vote.  They  realized 
more  keenly  than  men  in  rural  districts  that 
while  the  women  folk  of  those  with  settled 
interests  might  not  bother  to  go  to  the  polls, 
the  women  folk  of  the  labor  unionists  would 
be  certain  to  cast  their  ballots.  Prejudice 
against  the  innovation  was  a  factor  in  both 
city  and  country  precincts,  but  to  the  pre- 
judice of  (he  city  was  added  the  still  stronger 
political  factor.  The  talk  of  the  saloon  and 
tenderloin  influence  and  of  our  natural  hos- 
tiliity  to  every  reform  tending  to  protect 
women  is  the  merest  nonsense.  However,  that 
is  only  one  page  out  of  sixty,  with  the  most 
of  which  we  agree  only  too  heartily,  to  feel 
deeply  interested.  An  etching  of  the  author 
by  Zorn  serves  as.  frontispiece.  (San  Francis- 
co: A.  M.  Robertson;  price  SO  cents  net.) 

K  *  * 

THE   DRAGON'S  DAUGHTER. 


Clyde  C.  Westover  Writes  Lurid  Romance 
of  Chinatown. 

WHILE  realism,  sometimes  brutal,  but 
always  vivid  in  its  details,  prepon- 
derates, there  is  more  than  a  touch 
of  the  poetically  romantic  in  "The  Dragon's 
Daughter ' '  by  Clyde  C.  Westover.  Many 
novelists  have  sojourned  for  a  chapter  or  two 
in  Chinatown,  but  in  this  story  Westover 
never  moves  out  of  it  except  for  a  paragraphic 
excursion  per  police  automobile  to  San  Mateo. 
A  Mexican  knife  thrower  is  given  some  little 
prominence  in  the  narrative,  and  a  couple  of 
policemen  are  allotted  a  few  minor  passages, 
but  the  main  interest  is  centered  on  a  number 
of  Chinese,  active  spirits  in, rival  tongs,  and 
a  Chinese  heroine,  the  one  wholesome  char- 
acter in  the  novel.  Plot  and  counterplot, 
trickery  and  treachery,  tong  ritual  and  strange 
Celestial  customs  are  all  handled  with  a  keen 
sense  of  the  dramatic  and  that  fidelity  to  in- 
timate detail  which  proclaims  the  man  who 
has  seen  more  than  is  shown  to  visiting  nov- 
elists by  the  licensed  guide. 

Westover  may  have  difficulty  in  justifying 
much  of  the  polished  speech  he  puts  into  the 
mouths  of  Oriental  fish  dealers  and  opium 
smugglers,  and  he  is  not  always  clear  as  to 
whether  these  rounded  periods  are  uttered  in 
our  own  or  their  native  tongue,  but  he  knows 
his  map  of  Chinatown  and  his  local  color  has 
been  obtained  at  first  hand.  With  a  daring 
imagination  brought  to  bear  upon  a  life  so 
full  of  the  sensational  that  it  has  almost 
ceased  to  be  sensational  to  San  Franciscans, 
he  has  woven  a  story  of  exceptional  interest, 
and  if  he  is  sometimes  not  quite  at  ease  in 
descriptive  sentences,  he  is  a  master  of  action 
and  keeps  the  threads  so  well  in  hand  there 
are  never  any  loose  ends  to  the  narrative.  A 
young  man,  lie  should  go  far  in  sensational 
fiction.  He  has  already  gone  some.  (New 
York:    The   Neale  Publishing  Company.) 

Shavian  Wit. 

THEY  are  playing  George  Bernard  Shaw's 
' '  Man  and  the  Superman ' '  in  New 
York  and  it  is  no  doubt  a  dramatic  treat, 
but  one  difficulty  with  Shaw  is  that  you  can- 
not stage  his  inimitable  prefaces,  stage  di- 
rections and  appendices.  Though  greatly  en- 
amored of  his  descriptive  and  critical  intro- 
ductions which  breathe  an  egotism  denied  him 
in  the  dramas  themselves,  they  are  most  en- 
joyable   reading.      Shaw    once    said    that    he 


would  gladly  sacrifice  several  of  the  Shakes- 
peare plays  for  one  preface  by  the  immortal 
dramatist,  and  while  we  would  not  go  so, far 
as  that,  we  are  certain  that  if  it  came  to  a 
choice  between  a  Shaw  introduction  and  a 
Shaw  play  there  would  be  no  hesitation  in 
letting  the  play  go.  In  the  "Revolutionist's 
Handbook,"  printed  as  an  appendix  to  "Man 
and  the  Superman,"  he  has  a  number  of 
gems,  some  of  which  are  appended: 

Vulgarity  in  a  monarch  flatters  three-fourths 
of  his  subjects. 

The  golden  rule  is  that  there  are  no  golden 
rules.  Do  not  unto  others  as  you  would  have 
them  do  unto  you.  Their  tastes  may  not  be 
the  same. 

A  limited  monarchy  is  a  device  for  com- 
bining the  inertia  of  a  wooden  idol  with  the 
credibility  of  a  flesh  and  blood  one. 

The  court  is  the  servants'  hall  of  the  sov- 
erign. 

The  relation  of  superior  to  inferior  excludes 
good  manners. 

He  who  can,  does.  He  who  cannot,  teaches. 
Titles  distinguish  the  mediocre,  embarrafcs 
the  superior  and  are  disgraced  by  the  inferior. 

Greatness  is  one  of  the  sensations  of  lit- 
tleness. 

The  unconscious  self  is  the  real  genius. 
Your  breathing  goes  wrong  the  moment  your 
conscious  self  meddles  with  it. 

Gerhardt  Hauptmann. 

THE  selection  of  Gerhardt  Hauptmann  for 
the  Nobel  prize  has  caused  considerable 
controversy,  the  difficulty  of  the  critics 
being  their  inability  to  agree  upon  any  one 
work  of  the  distinguished  author  as  an  out- 
standing masterpiece.  Hauptmann  certainly 
puts  his  admirers  at  a  disadvantage  when  ask- 
ed to  name  a  work  in  which  his  genius  is  sus 
tained  throughout,  but  that  he  is  a  genius  is 
proven  in  almost  every  other  page  of  his  writ- 
ings.. Even  "The  Fool  in  Christ,"  so  wean- 
some  as  a  narrative,  more  than  repaid  the  read- 
ing by  the  wealth  of  unforgettable  passages 
wherein  Hauptmann  holds  the  mirror  up  to 
his  age  and  elucidates  it  with  the  insight  of 
inspired  interpretation.  Genius  does  not  al- 
ways result  in  a  masterpiece. 
*  .  *     * 

Paul  Elder's  "Impressions  Calendar"  for 
1913  contains  54  leaves  of  authors'  portraits 
reproduced  in  rich  warm  duotone  color,  mezzo- 
gravure.  In  addition  to  a  list  of  the  immor- 
tals, from  Homer  to  Stevenson,  there  are  some 
fine  specimens  of  rare  title-pages  dear  to  the 
heart  of  the  book-lover.  The  literary  matter, 
though  uniformly  uplifting,  is  an  entirely  new 
compilation.  Enclosed  in  a  decorated  box. 
Price,  75  cents  net. 


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_frt£E   latest    developments   of   the    Qetcli 

**^S     Retcfcy  project  should  have  the  effect 

hi    causing    a    sharp    advance    in    the 

price  of  Spring  \"alley  stuck,  which 
Up  tu  last  week  had  been  selling  around  $51.50. 
As  soon  us  the  -San  Francisco  delegation,  with 
Mayor  Bolpfa  at  their  head,  appeared  in  Wash- 
ington to  ask  Secretary  Fisher  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Interior  for  permission  tu  use  the 
Iletch  Hetchy  waters,  the  price  of  Spring  Val- 
ley stuck  began  tu  decline.  The  newspaper 
reports  were  highly  colored  to  make  it  appear 
i  hat  the  San  Francisco  delegation  would  gain 
all  the  concessions  they  asked,  and  even  more, 
but  in  the  end  it  turned  out  that  they  gained 
little  or  nothing.  Their  visit  actually  strength- 
ened the  position  of  the  Spring  Valley  Com- 
pany, for  Secretary  Fisher  declared  that  San 
Francisco  should  buy  out  the  Spring  Valley 
Company  befoie  it  could  hope  to  get  permis- 
sion to  use  Hetch  Hetchy.  The  Secretary's 
declaration  that  it  would  be  an  unbusinesslike 
proceeding  to  proceed  with  the  duplication  of 
a  water  supply  really  ended  the  case,  and  left 
nothing  for  the  representatives  of  San  Fran- 
cisco but  to  enter  mild  protests.  The  Mayor 
pointed  out  to  Secretary  Fisher  that  Spring 
Valley  was  placed  in  a  position  to  dictate 
terms.  In  fact,  that  is  the  position  the  water 
company  has  occupied  for  quite  a  while,  and 
if  San  Francisco  wishes  to  have  a  municipal 
water  supply  the  first  step  must  be  the  pur- 
chase of  the  Spring  Valley  property  at  as 
reasonable  a  price  as  Mr.  Bourn  and  his  asso- 
ciates of  the  Spring  Valley  can  be  induced  to 
accept.  They  have  made  it  clear  that  they 
expect  at  least  $40,000,000  for  the  property. 
The  city  has  already  offered  $38S,500,000,  be- 
sides $1,500,000  of  impounded  water  rates 
that  were  paid  under  protest.  There  isn't  any 
doubt  that  the  city  has  no  right  to  decide  what 
shall    be    done    with    those    impounded   rates. 


Tlu-   money   belongs  cither  to  the   rate-paye 
or  the  Spring   Valley   Water  Company. 

If    the   Spring    Valley    should    sell    out    for 

$4ii, .nun,     the     stock     will     have    a     value     "l 


A.   W.    SCOTT   JR. 

His   frank   talk   at  tne   Commonwealth   luncheon 
lias  had  the  best  results. 

about,  $80  a  share.  As  it  has  been  selling 
around  $52  and  $51  for  some  time,  with  very 
little  stock  changing  hands,  it  certainly  looks 
like  a  fine  buy.  Between  $51  and  $81  a  share 
is  a  wide  margin  of  profit.  It  isn't  every  day 
that  such  an  opportunity  is  presented  in  the 
stock  market. 


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Capital      $4,000,000 

Surplus    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.  GREENEBAUM.  ..  .Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-PreBident 

J.     FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

O.   F.  HUNT "Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH Assistant    Cashier 

H.    CHOYNSKI Assistant    Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


Tight  Money  and  Taxes. 
'all  money  in  New  York  being  at  20  per 
eenl  lately,  and  taxes  in  San  Francisco  being 
over  twiee  the  'dollar  limit,''  the  local  real 
estate  market  hasn't  been  active.  How  could 
it  .'  Conditions  are  not  right.  There  is,  how- 
ever, n  steady  advance  towards  improved  con- 
ditions Signs  are  numerous  that  our  city  is 
recovering  rapidly  from  the  calamity  of  1906, 
and  though  there  are  yet  many  gaps  where 
well-filled  houses  formerly  stood,  these  spaces 
are  growing  smaller  in  the  more  important 
sections.  Sixth  street,  for  example,  is  coming 
back  very  fast  tu  its  old  condition  of  busi- 
ness importance.  Many  people  predicted  it 
would  never  recover.  Ninth  street  will  be 
the  next  important  street  to  revive. 

Better  Architecturally. 
North  of  Market  street  building  is  fairly 
active,  and  in  point  of  size  and  cost  the  new 
structures  are  vastly  superior  to  those  swept 
away  by  the  fire  of  1906.  In  ten  years  that 
so-called  "calamity"  will  be  looked  upon  as 
a  blessing  in  disguise,  for  the  new  San  Francis- 
co will  be  a  most  admirable  city  architectur- 
ally. If  nothing  should  occur  to  delay  the 
construction  ot  the  Civic  Center  and  the  pro- 
posed Grand  Opera  House  aud  Auditorium, 
San  Francisco  will  be  one  of  the  most  attract- 
ive cities  in  the  world.  With  its  fine  parks, 
its  picturesque  hills  and  beautiful  bay,  situat- 
ed on  the  shores  of  the  Pacific,  San  Francisco 
should  continue  to  grow  in  size  and  beauty 
and  become  a  favorite  resort  of  people  in  quest 
of  delightful  surroundings  and  a  mild  climate. 

San  Francisco's  Advantages. 
Veteran  travelers  know  that  few  spots  on 
the  globe  aie  possessed  of  as  fine  a  climate 
as  San  Francisco  enjoys  all  the  year  round. 
The  summer  winds,  fresh  from  the  Pacific, 
seem  a  trifle  too  bracing  sometimes,  but  when 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  7,  1912. 


you  compare  our  cool  summer  days  and  nights 
with  the  sweltering  summers  of  New  York  or 
of  the  interior  cities  of  California,  you  realize 
how  fortunate  is  San  Francisco.  No  city  in 
America  has  such  attractive  suburbs  and  so 
easy  of  access.  In  this  respect  the  suburban 
attractions  will  be  increased,  for  the  railroad 
companies  are  constantly  improving  their  ser- 
vice. More  and  more  people  of  means,  and 
particularly  the  business  classes,  are  coming 
to  realize  that  San  Francisco  is  a  most  desir- 
able residence  place.  There  are  now  being 
erected  in  San  Francisco  several  splendid  and 
costly  mansions,  which  will  add  to  the  attrac- 
tion of  the  most  fashionable  residence  district. 

In  other  parts  of  the  city,  very  handsome 
residence  localities  are  being  developed  rapid- 
ly. "  The  picturesque  hills  are  being  "utilized 
for  delightfully  situated  homes,  and  the  in- 
comparable marine  view  along  the  northwest 
section  is  also  being  taken  advantage  of.  The 
old  reproach  that  San  Francisco  is  a  city  with 
few  fine  residence  districts  has  no  longer  any 
truth.    . 

The  general  use  of  automobiles  has  brought 
all  sections  of  the  city  close  to  tne  business 
center.  It  is  a  safe  prediction  that  the  fine 
residence  districts  of  our  city  will  soon  be  re- 
garded as  amongst  its  most  noteworthy  at- 
tractions. That  being  the  case,  it  will  be  a 
safe  investment  to  put  a  reasonable  amount 
of  money  in  a  comfortable  home  where  the 
surroundings  tend  to  increase  the  value  of 
property. 

In  its  chronological  items  about  what  oc- 
curred twenty-five  years  ago  in  San  Francisco, 
the  Chronicle  stated  a  few  days  ago  that  the 
two  shipbuilding  concerns  in  San  Francisco  did 
an  aggregate  business  for  the  year  amounting 
to  $4,000,000.  One  of  the  vessels  that  were 
built  was  the  United  States  Cruiser  Charleston. 
It  is  not  a  pleasant  thought  that  our  ship- 
building industry  in  San  Francisco  has  been 
reduced  to  a  mere  shadow  of  its  former  im- 


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agogues to  dictate  in  politics  and  industrial 
affairs.  That  undesirable  condition  has  taught 
our  business  men  a  bitter  lesson. 

Mr.   Scott's  Sensible  Talk. 

A  very  useful  talk  was  that  of  A,  W.  Scott 
Jr.,  who  spoke  at  the  Commonwealth  luncheon 
at  the  Palace  Hotel.  Mr.  Scott  is  a  represent- 
ative business  man  and  one  of  the  directors 
of  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposi- 
tion. He  rebuked  that  large  class  of  persons 
in  San  Francisco  who  have  nothing  hopeful 
to  say  of  the  coming  Exposition,  although  vis- 
itors from  all  parts  of  the  world  are  most  op- 
timistic about  the  Exposition  and  about  the 
prospects  of  our  city.  Mr.  Scott  pointed  out 
that  our  citizens  seem  to  be  least  aware  of 
the  opportunities  of  San  Pranciseo  and  the 
great  benefits  that  will  accrue  from  the  Expo- 
sition. Every  foot  of  ground  in  San  Pranciseo 
will  be  increased  in  value  and  every  line  of 
legitimate  business  in  our  city  will  be  stimu- 
lated by  the  Exposition. 

Mr.  Scott  declared  that  the  Exposition  build- 
ings can  oe  erected  in  seven  months,  and  that 
the  real  work  of  the  Exposition  is  well  ahead. 
There  is  no  doubt  that  the  money-making  end 
of  the  Exposition — the  Department  of  Conces- 
sions— has  been  doing  a  lot  of  good  business. 
Mr.  Scott  spoke  only  the  cold  facts  when  he 
said  at  the  lunch  the  other  day  that  if  the 
Exposition  directors  should  close  their  books 
today  they  would  have  more  signed-up  business 
of  what  business  men  would  like  to  see  than 
the  Chicago,  St.  Louis  or  any  other  exposition 
had.  A  week  ago  there  were  800  applicants 
for  exhibits.  Many  of  them  will  be  valuable. 
You  cannot  buy  one  square  foot  unless  you 
come  to  the  Exposition  Board  and  receive 
your  allotment  in  accordance  with  your  im- 
portance and  the  importance  of  the  industry 
you   are   bringing   with  you. 

' '  The  world  will  bring  the  best  it  has,  and 
its  representatives  are  standing  in  line  ask- 
ing for  the  privilege  of  exhibiting.  Practical- 
ly every  foreign  country  and  every  State  in 
the  United  States  will  be  represented.  This 
is  without  precedent  in  the  history  of  the 
world.  And  yet  the  public  of  San  Pranciseo 
wonders  why  we  are  doing  nothing  out  there 
at  the  grounds." 

Thus  spoke  Mr.  Scott,  and  he  added  the  im- 
portant information  that  the  directors  are  not 
getting  a  cent  of  compensation  for  their  work. 
He  said  he  and  his  fellow-directors  feel  keenly 
that  the  people  of  San  Pranciseo  have  not  yet 
risen  to  the  great  possibilities  of  the  Exposi- 
tion. 

Without  desiring  in  the  least  to  criticise  the 
Exposition  directors,  it  may  be  remarked  that 
if  they  came  out  and  talked  as  frankly  in  pub- 
lic as  did  Mr.  Scott  at  the  Commonwealth 
luncheon  the  public  might  be  more  appreeiat- 


Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  ana  club  women,  Is  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


ive  of  their  services.  What  the  Exposition 
needs  is  to  establish  more  intimate  and  cor- 
dial relations  with  the  San  Francisco  public, 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
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Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital    paid    up $6,000,000.00 

Surplus   and  Undivided  Profits $5,070,803.23 


Total $11,070,803.23 

OFFIOBBS. 

Isaias    W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,  Vice-Pres. 
F.  L.  Lipman,   Vice-Pres. 
James   K.   "Wilson,   Vice-Pres. 
Frank  B.  King,  Cashier. 
"W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
O.  L.  Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  L>.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 
Isaias  W.   Hellman  I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph  Sloss  A.   Christeson 

Percy  T.  Morgan  Wm.  Haas 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  Hartland  Law 

Wm.  F.  Herrin  Henry   Rosenfeld 

John  C.  Kirkpatrick         James  L.  Flood 
J.  Henry  Meyer  Chas.  J.  Deering 

A.  H.  Payson  James  K.  "Wilson 

F.  L.  Lipman 
ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt  Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Facilities 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.    Dept.    10. 

WILLIAM  R.  KENNY,  Plaintiff  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.     Action  No.    32943. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of, Defendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  R.  KENNY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  mouths  after  the  fiist  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  Slttlfl  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
(100)  feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of  Arguello  Boule- 
vard with  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  fifty  ( 50 ) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one 
hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number   182. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  yon  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  coats  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
farther  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
23rd  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk.  5 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  '  'The  Wasp' '  newspaper  on  the  9th  day  of 
November,  A.  D.  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
a  corporation,  526  California  Street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco,    Oal. 


Saturday,  December  7,  1912.  J 


THE  WASP- 


19 


and  do!  real  content  with  the  perfunctory 
statements  in  the  newspapers  thai  everything 
is  going  along  splendidly.  It"  leading  directors 
will  take  the  additional  trouble  i<>  meet  bodies 
of  representative  citizens  and  talk  freely  and 
frankly  to  them,  as  did  Mr.  Scott,  the  unfor- 
tunate and  unfounded  feeling  of  doubt  in  San 
Francisco  will  surely  give  place  to  the  hearti- 
est optimism. 

There  isn't  any  room  for  doubl  that  tin- 
Exposition  will  be  tin-  greatest  thing  that 
ever  took  place  in  San   Francisco, 

Money  to  Be  Made. 
Attention  was  called  some  time  ago  in  these 
columns  to  the  opportunities  for  a  good  turn 
in  real  estate  along  the  line  of  the  Geary 
Street  Municipal  Railroad.  Now  property  is 
beginning  to  advance  there,  and  will  certainly 
continue  to  do  so  on  desirable  blocks.  A 
straight  new  eariine  from  ferry  to  ocean,  on 
streets  that  have  been  dead  for  years  is  sure 
to  increase  the  value  of  every  good  corner. 
Shrewd  investors  have  been  picking  up  fine 
bargains  on   Geary  street  for  a  year  past. 


L.  P.  KERNER 


H.  W.  E1SERT 


KERNER  &  EISERT 

REAL   ESTATE  AGENTS 

Selling,  Leasing,  Renting,  Collecting,  Insurance, 
Investments,  Loans  and  all  Branches  of  a  Gen- 
eral Real  Estate  Business  Carefully  Attended  to. 
We  are  Experts  with  Many  Years'  Experience. 
Full  Charge  Taken  of  Properly 


Telephone  Douglas  1551 


41   Montgomery  Street 
San  Francisco,  (.';■!. 


FOR  SALE 


At  a   Sacrifice 

FINE     COUNTRY     HOME     IN     FAIROAKS. 

Beautiful  Residence  completely  furnished. 
Grounds  in  high  state  of  cultivation.  Stable, 
Garage  and  Water  Pumping  System.  For  par 
ticulars   apply 

A.  M.  ROSENSTIRN 

323-24   Mills   Building. 
San    Francisco. 


Von  Schroeder  Properties  for  Sale. 
The   well-known   firm   of   A.  J.   Rich   ^   Uu. 

will  otter  at  niirti.ni  »n  Tuesday,  December  17, 
some  of  the  real  estate  holdings  ot'  the  Baron 
and  Baroness  vuii  Si-liroeder.  The  sale  should 
attract   many   investors,  as  the  properties  to 

be  disposed  of  under  the  hammer  are  of  a  fine 
idass,  seldom  sold  in  that  manner.  Xbc  first 
parcel  to  be  offered  is  the  northeast  comer  ot 
Mission  anu  ITirst,  now  partly  occupied  by  the 
establishment  of  C.  C.  Moore  &  Co.  It  is  a 
famous  corner,  as  it  was  there  that  the  Union 
lmn  Works  had  their  beginning.  The  father 
of  the  Baroness  von  Schroeder  was  the  founder 
of  that  great  iron  industry. 

The  Hotel  Rafael  and  the  twenty-three  acres 
of  beautifully  parked  land  on  which  it  stands 
will  also  be  offered  at  auction  on  December 
17th  by  A.  J.  Rich  &  Co.  E.  Curtis  will  occupy 
the  auctioneer's  block,  and  his  remarks  on 
the  famous  property  should  be  worth  hearing. 
The  Hotel  Rafael  contains  165  rooms,  65 
baths,  is  steam-heated,  and  equipped  with  all 
the  present-day  conveniences  of  a  first-class 
hotel.  It  is  said  that  a  company  is  now  ready 
to  lease  it  for  a  long  time,  but  the  Baron  von 
Schroeder  wishes  to  sell  it  outright,  as  he  and 
his  family  have  arranged  to  live  in  Germany. 
The  Baron  inherited  considerable  money  not 
long  ago,  for  his  relatives  iin  Germany  are 
very  wealthy. 

Spring  v'alley  Spurt. 
The  Wasp 's  predictions  for  a  couple  of 
months  past,  that  Spring  Valley  would  ad- 
vance, uave  been  verified  this  week.  Follow- 
ing the  receipt  of  the  news  that  Secretary 
Fisher  advised  the  representatives  of  San 
Francisco  to  first  buy  out  Spring  Valley,  and 
then  ask  for  permission  to  use  Hetch  Hetchy, 
the  stock  and  bonds  of  the  water  company 
have  been  more  sought  for  by  speculators. 
It  is  plain  that  the  stock  is  held  firmly  for  a 
considerable  advance,  as  it  rises  sharply  on 
the  smallest  buying  orders.  There  isn't  much 
doubt  that  if  San  Francisco  really  wishes  to 
possess  itself  of  a  municipal  water  supply  in 
time  for  the  Exposition  it  must  buy  Spring 
Valley.  Undoubtedly  the  recent  hearing  in 
Washington  has  brought  the  Spring  Valley 
Company  and  the  city  s  representatives  much 
nearer  to  an  agreement,  and  as  Mayor  Rolph 
is   a  man   who   likes  to   expedite   business  he 

(Continued  on  page  24.) 


By  E.  CURTIS,  Auctioneer   (Estab.  1902)  — 

Very  Valuable  Realty 

BY  AUCTION 

TU  ESDAY 

TUESDAY DECEMBER  17,  1912,  AT  12  M. 

By  Order  Baron  and  Baroness  von  Schroeder 

At  Offices,  A.  J.  RICH  &  CO. 

121  and  123  SUTTER  ST. 

Parcel  No.  1 — THAT  COMMANDING  CORNER  (N.  E.)  MISSION  AND  FIRST,  in  the  very  heart 
of  the  wholesale  business  section.  It  measures  129  "feet  6  inches  on  Mission  by  113  feet  4  inches  on  First. 
Parcel  No.  2 — THE  HOTEL  RAFAEL,  SAN  RAFAEL.  MARIN  CO.,  Twenty-thiec  Acres,  beautifully 
parked,  and  improvements  thereon.  Hotel  has  165  Fully  Furnished  Rooms,  as  per  inventory;  65  Baths, 
Steam  Heat,  Room  Telephone  Service,  Brick  Kitchen  separated  from  building,  one  Two-Story  Residence, 
3  Cottages,  Clubhouse,  Garage,  Stable,  New  Laundry,  Ice  Plant,  Tennis  Court  with  Pavilion. 
Ultra    liberal    terms.      Inspection    orders    issued  at    offices. 

A.  J.  RICH  &  CO.,   121-123   Sutter. 
E.    Curtis,    Auctioneer. 


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V 


At  the  Cort. 
iLESKA  the  Venturesome,  otherwise  Suratt 
the  Suggestive,  is  easily  the  most  industrious 
comedienne  in  musical  comedy.  She  is  never 
two  minutes  together  the  same,  whether  full  dressed, 
quarter  dressed,  or  dressed  in  the  smallest  vulgar 
fraction.  Amazonic  in  proportions,  she  is  yet  as 
light  as  a  feather  on  her  feet,  and  can  revolve  with 
the  rapidity  and  grace  of  a  gyroscope.  Her  mobile 
features  are  impishly  pleasing;  she  can  forget  her 
lines  for  infinitely  more  amusing  and  spontaneous 
gagging;  while  as  a  dancer  she  raises  the.  jauntiest 
toe  that  ever  hade  defiance  to  the  Pole  Star  or  the 
Ferry  tower.  And  yet,  though  the  incarnation  of 
Puck  and  the  veritable  soul  of  sheer  frivolity,  Vales- 
ka  owes  her  surpassing  success  to  sincerity  and  the 
importance  of  being  earnest.  She  dares  do  what 
her  rivals  and  imitators  do  not  always  even  dare  to 
think,  and  if  the  censor  objects,  very  well,  try  him 
again  with  another  flank  movement — excuse  my  mili- 
tary training.  Sincere  in  her  efforts  to  startle,  she 
stops  at  nothing  this  side  of  the  impossible.  Don't 
infer  from  this  that  Valeska  is  improper.  I  had 
been  told  that  she  was,  and  for  that  reason  was 
not  a  first-nighter.  I  wanted  to  get  the  verdict  of 
Young  Waldemar,  the  Puritan  with  a  sense  of  hu- 
mor;  Lawrence  Toole,  the  Puritan  without  it;  and 
Saint  Anthony,  particularly  Saint  Anthony,  the 
most  proper  Puritan  of  them  all.  Waldemar,  after 
describing  her  '  'osculatory  acrobatics' '  as  '  'naugh- 
ty naughty,"  contented  himself  with  "I  wonder 
whose  kissing  her  now."  That  was  promising. 
Toole  spoke  of  her  "coarse  and  brazen  way,"  and 
jokes  that  sent  women  plunging  into  their  pro- 
grams for  protection.  I  hesitated  until  I  saw  St. 
Anthony's  flaring  headline,  "Valeska  Suratt  Stops 
Short  of  the  Scandalous."  Then  I  knew  it  would 
be  perfectly  safe  to  take  along  the  Old  Maid  and 
the    Jolly   Pessimist. 

Full  of  the  unexpected,  and  always  daring,  the 
show  is  never  really  improper.  That ,  mad  rush  of 
beauteous  chorus  girls  down  in  among  the  audience 
startles,  but  it  does  not  shock  you,  and  only  the 
most  pious  curate  with  a  small  wife  and  a  large 
family  would  object  to  the  chaste  kiss  Valeska  is 
certain  to  implant  on  his  bald  spot  if  he  sits  in  the 
front  row.  The  music  is  in  too  much  of  a  hurry 
to  be  very  musical,  but  it  is  always  pleasing.  George 
Baldwin  is  still  handsome,  many  of  the  girls  are  ex- 
ceedingly pretty,  but  when  Valeska  is  on — and  she 
is  seldom  off — the  rest  of  the  company  merely  help 
out   the   scenery. 

On  Sunday  next  Martin  Beck  and  Mort  H.  Singer 
will  present  '  'A  Modern  Eve,' '  an  operetta  which 
took  Chicago  by  storm.  The  musical  numbers  are 
said  to  be  delightful,  and  the  "Dancing  Four" 
and  beauty  chorus  have  won  golden  opinions  from 
critics  and-  the  public. 


At  the  Orpheum. 

LITTLE  BILLY,  the  Orpheum's  headliner  for 
next  week,  is  a  tiny  chap  of  19  singularly 
gifted  with  histrionic  ability.  As  a  comedian 
he  is  particularly  brilliant,  and  he  also  excels  in 
singing  and  dancing.  Direct  from  Tokio  come  the 
Mikado's  Royal  Japanese  Athletes,  sixteen  perfect 
physical  specimens.  The  first  part  of  their  act  is 
devoted  to  two  Japanese  women  and  three  men  in 
jiu  jitsu  as  it  is  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
Japan  in  order  that  women  and  children  may  defend 
themselves  when  attacked.  The  second  part  consists 
of   the  national   sport   of  wrestling.      It   is    a    sort    of 


catch-as-catch-can,     and    one     man    must     throw     five 
others  in   succession   in   order  to  win. 

Jere  Grady,  Frankie  Carpenter  and  Company  will 
appear  in  "The  Butterfly,"  a  comedy  which  enables 
Grady  as  Michael  Murphy  to  present  another  of  n'x 
delightful  Irish  characterizations.  Miss  Carpenter, 
an  ingenue,  has  starred  in  the  East  at  the  head  of 
owi  ci'n.pany.  Mignonetfe  Kokin,  the  original  Eng- 
lish Tu'.'k  >  Hop  Girl,  will  be  another  new-comer. 
Next  week  closes  the  engagements  of  Ed  Morton,  the 


TINA  LERNER 

Russian  pianiste   who  will   give   a  concert 
at  Scottish  Rite  Hall  on  the   I7th. 

Flying  Martins,  and  Marion  Littlefield's  Florentine 
Singers,  who  will  be  heard  in  an  entirely  new  pro- 
gram. 


At  the  Pantages. 

MUSICAL  COMEDY  at  its  best  will  be  heard 
at  Pantages  for  the  week  commencing  De- 
cember 8th,  when  Tom  Linton,  the  not?4 
comedian,  and  his  "Jungle  Girls,"  with  Miss  Gra.>? 
Liudquist,  will  make  their  local  debut  in  the  scenic 
singing  and  dancing  tropical  oddity  with  musi^*, 
"The  Up-  to-Date  Missionary.' '  The  scenic  aud 
electrical  effects  will  surpass  anything  that  has  yet 
been  attempted  at  popular  prices.  Linton  is  a  noted 
fun -maker.  George  Townsend  makes  a  screamingly 
funny  lion,  while  Miss  Lindquist  is  a  charming 
comedienne.  The  Jungle  Girls  are  noted  for  their 
beauty  and  their  vocal  powers.  Sol  Berns,  a  splen- 
did delineator  of  Hebrew  characters,  is  another 
star.  -  Thiessen's  Pets  will  afford  the  younger  pa- 
trons of  vaudeville  ample  opportunity  to  enjoy 
themselves.  Comedy  and  pathos  are  happily  blend- 
ed in  "A  Matter  of  Custom,"  the  delightful  serio- 
comedy   in   one'  act. 


Charity   Vaudeville. 

IN  A  QUIET  WAY,  it  has  always  been  known  that 
Mrs.  Alex.  Pantages  has  been  liberal  in  her 
contributions  to  charity,  hut  doubtless  the  best 
of  all  her  pet  schemes  is  that  of  entertaining  the 
orphans  and  poor  children  of  every  city  in  whicn 
her  husband  has  a  theater,  on  Christmas  morning, 
with    a    special    vaudeville    performance,    Christmas 


tree,  candy  and  useful  presents,  as  well  as  toys.  The 
coming  Christmas  will  celebrate  the  first  year  of 
the  Pantages  Theater  in  San  Francisco.  All  of  the 
orphans  of  the  city,  as  we-ll  as  the  newsboys  and 
poor  children  will  be  admitted  to  the  theater  free. 


San  Francisco   Orchestra. 

IT  WAS  something  more  than  mere  enthusiasm 
whicn  Tina  Lerna,  the  young  and  beautiful 
Russian  pianiste,  aroused  at  the  fourth  sym- 
phony program  of  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra.  It 
was  an  ovational  outburst  such  as  is  rarely  heard 
from  so  select  and  musically  cultured  an  audience. 
Time  and  again  the  artiste  was  called  upon  to  bow 
her  acknowledgements,  but  she  wisely  refrained 
from  any  extra  number.  Tina  Lerner  begins  with 
the  favorable  impression  created  by  artistic  dress- 
ing, graceful  carriage,  and,  above  all,  a  beautiful 
temperamental  face  in  which  there  is  intellect, 
emotion  and  spirituality.  In  physique  somewhat 
slighter  than  we  are  accustomed  to  think  necessary 
in  a  great  woman  pianiste,  it  is  soon  evident  in 
her  playing  that  she  all  the  muscular  vigor  essential 
to  the  utmost  emphasis  and  continued  strain.  The 
Tschaikowsky  Concerto,  B  flat  minor,  has  been 
much  discussed  by  pianists,  but  when  the  limit  is 
allowed  to  criticism  there  remains  a  wealth  of  in 
tellectualized  beauty,  and  to  this  the  artiste  brought 
to  bear  all  her  wonderful  endowments.  Faultless 
in  technique,  she  was  yet  full  of  the  color  of  her 
striking  individuality,  and  richly  deserved  that 
delirium  of  applause.  When  the  full  orchestra  seem 
ed  as  though  trying  conclusions  with  her  one  in- 
strument, the  piano  was  yet  heard,  not  as  in  a  con- 
test of  mere  sound  volume,  but  as  a  firm,  clear, 
distinctive   and  musical  note. 

For   the    orchestra    throughout    the    concerto    there 


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THE  WASP 


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wan    room     for    QOlhing    but    praise,    mid    praise    wilh 

■inly    minor  qualifications   was    its  due   in    the   over- 
ture,   '  '1  ennhaueer.' '     As  to  Beethoven's  Symphony 
the  opening  Item,  I  un  Ed  the  ».auie  possibly 
iui  mood  us  when  writing  on   the  tirst   item  of 
the   Bret   program  of  the  present  svuhoh.     To  Con- 
ductor    Hadley,    brilliant    mid   discerning    thongh    he 
Beethoven   means   something  so   utterly  different 
from    mj    conception    <>i   the    greatest    tone    poel    of 

i  Ii<-iii     nil,     u     discussion     of     lhu     diflVrenoos     might 

prove  an  hopeless  as  the  attempt  of  a  realist  to 
convince  a  romanticist — not  that  realism  und  ro- 
manca  represent  our  opposing  points  »f  view.  Hud- 
le)  '■  COnceptiOD  "f  the  lifth  symphony  is  not  worse 
nor  better  than  mine — it  is  simply  different,  This 
i ib    may    be    readily   conceded,    that,    granting   his 

premises  as  to  Beethoven,  1 1  ad  ley  reasons  from 
them    with    faultless    logic. 

The  Hoard  of  (ioveriiors  request  that  subscribers 
\vat  eli  the  papers  for  announcements  of  dates,  as 
all  dates  are  subject  to  change.  The  program  for 
ill.-  flfth  popular  concert,  at  the  Cort,  Friday  after- 
noon, the  18th,  will  be  devoted  entirely  to  Wagner, 
and     is    us     follows:        Rienxi,     Overture;     Die    Gotter- 

dammerung,  Siegfried's  Rhine  Journey ;  Parsifal, 
Transformation  Scene  and  end  of  Act  One.  prelude; 

Siegfried.  Forest  Murmurs;  Tristan  and  I  snide,  In- 
troduction   and    Love- 1  >eath. 


Godowsky. 

AMONG  the  European  artists  touring  Americu 
tin-  man  who  is  now  considered  the  greatest 
living  pianist  is  Leopold  Godowsky,  the  head 
of  the  Master  School  for  Pianists  at  the  Royal  Con* 
Servatory  of  Vienna,  For  u  number  of  yenrs  vari- 
ouh  managers  have  endeavored  to  secure  Godowsky 
fur  an  American  tour,  but  his  work  in  Europe  is 
no  important  and  well  paid  that  no  one  would  ven- 
ture io  risk  the  fortune  neces'sary  to  secure  a  suf- 
ficient number  of  concerts  to  warrant  his  making 
the  trip.  The  fee  of  Godowsky  is  the  largest  of 
any  living  pianist,  with  the  single  exception  of  Pa- 
derewski.  This  artist  will  give  but  forty  concerts 
in  the  United  States,  and  only  the  most  important 
cities.  The  energetic  Mr.  Greenbaum  has  had  the 
temerity  to  secure  three  of  these  at  an  enormous 
risk.       He     feels     that     our    public     wants    only     the 


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Martin  Beck  and  Mort  H.   Singer  Present: 

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The  World  Is  Singing  Its  Songs. 
Six    Months   in    Chicago. 


Pantages  Theater 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week  of  December  8th: 


TOM    LINTON    and    HIS    JUNGLE    GIRLS 
With  Miss  Grace  Lindquist  in    "The  Up-to*Date  Mis- 
sionary,"   a    Scenic    Singing  and   Dancing  Tropical 
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vt-ry    greatest    and    best,    and    that    is    why    such    names 

as  Godowsky.    Miucha    Klman.    Fsaye    ;'i"i    Bembrlch 
app«ar  un    the    Greeobaum  list. 


The   Beel  Quartet. 

Tin;  third  concert  of  the  Beel  Quartet  will  be 
given  next  Tuesday  night,  December  1 0th, 
in    the    Colonial    bailr u    of    the    st      | 

Hotel.  The  feature  of  the  program  will  be  the 
performance  of  the  "Quipiet"  for  string  end  piano, 
with  Mrs.  Oscar  Mansfetttt  assisting,  A  beautiful 
'  'Quartet' '  by  Mendelssohn  and  the  '  'Andante  and 
Variations"  from  the  Schubert  "Quartet" '  in  1) 
minor  will  complete  the  offering.  Tickets  may  be 
secured  at  the  usual  Greenbaum  box  oflices  and  at 
the   door  on    the    evening   of   the    concert. 


Kohlcr   &    Chase   Concerts. 

MISS  JESS1K  MARY  MURRAY  has  been  selected 
for  Saturday  afternoon's  matinee  musicaU 
at  Kohler  St  chase  Hall.  Miss  Murray  is 
particularly  skillful  in  the  interpretation  of  EngliBO 
ballads,  being  suited  both  in  voice  and  temperament 
for  these  compositions.  A  noteworthy  feature  of 
the  program  will  be  the  interpretation  of  "The  Walk 
to  the  Grail  Castle,' '  from  Wagner's  famous  opera, 
'  'Parsifal,' '  on  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ.  The  pro- 
gram will  include  :  Valse  de  Concert  ( Wieniawsky  ) , 
the  Pianola  Piano;  (a)  I  Know  of  Two  Bright  Eyes 
(Clutsam),  (b)  Spring  Song  (Heinrichi,  Miss  Mur- 
ray, accompanied  with  the  Pianola  Piano;  (a)  Glis- 
sando  Mazurka,  (b)  Iin  the  Fuiry  Gleu  (LemareJ, 
the  Pianola  Piano;  (a)  Where  My  Caravan  Has  Rest- 
ed (Lohr),  (b)  Go  Not,  Happy  Day  (Whelplej  . 
Miss  Murray,  accompanied  with  the  Pianola  Piano; 
Walk  to  the  Grail  Castle,  from  "Parsifal' '  (Wag- 
ner ),    the   Aeolian  Pipo  Organ. 


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Conductor  Hadley  as  Composer. 
N  BOHEMIA,''  an  overture  by  Conductor 
Henry  Hadley,  was  recently  performed  by 
the  New  York  Philharmonic  Orchestra  under 
Strunsky,  and  the  occasion  called  for  high  praise 
from  those  whoso  praise  means  something  more  than 
the  empty  superlatives  of  the  press  agent.  Hender- 
son of  the  Sun  says:  "It  is  a  bright  and  spirited 
composition,  in  pure  orchestral  idiom,  and  happy  in 
its  rhythmic  effects.  The  best  melodic  idea  is  the 
opening  theme,  which  is  inspiring,  and  which 
"sounds,"  as  the  musicians  say.  The  principal 
slow  theme  is  less  spontaneous,  but  it  is  ingeniously 
treated.  The  overture  as  a  whole  shows  that  Mr. 
Hadley  has  made  distinct  progress  in  orchestra) 
Btyle." 

Krehbiel  of  the  Tribune  says:  "The  overture 
proved  to  be  a  spirited  and  altogether  excellent  piece 
of  music,  direct  in  its  appeal  to  people  or  normal 
taste,    sound,    stirring  and  pleasant  to   hear." 

The  critic  of  the  World  observed  that  the  work 
'  'is    a    credit    to    American   creative    powers. ' ' 


The  Maud  Powell  Violin  Concerts. 

THE  most  eminent  American  in  the  world  of 
music  is  unquestionably  Maud  Powell,  the 
violinist,  who,  notwithstanding  her  sex,  has 
won  recognition  as  one  of  the  world's  greatest  violin 
virtuosi.  Wherever  music  is  known  Miss  Powell's 
name  is  familiar.  To  achieve  such  a  position  in  the 
musical  history  of  the  world  is  certainly  a  great 
accomplishment  for  any  woman,  and  when  it  has 
been  done  through  the  medium  of  the  most  difficult 
of  all  instruments  it  becomes  really  marvelous.  The 
accomplishments  of  Maud  Powell  are  best  described 
in  the  words  of  the  critic,  who  wrote  of  her  "she 
bus  the  arm  of  a  man,  the  head  of  an  artist,  and  the 
heart   of   a  woman," 

Manager  Greenbaum  presents  Maud  Powell  as  hia 
first  violin  virtuosa  of  the  season,  at  Scottish  Rite 
Auditorium  next-  Thursday  night,  in  a  program  of 
rare  interest,  beauty  and  novelty.  On  this  occasion 
Mme  Powell  will  introduce  to  us  the  new  "Concerto" 

FOUR  BEAUTIFUL  STORES.— Geo.  Haas 
&  Sons'  four  elegantly  appointed  candy  stoves 
are  eituated  in  the  shopping  centers  of  the 
city:  Phelan  Building,  Fillmore  and  Ellis  Sts., 
Polk  and  Sutter  Sts.,  and  28  Market  St.,  near 
Ferry. 

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Rienzi    i  iverture 

Oh    i ; lammeriuiB         Siegfried's  Rhine  Journey 

Parsifal    'i  rans- 

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Siegfried    Forest  Murmurs 

Tristan  end  Isolde   ....Introduction  and  Love-Death 
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Sherman,    Clay  &   Co.'s  and  Kohler  &   Chase's. 


Steinway  Piano. 


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JERE  GRADY,  FRANK1E  CARPENTER  &.  CO., 
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MIGNONETTE  KOKIN,  the  Original  English  Turkey 
Hop  Girl;  "A  DAY  AT  THE  CIRCUS,"  by,  GALET- 
TI'S  MONKEYS;  ED  MORTON,  the  Comedian  Who 
Sings;  THE  PLYING  MARTINS,  Sensational  Wiz- 
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by  S.  Coleridge-Taylor,  the  gifted  negro  composer, 
who  recently  passed  away.  The  work  is  dedicated 
to  Maud  Powell.  Other  novelties  will  be  Scherzo 
"Marionettes,"  by  Gilbert,  and  a  "Caprice,"  by 
Ogarew.  Among  the  miscellaneous  works  will  be 
Fritz  Kreisler's  '  'Liebeslied',,  a  '  'Berceuse,"  by 
Caesar  Cui;  and  the  "Sonata,"  by  Nardiui.  With 
Harold  Osborn  Smith,  the  well-known  pianist,  who 
visited  us  with  both  Bispham  and  Bonci,  Mme. 
Powell  will  play  the  "Sonata"  in  D  minor,  by 
Brahms. 


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The  second  concert  will  l>e  given  Saturday  after- 
noon December  14th,  with  another  great  program, 
and  a  special  novelty  program  has  been  arranged 
for  the  farewell  concert  on  Sunday  afternoon,  "No- 
vember 15th.  The  sale  of  seats  will  open  Monday, 
at    Sherman,    Clay  &    Co.'s  and  Kohler   &    Chase's. 

With  the  Maud  Powell  concerts  Manager  Green- 
baum    will    close    his    activities    for    1912. 


The   Gerville-Reache   Farewell  Concert. 

MME  GERVILLE-REACHE,  the  French  contral- 
to, whose  glorious  voice  and  artistic  singing 
aroused  her  audience  to  the  highest  pitch  of 
enthusiasm  at  her  opening  concert,  will  give  her 
farewell  recital  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium  this 
Sunday  afternoon,  December  8th,  at  2:30.  It  has 
been  many  a  month  since  Manager  Greenbaum  has 
given  us  a  more  thoroughly  enjoyable  artiste  than 
Mme.  Gerville-Reache,  and  no  lover  of  the  beauties 
of  the  human  voice  can  afford  to  miss  hearing  this 
gifted  woman.  The  program  will  be  entirely  differ, 
ent  from  last  week's  offering,  and  will  include  three 
magnificent    and    rarely    heard    operatic    arias,    as    fol- 


MISS  MAUD  POWELL 

Violin  virtuosa,  who  will  appear  at  Scottish  Rite 
Auditorium  Thursday  night. 

lows:  From  Nicolo's  old  classic  opera,  "Jeannot  et 
Colin,"  from  the  tragic  opera,  "Les  Troyens"  (The 
Trojans),  by  Berlioz,  and  from  "La  Dame  de  Pique 
(The  Queen  of  Hearts),  by  Tschaikowsky.  For 
lovers  of  the  German  liede  there  will  be  "Ich  Grolle 
Nicht,"  Schumann;  "Sapphic  Ode,"  Brahms;  and 
"Death  and  the  Maiden,"  by  Schubert.  The  English 
group  will  consist  of  "Nightingale's  Lane,"  Wach- 
meister;  "Lullaby,"  Gertrude  Ross;  and  "Aye  Pluck 
a  Jonquil,"  Harvey  Wickham.  The  songs  in  French 
will  include  "Separazofue."  an  Italian  folk  song; 
"Agnus  Dei,"  by  Bizet;  "Le  Secret,"  by  Faure ; 
and  "Fedia,"  by  the  Baron  Camille  Erlanger,  who 
is  considered  one  of  the  foremost  composers  of  the 
modern  French  school.  Tickets  are  on  sale  at 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s,  Kohler  &  Chase's  and  on 
Sunday  at   the  Hall. 


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MARTHA'S   LETTER. 


MRS     GLADYS    VAX    KLVMi;u. 

Bold    Astoria,    New    York, — 

MY  DEAR  GLADYS: — This  is  decidedly  a  season 
of  balls.  Bulls  have  completely  tnken  the  place  of 
the  coming-out  teas,  which  several  seasons  ago  were 
quite  the  thing;  but  never  have  there  been  such  a 
deluge  of  balls  as  this  winter.  The  Crocker  ball  last 
week  was  one  of  the  most  brilliant  affairs  of  the 
season  bo  far.  The  ballroom  01  the  Fairmont  wore 
quite  a  different  color  scheme  than  it  has  worn  be- 
fore— gold  and  brown,  the  brown  being  carried  out 
in  beautiful  autumn  leaves,  the  gold  in  gold-colored 
tulle  and  yellow  chrysanthemums.  The  red  room 
adjoining  was  very  effective  in  American  Beauty 
roses  in  tall  brass  vases. 

Three  of  the  debutantes  made  their  first  formal  bow. 
They  were  Miss  Sophie  Beylard,  Miss  Helen  Garritt, 
and  Miss  Margaret  Nichols,  and  were  all  gowned 
in  dainty  frocks  of  white   chiffon   and  satin. 

The  guests  included  the  older  matrons  as  well  as 
all  the  debutantes  of  this  season  and  several  seasons 
ago. 

The  Shnron  ball,  given  for  Miss  Louise  Janin,  was 
by  far  the  most  magnificent  affair  of  the  winter.  It 
was  given  at  the  Palace,  the  ground  floor  of  which 
was  completely  remodeled  for  the  event.  Five  hun- 
dred invitations  were  sent  out,  and  the  aristocracy 
of  San  Francisco  was  certainly  there.  The  Sharons 
never  give  any  society  affair  which  is  not  admirable 
in  all  its  details,  and  in  that  respect  have  set  a 
murk  to  which  many  try  to  reach,  but  few  attain, 
Anotner  ball  given  by  one  of  the  old  and  aristo- 
cratic families  of  San  Francisco  was  the  affair  which 
served  to  usher  into  local  society  the  daughter  ot 
the  Joseph  Donohoes.  Don't  confuse  them  with 
the  Donahues.  They  are  not  relatives,  and  have 
never  mingled  much  in  the  .same  set.  The  Joseph 
A.  Donohoes  departed  from  the  now  usual  custom 
of  giving  balls  in  some  of  the  leading  hotels.  The 
The  ballroom  of  the  Donohoe  residence  on  Jackson 
street  is  not  as  large  as  their  social  list,  by  any 
means,  and  the  result  was  that  there  was  very  much 
of  a  crowd.  It  was  a  very  exclusive  affair  in  the 
respect  that  none  of  the  newly  veneered  ones  of  the 
Greenway  set  got  their  noses  inside  the  door.  Tou 
would  have  known  a  lot  of  people  there,  for  they 
were  all  connected  with  the  old  Nob  Hill  set  your 
mother  knew.  Some  of  the  noted  dowagers  of  the 
golden  era  of  San  Francisco,  long  before  the  fire, 
were  there,  for  the  affair  was  in  the  nature  of  a 
family  reunion,  as  well  as  a  formal  appearance  of  a 
debutante  with  rich  and  fashionable   connections. 

I  think  it  is  a  mistake  to  attempt  to  make  coming- 
out  affairs  too  much  of  a  gathering  of  intimate 
friends,  for  it  is  little  short  of  a  Herculean  feat  to 
make  the  young  and  those  not  troubled  with  extremo 
youth  mingle  joyously.  I  believe  in  making  a  de- 
butante affair  sacred  to  debutantes.  Then  they  are 
all  on  the  same  footing,  and  the  young  people  don't 
bore  their  older  friends  and  relatives,  and  vice  versa. 
Five  years  ago  nobody  dared  to  question  the 
rights  of  the  debutantes  to  a  monopoly  of  everything 
in  the  social  world.  Their  mammas  and  aunts  and 
uncles  and  elder  cousins  were  neither  seen  nor 
beard.  The  names  of  nobody  but  debutantes  ap- 
peared in  the  society  columns.  But  the  older  people 
now  seem  disposed  to  crowd  the  debutantes  a  little 
toward  the  background,  and  much  more  young  ma- 
trons like  to  take  the  center  of  the  ballroom  floor. 
Prom  what  I  have  told  you  about  the  superabun- 


dant- uf  fashionubie  dances  here  this  season  you 
will  see  thai  tin  socinl  whirl  has  been  of  the  liveli- 
est. In  addition  to  those  1  have  named  there  has 
been  the  splendid  Win  ship  bull —  (it  cost  a  small 
fortune),  the  Beaver  dinner  dance,  the  grand  recep- 
tion   and    ball     given     by     the     De     Youngs,    and    the 

dance  given   by    Mrs     1, tard    for    Nancy   Glenn. 

It  will  surprise  you  to  hear  that  Mrs.  John  Dar- 
ling  is  planning  a  "rag"  mask  for  her  young 
grandson,  Clinton  Le  Montaigne  as  a  New  Year's 
Eve  diversion.  Fancy  a  real  grande  dame  like  Mrs. 
Darling  striking  the  colors  of  conventionality  before 
the   all-conquering      "Hug,"    and   the   invincible  Texas 


MISS  MARGUERITE  DOE 

Who  during  her  visit  to  San  Francisco  was  much 
entertained. 


Tommy.  Well  may  we  exclaim  in  the  sublime  lan- 
guage of  the  poet:  "They're  all  doing  itl  They're 
all  doing  it! " 

And  yet  it  isn't  a  sure  thing  that  in  the  next 
social  season  or  so  the  new-la ngled  dances  will  be 
dead,  if  not  forgotten.  I  was  chatting  on  that  sub- 
ject with  dear  old  Ned  Greenway  at  his  opening 
dance,  and  he  said  that  inside  of  two  years  if  any 
fast  youth  undertook  to  'rag"  at  any  fashionable 
dance  he  would  make  his  hasty  exit  through  the 
nearest  window.  But  is  Ned  a  true  prophet {  Per- 
haps our  old  friend  the  Czar  has  been  dozing  in  the 
anteroom  of  Society,  and  the  young  world  hus 
whirled  by  bim  so  far  that  he  cannot  see  clearly 
what  is  happening. 

Miss  Helen  Dean,  whom  you  remember  spent  a 
winter  in  New  York,  and  was  much  admired,  is  tak- 
ing an  active  part  in  society  this  season.  Her  health 
was  not  the  best  for  awhile  after  her  return  from 
your  frigid  climate  on  the  Atlantic,  and  she  kept 
very  quiet,  and  was  much  missed,  for  she  was  a 
great  favorite.  You  remember  that  I  told  you  her 
father  loBt  such  a  lot  of  money  by  the  great  fire  of 


1906  he  thought  he  wuuld  have  tu  hunt  up  B  posi- 
tion as  a  bookKeeper  to  make  a  living  for  his  family. 
But  'twusn't  anything  nearly  us  bad  us  he  imagined. 
He  had  more  left  than  he  can  ever  use.  f«>r  he  was 
a  millionaire  several  times  over  before  the  big  fire 
shriveled  up  so  much  of  his  income  property.  You 
remember  his  son  Walter,  who  wa.s  such  a  good 
looking  chap,  and  married  one  of  the  Hager  girls, 
whose  father  was  United  states  Senator  and  after- 
wards Collector  of  the  Port  at  San  Francisco.  Thej 
are  living  very  quietly  now.  like  many  of  the  old 
families  that  were  so  prominent  in  society  a  dozen 
or  fifteen  years  ago.  Society  in  San  Francisc.  i>. 
like    the    city   itself — all   made    over. 

It  will  be  such  interesting  news  to  you  thai  your 
friend,  the  Baron  von  Schroeder,  has  announced  that 
be  will  return  to  Germany  and  occupy  the  old  an- 
cestral castle  outside  Hamburg  somewhere.  I  never 
explored  the  country  around  Hamburg;  it  is  such  an 
interesting  city  and  so  little  addicted  to  fleecing  Am- 
erican tourists  that  it  demands  all  one's  time  when 
you  visit  it.  And  you  know  how  all  the  beer  places 
keep  open  on  Saturday  night  till  it  is  almost  time 
to  go  to  church  in  the  morning.  It  reminded  you 
of  San  Francisco  so  much,  you  said  that  day  we  went 
to  visit  the  menagerie  after  lunch  at  the  Hotel  of 
the   Four  Seasons. 

People  here  are  wondering  if  the  Baron  will  hunt 
up  his  fidus  Achates,  Peter  Martin,  as  soon  as  he 
lands  in  Europe.  It  has  been  so  awfully  lonely  fox 
the  Baron  since  Peter  departed  to  join  his-  handsoint 
better  half  in  Paris  that  I  am  not  surprised  that  he 
has  concluded  to  pull  up  stakes  and  head  for  Hum- 
burg. 

What  wonderful  changes  and  how  many  have  taken 
place  since  the  Baron  first  strode  in  his  fine  German 
military  style  into  the  midst  oi  California's  richest 
and  most  fashionable  society  and  captured  the  great 
est  matrimonial  prize  of  the  day,  the  daughter  of 
the  late  Peter  Donahue,  ironmaster,  railriad  builder 
and  financier!  And  now,  after  rearing  a  family  in 
the  land  of  his  selection,  the  gay  Baron  returns  to 
the  Fatherland  to  spend  his  declining  daj  s  in  the 
ancestral  castle.  It  is  very  wonderful  and  romantic, 
but  I  cannot  believe  that  the  Baron  won't  find  his 
ancestral  schloss  rather  damp  and  dreary  after  all 
his  pleasuiu  summers  in  the  land  of  sunshine  ana 
flowers. 

Wouldn't  *it  be  a  surprise  party  for  the  Hotel 
St.  Francis  if  the  Baron  and  Peter  Martin  and  Mrs. 
Peter  Donahue  all  walk  into  the  Tapestry  Room  some 
afternoon,  when  everybody  thought  they  were  thou- 
sands of  miles  away,   and  order  tea. 

All  of  which  reminds  me  that  time  flies,  and,  hav- 
ing several  calls  to  make,  I  must  drop  the  reminis- 
cent and   put  on  my   street  exhibition  attire. 


Yours    as    ever, 
San   Francisco. 


MARTHA. 


Miss  Margaret  Doe. 

Miss  Margaret  Doe,  who  with  Miss  Harriet  Stone 
left  for  Moutecito  early  in  the  week,  was  the  guest 
of  the  Misses  Stone  at  their  Vallejo  street  home  dur- 
ing her  stay  here.  Among  the  many  welcoming 
functions  in  her  honor  was  a  week-end  house  party 
given  by  Miss  Jane  Hotaling  at  Sleepy  Hollow.  Miss 
Doe  is  still  busy  with  the  furnishing  of  her  new 
home,  which,  when  completed,  will  be  one  of  the 
most  artistic  in  its  interior  effects  and  most  palatial 
in  outward  appearance  of  any  in  the  Santa  Barbara 
neighborhood. 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  7,  1912. 


Miss  Dean's  Luncheon. 
At  Miss  Helen  Dean's  luncheon  at  the  Fairmont 
the  tables  were  decorated  with  poinsettias  and  red 
berries.  Miss  Dean's  guest  list  included  Misses 
Margaret  Casey,  Phyllis  de  Young,  Katherine  Red 
ding,  Beatrice  Nickel,  Peggy  Nichols.  Erna  St.  Goar, 
Gertrude  Thomas,  Louise  Boyd,  Corennah  de  Pue, 
Elva  de  Pue,  Augusta  Foute,  Helen  Jones,  Sadie 
Murray,  Marjorie  Moon,  Mary  Bates,  Harriet  Pom- 
eroy,  Lilian  Van  Vorst,  Margaret  Barrou ;  Mesdames 
Andrew   Welch,    Arthur  Fennimore. 


Miss  Katie-bel  McGregor. 
Mrs.  John  A.  McGregor  was  hostess  at  a  tea  on 
Wednesday  afternoon,  the  occasion  being  the  intro- 
duction of  her  daughter,  Miss  Katie-bel  McGregor, 
to  her  coterie  of  friends.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  J. 
Tynan  will  give  a  dinner  at  the  Bohemian  Club  on 
December  ISth  in  honor  of  Miss  McGregor,_  and  on 
the  10th  Mrs.  Robert  H.  Postlethwaite  will  entertain 
at  tea  for  the  charmiug  debutante.  Among  other 
functions  planned  for  later  in  the  season  is  to  be 
a  dance  given  by  her  parents.  A  winsome  and  ex- 
ceedingly popular  girl,  her  welcome  to  society  has 
been  extremely  cordial.  Assisting  Mrs.  McGregor 
at  the  tea  on  Wednesday  were  Mesdames  Thomas 
Havens,  Frank  Turner,  Joseph  J.  Tynan,  James 
Welch,,  Otto  Fleissner;  Misses  Madeline  Turner, 
Christine  McNab,  Olympia  Goldaracent,  Joy  de 
Camp,  Flora  Levey,  Gertrude  Lindgren,  Alma  Bir- 
mingham,   Edna    Lindgren. 

Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al- 
f  redum 's  .Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 

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Sextette  at  Supper. 
Miss  Nancy  Glenn  was  hostess  at  the  St.  Francis 
at  an  elaborate  supper,  entertaining  the  ''Parasol 
Sextette  '  of  the  Campus  Mouser  on  Mondey  evening. 
Her  guests  were  Miss  Hope  Glenn,  Miss  Elsie  Clit 
ford,  Miss  Helen  Stone,  Miss  Kathleen  Farrell,  Miss 
Mildred  S,allee,  Lieutenant  Wood,  Lieutenant  Drol- 
linger,  Lieutenant  Bagby,  Fritz  Hinckley,  William 
Bryan,  Harry  Bachelor.  Later  on  in  the  week  Miss 
Farrell  and  Miss  Sallee  entertained  the  same  group 
at  a  theater  party  and  supper  at  Tait's,  where  the 
entire  table  was  decorated  in  American  Beauty  roses 
and  parasol  favors.  The  place-cards  were  facsimiles 
of  one  of  the  steps  in  "Under  My  Parasol."  Mr. 
and    Mrs.    Vere    Ell  in  wood    chaperoned. 


We  regret  to  say  that,  as  The  Wasp  goes  to  press 
before  the  final  rehearsal  for  the  Society  Circus,  it  is 
impossible  to  give  our  readers  the  description  they 
are  doubtless  expecting  iu  this  issue.  However,  we 
have  it  on  good  authority  that  Martha,  in  her  letter 
next  week  to  Mrs.  Van  Klymer  of  New  York,  will 
give  a  full  account  in  her  usual  chatty  manner. 


FINANCIAL. 


(Continued  from  page  19.) 
will  be  very  likely  to  force  matters  to  a  final 
decision  quickly.  The  sooner  the  business  is 
settled  one  way  or  another  the  better  for  all 
concerned.  There  is  not  a  wide  margin  be- 
tween what  the  city  has  offered  and  what  the 
Spring  Valley  Company  asks,  so  the  indica- 
tions are  that  a  bargain  will  be  struck.  There 
bas  been  some  question  as  to  what  the  Spring 
Valley  stock  would  be  worth  if  the  city  paid 
$40,000,0000  for  the  property.  At  that  price 
the  stock  figures  about  $80  a  share,  and  this 
week  it  advanced  from  $61.25  to  last  week's 
closing  quotation  of  $64  on  Wednesday. 

The  Money  Pinch. 
The   bankers   have   been  looking  out   for   a 
tightness    of    the    money    market    for   months 
past,  but  the  pinch  is  almost  over,  and  abun- 
dant money  after  the  holidays  is  a  certainty. 

Live  Wires. 

Kemer  &  Eisert  wish  to  announce  the  sale 
of  the  property  from  M.  Fisher,  the  well- 
known  builder,  to  Mrs.  B.  A.  Smith  of  Lowell, 
Mass.,  1031  to  1043  Golden  Gatei'-avenue,  be- 
tween Laguna  and  Buchanan,  running  through 
to  Locust  avenue;  lot  75x120. 

The  front  portion  of  the  lot  is  covered  with 
improvements  consisting  of  four  stores  and 
four  dwellings.  The  rear  portion  of  the  lot, 
and  fronting  on  Locust  avenue,  is  vacant. 
Price  paid  is  $26,000.  This  is  the  second  sale 
made  by  Kemer  &  Eisert  of  this  property  in 
the  past  three  months. 

THE  INVESTOR. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.  No.  7. 

JONATHAN  F.  LEARMOND,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action  No.   33,129. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JONATHAN  F.  LEARMOND,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and  particularly  described  as  follows : 
|  Lots  Numbers  thirty  (30)  and  thirty-one  (31),  in 
block   number   forty-sis    (46),    of   the    CITY   LAND 


ASSOCIATION,  as  per  map  thereof  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Recorder  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,   State   of  California. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  releif  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to^yit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner'  qf 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  uave  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be   meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
20th   day   of  November,    A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,   Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  '  'The  Wasp' '  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  De- 
cember,   A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


CERTIFICATE     OF    PARTNERSHIP— FICTITIOUS 
NAME. 


STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  CITY  AND  COUNTY 
of   San  Francisco — ss. 

We  hereby  certify  that  we  are  partners  transact- 
ing business  iu  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  under  a  designation  not 
showing  the  names  of  the  persons  interested  as  part- 
ners in  such  business:  to-wit,  Anchor  Packing  Com- 
pany, the  place  of  business  in  said  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco  being  at  and  in  Numbers  1604-1624 
Market  Street,  in  that  certain  building  known  as 
the    Nevada    Market. 

The   names   of  the  partners  are: 

J.  H.  HAHN,  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State   of  California. 

L.  T.  FOX,  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State    of    California. 

Witness  our  hands  this  twenty-sixth  day  of  NO' 
vember,    1912. 

J.     H.     HAHN, 
L.     T.     FOX. 

Witnessed    by    L.    E.    SAWYER. 

State  of  California,  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco— ss. 

On  the  26th  day  of  November,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  twelve,  before  me  per- 
sonally appeared  J.  H.  Hnhn  and  L.  T.  Fox,  known 
to  me  to  be  the  persons  whose  names  are  subscribed 
to  the  foregoing  instrument,  and  they  acknowledged 
to    me    that    they    executed    the    same. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  of  my  office  this  twenty- 
sixth   dav   of   November,    1912. 

(SEAL)  FLORA   HALL, 

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

Endorsed:       Filed    November    26,    1912. 

H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 
By   L.    J.    WELCH.    Deputy    Clerk. 

FLETCHER  G.  FLAHERTY,  Attorney  at  Law, 
411    Crocker  Building,    San  Francisco. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

CARLTON  GARFIELD  POWERS,  plaintiff,  vs. 
MARGARET    POWERS,    Defendant— No.    45,648. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the 
State  of  California  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet 
ing     to     MARGARET     POWERS,     Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above-named  plaintiff  in 
the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the 
service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  extreme 
cruelty;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully 
appear  in  the  complaint  on  file,  to  which  special 
reference    is  hereby    made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plain- 
tiff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded   in    the    complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Supe- 
rior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  Ony  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  31st 
day   of   November,    A.   D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  W.  R.  CASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk. 

GERALD  C.  HALSE\,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  105  Mont 
gomery  Street,   San  Franciaoo,   Cal, 


Saturday,  December  7,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


25 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  thy  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   10. 

HENRI  BCHWARZ  and  PAULINE  SOHWARZ, 
his  wife.  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  perbons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32.842. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY, 

Attorney    fur    Plaintiffs. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upun,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  auy  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants, greeting : 

Vuu  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  >A  HENRI  SCIIWARZ  and  PAULINE 
.S(  I1WARZ,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-eutitlud  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  mouths  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  auy,  yuu  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property  or  auy  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described    bb    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Leavenworth  Street,  distant  thereon  eight-seven  (87) 
feet  and  six  ( G )  inches  southerly  from  the  south- 
erly line  of  Filbert  Street;  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Leu ven worth  Street 
twenty-five  (25i  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly one  huudred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth 
Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
part    of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    441. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiffs  are 
the  owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute; 
that  their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and 
quieted ;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all 
estates,,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  other  descrip 
tion;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in   the   premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCR^VY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.    I>.    1912. 

GERALD  0.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiffs, 
No.  501-501-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter 
and    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
CALIFORNIA,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco.      Dept.    No.    10. 

MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA 
MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants.      Action    No.    32849. 

GERALD    C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney   for   Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  MARINA  MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO, 
sometimes  called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  the 
plaintiff  herein,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above 
entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any 
part  thereof,  situate  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  particularly  described 
as  follows: 

I. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  (formerly  Washington  Place)  dis- 
tant thereon  thirty-seven  (37)  feet  eight  (8)  inches 
northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  westerly  line  of  Wentworth  Street  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Washington  Street;  running 
thence  northerly  along  said  westerly  line  of  Went- 
worth Street  thirty-three  (33)  feet,  ten  (10)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty-three  (33) 
feet,  ten  (10)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  Lot  No.  50  of  the  FIFTY  VARA 
SURVEY. 

II. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section  of   the    southerly   line   of   Green    Street    and 


the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley,  running  thence 
easterly  along  said  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
sixty-three  ( 63 )  feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  n  right  angle  westerly 
forty-one  (41)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly fifty  (50i  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
twenty- two  cJ-Jj  feel  to  Hie  easterly  Hue  of  Eaton 
Alley;  and  thence  ot  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
■ilong  said  easterly  line  of  Baton  Alley  eighty-seven 
(87)  feet,  six  (0)  inches  I"  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be- 
ing a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
III. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  running  thence  southerly  and  along  the  said 
easterly  line  of  Mason  Street  thirty-seven  (37) 
feel,  six  (6)  inches;  thenco  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
ninety -six  (9G>  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  (dirty  seven  (37 1  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  ninety- 
six  (96)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion   of  FIFTY  VARA   LOT  No.  231. 

rv. 

'Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  forty  (40)  feet  easterly  from 
the  point  of  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street  with  the  said  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  last  men- 
tioned line  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  westerly  lino  of  an  alleyway  twelve  (12) 
feet  wide;  thence  southerly  along  the  last  mentioned 
line  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  westerly  and  parallel 
with  Green  Street  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six 
(6 )  inches ;  thence  northerly  sixty  (60)  feet  to 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
V. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  hy  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the 
westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  and  along  said  southerly  line 
of  Broadway  one  hundred  seventeen  (117 )  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Ave 
nue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  por- 
tion of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  63. 
VI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  northerly  line  of  Geary  Street  and 
the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
westerly  and  along  Baid  northerly  line  of  Geary 
Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of 
Geary  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be 
ing  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  757. 
VII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Bush  Street  distant  thereon  eighty-eight  (88)  feet, 
ten  (10)  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street,  running  thence  easterry  along  said 
northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet, 
four  (4)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Emma  Street;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Emma  Street  twenty- 
four  (24)  feet,  four  (4)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to 
the  northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT    No.    300. 

VIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Broadway  distant  thereon  forty-five  (45)  feet  east- 
erly from  the  easterly  line  of  Osgood  Place  (for- 
merly Ohio  Street),  running  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Broadway  twenty  (20) 
feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  fifty-seven 
v57)  feet,  six  (6'  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT  No.   197. 

IX. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  and  the 
easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence  east- 
erly along  said  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  sixty 
( 60)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place ; 
thence  at  n  right  angle  southerly  and  along  said 
westerly  Hue  of  Bacon  Place  seventy-seven  (77) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly sixty  (60)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  seventy- 
seven  (77*  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line 
of  Pine  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement, 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  286. 
X. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Grant    Avenue    distant    thereon    seventy-seven    (77) 


feet,  six  ( 6 )  inches  southerly  from  the  southerly 
line  of  California  Street,  running  thence  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  rigtit  angle  easterly  fifty  (50) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Quincy  Place;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  and  along  said  westerly  line 
of  Quincy  Place  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at 
n  right  ongle  westerly  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly 
Hue  of  Grant  Avenue  and  the  point  of  commence- 
ment. Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No. 
14-1. 

XI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  and 
the  northerly  line  of  Adler  Street,  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue 
twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
tifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  aoutherly 
twenty  (20 1  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Adler 
Street  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  67. 
XII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-Bix  (66)  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Vallejo  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty 
seven  (57)  feet,  Bix  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twentv  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  fifty-Beven  (57)  feet,  bix  (6) 
inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  and 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No  224. 
XIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Grant  Avenue  distant  thereon  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Jackson  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  ( 137 )  feet,  six 
(6  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  Bixty- 
eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  60. 
XIV. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter, 
section  of  the  westerly  line  of  Mason  Street  and 
the  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street,  running 
thence  southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Mason  Street  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  sixty-eight  ( 68 )  feet,  three  ( 3 ) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  sixty  (60) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  and  along 
said  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  three  (3)  inches  to  the  westerly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  475. 
XV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  thereon  Bixty-three  (63)  feet 
easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley; 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  southerly 
line  of  Green  Street  sixty-eight  (68  >  feet,  nine  (9) 
inches ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hun- 
dred thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion 
of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    232. 

And  you  are  further  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit:  For  the  judgment  and  decree  of  Baid 
Court  establishing  and  quieting  the  title  of  MARY 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSI- 
CANO, the  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased,  in  and  to  said  real  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  subject  to  the  administra- 
tion of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  declaring  that 
plaintiff  as  executrix  of  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased  is  in  the  actual  and  peace- 
able possession  in  the  right  and  for  the  benefit  ' 
of  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  said  deceased ;  and  that  it  be  adjudged 
that  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  the  said  deceased  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute,  Buhject  only  to 
the  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased; 
and  that  her  title  to  said  property  is  established  and 
quieted;  and  that  the  Court  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gage or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief   as   may   be  meet   in   the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court, 
this    5th    day    of    October,    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    1912.   ■ 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
No.  501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  No, 
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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA  WAGNER,  Plain- 
tiffs, vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or 
lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,847. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,     greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appeaT  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA 
WAGNER,  plaintiffs^  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described   as    follows:  ,  _,  . 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Utah 
Street,  distant  thereon  seventy-seven  (77)  feet,  two 
(2)  inches  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Utah  Street 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Nineteenth  Street,  and 
running  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Utah 
Street  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ;  being  part  f  o 
POTRERO   NUEVO  BLOCK  No.   92. 

Tou  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  own- 
ers of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist 
of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 
"Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court, 
this  4th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I.   PORTER,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs: r     v     „       „ 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation),  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorney*  for  Plaintiff,  106 
Montgomery   Street.   San   Francisco.   California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

IDA  BOLTEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming 
any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,892. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,   the  real 


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fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  IDA  BOLTEN,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  sum- 
mons, and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any, 
you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly  described   as    follows : 

FIRST:  Beginning  fit  a  point  on  the  southeaster- 
ly line  of  Mission  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-five 
(85)  feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Mission 
Street  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Eighth  Street, 
and  running  thence  northeasterly  along  said  line  of 
Mission  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  eighty  (80)  feet ;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southwesterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  eighty  (80)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being1  part  of  ONE  HUN- 
DRED VARA  BLOCK  Number  407. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
erly line  of  Silliman  Street,  distant  thereon 
twenty-eight  (28)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  form 
ed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sil- 
liman Stret  with  the  easterly  line  of  Dartmouth 
Street,  and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 
of  Silliman  Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-seven  (27) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hun- 
dred (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being 
lot  number  25,  block  52,  as  per  map  of  the  property 
of  the  RAILROAD  AVENUE  HOMESTEAD  ASSO- 
CIATION. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  sole  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  he* 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur 
ther  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
14th  day  of  October,   A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp 7  newspaper  on  the  2nd  day  of  Nov- 
ember,   A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco.   Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    1. 

ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRIE  G.  Mc> 
ELROY,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No. 
33,086. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRIE  G. 
McELROY,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as  fol- 
lows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Moss  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hundred  and  fifty 
(250)  feet  southeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northeasterly  line  of  Moss 
Street  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Howard  Street, 
and  running  thence  southeasterly  and  along  said  line 
of    Moss    Street    twenty-five    (25)    feet;    thence    at    a 


right  angle  northeasterly  seventy- five  (75)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  twenty-five  (25 ; 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southwesterly 
seventy-five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number 
248. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit: 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted ; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs 
.recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
13th  day   of  November,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Olerk.  ' 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  23rd  day  of  No- 
vember,   A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  anu  County  of  San 
Francisco.      Department    No.    5. 

WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZABETH  MANN, 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof.  Defendants. — ActioD 
No.    32871. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  H.  MANN  an&  ELIZA- 
BETH MANN,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer 
tain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  Bituated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   particularly   described   as   follows : 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  in 
tersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (for- 
merly "Q" )  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Avenue;  running  thence  west 
erly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (formerly 
"Q")  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th) 
Avenue ;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  com- 
mence ment  Being,  part  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS 
BLOCK    No.    1052. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  he  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the 
owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  Baid  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   thiB 
10th  day  of  October,   A.  D   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I   .PORixvR,   Deputy   Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of 
October,  A.  D.  1912 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  Califor 
nia  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Sts., 
San    Francisco,    Cal.,    Attorney    for    Plaintiffs. 


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wit:  That  ii  he  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  properly  in  tee  simple  absolute: 
thai    her   title   lo   as  be   established   and 

quieted;    that   the   Court    ascertain    and    determine    all 

.     titles,     interests    and    claims     in     and 

to   said   property     und   every    pan    thereof, 
the   same    be    legal  present   or    future, 

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or  liens  of  any  description:   that 
plainm  her    costs    herein    and    have    such 

other  and  further  re) let'  as  may  be  meet  in  the 
premises. 

Witness   my  hand  and   the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
7lh   day    of    November,    A.    1J.    1912. 
(SEAL)  II.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By    II.    1.    POUTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 
The   first   publication   of   this    summons   was   made 
in    "The   Wasp"    newspaper  on   the   loth  day  of  No- 
vember,  A.   D.    1012. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 

in,    or   lien   upon,    said    properly    adverse   to    plaintiff: 

QAZ1     BANOA     POPOLABE    OPERAIA    ITAL- 

IAXA    (a  corporation  J,    No,   'J    Columbus  Avenue,  Sau 

Francisco,   Cal. 

J.  W.  WRIGHT  &  SONS  INVESTMENT  COM- 
PANY (a  corporation),  No.  228  Montgomery  Street, 
San    Francisco,    Cal. 

H1BERNIA  SAVINGS  ft  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a  cor- 
poration), Jones  and  McAllister  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Cal. 

GERALD  0.  HALSEY, 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 
501,   502   and  503  California-Pacific  Building,  San 
Francisco,   Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    10. 

ELIZABETH  H.  RYDER,  wife  of  WILLIAM  G. 
RYDER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No. 
32,805. 

GERALD   C.  HALSEY, 

Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ELIZABETH  II.  RYDER,  wife  of 
WILLIAM  G.  RYDER,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  prop- 
erty, "or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Calif ruia,  par- 
ticularly described  as   follows: 


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Commencing    at    a    point    on    the    westerly   line    of 
street,    distant    thereon    one    hundred    (100) 
feet  southerly  frum  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
ol     Vallejo    Street    and 
Street;    running   thence 
southerly  along  said   westerly   line  of  Pierce  Street 
ee    at    H    right  angle  west- 
L'i'ly  one  hundred  twelve   (112)   feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
:it   a    right   angle    northerly    twenty-five    (25 J 
rid   thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hun- 
dred  twelve    (1V2)    feet,   six    (6)    inches  to  the  west- 
erly    line    of    Pierce    Street    and    the    point    of    com- 
mencement.    Being  a  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION 
i,    431. 
And    you   are   hereby   notified   that   unless    you   so 
appeal    and    answer,    the    plaintiff    will    apply    to    the 
for   the  relief  demanded  in   the  complaint,  to- 
wit:     That    il    be    adjudged    that    the    plaintiff   is    the 
owner  of   said   property    in    fee  simple  absolute;    that 
her  title    to    said   property    be   established    and   quiet- 
ed;   that    the   Court   ascertain   and  determine   all   es- 
tates,   rights,   titles,    interests   and   claims   in   and   to 
said   property,    and  every   part   thereof,   whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or    contingent,    and    whether    the    same    consists    of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;   that  plaintiff 
recover   her   costs   herein,    and   have   such   other   and 
further   relief   as  may   b*   meet    in    the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this  27th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULOREVT,    Clerk. 

By.  J.  F.  DUN  WORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 
The    first  publication   of  this   summons  was  made 
in    "The  Wasp"    newspaper  on  the  5th   day  of  Oo- 
tober,   A.   D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain. 
tiff: 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a 
corporation),  Market  and  Jones  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and 
Montgomery    Streets,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

W.  F.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  J.  A.  DAVIS, 
Defendant. — Action    No.    39,480. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  of  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Jos. 
Kirk,    Attorney    for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing to  J.  A.  DAVIS.  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought 
against  you  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you 
of  litis  summons — if  served  within  this  City  and 
County;  or  within  thirty  doyB  if  served  elsewhere. 

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

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  at  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  this  23rd  day  of  October  A. 
D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

JOSEPH   KIRK,    Attorney   for   Plaintiff. 


SUMMONS. 

E STATE  OP 
1  '    und   for   the  City   and   County   of   Sen 

■ 

Plaintiff,    vs.   All    persona 
claiuiiK  tie  real  prop- 

erty   In  i  any    part   thereof,   Dofeud- 

■ 

of  California,  to  all  per- 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
>    ur  any   part   thereof,    Do- 
i    greeting: 
You   are   hei  red    to   appear 

the     complaint     of     \  untiff. 

Clerk  of  the  above   entitled  Court  and 
hin    three    months    after    the    first    publi- 
suininmis,    and    to    set    forth    wh 

a   ■■■  anon  that  cer- 

tain   real    pn  p  situated    in 

tho  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,   State  of  Cal- 
ily   described  as  follows: 
Beginning    at    a    point    on    the    sounthorly    line    of 
ereon    eighty-one    t8i)    feet, 
three   (8)   inches  easterly  from  tue  corner  formed  by 

.Street 

with    the    easterly    line    of    Divisadero    Street,    and 

easterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clay 

ttve   (25)   feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 

i   twonty-seven    (127)    feet, 

eight  and  one-fourth   (8Vi)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 

anple   v  (35)    feet;   and  thence  at 

a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven 

(137)  tnd   one-fourth    (8M)    inches   to 

ning;    being    part    of    WESTERN 

ADDITJ"  r    4B3, 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  upply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  tho  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  lhat  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in   the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
16th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  IT.   T.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNSWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
The    first   publicotion   of  this   summons   waB   made 
in   "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  26th  day  of  Octo- 
ber,  A.   D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,   Cal. 


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BY  AMERICUS 

NOW  that  the  Panama  Canal  is  sufficiently  near 
completion  to  be  regarded  as  an  accomplished 
fact,  experts  the  world  over  are  lavishing  super- 
latives of  praise  upon  the  engineering  genius  which  it 
represents  and  the  enterprise  of  the  people  responsible 
for  its  construction.  It  is  agreed  on  all  sides  that  his- 
tory has  no  parallel  for  such  a  stupendous  undertaking. 
Iu  view  of  these  and  the  many  other  reasons  for  rejoic- 
ing in  our  achievement,  it  is  all  the  more  unfortunate 
that  certain  politicians  and  newspapers  have  taken 
steps  to  cause  a  misunderstanding  as  to  our  shipping 
rights  under  the  Hay-Pauncefote  treaty. 

Readers  of  The  Wasp  will  remember  that  all  along  it 
has  sought  to  make  the  position  of  America  perfectly 
plain  in  regard  to  the  treaty.  It  has  not  hesitated  to 
state  the  full  facts,  and  in  doing  that  has  stood  alone 
among  the  newspapers  of  this  city.  Had  the  press  of 
the  country  generally  been  equally  frank  there  would 
not  have  been  the  surprise  occasioned  by  the  formal 
note  which  has  been  served  upon  Secretary  Knox  by 
Great  Britain.  Indeed,  that  note  itself  might  not  have 
been  served,  because  if  the  people  had  been  familiar 
with  the  facts  the  politicians  might  not  have  taken  the 
steps  necessitating  it. 

It  pleases  a  section  of  the  press  to  make  it  appear 
that  Great  Britain  is  the  only  nation  interfering  with 
our  rights  to  run  the  canal  as  we  please,  but  though 
Great  Britain  is  the  actively  protesting  party,  France, 
Germany,  Italy,  and  all  other  European  nations  having 
a  navy  and  merchant  marine  are  as  vitally  concerned. 
When  it  comes  to  a  question  of  actually  facing  the  situ- 
ation, and  not  merely  talking  about  it,  those  other  coun- 
tries will  voice  their  position  as  emphatically  as  Eng- 
land. 

The  plain  truth  is  that  we  are  parties  to  a  treaty 
which  forbids  the  granting  of  a  privilege  or  special  ex- 
emption to  the  shipping  of  any  country  passing  through 
the  canal.    It  may  be  contended  that  the  treaty  was  un- 


wise, that  it  has  outgrown  its  usefulness,  that  we  ought 
never  to  have  signed  it,  that  we  ought  to  give  notice  of 
its  abrogation — in  short,  anything  of  the  kind  may  be 
contended,  but  there  the  treaty  stands,  and  as  long  as 
it  stands  the  only  question  is :  Are  free  tolls  for  Amer- 
ican coastwise  shipping  consistent  with  its  terms? 

