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France's  Art  Impresario 

An  Ex-Shepherd  who  became 
the   Ruler   of   Artistic    Paris 

Jules  Pages,  the  San  Francisco  artist  who  went 
to  Paris  and  there  attained  considerable  success 
has  been  frequently  referred  to  by  the  local  news- 
papers as  an  instructor  in  "The  Academy  of  Julian," 
who  died  the  other  day  in  Paris.  Many  newspaper 
readers  have  imagined  that  Julian  was  a  great  figure 
in  the  art  circle  world  of  Paris  and  recognized  as  a 
great  artist.  The  truth  is  that  he  was  a  very  bad 
artist.  Despite  this  handicap,  or  perhaps  because 
of  it,  he  exercised  more  influence  in  art  circles  in 
Paris  than  any  of  the  great  painters  or  a  dozen  of 
them  combined. 

Julian  was  originally  a  shepherd  in  the  South  of 
France  and  noted  in  his  bucolic  district  as  a  great 
wrestler.  It  was  undecided  at  the  outset  of  his 
career  whether  he  was  to  become  a  professional 
wrestler  or  a  professional  painter.  He  cast  his  lot 
with  the  artists  and  went  through  the  usual 
struggles  of  the  poor  student  who  goes  to  Paris  to 
conquer  fame  and  compel  fortune  with  his  brush 
and  paint  box.  Julian's  struggle  was  bitter  and 
protracted  and  he  finally  realized  that  he  would 
have  to  seek  success  bv  other  methods  than  practis- 
ing the  art  of  a  figurj  painter.  He  organized  a  band 
of  wrestlers  and  exhibited  them  in  Paris  with  con- 


siderable success.  Then  he  hit  upon  the  notion  of 
teaching,  much  a.,  unsuccessful  actors  become  the 
heads  of  schools  of  acting  and  men  who  fail  at  all 
occupations  write  books  telling  how  vast  fortunes 
can  be  made  in  trade  and  .  Deculation. 

Julian's  first  venture  in  his  new  line  was  modest 
enough.  He  rented  rooms  in  the  Passage  des  Pan- 
iii. .mas,  where  the  lamous  Markouski  had  taught 
two  generations  how  to  dance. 

The  success  of  the  Julian  Academy  wr.s  rapid. 
The  head  of  the  institution  had  execu*iv~  ability, 
which  is  the  rarest  of  talents  in  the  art  world. 

There  is  a  story  current  in  the  ateliers  of  Paris 
about  Julian's  first  pupil  who  was  scared  by  the 
emptiness  and  loneliness  of  the  academy. 

"Perhaps  you  do  not  like  the  model"  said  Julian, 
whose  manners  were  always  most  ingratiating. 
"That  is  doubtless  why  you  are  nervous.  Ah,  she 
shall  be  changed  if  you  desire." 

No,  the  pupil  did  not  object  to  the  model.  On 
the  contrary,  the  model  was  quite  satisfactory. 

"Then,"  said  the  crafty  Julian,  "I  can  guess  your 
reason.  It  is  because  you  see  no  one  here ;  but  that 
is  really  an  advantage.  You  will  be  able  to  work 
better  without  neighbors  and  besides  I  did  not 
engage  to  provide  you  with  neighbors." 

The  pupils  soon  came  to  a  man  who  could  angle 
so  dexterously  for  them.  Before  long  Julian  rented 
more  rooms  and  hired  more  models.  He  gave 
medals  that  cost  but  little  and  gave  him  valuable 
advertising.  He  was  a  business  man  and  politician 
Some  of  the  greatest  homes  in  Paris  figured  on  his 
combined  and  he  became  a  power  in  the  art  world, 
list  of  professors,  Bouguereau,  Lefebvre,  Fleury  and 
Benjamin  Constant,  those  were  names  to  juggle 
with  and  Julian  knew  how  to  handle  them  to  the 
best  advantage.  The  fame  of  the  ateliers  of 
Julian  spread  far  and  wide  and  attracted  pupils  from 
all  parts  of  the  civilized  world. 

Eventually  this  clever  art  impresario  became 
powerful  enough  to  exert  an  influence  on  the  Salon 
more  or  less  direct.  His  pupils  began  to  crowd  it 
and  he  was  the  primary  cause  in  the  split  in  the 
Societe  des  Artistes  Finears  over  which  Bouguereau 
presided.  The  secessionists  headed  by  Meissonier 
formed  a  rival  organization  called  La  Societe  Na- 
tionale  des  Beaux  Arts  to  which  belonged  such 
famous  painter*  as  Carolus  Duran,  Puvis  de  Chav- 
annes,    Duez,    Dagnon,    Bouveret    and    Gervex.     In 


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the  end  Julian  triumphed  being  the  greater  master 
of  organization  and  political  tactics.  Indeed  no  less 
famous  an  authority  than  Zola  referring  to  this 
famous  split  in  the  art  schools  of  Paris  has  called 
the  ex-shepherd  painter  "A  modern  Tamerlane  who 
directed  the  applause  and  urged  his  men  to  the 
ballot  boxes." 

The  two  Salons  have  since  merged  but  the 
schools  of  Julian  have  not  lost  their  identity.  On 
the  contrary  they  have  grown  stronger  and  more 
popular  though  some  famous  artists  condemn  their 
methods  as  deadly  to  original  talent.  The  conven- 
tional routine  of  the  Julian  schools,  it  is  argued, 
spells  ruin  to  genius  except  it  be  of  so  high  an  order 
that  nothing  can  smother  it.  Some  famous  American 
and  English  artists  have  condemned  the  French 
method  interpreted  in  the  Julian  schools  with  which 
Paris  had  become  dotted  before  the  death  of  the  ex- 
shepherd  and  wrestler  whose  political  sagacity  and 
hustling  qualities  helped  to  found  them.  The  pupils 
think  and  see  and  act  like  a  flock  of  sheep,  all 
impelled  by  the  same  impulse.  Wm.  Keith  our 
great  California  landscape  painter  who  has  studied 
in  Paris,  Rome  Munich,  Spain  and  England  never 
hesitates  to  condemn  the  modern  French  school  as 
one  of  "decay  and  death." 

A  great  deal  has  been  said  in  praise  of  the  work 
which  Jules  Pages  has  done  since  he  left  San  Fran- 
cisco and  become  a  professor  in  the  Julian  schools 
and  has  succeeded  in  selling  some  pictures  to  the 
French  government.  There  are  critics  who  believe 
that  Pages  would  have  become  a  much  greater 
artist  had  he  shown  less  implicit  devotion  to  the 
Julian  method. 


Calamity  Howlers  Discredited 

Editor  Charles  Sedgwick  Aiken  is  making  Sunset 
a  far  better  magazine  than  it  was  before  the  fire, 
though  it  was  then  the  best  American  monthly  pub- 
lished outside  New  York.  It  was  better  by  far  than 
the  average  metropolitan-born  magazine. 

Mr.  Aiken  in  the  March  number  of  Sunset,  in 
which  it  prints  some  editorial  comments  on  the  good 
effects  of  the  great  fire,  and  one  which  he  does  not 
refer  to  is  the  further  improvement  of  the  progres- 
sive magazine  he  directs. 

Mr.  Aiken  shows  in  a  pretty  vigorous  article  on 
existing  conditions  in  San  Francisco  that  the  calam- 
ity howler  is  only  howl.  There  is  nothing  to  his 
prophesies  of  evil  omen.  He  admits  that  "the  ex- 
perience of  April  last  was  rather  dearly  bought  ad- 
vertising," but  it  has  been  productive  of  much  good. 
Mr.  Aiken  says : 

"The  signs  of  pluck  and  progress  that  followed 
were  worth  money  to  see.  Banks  never  did  such 
business  before.  Capital  has  come  in,  and  steel 
sky-scrapers  are  making  the  City's  business  center 
look  like  a  bright  red  forest,  while  reinforced  con- 
crete is  making  every  near-by  creek-owning  farmer 
scratch  gravel." 

"Publicity  pays,  as  a  rule,"  Mr.  Aiken  asserts,  and 
there  is  not  the  slightest  doubt  about  it.  Advertis- 
ing always  pays,  whether  it  be  a  cftizen  or  a  city 
that  stimulates  a  liberal  flow  of  printers'  ink. 


Stronger  Than  Ever 

The  Firemen's  Fund  Insurance  Company  has  suc- 
ceded  in  making  itself  even  strongerand  more  popu- 
lar than  before  the  great  fire.  When  the  flames  were 
leaping  skyward  for  days  and  obliterating  the  busi- 
ness district  of  San  Francisco,  it  looked  as  if  the 
Firemen's  Fund,  or  any  other  local  concern,  must 
inevitably  be  "wiped  off  the  map." 

"How  can  any  local  company  pay  twenty  per  cent 
of  its  losses  after  such  an  overwhelming  catastro- 
phe?" asked  every  cool-headed  citizen  who  was  al- 
ready figuring  on  the  financial  effects  of  the  disaster. 

Within  a  short  time,  however,  the  Firemen's  Fund 
Company  paid  fifty  per  cent  of  its  losses  in  cash  and 
the  balance  in  stock,  and  now  it  is  paying  six  and  a 
half  per  cent  additional. 

The  stock  given  to  the  policy  holders  has  a  good 
market  value  now,  and  as  the  Company  is  doing  a 
larger  business  than  ever  the  stock  is  sure  to  ad- 
vance rapidly. 

Many  holders  have  such  confidence  in  its  future 
that  they  intend  to  keep  the  stock  until  it  reaches 
at  least  double  its  present  value. 

The  good-will  shown  towards  the  Firemen's  Fund 
Company  by  San  Francisco  policy-holders  has  been 
most  flattering  to  it.  Only  a  company  which  had 
completely  won  the  confidence  of  the  community  by 
honesty  and  liberal  dealing  could  have  been  given 
such  proofs  of  the  friendliest  regard. 

It  shows,  too,  that  Californians  appreciate  a  home 
enterprise  which  is  conducted  on  progressive  and 
honorable  principles.  Enjoying,  as  it  does,  such 
general  good-will,  the  Firemen's  Fund  Iusurance 
Company  is  certain  to  attain  a  higher  position  in  the 
insurance  business  on  the  Pacific  Coast  than  ever 
before,  and  the  citizens  of  San  Francisco  will  be 
much  gratified  to  see  it  take  its  place  again  at  the 
head  of  the  line,  where  it  stood  so  many  years. 

A  great  many  Eastern  people  have  visited  Del 
Monte  this  Winter. 

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We  have  certainly  got  in  our  large  collection  for  the  present  season 
special  select  Fabrics,  the  most  accurate  models,  that  we  have  ever 
shown.  Smart,  good  dressers  have  complimented  us.  Can  we  have 
your  opinion  ? 

Here's  where  you  can  find  Clothes  for  any  time  or  place, 
the  moment- you -want-them.  Garments  for  tradesmen,  morning 
taU  coats,  afternoon  frock  coats,  evening  dress  habits,  Overwraps 
and  trousers.     Correct  in  price  and  fashion. 


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There  have  boon  no  developments  since  Wilson 
Mizner  returned  to  New  York  and  put  up  at  a 
hotel  instead  of  rushing  into  the  arms  of  Mrs. 
Mizner,  who  was  formerly  Mrs.  Yerkes,  the  widow 
of  the  traction  magnate.  Wilson  must  make  some 
kind  of  a  decided  move  soon  as  they  say  his  purse 
is  not  as  plethoric  as  it  might  be.  By  the  way  the 
Yerkes  estate  is  not  panning  out  as  rich  as  was 
expected.  Several  banks  have  large  mortgages  on 
it  but  still  there  is  enough  left  to  keep  the  dashing 
Wilson  in  fine  clothes  and  pocket  money  for  the 
rest  of  his  life  if  he  could  only  break  up  the  com- 
bination that  has  kept  his  bride  away  from  him. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Butler  were  guests  of  honor  yester- 
day at  a  reception  given  by  President  and  Mrs. 
Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler,  at  Hearst  Hall,  Berkeley. 
1  )r.  Butler  is  President  of  Columbia  College 
University  and  is  here  with  his  wife  on  their 
wedding  tour.  They  were  married  in  New  York  on 
March  5th  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  sister,  Mrs. 
Francis  Kay  Pendleton.  Mrs.  Butler  was  Miss 
Kate  La  Montague,  and  belongs  to  a  wealthy  and 
prominent  New  York  family.  Dr.  Butler  was  a 
widower,  first  wife  having  died  four  years  ago. 
Earnest  La  Montague  who  married  a  well  known 
California  girl  is  a  relative  of  Mrs.  Butler. 

President  Butler  will  deliver  the  Charter  day- 
address  at  the  University  of  California.  He  will 
also  speak  at  gatherings  of  Columbia  alumni  in  San 
Francisco  and   Los  Angeles. 

Several  affairs  were  given  for  both  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Butler,  the  largest  being  the  luncheon  of  the  Home 
Club  of  Oakland  to  which  a  great  many  of  the 
prominent  people  of  Oakland  and  Berkeley  were 
invited  to  meet  Mrs.  Butler. 

#         %         * 

The  Mexican  Minister  to  Cuba  and  Madame 
Godoy  gave  one  of  the  most  elaborate  receptions 
of  the  season,  on  March  the  11th  at  their  residence 
in  Washington,  D.  C.  The  occasion  was  the  twenty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  their  marriage,  in  San  Fran- 
cisco on  March  11,  1882.  Mme.  Godoy  was  assisted 
in  receiving  by  the  wife  of  the  Mexican  Ambas- 
sador Mme.  Creel. 

This  interesting  event  in  Washington  will  call 
to  mind  the  hospitable  home  of  the  Godoys  on  Mis- 
sion Street  in  the  early  days.  The  family  consisted 
of  Madame  Godoy,  Miss  Adele  Godoy  and  Joseph 
who  is  now  the  Mexican  Minister  to  Cuba.  Every 
Tuesday  evening  a  reception  took  place  at  the 
Godoy  home,  surprises  were  always  being  planned 
by  this  talented  family.  Dramatic  readings  took 
place  and  original  little  pieces  were  acted,  Mr. 
Joseph  Godoy  and  his  clever  sister  taking  part. 
They  formed  a  dramatic  club  to  which  belonged 
Edward  Belknap  and  several  who  afterwards  be- 
came prominent  in  the  dramatic  and  literary  worlds. 
It  was  at  a  meeting  of  this  club  that  Marie  Bur- 


roughs, then  one  of  the  pretty  Arrington  girls  took 
courage  and  recited  and  acted  with  Joseph  '  iodoy  a 
scene  from  Romeo  and  Juliet. 

*         *         * 

An  extremely  sad  death  took  place  during  the 
week  when  Mrs.  George  J.  Engelhardt  passed  away. 
She  will  be  remembered  as  pretty  Lysbeth  Painter, 
who  was  married  early  last  year.  Since  the  birth 
of  her  baby  a  couple  of  months  ago,  she  hovered 
between  life  and  death.  This  is  a  sad  blow  to  her 
aunt,  Mrs.  B.  F.  Yemans,  who  reared  her  two  pretty 
nieces  only  to  have  them  both  die  under  similar 
circumstances.  Miss  Phoebe  Painter  who  married 
Dr.  Gardner  Perry  Pond  died  a  few  years  ago  from 
the  same  cause  as  that  which  occasioned  young 
Mrs.  Painter's  death. 

Despite  the  protracted  storm,  a  large  number  of 
people  went  down  to  Del  Monte  for  the  week  end, 
and  were  rewarded  by  sunshine.  Amongst  those 
who  registered  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  L.  Cole- 
man, Miss  Cana  Coleman  and  Robert  L.  Coleman, 
Jr.,  of  Burlingame,  Clinton  E.  Worden,  George  A. 
Pope,  Samuel  G.  Buckbee,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  B. 
Metcalf,  of  Berkeley,  Ned  Greenway,  Dr.  Frederick 
William  Clampett,  of  Trinity  Church,  and  Mrs. 
Alary  Austin,  the  clever  author. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Irwin,  Miss  Helena  Irwin, 
Miss  Julia  Langhorne,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  Caro- 
lan,  Miss  Mary  Keeney,  Miss  Katrina  Page  Brown, 
who  had  all  been  South,  stopped  at  Del  Monte  on 
their  way  home. 

The  friends  of  Charles  Dickman,  the  artist,  are 
on  the  qui  vive  for  him  to  reveal  the  name  of  the 
young  lady  whom  rumor  asserts  he  is  engaged  to 
marry.  The  young  ladv  is  said  to  be  a  talented 
writer  residing  at  El  Carmel,  Monterey. 


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Who  will  be  one  of  the  summer  buds 

Mrs.  Florence  Land  May  has  written  to  The  Wasp 
in  reply  to  the  letter  of  her  former  tenant  Mr.  Robin- 
son, who  professed  to  be  much  aggrieved  at  certain 
statements  that  obtained  publicity  after  he  had  shaken 
the  dust  of  San  Francisco  from  his  shoes.  Mr.  Robin- 
son was  one  of  those  who  skiddooed  after  the  earth- 
quake and  he  never  stopped  till  he  got  to  New  York. 
Mrs.  May  claimed  that  in  the  gentleman's  haste  to 
put  three  thousand  miles  between  him  and  this  City 
he  forgot  all  about  paying  his  rent  and  furthermore 
got  some  of  her  silver  spoons  and  other  household 
effects  mixed  up  in  his  baggage.  The  rent  bothered 
her  more  than  anything  else  and  she  expressed  her- 
self rather  pointedly  as  to  how  she  felt  on  coming- 
back  to  San  Francisco  and  finding  her  house  de- 
serted by  her  tenant,  everything  topsy-turvy  and 
the  precious  spoons  gone. 

All  this  and  more  appeared  in  The  Wasp,  which 
being  the  voracious  chronicler  of  local  Society,  was 
constrained  to  publish  the  popular  lady's  complaint. 

Then  appeared  the  "come  back"  of  Mr.  Robinson 
when  in  far  distant  New  York,  he  read  The  Wasp 
and  found  that  though  gone  he  was  not  forgotten 
by  his  former  landlady.  Mr.  Robinson  assumed 
what  may  be  described  as  the  injured  innocent  pose, 
and  pointed  feelingly  to  his  hitherto  stainless  reputa- 
tion as  proof  that  he  would  neither  renege  on  the 
rent,  nor  appropriate  the  spoons,  knowingly  or 
otherwise.  To  render  entirely  ridiculous  any  sus- 
picion that  he  was  implicated  in  the  disappearance 


of  Mrs.  May's  tableware  he  averred  that  the  spoons 
she  had  left  in  the  house  when  he  rented  it,  were 
only  ordinary  plated  ones  which  would  hardly  tempt 
the  cupidity  of  a  junkman. 

To  tell  the  truth  Mr.  Robinson's  denial  dwelt 
overmuch  upon  the  inferior  plating  of  those  missing 
spoons  and  it  was  evident  that  he  wished  to  dis- 
concert the  owner  by  making  the  point  that  she  did 
not  use  or  possess  such  a  thing  as  solid  silver  in 
the  table  service  of  her  handsome  Broadway  re- 
sidence. Such  an  accusation,  if  susceptible  of  proof, 
would  of  course  be  frightful  but  happily  Mrs.  May 
is  not  disposed  to  rest  under  it. 

The  popular  hostess  has  written  to  The  Wasp  an 
exceedingly  frank  and  somewhat  voluminous  reply 
to  Mr.  Robinson's  letter,  in  which  she  disposes  of 
the  serious  charge  that  her  pantry  was  habitually 
shy  of  solid  silver  and  fine  linen. 

The  solid  silver  she  says  she  had  thoughtfully 
stored  away  and  when  she  rented  her  home  to  Mr. 
Robinson,  she  let  that  gentleman  have  the  plebeian 
plated  ware,  which  subsequent  events  proved  to 
have  been  even  too  good  for  it  has  vanished  some- 
how. Where  to  only  the  law  courts  can  determine. 
Robinson  says :  Search  me !  I  haven't  got  it  in  my 
belongings  either  intentionally  or  by  accidental 
packing  up,"  and  Mrs.  May  stoutly  maintains  that 
Robinson  alone  is  responsible  . 

She  makes  several  points  against  her  ex-tenant 
that  would  hardly  stand  the  test  of  a  Supreme  Court 
review  of  the  case.  Robinson  she  declares  was  "an 
itinerant  preacher  in  Ireland  before  coming  to 
America,"  and  has  abandoned  the  pulpit  to  become 
a  mining  promoter.  There  is  nothing  on  record  to 
show  any  strong  affinity  between  plated  spoons 
and  preachers  of  the  itinerant  or  any  other  variety. 

Even  if  there  were  it  would  not  prove  that  Mr. 
Robinson  had  a  magnetic  effect  on  plated  ware. 
The  late  General  Ben  Butler  was  accused  by  the 
Southern  people  and  especially  of  New  Orleans, 
Mrs.  May's  home  town  of  having  looted  every 
silver  spoon  found  South  of  the  Mason  and  Dixie 
line  in  1862.  Even  if  this  were  historically  true  it 
would  not  prove  that  all  American  Generals  are 
not  to  be  trusted  within  reach  of  a  pantry. 

It  is  hardly  likely  too  that  any  sinister  connection 
between  Mr.  Robinson's  new  calling  as  a  mining 
promoter  and  the  disappearance  of  Mrs.  May's 
spoons   could   be   shown.     Even    in   Tonopah   they 

Mr.   Robinson   tried   to   make  the   point   against 


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-THE  WASP- 


back  the  spoons  carefully.  Mrs.  May  develops  a 
fine  vein  of  irony  in  treating  this  phrase  of  the 
matter.  She  says  :  '  I  have  received  a  notice  from 
hi  attorney  to  send  his  creditors  to  him  and  th;.* 
he  will  pay  hem.  I  know  Sing  Loo  or  Fat,  I  don't 
remember  exactly  the  :".iu,  will  rejoice  uS  he  he. 
shadowed  me  for  months  presenting  week  afu  ■ 
week,  a  greasy  looking  bill  of  'fifteen  dollars  for 
vegetables'  and  i  nave  had  to  prove  by  witnesses 
that  I  am  not  Mrs.  Robinson.  I  hu<*  about  made  up 
my  mind  I'd  have  to  pay  this  vegetable  peddler 
myself  and  thus  'lay  his  ghost'  as  I'd  begun  to 
dream  about  him  and  his  well  worn  bill." 

If  the  matter  of  Mrs.  May's  claim  should  come 
to  '.rial  in  the  local  courts  it  would  be  a  case  celebre. 


MISS  MARIE  CHURCHILL 


Mrs.  Nathalie  Dole  Latham's  suicide  in  Paris  has 
of  course  been  seized  upon  by  the  sensational  news- 
papers and  the  circumstances  exaggerated  and  pur- 
posely twisted  to  imbue  it  with  which  the  yellow 
editors  call  "human  interest. "  The  bare  facts  are 
sufficiently  full  of  pathos  without  torturing  them  in- 
to a  fabrication  of  lies. 

Mrs.  Latham,  who  wa".  an  American  portrait 
painter  of  some  ability  went  to  Paris  to  study  and 
work  at  her  profession  and  being  very  good  looking 
and  well  dressed,  attracted  a  good  deai  of  attention. 
Her  intimate  friend  was  the  countess  De  La  Salle 
of  whom  she  painted  two  portraits.  When  she 
shot  herself  she  was  painting  the  portrait  of  the 
Marquis  de  Berenice  and  that  young  nobleman  was 
in  the  act  of  descending  in  the  elevator  from  her 
studio  when  the  fatal  shot  was  fired. 
*       *       * 

This  incident  gave  the  sensationalists  something 
to  work  on  and  theorier  of  murder,  etc.,  were  in- 


Mrs.  May  that  she  merely  hired  a  caterer  when  she 
don't  salt  silver  mines  with  plated  ware, 
entertained  in  the  house  he  subsequently  rented 
from  her.  The  lady  replies  that  such  things  are 
none  of  his  business  which  is  undoubtedly  true. 
She  also  scores  when  she  says : 

"He  moved  out  bag  and  baggage  after  the  earth- 
quake and  disappeared,  taking  with  him  some  of 
my  belongings.  If  my  cut  glass  and  linen  were  as 
worthless  as  he  makes  out,  the  wonder  is  that  he 
thought  them  worth  taking." 

She  proposes  she  says  to  settle  the  affair  in 
Court  and  surely  that  is  a  wise  plan.  Lack  of  space 
prevents  me  from  printing  the  column  or  two  of 
withering  sarcasm  with  which  Mrs.  May  disposes 
of  Robinson's  pretensions  to  be  able  to  judge  of  the 
merits  of  fine  glassware  and  linen  since  he  left  the 
itinerant  ministry  in  Ireland  and  came  to  this  land 
of  freedom  and  prosperity.  It  is  well  for  his  peace 
of  mind  that  he  cannot  read  in  cold  type  what  the 
indignant  lady  says  of  him  in  manuscript.  He  might 
wish  he  had  never  turned  his  back  on  the  Cove  of 
Cork  and  sailed  Westward. 

In  conclusion  she  refers  to  his  profession  of 
eagerness  to  pay  any  creditor  in  San  Francisco 
whom  he  may  have  overlooked  in  his  hot  haste  to 
depart  after  the  earthquake,  without  turning  the 
house  over  to  Mrs.  May  or  her  agents  and  counting 


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THE  WASP 


vented  to  explain  the  death  of  a  .good  looking 
woman  in  the  prime  of  life.  The  letter  she  left  how- 
ever for  those  who  mirfit  first  find  her  dead  showed 
clearly  that  the  act  was  premeditated.  Like  most 
women  who  deliberately  kill  themselves  she  had 
dressed  carefully  and  arrayed  heiself  in  her  best 
attire.  She  had  very  fine  blonde  hair  and  took  much 
pride  in  it.  She  requested  that  no  one  should  dis- 
turb its  arrangement. 

The  real  pathos  of  this  woman  artist's  death  is 
supplied  by  the  fact  that  she  was  probably  driven 
to  kill  herself  by  financial  distress.  It  turns  out  that 
some  time  ago  an  elderly  nobleman,  the  Baron  Von 
Kopfer  had  informed  one  of  Mrs.  Latham's  well-to- 
do  friends  in  New  York  that  she  was  in  actual  need 
and  a  thousand  francs  had  been  sent  her.  This  sum 
does  not  go  far  in  Paris  or  any  other  large  city 
where  people  have  to  keep  up  appearances  and  Mrs. 
Latham  before  long  found  herself  again  in  want  and 
in  the  desolation  of  spirit  which  is  likely  to  over- 
come a  woman  thousands  of  miles  from  home  and 
friends  made  an  end  of  her  unsuccessful  life.  This 
is  one  of  the  tragedies  in  the  art  circles  of  Paris 
which  we  hear  of.  Many  others  occur  of  which  we 
never  hear  of.  The  American  painter,  male  or 
female,  who  goes  abroad  to  study  art,  that  most 
inexorable  of  mistresses,  too  often  overlooks  the 
need  of  proper  financial  backing.  There  is  probably 
no  place  in  the  world  where  a  penniless  foreigner 
is  more  helpless  and  pitiable  than  in  the  capital  of 
France. 

At  a  recent  tea  given  by  Mrs.  A.  Palmer  Dudley 
of  Menlo  Park,  the  engagement  of  her  daughter 
Miss  Frances  Coon  to  Oliver  Kehrlein  of  this  City 
was  announced.  Miss  Coon  is  a  niece  of  the  late 
Judge  Coon,  and  also '  a  niece  of  Mrs.  Wm.  F. 
McNutt  and  Fred  and  Harry  Loon.  Mrs.  Dudley 
was  Miss  Cassie  Adams  of  San  Mateo,  after  the 
death  of  her  first  husband  she  married  Dr.  Dudley 
of  New  York  and  has  resided  there  for  years.  It 
was  in  that  city  Miss  Coon  was  educated.  Mrs. 
Dudley  has  leased  a  very  pretty  place  at  Menlo 
Park,  where  she  and  her  daughter  are  now  resid- 
ing. Mr.  Kehrlein  is  a  structural  engineer  and  was 
educated  at  Stanford  and  Columbia  Universities. 
*         *         * 

An  engagement  recently  announced  in  Berkeley 
is  that  of  Miss  Olive  Chapman  a  former  San  Fran- 
ciscan to  Walter  Babson,  who  is  at  present  engaged 
in  business  in  the  Southern  part  of  the  State. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Antoine  Borel  and  their  two  daugh- 
ters, Sophie  and  Alice,  will  not  return  to  San  Fran- 
cisco until  next  Autumn,  when  a  double  wedding 
will  take  place.  Miss  Sophie  is  the  fiancee  of  Mr. 
John  Lewis  and  her  sister  is  engaged  to  Mr.  Aglett 
Cotton.  The  Borels  have  spent  the  Winter  at  their 
place  in  Switzerland  and  write  that  they  have  en- 
joyed the  visit  very  much. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Isaac  Burneston  Owens  have  sent 
out  invitations  for  the  marriage  of  their  daughter, 
Miss  Lvda  Burneston  Owens,  to  Mr.  George  Anson 


Herrick  on  April  2d,  at  8 :30  o'clock,  at  St.  Luke's 

Church.    A  small  reception  will  follow  at  the  bride's 

home  on  Pacific  Avenue. 

*         *         * 

Miss  Ruth  Morton,  who  is  to  be  married  to  Mr. 
Parker  Holt,  will  be  another  April  bride. 

The  officers  of  the  Twenty-second  Infantry  were 
hosts  at  an  enjoyable  hop  last  week.  The  Army 
tug  left  the  Presidio  calling  at  all  posts  around  the 
bay.  Not  the  least  enjoyable  was  the  return  trip 
to  the  City. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Sperry  will  soon  leave,  for 
a  trip  abroad  and  be  gone  all  the  Summer.  Their 
attractive  daughter,  Miss  Elsie,  prefers  life  in  Cali- 
fornia, and  will  be  the  guest  of  her  aunt,  Mrs. 
William  Crocker,  during  her  parents'  absence. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Kellam,  and  their  three  chil- 
dren, will  soon  leave  for  the  East  to  be  gone  three 
months.  They  have  rented  their  home  on  Pacific 
Avenue  .to  the  Langley  Porters.  Mrs.  Kellam  was 
Miss  Edith  Bishop,  daughter  of  the  late  F.  A. 
Bishop,  connected  for  years  with  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific Company.  That  attractive  little  widow,  Mrs. 
Susie  Allen,  is  a  sister. 

Mrs.  Ryland  B.  Wallace  and  her  son,  Bradley, 
have  returned  from  Santa  Barbara,  where  they  have 
spent  several  weeks. 

Madame  Oda  Neilsen,  of  the  Royal  Theatre  of 
Copenhagen,  Denmark,  and  Valdemar  Weliamson, 
also  of  Copenhagen  registered  at  the  Del  Monte 
during  the  week.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Halvor  Jacobson 
came  down  from  San  Francisco  to  meet  them. 
While  in  San  Francisco  the  distinguished  actress 
is  to  give  songs  and  readings  in  her  native  tongue, 
with  English  interpretations. 


GET   AWAY    FROM   THE   CROWD   AND 

LIVE  AT  DEL  MONTE 


While  the  city  is  overcrowded,  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.     Phone  Temporary  2751. 


ANNOUNCEMENT 


Mrs.  Mott  -  Smith  Cunningham  exhibitor  in 
Paris  Salon  of  1 906  announces  that  her  Studio 
Shop  at  1 622  Pine  St.,  a  few  doors  from  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  is  now  open  for  the  sale  of  her  jewelry 


-THE  WASP 


As  marriages  between  wealthy  American  men 
and  English  women  are  rare,  the  coming  wedding 
of  George  Westinghouse,  Jr.,  and  .Mis-.  Evelyn 
Violet  Brocklebank  is  much  discussed  in  New  York 
and  London.  Both  of  the  affianced  parlies  are  ex- 
tremely wealthy,  for  while  young  Westinghouse  is 
the  only  son  of  the  famous  inventor  and  is  said  to  be 
heir  to  a  fortune  of  S50.000,000.  Miss  Brocklebank's 
father.  Sir  Thomas  Brocklebank,  is  one  of  Liver- 
1 1's  richest  shipowners  and  many  times  a  mil- 
lionaire. 

*         *         * 

Another  fact  of  interest  is  that  Miss  Brocklebank 

has  a  twin  sister  who  so  exactly  resembles  her  that 
Mr.  Westinghouse  has  been  made  the  subject  of  one 
or  two  good-natured  practical  jokes,  which  have 
sometimes  left  him  in  doubt  as  to  whether  he  is 
paying  court  to  his  affianced  or  her  sister.  In  the 
hunting  field,  however,  he  has  no  troubles  of  iden- 
tity, for  the  future  Mrs.  Westinghouse  is  one  of  the 
best  riders  in  England,  while  his  future  sister-in- 
law  does  not  care  for  either  riding  or  driving. 

The  young  people  have  known  each  other  socially 
for  years.  The  real  family  name  of  the  Brockle- 
bank-. is  Fisher,  but  the  name  was  changed  by 
"royal  letters  patent"  to  Brocklebank  in  1845.  Sir 
Thomas  Brocklebank  is,  socially  speaking,  a  very 
retiring  man.  He  succeeded  his  father,  who  was  the 
first  baronet,  only  a  few  years  ago.  Sir  Thomas 
lives  in  a  great  mansion  in  Woolton,  one  of  the  bet- 
ter suburbs  of  Liverpool.  He  has  a  wonderful  col- 
lection of  paintings  by  old  masters,  and  his  other 
country  seat,  Childerall  Abbey,  is  a  favorite  "show 
place"  for  Americans  who  spend  a  day  or  two  near 
Liverpool. 


Renewal  of  the  announcement  that  Mrs.  Collis  P. 
Huntington  will  soon  wed  her  late  husband's 
nephew.  Henry  E.  Huntington,  is  again  reported. 
going  so  far  as  to  assert  the  marriage  will  take  place 
very  shortly  in  Paris.  Mrs.  Huntington  left  New 
York  recently  for  Europe.  Mr.  Huntington  also  de- 
parted for  the  same  destination  soon  after  the  widow 
left.  It  is  said  a  home  has  already  been  purchased 
abroad,  and  decorators  have  been  commissioned  to 
refit  and  furnish  it  for  a  wedding  in  the  near  future. 
It  is  reported  that  the  magnificent  country  home  at 
Throggs  Neck,  and  the  widow's  Fifth  Avenue  resi- 
dence will  pass  to  her  son,  Archer  Huntington, 
when  she  marries, 

*  *         * 

An  interesting  exhibition  of  paintings  by  Mr. 
Walter  Cox,  including  some  fine  portraits,  is  now  on 
view  at  the  Kilby  Art  Gallery,  1652  Van  Ness 
Avenue. 

*  #         * 

For  the  tenth  time  the  poem  had  been  returned. 
The  poet  raved  and  tore  his  hair  out  until  he  was 
completely  bald.    Great  was  his  fury. 

"But  perhaps  it  is  not  so  bad  after  all,"  he  solilo- 
quized, as  he  gazed  at  himself  in  the  mirror.  "With- 
out my  long  hair  I  cannot  be  a  poet,  so  I  think  I 
will  get  a  pick  and  shovel  and  go  to  work." 

And  that  night  the  poet  had  beefsteak  for  the  first 
time  in  ten  years. 

Miss  Madeleine  Maxwell,  whose  portrait  appears 
in  The  Wasp  this  week,  is  a  talented  member  of  the 
dramatic  profession  and  has  been  winning  favor  as 
a  member  of  leading  stock  companies. 


The  White  House 

Easter   1907 


Attention  is  called  to   a  complete  line   of   Ready-made   Suits    and    Wraps    from    the    best 
model  establishments  of  PARIS. 

A  special  and  direct  importation  of  French  Lingerie  has  just  arrived.     A  full  line  of  Silk 
Waists,   Matinees,   Negligees,  Silk  Petticoats. 


Raphael  Weill  &  Co.,  Inc. 

Van  Ness  Ave.,  and  Pine  St.,  San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


Photo  Rice  MISS  VILAS  of  Berkeley 

Mr.  William  O'Connor,  who  has  been  very  ill  in 

his  apartments  at  the  Hotel  Rafael,  suffering  from 

tonsilitis,    is    now    able    to    leave    his    rooms.     Mr. 

O'Connor  is  a  great  favorite  with  the  maids  and 

matrons  of  the  Hotel  Rafael. 
*       *       * 

At  the  San  Rafael  Skating  Club  last  week  Miss 
Edith  Jones  had  such  a  serious  fall  that  she-fainted, 
her  sister  Miss  Gladys  Jones  being  a  witness  to  her 
sister's  accident  she  too  fainted,  for  a  time  this 
created  quite  a  commotion  at  the  rink.  Miss 
Dorothy  Baker  also  had  a  serious  fall  at  the  rink 
and  is  to  be  seen  around  the  Hotel  Rafael  on 
crutches,  which  she  will  have  to  use  for  some  weeks 
to  come. 

The  Womans  Auxiliary  of  the  Society  of  Cali- 
fornia Pioneers,  whose  annual  reception  is  always 
eagerly  looked  forward  to,  will  this  year  have  their 
meeting  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Jane  L.  Martel, 
2613  Buchanan  Street,  Saturday  March  30th.,  from 
2 :30  to  6  P.  M. 

Miss  Helen  Woolworth  who  has  been  stopping 
at  the  Hotel  Rafael  for  the  past  six  months  left  for 
New  York  last  Friday.  She  will  sail  for  Paris  in  a 
month  and  join  Mrs.  Joseph  D.  Redding  and  to- 
gether they  will  tour  the  continent,  remaining  away 
for  the  next  two  years.  Miss  Woolworth  is  an 
orphan,  the  daughter  of  the  late  banker,  R.  C.  Wool- 
worth.   Her  mother  died  two  years  ago  while  abroad. 


The  Sequoia  Club  will  dine  this  evening  at  a 
Van  Ness  Cafe  and  subsequently  adjourn  to  the 
club    rooms    to    enjoy    an    informal    entertainment 

under  the  direction  of  the  dramatic  circle. 

*  *       * 

An  engagement  of  much  interest  to  society  on 
both  sides  of  the  bay,  is  that  of  Miss  Sylvia  Harris 
and  Dr.  Samuel  Hardy  of  Oakland,  a  graduate  of 
Stanford  University.  Miss  Harris  is  the  daughter  of 
the  late  Dr.  James  Harris  of  Virginia  City,  Nevada 
as  also  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Benjamin  G.  Lathrop,  the 
talented  vocalist,  who  is  in  New  York  at  present, 
but  will  soon  return  to  this  City.  Miss  Harris  is  a 
successful  physician  of  this  City.  She  is  also  promin- 
ent in  the  North  Beach  Settlement  Club  and  has 
been  associated  with  Miss  Betty  Ashe  on  chari- 
table work.  They  helped  many  poor  children  who 
were  left  destitute  by  the  fire.  Dr.  Hardy  will  assist 
his  friend  Mr.  Armstrong  as  best  man  at  the  wed- 
ding of  Miss  Lida  Lieb  in  April,  and  during  the 
coming  Summer  his  own  marriage  will  be 
celebrated.  Dr.  Hardy  and  his  bride  will  reside  in 
Manhattan,  Nevada. 

#  *       * 

Miss  Jane  Wilshire  is  busily  engaged  buying  her 
wedding  outfit.  She  will  be  married  early  in  April  to 
Mr.  Polhemus.  Owing  to  the  illness  of  Mr.  Pol- 
hemus'  mother  it  will  be  a  very  quiet  home  wedding. 
Mr.  Polhemus  has  prepared  for  his  bride  a  very 
attractive  home  in  San  Anselmo,  where  they  will 
pass  the  Summer.  Miss  Wilshire  has  received 
some  very  beautiful  presents  from  her  father's 
people  in  the  East.  One  gift  is  a  gorgeous  case  of 
flat  silver.  Her  collection  of  cups  is  nearing  the 
100  mark. 

*         -         * 

Mrs.  C.  P.  Pomeroy  of  San  Rafael  is  entertaining 
her  sister  Mrs.  Hartman  of  New  York. 


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At  Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges'  dinner  to  Miss 
Loraine  de  la  Montanya  and  Mr.  Edward  Davis 
last  week,  some  decidedly  original  features  were  in- 
troduced. Over  the  beautiful  table  several  cupids 
were  suspended  by  pink  satin  ribbons.  One  of  the 
mischievous  imps  had  shot  arrows  through  the 
hearts  of  two  others,  while  behind  the  unerring 
bowman  a  smaller  cupid  was  carrying  a  wedding 
ring.  The  favors  were  diminutive  pots  of  tulips 
in  the  petals  of  some  of  these  were  contained 
appropriate  verses  for  the  guests.  In  others  were 
hidden  a  ring,  money  and  a  thimble,  the  finding 
of  which  excited  much  interest.  The  lucky  finder 
of  the  golden  circle  was  Miss  Edith  Metcalf,  Miss 
Maud  Payne  found  the  money  which  was  like  a 
verification  of  the  biblical  declaration  that  to  those 
that  hath  shall  be  given  as  she  is  a  great  heiress. 
Miss  Roma  Paxton  found  the  thimble.  The  con- 
fections were  frozen  cupids  and  hearts  of  ice  cream 
and  cakes.  A  special  refrigerator  had  no  doubt  been 
used  to  congeal  the  warm  blooded  little  gods  of 
love.  The  company  did  not  worry  over  the  details 
of  the  dinner  however  but  enjoyed  it  thoroughly. 
Amongst  those  present  were  Miss  de  la  Montanya, 
Helen  de  Young,  Ethel  Shorb,  Edith  Metcalf, 
Roma  Paxton,  Maud  Payne,  Edward  Davis,  Percy 
Towne,  Dwight  Leeper,  Phil  Paschal,  Dr.  Pressley, 
and  Mr.  Robinson. 

The  New  York  correspondent  of  a  local  contem- 
porary wrote  on  Sunday  that  "D.  M.  Delmas  was 
glad  to  hear  from  London  this  week  that  Miss 
Gladys  Unger,  daughter  of  Frank  Unger  of  San 
Francisco,  has  written  a  successful  play  called 
'Brinsley  Sheridan'  which  is  now  being  presented  in 
London."  He  further  says  that  the  play  was  offered 
to  E.  H.  Sothern  a  few  seasons  ago  but  he  could 
not  consider  it  owing  to  other  engagements.  This 
must  be  an  elaboration  of  the  curtain  raiser 
"Sheridan"  that  Miss  Unger  wrote  a  good  many 
years  ago,  when  she  was  a  mere  school-girl,   and 


which  1  believe  Forbes  Robertson  presented  in 
London.  Its  success  was  thought  worthy  of  cable 
dispatches  to  all  the  San  Francisco  papers  then. 
No  doubt  the  interest  felt  in  the  young  playwright 
here  was  largely  owning  to  the  fact  that  Frank 
L'nger  is  her  father  and  that  her  mother,  who  after 
her  divorce  from  L'nger,  married  Arthur  Jules 
Goodman,  the  artist,  who  is  also  an  ex-San  Fran- 
ciscan. 

R.  M.  Saeltzer,  treasurer  of  the  big  Northern 
California  Lumber  Company  which  has  come  to  San 
Francisco  to  revolutionize  the  lumber  industry  here, 
is  one  of  the  richest  men  in  Redding.  He  runs,  or 
did  run,  the  large  store  of  Redding  which  supplies 
the  needs  of  the  miners  up  that  way.  His  two  sons 
were  sent  to  the  State  University  and  Dudley,  the 
younger  married  not  many  months  ago  the  daughter 
of  Professor  Henry  Senger  of  the  college. 
*       *       * 

Mrs.  Thomas  Vivian,  president  of  the  National 
California  Club  of  New  York,  used  to  live  in  San 
Francisco  years  ago  and  she  still  cherishes  a  fond- 
ness for  the  old  City.  She  was  prominent  in  musical 
circles  when  she  lived  here.  Her  husband,  "Tom" 
Vivian,  wrote  a  popular  book  or  two  during  his 
rests  from  his  work  as  special  writer  on  the  San 
Francisco  Chronicle.  Mrs.  Alice  Moore  McComas, 
another  of  the  club's  officers,  is  the  mother  of  the 
little  vaudeville  star  and  siffleuse,  Carol  McComas. 
Mrs.  Walter  E.  Dean,  late  of  our  City's  social  elect, 
is  a  vice-president  with  Mrs.  Alexander  Del  Mar, 
who  lived  here  many  years  before  her  husband  de- 
cided to  take  his  family  East  to  reside  permanently. 

President  Roosevelt  is  not  the  only  one  who 
objects  to  the  designs  on  our  gold  coins.  Mrs. 
Howard  Gould's  sister,  the  one  who  lives  here  and 
who  married  a  Chinaman,  suggested  that  a  head  of 
Christ  should  be  placed  on  the  coins  for  1900. 


Announcement 

SPRING  and  SUMMER 

We  desire  to  announce  that  our  com- 
plete selection  of  strictly  confined  Imported 
and  Domestic  Woolens,  consisting  of  un- 
usually attractive  patterns  in  popular  weaves  and  fashionable  ma- 
terials, is  now  ready  awaiting  inspection. 

It  gives  us  pleasure  to  state  that  every  garment  is  made  by 
skilled  tailors,  cut  on  stylish  and  artistic  lines  that  command  the 
admiration  and  approval  of  our  customers. 

We  cordially  invite  and  solicit  patronage,  and  endeavor  to  up- 
hold our  past  reputation  for  high-grade  tailoring  at  moderate  prices. 

McMahon,  Keyser  &  Stiegeler 
Bros.,  Inc. 


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Lawrence  De  Foulke,  the  valet  who  stole  into  the 
house  of  Mortimer  L.  Schiff;  the  young  New  York 
banker,  and  tried  to  club  him  to  death  with  a  nine- 
pin,  is  likelv  to  get  a  very  heavy  sentence.  The 
valet  is  a  tall,  slender,  boyish-looking  Swede,  who 
came  from  Stockholm  three  years  ago  and  claims  to 
have  royal  blood  in  his  veins.  The  police  think  he  is 
a  lunatic,  and  so  does  Mr.  Schiff.  His  confession 
was  a  remarkable  one.  He  said  that  he  came  to 
this  country  with  the  idea  of  making  $10,000,  so  he 
could  go  back  to  Sweden  and  set  up  as  an  inn- 
keeper. 

He  was  attracted  by  Mrs.  Schiff's  beauty  while 
serving  as  her  husband's  valet. 

"It  was  foolish  of  me,"  said  he,  "to  fall  in  love 
with  her.  Of  course  I  knew  my  place  as  a  servant 
and  realized  my  own  foolishness,  but  it  was  difficult 
not  to  admire  the  lady.  With  the  utmost  respect  I 
wrote  Mrs.  Schiff  a  letter  and  handed  it  to  her  my- 
self, not  a  love  letter  exactly,  but  one  expressing  my 
admiration  for  her  beauty  and  charm. 

"The  next  day  Mr.  Schiff  called  me  before  him. 
He  had  my  letter  in  his  hands  and  I  could  see  he 
was  very  angry.  He  simply  told  me  I  was  dis- 
charge and  would  have  to  leave  the  house  at  once. 
He  paid  me  a  month's  wages  in  advance,  but  the 
money  didn't  last  long.  It  was  four  months  ago 
when  I  was  discharged.  I  was  living  in  a  room  at 
156  East  Forty-second  Street. 

"Last  Friday  night  I  was  hungry,  out  of  money 
and  fairly  desperate.  I  really  hadn't  eaten  for  twelve 
hours.  I  walked  to  Mr.  Schiff's  house  a  little  after 
8  o'clock  with  the  idea  of  having  a  talk  with  him. 
I  had  called  several  times  before,  but  the  servants 
always  told  me  that  Mr.  Schiff  was  not  at  home.  I 
intended  to  step  right  up  to  the  front  door  when  I 
went  there  last  Friday  night  and  try  to  get  a  note  to 
Mr.  Schiff  or  Mrs.  Schiff,  thinking  they  would  be 
sure  to  take  pity  on  me  and  help  me  out.  Then  I 
lost  my  nerve  and  decided  to  get  in  another  way." 

The  valet  got  into  the  house  without  being  seen 
and  as  he  passed  the  bowling  alley  took  a  nine-pin 
with  him. 

"There  was  a  dim  light  in  Mr.  Schiff's  room,"  said 
he,  "but  I  saw  two  diamond  pins  on  his  dressing 
table  and  I  put  them  in  my  pocket.  While  I  was 
there  I  thought  I  might  as  well  stay  and  have  a  talk 
with  Mr.  Schiff. 

"A  little  after  11  o'clock  he  came  into  the  dressing 
room  and  saw  me  before  he  turned  up  the  light. 

"'Why,  Lawrence,  what  are  you  doing  here?'  he 
said,  jumping  back. 

"  'I  am  broke  and  hungry,  Mr.  Schiff,'  I  said. 

"He  told  me  to  get  out  of  the  house  instantly.  I 
was  afraid  he  would  call  the  police,  so  I  hit  him  over 
the  head  with  the  ninepin.  It  didn't  hurt  him  much. 
He  staggered  back  and  then  threw  on  the  electric 
light.  He  told  me  I  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  myself 
for  acting  that  way..  Then  he  said  he  thought  he 
would  help  me. 

"He  told  me  to  come  down  to  his  office  at  52  Wil- 
liam Street  Monday  afternoon,  and  if  I  wanted  to 
go  anywhere  he  would  give  me  a  railroad  ticket  and 
some  money.  He  showed  me  to  the  front  door,  let 
me  out  and  put  a  fifty  dollar  bill  into  my  hand  as  I 
went. 


"When   I   went  to   his  office   Monday   afternoon 

there  were  two  men  there  that  seemed  to  be  doctors. 

They  watched  me,   asked   me  some  questions   and 

then  talked  to  Mr.  Schiff.    Then  a  man  stepped  out 

from  behind  a  desk  and  grabbed  me,  telling  me  I 

was  under  arrest." 

*  *         * 

Mr.  Schiff  says  that  in  the  main  his  ex-valet  told 
the  truth.  He  wrote  an  impertinent  and  foolish  let- 
ter to  Mrs.  Schiff  , which  she  turned  over  to  her 
husband  as  soon  as  she  got  it.  Mr.  Schiff  said  that 
even  after  the  valet  had  hit  him  on  the  head  with 
the  ninepin,  he  felt  sorry  for  the  young  fellow,  be- 
lieving his  hard  luck  tale,  but  thought  that  the  most 
sensible  thing  to  do  was  to  get  him  out  of  the  house 
as  quickly  as  possible,  without  a  further  row.  He 
slipped  the  young  man  a  $50  bill,  told  him  to  show 
up  at  the  office  of  Kuhn,  Loeb  &  Co.  on  the  follow- 
ing Monday  afternoon,  and  promised  to  help  him 
further  if  he  saw  fit. 

Not  even  the  servants  knew  Mr.  Schiff  had  been 
fighting  for  his  life  with  the  ex-valet,  and  Mrs. 
Schiff,  in  a  nearby  room,  heard  nothing  to  alarm 
her.  Even  the  private  policeman,  Charles  Schu- 
mann, who  happened  to  be  strolling  by  Mr.  Schiff's 
house  when  the  banker  himself  opened  the  front 
door  and  let  his  singular  burglar  out,  didn't  think  so 
much  of  it,  because  Mr.  Schiff  suggested  to  him  that 
it  would  be  a  good  thing  if  he  held  his  tongue. 

When  the  valet  showed  up  in  the  Tombs  court 


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yesterday  he  was  smiling  and  didn't  appear  to  be 
greatl)  distressed  by  his  predicament.  lie  was 
dressed  rather  dudishly  in  a  black  derby  hat,  gray 
paddock  overcoat,  dark  sack  suit  neatly  pressed, 
blue  four  in  hand  tie,  patent  leather  shoes  and  pearl 
.1  spats.  He  seemed  to  like  his  get  up. 
*        *        * 

Lord  Aberdare  of  Duffrvn,  whose  son  married  the 
actress.  Camille  Clifford,  in  London,  has  discovered 
that  the  young  woman  is  descended  from  a  noble 
family.     \o  one  else  has  done  so.  however. 

Lord  Aberdare  learned  of  his  sun's  marriage  when 
the  latter  and  his  bride  appeared  at  the  ancestral 
castle  after  a  fast  automobile  trip  from  London, 
lie  absolutely  refused  to  recognize  the  bride,  and 
turned  the  couple  away.  After  the  first  burst  of 
anger  of  the  irascible  old  nobleman,  he  began  to  take 
an  interest  in  his  daughter-in-law,  and,  as  he  could 
n-  it  disinherit  his  son,  he  not  only  forgave  the  couple 
but  entered  upon  a  determined  campaign  to  estab- 
lish a  social  status  for  the  future  Lady  of  Duffrvn 
and  Ava. 

Camille  Clifford  was  known  when  the  family  by 
whom  she  was  adopted  emigrated  to  America  from 
Sweden  some  years  ago  as  Camilla  Otterson,  having 
assumed  the  family  name.  Lord  Aberdare  an- 
nounced that  he  had  found  that  she  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  a  noble  soldier  of  fortune  who  had  been  ban- 
ished from  his  own  country  and  had  taken  the  child 
with  him  in  his  flight.  Then  the  young  woman 
confessed  to  her  father-in-law  that  she  had  been  a 
servant  in  a  fashionable  household  in  Boston,  and 
that  while  in  the  Maine  woods  she  had  formed  one 
of  a  group  of  maid  servants  whose  photograph  had 
been  taken  by  an  itinerant  photographer.  She  gave 
into  the  possession  of  Lord  Aberdare  the  copy  of 
the  photograph  that  she  had  preserved.  There  were 
thirteen  others  in  existence,  she  said,  as  each  one  of 
the  group  had  bought  a  copy  at  $1  each. 

Lord  Aberdare  forwarded  the  copy  of  the  photo- 
graph to  the  Pinkerton  Detective  Agency  with  the 
sweeping  commission  to  find  the  thirteen  other 
prints  of  the  plate  and  the  plate  itself,  and  to  destroy 
the  plate  immediately  it  came  into  possession  of  the 
detectives  and  send  him  the  bits.  After  months  of 
search  all  over  the  country  the  commission  has  been 
filled,  it  is  said,  and  the  precious  evidence  of  plebian 
extraction  mailed  to  England.  Of  such  are  the 
romances  woven  about  the  nobility  these  days. 

Trinity  Church  choir  will  sing  the  following  proL 
gram  at  the  Greek  Theater,  Berkeley,  Sunday  af- 
ternoon, March  24th,  at  4  o'clock: 

Processional  Hymn — "Jerusalem  the  Golden"  (by 
request ). 

"God  Shall  Wipe  Away  All  Tears,"  chorus. 

"The  Palms"  (bass  solo  and  chorus),  Mr.  Wilfred 
Glenn,  soloist. 

"Behold  the  Master  Passeth  By"  (contralto  solo 
and  chorus).  Miss  Elizabeth  Price,  soloist. 

"O  Come  Let  Us  Worship"  (tenor  solo  and 
chorus).  Mr.  Charles  Trowbridge,  soloist. 

"Out  of  Heaven"  (soprano  solo  and  chorus),  Mrs. 
John  Darwin  Gish,  soloist. 


"Prepare  Ye  the  Way  of  the  Lord"  (quartet  and 
chorus);  Airs.  Gish,  Miss  Price,  .Mr.  Trowbridge, 
Mr.  Glenn. 

Recessional  Hymn — "Brightly  Gleams  Our  Ban- 
ner'' (  Eaton),  .Mr.  Louis  H.  Eaton,  director. 

Gaul's   Passion   Service   will  be  sung  at  Trinity 

Church  Good  Friday  night,  March  29th  at  8  o'clock. 

.Mrs.  John   Darwin   Gish,   soprano;   Miss   Elizabeth 

Price,  contralto;  Mr.  Charles  Trowbridge,  and  Mr. 

Edgar    Dawson,    tenors;    Mr.    Wilfred    Glenn,    Mr. 

James   Greenwell   and    Mr.   Wallace   Hicks   will    be 

the  soloists.     Louis  H.  Eaton,  organist  and  director. 
*         *         * 

I '.en  Franklin  was  experimenting  with  his  kite  and 
key, 

"Wonderful !"  exclaimed  the  curious  throng,  when 
they  saw  the  electric  spark  on  the  key.  "But  could 
you  perform  the  same  experiment  at  night?" 

''Oh,  yes,"  replied  Franklin,  "but  I  suppose  I 
would  have  to  use  a  night  key." 

For  even  in  those  days  poor  Richard  was  known 
as  the  man  who  wrote  jokes  for  his  almanac. 

The  illustrated  lecture  arranged  for  by  the  San 
Francisco  Gas  and  Electric  Company  and  delivered 
on  Monday  evening  by  Mr.  A.  J.  Marshall  of  New 
York,  was  listened  to  with  much  interest  by  many 
prominent  business  men.  The  lecturer  gave  a  num- 
ber of  valuable  suggestions  as  to  the  most  effective 
and  most  approved  methods  of  illuminating  build- 
ings. Mr.  John  A.  Britton  is  the  president  and  Mr. 
S.  P.  Hamilton  the  manager  of  the  San  Francisco 
Gas  and  Electric  Company. 


The  Little 
Palace   Hotel 


CORNER  OF 


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IS  OPEN 


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the    Old    Palace    is    duplicated    in    the  new  "  Little    Palace." 


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MISS  MAZIE  COYLE 
Who  is  prominent  in  the  southern  social  set 


Kenneth  Donellan,  the  broker  who  has  gone  in 
for  motoring  with  such  a  zest,  was  living  in  the 
Palace  Hotel  at  the  time  of  the  fire.  He  and  his 
fam'ly  occupied  a  large  suite  and  on  the  fateful 
eighteenth  had  as  guests  some  of  their  relatives 
who  had  come  to  town  to  attend  the  grand  opera. 
They  were  on  the  top  floor  of  the  caravansary  and 
when  the  move  was  made  to  flee  they  made  several 
trips  up  and  downstairs  to  save  a  few  of  their  pos- 
sessions. They  moved  over  the  hay  as  soon  as  they 
could  obtain  a  house  there  and  the  broker  said  then 
that  he  would  never  trust  himself  in  a  tall  building 
again.  He  goes  spinning  in  his  auto  every  day 
though  and  never  seems  to  think  that  there  is  a 
chance  of  danger.  Its  all  in  the  way  one  looks  at 
those  things. 

Mrs.  Fred  Kohl  is  at  present  wearing  many  dark 
clothes  which  are  very  becoming  to  her  blonde 
order  of  pulchritude,  and  at  the  same  time  cause 
her  to  look  smaller.  Mrs.  Kohl  is  one  of  the  few 
plump  young  women   in   Society,   for   most  of  the 


younger  set  are  bent  on  getting  thin  and  keeping 
thin.  Mrs.  Kohl  is  only  twenty-three  or  four  but 
her  size  gives  one  the  impression  that  she  is  much 
older  which  is  a  great  pity,  for  her  features  are 
really  exquisite  and  increasing  stoutness  always 
renders  such  a  face  less  beautiful.  She  has  masses 
of  lovely  yellow  hair  which  she  does  high  and 
she  has  a  cluster  of  little  curls  falling  from  beneath 
her  hat  for  her  hair  is  naturally  curly.  She  is 
wearing  a  short,  full,  dark  blue  box  coat  and  walk- 
ing skirt  and  a  dark  hat.  At  "Madame  Butterfly" 
one  night  she  was  in  a  black  spangled  dress  which 
suits    her    immensely. 

*         *         * 

Miss  Jennie  Crocker's  departure  for  the  East  has 
put  to  an  end  many  rumors  about  her  possible 
engagement.  I  hear  that  the  charming  and  popular 
young  lady's  closest  friends  say  that  it  is  very 
unlikely  that  she  will  be  married  before  several 
years  have  elapsed.  She  is  not  yet  twenty  and 
is  not  keen  on  the  subject  of  matrimony  which  is 
very  sensible  and  lucky  for  a  great  heiress  of  that 


William  Hooper  Jouett,  a  bright  California 
boy,  but  seventeen  years  of  age  has  received  his 
appointment  to  the  U.  S,  Naval  Academy  at  Anna- 
polis. He  is  the  grandson  of  the  late  Major  W.  B. 
Hooper,  and  great-grandson  of  Mrs.  Selden  S. 
Wright. 

*       *       * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Mintzer  will  soon  return 
from  Philadelphia  to  their  fine  home  on  Pacific 
Avenue.  Mrs.  William  Tewksbury  the  mother  of 
Mrs.  Mintzer  will  come  back  with  them  to  San 
Francisco. 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friead  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


-THE  WASP 


13 


Conried,  who  has  resigned  from  his  position  as 
director  of  the  Metropolitan  Grand  Opera  Company, 
is  not  wholly  without  a  sense  of  humor,  as  this 
story,  which  he  told  during  his  visit  here,  shows. 
Some  of  our  local  musicians  were  talking  about  old- 
fashioned  concerts,  and  Conried  said:  "Some  of 
your  hits  are  well-merited.  I  remember  one  time  in 
Chicago  an  old  millionaire  at  whose  home  I  was 
staying  called  out  to  his  daughters:  'What  a  time 
you  girls  take  getting  ready  for  the  concert.  Look 
at  me — a  piece  of  wadding  in  each  ear,  and  I'm  all 
ready.'  " 


During  the  Midwinter  Fair,  when  the  late  Fritz 
Scheel's  orchestra  was  the  attraction  at  the  Vienna 
Prater,  the  concertmaster  was  John  Marquardt,  and 
the  harpist  was  Miss  Breitschuck.  A  very  pretty 
romance  ended  in  the  marriage  of  the  head  violinist 
and  the  harpist.  The  Marquardts  were  always 
favorite  and  prominent  figures  in  our  musical  world, 
and  wdien  they  went  away  on  a  concert  trip  around 
the  world  they  were  greatly  missed. 
*       *       * 

Harry  Creswall,  who  has  presumed  to  criticise 
our  police  department,  is  a  Southerner  with  the 
usual  high  ideals  and  strong  sense  of  honor  that 
are  the  birthright  of  our  Southern  cousins.  He  has 
cousins  galore  in  society.  The  Thorntons,  Judges, 
Brooks'  and  Huies  being  among  his  family  con- 
nections. 


MISS  A.  FOSS  of  Berkeley 

Amongst  the  miniatures  of  well  known  people 
that  Mrs.  Plotner  has  painted  and  which  attracted 
much  favorable  attention  at  her  exhibition  on 
Wednesday  were  those  of  Mrs. Eleanor  Martin,  Mrs. 
Joseph  S.  Tobin,  Mrs.  Charles  Huse,  Mrs.  Robert 
L.  Coleman  and  children,  Mrs.  Amy  Talbot,  Mrs. 
Geo.  Pope  and  Mrs.  Selby  Hanna. 
*         *         * 

The  late  Mrs.  Dunphy  was  a  kind  hearted  woman. 
The  day  of  the  great  earthquake,  and  the  next  day 
when  Nob  Hill  began  to  burn  the  Dunphys  were 
most  kind  to  the  poor  people  who  had  been  driven 
from  their  homes,  and  were  climbing  the  hills  of 
Washington  Street  with  their  few  bits  of  baggage. 
Miss  Jennie  Dunphy  had  an  auto  loaded  with 
necessary  baggage  and  supplies  for  the  family's 
hurried  flight  in  case  the  fire  reached  their  home, 
but  in  the  midst  of  her  preparations  she  found  time 
to  speak  an  encouraging  word  to  the  poor  refugees 
who  sought  a  place  to  rest,  and  invited  them  to 
enter  the  garden  and  quench  their  thirst  at  the 
fountain. 

*       *       * 

It  seems  rather  odd  to  read  in  one  column  of  a 
daily  that  a  father  has  been  sued  and  forced  by  the 
court  to  pay  certain  moneys  for  the  support  of  his 
invalid  children,"  and  in  the  Society  columns  of 
the  same  paper  to  read  that  one  of  the  "invalid 
children"  is  in  town  on  a  visit  and  is  being  enter- 
tained by  a  prominent  society  girl. 


An  enjoyable  luncheon  took  place  at  the  Palace 
Hotel  on  Thursday  last  when  Mrs.  Baker  enter- 
tained ten  guests  at  luncheon. 


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The  last  affair  given  by  Mrs.  Stuyvesant  Fish 
to  close  the  season  of  1906-7  eclipsed  all  her  other 
efforts. 

This  season  of  gayety  went  out  in  a  perfect  blaze 
of  light,  amid  showers  of  serpentine  confetti  and 
Spanish  dancing.  The  spirit  of  the  carnival  pre- 
vailed, for  it  was  a'  Mardi  Gras  affair,  and  every 
detail  of  the  evening's  entertainment  fit  like  a  bit 
of  perfect  mosaic. 

It  was  nearly  11  o'clock  before  the  guests  arrived 
at  Mrs.  Fish's  home,  at  Madison  Avenue  and 
Seventy-eighth  Street,  from  dinner  parties  given 
by  Mrs.  P.  Cooper  Hewitt,  Mrs.  A.  Cass  Can- 
field  Mrs.  Richard  Gambrill,  Mrs.  Moses  Tay- 
lor Campbell,  Mrs.  Karrick  Riggs,  and  T.  Suffern 
Tailer. 

A  wealth  of  flowers  and  palms  gTeeted  them,  and 
after  laying  aside  their  wraps  in  the  dressing-rooms 
on  the  street  floor,  they  made  their  way  to  the 
drawing-room  above,  which  had  been  converted 
into  a  perfect  bijou  of  a  theater  for  the  occasion. 

Mrs.  Fish,  gowned  in  pale  blue  net,  embroidered 
with  silver,  and  wearing  diamond  ornaments  and 
her  beautiful  turquoises,  stood  at  the  head  of  the 
marble  staircase,  near  the  entrance  to  the  red  room, 
to  receive  her  friends,  who  passed  on  to  the  im- 
provised orchestra  stalls,  made  up  of  small  gilt 
chairs  in  the  make-believe  playhouse.  At  one  end 
of  the  drawing-room  a  small  stage  had  been  erected, 
curtained  with  green  and  adorned  with  that  spiney 
curling  fish  which  is  the  Fish  coat-of-arms.  There 
was  a  tiny  orchestra,  carrying  out  the  theatrical 
illusion,  and  below  the  footlights  there  were  yellow 
flowers  and  tall  ferns  in  rustic  pots. 

The  vaudeville  performance  began  with  a  toe 
dance  by  Mile.  Mahr, -that  brought  out  prolonged 
applause.  Next  on  the  program  came  Beatrice  Her- 
ford,  who  gave  original  monologues,  and  she  in 
turn  was  followed  by  Henry  de  Vries,  who  gave  his 
wonderful  impersonation  of  the  different  charac- 
ters in  "A  Case  of  Arson."  Miss  Gertrude  Hoff- 
man, of  the  Anna  Held  company,'  also  gave  clever 
impersonations,  and  Clarice  Vance  was  heard  in 
some  Southern  songs. 

The  performance  ended  with  a  Mardi  Gras  dance 
in  costume,  done  by  the  five  Spanish  dancers  from 
"The  Rose  of  the  Rancho."  At  the  end  of  their 
number  they  began  throwing  serpentine  confetti, 
first  in  the  Spanish  colors  and  then  in  red,  white, 
and  blue.  Mrs.  Fish's  guests  took  it  up,  until  there 
was  a  carnival  battle  between  guests  and  dancers. 

Just  then  a  footman  appeared  with  hats  and  favors 
for  the  audience — gorgeous  Spanish  sombreros 
trimmed  with  imposing  plumes  and  sequins  pf  gold ; 
Continental  hats  with  paper  queues,  tied  up.  with 
black ;  garden  hats  trimmed  with  all  kinds  of 
flowers  in  natural  colors,  all  made  of  paper  by 
French  artists ;  little  Dutch  hats,  Directoires, 
Follys,  Pierrots,  and  Egyptian  headdresses,  and 
with  these  charming  little  parasols  that  unfolded 
themselves  from  what  appeared  to  be  mere  little 
sticks,  and  displayed  sunset  colors  in  fluted  paper ; 
rattles,  machetes  that  were  formidable  looking,  but 

A  lablespoonful  of  Abbolt's  Bitters  in   a  glass  of  sweetened  water  after  meals  is  the 
greatest  aid  to  diges  ion  known. 


turned  out  to  be  mere  silver  paper  disguises  for 
harmonicons ;  little  hatchets,  owls,  and  rabbits  on 
sticks,  with  bells  inside;  wife-beaters,  as  little  soft 
paper-covered  bags  with  handles  were  called;  jester 
canes,  and  other  trinkets  too  numerous  to  mention, 
but  all  fun-provoking  and  immensely  clever. 

Decked  in  these  hats  and  carrying  their  accom- 
panying toys  after  the  Mardi  Gras  battle  was  over, 
the  guesis  descended  to  the  dining-room  and  hall, 
where  an  elaborate  supper  buffet  was  served. 

A  boss  dressmaker  who  has  just  returned  from 
Monte  Carlo  and  Paris,  says  that  to  be  smartly 
dressed  this  year. one  must  wear  stripes.  This  au- 
thority says  "you  should  buy  your  coiffure  as  you 
do  your  gown,  by  the  piece.  That's  the  way  the 
French  women  do.  Do  )'ou  suppose  they  iron  their 
ownmair?  Not  a  bit  of  it !  They  wear  transforma- 
tions to  cover  the  entire  head.  That  is  marcelled 
and  taken  off  at  night,  so  that  is  the  reason  the 
French  women  have  beautiful  hair.  As  to  color, 
golden  brown  is  the  popular  color  this  summer." 

"Every  one  in.  fashionable  Paris  wears  puffs — just 
as  many  as  she  can  find  a  place  for  on  her  head. 
All  sleeves  are  Japanese.  That  is  to  say,  they  are 
loose  at  the  shoulder  and  not  clearly  distinguished 
from  the  bodice.  It  is  hard  to  tell  where  a  sleeve 
begins.  Some  of  the  sleeves  of  the  coats  are  slashed 
under  the  arms  so  that  the  material  of  a  pretty  vest 
shows  through.  Other  sleeves  have  quantities  of 
material  under  the  arms.  Still  others  have  a  sort  of 
undersleeve  corning  out  through  the  loose  Japanese 
sleeve. 


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"Another  startling  thing  is  that  the  French 
women  are  no  longer  wearing  veils.  Only  while 
automobiling  and  driving  are  they  worn.  The 
reason  for  this  is  that  as  veils  are  bad  for  the  eyes 
and  skin,  they  had  been  abandoned.  Veils  were 
worn  principally  in  order  to  keep  the  hair  in  order. 
The  French  women  have  found,  however,  that  it  is 
not  necessary  to  wear  them  for  this  reason.  Nets 
worn  over  the  hair,  which  do  not  interfere  with  the 
eyes  or  harm  the  skin,  take  their  place. 

"All  of  the  gowns  worn  on  the  streets  are  long, 
just  touching'  the  ground.  But  the  French  women 
wear  exquisite  petticoats.  The  moment  you  go  into 
the  country  over  there  you  see  short  skirts,  but  the 
city  gowns  are  all  long  except  such  as  are  made  for 
the  American  trade,  which  will  not  take  the  long 
ones. 

"Brass  buttons,  large  and  small,  are  having  a  rage 
on  all  sorts  of  materials.    There  are  nine  tailor-made 
dresses  to  one  fancy  dress.     The  lingerie  Princesse 
dress  will  still  be  the  thing  for  summer." 
*  *  * 

'I'm  wearied  of  the  whirl,"  quoth  she, 
"Henceforth  the  simple  life  for  me. 

Methinks   it   would   be   very   wise 
To  take  my  breakfast  ere  I  rise — 

Of  coffee  just  a  single  cup." 

(N.  B. — Her  mother  brought  it  up!) 

"And  when  I'm  dressed,"  thus  spoke  the  maid, 
"I'll  hie  me  to  the  elm  tree's  shade. 

And  with  a  book  there  I  will  find 

Sweet  rest  and  comfort  for  the  mind." 

And  so  in  svlvin  shade  she  read. 
i  X.  B. — Her  mother  made  her  bed.) 


"A   daintv   lunch   will  suit   me  best — 

Salad  with  oil  Lucca  dressed ; 
No  steaming  soup,  nor  heavy  roast. 

But  broiled  spring  chicken  rerved  on  toast.'' 
She  ate  it  all  and  found  it  good. 

(X.  B. — Her  mother  cooked  the  food!) 

#  #         * 

The  Bachelors  Too  Frisky 
The  Bachelors'  ball,  the  most  exclusive  and 
friskiest  function  of  Philadelphia  Society,  ruined 
$30,000  worth  of  gowns.  The  feature  of  the  even- 
ing was  a  miniature  snowstorm,  coming  with  abso- 
lute darkness,  that  wreaked  havoc.  It  was  a  sur- 
prise, but  not  exactly  the  kind  of  a  one  that  the 
buds  and  younger  matrons  of  Philadelphia  Society 
appreciated.  The  Bachelors'  ball  is  even  more  ex- 
clusive than  the  famous  Assembly  of  Philadelphia. 
Last  year  it  consisted  of  a  wonderful  windstorm. 
The  climax  of  the  last  affair,  however,  was  more 
remarkable.  The  lights  in  the  ballroom  were  sud- 
denly extinguished,  and  the  dancers  found  them- 
selves in  the  heart  of  a  fierce  snowstorm — but  the 
dance  went  merrily  on.  It  became  darker  and  then 
suddenly  the  paper  snow  turned  to  real,  cold,  actual 
snowballs,  around  which  could  be  wound  no  ro- 
mance. For  five  minutes  the  dancers  were  pelted 
with  these,  and  then  suddenly  the  lights  went  up 
and  the  surprise  was  over.  It  was  estimated  that 
from  $30,000  to  $50,000  worth  of  costumes  were 
ruined  by  the  snowballs. 

*  *  * 

"Whin  a  wild  young  man  wants  to  git  married," 
mused  the  janitor  philosopher,  "he  has  to  straighten 
out  before  he  can  double  up." 


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One  of  the  questions  that  is  agitating  Burlingame 
at  present,  besides  whether  to  be  for  the  grafters 
or  against  them,  is  whether  or  not  to  receive  the 
Richard  McCreerys  when  they  come  out  from  Eng- 
land. Every  one  is  very  fond  of  Richard  McCreery, 
but  some  of  the  stony-hearted  matrons  are  lying 
awake  nights  trying  to  figure  out  whether  they 
should  fling  open  their  doors  to  the  lady  or  slam 


them.  It  is  a  very  delicate  question  to  solve  in 
California,  though  in  an  older  community,  where 
the  lines  are  drawn  more  conventionally,  it  could 
be  easily  settled. 

*  *         * 

The  divorce  of  Lady  Edgerton  was  one  of  the 
interesting  scandals  of  England  last  year.  Sir 
Phillip  Edgerton,  the  husband  in  the  case,  strangely 
enough  objected  to  his  wife  being  in  love  with 
another  man,  and  refused  to  live  with  her.  She 
brought  suit  against  him  to  cause  his  return  to  his 
domicile,  but  was  only  partly  successful.  After 
the  divorce  Richard  McCreery  married  the  lady 
and  it  is  said  they  are  coming  to  California,  as,  of 
course,  England  is  not  the  pleasantest  place  in  the 
world  for  an  American  who  has  been  divorced  from 
a  baronet  and  married  again  to  an  American,  on 
account  of  whom  the  rupture  occurred. 

*  *         * 

There  are  a  few  Burlingame  matrons  who  are 
inflexible  in  their  standards,  but  many  others  have 
not  ideals  quite  so  prohibitive  against  remarried 
divorcees  when  they  have  shown  the  proper  peni- 
tence by  marrying  millionaires.  To  be  sure  the 
ordinary  Mrs.  Brown,  Smith  or  Jones  who  gets 
a  divorce  with  a  scandal,  would  fare  pretty  badly 
at  the  hands  of  the  same  Burlingame  ladies.  In 
fact,  she  might  enter  their  gates  but  to  be  stared 
at  glacially.  Mrs.  McCreery  was,  however,  quite 
recently  Lady  Grey-Edgerton,  and  one  of  her  an- 
cestors was  a  Revolutionary  general  and  if  there 
is  any  one  thing  that  Burlingame  respects  more 
than  money,  it  is  that  in  which  so  many  of  the 
newly  made  rich  are  so  deficient  themselves  and 
that  is  ancestry.  So  when  all  the  pros  and  cons  are 
duly  weighed  and  the  decision  reached  Mrs.  Mc- 
Creery will  probably  become  the  lioness  of  the  hour. 


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-THE  WASP 


5oi  ty  will  be  deeply  interested,  however,  to  see 
whether  the  Parrotts  shall  deviate  from  their  well- 
established  rule  when  the  distinguished  visitor  shall 
have  become  one  of  the  local  smart  set.  Hereto- 
fore the  Parrotts  have  crossed  from  their  visiting 
list  not  Only  divorced  women  hut  divorced  men 
and  they  have  never  been  known  to  deviate  one 
iota  from  this  rule,  and  some  of  their  dearest 
friend--  have  been  heart  broken  to  find  the  draconic 
law  applied  to  them  after  their  names  figured  in  the 
divorce  court  records.  Henceforth  they  received 
tile  strong  stare  instead  of  the  glad  hand  of  good 
fellowship. 

*         *         * 

Captain  George  \V.  Kirkman's  application  for 
release  from  the  military  prison  at  Fort  Leaven- 
worth is  like  a  voice  from  the  tomb.  The  career  of 
this  bright  but  misguided  officer  brought  him  at 
oi.e  time  to  San  Francisco  where  he  came  after 
leaving  West  Point  from  which  he  had  graduated 
with  distinction.  One  of  his  classmates  was  Sydney 
Cloman,  who  also  was  stationed  for  a  while  at  Angel 
Island  after  leaving  West  Point.  The  latter  officer 
has  gone  up  the  ladder  as  fast  as  poor  Kirkman 
went  down  and  is  now  a  military  attache  at  London. 


lie  married  the  widow  of  a  very  wealthy  South 
The  culminating  scandals  in  Captain  Kirkman's 
checkered  career  was  his  elopment  with  the  wife 
ol  a  brother  and  the  embezzlement  of  company 
funds.  His  unfortunate  paramour  killed  herself 
when  discovered  by  her  husband  in  a  New  York 
hotel  with  Kirkman.  The  disgraced  officer  is  now 
trying  by  writ  of  habeas  corpus  to  get  free  from 
prison.  He  married  in  this  City  an  estimable  young 
woman  who  is  a  member  of  the  best  social  set  in 
San  Francisco.  She  left  him  years  ago. 
African  mining  man  and  entertains  in  great  style  at 
the  English  capital. 

*         *  * 

Professor  Henry  Morse  Stephens  has  become  a 
veritable  lion  of  society  in  Santa  Barbara  where  he 
is  delivering  a  series  of  University  Extension 
lectures  on  "The  enlightened  despotism  of  the  Eigh- 
teenth Century.  At  first  it  was  exceedingly  dif- 
ficult to  dispose  of  enough  tickets  for  the  course  to 
justify  the  lecturer  in  corning  every  fortnight  but 
now  that  the  people  have  found  that  it  is  quite  en 
regie  to  admire  the  learned  Englishman  the  honor 
of  entertaining  him  is  fought  for  among  the  mem- 
bers of  the  elite. 


The  Club  House  under  the  Pines  and  among  the  Flowers  of  Del  Monte 
where  Society  takes  it's  Four  O'clock  Tea. 


The  French  labor  leaders  who  have  been  desirous 
of  emulating  American  methods  in  strikes  and 
boycotts  have  run  against  a  governmental  snag 
which  has  wrecked  their  hopes.  The  Government 
threatened  to  use  military  engineers  to  run  the 
electric  plants  in  Paris  that  were  shut  down  by  the 
strikers  and  this  of  course  brought  the  strike  to  an 
end. 

In  the  Chamber  of  Deputies,  Mr.  Jaures,  the 
socalist  leader  demanded  of  the  Government  why 
it  had  denied  the  right  of  workingmen  to  strike 
and  he  denounced  the  interference  as  an  abridge- 
ment of  civil  liberty.  A  strike  he  said  was  industrial 
war  and  the  strikers  had  the  right  to  adopt  such 
tactics  as  would  bring  them  victory.  To  this  M. 
Clemenceau  the  Prime  Minister  replied : 

"Yes,  it  is  war,  not  between  two  adversaries 
interfering  with  nobody  else,  but  war  between  two 
adversaries  on  the  backs  of  the  passerby.  No 
Government  were  it  Mr.  Jaures'  own  could  permit 
such  a  war." 

Mr.  Clemenceau  was  wrong  in  this  statement  for 
we  constantly  see  such  wars  permitted  by  the  State 
and  Municipal  governments  of  the  United  States. 

M.  Clemenceau  did  not  rest  content  with  the 
declaration  just  quoted.    He  said: 

"Mr.  Jaures  asks  us  to  give  strikers  a  free  course 
and  would  know  by  what  right  we  intervene,  I 
respond  most  simply  'By  the  right  of  society  to 
existance.' 

"You  would  have  us  leave  Paris  at  night  a  prey 
to  robbers  and  incendiaries.  I  ask  you  M.  Jaures, 
if  as  the  father  of  a  family  you  would. consent  to 
see  yours  indefinitely  deprived  of  bread?  It  is  that 
same  care  that  I  have  for  Paris,  it  is  the  same 
question  that  I  must  resolve. 

"You  advocate  oppression  of  the  social  body  by 
the  minority.  You  intimate  that  we  would  make 
slaves  of  the  workmen.  The  proper  enforcement  of. 
law  and  order  permits  .nothing  of  that  kind,  but 
still  less  would  we  have  the  workmen  become 
tyrants.  What  we  wish  to  defend  against  you  is 
whatever  present  society  has  that  is  good  and  to 
prepare  for  what  it  may  hereafter  have  that  is 
better." 

Referring  to  the  threat  of  the  striking  work- 
men that  if  soldiers  entered  the  factories  and  took 
the  strikers  places,  there  would  be  bloodshed  that 
night,  the  French  Prime  Minister  said : 

"It  is  I,  who,  in  the  name  of  the  united  Govern- 
ment, have  taken  the  responsibility  for  sending 
soldiers.  If  you  do  not  overthrow  me  today  I  will 
do  it  again  tomorrow." 

The  Prime  Minister's  words  evoked  great 
applause  and  the  Chamber  of  Deputies  declared  its 
confidence  in  the  Government  by  a  vote  of  378  to  68. 

It  is  a  significant  fact  "that  no  Parisian  news- 
paper  defended   the   policy    of   the    strikers    to    in- 

It's  the  proper  thins  to  take  Abbott's  Bitters  with  a  glass  of  sherry  or  soda  before  meals: 
'  gives  you  an  appetite.     At  all  druggists. 


augerate  terrorism   and  thus   by   defying  law   and 
order  as   is   constantly  done  in  the  large  cities  of 
our  own  country  force  the  employers  to  terms. 
*         #  * 

A  New  Political  Deal  in  San  Francisco 
The  expose  of  wholesale  municipal  boodling  imparts 
no  news  to  the  San  Francisco  public.  All  America  has 
known  that  ever  since  Schmitz  and  Ruef  obtained  con- 
trol of  the  government  of  San  Francisco  by  using  the 
Union  Labor  party  as  a  balance  of  pawer,  we  have  had 
the  worst  and  crookedest  municipal  administration  in 
the  history  of  San  Francisco. 

Nearly  a  generation  ago  the  Sandlotters  captured  the 
City  government  and  established  the  record  for  petty 
rascality  up  to  that  date.  Never  before  did  such  a 
precious  lot  of  boodlers  find  themselves  so  admirably 
placed  to  loot  the  public  treasury. 

Their  watchword  was  "Ignorance."  They  main- 
tained the  enlightened  doctrine  that  an  educated  man 
would  surely  steal  if  trusted  in  public  office.  On  this 
theory  they  elected  hardly  a  man  except  such  as  could 
prove  himself  an  ignoramus,  and  then  they  disproved 
their  own  doctrine  most  manfully.  They  boodled  with 
more  indecency  and  persistency  than  any  college  gradu- 
ate have  ever  dreamt  of,  much  less  attempted. 


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Now,  after  a  lapse  of  nearly  thirty  years,  hi>tory  re- 
peats  itself  by  ample  proofs  that  a  working-man's  party 
is  the  most  inefficient  and  corrupt  of  all  political 
parties.  The  reason  it  is  so  is  plain.  The  most  cor- 
rupt and  unscrupulous  men  of  all  other  political  parties 
flock  to  a  labor  party  when  it  attains  power.  They 
grasp  the  control  and  direct  the  ensuing  campaign  of 
graft. 


We  have  had  a  manifestation  of  that  fact  in  the 
concentration  of  all  the  old  Democratic  and  Republican 
grafters  who  could  worm  their  way  into  the  present 
Union  Labor  party  of  San  Francisco.  Ruef  himself 
was  for  many  years  a  loyal  programmer  under  the  late 
lioss  Higgins  of  the  Republican  party.  When  Higgins, 
who  was  the  most  respectable  of  all  the  bosses,  died, 
Kelly  and  Crimmins  took  his  place  and  Ruef  trained 
with  them.  So  also  from  the  Democratic -party  ex- 
perienced and  highly  accomplished  wire  pullers  and 
grafters  worked  into  the  control  of  the  Union  Labor 
party  and  presently  it  became,  in  spirit  and  in  fact, 
an  organization  for  graft  and  that  only. 

For  several  years  the  Union  Labor  party  in  San 
Francisco  has  utterly  misrepresented  every  honest 
workingman  who  belongs  to  it.  If  the  Union  Labor 
party  represented  the  aims  and  sentiments  of  all  the 
workingmen  of  San  Francisco,  we  should  be  compelled 
to  regard  them  as  a  lot  of  the  worst  scoundrels  in 
America.  Everybody  knows,  however,  that  there  are 
as  many  honest  and  patriotic  workingmen  in  San  Fran- 
cisco as  anywhere  in  the  nation,  but  these  honest  and 
patriotic  men  have  no  voice  in  the  control  of  the  Union 
Labor  party.  The  organized  grafters  who  pose  as 
professional  workingmen  and  friends  of  the  sons  of 
toil,  attend  to  the  management.  They  have  formed  a 
close  corporation  and  most  of  them  hold  fat  public 
offices.  Some  of  them  hold  several  offices.  Half  a 
dozen  of  them  are  actively  plotting  to  supersede 
Schmitz  as  Mayor  of  San  Francisco  and  perpetuate  the 
disgrace  of  the  City. 

The  expose  which  has  followed  the  Grand  Jury  in- 
vestigation will  doubtless  sweep  all  the  present  com- 
bination-of  grafters  out  of  office  for  the  Union  Labor 
party  of  itself  could  not  elect  anybody.  It  never  of 
itself  cast  over  15,000  votes  at  any  election  in  San 
Francisco,  and  its  candidates,  including  Schmitz,  have 
been  elected  by  the  votes  of  Republicans  and  Demo- 
crats, who  for  one  reason  or  another  deserted  their 
own  parties  and  helped  to  turn  over  the  control  of  the 
City  to  the  worst  gang  of  the  three. 

With  the  Union  Labor  party  thoroughly  discredited 
and  irremediably  disgraced  by  Schmitz,  Ruef  &  Co., 
our  citizens  will  probably  come  to  their  senses  and  at 
the  next  election  put  in  office  men  who  will  represent 
something  more  than  organized  graft. 


Bonds  Not  So  Good  Now 

Two  recent  despatches  from  Winnepeg  are  of 
unusual  interest  as  showing  the  effect  of  municipal 
ownership  on  city  bonds.  The  first  stated  that  the 
province  of  Manitoba,  of  which  Winnepeg  is  the 
chief  city,  had  voted  for  public  ownership  of  the 
telephone  system  by  a  majority  of  3000.  The  sec- 
ond is  to  the  effect  that  the  City.  Council  of  Winni- 


peg had  petitioned  the  government  not  to  enforce 
the  act  until  1908,  because  of  the  inability  of  the 
city  to  finance  anything  at  present.  The  trouble  is 
that  the  Hank  of  Scotland  has  refused  to  renew 
with  the  city  its  loan  which  is  now  expiring,  appar- 
ently fearing  the  effect  of  municipal  ownership 
on   the  city's  ability  to  meet  its  obligations. 

London  furnishes  another  instance  of  credit  being 
impaired  by  municipal  ownership.  Ten  years  ago, 
according  to  the  Richmond,  Va.,  News-Leader,  its 
3  per  cents  were  quoted  at  par,  while  today  they 
cannot  be  sold  above  87,  and  it  is  admitted  that 
any  largje  issue  of  them  would  bring  the  price  down 
to '85. 


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The  German  Ambassador  at  Washington,  Baron 
Speck  von  Sternburg  has  been  advanced  in  his  pro- 
fession as  a  diplomat  by  the  fact  that  he  has  a  clever 
American  wife  Comparatively  few  people  know 
that  the  Baroness  was  a  San  Francisco  girl,  Miss 
Lily  Langhame. 

The  German  Kaiser  has  long  been  desirous  of 
cultivating  friendly  relations  with  the  United  States 
and  in  picking  out  Speck  von  Sternburg  for  the 
post  of  Ambassador  was  influenced  considerably  by 
the  fact  that  the  Baron  had  an  American  wife. 
This  lady  has  helped  her  husband  greatly  and  made 
him  one  of  the  most  influential  of  the  foreign 
diplomats  in  Washington.  As  a  hostess  of  tact 
she  leaves  nothing  to  be  desired. 

The  best  evidence  of  the  success  which  the 
Baron  Speck  von  Sternburg  has  attained  in  Wash- 
ington is  the  substantial  raise  of  salary  voted  him 
by  the  thrifty  German  Reichstag.  He  has  been 
raised  $5,000  a  year  without  opposition  and  now 
draws  $30,000  a  year. 

Every  week  the  Washington  newspapers  contain 
paragraphs  about  the  entertainments  given  by  the 
California  Baroness.  One  day  it  is  the  English 
Ambassador  who  is  dined  at  the  German  Embassy. 
The  next  day  some  visiting  German  Prince  is  the 
guest  of  the  Baron  and  Baroness  Speck  von  Stern- 
burg. 

All  this  goes  to  prove  that  it  is  not  essential  to 
be  to  the  manner  born  to  shine  as  a  baroness. 

It  seems  but  a  few  years  ago  since  the  Baroness 
Speck  von  Sternburg  was  living  with  her  family 
at  a  plain  but  eminently  respectable  boarding  house 
in  this  City.  From  that  period  to  the  present  her 
life  has  been  a  remarkable  one.  Her  father,  the  late 
Charles  E.  Langhame,  was  a  traveling  salesman  for 
a  San  Francisco  clothing  house  and  when  he  gave 
up  that  occupation  he  became  a  fruit  grower  on  a 
small  scale  in  Southern  California.  He  died  on  his 
little  ranch  a  few  years  ago. 

The  Langhame  girls  did  not  remain  in  California 
with  their  father.  His  brother,  Arthur  Langhame  of 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  who  was  a  wealthy  horse- 
breeder  and  land-owner,  undertook  the  care  of  his 
nieces  and  had  them  carefully  educated  in  a  first- 
class  school  in  New  York. 

When  the  elder  girl  had  graduated  the  Uncle 
sent  her  with  her  mother  for  a  trip  through  Europe 
and  it  was  on  an  Atlantic  liner  that  the  San  Fran- 
cisco girl  met  the  Baron  Speck  von  Sternburg.  The 
European  trip  was  not  one  of  pleasure  altogether 
for  Miss  Langhame  had  while  a  child,  sustained 
a  fall  which  made  her  lame.  It  was  primary  to  seek 
the  services  of  an  eminent  European  surgeon  that 
she  went  abroad  with  her  mother. 

The  marriage  of  this  San  Francisco  girl  and  her 
titled  German  husband  has  been  a  very  happy  one. 
She  is  a  pronounced  American  and  her  influence  in 
that  respect  is  most  marked  at  the  German 
Embassy.  It  has  helped  to  make  her  husband's 
relations  with  the  President  so  close  and  friendlv 
that  the  English  Government  recently  recalled  Sir 
Mortimer  Durand  because  he  could  not  be  on  similar 
good  terms  with  the  chief  magistrate  of  the 
American  people. 


Miss  Ivy  Langhame  the  sister  of  the  Baroness 
has  also  through  her  sisters  position  and  influence 
married  a  titled  diplomat  and  became  the  Countess 
de  Farramonde.  She  met  the  Count  at  a  tea  given 
by  her  clever  sister  at  the  German  Embassy  two 
years  ago. 

The  younger  sister  Miss  Violet  Langhame  and 
her  mother  are  at  present  guests  of  the  Baroness 
at  the  German  Embassy  at  Washington. 

Mrs.  Langhame  was  a  Miss  Driffield  of  Chicago. 


We  are  in  the  habit  of  criticising  the  phlegmatic 
methods  of  the  Englishmen  and  their  veneration  for 
red  tape,  but  nevertheless  they  dispatch  govern- 
mental business  with  a  quiet  effectiveness  which  is 
worthy  of  imitation.  Take  that  Jamaica  episode  for 
example:  The  British  indulged  in  no  hysterics  over 
it.  After  the  foolish  letter  of  Governor  Swettenham 
had  been  published,  the  English  Government  let 
it  be  known  promptly  that  the  good  officer  of 
America  in  the  extending  of  aid  and  sympathy  to 
the  Jamaica  sufferers  were  appreciated ;  further 
that  the  good-will  existing  between  England  and 
the  United  States  could  not  be  lessened  in  the 
slightest  by  the  misunderstanding  between  the 
Governor  of  Jamaica  and  the  American  Admiral. 
That  closed  the  really  important  part  of  the 
business.  The  rest  was  comparatively  trivial  and  in 
the  line  of  routine.  Without  haste  or  passion 
Governor  Swettenham  got  his  walking  papers.    To 


Jt  Skin  of  Beauty  is  a  Joy  Forever. 

Dr.  T.  Felix  Gouraud's  Oriental 

Cream  or  Magical  Beautifier 

Purifies  as  well  as  beautifies  the  skin.    No  other  cosuietic  will  do  it. 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples,  Freckles,  Moth 
Patches,  Rash  and  Skin  Diseases,  and 
every  blemish  on  beauty,  and  defies  de- 
tection. On  its  virtues  it  has  stood  the 
test  of  58  years;  no  other  has,  and  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is  prop- 
erly made.  Accept  nocounterfeitor  simi- 
lar name.  Dr.  I..  A.  Sayre  said  to  a  lady 
of  thehaut-ton  (a  patient)  "As  you  ladies 
will  use  them,  I  recommend  'Gouraud's 
Cream*  as  the  least  harmful  of  all  the 
skin  preparations."  One  bottle  will  last 
six  months  using  it  every  day.  GOUR- 
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an  outsider  it  would  look  as  if  there  was  no  friction 
whatever.  The  <  iovernor  offered  his  resignation  as  if 
the  nervous  shock  caused  by  the  earthquake  and  his 
arduous  duties  thereafter  compelled  him  to  seek  rest 
and  recuperation.  The  English  Government  accepted 
the  resignation  and  indulged  in  the  usual  empty 
phrases  about  the  long  and  excellent  services  rendered 
by  its  faithful  servant,  and  so  in  a  very  polite  way 
and  with  as  much  outward  cordiality  and  grace  as 
the  proceeding  would  admit  of,  the  incompetent 
Governor  of  Jamaica  was  kicked  out.  After  all  are 
not  those  polite  pretenses  and  conformances  to  rou- 
tine the  better  way  for  highly  civilized  nations. 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM. 


A  Chat  With  the  Kaiser 
A  characteristic  story  may  be  related  of  Emperor 
Wilhelm  ll's  peculiarities.  One  morning  he  made 
a  call  on  Count  Szoegyeny,  then  Austrian  Ambas- 
sador at  Berlin.  The  count  was  dawdling  over  his 
breakfast  when  his  valet  announced,  "his  majesty, 
the  Emperor."  As  the  latter  entered  and  took  a 
chair,  he  said  :  "I  have  come  for  a  glass  of  beer 
and  a  chat,  as  I  have  not  seen  you  for  so  long. 
I  will  take  a  cigarette.  And  how  is  your  wife?" 
At  that  moment  the  baroness  entered  the  room,  and 
the  trio  held  a  pleasant  converse  for  some  time. 
Suddenly  the  Kaiser  looked  at  his  watch  and 
jumped  to  his  feet.  "Good  gracious!  Have  we 
talked  so  long?  I  must  use  your  telephone  at  once 
to  bid  the  Empress  good-bve,  as  I  haven't  time  to 
return  to  the  palace  before  starting  for  the  maneu- 
vers. I  must,  however,  excuse  myself  to  my  wife." 
Thereupon  the  Emperor  rang  up  the  Empress  to 
whom  he  spoke  as  follows:  "Don't  be  angry.  I 
have  chatted  so  long  with  Szoegyeny  that  I. must 
drive  to  the  station  from  here,  so  I  cannot  give  you 
my  parting  kiss.     I  am  very  sorry." 


Mrs.  George  Pope  looks  very  well  nowadays  in 
a  pretty  blue  cloth  gown  and  blue  hat  which  are 
very  becoming  to  her  fragile  blonde  beauty.  Mrs. 
Breeden  has  a  smart  dark  red  walking  suit  with  a 
dark  red  hat.  With  this  she  wears  a  black  veil. 
Mrs.  Ed  Pond,  who  is  one  of  the  best  dressed  wo- 
men in  Society,  wears  a  gray  walking  suit  and  a 
toque. 


Mrs.  Tom  Eastland  is  often  seen  in  a  dark  brown 
walking  suit  and  a  large  beplumed  brown  hat.  Mrs. 
J.  J.  Moore,  her  sister,  is  wearing  a  brown  cloth 
suit  with  a  cream  hat  trimmed  with  pink  roses. 


Miss  Constance  de  Young  is  'one  of  the  Society 
girls  who  were  devout  enough  to  go  into  retreat, 
but  several  more  will  retire  from  the  world  during 
Holy  Week. 


Miss  Inez  Estudillo  was  given  a  jolly  house  party 
at  Pleasanton  last  week  by  her  aunt,  Mrs. 
Dougherty.  Miss  Estudillo  made  her  debute  last 
year  and  has  been  the  motive  of  much  entertaining 
and  is  a  general  favorite  in  Society. 


Mr.  Lanel,  the  French  Consul  who  is  leaving  San 
Francisco  for  a  higher  post  in  New  York,  is  one  of 
the  most  quiet  and  retiring  of  Frenchmen,  but  he 
has  gone  out  to  some  extent  here.  He  likes  San 
Francisco  and  he  thinks  the  San  Francisco  girls 
are  very  pretty.  He  is  a  bachelor,  as  is  the  Russian 
Consul.  There  is  a  rumor  that  the  Italian  Consul 
is  to  be  called  elsewhere,  as  Count  Naselli  is  soon 
leaving  for  Italy. 


The  Walter  Martins  are  soon  to  build  another 
house  at  Burlingame,  or  rather,  it  is  said  that  Mrs. 
Walter  is  to  put  it  up  with  her  own  money,  which 
she  inherited  from  Mary  Crocker  Flarrison,  and  it 
will  be  one  of  the  handsomest  places  at  Burlingame. 


HUNTER 

BALTIMORE 

RYE 


Is  Absolutely  Pure 

and  is  Guaranteed 

under  The  National 

Pure  Food  Law. 


This  confirms  its  reputation, 
and  its  great  popularity  de- 
monstrates that  it  is  the  pre- 
ferred whiskey  of' those  who 

KNOW  THE  BEST 
LIKE  THE  BEST 
BUY  THE  BEST 


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STRICTLY  BUSINESS 


Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 


The  History  of  the  Oceanic 

The  misfortunes  of  the  Oceanic  Steamship  Com- 
pany have  been  freely  commented  on  by  the  Eastern 
press  and  opinions  differ  as  to  where  the  blame 
should  be.  The  general  opinion  is  that  American 
shipowners  cannot  overcome  the  difficulties  under 
which  they  struggle. 

The  line  of  steamships  to  the  antipodes  had  its 
beginning  in  the  boom  period  just  following  the 
Civil  War.  The  Pacific  Mail  was  first  in  the  field 
with  a  line  from  Sydney  to  San  Francisco  by  way 
of  Fiji  and  Honolulu.  There  was  a  mail  contract 
then,  and  there  was  keen  competition  for  the  tour- 
ist traffic,  for  the  Pacific  Mail  could  land  the  return- 
ing colonial  sooner  in  London  than  the  Peninsular 
and  Oriental.  Along  about  1880  New  Zealand 
offered  a  mail  contract  and  the  line  was  altered  to 
take  in  Auckland,  with  a  stopping  of  the  engines 
off  Pagopago  for  the  transfer  of  passengers  and  mail 
to  Samoa. 

In  the  course  of  time  the  Spreckelses,  then  the 
dominating  financial  interest  in  Hawaii,  fell  out  with 
the  Pacific  Mail  and  started  an  island  line  of  their 
own.  With  the  Honolulu  trade  cut  off  from  them, 
the  Pacific  Mail  had  to  effect  a  composition,  as  a 
result  of  which  the  Spreckelses  look  over  the  line  to 
the  antipodes.  For  many  years  they  conducted  a 
.monthly  service  with  small  and  slow  boats,  and 
before  long  it  became  necessary  to  admit  the  Union 
Steamship  Company  of  New  Zealand  to  one-third 
interest  in  the  line,  that  is  to  say,  one  boat  of  every 
three  flew  the  burgee  of  the  New  Zealand  company, 
and  this  steamer,  was  invariably  better  than  the 
American  Alameda  and  Mariposa. 

It  became  necessary  to  meet  this  competition 
within  the  line  itself,  and  the  Oceanic  company 
built  three  high  powered  and  able  vessels,  the  Ven- 
tura, Sierra  and  Sonoma.  Just  about  this  time  the 
annexation  of  Tutuila  and  Hawaii  intervened  to 
make  the  competition  of  the  New  Zealand  boats 
impracticable  under  the  coastwise  shipping  pro- 
visions of  the  navigation  laws.  With  the  new  boats 
the  Oceanic  company  began  some  six  years  ago 
a  service  of  thirteen  sailings  in  the  year,  a  vessel 
leaving  every  third  week.  Now  comes  the  end. 
The  Oceanic  company  lays  the  blame,  on  Congress': 
New  Zealand  lays  the  blame  on  the  short-comings 
of  the  steamship  company. 

After  forty  years  the  American  flag  is  hauled 
down  on  a  trade  route  of  its  own  discovery,  and  this 
is  done  at  a  time  when  direct  competition  has  be- 

A  Sovereign  Remedy 

Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure,  one  dose  will  stop  a  cough.  It 
never  fails.     Try  it.     Sold  by  all  Druggists. 


come  impossible.  The  Canadian  Pacific  has  long 
paralleled  the  route  by  its  line  between  Victoria 
and  Sydney  by  way  of  Honolulu  and  Fiji,  and 
American  trade  and  travel  seeking  to  follow  the  old 
line  must  now  be  diverted  to  British  bottoms  and 
through  British  ports. 

The  collapse  of  the  Oceanic  line  will  no  doubt 
afford  great  satisfaction  to  Mr.  Furuseth  of  the 
sailors'  Union,  who  has  been  making  it  harder  for 
shipowners  for  many  years,  and  who  once  boasted 
that  he  would  make  the  grass  grow  in  the  streets 
of  San  Francisco. 

*         *         * 

The   March   of   Improvement 

The  real  estate  men  of  San  Francisco  after  the 
fire  did  not  wait  to  secure  ideal  locations  or  to  erect 
beautiful  offices  but  got  to  work  right  away  in  the 
work  of  restoration.  Now,  however,  they  are  get- 
ting into  line  in  the  matter  of  handsome  offices. 
On  Monday  next  Baldwin  and  Howell  will  lead  the 


MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK 


706  Market  St. 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Opp.  Third 


Guaranteed  Capital,  $1,000,000 

Interest  Paid  od  all  Deposits 


Paid  up  Capital  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
Loans  on  Approved  Securities 


OFFICERS- James  D.  Phelan,  Pres.,  John  A.  Hooper.  V.  Pres.,  J.  K.  Moffutt,  2d 
V.  Pres.,  George  A.  Story,  Sec'y  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Asst.  Cashier,  A.  E. 
Curtis,  2d  Asst,  Cashier. 


TONOPAH,    GOLDFIELD,    BULLFROG 

MANHATTAN  and  COMSTOCKS  A  specialty 


ZADIG  &  CO. 

STOCK  BROKERS 


Formerly  306  Montgomery   Street,   have  resumed   business  in   their 

Own  Building,  324  BUSH  STREET 

Directly  Opposite  New  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Bldg. 


FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS. 
PAID  UP  CAPITAL, 
DEPOSITS  JANUARY  1.  1907 


108-110  Sutler  Street 

$693,104.68 

$600,000.00 

$3,772,145.83 


Charles  Carpy,  Pres.  Arthur  Lcgallet,  Vice-Pres.  Leon  Bocqueraz,  Secretary 

John  Ginly.  Asst.  Secretary  P.  A.  BerBerol,  Attorney 


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field  In  moving  into  their  elegant  new  building  on 
Kearney  Street  between  Mush  and  Pine.  Their 
offices  are  the  largest  and  finest  of  any  realty  firm 
in  the  city.  Other  realty  men  will  follow  their 
example. 

»       *       * 

Clearings 
The   exchanges   at    the    Clearing   House    for   the 
past  week  were  $49,767,293.89  against  $48,092,681.04 
for  the  corresponding  week  last  year. 
*       *       * 

The  week  was  a  very  active  one  with  the  Sav- 
ings. The  demand  for  loans  continues  to  increase 
but  preference  is  given  to  those  who  are  about  to 
build  or  establish  homes.  Loans  were  quite  large 
during  the  week — one  of  the  largest  being  $500,000 
by  the  Hibernia  Bank.  Manager  Kelly  says  that 
there  is  a  good  margin  in  deposits  over  loans  and 
that  the  next  semi-annual  report  will  show  an 
increase  of  $2,000,000  in  deposits.  After  the  fire 
deposits  started  at  about  $70,000  a  day  and  con- 
tinued to  increase  till  the  figure  of  $160,000  was 
reached.  In  one  instance  $200,000  was  deposited 
in  a  single  day.  Most  of  the  depositors  in  the  earlier 
days  were  small  amounts  of  a  few  hundred  dollars 
brought  in  by  people  who  received  it  from  the  in- 
surance companies  for  furniture  or  clothing  de- 
stroyed and  which  has  been  generally  withdrawn 
since. 

*         *         * 

The  Lumber  Situation 
Deliveries  of  lumber  have  been  heavy  for  the 
second  week  of  the  month.  The  strike  in  the  North- 
ern mills  however  will  not  have  an  immediate  effect 
on  San  Francisco.  There  are  20,000  cars  of  pine 
lumber  that  cannot  be  sent  East  for  want  of  cars 
and  that  must  come  to  California.  Of  course  until 
that  is  exhausted  there  is  no  need  of  raising  the  cry 
of  a  lumber  famine  or  that  of  a  stoppage  to  the 
rebuilding  of  the  City.  Pine  is  still  below  the  list, 
selling  at  $22  @  $23.  The  heavy  rains  have  stopped 
building  operations  and  the  delays  from  this  cause 
will  leave  the  record  of  March  much  less  than  it 
would  otherwise  be. 


Where  Knox  Hats  are  Sold 
The  finest  Hat  Store  in  San  Francisco  has 
recently  been  opened  by  Paul  T.  Carroll  in  the 
Mutual  Savings  Bank  Building  on  Market  Street. 
The  fittings  and  appointments  are  very  attractive, 
Mr.  Carroll  having  shown  his  faith  in  the  future 
of  the  City  by  expending  over  ten  thousand  dollars 
on  his  establishment.  He  has  secured  the  exclusive 
agency  of  the  celebrated  "Knox"  hats,  which  are 
now  on  display  in  the  various  spring  styles.  Mr. 
Carroll  is  well  known  on  both  sides  of  the  bay  in 
aquatic  circles,  being  a  member  of  the  Olympic  and 
Reliance  Clubs  and  having  acted  as  referee  for 
severaj  years  past  of  the  Pacific  Coast  amateur 
Regattas.  His  many  friends  are  sure  to  extend  to 
him  the  patronage  which  his  enterprise  deserves. 


A     SURE     FOUNDATION 


On  which  to  build  a  successful  future  is  the 
habit  of  methodical  saving.  No  matter  how 
small  your  earnings  may  be,  open  a  savings 
account  and  deposit  a  portion  regularly.  We 
will   allow   you    3   1  -2    per    cent    interest. 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT 
AND    TRUST    COMPANY 

CALIFORNIA  and  MONTGOMERY  STS. 

West  End  Branch,  153!  Devisadero 

Mission  Branch,         2572  Mission,  near  22d 
Up-Town  Branch,   I  740  Fillmore  nr.  Sutter 


VALUABLES  of  all  kinds 

May  be  safely  stored  at 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  the 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 

Cor.  Bush  and  Sansome  Sts. 


Safes  to  rent  from  $5  a  year  upwards 
Careful  service  to  customers 


Trunks  $!  a  month 
Office  Hours:  6  a.  m.  lo  6  p.  m. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  San  Francisco 


Guaranteed  Capital  and  Surplus 
Capital  actually  paid  up  in  cash 
Deposits,  December  31,   1906 


$2,578,695,41 

1,000,000.00 

36,531,917.28 


OFFICERS  -President,  F.  Tillmann.  Jr.;  First  Vice-President.  Daniel  Meyer 
Second  Viee-President,  Emil  Rohle;  Cashier.  A.  H.  R.  Schmidl;  Assistanl  Cashier. 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary.  George  Tourny;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 
Goodfellow  &  Eells,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS -F.  Tillmann.  Jr.,  Daniel  Meyer,  Emil  Rohte.  Urn. 
Sleinhart.  I.  N.  Waller.  N.  Ohlandt.  J.  W.  Van  Bergen.  E.  T.  Kruse  and  W.  S. 
Goodfellow. 


The  day  alter,  you  need  Abbott's  Bitters.     Braces  the  nerves;  sustains  you  throughou 
the  day  and  makes  you  feel  bright  and  cheerful.     At  druggists'. 


MEMBER  STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE 


J.  C.  WILSON 

BROKER 

STOCKS  AND  BONDS  Kohl  Bldg.,  488  California  St. 

INVESTMENT  SECURITIES  San  Francisco 

Telephone  Temporary  815 


24 


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Bond  and  Stock  Exchange 
There  has  been  a  moderate  amount  of  business 
done  on  the  Bond  and  Stock  Exchange  during  the 
week  although  the  market,  in  sympathy  with  New 
York,  was  affected  more  or  less.  The  ghost  of 
Oceanic  still  flits  about  the  board  room  and  some 
unfortunate  holders  are  offering  to  sell  at  SO  cents" 
a  share. 

Spring  Valley  has  been  weak  at  $22.75,  Bank  of 
California  stock  has  shaded  off  a  little  with  $3.65 
bid.  Sales  of  San  Francisco  Savings  Union  have 
been  made  at  $6.30.  There  has  been  an  advance  in 
California  Wine  stock  for  which  $91.50  has  been 
bid.  Sales  of  its  5s  have  been  made  at  $98.  Cali- 
fornia Fruit  Canners  has  weakened  again,  $103.50 
bid .  California  Gas  and  Electric  5s  sold  at  $98. 
There    has   been    an    upward    movement    in    Sugar 

stocks. 

*         *         * 

The  Banks 

One  of  the  results  of  the  stock  panic  in  the  East 
has  been  to  make  the  local  banks  pull  the  strings 
tighter.  This,  however,  happens  at  a  time  when 
the  normal  demand  for  money  is  less  than  usual 
as  there  are  no  crops  to  be  moved  so  that  the 
strain  is  less.  The  effects  of  the  New  York  dis- 
turbance were  felt  here  more  than  a  week  ago  and 
at  the  time  of  the  first  flurry  in  Wall  Street  when 
the  Clearing  House  Exchanges  dropped  to  a  level 
with  those  of  1906  for  the  first  time  since  the 
opening  of  the  year.  Although  this  was  also  in 
part  due   to  the   lessened  volume  of  sales  on  our 

local  mining  exchange. 

*       *       * 

Mining  Stocks 

The  tendency  of  the   mining  stock   market   has 

been  downward.    New  developments   in  the  mines 

are  needed  to    give    prices    a  lift.     The    industrial 

troubles  in  Nevada  have  ended  for  the  time  being 

and    the    Industrial    Workers    of    the    World    who 

started  them  have  been  driven  from  the  field. 


An  Admirable  Cafe 

On  account  of  the  demand  by  the  tra-reling 
public  Mr.  H.  C.  Raap  proprietor  of  the  National 
Cafe  and  Grill,  situated  at  918-920  O'Farrell  Street, 
near  Van  Ness  Avenue,  has  decided  to  keep  his 
establishment  open  until  three  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
This  will  accommodate  the  hotel  and  drummer 
trade,  there  being  a  good  many  residents  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  cafe,  who  have  been  un- 
able to  obtain  a  meal  after  the  usual  hours.  There 
are  three  separate  entrances,  the  main  restaurant 
containing  thirty  tables,  private  tables  for  families 
and  the  Grill  and  Bar. 

A  special  Merchants  Hot  Lunch  including  Tea, 
Coffee,  Wine  or  Beer  is  given  daily  between  11  A. 
M.  and  2  P.  M.  at  25  cents.  There  is  a  regular 
dinner  at  50  cents  and  a  special  Sunday  dinner  at 
75  cents.  Meals  are  served  a  la  carte  at  all  hours 
until  3  A.  ,M.  as  above  stated.  The  meats  are  the 
very  best  that  can  be  obtained  and  Mr.  Raap  has 
been  complimented  on  his  enterprise  in  sparing  no 
expense  to  make  the  National  Cafe  the  rendezvous 


for  lovers  of  good  eating.  The  tables  are  specially 
arranged  for  the  comforts  of  patrons,  the  menu  is 
unrivalled  and  at  popular  prices,  the  wine  list  un- 
excelled and  everything  is  so  scrupulously  neat  and 
clean  that  it  is  no  wonder  the  establishment  is 
already  popular. 

Mr.  Raap  who  took  charge  of  the  Cafe  in  January 
last  is  from  Martinez  where  he  was  interested  in 
promotion  work  for  Contra  Costa  County  for  the 
past  twenty  years.  He  is  well  and  favorably  known 
and  has  decided  to  make  his  home  in  this  City.  Mr. 
Raap  is  a  native  son,  first  vice-president  of  the  Cali- 
fornia State  Board  of  Trade,  Past  Master  of  the 
California  State  Grange  and  has  a  host  of  friends 
who  wish  him  every  success  in  his  venture. 


Germania  National  Bank 

OP  SAIN    FRANCISCO 
IS  NOW   OPEN   FOR   BUSINESS  AT  THEIR  NEW  QUARTERS 

521  MARKET  STREET,  Bet.  First  and  Second  Streets 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 

OFFICERS:     W.  A.  Frederick.  President;  F.  Kronenberg.  Vice-President; 
R.  F.  Crist,  Vice-President;  F.  Kronenberg.  Jr.,  Cashier. 
Cable  Address;  Gel 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.   F.  Stock  Exchange 

Goldfield,  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 

Write  for  Market  Letter. 

339  BUSH  STREET,  STOCK  EXCHANGE  BUILDING 


BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE.  Pres. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Atty. 

WM.  CORB1N,  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


OFFICES  - 


COR.  CHURCH  AND  MARKET  STREETS 
OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Popular    French    Restaurant 


Regular  Dinner  75c 

Meals  a  la  carte  at  any  hour 


Private  Dining  Rooms 

[or  Banquets,  etc. 


497  Golden  Gate  Ave. 

Comer  Polk  Street 


Phone  Market  2315 


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Lands  sake  !  How  careless  some  people  are  !  I'm 
an  honorary  member  of  the  Apothecaries'  Daugh- 
ters and  they  went  and  printed  my  name  on  the 
executive  committee  as  Mrs.  Tabitha  Twiggs. 
Goodness!  I  can't  describe  the  shock  it  gave  me 
when  I  saw  it  in  print.  I  realized  for  the  first 
time  how  a  woman  of  spirit  must  feel  when  she 
sees  her  marriage  notice  in  the  papers.  The  com- 
mittee on  printing  won't  make  such  a  mistake 
again,  I  can  tell  you.  Gracious!  I'm  only  sorry 
I  didn't  say  more  to  them,  for  it  was  gross  care- 
lessness. They  not  only  put  me  down  on  the 
printed  list  as  Mrs.  but  did  the  same  thing  to  other 
single  young  girls.  Well,  what  do  you  think?  In- 
stead of  apologizing  to  us  the  married  woman  who 
was  responsible  for  the  error  says : 

"Oh,  what's  the  difference.  Everybody  knows 
you're  all  misses !" 

"Is  that  so,"  I  replied.  "Well  I  can  tell  you  I 
didn't  marry  the  first  man  that  asked  me  like  some 
people  I  know." 

That  hit  her,  as  Mrs.  Gayleigh  would  say,  "good 
and  hard." 

I  wish  I  could  find  a  society  composed  only  of 
single  women.  They  are  much  nobler  and  broad 
minded  than  the  married  ones. 


Oh  dear !  Why  do  the  daily  newspapers  publish 
homely  women's  portraits  and  put  under  them  such 
titles  as  "The  Lovely  Mrs.  Brown,"  or  "The  Beau- 
tiful Mrs.  Smith?"  It  turns  their  heads  completely. 
It  really  does.  Mrs.  Gabbe  was  telling  me  today 
about  one  of  them  that's  talking  of  getting  a  divorce 
right  away.  Her  husband  doesn't  take  her  round 
enough,  she  says.  She  wants  to  show  herself  and 
be  admired  by  the  young  men.  Oh  mercy!  It's  a 
shame  she  says  that  a  lovely  woman  should  be 
kept  in  the  house  and  have  her  young  life  robbed 
of  all  sunshine.  She's  been  carrying  on  that  way 
ever  since  she  was  pictured  as  "The  Beautiful  Mrs. 
Plugg  (nee  Sourface)."  Her  husband  is  talking 
about  bringing  suit  for  $50,000  against  the  news- 
papers for  alienating  his  wife's  affections  and  he 
married  her  only  for  her  money,  for  she's  homelier 
than   a   mud    fence.     That's   married   life   for  you. 


Thank  heaven  I'm  ingle  and  have  no  desire  to  be 
otherwise. 

Mrs.  Gayleigh  was  in  today  and  told  me  about 
another  silly  married  woman  that  craves  admira- 
tion. She's  been  down  to  Santa  Barbara  and  Los 
Angeles  giving  teas  all  Winter  while  her  husband 
has  been  hustling  around  in  the  San  Francisco 
mud  to  pay  her  bills.  She  actually  corresponds 
with   other   men. 

Oh  goodness !  The  other  day  she  got  her  letters 
mixed  and  sent  her  husband  one  intended  for  a 
young  bank  clerk.  It  didn't  bother  him  in  the 
least.  Mrs.  Gayleigh  says  husbands  with  Society 
wives  that  are  never  home  don't  worry  over  trifles. 
The  young  man  who  got  the  husband's  letter 
though  was  stunned.  He  was  addressed  as  "You 
stingy  old  bear,"  and  told  to  "dig  up  200  plunks" 
at  once.  What  horrible  slang!  If  he  didn't  for- 
ward the  money  she  was  going  to  draw  on  him 
through  the  bank  and  see  if  he  would  dare  refuse. 
Goodness  me !  That  letter  must  have  worried  the 
young  man  badly,  especially  as  Mrs.  Gayleigh  says 
he  is  having  a  good  deal  of  trouble  with  his  tailor 
and  his  boarding  house.  The  shock,  she  says,  will 
keep  him  from  figuring  as  co-respondent  in  a 
divorce  suit  this  year  at  least.  That  woman  has 
a  most  extraordinary  way  of  looking  at  things. 
I  never  can  understand  her  point  of  view. 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


Miss  Helen  Woolworth  has  left  for  Europe  and 
she  is  not  coming  back  here  for  years.  She  is  de- 
voted to  life  on  the  other  side  and  she  was  very 
glad  to  leave  here.  Her  friends  always  imagined 
that  she  would  marry  a  title,  but  she  insists  upon 
being  married  for  love  instead  of  her  fortune  and 
declares  that  she  will  give  no  husband  a  penny  of 
her   money. 


The  Auditorium 

FILLMORE   STREET,  Comer  Page 

FRANK  RITT1GSTEIN.  Manager 

A  SKATING  PALACE 


Longest  Floor      Best  Skating      Courteous  Attention  to  All  Patrons 
Special  Arrangements  for  Private  Clubs  and  Parties,  etc. 


Old  Poodle  Dog  Restaurant 


824-826   EDDY   STREET 

Near  Van  Ness  Ave. 


Service  better  than  before 
the  fire 


Formerly,  Bnsh  and  Grant  Ave. 
San  Francisco 


Phone  Emergency  63 


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Automobile  News 

The  automobile  dealers  are  complaining  of  the 
slow  deliveries  of  their  respective  cars  on  this  Coast, 
which  retards  business  very  materially.  The  de- 
mand for  the  machines  is  good  but  contemplating 
purchasers  want  immediate  delivery,  not  being 
satisfied  to  wait  any  length  of  time  until  the 
machines  are  received  from  the  factories.  The 
numerous  washouts  on  the  railroads  account  in  a 
great  measure  for  the  delay. 

Mr.  W.  M.  Gardiner,  local  manager  of  the  White 
Sewing  Machine  Company's  branch  here,  has  re- 
cently returned  from  a  visit  to  the  factory  of  the 
company  in  Cleveland.  He  reports  large  sales 
throughout  the  country  with  unusually  big  orders 
from  the  Pacific  Coast.  He  has  secured  additional 
shipments  of  the  1907  White  Cars  for  the  local 
house.  Speaking  of  the  merits  of  the  White,  a 
well  known  and  enthusiastic  autoist  said  that  it  is 
evident  to  the  careful  observer  that  many  import- 
ant improvements  have  been  made  in  the  new  1907 
models.  There  is  for  example  the  simplified  system 
of  regulation  enabling  the  merest  novice  to  run  a 
White  and  secure  the  same  results  as  the  most 
experienced  operator.  It  is  still  the  "Incomparable 
White"  made  by  the  "White  Company." 


Thomas  Henderson,  vice  president  of  the  Winton 
Motor  Carriage  Co.,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Hender- 
son, left  Cleveland  recently  on  a  leisurely  trip  to 
the  Pacific  Coast.  Going  and  returning  Mr.  Hen- 
derson will  visit  Winton  representatives  in  the 
larger  cities  of  the  West. 


Work  on  the  new  Winton  branch  in  Pittsburg  is 
progressing  so  rapidly  that  the  building  will  un- 
doubtedly be  ready  for  occupancy  by  April  15th. 
The  structure  will  be  one  of  the  largest  automobile 
establishments  and  the  only  manufacturer's  branch 
house  in  Pittsburg.  A  site  for  the  Winton  branch 
in  Detroit  will  be  selected  within  the  next  ten  days, 
and  the  building  work  will  then  proceed  rapidly. 


How  Fast  Hiawatha  Ran 
Determine  how  fast,   asks   Prof.   Greenhill,   Hia- 
watha can  run  from  the  following  data : 
Strong  of  arm  was  Hiawatha ; 
He  could  shoot  ten  arrows  upward 
And  the  tenth  had  left  the  bow-string 
Ere  the  first  to  earth  had  fallen. 
Swift  of  foot  was  Hiawatha; 
He  could  shoot  an  arrow  from  him 
And  run  forward  with  such  swiftness 
That  the  arrow  fell  behind  him. 
Neglecting  the  resistance  of  the  air  and  granting 
that  Hiawatha  could  shoot  one  arrow  a  second,  the 
solution  is  as  follows : 

The  time  of  flight  of  the  arrows  shot  upward 
must  have  been  nine  seconds.  Therefore  the 
velocity  with  which  they  were  shot,  being  equal 
to  the  time  multiplied  into  half  the  value  of  the 
constant  of  gravity,  was  144  feet  a  second. 


Now,  in  shooting  an  arrow  from  him  Hiawatha, 
to  obtain  the  furthest  flight,  would  let  fly  at  an 
angle  of  45  degrees,  and  by  a  simple  trigonometrical 
calculation  we  therefore  arrive  at  the  fact  that  the 
horizontal  velocity  of  the  arrow  would  be  rather 
less  than  144  feet  second,  and  would,  in  fact,  be 
102  feet  a  second,  or  70  miles  an  hour.  Hiawatha 
would  therefore  have  to  run  faster  than  this.  Could 
he  do  it  on  a  sprint? 

Again  having  recourse  to  calculation  we  find  that 
an  arrow  shot  at  144  feet  a  second  would  fly  216 
yards,  or  nearly  a  furlong.  Hiawatha  would  run 
that  distance  in  about  seven  seconds,  so  that  he 
would  be  able  to  give  the  present  holder  of  the 
record  some  145  yards  ftart. 


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Liqueur 


Peres  ebartren 


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LIQUEUR 

Peres  Chartreux 


-GREEN   AND  YELtOW- 


This  famous  cordial,  now  made  at  Tar- 
ragona. Spain,  was  for  centuries  distilled 
by  the  Carthusian  Monks(PeresChartreux) 
at  the  Monastery  of  La  Grande  Chartreuse. 
France,  and  known  throughout  the  world 
as  Chartreuse,  The  above  cut  represents 
the  bottle  and  label  employed  in  the  putting 
up  of  the  article  since  the  Monks'  expul- 
sion from  France,  and  it  is  now  known  as 
Liqueur  Peres  Chartreux  (the  Monks 
however,  still  retain  the  right  to  use  the 
old  bottle  and  label  as  well),  distilled  by 
the  same  order  of  Monks. who  have  securely 
guarded  the  secret  of  its  manufacture  for 
hundreds  of  years,  and  who  alone  possess  a 
knowledge  of  the  elements  of  this  delicious 
nectar. 


At  first-class  Wine  Merchants.  Grocers.  Hotels.  Cafes 
Batjer  &  Co  .  45  Broadway.  New  York. 
N.  Y.,  Sole  Agents  for  United  States. 


THE  WASP- 


27 


America's   Dress  Parade 

It  takes  place  at  the  Royal 
Ponciana    Hotel,    Florida 

The   Royal   Ponciana    Hotel   al    Palm 

Beach,  Florida,  is  said  by  travelers  to 
paradise  of  the  moneyed  aris- 
tocracy of  America.  The  ostentatious 
and  vulgar  display  of  wealth  is  as 
gorgeous  as  a  circus  parade,  and  just 
about  as  refined.  The  Ponciana  is 
one  of  the  largest  hotels  in  the  world 
and  entertains  about  30.000  guests  dur- 
ing the  season.  The  lowest  rate  is 
$5  a  day,  but  you  can  pay  $100  a  day. 
if  spending  money  be  your  chief  de- 
sire. The  Hotel  contains  1266  bed- 
rooms and  640  bathrooms  and  you  can 
walk  two  miles  in  the  corridors  with- 
out repeating  or  going  out  of  doors. 
The  dining  room  has  a  floor  space 
of  28,389  feet  and  seats  1600  people. 
There  are  1400  employes  including 
100  cooks,  400  waiters  and  100  bell- 
boys. The  meats  and  groceries  for 
this  great  hotel  are  brought  from  New 
York  by  express.  The  fish,  fruits  and 
vegetables  are  obtained  in  Florida  and 
Alabama. 

*  *       * 

The  exhibitions  of  millinery  and 
dress  goods  that  are  given  three  times 
a  day  at  the  Royal  Ponciana  are  un- 
equalled in  costliness  and  gorgeous- 
ness  by  any  in  the  world.  Nowhere 
else  is  there  such  a  display  of  money, 
for  the  sake  of  ostentation. 

*  *       * 

The  morning  exhibition  shows  off 
the  wealthy  women  at  the  Ponciana  in 
their  linens  and  laces.  As  you  walk 
down  the  piazza  you  can  see  by  the 
hundred  morning  dresses  of  Irish 
point  lace  that  cost  hundreds  of  dol- 
lars, and  long  wraps  to  match  the 
dresses  in  style  and  cost. 

*  *       * 

At  11  o'clock  the  crowd  at  the 
Ponciana  goes  to  the  bathing  beach 
to  see  the  dress  and  the  undress 
parade — the  latter  in  particular.  The 
beach  is  not  nearly  as  fine  as  that 
at  Santa  Cruz  and  several  other  Cali- 
fornia   resorts.      The    water    is    warm 


at  all  times  of  the-  year,  because  the 
gulf  stream  comes  within  a  mile  and 
a  half  of  the  land.  The  surf  is  too 
heavy  for  delicate  people,  who  prefi  i 
a  big  swimming  pool  that  is  sur- 
rounded by  a  pavilion.  Nearly  every- 
body who  goes  into  the  surf  also  tries 
the  po.,I  for  a  little  swim  before 
dressing,  and  the  gallery  around  it  is 
so  situated  that  the  good-lookine  om 
can  show  their  shapes  to  a  large 
audience.  The  bathing  dresses  are 
made  for  show,  usually  of  black  silk 
or  satin  trimmed  with  Irish  point  and 
other  lace  and  with  elaborate  collars 
and  cuffs.  Some  of  the  more  showy 
and  shapely  ladies  appear  in  bright 
colors — purple,  blue  and  even  scarlet, 
with  stockings,  bathing  slippers  and 
poke  bonnets  to  match.  It  is  need- 
less to  say  that  these  bathing  dresses 
have  been  fitted  to  the  form  with 
great  accuracy.  Some  of  them  appear 
to  have  shrunk  so  that  they  are  un- 
comfortably tight.  The  skirts  are  as 
short  as  the  law  allows. 
*       * 

After  the  morning  dip  the  guests 
at  Palm  Beach  take  their  luncheon 
and  then  go  to  the  band  concert 
where  there  is  the  afternoon  display 
of  finery  for  everyone  to  stare  at.  The 
hats  are  very  elaborate  and  are  loaded 
with  gorgeous  flowers  and  plumes, 
remarkable  for  their  length  and 
beauty.  Parasols,  stockings,  slippers, 
gloves  and  fans  match  the  costumes 
and  nearly  every  woman  has  a  long 
"liberty  motor  veil,"  falling  over  her 
shoulders,  and  sometimes  tied  over 
her  hat.  It  isn't  fashionable  to  get 
tanned  any  more.  Last  year  and  the 
year  before  girls  went  around  bare- 
headed and  bare-armed,  but  now  they 
wear  long  gloves  and,  veils  so  that 
as  little  as  possible  of  the  skin  may 
be   exposed. 

Nearly  every  woman  has  a  gold- 
netted  purse  with  the  clasp  set  with 
diamonds  and  other  jewels,  which  of 
itself  is  an  evidence  of  opulence,  for 
they  cost  all  the  way  from  $500  up  to 
$5000. 


The  real  dresS  parade  at  the  Royal 
Ponciana    Hotel    is    reserved    for   the 

evening.  It  is  at  the  dinner  and  in 
the  rotunda  where  a  thousand  guests 
gather  after  dinner,  that  the  fiercest 
rivalry  of  clothes  and  jewels  takes 
place.  Every  evening,  about  6  o'clock, 
before  they  go  upstairs  to  dress,  you 
will  see  a  line  of  ladies  standing  in 
front  of  the  cashier's  window  gelling 
their  jewel  boxes  out  of  the  safe. 
Often  when  rich  people  go  away  from 
home  for  a  good  time  they  leave  their 
jewels  at  home,  but  when  they  go  to 
Palm  Beach  rich  women  who  intend 
to  enter  the  dress  contest  at  Palm 
Beach  bring  every  bit  of  gold  and 
silver  and   precious  stones  the}'  have. 

*       *       * 

In  this  rivalry  of  the  dressmakers 
and  jewelers  art  at  the  Royal  Ponci- 
ana Hotel  the  native  matrons  have  the 
field  almost  to  themselves.  It  is  by 
no  means  a  beauty  show,  for  girls 
with  the  graces  of  a  goddess  are  rare. 
The  fat  dowagers  are  seated  com- 
fortably in  the  chairs,  or  stand  around 
gossiping,  while  their  bare  necks  and 
their  heads  blaze  with  diamonds. 
Many  of  them  would  like  to  put  the 
price  marks  on  their  jewels  and  would 
not  be  hurt  if  one  asked  permission 
to  read  the  tags. 


Some  day  in  the  not  far  distant 
future  California  will  have  resorts  like 
the  Royal  Ponciana  at  Palm  Beach 
which  is  supported  by  the  rich  people 
of  the  overflowing  cities  on  the  At- 
lantic Coast.  They  cannot  stand  the. 
cold  Winters  and  the  frightfully  hot 
Summers,  and  flee  to  a  temperate 
zone  where  they  can  combine  lavish 
display  with  physical  comfort.  Before 
long  the  great  Middle  West  will  teem 
with  a  wealthy  class,  who  will  fre- 
quent California  just  as  the  Bos- 
toniaiis  and  New  Yorkers  resort  to 
Palm  Beach.  The  Califonva  habit  is 
growing  rapidly. 


H.  C.  RAAP,  Manaser 


Telephone  Franklin  588 


National  Cafe  and  Grill 

918-920  O'FARRELL  ST.,  San  Francisco 

SPECIAL   MERCHANTS  HOT  LUNCH   25c 

Including  Tea,  Coffee.  Wine  or  Beer.      1  I  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 

A  LA  CARTE  al  all  hours. 

Regular  Dinner  50c  Special  Sunday  Dinner  75c 


..  CONEY  J.  HUFF 

Kadee  Hammam  Baths 

TURKISH  AND  HAMMAM  BATHS 

PRIVATE  ROOM  AND  BATH  $1.00 

Open  Day  and  Nighl 

GEARY  AND  GOUGH  STREETS 

Strictly  First  Class  Phone  West  3725 


Qrir.,  1NEW  ** 

OSSIFIED 
*  Directory 


OF   SAN    FRANCISCO'S 

LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES   ^l"" 
and  PROFESSIONAL   PEOPLE. 

REVISED  AffJS    CORRECTED   WEEKLY. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Builders^    Exchange,   226   Oak   St.,   S.    F. 
Builders'    Association,    96    Fulton    St. 

ADDRESSING   MACHINES. 
Elliott  Addressing  Machine  Co.,  68  Stock- 

loi<   St..   S.    F. 

ADVERTISING    AGENCIES. 
Bolte  4  Braden,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F.;  phone 

Park  2JJ. 
Cooper  Adv.  Agency,  F.  J.,  West  Mission  and 

Brady  sts. 
Dake      Adv.      Agency,      Midway      Bldg.,      779 

Market  St.     Phone  Temporary    1440. 
Fisher,    L.    P.    Adv.    Agency,     836     North 

Point  St.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Emergency  684. 
Hadley,      M.      L.,      Advertising      Agency,      26 

Clay    St. 

Johnston-Dienstag  Co.,  2170  Post  St., 

Tuttle,    L.    T„    332    Delbert    Block,    cor.    Van 

Ness  Ave.   and   O'Farrell. 
Walker,  Shirley,  Advertiser.  Midway 
building,  779  Market  street,  phone 
Temporary   1839. 

A8ENTS— MANUFACTURERS. 
Wlrtner,   Jno.   J.,   2330  Vallejo  St.,   S.  F. 

ARCHITECTS. 
Carson,    John,      Vice-President      and 
Manager  H.  C.  Chivers,   1627  Sut- 
ter St. 
Chlvers,    Herbert    C,    1627    Sutter    St.,    S. 
F.;     Wainwrights    Building,     St.     Louis, 
Mo. 
Curtis    John  M.,   2601  Buchanan  St.,   8.  F. 
Havens    &    Toeplce,    611-612    Mutual    Savings 

Bank, 
lteed      Bros.      Temporary      Offices,       2326 

Gough  St..   S.   F. 
Thos.    J.     Welsh,    John    W.    Carey,    associate 
architects,   40  Haight   St.,   S.   F. 
ART    DEALERS. 
Galinrrh^r   Bhs„   2208  Geary  St.,   S.   F. 
Gump,    S.    &    G.,    1645    California    St.,    b.    F. 
aichussler   Bros.,  341    Grove  si. 
ATTORNEYS. 
A.    Heynemann,    2193    Fillmore      St. 
Phone  West   6405. 

Bahra,     George    H.,     1901     Post    St.,     cor. 