Senator  Root,  one  of  the  ablest  exponents  of  interna- 
tional law  in  this  country,  long  since  decided,  and  em- 
phatically, that  the  treaty  forbids  the  preference.  The 
New  York  Times,  in  season  and  out  of  season,  has  pro- 
claimed the  same  opinion.  In  view  of  the  strong  con- 
victions of  these  and  other  eminent  authorities,  we 
should  not  be  surprised  that  England  has  lodged  her 
protest,  and  that  the  various  European  powers  interest- 
ed are  prepared  to  support  that  protest.  That  we  are 
surprised  comes  of  the  fact  that  the  people  have  not 
been  given  the  truth  in  the  matter.  Had  they  been 
apprised  of  that  truth,  they  would  not  have  consented 
to  America  being  placed  in  the  position  of  a  nation 
recreant  to  its  solemn  promise  as  explicitly  expressed  in 
a  signed  treaty.  We  want  what  we  want  when  we  want 
it,  but  we  do  not  want  the  thing  which,  when  we  get  it, 
would  spell  the  abrogation  of  our  word  of  honor.  Cari 
eafurists  and  others  may  find  it  convenient  to  repre- 
sent one  particular  foreign  nation  as  seeking  to  meddle 
in  our  domestic  affairs,  but  that  is  only  a  way  of  con- 
cealing the  fact  that  all  the  other  nations  are  equally 
concerned. 

When  the  Hay-Pauncefote  treaty  came  before  the 
United  States  Senate  for  ratification,  the  very  point 
which  is  now  under  discussion  was  raised  and  passed 
upon.  Could  the  United  States,  under  the  terms  of  the 
treaty,  discriminate  in  favor  of  our  own  ships  as  against 
those  of  foreign  nations?  The  Senate,  by  a  considerable 
majority,  decided  that  the  United  States  could  not  dis- 
criminate in  any  way  in  favor  of  its  shipping,  but  that 
all  shipping  of  all  nations  was  to  be  regulated  on  the 
same  terms  and  by  the  same  rules  governing  the  busi- 
ness of  the  Panama  Canal. 

There  need  not  be  any  confusion  of  thought  upon 
this  important  point,  which  was  discussed  fully  in  the 
United  States  Senate,  for  it  is  all  set  forth  verbatim  et 
literatim  in  the  Congressional  Record  and  remains  an 


THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  14,  1912. 


unalterable  part  of  tlie  history  of  our  higher 
house  of  legislation. 

The  point  was  raised  hy  Senator  Bard  of 
California,  who  took  the  position  that  under 
the  terms  of  the  treaty  the  United  States 
could  give  special  consessions  to  our  ships. 
Senator  Bard  wished  to  have  the  treaty 
amended  to  that  effect,  and  upon  that  point 
the  debate  ensued.  When  the  matter  went 
to  a  vote  of  the  .United  States  Senate,  Sena- 
tor Bard's  idea  was  rejected  and  the  Hay- 
Pauncefote    treaty   was   then   adopted. 

In  the  face  of  such  a  record  it  would  be 
foolish  to  go  before  The  Hague  Tribunal  and 
ask  it  to  'arbitrate,  for  the  case  against  us 
would  be  so  absolutely  convincing  that  our 
defeat  would  be  a  foregone  conclusion.  Speak- 
ing paradoxically,  we  would  be  thrown  out  of 
court  before  we  had  fairly  entered  the  tribu- 
nal. 


WARNING  TO  THE   SUPERVISORS. 

THE  repudiation  of  every  charter  amend- 
ment calculated  to  promote  extrava- 
gance should  convince  our  worthy  Su- 
pervisors that  the  public  has  undergone  a 
great  change.  Since  the  fire  of  1906  most 
people  have  been  too  busy  to  pay  attention  to 
the  details  of  the  city  government,  and  the 
conviction  fastened  itself  in  the  minds  of 
city  officials  that  the  people  cared  no  longer 
for  anything  like  economy. 

Tuesday's  election  is  surely  a  warning  to 
extravagant  officials  that  the  taxpayers  are 
alert  and  will  hold  to  strict  account  all  Su- 
pervisors who  tolerate  waste  of  the  public 
money.  There  must  have  been  a  great  deal 
of  it  in  the  past  ten  years,  for  the  cost  of 
running  our  city  has  jumped  from  about  $6,- 
000,000  to  twice  that  sum  without  proportion- 
ate increase   of  population. 

-  .     » 

SHOULD  BE  DISCIPLINED. 

THE-  Civil  Service  Commission  having 
been  given  much  enlarged  powers,  their 
attention  should  be  called  to  abuses 
of  municipal  authority  at  the  recent  election. 
Such  offenses  against  law  and  decency  should 
not  be  permitted  to  occur  at  the  next  election. 

It  was  a  gross  violation,  of  civil  service 
rules  for  the  firemen  to  go  from  house  to 
house  distributing  literature  and  urging  citi- 
zens to  vote  for  the  amendment  creating  a 
new  platoon  of  320  firemen  and  increasing 
enormously  the  expenses  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment. The  Taxeaters'  Trust,  which  has  rami- 
fications in  every  department  of  the  City 
Hall,  ably  assisted  the  raid  on  the  treasury. 
So  did  various  judges.  Jurists  should  not  de- 
scend from  the  bench  and  commit  such  impro- 
prieties, and  would  not  if  the  judiciary  were 
taken  out  of  politics. 

The  Election  Commissioners  sent  out  to 
voters  the  proposed  charter  amendmentts  in 
pamphlet  form.  On  the  last  page  of  this  pam- 
phlet was  printed  an  earnest  appeal  to  the 
voters  to  support  Amendment  7,  increasing 
the  salaries  of  the  Begistrar  of  Voters  and 
employes  of  the  Election  Commission.  This 
appeal  was   duly  signed  by  Begistrar  J.   H. 


Zemansky  (not  civil  service),  Cameron  H. 
King,  and  J.  J.  Dwyer,  both  civil  service  em- 
ployes. The  pamphlet  cost  the  city  $2,950. 
This  is  palpably  a  misuse  of  official  position 
for  individual  gain,  and  should  not  be  allowed 
to  pass  unrebuked. 

+ ■ 

AN  UNFORTUNATE  DEFEAT. 

FOB  the  defeat  of  Amendment  34,  one  of 
the  few  sane  and  necessary  proposals 
submitted  on  Tuesday,  the  city  has  to 
thank  those  political  sharks  and  feather- 
brained reformers  who  loaded  up  the  ballot 
paper  with  so  many  outrageous  grabs  and 
fanatical  schemes.  Large  numbers  of  electors 
expressed  their  disgust  in  an  undiscrimiuating 
' '  No ' '  to  everything.  It  is  a  farce,  and  worse, 
to  ask  a  man  37  questions  at  once.  By  the 
time  the  average  voter  got  to  34  he  was  too 
tired  to  think,  and  he  certainly  did  not  stop 
to  think  when  he  voted  against  an  amendment 
to  provide  for  indeterminate  franchises.  Lines 
will  not  be  built  on  impossibly  short  fran- 
chises, but  the  indeterminate  franchise  which 
provides  for  the  taking  over  of  the  lines  by 
the  community,  when  desired  on  terms  fair 
to  all  concerned,  is  a  proposition  sufficiently 
attractive  for  railroad  builders.  The  defeat 
of  the  measure  virtually  prohibits  any  im- 
provement in  the  transportation  facilities  of 
San  Francisco  for  the  next  two  years.  This 
means  that,  if  carried  next  time,  we  will  be 
just  laying  the  first  rail  when  we  ought  to  be 
driving  the  last  spike  or  having  the  lines 
ready  for  the  increased  Exposition  traffic. 

For  the  hopeless  muddle  in  which  voters 
found  themselves  ou  election  day  the  Super- 
visors are  mainly  to  blame,  since  they  stood 
sponsors  for  no  less  than  34  out  of  the  37 
amendments.  They  should  have  had  more 
spine  than  to  give  place  on  the  ballot  to  so 
many  foolish  proposals. 

» 

SCRAMBLED  BRAINS. 

WITH  the  labor  union  trust,  what  is 
sauce  for  the  goose  is  not  always 
sauce  for  the  gander.  It  was  all 
very  well  for  the  pickets  to  stand  outside 
non-union  establishments  obstructing  the  side- 
walk and  annoying  pedestrians  with  their 
cries  of  "Unfair  house!  Unfair  to  organized 
labor!"  They  knew  that  they  could  be  a 
nuisance  without  any  interference  from  the 
police.  But  it  was  all  wrong  when  agents 
from  the  other  side  stood  outside  union  estab- 
lishments and  cried  "Unfair!"  Then  the 
police,  who  when  passing  the  union  pickets 
are  merely  animated  tailors'  dummies  dis- 
guised to  look  like  officers  of  the  law,  were 
invoked  and  they  suddenly  became  seized  with 
a  perverted  sense  of  duty.  There  were  fewer 
non-union  pickets,  and  therefore  they  were 
the  lesser  obstruction;  they  made  less  noise, 
and  therefore  they  were  less  of  a  public  nui- 
sance; they  were  of  decent  appearance,  and 
therefore  caused  the  passing  citizen  to  have 
less  fear  as  to  his  pockets;  but  they  were 
promptly  arrested,  while  the  union  pickets 
were  left  unmolested. 


But  the  real  joke  of  this  amusing  attempt 
to  graphically  illustrate  the  ridiculous  incon- 
sistency of  our  administration  of  justice 
came  when  the  non-union  pickets  were 
brought  before  a  police  court  Dogberry  in  the 
person  of  Judge  Sullivan.  We  don't  expect 
too  much  in  the  way  of  intelligence  from  po- 
lice court  judges.  Their  duties  as  candidates 
keep  them  far  too  busy  canvassing  to  allow 
much  time  to  study  law,  and  as  for  a  knowl- 
edge of  equity  the  system  of  popular  election 
putting  a  premium  on  partisanship,  makes 
judicial  equity  at  a  discount. 

For  all  that,  it  seems  not  unreasonable  to 
expect  that  a  police  court  judge  would  be 
able  to  see  that  it  is-at  least  as  unfair  for  one 
and  a  quarter  of  millions  of  organized  work- 
ers to  coerce  nineteen  millions  of  unorganized 
workers  as  it  is  for  the  unorganized  to 
cry  "Unfair! ' '  in  protest  against  that  tyranny. 
Attorney  Bush  Finnell  made  this  clear,  but 
Judge  Sullivan  seemed  to  find  much  difficulty 
in  understanding  it. 

Of  the  total  workers  in  the  United  States, 
numbering  over  twenty  millions,  the  most 
extravagant  claim  of  the  labor  trust  gives  it 
a  following  of  only  a  million  and  a  quarter. 
Clearly  it  is  unfair  for  the  trust  pickets  to 
try  and  take  the  bread  out  of  the  mouths  of 
unorganized  workers  by  injuring  tne  business 
of  their  employers.  This  the  police  judge  failed 
to  see,  but  he  could  see  unfairness  in  the  ac- 
tion of  those  who  protested  against  employers 
who  aiued  and  abetted  the  labor  union  trust. 
"How  can  a  union  shop  be  unfair  when  it 
pays  the  union  wages?"  he  asked.  "Because 
it  is  in  league  with  the  trust  that  is  trying  to 
deprive  others  of  employment  and  is  actually 
benefiting  by  the  union  boycott  of  other 
shops,"  answered  the  attorney.  And  still  the 
scrambled  brains  upon  the  bench  were  unequal 
to  the  strain. 

The  picket  on  the  sidewalk  is  a  pest,  and 
should  not  be  tolerated,  no  matter  for  what 
cause  he  may  be  working,  but  the  justice  that 
sees  clearly  and  causes  the  arrest  of  the  non- 
union picket,  and  puts  the  glass  to  its  blind 
eye  when  passing  the  union  picket,  is  worse 
than  blind — it  is  one-eyed. 


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-THE  WASP- 


JHIydiro-Ellectric 
Wonders  Told 


A  BRIEF  lecture  by  George  C.  Holbertonj 
given   ur    Uie   Hotel   St.   Francis   to   a 
Dumber  of  prominent  business  men  and 
journalists,  opened  the  eyes  of  the  audience 

to  the  enormous  importance  of  ti peratione 

of  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company.  Mr. 
Holberton  is  the  manager  of  the  company 
under  General  Manager  Britton,  and  ins  lec- 
ture showed  thai  he  bad  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  all  the  details  of  the  complicated  enterprise 
which  be  helps  to  direct.  The  lecture  was  il- 
lustrated with  many  stereupt  icon  views  uf  the 
enormous  and  costly  plants  that  furnish  elec- 
tric  current  for  many  important  industries. 
It  was  a  revelation  to  most  of  the  gentlemen 
who  listened  to  Mr.  Holber ton's  lecture  that 
California  has  progressed  sn  rapidly  in  the 
development  uf  hydro- electric  power,  that  be- 
fore  long   tliis    WKinli'i  till   Stale   of  uiirs   will    bo 

as  aoted  for  its  electrical  advancement  as  for 
its  incomparable  superiority  in  horticulture 
and  viticulture.  While  the  development  of 
these  industries  has  taken  two  generations, 
the-  harnessing  of  the  electric  power  of  the 
mountain  streams  of  California  to  the  manu- 
facturing, lighting  and  heating  plants  of  the 
cities  of  our  State  has  been  a  work  of  magic 
celerity. 

Mr.  Holberton  began  judiciously  by  showing 
a  picture  of  the  dam  at  Folsom,  that  was  built 
by  convict  labor  to  supply  light  and  power 
to  the  penitentiary.  That  dam,  when  con- 
structed, was  regarded  as  a  triumph  of  hydro- 
electrics,  but  in  a  few  years  the  costly  work 
has  become  as  obsolete  as  one  of  the  old- 
fashioned  neck-breaking  velocipedes  of  our 
grandfathers  compared  with  a  high-class  1912 
auto  mobile. 

The  Folsom  dam  was  planned  to  give  the 
water  a  fall  of  50  feet,  but  Mr.  Holberton 
showed  view  after  view  of  recently  construct- 
ed works  of  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Com- 
pany that  are  fifty  times  more  powerful  than 
the  old  Folsom  plant,  and  occupy  greatly  re- 
duced area  for  the  machinery  and  represent 
an  immense  saving  in  original  cost  as  well  as 
cost  of  maintenance. 

In  a  necessarily  brief  newspaper  reference 
only  the  faintest  idea  of  the  ground  covered 
by  Mr.  Holberton  in  his  highly  interesting  lec- 
ture can  be  given.  He  showed  by  maps  of 
the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  coasts,  with  distances 
marked  on  them  in  the  form  of  circular  zones, 
that  San  Francisco  is  unique  in  the  matter  of 
receiving  its  electric  current  from  far-distant 
sources.  We  do  not  realize  that  California  ex- 
tends north  and  south  so  many  hundreds  of 
miles.  This  has  brought  the  hydro-electric  en- 
gineers of  California  face  to  face  with  new 
problems  of  transmission  not  solved  on  the 
Atlantic  Coast,  where  the  great  cities  are  not 
so  far  from  the  points  of  electric  supply. 

Mr.  Holberton  showed  by  his  zone-divided 
maps  that  if  New  York  got  its  electric  current 
all  the  way  from  distant  Wyoming  it  would 


not  exceed  San  Francisco  in  t  he  matter  of 
enormous    transmission. 

A  very  interesting  point  touched  upon  by 
Me.  Holberton  was  with  regard  to  the  relative 

possibilities   of   electricity   and   oil   for   heating 

ami  for  motive   powei    in   California.     Again 

his  zone-divided  maps  came  into  play,  ami  he 
pointed  out  that  circles  containing  the  oil  de- 
posita  were  much  farther  away  from  the  bay 
•  ■ili.'-.  than  the  BOUrce  of  electric  supply.  As 
to  the  possibility  of  California's  mineral  oil 
resources  lessening  the  importance  and  utility 
of  her  great  hydro- electric  possibilities,  Mr. 
Iliilbertnu  "s  expert  opinion  was  that  there  was 
none.  Every  day  electricity  is  demonstrating 
more  and  more  its  potentiality  and  universal- 
ity. Mr.  Holberton  exhibited  many  views  to 
illustrate  the  greal  diversity  of  uses  to  which 
electric  power  is  put  already.  What  new  uses 
it  will  be  put  to  are  beyond  the  scope  of  the 
liveliest  imagination.  He  showed  pictures  of 
electrically  driven  pumping  plants  used  in 
reclaiming  swamp  lands.  A  picture  of  an  as- 
paragus-canning plant  revealed  a  lot  of  heal- 
thy and  contented-looking  women  making  up 
for  market  asparagus  grown  on  reclaimed  land. 
The  machinery  of  the  cannery  was  run  by 
electric  motors.  A  picture  of  a  clean  dairy 
operated  by  electricity  was  shown.  Even  the 
milking  of  the  cows  was  done  by  the  subtle 
fluid.  The  cows  seemed  to  be  perfectly  satis- 
fied with  the  substitution  of  electric  fingers 
for  human  ones. 

Mr.  Holbertonj  as  a  practical  man,  of  course 
referred  to  the  all-important  conservation  of 
power  in  electricity — that  is  to  say,  the 
amount  of  waste  is  reduced  to  a  minimum  in 
hydro-electric  operations  as  conducted  by  his 
wonderfully  enterprising  and  successful  com- 
pany. When  oil  or  coal  is  burned  as  fuel  its 
utility  is  at  an  end.  When  water  is  turned 
down  the  precipitous  mountain  side,  with  a 
fall  of  thousands  of  feet,  to  generate  elec- 
tricity its  utility  is  only  begun.  After  its 
motive  power  has  generated  the  electric  cur- 
rent the  water  flows  away  to  be  used  again 
and  again,  if  necessary,  till  it  reaches  the 
lower  valley  levels  to  be  directed  into  irri- 
gating ditches  to  gladden  the  farmers  or  hor- 
ticulturists and  increase  the  public  prosperity. 

The  immensity  of  the  operations  carried  on 
in.  the  mountain  regions  by  the  Pacific  Gas 
and  Electric  Company  was  apparent  from  the 
pictures  exhibited  by  Mr.  Holberton.  An 
army  of  men  and  mules  were  shown  clearing 
away  and  leveling  the  primeval  forest  for 
the  erection  of  works.  The  company  conducts 
a  large  lumber  business  of  its  own  to  furnish 
the  wood  for  the  miles  and  miles  of  flumes 
that  divert  the  mountain  streams  to  the  chos- 
en spots  where  the  collected  water  falls 
through  great  pipes  to  generating  plants. 

Pictures  of  the  workmen  at  their  toil,  as 
well  as  resting  in  their  camps  on  the  Sabbath, 
were  exhibited,  and  it  was  apparent  that  the 
reputation  of  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric 
for  the  humane  and  generous  treatment  of  its 
employes  is  well-founded.  Mr.  Britton,  the 
general  manager  of  the  company,  is  in  thor- 
ough accord  with  his  directors  in  the  observ- 
ance of  a  policy  of  fairness  and  kindliness  to 


their  men.  and   evidently   Manager  Holbeetsou 

is  imbued  with  the  same  admirable  spirit. 

As  the  rainfall  in  California  is  uncertain, 
hydro-electric  operations  of  the  great  magni- 
tude  of  those  conducted  by  the  Pacific  Gas 
and  Glectric  Company  must  be  protected  by 
great  Storage  supplies  of  water.  With  that 
object  in  view,  large  lakes  are  actually  con- 
structed  in  the  mountains  by  the  diversion  of 
streams  and  the  construction  of  enormous 
dams.  One  of  these  dams  in  construction  will 
be  in   seme  respects  the  greatest    in  the  world. 

Prom  these  few  references  to  Mr.  Holber- 
ton 's  interesting  lecture  it  may  be  gleaned 
that  the  hydroelectric  concert  of  the  magni- 
tude 01  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company 
is  not  second  to  the  operation  of  an  impor- 
tant railroad  in  the  number,  importance  and 
cost  of  its  details. 

After  listening  to  Mr.  Holberton  and  seeing 
his  picture  of  the  great  flumes,  the  huge 
machinery,  the  irrigation  works,  and  many 
other  phases  of  the  enormous  enterprise  of 
which  he  is  a  part,  one  cannot  help  indulging 
in  dreams  of  California's  future  that  are 
more  than  bewildering.  If  hydro-electric  en- 
terprise has  accomplished  such  marvels  in  a 
few  years,  what  will  be  the  results  in  the  next 
score  of  years  with  electricity  made  obedient 
to  so  many  purposes?  Our  former  methods 
of  providing  light,  heat  and  power  will  ap- 
pear utterly  barbaric. 


WONDERFUL    WIRELESS    TELEGRAPHY. 

The  Federal  Telegraph  *s  wireless  system 
(Poulsen's),  to  which  The  Wasp  called  atten- 
tion several  months  ago,  has  established  a 
new  record  by  sending  a  message  from  Hono- 
lulu to  Washington,  D.  C,  5,600  miles.  The 
fact  is  the  more  remarkable  as  so  much  of  the 
distance  was  over  land.  Thomas  S.  Cunning- 
ham, manager  of  the  San  Francisco  station, 
says  commercial  wireless  messages  can  be 
handled   at   that   enormous  distance. 


BOORD'S 

LONDON,  ENG. 

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DRY 

OLD  TOM 
TWILIGHT 


CHARLES    MEINECKE    A.    CO. 

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THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  14,  1912. 


WOMEN  AND  PARTV  POLITICS. 
By  Calif omienne. 


A  PROPOSAL  to  prohibit  the  affiliation 
of  officers  and  members  with  any  of  the 
existing  political  parties  was  defeated 
by  the  National  Woman  Suffrage  Association 
in  a  vote  of  371  to  38. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  cause  of  woman 
suffrage  has  yet  to  be  won  in  a  great  majority 
of  the  States,  it  is  questionable  whether  the 
decision  was  wise — at  least  sii  far  as  it  con 
cerns  the  officers.  It  is  a  question  of  diplo- 
macy. Miss  Jane  Addams,  who  was  re-elected 
first  vice-president,  is  an  ardent  supporter  of 
Eoosevelt,  and  Miss  Jessie  Ashley,  defeated 
for  re-election  as  treasurer,  is  equally  strong 
in  support  of  the  Socialists.  With  all  other 
political  women,  they  have  a  right  to  work 
for  whom  they  choose,  but  as  a  matter  of  tac- 
tics it  is  a  blunder  to  elect  to  the  highest 
offices  in  the  suffrage  organization  those  who 


MORSE 

Detective  and  Patrol 

Service 


[-  PERATIVES  in  full  dreis  furnished  for 
weddings,  receptions  and  other  social 
functions.  Uniformed  officers  supplied 
sb  ticket  takers  for  balls,  dances  and 
v^csv  entertainments  at  reasonable  rates. 
Patrolmen  to  protect  property  against  firs  and 
dspredations  of  thisTM  durin|  absence  of  owner. 
Enrare  in  all  branches  of  legitimate  detectire 
Berries  and  inn  legal  papers  in  difficult  eases. 


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Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladies  and  Gen- 
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Al  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Hammam,  has  leased  the  Sultan  Turkish 
Baths,  where  he  will  be  glad  to  see  his 
old   and  new   customers. 


Eames   Tricycle   Co. 


Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
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are  so  actively  allied  with  emotional  but 
hopeless  minorities. 

If  Democrats  and  republicans,  and  espe- 
cially that  conservative  element  in  both  which, 
when  united  as  it  was  for  the  election  of  Wil- 
son, believe  that  the  trend  of  political  women 
is  in  the  direction  of  the  vague  emotionalism 
of  Eoosevelt  or  the  millennium  moonshine  ot 
Debs,  they  are  not  likely  to  lend  much  sup- 
port to  the  suffrage  movement. 

When  women  tactfully  but  earnestly  ask  for 
the  vote  on  the  basis  of  political  justice,  and 
in  the  interests  of  measures  bearing  specially 
on  their  province,  the  leading  parties  can 
be  brought  to  angle  for  their  support.  In 
this  way  the  franchise  has  been  won  in  many 
States  and  countries,  but  nowhere  would  it 
have  been  secured  had  it  meant  clearly  a 
strengthening  of  some  subordinate  political 
faction. 

That  the  women  in  California  have  the  vote, 
in  no  way  lessens  their  interest  in  the  nation- 
al campaign.  Until  suffrage  is  the  order  in 
all  States  our  influence  in  Federal  politics 
will  not  be  all  that  it  should  be.  For  our  part, 
it  was  fortunate  that  the  most  prominent  of 
the  State's  political  women  were  for  Wilson 
or  Taft,  and  the  tactical  value  of  that  fact 
had  considerable  influence  on  the  votes  cast 
in  other  States  where  the  franchise  was  an 
lssut. 

We  cannot  wait  until  the  whole  nation  is 
in  line  on  the  suffrage  before  dividing  our- 
selves into  various  political  affiliations — the 
hope  of  a  united  women's  party  is  a  vain  thing 
— but  through  our  delegates  to  the  national 
conventions  we  can  urge  the  wisdom  of  re- 
fraining from  partisanship  wherever  the  vote 
has  yet  to  be  won. 

However,  to  be  thankful  for  small  mercies, 
I  was  delighted  to  note  that  the  national  body 
acknowledged  with  enthusiasm  that  Taft,  as 
President,  had  done  much  more  for  their  cause 
in  creating  a  National  Children  's  Bureau,  and 
appointing  a  woman  to  its  head,  than  Roose- 
velt, who  had  promised,  but  done  nothing. 
For  women,  a  loss  of  faith  in  the  Bull  Moose 
is  the  beginning  of  wisdom. 

Olive  Schreiner,  whose  "Women  and  La- 
bor" set  at  rest  all  dispute  as  to  the  claim 
that  she  is  greatest  of  living  women  writers,  is 
reported  as  seriously  ill  at  her  home  in  Africa. 
Writing  to  an  English  leader  in  tne  feminist 
movement,  she  says:  "I  see  light  and  hope 
always  in  your  militant  movement  in  England. 
Day  will  break  over  humanity  at  last."  She 
conjures  up  a  glowing  vision  of  the  kingdom 
of  equal  men  and  women  which  is  to  come,  and 
expresses  her  loyalty  to  all  those  engaged  in 
the  long  conflict  for  justice,  equality,  and  free- 
dom. Olive  Schreiner  is  one  of  those  who 
see  beneath  all  that  is  so  objectionable  to 
some  Americans  in  the  tactics  of  the  English 
suffragette  down  to  the  solid,  almost  unshak- 
able foundations  of  British  prejudices  against 
which  the  suffragette  finds  herself  pitted. 
When  you  come  to  the  dead  wall  over  which 
you  cannot  climb,  under  which  you  cannot  tun- 
nel, around  which  you  cannot  go,  there  is  the 
choice  only  of  lying  down  calmly  in  the  shade, 
or  foolishly  beating  your  head  against  it,  or  of 
trying  the  experiments  of  the  English  suffra- 
gette. 

The  British  are  not  moved  by  logic.  They 
never  have  been  so  moved.  Those  who  seek 
political  reform  know  that,  so  far  as  argument 
is  concerned,  you  might  wait  a  century.  Force, 
or  the  fear  of  force,  won  every  extension  of 


Where  can  you  find  a  better  advertising 
medium  than  THE  WASP,  reaching,  as  it 
does,  over  5,000  society  and  cluo  women? 
The  women  are  the  "buyers. 


the  franchise  ever  granted  the  Britishers,  and 
the  knowledge  of  this  is  the  explanation,  it 
not  the  excuse,  of  the  hysterical  suffragettes. 

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Lots  of  charity  begins  at  home  because  it's 
too  weak  to  travel. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    2. 

ANNA  McMAHON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim 
ing  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — 
Action   No.   33,143. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ANNA  McMAHON,  plaintiff,  filed  with 
the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this 
summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if 
any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property, 
or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of  Sev- 
enteenth Avenue,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  westerly  line  of  Seventeenth  Avenue 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Anza  (formerly  "A") 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along  said  line 
of  Seventeenth  Avenue  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty 
(120)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  twenty- 
five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of 
beginning;  being  part  of  OUT^xDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number   267. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- wit, 
that  it  he  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title 
to  said  property  he  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
"titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  her  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet   in  the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the   seal  of  said  Court,   this 
21st  day    of   November,   A.   D.    ±912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Decem- 
ber,   A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,   San  Francisco,   California. 


i  MBITIOUS  society  matrons 

li:i\  <■  not  yi  i  recovered 
from  t heir  astonishment 
at  the  magnificence  of  t  be 

ball  wliiiMi  Airs.  Fred 
Sharon  gave  as  a  medium 
for  the  formal  social  in- 
1 1  oducl  ion  of  her  god- 
daughter,  .Miss  Louise  Janin.  If  has  been 
stated  that  the  ball  cost  $25,000,  which  sounds 
excessive.  When  it  is  remembered,  though, 
that  the  fine  ballroom  of  the  Palace  Motel 
was  converted  into  a  representation  ot  an 
Italian  garden,  with  arcl.es  and  pillars,  anil 
so  much  carpenter  work  and  decoiation  tnal 
it  took  a  week  to  dismantle  it  and  carry  oft 
the  debris  and  potted  plants  and  palms,  the 
stated  amount  of  cost  does  not  seen  so  large. 
The  difference  between  what  the  ball  actually 
cost  and  the  guess  of  $25,000  made  by  the 
society  reporters  would  not  build  a  mansion, 
by  any  means.  The  supper  and  wine  for  the 
rive  hundred  guests  were  themselves  important 
items,  There  will  be  no  longer  any  question 
as  to  the  name  of  the  hostess  who  gave  the 
most  elaborate  ball  in  San  Francisco  in  1912. 
.Mrs.   Fred  Sharon    has   the   honor. 

*5%        t£*        *5* 

A  Grand  Event  of  Early  Days. 

SOME  of  the  society  writers  have  declared 
that  the  ball  given  for  Miss  Janin  ex- 
celled even  the  grand  affair  given  by 
the  late  Senator  .Sharon  when  his  daughter, 
Miss  Flora  Sharon,  married  Sir  Thomas  Hes- 
keth.  In  point  of  social  importance  there  was 
no  comparison  between  the  wedding  of  Miss 
Sharon  and  the  splendid  function  given  last 
week  by  Mrs.  Fred  Sharon.  Times  have 
changed  and  social  conditions  altered  greatly. 
The  setting  of  the  Sharon-Hesketh  wedding 
was  much  more  resplendent  than  Miss  Janin 's 
debut,  even  under  the  auspices  of  a  patroness 
who  might  almost  be  called  a  "fairy  god- 
mother," who  waved  her  wand  and  transfig- 
ured a  ballroom  into  a  bower  of  roses  and 
orchids,    without   counting   the    cost. 

A  Romantic  Beginning. 

SIR  THOMAS  HESKETH  came  for  his 
California  bride  like  a  knight  of  ro- 
mance. In  his  own  yacht  he  sailed  the 
seas  between  his  native  land  and  California,, 
and  of  course  when  he  anchored  in  San  Fran- 
cisco Bay  the  State  was  agog  with  interest  in 
the  approaching  nuptials.  To  add  eclat  to  the 
affair  Senator  Sharon  was  accounted  one  of 
the  richest  of  rich  Americans,  and,  as  befitted 
a  wedding  of  his  daughter  with  so  distinguish- 
ed a  suitor  of  title,  all  the  preparations  were 
conducted  on  a  scale  of  real  magnificence. 
The  fine  country  mansion  of  Senator  Sharon 
at  Belmont  became  like  an  old  baronial  hall, 


so  full  nf  retainers  oi  all  kinds  that  they 
nip |ifd  over  "in.-  another,  and  the  house 
guests  were  so  numerous  that  the  tires  of  hos- 
pitality Wert'  blazing  for  weeks  before  the 
wedding.  The  women  of  Sau  Francisco  talk- 
ed of  little  else,  and  the  men  caught  the  fever 
and  discussed  the  great  topic  between  conver- 
sations on  the  mining  stock  market.  The  De 
Voting  brothers,  Charles  and  M.  II.,  then  be- 
ginning to  feel  the  ground  of  the  journalistic 
field  firm  under  them,  outdid  all  their  previous 


noye    .fnuto. 
MISS   M.    CLAY 
Popular    beUe   wnose    announced   engagement    to 
Mr.   Warren   riarrold  ia   of   interest  to   socity 
on  both   sides   of  the   bay. 

feats  of  enterprise  to  beat  their  newspaper 
rivals  in  the  most  elaborate  description  of  the 
wedding  and  the  particulars  of  the  grand  ball. 
Right  well  did  the  aspiring  young  newspaper 
publishers  succeed,  for  the  Chronicle's  press- 
men were  worn  out  with  work  before  copies 
enough  had  been  mn  off  to  satisfy  the  public 
curiosity.  Most  of  the  large  stall  of  writers 
who  reported  that  great  affair  of  early-day 
society  for  the  Chronicle  have  passed  away. 
S.  F.  Sutherland,  who  was  the  city  editor  in 
charge  of  the  work,  died  a  few  months  ago. 
He  had  been  for  some  years  connected  with 
the  New  York  Sun  as  foreign  correspondent. 
The  late  Frank  Somers,  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Argonaut  with  Frank  M.  Pixley,  was  a 
member  of  the  Chronicle's  reportorial  staff. 
He  was  a  very  prominent  member  of  the  Bo 
hemian  Club.  Sam  Davis  of  the  Carson  Ap- 
peal, who  was  expected  in  early  days  to  be- 
come the  rival  of  Mark  Twain,  was  another 
of  the  pioneer  newspaper  writers  that  aided 


in  describing  fully  the  Sharon-Hesketh  wed- 
ding and  grand  ball,  to  which  the  guests  from 
8au  Francisco  went  in  special  tiaius.  The 
late  Arthur  McEwen's  vigorous  pen  was  util- 
ized in  the  descriptive  work,  for  the  future 
editorial  writer  had  not  yet  emerged  from  the 
reportorial  ranks. 

The  falace  Hotel,  which  Senator  Sharon 
owned,  provided  all  the  service  for  the  elabor- 
ate affair,  and  the  highly  paid  chef  took  his 
force  of  assistants  to  Belmont  and  installed 
them  in  the  culinary  department  of  that 
spacious  mansion.  Ned  Fay,  the  head  barkeep- 
er of  the  Palace  Hotel,  afterwards  proprietor 
of  the  Grand  Hotel  bar,  and  noted  as  a  great 
wing-shot,  had  charge  of  the  not-unimportant 
part  of  the  arrangements  that  provided  for 
superabundance  of  liquid  refreshments.  The 
great  cellars  of  Belmont  were  specially  stock- 
ed with  enough  vintage  wines  to  have  provid- 
ed against  any  kind  of  a  siege.  If  the  State 
had  gone  dry  three  years  no  guest  in  Belmont 
could  have  suffered  from  thirst.  Fred  Sharon, 
the  son  of  Senator  Sharon,  and  brother  of 
Lady  Hesketh,  must  have  a  vivid  recollection 
still  of  that  great  night  in  Belmont  when  all 
the  eyes  of  feminine  California  were  figur- 
atively focused  on  the  mansion.  Unfortunate- 
ly, he  was  not  able  to  attend  the  great  func- 
tion given  at  the  Palace  Hotel  last  week  for 
Miss  Janin,  as  his  health  did  not  permit.  He 
would  be  one  of  the  few  people  able  to  com- 
pare the  brilliancy  of  the  affair  of  yesterday, 
so  to  speak,  and  the  magnificent  ball  at  which 
the  mothers  and  grandmothers  of  present-day 
society  coquetted  and  danced. 

^W  ^9  10* 

The  dinner  given  at  the  Bohemian  Club  last 
Saturday  night,  as  a  general  reunion  of  the 
army  officers  who  are  affected  by  the  recent 


BLACK  & 
WHITE 

SCOTCH  WHISKY 

The  Highest  Standard  of 


ALEX     D.     SHAW    &    CO. 

Pacific  Coast  Agents 

214"    Front  St.,  San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  14,  1912. 


changes  in  the  quartermaster's  department, 
was  a  very  jolly  affair.  The  dinner  was  got- 
ten up  at  the  instigation  of  Captain  Harry  S. 
Howland,  Sixteenth  Infantry,  Captain  Louis 
Bash,  and  Major  Charles  Stanton,  who  was 
toastmaster. 

The  Stanford  Censor. 

STANFORD  UNIVERSITY  authorities 
seem  to  be  considerably  distressed  by 
the  publicity  given  to  the  appointment 
of  a  censor  of  the  news  sent  out  by  corre- 
spondents. It  was  never  intended  that  the 
spade  should  be  called  a  spade.  It  was 
hoped  that  people  would  see  the  difference 
between  a  senior  student,  "whose  duty  it 
will  be  to  see  that  the  truth  is  told  about 
the  activities  of  the  University, ,"  and  a  com- 
mon or  garden  variety  of  censor.  And  the 
difference  would  have  been  seen — if~  there 
were  one.  The  fact  is  the  boys  who  serve 
as  newspaper  correspondents  are  paying  their 
way  through  the  universities.  It  is  this  which 
makes  more  than  one  city  or  news  editor  in- 
dulgent enough  to  permit  earnings  of  any- 
thing from  $40  to  $80  a  month.  Of  this  sum 
the  greater  portion  is  made  up  of  space  for 
just  such  stories  as  the  Stanford  authorities 
want  to  have  censored.  Reduced  to  such  mat- 
ter as  would  meet  with  official  approval,  a 
correspondent's  earnings  would  not  amount 
to  $10  a  month.  It  is  the  little  human  inter- 
est or  "fluff"  stories,  not  always  pleasing  to 
officialdom,  which  gives  the  city  editor  his 
excuse  for  enabling  the  student  scribe  to  pay 
his  way  through  "the  shop."  It  would  be 
just  as  easy  for  the  correspondent  to  send 
along  fulsome  flattery  of  David  Starr  Jordan 
and  long  reports  of  his  learned  discourses  on 
the  life  habits  of  the  paleolithic  iehthysuar- 
ian,  but  our  irreverent  public  has  become  woe- 
fully tired  of  Jordan,  and  is  not  painfully 
concerned  with  iscthysuaria,  neolithic  or 
paleolithic.  It  is  infinitely  more  interested 
in  the  news   that  a   dashing  young   coed   has 


M&&KIS3IE  AWTem  DRY  8: 


We  carry  a  most 
complete  line  of 
Holiday  goods 


157-159  GEARY  STREET 

Bet.  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  St. 

Branch  Store:  152  Kearny  Street 
San  Francisco 


eloped  with  a  daring  young  undergraduate  of 
a  rival  university.  This  is  perhaps  regret- 
table, but  the  attempt  to  prevent  publicity 
of  such  affairs  by  the  appointment  of  a  censor 
is  a  vain  and  foolish  thing.  Palo  Alto  is 
not  yet  Russia,  and  by  some  means  or  other 
the  young  correspondent  with  a  spicy  story 
will  always  manage  to  laugh  at  the  censor, 
though  he  may  be  reduced  to  the  necessity 
of  having  to  deny  its  authorship,  which  du- 
plicity is  not  a  good  thing  for  a  university 
to   encourage. 

Hearst  the  Hellene. 

A  J  AX  defying  the  lightning  was  modest 
in  comparison  with  Hearst  the  Hellene 
defying  the  united  forces  of  Turkey 
to  eome  on  and  do  their  worst.  William 
Randolph  does  not  want  the  war  to  stop. 
He  would  have  the  Greeks  keep  on  fighting. 
And  why?     Hark  to  the  doggerel  bard: — 

There's  a  doubt  about  the  birthplace 

Of  the  great  Hellenic  bard. 
To   settle  which   dispute  I've 

Never  troubled  very  hard. 

Nor   am   I   worried   overmuch 

By   those   who   disagree 
About  the  point   of  Homers  five, 

Or  Homers  only  three. 

The  point  I  really  wish  to  make 
And  should  have  made  at  first, 

Is  that  the  modern  Homer  is 
Our  one  and  only  Hearst. 

He  runs  a  daily  Iliad 

In    almost    every    town, 
And  all  who  dare  defy  the  Greeks 

He   daily  runs  them  down. 

And  why  does  wily  Homer  Hearst 

Hellenic   causes   plead? 
Ask  Plato    of   the   peanut    stand 

What   paper   does   he   read. 

Go    question   Agamemnon, 

Who   polishes  your  shoes, 
What    is    the    only    paper 

That  publishes  the  news. 

There's   not   a  cbophouse  Ajax 

Or   fruit-stand   Socrates, 
But   reads   Hearst's   daily  Iliads, 

His    nickel   Odysseys. 

c5*        t£*        *£?* 

Xmas  and  New  Year  Gifts. 

THOSE  who  have  difficulty  in  deciding  on 
suitable  holiday  gifts  would  do  well  to 
remember  the  Japanese  art  and  dry 
goods  store  of  the  Kisen  Company  on  Geary, 
between  Grant  avenue  and  Stockton  street. 
At  this  well-known  silk  house  there  is  the 
widest  variety  of  goods  so  novel  and  distinct- 
ive the  purchaser  can  feel  sure  that  no  pres- 
ent he  or  she  may  make  will  be  duplicated. 
In  addition  to  the  exclusive  designs  in  embroi- 
dered waist  patterns  and  kimonas,  there  is  a 


THE  EQUAL  OF  ANY  BRAND 

is  the  Italian-Swiss  Colony's  GOLDEN  STATE, 
EXTRA  DRY,  California  Champagne. 

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other  ware  in  which  Japanese  art  excels,  while 
the  choice  of  dainty  originalities  in  all  forms 
of  Oriental  ingenuity  is  almost  bewildering. 
A  visit  to  this  store  is  more  than  a  delightful 
entertainment — it  is  a  liberal  education. 
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Every  one  who  thinks  strongly  raises  a 
scandal. — Balzac. 


Elegant  Gifts 
in  Novelties  and 
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Tempting  displays 
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FLAT  BRISTLE,  ebony  back  hair  and 
clothes  brushes  in  pig  skin,  foldin_ 
case.  Very  convenient  novelty,  folds 
flat  and  is  easy  to  carry  or  pack 

SHAVING    STAND.       Outfit    of    brush, 

cup    and    mug    with    beveled    French tfo  Eft 
plate  mirror  and  mahogany  stand.  .  .  «p«>.OU 

SMOKING      JACKETS      AND      BATH 
ROBES,    an    unusually    complete    line 
of    luxurious,     handsome     robes     and  (J   7C 
jackets.  Roos  Special  Smoking  jackets™'" 


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anket    robes $4.85  tO  $40.00 


We  are  exclusive  agents  for  the  celebra- 
ted "CROSS"  LINE  OF  LEATHER 
GOODS  and  novelties.  This  line 
stands  pre-eminent.  A  "Cross"  hand- 
bag makes  a  highly 
appreciated  gift. 


$5.00  and  up 


Selections  are  at  their  best  NOW 


MARKET  and  STOCKTON 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


2?/ss  97?ar/on    ftelle    White 
SCHOOL    OP    DANCING 

2868  California  St.        ::       Tel.  Fillmore  1871 

Pupil   of   Mr,    Louis   H.    Chalif,    Mme. 

Elizabeth  Meuzeli,  Gilbert  Normal 
School  of  Dancing  of  New  York  City. 

Miss  "White  has  Just  returned  from  New  York 
and  will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy, 
National,  Classical  and  Folk  Dances.  New 
Ball  Room  Dances  for  this  season:  Tango, 
Crab  Crawl,  Four  Step  Boston.     Hall  for  Rent. 


Saturday,  December  11,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


Death  of  Colonel  Darling. 

MUCH   sympathy   is   being   expressed    for 
Mrs.  John  A.  Darling  over  the  death 
of  her   husband,   which    occurred   last 
in   New   London,   <  lonnecl  icut.     I ' 
and    Mrs.    Darling    returned   to    America   lasl 
September,    after    nearly    two    years    abroad. 
Owing   to   ilic  Colonel  s   very  poor   health   he 
led  to  remain  in  tin*  East  with  relatives, 
while  Ins  wife  came  to  California,  where  ex- 
. . ■:.  -i  i  e   inl ,    esl  -   claimed  her  attention,     i  !ol 

i    Darling  was   born   in   Bucksport,   Maim', 

in  1835,  and  graduated  from  Pennsylvania 
Military  Academy  in  J s  \'K  He  served  all 
through  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  and  was 
breveted  captain,  and  later  major,  for  gal- 
lant service.  He  was  appointed  captain  in  the 
ir  army  in  1878,  and  four  yoavs  later 
was  promoted  to  major  when  he  served  with 
the  Third  Artillery.  He  retired  at  62  years  of 
age,  and  several  years  later  was  advanced  to 
the  rank  of  lieutenant- colon  el  by  act  of  Con- 


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POWDER 

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WRITING 
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Manufacturing  Gold  and  Silversmith 
328  Post  Street  Union  Square 


BEFORE  BUYING  AN 

OIL  HEATING  STOVE 


a 


Home  Oil  Heater" 

Reflects  Heat  to  Floor  Where  Wanted 
HEAT   AND   LIGHT   AT    ONE    COST 


Manufactured   by 

W.  W.  MONTAGUE  &  CO. 


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San   Francisco 


WALTERS  SURGICAL  CO. 

SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS 
393  Sutter  St.,  S.  F.    Phone  Douglas  4011 


He  has  published   n   ■•■•■    focal  and  in- 
itial  compositions   in   iliis   country  and 
in  Europe  under  the  cognomen  of  August  Mi^r 
non.     A  stroke  of  apoplexy  is  sai.l  to  be  the 
cause   oi  pular   BOldier's   death. 

.Mrs.  Darling  hurried  Bast  "ii  receipt  of  the 
sa.l  nows  of  the  Colonel's  death.  His  remains 
will  rest  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Arling- 
ton. 

t^H  w7%  ^* 

A  Regular  Epidemic. 

6  Cy  l-'XAs  TOMMY,11  who  was  showing 
symptoms  of  becoming  blase^  has 
picked  up  some  of  the  old  fervor 
since  it  transpired  that  some  of  the  merry 
company  at  the  ^reat  Sharon  ball  at  the  Pal- 
ace Hotel  ragged  it  away  to  their  heart's  con- 
tent. The  other  night,  at  the  Ocean  Beach, 
a  stray  policeman  was  attracted  by  a  crowd 
<it'  well-dressed  people  with  their  *noses  flat- 
tened against  the  window  of  resort  more  pa- 
tronized by  early  morning  callers  than  staid 
citizens  who  most  as  early  as  the  chickens. 
The  policeman's  iirst  thought  was  that  some- 
thing more  than  usually  unusual  had  occurred. 
but  it  was  only  a  fat  man  from  the  Family 
Club  who  couldn't  resist  the  "Texas  Tommy" 
feeling  when  he  reached  the  gay  roadside  re- 
sort in  his  automobile,  and  took  both  of  his 
women  friends  in  to  join  in  the  whirl.  Friends 
passing  along  the  highway  saw  his  car  outside 
the  door  and  flocked  around  the  window  to  see 
him  cutting  his  merry  capers  with  all  the 
graces  of  an  elephant  on  skates.  It  seems 
as  if  nobody  is  safe  from  the  Texas  Thomas 
fever  these  days. 

The  Masked  Ball  in  January. 

AN  IMPORTANT  social  affair  in  January 
will  be  the  masked  ball  to  be  given  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden 
in  compliment  to  Miss  Margaret  Casey,  the 
debutante  sister  of  Mrs.  Emory  Winship.  The 
affair  is  to  take  place  at  the  Burlingame  Coun- 
try Club,  and  all  the  guests  are  requested  to 
come  au  Pierrot  or  a  la  Pierrette. 

The  Honorable  Hiram. 

THE  record  and  significant  brevity  of 
Governor  Johnson's  Thanksgiving  Day 
proclamation  has  been  made  the  subject 
of  many  jests  in  the  Eastern  papers.  Hiram 
swelled  Ms  chest  more  visibly  at  every  new 
town  he  visited  in  the  East  during  the  cam- 
paign, but.  though  he  was  received  with  the 
cordiality  usually  extended  to  theatrical  en- 
tertainers, he  left  a  wake  of  very  sarcastic 
comment.  The  Springfield  (Mass.)  Republic- 
an, one  of  the  best-known  and  perhaps  the 
ablest  written  Republican  papers,  observes: — 

It  may  be  inferred  that  Governor  Hiram  John- 
son of  California  was  not  in  his  happiest  mood 
when  he  composed  his  Thanksgiving  proclamation. 
It  was  the  shortest  one  on  reeord — at  least  in  the 
archives   of   that   State.      It  reads: — 

'  'In  accordance  with  custom  and  the  proclama- 
tion '  of  the  United  States,  I  do  hereby  designate 
Thursday,  the  28th  day  of  November,  1912,  as 
Thanksgiving   Day." 

As  a  reader  at  this  distance  interprets  the  Gov- 
ernor's   sentiments    officially    expressed,     he    permits 


thanks,   '  'in  acco  d 
and    the    pi 
President 

himself,    and    he    d  m 
care  who  know  i  il 

The  Governor  has  been  sorely  tried  by  Ihi Icial 

d    I  .  speration    may    ex- 

liis    coldly    indifferent,    indeed    his    po  i 
■  _.    attitude    toward    the    relif  ion  ival    of 

the   Puritans. 


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SUMMONS. 


IX  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OE 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept,    No,  _. 

\V.  D.  LAMBERT,  sometimes  known  as  WM.  D. 
LAMBERT,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    33,255. 

\VM.   E.  DOUD, 

Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  W*.  D.  LAMBERT,  sometimes  known 
as  WM.  D.  LAMBERT,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  ami  to  sel  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated,  in  the 
<_'iiy  and  County  of  .Sun  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
Eornia,    particularly    described    as    follows: 

FIRST :  Beginning  on  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Rodgers  Street  (formerly  Folsom  Avenue),  at.  a 
point  distant  southeasterly  one  hundred  twenty-five 
(125)  feet,  measured  along  said  line;  from  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Polsom  Street;  running  thence  south- 
easterly along  said  line  of  Rodgers  Street  twenty- 
five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northeasterly 
sixty-two  (62)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at 
right  angles  northwesterly  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
thence  at  right  angles  southwesterly  sixty-two  (o2j 
•feet  six  (6)  inches  to  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Rodgers    Street    and    the    point    of    beginning. 

lsciii{!   a   portion  of  100   VARA  BLOCK  No.  277. 

SECOND:  Commencing  at  a  point  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Army  Street  and 
the  easterly  line  of  Twin  Peaks  Avenue,  running 
thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  line  of  Twin 
Peaks  Avenue  thirty  (30)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles 
easterly  one  hundred  and  five  (105)  feet;  thence  at 
right  angles  northerly  .seventy-live  (75)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  easterly  seventy-live  (75)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  southerly  one  hundred  and  five  (105) 
feet  ;  thence  at  right  angles  westerly  one  hundred 
and  eighty    (180)    feet    to   the  point   of  beginning. 

Being  Lots  Number  20,  21.  22.  aud  23  in  Block 
Number  23  as  per  map  of  STANFORD  HEIGHTS 
ADDITION,  fileu  in  the  office  of  the  Recorder  of  said 
City    and    County. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff:  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  relief 
as  may  be   meet  in    the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal   of  said  Court,   this 
3rd    day  of  December,    A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  ou  the  14th  day  of  De- 
cember,  A.   D.   1912. 

WILLIAM  E.  DOUD,  306  Bush  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  Attorney  for  Plaintnc. 


10 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  14,  1912. 


A  Matinee  Idol. 

LOU  TELLEGEN,  the 
handsome  juvenile 
lead  who  was  with 
Bernhardt  on  her  last  tour, 
is  to  support  the  star  dur- 
ing her  appearance  in  vau- 
deville. When  Tellegen 
used  to  make  such  passion- 
ate and  poetic  love  to  Sarah 
there  was  many  a  San 
Francisco  maid  who  sighed 
as  she  thought  what  that 
turbulent  passion  might  be 
if  it  were  in .  real  earnest. 
To  men  the  marvel  was  that 
though  in  years  Sarah 
might  have  been  his  grand- 
mother, she  looked  young 
enough  to  make  the  Telle- 
gen love-tale  sound  as  per- 
fectly natural. 

J»     JX     J* 
A  Socialist  Peer. 

IN  JOINING  the  Fabian 
Society  Earl  Russell 
may  have  shocked  the 
British  House  of  Lords  as 
the  first  member  to  ally 
himself  with  a  labor  organ- 
ization, but  the  step  will 
not  be  hailed  with  any  great  delight  by  the 
English  Socialist  party.  The  Socialist  move- 
ment in  that  country  has  long  since  passed  the 
academic  stage  in  which  the  dilettante  revo- 
lutionists of  the  Eabian  Society  are  pleased 
to  remain.  Thirty  years  ago  the  Fabian  So- 
ciety was  a  name  for  British  radicals  to  con- 
jure with.  The  best  brains  among  the  disci- 
ples of  discontent  were  members.  Bernard 
Shaw,  Sidney  Webb,  Hyndman,  Graham,  An- 
nie  Besant,   Milner    (Lord   Milner,   who   soon 


Scene  from  the 


1 


Executor's  Sale 

FOLLOWING    THREE    PROPERTIES 

MUST  BE  SOLD 

To  Close  an  Estate: 

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cient  without  the  other?  Unless  the  President 
follows  up  his  lecture  with  a  discourse  on 
"Paradise  and  Petticoats,"  affirming  his  be- 
lief in  both,  and  contending  that  one  is  impos- 
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delightful  Berlin  musical  comedy  which  enters  on  its  second  and  final    week    at    the    Cort    Sunday    night. 

dropped  his  Socialism  when  he  wTon  prefer- 
ment in  British  officialdom),  and  later  H.  G. 
Wells,  the  novelist,  were  among  the  prominent 
members.  For  many  years  the  Fabian  essays 
were  as  a  Bible  unto  the  Socialists,  but  when 
the  movement  got  beyond  the  stage  of  a  suit- 
able subject  for  afternoon  tea  discussion,  the 
Fabians  became  back  numbers.  Nearly  all 
the  prominent  members  became  successes  in 
their  various  walks  of  life,  and  the  man  who 
is  a  success  in  any  useful  walk  in  life  never 
makes  a  satisfactory  Socialist.  Earl  Russell 
has  done  nothing  more  than  join  a  sort  ot 
young  men's  debating  society  of  no  influence 
upon  Socialist  opinion.  Whether  he  has  any 
ideas  to  add  to  their  stock  is  a  matter  for 
doubt,  judging  from  his  few  public  utterances. 
The  rich  man  may  become  a  Socialist  just  as 
a  parson  may  become  an  atheist,  but  the  con- 
versions are  merely  individual  idiocy  ncrasies 
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unorthodox  to  denounce  the  doctrines  of  dam- 
nation and  original  Bin,  and  sufficiently  abreast 
"l"  the  time  to  admil  that  "woman  is  as  good 
as  man  any  day."  Eliot  is  one  of  the  few 
men  with  whom  advancing  years,  far  from 
restraining  the  radicalism  <>t"  youth,  tend  ra- 
tlifr  to  intensify  it. 

Jt      J*      & 
Servian  Prince  Defended. 

NIKnLA    TKsla    comes    to    the    rescue  of 
Prince  Lazarovich-Hrebeliano^  ich  with 

a  spirited  reply  to  what  lie  terms  the 
vulgar,  Libelous  ami  malicious  attack  purport- 
ing to  express  the  sentiments  of  the  Serbs 
of  New  JrTork.  Tesla  s.-ivs,  in  the  course  of  his 
Letter:  "At  the  close  of  the  fourteenth  cen- 
tury,  when  the  great  Servian  Empire,  under 
Lazar-Hrebelianovichj  fell,  the  rights  of  the 
dynastic  family  ami  those  of  the  nubility  were 
not  lust,  although  this  privileged  class  was 
shorn  of  its  worldly  power  and  influence.  ' 
At  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tury, when  Servia  obtained  freedom  through 
a  revolution,  a  law  was  passed  forbidding  the 
sovereign  to  bestow  distinctive  titles,  but 
nobility  still  existed,  and  no  special  article 
provided  for  its  extinguishment.  Moieover, 
the  modem  free  state  of  Servia  comprised 
only  a  very  small  part  of  the  mediaeval  em- 
pire, and  any  law  to  this  end  would  be  limited 
to  its  own  territory,  and,  in  any  event,  would 
not  be  retroactive  and  of  effect  on  those  who 
had  emigrated  after  the  battle  of  Kossovo 
Polje.  So  it  comes  that  there  are  still  a  few 
families  in  Austria,  France,  Russia,  and  other 
countries  who  can  trace  their  ancestry  back  to 
the  old  Servian  nobility,  and  if  they  choose 
to  use  their  titles  they  can  do  so  with  full 
propriety.  As  regards  Prince  Lazavovich- 
Hrebelianovich,  his  title  matters  little,  for  he 
has  won  a  better  claim  to  distinction  through 
his  labors  and  rare  intelligence.  In  his  capac- 
ity as  publisher,  editor,  lecturer,  and  author 
he  has  rendered  great  services  to  the  Servian 
people,  which  I  trust  will  be  fittingly  recog- 
nized, despite  all  intrigue  and  opposition. ' ' 
All  of  which  sounds  very  satisfactory,  and 
should  be  consoling  to  the  friends  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Princess,  the  one-time  Eleanor  Calhoun. 

An  Attractive  Resort. 

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Techau  Tavern  filled  to  its  capacity  and 
turning  many  away  from  its  hospitable 
doors,  because  the  management  is  not  eontent 
with  merely  running  a  cafe  as  well  as  it  can 
be  run,  but  is  constantly  introducing  addition- 
al novel  and  attractive  features  quite  apart 
from  food  and  service.  For  example,  each 
lady  who  dined  at  the  Tavern  on  Thanksgiv- 
ing was  presented  with  a  souvenir  bottle  of 
Hanson-Jenks  Violet  Brut  Toilet  "Water,  a 
particularly  pleasing  gift  owing  to  the  supe- 
rior merit  of  the  article,  which  is  fast  taking 
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liberal  in  the  distribution  of  the  Hanson- 
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OF  ALL  tlie  police  officials  in  America  the 
last  from  whom  we  would  have  expect- 
ed to  hear  an  indictment  of  the  vice 
conditions  in  San  Francisco  are  those  of  Chi- 
cago. 

No  one  denies  that  certain  dives  in  this  city 
are  conducted  with  a  flagrant  disregard  of 
appearances,  and  that  our  police  have  a  blind 
eye  which  they  always  turn  toward  such 
places  when  passing;  but  since  when  tins  the 
mantle  of  purity  fallen  upon  Chicago,  the 
city  which,  according  to  Stead,  is  the  one 
which  Christ  would  select  if  he  decided  to 
visit  the   greatest  hell  upon   earth? 

It  was  to  Chicago  that  the  commission  ap 
pointed  to  probe  the  white  slave  evil  turned  in 
search  of  the  most  unblushing  wholesale  and 
systematized  conduct  of  the  traffic  which  repie- 
sents  the  lowest  depths  to  which  fiendish  de 
pravity  can   sink.     And  they  found  it  there. 

In  fo-castles  on  every  sea  from  China  to 
Peru,  and  in  ports  from  the  farthest  north  to 
the  farthest  south,  whenever  the  conversation 
turns  on  women — and  in  the  fo-casfle  it  is 
seldom  far  away — it  is  the  sailor  who  has  been 
to  Chicago  who  caps  everything  by  a  recital 
of  the  lurid  vice  in  that  sink  of  the  world  's 
iniquity. 

"But  sailors'  yarns  are  not  evidence,"  1  bo 
saintly  Chieagoan  will  protest.  It  is  certainly 
not  printable  evidence — most  of  the  truth 
about  Chicago  is  unprintable — but  the  sailor 
with  an  imagination  that  can  go  beyond  the 
realities  of  Chicago  is  wasting  his  time.  He 
is  a  poet  and  a  modern  Dante  at  that. 

However,  there  is  no  need  to  drag  in  the 
evidence  of  the  fo-castle.  We  have  a  far 
more  crushing  indictment  in  the  recently  pub- 
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which  the  worthy  gentlemen  of  the  smell-ful 
city  described  its  condition,  and  if  superlatives 
have  not  lost  all  meaning  you  will  realize  that 
for  quality,  quantity  and  variety  of  vice  the 
home  town  of  Police  Captain  Meagher,  the 
official  who  censures  us,  has  more  to  teach  the 
world  than  the  rest  of  the  world  can  ever  hope 
to  teach  it.  ^ 

So  cerulean  were  many  of  the  pages  in  that 
report,  I  doubt  if  the  postal  authorities  would 
allow  it  to  pass  through  the  mails,  though  it 
was  a  faithful  description  of  Chicago  condi- 
tions. 

In  comparison,  San  Francisco  is  a  saiutly 
city,  if  not  a  city  wholly  composed  of  saints. 

Mayor  Rolph,  who  seems  to  have  been  con- 
siderably distressed  by  the  Meagher  person's 
report,  has  little  time  and  less  inclination  to 
go  about  Chicago  investigating  its  vice,  but 
if  he  could  only  spare  a  few  minutes  to  that, 
unpleasant  task  he  would  come  back  fully  sat- 
isfied that  San  Francisco,  for  all  it  knows,  lias 
a  lot  to  learn  in  the  way  of  knowledge  we  '.an 
well  dispense  with. 

If  our  Mayor  makes  such  a  brief  inspeet:on 
he  will  see  that  Police  Captain  Meagher  has 
beci  merely  resorting  to  the  old  trick  of  try- 
ing to  cover  up  the  incompetency  of  himself 
and  his  staff  by  abusing  the  police  of  other 
cities. 

In  saying  that  "San  Francisco  is  the  worst 
vice-ridden  city  in  the  country"  he  hopes  to 
persuade  his  official  superiors  and  his  fellow- 
citizens  that  by  comparison  Chicago  is  not 
nearly  so  black  as  painted. 

That  report  of  the  Chicago  vice  commission 
must  have  been  sorry  reading  for  Brother 
Meagher.  That  he  has  continued  in  office  in 
face  of  it  shows  the  utter  want  of  any  sense 
of  shame  that  proclaims  the  type  of  man  pei- 
fectly  willing  to  misrepresent  conditions  in 
San    Francisco. 

And  mark  his  astuteness  in  going  so  iVr 
from  home  to  find  a  city  worse  than  his  own. 
Had  he  made  the  charge  against  a  town  near 
by  there  would  have  been  the  risk  of  a  more 
ready  contradiction. 

In  any  case  this  Meagher  person  is  a  cheap 
skate,  and  an  ingrate  at  that.  He  took  the 
fullest  use  of  our  hospitality,  down  to  the  de 
tail  of  dodging  carfares,  and  after  professing 
to  be  pleased  with  all  he  saw  goes  home  and 
libels  us. 

Whatever  the  defects  of  our  police  fores, 
and  they  are  all  too  many,  the  commissioners 
and  other  high  officials  would  never  have  had 
the  brass-visaged  audacity  to  have  remained 
in  office  had  a  representative  committee  of  our 
citizens  issued  a  report  half  as  scathing  as 
that  issued  in  Chicago  and  published  broad- 
cast. 

Far  be  it  from  me  to  sling  mud  at  Chicago! 
There  is  enough  there  already.  Only  a  fool 
thinks  of  carrying  coals  to  Newcastle.  Each 
town  has  got  enough  to  do  washing  its  own 
dirty  linen  without  taking  in  the  laundry  ot 
others. 

There's  a  lot  of  dirty  politics  at  the  back  of 
this  inter-city  mud-slinging.  In  these  days, 
when  communities  are  as  much  in  the  advertis- 
ing market  as  corporations  or  private  business 
men,  it  is  no  uncommon  thing  for  one  city  to 
try  and  besmirch  the  reputation  of  another. 
Chicago,  as  the  world-famed  center  of  un- 
blushing depravity,  would  like  to  pass  that 
reputation  on  to  San  Francisco.  There  is  noth- 
ing here   to   warrant  it. 

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rOLD  MAIDS 
DIARY  .• 


ANUS  SAKB1  Whatever  made  me  put  my 
lovely  pots,  Romeo  mid  Juliet,  in  that  Oak- 
land cat  bdow?  Dear  me  I  If  I  had  only 
taken  the  advice  of  Ethyl  Gayleighl  It 
was  such  good  advice!  Though  'tisn't 
often    she   gives   any. 

"Tabby,"  she  said,  "you  know  what  Oakland  is." 
Indeed  I  do!  Don't  I  remember  when  Mrs. 
Mugsby's  automobile  broke  down  and  made  us 
wait  so  long  for  the  ('reek  ferryboat  we  nearly  died 
wiili  hunger.  I  thought  'twas  my  place  to  treat 
them  to  something  to  eat,  and — goodness  me! — I 
almost  broke  my  front  tooth  on  one  of  the  dough- 
nuts the  restaurant  man  served  us.  Gracious  ine ! 
There  was  a  cobblestone  in  it  large  enough  to  throw 
at  a  stray  cat.  What  d'ye  think  the  man  said  when 
I  showed  him  the  piece  of  rock?  "I  don't  charge 
you  anything  extra  tor  that,"  be  said,  "though  we 
might,  for  the  Rock  Crushers'  Union  over  here  has 
struck  for  higher  wages  and  shorter  hours.  Good, 
digestible  rocks  is  much   higher  than   they  was.     But 


we  don't  waul  any  strangera  to  go  away  and  give 
Oakland  a  bad  name.1 

Goodness  me  I      I've  alv  d     noh  a  prejudice 

■  us!         I 
wouldn'i   Bver    ihow    my  dear  pets  on  this  side  of  the 
bay.  and  to  think  that   1  should  begin  03    takinj 
over  to  Oakland,   where   they   don't   know    ui  ■■ 

than     to     put     lady    catfl     in     din-rt     competition     with 

gentlemei 

When  the  committor    came  round  and  told  m<     ai 
t,  dear  little  Juliei  was  to  be  judged  111  oompi 
titiou   with   a   disreputable-looking  Thomas  cat   from 
Kast    Oakland    tannery    disiriet    i    almost    fainted. 

"Have    you   no    regard    fur   the    proprieties   at    all  — 

the  proprieties  "  l  asked,  but  they  didn't  seeui  to 
know  what  I  was  talking  about, 

Ethyl    Gayleigb    whispered    to    me    that    perhaps 

the    word     '  'propriety        was    not    known     in    dak  land. 

M  >  mind  was  made  up  when  a  couple  of  pert- 
looking  young  Oakland  misses  came  along  with  pro 
grams  in  their  hands  and  -said,  pointing  at  my  pre 
Cious  Juliet:  "What's  thai  frowsy-looking  old  house 
cat    doing    her.'  I 

I  reekon  'twill  be  many  a  day  before  I  exhibit  my 
pets   again    in   an   Oakland  cut   show. 

I   fully  agree   with  everything   had   that   has   been 

said  about  the  show,  and  more.  Still  I  would  have 
liked  to  win  some  of  the  prizes  and  felt  certain  that 
Juliet  would  be  awarded  three  or  four  of  them  and 
Romeo  a  couple.  lie  has  physical  beauty,  but  not 
the  ethereal  temperament  of  his  companion.  The 
prizes  would  come  in  so  bandy  just  before  Christmas. 
The  silver  thimblo  I  could  give  Mrs.  Trotter,  who 
is  so  busy  hunting  town  gossip  she  never  sews  a 
sti'tch.  All  her  friends  would  see  the  joke  of  it. 
The  uopkin  ring  of  sterling  silver  I  could  give  to 
Mrs.  Mugsby  and  pay  off  the  luncheon  I  owe  her 
for  the  tea  she  gave  me.  I  intended  to  keep  the 
lovely  hand-painted  mustard-pot  for  myself.  'Twould 
go  so  beautifully  with  the  china  set  Aunt  Prudence 
got  when  she  married  Si  Punkin  after  he  came  back 
in  a  hurry  from  Bull  Run.  Goodness  me,  there's 
nothing    but    disappointment     in     this    world! 


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w  heu   Socrates    n  a  ■■   on   this  earth 

-Men     called     him     rather    wis.-. 
lie    talked    for    all    thai    he    was    wortb 

It    pays    tO    advertise. 

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Amid    the    boast    and    bluff, 

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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  14,  1912. 


Afraid  to  Speak 


THE  Oakland  Tribune,  which  always  main- 
tains a  highly  critical  attitude  towards 
men  and  things  on  this  side  of  the  bay 
(wrong  side  from  the  Oakland  point  of  view), 
prints  a  rather  amusing  paragraph  about  the 
reception  of  two  local  statesmen  at  the  Forum 
Club.  One  of  these  brilliant  lights  was  Earl 
A.  Waleott,  chairman  of  the  Civil  Service 
Commission,  and  the  other  the  Hon.  Thomas 
E.  Hayden  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors— 
"Man  of  Affairs,"  the  censorious  Oakland 
newspaper  calls  him.  All  politicians  in  office 
are  "men  of  affairs,"  just  as  every  "club- 
man ' '  is  referred  to  as  "  a  wealthy  clubman, 
and  all  bankers  are  described  in  the  newspa- 
per columns  as  millionaire  financiers — though 
not  infrequently  they  are  neither  financiers 
nor  millionaires. 

At  the  Forum  Club  meeting  where  Messrs. 
Waleott  and  Hayden  spoke  the  Civil  Ser- 
vice Commissioners  ' '  talked  at  length  and 
exceedingly  well,"  we  are  told.  "Where- 
upon Dr.  Millieent  Cosgrave,  "the  bright 
and  low-voiced  sister  of  Eastern  magazine 
fame,"  acting  as  presiding  officer,  re- 
marked: 

' '  Mr.  Waleott  having  so  ably  instructed 
us, '  Mr.  Thomas  E.  Hayden  will  now  ad- 
dress the  club  about  the  less  important 
changes  involved  in  the  minor  amendments 
Mr.   Waleott   did  not  touch  upon." 

The  club  laughed  at  the  graceful  presi- 
dent's ingenuous  differentiation,  and  the 
talented  lady  herself  blushed  furiously  at 
the  contemplation  of  her  lapsus  linguae. 
She  frankly  admitted  "it  sounded  just 
terrible,"  but  Mr.  Hayden,  being  an  old 
political  campaigner,  and  a  man  of  good 
sense  as  well,  took  it  in  good  nature  and 
joined  in  the  laugh.  Then  Mr.  Hayden 
went  on  and  talked  about  the  proposed 
amendments  raising  salaries  in  every 
direction.  "But  I  am  not  going,"  said  he, 
"to  advise  you  ladies  of  the  Forum  Club 
how  to  vote."  He  intimated  gently  that  in 
no  public  office  in  San  Francisco  were  the 
employes  smothered  with  work.  He  said  that 
no  doubt  some  of  the  ladies  of  the  Forum 
Club  had  visited  these  public  offices  at  some 
time  and  seen  for  themselves  how  little  dan- 
ger there  is  that  any  of  the  clerks  will  drop 
dead  from  exhaustion. 

Supervisor  Hayden  did  not  use  language 
quite  as  strong  as  that.  He  was  most  tactful 
and  diplomatic,  and  steered  his  verbal  course 
deftly  between  the  Scylla  of  plain  facts  and 
the  Charybdis  of  cold  truth  that  might  wreck 
his  cockle-shell  of  Political  Hope. 

In  this  timid  hesitancy  of  Supervisors  and 
other  citizens  prominent  in  the  public  eye  is 
the  bane  of  San  Francisco.  Most  of  our  pub- 
lic men  seem  afraid  of  their  shadows  and 
scamper  off  like  frightened  jackrabbits  when 
confronted  by  an  emergency  that  calls  for 
outspoken  condemnation. 


Why  should  not  Mr.  Hayden,  or  any  other 
member  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  advise 
the  estimable  ladies  of  the  Forum  Club,  or 
any  other  organization,  how  to  vote  on  the 
many  injudicious  charter  amendments  slam- 
med upon  the  official  ballot  to  confuse  the 
voters  and  help  professional  raiders  of  the 
public  treasury? 

This  present  Board  of  Supervisors  is  far 
above  the  average  of  such  bodies  as  seen  in 
San  Francisco.  Indeed,  it  is  doubtful  if  eigh- 
teen better  men  can  be  elected  in  this  city. 

But  how  many  times  have  the  majority  of 
those  eighteen  fairly  good  Supervisors  been 
heard  lifting  their  voices  loudly  against  the 
many  abuses  that  call  for  rectification.  The 
mantle  of  discreet  silence  falls  upon  the 
Board  when  any  subject  eomes  up  that  they 
would  rather  drown  fathoms  deep  in  oblivion. 
Such  subjects,  for  instance,  as  that  of  a  pack 
of  bewhiskered  and  not  overwashed  foreign 
anarchists  strutting  up  and  down  before  the 
doors  of  honest  merchants  and  bawling  "un- 
fair house"  to  scare  away  customers  that  are 
much  needed  in  these  dull  times. 


like  a  lump  on  a  log  while  daylight  burglars 
are  spilling  the  nitro-glycerine  of  vicious  leg- 
islation into  the  locks  of  the  city  treasury. 
Weak-hearted  politicians  who  think  that 
they  all  make  their  ride  round  the  political 
circus-ring  easier  by  straddling  as  many  horses 
as  possible  are  likely  to  come  down  on  the 
sawdust  with  a  heavy  thud. 


G' 


A    POLITICAL    ECONOMIST. 

How  many  speeches  have  been  delivered 
in  the  present  Board  of  Supervisors  condemn- 
ing the  efforts  of  the  Taxeaters'  Trust  to 
raise  salaries  of  officials  who  already  are  vast- 
ly over  paid?  Scarcely  a  whimper  of  dissent 
has  been  heard  from  our  Honorable  City 
Fathers. 

Those  worthies  adopted  the  attitude  of 
smug  silence  and  seemed  to  think  that  they 
had  done  their  full  duty  when  they  put  all 
the  amendments,  good,  bad  and  indifferent, 
on  the  ballot,  and  told  the  public  to  choose 
for  themselves,  as  some  of  the  proposed  laws 
were  not  all  they  should  be. 

Let  it  be  said  to  the  honorable  gentlemen 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  that  in  encour- 
aging drones  and  parasites  to  get  up  special 
elections  that  cost  a  great  deal  of  money, 
and  raise  the  taxes,  they  are  neglectful  of 
their  duties  to  the  public  and  deserving  of 
severe  censure. 

The  duty  of  an  honest  Supervisor  is  to  do 
something  more   than  sit   silent  in  his   chair, 


HAS  HIRAM  HAD  ENOUGH? 
OVERNOR  JOHNSON  is  a  born  bluffer, 
but  when  it  eomes  to  the  test,  he  has 
always  enough  horse  sense  to  come  in 
out  of  the  wet.  Last  month,  when  it  came  to 
the  great  national  showdown,  Hiram  pretend- 
ed that  what  everyone  else  took  to  be  the  un- 
mistakable and  overwhelming  defeat  of  the 
Bull  Moosers  was  "a  substantial  victory," 
"of  little  more  consequence  than  the  missing 
of  a  train."  Personally,  we  cannot  regard  the 
missing  of  our  train  as  a  substantial  victory, 
but  that  little  mix-up  of  the  apologist  can  pass. 
Hiram  went  on  to  explain  that  "a  mere  battle 
has  been  fought.  A  great  fight  has  begun." 
"A  lasting  and  permanent  victory  was  won 
by  Progressives  in  the  crystallization  of  a 
great  public  sentiment,  founded  on  a  moral 
conception."  "All  we  have  to  do  is  to 
keep  the  faith,  remain  steadfast  to  the 
right.  Stand  by  our  principles,  stand  by 
our  guns  and  victory,  complete  and  per- 
manent, is  sure  at  last. ' ' 

That  was  Bombastes  Furioso  a  month 
cago,  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  Hiram 
an  absentee  governor.  Then  he  did  not 
mind  in  the  least  how  long  he  stayed  away 
from  the  State  that  paid  his  salary.  Nor 
would  he  care  now  if  there  was  a  remote 
chance  of  working  into  a  more  lucrative 
post. 

But  at  the  Bull  Moose  conference  in  Chi- 
cago, on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  Hiram 
was  conspicuous  by  his  absence,  his  excuse 
being  "the  pressure  of  State  duties. ' ' 
There  was  no  pressure  of  State  duties  dur- 
ing months  of  absence  when  the  Vice- 
Presidency  was  a  possibility,  but  they  are 
too  pressing  for  a  two  days'  conference 
when  it  is  manifest  that  the  Progressive  party 
differs  from  the  dodo  only  in  the  fact  that  it 
still  makes  a  noise  and  the  pretense  of  exist- 
ence. Hiram  knows  when  he  has  had  enough, 
as  he  also  knows  that  the  people  of  California 
have  had  enough  of  Hiram.  Therefore  the 
decision  not  to  run  again  as  Governor.  The 
electors  will  be  cheated  of  the  expected  funer- 
al ceremony,  but  so  long  as  Hiram  is  buried 
what  does  it  matter? 

♦ 

THE   SOUR  MILK   SWINDLE. 
HE   daily   papers,   with   that   weak-kneed 


T 


timidity  which  always  characterizes 
them  when  faced  with  the  probable  op- 
position of  the  Labor  Trust,  have  done  little 
more  than  barely  state  the  facts  in  regard  to 
the  sour  milk  swindle  which  the  Wagon  Driv- 
ers' Union  is  seeking  to  work  on  the  consumer. 
In  fact,  several  of  the  papers  have  given  their 
readers  nothing  more  than  the  small  type  no- 
tice of  the  Milk  Dealers'  Association  printed 
in  obscure  corners  and  carefully  labeled  "ad- 


Saturday,  December  14,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


15 


MISLAID. 


vertisement. "  The  Wasp,  with  its  customary 
disregard  of  the  threats  of  the  Labor  Trust, 
has  not  hesitated  to  brand  the  latest  outrage 
as  something  more  than  an  inconvenience  to 
consumers,  and  as  nothing  short  of  the  con- 
structive murder  of  infants  and  invalids.  As 
put  in  the  issue  of  last  week,  it  is  possible 
that  the  male  portion  of  this  union-ridden 
community,  lullel  into  indifference  by  a  spine- 
less daily  press,  may  meekly  and  patiently 
submit  to  a  scheme  subversive  of  sound  health, 
but  if  we  know  anything  of  the  San  Francisco 
mother  she  will  revolt  against  the  sour  milk 
swindle  as  spelling  the  certain  murder  of  her 
babes.  And  those  who  have  the  care  of  the 
sick,  will  they  submit  to  seeing  the  patient 
upon  whom  the  highest  medical  and  surgical 
skill  has  been  successfully  expended,  sacrificed 
on  the  altar  of  a  union  decree?  Of  what  use 
to  rescue  a  man  from  the  jaws  of  death  if  im- 
mediately after  that  rescue  he  is  to  be  hand- 
ed back  by  feeding  him  on,  say,  a  Sunday 
morning  milk  taken  from  a  cow  on  Friday 
night?  The  same  interval  will  occur  every 
other  day  in  the  week.  Until  Burbank  or 
some  other  Mendelist  succeeds  in  breeding  a 
cow  that  will  give  milk  only  at  intervals  suit- 
ed to  the  convenience  of  the  Milk  Wagon 
Drivers'  Union,  and  of  a  kind  guaranteed  to 
keep  fresh  until  put  upon  the  table,  this  latest 


tyranny  is  murder,  and  would  be  branded  as 
such  if  the  press,  instead  of  tamely  submit- 
ting, had  the  backbone  necessary  for  an  effect- 
ive protest.  Meanwhile  The  Wasp  will  con- 
tinue to  urge  all  vitally  concerned — and  direct- 
ly and  indirectly  we  are  all  vitally  concerned — 
to  rebel  against  the  sour  milk  swindle. 

♦ 

THE  AQUATIC  PARK  CRAZE. 

OF  PROPOSITIONS  for  the  issuing  of 
new  bonds  there  is  no  end.  Some  of 
them  are  merely  foolish,  many  are  art- 
ful devices  of  unemployed  or  dissatisfied  in- 
competents anxious  to  get  on  the  city  pay-roll, 
and  all  of  them  are  methods  of  increasing  the 
burdens  of  the  taxpayer.  Whenever  a  certain 
class  of  commercially  valueless  men  gather  to- 
gether they  are  apt  to  propound  a  scheme  for 
a  bond  issue.  What  does  it  matter  if  the  pro- 
ject is  wholly  unnecessary?  Nothing  if  it  is 
of  the  kind  likely  to  appeal  to  the  popular  im- 
agination. The  taxpayer  faces  all  the  bills — 
he  doesn't  cast  all  the  votes. 

Take,  for  instance,  this  cool  proposal  for  an 
aquatic  park  at  Black  Point  cove,  extending 
from  the  foot  of  Van  Ness  avenue  t  ■  Fisher- 
men's Wharf,  The  plan  involves,  according 
'o  an  eloquently  worded  circular  signed  by  one 
James  Edward  Rogers,  "the  construction  of 
an    embankment,    erection    of   bathing    floats, 


bath  houses,  etc.,"  so  as  to  form  "an  attrac- 
tion to  old  and  young — man,  woman  and  child 
— second  to  none  in  point  of  physical  and  men- 
tal advantages."  There  are  other  and  even 
more  floridly  poetical  passages,  marred  only 
by  a  distressing  piece  of  prose  to  the  effect 
that  it  will  cost  $800,000.  That  is  to  say,  it 
will  cost  that  to  begin  with.  A  million  and 
more  would  not  see  the  enterprise  through  to 
the  point  where  we  will  have  to  begin  to  pro- 
vide for  salaries  for  those  who  would  run  the 
aquatic  park. 

On  these  extra  jobs  the  circular  is  silent,  but 
that  is  just  where  some  of  these  bond  apostles 
come  in — if  they  don't  cut  in  even  earlier.  We 
don't  know  whether  Mr.  James  Edward  Rogers 
hopes  to  become  High  Chief  of  the  Aquatic 
Park  Life  Saving  Corps,  Custodian  of  the  Tow- 
els, Grand  Keeper  of  the  Soap,  or  Chief  Com- 
missioner of  the  Bathing  Suits.  His  fertile 
imagination  may  have  several  other  new  jobs 
in  view.  On  the  other  hand,  he  may  be  taking 
a  purely  philanthropic  and  disinterested  inter- 
est in  the  scheme  he  so  warmly  commends.  San 
Francisco  has  already  more  parks  and  park 
space  than  any  city  of  its  size  in  the  world, 
and  unless  we  are  going  stark  and  park  staring 
-lad  we  will  vote  down  this  plan  to  increase 
the  taxes  and  create  new  offices  for  bond-issue 
engineers. 


16 


THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  14,  1912. 


AND     M 

By  the  Bookfellow. 


MARATHON  OF   THE  MUSES. 


GEORGE    STERLING 


One  of  the  winners  in   na- 
tional verse  contest. 


California  Poets  Win  Laurels  in  Record  Amer- 
ican Verse  Competition. 

TEN  thousand  poems  from  nearly  two  thou- 
sand  American   poets!      The   mere   sta- 
tistics of  the  Mitchell  Kennerley  compe- 
tition   take     one's    breath    away.      Who    will 
now  deny  that  Am- 
erica   is    the    mod- 
ern   home    of    the 
I  Muses,  or  who  per- 
sist in  the  delusion 
that       American 
commercial    supre- 
macy has  develop- 
ed the  dollar  deity 
I  or  the  idol  worship 
1  of    materialism? 

If  the  Dollar  is 
j  our  God,  then  here 
|  are  two  thousand 
atheists  and  ten 
thousand  outbursts 
of  more  or  less  in- 
spired sacrilege. 
No  matter  how 
clearly  he  may  see 
with  prophetic  vi- 
sion into  the  dis- 
tant future,  no 
matter  how  dis- 
tinctly he  may  hear  the  music  of  the  spheres, 
every  man  who  writes,  or  attempts  to  write, 
a  poem  is  for  the  time  being  blind  to  his  own 
material  future  and  deaf  to  the  appeal  of  the 
dollar.  Poetry  does  not  pay,  and  few  know  it 
better  than  the  few  verse-writers  who  are 
making  good  money.  But  this  makes  all  the 
more  commendable  the  enthusiasm  of  those 
who  are  poets  because  they  cannot  help  them- 
selves. 

The  trouble  with  our  verse  is  that  there  is 
too  much  of  it  of  good  quality.  It  is  market- 
ed with  a  woeful  disregard  of  the  demand. 
The  competition  is  chaotic.  A  Parnassus 
Trust  is  needed  to  regulate  the  output,  and  a 
merger  of  the  Muses  is  about  the  only  combine 
against  which  the  consumers  would  not  kick. 

Meanwhile  it  is  pleasing  to  note  that  our 
own  George  Sterling,  with  "An  Ode  for  the 
Centenary  of  the  Birth  of  Robert  Browning," 
divided  second  prize  money,  his  co-equal  be- 
ing Thomas  Augustin  Daly,  who,  though  bet- 
ter known  for  his  brilliant  dialect  verse,  is  a 
real  poet.  The  winner  was  Orrick  Johns  of 
St.  Louis.  Sterling's  ode,  which  is  described 
by  one  critic  as  "a  glorious,  vital,  strong- 
fibered  rendering  back  to  Browning  of  that 
which  Browning  gave  the  world — his  courage, 
his  art-conscience,  his  faith  in  Good" — is  one 
of  the  longest  in  ''The  Lyric  Year,"  the  title 
under  which  the  successful  pieces  are  pub- 
lished.    An  excerpt: — 

Thou  wast  a  star  ere  death's  long  night  shut  down, 

And   for   thy  brows  the   crown 
Was   graven    ere    the    birth-pangs,    and    thy   bed 
Is   now   of   hallowed  marble,    and   a    fane 

Among    the   mightier   dead : 
More  blameless  than  tnine  own  what  soul  hath  stood? 
Dost  thou   lie  deaf  until   another  Reign, 

Or  hear  as  music  o'er  thy  head 
The  ceaseless  trumpets  of  the  war  for  Good? 