Fillmore.    S.    F. 
Campbell,   Metson   &  Drew,   1101    Laguna  St., 

cor.   of  Turk   St.,   S.   F. 
Dorn,  Dorn  &  Savage,  717  Van  Ness 

ave. 
Drum,  J.   S.,   1416  Post  St.,   S.   F. 
Dlnkelsplel.    Henry  G.   W..   1266   Bills  St., 

S.   F.     PHONE,  WEST  2355. 
Goldstone,    Louis,    1124   Fillmore   St. 
Heller,    Powers    &    Ehrman,      Union 

Trust  bldg. 
Hewlett,  Bancroft     and     Ballantine, 
Monadnock   Bldg.,  Phone  Temporary 

972. 
McEnerney,  Garret  W-,  1416  Post  St..  S.F. 
Lawlor,    Wm.    P.,    Judge,      The      Family 

Club,  1900  Franklin  St.,  S.   F. 
O'Callaghan.    Chas.    F..    928    Fillmore    Bt., 

S.   F. 
Pringie  &  Pringle,  2219  Fillmore  st. 
Ricketts,  A.  H.   (Title  Quieting  Co.) 
1136  O'Farrell  street.     Tel.  Emer- 
gency 788. 
Shadburne,  Geo.,  D.,  904  Devisadero 

at.,  S.  F. 
Shortrldge,  Samuel  M.,  1101  O'Farrell  St., 
S.    F. 


Edward    B.     Young,    4th    Floor,    Union    Trust 
Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temporary,  833. 

AUTOMOBILES     AND     .SUPPLIES. 

Auto    Livery   Co.,    Golden   Gate   and  Van 

Ness   Ave.,    S.    F. 
Boyer    Motor   Car   Co.,   408   Golden    Gate   ave. 

Phone,  Emergency  655. 
Leavltt,    J.    W.    &    Co.,    441    Golden    Gate 

Ave.,  S.  F. ;  370,  12th  St.,  Oakland. 
Lee  Cuvler,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
Middleton    Motor    Car    Co.,    550    Golden    Gate 

Ave.,  S.   F. 
Mobile    Carriage    Co.,    Golden    Gate    Ave. 

and  Gough  sts.,   S.  F. 
Pioneer  Automobile  Co.,  901  Golden  Gate 

Ave.,    S.    P.;    and    12th    and    Oak    sts., 

Oakland 
Uarlg  Auto  Co.   1377  Broadway,  Oakland. 
White     Sewing     Machine     Company, 

Market  and   Van  Ness  ave.,   S.   F. 

BANKS. 
American  National  Bank,   Merchants  Ex. 

Bldg.,    S.   F. 
Anglo  California  Bank  Lt.,  cor.  Pine  and 

Sansome    sts.,    S.    F. 
Bank    of    California,    424    California    St., 

8.    F. 
California    Safe    Deposit    and    Trust    Co., 

cor.    California    and    Montgomery    sts., 

8.    F. 
Central    Trust    Co.,     42    Montgomery    St., 

a    r 
Crocker  -  Woolworth        National        Bank. 

Crocker    Bldg.,    S.    F. 
First  National  Bank,   Bush  and  Sansome 

sts.,  S.  F. 
French  Savings  Bank,  Union  Trust  Bldg., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Eddy. 
Germania  National  Bank,  621  Market  St., 

S.   F.;   Phone  Park  792. 
German    Savings    and    Loan    Society.    626 

California  8L,   S.   F. 
Halsey,    N.    W.    &    Co..    413   Montgomery 

St.,    S.    F. 
International    Banking    Corporation.    2045 
Sutter  street,  and  415  Montgomery 
Hibernia     Savings     and     Loan     Society, 

Jones  and  McAllister  sts.,   S.  F 
Humboldt  Savings  Bank,  626  Market  St., 

S.    F. 
Mechanics'    Saving   Bank,    143   Montgom- 
ery  st,    S.    F. 
Metropolis  Trust  and  Savings  Bank, 

1237  Van  Ness  Ave. 
Mutual   Savings   Bank  of  San   Francisco, 

710   Market    St.,    opp.    3d    St..    S.    F. 
National  Bank   of  the  Pacific.    Call   Bldg., 

S.    F. 
Renters  Loan  and  Trust  Co.,  Commercial  and 

Savings  Bank,  115    Hayes  Street. 
San     Francisco    Savings     Union,     N.     W. 

cor.    California    and    Montgomery    sts., 

S.   F. 
Savings    and    Loan     Society,     101    Mont- 
gomery St.,    S.   F. 
Security   Savings   Bank,   316   Montgomery 

St..   S.    F. 
Standard   Bank,  1818  Market  St.,  at 

Van  Ness,  S.  F. 
The   Market   Street   Bank   and   Safe    De- 
posit Vault,   Market  and   7th   sts.,   S.   F. 
Union  Trust  Co.,  4  Montgomery  St.,   S.   F. 
Wells-Fargo      Nevada      National      Bank, 

Union  Trust  Bldg.,   S.   F. 
Western     National     Bank,     Powell     and 

Market  sts.,   S.   F. 

BATHS 

Colonial  Baths,   1745  O'Farrell  St. 
Oriental  Turkish,  cor.  Eddy  and  Liar- 
kin    Streets,    City.      W.    J.    Blum- 


berg  &  Bro. 

BITTERS. 
Lash's  Bitters  CD..   1721  Mission  St.,   S.  F 

BREWERIES. 
Albion  Ale  and  Porter  Brewery,  1007-9  Golden 

Gate   Ave.,    S.    F. 
Buffalo    Brewing    Co.,    126-12J    King    st, 

S.  F. ;  Phone  Main  1010. 
National    Brewing    Co.,    762    Fulton    St., 

S.   F. 
Lochbaum,  A.  H.  Co.,  126  Kinir  st,  S.  F.; 

Phone   Main   1010. 
S.  F.  Breweries,  Ltd..  240  2d  st,   S.  F. 
Rapp,   Jno.   &  Co.,   Agents  Rainier   Beer, 

8th   and  Townsend  sts.,   S.   F. 

ortlDGE    BUILDER;.. 

Pac.  Construction  Co.,  17  Spear  st,  S.  F. 

San    Francisco    Bridge    Co.,    523    Monad- 
nock  Blug-.   S.    F. 
tlROKERS— STOCKS    AND     BONDS. 

tiutton.   E.   F.   &   Co.,   490  California  st. 

Rollins',  E.  H.  &  Sons,  804  Kohl  Bldg: 
Telephone   Temporary   163;    a.    F. 

Wilson.  J.  C,  488  California  st,  S.  F. 

Sutro  &  Co.,  412  Montgomery  St.. 
S.  F. 

Montague.  Phil  S.,  339  Bush  st,  Stock 
Exchange    Bldg. 

Zadlg  &  Co.,   324   Bush  St.,  S.   F. 

BUILDING       AND       LOAN       ASSOCIA- 
TIONS. 
Continental   Building  and  Loan   Associa- 
tion,  Church   and   Market   sts.,   8.   F. 
BUTCHERS'   SUPPLIES. 
Pacirtc    Butchers'    Supply    Co..    S15    Bry- 
ant st,    bet.    1st   and   2d   sts..    S.   F. 
CARPET  CLEANING. 
Spauidlng,   J.   &  Co.,   911-21  Golden   Oat* 
Ave.:    Phone  Park  &»i. 

CLEANING   AND    DYEING. 
Thomas,    The    F.     Parisian    Dyeing    and 

Cleaning    Works,     1168    McAllister    st., 

S.   F. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
Hub,    The,    Chas.    Keilus    &    Co.,    King 

Solomon    Bldg.,    Sutter     and     Fillmore 

sts..    S.    F. 
Roos    Bros.,    cor.    O'Farrell   and   Fillmore 

sts..    S.    F. 

COMMISSION     AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 

Dollar,    Robert   Co.,    Steuart   street   dock. 

Johnson  Locke  Mercantile  Co.,  213  Sansome 
St.,    S.    F. 

x-laldonado  &  Co.,  Inc.,  2020  Buchanan 
St.,    S.    F.;   Tel.   2830. 

The  J.  K.  Armsby  Co.,  The  Armsby 
Bldg.,  cor.  New  Montgomery  and  How- 
ard sts..   S.    )■ 

CONTRACTORS   AND    BUILDERS. 

Atlantic,  Gulf  and  Pacific  Co.,   523  Monadnock 

Bldg. 
Fisher    Construction    Co..    1414    Post    St., 

S      F 
Gray  Rr~«>..  2d  st.  adjoining  W.  F.  &  Co. 

Bldg..   S.    F. 
S.    F.    Construction      Co.,     A.    E.    Buckman, 

ores. ;   A.    I.   Raisch,  sec. ;  636  Market ;  Tel. 

Franklin    256. 
Trounson,    J.,     1751     Lyon    St.;    also    176    Ash 

Ave.,  S.   F. 

CROCKERY   AND   GLASSWARE. 
Nathan   Dohrmann  &  Co.,   1520-1550 
Van  Ness  ave. 


THE  WASP  - 


29 


DENTISTS. 
Oreian   B.    Burns.  2077   Sutter  St..  West   6736. 
Decker,    Dr.    Chas.    W..13I6  Sutler  st 
Knox.    Dr.    A.   J.,    1615    Fillmore   St..   formerly 

of  Grant  Bldg. 
Morffew    &    Peel.     1765    Pine    St..    S.     F. : 

Tel.    West    4301;      formerly      Examiner 

Bldg. 
O'Connell.   Dr.   Robert  E.  and  Dr.   George. 

211    Divl.iadero   St..    S.    F. 
Albert   S.    V'anderhurst.  2077   Sutter  St.,   West 

6736. 

DRV    GOODS— RETAIL. 
E-nporlum.    The.    1201    Van    Ness   Ave..    S. 

5".:    pi. .me   West    1361. 
Newman  &  Levison.  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Sutt 
\j  Connor.    Mottlt   &   Co..    Van   Ness   Ave 

and    Pine   St..    9.    F. 
City  of  Paris.   Van  Ness  Ave   and   Wash- 
ington St..   S.    F. 
White    House,    Van    Ness    Ave.    and    Pine 

St..    3.    F. 

ENGINEERS. 
..Mantle.    Gulf  &    Pacific   Co..    623   Monad- 
nock    Bldg..    S.    F. 

EXPRESS. 
Wells.    Fargo      &      Co.    Express.    Golden 
Gate   Ave.   and   Franklin   St.,    Fer- 
ry Bldg.,  and  3d  St.  Depot,  S.  F. 

FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
Crescent    Feather   Co..   19th  and    Harrison 
sts  .    S.    F. 

FLORISTS   AND    DECORATORS. 

Clels   &   Jacobsen,    942    Fillmore    St. 

near   McAllister,   Phone  Park   363. 

Fnnk  &  Parodi  Co.,  1215  McAllister 

street,  formerly   109   Geary  street, 

phone   Park.    794. 

FRUITS    AND    VEGETABLES. 
Omey   &  Goetting,   Geary  and    Polk  sts.,  S.   F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
Carew    &    English.    1618    Geary    St..    bet. 
Buchanan    and    Webster    sts.,     S.     F. ; 
Phone  West  2604. 
Porter  &   White,   1631   Golden  Gate  Ave., 
3.  F. ;   Phone  West  770. 

FURNITURE. 
A.    B.     Smith    Co.,     703    Van    Ness    Ave.. 

cor.    Turk   St.,    8.    F. 
Breuner,  John  &  Co..  1491  Van  Ness  Ave., 

S.    F. 
Sanitary    Bedding   House,    The,    778- 
780   Golden   Gate   ave.,  N.   B.   cor. 
Gough.     Beds     and     Bedding     ex- 
clusively.    Tel.  Emergency  596. 
GAS  8TOVES. 
Gas  Co..   The,   Halght  and  Fillmore   sts., 
S.   F. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
Bullock  &  Jones  Company,  801  Van  Ness 

Ave.,    cor.    Eddy    sL.    S.    F. 
Hansen  and  Elrick,    1105-7   Fillmore 
St.,    nr.    Golden   Gate   ave.,    phone 
West    5678. 

Roberts  &  Bayless,  Men's  Furnishers,  645  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  near  Turk. 

HARDWARE  AND   RANGES. 
Alexander-Tost  Co.,    Pins  and   Polk  ats.. 

S.    F. 
Baker    &    Hamilton.    115    Berry    St.,    near 

3d;   Phone  West  3689  and  3590. 
Dunham.    Carrlgan   &   Hayden   Co..   office 

131-153    Kansas   st  .    B     F. 
lis,  John  G.  &  Co.,  827  Mission  St..  S.  F. 
Montague.  W.  W.  &  Co.,  Turk  &  Polk 
sts.,   S.   F. 

HARNESS    AND    SADDLERY. 
Davis.   W.   &   Son.    2020   Howard  at.   bet 

16th   and   17th.    S.    F. 
Lelbold    Harness    and    Carriage    Co.,    1214 
Golden  Gate  Ave..  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
Korn,   Eugene,   the  hatter,    94  6   Van 

Ness  Avenue. 
Meussdorffer.    J.     C.     Sons.     909    Fillmore 

St..  S.  F. 
Porcher.    J..    716-717    Golden    Gats    Avt„ 
near  Franklin.  S.  F. :  formerly  Odd  Fel- 
lows   Bldg. 
HOSPITALS   AND   SANITARIUMS. 
German     Hospital,    Scott    and    Duboce 

Ave. 
Harbor     View    Sanatorium,     Harbor 
View,  S.  F. 


Keeley      Institute.    H.   L.    Batchelder. 

Mgr.;    262   Devisadero  St.,  S.   F. 
McNutt   Hospital,    1800    O'Farrell   8t 

S.  F. 
St.  Luke's  Hospital.  26th  and  Valen- 
cia St. 

JEWELERS. 
Baldwin    Jewelery    Co.,    1521    Sutter    at.. 

and    1261    Van   Ness   Ave.,    S.    K 
Bofam.   Bristol.   Van  Ness  and  Sacra- 
mento st. 
Glinderman.    Wm..     1532-1534     Fill- 
more,  formerly   Examiner   Bldg. 
Shreve  &   Co..   cor.    Post  and   Grant   Ave., 
and   Van    Nes  sand   Sacramento  Its.,  S.   F. 
LAUNDRIES. 
Lace    House    French    Laundry.    Cerclat    A 
Co.,     propd. ;     1047    McAllister    St.;     for- 
merly at  342  McAllister;   Tel.    Park   881. 
La    Grande    Laundry,    234    12th    St..    S.    F. 
Palace    Hotel     Laundry    and    Kelly     Laundry 

Co.,  Inc.,  2343  Post  St.,  phone  West  5854. 
San    Francisco   Laundry   Association.    140R 
Turk   St..   S.   F.;    Phone  West   793. 
LIME. 
Holmes   Lime   Co.,    Mutual      Savings 
Bank    Bldg.,    710    Market    St. 
LUMBER. 
Nelson.    Chas.    Co..    1st     and      Clay     ats.. 

Oakland;   144  Steuait  St.,  S.  F. 
Redwood    Manufacturers    Co..    Room    505 
Monadnock    Bldg,    S.    F..    Doors,    Win- 
dows,  Tanks,   etc. 
Slade,  S.  E.,  Lumber  Co.,  65  Mission 

street,  S.  F. 
Union    Lumber    Co.,    office    909    Mo- 
nadnock  building 

MACARONI   AND  VERMICELLI. 
r,     R.    Podesta.   512   Washington   at.    3.    V 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 

Bekins'    Van    and    Storage    Co..    13th    and 

Mission    sts..     S.     F. ;     Phone    Park    169 

and   1016   Broadway.    Oakland. 
St.    Francis    Transfer    and    Storage    Company. 

Office,   1402  Eddy  st.     Tel.   West  2680. 
Union     Transfer     Co.,     2116     Market     St., 

S.   F. 

Notaries    Public. 
Deane,  Jno,  J.,     temporarily  at  2077 
Sutter    street    and    2464      Vallejo 
street,  S.  F. 

OPTICIANS. 

Mayerle,       George.    German    expert,     1115 
Golden   Gate  Ave.,    S.    F. ;    Phone   West 
3766. 
San  Francisco  Optical  Co.  "Spences," 
are    now    permanently    located    at 
627  Van  Ness  ave,  between  Gold- 
en  Gate   avenue      and      Turk      st. 
"Branch"    1613       Fillmore      near 
Geary. 
Standard    Optical    Co.,    808    Van    Ness    ave., 
near   Eddy   st. 

PACKERS. 
Phoenix  Packing  Co.,    118   Davis  St.,  S.    F. 
PAINTERS    AND     DECORATORS. 
Keefe,  J.  H..  820-822  O'Farrell  St.,  S.  F.,  Tel. 
Franklin   2055. 

Tozer,  L.  &  Son  Co.,  Inc.,  1527  Pine 
and  2511  Washington  St.,  near 
Fillmore,   S.   F. 

PAINTS    AND    OILS. 

Bass-Hueter  Paint  Co.,   1816  Market 
st. 

Paraflne     Paint  Co.,   405     Union     Savings 
Bank      Bldg.,     Oakland;       Sales       Dept 
Guerrero  near  15th  St.,   S.   F. 
PHOTO     ENGRAVERS. 

Cal.  Photo  Eng.   Co..   141-143  Valencia  st. 
PHYSICIANS. 

Bowie,    Dr.    Hamilton    C,    formerly    293 
Geary   St.,   Paul   Bldg.;    now 
14th  and  Church  sts. 

Bryant,  Dr.  Edgar  R..  1944  Fillmore 
st.  cor.  Pine;  Tel.  West  6657;  Res. 
3869  Jackson   St.;   Tel.  West  816. 

D'Evelyn,  Dr.  Frederick  W.,  2116  Cal- 
ifornia st,  S.  F.;  and  2103  Clinton 
Ave..    Alameda. 


Thorne,  Dr.  W.  S.,   1434   Post  St.,  S. 
F. 

PIANOS   —    MANUFACTURERS        AND 

DEALERS. 
Bn.awln.   D.   H.   &  Co..   2612   Sacramento 

St..  near  Fillmore.  S.  F.;  Phone  West 

1869. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Marchand's.  1424  McAllister  St. 
Moraghan,      M.      B.      Oyster      Co..      1212 

Golden  Gate  Ave..   S.   F. 
Old     Poodle    Dog.    824     Eddy     St.,     near    Van 

Ness  ave. 


St.  Germain  Restaurant,   497   Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  Phone  Emergency   300. 
Swain's   Restaurant,    1111   Poet  St.,  S.  F. 
Techau   Tavern,    1321   Sutter  St..   S.   F. 
Thompson's,   formerly    Oyster    Loaf, 

1727   O'Farrell   St. 

SAFES    AND    SCALE? 
Herring-Hall      Marvin     Sale      Co.,     office     and 
salesrooms.    Mission    st,    bet.    Seventh    and 
Eighth    sts.  ;    phone   Temp'y,    1037. 
SEWING     MACHINES. 
Wheeier  &  Wilson  and  Singer     Sewing 
Machines.    1431     Bush    st,    cor.    Van 
Ness  Ave..  S.  F.;  phone  Emergency 
301,   formerly   231    Sutter  street. 
STORAGE. 
Bekins   Van    &    Storage   Co.,    13th    and    Mission 

Sts.,  S.  F.;   Phone  Market  2558. 
Pierce    Rodolph    Storage    Co.,    Eddy 
and   Fillmore  Sts..   Tel.   West   828. 

SURGICAL    INSTRUMENTS    AND    HOS- 
PITAL   SUPPLIES. 
Walters    &    Co..    formerly    Shutts.    Walters    & 
Co.,    1608    1  teiner  St..   S.    F. 

TALKING    MACHINES. 
Bacigalupi,    Peter.    1113-1116    Fillmore 
st.  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 
Lyons.   Charles.   London   Tailor,   1432   Fill- 
more   St.,    731    Van    Ness    Ave..    S.    F. ; 
958    Broadway.    Oakland. 
McMahon,  Keyer  and  Stiegeler  Bros., 

Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Far- 
rell and  Fillmore. 

Neuhaus  &  Co..  Inc.,  1618  Bills  st- 
near    Fillmore.    S.    F. 

Rehnstrom.  C.  H..  2416  Fillmore  at; 
formerly  Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg. 

TENTS    AND    AWNINGS 
1  horns  F..    1209  Mission   St.,  corner  of  Eighth, 
S.  F. 

Trir V»    PC. 
Eames     Tricycle     Co..     Invalid      Chairs,      2108 

Market   St..   S.   F. 
WINES  &  LIQUORS — WHOLES  A  T,E 
Balke.   Ed.    W.,    1498    Eddy   St..   cor. 

Fillmore. 
Blumenthal.    M.    &    Co..    Inc.,    temporary 

office.    1521    Webster    st.    S.    F. 
Butler.     John     &     Son.     2209     Steiner     st, 

S.    F. 
Reynolds.    Chas.    M.    Co.,    514    Haight    st, 

Pusr-orii,   Fisher  &  Co..  649  Turk  st,  S.  F. 
Berman      Wine     &     Liquor    Co.,    family    trade 

S.    F. 
Siebe    Bros.    &    Placeman.       419-425 
Larkin    street.    Phone,    Emergency 
349. 
Weniger,  P.  J.  &  Co..  N.  E.  cor.  Van 
Ness  ave.  and  Ellis  st.     Tel.  Emer- 
gency 3  09. 
Wlchman.   Lute-en   &  Co..   formerly  of  29- 
31   Battery  st..  S.   F. :  temporary  office, 
Warrisnn     and    Everett    sts.,     Alameda. 
Cal.:    Phone    Alameda    1179.     Gilt    Edge 
Whiskey 

WINES    AND    LIOUOPS— RETAIL. 

Ferguson.   T.   M.   Co..   Market  street. 
Same  old  stand.     Same  Old   Crow 
Whiskey. 
Fischer,   E.    R..    1901    Mission   street. 

corner    of    Fifteen+h. 
The    Metropole.Tohn    L.    Herget    and    Wm.    H. 
Harrison.     Props.,    N.    W.     cor.    Sutter    and 
Steiner    Streets.' 
Tuxedo     Tho.    Eddie    Granev.    Prop.     SW 
cor,    Fillmnro    e^  O'FarreTl  sts 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 
Golden   Gate   Compressed  Yeait  Co.,  2401   Fill- 
more. 


30 


-THE  WASP- 


Amusements 

Even  as  the  stars  in  their  courses 
fought  against  Sisera,  so  did  Jupiter 
Pluvius  exert  his  best  efforts  to  put  a 
crimp  in  the  ambitions  of  our  local 
theatrical  magnates  last  Monday  night. 
But  old  J.  P.  struck  a  serious  snag  at 
the  Alcazar  Theater,  for  though  else- 
where a  bare  corporal's  guard  repre- 
sented the  attendance,  the  new  play- 
house was  packed  to  the  doors.  The 
famous  "Alcazar  crowd"  and  its  sisters 
and  cousins  and  aunts  turned  out  in  a 
body,  making  the  occasion  one  to  be 
long   remembered. 

*  *       * 

The  three  new  leading  people  at  the 
Alcazar  "made  good"  in  a  most  satis- 
factory way.  From  what  I  know  of 
the  female  portion  of  the  Alcazar  clien- 
tele, Mr.  Lytell  will  ere  long  be  en- 
throned as  the  "matinee  idol"  par 
excellence  of  this  City.  Miss  Lang,  the 
leading  lady  is  also  a  capable  actress 
and  a  woman  of  strong  personality.  Miss 
Lovering,  the  ingenue,  is  certainly  pretty 
enough,  and  also  does  very  well  in  the 
actual  work  of  performance.  The  other 
members  of  the  cast  are  all  old  favorites 
who  won  their  places  in  our  hearts  in 

days  gone  by. 

*  *       * 

A  testimonial  benefit  will  be  tendered 
the  eminent  actor,  James  M.  Ward,  at 
the  Colonial  Theater  on  Monday  even- 
ing, March  25th,  the  attraction  being 
"Sapho."  Mr.  Ward  is  one  of  the  oldest 
and  best  known  actors  in  the  country, 
and  as  he  has  a  whole  army  of  friends 
in  this  locality,  the  Colonial  will  un- 
doubtedly be  packed  with  an  enthusiastic 
audience  on  this  occasion.  Frank  Bacon 
also  owes  considerable  of  his  early  train- 
ing to  Mr.  Ward's  paintaking  efforts. 
In  his  prime,  Mr.  Ward  was  connected 
with  most  of  the  foremost  theatrical 
organizations  in  the  country,  having 
played  with  Modjeska,  Booth,  Forrest 
and  Davenport.  He  was  quite  a  favor- 
ite in  this  City  when  he  was  with  the 
old  Grand  Opera  House  Stock  Com- 
pany. 

*  *       * 

"Scramble  Matrimony,"  a  new  comedy 
by  Howard  P.  Taylor,  has  pleased  large 
audiences    this    week    at    the    Colonial 


^ICE  CREAM 

— '1536-8  Fillmore  St:.S:F. 


Theater,  where  an  exceptionally  well- 
acted  performance  of  the  funny  piece 
has  been  given.  Frank  Bacon  and  his 
clever  company  of  comedians  are  at 
their   best   in   a   play   of   this   character. 

*  *       * 

The  Colonial  Stock  Company  will  pre- 
sent one  of  the  most  successful  dramas 
ever  produced  in  this  country  next 
week,  beginning  Monday,  March  25th. 
"Sapho,"  Alphonse  Daudet's  great  play, 
will  be  the  bill  and  Izetta  Jewell,  the 
talented  leading  woman,  will  be  seen  in 
the  title  role.  Miss  Jewell's  artistic 
performance  of  Salome  is  still  fresh  in 
the  memory  of  local  theater-goers  and 
in  the  role  of  Sapho  the  passionate  wo- 
man with  a  scarlet  past  she  should  add 
to  her  reputation  as  a  versatile  actress. 
The  Olga  Nethersole  version  will  be 
given  in  its  entirety  and  the  manage- 
ment promises  a  magnificent  scenic  pro- 
duction. The  regular  stock  company 
will  be  considerably  increased  for  this 
play. 

*  *       * 

"Kreutzer  Sonata,"  Count  Tolstoi's 
most  successful  effort,  is  to  follow 
"Sapho"  at  the  Colonial. 

*  *       * 

We  are  especially  fortunate  at  present 
for  the  number  of  high  class  attrac- 
tions which  are  being  presented  at  local 
play  houses.  Of  these,  not  the  least  in 
any  degree  is  "Mrs.  Wiggs  of  the  Cab- 
bage Patch."  Madge  Carr  Cook,  in  the 
title  role  is  no  stranger  to  us,  nor,  for 
that  matter,  is  Vivian  Ogden,  who  plays 
Miss  Hazy.  These  two,  with  an  excel- 
lent supporting  cast,  including  Mr.  Car- 
ter who  enacts  the  role  of  Hiram  Stub- 
bins,  contribute  a  production  of  Mrs. 
Rice's  comedy  drama  that  cannot  be  ex- 
celled. A  tip  to  the  wise  is  sufficient. 
See  this  show  at  the  Van  Ness  Theater. 
*     *     * 

The  efforts  of  that  grand  old  war 
horse  of  stage  management,  Mr.  George 
Lask,  are  responsible  for  the  splendid 
production  of  Offenbach's  comic  opera, 
"The  Nightingale"  at  the  American 
Theater.  This  play  house,  by  the  way, 
should  be  a  favorite  resort  of  the  music 
loving  people  for  which  San  Francisco 
is  noted,  as  Mr.  Healy  is  maintaining 
there  a  company  of  exceptional  merit 
and  ability,  and  is  doing  his  utmost  to 
offer  the  best  musical  attractions  to  the 
public. 

*  *       * 

The  Easter  music  at  St.  Dominic's 
Church  will  this  year  be  specially  attrac- 
tive. A  new  mass  has  been  composed 
for  the  occasion  by  Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart, 
and  it  will  be  rendered,  under  his  direc- 


tion, by  an  augmented  choir  and  large 
orchestra.  The  mass,  which  is  dedicated 
to  the  Rev.  Father  Pius  Driscol.  O.  P.. 
has  been  written  with  the  purpose  of 
conforming  as  far  as  possible  to  the  re- 
cent edict  of  the  Pope  upon  the  subject 
of  church  music.  There  is  very  little 
work  for  the  soloists,  and  the  composer 
has  relied  almost  entirely  upon  massive 
choral  and  orchestral  effects. 
;«       *       * 

Andrew  Bogart,  who  is  in  the  cast 
of  "The  Girl  and  the  Governor",  the 
Broadway  production  in  which  Jeff  de 
Angelis  is  starring,  will  be  out  here 
in  a  short  time  with  the  attraction. 
Bogart  has  done  exceedingly  well 
since  he  gave  up  vocal  teaching  to 
become  a  stage  star.  He  was  a  pupil 
of  Francis  Stuart  in  his  San  Francisco 
days  and  went  to  London  and  New 
York  with  his  teacher.  Stuart  is  teach- 
ing in  New  York  now,  I  believe. 
Bogart  is  a  San  Francisco  boy.  Many 
critics  consider  his  voice  the  equal 
of  Hayden  Coffin's. 

FIRST  NIGHTER. 


Society  Personals 

Charity  is  certainly  the  fashionable 
fad  during  this  Lenten  season,  in  San 
Mateo  as  in  Marin  County.  Burlin- 
game  has  started  a  Sewing  Club.  The 
members  are  Mrs.  Thomas  Driscoll, 
Mrs.  Hitchcock,  Mrs.  Andrey  Welch, 
Miss  Josephine  Brown  and  Miss  Mar- 
garet Doyle.  At  the  first  meeting 
held  last  week  at  Miss  Sullivan's,  a 
program  of  benevolent  work  was  out- 
lined. 


COLONIAL  THEATRE 

McAllister  near^Market     J  Phone  Market  920 

MARTIN     F.    KURTIG.    President   and    Manage 

All  Market  Street  Cars  run  direct  to  Theater 

Week  Beginning    Monday,  March  25 

The  Colonial  Stock  Compaay  in 

SAPHO 


Monday  Night,  March  25,  Testimonial  Benefit 
to  the  eminent  actor  James  M.  Ward 


PRICES:  Evenings,  25c,  50c,  75c,  $1.00:  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  Matinees.  25c  and  50c.  BARGAIN 
MATINEE.  Wednesday,  all  seats  reserved,  25c.  Branch 
Ticket  Office.  Kohler  &  Chase's,  Sutter  and  Franklin 
Streets. 

In  Preparation-KREUTZER  SONATA. 


-THE  WASP- 


31 


RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 

SIX   OR   MORE    RACES    EACH    WEEK    DAY 

Rain  or  Shine 

Races  commence  at    1:40  p.  m.  sharp. 

For  special  trains  stopping  at  the  track  take  S.  P.  Ferry, 
foot  of  Market  street:  leave  at  12:00,  thereafter  every  twenty 
minutes  until  1:40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  cars, 
which  are  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Returning  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILLIAMS,   PresiPenl. 
PERCY  W.  TREAT,  Secretary. 


V 


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Kinds    of   Baking 

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234-3     Post     Streot 

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TELEPHONE  WEST  5854 

Work  called  for  and  returned  on  schedule 
time. 


Thompson's       Formerly 


Oyster  Loaf, 


Now 

Open. 


1727  O'Farrell  St. 
All  night  service 


near  Fillmore 
Popular  Prices 


tThe  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 
Hammam  Baths,  built  especially  for 
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Oriental  Turkish  Batbs 

Corner  Eddy  and  Larkln  Sts. 
Cold  water  plunge. 
Room  including  Bath,  $1.00. 
Phone  Franklin  653 
W.  J.  BLUMBERG  Sc  BRO..  Props. 


Letters  recently  received  from  Mrs. 
William  Mayo  Newhall  give  enthus- 
iastic accounts  of  the  jolly  times  she 
and  her  daughters  are  enjoying  in 
Switzerland  in  sleighing,  etc.  They 
will  remain  abroad  till  September. 
Mrs.  Newhall  is  purchasing  some  very 
elaborate  costumes  for  her  two  at- 
tractive daughters,  Marion  and  Eliza- 
beth, who  will  make  their  debut  in 
Society  this  Winter. 

*  *       * 

Two  other  well-known  California 
ladies  at  present  in  Switzerland  are 
Mrs.  McMonagle  and  Mrs.  Fred 
Moody,  who  are  educating  their  chil- 
dren. Mrs.  Newhall's  young  son,  Mrs. 
McMonagle's  son  and  the  two  sons  of 
the  Fred  Moodys  are  all  attending  the 
same  school. 

*  *       * 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Cadwalader  has  given 
up  housekeeping,  and  with  her  charm- 
ing daughter,  Miss  Linda,  and  son 
Bert  Cadwalader,  have  taken  rooms  at 
the  "Thomas"  boarding  house  on 
Buchanan  Street.  Early  next  month 
Mrs.  Cadwalader  and  Miss  Linda  will 
leave  for  the  East  to  be  gone  several 
months.  Miss  Linda  will  visit  Mrs. 
Bourke  Cochran  (nee  Ide)  who  has 
been  on  a  trip  to  Egypt,  a  part  of  her 
bridal  tour. 

*  *       * 

A  well-known  Washington  couple 
who  have  been  greatly  entertained 
during  their  stay  in  California,  are 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Poor,  the  par- 
ents of  Mrs.  Marion  P.  Maus.  They 
have  been  spending  several  months 
in  Monterey  with  Col.  and  Mrs.  Maus, 
at  their  attractive  quarters.  Mrs. 
Poor  has  many  relatives  in  this  City — 
The  Steeles,  the  Miltons,  the  Max- 
wells— all  connected  with  the  family 
of  the  late  Commodore  R.  B.  Cun- 
ningham— Mrs.  Percy  M.  Kesseler 
(Lottie  Cunningham)  is  a  cousin  of 
Mrs.  Marion  Maus. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 

PIANIST 

Tel.  West  314  1 80 1  Buchanan  St.,  Cor.  Suiter 


To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
color  use  Alfredum's  Egyptian  Henna — 
1  vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
the  effect  is  immediate..  All  druggists 
Bell  it.     Langley  &  Michaels  Co.,  agents. 


SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 


Attorney -at-Law 


1101  O'FARRELL  ST. 
Cor.  Franklin 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


DR.  WM.  D.  CLARK 

Office  and  Res.:    255  4   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

Hours — 1  to  3  p.  m.  and  7  to  8  p.  m. 

Sundays — By    appointment 

Phone  West   390 

DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherith  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 

LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 
Church  Choir 

Teacher    of     Voice,     Piano     and     Organ 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phone 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,  Tues- 
day and  Friday. 


William  Keith 


Studio 


After  Dec.  1st         1717  California  St. 


Contracts     made    with     Hotels    and     Restaurants 
^    'Special  Attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

cmi"  £?  ~ ^Established  1876  ™         ; 

THOMAS  MORTON  &  SON 

Importer  of  and     C(~\  A  I 
Dealers  in  W/\l-i 

N.  W.  Cor.  Eddy  and  Hyde,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-31   Batlery  Streel,  S.   F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Tarrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  I  1 79 

GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


32 


THE  WASP- 


ELECTRO 
SILICON 

Is  Unequalled  for 

Cleaning  and  Polishing 
SILVERWARE. 

Send  address  for  a  FKEE  SAMPLE,  or  15c.  in 
stamps  for  a  full  box. 

Electro-Silicon  Soap  has  equal  merits. 
The  Electro  Silicon  Co.,  30  Cliff  St-,  New  York, 
Grocers  and  Druggists  sell  it. 


^LEIBOLD 

HARNtSSaCAitoiAGECO. 

1214  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 

BET. WEBSTER  AND  FILLMORE 


a  positive  CATARRH 

Ely's  Cream  Balm 

is  quickly  absorbed. 
Gives  Relief  at  Once. 

It  cleanses,  soothes  I 
heals  and  protects  I 
the  diseased  mem- 1 
brane.  It  cures  Ca- 1 
tarrh  and  drives! 
away  a  Cold  in  the  I 
Head  quickly.  Re- 
stores the  Senses  of  ' 
Taste  and  Smell.  Full  size  50  cts. ,  at  Drug- 
gists or  by  mail ;  Trial  Size  10  cts.  by  mail. 
Elv  Brothers.  56  Warren  Street,  New  York. 


HAY  FEVER 


jASHSHBITTERS 

B=      BETTER  THAN    PILLS.        W 


^EREIGN  REME 


Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure 
One  dose  will  stop  a  cough. 
It  never  fails.    Try  it.    25c. 

AT  ALL  DRUGGISTS 


Waltz    Me    Around   Willie,    Latinized 

O  me  circumsalte   Guillielme  .  TOYO       \C I^FISI 

Circumque  circumque  circum!  1^^^.  ^^        ^^       lVllJlJ.ll 

Saltatus  soporifer,  I  hT^N*. 

Mella  et  lactifer,  I  HSiH        ICAl^HA 

Pedes  ne  tangint  solum,  |  ^^JB        IV/\lk30/\ 

Simulo  navem  in  mare  laeto,  »'  ™         (Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 

Velim  clamare;  ohe,  nave,  ohe! 

Tum  me   circumsalte   Guillielme  Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

Circumque  circumque  circum!  Room  240  James  Flood  Building 

—From  the  Yale  Record.  San  Francisco 

S.  S.  "Hongkong  Maru" 

"Yes,    indeed,"    she    answered,    "I'll Wednesday,  April  10,  1907 

be  contented  as  long  as  love  lasts."  S.  S.  "America  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)       .     . 

"Urn — yes,"    said    the    man,    whose Friday,  May  3,  1907 

experience     had     endowed     him     witn  S.  S.  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)    .     . 

some   wisdom,   "I   guess   we   had   bet- Friday,  May  31,  1907 

ter    wait    Until     I     Can    afford    a    regular  Steamers  will  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Brannan  Sts., 

,  ,,  IP.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 

nOUSe.  1U1U|  Kobe,   (Hiogo),   Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 

necring  at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,   India,   etc. 

No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing. 
Her   One  Thought  Round- trip  tickets  at  reduced  rates. 

,.T  .     ,,  -  ,     .,         r    .,  r  ,  Jght  and  passage  apply  at  office,  240  James  Flood 

Jennie,"     Said    the    father    Of    a    large  Building.     W.  H.  AVERY.  Assistant  General  Manager. 

family  to   his    eldest   daughter,   "don't 

you    think    it    about    time    you    were 
thinking  of  getting  married." 

"Why,  father,"  replied  the  anxious 
maid,  "I  haven't  thought  of  anything 
else  for  the  past  ten  years." 


Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 


Infallible  Sign 

Clara — "What  makes  you  think  Helen 
is  destined  to  become  a  spinster?" 

Maude — "Why,  every  night  after  let- 
ting down  her  folding  bed  she  looks 
under  it." 


Headguarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 


Wasted  Opportunities 

Green — "What  do  you  think  of  Bul- 
lem's  $50,000  failure?" 

Brown — "I  think  Bullem  must  be 
crazy." 

Green — -"Why?" 

Brown — "With  his  opportunities  he 
should  have  failed  for  at  least  twice 
that  amount." 


1113-1115  Fillmore  Street,  San  Francisco 


Albion  Ale  or  Porter 

Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure  Extract  of  Malt  and  Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gnte  Ave.,  Near  I.aguno  St. 


No  More  Experimenting. 

After  a  year  of  mourning  the 
widower  was  ready  to  go  up  against 
the  matrimonial   game  once  more. 

"Dearest,"  he  said,  addressing  the 
prospective  No.  2,  "are  you  sure  you 
can  be  contented  with  love  in  a  cot- 
tage?" 


Something   Fierce 

"No;  sah,"  remarked  the  Kentucky 
Colonel,  "Arkansaw  didn't  agree  with 
me.  I  was  sick  all  the  time  I  was  there, 
sah." 

"What  was  the  trouble?"  queried  the 
Ohio  man.  "Couldn't  you  drink  the 
water?" 

"That  was  the  trouble,  sah,"  replied 
the    Kentuckian.      "I    had    to    dring    it. 


Dr.WONQ  HIM 

1268  O'Farrell  St. 

Permanently  Located 

HERB   DOCTOR 


Father  and  Mother 
Write  Letter  In- 
dorsing Treatment. 

SAN    FRANCISCO 
March  23.  1906 

To  Whom  it  may 
i  Concern:  Our  three- 
year  -  old  daughter, 
having  been  ill  for 
some  time  and  being 
treated  by  the  most  prominent  physicians, 
gradually  became  worse,  and  was  finally 
given  up  by  them.  We  were  then  recom- 
mended to  Dr.  Wong  Him.  We  started 
with  his  treatment  and  within  two  months' 
time  our  daughter  was  cured. 

Respectfully, 
MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  C.  LIEB. 
2757  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 


SUMMONS 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE 
State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of   San   Franciico. 

JOSEPH  GOETZ,  Plaintiff,  vi.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in  or  lien  upon  the  real 
property  herein  described  or  any  part  thereof. 
Defendants. 

Action    No.    720. 

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: 


every  part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  legal 
or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, 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  8th  day   of  January.  A.    D.    1907. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Cleric. 


You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and 
nswer  the  complaint  of  JOSEPH  GOETZ. 
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  certa-in  real  prop- 
erty, or  any  part  thereof,  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  particularly  described  as  follows: 
First.  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
line  of  Stockton  Street,  distant  thereon  thirty- 
seven  (37)  feet  northerly  from  the  point  of 
intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Sacra- 
mento Street  and  the  easterly  line  of  Stock- 
ton Street,  and  running  thahce  northerly  along 
■aid  easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty-six  (156)  feet  four  (4)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  sixty-eight  (68) 
feet  nine  (9  )  inches ;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  eighty-one  (81)  feet  eight  (8)  inches 
to  the  southerly  line  of  Clay  Street;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  easterly  along  said  southerly 
line  of  Clay  Street  sixteen  (16)  feet;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  seventy-five  (75) 
feet  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  fifty-two  (52)  feet  one-half  (J^)  inch; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  twelve  (12) 
feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  eight 
and  one- half  (8'A)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southerly  fifteen  (15)  feet  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  thirty  (30) 
feet;     thence    at    a    right    angle    southerly    five 

(5)  feet  seven  and  one-half  (7J4)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  ninety-three 
(93)  feet  nine  (9)  inches  to  the  westerly  line 
of  Waverly  Place;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  along  said  line  of  Waverly  Place 
ninety-seven  (97)  feet  seven  and  one-half 
(7J4)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
one  hundred  and  eleven  (111)  feet  nine  (9) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly  sixty- 
eight  (68)  feet  nine  (9)  inches  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  Sacramento  Street;  thence  west- 
erly along  said  line  of  Sacramento  Street 
twelve  (12)  feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  fifty-nine  (59)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle   westerly  ninety-three    (93)    feet   six 

(6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
twenty-two  (22)  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  westerly  forty-four  (44)  feet  to  the 
easterly  line  of  Stockton  Street  and  the  point 
of  beginning;  being  a  portion  of  Fifty  Vara 
Block  number  one  hundred  and  fourteen  (114). 

Second.  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  north- 
erly line  of  Vallejo  Street,  distant  thereon 
two  hundred  (200)  feet  four  and  one-half 
(4J4)  inches  westerly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of 
Vallejo  Street  and  the  westerly  line  of  Gough 
Street,  and  running  thence  westerly  along 
said  line  of  Vallejo  Street  one  hundred  and 
five  (105)  feet  seven  and  one-half  OVi)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet  six  (6)  inches; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  one  hundred 
and  six  (106)  feet  eight  and  one-half  (8#) 
inches;  and  thence  southerly  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet  six  (6)  inches  to  the 
point  of  beginning;  being  part  of  Western 
Addition  Block  number  one  hundred  and 
sixty-six    (166). 

Third.  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  north- 
erly line  of  Sacramento  Street,  distant  thereon 
one  hundred  and  thirty  (130)  feet  eleven  (11) 
inches  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Sac- 
ramento Street  and  the  westerly  line  of 
Kearny  Street  and  running  thence  westerly 
along  said  line  of  Sacramento  Street  nineteen 
(19)  feet  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  northerly  sixty  (60)  feet;  thence  at  a 
right  angle  easterly  nineteen  (19)  feet  six  (6) 
inches;  and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southerly 
sixty  (60)  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning;  be- 
ing part  of  Fifty  Vara  Block  number  ninety- 
one   (91). 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unlesi  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to 
the  Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  com- 
plaint, to-wit,  that  it  be  adjudged  that  plaintiff 
is  the  owner  of  said  property  in  fee  simple  ab- 
solute; that  his  title  to  said  property  be  es- 
tablished and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain 
and  determine  all  estates,  rights,  titles,  inter- 
ests   and    claims    in    and    to    said    property,    and 


The    first    publication    of    this    summons    was 
made    in     The    Wasp    newspaper    on    the     19th 
day   of   January,    A.    D.    1907. 
SUMMONS 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE 
State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of   San    Francisco. 

GUSTAV  SUTRO.  Plamtiff,  vs.  All  persons 
claiming  any  interest   in   or  lien  upon  the  real 

troperty   herein  described  or  any  part  thereof, 
•efendants. 

Action  No.   719. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  to  all 
persons  claiming  any  interest  in.  or  Hen  upon, 
the  real  propeity  herein  described  or  any 
part    thereof,    defendant*,    greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and 
answer  the  complaint  of  GUSTAV  SUTRO, 
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  particularly  described  as  fol- 
lows: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line 
of  Eddy  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet  six  (6)  inches 
easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  inter- 
section of  the  northerly  line  of  Eddy  Street 
and  the  easterly  line  of  Taylor  Street  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  said  line  of 
Eddy  Street  ninety-one  (91)  feet,  nine  (9) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  on« 
hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet  six  (6) 
inches;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  ninety- 
one  (91)  feet  nine  (9)  inches;  and  thence  at 
a  right  angle  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet  six  (6)  inches  to  the  point 
of  beginning. 

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  as- 
certain 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  8th  day  of  January,  A.   D.    1907. 
(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  19th  day 
of  January,   A.    D.    1907. 

SUMMONS 


IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE 
State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San   Francisco. 

JUDAH  BOAS  and  A.  ABRAHAMSON, 
Plaintiffs,  vs.  All  persons  claiming  any  interest 
in  or  lien  upon  the  real  property  herein  de- 
scribed, or  any  part  thereof,  Defendants. 

Action  No.  714. 

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  JUDAH  BOAS  and 
A.  ABRAHAMSON,  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  inter- 
est or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in  or  upon  that 
certain  real  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  situ- 
ated 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 
Montgomery  Street,  distant  thereon  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet  six  and  one- 
fourth  {6\i)  inches  northerly  from  the  corner 
formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  easterly 
line    of    Montgomery    Street    and   the   northerly 


line  of  California  Street,  and  running  thence 
easterly  parallel  with  California  Street  sixty- 
four  (64)  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  north- 
erly one  (1)  foot;  thence  at  a  right  angle 
easterly  four  (4)  feet  nine  (9)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northerly  ninety-five  (95)  feet 
ten  and  three  fourths  (10 $4 )  inches  more  or 
less  to  the  south  face  of  a  concrete  wall  sep- 
arating the  property  of  the  plaintiffs  from  the 
property  of  the  Italian-American  Bank,  a  cor- 
poration ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly 
along  the  south  line  of  said  wall  sixty-eight 
(68)  feet  nine  (9)  inches  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Montgomery  Street;  and  thence  southerly 
along  said  line  of  Montgomery  Street  ninety- 
six  (96)  feet  ten  and  three-fourths  (10^) 
inches  more  or  less  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so 
appear  and  answer,  the  plaintiffs  will  apply  to 
the  Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  com- 
plaint, 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  ascer- 
tain 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  8th  day  of  January,  A.  D.   1907. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was 
made  in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  19th 
day  of  January,  A.   D.    1907. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an 
interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse 
to  plaintiff: 

Names  Addresses 

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Plain  English 


Those  who  give  bribes  are  worse  than  the  official 
grafters  who  accept  them,  we  are  told  by  several 
newspapers  that  cater  to  the  sentiment  of  the  Sand- 
lot.  The  law  makes  no  such  distinction.  It  declares 
that  both  are  equally  culpable:  And  so  they  are. 


It  is  highly  popular  to  down  the  sordid  millionaire 
or  the  soulless  corporation  who  hands  over  large 
wads  of  currency  to  boodling  Aldermen,  but  we 
should  not  forget  that  municipal  boards  are  very 
often  organized  for  graft.  The  Aldermen  or  Super- 
visors are  really  bands  of  blackmailers,  under  the 
leadership  of  a  political  boss  who  maps  out  the 
plan  of  campaign  and  divides  the  plunder. 


Under  the  benign  influence  of  Ruef  and  Schmitz, 
almost  every  act  of  the  municipal  government  had 
to  yield  boodle.  The  newspapers  teem  with  sta- 
tistics of  the  amount  of  bribes  paid  through  Ruef  to 
the  Supervisors.  But  outside  of  these  operations  a 
large  aggregate  amount  of  boodle  has  been 
pocketed  by  municipal  grafters. 

The  newspapers  have  not  called  attention  to  the 
fact,  but  it  appears  to  be  the  true  fact  nevertheless, 
that  humble  property  owners  trying  to  rebuild  their 
burned  homes  have  been  held   up  by  the  banded 


blackmailers  put  in  office  by  Schmitz  and  repre- 
senting the  patriotism  and  honesty  of  the  Union 
Labor  party. 


It  is  an  absolute  fact,  easily  proved  by  an  examina- 
tion of  the  official  records,  that  in  the  small  matter 
of  putting  in  the  side  sewers  of  residences,  the 
property  owners  have  been  blackmailed  systema- 
tically. This  work  has  to  be  done  under  City  man- 
agement though  the  taxpayer  pays  for  it.  The  law 
is  an  outrageous  one  and  the  Union  Labor  party 
blackmailers  have  made  the  most  of  it.  In  some 
cases  the  work  has  been  delayed  months  while  in 
others,  where  the  owners  were  willing  to  pay  black- 
mail the  work  has  been  done  speedily.  Many  a 
small  property  owner  has  bribed  the  official  black- 
mailers to  get  his  legal  rights.  If  he  didn't  offer  the 
bribe  the  work  would  not  be  done  for  him.  Accord- 
ing to  the  logic  and  morals  of  the  yellow  news- 
papers those  poor  houseowners  who  put  up  bribes 
to  save  themselves  from  serious  loss,  or  perhaps 
ruin,  should  be  punished  most  severely.  The  con- 
viction and  jailing  of  the  official  rascals  should  be  a 
secondary  consideration.  Intelligent  readers  of 
those  publications  will  not  be  bamboozled  by  such 
sophistry. 


The  truth  of  the  matter  is  that  it  has  been  the 
rule  and  not  the  exception,  for  Supervisors  and 
other  officials  in  San  Francisco  to  conspire  to  black- 
mail corporations  and  especially  those  of  a  quasi- 
public  character  as  such  are  most  easily  made  to 
yield.  Why  should  the  average  supervisor  in  years 
past  have  devoted  all  his  time  to  the  business  of 
the  city  for  $100  a  month.  In  many  cases  Super- 
visors gave  up  all  their  private  business  and  did 
nothing  else  but  lay  schemes  to  plunder  the  cor- 
porations and  taxpayers.  The  men  who  went  in 
poor  or  bankrupt,  became  prosperous  on  $100  a 
month.  Need  one  ask  how?  The  check  books  of  the 
corporations  and  of  many  prosperous  citizens  could 
furnish  the  answer. 


The  corporations  and  the  capitalists  took  the  busi- 
ness view  of  it  that  it  was  cheaper  to  buy  off  the 
rascals  than  fight  them,  and  so  it  is. 

So  in  San  Francisco  and  in  every  large  city  in 
America  that  is  the  dishonest  condition  of  affairs, 


34 


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and  the  reason  it  continues  is  that  the  boodlers  are 
not  afraid  of  the  law  courts.  The  political  bosses 
control  the  law  court  and  can  trip  up  justice,  except 
in  rare  instances  of  which  the  present  prosecution 
of  grafters  in  San  Francisco  is  one. 


If  the  people  of  America  would  at  once  proceed  to 
reform  their  courts  by  taking  the  judges  out  of 
politics,  the  power  of  the  corrupt  political  bosses 
would  be  destroyed  and  real  reform  in  Municipal 
Government  would  begin. 

*  *  # 

The  Wasp  has  for  years  pointed  out  to  the  public 
the  great  danger  that  lies  in  permitting  corrupt 
bosses  to  juggle  with  the  law  courts  by  nominating 
and  electing  judges. 


The  present  expose  and  prosecution  of  grafters  in 
San  Francisco  is  purely  accidental.  It  might  not 
occur  again  in  a  hundred  years  under  our  system  of 
politics.  Ruef  was  only  following  the  tactics  that 
other  bosses  had  used  for  many  years.  Being  <i 
lawyer  he  was  more  adroit  than  his  ignorant  pre- 
decessors and  perhaps  was  more  eager  for  the  dollar 
and  therefore  more  daring  in  his  blackmailing 
operations. 


Had  Ruef  succeeded  in  defeating  Judge  Lawlor 
for  the  Superior  Court  and  electing  all  his  own 
creatures  whom  he  had  nominated  for  the  bench, 
the  present  expose  would  be  impossible.  Firmly  en- 
trenched in  the  law  courts,  Ruef  would  have  his 
own  grand  juries  and  his  obedient  henchmen  would 
draw  just  the  names  he  wanted.  The  criminals  of 
San  Francisco  would  become  their  own  inquisitors, 
prosecutors,  judges  and  juries. 

I  doubt  very  much  if  one  in  ten  of  the  honest 
voters  of  San  Francisco  fully  realizes  what  a  peril 
this  City  has  escaped  and  how  narrow  was  the 
escape  when  Ruef  was  checked  in  his  attempt  to 
elect  his  own  bench  judges  and  usurp  the  District 
Attorney's  office  was  checked. 


The  election  of  Judge  Lawlor  astonished  all 
politicians  in  San  Francisco  and  none  more  than 
Ruef  and  his  henchmen,  for  according  to  all  political 
rules  Lawlor's  election  was  an  utter  impossibility, 
placed  as  he  was  on  but  one  ticket,  while  Ruef's 
candidates  were  on  a  number  of  tickets.  The  honest 
voters  who  always  resent  any  interference  with  the 
judiciary  by  corrupt  bosses  rallied  to  Lawlor's  sup- 
port and  elected  him.  This  utterly  unexpected  re- 
sult had  the  effect  of  impressing  the  local  judiciary 
with  the  belief  that  after  all  the  people  appreciate 
and  are  willing  to  reward  a  jurist  who  tries  honestly 
to  do  his  duty  and  does  not  truckle  to  bosses  cr 
sell  his  honor. 


It  was  purely  accidental  however  that  such  a  man 
as  Judge  Lawlor  should  have  been  selected  for 
special  revenge  by  Ruef  and  should  have  defeated 
the  plans  of  the  boss  and  hastened  his  ruin.  Few 
jurists  have  had  the  experience  in  practical  politics 
that  Lawlor  possesses.  He  was  for  years  more  or 
less  identified  with  the  management  of  State  cam- 


paigns for  the  Democracy  and  conducted  Bryan's 
presidential  campaign  in  California.  He  had  the 
united  support  of  the  press  in  the  late  election 
and  the  fight  he  put  up  against  Ruef  was  a  most  re- 
markable one  for  its  vigor  and  skilful  tactics.  It  is 
extremely  doubtful  if  any  other  jurist  in  California, 
no  matter  how  well  known  or  able  could  have  made 
such  an  uphill  fight.  Lawlor  happened  to  be  the 
man  of  all  others  to  win  against  such  desperate 
odds  and  a  most  fortunate  thing  it  was  for  the  City 
of  San  Francisco  and  the  State  of  California  that 
he  was  not  defeated.  His  removal  from  the  Superior 
bench  would  have  been  pointed  to  by  the  corrupt 
machine  politicians  as  convincing  proof  that  the 
judges  who  wish  to  hold  their  places  must  truckle 
to  the  ruling  boss. 


That  being  established  the  rest  would  be  easy  for 
a  man  as  fertile  in  resources  as  Ruef.  No  man  how- 
ever meritorious  his  case  could  be  sure  of  an  honest 
hearing  in  the  law  courts  and  Mr.  Ruef's  enemies 
would  have  to  take  care  that  he  did  not  ruin  them 
in  pocket  or  land  them  in  the  penitentiary.  A  boss 
having  such  powers  as  Ruef  aimed  at  and  almost 
attained  would  hold  the  lives,  liberty  and  fortunes 
of  his  fellow  citizens  in  his  hand. 


Another  accident  which  has  saved  San  Francisco 
from  utter  degradation  and  the  unrestrained  tyranny 
of  corrupt  politicians  was  the  interest  taken  in  the 
expose  of  the  grafters  by  Rudolph  Spreckels.  Not 
once  in  a  thousand  times  does  such  a  man  turn  up 
in  municipal  affairs  as  an  agent  of  reform.  The 
usual  reformer  is  too  often  a  disguised  grafter  who 
shouts  "turn  the  rascals  out"  that  he  may  sneak  into 
office  himself. 


Still  another  class  of  reform  is  the  man  who  means 
well  but  has  no  money  or  standing  and  it  takes 
money  to  prosecute  boodlers. 


CHAS.KE1LUS. 

EXCLUSIVE 

HIGH  GRADE  CLOTHIERS 


No  Branch  Slores. 


No  Agents. 


Every  recognized  merit  good  clothes  possess  is  promulgated  in  ours. 
We  "out-class"  most  tailors  not  because  of  price,  but  for  Exclusive 
Styles,  In  using  the  word  "tailors"  we  cut  out  "clothes-butchers." 
We  refer  to  classy  tailors,  and  they  are  very  scarce. 


It  doesn't  make  any  difference  in  what  district  we're  in  we  do 
business  just  the  same.  That  speaks  well  for  our  clothes.  We 
never  offer  yau  bargains.  There  is  "lhal  something'-  about  our 
fashions  and  cut  that  identifies  you  at  once  as  being  correctly 
dressed. 


KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 

Fillmore    Street,     near    Sutter,    San    Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


35 


Mr.  Spreckels  is  a  banker,  who  can  command 
attention  in  the  business  world.  Me  could  raise  the 
funds  necessary  to  retain  legal  and  detective  talent 
to  prosecute  the  thieves  in  office.  Best  of  all  he  had 
no  political  ambition  nor  has  he  any  now.  He 
believes  perhaps  that  "the  post  of  honor  is  the 
private  station."  This  is  a  rare  combination  of 
qualities  in  political  reformers. 


Still  another  favorable  accident  was  the  election 
of  Langdon  as  District  Attorney,  a  position  to 
which  his  legal  attainments  did  not  entitle  him. 
He  had  no  standing  in  the  legal  profession  and  in- 
deed to  most  people  it  was  a  surprise  to  learn 
that  he  had  been  admitted  to  practise  law.  He  had 
been  associated  closely  with  the  Ruef-Schmitz  gang 
and  everything  seemed  to  indicate  that  the  District 
Attorney's  office  was  about  to  fall  into  very  poor 
hands.  Miraculous  to  state  Langdon  was  barely 
installed  in  office  when  he  began  a  war  on  the 
criminal  followers  of  Ruef  and  Schmitz.  For  this 
he  was  denounced  vigorously  as  a  traitor  by  several 
Union  Labor  party  leaders,  including  P.  H. 
McCarthy,  the  head  of  the  Building  Trade's  Council 
and  special  spokesman  and  defender  of  Schmitz. 


All  the  developments  that  have  since  taken  place 
appear  to  indicate  the  Mr.  Langdon  is  a  man  of 
honest  instincts  and  that  when  installed  in  the 
position  of  District  Attorney  he  realized  at  once 
that  his  political  associates  were  organized  for 
criminal  purposes  and  he  therefore  made  war  on 
them.  He  has  acted  honorably  and  courageously 
and  will  no  doubt  be  rewarded  by  the  people. 


Thus  by  what  Pool  Bah  calls  "a  set  of  curious 
chances" — seemingly  were  accidents — the  tremend- 
ously powerful  criminal  conspiracy  of  Ruef  and  his 
official  creatures  has  been  broken  up  and  the  arch 
conspirator,  not  only  indicted  but  actually  lodged  in 
prison  before  his  trial  has  fairly  been  begun.  The 
best  laid  plans  of  mice  and  men  "gang  aft  aglee", 
and  they  go  wrong  oftenest  when  they  are  made  for 
purposes,  of  rascality.  Honesty  is  the  best  policy 
for  a  public  officer  or  a  private  citizen. 


The  decent  part  of  the  civilized  world  is  now- 
amazed  at  the  official  degradation  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, but  let  us  not  be  down  cast.  The  exposure  of 
the  scoundrels  is  worth  untold  millions  to  this 
and  every  other  American  City,  for  it  proves  that  in 
every  community  there  is  sure  to  be  enough  latent 
decency  and  patriotism  to  overthrow  the  official 
grafters  and  land  them  in  the  penitentiary. 


Judge  Coffey  as  presiding  judge  has  of  course  been 
a  strong  influence  for  right  in  this  remarkable  trial. 
The  public  of  San  Francisco  has  long  since  come  to 
regard  Judge  Coffey  and  honesty  as  synonymous. 
It  would  be  unfair  not  to  add  that  the  Superior 
Judges  with  perhaps  two  exceptions,  if  not  in  warm 
accord  with  the  prosecution  of  the  grafters,  have  not 
been  obstructive  and  in  fact  the  conduct  of  the 
Superior  Court  has  been  from  the  start  more  meri- 
torious than  that  of  the  Supreme  Bench,  which  at  first 
seemed  in  spots  to  be  lukewarm  toward  an  earnest 
assault  on  Mr.  Ruef's  citadel  of  graft. 


Too  much  praise  cannot  be  given  to  Judge  Dunne 
for  his  conduct  in  the  exasperating  ordeal  to  which 
he  has  been  subjected.  He  has  adopted  the  best 
possible  policy  in  forcing  the  grafters  to  trial  and 
in  not  being  deterred  by  the  raising  of  obstructive 
technical  points.  Such  a  course  is  characteristic  of 
an  honest  jurist  who  wishes  to  have  the  evidence 
on  both  sides  presented  as  quickly  as  possible  and 
let  the  jury  decide.  The  public  also  is  able  to 
decide  no  matter  what  the  verdict  of  a  jury  may  be. 


Now  that  Mr.  Heney  and  the  Grand  Jury  have 
shown  conclusively  that  the  present  City  government 
is  the  most  infamously  corrupt  in  America  if  not  in 
the  English  speaking  world,  the  political  party  that 
put  the  grafters  in  office  should  be  held  accountable 
for  their  crimes.  That  is  the  rule  in  every  free  land. 
If  the  Republicans  saddle  the  City  with  a  band  of 
boodlers  the  Republican  party  is  held  accountable.  So 
too  with  the  Democracy.  So  also  let  it  be  with  the 
Union  Labor  party  which  has  given  us  almost  every 
one  of  the  official  scoundrels  who  have  disgraced  San 
Francisco. 


When  the  former  Board  of  Supervisors  was  trying 
to  hold  Mayor  Schmitz  in  check  he  declared  repeatedly 
that  if  he  had  a  Board  in  accord  with  him  he  would 
do  wonders.  The  citizens  of  San  Francisco  to  their 
lasting  discredit  turned  a  good  Board  of  Supervisors 
out  of  office  and  elected  Schmitz  and  all  the  boodlers 
who  are  now  associated  with  him.  The  Union  Labor 
party  got  the  credit  of  the  sweeping  victory.  It  is 
now  entitled  to  all  the  odium  of-  the  exposure  of  graft 
and  must  stand  or  fall  upon  that  record. 

AMERICUS. 


Mrs.  Wiggs  at  the  New  Van  Ness  Theatre  caught 
the  fancy  of  the  town  this  week.  Sousa's  opera, 
"The  Free  Lance,"  is  next. 


HATS  for  EASTERDAYS 

AND  OTHER  DAYS 

KNOX   MATS 

FOR  MEN  AND  WOMEN 

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Excellence  and  Style 

PAUL  T.  CARROLL 

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sisters  who  are  really  nice,  but  he  is  determined  to 
have  no  handicap." 

Is  it  strange  then,  considering  all  this,  that  poor 
little  newly-rich  Mabelle  Gillman  should  have  denied 
her  father  when  Society  approves  the  forgetfulness  of 
family  ties? 

*  *         * 

I  hear  on  good  authority  that  any  day  now  we  may 
learn  that  H.  E.  Huntington  has  wedded  the  widow 
of  his  uncle,  the  late  C.  P.  Huntington,  for  the  year 
is  up  and  both  are  in  the  East. 

H.  E.  Huntington  is  not  younger  than  his  aunt 
as  many  people  imagine.  In  fact  she  is  a  year  or 
two  the  younger.  She  was  always  devoted  to  him,  and 
it  was  through  her  influence,  it  is  said,  that  Mr.  Hunt- 
ington obtained  so  much  of  his  famous  uncle's  fortune. 
He  is  mad  for  money  and  power,  and  it  is  said  that 
for  years  he  has  been  bent  on  marrying  his  rich  aunt. 

*  *         * 

At  first  Mrs.  H.  E.  Huntington  refused  positively 
to  grant  her  husband  a  divorce  but  he  gave  her  no 
peace  until  she  complied  with  his  wishes.  It  nearly 
broke  her  heart  when  the  divorce  came,  and  even  now 
it  needs  no  extraordinary  insight  to  human  nature  to 
see  that  the  lady  is  one  who  has  had  a  great  sorrow 
in  her  life.  Such  things  leave  their  indelible  marks. 
It  must  be  a  satisfaction  to  her,  however,  to  know  that 
the  father  of  her  children  was  not  attracted  by  a 
younger  but  by  an  older  and  richer  woman. 


MRS.  REGINALD  BROOKE 

Mabelle  Gilman's  denial  of  her  father  seemed  a 
little  unique  until  one  looks  over  Society,  and  then 
one  decides  that  it  is  not  alone  the  successful  chorus 
girl  who  breaks  up  a  millionaire's  family  and  weds 
him,  who  gets  a  swelled  head  and  publicly  denies  that 
she  is  any  relation  to  her  parents.  On  all  sides  in  San 
Francisco  one  knows  of  prominent  and  wealthy  wo- 
men who  have  cut  their  relatives  because  they  thought 
they  must  draw  the  line  somewhere.  One  of  the 
haughtiest  and  wealthiest  women  at  Burlingame  within 
the  past  few  years  was  humiliated  by  being  called 
upon  by  the  organization  in  her  church  to  contribute 
to  the  support  of  her  own  brother,  who  had  applied 
to  them  for  aid,  but  the  grand  dame  was  equal  to 
the  occasion,  and  in  polite  Burlingame  English  told 
them  to  go  to  the  bow-wows.  The  charitably  inclined 
intruders  sneaked  off  feeling  as  if  they  had  committed 
the  awful  crime  of  lese  majeste. 

Strange  enough  Society  rather  approves  of  young 
men  and  women  cutting  their  relations  and  one  often 
hears  it  said: 

"Oh,  yes ;  his  family  is  impossible,  but  you  know 
he  has  nothing  to  do  with  them." 

Not  long  since  a  prominent  matron  in  speaking 
of  a  male  climber  said : 

"Oh,  yes ;  he  is  charming  although  his  family  is  im- 
possible, but  he  has  cut  them  all  even  his  brothers  and 


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Special  attention  is  called  to  popular 
dining  -  room  prices  and  mid  -  day 
business  men's  luncheon  in  the  Crypt 


Room  and  Bath,     .     .     .        $3,  $5,  $6,  $8  and  upward 
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MRS.  FRANK  GRIFFIN 

Sin  add  these  surmises  prove  correct  and  H.  E. 
Huntington  marry  his  aunt  he  will  have  control  prac- 
tically of  all  the  Huntington  estate,  for  nothing  bores 
Archer  Huntington  as  the  thought  of  money  and  he 
is  his  mother's  only  heir.  Mrs.  Collis  P.  Huntington 
has  a  handsome  figure  of  which  she  takes  great  care. 
She  is  literary  and  artistic  in  her  tastes,  and  cares 
very  little  for  Society.  Mrs.  H.  E.  Huntington  also 
cares  little  for  Society  and  she  seeks  association  with 
people   whom   she   likes   regardless   of   whether   they 

figure  in  the  smart  set  or  not. 

*         *         * 

The  news  of  Juliet  Crosby's  death  was  received  with 


real  sorrow  by  thousands  ut  pla_\  goers  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  women  loved  the  actress,  who  was  per- 
haps the  mu>t  popular  of  her  profession.  When  Miss 
Crosby  married  Fred  Belasco  her  family  opposed  the 
union  on  account  of  their  difference  in  religion.  Mrs. 
Lewis,  her  mother,  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church, 
which  is  a  strict  sect.  But  the  marriage  proved  in 
every  way  such  a  happy  one  that  the  Lewises  soon 
got  over  their  feeling  in  the  matter.  Had  Mrs. 
Ilelasco's  health  permitted  she  could  have  risen  to  the 
heights  of  dramatic  success.  David  Belasco  would 
have  starred  her  any  time,  for  he  had  a  high  opinion 
of  his  sister-in-law's  abilities. 

*         *         * 

An  engagement  which  will  be  of  great  interest  to 
friends  here  and  in  Sonoma  County  is  that  of  Miss 
Mabel  Lindsey  and  Dr.  Jackson  Temple,  son  of  the 
late  Supreme  Justice,  Jackson  Temple.  The  Temples 
are  amongst  the  oldest  and  best  known  residents  of 
Santa  Rosa.  Dr.  Temple  is  a  graduate  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  California  and  is  at  present  connected  with 
the  City  and  County  Hospital.  It  had-  been  intended 
to  celebrate  the  wedding  at  Trinity  Chapel  in  this 
City  in  July,  and  was  to  have  been  an  elaborate  affair, 
but  owing  to  the  sudden  death  of  Miss  May  Belle 
Temple,  the  sister  of  the  groom,  it  will  be  celebrated 
very  quietly  this  Summer.  Miss  Lindsey  and  her 
mother  are  at  present  residing  at  Mrs.  Hoods  in  Ala- 
meda— having  moved  there  after  the  fire.  Miss 
Lindsey  is  a  very  pretty  vivacious  and  accomplished 
young  lady.  Dr.  Temple  will  reside  in  his  former 
home,  Santa  Rosa,  after  his  marriage. 

J.  J.  Moore  has  entirely  recovered  from  his  recent 
injuries,  which  he  received  in  Los  Angeles,  and  is 
now  at  his  charming  summer  home  at  Fair  Oaks. 


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A  very  pretty  young  lady  who  will  be  a  Summer 
bride  is  Miss  Lucy  Mighell,  daughter  of  the  late' 
James  Philip  Mighell,  niece  of  Mr.  William  E. 
Mighell  and  grand-daughter  of  Mrs.  Kashow,  after 
whom  Kashows  Island  was  named.  The  fortunate 
man  is  Mr.  Thomas  J.  Churchill,  who  comes  from  a 
prominent  family  of  the  South.  His  grand-father 
was  the  famous  Confederate,  General  Churchill. 
Mrs.  Churchill,  mother  of  the  groom  to  be  was  a 
Miss  Hooper,  daughter  of  Dr.  T.  O.  Hooper,  who 
served  as  a  surgeon  in  the  Confederate  Army  and  in 
later  years  was  president  of  the  American  Medical 
Society.  The  Churchills  have  only  been  residents  of 
San  Francisco  a  few  years.  They  live  in  a  charming 
home  on  Post  Street  and  entertain  in  the  true 
Southern  style.  Young  Mr.  Churchill  holds  a 
responsible  position  with  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company.  He  is  building  a  residence  in  San  Mateo 
and  will  make  that  place  his  home  after  his  mar- 
riage. Miss  Lucy  Mighell's  portrait  appears  in  the 
Wasp  this  week. 

All  our  society  skaters  will  be  busily  engaged 
during  the  next  week  in  planning  rink  parties 
as  Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White  has  announced  that  a 
masque  and  fancy  dress  ball,  on  skates  will  take 
place  at  the  Pavilion  Rink  on  Monday-  evening, 
April  1st.  Mrs.  White  emphatically  states  that  all 
on  the  floor  must  wear  masks  but  need  not  don 
fancy  dress  unless  they  desire  to  do  so.  Another 
rule  to  be  strictly  enforced  is  that  all  who  wish  to 
invite  guests  for  that  evening  must  send  in  their 
guests'  names  in  advance,  as  no  tickets  will  be 
given  anybody  at  the  door  on  that  evening.  All 
members  must  present  their  membership  cards  at 
the  door  on  that  evening  as  no  one  will  be  admitted 
to  the  hall  without  those  important  pasteboards. 
*  *  * 

Miss  Marie  Churchill,  the  pretty  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  S.  J.  Churchill  who  will  make  her  debut 
the  coming  Winter,  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
younger  branch  of  the  Albert  Sidney  Johnstone 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  She  will 
be  the  maid  of  honor  at  the  forth  coming  wedding 
of  her  brother  Mr.  Thomas  J.  Churchill  to  Miss 
Lucy  Mighell. 

Miss  Mazie  Coyle  whose  portiait  appeared  in  The 
Wasp  last  week  is  a  pretty  Southern  girl  and  one 
of  the  most  graceful  skaters  at  the  Monday  Even- 
ing Skating  Club.  Miss  Mazie  and  Angela  Coyle, 
gave  a  very  large  tea  at  the  City  of  Paris  Tea 
Garden  during  the  Winter.  It  was  an  elaborate 
affair,  complimentary  to  one  of  the  season's  brides. 
*       *       * 

bara  is  not  putting  on  perky  airs  to  think  that  it 
has  a  hero,  and  one  who  is  about  to  be  decorated 
by  the  Emperor  of  Germany  and  the  King  of  Eng- 
land, and  for  his  gallantry  on  that  expedition  in 
China. 

Saturday  afternoon  Mrs.  Christian  Herter  had 
the  relief  expedition  to  Peking  in  which  he  took 
part.  The  women  went  wild  over  the  bravery  of  the 
Admiral  and  his  sailor  lads  and  maybe  Santa  Bar- 


Among  the  San  Francisco  people  who  are  cut- 
ting a  wide  swath  at  Santa  Barbara  are  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  M.  H.  Hecht,  who  have  engaged  a  suite  of 
rooms  for  the  remainder  of  the  season.  By  the  way 
I  heard  that  Mr.  Hecht's  valet  is  the  despair  of  the 
other  servitors  at  the  hotel  where  the  Hechts  are 
stopping.  He  is  so  filled  with  airs  and  so  puffed 
up  over  belonging  to  the  "City  that  was  and  that  is 
to  be"  that  the  frequenters  of  below  stairs  are  cast 
down  and  elated  by  turns.  One  thing  is  sure :  Mr. 
Hecht  is  a  modest  man  compared  to  "Jeames". 
*         *         * 

Admiral  McCalla,  who  was  reported  to  be  dying, 
is  very  much  alive,  I  am  glad  to  state.  Last  week 
this  gallant  officer  at  Mrs.  Christine  Harter's  home 
in  Santa  Barbara  read  extracts  from  his  records  of 
another  literary  blowout.  She  was  fortunate  enough 
to  secure  Father  de  Vey  of  Paris,  France,  to  give  a 
series  of  five  lectures  in  his  native  tongue  and  she 
invited  a  group  of  the  most  exclusive  women  to 
head  him. 

Thomas  Driscoll  has  returned  to  Burlingame 
and  San  Francisco  after  leaving  his  wife  and 
baby  at  Mrs.  Driscoll's  parents.  Admiral  and  Mrs. 
Albert  W.  Bacon,  of  Santa  Barbara,  and  where  the 
baby  is  being  made  much  of  as  is  the  custom  with 
grandparents  and  aunties  the  world  over.  Mrs. 
Bowman  H.  McCalla  gave  a  tea  on  Saturday  after- 
noon for  Mrs.  Driscoll.  and  the  stately  house,  with 
its  immense  rooms  was  very  attractive.  All  Santa 
-arbara  and  Montecito  society  made  its  way  out  to 
the  McCallas  during  the  afternoon  and  everyone 
seemed  to  have  a  delightful  half  hour.  Mrs.  Horace 
Blanchard  Chase  of  San  Francisco,  poured  coffee 
and  Mrs.  Albert  W.  Bacon,  Mrs.  Driscoll's  mother, 
looked  very  much  at  home  beside  the  tea  table  dis- 
pensing its  hospitalities.  Mrs.  McCalla  had  a  bright 
bevy  of  young  matrons  and  maids  assisting  her  in 
receiving,    conspicious    among    them    being:    Mrs. 


GET   AWAY    FROM   THE   CROWD   AND 

LIVE  AT  DEL  MONTE 


While  the  city  is  overcrowded,  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.     Phone  Temporary  275  1 . 


ANNOUNCEMENT 


Mrs.  Mott- Smith  Cunningham  exhibitor  in 
Paris  Salon  of  1 906  announces  that  her  Studio 
Shop  at  1 622  Pine  St.,  a  few  doors  from  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  is  now  open  for  the  sale  of  her  jewelry 


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39 


Kingsle)  Man-  of  Boston;  Mrs.  Stewart  Edward 
White,  wife  of  the  distinguished  author:  Mi>s  Cora 
Bowditch,  Miss  Antonia  Mar-in,  Miss  Delfina  Dib- 
blee,    Miss    Elizabeth    Livermore    and    Miss   Stella 

McCalla. 

*      *       * 

Mrs.  Henry  T.  Scott  and  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Crockett 
Stopped  at  Santa  Barbara  on  their  way  up  from 
Coronado.  They  attended  luncheon  on  hoard  the 
Charleston  before  she  left  Coronado  for  Magdalena 
bay.  Xed  Greenway  was  also  a  guest  at  the  lunch- 
ei  in. 


Miss   Ethel  Shorb  is  the  guest  of  Miss  Maye  Col- 

burn  in  San  Rafael. 

*  *       * 

Judge  and  Mrs.  Morrow  of  San  Rafael  left 
on  the  28th  of  this  month  for  Europe.  The  Judge 
is  going  to  consult  an  eminent  European  occulist 
as  his  eyes  have  troubled  him  seriously  for  some 
time.   He  will  also  take  the  waters  at  Carlsbad. 

*  *       * 

Mrs.  Frank  Zook,  Mrs.  C.  P.  Pomeroy,  Mrs.  J. 
E.  Alexander,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Baker  were  a  few  San 
Rafael  ladies  who  entertained  at  enjoyable  bridge 
yaiiies  during  the  past  week. 

*  *       * 

Hotel  Rafael  has  been  crowded  during  the  past 
week  with  Raymond  excursionists.  They  seemed 
most  favorably  impressed  with  California  though 
seeing  it  in  its  most  unfavorable  aspect,  during  one 
of  the  most  disagreeable  Winters  on  record.  The 
excursionists  were  a  very  nice  looking  people  and 
evidently  represented  the  better  classes  of  the 
Quaker  State. 

A  large  and  enjoyable  luncheon  was  given  last 
week  by  Mrs.  Robert  Davis  of  Ross  Valley  in 
honor  of  her  daughter  Miss  Constance.  Many 
charming  buds  from  San  Rafael  were  present. 

*  *       * 

Mrs.  Cyrus  El  wood  Brown  gave  a  "coffee  and 
Lenten  conversazione"  on  Saturday  last  at  her 
beautiful  home  3301  Pacific  Avenue.  Among  those 
present  were :  Mrs.  Selden  L.  Wright,  Mrs.  O.  D. 
Baldwin.  Mrs.  John  McGaw,  Mrs.  S.  W.  Holloday, 
Mrs.  E.  B.  Holloday,  Mrs.  Walter  D.  Mansfield, 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Craig  and  Miss  Roberta  Thompson. 

*  #       * 

All  the  beauty  doctors  in  the  world  could  not 
persuade  Alice  Neilson  to  part  with  the  large  mole 
that  some  think  disfigures  her  cheek.  The  little 
prima  donna  does  not  exactly  consider  that  the 
mole  adds  to  her  beauty  but  she  believes  it  means 
good  luck.  Moles  in  certain  positions  on  the  face 
or  body  are  mascots  and  this  mole  according  to  the 
luck-interpreters,  is  particularly  well  placed. 

*  *       * 

Mrs.  Harry  R.  Bostvvick  will  be  hostess  at  an  elab- 
orate bridge  party  on  April  6th  at  the  residence  of  her 
mother  on  Laurel  Street.  Invitations  read  half  after 
one  o'clock.  It  will  be  a  very  large  affair,  and  the 
prizes  will  be  very  handsome. 


:OP: 


Furniture 
Oriental  Rugs 
Draperies 


Headquarters  for 
Mahogany  Furniture 

The  charm  of  the  "Colonial"  is  typical 
of  the  Quaint  and  Restful. 
Our  Furniture  is  characteristic  of  the 
beautiful  Crotch  Mahogany  Treat- 
ment. 

"Colonial"  "Sheraton," 
"Louis  XV,"  "Louis  XVI," 
"Chippendale,"  "Adam" 

Our  Energies  are  directed  entirely  to 
the  production  of  Period   Furniture 

embracing  all  that  is  best  and  correct  in 
Interior  Decoration. 


Our  Furniture 

Possesses  Character     it  has  Meaning 
both  strongly  represented. 

At  Most  Modest  Prices 


Van  Ness  at  Washington 

NORTH  END 


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Photo  Ger.tSe 


MISS  GERTRUDE  McFARLANE 


I  hear  that  Miss  Upton  of  Los  Angeles,  who  will 
soon  be  introduced  to  us  as  the  bride  of  Charlie 
Dickman,  the  artist,  is  a  fine  pianist.  The  announce- 
ment that  Dickman  was  to  marry  again  did  not  sur- 
prise those  of  his  intimates  who  knew  of  his  atten- 
tions to  Miss  Upton.  His_  former  wife,  Grace  Pat- 
terson, who  is  now  Mrs.  Clarence  Eddy,  was  also 
a  musician,  but  a  singer,  and  their  temperaments 
were  not  at  all  harmonious.  Charlie  is  a  Bohemian 
of  the  Bohemians,  and  the  former  Mrs.  Dickman  is 
not  in  the  least  of  that  disposition.  She  is  extremely 
happy  with  her  present  husband,  who  is  an  ideal 
mate  for  her,  always  attentive  to  her  wishes  and 
studying  in  all  things  to  please  her.  Artists  who 
have  met  Miss  Upton  tell  me  that  she  is  charming 
and  will  be  just  the  one  to  preside  graciously  and 
gracefully  over  the  Di'ckman  bungalow  in  Mon- 
terey. 

Miss  Lillian  Brechemin,  whose  engagement  to 
Dr.  Gillespie  of  New  York  was  announced  in  this 
week's  papers,  used  to  attend  the  Girls'  High  School 
in  this  City,  before  her  father.  Dr.  Brechemin,  was 


ordered  to  the  Philippines.  Mrs.  Brechemin  sang  in 
one  of  the  church  choirs  and  was  also  teacher  of 
singing  in  the  high  schools.  The  Brechemins  are 
a  charming  family,  and  in  Manila  made  hosts  of 
friends.  It  was  in  Manila  that  Miss  Lillian  made 
her  formal  debut  in  Society. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Morgan,  who  will  succeed  Mr. 
Weeden  as  rector  of  St.  Luke's,  is  not  a  stranger  in 
San  Francisco,  for  he  was  at  the  Good  Samaritan 
Mission  for  some  time.  He  is  an  Englishman,  and 
has  the  real  British  accent  and  manner.  He  came 
from  Bakersfield,  where  he  was  an  intimate  friend 
of  the  Will  Tevises.  The  report  that  he  has  an  in- 
dependent fortune  of  recent  acquisition,  by  inheri- 
tance, added  to  the  fact  that  he  is  a  bachelor,  should 
make  St.  Luke's  particularly  popular  among  the  un- 
married young  women  of  Society.  Grace  church 
used  to  be  in  high  favor  among  the  girls  of  the  smart 
set  until  Miss  Susie  Le  Count  stepped  in  and  car- 
ried away  the  rector,  or  rather  stepped  to  the  altar 
with  him.    There  is  something  eminently  attractive 

in  a  bachelor  clergyman  to  impressible  feminines. 
*         *         * 

I  hear  that  one  of  the  artists  who  is  "doing  the 
big  stuff"  in  Santa  Barbara  is  Mr.  Davis.  He  has 
one  of  the  little  group  of  studios  in  the  Abadie 
Gardens.  Quaint,  moss-grown  fences,  beyond  which 
a  tangle  of  roses  glow,  half  hiding  dull  gray  tumble- 


Announcement 


Or     THE    ARRIVAL     OF     OUR 

HIGH   GRADE  FRENCH 
FIRE-PROOF    WARE 


This  is  the  highest  grade  of  Fire- 
proof Ware,  dark  shaded  brown 
exterior  and  pure  white  porcelain 
lined,  intended  to  cook  and  serve 
in  same  vessel.  It  is  far  superior 
to  any  kind  of  metal  vessels  for 
cooking  cereals,  fruits,  pot  roasts, 
chickens,  squabs,  etc. 


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<l"\\n  walls,  all  crowned  with  hand-made  red  tiles. 
makes  an  environment  fit  for  the  artists  that  occupy 
the  studios.  There  Fernand  Lungren,  that  indom- 
itable digger;  Gamble,  Howard,  Davis,  and  last  but 
inn  least,  Alexander  Marnier,  who  owns  the  places 
and  whose  pictures  of  early  days  are  painted  con 
amore.  Mr.  Davis'  charming  daughters  are  reign- 
ing belles  at  the  I'otter,  where  they  are  established 
for  the  season,  and  there  is  scarcely  a  Saturday  or 
Wednesday  evening  that  they  do  not  give  a  dinner, 
and    each    dinner   ends    in    the   guests    repairing  to 

the  ball-room  for  the  dance. 

*         *         * 

Mr>.  Sheffield  of  Santa  Barbara  was  nearly  kept 
from  the  wedding  of  her  son,  Eugene  Sheffield,  who 
married  Florence  Ward  in  Berkeley  on  Saturday, 
and  it  was  only  by  the  greatest  bit  of  luck  that  she 
was  able,  when  the  railroads  proved  a  brittle  reed, 
to  get  a  berth  on  the  steamer.  A  friend  succeeded 
in  securing  a  state-room  of  one  of  the  officers — and 
I  understand  that  the  several  officers  made  more 
from  the  bonuses  paid  them  on  that  trip  by  passen- 
gers from  Santa  Barbara,  who  cared  not  a  whit  for 
the  money,  but  who  would  prefer  death  on  the  rail 
or  by  shipwreck  to  remaining  a  day  after  deciding 
to  go,  than  they  could  have  earned  by  several  jaunts 


MRS.  JOSEPH  S.  TOB1N 

From  a  minilure  by  Rose  Hooper  Plolner 


up  and  down  the  coast.  Well,  as  one  of  the  gold- 
braided  officers  remarked  while  pacing  the  deck 
and  thinking  of  the  warm  bed  he  had  resigned  at  the 
call  of  the  coin  of  the  realm :  "Tourists  have  their 
uses  and  abuses." 

Mr.  Louis  Martel  left  last  Wednesday  for  a  visit 
of  several  weeks  to  Los  Angeles.  It  is  a  pity  that 
Society  sees  so  little  of  this  wealthy  and  attractive 
bachelor.  At  all  the  elaborate  functions  of  his  charm- 
ing mother,  Mrs.  J.  L.  Martel,  and  his  well  known 
sisters,  Miss  Addie  Martel,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Masten  and 
Mrs.  C.  J.  Stoval,  who  are  constantly  entertaining,  he 
can  never  be  persuaded  to  join  in  the  festivities.  His 
bachelor  friends  wonder  if  the  trip  south  is  at  all 
significant. 


MADAME  PADERNEIRES 


Announcement 

SPRING  and  SUMMER 

We  desire  to  announce  that  our  com- 
plete selection  of  strictly  confined  Imported 
and  Domestic  Woolens,  consisting  of  un- 
usually attractive  patterns  in  popular  weaves  and  fashionable  ma- 
terials, is  now  ready  awaiting  inspection. 

It  gives  us  pleasure  to  state  that  every  garment  is  made  by 
skilled  tailors,  cut  on  stylish  and  artistic  lines  that  command  the 
admiration  and  approval  of  our  customers. 

We  cordially  invite  and  solicit  patronage,  and  endeavor  to  up- 
hold our  past  reputation  for  high-grade  tailoring  at  moderate  prices. 

McMahon,  Keyser  &  Stiegeler 
Bros.,  Inc. 


Main  Store 

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The  early  week  dispatches  from  Boston  recorded 
the  news  that  Mrs.  Lucy  Banning  Bradbury  has 
taken  a  matinee  stage  idol  as  her  second  matrimonial 
choice,  one  Mace  Greenleaf,  unknown,  so  far  as  I 
know,  out  this  way.  This  knocks  on  the  head  the 
rumors  current  in  Los  Angeles  for  some  months 
after  Mrs.  Bradbury  went  abroad  that  a  certain 
wealthy  clubman  of  the  Southern  metropolis  had  a 
good  chance  of  winning  her  hand,  and  had  followed 
her  to  Paris  to  press  his  suit.  This  was  a  good 
while  after  her  divorce  from  her  husband,  John 
Bradbury.  The  lady  is  said  to  be  even  more 
beautiful  now  than  in  her  youthful  days  when  she 
succeeded  in  fascinating  an  Englishman  who  was 
temporarily  residing  in  Los  Angeles  to  such  an 
extent  that  he  foreswore  his  allegiance  to  his  lawful 
wife  and  contemplated  an  elopement.  The  pair  were 
not  permitted  to  have  their  way  and  give  up  the 
world  for  love,  for  a  merciful  providence  intervened 
to  frustrate  their  plans.  The  pretty,  foolish  young 
wife  who  had  probably  overfed  her  mind  on  trashy 
literature  was  forgiven  by  her  husband  and  taken 
back  to  his  heart  and  home.  The  Englishman  came 
to  a  tragic  end,  falling  from  a  train  and  being  killed, 
the  act  generally  being  commented  on,  if  I  re- 
member aright,  as  suicide.  The  Bradburys  suffered 
a  season  of  financial  stringency,  and  went  to  Arizona 
and  Mexico,  but  returned  to  Los  Angeles  richer 
than  ever  and  Mrs.  Bradbury  took  her  place  as 
leader  of  the  inner  circle  of  the  aristocracy  down 
South.  She  was  the  most  popular  hostess  in  the 
lively  set  and  her  parties  were  considered  the  most 
original  and  successful  ever  given  in  Los  Angeles. 
*       *       * 

Miss  Ella  Bender,  the  clever  society  girl  who 
quite  recently  gave  a  reading  at  Mrs.  Homer  S. 
Kings  residence  on  Broadway  is  a  niece  of  Mrs. 
E.  B.  Crocker  of  Sacramento,  who  was  Miss 
Bender.  The  Benders  have  been  very  prominent  in 
Nevada  and  Sacramento  society.  Their  home  on 
Green  Street  was  burned  in  the  great  fire  and  since 
that  the  family  has  been  living  in  Sausalito.  Miss 
Bender  received  her  first  instructions  in  public 
reading  from  the  late  Mrs.  Francis  Edgerton,  the 
sister  of  Mrs.  Homer  S.  King. 

When  Miss  Bender  went  East  last  year  it  was 
thought  she  would  go  on  the  stage  but  she  only 
took  a  course  in  elocution  at  the  Boston  School  of 
Oratory.  She  does  not  need  to  work  for  a  living 
and  though  the  stage  naturally  possesses  fascina- 
tion for  her  she  has  said  positively  that  she  will  not 
become  an  actress  but  will  use  her  talent  in  dramatic 
recitation  alone.  Mrs.  Sarah  Cowell  Le  Moyne,  with 
whom  she  studied  in  Boston,  is  one  of  the  finest 
Browning  interpreters  in  America,  and  during  her 
period  of  vacation  from  the  stage  gave  Browning 
recitals  all  over  this  country.  She  gave  a  series  for 
the  Channing  Auxiliary.  Miss  Bender  took  up 
Browning  under  Mrs. "  LeM oyne  and  .has  made  a 
great  success  in  her  readings  of  that  complex  poet's 
works.  The  appreciation  of  her  artistic  efforts  is 
best  shown  by  the  fact  that  her  delighted -circle  of 
admirers  gladly  pay  the  admission  fee  of  a  dollar  a 
ticket. 


Mrs.  John  Taylor's  gowns  have  been  greatly 
admired  during  her  present  visit,  her  first  since  she 
was  Daisy  Van  Ness.  She  designs  all  her  frocks 
herself,  I  am  told,  and  it  was  well  known  that  when 
she  lived  here  she  was  the  most  successful  amateur 
dressmaker  in  society.  She  made  her  own  hats,  too, 
and  they  had  the  real  Parisian  air. 

Mrs.  David  Bixler's  handsome  home  was  the  scene 
of  an  elaborate  dinner  oarty  on  Saturday  evening 
last.  Sixteen  guests  enjoyed  her  hospitality,  the  oc- 
casion being  a  birthday  anniversary  of  her  brother, 
Rothwell  Hyde.  Much  amusement  was  occasioned  by 
the  huge  cake  with  one  bright  candle,  Mr.  Hvde  being 
too  modest  to  acknowledge  his  age.  All  present  were 
expected  to  guess  how  many  candles  might  be  added, 
as  some  of  the  guests  present  had  danced  with  him 
when  they  made  their  debut,  and  on  this  occasion  their 
daughters  sat  around  this  festive  board.  Mr.  Hyde 
had  to  stand  considerable  raillery,  but  fortunately  was 
equal  to  the  occasion. 

The  Lakeside  Skating  Club  of  Oakland  has  been 
revived  for  the  Spring  season,  by  Joseph  Rosborough. 
Tuesday  evenings  have  been  set  for  the  club's  gather- 
ings. This  arrangement  will  enable  the  buds  from 
this  City  and  San  Rafael  to  join  in  the  gayety.  Five 
meetings  will  take  place,  the  last  -one  being  in  June. 
*  *         * 

From  the  number  of  distinguished  foreigners  who 
have  engaged  rooms  at  the  new  Fairmont  Hotel,  San 
Francisco  is  evidently  going  to  be  the  mecca  of  the 
globe-trotters  this  year.  The  commanding  view  which 
this  hotel  affords  will  give  the  tourist  an  idea  of 
the  natural  beauties  of  our  City,  of  which,  heretofore, 
the  visitor  has  had  only  a  passing  realization  gained 
by  chance  glimpses  of  the  bay  and  hills.  As  the  pres- 
ence of  visiting  notables  always  prods  the  hospitality 


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of  the  negligent   Summer  hostess  the  "between 

-<>m"  i-  not  apt  to  be  a^  « lull  thi>  year  as  usual.  In 
fact  there  are  already  a  number  of  smart  dinners 
and  luncheons  planned  t"  take  place  at  this  Fair- 
mont during  the  "silly  season 

*  *        * 

h  was  Inn  a  short  time  ago  that  John  T.  Doyle, 
the  able  and  well-known  lawyer,  passed  away  at 
his  fine  residence  in  Menlo  Park.  Another  death 
took  place  at  the  Doyle  home  on  Monday  last,  when 
Miss  Frances  Doyle,  the  daughter,  followed  her 
father  to  the  grave.  Miss  Doyle  was  an  accom- 
plished young  girl,  with  ample  means  to  enjoy  life 
and  Society,  but  cared  nothing  whatever  for  it. 
she  preferred  to  engage  in  social  settlement  work  in 
San  Francisco.  She  fell  from  a  second-story  win- 
dow of  the  Children's  Hospital  last  April  and  sus- 
tained injuries  from  which  she  never  recovered,  and 
linalh  .  after  great  suffering,  death  relieved  her. 
Miss  Doyle  is  a  cousin  of  Mr.  Jack  and  Miss  Daisy 

( lasserly  of  this  City. 

*  *        * 

The  latest  wanderer  to  return  is  Joseph  Ros- 
borough,  the  popular  San  Francisco  and  Oakland 
Society  man.  who  has  been  the  guest  of  General 
and  Mrs.  Frisbie  in  Mexico.  Mr.  Rosborough  and 
some  sixty  Californians  who  were  visiting  Mexico 
at  the  same  time  were  given  an  audience  by  Presi- 
dent Diaz.  The  San  Francisco  man  was  chosen  to 
speak  for  his  fellow  countrymen,  which  he  did,  it  is 
said,  in  his  usual  clever  way. 

*  *         * 

The  fraternal  dinner  which  that  warm-hearted 
and  popular  merchant  prince,  Raphael  Weill,  gives 
every  year  to  the  veterans  of  the  "Old  Guard"  of 
the  Bohemian  Club  will  take  place  this  year  on 
April  13th.  Those  seasoned  sons  of  Bohemia  have 
no  superstitious  terrors  of  the  fateful  number  13. 
The  invitation  which  has  been  sent  out  to  the 
brotherhood  was  as  follows : 

"Dear  Old  Brother  in  Bohemia:  Why  should 
we  not  meet  this  year?  Has  anything  happened 
since  we  last  met?  Something  did,  which  has  en- 
deared to  me  all  the  old  boys,  and  it  is  my  greatest 
wish  to  have  you  join  us  at  a  banquet  on  April  the 
13th  at  the  Palace,  to  celebrate  the  ninetieth  birth- 
day of  our  dear  old  high  priest  and  friend,  'dear 
old  Uncle  George.'  " 

What  pranks  old  Father  Time_  has  played  with 
the  contemporaries  of  Raphael  Weill  since  they 
were  gay  young  fellows  together  away  back  in  the 
sixties,  when  those  annual  dinners  were  inaugur- 
ated. "Alas  the  flying  years,"  as  old  Horace  says 
when  he  bewails  the  symptoms  of  aproaching  bald- 
ness and  the  premonitory  twinges  of  rheumatism 
that  make  even  a  gay  Bohemian  sedate.  Old 
Charon  would  have  to  take  an  afternoon  off  and 
check  off  his  passenger  lists  before  he  could  tell 
how  many  of  the  "Old  Guard"  have  paid  their 
obolus  and  crossed  his  ferry.  Two  went  over  the 
dark  river  during  the  past  year  and  will  be  sadly 
missed  at  the  coming  dinner  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 
The  sudden  death  of  S.  D.  Brastow  lessened  the  at- 
tenuated  ranks  by  one  loyal   and  greatly   beloved 


member,  and   recently  a  much  younger  and  equally 
popular   one    dropped    out    of    sight    forever    when 

Thei  "I.  >re    I  'avne  died. 

The    list    of   guests    to    whom    Mr.    Weill    has    sent 

invitations  for  the  dinner  on  the  13th  proximo  i>  as 

i'  ■Hows : 

II.  R.  Bloomer,  X.  J.  Brittan,  George  T.  Bromley, 
Hugh  M.  Burke,  David  Bush,  Jennings  P.  (  ox,  \. 
VfcFarland  Davis,  L.  II.  Foote,  Clay  M.  Green,  I. 
Gutte,  R.  C.  Harrison.  A.  G.  llawes.  Barton  Hill, 
I  lorace  L.  Hill,  Thomas  Mill,  J.  X.  1 1.  Irwin.  ( leorge 
T.  Ives,  Charles  Josselyn,  John  Landers,  Barbour 
Lathrop,  R.  II.  Lloyd,  Jerry  Lynch,  Ben  Clark, 
George  II.  Mailer.  Samuel  D.  Mayer,  James  M. 
McDonald,  Jasper  McDonald,  G.  A.  E.  Muecke, 
\\  .men  Payne,  George  C.  Perkins,  Peter  Robert- 
son, Charles  Warren  Stoddard,  Benjamin  R.  Swan, 
Frank  L.  Unger,  Raphael  Weill  and  Dr.  J.  Younger. 
*         #         * 

Mr.  ami  Mrs.  George  Sperry,  who  left  here  re- 
cently for  a  tour  abroad,  have  arrived  in  Xew  York. 


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Photo  Rice 


MRS.  MIDDLEHOFF 


Nordica  is  never  so  much  rushed  by  the  culturines 
of  Society  as  are  some  of  the  musical  stars  that  come 
this  way.  Nordica  is  charming  in  company  but  she 
does  not  crave  the  notice  of  the  smart  set  and  prefers 
a  few  friends'  company  to  large  affairs  in  her  honor. 
She  is  great  chums  with  the  De  Youngs,  however, 
and  is  quite  the  friend  of  the  house  there.  Melba,  too, 
is  always  invited  to  the  De  Youngs  when  she  comes 
to  San  Francisco,  and  the  Burlingamites  are  devoted 
to  Melba.  Emma  Eames  was  the  prima  donna  over 
whom  Harry  Holbrook  and  Dr.  Harry  Tevis  enthused 
so  publicly  during  her  first  season  here.  The  second 
time  the  divine  Emma  came  West  Mr.  Holbrook  was 
a  benedict  and  so  it  was  up  to  Dr.  Harry  to  do  most 
of  the  entertaining  in  Mrs.  Story's  honor.  On  her 
previous  visit,  it  will  be  remembered,  Mr.  Holbrook 
hosted  a  dinner  in  the  statuesque  prima  donna's  honor 
which  was  thought  to  be  the  feast  that  decided  "who's 
who"  in  Society  here.  His  guests  were-  chosen  with 
such  care  that  many  who  had  hoped  to  be  invited  had 
to  chew  the  cud  of  disappointment  for  months  after- 
ward.   -But  the  next  time  t-he-prima  donna-carae  West 


— not  the  concert  tour  but  in  grand  opera —  the  earth- 
quake put  an  untimely  end  to  the  season  thereby  giv- 
ing Dr.  Tevis  a  chance  to  show  her  the  generous 
measure  of  his  hospitality  at  his  country  place. 

*  *  * 

Invitations  are  out  for  the  marriage  of  Miss  Nettie 
Sexton  to  Mr.  Edwin  Dow  on  April  6th  at  the  resi- 
dence of  the  bride's  father,  Mr.  William  Sexton,  on 
Washington  Street.  It  will  be  a  pink  and  white  wed- 
ding, with  little  Miss  Betty  Dow,  the  niece  of  the 
groom,  as  flower  girl.  Miss  Lucille  Levy  and  Lavania 
Giesting  will  be  bridesmaids  and  Wallace  Dow,  brother 
of  the  groom,  the  best  man.  The  young  couple  after 
the  honeymoon  will  reside  with  Mr.  Sexton,  who  is 
a  widower.  Mr.  Sexton  is  the  well  known  and  popu- 
lar insurance  man.  Mr.  Dow  is  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  the  Dow  Pump  Works  Company.  Percy  Long, 
the  ex-City  and  County  Attorney,  married  the  elder 
Miss  Sexton. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Marguerite  Hanford,  who  has  been  passing 
the  Winter  in  an  attractive  flat  on  Broderick,  with 
Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges,  will  leave  early  in  April 
for  an  extended  Eastern  tour.  She  will  visit  her  old 
home  in  Montreal  before  her  return  to  California. 
In  the  meantime  Mrs.  Hedges  will  for  the  coming 
month  have  Mrs.  Florence  Pfingst  and  Mrs.  Shirley 
as  her  guests,  until  May,  when  Mrs.  Hedges  will 
leave  for  Plainfield,  N.  J.  Mrs.  Pfingst  was  a  Miss 
Florence  Porter,  the  daughter  of  the  late  John  Por- 
ter, banker  of  Watsonville.  She  is  a  brilliant  and  ac- 
complished woman,  having  traveled  extensively 
abroad.  She  is  a  linguist  of  rare  ability,  speaking 
French,  German  and  Spanish  as  fluently  as  her 
native  tongue.  Her  mother's  magnificent  country 
home  in  Watsonville  is  one    of    the    show    places 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


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LADY  ABERDEEN 

of  the  surrounding  country,  where  hospitality 
is  dispensed  with  a  lavish  hand.  Mr.  War- 
ren R.  Porter,  the  only  son  and  brother,  is  now  our 
Lieut.  Governor  of  California.  Mrs.  Warren  Porter 
was  the  pretty  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Giles  Eaton  of 
Berkeley  before  her  marriage. 
$  *  * 

According  to  an  English  Society  writer  the  di- 
vorced wife  of  Mr.  Richard  McCreery  and  his  pres- 
ent wife,  who  was  Lady  Grey  Edgerton,  have  met 
several  times  since  the  recent  marriage  of  the  San 
Francisco  clubman.  The  first  Mrs.  McCreery  has 
been  living  at  Tunbridge  Wells,  where  she  has  taken 
a  house,  as  her  little  son  is  in  delicate  health  and 
cannot  live  in  town.  The  two  ladies  met  one  day 
at  Claridge's  restaurant,  where  both  were  taking 
lunch.  Again  both  were  at  the  St.  James  Theatre 
one  evening.  They  sat  in  boxes  facing  each  other. 
The  ladies  did  not  appear  uncomfortable,  but  Mr. 

McCreery  kept  well  in  the  background. 
*  *         *L 

Edgar  Mills  will  soon  start  for  Paris,  and  will 
make   that   place   his   headquarters   for   some   time. 


Mr.  Mills  has  always  been  ready  to  offer  his  ser- 
vices for  any  worthy  charity.  He  has  a  glorious 
voice  and  will  be  greatly  missed  from  Bohemian 
circles.  While  in  Paris  two  years  ago  Mr.  Mills 
studied  under  de  Reszke.  Apropos  of  the  de  Reszkes, 
Jean  de  Reszke  has  a  much  patronized  singing 
school  in  Paris,  while  his  brother,  Edouard,  has 
opened  one  in  London,  for  which  he  charges  $10.50 
for  a  half  hour's  lesson.  He  has  all  the  pupils  he 
can  attend  to. 

Another  young  Society  girl  who  has  recently 
taken  up  literature  is  Miss  Elsie  Clifford,  whose 
sister  was  married  a  few  months  ago  to  Mr.  Syl- 
vanus  Farnum  of  Oakland.  Mrs.  Clifford  is  prom- 
inent in  local  Society. 

*         *         * 

Announcement  cards  have  been  received  of  the 
marriage  of  Miss  Eleanor  Theresa  Thorne  Geissler, 
daughter  of  Louis  F.  Geissler,  formerly  of  this  City, 
to  Albert  Joseph  Diesinger,  of  Philadelphia,  on 
March  16th,  at  Bellevue-Stratford  Hotel,  Philadel- 
phia. Miss  Geissler  made  her  debut  in  this  City 
and  shortly  afterwards  moved  to  Philadelphia  with 
her  parents,  where  a  few  months  later  her  mother 
died.  Since  that  time  Miss  Geissler  has  been  keep- 
ing house  for  her  father.  Mr.  Diesinger  is  the  son 
of  an  old  Philadelphia  family,  and  is  a  wealthy  New 
York  stock  broker.  Owing  to  the  recent  death  of 
Mrs.  Geissler  the  marriage  was  very  quiet.  Miss 
Carrie  Mills  and  Miss  Grace  Hammond  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, who  have  been  visiting  Boston,  went  to  Phila- 
delphia to  attend  the  bride.  After  the  wedding  tour, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Diesinger  will  reside  in  Cranford, 
N.  J.,  where  the  groom  has  a  handsome  home. 


STUDEBAKER 

1907 

CARS    NOW    ARRIVING 

Studebaker  Bros.  Co.  of  California 

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Chester  A.  Weaver,  Manager 


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Emma  Eames  Story's  action  in  applying  for  a  di- 
vorce was  not  surprising  to  those  who  knew  her,  for 
she  has  not  been  on  very  good  terms  with  her  hus- 
band and  his  family  in  some  time.  When  she  was 
out  here,  her  brother-in-law,  Waldo  Story,  was  in 
the  City,  too,  but  she  did  not  see  much  of  him.  The 
Story  boys  were  brought  up  in  Italy,  educated  at 
Oxford,  and  it  is  difficult  for  one  reared  in  Italy  to 
accept  the  Anglo-Saxon  standard  of  constancy  with 
any  great  seriousness.  Edith  Story  is  the  Marquise 
di  Medici,  and  lives  at  Florence,  where  Julian  Story 
resides.  As  Emma  Eames  earns  much  more  than 
her  husband,  he  will  miss  the  loss  of  her  income. 
William  Story,  the  father  of  the  Story  boys,  was  a 
famous  sculptor,  who  for  years  inhabited  the  Bar- 
berine  Palace  at  Rome.  He  married  the  daughter 
of  General  Waldo  of  Revolutionary  fame.  His 
father  was  Chief  Justice  Story  and  he,  himself,  was 
a  lawyer  who  had  written  a  few  law  books,  but  he 
had  no.  practice  and  was  sent  abroad  by  the  citizens 
of  Boston  to  study  art  and  to  make  a  statue  of  his 
father,  for  he  was  always  dabbling  in  art.  When  he 
returned  to  the  United  States  he  found  life  unliv- 
able.  packed  up  his  things,  took  his  family  and  went 
to  Rome,  where  he  had  an  immediate  success.  He 
was  a  friend  of  the  Brownings,  and  he  wrote  many 
books  on  art,  several  volumes  of  poetry  and  several 
novels.  No  American  ever  more  completely  -identi- 
fied himself  with  Italian  life  than  he.  His  son, 
Waldo  Story,  the  sculptor,  was  here  at  the  time  of 
the  fire,  and  he  is  thinking  of  returning  here  to  live. 

Two  attractive  sisters  who  are  being  welcomed 
back  to  the  City  are  the  Misses  Bessie  and  Ardella 
Mills,  who  have  been  passing  the  last  five  months  in 
New  York  and  Washington.  Miss  Bessie,  who  has 
gained  distinction  as  a  clever  writer,  has  had  her 
songs  published. 

*  *         * 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Clampett  have  purchased 
a   bungalow  at   Carmel-by-the-Sea   and   with   their 

children  have  passed  the  Winter  there. 

*  *         * 

Box  parties  were  numerous  during  the  opera  sea- 
son. A  notable  one  was  that  chaperoned  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Thomas  Eastland,  which  included  Mrs.  Fred 
Kohl,  Miss  Virginia  Jolliffe,  Miss  Ethel  Dean,  Ed- 
ward Tobin,  Thornwell  Mullaly  and  Enrique  Grau. 
Mrs.  Eastland  wore  a  striking  gown  of  pink  cloth 
with  picture  hat  covered  with  white  plumes.  Mrs. 
Kohl  was  a  striking  figure  in  black  net  and  jet  with 
black  hat  covered  with  white  feathers.  Miss  Dean 
wore  a  dark  green  opera  cloak  over  a  white  gown, 
and  a  big  black  hat.  Miss  Jolliffe's  opera  wrap  was 
a  beautiful  one  of  Irish  lace.  She  wore  a  white  pic- 
ture hat. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Cadwallader  chaperoned  a 
party  that  included  Miss  Genevieve  Harvey,  Miss 
Janet  von  Schroeder,  Harry  Stetson  and  Cyril 
Tobin.  Mrs.  Cadwallader  was  a  picture  in  a  cafe- 
au-lait-colored  frock  with  picture  hat  covered  with 
white  plumes.  Miss  von  Schroeder  wore  pink  silk, 
and  Miss  Harvey  was  also  in  pink. 

"    If  you  need  a  bracer  in  the  morning  tiy  a  glass  of  soda  and  a  little  of  Abbott's  Bitters. 
You'll  be  surprised  how  it  will  brighten  you  up. 


One  of  the  prettiest  women  at  Del  Monte  this 
week  is  Mrs.  Wilbur  Gleason  Zeigler,  wife  of  the 
San  Francisco  lawyer  and  novelist.  Mrs.  Zeigler 
went  down  last  Friday  with  her  little  son. 

The  E.  J.  de  Sablas  are  receiving  much  attention 
at  Santa  Barbara,  where  they  have  gathered  around 
them  a  brilliant  group,  many  of  whom  are  from  San 
Francisco  and  the  bay  cities.  They — Mr.  and  Mrs. 
de  Sabla — gave  a  dinner  at  the  Casa  de  Brabo  on 
Sunday,  which  was  one  of  the  most  effective  affairs 
of  the  week.  After  the  dinner  tiny  senoritas  danced 
the  fancy  steps  of  Spain  to  the  tinkling  strains  of 
mandolin  and  guitar. 

An  army  marriage  of  interest  to  San  Francisco 
people  is  that  of  Lieut.  Frederick  Mears,  Eleventh 
Cavalry  to  Miss  Jennie  Pound  Serrell,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  R.  P.  P.  Wainwright.  The  wedding  will  take 
place  on  April  6th  at  Fort  Clark,  Texas.  Lieut. 
Mears  is  well  known  in  San  Francisco,  where'  his 
mother  and  sister  reside.  He  is  the  son  of  the  late 
General  Mears. 


Cards  are  out  for  the  forthcoming  wedding  of 
Miss  Flazel  Cynthia  Marston,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Charles  Allen  Marston  of  Alameda  to  Fred- 


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of  the  latest  records  and  a  brief  history  of  a  few  of  the  most 
prominent  contributors. 

SHERMAN,  CLAY  &  CO.  ,EEyK2L 

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..rick  Winslow  Read,  the  attorney  of  Stockton.  The 
ceremony  will  take  place  on  April  11th  at  S  o'clock 
at  Christ  Church,  Alameda.  A  large  reception  will 
follow    at    tile    residence   of   the    bride's    parents,    1716 

Encinal   Avenue.  Alameda. 

*  *  r. 

Much  In  the  regret  of  his  friends.  Mr.  Jose  Costa 
has  resigned  as  the  Consul  of  Uruguay  at  this  port. 
The  duties  of  Consul  for  Uruguay  it  is  thought,  will 
In  performed  h\  Mr.  DalzeJl  Brown,  the  well  known 
financier,  as  Mr.  Costa  has  expressed  a  desire  that 
Mr.  Brown  should  succeed  him.  Mr.  Costa  has  been 
a  resident  of  San  Francisco  for  thirty  years  and  is 
a  very  wealthy  man,  who  has  large  interests  both 
here  and  in  Uruguay.  He  will  leave  in  a  week  for 
Washington,  where  he  will  visit  the  Mexican 
Minister  to  Cuba,  Joseph  Godoy.  From  Washing- 
ton Mr.  Costa  will  proceed  to  Spain  and  remain 
abroad  a  year  or  two. 

*  *  * 

By  the  arrival  of  the  new  Spanish  Consul  Antonio 
Suque  with  his  charming  wife  and  two  children, 
San  Francisco  has  made  a  distinct  social  gain.  The 
Consul  is  a  highly  cultivated  and  scholarly  gentle- 
man and  a  remarkable  linguist.  He  and  his  family 
are  guests  at  the  Hotel  Cecil.  The  Spanish 
Consulate  has  been  located  in  the  Montgomery 
Block,  where  Senor  Suque  will  be  assisted  in  his 
official  duties  by  his  clever  associate  O.  M.  Gold- 
aracena  the  Vice-Consul. 

,  *  *  * 

As  pretty  Miss  Linda  Cadwalader  will  leave  about 
the  middle  of  April  for  an  Eastern  visit  and  be 
gone  some  months,  man}'  friends  are  now  planning 
luncheons  and  dinners  for  this  charming  girl.  A 
large  dinner  was  given  on  Wednesday  evening  by- 
Miss  Genevieve  King,  at  the  residence  of  her 
parents,  Mr  and  Mrs.  Homer  S.  King,  on  Broadway. 

*  *  * 

A  large  tea  will  be  given  by  Mrs.  A.  W.  Foster, 
at  her  home  Fair  Hills,  San  Rafael,  on  Thursday, 
April  4th,  in  honor  of  Mrs.  William  Foster  of 
Mendocino,  who  has  been  visiting  her  husband's 
parents.  Several  pretty  buds  will  assist  in  receiving 
the  guests.  Many  people  from  this  side  of  the  bay 
will  be  present  on  this  occasion. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Elkins,  of  Elkins  Park,  Phila- 
delphia, have  arrived  at  Del  Monte  in  their  luxurious 
private  car  "The  Republic."  Accompanying  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Elkins  are  their  son,  Mr.  George  W.  Elkins  and 
his  bride.  Miss  Louisa  Elkins,  Miss  Beulah  Elkins, 
Mrs.  W.  L.  Elkins  and  Mr.  Fred  H.  Dillon. 

J.  C.  Edouard  Noetzlin,  a  banker  of  Paris  and  one 
of  the  best  known  financiers  of  Europe,  is  a  guest 
at  Del  Monte.  He  is  making  a  tour  of  America.  Mr. 
Noetzlin  negotiated  the  great  Russian  loan  and  also 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company's  $60,000,000 
loan.  His  object  in  visiting  the  country  is  to  see  for 
himself  the  wealth  of  California.  The  great  financier 
is  most  favorably  impressed  with  the  State. 
Monsieur  Noetzlin  goes  to  Portland,  Oregon  and 
then  East  by  the  way  of  Salt  Lake. 


<>n  the  occasion  of  the  opening  of  the  Fairmont 
Hotel  on  April  19th,  Edward  M.  Greenway  will  be 
the  Master  of  Ceremonies,  in  the  ballroom,  so  the 
success  of  the  affair  is  assured.  In  the  bright  lexicon 
ol  the  Czar  of  Society,  there  is  no  such  word  as 
failure.     I  le  has  never  yet  scored  one. 

A  jolly  party  of  congenial  friends  leave  this  week 
for  a  visit  to  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  as  the  guests  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Knight.  The  lucky  ones  are: 
Mrs.  Bush  Finnell,  Mrs.  Augustus  Xewell  and  Mrs. 
Edgar  Keithley.  They  will  be  gone  all  Summer.  Mr. 
Knight.  Mr.  Finnell  and  Mr.  Xewell  intend  join- 
ing the  party  later,  returning  to  the  City  with 
their   wives. 


On  April  3rd,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  McEnery  will 
give  one  of  their  delightful  dinners  at  their  home  on 
Broadway  to  Major  William  Stephenson  and  his 
sisters,  who  will  leave  next  Friday  for  the  Philip- 
pines. Major  Stephenson  and  his  sisters  will  be 
greatlv  missed. 


BURNS  HAMMAM  BATHS 


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OPEN 


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MENU 
Wednesday,    April     3 

Swedish  Timbales 

Sweetbreads  in  Scollop  Shells 

Chicken  Croquettes 

Chocolate  Pudding 

Mrs.  Jean  Sinclair 

Demonstrator 


Lectures  on  domestic  science  and  the  economical  operation  of  the  gas  range 
every  Wednesday  and  Friday,  at  3  o'clock  sharp,  in  the  assembly  room  of  [he  Gas 
Company,  at  925  Franklin  street.     Every  user  of  gas  invited. 

Demonstration  in  Bread  and  Cake  Baking,  Monday  and  Saturday,  2  to  4. 
The  art  of  Bread  Making  is  taught  here  so  you  can  make  your  own  "home-made 
bread." 

GAS  COOK  BOOK  given  to  every  lady  attending. 

"AT  YOUR  SERVICE" 

The  So  F.  Gas  and  Electric 
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Over  the  Lunch  Table 

A  diurnal  discussion  of  men  and  things 
by  three  plain  citizens.  Scene,  a  mer- 
chant's cafe  in  the  business  district; 
parties  to  discussion: 

Jones— A  pessimist. 

Brown—An  optimist. 

Robinson— Don't  much  care  either  way. 

Brown — Well.  I  see  that  the  grafters  are  in  a 
pretty  bad  way.  Looks  as  if  Ruef  would  go  to  San 
puentin  for  two  or  three  hundred  years,  if  he's  con- 
victed on  half  the  indictments  against  him. 

Jones — Serve  him  right  if  he  did.  Schmitz  and 
the  whole  Board  of  Supervisors  ought  to  go  with 
him. 

Robinson — It's   a   terrible   revelation. 

Jones — No  revelation  at  all.  Every  man,  woman 
and  child  in  San  Francisco  has  known  for  six  years 
that  the  municipal  government  was  nothing  but  a 
band  of  grafters. 

Robinson — Do  you  really  think  that  the  working- 
men  of  this  City  who  have  supported  Schmitz  believed 
he  was  crooked? 

Jones — I  don't  think  most  of  them  cared  one  way 
or  the  other.  They  voted  for  him  because  they  thought 
he  would  side  with  them  and  not  with  the  employers 
in  case  of  any  trouble  and  thus  help  to  keep  up  the 
high  rate  of  wages. 

Robinson — Help  them  to  keep  up  the  high  standard 
of  living.     Eh? 

Jones — What  do  you  mean  by  a  high  standard  of 
living? 

Robinson — The  American  workingmen's  standard 
of  living  is  a  high  standard. 

Jones — From  his  standpoint.     Yes. 

Brown — Oh,  I  should  say  it's  a  high  standard  from 
any  standpoint. 

Tones — Well  let's  see  about  that  what  makes  it 
high? 

Brown — The  wages  of  course.  He  gets  the  highest 
wages  in  the  world. 

Jones — According  to  that  theory  if  a  Mexican  peon 
got  higher  wages  than  the  American  laborer  his  stand- 
ard of  living  would  be  also  higher. 

Brown — The  Mexican  peon  doesn't  live  like  the 
American  laborer  in  any  way. 

Jones — He  eats,  doesn't  he? 

Brown — Yes,  but  not  porterhouse  steaks  three  times 
a  day. 

Jones — Then  a  high  standard  of  living  is  based 
upon  the  mastication  of  porterhouse  steak  three  times 
a  day,  is  it?  Suppose  a  man  is  vegetarian  like  mil- 
lions of  people  in  the  world.  Steak  three  times  a  day 
wouldn't  represent  a  high  standard  to  him  would  it? 

Brown — Oh,  you  can't  establish  a  standard  that  will 
be  regarded  as  high  by  everybody  on  earth. 

Jones — I  beg  your  pardon.  You  can  establish  one 
that  all  civilized  people  will  acknowledge  as  very 
high  but  it  must  be  based  on  something  more  than 
porterhouse  steak. 

i   Brown — The  American  workingman  has  other  ad- 
vantages than   food.     He  wears  better  clothes. 


Jones — Better  from  his  standpoint  and  certainly 
more  expensive.  But  an  educated  East  Indian  or 
Persian  or  Turk  wouldn't  wear  European  or  American 
clothes  at  any  price.  You  couldn't  impress  them  by 
a  high  standard  based  on  a  sack  or  cutaway  coat  and 
creased  pants. 

Brown — The  American  workingman  is  better 
housed. 

Jones — That's  a  mere  matter  of  opinion  too.  The 
tenement  and  the  flat  are  regarded  as  atrocities  by 
millions  of  highly  civilized  people. 

Brown — Well.  You'll  admit  he  has  more  money 
and  time  for  amusements. 

Jones — What  are  his  amusements.  If  you  mean 
vaudeville  shows  where  cheap  comedians  swap  stale 
jokes  and  prize-fights  where  pugs  swap  blows,  I  can't 
say  I  am  impressed  by  your  high  standard  of  living. 
The  educated  Italian  who  prefers  opera  to  slapstick 
comedy  would  regard  vaudeville  as  pretty  low  and 
the  Spaniard  would  rather  see  a  brutal  bull-fight  than 
a  brutal  prize-fight.  So  you  can't  establish  a  high 
standard  on  the  American  workingmen's  amusements. 

Robinson — Well  what  can  you  establish  a  standard 


GOVERNOR  FOLK  OF  MISSOURI 


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49 


FRITZl  SCHEFF 

on  that  would  be  accepted  the  world  over? 

Jones — On  a  combination  of  education,  intelligence, 
honesty,  industry  and  thrift.  In  all  the  discussions 
you  hear  about  the  American  workingmen  scarcely 
a  word  is  said  about  these.  All  the  talk  is  about  the 
high  wages  and  the  short  hours.  Not  a  word  about 
establishing  technical  schools  and  raising  the  standard 
of  skill  but  plenty  of  words  about  preventing  Ameri- 
can boys  from  becoming  apprentices  and  learning  use- 
ful trades. 

Brown — But  don't  you  think  that  as  workingmen 
Kings,  when  a  Browning  afternoon  will  be  enjoyed. 
are  well  paid  and  have  short  hours,  the  other  desir- 
able things  will  follow  in  time. 

Jones — I  certainly  hope  so.  It  is  easy  to  improve 
on  the  present  order  of  things. 

Brown — How  do  you  think  they  will  be  im- 
proved? 

Jones — If  at  all,  it  will  be  by  the  high  schools  and 
the  universities.  They  are  likely  to  create  an  Am- 
erican standard  in  which  money  will  not  be  the  be- 
ginning and  end  of  everything.  With  such  a  stand- 
ard established  the  government  will  be  in  the  hands 
of  the  intelligent  and  patriotic  classes,  and  not  as  now 
very  largely  in  the  hands  of  the  illiterates  and  the 
grafters. 


A  Change  of  Heart 

Since  they  made  their  amazing  recital  of  the  graft 
in  the  administration  the  members  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  have  a  new  buss.  Heretofore,  ever 
Mnce  their  election,  the  Supervisors  have  "reported 
on"  to  Ruef;  they  consulted  him  about  every  move 
and  no  resolution  or  ordinance  was  allowed  to  pas* 
unless  it  had  been  approved  by  him  ;  in  this  way 
they  protected  themselves  and  him  from  the  pos- 
sible chance  of  allowing  to  escape  any  measure  or 
interest  which  might  be  made  to  yield  more  graft. 
It  was  from  Ruef,  too,  that  Gallagher  received  the 
bribe  sack  for  distribution  to  his  fellows. 

But  that  is  all  changed  now.  The  Supervisors 
no  longer  report  to  Ruef,  for  two  reasons,  one  being 
that  Detective  Burns  will  not  let  them  approach  the 
imprisoned  boss,  and  the  other  and  more  important 
being  that  they  find  it  more  to  their  taste  to  report 
to  Burns  and  Heney  and  Rudolph  Spreckels.  This 
was  illustrated  the  other  day  when  the  telephone  in 
Heney 's  office  rang  and  the  following  conversation 
took  place : 

"Hello;  is  this  Mr.  Heney's  office?" 

"Yes." 

"Well,  this  is  Gallagher — Supervisor  Gallagher. 
I  merely  called  up  to  ask  if  anything  were  wanted  of 
me  today." 

"No,  nothing  today,"  was  the  answer  from 
Heney's  representative,  "we'll  let  you  know  later." 


MRS.  VICTOR  METCALF 


Some  of  the  labor  leaders  who  have  not  been  in 
complete  accord  with  Schmitz  are  getting  into  print 
by  denouncing  the  grafters  generally,  and  declaring 
that  they  should  all  go  to  jail  with  the  bribers  as  well. 
It  is  worthy  of  note,  however,  that  those  hostile 
leaders  have  heretofore  represented  a  very  small  mi- 
nority in  the  Union  Labor  party.  The  influential 
leaders  representing  the  majority  were  all  taken  care 
of  by  Schmitz  and  quartered  on  the  City  in  various 
important  and  remunerative  positions.  Almost  every 
union  labor  president  with  a  political  pull  holds  some 
kind  of  an  office.  The  City  has  been  governed  by  union 
labor  presidents  and  other  union  labor  leaders.  Never 
before  has  the  City  had  so  many  public  officials  of  one 
political  party.  From  the  Mayor  down,  almost  every 
department  is  filled  with  the  most  active  union  labor 
politicians,  and  the  net  result  of  this  is  that  the  gov- 
ernment is  the  rottenest  on  record.  The  exposures  of 
boodling  are  the  most  appalling,  and  the  evidence  over- 
whelming" and  conclusive  that  under  Ruef  and  Schmitz 
the  Union  Labor  party  of  California  has  been  or- 
ganized for  graft. 


the    present    Board    of    Supervisors    were    up    to    his 
moral  and  intellectual  level. 


The  citizens  of  San  Francisco  should  ponder  over 
this  fact  and  prepare  themselves  to  vote  intelligently 
at  the  coming  election.  Until  the  Supervisors  fell 
down  and  confessed  their  rascality  Schmitz  was  the 
slated  candidate  for  Mayor  for  the  next  two  years. 
The  question  of  his  honesty  cuts  no  figure  whatever : 
If  he  were  ten  times  the  boodling  rascal  he  has  been 
represented  his  party  leaders  were  ready  to  exert 
every  influence  to  re-elect  him.  Why?  Because  they 
saw  in  Schmitz  a  man  who  was  willing  to  grant  illegal 
privileges  no  matter  how  improper  as  long  as  they 
gave  him  in  return  their  political  support. 


When  the  voters  of  San  Francisco  six  years  ago 
took  Schmitz  out  of  an  orchestra  and  made  him  Mayor 
of  San  Francisco  they  committed  a  crime.  They  ag- 
gravated the  offense  when  they  re-elected  him  to  a 
second  term,  but  when  they  made  this  incompetent 
and  unfit  man  the  Mayor  of  this  great  City  a  third 
time  they  placed  a  stigma  upon  their  City  which  it 
will  take  fifty  years  of  good  government  to  efface. 


Supervisor  Boxton  has  been  quoted  by  one  of  the 
newspapers  as  saying  that  the  late  Supervisor,  Sammy 
Braunhart,  "protected"  the  Pacific  States  Telephone 
Company.  Even  admitting  that  this  insinuation  of 
crookedness  were  true  how  could  it  help  Major  Boxton 
out  of  the  deep  hole  into  which  he  has  apparently 
fallen  with  the  other  Supervisors.  It  would  be  better 
for  him  to  observe  the  old  classical  maxim  and  "say 
nothing  of  the  dead  but  what  is  good."  Braunhart 
had  his  imperfections  like  the  rest  of  mankind  but 
it  would  be  well  for  San  Francisco  if  the  average  of 

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sweetened  water  before  meals.     At  grocers  and  druggisK. 


While  San  Francisco  was  never  before  so  honey- 
combined  with  official  rascality  as  under  this  disgraced 
Union  Labor  administration  we  have  had  sporadic 
cases  of  boodling  equal  to  the  pettiest  against  the 
present  Board  of  Supervisors.  Not  so  many  years 
ago  there  was  a  gang  of  grafters  in  office  which  be- 
came '  so  inured  in  boodling  that  the  members  were 
in  the  habit  of  just  stepping  out  in  the  open  hallway 
to  take  bribes.  In  these  halcyon  days  a  German  Su- 
pervisor on  the  street  committee,  not  being  able  to 
get  coin  for  his  vote  bartered  it  far  a  ham  with  antPhu 
grocer  who  wanted  to  violate  the  building  ordinances 
and  construct  the  steps  of  a  new  house  so  that  they 
projected  two  feet  out  on  the  sidewalk. 


So  the  Supervisors  are  through  with  Ruef,  and 
though  they  have  eased  their  consciences  by  yielding 
up  the  shameful  tale  of  wrong-doing  they  stand  in 
such  mortal  dread  of  Burns  and  Heney  that  they 
are  not  willing  to  make  a  move  without  letting  them 
know  of  it.  It  is  quite  amusing,  in  view  of  the 
earlier  conduct  of  the  Board,  to  see  Gallagher  and 
Lonergan  and  Boxton  and  the  rest  of  them  not 
daring  to  be  seen  or  heard  except  with  the  consent 
of  the  two  men  whom  they  know  have  it  in  their 
power  to  send  the  whole  delectable  bunch  to  State's 
prison.  When  Heney  and  Burns  first  began  the 
investigation  into  graft  the  Supervisors  were  as 
loud  as  Ruef  and  Schmitz  in  denouncing  them  and 
applying  to  them  all  the  names  they  could  think  of; 
and  when  Ruef  instructed  them  to  vote  Langdon 
out  of  office  and  put  him  in  they  put  through  the 
program  as  willingly  as  they  did  any  of  the  steals 
that  brought  them  from  $750  to  $5000  apiece.  Hence 
the  smile  when  Lonergan  called  up  the  other  day  in 
great  alarm  to  say  that  one  of  the  papers  had  sent 
an  automobile  for  the  purpose  of  taking  him  to  the 


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office  to  make  a  statement.  He  asked  Burns  what 
he  sould  do  about  it.  Burns  replied.  "Don't  you 
go,"  whereupon  Lonergan  responded,  "All  right, 
Mr.  Burns,  I   won't." 


The  change  that  has  come  over  public  sentimenl 
is  also  one  of  the  striking  features  that  have  fol- 
lowed in  swift  succession  the  wholesale  confessions. 
There  were  many  who  "pooh-poohed"  the  investi- 
gation from  the  time  the  French  restaurant  cases 
were  presented,  saying  that  lleney  and  Burns  had 
failed  t"  "make  good"  if  that  was  the  best  they 
could  do.  They  did  not  know  that  the  returning  of 
those  indictments  was  merely  a  "blind"  to  cover  up 
the  real  investigation,  the  developments  of  which 
were  t"  come  later.  Particularly  among  union  men 
is  this  change  of  sentiment  to  be  noted.  Some  of 
them  were  loyal  in  their  support  of  the  administra- 
tion when  it  was  thought  that  nothing  but  the  ex- 
tortion  in  the  restaurant  cases  had  been  uncovered; 
but  the  revelations  made  during  the  past  two  weeks 
have  turned  the  balance  and  now  union  men  are 
Strongest  in  their  denunciation  of  the  men  whom 
they  accuse  of  betraying  them  and  making  of  the 
Union   Labor  Party  a  synonym  for  graft. 


Judge  Mogan,  since  his  elevation  to  the  Superior 
bench,  is  not  well  liked  by  the  reporters  who  used 
to  regard  him  as  a  "good  fellow"  while  he  was  hold- 
ing forth  in  the  Police  Court.  The  estrangement  is 
due  to  a  little  error  made  by  the  Judge  the  day  he 
assumed  the  higher  office.  Wishing  to  show  his 
friendliness  to  the  reporters  he  sent  to  their  room 
at  the  Temple  Israel  a  box  of  cigars  with  his  com- 
pliments and  heartiest  wishes  for  a  continuance  of 
their  relations.  Some  of  the  newspapermen  tried 
the  cigars  and  wondered  what  they  were.  One  less 
chivalrous  than  the  rest  took  the  box  across  the 
street  to  a  cigar  dealer  and  asked  their  price.  "A 
dollar  twenty  a  hundred,"  was  the  response.  Now 
none  of  those  reporters  smoke — at  Judge  Mogan's 
expense. 


J.  1.  Dwyer,  one  of  the  force  of  lawyers  assisting 
Henev  in  the  procurement  of  indictments  against 
the  grafters,  was  met  on  the  street  the  other  day  by 
Father  Philip  O'Ryan,  who  said  : 

"Isn't  this  news  overwhelming?  Can  it  be  true 
that  the  City  officials  were  so  corrupt?  Are  the 
confessions  of  the  Supervisors  true?" 

"Well,  I'll  tell  you,"  replied  Dwyer;  "take  all  you 
read  in  all  the  papers  and  believe  it;  then  double  all 
that  and  then  double  that,  and  then  you  haven't  it 
all." 


Until  a  few  days  ago  Herbert  George,  local  head 
of  the  Citizens'  Alliance,  occupied  the  rooms  ad- 
jacent to  those  at  the  St.  Francis  which  are  occu- 
pied by  Elisor  Biggy  and  his  prisoner,  Ruef.  He 
has  moved  to  other  apartments  since,  but  not  be- 
cause he  objected  to  the  proximity  to  the  fallen  boss. 
He  was  asked  the  other  day  what  he  thought  of  the 
Schmitz  administration  now  and  what  explanation 
he  had  to  make  of  the  statement  made  by  him  the 
day  after  the  last  election  that  he  "could  get  more 


his  crowd   than   from   Partridge 


from  Schmitz  an 

and  his." 

"1  believe  that  now  just  as  firmly  as  I  did  then." 
replied  the  Citizens'  Alliance  man,  "and  events  have 
justified  my  belief.  [  meant  by  it  that  the  Schmitz 
crew  were  so  thoroughly  corrupt  that  if  we  wanted 
anything  from  them  all  we  would  need  would  be  to 
buy  them." 

"But  they  were  supposed  to  be  union  men." 
"Pshaw!"  exclaimed  George.     "Why,  there  were 
three  men  on  the  Schmitz  ticket  who  were  Citizens' 
Alliance  men  ;  we  had  none  on  the  Partridge  ticket." 


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They  are  beginning  to  talk  in  Europe  and  the 
East  about  the  permanent  occupation  of  Cuba  by 
United  States  troops.  English  subjects  have  the 
tidy  sum  of  two  hundred  million  dollars  invested  in 
Cuba,  and  they  are  very  timid  about  being  left  to 
the  tender  mercies  of  Cuban  patriots  who  have  no- 
body over  them.  At  present  Uncle  Sam  retains  a 
provisional  governor  at  Havana,  and  everything 
goes  along  smoothly,  thanks  to  the  wholesome  fear 
of  the  American  bluejackets,  who  are  more  or  less  in 
evidence  in  Havana  harbor. 


An  interesting  and  well-authenticated  story  is  told 
about  the  Cuban  idea  of  overturning  a  government. 
The  story  was  first  related  by  a  prominent  and 
wealthy  citizen  of  Havana.  He  was  opposed  to  the 
Palma  government  and,  while  he  did  not  take  an 
active  part  in  politics  and  was  not  publicly  known 
as  a  sympathizer  with  the  liberals,  the  leaders  of  that 
organization  ascertained  his  sentiments  and  one  of 
them,  who  is  still  among  the  most  conspicuous  man- 
agers of  that  party,  went  to  him  for  financial  as- 
sistance. After  some  preliminary  conversation  the 
emissary  asked  the  capitalist  if  he  were  supporting 
the  Palma  government.  The  capitalist  declared 
frankly  that  he  was  not,  and  then  the  following  dia- 


ABE  HUMMEL 
The  convicted  lawyer  on  whom  Jerome  relied 


logue  took  place : 

"Would  you  give  financial  assistance  to  a  revolu- 
tion?" 

"I  would.  How  much  do  you  want?" 

"We  need  $5000." 

"What  are  you  going  to  do  with  it?" 

"We  are  going  to  start  a  revolution." 

"How  are  you  going  to  do  it?" 

"By  removing  President  Palma.  You  know  there 
is  a  door  connecting  the  office  of  the  alcalde  with 
the  interior  of  the  palace.  I  have  twenty  picked 
men  whom  I  can  trust  and  a  friend  of  mine,  who  is 
employed  in  the  alcalde's  office,  will  give  us  the 
keys,  so  that  they  can  gather  there  on  the  first  con- 
venient night  and  when  a  suitable  hour  has  arrived 
they  can  make  their  way  quietly  through  the  door  to 
the  private  apartments  of  the  family,  where  they 
will  kill  President  Palma  and  his  family  and  in  the 
morning  we  will  proclaim  Jose  Miguel  Gomez  presi- 
dent of  Cuba." 

"Why  kill  the  family?" 

"Because  that  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  identi- 
fication. The  president  and  his  family  sleep  in  ad- 
joining rooms,  and  it  will  be  difficult  to  get  to  his 
bed  and  get  away  without  being  discovered  by  some 


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member  of  the  family." 

"I  don't  quite  approve  of  that  kind  of  a  revolution," 
said  the  capitalist,  "and  I  cannot  promise  to  furnish 
any   funds   for  such  a  purpose." 

"Then  you  are  not  a  true  friend  of  Cuba."  was 
the  a-ply. 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM. 


I  Wonder 
I  wonder  if  the  robin  that  has  found  himself  a  mate 
Sits  down  as  soon  as  she  is  his  to  gravely  meditate? 
I  wonder  if  the  lady  bird  upon  some  other  limb 
Has  charms  that  set  him  yearning,  since  she  cannot 
be  for  him? 

I  wonder  if  the  lioness  is  never  satisfied 
With  any  den  her  tawny  lord  is  able  to  provide? 
I  wonder  if  she  secretly,  as  soon  as  she  is  mated, 
Begins  to  think  she  might  have  done  much  better 
had  she  waited? 

I  wonder  if  'tis  only  man  that,  being  loved,  is  prone 
To  think  some  other  lovelier  than  she  who  is  his 

own? 
I  wonder  if  the  woman  lives  who,  knowing  she's 

adored 
By  him  whose  name  she  has  to  bear,  is  ne'er  a  little 

bored?  . 


"Guess  I'll  have  to  dig  the  Canal  Myself." 

From  the  ChicagoRccord  Herald. 


Patriotic  Treatment 

"How  is  the  baby,  Mrs.  A.?" 

"Oh,  I  am  dreadfully  worried  about  him.  You 
see,  that  careless  nurse  left  him  too  near  the  steam 
radiator  and  he  actually  turned  red." 

"Gracious !" 

"Then  we  rushed  him  out  in  the  cool  air  and  he 
turned  white." 
"You  don't  mean  it?" 

"Yes,  and  when  we  gave  him  his  bath  he  turned 
blue." 

"Oh,  I  wouldn't  worry  over  him.  He  is  just  a 
genuine  American  baby.  Hurrah  for  the  'Red, 
White  and  Blue.'  " 


Easiest  Way 

The  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin"  company  was  playing 
a  one-night  stand  in  a  small  town. 

"The  ice!"  cried  Eliza,  standing  on  the  brink  of 
the  pasteboard  river.  "How  shall  I  ever  cross  the 
ice?" 


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What  Is  the  Matter  With  the  Clearing  House? 

For  the  past  three  weeks  the  Clearing  House  Ex- 
changes have  not  come  up  to  their  usual  standard 
this  year.  With  the  exception  of  these  weeks,  the 
exchanges  for  the  present  year  have  been  on  the 
whole  from  four  to  eleven  million  dollars  larger 
every  week  than  those  for  the  corresponding  weeks 
in  1906 — some  weeks  a  gain  of  25  per  cent  has  been 
scored.  Last  week,  however,  the  gain  was  a  bare 
$3,739,827.32.  Another  of  these  weeks  there  was  a 
loss  compared  with  last  vear,  while  another  week 
the  gain  was  merely  nominal. 

Now,  what  is  the  matter?  Has  business  fallen 
off,  or  why  has  so  sudden  a  check  been  given  to  the 
financial  prosperity  shown  by  the  exchanges? 
There  has  been  a  dullness  in  business  caused  by 
the  abnormal  weather,  although  in  most  lines  it 
has  been  fully  up  to  that  of  last  year  and  in  some 
has  even  surpassed  it.  But  the  principal  reason 
has  been  the  withdrawal  of  Eastern  money  from 
the  mining  stock  market  of  this  City.  This  has 
been  brought  about  by  the  panic.  Eastern  specu- 
lators had  to  take  to  cover.  Brokers  had  to  call  for 
more  margins  and  their  clients,  many  of  them,  had 
to-  withdraw  the  money  deposited  here  for  invest- 
ment and  to  sell  the  stocks  that  they  had  purchased 

in  this  market. 

*  *         * 

The  Savings  Banks 
The  complaint  of  the  Savings  Banks  in  San  Fran- 
cisco today  is  not  for  lack  of  patronage.  A  well- 
known  bank  president  says  that  "the  demand  for 
loans  is  greater  than  ever  before  and  that  it  is  very 
hard  to  satisfy  it.  There  is  no  end  of  applications. 
Every  one  wants  to  be  accommodated  at  once. 
People  who  owned  house  or  store  property  or  had 
homes  before  the  fire  are  starting  to  rebuild  all  at 
once,  and  all  want  money.  Before  the  end  of  the 
year  fully  $150,000,000  will  be  needed  by  borrowers 

and  I  do  not  see  where  it  is  to  come  from." 

*  *         * 

The  deposits  being  made  in  the  Savings  Banks 
are  greater  than  ever  before  and  in  some  cases  have 
been  doubled  since  the  fire,  but  loans  and  with- 
drawals have  been  heavy  and  are  very  close  to  the 

amount  of  deposits. 

*  *         * 

A  Great  Staple 

We  are  now  at  the  end  of  one  salmon  season  and 
the  beginning  of  another,  and  a  glance  at  the  con- 
dition of  things  in  one  of  the  most  important  lines 
of  Coast  industry  may  not  be  inapt.    The  advent  of 


A  Sovereign  Remedy 

Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure,  one  dose  will   stop  a  cough, 
never  fails.     Try  it.     Sold  by  all  Druggists. 


every  season  is  usually  ushered  in  by  predictions  of 
a  light  pack  and  high  prices,  and  1906  was  no  ex- 
ception to  the  rule.  But  the  pack  on  the  Coast  was 
nevertheless  a  large  one,  while  prices  began  to  de- 
scend rapidly  as  soon  as  the  fact  became  known. 
Alaska  contributed  1,200,000  to  the  Coast  pack, 
while  the  total  was  in  the  neighborhood  of  3,000,000 
cases  with  a  value  of  $12,000,000.  There  was  little 
or  no  money  made  in  the  business  last  year,  and  as 
the  stock  on  hand  is  light — 150,000  cases — and  the 
consumption  in  the  East  great,  the  market  for  the 
new  pack  is  advancing  and  Alaska  Red  will  bring 
$1.05  at  the  opening  of  the  season,  but  will  go  up 
higher  later  on. 

*  *  * 
Alaska  salmon  at  the  present  prices  is  cheaper 
than  any  description  of  meat,  and  if  the  run  should 
be  large  this  year  all  the  packers  will  make  money. 
The  expenses,  however,  are  much  greater  than  those 
of  last  year — freights,  wages  and  cans  all  being- 
dearer  than  they  were  a  year  ago. 


MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK 


706  Market  St. 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Opp.  Third 


Guaranteed  Capital,  $1,000,000 

Interest  Paid  on  all  Deposits 


Paid  up  Capital  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
Loans  on  Approved  Securities 


OFFICERS-  James  D.  PheU,  Pres,.  John  A.  Hooper,  V.  Pres.,  J.  K.  MolTatt,  2d 
V.  Pres.,  George  A.  Slory,  Sec'y  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Assl.  Cashier,  A.  E. 
Curlis,  2d  Asst.  Cashier. 


TONOPAH,    GOLDFIELD,    BULLFROG 
MANHATTAN  and  COMSTOCKS  A  specialty 


ZADIG  &  CO. 

STOCK  BROKERS 

Formerly  306  Montgomery   Street,    have   resumed   business   in   their 

Own  Building,  324  BUSH  STREET 

Directly  Opposite  New  San  Francisco  Stock   and  Exchange  Bldg. 


FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS. 
PAID  UP  CAPITAL. 
DEPOSITS  JANUARY  I,   1907 


108-110  Sutler  Street 

$693,104.58 

$600,000.00 

$3,772,145.83 


Charles  Carpy,  Pres.  Arthur  Legallet,  Vice-Pres.  Leon  Bocqueraz,  Secretary 

John  Ginty,  Asst.  Secretary  P.  A.  Bergerot,  Attorney 


-THE  WASP- 


55 


Business  on  the  Bond  and  Stock  Exchange  has 
been  decidedly  at  a  discount  during  the  week.  One 
Bay  there  were  only  two  transactions  recorded.  The 
Dullness  of  the  week  may  be  traced  to  the  bad  effects 
of  a  falling  market  in  Wall  Street.  The  local  specu- 
lators, many  of  them,  have  all  they  can  do  to  pro- 
tect their  interest  in  the  Xew  York  market,  hence 
they  have  paid  little  or  no  attention  to  the  local  one. 
[There  has  been  quite  a  Hop  in  Spring  Valley,  which 
has  sold  at  $21.50.  Contra  Costa  is  quoted  at  $62.50 
hid.  Associated  <  >il  has  dropped  and  has  sold  at 
B4Q.50,  Sugar  stocks  have  been  steady.  Hawaiian 
Commercial  was  held  at  $S3  bid;  Paauhan  at  $14.75. 
Hutchinson  sold  at  $16;  <  )nomea  was  held  at  $34.50 
bid  ;  Union  at  $45  asked. 

L'nited  Railroads  4s  dropped  heavily,  owing  to 
facts  developed  in  the  Grand  Jury  investigation  and 
sold  down  to  $75.  Bank  Stocks  are  steady.  Bank  of 
California  is  held  at  $3f >4  bid.  California  Wine  at 
590  asked.  For  California  Fruit  Canners  $103.50 
lias  been  asked.  For  Pacific  T.  and  T.  there  were 
ii"  Kids  and  no  asking  figure. 


Savings  Accounts 

are  cordially  welcomed  at  the  Home 
Office  or  any  of  the   branches   of   the 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT 
AND     TRUST    COMPANY 

3  I  -2  per  cent  interest  is  paid  on 
regular  savings  deposits  and  3  6-10 
per  cent  on  term  deposits. 


HOME  OFFICE 


CALIFORNIA  and   MONTGOMERY   STS. 

West  End  Branch,  1531    Devisadero 

Mission  Branch,         2572  Mission,  near  22d 
Up-Town  Branch,   1  740  Fillmore  nr.  Sutter 


The  withdrawal  of  money  from  San  Francisco  by 
Eastern  investors  who  have  needed  it  to  save  their 
foldings  in  Wall  Street,  has  demoralized  the  market 
ind  though  there  have  been  various  attempts  made 
:i>  keep  it  up  it  seems  impossible  to  do  so.  Mean- 
while the  work  of  development  goes  on.  The  new 
ire  in  Florence  runs  from  $500  to  $1000  per  ton, 
while  $3500  ore  has  been  met  with.  In  Silver  Peak 
jvery  day's  work  is  adding  $60,000  to  the  ore  re- 
serves blocked  out  in  the  mine.  The  Tonopah  Com- 
pany is  now  about  making  a  clean-up.  The  West 
Extension  in  Bullfrog  has  shown  ore  running  from 

?1 5,000  to  $20,000  per  ton.     And  so  it  goes. 

*  *         * 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  no  sane  citizen  will  en- 
Burage  the  crazy  agitation  to  annul  the  franchise 
if  the  L'nited  Railroads.  Every  merchant  and 
wage-earner  is  dependent  for  his  living  on  the  street 
Hjlroads.  It  is  hard  enough  to  do  business  now 
,vith  the  business  district  scattered  in  every  direc- 
ion.  If  we  cripple  the  Railroad  Company  we  will, 
>nly  injure  ourselves  seriously.  Many  of  the  bonds 
hat  have  been  depreciated  by  the  agitation  are 
eld  here  in  San  Francisco  by  people  of  limited 
neans  who  bought  them  on  investment.  These 
leople  are  entitled  to  fair  treatment.  There  is  a 
iroper  legal  way  of  proceeding  against  the  officers 
f  the  L'nited  Railroads  if  they  are  guilty  of  an 
ndictable  offence,  but  to  raise  a  howl  about  con- 
seating  franchises  is  both  improper  and  insane, 
nd    only    calculated    to    do    great    injury    to    the 

omniunity. 

#  *         * 

Here  on  the  Stock  Board  the  market  continues  to 
uctuate  within  certain  limits,  the  trend  lately  be- 
ig  on  the  whole  downward.  Mohawk,  of  which 
here  is  hardlv  ever  a  sale,  has  $17  bid;  Tumbo  has 
3.80  bid;  Red  Top  at  $3.50,  while  Silver  Pick  sold 
own  to  $1.17j/>,  and  Goldfield  Combination  at  $8. 
Hjiopah  Nevada  was  held  at  $16;  Florence  sold 
own  to  $3.40. 

Nothing  will  quicker  revolutionize  the  syrtem  and  put  new  life  into'il  than  Abbott's  Bitters. 
t  rJrugBms  and  grocers. 


VALUABLES  of  all   kinds 

May  be  safely  stored  a) 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  the 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 

Cor.  Bush  and  Sansome  Sts. 


Safes  to  rent  from  $5  a  year  upwards 
Careful  service  to  customers 


Trunks  $1  a  month 
Office  Hours:  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  San  Francisco 


Guaranteed  Capital  and  Surplus 
Capital  actually  paid  up  in  cash 
Deposits,  December  31,    1506 


$2,578,695,41 

1,000,000.00 

38,531,917.28 


OFFICERS  -  President,  F.  Tillman..,  Jr.;  First  Vice-President,  Daniel  Meyer 
Second  Viee-President,  Emil  Rohte;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier, 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Toumy;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 
Goodfellow  &  Eells,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  --  F.  Tillrranr,  Jr.,  Daniel  Meyer,  Emil  Rohte,  Ign. 
Steinhart.  I.  N.  Walter.  N.  Ohlandt.  J.  W.  Van  Bergen,  E.  T.  Kruse  and  W.  S. 
Goodfellow. 


MEMBER  STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE 

J.  C.  WILSON 

BROKER 

STOCKS  AND  BONDS  Kohl  Bldg.,  488  California  St. 

INVESTMENT  SECURITIES  San  Francisco 

Telephone  Temporary  815 


56 


-THE  WASP' 


The  Absorption  of  Gold 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  production  of 
gold  has  increased  and  is  increasing  at  an  unusually 
rapid  rate,  the  amount  of  gold  in  the  leading  banks 
of  great  money  centers  of  the  world  is  very  little  in 
excess  of  what  it  was  a  year  ago.  The  question  is 
what  has  become  of  the  $400,000,000.  Of  course  a 
part  of  if  has  gone  into  manufactures  and  the  arts, 
but  still  the  vast  amount  taken  from  the  earth  is  not 
accounted  for.  A  well-known  banker  of  this  City 
says,  "last  year  the  production  of  the  precious 
metals  reached  $500,000,000  in  gold  and  silver. 
Much  of  that  has  been  distributed  from  London  to 
countries  where  no  account  is  taken  of  the  move- 
ments of  the  precious  metals,  and,  too,  no  statistics 
are  ordinarily  given  of  the  stocks  of  gold  in  pro- 
vincial cities  in  Europe  or  of  the  banks  of  the  United 
States,  only  the  amount  in  the  United  States  treas- 
ury. More,  too,  is  held  by  firms  and  by  private  in- 
dividuals than  there  used  to  be.  The  abundance  of 
gold  has  produced  an  inflation  in  values  and  what 
may  be  termed  the  floating  stock  is  increasing  be- 
cause individuals  are  obliged  to  handle  more  to 
meet  their  expenses  than  they  were  formerly."  This 
is  no  doubt  true  of  San  Francisco,  where  not  only 
has  the  stock  in  the  banks  increased  largely,  but 
that  in  the  possession  of  private  individuals  as 
pocket  money  has  increased  largely  also. 


General  Business 

There  is  no  doubt  but  that  the  bad  weather  of 
the  past  three  months  has  interfered  with  general  busi- 
ness to  a  certain  extent,  but  the  greater  part  of  the 
leading  wholesale  houses,  when  spoken  to  on  the 
subject,  agree  that  business  is  very  good  for  this 
time  of  year.  Indeed,  one  wholesaler  told  the 
writer  of  these  lines  that  business  was  better  with 
him  since  January  1st  than  it  had  been  at  the  same 
time  for  the  two  preceding  years. 


Jack — "Did  Miss  Suddington  give  you  an  im- 
mediate answer  when  you  proposed?" 

Tom — "No,  indeed.  She  sent  it  by  a  messenger 
boy." 


Germania  National  Bank 

OP  SAIN    FRANCISCO 
IS  NOW   OPEN   FOR   BUSINESS  AT  THEIR  NEW  QUARTERS 

521  MARKET  STREET,  Bet.  First  and  Second  Streets 

SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIFORNIA 

OFFICERS:     W.  A.  Frederick.  President;  F.  Kronenberg.  Vice-President; 
R.  F.  Crist,  Vice-President;  F.  Kronenberg,  Jr.,  Cashier. 
Cable  Address;   Germania 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Stock  Exchange 

Goldfield,  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 

Write  (or  Market  Letter. 

339  BUSH  STREET.  STOCK  EXCHANGE  BUILDING 


BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE,  Pres. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Any. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mgi. 

OFFICES -COR.   CHURCH   AND  MARKET  STREETS 
OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Dr.  Cortelyou's  Golden  Relief 

From  the  Washington  Post 


Popular    French    Restaurant 


Regular  Dinner  75c 

Meals  a  la  carte  at  any  hour 


Private  Dining  Rooms 

(or  Banquets,  etc. 


197  Cioldcn  Gate  Ave. 

Comer  Polk  Street 


Phone  Market  23  15 


-THE  WASP- 


57 


Monday. — My!  Aren't  women  deceitful.  Mrs. 
Mugsby  has  been  telling  me  for  weeks  about  the 
awful  time  there  was  going  to  be  in  Sausalito.  They 
were  going  to  refuse  an  invitation  to  a  young  matron 
of  that  place  to  a  swell  charity  affair.  Oh,  dear. 
Such  gossiping  and  conspiring  in  all  the  dark  cor- 
ners to  accomplish  their  fell  purpose.  And  just  to 
think  of  it.  After  all  the  plot  failed  miserably.  The 
young  woman  walked  in  boldly  in  the  wake  of  her 
mother  and  not  one  of  the  committee  said  "boo." 
They  just  wilted,  Mrs.  Mugsby  says.  The  mother 
is  one  of  the  leaders  of  what  they  call  the  "Hill  Set," 
and  they  didn't  dare  make  a  scene.  If  they  did,  the 
first  thing  they  knew  they  might  find  themselves 
some  fine  day  looking  wistfully  from  the  sidewalk 
at  guests  going  into  a  tea  they  were  just  dying  to 
attend.  Well,  women  are  queer  creatures — that  is, 
married  women.  They  are  always  plotting  terrible 
things  that  don't  amount  to  shucks. 


Tuesday. — Mrs.  Gayleigh  came  in  today  to  bor- 
row my  best  prayer  book. 

"Thank  goodness,  Ethel,"  I  said,  "you  are  turn- 
ing over  a  new  leaf." 

"Oh,  I  don't  intend  to  turn  over  many  of  these 
leaves,  Tabby,"  said  she.  "It's  only  a  bluff.  I'm 
going  up  to  St.  Simon's  on  the  Avenue  to  see  the 
new  rector.  They  say  he's  a  lovely  young  man,  and 
what's  better,  he  has  quite  an  income  outside  of  his 
salary." 

Heavens !  I  stared  at  the  woman  in  amazement. 
Judging  a  preacher  bv  his  looks  and  his  income ! 
What  morals ! 

"Oh,  yes,  Tabby,"  the  shameless  woman  con- 
tinued, "all  the  girls  in  the  parish  will  be  consumed 
with  piety  now.  I'm  lucky  if  I  get  a  seat  next  Sun- 
day." 

Really,  I  was  speechless  on  hearing  such  senti- 
ments. Before  I  could  collect  my  thoughts  she 
rattled  on. 

"But  I  suppose,"  said  she,  "he  will  soon  get  mar- 
ried and  lose  all  his  popularity.  That's  always  the 
way  with  a  handsome  young  preacher.  Somebody 
captures  him  and  just  as  like  as  not  'twill  be  some 
widow  with  lots  of  money.     They  seem  to  have  a 


mortgage  on  good  looking  clergymen  and  carry 
them  off  before  the  single  girls  have  time  to  lay 
their  nets." 

Really,  I  couldn't  stand  it  an}-  longer  and  excused 
myself,  saying  I  had  a  headache  and  must  go  and  lie 
down. 

"You'd  better  come  up  on  Easter  Sunday  your- 
self, Tabby.  Who  knows  but  you  may  be  the  lucky 
one,"  she  called  out  as  she  went  downstairs,  in  the 
hearing  of  the  hired  girl. 

Gracious!  I  was  so  mortified  I  got  a  real  head- 
ache that  staved  with  me  all  day.  I  really  ought  to 
cut  that  woman  before  she  gets  me  in  some  serious 
trouble. 

Wednesday — Goodness  me !  I've  had  enough  of 
Bohemian  women.  Mrs.  Shoddy  got  me  invita- 
tions to  the  Madrone  Club,  where  she  said  all  the 
witty  people  in  town  meet.  They're  so  bright  that 
they  hardly  need  any  gas  at  their  meetings,  she 
says.  Mrs.  Gayleigh  says  the  artists  and  the  news- 
paper writers  furnish  more  gas,  in  fact,  than  is 
needed. 

Well,  gracious!  After  dinner,  just  think,  all  the 
men  began  to  smoke  in  regular  California  style,  but 
it  took  my  breath  away  when  several  women  took 
out  cigarettes  and  lighted  them  just  like  a  man. 
Heavens!  I  couldn't  get  out  quick  enough.  Mrs. 
Gayleigh,  who  stayed,  of  course,  till  the  end,  tells 
me  that  after  Mrs.  Shoddy  and  myself  went  the 
women  kept  on  smoking  till  you'd  actually  think 
the  room  was  on  fire.  Oh  dear!  no  more  bohemian- 
ism  at  the  Madrone  Club  for  me. 

Thursday — Well,  such  an  idea.  Mrs.  Gayleigh 
went  out  to  the  Chutes  to  see  the  opera  and  was 
surprised  to  see  all  the  women  with  very  high  cut 
dresses.  She  thought  'twas  on  account  of  the  cold, 
cold. 

"Oh  dear,  no,"  said  Mrs.  Spanker,  the  Pacific 
Heights  Society  leader.     "It's  on  account  of  Lent." 

Then  she  went  home  and  played  bridge  for  big 
stakes  till  2  o'clock  next  morning. 

Well,  for  the  land  sakes !  What  people  there  are 
in  this  world. 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


Miss  Blanche  Cushman  of  Berkeley  and  J.  H.  Wolfe 
will  be  married  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  parents 
in  Berkeley  on  April  3d.  Mr.  Wolfe  is  a  prominent 
mining  engineer. 


The  Auditorium 

FILLMORE    STREET,  Corner  Page 
FRANK  R1TTIGSTEIN.  Manager 


Championship  Trophy  Cup  Game 

ROLLER    POLO 


Vallejo  vs.  San  Francisco 


Friday  Eve.  March  29 


Grand  Concert  and  Skating  Party 
League   of   the  Cross   Cadet   Band 

Skating  7:20  to  11:00  P.  M.  Wednesday  Eve.,  April  3 


58 


THE  WASP- 


Personalities 


The  death  of  "Silent"  Smith  in  Tokio  on  his 
honeymoon  tour  is  an  occurrence  similar  in  some 
respects  to  the  untimely  death  of  Hugh  Tevis  in 
Japan  on  his  wedding  trip  after  marrying  Cornelia 
Baxter.  Mr.  Smith  was  reputed  to  have  inherited 
fifty  million  dollars  from  his  bachelor  uncle,  who 
made  his  fortune  by  buying  Chicago  real  estate 
just  after  the  fire  and  before  the  boom  struck  the 
town.  In  September  last  Mr.  Smith  married  Mrs. 
William  Rhinelander  Stewart,  the  divorced  wife  of 
William  Rhinelander  Stewart  of  New  York.  She 
obtained  a  Dakota  divorce  to  marry  the  wealthy 
bachelor  whose  name  had  become  linked  with  hers. 
Mr.  Smith  was  a  Wall  street  broker  and  unknown 
to  Society  before  his  uncle's  death.  Mrs.  Stuy- 
vesant  Fish  became  his  Social  mentor,  and  his 
elaborate  entertainments  dazzled  New  York.  About 
two  years  ago  it  began  to  be  rumored  in  his  social 
set  that  Mrs.  Stewart  was  likely  to  apply  for  a 
divorce  and  she  did. 

I  hear  there  is  an  awful  storm  brewing  in  San 
Rafael  over  the  quandom  Coachman  Jevenesky, 
who  has  become  the  lion  of  the  fashionable  suburb 
by  turning  skating  professor.  Jevenesky  skates 
divinely  on  one  toe  or  ten  with  equal  facility  and 
never  throws  flip-flops  like  some  of  the  Society 
beaux.  It  is  not  wonderful  then  that  all  the  belles 
and  buds  who  wish  to.  show  to  the  best  advantage 
prefer  the  professor  with  the  Nihilist  name,  to  the 
eligible  but  awkward  squad  of  Society.  There  is 
talk  of  a  vigilance  committee  and  terrible  deeds 
if  this  state  of  affairs  should  continue.  No  auto- 
mobile rides  or  invitations  to  the  theater  are  to  be 
extended  to  maids  and  matrons  who  show  a  decided 
preference  for  Javenesky  after  April  1st  when  any 
kind  of  foolishness  is  permissible. 
*         =i=         * 

Several  years  ago  M.  A.  Gunst  betook  himself  to 
Burlingame  and  builded  him  a  house  in  the  very 
shadow  of  the  splendid  establishments  of  our  very 
rich  and  particular  aristocrats.  There  was  a  great 
deal  of  comment  among  those  in  the  smart  set  and 
they  made  no  attempt  to  conceal  their  displeasure 
at  the  invasion  of  the  sacred  precincts  by  one  de- 
voted to  a  vulgar  trade.  Now  it  looks  very  much  as 
though  Gunst  had  a  little  the  best  of  it,  and  if  Heney 
and  Burns  live  up  to  the  promises  made  by  them 
Gunst  will  be  one  of  the  few  wealthy  men  remain- 
ing at  the  social  colony  after  the  Grand  Jury  work 
is  over.  The  peerless  investigators  assure  us  that 
before  the  end  of  this  prosecution1  of  bribery  and 
graft  is  reached  there  will  be  such  an  hegira  of  the 
wealthy  and  fashionable  aristocrats  toward  Marin 
County  that  Burlingame  will  be  desolated.  Upon 
the  homes  of  many  of  the  exclusives  will  be  posted 
such  signs  as  "Closed  during  the  absence  of  the 
owner."  and  "To  let  for  a  long  term."  But  the  por- 
tal of  the  Gunst  mansion  will  remain  open  to  the 
embarrassment  of  those  who  objected  to  the  visita- 


tion of  the  Cigar  magnate.  It  would  be  poetic  jus- 
tice if  Mbse  erected  some  "General  Arthur"  adver- 
tising boards  on  the  property  of  the  absentee  land- 
lords. 

Miss  Margaret  Stow  of  Santa  Barbara,  who  has 
been  the  guest  of  the  Vanderlyn  Stows  and  of  Mrs. 
Leroy  Nickel  has  returned  to  her  home  in  the  South. 

A  dance  for  extremely  youthful  girls  will  be  given 
at  the  City  of  Paris  Tea  Garden  on  April  4th.  This 
affair  was  organized  by  Miss  Ruth  Slack  and  Miss 
Elva  de  Pue.  The  patronesses  are  Mrs.  Charles  S. 
Wheeler,  Mrs.  Edgar  de  Pue,  Mrs.  Charles  W. 
Slack,  Mrs.  John  Martin  and  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bullard. 
About  100  young  people  not  yet  out  in  society  will 
be  present. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Fred  Fenwick  gave  a  box  party  followed  by 
a  supper  on  last  Monday  evening,  her  guests  in- 
cluded :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  M.  H.  La  Boyteaux,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward 
Pond  and  William  Sanborn. 

A  popular  bachelor,  Mr.  Laurence  Harris,  brother 
of  Mrs.  Andrew  Carrigan,  will  leave  next  week  for 
the  East,  while  en  route  he  will  visit  Captain  and 
Mrs.  Sturgis,  at  Fort  Wingate,  N.  M.  Mrs.  Sturgis 
was  Miss  Edna  Montgomery. 

Miss  Helen  Baker,  to  the  regret  of  her  friends,  was 
taken  ill  a  few  days  ago  and  brought  to  town  from 
Hotel  Rafael  to  the  Adler  Sanitarium.  This  is  the 
second  time  this  charming  girl  has  been  obliged  to 
enter  a  sanitarium  in  the  past  year.  It  is  said  en- 
tering too  actively  into  the  social  activities  of  San 
Rafael  after  her  first  serious  illness  proved  too  much 
for  her  constitution. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Fred  Chapman  (Miss  Katherine  Powers),  who 
was  recently  married  in  San  Rafael,  and  left  imme- 
diately for  her  home  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  writes  of  her  I 
happy  life  in  her  new  surroundings.  Mrs.  Chapman 
is  the  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Powers, 
prominent  people  of  San  Rafael  and  this  City. 

Miss  Guinette  Henley,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B. 
Henley,  who  has  recently  been  the  guest  of  Mrs. 
Eleanor  Martin,  will  leave  on  the  transport  sailing 
this  week  for  Manila.  Miss  Henley  will  be  gone  sev- 
eral months. 

Invitations  recently  received  for  a  large  tea,  which 
is  to  be  given  by  a  charming  young  lady  at  her  at- 
tractive home  in  Alameda  on  Easter  Sunday,  have 
caused  great  commotion  among  her  friends,  as  it  is 
said  her  engagement  will  be  announced,  to  a  well- 
known  young  man  whose  people  are  wealthy  resi- 
dents of  Fruitvale,  and  whose  late  father  was  a 
director  of  one  of  the  leading  banks  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

At  the  residence  of  Mrs.  F.  E.  Farrington,  1829 
Arch  Street,  Berkeley,  last  week,  Miss  Florence 
Marshall  Ward  became  the  wife  of  Eugene  Shef- 


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field.  The  bride  is  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Phi 
Sorority  and  graduate  from  the  University  of  the 
das-  of  1906.  -Mr.  Sheffield  is  a  member  of  the 
Sigma  Chi  Fraternity,  and  a  graduate  with  the  class 
of  1904.  He  is  a  mining  engineer  and  will  take  his 
bride  to  Alaska  this  summer. 

*  *         * 

Miss  Brooke  Rose,  an  attractive  young  lady  of 
the  exclusive  set,  who  recently  left  for  a  trip  to 
Honolulu,  writes  enthusiastically  of  her  life  there. 
She  i-  at  present  a  guest  of  the  Ernest  Robinson's. 
very  wealthy  people  of  Makaweli,  Kawai,  and  will 
extend  her  visit  until  late  in  the  Fall. 

*  *         * 

At  a  recent  concert  given  in  Paris  bv  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Younger,  the  guests  had  an  opportunity  of  hearing 
two  talented  San  Francisco  girls,  Miss  Bessie  Bonie, 
a  singer,  and  Miss  Sherman,  a  violinist.  Among 
those  present  were  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Dodge,  Mrs. 
Blumenberg  of  New  York,  Count  Leon  de  Tinseau, 
and  Holman  Black. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden  gave  a  dinner  last 
week  in  honor  of  Mr.  Breeden's  birthday.  Her 
guests  were  Mrs.  Butler,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Porter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  M.  A.  Miller,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Wakefield  Baker,  and  Mr.  La  Barton. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Fred  Sharon  has  been  the  motif  for  a  great 
deal  of  entertaining  during  her  short  stay  here  in 
her  old  home.  Mrs.  Sharon  was  the  guest  of  honor 
at  a  recent  tea  given  by  her  friend,  Mrs.  Harry 
Mendel!.  Mrs.  Sharon  left  last  week  for  another 
tour  abroad.  Mrs.  Mendell  is  a  girlhood  friend  of 
Mrs.  Sharon,  and  came  out  here  from  the  South 
many  years  ago. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clinton  E.  Worden.  and  Mrs. 
Towne,  have  recently  purchased  some  beautiful  fur- 
niture and  sent  it  to  the  Del  Monte,  intending  to 
furnish  their  rooms  in  this  attractive  hotel  and  make 
this  place  their  home  for  some  time  to  come. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Bond,  her  three  children,  and  her  mother, 
Mrs.  Dore,  who  have  been  visiting  New  York,  the 
guests  of  Mrs.  Philip  Wooster,  have  returned  to 
California  after  an  absence  of  six  months.  Mrs. 
C.  A.  Spreckels,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Dore,  entertained 
her  relatives  during  their  New  York  visit. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Stubbs  are  guests  at  the  Palace 
Hotel,  after  an  enjoyable  visit  to  their  daughter, 
Mrs.  John  Sunderland,  of  Reno,  Nevada. 

*  #         # 

Mr.  William  Penn  Humphreys,  the  well-known  law- 
yer, was  registered  this  week  at  a  Xew  York  hotel. 
As  his  trip  is  one  purely  of  business  Mrs.  Humphreys 
did  not  accompany  him.  Mrs.  Humphreys,  before 
her  marriage,  was  Miss  Paula  Wolf,  the  handsome 
daughter  of  a  well-known  capitalist. 

An  interesting  exhibition  of  paintings  by  Mr. 
Walter  Cox,  including  some  fine  portraits,  is  now  on 
view  at  the  Kilby  Art  Gallery,  1652  Van  Ness 
Avenue. 


Automobile  News 


The  fine  weather  of  the  past  few  days  has  given 
an  impetus  to  the  automobile  business.  Demonstra- 
tors now  have  an  opportunity  of  displaying  the 
various  features  of  their  respective  machines  and 
are  out  in  full  force. 

*         *         * 

Another  former  devotee  of  foreign  cars  has  de- 
serted them  for  the  ones  made  in  his  own  country 
and  as  a  consequence  Norman  E.  Selby,  once  better 
known  as  Kid  McCoy,  will  pilot  his  own  Thomas 
Forty  runabout  during  the  coming  season.  He  has 
just  placed  his  order  with  Harry  S.  Houpt,  of  New 
York. 


D.  L.  McDonald,  a  Texas  real-estate  agent,  finds 
his  Winton  invaluable  in  making  land  sales.  "If  it 
were  not  for  this  car,"  he  says,  "I  simply  could 
not  do  business,  for  our  land  is  far  away  from  rail- 
roads and  trolleys,  and  I  have  yet  to  find  a  team 
of  horses  that  could  handle  a  load  of  seven  pas- 
sengers at  the  speed  and  over  the  grass-grown 
country  that  the  car  negotiates  easily." 

The  United  States  Government  report  concedes 
to  the  White  automobile  its  superiority  over  all 
othercarson account  of  its  ease  in  controlling  speed, 
free  and  smooth  running  and  freedom  from  violent 
vibration.  This  machine  attracted  a  great  deal  of 
attention  at  the  recent  show  last  month.  Its  first 
appearance  in  competition  was  in  the  New  York- 
Rochester  endurance  run  in  1901.  The  four  Whites 
which  started,  made  perfect  scores.  The  latest 
appearance  of  the  White  in  competition  was  last 
October  in  the  London  Tower  Carriage  competi- 
tion, in  which  the  leading  makers  of  the  world  were 
entered.  The  White  Steamer  received  the  highest 
award — a  gold  medal — only  one  other  machine  be- 
ing si'mularly  honored. 


H.  C.  RAAP,  Manaser 


Telephone  Franklin  588 


National  Cafe  and  Grill 

918-920  O'FARRELL  ST.,  San  Francisco 

SPECIAL   MERCHANTS  HOT  LUNCH   25c 

Including  Tea,  Coffee,  Wine  or  Beer.      II  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 
A  LA  CARTE  al  all  hours. 

Regular  Dinner  50c  Special  Sunday  Dinner  75c 


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AL.  CONEY  J.  HUFF 

Kadee  Hammam  Baths 

TURKISH  AND  HAMMAM  BATHS 

PRIVATE  ROOM  AND  BATH  $1.00 

Open  Day  and  Night 

GEARY  AND  GOUGH  STREETS 

Strictly  First  Class  Phone  West  3725 


N^W 


(mi     i  fr  r^  cry  -7s 

LASSIFIED 


OF   SAN    FRANCISCO'S 

LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES   ^'" 
a/vo  PROFESSIONAL   PEOPLE. 

REVISED  AND     COfeRECTEJD   WEEKLY. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Builders'    Exchange,   226   Oak   St.,   S.   F. 

Builders'   Association,   96   Fulton   st. 

ADDRESSING    MACHINES. 

Elliott  Addressing  Machine  Co.,  58  Stock- 
ton St..  S.   P. 

ADVERTISING    AGENCIES. 

Bolte  &  Braden,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F.;  phone 
Park  289. 

Cooper  Adv.  Agency,  F.  J.,  West  Mission  and 
Brady  sts. 

Dflke  Adv.  Agency,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  st.    Phone  Temporary   1440. 

Fisher,  L.  P.  Adv.  Agency,  836  North 
Point  St.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Emergency  584. 

Hadley,  M.  L.,  Advertising  Agency,  26 
Clay    st. 

Johnston-Dienstag  Co.,  2170  Post  St., 

Tuttle,    L.    T.,    332    Delbert    Block,    cor.    Van 

Ness   Ave.   and  O'Farrell.  . 
Walker,   Shirley,  Advertiser.  Midway 
building,  779  Market  street,  phone 
Temporary   1839. 

AGENTS— MANUFACTURERS. 
Wlrtner,   Jno.   J.,    2330  Vallejo   St.,   S.   F. 

ARCHITECTS. 
Carson,    John,      Vice-President      and 
Manager  H.  C.  Chivers,  1627  Sut- 
ter St. 
Chivers,    Herbert   C,    1627    Sutter   St.,    S. 
F.;    Wainwrlghts    Building,    St.    Louis. 
Mo. 
Curtis,   John  M.,   2501  Buchanan  St..    S.  F. 
Havens    &    Toepke,    611-612    Mutual    Savings 

Bank. 
Reed      Bros,      Temporary      Offices,      2325 

Gough  St.,  S.  F. 
Thos.    J.     Welsh,    John    W.    Carey,    associate 
architects,   40  Haight   St.,   S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 
Gallagher   Bros.,    2208   Geary  St.,    S.    F. 
Gump,    S.    &    G„    1645    California    St.,    S.    F. 
Schussler   Bros..  341    Grove  St. 
ATTORNEYS. 
A.    Heynemann,    2193    Fillmore      St. 
Phone  West   6405. 

Bahrs,     George    H..     1901    Post    st.,    cor. 

Fillmore,    S.    F. 
Campbell,   Metson   &  Drew,   1101    Laguna  St., 

cor.   of  Turk   St.,   S.    F. 
Dorn,  Dorn  &  Savage,  717  Van  Ness 

ave. 
Drum,    J.    S.,    1416   Post   St.,    S.    F. 
Dlnkelspiel.   Henry  G.   W.,   1265  Ellis  st, 

S.   F.     PHONE,  WEST  2355. 
Goldstone.    Louis,    1124   Fillmore  st 
Heller,    Powers    &    Ehrman,      Union 

Trust  bldg. 
Hewlett,  Bancroft     and     Ballantine, 
Monadnock  Bldg.,  Phone  Temporary 

972. 
McEnerney,  Garret  W..  1416  Post  St..  S.F. 
Lawlor,    Wm.    P.,    Judge,      The      Family 

Club,  l'JOO  Franklin  St.,  S.  F. 
O'Callaghan.    Chas.    F.,    928    Fillmore   St., 

Pringie  &  Prlngle,  2219  Fillmore  st. 

Ricketts,  A.  H.  (Title  Quieting  Co.) 
1136  O'Farrell  street.  Tel.  Emer- 
gency 788. 

Shadburne,  Geo.,  D.,  904  Devlsadero 
st.,  S.  F. 

Shortrldge,  Samuel  M.,  1101  O'Farrell  st, 
S.    F. 


Edward    B.    Young,    4th    Floor,    Union    Trust 
Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temporary,  833. 

AUTOMOBILES    AND     SUPPLIES. 

Auto   Livery   Co.,    Golden   Gate   and   Van 

Ness  Ave.,   S.   F. 
Boyer   Motor   Car   Co.,   408   Golden   Gate   ave. 

Phone,  Emergency  655. 
Leavltt,    J.    W.    &   Co.,    441   Golden    Gate 

Ave.,  S.  F.;  370.  12th  st,  Oakland. 
Lee  Cuvler,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
Middleton    Motor    Car    Co.,    550    Golden    Gate 

Ave.,   S.   F. 
Mobile    Carriage    Co.,    Golden    Gate    Ave. 

and  Gough  sts.,    S.   F. 
Pioneer  Automobile  Co..  901  Golden  Gate 

Ave.,    S.    F.;    and    12th    and    Oak    sts., 

Oakland 
Karig  Auto  Co.  1377  Broadway,  Oakland. 
White     Sewing     Machine     Company, 

Market  and   Van  Ness   ave.,   S.   F. 

BANKS. 

American  National  Bank,  Merchants  Ex. 

Bldg.,    S.   F. 
Anglo  California  Bank  Lt,  cor.  Pine  and 

Sansome    sts.,    S.    F. 
Bank    of    California,    424    California    St., 

S.    F. 
California    Safe    Deposit    and    Trust    Co., 

cor.    California    and    Montgomery    sts., 

S.    F. 
Central    Trust    Co.,    42    Montgomery    st, 

S.    F 
Crocker  -  Woolworth        National        Bank, 

Crocker    Bldg..    S.    F. 
First  National  Bank,   Bush  and  Sansome 

sts.,   S.    F. 
French  Savings  Bank,  Union  Trust  Bldg., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Eddy. 
Germania  National  Bank,  521  Market  St., 

S.   F.;   Phone  Park  792. 
German    Savings    and    Loan    Society,    626 

California  st,  S.  F. 
Halsey.    N.    W.    &    Co.,    413   Montgomery 

st,    S.    F. 
International    Banking    Corporation,    2045 
Sutter  street,  and  415  Montgomery 
Hlbernla     Savings     and     Loan     Society, 

Jones   and   McAllister  sts..    S.    F. 
Humboldt  Savings  Bank,  626  Market  st, 

S.    F. 
Mechanics'    Saving    Bank,    143    Montgom- 
ery  st,    S.    F. 
Metropolis  Trust  and  Savings  Bank, 

1237  Van  Ness  Ave. 
Mutual   Savings   Bank  of  San   Francisco, 

710   Market    St.,    opp.    3d   St.,    S.    F. 
National  Bank  of  the  Pacific.   Call  Bldg., 

S.    F. 
Renters  Loan  and  Trust  Co.,  Commercial  and 

Savings  Bank,  115    Hayes  Street 
San     Francisco    Savings    Union.     N.    W. 

cor.    California    and    Montgomery    sts., 

S.   F. 
Savings    and    Loan     Society.     101    Mont- 
gomery st.,   S.   F. 
Security   Savings   Bank.    316   Montgomery 

st,  S.  F. 
Standard  Bank,   1818  Market  St.,  at 

Van  Ness,  S.  F. 
The   Market    Street   Bank   and   Safe    De- 
posit Vault,  Market  and  7th  sts.,  S.  F. 
Union  Trust  Co.,  4  Montgomery  st,  S.  F. 
Wells-Fargo      Nevada      National      Bank, 

Union    Trust   Bldg.,    S.   F. 
Western     National     Bank,     Powell     and 

Market  sts..   S.   F. 

BATHS 

Colonial  Baths,  1745  O'Farrell  St. 
Oriental  Turkish,  cor.  Eddy  and  Lar- 
kin    Streets,    City.      W.    J.    Blum- 


berg  &  Bro. 

BITTERS. 

Lash's  Bitters  Co..  1721  Mission  Bt,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 
Albion  Ale  and  Porter  Brewery,  1007-9  Golden 

Gate    Ave.,    S.    F. 
Buffalo    Brewing    Co.,    125-129    King    st, 

S.  F.;  Phone  Main  1010. 
National    Brewing    Co.,    762    Fulton    St., 

Lochbaum,  A.  H.  Co.,  126  Kins  st,  S.  F. ; 

Phone   Main   1010. 
S.    F.   Breweries,   Ltd..   240   2d  St.,    S.   F. 
Rapp.   Jno.    &  Co.,  Agents  Rainier  Beer, 

8th   and  Townsend  sts..   S.   F. 

BRIDGE    BUILDERS. 

Pac.  Construction  Co..  17  Spear  st,  S.  F. 

San    Francisco    Bridge    Co.,    523    Monad- 
nock  Bldg..    S.   F. 
BROKERS— STOCKS    AND     BONDS. 

Hutton,   E.   F.   &   Co.,   490  California  st. 

Rollins'.  E.  H.  &  Sons,  804  Kohl  Bldg: 
Telephone   Temporary   163;    S.    F. 

Wilson.  J.  C,  488  California  st,  S.  F. 

Sutro  &  Co.,  412  Montgomery  St.. 
S.  F. 

Montague,  Phil  S.,  339  Bush  st.  Stock 
Exchange    Bldg. 

Zadig  &  Co.,   324   Bush  St.,  S.   F. 

BUILDING       AND        LOAN       ASSOCIA- 
TIONS. 
Continental   Building  and  Loan   Associa- 
tion.  Church   and  Market   sts.,   S.    F. 
BUTCHERS'   SUPPLIES. 
Pacirlc    Butchers'    Supply    Co.,    316    Bry- 
ant st,    bet    1st   and   2d   sts..    S.    F. 
CARPET  CLEANING. 
Spauidlng,   J.   &  Co.,   911-21   Golden   Gate 
Ave.;    Phone    Park   59L 

CLEANING    AND    DYEING. 

Thomas,    The    F.     Parisian    Dyeing    and 

Cleaning    Works.     1158    McAllister    St., 

S.    F. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
Hub.     The,     Chas.     Kellus     &     Co.,     King 

Solomon    Bldg.,    Sutter     and     Fillmore 

sts..    S.    F. 
Roos    Bros.,    cor.    O'Farrell    and    Fillmore 

sts..    S.    F. 

COMMISSION     AND     SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 

Dollar,    Robert   Co..    Steuart   street   dock. 

Johnson  Locke  Mercantile  Co.,  213  Sansome 
St.,    S.    F. 

itlaldonado  &  Co.,  Inc.,  2020  Buchanan 
St.,    S.    F.;   Tel.    2830. 

The  J.  K.  Armsby  Co.,  The  Armsby 
Bldg.,  cor.  New  Montgomery  and  How- 
ard sts..  S.  V. 

CONTRACTORS   AND    BUILDERS. 

Atlantic,  Gulf  and  Pacific  Co.,  523  Monadnock 

Bldg. 
Fisher    Construction    Co.,    1414    Post    St., 

S      C 
Gray  Bros.,  2d  st,  adjoining  W-  F.  &  Co. 

Bldg..   S.   F. 
S.    F.    Construction     Co.,     A.    E.    Buckman, 

ores. ;  A.  J.  Raisch,  sec.;   636  Market;  Tel. 

Franklin    256. 
Trounson,    J.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176    Ash 

Ave.,  S.   F. 

CROCKERY  AND   GLASSWARE. 
Nathan  Dohrmann  &  Co.,   1520-1550 
Van  Ness  ave. 


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61 


DENTISTS. 
Oreian   B.   Burns,  2077  Sutter  St..  West  6736. 
Decker.  Dr.   Chas.  W..   1316  Sutter  St. 
Knox.   Dr.   A.  J.,    1615    Fillmore   St.,  formerly 

of  Grant   Bldg. 
Morffew    &    Peel.     1765    Pine    St.,    S.    F.; 

Tel.    West    4301:      formerly      Examiner 

BldB. 
O'Connell.  Dr.  Robert  E.  and  Dr.  George, 

211    Divisadero  at.   S.   F. 
Albert   S.   Vanderhurst,   2077   Sutter  it..   West 

6736. 

DRY    GOODS— RETAIL. 
Emporium.    The.    1201   Van   Neas   Ave.,    S. 

F. ;   Phone  Weat  1361. 
Newman  &  Levison.  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Suit 
O'Connor,    Moffit    &    Co..    Van    Neaa    Ave. 

and    Pine   at.,    S.    F. 
City  of  Parla.  Van  Ness  Ave  and  Wash- 
ington St.,   S.   F. 
White    House,    Van    Neaa    Ave.    and    Pine 

St.,    8.    F. 

ENGINEERS. 
.itlantlc,   Gulf  &  Pacific  Co..  623  Monad- 
nock  Bldg..   3.   F. 

EXPRESS. 
Wells,    Fargo      &      Co.    Express,    Golden 
Gate   Ave.   and   Franklin  St.,   Fer- 
ry Bldg.,  and  3d  St.  Depot,  S.  F. 
FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
Crescent  Feather  Co..  19th  and  Harrison 
sts..    8.    F. 

FLORISTS   AND    DECORATORS. 

Clels   &   Jacobsen,    942    Fillmore   St. 

near  McAllister,   Phone  Park   363. 

Frank  &  Parodl  Co.,  1215  McAllister 

street,  formerly   109   Geary  street, 

phone  Park,   794. 

FRUITS    AND    VEGETABLES. 
Omey   &  Goetting,  Geary  and   Polk  sts.,  S.   F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
Carew    &    English,    1618    Geary    St.,    bet. 
Buchanan    and    Webster    sts.,     S.     F. ; 
Phone  West  2604. 
Porter  &  White.   1631   Golden  Gate  Ave.. 
S.   F. ;    Phone   West   770. 

FURNITURE. 
A.    B.     Smith    Co.,     702    Van    Ness    Ave., 

cor.    Turk   St.,    S.    F. 
Breuner,  John  &  Co.,  1491  Van  Ness  Ave., 

Sanitary    Bedding   House,    The,    778- 
780   Golden   Gate  ave.,   N.   E.   cor. 
Gough.     Beds     and     Bedding     ex- 
clusively.    Tel.   Emergency  596. 
GAS  STOVES. 

Gas  Co.,    The,   Halght  and   Fillmore   sts., 
B.   F. 

GENT'S    FURNI8HERS. 

Bullock  &   Jones  Company.  801  Van  Neas 
Ave.,    cor.    Eddy   St.,    S.    F. 

Hansen  and  Elrick,  1105-7  Fillmore 
St.,  nr.  Golden  Gate  ave.,  phon» 
West   5678. 

Roberts  &  Bayless,  Men's  Furnishers,  645  Van 

Ness  Ave.,  near  Turk. 

HARDWARE  AND    RANGES. 
Alexander- Yost    Co.,    Pine    and    Polk    sts.. 

S.    F. 
Baker    &    Hamilton.    115    Berry    St.,    near 

3d:    Phone  West  3589   and   3590. 
Dunham.    Carrigan   &   Hayden   Co..   offlcs 

131-153   Kansas   St..    S.    F. 
lis,  John  G.  &  Co.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F. 
Montague.  W.  "W.  &  Co.,  Turk  &  Polk 

sts.,  S.  F. 

HARNESS    AND    SADDLERY. 
Davis,   W.    &   Son,    2020   Howard  at,   bet. 

16th   and   17th,    S.    F. 
L-elbold    Harness    and    Carriage    Co.,    1214 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
Korn,   Eugene,   the  hatter,    946   Van 

Ness  Avenue. 
Meussdorffer,    J.     C.     Sons,     909    Fillmore 

St..   S.  F. 
Porcher.    J..    716-717    Golden    Gate    Ave., 
near  Franklin,  S.  F. :  formerly  Odd  Fel- 
lows  Bldg. 
HOSPITALS   AND   SANITARIUMS. 
German     Hospital,     Scott    and    Duboce 

Ave. 
Harbor     View    Sanatorium,     Harbor 
View,  S.  F. 


Keeley     Institute,   H.   L.   Batohelder, 

Mgr.;    262  Devlsadero  St.,  S.   F. 
McNutt   Hospital,   1800   O'Farrell   et. 

S.  F. 
St.  Luke's  Hospital,  26th  and  Valen- 
cia St. 

JEWELERS. 
Baldwin    Jewelery    Co.,    1521    Sutter    at.. 

and    1261    Van   Ness   Ave.,    S.    ». 
Bohm,  Bristol,  Van  Ness  and  Sacra- 
mento st. 
Gllnderman,    Win.,    1532-1534     Fill- 
more,  formerly   Examiner   Bldg. 
Shreve  &   Co..   cor.    Post  and  Grant   Ave., 
and  Van  Nes  sand  Sacramento  ttv,  S.   F. 
AUNDRIES. 
Lace    House    French    Laundry.    Cerclat    at 
Co.,    props.;    1047    McAllister    St.:    for- 
merly at  342   McAllister;   Tel.   Park   881. 
La    Grande    Laundry,    234    12th    St..    S.    F. 
Palace    Hotel     Laundry    and     Kelly     Laundry 

Co.,  Inc.,  2343  Post  St.,  phone  West  5854. 
San   Francisco  Laundry  Association,   1408 
Turk  at..   S.  F.;   Phone  West  793. 
LIME. 
Holmes   Lime   Co.,    Mutual      Savings 
Bank    Bldg.,    710    Market   at. 
LUMBER. 
Nelson.    Chas.    Co.,    1st     and     Clay     sts.. 

Oakland;   144  Steuatt  St.,  S.  F. 
Redwood    Manufacturers    Co..    Room    506 
Monadnock    Bldg.    S.    F..    Doors,    Win- 
dows, Tanks,  etc. 
Slade,  S.  E.,  Lumber  Co.,  65  Mission 

street,  S.  F. 
Union    Lumber    Co.,    office    909    Mo- 
nadnock  building 

MACARONI   AND  VERMICELLI. 
T,     R.    Podesta.    612   Washington   at.    S.    F 
MOVING    AND   STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
Bekins'    Van    and    Storage    Co..    13th    and 

Mission    sts.,    S.     F. ;     Phone    Park    169 

and  1016  Broadway,  Oakland. 
St.    Francis    Transfer    and    Storage    Company. 

Office,   1402  Eddy  St.     Tel.   West  2680. 
Union     Transfer     Co.,     2116     Market     St., 

S.   F. 

Notaries    Public. 

Deane,  Jno,  J.,  temporarily  at  2077 
Sutter  street  and  2464  Vallejo 
street,  S.  F. 

OPTICIANS. 
Mayerle,       George.    German    expert,     1115 
Golden   Gate  Ave.,    S.   F.;    Phone   West 
3766. 
San  Francisco  Optical  Co.  "Spences," 
are    now    permanently    located    at 
627  Van  Ness  ave,  between  Gold- 
en  Gate   avenue     and     Turk      st. 
"Branch"    1613       Fillmore      near 
Geary. 

Standard     Optical     Co.,     808     Van     Ness     ave, 
near    Eddy    St. 

PACKERS. 
Phoenix  Packing  Co.,  118  Davis  St.,  S.   F. 
PAINTERS    AND     DECORATORS. 
Keefe,  J.  H.,  820-822  O'Farrell  St.,  S.  F„  Tel. 
Franklin   20S5. 

Tozer,  L.  &  Son  Co.,  Inc.,  1527  Pine 
and  2511  Washington  St.,  near 
Fillmore,   S.   F. 

PAINTS    AND    OILS. 

Bass-Hueter  Paint  Co.,  1816  Market 

St. 
Paraflne     Paint  Co.,   405     Union     Savings 
Bank      Bldg.,     Oakland;      Sales      DepL 
Guerrero   near  15th  St.,   S.   F. 
PHOTO     ENGRAVERS. 
Cal.  Photo   Eng.   Co.,   141-143  Valencia  St. 

PHYSICIANS. 
Bowie,    Dr.    Hamilton   C,    formerly    293 
Geary  St..  Paul  Bldg;.;   now 
14th  and  Church  sts. 
Bryant,    Dr.    Edgar    R.,     1944    Fillmore 
St..    cor.    Pine;    Tel.    West    6667;    Res. 
3869   Jackson   st.;   Tel.  West  816. 
D'Evelyn,    Dr.    Frederick   W.,    2116   Cal- 
ifornia   St..    S.    F.;    and    2103    Clinton 
Ave.,    Alameda. 


Thorne,  Dr.  W.  S..  1434  Post  St.,  S. 
F. 

PIANOS    —    MANUFACTURERS        AND 

DEALERS. 
Ba.uwln.  D.  H.  &  Co.,  2512  Sacramento 

st..  near  Fillmore,  S.  F.;  Phone  West 

1869. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Marchand's.  1424  McAllister  St. 
Moraghan.      M.      B.      Oyster      Co..      1212 

Golden   Gate   Ave.,   S.   F. 
Old     Poodle     Dog,    824     Lddy    St.,     near     Van 

Ness  ave. 

St.  Germain  Restaurant,   497   Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  Phone  Emergency  300. 
Swains  Restaurant,    1111   Post  St.,  S.  F. 
Techau   Tavern.    1321   Sutter  St.,   S.   F. 
Thompson's,   formerly    Oyster    Loaf 

1727   O'Farrell   St. 

SAFES    AND    SCALES. 

Herring-Hall      Marvin     Safe      Co..     office     anrf 
salesrooms.    Mission     St.,    bet.     Seventh    an* 
Eighth    sts.;    phone   Temp'y,    1037. 
SEWING    MACHINES. 
Whee.er  &  Wilson   and  Sinter     Sewing 
Machines.     1431     Bush     St..     cor.    V»» 
Ness  Ave.,  S.  F.;  phone  Emergencj 
301,   formerlv   231   Sutter  street. 
STORAGE. 
Bekins  Van   *    Storage  Co..   13th  and  Missioi 

Sts.,  S.  F.;  Phone  Market  2558. 
Pierce    Rodolph    Storage    Co.,    Edds 
and  Fillmore  Sts..  Tel.  West  828 

SURGICAL    INSTRUMENTS    AND    HOS- 
PITAL   SUPPLIES. 
Walters    fc    Co..    formerly    Shutts,    Walters    & 
Co.,   1608   :  teiner  St.,   S.   F. 

TALKING   MACHINES. 
Bacigalupl,    Peter,    1113-1116    Fillmore 
St..   S.   F. 

Lvons.  Charts.  TI^ndon  Tailor,  1432  Fill- 
more St..  731  Van  Ness  Ave..  S.  F., 
958    Broadway.    Oakland. 

McMahon,  Keyer  and  Stiegeler  Bros., 
Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Far- 
rell and  Fillmore. 

Neuhaus  &  Co.,  Inc..  1618  Ellis  at 
near    Fillmore.    S.    F. 

RehnsVom.  C.  H ,..2416  Fillmore ,  .  ; 
formerly  Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg. 

'TENTS    AND    AWNINGS. 
Thorns  F.,  1209  Mission  St.,  corner  of  Eighth, 

S    F 

TPICYCLEB. 
Eames    Tricycle    Co.,    Invalid      Chairs,     2108 
Market    St..    S.    F. 

WINES  &  LIQUORS— WHOLESALE 

Balke.   Ed.    W.,    1498    Eddy   St.,   cor. 

Fillmore. 
Blumenthal.    M.    &    Co..    Inc..    temporary 

office     1K21    Webster    St..    ».    r. 
Butler      John     &     Son.     2209     Steiner    st, 

Re^nrfl'ds,    Chas.    M.    Co..    514    Halght   st 

Ruscfni,  Fisher  &  Co..   649  Turk  st,  S.  F 
Berman     Wine     &     Liquor    Co.,    family    trade 

Siebe    Bros.    &    Placeman.      419-425 
Larkin   street,    Phone,    Emergency 
349 
Weniger.  P.  J.  &  Co.,  N.  E.  cor.  Van 
Ness  ave.  and  Ellis  st.     Tel.  Emer- 
gency 309. 
WIchman.   Lutgen   &   Co..   formerly  of  29- 
31    Battery   st.    S.    F.;    temporary  office, 
Harrison     and     Everett     sts.,     Alanieda, 
Cal.:    Phone    Alameda    1179.     Gilt    Edge 
Whiskey. 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS— RETAIL. 

Ferguson,   T.   M.   Co..   Market  street. 

Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow 

Whiskey. 
Fischer.   E.   R..    1901    Mission  street, 

corner    of    Fifteenth. 

The    Metropolejohn    L.    Herget    and   Wm.    H. 
Harrison.    Props.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 
Steiner    Streets. 
Tuxedo     The.    Eddie    Graney.    Prop..    SW 
cor.  Fillmore   «•  O'Farrell  sts 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS 
Golden  Gate  Compressed  Yeast  Co.,   2401   FiH- 
more. 


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Amusements 


The  opera!  What  would  Society  do  without  it? 
Its  musical  interest  is  subordinated  to  clothes,  but 
nevertheless  the  faithful  ones  who  reck  little  of  the 
bavardes  and  their  sartorially  descriptive  effusive- 
ness, turned,  struggled  through  the  rain  and  slush 
away  out  to  the  far  distant  Chutes.  For  the  life 
of  me  I  cannot  see  how  any  impresario  could  have 
such  faith  in  the  weather  to  set  his  company  down 
in  the  suburban  sandhills  in  the  very  depth  of  the 
rainy  season  in  San  Francisco  and  expect  to  make 
money.  I  believe  the  San  Carlo  venture  has  been 
a  losing  game  from  the  start  and  it  would  be  a 
miracle  were  it  otherwise. 

February  and  March  are  usualjy  the  two  worst 
months  in  the  year  and  rain  is  fatal  to  an  opera 
season  under  conditions  such  as  have  existed  in 
San  Francisco  since  the  fire. 

It  was  different  in  the  olden  days  when  Society 
could  drive  down  over  well-paved  streets  to  the 
Grand  Opera  House  and  go  thence  for  supper  in 
luxurious  hotels  and  cafes  located  within  a  few 
blocks  of  the  theater;''  A  storm  under  such  condi- 
tions could  not  be  a  serious  deterrent,  but  as  things 
are  now  a  March  down-pour  is  a  tragedy  for  opera- 
goers,  who  have  almost  to  take  the  China  steamer 
to  'reach  the  scene  of  music,  light  and  joy. 
*         *         * 

And  for  what  should  fashionable  and  musical  San 
Francisco  leave  its  dry  and  warm  firesides  often 
enough  to  struggle  out  to  the  Chutes  through  seas 
of  mire  and  deluges  of  rain — to  hear  Nordica,  whom 
they  have  so  often  seen,  and  applauded  popular 
Alice  Nielsen  at  $3  per  seat.  Really,  it  is  too  serious 
a  strain  to  place  upon  the  enthusiasm  of  any  com- 
munity, much  less  one  which  has  had  a  year  of  too 
strenuous  experiences  already  and  is  now  sighing 
for  some  of  its  old-time  ease  and  pleasure  amidst 
pleasurable  surroundings. 

So  the  San  Carlo  opera  venture  has  passed  into 
stage  history  as  an  ill-timed  and  unlucky  venture  in 
which  anything  but  good  judgment  was  exercised 
in  the  preliminary  arrangements. 


As  to  the  other  array  of  talent  which  I  happened 
to  see  in  the  performance  of  "Faust,"  Nordica  was 
Nordica.  I  cannot  recall  anyone  whose  playing  of 
"Marguerite"  was  as  satisfactory.  Aside  from 
Madame  Nordica,  Madame  Monti-Baldini  was  the 
only  one  whose  performance  distinguished  her.  The 
other  members  of  the  cast  were  mediocre  if  not  or- 
dinary, and  the  orchestra  was  barbarous. 

What  with  charges  of  official  graft,  charges  that 
his  theatre  is  a  dangerous  fire  trap  and  the  vigorous 
boycott  of  the  aggressive  Irish,  Supervisor  Davis, 
the  manager  of  the  Davis  Theatre,  has  his  hands 
full.  If  Mr.  Davis  does  not  land  in  that  other  place 
with  his  supervisorial  associates  he  is  likely  to  land 
in  bankruptcy,  so  many  are  his  troubles. 

What  a  fool  any  manager  is  to  quarrel  with  the 
Irish  in  America.  No  other  nationality  has  half  the 
political  pull  of  the  Irish,  and  when  they  concen- 
trate their  batteries  on  a  man  who  is  lampooning 
their  race  in  a  fire-trap  theatre  built  in  defiance  of 
all  the  municipal  ordinances,  his  finish  is  in  sight. 

While  a  great  many  educated  Irishmen  and  Jews 
and  Germans  can  laugh  good-naturedly  at  the  cari- 
catures of  their  races  put  on  at  cheap  show  houses 
like  the  Davis  Theatre,  thousands  of  others  are  en- 
raged by  the  horrible  impersonations  of  their  people. 
Nationalities  that  have  been  subjected  to  oppressive 
government  like  the  Irish  and  Jews  are  particularly 
sensitive.  Only  the  cheapest  class  of  theatres, 
which  cater  to  the  lowest  order  of  playgoers,  en- 
courage such  caricatures,  and  even  in  them  the 
practice  is  not  a  paying  one.  With  the  Davis 
Theatre  it  is  likely  to  prove  ruinous,  for  the  Irish 
politicians  will  surely  have  Davis'  flimsy  and  dan- 
gerous structure  pulled  down  by  the  municipal  au- 
thorities. 

*  *         * 

The  hits  of  the  Orpheum  during  the  week  have 
been  Julien  Tannen's  specialty,  and  Merri  Osborne's 
playlet,  "Taming  an  Actress." 

*  *      ..  * 

The  Auditorium  is  in  favor  as  a  skating  place, 
despite  the  rainy  weather  of  recent  weeks.  The 
polo  games  have  attracted  widespread  interest. 


y         fCE  CREAM 

^1536-8  Fillmore  St..  S.F. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherith  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 


LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 

Church  Choir 

Teacher    of     Voice,     Piano     and     Organ 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phone 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,  Tues- 
day and  Friday. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 


PIANIST 

1 60 1  Buchai 


William  Keith 

Studio 

After  Dec.  1st        1717  California  St. 


SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 

Attorney-at-Law 


i  St.,  Cor.  Sutter 


1101  O'FARRELL  ST. 
Cor.  Franklin 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


-THE  WASP- 


63 


RACING     Amusements 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 

SIX   OR    MORE    RACES    EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Rain  or  Shine 

Rata  commence  al   1:40  p.  m.  sharp. 

For  special  trains  sloppins  at  the  track  take  S.  P.  Ferry, 
foot  of  Market  street:  leave  at  1 2:00.  thereafter  every  twenty 
minutes  until  1 :40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  cars, 
which  are  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Returning  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILLIAMS.  President. 
PERCY  W.  TREAT.  Secretary. 


The  best  YEAST  for  all 
Kinds,  of  Baking 

FRESH  DAILY  AT  YOUR  CROCER 


Palace  fiotel  Laundry 

AND   KELLY  LAUNDRY  CO.    INC 
234-3     Post     Street 

Are    N'O'CT?    Open 

TELEPHONE  WEST  5854 

Work  called  for  and  returned  on  schedule 
time. 


Thompson's       Formerly 

Oyster  Loaf,  op7n. 

1727  O'Farrell  St.,  near  Fillmore 
All  night  service  Popular  Prices 


T    The  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 

•  Hammam  Baths,  built  especially  for 

*  the  purpose,  in  the  city. 

\  Oriental  Turkish  Baths 

Corner  Eddy  and  Larkln  Sts. 

Cold  water  plunge. 
Room  including  Bath.Si.oo. 
Phone  Franklin  653 
W.  J.  BLUMBERG  &  BRO..  Props. 


"Kreutzer  Sonata,"  a  dramatization 
mi  ("..tint  Tolstoi's  great  >tory,  will 
receive  it>  initial  production  in  this 
City  next  Monday  night  at  the  Col- 
onial Theater.  Two  different  ver- 
sions of  this  thrilling  Russian  play 
are  heing  produced  with  considerable 
success  in  the  East  by  Blanche  Walsh 
and  Bertha  Kalisch.  "Kreutzer  Son- 
ata" was  undoubtedly  one  of  Tolstoi's 
best  efforts  and  when  it  was  first 
published  caused  a  most  profound 
sensation.  The  demand  for  the  book 
was  so  great  that  the  book  stores 
were  unable  to  fill  the  orders. 

The  play  is  replete  with  dramatic 
situations  and  the  story  dealing  with 
life  in  Russia  among  the  upper  set 
is  intensely  interesting.  An  unfaithful 
wife  who  plans  to  elope  with  a  farmer 
sweetheart  is  the  thread  upon  which 
the  story  hangs.  The  climaxes  are 
admirably  conceived  and  Tzetta  Jewell, 
the  charming  leading  woman  of  the 
stock  company  will  have  another  op- 
portunity to  display  her  ability  in  this 
line.  The  cast  will  be  considerably 
strengthened  for  this  production, 
while  the  management  promises  some 
new  and  novel  scenic  effects. 


A  famous  old  Sanskrit  comedy, 
"The  Little  Clay  Cart,"  written  by 
King  Shudraka  about  600  A.  D.,  win 
be  presented,  in  English  translation, 
by  the  English  Club  of  the  University 
of  California  in  the  Greek  Theater 
at  eight  o'clock  Saturday  evening, 
April   6th. 

This  is  a  love  drama,  with  a  politi- 
cal intrigue  interwoven.  Only  twice 
before  has  the  occidental  world  bad 
an  opportunity  to  see  this  ancient 
play — at  the  Odeon  in  Paris  in  1850 
and  at  the  Royal  Theater  in  Berlin  in 
1900.  The  version  to  be  presented  at 
the  Greek  Theater  is  the  work  of 
Dr.  Arthur  W.  Ryder,  instructor  in 
Sanskrit  in  the  University  of  Califor- 
nia, who  has  published  the  translation 
of  this  play  in  the  Harvard  Oriental 
Series. 


To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
:olor  use  Alfrcdum's  Egyptian  Henna — 
1  vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
[he  effect  is  immediate..  All  druggists 
sell  it.     Langley  &  Michaels  Co.,  agents. 


COLONIAL  THEATRE 

McAllister  near  Market        Phone  Market  920 
MARTIN    F.    KURT1G,    President   and    Manner 


All  Market  Street  Cars  run  direct  to  Theater 
Week  Beginning     Monday,     April     1 


First  time  in  San  Francisco  of  the  dramatization 
of  Count  Tolstoi's  Thrilling  Story 

KREUTZER  SONATA 

A  Big  Scenic  Production  with 
an  All-Star  Cast 


PRICES:  Eveninas,  25c.  50c.  75c,  $1.00;  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  Matinees.  25c  and  50c.  BARGAIN 
MATINEE,  Wednesday,  all  seals  reserved,  25c.  Branch 
Ticket  Office.  Kohler  6c  Chase's,  Sutter  and  Franklin 
Streets. 

Monday,  April  8,  "FRIENDS" 


To  Cure  al)  Skin  Diseases, 

use 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

Oriental   Cream   or   Magic 

Beautifier 

It  Purifies  and  Beautifies  the 

Skin 

For  Sale  by  Druggists 

DR.  WM.  D.  CLARK 

Office  and  Res.:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

Hours — 1  to  3  p.  m.  and  7  to  8  p.  m. 

Sundays — By   appointment 

Phone  West   390 

Contracts    made    with    Hotels    and    Restaurants 
Special  Attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

Established  1876 

THOMAS  MORTON  &  SON 

Importer  of  and     (~*(~\  A  I 
Dealers  in  KsKJ**.L* 

N.  W.  Cor.  Eddy  and  Hyde,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-3 1    Battery  Street,  S.  F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Tarrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  1179 


GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


64 


THE  WASP 


ENNEN'S  BESK 


/  CHAPPED  HANJS,    CHAFING 

tnd  all  ■kin  troubles,    "vi  A'///« 
'uglier   in   price  perhaps   than 

>ilishlful  nfier  ohiTint  lid  *fter  bil'h- 

Sold  eTorjwhere,  ormoileil  on  receiptor 

HinouTc  (tho  orleionl).   Sample  fret 

Mennen   Company,      -     Newark,   N.  J. 


vLEIBOLD 

Harness  a^ARfiiAGE  co. 

1214  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 

SET.  WEBSTER  AND  FILLMORE 


A  Positive 

CURE    FOR 

CATARRH 

Ely's  Cream  Balm 

is  quickly  absorbed. 
Gives  Relief  at  Once. 

It  cleanses,  soothes, 

heals    and    protects 

the  diseased  membrane.     It  cures  Catarrh 

and  drives  away  a  Cold  in  the  Head  quickly. 

Restores  the  Senses  of  Taste  and  Smell. 

Full  size  50  cts.  at  Druggists  or  by  mail  ; 

Trial  size  10  cts.  by  mail. 

Ely  Brothers,  56  "Warren  Street,  New  York. 


lASH'piITERS 

L>      BETTER  THAN    PILLS.        *J 


Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure 
One  dose  will  stop  a  cough. 
It  never  fails.     Try  it.     25c. 

AT  ALL  DRUGGISTS 


Not  for  His 

A    prominent    lawyer,    who    formed)  »  Til  ill       Iv  I^FIVI 

practised  at  the  bar  of  Kansas  City,  tells  lWt&.     1  VlU      lYlkjLill 

of  a  funny  incident  in  a  court  thei  ■< :  dui  I  Hi^^W        ,.    .    t1~,tt 

ing   a   trial    in    which    a   certain   young  l|  L'BS^ft        IC   A  I  \  H  A 

doctor  was  called  as  a  witness.  1 1    ^^^V        IfciHUlin 
Counsel  for  the  other  side,  in  cross-  (Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 

examining  the  youthful  medio,  gave  ut- 
terance     tO      Several      Sarcastic      remarks  Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

,.        .      .,  ,  it        ....  Room  240  James  Flood  Building 

tending  to  throw  down  upon  the  ability  _ 

r  San  Francisco 

of  so  young  a  man. 

One  of  the  questions  was:    ''y"ou  are  S.  S.  "Hongkong Mam" 

entirely  familiar  with  the  symptoms  of Wednesday,  April  10,  1907 

concussion  of  the  brain?"  S.  S.  "America  Mara"  (calls  at  Manila)       .     . 

"I  am."  Friday,  May  3,  1907 

"Then,"   continued   the   cross-exam-  S-  S-  "Nippon  Mam"  (calls  at  Manila)    .     .     . 

iner,  "suppose  my  learned  friend,  Mr.  Friday,  May  31,  1907 

Taylor,  and  myself  were  to  bang  our  ,  §"?""?  ™$  l™,™  wl,»rf-,  c,°,""" ,Fi,st  »>"|,Brannan  Su., 

.  1  P.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 

lleads     together,     should     We     get     COn-  lulu,   Kobe.   (Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 

„    • „r    .,         ,         •_  -ji,  necting  at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,   etc. 

CUSSlOn    Of   the    brain?  No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing. 

"Your    learned    friend,    Mr.    Taylor,         Round-trip  tickets  at  reduced  rates 

J  ror  rreight  and  passage  apply  at  ottice,  Z1U  James  Mood 

might,"      Suggested      the      young      phy-  Building.     W.  H.  AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 

sician. 


Memory   Helps. 

Oldbach— "What  have  you  got  that 
string  tied   around   your   finger   for?" 

Oldwed — "I'm  going  to  do  some 
shopping  for  my  wife,  and  the  string 
is  to  remind  me  that  I  have  a  knot 
in  my  handkerchief." 

Oldbach— "And  what  is  the  knot 
in   your  handkerchief  for?" 

Oldwed— "Oh,  that's  to  remind  me 
that  I  have  a  list  of  the  things  my 
wife  wants  on  a  slip  of  paper  in  my 
vest  pocket." 


Limit  Absolutely 

Gunner — "That  grocer  is  the  meanest 
man  I  ever  met." 

Guyer— "Why,  didn't  he  give  you  a 
pretty  calendar  for  the  month  of  Jan- 
nary  ?" 

Gunner — "No ;  he  gave  me  a  calendar 
for  the  month  of  February  because  it 
had  three  days  less." 


Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

Headguarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 

1113-1115  Fillmore  Street,  San  Francisco 

Albion  Ale  or  Porter 

Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure  Extract  of  Malt  and  Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Laguna  St. 


"Yes,  he's  going  to  train  you  for 
the    hunting    field " 

"Oh!  Is  that  it?  I  thought  he  meant 
the    sausage   mill." 


Love  Laughs  at  Zero 

They  sat  out  on  the  frosty  porch,  un- 
mindful of  the  chilly  blasts. 

Dreamily  she  gazed  at  the  stars. 

"Up  there,"  she  said,  romantically,  "is 
the  great  dipped." 

"And  down  here,"  he  laughed,  snatch- 
ing another  kiss,  "is  the  'great  spoon.'  " 

And  Cupid  came  out  in  a  fur-trimmed 
overcoat  and  shot  another  dart. 


Dr.  WONG  HIM 

1268  O'Farrell  St. 

Permanently  Located 

HERB   DOCTOR 


Father  and  Mother 
Write  Letter  In- 
dorsing Treatment. 

SAN    FRANCISCO 
March  23,  1906 

To  Whom  it  may 
t»  Concern:  Our  three- 
Ik*  year-  old  daughter, 
having  been  ill  for 
some  time  and  being 
treated  by  the  most  prominent  physicians, 
gradually  became  worse,  and  was  finally 
given  up  by  them.  We  were  then  recom- 
mended to  Dr.  Wong  Him.  We  started 
with  his  treatment  and  within  two  months' 
time  our  daughter  was  cured. 

Respectfully, 
MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  C.  LIEB, 
2757  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 


Volume  LVII-No.  14 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  APRIL  6,   1907 


Price  10  cents 


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Address.  JAMES  F.  FORSTER,   Business  Manager. 
Telephone  Market  316. 


Plain  English 


The  testimony  of  Mr.  E.  S.  Pillsbury,  the  well- 
known  and  eminent  attorney,  sheds  a  flood  of  light  on 
the  blackmailing  operations  of  Abe  Ruef  and  his  muni- 
cipal associates  connected  with  the  government  of 
Mayor  Schmitz.  According  to  Mr.  Pillsbury,  who 
undoubtedly  told  only  the  bare  truth,  Ruef  had  been 
holding  up  the  Pacific  States  Telephone  Company  for 
several  years.  The  sum  of  $1200  had  been  paid  to 
Ruef  every  month  out  of  the  treasury  of  the  telephone 
company  for  the  past  two  years.  Ruef's  name  was  not 
on  the  pay  rolls  of  the  company.  His  monthly  graft 
was  charged  up  ag-inst  the  account  of  Theodore 
V.  Halsey,  but  Attorney  Pillsbury  gave  his  testi- 
mony to  the  effect  that  Ruef  had  regularly  received 
his  monthly  blackmail.  If  the  payments  were  de- 
layed a  few  days,  there  was  always  a  gentle  re- 
minder sent  to  Halsey  that  other  telephone  com- 
panies were  seeking  to  enter  the  local  field  and 
that  the  usual  remittance  of  currency  would  be 
acceptable. 


At  the  time  that  Ruef  was  bleeding  the  Pacific 
States  Telephone  Company  for  protection  against 
a  rival  corporation,  he  was  planning  to  hold  up  the 
Home  Telephone  Company  for  a  still   larger  sum, 


and  finally  took  the  money  of  the  Home  Company, 
promising  to  secure  it  a  franchise,  although  he  re- 
ceived a  salary  from  the  Pacific  Stages  to  shut  it 
out.  His  double  dealing  brought  him  into  difficulties 
with  the  Pacific  States  people,  but  he  managed  to 
appease  them,  upon  certain  conditions,  and  had  not 
thi  graft  prosecution  intervened,  he  would  probably 
be  still  playing  one  corporation  off  against  the 
other. 


Without  the  co-operation  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors and  Mayor  Schmitz,  of  course,  no  political 
boss  could  hold  up  corporations  as  did  Ruef.  The 
Boss  and  his  confederates  rigged  up  the  scheme  j 
of  blackmail  by  which  all  were  to  put  money  in 
their  purses  and  so  it  has  been  for  thirty  years  in 
San  Francisco.  Ruef  was  the  most  avaricious  and 
audacious  blackmailer  of  all  and  so  the  expose  of 
his  rascality  has  been  the  most  astounding. 


By  what  method  of  reasoning  do  certain  news- 
papers and  public  individuals  arrive  at  the  con- 
clusion that  the  most  culpable  of  all  in  this  graft 
scandal  are  the  rich  men  or  corporations  who  paid 
the  blackmail.  If  they  didn't  pay  it  they  would  be 
robbed  of  nearly  all  they  possessed. 


The  unpleasant  position  in  which  many  prominent 
men  have  found  themselves  by  yielding  up  to  Ruef 
and  his  blackmailing  confederates  of  the  Union 
Labor  Party  may  have  the  salutary  effect  of  making 
rich  men  and  corporations  fight  the  blackmailing 
political  bosses  in  future.  If  they  spent  as  much 
money  in  doing  that  as  in  bribing  the  blackmailers 
to  keep  their  hands  off  them  the  tribe  of  Ruef  would 
decrease  rapidly. 


Again  The  Wasp  takes  occasion  to  remark  that 
we  should  appoint  our  judges  of  the  law  courts  and 
not  elect  them.  In  that  way  they  would  be  removed 
from  the  direct  and  pernicious  influence  of  black- 
mailing political  bosses  and  would  become  a  real 
terror  to  them.  See  how  an  honest  and  fearless 
judge  like  Dunne  and  a  prosecutor  like  Heney  has 
brought  down  Ruef's  citadel  of  graft  as  if  it  were  a 
house  of  cards.  Suppose  that  every  judge  on  the 
Superior  and  Supreme  bench  were  as  independent 
of  p.litical  bosses  as  Judge  Dunne,  how  impotent 


-THE  WASP 


gi  afters  like  Ruef  and  his  confederates  would 
become.  The  first  man  they  tried  to  shake  down 
might  land  them  in  the  penitentiary. 


In  telling  his  story  of  Abe  Ruef  s  rapacity,  Mr.  E. 
S.  Pillsbury  furnishes  no  information  calculated  to 
surprise  San  Francisco  people  who  have  had  any 
insight  to  what  has  been  going  on  in  this  City 
several  years.  Ruef's  hunger  for  money"  has  been 
such  that  he  spared  neither  friends  nor  foes. 

Not  very  long  ago  a  saloonkeeper  in  the  tender- 
loin who  had  done  many  political  favors  for  Ruef 
and  accounted  himself  as  immune  from  blackmail 
desired  some  small  privilege  from  the  powers  that 
be.  He  applied  to  Ruef  as  a  matter  of  form  expect- 
ing that  the  request  would  be  granted  as  soon  as 
asked.  He  was  coldly  informed  that  he  would  have 
to  put  up  $250  in  cash  for  the  favor  he  asked  and 
had  to  pay  it.  Needless  to  say  he  expresses  no  deep 
sorrow  over  the  present  plight  of  the  avaricious 
boss. 


Apropos  of  the  discovery  of  a  secret  treasure 
chest  in  the  house  formerly  occupied  by  Mayor 
Schmitz  it  is  said  in  political  circles  close  to  the 
dishonered  Mayor  that  he  did  not  keep  all  his  loose 
cash  in  that  secret  receptacle  under  his  bed.  It  is 
said  that  before  he  .  went  to  Europe  a  certain 
National  bank  in  this  City  issued  to  him  a  draft  for 
over  six  hundred  thousands  dollars,  and  some  of 
his  intimate  associates  were  surprised  that  he  ever 
returned  from  Europe.  This  story  emanates,  not 
from  the  Grand  Jury  room,  or  the  political  enemies 
of  the  Mayor,  but  from  the  people  with  whome  he 
has  been  closely  identified.  It  should  be  easy  to 
prove  whether  any  National  bank  issued  him  a 
large  draft. 


Julius  C.  Saulman,  who  has  protested  against  the 
payment  of  salaries  to  a  lot  of  tax-eaters,  who  hold 
places  not  legally  created,  is  one  of  the  best- 
posted  men  in  San  Francisco  as  far  as  City  Hall 
affairs  are  concerned.  Saulman  has  a  genius  for 
spotting  dishonest  tax-eaters  and  can  corner  a  City 
Hall  grafter  with  the  unerring  persistency  of  a 
ferret  on  the  trail  of  a  terrified  rat.  Saulman's 
appearance  causes  as  much  cackling  and  com- 
motion in  some  City  Hall  departments  as  the 
shadow  of  a  chicken  hawk  when  it  falls  across  a 
barnyard. 


City  Treasurer  Bontel  who  is  requested  to  return 
$8500  of  the  City's  money  illegally  kept  by  him, 
would  not  be  in  the  fashion  as  a  patriot  of  the  Union 
Labor  Party  if  he  performed  his  duties  without  getting 
into  trouble  with  the  Grand  Jury.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  by  the  time  the  next  election  comes  around, 
the  people  of  San  Francisco  will  be  convinced  that 
it  isn't  the  best  policy  to  take  unknown  men  from 
mean  stations  in  life  and  elect  them  in  a  day  to  the 
positions  of  the  greatest  prominence  and  responsi- 
bility. 

In  private  enterprises  shrewd  business  men  do 
not  go  out  in  the  street  and  take  drivers  of  bakery 


wagons,  cheap  barkeepers,  barbers,  fiddlers  and 
little  coffee  and  doughnut  merchants  and  make 
them  the  heads  of  concerns  that  have  millions  at 
stake.  Yet  that  is  what  the  voters  of  San  Francisco 
are  doing  continually.  They  take  unknown  men 
without  education,  training,  honesty  or  intelligence 
and  make  them  the  law-makers  and  the  rulers.  The 
Democrats  have  done  it  and  so  have  the  Republicans 
and  the  acme  of  public  asininity  has  been  reached 
under  the  sway  of  the  Union  Labor  Party. 


In  the  event  of  a  serious  strike  on  the  Western 
railroads  it  will  be  interesting  to  see  the  attitude 
the  Washington  Government  will  assume.  In  Paris 
recently  when  the  electricians  undertook  to  cripple 
the  industries  of  the  city,  the  French  Government 
interposed.  M.  Clemenceau  threatened  to  put 
military  engineers  in  the  places  of  the  strikers  and 
the  Chamber  of  Deputies  voted  to  sustain  him  in 
that  policy.  When  asked  by  the  Socialist  leader  M. 
Jaures,  why  the  Government  interposed,  M.  Clemen- 
ceau replied  "By  the  right  of  organized  society  to 
its  existence."  He  did  not  propose  that  the  com- 
munity at  large,  should  suffer  by  the  quarrel  be- 
tween the  electrical  workers  and  their  employers. 

This  is  practically  the  policy  which  Secretary 
Root  formulated  some  months  ago  when  the 
Japanese  question  came  up  here.  He  declared  that 
the  tendency  should  be  to  prevent  any  fraction  of 
the  United  States  from  jeopardizing  the  peace  of 
prosperity  of  the  whole  Nation.  Now  if  this  be 
true  of  States  it  must  also  be  true  of  the  people  of 
those  States.  If  a  State  cannot  be  allowed  to  tangle 
up  the  American  people  in  a  quarrel,  certainly  no 
society  or  organization  of  capitalists  or  working- 
men  should  be  permitted  to  involve  the  majority  of 
the  population  in  costly  trouble.  Applying  this  rule 
to  a  specific  case  the  American  Federation  of  Labor 
which  contains  only  a  million  and  a  half  of  members 
could  not  be  allowed  by  the  Federal  Government  to 
involve  the  Nation  in  a  railroad  strike,  injurious  to 
interstate  commerce."  If  the  American  Federation  of 


CHAS.KEILUS&  CO 
HIGH  GRADE  CLOTH iERS 


No  Branch  Stores. 


No  Agents. 


We  claim,  and  justly,  too,  to  sell  the  best  clothes,  that  appeal  to  men 
of  taste.  Our  styles,  beyond  a  doubt,  are  advance  productions.  If 
there  is  anything  new  in  Fabrics  and  Patterns  you'll  find  them  here  first. 

The  progress  of  the  art  of  making  ready  good  clothes,  such  as 
you  get  here,  means  that  the  merchant  tailors  are  gradually 
passing  away.  Some  gentlemen  still  imagine  that  they  can't  be 
fitted.  Why!  Right  here,  in  this  shop,  we  can  fit  almost  any- 
body--except  you  have  an  absence  of  form:  then  we  advise  the 
"surgeon  tailor." 


KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 

Fillmore    Street,     near    Sutter,     San    Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


Labor    could    not    do    so,    a    mere    combination    of 
railroad  hands  certainly  could  not. 

This  theory  of  subordinating  the  privileges  of  the 
few  to  the  rights  and  interests  of  the  Nation  will  no 
doubt  be  more  strongly  upheld  in  the  coming  years 
and  especially  so  if  President  Roosevelt  should  be 
succeded  by  a  Republican  like  Secretary  Taft. 


Rufus  P.  Jennings  has  presented  a  very  cheerful 
report  of  the  good  work  accomplished  during  the 
past  year  by  the  California  Promotion  Committee. 
I  have  no  doubt  that  Mr.  Jennings  and  the  gentle- 
men associated  with  him  are  earning  their  salaries, 
but  I  was  somewhat  surprised  the  other  day  when 
a  gentleman  who  had  just  come  back  from  a  tour 
of  the  leading  Eastern  cities  told  me  that  he  was 
amazed  by  the  ignorance  of  the  Eastern  working- 
man  as  to  the  opportunities  in  San  Francisco.  The 
gentlemen  in  question  is  a  well-known  and  very 
intelligent  citizen,  who  has  made  a  large  fortune  by 
industrial  enterprises  and  for  the  past  two  years  has 
been  traveling  all  over  the  world.  He  is  a  keen 
observer  and  has  risen  from  the  ranks  of  labor  him- 
self. 

Mr.  Jenning's  enthusiastic  reports  are  calculated 
to  give  one  the  impression  that  California  is 
thoroughly  advertised  in  the  Eastern  cities  and  all 
the  facts  about  the  advantages  of  life  here  are 
generally  known.  Of  course  it  is  true  that  the  rail- 
roads have  done  a  great  deal  to  advertise  our  State, 
but  my  friend,  the  retired  capitalist,  avers  that  the 
ignorance  of  the  workingmen  he  interviewed  in 
Boston  and  New  York  were  dense  and  surprising. 

It  would  be  most  advisable  that  Boston  should  be 
well  informed  of  the  high  wages  here,  for  the  pay  of 
the  Bostonians  in  the  building  trades  is  not  nearly 
as  high  as  it  is  here.  Of  course  the  Labor  Unions 
here  are  not  likely  to  enlighten  the  Bostonians  or 
New  Yorkers  about  plumbers  in  San  Francisco  get- 
ting $9  a  day, -plasterers  $7  and  all  other  building 
tradesmen  wages  in  proportion.  On  the  contrary 
the  Umions  here  continually  discourage  immigra- 
tion. 

This  is  quite  natural,  they  have  a  fine  rich  field 
and  are  in  no  hurry  to  see  it  divided  up  for  the 
benefit  of  new  arrivals  from  the  East. 

The  general  public  of  San  Francisco  however  is 
desirous  that  the  City  should  be  rebuilt  with  the 
greatest  possible  celerity  and  that  cannot  be  done 
if  the  Unions  maintain  an  artificial  scarcity  of  labor. 

Whatever  influx  of  labor  we  have  had  since  the 
fire,  has  been  due  chiefly  to  the  free  advertising  our 
City  got  by  the  letters  of  Newspaper  correspond- 
ents, all  of  whom  have  referred  to  the  high  wages 
ruling  here.  Newspapers  advertising  is  the  only 
true  method  of  attracting  working  people  to  a  new 
state  in  the  hope  of  getting  higher  wages  and  better 
living. 

Mr.  Jennings  speaks  in  his  report  about  the 
"bulletins  of  progress  that  are  issued  each  month 
giving  conditions  in  California  and  which  are  dis- 
tributed all  over  the  world."  The  truth  is  that  Mr. 
Jennings  or  any  other  promoter  cannot  reach  one 
thousandth  part  of  the  population  by  circulars,  that 


are  reached  by  newspapers.  It  is  a  prodigious  task 
to  put  out  a  million  circulars  and  only  one  in 
twenty  is  ever  read  or  reaches  the  right  person.  Yet 
the  newspapers  of  America  reach  thirty  millions  or 
people  every  day  and  are  closely  read.  One  interest- 
ing item  sent  by  the  Associated  Press  from  San 
Francisco  to  the  Eastern  newspaper  and  telling 
about  the  very  high  wages  here  would  reach  more 
readers  in  twenty-four  hours  than  Mr.  Jennings 
with  all  his  best  efforts  at  dissemination  of  news  by 
bulletins,  could  reach  in  a  year.  The  trouble  about 
most  promotion  committees  is  that  they  swallow  up 
too  much  in  salaries  and  leave  too  little  for  the 
really   effective  part  of  the  work. 


The  celerity  with  which  the  arrest  of  Theodore 
V.  Halsey  followed  his  indictment  struck  terror  to 
the  hearts  of  those  who  have  been  skeptical  con- 
cerning the  work  of  the  prosecution.  Scarcely  half 
an  hour  had  elapsed  from  the  time  of  the  filing  of 
the  indictments  in  Judge  Coffey's  court  when  the 
news  was  flashed  across  the  ocean  from  Manila : 
"Halsey  under  arrest,  waives  extradition."  The 
fact  that  the  message  was  signed  by  the  head  of 
the  United  States  Secret  Service  in  Manila  was  an- 
other circumstance  that  had  a  remarkable  effect 
upon  those  who  have  been  scornfully  regarding  the 
efforts  of  Heney  and  Burns,  for  it  showed  that  the 
mighty  arm  of  the  United  States  Government  was 
back  of  the  local  prosecutors  and  could  stretch 
across  the  sea  just  as  easily  as  across  the  con- 
tinent. 

AMER1CUS. 


lafiuiin 

The  Piano  for  Musical  Connoisseurs 

The  marvelous  Baldwin  Tone  once  heard 
lingers  in  the  memory  forever.  Simple 
Music  takes  on  a  new  charm  when  played 
upon  the  Baldwin.  Music  Lovers  every- 
where have  been  enraptured  by  the  tran- 
scendent effects  produced  upon  the 
Baldwin  by  a  De  Pachmann  or  a  Pugno. 
Its  power,  vibrancy  and  color  that  delight 
us  in  modern  Concert  rooms,  are  found 
not  only  in  all  Baldwin  Grands  but  in 
the  Uprights  as  well. 

lalbuitn  Itaplarj  i&flottta 

Van  Ness  at  California,  Southwest  Corner 

Pacific  Coast  Headquarters  still  at 
2512-14  Sacramento  St.,  near  Fillmore 


^fe/z  andcWomen 


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^?  Weekly  Summary  of  Social  Activities  and  Complications 


in  Washington  from  an  incurable  cancer  of  the  neck. 
Both  Mrs.  Boardman  and  her  sister,  Mrs.  Keyes,  are 
very  popular  young  matrons,  and  deep  sympathy  is 
felt  for  them  in  this  blow  which  has  fallen  upon  their 
family. 

*  *         * 

An  esteemed  contemporary  which  is  usually  well 
posted  on  Society  affairs  says  that  "rumor  is  very  busy 
coupling  the  names  of  two  well-known  Society  folk 
these  days,  and  the  little  romance  is  discussed  with  in- 
terest over  the  tea  cups.  The  man  is  a  well-known  and 
popular  Army  officer,  and  the  lady,  a  widow  moving 
in  the  most  exclusive  set."  In  this  instance  our  con- 
temporary has  not  scored  a  centre  shot,  as  both  the 
lady  and  the  officer  deny  strenuously  that  there  is  a 
solid  foundation  for  the  rumor.  The  lady,  by  the  way, 
is  one  of  the  noted  leaders  of  San  Francisco  Society. 
To  say  any  more  would  be  almost  equivalent  to  pub- 
lishing her  photograph  and  putting  her  name  in  large 
type  under  it. 

*  *         # 

That  popular  hostess,  Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges,  did 
not  carry  out  completely  her  startlingly  original  scheme 
of  inviting  seven  eligible  and  dashing  widows  to  meet 
at  supper  after  the  skating  masque  seven  gay  bach- 
elors of  eminent  social  status.  The  supper  took  place 
on  Monday  evening,  after  the  masquerade,  and  the 
seven  ladies  invited  by  Mrs.  Hedges  proved  to  be  Mrs. 
Hanford,  Mrs.  Henry,  Mrs.  Pfingst,  Mrs.  Darragh, 
Mrs.  Carr,  Mrs.  Gamble,  Mrs.  Shirley,  Mrs.  Towne, 
Mrs.  Shorb  White.  The  lucky  men  who  found  their 
feet  under  the  mahogany  to  meet  this  bevy  of  matronly 
beauty  were  Lieutenant  Barnes,  Baron  Von  Horst, 
Mr.  Sweeney,  Mr.  Robinson,  Mr.  Benedict  Taylor, 
Mr.  James  Reid,  Mr.  Runyon,  Dr.  Pressley  and  Mr. 
Paschal. 


MRS.  HENRY  T.  SCOTT 

From  a  miniture  by  Rose  Hooper  Plotner 

The  death  of  Sidney  Salisbury  was  one  of  those 
deplorable  affairs  that  furnish  the  many  dark  shadows 
of  life  in  great  cities.  The  gifts  of  the  gods  in  too 
much  profusion  prove  the  undoing  of  many  a  fine 
young  fellow,  who  finds  no  restraining  hand  strong 
enough  to  hold  him  back  from  temptation. 

Sidney  Salisbury,  thanks  largely  to  the  genius  of 
his  very  remarkable  mother,  found  the  stage  of  life 
set  pleasantly  for  him.  He  had  gifts  that  made  him  too 
popular  and  the  doors  of  polite  society  swung  open  to 
him.  He  was  a  wholesome,  good-looking  young  fel- 
low, a  clever  tennis  player  and  a  fine  dancer  whom  that 
most  exclusive  of  social  sets,  the  Gaiety  Club,  wel- 
comed to  all  its  gatherings.  The  young  man's  whole- 
heartedness  made  him  many  friends — too  many,  per- 
haps— and  like  others  who  lacked  the  necessary 
parental  guidance,  he  began  to  go  the  pace  that  kills. 
He  quickened  it  as  the  climax  approached  and  thereby 
alienated  himself  from  his  sisters,  Mrs.  Keyes  and  Mrs. 
Boardman.  The  newspapers  have  already  told  the 
melancholy  story  of  his  suicide  by  inhaling  gas.  It 
was  the  culmination  and  the  end  of  his  troubles 
brought  on  by  debt  and  dissipation.  The  social  prom- 
inence of  the  unfortunate  young  man  has  thrown  a 
glare  of  light  on  the  tragic  occurrence,  but  in  many 
another  family  in  San  Francisco  than  that  of  Sidney 
Salisbury  there  are  sad  relatives  who  lament  the  way- 
ward course  of  high-spirited  young  fellows,  who  are 
hurrying  to  an  untimely  if  not  dishonored  grave.  The 
lights  of  the  great  City  are  flames  that  continually 
scorch  to  death. 

The  proverb  that  misfortunes  never  come  singly 
was  verified  by  the  lamentable  death  of  young  Mr. 
Salisbury,  for  a  few  days  before  that  occurrence  his 
sister,  Mrs.  Danforth  Boardman,  was  called  to  the 
bedside  of  her  father,  Monroe  Salisbury,  who  is  dying 


Little  I  alace  Hotel 


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Post  and 

Leavenworth 

Streets 


The  same  excellence  in  cuisine  and  service  that  obtained 
in  the  Old  Palace  is  duplicated  in  the  new  'Little  Palace' 


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Pholo  Frances  Thompson 


MISS  BROOKE  ROSE 


Haig  Patigian.  the  talented  young  artist,  who  is  to 
marry  Miss  Hollister  in  September,  is  a  brother  of  the 
late  Horen  Patigian,  who  did  considerable  work  for 
The  Wasp  and  other  San  Francisco  publications. 
Horen  Patigian  was  a  young  Russian  of  extraordinary 
talent  and  ambition  for  his  death  was  most  untimely 
and  deplorable,  for  it  was  a  distinct  loss  to  the  world 
of  art.  He  contracted  pneumonia  and  died  after  a 
very  brief  sickness  a  few  years  ago.  Three  very  tal- 
ented young  California  artists  have  died  at  the  thresh- 
old of  what  promised  to  be  brilliant  careers.  Young 
Barhans,  who  went  to  Munich  to  study,  died  there 
of  fever  brought  on  by  overwork  in  poor  lodgings. 
He  would  have  made  a  great  painter.  Patigian,  who 
died  before  he  was  twenty-four,  was  a  splendid 
draughtsman  and  had  the  genius  of  a  painter.  Young 
Confer,  who  died  suddenly  a  few  years  ago  from  pul- 
monary trouble,  was  another  man  of  remarkable  tal- 
ent. San  Francisco  has  produced  more  than  its  share 
of  artists. 

&         *         * 

Earthquake  stories  are  rather  out  of  date,  but  that 
particular  one  about  D.  M.  Delmas  will  never  grow  old. 


It  deals  with  a  chapter  of  Mr.  Delmas'  life  antecedent 
in  his  sudden  leap  to  national  fame  as  the  star  attorney 
in  the  Thau  case. 

On  the  morning  of  the  awful  earthquake  of  April 
rocked  perilously.  Mrs.  Delmas,  like  thousands  of 
others,  at  that  moment  was  terror  stricken.  Her  emin- 
ent husband  was  as  composed  as  Jove  sitting  amidst 
the  clouds  of  Olympus.  The  clash  of  nature's  Titanic 
forces  and  the  wreck  of  cities  were  trifles. 

"lie  calm,  my  dear,  be  calm!"  he  exhorted.  "No 
doubt  this  appalling  phenomenon  is  a  presage  of  death, 
but  where  can  we  find  a  more  comfortable  or  a  more 
beautiful  spot  in  which  to  meet  it?" 

*  *  * 

Miss  Anita  Harvey,  who  was  bridesmaid  at  the 
wedding  of  her  friend.  Miss  Constance  Crimmins,  the 
other  day,  came  near  being  aunt  by  marriage  to  that 
young  lady,  for  at  one  time  the  bachelor  uncle  of  Miss 
Crimmins,  who  was  out  here,  was  a  suitor  for  Miss 
Harvey's  hand,  and  it  was  thought  she  might  marry 
him.  She  chose  instead  Oscar  Cooper,  a  less  wealthy 
but  a  younger  man.  Miss  Harvey  is  having  a  home 
wedding,  because  Mr.  Cooper  is  a  Protestant.  It  is 
expected  that  her  sister's  engagement  to  Mr.  Stetson 
will  be  announced  soon  after  the  wedding. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Clinton  Cushing,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  has 
taken  a  house  in  London,  where  she  will  reside  per- 
manently. Since  Dr.  Cushing's  death  Mrs.  Cushing 
has  traveled  constantly.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cushing's  home 
in  this  City  on  Sutter  and  Taylor  Streets  years  ago, 
was  a  centre  of  social  attraction.  The  Cushings  were 
lavish  in  their  hospitality. 

Captain  John  Metcalf  left  last  week  for  a  short 
business  trip  to  Honolulu. 


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Sales  Room  and  Office,  1527  Pine,  near  Van  Ness,  S.  F. 
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THE  WASP 


The  April  number  of  Sunset  has  been  a  record 
breaker  in  the  matter  of  sales  on  the  newsstands. 
Everybody  in  San  Francisco  wanted  the  magnifi- 
cent number  containing  the  articles  and  illustra- 
tions on  the  restoration  of  San  Francisco.  Sunset's 
motto  is  indeed  excelsior.  It  improves  every 
month. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  Muchmore,  who  was  formerly  very  promi- 
nent in  local  Society,  has  returned  from  the  East 
and  is  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Lindsey  Spen- 
cer at  Sausalito.  His  wife,  who  was  Miss  Alice 
Masten,  will  soon  arrive  from  the  East  and  join 
him. 

*  *  * 

Dr.  Riggs  of  the  United  States  Navy,  who  was 
such  a  social  favorite  in  San  Francisco,  and  who 
set  the  tongues  of  the  gossips  to  wagging  about  a 
possible  engagement  to  a  lovely  blonde  matron  who 
is  suing  for  divorce,  has  gone  to  his  new  station 
in  the  Orient. 


John  F.  Boyd  gave  an  enjoyable  bridge  party  on 
Tuesday  last  at  her  beautiful  home.  As  usual,  the 
prizes  were  very  handsome. 

*  *         * 

A  new  bridge  club  has  been  organized  in  San 
Rafael.  It  held  a  meeting  at  Mrs.  Le  Favre's  on 
Wednesday  last.  Among  the  members  of  the  club 
are  Mrs.  Boyd,  Mrs.'  L.  L.  Baker,  Mrs.  Smedberg, 
Mrs.  Hoffmann  and  Mrs.  Madison. 

*  *         * 

Those  popular  officers  of  the  Pensacola  at  Yerba 
Buena  Island  were  hosts  at  an  enjoyable  dinner  on 
Wednesday  evening  on  board  the  ship.  Among 
those  present  were  Pay  Inspector  and  Mrs.  Rey- 
nolds, Mrs.  Kate  Shirley,  Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White, 
Miss  Ethel  Shorb,  Miss  Edith  Metcalfe,  Mrs.  A.  H. 
Voorhies,  Mrs.  Malcolm  Henry,  Mrs.  E.  Walton 
Hedges  and  Mrs.  Marguerite  Hanford.  The  hosts 
on  this  occasion  were  Dr.  Biddle,  Lieutenant 
Barnes,  Dr.  Stebbins,  Dr.  Abeken,  Paymaster  Hel- 
micks  and  Paymaster  Beecher. 


The  published  report  that  Mrs.  Malcolm  Henry 
had  applied  for  passage  to  Manila  on  the  transport 
sailing  this  week  caused  some  surprise  in  Society, 
as  it  was  thought  this  popular  and  handsome 
matron  would  remain  here  pending  the  divorce  for 
which  she  has  applied. 

Mrs.  Hermann  Oelrichs  has  not  broken  with  Col. 
and  Mrs.  Jay  over  her  late  husband's  will,  for  Col. 
and  Mrs.  Jay  were  with  her  and  Harry  Black  at 
Florida  a  few  days  ago.  Mr.  Black  is  the  presi- 
dent of  a  New  York  construction  company  and  has 
been  so  much  in  her  company  for  the  past  year 
that  the  gossips  all  predict  a  remarriage. 

st=  ^  * 

Mrs.  Samuel  E.  Dutton,  whose  husband  died  the 
other  clay  in  San  Francisco,  has  been  living  for  the 
past  two  years  in  New  York  with  her  widowed 
daughter,  Mrs.  Leland.  and  her  unmarried  daughter, 
Mr.  Leland  was  a  chaplain  in  the  United  States 
army  that  came  here  with  a  volunteer  regiment 
during  the  Spanish  war  and  married  Miss  Dutton. 
He  died  about  a  year  after.  Mrs.  Dutton  is  a  sister 
of  Mrs.  Russell  Wilson.  They  were  the  King  girls, 
daughters  of  James  King  "of  William."  Samuel  E. 
Dutton  was  a  brother  of  Wm.  J.  Dutton,  the  well- 
known  insurance  man.    • 

^  %         ^ 

Mrs.  B.  G.  Lathrop,  who  has  been  visiting  in 
New  York,  will  return  to  San  Francisco  very 
shortly  to  attend  the  wedding  of  her  sister,  Miss 
Sylvia  Harris,  to  .Dr.  Hardy,  which  will  take  place 
some  time  this  month. 

Miss  Brooke  Rose,  whose  picture  appears  in  this 
week's  Wasp,  belongs  to  one  of  the  oldest  and  most 
aristocratic  families  of  San  Francisco.  She  is  a 
very  well-known  Society  girl,  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Dames.  She  is  at  present 
in  Honolulu  visiting  friends. 

*         *         ^ 

Bridge  is  as  popular  as  ever  in  San  Rafael.     Mrs. 


Dr.  and  Mrs.  McEnery  gave  a  large  dinner  party 
on  Wednesday  evening  in  honor  of  Major  Stephen- 
son, who  sailed  on  Friday  for  his  new  station  in 
the  Philippines. 

*         *         * 

The  opening  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel  on  April  19th 
will  undoubtedly  be  one  of  the  great  social  events 
of  San  Francisco.  A  large  number  of  prominent 
people  have  reserved  tables  for  the  occasion. 
Amongst  the  latest  to  do  so  are  Miss  Jennie  Blair, 
Edward  M.  Greenway,  Thomas  Magee,  Marshall 
Hale,  J.  J.  Mack,  W.  S.  Porter,  A.  A.  Watkins,  Leo- 
pold Michaels  and  Nathan  Bell. 

California  will  soon  be  well-represented  at  the 
Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis  if  all  the  voting  San 
Francisco  boys  are  fortunate  in  passing  the  rigid 


ENJOY     COUNTRY      LIFE      AT 

HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 


This  is  the  season  to  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Phone  Temporary  275 1 . 


ANNOUNCEMENT 


Mrs.  Mott- Smith  Cunningham  exhibitor  in 
Paris  Salon  of  1 906  announces  that  her  Studio 
Shop  at  1 622  Pine  St.,  a  few  doors  from  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  is  now  open  for  the  sale  of  her  jewelry 


THE  WASP 


examinations   necessary   to  their  entrance.     Ralph 

C.  Hani-.. n.  son  of  Mrs.  Chrystal  Harrison,  of  this 

.    is   the   latest  appointee.     Young  Harrison    is 

a  very  bright  youth,  who  is  yet  in  his  teens. 

*  *      '  * 

Senator  George  Russell  Lukens  was  bust  at  a 
large  luncheon  given  at  the  Claremont  Country 
Club  "ii  Thursday  last,  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Clarence 
Martin  Mann.  After  luncheon  the  guests  attended 
the  Minetti  Quartet  Concert  at  the  Greek  Theater, 

Berkeley. 

*  *        * 

Mrs.  Charles  M.  Sadler  gave  a  large  and  fash- 
ionable  tea  at  her  residence  in  Alameda  on  last 
Sunday  afternoon,  when  she  announced  the  engage- 
ment of  her  daughter.  Miss  Mae  Lydia  Sadler,  to 
Mr.  Lewis  Reisdon  Mead  of  San  Francisco.  The 
young  ladies  who  assisted  in  receiving  on  this  occa- 
sion were  Miss  Ruth  Sadler,  Miss  Flossie  Sloper, 
Miss  Evelyn  Hussey,  Miss  Mazie  Coyle,  Miss  An- 
gela Coyle,  Miss  Marion  Mills  and  Miss  Gertrude 
Mills. 


feared,  will  end  in  the  bottomless  t>it." 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Follis  have  left  the  Hotel 
Rafael,  where  they  have  been  spending  the  Winter, 
and  moved  into  their  handsome  new  home  in  San 
Rafael. 

*  *        * 

Grover  Cleveland,  twice  President  of  the  United 
States,  was  70  years  old  on  March  17th  and  spent 
his  birthday  fishing  in  South  Carolina,  while  in  New 
York  the  flags  were  flying  on  the  City  Hall  and  the 
Mayor  was  suggesting  that  the  next  new  public 
place  of  importance  should  be  named  Cleveland 
Square.  There  were  many  spirited  discussions  in 
New  York  as  to  why  the  flags  were  flying  on  the 
City  Hall.  Some  said  it  was  in  honor  of  holy  St. 
Patrick,  and  others  said  that  the  tribute  was  to 
Cleveland.  The  Hibernian  janitor  of  the  building 
settled  the  question  quite  diplomatically.  '"Tis  for 
both  of  those  grate  min,"  said  he. 


The  terrible  Father  Vaughan  is  as  much  feared  by 
the  smart  set  of  London  as  Savonarola  was  bv  the 
licentious  aristocracy  of  Italy  in  his  day.  Divorced 
nobles  who  try  to  sneak  up  to  the  altar  to  remarry 
do  so  in   fear  and  trembling  of  this  modern  John  the 

Baptist   who  rails  at  the  excesses  of  modern  Societv. 
*         *         * 

In  one  of  his  latest  sermons  Father  Vaughan  lashed 
the  fair  sex  for  its  sins  and  foibles.  He  cited  dog 
worship  as  one  of  the  evils  of  the  hour,  and  asked: 
"Will  not  the  practice  of  lavishing  upon  brutes  love 
which  should  be  bestowed  upon  a  husband  and  child 
bring  M>me  horrible  curse  with  it?" 

"During  the  past  week,"  said  the  priest,  "as  a  wo- 
man was  taking  her  pet  dog  to  a  dog  party  she 
began  to  talk  to  the  little  beast  in  her  arms  in  French. 
When  asked  why  she  did  so,  she  answered: 

'  'This  darling  little  child  of  mine  understands 
every  word  I  say  when  I  speak  my  native  tongue, 
and  I  should  not  like  him  to  grown  vain  like  Bertha.' 

"Yet  this  woman,  who  was  wearing  on  her  hat  a 
plume  torn  from  a  living  bird  of  paradise,  did  not 
realize  that  she  was  making  a  disgusting  exhibition 
of  herself. 

"While  this  degrading  practice  is  on  the  increase, 
the  birth  rate  is  on  the  decrease  and  infant  mortality 
has  already  reached  one-fourth  of  the  total  number 
of  deaths. 

"If  drinking  has  decreased  among  men,  it  has  been 
made  up  for  by  the  increase  among  women.  Mental 
deficiency  is  growing  among  them.  Now  blindness 
and  skin,  bone  and  nervous  diseases,  like  locomotor 
ataxia,  are  becoming  prevalent. 

"Do  they  want  the  causes  of  these  evils  revealed 
to  them  ?  I  read  in  a  work  sent  me  last  week  that 
wealthy  business  men  and  men  of  leisure  are  in  the 
main  impure  and  that  women  in  the  same  class  hold 
conversations  that  imply  more  than  I  care  to  express. 
All  the  large  towns  in  Great  Britain  are  morally  on 
the  down  grade.  England  and  France,  embracing 
each  other  in  an  entente  cordiale,  are  tobogganing 
together  down  the  slimy  steep  which  it  is  much  to  be 


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MISS  GERALD1NE  BONNER 

It  has  just  come  to  light  that  Mrs.  T.  P.  O'Con- 
nor, a  daughter  of  the  Lone  Star  State  and  wife 
of  the  well-known  London  journalist  and  Member 
of  Parliament,  is  the  author  of  "The  Stronger  Sex," 
one  of  the  successes  of  the  London  theatrical  sea- 
son. Her  identity  had  been  veiled  under  the  name 
of  "John  Alexander."  The  great  dramatic  success 
follows  the  production  of  several  plays  from  the 
pen  of  the  gifted  Texas  girl.  Mrs.  O'Connor  is 
president  of  the  Society  of  Women  Journalists, 
and  among  her  successful  productions  are  "A  Lady 
from   Texas,"   "The   Lost   Leader,"   and   "Madame 


Delphyne."   The  talented  lady  is  well-known  in  San 
Francisco  where  her  former  husband  has  been  for 
many  years  connected  with  the  newspapers. 
*         *         •* 

House  boats  are  appealing  to  American  million- 
aires at  last,  and  this  Summer  they  doubtless  will 
be  as  popular  on  the  Hudson,  the  Potomac,  and 
other  picturesque  streams  as  they  are  on  the 
Thames  and  the  Cherwell.  Senator  and  Mrs.  Elkins 
intend  entertaining  friends  on  the  little  rivers  of 
West  Virginia.  The  Upper  Potomac  and  the  Cheat 
River  are  attractive  for  house-boat  life,  and  they 
have  numerous  outlets  among  mountains  wild  and 
picturesque.  Senator  and  Mrs.  Knox  shortly  will 
go  to  Palm  Beach,  where  they  will  spend  a  few 
weeks  in  the  house  boat  of  Henry  Frick.  Mr.  Frick 
has  explored  every  nook  of  the  east  coast  of 
Florida,  and  he  and  Mrs.  Frick  prefer  this  manner 
of  living  to  any  other  away  from  their  hearthstone 
in  Pittsburg.  House-boat  parties  soon  will  start 
for  Thomasville,  Ga.,  with  the  south  coast  as  their 
place  of  cruising.  Mrs.  Payne  Whitney,  who  will 
occupy  her  uncle's  home  there,  will  entertain  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  James  Wadsworth,  Jr.,  and  their  chil- 
dren and  several  New  York  friends  before  starting 
on  a  voyage  of  adventure  in  the  bayou  regions.  San 
Francisco  Bay  is  an  ideal  place  for  house  boats, 
but  so  far  only  a  few  people  have  taken  advantage 


Announcement 


OP     THE    ARRIVAL     OP     OUR 

HIGH   GRADE  TRENCH 
FIRE-PROOF    WARE 


This  is  the  highest  grade  of  Fire- 
proof Ware,  dark  shaded  brown 
exterior  and  pure  white  porcelain 
lined,  intended  to  cook  and  serve 
in  same  vessel.  It  is  far  superior 
to  any  kind  of  metal  vessels  for 
cooking  cereals,  fruits,  pot  roasts, 
chickens,   squabs,   etc. 


Natkaivl)okrm&i\i\(o 

1  J520-l550VAfUfESS  AVE  XX 


-THE  WASP 


of  the  pleasures  of  outdoor  life  in  an  ark.  If  some 
fashionables  would  take  to  the  amusement  no  doubt 
the  sheltered  shores  of  Marin  County  would  be 
studded  with  arks  before  long. 

*         #         * 

Mrs.  Potter  Palmer  is  making  ready  for  a  most 
determined  effort  to  enter  the  "inner  circle"  of  King 
Edward's  set  this  season,  and  her  first  move  has  caused 
considerable  interest.  She  and  her  niece,  the  Princess 
Cantacuzene,  have  installed  themselves  at  the  Hotel 
du  Palais,  the  very  hotel  in  which  the  King  and  his 
suite  were  housed,  at  Biarritz. 

One  of  the  jokes  of  last  season  was  the  "match" 
which  every  one  declared  King  Edward  wished  to 
bring  about  between   the  Hon.   Sir  Schomberg  Kerr 


McDonnell  and  Mrs.  Palmer.  The  rumor  arose 
through  a  jocose  remark  to  Sir  Schomberg  by  the 
King,  who  said:  "Why  don't  you  marry  a  really  rich 
woman,  like  Mr-,  rainier,  for  instance?"  Sir  Schom- 
berg, who  is  forty-six  years  of  age,  is  a  brother  of 
the  Earl  of  Antrim  and  secretary  of  the  office  of 
works.  He  was  for  years  private  secretary  to  the 
late  Lord  Salisbury.  One  of  Mrs.  Palmer's  devoted 
suitors  is  Sir  Algernon  West,  a  widower  of  seventy- 
five,  with  three  children,  but  he  is  now  considered 
to  be  out  of  the  running.  Mrs.  Palmer  will  start  her 
London  season  in  May  at  I  lampden  House,  Park  Lane, 
She  has  given  up  her  custom  of  inviting  royalty  in 
the  matter  of  sailing  in  to  dinner  alone  before  her 
guests. 

*  *         * 

Many  of  our  California  people  will  pass  the 
Summer  abroad  the  latest  to  join  the  wanderers 
are  Mr,  and  Mrs.  James  Flood,  who  will  leave  in 
May  to  sail  for  Paris  on  June  the  first.  Mr.  Flood 
recently  purchased  a  $12,000  automobile  in  which 
he  will  tour  Switzerland  with  Mrs.  Flood.  They 
will  not  return  to  the  City  until  late  in  the  Winter. 

Mrs.  Ella  Hotaling,  who  has  been  traveling 
abroad  and  intended  making  an  automobile  trip 
through  France,  has  been  obliged  to  abandon  this 
tour,  on  account  of  small  pox  in  several  towns 
on  the  route.  Mrs.  Hotaling  with  true  California 
pride  writes  that  she  has  met  many  travelers 
abroad,  who  have  told  her  of  their  intentions  to 
visit  San  Francisco  next  Summer. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vincent  Whitney  have  decided  not 
to  leave  San  Francisco  and  Mr.  Whitney  has  gone 
into  the  real  estate  business.  Mrs.  Whitney  is 
already  a  great  pet  of  her  mother-in-  law,  I  hear. 
The  young  lady  cares  little  for  the  whirl  of  society. 


Announcement 

SPRING  and  SUMMER 

We  desire  to  announce  that  our  com- 
plete selection  of  strictly  confined  Imported 
and  Domestic  Woolens,  consisting  of  un- 
usually attractive  patterns  in  popular  weaves  and  fashionable  ma- 
terials, is  now  ready  awaiting  inspection. 

It  gives  us  pleasure  to  state  that  every  garment  is  made  by 
skilled  tailors,  cut  on  stylish  and  artistic  lines  that  command  the 
admiration  and  approval  of  our  customers. 

We  cordially  invite  and  solicit  patronage,  and  endeavor  to  up- 
hold our  past  reputation  for  high-grade  tailoring  at  moderate  prices. 

McMahon,  Keyser  &  Stiegeler 
Bros.,  Inc. 


Main  Store 

892-894  Van  Ness  Ave. 

al  Ellis  Street 


Branch 

1711   O'FarrellSt. 


-THE  WASP  - 


Always  original,  the  President's  married  daughter 
is  preparing  to  astonish  New  York  with  a  novelty  in 
footgear  which  it  is  prophesied  will  be  truly  startling, 
even  to  Fifth  Avenue.  Everything  in  feminine  attire 
is  going  to  be  symphonic  pretty  soon,  it's  predicted, 
and  if  that's  the  case  Mrs.  Longworth  is  in  advance 
of  the  fashion.  Anyway,  she  likes  to  be  a  symphony 
in  one  color  or  another — preferably  in  her  favorite 
blue.  She  has  discarded  the  widely  copied  Alice  blue 
in  favor  of  a  lighter  tint,  but  she's  as  fond  of  the 
color  as  ever.  And  now  she  will  appear  in  the  me- 
tropolis in  baby  blue  shoes.  Cerulean  bootines  have 
been  worn  outside  the  ballroom,  'tis  true,  but  only 
by  two-year-olds  in  recent  years,  anyway.  Mrs.  Long- 
worth's  new  shoes  are  of  blue  kid  with  cloth  uppers 
of  the  same  hue.  They  match  her  cloth  gown  exactly, 
and,  of  course,  her  hat  and  gloves.  In  addition,  a 
blue  purse  will  swing  from  her  arm,  and  her  umbrella 
or  parasol,  according  to  the  weather,  is  to  be  of  the 
same  shade.  The  only  relief  to  the  prevailing  blue 
will  lie  in  the  gold  links  on  her  purse. 

The  large  attendance  of  friends  who  listened  to 
the  dramatic  readings  of  Miss  Ella  Bender  on  March 
22d  showed  great  appreciation  of  this  talented  young 
lady's  efforts.  Mrs.  Homer  King,  an  early  day  friend 
of  the  family,  besides  throwing  open  her  fine  home 
for  the  occasion,  invited  about  one  hundred  old  Ne- 
vada friends  to  tea  after  the  reading  and  an  old- 
fashioned  enjoyable  time  was  passed  for  a  couple  of 
hours.  On  April  3d  Mrs.  Herbert  Gee  of  Burlingame 
came  to  town  with  a  party  of  young  ladies  to 
attend  the  second  reading  of  Miss  Bender's  at  Mrs. 
Kings,  when  a  Browning  afternoon  will  be  enjoyed. 
Miss  Bender  reading  Robert  Brownings'  "Pippa 
Passes." 

James  P.  Donahue,  who  is  writing  New  York 
letters  for  the  Sunday  Chronicle  is  an  old  and  re- 
liable journalist.  He  was  educated  at  Santa  Clara 
College  and  began  as  a  reporter  on  the  Examiner 
over  twenty  years  ago.  He  has  been  connected  with 
some  leading  New  York  journals,  as  well  as  with 
the  best  newspapers  in  California.  He  is  unexcelled 
as  an  accurate  reporter  of  conventions  and  legisla- 
tive bodies,  having  had  great  experience  in  that  line. 
The  Chronicle  cannot  fail  to  be  well  served  with 
such  a  reliable  man  as  Mr.  Donahue  acting  as  its 
New  York  correspondent. 

Every  year  the  Shillings,  the  Volkmans,  with 
some  of  their  friends,  come  down  to  Del  Monte  for 
a  family  reunion  and  a  general  jollification.  This 
year  they  chose  the  Easter  week,  and  the  party 
consisted  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  Schilling.  Rud.  and 
Walter  Schilling,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Volkman, 
Dan  Volkman.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Hannan,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  W.  S.  Davis,  Kenneth  Davis,  Miss  Davis 
and  Miss  Anna  Bell. 

Spring  has  made  Del  Monte  more  beautiful  than 
ever.  After  the  storm  the  sunshine  is  much  ap- 
preciated, and  long  walks  and  drives  are  in  order. 


A  favorite  constitutional  is  the  new  wide  board 
walk  from  the  Bath  House  to  Monterey.  It  is  not 
quite  completed,  the  eight-foot  planks  only  being 
laid  as  far  as  the  Monterey  Station,  but  it  is  to 
continue  on  to  the  picturesque  old  Custom  House. 
The  view  along  the  stretch  of  beach  is  a  most 
alluring  one — on  both  sides  a  sweeping  curve  of 
white  sand ;  at  the  right  Pico  Blanco,  standing  out 
above  the  blue  Gavalan  range  and  the  dunes.  In 
the  other  direction  you  see  the  fishermen's  boats 
and  wharves  below  the  town,  which  rises  up  like 
a  fortification,  and  as  you  look  closely  you  see 
that  there  is  one  with  mounted  cannon  and  soldiers 
guarding  the  gates  of  the  Presidio.  All  this  can 
now  be  enjoyed  without  ploughing  through  thick 
sand,  without  dampened  boots  or  salt-sprayed 
garments.. 

Del  Monte's  ball  room  has  always  been  an  at- 
traction, but  now  it  combines  plenty  of  space  and 
a  good  floor  with  a  perfect  wall  on  which  to  hand 
pictures.  The  artists  are  delighted  with  its  tone — 
the   electric   lighting  and  the  new   chandeliers,   all 


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-THE  WASP 


ii 


of  which  was  changed  under  the  direction  of  Eugen 
N'euhaus,  who  is  living  at  Pacific  Grove,  and  Harry 
Fonda,  now  of  Monterey. 

A.  1).  Shepanl  ami  Mi--  Marjnric  Shepard  spent 
Easter  week  at  Del  Monte. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Coleman,  Robert  L.  Cole- 
man. Jr.,  Miss  Carra  Coleman  and  11.  R.  Simpkins 

made  a  short  visit  to  Del  Monte  this  week. 

*  *         * 

(  >ne  of  the  prettiest  weddings  of  the  season  took 
place  on  Tuesday  evening.  April  2d,  when  .Miss 
l.vdia  Burneston  Owens  became  the  bride  of  George 
Anson  Herrick.  The  ceremony  took  place  at  St. 
Luke's  Church,  several  hundred  friends  being  pres- 
ent. The  decorations  were  exquisite.  The  bride 
made  a  beautiful  picture  in  her  wedding  gown  of 
chiffon  satin  and  rare  lace,  with  her  flowing  veil 
of  tulle;  she  carried  a  shower  bouquet  of  lilies  of 
the  valley.  Miss  Nina  Currey  was  maid  of  honor. 
The  bridesmaids  were  Miss  Marion  and  Miss 
Jeanette  Wright.  Miss  Anita  Davis  and  Miss  Ruth 
Morton.  Mr.  Herrick  was  supported  by  Hugh 
(  Iwens  as  best  man.  The  ushers  were  Alan  Dia- 
mond. "Williartl  Barton,  Lathrop  Ellinwood  and 
Dr.  Herbert  Moore.  A  reception  followed  at  the 
residence   of   the   bride's   home.     After   a   wedding 

lour  the  bride  and  groom  will  reside  in  this  City. 

*  *  * 

Mrs.  Charles  Hadenfeldt  has  issued  invitations  to 
the  marriage  of  her  daughter,  Wanda  Florence,  to  Mr. 
Henrv  Clinton  Melone.  The  wedding  will  take  place 
on  Wednesday.  April  the  10th  at  high  noon,  at  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  San  Francisco.  Miss  Ethel 
Melone.  the  groom's  sister,  will  be  the  only  attendant, 
and   Arthur  Goodfellow  will  officiate  as  best   man. 

After  the  wedding  tour  the  young  couple  will  reside 
at  the  beautiful  country  home  of  the  Melones,  Oak 
Knoll.  Napa  County,  where  the  bridegroom's  widowed 
mother  and  sister  also  reside. 

Miss  Hadenfeldt  is  a  sister  of  Miss  Joan  Hadenfeldt, 
a  young  woman  of  striking  beauty,  who  made  her 
debut  at  the  Orpheum  a  few  years  ago,  and  for  whom 
George  Aspden,  a  newspaper  man,  committed  suicide 
in  his  desperation  over  her  refusal  to  marry  him.  He 
was  the  author  of  the  sketch  "The  Cycle  of  Love," 
which  she  played  on  the  Orpheum  circuit.  The  hand- 
some actress  is  now  the  wife  of  Elmer  Woodbury,  a 
Southern  California  hotel  keeper. 

Young  Mr.  Melone  is  the  son  of  the  late  Drury 
Melone,  whose  second  wife  was  Miss  Woodward,  one 
of  the  daughters  of  the  celebrated  founder  of  the 
Woodward's  Gardens,  a  famous  early-day  show  place 
of  San  Francisco  on  Mission  Street,  near  Thirteenth. 
Mr.  Woodward  acquired  a  great  deal  of  property, 
which  has  since  become  very  valuable,  though  most  of 
the  large  fortune  he  left  has  been  lost  by  his  heirs. 
Mrs.  Melone  is,  of  all  the  Woodward  heirs,  the 
one  whose  patrimony  has  been  best  preserved.  Her 
late  husband,  Drury  Melone,  who  was  once  Secretary 
of  State  for  California,  was  a  very  shrewd  man  and 
for  years  steadfastly  refused  to  allow  the  estate  of  his 
father-in-law  to  be  cut  up  and  divided  amongst  the 
heirs.  Finally  this  was  done,  but  meantime  Mrs. 
Melone's  share  had  become  so  valuable  that  she  fared 
best  of  all  the  heirs.      Robert    J-.    Woodward,    Mrs. 


Melone's  brother,  sold  all  of  his  valuable  real  estate 
at  a  sacrifice. 

Mr.  Melone's  first  wife  was  a  Miss  Mesick  of  Sacra- 
mento, and  is  still  alive.  She  married  again  a  few 
years  after  her  separation  from  her  first  husband. 

Mrs.  Melone,  senior,  has  two  sisters,  Mrs.  George 
Raum  and  Mr..  E.  Hutchinson. 

*  *         * 

Judge  W.  C.  Van  Fleet,  who  has  been  recom- 
mended for  the  new  United  States  District  Judge- 
ship, is  very  well  known  both  here  and  in  Sacra- 
mento, his  boyhood  home.  His  first  wife  was  a 
Miss  Carey,  who  died  very  shortly  after  the  birth 
of  her  son,  Carey,  who  is  now  the  well-known  So- 
ciety man.  The  Judge  remained  a  widower  many 
years.  His  second  wife  was  Miss  Lizzie  Crocker, 
daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clark  W.  Crocker. 
Judge  Van  Fleet  is  a  cousin  of  Chief  Justice 
Beatty,  their  mothers  being  sisters.  They  were  all 
well  known  and  prominent  in  early  days  in  Sacra- 
mento. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Huse  left  last  week  for 
their  home  in  Chicago.  They  hope  to  return  to 
San  Francisco  in  the  very  near  future  for  a  stay 
of  many  months. 


Phone  West  4983 


Vogel  &  Bishoff 

Ladies'  Tailors  and 
Habit  Makers 

1 525   Sutter  Street,  San  Francisco 


Old  Poodle  Dog  Restaurant 


824-826   EDDY   STREET 

Near  Van  Ness  Ave. 


Service  belter  than  befoi 
the  fire 


Formerly,  Bnsh  and  Granl  Ave. 
San  Francisco 


Phone  Emergency  63 


Jt  Skin  of  Beauty  is  a  Joy  Forever. 

Dr.  T.  Felix  Gouraud's  Oriental 

Cream  or  Magical  Beautifier 

Purifies  as  well  as  beautifies  the  skin.  No  other  cosmetic  will  do  it- 
Removes  Tan,  Pimples,  Freckles,  Moth 
Patches,  Rash  and  Skin  Diseases,  and 
every  blemish  on  beaut)',  and  uefies  de- 
tection. On  its  virtues  it  has  stood  the 
test  of  58  years;  no  other  has,  and  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is  prop- 
erly mad«:.  Accept  no  counterfeit  or  simi- 
lar name.  Dr.  L.  A.  Sayre  said  to  a  lady 
of  the  haut-ton  (a  patient)  "As  you  ladies 
will  use  them,  I  recommend  'Gouraud's 
Cream*  as  the  least  harmful  of  alt  the 
skin  preparations. "  One  bottle  will  last 
six  months  using  it  every  day.  GOUR- 
AUD'S POUPRE SUBTLE  REMOVES 
SUPERFLUOUS  HAIR  WITHOUT  IN- 
JURY TO  THE  SKIN. 
FRED  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop'r,  37  Great  Jones  street,  N.  Y. 
For  sale  by  all  druggists  and  Fancv-goods  Dealers  throughout  the  United 

States,  Canadas  and   Europe.      flW"  Beware    of  base    imitations.     $1,000 

reward  for  arrest  and  proof  of  ouy  one  selling  the  same. 


12 


-THE  WASP 


Portrait  by  Genthe 

A  mature  and  experienced  Society  woman  was 
recently  asked  what  is  the  hardest  problem  a  young 
girl  has  to  solve  in  her  social  campaign  for  a  hus- 
band. The  woman  of  experience  answered  off-hand, 
"widows." 

"Young  or  old?"  was  next  asked  the  lady. 

"That  depends,"  said  she.  "The  elderly  widow  is 
dangerous  to  a  young  man  and  the  old  stagers  go 
crazy  the  minute  they  get  within  magnetic  range  of  a 
frisky  young  widow.  The  poor  debutante  or  the  more 
mature  bud  don't  seem  to  have  a  chance  in  a  hun- 
dred with  those  artful  widows.  They  angle  for  the 
stupid  male  sex  so  dexteriously  that  they  have  fish 
on  their  lines  all  the  time." 


But  of  course  this  kind  of  talk  is  only  broad  gen- 
eralization. There  are  widows  and  widows.  Some 
are  professional  heart-smashers,  while  others  are  as 
demure  and  domestic  as  a  devout  young  quakeress. 
San  Francisco  has  its  full  share  of  widows,  young 
and  old,  frisky  and  demure,  and  more  then  its  share 
of  those  ladies  who  are  blessed  with  a  large  share  of 
this  world's  goods. 