Ah,   thou!      Ah,   thou! 
Stills    God    thy    question    now? 

Other  Californians  included  are  Markham, 
Scheutiauer,  Marguerite  O.  B.  Wilkinson,  Hen- 
ry C.  Warmack,  W.  H.  Wright,  Marion  Cum- 
mings  Stanley,  Genevieve  Furnell-Bond,  and 
Mrs.  Bertha  Newberry.  No  mention  is  made 
of  Lycidas  O 'Grady  or  Thomas  Nunan,  from 
which  we  conclude  they  were  not  competitors. 


SHAW  ON  RODIN. 


How  the  Modern  Phidias  Made  His  Bust  of 
the  Irish  Dramatist. 

UNDER  the  pretense  of  reviewing  Paul 
Gsell's  Boswellian  study  of  Auguste 
Rodin,  George  Bernard  Shaw  gives  an 
interesting  account  of  the  methods  of  the 
great  French  sculptor — perhaps  the  only  sculp- 
tor since  Michael  Angelo.  Rodin,  though  he 
has  more  than  distinguished  himself  as  a  writ- 
er and  esthetic  philosopher,  is  sufficiently  out- 
side the  literary  form  of  art  for  Shaw  to  feel 
any  of  that  jealousy  he  manifests  towards  all 
others  in  possible  competition.  True,  the 
cockney  humorist's  idea  of  the  Trinity  is, 
"Me,  God  and  Rodin,",  but,  if  he  places 
himself  first,  he  concedes  considerable  creat- 
ive powers  to  the  Divinity  and  Rodin.  Shaw's 
egotism  is,  after  all,  a  very  shallow  pose.  To 
begin  with,  it  is  a  feeble,  very  feeble,  imita- 
tion of  the  colossal  egotism  of  Nietzsche,  from 
whom  Shaw  has  borrowed  half  the  philosophy 
credited  as  his  own.  I  used  to  think  in  the 
days  when  I  knew  him  first  that  G.  B.  S.  was 
really  as  conceited  as  he  seemed,  and  that  if 
he  hesitated  to  express  his  self-love  with  the 
brutal  daring  adopted  by  the  illustrious  Pole, 
it  was  because  he  was  afraid  of  his  public. 
Pince  then  every  outburst  only  convinces  me 
that  he  is  really  a  very  modest  man  endeavor- 
ing to  conceal  an  innate  shyness  by  a  boast- 
ing that  deceives  everybody,  but  as  yet  not 
himself.  If  you  read  between  the  lines  of 
those  startingly  egotistical  sentences  you  will 
note  something  akin  to  the  noise  of  children 
left  by  themselves  in  a  house  and  shouting 
for  the  benefit  of  passing  burglars. 

But  to  get  back  to  Rodin.  Shaw  says:  "In 
the  year  1906  it  was  proposed  to  furnish  the 
world  with  an  authentic  portrait  bust  of  me 
before  I  had  left  the  prime  of  life  too  far  be- 
hind. The  question  then  arose:  Could  Rodin 
be  induced  to  undertake  the  work?  On  no 
other  condition  would  I  sit,  because  it  was 
clear  to  me  that  Rodin  was  not  only  the  great- 
est sculptor  then  living,  but  the  greatest  sculp 
tor  of  his  epoch — one  of  those  extraordinary 
persons  who,  like  Michael  Angelo,  or  Phidias, 
or  Praxiteles,  dominate  whole  ages  as  fashion- 
able favorites  dominate  a  single  London  sea- 
son. I  saw,  therefore,  that  any  man  who,  be- 
ing a  contemporary  of  Rodin,  deliberately 
allowed  his  bust  to  be  made  by  any  one  else 
must  go  down  to  posterity  (if  he  went  down 
at  all)    as  a  stupendous  nincompoop. 

Photographed  in  His  Bath. 

"Also,  I  wanted  a  portrait  of  myself  by  an 
artist  capable  of  seeing  me.  Many  clever 
portraits  of  my  reputation  were  in  existence, 
but  I  have  never  been  taken  in  by  my  reputa- 
tion, having  manufactured  it  myself.  A  repu- 
tation is  a  mask  which  a  man  has  to  wear  just 
as  he  has  to  wear  a  coat  and  trousers;  it  is  a 
disguise  we  insist  on  as  a  point  of  decency. 
The  result  is  we  have  hardly  any  portraits  of 
men  and  women.  *  And  the  mask  de- 

fies the  camera.  When  Alvin  Langdon  Cobuin 
wanted  to  exhibit  a  full-length  photograph 
portrait  of  me,  I  secured  a  faithful  representa- 
tion up  to  the  neck  by  the  trite  expedient  of 
sitting  to  him  one  morning  as  I  got  out  of  my 
bath.  The  portrait  was  duly  hung  before  a 
stupefied  public  as  a  first  step  toward  a  realiz- 
ation of  Carlyle's  antidote  to  political  idola- 
try— a  naked  Parliament.  But  though  the 
body  was  my  body  the  face  was  the  face  of 
my  reputation;  so  much  so,  in  fact,  that  the 
critics  concluded  that  Mr.  Coburn  had  faked 
his  photograph  and  stuck  my  head  on  some- 
body else's  shoulders." 

Well,  that  is  not  exactly  Rodin,  but  it  is 
Shaw's  method  of  approach.  At  last  he  says: 
"Rodin  tells  us  that  his  wonderful  busts  sel- 
dom please  the  sitters.  *  *  Look  at  my 
bust,  and  you  will  not  find  it  a  bit  like  that 


brilliant  fiction,  rieruard  Shaw.  But  it  is 
frightfully   like    me." 

How  Rodin  Works. 

Then  comes  Rodin  at  work:  "He  plodded 
along  exactly  as  if  he  were  a  river  god  doing 
a  job  of  wall-building  in  a  garden  for  three  or 
four  francs  a  day.  When  he  was  in  doubt  he 
measured  me  with  an  old  iron  dividers,  and 
then  measured  the  bust.  If  the  bust 's  nose 
was  too  long  he  sliced  a  bit  out  of  it,  and  jam- 
med the  tip  of  it  up  to  close  the  gap,  with  no 
more  emotion  or  affectation  than  a  glazier  put- 
ting in  a  window-pane,  if  the  ear  was  in  the 
wrong  place  he  cut  if  off  and  slapped  it  into  its 
right  place,  excusing  these  cold-blooded  muti- 
lations to  my  wife  (who  half  expected  to  see 
the  already  terribly  animated  clay  bleed)  by 
remarking  that  it  was  shorter  than  to  make 
a  new  ear.  Yet  a  succession  of  miracles  took 
place  as  he  worked.  In  the  first  fifteen  min- 
utes, in  merely  giving  a  suggestion  of  human 
shape  to  the  lump  of  clay,  he  produced  so 
spirited  a  thumbnail  bust  of  me  that  I  wanted 
to  take  it  away  and  relieve  him  of  any  further 
labor.     *  *     But  that  phase  vanished  like 

a  summer  cloud  as  the  bust  evolved.  I  say 
evolved  advisedly;  for  it  passed  through  every 
stage  in  the  evolution  of  art  before  my  eyes 
in  the  course  of  a  month.  After  that  first  fif- 
teen minutes  it  sobered  down  into  a  careful 
representation  of  my  features  in  their  exact 
living  dimensions.  Then  this  representation 
mysteriously  went  back  to  the  cradle  of  Chris- 
tian art,  at  which  point  I  again  wanted  to  say: 
'For  heaven's  sake,  stop  and  give  me  that;  it 
is  a  Byzantine  masterpiece.'  Then  it  began 
to  look  as  if  Bernini  had  meddled  with  it. 
Then,  to  my  horror,  it  smoothed  out  into  a 
plausible,  rather  elegant  piece  of  eighteenth- 
century  work,  almost  as  if  Houdan  had  touch- 
up  a  head  by  Canova  or  Thorwaldsen,  or  as  if 
Leighton  had  tried  his  hand  at  eclecticism  in 
bust-making. 

"Rodin's  hand  worked,  not  as  a  sculptor's 
hand  works,  but  as  a  Life  Force  works.  * 
*  I  no  more  think  of  Rodin  as  a  celebrated 
sculptor  than  I  think  of  Elijah  as  a  well 
known  litterateur  and  forcible  after-dinner 
speaker.  His  'Main  de  Dieu'  is  his  own  hand. 
That  is  why  the  stuff  written  about  him  by 
professional  art  critics  is  such  ludicrous  cackle 
and   piffle.      I   have   been    a    professional    art 

critic  myself. ' ' 

*     *     * 

Beatrice  Harraden,  in  announcing  her  inten- 
tion to  again  visit  America,  says  she  has  not 
yet  decided  whether  the  trip  will  be  "in  con- 
nection with  suffrage  or  for  pleasure."  Ap- 
parently she  does  not  think  that  the  two  can 
possibly  be  combined. 


Art  &  Refinement  are  displayed  in  Tasteful  Attire. 


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III-;  Hi  mness  shown  by  the  securities  of 
»  the  United  Railroads  in  the  midst  of 
a  feverish  money  market  has  proved 
their  strength  in  a  most  convincing 
manner.  Not  long  ago  the  reverse  would  have 
been  the  case.  The  United  Railroads  bonds 
and  stocks  might  have  boon  among  the  first 
lot  to  feel  the  pressure  of  panicky  selling. 

The  Wasp  has  been  telling  readers  in  these 
columns  for  some  time  that  the  United  Rail- 
roads was  likely  to  enjoy  a  period  of  pros- 
perity that  would  advance  its  securities,  and 
consequently  make  them  more  attractive  to 
investors.  Investors  who  took  the  hint  have 
made  some  money,  and  arc  likely  to  add  to 
their  profits.  The  business  done  by  the  United 
Railroads  has  been  most  satisfactory.  It  is 
something  of  a  record  for  a  street  railroad 
company  which  was  almost  wiped  out  of  ex- 
istence by  the  fire  of  1906  to  be  now  enjoying 
a  revenue  which  amounted  last  year  to  $8,- 
173,113.91.  After  paying  for  operating  ex- 
penses the  company  had  a  net  revenue  of 
nearly  $4,0110,001.).  During  the  year  the  num- 
ber of  regular  fare  passengers  was  163,463,- 
830.  Counting  regular  fares  and  transfers,  the 
company  carried  233,903,877  passengers.  This, 
too,  in  a  time  when  conditions  were  anything 
but  favorable.  An  immense  amount  of  recon- 
struction work  has  been  done  by  the  United 
Railroads,  but  despite  all  the  outlay  occasion- 
ed by  the  rapid  restoration  of  its  business, 
the  company,  after  paying  dividends  on  the 
preferred  stock  and  fulfilling  its  sinking  fund 
provisions,  showed  a  surplus  of  $755,900.43. 
Such  a  showing  could  have  no  other  effect 
than  to  increase  the  confidence  of  investors 
in  securities  of  the  United  Railroads.  An- 
other favorable  feature  is  the  changing  atti- 
tude of  the  municipal  authorities  of  San 
Francisco  towards  the  street  car  company. 
Heretofore   the   attitude   of   the   city   govern- 


ment lias  beeu  that  of  intense  and  unfair  hos- 
tility that  would  listen  to  no  common  sense 
arguments.  Now  the  city  governmenl  begins 
to  take  a  reasonable  view  of  the  situation  and 

to  discuss  the  relations  of  the  United  Rail- 
roads   to    the    public    from   the    standpoint    of 


WM,  F.  HERRIN 

His  departure  for  New  York  has  been  of  interest 
to   local  investors. 

fairness  and  with  less  consideration  of  parti- 
san   politics    than    public    convenience. 

A  Reminiscence. 
The  Real  Estate  Circular  issued  by  Thomas 
Magee  &  Sons  recounts  how  one  John  Hunt, 
who  bought  a  lot  in  New  York  City  sixty-two 
years  ago  for  $2,400  was  arrested  at  the  insti- 
gation of  his  relatives  and  tried  for  insanity. 
In  1912  the  same  lot  was  sold  for  $1,825,000. 
Many  stories  about  San  Francisco  real  estate 
speculators  are  about  as  remarkable  as  that 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRAN0I80O 


Capital      $4,000,000 

Surplus    and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.   GREENEBAUM.  ..  .Chairman   of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.     FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C     F.   HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.    H.   HIGH Assistant   Cashier 

H.    CHOTNSKI Assistant    Cashier 

G   R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


of  John  Hunt's  investment  in  New  York  City. 
-Many  people  remember  when  Market  street 
was  little  more  than  ;i  BucceBsion  of  sand  hills. 
In  those  days  the  price  paid  by  .Juhn  Hunt  for 
his  New  York  lot  would  have  purchased  quite 
a  strip  of  Market   street   sand. 

In  comparatively  recent  days,  when  far- 
seeing  speculators  began  to  predict  that  Mar- 
ket street  woulu  become  the  rival  vi'  Mont- 
gomery and  of  Kearny  streets  as  a  retail 
street,  it  was  considered  proof  of  insanity  to 
ask  $300  per  foot  for  Market  street  lots  oppo- 
site the  City  Hall.  A  Montgomery  street  teal 
estate  broker  tells  how  he  met  a  friend  at 
Market  street  and  Eighth  street  one  day  look- 
ing at  some  property  for  sale  there.  The 
friend  told  the  broker  that  the  owners  of  the 
lots  must  be  fit  subjects  for  the  Napa  asylum, 
as  they  had  declared  they  would  not  part  with 
the  property  for  less  than  $400  a  foot. 

The  Auditorium  Site. 

The  block  of  land  at  Larkin  and  Hayes 
streets,  which  the  city  has  purchased  for  the 
Civic  Center,  and  which  will  be  the  site  of  a 
great  auditorium,  has  an  interesting  history. 
None  of  the  newspapers  have  gone  beyond 
the  purchase  of  the  block  by  the  Mechanics' 
Institute  from  the  former  Catholic  Archbishop 
of  San  Francisco,  Joseph  Sadoc  Alemany.  The 
purchase  was  made  by  the  Mechanics'  Insti- 
tute in  1881,  and  was  recommended  by  the 
late  P.  E.  Cornwall,  a  public-spirited  and  far- 
seeing  man  of  affairs.  He  saw  that  the  city 
would  spread  towards  the  west  and  south,  and 
that  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  of  which  he 
was  a  trustee,  would  be  greatly  benefited  by 
investing  its  surplus  in  comparatively  cheap 
land  on  the  line  of  improvement.     His  judg- 


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ruent  lias  proved  to  be  correct,  for  the  city 
has  paid  $700,000  for  the  block,  and  the  Me- 
chanics' Institute  gave  only  $175,000  for  it 
to  Archbishop  Alemany.  After  purchasing 
the  block,  the  Mechanics'  Institute  mortgaged 
it  to  the  Hibernia  Bank  for  $105,000  for  three 
years  at  6%  per  cent,  and  used  the  money  to 
erect  the  Mechanics'  Pavilion,  which  for 
years  was  used  for  an  annual  industrial  exhi- 
bition, and  later  on  for  various  kinds  of  meet- 
ings. The  money  recently  obtained  by  the 
sale  of  this  block  to  the  city  has  placed  the 
Institute  on  a  most  satisfactory  financial  ba- 
sis. The  transaction  shows  that  in  the  long 
run  real  estate  on  the  line  of  improvement  in 
a  growing  city  is  a  sure  investment.  The 
length  of  the  speculation  is  the  only  draw- 
back to  it. 

Griven  to  the  Church. 
This  fine  block,  on  which  the  Auditorium 
will  stand,  and  which  Archbishop  Alemany 
sold  to  the  Mechanics'  Institute  for  $175,000, 
was  presented  to  the  church  by  the  late  John 
Sullivan,  a  wealthy  pioneer  who  was  very 
prominent  in  the  early  history  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. Mr.  Sullivan  left  a  large  family,  the 
oldest  member  of  which  is  former  State  Sen- 
ator and  Congressman  Francis  J.  Sullivan,  the 
brother-in-law  of  former  Mayor  James  D.  Phe- 
lan.  John  Sullivan  was  desirous  that  St. 
Mary's  College  should  be  erected  on  the  block 
and  donated  his  land  for  that  purpose.  Title 
to  a  small  portion  of  the  block  was  vested  in 
the  late  Frank  McCoppin,  the  famous  Mayor 
whom  San  Francisco  can  thank  for  Golden 
Gate  Park.  Title  to  the  full  block  was  con- 
veyed to  Archbishop  Alemany  by  Messrs.  Sul- 
livan and  McCoppin  in  1860.  It  was  after- 
wards deemed  advisable  to  locate  St.  Mary's 
College  in  a  more  secluded  place  in  the  su- 
burbs,  and  nothing  was  done  with   the  block 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bank    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  Paid  Up $    6,000,000.00 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits    ...       5,131,055.03 


Total     511,131,055.03 

OFFICERS. 
Isaias   W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,   Jr.,  Vice-PreB. 
P.   L.   Lipman,   Vice-PreB. 
James   K.   Wilson,    Vice-Pres. 
Frank  B.   King,   Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.   1...   Davis,   Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 
Isaias  W.   Hellman  I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph   Sloss  A.   ChriBteson 

Percy  T.   Morgan  Wm.  Haas 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  Hartland  Law 

Wm.  F.  Herrin  Henry  Rosenfeld 

John  C.  Kirkpatrick         James  L.  Flood 
J.  Henry  Meyer  Chas.  J.  Deering 

A.  H.  PayBon  James   K.   Wilson 

F.  L.   Lipman 
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till  1S81,  when  it  was  disposed  of  to  the  Me- 
chanics' Institute  for  $175,000.  The  land  had 
increased  greatly  in  value  in  the  twenty-one 
years. 

Another  block  in  the  vicinity  which  has 
proved  valuable  to  its  clerical  owners  is  that 
on  which  the  Jesuit  Church  of  St.  Ignatius 
stood  before  the  1906  fire.  The  Jesuits  bought 
this  fine  block  on  Van  Ness  avenue  with  the 
money  they  got  from  the  Parrott  family  for 
the  old  Jesuit  Church  site  on  Market  street, 
between  Fourth  and  Fifth,  now  occupied  by 
the  Emporium.  The  Jesuits  hold  their  block 
on  Van  Ness  avenue  for  $1,000,000.  They 
have  been  offered  $800,000. 

Banking  Reform. 

That  there  is  room  for  reform  in  our  na- 
tional banking  system  is  freely  admitted  by 
bankers  themselves,  but  while  all  manner  of 
meddling  politicians  and  economic  doctrinaires 
are  propounding  more  or  less  impossible  solu- 
tions there  is  no  unanimity  among  practical 
financial  experts  as  to  just  what  is  wanted. 
This  is  unfortunate,  especially  in  view  of  the 
fact  that  with  or  without  expert  knowledge 
the  politicians  seem  determined  to  do  some- 
thing. It  is  part  of  the  politician's  business 
to  do  something,  even  if  it  is  in  the  form  of 
interference  with  something  he  does  not  un 
derstand.  He  has  to  appear  to  be  kept  busy, 
and  if  he  makes  mistakes  he  can  be  kept  just 
as  busy  amending  or  trying  to  amend  them 
by  more  legislation.  He  plays  up  to  the  popu- 
lar fallacy  that  if  anything  is  wrong  it  can 
be  righted  by  an  act  of  Congress  or  Legisla- 
ture, or  a  charter  amendment. 

But  banking  is  a  delicate  thing,  and  in  niut> 
cases  out  of  ten  politicians 'only  make  mat- 
ters worse  when- they  try  to  improve  banking 
conditions  by  legislation.  However,  there  is 
a  widespread  agitation  for  a  reform  of  the 
currency  system,  and  the  fact  that  President- 
elect Wilson  adds  his  support  in  the  form  of 
an  academic  and  somewhat  cryptic  statement 
only  makes  it  the  more  certain  that  Congress 
will  sooner  or  later  do  something.  With  studi- 
ous indefiniteness,  Woodrow  Wilson  contents 
himself  with  saying  that  we  should  seek  the 
most  scientific  system  of  elastic  currency,  but 
gives  no  hint  as  to  what  in  his  opinion  is  that 
scientific  solution. 

Outstanding  among  the  many  impossible  pro- 
posals, and  one  that  is,  of  course,  supported  by 
the  Socialistic  element,  is  that  of  a  govern- 
ment note  issue.  The  fallacy  that  the  issuing 
of  currency  is  a  government  function  arises 
from  the  common  confusion  of  currency  with 
money.  Currency  is  a  form  of  credit  instru- 
ment, and  in  almost  every  particular  of  origin 
and  character  ia  similar  to  bank  deposits.  Like 
bank  deposits,  currency  properly  has  its  origin 
in  the  needs  of  trade.  As  banks  are  the  only 
organized  agencies  that  can  supply  the  nego- 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  5,000 
society  and  dun  women,  la  the  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  beet  customers. 


tiable  credit  that  business  must  have,  it  is 
obvious  that  the  issuing  of  currency  is  a  bank- 
ing function.     It  is  the  business  of  banks  to 


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o.  Ooronado  Bosch,  Portland,  Or*.;  Stattla, 
"ash. ;  YancouTer,  B.  0*. 


Wi 


PRIVATE   WIRE   NEW   YORK  AND   CHICAGO. 


The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The   German  Bank)  Commercial 

tii  corpora  tea    IB65. 

626   California   St.,    San   Franclico.   Oal 

(Member    of    the    Associated    Savings    Banka    of 
San  Franoiico.) 

Toe  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION"  BRANCH,  2672  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 
Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haignt 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29tn,  1912. 
Assets  ....       $61,140,101.76 

Capital  actually  paid  up  In  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,666,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,100.60 
Number   of  Depositors  .         .        66,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M,  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:80  o'olock  P.  If.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


Saturday,  December  14,  1912.  | 


-THE  WASP- 


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exchange  thei*  credit,  which  is  negotiable,  for 
t  lie  credit  of  Individuals  and  corporations] 
which  is  aol  negotiable;  and  the  banks  should 
he  in  :t  position  i<.  supplj  their  negotiable 
credit  in  the  form  that  may  best  suit  the 
needs  <>t  borrowers— to-wit,  deposits  or  cur- 
rency. A  government,  which  is  uot  an  or- 
ganized  agency  <'t"  commercial  credit,  cannot 
discharge  such  a  function  satisfactorily  tu 
commercial  needs,  though  there  are  politicians 
whose  \  i-i"ii  of  a  paradise  on  earth  has  in  the 
foreground  a  government  printing  press  grind- 
ing out  greenbacks  as  last  as  1  hey  can  spend 
them. 

Encourages  Investment. 
The  decisive  defeat  of  all  the  proposed  char- 
ter amendments  calculated  to  raise  the  taxes 
in  San  Francisco  must  prove  must  advanta- 
geous to  investment.  Il  will  encourage  buy- 
ers of  real  estate  and  the  bonds  and  stocks 
of  public  utilities.  In  fact,  it  will  do  a  vast 
amount  of  good  to  the  city,  as  it  makes  cleai 
the  determination  of  our  city  to   insist   ou   a 


L.  P.  KERNER 


H.  W.  E1SERT 


KERNER  &  EISERT 

REAL  ESTATE  AGENTS 

Selling,  Leasing,  Renting,  Collecting,  Insurance, 
Investments,  Loans  and  all  Branches  of  a  Gen- 
eral Real  Estate  Business  Carefully  Attended  to. 
We  are  Experts  with  Many  Years'  Experience. 
Full  Charge  Talten  of  Property 


Telephone  Douglas  1551 


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San  Francisco,  Gil. 


FOR  SALE 


At  a   Sacrifice 

FINE     COUNTRY     HOME     IN    FAIROAKS. 

Beautiful  Residence  completely  furnished. 
Grounds  in  high  state  of  cultivation.  Stable, 
Garage  and  Water  Pumping  System.  For  par- 
ticulars   apply 

A.  M.  ROSENSTIRN 

323-24   Mills   Building. 
San    Francisco. 


Bane  and   safe  municipal   administration.    That 
is  all  San  Francisco  needs  to  go  right  ahead. 

The  Stock  Market. 

The  tightness  of  the  world's  money  market 
and  the  aggressive  bear  movement  in  New 
York  has  had  souiy  eft'ect  on  t  be  local  stork 
and  bond  market,  but,  all  things  considered, 
might  bave  been  expected.  Associated  oil 
Buffered  considerably,  and  the  rumor  was  cir 
filiated  that  former  Manager  W.  s.  Porter 
was  selling  his  interest.  The  fact  is  that  ii 
did  not  require  much  to  send  Associated  Oil 
down,  as  i  he  Btreet  has  been  rather  pessimistic 
about  it  lor  a  long  time.  There  seems  to  be 
no  definite  infoi  mat  ion  about  Associated  Oil 
stock  that  would  luare  up  the  market  for  it 
when  the  general  tone  of  the  slock  market 
was  panicky.  Outside  speculators  have  been 
buying  the  stuck  in  comparatively  small  lots, 
but  under  the  slightest  pressure  of  selling  it 
has  sagged,  and  has  therefore  looked  like  an 
excellent  short.  The  disarrangement  of  the 
affairs  of  the  Southern  Pacific  and  the  Union 
Pacific  by  reason  of  the  court  decision  against 
the  merger  has  also  been  highly  unfavorable 
to  Associated  Oil.  No  doubt,  with  the  gener- 
al recovery  of  confidence,  and  with  the  money 
market  easier  after  the  new  year,  Associated 
Oil  will  be  a  more  popular  stock  than  at  pres- 
ent. 

Spiing  Valley  stock  has  been  remarkably 
firm  during  the  week  and  sales  have  been  few. 
It  advances  on  small  sales,  and  the  belief 
grows  that  the  city  authorities  and  the  Spring 
Valley  Company  are  close  to  an  agreement. 
The  special  election  last  Tuesday  should  show 
the  Spring  Valley  people  the  wisdom  of  not 
trying  to  drive  too  hard  a  bargain  with  the 
city,  for  the  taxpayers  are  evidently  aroused. 
The  people  want  to  acquire  a  municipal  water 
supply,  but  the  price  must  be  reasonable.  The 
fact  that  the  Spring  Valley  Company  is  in  a 
position  to  dictate  terms  to  the  Supervisors 
should  not  cause  tne  directors  to  lose  their 
heads  in  their  desire  to  get  the  last  cent,  for 
all  their  haggling  might  go  for  nothing  if 
the  voters  rebelled. 

THE  INVESTOR. 


Misery  loves   company,   and   generally   gets 
what  it  wants. 


By  E.  CURTIS,  Auctioneer   (Estab.  1902)— 

Very  Valuable  Realty 

BY  AUCTION 

TU  ESDAY 

TUESDAY DECEMBER  17,  1912,  AT  12  M. 

By  Order  Baron  and  Baroness  von  Schroeder 

At  Offices,  A.  J.  RICH  &  CO. 

121  and  123  SUTTER  ST. 

Parcel  No.  1— THAT  COMMANDING  CORNER  (N.  E.)  MISSION  AND  FIRST,  in  the  very  heart 
of  the  wholesale  business  section.  It  measures  129  feet  6  inches  on  Mission  by  113  feet  4  inches  on  First. 
Parcel  No.  2 — THE  HOTEL  RAFAEL,  SAN  RAFAEL,  MARIN  CO.,  Twenty-three  Acres,  beautifully 
parked,  and  improvements  thereon.  Hotel  has  165  Fully  Furnished  Rooms,  as  per  inventory;  65  Baths, 
Steam  Heat,  Room  Telephone  Service,  Brick  Kitchen  separated  from  building,  one  Two-Story  Residence, 
3  Cottages,  Clubhouse,  Garage,  Stable,  New  Laundry,  Ice  Plant,  Tennis  Court  with  Pavilion, 
Ultra    liberal    terms.      Inspection    orders    issued  at    offices. 

A.   J.   RICH  &   CO.,    121-123    Sutter. 
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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.     Depl.    10. 

WILLIAM  R.  KENNY,  Plaintiff  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  ihereof,  De 
fendants.      Action    No.    32943. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of,  Defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  It.  KENNV,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  ihe  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in'nrest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  'ipo-i  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  FranciBCo,  Situo  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  particularly  described  as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
(100)  feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of  Arguollo  Boule- 
vard with  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a 
rignt  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  fifty  (50) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one 
hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number   182. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plnintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  he  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates. 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and    the   seal   of  said    Court   this 
23rd  day  of  October,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL-  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  H.  I.   PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  9th  day  of 
November,   A.  D.  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  10 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
n  corporation,  520  California  Street,  San  Franeiseoj 
California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco,   Oal. 


AdM 


"a  Modern  Eve." 

THERE  are  many  differences  between  Valeska 
Suratt  and  "A  Modern  Eve."  For  one  thing, 
"A  Modern  Eve"  wears  clothes  all  the  time. 
Not  that  Valeska  ever  got  right  down  to  the  costume 
of  the  original  Eve.  There  again  were  differences. 
Eve  exposed  all,  but  suggested  nothing.  Valeska 
actually  exposed  nothing  to  speak  of,  but  suggested 
everything.  In  Valeska  there  was  more  of  the  ser- 
pent than  of  Eve,  or  if  she  was  anything  at  all  like 
Eve  then  the  serpent  has  been  much  maligned.  It 
was  he  who  was  tempted.  But  another  difference: 
Valeska  was  all  star,  or  comet,  and  the  rest  of  the 
company  merely  star  dust  or  comet's  tail.  "A  Mod- 
ern Eve"  has  no  star,  but  the  company  has  no  tail 
end.  The  members  are  of  an  even  excellence,  and 
for  my  part  I  like  it  ever  so  much  better.  "The 
Kiss  Waltz"  was  merely  an  excuse  for  Valeska.  "A 
Modern  Eve"  stands  for  itself  and  is  a  good  musical 
comedy  fortified  by  many  vivacious  vaudeville  items. 

It  appears  that  the  work  has  undergone  many 
changes  since  it  first  saw  the  light  as  a  Berlin  oper- 
etta, but  a  modern  musical  comedy  is  always  a 
growth  or  evolution,  and  by  the  time  it  reaches  the 
Pacific  Coast  is  generally  at  its  best,  since  only 
the  fittest  turns  survive.  The  plot  is  not  so  slender 
that  you  fail  to  notice  it.  It  concerns  a  family  con- 
sisting of  father,  mother  and  two  attractive  daugh- 
ters. Like  many  another  advanced  woman  who  ad- 
vocates sex  equality  in  public,  the  mother  has  no 
such  mistaken  theory  as  her  working  principle  in 
daily  life.  In  the  domestic  sphere  man  is  merely  a 
cipher  and  the  woman  his  superior.  She  runs  the 
show,  practises  law,  attends  her  clubs,  and  consigns 
the  husband  and  father  to  the  duties  of  her  house- 
keeper. The  two  daughters  are  also  advanced  and 
are  of  the  type  Moliere  delighted  to  satirize.  One 
is  a  physician,  the  other  an  artiste.  Both  are  inde- 
pendent of  men,  and  as  superior  to  silly  love  affairs 
as  Gertrude  Atherton  says  all  sensible  women  will 
soon  become.  Unfortunately  for  this  superiority, 
there  are  two  ardent  and  desirable  suitors  who  suc- 
ceed in  demonstrating  the  fact  that  a  woman  is 
never  so  amusing  as  when  she  imagines  herself  too 
sensible  to  fall  in  love. 

The  various  musical  numbers  are  all  attractive, 
and  it  will  be  some  time  before  we  hear  the  last  of 
"Good-bye,  Everybody! "  "Hello,  Sweetheart! ' ' 
"You're  Such  a  Lonesome  Moon  Tonight!"  "Rita, 
My  Margarita!"  "Is  the  Girl  You  Married  Still  the 
Girl  You  Love?"  and  "Every  Day's  Christmas  Day 
When  You're  Married."  Adele  Rowland,  who  comes 
nearest  to  a -star  performer,  is  a  vaudeville  artist  of 
the  first  water  and  scores  much  applause.  The  Chi- 
cago Beauty  Chorus  also  makes  a  hit  in  what  is,  tak- 
en all  round,  a  delightfully  entertaining  musical  com- 
edy. 

On  Sunday,  December  22nd,  "Walker  Whiteside 
will   appear   in    "The   Typhoon." 


At  the  Orpheum. 

LITTLE  BILLY,  the  new  headliner  at  the  Or- 
pheum, bears  not  the  slightest  resemblance 
to  Du  Maurier's  serious  hero.  He  is  as  fun- 
ny as  a  pen  nib  with  a  hair  in  it.  You  never  know 
just  what  he  is  going  to  do  next,  but  when  he  does 
it  you  laugh  all  over.  He  is  only  a  vest-pocket  edi- 
tion of  a  comedian,  but  he  has  all  the  humor  of  the 
larger  volumes  with  the  padding  left  out.  His  songs 
are  new  and  breezy,  he  sings  them  with  distinctive 
dash,  and  his  dancing  is  clever  and  amusing.  The 
applause  at  every  turn  was  that  of  an  audience 
fully    satisfied    that   it   was    getting   all    it   had   paid 


for,  and  then  some.  Japanese  athletes  are  not 
the  startling  novelties  they  were  a  few  years  ago, 
but  there  is  always  room  iu  high-class,  vaudeville 
for  the  best,  and  better  than  the  Mikado's  Royal 
Japanese  Athletes  I  have  not  seen.  Every  mo- 
ment you  expect  to  hear  a  leg  or  an  arm  crack  like 


MISS   MAUD   POWELL 

Violiniste    who    will    give    matinees    at    Scottish 
Rite   Auditorium,    December    14    and    15. 

a  pine  board,  but  evidently  the  wrestlers  are  not 
afraid  of  the  risks.  Jere  Grady  and  Frankie  Carpen- 
ter present  an  entertaining  sketch,  and  Mignonette 
Kokin  delights  with  a  dance  called  "The  Turkey 
Hop."  Galetti's  performing  monkeys  give  a  day 
at   tne  circus,   and  the  turu  is   full   of  screams. 

Another    great    bill   is    announced    for   next   week. 
Ada  Reeve,   the  famous  London   singing   comedienue, 


will  begin  an  engagement.  The  immense  success  she 
scored  here  a  year  ago  is  fresh  in  the  public  memory, 
and  her  return  is  in  compliance  with  a  generally  ex- 
pressed wish.  Miss  Reeve  will  be  heard  in  an  en- 
tirely new  repertoire  of  songs,  all  of  the  same  clever 
and  distinct  type  of  those  used  on  her  previous  visit, 
and  she  also  brings  with  her  a  beautiful  assortment 
of  the  most  modish  costumes. 

Paul  Dickey,  who  will  make  his  first  appearance 
here,  has  achieved  considerable  renown  both  in  vau- 
deville and  the  legitimate  stage.  He  was  leading 
man  for  Henriette  Crossman  in  "Sham,"  and  for 
Helen  Ware  in  "The  Deserter."  His  offering  will 
consist  of  the  one-act  play  called  "The  Come  Back," 
a  romance  of  the  campus.  Caesar  Rivoli,  the  man 
who  changes  his  clothes  quicker  than  a  woman 
changes  her  mind,  will  be  an  interesting  and  puz- 
zling feature  of  the  new  bill.  In  his  playlet,  "A 
Scandal  in  a  Restaurant,"  he  acts  seven  different 
roles,  eacli  widely  different  from  the  other  and  re- 
quiring nut  only  complete  changes  of  make-up  and 
costuming,  but  calling  for  the  utmost  versatility  in 
their  presentation.  Following  the  sketch,  Rivoli 
takes  his  place  in  the  orchestral  pit  and  impersonates 
Creature,  Verdi,  Rossini,  Suppe,  Liszt,  Mascagni, 
Strauss,    Gounod,    Wagner    and    Sousa. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Jere  Grady  and 
Frankie  Carpenter,  Mignonette  Kokin,  Galetti's  Mon- 
keys,  and   Little  Billy. 


San   Francisco    Orchestra. 

THE  fifth  popular  concert  of  the  San  Francisco 
Orchestra,  to  he  given  under  the  baton  of 
Henry  Hadley  at  the  Cort  Theater,  Friday 
afternoon,  the  13th,  will  consist  entirely  of  selections 
from  Wagner.  It  speaks  volumes  for  the  highly 
educated  musical  tastes  of  San  Franciscans  that  a 
menu  exclusively  Wagnerian  can  be  classed  as  pop- 
ular, but  the  conductor  knows  his  public — none  bet- 
ter. By  the  way,  I  note  that  hard  upon  the  heels 
of  the  brilliant  success  of  Hadley' &  "In  Bohemia," 
as  played  by  tne  New  York  Philharmonic  Orchestra, 
comes  the  announcement  that  our  conductor  and 
composer  will  have  his  rhapsody,  "The  Culprit  Fay," 
performed  in  Berlin  for  the  first  time  under  Theodore 
Spier  ing. 

At  the  sixth  symphony  concert,  to  be  given  at  the 
Cort  Friday  afternoon,  December  20th,  Gottfried 
Galston  will  be  the  piano  soloist,  and  will  be  heard 
in  Liszt's  "Concerto  in  E."  The  other  items  an- 
nounced are  Hadley 's  Symphony  No.  4,  '  'North, 
East,  South  and  West,"  which  will  be  heard  for 
the  first  time  in  San  Francisco,  and  "Suite  No.  1, 
op.   42,"    composed  by  MacDowell   in  Wiesbaden. 

Gottfried  Galston,  the  celebrated  Munich  pianist, 
is  making  his  first  American  bow  to  a  San  Fran- 
cisco   audience,    and    is    awaited   with    keen    interest. 


Tina  Lerner  Recital. 

TINA  LERNER,  the  beautiful  and  brilliant  young 
Russian  pianist,  who  achieved  such  a  tremen- 
dous success  as  soloist  with  the  San  Francisco 
Orchestra  at  the  symphony  concert  of  November  29th, 
and  the  popular  concert  of  December  1st,  will  re- 
turn to  San  Francisco  and  give  a  piano  recital  at 
the  Scottish  Kite  Hall,  Tuesday  night,  December 
17th,  at  8:30  p.  m.,  and  will  render  the  following 
excellent  program:  (1)  Mozart,  "Larghetto";  (2) 
Weber,  "Rondo  Brilliante";  (3)  Schumann,  Sonate 
F  sharp  minor;  (4)  Chopin,  three  Etudes;  Nocturne 
F  sharp  minor;  (5)  Strauss-Tausig,  Valse  Caprice 
"Man  lebt  nur  einmal" ;  (6)  Liszt,  "Sonetto  123 
del  Petrarca"  ;    (7)   Liszt,    "Spanish  Rhapsodie." 


Saturday,  December  14,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


21 


N ie  who  enjoyi  piano  music  interpreted  by  mi 

nrti»t  of  the  very  foremen   rank  ean   afford 
the    recital   »i   Tina    Lerner,      Thia    beautiful    young 
musician,   whose  overwhelm  in   this  coun 

te  followed  closely  on  her  sensational  triumphs 
abroad,  is  certain  t<-  be  one  ol  the  most 

attractions    thai    the    present     season    will 
offer. 

As  Reginald  d>-  Kovon,  the  well-known  New  York 
critic  and  composer,  wrote  in  the  New  fork  World, 
Miss  Lerner  has  "surprised  nil  her  hearers  by  ber 
power.      Ber    touch  rare    and    delicate    as    well. 

She   ia   an   artist   t"   be   reckoned   with."      Seal 

Tuesday's  irt     are  on  sale  at   the  Sutter  Btreet 

ffice    "i    Sherman,    Clay    &    Co    ■ 


A  Violoncello  Virtuoso  Coming. 

WHEN  Ume.  Sembricb  appears  here  in  January 
she  will  introduce  to  as  s  17-year-old 
violoncello  prodigy  whom  she  discovered  in 

Russia,      li   has   t d   n   mi  ml  in*  of   years  Bince   this 

city  tins  been  visit. -d  by  d  virtuoso  of  thol  beloved 
in  trument,  and  the  advent  of  the  young  artisl  will 
be  welcome. 


Kohler    &    Chase    Matinee. 

TWO  soloists  have  i n  chosen  for  the  Kohler 
&  Chase  musical  matii for  Friday  nfter- 
noon,  December  L4th,  They  ore  Mrs.  Irene 
Kelley  Williams,  Boprano,  and  Miss  Dorothy  Gray- 
Oliver,  mezzo-soprano.  Mrs.  Williams  possesses  a 
soprano  voire  of  much  charm  and  line  quality,  and 
has  enjoyed  success  in  many  public  and  private 
events.  Miss  Gray-Oliver  possesses  a  charming 
personality,  and  her  voice  is  very  flexible  and  mel- 
low.    The  complete  program  will  consist  of:    Rondo, 


/\tr^AN    FRANCISCO     - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry  Hadley-  Conductor 

SIXTH  SYMPHONY  CONCEKT 

CORT  THEATER 

Friday  Afternoon,  December  20,   1912. 
Soloist:       GOTTFRIED    GALSTON,     Pianist. 

HADLEY    Sym- 
phony,   No.   4,    '•North,    East,    South   and  West" 
(New,    first    time    in    San    Francisco.) 

LISZT. Concerto    in    E.    Flat 

Gottfried   Galston. 

,  MacDOWELL Suite    No.    1,    Op.    42 

Composed  in  "Wiesbaden. 


Prices:       75c.    to    $2.00.      Seats    at    Cort    Theater, 
Sherman,    Clay    &    Co.  s,    and    Kohler    &    Chase's. 


Miss  Tina 

LERNER 

PIANIST. 

SCOTTISH  RITE  HALL 

Van    Ness    Ave.    and    Sutter    St, 

Tuesday,  December   17,  1912, 
At    8:30    Sharp. 


Program     Includes:       Mozart,     Weber,     Schumann, 
Chopin,    Strauss-Tausig,    Liszt. 


r^l      MAUD 
Ml  POWELL 

SCOTTISH      RITE      AUDITORIUM 

This  Saturday  Afternoon,  December  14,  at  2:30 

And 

Sunday  Afternoon,  December  16,  at  2:30 

Tickets,   $1.00,  $1.50,   $2.00,  al    Sherman,   Olay  & 

Oo        and   Kohler  &  Chase's. 

Bteinwa]    Piano. 


"You   two   young   people  may  squeeze  iu  here  if 
you  like.' 

"Thank    you,    sir;     they    wouldn't    let    us    squeeze 
in   the  park." 

Op.  "il ,  No.  1  (Beethoven),  Pianola  Player  Piano; 
Ballatella  from  Pagliacci  (Leonconvallo),  Mrs.  Wil- 
liams, with  Pianola  accompaniment ;  Tarantella,  Op. 
27.     No.     2      (  Mos/.kowski  ),     Pianola     Player     Piano; 

Were  My  Songs  with  Wings  Provided!  (Ilahn),  To- 
morrow  ( Strauss),  My  Heart  at  Thy  Dear  Voice 
(Saint-Saens),  Miss  Gray-Oliver,  with  Pianola  ac- 
com.pnnim.ent;  AmoureuBe  (Berger),  Liebestraum,  No. 
3  (Liszt),  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ;  Swallows  (Cow- 
an), 1  in m  the  Land  of  the  Sky  Blue  Water  (Cad- 
man  i.    M  is.    Williams,    with    Pianola    accompaniment. 


Prices:       50c,     75c,    $1.00,    $1.50,    $2.00.       Seats 
at   Sherman,   Clay  &   Co. '9. 


At  the  Pantages. 

THE  management  of  the  Pantages  announce  the 
important  engagement,  for  the  week  starting 
Sunday,  December  15th,  of  the  world-renown- 
ed Arctic  explorer  and  scientist,  Dr.  Frederick  A, 
Cook,  about  whom  so  much  has  been  written  as  to 
the  attainment  of  the  North  Pole.  Dr.  Cook  will 
personally  deliver  an  illustrated  lecture,  depicting 
with  marvelous  photographs  thrown  upon  a  screen 
the  thrilling  narrative  of  the  perils  of  the  North 
Pole.  It  is  a  fact  that  he  was  surgeon  for  seven 
Arctic  and  Antarctic  expeditions,  and  therefore  his 
lecture    will    be    keenly    interesting. 

With  the  five  Musical  Greens  and  Four  Cook 
Sisters,  America's  Queens  of  Song,  as  the  other  big 
headliners  on  the  same  bill,  the  Pantages  will  offer 
a  bill  of  vaudeville  that  has  seldom  been  equaled  and 
never  excelled  in  the  local  theatrical  field.  Other 
acts  and  features  will  be  Agnes  Mahr  and  B.  My- 
koff,  international  dancers  in  Hungarian,  Russian, 
English,  French,  classic  and  ballet  dances.  The 
Three  Elliott  Brothers,  remarkable  acrobats,  whose 
feats  have  astounded  audiences  both  in  Europe  and 
in  this  country.  Frank  Rodgers  is  the  famous  color- 
ed ventriloquist  who  created  fun  as  well  as  interest 
with  his  marvelous  gift.  Shaw  and  Wilson  have  a 
comedy  patter  offering  called  "Back  to  Missouri," 
The  Cook  Sisters  are  "lady  chefs"  serving  courses 
of  harmony. 


Henry  Hadley  is  giving  a  large  musicale  at  the 
Bohemian  Club  on  the  evening  of  December  19th. 
At  this  affair  he  will  introduce  his' new  quintet, 
which  will  be  played  by  members  of  the  Symphony 
Orchestra,    with    Mr.    Hadley    at    the    piano. 


The  Maud  Powell  Violin  Concerts. 

MAUD  POWELL,  the  famous  American  violin- 
ist, and  one  who  ranks  among  the  world's 
greatest  artists,  will  give  two  matinee  con- 
certs at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium  under  the  Grcen- 
baum  direction.     Maud  Powell  possesses  every  requi- 

CHRISTMAS  PROBLEMS  SOLVED  HERE. 
At  any  of  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 
What  better  way  to  meet  the  Christmas  prob- 
lem? Elegance  of  package  and  deliciousness 
of  contents  delight  the  recipient  of  your  gift. 
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LEADING  THEATER 

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Phone    Sutter    2460. 


Second   and 
LAS't    Pic    WEEK    STARTS   TOMORROW 

Night    and   Sat.    Mai.    Prices — '')ilc.    to   $1.50 
Entire    Lower   Floor   at    Wed.    Mai.,    $1.00. 


Martin  Beck  and  Mort  H.  Singer  Present: 
Iho     Latest     Berlin     Musical     Comedy, 

"A  MODERN  EVE" 

A   nil    from  llii'  Garden  of  Eden. 


Sunday,    December    22 — WALKER    WHITESIDE 
in    "The  Typhoon." 

Safest   and   Most   Magnificent    Theater    in   America! 
WEEK   BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST   STANDARD    OF  VAUDEVILLE! 
Request    Return    Tour    of 
ADA  REEVE 
London's  Own  Comedienne. 
PAUL  DICKEY  &  CO.  in    "The  Come  Back";   CAE- 
SAR   RIYOLI,    the    Man    of   100    Roles;    OSCAR   and 
SUZETTE,  Creators  of  the  Back  to  Back  Waltz  ;    JERE 
GRADY  &  FRANKIE  CARPENTER;    MIGNONETTE 
KOKIN;  GALETTI'S  MONKEYS;  NEW  DAYLIGHT 
MOTION    PICTURES.       Last    "Week — Immense    Hit, 
LITTLE   BILLY,    Vaudeville's   Tiniest  Headliner. 
Coming    Sunday    Matinee,    Decemher    22nd, 
ORPHEUM  ROAD  SHOW. 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Box  Seats,  $1. 
Matinee    Prices     (Except    Sundays    and    Holidays), 
10c,    25c.    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  O  1570. 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week    of   December    15th: 
Engagement    extraordinary    at    One    of    the    Greatest 
Salaries  Ever  Paid  in  Vaudeville. 

The  Intrepid  Arctic  Explorer, 
DR.  FREDERICK  A.  COOK 
Presenting  in  Illustrated  Lecture  Form  His  Thrilling 
Narrative  of  the  Perilous  North. 

"The  Attainment  of  the  Pole" 


7— BIG  VAUDEVILLE  ACTS — 7 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1 ;  30  and  3 :80.  Nighti, 
Continuous   from   6:80. 


22 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  14,  1912. 


site  of  the  great  vir- 
tuosa ;  her  tone  is 
exceptionally  large 
luscious,  her  tech- 
nique is  impeccable, 
and  she  plays  with 
that  indescribable 

quality  that  appeals 
to  the  heart  as  well 
as  to  the  head.  The 
first  matinee  will  be 
given  this  Saturday 
afternoon,  December 
14th,  at  2:30,  when 
the  program  will  in- 
clude Lalo's  Spanish 
Symphonie,  two  Mo- 
zart gems,  a  "Scher- 
zo Caprice"  by 
Grasse,  the  young 
blind  violin  virtuoso 
and  composer,  one  of 
the  brilliant  Brahms- 
Joachim  '  'Hungarian 
Dances, ' '  and  Wien- 
" Faust' ' 
besides  the 
"Sonaia' ' 


iawski's 
Fantasie, 

beautiful 


in  E  major  for  piano 
and  violin  by  Bach. 
At  the  Sunday  after 
noon  concert,  Decem- 
ber 15th,  Mine.  Pow- 
ell will  introduce  to 
us  the  "Concert 
sieuck"  by  Max 
Bruch,  Coleridge  - 

Taylor's  "Deep  Riv- 
er," and  "Up  the 
Pcklawaba"  by  Mar- 
ian Bauer.  Other  in- 
teresting numbers 
will  be  "Air"  by 
Te  taglia,  ''Pre- 
lude," Pugnani-Krei- 
sler,  the  "Minute 
Waltz,"  Chopin-Pow- 
ell, "Minuet,"  Bee- 
thoven, and  the 
charming  "Sonata' ' 
by      Grieg.       Tickets 

may  be  secured  at   Klierman,   Clay  &   Co.'s   and  Koh- 
ler  &  Chase's,   and  on  Sunday  at   the  hall. 


The  New 


TINA  LERNER 
Russian  Pianlste  who  will  give  a  concert  at  Scottish  Rite  Hall,  Tuesday,  the  17th. 

Godowsky. 

WITH  the  Maud  Powell  concerts  Manager  Will 
Greenbaum  will  close  his  activities  for  the 
present  year.  Although  the  season  is  still 
young,  this  energetic  manager  has  offered 
a  splendid  list  of  attractions,  including  Martin  and 
Ganz  in  combination  concerts — Mme.  Gadski,  Mme. 
Yolanda  Mero,  the  foremost  woman  pianist,  Alice 
Nielsen  and  her  company,  Gerville-Reache  and  Maud 
Powell.  For  his  first  attraction  for  1913  Green- 
baum will  present  the  most  important  living  pianist 
and  by  far  tun  greaest  artist  bow  on  tour,  Leopold 
Godowsky.  The  work  of  this  wonderful  player  and 
composer  has  been  called  "the  last  word  in  piano- 
playing."  The  concerts  will  be  given  at  the  Colum 
bia  Theater  on  Sunday  afternoons,  January  5th 
and  12th,  and  there  will  be  a  special  Oakland  con- 
cert   on    Tuesday    afternoon,    January    14th. 


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MARTHA'S  LETTER. 

&  RS    GLADYS  van  kiamkk. 

Bote!  Astoria,  New  York, — 
DEAB  GLADYS: — I  know  you  will  bo  surprised 
lo  bear  of  Irene  Sabin 's  engagement.  You  know 
she  has  had  such  a  lot  of  admirers,  and  has  always 
scorned  them  all.  Everybody  began  to  think  she 
was  going  to  remain  a  bachelor-maid  all  her  life. 
Her  tin  nee  is  John  A.  Merrill,  an  attorney-at-Iaw 
hen-  in  town.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Stanford  Uni- 
versity. You  know,  with  our  two  universities  here, 
Stanford  and  the  one  at  Berkeley,  we  have  an  an 
nual  output  of  doctors,  lawyers  and  budding  novel- 
ists and  dramatists  that  heats  the  record  for  all 
States  in  the  Union.  Probably  because  Mr,  Merrill 
is  a  university  man  and  a  lawyer  the  Sabiu  family 
did  not  favor  his  suit  even  a  little  bit,  and  the 
announcement  of  his  engagement  is  decidedly  a  vic- 
tory for  Cupid.  The  little-winged  god  is  hard  to 
beat    when    the    lady    is    willing. 

"Lawyer  Merrill  has  a  home  at  Los  Altos  a  short 
distance  from  "Liberty  Hall,"  the  Sabins1  beauti- 
ful place.  He  is  no  relation  at  all  to  the  John  1- . 
Merrills     of     HolbrooK,     Merrill     &     Stetson.  Miss 

Sabin,  you  will  remember,  is  the  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  John  I.  Sabin,  the  telephone  magnate, 
who  had  to  thank  himself  for  nil  the  money  he 
made,  as  he  began  married  life  as  poor  as  any- 
body and  lived  in  a  flat  over  a  grocery  store.  His 
beginning  as  compared  with  that  of  young  Lawler 
Merrill  was  quite  humble,  but,  as  a  well-known  pio- 
neer used  to  say,  "It  isn't  the  way  you  began,  but 
the  way  you  finished  that  counts."  John  I.  Sabin 
certainly  finished  in  most  impressive  style,  for  his 
family  had  money  to  burn  before  he  died — a  com- 
paratively young  man  for  one  who  had  made  such  a 
success  in  the  business  world. 

I  don't  know  any  girl  in  society  here  who  has 
more  dash  or  go  than  Irene  Sabin,  or  is  more  pop- 
ular. The  men  admire  her  immensely.  Her  oldest 
sister,  Grace,  married  Dr.  Redmond  Payne,  and  they 
have  a  beautiful  home  at  Mountain  View.  Pearl, 
the  second  daughter,  became  the  wife  of  Captain 
Alfred  W.  Bjornstad,  whom  I  hear  is  one  of  the 
cleverest  officers  in  the  army,  and  has  just  been 
chosen  to  perform  an  important  mission  for  the  Gov- 
ernment at  Berlin.  Irene  is  an  attractive  little  bru- 
nette and  is  a  great  dog-fancier,  and  often  exhibits 
at   the   dog  show. 

Like  Father  Like  Son. 

Itsn*t  all  this  trouble  Raymond  Belmont  is  having 
over  his  marital  affairs  funny?  It's  a  case  of  "like 
father  like  son,"  I  think,  for  didn't  old  August 
Belmont  himself  end  up  by  marrying  an  actress  7 
Though  I  don't  mean  to  compare  Eleanor  Robson 
to  Ethel  Lorraine — but  still  papa  should  remember 
that    he    set    the    pace.      Don't    you    think    so'f 

We  have  a  lively  recollection  of  Raymond  Belmont 
out  here,  as  he  came  to  California  to  attend  the 
wedding  of  Florence  Hopkins  and  J.  Cheever  Cowdin. 
Belmont  Jr.  and  a  party  nf  rich  young  bloods  from 
New  York  came  in  a  private  car,  and  it  was  whisper- 
ed about  that  there  were  chorus  girls  attached  to 
the  outfit.  At  any  rate,  they  had  what,  is  picturesque- 
ly described  as  a  gay  time  while  here,  and  toured 
the  whole  of  California  in  their  luxurious  Belmont 
car. 

Another  engagement  that  I  think  you  will  be  in 
terested  in  is  that  of  Miss  Madeline  Clay  and  War- 
ren Harrold.  Miss  Clay  is  the  daughter  of  the 
C.  C.  Clays  of  the  old  firm  of  Sherman  &  Clay.  She 
made  her  debut  last    season,   when   she   and  her  par- 


Bntfi  took  an  apartment  at  the  Fairmont  for  the  win 
ter.  She  is  an  exceptionally  attractive  girl,  and  was 
educated  in  the  Bast.  Her  fiance  is  the  sun  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  James  Harrold  of  Fruitvale.  His  sister  is 
former  Sue  Harrold,  now  Mrs.  Jack  Van  Sicklen. 
The  wedding  is  not  to  take  place  until  spring,  and 
will  be  a  very  pretty  affair,  as  the  Clays'  beautiful 
Oakland  home,  "Level  ^ea,'  is  so  charmingly 
adapted    for   entertaining. 

Speaking  of  engagements,  I  think  I  wrote  you  that 
Anna   Peters  caught  the   bouquet  at  Innes   Keeney's 


ivainryn   nuj 

MISS  AIMEE  RAISCH 

Whose  debut  at  a  tea  given  by  her  mother  was 
one  of  the  events  of  this  week. 

wedding.  Luck  is  thrust  upon  this  stunning  young 
lady.  She  not  only  cut  the  ring  in  the  cake  at  the 
Murray-Preston  wedding,  but  she  caught  the  bou- 
quet there,  too.  Wasn't  it  funny?  If  there  be 
anything  in  those  signs  at  all,  the  handsome  and  vi- 
vacious Miss  Anna  should  soon  be  satisfying  our 
curiosity. 

This  (Saturday)  is  the  day  that  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gordon  Blanding  are  to  give  a  great  reception  at  the 
Fairmont  to  formally  introduce  their  daughter,  Henri- 
ette,  to  society.  It  will,  of  course,  be  an  exceed- 
ingly fashionable  affair,  and  most  of  the  debutantes 
will  be  receiving  with  them.  Lucky  young  misses 
they  will  be  considered  in  society,  let  me  tell  you, 
for  the  Blandings  have  not  only  money  enough  to 
fill  a  position  in  the  front  rank,  but  have  also  an 
ornamental  family  tree  which  will  bear  close  inspec- 
tion. I  do  not  know  if  the  same  could  be  said  of 
several  peach  and  plum  trees  that  are  flourishing 
amazingly  in    the   social   orchard    of    California. 

Miss  Blanding  is  very  studious,  and  does  not  ap- 
pear to  be  greatly  devoted  to  the  "social  whirl,"  as 
the  reporters  love  to  call  it.  She  has  had  the  ad- 
vantage of  Vassar  training,  and  I  believe  would 
have   liked   to    take    a   post-graduate   course. 

The    Blandings    belong    to    the    old    Southern    set, 


1,111,1  live  in  what  nniy  be  styled  quiet  elegance,  Mrs. 
Gordon  Blanding,  you  know,  was [  the  'revises, 

that    pioneer    family    which    owns    more    land    limn    old 

King  Peter  of  Servia  rules  over.  Part  of  the  year 
""■  Gordon  Blandings  live  at  their  place  on  Belve- 
dere Point,  which  I  think  is  one  of  the  finest  resi- 
dence   sites  in     the     whole    world,       I    know    of    none 

which  commands  such  a  magnificent  view  and  is  so 
near  a  large  city.  They  have  several  swift  launches, 
and  are  independent  of  the  poor  ferry  service  when 
they  wish  to  come  to  San  Francisco  or  go  to  Oak- 
hind  side.  Every  member  of  the  family  has  an  auto- 
mobile and  a  chauffeur,  and  at  the  Fairmont,  where 
they  live  for  the  winter,  they  have  their  own  waiters 
and  can  enjoy  as  much  privacy  as  if  in  their  own 
home.  Mr.  Blanding  is  a  lawyer,  and  would  have  at- 
tained distinction  in  the  profession  had  he  continued 
to  practise  il.  His  family  has  been  prominent  for 
forty  years  in  the  Southern  set,  which  located  in 
California  when  the  Civil  War  wrought  such  havoc 
with    the   futures  of  bo   many   Southern  planters. 

Society  Circus  Stunts. 
Society  is  laughing  heartily  here  over  the  so- 
called  Society  Circus,  which  was  press-agented  so 
cleverly  that  the  whole  army  of  climbers  and 
hangers-on-of-the-fringe  and  much  of  the  hoi-polloi 
flocked  to  see  the  fun,  expecting  to  observe  the 
whole  smart  set  doing  acrobatic  and  gymnastic 
stunts.  A  large  piie  of  money — said  to  be  in  the 
neighborhood  of  §.20,000 — was  thereby  netted  for 
the  Children's  Infant  Shelter — a  most  deserving 
charity.  Phil  Bastings,  the  clever  press  agent,  at- 
tributes much  of  the  success  of  the  enterprise  to 
the  untiring  efforts  of  Mrs.  Cus  Umbseii,  Mrs.  Harry 
P.  Umbseu,  and  the  hitler's  dashing  sister-in-law, 
Molly  feideboiham,  wh.,m  you  remember  we  met  ai 
Longchi.mps.  Her  Parisian  verve  has  quite  captivat- 
ed tne  local  beaux,  including  your  old  friend,  Mon- 
sieur Paul,  the  young  mercliant  prince  that  was  on 
the  Mauretania  when  we  came  back  the  last  time. 
Monsieur  Paul  and  the  fair  equestrienne  made  such 
interesting  picture  that  the  ringmaster  got  crazy. 
"Look  at  me,  Molly;  never  mind  Monsieur  Paul!' 
he  would  cry  out  in  drilling  the  riding  squad,  and 
Monsieur  Paul  was  earnestly  exhorted  to  give  the 
star  equestrienne  plenty  of  leeway;  but  somehow  or 
other  they  would  get  within  confidential  conversa- 
tional distance  the  moment  the  rigid  discipline  re- 
laxed. Monsieur  Paul  is  one  of  our  most  eligible 
eligibles,  and  further  deponent  sayeth  not,  except  that 
society    is    strictly    on    the    qui    vive. 

A  Great  Heiress  in  the  Ring. 

In  the  light  sprinkling  of  real  society  people  who 
prevented  the  "Society  Circus"  from  developing  into 
a  pure  and  simple  conglomeration  of  the  here-there- 
and-everywheres  was  Mauricia  Mintzer  with  her 
faultless  New  York  riding  togs  and  really  smart 
turn-out  worthy  of  Tuxedo.  The  Mintzers  have 
money  to  burn,  as  a  large  ranch  their  parents  owned 
has  become  the  thriving  town  of  Richmond. 

You  can  imagine  how  many  spats  that  the  audi- 
ence knew  nothing  about  occurred  during  this  famous 
"Society  Circus."  It  amused  me  very  much  to  see 
that  confident  young  shipping  man  that  lives  at  the 
Family  Club  try  to  tell  a  bunch  of  women  riders  who 
should  act  as  substitute  for  Mrs.  James  King  Steele, 
who  was  away  at  the  Janin  ball.  A  married  man 
of  experience  would  never  attempt  anything  so  rash. 

"Just  suppose  we  all  packed  up  our  things  and 
went  home,  do  you  think  you'd  come  down  off  your 
high  horse?"    said  the  leading  rebel. 


24 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  14,  1912. 


"All  right,  settle  it  among  yourselves!"  growled 
the  rash  clubman,  as  he  should  have  known  they 
would  do   anyhow. 

The  funniest  thing  of  all  was  the  remarks  of 
the  crowd  on  the  circus  performers,  including  a  fat 
woman  whose  little  horse  looked  as  if  he  should  be 
the  one  carried.  The  speculators  disputed  about  her 
name,  some  contending  that  she  was  a  well-known 
Blingumite  and  others  insisting  that  she  was  a 
noted  Broadway  leader.  I  happened  to  know  she 
was  a  trained  nurse  from  St.  "Winifred's,  as  she  at- 
tended to  Mrs.  Nuggets  when  operated  on  for  appen- 
dicitis. 

One  of  the  funniest  incidents  of  the  last  night  at 
the    Society    Circus    was    when    the    winning    number 

Gray  Lair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al- 
fredum's  Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 

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"The  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  union  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence^" — Prof.  Eliot. 
Harvard   University. 


Let  the  Closed  Shop  in  by 
the  window  and  the  Investor 
escapes  by  the  door. 


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Booms,  Nos.  363-364-365 
Buss  Blag.,   San  Francisco. 


For  Health,  Strength 

DAMIANA  BITTERS 

Naber,  Alfs  &  Brune,  Agents. 
635  Howard  St.,  opp.  new  Montgomery  St. 


of  the  automobile  lottery  was  read  and  a  man  in 
one  of  the  boxes  jumped  up  and  waved  his  arms 
madly  and  shrieked:  "I've  got  it!  I've  got  the 
ticket!"  Then  the  others  in  box  all  jumped  up,  and 
you  never  saw  such  ranting  in  your  life.  Viie  lucky 
man  hugged  and  kissed  the  lady  nearest  him,  which 
I  presume  was  his  wife,  and  there  was  great  excite- 
ment for  a  time.  Oh,  I  almost  forgot  to  tell  you 
the  other  excitement  of  the  evening,  which  might 
have  proved  most  disastrous.  A  frantic  horse  made 
a  wild  leap  and  landed  right  in  the  box  belonging  to 
the  Joseph  Grants,  and  occupied  by  the  Grants, 
Mrs.  Fred  McNear  and  Mis.  Gus  Taylor.  It  was 
most  fortunate  that  nobody  was  hurt. 

But,  of  course,  the  net  result  of  the  circus,  from 
$16,000  to  $20,000,  will  make  all  the  minor  details 
of  small  importance.  May  we  have  many  more  such 
affairs  for  sweet  charity  as  long  as  the  crowd  will 
go  to   see   (hem. 


Yours  as  ever, 
San     Francisco,     Cal. 


MARTHA. 


Miss  Aimee  Raisch, 
The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Raisch  on  Clay 
street  was  tastefully  decorated  for  a  large  tea  last 
Tuesday,  the  occasion  being  the  formal  how  to  soci 
ety  of  Miss  Aimee  Raisch.  In  a  Parisian  gown  of 
white  chiffon  Miss  Raisch  looked  exceptionally 
charming,  and  was  warmly  greeted  by  the  several 
hundred  friends  who  assembled.  Assisting  in  receiv- 
ing were  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Holbrook  Jr.,  Mrs.  Squire 
Varrick  Mooney,  Mrs.  Joseph  Sisson,  Mrs.  C.  P. 
Overton,  Mrs.  Raymond  Metcalf,  Mrs.  Robert  M. 
Browne,  Miss  Anna  Peters,  Miss  Marianne  Mathieu, 
Miss  Helen  Nichol,  Miss  Katherine  Redding,  Miss 
Katherine  Hooper,  Miss  Edith  Pearkes,  Miss  Laura 
Curry   and    Miss   Edith   Metcalfe. 


A  Jolly  Supper. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Umbsen,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gus 
Umbsen  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adam  Splivalo  entertained 
their  co-workers  of  the  Society  Circus  and  Horse 
Show  at  a  jolly  supper  preceding  the  dance  Saturday 
evening.  Mr.  William  Humphreys,  president  of  the 
Olympic  Club,  and  guest  of  honor,  was  presented 
with  a  gold  cigarette-case.  In  the  included  list  of 
guests  were  Judge  and  Mrs.  Frank  Kerrigan,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  William  Lange,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Bourne, 
Miss  Mollie  Sidebolham,  Miss  Lucille  Levy,  Miss 
Tillie  Taylor,  Mr.  J.  W.  Chapman,  Mr.  Paul  Ver- 
dier,    Mr.    Frank    Maroney,    Mr.    Frank    Mathieu. 


"They  say"   and    "Perhaps"    are  the   two   ushers 
that    precede    a    lie. — Balzac. 


POWER  OF  MONEY 

Cannot  be  overestimated.  Money  and  the 
lack  of  it  divides  the  world  into  two  classes. 
To  which  class  do  you  belong?  Every  mem- 
ber of  the  Continental  Building  &  Loan  Asso- 
ciation belongs  to  the  Money  Class. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
getting  the  home. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Secty.  and  Gen.   Mgr. 

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SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.  No.  7. 

JONATHAN  F.  LEARMOND,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.—Action  No.   33,129. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JONATHAN  F.  LEARMOND,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  iu  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Lots  Numbers  thirty  (30)  and  thirty-one  (31),  in 
block    number    forty-sis    (46),    of    the    CITY    LAND 


ASSOCIATION,  as  per  map  thereof  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Recorder  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,   State  of  California. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  releif  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  nave  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may  be  meet   in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
20th  day   of   November,    A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.    I.  PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  De- 
cember,  A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


CERTIFICATE    OF     PARTNERSHIP— FICTITIOUS 
NAME. 


STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  CITY  AND  COUNTY 
of    San    Francisco — ss. 

We  hereby  certify  that  we  are  partners  transact- 
ing business  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  under  a  designation  not 
showing  the  names  of  the  persons  interested  as  part- 
ners in  such  business:  to-wit,  Anchor  Packing  Com- 
pany, the  place  of  business  in  said  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco  being  at  and  in  Numbers  1604-1624 
Market  Street,  in  that  certain  building  knowu  as 
the    Nevada    Market. 

The    names    of   the  partners   are: 

J.  H.  HAHN,  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State    of   California. 

L.  T.  FOX,  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State   of   California. 

Witness  our  hands  this  twenty-sixth  day  of  No- 
vember,   1912. 

J.     H.     HAHN, 
L.     T.     FOX. 

Witnessed    by    L.    E.    SAWYER. 

State  of  California,  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco— ss. 

On  the  26th  day  of  November,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  twelve,  before  me  per- 
sonally appeared  J.  H.  Hahn  and  L.  T.  Fox,  known 
to  me  to  be  the  persons  whose  names  are  subscribed 
to  the  foregoing  instrument,  and  they  acknowledged 
to   me   that    they   executed   the    same. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  of  my  office  this  twenty- 
sixth    day   of  November,    1912. 

(SEAL)  FLORA   HALL, 

Notary   Publie   in    and   for   the   City   and   County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 

Endorsed:      Filed    November    26,    1912. 

H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 
By  L.   J.   WELCH,   Deputy   Clerk. 

FLETCHER  G.  FLAHERTY,  Attorney  at  Law, 
411  Crocker  Building,   San  Francisco. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

CARLTON  GARFIELD  POWERS,  plaintiff,  vs. 
MARGARET    POWERS,    Defendant. — No.    45,648. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the 
State  of  California  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the 
office  of  the   County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing    to     MARGARET     POWERS,     Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above-named  plaintiff  in 
the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the 
service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  extreme 
cruelty;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully 
appear  in  the  complaint  on  file,  to  which  special 
reference   is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plain- 
tiff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded   in    the    complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Supe- 
rior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  Civy  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  21st 
day    of    November,    A.    D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  W.  R,  CASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  105  Mont- 
gomery  Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 


Saturday,  December  14,  191-2.  J 


THE  WASPr 


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SUMMONS. 

IX  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OP 
California,  in  and  for  thy  City  mid  County  of  San 
Francisco.— Dept     No.   10. 

[WARZ  and  PAULINE  SCHWARZ. 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  personB  claiming  any  in- 
terest in,  or  Uen  apon,  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  liny  purl  thereof,  i>efondants. — Action 
No.    32,842. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY, 

Attornoy    for    Plaintiffs. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lieu  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
t'l..- 1  ni  mi  is,  greeting : 

You  aro  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  HENRI  SCHWARZ  and  PAULINE 
SCHWARZ,  his  wirlo,  ptuintlffB,  filed  with  the 
Olerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  buimnnns,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated 
in  the  City  ami  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Leavenworth  Street,  distant  thereon  eight-seven  (87) 
feet  and  six  (0)  inches  southerly  from  the  south- 
erly line  of  Filbert  Street;  running  thouce  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth  Street 
twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east. 
erly  one  hundred  and  twelve  (1X2)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
twenty-live  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Leavenworth 
Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a 
part    of    FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    441. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  thnt,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  fur  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit :  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiffs  are 
the  owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute; 
that  their  title  to  said  properly  be  established  and 
quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all 
estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  other  descrip- 
tion; that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs  herein  and 
have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in   the  premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this   4th   day   of   October,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCRn/VY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,   A.  D.    1012. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY.  Attorney  for  Plaintiffs, 
No.  501-501-503  California  Pacific  Building,  Sutter 
and    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
CALIFORNIA,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco.      Dept.    No.    10. 

MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA 
MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upou,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants.      Action    No.    32849. 

GERALD   C.    HALSEY, 

Attorney   for   Plaintiff, 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  MARY  MARSICANO,  sometimes 
called  MARINA  MARSICANO,  as  executrix  of  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  PATRIZIO  MARSICANO, 
Borne  times  called  P.  MARSICANO,  deceased,  the 
plaintiff  herein,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above 
entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any 
part  thereof,  situate  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  particularly  described 
as  follows : 

I. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  (formerly  Washington  Place)  dis- 
tant thereon  thirty-seven  (37)  feet  eight  (8)  inches 
northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  westerly  line  of  Wentworth  Street  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Washington  Street;  running 
thence  northerly  along  said  westerly  line  of  Went- 
worth Street  thirty-three  (33)  feet,  ten  (10)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  thirty  (30)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty-three  (33) 
feet,  ten  (10)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  thirty  (30)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Wentworth  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  Lot  No.  50  of  the  FIFTY  VARA 
SURVEY. 

II. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section   of    the    southerly    line    of    Green    Street    and 


the    easterly    line    of    Eaton    Alley,    running    theuce 
y    along   said    southerly    line    of   Green    Street 
sixty-three     (0^ )     feel ;     thence    at    a    right    angle 
hundred    ond    thirty-seven    (137)    feet, 
thence    at    a    right    angle    westerly 
forty-one    (41)    feet;    thence    at    a    right   angle  north- 
erly fifty    (50)    feet;   thence  at  a  right  ongle  westerly 
iterly   line  of   Baton 
Alley;    and   thence   at    a   right   angle   northerly   and 
along  said  easterly   lino   of   Eaton   Alley   eighty-seven 
(87)    feet,   six    (G)    inches   to   the   southerly   line   of 
1  Street    and   the   point   of  commencement.     Be- 

ing   a    portion    of   FIFTY    VARA    LOT    No.    231. 
III. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  running  thence  southerly  and  along  the  said 
easterly  line  of  Mason  Street  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
ninety  six  (9G1  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37  i  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  and  thenco  at  a  right  angle  westerly  ninety- 
six  (96)  feet,  8ix  (0)  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Mnson  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
IV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  forty  (40)  feet  easterly  from 
tho  point  of  intersection  of  tho  easterly  line  of 
Mason  Street  with  the  said  southerly  line  of  Green 
Street;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  last  men- 
tioned line  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six  (6)  iuches 
to  the  westerly  lino  of  an  alleyway  twelve  (12) 
feet  wide;  thence  southerly  along  the  last  mentioned 
line  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  westerly  and  parallel 
with  Green  Street  twenty-two  (22)  feet  and  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  northerly  sixty  (60)  feet  to 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  231. 
V. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the 
westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  thirty-seven  (37) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  east- 
erly twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  and  along  said  southerly  line 
of  Broadway  one  hundred  seventeen  (117 1  feet, 
six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Ave 
nue  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  por- 
tion of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  63. 
VI. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  northerly  line  of  Geary  Street  and 
the  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence 
westerly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Geary 
Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of 
Geary  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be- 
ing a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  757. 
VII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Bush  Street  distant  thereon  eighty-eight  (88)  feet, 
ten  (10)  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street,  running  thence  easterly  along  said 
northerly  line  of  Bush  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet, 
four  (4 )  inches ;  theuce  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of 
Emma  Street;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Emma  Street  twenty- 
four  (24)  feet,  four  (4)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-eight  (78)  feet  to 
the  northerly  Hue  of  Bush  Street  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT    No.     300. 

VIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Broadway  distant  thereon  forty-five  (45)  feet  east- 
erly from  the  easterly  line  of  Osgood  Place  (for- 
merly Ohio  Street),  running  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Broadway  twenty  (20) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  fifty-seven 
(57)  feet,  six  (61  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6)  inches 
to  the  southerly  line  of  Broadway  and  the  point  of 
commencement.  Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA 
LOT   No.   197. 

IX. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  and  the 
easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue,  running  thence  east- 
erly along  said  southerly  line  of  Pine  Street  sixty 
(60)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  and  along  said 
westerly  line  of  Bacon  Place  Beventy-seven  (77) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  west- 
erly sixty  (60)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  seventy- 
seven  (77  i  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line 
of  Pine  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement, 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  286. 
X. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Grant    Avenue    distant    thereon    Beventy-seven     (77) 


feet,  six  (6)  inches  southerly  from  the  southerly 
line  of  California  Street,  running  theuce  southerly 
and  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  tweuiy 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  ■  right  angle  easterly  fifty  (50) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Quincy  Place;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northerly  and  along  said  westerly  Hue 
of  tjuincy  Place  twenty  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  rigtal  angle  westerly  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly 

line  of  Grant  Avenue  and  tho  point  of  commence- 
ment. Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No. 
Ml. 

XL 

Commencing  at  tho  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section* "f  the  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  and 
the  aorthi  rly  line  of  Adler  Street,  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  easterly  line  of  Grant  Avenue 
twenty  (20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
fifty  (50)  feet:  theuce  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty  (20 1  foot;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
west. rly  and  along  said  northerly  line  of  Adler 
Street  fifty  (50)  feet  to  the  easterly  lino  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  Of  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  67. 
XII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Stockton  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-six  (GG)  feet, 
six  (G)  inches  northerly  from  tho  northerly  line 
of  Vallejo  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  easterly  Hue  of  Stockton  Street  twenty 
(20)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  fifty- 
seven  (57)  feet,  Bix  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  twentv  (20)  feet;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  fifty-seven  (57)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  and 
the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion  of 
FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No  224. 
XIII. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  tho  westerly  line  of 
Grant  Avenue  distant  thereon  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Jackson  Street,  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  westerly  line  of  Grant  Avenue  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right'  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(ii  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  sixty- 
eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  and  the  point  ot  commencement.  Being  a 
portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  60. 
XIV. 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter, 
section  of  the  westerly  line  of  Mason  Street  and 
the  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street,  running 
theuce  southerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Mason  Street  sixty  (GO)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  three  (3) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  sixty  (60) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  and  along 
said  southerly  line  of  Greenwich  Street  sixty-eight 
( 68)  feet,  three  ( 3 )  inches  to  the  westerly  line 
of  Mason  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 
Being  a  portion  of  FIFTY  VARA  LOT  No.  475. 
XV. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Green  Street  distant  thereon  sixty-three  (63)  feet 
easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Eaton  Alley; 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  southerly 
line  of  Green  Street  sixty-eight  (68)  feet,  nine  (9) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hun- 
dred thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-eight  (68)  feet, 
nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet,  six 
(6)  inches  to  the  southerly  line  of  Green  Street 
and  the  point  of  commencement.  Being  a  portion 
of    FIFTY    VARA   LOT    No.    232. 

And  you  are  further  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit:  For  the  judgment  and  decree  of  said 
Court  establishing  and  quieting  the  title  of  MARY 
MARSICANO,  sometimes  called  MARINA  MARSI- 
CANO, the  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased,  in  and  to  said  real  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  subject  to  the  administra- 
tion of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  declaring  that 
plaintiff  as  executrix  of  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  said  deceased  is  in  the  actual  and  peace- 
able possession  in  the  right  and  for  the  benefit 
of  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  said  deceased;  and  that  it  be  adjudged 
that  the  said  devisee  under  the  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament of  the  said  deceased  is  the  owner  of  said 
property  in  fee  simple  absolute,  subject  only  to 
the  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased; 
and  that  her  title  to  said  property  is  established  and 
quieted;  and  that  the  Court  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gage or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further   relief    as    may   be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and    the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    5th  day   of   October,    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I.   PORTER,   Deputy   Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    1912. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
No.  501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  No. 
105    Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    8. 

FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA  WAGNER,  -Plain 
tiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or 
lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    Defendants. — Action    No.    32,847. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
Defendants,     greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answei 
the  complaint  of  FRANZ  C.  WAGNER  and  ANNA 
WAGNER,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you 
have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any 
part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Utah 
Street,  distant  thereon  seventy-seven  (77)  feet,  two 
(2.  inches  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Utah  Street 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Nineteenth  Street,  and 
running  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Utah 
Street  seventy -six  (76)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  seventy-six  (76)  feet;  and 
thence  at  a  righi  angle  westerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  fo 
PUTREHO  NUEVO  BLOCK  No.   92. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint,  to- 
wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  own- 
ers of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist 
of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  Buch  other 
and  further   relief  as  may    be  meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness    my    hand    and     the    seal    of    said    Court, 
this    4th    day    of    October,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By    H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  "publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of 
October,    A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs : 

BANK  OF  ITALY  (a  corporation),  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street.    San    Francisco.    California. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.   5. 

IDA  BOLTEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming 
any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,892. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,   the  real 


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property    herein    described    or    any   part    thereof,    De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  IDA  BOLTEN,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  sum- 
mons, and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any, 
you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly   described    as    follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southeaster 
ly  line  of  Mission  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-five 
(85)  feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Mission 
Street  with  the  northeaster  y  line  of  Eighth  Street, 
and  running  thence  northeasterly  along  said  line  of 
Mission  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  eighty  (80)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southwesterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  eighty  (80)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  ONE  HUN- 
DRED VARA  BLOCK  Number  407. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
erly line  of  sill  i  run  n  Street,  distant  thereon 
twenty-eight  (28)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  form 
ed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sil- 
liman  Stret  with  the  easterly  line  of  Dartmouth 
Street,  and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 
of  Silliman  Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100  >  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-seven  (27) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hun- 
dred (100 )  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ;  being 
lot  number  25,  block  52,  as  per  map  of  the  property 
of  the  RAILROAD  AVENUE  HOMESTEAD  ASSO- 
CIATION. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  sole  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  hei 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
thnt  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gaees  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
ever  her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur 
tner  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
14th  day  of  October,   A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  2nd  day  of  Nov- 
ember,   A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    Son    Francisco,    Cat. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    1. 

ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRIE  G.  Mc 
ELROY,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action  No. 
33,086. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De 
fendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRIE  G. 
McELROY,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as  fol- 
lows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Moss  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hundred  and  fiftj 
(250)  feet  southeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northeasterly  line  of  Moss 
Street  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Howard  Street, 
and  running  thence  southeasterly  and  along  said  line 
of   Moss    Street   twenty- five    (25)    feet;    thence   at   a 


right  angle  northeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
ihence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  twenty-five  (25, 
feet ;  and  Ihence  at  a  right  angle  southwesterly 
seventy-five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginuing; 
being  part  of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number 
248. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit: 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  their 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted ; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  saiQ 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs 
recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,    thin 
13th  day   of   November,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  23rd  day  of  No- 
vember,   A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for'  the  City  anu  County  of  San 
Francisco.      Department    No.    5. 

WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZABETH  MANN, 
his  wile,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32871. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lieu  upon,  the 
real  properly  herein  described  or  any  pari  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZA- 
BETH MANN,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  wilh  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lieu,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer 
lain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,   particularly   described  as   follows: 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  in 
tersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (for- 
merly "Q")  Street  wilh  the  westerly  line  of 
Twenty-sixth  (2b'lh)  Avenue ;  running  thence  west 
erly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (formerly 
"Q"  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  ihence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th) 
Avenue;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  com- 
mence ment  Being,  part  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS 
BLOCK    No.    1052. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  bo 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit :  That  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the 
owners  of  said  properly  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed; that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es 
tates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and.  have  such  other 
and   further  relief  as  may   be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
10th  day  of  October,  A.  D   19lz. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.    I    .PORi^R,    Deputy    Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of 
October,    A.   D.    1912 

GERALD  L.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  Califor 
nia  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Sts„ 
San    Francisco,    Cal.,    Attorney    for    Plaintiffs. 


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SUMMONS. 

IN    THE    SUPERIOR    COUBT    OF    'MIL 
of    California,    m    and    for    the    CHj    and    County    oi 

■ 

merly  OATH- 

.  Plaintiff,   vs.  All  ] .'..»  cloiw 

i  ;■■  interest  in,  or  lieu  up"  propertj 

described  or  any  part  tbereul.  Dt-ieudttuta. — 
Action    No.    33,030. 

GERALU  C.   HAL 

Attorney    luE    Plaintiff. 
The    People    of    the    State    of    California: 

Claiming  uuy  iiitereal  m,  or  lien  upon,  Hit 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof. 
defendants,    greeting: 

\uu    ;u.'    hereby    required    to    appear    and    answer 
the    ouoiniuiiit    of     l  uLAXUili  bO»\KK 

M'lihKINK    UANNION),    plaiutil 
with    the    Clerk    ul    the   ubuve  entitled    Louri    and  City 
and  County,   within   three  mouths  alter  the    DJ 
licatiou    of     this    aumtuoub,     uud    to     aul     iurili     what 
mil-rest  or  lieu,  if  any,  you  have  iu  or  upon  tu 

ill  properly  or  any  part  thereoi.  iltuaied  in 
the  City  and  County  of  fttm  FranoUoo,  State  ill  Cul 
Liornla,     particularly     described     as     follows; 

is  ui  ..  puiui  on  the  easterly  line  oi 
Twenty-aeooud  (-2nd)  Avenue,  distant  [hereon  nine 
iy-five  <y5J  feel  uonhoriy  irum  the  northerly  line 
oi  Anza  i  formerly  -A"  Street;  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  easterly  hue  of  Twenty-second 
('J 2nd)  Avenue  twenty  live  (26))  feet;  thence  at  a 
right -angle   eo&terlv  one    hundred    and    tweut] 

.hence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  twenty-five 
(25j  feet;  theuce  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  und  twenty  (l'JO)  leet  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Anss  Street  and  the  point  <>f  commencement.  Be 
tug   part  of   OUTblOE    LANDS  BLOCK    No.    268. 

And  you  are  hereby  no li lied  that,  unless  yon  so 
appear  and  mibwer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
:ur  the  relief  demanded  iu  the  Complaint,  to- 
wn :  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute; 
that  her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and 
quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  ull 
estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  wuether  the  same  con 
eists  of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description 
plaiutift*  recover  her  costs  herein  and  have  such 
other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  iu  the 
premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  sen!  of  said  Court,    this 
7th   day  of   November,    A.   D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    1.    MULCREVY.    Clerk. 