Amongst  the  young  and  charming  widows  who 
have  places  in  local  Society  are  Mrs.  Langsdale, 
who  was  the  charming  Miss  Sidney  Smith ;  the 
young  and  wealthy  Mrs.  Jane  Ewell,  who  was  Jen- 
nie Masten ;  Mrs.  John  D.  Tallant,  widow  of  the 
banker  and  daughter  of  the  late  Judge  Selden  S. 
Wright ;   Mrs.   Austin   Tubbs,   formerly   Anne  Tal- 


lant;  Mrs.  J.  O'Neil  Ries,  who  was  Belle  Brooks; 
Mrs.  Walter  Newhall,  who  was  Nellie  Trowbridge ; 
Mrs.  Stafford  Parker,  who  was  Edith  Young;  Mrs. 
George  Rowe,  who  was  the  charming  Miss  Clara 
Rice  of  San  Francisco;  Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White, 
Mrs.  James  Sperry,  Mrs.  Susie  Allen,  Mrs.  Bessie 
Riddell,  who  was  Bessie  Tilden,  the  daughter  of 
that  genial  Bohemian,  Joseph  Tilden.  She  has  an 
independent  fortune  which  was  inherited  before  her 
husband's  death.  Mrs.  R.  C.  Storey,  Miss  Marie 
Wilson,  who  was  scarcely  a  bride  before  she  was  a 
widow ;  Mrs.  Jimmie  Robinson,  who  was  Miss 
Carrie  Hawes,  daughter  of  the  late  Horace  Hawes. 


One  really  does  not  think  there  are  so  many- 
widows  prominent  in  Society  here,  until  you  begin 
to  review  the  list.  In  addition  to  those  already 
named  there  are  Mrs.  C.  F.  D.  Hastings,  widow  of 
Dio  Hastings,  son  of  the  late  Judge.  She  owns 
acres  upon  acres  around  Suisun.  Mrs.  Murray 
Taylor,  who  was  the  fascinating  May  Thornton  ;  Mrs. 
Charles  Alexander,  who  was  one  of  the  Carroll  girls 
of  Sacramento ;  Mrs.  Edgar  Preston,  mother  of 
those  attractive  matrons,  Mrs.  W.  Ames  and  Mrs. 
Williard  Drown. 


Amongst  the  widows  of  more  mature  years  there 
may  be  mentioned  the  wealthy  Mrs.  George  Gibbs, 
Mrs.  Gen.  Bidwell,  who  gave  an  immense  tract  of 
land  to  the  town  of  Chico,  providing  no  saloon 
should  be  allowed ;  Mrs.  Veronica  Baird,  Mrs. 
Irving  M.  Scott  ,Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  Mrs.  J.  M. 
Goewy,  Mrs.  Abby  Parrott,  Mrs.  Easton,  grand- 
mother of  Jennie  Crocker,    Mrs.    T.    M.    Osment, 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


THE  WASP- 


13 


widow  of  the  late  well-known  lawyer,  and  mother 
of  Mrs.  Clarence  Sperry;  Mrs.  Jane  L.  Martel,  Mrs. 
F.  F.  Low,  widow  of  the  late  governor  and  mother 
of  Miss  Flora  Low ;  Mrs.  Thomas  Breeze,  mother 
of  Mrs.  Benson ;  Mrs.  Gardner  Lawton,  Mrs.  Rus- 
sell Wilson,  mother  of  Miss  Emily  Wilson  and  Mrs. 
George  Cadwalader;  Mrs.  Henry  Wetherbee,  Mrs. 
M.  M.  Estee,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Baker,  Mrs.  Robert  Hamil- 
ton, sister  of  Mr.  James  Carolan ;  Mrs.  Alexander 
Hamilton,  mother  of  those  attractive  Society  girls, 
Mrs.  George  Martin,  Miss  Edna  and  Alexander 
Hamilton ;   Mrs.    Henry    Newhall,    who    was    the 


daughter  of  Rev.  .Mr.  Wyatt;  Mrs.  Milton  S. 
Latham.  Mrs.  Henry  Crocker,  widow  of  Henry  S. 
Crocker;  Mrs.  Jeremiah  Clark,  Mrs.  Hopkins,  the 
mother  of  Mrs.  Eugene  Murphy  and  Airs.  Warren 
Clark;  Mrs.  J.  De  Barth  Shorb,  Mrs.  Annie  Murray, 
widow  of  Sir  John  Murray,  the  English  Consul  at 
Maine.  Mrs.  Murray  is  very  wealthy  and  is  a 
cousin  of  Dr.  Rafaelle  Lorini,  the  well-known 
Society  physician.  There  is  also  Mrs.  E.  B.  Cad- 
walader, widow  of  George  Cadwalader,  the  well- 
known  lawyer;  Mrs.  William  Burling,  mother  of 
Mrs.  John  Evelyn  Page;  Mrs.  Henry  L.  Dodge, 
Mrs.  Gale,  Mrs.  S.  Rosenstock,  mother  of  Mrs. 
Nuttall ;  Mrs.  Lincoln,  widow  of  Jerome  Lincoln; 
Mrs.  Norwood,  sister  of  J.  A.  Hooper,  the  lumber 
man ;  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Crockett,  mother  of  Mrs. 
Lawrence  Scott. 

The  list  seems  endless  as  one  writes  it.  All 
wealthy  widows  and  prominent  in  San  Francisco 
Society  are  Mrs.  John  I.  Sabin,  Mrs  William  Kohl, 
Mrs.  Emma  Hunt,  Mrs.  John  A.  Bauer,  Mrs.  Nicho- 
las Van  Bergen,  Mrs.  Lawson  Adams,  Mrs.  Lloyd 
Baldwin,  Mrs.  George  Bliss,  Mrs.  Talbot,  Mrs. 
Alexander  Boyd,  Mrs.  George  L.  Bradley,  Mrs. 
Julian  Reis,  Mrs.  Thomas  R.  Hayes. 

All  those  I  have  named  are  what  a  realist  might 
call  "Sod"  widows,  as  distinguished  from  those  to 
whom  the  appellation  of  "grass  widows"  is  com- 
monly applied.  The  task  of  enumerating  the  latter 
is  too  great  to  be  undertaken  lightly,  and  the  list 
grows  every  month.  At  this  moment  I  know  of  at 
least  six  prospective  grass  widows  who  are  con- 
sulting their  lawyers  and  calculating  whether  it  is 
better  to  bear  the  ills  we  have  than  to  fly  to  others 
that  we  know  not  of. 


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There  is  about  twenty  years  difference  in  the 
ages  of  L.  R.  Mead  and  his  just-announced  fiancee, 
Miss  Mae  Sadler  of  Alameda.  Mr.  Mead  has  not 
been  very  long  a  widower  and  so  the  announcement 
that  he  is  soon  to  re-wed  came  as  a  great  surprise 
to  his  old  friends  of  the  Bohemian  Club  and  else- 
where. His  wife  was  a  most  charming  woman,  and 
an  intimate  friend  of  Mrs.  Henry  Wetherbee  of 
Fruitvale.  The  Meads  used  to  entertain  house- 
parties  at  their  home,  a  roomy  cottage  near  Byron 
Hot  Springs,  of  which  resort  Mr.  Mead  is  the 
owner.  His  son,  Dr.  Louis  Durant  Mead,  manages 
the  Springs'  hotel.  He  lately  returned  with  his 
wife  from  a  trip  to  Tahati.  Miss  Sadler,  who  is  to 
become  the  wife  of  Mr.  Mead,  has  been  out  in 
Society  over  the  bay  a  number  of  years.  She  is 
a  pretty  woman,  and  a  bright  talker.  She  has  been 
abroad  and  converses  entertainingly  on  the  coun- 
tries she  visited. 

The  announcement  of  Miss  Sadler's  engagement 
was  made  at  a  tea  to  which  several  young  women 
piominent  in  Society  had  been  invited.  They  had  no 
idea  that  Miss  Sadler  had  made  up  her  mind  to  marry 
Mr.  Mead. 

This  engagement  was  a  double  surprise  to  the  young 
lady's  most  intimate  friends,  as  a  certain  young  man 
who  had  been  deeply  interested  for  many  moons  was 
thought  to  be  the  lucky  suitor.  In  fact  the  girls  re- 
ceiving were  perfectly  astonished  when  anonuncement 
of  Mr.  Mead's  name  was  made.  On  the  morning  of 
the  tea  the  unlucky  youth  received  a  telegram  from  in- 
timate friends,  who  congratulated  him  upon  his  forth- 
coming marriage,  little  thinking  that  the  missive  was 
calculated  to  have  the  opposite  effect  on  his  feelings 
from  that  intended. 

Mr.  Mead  is  a  man  of  affairs  and  one  of  the  leading 
citizens  of  San  Francisco.  He  was  for  many  years  the 
head  of  the  Risdon  Iron  Works,  and  also  owned  the 
Byron  Springs,  which  is  one  of  the  noted  resorts  of  the 
State.  Mr.  Mead  is  a  good-looking  and  well-preserved 
man,  who  dresses  well  and  does  not  appear  to  be  within 
twenty  years  of  his  age.  His  son,  who  is  thirty-two, 
was  married  about  a  year  and  a  half  ago  to  Miss  Lan- 
neau,  who  is  a  relative  of  Bishop  Kip  and  belongs  to  a 
fine-family  of  South  Carolina.  Mr.  Mead  junior  and 
his  wife  reside  at  Byron  Springs.  Mr.  Mead  senior 
has  been  a  widower  about  a  year.  His  wife  was  a  Miss 
Blanch  Durrant  and  belonged  to  a  well-known  family 
of  the  Dominion.  The  wedding  of  Mr.  Mead  and  Miss 
Sadler  will  take  place  during  the  early  summer. 

It  is  announced  in  Washington  that  the  wedding  of 
Miss  Isabel  Harrison  Glennon,  daughter  of  Com- 
mander and  Mrs.  Glennon,  and  Lieut.  Matthew  Arthur 
Cross,  U.  S.  A.,  will  take  place  Wednesday,  April  17, 
at  12  o'clock  at  St.  Thomas'  Church.  The  engagement 
of  Miss  Glennon  calls  to  mind  that  the  hospitable  and 
attractive  home  of  the  Randolph  Harrisons  in  this  City 
was  the  centre  of  the  ultra-fashionable  and  exclusive 
set  years  ago.  Mrs.  Glennon,  the  mother  of  the  bride 
to  be,  is  a  niece  of  Mrs.  Randolph  Harrison.     Mrs. 

With  men  of  affairs,  Abbott's  Bitters  are  the  great  tonic  and  aid  to  digestion.     They  are 
ecommended  by  hading  physicians.     All  druggists. 


Glennon  was  pretty  Susie  Blair,  who  was  one  of  a  trio 
of  beautiful  cousins,  left  orphans  at  an  early  age.  They 
were  all  reared  by  their  aunt,  Mrs.  Randolph  Harrison 
of  this  City.  Mrs.  Lester,  who  was  fascinating  Elsie 
Allen,  now  the  wife  of  Mr.  Lester,  the  attorney,  of  the 
firm  of  Lester  and  Drown  of  this  City,  was  another. 
Mrs.  Knapp,  who  was  Lily  Harrison,  now  the  wife  of 
Commander  Knapp,  was  the  third. 

Another  member  of  the  Harrison  household  was 
Miss  Tazer  Harrison,  now  Mrs.  Eberle,  the  wife  of  the 
well-known  navy  officer.  Mrs.  Knapp,  Mrs.  Glennon 
and  Mrs.  Eberle  were  not  long  since  resident  at  Mare 
Island,  where  .they  contributed  greatly  to  the  social 
activity  of  that  place.  These  three  cousins  are  now 
prominent  in  Washington,  D.  C,  where  their  husbands 
are  all  at  present  stationed.  These  ladies  are  related 
more  or  less  closely  to  the  prominent  families  of  the 
Thorntons,  Huies,  Thompsons,  Craigs  and  Salis- 
burys. 

*  *         * 

There  are  several  interesting  portraits  in  The  Wasp 
this  week.  Miss  Geraldine  Bonner,  whose  portrait  ap- 
pears this  week,  is  the  noted  California  author ;  Miss 
Marietta  Havens  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  young 
Society  women  in  Oakland ;  Miss  Mae  Lydia  Sadler's 
engagement  to  Mr.  Mead,  the  rich  iron-master,  has 
just  been  announced ;  Mrs.  B.  C.  Lathrop  is  one  of  the 
prominent  young  matrons  in  local  Society. 


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•  in  Wednesday,  Vpril  3d,  Miss  Ruth  McNutt,  the 
daughter  of  Dr.' ami  Mrs.  \Y.  F.  McNutt,  of  this 
City,  was  married  in  Paris  to  David  R.  C.  Brown,  a 
wealthy  mining  man  of  Denver.  Col.  Mr.  Brown  is  a 
widower,  with  two  grown  daughters.  He  has  been  in 
lovi  with  Miss  McNutt  for  a  long  time,  and  has  fol- 
lowed her  from  place  to  place,  persuading  her  to  marry 
him.  She  could  not  make  up  her  mind,  though  her 
mother  was  very  anxious  for  the  match,  it  is  said. 
Miss  McNutt  at  last  and  rather  quickly  made  up  her 
mind.  She  is  one  of  the  prettiest  girls  in  Society  here. 
Two  or  three  years  ago  announcement  was  made  of 
her  engagement  to  an  army  officer,  who  belonged  to 
the  well-known  family  of  Fitzhugh  Lee.  Miss  McNutt 
went  South  to  visit  the  family,  and  upon  her  return 
her  friends  were  surprised  to  hear  of  the  broken  en- 
gagement. She  never  could  be  persuaded  to  tell  even 
her  intimate  friends  why  she  suddenly  broke  the  en- 
gagement. Miss  McNutt  has  been  abroad  for  some 
time,  traveling  with  her  mother  and  sister,  Mrs.  Ash- 
ton  Potter. 

*  *         * 

Amongst  the  portraits  in  The  Wasp  this  week  is 
one  of  Mrs.  Henry  T.  Scott,  which  is  engraved 
from  a  miniature  painted  by  Airs.  Rose  Hooper 
Plotner.  Mrs.  Scott,  who  is  very  prominent  in  the 
Burlingame  social  set,  is  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Walter 
Martin  and  Harry  and  Prescott  Scott. 

Much  sympathy  is  felt  for  Mrs.  C.  P.  Pomeroy 
and  Miss  Christine,  as  Mr.  Pomeroy,  the  well- 
known  lawyer,  is  lying  dangerously  ill  at  his  home 
on  Bell  Avenue,  San  Rafael.  He  was  attacked  with 
pneumonia  about  a  month  ago  and  was  scarcely  out 
of  danger  when  jaundice  set  in.  Mr.  Pomeroy's 
beautiful  home  on  Hyde  Street,  was  burned  last 
April  and  since  that  time  Mr.  Pomeroy  and  his 
family  have  been  residing  in  San  Rafael.  Miss 
Christine  recently  returned  from  abroad. 

*  *         * 

Colonel  Kirkpatrick  is  to  give  a  large  dinner  to 
some  of  his  friends  this  evening  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 
The  Colonel  is  a  genius  for  planning  a  perfect 
dinner.  In  fact  Colonel  Kirkpatrick  does  everything 
well,  and  that  is  one  reason  why  the  Palace  has 
under  his  regime  enjoyed  the  most  enviable  repu- 
tation as  a  perfectly  conducted  hotel  of  the  highest 
class. 

*  *         * 

The  long-talked-of  Duck  and  Dimity  dance  to  be 
given  by  the  Sausalito  Assembly  Club,  which  will 
take  place  this  Saturday  evening  at  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Yacht  Club,  promises  to  be  an  exceedingly 
jolly  affair.  All  Sausalito's  smart  set  and  many 
guests  from  town  will  be  present.  Mrs.  Gaston 
Ashe  and  Mrs.  Kilgarif  have  the  affair  in  charge. 

The  duck  and  dimity  costumes,  which  are  to 
characterize  the  affair  this  evening,  suggest  remi- 
niscences to  the  early  inhabitants  of  the  ancient 
regime  in  the  seaside  burg  before  the  water 
front  fell  under  the  baleful  sway  of  the  poolroom 
gamblers  and  the  crabfishers.  Those  were  glorious 
days.  The  hill-tribe  ruled  both  politically  and  so- 
cially, and  it  was  a  mark  of  eminent  social  dis- 
tinction to  carry  a  lantern  in  the  gloaming  to  avoid 


tumbling  off  the  main  road  and  landing  half  a  mile 
down   the  canyon   in   poison  oak  or  mud. 

*  *  * 

Miss  Helen  Chase  Scoville,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Helen  Gardiner  Scoville,  was  married  in  New  York 
on  April  2d  to  Earl  Talbot  of  San  Francisco.  The 
ceremony  took  place  in  St.  Andrews'  Church  at 
Fifth  Avenue  and  127th  Street.  Mr.  Talbot  is  the 
only  son  of  Mrs.  Amy  Talbot  of  this  City.  She  was 
pretty  Amy  Bowen  before  her  marriage,  which 
proved  a  very  sad  one.  Mrs.  Talbot's  picture,  from 
a  miniature,  appeared  in  last  week's  Wasp.  She  is 
still  a  beautiful  woman. 

*  *         * 

Lieut-Colonel  Louis  Brechemin,  United  States 
Army,  and  Mrs.  Brechemin  announce  the  engage- 
ment of  their  daughter  Lillian  to  Dr.  David  H. 
Moffat  Gillispie  of  New  York.  The  wedding  will 
take  place  in  the  Autumn.  Miss  Brechemin  has 
made  many  friends  while  in  California.  She  is  an 
attractive  girl,  and  like  her  mother,  is  a  fine  vocalist. 

Saturday,  April  20th,  is  the  date  set  for  the  wed- 
ding of  Miss  Jane  Wilshire  and  John  Hart  Pol- 
hemus.  The  ceremony  will  take  place  at  four 
o'clock,  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  parents  on 
Buchanan  Street,  and  will  be  performed  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Clampett.  Owing  to  the  illness  of  the  groom's 
mother,  it  will  be  a  very  quiet  affair.  Only  rela- 
tives and  intimate  friends  being  present.  Miss 
Doris  Wilshire  will  be  her  sister's  only  attendant. 
The  bride  and  groom  will  pass  the  Summer  in  San 
Anselmo. 

Miss  Margaret  Gros  has  gone  to  Philadelphia  to 
visit  friends,  and  will  rejoin  her  mother  in  New 
York,  whence  they  will  sail  for  Paris. 


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Pholo  Gen  the 


MRS.  B.  G.  LATHROP 


Hard  Knocks  for  the  Socialistic  Fad 
In  his  lecture  before  the  students  and  professors 
of  Columbia  University,  W.  H.  Mallock  has  dealt 
the  Socialistic    mania    some    hard    knocks.     State 
Socialism  is  condemned  as  slavery.    He  said : 

"Socialists  demand  what  they  call  the  emancipa- 
tion of  labor,  and  by  the  emancipation  of  labor  they 
mean  emancipation  from  what  they  have  been 
taught  to  call  wagedom.  What  this  cry  means  we 
are  now  able  to  see  clearly.  It  means,  if  it  means 
anything,  the  emancipation  of  the  average  mind 
from  the  guidance  of  any  mind  that  is  in  any  way 
superior  to   itself,  or  is  able  to   enhance  the  pro- 


duction of  an   average  pair  of  hands. 

"But  these  very  Socialists  do  not  propose  that 
men  shall  relapse  into  the  primitive  condition  in 
which  each  man  works  with  his  hands,  as  best  he 
can,  in  isolation.  If  they  are  asked  for  an  illustra- 
tion of  the  kind  of  system  which  they  would  in- 
troduce if  they  got  their  way  they  invariably  refer 
us  to  a  State  institution  like  the  post-office. 

"The  intellectual  simplicity  of  the  men  who  argue 
thus  is  astonishing.  If  all  production  were  organized 
like  a  State  post-office  there  would,  it  is  true,  be  no 
private  capitalist ;  but  would  the  laborer  have 
achieved  the  economic  freedom,  the  emancipation, 
which  Socialists  at  present  take  so  much  pleasure  in 
talking  about? 

"The  most  ardent  Socialist  in  the  world  would 
very  soon  join  in  denouncing  the  principles  of 
economic  emancipation,  if  a  postman  who  happened 
not  to  approve  of  Socialism  threw  the  Socialist's 
letters  into  the  river  instead  of  putting  them  into 
his  letter  box.  In  what  conceivable  way,  then,  has 
a  postman  employed  by  the  State  any  more  econ- 
omic freedom  than  the  messengers  of  a  private  firm? 
Nor,  again,  does  the  manner  in  which  the  labor  of 
the  State  employee  is  remunerated,  and  by  which 
the  performance  of  his  duty  is  secured,  differ  in  any 
way  from  the  wage  system  which  prevails  in  a 
private  firm.  Conformity  to  the  directions  given 
him  by  some  organizing  authority  is  the  condition 
of  which  this  remuneration  is  awarded  him ;  and 
though  Marx  and  his  disciples  propose  to  substitute 
labor  checks  for  dollars,  this  is  merely  the  wage 
system  called  by  another  name." 

Mr.  Mallock  referred  to  what  the  latest  school  of 
Socialists,  including  Sidney  Webb  and  Bernard 
Shaw,  are  proposing  as  an  alternative  for  the  wage 
system —  to  make  "an  equal  provision  for  all  an 
indefeasible  condition  of  citizenship,  without  any 
regard  whatever  to  the  relative  specific  services  of 
different  citizens."  The  rendering  of  such  services, 
instead  of  being  left  to  the  opinion  of  the  citizen 
with  the  alternative  of  starvation,  would  be  secured 
under  one  uniform  law,  precisely  like  other  forms 
of  taxation  or  military  service. 

"Such,  then,"  said  Mr.  Mallock,  "is  the  alterna- 
tive to  the  wage  system  put  forward  as  the  last 
word  of  the  most  intelligent  Socialists  of  to-day 
and  escape  from  the  wage  system,  beyond  a  doubt, 
it  is;  but  on  escape  into  what?  It  is  neither  more 
nor  less  than  an  escape  into  economic  slavery.  For 
the  very  essence  of  the  position  of  the  slave,  as 
contrasted  with  the  wage  paid  laborer,  in  so  far  as 
the  direction-  of  his  industrial  actions  is  concerned, 
is  that  he  has  not  to  work  as  he  is  bidden  in  order  to 
gain  a  livelihood  but  that  his  livelihood,  being 
assured  to  him  no  matter  how  he  behaves  himself, 
he  is  obliged  to  work  as  he  is  bidden  in  order  to 
avoid  the  lash  or  some  similar  form  of  punishment." 


Wise  Youth 

She — "Now,  when  you  ask  papa,  face  him  like  a 
man." 

He — "You  bet  I  will.    I'm  not  going  to  give  him 
.  a  chance  to  kick." 


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It  would  be  very  interesting  if  the  Grand  Jury 
made  the  saloon  keepers  tell  how  much  money  they 
put  up  to  elect  Schmitz  the  last  time  he  ran.  It 
is  well  known  that  $500  apiece  was  demanded  from 
many  saloon-men  and  a  good  many  of  them  paid 
the  money  of  which  Ruef  had  the  handling.  This 
must  have  placed  an  immense  fund  in  his 
possession.  How  much  of  it  was  spent  and  how 
much  stuck  to  the  finders  of  the  collectors? 


The  political  sensation  of  the  week  has  been  the 
passing  of  the  lie  between  Harriman  and  the  President. 
Mr.  Harriman's  record  in  Wall  Street,  where  he  has 
been  well  known  as  boy  and  man,  is  that  of  a  person 
whose  primary  thought  and  action  are  all  for  his  own 
interests.  That  is  no  crime,  but  at  the  same  time  it  is 
no  recommendation  to  the  voters  of  the  United  States 
to  believe,  that  when  Mr.  Harriman  bobs  up  as  a  factor 
in  national  politics  it  is  solely  for  the  nation's  good, 
and  not  to  further  his  own  interests.  The  Harriman 
attack  on  Roosevelt  is  for  the  purpose  of  breaking 
down  the  influence  of  the  President  on  the  nomination 
of  his  successor.  There  will  be  one  of  the  greatest 
political  battles  in  American  history  over  Roosevelt's 
successor.  The  Roosevelt  policy  of  interference  with 
great  corporations  has  antagonized,  bitterly,  Mr.  Har- 
riman and  many  men  like  him,  who  believe  that  it  is 
their  lawful  privilege  to  set  themselves  above  the  law 
and  use  the  public  as  their  oyster.  They  will  exert 
every  possible  influence  to  replace  Roosevelt  by  a 
President  who  will  relapse  to  the  old  order  of  things, 
when  the  combined  might  of  capital  in  controlling 
national  legislation  was  unquestioned.  The  people  can 
be  relied  upon  to  defeat  this  scheme  if  given  the 
chance,  but  there  is  the  rub.  They  will  never  get  the 
chance  if  the  railroad  and  the  other  moneyed  barons 
can  control  the  national  nominating  conventions  and 
put  up  the  candidates  they  want.  If  the  people  win  at 
the  next  Presidential  election,  the  nation  will  be  on  a 
better  footing  than  ever  before,  for  all  the  trusts  will 
be  made  obedient  to  the  law.  The  trusts  of  capital  are 
already  more  docile,  and  the  equally  great  if  not 
greater  labor  trust  will  at  last  be  crushed  and  shown 
that  it  cannot  violate  with  impunity  the  constitutional 
rights  of  the  American  public. 

Because  the  Building  Trades  Council,  which  is  an- 
other name  for  P.  H.  McCarthy,  has  had  a  quarrel 
with  an  electrical  workers'  union,  a  strike  has  been 
called  by  McCarthy,  and  work  has  been  suspended  on 
the  great  Fairmont  Hotel.  Here  is  another  fine  object- 
lesson  to  the  long-suffering  and  much-abused  business 
men  of  San  Francisco. 

McCarthy  is.  a  prominent 'member  of  the  Schmitz- 
Ruef  cabinet,  and  has  generally  held  one  or  more 
public  offices  by  favor  of  the  chief  grafters.    He  it  was 

For  busy  men  and  women  Abbott's  Bilters.     A  delightful  Ionic  and  invigoralor.   a  beallh 
giver  and  a  health  preserver.     All  druggists. 


who  presided  some  months  ago  at  the  red-flag  meeting 
which  passed  resolutions  in  favor  of  the  Idaho  mur- 
derers, and  which  after  adjournment  inarched  down 
Market  Street  under  the  red  flag  and  attacked  the 
police. 

Voters  of  San  Francisco  should  begin  to  get  ready 
to  put  McCarthy  and  all  his  political  gang  out  of  office 
next  November. 


The  news  that  until  further  notice  mail  facilities 
with  Australia  and  New  Zealand  will  be  cut  off  is 
unwelcome  to  the  people  of  the  United  States  as  a 
whole,  and  to  those  of  California  in  particular.  The 
government  should  make  some  arrangements  for 
the  continuance  of  our  mail  service  with  the  anti- 
podes. There  is  no  reason  why  it  should  not  be 
done  temporarily  by  way  of  Vancouver.  The  line 
from  Vancouver  to  Sydney  is  supported  by  Eng- 
land and  colonial  subsidies,  and  it  has  temporarily, 
at  least,  knocked  out  the  American  line.  Of  course 
our  merchants  cannot  give  up  the  trade  that  it  has 
taken  so  many  years  to  establish  and  most  of  that 
trade  is  in  American  goods.  The  greater  part  of 
these  is  Eastern,  hence  the  government  has  more 
than  ordinary  inducements  to  prevail  upon  Congress 
to  support  the  line.  This  is  a  fact,  not  a  condition, 
and  in  the  presence  of  facts  that  threaten  the  very 
existence  of  a  flourishing  trade,  even  the  most  stub- 
born opponent  of  subsidies  must  needs  be  silent. 
The  English  line  that  will  for  a  time  at  least  enjoy 
much  of  this  trade  is  supported  by  subsidies.  The 
cost  of  running  American  vessels  is  greater  than 
that  of  English,  and  it  is  only  fair  that  it  should  be 
made  up  by  a  grant  of  public  moneys.  The  manage- 
ment of  the  line  has  been  hampered  by  labor 
troubles  and  strikes,  and  altogether  its  path  has 
not  been  a  smooth  one. 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM. 


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Skating  Carnival 

While  the  Monday  Evening  Skating  Club  had  a 
jolly  time  at  the  Fancy  Masque  Carnival  of  Monday 
evening  last,  and  many  pretty  and  effective  costumes 
were  in  evidence,  the  affair  was  a  bad  second  to  the 
recent  hal  skating  masque  at  San  Rafael. 

Three  startling  costumes  were  the  short-socked 
babies,  who  proved  to  be  Miss  Mazie  Coyle,  Miss 
Angela  Coyle  and  Miss  Ethel  Amwig,  who  had  as 
escort  Oliver  Lansing,  clothed  in  the  familiar  Buster 
Brown  costume.  Late  in  the  evening,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Edwin  Newhall  chaperoned  a  party  of  fifteen  boys  and 
girls  in  yachting  costumes.  Alma  Newhall  being  the 
captain.  Edwin  Newhall,  Jr.,  on  this  occasion  dressed 
as  a  young  lady.  Many  girls  from  San  Rafael  were  in 
this  party,  the  Misses  Foster,  Miss  Lanell  and  others. 
Another  large  party  was  composed  of  Miss  Marion  and 
.Miss  Jeanette  Wright,  Miss  Betsy  Angus,  Miss  Nino 
Curry,  Lieut.  Anderson  St.  George  Hope.  Three  light 
blue  silk  dominos  that  attracted  much  attention  were 
discovered  to  be  Mrs.  Hanford,  Mrs.  Selby  Hanna  and 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Gamble.  Mrs.  Fred  McNear,  as  Mary  had 
a  little  lamb,  appeared  leading  a  huge  toy  lamb.  The 
timid  beast  not  being  used  to  a  crowd,  the  fair  matron 
was  obliged  to  carry  it  in  her  arms  all  evening.  The 
clever  make-up  of  Mr.  Joseph  Carrigan  caused  quite  a 
commotion  in  the  early  part  of  the  evening.  He  was 
dressed  as  a  trained  nurse,  and  insisted  upon  doing  a 
highly  effective  dance  in  which  he  displayed  rather  too 
much  of  his  lower  anatomy  to  suit  the  prudes  in  the 
grand  stand.  Tabitha  Twiggs  remarked  it  was  ex- 
tremely indelicate,  whereupon  another  remarked, 
"Where  did  you  ever  see  a  young  lady  possessing  such 
large  ankles,  who  could  boast  blue  blood  in  her  veins  ?" 

Miss  Lucy  Gwin  Coleman  and  Miss  Gertrude  Bal- 
lard were  costumed  as  twins,  wearing  beautiful  red 
broadcloth  walking  costumes,  with  green  velvet  col- 
lars. A  handsome  costume  worn  by  Miss  Ynez  Estu- 
dillo,  was  that  of  a  colonial  lady,  and  Miss  Marie 
Churchill  as  Temptation,  Miss  Lucy  Mighell  as  Sis 
Hopkins,  Miss  Ruth  Powers  as  a  student,  Miss  Mary 
Shafter,  Syrian  fortune  teller,  Miss  Sophie  Woods, 
Queen  of  hearts,  Miss  Marie  Rose  Deane,  a  fencing 
girl,  were  all  notable  figures.  Miss  Ethel  Shorb  was 
effectively  costumed  as  a  tiger  lily. 
*  *  * 
Soda  Bay  Springs 

This  famous  Summer  resort,  which  will  be  opened 
for  the  season  on  May  1st,  is  situated  on  the  pic- 
turesque shores  of  Clear  Lake  in  the  foothills  of 
Konocti,  or  "Uncle  Sam  Mountain,"  in  Lake 
County.  It  recommends  itself  to  the  pleasure-seeker 
as  well  as  the  invalid.  The  hotel  and  cottages 
have  been  thoroughly  renovated  and  will  accommo- 
date some  150  guests.  There  is  an  excellent  large 
ball  room,  where  "hops"  can  be  indulged  in.  The 
grounds  are  extensive,  having  a  shore  line  of  two 
miles.  There  are  fine  bathing,  hunting  and  fishing 
facilities.  A  splendid  launch  has  been  built  to 
order  expressly  for  excursions  on  the  lake.  One  of 
the  important  feature  will  be  an  excellent  table  with 
fresh  vegetables  and  dairy  products ;  also  an  up-to- 
date  club  house.     Every  convenience  has  been  pro- 


\ided  for  the  comfort  of  guests  and  ;.  visit  to  Soda 
Bay  Springs  cannot  fail  to  remain  a  pleasant  mem- 
ory. The  route  is  by  way  of  the  Northwestern 
Pacific  Railroad,  leaving  the  Ferry  at  7:30  a.  m.  I  In 
alighting  from  the  train  visitors  tak<  automobiles 
and  arrive  at  the  Springs  at  2  p.  in.,  a  saving  of 
nearly  three  hours  over  the  old  journey  by  stage, 
which  has  been  superseded.  A  round  trip  ticket, 
including  train  and  automobile,  and  good  for  six 
months,  lor  $9.  Mr.  George  Robinson  and  Agnes 
Bell  Rhoads  are  the  managers. 


Dr.  Redmond  Payne 

Eye,  ear,  nose,  throat,  resumed  practice  at  9  1  5   Van   Ness 
cor.  Ellis,  hours:   1-3;  tel.  Franklin  331. 


C.  H.  REHINSTROM 

Tailor  and  Importer 

SPRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLES 

NOW  READY 


Formerly  of 

The  Mutual  Savings  Bank  Building 


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Telephone  West  5769 


'JUST  A  SHADE  OIN   OTHERS' 


Weinhard 

The  Peer 
of  Bottle  Beer 


CALIFORNIA  BOTTLING  CO. 


SOLE    BOTTLERS 


1255  HARRISON  STREET 

PHONE  MARKET  977 


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Louvie,  Tail's  and  many  other  Cafes 


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Macaroni,  Vermicelli,  Spaghetti 

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Home  Work 

A  little  fellow  in  Altoona,  Pa.,  not  long  ago 
hustled  into  a  grocery  with  a  memorandum  in  his 
hand. 

"Mr.  Jones,"  said  he,  "I  want  fourteen  pounds 
of  tea  at  twenty-five  cents." 

"All  right,"  said  the  grocer,  noting  down  the  sale 
and  instructing  a  clerk  to  put  up  the  purchase. 
"Anything  else,  Tommy?" 

"Yes,  sir.  I  want  thirty  pounds  of  sugar  at  nine 
cents." 

"Loaf  sugar?    All  right.    What  else?" 

"Seven  and  a  half  pounds  of  bacon  at  twenty 
cents." 

"Anything  more?" 

"Five  pounds  of  coffee  at  thirty-two  cents;  eleven 
and  a  half  quarts  of  molasses  at  eight  cents  a  pint ; 
two  nine-pound  hams  at  twenty-one  and  a  quarter 
cents  and  five  dozen  jars  of  pickled  walnuts  at 
twenty-four  cents  a  jar." 

"That's  a  big  order,"  observed  the  grocer,  as  he 
made  out  the  bill.  "Your  mother  wants  it  charged, 
or  do  you  pay  for  it  now?" 

The  boy  pocketed  the  bill.  "Mother  hasn't  a 
thing  to  do  with  this  transaction,"  said  he.  "It's 
my  arithmetic  lesson,  and  I  had  to  get  it  done 
somehow." 


The  Marquis  de  Favieres,  notorious  for  his  im- 
pecuniosity,  called  on  a  man  of  means  named  Bar- 
nard, and  said : 

"Monsieur,  I  am  going  to  astonish  you.  I  am 
the  Marquis  de  Favieres.  I  do  not  know  you,  and 
I  come  to  borrow  five  hundred  louis." 

"Monsieur,"  Barnard  replied,  "I  am  going  to  as- 
tonish you  much  more.  I  know  you,  and  I  am 
going  to  lend  them." 


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SPECIALTY:  Italian  and  French  Cuisine 

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Formerly  Proprietor  of  the  ORIGINAL  COPPA 


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Grafting  in  England 

The  reading  public  is  well  aware  that  crooked 
American  officials  are  always  trying  to  muzzle  the 
press.  The  reason  is  that  the  liberty  of  the  press 
in  our  country  is  the  terror  of  gratters. 

In  England  there  is  a  goodly  share  of  grafting 
too,  but  the  newspapers  there  are  afraid  to  publish 
the  facts.  The  newspapers  know-  all  about  it,  and 
they  know  who  are  the  grafters,  but  they  do  not 
dare  to  expose  the  situation,  owing  to  the  exceed- 
ingly strict  libel  law. 

Not  so  very  long  ago  a  certain  speech  was  re- 
ported in  one  of  the  London  newspapers.  The 
speechmaker  was  indignant,  for  neither  the  subject 
matter  of  the  speech  nor  the  circumstances  under 
which  it  was  delivered  were  creditable  to  him,  and 
he  brought  a  suit  for  damages  on  the  ground  that 
the  libel  laws  had  been  violated.  It  was  not  claimed 
that  the  speech  was  incorrectly  reported;  indeed  it 
was  admitted  that  the  report  was  substantially 
without  error,  yet  nevertheless  heavy  damages  were 
awarded  to  the  plaintiff  on  the  grounds  that  the 
plaintiff's  reputation  had  been  injured  and  that  the 
publisher  could  not  show  that  the  publication  of 
the  report  was  of  benefit  to  the  public. 

Under  the  English  law  a  boodler  cannot  confess 
and  escape  prosecution.  Some  time  ago  it  was 
suspected  that  members  of  the  council  of  a  London 
borough  had  been  accepting  bribes  from  contractors 
who  were  furnishing  materials  and  supplies.  Detec- 
tives were  put  upon  the  case  and  the  facts  were 
run  down.  Certain  of  the  contractors  and  Council- 
men,  confronted  with  these  facts,  confessed  and 
promised  to  go  upon  the  stand  in  court  and  testify 
to  the  truth.  In  due  time  one  of  the  guilty  men  took 
the  stand  as  promised,  and  told  the  story  as  agreed. 


Another  Earthquake  in  San  Francisco 

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He  was  immediately  arrested  as  a  criminal  under 
the  law  as  it  stands,  and  slated  for  an  early  trial. 
This  chilled  the  enthusiasm  of  the  others  who  had 
promised  to  confess,  and  they  changed  their  minds 
promptly  and  irrevocably.  As  the  prosecution  was 
thus  left  without  witnesses  the  investigation  was 
brought  to  an  abrupt  close. 


Foreign  diplomats  are  not  as  much  afraid  of  ask- 
ing for  a  raise  of  salary  as  Americans.  When  James 
Bryce  was  named  for  English  Ambassador  to 
\\  ashington  he  declined  the  honor  as  he  could  not 
afford  to  take  it  at  the  salary.  To  make  it  pos- 
sible for  Mr.  Bryce  to  accept  the  place  the  salary 
was  raised  $10,000.  Sir  Mortimer  Durand,  who  pre- 
ceded Mr.  Bryce,  managed  to  save  a  considerable 
part  of  his  salary  as  Ambassador,  but  the  Durands 
gave  only  one  or  two  formal  dinners  a  year  and 
lost  touch  of  Washington  life  so  much  that  Sir 
Mortimer  lost  his  position. 


Wedding  Cakes  and  Fancy  Ices 
and  Tarts 


LECHTEN  BROS. 


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The   Original   San    Francisco 

Popular  Dining  Room 


NOW  OPEN 
91  1-913  O'Farrell  St. 


Bet.  Van  Ness  and  Polk 


Largest  and    Handsomest   Dining-Room   in    the   City—An    Ideal    Kitchen.      Former 
Patrons  Invited  to  Call  and  Inspect  Our  New  Rooms  and  Equipment. 


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STRICTLY  BUSINESS 


Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 


Bond  and  Stock  Exchange 
The  past  week  has  been  a  quiet  one  in  bond  and 
stock  exchange  circles.  A  good  many  of  the  pat- 
rons of  the  Exchange  have  been  interested  too  in 
Wall  Street  and  have  not  always  been  on  the  right 
side  of  the  market.  This  helps  to  make  things  slow. 
Spring  Valley  improved  somewhat  during  the  week 
— light  sales  being  made  at  $21.62^.  The  stock 
has  not  quite  recovered  from  the  depression  caused 
by  the  resolution  of  the  Supervisors,  but  it  is  un- 
questionably stronger.  Hawaiian  5s.  sold  at 
$102.50.  There  have  been  some  sales  of  United 
Railroads  4s  at  $75.50 — a  slight  improvement  on  the 
past  week,  but  very  slight.  Alaska  Packers  sold 
in  small  lots  at  $41  to  $40.50.  Associated  Oil  is 
lower,  selling  at  $39.50.  California  Wine  is  weaker 
— $87  asked.  California  Fruit  finds  bidders  at 
$103.50.  There  has  been  very  little  change  in  Sugar 
stocks  but  the  market  as  a  whole  is  weak.  For 
Hawaiian  $83  has  been  bid,  so  here  the  market  is 
strong.  Honokaa  sold  at  $10.50.  For  Hutchin- 
son $15.50  was  bid  and  for  Paauhau  $14.50,  and  for 
Onomea  $36.  The  transactions  in  these  stocks  have, 
however,  been  very  small  for  some  considerable 
time  past. 

The  Mines 

The  opening  of  the  San  Francisco  Mining  Ex- 
change on  Monday  was  quite  an  event.  Chairman 
Turnbull  had  around  him  quite  a  distinguished 
company  and  the  Board  has  started  on  its  way  with 
encouraging  omens  of  success.  Meanwhile  the  de- 
velopments in  Southern  Nevada  continue  of 
greater  or  less  importance. 

The  sales  of  mining  stock  last  week  were  on  some 
days  as  high  as  500,000  shares.  There  were  few 
sales  of  the  more  important  stocks — for  Mohawk 
$17.25  has  been  bid — a  slight  improvement.  Jumbo 
was  quotable  at  $3.85  bid,  and  Red  Top  at  $4.00 
asked.  Silver  Pick  sold  at  $1.25,  an  improvement. 
Goldfield  Combination  sold  at  $8.00,  so  that  it  had 
neither  advanced  nor  retrograded.  Florence  sold 
up  to  $3.60.  Tonopah  Nevada  did  not  change,  $16 
bid.  Daisy  sold  at  $2.05.  Combination  Fractions  at 
$4.30  to  $4.40.  Great  Bend  at  $105.  Tumbo  Exten- 
sion at  $2.22.  Nevada  Hills  at  $3.60.  West  End 
at  $1.30.  Kewanas  at  $1.30  to  $1.40,  and  St.  Ives 
at  $1.50.  There  was  a  general  feeling  of  improve- 
ment all  through.  There  will  be  a  much  better 
feeling  when  the  labor  troubles  are  over. 

Lucky  Policy  Holders 
The   Fireman's  Fund   Insurance   Company  of  San 

A  Sovereign  Remedy 

Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure,  one  dose  will  stop  a  cough.  It 
never  fails.     Try  it.     Sold  by  all  Druggists. 


Francisco  has  been  floated  off  the  rocks  on  which  it 
found  itself  after  the  unparalleled  disaster  of  April 
last.  Almost  everybody  predicted  that  this  local  com- 
pany would  become  a  complete  wreck,  with  little  left 
in  the  way  of  salvage.  How  could  it  pay  such  ap- 
palling and  unprecedented  losses,  even  though  known 
to  be  admirably  managed?  In  twelve  months  it  has, 
however,  paid  in  cash  nearly  sixty  per  cent  of  its  losses, 
and  in  doing  so  has  paid  out  the  enormous  sum  of 
almost  eleven  million  dollars. 

It  has  assessed,  and  collected  from,  its  stockholders 
over  two  million  dollars.  This  bare  statement  does 
not  actually  represent  what  the  local  company  has 
done,  for  it  played  on  policy  holders  none  of  the 
scurvy  tricks  of  some  of  the  foreign  companies.  Many 
of  these  scaled  down  the  claims  of  policy  holders 
twenty-five  per  cent  before  attempting  to  pay  their 
losses. 

The  Fireman's  Fund  Company  appraised  its  losses 
at  their  face  value.  Nothing  could  be  fairer  or  more 
liberal,   and  on   that  appraisement  the   company  has 


MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK 


706  Market  St. 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Opp.  Third 


Guaranteed  Capital,  $1,000,000 

Interest  Paid  on  all  Deposits 


Paid  up  Capital  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
Loans  on  Approved  Securities 


OFFICERS--  James  D.  Phelan,  Pres..  John  A.  Hooper,  V.  Pres.,  J.  K.  Moffatt,  2d 
V.  Pres.,  George  A.  Story,  Sec'y  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Assl.  Cashier,  A.  E. 
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FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 


108-110  Sutter  Street 


CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS,  $693,104.68 

PAID  UP  CAPITAL,  $600,000.00 

DEPOSITS  JANUARY  1.  1907  $3,772,145.83 

Charles  Carpy,  Pres.  Arthur  Legallet,  Vice-Pres.  Leon  Bocqueraz,  Secretary 

John  Ginty,  Asst.  Secretary  P.  A.  Bergerot.  Attorney 


-THE  WASP- 


23 


already  paid  nearly  sixty  cents  on  the  dollar  in  cash, 
and  besides  given  stock  for  the  balance.  This  stock  is 
rapidly  appreciating  in  value.  At  the  lowest  possible 
calculation  the  policy  holders  of  the  Firemen's  Fund 
have  already,  therefore,  fared  far  better  than  nine- 
tenths  of  the  people  who  were  insured  in  some  of  the 
so-called  "dollar  for  dollar"  companies. 

The  Fireman's  Fund  Company  is  doing  a  fine  busi- 
ness and  any  policy  holder  who  keeps  his  stock  for 
some  time  is  likely  to  make  money  thereby. 

It  certainly  will  be  a  great  triumph  for  this  deserv- 
ing company  if  its  policy  holders  should,  in  a  short 
time,  have  received  not  only  a  hundred  cents  on  the 
dollar  of  their  full  losses,  but  a  hundred  and  twenty 
cents.  This  would  be  equal  to  a  payment  of  ISO  per 
cent  by  some  of  the  companies  that  first  scaled  down 
their  appraised  losses  and  then  paid  from  75  to  90  per 
cent  of  the  appraisements. 

It  seems  to  have  become  a  matter  of  local  pride  in 
San  Francisco  to  see  the  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance 
Company  reestablished  more  firmly  than  ever,  and  that 
i-  now  an  accomplished  fact.  The  company  starts  out 
again  with  unimpaired  record  and  ample  capital. 

Insurance  Rates 

There  is  no  doubt  that  in  particular  cases  present 
insurance  rates  add  much  to  the  cost  of  running  a 
business  or  handling  a  property.  For  frame  build- 
ings in  the  burned  district  from  5  to  8  per  cent,  is 
charged  when  they  are  used  for  dwellings.  The  dif- 
ference is  due  to  location  and  other  circumstances. 
Thus  an  S8000  building  costs  at  the  lowest  rate  $400 
a  year  or  $33.33  2-3  a  month.  Here  the  rate  is 
doubled  and  the  additional  cost  has  to  be  added  to 
the  rent.  This  without  taking  into  account  the 
increased  cost  of  building  is  a  sufficient  excuse  for 
the  landlord  in  the  districts  that  were  swept  by  the 
fire,  but  outside  of  it  the  rate  is  $1.00  to  $1.40. 
Here  the  increase  on  an  $8000  building  would  make 
a  difference  of  only  about  $32  or  $2.66  a  month. 
This  is  not  excessive. 

Mr.  Ryan's  Successor 

That  highly  efficient  and  popular  railroad  man,  the 
late  R.  X.  Ryan,  has  been  succeeded  by  J.  J.  Geary, 
who  had  been  associated  with  Mr.  Ryan  since  his  con- 
nection with  the  Northwestern  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Geary  is  now  the  acting  General  Passen- 
ger and  Freight  Agent  and  had  been  discharging  those 
duties  for  some  time  as  Mr.  Ryan's  illness  was  a  pro- 
tracted one.  The  loss  of  his  wife,  which  occurred  a 
few  weeks  ago,  no  doubt  hastened  the  demise  of  the 
able  and  conscientious  railroad  manager,  whose  death 
is  deplored  by  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

The  California  Insurance  Co. 

This  company  which  stood  the  brunt  of  the  fire 
so  heroically  is  adding  $400,000  to  its  resources  and 
should  receive  the  unqualified  support  of  the  busi- 
ness community.  It  is  a  worthy  successor  of  its 
namesake  the  old  California,  which  had  so  success- 
ful a  career  in  past  days. 

The  first  thing  in  the  morning,  if  you  need  a  bracer,  should  be  a  tablespoonful  of  Abbott's 
Bitters  in  an  ounce  of  sherry  or  a  glass  of  soda.     Try  it. 


CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT 
AND     TRUST    COMPANY 

For  the  greater  convenience  of  its  patrons 
has  established  branches  in  various  parts 
of  the  city.     The  company 

Cordially  Invites  You 
to  Open  an  Account 

at  any  one  of  these  or  at  the  Home  Office. 
2  per  cent  interest  paid  on  deposits  subject 
to  check  and  3  1-2  per  cent  on  regular 
savings  accounts. 


HOME  OFFICE 


CALIFORNIA  and   MONTGOMERY   STS. 

West  End  Branch.  1531    Devisadero 

Mission  Branch,         2572  Mission,  near  22d 
Up-Town  Branch,   1740  Fillmore  nr.  Sutter 


VALUABLES  or  all  kinds 

May  be  safely  stored  al 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  the 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 

Cor.  Bush  and  Sansome  Sts. 


Safes  to  rent  from  $5  a  year  upwards 
Careful  service  to  customers 


Trunks  $1  a  month 
Office  Hours:  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  San  Francisco 


Guaranteed  Capital  and  Surplus 
Capital  actually  paid  up  in  cash 
Deposits,  Decetnbei  31,  1906 


$2,578,695,41 

1,000,000.00 

38,531,917.28 


OFFICERS  --  President,  F.  TiUmann,  Jr.;  First  Vice-President,  Daniel  Meyer 
Second  Viee-President,  Emil  Rohte;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier, 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary,  Georae  Toumy;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Mullet. 
Goodfellow  &  Eells,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  -  F.  Tillmann.  Jr..  Daniel  Meyer,  Emil  Rohte,  Ittn. 
Sleinhart,  1.  N.  Waller,  N.  Ohlandt,  J.  W.  Van   Berjen.   E.  T.   Kmse  and  W.  S. 


MEMBER  STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE 
MEMBER  SAN  FRANCISCO  MINING  EXCHANGE 

J.  C.  WILSON 

BROKER 

STOCKS  AND  BONDS  Kohl  Bldg.,  488  California  St. 

INVESTMENT  SECURITIES  San  Francisco 

Telephone  Temporary  815 


24 


-THE  WASP' 


Will  Cause  a  Boom 

i  If  the  Congressional  Committee  which  visited 
Panama  be  not  misinformed  the  Canal  will  be  com- 
pleted in  eight  years  and  will  prove  a  much  less 
difficult  task  than  was  anticipated-.  Its  completion 
will  have  the  effect  of  making  San  Francisco  a  very 
large  city  and  should  have  an  extraordinary  effect 
on  real  estate  values  here. 

The  Rich  Man's  Panic 
The  recent  panic  in  Wall  Street  like  the  great 
fire  which  swept  San  Francisco  last  year  appears  to 
have  been  most  disastrous  to  the  very  rich  men.  It 
isn't  every  day  that  such  capitalists  as  John  Jacob 
Astor,  Robert  W.  Goelet  and  Cornelius  Vanderbilt 
are  cinched  to  the  tune  of  between  eight  and  nine 
millions  of  dollars.  That  is  the  aggregate  of  the 
losses  of  these  three  solid  citizens,  as  appraised  by 
Wall  Street  rumors.  This  rich  man's  gambling 
panic  does  not  seem  to  have  lessened  the  real 
prosperity  of  the  Nation  so  far. 

Building  Up  the  City 

Said  a  bank  president  last  week  in  answer  to  the 
question  "how  is  the  demand  for  money?"  "It  is  very 
great — everybody  wants  money  now.  They  have 
come  to  the  conclusion  to  build  to  improve  their  prop- 
erty, and  they  all  want  to  do  it  at  once.  It  would  take 
at  least  $300,000,000  to  carry  out  their  ideas,  of  which 
$100,000,000  will  be  wanted  this  year.  The  Savings 
Banks  will  do  all  they  can  to  help  the  rebuilding  of 
the  City,  but  they  cannot  do  it  all." 

Will  Bank  Exchanges  Decline 
It  is  intimated  in  some  quarters  that  bank  exchanges 
may  fall  away  during  the  rest  of  the  year.  The 
reasons  assigned  for  this  are  the  losses  by  floods  and 
the  completion  of  insurance  payments.  But  the  latter 
has  been  practically  settled  since  the  first  of  the  year 
and  would  have  made  its  effect  felt  in  January  and 
February.  These  two  months  were,  however,  far 
ahead  of  the  same  months  in  1906.  It  is  true  the 
March  record  came  very  close  to  that  of  last  year,  but 
the  cause  can  be  traced  to  the  effect  the  Wall  Street 
panics  had  on  the  speculative  movement  here  and  to 
the  interference  with  business,  which  the  long  pro- 
tracted storm  had  caused. 

INVESTOR. 


A  Pretty  Souvenir 

The  Continental  Building  &  Loan  Association 
has  issued  a  very  pretty  souvenir  in  the  form  of  a 
card  suitable  for  hanging  in  a  guest  room.  Mr. 
Corbin,  the  manager  of  the  Association,  got  the 
idea  from  a  friend,  who  when  visiting  Scotland 
recently,  stopped  for  the  night  at  one  of  the  hos- 
pitable homes  for  which  that  country  is  noted.  He 
was  assigned  to  the  spare  bedroom  at  the  time  of 
retiring,  and  just  as  he  was  preparing  to  put  out 
the  light,  his  eyes  caught  sight  of  this  particular 
poem  hanging  by  the  side  of  his  bed.  The  words 
were  so  good,  the  sentiment  so  pure,  and  the  time 
(bed-time)  so  appropriate,  that  it  made  him  sleep 
sweeter  than  he  had  ever  slept  before.     On  arising 


in  the  morning  he  copied  the  poem  and  gave  it  to 
Mr.  Corbin  on  his  return  to  America.  The  enter- 
prising manager  of  the  Continental  thought  it 
would  be  a  good  idea  to  send  it  to  his  patrons  and 
so  he  had  it  printed  in  gold  and  it  makes  a  very 
pretty   souvenir. 

Many  readers  of  The  Wasp  are  no  doubt  familiar 
with  the  poem  : 

Sleep   sweetly   in   this   quiet   room, 

Oh   thou   my  honored   guest ; 
And  let  no  mournful  yesterday's 

Disturb    thy   peaceful    rest. 

Nor  let  tomorrow  break  thy  rest 

With    dreams    of    coming    ill, 
Dame  Nature  watches  over  thee, 

Her  love  protects  thee  still. 

Dismiss  the  world  and  all  its  cares, 

Put   out   each   glaring  light, 
The   stars   are   watching   overhead, 

Sleep  Sweetly  then. 

GOOD  NIGHT. 


Germania  National  Bank 

OF  SAIN    FRANCISCO 
IS  NOW   OPEN   FOR   BUSINESS  AT  THEIR  NEW  QUARTERS 

521  MARKET  STREET,  Bet.  First  and  Second  Streets 

SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIFORNIA 

OFFICERS:     W.  A.  Frederick,  President;  F.  Kronenberg,  Vice-President; 
R.  F.  Crist,  Vice-President;  F.  Kronenbers,  Jr..  Cashier. 
Cable  Address;  Germania 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Stock  Exchange 

Goldfield,  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 
Write  for  Market  Letter. 

339  BUSH  STREET,  STOCK  EXCHANGE  BUILDING 


BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  lo  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE,  Pr«. 

GAVIN  McNAB,  Atty. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

OFFICES -COR.  CHURCH  AND  MARKET  STREETS 
OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Rooms  7  to   11 


Telephone    i'mpy.    1415 


W.  C.  RALSTON 

Stock  and  Bond  Broker 

Member  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Mining  Stocks  a  Specially 


Bedford  McNeill 
Western  Union 
Leibera 


368  BUSH  STREET 

San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP  - 


25 


Friday. — Well,  dear  me !  What  silly  things  young 
girls  are.  One  of  them  was  telling  today  at  Mrs. 
Shoddy's  tea  about  the  lovely  time  she  had  at  Del 
Monte  and  the  awfully  nice  man  she  had  such  a  des- 
perate flirtation  with.  Goodness  me !  She  came  right 
out  with  the  man's  name  and  kept  repeating  it,  though 
I  could  see  the  woman  that  sat  next  to  her  kicking  her 
on  the  feet  to  shut  her  up.  When  we  came  away  Mrs. 
Gayleigh  said : 

"Did  you  ever  see  such  a  fool  as  that  girl?" 

"The  idea,"  said  I,  "of  her  talking  of  such  things  in 
public." 

"Yes,  and  the  man's  wife  was  sitting  right  there, 
listening  to  every  word  of  it.  Didn't  you  see  me  kick 
her.  I  bet  her  shins  are  black  and  blue.  But  it  didn't 
do  any  good." 

"She'll  feel  mighty  cheap  when  she  finds  out  what 
a  fool  she  made  of  herself,"  said  I. 

"Not  a  bit,"  said  Mrs.  Gayleigh.  "That  kind  of  a 
girl  is  too  full  of  conceit  to  have  anything  like  that 
worry  her.  She'll  just  be  tickled  to  death  that  she 
made  some  other  woman  jealous." 

Gracious !  I  hope  that  husband  gets  what's  coming 
to  him.  It  does  me  good  to  see  the  villains  Gripped  up 
and  exposed  once  in  a  while.  I  suppose  his  wife  is  a 
lovely  woman.  That's  always  the  way.  It's  the 
reprobates  that  go  around  passing  themselves  off  as 
gay  bachelors  and  winking  at  every  girl  they  meet  that 
have  the  most  devoted  and  amiable  wives.  I've  noticed 
it  and  that's  one  reason  I've  kept  from  marrying. 


Well,  goodness  me !  How  fickle  young  girls  are. 
Mrs.  Gabbe  and  Miss  Gushwell  were  in  to  see  me 
today.  They  were  telling  me  all  about  an  Alameda 
girl  that  gave  a  tea,  as  everybody  thought  to  an- 
nounce her  engagement  to  a  nice  young  man  in 
Fruitvale.  Well  what  does  she  do  but  turn  around 
and  announce  that  she  is  going  to  marry  Mr. 
Meadow,  who  is  old  enough  to  be  her  grandfather. 

"I  suppose  the  old  man  is  rich  ?"  I  remarked  when 
Miss  Gushwell  and  Mrs.  Gabbe,  who  were  at  the 
tea,  told  me  all  about  it. 

''He's  suspected  of  wealth,  but  he  mightn't  be  so 
guilty  as  people  think,"  said  Mrs.  Gabbe. 

Then  they  went  on  talking  about  all  the  San 
Francisco  and  Oakland  people,  that  have  married 


f<T  money  and  got  badly  fooled. 

Goodness  me!  I  should  think  a  lot  of  people's 
ears   would   have   burned. 

Mrs.  Gabbe,  who  remembers  away  back  to  '49, 
says  that  one  of  the  worst  cases  on  record  was 
when  old  Colonel  Brannigan  married  the  most 
beautiful  Norwegian  blonde  in  the  Mission.  She 
was  pretty  enough  to  make  every  man  on  the  street 
stop  and  gaze  after  her,  and  the  old  Colonel  was 
homely  enough  to  stop  every  clock  he  looked  at. 
He  was  a  chambermaid  in  a  livery  stable,  Mrs. 
Gabbe  says,  before  he  made  a  lot  of  money  in 
the  stock  market.  Then  he  bought  a  mansion  on 
Nob  Hill  and  used  to  drive  to  the  matinees  in  a 
coach  and  four.  The  style  he  put  on  was  killing. 
Well  goodness  me!  It  all  amounted  to  nothing. 
Mrs.  Gabbe  says  they  rigged  up  a  game  on  him 
in  the  stock  market  and  took  all  his  money  away 
and  now  the  beautiful  wife  is  working  for  her  living. 
Oh  mercy ! 

Gracious,  if  I  married  an  old  bear  for  his  money 
and  got  fooled  I'd  feel  terrible.  But  pshaw,  I 
wouldn't  marry  the  best  man  that  ever  lived  if  he 
had   millions. 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


J.  F.  Rossi  Resumes  Business 
The  many  friends  and  patrons  of  John  F.  Rossi, 
the  well-known  and  popular  merchant  will  be 
pleased  to  learn  that  he  has  entirely  recovered  from 
the  serious  accident  he  met  with  on  the  fateful 
18th  of  April  last.  He  was  incapacitated  from  at- 
tending to  any  business  for  many  months,  but  he 
has  now  got  into  harness  again  and  has  opened  a 
well-appointed  and  handsome  retail  liquor  store 
at  his  former  location  on  Washington  Street  near 
Front. 

"Purity"  is  the  standard  under  which  Mr.  Rossi 
has  made  his  establishment  noted  among  consumers 
of  this  City  for  over  a  generation.  He  has  paid 
every  attention  to  the  household  trade  and  handles 
the  celebrated  double  stamp  Belmont  Whisky,  the 
famous  Loveland  Rye  and  the  Italian-Swiss  Col- 
ony Wines  in  addition  to  the  best  brands  of  do- 
mestic and  imported  case  goods.  At  the  present 
time  J.  F.  Rossi  is  busy  receiving  congratulations. 


Popular    French    Restaurant 


Regular  Dinner  75c 

Meals  a  ta  carte  at  any  hour 


Private  Dining:  Rooms 

[or  Banquets,  etc. 


497  Golden  Gate  Ave. 

Comer  Polk  Street 


Phone  Market  2315 


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-THE  WASP 


WWMWrtMSfflM 


^miiitamama^m^ai»MMM»MM«M»iF: 


Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Company 
of  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


JOTWITHSTANDING  its  tremendous  losses  in  trie  San 
Francisco  disaster,  this  veteran  company  has  been  restored  to 
splendid  financial  strength.  Cfllts  stockholders  have  paid  into 
the  company  an  assessment  of  over  $2,000,000  in  cash. 
€JAt  no  time  since  the  San  Francisco  disaster  of  April  1 8, 
1 906,  have  its  agents  or  policy  holders  been  left  unprotected  or  uncared  for. 
fJThrough  the  medium  of  a  new  Corporation,  the  safety  of  its  outstanding  policy 
holders  has  been  secured  and  guaranteed,  ^f All  losses  that  have  occurred  since 
the  San  Francisco  conflagration  have  been  paid  promptly  in  full  and  in  cash. 
<JThe  Company  has  paid  and  discharged  on  account  of  the  San  Francisco  con- 
flagration, the  enormous  sum  of  $  1 0,800,000.00.  Being  the  largest  amount 
of  loss  ever  sustained  by  any  insurance  company  in  the  history  of 
underwriting.  <JThe  rehabilitated  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Company 
now  presents  to  its  Agents  and  to  the  public  the  following  statement  of  its 
financial  condition: 

ASSETS 

Bonds,  Stocks,  Mortgages  and  other  Approved  Securities     .      .    $5,772,374.28 

LIABILITIES 

Reserve  for  Additional  Dividend  to  San  Francisco  Claimants 

Reserve  for  Outstanding  Losses         

Reserve  for  Unearned  Premiums  on  Outstanding  Policies 
Capital  Stock  paid  up  in  cash 


$   650,000.00 

291,653.00 

2,702,606.75 

1 ,600,000.00 

528,114.53 


Net  Surplus  

Total $5,772,374.28 

SURPLUS  TO  POLICY  HOLDERS  ......  $2,128,114.53 


WM.  J.  DUTTON,   President  BERNARD   FAYMONVILLE,  Vice-President 

J.   B.   LEVISON,  Second  Vice-President  and  Marine  Secretary  LOUIS  WEINMANN,  Secretary 

THOMAS  M.  GARDINER,  Treasurer 


MMItMMMMMMMMMMilHM^^ 


THE  WASP- 


27 


Automobile  News 

The  $6000  match  made  by  the  Pope-Hartford  and 
i  Hdsmobile  representatives  here  terminated  by  the 
latter  car  reaching  San  Francisco  from  Los'  An- 
geles last  Saturday  morning,  having  got  through 
the  fearful  roads  caused  by  rain  storms  and  wash- 
outs in  safety.  The  Pope-Hartford  met  with  dis- 
aster in  the  Tejon  Canyon  forty-five  miles  from 
Bakersfield,  where  the  rear  axle  was  badly  sprung 
and  the  car  was  put  practically  out  of  the  race  at 
that  point.  The  Elmore  car,  another  entry  in  the 
hazardous  race,  was  stalled  several  miles  in  the 
rear  of  the  Pope-Hartford  car.  Thus  ends  the  first 
chapter  in  this  much  talked  of  race,  the  Oldsmo- 
bile  taking  all  the  honors  ami  incidentally  the  cash. 

*  *         * 

During  last  year's  selling  season  the  White  Co. 
manufactured  and  sold  more  automobiles  by  a 
liberal  margin  than  any  other  maker  of  large  tour- 
ing cars  in  the  world.  This  has  been  the  case  for 
several  years  past.  While  they  are  naturally  grati- 
fied at  this  numerical  demonstration  of  the  popular- 
ity of  the  White  Steamers  they  take  much  more 
pride  in  the  fact  that  their  cars  are  purchased  by 
individuals  who  are  particularly  well  fitted  to  make 
an  intelligent  choice.  The  sales  up  to  the  present 
time  have  far  exceeded  the  most  sanguine  expecta- 
tions of  the  Company  and  they  bid  fair  to  run  far 
ahead  of  last  season. 

For  a  family  auto  there  is  none  better  than  the 
White  Steamer.  Instead  of  starting  with  a  heavy 
crank  the  White  starts,  not  uncertainty,  but  posi- 
tively, at  the  flash  of  a  match  and  three  minutes 
later,  can  be  on  the  road.  After  steam  has  once 
been  raised,  the  car  may  then  be  started  and 
stopped,  left  standing  for  hours  and  restarted  at 
will.     Simplicity  pervades  it  throughout. 

*  *         * 

Herbert  Dee,  of  Oakland,  was  showing  his  new 
Oldsmobile  to  a  number  of  admiring  friends  before 
the  "U  Auto"  cafe  in  Oakland  last  Friday,  when  a 
mild  appearing  gentleman  came  up  and,  after  com- 
plimenting him  upon  his  car,  its  racy  appearance, 
etc.,  suggested  to  Dee  he  heard  it  was  customary 
to  have  a  number  on  the  back  of  the  machine  and 
asked  him  why  he  didn't  have  one.  "Oh,"  said 
Dee,  "they  are  not  particular  over  here.-  I  run  that 
way  all  the  time."  "All  right,"  replied  the  mild 
appearing  one,  "you  may  take  me  down  to  the  City 
Hall  and  tell  that  little  story  to  the  booking  ser- 
geant." Now,  when  any  one  wants  to  talk  to  Dee, 
they  must  give  their  name,  address  and  occupation. 

*  *         * 

One  of  the  interesting  social  events  for  this 
Saturday  afternoon  is  the  bridge  party  to  be  given 
by  Mrs.  Harry  Bostwick  at  her  mother's  home  at 
the  corner  of  Washington  and  Laurel  Streets. 
Several  guests  will  come  in  later  to  tea  at  4  o'clock. 

*  *         # 

In  Florida 
"Are  there  an)r  sharks  around  here,  Captain?" 
"I  don't  know.     Never  stopped  at  the  hotel." 


An  interesting  exhibition  of  paintings  by  Mr. 
Walter  Cox,  including  some  fine  portraits,  is  now  on 
view  at  the  Kilby  Art  Gallery,  1652  Van  Ness- 
Avenue. 


LIQUEUR 


Peres  Chartreux 


CREEN  AND  YELLOW 


Liqueur 

Peres  Chartreux 


The  Choicest 

After  -  Dinner 

Liqueur 


This  cut  represents  the  bottle  and  label 
employed  in  the  putting  up  of  the 
article  since  the  removal  of  the 
Carthusian  Monks  from  the  Monastery 
of  La  Grande  Chartreuse  in  France 
to  Tarragona,  Spain. 


At  first-class  Wine  Merchants,  Grocers,  Hotels,  Cafes, 

Batjer  &  Co.,  45  Broadway,  New  York,  N,  Y. 

Sole  Agents  for  United  States. 


H.  C.  RAAP,  Manager 


Telephone  Franklin  588 


National  Cafe  and  Grill 

918-920  O'FARRELL  ST.,  San  Francisco 

SPECIAL   MERCHANTS  HOT  LUNCH    25c 


Including  Tea,  Coffee,  Wine  or  Beer.      1  1  a. 
A  LA  CARTE  al  all  hours. 


Regular  Dinner  50c 


to  2  p.  m. 
Special  Sunday  Dinner  75c 


\L.  CONEY                                                                                  J.  HUFF 

Kadee  Hammam  Baths 

». 

TURKISH  AND  HAMMAM  BATHS 

PRIVATE  ROOM  AND  BATH  $1.00 

Open  Day  and  Night 

GEARY  AND  G0UGH  STREETS 

itricdy  Fim  Class                                                                             Phone  West  3725    J 

.ASSIFIED 

*  "Directory 


F  SAN    FRANCISCO'S 

LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES 
and  PROFESSIONAL  PEOPLE. 

REVISED  AlfG     CO&RECTEJd   WEEKLY. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Builders'    Exchange,   226   Oak   St.,   S.   F. 

Builders'   Association,  96   Fulton   St. 

ADDRESSING    MACHINES. 

Elliott  Addressing  Machine  Co.,  68  Stock- 
ton St..   S.   F. 

ADVERTISING    AGENCIES. 

Bolte  &  Braden,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F.;  phone 
Park  289. 

Cooper  Adv.  Agency,  F.  J.,  West  Mission  and 
Brady  sts. 

Dake  Adv.  Agency,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  st.    Phone  Temporary  1440. 

Fisher,  L.  P.  Adv.  Agency,  836  North 
Point  St..  S.  F.;  Phone  Emergency  684. 

Hadley,  M.  L.,  Advertising  Agency,  26 
Clay   st. 

Johnston-Dienstag  Co.,  2170  Post  St., 

Tuttle,    L.    T„    332    Delbert    Block,    cor.    Van 

Ness  Ave.   and  O'Farrell. 
Walker,  Shirley,  Advertiser.  Midway 
building,  779  Market  street,  phone 
Temporary   1839. 

AGENTS— MANUFACTURERS. 
Wlrtner,   Jno.   J.,   2330  Vallejo  St.,   S.   F. 

ARCHITECTS. 
Carson,    John,      Vice-President      and 
Manager  H.  C.  Chivers,  1627  Sut- 
ter St. 
Chivers,    Herbert   C,    1627    Sutter   St.,    S. 
F.;    Walnwrlghts    Building,    St.    Louis, 
Mo. 
Curtis    John  M.,  2601  Buchanan  St..  S.  F. 
Havens    &    Toepke,    611-612    Mutual    Savings 

Bank. 
Reed      Bros,      Temporary      Offices,      2326 

Gough  St..   S.   F. 
Thos.    J.     Welsh,    John    W.    Carey,    associate 
architects,    40   Haight    St.,    S.    F. 
ART    DEALERS. 
Gallagher  Bros.,   2208  Geary  st,   S.   F. 
Gump,    S.    &    G.,    1645    California    St.,    S.    F. 
Schussler  Bros.,  341   Grove  St. 
ATTORNEYS. 
A.    Heynemann,    2193    Fillmore      St. 
Phone  West   6405. 

Bahrs,    George    H.,     1901    Post    st.,    cor. 

Fillmore.    S.    F. 
Campbell,   Metson  &  Drew,   1101   Laguna  St., 

cor.   of  Turk   St.,   S.   F. 
Dorn,  Dorn  &  Savage,  717  Van  Ness 

ave. 
Drum,   J.    S.,   1416  Post  st,   S.   F. 
Dlnkelsplel.   Henry  G.  W.,   1266  Bills  st, 

S.  F.     PHONE,  WEST  2355. 
Goldstone,    Louis,   1124   Fillmore  st 
Heller,    Powers    &    Ehrman,      Union 

Trust  bldg. 
Hewlett.  Bancroft     and     Ballantine, 
Monadnock  Bldg.,  Phone  Temporary 

972. 
McEnerney,  Garret  W.,  1416  Post  St..  S.F. 
Lawlor,    Wm.    P.,    Judge,      The      Family 

Club,  1900  Franklin  st.,  S.  F. 
O'Callaghan.    Chas.    F.,    928    Fillmore    St., 

Pringie  &  Pringle,  2219  Fillmore  st. 

Ricketts,  A.  H.  (Title  Quieting  Co.) 
1136  O'Farrell  street.  Tel.  Emer- 
gency 788. 

Shadburne,  Geo.,  D.,  904  Devisadero 
St.,  S.  F. 

Shortridge,  Samuel  M.,  1101  O'Farrell  st, 
S.    F. 


Edward    B.     Young,    4th    Floor,     Union    Trust 
Bldg.,   S.  F.     Telephone,  Temporary,  833. 

AUTOMOBILES    AND     SUPPLIES. 

Auto   Livery   Co.,    Golden   Gate  and  Van 

Ness  Ave.,   S.  F. 
Boyer   Motor   Car   Co.,   408   Golden   Gate   ave. 

Phone,  Emergency  655. 
Leavltt,    J.    W.    &   Co.,    441    Golden    Gate 

Ave.,  S.  F. :  370,  12th  St.,  Oakland. 
Lee  Cuvler,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
Middleton    Motor    Car    Co.,    550    Golden    Gate 

Ave.,   S.   F. 
Mobile    Carriage    Co.,    Golden    Gate    Ave. 

and  Gough  sts.,   S.   F. 
Pioneer  Automobile  Co.,  901  Golden  Gate 

Ave.,    S.    F. ;    and    12th    and    Oak    sts., 

Oakland 
Karig  Auto  Co.   1377  Broadway,  Oakland. 
White     Sewing     Machine     Company, 

Market  and   Van  Ness   ave.,   S.   F. 

BANKS. 

American  National  Bank,   Merchants  Ex. 

Bldg.,    S.    F. 
Anglo  California  Bank  Lt.,  cor.  Pine  and 

Sansome    sts.,    S.    F. 
Bank    of    California,    424    California    St., 

S.    F. 
California    Safe    Deposit    and    Trust    Co., 

cor.     California    and    Montgomery    sts., 

S.    F. 
Central    Trust    Co.,    42    Montgomery    st., 

s     F 
Crocker  -  Woolworth        National        Bank, 

Crocker    Bldg..    S.    F. 
First  National  Bank,  Bush  and  Sansome 

sts.,    S.   F. 
French  Savings  Bank,  Union  Trust  Bldg., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Eddy. 
Germania  National  Bank,  621  Market  St., 

S.   F.;   Phone  Park  792. 
German    Savings    and    Loan    Society,    626 

California  st,  B.  F. 
Halsey.    N.    W.    &    Co.,    413    Montgomery 

St.    S.    F. 
International    Banking    Corporation,    2046 
Sutter  street,  and  415  Montgomery 
Hlbernia     Savings     and     Loan     Society, 

Jones  and  McAllister  sts..   S.  F. 
Humboldt  Savings  Bank,   626  Market  st, 

S.    F. 
Mechanics'    Saving   Bank,    143   Montgom- 
ery  st,    S.    F. 
Metropolis  Trust  and  Savings  Bank, 

12  37  Van  Ness  Ave. 
Mutual    Savings   Bank  of  San   Francisco, 

710  Market   St.,   opp.    3d  st,   S.   F. 
National  Bank  of  the  Pacific,  Call  Bldg., 

S.    F. 
Renters  Loan  and  Trust  Co.,  Commercial  and 

Savings  Bank,  115    Hayes  Street. 
San     Francisco    Savings    Union,     N.    W. 

cor.    California    and    Montgomery    sts., 

S.    F. 
Savings    and    Loan     Society,    101    Mont- 
gomery  St..    S.    F. 
Security   Savings   Bank,   315   Montgomery 

St.,   S.  F. 
Standard  Bank,   1818  Market  St.,  at 

Van  Ness,  S.  F. 
The   Market    Street   Bank   and   Safe   De- 
posit Vault.  Market  and  7th  sts.,  S.  F. 
Union  Trust  Co..  4  Montgomery  st,  S.  F. 
Wells -Fargo      Nevada      National      Bank. 

Union   Trust   Bldg.,    S.    F. 
Western     National     Bank,     Powell     and 

Market   sts.,    S.    F. 

BATHS 

Colonial  Baths,   1745  O'Farrell  St. 
Oriental  Turkish,  cor.  Eddy  and  Lar- 
kin    Streets,    City.      W.    J.    Blum- 


berg  &  Bro. 

BITTERS. 

Lash's  Bitters  Co..  1721  Mission  st,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 
Albion  Ale  and  Porter  Brewery,  1007-9  Golden 

Gate   Ave.,    S.    F. 
Buffalo    Brewing    Co.,    126-129    King    at, 

S.  F.;  Phone  Main  1010. 
National     Brewing    Co.,     762    Fulton    St., 

S.    F. 
Lochbaum,  A.  H.  Co.,  125  King  St.,  8.  F. ; 

Phone    Main    1010. 
S.   F.   Breweries,   Ltd..   240  2d  St.,    S.   F. 
Rapp,   Jno.    &  Co.,   Agents  Rainier   Beer, 

8th   and  Townsend  sts..   S.   F. 

oKIDGE    BUILDERS. 

Pac.  Construction  Co.,  17  Spear  St.,  S.  F. 

San    Francisco    Bridge    Co.,    623    Monad- 
nock Bldg..   S.   F. 
BROKERS— STOCKS    AND     BONDS. 

Hutton,   E.   F.    &   Co.,    490  California  st. 

Rollins'.    E.    H.    &    Sons.    804    Kohl    Bldg; 

Telephone   Temporary   163;    S.    F. 
Wilson.  J.  C.  488  California  st.  S.  F. 
Sutro    &    Co.,    412    Montgomery    St.. 

S.  F. 
Montague.    Phil    S.,    339    Bush    St..    Stock 

Exchange    Bldg. 
Zadlg  &  Co.,   324   Bush  St.,  S.  F. 

BUILDING       AND        LOAN       ASSOCIA- 
TIONS. 
Continental   Building  and  Loan   Associa- 
tion,   Church   and  Market  sts.,    8.   F. 
BUTCHERS'   SUPPLIES. 
Pacldc    Butchers'    Supply    Co.,    316    Bry- 
ant  st,    bet    1st   and   2d   sts..    8.    F. 
CARPET  CLEANING. 
Spauidlng,    J.    &   Co.,    911-21   Golden   Oat* 
Ave.;   Phone  Park  SSL 

CLEANING   AND    DYEING. 
Thomas,    The    F.    Parisian    Dyeing    and 
Cleaning    Works.     1168    McAllister    St.. 
S.    F. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
Hub,    The,    Chas.    Kellus    &    Co.,    Kin« 

Solomon    Bldg.,    Sutter     and      Fillmore 

sts..    S.    F. 
Roos    Bros.,    cor.    O'Farrell    and   Fillmore 

sts.,    S.    F. 

COMMISSION     AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 

Dollar,    Robert   Co.,    Steuart   street   dock. 

Johnson  Locke  Mercantile  Co.,  213  Sansome 
St.,    S.    F. 

..la)  don  ado  A  Co.,  Inc.,  2020  Buchanan 
st,    S.    F.;    Tel.    2830. 

The  J.  K.  Armsby  Co.,  The  Armsby 
Bldg.,  cor.  New  Montgomery  and  How- 
ard sts..  8.  F. 

CONTRACTORS   AND    BUILDERS. 

Atlantic,  Gulf  and  Pacific  Co.,  523  Monadnock 

Bldg. 
Fisher    Construction    Co.,    1414    Post    st, 

S      F 
Gray  Rros..  2d  st,  adjoining  W.  F.  &  Co. 

Bldg..   S.   F. 
S.    F.    Construction      Co.,     A.    E.    Buckman, 

ores. ;   A.  J.  Raisch,  sec;  636  Market;  Tel. 

Franklin    256. 
Trounson.    J.,     1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176    Ash 

Ave.,   S.  F. 

CROCKERY   AND   GLASSWARE. 

Nathan  Dohrmann  &  Co.,  1520-1550 
Van  Ness  ave. 


-THE  WASP 


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DENTISTS. 
Oreian   B.    Burns.  2077   Sutter  St..  West  6736. 
Decker,    Dr.   Chas.    W.,    1316  Sutter  St. 
Knox.    Dr.   A.    I..    1615    Fillmore  St.,  formerly 

of  Grant  Bldg. 
Morffew    4    Heel.     1766    Pine    sL.    S.    F.: 

Tel.     West    4301:       formerly      Examiner 

Bldg. 

O'ConneM.  Dr.  Robert  E.  and  Dr.  George. 
211    Dcvlsadero   at,    S.    P. 

Albert  S.  Vanderhurst,  2077  Sutter  St..  West 
6736. 

DRY    GOODS— RETAIL. 

Emporium.  The.  1201  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S. 
F.;   Phone  West  1361. 

Newman  &  Levison.  Nan  Ness  Ave.  and  Sutt 

O'Connor.  Mofflt  A  Co..  Van  Ness  Ave. 
and    Pine  St.,    S.    F. 

City  of  Paris.  Van  Ness  Ave  and  Wash- 
ington St.,   S.   F. 

White  House,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Pine 
It,    S.    F. 

ENGINEERS. 
.Ulantlc.   Gulf  &  Pacific  Co..  623  Monad- 
nock   Bldg..    3.    F. 

EXPRESS. 
Wells.    Fargo      A,      Co.    Express.    Golden 
Gate   Ave.   and   Franklin   St.,   Fer- 
ry Bldg.,  and  3d  St.  Depot.  S.  F. 
FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
Crescent  Feather  Co.,  19th  and  Harrison 
sts..    8.   F. 

FLORISTS    AND    DECORATORS. 

Clels   &   Jacobsen,    942    Fillmore   St. 

near  McAllister,  Phone  Park   363. 

Frank  &.  Parodi  Co.,  1215  McAllister 

street,  formerly   109   Geary  street, 

phone   Park,   794. 

FRUITS    AND    VEGETABLES. 
Omey  St  Goetting,  Geary  and  Polk  sts.,  S.  F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
Carew    &    English.    1618    Geary    St..    bet. 
Buchanan     and     Webster     sts..     S.     F. ; 
Phone  West  2604. 
Porter  &  White.   1631  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.   F. ;   Phone  West   770. 

FURNITURE. 
A.    B.    Smith    Co..    702    Van    Ness    Ave.. 

cor.   Turk  St.,   8.   F. 
Breuner.  John  &  Co..  1491  Van  Ness  Ave., 

Sanitary   Bedding   House,    The,    778- 
780   Golden   Gate   ave.,   N.   B.   cor. 
Gough.     Beds     and     Bedding     ex- 
clusively.    Tel.  Emergency  596. 
GAS  STOVE8. 

Gas  Co..  The.  Halght  and  Fillmore  sta., 
8.   F. 

GENTS    FURNISHERS. 

Bullock  &  Jones  Company,  801  Van  Ness 
Ave.,    cor.    Eddy   sL,    S.    F. 

Hansen  and  Elrick,  1105-7  Fillmore 
St.,  nr.  Golden  Gate  ave.,  phone 
West    5678. 

Roberts  &  Bayless,  Men's  Furnishers,  64S  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  near  Turk. 

HARDWARE  AND   RANGES. 
Alexander- Yost    Co.,    Pine   and   Polk    ata.. 

8.    F. 
Baker   A    Hamilton.    115    Berry   at,    near 

3d;   Phone  West  3689  and  3690. 
Dunham.    Carrigan   &   Hayden   Co.,   office 

131-153   Kansas   St..    3.   F. 
lis,  John  G.  &  Co.,  827  Mission  St..  S.  F. 
Montague,  W.  W.  &  Co.,  Turk  &  Polk 
sts.,  S.  F. 

HARNESS    AND    SADDLERY. 
Davis,   W.   &   Son.   2020  Howard  at,  bet 

16th  and  17th.   S.   F. 
Lelbold    Harness   and    Carriage   Co.,    1214 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
Korn,   Eugene,   the  hatter,   946   Van 

Ness  Avenue. 
Meussdorffer.    J.     C.     Sons,     909    Fillmore 

St..   S.  F. 
Porcher,    J.,     715-717    Golden    Gate    Ave., 
near  Franklin,  3.  F. ;  formerly  Odd  Fel- 
lows   Bldg. 
HOSPITALS   AND   SANITARIUMS. 
German    Hospital,     Scott    and    Duboce 

Ave. 
Harbor     View    Sanatorium,     Harbor 
View,  S.  F. 


Keeley      Institute,    H.    L.    Batehelder, 

Mgr.;    262   Devisadero  St.,  S.   F. 
McNutt   Hospital.    1800   O'Farrell  at. 

S.  F. 
St.  Luke's  Hospital,  26th  and  Valen- 
cia St. 

JEWELERS. 
Baldwin    Jewelery    Co.,    1621    Sutter    al- 
and  1261   Van  Ness  Ave.,   3.   *. 
Bohm,   Bristol,  Van  Ness  and  Sacra- 
mento St. 
Glinderman,    Win.,    1532-1534    Fill- 
more,  formerly   Examiner   Bldg. 
Shreve  &  Co..   cor.   Post  and  Grant  Ave., 
and  Van  Nes  sand  Sacramento  sts.,  S.  F. 
:.AUNDRIES. 
Lace    House    French    Laundry.    Cerclat    & 
Co..     propj. :     1047    McAllister    at;    for- 
merly at  342   McAllister;   Tel.   Park  861. 
La    Grande    Laundry.    234    12th    at.    S.    F. 
Palace     Hotel     Laundry     and     Kelly     Laundry 

Co.,  Inc.,  2343  Post  st„  phone  West  58S4. 
San   Francisco  Laundry  Association,   1408 
Turk   st,   S.   F.;    Phone  West  793. 
LIME. 
Holmes   Lime   Co.,    Mutual      Savings 
Bank    Bldg.,    710    Market   St. 

LUMBER. 
Nelson,    Chas.    Co..    1st     and     Clay     sts.. 

Oakland;   144  Steuait  St.,  S.  P. 
Redwood    Manufacturers    Co.,    Room    506 
Monadnock    Bldg,    3.    F.,    Doors,    Win- 
dows, Tanks,  etc. 
Slade,  S.  E.,  Lumber  Co.,  65  Mission 

street,  S.  F. 
Union    Lumber    Co.,    office    909    Mo- 
nadnock  building 

MACARONI    AND   VERMICELLI, 
t.     R.    Podesta.    612   Washington   at    S.    F 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
Beklns'    Van    and    Storage    Co.,    13th    and 

Mission    sts..     S.     F. ;     Phone    Park    169 

and    1016   Broadway.   Oakland. 
St.    Francis    Transfer    and    Storage    Company. 

Office,    1402    Eddy   St.      Tel.    West   2680. 
Union     Transfer     Co.,     2116     Market     St., 

S.  F. 

Notaries    Public. 

Deane,  Jno,  J.,  temporarily  at  2077 
Sutter  street  and  24  64  Vallejo 
street,  S.  F. 

OPTICIANS. 
Mayerle.       George,    German    expert,     1115 
Golden   Gate  Ave.,    S.    F. ;    Phone   West 
3766. 
San  Francisco  Optical  Co.  "Spences," 
are    now    permanently    located    at 
627  Van  Ness  ave,  between  Gold- 
en  Gate   avenue      and      Turk      st. 
"Branch"    1613       Fillmore      near 
Geary. 
Standard    Optical    Co.,    808    Van    Ness    ave., 
near   Eddy  st. 

PACKERS. 
Phoenix   Packing  Co.,   118  Davis  St.,  S.   F. 
PAINTERS    AND     DECORATORS. 
Keefe.  J.  H.,  820-822  O'Farrell  St.,  S.  F.,  Tel. 
Franklin   2055. 

Tozer,  L.  &  Son  Co.,  Inc.,  1527  Pine 
and  2511  Washington  St.,  near 
Fillmore,   S.   F. 

PAINTS    AND    OILS. 
Bass-Hueter  Paint  Co.,  1816  Market 

st. 
Paraflne     Paint  Co.,   405     Union     Savings 
Bank      Bldg.,     Oakland;      Sales      Dept 
Guerrero  near  15th  St.,    S.   F. 

PHOTO     ENGRAVERS. 
Cal.   Photo    Eng.    Co.,    141-143    Valencia  St. 

PHYSICIANS. 
Bowie,    Dr.    Hamilton   C,    formerly    293 
Geary  St.,  Paul  Bldg.;   now 
14  th  and  Church  sts. 
Bryant,    Dr.    Edgar    R..     1944    Fillmore 
st.    cor.    Pine;    Tel.    West    6667;    Res. 
3869  Jackson   St.:   Tel.   West  816. 
D'Evelyn,    Dr.    Frederick   W..    2116   Cal- 
ifornia   St..    S.    F.;    and    2103    Clinton 
Ave..    Alameda. 


Thorne,  Dr.   W.  S.,   1434   Post  St.,  S. 
F. 

r-IANOS   —    MANUFACTURERS        AND 

DEALERS. 
Ba.awln.  D.  H.  &  Co..  2612  Sacramento 

st..  near  Fillmore.  S.  F.;  Phone  West 

1869. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Marchand's,  14J4  McAllister  St. 
Moraghan,      M.      B.      Oyster      Co.,      1212 

Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
Old    Poodle    Dog,    824    Eddy    St.,    near    Van 

Ness  ave. 


St.   Germain  Restaurant,   4  97   Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  Phone  Emergency  300. 
Swain's  Restaurant,    1111   Post  St.,  8.  F. 
Techau   Tavern.   1321   Sutter  St.,   8.   F. 
Thompson's,   formerly    Oyster    Loaf, 

1727    O'Farrell    St. 

SAFES    AND    SCALES. 
Herring-Hall      Marvin    Safe     Co..    office    ant* 
salesrooms,     Mission     St.,    bet.     Seventh    ant 
Eighth    sts.;    phone   Temp'y,    1037. 
SEWING     MACHINES. 
Whee.er  &  Wilson  and  Singer     Sewing 
Machines,     1431     Bush     St.,     cor.     Vai 
Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  phone  Emergencj 
301,   formerly   231   Sutter  street. 
STORAGE. 

Bekins    Van    ft    Storage   Co.,    13th   and   Missioc 

Sts.,  S.   F.;  Phone  Market  2558. 
Pierce    Rodolph    Storage    Co.,    Eddy 
and  Fillmore  Sts.,  Tel.  West  828 

SURGICAL     INSTRUMENTS    AND    HOS' 

PITAL    SUPPLIES. 
Walters    ft    Co.,    formerly    Shutts,    Waltera    It 
Co.,    1608    :  leiner  St.,   S.    F. 

TALKING    MACHINES. 
Bacigalupi.    Peter,    1113-1116    Fillmore 
st.  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 
Lyons.   Charles,    London   Tailor,   1432  Fill- 
more   St..    731    Van    Ness    Ave.,    S.    F.; 
958    Broadway.    Oakland. 
McMahon,  Keyer  and  Stiegeler  Bros., 

Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Far- 
rell and  Fillmore. 

Neuhaus  &  Co.,  Inc.,  1618  Ellis  it 
near   Fillmore.   S.   F. 

Rehnstrom,  C.  H..  2415  Fillmore  it.; 
formerly  Mutual   Savings  Bank  Bldg. 

TENTS    AND    AWNINGS. 
Thorns  F.,   1209  Mission  St.,  corner  of  Eighth, 
S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 
Eames    Tricycle    Co.,    Invalid     Chairs,     2108 
Market    St..   S.    F. 

WINES  &  LIQUORS — WHOLESALE 

Balke.   Ed.   W.,   14  98   Eddy   St.,   cor. 

Fillmore. 
Blumenthal.    M.    &    Co..    Inc.,    temporary 

office.    ir>21    Webster    st.    S.    F. 
Butler      John     &     Son.     2209     Stelner    at, 

Revnoi'ds.    Chas.    M.    Co.,    514    Halght   at 

S.    F. 
Rusconl,  Fisher  &  Co.,  649  Turk  st,  3.  F 
Berman      Wine     &     Liquor    Co.,    family    trade 

Siebe    Bros.    &    Placeman,      419-425 
Larkin   street,    Phone,    Emergency 
349. 
Weniger.  P.  J.  &  Co.,  N.  E.  cor.  Van 
Ness  ave.  and  Ellis  st.     Tel.  Emer- 
gency 309. 
Wlchman.    LutEen   &  Co..   formerly  of  29- 
31    Battery  st.  R.  F.;   temporary  office, 
Harrison     and     Everett    sts.,     Alameda, 
Cal.:    Phone    Alameda    1179.     Gilt    Edge 
Whiskey 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS— RETAIL. 

Ferguson,  T.   M.   Co.,   Market  street. 
Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow 
Whiskey. 
Fischer,   E.    R..    1901    Mission  street, 

corner    of    Fifteenth. 
The   Metropole.John    L.    Herget   and   Wm.   H. 
Harrison.    Props.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 
Steiner    Streets. 
Tuxedo.    The.    Eddie    Graney.    Prop..    SW 
cor.    Fillmore    ^  O'Farrelt  ptp 

YEAST    MANUFACTURERS. 
Golden   Gate   Compressed   Yeast   Co..   2401    FiB- 


30 


THE  WASP- 


Amusements 


L.  R.  Stockwell,  one  of  the  oldest 
and  most  popular  comedians  that  has 
ever  appeared  in  this  City,  has  been 
prevailed  upon  to  once  more  appear 
in  one  of  his  favorite  roles.  Mr. 
Stockwell  will  present  "The  Cricket 
on  the  Hearth"  at  the  Colonial  for 
one  week,  beginning  next  Monday 
night.  The  star  will  be  seen  as  Caleb 
Plumber  and  will  be  supported  by 
the  members  of  the  Colonial  Stock 
Company.  It  was  in  this  character 
that  the  late  Joe  Jefferson  achieved 
so  much  success.  The  production 
will  be  elaborately  staged  and  the 
many  friends  of  the  veteran  comedian 
are  planning  to  give  him  a  rousing  re- 
ception at  the  opening  performance. 

"Kreutzer  Sonata,"  the  strong  Rus- 
sian drama  which  opened  so  aus- 
piciously Monday  last,  is  pleasing 
large  audiences  at  the  Colonial  this 
week  and  will  continue  to  be  the  at- 
traction up  to  and  including  Sunday 
night,  with  Saturday  and  Sunday 
matinees.  Izetta  Jewell  does  some 
exceutionally  clever  emotional  work 
as  Olga  Nevel.  A.  Burt  Wesner 
shares  the  honors  with  the  star. 
Frank  Bacon  does  what  he  is  called 
upon  to  do  in  his  usual  inimitable 
manner,  while  the  balance  of  the  com- 
pany are  well  cast. 

*       *       * 

A  Tschaikowsky  violin  concerto, 
with  Alexander  Petschnikoff,  the  Rus- 
sian violinist,  as  the  soloist  and  with 
the  accompaniment  of  the  full  Uni- 
versity Orchestra,  will  be  the  particu- 
lar novelty  of  the  next  symphony 
concert,  to  be  given  in  the  Greek 
Theatre  by  the  University  Orchestra 
at  3  o'clock  Thursday  afternoon,  April 
11th.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Petschnikoff  will 
also  play,  with  the  University  Or- 
chestra, the  Mozart  Concertante  Sym- 
phonie  for  violin  and  viola,  never  be- 
fore given  by  any  San  Francisco  sym- 
phony orchestra.  Only  once  before 
has  the  University  Orchestra  partici- 
pated in  the  rendition  of  a  concerto — 
a  month  ago,  when  Moriz  Rosenthal, 
the  Austrian  pianist,  was  the  soloist. 

The  University  Orchestra  is  to  play 


also  the  First  Symphony  by  Schu- 
mann. The  recent  programmes  of  the 
University  Orchestra  have  been  de- 
voted to  ultra  modern  music — to 
Richard  Strauss,  the  bete  noire  of  the 
devoted  classicist,  to  Debussy,  a  rep- 
resentat've  of  present-day  French 
composition,  and  to  the  Slavic  inno- 
vators, such  as  Rimsky-Korsagow, 
Naprawnik,  and  Seroflf.  This  next 
programme,  with  Schumann  and 
Mozart  as  its  principal  composers, 
will  delight  the  hearts  of  those  who 
love  best  of  all  the  older  masters, 
while  the  addition  of  a  Tschaikowsky 
concerto  supplies  the  modern  note  as 
well. 

Petschnikoff,  as  soloist  for  the  day, 
will  play  an  Amati,  famous  among  vio- 
lins and  reputed  of  extraordinary 
sweetness  and  charm  of  tone. 


On  Thursday  week — April  18th — the 
students  of  the  University  are  to  pre- 
sent in  the  Greek  Theatre  the  stately 
Eschylean  tragedy,  the  "Eumenides," 
in  the  original  Greek,  with  the  beauty 
and  dignity  that  the  columned  stage 
of  the  Greek  Theatre  makes  possible. 


On  Thursday,  April  25th,  the  Uni- 
versity Chorus,  with  the  accompani- 
ment of  the  University  Orchestra,  will 
present  Rheinbergers  Christoforus, 
and  the  present  season  of  concerts  and 
plays  in  the  Greek  Theatre  will  close 
with  two  more  symphony  concerts, 
on  May  2d  a  symphony  cencert  with 
Hekking,  the  'cellist,  as  soloist,  and 
on  May  9th  with  a  programme  wholly 
from  the  works  of  Richard  Wagner 
and  Richard  Strauss,  the  two  moderns 
who  most  have  affected  recent  de- 
velopments in  the  art  of  music. 


She  (after  accepting  him) — "And  you 
have  a  rich  bachelor  uncle?" 

He— "Yes." 

She — "Mamma  is  a  widow,  you. 
know." 

He— "Well?" 

She — -"Can't  we  induce  them  to  marry 
and  thus  keep  the  money  in  the  family?" 


"In  Arkansaw"  is  ihe  play  which 
is  in  its  second  week  at  Ye  Liberty 
Theater  in  Oakland.  It  is  from  the 
pen  of  H.  C.  Cottrell,  the  stage  man- 
ager of  that  play  house.  The  enor- 
mous revolving  stage  of  Ye  Liberty, 
eighty-five    feet    in    diameter,    is    used 


to  good  advantage  in  the  farm  scene.    I 
Horses,   cows,   sheep   and   other   farm 
animals   play  a  large   part  in   the   en- 
semble of  this  scene.     William  Blair,     ' 
to  whom  much   of  the   credit  for  the 
staging  of  this   performance  belongs,    ] 
is  one  of  the  head  men  in  his  profes-    I 
sion.     Altogether   the   performance   is    1 
a  notable  one  in  the  annals   of  stage     j 
setting  on  the  coast. 

*       *       * 

"Fantana"  at  the  American  Theater  a 
is  a  very  enjoyable  performance.    By 
this   I   do  not  mean  that  the  perfor-  I 
mance  I  saw  on  Easter  day  is  a  per- 
fect production.     Far  from  it.     It  was  I 
extremely    crude    in    spots,    nor    were  I 
the    spots    infrequent.      At    the    same 
time,  the  piece  has  possibilities  which 
in    a    few    performances    should    have  I 
been  seized  upon   by  the  actors.     No  j 
doubt    by    now    they    have    done    so.  ) 
The  comedy  element  in  "Fantana"  is  I 
of    the    delicate     and     refined     order.  1 
There  is  none  of  the  boisterous  slap  I 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherith  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 

LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 
Church  Choir 

Teacher    of     Voice,     Piano     and     Organ 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phone 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,  Tues- 
day and  Friday. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 

PIANIST 

Tel.  West  314  1801  Buchanan  Si.,  Cor.  Sutler 


William  Keith 

Studio 

After  Dec.  1st         1717  California  St. 


SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 


Attorney-at-Law 


1101   O'FARRELL  ST. 
Cor.  Franklin 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 

SIX   OR   MORE    RACES   EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Rain  or  Shine 

Races  commence  al    1:40  p.  m.  sharp. 

For  special  Irains  slopping  at  ihe  tract  lake  S.  P.  Ferry, 
fool  of  Market  street:  leave  at  12:00.  thereafter  every  twenty 
minutes  until  1 :40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  cars, 
which  arc  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Reluming  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILLIAMS.  President. 
PERCY  W.  TREAT.  Secretary. 


The  best  YEAST  for  all 
Kinds    of   Baking 

FRESH  DAILY  AT  YOUR  CROCER 


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AND   KELLY   LAUNDRY  CO.    INC. 

2343     Post     Streot 

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TELEPHONE  WEST  5854 

Work  called  forand  returned  on  schedule 
time. 


Thompson's        Formerly 

T  f      Now 

:er  .Loai,  open. 

near  Fillmore 
Popular  Prices 


Oyste 


1727  O'Farrell  St. 
All  night  service 


f    The  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 
7  Hammain  Baths,  buill  especially  for 

the  purpose,  in  the  city. 

Oriental  Turkish  Baths 


Corner  Eddy  and  Larkfn  Sts. 
Cold  water  plunge. 
Room  including  Bath,  $1.00. 
Phone  Franklin  653 
W.  J.  BLUMBERG  &  BRO.,  Props. 


~tick  tommy  rot  which  tends  to  bore 
sensible  person  to  tiie  utmost 
extreme.  The  lines  are  original  and 
bright,  anil  the  few  interpellation;  by 
Teddy  Webb  do  little,  if  any,  harm. 
In  fact.  I  think  that  one  of  the  fun- 
niest happenings  took  place  in  the 
audience.  My  friend  of  the  itching 
palm,  Supervisor  Gallagher,  was  pres- 
ent and  appeared  somewhat  uncom- 
fortable when  a  reference  to  the 
Grand  Jury  was  made  on  the  stage. 
Later  on,  wdien  a  fling  at  Abe  Ruef 
was  indulged  in,  Mr.  Gallagher 
quietly  withdrew,  "Sic  transit  gloria 
mundi."  James'  $26,250  must  have 
been  in  the  same  frame  of  mind  when 
he  "put  through"  the  removal  of 
Keane,  secretary  „f  the  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors on  Monday.  I  note  in  the 
"Help  Wanted"  columns  of  a  local 
daily  that  circus  performers  are 
wanted  for  a  circus  going  East.  "Big 
Jim"  should  obtain  a  ticket-of-leave 
from  the  Grand  Jury  and' join  the 
show  as  an  acrobat.  As  Raymond 
Hitchcock  used  to  sing  in  "The  Yan- 
kee Consul":  "Isn't  it  funny  what  a 
difference  a  few  hours  make." 
*       *       * 

Florence  Sinnott,  the  newly  im- 
ported soubrette,  is  the  bright  par- 
ticular star  of  "Fantana."  Dainty 
and  chic,  with  a  personal  charm  that 
carries  from  back  drop,  out  over  the 
footlights  to  the  very  lobby,  she  sings, 
talks  and  dances  in  a  manner  that 
convinces  the  auditor  that  she  is  the 
best  as  well  as  the  most  attractive 
soubrette  that  has  ever  appeared  in  a 
local  production.  She  is  a  splendid 
team  mate  for  Webb,  who  has,  in 
this  piece,  a  role  that  suits  him  to 
perfection — suits  him  as  no  other  has 
since  he  played  Sammy,  the  Tiger 
in   "The  Toreador"  at  the  old  Tivoli. 

Joe  Miller,  as  Henri  Pasdoit,  the 
bogus  count,  does  a  clever  piece  of 
character  work  in  this  production. 
This  is  also  his  first  appearance  here, 
but  he  has  a  record  behind  him  that 
would  vouch  for  his  ability,  if  his 
exceedingly  clever  work  in  "Fantana" 
needed  further  guarantee. 

Miss  Beatty  possesses  a  trifle  too 
much  embonpoint  to  flit  girlishly 
about  as  Fantana  should,  but  even  at 
that  her  singing  is  excellent.  Carl 
Haydn  makes  a  manly  lieutenant  and 
his  fine  voice  is  heard  to  advantage. 
Mr.  Wallerstedt  also  acquits  himself 
with  credit. 

The  musical  numbers  are  all  good 
but  those  that  stand  out  strongly  are 
"Drop  in  On  Me  at  Luncheon,"  "The 


COLONIAL  THEATRE 

McAllister  near  Market        Phone  Market  920 

MARTIN    F.    KURTIG,     President    and    Manager 


All  Market  Street  Cora  run  direct  to  Theatre 

Week  Beginning     Monday,      April     8 

Special  Engagement  of  San  Francisco's 
Popular  Comedian 

L.     R.     STOCKWELL 

Supported  by  the  Colonial  Stoclc  Company  in 

Cricket  on  the  Hearth 

Joe  Jefferson's  Great  Success 


PRICES:  Evenings,  25c,  50c,  75c.  $1.00;  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  Matinees,  25c  and  50c.  BARGAIN 
MATINEE,  Wednesday,  all  scats  reserved,  25c,  Branch 
Ticket  Office,  Kohlcr  &  Chase's,  Sutter  and  Franklin 
Streets. 

Monday,  April  15,  "Love's  Tournament" 


DR.  WM.  D.  CLARK 

Office  and  Res.:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

Hours — 1  to  3  p.  m.  and  7  to  8  p.  m. 

Sundays — By    appointment 

Phone  West   390 

Contracts    made    with    Hotels    and    Restaurants 
Special  Attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

Established  1876 

THOMAS  MORTON  &  SON 

Importer  of  and     PA  A  I 
Dealers  in  \*\Jrll- 

N.  W.  Cor.  Eddy  and  Hyde,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-31   Battery  Street.  S.  F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Tarrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  I  1 79 


GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
color  use  Alfredum's  Egyptian  Henna — 
a.  vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
the  effect  is  immediate..  All  druggists 
sell  it.     Langley  &  Michaels  Co.,  agents. 


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Is  Unequalled  lor 

Cleaning  and  Polishing 
SILVERWARE. 

Send  address  for  a  FREE  SAMPLE,  ov  15c.  in 
stamps  for  a  full  bos. 

Electro-Silicon  Soap  has  equal  merits. 
The  Electro  Silicon  Co.,  30  Cliff  St.,  New  York. 
Grocers  and  Druggists  sell  It. 


vLEIBOLD, 

Harness  &|arr!age  co- 

1214  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 

BET.  WEBSTER  AND  FIUMORE 


A  pc°Jpe  CATARRH 

Ely's  Cream  Balm 

is  quickly  absorbed. 
Gives  Relief  at  Once. 

It  cleanses,  soothes 
heals  and  protects 
the  diseased  mem- 
brane. It  cures  Ca- 
tarrh   and    drives 

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stores  the  Senses  of  •■"  ■  ■  fc  w  fall 
Taste  and  Smell.  Full  size  50  cts. ,  at  Drug- 
gists or  by  mail ;  Trial  Size  10  cts.  by  mail. 
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AT  ALL  DRUGGISTS 

Farewell  Waltz,"  "Darby  and  Joan," 
"My  Rickshaw  of  Bamboo,"  and  "Just 
My  Style."  Thfs  last,  by  the  way,  is 
a  melody  that  has  become  the  rage 
of  two  continents.  Yes,  taken  all  in 
all,    "Fantana"    is    well    worth    seeing. 

¥  *  * 

Joe  Cawthorne  defies  the  theory 
and  practise  of  Dr.  Osier.  His  youth 
and  the  puppyhood  of  Heck  are  al- 
most synonymous.  He  reminds  me 
of  a  progressive  jack-pot  that  rises 
from  jacks  to  aces  and  back  again. 
I  have  seen  him  in  all  roles  from 
near-minstrelsy  to  Mother  Goose,  and 
now,  lo  and  behold!  the  festive 
Joseph  blooms  like  the  century  plant 
as   a    recurrent   star   of   comic   opera. 

Of  "The  Free  Lance"  Joe  is  the 
whole  show.  Miss  Nella  Bergen  and 
the  others  are  "also  rans;"  but  Joe 
is  "IT."  When  he  is  "on  stage"  "The 
Free  Lance"  moves.  Exit  Joe,  and  it 
droops.  Sousa's  music,  however,  is 
Sousaesque-  enough  to  give  the  piece 
an  individuality  that  makes  attend- 
ance worth  while. 

*  *       * 

Barney  Bernard  seems  to  have 
patched  up  his  differences  with  Kolb 
and  Dill  so  a  revival  of  "Fiddle-de- 
dee"  holds  the  boards  at  what  The 
Call  terms,  ham  Davis'  firetrap.  With 
due  deference  to  The  Call's  sinister 
forebodings  as  to  the  ultimate  fate 
of  Davis'  patrons,  "Fiddle-de-dee"  is 
quite  as  amusing  as  it  ever  was  and 
I  would  just  as  soon  risk  a  singeing 
to  see  the  show.  I  wonder  if  The 
Call  would  be  as  pessimistic  if  Davis 
restored  his  patronage  to  the  adver- 
tising columns  of  Mr.  Spreckels'  jour- 
nalistic experiment. 

"The  Love  Route"  at  the  Alcazar 
is  a  pretty  play,  prettily  staged  and 
acted. 

*  *       * 

The  Orpheum  keeps  up  the  stan- 
dard of  its  attractions  to  the  high 
level  set  since  its  removal  down  town. 

*       *       * 

Match  games  of  roller  polo'  are 
the  chief  attraction  at  the  Auditorium 
Rink  these  days.  As  a  skating  place 
for  ladies  in  the  day  time  the  rink 
maintains  its  great  popularity. 

*  *       * 

The  baseball  season  reopens  toaay 
at  the  now  grounds  at  Fifteenth  and 
Valencia  btreets.  The  district  has 
been  greatly  improved  since  the  fire. 
A  new  theater  is  being  constructed 
in  this  locality  also. 

"THE  FIRST  NIGHTER." 


ti 


T0Y0  KISEN 
KAISHA 

(Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 


Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

Room   240   James   Flood   Building 

San  Francisco 

S.  S.  "Hongkong  Mam" 

Wednesday,  April  10,  1907 

S.  S.  "America  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)        .     . 

Friday,  May  3,  1907 

S.  S.  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)     .     .     . 
Friday,  May  31,  1907 

Steamers  will  leave  wharf,  comer  First  and  Brannan  Sts., 
I  P.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 
lulu, Kobe,  (Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 
necting at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,  etc. 

No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing. 

Round-  trip  tickets  at  reduced  rales. 

For  Freight  and  passage  apply  at  office,  240  James  Flood 
Building.     W.  H.  AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 


Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

Headguarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 

1113-1115  Fillmore  Street,  San  Francisco 

Albion  Ale  or  Porter 

Is  a  Greal  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure  F-xtract  of  Malt  and  Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Laguna  St. 


Dr.  WONG  HIM 

1268  O'Farrell  St. 

Permanently  Located 

HERB   DOCTOR 


Father  and  Mother 
Write  Letter  In- 
dorsing Treatment. 

SAN    FRANCISCO 
March  23.  1906 

To    Whom  it  may 

r  Concern:  Our  three- 
year-  old  daughter, 
having  been  ill  for 
some  time  and  being 
treated  by  the  most  prominent  physicians, 
gradually  became  worse,  and  was  finally 
given  up  by  them.  We  were  then  recom- 
mended to  Dr.  V/ong  Him.  We  started 
with  his  treatment  and  within  two  months' 
time  our  daughter  was  cured. 

Respectfully, 
MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  C.  LIEB, 
2757  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 


Volume  LVII-No.  15 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  APRIL  13,   1907 


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Plain  English 


The  defeat  of  Mayor  Duune  in  Chicago  was  an 
awful  blow  to  Socialism,  Hearstisrn  and  the  labor- 
unionism  in  polities.  All  were  combined  to  re-elect 
the  Mayor,  who  went  into  office  on  the  issue  that  the 
people  should  own  the  public  utilities.  Socialism  has 
had  set-backs  in  every  direction  during  the  past  twelve 
months.  Germany,  where  it  has  been  on  the  increase 
for  years,  gave  it  a  kick.  Hearst  met  his  Waterloo  in 
New  York,  and  now  Chicago,  the  hotbed  of  anarchy 
and  the  worst  governed  municipality  in  the  civilized 
world,  San  Francisco  not  excepted,  has  defeated 
Mayor  Dunne  and  elected  a  Republican  Mayor,  who 
is  pledged  to  oppose  nearly  every  ism  the  defeated 
Democratic  candidate  stood  for. 

The  American  Federation  of  Labor  aided  Mayor 
Dunne  to  the  fullest.  The  day  before  the  election, 
Emmet  T.  Flood,  the  general  organizer  of  the  Federa- 
tion, published  the  statement  in  the  leading  Chicago 
newspapers  that  "all  the  union  labor  men  of  Chicago 
are  with  Mayor  Dunne.  They  will  vote  for  him  almost 
■to  a  man." 


places  which  employed  only  union  labor,  and  Mayor 
Dunne  got  overwhelming  majorities.  Despite  the 
strong  support  given  him  by  the  union  labor  poli- 
ticians, however,  and  apparently  of  the  members  of 
labor  unions.  Mayor  Dunne  was  defeated  in  a  most 
decisive  manner. 


The  unavoidable  inference  is  that  in  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, strong  union  labor  city  though  it  be,  the  unions 
cannot  elect  a  mayor  unless  they  are  aided  by  other 
citizens  not  enrolled  in  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor. 


A  moment's  reflection  will  show  that  the  union  labor 
vote  of  America,  unaided,  is  but  a  puny  force  in  any 
great  political  contest  where  the  American  people  may 
be  fully  aroused  to  go  to  the  polls  and  express  their 
preference.  The  Ml  membership  of  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor  is  only  a  million  and  a  half,  and 
fifty  per  cent,  of  these  members  are  foreigners  who 
have  no  votes.  There  are  ten  millions  of  people  en- 
gaged in  agriculture  alone,  and  none  of  them  belong 
to  the  Federation  of  Labor. 


In  this  great  nation  of  eighty  millions  of  people, 
the  political  strength  of  the  Federation  of  Labor  is 
insufficient  of  itself  to  accomplish  much.  It  has  been 
so  skillfully  handled,  however  by  shrewd  politicians 
that  the  American  public  overrates  the  strength  im- 
mensely, the  strength  of  the  organization,  and  gives  it 
credit  for  victories  that  it  has  never  won. 

We  have  had  a  fine  example  of  this  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, where  the  Union  Labor  party  of  itself  has  cast 
over  eleven  thousand  votes,  and  yet  has  been  accred- 
ited with  electing  Sehmitz  three  times,  though  in  any 
year  when  only  two  candidates  ran,  it  required  thirty 
thousand  vote's  to  give  a  majority.  How  could  the 
Union  Labor  party  of  eleven  thousand  citizens  give 
Sehmitz  thirty  thousand  votes  ?  It  never  did.  Other 
interests  and  influences  were  exerted  for  Sehmitz  and 
helped  to  make  up  his  majority,  and  the  Union  Labor 
party  got  the  credit  of  a  victory  it  could  never  have 
won. 


Straw  votes  were  taken  in  many  factories  and  other 


We  now  hear  a  great  deal  in  San  Francisco  about 
the  thousands  of  mechanics  who  are  coming  here,  at- 
tracted by  the  high  wages,  and  we  are  told  that  at  the 


-THE  WASP 


next  election  their  votes  will  be  potent  to  elect  all 
the  Union  Labor  candidates  that  may  be  nominated. 
There  is  more  exaggeration  and  bluff  than  plain  truth 
in  such  statements.  Workingmen  are  coming  here  in 
great  numbers,  itfis  true,  but  a  large  majority  of  them 
are  foreigners.  'A  visit  to  any  large  building  in 
course  of  construction  will  show  you  how  numerous 
are  the  alien  tradesmen. 

The  other  day  I  desired  to  speak  with  the  superin- 
tendent of  a  prominent  construction  company  and 
asked  half  a  dozen  carpenters  if  they  had  seen  him 
around  the  building.  The  men  were  all  Swedes  and 
Germans  and  most  of  them  could  speak  but  little 
English.  A  very  intelligent  young  American  laborer, 
who  in  appearance  and  speech  was  far  superior 
to  the  mechanics  around  him,  gave  the  informa- 
tion I  required.  This  man  spoke  like  a  person  of  edu- 
cation, yet  he  was  performing  the  commonest  drudgery 
for  $2.50  a  day,  while  the  foreign  mechanics  were  paid 
from  $5  to  $6  a  day.  Everywhere  in  this  city  you  can 
find  similar  instances.     The  foreigner  is  the  highlv 


paid  building  mechanic  who  belongs  to  the  union,  and 
the  educated  American  is  handling  the  shovel  or  pack- 
ing boards  on  his  back  to  the  carpenters,  and  glad  to 
do  it  for  enough  to  keep  body  and  soul  together.  When 
it  comes  to  election  day,  the  union  labor  politicians 
who  want  City  Hall  jobs  cannot  vote  the  foreign 
mechanics,  and  they  are  by  no  means  sure  of  the 
American  laborer's  vote.  He  may  have  intelligence 
enough  to  reflect  that  when  he  was  a  boy  and  might 
have  learned  a  trade,  he  was  prevented  by  rigid  union 
rules  that  exclude  American  boys  from  the  constitu- 
tional right  to  enter  any  workshop  as  apprentices,  and 
thus  fit  themselves  for  the  struggle  of  life. 

Before  many  years,  the  fathers  and  mothers  of 
America  will  become  fully  aroused  to  the  great  crime 
against  the  youth  of  our  nation  which  prevents  them 
from  learning  good  trades  and  forces  them  into  the 
ranks  of  degraded  labor,  or  else  makes  loafers  and 
criminals  of  them. 

Not  every  young  man  without  a  trade  and  with  only 
a  common  school  education  to  rely  upon  can  become  a 

) 


BRIDGE-From  N.  Y.  Life 


-THE  WASP- 


nk  president  or  a  captain  of  industry.    The  average 
mill,  deprived  of  a  trade  ami  left  to  hustle  in  the 

nUs  of  common  manual   labor,  stands  an  excellent 

an if  becoming  a  hobo  in  his  youth,  a  member  of 

■ mty  poorhouse  in  his  age,  ami  a  truant  of  the 

itter's  field  when  death  ends  lii.s  wretched  career. 

AMER1CUS. 


City    lie    brought   considerable   of   the   atmosphere 
along  with  him." 


Wasp  Portraits 

Among  the  portraits  appearing  in  this  week's 
Wasp  are  the  following  well  known  society  ladies 
and  prominent  members  of  the  "Colonial  Dames" 
Mrs.  Selden  S.  Wright,  .Mrs.  Walter  D.  Mansfield. 
Mrs.  Arthur  Dudley  Cms*.,  Mrs.  F.  liurke  Holladay, 
Mrs.  Louise  Wright  McClure,  Mrs.  S.  W.  Bolliday. 

Mrs.  Seldon  S.  Wright  the  president  of  the 
Colonial  Dames  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
women  in  the  country.  Though  the  great  grand- 
mother of  a  boy  old  enough  to  be  named  for  an 
appointment  to  Annapolis,  she  is  as  bright  mentally 
and  as  alert  physically  as  a  woman  of  forty. 

Mrs.  Siebe  whose  portrait  appears  this  week  is 
one  of  the  handsome  young  matrons  of  this  City. 

Miss  Frances  Wilson  whose  picture  appears  in 
this  week's  Wasp  is  a  talented  member  of  the 
Mansfield  Club,  who  has  distinguished  herself  by 
her  wonderful  musical  ability. 


Hugh  Hume  has  exemplified  an  old  adage  "once 
a  newspaperman  always  one."  Hugh  is  now  publish- 
ing in  Portland  a  weekly  journal  called  "The 
Spectator."  It  is  a  first  class  publication,  well 
written,  well  printed  and  deserves  the  hearty  sup- 
port of  the  city  where  it  is  issued  and  which  never 
before  could  boast  of  such  a  journal. 


Scene  the  Park  Hotel.  Alameda.  E.  K.  Taylor 
the  newly  elected  Mayor  is  seated  at  dinner.  Enters 
in  hot  haste  an  election  badge  pinned  to  a  man  who 
dashes  up  the  Mayor  grabs  his  hand  and  while  try- 
ing to  shake  it  off  his  body  proclaims  : 

"Well,  we  didn't  do  a  thing  to  'em,  eh?  Snowed 
'em  under,  well  I  guess  yes." 

All  the  guests  stare  in  open-eyed  astonishment 
for  none  of  them  knows  the  boisterous  statesman, 
who  seems  desirous  to  be  regarded  as  the  Hotspur 
of  the  campaign  just  closed. 

While  guesses  are  being  swapped  all  round  as  to 
the  newcomers  identy  a  quiet  individual  in  a  corner 
remarks   to   his   friend : 

"That  chap — Oh  that's  Ruhlman — never  heard  of 
him?  Well,  that's  strange.  Lindholm  &  Co.,  the 
Frisco  furniture  people  could  tell  you  all  about 
him." 

"He  seems  to  have  been  quite  a  factor  in  the 
campaign  judging  by  the  way  he  talks  to  the  new 
Mayor"   replies  the  'friend. 

"He  must  have  been  inasmuch  as  he's  only  four 
months  in  the  State  and  it  takes  a  year's  residence 
in  California  to  vote.   But  then  he's  from  Chicago. 

"His  manner  is  quite  breezy." 

"Yes — when   he   packed   his   grip    in   the    Windy 


"Little  Billee"  Wright — or  W.  Spencer  Wright,  as 
his  professional  and  proper  name  is — is  making  good 
in  Xew  York  as  all  his  friends  here  expected  he  would. 
He  is  still  working  for  the  Paul  Elder  Company  and 
his  letter-designs  and  illuminations  are  winning  him 
praise  and.  what  is  better,  sheckels.  Wright  belonged 
to  the  Coppa  clique  of  artists  and  had  his  studio  in 
the  same  building  in  Merchant  Street  where  Mrs. 
Mersfelder  and  others  were  housed.  Like  them,  he 
lost  all  his  belongings,  but  did  not  lose  his  courage 
and  talent.  Wright  is  the  younger  sou  of  Ben  C. 
Wright,  for  many  years  church  editor  of  the  Bulletin 
and  later  of  the  Chronicle.  His  brother  Allan  is  a 
lawyer  and  prominent  in  Society.  The  Wrights'  home 
on  Gough  Street  was  spared  by  the  fire  but  was 
slightly  injured  by  dynamite. 


lust  as  all  was  in  readiness  for  the  wedding  of 
Miss  Anita  Harvey  to  Oscar  Cooper  on  April  17th 
words  comes  from  New  York  of  the  illness  of  the 
young  lady.  I  hear  that  she  has  undergone  the 
mastord  operation  for  the  ear  and  is  not  expected 
to  be  able  to  leave  the  hospital  for  at  least  a  month. 
The  wedding  has  therefore  been  postponed  in- 
definitely. 


Gumps  for  Art 
They  have  been  making  numerous  improvements  at 
Gump's  store  at  1645  California  Street,  near  Van  Ness, 
and  it  is  now  as  attractive  to  admirers  of  art  as  was 
the  famous  old  place  on  Geary  Street  before  the  fire. 
The  result  of  Alfred  Gump's  business  trip  to  Europe 
is  visible  in  many  ways  in  the  new  store,  as  the  firm 
is  continually  seeking  the  latest  and  best  to  be  found 
in  he  studios  and  ateliers  of  the  old  world.  In  Orien- 
tal art  goods,  too,  Gump's  is  unrivalled.  The  claim  of 
his  firm  to  be  the  only  western  one  to  encircle  the 
globe  in  research  for  the  finest  in  art  is  eminently  cor- 
rect. 


CHAS.KE.1LUS&  CO 

<     EXCLUSIVE 

HIGH  GRADE  CLOTHIERS 

No  Branch  Slores.  No  Agents. 

By  reason  of  quality  our  trade  increases.  When  we  put  our  name 
on  our  smart  garments,  you  can  depend  upon  it  that  that  quality  goes  in. 
Our  ambition  is  to  sell  the  best  clothes  made.  We  believe  wer'e 
doing  it. 

This  is  the  birthplace  of  newest  fabrics  and  styles,  this  season 
in  particular,  our  models  are  superb.  They  are  the  products  of 
the  best  clothes  institntions.  While  our  prices  may  be  higher 
than  those  of  "Qyack  Clothiers"  our  values  are  assured. 


KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 

Fillmore    Streei,     near    Sutter,    San    Francisco 


Men  and^Wonien 


J$  Weekly  Summary  of  Social  Activities  and  Complications 


MRS.  E.  BURKE  HOLLADAY 

General  Mae  Arthur's  transfer  from  the  command  of 
the  Pacific  division  to  Milwaukee  was  by  his  own  re- 
quest. The  General  found  it  impossible,  while  dis- 
charging the  manifold  duties  of  commander  ?in-ehief 
of  the  important  military  division  with  headquarters 
at  San  Francisco  to  carry  out  his  cherished  scheme  of 
completing  the  elaborate  report  he  was  charged  to 
make  by  the  War  Department  upon  the  results  of  his 
long  trip  of  inspection  in  the  Orient.  The  preparation 
of  this  elaborate  report,  it  is  thought,  will  occupy  the 
remaining  years  of  the  General's  active  service,  and, 
as  things  are  moving  fast  in  the  Orient  just  now,  the 
report  may  be  ancient  history  by  the  time  it  is  ready. 
The  General  is  an  able  man,  but  almost  too  conscien- 
tious. 

By  the  way,  when  the  General  does  retire,  he  will 
buy  a  home  in  Milwaukee,  his  native  city,  and  remain 
there  for  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
*         *         * 

The  popular  Mrs.  Duneen  Draper,  of  Lexington, 
Kentucky,  before  leaving  Santa  Barbara  the  other 
day  for  her  home,  gave  a  tea  to  Mrs.  Chauneey  Wins- 
low  of  San  Francisco.  Mrs.  William  Miller  Graham, 
Mrs.  Harry  Dater,  Jr.,  and  Miss  Bisphem  poured  tea, 
and  about  one  hundred  women  and  men  dropped  in, 
Governor  and  Mrs.  Herrick  of  Ohio  being  among  the 
number.     Mrs.  Winslow  also  shared  the  honors  at  a 


dinner  given  the  same  evening  at  the  Potter  by  Miss 
Bispham,  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  Mrs.  Harold 
Richardsv/n,  Governor  Herrick  and  Mrs.  Herrick  being 
the  honored  guests.  Other  affairs  have  been  given  for 
Mrs.  Winslow,  and  still  others  are  planned. 

William  A.  Dunlap,  whose  engagement  to  Miss  Lav- 
ender Byers,  a  fascinating  manicure  artist  connected 
with  a  New  York  fingernail  studio,  occasioned  such  a 
thrill  along  Broadway,  is  not  the  famous  hatter,  but 
the  famous  hatter's  son.  There  is  big  money  in  hats. 
Young  Mr.  Dunlap,  at  36  years,  finds  himself,  thanks 
to  his  dad,  a  large  Nevada  mine  owner  and  all  sorts  of 
a  bondholder.  He  has  had  previous  experience  in 
matrimonj^.  Twelve  years  ago  he  married  Miss  Lulu 
B.  Freer  of  Monticello,  New  York,  after  a  brief  but 
romantic  courtship,  and  kept  dark  the  secret  of  his 
wedding  for  months.  The  happy  pair  quarreled,  as 
happy  pairs  that  romantically  marry  will  sometimes 
do. 

The  second  choice  of  the  famous  hatter's  son  is  of 
the  Gibsonesque  type,  under  eighteen,  tall  and  slender, 
and  was  born  in  Hackneydown,  England.  The  major- 
ity of  immigrants  from  England  are  either  the  sons  of 
noblemen  and  country  squires  or  the  daughters  of  dis- 
tinguished clergymen  of  the  Episcopal  church.  Miss 
Byers'  family,  too,  can  boast  of  aristocratic  connec- 
tions, and,  as  it  is  highly  fashionable  in  the  smart 
London  set  just  now  to  earn  one's  own  living,  she 
became  a  manicurist  in  a  Broadway  shop.  Male  pa- 
trons nocked  to  the  place  and  laid  their  hearts  on 
her  table,  so  to  speak,  but  it  took  the  wnirlwmr1  court- 
ship of  the  hatter  with  the  famous  name  to  win  the 
prize.  He  had  his  nails  manicured  on  a  Thursday 
and  feasted  his  eyes  for  the  first  time  on  the  fair 
English   girl,   while   the   owner   of   the   shop    deftly 


Little  lalace  Hotel 


is 

OPEN 


Corner  o£ 

Post  and 

Leavenworth 

Streets 


The  same  excellence  in  cuisine  and  service  that  obtained 
in  the  Old  Palace  is  duplicated  in  the  new  'Little  Palace' 


-THE  WASP 


MRS.  LOUISE  WRIGHT  McCLURE 


the  western  edge  of  civilization,  we  must  have  set  up 
a  pretty  high  standard  of  artistic  merit  or  else  the 
glorious  climate  forces  talent. 


The  Eastern  papers  are  making  a  great  fuss  over 
the  engagement  of  young  Westinghouse,  of  Pittsburg, 
t«i  Miss  Evelyn  Violel  Brocklebank,  the  daughter  of 

Sir  Thomas  ami  Lady  Brocklebank,  of  Liverpool,  Eng- 
land. The  young  man  is  the  son  of  the  noted  Westing- 
house,  of  electric  motor  fame,  and  belongs  to  Pittsburg, 
that  city  famous  f  ir  smoke,  millionaires  and  scandal- 
ous divorces.  Young  Westinghouse  got  an  attack  of 
typhoid  fever,  which  is  quite  natural  in  Pittsburg,  and 
his  English  fiancee,  like  the  heroine  of  a  novel,  flew 
across  the  Atlantic  to  his  bedside.  Pittsburg  went 
into  ecstaeies  and  the  smoke-grimed  citizens  read  little 
for  weeks  but  romances  about  the  first  meeting  of  the 
ironmaster's  son  and  the  Liverpool  millionaire's 
daughter.  Happily,  everybody  survived  it,  and, 
though  the  strain  must  have  been  awful  on  the  men- 
tality of  Pittsburg,  the  crop  of  divorce,  and  murders 
was  no  larger  than  usual  for  the  month.  Mr.  Westing- 
house, it  is  pleasant  to  relate,  is  well  again  and  Miss 
Brocklebank  has  recrossed  the  seas  and  is  safe  once 
more  with  her  distinguished  parents  at  "The  Hollies," 
outside  Liverpool,  which  in  several  respects  is  pretty 
nearly  as  undelightful  a  town  to  live  in  as  smoky 
Pittsburg.  The  wedding  is  to  take  place  next  year. 
#         *         * 

C.  D.  Robinson,  the  well-known  artist  who  had  the 
distinction  of  being  one  of  the  few  artists  in  town 
who  painted  the  fire  as  it  went  on,  is  now  engaged  in 
painting  an  enormous  picture  of  the  fire  to  be  sent 
East  and  to  Europe  for  purposes  of  exhibition. 


wielded  her  files  and  scissors  on  his  digits.  Next  day 
he  called  again,  and  once  more  fell  into  the  wrong 
hands.  On  Saturday  he  came  determined  to  win,  and 
dashed  straight  to  Miss  Byers'  table.  His  fingers  hav- 
ing been  manicured,  he  prolonged  the  joyous  moments 
by  having  his  face  massaged,  and  when  he  paid  his 
check  he  had  progressed  so  far  that  the  high-born 
manicuress  had  consented  to  take  supper  with  him. 
Over  that  feast  of  love  he  proposed  marriage.  Miss 
Byers  being  under  age,  the  consent  of  mamma  had  to 
be  asked.  The  good  woman,  though  taken  aback  by 
the  suddenness  of  the  request,  was  equal  to  the  emer- 
gency, and  after  she  gave  her  blessing  she  clinched 
matters  by  telling  the  secret  to  some  close  friends, 
who  at  once  rang  up  the  newspapers.  So  the  amorous 
hatter,  who  had  planned  to  keep  the  affair  very  dark, 
got  even  more  of  a  surprise  than  his  Broadway  friends 
when  they  read  all  about  it  next  day. 
^         #         # 

Gordon  Ross,  who  did  such  clever  work  for  the 
Sunday  Chronicle,  and  who  resided  with  his  pretty 
wife  and  interesting  little  girl  in  Sausalito,  is  drawing 
for  the  Xew  York  Times  and  making  a  fine  reputation 
in  the  matropolis.  Every  artist  and  writer  who  has 
been  accounted  a  good  one  here  and  has  moved  to  New 
York,  has  scored  a  success  in  that  larger  circle.  In 
fact,  some  of  those  who  have  been  considered  rather 
mediocre  in  San  Francisco  have  done  well  in  the  me- 
tropolis.   All  of  which  proves  that  for  a  raw  town  on 


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■THE  WASP 


The  death  of  Florence  Uhlhorn  Duprey  was  not  a 
surprise  to  her  friends  who  knew  that  she  had  been  dy- 
ing of  cancer  for  several  years.  She  was  a  full 
sister  to  Mrs.  Ashton  Stevens  and  half  sister  to  Ger- 
trude Atherton.  They  were  three  very  handsome  sis- 
ters. Eugene  Duprey,  her  husband,  died  about  a  year  • 
ago.  She  leaves  one  little  daughter.  The  Uhlhorn 
family  is  one  of  the  best  known  in  New  York  City 
and  she  was  related  through  her  father  to  many  of 
the  old  Dutch  families.  On  her  mother's  side  she 
was  the  grand-daughter  of  Stephen  Franklin,  and  the 
great  great  grand  niece  of  Benjamin  Franklin. 

Mrs.  Duprey  was  married  twice.  Her  first  husband 
was  Jack  Craig,  who  belonged  to  a  good  family  here. 
He  was  what  is  popularly  known  as  a  "good  fellow" 
and  like  many  others  died  young  and  not  in  the  best 
of  circumstances.  He  was  a  wonderful  penman  and 
in  his  adverse  condition  was  tempted  to  put  the  name 
of  the  late  Irving  M.  Scott  to  a  check.  Mr.  Du- 
prey was  also  married  twice.  His  first  wife  was  a 
Miss  Hiller,  a  member  of  a  very  well-known  family. 
The  couple  were  divorced  after  living  many  years 
together  and  rearing  a  family. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Ruth  McNutt  and  Mr. 
Brown  marks  a  union  of  June  and  December.  The 
groom  is  very  rich.  The  McNutt  family  have  con- 
tracted several  wealthy  marriages.  Maxwell  McNutt 
married  one  of  the  rich  Treadwell  girls,  and  "Mamie" 
McNutt,  as  she  is  called,  married  Ashton  Potter,  the 
son  of  Howard  Potter  of  New  York,  and  brother 
of  James  Brown  Potter.  Ashton  Potter  came  here 
as  a  lieutenant  of  the  United  States  Army  on  the  way 
to  Manila  and  fell  in  love  with  Miss  McNutt.  The 
handsome  young  lady  and  her  mother  accompanied 
by  Mrs.  Robinson  Reilly  went  to  Manila  and  there 
Lieutenant  Potter  and  Miss  McNutt  were  married. 
The  bride's  health  suffered  in  the  climate  of  the  Philip- 
pines and  she  came  back  after  a  residence  of  a  year 
or  so  much  altered  in  appearance  from  the  handsome 
girl  she  was  when  she  left  San  Francisco.  Military 
life,  with  its  changes  from  one  post  to  another,  did 
not  please  young  Mrs.  Potter,  and  she  insisted  that 
her  rich  husband  should  resign.  It  is  a  tradition 
around  the  posts  that  she  absolutely  refused  to  know 
army  people  and  she  wondered  what  they  meant  by 
calling  on  her.  Miss  Ruth  McNutt,  who  went  to 
see  her  sister  at  one  of  the  posts,  met  Fitzhugh  Lee, 
the  son  of  General  Lee,  fell  in  love  with  him,  and 
against  the  wishes  of  her  family,  became  engaged  to 
him.  However  the  engagement  did  not  last  very  long 
and  was  broken.  There  seemed  to  be  no  hard  feel- 
ings over  the  matter  however,  as  the  McNutts  enter- 
tained Fitzhugh  Lee's  mother  when  she  came  out  here 
about  two  years  later.  The  Lees  like  many  distin- 
guished Southern  people,  have  more  family  pedigree 
than  wealth.  Miss  McNutt's  marriage  to  Mr.  Browne 
is  eminently  satisfactory  to  Mrs.  Potter  and  Mrs.  Mc- 
Nutt. Mrs.  Brown  will  pass  her  time  between  Denver, 
New  York  and  Europe,  for  Mr.  Brown  is  an  English- 
man and  travels  a  great  deal. 

Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart,  whose  mass  was  the  feature  of 


the  Easter  services  at  St.  Dominic's,  is  an  example 
in  pluck  and  ambition.  He  once  showed  his  love 
for  his  adopted  city  by  resigning  a  lucrative  post 
as  organist  ■  in  one  of  Boston's  big  churches ;  his 
heart  called  him  back  to  San  Francisco.  He  showed 
it  again  when,  after  the  destructive  18th  of  April 
he  found  himself  homeless  and  despoiled  of  his 
accumulations  of  more  than  two-score  years,  he  yet 
would  not  leave  for  more  cheerful  work-fields  which 
beckoned  him  with  gold-lined,  welcoming  hands. 
Lots  of  others,  in  his  place,  after  such  heavy  losses 
in  earthquake  and  fire,  would  have  shaken  the  dust 
of  the  strickened  city  from  their  oxfords  with  a 
murmured  "23."  Dr.  Stewart  wasn't  built  that  way. 
He  was  the  first  burnt-out  musician,  I  believe,  to 
come  over  here  and  establish  himself  in  a  studio 
near  the  ruins.  This  mass  is  the  first  work  he  has 
had  publicly  performed  since  the  calamity,  all  his 
other  manuscript  compositions  having  been  de- 
stroyed. 

*         *         * 

I  have  often  wondered,  by  the  way,  why  those 
bright  comic  operas,  three  of  them,  that  Dr.  Stewart 
wrote  to  librettos  by  respectively  Dan  O'Connell, 
Peter  Robertson  and  Clay  Greene,  should  never 
have  made  fortunes  for  their  authors  and  composer. 
"Bluff  King  Hal"  was  a  big  success  as  presented  by 
the  amateurs  of  the  Bohemian  Club,  with  Mrs. 
Grace  Dickman  and  Mrs.  Mary  Wyman  Williams  in 
the  cast,  and  so  was  "His  Majesty"  which  was  later 
given  a  long  season  at  the  Tivoli,  with  Gracie 
Plaisted,  Tillie  Salinger,  Ferris  Hartman  and  other 
brilliant  singers.  The  third  ran  for  quite  awhile  at 
the  Grand  Opera  House,  presented  by  the  South- 
well Opera  Company.  Why  were  they  never  pushed 
to  financial  profit  in  the  East  and  Europe?  It  seems 
a  pity  that  so  much  wit  and  melody  should  have 
been  wasted  upon  purely  local  audiences. 


ENJOY     COUNTRY      LIFE      AT 

HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 

This  is  the  season  to  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Phone  Temporary  275 1 . 


ANNOUNCEMENT 


Mrs.  Mott  -  Smith  Cunningham  exhibitor  in 
Paris  Salon  of  1906  announces  that  her  Studio 
Shop  at  1  622  Pine  St.,  a  few  doors  from  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  is  now  open  for  the  sale  of  her  jewelry 


-THE  WASP 


The  tea  given  by  the  A.  \V.  Fosters'  was,  as  is 
usual  with  the  Marin  County  carl  and  countess 
when  they  dispense  hospitality,  a  most  democratic 
affair.  Mrs.  Foster  is  a  lesson  to  snobs  i'>r  she  never 
neglects  an  old  friend,  whatever  her  social  standing, 
v. hen  she  sends  out  invitations  for  a  [unction.  The 
consequence  is  that  there  is  plenty  of  cheerful 
converse  and  an  entire  lack  of  Stiff  formality.  All 
the  Foster  children  have  been  brought  up  to  be 
nice  to  everybody  and  not  to  reckon  lack  of  bank 
account  and  stylish  clothes  against  anybody  when 
it  comes  to  shaking  hands.  They  are  a  perpetual 
rebuke  to  the  snobbish  Burlingamites  and  some  of 
their  own  neighbors  in  San  Rafael,  whose  names 
1  need  not  particularize. 

*  *  * 

Harry  Stetson,  whose  engagement  to  Miss 
Harvey,  the  younger  of  Downey  Harvey's 
daughters,  is  at  this  time  of  writing  daily  expected  to 
be  announced,  has  always  been  regarded  as  one  of  the 
most  elusive  bachelors  in  Society.  He  was  once 
popularly  supposed  to  be  the  fiance  of  Miss  Ella 
Hobart,  because  of  a  mutual  taste  for  tennis  and 
Gibson  pictures,  which  made  them  constant  com- 
panion-, but  Miss  Hobart  married  Charlie  Baldwin, 
and  that  rumor  had  to  die  the  death.  Then  it  was 
thought  that  he  and  Miss  Olive  Holbrook  might  be 
a  happy  pair,  but  again  the  marriage  of  the  lady  to 
another  quashed  the  report.  Harry  Stetson  is  an 
all-round  athlete,  a  fearless  polo  player,  agile  at 
tennis  and  golf,  and  great  at  steering  a  motor-car. 
He  is  rich  and,  though  not  handsome,  is  dis- 
tinguished looking.  He  has  the  qualities  that  please 
women,  and  there  is  more  than  one  society  girl  who 
envies   Miss  Harvey. 

*  *         * 

A.  A.  McCurda,  who  has  just  been  appointed 
president  of  California  College  in  Highland  Park, 
is  as  well-known  in  musical  as  in  educational 
circles,  though  the  papers  in  mentioning  his  appoint- 
ment did  not  touch  on  his  musical  accomplishments. 
He  belongs  to  a  prominent  quartet  and  is  choir 
leader  in  the  First  Baptist  church. 

*  *         * 

James  Graham  Stokes,  the  New  York  multi-mil- 
lionaire, who  married  the  Jewish  cigarette  worker, 
Rose  Pastor,  it'  is  said  will  soon  visit  California. 
He  comes  of  the  eccentric  Stokes  family,  which  is 
not  content  with  living  the  life  of  the  conventional 
New  York  smart  set.  One  of  them  is  a  clergyman, 
one  is  the  owner  of  fast  horses.  One  of  the  girls 
married  a  settlement  worker,  and  James  Graham 
Stokes,  who  is  a  Socialist,  has  passed  years  in  the 
New  York  settlements.  Curiously  enough,  after 
he  married  a  daughter  of  the  people  he  gave  up  his 
life  in  the  settlements,  and  many  are  wondering  if 
it  was  not  the  daughter  of  the  people  who  tired  of 
living  so  close  to  the  soil,  for  he  for  many  years  had 
chosen  that  life  as  his.  Air.  and  Mrs.  Stokes  and 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  English  Walling  (Anna  Strunsky)  are 
great  friends  and  lived  together  in  the  same  settle- 
ment in  New  York. 

*  *         * 

The  dance  for  young  people  \yhich  Mrs.  Charles 
Slack.  Mrs.  Martin  and  Mrs.  de  Pue  arranged  to  take 


place  last  week  at  the  Paris  Tea  I  ,arden,  was  a  delight- 
ful affair,  and  the  participants  who  have  not  yet  made 
their  formal  bow  to  Society  enjoyed  themselves  thor- 
oughly. A  dainty  supper  was  served  after  the  dance 
\mong  those  present  were  Miss  Ruth  Slack.  Miss 
Edith  Slack,  Miss  Klva  de  Pue,  Miss  Helen  Smith, 
Miss  Eleanor  Marcin.  Miss  Natalie  Hunt.  Paige  Mont- 
eagle.  Alan  Van  Fleet,  Herbert  ( iould,  Eyre  Pinckard, 
and  others. 


Mrs.  Clarence  Martin  Mann  is  to  give  a  dinner  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  G.  Phelps  Stokes,  the  Socialistic 
apostles  who  have  come  to  the  ultimate  West.  In 
deference  to  the  tastes  of  the  guests,  who  are  supposed 
to  be  keen  on  the  simple  life,  the  dinner  will  not  be 
on  the  scale  of  magnificence  for  which  Mrs.  Mann  is 
justly  famous.  Mrs.  Mann's  father,  the  late  Win. 
S.  Gage,  and  the  father  of  Mrs.  Stokes  were,  I  believe, 
old  friends  in  New  York,  if  not  relatives. 
*         *         * 

Two  well-known  young  ladies  left  last  week  for  the 
East  and  Europe,  the  Misses  Helen  and  Virginia 
Gibbs.  Mrs.  Paul  Bancroft  made  them  the  motif  for 
a  large  card  party  just  prior  to  their  departure. 


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-THE  WASP 


MRS.  S.  W.  HOLLADAY 

Lady  Mary  Ward,  who  has  been  in  New  York  dur 
ing  the  Lenten  season,  has  been  the  recipient  of  no  end 
of  attention  on  the  part  of  the  smart  set,  who  have 
entertained  her  continuously,  though  quite  informally, 
at  luncheons  and  theater  parties.  She  is  here  with  her 
husband,  the  Hon.  Bobbie  Ward,  who  is  the  younger 
brother  of  Lord  Dudley,  former  viceroy  of  Ireland. 
With  the  party,  which  arrived  in  this  country  some 
weeks  ago,  came  the  Hon.  Robert's  sister,  Lady  Wol- 
verton,  and  Lord  Wolverton. 

Lady  Mary  is  a  granddaughter  of  the  Duchess  of 
Devonshire  by  her  first  marriage  to  the  Duke  of  Man- 
chester. She  is  a  disciple  of  the  severe  in  clothes 
rather  than  the  ornate.  At  the  opera,  where  she  was 
entertained  many  times,  she  wore  on  one  occasion  a 
simple  white  satin  princess  and  very  few  jewels.  In 
company  with  Miss  Gladys  Mills  one  morning  on  the 
avenue,  she  was.  dressed  in  a  tailor-made  royal  blue 
broadcloth,  with  a  short  jacket  and  walking  skirt, 
trimmed  only  with  broad  black  braid.  Her  picture 
hat  of  dark  blue  velvet  was  trimmed  high  on  one  side 
with  coquel  plumes. 

♦         *         * 

The  Princess  Chimay's  romance  has  been  in  a 
measure  repeated  by  the  elopement  of  the  Hungarian 
Countess  Vilma  Testetics  with  a  Gypsy  fiddler,  who 
fascinated  her  by  his  wild  hair  and  his  playing  in  the 
orchestra  of  a  cafe  chantant  in  Munich.  The  father  of 
the  Countess,  it  is  said,  offered  the  Gypsy  fiddler 
$5,000  to  stop  his  love-making.  The  whole  bunch 
should  come  to  this  country  and  exhibit  in  the  dime 
museums.  A  count  from  Hungary  who  has  $5,000  to 
throw  away  on  anything,  or  a  gypsy  fiddler  who  could 


reject  an  offer  of  $5,  much  less  $5,000,  are  amongst  the 
wonders  of  the  twentieth  century. 
*         *         * 

Worthy  of  imitation  was  the  secret  philanthropy  of 
the  late  Sir  Frances  Tress  Barry,  an  English  member 
of  Parliament,  who  for  twenty-three  years  sent  a 
bright  new  silver  sixpense  on  Christmas  to  every  child 
in  the  London  poorhouses  and  poorhouse  schools. 
The  money  was  sent  anonymously  to  Henry  Labou- 
chere,  the  editor  of  the  London  weekly  paper  Truth, 
and  with  the  contribution  came  regularly  a  five-pound 
note  to  pay  the  cost  of  distribution.  Labouchere 
wished  to  thank  the  donor  personally,  ^ut  never  dis- 
covered his  identity  until  it  was  revealed  by  the  phil- 
anthropist's death.  Of  late  years  the  gift  had  been 
sent  to  11,000  children.  So  in  the  twenty-three  years 
his  veiled  charity  must  have  cost  him  at  least  $25,000. 
No  doubt  he  got  much  more  than  the  worth  of  it  in  the 
satisfaction  that  came  of  a  good  deed. 

M.  Bonnat,  the  great  French  portrait  painter  who 
has  just  completed  a  portrait  of  President  Fallieres, 
is  now  seventy-four  years  old  and  says  that  this  is  the 
last  portrait  he  shall  paint.  He  says  he  has  earned  a 
little  rest.  He  has  painted  all  the  Presidents  in  suc- 
cession except  MacMahon  and  Casimir-Perier.  Our 
great  local  painter,  Wm.  Keith,  is  pretty  nearly  as 
old  as  Bonnet,  and  so  far  from  seeking  rest,  his 
friends  have  to  put  weights  on  him  to  keep  him  from 
working  day  and  night.  Such  a  glutton  for  work 
was  never  heard  of.  It  is  his  pleasure  and  pastime, 
and,  as  in  most  men  of  that  temperament,  abides  to 
the  end. 

The  famous  old  masters  were  called  prodigious 
workers   and  turned  out  innumerable  pictures.     Of 


Gas 

Cooking 

School 


A  sample  dinner  pre- 
pared at  a  minimum 
cost  (5  cents)  for  fuel. 


MENU 

Wednesday,  April   17 

Cream  of  Pea  Soup 

Broiled  Steak 

Baked  Potatoes 

Scolloped  Tomatoes 

Salad 
,  Mock  Charlotte 


Mrs.  Jean  Sinclair,  Demonstrator 

Lectures  on  domestic  science  and  the  economical  operation  of  the  gas  range 
every  Wednesday  and  Friday,  at  3  o'clock  sharp,  in  the  assembly  room  of  the  Gas 
Company,  at  925  Franklin  street.     Every  user  of  gas  invited. 

Demonstration  in  Bread  and  Cake  Baking,  Monday  and  Saturday,  2  to  4. 
The  art  of  Bread  Making  is  taught  here  so  you  can  make  your  own  "home-made 
bread." 

GAS  COOK  BOOK  given  to  every  lady  altending. 

"AT  YOUR  SERVICE" 

The  S.  F.  Gas  and  Electric 
Company 

925  FRANKLIN  STREET 


-THE  WASP- 


MRS.  SELDEN  S.  WRIGHT 
President  Society  of  Colonial  Dames  of  America 

modern  painters  who  attain  great  fame,  the  most  pro- 
lific, perhaps,  was  Turner.  He  left  a  \ery  large  col- 
lection of  paintings  and  sketches,  which  netted  an 
immense  sum.  Keith  had  several  thousand  paintings 
and  sketches  piled  up  when  the  fire  swept  through  his 
studio  last  April.  While  the  collection  was  still  blaz- 
ing, the  veteran  painter,  who  had  been  driven  from 
San  Francisco  by  the  flames,  had  resumed  work  in 
his  other  studio  in  Berkeley.  This  is  a  record  for  in- 
dustry which  is  unmatchable.  Keith's  laborious  and 
successful  life  certainly  has  verified  the  current  pro- 
verb. "Labor  Omnia  Vincet. " 


When  Mark  Twain,  twelve  years  ago,  found  himself 
bankrupt  by  the  failure  of  the  publishing  house  in 
which  he  held  a  large  interest,  he  declared  that  he 
would  pay  his  debts  by  a  lecture  tour  round  the 
world.  He  was  60  years  old  at  the  time.  Not  only 
did  the  proceeds  of  the  tour  wipe  out  all  the  humor- 
ist's debts,  but  they  left  him  enough  to  live  on.  He 
has  just  bought  a  180-acre  farm  near  West  Redding, 
Connecticut,  where  he  is  erecting  a  residence,  and  will 
use  it  as  a  permanent  home  for  his  family,  as  it  is 
easily  accessible  from  New  York.  His  youngest  daugh- 
ter is  an  invalid.  The  venerable  author  expects  to  end 
his  days  in  this  home  on  the  crest  of  a  hill  on  his 
modest  farm.  Usually  when  Mark  Twain  is  referred 
to  by  Eastern  publications  the  fact  is  mentioned  that 
he  began  as  a  reporter  on  the  Territorial  Enterprise  in 
Virginia  City,  Nevada.  The  fact  is  never  mentioned 
that  he  also  worked  on  the  Call  in  San  Francisco. 
*       #       * 

Hon.  James  Bryee,  the  new  English  Ambassador,  is 
a  gallant  champion  of  the  American  woman.    "She  is 


the  intellectual  equal,  if  aol  the  superior,  of  the  Amer- 
ican man,"  declares  Mr.  Bryce.  "Her  opinion,"  he 
says,  "is  understood  by  both  sexes  to  be  worth  as 
much  as  the  man's.  More  often  man  not  she  takes 
the  burden  of  conversation  from  him.  darting  along 
with  a  gay  vivacity  which  puts  slower  wits  to  shame." 

Ami  this  "gay  vivacity"  is  no  screen  for  inward 
vacuity.  She  bus  declares  .Mi'.  Bryce,  "a  livelier 
interest  in  the  things  of  the  mind."  "Three  causes 
combine  to  create  among  American  women  a  higher 
average  of  literary  taste  and  influence  than  exists 
anywhere  else.  These  are  the  educational  facilities 
they  enjoy,  the  recognition  of  the  equality  of  the  sexes 
in  the  whole  social  and  intellectual  sphere,  and  the 
leisure  they  possess  in  comparison  with  men."  Not 
only  is  the  "provision  for  woman's  education  ampler 
and  better  than  in  any  European  country,"  but  the 
women  make  full  use  of  their  chances. 

According  to  Mr  Bryce,  "the  American  nation  as  a 
whole  owes  to  the  active  benevolence  of  its  women  and 
their  zeal  in  promoting  social  reforms  benefits  which 
European  customs  would  scarcely  permit  women  to 
confer.  In  no  other  country  has  woman  borne  so  con- 
spicuous a  part  in  the  promotion  of  moral  and  philan- 
thropic causes.  Nowhere  else  has  she  attained  to  a 
fuller  participation  in  the  work  of  the  world.  Those 
who  know  the  work  they  have  done  and  are  doing 
in  many  a  noble  cause  will  deeply  admire  their  energy, 
their  courage  and  self-devation."  Mr.  Bryce  has  more 
to  say  in  this  strain,  and  when  he  has  done  supporting 
his  eulogy  with  concrete  instances,  the  caitiff  knight 
has  doubtless  bitten  the  dust. 

*         *         # 

"I  have  sent  thousands  of  dollars  advertising 
my  patent  bathtub,"  confessed  the  manufacturer, 
"but  it  doesn't  seem  to  take  with  the  public." 

"No  wonder,"  rejoined  the  wise  guy.  "You 
neglected  to  put  a  picture  of  a  pretty  woman  in 
vour  advertisements." 


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We  desire  to  announce  that  our  com- 
plete selection  of  strictly  confined  Imported 
and  Domestic  Woolens,  consisting  of  un- 
usually attractive  patterns  in  popular  weaves  and  fashionable  ma- 
terials, is  now  ready  awaiting  inspection. 

It  gives  us  pleasure  to  state  that  every  garment  is  made  by 
skilled  tailors,  cut  on  stylish  and  artistic  lines  that  command  the 
admiration  and  approval  of  our  customers. 

We  cordially  invite  and  solicit  patronage,  and  endeavor  to  up- 
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Colonel  Kirkpatrick's  trip  to  Europe  is  under- 
taken for  the  purpose  of  learning  the  very  latest 
things  in  the  hotel  business.  The  Colonel's  obser- 
vations will  be  turned  to  account  in  the  new  Palace 
Hotel,  which  will  undoubtedly  be  one  of  the  finest 
in  the  matter  of  construction  and  the  best  con- 
ducted in  the  world. 

Colonel  Kirkpatrick  is  a  man  of  remarkable  ex- 
ecutive ability  and  accomplishes  the  greatest  amount 
of  work  with  the  least  fuss.  The  old  Palace  Hotel 
was  a  model  place  in  every  respect,  yet  the  Colonel 
was  never  aggressively  or  obtrusively  in  evidence. 
Now  and  then  you  caught  a  glimpse  of  him  passing 
in  a  leisurely  way  through  the  hotel  and  apparently 
not  noticing  anything.  As  a  matter  of  fact  the 
Colonel  is  Argus-eyed  and  every  retainer  who  has 
served  under  him  knows  that  if  he  neglects  his  duty 
he  will  be  seen  and  called  to  account.  The  Colonel 
himself  never  stops  to  point  out  the  small  de- 
ficiencies. He  passes  on  as  if  he  saw  nothing,  but 
just  as  sure  as  fate,  the  delinquent  retainer  will  be 
hauled  over  the  coals  before  the  day  is  over  by  the 
head  of  the  department.  The  smallest  omission  in 
the  routine  of  the  hotel  is  sure  to  be  noted  at  once 
by  the  watchful  Colonel,  and  equally  certain  to  be 
corrected  promptly.  This  is  what  makes  for  perfect 
discipline  and  that  was  the  secret  of  the  success  and 
the  popularity  of  the  old  Palace  Hotel.  The  tem- 
porary Palace  Hotel  at  once  took  on  the  same  char- 
acter, and  so  will  any  establishment  over  which 
Colonel  Kirkpatrick  presides.  His  going  away  to 
Europe  was  made  the  occasion  for  a  farewell  ban- 
quet at  the  Post  Street  temporary  Palace  Hotel. 
The  affair,  which  was  most  fraternal  and  enjoyable, 
was  arranged  by  J.  Downey  Harvey,  who  is  himself 
a  most  genial  companion,  Harry  Stetson,  Mr. 
Michaels,  the  physical  featherweight  of  the  legal 
profession ;  Walter  Hobart,  Dr.  MacMonagle  and 
Grant  Selfridge.  This  bunch  could  arrange  a  feast 
fit  for  LucuIIus. 

*         *         * 

There  is  another  man  in  San  Francisco  who  has 
been  engaged  in  the  entertaining  of  the  public 
though  on  a  different  line  from  Colonel  Kirkpatrick, 
and  who  has  the  same  keen  eye  for  details.  And  an 
eye  for  details  is  the  secret  of  business  success. 
The  man  I  refer  to  is  Jake  Techau,  who  has  started 
a  number  of  large  restaurants  and  made  every  one  a 
paying  property  where  nine  out  of  ten  men  would 
have  failed.  The  way  he  established  Techau's 
Tavern  on  Mason  Street  was  little  short  of  a  mir- 
acle, considering  all  the  difficulties  attending  the 
conversion  of  an  old  church  into  an  after-theatre 
resort,  and  in  the  midst  of  unending  labor  strikes. 

Techau  sold  out  before  the  fire  and  is  now  an  im- 
patient man  of  leisure,  like  all  active  business  men 
who  seek  rest.  Rest  for  such  people  means  rush, 
and  is  only  a  dream,  for  they  keep  on  hustling  in 
some  way  till  the  end. 

After  the  fire  Techau  went  into  a  much-fre- 
quented uptown  cafe  to  have  lunch  and  found  one 
of  his  former  stewards  acting  as  manager.  The 
new  manager  was  priding  himself  that  he  was  run- 
ning the  place  in  great  shape,  and  told  the  veteran 
restaurateur  as  much.- 

"Yes,   you're   doing   pretty   good,"   said   Techau, 


"but  why  don't  you  keep  the  place  clean  ?" 

"Clean !  Why,  'tis  clean.  What's  the  matter 
with  it  ?"  protested  the  manager. 

"Look  at  those  chairs  over  there,"  said  Techau. 
"Don't  you  see  there's  a  couple  of  specks  of  dust  on 
the  lower  rungs  ?" 

"You  might  see  them  with  a  magnifying  glass," 
replied  the  manager. 

"Well,  that's  just  it.  If  you  want  to  succeed  in 
business  you  must  look  at  things  through  a  magni- 
fying glass.  Now,  when  I  came  in  here  I  found  a 
piece  of  mashed  potato  fully  as  big  as  the  head  of  a 
pin  on  this  chair  I'm  sitting  on.  Have  you  fired  the 
waiter  that  neglected  to  wipe  off  the  chair  carefully 
when  the  last  customer  left?" 

"No,  I  haven't." 

"Well,  you  should,  the  next  time  he  does  it.  Now 
another  thing  I  noticed  right  off  when  I  came  in 
was — " 

But  the  manager  couldn't  stand  any  more  of  it 
and  skipped. 

*  *  :|i 

These  are  lovely  Spring  days  at  Del  Monte  and 
many  people  from  the  bay  cities  are  taking  advan- 
tage of  them  to  visit  the  famous  hotel.  Mrs. 
George  McNear,  Jr.,  took  her  children  down  for 
a  few  days.  Mrs.  Ella  Morgan  is  preparing  to  re- 
main all  the  Summer.  Miss  Alice  Warner  and 
Miss  Marjorie  Shepard,  who  are  attending  Miss 
Head's  school  in  Berkeley,  spent  their  Easter  vaca- 
tion at  Del  Monte.  A.  D.  Shepard  was  down  for  a 
few  days.  Professor  R.  E.  Allardice,  of  Stanford, 
who  is  a  golf  enthusiast,  often  goe*  to  Del  Monte 
for  the  week  end.  Prof,  and  Mrs.  R.  M.  Lasen,  of 
Stanford,  were  recent  visitors.  Captain  Frank  L. 
Winn,  who  was  down  last  week,  expects  that  he 
will  be  ordered  to  accompany  General  MacArthur 
to  Milwaukee.     Harry  C.  Sessions  spent  the  week 


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with  his  mother;  and  Mrs.  Charles  Stewart  Cushing 
was  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Sessions.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Daniel  Marx  i  M i:-s  Reine  Weill)  are  enjoying  their 
honeymoon  at  Del  Monte.     Amongst  the  Berkeley 

\  i>it"r-  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  I!.  Metcalf  and 
George  D.  Metcalf.  Miss  Dita  Bradley,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  C.  H.  McCullough,  W.  C.  Colson  and  i  leorge 
W.  Phelps  were  als. ■  down  from  the  University 
town.  Come  Oakland  visitors  are  Mr.  and  .Mrs. 
Henry  Stern.  Win.  J.  Wilkinson,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  M.  Condit  and  Miss  Virginia  Deaver,  Miss 
Vgnes  Rendegard,  0.  W.  Wiles  and  M.  S.  Arm- 
strong. Edward  W  Howard  and  Frederick  S. 
Whitwell,  of  San  Mateo,  were  at  Del  Monte  last 
week. 

The  number  of  Eastern  visitors  to  I VI  Monte  is 

still   large. 

#  *        * 

Local  society  is  to  lose  Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges,  at 
least  temporarily,  for  this  popular  matron  will  de- 
part on  May  3d  Eor  her  husband's  home  in  Plainfield, 
New  Jersey.  Dr.  Hedges  is  a  prominent  member  of 
the  International  Medical  Society  and  that  important 
body  will  soon  hold  its  annual  convention  at;  Atlantic 
City,  which  is  one  of  the  great  summer  resorts  of  the 
other  side-  of  the  continent.  You  can  see  more  people 
in  a  day  at  Atlantic  City  than  in  the  whole  season  at 
Santa  Cruz.  Master  Sunday  in  Atlantic  City  is  a 
sight,  to  remember.  Mrs.  Hedges  will  be  on  the  recep- 
tion committee  at  the  coming  convention  of  the  In- 
ternational Medical  Society.  Yesterday  being  Mrs. 
Hedges'  birthday,  her  sister,  Mrs.  Clarence  Breeden, 
gave  a  large  dinner  anil  theater  party  in  her  honor. 
On  last  Tuesday  evening  Mrs.  Hedges  gave  a  bridge 
party  for  Miss  Doran,  sister  of  Mrs.  Marix,  wife  of 
Captain  Marix.  who  is  stationed  at  Yerba  Buena 
Island.  Miss  Doran  will  pass  the  summer  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

#  *  * 

I  have  been  asked  to  correct  the  statement  that 
Mrs.  Ynez  Short  White  had  started  a  fencing  class. 
She  has  no  such  idea.  Miss  Ethel  Short,  who  has 
been  spoken  of  as  being  so  proficient  with  the  foils, 
knows  nothing  about  the  art  of  fencing,  except  it 
might   be  with  Cupid. 

#  *         # 

The  friends  of  Miss  Nettie  Sexton  are  still  talking 
of  the  rare  and  gorgeous  presents  she  received  on 
the  occasion  of  her  marriage  last  Saturday  evening 
to  Mr.  Edwin  Dow.  The  souvenirs  she  herself  pre- 
sented to  her  bridesmaids  are  gold  cresent  pins  set 
with  rare  pearls.  Seldom  has  a  bride  received  more 
numerous  or  costly  remembrances  where  the  wedding 
was  confined  to  intimate  friends  and  relatives.  The 
popularity  of  this  charming  young  girl  has  been  thus 

testified  to  in  a  most  convincing  manner. 

#  #         # 

A  novel  and  rather  amusing  scene  not  on  the  pro- 
gramme the  night  of  Miss  Burnie  Owens'  wedding  to 
Geo.  Herrick  was  furnished  by  the  impromptu  il- 
lumination of  the  church.  The  accident  to  the  San 
Francisco  Gas  and  Electric  Company's  plant  left  the 
city  in  darkness.  What  was  to  be  done?  The  inven- 
tive genius  who  always  saves  the  day  at  such  a  mo- 
ment was  fortunately  not  missing.     A  dozen  street- 


car headlights  were  hastily  obtained  and  their  com- 
bined affulgence  made  the  wedding  scene  a  brilliant 
affair,  literally  and  figuratively.  But  it  looked  de- 
cidedly funny  and  primitive  to  see  such  expedients 
in  use  at  a  smart  wedding  in  a  fashionable  church. 


The  social  climbers  never  tire.  1  witnessed  an 
amusing  scene  the  other  day  at  that  charity  affair  at 
the  Centra.]  Theater.  One  of  the  actors  in  this  scene 
not  on  the  stage  was  a  young  and  much  celebrated 
matron,  who  moves  in  the  smart  set.    The  other  was 

an  old  lady,   who   has  more  money   than   position   and 

is   dying   to   cut   a   dash   amongst   the   top-notchers. 

Finding    herself    rubbing    elbows    with    the    young 

woman,  the  venerable  climber  leaned  over  and  said: 
"You  don't  remember  me,  Mrs.  Dasher,  do  you?" 
The   lady   addressed  lifted   her  eyebrows  and  said 

politely  that  her  memory  was  equal  to  the  task. 

"Why,   I  knew  you  so  well  when  you  were  Miss 

Millyuns,"  persisted  the  old  lady,  who  is  fully  thirty 

years  the  older. 

The  young  matron  looked  the  stranger  over  care- 
fully. 

"I    think    I    do    remember   you    now.      Why.    yes. 
You're  Mary  McPap,  my  old  nurse,  arn't  you?" 
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MRS.  WALTER  D.  MANSFIELD 

Prince  Robert  de  Broglie,  who  was  recently  starving 
in  New  York,  with  his  alleged  wife,  and  who  is  at 
present  earning  a  precarious  livelihood  in  Europe  by 
showing  himself  before  the  footlights  of  cheap  cafes 
chantant  and  vaudeville  shows,  while  the  American 
soi-disant  Princess  de  Broglie  sings  a  couple  of  songs, 
has  now  become  an  outlaw  and  an  exile  from  France, 
where  a  warrant  is  out  for  his  arrest  the  very  moment 
that  he  ventures  to  set  foot  on  French  territory.  The 
offense  with  which  he  is  charged  is  desertion  from  the 
military  which,  under  the  French  law,  citizens  are  com- 
pelled to  render.  The  Prince  had  contracted  with  one 
of  the  cheap  cafes  chantant  of  Paris  to  appear  with 
his  American  wife  in  vocal  duets,  but  the  military 
prosecution  caused  him  to  skip.  The  wife  is  described 
as  a  very  handsome  woman.  She  was  Miss  Estelle 
Alexander  of  New  York  before  she  took  the  title  of 
Princess.  It  is  said  that  the  Prince  committed  bigamy 
in  marrying  her.  as  he  already  had  a  wife,  the  Bar- 
oness Madeline  des  Landes,  whom  he  married  in  Eng- 
land. The  union  was  not  recognized  in  France,  how- 
ever, as  the  Prince  had  not  secured  the  consent  of  his 
parents.  As  he  was  over  twenty-one  when  the  mar- 
riage took  place  it  was  valid  in  England.  The  name  of 
de  Broglie  possesses  special  interest  to  Americans  as 
one  of  its  most  distinguished  members,  Prince  Victor 
de  Broglie,  served  through  the  war  of  independence  in 
this  country,  as  a  lieutenant  of  General  the  Marquis 
de  Lafayette.  He  was  afterward  guillotined  by  Robes- 
pierre in  1794.  His  son  married  the  daughter  of  the 
celebrated  Mme.  de  Stael,  and  the  present  and  sixth 
Duke  de  Broglie  is  her  great-grandson.  He  is  a  sailor 
by  profession,  and  retired  some  years  ago  from  the 
navy  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant. 
*         *  * 

The  Easter  hat  is  the  paramount  question  now, 
so  the  views  of  a  woman,  straight  from  Nice  and 
other  Winter  resorts  of  the  blessed,  are  listened  to 
here  with  due  reverence.  Says  this  woman,  who 
is   a   friend   of   Larv   Isabel   Howard,   now  in   this 


country :  "American  women  are  the  only  ones  who 
dread  the  girlish  in  the  headgear.  Now,  in  Paris  a 
woman  with  marriageable  daughters,  and  even  with 
granddaughters,  calmy  takes  the  simple  shape  with 
rosebuds  and  other  emblems  of  the  opening  bud. 
Also,  she  lets  the  youngsters  select  anything  they 
want.  The  round  hat,  garlanded  with  small  roses, 
with  knots  of  pink  ribbon  and  tulle,  will,  with 
artistic  treatment  of  the  face,  make  the  woman  of 
forty  look  under  twenty.  The  Princess  of  Wales 
who  is  known  to  be  past  her  first  youth  and  facing 
forty,  habitually  wears  the  most  juvenile  pinks, 
blues,  and  whites,  with  all  the  girlish  trimmings 
imaginable.  The  way  to  do  it  is  to  ask  the  milliner 
for  a  hat  for  your  sixteen-year-old  daughter,  have 
it  boxed  at  once  and  depart.  The  hat  which  the 
artist  designs  for  sweet  sixteen  is  the  thing,  not 
one  trimmed  up  girlishly  for  any  age.  The  European 
women  have  mastered  this  art,  and  are  far  ahead 
of  their  American  sisters. 


A  New  York  fashion  writer  tells  how  some  of  the 
richest  and  most  noted  society  women  appeared  at 
the  Metropolitan  Opera  House  on  a  gala  night. 

"Mrs.  Clarence  Mackay  who  made  her  first  public 
appearance  since  the  birth  of  her  little  son  on  Jan. 
28th  wore  a  black  chiffon  gown  and  her  dark  hair 
showed  a  filet-like  tiara  in  Greek  key  pattern  of 
diamonds,  the  band  not  being  over  an  inch  and  a 
half  wide,  the  diamonds  being  of  the  same  size, 
apparently.  On  the  corsage  gleamed  a  large  ir- 
regularly shaped  bowknot  with  two  curving  ends 
in  large  and  small  diamonds.  Her  three-quarter 
length  coat  was  of  black  velvet,  half  covered  with 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


-THE  WASP- 


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MRS.  ARTHUR  DUDLEY  CROSS 

band  embroidery  done  in  black  silk.  It  had  a 
straight  back  and  iron,  and  the  sleeves,  also  straight. 
were  faced  up  inside  for  several  inches  with  ermine 
fur.  The  collar,  some  eight  inches  wide,  was  of  the 
sort  that  is  turned  up  high  about  the  face,  or  else 
is  laid  flat  on  the  coat,  and  this,  too,  was  faced 
with  ermine,  that  showed  a  flat  collar  eight  inches 
wide  when  it  was  turned  over  the  coat.  The  two 
ends  of  each  side  front  of  this  ermine  collar  were 
cut  in  rounded  tabs,  the  upper  one  being  shorter  to 
make  the  collar  fit. 

"Mrs.  Edmund  C.  Randolph,  slender  and  alert 
with  a  noticeable  simple,  quaint  coiffure,  and  Mrs. 
Richard  Stevens,  wearing  an  imposing  crown  with 
the  points  topped  by  large  pearls,  were  two  fasci- 
nating ladies  entertaining  in  a  box.  They  had  many 
callers  and  evidently  were  ready  with  bright  replies 
for  all  comments  and  sallies.  One  noticed  the  sparkle 
of  wit  as  well  as  that  of  the  jewels.  The  Countess 
of  Strafford  was  as  much  interested  as  her  hostess. 
the  always  much  interested  Mrs.  William  Douglas 
Sloane.  Mrs.  James  A.  Burden,  jr.  (Adele  Sloane), 
in  a  soft  black  silk  gown  and  wearing  her  sable 
cloak,  arrived  with  Mrs.  Sloane,  but  listened  to  the 
opera  from  the  'dark  red  shadows'  in  the  back  of 
the  box. 

"Mrs.  J.  Pierpont  Morgan,  in  a  gown  that  was 
either  white  or  very  pale  gray,  had  Miss  Janet 
McCook  in  her  party.  Her  silver-gray  hair  parted 
over  her  forehead  had  only  a  simple  ornament,  but 
she  wore  a  beautiful  pearl  collar,  below  which  there 
hung  a  single  strand  of  diamonds.  Mrs.  Adolph 
Ladenburg  with  a  high  white  aigrette  in  her  hair, 
sat  shoulder  to  shoulder  with  that  other  sports-lov- 
ing young  woman,  Mrs.  Tames  B.  Eustis,  who  was 
very  smart  in  all  black.  Mrs.  Harry  Payne  Whitney 
who,  with  Mr.  Whitney  and  Miss  Dorothy  Whitney, 
expected  to  leave  for  Aiken  this  week,  was  present 


raring  a  simple  satin  gown.  <  inc  of  Mrs.  John  J. 
Wysong's  guests  was  Airs.  Alfred  Kessler.  She 
wore  black,  while  her  sister,  tin-  Countess  of  Straf- 
ford  wore  a  dark  blue  gown,  apparently  black.  Mis. 
Robert  Goelet.  in  a  modified  empire  gown  of  silver- 
gray  satin,  with  a  high  while  ornament  in  her 
hair,  vivaciously  entertained  a  party  of  young  mar- 
ried people,  including  Mrs.  Forsythe  Wickes,  who 
was  noticed  in  her  beautiful  red  opera-cloak  when 
she  entered.  Miss  Rosamond  Street,  in  a  cerise 
gown  with  flowers  in  her  corsage,  was  one  of  the 
prettiest  of  the  fair-haired  girls  present,  and  Miss 
Janet  Fish,  wearing  a  pailletted  gown  of  sapphire 
blue  with  the  usual  quaint  ribbon  around  her  neck, 
won  compliments  from  the  critics  below. 

The  artist  was  being  shown  about  the  multi- 
millionaire's stables  by  the  proud  owner.  You 
know  what  a  millionaire's  stables  nowadays  are 
like — floors  and  walls  of  translucent  white  tiles, 
drinking  fountains  of  marble,  .mahogany  mangers 
silver  trimmings,  and  so  forth  and  so  on. 

"Well,  said  the  millionaire,  proudly,  "is  anything 
lacking?" 

"  '1  can  think  of  nothing,'  said  the  artist,  'ex- 
cept a  sofa  for  each  horse.'  " 

*         *         * 

Mrs.  Francis  Carolan,  who  usually  sets  the  fashions 
at  Burlingame,  has  abandoned  her  favorite  color, 
black.  This  Spring  she  is  wearing  a  parrot  green  hat 
with  a  grey  gown  which  is  very  smart.  Mrs.  Caro- 
lan's  friend,  Mrs.  Walter  Hobart.  is  also  wearing 
green,  and  she  has  a  green  velvet  dress. 


STUDEBAKER 

1907 

CARS    INOW    ARRIVING 

Studebaker  Bros.  Co.  of  California 

405  Golden  Gate  Avenue 

Chester  A.  Weaver,  Manager 


14 


-THE  WASP 


That  highly  exclusive  organization,  the  National 
Society  of  Colonial  Dames  of  America,  has,  since 
1895,  given  an  annual  breakfast  which  has  served  as 
a  reunion  of  the  members  resident  in  California. 
Last  year  the  breakfast  was  given  in  the  Sorosis  Club, 
which  the  fire  of  April  wiped  out.  This  year  the 
gathering  took  place  at  Tait's  Cafe,  ninety-five  mem- 
bers and  guests  attending.  The  decorations  and 
general  arrangements  were  on  the  colonial  style.  Re- 
porters being  an  unknown  quantity  at  festive  gather- 
ings of  clubwomen  in  those  far  off  days,  all  ordinary 
itemizers  were  rigidly  excluded,  but  the  Wasp,  which 
is  always  exceptional  in  the  recording  of  social 
events,  is  cognizant  of  every  detail. 

The  piece  de  resistance  of  the  menu  was  chicken  a 
la  Maryland,  and  this  was  flanked  by  colonial  dishes 
in  abundance. 

His  Grace  Bishop  Nichols  delivered  the  invoca- 
tion, which  was  followed  by  an  eloquent  speech  of 
welcome  by  Mrs.  Selden  S.  Wright  of  the  Virginia 
Society. 

Mrs.  C.  Elwood  Brown  of  the  New  Jersey  Society 
was  toasrmistress  and  responses  were  made  as  follows : 
"Ye  Daffodils,  Cowslips,  Lavender  and  Thyme, "  by 
Mrs.  Leigh  Richmond  Smith  of  the  Massachusetts 
Society:  "Old  Time  Posies,"  by  Mrs.  Laurilla  M. 
Hathaway  of  the  Massachusetts  Society;  "Fruits, 
Herbs  and  Sun  Dials,"  by  Mrs.  Grace  Goodyear  Kirk- 
man  of  the  Connecticut  Society. 

The  officers  of  the  Society  are:  President,  Mrs. 
Selden  S.  Wright;  vice-presidents,  Mrs.  C.  Elwood 
Brown  and  Mrs.  J.  Goddard  Clark;  hon.  vice-presi- 
dent, Mrs.  Charles  H.  Hedges;  corresponding  secre- 
tary, Mrs.  Walter  D.  Mansfield;  treasurer,  Mrs. 
George  E.  Whitney;  registrar,  Mrs.  J.  D.  Tallant; 
historian,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Brewer ;  genealogist,  Miss  Sarah 
Louise  Kimball. 

The  California  Society  of  Colonial  Dames  was  the 
first  to  be  organized  outside  of  the  thirteen  original 
Colonial  States.  Mrs.  Selden  S.  Wright  was  ap- 
pointed in  1895  by  the  national  president,  Mrs. 
Howard  Townsend  of  New  York,  to  organize  the  so- 
ciety in  California;  and  for  twelve  years  has  been  the 
president  of  the  local  branch,  the  members  refusing 
to  let  her  resign. 

The  Society  of  Colonial  Dames  receives  no  applica- 
tions for  membership,  as  that  is  gained  solely  by  in- 
vitation. Eligibility  to  the  Colonial  Dames  Society 
is  derived  from  lineal  descent  from  high  officials 
who  came  to  this  country  before  1750,  and  closes  with 
the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
Revolutionary  service  carries  with  it  no  eligibility 
whatever. 

Among  the  prominent  Californians  who  belong  to 
the  Society  of  Colonial  Dames  are  Mrs.  Louis  Aldrich, 
Mrs.  Wm.  Ashburner,  Mrs.  Wm.  T.  Baggett,  Mrs. 
Wm.  H.  Beatty,  Mrs'.  T.  Z.  Blakeman,  Mrs.  John  F. 
Boyd,  Mrs.  Wm.  A.  Brewer,  Mrs.  C.  Elwood  Brown, 
Mrs.  Wm.  Craig,  Mrs.  Arthur  D.  Cross,  Mrs.  Sidney 
B.  dishing,  Mrs.  Harvey  Darneal,  Mrs.  Horace  Davis, 
Mrs.  Henry  Glass,  Mrs. 'Edwin  S.  Newhall,  Mrs.  E.  B. 
Holladay,  Mrs.  S.  W.  Holladay,  Mrs.  George  H.  Hell- 
mann,   Mrs.   Mansfield   Lovell,   Mrs.    Louise   Wright 

Cellarette.  side-board,  sleeping  car  or  ocean  steamer  kit  is  incomplete  without  Abbott's 
Bitters.     Adds  zest  and  flavor,  aids  digestion. 


McClure,  Mrs.  Stuart  Selden  Wright,  Mrs.  William  C. 
Peyton  Mrs.  William  L.  Kip,  Mrs.  S.  C.  Huse,  Mrsl 
John     F.     Rodgers,     Mrs.     Nannie     Rodgers,     Mrs. 
Brooke  Rose,  Mrs.  Vanderlyn  Stow,  Mrs.  William  A. 
Thompson,  Mrs.  Henry  L.  Van  Winkle,  Mrs.  Sidney!) 
M.  Van  Wyck,  Mrs.  George  E.  Whitney,  Miss  Anna 
B.  Wright,  Mrs.  Brooke  M.  Wright,  Mrs.  Rosa  Hoop- 
er Plotner.  Mrs.  George  Kirkman,  Mrs.  Percy  Moore,', 
Mrs.  John  R.  Jarboe  and  many  others. 

The  couple  who  got  married  on  a  California  street 
car  stole  a  march  on  the  reporters,  for  not  a  word  of 
it  got  into  the  daily  newspapers.  It  was  certainly  a 
novel  conceit  to  use  a  street  car  as  the  vehicle  to  carry 
them  over  the  line  of  single  blessedness  into  the  stale 
of  matrimony.  As  the  car  was  rolling  downtown  the 
couple  stood  up  suddenly  with  the  best  man  and 
bridesmaid,  the  minister  rattled  through  the  servic* 
and  presto,  the  deed  was  done.  Then  the  laughing 
wedding  party  got  off  and  hastened  away,  presumably 
to  the  wedding  lunch,  for  the  hour  was  late  even  foffl 

a  wedding  breakfast. 

*         *         •* 

Mrs.  Florence  Pflngst  arrived  in  town  during  the 
week  on  a  visit  to  Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges.  Mrs. 
Pflngst  and  Mrs.  Shirley  will  remain  as  her  guests 
until  this  charming  lady  starts  for  the  East.  Many 
entertainments  are  being  planned  by  this  attractive 
trio  of  matrons. 


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THE  WASP 


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A  wedding  of  interest  took  place  in  Berkeley  on 
Wednesday  last  when  Miss  Blanche  ('ashman,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  Burke  Cushman.  and 
Mr.  J.  II.  C.  Wolfe  of  this  city  and  Tonopah  were 
married.  Rev.  Cecil  Marrack  officiated.  The  bride  is 
well  known  in  Berkeley  society.  Mr.  Wolfe  is  a  min- 
ing engineer. 

*  •  • 

The  Paris  Tea  Garden  has  been  the  seene  of  a 
number  of  very  delightful  and  fashionable  a  (fairs  this 
winter.  The  dance  given  last  week  by  the  Friday 
Evening  Club  was  like  all  the  parties  of  this  club,  a 
very  jolly  affair.  The  patronesses  are  Mrs.  J.  P. 
Langhorne,  Mrs.  Wakefield  Baker,  Mrs.  Louis  Mon- 
teagle,  Mrs.  George  Moure,  Mrs.  Geo.  Ashton.  A 
dainty  supper  closed  an  enjoyable  evening. 

*  •         * 

Berkeley  Chapter  of  the  Phi  Chi  fraternity  gave 
a  delightful  ball  at  the  Paris  Tea  Garden  last  week 
and  the  Unitarian  Club  of  California  celebrated  the 
Sixteenth  Ladies'  Night  there.  Addresses  were  made 
by  Prof.  Francis  G.  Peabody  of  Harvard  University, 
and  Prof.  William  Frederic  Badi  of  the  Pacific  Theo- 
logical  School. 

*  *>        * 

Miss  Emily  Marvin  will  be  married  to  Roy  Somers 
on  April  20th  at  St.  Luke's  Church  at  8:30  a.  m. 
Owing  to  a  death  in  the  groom's  family,  the  wedding 
will  be  very  quiet,  only  a  few  intimate  friends  will 
be  entertained  at  the  bride's  home.  The  bride  will 
be  attended  by  her  sister,  Miss  Marion  Marvin,  as 
maid  of  honor,  and  Miss  Maude  Payne,  Miss  Ruth 
Casey,  Miss  Marie  Brewer,  Miss  Floride  Hunt  as 
bridesmaids.  The  best  man  on  this  occasion  will  be 
Frank  Somers,  the  groom's  brother.  [The  ushers 
will  be  Edward  Robinson  of  Los  Angeles,  Carlton 
Curtis,  Harold  Plummer  and  Charles  Norris. 

*  #         # 

At  a  charming  tea  recently  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
A.  A.  Watkins  of  Sausalito,  they  announced  the  en- 
gagement of  their  attractive  daughter  Mabel  to  Capt. 
Orrin  Rawson  Wolfe,  U.  S.  A.,  of  the  Twenty-second 
Infantry.  The  wedding  will  take  place  in  June.  Miss 
Watkins  made  her  debut  three  years  ago  and  has  been 
a  general  favorite  in  Sausalito  society,  as  also  in  this 
city.  She  was  assisted  in  receiving  at  her  recent 
tea  by  Mrs.  Watkins,  Mrs.  Battams,  Mrs.  Frank  Find- 
ley,  Miss  Edith  Cutter,  Miss  Edith  Miller  and  Miss 


Etalka    Williar.     Many   quests    from 
the  bay  were  present. 


bulh     sides     of 


Mrs.  .J.  C.  Jordan,  who  has  been  dazzling  local 
society  by  the  originality  and  magnificence  of  her  en- 
tertainments, leaves  tomorrow  for  the  East  and  Eu- 
rope, where  it  is  possible  she  may  be  joined  later  in 
the  summer  by  her  friend,  Mrs,  Hedges.  Mrs.  Han- 
Cord,  who  has  been  occupying  an  attractive  flat  with 
Mrs.  Hedges  during  the  winter,  is  also  going  East 
tomorrow.  She  hopes  to  arrange  her  schedule  so  as 
to  make  a  visit  abroad  before  returning  to  California 
next  winter.  Mrs.  Hedges  will  also  return  next  win- 
ter to  take  part  in  the  social  activities. 
•         •         • 

The  Engineer  Officers,  U.  S.  A.,  will  give  a  large 
hop  in  their  new  barracks  room,  Fort  Mason,  on 
April  20th.  On  the  19th  the  officers  at  Yerba  Buena 
Naval  Training  Station  will  be  hosts  at  an  enjoy- 
able dance  on  that  evening.  Every  Thursday  evening 
the  officers  of  the  Twenty-second  Infantry  are  hosts 
at  a  hop,  many  society  people  going  over  to  the  Island 
from  the  cities  around  the  bay.  In  about  two  weeks 
the  officers  of  Alcatraz  will  be  hosts  at  an  enjoyable 
dance. 


On  Tuesday  last,  April  9th,  Mrs.  Humphreys,  wife 
of  Capt.  Humphreys,  U.  S.  A.,  gave  a  large  luncheon 
at  her  home,  Alcatraz  Island.  Many  prominent  so- 
ciety women  from  this  city  were  guests  of  this  charm- 
ing hostess. 

One  of  the  most  elaborate  bridge  parties  of  the 
season  was  given  by  Mrs.  Malcolm  Menry  on  last 
Saturday,  at  the  residence  of  her  parents,  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  A.  H.  Voorhies.  The  guest  of  honor  was  Mrs. 
Jocelyn,  wife  of  Colonel  Jocelyn,  who  is  visiting  here. 
The  prize  winners  were  Mrs.  James  H.  Bull,  Mrs. 
Stephen  Jocelyn,  Mrs.  Butters,  Mrs.  Henry  L.  Dodge 
and  Mrs.  Henry  Mendell,  Jr.  Among  those  present 
were  Miss  Jocelyn,  Mrs.  Henry  L.  Dodge,  Mrs.  Rich- 
ard Bayne,  Mrs.  Hellman,  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young,  Mrs. 
James  II.  Bull,  Mrs.  W.  A.  McEnery,  Miss  McEnery, 
.Mrs.  Jordan,  Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges,  Mrs.  Henry 
Clarence  Breeden,  Mrs.  George  H.  Mendell,  Mrs. 
John  Rodgers  Clark,  Miss  Dean  and  Mrs.  Butters. 

I  hear  that  the  published  statement,  that  Mrs. 
Henry  contemplates  a  trip  to  the  Orient  is  wholly 
without  foundation. 


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FLORENCE  SINNOTT 
A  pretty  soubrette  who  brightens  the  local  stage 

Mr.  Lanel,  who  has  been  promoted  to  be  French 
Consul  General  to  New  York,  is  the  first  French 
Consul  who  in  a  long  time  has  not  been  reduced  in 
rank,  for  the  French  Colony  .here  is  not  easy  to  please. 
Mr.  de  la  Lande  was  very  glad  to  leave  here,  and  two 
of  his  successors  came  to  an  unhappy  end.  The  Mar- 
quis de  Trobiand  got  grey  at  his  post  here,  and  was 
finally  forced  to  beat  an  inglorious  retreat.  I  believe 
on;  of  the  Marquis'  Paris  friends  told  a  visiting  Cali- 
fornian  that  the  antipathy  to  his  noble  compatriot  was 
based  on  his  refusal  to  get  the  decretion  of  the  Legion 
of  Honor  for  every  French  restaurant  keeper  in  town. 
The  local  purveyors  of  frog-legs  and  rum  omelets  on 
the  other  hand  declared  that  the  Marquis  was  a  pig 
of  an  aristocrat,  and  anyhow  the  Marquis  slid  down 
the  diplomatic  scale  instead  of  up,  and  in  middle  life 
was  relegated  to  an  obscure  post  in  Spain  which  paid 
him  about  a  thousand  a  year. 

When  Monsieur  Lanel  arrived  here  to  relieve  the 
unpopular  Marquis  the  French  greeted  him  with  that 
effusiveness  so  characteristic  of  the  nimble  Celtic  tem- 
perament. The  Consul  took  it  all  in  and  indulged  in 
no  bursts  of  oratory  that  might  cause  people  to  think- 
that  another  Mirabeau  had  arisen.  The  new  Consul 
was  petted  in  American  drawing  rooms,  but  he  never 
made  a  more  personal  remark  than,  "It's  a  beautiful 
day."  "Do  you  think  it  will  rain  tomorrow?"  or  Cali- 
fornia is  a  beautiful  State."  The  Americans  said, 
"What  a  droll  Frenchman."     The  French  said,  "Mais, 


that  Consul  is  an  imbecile.     Why  does  he  not  exhibit 
more  decision." 

Shrewd  observers  noticed  that  the  Consul  got 
mixed  up  in  no  feuds.  He  was  always  courteous  and 
was  a  genius  for  keeping  his  mouth  shut  at  inop- 
portune moments.  Now  his  reward  has  come.  He 
has  performed  the  perilous  feat  of  living  in  the  French 
Colony  for  five  years  without  getting  into  trouble 
with  anyone.  His  government  regards  him  as  a  jewel 
among  diplomats  and  there  is  no  limit  to  what  he 
may  not  achieve  by  silence  and  sawing  wood. 

ENTRE  NOUS. 


Eva — "And  is  she  really  so  very  much  in  love 
with  him?" 

Katharine — "Is  she?  Why,  she  actually  believes 
that  every  blot  in  his  love  letters  was  intended 
as  a  kiss." 


MRS.  JOHN  SIEBE 


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&rank,  Criticism  cf  Current  Stents 


After  the  war  closed  the  German  government  en- 
tered into  negotiations  with  Spain  for  the  purchase 
of  all  her  possessions  in  the  Pacific.  The  price  was 
fixed  at  twenty-three  millions  of  dollars  and  the  con- 
tract was  practically  closed  when  the  facts  became 
known  to  the  British  government.  Queen  Victoria 
sent  a  second  message  to  President  McKinley,  and  by 
a  singular  coincidence  it  also  came  on  a  Sunday. 
Lord  Pauncefote  went  to  the  White  House  on  Sunday 
afternoon  to  deliver  it.  This  time  he  said  that  he 
was  instructed  by  her  majesty  to  advise  the  President 
that  the  British  government  would  sincerely  deplore 
any  disposition  of  the  Philippine  Archipelago  that 
removed  the  islands  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United 
States.  He  told  the  President  about  the  negotiations 
between  Spain  and  Germany  and  explained  the  reasons 
why  Great  Britain  and  other  European  powers  could 
not  permit  the  Kaiser  to  obtain  such  a  solid  foothold 
in  the  Pacific.  McKinley  immediately  cabled  the 
facts  and  appropriate  instructions  to  the  American 
peace  commissioners  at  Paris  and  that  is  the  reason 
the  United  States  paid  $20,000,000  for  an  archipelago 
in  the  Pacific  that  it  did  not  want,  and  cannot  get  rid 
of.  That  "white  man's  burden"  was  placed  on  our 
shoulders  by  Great  Britain.  Germany  purchased  the 
Caroline  Islands  and  the  other  remaining  Spanish 
possessions  in  the  Pacific  for  $3,000,000. 

It  is  considered  quite  probable  in  Washington  that 
King  Edward  may  openly  favor  the  acquisition  of 
Cuba  by  the  United  States  just  as  his  mother  did 
the  purchase  of  the  Philippines  by  us.  The  geograph- 
ical location  makes  Cuba  practically  part  of  this 
nation,  and  the  natives  seem,  unable  to  solve  the 
problem  of  self-government  for  many  years  to  come. 
A  large  part  of  the  population  is  made  up  of  illiterate 
negroes. 


As  the  Italians  are  pouring  into  the  United  States, 
and  California  has  a  very  large  colony  of  them,  it  is 
interesting  to  know  that,  according  to  recent  statistics, 
they  are  the  most  temperate  people  in  Europe.  Ger- 
many, which  is  a  beer  drinking  and  not  a  whisky 
drinking  nation,  consumes  proportionately  almost  five 
times  as  much  alcohol  as  Italy.  France,  which  is  an- 
other temperate  nation,  absorbs  nearly  four  times  as 
much  alcohol  as  Italy.  This  is  the  relative  consump- 
tion per  capita  of  alcohol.  In  the  matter  of  divorces, 
separations,  illegitimate  births,  outrages  against  public 
decency  and  suicides,  Italy's  percentage  is  below  that 
of  both  France  and  Germany.  Germany  and  Italy 
have  both  a  very  small  rate  of  divorces  and  separa- 
tions, and  France  a  very  high  rate — almost  ten  times 
that  of  the  other  two  countries.  Strange  to  say  that, 
with  all  its  temperance  and  moderation  in  other  re- 
spects, Italy's  record  for  murder  and  wounding  is  far 
higher  than  that  of  France  or  Germany.  The  pro- 
portion per  1,000  inhabitants  is  1.46  in  France,  .80,  in 


Germany,  and  8.42  in  Italy.  Evidently  the  modern 
Italian  has  preserved  a  good  deal  of  his  old  Roman 
ancestors'  quickness  of  temper  and  readiness  to  use 
his  weapons.  High  as  the  Italian  record  is  in  this 
respect,  our  own  record  of  murder  in  the  United  States 
is  unfortunately  higher.  Taking  all  his  traits  into  con- 
sideration, his  great  temperance,  his  good  physique, 
his  domestic  virtues  and  his  thrift  and  industry,  the 
Italian  should  prove  one  of  the  most  useful  of  the 
immigrants  that  come  to  our  shores,  and  with  the  new 
opportunities  here  offered  ought  to  become  an  impor- 
tant factor  in  the  industrial,  commercial  and  political 
life  of  the  republic. 


An  exhibition  of  Paintings  of  Indian  Life  by  Grace  Hudson,  will  be  held 
from  April  17th  to  27th  at  the  Schussler  Gallery,   1218  Sutter  Street. 


FAIRMONT  HOTEL 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


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With  Schlitz  and  Wurzburger 
Beer  on  Draught 


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Mr.  Edgar  Bayliss 


A  tables  poonful  of  Abbott  s  Bitters  in 
greatest  aid  <o  digest  on  known. 


glass  of  sweetened  water  after  meals  is  the 


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-THE  WASP- 


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The  Nevada  Legislature  is  modest  in  only  asking 

that  the  i nties  of  Inyo,  Mono,  Alpine,  Lassen  and 

Modoc  be  taken  from  California  and  made  part  of 
Nevada.    Why  not  extend  the  list  and  take  in  all  the 

norther unties,  including  San  Francisco.     In  that 

way  Nevada  ■•■•utd  train  so £  the  population  ii  lias 

been  Losing  Eor  the  pasl  twenty  years.  Some  time  ago 
it  became  a  serious  question  whether  it  was  fair  to 
allow  her  a  representation  of  two  senators  in  the 
United  Stairs  Senate.  The  rush  to  the  minis  of 
Southern  Nevada  has  slightly  improved  her  statistics 
of  population,  but  hardly  enough  to  justify  her  in 
absorbing  California.  This  demand  Eor  five  of  our 
mining  counties  looks  like  a  come-back  for  our  talk 
alioiit  using  the  waters  of  Lake  Tehoe,  half  of  which 
inland  sea  belongs  to  Nevada. 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM. 


The  house  which  William  Ellis  Corey,  president  of 
the  United  States  Steel  Corporation,  is  said  to  have 
purchased  in  New  York  for  Mabelle  Oilman,  the  act- 
ress, stands  on  a  lot  only  25x100  feet  on  Fifth  avenue, 
Earing  (  Vntral  Park.  It  is  in  the  midst  of  a  cluster  of 
millionaires'  mansions.  A  property  of  that  size  in 
New  York  is  considered  large  and  only  millionaires 
can  buy  it.  Here  we  have  been  used  to  fifty-vara 
corners  and  some  stately  old  houses  have  had  whole 
blocks  to  themselves.  But  that  order  is  changing,  and 
the  flat  dweller  is  becoming  omnipresent.  It  seems  to 
lie  settled  that  Corey  will  rush  on  his  fate,  and,  despite 
all  criticism,  marry  Miss  Oilman  and  install  her  in 
this  newly  bought  Fifth  avenue  mansion. 


.Macon  officiating,   Miss    Dora  Tate,   was   maid   of 
ir.    .Miss  Pearl  Swanton  of  Santa  Cruz  and  ill--. 
Nellie  Vance  of  San  Francisco  were  bride's  maids. 
.Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCafferty  will  reside  in  Oakland. 


Mrs.  William  A.  McEnery  and  her  sister  Miss 
Threasa  McEnery  gave  one  of  the  largest  bridge 
parties  of  the  season,  on  Tuesday  afternoon  last. 
At   which  they  entertained  sixt)    |       :Sts. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Gardiner  arrived  recently 
from  theii  Lome  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  are  visiting 
in  Sausalito,  as  the  guests  of  Mrs.  Finley,  the  mother 
of  Mrs.  Gardiner.  This  is  Mrs.  Gardiner's  first  visit 
to  her  old  home  since  her  marriage  three  years  ago. 


I  hear  from  New  York  that  young  Louis  Bru- 
guiere  is  immensely  popular  and  that  not  only 
widows,  divorcees  and  matrons  throw  themselves  at 
his  feet,  but  maidens  themselves.  Society  is  trying 
to  decide  whether  he  intends  to  wed  Gladys  Vander- 
bilt,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Cornelius  Vanderbilt,  or 
Laura  Swan,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Elisha  Dyer  by  her 
Baltimore  husband,  from  whom  she  is  divorced. 
Both  will  be  heiresses  to  vast  sums  of  money  some 
fine  day,  and  either  is  an  extremely  good  match, 
although  neither  has  great  claims  to  beauty.  Miss 
Vanderbilt  is  rather  artistically  inclined,  as  are  the 
Bruguieres,  and  so  she  and  Louis  have  much  in 
common.  Louis  is  scarcely  known  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, for  he  never  returned  here  after  he  went  to 
Harvard  about  ten  years  ago.  He  studied  law  in 
New  York,  but  my  impression  is  that  Society  so 
captivated  his  mind  that  he  gave  up  all  idea  of  being 
admitted  to  the  bar.  He  is  one  of  the  handsomest 
men  at  Newport  and  his  good  looks  and  charming 
manners  win  his  way  wherever  he  goes.  Mrs.  Bru- 
guiere,  his  mother,  has  been  with  him  for  several 
years.  The  Bruguieres  fit. very  easily  into  New 
York  life,  for  their  father  came  from  there  and  be- 
longed to  one  of  the  best-  old  French  families  of  the 
set  in  which  the  Durands  and  La  Montagnes  move. 


On  Thursday  April  11th,  Miss  Lucille  Dunham 
was  married  to  Mr.  Frank  McCafferty,  at  the 
residence   of   her   parents    in    Oakland.     Rev.    Clifton 


C.  H.  REHNSTROM 

Tailor  and  importer 

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Weinhard 

The  Peer 
of  Bottle  Beer 


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THE  WASP- 


Photo  Gembe  MISS  FRANCES  WILSON 

Some  years  ago  The  Wasp  advised  a  tax  be 
placed  upon  every  gun  used  in  shooting  game  and 
on  every  rod  used  in  angling  for  game  fishes.  Several 
sporting  editors  and  local  sportsmen  worked  them- 
selves into  a  fit  over  the  suggestion  as  highly  un- 
American  if  not  actually  infamous.  Time  sets  all 
things  right  however  and  I  note  that  the  editors  and 
the  sportsmen  have  now  come  to  think  that  a  tax 
of  $1  on  every  gun  used  in  killing  game  would  be  a 
very  good  thing. 

It  would  not  be  bad  for  a  starter  but  the  tax 
should  be  $2.50  and  not  $1.  Anv  man  who  can 
afford  the  time  and  expense  to  hunt  quail  or  grouse 
or  snipe  can  pay  $2.50  for  a  license  and  the  money 
will  help  to  pay  wardens  to  protect  the  game  of 
the  State,  which  should  be  one  of  its  valuable  assets. 
The  State  of  Maine  makes  a  great  deal  cf  monev 
out  of  its  game. 


Every  man  who  fishes  for  trout  and  salmon 
should  also  be  taxed.  You  and  I  and  all  the  other 
taxpayers  dear  reader,  put  up  our  good  money  to 
pay  for  the  propagation  of  game  fishes  and  the 
stocking  of  streams  with  them.  Why  not  make  the 
man  who  gets  all  the  fun  of  catching  them,  if  it's 
fun  to  him,  pay  for  the  pleasure.  Cigar  makers  or 
brewers  or  distillers  do  not  go  and  stock  saloons 


or  hotels  with  cigars,  beer  or  spirits  for  him  to  drop 
in  and  enjoy  them  witho  it  paying  a  cent.  Every 
trout  planted  in  a  stream  and  watched  by  a  fish- 
wc.-den  costs  money  to  the  taxpayers.  Let  the 
sportsman  pay  for  his  fun.  Every  true  sportsman 
will  be  found  willing  to  do  it  and  every  pot  hunter 
will  be  found  protesting  that  the  tax  is  an  out- 
rage. But  the  money  collected  will  help  to  swell  the 
funds  available  for  paying  fish-wardens  and  it  is 
necessary  to  employ  such  officers.  The  fish  supply 
of  the  State  of  California  is  very  valuable. 


Several  years  ago  The  Wasp  pointed  out  that  the 
Fish  Commissioners  were  neglecting  their  duty  by 
not  protesting  loudly  against  the  wholesale 
slaughter  of  striped  bass,  which  were  planted  in 
these  waters  some  twenty  years  ago  by  the  late 
B.  B.  Redding,  father  of  J.  D.  Redding,  the  well- 
known  lawyer  and  clubman.  It  was  against  the  law 
to  catch  striped  bass  for  severa.  years  and  in  that 
time  they  multiplied  amazingly.  As  soon  as  it 
became  lawful  to  catch  them,  the  markets  were 
filled  with  tons  of  them.  In  season  and  out  of 
season  the  slaughter  was  continued  and  in  five 
years  this  splendid  table  fish  has  become  so  scarce 
that  another  year  or  so  will  see  them  almost  ex- 
terminated. It  was  argued,  stupidly,  that  the  fish 
could  not  be  exterminated,  though  Italian  fishermen 
with  seines,  hundreds  of  yards  long  swept  the 
bays  and  sloughs  incessantly  and  took  the  fish 
large  and  small.  Now  the  sight  of  a  fine  striped 
bass  in  a  San  Francisco  fish  market  is  rare  and 
the  public  has  lost  a  valuable  supply  of  cheap  food, 
which  with  a  little  care  and  by  the  exercise  of  a 
little  intelligence  could  be  preserved  for  all  time. 
To  make  up  for  their  apathy  the  Fish  Commissioners 
now  want  a  hatchery  established  so  that  striped 
bass  can  be  propagated  at  public  expense  for  the 
benefit  of  Mr.  Paladine  and  his  associates  of  the 
fish  monopoly.  You  and  I  kind  reader  will  get  it  in 
the  pocket  again  by  this  expedient  for  fish  hatcheries 
cost  money.  The  crops  of  bass  and  salmon  we  pay 
to  raise,  are  gathered  bv  the  industrious  net  fisher- 
men. It  is  a  very  profitable  industry  indeed.  How 
could  it  be  otherwise.  It  would  be  a  verv  fine 
scheme  if  the  State  raised  cattle  by  the  thousands 
and  then  turned  them  out  on  free  ranges  where 
a    meat    moi.opolv    could    send    in    its    cowboys    to 


La  Boheme 


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-THE  WASP- 


21 


COL.  K1RKPATRICK 

round  them  up  and  drive  them  off  to  the  slaughter 
houses.  Really  the  loads  that  are  put  on  the  honest 
taxpayer  in  this  Republic  of  ours  make  him  the 
most  patient  and  long  suffering  ass  in  Christendom. 
And  we  all  pay  taxes  directly  or  indirectly.  If  you 
don't  pay  it  on  real  estate,  you  do  in  rent  to  the 
landlord  who  is  assessed. 


Captain  Mooney  keeps  on  arresting  saloon 
keepers  for  selling  liquor  to  women  and  then  Judge 
Conlan  and  the  other  high  minded  jurists  of  the 
Police  Court  dismiss  the  cases  on  "technical" 
grounds  and  the  newspapers  tell  us  the  "captain  is 
discouraged.  The  proceeding  is  all  wrong.  The 
ai  rests  are  not  made  at  the  right  end  of  the  chain. 
Let  them  begin  on  Chief  Dinan  and  a  couple  of 
Police  Judges  and  land  them  where 'they  belong 
rightfully  and  Captain  Mooney  or  any  other  police 
officer  will  find  no  difficulty  in  enforcing  the  laws. 


Just  the  Opposite 
"How  is  your  brother,  Harker?" 
"Oh,  he  is  in  a  business  that  will  open  your  eyes.' 
"You  don't  say!    What  is  it?" 
"Why,  he  sells  alarm  clocks.' 
"That's  funny.     My  brother 
will  close  your  eyes." 
"Really?     What  is  it?" 
"Why,  he  markets  onions." 


in  a  business  that 


Woes  of  the  Newly  Rich 
Stubb — "Yes,  old  Justrich  is  going  to  Paris  to 
select  some  art  and  he  is  going  to  carry  that  young 


man  with  him." 

I'enn — "Ah,  1  see.  The  young  man  is  a  connois- 
seur?" 

Stubbs — "No,  old  Justrich  says  he  is  the  connois- 
seur, but  he  is  going  to  take  the  young  man  along 
to  pronounce  the  word  when  he  wants  to  use  it." 


Keeping  Still 

"From  Kentucky,  eh?"  said  the  young  drummer 
in  the  hotel  lobby.  "Well,  is  it  true  they  really 
make  moonshine  whisky  in  Breathitt  County?" 

"It  may  be,  pardner,"  replied  the  tall  gentleman 
in  the  wide  hat,  "but  you  better  not  breathe  it  if 
you  happen  to  be  around  there." 


Gentle  Hint 
"Yes,"   sighed   the   heavy   tragedian, 

rough  time  in  Bacon  Ridge." 

"Really?"    replied    the    sweet    singer. 

audience  'hand  you  a  lemon?'  " 
"No,  they  handed  us  an  egg." 
"What  did  that  mean?" 
"Thev  wanted  us  to  'beat  it.'  " 


'we   had   a 
"Did    the 


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and  Tarts 


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Much  capital  and  energy  are  being  applied  to  the 
development  of  suburban  properties.  What  The 
Wasp  has  been  prophesying  for  years  about  the  San 
Mateo  Valley  has  come  true.  The  flood  of  suburban 
dwellers  promises  to  cover  the  entire  valley  with 
the  homes  of  people  who  do  business  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

The  Leland  Improvement  Company's  project  to 
sub-divide  a  tract  of  1000  acres  below  Palo  Alto, 
and  adjoining  the  Leland  Stanford  University 
promises  to  give  a  fresh  boom  to  that  already  very 
flourishing  district.  The  improvement  of  Palo  Alto 
has  been  even  more  remarkable  than  that  of  Berkeley 
which  real  estate  men  regard  as  phenomenal.  In 
a  few  years  Palo  Alto  has  changed  from  a  village 
to  one  of  the  important  towns  of  California  and  it 
can  boast  of  a  class  of  residents,  which  would  do 
credit  to  any  comunity.  Such  towns  become 
magnets  that  attract  other  people  of  the  better 
classes  and  after  a  while  they  establish  good 
government  so  firmly  that  the  character  of  their 
town  becomes  established. 

The  rapidly  improving,  and  now  excellent  train 
and  car  service  down  the  San  Mateo  Valley  is 
sure  to  have  the  effect  of  making  every  man  who 
can  afford  a  modest  home  do  business  here  and 
sleep  in  the  country.  This  is  a  peculiarity  of  large 
cities  and  the  greater  they  grow  the  more  marked 
becomes  the  desire  of  their  business  people  to 
escape_  from  the  din  and  flurry  and  seek  quiet  sub- 
urban homes.  San  Francisco  will  develop  this 
habit  more  rapidly  than  New  York,  for  our  suburbs 
in  the  Southern  direction  are  not  only  very  acces- 
sible but  very  beautiful  and  will  become  more  so 
every  year  as  people  of  means  settle  along  the 
valleys  and  build  pretty  homes  and  plant  shade 
trees  and  gardens. 

The  Leland  Improvement  Company  was  founded 
by  W.  B.  Nash  the  cashier  of  the  Market  Street 
Bank  and  a  number  of  well-known  business  men 
are  associated  with  him  in  the  undertaking.  They 
propose  to  create  an  ideal  residence  and  industrial 
city  with  thirty-seven  miles  of  streets  laid  with 
smooth  bitumonous  pavements,  cement  sidewalks, 
an  artistic  park  system  and  a  main  boulevard  150 
feet  broad  with  a  double  driveway  lined  with  six 
rows  of  palm  trees.  This  ideal  town  we  are  assured 
is  to  have  what  Palo  Alto,  by  the  way,  has  never 
yet  produced — a  fine  modern  reinfoced  concrete 
hotel  of  350  rooms  with  a  roof  garden  over  its 
entire  length  of  600  feet.    The  ambitious  plans  of 

A  Sovereign  Remedy 

Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure,  one  dose  will  stop  a  cough.  It 
never  fails.     Try  it.     Sold  by  all  Druggists. 


Mr.  Nash  and  his  associates  contemplate  the 
erection  of  a  library,  gymnasium,  public  baths  and 
opera  house — in  fact  every  detail  which  is  con- 
sidered necessary  to  a  perfect  city  but  is  seldom 
attained.  The  streets  are  not  to  be  torn  up  as  the 
feed  wires  and  pipes  will  be  laid  in  subways  owned 
by  the  Improvement  Company  itself.  Part  of  the 
1000  acres  to  be  thus  elaborately  developed  will  be 
sold  for  factory  sites  and  connected  with  the  water 
front  and  the  railroad.  The  residential  part  of  the 
town  will  however  have  no  railroads.  An  auto- 
mobile service  will  furnish  the  inhabitants  trans- 
portation at  a  minimum  cost. 

All  this  is  certainly  most  alluring  and  as  Mr. 
Nash  and  his  associates  are  practical  men  they  no 
doubt  feel  assured  that  they  can  develop  their  plains. 

They  are  not  the  first  to  conceive  the  project  of 
an  ideal  town  in  the  Valley,  but  the  time  jwas 
never  so  favorable  to  the  scheme  as  now.  It  Will 
be  interesting  to  watch  the  development  of  their 
plans. 


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-THE  WASP- 


23 


Belasco's  Fine  Hand 

The  fine  hand  of  Dave  Belasco,  which  directs  a 
publicity  bureau  as  well  as  blue-pencils  and  im- 
proves plays,  evidently  dictated  the  dispatch  last 
week  accrediting  Frances  Starr  with  having  turned 
down  a  Milwaukee  millionaire  in  favor  of  a  plain 
actor.  James  Durkin.  Not  that  Miss  Starr  is  not 
charming  enough  to  have  fascinated  twenty 
millionaire  brewers,  for  she  is  quite  able  to  have 
accomplished  that  feat,  as  those  who  remember  her 
at  the  Alcazar  are  willing  to  swear.  But  to  let  us 
know  that  she  is  betrothed  to  James  Durkin,  the 
leading  man  at  the  Alcazar  when  she  was  ingenue 
and  who  was  largely  the  cause  of  her  leaving  us — 
that  is  where  the  cleverness  of  the  dispatch  lies. 
Mr.  Durkin  was  married  when  he  played  leads  at 
the  local  theatre.  Miss  Starr  said  he  was  her  fate, 
and  that  it  was  not  her  fault  that  he  should  have 
fallen  in  love  with  her  while  there  was  a  Mrs. 
Durkin  in  the  way.  No  doubt  fate  has  been  kind 
and  relieved  Durkin  of  his  matrimonial  partner 
through  natural  means  or  the  divorce  court.  Since 
.Miss  Starr  was  a  universal  favorite  when  she  was 
with  us.  uj)  to  the  time  of  the  Durkin  episode,  I 
presume  nobody  will  grudge  her  happiness.  She  is 
a  star  now  in  stage  language  as  well  as  by  birth, 
and  has  won  praise  all  along  the  line  in  the  play 
Belasco  made  out  of  Dick  Tully's  old  "Juanita  of 
San  Juan." 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  K.  Carlisle  have  announced  the 
marriage  of  their  daughter,  Florence,  to  Leslie 
W'eedon  llroughton,  on  Wednesday  evening,  April 
10th,  at  Rose  Cottage,  Sausalito. 


Mrs.  Henry  Fortman  of  Alameda  will  leave  the  first 
of  May  for  a  trio  abroad,  to  be  gone  several  months. 


An  engagement  recently  announced  followed  by 
a  speedy  marriage  was  that  of  Miss  Grace  Hilborn 
of  Pasadena  and  A.  L.  Jenkins  of  San  Francisco. 
They  were  married  on  Friday  April  12th.  Miss 
Hilborn  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  S.  G.  Hilborn,  at 
one  time  a  congressman  from  the  Third  California 
District.  Mr.  Jenkins  is  well  known  in  San  Fran- 
cisco business  circles. 


The  dance  at  the  Naval  Training  Station,  Yerba 
Buena  Island  last  week  was  one  of  the  largest 
affairs  of  the  year.  Two  hundred  invitations  were 
issued.  Among  the  guests  were  officers  from  the 
Buffalo,  Milwaukee  and  Albatros.  Captain  James 
H.  Bull,  commandent  of  the  Training  Station  led 
the  grand  march  with  Miss  Marjorie  Bull.  The 
Training  Station  band   furnished  the  music. 


Miss  Critic — So  she  was  led  to  the  altar  at  last. 

Miss  Spite — Led!  Led!  I  guess  you  didn't  see 
her.  She  didn't  have  to  be  led.  When  she  started 
down  the  isle  you  couldn't  have  headed  her  off 
with  a  regiment  of  cavalry. 

It's  the  proper  thins  to  take  Abbott's  Bitters  with  a  glass  of  sherry  or  soda  before  meals: 
gives  you  an  appetite.     At  all  druggist;. 


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Second  Vice-President,  Emil  Rohte;  Cashier.  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier. 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Toumy;  Assistant  Secretary.  A.  H.  Muller. 
Goodfellow  &  Eells,  General  Attorneys. 

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-THE  WASP- 


A  FEW  WORDS  TO  THE  WISE 

The  Navy  Department  is  about  to  advertise  in  the 
newspapers  for  recruits.  It  formerly  used  posters 
on  the  dead  walls  and  found  that  system  unsatisfac- 
tory. It  will  find  newspaper  advertising  a  hundred 
times  better.  Every  sane  business  man  who  wants  to 
reach  the  general  public  uses  the  newspapers  and  finds 
that  such  advertising  pays.  Of  course,  one  must  use 
judgment  in  selecting  the  newspapers. 

Many  of  our  business  men  waste  a  great  deal  of 
money  by  using  poster  advertising  almost  exclusively. 
It  is  one  of  the  most  expensive  methods,  yet  some 
business  men  labor  under  the  delusion  that  it  is  cheap. 
So  also  with  circulars.  They  are  costly  and  ineffective 
when  an  advertiser  wishes  to  reach  the  general  public. 
In  selecting  newspapers,  an  advertiser  should  know 
what  class  he  wants  to  reach.  Thus,  for  instance,  a 
journal  like  the  San  Francisco  Chronicle  will  surely 
give  good  returns  if  you  advertise  to  attract  the  better 
classes.  I  have  a  friend  who  deals  in  real  estate,  and 
he  swears  by  the  Chronicle.  Not  long  ago  he  adver- 
tized in  the  Chronicle  a  $16,000  property  and  got  a 
dozen  answers  from  likely  buyers.  To  test  the  merits 
of  another  large  morning  paper,  which  claims  an 
immense  circulation,  my  friend  inserted  in  it  the  same 
advertisement,  word  for  word,  for  the  same  length  of 
time,  and  got  no  answers  at  all.  The  newspaper  in 
question  no  doubt  has  a  large  circulation,  but  evi- 
dently does  not  reach  the  people  who  are  able  to  buy 
pieces  of  property  worth  $16,000. 

Just  before  the  fire  last  April  my  real  estate  friend 
put  a  small  reader  in  the  Chronicle  advertising  a  good 
piece  of  property  and  got  over  a  hundred  answers. 
At  that  time  the  market  was  booming.  He  tried  other 
morning  papers,  but  without  anything  like  the  same 
result.  He  sold  the  property  to  one  of  the  men  who 
answered  through  the  Chronicle. 

These  are  absolute  facts  and  not  published  for  the 
purpose  of  underrating  other  newspapers  to  benefit 
the  Chronicle,  but  are  related  to  show  that  the  quality 
of  a  newspaper  circulation  is  the  important  consider- 
ation. Some  papers  are  read  and  supported  by  the 
people  of  intelligence,  culture  and  wealth,  and  some 
by  the  rabble.  An  intelligent  advertiser  will  find  that 
it  pays  best  to  use  the  medium  that  reaches  the 
people  whose  trade  he  desires. 

But  on  general  principles  newspaper  advertising- 
gives  more  satisfactory  results  to  the  advertiser,  and 
is  far  cheaper  in  the  end,  than  any  other  kind.  This  is 
why  the  great  advertiser  of  the  world,  who  spends 
millions  in  publicity,  uses  newspapers  and  periodicals 
exclusively.    You  never  see  their  names  on  dead  walls. 


THE  PROSPECTIVE  SKYSCRAPER. 

There  is  a  good  deal  of  talk  about  monster  sky- 
scrapers that  are  to  be  erected  soon,  but  the  labor 
conditions  will  have  to  be  improved  before  we  see  them 
towering  up  in  every  direction.  The  demand  for  fire- 
proof buildings  is  growing  greater,  but  property  own- 
ers must  see  some  profit  in  building  or  they  will  not 
improve  their  holdings.  So  far  a  most  creditable 
amount  of  work  has  been  done  in  the  downtown  dis- 
trict, but  men  engaged  in  the  building  industtry  on  a 
large  scale  declare  that  the  difficulties  are  increasing 


instead  of  becoming  less.  We  must  get  rid  of  all  the 
labor  demagogues  in  public  office  before  the  work  of 
building  skyscrapers  can  be  started  in  earnest.  There 
could  be  no  satisfactory  progress  in  a  city  where  the 
government  was  run  for  graft  and  the  main  object  was 
to  cinch  the  employer  and  the  property  owner.  That 
is  partly  stopped  now  by  the  indictment  of  Ruef  and 
Schmitz.  If  half  a  dozen  of  the  official  grafters  could 
be  sent  to  the  penitentiary  and  the  rest  kicked  out  of 
office,  San  Francisco  would  grow  as  if  by  magic. 


COMPLETION  OF  YOSEMITE  RAILROAD 

The  new  steam  railroad  between  Merced  and  Yosem- 
ite  will  be  in  operation  this  summer  and  will  make 
the  great  valley  a  more  famous  resort  than  ever.  Al- 
ready there  is  talk  of  H.  E.  Huntington's  running 
an  electric  road  into  the  valley  from  Fresno.  Surveys 
are  being  made  for  it.  The  Tevises,  W.  H.  Crocker, 
and  local  capitalists  are  entitled  to  the  credit  of 
having  run  this  first  steam  railroad  from  Merced  into 
the  valley. 


Germania  National  Bank 

OP  SAM    FRANCISCO 

IS  NOW   OPEN   FOR   BUSINESS  AT  THEIR   NEW  QUARTERS 

521  MARKET  STREET,  Bet.  First  and  Second  Streets 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 

OFFICERS:     W.  A.  Frederick,  President;  F.  Kronenberg.  Vice-President; 
R.  F.  Crist,  Vice-President;  F.  Kronenberg,  Jr.,  Cashier. 
Cable  Address:  Germania 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

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BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE,  Pres. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Atty. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

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THE  WASP 


25 


Saturday — Goodness!    Why  don't  men  leave  their 
whiskers  mi  or  keep  them  shaved  oft'  all  the  time  so 

yon  ran  know  tlirui.'  [  was  going  down  Van  Ness 
avenue  today  and  mel  a  stout  man  I  thought  was 
Deacon  Fish,  with  his  whiskers  shaved  oft'.  Lands 
sake!  Twasn't  the  Deacon  at  all,  and  I  never  knew 
it  till  I'd  shaken  hands  with  him.  Oh.  heavens!  He 
had  ;i  strong  foreign  accent,  and,  my!  how  he  smelled 
of  beer  and  tobacco.  lie  said  he  couldn't  remember 
my  name,  but  knew  my  face  well.  He  held  on  to  my 
hand  and  wanted  to  know  if  I'd  been  in  to  see  his  new 
place,  and  then  he  handed  me  a  card  with  saloon 
printed  on  it.  Heavens!  What  would  I  do  if  some  of 
my  friends  came  along.  I  don't  know  how  I  got  away 
from  the  awful  man.  As  I  ran  down  the  street  I 
heard  him  shouting  after  me:  "Hold  on  till  I  intro- 
duce you  to  mein  friend,  Jake  Stein."  Oh,  my!  How 
my  poor  head  aches.  I've  drank  ten  rups  of  tea  al- 
ready, and  it's  still  splitting. 


Sunday. — How  coarse  marriage  makes  a  woman  in 
every  fibre.  The  Count  Raviola  met  several  of  us  on 
the  avenue  today  as  we  walked  home  from  church, 
where  we  listened  to  a  sermon  by  that  handsome  new 
clergyman  all  the  girls  are  raving  over.  Mrs.  Gay- 
leigh  got  the  poor  Count  chatting  at  once,  and,  though 
he  speaks  the  most  terrible  English,  she  had  the  nerve 
to  tell  him  that  anyone  would  think  he  was  from 
Boston,  his  accent  was  so  lovely. 

He  tried  to  explain  that  the  reason  he  spoke  such 
perfect  English — oh,  mercy ! — was  that  some  American 
lady  was  teaching  him,  but,  oh,  gracious!  what  the 
man  said  was  awful. 

"I  speeka  eet  gooda  so,"  said  he,  "because  I  hava 
Merican  meestress." 

Goodness!  I  was  ashamed  to  death !  Those  women 
just  roared.  Mrs.  Gayleigh,  of  course,  was  the  worst. 
Instead  of  passing  it  over,  she  kept  the  poor  count 
telling  all  about  his  "meestress,"  and  every  time  he 
used  the  word  those  married  women  just  laughed 
louder.  If  marriages  are  made  in  heaven,  all  I  can  say 
is  that  they  don't  make  the  married  women  an- 
gels. I  got  away  from  this  crowd  as  quickly  as  possi- 
ble and  came  home  and  spent  a  comforting  afternoon 
reading  the  "Pilgrim's  Progress." 


Monday  Mrs.  Gebbe  came  in  today  to  tell  me 
about  Mrs.  Shoddy  being  blacklisted  by  the  Colonial 

Dauies.  who  are  to  have  a  great  breakfast  this  week. 
They're  awfully  exclusive,  it.  seems,  and  unless  your 
great-great-grandfather  was  some  high  government  of- 
ficial you  can't  gel  in.  Mrs.  Shoddy  paid  $75  to  some 
man  in  Boston  that  found  a  pedigree  dating  back 
to  an  ancestor  who  sold  a  bale  of  hay  to  Paul  Beyere 
after  bis  famous  ride.    For  $.")  more  she  could  have  got 

an  ancestor  that  gi med  Paul's  horse,  ami  for  $7.50 

additional  one  of  the  boatmen  that  rowed  George 
Washington  over  the  Delaware.  But,  no!  She's  that 
mean  she  won't  spend  a  cent  more  than  is  actually 
necessary.  My!  Wasn't  she  hopping  mad  when  the 
Colonial  Dames  sprung  that  new  rule  on  her  that  the 
ancestors  must  be  high  officials.  Mrs.  Gebbe  says 
she's  going  to  apply  for  admission  to  the  Cousins  of 
the  Confederacy,  as  she  can  prove  that  her  father  was 
born  in  South  San  Francisco. 

Tuesday. — It  did  me  good  today  when  Mrs.  Gay- 
leigh told  me  that  all  the  clubmen  in  town  are  just 
seared  to  death  since  they  read  about  that  woman 
that  aroused  her  husband's  jealousy  by  talking  in  her 
sleep.  It  appears  that  she  told  so  much  that  her  hus- 
band concluded  he  had  better  watch  her,  and  the  very 
next  night  he  caught  her  flirting  with  some  man,  and 
they  had  a  shooting  scrape.  Isn't  it  terrible?  Oh, 
my !  Mrs.  Gayleigh  says  that  a  lot  of  the  Bohemian 
Club  men  that  never  went  home  before  till  2  a.  m. 
go  to  bed  now  with  the  chickens,  and  you  couldn't  get 
them  to  eat  Welsh  rabbit  or  broiled  lobster  for  supper 
if  you  gave  them  the  town.  No  one  that  talks  in  his 
sleep,  she  says,  is  safe  if  he  eats  anything  heavier  than 
weak  tea  and  toast  before  going  to  bed.  Goodness !  I 
should  think  from  all  she's  told  me  that  weak  tea 
would  give  some  of  those  clubmen  delirium  tremens. 


The  Horace  Blanchard  Chases  are  staying  at  Mira- 
mar,  where  they  have  a  very  picturesque  cottage.  Mrs. 
Chase  has  been  there  for  weeks  and  Mr.  Chase  went 
clown  Easter  week.  Santa  Barbara  society  has  been 
very  attentive  to  them.  The  other  day  Mrs.  Chase 
gave  a  luncheon  of  eight  covers.  The  guests  present 
were  Mr.  and  Mrs,  William  Miller  Graham,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Harry  Dater.  Jr.,  Mrs.  Arthur  Lord  and  C.  C. 
Felton. 


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-THE  WASP 


Of  Social  Interest 


The  concert  for  the  benefit  of  the  organ  fund  of  St. 
Dominic's  church,  will  take  place  at  Tait's  this  evening 
from  eight  to  eleven  and  will  doubtless  attract  a  large 
audience.  Miss  Florence  Roberts  will  recite  the  cele- 
brated "Ballad  of  Despair,"  by  Bemberg.  Others  who 
will  take  part  are  Miss  Camille  Frank,  Mrs.  Thomas 
Nunan,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Birmingham,  Miss  Elsie  Arden, 
Miss  Viola  Van  Orden,  T.  G.  Elliott,  Frank  Figone, 
Harold  Pracht,  Harry  Samuels,  violinist,  and  Theo. 
Marc,  cellist.  Mile.  Blanche  Leviele  will  tell  stories 
from  the  French,  and  Mrs.  E.  J.  Birmingham  will  sing 
an  obligato,  with  violin,  cello  and  piano  accompani- 
ment by  I.  Fewster,  Theo.  Marc  and  Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart. 
Dick  Hotaling  will  auction  off  the  tables.  The  pat- 
ronesses of  the  affair  are  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Dricoll,  Mrs.  De  Young,  Mrs.  Stanley  Stillmann, 
Mrs.  Ed.  L.  Eyre,  Mrs.  Ortmann,  Mrs.  Walter  Dean, 
Mrs.  Lansing  Kellogg,  Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White,  Miss 
Alice  Hager,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Allen  and  Mrs.  Fred  Pick- 
ering. The  patrons  are  Ed.  M.  Grieway,  Fred. 
Greenwood  and  Jas.  D.  Phelan. 

*  *         * 

All  the  arrangements  for  the  promenade  concert  at 
the  Fairmont  Flotel  next  Tuesday  evening,  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart,  are  complete,  and  the 
event  will  beyond  question  be  the  greatest  charitable 
affair  given  up  to  this  date  in  San  Francisco.  It  is  no 
exaggeration  to  say  that  all  the  ladies  of  influence  in 
San  Francisco  are  working  for  it  and  many  of  them 
have  had  a  wide  experience  in  arranging  such  affairs 
so  as  to  insure  success.  Society  en  masse  will  attend  this 
great  concert,  which  is  for  the  benefit  of  the  San 
Francisco  Nursery  for  Homeless  Children,  The  Doc- 
tors' Daughters,  and  the  San  Francisco  Polyclinic. 
Among  those  taking  part  in  the  musical  program  will 
be  the  Stanford  and  Berkeley  Glee  Clubs,  the  De  Koven 
Glee  Club,  the  Swedish  Singing  Society,  the  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra,  Mrs.  Bermingham,  Miss  Helen 
Heath,  Miss  Camille  Frank,  Mrs.  Charles  Camm,  Mrs. 
Markt,  Miss  Virginia  Pierce,  and  Mr.  Romeo  Frick. 
The  arrangements  for  the  concert  have  been  made  by  a 
joint  committee  of  ladies  from  the  three  charities  in- 
terested, of  which  Mrs.  H.  de  Young  is  the  head. 

*  *         * 

A  wedding  of  interest  to  old  Californians  took 
place  in  Washington,  D.  C,  on  April  4th,  when  Miss 
Frances  Williams,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Garner 
Williams  of  California  and  South  Africa  was  mar- 
ried to  William  Wallace  Mein,  also  of  California  and 
South  Africa.  The  ceremony  was  performed  at  noon 
in  St.  Thomas'  Episcopal  Church  by  Rev.  C.  Ernest 
Smith,  before  a  company  of  distinguished  guests 
prominent  in  Washington  society.  The  ushers  were 
Representative  Butler  Ames  of  Massachusetts,  Fred 
Faust  Thomas  Riggs,  Jr.,  and  Clarence  Follis  of 
California.  The  maid  of  honor  was  the  bride's  sister, 
Miss  Gertrude  Williams. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gamer  Williams  were  well  known 
and  prominent  in  early  day  society  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Wr.  Williams  is  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Thomas  C. 
Van  Ness  and  uncle  of  those  two  popular  matrons, 


Mrs.  William  Denman,  the  former  Miss  Leslie  Van 
Ness,  and  Mrs.  John  Taylor,  who  was  attractive 
Daisy  Van  Ness.  Mrs.  Robert  Williams  of  South 
America  is  also  a  brother.  All  early  day  Califor- 
nians will  remember  the  two  beautiful  Gluyas  girls, 
of  Napa  and  San  Francisco.  One  married  Robert 
Williams  and  the  other  married  James  M.  Thompson. 
Mr.  Gluyas,  the  father,  held  some  important  Federal 
positions  here  in  early  days.  Mrs.  Robert  Williams  is 
living  in  New  York  at  present,  having  recently  re- 
turned from  abroad,  where  she  was  educating  her 
children.  One  son,  a  bright  young  man,  is  taking 
a  mining  covtrse  at  Columbia  College.  Mrs.  Williams 
and  Mrs.  John  Tallant,  together  with  their  daughters, 
Miss  Elsie  Tallant  and  Miss  Queen  Anne  Williams, 
have  been  enjoying  the  pleasures  and  sights  of  New 
York  together. 

Miss  Nonie  Williams  married  a  very  wealthy  gen- 
tleman from  Finland,  whom  she  met  while  traveling 
abroad.  Mrs.  Chambers,  another  daughter,  is  the 
brilliant  woman  journalist  "Kate  Carew,"  at  pres- 
ent engaged  by  a  New  York  paper,  together  with  her 

literary  husband. 

*         *         * 

Miss  Evelyn  Norwood  and  Miss  Ethel  Lincoln,  who 
had  been  at  Del  Monte,  have  returned  to  town. 


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Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acommodations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Tiburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

.  GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOODES 

Via  Kelseyville  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co.,  Cal. 


j.  r.  rossi 

Domestic'*"'1  Wines,  Liquors  and   Cigars 

Depot  of  Italian-Swiss  Colony  Wines 

Specialties:  Belmont,  Jesse  Moore,  A.  P.  Hotaling's  O.  P.  S.,  Loveland  Rye, 
King  \Vm.  Fourth  Scotch,  Glenrosa  Scotch,  Dew  of  the  Grampian?,  A.  V.  H. 
Gin,  Buchu  Gin,  Cognac  Brandy,  Bisquit  Dubouche  Cognac,  Fernet  Branca 
Italian  Vermuth,  French  Vermuth. 

217-219   Washington  St.,  Bet.  Front  and  Davis 


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Automobile  News 

Within  thirty  days  a  new  and  distinctive  type  of 
highpower  runabout  will  be  on  the  market.'  It  is 
the  product  of  the  E.  R.  Thomas  Motor  Company 
of  Buffalo,  X.  Y..  and  is  in  answer  to  a  demand 
for  tliis  class  of  car  and  of  this  make  that  has  been 
insistent  since  the  buying  season  began  last  fall. 
The  most  distinctive  feature  of  the  new  model  is 
a  special  motor  of  great  power  with  four  cylinders 
cast  seperately  and  a  five  bearing  crank  shaft.  The 
other  features  follow  the  general  lines  of  the  well 
known  Thomas  Fiver  and  include  two  sepcrate  and 
independent  systems  of  ignition,  a  transmission 
with  four  speeds  forward  and  reverse,  three  disc 
metallic  clutch,  drop  forged  I-beam  axles,  front 
and  rear,  and  double  side  chain  drive  with  36-inch 
wheels.  The  double  ignition  system  includes  a 
Bosch  imported  magneto  and  batteries  working 
through  an  Atwater-Kent  spark  generator  each 
with  a  seperate  set  of  spark  plugs.  The  new  run- 
about will  seat  three,  two  in  front  and  one  in  a 
rumble  seat  in  the  rear  where  the  tool  box  will  also 
be  located.  The  price  of  this  car  is  $4,000.  Tests  of 
the  new  model  car  have  been  in  progress  at  Buffalo 
during  the  past  sixty  days  and  have  shown  that  it 
developes  great  speed  and  power  and  has  the  quality 
of  reliability  to  a  marked  degree. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  William  K.  Vanderbilt  Jr..  has  recently 
purchased  one  of  the  new  White  steamers.  This 
car  will  be  the  third  successive  model  of  this  make 
which  she  has  owned.  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  is  at  present 
in  Europe,  and  the  order  for  the  car  was  given  to 
the  White  garage  in  New  York  by  her  sister,  Airs. 
<  klrichs.  When  making  the  purchase  Mrs.  Oelrichs 
explained  that  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  has  been  touring  in 
England  with  her  sister-in-law,  the  Duchess  of 
Marlborough,  in  the  latter's  White  steamer,  and, 
learning  from  the  manager  of  the  White  branch  in 
London  that  only  a  few  of  these  cars  remained  un- 
sold, she  cabled  to  her  sister  to  make  the  purchase 
for  her  at  once.  Although  her  husband  has  a  garage 
full  of  high-power  foreign  cars.  Mrs.  Vanderbilt 
has  always  shown  a  marked  preference  for  the 
\\  liite,  and  this  is  the  only  make  which  she  tries 
to  drive  herself.  She  is  frequently  seen  scurring 
along  the  Long  Island  highways  in  her  White  at  a 
pace  which  makes  the  drivers  of  the  sterner  sex  sit 
up  and   take   notice. 

John  H.  Gibson,  of  Des  Moines,  drove  his  model 
K  Winton  22,000  miles  with  great  enjoyment,  there- 
by adding  fresh  evidence  of  Winton  reliability, 
"Another  22,000  miles  on  top  of  this,"  says  Air. 
Gibson,  "will  not  hurt  her  any." 

#  *         * 

Many  of  the  factories  find  themselves  overrun 
with  orders  for  immediate  shipment,  and  for  lack  of 
ability  to  meet  the  demands  placed  upon  them  are 
losing  orders.  Others  being  more  fortunate  are 
able  to  cope  with  conditions,  showing  that  their 
early   claims   for   prompt   shipment   have   not   been 


exaggerated.  This  is  the  case  with  the  II.  H.  Frank- 
lin Manufacturing  Company,  who  are  shipping 
seventy-two  cars  a  week,  a  large  percentage  of 
which  is  the  Type  1  >.  with  a  considerable  number 
of  the  six-cylinder  cars,  similar  in  construction  to 
the  trans-continental  car  and  the  Chicago-New 
York   record  breaker. 

*  *  * 

A  distance  of  16,835  miles  in  rental  service,  and 
still  doing  business  every  day.  is  the  record  of  a 
Winton  Model  K  owned  by  the  Hub  Rental  Co..  at 
Los    Angeles. 

*  *  * 

After  a  thorough  inspection  of  all  the  1907 
models  shown  in  the  salesrooms  of  that  city  the 
Pittsburg  Elks  decided  by  a  unanimous  vote  to 
buy  a  Thomas  Flyer.  The  committee  was  composed 
of  experts  who  are  either  members  of  the  lodge  or 
were  asked  to  serve  by  it.  The  car  will  be  the 
grand  prize  to  be  given  away  at  the  Elks  carnival  to 
be  held  soon. 

One  of  the  minor  changes  made  in  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Thomas  Flyer  this  year,  but  one  which 
shews  the  care  taken  in  making  every  possible 
improvement,  is  the  placing  of  the  ratchet  of  the 
back  stop  safety  device  inside  the  rear  hubs  in- 
stead of  on  the  outside  rim.  By  this  change  of 
location  the  ratchet  is  protected  from  dust  and  mud 
which  might  tend  to  clog  it. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Mackenzie  made  a  trip  to 
Santa  Cruz  on  Friday  last,  going  via  Gilroy,  in 
their  model  "A"  Oldsmobile.  They  report  the  roads 
in  a  deplorable  condition.  In  several  places  the 
water  was  so  deep  that  it  was  above  the  hubs.  At 
one  point  on  the  route,  they  met  a  man  with  a  cart 
who  stopped  them  and  insisted  that  they  do  not 
try  to  go  further — that  it  would  be  absolutely  im- 
possible for  them  to  get  through.  "I  have  had  such 
good  luck  so  far  in  fording  streams  and  getting 
through  bad  roads,  that  I  am  no  longer  afraid  of 
any  of  them,"  said  Mr.  Mackenzie,  and  thev  arrived 
in  Santa  Cruz  very  much  pleased  with  the  per- 
formance of  the  car. 


H.  C.  RAAP.  Manatjet 


Telephone  Franklin  568 


National  Cafe  and  Grill 

918-920  O'FARRELL  ST.,  San  Francisco 

SPECIAL   MERCHANTS  HOT  LUNCH   25c 


Including  Tea,  Coffee,  Wine  or  Beer.     I  I  a. 
A  LA  CARTE  al  all  hours. 


Regular  Dinner  50c 


Special  Sunday  Dinner  75c 


AL.  CONEY  J.  HUFF 

Kadee  Hammam  Baths 

TURKISH  AND  HAMMAM  BATHS 

PRIVATE  ROOM  AND  BATH  $1.00 

Open  Day  and  Nishl 

GEARY  AND  GOUGH  STREETS 

Striclly  First  Class  Phone  West  3725 


J 


DIRECTORY 


OF  LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES  AND  PROFESSIONAL  PEOPLE 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Builders'    Exchange,   226   Oak   St.,   S.   F. 

Builders'    Association,    96    Fulton    St. 

ADDRESSING    MACHINES. 

Elliott  Addressing  Machine  Co.,  68  Stock- 
ton St..  S.   F. 

ADVERTISING    AGENCIES. 

Bolte  &  Braden,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F.;  phone 
Park  289. 

Cooper  Adv.  Agency,  F.  J.,  West  Mission  and 
Brady  sts. 

Dake  Adv.  Agency,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temporary    1440. 

Fisher,  L.  P.  Adv.  Agency,  836  North 
Point  St.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Emergency  584. 

Hadley,  M.  L.,  Advertising  Agency,  26 
Clay    st. 

Johnston-Dienstag  Co.,  2170  Post  St., 

Tuttle,  L.  T.,  332  Delbert  Block,  cor.  Van 
Ness   Ave.    and    O'Farrell. 

Walker,  Shirley,  Advertiser.  Midway 
building,  779  Market  street,  phone 
Temporary   1839. 

AGENTS— MANUFACTURERS- 
Wlrtner.  Jno.   J.,   2330  Vallejo  St.,   S.   F. 

ARCHITECTS. 
Carson,    John,      Vice-President      and 
Manager  H.  C.  Chivers,  1627  Sut- 
ter St. 
Chivers.    Herbert    C.    1627    Sutter    St.,    S. 
F.;    Wainwrights    Building,    St.    Louis, 
Mo. 
Curtis    John  M.,  2601  Buchanan  St..  S.  F. 
Havens    &.  Toepke,    611-612    Mutual    Savings 

Bank. 
Reed      Bros,      Temporary      Offices,      2325 

Gough  St.,   S.   F. 
Thos.    J.    Welsh,    John    W.    Carey,    associate 
architects,   40   Haight    St.,    S.    F. 
ART    DEALERS. 
Gallagher  Bros.,   2208  Geary  St.,   S.   F. 
Gump,    S.    &  .  G.,    1645    California    St.,    S.    F. 
Schussler  Bros.,  341    Grove  St. 
ATTORNEYS. 
A.    Heynemann,    2193    Fillmore      St. 
Phone  West   6405. 

Bahrs,    George    EL,     1901    Post    St.,    cor. 

Fillmore.    S.    F. 
Campbell,   Metson   &  Drew,   1101   Laguna  St., 

cor.   of  Turk   St.,   S.   F. 
Dorn,  Dora  &  Savage,  717  Van  Ness 

ave. 
Drum,    J.    S.,    1416   Post  st,    S.    P. 
Dinkelspiel,   Henry  G.  W.,   1266  Ellis  St., 

S.   F.     PHONE,  WEST  2355. 
Goldstone,    Louis,   1124   Fillmore  st. 
Heller,    Powers    &    Ehrman,      Union 

Trust  bldg. 
Hewlett,  Bancroft     and     Ballantine, 
Monadnock  Bldg.,  Phone  Temporary 

972. 
McEnemey,  Garret  W.,  1416  Post  St.,  S.F. 
Lawlor,    Wm.    P.,    Judge,      The      Family 

Club,  1900  Franklin  St.,  S.  F. 
O'Callaghan.    Chas.    F.,    928    Fillmore   St., 

Pringie  &  Pringle,  2219  Fillmore  st. 

Ricketts,  A.  H.  (Title  Quieting  Co.) 
1136  O'Farrell  street.  Tel.  Emer- 
gency 788. 

Shadburne,  Geo.,  D.,  904  Devisadero 
St.,  S.  F. 

Shortrldge.  Samuel  M.,  1101  O'Farrell  st, 
S.  F. 


Edward  B.  Young,  4th  Floor,  Union  Trust 
Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temporary,  833. 

AUTOMOBILES    AND    SUPPLIES. 

Auto    Livery   Co.,    Golden   Gate   and   Van 

Ness  Ave.,    S.    F. 
Boyer   Motor   Car   Co.,   408   Golden    Gate   ave. 

Phone,  Emergency  655. 
Leavitt,    J.    W.    &    Co.,    441    Golden    Gate 

Ave.,  S.  F.;  370,  12th  st,  Oakland. 
Lee  Cuvler,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
Middleton    Motor    Car    Co.,    550    Golden    Gate 

Ave.,  S.   F. 
Mobile    Carriage    Co.,    Golden    Gate    Ave. 

and  Gough  sts.,   S.  F. 
Pioneer  Automobile  Co.,  901  Golden  Gate 

Ave.,    S.    F. ;    and    12th    and    Oak    sts., 

Oakland 
Karig  Auto  Co.   1377  Broadway,  Oakland. 
White     Sewing     Machine     Company, 

Market  and   Van  Ness   ave.,   S.   F. 

BANKS. 

American  National  Bank,  Merchants  Ex. 

Bldg.,    S.    F. 
Anglo  California  Bank  Lt.  cor.  Pine  and 

Sansome    sts..    S.    F. 
Bank    of    California,    424    California    st, 

S.    F. 
California    Safe    Deposit    and    Trust    Co., 

cor.    California    and    Montgomery    sts., 

S.    F. 
Central    Trust    Co..    42    Montgomery    st. 

s     F 
Crocker  -  Woolworth        National        Bank, 

Crocker   Bldg.,    S.    F. 
First  National  Bank,  Bush  and  Sansome 

sts.,  S.  F. 
French  Savings  Bank,  Union  Trust  Bldg., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Eddy. 
Germania  National  Bank,  621  Market  St., 

S.   F.:   Phone  Park  792. 
German    Savings    and    Loan    Society,    626 

California  8t.  8.  F. 
Halsey,    N.    W.    &    Co.,    413    Montgomery 

International  Banking  Corporation,  2045 
Sutter  street,  and  415  Montgomery 

Hibernia  Savings  and  Loan  Society, 
Jones  and  McAllister  sts..   S.  F. 

Humboldt  Savings  Bank,  626  Market  st, 
S.    F. 

Mechanics'  Saving  Bank,  143  Montgom- 
ery st,   S.   F. 

Metropolis  Trust  and  Savings  Bank, 
12  37  Van  Ness  Ave. 

Mutual  Savings  Bank  of  San  Francisco, 
710  Market   St..   opp.    3d  St..   S.   F. 

National  Bank  of  the  Pacific.  Call  Bldg., 
S.    F. 

Renters  Loan  and  Trust  Co.,  Commercial  and 
Savings  Bank,  115    Hayes  Street. 

San  Francisco  Savings  Union.  N.  W. 
cor.  California  and  Montgomery  sts., 
S.    F. 

Savings  and  Loan  Society,  101  Mont- 
gomery st,   S.   F. 

Security  Savings  Bank,  316  Montgomery 
St..  S.  F. 

Standard  Bank,  1818  Market  St.,  at 
Van  Ness,  S.  F. 

The  Market  Street  Bank  and  Safe  De- 
posit Vault,  Market  and  7th  sts.,  S.  F. 

Union  Trust  Co.,  4  Montgomery  st,  S.  F. 

Wells-Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank, 
Union  Trust  Bldg.,   S.   F. 

Western  National  Bank,  Powell  and 
Market  sts..   S.   F. 

BATHS 

Colonial  Baths,   1745  O'Farrell  St. 
Oriental  Turkish,  cor.  Eddy  and  Lar- 
kin    Streets,    City.      W.    J.    Blum- 


berg  &  Bro. 

BITTERS. 

Lash's  Bitters  Co..  1721  Mission  st,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 
Albion  Ale  and  Porter  Brewery,  1007-9  Golden 

Gate    Ave.,    S.    F. 
Buffalo    Brew;-ig    Co.,    125-129    King    st, 

S.   F. ;   Phone  ulaln  101U. 
National     Brewing    Co.,     762    Fulton    St., 

S.    F. 
Lochbaum,  A.   H.  Co.,  125  Kins  St.,  S.  F. ; 

Phone    Main    1010. 
S.    F.   Breweries.    Ltd..   240  2d  st,    S.   F. 
Rapp,   Jno.   &   Co..  Agents  Rainier  Beer, 

8th   and  Townsend  sts.,   S.   F. 

oi-tlDGE    BUILDERS. 

Pac.  Construction  Co.,  17  Spear  St.,  S.  F. 

San    Francisco    Bridge    Co.,    523    Monad- 
nock  Bldg.,    S.    F. 
UROKERS—  STOCKS    AND     BONDS. 

tuition,  E.  F.  &  Co.,  490  California  st. 
S.    F. 

Rollins,  E.  H.  &  Sons.  804  Kohl  Bldg: 
Telephone   Temporary   163:    S.    F. 

Wilson.  J.  C.  i8S  California  St.  S.  F. 

Sutro  &  Co.,  412  Montgomery  St.. 
S.  F. 

Montague,  Phil  S.,  339  Bush  St..  Stock 
Exchange    Bids. 

Zadig  &  Co.,   324   Bush  St.,  S.   F. 

BUILDING       AND        LOAN       ASSOCIA- 
TIONS. 
Continental   Building  and   Loan    Associa- 
tion.   Church   and   Market   sts..    S.    F. 
BUTCHERS'   SUPPLIES. 
Pacific    Butchers'    Supply    Co..    315    Bry- 
ant st.    bet.    1st  and   2d  sts..    S.    F. 
CARPET  CLEANING. 
Spauidlng,   J.   &   Co..   911-21  Golden   Qatt 
Ave.;    Phone    Park   KfcL 

CLEANING    AND   DYEING. 
Thomas,    The    F.    Parisian    Dyeing    and 
Cleaning    Works.     1168    McAllister    st, 
S.    F. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
Hub,    The,    Chas.     Kellus    &    Co.,    King 

Solomon    Bldg.,    Sutter     and      Fillmore 

sts..    S.    F. 
Roos    Bros.,    cor.    O'Farrell    and    Flllmorfl 

sts.,   S.   F. 

COMMISSION     AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 

Dollar,    Robert    Co..    Steuart   street   dock. 

Johnson  Locke  Mercantile  Co.,  213  Sansome 
St., .  S.    F. 

.Aaldonado  &  Co.,  Inc.,  2020  Buchanan 
St.,    3.    F.;    Tel.    2830. 

The  J.  K.  Armsby  Co.,  The  Armsby 
Bldg.,  cor.  New  Montgomery  and  How- 
ard sts..  S.   K. 

CONTRACTORS   AND    BUILDERS. 

Atlantic,  Gulf  and  Pacific  Co.,  523  Monadnock 

Bldg. 
Fisher    Construction    Co.,    1414    Post    St., 

S      F 
Gray  Brox.,  2d  st,  adjoining  XV.  F.  &  Co. 

Bldg..   S.   F. 
S.    F.    Construction     Co.,     A.    E.    Buckman, 

ores. ;   A.  J.   Raisch,  sec. ;  636  Market ;  Tel. 

Franklin   256. 
Trounson,    J.,     1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176    Ash 

Ave.,  S.   F. 

CROCKERY  AND   GLASSWARE. 
Nathan  Dohrmann  &  Co.,   1520-1550 
Van  Ness  ave. 


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DENTISTS. 
Oreian    B.    Burns,  2077    Sutler   St.,    West   6736 
Decker,    Dr.   Chat.    W.,    13)6   Sutter  st. 
Knox.   Dr.   A.   I.,    1615   Fillmore   St.,  formerly 

of  Grant  Bldg. 
MorfTew    4    Peel.     1765    Pine    at,    S.     F. ; 

Tel.    Went    4301:      formerly      Examiner 

Bldg. 
O'Connell.  Dr.  Robert  E.  and  Dr.  George, 

211    Dcvldadero   St.,    S.    F. 
Albert   S.    Vanderhurst,  2077   Sutter  St.,   West 

6736. 

DRY    GOODS— RETAIL. 

Emporium.  The.  1201  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S. 
F. ;    Phone   West    1361. 

Newman  &  Levison.  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Sutt 

O'Connor.  Mofflt  &  Co.,  Van  Ness  Ave 
and    Pine  St.,   S.   F. 

City  of  Paris.  Van  Ness  Ave  and  Wash- 
ington St.,    S.    F. 

White  House,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Pine 
»t..    S.    F. 

ENGINEERS. 

.itlantlc,  Gulf  &  Pacific  Co.,  523  Monad- 
nock   Bldg.,    8.    F. 

EXPRESS. 
Wells,    Fargo      Sc      Co.    Express.    Golden 
Gate   Ave.   and   Franklin   St.,   Fer- 
ry Bldg.,  and  3d  St.  Depot,  S.  F. 
FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
Crescent   Feather  Co.,   19th  and    Harrison 
sts.,    S.    F. 

FLORISTS    AND    DECORATORS. 

Clels   &   Jacobsen.    942    Fillmore    St. 

near  McAllister,   Phone  Park   363. 
Fnnk  &  Parodi  Co.,  121 1  McAllister 

street,  formerly   109   Geary  street, 

phone   Park,   794. 

FRUITS    AND    VEGETABLES. 
Omey   &  Goetting,  Geary  and    Polk  sts.,  S.   F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
Carew    &    English.    1618    Geary    St..    bet. 
Buchanan    and    Webster    sts.,     S.     F. ; 
Phone  West  2604. 
Pof.er   &   White.    1531    Golden    Gate   Ave., 
S.    F. ;    Phone   West  770. 

FURNITURE. 
A.    B.     Smith    Co.,     702    Van    Ness    Ave., 

cor.    Turk   St.,    S.    F. 
Breuner,  John  &  Co.,  1491  Van  Ness  Ave., 

S.    F. 
Sanitary   Bedding   House,    The,    778- 
780   Golden   Gate  ave.,   N.   E.   cor. 
Gough.     Beds     and     Bedding     ex- 
clusively.    Tel.   Emergency  5  96. 
GAS  STOVES. 
Gas   Co..    The.    Halght   and    Fillmore   sts.. 
S.    F. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
Bullock   &  Jones   Company,  801   Van   Ness 

Ave.,    cor.    Eddy    St.,    S.    F. 
Hansen  and   Elrick,   1105-7   Fillmore 
St.,    nr.    Golden    Gate    ave.,    phont 
West    5678. 

Roberts  &  Bayless,  Men's  Furnishers,  645  Van 

Ness  Ave.,  near  Turk. 

HARDWARE  AND    RANGES. 
Alexander- Yost   Co.,    Pine   and   Polk   sU., 

8.    F. 
Baker    &    Hamilton.    115    Berry    St.,    near 

3d;    Phone   West   3589   and   3590. 
Dunham.    Carrlgan    &    Havden    Co.,    office 

131-153    Kansas   st.    S.    F. 
lis,  John  G.  &  Co.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F. 
Montague.  W.  W.  &  Co..  Turk  &  Polk 

sts..  S.  F. 

HARNESS    AND    SADDLERY. 
Davis.   W.    &   Son.   2020   Howard  st,   bet. 

16th   and   17th,   S.   F. 
Lelbold    Harness    and    Carriage    Co.,    1214 
Golden  Gate  Ave..  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 

Korn,   Eugene,   the  hatter,    946   Van 

Ness  Avenue. 
Meussdorffer,    J.     C.     Sons,     909    Fillmore 

St.   S.   F. 
Porcher.    J..     716-717    Golden    Gate    Ave., 
near  Franklin.  8.  F. ;  formerly  Odd  Fel- 
lows   Bldg. 
HOSPITALS    AND    SANITARIUMS. 

German    Hospital,    Scott    and    Duboce 

Ave. 
Harbor     View    Sanatorium,     Harbor 

View,  S.  F. 


Keeley  Institute,  H.  L.  Batehelder, 
Mgr.;   262  Drvlsadero  St.,  S.   r\ 

McNutt  Hospital,  1800  O'Farrell  at 
S.  F. 

St.  Luke's  Hospital,  26th  and  Valen- 
cia St. 

JEWELERS. 
Baldwin    Jewelery    Co.,     1521     Sutter    St.. 

and    1261    Van    Ness   Ave..    S.    r. 
Bohm,  Bristol,   Van  Ness  and  Sacra- 
mento st. 
Gllnderman,    Wm„     1532-1534     Fill- 
more,  formerly   Examiner   Bldg. 
Shreve  &  Co..   cor.    Post  and  Grant   Ave., 
and  Van   Nes  sand   Sacramento  Its.,  S.   F. 
AUNDHIES. 
Lace    House    French    Laundry,    Cerclat    & 
Co.,     props.;     1047    McAllister    st ;     for- 
merly at  342  McAllister;   Tel.    Park   881 
La   Grande    Laundry,    224    12th   st,    S.    F. 
Palace     Hotel     Laundry     and     Kelly     Laundry 

Co..  Inc.,  2343  Post  St.,  phone  West  5854. 
San    Francisco   Laundry  Association.    1408 
Turk   st.    S.    F.;    Phone  West  793. 
LIME. 
Holmes   Lime   Co.,    Mutual 
Bank    Bldg.,    710    Market 

LUMBER. 
Nelson.    Chas.    Co..    1st     and     Clay     sts. 

Oakland;   144  Steuait  St.,  S.  F. 
Redwood    Manufacturers    Co.,     Room    505 
Monadnock    Bldg.    S.    F..     Doors.    Win- 
dows,  Tanks,   etc. 
Slade,  S.  E.,  Lumber  Co..  65  Mission 

street,  S.   F. 
Union    Lumber    Co.,    office    909    Mo- 
nadnock  building 


Thorne,  Dr.   W.  S., 
F. 


1434    Post  St.,  S. 


Savings 


MACARONI    AND    VERMICELLI. 
r,     R.    Podesta.    612    Washington    st.    S     V 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
Beklns'    Van    and    Storage    Co..    13th    and 

Mission    sts..    S.     F. ;     Phone    Park     169 

and   1016   Broadway,    Oakland. 
St.     Francis    Transfer    and    Storage    Company. 

Office,   1402  Eddy  st.     Tel.   West  2680. 
Union     Transfer     Co.,     2116     Market     st, 

S.   F. 

Notaries    Fublic. 

Deane,  Jno,  J.,  temporarily  at  2077 
Sutter  street  and  2464  Vallejo 
street,  S.  F. 

opticians.  ' 

Mayerle,       George,    German     expert.     1115 
Golden    Gate   Ave.,    S.    F.;    Phone    West 
3766. 
San  Francisco  Optical  Co.  "Spences," 
are    now    permanently    located    at 
627  Van  Ness  ave,  between  Gold- 
en  Gate   avenue      and      Turk      st. 
"Branch"    1613       Fillmore      near 
Geary. 
Standard    Optical    Co.,    808    Van    Ness    ave., 
near    Eddy    St. 

PACKERS. 
Phoenix  Packing  Co.,  118  Davis  st,  S.   F. 
PAINTERS    AND     DECORATORS. 
Keefe,  J.  H.,  820-822  O'Farrell  St.,  S.  F.,  Tel. 
Franklin   2055. 

Tozer,  L.  &  Son  Co.,  Inc.,  1527  Pine 
and  2511  Washington  St.,  near 
Fillmore,    S.    F. 

PAINTS    AND    OILS. 

Bass-Hueter  Paint  Co.,   1816   Market 
st. 

Paraflne     Paint  Co..    405     Union     Savings 
Bank      Bldg..     Oakland;      Sales      Dept 
Guerrero   near  15th  St.,    S.   F. 
PHOTO     ENGRAVERS. 

Cal.   Photo   Eng.    Co.,    141143    Valencia  St. 
PHYSICIANS. 

Bowie,    Dr.    Hamilton    C,    formerly    293 
Geary  St..   Paul   Bldg. ;   now 
14th  and  Church  sis. 

Bryant.  Dr.  Edgar  R..  1944  Fillmore 
St..  cor.  Pine;  Tel.  West  5667;  Res. 
3869   Jackson    St.:    Tel.    West   816. 

D'tivelyn,  Dr.  Frederick  W.,  2115  Cal- 
ifornia St.,  S.  F.;  and  2103  Clinton 
Ave.,    Alameda. 


r-IANOS    —    MANUFACTURERS        AND 

DEALERS. 
rJu.uWln,   D.  H.  &  Co..  2612  Sacramento 
st.  near  Fillmore.  S.  F.;  Phone  West 

1S69. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Marchnnd's,  14J4  McAllister  st. 
Murughan.       M.      B.      Oyster      Co.,      1212 

Golden   Gate   Ave..    S.   F. 
Old    Poodle    Dog,    824    Eddy    St.,    near    Van 

Ness  ave. 


St.  Germain  Restaurant,  4  97  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,   Phone  Emergency  300. 

Swains   Restaurant,    1111    Post  St.,  S.  F. 

Techau   Tavern.    1321  Sutter  St.,   8.   F. 

Thompson's,  formerly  Oyster  Loaf, 
1727    O'Farrell    St. 

SAFES    AND    SCALES. 
Herring-Hall      Marvin     Safe      Co..     office     an<~ 
salesrooms.     Mission     St.,    bet.     Seventh    ani 
Eighth    sts.;    phone   Temp'y,    1037. 
SEWING     MACHINES. 
Wheeier  &  Wilson  and  Singer     Sewing 
Machines.     1431     Bush    st,     cor.     Vai 
Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  phone  Emergencj 
301,   formerly   231    Sutter  street. 
STORAGE. 

Bekins    Van    &    Storage    Co.,    13th    and   Misciox 

Sts.,  S.  F.;   Phone  Market  2558. 
Pierce    Rodolph    Storage    Co.,    Eddy 
and   Fillmore  Sts.,  Tel.  West   828 

SURGICAL    INSTRUMENTS    AND    HOS' 

PITAL    SUPPLIES. 
Walters    &    Co.,    formerly    Shults,    Walter!    k 
Co.,   1608   L  teiner  St.,   S.   F. 

TALKING    MACHINES. 
Bacigalupi,    Peter,     1113-1115     Fillmore 
st,  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 
Lyons,   Charlos.    London   Tailor,   1432   Fill- 
more   St.,    731    Van    Ness    Ave.,    S.    F.; 
958   Broadway.    Oakland. 
McMahon,  Keyer  and  Stiegeler  Bros., 

Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Far- 
rell and  Fillmore. 

Neuhaus  &  Co.,  Inc.,  1618  Ellis  st 
near   Fillmore.   S.   F. 

Rehnstrom.  C.  H..  2415  Fillmore  st; 
formerly  Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg. 

TENTS    AND    AWNINGS. 
Thorns  F.,    1209  Mission  St.,  corner  of  Eighth, 
S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 
Eames     Tricycle     Co.,     Invalid      Chairs,      2108 

Market   St..   S.   F. 
WTNES  &  LIQUORS — WHOLESALE 
Balke.    Ed.    W.,    1498    Eddy   St.,   cor. 

Fillmore. 
Blumenthal.    M.    &    Co..    Inc..    temporary 

office.    1521    Webster   st.    S.    F. 
Butler.    John    &    Son,    2209     Steiner    st, 

Revnnids.    Chas.    M.    Co.,    614    Halght   »L 

S.    F. 
Rusconi,   Fisher  &  Co..   649  Turk  st.  S.  F 
Berman     Wine     &     Liquor    Co.,    family    traoff 

S.    F. 

Siebe    Bros.    &    Placeman,       419-425 
Larkin   street.    Phone,    Emergencj 
349. 
Weniger,  P.  J.  &  Co.,  N.  E.  cor.  Van 
Ness  ave.  and  Ellis  st.     Tel.  Emer- 
gency 3  09. 
Wichman.   Lutgen   &  Co..   formerly  of  29- 
31   Battery   St..   S.   F.:    temporary  office, 
Harrison     and     Everett    sts.,     Alameda, 
Cal.:    Phone    Alameda    1179.     Gilt    Edge 
Whiskey 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS— RETAIL. 

Ferguson,   T.   M.   Co.,   Market  street. 

Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow 

Whiskey. 
Fischer,   E.   R..    1901    Mission   street, 

corner    of    Fifteenth. 

The    Metropolejohn    L.    Herget    and    Wm.    H. 

Harrison.     Props.,    N.    W.    cor.     Sutter    and 

Steiner    Streets. 
Tuxedo.    The.    Rddio    Orpmev.    Pron.      SW 

COr.     Fillmrvrrt     t    n-FsTT-ell    st  = 

YEAST    MANUFACTURERS 
Golden    Gate  Compressed    Y^-ast    Co..   2401    Fill- 


30 


THE  WASP- 


Amusements 


For  the  week  beginning  Monday 
night,  April  15th,  the  Colonial  Stock 
Company  will  be  seen  in  Milton 
Royle's  successful  four-act  comedy- 
drama,  "Friends,"  the  play  in  which 
the  author  himself  scored  such  a  big 
hit  when  it  was  first  produced. 
"Friends"  is  an  intensely  interesting 
play  of  American  life  in  New  York, 
and  every  character  admirably  por- 
trays life  as  it  is  lived.  The  piece 
will  be  mounted  in  most  elaborate 
fashion.  Monday  night  will  also  mark 
the  local  debut  of  Morgan  Wallace, 
the  new  leading  man  engaged  by 
Manager  Kurtzig  to  replace  Wilfred 
Roger,  who  is  now  starring  in  "Sa- 
lome." Mr.  Wallace  has  played  with 
E.  H.  Sothern,  Julia  Marlowe,  Jos- 
ephine Cohan,  Madame  Kalich,  Wil- 
ton Lackaye,  and  Max  Figman.  He 
has  also  taken  most  important  parts 
in  such  high-class  stock  companies 
as  Belasco's,  Keith's,  Huntington, 
Ulica  and  Crawford.  Miss  Jewell,  the 
talented  leading  woman,  will  also  be 
in  the  cast,  as  well  as  Frank  Bacon, 
A.  Burt  Wesner,  Norval  McGregor, 
Walker  Graves,  Jr.,  R.  Peralta-Ga- 
lindo,  Bessie  Bacon,  Jane  Jeffery,  and 
the  balance  of  the  company. 
*       *       * 

To  the  person  of  ordinarily  happy 
disposition  the  dramatic  efforts  of 
Florence  Roberts  are  somewhat  ag- 
gravating. It  seems  to  me  that  an 
actress  of  the  undoubted  ability  of 
Miss  Roberts  could  spend  her  time 
and  her  talents  much  more  profitably 
than  enacting  the  sordid  dramas  to 
which  she  seems  addicted. 

Of   course   we   all   know   that   there 


ICE  CREAM 

— ^1536-8  Fillmore  St.,  S.F. 


La  Grande  Laundry 


Have  resumed  business  with  an 
entirely  modern  plant  prepared  to 
handle  our  old  and  new  patrons  at 
former  rates.    Phone  Special  1690. 

Office  and  Works,  234  12th  St. 


ban  rrancisco 


is  enough  sordiclness  in  real  life,  and 
it  is  hardly  fitting  that  I  should  enter 
here  into  the  advisability  of  producing 
such  dramas.  What  I  do  quarrel  with 
is  Miss  Roberts  predilection  for  ap- 
pearing in    such   plays    exclusively. 

Margaret  Anglin  and  Blanche  Bates 
are  emotional  actresses,  but  they  re- 
frain from  day  in  and  day  out  pro- 
duction of  the  class  of  dramas  which 
Miss  Roberts  favors.  I  remember 
Miss  Anglin's  repertoire  during  her 
last  visit  here.  "Zira"  was  an  abso- 
lutely emotional  drama.  "The  Lady 
Paramount"  was  far  from  it,  while 
the  third  piece  was  an  absolute 
comedy.  Contrast  with  this  Miss 
Roberts'  repertoire:  "The  Strength  of 
the  Weak,"  "Marta  of  the  Lowlands/' 
and  the  like.     All   sordid. 

As  a  sarcastic  friend  of  mine  says, 
"I  hate  to  see  Miss  Roberts  always 
groveling  about  in  the  dirt."  And  the 
worst  of  it  is  that  his  remarks  are 
just,  though  somewhat  severe. 

*  *       * 

The  Augustin  Daly  Opera  Company 
is  presenting  a  somewhat  musty  pro- 
duction in  "The  Country  Girl."  It 
is  a  distinctively  British  musical 
comedy  in  both  scene  and  song  and 
dialogue,  and  while  some  of  the  num- 
bers are  catchy  it  leaves  no  lasting 
impression.  I  hope  "The  Cingalee" 
will  be  better. 

*  *       * 

"The  Pit"  at  the  Alcazar  is  alarm- 
ingly strenuous  for  that  genteel  play- 
house. Miss  Lang  and  Mr.  Lytell 
seem  to  be  somewhat  out  of  their 
depth  in  this  society  drama  which 
verges  on  melodrama.  "The  Pit"  does 
not  compare  at  all  favorably  with  last 
week's  production,  "The  Love  Route." 

*  *       * 

Barney  Bernard  seems  to  be  the 
attraction  at  the  Davis  Theater, 
where  Kolb  and  Dill  were  becoming 
somewhat  stale.  Barney,  in  himself, 
however,  is  somewhat  of  a  "lemon" 
and  wouldn't  be  worth  going  across 
the  street  to  see  without  his  German 
co-workers.  "Fiddle-de-dee"  is  also 
stale.  It  is  time  for  Kolb  and  Dill 
to  give  us  something  real  brand 
NEW. 

*  #       # 

"Fantana"  at  the  American  Theater 
is  by  far  the  best  thing  yet  produced 
at  that  pretty  little  play  house.  Miss 
Sinnott,  the  new  soubrette,  and  Joe 
Miller,  the  clever  character  actor,  are 
a  great  addition  to  the  company.  To 
my  mind,  Miss  Ruby  Norton  is  amply 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherith  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 

LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 

Church  Choir 

Teacher    of     Voice,     Piano     and     Organ 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phone 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,  Tues- 
day and  Friday. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 

PIANIST 

Tel.  West  314  1801  Buchanan  Si..  Cor.  Sutler 


William  Keith 


Studio 


After  Dec.  1st         1717  California  St. 


SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 

Attorney-at-Law 


1101   O'FARRELL  ST. 
Cor.  Franklin 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Union  Lumber 
Company 

REDWOOD  AND 
PINE   LUMBER 

Railroad    Ties,     Telegraph     Poles, 
Shingles,   Split   Shakes,    Etc. 

MAIN  OFFICE:  909  MONADNOCK  BLDG. 

Phone  Special  6 1  5 

Yards  and  Planing  Mills.  Sixth  and  Channel  Sts. 
San  Francisco 


PATRICK  &  CO. 

Rubber   Stamps 

Stencils,   Box  Brands 

1543  Pine  Street  San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


31 


RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 

SIX  OR   MORE    RACES   EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Rain  or  Shine 


Races  commence  at   1 :40  p.  i 


sharp. 


For  special  trains  stopping  at  the  track  take  S.  P.  Ferry, 
fool  of  Market  street:  leave  at  12:00,  thereafter  every  twenty 
minutes  until  1:40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  cars, 
which  are  reserved  for  ladia  and  their  escorts. 

Returning  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILLIAMS,   President. 
PERCY  W    TREAT,  Secretary. 


The  best  YEAST  for  all 
Kinds    of   Baking 

FRESH  DAILY  AT  YOUR  GROCER 


Palace  fiotel  Laundry 

AND   KELLY   LAUNDRY  CO.    INC 

234-3      Post     Street 

A^-r»f>    No"wr    Open 

TELEPHONE  WEST  58S4 

Work  called  for  and  returned  on  schedule 
time. 


Thompson's        Formerly 

ter  Loaf, 


Oyste 


Now 
Opeu. 


1727  O'Farrell  St.,  near  Fillmore 
All  night  service  Popular  Prices 


+    The  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 
f  Hammani  Baths,  built  especially  for 

the  purpose,  in  the  city. 

t  Oriental  Turkish  Baths  \ 

Corner  Eddy  and  Larkin  Sts. 
Cold  water  plunge. 
Room  including  Bath,  Sr.oo. 
Phone  Franklin  653 
W.  J.  BLUMBERG  &  BRO..  Props. 


deserving  of  mention.  Sin-  i-  pretty, 
nil  and  can  sing.  I  prophecy 
that  -lu-  will  in-  !  eard  from  ere  long. 
Gladys  Graham  is  another  young 
lady  of  ability  wliose  light  has  been 
hidden  of  late.  Merc's  to  its  early 
reappearance. 

*  *       * 

The  only  daughter  of  the  multimil- 
lionaire was  green  with  envy  when  she 
gazed  upon  the  startling  millinery  of 
Iter    rival. 

"The  idea!"  she  exclaimed,  wrath- 
fully.  "Just  to  be  bizarre  she  has  had 
her  hat  trimmed  with  silver  pheasants." 

Then  after  a  pause: 

"But  I  shall  eclipse  her  yet.  Just 
wait." 

And,  going  to  the  telephone,  she  or- 
dered her  milliner  to  decorate  the  most 
expensive  Paris  creation  with  gold 
eagles. 

*  *      * 

"Where  arc  you  going,  old  chap?" 
asked  the  first  youth. 

"Going  to  send  Myrtilla  a  kiss  through 
the  telephone,"  replied  the  second  youth. 

"Why,  you  are  slow.  Don't  you  know 
a  kiss  through  the  telephone  loses  its 
flavor?" 

"Just  why  I  am  using  the  telephone, 
old  man.     I  have  been  eating  onions." 

*  *       * 

"These  bridge  disasters  are  terrible," 
remarked  the  man  who  was  reading  of 
bridges  being  swept  away  by  the  river 
floods. 