By   H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 
The   first   publication   of   this   summons    was   made 
In    "The  Wasp"   newspaper  on   the  loth  day  of  No 
vember,   A.   D.   1012. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 

in,    or  lien   upon,    said   property   adverse    to    plaintiff: 

FUGAZI     BANCA    POPOLARE    OPERAIA    ITAL- 

IANA   (a  corporation).  No.  2  Columbus  Avenue,  San 

Francisco,    Cal. 

J.  W.  WRIGHT  &  SONS  INVESTMENT  COM 
PANY  (a  corporation  ,  No.  228  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cai. 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  &  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a  car 
poration),  Jones  and  McAllister  Streets,  San  Fran 
eisco,    Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY, 

Attorney    for  Plaintiff. 
501,   502  and  503  California-Pacific  Building,   Sau 
Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


.  ill.  ai  PERIOR  COTIRT  OP  THE  STATE  OK 
rnia,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.  Mo.  4. 

RAYMOND  REALTY  COMPANY  (a  corporation), 
and  BRIDGET  W.  JEROME,  Plaintiffs,  va  All  per 
Bone  claiming  so  3  i  n teresl  in  or  Lien  upon  the  real 
propert y  herein  described  or  an j  pm-i  thereof,  De 
fondants.— Action    No.   38,148. 

The  People  of  the  Siatc  of  California,  10  nil  per 
suns  claiming  any  interest  in.  or  lien  upon,  (he  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De 
fondants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 

complaint    of    RAYMOND    REALT5     COMPANY    (fl 

ation   ,  and  BRIDGET  W,  JEROME,  plaintiffs. 

filed    wilh    the    Clerk    of    the    above    entitled    Court    nnd 

County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publico 
tlon  of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  whal  interest 
■>r  lien,  if  any,  yon  nave  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  pari  iluM-e.it,  situated  in  the 
Oity  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,  and  particularly  described  :>*  tollows: 


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Begini  the  easterly  line  of  Polk 

distant    thereon    tweifJH     (20)    feel    norther  1 3 

i.  ,  ,  ton 

1  t  with   the   northerly  line 

..i    Pine   Street,   and   running   thence   northerly   along 

.1 
two    1 62  1    feet, 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty   (80) 
terly  sixty-two 
1  1 .     '  inchet   to  the  poinl  of  beginning; 

being  pari   of   WESTERN   ADDITION    B] 

STou  are  herebj 
and   answer,    the   plaintiffs   will   apply   to   the   Court 
for  ths  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
adjudged   thai   plaintiff  Raymond   Realty  Com- 

pany    ii    the    Ofl >j      aid    property    in   fee   simple 

absolute,  subject  to  the  life  estate  of  plaintiff 
in ;  that  (heir  title  tu  suid 
propei  1  j  b<  1  1.1  b)i  ih<  d  and  quieted  .  thai  the  Court 
ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles, 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  ox  I  a  to  re,  vested  or  contingent, 
mid  whether  the  same  consist  <>f  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 

herein   nnd  have   such  other  and   further  relief  us.  may 
be   meet    in    the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  iii>'  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
22nd  day  of  November,  A.  D.   1912. 
(HEAL)  11     1     Ml  LCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  n.  I.   PORTER,   Deputy  clerk. 

The  iirst  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  •The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  De- 
cember,  A.    D,   11(12, 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation  ,  No.  5*J6  California  Street,  San  Fran 
cisco,  <  lallfornia. 

CITY  AM>  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO  (a 
municipal    corpora ti on  t,     State    of    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY.  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  Sau 
Francisco. 

W.  P.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  J.  A.  DAVIS, 
Defendnnt. — Action    No.    39,480. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  of  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County,  Jos 
Kirk,    Attorney    for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing to  J.  A.  DAVIS,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  tue 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  ahove,  brought 
against  you  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you 
of  this  summons — if  served,  within  this  City  and 
County;   or  within   thirty  days  if  served  elsewhere. 

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

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  at  thf  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  this  23rd  day  of  October  A. 
D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

JOSEPH    KIRK.    Attorney    ior    Plaintiff. 


OF  THE  ST  A  I 
a,    in   and   for   tha   City   and  Couuty   of   San 
....    3. 
MAN    AURAHAM.    Plaintiff,    va.    All    persona 
claiming  any  interest   in  or  hen  upon   the  real  prop- 
erty  herein    described   or  any    pari    thereof,    Defend 
ants. — Action    No.    82,908. 

-  of  the  State  of  California,   to  all  per 
-  in.  or  tied  upon,  the  real 
...    described    or   any    part    thereof,    De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You    are    hereby    required    to    appear    and    answer 
mplaiut     of     NATHAN     ABRAHAM,     pluinlift, 
h  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
within    three   months    after    the    first 

and    to    set    forth    what    in- 

.    if  any,    yon  have  in   or  upon   thol  cer 

ir   any    part    thereof,    situated    in 

tho  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cal- 

and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning    at    a    point    on    the    soantherly    line    of 

CJay    Stri  ighly-one    (81)    feet, 

ihrue    (3}    inches  easterly  from  toe  corner  formed  by 

the  Intersection  or  the  southerly  line  of  Clay  Street 

With     the     easterly     line     of     Diviiiadero     Street,     and 

oe  easterly  and  aioug  said   Hoe  of  Clay 

25)   feet;   thence  at  a  right  angle 

southerly  one  hundred  and   twenty  seven    (127)    feet 

eight  ant)  one-fourth    (8%)   inches;   thence  at  a  right 

n"Kle   Wl  aty-flve   (2S     feet;   and  thence  at 

a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven 

(127)    feet,    eight    and    one-fourth    (8%)    inches    to 

YViJ!«IMt    of    be^"l"i|ie:    being    part    of    WESTERN 

Number  462: 

You    are    hereby    notified    that,    unless    you    so   ap 

pear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 

for    the    relief    demanded     in    the    complaint,     to-wit, 

that    it   be    adjudged    that    plaintiff   is    the    owner   of 

said   property   in   fee   simple  absolute;    that   his   title 

t0    ■«»<»    property    be    established    and    quieted;    that 

the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 

titles,   interests  and  claims  in  and   to  said   property 

and   every  part   thereof,   whether   the   same   be    legai 

or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent 

and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  Hens 

of    any    description;    that    plaintiff    recover    his    costs 

herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 

be  meet   in   the  premises. 

V'itness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  aaid  Court    this 
16th  day  of  October.  A.  D    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.   MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNSWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
•    ThrSLfirst   Publication   of   this   summons   was   mads 
in      The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  26th  day  of  Octo- 
ber,  A.  D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est m,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY.  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff  105 
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Third  and  Townsend  Streets     Phone  Kearny  180 

OAKLAND : 

Broadway  and  Thirteenth     Phone   Oakland   162 
Sixteenth    Street    Station      Phone    Cakland    1458 


ENGRAVERS 


BY    ALL    PROCESSES 


PROMPT    SERVICE 

REASONABLE    PRICES 

DEPENDABLE    QUALITY 


WINTER  IN  Y0SEMITE 


A  SIGHT  WORTH  SEEING. 

AN  OUTING  WORTH  WHILE. 


MAGNIFICENT  SPEOTAOLE. 
The    great    scenic    features    of    Yosemite —    its    walla    and 
domes,    its    cataracts    and    mountain    peaks,    mantled    in    snow 
and  ice,  present  an  aspect  of  magnitude  and  ethereal  beauty 
beyond  conjecture. 

WINTER  PASTIMES. 
Winter    sports — skeeing,     skating,     coasting,     sleighing    and 
frolic   in    the   snow,    are   pastimes   and   pleasures   that   are    en- 
joyed by  all  in  this  vast  winter  playground,  so  completely  pro- 
tected from  the  wintry  blasts  of  the  higher  Sierra. 

A  SHORT  COMFORTABLE  TRIP. 
It  is  only  a  few  hours  ride  to  this  Winter  Carnival  in  Nature's 
grandest  amphitheater.     Daily  trains  run  to  its  very  gateway. 
The    hotels    in    the    midst    of    this   winter   splendor   afford    the 
visitor  every  comfort  of  the  city  hotel. 

Ask  for  Yosemite  Winter  Folder. 


Yosemite  Valley  Railroad 


COMPANY 

MEECED,  CAL. 


PANAMA-PACIFIC   EXPOSITION   ILLUSTRATED. 


CHRISTMAS,  191'2. 


LEADING  HOTELS  s*  RESORT! 


PALACE  HOTEL 

Situated    on    Market    Street 

In  the  center  of  the  City. 

Take    any   Market    Street    Car 
from   the   Ferry. 

FAIRMONT  HOTEL 

The  moBt  beautifully 

situated  of  any  City 

Hotel  in  the  World. 

Take    Sacramento    Street   Care 
from  the  Ferry. 

TWO   GREAT   HOTELS 
UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF  THE 

PALACE  HOTEL  COMPANY 


Hotel  Argonaut 

Society     of     California     Pioneers'     Building 
Fourth  St.,  near  Market. 

California's  Most  Popular  Motel 

400    Rooms.  200    Baths. 

European  Plan   $1.00   per  day   and  up. 

Dining    Room    Seating    500 — Table    d'hot* 
or  a  la  Carte  Service,  as  desired. 


Special  Sunday  Dinner, 

Including  Wine,  $1.00. 


EDWARD  R0LKIN 

Manager. 


GEO.  A.  DIXON 
Ass't  M'g'r. 


Hotel  St.  Francis 

Tea  Served  in  Tapestry  Room 
From  Four  to  Six  O'Clock 

Special  Music        Fixed  Price 

A  DAILY  SOCIAL  EVENT 

Under  the  Management  of  James  Woods 


Casa  del  Rey 

New  300-room,  fire-proof  hotel  located 
near  the  beach  and  Casino,  open  all  year 
round.  SUPERIOR  GOLFING. 

AMERICAN  PLAN 

Tennis  courts,  good  boating,  bathing  and 
fishing;  numerous  drives  along  the  Coast 
and  through  the  mountains. 

SANTA  CRUZ  BEACH  HOTEL  CO. 


INDIVIDUALITY  beats  common- 
plaoeness  every  time,  whether 
in  man,  beast  or  printing. 

When  it  comes  to  high  quality  in- 
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Posters 

Labels 
Commercial  Work 


we    believe    we    can    satisfy    the 
most    particular. 

Send  for   Samples  of  What  You  Need. 

Schmidt  Lithograph  Co. 

San  Francisco  Los  Angeles 

Portland  Salt  Lake  City  Seattle 


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LOUIS  SLOSS  &  CO. 

Bonds  and  Preferred   Stocks 

ALASKA  COMMERCIAL  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons 

ESTABLISHED   1876 

INVESTMENT   BONDS 


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First  National  Bank  Building  Security    Building 

San  Francisco  Los  Angeles 


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Incorporated  1861. 


The  Hibernia  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

[HIBERNIA  BANK] 
Cor.  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  Streets 

Member   of   THE   ASSOCIATED   SAVINGS  BANKS  of  San  Francisco 


ASSETS  ...  $57,420,836.62 


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Open  Daily  from  10  A.  M.  to  3  P.  M.  Saturdays  from  10  A.  M.  to  12  M. 

Open  Saturday  Evenings  from  6  to  8  o'clock 
FOR   DEPOSITS   ONLY 


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J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 

MEMBERS 

NEW  YORK  STOCK  EXCHANGE 

NEW  YORK  COTTON  EXCHANGE 

CHICAGO  BOARD  OF  TRADE 

THE  STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Main  Office:    Mills  Building,  San  Francisco 

Branch   Offices:     Los  Angeles,   Pasadena, 

San  Diego,  Coronado,  Cal.;    Portland, 

Ore.;  Seattle,  Wash.;  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

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William  R.  Staats 
Company 

405  Montgomery  Street 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


WE  OWN  AND  OFFER  AN  ATTRACTIVE  LIST  OF 
CAREFULLY  SELECTED  MUNICIPAL,  RAILROAD 
AND  CORPORATION  BONDS,  ALSO  FIRST  MORT- 
GAGE BONDS  ON  SUCCESSFULLY  OPERATED 
PUBLIC  UTILITY  CORPORATIONS  OF  CALIFOR- 
NIA. 

WE  HAVE  BEEN  IDENTIFIED  MANY  YEARS 
WITH  CALIFORNIA  LANDS,  AND  OWN  BONDS 
SECURED  BY  FIRST  MORTGAGE  ON  PRODUCT- 
IVE LANDS  YIELDING  LARGE  INCOMES.  WE 
OFFER  THESE  BONDS  TO  INVESTORS  TO  NET 
SIX  PER  CENT  INTEREST  IN  AMOUNTS  OF 
S100,   $500  AND   81,000.     - 


65  S.  Raymond  Ave.  105  West  Fourth  St. 

PASADENA    LOS  ANGELES 


REPORT    OF    THE    CONDITION    OF    THE 

ANGLO    &    LONDON    PARIS 
NATIONAL    BANK 

OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

At  the  close  of  Business,  November  26,  1912. 


RESOURCES. 

Loans    and    Discounts $21,213,772.57 

U.  S.  Bonds  to  Secure  Circulation 

at  Par   2,500,01.10.00 

Other  U.  S.  Bonds  at  Par 50,000.00 

Other   xsonds    3,189,766.14 

Other  Assets    320,000.00 

Customers '  Liability  on  Letters 

of  Credit 1,368,409.02 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange 12,763,279.36 

$41,405,227.09 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital   Stock    $  4,000,000.00 

Surplus  ana  Undivided  Profits..     1,811,948.28 

Circulation    2,500,000.00 

Letters  of  Credit,  Domestic  and 

Foreign    1,368,409.02 

Deposits 31,724,869.79 

$41,405,227.09 

OFFICERS: 

Sig.    Greenbaum,   Chairman   of  the  Board 
Herbert  Fleishhacker,  President  Washington    Dodge,     Vice-Pres. 

J.    Friedlander,    Vice-Pres.  C.   F.  Hunt,   Vice-Pres. 

R.  Altschul,  Cashier  C.  R.  Parker,  Asst.  Cashier 

Wm.  H.  High,  Asst.  Cashier  H.  Choynski,  Asst.  Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick,  Asst.  Cashier  G.   F.   Herr,   Asst.   Cashier. 

A.  L.   Langerman,   Secretary 


Saturday,   December  21,   1912.  J 


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San    Francisco 


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Published   weekly   by   the 
WASP  PUBLISHING    COMPANY 

Office  of  publication 
121  Second  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cai. 

Phones — Sutter   789,    J    2705. 

Entered  at  the  San  Francisco  Postoffice  as  second 
class   matter. 

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Canada  and  Mexico,  $5  a  year  in  advance;  bix 
mouths,  $2.50;  three  months,  $1.25;  single 
copies,  10  cents.      For  Bale  by  all  newsdealers, 

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G.  H.  UMBSEN  &  CO. 

REAL  ESTATE  AUCTIONEERS 
RENT    COLLECTORS,    INSURANCE 

FULL    CHARGE     TAKEN     OF    PROPERTY 

20  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco 

Branches    2347    MISSION    STREET  and  1474  IIAK1HT  STREET 


Why  Not   Give  a 

VICTROLA 

For  Christmas 

Are  you  thinking  about  giving  a  VIC- 
TROLA for  Curistmasl  You  will  glad- 
den the  whole  family  with  a  world  of 
music  and  entertainment  if  you  do.  But 
do  not  wait  until  the  week  before 
Christmas  to  select  that  VICTKOLA. 
Come  in  now  and  select  at  your  leisure. 
We  will  hold  the  VICTHOLA  and  deliv- 
er it  any  day — Christmas  day  if  you 
desire. 

VICTEOLAS    515    TO    $200. 

VICTOK  TALKING  MACHINES  $10  TO  $68. 

EAST  TEEMS. 


Sherman  ©lay  &  Co> 

Sheet    Music    and    Musical     Merchandise. 
Steinway    and    other    Pianoe — Victor    Talking 
Machines — Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 

KEARNY  &  SUTTER  STS.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
14TH  &   CLAY  STS.,   OAKLAND. 


TRAVEL  BY  SEA 

on  this  Company's 

Big  New  Steamships  PRESIDENT  and  GOVERNOR 

The  Largest  and  Finest  Steamers  in  Coastwise  Service. 


LOS  ANGELES 
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EUREKA 


SEATTLE 
TACOMA 
VICTORIA 
VANCOUVER 


ALASKA  and  MEXICO. 

ALASKA  CRUISES— Season  1913 

Via   ' '  Totem   Pole   Route, ' '   Inside   Passage. 

Calling  at  Victoria  and  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

Ketchikan,  Metlakatla,  Wrangell,  Juneau,  Treadwell  Gold 

Mines,    Skagway,    Glacier   Bay,   Davidson    Glacier, 

Taku  Glacier,  Muir  Glacier  and  Sitka,  Alaska. 

STEAMSHIP  SPOKANE 

Will  leave  Seattle  at  10  p.  m. 

June  18,  July  2,  16,  30,  August  13. 

Service  Limited  to  First-Class  Round-Trip  Passengers. 

Apply  for  reservations,  literature  and  full  information 

C.  D.  DUNANN,    Passenger  Traffic  Manager 

112  Market  Street,  San  Francisco 


Royal 


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Royal  Insurance  Company,  Ltd. 

OF    LIVERPOOL,  ENGLAND 

FIRE,  AUTOMOBILE,  MARINE,  TOURISTS 


Royal  Indemnity  Company 

OF  NEW    YORK 

ACCIDENT,  HEALTH,  LIABILITY,  SURETY, 
BURGLARY,  PLATE  GLASS,  ETC. 


Queen  Insurance  Company 

Or  NEW    YORK 

FIRE,  AUTOMOBILE,  MARINE,  TOURISTS 


Agents  in  all  cities  and  towns 

ROLLA  V.  WATT,  Manager 

ROYAL  INSURANCE  BUILDING 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.  San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


GRAND 
PIANOS 

Our  Specialty 


WEBER  -  KNABE  -  FISCHER  -  VOSE 


Sole  Distributors 

KOHLER  &  CHASE 


26  O'FarrellSt 


San  Francisco 


Murphy  Grant  &  Co. 

JOBBERS  OF  DRY  GOODS 


NEW  GOODS  CONSTANTLY 
ARRIVING  AND  ON  SALE 
AT     OTJR     NEW     BUILDING 

134-146  Bush  St.  N.E.  Cor.  Sansome,  S.F. 


GENUINE 

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BLANKETS 

Vlsalla  Stock 
Saddle  Co. 


2117 
Market  St. 


Sao 
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Established  1853. 
onthly  Contracts  $1.50  per  Mon 

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TENTH  ST,   S.  F. 

est    and    Most    Up-to-Date    on    P 

Coast. 

agons  call  twice  daily. 

eaning  Dainty  Garments  Our  Spec 

rhomas  Parisian  Dyeinf 
Cleaning  Works 

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ialty 

Eames   Tricycle   Co. 

Manufacturers  of  INVALID 
ROLLING  CHAIRS  for  all 
purposes*  Self  -  Propelling 
Tricycle  Chairs  for  the  dis- 
abled. INVALID  CHAIRS. 
Wholesale  and  retail  and 
for  rent.  1714  Market  St., 
San  Francisco.  Phone  Park 
2040.  1200  S.  Main  Street. 
Lot    Angeles. 


DIECKMANN 

HARDWOOD  CO. 


Foreign  &  Domestic 
CABINET  WOODS 


Office,   Yards    and   Mill:     BEACH 
STS.      Phone  Franklin  2302. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


TheF.  Chevalier  Co. 

WHISKEY  MERCHANTS 
LIQUOR  DEALERS 

OLD    CASTLE  WHISKIES 

246  to  256  Mission  St.    -    San  Francisco 


Sultan  Turkish  Baths 

624  POST    STREET 
Special   Department   for   Ladiea 

Open  Day  and  Night  for  Ladiea  and  Gen- 
tlemen. 
Al.  Johnson,  formerly  of  Sutter  Street 
Hammam,  has  leased  the  Sultan  Turkish 
Baths,  where  he  will  be  glad  to  see  his 
old  and   new   customers. 


THAMES  &  MERSEY 

Marine  Insurance  Co.,  Limited 

SWITZERLAND 

Marine  Insurance  Co.,  Limited 


LOUIS  ROSENTHAL 

General  Agent 
302   CALIFORNIA  ST.,    SAN  FRANCISCO,   CAL. 


Contracts    made   with    Hotels    and    Restaurants 

Special  attention   given    to   Family  Trade. 

ESTABLISHED     1876. 

THOMAS  MORTON  &  SON 

Importers  and  DealerB  in 

COAL 

N.   W.   Cor.   EDDY  &   HYDE,    San  Francisco 
Phone    Franklin    397. 


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PAPER 


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ASSOCIATED  OIL  COMPANY 

GENERAL  OFFICE 

After  January  1st,  1913 — Sharon  Building 

COR.   NEW   MONTGOMERY   AVE.   AND 
JESSIE  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


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[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


PLAIN  E3F 

BY  AMERICUS. 


CALIFORNIA  —  and  for  that  matter 
[&\  5  many  other  States — would  do  well  to 
u0-*!  study  the  inner  significance  of  Fed- 
eral Judge  Anderson's  rebuke  to 
Evan  the  Iron  Workers'  International  Union 
president,  who  finds  himself  so  uncomfortably 
rjrominent  in  the  dynamite  conspiracy  trial. 
Ryan  was  so  anxious  to  forget  that  it  is  a 
criminal  charge  preferred  by  the  Government 
in  the  name  of  justice,  and  so  eager  to  make 
it  appear  a  prosecution,  or  persecution,  by  a 
set  of  private  individuals,  he  was  proceeding 
to  rant  in  soap-box  fashion  against  the  Na- 
tional Erectors'  Association.  There  are  States, 
and  this  is  one  of  them,  where  such  irrelevant 
ranting  is  permitted  to  pass  as  evidence. 
There  are  judges,  and  we  have  many  of  them, 
so  dependent  upon  party  polities  for  their 
positions  they  have  not  the  courage  to  pro- 
hibit digressive  heroics  when  directed,  not  to 
the  judge,  but  through  the  judge  to  those  up- 


on whom  the  judge  depends  for  his  election. 

But  Ryan  reckoned  without  his  host — the 
host  in  whose  house  he  is  so  unwilling  a  guest, 
or,  rather,  in  whose  court  he  is  so  unwilling 
a  witness.  Unfortunately  for  those  unionists 
charged  with  conspiring  to  commit  murder 
by  means  of  dynamiting  non-union  houses, 
Judge  Anderson  does  not  owe  his  position  to 
a  popular  vote.  Secure  in  his  tenure,  he  is 
free  to  weigh  the  evidence  calmly  and  judicial- 
ly, and  not  as  a  politician  compelled  to  be 
ever  mindful  of  the  coming  elections.  He. is 
free  to  interpret  the  law  according  to  his  con- 
science and  best  judgment.  He  is  not  obliged 
to  keep  only  half  an  eye  on  the  facts  and  an 
eye  and  a  half  on  the  ballot-box.  To  him 
the  votes  of  unionists  are  as  the  flowers  that 
bloom  in  the  spring — they  have  nothing  to  do 
with  the  case.  In  short,  he  is  a  judge  ap- 
pointed in  the  only  way  that  encourages  the 
keeping  of  the  oath  of  office. 

Judge  Anderson  did  what  all  other  judges 
ought  to  be  in  a  position  to  do.  He  turned  to 
Ryan  and  said:  "All  this  talk  is  irresponsive. 
This  is  the  case  of  the  United  States  against 
these   defendants,   and   not  the   Erectors'  As- 


sociation. The  Government  is  behind  this 
prosecution." 

There  in  a  nutshell  we  have  what  should  be 
the  basic  principle  of  all  criminal  prosecu- 
tions. But,  before  pointing  the  lesson  by 
ilustiating  the  manner  in  which  our  Stat3 
and  civic  courts  so  often  violate  that  princi- 
ple, let  us  emphasize  the  courage  which  Judge 
Anderson 's  tenure  of  office  permitted  him  to 
exercise.  On  the  following  day  one  Zeiss,  a 
union  iron-worker,  and  a  witness  jailed  on  a 
charge  of  perjury,  dared  to  hesitate  when  the 
judge  asked  a  straight  and  simple  question. 
He  was  immediately  sent  to  the  cells  in  de- 
fault  of  a  $2,000  bond. 

Where  is  the  political  or  elected  judge  who 
would  dare  to  do  his  duty  in  a  similar  case 
and  with  such  promptitude?  As  a  unionist 
prepared  to  perjure  himself  in  the  cause,  Zeiss 
represents  many  votes,  but  they  cut  no  figure 
with  the  Federal  judge.  This  point  is  impor- 
tant, because  it  is  the  explanation  of,  though 
not  the  excuse  for,  the  manner  in  which  our 
State  and  city  judges  permit  criminal  trials 
to  degenerae  into  private  and  partisan  de- 
fenses. 


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THE     HORTICULTURAL     BUILDING,     PANAMA-PACIFIC     INTERNATIONAL    EXPOSITION. 

One  of  the  most  attractive  of  all  the  Exposition  palaces  at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  will  be  the  great  Palace  of  Horticulture,  constructed 
almost  entirely  of  glass  and  covering  over  five  acres,  or  approximately  two  city  squares,  in  extent.  The  Horticulture  Palace  will  he  surmounted 
by  a  dome  150  feet  in  height.  It  will  be  672  feet  long,  and  its  greatest  length  will  be  320  feet.  An  imposing  nave  80  feet  in  height  will  run  the 
length  of  the  building,  and  paralleling  the  central  nave  there  will  be  on  either  side  two  aisles  each  fifty  feet  in  height.  At  the  entrance  of  the  build- 
ing there  will  be  a  great  arch  adorned  with  classic  bas-reliefs  suggestive  of  the  nature  of  the  glass  palace.  The  entrance  of  the  Palace  of  Horti- 
culture, and  also  its  interior,  will  be  adorned  with  trellises  upon  which  flowering  vines  will  be  trained.  The  rarest  flowers  and  plants  in  the  world 
will  be  grown  in  this  immense  structure.  Prom  an  architectural  viewpoint  the  Palace  of  Horticulture  will  be  unique,  as  it  will  be  the  largest  glass 
building  ever  constructed.  While  almost  all  of  the  building  will  be  of  glass  on  wood  fittings,  the  entrances  will  be  of  stucco  work.  Messrs.  Bake- 
well   and   Brown,   who  won  a   $25,000   prize  by  designing  San  Francisco's  new  City  Hall,  are  the  architects. 


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-THE  WASP- 


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One  of  the  attractive  buildings  at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  will  be  the  Festival  Hall  lying  at  the  south  end  of  the  Exposition  grounds, 
in  a  great  tropical  garden,  and  near  the  amusement  center,  the  principal  avenues  by  which  the  Exposition  is  approached.  Festival  Hall,  conveni- 
ently located,  will  he  one  of  the  minor  buildings  of  the  Exposition,  and  will  be  adapted  to  many  of  the  great  conventions  and  congresses  to  be 
held.  The  hall  will  contain  seats  for  about  three  thousand  people,  a  huge  pipe  organ  and  facilities  for  orchestral  performances,  as  well  as  some 
ten  halls  of  varying  sizes  for  great  meetings  and  assemblages.  The  building  will  be  350  feet  long  by  240  feet  wide.  The  main  auditorium  is  to  te 
covered  by  a   dome   140   feet  in  diameter. 


There  can  be  no  justice  in  criminal  trials 
unless  the  prosecution  partakes  of  an  imper- 
sonal or  State  character.  Justice  is  not  a 
thing  to  be  farmed  out  to  private  individuals 
as  in  feudal  times  they  farmed  out  taxes,  and 
even  justice  as  they  misunderstood  it.  All 
human  instituitons  partake  of  human  weak- 
nesses, but  there  is  no  standard  by  which  a 
civilization  can  be  better  tested  than  by  the 
extent  to  which  the  laws  of  man  approximate 
to  the  impersonal  certainty  of  the  laws  of 
nature.  In  nature  there  are  no  rewards  and 
no  punishments — only  absolutely  certain  con- 
sequences. With  human  justice  there  are  pun- 
ishments, but,  if  they  are  to  follow  as  the 
certain  consequences  of  nature,  it  must  be 
the  impersonal  state,  and  not  the  private  in- 
dividual,  that  prosecutes. 

It  is  not  the  Erectors'  Association  that  is 
prosecuting  the  labor  union  officials  charged 
with  conspiring  to  murder.  Whatever  its  an- 
xiety to  see  punished  tne  men  who  damaged 
the  property  of  its  members,  it  is  permitted 


no   part  in   the  proceedings  of  Judge  Ander 
son 's  court. 

In  California  and  other  State  courts  we 
have  seen  the  reverse,  and  only  too  frequent- 
ly. Here  it  is  the  Citizens'  Alliance  or  other 
employers'  organizations  which  have  to  invoke 
the  law  and  keep  its  machinery  going.  It  was 
the  Graft  Prosecution,  a  combination  of  pri- 
vate individuals,  who  engineered  the  graft 
trials  in  this  city.  Originating  in  personal 
revenge,  the  further  these  trials  went  the  more 
they  degenerated  into  mere  petty  and  person- 
al splenetic  feuds.  About  the  only  time 
that  the  plain  people  realized  that  it  was  not 
wholly  a  factional  fight,  and  that  incidentally 
the  machinery  of  justice  was  being  used,  was 
when  they  were  reminded  of  its  enormous  cost 
to  the  taxpayers.  Where  justice  is  concerned 
the  question  of  cost  is  only  a  detail,  but  the 
taxpayer  should  remember  that  private  prose- 
cutions masquerading  as  judicial  trials  are  in- 
finitely more  expensive  than  purely  judicial 
proceedings. 


We  have  done  with  that  cross  between  a 
debating  tournament  and  a  Donnybrook  fair 
known  as  the  graft  prosecutions,  but  we  have 
still  the  judicial  system  which  made  that  and 
other  travesties  of  justice  possible. 

We  still  make  it  possible  for  private  malice 
to  usurp  the  functions  of  our  courts,  and  un- 
less that  is  rendered  impossible  we  may  some 
day  go  to  the  logical  conclusion  of  such  prin- 
ciples, which  is  anarchy  and  civil  war. 

The  people  of  California  should  paste  that 
declaration  of  Judge  Anderson  in  their  hats, 
and  for  a  New  Year  resolution  The  Wasp  rec- 
ommends electors  to  start  off  with  the  deter- 
mination to  so  change  our  judicial  system  that 
the  government,  and  the  government  only, 
shall  become  the  prosecutor.  That  can  never 
be  with  elected  judges. 

♦ 

Perhaps  the  Beale-street  viaduct,  with  its 
gaps  of  thirty  feet  on  either  side  from  the 
road  it  was  supposed  to  bridge,  was  not  actu- 
ally intended  for  a  viaduct,  but  as  a  sort  of 


Saturday,  December  21,   1912.] 


-TNEWASP- 


triumphal  Roman  arch,  the  triumpli 

the   monumental   incompetence   of   oux 
city  engineers.     As  such,  and  uch,  is 

it  a  success. 

4 

SUSPICIOUS    BOND    BOOSTING. 

I'!'    is   do   crime   to   I si    a   bond    issue.      U 
i-   :i    virtue.     It    causes,   <>i    should    cause, 
the  taxpayers  to  sit   up  and  ask,  Who 
the  philanthropists  dipping  in  their  own  pock- 
ets  for  the  dimes   with   which   '"  advertise  a 
-«)i. -in.'   for  dipping   mi. i  Hi.1  taxpayers'   pock 

ets  for  million- .'     In  ll asc  "t    the  Aquatic 

I   :       i, ..ti. I-,  i  lie  dime  is  onl^    figurul  i\  e     t  be 

actual  ai ii  in u si  be  many  hundreds,  ii   no 

thousands,  "i  dollars.  And  the  larger  the 
a  in.  hi  ai   i  In-  more   suspicious.     So   Long  as  1 be 

i g   was   confined   to   frothy  oratory   ami 

badly  type-written  appeals  on  flimsy  pa- 
per, it  seemed  to  be  the  work  of  men  whose 
motives  were  no  more  sordid  than  the  liope 
thai  they  mighl  be  appointed  High  Chief  of 
i  in-  Aquatic  Park  Lite  Saving  Corps,  Custodi- 
an of  the  Towels,  Grand  Keeper  of  the  Soap, 

or  Chief  Coi issioner  of  the   Bathing  Suits; 

but  the  boosting  has  gone  beyond  that,  and 
more  serious  suspicions  are  uatural.  Who  are 
iln-  philanthropists  and  what  are  the  motives 
ni'  those  putting  up  tin-  money  to  pay  For 
moving-picture  advertisements  in  the  various 
nickelodeons  of  the  city!  "High  Diving  as  It 
WiJ  Be  at  the  Aquatic  Park  if  You  Vote  Yfes 
on  Bond  Issue  No.  '■'>."  or  words  t < >  that  effect, 
is  one  of  the  legends  on  a  scene  taken  from 
an  Eastern  watering  place.  These  ads.  cost 
money.  Who  pays  ior  them,  and  why?  The 
scheme  calls  for  an  outlay  of  $800,000,  though 
a  million  will  not  see  it  through  to  the  point 
where  the  fat  billets  are  to  begin.  Taxpayers 
should  think  hard  ii  they  have  any  doubt  as 
to  the  wisdom  of  voting,  as  they  should,  with 
an  emphatic  "No."  Let  them  only  ask  why 
is  the  nickelodeon  chosen  for  these  advertise- 
ments, and  they  will  see  that  it  is  to  appeal 
to  those  who,  in  the  main,  are,  if  voters,  not 
t he  actual  taxpayers  who  must  furnish  the 
funds.  San  Francisco  already  holds  the  world's 
record  for  park  space  in  proportion  to  popula- 
tion and  total  area — we  don't  want  to  hold  t lie 
world 's  record  for  excessive  1  axation.  The 
Aquatic  Park  is  a  stride  in  that  direction. 
♦ 

GERTRUDE  ATHERTON  says:  "1  would 
rather    have    written    'The     Typhoon' 
than   any   play    1    have  ever   seen. 
That  is  a  play  of  tremendous  passions— por- 
trayed   without    the    slightesl     regard    for    the 
feelings   of   spinster    reformers.*'     "Spinster 
reformers ' '   is  good,  but   why  didn  't   she  add 

'  '  uf  both  sexes  '  '  .' 


Sau  Francisco  Labor  Council  indorses  all 
the  bond  proposals.  Of  course  it  does,  as  it 
always  will  indorse  every  scheme  for  spending 
public  money.  What  does  the  Council  care 
for  the  taxpayers  or  posterity?  Its  position  is 
that  of  the  melon-cutters:  "The  taxpayers? 
Let  the  taxpayers  look  after  themselves — we 
are  voters.  Posterity?  "What  has  posterity 
ever  done  for  us?" 


■THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


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Saturday,  December  21,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


CHRISTMAS  IN  CALIFORNIA. 

THE  western  bard  who  would  indite 
A  ballad  of  1 1 1  *-  Christmas  season 

Finds  ail  the  ancient   symbols  quite 
Unsuited   to  or  reason. 

,< 
ll<-  may  no1   picture  Santa  flans 

With  reindeer  team  o'er  snowfields  gliding — 
Tin-  only  snow  we  ever  know 

We  make  of  <lnst    when   auto  riding. 

J* 

That,  and  the  metaphoric  flakes 

Of  scented  sn<»w  from  rosebud  blossom, 
That  Btrew  iii<-  ground  when  Zephyr  takes 

A    wayward   fancy   thus  I.,  tnss    'em.  # 

J* 
He   may   nut    sin;.'   the    Puletide  log 
Thai  gives  tin-  sleet-stained  guest  ;i  greeting 

Ih'ie   where    t  lie  grate    is  up-to-date 
With   gas  or   with   electric   heating. 

lint  if  we're  short  on  Snnty's  niui.se, 
His  snows,  yule  tugs  and  hollyberry, 

W'r  're  lung  upon  the  Christmas  goose 
And   Christmas  spirit   merry. 

And  in  our  fancy  we  depict 

O'er  fields  of  flowers  in  airship  skimming. 
With   blooms  of   rose   in   place  of   snows — 

A  Santy  with  a  sunshine  trimming. 

G.  D. 


U 


GOOD 
Sh 


THE   WINE   OF    THE    GODS. 

OOD      wine      needs      no      bush,"      said 

Shakespeare,  who,  were  he  alive  to- 
day in  Western  America  would  have 
written  "needs  no  boosting'1 — which  comes 
to  the  same  thing.  This  is  particularly  true 
of  the  world-famed  I'iper-Heidsieck,  a  cham- 
pagne known  in  every  center  on  the  globe  as 
that  invariably  asked  for  by  the  fashionable 
host.  Since  the  founding  of  the  Heidsieck 
house   in    17S5    there   have    been    many   other 


JiY?Aj>]£3^  AnTsum  u;(Y 


We  carry  a  most 
complete  line  of 
Holiday  goods 


157-159  GEARY  STREET 

Bet.  Grant  Avenue  and  Stockton  St. 

Branch  Store:  152  Kearny  Street 
San  Francisco 


A    ROSE    TREE    IN    THE    SANTA    CLARA  COUNTY  SUBURBS  OF  SAN  ±'RANC1SU0. 


wines  which  have  had  their  temporary  popu- 
larity and  brief  demand,  but  through  all  these 
minor  rivalries  Piper-Heidsieck  has  never  lost 
the  pre-eminence  with  which  it  began.  In  the 
hands  of  Kunkelmann  &  Company,  successors 
to  the  original  firm,  this  nectar  of  the  gods 
has  been  brought  to  the  perfection  which  ex- 
plains its  place  of  honor  on  all  wine-lists 
which  cater  to  the  judicious  palate.  In  point 
of  flavor  and  pleasing  effects  there  is  no  bot- 
tled sunshine,  no  liquid  joy,  that  can  compare 
with  a  magnum  Piper-Heidsieck. 
+ 

Los  Angeles  has  decided  to  retain  its  one 
and  only  free  institution — the  free  lunch  of 
the  saloons.  By  a  vote  of  32,324  to  15,227,  a 
prohibiting  ordinance  was  defeated.    The  fact 


4  CANDY  STORES  A  HELP  TO  XMAS 
SHOPPERS.— Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  delight- 
fully appointed  stores  offer  the  quickest  and 
most  satisfactory  solution  for  the  Christmas 
candy  buving.  Phelan  Building;  Fillmore  at 
Ellis;  Polk  at  Sutter;  and  28  Market  St., 
near  Perry. 

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that  women  voted  is  cited  as,  significant 
though  of  what  is  not  clear,  unless  it  be  that 
they  don't  swallow  every  fool  proposal  to  in- 
terfere with  the  liquor  traffic. 

+ _ 

CHILDRENS'    HOSPITAL. 

The  Christmas  spirit,  now  in  the  hearts  of 
all,  can  find  no  more  fitting  expression  than 
in  gifts  to  the  Children's  Hospital.  One  of 
the  most  deserving  of  our  charities,  it  is  also 
one  of  the  best  managed,  the  large  number  of 
children  in  its  care  being  given  the  best  of 
attention,  and  free.  The  custom  of  recent 
years  has  been  to  have  three  donation  days, 
with  central  receiving  stations  for  gifts  of 
money  for  the  institution.  This  year  the 
days  are  December  21st,  23rd  and  24th,  and 
the  stations  the  "White  House  and  W.  &.  J. 
Sloane's,  216  Sutter  street,  where  officers  and 
members  of  the  board  of  directors  will  be  in 
charge.  Mrs.  Bertha  Lilienthal  is  chairman 
of  the  donation  committee,  and  assisting  her 
will  be  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young.  Mrs.  J.  P.  Mer- 
rill, Mrs.  W.  H.  Taylor  Jr.,  Mrs.  Laurance  I. 
Scott,  Mrs.  Silas  Palmer,  Mrs.  Latham  Mc- 
Mullin,  Mrs.  Wendell  Easton,  Mrs.  C.  P.  Kohl, 
Mrs.  E.  S.  Heller,  Mrs.  George  P.  Grant,  and 
Mrs.  L.  L.  Dunbar. 


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J  AN  FRANCISCO  is  keenly  interested 
in  the  arrival  from  the  East  of  the 
Templeton  Croekers  and  their  party, 
which  included  the  Wm.  G.  Irvings 
and  the  Walter  Martins.  The  Croekers  have 
been  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman 
at  their  beautiful  home  on  Fifth  avenue, 
which  belonged  to  Mrs.  Whitman's  sister,  Mrs. 
Burton  Harrison,  and  have  been  the  recipients 
of  much  attention  from  New  York 's  Four 
Hundred. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crocker  attended  all  the  "first 
nights"  at  the  opera,  where  Mrs.  Crocker 
was  the  center  of  much  admiration  on  account 
of  her  wonderful  jewels.  If  one  has  ever  at- 
tended a  Metropolitan  "first  night"  one  will 
realize  how  one  must  sparkle  to  make  any 
showing  in  such,  a  display  of  dazzling  gems; 
but  Mrs.  Crocker  can  certainly  hold  her  own 
when  it  comes  to  sparkling,  for  the  Crocker 
jewels  are  famous. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crocker  will  once  more  occupy 
the  Barkan  house  on  Laguna  street,  where 
they  will  be  for  the  winter.  Every  one  is 
wondering  whether  Mrs.  Crocker  will  give 
another  ball  this  winter,  with  perhaps  some 
new  ideas  and  clever  novelties  imported  from 
New  York.  Her  Oriental  ball  last  winter  was 
decidedly  the  most  remarkable  affair  ever  giv- 
en here,  and  one  society  will  not  forget  in 
some  time. 

&      &      & 

Death  Banishes  Holiday  Happiness. 

MGETZ  of  the  well-known  theatrical 
m  firm  of  D.  Hallahan  &  M.  Getz  is  ex- 
pected back  from  Australia  next  Tues- 
day, whither  he  went  three  months  ago  on 
pleasure.  Amongst  those  who  wished  him  bon 
voyage  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hallahan.  The 
sad  news  has  purposely  been  kept  from  Mr. 
Getz  that  the  estimable  wife  of  his  partner 
dropped  dead  in  her  home  recently.  She  was 
apparently  in  her  usual  good  health,  and  had 
chatted  to  a  friend,  and  was  about  to  ring  up 
another  acquaintance  when  she  sank  to  the 
floor  and  expired.  The  terrible  suddenness  of 
the  bereavement  made  it  doubly  sad  for  the 
stricken  lady's  family,  who  found  their  happy 
home  changed  in  an  instant  from  holiday  re- 
joicing to  the  depths  of  sorrow.  Great  sym- 
pathy has  been  expressed  for  Miss  Hallahan 
and  her  young  brother,  suddenly  bereft  of 
their  mother,  and  for  Mr.  Hallahan,  to  whom 
his  home  was  everything.  By  his  request  the 
distressing  news  was  kept  from  his  partner 
so  that  Mr.  Getz  might  not  cut  short  his  holi- 
day and  hasten  home,  as  he  undoubtedly 
would  if  informed  of  the  affliction  that  had 
befallen  his  close  friend  and  business  asso- 
ciate. 


A  Jolly  Club. 

MBS.  CAEEY  FREIDLANDER  and  Mrs. 
Francis  Boner,  who  have  organized  a 
very  jolly  dancing  club,  were  hostesses 
last  Saturday  night  at  the  first  one  of  the 
season.  It  was  given  in  the  ballroom  of  the 
Keystone  Apartments  on  Hyde  street,  and 
was  attended  by  most  of  the  young  married 
couples  in  society.     This  is  the  second  winter 


MRS.  PAUL  VON  ETTNER   (nee  Brooks) 

One    of   the  young   brides   whose   wedding   took 

place  in  December. 

of  the  club,  for  it  originated  last  season,  when 
Mrs.  Boner  and  Mrs.  Raymond  Benjamin,  who 
were  the  two  vivacious  Francis  girls  of  Napa, 
started  it.  Among  those  who  belong  are  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Wellington  Gregg,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  Crellin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  McCon- 
nick,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Watson,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Lester  Herrick,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Her- 
riek,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  Hand,  and  sev- 
eral score  of  others.  The  second  dance  will 
be  on  January  11th  and  the  last  one  on  Febru- 
ary 15th. 

J*      ^      <$ 
At  Least  One  Happy  Woman. 

THERE  will  be  at  least  one  happy  woman 
in  San  Francisco  this  Christinas.  That 
woman  is  the  fortunate  recipient  of  the 
$500  free  merchandise  order  on  the  City  of 
Paris,  given  away  by  Tait-Zinkand  Cafe.  I 
don't  know  of  a  more  appreciable  or  substan- 
tial gift  than  this,  coming  as  it  does  at  the 
time  of  the  year  when  one's  purse  is  taxed 


to  the  utmost.  The  giving  away  of  a  gift  of 
this  nature  is  a  striking  illustration  of  the 
many  appealing  ways  this  establishment  has 
of  catering  to  its  host  of  patrons.  I  venture 
to  say  that  there  is  not  a  more  popular  cafe 
in  the  entire  West,  and  it  is  popular  not  only 
in  the  excellence  of  its  service  and  cuisine, 
but  in  its  endeavors  to  please  and  satisfy  the 
whims  and  caprices  of  a  pleasure-loving  pub- 
lic. The  discriminating  diner-out  is  in  his 
element  here,  for  there  is  everything  to  meet 
his  whim  and  fancy.  An  especially  attractive 
and  pleasing  feature  of  this  popular  cafe  is 
its  nigh-class  entertainment. 
<£  <£  <£ 
Christmas  Gifts. 

AFTER  going  the  ronnds  of  all  the  stores 
specializing  in  Christmas  gift  goods, 
I  found  that  I  could  do  nowhere  nearly 
so  well  as  at  the  famous  S.  &  G.  Gump  Com- 
pany 's,  at  246  Post  street.  When  it  comes  to 
the  point,  there  is  only  one  thing  cheaper 
than  the  cheapest,  and  that  is  the  best,  which 
is  not  always  the  highest-priced,  as  you  will 
find  at  Gump's,  where  they  keep  only  the 
best.  No  matter  in  what  direction  your  taste 
lies — rock  crystal  and  acid  gold  glassware, 
exquisite  Dresden,  Mintoii  and  Limoges  china, 
marble  stautary  from  Rome  and  Florence,  Par- 
sian  bronzes,  precious  vases  or  draperies  from 
China  and  Japan — in  short,  anything  in  the 
art  treasures  of  the  Orient  or  Occident,  you 
will  find  just  the  thing  you  want  at  the  Gump 
galleries.  It  would  take  a  voluminous  cata- 
logue to  enumerate  all  the  tempting  goods 
Offered  at  this  palace  ot  gifts,  but,  in  a  phrase, 
tliey  can  be  summed  up  as  the  best  the  art 
world  knows  at  prices  lower  than  it  ever 
dreamed  of. 


BLACK  & 
WHITE 

SCOTCH  WHISKY 

The  Highest  Standard  of 


ALEX    D.    SHAW    &    CO. 

Pacific  Coast  Agents 

214    Front  St.,  San  Francisco 


Saturday.   December  21,    1912.) 


-THE  WASP  - 


11 


ELABORATE  DECORATIONS  AT  SHARON  BALL,  PALACE  HOTEL — CORNER  OF  THE  BALLROOM. 


Some  Oath. 

GOVERNOB  BLEASE,  defender  of  Lynch- 
ing, has  at  least  the  merit  of  a  record 
courage  expressed  in  a  record  oath. 
'•  I'd  hell  with  the  constitution!"  he  exclaim- 
ed when  it  was  pointed  out  that  lynching  was 
forbidden.  The  nation  wondered,  and  asked 
if  he  really  meanl  it.  Was  he  correctly  quot- 
ed.'    Of  course  lie  was,  and,  lest   there  should 


The    BEST    of 
Christmas    Gifts 

A  DIAMOND 


Is  there  any  gift  for  man  or  woman  so 
acceptable,  so  much  to  be  desired  or  so 
permanently  valuable,  as  a  really  fine 
diamond .' 

The  stock  of  Diamonds;  Watches,  Jew- 
elry and  Silverware  is  larger  and  move 
varied  than  ever  before.  Vou  are  cor- 
dially invited  to  call  and  view  this  mar- 
velous display. 

OPEN     EVENINGS. 

A.  ANDREWS 

Diamond  Palace 

50  KEARNY  STREET 

Established  1850. 


"R1 


be  any  mistake,  added:  "To  hell  with  the 
constitution;  to  all  good  Governors  here;  to 
all  the  people  of  the  United  States!"  That's 
what  the  Governor  of  South  Carolina  now 
says  to  the  Governor  of  North  Carolina,  and 
all  the  other  Governors.  The  Assouan  dam 
on  (he  Nile  is  no  longer  the  largest  in  history. 
Evidently  the  Governor  of  South  Carolina  had 
been  accepting  only  too  freely  the  invitations 
of  the  Governor  of  North  Carolina. 

t^*     ^*      *£* 
As  to  Limbs. 

ESOLVED,  that  bowlegs  are  a  greater 
menace  to  navigation  than  knock- 
knees."  This  momentous  issue  was 
debated  at  its  last  meeting  by  the  National 
Press  Club  at  Washington.  Congressmen  Sul- 
zer  and  Cox  affirmed  and  Senators  Penrose 
and  Gore  negatived  the  proposition,  while  John 
Hays  Hammond  acted  as  referee. 

Solon s  their  souls  do  often  vex 

With  problems  worth  less  emphasis 

Than  whether  legs  that  look  like  X 
Can  beat  those  shaped  (    ). 

And  yet  it  seems  that  for  such  themes 
The  man  with  patience  to  collect 

The  facts  has  got  a  bow-legged  brain 
And  knock-kneed  sort  of  intellect. 

For  the  first  time  in  forty  years  we  are  to 


hold  a  bond  election  on  a  Friday.     More  hope 
for  defeat  of  (he  Aquatic  Park. 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


BEET  CLARK  AND  MABEL  HAMILTON 

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"We  stand  at  Armageddon  and  now  battle 
for  our  board."  Bull  Moose  motto  as  re- 
vised at  Chicago,  where  it  was  decided  to  ask 
all  who  voted  for  the  party  to  contribute  two 
bits  a  month  for  its  support.  Two  bits  a 
month  is  small  penalty  for  voting  Bull  Moose. 

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Dainties  Gratuitously  Served. 

At  this  strenuous  season  of  shopping  it  is 
well  for  the  ladies  to  remember  that  the  man- 
agement of  Techau  Tavern  provides,  every 
afternoon,  between  the  hours  of  3:30  and  5 
o'clock,  a  special  menu  at  reduced  prices  and 
also  serves,  gratuitously,  special  dainties  for 
those  ladies   who   do   not   desire   a  more   sub- 


stantial lunch.  The  extreme  popularity  of 
this  feature  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  on  the 
afternoon  of  December  7th  no  less  than  twelve 
hundred  IXL  tamales  were  served  gratuitous- 
ly to  the  ladies.  These  might  well  be  called 
tamales  de  luxe,  being  a  most  delicious  article 
without  the  husks,  which  were*so  objection- 
able a  feature  of  the  old-time  tamale.  It 
was  not  until  the  production  of  this  superior 
article  by  the  IXL  Tamale  Company,  of  which 
Mr.  Workman  is  president,  that  the  Tavern 
served  tamales,  as  those  in  husks  required 
warming  over,  making  them  unappetizing. 
The  IXL  brand  may  be  had  at  the  Tavern  at 
all  times,  for  luncheon,  dinner  or  after  the 
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13 


ACORBESPONDENT  wants  to  know  it 
I  can  possibly  have  :i  grouch  in  the 
Christmas  number.     She  asks:  "Is  not 

the  -«':i -i>ii   of   g I   cheer,  of  peace  on   earth 

and  g I  will  toward  men.  sufficiently  inclus- 
ive to  embrace  even  a  jolly   pessimist! n 

1 1  ought  i«»  be,  and  U  nol  bo  all-embracing 
it  is.  nol  iIk*  pessimist  who  stands  outside. 
if  self-satisfaction  is  at  the  basis  of  good 
cheer,  then  youT  pessimist  is  the  must  cheer- 
ful of  men,  since  none  is  so  satisfied  with 
liimsoli . 

As  to  g 1   will  toward  men,  the  pessimists 

:ire  the  world's  must  earnest  of  well-wishers, 
and  aol  only  at  Christmas,  but  all  the  time, 
V.ni  cannot  possibly  have  good  wishes  without 
sincerity.  No  <me  who  is  sincere  etui  possibly 
lie  satislied  with  things  exactly  as  they  are. 
Optimists  merely  pretend  that  they  an-,  and 
nothing  is  a  more  striking  proof  of  their  in- 
sincerity. 

Optimism  begins  as  a  pose,  though  with  the 
feeble-minded  it  often  develops  into  some- 
thing so  ingrained  and  chronic  as  to  pass  for 
second  nature.  The  souls  that  moved  the 
world  by  their  sincerity  or  genius,  or  both, 
were  never  optimists  except  as  to  the  future, 
when  their  particular  reforms  shall  be  adopt 
ed. 


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Mad  they  been  optimists  :is  to  the  then 
:i i  they  would  have  been  silent.  The 
only  optimists  who  raise  their  voices  in  public 
are  most  irritating  men  and  women  t<>  live 
with  in  private.  Your  d\  ed  in-t  he  wool  Optim- 
ist has  bo  much  to  do  keeping  his  spirits  in 
the  private  and  domestic  relations  he  has  no 
enoigy    for    public   affairs. 

He  wh..  came  to  save  the  world  and  who 
founded   the  Christmas  institution  was  no  op 

t  hoist .       A    Stoic    so    far    as    I  lis    own    per  so  mil 

pain  was  concerned,  Be  was  no  stoic  as  to  the 
pain  of  oi  hers. 

The  pessimist  has  therefore  the  first  requi- 
site of  g I  will  towards  men—  he  is  not  sat- 
is lied  with  all  the  things  t hey  endure.  And 
his  pessimism,  if  tempo  rod  with  epigrams 
pointed  with  shafts  of  all-piercing  ridicule. 
wit  and  raillery  will  do  more  to  improve  things 
I  dan  all  the  so  loin  n  nonsense  of  the  chronic 
reformer,  whoso  reform  is  often  only  a  desire 
for    change    tor    change 's    sake.      To    merely 

change  things  is  not  necessarily  to  improve 
them,  and  therein  lies  the  explanation  of  the 
paradox  that  your  satirizing  pessimist  is  never 
so  keen  as  when  jibing  at  professional  reform- 
ers and  misguided  humanitarians  who  meddle 
only  to  muddle. 

But  there  are  pessimists,  and  pessimists,  who 
are  merely  dull  and  uninteresting  mistakes 
on  the  part  of  nature  sent  into  this  breathing 
world  with  brains  scarce  half  made  up  and 
afflicted  with  a  chronic  grouch. 

The  world  has  no  time  for  the  man  with  an 
ingrowing  grouch,  unless  it  is  coupled  with  a 
wit  so  sparkling  that  in  spite  of  his  sore  head 
he  is  a  most  entertaining  fellow. 

To  me  Schopenhauer  is  almost  as  amusing  as 
Mark  Twain.  There  are  as  many  criticisms  of 
the  world  and  its  people  in  Mark  Twain 's 
writings  as  there  are  in  those  of  Schopen- 
hauer. Mark  was  a  jolly  pessimist,  so  jolly 
his  pessimism  was  lost  sight  of.  Schopenhauer 
was  a  witty  pessimist,  so  witty  his  pessimism 
is  to  many  more  diverting  thau  a  musical 
comedy.  Mankind  is  made  up  of 
the  contented,  the  discontented, 
and  the  uncontented. 

To  the  contented,  the  optimists, 
those  who  are  satisfied  with  things 
precisely  as  they  are,  the  world's 
progress  owes  absolutely  nothing. 
To  the  discontented,  that 
chronically  complaining  brother- 
hood of  the  hopelessly  unfit  who 
proclaim  their  unfitness  by  growl- 
ing at  everything,  with  or  without 
reason,  and  never  with  any  of 
that  sparkle  which  can  extenuate 
even  the  snarl  of  the  cynic,  the 
world 's  progress  owes  little,  if 
anything. 

But  to  the  uncontented,  those 
who,  while  not  complacently  satis- 
fied with  everything  precisely  as 
it  is,  are  not  forever  kicking  at 
everything  and  every  body,  in 
eluding  the  domestic  cat.  but  who 
want  things  bettered  when  they 
can  be  bettered,  all  or  nearly  all 
the  world's  pi  ogress  is  due. 

Necessity  is  the  mother  of  in- 
vention, but  the  father  is  nearly 
always  the  uncontented  man — 
never  the  contented,  and  seldom 
the  discontented  who  dissipates  so 
much  energy  in  aimless  kicking 
he  has  none  left  for  construc- 
tion  or  invention. 

My  pessimism  is  of  uncontent 
rather  than  discontent.  And  for 
that  reason  I  can  consistently  re- 
joice in  the  Christmas  spirit.  For 
that  reason  I  can  complain  against 
those  foolish  folk  who  think  that 
Christmas  is  dying  out. 

It  is  younger  and  more  vital 
today  than  it  was  when  confined 


to  the  few  wise  men  of  the  East  and  others 
who  witnessed  the  first  Christinas.  Younger 
because  ii   is  more  of  ;i  young   people's  festi- 

val.  More  vital  because  it  is  participated  in 
\<\  more  millions  than  ever,  and  because  in  a 
world  more  given  over  to  the  worship  of  the 
Mammon  of  commercialism  than  was  ever 
any  age  to  I  he  worship  of  '  Jurist  tanity  we 
can  lor  the  time  being  cast  down  the  golden 
calf  to  set  up  the  infant  horn  in  the  manger. 

Measure  ii  by  your  pocket  hook,  and  ask 
it  Christmas  today  is  not  infinitely  more  ex- 
pensive than  in  former  years  in  the  way  of 
presents.  Not  all  these  gifts  are  made  reluc 
tanilv  ami  in  a  spirit  alien  to  that  of  the  sea- 
son. 

What  was  it  Tennyson  said.'  "The  individ- 
ual withers  and  the  world  grows  more  and 
more."  That's  it.  The  individual  ages  and 
sours,  but  the  world  grows  younger  and  more 
cheerful   e\  cry  year. 

Look  at  the  shop  windows  with  their  dis- 
plays of  Christmas  goods  growing  more  elab 
orate  every  season.  In  terms  of  trade,  could 
anything  he  a  more  striking  testimony  as  to 
the  place  of  the  festival  in  the  hearts  of  the 

1 pie  . 

America,  the  foremost  commercial  nation 
of  the  world,  spends  more  upon  its  Christmas 
dinner  than  any  other  nation,  and,  while  in  the 
Old  ..orld  Santa  Claus  still  limps  around  with 
a  bundle  on  his  back,  here  he  comes  with  a 
huge   automobile  wagon. 

The  heart  of  the  world  is  still  young,  and 
nowhere  is  its  youth  younger  or  more  imbued 
with  the  Christmas  spirit  than  in  America, 
and  particularly  here  in  the  West,  where  never 
a  stocking  is   hung  in  vain. 

But  why  labor  the  obvious?  Christmas  is 
here,  and  none  wishes  all  a  merrier  than 

THE  JOLLY  PESSIMIST. 


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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


)uiet 
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WHO  was  the  cynic  who  said  that  when 
a  man  takes  on  a  woman's  work  he 
generally  does  it  better?  For  what- 
ever of  truth  there  is  in  the  theory,  Richard 
Barry,  the  society  item  specialist  of  the  New 
York  Times,  stands  as  a  striking  illustration. 
Richard,  who  must  not  be  confounded  with 
the  effeminate  John  D.  Bany  who  writes  the 
feminist  leaders  for  a  local  evening  paper,  is 
easily  the  foremost  of  America's  army  of  soci- 
ety scribes.  With  a  singular  facility  for  ap- 
preciating a  woman's  point  of  view,  he  has 
yet  a  keenly  satirical  masculine  pen,  which 
is  probably  why  he  appeals  so  strikingly  to 
women  readers.  Like  lthuriel,  he  touches  all 
things  lightly  with  his  spear,  and  though  he 
often  wounds  the  social  spirit  he  never  scars 
the  social  individual. 

His  latest  tilt  is  at  the  New  York  tea- 
rooms, where  society  and  business  meet,  where 
the  women  from  the  one  field  reach  up,  ana 
from  the  other  down,  groping  toward  each 
other;  where  there  is  much  secret  drinking, 
much  froth,  and  some  earnest  purpose.  It  is 
an  institution  for  the  equivalent  of  which  you 
will  vainly  search  m  Sau  Francisco. 

Here  there  are  women  who  drink  outside 
their  homes,  but  they  do  so  without  pretense 
of  imbibing  the  cold  tea  of  the  Puritan.  There 
,  is  a  decided  virtue  in  the  drinking  which  is 
done  publicly,  since  publicity  imposes  the 
restraint  of  moderation  and  decency.  On  the 
other  hand,  while  it  has  a  virtue  for  the  in- 
dividual woman,  it  has  a  tendency  to  give  us 
a  reputation  for  a  social  freedom  displeasing 
to  those  proper  persons  from  the  East  who, 
according  to  Barry,  prefer  to  do  their  drinking 
privately., 

In  this  respect  San  Francisco  stands  to  New 
Y"ork  in  something  like  the  relation  of  Paris 
to  London.  In  Paris,  because  the  women  drink 
openly  in  the  cabarets  or  on  the  boulevards, 
they  are  thought  to  be  woefully  immodest 
and  intemperate  by  the  visiting  Londoners, 
who  per  capita  consume  far  "more  alcohol, 
though. much  of  it  is  taken  in  the  form  of  the 
domestic  gin  bottle.  San  Francisco  does  not 
drink  more  per  capita  than  New  York,  but 
because  it  takes  its  glass  publicly  it  is  labeled 
by  the  New  Yorker  the  Paris  of  America. 


But  to  return  to  Barry.  He  says:  "A  tea- 
room is  a  woman 's  institution.  It  is  run  by 
women  for  women.  Tea-rooms  are  now  essen- 
tially up-to-date.  Every  year  they  become 
more  ornate  in  decoration,  more  individual  in 
taste.  One  spent  $10,000  last  year  in  resur- 
recting a  ' '  period ' '  atmosphere  for  its  pa- 
trons. Another  made  a  bid  for  the  socially 
aspiring  by  fitting  up  an  abandoned  stable 
which  formerly  belonged  to  a  celebrated 
wealthy  family,  thus  permitting  its  patrons 
to  come  at  least  as  close  as  the  barn  of  the 
Foiir  Hundred." 

And  is  tea  so  popular  a  beveiage  in  New 
York  that  it.  warrants  the  ouilding  of  these 
sumptuous  palaces?      Wait. 

"This  year  a  .certain  restaurant  opened  f 
'woman's  bar'  in  an  effort  to  attract  a  re- 
cherche clientele.  The  restaurant  had  noted 
certain  tendencies  among  the  tea-iooms,  and 
hoped  to  supply  frankly  what  they  pei  formed 
covertly.  But  he  reckoned  without  the  accur- 
ate seuse  of  the  moral  hypocrisy  of  the  com- 
munity he  sought  to  serve,  *  Our 
women  may  want  a  bar,  they  even  may  use  a 
bar,  but  not.  by  that  name — not  yet.  There- 
fore the  tea-room! 

"Only  one  detail  is  lacking  to  make  the  tea- 
room as  if  is  complete — a  liquor  license.  Yet 
this  lack  apparently  only  adds  a  piquancy  to 
the  situation.  The  tea-room,  in  its  interest- 
ing evasion  of  our  pharisaical  laws,  has  been 
able  to  satisfy  a  certain  definite  need  of  one 
element   of  our  community. 

The  writer  goes  on  to  say,  as  a  result  of  an 
investigation  by  himself  and  others,  that  you 
can  get  liquor  in  practically  all  the  tea- 
rooms in  New  York  if  you  become  sufficiently 
nown  to  be  trusted.  It  seems,  however,  that 
there  are  degiees  of  biazenness.  Only  one 
serves  liquor  as  it  is  served  for  men,  in  ;» 
labeled  bottle  with  an  obvious  glass.  Two 
serve  cocktails  in  cups,  with  cherries  in  the 
bottom,  but  so  opaquely  concealed  that  no 
one  but  the  clandestine  drinker  could  know 
what  sort  of  poison  was  therein  contained. 
•  t  another  you  must  ask  cryptically  for  ' '  Rus- 
sian  tea." 

"Plow  will  you  have  it?"  asks  the  wait- 
ress,  "with   gin   or   whisky?'5 

"Whisky." 

' ' Scotch  or  rye  ?  " 

When  the  Russian  tea  arrives  there  is  not 
even  a  blind  of  tea,  unless  it  is  the  teacup. 

At  one  place  the  waitress  seemed  suspicions 
of    the    customer    until    she    persisted,    where- 


upon the  tea-room  Hebe  suggested  that  there 
might  be  some  "cooking  sherry"  in  the 
kitchen. 

"Very  well,"  said  the  patron,  "let  us  have 
some   cooking   sherry." 

The  waitress  started  for  the  door,  and  then 
turned  back. 

"Would  you  like  yonr  sherry  Bourbon  or 
lush?" 

Among  some  of  the  other  euphemisms  are  a 
"Presbyterian,"  in  which  ginger  ale  is  used 
to  conceal  the  color  of  the  gin;  a  "Metho- 
dist" is  one  which  takes  less  chances  of  be- 
ing discovered,  sarsaparilla  being  used  to  col- 
or the  gin;  and  a  "Piscopalian,"  which  is  a 
kind  of  lemon  nop,  with  a  dash  of  Angostura 
and  half  a  Hint. 

The  Blind  Pig,  Speak  Easies,  Hush-tke- 
Growlers,  and  other  joints  which  flourish  most 
where  prohibition  is  most  active,  have  noth- 
ing on  New  York  tea-rooms  when  it  comes 
to  nomenclature  for  potions  taken  in   secret. 


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-THE  WASP- 


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VIEW    OF   MAKKET,  MONTGOMERY  AND   POST    STREETS    AS    THE    PLACE    NOW    LOOKS. — This    fine  view  shows  that  the  hanking  center  of  San  Fran 
Cisco  is  a  place  of  fine  buildings.     From  left  to  right  the  order  of  the  buildings  seen  is:     Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank,   Merchants  National  Bank. 
Palace  Hotel  in  the  distance,  Crocker  National  Bank,  and  First  National  Bank.     New  San  Francisco  architectural   improvement    is    here    displayed    most 
convincingly.      It  was  photographed  by  R.  J.  Waters  for   "The  Wasp,"   and  is  copyrighted. 


SAN    FRANCISCO'S     BANKING    CENTER. 

IN  THE  picture  above  we  see  the  heart  of 
San  Francisco's  banking  center,  which  is 
as  firmly  established  as  the  meat  financial 
centers  of  New  York,  Paris,  or  London.  With- 
in a  short  distance  of  this  spot  are  to  be 
found  all  the  principal  banking  houses  of  the 
city.  While  the  picture  speaks  for  itself  as  a 
structural  evidence  of  the  remarkable  develop- 
ment of  our  banking  business,  a  glance  at  the 
illustrations  on  pages  15  and  16  will  empha- 
size not  only  the  wonderful  financial  expansion 
that  has  taken  place,  but  the  still  more  amaz- 
ing rapidity  with  which  the  city  itself  has 
grown.  Who  of  the  citizens  who  leisurely 
sauntered  along  the  Market  street  shown  on 
page  15  ever  dreamed  of  the  palatial  structures 
that    would    one   day   stand   at   these    corners 


or  of  the  hurrying  thousands  passing  them 
every  few  moments?  The  scene  as  shown  on 
page  15,  while  hinting  at  a  progressive  peo- 
ple, has  yet  more  of  the  frontier  style  of 
building  than  those  of  a  metropolitan  appear- 
ance Turn  from  that  aspect  of  half  a  cen- 
tury ago  to  the  scene  depicted  on  page  16  of 
the  same  corner  just  prior  to  the  fire  of  1906. 
For  so  short  a  period  of  time  the  progress 
made  rivals  that  of  the  most  rapidly  expand- 
ing communities  of  the  world. 

And  yet  the  change  from  1906  to  1912,  an 
interval  of  only  six  years,  as  shown  on  this 
page,  is  the  most  eloquent  of  all.  Here  we 
see  not  only  the  amazing  development  of  half 
a  century,  but  the  Aladdinlike  wonders 
wrought,  as  it  were,  overnight  by  a  city 
which   but   yesterday  was   in   ashes.     To  the 


progressive  spirit  which  we  share  with  other 
American  cities  there  is  here  seen  to  be  add- 
ed that  undaunted  and  unprecedented  courage 
which  has  made  the  name  of  San  Francisco 
renowned  throughout  the  world,  and  which 
in  its  results  has  given  a  meaning  to  the 
fable  of  the  Phoenix. 


BEYOND  THE  LIMIT. 

Indignant  Customer — "I  came  in  here  yes- 
terday and  asked  for  a  can  of  potted  ham." 

Grocer  (soothingly) — "I  gave  you  the  best 
brand  on  the  market.  But  now,  you  know, 
the  manufacturers  themselves  do  not  pretend 
there  is  any  ham  in  it." 

Indignant  Customer — I  didn  't  expect  any 
ham,  but  the  label  says:  'Potted  Meat,  Ham 
Flavor' — and  they've  even  left  out  the 
flavor, ' ' 


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[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


THE  DAUNTLESS  CITY. 


THE  immensity  of  the  public  -works  un- 
dertaken by  San  Francisco  in  the 
improvement  of  the  streets,  the  con- 
struction of  tunnels,  the  completion 
of  a  costly  sewerage 
system,  the  elabora- 
tion of  comprehensive 
fire  protection  plans, 
and  the  voting  of 
bonds  for  a  municipal 
water  system,  fur- 
nishes most  convinc- 
ing proof  of  the 
capacity  of  the  me- 
tropolis of  the  Pacific 
to  make  the  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition  a 
complete  success.  In 
addition  to  the  pro- 
jects mentioned,  San 
Francisco  has  built  a 
municipal  street  rail- 
road and  is  about  to 
put  it  in  operation. 
This  railroad,  which 
■stretches  from  the  bay 
to  the  Pacific  Ocean, 
is  well  built.  Its 
completion  has  been 
delayed  by  the  diffi- 
culties usually  char- 
acteristic of  new  ven- 
tures of  that  sort; 
but  the  advocates  of 
public    ownership    of 

public  utilities  regard  its  future  most  hope- 
fully. It  cannot  fail  to  be  a  useful  object. 
lesson,  and  in  any  event  serves  to  show  that 
San  Francisco 's  spirit  is  irrepressible.  Fires 
may  sweep  it  almost  out  of  being,  but  the 
city  again  rises,  phoenix -like,  with  strength 
renewed  and  increased. 

Mauy  times  the  remarkable  city  by  the 
Golden  Gate  has  been  almost  obliterated  by 
fire,  but  each  restoration  has  ben  more  cred- 
itable than  its  preceding  rehabilitation.  When 
a  city  which  has  been  swept  by  the  most  cost- 
ly fire  that  ever  made  havoc  of  personal  prop- 
erty and  fire  insurance  companies'  capital, 
restores  most  of  its  private  buildings  in  six 
years,  increases  its  commerce,  trade  and  bank 
clearings  immensely,  and  then  undertakes  am- 
bitious projects  of  municipal  ownership,  it  is 
a  reasonable  inference  that  its  future  will  be 
fully  as  prosperous  as  its  past. 

Seeing  what  San  Francisco  has  achieved  in 
six  years,  since  the  great  fire  of  1906,  and 
taking  into  account  the  benefits  which  the 
Pacific  Coast  must  receive  from  the  Panama 
Canal,  it  is  not  possible  to  doubt  that  the 
new  San  Francisco  will  be  immeasurably 
greater  and  more  important  in  commerce, 
trade,  and  finance  than  the  old  city  which 
passed  successfully  through  so  many  vicissi- 
tudes. 

At  present  San  Francisco  contemplates  the 
acquisition  of  a  water  supply.  The  city  has 
never  suffered  from  a  scarcity  of  water,  ex- 
cept in  1906  when  the  main  pipe-line  of  the 


Spring  Valley  Water  Company  was  broken. 
This  pipe-line  was  supported  on  old  wooden 
tressels  that  collapsed,  and  San  Francisco  was 
left  without  a  proper  water  supply  to  fight 
the  rapidly  spieading  fire.  It  may  be  set  down 
as  a  fact  that  San  Francisco's  partial  destruc- 


repetition  of  the  disaster  of  1906.  That  is 
why  they  have  built  the  great  reservoir  which 
is  depicted  on  this  page.  The  view  was  photo- 
graphed last  summer,  when  the  reservoir  was 
finished,  and  many  thousands  of  citizens  gath- 
ered in  and  around  the  works  to  celebrate  the 


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tion  in  1906  was  due  to  the  gross  carelessness 
of  the  water  company  which  supplied  the  city 
and  to  the  carelessness  and  incapacity  of  the 
municipal  authorities,  who.  had  failed  to  make 
anything  like  adequate  provision  against  a 
dangerous  conflagration. 

The  actual  injury  to  buildings  by  the  earth- 
quake of  1906  was  comparatively  slight.  In 
the  city  of  Oakland,  on  the  other  side  of  the 
bay.  the  earthquake  shock  was  felt  with  equal 
severity,  and  though  nearly  all  the  brick 
chimneys  in  the  county  were  thrown  down, 
few  buildings  eollapsed.  The  well-built  struc- 
tures remained  uninjured.  In  a  few  months 
San  Francisco  would  have  effaced  all  the 
marks  of  the  earthquake,  as  did  the  city  of 
Oakland,  but  the  fire  which  followed  the 
earthquake  shock  in  San  Francisco  was  calam- 
itous in  the  extreme.  With  an  inetficieut  and 
grafting  Union  Labor  government  in  control 
of  the  city,  and  an  antiquated  water  supply 
completely  cut  off  at  the  critical  moment,  San 
Francisco  burned  down  without  any  organized 
and  earnest  effort  to  save  it.  It  was  a  crime 
against  humanity.  The  great  city  on  which 
sixty  years  of  unremitting  toil  and  an  enor- 
mous amount  of  money  had  been  expended 
was  reduced  to  ashes  in  a  few  days.  It  was 
one  of  the  most  impressive  sacrifices  to  Graft 
and  Greed  and  Municipal  Incompetence  that 
the  world  has  ever  witnessed. 

Knowing  by  bitter  experience  the  necessity 
of  adequate  protection  against  fire,  the  people 
of  San  Francisco  have  resolved  to  prevent  a 


occasion.  These  citizens  regarded  the  event 
with  the  deep  interest  of  people  who  had  been 
literally  as  well  as  figuratively  "through  the 
fire, ' '  and  were  gladdened  by  the  thought 
that  the  unpleasant  experience  could  not  be 
repeated.     This  great  new  reservoir  stands  on 


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-THE  WASP 


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the    apex    of    the   elevation    known    as   Twin 
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bills.    Knifn  the  top  of  Twin  Peaks  

can  obtain  views  of  mountain,  bay  and  an 

Ltched  in  any  great  city  in  the  world. 
San    Francisco  liea  all  around   this  elevated 


Protection  System  that  extend  in  mnnj 

tiuii-  where  the  need  of  fire  protection   i 
\  ions. 

It   i^  "ii  i    iu  in    Peaks,  between 

the  bay   and   the   reservoir  shown   in   the   pic 
tin.-,  that   iii«'  business  district  of  San  Fran* 


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point,  and  sf  rot  clips  from  Hip  bay  several 
miles  on  tliis  suit-  of  the  hill,  to  the  Pacific 
Ocean  in  the  far  distance  beyond  the  undulat- 
ing skyline.  The  densest  population  lies  on 
this  side  of  the  Twin  Peaks  reservoir,  which 
supplies   the    pipe  lines   of   the   Auxiliary  Fire 


Cisco  lies.  The  fire  obliterated  nearly  all  the 
fine  buildings  in  that  district,  leaving  erect 
only  a  few  structures  of  steel  and  stone  that 
were  able  to  withstand  in  any  degree  the  tre- 
mendous conflagration. 

The  districts  shown  in  the  engraving  of  the 
reservoir  and  Twin  Peaks  were  untouched  by 
the  great  fire,  though  for  days  the  inhabit- 
ants dreaded  that  their  property  would  be 
included  in  the  devastation. 

In  the  middle  distance,  on  the  right  of  the 
engraving,  one  can  see  some  of  the  eminence 
known  as  Buena  Vista  Park.  Prom  the  centei 
of  this  park  a  magnificent  view  of  the  city 
and  the  surrounding  bay  and  ocean  can  be 
obtained.  In  the  valley,  a  little  to  the  left 
of  -Buena  Vista  Park,  lies  a  populous  district, 
and  a  little  farther  to  the  left  of  this  one  can 
note  the  dark  foliage  of  Golden  Gate  Park, 
which  extends  away  out  to  the  Pacific  Ocean. 
Kxpen'enced  travelers  declare  that  Golden 
(fate  Park,  where  the  banks  of  flowers  bloom 
winter  and  summer,  and  the  trees  are  always 
in  leaf,  is  unequaled  by  any  city  park  in  the 
world.  In  the  far  distance,  on  the  right  of 
the  engraving,  lies  the  extensive  and  rapidly 
growing  Richmond  district,  and  beyond  that 
the  ■United  States  Military  Reservation  on 
the  shores  of  San  Francisco  Bay  adjacent  to 
the  Golden    dale. 

Beyond  the  high  hill  from  which  many  peo- 
ple are  seen  looking  down  at  the  Twin  Peaks 
lies  the  Sutro  Forest,  a  very  picturesque  part 
of  San  Francisco,  now  being  opened  up  and 


made    more    interesting      by    ii esidences 

winch  command  magnificent  views.  In  the 
between  tin-  Sutro  Forest  and  Golden 
Qate  Park  lies  the  Sunset  District,  another 
rapidly  growing  residence  section,  w,.*ch,  like 
all  otheis  in  San  Francisco,  is  connected  with 

ili-'    business    district 

by  fleet  ric  railways. 
A  way  beyond  the 
hills,  to  the  left  of 
the  picture  of  Twin 
J  eaks  and  the  reser- 
voirs, an-  the  exten- 
si\  e  Parkside  and  ln- 
gleside  residence  dis- 
tiicts,  which  will  be 
made  more  accessible 
by  a  tunnel  to  be 
bored  through  Twin 
Peaks.  A  rapid  elec- 
tric car  service  t<>  run 
through  this  tunnel 
will  bring  the  Parfe- 
side  and  [ngleside  dis- 
tricts, facing  on  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  within 
twenty  minutes  of  I  he 
heart  of  the  down- 
town business  section 
of  the  city. 

If  this  picture  of 
Twin  Peaks  were  ex- 
tended to  the  left  so 
as  to  furnish  views 
for  twenty  miles 
southward,  along  the 
foothills  of  the  Santa 
Clara  Valley,  the  fine  suburban  home  sites  in 
that  tavored  section  of  California  would  be 
shown.  Thriving  towns  are  growing  close  to- 
gether in  the  Santa  (-Mara  Valley  which  in  time 
will  form  almost  an  unbroken  chain  of  munici- 
palities in  touch  with  San  Francisco.  From 
the  top  of  Twin  Peaks  the  suburbs  of  Belve- 
dere and  Sausalito,  northward  from  San  Fran- 
cisco, can  be  plainly  seen,  as  can  the  important 
suburbs  of  Berkeley,  Oakland  and  Alameda  to 
the  south.  Oakland  occupies  about  the  same 
relation  to  San  Francisco  that  Brooklyn  does 
to  New  York.  A  flue  ferry  service  connects 
Oakland  with  San  Francisco,  and  an  immense 
number  of  people  who  earn  their  livelihood 
in  the  mteropolis  have  their  homes  in  Oakland 
and  Alameda,  and  iu  Berkeley,  where  the  Uni- 
versity of  California  is  located. 

From  this  necessarily  brief  description  of 
the  views  to  be  obtained  from  the  highest 
point  in  San  Francisco  it  is  apparent  that  the 
city  is  situated  most  advantageously,  and  the 
possibilities  of  making  it  one  of  the  most  at- 
tractive in  the  world  are  illimitable. 

Bonds  have  been  voted  for  a  fine  Civic  Cen- 
ter, and  the  land  has  been  acquired  and  work 
on  the  new  City  Hall  will  soon  be  commenced. 
The  people  of  San  Francisco  have  also  voted 
bonds  to  the  amount  of  $45,000,000  for  the  ac- 
quisition of  a  water  supply.  It  seems  incred- 
ible that  so  much  could  be  accomplished  by  a 
city  which  six  years  ago  was  chiefly  a  waste 
of  scorched  bricks  and  cinders,  which  many 
predicted  would  not  be  rebuilt  in  fifty  years. 


24 


-THE  WASP^ 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


L&i\d  of  0\cVii\e 

Ifll  a.i\d  of  (Ke  Golcler\Wej-fc , 
83    Ui\d  of  all  Li^ds  (Ke  best, 

Homeland'  of  mii\e. 
Gold  ii\yo\jr  fkovj./'&.rid  hilly, 

Gold  ii\your  Harvest  Mea.dy. 
Gold  where  {he  Viae  dishls 
.Amyhirve  ir\  pvjrple  Beady 
La.der\  vuifh  Wii\e. 


CALIFORNIA  CHAMPAGNE. 

WHEN  the  history  of  wine  making  in 
California  comes  to  be  written,  its 
most  important  chapters  will  be  those 
contributed  by  the  Italian-Swiss  Colony,  since 
it  will  furnish  not  only  the  introduction,  but 
the  pages  telling  of  the  first  triumph  in  the 
production  of  champagne  on  a  commercial  ba- 
sis. At  the  banquet  given  to  the  Victoria 
delegation  from  British  Columbia,  held  re- 
cently at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  there  was  placed 
upon  the  table  "Golden  State  Extra  Dry 
Champagne."  Connoisseurs  pronounced  it 
equal  to  the  best  that  ever  came  from  the  old 
and  far-famed  wineries  of  France.  And  again, 
at  the  Olympic  Club  recently,  a  striking  testi- 
monial was  accorded  California  champagne 
when,  for  a  wager,  a  number  of  experts  were 
given  the  task  of  picking  the  best  article  out 


of  a  variety  of  bottles,  the  labels  of  which 
had  been  removed.  Though  in  competition 
with  the  choicest  wines  of  Europe,  the  local 
make  was  unanimously  selected  as  being  the 
best.  It  has  taken  rank  as  a  wine  equal  to 
the  demands  of  the  most  fastidious  palate, 
and  it  is  only  a  matter  of  time  and  judicious 
advertising  and  this  fine  wine  of  California 
will  win  the  world-wide  recognition  it  deserves. 
For  many  years,  California  wine  makers 
have  beeu  experimenting  in  the  direction  of 
producing  champagne,  but,  though  favored 
with  the  finest  of  raw  material  and  ideal 
climatic  conditions  their  efforts,  though  often 
coming  close  to  success,  lacked  just  that  in- 
definite something  which  was  necessary  to 
perfection.  Instead  of  repeating  those  ex- 
periments, the  Italian-Swiss  Colony,  profiting 
by  the  failures   of  others,   decided   to   secure 


the  services  of  an  expert,  who,  for  many 
years,  had  been  producing  wines  that  were 
accepted  in  the  great  world  centers  as  be- 
yond criticism. 

Commenting  on  the  ultimate  success  of 
his  company  in  producing  what  is  now  con- 
ceded to  be  a  perfect  champagne,  Mr.  S. 
Federspeil,  General  Manager  of  the  Italian- 
Swiss  Colony,  attributes  the  achievement  of 
his  company  to  the  painstaking  efforts  to  ap- 
proach this  problem  along  far-sighted  busi- 
ness lines. 

"We  had  the  grapes,"  he  says,  "the  cli- 
mate and  all  the  other  facilities,  save  only 
experience.  Instead  of  experimenting  our- 
selves, which  might  have  taken  years  and 
then  proven  futile,  our  late  Mr.  P.  C.  Rossi, 
while  on  a  tour  of  Europe  in  1908,  made  it 
his  special  object  to  visit  all  the  large  cham- 


Saturday,   December  21,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


25 


pagne  houses  in  the  champagne  district  of 
France,  and  was  fortunate  in  securing  the 
services  of  M i .  Chas.  Jadeau,  an  expert,  who 
for  thirty  years  had  been  producing  for  the 
leading  wineries  of  France  the  finesl  cham- 
pagnes in  Europe.  We  gave  him  carte 
blanche  in  regard  to  help,  machinery  and  stor- 
age. A  large  cellar  was  built  under  liis  *  1  i - 
rection,  which  ensured  any  temperature  de 
sired  at  any  time.  With  this  equipment,  ad- 
ded to  California's  wonderful  climatic  ad- 
vantages, Mr.  Jadeau  has  succeeded  is  pro 
ducing  in  this  State  a  champagne  equal  to 
anything  in  the  world.  This  we  say  withoul 
liesil  al  ion. 

Regarding  the  Eastern  and  foreign  markets, 
both  Mr.  Federspeil  and  Mr.  Sbarboro,  secre 
tary  of  the  [talian-Swiss  Colony,  are  most 
enthusiastic.  Belgium,  Prussia,  England  and 
Swil  zerland  are  now  using  California  clarets 
:iml  white  wines.  "Golden  State  Extra  Dry" 
needs  only  to  be  introduced  to  in-  acclaimed 
i  in'  <i 11   nt'  viiii ages. 