"I  should  say  so,"  replied  his  friena; 
"my  wife  lost  all  of  her  year's  pin 
money  in  a  game  of  'bridge'  last  night." 

*  *       * 

"Beg  pardon,  sir,"  said  the  barber, 
scrutinizing  the  proffered  tip,  "but  this 
dime  is  mutilated.    It  is  full  of  hacks." 

"So  was  your  razor,"  chuckled  the 
humorous  patron,  as  he  hurried  out. 

*  *       * 

Green — "What  do  you  mean  by  say- 
ing John  Brown  is  a  distant  relative 
of  yours?  I  thought  he  was  your 
brother." 

Brown — "Well,  there  are  twelve 
children  in  our  family.  He's  the  old- 
est and  I'm  the  youngest." 

*  *       * 

"Nazareth,"  the  Passion  Play  writ- 
ten by  Clay  M.  Greene  and  presented 
at  Santa  Clara  College  during  the  gold- 
en jubilee  celebration  in  1901,  and  re- 
peated in  May,  1903,  will  be  reproduced 
at  Santa  Clara  next  month  on  an 
elaborate  scale,  which  justifies  the 
comment  of  Charles  Warren  Stoddard, 
the  poet,  that  Santa  Clara  is  the  Ober- 


COLONIAL  THEATRE 

McAllister  near  Market        Phone  Market  920 
MARTIN    F.    KURTIG.    President   and    Manaaer 


All  Market  Street  Cars  run  direct  to  Theatre 

Week   Beginning    Monday,     April     15 


Milton  Royle's  National  Success 

FRIENDS 

First  Appearance  of  Morgan  Walace  sup- 
ported by  Izetta  Jewell,  Frank  Bacon  and 
the  full  strength  of  the  Colonial  Stock  Co. 


PRICES:  Evening.  25c,  50c,  75c.  $1.00;  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  Matinees.  25c  and  50c.  BARGAIN 
MATINEE,  Wednesday,  all  seals  reserved,  25c.  Branch 
Ticket  Office,  Kohler  &  Chase's,  Sutter  and  Franklin 
Streets. 


DR.  WM.  D.  CLARK 

Office  and  Res.:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

Hours — 1  to  3  p.  m.  and  7  to  8  p.  m. 

Sundays — By   appointment 

Phone  West   390 

Contracts    made    with    Hotels    and    Restaurants 
Special  Attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

Established  1876 

THOMAS  MORTON  &  SON 

Importer  of  and     f""'f*^  A  f 
Dealers  in  ^VZ-rtJ-. 

N.  W.  Cor.  Eddy  and  Hyde,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-31   Battery  Street,  S.   F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Tarrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  I  1 79 

GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
color  use  Alfrcdum's  Egyptian  Henna — 
i  vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
the  effect  is  immediate..  All  druggists 
sell  it.     Langley  &  Michaels  Co.,  agents. 


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CHAFING 

A  little 


Gerhard    Mermen  Company, 


CHAPPE3  HANJS 

all  skin  troubki 
'icr  iit  price  perhap. 
'titioits,  but  a  reason  for  it 
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ien'»  tlho  oricinal).   Sample  /i 
Newark,   N. 


cLEIBOLD, 

Harness  &$RRime  co. 

1214  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 

BET.  WEBSTER  AND  FILLMORE  . 


A  Positive 

CURE    FOR 

CATARRH 

Ely's  Cream  Balm 

is  quickly  absorbed. 

Gives  Reliet  at  Once. 
It  cleanses,  soothes, 
heals  and  protects 
the  diseased  membrane.  It  cures  Catarrh 
and  drives  away  a  Cold  in  the  Head  quickly. 
Bestores  the  Senses  of  Taste  and  Smell. 
Full  size  50  cts.  at  Druggists  or  by  mail  ; 
Trial  size  10  cts.  by  mail. 
Ely  Brothers,  56  Warren  Street,  New  York. 


ASHSHBITTERS 

.      BETTER  THAN    PILLS.        W 


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One  dose  will  stop  a  cough. 

It  never  fails.     Try  it.     25c. 

AT  ALL  DRUGGISTS 

ammerzon  of  America.  No  doubt  this 
coming  Passion  Play  will  attract  a 
great  deal  of  attention  and  be  a  most 
impressive  spectacle.  For  this  year's 
cast  many  of  the  former  actors  have 
returned  to  their  original  roles,  among 
them  being  John  J.  Ivancovich,  as 
Judas;  James  A.  Bacigalupi,  as 
Jechonias,  and  Joseph  Farry,  as  Dath- 
ian.  There  are  thirty-five  speaking 
parts  in  the  play,  and  175  students  and 
members  of  the  alumni  will  participate 
in  the  production. 

I  should  judge  by  the  tone  of  the 
New  York  newspapers  that  Mme. 
Calve  is  not  the  singer  she  was.  The 
Sun's  musical  critic  said: 

Mme.  Calve  made  her  second  appear- 
ance in  West  Thirty-fourth  street  yes- 
terday afternoon  at  the  Manhattan 
Opera  House,  singing  Santuzza  in  Mas- 
cagni's  "Cavalleria  Rusticana."  A 
large  audience  greeted  her  and  ap- 
plauded an  old  favorite  whose  reputa- 
tion signified  more  than  her  present 
abilities.  Her  interpretation  of  the 
wronged  Sicilian  girl  was  disappoint- 
ing to  those  who  recalled  its  former 
dramatic  and  vocal  qualities. 

Mme.  Calve  was  never  absolutely 
certain  as  to  pitch,  and  yesterday  af- 
ternoon she  was  mostly  uncertain. 
Her  singing  of  the  incisive  music  of 
Mascagni  was  characterized  by  poor 
quality  of  tone  and  by  prevailing  in- 
accuracy of  intonation.  Her  lower 
tones  were  hollow  and  hard  and  her 
upper  ones  exceedingly  shrill  and  un- 
musical. Only  in  the  middle  voice  was 
there  a  trace  of  the  warm  color  which 
used  to  imbue  every  impersonation 
with  sensuous  charm,  even  when  the 
delivery  was  questionable  in  respect 
to  style. 

It  used  to  be  a  failing  of  Mme.  Calve 
to  sing  sharp,  but  yesterday  she  ap- 
peared to  be  singing  with  continual 
effort  which  made  it  impossible  for  her 
to  rise  to  the  pitch.  She  sang  flat  so 
much  that  at  times  listening  to  her  be- 
came a  feat  of  endurance.  The  com- 
bination of  unpleasant  tone  and  false 
intonation  rendered  her  delivery  of  the 
music  merely  a  display  of  rude 
strength  with  but  little  vocal  beauty 
to  commend  it.  Furthermore,  she 
forced  her  voice  so  much  that  any- 
thing like  a  moderate  seemed  to  be 
beyond  her  reach. 

Her  action,  too,  was  no  so  full  of 
detail  and  significance  as  it  used  to  be. 
The  lithe  and  sinuous  grace  of  former 
days  was  missing. 

"THE  FIRST  NIGHTER." 


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T0Y0  KISEN 
KAISHA 

(Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 


Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

Room  240  James  Flood  Building 
San  Francisco 

S.  S.  "Hongkong  Maru" 

Wednesday,  April  10.  1907 

S.  S.  "America  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)        .     . 

Friday,  May  3,  1907 

S.  S.  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)     .     .     . 
Friday,  May  31,  1907 

Steamers  will  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Brannan  Sis., 
I  P.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong  calling  at  Hono- 
lulu, Kobe,  (Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 
necting 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,  240  James  Flood 
Building.     W.  H.  AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 


Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

Headguarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 

1 1 13-1 115  Fillmore  Street,  San  Francisco 

Albion  Ale  or  Porter 

Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure  Extract  of  Malt  and  Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Lacuna  St. 


Dr.WONQ  HIM 

1268  O'Farreil  St. 

Permanently  Located 

HERB   DOCTOR 


Father  and  Mother 
"Write  Letter  In- 
dorsing Treatment. 

SAN    FRANCISCO 
March  23.  1906 

To  Whom  it  may 
^Concern:  Our  three- 
year  -  old  daughter, 
having  been  ill  for 
some  time  and  being 
treated  by  the  most  prominent  physicians, 
gradually  became  worse,  and  was  finally 
given  up  by  them.  We  were  then  recom- 
mended to  Dr.  Wong  Him.  We  started 
with  his  treatment  and  within  two  months 
time  our  daughter  was  cured, 

Respectfully, 
MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  C.  LIEB. 
2757  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 


*££ 


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Volume  LVII-No.  16 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  APRIL  20,   1907 


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Plain  English 


The  New  York  Times,  which  is  a  very  ably  edited 
journal  and  a  splendid  newspaper,  has  obtained  the 
expressions  of  a  great  number  of  editors  on  the  popu- 
laiitv  of  President  Roosevelt.  All  sections  of  the 
United  States  have  been  addressed  by  the  Times  and 
the  answers  denote  that  if  the  editors  of  America  could 
have  their  way,  Theodore  Roosevelt  would  be  forced 
to  become  the  next  President  of  the  United  States. 
Fully  seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  editors  inform  the 
Times  that  Mr.  Roosevelt's  popularity  is  "greater  than 
ever."  Some  editors  say  that  the  Harriman  affair,  in 
which  the  Piesident  and  the  railroad  magnate  politely 
declared  "you're  another,"  has  helped  rather  than 
injure  Mr.  Roosevelt.  Many  of  the  journalists  com- 
ment on  the  extreme  popularity  of  the  President 
amongst  Democrats.  This  is  really  the  secret  of  Mr. 
Roosevelt's  strength.  Since  Bryan  and  Hearst  scared 
all  the  decent  conservative  Democrats  out  of  the  party 
the  leaderless  Jeffersonians  have  had  no  one  to  follow 
but  Roosevelt.  His  sturdy  Americanism  as  exempli- 
fied in  many  ways  has  given  patriotic  Democrats  much 
satisfaction  and  comfort.  He  has  brought  the  rail- 
road barons  to  realize  that  they  are  not  above  the  law, 
and  his  utterances  and  actions  have  given  the  equally 
dangerous  labor  trust  no  comfort  but. much  uneasiness. 


He  recently  caused  a  sensation  in  labor  circles  by 
publicly  coupling  the  names  of  E.  H.  Harriman  and 
Moyer  and  Haywood,  who  are  charged  with  the  hor- 
rible murders  in  Idaho. 


Although  Moyer,  Haywood  and  Pettibone,  the 
officers  of  the  Western  Federation  of  Miners,  are 
charged  with  many  atrocious  crimes,  hardly  a  news- 
paper in  America  has  dared  to  mention  the  facts  of 
their  case  and  even  the  slightest  allusions  to  it  are  rare. 
This  week  they  will  be  placed  on  trial  in  Boise  City, 
Idaho,  for  the  assassination  of  Governor  Steunenberg, 
who  was  blown  to  pieces  at  his  own  gate  by  a  bomb 
placed  there  by  Harry  Orchard,  who  declares  he  was 
hired  to  commit  that  and  many  other  crimes  by  the 
officers  of  the  Western  Federation  of  Miners.  One  of 
Orchard's  murderous  exploits  was  to  kill  and  wound 
about  thirty  non-union  miners  by  blowing  up  a  rail- 
road platform. 


Organized  American  labor  has  since  the  day  Moyer, 
Haywood  and  Pettibone  were  arrested,  assumed  that 
these  men  are  innocent  and  are  being  railroaded  to 
prison  by  the  mine  owners  of  Idaho.  The  many 
crimes  which  were  committed — the  blowing  up  of 
mines  and  of  non-union  miners,  and  finally  the  killing 
of  Governor  Steunenberg  are  all  charged  by  organized 
labor  to  the  mine  owners.  These  fiends  in  human 
form  we  are  asked  to  believe  concocted  the  whole 
hellish  plot  and  injured  their  own  property  and  finally 
assassinated  their  friend,  Governor  Steunenberg,  so 
that  the  Western  Federation  of  Labor  might  be  broken 
up  and  the  wages  of  the  union  miners  reduced. 


On  such  an  assumption  every  union  man  in  America 
has  been  taxed  to  supply  the  largest  defense  fund  ever 
raised  in  the  world,  for  men  charged  with  horrible 
crimes.  For  two  years  the  best  legal  talent  in  America 
has  been  fighting  to  prevent  the  trial  of  Moyer,  Hay- 
wood and  Pettibone.  One  of  the  lawyers  for  the  de- 
fense is  Patterson  of  Colorado,  who  is  said  to  have 
had  a  retainer  of  $10,000  a  year  from  the  Western 
Federation  of  Miners,  and  who  found  the  votes  of  that 
organization  very  powerful  in  electing  him  to  the 
United  States  Senate. 


That  President  Roosevelt  should  mention  Moyer, 
Haywood  and  Pettibone  in  the  list  of  people  dangerous 
to  the  public  good,   naturally  caused  a  great  stir  it; 


THE  WASP- 


labor  circles,  and  he  has  been  denounced  more  or  less 
bitterly  by  the  more  hot-headed  leaders,  and  prin- 
cipally by  the  foreign  socialistic  element.  At  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Central  Federated  Union  in  New  York  the 
other  day,  the  President  was  arraigned  for  his  ex- 
pression. It  was  declared  to  be  only  proper  to  refrain 
from  opinions  of  the  guilt  of  Moyer  and  his  com- 
panions until  the  case  is  decided,  but  the  unions  have 
themselves  already  decided  that  the  men  are  innocent 
and  are  collecting  an  immense  fund  on  that  theory. 
The  prosecution  is  denounced  as  a  band  of  blood- 
thirsty scoundrels  who  would  railroad  innocent  men  to 
jail,  though  it  has  taken  two  years  since  their  arrest  to 
get  them  to  the  first  stage  of  the  trial.  In  addition  to 
this  the  present  Governor  of  Idaho  has  received  hun- 
dreds of  letters  threatening  him  with  the  same  fate  as 
Steunenberg  unless  the  prosecution  be  abandoned. 

In  view  of  these  facts  it  is  not  remarkable  that  as 
outspoken  a  man  as  President  Roosevelt  should  have 
classified  Moyer  and  Haywood  as  he  did,  and  it  is  this 
candor  in  his  treatment  of  the  people  whom  he  regards 
as  enemies  to  the  public  welfare  and  to  the  principles 
of  true  American  liberty  that  make  Mr.  Roosevelt  so 
strong  with  the  independent  voters  of  the  United 
States.  Of  these  there  is  a  great  host  that  grows 
stronger  every  year,  and  in  its  ranks  can  be  found 
thousands  of  intelligent  union  workingmen  who  vote 
on  election  day  as  their  consciences  dictate  and  not 
as  any  political  boss  may  order. 


It  is  said  on  good  authority  that  managing 
editor  Fremont  Older  of  the  Bulletin  withdrew  his 
charges  against  editor  Barrett  and  W.  R.  Hearst 
of  the  Examiner,  because  the  Examiner  threatened 
to  desert  the  reform  movement.  The  Examiner 
created  and  elected  Schmitz  and  has  never  been 
regarded  as  in  full  accord  with  the  Grand  Jury 
investigation.  The  editors  have  sneered  at  it  open- 
ly and  gone  so  far  as  to  try  and  place  Rudolph 
Spreckels  in  an  unpleasant  position. 

Editor  Older  went  to  Washington  a  month  after 
Schmitz  was  elected  the  last  time,  and  induced 
Francis  Heney  to  come  here.  He  also  had.  a  talk 
with  President  Roosevelt  and  persuaded  him  that 
the  graft  so  rampant  in  this  City  extended  even 
into  the  federal  service.  To  the  President's  in- 
terest in  the  reform  movement  is  due  the  engage- 
ment of  Heney  and  Burns  in  the  prosecution  of 
the  organized  bandits  who  have  held  this  city  in 
their  grip  for  several  years. 

Mr.  Older  wisely  concluded  that  the  public  in- 
terests would  be  better  observed  by  concentrating 
action  against  Ruef,  Schmitz  &  Co.,  than  in 
expending  effort  to  indict  the  editor  and  the  pro- 
prietor of  the  Examiner  for  alleged  ballot-box 
stuffing,  and  so  he  withdrew  his  serious  charges 
against  Barrett  and  Hearst. 

AMERICUS. 


Wasp  Illustrations 

Mrs.  Edgar  Peixotto  whose  portrait  appears  in 
"The  Wasp"  this  week,  is  the  wife  of  the  well 
known  attorney.  Mrs.  Jack  London  is  the  wife 
of  the  socialistic  lecturer  and  alleged  novelist.  Mrs. 
Crowe,  Mrs.  Blanche  Tisdale  and  Miss  J.  A.  Tuschu 
are  all  prominent  in  society  on  the  other  side  of 
the  bay.  Miss  Bessie  Bacon  is  known  to  and 
admired  by  all  theatre-goers.  Mrs.  Spencer  Eddy 
was  the  beautiful  heiress,  Miss  Lurline  Spreckels. 
Miss  Etelka  Wilbar  is  prominent  in  local  society 
here.  Her  engagement  to  Lieutenant  Max  Garber, 
U.  S.  A.,  was  recently  announced.  Mrs.  O.  H. 
Burridge  is  prominent  in  Santa  Barbara  society, 
and  is  famous  for  having  made  chicken  raising  a 
paying  enterprise.  The  pretty  little  native  daughter 
whose  portrait  is  printed  is  the  daughter  of  J.  F. 
Rossi,  a  merchant  of  this  city. 

The  ladies  photographed  in  a  Winton  automobile 
are  Mrs.  De  Young  with  associate  committee  mem- 
bers of  the  successful  charity  concert  at  the  Fair- 
mont Hotel  ranged  around  her.  Mrs.  De  Young 
sits  at  the  wheel  and  noticeable  in  the  group  are 
Mrs.  W.  D.  O'Kane,  Mrs.  Herman  Whirlow,  Mrs. 
W.  D.  Fennimore,  Mrs.  J.  D.  Clark,  Mrs.  Jacob 
Bertz  and  Mrs.  Martin  Regenberger. 

David  Roch,  the  successful  real  estate  operator, 
won  the  fine  automobile  at  the  raffle. 

Judge  Sloss  whose  portrait  is  printed  is  the  highly 
esteemed  young  supreme  judge. 


Mr.  Paul  Verdier,  of  the  City  of  Paris,  has  been 
the  recipient  of  a  very  beautiful  testimonial  from 
his  employes.  Mr.  Verdier  is  going  to  Europe  for 
several  months  and  as  a  mark  of  their  esteem  his 
City  of  Paris  employes  presented  him  with  a  mag- 
nifiicient  loving-cup  of  strapped  silver.  On  one 
side  is  inscribed  "Presented  to  Paul  Verdier  by  the 
employes  of  the  City  of  Paris,  San  Francisco."  On 
the  other  side  are  the  words,  "Bon  Voyage,  April 
18,  1907",  and  the  graven  figure  of  a  viking.  The 
presentation  was  made  in  a  most  graceful  manner 
by  Mr.  George  M.  Lonergan  at  a  supper  given  in 
the  Paris  Tea  Garden  to  all  of  Mr.  Verdier's  em- 
ployes. The  parents  and  sister  of  Mr.  Verdier  were 
out  here  on  a  visit  last  April  and  went  through  the 
startling  vicissitudes  of  the  great  calamity.  They 
reutrned  to  Paris  six  months  ago. 


Mr.  Charles  E.  Gibbs,  who  died  in  this  City 
on  Monday  last,  was  a  well-known  pioneer.  His 
daughters,  Mrs.  Hooke  and  Mrs.  Fred  Johnson,  and 
Miss  Helen  and  Virginia  Gibbs,  are  prominent  in 
social  circles  here.  They  are  exceedinly  charitable 
people.  The  two  young  ladies  left  last  week  for  a 
tour  abroad  intending  to  be  gone  six  months  and 
had  just  arrived  in  New  York  where  they  will  re- 
ceive the  sad  news  of  their  father's  death.  Mr. 
Gibbs  was  a  brother  of  the  late  George  Gibbs.  He 
was  a  man  75  years  of  age. 


The  concert  at  Tait's  for  the  benfit  of  the  organ  Mrs.  Lester  Herrick  gave  a  large  and  enjoyable 

fund  of  St.  Dominicks  church  was  a  great  success,  bridge  party   at   her   home    on     Steiner    Street   on 

Thanks  to  the  energy  of  the  patronesses  and  the  Tuesday  last.     Dainty  refreshments  and  handsome 

splendid  musical  ability  of  Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart.  prizes  closed  an  exciting  game. 


-THE  WASP- 


Wednesday — <>h,  clear!  Those  awful  rents  will 
drive  me  mad.  1  received  notice  of  another  raise  to- 
d:iy.  That's  the  third  in  three  months.  I  went  out 
to  look  for  an  apartment  with  Mrs.  Gebbe,  and  at  one 
place  we  saw  them  taking  in  a  lounge  through  a 
fourth-story  window.  Heavens!  The  flat  was  so 
small  that  the  chairs  were  all  that  could  be  carried 
up  the  stairs. 

"I'll  bet  the  rent  is  big  enough,  though,"  Mrs. 
Gebbe  remarked. 

That  woman  knows  everything.  She  could  tell  half 
a  block  off  that  the  lounge  was  one  given  to  a  rich 
young  bride  who  married  a  month  ago,  and  if  I'd 
asked  her  I  suppose  she  could  have  told  me  the  price. 

It's  only  millionaires  who  can  afford  a  flat  where 
the  furniture  doesn't  have  to  be  taken  in  through  the 
windows  now,,  she  says. 

Another  thing  she  told  me  was  that  the  landlords 
are  thinking  of  making  a  new  rule  to  charge  by  the 
cubic  inch  instead  of  so  much  a  room.  Oh,  gracious! 
I  may  have  to  camp  out  this  summer  and  I've  got  no 
one  to  chaperone  me. 

Thursday — We  were  talking  today  about  that 
wild  juryman,  Miles  Wayward,  and  Mrs.  Garleigh 
said  that  he  is  not  the  only  one  that  is  giving  his 
relatives  bunches  of  gray  hair.  One  of  her  club- 
men friends  went  home  from  the  Fairmont  Hotel 
concert  on  Tuesday  night  in  an  auto  and  visited  so 
many  cafes  on  the  way  that  he  fell  asleep  in  the 
car  and  wouldn't  get  out.     Mercy  on  me! 

"Let  me  snooze,"  said  the  inebriated  youth. 

"Well,  goodness  me!  What  do  you  think?  The 
chauffeur  just  did  as  he  was  told  and  fell  asleep  him- 
self dreaming  of  the  lovely  time  he'd  have  in  the 
morning  when  he  woke  the  young  man  up  and  pre- 
sented his  bill  for  $5.00  an  hour.  Oh,  gracious ! 
Well  the  young  man  woke  up  first  and  sneaked 
into  his  apartment  house,  and  goodness  me,  such  a 
time  as  there  was.  The  chauffeur  raised  a  fearful 
i  row." 

"I  demand"  said  he  to  the  landlady,  "that  you 
give  me  the  name  of  the  young  man  that  came 
home  with  an  elegant  jag  last  night." 

"You  foolish  fellow."  the  landlady  replied. 
There's  eighty -seven  young  men  in  this  respectable 


Ik  inse  and  every  mother's  son  of  'em  came  home  that 
way  last  night.     Skiddoo  !" 

Mrs.  Gayleigh  says  sure  as  fate  that  chauffeur 
will  run  over  somebody  purposely  sunn,  he's  so 
hopping  mad. 

Friday — Hear  me!  What  an  awful  thing  money 
is.  I  was  up  to  the  charity  tea  of  the  Dorcas  So- 
ciety today  and  Mrs.  Weeds  came  in  and  sat  near 
us.     Iler  husband  was  buried  last  week. 

Mrs.  Shoddy  asked  us  in  a  whisper  if  <  >ld  Weeds 
had  left  the  widow   well  off. 

"Oh,  fabulously  wealthy",  said  Mrs.  Gabbe,  who 
likes  to  exaggerate  everything.  "You  know  that 
he  was  right  in  with  the  municipal  grafters  from 
the  start." 

"Poor  dear,"  said  Mrs.  Shoddy  sympathetically, 
"I  must  go  and  ask  her  to  my  bridge  party  tomor- 
row." 

"Those  words,  "fabulously  wealthy,'  worked  like  a 
charm,"  snickered  Mrs.  Gabbe,  as  the  leader  of  so- 
ciety went  over  to  comfort  the  widow. 

Gracious!     What  an  age  we  live  in. 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


The  great  promenade  concert  with  which  the 
Fairmont  Hotel  was  opened  not  only  came  up  to 
the  highest  expectations  of  the  enthusiastic  pro- 
moters but  exceeded  them.  The  ladies  who  got  up 
the  affair  for  the  benefit  of  several  most  deserving 
charities  are  entitled  to  the  highest  praise.  The 
affair  netted  nearly  $25,000  for  charity.  The  do- 
nations alone  amounted  to  $10,000,  and  $8,000  were 
taken  in  for  the  sale  of  admission  tickets.  The 
raffle  for  the  splendid  Winton  automobile,  which 
was  won  by  David  Rich,  the  well-known  real  estate 
man,  contributed  $4500  to  the  grand  total. 

No  hotel  could  have  had  a  more  auspicious 
opening  and  the  Hotel  Fairmont  management  can- 
not complain  that  the  inaugural  night  was  not  in 
every  respect  one  that  should  give  Messrs.  Law 
and  their  able  staff  the  utmost  satisfaction 


CHAS.KE.1LUS&  CO 

EXCLUSIVE 

HIGH  GRADE  CLOTHIERS 

No  Branch  Stores.  No  Agents. 

We've  added  another  floor  to  our  exclusive  shop.  Had  to  have 
more  room  to  re- habilitate  in  detail  our  ju.tly  celebrated  dress  clolhes 
studio.  Dispensing  good  clothes  at  correct  values  creates  legitimate 
prosperity. 

We  are  out-and-out  clothiers.  Mens  clothes  here—nothing 
eke.  The  class  of  clothes  we  sell  doh't  necessitate  gift  offeringr. 
We  warrant  solid,  sound  values.  While  our  prices  may  appear 
high,  they're  consistent  with  qualities—no  guessing  contest  or 
subterfuge  here.     We  let  "Lottery  Clothiers"  do  that  stunt. 


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Fillmore    Street,     near    Sutter,     San    Francisco 


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Jl  Weekly  Summary  of  Social  Activities  and  Complications 


Pholo  Genlhe  MRS.  EDGAR  PEIXOTTO 

It  has  transpired  that  Mrs.  James  E.  Martin,  the 
wealthy  New  York  widow  who  leased  her  Fifth 
Avenue  mansion  to  William  Ellis  Corey,  the  head  of 
the  United  States  Steel  Trust,  refused  to  lease  it  to  the 
steel  magnate  at  all  if  he  intended  to  occupy  it  as  a 
bachelor.  She  insisted  that  the  lease  should  specify 
that  the  mansion  is  to  be  occupied  by  "Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Corey."  Mr.  Corey  has  no  wife  at  present,  so  it  is  as 
good  as  settled  that  Miss  Maybelle  Gilman,  the  actress, 
with  whom  the  trust  president  has  been  so  deeply  in- 
fatuated, will  be  the  mistress  of  the  Fifth  Avenue 
abode.  The  house  is  rented  furnished  and  leased  for 
one  year.  Mr.  Corey  has  done  himself  no  particular 
good  by  his  amatory  complications.  Public  sentiment 
has  been  altogether  with  the  wife  who  stood  by  him 
from  the  days  when  he  was  neither  rich  nor  well 
known,  and  who  was  forced  to  divorce  him  by  reason 
of  the  great  scandal  in  which  he  involved  her. 

Mrs.   Martin's  object  in  specifying  that  her  Fifth 


Avenue  mansion  should  be  occupied  by  "Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Corey"  is  plain.  She  did  not  want  to  have  Mr.  Corey's 
fiancee  installed  in  the  house  until  the  wedding  bells 
shall  have  rung  for  her.  It  might  not  do  her  property 
any  particular  good  to  be  made  the  focus  of  a  newly- 
stirred   scandal   which  has  hitherto   revolved  around 

Miss  Gilman's  Parisian  residence. 

#  *         * 

Army  men  have  been  much  interested  in  the  court- 
martial  of  Major  Francis  P.  Fremont,  U.  S.  A.,  son  of 
the  famous  Generaljohn  C.  Fremont,  who  got  into  such 
serious  trouble  by  doing  up  several  banks  that  honored 
his  promissory  notes.  The  Major  is  about  fifty  years 
old.  Some  time  ago  he  was  divorced  by  his  wife,  who 
later  married  Captain  Woodbury,  a  well-known  army 
surgeon.  He  has  one  son,  Benton,  a  youth  about 
twenty  years  old.  Major  Fremont  is  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  fifty  years  old.  He  borrowed  in  all  about 
$4000,  which  he  got  by  giving  thirty  and  sixty-day 
notes  for  the  amount  of  his  monthly  salary  of  $291.67. 
The  National  Bank  of  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  and  the  First 
National  of  Pittsburg  resolved  to  place  the  gallant  son 
of  Mars  on  the  carpet  for  conduct  unbecoming  an 
officer  and  a  gentleman,  and  directed  the  attention  of 
the  War  Department  to  his  peculiar  financiering.  The 
War  Depaitment,  on  finding  that  the  notes  were  made 
payable  as  a  rule  on  the  day  that  Major  Fremont's 
check  was  due,  construed  his  actions  as  a  violation  of 
army  regulations,  which  forbid  an  officer  to  assign  pay 

that  is  yet  to  be  earned. 

*  #         * 

It  is  said  that  he  won  the  confidence  of  the  cautious 
bankers  by  representing  falsely  that  he  owned  valuable 
water-front  property  in  San  Francisco,  which  his 
famous  father  acquired  in  early  days.  Fremont  Street 
is  called  after  the  old  General.     The  gay  Major  also 


e  Little  I  alace  Hotel 


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Streets 


The  same  excellence  in  cuisine  and  service  that  obtained 
in  the  Old  Palace  is  duplicated  in  the  new  'Little  Palace' 


-THE  WASP- 


Phoio  Genthe 


MRS.  JACK  LONDON 


declared  that  he  possessed  plantations  in  Cuba  which 
have  turned  out  to  be  like  the  airy  palace  of  Claude 
Melnotte  by  the  Lake  of  Como.  The  Major  tried  to 
give  his  creditors  the  slip  quite  artfully  by  seeking  to 
be  declared  a  bankrupt,  but  the  alert  bankers  headed 
him  off  there.  They  made  the  point  that  the  bank- 
ruptcy act  does  not  apply  to  army  officers  and  also  be- 
cause his  debts  were  incurred  by  downright  crooked- 
ness and  desire  to  defraud.  Whether  the  bankruptcy 
act  applies  to  army  officers  or  not,  I  cannot  say.  I  am 
unable  to  see  why  the  profession  of  arms  should 
exempt  a  man  from  its  operation  any  more  than  might 
any  other  calling.  However,  the  influence  of  the 
bankers  was  sufficient  to  Dring  the  gallant  Major  face 
to  face  with  the  unpleasant  ordeal  of  a  court-martial 
at  Governor's  Island.  The  Major  is  well  known  in 
this  bailiwick. 

%         *         * 

Madame  Bavarde,  in  describing  the  fads  and  fancies 
of  the  local  smart  set,  attributes  to  dear  old  Ned  a  craze 
for  collecting  miniatures,  and  says  that  he  has  com- 
menced on  his  second  lot.  That  first  art  collection  of 
the  social  czar  had  more  panel  pictures  than  miniatures 
in  it.  for  the  ladies  of  the  ballet  cannot  get  all  their 
attractions  into  an  abbreviated  photo.  Ho,w  many 
romances  were  contained  in  that  first  elaborate  collec- 
tion, which  went  up  in  smoke  last  April.  How  can  the 
second  assortment  ever  equal  that  which  the  flames 
devoured,  for  as  our  school-day  copybooks  informed 
us,  "Art  is  long  but  Life  is  short."  The  chorus,  peren- 
nial in  its  art  goes  on  forever  capering  with  the  exuber- 
ance of  a  young  goat,  but  its  admirers  grow  bald,  fat 
and  sixty,  and  finally  lose  all  appreciation  of  the  fine 
lines  of  the  female  form  divine.  A  man  who  at  three- 
score could  begin  and  hope  to  gather  a  second  grand 


collection  of  stage  beauties'  pbotos,  each  enshrined  in 
a  tender  memory,  would  make  a  good  mate  for  Rider 
Haggard's  "She." 

*  *  * 

The  death  of  Judge  Lawlor's  sister,  Katherine,  in 
New  York  after  a  brief  illness  has  been  announced. 
Although  the  Judge  has  spent  the  last  twenty-five 
years  in  California,  he  retains  a  strong  affection  for 
his  folks  and  has  twice  made  short  visits  to  them. 
He  contemplated  another  trip  to  New  York  this 
summer  and  was  anticipating  a  longer  visit  to  his 
relatives,  so  the  news  of  his  sister's  death  is  quite 
a  shock  to  him. 

*  *         * 

James  I'.  Donahue,  the  reliable  New  York  cor- 
respondent of  the  Chronicle,  described  in  his  latest 
letter  how  Colvin  B.  Brown,  manager  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Promotion  Committee's  Eastern  bureau  is 
hustling  for  this  State.  Mr.  Brown  has  started  a 
series  of  "Dutch  treat"  dinners  at  an  Italian  res- 
taurant on  Forty-first  Street,  which  all  the  floating 
Bohemian  element  attends,  including  Will  Irwin, 
Henry  Kowalsky,  Henry  Todd,  et  id  genus  omne. 
This  is  joyful  news  to  the  business  men  of  California 
who  are  putting  up  so  liberally  for  the  Promotion 
Committee.  It  will  bring  them  such  a  lot  of  husky 
plasterers,  carpenters,  plumbers  and  horny-fisted 
colonists  to  take  up  small   farms  and  develop  the 

State.    Oh  yes,  oh  yes. 

*  *         * 

Miss  Ethel  Shorb  leaves  next  week  for  a  visit  to 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Hooper  at  her  delightful  summer  home, 
Mountain  View.  Mrs.  Hooper  is  a  brilliant,  witty 
woman — one  of  the  attractive  wealthy  widows  of  San 
Praneisco.  I  hear  that  she  contemplates  giving  many 
week  end  parties  this  summer. 


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•THE  WASP  - 


Miss  Jennie  Blair,  who  was  one  of  the  prime 
movers  in  the  entertainment  that  opened  the  Hotel 
Fairmont,  and  which  incidentally  added  dollars  to 
the  treasuries  of  several  charities,  is  one  of  the 
richest  bachelor  maids  in  Society.  Her  father,  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Blair,  amassed  a  large  fortune  and 
though  his  widow  and  daughter  have  always  spent 
money  liberally  they  were  not  spendthrifts  and 
consequently  the  earthquake  did  not  so  materially 
curtail  their  incomes  as  it  did  those  of  others  of  their 
set.  Miss  Blair  has  another  fad  besides  charity — 
shecollects  slippers,  not  real  slippers  of  kid  but 
models  of  the  shoes  worn  by  famous  beauties.  I 
imagine  her  collection  of  silver  slippers  was  lost 
in  the  fire  that  destroved  her  home,  for  I  have 
heard  nothing  of  it  of  late. 

*  =;=  * 

The  Doctor's  daughters,  of  which  Miss  Blair  is 
a  shining  light,  was  originally  formed  by  Dr.  Mac- 
kenzie of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church ;  the  young 
ladies  banded  themselves  together  to  do  good  work 
in  his  name.  Miss  Gertrude  Severance  was  one  of 
the  original  members.  She  was  a  beautiful  girl, 
tall  and  brunette,  and  was  an  intimate  friend. of 
Miss  Blair.  Her  father  was  appointed  Minister 
to  Hawaii  by  the  President.  He  took  his  family 
to  Honolulu  to  live,  and  I  believe  Gertrude  married 
there.  The  two  Stetson  girls — Sallie  (Mrs.  Wins- 
low),  and  Nellie  (Mrs.  Oxnard) — were  original 
Doctor's  daughters,  and  so  were  the  Crocker  sis- 
ters— Mrs.  Van  Fleet,  Mrs.  McCreary  and  the  late 
Mrs.  Sam  Buckbee. 

*  *         * 

About  the  same  time  that  Dr.  Mackenzie  was 
fathering  this  little  charitable  club,  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church,  through  the  efforts  of  Mrs. 
Breyfogle,  organized  an  almost  similar  club,  the 
Helping  Hand  Society,  with  Mrs.  James  Alva  Watt 
and  some  of  her  friends  as  leading  workers.  The 
Helping  Hands  used  to  give  very  stunning  enter- 
tainments at  which  Society  was  pleased  to  assist. 

One  of  the  gifts  received  by  "Uncle"  George 
Bromley  on  his  90th  birthday  was  a  bottle  of  white 
wine  that  survived  the  earthquake  and  fire  in  a 
down-town  wine  vault.  The  bottle  is  quite  a  cur- 
iosity being  coated  with  a  thick  dust  burnt  in. 

Mrs.  Guy  Scott,  who  is  visiting  her  parents,  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Voorhies,  for  a  week  or  two  on  her  way 
East  with  her  husband  and  children,  was  the  beauty 
of  the  four  Voorhies'  sisters.  Though  the  youngest 
she  is  now  a  substantial  looking  matron  with  four 
children. 

*  *         * 

The  Girls'  High  School  Alumnae  will  meet  this 
Saturday  to  eat  and  exchange  reminiscences,  but  one 
of  the  brainiest  of  the  Alumnae  will  not  be  present. 
This  is  Miss  Jean  Klink — by  the  way,  she  writes 
herself  "Jane"  now.  Miss  Klink  was  lately  appointed 
Professor  of  Sociology  in  the  American  International 
College  of  Springfield,  Illinois.  She  was  once  a  school 
teacher  here  but  took  a  course  at  the  University  of 
California,  after  teaching  a  short  time,  and  graduated 
with  honors.  Then  she  went  East  and  the  next  heard 
of   her    she   was    working   as    a   domestic    in    Boston 


homes,  to  find  out  for  herself  the  true  inwardness  of 
the  servant  question.  Her  views  were  published  in 
the  Atlantic  Monthly.  Miss  Klink  has  made  studies 
of  several  branches  not  laid  down  in  a  college  curri- 
culum. For  instance  she  studied  palmistry  and  the 
handmarks  in  their  relation  to  criminal  characteristics, 
as  Pudd'nhead  Wilson  studied  thumb-prints. 

The  death  of  "Silent  Jim"  Smith  was  a  lesson  to 
our  local  bachelor  millionaires  who  have  not  yet  be- 
gun to  live  and  enjoy  their  wealth.  "Silent  Jim" 
began  to  search  out  the  joy  of  living  till  too  late  in 
life.  Perhaps  he  was  still  young  enough  to  take 
some  pleasure  out  of  his  first  steps  in  New  York 
Society,  but  after  all  it  is  only  between  the  age  of 
eighteen  and  thirty  that  one  can  grasp  the  best  life 
has  to  offer.  After  thirty  enthusiasm  has  evaporated. 
It  seems  a  thousand  pities  that  $2S0,000,000-Smith 
should  not  have  met  his  matrimonial  fate  earlier  in 
life,  for  when  he  did  find  her  and  lost  his  heart  he 
had  to  wait  until  she  got  rid  of  her  then  husband 
before  he  could  call  her  his.  All  his  millions  could 
not  dissolve  those  strong  bonds  that  bound  her  to 
William  Rhinelander  Stewart  until  the  courts  had 
attended  to  the  matter.  And  that  is  why  I  ask  our 
local  bachelor  millionaires  to  pav  heed  to  the  sad 
end  of  "Silent  Jim,"  dead  before  he  really  lived.  Man 
must  marry  before  he  may  be  said  to  have  gathered 
all  the  sheaves  in  life's  wheat  field.  There  are  some 
nice  girls  and  pretty  widows  who  would  no  doubt 
be  very  glad  to  help  those  popular  bachelors  James 
Phelan,  Louis  Sloss,  Dr.  Harry  Tevis  and  some  others 
of  our  unattached  millionaires  to  spell  matrimony. 
*         *         * 

John  Brenner's  ex-partner,  "Ed"  Bowes,  went  to 
Tacoma  without  announcing  his  engagement,  and  the 
tabbies  were  much  disgusted  at  his  omission.  They 
had  been  having  him  engaged  for  some  months  and 


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This  is  the  season  to  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Phone  Temporary  2751. 


ANNOUNCEMENT 


Mrs.  Mott- Smith  Cunningham  exhibitor  in 
Paris  Salon  of  1 906  announces  that  her  Studio 
Shop  at  1 622  Pine  St.,  a  few  doors  from  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  is  now  open  for  the  .sale  of  her  jewelry 


■THE  WASP 


tu  one  particular  Society  girl.  Mr.  Bowes  is  going 
to  boom  Tacoma  with  some  capitalists  with  whom  he 
has  identified  himself.  There  arc-  a  great  many  prettj 
English  girls  in  Tacoma  and  the  tabbies  begin  to  fear 
that   then-   is   no   longer  hope  that   Mr.    Bowes   will 

cl se  a  bride  in  the  city   where  he  made   his   start 

in  life. 

*  *         * 

"Pidgie,"  otherwise  Griffith,  Kinzie  arrived  from 
the  East  this  week  and  has  been  hunting  up  his  old 
friend-  ever  since.  He  finds  them  hard  to  locate,  but 
in  locating  the  new  quarters  of  the  Press  Club  he 
managed  to  feel  less  a  stranger  here.  "Pidgie"  is  a 
life  member  of  the  Press  Club  and  also  belongs  to 
the  Olympic,  the  Elks  and  the  San  Francisco  Art 
Association.  He  is  one  of  the  rich  bachelors  of  the 
Unitarian  set. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Charles  Adams  of  Oakland  have 
sent  out  cards  announcing  the  arrival  of  "Master 
Adams"  on  March  17th.  This  is  the  second  boy  in 
the  John  Charles  branch  of  the  Adams  clan  though 
they  have  three  little  girls.  Mrs.  Adams  was 
Ernestine  Haskell  before  her  marriage,  and  is  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  most  beautiful  brunettes  in 
Societv  on  both  sides  of  the  bay. 

*  *     *    * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edgar  Peixotto  and  their  children, 
nurses,  maids,  goods  and  chattels  are  installed  in  one 
of  the  prettiest  flats  on  Presidio  Heights,  in  the  3800 
block.  Mrs.  Peixotto  is  even  handsomer  now  than 
when  she  came  here  as  a  bride,  and  her  children  are 

much  like  her. 

*  #         * 

The  late  Charley  Strine  was  a  great  friend  to  news- 
paper men,  and  was  never  haughty  in  his  dealing  with 
the  press  as  so  many  impresarios  are.  But  Strine  was 
at  one  time  a  newspaper  man  himself,  before  he  be- 
gan doing  press  work  for  concert  and  operatic  enter- 
prises and  from  that  occupation  gradually  became 
managerially  interested  in  stars.  When  he  was  at 
the  Tivoli  he  brought  his  wife  and  little  girl  to  San 
Francisco,  and  they  lived  in  Pine  Street  near  Octavia. 
Mr.  Strine  was  extremely  fond  of  his  family  and 
especially  made  a  pet  of  his  pretty  little  daughter. 

An  old  timer,  who  has  a  pedigree  of  our  smart  set 
at  his  tongue's  end,  makes  objection  to  a  paragraph 
that  appeared  in  last  week's  Wasp,  anent  Louis  Bru- 
guiere  and  the  Newport  smart  set.  The  old  timer 
says  that  it  is  stretching  a  point  to  say  that  the  Bru- 
guieres  belong  to  one  of  the  "best  old  French  fam- 
ilies," when  Louis  Bruguiere's  paternal  grandfather 
was  a  gardener.  The  Sathers  considered  it  a  terrible 
mesalliance  when  Josephine  married  Mr.  Bruguiere. 
But  all  the  Bruguiere  boys  are  distinguished  looking 
so  there  may  be  something  in  the  idea  that  their 
French  blood  is  blue.  Moreover  are  we  not  all  de- 
scendants from  the  first  gardener. 

*  '  *         * 

Mrs.  Fred  Kohl  gave  one  of  the  most  elaborate 
luncheons  of  the  season  on  last  Sunday  at  the 
Burlingame  Club,  in  honor  of  Mr.  Rice  of  Boston, 
who  came  out  here  to  be  the  best  man  at  the 
Harvey-Cooper     wedding.       There,   were     eighteen 


guests  present.  Mr.  Rice  was  a  college  chum  of 
(  Iscar  Cooper.  He  is  a  young  gentleman  with  very 
polished  manners  and  made  a  most  favorable  im- 
pression. After  luncheon  Mr.  Stetson  took  for  a 
spin  in  his  handsome  auto  Miss  Genevieve  Harvey, 
Miss  Linda  Cadwalader  and  Mr.  Rice.  Miss 
Harvey  had  the  front  seal,  a  fact  of  which  due 
notice  was  tkaen.  The  party  spent  the  afternoon 
at  the  golf  links.  Mr.  Rice  returned  during  the 
week  to  his  home  in  Boston,  as  the  wedding  of 
Miss  Harvev  and   Mr.  Cooper  has  been  postponed 

indefinitely  owing  to  the  voting  ladv's  illness. 

#         #         • 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Cadwalader  and  her  attractive 
daughter.  Miss  Linda,  will  leave  early  in  May  for 
a  prolonged  Eastern  tour.  Their  first  stop  will  be 
in  Chicago,  where  they  will  be  the  guests  of  Gen- 
eral Greely,  after  which  Miss  Linda  will  go  to 
Xew  York  to  visit  her  friend,  Mrs.  Bourke  Cochran, 
nee  Ide,  while  Mrs.  Cadwalader  will  visit  her  son 
in  Iowa. 


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LIQUEUR 

Peres  Chartreux 

GREEN  AND  YELLOW 

This  famous  cordial,  now  made  at  Tarragona,  Spain,  was 
for  centuries  distilled  by  the  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Char- 
treux) at  the  Monastery  of  La  Grande  Chartreuse,  France,  and 
known  throughout  the  world  as  Chartreuse.  The  above  cut 
represents  the  bottle  and  label  employed  in  the  putting  up  of  the 
article  since  the  Monks'  expulsion  from  France,  and  it  is  now 
known  as  Liqueur  Peres  Chartreux  (the  Monks,  however 
still  retain  the  right  to  use  the  old  bottle  and  label  as  well), 
distilled  by  the  same  order  of  Monks,  who  have  securely 
guarded  the  secret  of  its  manufacture  for  hundreds  of  years,  and 
who  alone  possess  a  knowledge  of  the  elements  of  this  delicious 
nectar. 

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-THE  WASP- 


Pholo  Belle  Oudry 


MRS.  CROWE  of  Oakland 


Any  Californians  who  visit  New  York  should 
carry  some  large  railroad  spikes  with  them  and  nail 
up  the  doors  of  their  bedrooms  against  sneak 
thieves.  How  simple  Mayor  Schmitz  ever  got 
through  without  losing  all  the  contents  of  the  plush- 
lined  box  is  a  wonder,  seeing  that  Abe  Ruef  was 

fooled  so  easily. 

*         *         * 

The  recent  robbery  of  Boss  Cox  in  Cincinnati  was 
an  ordinary  bit  of  metropolitan  hotel  thievery,  but 
it  astonished  the  countryman.  He  couldn't  make 
out  how  he  lost  $8000  and  neither  can  the  detectives, 
who  are  evidently  the  same  breed  of  sleuths  as  we 
have.  Mrs.  Cox  gave  the  Boss  $8000  worth  of 
jewelry  to  keep  safely  for  her,  and  he  put  it  in  a 
small  bag  and  slipped  it  into  the  hip  pocket  of  his 
trousers.  He  put  the  garment  on  a  chair  close  to  his 
bed  and  when  he  got  up  in  the  morning  the  bag  of 
rings  was  gone.  So  was  his  purse  who  $800  in 
greenbacks.  The  door  of  the  room  was  locked,  yet 
the  valuables  had  been  spirited  away.  Mr.  Cox  and 
his  sorrowing  wife  made  loud  complaint  to  the  man- 
agement of  the  Hotel  Knickerbocker,  but  that  pro- 
ceeding is  waste  of  time  in  New  York.  They  always 
tell  you  that  you  must  have  been  robbed  on  the 
street  cars,  or  insinuate  that  you  have  been  playing 
against  some  bucket  shop.  The  robbery  of  a  politi- 
cal boss  is  the  most  contemptible  of  crimes.  Is  there 
no  honor  amongst gentlemen? 


That     was     a     very     funny     mistake     which     the 


newspapers  made  in  announcing  the  marriage  of  A. 
Aronson,  the  real-estate  operator,  to  Mrs.  Rosen- 
thal, the  celebrated  "Diamond  Queen."  Mr.  Aron- 
son no  doubt  failed  to  see  the  joke,  for  several 
powerful  reasons.  In  the  first  place,  he  hadn't  mar- 
ried the  buxom  toba'ccpnist,  but  Miss  Nettie  Rosen- 
thal, the  sister  of  his  former  wife,  who  died  four 
years  ago,  and  who  has  been  a  member  of  the  Aron- 
son household  since  her  childhood. 

The  famous  lady  who  was  mentioned  as  having 
married  the  capitalist  was  one  of  the  celebrities  of 
old  San  Francisco.  Something  like  thirty  years  ago 
she  and  her  husband  kept  a  cigar  store  on  Mont- 
gomery Street,  near  Sacramento,  so  she  can  be  no 
spring  chicken  by  this  time.  She  has  had  some 
matrimonal  experience,  and  amongst  others  mar- 
ried a  wandering  count,  who  did  not  prove  entirely 
satisfactory,  though  his  title  was  a  good  advertise- 
ment of  the  tobacco  shop.  Mrs.  Rosenthal's  habitual 
display  of  jewelry  won  her  the  sobriquet  of  "The 
Diamond  Queen."  After  the  fire  she  got  into 
trouble  in  Berkeley,  where  a  storekeeper  accused 
her  of  getting  some  of  his  goods  mixed  up  with  her 
own.  Mr.  Aronson  must  have  received  many  con- 
gratulations from  his  friends  when  it  was  announced 
that  he  had  married  this  distinguished  lady. 

Mr.  Aronson  was  originally  a  furniture  dealer  on 
Stockton  Street,  near  Vallejo.  He  prospered  by 
close  attention  to  business  and  became  a  capitalist, 
but  his  large  coups  were  all  made  during  the  past 
six  years.  He  was  the  first  man  to  see  that  there 
was  big  money  in  taking  unimproved  downtown 
property  and  erecting  modern  buildings  on  it.  He 
put  up  a  number  of  structures  and  sold  them  quickly 
and  may  be  said  to  have  started  the  boom  in  that 
line.  He  soon  had  several  enterprising  imitators. 
The  fire  caused  him  to  lose  heavily.  He  is  a  very 
well-preserved,  good-looking  man  and  attributes  his 
good  physical  condition  to  salt-water  bathing.  Be- 
fore the  fire  he  took  a  long  swim  every  day  in  the 
Lurline  Baths  tank  before  walking  home  to  his 
dinner.  There  are  several  prominent  San  Fran- 
ciscans who  have  great  faith  in  the  virtues  of  salt 
water  as  an  invigorator  and  preserver  of  youthful 
vitality. 


Dr 


A  Skin  of  Beauty  is  a  Joy  Forever. 

T.  Felix  Gouraud's  Oriental 

Cream  or  Magical  Beautifier 

Purifies  as  well  as  beautifies  the  skin.     No  other  cosmetic  will  do  it. 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples,  Freckles,  Moth 
Patches,  Rash  and  Skin  Diseases,  and 
every  blemish  on  beauty,  and  defies  de- 
tection. On  its  virtues  it  has  stood  the 
test  of  58  years;  no  other  has,  and  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is  prop- 
erly made.  Accept  no  counterfeit  or  simi- 
lar name.  Dr.  L.  A.  Sayre  said  to  a  lady 
of  the  haut-ton  (a  patient)  "As  you  ladies 
will  use  them,  I  recommend  "Gouraud's 
Cream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  alT  the 
skin  preparations. "  One  bottle  will  last 
six  months  using  it  every  day.  GOUR- 
AUD'S POUDRE  SUBTLE  REMOVES 
SUPERFLUOUS  HAIR  WITHOUT  IN- 
JURY TO  THE  SKIN. 
FRED  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop'r,  37  Great  Jones  street,  N.  Y. 
For  sale  by  all  druggists  and  Fancv-goods  Dealers  throughout  the  United 

States,  Canadas  and  Europe.      ^J^T- Beware    of  base    imitations.     $1,000 

reward  for  arrest  and  proof  of  auy  one  selling  the  same. 


-THE  WASP- 


Photo  Bdle  Oudry       MISS  BLANCHE  TISDALE  of  O  Jtland 

The  action  of  Oliver  N.  Moxey  against  Attorney 
Chapman  shows  what  a  risky  thing  it  is  to  plunge 
into  a  lawsuit.  Incidentally  the  case  reveals  how 
much  Moxey  stood  to  get  by  marrying  the  old  lady 
who  became  infatuated  with  him  when  he  was  act- 
ing as  instructor  in  Hoover's  academy  of  physical 
culture  on  Market  Street,  near  Tenth. 

#  *         * 

Hoover  had  a  plan  of  converting  sedate  and  pudgy 
females  into  young  Venuses  by  kicking  up  their 
heels  and  doing  other  stunts  in  knickerbockers.  It 
was  a  weird  sight  to  see  all  the  hoary  antiquities  in 
his  gymnasium  going  through  their  calisthenics  in 
the  hope  of  baffling  old  Father  Time.  Moxey  was 
Hoover's  right-hand  man  and  an  old  lady  from  Bos- 
ton, who  lived  in  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel  became 
wild  over  him.  Her  children  tried  to  squelch  the 
romance  with  the  usual  result.  The  infatuated 
matron  became  wilder  than  ever  about  her  young 
suitor,  and  so  they  were  married.  Now  Moxey 
wants  Attorney  Chapman  to  pay  him  about  forty- 
seven  thousand  dollars  which  he  avers  that  attorney 
collected  from  the  sale  of  Mrs.  Moxey's  valuable 
property  in  Boston. 

*  *         * 

The  attorney  candidly  admits  that  he  collected 
all  the  money  as  figured  out  by  Moxey.  The  total 
reached  the  tidy  sum  of  nearly  one  hundred  and 
fifty-three  thousand  dollars,  which  isn't  so  bad  for  a 
Boston  estate.  When  the  attorney  charged  off  all 
the  expenses,  however,  Moxey  was  in  his  debt  in- 
stead of  it  being  the  other  way.  There  was  a  very 
bitter  lawsuit,  as  Mrs.  Moxey's  Boston  relatives 
wanted  to  have  her  declared  incompetent  and  the 
property  placed  out  of  her  reach.  The  court  did  de- 
clare her  incompetent,  but  later  on  she  was  declared 
competent  and  all  this   represented   a  great  expendi- 


ture of  time  and  talent  by  Attorney  Chapman,  for 
which  he  charged  some  forty- four  thousand  dollars. 
The  estate  has  been  swallowed  up  in  litigation.  It  is  a 
very  old  story  in  a  new  form.  Mrs.  Moxey,  prior  to 
her  marriage  to  the  physical  culturist,  was  enjoying 
an  income  of  $4000  from  her  property,  but  that  was 
not  enough  to  satisfy  her.  She  had  the  feminine 
desire  to  be  loved  and  for  herself  and  preferably  by  a 
young  man,  and  she  got  her  wish.  Poor  woman. 
There  is  nothing  more  valuable  in  this  world  than 
to  know  when  you  are  well  off.    But  so  few  know  it. 


The  marriage  of  Miss  Wanda  Hadenfeldt  and 
Henry  Clinton  Melone  was  celebrated  at  high  noon 
on  Wednesday  April  10th  at  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church.  Miss  Ethel  Melone  was  bridesmaid  and 
Arthur  Goodfellow  best  man.  The  ushers  were 
Benjamin  Deane,  James  Deane,  Philip  Paschel  and 
Carl  Hadenfeldt.  The  small  nephew  of  the  bride  was 
the  ring  bearer.  The  bride,  who  is  a  beautiful  girl, 
looked  doubly  so  in  her  wedding  robes  of  point  lace 
applique.  Her  prettiest  adornment,  however  was  a 
wonderful  Armenian  wedding  veil  of  silver,  the  gift 
of  an  Armenian  girl  friend.  It  was  most  effective  as 
the  shimmering  silver  falling  over  the  rare  lace  of  the 
wedding  gown,  made  a  pretty  picture.  An  elaborate 
wedding  breakfast  followed  at  the  Palace  Hotel.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Melone  will  be  at  home  after  May  1st,  at 
Oak  Knoll,  the  Summer  home  of  the  Melones,  but 
will  spend  the  coming  Winter  in  town. 

*  :':  * 

Miss  Ella  Bender  netted  a  handsome  sum  by  her 
recent  dramatic  readings  at  the  residence  of  Mrs. 
Homer  S.  King  on  Broadway.  I  understand  that 
Miss  Bender  has  no  difficulty  in  getting  $50  for  an 
hour's  reading  at  an  afternoon  affair. 


Announcement 

SPRING  and  SUMMER 

We  desire  to  announce  that  our  com- 
plete selection  of  strictly  confined  Imported 
and  Domestic  Woolens,  consisting  of  un- 
usually attractive  patterns  in  popular  weaves  and  fashionable  ma- 
terials, is  now  ready  awaiting  inspection. 

It  gives  us  pleasure  to  state  that  every  garment  is  made  by 
skilled  tailors,  cut  on  stylish  and  artistic  lines  that  command  the 
admiration  and  approval  of  our  customers. 

We  cordially  invite  and  solicit  patronage,  and  endeavor  to  up- 
hold our  past  reputation  for  high-grade  tailoring  at  moderate  prices. 

McMahon,  Keyer  &  Stiegeler 
Bros.,  Inc. 


Main  Store 

892-894  Van  Ness  Ave. 

at  Ellis  Street 


1711  O'FarrellSt. 

at  Fillmore 


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-THE  WASP- 


The  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Shortridge 
will  regret  to  hear  that  Mrs.  Shortridge  has  been 
so  very  ill  that  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  remove 
her  to  a  sanitarium.  She  was  suddenly  attacked  by 
some  kind  of  a  febrile  malady.  Typhoid  fever  has 
been  very  prevelent  on  account  of  the  awful  water 
supply  by  Spring  Valley  and  it  was  feared  that  Mrs. 
Shortridge's  illness  might  develop  into  something 
of  that  kind. 

*  *         * 

H.  L.  Ricks  of  Eureka  announces  the  engagement 
of  his  daughter  Adaline  to  Walter  Montgomery 
Murphy,  of  Detroit,  Mich.  Miss  Ricks  is  the  niece 
of  Mr.  Barclay  Henley  the  well  known  lawyer  of 
this  City,  and  made  her  debut  at  a  recent  tea  given 
by  Mrs.  Henley.  Mr.  Murphv  is  the  son  of  the 
millionaire  lumberman  A.  M.  Murphy  of  Detroit, 
and  looks  after  his  father's  interests  in  California. 
The  wedding  will  take  place  early  in  June. 

*  *         * 

Before  her  departure  for  the  East  last  week,  Mrs. 
Hanford  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  tea  given  by 
Mrs.  Selby  Hanna.  Although  informal,  it  was  an 
elaborate  affair  and  the  costumes  of  the  ladies  were 
of   rare    elegance.      On    the    following    morning   as 

Mrs.  Hanford  arrived  at  the  ferry  to  take  the  boat 
on  her  Eastern  journey,  what  was  her  horror  to 
discover  that  the  stupid  expressman  had  taken  her 
carefully  packed  dress  suit  cases  to  Third  and 
Townsend  Streets.  Telephone  messages  being  of 
no  avail,  Mrs.  Hanford  was  obliged  to  start  on  her 
trip  minus  even  a  tooth  brush  and  trust  to  luc1'  to 
purchase  such  articles  as  best  she  could  en  route 
until  the  grip  could  be  forwarded. 

=i:  *  * 

All  Mr.  Selby  Hanna's  friends  are  grieved  to 
hear  that  he  is  ill  again.  He  but  recently  recovered 
from  a  severe  attack  of  grip. 

Miss  Loraine  de  la  Montanya  is  very  busy  these 
days  preparing  for  her  wedding  to  Mr.  Edward 
Davis,  which  takes  place  early  in  June.  I  am  told 
her  wardrobe  is  one  of  unusual  beauty  and  elegance. 

*  *         * 

The  Engineer  Officers,  U.  S.  A.,  will  give  a  large 
hop  in  their  new  barracks  room  at  Fort  Mason 
this  Saturday  evening.  This  will  also  be  the  occa- 
sion of  the  last  appearance  here  of  Major-General 
and  Mrs.  MacArthur,  as  they  leave  soon  for  the 
East. 

Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White's  skating  club  met  last 
Monday  evening,  all  the  buds  and  belles  attired  in 
their  Summer  costumes,  their  hats  trimmed  in  flow- 
ers and  fruits.  The  masculine  contingent  was  large 
and  distinguished.  A  lady  remarked,  a  noticeable 
feature  of  skating  rinks  is  the  manner  in  which  it 
rejuvenates  beaux  and  belles  who  were  prominent 
in  society  when  the  water  came  up  to  Montgomery 
Street.  It  was  a  matter  of  comment  at  last  Monday 
night's  skating  party  that  Mr.  Everett  Bee  carries 
his  age  most  marvellouslv.  He  is  as  airy  as  a 
zephyr  floating  around  the  rink  with  buds  of 
eighteen.  Mr.  McAfee  also  held  his  own  well  twixt 
boy  and  youth,  which  was  apparent  in  the  grand 


march.  So  it  is  true  age  is  a  matter  of  feeling,  not 
years.  Mr.  Paschal  and  Mr.  Robson  of  the  younger 
generation  skated  for  all  they  were  worth  the  entire 
evening.  Dr.  Bruce  Foulkes  seemingly  desperately 
determined  to  reduce  his  increasing  avoirdupois, 
skated  with  unceasing  energy  until  a  pretty  girl 
tripped  him  up,  and  Oh  my,  what  a  mighty  fall 
there  was.  The  hall  trembled  and  caused  the 
nervous  ones  to  have  momentary  visions  of  another 
eighteenth  of  April.  Mrs.  Frederick  Palmer,  just 
returned  from  abroad,  skated  gracefully  all  the 
evening,  showing  off  to  advantage  her  costume 
with  the  stamp  of  Paris  upon  it.  As  there  is  to  be 
but  one  more  meeting,  everybody  skated  with  added 
zest.  Mrs.  White  never  looked  prettier  than  in  her 
becoming  Summer  costume. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  A.  N.  Drown  and  his  daughter,  Miss  Newell 
left  last  week  for  the  East  and  Europe.  It  will 
be  six  months  before  local  society  sees  them  again. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  H.  Boardman,  who  have  been 
occupying  Mr.  Drown's  home  since  their  own 
beautiful  home  was  burned,  have  taken  a  house 
in  San  Anselmo  for  the  summer. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Stuart  Rawlings  has  recently  come  to  the 
city  from  her  home  in  Mexico,  on  a  visit  to  her 
parents  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Warner.  Mr. 
Rawlings  has  extensive  mining  interests  in  Mexico. 

*  *         # 

Mrs.  Clarence  Breeden's  dinner  and  theatre  party, 
which  took  place  last  week  in  honor  of  her  sister 
Mrs.  Hedges,  was  a  most  enjoyable  affair.  The 
party  included  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Breeden,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ed.  Pond,  Mrs.  R.  P.  Schwerin,  Miss  Sara  Drum, 
Lieut.  Com.  Halsted,  U.  S.  A.,  Edward  M.  Green- 
way  and  Mr.  Woodruff. 

*  *         * 

Hotel  Rafael  as  usual  will  be  crowded  this  Sum- 
mer. The  latest  to  engage  apartments  for  the  sea- 
son are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Foster  Dutton. 


9 


An  Exhibition  of  Paintings 
of  Indian  Life 


By  GRACE  HUDSON 


Will  be  held  from  April  17  to  27  at  the 

SCHUSSLER  GALLERY,    1218  SUTTER  ST. 


The  Land  of  the  Midnight  Sun 

Select  Summer  Cruises-First  Class  Only-SEND  for  handsome  illustrated  Pamphlets 

HAMBURG  -  AMERICAN  LINE 


908  MARKET  ST.       Phone  Temporary  2946      San  Franciico,  Cal. 


THE  WASP 


I! 


Tlarc  is  much  speculation  in  local  Society  as 
t"  whether  the  well-known  heiress,  who  left  sud- 
denly for  New  York  recently  on  the  eve  of  her 
marriage,  will  change  her  sudden  resolution  not 
to  wear  her  trousseau.  I  believe  it  was  almost 
finished,  and  the  friends  of  the  bride-to-be  were 
anxiously  looking  for  the  invitations,  when  they 
were  amazed  t"  read  in  the  newspapers  that  the 
ladv  had  packed  her  trunk  and  gone  East.  She  can 
go  anywhere  she  pleases,  as  she  is  in  the  enjoyment 
of  an  income  of  about  a  couple  of  thousand  dollars 
a  month.  The  prospective  groom  is  the  son  of  a 
famous  statesman  who  once  ran  for  the  distin- 
guished office  of  Vice-President  of  the  United 
States,  lie  is  a  polished  gentleman  and  esteemed 
by  his  large  circle  of  friends.  The  young  lady  who 
has  thus  suddenly  halted  at  the  foot  of  the  altar, 
so  to  speak,  was  once  before  a  prospective  bride, 
but  at  the  last  moment  the  engagement  was  called 
off  much  to  the  surprise  and  disappointment  of 
Societv.  When  a  girl  has  an  income  of  twenty 
thousand  a  year,  or  thereabouts,  she  is  usually  not 
the  easiest  prize  in  the  world  to  win.  However  she 
may  change  her  mind  again  and  let  the  wedding 
bells  ring. 

*  *  * 

The  recent  Scoville-Talbot  wedding  at  New 
York  was  a  fashionable  affair.  Miss  Helen  Chase 
Scoville,  the  bride,  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Helen 
M.  Gardner  Scoville  of  New  York.  The  bridegroom 
is  the  son  of  Mrs.  A.  X.  Talbot,  now  of  Washing- 
ton, formerly  of  this  City.  He  is  a  graduate  of 
Stanford  University.  One  of  the  bridesmaids  was 
Miss  Elsie  Kimble  of  San  Francisco,  who  went 
East  to  attend  the  wedding.  Mrs.  Amy  Talbot,  the 
groom's  mother,  was  formerly  pretty  Miss  Amy 
Bowen,  daughter  of  the  well-known  member  of  the 
wholesale   grocery   firm  of  Goldberg-Bowcn   &  Co. 

*  *         # 

The  death  of  J.  Henley  Smith  of  San  Francisco 
reminds  one  that  the  old  generation  of  Californians 
has  almost  passed  out  of  sight  and  memory.  Few 
of  the  present  day  politicians  or  people  in  Society 
remember  Mr.  Smith,  who  was  a  handsome  man, 
and  very  prominent  in  the  social  world.  He  was 
one  of  the  best  dressed  men  in  the  City.  Mr. 
Smith,  with  his  air  of  distinction,  his  fashionable 
clothes,  and  high  social  connections,  would  be  a 
strange  contrast  to  the  present  combination  of 
grafters   that   comprise   the   Board   of   Supervisors. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  Smith  was  elected  in  the  days  when  the 
Southern  wing  of  the  Democracy  still  held  the  reins 
of  power  and  dictated  nominations.  He  had  fought 
on  the  Confederate  side  in  the  Civil  War  and  was 
the  great-grandson  of  John  Henley,  who  was  one 
of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
He  held  several  prominent  positions  in  the  business 
community  of  San  Francisco,  and  was  the  original 
organizer  and  vice-president  of  the  Pacific  Transfer 
Company  and  the  United  Carriage  Company.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Smith  lived  for  many  years  at  the  old 
Occidental  Hotel  and  were  very  prominent  in  the 
exclusive  Southern  social  set.     Mrs.  Henley  was  a 


Miss   Rebecca  Young  of  Baltimore, 

*  *        * 

For  the  past  liften  years  the  1  Icnlev-Smiths  had 
been  absent  from  San  Francisco.  They  made  their 
home  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  occupied  a  promi- 
nent place  in  the  Society  of  the  Capital.  Mr.  Hen- 
ley retired  from  active  business  ten  years  ago, 
having  acquired  an  ample  fortune.  His  death  oc- 
curred at  the  Anglo-American  Hotel,  Florence, 
while  he  was  traveling  in  Europe.  His  wife  and 
sister  were  with  him.  Mr.  Smiths  health  had  been 
precarious  for  some  time. 

*  *         # 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Jordan  has  been  the  motive  of  much 
entertaining  during  the  short  time  remaining  before 
her  departure   for  the   East   and   Europe. 

Mrs.  James  H.  Bull  has  issued  invitations  for 
a  bridge  breakfast  at  her  home  on  Yerba  Buena 
Island,  on  April  23rd.  Sixteen  guests  will  be  en- 
tertained on  this  occasion. 

*  *         # 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Anderson  Chanslor  are 
enjoying  the  sights  of  New  York.  Miss  Elsie 
Kimble,  sister  of  Mrs.  Chanslor,  was  one  of  the 
bridesmaids  at  the  Scoville-Talbot  wedding  which 
took  place  in  New  York  on  April  3rd,  and  for  which 
event  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chanslor  went  East. 


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Phoio  Belle  Oudry  BESSIE  BACON 

A  handsome  and  talented  member  of  the 
Colonial  Theatre  Stock  Company 


The  New  York  Court  of  Appeals  has  decided 
that  Howard  Gould  must  pay  Architect  Abner  J. 
Haydel  something  more  than  $30,000  for  the  plans 
for  Castle  Gould  at  Sands  Point,  L,  I.,  and  inci- 
dentally for  the  deep  wound  which  was  inflicted  on 
Mr.  Haydel's  feelings  when  Mrs.  Gould  called  him 
a  "damn  architect."  The  Court  of  Appeals  refused 
to  reopen  the  case.  The  Gould's  housebuilding 
troubles  were  first  aired  in  court  two  years  ago. 
The  jury  gave  the  architect  a  verdict  of  $24,183.75. 
The  cost  of  carrying  the  case  through  the  higher 
courts  has  added  something  over  $6000  to  the  orig- 
inal sum.  Castle  Gould  was  planned  to  be  an  exact 
reproduction  of  Kilkenny  Castle  in  Ireland.  The 
Goulds  didn't  like  the  plans  and  at  the  first  trial 
of  the  case  Haydel's  counsel  told  the  Court  that  an 
interview  with  Mrs.  Gould  at  the  Waldorf  had 
ended  when  she  told  her  servant  to  "throw  the 
damned  architect  out."  It  is  not  of  record  that  he 
waited  for  this  assistance  in  making  his  exit. 
*         *  * 

The  sale  of  the  late  Stanford  White's  collection 
of  carvings,  bronzes,  tapestries,  etc.,  attracted  a 
highly  distinguished  company  of  bidders  to  the 
White  residence  at  121  East  Twenty-first  Street, 
New  York,  where  the  auction  was  held.  While  the 
sale  was  in  progress  Mr.  White's  slayer  was  on  trial 
for  his  life  in  another  New  York  building.  Admis- 
sion to  the  sale  was  by  card  only,  and  cards  were 
hard  to  secure  at  the  rooms  of  the  American  Art  As- 
sociation. Among  the  bidders  were  Mrs.  Harry 
Payne  Whitney,  Mrs.  Robert  Goelet,  Mrs.  Worth- 
ington  Whittredge  and  Miss  Whittredge,  Mrs. 
George  Bliss  and  Miss  Bliss,  David  Belasco  and 
William  R.  Hearst. 


The  auctioneer  had  arranged  hanging  green  vel- 
vet curtains  and  a  slender  legged  stand  in  one  end  of 
the  music  room  on  which  to  display  the  various  art 
objects.  As  each  number  was  called  out  two  liveried 
negroes  appeared  from  behind  the  green  curtains 
with  the  carving  or  candle  branches  and  supported 
them  under  a  group  light  on  the  little  stand  before 
the  green  plush.  The  sale  was  brisk.  A  majolica 
statue  of  Venus  brought  $160.  David  Belasco  paid 
$330  for  two  old-fashioned  powder  horns  heavily 
embossed  and  fringed  with  faded  red.  There  was  a 
great  assortment  of  brasses.  Fully  a  dozen  Dutch 
warming  pans  went  at  prices  ranging  from  $25  to  $40. 
There  were  church  plaques  from  Spanish  cathedrals 
and  Dutch  churches,  and  Italian  monstrance 
and  a  Louis  XV.  monstrance.  an  antique 
wall  clock,  which  likewise  appealed  to  Mr.  Belasco. 
Mr.  Hearst  bought  in  one  of  the  Italian  plaques. 
Two  Spanish  silver  chancel  lamps  brought  $840. 
C.  N.  Coolidge,  the  artist,  paid  $300  for  an  old  ruby 
red  Genoese  altar  cloth.  Two  Henry  II.  tapestry 
pillows  brought  $335.  An  old  cushion  which  would 
be  dear  at  $30  was  sold  for  $170.  The  fact  that  Mr. 
White  as  an  art  connoisseur  should  have  bought  it 
seemed  to  quadruple  the  price  of  the  article.  David 
Belasco  paid  $105  for  a  red  velvet  Genoese  embroi- 
dered despatch  bag,  which  will  no  doubt  figure  as 

one  of  the  properties  of  some  Belasco  drama. 
#         *         * 

The  barber  who  was  elected  to  the  New  Jersey 
Legislature  and  wants  a  bill  passed  taxing  men  who 
wear  whiskers,  has  caused  more  of  a  stir  than  he 
thought  possible.  A  graded  tax  has  been  suggested 
as  some  whiskers  are  more  of  an  offense  than  others 
to  the  eye  of  a  tonsorial  artist.  For  the  purposes  of 
taxation  the  whiskers  have  been  classified  as  fol- 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


■THE  WASP- 


13 


Pholo  Belle  Oudry  MISS  S.  A.  TUSCHER  of  Oakland 

lows :  Plain  whiskers,  earguards,  face  fins,  weather- 
cocks, face  fungus,  holdalls,  hearth  rugs,  cutlets, 
paint  brushes  and  the  whiskerette.  As  moustaches 
should  also  be  taxed  for  the  same  statesmanlike 
reason  that  barbers  must  have  work,  they  have  also 
been  classified.  The  different  orders  are:  Plain 
moustaches,  the  inverted  eyebrow,  the  walrus,  .and 
the  soup-strainer.  While  a  modified  moustache  like 
an  inverted  eyebrow  might  escape  with  a  tax  of 
$5  a  year  the  wearer  of  a  fierce  "walrus"  or  a  "soup- 
strainer"  should  be  considered  lucky  if  let  off  with 

less  than  $100. 

#         #         * 

Pittsburg  became  so  restive  under  the  taunt  that  it 
produces  more  millionaires  and  scandals  than  any  city 
in  America,  that  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  got  up  a 
list  of  spotless  citizens.  Every  man  was  to  have  a 
character  eighteen  carats  fine  and  warranted  to  stand 
the  acid  of  hostile  criticism.  All  the  saints  were  to  be 
embalmed  in  a  beautiful  book,  which  was  to  be  opened 
at  a  grand  dinner  given  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
the  other  day.  Lo  and  behold,  when  the  festive  event 
took  place  the  book  of  saints  was  found  to  contain 
only  twenty-eight  pictures  and  certificates  of  good 
character.  For  a  city  of  about  half  a  million  inhabi- 
tants this  was  a  pretty  bad  showing.  San  Francisco, 
even  with  the  Grand  Jury  raking  all  the  millionaires' 
clubs  with  a  fine-tooth  comb,  could  do  better  than  that. 
Now  comes  the  distressing  news  that  the  list  of  spot- 
less Pittsburgers  has  to  be  reduced  as  one  of  the 
righteous  twenty-eight  has  gone  and  got  married  to  a 
divorcee,  and  social  Pittsburg  is  much  perturbed  over 
the  wedding.  The  recreant  is  named  Nevin  and  is  a 
rising  young  composer.  The  lady  in  the  case  was  a 
Mrs.  Mazy  Lyman  Dean.  About  twelve  years  ago  she 
came  to  Pittsburg  as  governess  in,  a  lawyer's  family 


and  married  Dr.  Dean,  who  was  the  family  physician. 
Composer  Nevin  had  been  a  schoolmate  of  the  Doctor, 
so  what  was  more  natural  than  that  he  should  become 
a  frequent  visitor  to  the  Dean  home.  Equally  natural 
in  Pittsburg,  perhaps,  was  it,  that  he  should  develop  a 
tender  regard  for  Mrs.  Dean  and  that  her  husband 
should  give  him  a  walloping.  The  divorce  which 
followed  was  also  in  the  regular  order  of  things  Pitts- 
burgian.  Great  secresy  was  maintained  in  the  trial  of 
the  case  and  by  some  hook  or  crook  all  the  papers  were 
spirited  away  from  the  courthouse.  Now  that  the 
righteous  Mr.  Nevin  has  married  the  divorcee  all  the 
facts  come  out  and  Pittsburg  is  in  tears.  It  has  only 
twenty-seven  leading  citizens  entitled  to  wear  tin  halos 
on  the  public  streets,  and  no  one  can  tell  what  minute 
some  of  the  saintly  twenty-seven  may  stub  his  toe  and 
break  his  trade-mark. 

Chief  Justice  Beatty  left  the  City  last  week  to 
attend  court  in  Los  Angeles.  Mrs.  Beatty  did  not 
accompany  him,  but  left  the  following  day  to  visit 
her  son  Oscar  Beatty  and  wife  at  their  beautiful 
home  at  Woodside.  In  the  meantime  Mrs.  Brooke 
M.  Wright,  their  attractive  daughter,  will  have  Miss 
Daisy  Polk  as  her  guest  at  the  Beatty  home  on  Octavia 
Street. 

*  #         * 

The  D.  A.  Benders  have  leased  the  Hoffmann 
residence  in  San  Rafael  and  will  pass  the  Summer 
there  with  their  daughters  Miss  Ella  and  Miss  Cherry. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  Burke  Holladay  are  entertaining 
Miss  Pardee,  a  very  interesting  yoimg  lady  from  the 
East,  who  will  spend  some  time  in  San  Francisco. 


STUDEBAKER 

1907 

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Uncle  George  Bromley's  birthday  dinner  which 
was  given  by  Raphael  Weill  was  of  course  a  great 
success.  Mr.  Weill  never  gave  a  dinner  which  was  a 
failure.  There  were  about  fifty  guests  and  John 
Lander's  was  the  toast  master.  Ned  Hamilton  declared 
that  "Raphael  Weill's  dinners  speak  for  him,  and 
dinners  around  the  world  are  eloquent  of  him" — 
Which  is  indeed  true,  for  dishes  from  Paris  to  San 
Francisco  are  named  a  la  Raphael  Weill.  Benjamin 
Ide  Wheeler  made  the  best  speech  and  attributed  the 
youthful  spirit  of  the  ninety  year  old  philosopher  to 
his  laughter  at  the  foolishness  of  those  who  under- 
standing little  of  the  universe  make  such  a  serious 
business  of  living.  He  went  on  to  say  that  Uncle 
George  had  passed  ninety  years  in  the  University  of 
Goodfellowship,  and  then  Dr.  Wheeler  went  through 
the  ceremony  of  conferring  on  the  veteran  Bohemian 
the  degree  of  L.  L.  D.  which  he  metamorphosed  into 
Doctor  of  Laudable  Lawcosness. 
*         *         * 

Harry  Melvin  of  Oakland  opened  his  remarks  with 
"when  I  left  the  Metropolis  this  evening."  The  idea 
of  Oakland  being  the  metropolis  was  certainly  worth 
a  laugh.  Continuing  his  remarks  the  Judge  said  that 
when  he  entered  the  University  years  ago  he  received 
a  letter  from  Uncle  George  saying:  "I  am  glad  you 
are  going  to  a  University — I  never  had  an  opportunity 
to  go  to  a  University.  The  nearest  I  ever  came  to  it 
was  being  second  mate  on  a  schooner  that  was  carry- 
ing granite  for  Gerard  College. 

Ned  Hamilton  read  the  "Round  Robin"  that  came 
out  from  the  Lambs  to  Uncle  George  and  he  said  he 
been  asked  to  do  so  because  of  his  sonorous  voice 
and  his  empty  head.  When  he  came  to  the  names  of 
the  signers,  he  said : 

"I  will  now  turn  these  over  to  my  friend  Louis  Sloss 
because  as  he  has  had  most  of  them  on  I.  O.  U's,  he 
will  be  able  to  decipher  them  better  than  I  can." 

Uncle  George  said  that  as  he  listened  to  all  the 
kind  things  said  about  him  he  grew  so  puffed  up  that 
by  the  time  the  dinner  was  over  he  felt  that  he  should 
speak  to  no  one,  but  himself.  He  said  it  reminded 
him  of  the  time  when  he  went  as  Consul  to  Tsin 
Tsin,  in  China,  and  they  had  never  before  realized 
what  a  Consul  was  really  like.  They  had  never  seen 
any  one  like  him  except  General  Grant,  when  that 
great  soldier  was  on  his  tour  of  the  world,  and  there 
was  considerable  doubt  in  the  Chinamen's  minds 
whether  the  Consul  was  not  the  greater  man.  Uncle 
George  has  had  more  dinners  given  him  than  any  one 
in  San  Francisco  and  yet  he  alwavs  receives  them  in 
the  same  graceful  way.  Raphael  Weill  was  to  have 
left  for  Paris  a  year  ago,  but  the  earthquake  and  fire 
changed  his  olans  as  they  did  those  of  many  others, 
i  he  past  year  has  been  an  eventful  one  for  the  famous 
merchant  and  having  arranged  his  affairs  in  satis- 
factory shape  he  gave  the  dinner  on  Saturday  night 
which  was  at  once  a  tribute  to  Uncle  George  and  au 
revoir  to  his  friends  of  the  Bohemian  Club  and  the 
"old  guard"  in  particular.  He  left  on  Thursday  for 
Europe. 

'    Nothing  will  quicker  revolutionize  the  system  and  put  new  life  into  it  than  Abbott  s  Bitters 
At  druggists  and  grocers.  . 


Miss  Maude  Payne  is  one  of  the  luckiest  girls  alive 
and  her  mother  Mrs.  Eugene  Freeman  is  as  generous 
and  thoughtful  as  a  fond  parent  can  be.  Miss  Payne 
is  what  may  be  described  as  terribly  good  looking  and 
she  spends  real  money  as  if  'twere  the  stage  article. 
Forty  dollars  for  a  plain  linen  washed  skirt  doesn't 
cause  her  a  pang.  Not  long  since  the  mother  of 
this  fortunate  young  lady  said  to  her  when  her  birth- 
day anniversity  came  round. 

"Maude  have  you  everything  you  want?" 

"Everything  Mother"  was  the  reply. 

Then  Mrs.  Freeman  led  the  girl  over  to  the  window 
before  which  stood  a  ravishingly  lovely  1907  auto- 
mobile. 

"But  you  haven't  an  automobile,"  said  the  fond 
parent. 

"No,  but  you  have  mother" 

"That's  not  your  own  though." 

"No,  that's  one  thing  I  haven't." 

"How  do  you  like  that  car?" 

"I  love  it." 

"That's  yours"  said  Mrs.  Freeman. 

They  say :  "It's  better  to  be  born  lucky  than  rich  '" 
but  a  combination  of  both  can't  be  beaten. 
*         *         * 

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of  the  latest  records  and  a  brief  history  of  a  few  of  the  most 
prominent  contributors. 


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-THE  WASP 


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the  son  of  the  famous  detective  is  a  cousin  of  A.  S. 
Lilley,  who  married  Miss  Juliet  William-.,  sister  of 
Mrs.  Walter  riobart.  Mr.  Burns  was  horn  in  Colum- 
bus,   Ohio,    where    the    Lilleys    live    and    whence    the 

Williams'  family  hail. 

*  *         * 

The  A.   A.   Moores   after   Mrs.   Moore   finishes   her 

buildings  are  going  to  make  a  tour  of  the  world. 

*  *  * 

James  Follis  has  decided  to  become  a  resident  of 
Marin  County,  and  is  running  for  office  of  trustee  of 
the  town  of  San  Rafael,  which  burg  is  at  present  in 
the  throes  of  a  campaign. 

*  *  * 

General  L.  P.  Jocelyn,  who  has  just  retired  from 
the  Fourteenth  Infantry,  is  at  Del  Monte  with  Mrs. 
Jocelyn,  Miss  Jocelyn  and  Mrs.  Hume.  A  number 
of  the  officers  of  the  Monterey  Presidio  have  been 
over  to  pay  their  respects  to  General  Jocelyn,  who 
is  very  popular  in  both  army  and  social  circles. 

*  *  * 

Mrs.  George  W .  Kingsbury,  of  San  Francisco, 
with   Mrs.   William   H.   Devlin,  of  Sacramento,  are 

at  Del  Monte  to  remain  several  weeks. 

*  *         * 

George  Heazleton  has  been  putting  in  a  few  days 
at  Del  Monte,  and  enjoying  the  pleasures  of  the 
fine  golf  links. 

:!:  *  * 

Horace  Piatt  and  A.  D.  Shepard  were  at  Del 
Monte  for  the  week  end.  Other  well  known  people 
who  registered  during  the  week  were  John  Caffrev, 
C.  S.  Aiken,  D.  Ghirardelli,  F.  M.  Ames,  H.  K, 
Montgomery,  A.  E.  Hughes,  J.  S.  Dinkelspeil,  S.  B. 
Dinkelspeil,  S.  D.  Gordon,  Max  Lorenz,  T.  W. 
Read,  Dr.  H.  O.  Hornett,  F.  F.  Runyon,  H.  A. 
Klyce,  William  Kelley,  J.  Brewster,  F.  E.  Booth 
and  John  G.  lis. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rawlinson  M.  Reade,  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  R.  L.  Laughlin  are  two  young  couples  now 
at  Del   Monte.      Mrs.   Reade  is  a  neice  of  Parker 

Whitney,  and  a  very  attractive  girl. 

*  #         *' 

Miss  Claire  Sweigert,  daughter  of  the  well  known 
capitalist  surprised  all  her  friends  by  quietly  marry- 
ing Mr.  John  J.  Clayton  on  the  9th  inst.  Almost 
everybody  expected  that  she  would  be  a  June  bride. 
The  groom  is  the  son  of  the  late  James  A.  Clayton 
of  San  Jose,  a  prominent  real  estate  operator.  Rev. 
Dr.  Guthrie  was  the  officiating  clergyman  at  the 
wedding.  Neither  the  bride  nor  the  groom  had  any 
attendants.     The  young  couple  will  live  with  Mr.  and 

Mrs.  Sweigert  on  Presidio  Avenue, 
e  *  # 

Mrs.  Rosa  Hooper  Plotner  has  started  a  class  for 
miniature  painting,  which  meets  every  Wednesday 
afternoon  from  2  to  5  o'clock,  at  her  studio  1625 
California  Street.  Mrs.  Plotner  has  many  new  orders 
for  miniature  painting  that  take  up  so  much  of  her 
time  and  will  devote  Saturday  afternoons  to  informal 
teas  at  which  she  will  receive  her  friends. 

An  exhibition  of  Paintings  of  Indian  Life  by  Grace  Hudson,  will  be  held 
from  April  1 7th  to  27th  at  the  Schussler  Gallery,  1218  Sutter  Street. 


:OF: 


Furniture 
Oriental  Rugs 
Draperies 


Headquarters  for 
Mahogany  Furniture 

The  charm  of  the  "Colonial"  is  typical 
of  the  Quaint  and  Restful. 
Our  Furniture  is  characteristic  of  the 
beautiful  Crotch  Mahogany  Treat- 
ment. 

"Colonial,"  "Sheraton," 
"Louis  XV,"  "Louis  XVI," 
"Chippendale,"  "Adam" 

Our  Energies  are  directed  entirely  to 
the    production  of  Period   Furniture 

embracing  all  that  is  best  and  correct  in 
Interior  Decoration. 

Our  Furniture 

Possesses  Character  -it  has  Meaning 
both  strongly  represented. 

At  Most  Modest  Prices 


Van  Ness  at  Washington 

NORTH  END 


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MRS.  SPENCER  EDDY  CLurline  Spreckels) 

The  New  York  Sun,  which  devotes  a  great  deal  of 
attention  to  painters  and  their  work,  refers  as  fol- 
lows to  the  collection  of  pictures  which  Mr.  Keith 
sent  recently  to  one  of  the  leading  New  York 
dealers : 


half  a  dozen  others  it  is  marked  sold.  There  are  some 
very  harmonious  examples,  like  No.  20,  "The  Berkeley 
Hills"  (Cal.)  ;  or  the  beautiful  "Gray  Day,  San 
Ramoan  Valley" — also  sold.  Mr.  Keith  is  happy  in 
his  portrayals  of  misty,  golden  mornings.  The 
"Autumn,  Sonoma  Creek"  (No.  6),  a  tranquil  pool 
reflecting  an  early  evening  sky,  would  have  pleased 
Diaz.  This  exhibition  is  attracting  many  lovers  of 
art  who  are  not  in  the  mood  for  brilliant  virtuosity  or 
the  blistering  sunshine  paint  of  the  new  men. 

*  *         * 

The  New  Yorkers  have  been  trained  by  innumer- 
able exhibitions  to  regard  "blistering  sunshine"  as  the 
real  thing  in  art,  the  true  tone  and  the  quality  which 
denotes  the  complete  mastery  of  the  painter  over  his 
subject.  It  is  very  significant  however  that  Keith's 
low-toned  pictures,  which  are  so  suggestive  of  many 
of  the  old  masters,  sell  as  readily  in  New  York  as  in 
San  Francisco.  The  Sun's  criticism  on  one  of  Keith's 
pictures  that  it  "would  have  pleased  Diaz"  is  praise -in- 
deed. Any  picture  which  could  please  Diaz  would 
please  for  all  time.  If  it  did  not  possess  the  essentials 
of  true  beauty  and  perfect  technique  a  master  like 
Diaz  would  condemn  and  not  commend  it.  The  sombre 
pictures  of  Wm.  Keith  will  live  and  be  treasured 
when  thousands  of  "blistering  sunshine"  studies  will 
be  hung  in  the  attics,  or  thrown  in  ash  barrels  and  the 
world  of  art  will  have  forgotten  whether  the  painter's 
themselves  were  living  or  died  peacefully '  in  their 
beds. 

*  *         * 

It  is  rather  amusing  to  read  the  Sun's  reference 
to  the  "physical  effort"  expended  by  Keith  in  painting 


"At  the  Macbeth  Gallery,  450  Fifth  Avenue,  are 
now  hung  two  dozen  landscapes  of  the  veteran  Cali- 
fornia painter,  William  Keith.  In  the  San  Francisco 
disaster  Mr.  Keith,  who  is  not  far  from  70,  lost  the 
work  of  years.  He  was  not  dismayed,  as  this  pres- 
ent collection  testifies.  In  less  than  twelve  months 
he  painted  these  pictures,  and,  apart  from  the  physi- 
cal achievement,  there  is  no  sign  of  haste,  no  lack 
of  finish.  As  you  enter  Mr.  Macbeth's  rear  gallery 
you  are  sensible  of  a  gracious,  dark  scheme  of  color. 
Sombre  in  color  rather  than  in  spirit  are  the  Keith 
canvases.  He  is  not  modern.  He  does  not  disturb 
the  optic  nerve  in  tone  or  theme.  He  is  a  tonalist, 
who  loves  a  full,  rich  pate — flowing  brush  work  and 
a  poetic  situation.  Too  often  the  note  of  senti- 
mentality obtrudes ;  but  other  days,  other  ways.  A 
glance  at  the  handsome,  distinguished  head  of  Keith, 
a  head  in  its  form  not  unlike  Meissonier's  though 
more  romantic  in  the  expression,  tells  you  that 
here  is  a  painter  who  early  conceived  a  particular 
ideal  of  beauty  and  has  never  modified  it  throughout 
the  years.  Realists,  impressionists,  symbolists,  in- 
timists,  have  come  and  gone,  but  Keith  still  paints  as 
he  painted  forty  years  ago.  And,  after  all,  it  is 
something  to  stick  to  one's  standards.  He  has 
studied  Gainsborough,  Diaz,  Constable ;  but  he 
paints  only  in  California,  so  his  subject  matter  is 
fresher  than  the  English  or  French  masters.  "Ap- 
proaching Storm" — you  see  the  white  thunder  heads 
over  the  treetops — is  a  satisfying  composition.     With 


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two  dozen  pictures  in  twelve  months.  It  might  have 
taxed  the  old  veteran's  staying  powers  if  he  had  been 
compelled  to  paint  them  in  two  weeks,  but  I  should 
hate  to  bet  a  thousand  dollars  that  he  couldn't  pro- 
duce them  in  that  time.  The  well-known  fact  in  local 
art  circles  is  that  Keith  can  paint  a  first  class  and 
highly  finished  picture  while  the  average  artist  is 
wondering  how  to  start  on  it. 

*  *  * 

Mrs.  Bowditch  Morton  has  been  in  town  for  the 
first  time  since  her  divorce  several  years  ago  from 
Dr.  Morton,  who  was  of  a  famous  New  York  family 
and  who  gave  Mrs.  Morton  who  was  a  dream  of  a 
dark-eyed  woman  the  entree  to  the  Burlingame  set. 
There  she  became  a  pal  of  Mrs.  Frank  Carolan. 
Nothing  more  was  necessary  for  social  success  than 
after  Mrs.  Morton  got  her  divorce  there  were  rumors 
that  she  was  to  marry  a  noted  polo  player,  but  instead  • 
she  went  to  Europe  and  remained  for  some  time.  Now 
she  is  at  Goldfield,  Nevada,  with  her  father,  Mr.  Smith 
a  wealthy  mine  owner  and  she  will  remain  there  for 
some  time.  When  she  went  away  Mrs.  Morton  was 
a  dazzling  brunette,  but  she  came  back  a  blonde  to 
the  grief  of  her  friends  for  those  transformations 
seldom  add  to  the  attractiveness  of  a  really  pretty 
woman. 


Mrs.  de  Young  and  daughters  are  thinking  of  leav- 
ing  soon    for    Europe,    where    they    will    spend    some 
months.     The  de  Young  girls  always  come  back  with 
trunks  full  of  gowns  for  the  Winter  season. 
•         *         » 

Miss  Amy  Porter  whom  the  newspapers  have  re- 
ferred to  as  visiting  the  Dumonts  at  Palm  Beach, 
Florida,  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  J.  N.  Porter  of 
Sacramento  who  was  Miss  Minnie  Clarke,  daughter  of 
C.  W.  Clarke,  the  rich  cattle  raiser  and  land  owner. 
His  partner  was  Senator  Fred  Cox.  The  Clarkes  live 
in  a  beautiful  home  on  Presidio  Terrace,  where  Mr. 
A.  S.  Baldwin  and  Mrs.  Baldwin  nee  Clarke  also 
reside.  Miss  Porter  and  her  mother  have  traveled 
abroad  a  grate  deal.  The  late  Jack  B.  Wright,  the 
well  known  railroad  manager  married  Laura  Clarke, 
the  youngest  of  the  Clarke  sisters. 

ENTRE  NOUS. 


"According  to  this  book,"  said  Mrs.  DeStyle, 
"seals  sometimes  shed  tears  just  like  men  do." 

"I  don't  see  why  they  should,"  rejoined  her 
husband.  "They  don't  have  to  pay  for  sealskin 
jackets." 


THE  WINTON  WHICH  WAS  WON 
Mrs.  DeYoung  at  the  Wheel,  surrounded  by  committeewomen  of  the  Tri-Fold  Charity  Concert  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel 


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&mnfc  Criticism  of  Current  Stents 


Union  Labor's  attempts  to  side-step  responsibil- 
ity for  the  government  by  banded  plunderers,  to 
which  San  Francisco  must  submit,  till  some  of  them 
are  in  jail,  are  as  much  a  discredit  to  it  as  anything 
that  has  occurred.  To  be  game  and  honest,  even 
when  mistaken,  is  a  virtue  that  atones  in  some 
degree  for  error,  but,  the  workingmen  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, who  have  been  so  fearful  of  an  administration 
that  would  enforce  the  laws  without  fear  or  favor, 
in  time  of  strikes  as  well  as  during  industrial 
peace,  that  they  were  willing  to  let  Abe  Ruef  do 
a  lot  of  plundering — this  crowd  is  doing  the  baby 
act  now  by  asking  everyone  to  believe  that  union 
labor  had  no  part  in  it,  and  is  to  be  commiserated 
for  its  unfortunate  position,  not  blamed. 

For  some  years  past  the  average  workingman 
has  voted  for  the  Schmitz  gang,  in  spite  of  all 
evidence  that  could  be  put  before  him  that  graft 
was  rampant. 


"The  other  fellows  would  steal  if  they  were  in," 
he  has  said,  "and  anyway  we'll  not  have  policemen 
on  the  trucks  while  Schmitz  is  mayor." 

Now  that  they  know  Schmitz  has  betrayed  them, 
now  that  the  astounding  tale  of  the  career  of  the 
Reuf  crew  of  pirates  has  been  unfolded,  union 
labor  is  solicitous  that  all  shall  know  Schmitz  and 
his  crowd  were  never  a  union  labor  administration. 
The  papers  are  helping  them  out  of  course,  but 
deceiving  no  one.  Livernash  is  fulminating  against 
the  gangsters  and  showing  that  union  labor  is 
blameless.  He  is  trying  to  immortalize  Casey  and 
Furuseth  and  such  leaders,  who  by  the  way  never 
had  the  courage  to  fight  the  men  who  were  mis- 
leading the  workingmen,  that  they  might  black- 
mail and  rob  and  betray.  The  daily  press  generally 
joins  in  a  chorus  for  the  prosecution  of  the  "big 
fellows,"  whose  riches  corrupted  the  poor,  weak 
supervisors. 


By  all  means  prosecute  the  bribers,  but  waste 
no  tears  over  the  corrupted  officials,  who  have  been 
as  greedy  and  wolf-faced  a  crowd  of  theives  as 
ever  set  out  to  plunder  and  stop  at  nothing.  And 
their  elevation  to  office  is  a  stigma  union  labor 
must  bear  and  high-sounding  resolution  will  not 
alter  the  fact. 


Doubtless  new  union  labor  politicians  will  try 
to  seize  the  power  wrenched  from  Ruef  and 
Schmitz.  P.  H.  McCarthy  and  O.  A.  Tveitmoe 
are  a  pair  that  will  probably  make  a  try  for  it 
unless  the  electricians  keep  them  too  busy  trying 
to  maintain  their  labor  trust  in  the  building  trades. 
They  will  fail,  for  they  have  no  following  outside 
the    building    trades.       Furuseth    and    Casey,    and 


Macarthur,  are  men  who  fear  the  bad  effects  of 
politics  on  the  union  labor  cause,  and  none  of  them 
is  likely  to  consent  to  become  a  candidate.  Any 
of  them  would  be  snowed  under  this  year.  No 
candidate  taken  from  amongst  the  bunch  of  San 
Francisco  labor  leaders  will  have  a  ghost  of  a 
chance  this  year.  Every  man  with  a  following  has 
been  holding  one  or  more  offices  under  Schmitz 
and  is  more  or  less  tarred  with  the  same  brush 
that  has  besmeared  the  magisterial  fiddler.  The 
others,  who  were  given  no  offices  because  they 
belong  to  the  order  of  cranks,  or  have  no  following, 
can  not  get  the  nomination,  and  if  they  did  it  would 
only  prove  to  be  a  political  gold  brick. 


There  is  much  discussion  in  San  Francisco  as  to 
whether  the  disagreement  of  the  jury  in  the  Thaw  case 
was  a  triumph  or  defeat  for  Delmas.  It  is  evident  that 
the  other  lawyers  in  the  case  who  are  jealous  of  the 
clever  San  Francisco  barrister  would  like  to  have  it 
understood  that  Thaw  should  have  been  acquitted. 
For  myself  I  think  that  the  young  Pittsburger  is  lucky 
that  he  has  not  been  hurried  along  to  the  deadly 
electric  chair.  If  ever  anybody  committed  a  deliberate 
murder  he  did  and  at  the  outset  of  the  trial  most 
people  thought  he  would  be  lucky  if  he  got  off  with  a 
verdict  of  murder  in  the  second  degree,  Delmas 
made  the  most  of  the  case  and  should  be  credited 
with  having  scored  a  success  in  getting  his  client 
a   disagreement. 

There  was  a  touch  of  his  first  choice  of  a  profes- 
sion, which  showed  itself  in  Mr.  Delmas'  action 
when  in  describing  Harry  Thaw  after  he  had 
killed  Stanford  White,  the  lawyer  stretched  out 
his  arms  like  a  priest  after  a  sacrificial  ceremony. 
Long  years  ago  when  Mr.  Delmas  was  at 
the  Jesuit  College  of  Santa  Clara  he  studied  to  be 
a  priest  and  the  Jesuit  fathers  thought  that  it  was 
his   vocation.     He   was   most   pious   and   it   was   not 


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until  he  was  nearly  read}  to  enter  Yale  that  he  decided 
to  live  in  the  world  instead  of  a  monastery. 


lames  (iillis.  who  died  in  Sonora  on  April  13th, 
Las  a  famous  old  pioneer  and  i-.  said  to  have  been 
the  original  of  Iiret  Harte's  "Truthful  James." 
lie  was  a  great  friend  of  the  novelist  in  the  early 
mining  days.  Mr.  Gillis  was  the  brother  of  Mrs. 
Henry  Williams  of  this  city,  whose  husband  the 
late  Henry  Williams  was  president  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Safe  Deposit  Company  for  years.  Henry- 
Alston  Williams  is  a  nephew. 

John  Butler,  whose  death  at  Rome  has  been  an- 
nounced, was  immensely  popular  with  the  sports- 
men of  San  Francisco  and  was  known  on  every 
fishing  stream  in  California.  He  was  a  thoroughly 
Americanized  Englishman  and  as  honest  a  man  as 
ever  lived.  <  »ld  Izaak  was  not  more  devoted  to 
"the  gentle  art"  than  John  Butler,  and  every 
festive  gathering  of  the  riy-casters  found  the  genial 
old  veteran  as  gay  as  a  boy  of  eighteen.  He  was 
the  father  of  the  late  Miss  Ella  Butler,  a  remark- 
able talented  girl,  who  had  a  great  success  in 
vaudeville.  His  aged  wife,  to  whom  he  was  much 
attached  died  two  years  ago.  Mr.  Butler  leaves 
one  son,  Bonis  Butler,  who  had  been  his  active 
partner  for  several  years,  and  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
A.  II.  Rising.  Few  men  had  more  sincere  friends 
or  will  be  as  much  missed  as  genial  and  honest 
John  Butler. 


Mrs.  Daniel  E.  Hungerford,  the  mother  of  Mrs. 
John  \V.  Mackay,  died  in  Rome  la>t  week  at  the 
age  of  84  years.  Mrs.  Hungerford  had  made  her 
home  with  Countess  Telfener,  her  daughter,  who 
had  been  a  widow  for  a  number  of  years.  The 
Countess  was  educated  at  the  College  of  Notre 
Dame  in  San  Jose,,  and  was  much  loved  by  her 
school  companions.  When  yet  a  young  girl  she 
went  abroad  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  John  W.  Mackay. 
Her  marriage  was  said  to  have  been  a  very  happy 
one.  Colonel  Hungerford,  the  father,  died  in  Rome 
in  1896.  He  served  in  the  Civil  War  and  headed 
the  Twenty-sixth  Regiment  of  the  New  York  Vol- 
unteers. 


\  noteworthy  feature  of  the  clebration  of  the 
high  mass  last' Sunday  at  Sacred  Heart,  Oakland, 
was  the  singing  of  a  solo  by  Mr.  Joseph 
Rosborough,  the  well  known  member  of  the  Bo- 
hemian Club.  Miss  Amelia  Maytorena  assisted 
with  a  violin  obligato.  The  organist  was  Miss  Lily 
Arrillaga. 


The  Allalba  Cottilon  held  its  last  dance  this  sea- 
son on  Saturday  evening.  The  Paris  Tea  Garden 
was  daintily  decorated  for  the  occasion  and  mem- 
bers of  the  "club  asked  many  guests.  A  few  of  those 
present  were  Miss  Etta  Kreutzmann,  Estella  Rud- 
dock Marv  Shaife.  Elsa  Kempff,  Rose  Gardner, 
Emma  Bazet,  the  Misses  Reddin,  Harry  Hund  Ar- 
thur Skaufe.  Bernard  A.  Schmidt.  Endicott  Gard- 
ner and  Ernest  West. 


A  well-known  young  girl  here,  not  yet  out  of  her 
teens  has  been  in  love  with  a  youth  from  Fresno, 
whose  father  is  a  physician.  The  young  man  him- 
self is  in  a  trade.  He  keeps  a  candy  store  and  his 
sweetheart's  family  deem  the  occupation  not  quite 
elevated  enough  for  a  future  son-in-law.  The  love- 
stricken  bud  informed  her  parents  of  her  determina- 
tion to  marry.  A  stormy  scene  took  place  with 
the  result  that  the  daughter  fled  the  house,  took 
refuge  at  a  girl  friend's  home,  and  left  the  next 
morning  for  the  South,  where  it  is  said  the  marriage 
was  to  take  place.  All  her  friends  are  waiting  at 
this  writing  to  hear  from  her,  and  the  parents  are 
distracted. 


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The  Japanese  and  Korean  Exclusion  League  is 
giving  a  few  weak  kicks  just  to  show  it  is  merely 
dead  and  not  so  far  decayed  as  to  be  unduly  odor- 
iferous. Students  of  history  may  or  may  not  have 
noticed  that  the  exposure  of  all  the  municipal 
grafters  by  the  Grand  Jury  and  the  collapse  of  the 
Japanese  and  Korean  League  were  simultaneous 
Several  eminent  patriots,  whose  eloquence  helped  to 
stimulate  the  League,  are  now  so  busy  dodging 
prosecution  by  Mr.  Heney  that  they  have  no  time 
for  international  statesmanship.  The  public  hears 
no  more  of  the  Yellow  Peril  and  incidentally  it  may 
be  remarked  that  you  can't  see  one  of  the  Mikado's 
subjects  anywhere  outside  the  bounds  of  a  few  blocks 
in  the  Western  Addition,  where  they  all  concen- 
trated after  the  fire.  They  are  so  scarce  that  you 
can't  get  a  Jap  to  cook  for  you  or  clean  your  house 
or  wash  your  windows  for  love  or  money.  In  a 
month  there  will  be  a  howl  from  the  fruit  raisers 
who  see  their  crop  likely  to  rot  on  the  trees  for  want 
of  help  to  pick  and  pack  it.  The  Japanese  problem 
in  California  has  never  been  anything  but  a  political 
one,  manufactured  by  demagogues  who  want  office, 
and  no  one  knows  that  better  than  the  employers  of 
California  and  the  farmers  in  particular.  When  you ' 
cannot  get  Japanese  for  35  cents  an  hour — $2.80  a 
day — to  wash  your  windows  or  sweep  your  floors' in 
San  Francisco,  there  can  be  no  deluge  of  cheap 
coolie  labor  threatening  to  submerge  us. 


the  very  night  when  the  National  Democratic  Club 
held  its  festivities  in  the  Hotel  Waldorf  and  listened 
to  the  eloquence  of  Judge  Alton  B.  Parker  and  some 
prominent  Southern  statesman.  From  this  "feast  of 
reason  and  flow  of  soul,"  Mr.  Bryan  also  was 
missing.  Fraternal  harmony  would  not  seem  to  be 
the  dominant  characteristic  of  the  National  Democ- 
racy just  at  present. 


Mr.  Elmer  C.  Leffingwell  has  been  describing  to 
the  reporters  all  the  trouble  the  Board  of  Education 
has  had  in  evicting  squatters  from  the  City's  prop- 
erty at  the  corner  of  Fifth  and  Market  Streets.  If 
Mr.  Leffingwell  would  tell  the  reporters  how  the 
trespassers  came  to  squat  there  in  the  first  instance, 
and  what  political  pull  they  relied  on  to  enable  them 
to  use  public  property  unlawfully,  it  would  make  it 
much  more  interesting. 


It  will  be  very  hard  to  classify  Mr.  Wm.  R.  Hearst 
politically  before  many  more  years  shall  have 
passed.  According  to  the  reports  emanating  near  the 
White  House,  he  is  in  cohorts  with  E.  H.  Harriman 
to  manipulate  the  next  Republican  National  Con- 
vention and  elect  some  reactionary  like  Foraker  of 
Ohio.  In  the  last  election  in  New  York  he  was 
neither  fish,  flesh  nor  red  herring,  so  to  speak.  One 
day  he  was  a  Tammany  Democrat,  the  next  the 
idol  of  the  wild-eyed  Socialists,  and  the  day  after  an 
Independence  Leaguer  with  his  knife  out  for  Tam- 
many and  all  allied  thereto.  The  other  day  he  re- 
fused to  put  his  elongated  extremities  under  the 
same  Democratic  banquet  board  with  his  old  friend 
and  co-worker  in  the  cause  of  class-hatred,  Wm. 
Jennings  Bryan.  Mr.  Hearst,  in  declining  the 
honor,  didn't  even  take  the  trouble  to  give  a  reason 
beyond  stating  that  it  would  be  impossible  for  him 
to  attend.  His  declination  did  not,  it  seems,  occa- 
sion any  surprise  to  the  friends  of  Mr.  Bryan.  In 
order  to  show  that  he  was  not  missing  anything  by 
refusing  the  invitation  to  the  Bryan  dinner,  Mr. 
Hearst  got  up  one  of  his  own  and  gathered  around 
him  the  remains  of  his  Independence  League  cab- 
inet.    Significantly  enough,  he  gave  the  dinner  on 


There  is  no  reason  why  English  influence  should 
not  have  as  much  influence  on  the  Cuban  situation 
as  it  had  on  the  Philippine.  Had  it  not  been  for  a 
message  Queen  Victoria  sent  to  President  McKinley 
one  Sunday  afternoon,  Germany  would  have  been 
bearing  that  "white  man's  burden"  instead  of  the 
United  States..  Lord  Pauncefote  made  two  visits  to 
the  White  House  during  the  McKinley  administration 
to  deliver  personal  messages  from  Queen  Victoria. 
The  first  was  on  the  afternoon  of  the  Sunday  follow- 
ing McKinley's  proclamation  calling  upon  Spain  to 
get  out  of  Cuba.  When  Victoria  read  his  proclama- 
tion, she  cabled  Lord  Pauncefote  to  tell  the  President 
that  the  British  government  would  sustain  him  in 
every  effort  he  made  to  carry  out  the  policy  fore- 
shadowed by  his  announcement.  No  message  was  ever 
more  welcome,  because  just  at  that  time,  there  were 
grave  doubts  whether  France,  Austria  and  Germany 
would  permit  us  to  interfere  in  Spanish  colonial 
affairs.  With  Great  Britain  behind  us,  we  knew  that 
there  would  be  no  interference,  and  when  the  people 
of  Spain  heard  that  news  they  stoned  the  British 
legation  in  Madrid.  And  the  Spaniards  declare  to 
this  day  that  they  would  have  whipped  the  United 
States  if  England  had  not  interfered  to  protect  us. 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM 

Strenuous  Treatment 

"Grandpa  had  the  lumbago  the  other  day." 
"Indeed!  What  did  they  do  for  him?" 
"Oh,  they  used  the  old-fashioned  remedies.  They 
soaked  his  feet  in  a  tub  and  put  ten  home-made  plas- 
ters and  poultices  on  him.  Then  they  dosed  him 
with  herb  teas  until  he  was  red  as  a  beet.  After  the 
lumbago  was  gone  they  put  him  in  bed  and  sent  for 
the  doctor." 

"Gracious,  what  did  they  need  the  doctor  for?" 
"Why,  to  cure  him  of    the    effects    of    the    old- 
fashioned  remedies." 


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21 


A  Young  Native  Daughter 

Sorry  He  Spoke 

"Maria,"  remarked  Growler,  over  his  coffee  and 
eggs,  "this  paper  says  that  in  New  York  and  Wash- 
ington the  ladies  carry  Roosevelt  bears  as  a  fad. 
Why  don't  you  get  a  bear?" 

"Because,"  replied  Mrs.  Growler  quietly,  "I  got  a 
bear  when  I  got  you." 

And  then  Growler  said  he  thought  it  was  time  to 
catch  a  train. 


Financial   Failure 

First  Stranger — "Do  you  consider  marriage  a 
failure  ?" 

Second  Stranger — "You  bet  I  do." 

First  Stranger — "By  the  way,  how  long  have 
you  been  married?" 

Second  Stranger — "Never  married  at  all ;  but  I 
once  proposed  to  an  heiress  and  she  gave  me  the 
frosty  digit." 


He  Believed  Her 
She  had  just  finished  telling  him  that  he  was  the 
first  man  she  had  ever  kissed. 
"Well,  well !"  he  exclaimed. 
"Do  you  presume  to  doubt  me?''  she  asked,  in- 


dignantly. 

"Oh,  no,"  he  replied,  "but  I  was  just  wondering 
how  you  managed  to  do  it  so  well  without  practice." 

There  to  Stay 

"Well,"  said  the  tattoo  artist,  as  he  dropped  his 
needle,  "I  have  put  an  elephant  on  your  arm  and  a 
ship  on  your  chest  and  now  I  want  my  money." 

"I  ain't  going  to  pay  you  a  cent,  lad,"  chuckled 
the  old  salt,  "and  what  is  more,  I  have  the  advantage 
of  you." 

"In  what  way?" 

"Why,  you  can't  take  it  out  of  my  hide." 

And  above  the  deep  baying  of  the  hounds  came 
a  shrill  voice  from  the  gallery : 

"Aw,  git  a  pair  of  ice  skates!" 


By  the  Old  Piano 

Jack — "You  are  not  playing  very  loud  this  even- 
ing?" 

Eva — "No,  I  am  afraid  of  disturbing  the  neigh- 
bors.   There  are  some  keys  I  only  touch  at  night." 

Jack — "Ah,  I  see.     They  are  night  keys." 


Wedding  Cakes  and  Fancy  Ices 
and  Tarts 

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Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 

Eastern  Money  in  San  Francisco 

It  will  certainly  take  Eastern  money  to  help  in 
the  rebuilding  of  San  Francisco.  The  Equitable, 
the  New  York  Life  and  the  New  York  Mutual  are 
all  mentioned  as  amongst  the  companies  that  may 
lend  money  here.  The  Prudential  according  to  a 
leading  bank  president  is  in  the  field  now.  It  will 
loan  money  on  realty  but  then  there  is  a  string  to 
it.  If  they  let  you  have  $100,000  as  a  loan  on  your 
property,  they  will  give  you  $75,000  in  cash  and 
the  balance  in  insurance  on  your  life. 

A    Big    Week 

The  savings  banks  are  loaning  out  money  quite 
liberally.  During  the  past  week  the  accomodations 
amounted  to  $1,300,000.  The  largest  loan  was 
$300,000.    There  was  another  of  $250,000. 

The  money  market  here  has  become  tight  while 
in  New  York  money  has  been  easier.  These  finan- 
cial fluctuations  are  like  waves.  We  feel  the  effect 
of  those  that  start  in  New  York  a  month  or  so 
after  the  disturbance.  Our  local  bankers  have 
always  been  very  conservative  and  whenever  they 
think  there  is  a  financial  gale  brewing  they  take  in 
sail  promptly.  The  impression  in  Eastern  circles 
is  that  there  has  been  so  much  talk  about  hard 
times  coming,  that  they  won't  come.  They  generally 
sneak  in  unannounced.  Besides  why  should  we 
have  hard  times  with  the  country  producing 
abundant  crops  and  all  labor  well  employed. 

What  That  Fifty  Millions  Did 

The  United  States  Treasury  has  a  surplus  of 
$50,000,000  derived  mainly  from  duties  on  imports. 
The  leading  financiers  of  New  York  were  unceas- 
ing in  their  efforts  to  have  the  government  deposit 
this  amount  in  the  National  banks  so  as  they  could 
borrow  it  out  again  and  stave  off  the  impending 
crash  in  stocks.  At  last  they  succeeded,  but  not 
before  they  had  received  a  big  scare.  Meanwhile 
arrangements  were  made  by  New  York  financiers 
to  borrow  in  London  and  much  gold  was  secured 
for  shipment  to  New  York. 

More  or  less  of  this  English  gold  was  sent  to 
New  York  but  when  it  became  apparent  that  our 
government  would  help  the  perturbed  New  York 
speculators  the  flow  of  the  yellow  metal  across  the 
Atlantic  was  stopped.  This  occurred  none  too 
soon  however,  as  the  flurry  on  Wall  Street  had 
caused  much  financial  disturbance  in  Europe.  Dis- 
counts rose  to  seven   per  cent   in   Germany.     The 

A  Sovereign  Remedy 

Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure,  one  dose  will  stop  a  cough.  It 
never  fails.     Try  it.     Sold  by  all  Druggists. 


banking  firm  of  Lazard  Freres,  who  are  well  known 
in  San  Francisco,  had  several  million  dollars  ready 
for  shipment  and  made  $10,000  by  the  difference  in 
the  price  of  exchange  between  the  time  they  bought 
and  sold. 

The  financial  situation  on  the  whole  has  much 
improved  within  the  year.  The  banks  belonging 
to  the  New  York  Clearing  House  have  $19,000,000 
of  surplus  over  reserve,  where  as  a  year  before  they 
were  a  little  over  two  million  dolars  short  of  having 
enough  reserves.  There  is  $50,000,000  more  gold  in 
the  United  States  Treasury  than  there  was  a  year 
before.  The  business  of  the  country  has  grown 
largely  in  the  year  and  it  takes  more  monfiv  to  carv 
it  on — that  is  all.  And  speaking  of  this  reminds  me 
that  the  amount  of  monev  in  circulation  in  the 
country,  most  of  it  gold,  is  largely  in  excess  of  what 
it  ever  was  before,  being  somewhat  above  three 
billions  of  dollars  or  443  per  capita  nearly. 

Prices   are   in  general   higher   and   it   takes   more 


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Opp.  Third 


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Interest  Paid  on  all  Deposits 


Paid  op  Capital  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
Loans  on  Approved  .Securities 


OFFICERS-- James  D.  Phelan,  Pro,,  John  A.  Hooper,  V.  Pres..  J.  K.  Moffatt,  2d 
V.  Pres.,  George  A.  Story,  Sec'y  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Asst.  Cashier,  A.  E. 
Curtis,  2d  Asst.  Cashier. 


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STOCK  BROKERS 

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CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS, 
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DEPOSITS  JANUARY  1.  1907 


108-110  Sutter  Street 

$693,104.68 

$600,000.00 

$3,772,145.83 


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John  Ginty,  Asst.  Secretary  P.  A.  Bergerot,  Attorney 


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23 


monej  to  do  business.  This  results  Erom  the  great 
addition  of  gold  to  the  circulation  in  all  civilized 
o'untries  bv  reason  of  the  large  yield  of  the  mines. 


On  Change 

There  was  a  little,  very  little  more  activity  in 
the  Bond  and  Stock  Exchange  during  the  past 
week  than  in  the  previous  one.  As  usual  bonds 
formed  the  staple  of  business.  Spring  Valley  4- 
sold  at  $89.25,  rather  low.  The  Stock  sold  in  the 
Board  at  $21.62j/2.  A  good  many  shares  of 
Associated  Oil  sold  at  $43.25  during  the  week. 
United  Railroads  sold  at  $75.75.  Sugar  stocks  held 
their  own,  Hawaiian  Commercial  being  quoted  at 
$83.  Paauhau  sold  at  $14.50.  Onomea  at  $36.25  and 
Hutchinson  at  $15.50. 

California  Safe  Deposit  sold  at  $128.50,  while 
for  Bank  of  California.  $361  was  bid.  Alaska 
Packers  sold  at  $41.50.  For  California  Fruit  Can- 
ner's  $103.50  was  bid  and  for  California  Wine 
§84.50.    Gas  and  Electric  sold  at  $82.50. 


The  Mines 
The  market  for  mining  stocks  differed  in  no 
important  particular  from  that  of  other  weeks. 
There  was  enough  margin  of  gains  and  losses  on 
different  days  just  to  make  a  market  while  a  large 
number  of  shares  of  stock  changed  hands.  But 
there  was  no  essential  change  in  the  market  or 
important  developments  in  the  mines. 


Sugar  Up 

The  Sugar  Market  has  been  advancing  steadily 
abroad  and  this  week  the  Crockett  Refinery  put  up 
the  price  20  points  and  was  promptly  followed  next 
morning  by  the  Western.  Sugar  Stocks  should 
advance. 


The  French  American  Bank 
The  French  American  Bank  in  its  new  home  is 
quite  a  contrast  to  its  surroundings.  It  continues 
to  increase  its  resources — deposits  being  in  excess 
of  withdrawals.  It  is  doing  its  share  in  rebuilding 
the  city.  Its  assets  January  1st  were  $2,641,549. 
93.  The  president  is  Chas.  Carpy.  The  vice-presi- 
dents, Arthur  Legallet  and  Leon  Bocqueraz,  the 
cashier,  John  Ginty,  the  assistant  cashier,  M.  Girard. 


The  French  Savings  Bank 
The  assets  of  this  bank  were  $4,483,345.11  on  Jan- 
uary 1st.  Its  deposits  were  $3,772,145.11.  The 
president  is  Charles  Carpy,  the  vice-president,  Ar- 
thur Legallet.  The  secretary,  Leon  Bocqueraz.  Its 
last  dividend  was  at  the  rate  of  3J4  per  cent.  Its 
next  is  expected  to  be  at  the  rate  of  3^4  per  cent. 

INVESTOR 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Sharon,  who  arrived  in  New 
York  last  week  and  stopped  at  the  St.  Regis,  will 
sTail  this  week  for  Europe,  and  spend  the  Summer 
in  France,  returning  here,  in  the  Autumn,  when 
their  new  home  in  San  Mateo  will  be  completed. 

The  day  after,  you  need  Abbott's  Bitters.     Braces  the  nerves;  sustains  you  throughout 
day  and  makes  you  feel  bright  and  cheerful.     At  druggists. 


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personal  property  is  afforded  by  the  Safe  Deposit 
Boxes  and  Vaults  of  the 

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They  are  convenient  of  access  and  there  are  private 
rooms  for  examination  of  papers,  etc.  Rates  are  very 
reasonable. 


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West  End  Branch,  1531  Devisadero 

Mission  Branch,        2572  Mission,  near  22d 
Up-Town  Branch,  1740  Fillmore  nr.  Sutter 


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May  be  safely  stored  at 

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of  the 

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Trunks  $1  a  month 
Office  Hours:  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 


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526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  San  Francisco 


Guaranteed  Capita]  and  Surplus 
Capital  actually  paid  up  in  cash 
Deposits,  December  31,  1906 


$2,578,695,41 

1,000,000.00 

38,531,917.28 


OFFICERS  -  President,  F.  Tillmann,  Jr.:  Finn  Vice-President,  Daniel  Meyer 
Second  Viee-President,  Emil  Rohte:  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier, 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Toumy;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 
Goodfellow  &  Eells,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS -F.  Tillmann.  Jr.,  Daniel  Meyer,  Emil  Rohte,  Inn. 
Steinhart.  1.  N.  Waller.  N.  Ohlandt.  J.  W.  Van  Bersen.  E.  T.  Kruse  and  W.  S. 
Goodfellow. 


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J.  C.  WILSON 

BROKER 

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-THE  WASP- 


The  Torrens  System 

HIGHLY  UNSATISFACTORY  EVERYWHERE 
IT  HAS  BEEN  TRIED. 


i  The  real  estate  market  has  been  dull  for  months 
and  there  seems  to  be  an  idea  that  the  application  of 
the  Torrens  System  would  act  as  a  strong  stimulant. 
The  theory  of  the  Torrens  system  is  beautiful,  but 
unfortunately  all  beautiful  theories  do  not  work 
equally  well  in  practice.  The  truth  about  the  Tor- 
rens system  is  that  it  has  not  worked  well  anywhere 
in  the  United  States,  and  it  is  rather  Utopian  to  ex- 
pect that  San  Francisco,  with  its  miserable  govern- 
ment, will  prove  an  exception. 

The  theory  of  the  Torrens  system  is  that  it  will 
expedite,  cheapen  and  simplify  the  sale  of  real 
estate  so  that  a  person  can  turn  a  house  and  lot  into 
cash  or  borrow  money  on  it  about  as  easily  as  one 
can  on  gilt  edge  bonds.  The  County  Recorder  is  to 
be  the  magician  to  do  the  trick.  His  certificate  will 
be  all  that  is  necessary  to  prove  ownership. 

To  start  with,  you  must  get  a  valid  title.  This 
can  be  done  under  the  McEnerney  Act,  by  which 
the  Superior  Court  can  give  you  valid  title.  Having 
this  valid  title  no  more  abstracts  and  searches  and 
legal  opinions  will  be  needed.  You  take  your  court 
judgment  of  valid  title  to  the  County  Recorder  and 
he  issues  you  his  certificate.  When  you  sell  the 
property  the  buyer  gets  his  certificate  and  when  he 
sells  it  the  next  fellow  gets  a  new  certificate.  All 
through  the  Recorder's  office. 

Could  anything  be  more  beautiful.  A  says  to  B  at 
lunch,  "I'll  buy  that  lot  of  yours  on  Market  Street 
for  $5000  a  front  foot." 

"It's  yours,"  says  B,  and  forthwith  they  pay  their 
bill,  tip  the  waiter,  and  if  no  blockade  occur  on  the 
United  Railroads,  they  hie  them  to  the  Recorder's 
office,  get  the  sale  registered.  A  walks  off  with  his 
brand  new  certificate  and  B  with  a  fat  check  in  his 
pocket  and  all  is  lovely  . 

If  A  should  wish  to  raise  money  on  his  new  pur- 
chase he  takes  his  Recorder's  certificate  down  to 
some  hard-fisted  banker  and  that  personage,  after 
glueing  his  eye  on  the  document  to  see  that  it  is 
O.  K.,  orders  the  cashier  to  hand  out  the  Mazuma. 

If  County  Recorders  and  their  offices  were  all  that 
the  community  could  wish,  tilings  might  work  as 
beautifully  as  described.  But,  unfortunately,  while 
grafters  are  thick  as  flies  in  every  municipal  govern- 
ment from  Alameda  to  Hoboken,  and  carelessness 
and  stupidity  are  more  notable  than  care  and  intelli- 
gence in  municipal  departments,  no  prudent  man 
will  pin  his  faith  on  a  County  Recorder's  certificate 
for  a  land  purchase. 

The  Torrens  system  has  been  tried  in  Illinois, 
Oregon,  Minnesota  and  the  Canadian  Province  of 
Ottawa  and  nowhere  has  it  commended  itself. 

In  Chicago  the  Torrens  law  went  into  operation 
in  1899.  In  eight  years  2000  pieces  of  property  have 
been  registered,  representing  a  total  valuation  of 
$10,000,000.  It  takes  from  thirty  to  thirty-five  days 
to  get  a  title  through,  provided  the  applicant 
promptly  and  cheerfully  renders  his   assistance  in 


curing  any  defects  that  may  be  discovered. 

The  system  was  used  so  little  in  Chicago  that 
finally  a  law  was  passed  requiring  estates  to  register 
their  real  estate.  This  has  been  opposed  as  inviting 
attacks  on  titles  when  they  pass  to  widows  and 
orphans  and  cannot  be  defended.  The  system  has 
received  little  if  any  indorsement,  and  buyers  gener- 
ally have  refused  to  accept  Torrens  titles.  Those 
who  register  their  properties  are  obliged  to  go  to  the 
additonal  expense  of  guaranteeing  their  titles  with 
title  insurance  companies. 

In  1903  the  number  of  deeds  recorded  under  the 
old  method  was  147,998.  Under  the  Torrens  system 
only  410  were  filed.  Last  year  972  were  filed  under 
the  Torrens  law  and  the  value  of  the  property  thus 
recorded  was  onlv  one  million  seven  hundred  thous- 
and. That  doesn't  look  like  a  boom  for  the  Torrens 
system  in  Chicago. 

In  Minneapolis  the  Torrens  system  has  been  in 
operation  since  1901.  During  the  first  four  years 
only  349  original  certificates  of  registration  were 
filed  and  252  reissues  made.  March,  1906,  the 
number  of  examiners  was  cut  down  from  three  to 
one.  On  December  30,  1905,  the  County  Commis- 
sioner commented  on  the  bill  of  the  County  Exam- 
iner of  Titles  Westfall  as  follows : 

"If  there  ever  was  a  rank  farce  perpetrated,  this 
Torrens  law  is  it.  Here  is  Ramsey  County  paying 
to  this  examiner  official  fees  averaging  $200  and 
over  monthly  and  a  salary  of  $50  per  month — for 
what?  In  order  that  private  individuals,  owners  of 
property  may  have  their  titles  examined  free  of 
charge.  On  what  score  has  any  person  the  right  to 
have  the  county  pay  out  its  money  for  attending  to 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Slock  Exchange 

Goidfield,  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 
Write  for  Market  Letter. 

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BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODCE.  Pres. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Any. 

WM.  CORB1N,  Sec.  and  Cen.  M»r. 

OFFICES -COR.  CHURCH   AND  MARKET  STREETS 

OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Rooms  7  to  11 


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W.  C.  RALSTON 

Stock  and  Bond  Broker 

Member  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
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Bedford  McNeill 
Western  Union 
Leibers 


368  BUSH  STREET 

San  Francisco 


■THE  WASP 


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his  private  business?  I  believe  this  is  money  thrown 
ftway. 

"It  has  cost  the  county  something  like  $3500  this 
year  to  pay  this  official  his  fees  and  salary,  and  the 
county,  I  understand,  has  derived  out  of  the  propo- 
sition the  magnificent  sum  of  $189.81." 

Ohio  passed  its  law  in  1896.  It  was  declared  un- 
constitutional by  the  Supreme  Court  in  1897,  and 
the  law  was  repealed  in  1898,  since  when  no  effort 
has  been  made  to  pass  a  constitutional  law. 

In  Oregon  the  law  has  been  in  operation  since 
1901,  but  is  used  so  little  that  advocates  are  trying 
to  get  it  made  compulsory  so  as  to  force  its  general 
adoption. 


Hatton  the  Sphinx 

Probably  the  Grand  Jury  never  had  a  more  sphinx- 
like  witness  to  deal  with  than  George  F.  Hatton. 
One  of  Hatton's  closest  friends  once  said  to  me  that 
he  did  not  believe  that  he  really  knew  George,  that 
though  they  had  been  chums  for  years,  and  had 
worked  side  by  side,  he  never  felt  that  he  knew  Hatton 
so  well  as  Hatton  knew  him.  He  has  a  personal 
magnetism  that  draws  friends  to  him  without  effort. 
His  old  offices  in  the  Crocker  building  used  on  some 
afternoons  to  be  filled  with  men  who  dropped  in 
merely  to  pass  the  time  of  day,  and  particularly  did 
newspaper  men  enjoy  such  calls.  For  Hatton  always 
has  "good  stuff"  to  tell  the  boys,  stuff  that  makes 
good  copy  for  the  paragraphers  and  news  purveyors. 
He  used  to  write  a  letter  himself,  in  the  Oakland 
Tribune,  on  political  subjects,  before  he  became  so 
close  to  the  political  powers  that  be. 

Mr.  Hatton  is  not  an  American,  though  he  has  be- 
come so  prominent  in  California  politics.  He  is 
English,  or  rather,  Irish,  though  his  family  is  best 
known  in  London.  If  he  liked,  he  could  sport  a  crest 
on  his  stationery,  and  the  F  in  his  name  really  stands 
for  the  hyphenized  Finch-Hatton  which  is  his  family 
name.  But  the  man  who  managed  Senator  Perkins' 
campaigns  disdains  hyphens  and  he  is  more  republi- 
can in  his  ideas  than  are  some  of  his  associates  who 
were  born  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  One  of  the 
standing  jokes  with  Hatton's  "Cabinet"  camarades  is 
his  penchant  for  jewelry.  No  other  man  outside  of 
the  red-light  district  habitues  would  dare  to  sport  rings 
and  scarfpins  and  such  gew-gaws,  but  George  F.  Hat- 
ton would  not  be  himself  without  his  ornaments.  When 
the  cartoonists  scratch  off  caricatures  of  Hatton  they 
magnify  his  jewel-habit.  Before  the  disaster  he  used 
to  put  all  his  spare  cash  into  the  purchase  of  diamonds 
and  he  had  a  tin  box  devoted  to  them  that  he  kept  in 
his  office.  There  must  have  been  over  ten  thousand 
dollar's  worth,  all  shapes  and  sizes.  Their  owner's 
heart  was  well-nigh  broken  because  the  diamonds 
were  lost ;  it  was  impossible  to  climb  to  the  eighth 
floor  of  the  building  and  attempt  a  rescue.  Even 
Raffles  would  have  balked  at  such  an  ascent. 

"Hatton's  luck"  is  a  proverb  with  sportsmen  over 
Emeryville  way.  He  has  a  "system,"  it  is  understood, 
that  knocks  all  others  to  smithereens.  When  he  at- 
tends a  race  meeting  it  is  fun  to  watch  the  men  who 
hover  a  few  feet  back  of  him,  eyes  and  ears  alert  to 


catch  hints  from  his  play.     To  be  sure  he  doesn't  al- 
ways win,  but  he  gets  his  share. 

Hartley  Peart,  his  friend,  colleague  and  secretary, 
appears  more  English  than  his  chief,  but  I  believe  he 
is  a  native  of  New  England.  He  is  seldom  seen 
without  his  pipe,  for  he  shares  the  affection  of  Barrie 
and  Jerome  K.  Jerome  for  that  form  of  smoking  the 
fragrant  weed. 


Miss  Ethel  G.  Rockefeller,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  William  Rockefeller,  one  of  the  greatest  heir- 
esses in  America,  is  engaged  to  be  married  to 
Marcellus  Hartley  Dodge.  Miss  Rockefeller,  who 
made  her  debut  a  couple  of  Winters  ago,  is  a  niece 
of  John  D.  Rockefeller.  She  has  two  brothers, 
William  G.  Rockefeller  and  Percv  A.  Rockefeller, 
each  of  whom  married  one  of  the  Stillman  girlsi 
She  goes  about  a  good  deal  in  Society,  but,  like 
all  her  family,  is  domestically  inclined.  A  clever 
horsewoman,  she  has  exhibited  at  some  of  the 
country  horse  shows,  and  she  is  fond  of  outdoor 
sports.  She  spends  much  of  her  time  at  the  Rocke- 
feller country  home.  The  family's  town  residence 
is  at  689  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York.  Mr.  Dodge, 
who  lives  with  his  grandmother,  Mrs.  Hartley,  at 
232  Madison  Avenue,  is  popular  in  Society.  He  in- 
herited great  wealth  while  still  at  college  from  his 
grandfather,  the  late  Marcellus  Hartley,  whose  for- 
tune was  estimated  at  $60,000,000.  The  bulk  of 
this  fell  to  young  Dodge,  who  found  himself  while 
an  undergraduate  elected  to  the  directorate  of  the 
International  Banking  Company  and  a  trustee  of 
the  Equitable  Life  Assurance  Company.  He  was 
president  of  his  class,  manager  of  the  track  team 
of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  coxswain  of  his  class  crew. 
On  his  graduation  in  1903  he,  with  his  aunt,  Mrs. 
Helen  Hartley,  Jenkins,  gave  a  $300,000  dormitory 
to  Columbia  University  as  a  memorial  to  his 
grandfather. 

A  year  ago  young  Dodge  took  a  party  of  friends, 
including  several  college  professors,  on  a  trip  up 
the  Amazon  on  his  yacht  Wakiva,  stopping  on  the 
way  at  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico.  No  date  has  been 
mentioned  for  the  wedding,  but  this  will  probably 
not  be  long  delayed  after  the  formal  announcement 
of  the  engagement. 


Popular    French    Restaurant 

Regular  Dinner  75c 

Meals  a  la  carte  at  any  hour 

Private  Dining  Rooms 

for  Banquets,  etc. 

?S^           <^-w 

497   Golden  Gate 

Comer  Polk  Street 

Phone  Markel  2315 

26  -THE  WASP 


The  Viavi  System  of  Treatment 

ITS  BASIC  PRINCIPLES 

VIAVI    STANDS    FOR— 

<|An  intelligent,  recognition  of  the  fundamental  laws  of  physical  well- 
being.  Observance  of  these  laws  means  health.  The  penalty  of  their  violation 
is  ill  health.  An  immense  amount  of  needless  suffering  is  the  result  of  igno- 
rance. Most  of  it  could  be  avoided  by  a  knowledge  of  the  facts  as  they  are. 
VIAVI   STANDS   FOR— 

<JA  dissemination  of  these  facts. 

t§  For  health  and  happiness  in  the  family  and  the  home. 

<JFor  healthy  fatherhood,  motherhood  and  sturdy  babyhood.  Viavi  be- 
lieves that  motherhood  is  the  highest  honor  to  which  a  woman  can  attain. 

<|  For  Nature  as  the  sole  curative  power.  No  man  or  medicine  can  cure. 
The  best  that  one  can  do  is  either  to  get  out  of  Nature's  way  or  to  furnish  her 
such  assistance  as  she  may  need. 

C|In  the  "Boston  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal,"  under  date  of  Novem- 
ber 29,  1906,  a  prominent  Massachusetts  physician  says  this :  ' '  Nature  is  the 
real  curative  agent.  '  Nature  alone  can  heal.  This  is  the  highest  law  of  practi- 
cal medicine  and  the  one  to  which  we  must  adhere.  Nature  creates  and  main- 
tains. She  must,  therefore,  be  able  to  cure.'  The  physician  then  really  can  do 
little  more  than  to  supply  for  his  patient  the  most  favorable  conditions  and 
materials  with  which  Nature  is  to  work. ' ' 

<| ' '  First,  perhaps,  we  should  name  the  blood  as  the  agent  which  supplies 
all  the  material  from  which  tissues  are  built  and  from  which  the  glands  of  the 
body  elaborate  their  secretions.  The  same  blood  stream  is  the  principal  agent 
for  tearing  down  and  removing  the  old  and  obstructing  material.  An  emi- 
nent clinician  has  well  remarked,  'it  is  the  blood  that  heals.'  " 

<| ' '  Second  in  importance  in  the  work  of  reconstruction  of  the  body  is  the 
part  played  by  the  nerves,  as  the  nervous  system  dominates  all  the  phenomena 
of  organic  life.  It  is  well  said,  'The  cells  are  the  artisans  in  the  organs'  work- 
shop, but  the  nerves  are  the  overseers.'  Hence  it  is  often  necessary  in  the 
work  of  therapeutics  to  rouse  the  nervous  system  to  more  vigorous  work." 

•J  In  the  "New  York  Medical  Journal,"  December  16,  1906,  a  Philadelphia 
physician  has  this  to  say :  "No  cell  can  be  sick  or  diseased,  except  as  a  result 
of  a  direct  injury,  if  it  be  supplied  with  the  proper  quality  and  quantity  of 
blood  and  have  its  waste  products  properly  removed." 

"All  curative  measures  must  be  directed    to    the    restoration    of    the    normal 
quality,  and  quantity  of  blood  to  the  part  or  parts  effected." 

THIS  HAS  BEEN  VIAVI  DOCTRINE  FOR  TWENTY  YEARS 

<J  Viavi  is  not  a  cure-all.  Within  the  range  which  it  covers,  however,  it  is 
an  effective  aid  to  Nature  in  removing  the  cause  of  suffering. 

<|  Vis.vi  stands  for  natural  as  opposed  to  operative  measures.  It  does  not 
claim  that  an  operation  never  is  necessary.  At  its  best,  however,  it  is  a  bad 
last  resort,  and  an  unnecessary  or  reckless  operation  is  as  criminal  as  homi- 
cide. 

CJ Viavi  condemns  the  reckless  surgical  tendency. to  unsex  womanhood. 
VIAVI   STANDS  FOR— 

<fl  The  education  of  young  manhood  and  womanhood  in  matters  vital  to 
their  physical  well-being. 

The    uprooting    of    the    tradition  which  makes  health  vulgar  and  intelli- 
gence vicious. 

THE  ANNIVERSARY  OF  THE  CATASTROPHE  OF  APRIL  I8TH  FINDS  VIAVI 
IN  ITS  NEW  HOME  ON  PINE  STREET,  EAST  OF  STOCKTON,  TO  VISIT 
WHICH  IT  CORDIALLY  INVITES  ITS  FRIENDS,  OR  THOSE  WHO  MAY  BE 
INTERESTED  IN  THIS  NATURAL  SYSTEM  OF  TREATMENT. 


-THE  WASP- 


27 


Automobile  News 


The  new  Model  "G"  White  steamer  is  a  larger, 
roomier  ami  much  more  powerful  car  than  any 
previously  manufactured.  It  is  conservatively 
rated  at  30  steam  horsepower.  Purchasers  may 
choose  between  a  Pullman  body,  seating  seven,  and 
a  touring  body,  seating  five,  and  having  ample 
provision  for  carrying  baggage. 

The  Model  "II."  White  is  a  .car  that  follows  elos- 
ly  the  lines  of  the  highly  popular  and  successful! 
Model  "1'"".  but  with  shorter  wheel-base  and  certain 
other  changes  and  improvements.  The  White  peo- 
ple maintain  that  their  car  is  the  simplest  one  on  the 
market  in  operation,  in  number  of  parts  and  ever) 
particular  where  simplicity  is  a  criterion. 

.Mr.  S.  (  ).  Johnson,  of  the  McCloud  River  Lumber 
Company,  McCloud,  Cal.,  and  owner  of  two  Thomas 
"Flyers,"  recently  returned  from  Honolulu,  where  he 
had  one  of  his  "Flyers"  with  him  and  toured  between 
two  and  three  thousand  miles  on  the  Islands.  He 
states  the  roads  there  are  ideal,  being  made  of  coral 
and  shells,  and  that  he  had  a  most  delightful  trip. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Ish,  of  Goldfield,  are  visiting 
in   this   City   for  a   few   days   and  on   Sunday   last 
made   a   trip   around   the   bav   in   their    Model   ' 
Olds. 

The  .Model  "M"  Winton,  ordered  by  Mr.  W 
Tubbs.  arrived  from  the  factory  and  will  be 
livered  to  Mr.  Tubbs  this  week. 

Messrs.  Louis  Metzeger,  W.  F.  Fries  and  Roy 
Francis  of  San  Francisco,  and  United  States  Sen- 
ator George  D.  Nixori  and  Mr.  W.  J.  Stoneham  of 
Tonopah,  Nevada,  last  week  purchased  Thomas 
"Flyers"  from  the  Pioneer  Automobile  Company. 

Mr.  R.  M.  Tobin's  Thomas  Limousine  arrived 
from  the  factory  and  was  delivered  to  him  on 
Tuesday  of  this  week.  This  car  is  one  of  the  most 
exquisite  machines  ever  shipped  to  this  Coast. 


'A" 

B. 

de- 


New  Branch  Just  Opened 
For  the  convenience  of  the  public  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Gas  and  Electric  Company  has  opened  elegant 
new  offices  and  show  rooms  at  Polk  and  Sutter 
streets,  where  will  be  be  displayed  gas  and  electric 
appliances.  Amongst  other  innovations  there  will 
be  installed  original  lines  of  electric  lighting  and 
instantaneous  hot  water  heaters.  Mr.  S.  P.  Hamil- 
ton, the  superintendent  of  the  Gas  Contract  De- 
partment, will  be  in  charge  and  will  have  his  head- 
quarters   there. 


Art  in  Wall  Paper 
The  demand  for  wall  paper  in  all  its  varieties 
has  grown  with  great  rapidity  in  San  Francisco, 
and  here  as  elsewhere,  art  and  fashion  assert  their 
sway,  and  the  patterns,  in  variety  of  design  and 
richness,  may  be  called  veritable  works  of  art.  The 
most  expensive  descriptions  turned  out  by  the  man- 
ufacturers of  the  East  find  a  ready  market  here.  To 
know  of  the  wonderful  beauty  of  some  of  the  wall 
papers  now  in  use  one  must  visit  the  emporium  of 


L.  Tozer  &  Son.  of  1527  Pine  street  near  Van  W-ss. 
or  at  2511  Washington  Street,  near  Fillmore,  where 
every   attention    is   paid  by   those  in   charge  to   the 


The  opening  of  the  Fairmont  Motel  was  the  first 
event   since   the   great    fire    to   give    San    Francisco 

some  of  its  old  time  gaiety,  This  was  apparent 
in  the  leading  uptown  places  and  most  noticeably 
in  the  temporary  Palace  Hotel,  corner  Post  and 
Leavenworth  Streets.  This  popular  place  took 
on  the  semblance  of  the  old  Palace  on  gala  nights 
before  the  fire.  The  Palace  has  a  strong  hold  on 
the  affections  of  the  best  class  of  people  in  San 
Francisco. 


Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acommodations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Tiburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOODES 

Via  Kelseyville  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co.,  Cal. 


H.  C.  RAAP,  Manager 


Telephone  Franklin  588 


National  Cafe  and  Grill 

918-920  O'FARRELL  ST.,  San  FrancUco 

SPECIAL   MERCHANTS  HOT  LUNCH   25c 

Including  Tea.  Coffee.  Wine  or  Beer.     II  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 
A  LA  CARTE  at  all  hours. 


Regular  Dinner  50c 


Special  Sunday  Dinner  75c 


AL.  CONEY 


J.  HUFF 


Kadee  Hammam  Baths 

TURKISH  AND  HAMMAM  BATHS 

PRIVATE  ROOM  AND  BATH  $1.00 

Open  Day  and  Night 

GEARY  AND  GOUGH  STREETS 

Strictly  First  Class  Phone  West  3725 


/ 


Established  1890 

J.    F.    ROSSI 

D°„m«Xicnd  Wines,  Liquors  and  Cigars 

Depot  of  Italian-Swiss  Colony  Wines 

Specialties:  Belmont,  Jesse  Moore,  A.  P.  Hotaling's  O.  P.  S.,  Loveland  Rye, 
King  Wm.  Fourth  Scotch,  Glenrosa  Scotch,  Dew  of  the  Grampians,  A.  V.  H. 
Gin,  Buchu  Gin,  Cognac  Brandy,  Bisquit  Dubouche  Cognac,  Fernet  Branca 
Italian  Vermuth,  French  Vermuth. 

217-219  Washington  St.,  Bet.  Front  and  Davis 


DIRECTORY 


OF  LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES  AND  PROFESSIONAL  PEOPLE 


ADVERTISING    AGENCIES. 

COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion and  Brady  Sts. 

DAKE  ADV.  AGENCY,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 

FISHER,  L.  P.  ADV.  AGENCY,  836  North 
Point  St.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Emergency  584. 

JOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  2170  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

ARCHITECTS. 

REID  BROS,  Temporary  Offices,  2325 
Gough  St.,  S.  F. 

THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 

ART    DEALERS. 

GUMP,  S.  &  G„  1645  California  St.,  S.  F. 
SCHUSSLER  BROS.,  1218  Sutter  St. 

ATTORN  EVS. 
DORN,   DORN   &  SAVAGE,    717   Van   Ness 

Ave. 
DINKELSPIEL,  HENRY  G.  W.,   126-5   Ellis 

St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 
HEWLETT,    BANCROFT    AND    BALLAN- 

TINE,    Monadnock    Bldg. ;    Phone    Temp'y 

972. 
EDWARD    B.    YOUNG,    4th     Floor,     Union 

Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temp'y  833. 

AUTOMOBILES    AND    SUPPLIES. 

PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  and  12th  and  Oak  Sts., 
Oakland. 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Market 
and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

AUTO  LIVERY  CO.,  Golden  Gate  and  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  408  Golden  Gate 

'    Ave.     Phone,  Emergency  655. 

LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550  Gol- 
den Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MOBILE  CARRIAGE  CO.,  Golden  Gate 
Ave.  and  Gough  Sts.,  S.   F. 

PACIFIC    MOTOR    CAR    CO.,    376    Golden 

Gate  Ave.  • 

BANKS. 

ANGLO-CALIFORNIA  BANK,  Ltd.,  cor. 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 

CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND 
TRUST  CO.,  cor.  California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 

CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St., 
S.  F. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  Bush  and  San- 
some Sts.,  S.  F. 

FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK,  108  Sutter  St., 
and  Van   Ness  and   Eddy. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY,  526   California  St.,   S.   F. 

HALSEY,  N.  W.  &  CO.,  413  Montgomery 
St.,  S.  F. 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, Jones  and  McAllister  Sts.,  S.  F. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St., 
S.  F. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.   California  and  Montgomery  Sts.,   S.   F. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULT,  Market  and  7th 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 

WELLS  FARGO-NEVADA  NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 


BREWERIES. 

ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 

1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
S.   F.  BREWERIES,  LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 

BRIDGE    BUILDERS. 
ROLLINS,   E.  H.   &  SONS,  804  Kohl  Bldg. ; 

Telephone  Temp'y  163;  S.  F. 

BROKERS— STOCKS    AND     BONDS. 

MONTAGUE,  PHIL  S.,  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 

Exchange  Bldg. 
ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 
WILSON,   J.    C,   488    California   St.,   S.    F. 

BUILDING        AND        LOAN       ASSOCIA- 
TIONS. 

CONTINENTAL    BUILDING   AND   LOAN 

ASSOCIATION,    Church    and    Market   Sts., 

S.  F. 
BUILDERS'     EXCHANGE,     226     Oak     St., 

S.  F. 
BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F. ; 

Phone   Market   2S37. 

CARPET  CLEANING 

SPAULDING,  J.  &  CO.,  911-21  Golden  Gate 
Ave. ;  Phone  Park  591. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 

HUB,  THE,  Chas.  Keilus  &  Co.,  King  Solo- 
mon Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 

COMMISSION     AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 

JOHNSON     LOCKE     MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO  &  CO.,  INC.,  2020  Buchanan 

St.,    S.    F. ;    Phone   West    2800. 

CONTRACTORC   AND    BUILDERS. 

FISHER   CONSTRUCTION   CO.,    1414   Post 

St.,   S.   F. 
TROUNSON,    T.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 

Ash  Ave.,  S.  "F. 

CROCKERY   AND   GLASSWARE. 

NATHAN  DOHRMAN  CO.,  1520-1550  Van 
Ness  Ave. 

DENTISTS. 

KNOX,  DR.  A.  T.,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 
of  Grant   Bldg. 

DRY   GOODS— RETAIL. 

CITY  OF  PARIS,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Wash- 
ington St.,  S.  F. 

WHITE  HOUSE,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Pine 
St.,  S.  F. 

EXPRESS. 

WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO.  EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate  Ave.  and  Franklin  St.,  Ferry  Bldg., 
and  3d  St.  Depot, 'S.   F. 

FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 

CRESCENT  FEATHER  CO.,  19th  and  Harri- 
son Sts.,  S.  F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 

OMEY  &  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts., 

S.  F. 
CAREW   &   ENGLISH,    1618   Geary   St.,   bet. 

Buchanan   and  Webster   Sts.,   S.   F. ;    Phone 

West  2604. 
PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 

S.   F. ;   Phone  West  770. 

GAS  STOVES. 

S.  F.   GAS  &  ELECTRIC  CO.,   Franklin  and 

Ellis  Sts. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
BULLOCK  &  JONES  COMPANY,  801   Van 

Ness  Ave.,  cor.   Eddy  St.,  S.  F. 


HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    1105-7    Fillmore    St., 
nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave. ;  Phone  West  5678. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 

ILS,  JOHN  G.  &  CO.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F. 
MONTAGUE,  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk 
Sts.,   S.   F. 

HARNESS    AND    SADDLERY. 

DAVIS,   W.    &   SON,   2020   Howard   St.,   bet. 

16th  and   17th,   S.   F. 
LEIBOLD      HARNESS    AND     CARRIAGE 

CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

HATTERS. 

DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 

HOSPITALS    AND   SANITARIUMS. 

KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 
Mgr. ;  262  Devisadero  St.,  S.  F. 

JEWELERS. 

BALDWIN  JEWELRY  CO.,  1521  Sutter  St., 

and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
SHREVE   &  CO.,   cor.   Post   and  Grant  Ave., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 

".AUNDRIES. 

LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 

PALACE  HOTEL  LAUNDRY  and  KELLY 
LAUNDRY     CO.,     INC.,     2343     Post    St. 
Phone  West  5854. 

UNION    LUMBER    CO.,    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 

MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 

BEKINS'   VAN   AND   STORAGE   CO.,    13th 

and   Mission   Sts..   S.   F. ;    Phone   Market   13 

and   1016  Broadway,   Oakland. 
ST.  FRA..CIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 

COMPANY,    Office    1402    Eddy    St.;    Tel. 

West  2680. 

Notaries    Public. 

DEANE,    JNO.    J.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 

Steiner  Sts.;  Phone  West  7261. 
WARE,    JOHN    H„    307    Monadnock    Bldg., 

Depositions   carefully    attended    to.       Phone 

Temp'y  972. 

OPTICIANS. 

MAYERLE,   GEORGE,   German   expert,    1115 

Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  West  3766. 
SAN    FRANCISCO    OPTICAL    COMPANY, 

"Spences,"   627   Van   Ness  Ave. ;    "Branch," 

1613   Fillmore. 
STANDARD   OPTICAL   CO.,   808  Van  Ness 

Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PACKERS. 

KEEFE,  J.   H.,  820-822   O'Farrell  St.,  S.   F.; 

Tel.  Franklin  2055. 
TOZIER,   L.    &   SON    CO.,    INC.,    1527   Pine 

and    2511    Washington    St.,    near    Fillmore, 

S.  F. 

PAINTS    AND    OILS. 

BASS-HUETER    PAINT    CO.,    1532   Market 
St. 

PHOTO  ENGRAVERS. 

CAL.    PHOTO    ENG.    CO.,    141-143   Valencia 
St. 

PHYSICIANS. 

BOWIE,   DR.   HAMILTON  C,  formerly  293 

Geary  St.,  Paul  Bldg.,  now  14th  and  Church 

Sts. 
BRYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R.,    1944    Fillmore 

St.,  cor.   Pine;   Tel.  West  5657. 
D'EVELYN,     DR.     FREDERICK    W.,   2115 

California  St.,    S.    F. 


-THE  WASP- 


29 


MRS.  O.  H.  BURBRIDGE 

Indian  Complications 
Refusing  to  occupy  a  coffin  which 
her  husband  had  purchased  for  her 
at  a  bargain  when  she  was  ill,  Jos- 
ephine Dog  Soldier  swears  in  her 
divorce  petition  that  Dog  Soldier,  a 
Rosebud  Indian,  threatened  to  shoot 
her  to  permit  funeral  arrangements 
to  proceed  as  planned.  He  finally 
drove  her  from  home. 


This  is  but  one  of  twenty  divorce 
suits  started  by  Rosebud  Indians  for 
trial  at  the  forthcoming  term  of  State 
Court.  It  is  the  tirst  session  since 
the  abolition  of  the  Indian  Court,  and 
the  order  f<<r  all  Indian  cases  to  be 
tried  by   whites. 

James  Ghost  Hawk  asks  a  divorce 
from  Bessie,  and  the  custody  of  their 
only  child,  Mollie  Three-Thighs- 
Ghost-Hawk.  The  accusation  is  that 
the  wife  eloped  with  Walking  Soldier. 
Another  elopement  figures  in  the  case 
of  Alice  Good-Muskrat  against 
Henry,  who  is  charged  with  running 
away  with  Alora  Walks-as-She- 
Jumps.  Plaintiff  wants  her  maiden 
name   of  Alice   High-Kicker  restored. 


yourself  almost  as  ridiculous  as   if  you 
were  to  spell  tho  with  a  ugh." 


But  One  Deduction 
The    Clergyman — You    should    seek 
work,    my    friend.      You    know    Satan 
finds  employment   for  idle  hands. 

The  Hobo — T'anks,  kind  sir.  Many 
times  before  I've  been  told  to  go  ter 
de  devil,  but  never  in  such  dipply- 
matic  langwidge. 


In  Brooklyn 

Park  Slopely— What!  A  death  in 
the  Remsen  family!  This  is  terribly 
sudden!     Who  is  it? 

Livingston  Adams — Mrs.  Remsen's 
eldest  rubber  plant  died  early  this 
morning,  before  they  could  get  a 
florist. 

Simplicity,  Ad   Infinitum 

"Divorce?"  repeated  the  man  of  the 
future,  with  a  laugh.  "Oh,  bless  me, 
no.  There  are  no  divorces  any  more. 
Everybody  goes  in  for  the  simplified 
morals,  now.  Why,  if  you  were  to 
try  to  get  a  divorce,  you  would  make 


Excused 

Foreman  Waterville  Hose  Com- 
pany No.  1 — Hurry  up  an'  come  on, 
Si!      Woolsey's   barn's    hurnin'. 

The  Newest  Volunteer — Sorry, 
Heck,  luii  I  can't.  Both  m'red  shirts 
are  in  the  wash. 


At  the   Butcher's 
"Some   venison   today,   ma'am?" 
"No,  I  don't  care  for  it." 
"But   it's   very  cheap,   ma'am." 
"It    may    be    cheap,    but    venison    is 
deer  at  any  price." 


JUDGE  SLOSS 


THORNE,  DR.  W.  S.,  1434  Post  St.,  S.  F. 
BALDWIN,   D.   H.   &   CO.,  2512   Sacramento 
St.,  and  Van  Ness  at  California. 

RESTAURANTS. 

MORAGHAN,    M.    B.,    OYSTER    CO.,    1212 

Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
OLD    POODLE    DOG,    824    Eddy    St.,    near 

Van  Ness  Ave. 
ST.   GERMAIN  RESTAURANT,  497  Golden 

Gate  Ave.;   Phone  Market  2315. 
SWAIN'S     RESTAURANT,     1111     Post   St., 

S.  F. 
THOMPSON'S,    formerly    Oyster    Loaf,    1727 

O'Farrell  St. 

SAFES   AND    SCALES. 

HERRING-HALL  MARVIN  SAFE  CO., 
office  and  salesrooms,  Mission  St.,  bet. 
Seventh  and  Eighth  Sts.  ;  Phone  Market 
1037. 

SEWING    MACHINES. 

WHEELER  &  WILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING MACHINES,  1431  Bush  St.,  cor. 
Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Emergency 
301 ;   formerly  231   Sutter  St. 

STORAGE. 

BEKINS  VAN  &  STORAGE  CO.,  13th  and 
Mission  Sts.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Market  2558. 


PIERCE  RUDOLPH   STORAGE   CO.,   Eddy 

and  Fillmore  Sts.;  Tel.  West  828. 
SURGICAL    INSTRUMENTS    AND    HOS- 
PITAL  SUPPLIES. 

WALTERS  &  CO.,  formerly  Shutts,  Walters 
&  Co.,  1608  Steiner  St.,  S.  F. 

TALKING    MACHINES. 

BACIGALUPI,  PETER,  1113-1115  Fillmore 
St.,  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 

LYONS,  CHARLES,  London  Tailor,  1432 
Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 
Broadway,  Oakland. 

McMAHON,  KEYER  AND  STIEGELER 
BROS.,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 
and  Fillmore. 

REHNSTROM,  C.  H.,  2415  Fillmore  St.,  for- 
merly Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

TENTS   AND   AWNINGS. 

THOMS,  F„  1209  Mission  St.,  corner  of 
Eighth,  S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 

EAMES  TRICYCLE  CO.,  Invalid  Chairs, 
1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 

WINES  &  LIQUORS — WHOLESALE 

,BALKE,  ED.  W.,  1498  Eddy  St.,  cor.  Fill- 
more. 


BUTLER,  JOHN    &   SON,   2209   Steiner   St., 

S.  F. 
REYNOLDS,    CHAS.    M.    CO.,    912    Folsom 

St.,  S.  F. 

RUSCONI,  FISHER  &  CO..  649  Turk  St., 
S.  F. 

SIEBE  BROS.  &  PLAGEMAN.  419.425 
Larkin  St. ;   Phone  Emergency  349. 

WENIGER,  P.  J.  &  CO.,  N.  E.  cor.  Van 
Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St.  ;  Tel.  Emergency 
309. 

WICHMAN,  LUTGEN  &  CO.,  Harrison  and 
Everett  Sts.,  Alameda,  Cal. ;  Phone  Ala- 
meda  1179. 

FERGUSON.     T.     M.     CO.,     Market    Street. 

Same  old  stand.      Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 
FISCHER,    E.    R.,    1901    Mission   St.,   cor.   of 

Fifteenth. 
THE    METROPOLE,    John    L.    Herget    and 

Wm.  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 

and  Steiner  Sts. 
TUXEDO,  THE,  Eddie  Granev,  Prop.,  S.  W. 

cor.  Fillmore  and  O'FarreTI  Sts. 

YEAST  MANUFACTURERS. 
GOLDEN  GATE  COMPRESSED  YEAST 

CO..  2401   Fillmore. 
STERLING    OIL    CO.,    1491    Post    St.,    cor. 

Octavia,   S.    F. 


30 


THE  WASP- 


Amusements 


"Moths,"  a  dramatization  of  Ouida's 
famous  novel,  one  of  the  most  success- 
ful as  well  as  powerful  dramas  ever 
produced  in  this  country,  will  be  the 
offering  at  the  Colonial  Theater  for 
the  week  commencing  Monday  evening, 
April  22d.  The  Wallack  Theater,  New 
York,  version  of  this  delightful  play 
will  be  used  with  an  exceptionally  strong 
and  well  balanced  cast,  including  Frank 
Bacon,  one  of  the  most  popular  comed- 
ians that  has  ever  appeared  here.  One 
of  the  features  in  connection  with  the 
presentation  of  this  drama  will  be'  the 
staging.  George  Lask,  acknowledged  to 
be  one-  of ---the  greatest  stage  directors 
in  the  profession,  having  been  specially 
engaged  to  look  after  this  end  of  the 
production. 

"Moths"  is  highly  dramatic  but  re- 
plete with  bright  comedy  scenes,  being 
equal  in  merit  and  interest  to  "The 
Charity  Ball"  and  "The  Wife."  It  was 
first  played  here  by  the  original  New 
York  Company  and  later  by  the  Fraw- 
ley  Company  at  the  Columbia  Theater. 
*       *       * 

There  can  be  no  better  indication  of 
the  rehabilitation  of  our  City  than  is 
afforded  by  the  theatrical  situation  at 
present.  This  is  especially  significant 
in  view  of  the  fact  that  one  year  ago 
today  every  theater  in  town,  with  the 
exception  of  that  at  the  Chutes  was 
destroyed  utterly.  Today  we  have  more 
theaters  and  better  ones,  as  well  as  a 
greater  diversity  of  high  class  attrac- 
tions than  we  ever  had  before. 

The  captious  theater-goer  can  find  no 
cause  for  complaint  today.  Is  his  taste 
for  vaudeville?  The  Orpheum  and  a 
half  dozen  smaller  houses  are  there  to 
cater  to  it.  In  musical  comedy  the 
American,  The  Van  Ness  or  the  Davis, 
all  are  drawing  well,  and  in  utter 
tragedy  we  have  Miss  Roberts  in  "Maria 
Rosa"  at  the  Novelty. 

The  Alcazar  this  week  excels  in 
comedy  with  Leo  Dietrichstein's  farce 
"All  on,  Account  of  Eliza,"  and  the 
Colonial  with  the  comedy  drama 
"Friends."  Out  at  the  Chutes  they  have 
another  comedy  drama  "In  Arkansaw," 


v         ICECREAM 
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while  the  Central  is  still  the  home  of 
the  strictly  up-to-date  "melo-drammer" 
with  the  "Gambler  of  the  West." 

Even  the  circus  has  come  to  town,  and 
baseball  flourishes  like  the  green  bay 
tree.  Surely  this  is  a  supremely  good 
showing  to  be  made  by  a  City  that  ex- 
actly one  year  ago  lay  in  ruin  and  devas- 
tation. 

*  *       * 

"The  Cingalee"  at  the  Van  Ness 
Theater  is  much  better  than  the  "Coun- 
try Girl."  The  music  is  brighter  and 
prettier,  the  dialogue  better,  and  the 
scenery  and  costumes  superb.  Ray- 
mond Hitchcock  will  give  one  return 
performance  of  "The  Yankee  Tourist" 
there  on  Sunday,  and  on  Monday  night 
Lillian  Russel  will  open  in  "The 
Butterfly." 

*  #      * 

"All  on  Account  of  Eliza,"  as  is  pre- 
sented to  big  houses  at  the  Alcazar.  It 
is  one  of  the  funniest  farce  comedies 
ever  presented  here  and  is  well  suited 
to  the  capabilities  of  the  stock  com- 
pany at  the  pretty  new  play  house. 

-,;  *  * 

"The  Tenderfoot"  at  the  American  is 
strongly  reminiscent  of  old  Tivoli  days. 
The  music  is  as  catchy  and  tuneful  as 
ever.  It  is  rumored  that  the  Frawleys 
are  coming  for  a  season  at  the  Amer- 
ican. 

*  *       # 

The  Orpheum  continues  to  present 
excellent  vaudeville.  Jimmy  Brockman, 
the  sweet  singer,  is,  to  my  mind,  the  best 
feature  on  the  bill. 

*  *       * 

Morgan  Wallace,  the  Colonial's  new 
leading  man,  who  replaces  Wilfred 
Roger,  has  proven  a  great  find.  Mr. 
Roger  has  gone  on  a  tour  with  "Sa- 
lome," and  while  we  shall  miss  him, 
his  place  is  most  acceptably  filled  by 
Mr.  Wallace.  The  other  members  of 
the  Colonial  stock  are  all  well  cast  in 
"Friends,"  and  Miss  Jewel  and  Frank 
Bacon,  Norval  MacGregor  and  JSurt 
Wesner — all  are  at  their  best. 

*  *       * 

Bishop's  players  are  doing  a  good 
business  at  the  Chutes  in  the  rural 
comedy  drama,  "In  Arkansaw." 

There  was  a  peculiar  sound  from 
the  direction  of  the  woods  as  the 
member  of  the  Birdlover's  Society  sat 
in  the  window  of  her  friend's  country 
home  one  summer  afternoon. 

She  quickly  took  her,  small  "Bird 
Guide"  from  her  ever  present  bag, 
and    rapidly    turned    the    leaves.       At 


last  she  paused  with  a  smile  of  satis-  I 
faction,   and  listened,   with  her   finger 
between  two  leaves  of  the  little  book, 
till  the  sound  came  again. 

When  it  was  repeated  an  expression 
of  doubt  fitted  across  her  features,  but  ■ 
still  she  was  hopeful. 

"You   probably  know   many   of   the  * 
bird  notes,   living  so  near  the  woods 
and  in  such  a  quiet  spot,"  she  said  to  ■ 
her  friend.       "Can  you   tell  me   what 
bird  that  is?" 

"That  said  her  friend,  briefly,  "is 
our  goat.  We  shall  have  to  move  him 
further  off." 

*       *       * 

At  one  time  there  lived  in  Worces- 
ter,   Mass.,   an   old   negro   who   had  a  ] 
tremendous    influence,     religious    and  I 
political,  in   the   settlement   where   he  : 
lived.     He     occupied     a     Ht  Lle     house 
owned    by    a    prominent    banker,    but 
had   successfully  evaded  the   payment 
of   rent  for  many  years.     No   trouble 
came,   however,  until  the  banker  was 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherith  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 

LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 
Church  Choir 

Teacher    of     Voice,     Piano     and     Organ 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phone 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,  Tues- 
day and  Friday. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 

PIANIST 

Tel.  West  314  1801  Buchanan  Si..  Cor.  Sutler 


William  Keith 


Studio 


After  Dec.  1st         1717  California  St. 


SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 

Attorney-at-Law 

1101  OTARRELL  ST. 

Cor.  Franklin  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


-THE  WASP- 


31 


RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 


SIX   OR    MORE    RACES    EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Rain  or  Shine 

Races  commence  at   1:40  p.  m.  sharp. 

For  special  trains  slopping  ol  ihe  iraclc  take  S.  P.  Ferry, 
foot  of  Market  street:  leave  at  1 2:00,  thereafter  every  twenty 
minutes  until  I  .40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  cars, 
which  are  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Reluming  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILLIAMS,  President. 
PERCY  W.  TREAT.  Secretary. 


The  best  YEAST  for  all 
Kinds   of  Baking; 

FRESH  DAILY  AT  YOUR  GROCER 


Thompson's        Formerly 


Oyster  Loaf, 


Now 
Open. 


1727  O'Farrell  St.,  near  Fillmore 
All  night  service  Popular  Prices 


▼  The  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 

t*  Ham  mam  Baths,  built  especially  for 
the  purpose,  in  the  city. 

♦  Oriental  Turkish  Baths 

I  Corner  Eddy  an  J  Larkin  Sts. 

w  Cold  water  plunge. 

t  Room  including   Bath,  Si. oo. 

♦  Phone  Franklin  653 

♦  W.  J.  BLUMBERG  &  BRO.,  Props. 


PATRICK  &  CO. 


Rubber   Stamps 

Stencils,  Box  Brands 


1543  Pine  Street 


San  Francisco 


nominated  to  run  for  ■>  political  office. 
The  next  day  the  old  negro  came  hob- 
bling into  hi-  office. 

"Well.  Sam,"  said  the  hanker,  "I 
suppose  you've  come  in  to  pay  me 
some  rent." 

"Oh,  no,  bos,,"  replied  the  old  man. 
"I's  jnst  come  in  to  say  I's  glad  yo  is 
nominated,  and  I'll  tell  de  rest  of 
dese  no  'count  niggers  to  vote  for 
fo'  you,  an  to  mention  to  you  at  the 
same  time  dat  de  roof  of  my  house 
is  a-lcakin'  an'  if  it  ain't  fixed  I'll  have 
to  move  out  directly. 


The  multibillionaire  was  in  great 
agony  when  he  found  he  would 
probably  be  compelled  to  die  rich. 

"Money,"  he  exclaimed,  piteously; 
"nothing  but  money!  Is  it  not  a 
punishment?" 

"Yes,"  replied  the  beggar  at  the 
gate,  "and  I  call  it  capital  punish- 
ment. Suppose  you  give  me  your 
wealth  and  die  a  happy  man?" 

But  the  multibillionaire  shook  his 
head. 

"No,"  he  answered  dolefully,  "when 
a  man  is  condemned  to  capital  punish- 
ment he  generally  deserves  it,  so  I 
shall    take   my   medicine   like   a   man." 

And  then  he  called  out  his  $10,000 
bulldogs  and  drove  the  beggar  off 
the  premises. 


"Who  is  your  favorite  composer?" 
inquired  the  artistic  person. 

"I  can't  say  just  at  this  moment," 
answered  Mr.  Comrox,  with  an  ap- 
pealing glance  at  his  wife,  "but  it's 
somebody  whose  music  I  can't  re- 
member and  whose  name  I  can't  pro- 
nounce." 

*       *       * 

Amelia  Bingham,  the  actress,  who 
is  so  well  known  here,  made  an  awful 
fizzle  in  New  York  in  her  new  play, 
"The  Lilac  Room,"  which  was  written 
by  Beulah  Dix  and  Evelyn  Greenleaf 
and  damned  by  every  competent  critic 
in  Gotham.  So  severe  were  the  roasts 
given  Miss  Bingham  that  she  took  to 
her  bed  and  missed  one  performance, 
which  proceeding  caused  it  to  be  said 
that  she  was  afraid  to  appear.  She 
showed  up  the  next  night  and  contra- 
dicted the  report  by  a  speech,  in 
which  she  said: 

"When  I  took  this  play  I  thought 
I  had  a  good  property.  I  have  no 
right  to  complain,  for  out  of  six 
plays  I  have  selected  five  money 
makers.     No  one  can  tell  what  a  play 


COLONIAL  THEATRE 

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Week  Beginning    Monday,     April     15 

The   Wallack   Theater,   New  York   Version 
of  Ouida's  Famous  Novel 


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An  Emotional  Drama  in  Three  Acts 


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Ticket  Office,  Kohler  &  Chase's,  Sutter  and  Franklin 
Streets. 


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Office  and  Res.:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

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Phone  Alameda  I  1 79 

GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
color  use  Alfrcdums  Egyptian  Henna — 
a  vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
the  effect  is  immediate.,  All  druggists 
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ELECTRO 
SILICON 

Is  Unequalled  lor 

Cleaning  and  Polishing 
SILVERWARE. 

Send  address  for  a  FREE  SAMPLE,  ov  15c.  in 
fitamps  for  a  full  bos. 

Electro-Silicon  Soap  has  eqoal  merits. 
The  Electro  Silicom  Co.,  30  Cliff  St.,  New  York, 
Grocers  and  Druggists  sell  it. 


cLEIBOLD, 

Harness  &  carriagTco. 

1214  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 

BET.  WEBSTER  AND  FILLMORE 


A  pc°j*ive  CATARRH 

Ely's  Cream  Balm 

is  quickly  absorbed. 
Gives  Relief  at  Once. 

It  cleanses,  soothes  I 
heals    and    protects  I 
the   diseased    mem- 
brane.    It  cures  Ca-  I 
tarrh    and    drives! 

away  a  Cold  in  the  I 

Head  quickly.  Lii-UAy  FFVFR 
stores  the  Senses  of  Mfl  I  Ft!  bit 
Taste  and  Smell.  Full  size  50  cts. ,  at  Drug- 
gists or  by  mail ;  Trial  Size  10  cts.  by  maiL 
Elv  Brothers.  56  "Warren  Street.  New  York 


1ASH5HBIITERS 

I-      BETTER  THAN    PILLS.        KJ 


Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure 
One  dose  will  stop  a  cough. 
It  never  fails.     Try  it.    25c. 

AT  ALL  DRUGGISTS 


will  be — or  Charles  Frohman  wouldn't 
have  refused  'The  Lion  and  the 
Mouse,'  would  he? 

"I  played  this  play  for  six  months 
on  tour  to  profitable  business.  But  I 
admit  that  most  of  the  stops  were 
one-night  stands,  and  that  the  house 
was  sold  out  in  advance.  If  you  want 
to  learn  the  truth  about  a  piece  you 
must  come  home  to  find  it  out.  If  I 
have  a  bad  piece  of  property  I  am 
glad  that  my  friends  on  the  New  York 
papers  have  had  the  kindness  to  tell 
me  that  I  am  wasting  my  time. 

"They  have  said  that  the  play  is 
bad,  that  I  am  bad,  and  that  the  pro- 
duction is  bad,"  continued  the  actress. 
"In  addition  to  all  this,  I  have  to- 
night received  a  telegram  from  the 
authors  saying  that  they  are  going  to 
get  an  injunction.  They  say  that  I 
have  added  lines.  Well,  I  have  added 
lines — and  it  is  a  blessed  good  thing 
I  did,  too.  If  you  don't  believe  that 
come  to  my  house,  and  see  the  orig- 
inal manuscript.  If  there  is  any  in- 
junction lying  around  loose  nothing 
would  please  me  better  than  to  have 
them  come  and  serve  it  on  me." 

Everybody  applauded  the  plucky 
actress  but  the  two  authors,  who 
happened  to  be  in  the  house.  They 
got  up  in  a  huff  and  flounced  out. 

"THE  FIRST  NIGHTER." 


,      SUMMONS 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE 
State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco. 

SIDNEY  W.  SCOTT,  Plaintiff,  vs.  ISABELL 
SCOTT,   Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of 
the  State  of  California  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  com- 
plaint hied  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and   County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  send 
greeting    to    ISABEL    SCOTT,    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  ser- 
vice 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  dissolv- 
ing the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing 
between  Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  on  the 
ground  of  Defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  the 
Plaintiff;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will 
more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file, 
to  which   special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless 
you  appear  and  answer  as  above  required, 
the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any 
moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  Com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply 
to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  demanded 
in  the  Complaint. 

Given     under     my     hand     and     the     Seal     of 
the   Superior   Court   of  the  State  of  California, 
in   and   for  the  City  and   County   of  San   Fran- 
cisco, this   16th  day  of  March,  A.   D.    1907. 
(SEAL)  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By    L.    J.    WELCH,    Deputy   Clerk. 
JOSEPH     H.     TAM,     Attorney    for     Plaintiff, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Action   No.    7076. 


TOYO  K1SEN 
**  KAISHA 


n*i 


(Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 


Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

Room   240  James   Flood   Building 

San  Francisco 

S.  S.  "America  Mam"  (calls  at  Manila)        .     . 

Friday,  May  3,  1907 

S.  S.  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)     .      .     . 

Friday.  May  31,  1907 

S.  S.  "Hongkong  Maru" 

Friday,  June  28,  1907 

Steamers  will  leave  wharf,  comer  First  and  Brannan  Sts., 
I  P.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 
lulu, Kobe,  (Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 
necting 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,  240  James  Flood 
Building.     W.  H.  AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 


Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

Headguarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 

1113-1115  Fillmore  Street,  San  Francisco 

Albion  Ale  or  Porter 

Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure  Extract  of  Malt  and  Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Laguna  St. 


Dr.WONQ  HIM 

1268  O'Farrell  St. 

Permanently  Located 

HERB   DOCTOR 


Father  and  Mother 
Write  Letter  In- 
dorsing Treatment. 

SAN    FRANCISCO 
March  23,  1906 

To    Whom  it  may 
\  Concern:    Our  three- 
year  -  old    daughter, 
.    .._..  having    been    ill    for 

some  time  and  being 
treated  by  the  most  prominent  physicians, 
gradually  became  worse,  and  was  finally 
given  up  by  them.  We  were  then  recom- 
mended to  Dr.  Wong  Him.  We  started 
with  his  treatment  and  within  two  months' 
time  our  daughter  was  cured. 

Respectfully, 
MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  C.  LIEB, 
2757  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 


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will  be  the  effect  if  the  carmen  strike  next  month. 
Many  employers  may  prefer  to  close  their  places  and 
thus  lose  only  their  rent.  In  fact,  it  has  been  suggested 
that  if  the  carmen  strike  the  employers  will  at  once  lay 
off  their  employes  in  every  line  and  keep  their  stores 
and  factories  closed  until  the  railroads  resume  opera- 
tions. 


Plain  English 


For  the  first  time  in  years  this  Spring  finds  unskilled 
labor  so  plentiful  that  laborers  are  offering  $3  a  head 
to  employment  agents  in  Chicago  and  New  York  to 
obtain  work  for  them  at  $1.50.  The  great  railroads 
have  paused  in  their  operations  and  the  thousands  of 
men  they  needed  for  track-laying  are  seeking  work  in 
other  directions.  The  rate  for  common  labor  in  the 
East  this  year  is  about  SO  cents  a  day  less  than  last, 
with  the  demand  slack.  Things  are  getting  down  to 
the  normal  after  several  years  of  headlong  and  unpre- 
cedented prosperity.  The  nation  cannot  go  back,  for 
its  resources  are  as  great  as  ever,  but  it  can  lessen  its 
feverish  energy  for  a  year.  Many  shrewd  business 
men  say  that  such  a  breathing  spell  would  do  no  harm. 


The  strike  of  the  carmen  for  greatly  increased 
wages  would  be  most  inopportune,  as  wages  have  a 
tendency  to  drop  in  all  the  large  cities  of  the  East,  and 
money  has  become  tight.  A  corporation  like  the 
United  Railroads,  which  is  heavily  mortgaged  and 
must  pay  its  interest  regularly,  cannot  afford  to  give 
carmen  $3  a  day  for  eight  hours  work.  It  is  true  that 
hod-carriers  get  nearly  twice  that  amount  in  San 
Francisco,  and  plasterers  and  plumbers  have  been  paid 
from  $7  to  $8  a  day,  but  such  wages  cannot  be  kept 
up,  and  are  only  temporary.  A  corporation  like  the 
United  Railroads  cannot  raise  its  men's  wages  one 
day  and  drop  them  the  next.  It  must  fix  a  scale  which 
will  be  as  nearly  permanent  as  possible,  and  leave  the 
company  a  sure  margin  of  profit  to  meet  its  regular 
expenses  and  all  extraordinary  ones  that  may  be  in- 
curred. 


The  wages  now  paid  carmen  in  San  Francisco  are 
the  highest  in  America,  and  that  is  equivalent  to  saying 
that  they  are  the  highest  in  the  world.  Carmen's  work 
is  trying  and  needs  intelligence,  but  it  is  not  a  skilled 
trade  which  requires  years  of  apprenticeship.  Any 
fairly  intelligent  laborer  might  become  a  competent 
motorman  in  a  month,  and  a  good  conductor  can  be 
produced  out  of  very  ordinary  material  in  two  months. 
It  is  fair,  then,  to  assume  that  the  average  carman  is 
not  over  twenty-five  per  cent  superior  in  any  way  to 
the  average  laborer.  If  so,  what  should  be  his  wages? 
Let  us  see  what  the  ruling  rate  is  in  the  Eastern  States 
at  present. 


The  talk  of  a  street-railway  strike  next  month  is 
what  might  be  expected.  For  months  there  has  been  a 
continuous  howl  about  the  United  Railroads  and  sug- 
gestions of  confiscating  their  franchise.  All  this  has 
been  most  ill-advised,  for  anything  which  "reduces  the 
efficiency  of  our  street-railway  system  is  a  blow  at  the 
entire  business  of  San  Francisco.  Immediately  after 
the  fire  last  year  we  saw  that  without  street  railways 
in  operation  the  business  of  the  City  stopped.     Such 


A  year  ago  laborers  were  so  scarce  at  $2.25  a  day 
that  the  labor  agencies  were  unable  to  meet  the  de- 
mand. This  Spring  the  employment  agencies  are 
thronged  by  laborers,  eager  to  get  work  at  $1.50  a 
day.  Track-layers  this  year  get  from  $1.40  to  $1.60  a 
day  and  there  are  more  than  are  needed.  Admitting 
that  the  average  carman  should  get  25  per  cent  more 
than  the  average  track  layer,  the  wages  for  carmen 
would  according  to  that  be  from  $1.75  to  $2  in  the 


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East.  Let  us  say  it  eosts  more  to  live  here  than  in  the 
East,  though  that  is  very  doubtful,  for  New  York  and 
Chicago  are  very  expensive  places  in  which  to  reside. 
Allow  25  per  cent  more  for  living  in  San  Francisco 
and  the  highest  wages  of  the  local  carmen  would  be 
$2.25  a  day.  They  want  $3  for  an  eight-hour  day 
and  make  this  demand  on  a  falling  labor  market  and 
when  money  is  becoming  scarce  for  the  first  time  in 
seven  years.  The  demand  does  not  seem  to  be 
prompted  by  wisdom  on  the  part  of  the  carmen,  and 
it  is  very  unlikely  that  so  determined  and  shrewd  a 
man  as  Mr.  Calhoun  will  grant  it. 


Following  is  President  Roosevelts  reply  to  the  Illinois 
socialist  who  complained  because  the  President  had 
spoken  disparagingly  of  Moyor,  Haywood  and  Petti- 
bone,  who  are  charged  with  the  atrocious  assassination 
of  Ex-Governor  Steunenberg  of  Idaho.  The  unions 
throughout  the  Nation  have  been  assessed  to  raise  an 
immense  defense  fund  for  the  accused  men.  President 
Roosevelt's  letter  is  the  most  outspoken  declaration 
that  has  ever  come  from  the  White  House  in  answer  to 
the  complaint  of  a  labor  leader. 

"April  22,  1907 — Dear  Sir:  I  have  received  your 
letter  of  the  19th  instant,  in  which  you  inclose  the 
draft  of  formal  letter  which  is  to  follow.  I  have 
been  notified  that  several  delegations  bearing  sim- 
ilar requests  are  on  the  way  hither.  In  the  letter 
you,  on  behalf  of  the  Cook  County  Moyer-Haywood 
conference,  protest  against  certain  language  I  used 
in  a  recent  letter,  which  you  assert  to  be  designed 
to  influence  the  course  of  justice  in  the  case  of  the 
trial  for  murder  of  Messrs.  Moyer  and  Haywood. 
I  entirely  agree  with  you  that  it  is  improper  to 
endeavor  to  influence  the  course  of  justice,  whether 
by  threats  or  in  any  similar  manner.  For  this  rea- 
son I  have  regretted  most  deeply  the  action  of  such 
organizations  as  your  own  in  undertaking  to  accom- 
plish this  very  result  in  the  very  case  of  which 
you  speak.  For  instance,  your  letter  is  headed 
'Cook  County  Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone  Confer- 
ence," with  the  headlines :  'Death  cannot,  will  not 
and  shall  not  claim  our  brothers.'  This  shows  that 
you  and  your  associates  are  not  demanding  a  fair 
trial  or  working  for  a  fair  trial,  but  are  announcing 
in  advance  that  the  verdict  shall  only  be  one  way, 
and  that  you  will  not  tolerate  any  other  verdict. 
Such  action  is  flagrant  in  its  impropriety,  and  I  join 
heartily  in  condemning  it. 

"But  it  is  a  simple  absurdity  to  suppose  that 
because  any  man  is  on  trial  for  a  given  offense  he 
is  therefore  to  be  freed  from  all  criticisms  upon  his 
general  conduct  and  manner  of  life.  In  my  letter 
to  which  you  object  I  referred  to  a  certain  prominent 
financier,  Mr.  Harriman,  on  the  one  hand  and  to 
Messrs.  Moyer,  Haywood  and  Debs  on  the  other  as  be- 
ing equally  undesirable  citizens.  It  is  as  foolish  to  as- 
sert that  this  was  designed  to  influence  the  trial 
of  Moyer  and  Haywood  as  to  assert  that  it  was 
designed  to  influence  the  suits  that  have  been 
brought  against  Mr.  Harriman.  I  neither  expressed 
nor  indicated  any  opinion  as  to  whether  Messrs. 
Moyer  and  Haywood  were  guilty  of  the  murder  of 
Governor  Steunenberg.  If  they  are  guilty  they  cer- 
tainly ought  to  be  punished.     If  they  are  not  guilty 


they  certainly  ought  not  to  be  punished. 

"But  no  possible  outcome  either  of  the  trial  or 
the  suits  can  affect  my  judgment  as  to  the  unde- 
sirability  of  the  type  of  citizenship  of  those  whom 
I  mentioned.  Messrs.  Moyer,  Haywood  and  Debs 
stand  as  representatives  of  those  men  who  have 
done  as  much  to  discredit  the  labor  movement  as 
the  worst  speculative  financiers  or  most  unscrupu- 
lous employers  of  labor  and  debauchers  of  Legis- 
latures have  done  to  discredit  honest  capitalists 
and  fair  dealing  business  men. 

"They  stand  as  the  representatives  of  these  men, 
who  by  their  public  utterances  and  manifesto;  by 
the  utterances  of  the  papers  they  control  and  in- 
spire, and  by  the  words  and  deeds  of  those  asso- 
ciated with  or  subordinate  to  them,  habitually 
appear  as  guilty  of  incitement  to  or  apology  for 
bloodshed  and  violence. 

"If  this  does  not  constitute  undesirable  citizen- 
ship, there  certainly  would  never  be  any  desirable 
citizens.  The  men  whom  I  denounce  represent  the 
men  who  have  abandoned  that  legitimate  movement 
for  the  uplifting  of  labor,  with  which  I  have  the 
most  hearty  sympathy ;  they  have  adopted  prac- 
tices which  cut  them  off  from  those  who  lead  this 
legitimate  movement.  In  every  way  I  shall  support 
the  law  abiding  and  upright  representatives  of 
labor,  and  in  no  way  can  I  better  support  them 
than  by  drawing  the  sharpest  possible  line  between 
them  upon  the  one  hand  and  on  the  other  hand 
those  preachers  of  violence,  who  are  themselves  the 
worst  foes  of  the   honest  laboring  man. 

"Let  me  repeat  my  deep  regret  that  any  body 
of  men  should  so  far  forget  their  duty  to  their 
country  as  to  endeavor  by  the  formation  of  societies 
and  in  other  ways  to  influence  the  course  of  justice 
in  this  matter.  I  have  received  many  such  letters 
as  yours.  Accompanying  them  were  newspaper 
clippings  announcing  demonstrations,  parades  and 
mass  meetings  designed  to  show  that  the  represen- 


IS 


CHAS.KEILUS&  CO 

EXCLUSIVE 

HIGH  GRADE  CLOTH  I ERS 


No  Branch  Slores.  No  Agents. 

The  most  perfect  garments  human  talent  can  produce  are  right  here 
in  our  stock.  The  best  clothes  makers  contribute  their  genius.  The 
ideas  of  style  we  offer  are  emblems  of  their  art  with  every  qualification 
that  make  good  dressers. 

The   satire   of   merchant  tailors  who   try    to   cope   with   the 

progress   of  _good   make-up    clothes   of   to-day   are  in   reality 

burlesquers".     They  make  all  sorts  of  freaks  but  the  art  brain 

is  noticeably   absent.     The  salaries  paid  to  designers  who  cut 

the  kind  of  clothes  we  sell  would  bankrupt  a  thousand  tailors. 


KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 

Fillmore    Street,     near    Sutter,    San    Francisco 


-THE  WASP 


gatives  of  labor,  without  regard  to  the  facts,  de- 
mand the  acquittal  of  Messrs.  Haywood  and  Moyer, 
when  such  meetings  can,  of  course,  only  be  de- 
signed to  coerce  Court  or  jury  in  rendering  a  ver- 
dict, and  they  therefore  deserve  all  the  condemna- 
ti.  hi  which  you  in  your  letter  say  should  be  awarded 
to  those  who  endeavor  improperly  to  influence  the 
course  of  justice. 

"You  would,  of  course,  be  entirely  within  your 
rights  if  you  merely  announce  that  you  thought 
Messrs.  Moyer  and  Haywuod  were  'desirable  citi- 
zens.' though  in  such  ease  I  should  take  frank  issue 
with  you  and  should  say  that,  wholly  without  re- 
gard to  whether  or  not  they  are  guilty  of  the  crime 
for  which  they  are  now  being  tried,  they  represent 
as  thoroughly  an  undesirable  type  of  citizenship  as 
can  be  found  in  this  country — a  type  which,  in  the 
letter  to  which  you  so  unreasonably  take  excep- 
tions, I  showed,  not  to  be  confined  to  any  one  class, 
but  to  exist  among  some  representatives  of  great 
capitalists,  as  well  as  among  some  representatives 
of  wage  workers. 

"In  that  letter  I  condemned  both  types.  Certain 
representatives  of  the  great  capitalists  in  turn  con- 
demned me  for  including  Mr.  Harriman  in  my  con- 
demnation of  Messrs.  Moyer  and  Haywood.  Cer- 
tain of  the  representatives  of  labor,  in  their  turn, 
condemned  me  because  I  included  Messrs.  Moyer 
and  Haywood  as  undesirable  citizens  together  with 
Mr.  Harriman.  I  am  as  profoundly  indifferent  to 
the  one  condemnation  in  one  case  as  in  the  other. 
I  challenge  as  a  right  the  support  of  all  good 
Americans,  whether  wage-earners  or  capitalists, 
whatever  their  occupation  or  creed,  or  in  whatever 
portion  of  the  country  they  live,  when  I  condemn 
both  the  types  of  bad  citizenship  which  I  have 
held  up  to  reprobation.  It  seems  to  me  a  mark  of 
utter  insincerity  to  fail  thus  to  condemn  both  and 
to  apologize,  for  either  robs  the  man  thus  apologiz- 
ing of  all  right  to  condemn  any  wrongdoing  in 
any  man,  rich  or  poor,  in  public  or  in  private  life. 

"You  say  you  ask  for  a  'square  deal'  for  Messrs. 
Moyer  and  Haywood.  So  do  I.  'When  I  say  'square 
deal'  I  mean  a  square  deal  to  everyone;  it  is  equally 
a  violation  of  the  policy  of  the  square  deal  for  a 
capitalist  to  protest  against  denunciation  of  a  capi- 
talist who  is  guilty  of  wrong-doing  as  for  a  labor 
leader  to  protest  against  the  denunciation  of  a  labor 
leader  who  has  been  guilty  of  wrong-doing.  I  stand 
for  equal  justice  to  both,  and  so  far  as  in  my  power 
lies  I  shall  uphold  justice  whether  the  man  accused 
of  guilt  has  behind  him  the  wealthiest  corporations, 
the  greatest  aggregation  of  riches  in  the  country. 
or  whether  he  has  behind  him  the  most  influential 
labor  organization  in  the  country.  Very  truly 
yours,  "THEODORE   ROOSEVELT."  ' 


I  understand  that  it  cost  the  Hotel  Del  Monte  $5,000 
to  prepare  for  the  permanent  exhibition  of  paintings 
by  California  Artists  which  is  now  attracting  so  much 
attention.  All  the  noted  artists  are  represented.  Even 
Keith  who  usually  refuses  to  exhibit  anywhere  has  two 
fine  pictures  on  view.  The  spacious  ball  room  of  the 
Hotel    makes    a    splendid    picture    gallery,    the    walls 


having  been  toned  for  the  purpose  under  artistic 
supervision.  This  permanent  exhibition  at  Del  Monte 
means  much  for  the  artist>  of  California  and  they  have 
to  thank  Mr.  A.  D.  Shepard  for  it.  Charles  Sedgwick 
Aiken  is  secretary  of  the  exhibition.  Dr.  Genthe,  chair- 
man and  Mr.  Fred  Woodworth,  curator.  This  exhibi- 
tion should  become  of  National  reputation  soon. 


New  Location  of  the  Poodle  Dog 
Those  who  enjoy  good  living  will  rejoice  to  learn 
that  the  Xew  Poodle  Dog  Restaurant  and  Hotel 
has  located  permanently  and  centrally  at  the  corner 
of  Polk  and  Post  Streets.  The  grill  and  cafe  en- 
trance is  on  Post  Street  and  the  hotel  entrance  on 
Polk  Street.  The  establishment  opened  for  busi- 
ness on  Wednesday  evening,  and  henceforth  will 
be  Mecca  of  all  epicures,  for  the  experienced  cater- 
ers who  preside  over  the  Poodle  Dog,  employ  none 
but  culinary  artists  of  the  first  rank.  No  earth- 
quake cookery  ever  defiles  the  cuisine  of  the  Poodle 
Dog.  The  chef  was  for  years  head  of  the  famous 
Palace  Hotel  staff  and  his  assistants  are  experienced 
artists.  E.  Yialette,  one  of  the  managers,  was  di- 
rector of  the  famous  old  Poodle  Dog  at  Mason  and 
Eddy  Street,  and  his  associates,  Theo.  Soulages  and 
A.  Bouysson,  are  men  who  know  all  about  con- 
ducting a  first-class  restaurant  and  hotel.  Their 
fine  grill  room,  where  meals  are  served  either  table 
d'hote  or  a  la  carte,  is  capable  of  seating  150  people 
comfortably,  and  the  hotel  contains  thirty-six  suites 
with  bath  in  each  and  elegantly  furnished.  Tour- 
ists and  travelers  of  all  kinds  will  find  this  centrally- 
located  hotel  a  boon  and  delight.  The  proprietors 
have  taken  a  lease  for  ten  years,  so  they  mean  busi- 
ness on  the  most  finished  plan  and  will  certainly 
meet  with  great  success. 


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MRS.  CLARENCE  MARTIN  MANN 

Willard  Merrall,  whose  marriage  with  Miss  Hope 
White,  daughter  of  the  Kellogg  Whites  of  Berkeley, 
was  an  event  of  last  week  in  Berkeley,  enjoys  the 
distinction  of  being  the  real  "Gibson  Man."  You 
can  see  his  picture  any  time  in  any  collection  of  the 
Gibson  pictures.  He  was  the  model  for  the  Gib- 
son man.  I  have  heard  that  Mr.  Merrall,  who  is  in 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Berkeley,  is  a  friend  of 
artist  Charles  Dana  Gibson,  who  admired  his  fine 
proportions  and  idealized  him  in  his  sketches  as 
the  "American  man."  The  marriage  of  Miss  White 
and   Mr.    Merrall   was   celebrated   in   Clovne   Court 


and  was  quite  the  smartest  wedding  that  has  taken 
place  in  Berkeley  for  many  a  moon. 

From  a  correspondent  in  Southern  California  IJ 
learn  that  Ashton  Stevens  is  very  much  improved 
in  health  and  may  return  soon  to  take  his  place 
on  the  Examiner.  Stevens  has  spent  nearly  a  year 
recuperating  in  Santa  Barbara,  living  the  simplest 
and  quietest  of  lives,  reading  a  little  but  spending 
nearly  all  the  time  in  the  open  air.  His  wife  is] 
with  him. 

*         *         * 

A  correspondent  in  New  York  writes  me  that  a 
tale   is   current   there   that   Evelyn   Nesbit   Thaw's! 
father  and  brother,  who  were  not  mentioned  in  any! 
of  the  stories    told  of  her  antecedents  during  the 
trial,  are  still  living  in  Scotland.     The  father  is  a 
plate-layer   on   a   railway   in   Stirlingshire   and   the! 
brother  works  in  an  iron  foundry.    The  father  says 
that  his  wife  deserted  him  one  day  and  went  across 
the  seas  with  her  four  youngest  children  and  .the  ■ 
next  heard  of  her  she  had  a  place  as  cook  in  Ham-1 
ilton,  Ontario.     This  knocks  on  the  head  the  gen- 
erally   believed    story    that    Evelyn    was    born    inl 
Virginia  and  her  father  was  a  lawyer. 

George  Ade  was  only  in  town  a  few  days,  staying 
at  the  Majestic  with  four  companions,  but  a  fe™ 
good  fellows  had  the  chance  of  meeting  him  and 
hearing  some  of  his  stories.  He  told  one  about 
when  he  was  in  Monte  Carlo,  recently,  when  he  saw 
a  young  man  in  American  clothes,  a  young  woman 
in  American  clothes  and  a  boy  in  American  clothes.! 

"I'm  going  to  play,"  said  the  young  woman,  "I'm  I 
going  to  risk  five  francs.     I'm  going  to  risk  it  on; 


Little  1  alace  Hotel 

IS 
OPEN 

Corner  ot 

j                  Post  and 

Leavenworth 
Streets 

The  same  excellence  in  cuisine  and  service  that  obtained 
in  the  Old  Palace  is  duplicated  in  the  new  'Little  Palace' 

-THE  WASP- 


MRS.  LUCIUS  ALLEN 

my  age."  She  ran  her  eyes  over  the  three  columns 
)f  figures  and  set  a  five  franc  piece  on  18. 

"Rien  ne  va  plus,"  said  the  croupier,  and  the  little 
Spite  ball  wheeled  around,  clattered  a  bit  and 
rested  finally  on  28. 

"Gosh  hang  it,"  cried  the  girl,  looking  at  the 
young  man  in  American  clothes,  "I've  lost.  Eigh- 
teen didn't  win  a  thing." 

"Say,  Minnie,"  said  the  little  brother,  it's  a  pity 
you  didn't  bet  your  real  age.  You'd  have  won 
then,   wouldn't  you?" 

Ade  said  that  when  he  was  in  London  one  of  his 
hostesses  asked  him  if  the  women  of  his  country 
smoked.  His  reply  was:  "The  women  don't,  but 
the  ladies  do." 

There     was     not     such     a     large     and     complete 

gathering       of      the       Girls'       High       Alumnae      on 

Saturday  as  there  might   have  been   if  the   notices 

had   been   sent  out   to   everyone   of  the   graduates. 

Most  of  those  who  registered  last  year  were  not 

notified  of  the  meeting  and  so  until  the  affair  was 

over  they  knew  nothing  about  it.     One  of  the  best 

speeches  was  made  by  Mrs.  Scipio  Craig,  who  as 

Mrs.    Hoffman    used    to    be    of   the    High    School's 

faculty   years    ago.      Mrs.    James    Alva    Watt    was 

among  the  singers   who   rendered  solos. 
#         #  * 

Mrs.  Grace  Hudson,  who  is  holding  an  exhibition 
of  her  pictures,  was  the  first  to  bring  the  little 
Indian  babies  into  popularity  as  subjects  for  paint- 
ings. The  pappoose  in  its  basket  cradle  that  the 
California  Northwestern  Railway  uses  on  one  of 
its  booklets  as  die  cover  design,  was  from  a  "Hudson 


pappoose."  Mrs.  Hudson  is  a  I'kiah  girl,  a  sister 
of  Grant  Carpenter,  lawyer  and  newspaper  man, 
and  as  she  lived  for  years  in  Mendocino  County 
she  had  g 1  opportunity  of  studying  the  Mendo- 
cino Indian  on  his  native  heath. 

*  •         * 

I'kiah  has  produced  quite  a  number  of  clever 
writers  and  a  few  aniM>  to  help  make  fame  for  our 
State.  Anna  Morrison  Reed,  the  poetess,  is  a 
Ukiah  woman,  or  rather  from  Laytonville,  though 
she  publishes  her  paper,  the  Northern  Crown,  in 
I'kiah.  (  Ine  <>f  Mrs.  Reed's  daughters  married  Hit- 
tell,  the  historian. 

*  ••■  * 

.Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leigh  Larzalere  are  domiciled  at 
the  Fairmont  as  permanent  guests.  Mrs.  Larzalere 
is  one  of  the  best-gowned  women  in  San  Francisco, 
and  at  the  ball  celebrating  the  hotel's  opening  she 
wore  a  stunning  costume.  She  is  a  brunette 
with  extremely  fair  skin  that  forms  a  striking  con- 
trast to  her  dark  hair  and  eyes.  The  Larzaleres 
were  among  the  "burnt  out"  of  last  April. 

*  •::  * 

Mrs.  Hermann  Oelrichs  for  some  time  refused  to 
sell  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  I  have  heard  it  was  her 
mother's  (Mrs.  Fair)  cherished  desire  to  build  a 
grand  hotel  on  the  hill.  Mrs.  Fair  built  a  fair- 
sized  one,  the  Bella  Vista,  but  she  always  wanted 
to  erect  a  larger  one.  Her  children,  in  projecting 
the  Fairmont,  were  therefore  but  carrying  out  their 
mother's  plan. 


iMHi»«g»iwi}saMMa»Ma 


....■'MfyflWIiH 


ARE  YOU  NOT  INSPIRED  WITH 
A  LOVE  FOR  THE  COLONIAL 


In  looking  at  a 
a  room  such  as 
this? 


/~\UR  carefully  selected  stock  of  Wall  Papers  and 
^- *  Fabrics  is  replete  with  attractive  things  and  at 
such  small  attractive  prices.  We  will  gladly  assist  you 
in   your   decorating   if   you    will    favor   us   with    a   call. 


L.  TOZER  &  SON  CO. 

INTERIOR   DECORATORS 

1527    PINE    STREET.   Bet.   Van   Ness   and   Polk,  S.    F. 
187     TWELFTH    STREET,     Near     Madison, 

CTiBBliMlMiilMlllllMMMIllimillBaSl 


From  London  comes  the  news  that  Mrs.  Northesk 
(Northwest?)  Wilson,  lecturing  there  on  colors  and 
music,  one  in  terms  of  t'other,  avers  that  Melba's 
voice  is  blue  splashed  with  purple.  Forbes  Robertson, 
said  the  lecturer,  has  a  violet  voice  speckled  with 
green,  which  is  the  color  of  the  depressed. 

We  should  like  to  get  a  paint  brush  and  describe  a 
few  voices.  We  know  somebody  with  a  blond  voice, 
and  another  that  is  blond  enough  for  all  practical 
purposes,  but  has  a  tendency  to  dark  brown  at  the 
roots.  There's  Hearst :  His  voice  we  should  paint  as 
gamboge  with  cute  little  speckles  of  tomato  antique 
and  raw  umber.  Ruef's  vocals  are  black  and  tan,  with 
a  tiny  spot  of  white  in  the  lower  left-hand  corner. 
Schmitz's  enunciation  is  a  sort  of  drab,  beautifully 
rococoed  with  scarlet.  There  is  a  judge  with  a  bottle- 
green  voice,  which  we  might  also  attribute  to  Carrie 
Nation.  Calve's  is  carmine.  Lawyer  Ach's  is  a 
shrimp-pink  with  lemon-hued  polka  dots  alternating 
with  rich  brassy  barnacles  and  a  border  of  forget-me- 
nots.  Supervisor  Boxton's  is  invisible  blue,  with 
stripes  in  lighter  tone. 

Mrs.  Wilson,  we  dedicate  this  effusion  lovingly  to 
you.    Your  voice  is  the  real  sky-blue,  without  a  cloud. 

The  floral  decorations  at  Miss  Jane  Wilshire's  wed- 
ding to  John  Hart  Polhemus,  on  last  Saturday,  were 
artistic  in  the  extreme.  The  bay  window  where  the 
bridal  couple  stood,  was  decorated  with  smilax  en- 
twined with  golden  cord,  from  which  cloth  of  gold 
roses  were  profusely  scattered.  During  the  ceremony 
the  roses  and  vines  kept  gently  swaying,  making  an 
effective  picture.  Baskets  in  the  shape  of  hearts,  cut 
from  golden  paper,  and  filled  with  roses  enhanced  the 
pleasing  effect. 

Rev.  Dr.  Clampett,  of  Trinity  Church,  performed 
the  ceremony.  Miss  Doris  Wilshire  was  the  bride's 
only  attendant.  Thomas  C.  Van  Ness,  Jr.,  was  the 
best  man. 

The  ushers  were  Edward  Polhemus,  Dr.  Alfred  B. 
Spaulding,  Joseph  L.  King,  and  Ernest  McCormick. 

The  presents  were  of  unusual  elegance,  comprising 
rare  laces,  Persian  rugs,  silver,  china,  and  many  valu- 
able jewels.  Mr.  Polhemus  gave  his  bride  a  pin  of 
sapphires  and  pearls.  Mrs.  Wilshire,  the  mother, 
presented  a  diamond  pendant,  Mr.  Roth  Hyde  a 
brooch  of  rare  pearls. 

The  bride  had  always  expressed  a  desire  for  a 
horse  shoe  pin,  deeming  it  a  lucky  gift,  so  Miss  Ruth 
Adams,  aware  of  the  fact,  gave  her  a  handsome  pearl 
and  gold  horse  shoe  pin. 

From  the  East  were  sent  valuable  rugs,  paintings 
and  silver.  Seldom  has  bride  received  handsomer 
tokens. 

When  the  bride  tossed  her  bouquet,  Miss  Jolliffe 
captured  the  portion  with  the  ring  attached.  Miss 
Constance  De  Young  found  the  thimble.  Before  start- 
ing on  their  wedding  tour  the  bride  and  groom  went 
to  say  goodbye  to  the  groom's  mother,  who  was  too 
ill  to  attend  the  wedding. 

When  a  man  is  an  ex-Mayor,  an  ex-husband,  88 
years  old,  has  a  six-cylinder  income,  and  is  known  as 
"Uncle,"  he  deserves  all  the  kind  treatment  he  asks 
for.  So  claims  John  Bryson,  who  fulfills  all  the  above 
requirements,  and  is  from  Los  Angeles  besides.   The 


kind  treatment  is  accordingly  bestowed  by  Mrs.  Gladys 
L.  Lambertson  in  the  professional  capacity  of  nurse. 
Both  nurse  and  charge  are  divorcees.   Obviously  the 
matter  is  one  for  humanitarian  remark,  not  legal  in-  I 
tervention.     Bryson's  former  wife  and  his  eldest  son,     j 
however,  have  brought  suit  to  have  the  old  gentleman 
declared  mentally  incompetent.    With  88  annual  nicks 
from  Father  Time,  Bryson  asserts  himself  still  able 
to  retain  and  make  fortunes,  and  that  none  of  his  sonsH 
can,  much  less  afford  a  nurse. 

The  family  on  their  part  fear  that  the  nurse's  fee 
is  amounting  to  $4000  a  month,  income  of  the  Bryson  .; 
Block  in  the  navel  orange  town ;  also  that  the  88-year- 
old  has  at  times  handed  her  little  tips,  one  the  Bonnie 
Brae  house,  in  which  she  has  been  living;  and  in  addi- 
tion  is   arranging   to   leave   her   all  the   rest   of  hisM 
property  when  Death  will  have  some  to  expert  Time's    | 
accounts. 

You  guess  right,  that  all  this  is  denied  by  UncleH 
John's  retinue,  who  aver  that  Mrs.  Bryson  received  her  Ji 
share  at  divorce  thirteen  years  ago.  If  this  latter  be  j 
true,  one  must  say  that  even  the  mentally  incompetent  11 
can  be  independent  to  have  nurses,  autos,  theatres  and  IS 
dinners  for  whatever  they  wish  to  pay.  Besides  an  J! 
88-year-old  sport  would  be  a  good  advertisement  for  1 1 
Los  Angeles. 


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ENJOY     COUNTRY      LIFE      AT 

HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 


This  is  the  season  to  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 


Mrs.  Mott- Smith  Cunningham  exhibitor  in 
Paris  Salon  of  1906  announces  that  her  Studio 
Shop  at  1 622  Pine  St.,  a  few  doors  from  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  is  now  open  for  the  sale  of  her  jewelry 


THE  WASP 


The  following  poem  was  wnllen  by  Miss  M.  Florence  Wendling 
of  ihe  Hamlin  School 


&f>e 


9®te$feu6e 


There  was  a  young  man  with  a  critic's  eye, 
Who  fell  in  love  with  a  maiden  shy, 
And  this,  you  see,  was  the  reason  why, 
She  bought  her  things 

AT  THE   WHITE   HOUSE. 
Her  suit  was  of  the  latest  shade, 
You  could  see  in  a  minute  'twas  Paris  made; 
By  the  style  it  gave  to  the  pretty  maid, 
You'd  know  it  was  bought 

AT   THE   WHITE   HOUSE. 
Her  waist  beneath  her  cutaway  coat 
Of  exquisite  taste  and  elegance  spoke. 
Her  belt  and  real-lace  collar  denote 
That  they  also  were  bought 

AT  THE  WHITE  HOUSE. 
As  the  man  and  the  maid  walked  past  the  door, 
He  said,  "I  am  told  that  in  this  big  store 
They've  furniture,  bric-a-brac,  rugs  galore. 
Such  lovely  things  you  ne'er  saw  before, 
Let's  buy  ours  now 

AT    THE   WHITE    HOUSE." 
The   maiden  blushed  and  made   reply — 
"Oh!  this  is  so  sudden!  but  I  think  that  I 
To  resist  the  temptation  will  not  even  try," 
And  so  they  stopped 

AT   THE  WHITE   HOUSE. 
In  the  haberdashery  he  found  a  tie, 
And  then  other  things  so  pleased  his  eye, — 
"For  the  happy  day,"  he  said,  "I'll  buy 
My  things  right  here 

AT   THE    WHITE    HOUSE." 
Quoth  the  maiden  shy,  "Here  above  every  place, 
I  am  suited  in  silks,  gloves,  ribbons  and  lace, 
For  no  other  store  can  as  yet  keep  pace 
With  the  stock  that  they  have 

AT    THE   WHITE    HOUSE." 
Brushing  aside  a  lock  of  hair, 
She  said — "Did  you  ever  see  linens  so  rare? 
Such  patterns  and  texture  so  fine!  I  declare 
We'll  have  to  buy  ours 

AT     THE  WHITE   HOUSE." 
Spoke  the  man  and  the  maid  as  a  single  voice 
To  Raphael  Weill — "Such  a  line  and  so  choice! 
You  surely  have  cause,  indeed,  to  rejoice 
At  the  unequalled  stock 

AT     THE  WHITE   HOUSE." 
He  replied — "In  Europe  twelve  buyers  we  keep. 
Who,  alert  and  keen,  are  never  asleep. 
For  fifty-two  years  these  mysteries  deep 
Have  been  solved  by  them 

AT     THE  WHITE   HOUSE." 


N.Wcor.VanNess&Pine 


-THE  WASP- 


Photo  Genlhe 


JACK  LONDON 


Jack  London  denounces  the  collection  of  the  bills 
against  his  little  boat,  "The  Snark,"  as  a  bourge- 
ois trick.  ,  On  the  high  moral  plane,  which  ordinary 
mankind  has  not  yet  reached,  but  which  Jack 
touches  daily  with  his  dome  of  thought,  there  are 
no  such  awkward  distinctions  as  mine  and  thine. 
It  is  all  ours.  Everything  is  in  common  and  base 
is  the  slave  who  pays. 

In  the  world  of  ideal  Socialism  of  which  Jack 
London  is  an  advanced  guard  he  could  fit  out  a 
whole  fleet  of  "Snarks"  without  being  bothered  by 
writs  of  attachment  that  had  to  be  satisfied  before 
he  could  weigh  anchor.  Somebody  would  some- 
how supply  him  with  spars  and  sails  and  provisions 
for  his  seven  years'  voyage  while  he  sat  on  the 
wharf  and  smoked  cigarettes.  At  the  psychological 
moments  he  would  step  aboard  and  sail  away  amidst 
showers  of  bouquets  and  good  wishes.  Not  one 
distressing  word  about  bills  would  mar  the  har- 
mony of  the  occasion. 

Such  a  high-minded  idealist  as  Mr.  London  must 


therefore  have  received  a  horrible  jar  when  bills 
aggregating  about  $3000  were  slammed  under  his 
nose.  "The  Snark"  was  nailed  fast  to  the  wharf 
by  a  writ  of  attachment  issued  from  the  United 
States  District  Court.  To  designate  such  a  scurvy 
conduct  as  "a  bourgeois  trick"  is  the  limit  on  mod- 
eration. Job  himself  could  not  be  more  patient 
under  unmerited  affliction.  If  Mr.  London  had 
mustered  his  hundred  or  so  of  faithful  disciples  on 
the  Pacific  Coast,  and  precipitated  the  downfall  of 
capitalism  and  the  destruction  of  established  gov- 
ernment which  they  have  scheduled  for  1919  he 
would  have  served  the  Federal  power  and  his  sordid 
creditors  just  right.  Fortunately  for  the  common- 
wealth of  individualistic  greed,  the  novelist  kept 
cool  and  drew  his  check-book  instead  of  his  re- 
volver. In  the  beautiful  school-boy  cheirography 
for  which  he  is  noted  he  wrote  check  after  check 
until  all  the  attachments  were  all  lifted  and  "The 
Snark"  was  free  to  pull  out  into  the  stream  and 
complete  the  final  preparations  for  her  seven-year 
cruise. 

As  Mr.  London  made  his  literary  start  writing  a 
scornful  letter  to  a  dunning  grocer  it  is  eminently 
proper  that  he  should  sustain  his  celebrity  by  get- 
ting into  trouble    with    the    tradesmen     who  have 
equipped  "The  Snark."     It  is  something  like  seven 
years  since  the  novelist  and  his  Oakland  grocer  had 
that   memorable  tilt.     The   purveyor  of.  bread   and 
coffee  had  seen  the  arrears  grow  until  they  reached 
the  alarming  sum  of  $30.     That  might  be  a  baga- 
telle to  Mr.   London  nowadays  when  he  can  draw 
checks  for  $3000  to  free  his  yacht  from  attachments; 
but   in   that   early  period   when   large   wads   of  re- 
turned manuscript  came  more  regularly  than  drafts 
from    his    publishers,    thirty    "bucks"    represented  i 
wealth.     The   novelist's   letter  of  hot  defiance  and  : 
scathing  sarcasm  was  enough  to  turn  the  grocer's 
rolls   of  butter   into   liquid  axle   grease.      Not  only  ; 
did  Mr.   London  refuse  to  pay  the  bill  or  set  the 
date  when  the  grocer  might  expect  something  on  i 
account,  but  he  withdrew  his  patronage  there  and  i 
then  from  the  presumptious  creditor.     He  let  the  < 
varlet  understand  clearly  that  it  was  a  privilege  to  i 


F.  THOMS,  The  AWNING  MAN 


Canvas  Work.     Repairing.      Canopies  and  Floor  Covers  To  Rent. 

TENTS,  HAMMOCKS  AND  COVERS 

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Motti 


["he  more  you're  in  public,  fame  closer 


MISS  LEILA  SHELBY 

supply  groceries  to  a  man  of  genius  without  receiv- 
ing cash  for  them,  and  if  he  was  too  dull  to  com- 
prehend that  fact  it  was  a  meritorious  task  to 
sharpen  his  intellect  by  lessening  his  profits.  So 
the  novelist's  unpaid  bills  he  might  paste  in  his  hat 
for  a  reminder,  or  put  them  in  the  salt  mackerel  tub 
for  preservation.  Future  patronage  from  Jack  Lon- 
don, esquire,  author  and  lecturer  on  socialistic 
ethics,  he  need  never  more  expect.  Strange  to  say 
the  grocer  instead  of  going  out  and  hanging  him- 
self in  the  hay-barn  by  his  suspenders  went  and 
hired  an  attorney  to  sue  the  novelist  in  the  Justice's 
Court.  Jack  London  at  once  became  illustrious  in 
the  world  of  letters  and  ever  since  has  moved  in 
an  orbit  of  fat  checks,  and  regular  meals.  The 
existence  and  habits  of  corner  grocers  have  no 
further  interest  for  him. 

OUR   JACK    IS    LIBELED. 

Come,  children,  I'll  tell  you  a  tale  of  Jack  London; 

Of  speeches  and  stories  he's  many  a  ton  done. 

A  skipper  of  note  he  became  with  the  "Snark"; 

His  creditors  feared  he  would  skip  in  the  dark. 

They  thought,  had  he  done  so,  each  dollar  he  still 
owes 

Would  outlaw  at  sea  with  each  lap  of  the  billows. 

But  Jack  had  the  money  he  got  from  the  editors 

For  writing  such  essays  as  "Down  with  the  Credi- 
tors !" 

A  Socialist  he,  of  the  people?     That's  raw. 

When  he  censured  the  villians,  he  cried  "You're 
bourgeois !" 

Do  you  think  the  affair  will  chagrin  our  Jack?  No 
sir,  his 


(He  leapt  into  fame  by  not  paying  for  groceries.) 

*  *         * 

The  Marie  Antoinette  lintel  in  New  York  has 
been  so  famous  for  social  oddities  that  there  was 
little  surprise  when  its  wine  check  clerk  turned  out 
to  be  an  Italian  count.  And  nothing  extraordinary 
of  course  that  a  count  should  place  a  plain  gold 
band  on  the  finger  of  an  heiress,  should  his  finances 
be  equal  to  that  expense. 

Count  Ferouli  was  given  the  title  because  he 
looked  the  part.  He  was  knighted  by  the  waiters 
of  the  Marie  Antoinette  and  Waldorf-Astoria. 
Which  is  all  to  his  favor,  for  some  pedigreed  counts 
do  not  tip  the  scales  of  beauty  to  an  ounce. 

Miss  Ioma  Meyer,  heiress  to  a  several  hundred 
thousand  dollar  estate,  admired  the  count's  air.  His 
every  word,  every  gesture  manifested  that  impal- 
pable yet  unmistakable  thing  called  air.  His  attire 
had  it  too.  His  fortunes  and  his  title  were  that 
intangible  thing  called  air.  The  Countess  Ferouli's 
parents  died  within  the  last  few  years,  leaving  her 
a  home  in  Whitehall,  New  York,  and  a  cottage  at 
Saratoga. 

The  wedding  was  quiet,  news  of  it  being  broken 
first  to  the  manager  of  the  Marie  Antoinette,  and 
thence  given  broadcast.  Friends  of  the  countess 
are  now  wondering  if  a  frankly  imitation  count 
may  not  prove  in  the  end  more  of  a  treasure  than 
some  of  the  genuine  ones  have  been.  The  trouble 
with  most  of  them  have  been :    Not  enough  count 

and  too  many  countesses. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  James  H.  Bull,  who  has  gone  south,  will  spend 
two  or  three  weeks  in  Santa  Barbara,  visiting  old 
friends.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clinton  B.  Hale  have  taken  the 
fine  house  belonging  to  Captain  and  Mrs.  Bull  on 
Upper  State  Street,  and  will  remain  there  for  several 
months. 


Announcement 

SPRING  and  SUMMER 

We  desire  to  announce  that  our  com- 
plete selection  of  strictly  confined  Imported 
and  Domestic  Woolens,  consisting  of  un- 
usually attractive  patterns  in  popular  weaves  and  fashionable  ma- 
terials, is  now  ready  awaiting  inspection. 

It  gives  us  pleasure  to  state  that  every  garment  is  made  by 
skilled  tailors,  cut  on  stylish  and  artistic  lines  that  command  the 
admiration  and  approval  of  our  customers. 

We  cordially  invite  and  solicit  patronage,  and  endeavor  to  up- 
hold our  past  reputation  for  high-grade  tailoring  at  moderate  prices. 

McMahon,  Keyer  &  Stiegeler 
Bros.,  Inc. 


Main  Stoic 

892-894  Van  Ness  Ave. 

at  Ellu  Street 


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at  Fillmore 


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Santa  Barbara  is  on  the  eve  of  a  gay  month,  for 
the  Milwaukee  is  in  the  channel  and  the  other  ships 
of  the  Pacific  Squadron  are  to  join  her  the  third 
of  May,  after  which  they  will  all  stay  for  probably 
three  weeks.  Such  preparations  as  go  on  when- 
ever the  bluecoats  arrive,  and  such  entertainments 
as  are  given  them ! 

*  *         * 

Three  engagements  marked  Santa  Barbara's  Society 
group  last  week.  The  first  on  the  list  is  that  of 
Augustus  B.  Higginson  and  Miss  Ednah  Sherman 
Girvan.  Mr.  Higginson  is  a  noted  architect  with  a 
handsome  home  in  the  Montecito.  He  has  been  a 
widower  for  several  years,  and  Miss  Girvan  is  the 
second  cousin  of  his  first  wife.  She  is  a  noted  jeweler, 
fashioning  all  sorts  of  beautiful  things  from  metal  and 
using  semi-precious  jewels  in  most  picturesque  way. 
The  wedding  will  take  place  next  month,  whereat  there 
is  much  rejoicing. 

Miss  Anna  Howard  is  engaged  to  Wymond  Brad- 
bury, a  son  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  P.  Bradbury,  of 
''Las  Tunas",  Montecito,  and  his  brother,  Edwin 
Bradbury,  Jr.,  is  betrothed  to  Miss  Howard's  cousin, 
Miss  Vira  Norris  of  Pasadena.  The  Howards  are  at 
the  very  head  and  front  of  the  old  aristocracy  of  Santa 
Barbara  and  Miss  Howard  is  a  most  popular  young 
woman.  The  Bradburys  are  mightily  pleased  with 
the  matches. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Hopkins,  one  of  Santa  Barbara's 
wealthiest  and  most  aristocratic  matrons,  is  spend- 
ing two  months  in  San  Francisco. 

*  *         * 

The  latest  news  of  Mrs.  Horace  Hill  reports  her 
serious  illness  in  Philadelphia,  where  she  has  been 
passing  the  Winter.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hill  regret 
exceedingly  their  hasty  sale  of  their  beautiful  home  on 
Laguna  Street,  which  Mr.  Miller  purchased  after  the 
fire.  I  am  told  they  long  for  California  and  will  re- 
turn to  San  Francisco  to  live  in  the  near  future. 

Miss  Amy  Gunn  left  last  week  to  visit  friends  in 
the  southern  part  of  the  State. 

Before  leaving  for  her  home  in  Washington,  D. 
C,  Miss  Emma  Mullan  confirmed  the  report  of  her 
engagement  to  Senator  Russ  Lukens  of  Alameda. 
Miss  Mullan  is  a  great  friend  of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Mar- 
tin,  and  has   spent   much   time   at   this   hospitable 

home,  where  she  met  Senator  Lukens. 

*  *         # 

A  wedding,  which  will  be  on  an  elaborate  scale, 
will  be  celebrated  in  San  Jose  on  April  30th,  when 
Miss  Lida  Lieb,  the  daughter  of  Judge  and  Mrs. 
S.  F.  Lieb,  will  be  married  to  Mr.  Armstrong  of 
Nebraska.  Many  guests  from  this  City  and  Oak- 
land will  go  to  the  Garden  City  for  the  event.  Judge 
Lieb's  residence  on  the  Alameda  in  San  Jose  is  one 
of  the  handsomest  places  in  Santa  Clara  Valley  and 
well  adapted  for  entertaining. 

*  *  # 

Miss  May  Foulkes  gave  an  informal  but  most 
dainty  appointed  tea  at  her  home  on  Spruce  Street 
last  week  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Guy  Leavitt,  who  passed 
through  the  City  with  her  husband  on  her  way  to 
Boston,  where  they  will  take  up  their  permanent 


residence.  Mrs.  Leavitt  was  the  former  attractive 
Society  girl,  Miss  Julie  Reed,  daughter  of  Captain 
and  Mrs.  Reed,  U.  S.  A.,  well  known  in  army  cir- 
cles. This  is  Mrs.  Leavitt's  first  visit  since  her 
marriage  four  years  ago.  The  tea  was  a  pretty 
reunion  of  girl  friends.  An  amusing  feature  of 
the  affair  was  that  it  proved  to  be  like  the  play  of 
Hamlet  with  the  Prince  of  Denmark  left  out  of  the 
cast.  Owing  to  a  blockade  on  the  street  railway  the 
guest  of  honor  was  one  of  the  last  to  arrive. 

*  *         * 

A  recently  announced  engagement  is  that  of  Miss 
Beda  Sperry  of  this  City,  and  Charles  A  Bodwell 
of  Lakeville,  Sonoma  County.  The  bride  to  be  is 
a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Austin  Sperry  of  this  City  and 
sister  of  Dr.  Mary  Sperry  and  Horace  B.  Sperry, 
also  a  cousin  of  Mrs.  W.  H.  Crocker.  Mr.  Bodwell 
is  the  owner  of  the  Bodwell  ranch  near  Petaluma. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Kohl  have  been  spending  the 
week  in  town  as  the  guests  of  Mrs.  William  Kohl. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Sylvanus  Farnham  gave  a  luncheon  on 
Wednesday  to  Miss  Emily  Marvin  and  her  bridal 
party.  Miss  Elsie  Clifford  entertained  the  guests  of 
her  sister  Mrs.  Farnham  on  the  same  afternoon  at 
bridge.    Miss  Marvin  will  be  married  next  week. 

*  *         # 

At  her  attractive  Summer  home,  Fair  Oaks  this 
Saturday,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Coryell  will  entertain  the 
Woman's  Auxiliary  of  the  Society  of  California 
Pioneers.  The  guests  are  to  leave  the  City  at  11 :30 
A.  M.  returning  at  5  P.  M.  Conveyances  will  meet 
guests  on  arrival  of  the  train.  A  glorious  time  will 
be  had. 

Miss  Emily  Marvin  who  will  be  married  to  Roy 
Somers  the  last  of  this  month,  is  being  extensively 
entertained.  Miss  Emily  Johnson  gave  an  elaborate 
luncheon  in  honor  of  the  fair  bride-to-be. 


W/if  f  *a*» Medical  Springs 


Lake  County 


WITTER     SPRINGS     HOTEL     Open    Entire    Year 

Main  Office  of  the  Hotel  Removed  to 
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Witter    Water    Cures    Liver    Complaints 


The  Land  of  the  Midnight  Sun 

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Miss  Mary  Louise  Foster  and  her  cousin  Miss 
Mina  Van  Bergen  gave  a  children's  party  to  sixty 
young  misses  and  youths  yet  in  their  early  teens, 
on  last  Saturday  evening  at  "The  Hacienda"  the 
handsome  home  of  the  C.  J.  Fosters  in  Ross  Valley. 
The  Hacienda,  stands  in  a  tract  of  eleven  acres, 
beautifully  improved  and  is  an  admirable  home  for 
entertaining.    Guests  from  San  Rafael  and  all  over 

the  valley  were  present. 

*         #         * 

Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges  entertained  at  a  delightful 
dinner  and  bridge  partv  on  Thursday  the  18th  inst. 
Handsome  prizes  fell  to  Capt.  Bull,  Mr.  Hanna  and 
Mrs.  Pfingst. 

W.  F.  Herron,  editor  of  the  Sequoia,  received  an 
up-to-date  advertisement  by  the  refusal  of  the  Palo 
Alto  co-eds  to  read  the  issue  in  which  appeared  his 
poem.  "Bathsheba."  Some  people  have  the  power 
of  making  anything  a  sudden  success  merely  by 
withdrawing  themselves  from  it.  The  result  in  this 
case  was  that  three  San  Francisco  publishing 
houses  raced  after  the  author. 

Dr.  Charles  Gardiner,  Stanford's  chaplain,  states 
that  the  poetical  version  of  the  Bible  story  omits 
the  moral,  the  arraignment  of  David  by  Nathan, 
and  therefore  constitutes  a  grave  literary  offense. 
We  are  used  to  think  the  other  way :  that  a  moral 
is  considered  poor  art.     It  is  left  to  the  reader. 

The  most  interesting  thing  about  "Bathsheba"  is 
the  refusal  of  the  co-eds  to  peruse  it ;  the  next  best 
question,  how  many  of  them  have  actually  not  read 
it?     And  lastly,  who  held  out  the  longest? 

BATHSHEBA    IN    PALO    ALTO. 
Dear  co-eds,  why  seek  ye  so  quickly  to  quarrel 
About  a  poor  poem  that's  lacking  a  moral  .J 
Why   is   all   this   flutter  and  fury  and  fumin' 
About  an  old  king  and  a  bold  army  woman? 
You've  frequently  read  without  showiifg  dismay,oh, 
Of  scandals  like  that,  right  here  at  Vallejo. 
Of  course,  it  was  wrong,  when  the  king  saw  Bath- 
sheba, 
To  wigwag  his  hand  and  say,  "Come,  meine  liebe." 
Especially,  knowing  the  dame  had  a  hubby, 
The    best    we    can    say    is,    Dave's    actions    were 

scrubby. 
But  why  put  the  hemlock  of  scorn  in  the  cup 
Of  the  brave   Stanford   bard   who  showed   Israel's 

bard  up? 
If   you    say    unto    Herron,    "We'll    none    of    your 

gravy," 
It  seems  that  your  sympathy  must  be  with  Davie. 


Now  that  we  have  two  April  18ths  to  remember, 
the  second  a  day  of  some  comfort,  that  date  does 
not  bear  the  same  sinister  aspect  with  which  the 

City  viewed  it  for  a  year. 

*         *         * 

The  mariage  of  Miss  Gertrude  V.  Gabbs  to  Frank 
W.  Erlin  will  be  celebrated  quietly  today,  Saturday, 
at  the  home  of  the  bride's  mother,  Mrs.  Cora  Clinton 
Gabbs  in  Escalle.    The  ceremony,  will  be  performed 


out  of  doors  and  Archbishop  Emery  will  officiate. 
Miss  Gabbs  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Albert  Gabbs, 
a  well  known  mining  expert.  She  has  been  for  some 
time  connected  with  journalism  in  this  City.  Mr. 
Erlin  is  with  the  firm  of  Itaker  &  Hamilton. 

*  •         • 

The  Hotel  Del  Monte  will  of  course  be  a  focus 
of  social  activity  during  the  Summer,  for  this  un- 
equalled resort  offers  every  opportunity  for  out- 
door enjoyment  and  indoor  comfort. 

*  *         * 

The  State  Convention  of  the  doctors  at  Del  Monte 
caused  the  automobiles  to  whirl  between  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Monterey  and  the  weather  was  perfection 
and  the  roads  fine.  Many  of  the  Medicos  took  their 
families  with  them  and  the  great  hotel  was  filled 
to  overflowing. 

*  *         * 

Captain  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  H.  Westdahl  are 
spending  their  honeymoon  at  Del  Monte.  Mrs. 
Westdahl  was  Miss  Alma  Irene  Sevening,  whose 
pretty  wedding  took  place  last  week  at  the  home  of 
her  sister,  Mrs.  Franz  Collischon,  of  Alameda.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Anson  Herrick  are  another  happy  young 

couple  at  Del  Monte. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Harry  M.  Sherman  and  her  children  are 
at  Del  Monte  with  her  mother,  Mrs.  Jonalton  Kittle, 
and  Mrs.  Benjamin  Dibble. 


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OPEN  ALL  THE  YEAR  ROUND 

50  Minutes  from  San  Francisco 

The  only  first-class  hotel  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  city.     American  and   European  plan. 

R.  V.  MALTON,  Proprietor 


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Ladies'  Tailors  and 
Habit  Makers 

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RICHARD  M.  HOTAUNG 

In  "Mrs.  Warren's  Profession,"  Bernard  Shaw 
sketches  a  degenerate  Englishman  of  title,  who  in- 
vests his  money  in  Mr.  Warren's  "private  hotels," 
and  thereby  obtains  high  interest  on  his  money. 
Shaw's  study  is  no  doubt  photographic  in  its  ac- 
curacy. The  novelist  doubtless  knows  some  de- 
graded nobleman  who  uses  his  money  in  the  man- 
ner described.  It  is  not  necessary  to  go  all  the 
way  to  London  to  find  people  of  more  or  less  social 
prominence  who  derive  large  incomes  from  infa- 
mous and  criminal  enterprises.  Here  in  San  Fran- 
cisco it  would  be  easy  to  name  persons,  who  like 
Shaw's  depraved  man  of  title  keep  up  the  appear- 
ance of  respectability  on  money,  directly  or  indi- 
rectly, drawn  from  the  earnings  of  fallen  women. 
•The  wave  of  civic  reform  which  is  sweeping  over 
the  United  States,  if  not  the  entire  world,  is  lay- 
ing bare  the  secrets  of  many  such  people. 

In  days  not  so  long  gone  by  the  possession  of 
wealth  silenced  all  criticism  as  to  how  it  was  ac- 
quired. As  long  as  a  man  or  woman  could  show 
a  bank  account  of  a  million  dollars  Society  opened 
its  doors  to  the  possessors,  and  held  it  to  be  bad 
form  to  ask  questions  about  the  new-comer's  ante- 
cedents. 

*  *  ^c 

There  is  a  charge  in  the  public  estimate  of  wealth 
and  the  owners  of  great  fortunes  have  themselves 
caused  it.  The  richest,  like  John  D.  Rockefeller 
and   Andrew   Carnegie,    seem   to   be   oppressed   by 


their  mountains  of  gold  and  eager  to  give  part  of 
them  for  philanthropic  work. 

*  *         * 

But  to  find  the  really  worthy  objects  of  charity 
and  to  have  the  gifts  accepted  with  a  good  grace 
are  problems  that  worry  the  billionaires.  Is  their 
vast  wealth  worth  all  the  cares  it  creates  ?  The 
world  is  beginning  to  answer  in  the  negative  and 
to  take  a  saner  view  of  life.  So  far  only  the  mi- 
nority takes  this  philosophic  view,  but  the  minority 
of  today  may  grow  into  the  majority  of  another 
generation. 

Beyond  question  the  money  madness  of  our  peo- 
ple is  declining  and  every  year  a  larger  proportion 
tries  to  get  more  out  of  life,  and  fewer  work  with 
insane  absorption  at  the  task  of  accumulating  vast 
fortunes  for  lawyers  to  fight  over  and  heirs  to 
squander.  The  growing  sanity  of  the  public  on 
money  causes  the  better  classes  to  become  more 
and  more  critical  of  the  methods  by  which  large 
fortunes  are  acquired.  An  example  of  this  has  been 
furnished  by  the  indictment  of  several  very  promi- 
nent Southern  capitalists  for  conducting  the  Hon- 
duras Lottery,  which  is  the  successor  to  the  old 
Louisiana  Lottery.  General  Pierre  G.  T.  Beaure- 
gard, who  was  for  years  commander  of  drawings 
of  the  Louisiana  Lottery  Company,  was  regarded 
as  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  New  Orleans.  Pub- 
lic opinion  in  Louisiana  would  regard  his  occupa- 
tion quite  differently  today'.  The  Louisiana  Lottery 
Company  obtained  a  twenty-five-year  charter  from 
a  reconstruction  legislature. 

*  *         * 

Notwithstanding   the   lawful    character   given   to 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


-THE  WASP- 


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THE  LATE  LOUIS  MORRISON 

the  Louisiana  Lottery  by  its  State  Charter  the  bet- 
ter sentiment  in  Louisiana  in  later  years  condemned 
the  enterprise  and  even  the  social  position  of  Gen- 
eral Beauregard  was  lowered  thereby.  Another 
prominent  citizen  who  had  been  a  principal  owner 
in  the  lottery  was  Charles  T.  Howard.  The  Louis- 
iana Jockey  Club,  which  ran  the  famous  Metarie 
race  track,  actually  blackballed  Howard,  because 
of  his  connection  with  the  Louisiana  Lottery. 
Howard  sold  the  mansion  he  had  built  in  New  Or- 
leans and  went  to  reside  elsewhere.  His  wife  tried 
to  make  amends  for  her  husband  by  building 
churches  and  doing  charitable  work. 

The  Louisiana  Lottery  made  millions  for  its 
stockholders  and  like  all  such  enterprises  was  un- 
fair to  its  patrons.  The  unsold  tickets  were  always 
put  in  the  wheel  and  often  drew  the  prizes.  Its  re- 
ceipts were  about  $4,000,000  a  month  in  its  palmy 
days. 

*  *  :(: 

The  Honduras  Lottery  is  the  old  Louisiana  Lot- 
tery transplanted  in  another  land  to  evade  the  laws 
of  the  L'nited  States.  In  this  it  has  not  been  en- 
tirely successful  as  twenty-five  indictments  have 
been  returned  against  the  stockholders,  some  of 
whom  move  in  the  millionaire  sets  of  New  York 
and  New  Orleans.  Its  profits  have  been  about 
$6,000,000  a  year.  Evidence  showing  an  organiza- 
tion throughout  the  country  has  been  gathered  by 
the  Government  through  its  raids  and  the  admis- 
sions of  some  of  the  men  implicated.     This  organ- 


ization called  for  huge  expenditures  all  the  way 
along  the  line,  but  even  after  they  were  paid  there 
was  plenty  left  for  the  men  "higher  up."  When 
the  cases  are  tried,  it  is  said,  the  country  will  be 
astonished  at  the  revelations  of  the  widespread 
operations  of  this  big  gambling  scheme,  despite  all 
the  efforts  of  the  Government  to  stop  them. 
*  *  * 

A  Professor  Hopkins  of  Yale,  an  American 
Oriental  Society,  and  a  session  in  Philadelphia, 
might  not  be  a  promising  combination.  It  proved 
a  treatise  on  the  kiss  in  ancient  India.  The  popu- 
larity of  the  kiss  has  never  been  attributed  to  its 
long-standing  usage.  Yet  it  is  pleasant  to  know- 
that  precedent  could  be  established  if  necessary. 
And  those  primeval  people  had  very  little — no  auto- 
mobiles, no  moving  pictures,  no  French  restau- 
rants; it  was  only  just  to  them  that  they  should 
have  kisses.  Of  course,  that  clime  has  always  been 
famous  for  diamonds  and  rubies,  and  thereby  may 
be  some  clue  to  the  beginning  of  the  custom. 

However,  the  professor  thinks  there  was  a  time 
when  there  were  no  kisses  on  the  face  of  the  earth, 
as  the  records  disclose  none  in  the  early  period  he 
cites.  The  logic  is  not  sound,  though  it  smacks  of 
some  ratiocination.  Imagination  could  smack 
sweeter. 


Mrs.  Martin  Lalor  Crimmins  will  shortly  arrive 
from  the  Philippines  with  her  children  on  a  visit  to 
her  mother,  Mrs.  Cole,  and  sister,  Mrs.  Charles 
McCormick.  Capt.  Crimmins'  regiment  the  Six- 
teenth Infantry  will  not  leave  until  the  middle  of 
August. 


STUDEBAKER 

1907 

CARS    NOW    ARRIVING 

Studebaker  Bros.  Co.  of  California 

405  Golden  Gate  Avenue 

Chester  A.  Weaver,  Manager 


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-THE  WASP 


The  marriage  of  Jane  Wilshire  and  Jack  Pol- 
hemus  came  near  being  postponed  at  the  last  mo- 
ment because  of  the  critical  illness  of  Mrs. 
Polhemus,  who  was  hovering  between  life  and 
death  for  several  days  preceding  the  wedding.  The 
guests  were  not  allowed  however  to  know  of  the 
critical  state  of  Mrs.  Polhemus  and  so  the  wedding 
occurred  according  to  schedule. 

*  *         * 

The  handsome  and  aristocratic-looking  Father 
Sesnon  will  no  longer  be  the  swell  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church  in  California,  for  the  new  bishop 
who  succeeds  the  late  Archbishop  Montgomery  is 
a  scion  of  royalty  itself,  being  the  uncle  of  the 
King  of  Portugal.  Judging  by  the  way  Santa  Bar- 
bara Society  tumbled  over  itself  to  lionize  that 
courtly  monk  who  has  been  lecturing  down  there, 
local  Society,  which  is  a  shade  less  exclusive  than 
that  of  the  Channel  City,  will  try  to  monopolize 
the  clerical  prince  who  has  come  amongst  us. 
Smart  brides  intent  on  having  ultra  smart  wed- 
dings will  have  the  opportunity  of  their  lives.  They 
may  not  only  succeed  in  having  the  scholarly  and 
dignified  Archbishop  Riordan  perform  the  cere- 
mony but  may  induce  the  mitred  uncle  of  a  reign- 
ing king  to  assist  in  the  ceremony.  Such  a  pros- 
pect would  be  enough  to  tempt  a  Puritan  maiden, 
Priscilla  of  the  smart  set,  to  turn  proselyte — that 
is  if  the  smart  set  be  speckled  by  any  Puritan 
Priscillas.  However  that  may  be  it  is  a  foregone 
conclusion  that  there  will  be  keen  rivalry  for  the 
distinction  of  being  the  first  in  San  Francisco  to 
have  a  royal  prince  officiate  in  sacerdotal  robes 
at  a  wedding. 

*  *         * 

It  was  certainly  a  shrewd  stroke  of  the  pontificial 
power  to  send  such  a  prelate  to  San  Francisco, 
where  it  happens  that  a  number  of  the  oldest  and 
socially  most  prominent  families  belong  to  the 
Catholic  faith.  Burlingame  is  particularly  strong 
in  such  and  it  was  to  Mrs.  Francis  Carolan,  the 
queen  of  Burlingame,  so  to  speak  that  the  princely 
bishop  brought  his  social  passports  in  the  shape 
of  letters  from  Charles  Page  Bryan,  the  American 
Minister  at  Portugal.  The  new  bishop  will  there- 
fore become  acquainted  with  Burlingame  first  and 
the  rest  of  San  Francisco  Society  will  be  eager  to 
see  him  after  such  .a  debut. 

Amongst  the  most  prominent  Catholic  families 
here  are  the  Tobins,  the  Martins  and  the  Parrotts. 
Mrs.  Will  Tevis,  as  a  Pacheco,  is  of  course  a  devout 
Catholic,  and  Mrs.  Rudolph  Spreckels  is  also  of  that 
faith.  There  are  few  cities  in  America  where  the 
Catholic  Church  has  more  socially  prominent  and 
wealthy  members  than  San  Francisco.  A  good 
many  of  Father  Yorke's  constituency  were  in  hopes 
that  the  honor  of  succeeding  Bishop  Montgomery 
would  fall  to  him,  but  it  is  evident  that  the  Vatican 
has  not  been  as  much  impressed  by  the  brilliancy 
of  his  talents  as  are  his  south-of-market-street  ad- 
mirers.   Although  the  Catholic  Church  has  a  larger 

For  busy  men  and  women  Abbott's  Bitters.  A  delightful  tonic  and  invigorator,  a  health 
giver  and  a  health  preserver.     All  druggists.  ___ 


membership  amongst  the  working  classes  than  any 
other  Christian  denomination,  its  tendencies  have 
for  a  thousand  years  been  aristocratic,  and  even 
here  in  our  democratic  nations  it  prefers  to  cultivate 
the  favor  of  the  latter  classes  than  to  play  to  the 
mob. 

*         *         * 

Mother,  may  I  go  out  and  marry? 

No,  my  darling  daughter. 
Wait  a  few  months  and  become  a  June  bride  ; 
•  Until  then,  don't  go  near  the  water. 

And  do,  do,  my  huckleberry  do, 

Remember  what  you  do  do. 
With  contraband  weddings  and  quick  wooers  why 
do? 

Remember  and  do  as  I   do. 

And  the  daughter  did,  on  a  technicality,  so  that 
she  was  soon  heard  saying,  Come  in,  the  water  is 
fine.  Miss  Ethel  Wilson,  a  banker's  daughter  of 
New  York,  discovered  that  her  mother's  marriage 
had  been  an  elopement ;  so  she  followed  the  leader 
exactly.  All  would  have  gone  merrily  as  a  real, 
widely  advertised  wedding  bell,  with  bridesmaid 
and    beauty    roses,    had    not    the    elopers    lost   the 


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marriage  certificate.  The  groom,  Edmund  Putnam, 
one  of  G.  P.  Putnam's  sons,  the  New  York  pub- 
lishers, kept  worrying  about  that  marriage  certificate 
until  he  felt  he  must  go  back  to  Chaplain  Warren 
and  get  another.  He  feared  the  missing  document 
might  go  into  some  sort  of  spontaneous  combustion 
and  end  his  marital  career,  which  he  was  just  begin- 
ning at  a  cafe.  Also  the  little  slip  of  paper  might 
fall  into  wrongful  hands.  It  did.  No  sooner  lost 
than  found  by  a  meddler,  who  conveyed  it  to  papa. 
Papa,  as  President  of  the  Lincoln  Trust  Company, 
took  up  his  telephone  and  quoted  the  rules  to  young 
Putnam.  He  was  so  excited  he  wanted  every- 
body, the  Chaplain  included,  to  change  their  votes. 
But  with  two  certificates,  the  couple  took  the  honey- 
moon  trail,   and    nothing   but   death   or   ennui   will 

ever  part  them. 

*       *       * 

Those  California  beaux  seem  to  walk  right  into 
the  good  graces  of  the  New  York  smart  set  as 
soon  as  they  set  foot  in  Gotham.  Sherrill  Schell, 
so  well  known  and  popular  in  San  Francisco  So- 
ciety, seems  to  be  mingling  with  the  smartest  in 
New  York,  for  "Cholly  Knickerbocker"  says  in  one 
of  the  large  New  York  dailies : 

"Society  is  becoming  accustomed  to  shocks,  vary- 
ing from  the  latest  escapades  of  young  millionaires 
to  the  reported  heart  concerns  of  pretty  widows; 
but  Sherrill  Schell,  a  prominent  San  Franciscan,  is 
the  hero  of  the  very  latest  Society  shock. 

"The  other  night,  at  Delmonico's,  Mrs.  Oliver 
Harriman  handed  to  Mr.  Schell  an  electric  lighted 
parasol,  as  a  cotillion  favor. 

"Mr.  Schell  simply  couldn't  become  interested  in 
anything  else  until  he  took  a  peep  at  the  works. 
He  does  not  take  on  when  hurt,  so  he  did  not 
scream,  in  fact,  his  language,  though  Heavens 
knows  what  he  said  mentally,  was  almost  apolo- 
getic. At  any  rate,  no  action  for  damaged  feelings 
is  contemplated.  The  Californian  learned  consid- 
erable from  his  investigation." 
#         *         * 

The  Fairmont  Hotel  certainly  opened  in  a  blaze  of 
social  glory  when  Mrs.  Cornelius  Vanderbilt  and  her 
party  from  New  York  inscribed  their  names  on  the 
vergin  page  of  the  register.  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  is  the 
mother  of  young  Cornelius  Vanderbilt  who  married 
Miss  Grace  Wilson  of  New  York.  Mrs.  Shephard  of 
the  party,  was  a  Vanderbilt.  Miss  Gladys  Vanderbilt 
is  one  of  the  richest  heiresses  of  New  York.  The  dis- 
tinguished guests  left  for  the  East  by  way  of  Portland 
last  Saturday  night  in  their  special  car. 

Should  the  Palace  Plotel  people  lease  the  Fairmont 
Hotel  for  $105,000  a  year  plus  the  taxes  and  insurance, 
the  Messrs.Lawswillbe  entitled  to  congratulations  and 
no  doubt  so  will  be  the  lessees.  Starting  a  great  hotel 
is  a  gigantic  feat,  calculated  to  try  the  purse,  patience 
and  talents  of  any  man  on  earth  and  especially  one  not 
used  to  the  business.  The  Palace  Hotel  people  have 
experience,  great  prestige  and  ample  resources,  and 

An  exhibition  of  Paintings  of  Indian  Life  by  Grace  Hudson,  will  be  held 
from  April  17th  to  27th  at  the  Schussler  Gallery,  1218  Sutter  Street. 


would  beyond  doubt  make  the  Fairmont  a  paying  in- 
vestment at  once  and  one  of  the  best  conducted  places 

in  America. 

*  *         # 

Mr.  I  Ialton  has  retired  from  the  management  of  the 
Hotel  Rafael  to  engage  in  another  line  of  business. 
Mr.  I".  N.  Orpin  the  new  manager  who  has  been  in 
charge  for  several  months  has  become  so  very  much 
of  a  favorite  by  his  ability  and  urbanity  that  every- 
body is  delighted  at  his  flection  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Paul  Bancroft  will  spend  the  coming  Sum- 
mer at  the  beautiful  Bancroft  ranch  near  Concord.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Herbert  H.  Bancroft  and  Miss  Lucy,  will 
also  remain  during  the  entire  Summer,  as  also  Paul 
and  Philip  with  their  families. 

*  *         * 

The  old  timer,  who  writes  that  Louis  Bruguiere's 
paternal  grandfather  was  a  gardener,  apparently 
does  not  know  what  he  was  talking  about.  The 
Bruguieres  in  New  York  were  friends  of  the  Ward 
McAllisters  thirty-five  years  ago  and  that  puts  an 
end  to  the  statement  that  Louis'  grandfather  was 
a  gardener,  for  Ward  McAllister  was  not  suffi- 
ciently democratic  to  seek  his  associates  amongst 
the  horny-fisted  sons  of  toil.  An  old-timer  from 
New  York  tells  me  that  all  the  New  York  set  re- 
ceived  Louis   Bruguiere    so    cordially    because  his 

grandfather  knew  theirs. 

*  *         * 

The  Lillian  Russell  engagement  helped  to 
emphasize  the  fact  that  San  Francisco  is  as  gay  as 
ever  socially.  There  were  theatre  and  supper 
parties  galore.  Mrs.  La  Boyteaux  gave  a  dinner 
followed  by  a  box  party.  Her  guests  included  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Clarence  Breeden  and  Mrs..  Henry  Foster 
Dutton. 


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PWolo  Genthe 


MISS  MAY  RE1S 


Miss  Edwinna  Hammond  recently  left  for 
Arizona,  where  she  will  remain  some  time  with 
her  brother,  who  goes  for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 

The  space  writer  is  always  glad  to  record  the  do- 
ings of  the  Woman's  Interdenominational  Mission- 
ary Union  of  the  District  of  Columbia.  The  title 
of  the  organization  is  not  only  longer  than  usually 
falls  to  the  lot  of  the  scribe  who  is  paid  on  the  50- 
vara  plan,  but  the  word  "Interdenominational" 
takes  up  space  for  three  words  and  causes  a  three- 
ply  smile  to  displace  a  little  professional  cynicism. 
*         *         * 

Fifty  thousand  women  of  that  Union  have  lately 
resented  the  statement  of  Senator  Reed  Smoot  in 
which  he  said  that  the  ladies  have  discontinued 
their  hostility  toward  him.  By  formal  resolution 
the  hostility  is  declared  continuous. 

But  the  bullet  which  put  Stanford  White  into 
"Thanatopsis"  gave  New  Yorkers  a  fashionable 
auction ;    and    his    antiques     were     divided     among 


them,  at  prices  a  la  mode.  Artistically,  Society  did 
not  confirm  Harry  K.  Thaw's  plea  that  the  deceased 
architect  was  an  enemy  to  that  body. 

The  picture  sale  aggregated  $51,532,  and  with! 
the  house  furnishings  amounted  to  $177,337.  A 
portrait  of  the  Earl  of  Dorset,  early  Spanish  school, 
brought  $3200;  a  sofa  pillow,  perhaps  of  the 
Evelyn  Nesbit  school,  $170.  Mrs.  Payne  Whitney 
blew  herself  for  $100,  taking  an  old  China  oviform 
jar. 

David  Belasco,  George  Crocker,  Mrs.  Harry 
Payne  Whitney,  Elsie  de  Wolfe,  Imperial  Commis- 
sioner of  the  Shah  of  Persia,  H.  H.  Topakyan,  I. 
N.  P.  Stokes,  Mrs.  Robert  Goelet,  and  the  Prince- 
ton Club  also  bought. 

%  :•:  * 

The  Carnegie  smile  and  the  Rockefeller  leer  have 
been  exchanged  by  typewritten  letter.  John  D.  dic- 
tated :  "Hearty  congratulations  for  your  grand  ef- 
forts to  help  your  fellow  men."  And  Andrew: 
"Many  thanks,  fellow-worker,  in  the  task  of  dis- 
tributing surplus  wealth." 

The  operatic  tendencies  of  the  Emperor  of  Japan 
have  never  been  given  much  attention,  as  far  as 
we  know.  Politically,  though,  an  Emperor's  mu- 
sical tastes  have  some  weight.  The  Mikado  does 
not  fancy  the  tricksy  comic  opera  that  bares  his 
name.  His  esthetic  embassy  in  London  have  inti- 
mated that  the  revival  of  "The  Mikado"  in  Eng- 
land's capital  is  unnecessary,  inadvisable.  There- 
fore, a  $25,000  production  has  been  sacrificed  to  in- 
ternational good  will. 

Sullivan,  when  composing  the  music,  was  hoaxed 
into  using  a  coarse  song  of  the  tea-houses  for 
the  Japanese  National  Anthem  as  entrance  music 
for  the  Mikado.  It  was  like  making  England's 
monarch  enter  to  "Razzle  Dazzle,"  or  peradventure 
worse  than  that,  for  all  one  knows  of  the  subtler 
meanings  of  Japanese  tea-house  odes. 

Comic  opera  themes  have  ever  made  a  scapegoat 
of  diplomacy  and  kings ;  but  here  the  goat  be- 
came owner  of  some  battle-ships.  Perhaps,  if  Siam 
should  rise  to  a  world  power,  we  would  lose 
"Wang." 

*         *         * 

Sarah  Bernhardt  has  always  had  a  complete  work- 
ing knowledge  of  that  embodiment  of  art  known 
to  the  world  as  the  "Divine  Sarah."  She  is  now 
tempted  with  the  Grand  Cross  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor.  Certain  officials  have  desired  her  to  accept 
the  distinction,  which  is  accredited  to  her  not  as 
a  tragedienne  but  a  "professor."  The  distinction 
between  the  two  terms  seems  to  be  merely  one 
between  the  generic  and  the  specific.  Honor  is  fre- 
quently technical.  In  this  case  it  insinuates  that 
Sarah's  technique  is  not  quite  honorable — honor- 
able in  the  sense  of  the  intended  decoration. 

To  this,  Bernhardt  in  the  stage  part  of  "Adrienne 
Lecouvrier"  makes  reply :  "I  am  one  of  the  high 
priests  of  my  age.  Do  you  know  what  my  art  is? 
Think  you  I  will  turn  from  it?  It  is  noble,  inspir- 
ing.     It    educates.      It    preaches    sweetly    what    is 


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rudely  preached  in  other  ways.  It  evokes  vice,  but 
only  to  put  vice  to  shame.  It  sings  the  beauty  of 
life.  It  glorifies  God.  It  awakens  patriotism.  It 
knocks  at  all  brains,  at  all  hearts.  It  moves,  trans- 
ports, electrifies.    It  chastens,  scourges,  pardons." 

So  too  the  audience  thought,  and  gave  applause 
that  resounded  to  the  gods  on  Olympus. 

The  Battle  of  Cocktails  goes  brightly  on  as 
Washington  club  men  sit  and  bedate  of  Perry  Bel- 
mont's difficulty  in  entering  the  Chevy  Chase  Club. 
Belmont  was  not  blackballed ;  his  friends  whisked 
away  his  name  to  prevent  such  a  calamity.  The 
unsuccessful  applicant  blames  President  Roosevelt 
for  the  affair.  The  brilliancy  in  laying  the  onus 
of  mischief  on  Theodore  has  worn  off  within  the 
last  two  or  three  seasons.  The  practice  has  become 
hackneyed.      Still,   a   man   who   has   some   truth   to 


express  is  not  always  concerned  about  its  sparkling 
originality. 

*  *         * 

When  Belmont  was  in  Paris,  the  home  of  sin- 
cerity, he  was  heard  to  remark  that  he  did  not 
think  Roosevelt  is  sincere.  After  that,  it  was  in 
some  way  hinted  to  him  to  forget  the  combination 
on  the  White  House  door.  One  of  his  enemies  is 
Thomas  Xelson  Page,  the  author.  Page's  outlook 
on  Society  is  a  condemnation  of  the  frivolous 
class  which  he  claims  Belmont  occupies.  Besides 
that,  the  outlook  of  Page's  home  in  Washington 
is  on  a  triangular  piece  of  ground  which  he  had 
desired  be  reserved  by  the  government  as  a  park, 
but  which  Belmont  now  occupies,  too,  with  the  in- 
tention of  building. 

The  millionaire  will  again  submit  his  name  when 
his  friends  tell  him  that  victory  is  winged  his  way. 

*  *  * 

In  the  rooms  of  the  Fontenelle  Club,  Omaha,  the 
picture  of  John  M.  Thurston,  ex-Senator  from  Ne- 
braska, is  turned  to  the  wall.  Pasted  on  the  back 
of  the  canvas  is  a  newspaper  clipping  showing  why. 
The  why  is  an  anti-Roosevelt  speech  which  Thurs- 
ton delivered  in  Philadelphia.  While  the  Senator 
is  pleased  enough  to  wear  his  Roosevelt  sentiments 
on  his  back,  the  vista  between  the  portrait  and  the 
Republican  club  wall  is  not  enchanting. 

*  *         * 

The  Countess  Eliza  De  La  Vaulx,  who  died  the 
other  day  in  Paris  of  pneumonia,  had  just  returned 
from  an  American  trip  with  her  daughters,  Miles. 
Clothilde  and  Louise  De  La  Vaulx.  They  visited 
relatives  in  St.  Louis  and  Orange,  N.  J.  She  was 
born  in  St.  Louis  in  1864,  and  was  the  daughter  of 
Patrick  M.  Dillon,  one  of  the  first  of  St.  Louis'  mer- 
chants. The  late  John  A.  Dillon,  a  newspaper  man, 
of  St.  Louis  and  New  York,  was  her  brother.  Her 
husband  was  the  late  Roger,  Count  De  La  Vaulx,  of 
Rosoy  Aisne,  formerly  of  the  Papal  Zouaves  and  hon- 
orary captain  in  the  French  army  in  1867. 

*  *         * 

Andrew  Bogart,  the  famous  San  Francisco  bari- 
tone, is  back  at  his  home  in  Buchanan  street  and 
his  friends  who  planned  to  give  him  a  rousing 
welcome  at  the  opening  night  of  the  Jefferson  De 
Angeles  Opera  Company's  engagement,  at  the  Van 
Ness  Theatre  in  June,  will  be  disappointed.  The 
company  closed  its  season  at  New  Orleans  last 
week.  Mr.  Bogart  has  not  sung  in  his  native  city 
since  his  debut  in  "The  Senerade,"  in  the  old 
Tivoli  three  years  ago.  Meantime  he  has  sung 
in  opera  in  England  and  studied  for  six  months  in 
Florence   with  the   celebrated   Vannuccini. 

Miles  Baird,  whose  forgery  of  a  check  with  at- 
torney John  S.  Partridge's  name  attached  thereto 
brought  him  into  more  notoriety,  has  been  through 
the  divorce  court  too.  His  wife,  who  was  the 
exceedingly  pretty  Miss  Ruth  Jackson,  had  the 
marital  bonds  severed.  The  lady  is  half  Spanish 
and  on  the  mother's  side  is  descended  from  one 
of  the  old  Spanish  governors. 

ENTRE  NOUS. 


District  Attorney  Langdon  is  on  record  with  the 
announcement  that  he  will  not  be  a  candidate  for 
Mayor,  and  that  he  desires  nothing  but  to  succeed 
himself  in  his  present  office  that  he  may  continue 
the  work  on  which  he  is  now  engaged  in  driving 
to  jail  the  grafters  that  infest  the  City.  His  an- 
nouncement was  publicly  made  at  the  banquet  of 
the  merchants  at  the  Fairmont  on  the  anniversary 
of  the  earthquake  and  is  therefore  to  be  considered 
as  having  more  weight  than  if  had  been  delivered 
in  the  way  of  an  interview  to  the  press.  Langdon 
made  a  frank  and  open  disclaimer  that  he  is  seek- 
ing to  lift  himself  into  the  Mayoralty  by  his  pro- 
secution of  the  grafters  and  declared  that  he  does 
not  want  the  office  out  of  which  he  is  seeking  to 
drive  Schmitz. 


This  declaration  by  Langdon  will  go  a  long  way 
toward  disproving  that  charge  that  the  "whole 
thing  is  a  political  scheme",  a  statement  which 
has  been  hurled  about  the  heads  of  the  prosecutors 
by  the  grafters  ever  since  the  investigation  was 
begun.  There  has  been  frequent  repetition  of  the 
expression  that  Hearst  through  Langdon  was  at- 
tempting to  turn  the  prosecution  to  his  political 
account  by  electing  Langdon  to  the  Mayoralty  and 
filling  all  the  appointive  offices  with  Hearst  men.  In 
fact,  Hearst  gave  color  to  this  belief  by  publishing 
in  his  Chicago  paper  a  full  page  in  which  Langdon 
was  hailed  as  the  one  who  had  taken  the  initiative 
in  the  prosecution  and  to  whom  all  the  credit  be- 
longed. 

Many  thought  at  the  time  that  Hearst  had  gone 
too  far  in  this  matter,  as  the  boosting  of  Langdon 
gave  the  cold  shoulder  to  Rudolph  Spreckels, 
Fremont  Older,  Francis  J.  Heney  and  all  the  others 
who  had  labored  for  months  on  the  investigation 
before  Langdon  was  even  made  aware  that  an  in- 
vestigation was  on.  But  now  Langdon  is  out  with 
a  flat  declaration  that  he  does  not  want  the  Mayor's 
office,  so  the  prosecution  will  go  on  smoothly  and 
there  will  be  no  lack  of .  brotherhood  among  those 
who  are  enlisted  in  the  work. 


It  would  not  require  the  cleverness  of  Detective 
Burns  to  discover  that  Langdon  acted  the  part  of 
a  good  Indian  in  going  up  to  that  banquet  and  de- 
livering himself  of  his  disavowal  of  political  seek- 
ing. It  is  strongly  suspected  that  the  leaders  in  the 
prosecution  told  Langdon  that  the  announcement 
was  due  from  him  in  order  to  allay  the  suspicion 
that  the  investigation  was  merely  political,  and  that 
Langdon  obeyed  their  orders  in  making  the  an- 
nouncement that  was  desired  of  him. 

Wilh  men  of  affairs,  Abbott's  Bitters  are  the  great  tonic  and  aid  to  digestion.     They  are 
ecommended  by  hading  physicians.     All  druggists. 


Anyone  seeing  Supervisor  Sanderson  on  thel 
Streets  of  Palo  Alto  these  Summer  days  would  find 
it  hard  to  believe  the  tear-dripping  stories  of  a  part 
of  the  yellow  press  that  he  is  "on  the  verge  of 
death",  and  that  the  ravages  of  consumption  are 
about  to  carry  him  to  a  grave  unlined  by  the  profits 
of  graft.  Sanderson  may  be  a  sick  man,  but  he 
certainly  does  not  look  the  part  of  the  death-bed 
confessor.  Many  are  inclined  to  believe  that  his 
condition  was-  represented  to  him  by  the  shrewd 
detectives  to  be  much  worse  than  it  really  is  in 
order  to  get  from  him  the  evidence  which  proved  an 
entering  wedge  for  the  dragging  out  of  confessions 
from  all  the  rest  of  the  bunch  of  grafters  whose 
hands  are  soiled  with  corporation  bribes. 


The  decision  of  the  graft  investigators  to  give  the 
supervisors  complete  immunity  in  return  for  their 
confessions  is. having  a  bad  effect  in  more  ways 
than  one.  It  is  a  shocking  example  to  set  before  the 
youths  who  are  being  taught  in  the  public  schools 
the  wisdom  of  ethics  and  a  high  order  of  honesty  in  j 
public  office.  But  worse  than  that  it  has  emboldened 
the  supervisors  to  such  a  point  that  in  addition  to 
strutting  the  streets  and  boasting  of  their  ac- 
complishments, they  are  planning  all  sorts  of  new 


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ways  to  enrich   themselves  at   the  expense  of  the 
public. 


The  latest  scheme  of  the  boodling  gang  is  in 
connection  with  the  reorganization  of  the  amateur 
fight  clubs.  Sixteen  of  the  supervisors  (Tveitmoe 
and  O'Neill  being  out  of  it  i  have  organized  eight 
clubs  which  will  ask  for  permits  for  the  carrying  on 
of  amateur  boxing  contests  in  the  City.  Two  super- 
visors belong  to  each  club  and  there  is  a  third 
member  of  each  club,  too,  who  is  an  outsider,  and 
in  whose  name  all  the  business  of  the  club  is 
transacted.  The  supervisors  are  silent  partners  and 
the  stock  is  equally  divided  in  each  club,  each  super- 
visor and  each  outsider  having  one-third. 


The  supervisors  plan  to  get  very  rich  from  the 
profits  of  the  fights.  They  have  long  cast  hungry 
eyes  at  the  spoils  of  the  fighting  game  which  are 
known  at  large,  the  success  of  CofFroth,  Graney  and 
Britt  having  convinced  them  that  it  was  a  game 
wi  irth  the  candle.  So  through  these  amateur  clubs 
they  plan  to  grab  the  entire  fighting  business  and 
divide  the  profits.  They  ought  to  be  on  their  way  to 
San  Quentin.  It  is  a  disgrace  to  the  community  to 
have  such  men  making  its  municipal  ordinances. 


I  think  Mr.  Heney  and  the  public-spirited  gentle- 
men associated  with  him  in  the  cleansing  of  the 
City  government  should  be  very  careful  lest  im- 
munity to  the  self-confessed  grafters  may  not  prove 
a  boomerang.  Uncompromising  prosecution  of  the 
rascals,  even  though  they  be  restrained  by  the 
end.  Thousands  of  good  citizens  in  San  Francisco 
chafe  under  the  disgrace  of  being  governed  by  such 
rascals,  even  though  they  be  restrained  by  the 
terror  of  prosecution  for  felony.  Any  sort  of  a 
peaceful  compact  with  such  people  is  dangerous. 
The  safer  course  is  usually  to  treat  them  as  pirates 
with  whom  there  can  be  no  compromise  and  take 
the  speediest  means  to  land  them  in  jail.  If  the 
decent  people  become  disgusted  by  seeing  those 
municipal  boodlers  left  unmolested  in  office,  no  one 
can  tell  how  the  vote  may  go  at  the  next  election. 


The  N.  S.  G.  W.  has  undergone  a  sort  of  pre- 
cipitation and  come  up  translucent  again,  leaving 
Abe  Ruef  in  the  sediment.  While  this  sediment  is 
being  tried  by  a  jury  of  his  peers,  Gallagher  is  still 
a  Native  Son.  The  difference  is,  Gallagher  has  con- 
fessed, and  Ruef  has  not.  The  logic  may  be  confus- 
ing to  some ;  but  one  should  not  ask  too  much  in  these 
reconstruction  days.  We  have  learned  that  there  are 
degrees  of  crime  and  complicity.  This  explanation 
floats  down  the  River  of  Truth  like  a  swan,  and  disap- 
pears. But  Ruef  is  no  longer  a  Native  Son.  He 
might  as  well  have  been  born  on  the  moon,  the  asso- 
ciation has  so  little  use  for  him.  California  disowns 
him,  yet  will  not  give  up  possession. 


From  the  standpoint  of  a  thriller,  in  the  eyes  of  an 
epicure  of  sensation,  graft  news  is  having  a  few  dull 
moments  now.  At  first  the  exposure  was  exciting. 
Ruef's  appeals  all  on  account  of  the  elisor  were  in- 


teresting. Shortridge's  contempt  and  Ach's  ptomaines 
retained  one's  attention.  But  there  is  a  general  de- 
mam  1  for  something  new.  This  is  said  in  no  spirit 
of  mischief.  Anti-Ruefism  was  a  high  sea  when  the 
indictments  began.  But  after  all,  public  feeling  is 
merely  dramatic  instinct.  Ami  woe  is  unto  the  man 
who  gives  it  a  throb  one  day  and  on  the  second  day 
fails  to  give  two  throbs,  and  so  on.  For  a  real  shocker, 
why  not  prove  somebody  innocent  ? 


The  demand  by  the  Legislature  of  Minnesota  that 
President  Roosevelt  shall  accept  a  third  term  indicates 
that  the  movement  to  compel  the  President  to  forget 
his  promise  is  likely  to  become  very  strong.        ., 


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That  eminent  thinker  and  spieler,  O.  A.  Tveitmoe, 
who  was  so  ready  only  a  few  months  ago  to  hurl  de- 
fiance at  President  Roosevelt  and  to  wire  red-hot 
messages  to  Mayor  Schmitz  at  Washington  that  there 
must  be  no  sui  render  on  the  Japanese  question,  is  a 
very  much  subdued  person  just  now.  So  much  so,  in- 
deed, that  he  did  not  reply  with  his  usual  crushing 
weight  of  argument  to  Secretary  Root's  speech  on  the 
Japanese  controversy.  His  Japanese  and  Korean  Ex- 
clusion League  has  forgotten  when  and  where  it  meets, 
and  Tveitmoe  is  sticking  pretty  close  to  his  labor  union 
job  and  saying  as  little  as  possible. 


Tveitmoe  broke  into  public  office  at  a  most  unfor- 
tunate time.  He  has  been  put  in  the  position  of  a 
rabid  champion  of  Schmitz  and  Ruef  just  at  the  time 
when  the  confessions  of  the  Supervisors  disclosed  to 
the  world  what  a  precious  pair  of  thieves  Gene  and 
Abe  have  been.  The  swag  was  all  distributed  before 
he  got  within  reach  of  it,  and  now  he  must  walk  or 
take  a  street  car  while  Gallagher,  Boxton  and  a  lot 
more  of  the  Schmitz  pirates  whirl  about  in  their  own 
automobiles.  And  the  illustrious  exclusionist  has  not 
even  the  satisfaction  of  being  of  importance  to  the 
Grand  Jury.  The  "big  stick"  dismisses  Keane  and 
O'Grady  and  other  Ruefites  without  a  word  to  Tveit- 
moe.    If  it  wants  a  measure  for  decent  government 


Also  Tveitmoe  is  subdued  by  virtue  of  a  crack  on 
the  jaw  which  a  painter  hit  him  because  he  had  abused 
the  wood-dauber  in  his  labor  journal.  Tveitmoe  is  a 
huge  fellow,  with  hands  like  hams,  but  when  the 
painter,  two-thirds  his  size,  cut  loose  at  him,  the 
Swedish  giant  fairly  frizzled  up  and  sat  where  the 
painter  put  him  until  interfering  friends  made  it  safe 
for  the  flabbergasted  statesman  to  get  up. 


P.  H.  McCarthy,  also,  is  beginning  to  be  a  name  but 
little  heard.  He  and  his  clique  have  not  the  courage 
to  denounce  the  grafters,  and  they  dare  not  any  longer 
assert  confidence  in  the  integrity  of  the  labor  union 
administration  they  so  stoutly  upheld  and  praised 
through  years  of  public  plunder. 


Myrtile  Cerf,  the  faithful  henchman  of  Abe  Ruef, 
is  much  aggrieved.  The  Grand  Jruy  will  not  indict 
him.  It  just  ignores  him.  He  is  too  small  for  them 
even  to  take  a  good  swift  kick  at  and  he  is  sore  about 
it.  He  would  like  to  be  a  martyr,  to  be  indicted  along 
with  Ruef  and  Schmitz  and  the  millionaires  who 
bribed  them,  to  be  right  in  the  lime-light  as  a  man  who 
was  such  a  thorough-going  crook  that  he  would  rather 
go  to  jail  with  Ruef  than  desert  his  standard  for  an 
instant.  But  Myrtile  is  small  fry.  The  Grand  Jury 
can't  waste  time  with  him  and  he  fairly  hates  that 
Grand  Jury  for  its  lack  of  consideration. 