At  tin*  Turin  Exposition  tin1  exhibit  of 
California  wines  made  and  shown  by  the  [tal- 
ian-Swiss Colony  wns  awarded  the  gold  medal. 
'I'lir  fairness  « > t"  the  award  has  not  been  ques- 
tioned, ami  the  fact  has  been  established  that 
in  the  product  ion  of  the  finest  vintages  our 
Golden  State  is  already  the  equal,  if  not  the 
superior,  of  any  country  in  the  world. 

Speaking  of  the  triumphs  of  California 
wines  in  competition  with  those  of  wine- 
producing  countries,  famed  for  the  excellence 
of  their  vintages,  Mr.  Sbarboro  remarked  to 
a  representative  of  The  Wasp,  who  was  en- 
gaged in  getting  data  with  regard  to  the 
viticultural    industry: 

"Why,  we  expect  in  time  to  ship  to  France; 
yes,  to  carry  coals  to  Newcastle.  And  why 
not*  History  repents  itself.  France  now 
esteems  our  prunes  and  other  fruits  as  highly 
as  their  own.  Prominent  on  the  bills  of  fare 
of  the  most  famous  European  cafes  and  ho- 
tels are  California  fruits.  It  is  only  a  ques- 
tion of  time  and  our  wines  will  be  equally 
prominent.  The  products  merit  equal  recog- 
nition on  a  basis  of  excellence.  The  large 
scale  on  which  things  are  produced  here  will 
be  an  inestimable  help  to  California  in  en- 
tering  the   foreign    market.     Of   course    labor 


ip  in  Europe,  but  even  with  our  higher 
labor  cost.  American  business  efficiency  added 
to  the  enormous  production  will  enable  us 
to    market    this    wine    at    an    attractive    price. 

Significant   of  the  development   of  American 

Vintages   is   the    fact    that    since   tin-   arrival   of 

"Golden  State  Extra  Dry,"  the  French  wine 

journals,     which     ne\er    before    considered    the 

mentioning  of  California  wines  worth  while, 
are  now  devoting  considerable  space  in  the 
subject." 

Like  many  Ol  her  gignnl  ic  entei  prises,  the 
[talian-Swiss  Colony  had  a  small  beginning. 
In  1881,  Mr.  Andrea  Sbarboro,  who  had  for 
'■oino  time  I n  managing  the  .Mutual  Co- 
operative Loan  Association,  conceived  the 
idea    of    applying    co-operative    principles    to 

the   grape    industry,      lie    a< rdingly    placed 

2,250  shares  of  stock,  which  were  to  be  paid 
for  :it  the  rate  of  one  dollar  per  month  each 
for  five  years.  With  the  acquisition  of  $10,000 
in  t he  treasury,  it  was  decided  to  purchase 
some  land.  After  looking  at  over  forty  dis- 
tricts, it  was  found  that  at  what  was  then 
Truett's  station,  but  now  the  famous  Ast  i,  was 
tin'  ideal  combination  of  soil  and  climate. 

This  tract,  which  was  then  supporting  two 
men  and  500  sheep,  was  immediately  acquired. 
The  sheep  were  disposed  of  and  a  force  of 
men  started  clearing  the  land  and  setting  out 
vine  cuttings,  imported  from  France,  Italy 
and  the  Rhine.  These  vines  bore  even  more 
luxuriantly  in  California  than  in  the  coun- 
tries from  which  they  had  been  transplanted. 
Up  to  this  time  the  idea  of  making  wine  had 
not  taken  hold  of  Mr.  Sbarboro  and  his  as- 
sociates. Mr.  Sbarboro  saw  grapes  at  thirty 
dollars  a  ton,  and  knowing  that  five  tons  to 
the  acre  was  not  an  extraordinary  production, 
figured  that  after  deducting  the  necessary 
twenty  dollars  an  acre  for  labor,  that  the 
colony  would  have  a  profit  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty  dollars  an  acre,  which  would  be 
an  exceedingly  handsome  return  on  the  in- 
vestment. ]n  1886,  when  the  imported  vines 
produced  their  first  fruit,  Mr.  Sbarboro  was 
dismayed  to  find  that  the  price  of  grapes  had 
dropped  to  eight  dollars  a  ton.  As  this  would 
hardly  pay  for  production,  and  as  grapes 
have  to  be  sold  when  ripe,  the  board  decided 
to  convert  their  grapes  into  wine,  which,  im- 


proving   in -lead    uf    deteriorating    with    age, 

COuld    be    kept    until    such    time    as    the    product 

could  I"-  disposed  of  at  a  profit.. 

Thus,  in  1886,  the  halian  Swiss  Colony  pro- 
duced the  comparatively  small  quantity  of 
three  hundred  thousand  gallons.  This  was 
offered  to  the  dealers,  the  colony  deriding 
that  it  only  desired  to  manufacture  and  not 
inarkei  ilie  wines.  Here  again  an  obstacle 
pre  ented   itself  in   that   the  dealers  offered  a 

price    BO    low    as    to    hardly    cover    tl >M     ol 

production.  Ai  this  point  .Mr.  sbarboro  and 
liis  associates  displayed  the  indomitable  cour- 
age which  has  characterized  all  their  actions 
in  the  long  struggle  to  place  Asti  wines  in 
the  preeminent  position  they  enjoy  today. 
Instead  of  accepting  the  offer  of  t  lie  dealers, 
negotiations  were  Opened  with  the  East,  agen- 
cies being  established  in  New  Turk,  Chicago 
and  other  Eastern  cities.  The  first  shipment 
Kasl  was  an  immense  sunrss,  repeat  orders 
being  received  Specifying  that  the  second  and 
subsequent  shipments  be  of  the  same  high 
quality  as  the  first. 

Thus  were  the  Asti  wines  established  east 
of  the  mountains.  The  colony  was  now  not 
only  a  manufacturer  but  a  marketer.  From 
this  first  little  winery  at  Asti  in  ]S8(5,  with 
its  capacity  of  three  hundred  thousand  gal- 
lons, has  grown  an  industry  that  has  a  capac- 
ity of  nearly  fifteen  millions  of  gallons,  in- 
cluding at  the  home  plant  at  Asti  the  largest 
wine  tank  in  the  world.  This  huge  tank  alone 
has  the  enormous  capacity  of  five  hundred 
thousand  gallons. 

Mr.  M.  J.  Fontana,  President  of  the  Italian- 
Swiss  Colony,  was  one  of  the  first  to  be  inter- 
ested by  Andrea  Sbarboro  in  the  formation  of 
this  institution.  In  fact,  he  was  the  first. 
President  of  the  Colony,  when  it  confined  its 
scope  merely  to  growing  grapes  and  provid- 
ing employment  for  needy  Italians,  who  were 
strangers  in  a  strange  land.  But  he  always 
had  faith  in  the  grape  and  wine  business,  and 
contributed  time  and  money  willingly  as  the 
Colony  progressed.  His  knowledge  of  every 
phase  of  the  wine  industry  and  his  ripe  ex- 
perience make  him  eminently  fitted  to  serve 
as  President  of  the  Italian-Swiss  Colony, 
which  has  added  another  brilliant  chapter  to 
the  long  record  of  California  achievements. 


26 


•THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


VISITORS  from  all  parts  of  the  world 
o/iL  admire  the  California  Market,  on  Cal- 
[cflk^  ifornia  and  Pine  streets,  between 
Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets.  It 
occupies  a  large  part  of  the  block.  Owing  to 
the  mildness  of  the  climate  of  our  State  and 
the  great  diversity  of  its  vegetable  and  horti- 
cultural products,  the  California  Market  is 
able  to  exhibit  a  variety  of  fruits  and  vege- 
tables all  the  year  round  that  can  be  found  in 
no  other  market  in  the  world.  One  finds  in 
the  California  Market  the  best  of  the  natural 
products  of  the  gardens  and  orchards  of  our 
wonderful  State. 

For  over  thirty  years  the  California  Mar- 
ket has  signified  to  San  Francisco  people  a 
place  where  the  best  of  all  that  is  required 
for  the  table  can  be  obtained.  The  meats  dis- 
played for  sale  there  are  the  finest  and  most 
wholesome,  the  fruits  the  most  delicious,  and 
the   vegetables  the  most   tempting. 

Looking  around  the  California  Market,  a 
discriminating  housekeeper  is„  almost  bewil- 
dered by  the  profusion  of  good  things  for  the 
table  that  are  exposed  in  the  scrupulously 
clean    and    sightly    stalls    and    stands. 

Since  the  great  fire  of  1906  the  California 
Market  has  been  rebuilt.  The  old  market  was 
reduced  to  ashes.  The  new  place  is  thorough- 
ly sanitary,  and  its  perfect  cleanliness  is  ap- 
parent at  the  first  glance  around  its  dazzling 
white-tiled  walls  and  tiled  floor.  One  realizes 
instantly  why  the  place  is  patronized  by  the 
best  and  most  discriminating  buyers  in  San 
Francisco,  and  why  the  caterers  of  the  first- 
class  hotels  and  restaurants  are  to  be  found, 
there  every  morning  selecting  the  choicest 
viands  for  their  epicurean  patrons. 

The  prices  charged  at  this  admirable  mar- 
ket, where  one  gets  absolutely  the  best,  are 
as  moderate  is  in  more  inferior  suburban  mar- 
kets, where  sanitary  conditions  are  totally 
overlooked  and  the  meats  and  vegetables  are 
of  the  poorest  quality. 


THE    CALIFORNIA   POULTRY    COMPANY, 
CALIFORNIA  MARKET. 

This  company  has  been  doing  business  in  the 
city  of  San  Francisco  for  more  than  twenty 
years,  and  is  a  combination  of  the  old  firms 
of  Lemoine  &  Co.,  formerly  of  the  old  Clay 
Street  Poultry  Market  and  The  California 
Poultry  Company  of  the  old  California  Market. 

The  leading  and  active  spirits  of  the  com- 
pany are  Pierre  Chige,  the  President,  and 
Cecil  Raymond,  the  Secretary  of  the  company. 
They  are  large  purveyors  of  poultry  and 
game  of  every  description,  and  also  dealers 
in  imported  canned  goods,  consisting  of  French 
and  Italian  oils,  peas,  beans,  mushrooms  and 
sardines.  The  company  also  carries  on  an  ex- 
tensive trade  in  butter  and  eggs,  which  are 
received  daily  from  the  country.  The  success 
of  the  company  is  due  to  the  energy  and  abil- 
ity displayed  by  the  two  officers  before  men- 
tioned, and   to    the   fact   that   only   the   finest 


and  best  products  of  the  country  that  can  be 
obained  are  carried  in  their  line   of  business. 


BROWN  &  BAUCHOU. 

This  well-known  firm,  as  usual,  are  making 
a  fine  display  of  fruits  and  new  vegetables. 
Their  extra  fancy  Spitzenberg  and  New  Town 
Pippin  Apples  from  Hood  River,  Oregon,  se- 
lected and  packed  especiall}'  for  their  trade, 
are  one  of  their  many  specialties  this  season. 
This,  together  with  the  new  Peas,  Beans,  Im- 
ported Endives,  Tomatoes,  New  Potatoes,  As- 
paragus, Artichokes,  New  Oranges,  Grape 
Fruit,  Alligator  Pears,  a  full  assortment  of 
New  Nuts  and  all  the  Winter  Vegetables, 
make  up  a  display  to  tempt  the  epicure. 

There  is  an  old  saying,  and  a  true  one,  "If 
you  cannot  get  what  you  want  in  the  Fruit 
and  Vegetable  line  from  your  dealer,  call  on 
Brown  &   Bauchou. " 

The  success  of  the  firm  is  due  to  their  aim 
to  handle  the  very  best  goods  obtainable, 
also  the  first  products  of  the  season.  This,  to- 
gether with  courteous  treatment  by  their  em- 
ployes, and  prompt  delivery,  has  made  this 
firm,  under  the  management  of  W.  H.  Book- 
staver,    a   financial   success. 


CAPTAIN   J.   H.    McMENOMY. 
Though    "the    oldest    living    tenant    of    the 
original  California  Market,  and  Hie  oldest  re- 
tail butcher  in  San  Francisco,'     Captain  Mc- 


Menomy  is  also  the  most  progressive  and  up- 
to-date  purveyor  of  choice  meats  in  the  city. 
By  pioneering  the  way  for  the  now  famous 
stall-fed  beef  he  has  built  up  a  large  clientele 
among  purchasers  of  fine-grade,  meats.  Many 
years  ago  he  branched  out  with  the  specialty 
of  stall-fed  beef.  Justly  boasting  that  he  deals 
only  in  the  very  best  of  beef,  mutton,  lamb 
and  veal,  it  is  no  wonder  that  he  has  so 
large  a  number  and  so  wide  a  variety  of  pa- 
trons. 


KATZ  BROTHERS. 
Than  the  firm  of  Katz  Brothers  there  is 
none  better  or  more  favorably  known  as  deal- 
ers in  the  finest  grades  of  meat,  which  by  the 
adoption  of  superior  business  methods  are 
sold  by  this  house  at  the  lowest  market  rates 
possible  for  the  best  qualities.  Katz  Brothers 
are  successors  to  Katz  &  Sons,  founded  by 
the  father  of  the  preseut  principals,  who  was 
a  discriminating  buyer  of  meats,  and  the  sons, 
equally  gifted  in  judgment  as  to  the  best  qual- 
ities, have  been  enabled  by  more  modern  meth- 
ods and  the  special  study  of  the  wants  of 
individual  patrons,  to  please  the  most  exact- 
ing caterers  and  to  greatly  extend  their  busi- 
ness. The  reputation  enjoyed  by  Katz  Broth- 
ers for  superior  meats  is  not  merely  local. 
♦■ 

"Pa,    what    Is    a      metrical   romance?" 
"Well,   this  month's  gas  bill  is  one." 


Established     1867 


Finest  Market  in  the  World 


Constructed  of  Concrete,  Tile,  Marble,  Glass.     Sanitation  Perfect 


Dealers  in  Highest  Quality 

MEATS,  POULTRY,  GAME,  FISH,  OYSTERS, 

FRUITS,  VEGETABLES,  DAIRY  PRODUCTS, 

DELICATESSEN,  FRENCH  PASTRY,  PLANTS, 

AND  CUT  FLOWERS. 


Pine  Street  to  California  Street 


Telephone  Douglas   1924 


Between  Montgomery  and  Kearny 


Winding  Way 


a^Bfes 


Scenery  Unfolded  on  Tours 
California 


As  THE  city  toward  which  Eastern  manu- 
facturer- are  looking,  with  increasing 
interest  each  year,  as  the  most  impor- 
tanl  automobile  center  of  the  West,  San 
Francisco  bids  fair  tq  set  a  aew  and  notable 
record  for  the  auto  industry  on  this  Coasl 
during  the  year  1913.  California's  genial, 
balmy  climate  the  year  round,  and  its  many 
excellent  highways  which  make  winter  motor 
ing  especially  attractive,  have  long  made  this 
State  a  motorists'  paradise.  A  remarkable 
growth  of  rliis  popularity  during  li'l '.)  is  at- 
tested by  the  present  unwonted  building  activ- 


by  the  plans  of  the  Eastern  dealers  for  an 
automobile  si highway  across  the  conti- 
nent   In    this   city. 

The  year  1913  will  Bee  the  shifting  of  a 
large  portion  of  the  automobile  trade  of  San 
Francisco  to  upper  Van  Ness  avenue,  where 
a  number  of  fine  buildings  are  in  course  of 
construction  for  the  various  automobile  agen- 
cies and  branches.  The  exodus  to  upper  Van 
Ness  is  caused  in  part  by  the  fact  that  a  num- 
ber of  firms  are  now  doing  business  in  the 
world's  fair  Civic  Center  districl  at  the  lower 
end    Of   the   avenue,    and    are    forced    In    leave; 


Imt  the  erection  of  the  new  buildings  is  due 
in  much  larger  part  to  the  rapid  increase  of 
business,  necessitating  larger  ami  more  com- 
pletely equipped  homes  for  auto  companies, 
AM  the  new  buildings  will  he  occupied  during 

I  he    liisl    monl  lis    of    the  year. 

Tin'  Eastern  manufacl  urers  are  preparing 
In  be^in  a!  once  the  const  ruction  of  their  pro- 
posed transcontinental  automobile  highway  Lo 
San  Francisco,  with  a  view  to  bringing  thou- 
sands of  motorists  here  before  and  during  the 
world's  fair,  and  this  fact  is  having  already 
a  stimulating  effect  on  the  trade  in  this  sec- 


THE   MOUNTAINS   OF   CALIFORNIA. 


28 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


tion.  Eastern  dealers  rightly  estimate  that 
the  new  highway  will  mean  a  vast  increase  in 
their  sales  in  the  West,  particularly  iu  Call 
fornia. 

With  the  extensive  plans  and  the  many  fine 
new  models  announced  by  the  local  agents  and 
managers,  a  banner  selling  season  for  1913  is 
predicted   here,   and  San   Francisco   will   con- 


ON   THE  WAY  TO   LAKE   TAHOE. 

tinue  to  strengthen  its  supremacy  as  the  au- 
tomobile metropolis  of  the  West. 

Than  San  Francisco  there  is  no  city  in  the 
world  more  attractive  to  motorists.  An  infi- 
nite variety  of  scenery  is  to  be  found  within 
such  easy  distances  and  reached  by  roads  so 
broad  and  smooth,  and  considerate  of  the  tire 
it  is  no  wonder  that  California  has  more  auto- 


mobiles per  head  of  the  population  than  any 
other  State  or  country  in  the  world.  When  it 
is  mentioned  that  the  State  Highway  Commis- 
sion is  about  to  spend  no  less  than  $18,000,000 
in  constructing  new  and  improving  old  high- 
ways we  can  easily  see  that  nowhere  is  the 
immediate  future  of  automobiling  more  prom- 
ising than  in   California. 


MURPHY  GRANT  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS 

FURNISHING  GOODS 
Notions  -  White    Goods  -  Laces 


ww*tMf>v4iMmF»«| 


!*  Sit 


!  |||f  g| 


Ask  Your  Storekeeper  for  the 

EL    DORADO 

Brand  of 

Underwear  and  Hosiery 

All  ' '  up-to-date ' '  Retailers  Carry  It. 


Wells  Fargo  &  Co. 

EXPRESS 

"Will  forward  at  the  following  rates  from 
OFFICES  IN  CALIFORNIA 

—  to  — 
ANY  OF  THE1E  OFFICES  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES 

ALMONDS,    DRIED   FRUIT   OR   ENGLISH  WALNUTS 

In  Straight  or  Mixed  Packages 

Box  not  exceeding  S   lbs 35e. 

Box  over  8  lbs.,  and  not  more  than  10  lbs..  .    40c. 

RIPE  OLIVES 

Box  contain 'g  1  gal.  can  or  4  qt.  cans  or  jars.    50e. 

ORANGES 

Box   containing   1   dozen    35c. 

Box  containing  2  dozen    70c. 

Box  containing  3  dozen    $1.05 

Half    Standard    Box    1 .75 

Standard    Box     3.00 


Further    information,    price      lists    and    names    of    ship- 
pers sent  to  any  address  upon  application. 

THOMAS  ELLIOTT,    Industrial  Agent 

85  SECOND  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Fine  fasiDENCE  Districts 


ADOLPH    SPRECKELS'     MANSION. 

A  striking  example  oi  the  beaut}  and  dig 
nity  attained  io  residence  architecture 
in  S:in  Francisco  is  the  palatial  man- 
sion built  for  Adolph  B.  Spreckels  on  the 
aortheasl  corner  of  Octavia  and  Washington 
streets,  The  exterior  design  bears  the  im- 
print lit'  tin*  French  Renaissance  school  oi 
architecture,  and  the  construction  is  of  cream- 
color  .M.'inti  stone.  The  balcony,  gates  and 
grilled  door  are  done  in  solid  tooled  bronze. 
The  entrance  vestibule  is  :i  delicate  study  in 
glass  :niil  gold  mosaics,  inlaid  in  cream-colored 


Manti  stone,  and  on  the  front  or  main  floor 
there  are  a  grand  Balon,  reception  room  and 
Pompeiian  court.  In  the  living-room  the 
scheme  is  [talian  Renaissance,  while  the  Ad 
ams  style  prevails  in  the  dining-room.  On  the 
second  story  are  spacious  bedrooms  and  the  li 

brary  and  the  attic  story,  while  coi aled  from 

the  street  view  is  a  sunny  playroom  for  chil 
dren.  The  basement  is  taken  up  with  I  he 
kitchen,  servants'  rooms  and  garage.  The 
architects  were  McDonald  and  Applegarth  of 
this  city. 

The  mansion  commands  u  magnificent  view 


iff  the  bay,  the  ocean  and  the  mountains  Bur- 
rounding  San  Francisco,  li  forms  a  pictur- 
esque addition  to  thai  residence  districl  which 
sii  eloquently  proclaims  the  fact  thai  San 
Francisco  is  n  city  <>t'  beautiful  homes  as  well 
as  of  commercial  palaces,  and  the  apartment 
houses  inseparable  from  large  centers  having 
considerable  tourist  traffic.  Within  a  few 
minutes'    walk    of    the    business    center    are 

street     upon    street    of    residences    with    garden 

plots,  carriage  and  auto  drives,  and  all  the 
other   evidences   of   the   homes   of   prosperous 

citizens. 


MANSION  OF  ADOLPH  B.  SPRECKELS  ON  WASHINGTON    STREET,    ALMOST    COMPLETED. 


30 


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[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


MANSION    OF    JAMES    L.    FLOOD    ON    BROADWAY,    IN    COURSE    OF    CONSTRUCTION. 


Of  the  latter  Mr.  Adolph  Spreekels  is  one 
of  the  most  prominent  and  public-spirited. 
His  family  has  been  identified  in  a  large  way 
with  the  growth  of  San  Francisco  and  Cali- 
fornia. He  is  a  son  of  the  late  Glaus  Spreek- 
els, whose  extensive  interests  in  Hawaiian 
plantations  and  refineries  had  made  him  known 
throughout  the  nation  as  "The  Sugar  King." 

Mr.  Adolph  Spreekels  was  a  noted  turfman 
before  the  "sport  of  kings"  lost  its  vogue 
and  motoring  supplanted  driving  fast  trotters. 
He  has  also  been  a  most  enthusiastic  yachts- 
man. 

The  splendid  mansion  of  steel  and  concrete 
which  James  L.  Flood  is  erecting  on  the  most 
fashionable  part  oi  Broadway  is  another 
proof  of  the  re-establishment  of  San  Francis- 
co. Mr.  Flood  is  the  son  of  the  late  James 
C.  Flood,  the  head  of  that  famous  combination 
of  capitalists,  Flood,  Mackay,  Fair  &  O'Brien, 
who  developed  the  wonderful  Comstock  mines 
known  as  "The  Big  Bonanza."  James  C. 
Flood  founded  the  Nevada  Bank,  which  is  now 
known  as  the  Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National 


Bank,  and  is  one  of  the  great  financial  con 
cerns  of  the  country. 

James  L.  Flood  has  a  fine  country  place  in 
San  Mateo  county,  and  has  always  had  a 
house  in  town.  That  he  should  erect  a  man- 
sion of  steel  and  concrete  as  substantial  as  if 
it  were  a  lofty  hotel  iudicates  his  faith  in 
the  future  of  the  city  where  his  family  has 
been  so  prominent  for  two  generations.  Mr. 
Flood's  new  mansion  is  located  on  the  fash- 
ionable ridge  of  San  Francisco  which  over- 
looks the  bay  and  the  Golden  Gate,  and  com- 
mands a  view  of  the  country  surrounding 
San  Francisco.  "When  completed  this  fine  man- 
sion will  be  one  of  the  most  complete  in  every 
detail  that  has  ever  been  built  in  the  United 
States.  The  engraving  fails  to  give  a  really 
correct  idea  of  the  size  and  impressiveness  of 
the  mansion  as  it  will  appear  when  finished. 
Skeleton  views  always  have  that  defect. 
♦ 

A  PROGRESSIVE  FIRM. 

San  Francisco  can  boast  of  having  the  larg- 
est  and   most   modernly   equipped   lithograph- 


ing establishment  west  of  Chicago.  The  firm 
in  question  is  the  Schmidt  Lithograph  Com- 
pany, Second  and  Bryant  streets.  This  hust- 
ling and  progressive  firm  has  done  more  than 
its  share  in  keeping  San  Francisco  in  the 
forefront  of  the  country's  producing  centers. 
The  large  business  of  this  house  has  been 
built  up  on  a  quality  basis.  The  high-class 
and  characteristic  work  it  turns  out  has  won 
it  many  staunch  customers,  and  each  succeed- 
ing year  witnesses  a  broadening  of  its  business 
field.  Tbe  firm  has  acquired  the  Cooper  Gra- 
vures,  a  process  by  which  the  finest  half-tones 
are  produced  without  the  use  of  cits.  This 
new  process  lias  revolutionized  the  printing 
business  and  the  Schmidt  Lithograph  Company 
are  daily  receiving  requests  for  samples  of 
the  work  it  can  do.  We  heartily  wish  this 
company  the  brightest  of  futures,  which  its 
painstaking  endeavors  to  please  justly  merit. 


THE   PIEDMONT   ART   GALLERY. 

Recently  an  R.  A.  from  London,  a  great  au- 
thority on  paintings,  pronounced  the  Piedmont. 
Art  Gallery  to  be  the  greatest  collection  of 
modern  art  in  the  hands  of  a  private  person. 

This  remark  will  seem  rather  strange  to  a 
community  which,  in  general,  does  not  seem  to 
be  aware  that  there  is  an  art  gallery  at  Pied- 
mont. 


>:^t-  ,->, ^-^-y^l  V  I : U Y   ONE   in   >-=:■  u    Fran- 

~W  5^s2&k  1'rnnciM'o    knows    Thoru- 

fjj?i^|j*S|      well  Mullally.    Lasl  week 

/^Bu'l>^*jry  a     li:ilii|lli'l     was    jiif 

f^*Mfe^5l»£j»j        liis  li I-  by  a  number  of 

^^ESsSmm/t*         prominent    ••  it  izt'ns.       Mr. 

1^^^"'  "  ""  Mullallj  is  full}  entitled 
to  be  included  in  the  list  of  those  "Whose 
win..'"  in  California.  His  official  designation 
is  thai  of  "Assistant  t"  the  President  of  the 
i  nited  Railroads."  The  president,  Mr.  Pal 
rich  Calhoun,  is  c polled  by  his  varied  inter- 
ests t.i   spend  a   large   porti if  his  time  in 

New  Y..iU  and  other  Eastern  cities,  and  on 
Mr.  Mullally  devolves  tin'  duties  of  an  active 
executive  officer,  authorized  i<>  decide  mi  the 
many  questions  thai  confront  the  manage- 
ment hi'  a  large  public-service  corporation 
in  these  days  when  corporation-baiting  is 
mil  altogether  am  unpleasant  occu- 
pation  I'm-  politicians  eager  to  at- 
tracl  public  attention  and  attain 
public  offices  with  comfortable  sal- 
:i  ries. 

Mr.  Mullally  is  :i  pioneer,  as  we 
classify  pioneers  now  in  San  Fran- 
cisco,  when   everything  Sates  fa 

the  big  lire  oi  1906,  which  for  the 
time  being  reduced  all  men  n>  the 
common  level.  Like  liis  intrepid 
cnief,  Mi.  Calhoun,  the  assistant  to 
the  presiden!  is  a  greal  Southe  n 
man,  and  no  doubl  thai  fact  has 
hail   its  influence   in   making  him  a 

true   Calii ian   in   the   few   years 

lie   has   lived   here.     California    lias 

beei i'Ii   influenced   socially   and 

politically  by  people  from  the 
South.  When  the  Civil  War  broke 
out  one  "I  I  he  important  questions 
of  the  day  was  whether  California 
would  oast  her  lol  with  i  he  Federal 
or  the  Contede-.ate  cause.  After 
I  he  great  si  niggle  there  was  an  in- 
ilux    nf   Southern    men,   whose   for 

1 1 s   had   been   impaired   or  swept 

away  by  the  greal  fratricidal  strug- 
gle. Manv  of  the  colonists  had 
been  people  of  influence  in  ihe 
South,  and  nothing  was  more  nat- 
ural than  tnal  they  sin. aid  assume 
leadership    in    the    new    State   just 

emerging  fi I  he  pi  imrl  i\  e  era  of 

gold-seeking.  For  a   generation  the 


Southern    influx    i California   State   affairs 

was  \.m\  powerful.  Democratic  State  admin- 
istrations were  numerous,  and  the  influenci 
nf'  i  ho  many  cultured  Southern  families  had 
a    social    effcel    which   gave   our   young   State 

unique   distinction   a gst    the   far   Western 

sections  of  tin-  nation.  Nut  lill  the  great  in- 
flux from  i hi-  Mi. I. Ih>  West  changed  the  polit- 
ical conditions  in  California  did  the  Southern 
influence  Ins.-  its  dominant  power  in  stale  pol- 
itics. Mini  i.l'  tin.'  Smith  and  progressive,  ag- 
gressive     I    wide-awake    New    Yorkers    hail 

much  to  <!o  in  shaping  the  future  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. That  is  why  observant  travelers  have 
found  here  a  social  distinction  different  from 
many  American  cities,  ami  especially  agree 
able  in  visitors  from  .Now  York  ami  the  South. 
Mr.  Thornwell  Mullally  is  a  line  example 
of  ihe  university  man  in  brrsiness.    The  lTuil- 


THORNWELL     MULLALLY. 


•  ■.I  Railroads  in  San  Francisco  represent  big 
business  in  a  state  of  rapid  evolution.  All 
tin  streel    railroad   systems  <»r  Sun    Francisco 

win  ..at  oi  liusini'ss  suddenly  in  1906,  ami. 
like  the  private  firms  engaged  in  mercantile 
pursuits,    have    ever   sin.'.-    been    engaged    in 

streni s    efforts    to    re-establish    themselves. 

The  siiu-^lr  of  the  United  Railroads,  as  the 
greal  streel  railroad  system  has  been  Titan- 
ic. When  .mi'  looks  hack  ami  estimates  fairly 
wh.-ii  the  corporation  has  accomplished  since 
11)011  the  achievement  seems  little  less  than  a 
miracle.  Every  observant  visitor  to  San 
Francisco  naturally  observes,  first  of  all.  ihe 
wonderful     architectural     restoration.      Even 

more  ri ukal.le  lias  been  the  re-esl  alilislinienl 

of   the   street    transportation    business. 

The  people  of  San   Francisco.  re  than  any 

others,  should  realize  what  it  means  lo  a  mod- 
ern conmnily  to  find  itself  sudden- 
ly deprived  of  iis  streel  railroads. 
Until  the  Mrs!  few  cars  of  the 
United  Railroads  were  sen!  over 
p.'ill  of  the  lines  in  April,  1906, 
business  in  Kan  Francisco  had  cine 
to  a  full  stop.  'I  here  was  an  im- 
pressive demonstrate f  the   fad 

I  hat  in  the  modern   American   city 
Ihe  street    cat  is  almost   as  essential 

lo   ihe   business  life  as   money   it- 
self. 

rlo  ihe  credit  of  the  United  Rail- 
roads he  il  said,  the  corporation's 
lail  h  in  t  he  tuture  of  our  city  dill 
not  falter  lor  an  instant.  The  ciu 
dei  s  i.l  I  he  great  conflagral  ion  had 
noi  cooled  before  I  he  inl  tepid  ofli 
■  era  of  the  United  Railroads  wete 
di  ecting  I  he  work  of  rehabilital  ion 
and  in  less  than  three  years  from 
tl  e  date  of  the  die  of  1906  Ihe 
Go.pors.tion  had  expended  the  im 
mouse  -am  of  $12,000,000.  Ever 
s'nee  the  disastrous  day  of  April, 
which  will  long  l,e  remenil.e:  e.l  it, 
San  Fiaacisco.  the  I  ailed  Rail 
loads  I. as  continued  its  work  of 
restoration — nut  in  the  slipshod 
im"  pensive  manner,  but  with  Ihe 
teal  workmanship  and  without  re- 
gard to  cost.  The  restored  lines 
are  built  for  years  to  come,  and  to- 
day San  Francisco  has  250  miles  of 
these    admirably    constructed    rail- 


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[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


roads,  on  which  the  United  Railroads  has  con- 
tinued to  expend  millions.  In  the  industrial 
history  of  the  United  States  there  can  be 
found  no  instance  of  dauntless  courage  and 
tireless  energy  greater  than  has  been  display- 
ed in  the  restoration  of  the  property  and  busi- 
ness of  the  United  Railroads.  It  is  doubtful 
if  the  effort  would  have  succeeded  if  made 
under  the  direction  of  men  of  less  dauntless 
spirit  than  President  Calhoun  and  the  edu- 
cated and  gentlemanly  young  Southerner  who 
was  his  right  hand  in  all  the  days  of  gloom 
and  stress. 

Mr.  Mullally,  the  Yale  graduate,  who  had 
edited  his  college  magazine,  won  the  Thomas 
Giasby  Waterman  prize  for  scholarship,  and 
studied  law  at  the  University  of  Virginia  and 
has  been  admitted  to  practice  in  New  York, 
worked  day  and  night  organizing  the  forces 
of  reconstruction,  and  facing  all  obstacles  with 
the  pluck  that  made  possible  the  seemingly 
impossible.  San  Francisco,  cast  down  in  her 
dust  and  ashes,  suddenly  beheld  the  joyous 
sight  of  the  first  street  car  running  in  the  des- 
olated area.  To  the  homeless  thousands, 
thrown  out  of  work  by  the  general  suspension 
of  business,  and  the  impossibility  of  resuming 
it  without  street  railroads,  the  sight  of  this 
first  car  was  the  coming  of  a  rescue  ship  to 
survivors  in  a  wreck  in  midocean.  Seldom 
has  anybody  received  a  heartier  ovation  than 
did  Thornwell  Mullally,  pale  with  the  tense- 
ness of  excitement  and  hard  work,  as  he  stood 
by  the  gripman  on  this  first  car  amidst  the 
shouting  thousands.  It  was  the  first  happy 
day  in  San  Francisco  since  the  great  conflag- 
ration. In  eight  days  from  the  fire  cars  were 
running  on  two  of  the  United  Railroads  Com- 
pany's lines,  and  three  days  later  there  was 
ear  service  throughout  the  burned  district. 
The  magnitude  of  the  achievement  can  be 
appreciated  fully  but  by  those  who  witnessed 
"it.    The  generosity  of  the  United  Railroads  to 


F.  J.  WOODWARD 


the  public  of  San  Francisco  was  most  admir- 
able. Mr.  Calhoun,  who  was  in  the  East  when 
the  great  fire  occurred,  wired  $75,000  for  the 
relief  of  the  stricken  city.  Until  something 
like  normal  conditions  were  restored,  the  car 
service  was  given  free  to  the  inhabitants. 

Though  there  was  a  car  famine  in  the  East 
at  the  time,  Mr.  Calhoun  managed  in  one 
month  to  ship  eighty-seven  carloads  of  mate- 
rial and  equipment  to  begin  the  thorough  res- 
toration of  the  company's  traction  system, 
valued  of  $75,000,000. 

Ever  since,  despite  strikes  and  other  malig- 
nant efforts  to  ruin  the  business  of  the  United 
Railroads,  the  company  has  gone  ahead  spend- 
ing millions  to  make  its  traction  system  per- 
fect and  observing  a  policy  of  courtesy  to 
the  traveling  public  and  attention  to  honest 
public  opinion.  Mr.  Mullally  has,  indeed,  been 
an  able  executive  officer,  and  his  popularity 
has  been  of  great  advantage  to  the  United 
Railroads. 

Counting  regular  fares  and  transfers,  the 
United  Railroads  now  carries  234,000,000  pas- 
sengers yearly.  Its  gross  revenue  in  the  past 
fiscal  year  was  $8,173,113.91.  Can  anything 
illustrate  more  convincingly  the  restoration  of 
San  Francisco? 

f 

FRANK  J.  WOODWARD. 

FOR  about  twenty-six  years  Frank  J. 
Woodward  has  played  his  part  in  realty 
affairs  in  Alameda  county  and  has  more 
than  made  good  in  every  venture.  During  all 
these  years  of  successful  activity  he  has  not 
only  acquired  a  wide  reputation  for  loyalty 
to  the  best  interests  of  Oakland  and  its  en- 
virons, but  also  one  for  keen  judgment  in 
real  estate. 

He  was  born  at  Mission  San  Jose  Septem- 
ber 27,  1870,  is  foster  son  of  James  and  Eliz- 
abeth Woodward,  and  was  educated  at  the 
Franklin  Grammar  School  and  the  Oakland 
High  School,  and  was  graduated  from  Heald's 
Business  College  in  1886,  and  immediately  took 
the  position  of  cashier  with  the  real  estate 
firm  of  AVoodward  &  Gamble. 

After  being  with  this  firm  four  years,  he 
became  private  secretary  to  E.  C.  Sessions, 
one  of  the  most  progressive  citizens  of  Oak- 
land, and  whose  operations  were  always  on  a 
large  scale,  and  with  whom  he  remained  until, 
in  1895,  he  was  appointed  by  the  Superior 
Court  of  Alameda  County  receiver  for  the 
Highland  Park  and  Fruitvale  Railway.  Late 
in  1S97  this  road  was  taken  over  by  the  Oak- 
land Traction  Company,  and  Mr.  Woodward 
acquired  the  management  of  the  real  estate 
interests  of  W.  J.  Dingee,  which  were  large 
and  valuable.  These  interests  he  purchased 
iu  1899." 

In  conduction  with  the  late  Henry  A.  But- 
ters, the  Realty  and  Bond  and  Finance  Com- 
pany, a  flourishing  concern,  was  organized  in 
1902,  For  four  years  he  managed  this  com- 
pany, selling  "out  his  interests  in  1907  and 
retiring  from  the  real  estate  brokerage  busi- 
ness. 

At  present  he  is  engaged  in  the  buying,  sell- 
ing and  developing  of  property. 

Mr.    Woodward    married,    August    11,    1S92, 


HARMON  BELL 

Dell,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  E.  S.  Chapman. 
They  have  three  children.  He  is  an  Elk,  a 
member  of  Live  Oak  Lodge,  F.  A.  M.,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Athenian  Club  and  the  Native 
Sons  of  the  Golden  West. 

4 

HARMON  BELL. 

BORN  in  Oakland  when  the  town  was  but 
an  infant,  Harmon  Bell  returned  to  it 
almost  fifty  years  later  to  become  the 
legal  head  of  the  greatest  corporation  in  the 
flourishing  city.  He  was  born  in  Oakland, 
March  23,  1855,  son  of  Samuel  B.  Bell,  the 
first  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  College  of  Cal- 
ifornia. Was  educated  in  California,  New 
York  State  and  Michigan;  commenced  the 
study  of  law  in  Mansfield,  Ohio,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri, 
May  1,  1878. 

Returning  to  California  in  1898,  he  opened 
a  law  office  in  San  Francisco,  making  a  spe- 
cialty of  corporation  law  and  practice,  in 
which  he  acquired  such  a  reputation  that  in 
1904  he  was  tendered  and  accepted  the  position 
of  attorney  for  the  Oakland  Traction  Com- 
pany and  removed  to  Oakland.  He  is  now 
counsel  for  the  Traction  Company,  the  Key 
Route  System,  and  the  Realty  Syndicate,  all 
affiliated  corporations  whose  interests  are  now 
the  largest  on  the  east  side  of  San  Francisco 
Bay,  and  are  constantly  being  increased. 

Mr.  Bell  married  Miss  Katherine  Wilson,  a 
daughter  of  two  early  pioneers  of  California. 
They  have  two  sons,  Traylor  W.  and  Josepii 
S.  Bell.  The  eldest  son,  Traylor,  has  been  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  and  is  now  associated  with 
his  father  in  conjunction  with  Stanley  J. 
Smith,  the  firm  being  Bell,  Bell  &  Smith. 

Harmon  Bell  is  of  a  studious  disposition, 
fond  of  art  and  literature.  He  is  a  Mason, 
Knight  Templar,  Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
an  Elk,  and  a  Native  Son  of  the  Golden  West. 
His  clubs  are  the  Athenian  and  Claremont 
Golf  and  Country  Club  of  Oakland. 


Saturday,  December  21,   1912.J 


-THE  WASP 


33 


Books  AND  Aotlhoirs 

By  the  Bookfellow. 


The  City  as  a  Poem. 

SAX  FRANCISCO  six  and  a  half  yeara 
after  tarnishes  not  only  the  material 
for  an  epic  summarizing  the  mood  <>t 
the  age  and  the  manner  of  a  distinctive  peo- 
ple, it  i>  itself  a  reinforced  epic. 

Vain  would  be  the  search  through  all  the 
pages  of  history  for  a  parallel  to  the  rapid 
rebuilding  of  the  city.  Suddenly  left  with  a 
legacy  of  ruins,  the  classic  grandeur  of  which 
could  aot  be  expected  ii>  appeal  to  a  benight- 
ed people,  iiu-  despair  of  the  moment  and 
it  was  only  for  a  moment— was  supplanted  so 
quickly  by  the  cry  <>t  "Rebuild  the  city!" 
the  Barnes  were  not  extinguished  before  the 
work  Mi'  rebuilding  was  begun.  Was  evei 
imagination  more  flaring  than  that  which  pic- 
tured a  new  and  greater  city  while  yel  the 
smoke   was   rising   from   the  "1<1 ' 

For  proof  that  the  people  were  instinct 
with  the  poetry  that  accurately  visualizes  the 
inline,  glance  at   the  city  that   is. 

'•But,''  we  hear  the  long-haired  and  short- 
brained  bard  protesting,  "this  is  merely  a 
manifestation  of  commercialism,  or  material- 
ism, not  poetry.'1 

Is  it  only  that!  *'an  poetry  be  said  to  be 
divorced  from  any  daring  enterprise  success 
fully  accomplishing  the  hitherto  unattemptedf 

Other  cities  had  been  destroyed,  but  they 
were  either  content  to  bequeathe  their  ruins 
to  the  tourists  of  posterity  or  to  rebuild  slow 
lv  and  by  piecemeal.  Never  before  was  any- 
thing so  wonderful  completed  in  so  short  a 
time.  It  was  as  though  the  fabled  Aladdin 
had  stepped  from  fairy  lore  into  reality  and 
taken    his   place   among  us. 

Call  it  unbounded  faith,  daring  enterprise — 
what  you  will — the  truth  remains  that  here 
was  done  the  new  thing  t  lie  grandeur  of  which 
is  poetic. 

It  requires  as  much  imagination  to  rebuild 
a  great  city  as  it  requires  to  write  a  "Ham- 
let "  or  "A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream." 
There  are  differences  in  the  form  of  expres- 
sion, but  there  is  a  great  underlying  similar- 
ity in  the  essence.  When  the  fullest  allow- 
ance is  made  for  the  purely  mathematical  cal- 
mlations  of  the  architect,  there  remains  the 
dream  of  the  designers  and  projectors  whose 
vision  is  twin  spirit  with  that  of  the  poet. 

Poetry  is  not  a  matter  of  language  only.  It 
is  not  confined  to  words.  Its  expression  is  of 
infinite  variety.  There  are  lyrics  in  the  rip- 
pling brooks,  epics  in  the  strata  of  the  hills, 
creation  itself  is  a  vast,  uncompleted  epic, 
while  in  the  way  of  tragedy  what  can  equal 
nature's  own  setting  when  she  takes  on  such 
a  mood  as  that  of  six  years  ago? 

Poetry  in  its  broad  meaning  is  the  perfect 
expressions  of  new  or  strong  thought,  or 
the  expressions  of  the  old  thought  from  a 
new  angle.  The  dancer  who  is  creative  as 
well  as  imitative  speaks  in  the  poetry  of  mo- 
tion. 

Who  lives  with  a  fine  balance  of  the  appe- 
tites and  passions,  and  to  the  fullness  most 
expressive  of  his  individuality,  is  writing  a 
poem  of  the  perfect  human  life.  And  the  peo- 
ple whose  buildings  express  themselves  so 
that  we  may  read  their  character  in  their 
habitations  and  halls  of  commerce  are  writing 
sonnets  in  steel  and  stone,  epics  in  concrete 
and  iron,  and  ballads   in   brick. 

Track  this  cry  of  the  stern  materialism  and 
cold  commercialism  of  the  age  to  its  lair,  and 
you  find  an  unread,  because  unreadable,  poet, 
a  painter  minus  the  patron,  or  a  preacher 
with  a  beggarly  array  of  empty  pews  and  an 
equally  empty  collection  plate.  To  the  suc- 
cesses life  is  always  a  success,  and  than  suc- 
cess no  greater  poem  was  ever  written. 

San  Francisco,  six  years  after,  is  a  world 


success  without  parallel,  and  is  therefore  the 

poem    I    set   out    to   prove. 

•    •    • 
BUTCHERTOWN    BARD    REPLIES. 

LSTCTDA8  0 'GRADY  writes,  thanking  us 
for  having  printed  his  "Ballad  of 
Butehertown, ' '  and  particularly  for 
having  published  his  portrait,  but  is  furious 
over  the  suggestion  thai  his  immortal  melo- 
dies might  have  been  written  by  George  Ster- 
ling, Herman  Scheffauer,  Charles  Keeler,  Doc 
Taylor.  David  Starr  .Ionian  or  Joseph  Red- 
ding. '  *  Which  of  these  minor  poets, ' '  lie 
asks,  "could  have  written  anything  so  sub- 
lime as  my  apostrophe  to  beautiful  Butchei 
town.  They  are  mere  realists  with  no  capac- 
ity for  that  delusive  symbolism  by  which  I 
bring  out  the  soul  of  Lslais  Creek.     Sou  may 

(latter  them  by  giving  them  credit,  but  only 
print  more  of  my  verses  and  t lie  reading  pub- 
lic will  see  the  difference.  Which  of  those 
jinglers  could   have  written  these  lines  to  my 

dog? 

Bingo,   the   Beloved. 

Furry  jind  faithful  "hi   Bingo, 

Though  scientists  rail  you  a  din^i, 

I   cars  n"t  a  jut   for  their  lingo. 
Not    your    hideous    yell 
Nor  your  far-reaching  smell 

Make    you    any    less    beautiful,    Bingo. 

"Could    David    Starr   Jordan    have    written 
that  .'    No,  not  if  he  keeps  on  trying  for  a  life- 
time.    But  just  listen  to  this  ode: 
New  Thought. 
Only  the  weak   show  weakness; 

He   who    is   strong   has   strength ; 
Only    the    meek    show    meekness; 
He  who  is  long  lias  length. 

Nothing   so   game   as    gameness ; 

Only   the   frightened   fear; 
Nothing    so    tame    as    tamencss; 

He    who    is    deaf    can't    hear. 

Nothing  so  kind  as  kindness; 

Never  was  wrong  a  right; 
Nothing   so    blind    as    blindness. 

Unless    it    is    second    sight. 

"My  claims  to  the  higher  poetry  can  safelv 
rest  on  that.     Yours  faithfully, 

Lycidas  O  'Grady.   Butehertown." 

Far  from  being  convinced,  the  new  poems 
only  lend  additional  color  to  the  suspicion 
that  their  author  is  either  one  or  a  syndicate 
of  the  poets  named. 

Francis  Thompson. 

IN  A  SERIES  of  literary  recollections,  Kath- 
erine  Tynan,  whose  poetry  is  ever  so  much 
better  than  her  prose,  and  whose  prose 
sketches  are  ever  so  much  better  than  her 
novels,  tells  of  frequently  meeting  Francis 
Thompson.  Thompson,  who  is  steadily  coming 
into  his  own,  and  particularly  with  American 
readers,  was  introduced  to  Katherine  Tynan 
by  the  Meynells.  He  wrote  a  poem  to  her, 
and  she  says:  "That  was  luck  if  you  like.  * 
*  I  saw  a  good  deal  of  him  after  my  mar- 
riage, at  the  Meynells,  where  he  was  an  odd  fig- 
ure in  the  drawing-room  of  the  most  exquisite 
women.  He  used  to  wear  clothes  of  a  very 
ugly  yellow  color,  which  looked  as  though  he 
had  slept  in  them;  and  he  was  never  without 
the  shabbiest  little  pipe  held  between  his 
teeth.  He  was  a  most  piquant  contrast  to 
Coventry  Patmore,  who  used  to  be  there  a 
great  deal  at  the  same  time,  a  frosty,  arrogant 
old  man,  whom  Sargent  hit  off  particularly 
well  when  he  painted  him  as  about  eight  feet 
high.  I  remember  poor  Francis '  consolnt  ion 
to  an  American  lauy  who  at  the  time  of  the 
Spanish-American  war  complained  that  Lon- 
don was  pro-Spanish.  'My  dear  Miss  So-and 
so, '  he  said,  very  earnestly,  '  if  you  '11  come 
with  me  one  evening  1  Ti  take  you  to  at  least 
thirty  public  houses   (saloons)   within  a  mile 


of   this   where  the    f<  oling    i^   overwhelm 
pro  American. '     If  you  could  ii:n  e  se«  u   I 

i nd  Hi--  holy,  u  ho  waa  a  daughtei  <■!   I  ii- 
rich  and  was  dree  of  Paris! 

-^4 — 

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ii '      bi     pedi    tal    with  him. — Balzac. 


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?MERICA  generally  spends  more  time  at 
the  ballot-box  than  any  other  coun- 
try. San  Francisco  lives  there.  Our 
citizens  have  got  the  election  habit 
so  badly  that  the  polling-booth  mignt  be  given 
as  their  postal  address.  We  may  expect  to 
see  soon  on  office  doors  the  old  legend  revised 
to  read:  "Back  in  ten  minutes.  Gone  to 
vote. ' '  To  business  men  and  money-makers  this 
time  tax  is  exceedingly  heavy,  however  divert- 
ing the  pastime  may  prove  to  those  who  have 
nothing  better  to  do.  And  the  curse  of  it  all 
is  that  unless  commercial  men  exercise  the 
franchise  they  may  find  themselves  saddled 
with  measures  amounting  to  the  virtual  con- 
fiscation of  their  investments,  or  with  taxation 
too  burdensome  to  permit  business  being  con- 
ducted at  a  profit.  Money-makers,  as  distinct 
from  those  who  want  to  spend  the  money  of 
others,  find  themselves  between  the  devil's 
own  waste  of  time  at  the  ballot-box  and  the 
deep  sea  of  meddlesome  amendments  and  in- 
creased taxation.  Why  should  they  be  drag- 
ged almost  every  other  day  to  the  polling-booth 
in  order  to  defeat  a  long  series  of  crank  pro- 
posals, and  piratical  raids  upon  the  public 
treasury?  There  was  an  election  on  Novem- 
ber 5th,  another  on  December  10th,  and  an- 
other on  December  20th.  Last  week  there 
were  37  amendments  to  be  voted  on,  and  this 
week  five  big  bond  projects,  the  amounts  of 
which  total  no  less  than  $4,150,000.  The  ac- 
quisition of  the  Sutro  property,  which  is  a 
good  business  deal,  calls  for  $700,001).  The 
acquisition  of  Twin  Peaks,  the  wisdom  of 
which  has  yet  to  be  demonstrated,  will  eat  up 
$200,000.  Completion  or  the  new  city  and 
county  hospital  and  county  jail,  the  plans  for 
which  exceed  immediate  necessities  far  be 
yond  the  point  of  reasonable  provision  for 
the  future,  will  swallow  $1,700,000.  Provision 
for  police  and  fire  signal  systems,  the  one  pro- 


ject having  a  direct  bearing  upon  the  welfare 
of  the  commercial  interests  of  the  city,  will 
consume  $750,000.  And  finally  the  Aquatic 
Park  piece  of  absolutely  indefensible  extrava- 
gance asks  for  no  less  than  $800,000.  The 
utter  pr.epo steroti sness  of  this  last  proposal 
should  be  patent  to  all  familiar  with  the  fact 
that,  acre  for  acre,  there  is  no  other  city  in 
the  world  with  as  much  park  space  as  San 
Francisco.  It  hasn't  even  the  appearance  of 
a  necessity,  while  as  a  luxury,  however  attract- 
ive to  those  voters  who  either  pay  no  taxes 
or  contribute  the  merest  bagatelle  to  the  city 
revenue,  has  no  attraction  for  those  of  vested 
interests  who  have  to  foot  the  bills.  We  want 
to  make  every  provision  for  the  comfort  and 
entertainment  of  the  million  or  more  visitors 
who  will  come  to  see  the  Exposition,  but  we 
have  also  to  remember  the  taxes  that  will  go 
on  steadily  when  these  people,  together  with 
perhaps  many  who  are  now  voting  for  bond 
issues,  will  have  folded  their  tents  like  the 
Arab  and  silently  stolen  away.  The  Aquatic 
Park  will  cost,  if  adopted,  far  more  than  the 
$800,000  asked  for.  That  is  the  modest  esti- 
mate of  the  bond  issue  campaigner.  The  actual 
amount  will  not  stop  this  side  of  a  million, 
and  on  top  of  that  will  come  provision  for 
maintenance  and  salaries  for  the  officials 
whom  so  many  bond-promoters  doubtless  hope 
to  become. 

This  perpetual  motion  to  and  from  the 
ballot-box  is  nothing  less  than  a  device  for 
wearing  down  the  patience  of  the  busy  tax- 
payer, but  until  something  is  done  to  put  the 
business  of  voting  on  a  more  business-like 
basis  money-makers  must  sacrifice  the  time 
necessary  for  squelching  these  wild-cat  bond 
issues. 

Prodigious  Finance. 

We  hear  a  great  deal  about  the  tightness 
of  the  money  market  these  days,  ana  conser- 


THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital     $4,000,000 

Surplus     and    Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources    $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     PLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.   GREENEBAUM.  ..  .Chairman    of   the   Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.     FRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

C.   F.   HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH Assistant   Cashier 

H.   CHOYNSKI Assistant   Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


vative  bankers  are  proceeding  with  all  the 
caution  of  a  novice  trying  his  first  pair  of 
ice-skates.  It  is  worthy  of  notice,  though, 
that  the  crops  have  been  marketed  as  well 
as  in  former  years,  and  the  farms  and  mines 
and  forests  are  adding  as  usual  to  the  general 
prosperity.  It  is  significant,  too,  that  the  rail- 
roads and  industrial  corporations  and  munici- 
palities keep  on  issuing  new  securities,  and 
investors  continue  to  buy  them  despite  all  the 
timidity  and  pessimism.  The  amount  of  new 
financiering  arranged  last  month  was  enor- 
mous. The  corporations  raised  a  total  of  $140,- 
000,000  through  the  issuance  of  new  securi- 
ties, and  of  that  amount  the  railroads  took 
$109,317,000.  In  the  corresponding  month  of 
1911  the  grand  total  was  nearly  $27,000,000 
less.  In  the  eleven  months  of  1911  the  offer- 
ings of  new  securities  have  totaled  $2,091,000,- 
000,  an  increase  of  $461,000,000  over  the  ag- 
gregate for  the  first  eleven  months  of  last 
year. 

There  is  no  cause  for  pessimism  in  the  Unit- 
ed States.  As  compared  with  the  other  na- 
tions, we  are  always  on  the  crest  of  the  wave 
of  prosperity.  There  is  reason  for  serious 
complaint,  however,  against  the  wretched 
financial  system,  which  our  Government  will 
not  improve.  All  the  great  financiers  and 
clear-headed  statesmen  in  the  world  agree  that 
the  financial  system  of  the  United  States  is 
one  or  the  least  elastic  and  most  likely  to 
cause  panics.  There  could  not  have  been  a 
more  convincing  example  than  the  bankers' 
panic  of  1907,  when  in  a  year  of  commercial 
and  agricultural  prosperity  all  the  banks  is- 
sued clearing-house  certificates,  although 
many  banks  outside  of  New  York  held  re- 
serves much  above  the  amount  required  by 
law.    Fearing  a  financial  stringency,  the  coun- 


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Saturday,  December  21,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


35 


try  banks  held  on  t>>  the  money,  and  the 

oJ    the    metropolitan    banks    became    bo 
great   thai   panic  ensued  and  all  banks 

i  i  cpedienl  of  issuing  paper  which 
had  no  legal  value,  and  which  was  virtually 
;i   confession   of   national   insolvency. 

Good  Financiering. 
In  negotiating  with  a  Milwaukee  insurance 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San   Francisco 

Nevada    B;.ok    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  Paid  Dp S  6,000.000.00 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  ...      5,131,055.03 


Total     511.131,055.03 

OFFICERS. 
Isaias    W.    Hellman,    President 
I.  W.   Hellman,   Jr.,    Vice-Pres. 
F.    L.    Lipman,    Vice-Pres. 
James    K.    Wilson,    Vice-Pres. 
Frank   B.   King.  Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  Cashier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  CaBhier 
C.    I-     Davis,   Assistant  CaBhier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  CaBbier 
DIRECTORS. 


Isaias   W.    Hellman 
Joseph  Sloss 
Percy   T.    Morgan 
F.  W.  Van  Sicklen 
Wm.  F.  H  err  in 
John  C.   Kirkpatrick 
J.  Henry  Meyer 
A.  H.  Payson 


I.  W.  Hellman,   Jr. 
A.    Christeson 
Wm.  Haas 
Hartland   Law 
Henry    Rosenfeld 
James  L.  Flood 
Cbas.  J.  Deering 
K.  Wilson 


F.  L.    Lipman 

ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 

Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 

Facilities 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving.  (The    Herman    Bank)  Commercial 

incorporated    IC0B. 

626  California   St.,   San  Francisco.  Oal 

(Member    of    the    Associated    gating.    Bank,    of 
San  Francisco.) 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,   2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 
Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29tn,  1912. 
Assets  ....       $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,403.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  140,109.60 
Number  of  Depositors         .         . '       .        66,009 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'clock 
P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:80  o'clock  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


ipanv   :i    loan    :ii    "•   per  cent   "Ji    tlu-ir   fine 

building   arj    si t,  adjoining  the  City 

-I    Paris,  .1.   Parker   Whitney   Sr.   bas  '1 ■  .' 

g I   ''it   "i  financiering,  ;is  he  baa  thus  paid 

off  l'"-:il  loans  :it    "''..   and  6  per  cent.     It    i- 
esting  t..  local  property  owners  that  Kmsi- 

mra sompanies  are  willing  to  lend  :it 

very  reasonable  rates  on  g I  local  property. 

Mr.  Whitney's  property  i>  gilt*edge.     Be  was 

i    the   men   who   really   built    up  Gearj 

- i.  which   was  :i   dead   by-waj    bef in' 

and  son ther  enterprising  citizens  trans- 
formed  it. 

The  Stock  Market. 

The  local  stock  market   bas  1 a  somewhat 

lively  tliis  week.  Associated  Oil  being  the 
no. si  active.  The  bear  raid  on  Hiis  security 
lost  its  lor,-,',  and  after  a  liberal  amount  ot 
selling  the  stock  reuvted  to  $43.5(1  on  Wednes- 
day,   which    isn't    as    high    a    price    as    many 

smart  buyers  have  paid  for  it.  In  fact,  some 
insiders  paid  much  more  than  that. 

Spring  Valley  stock  also  advanced,  as  The 
Wasp  said  it  wool. I.  and  the  wonder  is  that 
it  has  nut  gone  considerably  higher.  It 
probably  would  if  the  money  market  bad 
been  easier.  At  the  present  price,  about  64, 
there  should  be  a  nice  turn  in  Spring  Valley. 

The  local  market  for  bonds  is  fairly  active. 
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Affiliated  Institutions 

Capital,   Surplus  and  Undivided 

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Resources     over 15,000,000.00 

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-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


BANK  OF  ITALY. 


A  Wonderful  Eecord  for  Eight  Years. 

THERE  is  now  a  saying  in  San  Francisco 
that  everything  dates  from  the  fire. 
New  and  gigantic  enterprises  have  aris- 
en since  the  epoch  beginning  April,  1906.  The 
fire  made  many  changes  in  leadership  in  the 
various  commercial  and  financial  activities, 
with  the  result  that  comparatively  new  names 
came  suddenly  to  the  front  rank.  It  was  a 
question  of  the  survival  and  supremacy  o± 
those  fittest  to  adapt  themselves  to  the  new 
conditions.  This  invariably  happens  after 
great  transformations. 

Of  the  rapid  evolutions  which  took  place  in 
the  local  world  of  finance  no  institution  pre- 
sents a  more  remarkable  illustration  than  the 
Bank  of  Italy.  Before  the  fire  this  house  was 
what  might  have  been  termed  the  banking 
infant,  but  the  sturdiness  of  that  infant  was 
shown  when  it  came  through  the  ordeal  so  suc- 
cessfully it  was  doing  an  immense  business 
before  other  banks  opened  their  vaults. 

Amongst  the  first  loads  of  lumber  with 
which  the  work  of  rebuilding  the  city  was 
begun  were  many  paid  for  out  of  the  money 
available  from  the  Bank  of  Italy.  If  prior 
to  April,  1906,  the  customers  of  this  bank 
were  mainly  members  of  the  Italian  colony, 
its  unshakable  foundations  as  shown  in  that 
trial  appealed  so  strongly  to  all  classes  of 
business  men  its  clientele  now  includes  people 
of   all   nationalities. 

But  in  finance  there  is  no  language  so  elo- 
quent as  that  of  audited  figures,  and  of  finan- 
cial figures  in  San  Francisco  there  is  none  so 
eloquent  as  those  of  the  Bank  of  Italy.  A 
glance  at  the  tables  of  assets  shows  that  at 
the  end  of  the  first  year,  1904,  the  value  held 
was  a  modest  $285,436.  On  December  31, 
1906,  the  year  of  the  fire,  the  assets  were 
$1,S99,947.  That  in  itself  marks  an  advance 
almost  unparalleled  in  its  rapidity,  but  before 
expending  superlatives  on  that  rate  of  prog- 
ress let  us  look  at  the  figures  for  September 
30,  1912,  which  show  assets,  in  round  figures, 
of  over  $10,000,000. 

An  increase  of  assets  in  less  than  eight 
years  of  from  a  little  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
million  to  ten  millions  is,  when  taken  with 
the  fact  that  the  bank  went  through  the 
crisis  of  April,  1906,  without  precedent  in 
the  annals  of  sound  and  stable  finance.  It 
bears  witness  to  business  methods  of  the  best 
and  to  the  absolute  confidence  in  the  institu- 
tion of  those  who  stake  their  all  upon  its 
security. 

In  addition  to  the  ordinary  accounts  de- 
partment, the  Bank  of  Italy  has  safe  deposit 
vaults  with  every  modern  convenience,  a 
foreign  exchange  department,  and  special  fa- 
cilities for  savings  deposits. 

In  the  matter  of  buildings  the  Bank  of  Italy 
has  done  more  than  its  share  in  contributing 
to  the  architectural  grandeur  of  the  city.  The 
head  office  at  Montgomery  and  Clay  streets 
is  a  monument  in  marble  and  one  of  our  most 
imposing  commercial  structures.  In  point  of 
design  and  interior  decoration,  it  is  artistic 
to    a    degree,   while    the    construction    insures 


every  possible  precaution  against  fire  or  other 
disasters.  At  the  junction  of  Market,  Turk 
and  Mason  streets  is  an  imposing  branch 
office,  another  of  which  is  located  at  3334 
Mission  street,  and  yet  another  in  San  Jose. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  find  a  finer  bank 
structure  than  that  the  Bank  of  Italy,  built 
of  perfectly  matched  Pavanossa  marble,  and 
furnished  in  bronze  and  polished  steel  to  make 
the  edifice  absolutely  non-combustible.  Even 
the  desk  cases,  coin  trays,  etc.,  in  the  splendid 
banking  room  are  of  metal  construction  with 
mahogany  finish.  The  banking  room  itself  is 
one  of  the  finest,  a  spacious  and  most  sightly 
apartment  50  feet  square,  with  a  ceiling  22 
feet  high,  and  decorated  most  appropriately 
in  perfect  taste.  It  is  a  splendid  illustration  of 
up-to-date  enterprise  and  excellent  judgment. 

The  President  is  W.  L.  Scatena,  a  pioneer 
resident  of  San  Francisco,  noted  for  probity 
and  business  acumen.  A.  P.  Giannini,  the 
Vice-President,  is  one  of  the  most  popular 
young  bankers  in  the  country  and  a  high  type 
of  the  Native  Son  of  the  Golden  West.  He 
would  build  up  any  bank  that  was  fortunate 
enough  to  have  him  as  the  active  executive 
head.  His  brother,  Dr.  A.  H.  Giannini,  Sec- 
ond Vice-President,  is  a  prominent  and  public- 
spirited  member  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 
The  other  directors  are  well-known  and  influ 
ential  citizens — L.  D.  Bacigalupi,  physician 
and  surgeon;  George  G.  Caglieri,  capitalist; 
Jas.  J.  Pagan,  Vice-President  of  the  Crocker 
National  Bank;  C.  F.  Grondona,  real  estate; 
Adolf  Levy,  President  A.  Levy  &  J.  Zentner 
Co.;  G.  E.  Caglieri,  physician  and  surgeon; 
N.  A.  Pellerano,  Fischer  &  Pellerano,  San  Jose. 


THE   LEADING   STORE. 

THERE  are  two  White  Houses  in  America 
— the  other  is  at  Washington,  D.  C. — 
the  home  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  and  the  home  of  all  that  is  best 
in  the  dry  goods  offering  of  San  Francis- 
co. In  every  large  center  of  population  there 
is  one  outstanding  store  the  name  of  which  in- 
stantly rises  to  the  tongue  whenever  the  ques- 
tion is  asked,  "Where  do  they  sell  the  best?" 
For  the  Pacific  Coast  that  name  is  "The  White 
House,"  a  synonym  for  all  that  is  fashionable 
in  furnishings,  from  the  person  to  the  place 
of  abode.  For  more  than  two  generations  this 
high-class  establishment  has  been  recognized 
as  leading  all  the  others  in  the  quality  and 
style  of  its  leading  dress  fabrics  and  draperies 
of  all  descriptions,  and  since  extending  its  op- 
erations to  include  all  branches  of  the  modern 
department  store  it  has  set  the  standard 
for  the  eity.  In  that  evolution  of  the  dry 
goods  trade  in  the  direction  of  the  universal 
provider,  the  White  House  has  always  kept 
abreast  of  the  times,  so  that  today  the  pala- 
tial premises  occupying  half  a  block  on  Grant 
avenue,  Sutter  and  Post  streets,  contain  every 
article  to  be  found  in  the  world's  best  estab- 
lishments of  that  class.  In  addition  to  the 
standard  lines  of  soft  materials  of  all  textures, 
art  furniture,  books,  bronzes  and  the  many 
other  goods  for  which  the  house  is  famous, 
there  is  for  the  Christmas  and  New  Tear 
gift  season  a  splendid  assortment  of  high-grade 
and  artistic  novelties.  In  the  sales  of  the  cur- 
rent season  a  record  has  been  established,  the 
figures  showing  a  substantial  advance  on 
those  of  any  previous  year.  This  is  significant 
of  both  the  rapidly  growing  popularity  of  the 
store  and  the  healthy  condition  of  trade  in  the 
city.  Of  the  things  that  can  be  seen  nowhere 
else  in  San  Francisco  the  White  House  is  a 


veritable  repository,  to  inspect  which  is  a  re- 
fined entertainment  and  a  liberal  education. 
To  Mr.  Raphael  Weill  belongs  the  credit  of 
successfully  directing  the  affairs  of  this  re- 
markable institution.  The  merchant  prince  of 
San  Francisco,  he  is  as  well  known  in  Paris 
as  he  is  in  this  city,  and  to  his  intimacy  with 
that  originating  center  of  the  world's  modes 
and  manners  is  due  the  fact  that  the  White 
House  keeps  San  Francisco  in  immediate  touch 
with  the  pulse  of  fashion. 


E.F.HUTT0N&C0. 


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And   St.   Francis  Hotel. — Tel.   Douglas  3982 


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Private  "Wire  to  Chicago  and  New  York 


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J.  Barth  &  Co. 

BROKERS 

Local  and  Eastern  Stocks 
and  Bonds 


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MAIN    OFFICE — Mill!     Buildine,     Sin     Fran- 
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BRANCH  OFFICES — Lo>  Angelea,  8»n  Die- 
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ash.;  Vancourer,  B.  C. 


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Saturday,   December  21,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


A  MODEST   ESTIMATE. 

POLITICAL  circles  are  more  amused  than 
excited    by    the   controversy      between 

Railroad    Commissi r    Bshelman    and 

President  Sproule  of  the  Southern  Pacific, 
who  said  thai  the  Railroad  Commission  had 
-:.\.-.l   the   State   $2,000,000,   which   was  just 

the    interest    on    the    $40, the    "blue 

-i.\  "  reformers  scared  away  From  California. 
Thai  estimate  is  surely  all  too  mi.m1.-si.  The 
railroad  president's  arrow  evidently  found  an 
opening  in  Eshelman 's  slats.  There  ia  uo 
form   of   truth   so   hateful   to  your   frothy   re- 

t ier  as   to   be  told  that    he,  the  apostle  oi 

progress!  von  ess  j  is  a  brake  on  the  wheels  oi 
real  progress.  No  wonder  Bshelman  grew  fur- 
ious and  i:i\ odi 

— ♦ — 


THOKNWELL  MULLALLY  DINNEK. 

THE  spirit  oi  g l-fellowship  pervaded 
fully  the  banquet  to  Thornwell  Mullally 
at  the  Cliff  Elouse.  The  menu  was  be- 
yond criticism  and  the  service  perfect.  Not 
so  several  of  the  speeches  which,  though  well- 
intended,  ranged  from  the  indifferent  to  more 
mp,  because  of  a  surplus  of  seriousness.  One 
of  the  most  enjoyable  oratorical  stunts  was 
by  the  guest  oi  the  evening,  who  eschewed 
oratory  ami  gave  the  banqueters  a  bunch  ot 
well-told  stories  strung  together  with  timely 
philosophic  rum  meats.  It  was  very  well  re- 
ceived, as  was  a  response  by  Dick  Hotaling, 
whose  incisive  wit  set  the  table  in  a  roar. 
Altogether,  it  was  one  of  tlie  jolliest  banquets 
of  the  year,  ami  was  attended  by  a  large  num- 
ber of  well  known  men  who  are  active  in  the 
affairs  of  San   Francisco. 


PANAMA-PACIFIC     EXPOSITION. 

FROM  the  pictures  in  this  issue  readers 
may  form  some  idea  of  the  grandeur  and 
magnitude  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Ex- 
position to  be  opened  here  in  1915.  But  the 
buildings  shown  and  upon  which  work  is  to 
begin  at  once  are  only  a  first  installment  of 
t he  structures  that  will  adorn  the  grounds. 
California  and  San  Francisco  are  pledged  to 
an  expenditure  of  $17,000,000.  Other  States 
have  voted  and  promised  to  vote  sums  totaling 
over  $l(i,iiiMi,iioo.  Congress  is  expected  to  ap 
piopriate  $2,000,000.  Foreign  countries  have 
intimated  the  expenditure  of  at  least  $10,000,- 

It    is  safe  to  say  that  by  1915  no  less 

than  $50,000,000  will  be  expended  upon  what 
is  already  certain  to  be  the  world's  record  in 
into i national   expositions. 

1 

HOW  Helen  (iould  and  Finley  Shepard  must 
have    smiled    up     their    mutual    sleeve 
when    those   idiotorial  writers  were   la- 
boriously proving  the  right  of  the  millionairess 
to  remain  a  spinster  if  she  chose!     They  have 
been  engaged  for  several  months. 


Gray  hair  restored  to  its  natural  color  by  Al 
f redum  's  Egyptian  Henna — a  perfectly  harm- 
less dye,  and  the  effect  is  immediate.  The 
most  certain  and  satisfactory  preparation  for 
the  purpose.     Try  it.     At  all  druggists. 

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-THE  WASP  ~ 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


WINTER    OPEN-AIR   FLOWER   MARKET. 

This  view  of  the  junction  of  Kearny,  Market  and  Geary  streets,  the  business  heart  of  San  Francisco, 
is  very  interesting,  as  it  shows  not  only  the  complete  architectural  restoration  of  the  neighbor- 
hood, but  the  rehabilitation  of  the  open-air  flower  market,  which  blooms  winter  and  summer,  to 
the  great  delight   of  visitors  from  less  favored  climes. 


Market  Street  Stables 


New  Class  A  concrete  building,  recreation 
yard,  pure  air  and  sunshine.  Horses 
boarded  $25  per  month,  box  stalls  $30 
per  month.  LIVERY.  Business  and 
park  rics  and  saddle  horses. 


C.  B.  DREW,  Prop. 

1840  Market  Street.        San  Francisco 

PHONE   PABK  263. 


For  Health,  Strength 

DAMIANA  BITTERS 

Naber,    Alfs   &   Brune,   Agents. 
635  Howard  St.,  opp.  new  Montgomery  St. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    4. 

ANITA  M.  ROSSETER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erly herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend 
ants. — Action    No.    33,338. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
soas  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
properly  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  herebv  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ANITA  M.  ROSSETER,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  Coun- 
ty, within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property, 
or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particular- 
ly described  as   follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Duboce  Avenue,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
seventy  (170)  feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the'  intersection  of  the  .southerly  line  of  Duboce 
Avenue  with  the  westerly  line  of  Valencia  Street, 
and  runnig  thence  westerly  and  along  said  line  of 
Duboce  Avenue  thirty-three  (33)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  ninety  (90) 


feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  thirty-three 
(33)  feet,  four  (4)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  ninety  (90)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  MISSION  BLOCK  Number 
26. 

Yon  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit: 
that  it  be  aa]udged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  her  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may  be   meet   in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,    this 
10th   day  of   December,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.  DUNWORTH,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  De- 
cember,   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,    or  lien   upon,    said  property    adverse   to   plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,    San  Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    4. 

JOHN  S.  DRUM,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim- 
ing any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — 
Action    No.    33,337. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
leodanis,    greeting : 

You  are  herebv  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  S.  DRUM,  plaintiff,  filed  with 
the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  prop- 
erty, or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  Sau  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and 
particularly    described    as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Broadway  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  ana 
fifty-nine  (15;*/  feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Broad- 
way Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Divisadero 
Street,  and  running  thence  westerly  along  said  line 
of  Broadway  Street  thirty-five  (35)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  thirty-five  (35)  feet;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  point  of  begin- 
ning; being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION  BLOCK 
Number    494. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit; 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may   be   meet    in    the   premises. 

Witness  mv  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
10th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.   DUNWORTH,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  De- 
cember,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plaint- 

TIIE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY.  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


Office  Hours 
9  a.  m.  to  5:20  p.  m. 
Phone  Douglas  1501 


Residence 
573  Fifth  Avenue 
Hours  6  to  7:30  p.  m. 
Phone  Pacific  275 
W.  H.  PYBURN 

NOTARY  PUBLIC 

My  Motto  "ALWAYS  IN" 

On  parle  Francais  Se  habla  Espano 

Office:  229  Montgomery  Street 
San  Francisco  California 


MARTHA'S  LETTER. 


UBS    tiLAm  S    \  \N    KLYMER, 

Hotel  few     V'>rk, — 

DEAR  GLADYS:  —  «ot  Id  many  years  have  bo 
many  <>{  the  prominent  people — those  who  really 
counl  for  something  in  socioty  -entertained  nn  >■ 
large  scale.  The  Tei  is  familj  has  led  all  othci 
There  was  the  grand  ball  al  the  Palace  Ho'  '.  givei. 
by  Mrs.  Sharon  she  i*  a  Tevis,  you  know.  Kcr 
first  husband  was  Congressman  Breckonbridge,  son 
i.i  iii.'  i.iin. .H,  Vive  President  John  0,  Breckonbridge 
■  •I'  Kentucky.  l»r.  Harry  Tevis,  the  English  bachelor, 
who   has  been   given  up  in  despair  bj    matchmaking 

mamas,    gives   a    Bmart    ball    at    the    Palac New 

Vi'iir-,  to  poy  off  his  social  obligations.     The  doctor 
in  very  popular. 

The  Gordon  Blandings — Mrs.  Blending  is  also  a 
Tevis — gave  jm  elaborate  ten  last  Saturday  at  the 
Fairmont — a  delightful  place  for  such  an  affair.  It 
was  by  for  the  most  elaborate  day  function  of  the 
season.  The  wealth  «>f  American  beauty  roses  wns 
amazing.  It  was  a  shame  that  it  was  such  a  Btormy 
afternoon,  for  the  rain  came  down  in  torrents,  and 
as  a  consequence  the  tea  was  not  ;is  well  attended 
as  it  might  have  been.  The  receiving  party  was  ex- 
tremely large,  and  included  many  friends  'if  Mrs. 
Blanding,  as  well  as  all  the  debutantes.  Miss  Hen- 
rietta Blnnding,  who,  as  you  know,  is  by  far  the 
most  feted  bud  oj  the  season,  looked  lovely  in  a 
Parisian  gown  of  white  chiffon,  and  Mrs.  Blanding, 
who  has  been  very  ill  for  some  lime,  seemed  quite 
to  have  regained  her  health  again. 

Beatrice  Nickel  mode  her  debut  on  Thursday,  at 
a   very  large  tea  given  by  her  mother,   Mrs.  .T.  LeRoy 


MISS  DOROTHY  DEAN 

One  of  the  interesting  debutantes  of  this  season, 
niece  of  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young. 


Nickel,  at  their  attractive  home  on  Laguna  and 
Vhii  know  they  bought  the 
Horace  Hill  house  and  remodoled  it  entirely  bo 
that    it    about    doubled    its   former   Bize, 

Miss  Beatrice,  you  know,  is  tin'  onlj  daughtor,  and 
i  need  no!  particularize  the  fact  that  Bhe  is  some* 
thing  of  an  heiress,  as  her  mother  was  Miss  Nellie 
Miller,    daughter    of    thai    great    landed    proprietor, 

Henry    Miller,    wl wned    so   much    pasturage   and 

agricultural  land  that  'twas  said  a  I  m  ml  red  thou- 
sand acres  once  got  mislaid  or  mixed  no  clerically 
in  the  annual  accounting,  and  the  lawyers  had  quite 
a  time  straightening  h  out.  The  urea  of  some  of 
the  German  kingdoms  could  bo  cut  off  the  vast  estate 
of  the  firm  'if  Miller  &■  Lux  and  there  would  be 
still  land  enough  left  to  feed  a  respectable  herd  ol 
Bteers. 

The  Nickel  family  spend  much  of  their  time  on 
their  fine  ranch  al  Gilroy  and  give  charming  house- 
parties  there.  That  interesting  young  debutante, 
Miss  Dorothy  Baker,  made  Miss  Nickel  the  motif  of 

a    very    pretty    luncheon    this    week    at    the    Town    and 

Country   Club,   at   which   a   group  of  young  girls  of 

the    most    exclusive    set    were   guests. 

You  have  heard  no  doubt  that  the  mercurial 
Pel  ton  Hikins  u'"t  lather  a  nasty  fall  on  his  head 
playing  polo  at  Burlingame.  Felton  is  a  plucky 
chap,  and  as  soon  as  he  could  sit  up  and  blink 
be  wanted  his  pony.  But  that's  only  a  small  affair, 
as  lie  is  well  again.  Much  more  important  is  the 
whisper  going  around  the  smartest  set  that  the  clever 
young  clubman  and  playwright  is  rather  seriously 
devoted  tu  the  eertain  grass  widow  who  has  scalps 
by  the  srnn-  dangling  from  her  belt.  There  is  no 
end  of  comment.  I  leave  you  to  guess  the  fair 
lady's  name,  and  I  don't  think  you  will  have  much 
trouble  when  I  say  she  has  lived  most  of  her  mar- 
ried life  abroad.  There  are  three  local  gallants  who 
believe  they  are  the  "candy  kids,"  so  to  speak, 
hut  from  what  I  hear  they  would  have  the  surprise 
of  their  lives  if  the  fair  object  of  their  devotion 
w,ri'  put  on  the  witness  stand  and  compelled  to 
declare  her  choice.  Pelton  would  loom  up  a  mile 
ahead    in    the   race. 

Will  Tevis  Jr.  is  coming  quite  into  prominence  as 
a  polo  player.  He  only  took  it  up  last  summer,  but 
as  he  is  a  wonderful  rider  it  was  easy  enough  for 
him.  He  is  one  of  those  reckless,  dare-devil  chaps 
who  will  attempt  anything.  Riding  wild  steers  at 
his  Bakersfield  ranch  was  only  a  joke  for  him.  This 
young  man  is,  of  course,  much  sought  after  by  wise 
mammas,  as  he  has  money  to  burn  and  is  a  decidedly 
attractive  young  fellow  to  booi.      So  do  you  wonder! 

This  week  has  been  one  round  of  dances  again. 
I  never  knew  of  so  many  in  my  life.  Last  Tuesday 
evening  Mrs.  A.  P.  Hotaling  and  Jane  gave  a  ball 
for  Phyllis  de  Young  at  the  St.  Francis,  which  was 
a  most  elaborate  affair.  You  know  the  De  Youngs 
and  Hoialings  have  always  been  bucIi  intimate 
friends.  Wednesday  night  the  Gaiety  Club  held  its 
first  dance,  and  all  the  ullra-exclusives  made  merry. 
This  Saturday  evening  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Stetson 
are  giving  a  dance  for  Sophie  Beylard  at  their  home 
in  Burlingame.  Mrs.  Stetson,  you  know,  was  prett> 
Josephine  Brown  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  one  of  the 
most  fascinating  women  in  the  peninsula  colony. 
Miss  Beylard  is  quite  pretty  and  attractive,  and  will 
in.  doubt  develop  the  charming  personality  which 
has  always  made  her  mother  such  a  favorite.  Don't 
you  think  the  Beylards  place,  "Wayside,"  is  one  of 
the  prettiest  in   Burlingame? 

The  younger  set  are  all  lamenting  that  Mrs.  Dar- 
ling   has    had    to    recall    the    invitations    for   her    New 


Year    "rag    masque,"    owing    to    Colonel    Darling's 

death.     She  is  going  tu  be  missed  over  bo  much  this 

winter!        She     is    BUch    an     untiring    h'.-'i's.s    ami     wry 

wealthy,  too,  for  her  father,  the  famous  Supreme 
Justice  Hustings,  left  a  good  estate.  They  say  she 
resembles  him  in  mental  vigor.  You  know  she  told 
me  a  year  ago  Major  Darling  was  in  Buch  poor  health 
sln>  would  certainly  outlive  him.  she  said  she  never 
fancied   being  called  Darling- — it  sounded  so  silly. 

''.My  dear,  do  I  look  iik who  Bhould  be  called 

Darling?  Nn.  of  course  not.  I  am  far  too  severe- 
looking  for  that,  Catherwood,  my  former  name,  suits 
me  much  better,  and  Catherwood  I  shall  be  it'  a 
widow."  Every  one  in  society  is  now  awaiting  de- 
velopments. Your  stunning  friend,  Mrs,  Dargioj  has 
just  left  for  New  York  and  Europe  again.  I  saw  her 
while  she  was  here.  Mr.  Dargie  and  her  bosom 
friend,  Kale  Henry,  certainly  made  a  stunning  COU- 
ple,  Mrs.  Dargie  In  black,  which  is  such  a  contrast 
with  her  white  hair,  and  Kate  Henry  in  purple.  Shi) 
is  affecting  purple  this  season,  and  wears  a  huge 
purple  hat  with  blaCK  plumes,  a  wonderful  purple 
Velvet      gown,     with     shoes     and     hose     lo     match,     ami 

that    with    her    blonde    hair    completes    the    picture, 

They     were     always    together    al     luncheons     and     Iras 

at  the  hotels,  and  in  fact  most  everywhere  you  went 

they  were  the  target  of  interest.  There  will  be  a 
blank  spot  in  Bohemia  till  Mrs.  D.  comes  back 
from    her   travels. 

Yours  affectionately,  MARTHA. 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Prances    Thompson    Photo. 

MRS.  FREDERICK  WILLARD  SPERRY 

(nee  Brooks) 

The    husband   of   this    pretty   young   bride   is   a 

nephew  of  Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker. 


40 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


Son  and  Heir. 

An  interesting  bit  of  news  for  society  is  the  an- 
nouncement that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Antoine  Borel  Jr. 
have  become  the  happy  parents  of  a  son  and  heir, 
born  to  them  in  their  apartments  in  the  Hillsboro. 
Prior  to  her  marriage  to  the  son  of  Banker  Antoine 
Borel,  one  of  our  best-known  and  most  respected 
citizens,  Mrs.  Antoine  Borel  Jr.  was  Miss  Maida 
McMahon,  an  exceedingly  popular  as  well  as  pretty 
belle.     The  marriage  took  place  here  a  few  years  ago. 


Californians  in  India. 
There  are  a  large  number  of  San  Franciscans  on 
the  "Cleveland's"  cruise  around  the  world,  and 
their  many  friends  in  this  city  will  be  interested  to 
read  the  latest  report  from  Captain  Kier.  The  cable 
says:  "The  'Cleveland'  left  here  this  morning,  one 
day  later  than  scheduled,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Benares  and  Darjeeling  tourists.  The  'Across  India' 
tourists  made  the  trip  from.  Darjeeling  to  Tiger  Hill 
on  horseback  and  in  Sedan  chairs.  The  sunshine 
enabled  the  passengers  to  get  a  clear  view  of  Mount 
Everest,  the  highest  m  the  woild.  In  Lucknow  a 
lawn  party  was  arranged  in  honor  of  the  passengers 
who  took  part  in  the  'Across  India'  trip.  The  Ben- 
ares and  the  two  Darjeeling  .excursions  proved  a 
great  success.  In  Benares  the  passengers  were  en- 
tertained at  a  lawn  party  at  which  the  Maharajah  of 
Benares  put  at  our  disposal  the  court  orchestra,  ele- 
phants and  camels  with  gorgeous  decorations.  The 
trip  by  boat  on  the  River  Ganges  in  Benares  was  of 
great  interest  to    the  passengers.      Everybody  well." 


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again  and  I  ain't  bought  half  my  presents 
yet.  It's  all  on  account  of  getting  mixed 
up  in  that  movement  against  hanging 
murderers.  Goodness  me,  it's  a  puzzle  I 
Sometimes  I  think  they  ought  to  have  their  necks 
stretched,  and  then  again  I  don't.  I've  had  such  a 
headache  over  it!  I've  done  nothing  but  drink  tea 
all  day,  and  yet  my  nerves  are  shaking  like  a  lot  of 
stockings  on  a  clothes-lines.  Why  on  earth  don't 
the  women  leave  all  these  ugly  subjects  to  the  men 
to  worry  over?  That  s  all  the  creatures  are  fit  for. 
Goodness  me! 

I  told  Pauline  Jawemson  I'd  attend  their  24-hour 
protest  meeting  against  hanging,  but  I  wouldn't 
talk.  Lands  sake !  The  idea  of  my  getting  up  and 
speaking  to  a  crowd  on  the  street  like  that!  And 
of  course  every  stray  murderer  who  was  afraid  of 
his  neck  would  be  around  listening.  Ughl  It  gives 
me   the   shivers. 

Pauline  said  the  moral  support  I'd  give  the 
meeting  by  my  presence  would  be  better  than  noth- 
ing, and  I'd  surely  enjoy  the  addresses  of  all  the 
talented  writers  and  speakers — Miss  Bessie  Beatit, 
Miss  St.  Francis  Jolly  and  Mrs.  Fairmont  Scolder. 
She  said  they  were  all  going  to  write  novels  and 
plays  describing  the  meeting  and  have  it  photo- 
graphed, and  I'd  better  get  up  well  to  the  front 
and  have  my  picture  taken.  My  old  friends  at  Coon 
Creek,  back  in  Massachusetts,  would  be  so  glad  to 
get  it  with  a  Christmas  copy  of  the  Evening  Anar- 
chist. Pauline  said  that  the  leading  article  on  the 
proper  observance  of  Christmas  would  be  written  by 
a  young  man  that  had  robbed  poor-boxes  and  set 
fire  to  an  orphan  asylum,  and  was  pardoned  in  hopes 
that  he'd  do  worse  before  long.  If  he  got  really 
desperate,  she  said,  he'd  probably  be  promoted  to 
managing  editor.  I  could  go  round  and  have  a 
chat  with  him  at  the  editorial  rooms  of  the  Anar- 
chist after  the  24-hour  meeting,  she  said,  if  he  was 
sober.  Goodness  mel  Who'd  ever  think  how  those 
great  moral  movements  are  carried  on  if  you  didn't 
have    a    hand    in    them ! 

I  got  Ethyl  Gayleigh  to  go  with  me  to  the  24- 
hour  meeting  by  promising  her  a  lobster  salad  lunch, 
but,  lands  sakel  she  was  more  bother  than  good. 
She  kept  jerking  my   sleeves    and   prodding  my  ribs. 

"Oh,  cut  out  this  lunatic  asylum,  Tabby,  and  let's 
go  look  at  the  shop  windows!''  she  kept  saying — so 
loud  people  around  could  hear.  Pauline  Jawemson 
looked  real  mad,  and  I  thought  she'd  give  her  a  jab 
of  her  lead  pencil   in   the   back. 

I  don't  know  what  might  have  happened  if  my 
Japanese  boy,  Makakashi,  hadn't  come  rushing  up 
as  if  the  anti-Jap  League  was  chasing  him.  Goodness 
me,  he'd  come  racing  all  the  way  from  home  to  tell 
me  the  grocer's  bulldog  chased  my  dear,  sweet  little 
Juliet  over  the  back  fence  and  scared  her  so  she'd 
got   fits. 

Goodness  me!  There's  one  class  of  people  I'd 
certainly  uot  save  from  the  gallows,  and  that  is  cor- 
ner grocers  that  keep  bulldogs  that  don't  like  pretty, 
well-behaved    cats. 

I  won't  go  to  the  Legislature  lobbying  with  Paul- 
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empted from  hanging.  TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


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42 


-THE  WASP  - 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    10. 

JOSEPH  A.  STARCK,  Plaintiff,  vs.  MARY 
STARCK,   Defendant. — Action   No.   46,006. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  and  the  complaint  hied  in  the  office  of  the 
County    Clerk    of    said    City    and    County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing   to    MARY    STARCK,    Defendant: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above  named  plaintiff 
in  Ihe  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  "  complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the  ser- 
vice on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within  this 
(Jily  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  willful  de- 
sertion, also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully 
appear  in  the  complaint  on  file,  to  which  special 
reference    is    hereby    made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plaintiff 
will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  de- 
manded in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  conlract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded in   the   complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  11th  day  of  De- 
cember.   A.    D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREYY,    Clerk. 

By  W.  R.  CASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  De- 
cember, A.  D.   1912. 

YOGELSANG   &  BROWN,    Attorneys   for  Plaintiff. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

IDA  BOLTEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming 
any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,892. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  IDA  BOLTEN,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  sum- 
mons, and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any, 
you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly   described    as    follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southeaster- 
ly line  of  Mission  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-five 
(85)  feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Mission 
Street  with  the  northeastern'  line  of  Eighth  Street, 
and  running  thence  northeasterly  along  said  line  of 
Mission  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  eighty  (80)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southwesterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  eighty  (SO)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  ONE  HUN- 
DRED VARA  BLOCK  Number  407. 

SECOND :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
erly line  of  Silliman  Street,  distant  thereon 
twenty-eight  (28)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  form- 
ed by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sil- 
liman Stret  with  the  easterly  line  of  Dartmouth 
Street,  and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 
of  Silliman  Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100 1  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  twenty-seven  (27) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hun- 
dred (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being 
lot  number  25,  block  52,  as  per  map  of  the  property 
of  the  RAILROAD  AVENUE  HOMESTEAD  ASSO- 
CIATION. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  sole  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  hel 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
34th  day  of  October,   A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  2nd  day  of  Nov- 
ember,   A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street.    San    Francisco.    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    2. 

ANNA  McMAHON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim- 
ing any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — 
Action   No.    33,143. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ANNA  McMAHON,  plaintiff,  filed  with 
the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this 
summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lieu,  if 
any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property, 
or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of  Sev- 
enteenth Avenue,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section 01  the  westerly  line  of  Seventeenth  Avenue 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Anza  (formerly  "A") 
Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along  said  line 
of  Seventeenth  Avenue  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty 
(120  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  twenty- 
five  (25-  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of 
beginning;  being  part  of  OUTs^DE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number    267. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  her  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description:  that  plaintiff  recover  her  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be   meet   in   the   premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the   seal  of  said  Court,    this 
21st  day  of  November,  A.  D.   j.912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Decem- 
ber,  A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  .ta  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    1. 

ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRIE  G.  Mc 
ELROY,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof.  Defendants. — Action  No. 
33,086. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants, greeting: 

You  are  herebv  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRIE  G. 
McELROY,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
nbove  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as  fol- 
lows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Moss  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hundred  and  fiftj 
(250)  feet  southeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northeasterly  line  of  Moss 
Street  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Howard  Street, 
and  running  thence  southeasterly  and  along  said  line 
of    Moss    Street    twenty- five    (25)    feet;    thence    at    a 


right  angle  northeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  twenty-five  (25; 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southwesterly 
seventy-five  (75)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number 
248. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit: 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  their 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  saiu 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiffs 
recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal   of  said  Court,    this 
13th   day    of  November,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  23rd  day  of  No- 
vember,   A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  aim  County  of  San 
Francisco.      Department   No.    5. 

WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZABETH  MANN, 
his  wife,  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.   3U871. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  H.  MANN  and  ELIZA- 
BETH MANN,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,    particularly    described   as    follows: 

Commencing  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  in- 
tersection of  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (for- 
merly "Q")  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Twenty- sixth  (26th)  Avenue ;  running  thence  west 
erly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Quintara  (formerl.v 
"Q")  Street  twenty-four  (24)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  twenty-four  (24) 
feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th) 
Avenue ;  aud  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  and 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  (26th)  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  com- 
mence ment  Being,  part  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS 
BLOCK    No.    1052. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the 
owners  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
their  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quiet- 
ed ;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  es- 
tates, rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to 
said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested 
or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of 
mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plain- 
tiffs recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other 
and   further  relief   as   may    be   meet  in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,    this 
10th  day  of  October,   A.  D   191;;. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.    1    .PORi^R,    Deputy    Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of 
October,    A.   D.    1912 

GERALD  L.  HALSEY,  No.  501-502-503  Califor 
nia  Pacific  Building,  Sutter  and  Montgomery  Sts., 
San    Francisco,    Cal.,    Attorney    for    Plaiutiffs. 


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WHEN  USING  MAYEELE'S  GERMAN  EYEWATER  for  weak,  tired,  in- 
flamed, dull,  watery,  strained  or  discharging  eyes,  floating  ipoti,  crusty 
eyelids,  etc.  It  giree  instant  relief.  For  infants  or  adults.  At  all  drug- 
gists', 50c;  or  by  mail,  65e. 

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Ada   Roevc   at   the   Oiphtum. 

As    BRIGHT   Biid    sparkling    in    liei    boii&s,    and 
even    mure    vivacious    in    ber    gestures    111:11, 
1     Ada   Reeve,   ^1 1 1 1   itueoa   01    the 
I    corned)    stage,    roturued    lo    the    warmest    "i 
welcomes  al   the  Orpheum  on  Sundoj       When  last — 
a  1 1  it   first  —  seen   here  the  dainty   1  »medieniu    was  at 

ill.'    disadvantage    of    having    ' ■    attended    nlmjsi 

to  the  footlights  by  her  pnysician.  li  wan  .1  trying 
ordeali  but  the  clever  little  w  iman  always  succe  ided 
in  putting  across  that  peculiar  charm  which  diatin- 
guiahea  her  from  all  other  artists  both  on  thi  nod 
the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic,     I   think   the  critical 

ear  will  detect   a  tiighl   fraying  al    tt Iges  <>f  her 

notes  in  the  upper  register,  bul  jus)  as  you  begin  to 
aotice  1  lie  uncertainty  out  c  imea  one  ol  those  joy- 
ously winsome  smiles  or  peals  of  merry  laughter, 
and  you  forget  nil  about  it.  Indeed,  that  forgetful- 
ness  of  everything  serious  is  just  what  -Vila  dispenses 
with  lavia.i  hands — and  feet,  too,  now  that  she  is 
herself  again.  She  is  supreme  in  thai  abandon 
which  stops  t .its  side  of  the  indelicate,  and  she  comes 
with  a  quiver  of  new  songs  all  of  which  are  delight- 
ful. 

Easily  next  on  the  program  is  the  unique  college 
sketch  by  Paul  Dickey  and  company.  Both  as  actor 
and  author  Dickey  is  one  of  the  most  screaming 
hits  that  have  been  scored  at  the  O'Farrell  street 
house  in  many  moons.  Oscar  and  Suzette,  back-to- 
back  waltz  creators,  are  a  pair  of  animated  fashion 
picture-plates,  and  their  interpretation  of  the  Ar- 
gentine Tango  is  the  poetry  of  motion  in  evening 
dress  iambics.  Caesar  Rivoli,  the  man  who  changes 
his  clothes  quicker  than  a  woman  changes  her  mind, 
is  a  second  Ugo  Biondi,  and  that  to  all  who  remem 
ber  the  genius  who  originated  the  composer-imitations 
should  be  praise  enough.  Little  Billy  leaves  this 
week,  and  for  Sunday  the  new-comers  are  Bert 
Clerk  and  Mabel  Hamilton,  who  head  the  Orpheum 
Road  Show,  Signor  Trovato,  eccentric  violinist;  T. 
Roy  Barnes  and  Bessie  Crawford,  quick-stuff  come- 
dians; Kena  and  Green,  musical  wbizzers,  and  many 
others. 


Doctor    Cook   at  the   Vantages, 

AT  THE  PANTAGES  Doctor  Cook  is  where  he 
belongs — in  high-class  vaudeville.  In  a 
nickelodeon  he  would  be  out  of  harmony, 
for,  after  all,  Cook  is  a  man  of  education  who  has 
done  things,  He  may  not  have  done  all  he  says, 
but  he  certainly  made  seven  trips  of  exploration  into 
Arctic  regions,  and  the  man  who  does  that  lias  more 
than    ordinary   disregard    of    fireside    comforts. 

Who    found   the   pole!      Well,    that's   a    query — 
Some    say    Cook    and    some    say    Peary; 
But   whether   Peary   or  Doctor   Cook, 
The   game   of   both   was   to    Bell   a   book. 

Both  have  written  books,  and  if  anything  Cook's 
ia  more  interesting  than  Peary's.  On  the  lecture 
platform  Cook  has  made  good  money,  while  Peary's 
tour  had  to  be  abandoned,  since  people  stayed  away 
so  religiously  there  was  seldom  enough  money  to 
pay  for  the  gas.  However,  the  Peary-Cook  contro- 
versy would  beguile  a  journey  to  the  farthest  fixed 
star  with  no  probability  of  agreement  at  the  end. 
This  much  is  certain.  Cook  has  scored  a  hit  at  the 
Pantages. 

The  management  has  arranged  a  wonderful  array 
of  vaudeville  talent  for  the  big  Christmas  week  bill. 
Of  the  two  headliners  the  most  impressive  will  be 
Thanhauser's  masterpiece,  "The  Star  of  Bethlehem," 


u  stupendous  Bpectucular  production  with  more  than 
one  hundred  people  in  the  cast.  'I  he  sec  md  big 
hi  Milliner  is  an  altogether  different  act,  for  il  is  uu 
ol  those  merry  musical  molan  ■■•-  in  the  wuy  "i  s  big 
picturesque  musical  extravaganza,  bearing  the  title 
■  <i  "The  Two  Thieves,"  and  taken  from  the  opera 
of  "Erminie,'1  bul  brought  up  to  date  with  twenty 
dainty  dancing  girls,  Bpecial  scenery,  elaborate  cos 
turning,  electrical  effects,  and  lots  of  lute  song-and 
dance  numbers.  The  Inside  of  a  newspaper  office 
and  the  ability  of  a  woman  as  a  journalist  will  be 
delightfully  depicted  in  "The  Editor's  Substitute," 
the  vehicle  which  Miss  Margaret  Bird  and  her  versa- 
tile  company    have    Belected    for  their  vaudeville   tour. 


U    \     MODEI 

/  \         cost  111 

•^     ^     perfoi 


At  tho  Cort. 
MODERN  EVE"  will  put  on  her  walking 
linn.'  at  the  elose  of  the  Saturday  night 
rformonce  at  the  Curt.  The  Btunning 
Chicago  chorus,  much  nearer  to  the  original  Eve  in 
the  matter  of  personal  adornment,  will  also  put  its 
stage  wardrobe  in  a  reticule  and  bid  a  farwell  kick 
to  San  Francisco.  On  Sunday  night,  and  preceded 
li\  a  whirlwind  of  gushing  press  notices,  comes  "The 
Typhoon,"  bearing  with  it  Walker  Whiteside,  the 
star  who  finally  convinced  the  critics  that  he  could 
play  Shakespeare.  W.  W.  is  now  at  the  zenith  of 
his  histrionic  powers,  and  we  have  it  on  the  author- 
ity of  the  most  discriminating  matinee  girls  of  the 
East,  that  in  nothing  has  he  been  so  convincing  as 
in  To  k  era  mo,  the  Japanese  nobleman  who  is  the 
cyclonic  hero  of  "The  Typhoon."  Until  Sunday 
we  must  take  "The  Typhoon"  on  trust,  but  we 
know  Walker  Whiteside,  and  are  confident  of  a  mas- 
terly and  dramatic  piece  of  acting.  With  the  star 
comes  a  company  many  of  the  members  of  which 
have  shone  with  more  than  the  reflected  glory  of 
attendant  satellites.  In  stage  furnishing  the  piece 
is   said   to   be   exceptionally   rich. 


Tbe  San  Francisco  Orchesara, 

MANx  things  were  demonstrated  at  the  last  con- 
cert of  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra.  Out- 
standing was  the  fact  that  an  exclusively 
Wagnerian  program  can  be  accurately  labeled  "a 
popular  concert' '  in  this  city.  A  large  audience 
marked  its  approval  of  every  number  with  greater 
emphasis  than  wine-warmed  cafe  patrons  applauding 
a  favorite  selection  from  topical  rag.  Here,  in  music 
at  least,  '  'popular' '  is  not  a  synonym  for  tawdri- 
ness  nor  triviality.  And  a  glance  at  the  program 
shows  that  the  items  were  not  selected  from  those 
moods  in  which  Wagner  most  nearly  approximated 
to  the  simpler  melody.  From  the  "Rienzi"  overture 
it  graduated  through  "Siegfrieu  s  Rhine  Journey" 
from  '  'Die  Gotterdammerung,' '  '  'Transformation 
Scene  and  end  of  act  one,  "Parsifal,"  and  "Forest 
Murmurs,  Siegfried,"  to  "Introduction  and  Love 
Death"  from  Tristan  and  Isolde."  That  surely  is 
not  the  most  "popular"  program  that  could  be  made 
up  from  Wagner.  Next  in  order  of  the  things  dem- 
onstrated was  Conductor  Hadley's  masterly  grip  of  a 
scholarly  interpretation  of  the  greatest  of  all  the 
tone-poets.  And  finally,  for  present  purposes,  the 
exquisite  work  of  the  orchestra  itself.  To  borrow 
the  text-book  eloquence  of  Saint  Anthony,  the  orches- 
tra displayed  "all  the  needed  elements  of  precision 
and  attack,  homogeneous  tone,  compact  organization 
for  effects,  dynamic  capacity  and  rhythmic  impulse." 
There  is  a  catalogue  of  compliments  for  you,  dear 
brothers  of  the  brass,  the  string,  wood  wind  and  big 
drums. 


Tomorrow,  Friday,  20th,  we  are  to  hear  tiadley 
conducting  1m>.  own  "Symphony  No.  1.  North,  Bast, 
ejjuih  ami  West,"  Gottfried  U  ale  ton,  pianist,  in 
LiBxt's  "concerto  in  E  flat,"  and  ■'Suite  No,  1,  Op, 
12,"    bj     Ma.-Dowell. 


The  Players'   Club. 

THE  PLAYERS'   CLUB  is  rehearsing  two  <.f  the 
episodes    from     "The    Affairs    "f      Anotol," 
which    is    now    being    given    with    such    very 
greal    success      at    the      Little      Theater      in    New 

Yurk  City,  and  will  use  them  in  conjunc- 
tion with  llaiiptuiiinn's  "Elga"  as  the  bill  for  the 
next    Bpecial    performance    for   associate   members  of 

the  club,  whi.-li  takes  place  in  January.  Both  "The 
Affairs  of  Anotol"  and  "Elga"  are  decided  novelties 
tn  San  Francisco,  neither  play  having  ever  been  pro- 
duced here.  "Elga"  was  produced  with  great  suc- 
cess at  the  New  Theater  in  Chicago  a  few  years  ago. 
Following  is  the  cast  for  "Elga":  Elga,  Mrs.  A.  W. 
Sent!  J.,  Mariana  ( Starelienski's  mother),  Lucille 
Alanson  Smith;  a  nurse,  Rowena  M.  Danhauer; 
Slaishen.ska,  William  Melander;  Grischka  (Elga's 
brother).  Clan-nee  E.  Heald;  Dimilri  (Elga' e  broth- 
er), Chester  Colin;  Dortka  .Elga's  maid  ,  Dagniar 
Foreman;  Oginski,  Francis  P.  Buckley;  Timosku  (the 
Steward  ),    Dion    Holm. 

The  casts  of  the  two  episodes  from  "The  Af- 
fairs of  Analol"   which  will  be  given  are  as  follows: 

The  Farewell  Supper — Anatol,  Sydney  Schlesinger; 
Max,  Francis  P.  Buckley;  waiter,  Edwin  Queen; 
Mi  mi,    Miss    El  lie    Ewing, 

The  Wedding  Morn — Anatol,  Sydney  Schlesinger; 
Max,  Francis  P.  Buckley;  Franz,  Frank  Spencer; 
Lona,    Miss  Pauline    Hillenbrand. 


Godowsky. 

LEOPOLD  GODOWSKY,  the  great  master-pian- 
ist, who  is  now  touring  America  for  the 
first  time  in  over  a  decade,  played  with  the 
Thomas  Orchestra  in  Chicago  last  week,  where  he 
more  than  duplicated  the  marvellous  scenes  of  en- 
thusiasm that  greeted  him  in  New  York.  Godowsky 
is  now  headed  for  San  Francisco,  where  he  is  to 
appear  under  the  Green baum  management  on  the 
Sunday  afternoons  of  January  5th  and  12th,  at  the 
Columbia  Theater,  and  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  Jan- 
uary 14th.  at  Ye  Liberty  Playhouse  in  Oakland.  At 
the  conclusion  of  his  engagements  here  he  will  im- 
mediately return  to  Chicago,  where  he  has  been 
re-engaged  to  appear  with  the  Thomas  Orchestra. 
This    is    the    first    time    in    the    history   of   that    grand 


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LEADING  THEATER 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter   2460. 


Last  Time  Tonight, 
"A   MODERN  EVE" 


BEGINNING  TOMORROW    (SUNDAY I    NIGHT 

2    Weeks — Mats.    Saturday   and    Special, 
Holiday  Mats.   Christmas  and   New  Year's   Eve, 

WALKER  WHITESIDE 

In    the    International    Dramatic    Sensation, 

"THE  TYPHOON" 

The  Most  Popular  Play  of  the  Otntury. 


44 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


institution  that  the  same  artist  will  appear  as  soloist 
twice  in  one  season,  but  Godowsky  is  all  that  has 
been  claimed  for  him,  the  "Master-pianist"  of 
them  all. 

Manager  Greenbaum  will  also  present  in  January, 
the  peerless  Sembrich,  admittedly  the  queen  of  so- 
pranos, and  a  series  of  combination  concerts  to  be 
given  by  Mine.  C'orinne  Ryder-Kelsey,  soprano, "and 
Claude    Cunningham,    baritone. 


Kohler  &  Chase  Matinees. 

THE  Kohler  &  Chase  matinee  program  for  Satur- 
day afternoon,  December  21st,  will  have  a 
Christmas  flavor.  The  soloist  will  be  Miss 
Fanny  Myra  Bailey,  soprano.  Miss  Bailey  scored 
such  a  brilliant  success  at  her  recent  appearance 
she  has  been  re-engaged.  She  will  sing  Cantique  de 
Noel,  by  Adam.  The  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ  will  also 
share  in  the  festival  spirit.  Mr.  Riggs  sent  espe- 
cially for  two  roles  emblematic  of  the  Christmas  at- 
mosphere, and  lu-  has  selected  Guilmanfs  Offertory 
on  Two  Christmas  Hymns,  and  a  Christmas  Fantasy 
by  Best.  These  works  are  exceptionally  beautiful. 
Tlu>  former  cjntaias  passages  for  chimes  and  sleigh 
bells.  Other  items  on  the  jji-ogram  are:  Etude,  Op. 
24,  No.  1  (Moszkowsky),  the  Pianola  Player  Piano; 
Etude,  Op.  25,  No.  9  (Chopin),  Valse  Caprice,  Op. 
116  (Raff),  Pianola  Player  Piano;  Heimliche  Auffor- 
derung.  Op.  27,  No.  3  (Strauss),  I  Know  a  Hill 
(Whelpley),  'Tis  Snowing  (Bemberg  ,  Miss  Bailey, 
with  Pianola    accompaniment. 


Dr.   Stewart's  Masses. 

Two  of  Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart's  masses,  No.  1  in  D 
minor,  and  No.  2,  St.  Anthony,  have  recently  been 
selected  for  performance  in  the  Catholic  Cathedral 
at  Westminster,  England.  The  significance  of  this 
distinguished  honor  to  the  well-known  San  Francis- 
co composer  is  in  the  fact  that  the  music  at  this 
cathedral  is  famed  throughout  England  as  of  the 
very  best  in  devotional  melody. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    7. 

CARLTON  GARFIELD  POWERS,  plaintiff,  vs. 
MARGARET    POWERS,    Defendant. — No.    45,648. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the 
State  of  California  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the 
office   of  the   County  Clerk   of  said   City  and   County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet 
ing     to     MARGARET     POWERS,     Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above-named  plaintiff  in 
the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the 
service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  extreme 
cruelty;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully 
appear  in  the  complaint  on  file,  to  which  special 
reference   is   hereby    made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plain- 
tiff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded   in    the    complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Supe- 
rior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  Ony  and  County  of  Son  Francisco,  this  21st 
day   of   November,    A.   D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  W.  R.  CASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk. 
GERALD     C.     HALSEY,     Attorney     for     Plaintiff, 
501-502-503    California    Pacific    Building,    105    Mont 
gomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.     Dept.    10. 

WILLIAM  R.  KENNY,  Plaintiff  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.     Action   No.    32943. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sona   claiming    any    interest    in,    or    lien    upon,    the 


real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of, Defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  ft.  KENNY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  p-blica- 
tion  of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  Ihut  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  Soaio  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  -"westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
(100)  feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of  Arguello  Boule- 
vard with  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  along  said  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  fifty  (50) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one 
hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number    182. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
to-wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  Bimple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
23rd  day  of  October,   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  WaBp"  newspaper  on  the  9th  day  of 
November,  A.  D.  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est   in,    or   lien   upon,    the   said   property   adverse    to 

P  THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
a  corporation,  526  California  Street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco.    Cal. 


CERTIFICATE     OF     PARTNERSHIP — FICTITIOUS 
NAME. 


STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  CITY  AND  COUNTY 
of   Siin   Francisco — ss. 

We  hereby  certify  that  we  are  partners  transact- 
ing business  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  under  a  designation  not 
showing  the  names  of  the  persons  interested  as  part- 
ners in  such  business:  to-wit.  Anchor  Packing  Com- 
pany, the  place  of  business  in  said  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco  being  at  and  in  Numbers  1604-1624 
Market  Street,  in  that  certain  building  known  as 
the    Nevada    Market. 

The    names    of   the  partners    are: 

J.  H.  HAHN,  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State    of   California. 

L.  T.  FOX,  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State    of    California. 

Witness  our  hands  this  twenty-sixth  day  of  No 
vember,    1912. 

J.     H.     HAHN, 
L.     T.     FOX. 

Witnessed    by    L.    E.    SAWYER. 

State  of  California,  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco— ss. 

On  the  26th  day  of  November,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  twelve,  before  me  per- 
sonally appeared  J.  H.  Hahn  and  L.  T.  Fox,  known 
to  me  to  be  the  persons  whose  names  are  subscribed 
to  the  foregoing  instrument,  and  they  acknowledged 
to    me    that    they    executed    the    same. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  of  my  office  this  twenty- 
sixth  day  of  November,   1912. 

(SEAL)  FLORA  HALL, 

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

Endorsed:      Filed    November    26,    1912. 

H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 
By  L.   J.   WELCH,   Deputy  Clerk. 

FLETCHER  G.  FLAHERTY,  Attorney  at  Law, 
411  Crocker  Building,  San  Francisco. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.  No.  7. 

JONATHAN  F.  LEARMOND,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action  No.   33,129. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  herebv  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JONATHAN  F.  LEARMOND,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the   Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 


County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  iu  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Lots  Numbers  thirty  (30)  and  thirty-one  (31),  in 
block  number  forty-six  (46),  of  the  CITY  LAND 
ASSOCIATION,  as  per  map  thereof  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Recorder  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,    State   of  California. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  releif  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted ;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 


^.SAN   FRANCISCO    - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry Hadley-Conductor 

SIXTH     POPULAR      CONCERT 

SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  DEC.  22,  1912 
At   3:15    O'clock 

CORT  THEATER 

PROGRAM : 
Soloist:    GOTTFRIED  GALSTON,  Pianist. 

Elgar   -. March.    Pomp    and    Circumstance 

Hadley     Overture,     "In    Bohemia" 

Liszt    Concerto  in  E  Flat 

GOTTFRIED    GALSTON 
Mozart.  .Two  Movements  from  Symphony  in  G  Minor 
German. Three    Dances    from    Henry    VIII. 

Seats  on  sale  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s,  Cort  The- 
ater,   and   Kohler    &    Chase's. 

Prices  S5c.  to  $1.00. 

Safest   and   Most  Magnificent   Theater   in   America! 
WEEK   BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 

Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD   OF  VAUDEVILLE  1 

Most    Positively    Last    Week, 

ADA   REEVE 


First  "Week 


0RPHEUM  ROAD  SHOW 

Direction  of  Martin  Beck. 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Box  Seats,  $1. 
Matinee    Prices     (Except    Sundays    and    Holidays), 
10c,    25c.    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  O  1670. 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 

Thanhauser's  Masterpiece, 
"THE  STAR  OF  BETHLEHEM.' 

A  Stupendous  Spectacular  Production. 


The    Picturesque    Musical    Extravaganza, 

THE  TWO  THIEVES. 

20    Singing   and  Dancing   Girls 

7 — ALL    STAR    ACTS — 7 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:16.  Sun. 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1 :80  and  8 :80.  Nights, 
Continuous  from   6:80. 


Saturday,   December  21,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


45 


Utles,   interests  sod  claims  Ed  and  to  said   property, 
ami   every   pari    thereof,   whether   the   same   bi 
*>r    equitable,    present    <>r    future, 

ad    whether    the    iu  i 
<»r  liens  "f  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recovi 
costs  herein  ami  u&we  such  other  and  further  retiel 

as    may    I..-    meet    in    th.'    premises. 

Witness  inv   band  ami  the  seal  of  said  Court,  (his 
20th  daj    -i    November.   A.  D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  11.    !.    Mi  LOREVY.    Clerk, 

By  II.   1.   PORTER,   Deput]    Clerk, 

The   tir>t    pubheat  Ion   of   this   summons   \\ .»~    made 
in    ■■'Mir    Wasp  '    newspaper  on   the   7th   d  Di 

cember,    v   D,    1912. 

PERRY   &    DAILEY,   Attorneys   for   Plaintifl     105 
Montgomery    Street,   San    PranciBoo,   <  'al. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SI  PERIOR  (JOURT  OF  THE  STAT!  OJ 
California,  in  and  f<*r  the  City  mid  County  uf  Sun 
Francisco       Oep      No.  2. 

W.    D     LAMBERT,   uomotimes   known   as    \v  \i .    l> 
LAMBERT,    Plaintiff,    w    Ail    persona   claimii 
interest    in,    or   i * «_* 1 1   nponi    the    real   property   herein 
described   or   any   part    thereof,    Defendants.  -  Action 
No.   83,255. 

\V.\I.     E,      I  Mil     II, 

Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
The   People   of   the    State   of  California:      To    all 

l<>  i ■ i-     rlaiNiiiii;    any    ml. -rest    in,    ur    lien    upon,    t lie 

real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendant  b,   greet  ing  ! 

You     are     hereby     required     to     appear     and    answer 

the  complain!  ol  W  D.  LAMBERT,  Bometimes  known 
as  WM.  I»  LAMBERT,  plaintiff,  died  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  court  and  City  ami 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  uud  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  yon  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real    property   or   any    pari    thereof,    situated    in    the 

i  it  J  ami  County  Of  San  Francise...  StUte  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly    described    as    follows. 

FIRST;  Beginning  on  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Rodgera  Street  (formerly  Folsom  Avenue),  at  a 
point  distant  southeasterly  one  hundred  twenty-five 
i  125)  feet,  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  south- 
easterly line  oi  Folsom  Street;  running  thence  south- 
easterly along  said  line  of  Rodgers  Street  twenty- 
five  (25j  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northeasterly 
sixty  two  <(J'j)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence  ut 
right  angles  northwesterly  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
thence  ut  right  angles  southwesterly  sixty-two  (62> 
feet  six  (ti)  inches  to  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Rodgers    Street    and    the    point    of    beginning. 

Being  a  portion  of  100  VARA  BLOCK  No.  277. 

SECOND:  Commencing  ut  u  point  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Army  Street  and 
the  easterly  line  of  Twin  Peaks  Avenue,  running 
thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  line  of  Twin 
Peaks  Avenue  thirty  (30)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles 
easterly  one  hundred  and  five  (1U5)  feet;  thence  at 
right  angles  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  easterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  southerly  one  hundred  and  five  (105) 
feet;  thence  at  right  angles  westerly  one  hundred 
and  eighty    (180t    feet   to   the  point  of  beginning. 

Being  Lots  Number  20,  21,  22,  and  23  in  Block 
Number  23  as  per  map  of  STANFORD  HEIGHTS 
ADDITION,  fileu  in  the  office  of  the  Recorder  of  said 
City    and    County. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  relief 
as   may  be  meet   in   the  premises. 

Witness  rav  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,    this 
3rd   day  of  December,    A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  P.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  14th  day  of  De- 
cember,   A.   D.    1912. 

WILLIAM  E.  DOUD.  306  Bush  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  Attorney   for  Plaintm. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

CATHERINE  BLANCHFLOWER  (formerly  CATH- 
ERINE MANNION),  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim- 
ing any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — - 
Action  No.  33,039. 

GERALD  O.  HALSEY, 

Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the    complaint    of    CATHERINE    BLANCHFLOWER 


(formerly  CATHERINE  MANNION),  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  eutitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what 
interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cal- 
ifornia,    particularly    described    as    follows: 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of 
Twenty-second  (22nd)  Avenue,  distant  thereon  nine 
ty-five  (95)  feet  northerly  from  the  northerly  line 
of  Anza  (formerly  "A"  i  Street;  running  thence 
northerly  along  said  easterly  line  of  Twenty-second 
(22nd)  Avenue  twenty-five  (25) )  feet ;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterlv  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  twenty- five 
(25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one 
hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Anza  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement.  Be- 
ing part  of  OUTSIDE   LANDS  BLOCK   No.  263. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute; 
that  her  title  to  said  property  be  established  and 
quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all 
estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and 
to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that 
plaintiff  recover  her  costs  herein  and  have  such 
other  nnd  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the 
premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
7th   day   of   November,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By   H.    I.   PORTER,   Deputy   Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  16th  day  of  No- 
vember,   A.   D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,   or  lien  upon,   said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff: 

FUGAZI  BANCA  POPOLARE  OPERAIA  ITAL- 
IANA  (a  corporation),  No.  2  Columbus  Avenue,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

J.  W.  WRIGHT  &  SONS  INVESTMENT  COM- 
PANY (a  corporation;,  No.  228  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,   Cal. 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  &  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a  cor- 
poration), Jones  and  McAllister  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Cat. 

GERALD  0.  HALSEY, 
Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 

501,  502  and  503  California-Pacific  Building,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.  4. 

RAYMOND  REALTY  COMPANY  (a  corporation), 
and  BRIDGET  W.   JEROME.   Plaintiffs,    vs.   All  per- 


1    in    or    lien    upon    the    real 

property   herein   described  or  any  part   thereof,  Do- 
148. 

The   People  of  the  state  of  California,   to  all  per- 

claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  ri    I 

propert)    herein   described  or  any   pan    thereol  Dt 

■  Mug  : 

Jfou    ■  r<  quired  to  appear  and  an  iwer  the 

■    mpli i     RAYMOND    REALTS     COMPANY      (a 

cur ation   .  and  BRIDGET  W.  JEROME,  plaintiffs, 

tib-il  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court   and 
■,'.  ji  bin    three  month  ■  after  I  ae   &tb1    publics 
tion  "'  and  to  Bet  forth  what  in 

or   hen.    ti    any,    you    Dave    in   or   upon    thai    certain 

real  property,  or  any  j. art  there.  .1,  situated  in  tin- 
City  ami  County  of  bun  Francisco,  State  "f  Califor- 
nia, ami  particularly   described   at    ioHows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Polk 
Street,  distant  thereon  twenty  (20)  feet  northerlj 
M    n,    the   corner   formed   by   the   intersection   of   the 

easterly   in i    Polk  Street   with  the  northerly  line 

of  Pine  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
Baid  line  of  Polk  Street  thirty  (80)  feet;  then  ■ 
o  right  angle  easterly  sixty-two  (02]  feet,  six  tti) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty  (80) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  augle  westerly  sixty-two 
(6"jf  feet,  bix   (6)   inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 

being  part  of  WESTERS  ADDITION  BLOCK  Num- 
ber   15. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  bo  appear 

and    answer,    the    plaintiffs    Will    apply    tu    the    Court 

for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintifl  Raymond  Realty  Com- 
pany is  the  owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple 
ah  so  I  me,  subject  to  the  life  estate  of  plaint  ill" 
Bridget  W.  Jerome  therein;  thai  their  title  to  said 
properly  be  established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court 
a, seer tiii u  and  del  ermine  all  estates,  rights,  titles, 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  sent  of  said   Cuurt,    this 
22nd  day  of  November,  A.  I).    1912. 
(SEAL)  II.  I.  MULCREVY.  Clerk. 

By   H.   I.    PORTER,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  De- 
cember,  A.  D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  No.  526  California  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  California. 

CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO  (a 
municipal    corporation),    State    of    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

W.  F.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  J.  A.  DAVIS, 
Defendant. — Action    No.    39,480. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  of  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Jos. 
Kirk,    Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing to  J.  A.  DAVIS,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought 
against  you  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you 
of  this  summons — if  served  within  this  City  and 
County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served  elsewhere. 

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

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  at  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  this  23rd  day  of  October  A. 
D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

JOSEPH   KIRK,   Attorney   lor   Plaintiff. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.   No.   3. 

NATHAN  ABRAHAM,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persona 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,908. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De: 
f endants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the    complaint    of    NATHAN    ABRAHAM,    plaintiff, 


46 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  2i,  1912. 


THE  TYPHOON' 


Scene   from   the    extraordinary   drama   of  Japanese   life   in  which   Walker   Whiteside   will   be    seen   at   the    Cort    Theater   for   the 

nest  fortnight. 


filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cal- 
ifornia,  and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  sountherly  line  of 
Clay  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-one  (81)  feet, 
three  (3)  inches  easterly  from  tne  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Clay  Street 
with  the  easterly  line  of  Divisadero  Street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clay 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  (127)  feet, 
eight  and  one-fourth  (8%)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven 
( 127 )  feet,  eight  and  one-fourth  ( 8  % )  inches  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK  Number  462. 

Ton  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  he  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
16th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MTJLCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNSWORTH.  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  mad* 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  26th  day  of  Octo- 
ber,  A.  D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San  Francisco,   Cal. 


A   rose  by  any  other  name  would  be  just   as  ex- 
pensive   at    this    time    of    the    year. 


THERE  ARE  OTHERS. 

WA.  LLOYD,  a  visiting  scribe  from 
Australia,  comes  to  study  our  various 
ways  of  putting  the  lid  on  the  liquor 
traffic.  He  expresses  himself  as  horrified  by 
our  redlight  saloon,  but  he  omitted  to  mention 
that  in  Sydney,  the  purityrannical  city  he 
hails  from,  the  redlight  saloon,  or  pri- 
vate bar,  or  secret  cupboard,  is  the  only 
place  where  you  can  get  a  drink  after  11  at 
night  and  before  6  in  the  morning.  Needless 
to  say,  these  blind  pigs  charge  all  that  the 
traffic  will  bear  for  liquor  frequently  so  vile 
it  would  raise  a  blister  if  spilt  on  the  side- 
walk. He  whose  thirst  does  not  stop  sharp 
at  the  tick  of  11  must  either  carry  his  ow:i 
saloon  around  with  him  or  go  to  these  places 
where  liquor  is  not  the  only  vice.  On  Sun- 
days these  are  his  only  options.  If  Lloyd  is 
in  search  of  evidence  of  the  failure  of  prohi- 
bition, partial  as  applied  to  the  whole  peo- 
ple, or  total  as  applied  to  partial  communi- 
ties, he  will  find  nothing  in  America  more 
striking  than  can  be  found  in  the  antipodes. 
There  they  have  found  each  prohibition  town 
\  becomes  not  only  a  paradise  for  the  bottle- 
gatherers,  men  who  thrive  by  collecting  the 
domestic  "dead  marines,"  those  eloquent 
voices  of  a  system  which  compels  drinking  in 
the  family  circle,  but  a  place  where  lying  and 
perjury  grow  apace.  One  judge,  after  many 
years  of  experience  in  New  Zealand  prohibi- 
tion   districts,    said:    "It    is    to    be    doubted 


whether  prohibition  makes  more  perjurers 
than  drunkards.  Certainly  the  value  of  the 
oath  in  liquor  cases  has  declined  to  a  point 
where  we  might  just  as  well  dispense  with  it 
altogether."  We  have  surely  nothing  much 
to  teach  the  antipodes  in  the  way  of  intem- 
perate   ' '  temperance. ' ' 

♦ 

The  way  of  the  Labor  Trust:  The  Station' 
ary  Firemen  's  Union  has  increased  its  initia- 
tion fee  from  $15  to  $50,  to  remain  in  fow"n 
until  such  time  as  all  resident  members  are 
employed.  After  that  the  stranger  may  get 
a  look  in  as  a  competitor. 


The  Paper  used 
in  this  Publication 

Supplied  by 

Blake 
Moffitt 
&  Towne 

37-45    FIRST  STREET 

Telephone:    Sutter   2230. 


Saturday,  December  21,  1912.] 


THE  WASP' 


FIREMAN'S  FUND  INSURANCE  CO. 
Behind  the  wonders  accomplished  in  the 
rapid  rebuilding  of  San  Francisco  are  many 
stories  of  unprecedented  commercial  courage 
on  the  part  of  large  corporations.  01  these 
none  is  more  striking  than  the  unique 
taken  by  tli<'  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Com- 
pany  of   San    Francisco,      faced    with   about 

'. tosses  due  to  the  catastrophic 

conflagration  «>t"  April.  1906,  and  in  addition 
to  its  normal  losses  elsewhere,  with  assets 
which  "ii  January  I  of  that  year  were  valued 

al    $7,232,552,    the    i ipany,    backed    by    its 

shareholders,  never  flinched  for  :i  moment, 
bul  went  steadily  forward,  with  the  result  that 
aftar  paying  or  providing  fsi  ill  its  liabilities, 
it  had  al  the  end  of  L907,  $5,938,009  of  assets 
and  a  net  Burplus  of  $806,922  over  its  capital 
and  all  liabilities.  To  say  that  tins  is  without 
parallel  in  the  annals  of  fire  insurance  the 
world  over  is  but   d  mild  \\ny  of  putting  the 


l 


Elegant  Gifts 
in  Novelties  and 
Articles  of  Service 


Tempting  displays 
of  the  most  com- 
plete stock,  skill- 
fully arranged  for 
convenience  in  in- 
specting and  mak- 
ing selections. 


COMBINATION  JEWEL  SET— Scarf 
Pin  and  Links — A  varied  assortment. 

at $2.00 

LEATHER  COLLAR  BAGS  of  sheep- 
skin, shown  in  brown  and  tan,  some 
designed .  with  pockets  for  collar 
buttons $2.00 

LEATHER   TOBACCO   POUCHES — 

Prices    up     from <pZ.UU 

POKER  SETS  of  mahogany  and  oak, 
some  with  covers.  They  are  large 
enough  to  accommodate  200  chips.  .  Ipu. 50 

We  are  exclusive  agents  for  the  celebra- 
ted "CROSS"  LINE  OF  LEATHER 
GOODS    and    novelties. 


MARKET  and  STOCKTON 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


remarkable  record.  Eloquent  as  are  those  fig 
nr«'s.  they  do  not  convey  all  thai  was  implied 
in  the  courage  of  the  shareholders  when  they 
voluntarily  assumed  to  meet,  dollar  for  dollar, 
a  suddenly  imposed  liability  of  nearly  $4,000,- 

i beyond  the  entire  assets  of  the  company; 

bul  its  principal  stockholders  had  been  them 
selves  individually  very  heavy  loBers  in  the 
in.*.  The  results  showed  that  the  full 
assumpti t  all  obligations  was  good  busi- 
ness, I'm  in.  merely  business  spiril  would  have 
Bufficed  for  that  unparalleled  ordeal.  It  called 
not  only  for  capacity,  energy  and  business 
acumen,  but  For  tin-  basic  virtues  of  honesty 
and  undaunted  moral  courage.  That  wonder- 
ful achievement  is  now  history,  but  history 
i  lie  pages  of  which  will  always  In*  familiar  to 
business  men  when  additional  policies  are  to 
be  taken  out. 

During  the  first  six  months  of  the  current 
year,  when  the  fire  losses  of  the  1'niteu1  States 
were  millions  in  advance  of  the  figures  for 
the  corresponding  period  of  last  year,  the 
Fireman's  Fund  Cnsurance  Company  gained 
dining  that  time  $125,329  in  assets,  increased 
its  net  surplus  nearly  $100,000,  and  received 
almost  $2,900,000  in  premiums.  The  cash  value 
of  the  company's  assets  on  dune  30,  1912, 
were  $8,774,920.60. 

in  addition  i<>  the  San  Francisco  disaster, 
The  Fireman  V  Fund  Insurance  Company  lias 
settled  losses  in  the  big  fires  of  Chicago,  Bos- 
ton, Baltimore,  Virginia  City,  Seattle.  Port- 
land, Or.,  and  Spokane.  Since  organization  it 
has  paid  in  this  way  $49,986,915.53,  and  for 
last  year  its  cash  income  from  all  sources  was 
$5,819,139.01. 

The  Fireman 's  Fund  is  a  company  whose 
policy  any  intelligent  person  may  be  well  sat- 
isfied to  buy  or  sell,  with  the  assurance  that 
the  company  can  be  thoroughly  depended  upon 
to  comply  with  the  spirit  as  well  as  the  letter 
of  its  contracts. 

In  addition  to  its  basic  activities  as  a  fire 
insurance  concern,  the  company  has  an  exclu- 
sive marine  and  automobile  insuring  business, 
the  latter  feature  having  developed  enormous- 
ly owing  to  California  having  per  capita  a 
world  's  record  in  the  use  of  autos.  The  com- 
pany has  five  thousand  agencies,  all  of  which 
are  doing  a   thriving  business. 

That  its  fire  risks  are  properly  distributed 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that  of  this  big  income 
only  about  2  per  cent  ($121,325.08)  was  re- 
ceived from  fire  premiums  on  San  Francisco 
property;  the  balance  ($5,697,814.02)  was 
gathered  from  other  sources  and  from  other 
localities. 

The  directors  are:  Charles  R.  Bishop,  J.  B. 
Levison,  Arthur  A.  Smith,  George  A.  Newhall, 
F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  J.  C.  Coleman,  Charles  P. 
Eells,  Vanderlynn  Stow,  Henry  Rosenfeld, 
Bernard  Faymonville  and  William  J.  Dutton. 

The  general  officers  of  the  company  are  Win. 
J.  Dutton,  president;  Bernard  Faymonville, 
vice-president;  J.  B.  Levison,  second  vice- 
president;  Louis  Weinmann,  secretary;  Her- 
bert P.  Blanchard  and  John  S.  French,  assist- 
ant secretaries;  T.  M,  Gardiner,  treasurer,  and 
A.  W,  Follansbee  Jr.,  marine  secretary. 


CHAMPAGNE 


P1PER-HEIDSIECK 


Anc".e  M°.nHEIDSIECK  fundee  en  1785 

KUNKELMANN&C°Succr* 

REIMS 


CHARLES    NlEINECKE    &.    CO. 

Aanm  P*awm  0»mt,  ai«  Iiommut*  St.,  a.  r 


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VANITY  CASE 


Complete 


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Manufacturing  Gold   and   Silversmith 
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Service 


W  PERATIVES  in  full  dreas  furnished  for 
Q  weddings,  receptions  and  other  social 
functions.  Uniformed  officers  supplied 
aa  ticket  takers  for  balls,  dances  and 
entertainments  at  reasonable  rates. 
Patrolmen  to  protect  property  against  fir*  and 
depredations  of  thitTSs  during  absence  of  owner. 
Engage  in  all  branches  of  legitimate  detective 
service  and  serve  legal  papers  in  difficult  eases. 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  21,  1912. 


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HAS  STOOD 
THE  TEST 
OF  AGES 
AND  IS  STILL 
THE  FINEST 
CORDIAL  EXTANT 


At  first-class  Wine  Merchants,  Grocers,  Hotels,  Cafes. 

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Citizen's  Alliance  of  S. 


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OPEN  SHOP 


"The  minimum  scale  *  of 
the  anion  represses  all  ambition 
for  excellence." — Prof.  Eliot. 
Harvard   University. 


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Let  the  Closed  Shop  in  by 
the  window  and  the  Investor 
escapes  by  the  door. 


Citizens'  Alliance  Office 
Rooms,  Nos.  363-364-365 
Euss  Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 


DRINKERS 
Take  Notice 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SANATORIUM  SPECIAL- 
IZES  IN  THE  SCIENTIFIC  CARE  OP  NERVOUS 
AND  LIQUOR  CASES.  QUIET,  SUITABLE  AND 
CONVENIENT  HOME  IN  ONE  OP  SAN  FRAN- 
CISCO'S FINEST  RESIDENTIAL  DISTRICTS 
IS  AFFORDED  MEN  AND  WOMEN  THUS  AF- 
FLICTED. PRIVATE  ROOMS.  PRIVATE 
NURSES  AND  MEALS  SERVED  IN  ROOMS 
AFFORD  THE  UTMOST  SECRECY.    NO  NAME 

on  building.    terms  reasonable. 
San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Phone  Franklin  7170       1911  Van  Xesa  Ave. 
H.  L.  BATOHELDER,   Manager. 


LET  DUNNIGAN  DO  IT. 

THAT  our  Supervisors  did  better  than  they 
knew  when  appointing  John  S.  Dunni- 
gan  Clerk  of  the  Board  is  manifest  in 
their  failure  to  appreciate  him  at  his  veal 
value.  They  are  to  be  excused  for  not  taking 
him  at  his  own  valuation — but  that  is  differ- 
ent. No  man  was  ever  worth  the  estimate  put 
upon  himself  by  Dunnigan.  For  all  that  Su- 
pervisors often  do  for  themselves  things  which 
Dunnigan  could  do  for  them — and  ever  so 
much  better  at  less  expense.  Take  that  matter 
of  the  Hetch-Hetchy  delegation  to  Washing- 
ton. What  was  the  need  of  sending  Mayor 
Eolph,  all  the  other  oifieials,  and  Dunnigan? 
If  any  one  doubts  that  Dunnigan  could  not 
have  done  it  all,  let  him  read  that  interview 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  in 
Sunday's  Chronicle.  All  the  other  members 
of  the  delegation,  including  the  Mayor,  came 
back  virtually  empty-handed,  but  when  Dunni- 
gan spoke  Light  dawned,  Hope  stirred,  and  the 
Goddess  of  Plenty  emptied  her  cornucopia — of 
promises.  The  others  had  merely  told  us  what 
they  had  been  told  at  Washington,  but  Dunni- 
gan, the  seer,  the  psychologist,  clairvoyant  and 
clairaudient,  gave  us  the  inner  meaning  of  it 
all.  He  cared  not  what  Secretary  Fisher  had 
said — he  told  what  Secretary  Fisher  meant. 
Nay  more,  he  gave  us  what  Fisher  intends  to 
do.  Fisher,  says  Dunnigan,  will  show  by  his 
decision,  that  he  is  fiiendly  to  San  Francisco. 
Fisher  says  Dunnigan  did  not  mean  that  the 
city  would  have  to  buy  out  the  Spring  Valley, 
or  that  the  Hetch  Hetchy  permit  will  be  taken 
away  if  we  fail  to  make  that  purchase.  A 
clerk  who  can  tell  what  Supervisors  mean 
when  they  say  anything  must  have  found  it  a 
very  easy  matter  to  interpret  the  less  cryptic 
utterances  of  a  Secretary  of  the  Interior.  In 
future  Supervisors  should  not  waste  money  on 
costly  delegations  to  Washington.  Let  Dunni- 
gan do  it. 

There  is  tp  be  another  Hetch  Hetchy  hear- 
ing at  the  Capitol  shortly.     Let  the  Supervi- 
sors save  expense  and  secure  efficiency  by  ap- 
pointing this  genius  their  plenipotentiary  and 
buying    him    a    lower   Pullman    and    anything 
else  necessary  for  his  traveling  in  state.    Dun- 
nigan may  send  back  long  and  floridly  worded 
reports,  but  the  bard  of  the  Municipal  Record 
can    easily    transcribe    these    into    such    para- 
phrases  of  the  famous  ode  as: — 
Washington: 
Off  agin, 
On  agin, 
Gone  agin, 
Dunnigan. 
"Done  agin"  rhymes  better  with  Dunnigan, 
but   with  Dunnigan  we  can  be  sure   that   at 
Washington,  San  Francisco  will  not  be  done 
again. 

WANTED. 

More    men    and   women    who  will    save   their 
money  and  do  it  systematically. 

The  CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND 
LOAN  ASSOCIATION,  Market  street,  at  Gold- 
en Gate  avenue,  can  be  of  assistance  to  you  in 
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I 

I 


Peace 
Happiness  and  Prosperity 


This  is  the  season  of  mental  stock  taking  and  new 
resolutions. 

Those  who  intend  making  mistakes  of  the  past 
guiding  posts  for  the  future  are  in  a  fair  way 
to  materially  realize  their  fondest  hopes  and 
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Dining    Room    Seating    500 — Table    d'hote 
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BY  AMERICUS 


THE  public  cross-examination  of  J.  P.  Morgan  for  the  pur- 
pose of  proving  the  existence  of  a  "Money  Trust"  did 
not  result  in  the  spectacular  triumph  that  was  expected 
by  the  politicians  and  other  sensationalists  who  planned 
the  tableau.  Morgan  appeals  to  have  come  through  the  trying 
ordeal  with  whatever  honors  there  were  going.  Some  of  the 
men  foremost  in  the  fusillades  against  the  alleged  oligarchy  now 
frankly  admit  in  effect  that  Morgan  evaded  nothing,  but  he 
also  revealed  absolutely  nothing,  that  in  any  way  supports 
the  "Money  Trust"  fiction.  For  many  years  the  great  finan- 
cier has  been  represented  as  the  brain  of  the  gigantic  octopus 
depicted  as  grappling  all  industries  with  its  tentacles  and  suck 
ing  the  life-blood  out  of  small  capitalists  and  consumers.  1 1 
was  all  part  of  the  great  illusion  created  by  the  muck-rakers,  but 
when  reduced  to  the  severest  of  all  tests,  the  cross-examination 
of  the  magnate  by  the  ablest  of  attorneys,  it  collapsed.  All 
t hat  has  so  far  been  proven  is  that  the  so-called  "Money  Trust' 
is  a  figment  of  the  demagogue's  imagination. 

Muck-raking  as  a  magazine  industry  is  dead.  Publishers,  hav- 
ing found  that  it  no  longer  pays,  have  called  off  the  army  of 
special  writers  whose  duty  it  was  to  discover,  or  manufacture, 
a  new  scandal  each  month.  In  the  earlier  stages  muck-raking 
boosted  the  sales,  but  a  reaction  to  common  sense  was  inevitable, 
and  when  it  set  in  down  went  subscriptions  to  a  point  which  con- 
vinced the  so-called  philanthropic  publishers  that  it  was  no  long- 
er good  business.  Several  sensational  magazines  have  gone  into 
the  receiver's  hands  or  been  suspended. 

The  muck-raking  game  was  overdone.  So  long  as  it  was  an 
industry  here  or  an  industry  there — for  prefeience  one  whose 
center  was  a  long  way  from  home — it  seemed  feasible  that  there 
could  be  such  scandal  and  corruption.  But  the  field  could  not 
be  limited.  It  spread  all  over  all  the  States.  From  the  begin- 
ning the  people  on  the  spot,  and  in  a  position  to  judge,  saw 
through  the  fraudulent  misrepresentation,  and  when  everybody 
was  on  the  spot,  and  cognizant  of  the  merits  of  at  least  one 
attack,  the  whole  thimble-rigging  swindle  collapsed.  The  muck- 
rakers  became   discredited. 

It  was  another  instance  of  the  truth  that  you  cannot  fool  all 
the  people  all  the  time.  But,  if  that  is  impossible,  it  is  often 
possible  to  fool  them  long  enough  to  do  considerable  damage 
and  of  a  kind  that  takes  a  long  time  to  repair.  An  instance  of 
this  is  the  policy  of  baiting  the  railroads. 

The  muck-raker  brought  about  his  own  defeat  because  he 
attempted  too  much.  He  endeavored  to  indict  all  industry,  which 
is  only  another  way  of  attempting  to  indict  a  whole  nation.  No 
one  is  sooner  damned  than  the  man  who  damns  everybody. 


POLITICAL  MELODRAMA. 

IT  IS  a  rule  in  melodrama  that  wheuever  things  are  flagging 
and  the  audience  seems  bured,  you  must  fire  a  revolver.  In 
our  political  melodrama,  as  played  by  Bombastes  Furioso 
Hiram  Johnson  and  his  company  of  supes,  t lie  rule  is  that  when- 
ever things  are  dull  fire  a  shot  at  the  Southern  Pacific  or  some 
other  railroad  corporation. 

The  Hon.  Hiram  was  elected  to  office  as  an  expert  on  special- 
ized muck-raking.  He  told  us  that  the  Southern  Pacific  Com- 
pany was  the  worst  ever  and  its  political  machine  an  offense  to 
the  nostrils  of  all  decent  citizens.  On  that  understanding  we 
elected  the  Hon.  Hiram,  and  forthwith  he  proceeded  to  construct 
a  political  machine  so  superlatively  detestable  that,  compared 
with  it  the  old  Southern  Pacific  apparatus  was  a  thing  of 
beauty  and  a  joy  to  all  conscientious  patriots. 

Not  all  the  people  can  be  fooled  all  the  time,  even  in  Califor- 
nia, and  signs  are  numerous  that  "the  dear  people  have  reached 
pretty  clear  conclusions  on  the  subject  of  Mr.  Johnson's  de- 
merits as  the  Executive   of  their  great  State. 

Highly  significant  of  the  swing  of  the  political  pendulum  was 
that  protest  to  the  Kailroad  Commission  which  was  voiced  by 
the  employes  of  the  Southern  Pacific,  who  declared  that  habitual 
corporation-baiting  was  calculated  to  do  the  wage-earners  more 
harm  than  good.  The  soulless  corporations,  when  squeezed  by 
the  Hon.  Hiram  and  his  henchmen,  must  squeeze  somebody  in  re- 
turn. If  the  corporation's  earnings  are  reduced  considerably 
by  continual  political  turmoil  and  ceaseless  attacks,  the  flinty- 
hearted  corporation  directors  begin  to  mutter  thoughts  of  "cut- 
ting down  expenses."  Everybody  knows  that  cutting  down 
expenses  "means  either  reducing  wages  along  the  line  or  laying 
off  hands." 

The  visit  of  the  delegation  of  railroad  employes  protesting 
to  the  Railroad  Commission  must  have  been  about  as  pleasant 
to  the  honorable  Board  as  the  visit  of  the  grisly  ghost  of  Banquo 
to  the  ambitious  Thane  of  Cawdor.  The  writing  on  the  wall  at 
Belshazzar's  feast  was  not  more  annoying  to  the  Babylonian 
despot  than  the  declarations  of  the  employes  of  the  "Octopus," 
who  cried  "Stop  your  corporation-baiting  or  we  lose  our  Christ- 
mas turkeys,"  or  words  to  that  effect. 

It  always  sends  the  chills  chasing  up  and  down  the  spines  of 
professional  office-holders  when  a  delegation  representative  of 
the  wage-earning  hoi-polloi  appears  and  shouts  at  them  some- 
thing like  the  warning  to  the  gormandizing  Belshazzar,  "Thou 

art   weighed    in   the   balance    and   found   wanting." 

•     •     • 

THE  RETURN  OF  SANITY. 

THERE  are  many  important  evidences  of  a  return  to  public 
sanity  in  regard  to  railroad  matters.  The  people  are  be- 
ginning to  understand  that,  while  it  suits  demagogues  and 
yellow  newspapers  to  personalize  transportation  interests  by 
speaking  of  Harriman,  Hill  or  Gould  lines,  there  are  millions  of 
others — shareholders,  engineers,  signalmen,  line  repairers,  clerks, 
officials,  and  their  families — whose  interests,  and  in  fact  whose 


-THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  28,  1912. 


all,  are  inseparably  bound  up  with  the  rail- 
roads. Compared  with  the  total  amounts  con- 
cerned, the  Hariiman,  Hill  or  Gould  portions, 
though  individually  large,  are  relatively  small. 

You  can  put  a  railroad  magnate  into  a  comic 
cartoon.  You  cannot — and  it  would  not  be 
good  business  if  you  could — put  into  a  cartoon 
all  the  people  who  have  comparatively  even 
more  than  the  magnate  at  stake.  For  rhetor- 
ical purposes  it  is  convenient  to  sneer  at  that 
magnate  as  the  whole  thing — it  would  be  fatal 
to  include  all  his  fellow-shareholders,  to  say 
nothing  of  his  many  thousand  employes. 

No  doubt  railroad  corporations  have  squeez- 
ed the  public,  for  the  squeeze  is  a  thing  in- 
separable from  business  of  any  kind  when  peo- 
ple get  a  monopoly,  or  something  approaching 
it.  The  remedy  for  that  is  just  regulation, 
which  insures  a  square  deal  both  to  the  rail- 
roads and  the  public.  Persistent  railroad-cor- 
poration-baiting can  have  but  one  end — the  na- 
tionalization of  the  railroads.  Ordinary  rail- 
road corporations  being  unable  to  carry  on  the 
business  by  reason  of  impaired  credit  and  in- 
come, the  nation  would  be  forced  to  assume 
control.  Socialists  understand  that  phase  of 
the  matter,  and  are  supporting  the  campaign 
of  personal  abuse  of  railroad  magnates  in 
hopes  of  having  the  existing  system  broken 
down. 

Sensible  people,  however,  are  beginning  .to 
see  the  danger.  They  realize  what  it  would 
mean  if  to  the  present  duties  of  the  Federal 
Government  were  added  the  care  of  the  mil- 
lions of  railroad  employes  and  the  thousands 
of  millions  of  capital.  We  have  governmental 
problems   enough   now. 

Public  opinion  on  corporation-baiting  is  un- 
dergoing a  marked  change.  More  and  more  is 
it  coming  to  be  the  case  that  when  people  read 
a  virulently  personal  attack  on  some  great 
railrocu  system  they  decline  to  be  led  by  the 
nose.  They  do  not  picture  that  figment  of 
the  imagination  of  the  newspaper  or  dema- 
gogue-heated imagination — a  Harriman,  a  Hill 
or  a  Gould — but  picture  to  themselves  a  Flood 
building  with  twelve  stories  full  of  railroad 
clerks,  or  thousands  of  miles  of  lines  operated 
by  hundreds  of  thousands  of  employes. 

♦ 

COSTLY  PRINTING. 

ONE  of  the  incidental  bills  passed  by  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  authorizes  a  local 
printing  company  to  draw  $7,250  out 
of  the  city  treasury  for  printing  2,500  copies 
of  the  report  of  Engineer  John  E.  Freeman  on 
Hetch  Hetchy.  This  is  an  outrageous  charge 
for  such  work.  The  Wasp  called  attention  two 
months  ago  to  the  slipshod  character  of  the 
bookwork  of  Mr.  Freman  's  report.  In  the 
copy  which  came  to  The  Wasp  office  there  were 
several  qualities  and  colors  of  paper,  ranging 
from  ordinary  news  to  calendared  book  paper, 
To  pay  $7,250  for  2,500  copies  of  such  a  work 
is  waste  of  public  money. 

A  price  of  $3  a  volume  has  been  placed  upon 
this  report  of  Mr.  Freeman  printed  by  the  city. 
If  100  copies  are  sold  at  that  priee,  and  the 
money  turned  into  the  treasury,  the  city  will 
be  very  lucky. 


Another  noteworthy  fact  in  connection  with 
this  bit  of  municipal  book-printing  is  the  utter 
neglect  of  the  important  provision  of  the  char- 
ter which  requires  all  work  in  excess  of  $500 
to  be  put  up  for  competitive  bids.  There  is 
nothing  to  show  that  any  bids  were  invited 
for  the  printing  and  binding  of  the  Freeman 
report.  The  bill  for  $7,250  for  the  printing 
and  binding  has  been  rendered  to  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  by  the  same  publishing  firm 
which  prints  that  useless  and  expensive  excres- 
cence known  as  the  Municipal  Record.  There 
is  absolutely  no  excuse  for  the  publication  of 
the  Municipal  Record,  except  that  it  furnishes 
easy  places  for  a  few  political  favorites,  and 
that  it  costs  the  taxpayer^  of  San  Francisco 
nearly  $10,000  a  year.  Ten  thousand  dollars  a 
year  is  equal  to  the  interest  on  $200,000  of 
bonds  at  5  per  cent. 

We  call  the  attention  of  Auditor  Boyle  to 
these  unlawful  demands  on  the  treasury,  -and 
again  lemind  him  of  the  fact  that  he  is  liable 
on  his  official  bond  of  $50,000  for  auditing 
and  allowing  demands  that  are  palpably  un- 
lawful. Not  only  is  he  thus  liable  on  his  bond, 
but  his  own  property  is  liable  in  the  event 
of  his  being  sued. 

And  assuredly  he  will  find  himself  sued  one 
of  these  fine  mornings,  if  he  should  continue 
to  violate  the  law  in  the  future  as  he  has  in 
the  past. 

♦ 

THE  BUREAU  OF    (IN)  EFFICIENCY. 

MR.  EDWIN  RAY  ZION,  so-called  Direc- 
tor-General of  the  newly  tolerated 
"Bureau  of  Efficiency"  has  done 
just  as  The  Wasp  predicted  he  would.  He 
has  succeeded  in  adding  to  the  expenses  of 
his  utterly  unnecessary  and  illegally  created 
office  of  the  salary  of  an  Assistant  Director- 
General  amounting  to  $200  a  month.  This 
Assistant  Director-General  began  with  the 
modest  salary  of  $150.  Obviously,  the  Direc- 
tor-General himself,  who  gets  $200  a  month, 
will  now  need  a  financial  boost,  for  it  would 
be  contrary  to  all  the  rules  of  official  courtesy 
to  give  the  chief  cook  no  more  salary  than 
the  bottle-washer. 

Zion  got  a  salary  of  $125  a  month  as  a 
civil  service  clerk  in  the  Tax  Collector's  office. 
The  duties  of  the  position  were  so  few  that 
he  had  plenty  of  time  to  run  a  lawyer's  office 
downtown,  spend  winters  lobbying  at  Sacra- 
mento, and  run  for  public  office  at  elections. 
He  appeared  as  a  candidate  for  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  Supervisor,  and  Tax  Collector.  He  has 
now  time  enough  as  Director-General  of  the 
"Bureau  of  Efficiency1  to  devote  his  atten- 
tions to  the  office  of  "Secretary  of  the  Great- 
er San  Francisco  Sportsman  's  Association, ' ' 
for  which  lively  office  he  has  special  qualifi- 
cations, as  he  was  arrested  and  fined  not  long 
ago  in  San  Mateo  county  for  violating  the 
fish  and  game  laws. 

To  Supervisor  Charles  A.  Murdock  belongs 
the  distinction  of  having  invented  the  unnec- 
essary Bureau  of  Efficiency.  It  is  safe  to 
say  that  unless  the  Bureau  is  abolished  before 
it  gets  its  hook  good  and  hard  on  the  eity 
treasury  it   will   cost  the  taxpayers  a  pretty 


penny.  Right  now  it  is  costing  the  city  $6,000 
a  year.  Director-General  Zion  now  has  a 
modest  bicycle  which  the  city  keeps  in  repair, 
but  with  the  slightest  encouragement  he  will 
make  application  for  an  automobile.  See  if 
he  doesn  't. 


GEARY  STREET  ILLUSIONS. 

YOU  can't  make  an  omelet  without  break- 
ing an  egg;  neither  can  you  build  a  mu- 
nicipal railroad  without  smashing  some 
of  the  fond  illusions  of  its  advocates  and  pro- 
moters. When  the  Geary-street  bonds  were  in 
the  boosting  stage,  the  popular  imagination 
was  stirred  by  many  fanciful  promises  that 
have  since  been  broken.  They  began  to  smash 
as  soon  as  the  bonds  were  carried,  but  when 
work  was  ^commenced  the  rate  of  breakage 
outpaced  the  building  of  the  line,  and  has  been 
increasing  ever  since.  First,  there  was  the 
promise  that  with  a  municipal  line  there  would 
be  no  deviation  of  the  route  in  the  interests 
of  grafting  owners  of  real  estate.  Nothing 
but  the  public  convenience  was  to  be  consid- 
ered. Casey  dispelled  that  illusion  when,  in 
obedience  to  the  pull  of  every  petty  interest, 
he  kept  changing  the  route  until  his  plans 
looked  like  one  of  those  line  puzzles  the 
problem  of  which  is  to  find  the  beginning  and 
the  end.  Then  there  was  the  glowing  promise 
that  a  municipal  road  would  not  be  saddled 
with  the  expense  of  a  lawyer's  bureau.  Pri- 
vate railroad  corporations  were  alleged  to  re- 
tain a  small  army  of  attorneys  to  aid  them  in 
preying  upon  the  public.  The  civic  enterprise 
would  find  no  need  oi  such  parasites — the  law- 
yer being  always,  in  the  language  of  the  dem- 
agogue, a  parasite  or  blood-sucker.  Another 
disillusionment!  The  City  and  County  Attor- 
ney's department  comes  forward  with  a  re- 
quest for  additions  to  its  staff  to  cope  with 
the  increase  of  work  due  to  the  Geary  Street 
Railroad.  For  months,  it  is  stated,  the  office 
has  been  run  off  its  legs  trying  to  keep  pace 
with  the  legal  work  of  a  line  the  running  of 
which  is  still  only  a  promise.  If  the  City  At 
torney's  department  calls  for  more  lawyers 
to  look  after  Geary-street  affairs  when  there 
are  but  ten  cars  in  sight,  what  will  the  posi- 
tion be  when,  in  that  dim  and  distant  future, 
all  the  cars  will  be  ready  and  running?  It 
should  be  a  harvest  for  the  "devil's  brigade," 
as  they  are  described  by  those  who  promised 
us  that  the  municipal  railroad  would  not.  need 
them. 


OFFICIAL    SPENDTHRIFTS    IN    DANGER. 

THE  WASP  regrets  very  much  to  see  that 
the  Board  of  Supervisors  has  not  been 
fully  impresseu  by  the  significance  of 
the  defeat  of  the  measures  they  advocated  at 
the  recent  election,  and  the  election  that  pre- 
ceded it.  Any  Supervisor  who  wishes  to  be 
re-elected  next  year,  when  many  Supervisors' 
terms  expire,  had  better  begin  to  establish  a 
record  for  economy.  The  next  municipal  cam- 
paign will  be  decided  on  the  vital  issue  of 
economy.  Supervisors  who  have  not  opposed 
extravagance  will  not  be  re-elected.  They 
can  bet  long  odds  on  that. 


Saturday,  December  28,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP 


HOW  THE  MONEY  WAS  KAISED. 

THESE  has  been  considerable  speculation 
as  to  where  all  the  mono)  was  raised  to 
pay  for  charter  amendments  and  bond 
issues  thai  the  voters  Bnowed  under.  Any 
clerk  in  the  City  Hall  van  tell  you  just  where 
tlie  money  came  from.  The  civil  service  em- 
ployes contributed  $30  apiece  t<»  boom  charter 
amendment  No,  ::.  making  them  all  appointees 
lor  life.  -Many  of  the  clerks  no  doubt  are 
worthy  men  ami  BDOUld  he  allowed  to  hold 
their  places.  But  there  is  also  a  large  bunch 
of  incompetents  and  undesirables  that  got  in- 
to official  places  under  the  McCarthy-Casej 
administration.  These  undesirables  were  let 
in  on  the  plea  of  naviug  had  "experience." 
L*ow  the  city  is  having  the  experience  -it"  teed 
ing  them  for  life.  It"  the  Civil  Service  Com 
mission  had  done  its  duty  the  bumli  of  in 
competents  would  now  be  parading  the  streets 
with  the  Industrial  Workers  of  the  World. 
Two  of  the  three  Civil  Service  Commissioners 
who  Opened  the  dour  for  the  colonization  of 
the  City  Hall  with  incompetents  are  still  in 
office.  Une  of  them  will  go  out  of  office  on 
January  8th  next.  The  other  worthy,  Com 
missioner  Rosenthal,  business  agent  of  the 
Carpet  Layers'  I'uiuu,  is  supposed  to  have  an- 
other year  of  otheial  life. 

Another  source  of  campaign  money  to  boom 
charter  amendments  was  the  Fire  Department. 
The  firemen  were  assessed  $S  a  head  to  pass 
charter  amendment  Mo.  5,  providing  for  two 
platoons.  It  is  a  mouest  estimate  that  between 
trie  City  Hall  clerks  and  the  firemen  the  sum 
of  $30,000  was  raised  to  boom  the  charter 
amendments.  The  law  was  openly  violated, 
inasmuch  as  the  firemen  made  a  house-to-house 
canvass,  which  is  a  flagrant  breach  of  the  reg- 
ulations. Elections  banners  and  placards  were 
displayed  in  the  City  Hall — another  violation 
of  law  aod  decorum. 

This  kind  of  business  must  be  stopped.  It 
the  Supervisors,  who  control  city  affairs,  can- 
not make  City  Hall  subordinates  respect  the 
law  they  had  better  resign  and  let  some  reso- 
lute  officials   take  their  places. 


CALHOUN'S  COURAGE. 

PATRICK  CALHOUN'S  refusal  to  expose 
the  private  records  of  the  United  Kail- 
roads  to  the  scrutiny  of  the  Railroad 
Commission  was  just  what  might  have  been 
expected  from  the  resolute  Southern  gentle- 
man. Calhoun  does  not  come  of  the  stock 
that  would  barter  all  principle  for  hard  cash. 
No  doubt  he  likes  money  well  enough,  but  his 
heroic  conduct  in  the  ordeal  through  which 
he  passed  in  San  Francisco  showed  clearly 
that  coin  is  by  no  means  his  first  considera- 
tion. 

The  Railroad  Commission  does  not  require 
the  private  records  of  the  United  Railroads 
to  decide  whether  the  company  should  be  al- 
lowed to  issue  notes  for  $3,500,000  to  pay  off 
indebtedness  about  to  mature.  The  fact  is 
that  Calhoun  cannot  get  a  square  deal  in 
California.  That's  the  ease  in  a  nutshell. 
Any  other  company  but  the  United  Railroads 
would  have  been  authorized  by  the  Railroad 


Commission   to   issu  otes,   but   Calhoun 

has  been  a  political  issue  in  this  State  foi 
six  years,  and  the  politicians  cannot  separate 
narrow  politics  from  sound  business.  Tin' 
refusal   of   the    Railroad   Commission    merely 

causes  a  little  tm>re  trouble  than  is  necessary 
tor  Calhoun  can  finance  the  deal  in  another 
way.     lie  is  no  longer  in  financial  difficulties, 

and  before  long  will  probably  be  on  the  crest 
of  the  wave  <ii    Mi... v.,  ;,„,i  prosperity.     He 

desei  ves  it   Cor  his  c age. 

4 

BACKING  UP. 

Is  san  PBANCISCO  backing  up.'"  asks  Ed- 
ward H.  Hamilton  in  a  full  page  of  shock 
type  in  the  Examiner.  As  a  purveyor  of 
puffs  written  in  the  interests  of  suburban  real 
estate  Hamilton  has  a  poetic  imagination  that 
can  t n i  n  a  duckpond  into  a  sylvan  stream,  but 
when  it  comes  to  moralizing  on  the  defeat  of 
our  wild-eat  park  bond  proposals  he  is  only 
Badly  amusing.  The  trouble  is  ho  cannot  resist 
the  temptation  to  drop  into  finance,  which  is 
worse  than  dropping  into  poetry,  if  you  don't 
know  anything  about  it.  Hamilton's  finance 
has  a  woeful  habit  of  disproving  the  conten- 
tions of  his  paragraphs,  while  his  paragraphs 
would  be  apposite  and  wholly  admirable  if 
only  the  facts  were  otherwise.  For  example, 
he  rails  at  San  Francisco  for  not  having  added 
a  matter  of  $4,]o0,000  to  its  bonded  indebted- 
ness, chiefly  for  superfluous  parks,  and  then 
points  to  the  distressing  fact  that  with  a  debt 
limit  of  $77,500,000  the  city  has  already  voted 
bonds  amounting  to  $84,000,000.  Excluding 
the  $5,000,000  of  Panama-Pacific  Exposition 
bonds,  the  figures  stand  at  $79,000,000,  or 
$1,500,000  in  excess  of  the  bond  limit.  That  is 
surely  equivalent  to  scolding  the  city,  fiist,  for 
not  spending  more  money,  and,  secondly,  for 
spending  too  much.  Then  again  our  friend 
Edward,  after  comparing  San  Francisco  un- 
favorably with  Los  Angeles  in  the  matter  of 
paving,  admits  that  the  latter  city  is  behind 
us  in  the  way  of  park  improvements.  It  was 
because  we  needed  better  streets  more  than 
new  parks  that  most  people  voted  against  the 
park  bonds.  But  little  inconsistencies  such  as 
these  don't  disturb  Brother  Hamilton.  In- 
structed to  write  a  page  of  lamentations  over 
the  defeat  of  proposals  so  vigorously  supported 
by  his  paper,  his  task  was  sufficiently  difficult 
without  adding  the  injunction  to  be  logical 
or  consistent.  As  a  Jeremiad,  Hamilton's  effu- 
sion would  have  been  wholly,  though  uncon- 
sciously, funny,  had  it  not  been  for  the  imper- 
tinent implication  that  San  Francisco  is  back- 
ing up.  Nothing  has  inspired  so  much  confi- 
dence nor  given  so  complete  an  assurance  of 
genuine  progressiveness  as  the  crushing  defeat 
of  the  tax-devourers  at  the  two  last  elections. 
We  know  of  nobody  whose  opinions  on  matters 
of  finance  have  less  weight  with  commercial 
men  than  those  of  our  talented  friend  Hamil- 


YOUR  NEW  YEAR'S  CALL.— If  unable  to 
make  your  call  in  person,  send  your  card  en- 
closed in  a  box  of  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  candies. 
Orders  sent  from  all  four  candy  stores:  Phelan 
Building;  Fillmore  at  Ellis;  Polk  at  Sutter, 
and  28  Market  St.,  near  Ferry. 

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ton,  while  at  the  same  time  we  know  of  so 

in   Western  journalism  whose  poetical  period* 

■'tic    more    pleasing    when    adorning    a    suhjec 

witii  which  he  is  familiar.     Ned  should  pasl 

in    lii-    hat     thai    old    Latin    proverb    anent     the 

shoemaker  and  his  last. 


A  TRUE  PATRIOT. 
Will iRm    Randolph    II.   t.ik.'s  i)u-  credit   to  himself 
for   tin vi ml-   reduced   the   price  "f  <'t,'^.    a   Christmas 

-lit    which   1 Isidore  as  more  than  offsetting  the 

to  prestige   due   to  having   slipped  so  badly  on 

;i   banana   peel  wheo   i sting  the  park  bonds.     Lis. 

nrhili    hi    Bmites   trie   tuneful   lyre: — 

Kill   high   the  cup  witli  sparkling  wine 

And    drain    il    to    the  dregs; 
What   matter  though  my  park  boom  bust, 
'Twas   1   who  killed   the   hen  fruit  trust 

And  smashed   the  price  of  eggs. 

At  boosting  bonds  I'll  own  that  I 

Was  taken  down  some  pegs, 
Bui    is   he   not   line   patriot 
Who  gave  the  storage  trust  a  swat 

And  cut  the  price  of  eggs? 

♦ 

In  a  certain  case  where  a  rustic  quarry  man  was 
charged  with  severely  injuring  one  of  his  mates, 
the  following  curious  evidence  was  given  by  an 
eyewitness   of   the   occurrence: 

' "Ee  tuck  a  pick  an'  'ee  tuck  a  pick;  an'  'ee 
'it  'ee  with  'is  pick,  an'  'ee  'it  'ee  with  'is  pick, 
an'  if  'ee'd  'it  'ee  with  'is  as  'ard  as  'ee  'it  'ee 
with  'isn,  'ee'd  'ave  uearly  killed  'ee  an'  not  'eo  'ee.' 


DIVIDEND  NOTICES. 

ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS 

OF   SAN  FRANCISCO. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  BANK,  783  Market  St.;  near 
Fourth. — For  the  half-year  ending  December  31. 
1912,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at  the  rate  oi 
four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  savings  de- 
posits,  free  of  taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Thurs 
day,  January  2,  1913.  Dividends  not  called  U .  .* 
are  added  to  and  bear  the  same  rate  of  interes 
as   the   principal   from  January   1,    1913. 

H.  C.   KXEVESAHL,   Cashier. 

ITALIAN-AMERICAN  BANK,  S.  E.  corner  Montgom- 
ery and  Sacramento  Sts. — For  the  half-year  ending 
December  31,  a.912,  a  dividend  has  been  declare  ■ 
at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  a.i 
savings  deposits,  free  of  taxes,  payable  on  and 
after  Thursday,  January  2,  1913.  Dividends  n.. . 
called  for  will  be  addeu  to  the  principal  and  bear 
the  same  rate  of  interest  from  January  1,  191:. 
Money  deposited  on  or  before  January  10,  1913, 
will  earn   interest  from  January   1,    1913. 

A.  SBARBORO,  President. 


THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(The  German  Bank),  526  California  St.;  MISSIO  A 
BRANCH,  2572  Mission  St..  near  22nd;  RICH 
MOND  DISTRICT  BRANCH,  corner  Clement  S  . 
and  7th  Avenue  ;HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  cor 
ner  Haight  and  Belvedere  Sts. — For  the  half-ye;  r 
ending  December  31,  1912,  a  dividend  has  bee  . 
declared  at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  a  .- 
mini  on  all  deposits,  free  of  taxes,  payable  on  and 
after  Thursday,  January  2,  1913.  Dividends  in. 
called  for  are  added  to  the  deposit  account  ai.d 
earn  dividends  from  January  1,    1913. 

GEORGE  TOURNY,  Manager. 

THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
corner  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  Sts, — For  th  _■ 
six  months  enamg  December  31,  1912,  a  divide,  i 
has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of  three  and  Hire.' 
fourths  (3%  ,  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits 
free  of  taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Thursday,  Ja  . 
uary  2,  1913.  Dividends  not  drawn  will  be  add  •  I 
to  depositors'  accounts,  become  a  part  thereof,  a  d 
will  earn  dividend  from  January  1,  1913.  Depos- 
its made  on  or  before  January  10,  1913,  will  dra  >/ 
interest    from    January    1,    1913. 

R.  M.  TOBIN,   Secretary. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Montgomery  Si 
— For  the  half-year  ending  December  31,  1912,  a 
dividend  upon  all  deposits  at  the  rate  of  four  (4) 
per  cent  per  annum,  free  of  taxes,  will  be  pay- 
able  on    and    after   January    2,    1913. 

S.  L.  ABBOT,  Vice-President  and  Manager. 


THE  WASP 


[Saturday,  December  28,  1912. 


EMPLOYERS '      LIABILITY. 

QUACKERY  is  not  confined  to  medicine. 
The  quack  reformer  is  equally  danger 
ous  to  the  body  politic.  If  Ms  own 
imagination  is  unequal  to  the  task  of  com- 
pounding a  political  pill  guaranteed  to  cuie 
all  the  ills  the  social  nesh  is  heir  to  he  knows 
of  some  obscure  community  where  he  can  bor- 
row something  equally  good.  A.  J.  Pillsbury, 
chairman  of  the  Industrial  Accident  Board  of 
California,  for  instance,  has  found  that  in 
New  Zealand  they  have  just  the  legislative 
specific  that  will  save  him  the  trouble  of  think- 
ing out  a  woikmen's  compensation  law  suited 
to  the  altogether  different  needs  of  Califoi 
nia.  At  the  Miners'  Association  Conference 
he  announced  that  he  had  "a  comprehensive 
system  of  legislation  for  dealing  with  the 
compensation  problem  taken  from  New  Zea- 
land mainly."  He  further  indicated  that  the 
scheme  would  make  the  law  compulsory. 

Just  why  Pillsbury  should  go  .down  to  a 
minor  and  simple  community  in  the  South  Sea 
Islands  for  a  measure  suited  to  the  highly 
complex  conditions  of  an  intensely  commer- 
cial  country  such  as  ours  is  not  clear  unless 
it  be  that  he  can  say  what  he  pleases  of  the 
success  of  the  measure  and  without  the  prob- 
ability  of    contradiction. 

But  The  Wasp  has  been  reading  up  not  the 
politicians'  opinions,  but  the  practical  work- 
ing of  the  New  Zealand  law  as  illustrated  in 
the  court  decisions.  It  finds  that  the  measure 
is  ''compulsory"  enough,  and  as  lor  its 
"comprehensive"  character,  that  can  be  best 
shown  in  a  typical  case.  A  farm  laborer  was 
attempting  to  knock  a  bolt  out  of  a  plow  with 
a  hammer.  He  missed  the  bolt  aDd  struck  his 
tnunib,  bruising  it  and  breaking  the  skin. 
He  swore,  but  went  on  working.  In  the  even- 
ing, some  miles  away  from  his  employer's 
farm,  he  was  attending  his  wife,  who  was 
suffering  from  erysipelas.  He  contracted  the 
disease  through  the  injured  thumb,  and, 
though  the  wife  lecovered  the  husband  died. 
However  unfortunate,  it  was  cleaily  a  mis 
fortune  for  which  no  one  was  to  blame  unless 
the  man  himself,  both  at  the  time  of  the  acci- 
dent and  in  going  near  one  suffering  from  a 
disease  so  easily  contracted  through  a  sore 
or  wound.  But  under  the  provisions  of  the 
New  Zealand  Workers'  Compensation  Law, 
which  Pillsbury  wants  us  to  imitate,  the  wife 
sued  the  farmer  for  whom  her  husband  had 
been  working  and  received  about  $2,000  dam- 
ages because  the  injury  which  led  to  the  cause 
of  death  had  occurred  during  working  hours 
on  the  farm. 

Other  equally  outrageous  cases  could  be 
cited,  but  that  is,  or  should  be.  sufficient  to 
illustrate   the    injustice    of    the    law. 

Pillsbury  will  probably  reply  that  employ- 
ers can  prepare  for  such  cases  by  insurance 
policies,  but  if  the  policies  are  to  cover  every 
conceivable  class  of  accident,  whether  caused 
through  contributory  negligence  or  not,  the 
premium  cost  will  run  high  and  it  will  be  a 
serious  addition  to  the  working  cost  of  our 
industries.  If  every  class  of  industry,  rural 
and  urban,  is  to  be  saddled  with  such  a  bur- 


den it  will  mean  a  serious  handicap  to  us 
when  in  competition  with  other  States  or 
countries  not  so  willing  to  load  their  produc- 
ers. 

The  principle  of  employers '  liability  is 
sound  only  when  it  confines  responsibility  to 
reasonable  and  humane  precautions  for  the 
protection  of  life  and  limb. 

1 

HEARST  AND  THE  CANAL. 

WHEN  Hearst  quotes  history  in  an  edi- 
torial you  can  be  sure  of  two  things: 
first,  that  he  considers  the  usual  bluff 
unequal  to  the  task  in  hand;  and,  second,  that 
his  history  is  all  wrong.  Foiled  in  the  attempt 
to  discredit  the  Hay-Pauncefote  treaty  by 
stirring  up  prejudice  against  a  particular  na- 
tion as  though  it  were  the  only  one  concerned, 
he  now  lashes  at  the  leading  New  York  jour- 
nals opposed  to  his  misinterpietation  of  the 
treaty  by  saying  that  they  have  always  mis- 
represented American  public  sentiment.  With 
the  meaning  of  a  treaty  so  simply  and  clearly 
expressed,  the  only  sentiment  concerned  is  the 
sentiment  of  justice  that  would  insure  obedi- 
ence to  the  bargain.  He  talks  of  the  attitude 
of  those  papers  in  the  Revolution  and  the 
Civil  AYar,  but  several  of  the  papers  were  not 
in  existence  at  tbe  time  of  the  Revolution, 
and  if  they  had  been  it  would  have  nothing  to 
do  with  the  case.  Then  he  goes  on  to  his  fa- 
vorite sport  of  baiting  the  railroads,  as  though 
they  were  behind  the  European  nations  in  pro- 
testing against  the  violation  of  the  treaty  in 
granting  immunity  from  tolls  to  eoastwise 
shipping.  There  is  no  need  to  probe  history 
deeper  than  the  Congiessional  Record  setting 
forth  the  debates  on  the  meaning  of  the 
treaty.  A  motion  to  amend  the  treaty  so  as 
to  grant  free  passage  through  the  canal  to 
American  shipping  was  defeated.  Could  any- 
thing be  more  explicit  as  to  the  meaning  of 
that  compact?  In  view  of  this,  Hearst's  rav- 
ings are  those  of  the  conscious  charlatan  who 
knows  that  there  is  more  profit  in  sensational 
jingoism  than  in  sober  sense  when  you  are 
peddling  yellow  journalism. 


THE  WORST  VOTE  OF  ALL. 

THE  worst  vote  of  all  cast  at  the  Presi- 
dential election  was  not,  as  some  assert, 
that  given  to  the  man  who  stood  for 
the  policy  of  revolutionary  Socialism.  The 
vote  of  most  danger  to  the  welfare  of  Ameri- 
ca is  the  vote  that  was  not  cast  at  all.  As 
Harper's  Weekly  observes:  "Take  the  fig- 
ures for  all  the  elections  since  and  including 
1896  and  it  is  perfectly  clear  that  the  stay-at- 
home  vote  has  been  pretty  steadily  increasing. 
It  has  increased  faster  than  the  Socialist 
vote.  It  is  less  creditable  than  the  Socialist 
vote.  On  the  whole,  it  is  more  ominous  than 
the  Socialist  vote.  A  Socialist  may  be  merely 
a  mistaken  patriot.  The  stay-at-home  gentry 
cannot  lay  claim  to  any  patriotism  at  all.  So- 
cialism is  at  worst  a  disease  of  the  body  poli- 
tic. Indifference  is  a  chilling  of  the  very  soul 
of  democracy." 


PRAYS  IN   PRIZE   RING. 

JOHNNY  SUMMERS,  the  welterweight  box- 
ing champion  of  England,  is  devoutly  re- 
ligious. Just  before  his  recent  fight  with 
Syd  Burns,  which  encounter  won  him  the 
championship,  he  knelt  in  his  corner,  bowed 
his  head  reverently,  and  made  the  sign  of  the 
cross.  Then  he  sprang  to  his  feet  like  a  pan- 
ther, dashed  at  his  man,  put  the  sign  of  a  big 
fist  all  over  his  antagonist's  face,  and  did  his 
best  to  hammer  the  senses  out  of  him.  At  the 
end  of  each  round  Johnny  turned  down  his 
left  sock  and  touched  a  rosary  that  was  wound 
around  his  ankle,  and  at  the  call  of  the  time 
to  start  each  bout  he  dropped  on  one  knee 
and  passed  his  right  hand  across  his  face. 
When  the  fight  was  over  and  he  had  conquer- 
ed on  points  after  twenty  fierce  rounds,  he 
again  dropped  to  his  knees  in  a  corner  of  the 
ring.  And  the  strange  thing  was  that  in  that 
vast  assemblage  of  the  sporting  fraternity 
there  was  not  one  titter  to  indicate  that  there 
was  anything  incongruous  in  the  prayers  of  a 
prize-fighter,  which,  after  all,  are  no  more 
inconsistent  than  those  of  armies  about  to 
slaughter  eaeb  other. 

f 

Those  who  clamor  for  the  abolition  of  cap 
ital  punishment  should  ask  themselves  what 
caused  the  McNamaras  to  confess.  If  the 
hanging  they  deserved  had  not  been  staring 
them  in  the  face,  would  they  have  made  the 
compromise  by  which  they  saved  their  necks? 
True,  the  fear  of  the  noose  did  not  prevent 
them  committing  murder,  but  that  was  be- 
cause the  fear  was  offset  by  the  uncertainty 
of  the  law.  Improve  the  machinery  for  de 
tecting  crimes,  insure  prompt  tiials,  speedy 
convictions  when  the  evidence  warrants  them, 
and  stern  punishments,  and  you  do  all  that 
man  can  to  discourage  capital  crimes. 


BOORD'S 

LONDON,  ENG. 

GINS 

DRY 

OLD   TOM 
TWILIGHT 


CHARLES    MEINECKE    &    CO 

Auvra  Pmifm  Omot.  *1 4  •aomamcmt*  Br,,  • .  r 


Hue 


APAVOEITE  TEIGK  with  suburban  jour- 
aalists  of  a  certain  type  i>  to  tin  em 
some  "returned  San  PranciBcan"  \\  ho 
gives  t  lie  desired  shun  tu  our  much- em  led 
city.  Since  Oakland,  which  Uvea  on  the  mil- 
linn-,  ir  takes  '-iit  of  San  Francisco  every 
mouth  in  the  shape  of  clerical  salaries,  began 
kii  metropolitan  airs  the  shortcomings 
..i  i  is  citj  form  a  favorite  topic  fur  news- 
paper readers  within  a  radius  of  two  miles 
..i  Lake  Merritt.  "The  Knave,"  writing  in 
the  Oakland  Txibune,  pretends  to  tell  about 
a  "returned  San  Franciscan"  who  conversed 
with  him  recently  on  the  subject  of  our  city's 
restoration.  He  was  amazed,  of  course,  at 
the  way  the  city  had  been  rebuilt.  They  all 
are.     But  it  isn't  the  old  San  Francisco. 

Oh,  dear,  no!  It's  more  like  Chicago  or 
.Minneapolis.  A  wonder  "The  Knave"  didn't 
compare  us  to  West  rierkeley,  where  the 
slaughter-houses   and    oil    refineries   bloom. 

What  particularly  disquieted  this  "return- 
ed San  Franciscan  ''  was  the  morals  of  his  for- 
mer abiding  place,  and  the  cookery  of  the 
French  restaurants.  Both  are  distinctively 
bad,  lie  says,  as  compared  with  those  that 
came  under  his  ken  in  the  old  days.  The  re- 
turned one's  palate  and  digestion  have  prob- 
ably ben  ruined  wh.le  he  wa;  off  in  Chicago, 
.Minneapolis  and  other  centers  of  civic  purity 
and  gastronomic  art.  There  aie  more  good 
restaurants  in  !San  Francisco  than  ever  be- 
fore. 

As  to  the  vitiated  morality  of  our  commu- 
nity, it  appears  that  the  special  complaint  ot 
the  "returned  San  Franciscan"  is  that  "fash- 
ionable people"  now  visit  the  dives  on  the 
Barbary  Coast.  Formerly  the  dives  were  left 
unvisited,  though  they  flourished  then,  but 
for  a  different  set  of  people.  The  briny  sailor, 
the  unwashed  sheepherder,  and  the  horny- 
fisted  woodchopper  were  the  chief  assets  of  a 
popular  Barbary  Coast  dive.  Overalls  and 
cowhide  boots,  instead  of  dress  clothes  and 
dancing  pumps,  glided  over  the  floor.  The 
returned  San  Franciscan  must  be  as  dense  as 
"The  Knave"  of  the  Oakland  Tribune  if  he 
cannot  see  in  the  changed  aspect  of  the  Bar- 
bary Coast  the  evidences  of  a  great  uplift  in- 
stead of  moral  backsliding.  It  is  obvious 
that  the  Barbary  Coast  could  nevar  be  taken 
to  Nob  Hill  to  flourish  there,  and  the  next 
best  thing  to  be  done  was  bring  Nob  Hill  to 
the  Barbary  Coast.  Presto!  It  has  been  done. 
On  with  the  dance,  let  joy  be  unconfined.  The 
silks  and  furbelows  of  the  Four  Hundred  swish 
around  the  legs  of  the  habitues  of  the  slums, 
wno  had  perhaps  never  hoped  to  come  nearer 
to  the  fashionable  world  than  observing  it  in 
tne  fake  representation  of  a  motion  picture 
show.  No  doubt  before  long  this  uplift  of 
the  dives  will  begin  to  have  its  visible  effects. 


Mr.  * ' spider  Kelly  may  announce  his  pink 
teas  and  t lie  proprietor  of  "Thi'  Buckel  of 
Bl 1"  may  organize  a  charity  kirmess  calcu- 
lated tO  show  to  advantage  I  he  best  points 
Of  his  Texas  Tommy's  dances.      This  is  the  age 


Dr.  Harry  Tevis  to  Entertain. 

GREAT  preparations  are  being  made  Cor 
the  ball  at  the  Palace  Motel,  to  be 
given  on  New  Year's  Eve  by  Or.  Har- 
ry Tevis  1"  a  hundred  and  fifty  guests.  hi 
an  ordinary  year  the  ball  by 
the  popular  bachelor  capil  alisl 
would  be  considered  as  quite 
a  grand  affair,  but  after  the 
magnificent  entertainment  giv- 
en in  the  same  ballroom  by  his 
sister.  Mrs.  Fred  Sharon,  the 
Doctor's  party  will  be  a  com- 
paratively second-rate  affair. 
Mrs.  Sharon  set  a  standard  in 
lavish  entertainment  which  will 
not  be  easily  surpassed.  I 
hear  that  Dr.  Tevis'  dance  will 
Ije  a  genuine  New  Year's  Eve 
festival,  at  which  all  his 
friends  are  expected  to  rendez- 
vous and  enjoy  themselves  tc 
their  heart's  content.  All  the 
necessary  adjuncts  of  festivity 
have  been  carefully  provided 
for,  and  the  efficient  staff  of 
the  Palace  Hotel  are  putting 
the  finishing  touches  on  the 
arrangements. 

Mardi  G-ras  Ball. 


T 


MISS    IRENE    SABIN 
Whose  engagement  to   Attorney  John  Merrill  is 

of  progress,  though  Oakland  journalism,  ob- 
sessed with  a  crablike  tendency  to  mistake  on- 
wards from  backwards,  imagines  we  are  going 
downhill  when  we  aie  really  climbing  the 
heights. 

<£      ,*      -.* 
j-iloyd-Gecrge  Coming. 

LLOYD-GEORGE,  England's  Chancellor  of 
the  Exchequer,  and  the  one  conspicuous- 
ly strong  man  in  British  politics,  is 
coming  to  America  early  next  year,  and  al- 
ready invitations  to  visit  the  Pacific  Coast 
have  been  sent  him.  George  is  a  constructive 
statesman,  with  a  weakness  for  certain  doc- 
trinaire theories,  chief  among  which  is  his 
faith  in  the  Henry  George  scheme  of  the  Sin- 
gle Tax.  In  England  he  passes  for  an  orator, 
a  label  bestowed  on  all  whose  fluency  exceeds 
the  pace  of  a  wearisome  drawl.  All  the 
same,  he  has  a  faculty  for  saying  things  of 
his  own  in  a  way  or  his  own,  and  in  the  mat- 
ter of  moral  courage  he  has  been  the  one 
man  of  spine  in  the  British  Cabinet. 


HE  philanthropic  ladies  in 

charge     of     the     Mardi 

(iias   ball   at    the  Palace 

Hotel,    for    the    benefit    of    the 

Children's   Hospital,  are  likely 

to    surpass    all    their    previous 

efforts    in    that    line.      At    the 

preliminary    meetings    held    at    the    home    of 


BLACK  & 
WHITE 

SG0T6H  WHISKY 

The  Highest  Standard  ot 


~.    SHAW    &    CO. 
Pacific  Coast  Agents 
214    Front  St.,  San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  28,  1912. 


ad  Mrs.  E.  W.  Hopkins  mast  encouraging 
reports  have  been,  received  from  the  lady 
managers.  The  executive  committee  consists 
>r    Mrs.    Waiter    S.    Martin,    president;    Mrs, 

.."orris  K.  Davis,  secretary:   Miss  Cora  Smed- 
-ueasarer:   Mesdames  Latham  Mciluiiin. 
ttlian    Thome.    Harry   Poett.    Augustus    Tay- 
lor, Frederick  McNear.  William  H.  Taylor  Jr.. 

Henry    Kierstedt,    George    Xewhall.      Ge     a 

'ameron.  Henry  Fosrer  Dutton.  3:I:A 
■uan.      Samuel    Boardman.      Norman    Preston 
Ames.  ffiHard  Drown.  E.  E.  Brow-    .'..  Etl 
Arenali.  Benjamin  Dibble.  Silas  Palmer.  Lau- 
rance  I.   Scott.  James  Foliia.  Frederick  Kini- 

lej    Misses  Emily  Carolan,  Minnie  Houghton. 
bm     .erg. 

&     <g      Jt 
Ttie  Winship  BalL 

EVERYBODY  in  society  who  attended  the 
ball  given  by  Mrs.   Emory  Winship   at 
the  Fairmont  for  her  sister.  Miss  Mar- 
garet Casey,  is  lavish  in  praise  of  the  delight- 
ful affair.     The  beauty  of  the  scene  was  be- 
.    description.     Mrs.  Winship  did  not   de- 
sire to  outdo  the  Sharon  ball,  but  she  wished 
■■    give   an  entertainment  worthy  of  the  oc- 
1  '    --      -    the   guests   expected  to   see 
a  profusely  bedecked  ballroom,  but  the  Sharon 
ball   carried   that    idea    so   far    that    anything 
in  the  same  style  was   in   danger  of  looking 
like    a    poor    imitation.      It    was    an    excellent 
idea,  therefore,  to  make  the  ballroom  at  Mrs. 
Winship  "s    entertainment    a    beautiful    replica 
-  the  re  .  '  '.       :'  Diana  at  Ephesns.     A  ? 

■.leas,  orchids  and  blooming  margv. ei  '"    - 
thing  .f  desired  in  the  way  of  dec- 

:  lions.  Christmas  trees  apparently  glisten- 
ing under  their  coating  of  snow  gave  the  de 
sired  holids  i  to  the  Bed  Boom,  v 

-    also  used  by  Mrs.  Wins/        ■    _     sts.     At 
each  end   of   the  room  was  a  dais,  where 

ns  gat  !  L  as  at  the  Sharon  balL 
A  most  delicious  supper  was  served,  and  danc- 
ing continued  into  the  "wee  sma '  "  hours. 
The    women's    costumes      were      particularly 


\\  e  cany  a  most 
complete  line  of 
Holiday  goods 


157-159  GEARY  STREET 

Bet-  Grant  ATenue  and  Stockton  St. 

Branch  Store:  152  Kearny  Street 
San  Francisco 


charming,  and  it  seemed  as  though  never  be- 
fore had  so  many  wonderful  gems  been  vis- 
ible. Mrs.  Winsnip  was  superb  in  an  import- 
ed creation  of  white  and  gold  broeade.  with 
a  bodice  fashioned  of  rare  Iaee.  Her  debu 
tante  sister  was  very  girlish,  in  white  satin 
and  chiffon.  Mrs.  H.  McDonald  Spencer  look- 
ed very  attractive  in  Kitty  Gordon  green 
chiffon  over  ■  ite  s  .:..  and  Mrs.  Henry  E  -- 
ter  Button's  gown  of  pale-blue  satin  combined 
with  silver  and  M-ck  was  one  of  the  faand- 
■■---.  Of  the  debutantes  Miss  Arabella  M 
is  t  :    -         -~  charming.    I  hear  that 

the  attra  five  girl's  ffi^agement  is  to  be  an- 
nounced next  week,  the  fortunate  man  being 
Harold  Mann,  son  or  Colonel  Mann,  one  of 
San  Ft  ■  -  -  best-known  and  highly  es 
teemed  citizens.  Miss  Morrow  wore  white 
lace  over  wl     i  satin,  the  laee  veiling  £ 

ae  girdle  hung  in  a  long  straight  sash 

s    hem   of  her  skirt.. 

Mrs.  Winship  was  Miss  Katie  May  Dillon 
before  her  marriage  to  Lieutenant  Emorj 
Winship  of  the  navy.  Miss  Casey  is  the  step- 
sister of  Mrs.  Winship  and  the  daughter  of 
the  late  Maurice  Casey,  a  San  Francisco  cap 
italist. 

■*     ^C     & 
Once  Frequented  by  Nabobs. 

THE  be  -  £  James  V.  Coleman 

at    Menlo   Park,   which    is   now   offered 
for    sale,    has   not  been  much   occupied 
by  the  owner  in  many  years.    Xo  expense  was 

on  the  tine  residence  which  was 
ed  at  a  time  when  Menlo  was  inter  of 

Several    of    the    very    rich    families 
there,    but    nearly    all 
have  sold  t  -      _         ther  localities, 

&     &     & 
Bad  for  the  Lieutenant. 

THE  navy  set  are  very  much         srestc  I   in 
the  news    -  it    Ward   Ellis 

of  the  Marine  Corps  has  resigned  from 
the    navy    • ' for    the    good    of    the    service. " ! 
lis    is    allaged    to  "have    gotten 
ery  bad  financial  difficulties,  and  as  a 
the   non-payment   of  bills    with    wfaieh 
I  Ijatant-General  has   small  patience.    It 
was  the  ight  that  the  young  officer  would  have 
fee    face  a  court-martial,  but   in    >rder  to  pre- 
'  art    that   he   sent   in   his  resignation,  which 
sen  accepted.     Lieutenant  Ellis  is  very 
:nown  here,  as  he  was  stationed  at  Mare 
Island  for  a  number  of  years.     Two  or  three 
years  ago  he  married  CI  Tearing,  the 

daughter  of  Captain  Henry  F.  Gearing,  who 
-  iptain  i  the  Navy  Yard. 
Miss  Gearing  was  a  great  favorite  socially. 
and  attended  many  of  the  affairs  given  in 
town  as  well  as  at  the  Navy  Yard.  Ellis  and 
his  wife  left  Mare  Island  a  week  ago  for  Nor- 
folk Barracks.  Virginia,  where  he  was  to  have 
been  court-martialed. 

&    &    & 

A  Spring  Wedding. 

MUCH  interest  is  being  taken  in  the  news 
of  the  engagement  of  Charles  Belden 
Jr.    and   Miss   Frances    Phelps, 

-"rn    girl,   is   the  daughter  of 

Mr.  and   Mrs.  S.   G.  Phelps,  who  have  been 

ling  the  winter  in  Pasadena.    Mr.  Belden 


is  the  only  son  of  the  Charles  Beldens  of  Boss, 
and  he  and  his  sister  belong  to  the  exclusive 
social  colony.     They  will  wed  in  the  spring. 


A  SEEK"  OF  BEAUTY  13  A  JOT  TOBEVEB 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUDJS 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 


Or    Magical     Beaut  if  ier 


=-511     Wi 


"Aa  yon  ladies  will  use  them,  I  recommend 
'Gonrand's  Cream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  all 
the    Skin,  preparations." 


For  Sale  by  All  Drogeista  and  Txzcj  Goods 
Dealers. 
Gouraud's  Oriental  Toilet  Powder 
7  r  hrfawtw  and  adults.  Exquisitely  perfumed. 
Relieves  S^rin  Irrigations,  cares  Sunburn  and  ren- 
ders an  excellent  emari&eadmm.  Price  25  cents  by 
Mail- 

Gouraud's    Poudre    Subtile 
I   Removes  Superflaons  Hair.       Price  SI. 00  by  Stall. 

FERD.  T.  HOPKXKS.  Prop'r.  37  Great  Jones 
St,  Sew  York  City. 


SUMMONS. 

I>"  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THF,   STATE    ' 
raia,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  Sao 

.- — I  ■-■-.  y  ■ .  -. 

PHIL  -     GSGS    and    RC7;  -TTNGS. 

-■.■'.    tiffs     ra,  Pers  \    ■ins'    any. 

interest  :.    apon.    the   real    property    herein 

(escribed,    or    any    pan    thereof.      Defendants. — Ac- 

'  ,464. 
TTMOTHY   HEALY    Attorney  for   Plaintiffs.      Ad- 
^61    Phelan    Ba  .      -in    Francisco,    Cali- 

fornia. 

The  People  of  the  Slate  :    To  all  per- 

ilming  any  interest  in.  or  lien  ct  m,    the  real 
property  herein   described,    or  any  part   thereof,   de- 
..■ 
Yon   are    hereby   repaired    to   appear   and    answer 
the  complaint  of  PHILIP  H    -    I       -    *nd  RUBY  M. 
-  fe  plaintiffs,  (Bed  with  the  Clerk 

of  the  above  entitled  Conn  and  County,  within  three 
months    titer   the    first    -  :b;ieai»on  of  this  snmmons, 
and  to  ses  forth  what   interest  or  lien,   if  any.  yon 
have  in    or  npon    that   certain  real   property 
part  thereof,  sitaatevi  7  and  Comity 

State  of  Cali  irsienlarly  described 

''  '.'.  9  ws : 

-    it  a  point  on  the  northerfy  line  of  Fnl- 

ton    Street,    distant    thereon   one  hundred  and   twelve 

112      feet    six    <6  :      '    "      Ae    corner 

formed  by  the  tnteraecsior-   tti    the   aortterty  line  of 

Street    wtlli    tbe    easterly    Bne    vt   Broderict 

Street,    and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 

of  Fnlton  Street  twenty-five     '-'  (hence  at  a 

tag  ■    -    rrherly  one  hnndred  and  fifteen      115 

■     rigid    sngle    westerly    twentj 
:"-r':    and    chenee    &~  1  .  -.-'.a    aontheriy 

one  hundred  and  fifteen      115      feet    U    the   ooint   of 
.  .       betag   1  ir-  rESTERS    ADDITION. 

■"....--    SI2 
And   yon   are  hereby  noticed   that,   unless  yo»  so 
anpear  and  answer,   the  plaintiffs  will  apply   I 

wrl  fox  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complains,  to- 
wit :  to  obtain  a  jndgment  and  decree  ascer*  sfaxi  r 
--Arminhig  all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests 
:ms  in  and  to  the  real  property  hereinabove 
described,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  eonitable.  present  ot  fnrare.  veste 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
ESges  -•    of  any   descrtotion   and   establishing 

plaintiffs*    title    thereto,    and    for  sneh   other  or  far- 
ther relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Wimess  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
If    -     ;.  =  y  of  I>ecember.    1912. 

H.   I.    im.CRETY.    Clerk. 
By  H.  T.  PORTER.   Depnty  Clerk. 

stemora?" 

The  following  peraona  are  said  to  claim  aa  interest 
ir.    ■■-'.:--     "-•■ 

-  -   BARK  'a  corporano- 

316   Hioatgomery    Street,    ~:-r.    rVaaeiaeo,    California. 
MKUORAKDTJlf. 
»  first  poblication  of  this  SBmmons  was  made  in 
7 .  z    If  asp" '  newsoaper  on  the  23th  day  of  Decem- 
ber. A.  J>.  1912. 


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A  Providence  (B.  I.)  woman,  reputed  to 
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furbelows,  no  talcum  powder,  and  must  be  let 
to  cry.  As  to  the  kissing  and  frills,  that  may 
be  all  very  eugenic  or  hygienic  in  its  way, 
but  if  the  baby  is  to  be  let  cry  even  when  its 
wounds  might  be  healed  by  a  merciful  dash 
of  talcum  ,  then  let  us  have  the  good  old- 
fashioned  mother  who,  though  less  eugenic, 
was  more  humane.  Of  course,  it  is  not  the 
first  eugenic  baby.  There  have  been  thou- 
sands, but  the  skeptic  is  tempted  to  ask: 
What  becomes  of  them?  Eugenics  has  been 
founded  long  enough  for  a  specimen  infant  to 
be  now  occupying  the  Presidential  chair,  but 
we  don't  hear  of  him  in  these  or  other  high 
positions.  Like  the  coming  men  we  hear  so 
much  about,  we  are  always  asking:  Where  do 
they  all  go  to? 


J.    P.    &f organ's    cross-examination    elicited 
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Unemployed  ex-Presidents. 

THE  problem,  What  shall  we  do  with  our 
ex-Presidents?  resolves  itself  into, 
What  ought  our  Presidents  do  when 
they  retire?  The  first  problem  we  would  solve, 
so  far  as  we  can  solve  it,  if  we  gave  them  a 
pension  sufficient  for  the  preservation  of  ex- 
Presidential  dignity.  The  second  is  a  matter 
of  their  own  tastes.  Those  who  have  the 
requisite  appreciation  of  their  peculiar  posi- 
tion will  recognize  that,  having  considerable 
power  without  any  corresponding  responsibil- 
ity, it  is  their  duty  to  exercise  it  only  on 
questions  of  broad  national  import  so  purely 
national  as  to  be  above  party  issues.  It  would 
seem  that  Taft,  in  his  willingness  to  accept 
a  Yale  professorship,  and  in  his  intention  to 
tour  the  world  as  a  peace  advocate,  is  to  set 
a  high  standard  which,  if  adopted,  would  have 
saved  another  ex-President  the  ignominy  of 
"Armageddon."    Taft  already  has  set  a  lofty 


standard  in  saying  that  he  will  not  practise 
as  a  lawyer  because  ot  the  many  judges  he 
has  appointed.  He  would  probably  refuse  a 
judgeship  on  the  ground  that  he  would  be 
called  upon  to  dispassionately  interpret  "stat- 
utes in  the  making  of  which  he  was  a  heated 
partisan.  Taft  is  likely  not  only  to  preserve 
the  best  traditions  of  his  office,  but  to  set  a 
fine  precedent  for  those  who  follow  him  into 
retirement. 

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SAM  DAVIS,  who  has  obtained  the  eon- 
cession  for  the  '49  Mining  Camp  at  the 
Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  ran  the  same 
kind  of  a  concession  at  the  Midwinter  Fair 
in  Golden  Gate  Park.  He  was  a  lively  report- 
er on  the  San  Francisco  Chronicle  thirty  years 
ago,  when  the  late  Charles  de  Young  was 
editor-in-chief  and  M.  H.  de  Young  the 
bustling  business  manager.  Sam  Davis  left  the 
Chronicle  to  become  editor  of  the  Carson  Ap- 
peal, and  later  married  Mrs.  Mighels,  widow 
of  the  former  proprietor,  Harry  Mighels,  a 
prominent  Nevada  journalist  and  poet.  His 
son,  a  promising  young  novelist,  died  not 
long  ago.  Sam  Davis  knows  more  about  a  real 
mining  camp  than  any  other  journalist  in  Cal- 
ifornia. 

A  Lucky  Artist. 

THAT  very  clever  artist,  Francis  McComas, 
has  had  a  few  excellent  examples  of  his 
work   on   view  at   Gump's  galleries,     i 
hear  that  the  dealers  found  it  rather  difficult 
to    get    pictures    from    Mr.    McComas,    as    his 
work  finds  a  ready  market  without  their  aid. 


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-THE  WASP- 


ii 


Nudes  in  Disfavor. 

PEBC1VAL  Bosseaiij  the  American  palmer 
of  animals,  who  baa  eome  to  New  York 
t<-  depict  Mr-..  Clarence  Wackay'e  fine 
dogs,  baa  mentioned  t"  New  Sfork  reporters 
thai  "painting  the  nude  didn't  pay."  At  one 
time  the  Paris  salon  was  full  of  nudeB,  but 
now  they  bave  gone  ont  of  fashion.  At  a  late 
-all. 11  in  Paris  I  not  iced  thai  bardly  - 
the  in         _  ii  favorable  mention,    a  Ban 

Francisco  man  who  «:t*  making  thi 

aloD    with   nif.   and   who    knew   s    g I 

about  Paris  and  pictures  and  painters, 
was  surprised  at  the  change.  PercivsJ  Bos- 
Beau  lias  tii.' it  tor.;  made  ao  misstatement  to 
the   New    fork   reporters  about    tin*   painting 

«'t'  iln-  nude  lu'ing  no  longer  a  paying  business. 

It  was  in  the  order  of  things  thai  the  large 
crops  of  nudes,  that  grew  annually  in  the 
studios    of    Paris,    and    overflowed    into    tin 

salmis.     Should     cause     a     surfeit.       l'»a  iv  hndh-d 

"nymphs"  in  every  possible  and  apparently 
impossible  fprm  of  action  and  inaction  were 
placed  upon  t he  canvases.  They  were  ,%- 
posed  in  t lie  moment  of  emerging  from  the 
batfa  or  entering  it;  tliey  lay  upon  the  ver- 
dant banks  of  summer  streams  in  attitudes 
emblematic  of  the  first  mother,  prior  to  the 
discovery  of  the  Forbidden  Tree.  The  public 
ga/.ed  in  ecstacy,  the  Salon  judges  of  award 
gave  the  artists  gold  medals  in  profusion,  and 
rich  connoisseurs  of  the  bourgeoisie  and  aris- 
tocracy purchased  the  highly  praised  products 
of  the  brush.  But  no  more.  The  painter  who 
now  seeks  a  good  position  in  the  Salou  aud 
hopes  for  a  silver  medal,  or  even  a  mention 
of  mild  approval,  leaves  the  bare  nymphs  to 
enjoy  their  indoor  or  outdoor  baths  unnoticed, 
and  devotes  his  talents  to  subjects  that  have 
more  sentiment   than  carnal  delight. 

It  is  not  to  be  inferred  from  this  change 
that  the  Paris  Salons  have  established  a  great- 
ly elevated  standard  of  pure  art — not  a  bit 
of  it!  Some  of  the  pictures  that  get  gold 
medals  now;  while  the  pink-toed  nymphs  are 
coldly  overlooked,  are  not  nearly  as  well 
painted  as  the  bare  ladies  who  have  fallen  so 
much  into  disrepute.  No  artist  needs  to  be 
told  that  it  is  a  task  of  the  greatest  artistic 
difficulty  to  paint  even  a  very  ordinary  pic- 
ture of  a  nude  human  being,  whether  child, 
woman  or  man.  The  task  is  one  to  be  ac- 
complished only  by  a  perfect  draughtsman 
and  a  thorough  master  of  color.  Knowing  the 
technical  difficulties  of  the  task,  and  eager 
to  show  their  power  to  cope  with  the  under- 
taking, ambitious  young  painters,  after  leav- 
ing the  academies,  were  formerly  fired  with 
the  ambition  to  send  a  crop  of  life-sized 
nudes  to  the  Salon. 

But,  as  Percival  Rosseau  has  remarked,  "it 
does  not  pay' '  and  the  Paris  Salons  now 
display  great  tenderness  towards  sentimental 
and  patriotic  subjects.  In  these  lines  the  pos- 
sibilities for  the  production  of  inartistic  atro- 
cities are  ever  greater  than  in  the  painting  of 
bare  nymphs.  At  worst,  an  unclothed  female 
figure  is  only  vulgar,  but  a  sentimental  com- 
position can  be  ridiculous'  as  well  as  vulgar, 
and  there  is  nothing  more  absurd  and  undesir- 
able  in   the   whole   range   of  painting   than   a 


1 ibastu-    patriotic    picture,    where    the    ber06S 

are  dying  or  conquering  Like  ->■  many  "mi pes " 
hi   a  melodrama. 

Of  late  years  in  Prance  there  has  been  com- 
petition bet  ween   prom  incut   municipalities   to 

ate  their  town  halls  with  imposing  battle 

pictures  commemorative  of  legenda'ry  triumphs 

of  French  arms.     Napoleonic  war  scene 

out  of  date.    Ti..  been  overdone.   .More- 

oxer,  there  is  always  the  danger  of  eoiupari- 
son  with  Meissonier  and  other  great  masters 
of  the  brush,  and  nothing  i>  more  odioUB  than 
the  comparison  of  a  miserable  potboiler  with 
a    chef    .I  'neu\  re. 

Shrewd   young    French    painters   no   longei 

try   to   tempt   provincial  councilmon   with   large 


FRANCIS  McCOMAS 

canvases  descriptive  of  the  retreat  from  Mos- 
cow, or  even  the  advance  on  that  historic  city. 
They  select  for  their  subjects  the  martial  ex 
ploits  of  some  favorite  son  of  the  village  on 
which  they  have  artistic  and  mercenary  de- 
signs. Jt  matters  not  that  history  knows  not 
of  the  hero  who  is  to  be  glorified  in  a  life-size 
painting,  "Francois  Mutte  of  the  97th  Chas- 
seurs at  Chalons-sur-Duckpond."  A  copious 
footnote  under  the  title  of  the  great  battle- 
piece  explains  that  Francois,  when  serving  as 
a  high  private  in  the  97th,  performed  prodi- 
gies of  valor  in  defending  an  ammunition 
train,  or  a  sandwich  wagon,  or  some  other 
necessary  part  of  the  paraphernalia  of  the 
campaign,  and  was  promoted  ou  the  spot,  or 
some   spot   close   thereunto,   from   his   humble 


rank  to  tin-  exalted  station  of  fourth  sergeant. 
All  of  which  it  is  related  is  part  of  the  annals 
of  Francois'  native  place,  and  in  recognition 
there. if    the    appropriate    painting    lias    been 

Voted    a    place    on     the    walls    of    the    hotel    de 

ville  of  <  hahuis  sur-Duckpond,  The  -, 
battlepiece  makes  a  direct  appeal  to  the  pa- 
triotism and  the  republicanism  of  the  Salon 
judges  of  award,  and  if  1  hey  put  their  seal 
r>1  app  oi  a  i  on  ii  I  he  pic  are  is  as  good  as 
sold  to  the  municipality  of  Ohalons-sur-Duck* 
pond.  The  provincial  picl  ure-buyers  cannot 
question  the  judgment  of  the  eminent  judges 
of  Paris,  ami  the  latter  have  neither  time  nor 
inclination  to  hunt  up  the  records  of  the  97th 
Chasseurs  in  the  campaign  around  Chalons- 
sur-Duckpond,  Ol  anywhere  else.  When  the 
transaction  is  finished  the  happiest  people  in 
France  are  the  painter  who  pocketed  the 
money,  his  landlord  who  has  been  paid  the 
rent  of  the  studio,  and  the  chairman  of  the 
art  purchase  committee  of  (Jhalons-sur-Duck- 
pond,  who  has  secured  for  his  municipality 
such  a  splendid  mural  battlepiece.  Thus  every- 
body is  pleased  and  satisfied,  and  art  glorified 
for  art's  sake. 

How  much  better  is  all  this  than  painting 
nudes  that  excite  the  envy  of  artists,  but  fail 
to  find  purchasers! 

■<     .<     ■< 
Merriment  at  Techau's. 

ii/~*  IN*  IKK''  meetings  were  held  all  over 
ll  the  United  Slates  on  Monday,  De- 
cember Kith,  by  the  agents  and 
salesmen  of  the  Chalmers-Detroit  Automobile 
Company.  These  meetings  are  devised  to  stim- 
ulate enthusiasm  and  efficiency.  The  meeting 
at  Techau  Tavern,  presided  over  by  Mr.  E.  P. 
Brinegar,  President  of  the  Pioneer  Automobile 
Company,  certainly  fulfilled  its  mission  and 
was  permeated  with  the  ( 'ginger1 '  spirit 
throughout.  Even  the  menu  was  utilized  to 
carry  out  the  idea,  preserved  ginger  being 
served  with  the  roast  and  ginger  ale  cocktails 
preceding  the  champagne. 

Mr.  Charles  Loesch,  General  Manager  of  the 
California  Baking  Company,  gave  a  farewell 
dinner  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Ada  Bush  on  the  eve 
of  her  departure  for  New  York.  Novel  fea- 
tures were  an  illuminated  oven  carved  in  ice, 
from  which  dessert  was  served,  and  a  huge 
basket  made  of  candy  containing  fancy  cakes. 


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[Saturday,  December  28,  1912. 


WHO  is  the  world's  most  popular  com- 
poser? Who  is  the  man  in  whose  mel- 
ody the  spirit  of  the  age  is  most  ef- 
fectively expiessed?  well,  four  years  ago  he 
was  a  waiter  in  a  Bowery  >  afe,  earning  $15  a 
week.  This  year  he  will  receive  in  royalties 
something  like  a  million  dollars.  He  is  only 
24  and  has  no  knowledge  of  music,  yet  during 
the  last  three  years  he  has  composed  success 
after  success,  and  each  with  more  than  the 
ease  and  rapidity  of  the  average  business 
man  writing  a  letter. 

The  sales  of  several  of  his  compositions 
have  reached  the  tnree-million  mark,  and  he 
is   still   writing    'em. 

His  name,  if  it  is  of  any  consequence  to 
the  millions  who  sing  his  melodies,  is  Irving 
Berlin.  His  masterpieces  are  "Everybody's 
Doin'  It,"  "My  "Wife's  Gone  to  the  Coun- 
try! Hurrah!  Hurrah! "  Alexander's  Rag- 
time Band,"  "Oh,  You  Beautiful  Doll!"  and 
"The  Eagtime   Violin." 

Mozart,  Beethoven,  Handel,  Tsehaikowsky, 
Wagner  and  Richard  Strauss  may  have  their 
following,  but  when  it  comes  to  the  joyous 
devotion  of  the  masses  of  humanity  Berlin 
beats  the  band. 

It  is  the  fashion  of  critics  out  of  harmony 
with  the  spirit  of  the  age  to  sneer  at  rag- 
time, but  did  you  ever  stop  to  consider  that 
this  is  he  age  of  ragtime,  and  that  every- 
body's "doin'  it,  dom'  it,"  in  every  walk 
in  life. 

The  clamorous  demand  of  the  period  is  for 
rag.  Musical  rag,  as  we  now  know  it,  is  a 
comparatively  recent  phase  of  ragging,  though 
it  is  to  music  that  we  owe  the  name.  Berlin 
may  not  have  invented  it;  the  most  success- 
ful raggers  in  all  forms  of  activity,  as  I  will 
prove  later,  are  the  plagiarists  and  pirates; 
but  it  was  Berlin  who  first  delivered  the 
goods  precisely  as  wanted.  Success  is  his 
only  crime,  since  the  clamorous  demand  for 
more  has  grown  out  of  that  success.  Like 
Hearst  with  his  ragtime,  or,  if  you  will,  yellow 
journalism,  Berlin  is  beyond  blushing  and 
apologies,  and  if  asked  for  the  latter  would 
point  to  the  sales. 

The  people  want  ragtime  melodies  as  they 
want  ragtime  newspapers.  All  production 
is  for  profit,  with  use  or  durability  as  quite 
secondary  considerations.  You  might  as  well 
blame  the  manufacturers  of  paper  boots, 
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in  obedience  to  a  demand  satisfied  with  any 
imitation,  so  long  as  it  is  cheap,  as  blame 
Berlin  for  his  shoddy  music  or  Hearst  for  his 
shoddy    journalism. 

Bagging  is  as  old  as  the  pyramids.  The 
lesser  Dionysia  of  ancient  Greece  were  rag- 
time festivals,  just  as  repugnant  to  the  class- 
ical Apollonians  as  the  classical  rag  of  Strauss 
to  the  chaste  tympanum  of  Tommy  Nunan. 

Shakespeare  was  ragging  when  he  descend- 
ed to  those  unpardonable  puns  and  perver- 
sions of  history  to   please  his  royal  patrons. 

Byron  ragged  divinely  when  he  wrote  '  Don 
Juan."     All  doggerel  is  poetic  rag. 

The  old  masters  who  depicted  all  kings  and 
princes  as  majestic  and  heroic,  and  who  paint- 
ed all  queens  as  though  they  were  angelic 
Venuses,  were  ragging.  So  were  the  sculpt- 
ors when  they  did  likewise. 

Much  of  our  modern  architecture,  with  col- 
umns on  the  seventeenth  floor,  or  even  farther 
up  in  the  air,  as  though  they  were  supporting 
the  foundations,  and  Moorish  domes  sur- 
mounting Grecian  structures,  is  sheer  rag  in 
brick    and    plaster    imitating    stone. 

Our  best  sellers,  written  for  no  other  pur- 
pose than  to  sell,  are  romantic  rag.  Vaude- 
ville is  merely  the  logical  conclusion  of  the 
ragging  which  began  with  comic  opera  and 
passed  through  musical  comedy  to  its  pres- 
ent position.  The  moving  picture  is  but  the 
last  stage  of  the  ragging  in  drama  which  be- 
gan with  melodrama. 

The  quack  doctor  and  fraudulent  specialist 
are  indulging  in  medical  rag — the  most  repre- 
hensible of  all  raggery  and  the  one  form  that 
calls  loudly  for  the  police. 

Commercial  rag  is  notorious,  but  as  a  rule 
justifiable.  When  leading  dry  goods  houses 
branch  out  to  include  butter  and  egg  depart- 
ments and  lunch  counters,  they  are  ragging 
in  obedience  te  the  demand  of  a  competition 
they  cannot   afford  to  'ignore. 

Slang  is  only  ragtime  in  speech.  All  ex- 
travagant fashions  in  dress-or  deportment  are 
founded  on  ragging. 

Rag  dancing  began  with  the  waltz,  or  even 
earlier.  Turn  back  to  the  rebuke  leveled 
against  the  waltz  when  first  introduced  and 
the  current  criticisms  of  the  "Turkey  Trot" 
or  "Texas  Tommy'7  will  sound  as  the  mild 
protests  of  the  rapidly  capitulating  Puritan. 

Mothers  of  the  present-day  belles  of  San 
Francisco  will  remember  when  a  fashionable 
photographer  published  a  pamphlet  entitled 
"The  Dance  of  Death,"  in  which  he  described 
the  intimate  embrace  of  the  whirling  waltz 
as  the  acme  of  lasciviousness  and  its  steps  as 
those  which  lead  inevitably  to  perdition.  "The 
Dance  of  Death"  caused  such  a  sulphurous 
sizzle  it  cooked  the  photographer's  business. 

The  fake  interview,  the  sensational  story 
woven  of  whole  cloth  by  the  imagination  of 
the  reporter — these  and  many  other  things 
are  but  editorial  rag. 

Three-fourths  of  our  politics  are  rag.  Your 
average  reformer  is  all  rag.  The  man  who 
takes  the  platform  and  advocates  some  partic- 
ular scheme  as  certain  to  bring  about  the  mil- 
lenium,  but  who  is  in  the  game  for  its  adver- 
tisement, and  incidentally  the  boodle,  is  rag- 
ging to  beat  the  baud — and  the  taxpayer.  He 
knows  that  it  is  all  rot,  but  he  also  knows  that 
for  the  bull  of  the  reformer  there  is  always 
a  big  market.  Initiative,  referendum,  recall 
of  officers  and  judicial  decisions — in  short,  the 
whole  program  of  the  Bull  Moose  bullers  is 
rag  with  Theodore  Roosevelt  and  Hiram  John- 
son as  the  boss  political  ragtimers  of  the  cen- 
tury. 

Mr.  Merchant,  THE  WASP,  reaching  6,000 
society  and  cIud  women,  is  tne  advertising 
medium  you  need  in  your  business.  Women 
are  your  best  customers. 


Nor  does  ragging  stop  short  of  the  church 
itself.  There  are  pastors  to  be  found  still  so 
conservative  in  their  conception  of  religion 
as  to  preach  the  pure  and  unadulterated  gos- 
pel. If  their  churches  are  not  always  full 
of  worshipers,  their  hearts  are  full  of  the 
divine  fire. 

But  there  are  others  who  make  a  soap-box 
of  the  pulpit. 

The  clergyman  who  runs  a  sideline  in  poli- 
tics, municipal,  State  or  national,  or  who  ped- 
dles social  legislation  of.  a  partisan  character, 
is  indulging  in  clerical  rag. 

From  Irving  Berlin,  composer  of  "My 
Wife's  Gone  to  the  Country!  Hurrah!  Hur- 
rah!" to  the  exponents  of  clerical  rag  may 
seem  a  far  cry,  but  rag  levels  all.  The  rag 
sermon,  like  the  rag  composition,  is  a  perver- 
sion— the  one  of  the  gospel,  the  other  of  mel- 
ody. 

T 

A  PERPETUAL  CALENDAR. 

Perpetual  motion  in  the  way  of  calendars 
would  seem  to  have  been  achieved  in  the  de- 
vice just  issued  by  the  Continental  Building 
and  Loan  Association  of  California.  The 
trouble  with  many  "perpetual"  calendars  is 
that  they  are  either  the  most  temporary  and 
flimsy  affairs,  or  so  complex  that  they  require 
a  chauffeur  to  keep  them  in  order,  but  the 
attractive  design  to  hand  is  simple  to  a  de- 
gree, while  the  metal  frame  and  fixings  guar- 
antee its  durability. 

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To  Bernard  Shaw's  sally  that  Sir  Herbert 
Beerbohm  Tree  got  his  title  as  a  reward  for 
not  producing  a  Shaw  play,  the  actor-manager 
replies:  "No,  I  threatened  to  produce  a  Shaw 
play  unless  a  title  was  conferred  upon  me." 


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A.NDS  SAKE  I  I'm  glad  Christians  is  over. 
S-i  much  worry  picking  out  presents  for 
oil  my  friends)  And  ii  onsis  su  muchl 
After  nil  the  figuring  1  did  it  cosl  me 
$11.35  and  I  couldn't  get  oft  a  cent  less. 
At  the  lust  minute  I  forgot  that  I  had  iml  made  the 
necktie  out  of  a  piece  of  red  carpet  that  I  intended 
for  my  Japanese  boy,  Makahaahi,  Goodness  me !  1 
had  to  go  downtown  and  buy  him  a  25-cent  tie  at  a 
lire  sale.  And  he  didn't  seem  the  least  bit  pleased 
over  it,  either.  He  held  it  out  and  dangled  it  around 
us  if  he  was  holding  a  snake  by  the  tail,  and  he  told 
me  one  of  his  friends  that  works  for  Mrs.  Pacific 
Hights  got  $10  as  a  Christmas  gift  and  ten  dayB' 
vacation.  That's  what  I  got  for  being  too  kind  to 
Makahashi.  I  never  deducted  but  10  cents  from  his 
wages  for  all  the  cups  and  glasses  he's  broken,  and 
he  fussed  so  about  it  that  I  was  afraid  he  might 
poison  me  or  .spill  boiling  water  on  one  of  my  lovely 
■  ■.its.    so    I    gave    the  "money  back   to  him  and  let.   him 


take  a   whole   Sunday  oiT.      Oh,    I   dete&l    ingratitude! 
»      •      » 

Goodness   me  I    isn't    it   annoying   that   a   Ool 
woman    should    settle    the    question    whether    '  'Mar; 
had   a    little    lamb"  f      Just    think    of    it!       We   had    a 
'Mary's  Lamb  Day"  planned  for  thy  January  meet 

Effort    Club,    and    all    the    n 

tent   out.     Now   all   our   trouble   and    <-  ■ 
goes  for  nothing.      Pshaw  I      Nobody    will    take   any 

interest     any     more     in     Mary    or    her    lamb,     for    that 

Colorado   women,    Mrs    Owens   of   Puebla,    has   g 

bark   to   Massachusetts   and   found  out   all   about   them. 
■  nurel      I  didn't   think  they  were 
civilised     enough     in     ('.dorado     to     worry     th.  in   .  I 

al t   Mar_\  and  her  little  lamb.     It's  getting  bo  you 

tind    clubwomen    investigating    important    quest!  >ns 

everywhere,     I  had  a   letter  last   week    from  0 to 

Prudence,    in   Boston,   and   she   tellB  me   that    back   in 
Coon    Creek,    where    ">■    pul    in    so    many    happy    days, 

they  have  a  Woman's  Oivic   Uplift   Association.     Sa 

manthy  Cralmpple,  tlial  married  Silas  Skinner,  the 
tanner,  after  I  let  him  see  his  persistent  attentions 
to  me  were  entirely  wasted,  i->  secretary  and  treas- 
urer. She'll  take  good  care  of  the  funds,  for  1 
never  saw  anybody  half  as  close  as  her.  Many  times 
mother  used  to  Bay  to  me,  "Tabitha,  why  can't  you 
bo  careful  an'  saving  like  Samanthy  Crabapple?" 
But  I  couldn't  for  the  life  of  me — I'm  naturally  so 
extravagant.  Why,  would  you  believe  it,  I  put  eggs 
that  cost  me  18  cents  a  dozen  in  my  Christmas  cake 
ond  nobody  would  have  known  the  difference  if  I'd 
gone  and  bought  eggs  three  years  older  for  25  cents. 
Hut  anything  like  stinginess  is  so  hateful  to  mel 
*      *      * 

Goodness  mel  wasn't  it  a  surprise — Helen  Gould 
changing  her  mind  about  getting  married!  I  begin 
to  wonder  if  I'm  safe  myself.  Who'd  have  thought 
it?  Sometimes  I  feel  a  sense  of  loneliness  that  the 
companionship  of  my  dear  pets,  including  the  canary, 
does  not  make  up  for.  But,  after  all,  no  feeling 
could  be  as  bad  as  to  find  some  big  brute  of  a  man 
seated  at  the  head  of  the  table  every  morning  and 
talking   to   you  as  if  he   owned   you,   body  and  soul. 


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not    if  ten    thousand   Helen   Moulds   went   and   made 
■     *     • 

I'm  very  much  in  favor  ,,(  the  idea  o 

i : . . .     i  i   ■.  ■  .  .  i  i         'Five    Phou 

a    Yei.r    Hub."       They    won't    think    of    marrying    any 

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be   Ethical   Effort  Oluh      Lands    iak<       I 

don't  C terns   her,    for   any    man    with    thai 

much  in ij    that  would  think  of  marrying  !"-r  would 

i'.    the    lunatic    asylum    right    off.       It    too 
in.'     Ml     way    things    are    going,    thai    before    long    it    is 
ii  lilt,    thai    will    l.e    supporting    their    husbands, 

if  they   have   any   bucq   incumbrances.     There  

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THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  28,  1912. 


TAXPAYERS,  PLEASE 

GIVE  ATTENTION. 


Here  Are  a  Few  Facts  Worth  Keeping  In 
Mind. 
!>AN  FRANCISCO  has  withstood  quite 
a  siege  by  the  Taxeaters'  Trust. 
Many  kinds  of  proposed  municipal 
extravagance  have  been  discouraged. 
It  must  not  be  supposed  for  a  moment  that 
this  is  the  end  of  the  struggle.  The  Taxeat- 
ers' Trust  will  remain  busy  and  continue  to 
concoct  new  schemes  to  reach  the  city  treas- 
ury, and  suddenly  the  taxpayers  will  find 
themselves  up  against  another  unnecessary 
bond  election  of  some  kind — for  an  aquatic 
park  in  Islais  Creek  or  a  free  public  tea  gar- 
den on  the  apex  of  Telegraph  Hill. 

No  municipal  official  seems  to  regard  it  as 
his.  special  duty  to  protect  the  city  treasury 
from  the  raiders,  although  all  are  supposed  to 
be  watchful  of  the  best  interests  of  the  tax- 
payers, and  trying  to  advance  the  public 
prosperity.  It  can  never  be  advanced  by  utter 
wastefulness. 

In  all  this  saturnalia  of  extravagance,  while 
the  Taxeaters'  Trust  has  been  doubling  the 
taxes,  and  thus  adding  to  the  -already  too  high 
cost  of  living,  what  has  the  Auditor  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  been  doing? 
Nothing  to  protect  the  city  treasury,  as  far 
as  the  public  knows.  And  yet  the  first  and 
last  duty  of  the  Auditor  is  to  block  the  road 
of  extravagance.  He  is  supposed  to  be  elected 
for  that  purpose.  Once  upon  a  time  he  was. 
He  was  chosen  as  the  real  watchdog  of  the 
city  treasury.  If  a  grafting  or  merely  extrav- 
agant ring  in  the  Board  of  Supervisors  passed 
improper  claims,  the  competent  aud  honest 
Auditor  asserted  his  legal  authority  and  re- 
fused to  audit  the  demands.  That  stopped  the 
raid  on  the  treasury,  for  without  the  Auditor 's 
,"0  K"  the  City  and  County  Treasurer  could 
not  pay  the  claims.  If  he  violated  the  law  by 
paying  them,  his  bondsmen  could  be  sued  and 
the  money  recovered. 

The  cold,  unpleasant  truth  is  that  for  years 
we  have  had  no  City  and  County  Auditor  per- 
forming his  duties  honestly  and  fearlessly, 
and  stopping  grafters  from  dipping  into  the 
public  cash  box.  The  so-called  Auditors  have 
been  no  more  than  mere  clerks.  Any  $100-a- 
month  clerk  could  perform  the  work  they  did, 
and  perhaps  do  it  even  better.  They  have  ap- 
peared to  imagine  that  their  place  in  the  mu- 
nicipal arrangements  was  to  affix  their  names 
to  every  demand  on  the  treasury,  good,  bad 
and  indifferent,  A  $10-a-week  girl  with  a  rub- 
ber stamp  could  do  that. 

As  the  inevitable  result  of  such  "auditing" 
the  cost  of  the  municipal  government  of  San 
Francisco  has  been  doubled  in  a  short  time, 
and  the  wonder  is  that  it  has  not  been  trebled. 
Readers  of  The  "Wasp  are  well  aware  how 
often  we  have  given  facts  about  the  shameful 
neglect  of  duty  by  several  Auditors  of  our 
City  and  County.  It  is  no  use  now  to  review 
the  misconduct  of  Auditors  who  have  been  re- 
turned to  private  life,     More  useful  is  it  to 


direct  attention  to  the  present  administration 
of  the  City  and  County  Auditor 's  office  and  de- 
mand that  something  like  obedience  to  the  city 
charter  shall  be  observed  in  auditing  claims 
against  the  treasuhy. 

The  worst  instance  of  carelessness  in  any 
Auditor's  office  in  America  was  the  payment 
of  a  million  of  dollars  to  Ham  Hall  and  his 
associates  for  the  Cherry  Greek  waters  rights 
that  are  in  litigation.  Auditor  Boyle  should 
have  resigned  from  his  office  sooner  than  ap- 
prove such  a  payment  of  public  money  as 
that.  It  was  one  of  the  fishiest  pieces  of  bus- 
iness that  ever  took  place,  and  rounded  out 
most  appropriately  the  malodorous  Union  La- 
bor administration.  In  the  closing  days  of 
that  discredited  and  injurious  government  the 
deal  was  rushed  through.  Ham  Hall  and  his 
associates  were  allowed  one  million  of  dollars, 


ATJDITOK    THOMAS    F.    BOYLE 

Head    of    a    municipal    department    whicli    has 
suffered    from    dryrot. 

and  then  it  became  the  Auditor's  duty  to  re- 
fuse to  sanction  such  an  unlawful  and  im- 
proper transaction.  He  first  declared  he 
would  never  consent,  and  but  soon  changed 
his  tune,  and,  like  the  lady  in  Lord  Byron's 
poem  of  "Don  Juan."  "vowing  he  would 
ne'er  consent,,  consented. "  Ham  Hall  packed 
off  a  cool  million  of  dollars  from  the  city 
treasury,  and  all  that  the  city  of  San  Francis- 
co has  to  show  for  such  a  sum  is  a  lawsuit. 
For  Hall's  alleged  water  rights  are  in  litiga- 
tion, and  even  the  taxes  were  not  paid  on  the 
property  for  which  the  city  gave  him  a  mil- 
lion dollars,  with  the  consent  and  approval  of 
the  municipal  official  whose  duty  it  is  to  stop 
just  such  deals. 

A  radical  change  in  the  management  of  the 
Auditor's  office  should  be  demanded.  The  fact 
should  not  be  overlooked  that  if  the  Auditor 
did  his  fully  duty  it  would  be  very  hard  to 
slip  through  improper  claims  against  the  city 
treasury. 

The  temper  of  the  public  is  changing  in  San 
Francisco.     After  the  fire  of  1906  everybody 


was  so  engrossed  in  the  task  of  restoring  his 
business  that  few  except  professional  politi- 
cians had  any  time  for  public  business.  The 
result  was  that  the  professional  politicians 
could  do  very  much  as  they  pleased  and  waste 
became  the  order  of  the  day.  The  recent  bond 
elections  indicate  that  the  public  is  giving 
more  attention  to  public  matters,  and  has  re- 
solved to  show  municipal  officers  that  extrava- 
gance is  objectionable.  Office-holders  who  fail 
to  profit  by  the  warning  will  find  it  very  diffi- 
cult to  have  themselves  re-elected,  and  gentle- 
men who  let  large  sums  slip  out  of  the  city 
treasury  without  raising  an  alarm  or  trying 
to  stop  the  looters  may  have  to  face  the  un- 
pleasant experience  of  a  recall. 


WHERE  WAS  ZION? 

BROTHER  EDWIN  RAY  ZION,  high  chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  Inefficiency,  where 
have  you  been  in  all  these  days  of  wild- 
cat parks,  bond-boosting  and  other  agitations 
for  increasing  the  burdens  of  the  taxpayers? 
Why  have  you  been  hiding  your  light  under 
a  bushel?  Or  is  it  that  you  welcome  new 
forms  of  extravagance  as  furnishing  your  bu- 
leau  with  material  for  reports?  Is  it  that 
the  more  we  waste  the  millions  the  better 
your  opportunities  for  pointing  to  the  possible 
saving  of  the  cents? 

In  any  case,  you  have  been  sadly  and  sig- 
nificantly silent  throughout  all  these  schemes 
for  burning  the  taxpayers'  money.  If  there 
had  been  any  semblance  of  usefulness  in  your 
comic  opera  department  you  would  have  been 
to  the  ioie  with  convincing  proof  that  many 
of  the  men  who  were  recently  clamoiing  on 
the  ballot  paper  for  an  increase  of  salary  were 
not  earning  the  money  they  are  already  receiv- 
ing. It  was  the  chance  of  a  lifetime  for  you 
to  have  brought  out  the  evidence  that  would 
have  assisted  electors  in  coming  to  a  decision. 
That  you  failed  to  do  so  is  convincing  proof 
that  you  department  is  but  a  part  of  the  bu- 
reaucratic extravagance  it  professes  to  keep  in 
check  and  of  the  incompetence  it  is  designed 
to  render  efficient.  That  the  electors  acted 
for  themselves  in  squelching  the  impudently 
insolent  demands  for  gross  municipal  extrava- 
gance only  shows  that  they  are  more  conver- 
sant with  official  waste  and  incapacity  than 
you  and  your  department,  paid  for  the  pur- 
pose of  exposing  such  things. 

1 

CHARACTER  AND  CREDIT. 

IN  the  course  of  that  long  cross-examination 
in  which  he  made  Untermeyer  look  a 
woefully  ponderous  person,  if  not  alto- 
gether a  tedious  ass,  Pierpont  Morgan  made 
clear  the  fact  that  credit  is  something  more 
complex  than  imagined  by  enthusiasts  for  the 
remedial  loan  association.  Morgan  said  he 
always  lent  money  on  the  basis  of  a  borrow- 
er's character,  and  that  if  he  did  not  trust  a 
man,  would  call  off  a  loan — "even  if  it  was 
made  on  Government  bonds."  On  the  other 
hand:  "I  have  known  a  man  to  come  into  my 
office,  aud  I  have  given  him  a  check  for  a  mil- 
lion dollars  wheu  I  knew  he  had  not  a  cent  in 
the  world."  Character  is  still  the  best  of 
securities. 


Saturday.  December  28,   1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


15 


AUTOMOBILES  IN  YCSEMITE. 

Til  I-:  long-debated  question  of 
permitting    automobiles    in 

Ynsi'initr   has  not  yet    been 
definitely   settled,  but  the  indica- 
tions  are    thai    Seoretarv    Fisher 
will  grunt   the  concession  to  be 

operative  with  the  i ling  season. 

A   g 1  deal  of  i  In-  opposition  to 

the  inevitable  lias  been  sheer  pre- 
judice fortified  by  vested  inter- 
ests. These  latter,  represented  by 
stage-coach  owners,  drivers  and 
others,  do  not  form  a  serious  fac- 
tor, except  in  so  far  as  they  sup 
ply  the  prejudiced  with  such  argu- 
ments as  that  the  entry  of  auto- 
mobiles  on  to  the  narrow  trails  of 
tlie  park  -would  prove  dangerous 
to  lite  and  limb.  The  same  argu- 
ment was  used  against  the  right 
of  antomobiles  to  use  the  streets 
of  the  city.  They  would  frighten 
horses  and  cause  accidents.  Well, 
we  have  passed  all  those  idle  tears 
in  cities  and  on  the  broad  high- 
ways, and  we  will  soon  pass  them 
when  automobiles  are  permitted 
use  of  the  park  trails.  The  pic- 
turesque view  shown  herewith,  of 
the  stage  bowling  along  the  trail, 
would  be  no  less  picturesque  if 
the  place  of  the  stage  were  taken 
by  a  1913  model.  Some. will  al- 
ways prefer  the  old-fashioned 
mode  of  locomotion — not  because 
it  is  old-fashioned,  but  because  it 
affords  a  more  leisurely  view  of 
the  scenic  beauties.  However, 
this  much  is  certain:  If  we  per- 
mit the  use  of  certain  trails  for 
the  ubiquitous  auto  it  will  mean 
an  enormous  increase  of  tourist 
traffic  in  California.  The  most 
gloriously  picturesque  country  in 
the  world  only  needs  the  proper 
exploitation  and  the  required  fa- 
cilities to  enable  it  to  outrival 
Switzerland  as  the  world's  Mecca 
for  tourists. 

♦ : 

CURBSTONE    ORATORY. 

ABOUT  the  only  things  prov- 
en by  the  men  and  women 
who  talked  against  time, 
and  incidentally  against  capital 
punishment,  for  24  hours  at  the  corner  of 
Grant  avenue  and  Market  street  were  that 
they  cannot  have  any  business  of  importance 
to  spare  so  much  effort  for  soap-box  oratory, 
and  that  our  police  are  negligent  of  duty  in 
permitting  the  obstruction  of  a  busy  thorough- 
fare in  the  heart  of  the  city.  The  merits  of 
the  matter  orated  on  are  the  merest  side  is 
sues  compared  with  the  absurdity  of  turning 
our  streets  into  an  open  forum.  We  cannot 
stop,  and  certainly  not  for  twenty-four  hours, 
to  inquire  whether  the  subject  is  sufficiently 
important  to  warrant  blocking  the  traffic.  The 


BOWLING  ALONG  TO  THE  YOSEMITE. 
Before  long  we  shall  see  autos  substituted  for  the  archaic  stage-coach. 


streets  are  for  pedestrians  and  other  traffic, 
and  not  for  the  frenzied  yelling  of  the  un- 
washed pickets  of  a  boycotting  union  or  even 
the  soothing  oratory  of  a  soap-box  criminolo- 
gist. There  are  halls  to  be  hired  wherein  the 
opponents  of  capital  punishment  can  protest 
for  twenty-four  hours,  or  a  month,  if  they 
choose.  If  they  do  not  represent  interests 
prosperous  enough  to  pay  for  a  hall  or  to  rent 
a  vacant  lot,  let  them  be  permitted  a  space 
in  some  park  where  they  can  exhort  and  per- 
orate to  their  heart's  content.  No  one  wants 
to   suppress   free   speech.     Speech   with   some 


people  is  a  form  of  measles,  which  when  sup- 
pressed are  always  most  dangerous.  But  the 
right  to  say  what  you  please,  and  how  you 
please,  does  not  carry  with  it  the  right  to  say 
it  where  you  please.  Permit  the  blocking  of 
traffic  for  the  haranguing  of  confirmed  mal- 
contents and  the  effusions  of  feather-brained 
reformers,  and  it  is  only  a  matter  of  time 
when  these  people  wm  block  tne  machinery 
of  justice  in  the  very  courts  by  demanding 
the  right  to  be  heard.  Their  oratory  is  a 
safety-valve,  but  let  it  be  blown  off  in  a  park, 
where   they  will  not  mar  the  scenery. 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  28,  1912. 


AND     M 

By  tlie  Bookfellow. 


Armaments  and  Arbitration. 

MAJOE  GEN.  LEONARD  WOOD  joins 
the  ranks  of  the  alarmists  and  declares 
that  we  are  an  unprepared  nation  and 
would  be  found  pitiably  weak  in  the  event  o± 
war.  In  every  nation  all  around  the  globe 
there  are  just  such  men  making  just  such 
statements.  It  is  all  part  of  the  war-scare 
methods  of  the  war  trust,  in  which  the  princi- 
pal shareholders  are  the  armament  builders, 
army  and  navy  contractors,  and  the  officers 
whose  importance  and  promotion  depends  upon 
a  sufficiency  of  public  fear.  The  bogus  enemy, 
the  allegedly  menacing  foreigners,  is  only  put 
up  to  distract  attention  from  the  real  enemy 
within  our  gates — those  who  would  pile  up 
the  burdens  of  war  preparations  upon  the 
backs  of  the  taxpayers.  This  is  a  part  of  the 
great  illusion  so  ably  exposed  by  Norman 
Angell  and  so  feebly  replied  to  by  Admiral 
A.  T.  Mahan  in  "Armaments  and  Arbitra- 
tion. ' ' 

In  his  early  works  Mahan  displayed  unusual 
vigor  of  thought  expressed  in  polished  periods 
of  singular  dignity,  but  today  he  finds  himself 
unable  to  keep  abreast  of  the  rising  tide  ot 
the  international  spirit.  To  an  extent  he 
realizes  this  when  speaking  of  a  life  so  long 
devoted  to  military  pursuits  that  he  listens 
with  repugnance  to  denunciations  and  prophe- 
cies wuieh,  if  just,  signify  the  passing  away  of 
a  profession  to  which  he  is  wedded. 

Not  all  that  Angell  contends  for  is  reasoned 
with  irrefutable  logic,  but  his  main  thesis  is 
unshakable.  The  national  unit  as  segregated 
by  the  war  spirit  is  rapidly  giving  place  to  the 
nation,  not  as  an  industrial  unit,  but  as  a 
combine  of  such  units  on  its  way  to  become 
a  branch  business  in  international  production. 
The  greater  Germany,  and  greater  Italy  which 
arose  not  by  war,  but  by  the  combination  of 
previously  competing  principalities  or  states, 
are  but  stages  on  the  road  to  that  greater 
Europe  which,  if  it  will  maintain  the  merely 
local  or  national  governments  as  we  main- 
tain those  ox  the  States,  for  greater  efficiency 
in  local  affairs,  will  run  its  industries  upon  an 
international  basis.  So  far  as  they  are  not 
interfered  with  by  national  enactments,  they 
are  rapidly  coming  to  be  conducted  on  that 
basis  already.  And  such  a  Europe  Will  be  but 
a  stage  on  the  road  to  the  complete  interna- 
tionalization of  industry — which  is  a  vastly 
different  thing  from  the  nationalization  of  the 
Socialist. 

Your  Hague  and  other  arbitration  tribunals, 
for  all  the  wonders  they  have  accomplished, 
are  but  the  popular  evidences  of  forces  infin- 
itely greater  than  those  of  conventional  dip- 
lomacy, and  are  distinctly  economic.  Confess- 
edly an  innocent  in  economic  matters,  Mahan 


san  francisco  sanatorium  special- 
izes in  the  scientific  care  of  nervous 
and  liquor  cases.  quiet,  suitable  and 
convenient  home  in  one  of  san  fran- 
cisco's finest  residential  districts 
is  afforded  men  and  women  thus  af- 
flicted, private  rooms.  private 
nurses  and  me al  s  served  in  rooms 
afford  the  utmost  secrecy.  no  name 
on  building.    terms  reasonable. 

San  Francisco  Sanatorium 

Phone  Franklin  7470        1911  Van  Neaa  Ave. 
H.  L.  BATCHELDER,   Manager. 


fails  to  appreciate  these  forces,  except  in 
manifestations  the  most  palpable.  He  speaks 
of  the  arbitration  tribunals  which  the  nations 
have  set.  up  as  though  they  were  more  impor- 
tant than  the  economic  forces  at  work  in  the 
direcion  of  international  peace.  He  likens 
them  to  the  scheme  for  the  community  of  na- 
tions set  up  by  Socialists,  and  that  perhaps 
need  be  the  last  word  necessary  to  show  that 
Mahan  is  capable  only  of  spinning  diplomaic 
cobwebs  out  of  the  vicious  circle  of  which  he 
he  is  no  longer  able  to  escape.  For  all  that,  his 
book  is  an  admirably  entertaining  statement 
of  the  case  for  the  diplomatic  illusion.  (New 
York:   Harper  &  Brothers). 


"B 


"Baldy  of  Nome." 
ALDY  OF  NOME,  an  Immortal  "of  the 
Trail,"  by  Esther  Birdsall  Darling, 
author  of  ( '  Up  in  Alaska, "  is  a 
beautifully  illustrated  story  of  real  life  in  the 
far  north,  told  by  one  who  knows  the  many 
exciting  adventures  which  warm  the  blood 
even  in  those  frigid  regions.  Baldy  is  a  dog 
hero,  and  though  many  others  of  the  kennels 
play  their  parts  of  interest,  it  is  upon  him 
that  the  spotlight  most  frequently  shines. 
(San  Francisco:  A.  M.  Robertson.  Price  $1.) 
«     *     * 

' '  Sunset  Magazine. ' ' 

IN  THE  "SUNSET"  for  January  pride  of 
place  is  given  to  John  P.  Young,  author 
of  "A  History  of  San  Francisco,"  and  ed- 
itor of  the  Chronicle,  ~*ith  an  article  on  "The 
Metropolis."  With  that  perspectivizing  eye 
of  posterity  by  which  the  qualified  historian 
surveys  the  past  in  terms  of  the  present,  and 
the  present  in  terms  of  the  future,  the  writer 
sketches  the  rise  of  San  Francisco,  "The  In- 
evitable City,"  and  proceeds  to  show  "why 
she  is,  and  must  ever  be,  the  financial  center 
of  the  Pacific  Coast."  Every  great  metropo- 
lis in  history,  it  is  contended,  has  been  found- 
ed upon  the  joy  of  life,  and  since  there  is 
more  of  the  joy  of  life  for  all  classes  in  Cali- 
fornia, its  commercial  capital  is  destined  to 
be  the  center  of  Western  civilization — the 
world  center  of  tomorrow. 


Correspondence. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  writes  asking  if 
any  of  the  world's  great  poets  have 
ever  written  in  the  Limerick  form,  and 
what  do  I  consider  the  greatest  Limerick  ever 
written.  From  Homer  to  Kipling  I  think  the 
only  poet  who  ever  descended  to  tne  Limerick 
was  Kipling,  who  wrote: — 

There  was  a  small  boy  in  Quebec 
Who  was  buried  in  snow  to  his  neck. 

When    asked,    "Are   you    friz?" 

He  replied,    "Yes,  I  is; 
But  we  don't   call  this  cold  in   Quebec." 

As  to  the  greatest,  I  think  the  palm  belongs 
to  W.   S.   Gilbert's— 

There  was  an  old  man  at  St.  Bees 
Who  was  stung  in  the  arm  by  a  wasp. 

When  asked,    "Does  it  hurt?" 

He  replied,    "No,   it  doesn't, 
But  I  thought  all  the  time  'twas  a  hornet." 


A  BACCHANAL. 


I  LOVE  to  sit  within  the  shade 
By  vine   leaves   made; 
I  love  to  watch  the  vine  distill 
The  joy  juice  from  the  sun  and  fill 
Those  clustered  sacs  till  hue  and  shape 
Proclaim  the  ripened  purple   grape. 
For  deeds  undone,  and  chances  missed, 

I   never  will   repine 
While   Bacchus,   greatest    alchemist, 
Turns  sunshine  into  wine. 

Gt.  D. 


A  CHRISTMAS  CHESTNUT 

IN  AN  article  on  the  Christmas  spirit  Ches- 
terton says:  "In  the  early  Victoria  par- 
liaments was  an  irrepressible  Protestant 
fire-eater  after  the  Kensit  model,  named  Thom- 
as Massey.  This  admirable  fanatic  actually 
had  so  flaming  a  consistency  that  he  demand- 
ed the  abolition  of  the  word  "Christmas" — 
because  it  implied  the  word  "mass."  He 
suggested  "Christ-tide."  On  which  Daniel 
O'Connell,  who  admitted  authority  in  religion, 
and  could  therefore  deify  it  in  politics,  grave- 
ly asked  the  gentleman  how  he  would  like  to 
be  called  Mr.  Thotide  Tidey." 

♦ 

A    family    tree    sometimes    demonstrates    how    re- 
spectable we  can  be  in   spite  of  our  ancestors. 


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Miss  White  has  Just  returned  from  New  York 
and  will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy, 
National,  Classical  and  Polk  Dances.  New 
Ball  Room  Dances  for  this  season:  Tango, 
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DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

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I  HE  speculative  market  in  San  Francis- 
<iS  co  has  been  affected  unfavorably  by 
the  'money  stringency.  New  York 
and  the  large  European  money  mar- 
kets have  felt  the  stringency  more  than  Ban 
Francisco.  The  scarcity  of  money  was  expect- 
ed lung  before  the  Balkan  war,  so  that  trouble 
could  not  be  the  sole  cause  of  tho  anxiety  of 
the  bankers*  No  doubt  the  Balkan  war  has 
increased  the  money  stringency,  but  other 
causes  have  assisted  to  bring  it  about.  The 
activity  of  trade  in  Europe  has  been  notice- 
able, and  trade  demands  money  to  carry  it  on. 
The  crops  in  America  have  been  abundant, 
and  trade  has  improved,  consequently  a  good 
deal  of  money  has  been  required  in  the  United 
States  to  move  the  crops  and  finance  the  bus- 
iness enterprises.  Primarily,  therefore,  the 
present  scarcity  of  money  is  due  to  the  activ- 
ity of  the  world's  trade.  Hoarding  of  money 
in  anticipation  of  a  stringency  has  increased 
a  financial  strain  which  the  Balkan  situation 
has  prolonged.  The  disappearance  of  the  war 
cloud  in  Europe  would  give  instant  relief,  for 
Europe  would  then  buy  back  some  of  the  Am- 
erican securities  which  were  thrown  on  the 
market  when  the  foreign  money  market  began 
to  grow  panicky  in  the  autumn.  America  took 
up  a  large  amount  of  these  securities  to 
strengthen  the  market  and  keep  up  the  value 
of  the  securities.  The  ability  of  America  to 
buy  these  securities  at  such  a  time  had  a  ben- 
eficial effect  on  the  money  market,  as  it  in- 
spired much  confidence;  but  the  result  has 
been  that  the  American  banks  have  had  to 
carry  an  unusual  load.  In  the  language  of 
the  day,  the  United  States  bit  off  more  than 
it  could  chew  pleasantly. 

Interesting  Figures. 

The   total   cash    holdings    of   the   banks    of 
"   France,  Germany,  Austria,  and  Eussia  were,  on 


August  21st,  *J.:>-J.."~,nii  niiu.  Un  December 
11th  the  cash  holdings  were  $2,171,000,000, 
showing  a   drop   of   $111,500,000. 

In  the  same  period  tho  cash  holding  of  the 
Bank  of  England  were  reduced  $33,500,000, 
and  those  of  the  associated  banks  of  New 
York  $01,000,000. 

While  the  cash  holdings  decreased,  the  note 
cancellations  increased.  The  Continental 
banks  expanded  their  note  circulation  from 
$2,551,500,000  to  $2,887,500,000,  an  increase  of 
$372,000,000.  The  Bank  of  England's  note 
circulation  increased  $45,000,000,  and  that  of 
the  associated  bank  of  New  York  by  $15,000,- 
000.  The  grand  total  of  expansion  was  $432,- 
000,000. 

In  the  same  period  of  1910,  the  last  normal 
year,  the  drop  in  cash  holdings  of  the  banks 
specified  was  only  $127,500,000,  and  the  ex- 
pansion in  note  circulation  $169,500,000.  This 
year's  figures  are  in  both  particulars  more 
than  double  those  of  1910. 

In  these  figures  lies  the  whole  story  of  the 
money  stringency,  and  lack  of  confidence  has, 
of  course,  helped  to  keep  it  in  an  acute  state. 
There  is  just  as  much  money  as  ever  in  the 
world,  but  it  is  not  circulating  around  freely. 
Some  of  it  has  gone  into  hiding  till  conditions 
are  more  like  normal;  some  of  it  has  gone  to 
move  the  crops,  and  no  doubt  quite  a  bit  of 
it  is  locked  up  in  the  war  chests'  of  Europe 
as  a  necessary  precaution  to  actual  belliger- 
ency. 

The  Reason  Why. 
A  New  York  financial  writer  declares  that 
' '  one  reason  for  the  large  percentage  of 
losses  in  stock  speculation  is  found  in  the 
class  of  people  who  speculate.  Many  persons 
who  have  failed  in  everything  they  have  un- 
dertaken look  upon  the  market  as  a  sure  road 
to  affluence.  Here  is  a  sample  of  the  kind  of 
wisdom   which   is   not   infrequently   displayed 


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THE  ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Capital      $4,000,000 

Surplus     and     Profits $1,600,000 

Total    Resources     $40,000,000 

OFFICERS: 

HERBERT     FLEISHHACKER President 

SIG.   GREENEBAUM Chairman    of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON    DODGE Vice-President 

J.    PRIEDLANDER Vice-President 

O.   P.   HUNT Vice-President 

R.     ALTSCHUL Cashier 

C.    R.    PARKER Assistant    Cashier 

WM.    H.    HIGH Assistant    Cashier 

H.    OHOTNSKI Assistant    Cashier 

G.  R.  Burdick Assistant  Cashier 

A.    L.    LANGERMAN Secretary 


in  a  customer's  room.  Two  prosperous-looking 
citizens  were  talking  near  a  ticker  yesterday 
morning.  Due  of  them  bad  just  bought  10U 
Steel  common  at  66,  and  was  uneasy  over  a 
decline  which  followed  immediately.  'You 
are  all  right,'  said  his  friend.  'They  are 
going  to  put  Steel  up  to  70  and  then  let  it  go 
back  to  60.  All  the  stocks  are  going  to  slump 
after  Christmas,  but  in  the  meantime  there 
will  be  a  little  advance.  The  best  sign  today 
is  the  fact  that  all  of  the  financial  writers 
have  turned  bearish.  They  get  their  orders 
every  day  from  men  who  are  running  tho  mar- 
ket, and  when  the  big  interests  are  getting 
ready  to  buy  stocks  they  always  tell  the  news- 
papers to  play  up  the  bad  news.'  So  goes 
talk  in  a  brokerage  office!" 

Real  Estate  Decisions. 

Judge  Van  Nostrand  has  decided  that  any 
tenant  who  leases  an  entire  floor  in  any  build- 
ing is  entitled,  in  the  absence  of  a  specific 
declaration  in  the  contract,  to  control  the  out- 
er walls  of  the  building  immediately  adjacent 
to  the  floor  in  question.  Property  owners  who 
have  seld,  or  who  may  wish  to  sell  their  outer 
wall  space  for  advertising  can,  of  course,  pro- 
tect themselves  by  a  specific  clause  in  the  ten- 
ant's contract,  but  the  ruling  is  another  illus- 
tration of  the  tendency  in  all  recent  decisions 
to  favor  the  tenant  as  against  the  owner.  Each 
case  must  stand  upon  its  merits,  but  if  our 
laws  are  such  that  the  tenant  can  always  hold 
the  big  end  of  the  stick  the  result  will  be  a 
lessening  of  the  value  of  improved  real  estate 
as  a  form  of  investment.  Competition  among 
owners  can  always  be  relied  upon  to  give  fair 
terms  to  tenants  in  the  way  of  rents,  but  that 
is  altogether  different  from  giving  tenants  un- 
due power  under  the  law,  which,  apart  from 


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-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  28,  1912. 


the  question  of  justice,  is  bad  business  for  the 
building  industry. 

Railroad  Likely  to  Win. 

The  lawsuit  which  the  Federal  Government 
has  begun  against  the  Southern  Pacific  Bail- 
road  Company,  and  which  involves  the  <pos- 
session  of  over  45,000,000  acres  of  oil  land  in 
the  Coalinga  district,  is  not  calculated  to  im- 
prove the  tone  of  the  local  stock  market. 
The  opinion  of  some  very  able  lawyers  here 
who  have  no  interest  in  the  lawsuit  is  that  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company  is  likely  to  win  on 
the  merits  of  the  case.  The  lands  in  question 
are  a  part  of  the  grant  to  the  railroad  by  the 
Federal  Government  in  1866.  It  is  rather  late 
in  the  day  for  the  Government  to  be  suing  to 
get  the  lands  back.  In  1866  nobody  had  the 
faintest  idea  that  California  would  rival  Penn- 
sylvania as  a  producer  of  mineral  oil,  and  the 
provision  in  the  grant  that  mineral-bearing 
lands  were  to  be  excluded  from  those  given 
the  railroad  company  applied  no  doubt  to  the 
minerals  then  being  worked  in  California  and 
other  States.  Altogether,  the  lawsuit  looks 
like  a  faked-up  affair  which  has  more  signifi- 
cance as  a  political  move  than  a  legal  proceed- 
nig.  A  layman 's  views  on  such  a  suit  are,  of 
course,  of  little  value,  but,  as  I  have  already 
remarked,  very  keen  lawyers  who  have  no 
reason  to  express  a  prejudiced  opinion  think 
that  the  Government  will  lose  the  case  on  its 
legal  points. 

Cause  for  Congratulation. 

Eeal  estate  owners  and  brokers  have  good 
reason  to  be  pleased  with  the  results  of  the  re- 
cent bond  elections.  All  the  fool  measures 
have  been  defeated.  Had  these  foolish  meas- 
ures been  successful,  the  doors  would  be 
thrown  open  to  all  manner  of  municipal  ex- 
travagance, and  owners  of  property  would  be 
the   greatest  sufferers.     Eeal  property   would 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada 
National  Bank 

Of  San  Francisco 

Nevada    Bcnk    Building,    2    Montgomery    Street 
N.  E.  Corner  of  Market  Street. 

Capital  Paid  Up   $   6,000,000.00 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits    .  .  .       5,131,055.03 


Total     $11,131,055.03 

OFFICERS. 
Isaias   W.   Hellman,    President 
I.  W.  Hellman,   Jr.,  "Vice-Pres. 
P.  L.   Lipman,   Vice-Pres. 
James   K.   Wilson,   Vice-Pres. 
Frank  B.   King,    Cashier. 
W.  McGavin,  Assistant  CaBhier 
E.  L.  Jacobs,  Assistant  Cashier 
C.  L.  Davis,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  D.  Oliver,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  B.  Price,  Assistant  Cashier 
DIRECTORS. 
IsaiaB  W.   Hellman  I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr. 

Joseph   Sloss  A.   Christeson 

Percy   T.   Morgan  Wm,  Haas 

F.  W.  Van  Sicklen  Hartland  Law 

"Wm.   F.   Herrin  Henry   Rosenfeld 

John  C.  Kirkpatrick  James  L.  Flood 

J.  Henry  Meyer  Chas.  J.  Deering 

A.  H.  Payson  James  K.  Wilson 

F.  L.  Lipman 
ACCOUNTS  INVITED. 
Prompt   Service,   Courteous  Attention,   Unexcelled 
Facilities 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS. 


become    an    undesirable    investment,    and    in 
many  ways  the  community  would  be  injured. 

There  should  be  a  political  movement  in 
favor  of  restricting  to  property-owners  the 
right  to  vote  on  bond  issues  for  any  kind  of 
municipal  purposes.  The  restriction  need  not 
be  very  great.  Any  citizen  paying  taxes  on 
a  small  amount  of  property  should  be  quali- 
fied to  vote.  To  permit  every  hobo,  who  has 
nothing  at  state,  to  vote  on  bond  issues  that 
place  the  city  under  a  load  of  debt  is  outright 
insanity. 

The  Change  of  Tone. 

The  firm  tone  which  the  United  States  is 
beginning  to  use  towards  Mexico  indicates 
that  American  capitalists  who  have  large  in- 
vestments in  Mexico  are  losnig  patience  under 
the  interruptions  to  their  enterprises  caused 
by  revolutionists  and  the  actual  losses  sus- 
tained by  the  raids  of  bandits.  A  well-known 
San  Francisco  man  who  has  worked  mines  in 
Mexico  for  many  years  states  that  the  revolu- 
Mexico  carried  away  $30,000  worth  of  his 
bullion.  He  took  his  losses  good-naturedly, 
but  not  every  man  could  afford  to  be  so  com- 
placent. Mexico  was  developed  under  Diaz 
by  American  and  European  capital,  and  the 
strides  made  in  the  last  twenty  years  were 
prodigious.  Then  came  the  revolution,  which 
was  organizea  from  the  American  side  by  men 
anxious  to  oust  the  aged  Diaz  and  seize  the 
reins  of  power,  and  now  Mexico  is  as  uninvit- 
ing to  outside  capital  as  it  was  formerly  invit- 
ing. The  Americans  who  have  their  money 
in  Mexico  have,  of  course,  endeavored  to  in- 
duce the  United  States  Government  to  coerce 
Mexico.  President  Taft  has  acted  with  great 
forbearance  and  moderation,  but  it  is  impos- 
sible that  .things  can  go  on  indefinitely  in 
Mexico  as  they  have  been  going  since  the  suc- 
cessors of  Diaz  took  his  place  and  found  it 
far  from  being  as  easy  and  pleasant  as  they 
imagined.  It  is  well  known  to  financiers  that 
a  vast  amount  of  land  in  Mexico  which  is  now 
practically  of  little  value  would  become  as 
valuable  as  land  in  Texas  or  Oklahoma  if  the 
United  States  undertook  to  use  the  strong 
hand  in  the  sister  republic.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  good  sense  of  the  Mexican  classes 
will  be  incited  to  bring  about  a  more  orderly 
state  of  affairs,  and  thus  make  it  unnecessary 
for  the  United  States  to  use  strong  measures 
to  protect  the  rights  of  its  citizens  in  Mexico. 

Trusts  on  Toast. 
The  market  quotations  supply  some  sorry 
reading  for  the  trust-busters.  Brother  Hearst 
is  at  his  wits'  end  trying  to  explain  how  it 
conies  that,  after  the  Supreme  Court  dissolved 
the  Standard  Oil  combine  its  shares  rose  from 
$674  to  $1,080;  why  the  shares  of  the  busted 
Tobacco  Trust  rose  from  $465  to  $528  for  each 
$100  share,  and  why  the  Reading  Company 
stock  has  advanced  from  $158%  to  $168.  If 
this  is  busting,  say  the  trust  shareholders, 
then  let  us  be  busted  some  more — another  such 
busting  and  we  will  all  be  millionaires.  If 
this  is  busting,  says  Hearst,  who  never  can 
foresee  the  actual  results  of  his  frenzied  agi- 
tations, let  us  solder  the  trusts  together  again 
— anything  that  will  injure  the  shareholders 


who  are  not  my  subscribers.  William  Ran- 
dolph is  so  sore  at  the  thought  that  he  has 
helped  to  confer  a  blessing  where  he  had 
hoped  to  bestow  a  curse  he  now  rails  at  the 


E.F.HUTT0N&C0. 


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The  German  Savings 
and  Loan  Society 

Saving!  (The  German  Bank)  Commercial 

incorporated    1008. 

626  California  St.,   San  Francisco.  Gal 

(Member    of    the    Associated    Savings    Banki    of 
S'au  Francisco.) 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Pay- 
ment of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  2572  Mission  street, 
between  21st  and  22nd. 

RICHMOND     DISTRICT     BRANCH,     601 
Clement  street,  cor.  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH,  1456  Haight 
street,  near  Masonic  Ave. 


June  29th,  1912. 
Assets  ....      $51,110,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Ca»h  .  1,000,000.00 
Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds  .  1,656,103.80 
Employees'  Pension  Fund  .  .  110,109.60 
Number  of  Depositors         .         .         .       56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  8  o'eloek 
P.  11.,  except  Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  M.  and 
Saturday  evenings  from  6:80  o'eloek  P.  M.  to 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  for  receipt  of  Deposits  only. 


Saturday,  December  28,  1912.]  . 


THE  WASP- 


19 


Supreme  Court  ae  the  embodiment  of  iniquity 
and  corruption.  Had  the  effects  ol  its  deci- 
sions been  to  blael  the  trusts  Hears  I  would 
dow  be  banding  editorial  bouquets  to  th< 
court  :i-i  the  embodiment  <>f  fVarh-ss  .justice. 
A  lilimluess  to  the  future  ami  ;i  total  iiu-npar- 
it v  for  the  correct  estimate  of  consequences 
seem  to  be  an  essential  requisite  to  the  faith 
of  the  reformer,  but  the  Btone-blindness  of 
the  high  priest  of  yellow  journalism  is  little 
short   of  the   sublime. 

First  of  all.  he  wanted  the  trust  egg 
scrambled  on  toast  a  la  Hearst;  now,  to  be 
logical,  if  be  is  ever  of  that  frame  of  mind, 
he  should  ask  for  unscrambled  trust  on  toast 
—always  on  toast  for  the  benefit  of  the  great 
army  of  the  Have-Nots  who  delight  in  grilled 
capitalists.  Verily,  the  way  of  the  transgress- 
or is  hard  and  Bore  beset  with  many  vexa- 
tions. 

Local  Stock  Market. 

The    b 1    election    last    week    and   a   tight 

i ey     market     had     a     depressing    effect    on 

Spring  Valley  stock  this  week,  and  it  was 
somewhal  weaker  as  the  impression  grew  that 
the  public  is  no  longer  eager  for  municipal 
ownership.  The  public  wants  to  see  the  water 
question  setl  led,  but  the  taxpayers  do  not 
wish  to  see  the  city  bonded  heavily  to  buy 
;i  lot  of  useless  parks  and  add  to  the  army  of 
employes.  Something  will  have  to  be  done 
very  soon  to  give  San  Francisco  a  proper  sup- 
ply of  water,  or  tnere  will  be  a  shortage  of 
water  which  will  prove  very  inconvenient 
when  the  city  begins  to  be  crowded  with  vis- 
itors  to  the  Panama-Pacific    Exposition. 

The  Wasp  some  time  ago  warned  both  the 
Supervisors  and  the  Spring  Valley  people  that 
they  had  better  come  to  some  agreement  if 
they  wished  to  see  the  city  acquire  the  Spring 
Valley  property.     Both  sides  have  acted  un- 


AT  A  SACRIFICE 


Beautiful  Country  Home  in  Fairoaks. 

Delightful  residence  completely  furnished. 
Grounds  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation. 
Stable,  Garage  and  Water  Pumping  System. 
For  particulars  apply 

A.  M.  ROSENSTIRIN 

323-21  Mills  Building. 
San   Francisco. 


L.  P.  KERNER 


H.  W.  E1SERT 


KERNER  &  EISERT 

REAL  ESTATE  AGENTS 

Selling,  Leasing,  Renting,  Collecting,  Insurance, 
Investments,  Loans  and  all  Branches  of  a  Gen- 
eral Real  Estate  Business  Carefully  Attended  to. 
We  are  Experts  with  Many  Years*  Experience. 
Full  Charge  Taken  of  Properly 


Telephone  Douglas  1 55 1 


41   Montgomery  Street 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Wisely.  The  city  authorities  have  been  BO 
engrossed  with  schemes  to  gel  Hetch  Hetchy 
water  that  fchey  have  let   valuable  time  slip 

by.     The  Spring  Valley  peuple,  imagining  that 
■  t..iv   was  in  their  graspj  have  been  dis- 
posed to  exacl   the  Inst  rent.     Neither  side  paid 

proper  attention  to  the  public— ever  a  tickle 
one — and  now  neither  side  knows  exactly 
where  it  stands.  The  Spring  Valley  people 
are  better  off  than  the  city  authorities,  for  if 
the  latter  wish  to  keep  their  pledges  of  acquir- 
ing a  municipal  water  supply  they  must  buy 
the  Spring  Valley  Company,  and  buy  it  very 
soon,   too. 

(Continued  on  page  24.) 

* 


A  Barbarous  Episode. 


I  know,  as  I  recline, 

That  thou  art  standing  by; 
'j.0  let  me  live  is  thine, 

'Tis  thine  to  let  me  die. 
I  feel  my  ardent  cheek 

By  thy  soft  hands  caressed, 
But  oh!  I  cannot  speak 

The  thoughts  within  my  breast. 

The   perfume  of  thy  hair, 

Like  bay  leaves  that  are  dead, 
Is  mingled  with  the  air 

That  bathes  my  fevered  head. 
I  see  thy  rosy  face 

Hanging  above  my  own; 
The  rest  have  left  the  place, 

And  we  are  all  alone. 

This  parting,  is  it  right? 

I  cannot  say  thee  nay; 
I  know  it  suits  me  quite 

As  well  as  any  way. 
And  yet  I  cannot  shun 

The   never-ending   pain, 
To  know  it  must  be  done 

So   many   time   again. 

Yet  it  is  but  a  dream, 

Checking  my  stifled  breath, 
That  in  thy  hands  there  gleam 

The   instruments   of  death? 
'Tis  finished  I     And  I  go; 

The  best  you  ever  gave, 
And  to  your  skill  I  owe 

A  hair  cut  and  a  shave, 
4 

His  Prayer  in  Trouble, 


Dear   God,   I  need  you  awful  bad; 

I  don't  know  what  to  do. 
My  papa's  cross,  my  mamma's  sick, 

I  hain't  no  fren'  but  You. 
Them  keerless  angels  went  and  brung 

'Stid  of  the  boy  I  ast, 
A  weenehy,  teenchy,  baby  girl; 

I  don't  see  how  they  dast! 

And,  God,  I  wish't  You'd  take  her  back. 

She's  just  as  good  as  new; 
Won't  no  one  know  she's  second-hand, 

But  'ceptin'  me  and  You. 
An'  pick  a  boy,  dear  God,  Yourself, 

The  nicest  in  Your  fold; 
But  please  don't  choose  him  quite  so  young 

I'd  like  him  ilve  years  old. 
* 

An  Exception. 

"How  did  you  And  the  roads  up  around 
Jingleville  Corners?"  asked  Bilkins  of  Slath- 
ersberry,  who  had  just  returned  from  a  motor- 
trip. 

"Oh,  I  wasn't  particularly  stuck  on  them," 
said  Slathersberry. 

"Really,"  said  Bilkins.  "Well,  I  guess 
you're  the  only  man  that  wasn't.  I  was  stuck 
on   'em  for  a  whole  day  last  year." 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    4. 

JOHN  S.  DRUM,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim 
ing  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — 
Action    No.    33,337. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JOHN  S.  DRUM,  plaintiff,  filed  with 
the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  prop- 
erty, or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and 
particularly    described    as    follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of 
Broadway  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
fifty-nine  (15^^  feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Broad- 
way Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Divisadero 
Street,  and  running  thence  westerly  along  said  line 
of  Broadway  Street  thirty-five  (35)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  thirty-five  (35)  feet;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
(137)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  point  of  begin- 
ning; being  part  of  "WESTERN  ADDITION  BLOCK 
Number  494. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit. 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as 
may    be    meet    in    the    premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
10th  dav  of  December,  A.  D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,   Deputy  Olerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  "Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  De- 
cember,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plaint- 
iff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,  California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


"The  Typhoon"   at  the  Cort. 

FROM  "The  Melting  Pot"  to  "The  Typhoon"  is 
a  wonderful  stride,  even  for  so  versatile  an 
actor  as  Walker  Whiteside;  but  he  takes  it 
with  the  consummate  ease  of  the  finished  artist. 
Though  there  are  resemblances  in  the  more  metallic 
of  bis  notes,  in  every  other  respect,  from  the  cast 
of  thought  to  the  minutest  detail  of  gesture  and 
mannerism,  it  is  a  new  actor  in  an  entirely  new  role. 
As  Tokeramo,  Whiteside  may  not  be  as  lovable  a 
man  as  we  have  seen  him,  out  ne  is  a  greater  artist. 
Effective  as  is  the  play,  it  is  to  this  masterly  crea- 
tion of  the  interpreter  that  we  owe  so  much  of  that 
thrill  felt  at  every  moment  throughout  the  drama. 
That  calm,  strong  and  apparently  imperturbable  man, 
whose  almost  mechanical  movements  yet  evidence 
the  powerful  brain,  grips  the  spectator  from  the  mo- 
ment of  his  entry.  Is  his  .love  for  Japan  the  only 
devotion  of  which  he  is  capable?  Is  that  slavery  in 
the  cause'  of  duty  bis  only  passion?  Can  he  be 
wholly  deaf  to  sensuous  appeals  that  would  seem 
warm  enough  to  melt  the  manhood  of  a  saint  in  marble '! 
These  and  many  other  problems  are  clamoring  for 
solution  when  suddenly,  out  of  that  calm  reserve 
comes  a  typhonie  burst  of  passion  every  vibration 
of  which  is  real,  tense  and  human. 

The  drama  itself  is  a  classic.  Brother  Anthony 
denies  this,  as  he  also  foolishly  asserts  that  the  play 
is  based  on  the  "yellow  peril."  It  is  a  classic  be- 
cause of  its  perfect  portrayal  of  a  natural  conflict 
between  love  and  patriotism  in  a  man  whose  race 
exalts  the  passion  of  patriotism  to  a  higher  plane 
than  it  has  ever  been  brought  by  any  other  people. 
It  is  a  classic  because  it  will  stand  for  all  time  as 
a  dramatic  picture  of  the  methods  by  which  an  Ori- 
ental nation  brought  itself  in  touch  with  all  that  it 
wished  to  absorb  of  Western  civilization.  The  lesson 
of  a  yellow  peril  may  be  drawn  from  the  drama  if 
the  audience  wishes,  but  that  lesson  is  the  merest 
detail  compared  with  the  absorbing  picture  of  a  new 
and  distinctive  people.  The  Hungarian  dramatist 
may  not  have  been  unconscious  of  tne  fact  that  his 
play  would  draw  by  reason  of  its  moral.  It  may 
have  been  that  he  was  deliberative  in  putting  his  de- 
nunciation of  Nipponese  philosophy  into  the  mouths 
of  a  cognac-tippling  artist  and  a  woman  of  no  par- 
ticular morals.  But  over  and  above  whatever  Jessons 
we  may  desire  to  learn  is  the  picture  itself  upon 
which  the  dramatic  artist  has  centered  his  remark- 
able energies.  To  him  the  main  thing  is  that  he  shall 
show  us  a  people  in  whom  the  collectivist  or  patriotic 
spirit  is  developed  to  a  point  that  would  be  arrant 
fanaticism  were  it  not  for  the  fact  that  within  that 
spirit  is  permitted  the  highest  possible  development  of 
individualism   and  intellectuality. 

The  outstanding  idea  is  the  willingness  of  every 
true  son  of  Japan  to  sacrifice  himself  for  the  Mikado. 
A  high  Japanese  official  in  a  foreign  land  commits  a 
murder.  His  work  has  not  yet  been  finished;  there- 
fore, some  one  less  important  must  confess  to  the 
crime.  Instantly  there  is  a  rush  of  young  men  eager 
to  die  if  need  be.  All  of  which  may  seem  unreal 
until  you  have  seen  "The  Typhoon."  Thereafter 
you  are  conscious  of  only  two  things — its  reality  and 
the  author's  genius. 

In  addition  to  Whiteside,  Florence  Fisher  scores 
honors  for  her  brilliant  portrayal  of  the  woman  of 
masterful  will  who  yearns  to  be  conquered.  Other 
parts  are  well  portrayed,  and  the  mounting  is  superb. 


"I   want   a   nice   book   for   an  invalid." 

'  'Something    religious,    madam  ? ' ' 

"Er — no — he's  convalescent." — Boston  Transcript. 


Road  Show  at  the  Orpheum. 

SANTA  CLAUS  in  vaudeville  is  making  some  hit 
at  the  Orpheum  this  week.  Santy  himself 
does  not  actually  face  the  footlights,  but  we 
know  that  he  is  behind  the  scenes  in  the  person  of 
Martin  Beck.  These  annual  road  shows,  so  eagerly 
looked  forward  to,  have  sometimes  had  more  of  the 
Christmas  spirit  than  the  merit  of  high-class  vaude- 
ville; this  season  there  is  both.  With  Ada  Reeve,  the 
fascinating  English  comedienne,  and  Paul  Dickey's 
screamingly  funny  college  sketch,  as  hosts  in  them 
selves,    the  bill   begins  with    a  big  pull;    but   in   sup- 


GODOWSKY 

Master-Pianist,  who  will  appear  at  the  Columbia 
Theater,  Sunday  afternoons,  Jan.  5  and  12. 

port  of  these  star  features  are  at  least  two  others 
each  more  than  equal  to  the  role  of  headliner.  They 
are  Signor  Trovato,  eccentric  violinist,  and  "A  Way- 
ward Conceit,"  a  sketch  by  Bert  Clark  and  Mabel 
Hamilton.  I  don't  know  whether  you  would  call 
Trovato  a  violin  virtuoso  or  only  a  fiddle  virtuoso, 
but  in  both  his  serious  and  facetious  effects  he  has 
the  average  violinist  whom  we  pay  high  prices  to 
hear  skinned  a  mile.  He  makes  the  fiddle  talk,  and 
it  appears  tnat  when  a  fiddle  can  speak  for  itself  it 
is  anything  but  the  lost  and  love-sick  soul  we  often 
imagine.  In  the  hands  of  Trovato  it  is  a  roystering 
spirit,  sometimes  positively  rude,  but  always  de- 
lightfully amusing.  Bert  Clark  is  a  comedian  to 
his  finger-tips,  both  his  songs  and  patter  evoking 
tumultuous  applause;  while  Mabel  Hamilton  fills  out 
the  scenery  woth  gorgeous  effects.  Other  successes 
are  T.  Roy  Barnes  and  Bessie  Crawford,  Joe  Keno 
and  Rose  Green,  and  the  Hassans,  wire  gymnasts 
with  genuinely  original  turns. 

A  second  edition  of  the  Orpheum  Road  Show  will 
be  presented  next  week,  which  will  contain  six  en- 
tirely new  acts.  Walter  C.  Kelly,  "The  Virginia 
Judge,"  will  be  the  headline.  Armed  with  a  gavel, 
a  Prince  Albert  coat  and  a  line  of  bewildering  talk, 
Kelly  brings    a   Virginia  police   court  before    the   au- 


dience,  aud  each  case  depicted  is  a  gem  of  comedy. 

Louise  Galloway,  Joseph  Kaufman  and  company 
will  present  a  new  sketch  entitled  "Little  Mother." 
Kaufman  is  one  of  our  most  promising  young  actors 
and  Miss  Galloway  is  best  known  for  her  successes 
with  Charles  Frohman,  the  Shuberts  and  other  prom- 
inent producing  managers.  Winona  Winter,  one  of 
the  sweetest  and  most  winsome  personalities  in  vau- 
deville, will  introduce  her  latest  song  successes.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Jimmy  Barry  will  introduce  their  newest 
sketch,  "The  Rube."  Mrs.  Barry  is  particularly 
happy  as  an  actress  making  a  tour  of  the  Alfalfa 
Circuit,  and  the  keen  encounter  of  wits  between  the 
two,  which  ends  in  the  defeat  of  the  thespian,  is  very 
amusing. 

Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  the  Hassans  in  their 
wire  act,  and  Bert  Clark  and  Mabel  Hamilton  in 
their    tremendous    hit,     "A    Wayward    Conceit." 


At  the  Pantages. 

IT  IS  appropriate  that  the  new  bill  opening  at 
the  Pantages  next  Sunday  matinee  should 
carry  a  headline  attraction  blending  with  the 
greeting  of  the  New  Year.  Minnie  Palmer's  "1912 
Cabaret  Review,"  one  of-  the  best-known  offerings 
of  this  coming  musical  comedy  producer  is  the  big 
act  that  bears  the  honors  of  — e  new  show.  Harry 
Waiman  is  with  the  show,  and  so  are  Stanton  and 
May.  Witn  this  bunch  for  principals,  a  gingery 
chorus  of  ten  maideDs  with  looks,  and  a  carload 
of  scenery  stuff,  it  is  small  wonder  that  "1912 
Cabaret  Review"  has  been  making  things  hum  on 
the  Pantages  Circuit.  For  the  second  startler  comes 
a  hazardous  cycle  act  called  "The  Dip  of  Death." 
From  the  woolly  West  the  act  struck  New  York, 
and  in  a  night  was  the  sensation  of  the  city,  and  for 
one  year  it  remained  at  the  New  York  Hippodrome 
There  are  a  couple  of  flirters  with  death  in  the 
turn,  and  they  do  everythig  possible  to  just  escape 
getting  bumped.  Pony  Moore  and  Dancing  Davey 
have  a  shoe- tapping  offering.  Others  on  the  bill 
are  Jane  Madison  and  company  in  a  playlet  entitled 
"Her  First  Case  of  Divorce' '  ;  Holman  Brothers, 
European,  athletes;  Don  and  Oneal,  the  Captain  and 
the  Kidder' ' ;  Alma  Fern,  Edna  Madison ;  motion 
pictures  of  the  world's  happening  in  current  events. 


Kohler  &   Chase  Matinees. 

WITH  the  weekly  musical  matinee  that  will 
take  place  Saturday  afternoon,  December 
28th,  Kohler  &  Chase  close  the  year  1912. 
Thousands  of  musical  people  attended  these  events 
during  the  year,  and  the  management  has  presented 
during  that  time  between  forty  and  fifty  prominent 
California  artists,  and  has  introduced  a  number  of 
excellent  new  compositions.  Kohler  &  Chase  have 
even  bigger  plans  for  next  year  than  they  had  for 
the  past.  The  soloist  who  will  appear  Saturday 
will  be  Sig.  Manuel  Carpio,  a  high-class  tenor  of 
considerable  artistic  resources.  He  possesses  a 
voice  of  fine  compass  and  volume.  On  Saturday  he 
will  sing  several  selections  from  well-known  Italian 
operas.  The  program  includes  the  following:  Etude 
No.  4,  D  minor  (Liszt),  the  Pianola  Player  Piano; 
E  luce  van  le  Stelle  from  Tosca  (Puccini),  Caro  mio 
ben  ( Giordani ) ,  Mr.  Carpio,  with  Pianola  accom- 
paniment; Etude,  op.  25,  No.  9  (Chopin),  Valse 
Caprice,  op.  116  (Raff),  tne  Pianola  Piano;  This 
Flower  You  Gave  Me,  from  Carmen  (Bizet),  0  Sole 
Mio  (di  Capua  \  Mr.  Carpio,  with  Pianola  accom- 
paniment; selections  from  Lohengrin  (Wagner),  ttie 
Aeolian    Pipe    Organ. 


Saturday,  December  28,  1912.  J 


-THE  WASP 


21 


€&  Godowsky 

"^fcBr  THE    PIANIST 

COLUMBIA    THEATER 

Two  Sunday   After n  -, 

January  5th  and  12th. 
Mail  Orders  to  Will  L.  Greenbsum,  care  of  Sher- 
man,  ri:iy   &   Co.'s  or   Kohler  &   Chase's  now. 
SKAT  SALE  TNI   KSDAY.  JANUARY  2. 
Tickets.    $2.00,    $1.50,    $1.00. 


OAKLAND 

Tuosday  Afternoon,  January   14th 

Yc   Liberty   Playhouse 

Mai 

Orders  to  II.  \V.  Bishop,  Ya  Liberty. 

Knabe  Piano. 


Coming— SEMBRICH. 


Safest    and    Most    Magnificent    Theater    in    America  1 

WEEK   BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 

Matinee  Every  Day 

THE    HIGHEST   STANDAKD    OF    VAUDEVILLE! 

SECOND  EDITION 

ORPHEUM  ROAD  SHOW 

Direction  of  Martin  Beck. 
6 — ENTIRELY  NEW  ACTS — 6 
WALTER  C.  KELLY,  "The  Virginia  Judge";  LOU- 
ISE GALLOWAY,  JOSEPH  KAUFMAN  &  CO.;  WI- 
NONA WINTER;  MR.  and  Mr*K.  JIMMY  BARRY; 
RUBY  RAYMOND  and  BOBBY  HEATH;  THE 
SCHMETTANS;  THE  HA&SANS ;  NEW  DAYLIGHT 
MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week — Tremendous  Hit 
BERT    CLARK    and    MABEL    HAMILTON. 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c.  Box  Seats,  $1 
Matinee    Prices    (Except    Sundays    and    Holidays) 
10c,    25c-    50c. 

PHONES  DOUGLAS  70.     HOME  0  1670. 


CERTIFICATE     OF     PARTNERSHIP— FICTITIOUS 
NAME. 


STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  CITY  AND  COUNTY 
of    San    Francisco — ss. 

We  hereby  certify  that  we  are  partners  transact- 
ing business  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  under  a  designation  not 
showing  the  names  of  the  persons  interested  as  part- 
ners in  such  business:  to-wit,  Anchor  Packing  Com- 
pany, the  place  of  business  in  said  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco  being  at  and  in  Numbers  1604-1624 
Market  Street,  in  that  certain  building  known  as 
the    Nevada    Market. 

The   names    of   the   partners    are : 

J.  H.  HAHN,  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State    of   California. 

L.  T.  FOX,  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State    of    California. 

Witness  our  hands  this  twenty-sixth  day  of  No- 
vember,   1912. 

J.     H.     HAHN, 
L.     T.     FOX. 

Witnessed    by    L.    E.    SAWYER. 

State  of  California,  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco— ss. 

On  the  26th  day  of  November,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  twelve,  before  me  per- 
sonally appeared  J.  H.  Hahn  and  L.  T.  Fox,  known 
to  me  to  be  the  persons  whose  names  are  subscribed 
to  the  foregoing  instrument,  and  they  acknowledged 
to    me    that    they    executed    the    same. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  of  my  office  this  twenty- 
sixth   day  of  November,    1912. 

(SEAL)  FLORA  HALL, 

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

Endorsed:       Filed    November    26,     1912. 

H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 
By   L.    J.    WELCH,    Deputy    Clerk. 

FLETCHER  G.  FLAHERTY,  Attorney  at  Law, 
411   Crocker  Building,    San  Francisco. 


The  Players'  Club. 
One  of  tlii-  Bocial  events  of  the  coming  week  will 
lie  the  Cafe  Ohantant  supper  and  dance  given  bj  thi 
Players'  Olata  to  their  active  members  and  friends 
'I'll*.-  festivities  will  be  held  in  their  olub  rooms, 
1509  Gough  street,  on  the  evening  o(  Saturday,  Db 
cember  28th.     Mrs.  0.  A.  Men    ■■■■.  terffer,  -Mrs.  A.  \\ . 

Scotl     Jr.,    and    .Mrs.    Henry    Alferi!/.    have    charge    Of 

the    affair,    which    promises    in    everj    way    to    be    a 

big  sui'i-ess.  Mr,  Reginald  Ttrnvers  has  go<  together 
u  clever  vaudeville  program!  which  will  be  rendered 
during  the  supper,  after  which  dancing  will  be  put 
ticipated  in.  A  merry  time  is  anticipated,  which 
will  give  'he  Players  a  pleasant  change  from  their 
strenuouB  labors  with  Shaw,  Maeterlinck  and  3au.pt- 
mann. 


The  San  Francisco  Orchestra. 

IT  WAS  a  Iladley  holiday  at  the  Sixth  symphony 
concert  of  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra.  The 
popular  conductor's  birthday  was  made  the  oc- 
casion of  a  mark  of  esteem  by  the  musicians  in 
the  shape  of  an  exceedingly  handsome  incased  tab- 
let of  silver  with  a  raised  gold  wreath,  flower-bor- 
dered, and  presented  ou  their  behalf  by  Concert- 
muster  Rosenbecker  in  a  brief  but  felicitous  speech. 
He  -spoke  of  their  high  appreciation  of  Hadley's 
genius  as  a  composer  and  great  merit  as  a  con- 
ductor, and  the  orchestra  applauded  with  hands, 
feet  and  a  fanfare  of  brass.  The  vast  audience 
echoed  the  ovation,  and  when  silence,  to  use  a  Hi- 
bernianism,  called  loudly  for  a  speech  of  reply, 
Iladley  was  obviously  nonplussed.  Twice  he  tried, 
and  twice  he  failed,  lo  put  into  words  the  gratitude 
expressed    so    eloquently    by    his    demeanor. 

The  first  item  on  the  program  was  Hadley's  sym- 
phony No.  4  in  D  minor,  "North,  East,  South  and 
West,"  ably  conducted  and  performed  with  intelli- 
gent sympathy  by  the  orchestra.  "  Of  the  work  it- 
self, it  must  be  admitted  that  it  emphasizes  the 
composer's  claims  to  rank  with  the  creators  of  a 
distinctively  American  musical  art.  When  the 
'South,"  or  scherzn,  movement  was  being  played 
I  overheard  several  whispers  in  which  the  name  of 
Dvorak  was  invariably  mentioned,  but  there  is 
nothing  in  the  score  to  warrant  the  comparison. 
True,  there  is  a  Southern  atmosphere  in  "The 
New  World,"  as  there  is  in  "North,  East,  South 
and  West,' '  but  the  atmospheres  are  wholly  differ- 
ent. Dvorak  made  symphonic  fun  of  some  old  Metho- 
dist melodies.  Hadley  takes  seriously,  but  none  the 
less  joyously,  the  plantation  spirit  as  voiced  in 
more  vivacious  movements.  No,  both  the  "South" 
and  "West",  divisions  of  the  new  work  are  as  orig- 
inal with  the  composer  as  it  is  possible  to  make 
one  form  of  music  the  interpretation  of  another. 
Much  of  the  overheard  criticism  was  of  a  piece 
with  that.  In  the  "West"  section,  when,  as  it 
seemed  to  me,  the  theme  was  distinctively  and  ef- 
fectively Indian,  I  heard  the  remark,  "Oh,  that's  a 
touch  of  Chinatown."  Both  the  "West"  and 
"South"  movements  were  native  and  pleasing,  and 
revealed  superior  skill  in  the  touching  with  the 
wand  of  poetry  and  idealism  the  familiar,  if  not 
the  commonplace.  For  the  rest,  the  work  is  open 
to  criticism  chiefly  on  account  of  its  frequently  ir 
relevant  brass  interjections  for  the  meaning  of 
which  one  questions  in  vain.  But,  taken  all  round, 
it  was  a  great  day  for  the  conductor  and  composer, 
and  one  of  those  rare  occasions  when  gifts  of  laurel 
wreaths   did  not    look    wholly  banal. 

As  soloist  pianist  Gottfried  Galston  acquitted 
himself  with  distinction.  Amazingly  brilliant  in 
technique  and  highly  intellectual  in  interpretation, 
he  has  yet  certain  mannerisms  which  would  be  less 
irritating  if  less  conscious.  For  all  that  I  was 
delighted  with  his  "Concerto  in  E  Flat,  No.  1,"  by 
Liszt.  The  MacDowell  "Suite  in  A  minor"  was 
well  received,  and  its  quaint  effects  well  rendered. 
Wagter's  overture  to  "The  Meistersingers"  was  ad- 
mirably  played,    though   it  was   at   the   disadvantage 

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A^AN    FRANCISCO     - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry  Hadley-  Conductor 

SEVENTH     SYMl'IIUNY     CONCERT 

CORT  THEATER 

Friday    Afternoon,    January    3,    1913 

At    8:15   o'clock 

Soloist— ARTHUR    HADLEY— Violoncello 

Program: 

Brahms    Symphony    No.    3 

llaillcy     .  Kuii/i'rlslui'i'k     for    Violoncello    &    Orchestra 

,\IK.   ARTHUR  HADLEY 
Debussy.  .March    e'eossaise    sur   un    Theme  Populaire 

(First    time    in    San    Francisco.) 
Weber     Overture,     Euryanlhe 


Seats    on    sale    at    Sherman,    Clay    &    Co.'i 
Theater,    and    Kohler    &    Chase's. 
Price,   75c.   to  $2.00. 


Cort 


Recital 

GOTTFRIED 

GALSTON 

PIANIST 

Direction FRANK    HEALY 

At  the 
CORT   THEATER 
Sunday  Afternoon,  December  29,  1912. 
At    3:15    o'clock 
Program  Includes:      Bach,    Schumann,    Gluck,    Cho- 
pin,   Strauss- Schulz-Evler,   Brahms. 

Seats  on  sale  at   Sherman,   Clay  &   Co.'s.     Prices 
25c.    to    $2.00. 

Steinway  Piano    used. 


CpRT, 


LEADING  THEATER 

Ellis  and  Market. 
Phone    Sutter   2460. 


Second    and    Last    Week    Starts    Tomorrow. 

Prices  50c.  to  $2.00. 

Matinees    Saturdays    and    Special    Holiday    Matinees 

Christmas  and  New  Year's  Eve. 

WALKER  WHITESIDE 

In    the    International    Dramatic    Sensation, 

"THE  TYPHOON" 

The  Most  Popular  Play  of  the  Century. 


Sunday,    January   6 — THE    BLUE    BIRD. 


Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason. 
Week   Starting   Sun.   Mat.,   Dec.   29th: 

BIG  NEW  YEAR  SHOW 

2  Special  Matinees  New  Year's,   1:30  and  3:30 


Minnie    Palmer's 

1912  CABARET  REVIEW 

With  15   Principals. 


"DIP    OF    DEATH" 
N,    Y.    Hippodrome    Cycling    Sensation. 


8— OTHER   BIG   FEATURES — 8 


Mat.  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sun, 
and  Holidays,  Mats,  at  1:80  and  8:80.  Nights, 
Continuous  from  6:80. 


22 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  28,  1912. 


of   being    the    last    item    on    an   altogether   too    liberal 
program. 

At  the  seventh  symphony  concert,  to  he  given 
Friday  afternoon,  January  3rd,  the  soloist  will  bfc 
Arthur  Hadley  on  the  violoncello,  and  his  item 
'  'Konzertstueck,' '  by  brother  Henry  Hadley.  The 
other  items  will  be  Brahms'  "Symphony,  No.  3,' 
Debussy's  "Marche  Ecossaise  sur  un  Theme  Popu- 
laire, "  to  be  given  for  the  first  time  in  San  Fran- 
cisco,   and    "Weber's    overture,     '  'Euryanthe.' ' 


Godowsky,   Peer  of  Pianists. 

GODOWSKY  undoubtedly  stands  head  and  shoul- 
ders above  the  present-day  pianists.  He  is 
unquestionably  the  "master-pianist"  of  them 
ail, and  the  one  artist  whose  playing  is  of  absolute 
authority  and  perfection.  When  such  an  artist  comes 
our  music-lovers  expect  something  unusual  in  the 
way  of  pianistic  programs  as  well  as  in  their  per- 
formance, and  Manager  Will  Greenbaum  promises  that 
they  will  not  be  disappointed.  This  artist,  whose 
work  is  the  "last  word  in  piano-playing,''  will  give 
two  recitals  at  the  Columbia  Theater  on  the  Sunday 
afternoons  of  January  5th  and  12th.  His  first  pro- 
gram will  include  Brahms'  Variations  aud  Fugue  on 
a  theme  by  Handel,  a  series  of  free  adaptations  by 
Godowsky  on  themes  by  Corelli,  Rameau,  Da.idrieu 
and  Loeilly,  the  "Sonata"  in  B  minor  by  Chopin, 
a  group  of  Liszt  works,  and  Godowsky's  "Meta- 
morphosis of  Strauss'  comic  opera,  '  'Die  Flsder- 
maus."  It  was  of  the  master's  playing  of  this 
work  that  a  New  York  critic  asked,  "Has  the  man 
a  hundred  fingers?"  At  his  second  concert  Godow- 
sky   will    give    another    program,    which    will    include 


The  INew 


OODLE    DOG 


HOTEL    and    RESTAURANT 

WILL  REMAIN  AT  CORNER 

POLK  and   POST 

SAN     FRANOISOO. 
PHONES:    Franklin  2980;   Horn*  6  6706. 


KEELER'S 

Jupiter  Cafe 

•.  HOME  OF  MODERN  BOHEMIA . 

140     COLUMBUS    AVENTJE 

(Formerly    Montgomery    Avenue) 

SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

BEST    DOLLAR    DINNER    OBTAINABLE, 

WINE    INCLUDED 
From   6  until  9.      Either  Italian  or  French. 


Up-to-date    Entertainers.         Splendid  Dance   Floor 
Unsurpassed   Service   and   Cuisine. 


IRVIN    C.    KEELER,    Manager. 


works  by  Brahms,  Grieg,  Godowsky's  "Walzermas- 
ken, "  also  his  arrangement  of  Strauss'  "Artist  Life 
Waltzes,"  and  by  special  request  Liszt's  "Sonata' 
in  B  minor.  Mail  orders  may  now  be  sent  to  W7ill 
L.  Greenbaum  in  care  of  either  of  his  box  offices  at 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s  or  Kohler  &  Chase's.  The 
seat  sale  will  start  on  Thursday  morning,  January 
2nd,  at  both  offices.  Godowsky's  Oakland  concert 
will  witness  a  special  program,  when  he  will  pla> 
Beethoven's  "Appassionata"  Sonata,  the  Chopin 
Sonata  in  -B  minor  (the  one  including  the  Funeral 
March),  and  Schumann's  "Carneval,"  besides  a 
group  of  Chopin's  smaller  works.  As  usual  for  this 
event,  mail  orders  should  be  sent  to  H.  W.  Bishop, 
care  Ye  Liberty. 


Gottfried   Galston. 

GOTTFRIED  GALSTON,  the  brilliant  pianist, 
who  scored  such  a  pronounced  success  at  the 
last  two  concerts  of  the  San  Francisco  Or 
chestra,  will  give  a  recital  at  the  Cort  Theater  on 
Sunday  afternoon,  December  29th,  at  3:15.  The 
program,  which  should  appeal  to  all  lovers  of  high 
class    piano    music,    will   be    as    follows : 

1 — Bach,  Prelude  and  Fugue,  D.  Major  (arranged 
by  Busoni)  ;  Schumann,  Sonata,  G.  Minorfi  presto, 
andante,  scherzo,  prestissimo.  2 — Gluck,  Melody 
(arranged  by  Sgambatti);  Gluck,  Gavotte  (arranged 
by  Brahms);  Brahms,  Intermezzo,  Op.  119;  Brahms, 
Valse,  Op.  39.  4 — Chopin,  Three  Studies:  Op.  10, 
No.  12,  C  Minor;  Op.  10,  No.  2,  A  Minor;  Op.  10, 
No.  5,  G  Flat  Major;  Chopin,  Nocturne,  F.  Sharp 
Major;     Chopin,     Ballade,     G.     Minor.  5 — Strauss- 

Schulz-Evler,     Arabesque     on     the     Valse,      "An     der 
schonen   blaen    Donau." 


Sembrich  Here  Soon. 

MME.  MARCELLA  SEMBRICH,  the  most  pop- 
ular of  all  the  operatic  soprauos,  and  prob- 
ably the  best  all-round  concert  star  on  the 
platform  today,  whose  brilliant  voice  is  the  greatest 
exponent  of  the  true  '  'bel-canto,  '  and  whose  art  is 
of  the  most  musicianly  type,  will  be  the  next  great 
vocalist  to  be  offered  by  Manager  Greenbaum.  Mad 
ame  Sembrich  has  not  appeared  in  opera  for  man) 
seasons  now,  and  her  fine  voice,  rested  from  the 
exigencies  of  the  hard  grind  of  opera,  is  now  fresher 
and  purer  than  ever  before.  On  her  present  tour 
critics  in  all  the  cities  in  which  she  is  appearing 
have  been  extravagant  in  their  praises  of  her  sing- 
ing and  her  marvelous  vocal  equipment.  Madamt 
Sembrich  is  surely  the  most  musicianly  singer  of 
them  all,  for  she  is  a  thorough  musician,  being  an 
exceptional  violiniste  and  pianiste  as  well  as  a 
singer.  She  is  a  Polish  woman,  and  fluently  speaks 
eight  languages,  singing  with  equal  perfection  in 
any  of  them,  her  repertoire  covering  gems  from  all 
tongues  and  schools.  On  her  present  tour  Sembrich 
is  accompanied  by  Gutia  Casini,  a  seventeen-year-old 
Russian  lad,  who  is  proclaimed  to  be  a  great  genius 
on  the  violoncello.  Also  with  the  star  is  Frank  la 
Forge,  the  splendid  accompanist  and  composer-pianist. 
Sembrich  will  sing  at  the  Columbia  Theater  on 
two  Sunday  afternoons,  January  19th  and  26th;  and 
on  Friday  afternoon,  January  24th,  at  Ye  Liberty 
in  Oakland.  Mail  orders  for  the  San  Francisco  con- 
certs should  be  sent  to  Will  L.  Greenbaum,  care  of 
either  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  or  Kohler  &  Chase. 
For  the  Oakland  concert  send  to  H.  W.  Bishop  at 
Ye  Liberty.  Mme."  Sembrich  sings  for  the  St.  Fran- 
cis Musical  Art  Society  on  Tuesday  night,  January 
21st. 


Kelsey  and  Cunningham. 

LATE  in  January  Manager  Greenbaum  will  offer 
joint  concerts  by  Corinne  Ryder-Kelsey  and 
Claude  Cunningham.  Mme.  Kelsey  is  the  fore- 
most concert  soprano  in  America,  and  Cunningham 
occupies  the  same  position  as  a  baritone.  These 
artists  have  made  a  special  study  of  ensemble  sing- 
ing, and  it  is  claimed  that  the  concerts  they  give 
are  of  great  joy  and  delight.  Throughout  the  East 
they  are  among  the  most  popular  artists,  and  while 
unknown  here,  Mr.  Greenbaum  feels  certain  they  will 
immediately    jump    into    public    favor. 


Mischa    Elman,    the     "Poet    of    the    Violin,"    will 

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MRS.    GLADYS    VAN'    KLYMKK, 

Hotel    Astoria,    New    York, — 

MY  DBAB  GLADYS: — 3  know  you  will  he  inter- 
ested to  hear  about  the  "Bachelors  and  Benedicts," 
which  took  placo  last  Friday  night,  and  you  will  be 
glad  when  I  tell  you  that  it  more  than  made  up 
fur  what  the  first  dance  of  the  season  lacked. 
Of  course,  "Czar  Ned"  was  there  in  his  usual 
place,  receiving  his  guests  aud  positively  exud- 
ing benevolence  to  every  one,  and  that  really 
made  the  ball,  for  you  know  I  wrote  you  what 
a  chill  it  mude  last  time  when  his  rotund  roy- 
alty was  missing.  The  ballroom  was  wonder- 
ful— so  Christmassy,  as  the  entire  decorations 
were  poinsettias,  which  were  suspended  from 
the  ceiling  in  red  Chinese  hats,  and  were  bank- 
ed up  in  lattices  in  front  of  the  windows  and 
tall  mirrors  making  the  most  charming  effect. 
There  were  several  dinners  before  it,  so  that 
the  guests  all  arrived  in  parties. 

Among  those  who  entertained  were  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Orville  Pratt.  Mrs.  Pratt  was  Emily  Wil- 
son, you  remember.  Their  dinner  was  for 
Helen  Garritt.  Mr.  ana  Mrs.  0.  O.  G.  Miller 
had  a  married  people's  dinner.  Miss  Helen 
Wrign.  entertained  some  of  the  debutantes, 
and  Joseph  Rosbrough  was  host  at  one  of  the 
jolliest  dinners  given  at  the  Fairmont,  chaper- 
oned   uy  Mrs.    Robert  Hayes    Smith. 

You  know  Joe  is  a  host  in  himself,  and  noth- 
ing is  ever  dull  when  he  is  there,  and  I  heard 
that  fun  was  fast  and  furious  for  those  who 
accepted    his    hospitality. 

The  largest  dinner  of  the  evening  was  given 
by  Miss  Lurline  Matson  in  honor  of  Miss  Grace 
Gibson  at  her  home  on  Jackson  street,  and  was 
a  very  pretty   affair. 

Oh,  there  were  lots  more,  and  it  would  take 
too  long  to  mention  all  of  them.  The  gowns 
were  beautiful,  as  usual,  but  had  you  been  there 
I  am  sure  you  would  have  agreed  with  me  that 
Mrs.  Andrew  Welch  Jr.  was  decidedly  the  hit 
of  the  evening.  She  was  Julia  de  Laveaga, 
you  know,  and  a  decided  brunette,  and  wore 
a  very  Oriental-looking  gown  of  that  new  shade 
of  cerise,  and  you  can  imagine  how  stunning 
it  was.  She  and  Captain  Harry  Howland  got 
up  and  the  floor  was  cleared  for  them  while 
they  did  the  prettiest  impersonation  of  the 
Tango   that  I  have   seen, 

Mrs.  Walter  Martin  made  another  stunning 
picture  in  the  queerest  combination  of  colors — 
deep  pink  chiffon  over  dull  green  with  an  em- 
broidered overdress  of  varying  shades  of  pink 
and  green,    but  it   was   tremendously  becoming. 

Mrs.  Fred  McNear  wore  deep  magenta  velvet 
elaborately  embroidered  in  gold,  which  suited 
her   Oriental    type   to    a    "T." 

Mrs.  James  Fletcher — she  was  Carrie  Mills, 
granddaughter  of  old  Simeon  Wenban,  and  a 
great  beauty — was  perfectly  radiant  in  cloth  of 
gold,  veiled  in  cream-colored  lace,  while  Mar- 
garet Casey  wore  one  of  the  prettiest  gowns 
of  the  debutantes.  It  was  a  pale-blue  accordion- 
pleated  creation  paneled  in  cloth  of  gold  and 
veiled  in   filmy  lace. 

You  know  it  is  the  funniest  thing  this  sea- 
son— the  debutantes  are  divided  into  two  dis- 
tinct   sets;    and   you   can   imagine   they   turn   up 


their  genteel   young   noses  at   one  another. 

The  Gaiety  Cluh  crowd  "f  girls,  who  are  the 
daughters  of  the  very  conservative  F.  F.  C.  (frst 
families  of  California),  and  are  all  of  them  great 
heiresses,  an-  laughingly  called  the  "Purity  Crowd," 
while  iIm-  other  set,  which  includes  all  the  girls 
who    attended    .Iain-     Hotaling's    ball,     are    a    wee    bit 

more    bohemian.      So,    at    the    Hotaling    ball,    which 
was    a     very    jolly    affair,     and    included    about    two 


Burr  Mcintosh  Photo. 
MISS  LOUISE   JANIN. 
Latest  portrait  of  the  debutante  who  made  a  distinguished 
entry  into   society  at  the   Sharon  hall. 


hundred  guests,  one  noticed  in  an  instant  the  nb 
Bence  oi  the  '  'Purities.' '  There  was  not  a  sign 
"i'  Dora  Winn,  Uauricia  Mintzer,  Gertrude  Tin. mas. 
the  two  Cunningham  girls,  Ys.ii.ei  Ohase,  Dorothy 
Baker,  the  litis  girls,  Sophie  Beylard,  Harriet  Pom- 
eroy,  or  the  De  Pues ;  while  Nancy  Glenn,  I  lehn 
and  Marion  Stone,  Anna  Peters,  Grace  Gibson,  Ara- 
bella Morrow,  and  various  others  were  there  in  all 
their  glory. 

Isn't  it  amusing  that  in  a  town  of  this  size 
there  should  be  a  decided  split  like  that! 

I  know  you  will  be  interested  in  a  divorce 
case  that  will  soon  be  made  public.  1  can't 
mention  the  names  nnw,  except  (hat  they  are 
army  people,  and  very  well  known  here  both 
m   service  and  town  sets. 

The  officer  is  in  the  quartermaster's  depart- 
ment and  has  just  returned  from  a  trip  to 
Panama.  His  wife,  or,  rather,  his  ex-wife,  has 
been  living  on  Jackson  street  with  her  children 
for  a  couple  of  years,  and  I  believe  has  money 
of  her  own.  The  names  will  be  known  soon, 
for  the  case  is  about  decided,  and  it  will  be 
well  discussed  over  the  teacups,  for  no  one 
suspects  it  at  all,  as  they  have  kept  it  very 
quiet. 

I  wonder  if  you  heard  of  Harry  Lally  Jr.'s 
elopement.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Mark  Lally 
firm  here  in  town,  and  is  a  brother  of  Mrs. 
Henry  Lund  Jr.,  Mrs.  Arthur  Kelly  and  Mar- 
ion Lally,  who  married  Lewis  Durkee  a  year 
or  more  ago.  1'lie  young  lady  is  Dora  Mayn, 
a  great  belle  of  Alameda,  and  they  .just  skipped 
off  to  San  Rafael  and  had  the  knot  tied  with- 
out a  word  to  any  one;  and  I  heard  there  was 
keen  disappointment  felt  among  the  young 
beaux  of  Alameda  when  they  heard  the  news. 
Lally  was  a  widower,  and  has  two  children, 
whom  Miss  Mayn  instructed  in  music  while 
their  father  sat  near  and  worshiped  the  teacher. 
I  hear  Irene  Sabin  uas  at  last  gained  the 
consent  of  her  mother  to  marry  John  Merrill. 
Irene  has  been  used  to  every  luxury!  you  know, 
and  will  find  quite  a  difference  when  she  takes 
up  her  abode  at  the  little  five-room  flat  on  Cal- 
ifornia and  Nineteenth  avenue  that  her  future 
husband  is  preparing  for  her.  But  Irene  is 
awfully  determined,  and  if  she  has  decided  she 
will  be  happy  there  she  will — and  that's  all 
there  is  to  it.  She  is  the  most  capable  girl  I 
know.  When  she  was  16  she  could  make  her 
own  clothes  and  cook  a  dinner  fit  for  a  king, 
and  it  was  quite  a  joke  in  the  Sabin  family  that, 
while  they  were  sending  to  Paris  for  Pearl's 
clothes,  Irene  was  makiug  just  as  good-looking 
ones  for  herself.  So,  even  if  the  John  Merrills 
have  to  squeeze  a  dollar  the  lady  of  the  house 
will   always  be  equal   to   any  emergency. 

I  suppose  you've  heard  that  Eleanora  Sears' 
mother  is  dead.  She  died  in  Boston  at  their 
beautiful  home  on  Beacon  street,  of  pneumonia. 
Sad,  isn't  it?  I  hear  that  Eleanora  is  plan-- 
ning  a  trip  out  nere  in  the  spring,  and  will 
visit  the  Carolans  at  that  wonderful  new  place 
they  are  building  near  Burlingame.  She  will 
surely  stir  things  up  a  bit,  as  she  is  what  they 
call  a  live  wire. 

Another  notable  is  coming  here — Count  Guy 
Louis  Jules  de  Lasteyrie  du  Salidant,  rather 
considerable  of  a  name,  and  his  bride.  She 
was  pretty  Constance  Wentney  Warren  of 
New  York,    and  a  niece  of  Mrs.  Robert   Goelet. 


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Show  me  the  Closed  Shop 
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Citizens'  Alliance  Office 
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ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  AGAINST  SALE. 


IK  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OJ 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  Sat> 
Francisco.— Dept.    No.   10. 

IN    THE    MAxTER    OF    THE    ESTATE    OF    LUIGJ 
AND    MARY   MANGINI. — Action    No.    9004. 

It  appearing  to  this  Court  from  the  petition  this 
day  presented  and  filed  by  ROSA  MANGINI,  now 
ROSA  PAGANO,  the  guardian  of  the  person  and 
estate  of  LUIGI  and  MART  MANGINI,  minors, 
praying  for  an  order  of  sale  of  certain  real  estate 
belonging  to  said  minors,  that  it  is  necessary  that 
such  real  estate  should  be  sold: 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  next  of  kin  of  the 
said  minors  and  all  persons  interested  in  the  said 
estate,  appear  before  this  Court  on  the  18th  day  of 
January,  A.  D.  1913,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Depart- 
ment 9  of  this  Court,  at  the  new  City  Hall,  at  the 
corner  of  Ninth  and  Market  Streets,  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  then 
and  there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  should  not 
be  granted  for  the  sale  of  such  real  estate. 

And  it  is  further  ordered  that  a  copy  of  this  order 
be  published  at  least  once  a  week  for  three  success- 
ive weeks  before  the  saiu  day  of  hearing,  in  "The 
Wasp,"  a  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  said 
Citv  and  County. 

Dated   October   31st,    1912. 

THOS.  F.    GRAHAM, 

Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 

Filed:    December    18,    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  E.  B.  GILSON,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  Order  to  Show  Cause 
Against  Sale  was  made  in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper 
on   the  28th   day  of  December,   A.  D.    1912. 

D.  D.  SALES,  Attorney  at  Law,  701  Crocker 
Building,    San    Francisco,    California. 


is  a  great  student.  Burlingame  is  a  lovely  place  to 
study.  Imagine  the  future  Marquis  over  his  books 
at  the  Burlingame  Club,  with  society  on  the  front 
porch. 

How  I  have  been  rattling  on,  and  I  almost  forgot 
to  tell  you  about  the  J.  Leroy  Nickels  tea,  which 
was  given  to  introduce  Beatrice,  who,  you  know,  is 
such  an  attractive  little  thing — dark-complexioned 
and  extremely  vivacious.  She  looked  lovely  in  a 
gown  of  accordion-pleated  white  chiffon  with  an 
overdress  of  lace,  and  carried  orchids  and  lilies  of 
the  valley. 

My  dear,  I  have  never  seen  such  flowers  in  my 
life  as  there  were  there,  and  you  know  I  went  to 
the  Fairmont  floral  display — but,  believe  me,  it 
was  no  finer. 

There  were  so  many  orchids  that  I  dreamed  of 
them  all  night.  Double  hoops,  made  entirely  of 
these  lovely  flowers,  were  fastened  around,  and  there 
were  at  least  a  hundred  of  them  in  each  loop.  Bas- 
kets were  full  of  them.  Poinsettias  banked  the 
walls,  and,  as  I  heard  some  one  say,  you  positively 
walked  on  American  Beauty  roses  there  was  such 
a  wealth  of  them.  I  am  sure  the  flowers  alone 
cost  thousands  of  dollars,  for  when  you  bank  a  room 
with  orchids  you  soon  run  into  expense,  but  you 
know  the  Nickels  don't  need  io  count  expense  in 
social  affairs. 

Miss  Nickels  had  all  the  debutantes  receiving 
with  her,  and  they  looked  very  pretty,  indeed.  She 
is  the  last  bud  now  to  make  her  formal  bow,  and  a 
very  gay  season  is  predicted  for  her. 

Every  one  is  so  sorry  to  hear  that  General  and 
Mrs.  Murray  and  Sadie  Murray  are  leaving  next 
month  for  Washington,  D.  C.  They  have  been  so 
popular  here,  and  endeared  themselves  to  every  one. 
I  hear  it  whispered  about  in  army  circles  that  Gen- 
eral Murray  was  to  be  made  Chief- of- Staff  in  Gen- 
eral Wood's  place.  You  know  General  Wood  was  a 
favorite  of  Roosevelt,  who  gave  him  his  rapid  promo- 
tion, and  was  smiled  upon  by  President  Taft;  but 
it  is  thought  that  President-elect  Wilson  has  differ- 
ent views.  *     *     *     * 


Yours   affectionately, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


MARTHA. 


FINANCIAL. 


(Continued  from  page  19.) 
The   tone   of   the  local   stock   market   was 
stronger    on    Tuesday    afternoon     before     the 
Board  closed  for  Christmas. 

THE  INVESTOR. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San    Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

CATHERINE  BLANCHFLOWER  (formerly  CATH- 
ERINE MANNION),  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim- 
ing any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  Defendants. — 
Action   No.    33,039. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY, 

Attorney  for   Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
rhe  complaint  of  CATHERINE  BLANCHFLOWER 
(formerly  CATHERINE  MANNION),  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  City 
and  County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what 
interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cal- 
ifornia,   particularly    described    as    follows: 

WANTED. 

More    men    and   women   who   will    save    their 
money  and  do  it  systematically. 

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getting  the  home. 

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to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether 
the  same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future, 
vested  or  contingent,  and  whether  the  same  con- 
sists of  mortgages  or  liens  of  any  description;  that 
plaintiff  recover  her  costs  herein  and  have  such 
other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the 
premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
7th  day  of  November,   A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By    H.    I.    PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  16th  day  of  No 
vember,   A.   D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,    or  lien  upon,    said  property   adverse   to    plaintiff: 

FUGAZI  BANCA  POPOLARE  OPERAIA  ITAL- 
[ANA  (a  corporation),  No.  2  Columbus  Avenue,  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 

J.  W.  WRIGHT  &  SONS  INVESTMENT  COM- 
PANY (a  corporation),  No.  228  Montgomery  Street, 
San   Francisco,   Cal. 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  &  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a  cor- 
poration), Jones'and  McAllister  Streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY, 

Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 

501,  502  and  503  California -Pacific  Building,  San 
Francisco,   Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.     Dept.    10. 

WILLIAM  R.  KENNY,  Plaintiff  vs.  All  persona 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.     Action   No.    32943. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  there- 
of, Defendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  WILLIAM  B.  KENNY,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  Staio  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  particularly  described  aa  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of 
Arguello  Boulevard,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
(100)  feet  southerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of  Arguello  Boule- 
vard with  the  southerly  line  of  Clement  Street,  and 
running  thence  southerly  along  said  westerly  lino  of 
Arguello  Boulevard  fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  fifty  (50) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one 
hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  OUTSIDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number   182. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint, 
i"  wit.  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  litlps.  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this 
23rd  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Olerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  9th  day  of 
November,  A.  D.  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to 
plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY, 
a  corporation,  526  California  Street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

PERRY  8s  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  106 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,   Oal. 


Saturday,  December  28,  1912.] 


THE  WASP 


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SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  »nd  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.     No.    7. 

CARLTON  (JARKIELD  POWERS,  plaintiff,  vs. 
MARGARET    POWERS,    Defendant. — No.    45,648. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the 
State  of  California  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the 
office  of   the   County  Clerk  of  said   City   and   County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet 
ing     to     MARGARET     POWERS,     Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action 
brought  against  you  by  the  above-named  plaintiff  in 
the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  {exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the 
service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant's  extreme 
cruelty;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully 
appear  in  the  complaint  on  file,  to  which  special 
reference   is  hereby   made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
penr  and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plain- 
tiff will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded   in    the    complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Supe- 
rior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  UibJ  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  21st 
day    of    November,    A.    D.    1912. 

(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  W.  R.  OASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  105  Mont 
gomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.  4, 

RAYMOND  REALTY  COMPANY  (a  corporation), 
and  BRIDGET  W.  JEROME.  Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants.— Action    No.    33,148. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  RAYMOND  REALTY  COMPANY  (a 
corpoiation  ,  and  BRIDGET  W.  JEROME,  plaintiffs, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica 
tion  of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  nave  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Califor- 
nia,   and   particularly   described   as    ioIIows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  line  of  Polk 
Street,  distant  thereon  twenty  (20)  feet  northerly 
from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the 
easterly  line  of  Polk  Street  with  the  northerly  line 
of  Pine  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along 
said  line  of  Polk  Street  thirty  (30)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  sixty-two  (62)  feet,  six  (6) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  thirty  (30) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  sixty-two 
(62)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning; 
being  part  of  WESTERN  ADDITION  BLOCK  Num- 
ber  15. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit,  that 
it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  Raymond  Realty  Com- 
pany is  the  owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple 
absolute,  subject  to  the  life  estate  of  plaintiff 
Bridget  W.  Jerome  therein;  that  their  title  to  said 
property  he  established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court 
ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles, 
interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property,  and 
every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal  or 
equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description  ;  that  plaintiffs  recover  their  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,    this 
22nd  day  of  November,  A.  D,  1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By   H.   I.  PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  '  'The  Wasp' '  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  De- 
cember,  A.  D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,  or  lien  upon,  the  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiffs: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation',  No.  526  California  Street,  San  Fran 
cisco,    California. 

CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO  (a 
municipal    corporation),    State    of    California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco.  —  Dept,  No.  7. 

JONATHAN  P.  LEARMOND.  Plaintiff,  vs.  All 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
|irn|.,Tiy  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof.  De- 
fendants.— Action  No.   33,129. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
sons  I'laiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  r.-iii 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  JONATHAN  F,  LEARMOND.  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real 
property,  or  any  part  thereof,  Bttnated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
and    particularly    described    as    follows : 

Lots  Numbers  thirty  (30)  and  thirty-one  (31),  in 
block  number  fortv-six  (46),  of  the  CITY  LAND 
ASSOCIATION,  as  per  map  thereof  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Recorder  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,    State   of  California. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plain ti if  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  releif  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
snid  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitnble,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contin- 
gent, and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his 
costs  herein  and  nave  such  other  and  further  relief 
as  may   be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,    this 
20th   day   of   November,    A.   D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.   I.   PORTER,    Deputy    Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  De- 
cember.  A.  D.    1912. 

PERRY  &.  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal, 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco, — Dept.    No.    3. 

NATHAN  ABRAHAM,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    32,908. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  NATHAN  ABRAHAM,  plaintiff, 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publi- 
cation of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  in- 
terest or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  cer- 
tain real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cal 
ifornia,  and  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  sountherly  line  of 
Clay  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-one  (81)  feet, 
three  (3)  inches  easterly  from  tue  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Clay  Street 
with  the  easterly  line  of  Divisadero  Street,  and 
running  thence  easterly  and  along  said  line  of  Clay 
Street  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  (127)  feet, 
eight  and  one-fourth  (8*4)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven 
(127)  feet,  eight  and  one-fourth  (8% )  inches  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  WESTERN 
ADDITION  BLOCK  Number  462. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  apd  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet   in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
16th   day  of  October,  A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNSWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  madt 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  26th  day  of  Octo- 
ber,   A.    D.    1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,   Cai. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

W.  F.  CORDES,  Plaintiff,  vs.  J.  A.  DAVIS, 
Defendant. — Action    No.    39,480. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  of  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Jos. 
Kirk,   Attorney   for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greet- 
ing to  J.  A.  DAVIS,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  tue 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought 
against  you  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you 
of  this  summons — if  served  within  this  City  and 
County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served  elsewhere. 

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

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  at  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  this  23rd  day  of  October  A. 
D.   1912. 

(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

JOSEPH    KIRK,    Attorney    lor    Plaintiff. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    2. 

W.  D.  LAMBERT,  sometimes  known  as  WM.  D. 
LAMBERT,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    33,255. 

WM.  E.  DOUD, 

Attorney  for  Plaintiff. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the 
real  property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
defendants,    greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer 
the  complaint  of  W.  D.  LAMBERT,  sometimes  known 
as  WM.  D.  LAMBERT,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  court  and  City  and 
County,  within  three  months  after  the  first  publica- 
tion of  this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest 
or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain 
real  property  or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,   particularly    described    as    follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  on  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Rodgers  Street  (formerly  Folsom  Avenue),  at  a 
point  distant  southeasterly  one  hundred  twenty-five 
(125)  feet,  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Folsom  Street;  running  thence  south- 
easterly along  said  line  of  Rodgers  Street  twenty- 
five  ('ii5  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  northeasterly 
sixty-two  (62)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at 
right  angles  northwesterly  twenty-five  (25)  feet; 
thence  at  right  angles  southwesterly  sixty-two  (62  t 
feet  six  (6)  inches  to  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Rodgers    Street    and    the    point    of    beginning. 

Being  a  portion  of  100  VARA  BLOCK  No.  277. 

SECOND:  Commencing  at  a  point  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Army  Street  and 
the  easterly  line  of  Twin  Peaks  Avenue,  running 
thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  line  of  Twin 
Peaks  Avenue  thirty  (30)  feet;  thence  at  right  angles 
easterly  one  hundred  and  five  (105)  feet;  thence  at 
right  angles  northerly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  easterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  southerly  one  hundred  and  five  (105) 
feet;  thence  at  right  angles  westerly  one  hundred 
and  eighty    (180)    feet  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Being  Lots  Number  20,  21,  22,  and  23  in  Block 
Number  23  as  per  map  of  STANFORD  HEIGHTS 
ADDITION,  file~  in  the  office  of  the  Recorder  of  said 
City    and    County. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wit:  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
his  title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover his  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  relief 
as  may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
3rd   day   of  December.    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.  F.  DUNWORTH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  14th  day  of  De- 
cember,  A.  D.    1912. 

WILLIAM  E.  DOUD,  306  Bush  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Attorney   for  Plaintuc. 


26 


-THE  WASP- 


[Saturday,  December  28,  1912. 


SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    10.  _        .  tita-rv 

JOSEPH  A.  STARCK,  Plaintiff  vs.  MARY 
STARCK,   Defendant.— Action   No     46,00b. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  ot  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
County    Clerk    of    said    City    and    County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  Cahtornia  send  greet- 
in-    to    MARY    STARCK,    Defendant:      _ 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  m  an  action 
brought  against  yon  by  the  above  named  plaintiff 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  m 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and 
to  answer  the  complaint  filed  therein  within  ten 
days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service)  after  the  ser- 
vice  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within  this 
City    and    County;      or    if    served    elsewhere    within 

thlThe  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment 
and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant, on  the  ground  of  defendant  s  willful  de- 
sertion, also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully 
appear  in  the  complaint  on  file,  to  which  special 
reference    is    hereby    made.  - 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  ap- 
pear and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plaintiff 
will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  de- 
manded in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract, 
or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  de- 
manded in   the   complaint. 

Given  under  mv  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County   of   San   Francisco,    this   11th  day  of  De- 

(SEAL)  A'    D'    1913'      H     I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 
By  W    R.   CASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  De- 
cember,  A.   D.    1912.  . 

VOGELSANG  &   BROWN,    Attorneys   for  Plaintiff. 

SUMMONS. 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    5. 

IDA  BOLTBN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claiming 
any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein 
described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — Action 
No.    32,892. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  de- 
fendants,   greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  tbe 
complaint  of  IDA  BOLTEN,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  sum- 
mons and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  hen,  if  any, 
you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly  described    as    follows: 

FIRST:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southeaster- 
ly line  of  Mission  Street,  distant  thereon  eighty-five 
(85)  feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Mission 
Street  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Eighth  Street 
and  running  thence  northeasterly  along  said  line  of 
Mission  Street  forty  (40)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  eighty  (80)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southwesterly  forty  (40)  feet;  and  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  eighty  (80)  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  ONE  HUN- 
DRED VARA  BLOCK  Number  407. 

SECOND:  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  south- 
erly line  of  Silliman  Street,  distant  thereon 
twenty-eight  (28)  feet  easterly  from  the  corner  form- 
ed by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sil- 
liman Stret  with  the  easterly  line  of  Dartmouth 
Street,  and  running  thence  easterly  along  said  line 
of  Silliman  Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle -westerly  twenty-seven  (27) 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hun- 
dred (100)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  being 
lot  number  25,  block  52,  as  per  map  of  the  property 
of  the  RAILROAD  AVENUE  HOMESTEAD  ASSO- 
CIATION. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  ap- 
pear and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  sole  owner 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  hei 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover her  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and  fur 
ther  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
14th   day  of  October,   A.  D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  2nd  day  of  Nov- 
ember,   A.   D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,   Cal. 


SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    2. 

ANNA  McMAHON,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons  claim- 
ing any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. — 
Action  No.    33,143. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  herebv  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ANNA  McMAHON,  plaintiff,  filed  with 
the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  County, 
within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this 
summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if 
any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property, 
or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and.  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particu- 
larly described   as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  line  of  Sev- 
enteenth Avenue,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  northerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  westerly  line  of  Seventeenth  Avenue 
with  the  northerly  line  of  Anza  (formerly  "A") 
Street,  and  running  thenee  northerly  along  said  line 
of  Seventeenth  Avenue  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred  and  twenty 
(1201  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  twenty- 
five  (25)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly 
one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  point  of 
beginning;  being  part  of  OUTbiDE  LAND  BLOCK 
Number    267. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit, 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  her  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may 
be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
21st  day   of  November,   A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,   Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in 
"The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  7th  day  of  Decem- 
ber, A.  D.   1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery    Street,    San   Francisco,    California. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No.    1. 

ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRIE  G-.  Mc- 
ELROY, Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  in- 
terest in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed or  any  part  thereof.  Defendants. — Action  No. 
33,086. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,  greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ROBERT  W.  McELROY  and  CARRIE  G. 
McELROY,  plaintiffs,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  entitled  Court  and  County,  within  three  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or 
upon  that  certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  particularly  described  as  fol- 
lows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Moss  Street,  distant  thereon  two  hundred  and  fifty 
(250)  feet  southeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northeasterly  line  of  Moss 
Street  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Howard  Street, 
and  running  thence  southeasterly  and  along  said  line 
of    Moss    Street    twenty-five    (25)    feet;    thence    at    a 


right  angle  northeasterly  seventy-five  (75)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northwesterly  twenty-five  (25, 
feet;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southwesterly 
seventy-five  ( 75 )  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning ; 
being  part  of  ONE  HUNDRED  VARA  LOT  Number 
248. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit: 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiffs  are  the  owners 
of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute ;  that  their 
title  to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted; 
that  the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiffs 
recover  their  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  and 
further  relief  as  may  be  meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
13th  day  of  November,    A.    D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  23rd  day  of  No- 
vember,   A.    D.    1912. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiffs,  105 
Montgomery   Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 

SUMMONS. 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. — Dept.    No,    4. 

ANITA  M.  ROSSETER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real  prop- 
erty herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  Defend- 
ants.— Action    No.    33,338. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all  per 
sons  claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  De- 
fendants,   greeting : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  of  ANITA  M.  ROSSETER,  plaintiff,  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  above  entitled  Court  and  Coun- 
ty, within  three  months  after  the  first  publication  of 
this  summons,  and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien, 
if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that  certain  real  property, 
or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  particular- 
ly described  as    follows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Duboce  Avenue,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and 
seventy  (170)  feet  westerly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Duboce 
Avenue  with  the  westerly  line  of  Valencia  Street, 
and  runnig  thence  westerly  and  along  said  line  of 
Duboce  Avenue  thirty-three  (33)  feet,  four  (4) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  ninety  (90) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  thirty-three 
(33)  feet,  four  (4)  inches;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  ninety  (90)  feet  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning; being  part  of  MISSION  BLOCK  Number 
26. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit: 
that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of 
said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that  her  title 
to  said  property  be  established  and  quieted;  that 
the  Court  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates,  rights, 
titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said  property 
and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  contingent, 
and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mortgages  or  liens 
of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  her  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and-  further  relief  as 
may  be   meet   in    the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,   this 
10th  day  of   December,    A.   D.    1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  J.   F.  DUNWORTH,    Deputy   Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  21st  day  of  De- 
cember,  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest 
in,    or  lien  upon,    said  property   adverse   to   plaintiff: 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 
(a  corporation),  526  California  Street,  San  Francis- 
co,   California. 

PERRY  &  DAILEY,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff,  105 
Montgomery  Street,    San  Francisco,    Cal. 


EYE  TROUBLES  VANISH 

WHEN  USING  MAYERLE'S  GERMAN  EYEWATER  for  weak,  tirod,  in- 
flamed, dull,  watery,  'strained  or  discharging  eyes,  floating  ipoti,  crusty 
eyelids,  etc.  It  gives  instant  relief.  For  infante  or  adults.  At  all  drug- 
gists',   50c;    or  by  mail,   65e. 

GERMAN    OPTICAL   SPECIALIST 

960  Market  Street,  San  FrancUco 
Bey  Insist  on  getting  Maycrle's  ^H 


Saturday,  December  28,  1912.] 


-THE  WASP- 


27 


SUMMONS 


IN  THE  81  rF  or 

California,   in   and    for   the  Oily   and   County   of   Ban 
Francisco. —  1'  _  „„„ 

.t     W.   \\  EtlGHT   AM'   SONS  INT\  i  STi! 
1'AN'V      la     001  persons 

rlnimmg  any   interest   n.,   ox  hen    Up  1  prop- 

erty herein   detected  or  any  part    thereof, 
ants. — Action    No.   33,447. 

I  \LD  0,  HALS 
Alton-  titiff. 

People  of   ii 

ok  any  part   thereof, 

Y"ii  ;irc  hereby  re  i 

m    curporati 
with  the  Olerk  <>f  th< 

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..f  Snn  Franol 

t! 
■ 
■ 

■ 
0 

lini 
i 

>■  ■  '       ll  i      u    right 

i 
I  I  10)    fi 

■ 

01    rSIDE   LANDS,  Block 

..     i  ■  '        Li f 

i :      two   nun- 

.    .. 

1  ii  Avenue  from  the  northerly  line 

■  .     and   runnin  -    I  hi  iice    northerly 

■  mg  said  easterly  line  ol  24th  Avenue  twenty- 

■   b  g   Le  easterly  one 

nty   (120)   feet;   thence  at  a  right  angle 

i  iy    twenty-fh  ■  ■  i  od    I  hi  ace    ut    a 

righl  angle  ■■-■■  hundred  twenty   (120)    feel 

in  the  easterly  tine  of  24th  Avenue  and  the  point  of 

i  lug, 

■  being  a  port! 01    rsiDE  LANDS,  Block 

(94  i . 
PAKCEL  8. — Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
Ime  of    I6tl    Avenue,   distant    southerly   one  hundred 

■  I    ' 15th   A  %•<.-- 

i  -in    the    southerly    fine    of    Judah    (formerly 

Street,    and    running    thence    southerly    along 

■!'..■    flftj     i  50)    feet; 

,..     angli     eas  erlj     two    hundred    forty 

...    the    westerly    line    of   44th    Avenue; 

right  angle  northerly  along  said  westerly 

Mill    Avenue  fifty    (50)    feet,  and   thence  at  a 

angle  westerly   two   hundred   forty    (240)    feet 

rly  line  of  45th  Avenue  and  the  point  of 

beginning. 

Same   being  a  portion  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS,  Block 

Number    seven   b Lred    twenty  -live    (725 ) . 

ftOEL  4, — Beginning  at  a  point  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Moraga  (former- 
ly "M")  Street  with  the  easterly  line  of  45th 
Avenue,  and  running  thence  northerly  along  said 
easterly  line  of  45th  Avenue  one  hundred  twepty- 
flve  (1-5)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one 
hundred  twenty  (120)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  twelve  (12)  feet  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Moraga  Street,  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  along  said  northerly 
line  of  Moraga  Street  one  hundred  seven  (107)  feet 
six  (fi)  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  45lh  Avenue 
and    the    point  of  beginning. 

Same  being  a  portion  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS,  Block 
Number  eight   hundred    twenty-one    (821). 

PARCEL  5. — Beginning  on  the  northeasterly  line 
of  Harvard  Street  at  a  point  distant  northwesterly 
one  hundred  fifty  (150)  feet,  measured  along  said 
line  from  the  northwesterly  line  of  Bacon  Street, 
and  running  thence  northwesterly  and  along  said 
northeasterly  line  of  Harvard  Street  fifty  (50)  feet; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northeasterly  one  hundred 
twenty  (120  1  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  south- 
easterly fifty  (50)  feet,  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southwesterly  one  hundred  twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  northeasterly  line  of  Harvard  Street  and  the 
point    of    beginning. 

The  same  being  a  portion  of  Lot  six  (6),  Block 
one  hundred  three  (103)  of  the  UNIVERSITY 
HOMESTEAD  ASSOCIATION  recorded  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Recorder  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco  in  Book  two  (2)  "A"  and  "B," 
page   135   of  Maps. 

PARCEL  6. — Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  wester- 
ly line  of  29th  Avenue,  distant  northerly  two  hun- 
dred seventy-five  (275)  feet  measured  along  said 
line  from  the  northerly  line  of  Cabrillo  (formerly 
"C")  Street,  and  running  thence  northerly  and 
along  said  westerly  line  of  29th  Avenue  fifty  (50) 
feel  :  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hundred 
twenty  (1201  feet;  thence  nt  a  right  angle  southerly 
fifty  (50)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one 
hundred  twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of 
29th    Avenue    and    the    point    of  beginning. 


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OUTSIDE  LANDS,  Block 

■   .    .   .  .  ■ 
point  on  the  westerly 

line  of  4lsl  two    hundred 

■    ■  ■  b  "■ the  northerly 

i  ■,,.  r  i  j       m     i    st  reel  .    running 

.i  Id     westerly     line     of 

-list  Avenue  twenty   ■  thence  al  a  right 

angle    H  a  iterlj     i     trundi  ed     I  w  eni       (120)     feel  ; 

herlj    I  m  enty  fivi 

a   right  angle   easterly    one   huu- 

i  iitj    i  L20)    !<■'■ .Ji<    westerly  Hue  of  41st 

.tit!    :  1 1 1  ■   poi I    beginning1. 

being    i  p  ii  I ft  .  SIDE  LANDS,  Block 

,mi    hundred  and   sixteen    I  916  I, 

PARCEL  8, —  Begin  Dint  on  ihe  easterly 

Line  of  25th  Avenue  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
seventy-five  (175)  feet  northerly  from  the  northerly 
lino  of  Pacheco  (formerly  '  P' ' )  Street,  running 
northerly  oud  along  said  ea  surly  line  of 
25th  Avenue  twenty-five  (25)  reel  ,  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  twenty  (120)  feet; 
thencs  ni  a  right  angle  southerly  twenty-five  (25) 
fee,1  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  one  hun- 
dred twenty  (120)  feet  to  the  easterly  line  of 
^jth  Avenue  and  the  point  of  beginning. 

Same  being  a  portion  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS,  Block 
Number    nine    hundred    sixty-nine     (HUM). 

f  ARCEL  9. — Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly 
line  of  24th  Avenue  distant  thei'eon  one  hundred 
( loO )  feet  northerly  from  the  northerly  line  of 
PaCheco  (formerly  "P")  Street,  and  running  thence 
northerly  and  along  said  westerly  line  of  24th  Ave- 
nue tweuty-five  (25)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
westerly  one  hundred  twenty  (120)  feet;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  tweuty-five  (25)  feet,  and 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred  twenty 
(120)  feet  to  the  westerly  line  of  24th  Avenue  and 
the  point  of   beginning. 

Same  being  a  portion  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS,  Block 
Number   nine    hundred    sixty-nine    (969). 

PARCEL  10. — Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  north- 
erly tine  of  Geary  (formerly  Point  Lobos  Avenue) 
Street,  distant  thereon  thirty-two  (32)  feet  six  (6) 
LncheE  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Thiriy-iiuh 
(35th)  Avenue,  and  running  thence  easterly  and 
along  said  northerly  line  of  Geary  Street  twenty-five 
(25)  feel;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one 
huudred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  wester- 
ly twenty-five  (25)  feet,  and  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  one  hundred  (100)  feet  to  the  northerly 
line  of  Geary  Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 

Same  being  a  portion  of  OUTSIDE  LANDS,  Block 
Number    two    hundred   fifteen    (215). 

PARCEL  11. — Commencing  at  a  point  on  the 
southwesterly  line  of  President  Street,  distant  there- 
on one  hundred  (100)  feet  northwesterly  from  the 
northwesterly  line  of  Flint  Street,  running  thence 
northwesterly  and  along  said  southwesterly  line  of 
President  Street  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at 
a  righl  angle  southwesterly  one  hundred  nineteen 
(119)  feet  nine  (9)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southeasferly  one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  northeasterly  one  hundred  nineteen  (119) 
feet  nine  inches  to  the  said  southwesterly  line  of 
President    Street  and  the  point  of  commencement. 

Being  all  of  Lots  Numbers  sixty-two  (62)  and 
sixty-three  (63)  in  Block  Number  9  as  per  map  en- 
titled  'Map  of  the  Lands  of  the  FLINT  TRACT 
HOMESTEAD  ASSOCIATION,  recorded  April  10, 
1874,  in  Liber  1  of  Maps,  Page  148,  at  the  office 
of  the  Recorder  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco,   State    of   California." 

PARCEL  12. — Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  east- 
erly line  of  Corbett  Road  at  its  intersection  with 
the  southerly  line  of  Lot  three  (3),  Block  seven- 
teen (17t  of  Hereinafter  described  map;  thence  run- 
ning northerly  and  along  said  line  of  Corbett  Road 
one  hundred  (100)  feet;  thence  at  an  angle  easterly 
and  along  the  northerly  line  of  said  lot  three  (3) 
one  hundred  fifty-eight  (158)  feet  to  a  point  one 
hundred  feet  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of 
Falcon  Road;  thence  running  southerly  and  across 
said  lot  number  three  (3)  to  a  point  distant  oue 
hundred  (100)  feet  westerly  from  the  westerly  line 
of  Falcon  Road,  measured  along  the  southerly  line 
of  said  lot  number  three    (3);   thence  running  west- 


erly and  along  the   southerly  lino  of  said  lot  number 

of    two  hundred  and   twenty-six 

aid  eusterly  line  of  Corbett  Road 

■ 

i    Lot  number  three    (3)   in  Block 

■  ieeu    (17)    as   per   map   entitled    "Sub- 

.;    the   SAN    id  CHO, 

lifornia, 

i 

;.    Book  2   A  and  B, 

i    i.    i   ■  At    (8) 

.  i  ■  0t»l  \ 

TION,  iled  iu  the  office  of  the  R* 

of    the    City    and    Couuty    of    San    Francisco,    August 

sl  the  rogues! I.  01<  mi  nt, 

■ 

1  hid  j  in  i  ii 

>i   Moraga  (formerly 

mg  said  easterly  line 
of  Thirl  duq  :>  dietance  of  twentyflve  (25) 

.  a  dis- 
tance "i  one  hundred  Itwflnfly  I  120)  feet,  running  til<  ace 
ii       i.  aortherly  a  distance  of  twenty-five 

angle    westerly 

i    -I.,    i lred  twenty   (120)   feet  to  the 

line  of  Thirty  fifth  Avenue'  and  the  point  of 
■ 

.  i n    rSIDE  LANDS,  Block  Num- 

idred    |  four   (894). 

PARCEL  L5.—  Commencing  at  o  point  on  the  west- 
erly     line     of      Forty  first      Avenue,      distant     tboreou 

southerly  from  the  southerly  line  oi  Ortega  '  formerly 
"O")  hundred  fifty  (850)   feet,  running! 

thence   joutherlj   and  along  the  said   westerly  line  of 

Forty-firsl     Avenue    a    disti i     of    fifty    (50)    feet; 

thence  a  distc  aea   of  one 

hundred  tweatj    (120)    feet;   thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  a  distance  of  fifty   (50)  feet;  and  thence  at 

a     right  'I.'.     ■'     di    t: one    hundred 

twenty    (120')    feet    to    the    westerly    line   of    Forty - 
first  Avenue  and    the  pbi E  beginning. 

i'.  in  ;     ;i     por of     OUTSIDE     LANDS,     Block 

Number  nine  hundred  eighty-six   (986). 

And  you  aro  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the 
Court,  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to- 
wil  :  That  it  be  adjudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the 
owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  absolute;  that 
its  title  to  said  properly  be  established  and  quieted; 
i iu i  i In  Oourl  ascertain  and  determine  all  estates, 
rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in  and  to  said 
property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same 
be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consist  of  mort- 
gages or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  re- 
cover its  costs  herein  and  have  such  other  relief 
as   may  be  meet  in   the  premises. 

Witness  niv  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court,  this 
17th   day   of  December,   A.   D.   1912. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made 
in  "The  Wasp"  newspaper  on  the  28th  day  of  De- 
cember, A.  D.   1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  inter- 
est in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plain- 
tiff: 

IIIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY  (a 
corporation),  corner  Jones  and  McAllister  Streets, 
San   Francisco,    Cal. 

FTJGAZI  BANCA  POPOLARE  OPERAIA  ITAL- 
IANA  (a  corporation),  No.  2  Columbus  Avenue,  Sau 
Francisco,    Cal. 

JAMES  E.  RYAN,  151  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Cal. 

GERALD  C.  HALSEY,  Attorney  for  Plaintiff, 
501-502-503  California  Pacific  Building,  105  Mont- 
gomery  Street,    San   Francisco,    Cal. 


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