Supervisor  Lonergan  is  the  first  of  the  bribed  Super- 
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Wagon  Drivers'  Union  refused  to  re-elect  him  as  its 
delegate  to  the  Labor  Council.  The  Blacksmiths' 
Helpers'  Union  re-elected  Supervisor  Furey,  after  his 
confession  of  crime,  both  as  its  president  and  delegate 
to  the  council.  Mike  Coffey,  the  ex-Buckley  lamb  and 
perennial  agitator,  is  still  the  delegate  of  the  Hack- 
men's  Union,  though  he  has  confessed  his  crimes  and 
treason  to  union  labor. 


Lonergan  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  only  one 
of  the  piratical  band  who  has  broken  away  from  Grand 
Jury  restraint  long  enough  to  tell  his  story  of  admin- 
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Now  Open      1745  O'Farrell  St.,  near  Fillmore 


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21 


father  is  foreman  in  a  bakery  owned  by  the  office 
boy's  father  and  Loncrgan  used  to  drive  a  wagon  for 
the  same  establishment.  The  Examiner  sent  the  office 
boy  out  to  find  Loncrgan  and  he  got  him  and  brought 
him  in.  Then  Lonergan,  by  some  mysterious  influ- 
ence, was  induced  to  talk.  Barrett  wrote  the  inter- 
view and  it  was  the  best  piece  of  reading  that  has  been 
turned  out  since  the  graft  exposure  began. 


Secretary  Root's  discussion  of  the  Japanese  con- 
troversy made  the  State  rights  cry  of  the  exclusionists 
sound  very  ridiculous.  His  argument  was  very  close 
and  proved  conclusively  that  State  rights  will  not  give 
any  State  the  power  to  cancel  treaty  provisions  law- 
fully made  by  the  President  and  ratified  by  the  Senate 
of  the  United  States. 


The  Federal  Government  is  the  sole  treaty-making 
power  and  valid  treaties  annul  State  laws  not  con- 
sistent with  their  provisions.  Treaties  with  "most 
favored  nation"  clauses  have  been  held  valid  from  the 
earliest  years  of  the  nation.  Under  the  treaty  with 
Japan,  if  California  admits  other  aliens  to  her  public 
schools  she  must  admit  the  Japanese.  California  may 
exclude  all  aliens  or  may  choose  to  have  no  public 
schools  under  the  cherished  reserved  right  doctrine. 
Hut  Root  shows  that  the  one  thing  she  was  doing  was 
the  very  thing  she  had  no  warrant  under  the  Constitu- 
tion to  do. 


It  is  rather  amusing  to  see  some  stalwart  Republican 
editors  in  San  Francisco  fighting  so  fiercely  for  the 
sacred  doctrine  of  State  rights.  Twenty  years  ago  it 
was  the  custom  of  most  Republican  editors  to  sneer 
at  State  rights  as  something  that  had  no  magic  outside 
of  the  Solid  South.     When  the  Solid  North  convinced 


the  Confederacy  that  it  could  neither  keep  slaves  nor 
set  up  its  own  government,  the  doctrine  of  State  rights 
was  knocked  endways.  It  went  the  way  of  many  an- 
other doctrine  into  the  historical  ash  barrel  and  be- 
came but  a  recollection. 


As  a  matter  of  fact  the  doctrine  of  State  rights  was 
originally  invented  to  give  a  handful  of  men  the  power 
to  rule  the  country.  When  the  landed  aristocracy  of 
the  South  saw  the  Northern  constituencies  of  shop- 
keepers and  mechanics  becoming  so  numerous  as  to 
dominate  the  national  legislature,  the  blue-blooded 
planters  became  more  intensely  devoted  than  ever  to 
the  State  rights  doctrine.  The  war  made  an  end  of  it. 
and  the  new  doctrine  is  and  will  be  one  for  all  and  all 
for  one.  No  section  of  the  United  States  will  be 
allowed  to  jeopardize  the  peace  or  prosperity  of  the 
entire  nation,  nor  will  any  set  of  men  banded  together 
to  enjoy  special  privileges  be  allowed  to  oppress  the 
public,  and  rob  their  fellow  citizens  of  their  constitu- 
tional rights. 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM 


Wedding  Cakes  and  Fancy  Ices 
and  Tarts 

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LECHTEN  BROS 


1242-  1244  Devlsadero  Street 

Bel.  Eddy  and  Ellis  Phone  West  2526 


F.  W.  KRONE,  Proprietor 


[The  Original  San   Francisco 

Popular  Dining  Room 


NOW  OPEN 
91  1-913  O*  Far  re  II  St. 


Bet.  Van  Ness  and  Polk 


Largest  and    Handsomest    Dining-Room    in    the    City--An    Idea)    Kitchen.      Former 
Pat* ons  Invited  to  Call  and  Inspect  Our  New  Rooms  and  Equipment. 


An  Eastern  View  of  It— Horn  Milwaukee  Sentinel 


BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 


PAPER 


1400-1450  FOURTH  STREET 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   3014 

Privale  Exchange  Connecting  all  Departments 


STRICTLY  BUSINESS 


Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 


The  money  tightness  has  affected  the  operations 
of  the  Bond  and  Stock  Exchange.  The  business 
however  showed  some  improvement  on  previous 
weeks  but  was  on  the  whole  devoid  of  any  great 
activity.  Bank  Stocks  were  rather  stronger.  Bank 
of  California  selling  at  $362,  an  advance  of  $1. 
California  and  North  Western  S's  sold  at  $108. 
Alaska  Packers  went  up  a  couple  of  dollars  to 
$43.25.  United  RR's  weakened  to  $75.25.  Spring 
Valley  sold  at  $21.25,  a  slight  reduction,  but  went 
up  again  to  $21.62j4. 

There  were  sales  of  California  Wine  at  $83,  a 
reduction,  but  it  rallied  again.  Associated  oil  was 
lower,  $42.75.  Pacific  Electric  S's  brought  $107.50. 
Spring  Valley  4's  sold  at  $89.75,  Sugar  Stocks  weak- 
ened in  some  instances.  For  Hawaiian  $82.  was  bid. 
Paauhau  sold  down  to  $14.25.  Hutchinson  kept 
firm  at  $15.75.  Makaweli  sold  at  $29  @  $29.50. 
Onomea  had  $35.75  bid.  Union  $42.50,  while  Hon- 
okaa  sold  at  $10.87>4. 

Mutual  Electric  still  sells  in  a  small  way  and  the 
other  day  a  lot  of  100  shares  brought  $13.  But 
these  are  not  good  days  for  gas  or  water  securities. 


A  Great  Source  of  Wealth 

California  sells  in  the  markets  of  the  East  from 
forty-five  to  fifty  million  dollars'  worth  of  fruit 
yearly  and  will  reach  the  latter  figure  this  year. 
We  send  besides  a  large  quantity  of  vegetables. 
The  amount  this  year  will  probably  be  eleven 
million    dollars    worth. 

Dollar  Wheat 

The  movement  in  favor  of  holding  wheat  till  it 
reaches  a  dollar  a  bushel  has  been  gaining  great 
headway  during  the  past  year  and  soon  will  have 
taken  good  hold  in  California.  It  is  just  a  farmer's 
trade  union  and  Canada  is  helping  the  scheme 
along.' 

A  dollar  a  bushel  was  formerly  a  not  unusual 
price  in  this  State.  Such  a  price  would  again  give 
an  impetus  to  wheat  production  in  California. 
Wheat  which  was  our  greatest  crop  has  of  late 
years  come  to  be  one  of  our  smallest.  We  formerly 
exported  as  much  as  50.000,000  bushels  in  a  single 
year.  Such  a  crop  would  require  a  fleet  of  six 
hundred  vessels  of  1500  tons  each  to  carry  it  to 
market. 


The  Mines 

The   one   satisfactory   feature   that   characterizes 

A  Sovereign  Remedy 

Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure,  one  dose  will  stop  a  cough.     It 
never  fails.     Try  it.     Sold  by  all  Druggists. 


this  week's  operations  in  the  Southern  Nevada  min- 
ing camps  is  the  cessation  of  the  labor  troubles. 
This  at  once  produced  a  favorable  effect  on  the 
market.  The  next  thing  is  the  weeding  out  of  the 
wild  cat  stocks.  This  must  be  done  by  the  ex- 
changes. Goldfield  stocks  gained  as  much  as  a 
dollar  over  the  week  preceding  though  the  merger 
fell  off  to  $8.75.    Mohawk  went  down  as  low  as  $15. 


No  Strike 

I  understand  that  the  majority  of  the  carmen  are 
averse  to  a  strike.  They  realize  that  they  are  getting 
good  wages  and  that  the  great  boom  in  the  labor 
market  has  reached  its  turning  point.  If  the  matter 
were  left  to  those  men  there  would  be  no  strike.  It 
is  to  be  hoped  their  influence  will  prevail  for  they 
understand  pretty  well  that  the  strike  idea  is  worked 
up  by  political  grafters  who  would  welcome  any] 
disturbance  that  might  divert  attention  from  their 


MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK 


706  Market  St. 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Opp.  Third 


Guaranteed  Capital,  $1,000,000 

Interest  Paid  on  all  Deposits 


Paid  op  Capita]  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
Loans  on  Approved  Securities 


OFFICERS- James  D.  Phelan.  Pres,.  John  A.  Hooper,  V.  Pres..  J.  K.  Moffatt,  2d 
V.  Pres.,  George  A.  Story,  Sec'y  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Asst.  Cashier,  A.  E. 
Curtis,  2d  Asst. 'Cashier. 


TONOPAH,    GOLDFIELD,    BULLFROG 
MANHATTAN  and  COMSTOCKS  A  specialty 


ZADIG  &  CO. 

STOCK  BROKERS 

Formerly  306  Montgomery   Street,   have  resumed  business  in  their 

Own  Building,  324  BUSH  STREET 

Directly  Opposite  New  San  Francisco  Stock   and  Exchange  Bldg. 


FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS, 
PAID  UP  CAPITAL. 
DEPOSITS  JANUARY  I.  1907 


108-110  Sutter  Street 

$693,104.68 

$600,000.00 

0.772,145.83 


Charles  Carpy.  Pres.  Arthur  Legallel,  Vice-Pres.  Leon  Bocqueraz,  Secretary 

John  Ginty,  Asst.  Secretary  P.  A.  Bergerot.  Attorney 


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23 


inefficiency  and  dishonesty.     The  United  Railroads 

bond*  ami  .slocks  arc  Mire  to  advance  in  the  event 
of  the  carmen  being  sensible  enough  to  avoid  a 
strike. 


Call  Loans 
The   capitalists   of  the   City   every   now   and   again 
make  a  turn  in  the  New  York  market  when  money  is 
badly  needed  there. 

"They  can  do  it  with  more  safety  than  they  can 
here,"  said  a  leading  banker  to  me  the  other  day.  "In 
New  York  a  call  loan  is  a  call  loan — here  you  have  to 
call  for  the  loan  pretty  frequently  and  in  the  end  have 
to  take  legal  steps  to  recover  it.  That  has  been  our 
experience  sometimes." 

In  New  York,  however,  a  call  loan  is  a  call  loan 
and  is  always  paid  on  demand.  There  are  banks  there 
that  insure  the  payment  of  call  loans  for  yi  per  cent, 
so  that  a  capitalist  of  this  City,  when  call  money  brings 
15  per  cent,  is  sure  of  14j/>  per  cent  and  his  money 
back  whenever  he  wants  it.  If  it  is  10  per  cent  he  gets 
9^4,  if  it  is  5  per  cent  he  gets  4yi.  There  is  always  a 
big  demand  for  these  loans  in  New  York.  They  are 
gamblers  there.  Only  a  small  minority  speculate  here 
in  stocks.  Hence  the  attraction  that  Wall  Street  has 
for  our  capitalists. 


The  Building  Prospects 
The  value  of  new  building  contracts  recorded  for 
the  week  was  slightly  in  excess  of  $800,000,  while  the 
loans  on  realty  for  the  week,  in  round  numbers, 
reached  almost  a  million  dollars.  This  indicates  that 
April  will  be  as  good  a  month  as  March.  None  of  the 
loans  made  during  the  past  week  were  very  large — all 
below  $100,000.  Deposits  continue  to  be  large,  but 
withdrawals  and  loans  are  also  large  and  the  latter 
are  necessarily  restricted. 


"L'ltalia,"  the  representative  daily  of  Latin  San 
Francisco  and  the  Pacific  Coast,  has  issued  a  special 
edition,  commemorating  the  disaster  of  April  18th 
and  Italian  participation  in  the  ensuing  year  of 
progress.  An  elaborate  cover  drawing  and  sixty 
pages  of  special  articles,  business  statistics  and 
wholesome  enthusiasm  makes  a  creditable  showing 
of  the  post-seismic  energy  that  many  have  noted  in 
the  Italian  quarter.  In  fact,  it  has  been  remarked 
that  nowhere  has  been  shown  a  district  displaying 
wider  rebuilding  activity  than  North  of  Montgomery 
Avenue.  Ettore  Patrizi  is  an  up-to-date  editor,  and 
succeeded  in  making  up  and  printing  the  entire 
edition  in  the  press  rooms  and  offices  of  "LTtalia." 
An  enterprising  journal  of  the  high  character  of 
L'ltalia  is  a  great  aid  to  the  Italian  Colony  and 
helps  to  bring  it  into  close  touch  and  thorough 
harmony  with  the  American  community. 


With  the  collapse  of  the  Oceanic  Steamship  Com- 
pany it  might  be  expected  that  Australian  trade  would 
receive  a  temporary  set-back.  Still  it  was  hard  to  see 
that  the  revenue  and  subsidies  attached  to  a  carrying 
worth  roughly  three  million  dollars  a  year  should  be 
surrendered  without  a  struggle 

Do  you  get  up  Bred  and  feel  tired  all  day?     Try  a   tablespoonru    of   Abbott's   Bitters  in 
sweetened  water  before  meals.     At  grocers  and  druggists.  , 


CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT 
AND     TRUST    COMPANY 


Cordially  invites  you  to  open  an  account 
at  their  Home  Office  or  branch  most 
convenient  to  you.  Liberal  interest  is 
paid  on  all  forms  of  accounts,  and  our 
customers  are  accorded  every  courtesy 
consistent  with  conservative  banking  prin- 
ciples. 


HOME  OFFICE 


CALIFORNIA  and   MONTGOMERY   STS. 

West  End  Branch,  1531  Devisadero 

Mission  Branch,        2572  Mission,  near  22d 
Up-Town  Branch,  1  740  Fillmore  nr.  Sutter 


VALUABLES  of  all  kinds 

May  be  safely  stored  at 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  the 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 

Cor.  Bush  and  Sansome  Sts. 


Safes  to  rent  from  $5  a  year  upwards 
Careful  service  to  customers 


Trunks  $1  a  month 
Office  Hours:  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  San  Francisco 


Guaranteed  Capital  and  Surplus 
Capital  actually  paid  up  in  cash 
Deposits,  December  31,  1906 


$2,578,695,41 

1.000,000.00 

38,531,917.28 


OFFICERS  -  President.  F.  Tillmann.  Jr.;  First  Vice-President.  Daniel  Meyer 
Second  Viee-President,  Emil  Rohte;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier, 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Toumy;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 
Goodfellow  &  Bells,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS -F.  Tillmann,  Jr..  Daniel  Meyer,  Emil  Rohte,  Ijtn. 
Steinhart.  1.  N.  Waller.  N.  Ohlandt.  J.  W.  Van  Bersen,  E.  T.  Kruse  and  W.  S. 
Goodfellow. 


MEMBER  STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE 
MEMBER  SAN  FRANCISCO  MINING  EXCHANGE 

J.  C.  WILSON 

BROKER 

STOCKS  AND  BONDS  Kohl  BIdg.,  488  California  St. 

INVESTMENT  SECURITIES  San  Francisco 

Telephone  Temporary  8 1 5 


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-THE  WASP- 


Jim  Hill's  Retirement 

Although  Jim  Hill  has  resigned  as  president  of 
the  Great  Northern  Railroad,  in  favor  of  his  son 
L.  W.  Hill,  the  veteran  magnate  will  not  cease  to 
be  an  influence  in  the  management  of  the  affairs 
of  the  corporation.  The  Great  Northern  has  been 
so  distinctly  a  James  J.  Hill  enterprise  and  its 
prosperity  has  been  considered  so  largely  due  to 
his  personal  management  that  it  has  been  deemed 
advisable  that  every  arrangement  be  made  for  a 
continuation  of  his  policies.  It  had  been  under- 
stood for  some  time  that  whenever  Mr.  Hill  re- 
tired he  would  be  succeeded  by  his  son,  Louis  W. 
Hill.  The  latter  is  a  Yale  graduate  who  on  leaving 
college  entered  the  operating  department  of  the 
road  and  has  since  perfected  himself  in  the  school 
of  railroading.  He  is  now  vice-president  of  the 
Great  Northern,  with  offices  in  St.  Paul,  and  is  con- 
sidered a  very  capable  railroad  man.  Gradually, 
it  is  expected,  he  will  take  upon  himself  more  and 
more  of  the  responsibility  of  the  management, 
though  it  will  doubtless  be  long  before  James  J. 
Hill's  position  as  chairman  of  the  board  becomes 
a  nominal  office.  Mr.  Hill  is  said  to  have  felt  that 
the  time  was  propitious  for  him  to  withdraw  when 
last  fall  he  had  made  arrangements  for  the  issue  of 
$60,000,000  new  stock  and  had  completed  the  lease 
of  the  ore  lands  to  the  Steel  Corporation.  It  is 
believed  his  withdrawal  would  have  been  announced 
then  had  not  the  Minnesota  State  authorities  at- 
tacked the  legality  of  the  stock  issue. 


The  policy  of  the  Savings  banks  is  most  conservative, 
and  for  that  reason  there  is  no  immediate  prospect  of 
a  wild  boom  in  building.  There  cannot  be  unless  the 
banks  become  very  liberal  in  giving  accommodations. 


The  next  Republican  National  Convention—From  N.  Y.  World 


The  fall  in  price  of  pine  lumber  is  significant.  It  has 
been  explained  that  the  fall  is  due  to  lack  of  railroad 
facilities  to  transport  the  lumber  to  the  Eastern 
markets.  The  fact  is  that  the  stock  of  lumber  in  local 
yards  is  increasing  and  the  first  wild  rush  to  build  at 
any  price  is  over.  Next  look  out  for  the  drop  in  the 
ridiculously  high  wages  paid  in  the  building  trades,  and 
also  to  plumbers. 


Long  Term  United  States  Bonds  Offered 

The  United  States  Treasury  Department  stands 
ready  to  refund  $50,000,000  of  the  outstanding  4 
per  cent  loan  of  1907  into  long  term  2  per  cent 
bonds  between  now  and  June  30th,  the  end  of  the 
fiscal  year.  The  residue  of  the  loan,  after  the  re- 
funding, has  been  completed,  and  will  be  held  for 
redemption  and  will  cease  to  bear  interest  July 
2d  next.  Owners  of  the  bonds  in  question  are  at 
liberty  to  retain  the  securities,  but  they  will  receive 
no  interest.  The  whole  outstanding  loan  amounts 
to  a  little  more  than  $100,000,000.  The  amount 
outstanding  on  December  1st  of  last  year,  which 
was  $116,000,000,  has  been  reduced  lately  by  pur- 
chases under  various  circulars  issued  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury  to  relieve  the  money  market. 


Mrs.  Cornelius  Vanderbilt  gave  a  hint  of  her  inten- 
tion of  purchasing  an  estate  near  Santa  Barbara  the 
other  day  while  she  was  there  and  the  property  owners 
of  the  Montecito  and  of  the  little  city  itself  have  be- 
come dizzy  over  the  idea. 

INVESTOR 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Stock  Exchange 

Goldfield.  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 
Write  for  Market  Letter. 

339  BUSH  STREET,  STOCK  EXCHANGE  BUILDING 


BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE.  Pr«. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Any. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

OFFICES- COR.  CHURCH   AND  MARKET  STREETS 
OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Rooms  7  to  11 


Telephone  Tmpy.  1415 


W.  C.  RALSTON 

Stock  and  Bond  Broker 

Member  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Mining  Stocks  a  Specialty 


Code 


Bedford  McNeill 
Western  Union 
Leibers 


368  BUSH  STREET 

San  Francisco 


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Saturday — Dear  me.  I  believe  I  won't  be  able  to 
get  a  hat  this  year!  I  can't  make  out  those  mil- 
liners. Whatever  has  got  into  them  since  the  fire. 
I  was  in  Bluefeather's  today  with  Mrs.  Gavleigh 
looking  at  some  hats.  Such  prices!  Oh  mercy! 
They  took  my  breath  away  and  the  milliners  didn't 
care  whether  you  bought  or  not.  Mrs.  Gayleigh 
says  they've  made  so  much  selling  $3  hats  for  $45 
that  it's  a  compliment  for  them  to  take  your  money. 

The  girl  that  waited  on  us  at  Bluefeather's  made 
me  very  nervous.  I  could  see  the  poor  thing  was 
out  of  her  head  and  imagined  that  she  was  Mrs. 
Yanderbilt.  She  got  worse  every  minute.  She 
said  the  cheapest  hat  they  had  was  $35  and  they 
only  kept  it  as  an  accommodation  to  Society  leaders 
from  Oakland  and  Alameda.  They  might  jump  off 
the  ferryboat  if  they  had  to  go  back  without  a 
San   Francisco  creation.     Oh  gracious ! 

When  I  told  her  I'd  worn  nice  hats  all  my  life 
and  never  paid  over  $4.50  for  one  she  screamed 
and  ran  to  the  back  of  the  store.  Mrs.  Gayleigh 
said  she  thought  the  girl  must  be  going  to  tele- 
phone to  the  police. 

"They  stand  in  with  all  the  bunko  games  in  town 
now,"  said  she. 

Heavens!  I  got  out  of  that  store  mighty  quick. 
Dear  me !  Where  on  earth  am  I  going  to  get  a 
Summer  hat? 


Sunday. — Well  such  a  woman  as  Mrs.  Gabbe  is ! 
She  hears  everything.  She  told  me  today  about 
the  funeral  of  old  Skinner  who  left  his  family  nearly 
a  million.  He's  been  dead  only  a  few  weeks  and 
his  family  are  getting  fat  already.  He  preferred  to 
die  at  Vallejo,  because  the  coffin  trust  isn't  estab- 
lished there  and  caskets  are  twenty  per  cent 
cheaper.  Young  Skinner  told  Mrs.  Gabbe  at  the 
funeral  that 'the  coffin  he  bought  for  $85  in  Vallejo 
he  couldn't  buy  less  than  $115  in  San  Francisco. 
After  they'd  figured  the  cost  of  bringing  the  re- 
mains down  as  slow  freight,  they  found  that  the 
old  man  was  $7.30  ahead  by  dying  where  he  did. 
Oh  mercy !     Did  you  ever  hear  of  such  a  thing ! 

The  widow  is  undecided  whether  to  go  to  Europe 
next  month   or  wait  until   she   gets   married   again 


and  take  it  in  on  her  honeymoon.  1  didn't  like 
the  remark  a  bit  that  Mrs.  Gabbe  made  when  she 
was  telling  me  all  about  it. 

"Tabby."  said  she.  "isn't  it  a  shame  that  old  hens 
like  that  have  husbands  to  burn  while  a  nice  wo- 
man like  you  can't  get  even  one!" 

The  idea!  As  if  I  ever  gave  a  thought  of  mar- 
riage, or  would  take  the  best  man  that  ever  lived! 


Monday. — Dear  me!  Those  old  married  women 
of  fifty  are  awful,  when  they  get  giddy.  Mrs. 
Mugsby  tells  me  that  all  Ross  Valley  is  talking 
about  one  that  thinks  she's  sixteen  and  single.  She 
is  seen  around  a  great  deal  with  a  young  army 
officer  who  must  be  supposed  to  be  feeble-minded 
and  shortsighted.  Her  husband  met  her  for  the 
fourth  time  last  week  walking  in  a  bosky  dell  with 
the  young  lieutenant,  and  what  do  you  think  lie 
said? 

"Hello,  mommer!  Is  this  your  young  grandson 
from  West  Point  I've  heard  so  much  about?" 

Oh  my!  Mustn't  it  have  made  her  mad.  Mrs. 
Mugsby  says  she's  going  to  apply  at  once  for  a 
divorce  on  the  grounds  of  extreme  cruelty. 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


you 


This  bit  of  repartee  was  indulged  in  at  the  Ruef 
trial  before  Judge  Dunne  the  other  day : 

Attorney    Ach.    examining   a   juror:     "Have 
ever  visited  any  of  the  French  restaurants?" 

Juror:   "Yes,   I   have   at   times." 

Ach  :  "How  often  ?" 

Juror:    "Well,  I  can't  say;  not  very  often." 

Ach :  "Well,  about  how  often  ?  As  often  as  I  do, 
for  instance,  every  day?" 

Hiram  Johnson,  interrupting:  "Oh!  for  Heaven's 
sake,  Mr.  Ach,  please  do  not  inject  your  personal 
habits  into  the  record  of  this  case." 


One  of  the  most  delightful  teas  of  the  season,  al- 
though totally  informal,  was  given  last  Saturday  after- 
noon by  Mrs.  Rosa  Hooper  Plotner,  at  her  artistic 
studio  on  California  Street,  many  artists  and  friends 
dropping  in  during  the  afternoon. 


Popular    French    Restaurant 


Regular  Dinner  75c 
Meals  a  la  cane  at  any  ho 


Private  Dining  Rooms 

for  Banquets,  etc. 


497  Golden  Gate  Ave. 

Comer  Polk  Street 


Phone  Martel  2315 


26 


-THE  WASP 


Of  Social  Interest 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Bothin  will  pass  the  summer 
in  Ross  Valley. 

Miss  Ruth  Morton  whose  marriage  to  Mr.  Parker 
Holt  took  place  at  the  Morton  home  on  Thursday, 
is  the  granddaughter  of  Win.  T.  Garratt,  who  was 
one  of  the  Mayors  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  days 
when  respectable  citizens  aspired  to  that  office.  The 
Holts  are  also  an  old  and  respected  pioneer  family. 
Miss  Mabel  Watkins  and  Capt.  Orrin  R.  Wolfe, 
Twenty-second  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  will  be  married 
on  Tuesday,  June  11th,  at  Christ  Church,  Sausalito. 
A  reception  will  follow  at  the  residence  of  her 
parents  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  A.  Watkins.  Mrs.  Frank 
Finlay  will  be  matron  of  honor,  a  bevy  of  pretty 
Sausalito  girls  will  be  bride's  maids. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Ida  Larkey  and  John 
Benjamin  Jordan  has  been  named  for  May  8th.  It 
will  be  a  large  affair  at  a  prominent  church  in 
Oakland  and  will  be  followed  bj'  a  reception. 

Mrs.  George  H.  Hellmann  has  closed  her 
attractive  home  on  Belle  Avenue,  San  Rafael,  and 
will  pass  the  next  three  months  at  her  mountain 
home,  ten  miles  above  Healdsburg.  Many  friends 
have  already  been  invited  by  this  hospitable  hostess 
to  visit  her  during  the  Summer. 

Mr.  and  Airs.  Willard  Merrall  are  spending  their 
honeymoon  at  Monterey.  The  bride,  who  is  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kellogg  A.  White  of 
Berkeley,  is  accomplished  and  popular.  She  is  an 
expert  horsewoman.  The  young  couple  will  reside 
in  Berkeley,  where  Mr.  Merrall  is  connected  with 
the  First  National  Bank. 

Mrs.  Cornelius  Vanderbilt,  Sr.,  Miss  Gladys 
Vanderbilt,  Miss  Cameron,  Mrs.  Shepard  and  Mrs. 
E.  F.  Babcock,  who  are  touring  the  country  in  Mrs. 
Vanderbilt's  private  car,  "The  Wayfarer,"  stopped 
over  at  Del  Monte  to  take  the  Seventeen  Mile  Drive, 
the  fame  of  which  is  spread  throughout  the  East. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  H.  Johnson,  formerly  Carmen 
Selby,  will  leave  early  in  June  for  their  long  con- 
templated trip  across  the  continent.  They  have 
changed  their  minds  with  regard  to  taking  their 
tiny  daughter  with  them,  and  will  leave  her  with 
relatives  in  San  Rafael.  When  the  baby  was  only 
a  few  months  old,  they  took  it  on  a  long  automobile 
trip  in,  the  mountains.  That  doubtless  convinced 
them  that  babies  and  long  motor  trips  do  not  go 
well  together. 

The  last  sitting  of  the  Card  Club  which  meets 
throughout  the  Winter  season  in  San  Rafael,  was 
held  last  week  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Vincent  Neal.  This  Club  is  composed  of  experts. 
After  an  enjoyable  game,  followed  by  a  dainty 
supper,  handsome  prizes  were  distributed.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Neal  have  recently  moved  into  their  attractive 
new  home   in   San   Rafael. 

On  Monday  evening  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Gamble 
gave  a  circus  party,  followed  by  a  supper  at  Taits. 

The  week  has  been  taken  up  with  bridge  dinners, 
theaters  and  suppers. 


On  Tuesday  evening  Mrs.  J.  Eugene  Freeman 
gave  a  bridge  party. 

Wednesday  Mrs.  Eugene  Bresse  was  hostess  at 
bridge. 

On  Thursday  Mrs.  Clarence  Breeden  gave  a 
large  bridge  party  in  honor  of  her  sister  Mrs.  E. 
Walton  Hedges. 

Mrs.  H.  E.  Huntington  gave  a  dinner  for  Mrs. 
Hedges  at  the  Palace  Hotel  last  Monday  and  a 
theater  party  after.  The  Company  occupied  boxes 
and  witnessed  Lillian  Russell's  performance.  A 
supper  followed.  On  Thursday  May  2nd,  Mrs. 
Hedges  will  be  at  home  both  afternoon  and  even- 
ing to  say  adieu  to  her  many  friends  in  this  City, 
as  she  leaves  next  day  to  rejoin  her  husband  and 
family  in  the  East. 

A  great  deal  of  entertaining  has  been  done  in 
honor  of  Capt.  Cafferrey,  who  recently  came  to  San 
Francisco.  He  is  English  and  a  friend  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  McEnery.  They  were  all  guests  of  Captain 
An  enjoyable  picnic  was  also  given  on  Mare  Island 
in  his  honor. 


MORE  THAN  50  YEARS  AGO 

HUNTER 
WHISKEY 


WAS  PUT  UPON  THE  MARKET, 
AND  EVERY  YEAR  ADDS  TO 
ITS  SPLENDID  REPUTATION. 
RIPENED  BY  AGE,  ITS  MEL- 
LOWED EXCELLENCE  REMAINS 
ABSOLUTELY    UNSURPASSED. 


CHARLES  M.  REYNOLDS  CO. 

Agents  for  California  and  Nevada 

912-914  Folsom  Si..  San  Francisco,  Cat 


-THE  WASP- 


27 


'['he  ball  given  at  Alcatraz  Island  by  the  officers 
and  ladies  of  the  Twenty-second  Infantry  in  honor 
of  the  newl)  arrived  officers  of  the  Fourteenth 
Cavalry,  was  a  brilliant  affair.  The  dance  took 
place  in  the  Imp  room  of  the  now  barracks.  A 
large  crowd  from  all  points  around  the  bay  attended. 
Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White  chaperoned  a  merry  party. 

The  Aloha  Xui  pave  its  last  cotillion  on  Thurs- 
day, April  18th,  tinder  the  able  leadership  of  Mr. 
Milliliter  at  the  Paris  Tea  Garden. 

The  I'aris  Tea  Garden  was  the  scene  of  the  first 
dance  of  the  Yorktown  Society  April  20th  and 
proved  to  be  a  brilliant  affair.  It  was  under  the 
patronage  of  Mrs.  J.  McHenry,  ]r.,  Mrs.  G.  E. 
Mayhew,  Mrs.  j.  Orr.  Mrs.  A_.  Raisch,  Mrs.  W. 
Halstead,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Baggett,  and  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Warren. 

A  dainty  club  luncheon  and  afternoon  will  be 
given  today  at  the  Paris  Tea  Garden,  by  the  ladies 
of  the  Forum  Society. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  L.  Flood  sailed  from  Xew 
York  during  the  week  and  will  pass  the  Summer  in 
Europe. 

Although  Mrs.  Huntington  spent  all  last  Summer 
abroad  she  is  contemplating  another  European  tour, 
in  which  she  will  be  gone  until  late  in  the  Autumn. 

Late  California  arrivals  in  Paris  are  Mrs.  C.  O. 
Alexander  and  Miss  Berger.  who  are  enjoying  a 
tour  around  the  world.'  They  are  with  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
C.  A.  Spreckels  and  Mrs.  Irvine  and  expect  to  re- 
main abroad  all  Summer. 

Mrs.  Bull's  breakfast  bridge  for  Mrs.  James  C. 
Jordan,  took  place  at  her  home  on  Yerba  Buena 
Island  on  Tuesday  last.  Sixteen  guests  were  enter- 
tained. After  the  game  an  informal  tea  was  held 
from  4  to  7  o'clock. 

On  Friday  afternoon  last.  Mrs.  Marix,  wife  of 
Capt.  Marix  of  Yerba  Buena  Island  gave  a  large 
luncheon  to  Florence  Roberts,  the  noted  actress. 
Many  ladies  from  this  City  went  to  the  Island  to 
attend  the  affair. 


Automobile  News 

The  "White"  Company  is  justifiably  proud  of  its 
Model  "G"  thirty  horse  power  car.  It  is  roomy  and 
luxurious,  almost  like  a  little  parlor  on  pneumatic  tires. 
Its  improvements  and  interesting  details  make  it  a 
delight  to  the  expert  and  yet  prove  a  simple  matter  to 
the  amateur.  There  is  no  back-breaking  hand-pump- 
ing of  tires  on  this  machine.  Uniform  steam  pressure 
is  maintained. 


the  making,  will  be  greater  and  better  than  ever 
before.  There  are  wonderful  business  opportunities 
on  the  Coast  for  young  men  of  ability,  especially 
in  the  sale  of  automobiles.  Motor  cars  have  so 
emphatically  demonstrated  their  usefulness  under 
severe  conditions,  in  cities,  country  and  mining 
camps,  that  sales  are  made  to  far  Western  buyers 
with  considerable  less  effort  than  in  the  East, 
where  details  rather  than  general  practicability 
wield  an  influence  out  of  proportion  to  their  im- 
portance. Western  buyers  lack  nothing  in  shrewd- 
ness and  they  demand  the  best  cars,  but  what  they 
demand  above  all  else — in  their  level-headed  way — 
is  power  and  durability." 


Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acommodations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Tiburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOODES 

Via  Kelseyville  P.  O.  Soda  Springs.  Lake  Co.,  Cal. 


H.  C.  RAAP,  Manage. 


Telephone  Franklin  588 


National  Cafe  and  Grill 

918-920  O'FARRELL  ST.,  San  Francisco 

SPECIAL   MERCHANTS  HOT  LUNCH   25c 

Including  Tea,  Coffee,  Wine  or  Beer.     11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 
A  LA  CARTE  al  all  hours. 


Regular  Dinner  50c 


Special  Sunday  Dinner  75c 


J.  HUFF 


Kadee  Hammam  Baths 

TURKISH  AND  HAMMAM  BATHS 

PRIVATE  ROOM  AND  BATH  $1.00 


Open  Day  and  Night 

GEARY  AND  GOUGH  STREETS 


Strictly  First  Cla: 


Phone  West  3725 


Thomas  Henderson,  Vice-president  of  the  Li- 
censed Association  of  Automobile  Manufacturers 
and  of  the  VVinton  Motor  Carriage  Co.,  has  re- 
turned to  Cleveland  from  a  month's  trip  through 
the  far  West. 

"I  was  astonished,"  he  says,  "at  the  remarkable 
prosperity  of  the  Western  country,  particularly  of 
the   Pacific   Coast  section.     San   Francisco,  now  in 

Experienced  tutor,  having  college  education  desires  a  few  pupils,  in 
mathematics,  languages,  etc.  Especially  college  entrance  examinations. 
Address:  D.  H.  Coddington,  1431  Webster  Street,  San  Francisco. 


Established    1890 


J.    F.    ROSSI 

Domeg.t,ica"d  Wines,  Liquors  and  Cigars 

Depot  of  Italian-Swiss  Colony  Wines 

Specialties:  Belmont,  Jesse  Moore,  A.  P.  Hotaling's  O.  P.  S.,  Loveland  Rye, 
King  Wm.  Fourth  Scotch,  Glenrosa  Scotch,  Dew  of  the  Grampians,  A.  V.  H. 
Gin,  Buchu  Gin,  Cognac  Brandy,  Bisquit  Dubouche  Cognac,  Fernet  Branca 
Italian  Vermuth,  French  Vermuth. 

217-219  Washington  St.,  Bet.  Front  and  Davis 


MISCELLANEOUS. 
BUILDERS'     EXCHANGE.'    226     Oak     St., 

S.  F. 

ADVERTISING  AGENCIES. 
BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F. ; 

Phone   Market  2837. 
COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion  and   Brady   Sts. 
DAKE   ADV.    AGENCY,   Midway   Bldg.,    779 

Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 
FISHER,   L.   P.   ADV.    AGENCY,  836  North 

Point  St.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Emergency  S84. 
JOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  2170  Post  St., 

S.  F. 

ANTIQUE   DEALERS. 
THE    LOUIS    XIV.      Curios,    Objects    d'Art, 

Miniatures,    Paints,    Porcelains,   Jewels,    etc., 

C.   V.   Miller,   1117   Post,   near   Van   Ness. 

ARCHITECTS. 

REID      BROS,      Temporary      Offices,      2325 

Gough  ot.,  S.  F. 
THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 
GUMP,  S.  &  G.,  1645  California  St.,  S.  F. 
SCHUSSLER  BROS.,  1218  Sutter  St. 

ATTORNEYS, 
DORN,    DORN    &   SAVAGE,    717   Van   Ness 

Ave. 
DINKELSPIEL,   HENRY  G.   W.,   1265   Ellis 

St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 
HEWLETT,    BANCROFT    AND    BALLAN- 

TINE,    Monadnock    Bldg.;    Phone    Temp'y 

972. 
EDWARD    B.    YOUNG,    4th     Floor,     Union 

Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temp'y  833. 
AUTOMOBILES  AND   SUPPLIES. 
PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901   Golden 

Gate   Ave.,   S.    F. ;    and    l2th   and   Oak  Sts., 

Oakland. 
WHITE   SEWING   MACHINE   CO.,   Market 

and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
AUTO   LIVERY   CO.,  Golden   Gate  and  Van 

Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  403  Golden  Gate 

Ave.      Phone,   Emergency   655. 
LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550   Gol- 
den Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
MOBILE     CARRIAGE     CO.,     Golden     Gate 

Ave.  and  Gough  Sts.,  S.  F. 
PACIFIC    MOTOR    CAR    CO.,    376    Golden 

Gate  Ave: 

BANKS. 
ANGLO-CALIFORNIA     BANK,     Ltd.,    cor. 

Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 
CALIFORNIA       SAFE       DEPOSIT      AND 

TRUST  CO.,  cor.   California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 
CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St. 

S.  F. 
FIRST   NATIONAL   BANK,   Bush   and   San 

some  Sts.,  S.  F. 
FRENCH   SAVINGS   BANK,   108   Sutter  St. 

and  Van  Ness  and  Eddy. 
GERMAN     SAVINGS      AND     LOAN     SO 

CIETY,   526   California  St.,   S.   F. 
HALSEY,    N.    W.    &    CO.,    413    Montgomery 

St.,  S.  F. 
HIBERNIA    SAVINGS     AND    LOAN    SO- 
CIETY, Jones  and  McAllister  Sts.,  S.  F. 
MUTUAL      SAVINGS      BANK      OF      SAN 

FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St., 

S.  F. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.    California   and   Montgomery   Sts.,   S.    F. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE' DEPOSIT  VAULT,  Market  and  7th 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 

WELLS  FARcO-NEVADA  NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 
ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 

1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
S.   F.   BREWERIES,  LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 

BROKERS— STOCKS   AND    BONDS. 
MONTAGUE,  PHIL  S.,  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 

Exchange  Bldg. 
ROLLINS,   E.  H.  &  SONS,  804  Kohl  Bldg.; 

Telephone  Temp'y  163;  S.  F. 
ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 
WILSON,  J.    C,   488    California   St.,    S.    F. 
BUILDING   AND   LOAN   ASSOCIATIONS. 
CONTINENTAL    BUILDING    AND    LOAN 

ASSOCIATION,    Church    and    Market    Sts., 

S.  F. 

CARPET    CLEANING. 
SPAULDING,  J.  &  CO.,  911-21   Golden  Gate 

Ave.;  Phone  Park  591. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
HUB,  THE,   Chas.   Keilus  &  Co.,  King  Solo- 
mon Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 

COMMISSION      AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 
TOHNSON     LOCKE     MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO  S:  CO.,  INC.,  2020  Buchanan 

St.,    S.    F.  ;    Phone    West    2800. 

CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS. 
FISHER   CONSTRUCTION   CO.,    1414   Post 

St.,   S.   F. 
TROUNSON,    J.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 

Ash  Ave.,  S.  F. 

CROCKERY    AND    GLASSWARE. 
NATHAN    DOHRMAN    CO.,    1520-1550    Van 
Ness  Ave. 

DENTISTS. 
KNOX,  DR.  A.  J.,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 
of  Grant   Bldg. 

DRY   GOODS— RETAIL. 
CITY  OF  PARIS,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Wash- 
ington St.,  S.  F. 
WHITE    HOUSE,    Van   Ness   Ave.    and    Pine 
St.,  S.   F. 

EXPRESS. 
WELLS,   FARGO   &  CO.   EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate    Ave.    and    Franklin    St.,    Ferry    Bldg., 
and  3d  St.  Depot,  S.   F. 

FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
CRESCENT  FEATHER  CO.,  19th  and  Harri- 
son Sts.,  S.  F. 

FRUITS  AND    VEGETABLES. 
OMEY  6fc  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts., 
S.   F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
CAREW   &   ENGLISH,    1618   Geary   St.,  bet. 
Buchanan   and  Webster   Sts.,   S.    F. ;    Phone 
West  2604. 
PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.   F. ;   Phone  West  770. 

GAS    STOVES, 
S.  F.   GAS  &  ELECTRIC  CO.,  Franklin  and 
Ellis  Sts. 


GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
BULLOCK  &  JONES  COMPANY,  801   Van 

Ness  Ave.,  cor.   Eddy  St.,  S.  F. 
HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    1105-7    Fillmore    St., 

nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave. ;  Phone  West  5678. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 
ILS,  JOHN  G.  &  CO.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F. 
MONTAGUE,  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk 
Sts.,  S.   i'\ 

HARNESS   AND    SADDLERY. 

DAVIS,   W.    &   SON,   2020   Howard   St.,   bet. 
16th  and    17th,  S.    F. 

LEIBOLD      HARNESS    AND     CARRIAGE 
CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 

DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 
HOSPITALS    AND    SANITARIUMS. 

KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 
Mgr. ;  262  Devisadero  St.,  S.  F. 
JEWELERS. 

BALDWIN  JE.WELRY  CO.,  1521  Sutter  St., 
and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

SHREVE   &  CO.,   cor.   Post  and  Grant  Ave., 
and  Van  Ness  and  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 

LAUNDRIES. 
LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 
PALACE   HOTEL   LAUNDRY  and  KELLY 

LAUNDRY     CO.,     INC.,     2343     Post    St. 

Phone  West   5854. 

LUMBER. 
UNION    LUMBER    CO.,    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
BEKINS'   VAN   AND   STORAGE   CO.,    13th 

and    Mission   Sts.,   S.   F. ;    Phone   Market   13 

and   1016  Broadway,   Oakland. 
ST.  FRA..CIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 

COMPANY,    Office    1402     Eddy    St.;    Tel. 

West  2680. 

NOTARIES   PUBLIC. 
DEANE,    JNO.    T.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 

Steiner  Sts.;   Phone  West  7261. 
WARE.    JOHN    H„    307    Monadnock    Bldg., 

Depositions    carefully    attended     to.        Phone 

Temp'y  972. 

OIL  COMPANIES. 
STERLING    OIL    CO.,    1491    Post    St.,    cor. 

Octavia,  S.  F. 

OPTICIANS. 
MAYERLE,   GEORGE,   German   expert,    1115 

Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  West  3766. 
SAN    FRANCISCO    OPTICAL    COMPANY, 

"Spences,"   627   Van   Ness  Ave.;    "Branch," 

1613    Fillmore. 
STANDARD   OPTICAL   CO.,  808  Van   Ness 

Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PAINTERS   AND    DECORATORS. 
KEEFE.  J.   H.,  820-822   O'Farrell   St.,  S.   F.; 

Tel.  Franklin  2055. 

TOZER,    L.    &   SON    CO.,    INC.,    1527    Pine 

and  2511   Washington   St.,   near  Fillmore. 

PAINTS   AND    OILS. 

BASS-HUETER    PAINT    CO.,    1532   Market 

St. 

PHOTO    ENGRAVERS. 
CAL.    PHOTO    ENG.    CO.,    141-143    Valencia 
St. 

PHYSICIANS. 
BOWIE,   DR.   HAMILTON  C,   formerly  293 
Geary  St.,  Paul  Bldg.,  now  14th  and  Church 
Sts. 


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BRYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R.,    1944    Fillmore 

St..  cor.   Pine;  Tel.  West  5657. 
D'EVELYN,     DR.     FREDERICK     W.,   2115 

California  St.,  S.   F. 
THORNE,  DR.  W.  S.,  1434  Post  St.,  S.  F. 

PIANOS— MANUFACTURERS    AND 
DEALERS 
BALDWIN.   D.    H.   &   CO.,   2512   Sacramento 
St.,  and  Van  Ness  at  California. 

REAL    ESTATE 
IIIl  KS     &     MACK.       Rial     Estate      n    '      I 

surance,    2091     Fillmore    Si.       I'll West 

7287. 

RESTAURANTS. 

MORAGHAN,    M.    B.,    OYSTER    CO.,    1212 

Golden   Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
OLD    POODLE    DOG,    824    Eddy    St.,    near 

Van   Ness   Ave. 
ST.   GERMAIN  RESTAURANT.  497   Golden 

Gate  Ave.;   Phone  Market  2315. 
SWAIN'S     RESTAURANT,     1111     Post    St., 

S.  F. 
THOMPSON'S,    formerly    Oyster    Loaf,    1727 

O'Farrell  St. 

SAFES    AND    SCALES. 
HERRING-HALL     MARVIN      SAFE     CO., 
office    and     salesrooms.     Mission     St.,     bet. 
Seventh     and     Eighth     Sts.  ;     Phone     Market 
1037. 


SEWING    MACHINES. 
WHEELER  &  \.  ILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING     MACHINES,     1431     Bush     St..    cor. 
Van    Ness    Ave.,    S.    F. ;    Phone    Emergency 
301;   formerly  231   Sutter  St. 
STORAGE. 
BEKINS   VAN   &   STORAGE  CO.,   13th   and 

Mission  Sts..  S.   V.:  Phone  Market  2558. 
PIERCE   RUDOLPH   STORAGE   CO..   Eddy 

and  Fillmore  Sts. ;  Tel.  West  828. 
SURGICAL     INSTRUMENTS     AND     HOS- 

PITAL    SUPPLIES. 
\\   U.TERS   &   CO.,   formerly   Shutts,   Walters 
&  Co.,   1608  Stciner  St.,  S.  F. 

TALKING    MACHINES. 
BACIGALUPI,    PETER,    1113-1115    Fillmore 
St.,  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 
LYONS.     CHARLES.     London     Tailor,    1432 
Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 
Broadway,  Oakland. 
McMAHON,     KEYER    AND     STIEGELER 
BROS..  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 
and  Fillmore. 
REHNSTROM,  C.   II.,  2415  Fillmore  St..  for- 
merly Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.    F. 
TENTS  AND  AWNINGS. 
TIIOMS.     F.,     1209    Mission    St.,    corner    of 
Eighth,  S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 
EAMES    TRICYCLE     CO.,    Invalid     Chairs, 
1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 


WINES    AND    LIQUORS— WHOLESALE. 

BALKE,  ED.  W„  1498  Eddy  St.,  cor.  Fill- 
more. 

BUTLER.  JOHN  &  SON,  2209  Stciner  St., 
S.  F. 

REYNOLDS,  CHAS.  M.  CO..  912  Folsom 
St..  S.  F. 

RUSCONI.  FISHER  &  CO..  649  Turk  St., 
S.    F. 

SIEBE  BROS.  &  PLACEMAN.  419-47' 
Larkin  St. ;   Phone  Emergency  349. 

WENIGER,  P.  J.  &  CO.,  N.  E.  cor.  Van 
Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St.;  Tel.  Emergency 
309. 

WICHMAN,  LUTGEN  &  CO..  Harrison  and 
Everett  Sts.,  Alameda,  Cal. ;  Phone  Ala- 
meda  1179. 

WINES  AND  LIQUORS-RETAIL 

FERGUSON,  T.  M.  CO..  Market  Street. 
Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 

FISCHER,  E.  R.,  1901  Mission  St.,  cor.  of 
Fifteenth. 

THE  METROPOLE.  John  L.  Herget  and 
Wm.  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 
and  Steiner  Sts. 

TUXEDO.  THE.  Eddie  Graney,  Prop.,  S.  W. 
cor.  Fulmorc  and  O'Farrell  Sts. 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 
GOLDEN     GATE     COMPRESSED    YEAST 
CO..  2401   Fillmore. 


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275 


A  CARTOONISTS  PROPHECY 
This  Cartoon  was  published  in  "The  Wasp"  over  two  years  ago,  when  Schmitz  and  Ruef  seemed  immune  from  danger. 


30 


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Amusements 


And  once  again,  airy,  fairy  Lillian 
is  among  us.  I  believe  that  there 
never  has  .been  a  reviewer  yet  who 
in  writing  of  Miss  Russell  has  omitted 
to  qualify  her  as  "airy"  and  "fairy." 
I  refuse  to  be  an  exception. 

To  see  Miss  Russell  in  "The  Butterfly" 
marks  a  distinct  epoch  in  one's  life. 
We  all  remember  her  as  she  was  in 
other  days.  Those  of  us  who  were 
fortunate  enough  to  have  had  time 
and  money  for  Eastern  trips  probably 
best  remember  her  as  she  appeared 
in  the  Weber  and  Field  musical  bur- 
lesques. Still  others  whose  memories 
serve  them  well  can  tell  of  her  com- 
paratively youthful  days  when  she 
frisked  before  the  footlights  fifteen 
or  sixteen  years  ago. 

In  "The  Butterfly"  one  becomes 
aware  of  preconceptions  gone  away. 
Miss  Russell  retains,  it  is  true,  some 
of  her  prima  donna  mannerisms,  but 
beyond  that  and  her  remarkable 
beauty,  she  has  not  one  symptom  of 
former  times  in  evidence.  As  an 
artist  in  portraying  a  character  role, 
she   is   superb. 

"The  Butterfly"  is  windy  in  the 
extreme,  I  can  forgive  extreme  lo- 
quacity when  it  finally  arrives  some- 
where, but  this  piece  reminds  me  of 
a  certain  ''coon  song,"  entitled  "Noth- 
ing From  Nothing  Leaves  YOU," 
and  the  "YOU"  in  this  case  is  Lil- 
lian Russell.  She  is  the  whole  show, 
with  beauty,  and  her  remarkable 
voice.  Her  able  presentation  of  her 
somewhat  languid  role  is  all  there  is 
to   it. 

To  consider  the   other  members  of 
the  company  is  a  waste  of  time.    They 
are  all  puppets,  but  to  see  Miss  Rus- 
sell is  worth  while  for  anyone. 
*       *       * 

Florence  Roberts  gave  a  complete 
presentation  of  Sapho  at  the  Novelty 
Theater  this  week.  I  say  "complete" 
with  deliberation,  for  there  seems  to 
be  not  one  salacious  detail  of  Daudet's 
nauseating  drama  left  out.  If  Miss 
Roberts  don't  change  the  character 
of    her    plays    ere    long    a    movement 


&•  Candies 

s^  AND   , 

ICE  CREAM 

'1536-8  Fillmore ST..S.F. 


ought  to  be  set  afoot  to  suppress  her. 
It  is  a  relief  to  know  that  the  house 
will  be  well  ventilated  next  week  with 
a  splendid  production  of  "Robin 
Hood." 

*  *       * 

"There  and  Back"  is  a  hilarious 
farce  comedy  which  was  splendidly 
done  by  the  Alcazar  people  this  week. 
The  entire  company  was  acceptably 
cast. 

*  *       * 

Izetta  Jewel  and  the  other  mem- 
bers of  the  Colonial  Stock  Company 
will  have  an  unusually  fine  oppor- 
tunity during  the  coming  week  in 
David  Belasco's  revised  edition  of  the 
dramatic  novel  in  four  chapters  "La 
Belle  Russe/'  the  highly  emotional 
drama  in  which  Jeffries  Lewis,  Clara 
Morris  and  Rose  Coghlan  starred 
with  so  much  success.  The  play  has 
been  brightened  up  and  under  the 
direction  of  such  a  capable  and 
skilled  stage  director  as  George  Lask, 
will  receive  a  most  artistic  presen- 
tation. 

"La  Belle  Russe"  was  written  by 
Peter  Robertson  and  David  Belasco 
.and  was  first  produced  at  the  old 
Baldwin  Theater  with  Jeffries  Lewis, 
Osmond  Tearle,  Gerald  Eyre,  John 
W.  Jennings  and  Jean  Clara  Walters 
in  the  cast.  It  scored  such  a  tre- 
mendous hit  that  the  play  was  imme- 
diately put  on  at  Wallack's  Theater, 
New  York,  with  Rose  Coghlan  as 
Geraldine.  During  its  New  York  run 
the  great  emotional  actress,  Clara 
Morris,  saw  it  and  became  so  im- 
pressed with  the  merits  of  the  pro- 
duction that  she  closed  a  deal  where- 
by she  secured  the  road  rights  to 
produce  it  and  toured  in  it  for  several 
seasons.  It  is  such  a  powerful  drama 
that  David  Belasco  two  years  ago 
in  looking  around  for  a  new  vehicle 
for  Leslie  Carter  decided  to  re-write 
it  and  it  is  this  version  of  "La  Belle 
Russe"  that  will  be  put  on  at  the 
Colonial  Theater  Monday  night. 

This  production  is  in  keeping  with 
the  new  policy  of  the  management 
of  the  Colonial  to  put  on  standard 
plays  that  have  proven  successful. 
"Moths"  which  is  pleasing  large 
audiences  this  week  is  the  first  of  a 
series  of  high-class  plays  that  are 
underlined  for  an  early  staging  at 
this   theater. 

*  *       * 

The  University  Orchestra  will  give 
the  Twentieth  Symphony  Concert, 
with    Anton    Llokking,    the   'cellist,   as 


soloist,  in  the  Greek  Theater  of  the 
University  of  California  at  3  o'clock 
Thursday  afternoon,  May  2d.  Mr. 
Hokking  is  a  musican  of  brilliant 
reputation  and  his  concerts  in  San 
Francisco  some  months  ago  won  the 
highest  praise.  He  will  play  the 
D'Albert  Concerto  for  the  Violincello. 
The  Symphony  which  Conductor  J. 
Fred.  Wolle  has  chosen  for  the  day 
is  the  Second  Symphony  of  Brahms. 
The  Symphony  and  the  Concerto  will' 
be  followed  by  an  Italian  Serenade, 
by  Wolf,  and  by  the  Berlioz  Over- 
ture,  "A   Roman    Carnival." 

After  next  Thursday's  concert  but 
one  more  symphony  concert  remains 
of  the  present  University  series.    This 


To  Cure  all  Skin  Diseases,  use 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 
Oriental   Cream   or   Magic    Beautifier 

It  Purines  and  Beautifies  the  Skin 
For  Sale  by  Druggists 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherith  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 

LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 

Church  Choir 

Teacher    of     Voice,     Piano     and     Organ 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phone 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,  Tues- 
day and  Friday. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 

PIANIST 

Tel.  West  314  180!  Buchnnan  Si..  Cor.  Suller 


William  Keith 

Studio 

After  Dec.  1st         1717  California  St. 


SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 

Attorney-at-Law 

1101  O'FARRELL  ST. 

Cor.  Franklin  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 

SIX  OR   MORE   RACES   EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Rain  or  Shine 


Races  commence  at    1 :40  p. 


sharp. 


For  special  trains  stopping  at  the  track  lake  S.  P.  Ferry, 
fool  of  Market  street:  leave  at  1 2:00,  thereafter  every  twenty 
minute*  until  1 :40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  ears, 
which  are  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Returning  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILLIAMS,   President. 
PERCY  W.  TREAT,  Secretary. 


The  best  YEAST  for  all 
Kinds   of  Baking 

FRESH  DAILY  AT  YOUR  GROCER 


Thompson's       Formerly 

Oyster  Loaf,  opTn. 

1727  O'Farrell  St.,  near  Fillmore 
All  night  service  Popular  Prices 


The  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 

Hammam  Baths,  built  especially  for 

the  purpose,  in  the  city, 

t  Oriental  Turkish  Baths 

Corner  Eddy  and  Larkln  Sts. 

Cold  water  plunge. 
Room  including  Balh,  Si.oo. 
Phone  Franklin  653 
W.  J.  BLUMBERG  &  BRO.,  Props. 


PATRICK  &  CO. 


Rubber   Stamps 

Stencils,   Box  Brands 


1543  Pine  Street 


Sao  Francisco 


i>  announced  for  3  o'clock  Thursday 

afternoon.  May  "tli,  when  Conductor 
Wolle  and  hi^  men  will  close  the 
year's  events  in  the  Greek  Theater 
with  a  Wagner-Richard  Strauss  pro- 
gram, 

THE  FIRST  NIGHTER. 


To  kiss  a  miss  may  lead  to  bliss, 

To  kiss  amiss  may  lead  to  this: 
Your  kiss  may  miss  miss,  which   I  wis 
Would  seem  to  miss  to  he  remiss, 
But  chance  like  this  you'd  not  dismiss 
To    even    kiss    a    miss   amiss! 

— New  York  Life. 

*  *      * 

Prepring  for  the  Worst 
A  French  gentleman  anxious  to 
find  a  wife  for  a  nephew  went  to  a 
matrimonial  agent,  who  handed  him 
his  list  of  lady  clients.  Running 
through  this  he  came  to  his  wife's 
name,  entered  as  desirous  of  obtain- 
ing a  husband  between  the  ages  of 
twenty-eight  and  thirty-five — a  blond 
preferred.  Forgetting  his  nephew,  he 
hurried  home  to  announce  his  dis- 
covery to  his  wife.  The  lady  was 
not  at  all  disturbed.  "Oh,  yes,"  she 
said,  "that  is  my  name.  I  put  it  down 
when  you  were  so  ill  in  the  Spring 
and  the  doctors  said  we  must  prepare 
for  the  worst." 

*  *       * 
Jailyard  Persiflage 

There  were  two  prisoners  in  the 
jail.  One  was  in  for  stealing  a  cow. 
The  other  was  in  for  stealing  a  watch. 

Exercising  in  the  courtyard  one 
morning,  the  first  prisoner  said  taunt- 
ingly to  the  other: 

"What  time  is  it?" 

"Milking  time,"  was  the  retort. 

No   Somnambulist 

Finley  Peter  Dunne,  author  of  "Mr. 
Dooley,"  is  an  occasional  visitor  at 
a  certain  academy  not  far  from  New 
York.  On  a  recent  visit  there  he  was 
accompanied  by  a  well-known  banker, 
who,  being  impressed  by  the  beauti- 
ful surrounding  country,  suggested 
that  they  should  take  a  walk  the  next 
morning  at  six  o'clock. 

"Thank  you,"  replied  Mr.  Dunne, 
"but  I  never  walk  in  my  sleep." 

*  *       * 

The  ardent  Frenchman  looked  ten- 
derly at  the  fair  young  mistress  of 
his  soul.  "Je  t'adore!"  he  murmured. 
"Maybe  I'd  better,"  she  returned. 
"You  can't  never  tell  who's  listening- 
in  this  yere  house." 


COLONIAL  THEATRE 

McAllister  Dear  Market         Phone  Market  920 
MARTIN   F.  KURTZIG.    President  and  Manner 


All  Market  Street  Cars  run  direct  to  Theatre 
Week   Beginning    Monday,     April    29 


David   Belasco's  Story   of  Double  Life 
The  Celebrated  Play  in  Four  Chapters 


La  Belle  Russe 


Splendid  Cast--Superb  Eff.cs--New  Scenery 


PRICES:  Evenings,  25c,  50c,  75c.  $1.00;  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  Matinees.  25c  and  50c.  BARGAIN 
MATINEE,  Wednesday,  ail  seats  reserved,  25c.  Branch 
Ticket  Office,  Kohler  &  Chase's,  Sutler  and  Franklin 
Streets. 


DR.  WM.  D.  CLARK 

Office  and  Res.:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

Hours — 1  to  3  p.  m.  and  7  to  8  p.  m. 

Sundays — By   appointment 

Phone  West   390 


Contracts    made    with    Hotels    and    Restaurants 
Special  Attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

Established  1876 

THOMAS  MORTON  &  SON 

Importer  of  and     |*"*/"\  A  I 
Dealers  in  \*KJrkLt 

N.  W.  Cor.  Eddy  and  Hyde,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly'"of 
29-31    Battery  Street,  S.  F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Tarrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  I  1 79 


GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
color  use  Alfrcdum's  Egyptian  Henna — 
i  vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
the  effect  is  immediate.  All  druggists 
sell  it.     Langley  ft  Michaels  Co.,  agents. 


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ENNEN'S 


BO RATED 
TALCUM 


/  CHAPPED  HANJS,  CHAFING 

n-.d  all  skin  troubles.    "  A  little 
ligher  in   price  perhaps  than 

Ic.l3htr.il  Bfler  BbavInT  nnd  ittrr  bath- 
Sold  eTBrjTlicrt.ormaileilonreB'iptof 
25o.  G«t  Mennen'*  <:ho  orlcloal).    Sample  free 

I  Gerhard    Mennen  Company,'"  -    Newark,  N.  J. 


vLEIBOLD, 

NARNESS|$RBlAGtC& 

1214  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 

BET.  WEBSTER  AND  FILLMORE 


A  Positive 

CURE    FOR 

CATARRH 

Ely's  Cream  Balm 

is  quickly  absorbed. 
Gives  Relief  at  Once. 

It  cleanses,  soothes, 

heals    and    protects 

the  diseased  membrane.     It  cures  Catarrh 

and  drives  away  a  Cold  in  the  Head  quickly. 

Restores  the  Senses  of  Taste  and  Smell. 

Full  size  50  cts.  at  Druggists  or  by  mail  ; 

Trial  size  10  cts.  by  mail. 

Ely  Brothers,  56  Warren  Street,  New  York. 


lASHSHBITIERS 

la      BETTER  THAN    PILLS.        W 


s0VEgggN  REMEt}y 


Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure 
One  dose  will  stop  a  cough. 
It  never  fails.    Try  it.    25c. 

AT  ALL  DRUGGISTS 


No  Haircuts 

"People  don't  seem  to  appreciate  ro-  .               TOYO       lflQFlW 

mance      these       cold       unsentimental  |^^_^     I  \J  M.  \J       lYlOI-jl  1 

days,"   sighed  the  man   with    the    vol-  I  ^fc^S^^ 

umne    of    Byron    in    his    pock,  i         "1  I  H^^S        \T  A  I\|-l  A 

told   that   chap  on   the  back    platform  I  I^^^B       IV/\llJil/\ 

what    a    great    thing    it    would    be    if  "            ^         (Oriental  Steiunship  Co.) 
every  man  was  a  poet,  and  he  wanted 

tO   fight."  Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

"No  wonder,"  laughed  the  cohduc-  Room  240  James  Flood  BuildinS 

tor.      "That  chap  is  a  barber."  San  Francisco 

S.  S.  "America  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)        .     '.f 

In  Old  Egypt  Frida)''  May  3-  l907 

The    camel    express    had    come    and  S-  S-  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)    .     .    . 

gone  and  still  Mark  Antony  had  not Friday'  M*y  3I'  ,907 

arrived  S'  S'  "Hongkong  Mam" 

,  , Friday,  June  28,  1907 

rour     ong    months    since    he    was  c.            -m          t.  j           u-  .     j  a          c. 

°  steamers  will  leave  wharf,  comer  rirst  and  Brannan  Sts., 

Iipta  "      cnM-ip/T        riflAmti-^         "iurl        li .*  I  P.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 

here,         SObbed        Lleopatra,          and        he  lu]Ui   Kobef   (HiOBo).  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 

promised   to    return   in   a   few   Weeks.       I  neenng  at  Hongkong  with  steamers  lor  Manila,  India,  etc. 

No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  ot  sailing. 

WOIlder    if    anything    has     happened     to  Round- trip  rickets  at  reduced  rales 

ror  rraghl  and  passage  apply  at  omce,  Z4U  James  Mood 

him        Can   it   be   OOSsible "  Building.     W.  H.  AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 

"Can   what   be   possible,   your   maj- 

esty?     asked   one  of  the  court  ladies  Peter    Baciffalupl    &    Soil 

The   great   queen   turned  very  pale. 

"Can — can   it    be   possible   that    he  Headguarters  for  Talking 

smoked  some  of  those  Egyptian  cig-  Machines,  Records 

arettes  he  bought  at  the  pyramids.     If  and  Supplies 

so,  his  doom  is  sealed."  ....  111E.r.||           c.       .   e      i? 

1113-1115  Fillmore  Street,  San  Francisco 

Calling   the    swiftest    Egyptian    run-  I 

ner,   she   dispatched   him   to   Rome   to  m               .    _ 

find  out  the  truth.  Albion  Ale  or  Porter 


SUMMONS 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE 
State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco. 

SIDNEY  W.  SCOTT,  Plaintiff,  vs.  ISABELL 
SCOTT,   Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of 
the  State  of  California  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  com- 
plaint hied  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  send 
greeting    to    ISABEL    SCOTT,    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  ser- 
vice 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  dissolv- 
ing the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing 
between  Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  on  the 
ground  of  Defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  the 
Plaintiff;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will 
more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file, 
to  which   special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless 
you  appear  and  answer  as  above  required, 
the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any 
moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  Com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply 
to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  demanded 
in  the  Complaint. 

Given     under     my     hand     and     the     Seal     of 
the  Superior  Court   of  the   State   of   California, 
in  and   for  the  City  and   County  of  San   Fran- 
cisco, this   16th  day  of  March,  A.   D.   1907. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  L.   J.    WELCH,    Deputv    Clerk. 
JOSEPH     H.     TAM,     Attorney    for     Plaintiff, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Action    No.    7076. 


Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure  Extract  of  Matt  and  Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Logunn  St. 


Dr.  WONG  HIM 

1268  O'Farrell  St. 

Permanently  Located 

HERB   DOCTOR 


Father  and  Mother 
Write  Letter  In- 
dorsing Treatment. 

SAN    FRANCISCO 
March  23.  1906 

To    Whom  it  may 
^Concern:    Our  three- 
year  •  old    daughter, 
having    been    ill    for 
some  time  and  being 
treated  by  the  most  prominent  physicians, 
gradually  became   worse,    and   was  finally 
given  up  by  them.    We  were  then  recom- 
mended to    Dr.   Wong    Him.    We    started 
with  his  treatment  and  within  two  months 
time  our  daughter  was  cured. 
Respectfully, 
MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  C.  LIEB, 
2757  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 


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as  there  is  of  the  ocean.  We  have  had  the  flood 
for  many  years  and  it  should  not  surprise  or  dismay 
anybody  if  we  have  the  ebb  for  a  while.  It  will 
give  people  time  to  breathe  and  think  and  a  good 
many  of  our  citizens  need  such  a  pause.  Some  of 
them  have  lost  their  sense  of  proportion,  so  fast 
have  they  been  carried  along  on  the  crest  of  the 
wave  of  prosperity. 


Plain  English 


Several  Eastern  newspapers  that  are  controlled 
by  Wall  Street  influences  are  making  a  great  deal 
out  of  the  suspension  of  new  construction  work  by 
the  railroads.  They  think  it  will  impress  President 
Roosevelt  and  the  voters  of  the  United  States,  with 
the  conviction  that  the  railroads  can  make  good 
or  hard  times  by  going  ahead,  or  calling  a  halt. 
This  does  not  look  to  me  like  wisdom.  If  we  should 
have  a  spell  of  hard  times  I  don't  think  it  would 
be  advisable  to  have  the  thousands  of  unemployed 
men  believe  that  it  was  deliberately  and  unnecessar- 
ily caused  by  the  railroads,  or  any  other  combina- 
tion of  capital. 

There  is  no  good  reason  why  we  should  expect 
a  spell  of  hard  times.  We  may  look  for  a  gradual 
subsidence  of  the  great  boom  which  has  made  work 
so  abundant,  and  wages  so  high  for  the  past  eight 
years.  That  certainly  followed  in  the  regular  order, 
the  long  depression  which  was  brought  about  by 
the  free  silver  craze  and  Bryan's  organization  of 
all  the  disaffected  elements.  No  nation  however 
great  its  resources  can  maintain  a  perpetual  indus- 
trial or  commercial  boom. 

There  is  an  ebb  and  flow  of  the  financial  tides, 


The  railroad  financiers,  who  have  been  buying 
roads  for  ten  or  fifteen  millions  and  capitalizing 
them  for  sixty  or  a  hundred  and  putting  most  of 
that  money  in  their  own  pockets,  have  certainly 
lost  their  sense  of  proportion.  So  too  have  the 
trades  unionists,  who  have  doubled  their  wages  by 
restricting  membership  and  shutting  out  appren- 
tices. The  business  men  who  have  formed  combi- 
nations to  gouge  the  public,  are  also  troubled  with 
a  derangement  of  their  sense  of  proportion.  A 
period  of  lessened  rush  will  help  them  all  to  get 
down  to  legitimate  and  solid  business,  and  the 
country  will  be  all  the  better  for  it  in  a  very  short 
time. 

It  is  foolish  to  think  that  any  change  can  stop 
all  the  wheels  of  industry  and  commerce  in  a  nation 
of  eighty  millions  of  courageous,  progressive  and 
energetic  people.  If  we  have  the  expected  breathing 
spell  it  will  be  soon  followed  by  another  revival  of 
activity  in  trade  and  manufactures  as  great  if  not 
greater  than  ever  before. 


Mayor  Schmitz  is  fast  becoming  a  social  outlaw. 
Some  few  radicals  still  quote  that  a  man  is  inno- 
'cent  in  the  eyes  of  the  law  until  he  is  proved  guilty, 
but  they  are  few  in  number.  In  the  eyes  of  the  great 
majority  of  residents  of  the  City  of  which  he  is 
Mayor,  the  City  of  his  birth,  the  City  for  which  he 
has  professed  such  deep  love,  Eugene  Schmitz  is 
regarded  as  a  criminal.  His  ascension  of  the  social 
ladder  is  stopped.  Neither  millionaires,  musicians, 
nor  brick-layers  care  to  be  caught  hobnobbing  with 
him  now. 

When  Fillmore  Street  was  gay  with  bunting  and 
crowded  from  McAllister  to  California  on  the  night 
of  April  18th,  Schmitz  had  the  bad  taste  to  show: 
himself  prominently  along  that  thoroughfare  in  an 
automobile  with  a  couple  of  boon  companions.  His 
demeanor  at   the   start   showed  plainly  that   he   ex- 


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pected  an  ovation.  He  hoped  that  his  numerous 
attempted  diversions  of  public  attention  to  other 
things  than  graft,  the  false  cry  of  Citizens'  Alliance 
persecution,  the  friendship  of  his  administration  for 
the  tenderloin  element,  and  such  influences  would 
make  him  still  the  idol  of  the  masses.  But  not  a 
cheer  was  raised  for  him  anywhere  along  the 
street.  He  was  conspicuous  as  ever,  a  fine  figure 
of  a  man  in  his  silk  hat.  Every  one  saw  him  but 
no  one  cheered.  In  fact  there  was  much  subdued 
muttering.  Schmitz  knows  at  last  that  his  race 
is  run.  The  best  he  can  hope  for  now  is  obscurity. 
What  a  lesson  for  those  who  think  that  public  office 
is  onlv  a  chance  to  graft. 


on  to  establish  a  good  stiff  tariff  on  everything  he 
sells,  but  that  will  be  secondary  consideration  if 
the  viands  be  excellent  and  the  service  first  class. 


Roosevelt's  hold  upon  the  American  people  is 
strikingly  illustrated  by  the  .declarations  the  other 
day  of  three  United  States  Senators  for  him  for  a 
third  term.  On  the  same  day  La  Follette  in  San 
Francisco,  Flint  in  I.os  Angeles  and  Beveridge 
ome  where  in  the  East  all  came  out  strongly  for 
him,  right  in  the  face  of  Harriman  denunciation 
on  the  one  hand  and  labor  union  hysterics  over  the 
"undesirable  citizens"  classification  of  Moyer  and 
Haywood  on  the  other.  The  President  undoubtedly 
makes  some  mistakes,  but  he  is  doing  his  best  to 
correct  many  grave  abuses.  He  is  the  great,  the 
fearless  and  tireless  enemy  of  graft  and  class  ty- 
ranny and  the  people  know  it  and  are  with  him. 
Probably  no  influence  strong  enough  can  be  brought 
to  bear  to  make  him  accept  a  third  term,  but  the 
allegiance  of  the  people  to  him  will  not  be  shaken 
by  the  combined  assaults  of  Hearst,  Harriman, 
Foraker,  and  the  men  who  say  Moyer  and  Hay- 
wood must  and  shall  not  be  punished  irrespective 
of  their  guilt. 


The  Cliff  House. in  early  days  was  sacred  to  a 
fast  set  which  made  money  easily  and  quickly  spent 
it  as  it  came.  There  were  no  street-car  lines  in 
those  days  and  noboby  visited  the  seaside  resort 
except  people  who  owned  teams  or  hired  them  to 
ride  out  there  over  the  seven  miles  of  good  road. 
Flush  stock  gamblers  paid  twenty-five  cents  a  drink 
for  whisky  without  being  particular  as  to  the  brand, 
and  the  wine-drinking  gang  was  equally  easy  to 
please.  The  house  was  run  on  the  theory  that 
people  who  went  there  had  no  other  place  to  go 
with  their  teams  and  that  was  about  the  truth  of  it. 
San  Francisco,  however,  changed  wonderfully  in 
the  decade  before  the  fire  of  last  April  and  the  ocean 
beach  evoluted  from  a  lonely  strand  to  a  public  re- 
sort connected  with  the  heart  of  a  great  city  by 
rapid  electric  car  lines.  Mine  host  Wilkins  was 
unlucky  enough  to  come  on  the  scene  when  the 
change  was  in  progress  and  the  old  order -was  giving 
place  to  the  new.  He  didn't  seem  to  have  the  Na- 
poleonic genius  necessary  to  wipe  out  all  the  tra- 
ditions of  the  Cliff  House  and  make  a  fresh  start 
on  new  lines.  There  must  be  a  fortune  in- the  place 
for  some  man  who  has  the  right  ideas  about  running 
it  and  perhaps  Tait  is  the  chap.  It  will  be  interest- 
ing to  watch  the  developments.     He  can  be  relied 


1  think  there  cannot  be  any  doubt  as  to  the 
effect  of  President  Roosevelt's  fearless  and  most 
admirable  reply  to  the  Chicago  Anarchist  who  ob- 
jected to  the  President's  classification  of  Moyer 
and  Heywood  with  E.  H.  »Iarriman  as  "undesir- 
able citizens."  Organized  labor  in  the  United  States 
has  been  assessed  for  a  year  past  to  provide  a  de- 
fence fund  for  Moyer,  Heywood  and  Pettibone, 
who  are  charged  with  a  series  of  cold-blooded  and 
brutal  murders.  The  labor  leaders  of  this  country 
have  already  pronounced  these  defendants  innocent 
though  the  testimony  against  them  seems  to  be 
overwhelming.  The  prisoners  "must  and  shall  not 
be  found  guilty"  declare  the  heads  of  organized 
labor,  and  so  far  have  they  intimidated  the  press 
of  the  United  States  that  only  about  four  daily 
papers  dare  to  discuss  the  matter  at  all. 

Never  before  in  America  were  three  men  charged 
with  a  series  of  such  terrible  and  desperate  crimes 
and  never  was  such  an  immense  fund  raised  by 
assessment  to  prevent  their  prosecution. 

Inasmuch  as  the  accused  men  are  the  heads  of 
a  labor  union  it  is  held  by  the  labor  leaders  of  the 
United  States  that  they  cannot  be  guilty,  should 
not  be  tried,  and  must  not  be  convicted.  The  only 
inference  to  be  drawn  from  this  defiant  declaration 
is  that  the  leadership  of  organized  labor  has  passed 
into  the  hands  of  men  who  set  themselves  above  the 
law  and  claim  privileges  denied  to  all  people  out- 
side their  organization.  Such  is  the  fact,  generally 
speaking. 

The  aggressive  element  which  aims  to  control 
organized  labor  in  *\merica  is  ostensively  Socialistic 
but  in  reality  Anarchistic.  It  would  not  do  for  its 
leaders  to  call  themselves  Anarchists  and  flaunt  the 


It 


CHAS.KEILUSS-  CO 

EXCLUSIVE 

HIGH  GRADE  CLOTH  I ERS 


No  Branch  Stores.  No  Agents. 

Every  yard  of  cloth  used  in  making  our  clothes  absolutely  first-class. 
We  order  from,  good  makers.  Nothing  too  good  for  us  to  give  our 
clientele.  There  are  some  clothes  classed  as  "secoeds",  they  find  no 
home  here. 

This  exclusive  men's  clothes  shop  has  a  great  many  advantages 
over  ordinary  "clothes  hasheries".  We  thoroughly  understand 
when  garments  are  correct.  We  never  question  price.  We  get 
the  best  "Clothes  Colleges"  have.  Never  buy  unseasonable 
styles,  condemned  fabrics,  mistakes  or  miscuts. 


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red  Mag  as  that  would  at  once  array  against  them 
many  forces  that  arc  now  dormant.  They  there- 
fore   proclaim    themselves   advocates   of   Socialism 

ami  at  the  same  time  violate  all  its  principles. 

Socialism,  theoretically,  is  an  ideally  perfect  form 
of  government  under  which  all  men  arc  on  an 
equality.  Fierce  and  selfish  competition  is  elimi- 
nated and  the  world  uplifted  by  the  cultivation  of 
the   fraternal   and   patriotic   spirit. 

The  Socialists,  who  arc  so  aggressive  in  the 
labor  movement  in  America,  cultivate  the  fraternal 
and  patriotic  spirit  in  a  most  extraordinary  manner. 
They  war  relentlessly  on  all  workers  outside  their 
own  organization  and  exclude  American  boys  from 
the  workshops  so  that  they  may  not  learn  trades  and 
increase  their  chances  of  becoming  useful  and  pros- 
perous citizens. 

These  so-called  Socialists  have  decided  that  it 
i-  a  crime  for  one  of  their  members  to  enlist  in  the 
militia.  At  the  same  time  it  is  well  known  that 
in  Pennsylvania  and  other  strongholds  they  are 
arming  secretly  so  as  to  resist  the  lawful  authorities. 
and  if  possible  overturn  our  government,  inaugu- 
rate anarchy  and  confiscate  all  property  for  division 
Imongst    themselves. 

That  is  their  program  and  any  man  who  has 
given  the  subject  serious  consideration  cannot  for 
a  moment  be  in  doubt  of  it.  The  Washington 
authorities  are  not  in  any  mental  fog  on  the  matter. 
They  understand  it  fully  and  they  know  that  the 
tremendous  effort  being  made  to  prevent  Mover, 
I  ley  wood  and  Pettibone  from  going  to  trial  or  be- 
ing convicted  is  not  the  work  of  the  honest  toilers 
of  the  United  States.  Scarcely  one  man  in  a  thou- 
sand, of  the  million  and  a  half  of  members  in  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor,  has  a  word  to  say 
about  its  management.  A  mere  handful!  of  men 
run  the  organization  just  as  a  few  wirepullers  run 
the  finances  and  -the  politics  of  our  nation.  The 
board  of  directors  which  controls  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor  has  not  been  changed  in  seven- 
teen years.  The  same  set  of  men,  or  their  represen- 
tatives have  controlled  the  organization  during  that 
period. 

Thus  far  the  avowed  Anarchists  have  not  been 
able  to  seize  the  reins  of  power,  but  they  live  in 
high  hopes  of  doing  so.  Their  influence  was  pow- 
erful enough  when  they  rallied  to  the  support  of 
Mover  and  Heywood  and  their  associates  to  free 
the  heads  of  the  Federation  of  Labor  to  join  in 
the  movement. 

A  year  or  two  before  Ex-Governor  Steunenberg 
of  Idaho  was  blown  to  pieces  by  a  bomb  at  his  own 
door,  Moyer  and  his  fellow  officers  of  the  Western 
Federation  of  Miners  had  left  the  American  Fed- 
eration of  Labor,  and  became  loud  in  their  denun- 
ciations of  it.  Their  hostile  expressions  about 
<  lumpers  and  the  American  Federation  of  Labor 
were  frequently  quoted  in  the  Colorado  and  Idaho 
newspapers. 

When  Harry  (  Irchard.  the  professional  assassin. 
made  his  appalling  confession  of  crime  alleged  to 
have  been  done  by  him  in  obedience  to  the  orders 
of   Mover.  Hevwood   and   Pettibone,   all  the   Anar- 


chists in  America  rallied  to  the  aid  of  the  accused 
men.  The  boldness  and  brutality  of  the  crimes 
laid  by  (Irchard  at  their  doors  made  the  accused 
labor  officials  heroes  and  patriots  in  the  eyes  of 
their  sympathizers.  Mow  powerful  the  influence 
of  those  sympathisers  must  have  been  in  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor  is  shown  by  the  as- 
sessment of  every  member  to  pay  lawyers  for  the 
defense  of  Mover,  Hevwood  and  Pettibone — the  de- 
fense of  men  who  not  long  ago  were  the  avowed 
enemies  of  the  organization  and  endeavoring  to 
cast  discredit  upon  and  destroy  it. 


President  Roosevelt's  letter  to  the  Chicago  Anar- 
chists has  practically  served  notice  on  the  leaders  of 
organized  labor  that  their  turn  is  coming  next.  The 
labor  trust  will  not  be  allowed  to  enjoy  special  and 
unconstitutional  privileges  any  more  than  the  oil  trust 
or  the  railroad  combines.  If  John  D.  Rockefeller 
and  E.  H.  Harriman  cannot  be  permitted  to  crush 
out  opposition  in  trade  why  should  the  American 
Federation  be  allowed  to  monopolize  the  labor  market 
in  a  nation  of  eighty  millions  of  people.  There  is 
no  question  as  to  the  Federation  being  just  as  much 
of  a  trust  as  any  combine  of  capital.  It  exceeds  all 
other  trusts  in  the  boldness  of  its  unconstitutional  oper- 
ators and  their  extent  and  has  capped  the  climax 
by  declaring,  as  in  the  Moyer  and  Heywood  case,  that 
the  criminal  courts  shall  not  treat  its  members  like 
ordinary  citizens.  President  Roosevelt's  ringing  reply 
is.  figuratively  speaking,  the  first  gun  fired  at  Fort 
Sumter.  We  may  look  for  war  along  the  labor 
union  front  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco  very 
soon,  and  when  it  is  over  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States  will  be  found  more  firmly  established 
than  ever 


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CECIL  COWLES 
A  young  local  pianiste  of  phenomenal  talent. 


It  is  well  that  San  Rafael  and  Petaluma  have  not 
the  military  equipment  of  Rome  and  Carthage ; 
otherwise  we  should  have  a  dark  whirling  imbroglio 
into  which  East  and  ^'est  would  be  drawn,  and  the 
Japanese  question  go  down  in  the  chaos  like  a 
bumble  bee  in  boiling  molasses.  Total  disarmament 
is  their  salvation  now — disarmament  and  the  bring- 
ing of  Javeniski  to  neutral  territory.  If  you  are  a 
student  of  Society,  you  will  remember  that  Javeniski 
was  a  coachman  in  San  Rafael,  statuesque  and  im- 
movable on  his  seat,  yet  ignored  by  high-priced 
citizens,  until  he  became  a  skating  instructor.  Then 
the  fashionables  took  turns  in  his  arms  while  he 
taught  them  to  glide  over  the  maple  as  gracefully 
as  Jack  Frost  o'er  a  winter  landscape. 

Even  Kings  have  favorites :  so  why  not 
Javeniski?  Thereof  did  he  fall.  He  was  deposed, 
destroyed  by  the  minions  on  whom  he  had  bestowed 
his  favors.  Like  Coriolanus  he  was  mostly  pride, 
and  the  rest  revenge.  To  Petaluma,  aye,  to  yon 
eternal-shimmering,  classic,  imperial,  plymouth- 
rock  and  leghorn  Petaluma.  There  he  established  a 
skating  rink.  There  he  taught  the  egg-pickers  to 
do  the  roll  glorious.  But  that  is  not  the  worst  of  it. 
He  tutored  the  simple  farm-girls,  the  bucolic 
beauties,  the  Arcadian  shepherdesses,  the  freckled 
hen-herders,  into  the  same  elegant  graces  he  had 
shown  the  damsels  of  San  Rafael.    But  he  made  it 


personal.  He  would  say,  "Come  hither,  Amaryllis, 
heed  unto  the  very  pirouette  which  I  taught  Miss 
Cladys  van  Slamme."  "Look  you,  Lulu,  this  is  the 
whirlaway  I  did  inculcate  unto  that  world-re- 
nowned Victorienne  de  Vere-Vaux.  It  is  now  yours. 
Let  us  excel  the  San  Rafael  haughticrats."  Perhaps 
such  perfidy  should  not  be  lightly  narrated.  If 
traged}r  should  ensue,  we  should  be  afflicted  with 
remorse  for  having  failed  to  view  the  matter  with 
due  solemnity.  Like  Coriolanus,  Javeniski  said, 
"I  shall  not  return  until  I  am  sent  for."  The  question 
is.  will  they  send  for  him?  And  after  that,  is  it  not 
barely  possible  that  Petaluma  has  had  an  advance 
in  culture  which  may  make  it  San  Rafael's  most 
terrific  competitor  for  some  time  to  come? 

San  Francisco  is  well  constituted  to  make  history, 
but  has  little  of  the  art  of  writing  it.  We  are  not 
taking  pains  to  answer  the  questions  posterity  will 
ask,  nor  diligently  watering  the  .spot  where  futures 
will  see  the  laurel.  Somewhat  suddenly  the  other 
day  came  the  thought  that,  one  of  the  City's  most 
picturesque  figures  is  Judge  J.  C.  B.  Hebbard.  He 
does  not  receive  as  much  bolt-upright  praise  as  Mr. 
Heney,  yet  is  undeniably  a  rarer  type.  Honest  men 
who  will  prosecute  crime  are  met  here  and  there 
every  now  and  then.  But  where  will  you  find  a 
Court  who  appears  suddenly  in  one  place  with  a 
six-shooter,  and  in  another  with  a  volume  of  poetry? 
Creating  a  rough-house  one  minute  and  discoursing 
art  the  next.  Half  cowboy,  half  scholar,  and  all 
interesting.  In  hotels,  vociferating  a  visionary 
revenge ;  on  the  bench  excusing  his  vagaries  in 
wine.  Jocular,  abstruse,  melancholy,  generous, 
independent,  romantic. 


Little  I  alace  Hotel 

1 

IS 
OPEN 

Corner  o£ 

Post  and 

Leavenworth 

Streets 

The  same  excellence  in  cuisine  and  service  that  obtained 
in  the  Old  Palace  is  duplicated  in  the  new  'Little  Palace* 

-THE  WASP' 


Phoio  Goiht  MRS.  MARGUERITE  HANFORD 

Interesting  men  are  historically  a  richer  posses- 
sion than  those  who  make  honesty  a  specialty. 
Hebbard  is  tragi-comedy ;  Heney  is  melodramatic. 
Hebbard  is  a  character  study;  Hehey  merely  a  hero. 
We  should  have  many  Heneys;  there  is  but  one 
Hebbard.  Some  Sunset  Thackeray,  Scott  or  Dumas 
may  discover  this  blithe  judiciary  and  make  him  the 
characteristic  man  of  our  epoch.  While  we  are 
dodging  the  bullets  (which  he  has  not  yet  fired) 
let  us  appreciate  his  artistic  possibilities. 
*         *         * 

Wanted — By  a  European  monarch,  to  correspond 
with  an  American  girl  (daughter  of  a  Trust  Monster 
preferred)  :  object,  matrimony,  civil  war  in  Spain, 
and  a  throne.  Send  photograph  of  bankbook  to 
Don  Jaime,  Prince  de  Bourbon  ;  business  address, 
care  of  the  Moulin  Rouge,  Paris. 

Here  is  a  chance  for  some  daughter  of  finance  to 
throw  a  few  duchesses  and  countesses  into  social 
hysterics.  It  will  take  but  a  few  millions  to  become 
queen  pretender  to  the  Spanish  throne.  Then,  if 
the  Carlists  are  successful,  palaces,  scepter,  crown 
jewels,  blue  blood.  Some  hurry  in  sending  your 
name  is  advised,  as  there  is  already  a  list  of  eligibles. 
The  crown  may  eventually  go  to  Miss  P.lanche 
Lervy  Shoemaker,  daughter  of  the  Xew  York 
banker.     She  is  one  most  prominently  mentioned. 

A  Carlist  army  would  not  require  much  food  per 


man.  A  few  speckled  beans,  and  they  could  loot 
the  wine  from  shop-,  as  they  .^j  along.  Should  you 
tl\  to  Paris  without  notice,  go  to  iIk'  Rue  Benjamin 
Godard,  a  new  Rue  off  the  Square  Lamartine.  Any 
(Airli>i  hanging  around  the  corners  will  direct  you 
to  the  fifth  floor  of  an  apartment  house,  where  you 
will  meet  the  would-be  king  and  your  royal  sister, 
the  Princess  of  .\>tnrias  (pretending)  and  make 
arrangements  for  the  coronation. 

*  :■■•  * 

It  is  quite  a  tax  upon  the  skill  of  the  artist  and 
caterer  these  days  to  furnish  hosts  with  new  ideas. 
One  of  the  most  artistic  of  decorations  was  in 
evidence  at  the  luncheon  Mrs.  Richard  Queen  re- 
cently gave  to  Miss  Louise  Redington,  a  prospective 
bride.  An  electric  fountain  surrounded  by  a 
wealth  of  pink  roses,  ferns  and  sea  shells,  played 
in  the  center  of  a  large  round  table,  over  which 
was  spread  a  cloth  embroidered  with  pink  rose 
buds.     Ten  guests  were  present. 

*  *         * 

The  San  Francisco  Yacht  Club  had  a  jolly  dance 
at  Sausalito  last  Saturday  afternoon,  followed  by 
many  dinners;  later  jinks  were  held.  The  patron- 
esses of  this  dance  were  Mrs.  Wm.  Lindsley 
Spencer,  Mrs.  W.  R.  Harrison,  Mrs.  Chas.  Shiels, 
Mrs.  Geo.  E.  Billings,  Mrs.  J.  R.  Hanify  and  Mrs. 
Emmett    Rixford.      All    these    young    matrons    are 

well  known  in  Sausalito's  exclusive  set. 

*  *         * 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Stella  McCalla  and  Mr. 
Slayton  will  take  place  in  the  near  future  and  be 
one  of  the  social  events  of  Santa  Barbara. 


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THE  WASP- 


Miss  Winifred  Burdge  who  recently  announced 
her  engagement  to  Walter  Dayton  Cole,  an  attorney 
of  Tonopah,  Nev.,  is  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Bernard  P. 
Miller;  both  are  well  known  in  exclusive  circles  of 
Oakland.  Mrs.  Burdge.  a  ward  of  Frank  M.  Smith, 
has  been  identified  with  relief  work.  It  was  while 
giving  her  services  to  the  public  and  engaged  in 
caring  for  the  suffering  that  she  first  met  Mr.  Cole. 
He  is  a  graduate  of  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  and 
member  of  a  prominent  mining  firm  of  Nevada.  No 
date  has  been  set  for  the  wedding. 
*  #         * 

Mrs.  Bobby  Harrison  gave  a  charming  tea  on 
Sunday  last  at  her  home  on  Green  Street,  in  honor 
of  Miss  Richardson,  a  member  of  the  Lillian 
Russell  Co.  Mrs.  Harrison  will  soon  leave  for  San 
Rafael  where  she  will  pass  the  Summer.  Mr.  Allen 
Wardner,  the  brother  of  Mrs.  Harrison,  an  eligible 
Society  man  here,  Mr.  Allen  Wright  and  Mr.  John 
F.  Bowie,  will  spend  some  time  in  San  Rafael, 
having  pitched  a  tent  on  the  grounds  of  Mrs. 
Harrison's   Summer  home. 

The  last  meeting  of  the  San  Rafael  Skating  Club 
held  a  week  ago,  was  preceded  by  many  dinners. 
An  unusual  crowd  was  present.  Miss  Louise  Boyd 
had  as  her  guests  from  the  City,  Miss  Genevieve 
King,  Miss  Emily  Parrott,  Miss  Barbara  Parrott 
and  Frank  King.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Boyd  chaperoned 
the  party.  Miss  Genevieve  Harvey  was  a  guest  of 
the  Von  Shroeders  at  the  Hotel  Rafael  that  evening, 
going  later  with  a  merry  party  to  the  Skating  Rink. 
The  Club  has  been  discontinued  for  the  present, 
though  many  of  the  younger  members  expect  to 
gather  and  enjoy  themselves  every  Wednesday 
evening  during  the  Summer  months. 

It  is  with  sincere  regret  that  Mrs.  Dan  Shaen's 
friends  read  of  the  death  of  her  little  baby  boy,  at 
the  children's  hospital  on  Sunday  last.  Mrs.  Shaen 
was  attractive  Ursula  Stone,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  C.  B.  Stone,  sister  of  Mrs.  Florence  Darrah, 
and  niece  of  Mrs.  L.  L.  Baker.  She  is  a  general 
favorite  in  Society  and  recently  returned  from  the 
Philippines,  where  she  has  been  since  her  marriage 
a  couple  of  years  ago.  While  awaiting  the  arrival 
of  her  husband,  she  has  been  residing  with  her 
parents  in  this  City. 

*         *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Poett  and  their  little  son 
have  been  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Carolan  at 
the  Hotel  Rafael.  Mrs.  Poett  was  the  former  pretty 
Genevieve  Carolan. 

A  young  matron  who  is  being  welcomed  by  her 
friends  and  relatives  in  San  Rafael,  is  Mrs.  Allen 
Lewis  of  Portland,  Oregon,  who  is  visiting  her 
sister,  Mrs.  George  Boyd.  Mrs.  Lewis  was  the 
well  known  society  girl  Miss  Dottie  Kittle,  daughter 
of  Mrs.  N.  Kittle  and  niece  of  Mrs.  A.  W.  Foster, 
and  once  was  a  champion  tennis  player  here,  easily 
beating  all  records,  and  winning  many  trophies. 

A  wedding  of  interest  on  both  sides  of  the  bay 


took  place  on  Saturday  evening  last  in  Oakland, 
when  Miss  Anita  Oliver  was  married  to  George  C. 
Jensen  of  Alameda.  Rev.  C.  R.  Brown  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  performed  the  ceremony.  Miss 
Oliver  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Letts  Oliver,  who  are  among  the  best  known 
residents  of  Oakland.  The  invitation  list  to  the 
Church  was  very  large,  but  the  reception  at  the 
Oliver  residence  on  Vernon  Heights  was  confined 
to  relations  and  intimate  friends.  The  bride  was 
attended  by  Miss  Ruth  Wilder,  Miss  Ruth  Kales  of 
Oakland,  Miss  Catherine  Allen  and  Miss  Helen 
Cole  of  San  Francisco.  Lee  Robinson  was  best 
man.  The  ushers  were  Harold  and  Leslie  Oliver, 
brothers  of  the  bride,  Dr.  Gaskill  and  Ralph  Jones. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jensen  will  reside  in  their  own  home 
on  Vernon  Heights,  which  was  the  gift  of  Mr. 
Jensen,  Sr. 

A  motoring  party  in  three  automobiles,  left  last 
week  for  a  trip  through  Sonoma  valley.  The  three 
cars  contained  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  A.  Newhall. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Pringle,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Laurence  Scott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Lent,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Robert  Coleman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  W. 
Poett,  and  Harry  Simpkins. 

*         *         & 

The  San  Rafael  Bridge  Club,  meeting  every  two 
weeks  and  composed  of  many  fashionable  matrons 
of  that  burg,  gathered  last  at  the  residence  of  Mrs. 
John  S.  Partridge.  The  members  are  Mrs.  Part- 
ridge, Mrs.  Frank  B.  Anderson,  Mrs.  Southard  Hof- 
fann,  Mrs.  Dibble.  Miss  Towle,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Baker, 
Mrs.  Madison,  Mrs.  John  Crooks,  Mrs.  VV.  R. 
Smedberg,  Mrs-.  Pence  and  Mrs.  Zook. 

Miss  Carrie  Gevin,  took  apartments  at  the  Hotel 
Rafael  during  the  week  and  will  remain  there  all 
Summer. 


ENJOY     COUNTRY      LIFE      AT 

HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 


This  is  the  season  to  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Phone  Temporary  275 1 . 


ANNOUNCEMENT 


Mrs.  Mott- Smith  Cunningham  exhibitor  in 
Paris  Salon  of  1 906  announces  that  her  Studio 
Shop  at  1 622  Pine  St.,  a  few  doors  from  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  is  now  open  for  the  sale  of  her  jewelry 


THE  WASP 


San  Rafael  is  becoming  crowded  with  Summer 
ts  and  dinners,  drives  and  bridge  parties  take 
place  daily.  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Henry  Foster  Dutton, 
who  arc  stopping  at  the  Hotel  Rafael,  recently  gave 
a  dinner  at  Pastori's.  Their  guests  were  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Jules  Brett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wakefield  Baker, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden.  Late  in  the 
week  the  same  party  left  for  Del  Monte,  on  an 
automobile  tour  remaining  over  Sunday. 
*  *         * 

San  Rafael  is  much  interested  in  its  forthcoming 
series  of  concerts  beginning  on  Ma\  lltli  and 
organized  by  well  known  young  ladies  under  the 
name  of  the  Grace  Freeman  String  Quartette.  'The 
members  are  Miss  Grace  Freeman,  1st  Violin;  Miss 
Miriam  Hall,  2nd  Violin  ;  Miss  Lillian  Spink.  Viola; 
Miss  Lucy  Fuhrer,  Cello. 

Let  us  try  to  be  serious  with  the  Log  Show. 
There  was  a  provoking  desire  to  grin  as  soon  as  one 
entered  the  door.  A  number  of  last  years  quips  and 
puns  came  to  mind,  and  one  wondered  if  his  friends 
had  beard  of  them,  or  if  he  might  safely  work  off 
one  or  two.  Society  took  more  than  a  passing 
interest  in  the  affair  and  on  the  days  of  judging,  the 
grand  stand  was  filled  with  maids  and  matrons,  to 
hear  what  lucky  dogs  or  rather  owners  were 
awarded  prizes.  However  there  were  many  sur- 
prises, as  a  number  of  hitherto  invincible  canines 
were  defeated.  Miss  Jennie  Crocker,  who  came  in  a 
special  car  from  Xcw  York  to  enter  her  dogs  for 
the  Show  was  disappointed  in  her  prize  Boston 
terrier,  which  was  defeated  by  Mrs.  W.  H.  Deming's 
pet  in  three  different  competitions.  Three  beatings 
for  a  champion  was  certainly  plenty.  Miss  Crocker 
carried  off  prizes  in  other  classes,  but  I  believe  her 
pride  was  in  the  Boston  terrier  class,  so  her  luck 
outside  that  competition  was  not  enough  to  atone 
for  the  disappointment.  Other  prominent  society 
people  who  exhibited  five  dogs  and  carried  off 
ribbons  were  Mrs.  George  Newhall  and  Miss 
( renevieve  Harvey.  Amongst  the  society  people 
seen  around  the  judging  ring  were:  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Taylor,  Mrs.  Gus.  Taylor.  Mrs.  Chesebrough  and 
Miss  Helen  Chesebrough,  Capt.  and  Miss  Margery 
Bull,  Mrs.  McEnery,  IMiss  Jennie  Crocker,  Miss 
Harney,  Mrs.  Henrv  Bothin,  Miss  Maud  Payne. 
Miss  Ethel  Deane,  "Miss  Isabel  McLaughlin,  Mrs. 
Fred  Palmer.  Miss  May  Foulkes,  Mrs.  Rav  Talyor, 
Mrs.  R.   Porter  Ashe. 

There  has  always  been  some  misgiving  as  to  what 
a  prize  dog  actually  is.  None  save  the  owners  and 
the  judges  seem  to  know.  Blood  sometimes  tells 
the  desparity  between  an  animal  that  has  the  benefit 
of  nursemaid  and  French  dinners  and  one  that 
roams  the  streets  like  a  waif.  But  as  between  two 
dogs  that  have  a  slight  variation  in  curvature  of 
the  tail,  the  question  of  awarding  prizes  is,  as  the 
losers  declare,  a  matter  of  very  close  margin.  And 
as  for  a  close  margin  in  dogs,  why  at  all  ?  But 
these  fine  distinctions  cut  no  figure  with  the  crowd 
which  goes  to  an  affair  because  it  has  the  social 
stamp  upon  it.  Not  one  in  a  hundred  understands 
the  libretto  of  Italian  Opera,  but  the  town  goes  into 


ecstas)   over  it  nevertheless. 

*  *        * 

Dr.  II.  J.  Stewart's  new  mass  in  I)  minor,  com- 
posed   for    the     Easter    service    of   St.    Dominic's 

Church,  will  be  repeated  on  Sunday.  May  5th,  by 
the  regular  choir  augmented  with  a  number  of 
extra  voices  and  accompanied  by  a  full  orchestra. 
The  soloists  are  Mrs.  11.  Apple,  Miss  Leola  Spofford 
Stone,  Mr.  T.  G.  Elliott  and  Mr.  Harold  Pracht. 
Dr.  Stewart  has  composed  a  special  offertory  for 
the  occasion,  to  the  words  of  the  hymn  "Coelestis 
L'rbcs  Jerusalem."  , 

*  *         * 

The  goodly  countenances  around  the  Forum 
Club's  Annual  Breakfast  refuted  the  idea  that  the 
word  "annual"  has  any  more  than  a  festive  signifi- 
cance. The  Paris  Tea  Garden,  last  Saturday,  was 
the  scene  of  their  toasting,  which  was  done  in  song. 
"Spring,"  "Absent  Ones,"  "Patriotism,"  and  "Guid- 
ing: Star"  were  responded  to  by  Mrs.  J.  J.  Apple. 
Mrs.  Freygand  and  Mrs.  Wetmore.  A  loving  cup 
was  presented  to  Mrs.  Fredericks,  the  retiring 
president. 


QUALITY 
UNEQUALED 


EXCELLENCE 
UNSURPASSED 


GREEN 

AND 

YELLOW 


GREEN 

AND 
YELLOW 


LIQUEUR 


Peres  Chartreux 

At  fif  si -class  Wine  Merchants,   Grocers.   Hotels,  Cafes, 

Baljer  6c  Co.,  45  Broadway.  New  York.  N.  Y. 

Sole  Agents  for  United  States. 


-THE  WASP 


Los  Angeles  beating  the  Military  Team  in  the  recent  Polo  Tournament 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Cadwalader  have  been  en- 
termained  a  good  deal  since  their  recent  wedding. 
That  .most  eligible  and  popular  bachelor,  Knox 
Maddox,  gave  a  theater  party  for  them  last  week. 
Miss  Linda  Cadwalader,  who  was  one  of  the  guests. 
will  leave  for  the  East  soon. 


highly  respected  Californians.  Young  Fritz  Hinck- 
ley was  the  first  husband  of  Miss  Florence  Blythe, 
the  great  heiress,  who  is  now  Mrs.  A.  A.  Moore. 
Mr.  Hinckley  died  rather  suddenly  about  a  year 
after  his  wedding,  having  been  seized  with  an  at- 
tack of  appendicitis. 


Mr.  Knox  Maddox  gets  part  of  his  name  from  his 
mother,  who  was  Miss  Virginia  Knox,  the  only 
child  of  Air.  Knox,  a  banker  in  Santa  Clara  County 
and  very  wealthy.  She  married  Colonel  C.  H. 
Maddox,  a  handsome  Southerner,  who  represented 
Santa  Clara  County  in  the  Legislature  at  the  time 
when  the  rich  Barney  Murphy  of  San  Jose  was  such 
a  power  in  Democratic  politics.  The  Maddoxes 
bought  the  fine  old  Joshiah  Belden  mansion  in  San 
Jose  and  lived  there  for  many  years.  The  place 
was  sold  to  the  syndicate  which  has  erected  the 
Hotel  Vendome  on  the  site  of  the  old  home.  Mrs. 
Maddox  lost  both  her  daughters.  One  child  died 
in  Europe  while  she  was  traveling  with  her  hus- 
band and  mother.  The  death  of  her  daughter  Mil- 
dred some  years  ago  was  a  heavy  affliction  to  the 
esteemed  lady.  Knox  Maddox  is  a  Harvard  grad- 
uate. Through  his  mother  and  grandmother  he 
will  some  clay  inherit  a  large  fortune. 
*         *         * 

It  was  no  surprise  to  her  friends  when  they  read 
that  Mrs.  Mary  G.  Hinckley  had  sued  her  husband, 
Harry  Gray  Hinckley,  for  a  divorce.  Mrs.  Hinckley 
was  Mamie  Grayson  of  Oakland,  daughter  of  the 
well  known  cattle  king.  The  late  Robert  Grayson 
was  her  brother.  Mr.  Hinckley  is  a  son  of  Air. 
Hinckley  of  the  Fulton  Iron  Works.  Airs.  Hinck- 
ley has  supported  herself  for  the  past  five  years  by 
keeping  boarders,  first  in  the  Williams'  house  on 
( ktavia  Street,  and  before  the  fire  she  had  just 
bought  and  renovated  the  Plymouth  Hotel.  I  have 
been  informed  it  was  her  father-in-law  who  fur- 
nished the  money  for  her  enterprise.  The  Hinck- 
leys  have  been  married  for  twenty-three  years  and 
have  five  children,  the  eldest  being  nineteen  years 
of  age.  Airs.  Grayson  died  a  year  or  two  ago  and 
was  deeply  mourned  by  her  family  and  friends.  She 
had  been  identified  with  the  social  life  of  Oakland 
since    early    days,    the     Graysons    being    old    and 


It  was  a  great  compliment  to  Willis  Polk  to  have 
been  invited  by  the  United  States  Government  to 
take  part  in  the  preparation  of  plans  for  the  new 
building  of  the  Bureau  of  American  Republics, 
which  is  to  be  erected  in  Washington.  Only  ten 
architects  in  America  were  invited  by  Secretary 
Root  to  take  part  in  the  competition.  Air.  Polk  is  a 
very  busy  man  these  days  in  San  Francisco  and  was 
compelled  to  decline  the  honor.  As  the  local  repre- 
sentative of  D.  H.  Burnham  &  Co.  he  has  his  hands 
full  with  important  construction  work.  Competi- 
tion in  drawing  plans  for  great  buildings  is  no  new 
thing  for  Mr.  Polk.  He  won  three  open  compe- 
titions against  the  best  architects  of  America  while 
he  was  in  the  East,  for  several  years,  and  associated 
with  that  most  famous  of  architects,  Dan  H.  Burn- 
ham.     Air.  Polk  is  a  genius  in  his  line. 


F.  THOMS,  The  AWNING  MAN 


Canvas  Work.     Repairing.      Canopies  and  Floor  Covers  To  Rent. 

TENTS,   HAMMOCKS  AND  COVERS 

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Burlingame  defeating  Los   Angeles  in  the  Polo  Tournament 


General  Arthur  MacArthur  has  been  given  numer- 
ous evidences  of  the  high  regard  which  is  enter- 
tained for  him  by  local  associations  of  prominent 
people  such  as  the  Pacific  Union  and  other  clubs. 
The  dinner  given  in  his  honor  by  the  Pacific  Union 
was  a  particularly  representative  affair.  The  Gen- 
eral is  a  man  of  the  highest  character  and  deserves 
all  the  honors  that  can  be  showered  upon  him. 

With  General  and  Mrs.  MacArthur  has  gone  Col- 
onel Frank  L.  Winn.  Miss  Dora  Winn  did  not  ac- 
company her  father  but  remained  with  her  grand- 
parents, Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Boardman.  Colonel 
Winn  has  been  a  widower  many  years.  The  pretty 
Miss  Dora  Boardman,  whom  he  married,  died  a  few 
days  after  the  birth  of  her  baby,  and  the  little  one 
was  tenderly  reared  by  grandparents. 


When  Cheever  was  brought  up  before  the  judge 
the  next  day  Coey  was  present.  His  ire  had  van- 
ished in  the  meantime,  especially  since  his  car  had 
not  been  hurt  in  any  way. 

"I  don't  want  to  be  hard  on  him,  judge,"  he  said, 
"but  I  do  think  something  should  be  done  to  teach 
him  a  lesson.  I  am  willing  to  let  him  work  out  his 
bill  with  me.  We  need  a  washer  and  he  can  have 
the  job." 

Cheever  jumped  at  the  chance  and,  the  judge  be- 
ing willing,  the  young  man  was  soon  industriously 
scrubbing  dust  and  mud  from  the  Flyers  stored  in 
Coev's  garage. 


Harry  Pendleton  will,  as  usual,  pass  the  summer  at 
the  Hotel  Rafael. 


From  being  the  proud  occupant  of  a  luxurious 
sixtv-horse-power  limousine  to  a  lowly  job  as  auto- 
mobile washer  is  the  remarkable  reversal  of  position 
recently  suffered  by  George  Cheever,  Jr.,  of  An- 
dover,  Mass..  and  to  make  the  drop  all  the  more 
momentous  for  him  the  young  man  managed  to 
negotiate  it  within  the  short  space  of  twenty-four 
hours. 

Cheever  landed  in  Chicago  a  short  time  ago  and 
put  up  at  the  Auditorium  Annex,  where  he  engaged 
an  expensive  suite  of  rooms.  A  few  days  after  his 
arrival  he  went  to  the  desk  and  inquired  whether 
he  could  rent  an  automobile.  C.  A.  Coey,  the 
Chicago  representative  of  the  Thomas  cars,  and 
who  conducts  an  automobile  livery  business  on  the 
side,  happened  to  be  at  the  desk  at  the  same  time 
and  to  him  the  clerk  referred  Cheever.  Coey  was 
so  taken  up  with  the  young  man  that  he  offered  him 
his  personal  car,  a  white  limousine,  trimmed  in  gold. 

Cheever  was  delighted,  so  pleased,  in  fact,  did  he 
appear  that  he  did  not  return  that  day  and  it  was 
well  into  the  second  day  before  the  warrant  the 
somewhat  worried  Coey  had  had  sworn  out  reached 
him. 


Announcement 

SPRING  and  SUMMER 

We  desire  to  announce  that  our  com- 
plete selection  of  strictly  confined  Imported 
and  Domestic  Woolens,  consisting  of  un- 
usually attractive  patterns  in  popular  weaves  and  fashionable  ma- 
terials, is  now  ready  awaiting  inspection. 

It  gives  us  pleasure  to  state  that  every  garment  is  made  by 
skilled  tailors,  cut  on  stylish  and  artistic  lines  that  command  the 
admiration  and  approval  of  our  customers. 

We  cordially  invite  and  solicit  patronage,  and  endeavor  to  up- 
hold our  past  reputation  for  high-grade  tailoring  at   moderate  prices. 

McMahon,  Keyer  &  Stiegeler 
Bros.,  Inc. 


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at  Fillmore 


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The  opening  recital  for  the  new  organ  recently 
built  by  the  Austin  Organ  '  Company  of  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  for  the  First  Congregational  Church, 
will  be  given  on  Monday  evening,  May  6th,  b}r  Dr. 
H.  J.  Stewart,  assisted  by  Miss  Camille  Frank, 
Miss  Elsie  Arden,  and  Samuel  D.  Mayer,  organist 
of  the  church.  The  program  is  as  follows :  First 
Sonata,  in  F  minor,  Mendelssohn ;  Communion  in 
F,  Grison ;  Barcarolle  in  A,  Hofmann ;  Polonaise 
in  A,  Chopin;  "In  Paradisum"  and  "Fiat  Lux," 
Dubois ;  Grand  March,  Pomp  and  Circumstance. 
Elgar. 

$  *  ^ 

Mr.  Charles  Keilus,  of  the  "Hub,"  is  on  his  way- 
East  to  study  styles  of  the  coming  season.  Mr. 
Keilus  is  one  of  those  progressive  merchants  who 
knows  the  advantage  of  seeing-  yearly  what  the 
great  East  is  doing. 

Geraldine  Bonner  has  gone  East  to  remain  for  a 
year  or  so  but  she  intends  coming  back  to  get  into 
touch  with  California  atmosphere,  which  she  loses, 
she  says,  when  she  remains  away  too  long.  Miss 
Bonner  is  at  work  on  a  novel  of  old  California  life 
with  which  she  expects  to  make  a  hit. 

*  *         * 

Miriam  Michelson  is  home  for  a  short  stay,  but 
she  will  leave  very  soon  for  Europe,  where  she 
intends  to  remain  for  some  months,  but  she  will 
be  back  again  in  the  Fall.  She  has  more  work  con- 
tracted for  than  she  can  finish. 

Eleanor  Gates,  whose  "best  story"  is  being  so 
widely  advertised  by  Editor  Aiken  of  Sunset,  should 
write  the  story  of  her  own  life,  or  rather  her  love 
story,  for  that  would  make  splendid  reading.  It 
was  seven  }'ears  ago  that  Ma}'  Eleanor  Gates,  as 
she  wrote  herself  then,  was  working  for  the  Oakland 
Enquirer.  One  da}'  she  was  sent  to  "do"  what 
was  either  a  murder  or  a  suicide  in  Berkeley.  That 
same  day,  "Dick"  Tully,  who  was  the  Enquirer's 
representative  in  Berkeley,  had  gone  to  the  matinee 
in  San  Francisco,  and  that  was  why  Miss  Gates 
was  sent  on  the  detail.  It  was  the  famous  Brandes 
case,  and  Miss  Gates  had  stumbled  on  one  of  the 
most  interesting  stories  she  had  ever  worked  on 
up  to  that  time.  Brandes  had  murdered  his  little 
daughter  by  beating"  her  so  cruelly  that  she  died 
from  her  injuries.  But  it  was  alleged  that  the  little 
girl   had   killed  herself. 

*  *         * 

Miss  Gates  did  not  believe  the  suicide  theory  and 
when  young  Tully  finally  turned  up  after  the  mati- 
nee was  over  she  set  him  to  hunt  up  details  of  the 
Brandes  family,  ordering  him  about  just  as  if* she 
had  been  his  city  editor,  and  while  he  did  her  bid- 
ding she  wrote  that  part  of  the  story  she  had 
gleaned  herself.  Between  them  they  wrote  one  of 
the  most  sensational  newspaper  stories  that  the 
Enquirer  had  ever  published,  and  it  led  to  the  trial 
and  conviction  of  the  unnatural  father  who  was  sent 
to  jail  for  ten  years.  I  believe  he  was  recently 
released.  It  was  shortly  after  this  that  Tully  and 
Miss  Gates  both  entered  the  Universitv  at  Berkelev 


as  students.  They  were  sweethearts  then,  for  the 
meeting  over  the  Brandes  story  had  resulted  in  a 
case  of  love  at  first  sight.  They  were  married 
some  time  later,  secretly,  during  Tully 's  senior  year, 
but  until  their  college  life  ended  they  did  not  tell 
a  soul  of  their  union.  It  has  turned  out  one  of 
the  most  harmonious  marriages  on  record. 


Professor  Henry  Morse  Stephens  really  ought  to 
make  a  home  for  himself  in  Santa  Barbara,  for 
the  people  are  simply  crazy  over  him  there.  Ther 
fight  for  the  privilege  of  having  him  as  guest  dur- 
ing the  day  and  night  that  he  is  there  giving  his 
lecture,  and  he  could  visit  for  a  year  and  still  find 
that  there  were  others  soliciting  the  honor.  He 
stayed  with  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Boyd  Dore- 
mus  while  in  the  Channel  City  last  week,  and  when 
he  returns  to  speak  before  the  California  Bankers' 
Association,  the  dear  knows  what  will  happen.  1 
hope  that  he  may  not  be  put  up  to  the  highest 
bidder.  It  must  be  oppressive  to  be  so  great  a 
favorite  with  the  intellectual. 


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the  city.     American  and   European   plan. 

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find  at  Witter  Springs  Hotel ---the  most  magnificent  resort  hotel  in  the  West. 
Reservations  (or  hole!  and  collages  are  now  being  made. 

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Santa  Barbara  and  Montecito  arc  very  proud  of 
Mrs.  Deming  Jarves,  of  "The  Breakers,"  Montecito, 
who  has  been  abroad  with  her  husband  since  Spring, 
motoring  through  Europe,  and  who  was  heard  ol 
recentlj  as  the  winner  in  the  Cannes  Golf  Tourna- 
ment, when  she  carried  off  the  (.rand  Duke  Mich- 
ael's prize  in  the  women  members'  handicap  event, 
the  troph)  consisting  of  a  solid  gold  tea  service,  of 
seven  pieces,  enameled  in  deep  red.  and  with  raised. 
finely  carved  flowers  on  the  outside.  Mrs.  Jarves 
also  won  the  Duchess  of  Devonshire's  prize,  a  hand- 
some gold  jewel  case.  The  tea  service  is  highly 
prized  and  many  ladies  go  From  England  each  year 
to  try  for  it.  (  Inly  once  before  has  such  a  triumph 
come  to  America  and  that  was  in  1896,  when  Mrs. 
Franz  Zerrahn  of  Boston,  formerly  Miss  Whitney, 
carried  off  the  prize.  The  Dannes  golf  club  was 
started  in  1890  by  the  Duke  of  Cambridge,  who  was 
its  first  president.  The  Grand  Duke  Michael  is 
now    president. 

Mrs.  Bowman  II.  McCalla  gave  a  canyon  party 
the  other  day  at  her  home  in  Santa  liarbara,  when 
fully  250  of  the  fashionable  people  of  that  city 
and  Montecito  were  present.  The  affair  was  so 
different  from  the  ordinary  garden  fetes  that  it 
made  quite  a  little  babble  of  conversation  and  in 
strict  confidence  it  may  be  said  that  every  young 
matron  and  belle  had  on  the  prettiest  shoes  that 
ever  gladdened  the  eyes.  Of  course  it  is  not  very 
good  for  high  heels  to  scramble  up  and  down  the 
rugged  canyon  paths  and  they  may  have  suffered 
but  it  is  not  every  day  that  their  wearers  get  the 
opportunity.  Mrs.  Albert  W.  Bacon,  Mrs.  Dris- 
coll's  mother,  poured  tea;  Miss  Nellie  Stow  poured 
coffee;  and  Miss  Antonia  Marin  served  ice  cream. 
Mrs.  McCalla  was  assisted  by  Miss  Stella  McCalla, 
Miss  Elizabeth  Livermore,  Miss  Davis.  Miss  Ednah 
Davis,  Miss  Cora  Bowditch,  Miss  Callahan  and  her 
sister.  Miss  Marian  McElrath,  and  a  few  other  San 
Franciscans,  which  goes  to  prove  that  those  from 
the  City  on  the  Bay  are  loyal  to  their  old  towns- 
people. 


with   "copy,"  the  editor  of  the  Cosmopolitan    will 
yell  "copy"  and  "boy"  in  vain. 

Therein,  Tack  made  almost  an  error.  He  could 
write  for  none  more  appropriately  than  the  an- 
archist readers  of  the  Cosmopolitan,  who  will  think 
the  "Snark"  the  first  vessel  that  ever  carried  an 
author  to  the  South  Seas.  India  and  thereabout- 
When  the  adventurer  comes  upon  the  footprints 
of  Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Rudyard  Kipling  and 
Lafcadio  Hearn,  he  had  better  not  send  his  impres- 
sions to  the  25  and  35  cent  magazines  but,  depart- 
ing, leave  behind  him,  long,  hurried,  pell-mell  foot- 
prints i  in  the  sands  of  time. 


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Good  Service 


ARE  YOU  GETTING  ALL  THREE? 


WE  WANT  TO  KNOW- 

If  you  are  not  getting  a  full  flow  of  clean,  rich  gas. 
If  your  lights  are  not  entirely  satisfactory. 
If  your  gas  appliances  are  not  efficient  and  need  adjustment. 
If  you  have  any  complaint  which  ha's  not  received  full    and 
courteous  attention. 

WE  HAVE  EXPERT  INSPECTORS- 

A  full  corps  of  trained  men   who  are  at  your   service   day 

and  night. 
Let  us  know  if  anything  is  wrong. 


"AT    YOUR    SERVICE'' 

The  San  Francisco  Gas  and  Electric  Company 

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421  PRESIDIO  AVE. 


It  is  said  that  Willie  Hearst  and  Jack  London 
are  no  longer  on  good  terms.  The  break  should 
be  advantageous  to  both  of  them.  It  will  make 
both  more  popular  with  the  Socialists:  Hearst,  be- 
cause Jack  is  thought  to  be  turning  plutucrat ;  and 
London,  because  it  will  mean  a  financial  loss,  the 
ideal  of  all  Socialists. 

Hearst's  Cosmopolitan  Magazine,  the  organ  of 
biff-bang  pessimism,  includes  most  of  London's 
audience.  He  may  now  perforce  turn  to  the 
Century,  organ  of  bouquet  optimism.  The  author 
refuses  to  go  around  the  world  placarded  with 
Journal.  So  he  will  not  write  for  the  Cosmopolitan 
the  articles  which  that  magazine  has  been  prefac- 
ing and  pre-illustrating  for  some  months.  "For 
Cosmopolitan  readers  only,"  they  advertised,  in- 
tending to  sustain  interest  in  the  articles  for  seven 
years,  the  schedule  of  the  cruise.  But  now,  when 
the  Captain  of  the  "Snark"  rushes  into  some  port 


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Ladies'   Tailors  and 
Habit  Makers 

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Service  better  than  befoi 
the  fire 


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T.  A.  Drirc 


F.  J.  Carcldn 


Waller  S.  Hobarl 


The  Victorious   Burlingame  Polo  Team 
Winners    of    the    recent    Tournament    in    the    South 


There  is  a  ghost  at  Lyndhurst,  the  family  man- 
sion of  the  Thaws.  It  is  not  of  the  late  unlamented 
Stanford  White,  but  a  lady  ghost.  She  has  been 
in  the  haunting  business  since  the  Spring  of  1902, 
previous  to  that  time  being  the  wife  of  a  Presby- 
terian minister  in  Kentucky  and  related  to  Mrs. 
William  Thaw.  On  a  visit  to  Lyndhurst  she  ap- 
propriated death  to  herself  with  a  rope  and  was 
found  hanging  in  the  bathroom.  News  of  the  affair 
was  muffled  by  influential  friends ;  but  the  departed 
soon  became  chief  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Skele- 
tons with  headquarters  in  the  family  closet.  The 
old  lady  Thaw  desires  to  sell  the  place  and  the 
hereditaments  corporeal  and  incorporeal,  as  she  has 
grown  superstitious. 

It  is  said  that  Harry  Thaw  frequently  urged  the 
sale,  and  would  never  sleep  there  without  a  light 
in  his  room.  Spooks  have  always  had  idiosyncra- 
cies.  The  use  of  cocaine  and  morphine  in  some  way 
attracts  their  supernatural  instincts.  Every  time 
young  Thaw,  high-life  weary  and  money-spent,  re- 
turned home  for  the  gold  cure,  the  spectre  would 
come  hankering  around  and  do  the  dance  of  the 
seven  veils  at  his  bedside  in  the  purple-playing  shad- 
ows of  the  night. 

*  *         * 

Miss  Helen  and  Miss  Bessie  Ashton  have  been 
visiting  at  the  Hotel  Rafael  recently.  These  two 
girls  are  general  favorites  and  are  always  welcome 
guests  at  San  Rafael,  where  they  are  the  recipients 

of  much  entertaining. 

*  %         % 

Mrs.  Beaver  and  the  Misses  Beaver,  who  have 
been  residing  in  Berkeley  since  their  old  home  on 
Taylor  Street  was  burned,  will  soon  buy  and  build 
on  this  side  of  the  bay. 


At  a  delightful  tea  given  in  Sausalito  last  week, 
Mrs.  Robbins  made  Miss  Mabel  Watkins,  who  will 
be  a  June  bride,  the  guest  of  honor.  Miss  Williar 
looked  very  happy  upon  this  occasion,  both  these 
girls  have  been  the  motif  of  much  entertaining. 
Miss  Williar  has  not  yet  named  her  wedding  day. 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


-THE  WASP- 


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A  Society   Muster  in  the  Southland 

Charles  W.  Clark's  horse  beating  Dr.  E.  J.  Boescke's  for  the  A.  B.  Spreckels  Challenge  Cup 

at  the  Country  Club  Course,  Coronado 


Marie  Corelli  is  happy  as  a  Peace  Congress  these 
days,  on  hearing  that  the  absinthe  habit  is  feeling 
the  iron  heel  of  virtue  in  Europe.  Marie's  "Worm- 
wood" was  ostensibly  a  reckless,  record-breaking 
spurt  of  reform.  But  the  work  skidded.  Thousands 
who  read  that  book,  and  to  whom  absinthe  was  but 
hearsay,  went  to  the  decadent  beverage  for  a  new 
sensation.  They  yearned  to  see  gamboge  tigers 
with  ombre  stripes  following  them  at  eve  from  the 
streets  to  their  stairways.  They  longed  for  visions 
of  classic  marble  hung  with  immortelles,  at  the  price 
of  a  few  cents.  Loss  of  appetite,  hallucinations, 
ranting  fancies,  patent  medicine  symptoms  made 
lovely,  became  widespread  expectations,  especially 
among  the  Bohemian  class.  To  sip  grandeur  from 
the  reseda  drink  they  believed  possible  on  the  word 
of  the  author.  But  the  only  elation  some  of  them 
experienced  was  the  inability  to  walk  through  a 
crowd  without  disturbing  the  peace:  also,  perhaps, 
farce-comedy  slumps  in  the  coin  pocket.  They 
therefore  voted  Marie  a  goddess  of  false  hopes  and 
a  faker. 

The  fault  lay  in  the  fact  that  the  Anglo-Saxon  is 
too  practical  and  has  too  big  an  appetite  to  make 
an  ideal  lunatic.  Parisians  know  the  art  of  being 
insane  without  going  crazy.  A  French  workingman 
can  go  through  his  work  on  a  bubble  omelet,  an 
absinthe  and  a  little  quinine.  At  eve.  he  satisfies 
his  patriotism  with  a  riot  or  a  naughty  song.  But 
Americans  want  more  for  their  money.  Few  vices 
are  ever  crushed  out..  Let  them  flourish  in  France,' 
where  the  people  know  how  to  use  them  to  advant- 
age and  glory. 

Miss  Lita  Schlesinger  planned  a  pleasant  sur- 
prise for  her  friends  last  week.  She  invited  a 
number  for  bridge  and  during  the  afternoon  an- 
nounced   her    engagement    to    Rev.    John    Rowland 


Lathrop,  pastor  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church  of 
Berkeley.  Miss  Schlesinger  is  the  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  A.  C.  Schlesinger  of  Oakland,  well  known 
in  the  social  set  there.  Mr.  Lathrop  is  a  graduate 
of  Harvard,  also  of  the  Leadville  Theological 
School.  Since  his  coming  from  his  home  in  Jackson, 
Miss.,  he  has  made  many  friends  in  Berkeley. 
Although  no  date  has  been  set,  the  wedding,  it  is 
said  will  occur  in  the  near  future. 


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-THE  WASP- 


Mrs.    W.    G.    Henshaw   of   Oakland    is    receiving 
much   attention   at   the   Potter,   in   Santa   Barbara. 
She  is  accompanied  by  several  Oakland  women. 
*   *      *  * 

Miss  Sydney  Davis,  who  is  at  Santa  Barbara, 
was  painted  by  Carle  J.  Blenner  of  New  York  just 
before  he  took  his  departure  for  Gotham.  She  posed 
in  an  easy  chair,  her  hands  filled  with  great  pink 
roses,  and  a  bower  of  the  same  blossoms  making 
a  background  for  the  figure  in  a  white  gown.  On 
her  head  is  a  gyps)'  hat,  with  roses  wreathing  the 
crown  and  peeping  from  the  brim.  I  hear  that  her 
distinguished  father  is  greatly  pleased  with  the 
picture. 

Denver  has  a  restaurant  where  a  man  can  win  a 
bride  between  the  salad  and  the  entree.  It  is  near 
the  Denver  Court  House,  whose  statesmen  say  the 
proprietress  knows  how  to  make  a  good  meal  as 
well  as  a  match.  In  order  to  get  Societv  in  action, 
she  endeavored  to  insert  the  following  delicious  ad 
in  the  newspapers.  But  the  managers  wiggled  and 
refused.  Here  it  is,  and  the  ad-writer  for  the 
Caliph  Haroun  al  Raschid  could  not  have  done 
better: 

"Wives  furnished  for  eligible  gentlemen  without 
delay.  Why  waste  time  in  writing  and  exchanging 
photographs?  Our  combination  cafe  and  marriage 
bureau  saves  time  and  brokers'  commissions.  Meet 
your  wife  at  the  dinner  table.  Get  something  good 
to  eat  and  get  acquainted  at  the  same  time.  You'd 
have  to  eat  somewhere,  anyhow.  Let  us  know  by 
phone  the  kind  you  prefer,  and  we  will  do  the  rest. 
Cozy  corners,  soft  lights  and  dream)'  music  with- 
out extra  charge.  .Finest  a  la  carte  service  in  the 
City.  Get  in  now  while  the  good  ones  last.  You'll 
never  be  any  younger." 

The  pousse  cafe  courtship  is  not  a  bad  idea.  It 
might  not  produce  as  stalwart  a  country  vote  as  the 
old  oaken  bucket  plan.  Still,  as  the  lady  says  they 
must  eat  somewhere,  so  they  will  marry  somewhere. 
Why  not  among  themselves? 

The  interior  of  the  home  which  William  E.  Corey 
has  furnished  for  Maybelle  Gihnan  is  an  extrava- 
ganza of  color  and  upholstery.  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Corey-Riggs,  sister  of  the  steel  magnate,  guided  a 
few  reporters  through  the  establishment ;  so  it 
looks  as  if  May  7th,  set  for  the  wedding  in  Paris,  is 
no  press  agent's  story.  Descriptions  from  New 
York  certainly  make  it  a  gay  shack  where  this  co- 
respondent will  reside.  No  bed  room  of  mirrors  or 
plush-covered  swing  is  mentioned ;  but  there  is  an 
array  of  buff  and  gold,  rose  and  cream,  splashed 
damask,  huge  roses,  white  marbles,  mahogany  sur- 
faces, carved  legs,  draperies,  divans,  pillows  and 
lounging   places. 

Corey  has  defiantly  stated  that  Society  must  re- 
ceive his  bride.  There  is  a  dream  of  beauty  in  that 
word  "must."  Why  must?  Otherwise,  what  will  he 
do?  Will  he  quit  making  steel  and  let  Society  go 
short  on   carving  knives   for  a   while?     It  may  be 


that  only  the  defied  ones  know  what  he  is  talking 
about.  He  might  happen  to  know  who  is  trembling 
when  he  says,  You  must.  It  might  just  be  a  case  of, 
It's  time  for  all  good  fellows  to  stand  in  together. 
Which  reminds  us  of  the  old,  old  questions :  What 
is  a  good  fellow?  and.  Why  does  he  cross  the  road? 

The  "Old  Timer"  has  been  squelched  as  a 
searcher  of  ancestors.  Emile  Brugiere,  writing  to 
the  Wasp  from  Monterey,  replies  to  him  as  follows : 

"I  am  not  surprised  that  the  Old  Timer  should 
doubt  that  I  even  had  a  paternal  grand-father,  as 
such  is  a  scarcity  in  some  of  the  Smart  Set  of  San 
Francisco.  My  paternal  grand-father,  Amadee  de 
Brugiere,  was  born  in  the  south  of  France  in  a 
town  that  still  bears  the  name  of  Brugiere.  His 
great  grand-father  was  the  Baron  de  Sorson,  a  man 
of  great  cultivation.  His  translation  of  Shakespeare 
into  French  and  Chinese,  and  other  works  of  his, 
both  historical  and  scientific,  are  still  referred  to  in 
libraries  fortunate  enough  to  possess  these  books. 
The  original  volumes  are  in  my  mother's  home  at 
Newport,  R.  I.  On  coming  to  America,  he  decided 
to  drop  the  "de,"  believing  that  a  man  of  noble  birth 
should    not     advertise     the    fact     in     a     democratic 


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13 


country,  lie-  was  a  merchant  in  New  York  City. 
I  lis  vessels  sailed  t"  the  Four  corners  of  the  world, 
and  in  those  days  he  did  a  business  of  over  a  million 
dollars  a  year.  Iris  not  very  difficult  for  the  wise 
■  Timer  to  look  up  the  histor)  of  Amadee  de 
Brugiere  in  the  History  of  Merchants  of  New  York 
City;  and  if  the  '  >1<1  Timer  who  has  a  pedigree  of 
niir  Smart  Set  on  his  tongue's  end,  should  desire 
any  further  information  regarding  my  family  histor) 
on  the  paternal  or  maternal  side.  I  would  he  pleased 
to  furnish  him  some,  free  of  cost,  even  in  this  com- 
mercial   age." 

*  *        # 

Mrs.  Ynez  Shorh  White's  Skating  Club,  held  the 
final  meeting  of  the  season  on  last  Monday  night. 
(  >uing  to  the  Bachelor's  Ball,  which  took  place  in 
Berkeley  on  the  same  evening,  many  prominent 
skaters  were  missed.  Mr.  Aimer  Newhall  and 
Southard  Hoffmann,  however,  led  a  jolly  crowd 
from  San  Rafael.  Mrs.  John  Metcalf  is  as  yet  too 
timid  to  venture  upon  the  floor  without  an  in- 
structor, but  by  the  time  Capt.  Metcalf  returns  from 
his  tour,  he  will  note  great  improvement,  as  his 
wife  took  her  first  lessons  in  skating  on  the  eve  of 
his  departure.  Miss  Irene  Sabin,  who  lately 
returned  from  the  East,  was  present  and  was  the 
recipient  of  much  attention.  Miss  Ethel  Shorb 
looked  extremely  pretty  in  a  light  summer  gown. 
Miss  Bates  is  an  untiring  skater.  Mr.  Paschal,  Mr. 
Robson.  Mr.  Vogel,  Mr.  Bee,  Mr.  McAfee  scarcely 
paused  during  the  entire  evening.  Mr.  Lester 
r.urnette.  and  Mr.  Punnitt,  each  tangled  themselves 
ftp  most  gracefully  and  like  William  the  Conqueror, 
laid  hold  of  the  floor  with  both  hands,  but  joined 
agreeably  in  the  laugh.  It  was  suggested  by  some 
of  the  ladies  on  leaving  the  hall,  that  a  vote  of 
thanks  and  some  testimonial  of  appreciation  be 
presented  to  Mrs.  White,  for  her  kindness  during 
the  season.  Totally  oblivious  of  self,  she  sees  that 
all  her  guests  have  a  good  time. 

*  *  * 

The  many  friends  of  Mrs.  Samuel  Shortridge  will 
be  grieved  to  hear  that  she  has  been  removed  to 
the  Livermore  Sanitarium,  where  her  condition 
remains  so  serious  as  to  cause  her  husband  and 
family  great  anxiety.  It  is  hoped  the  perfect  quiet 
and  rest  will  entirely  restore  her  health'. 

*  *         * 

A  marriage  which  was  quietly  celebrated  last 
Saturday,  was  that  of  Mrs.  Mabel  Moore  Eaton 
and  Jesse  Wilber  Glover,  U.  S.  R.  C.  S.  The 
ceremony  was  performed  at  the  home  of  Rev.  Brad- 
ford Leavitt,  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church.  Capt. 
Glover  is  commander  of  the  revenue  cutter  Thetis. 
After  a  short  wedding  tour,  he  will  leave  on  Mav 
15th  for  Point  Barrow,  Alaska.  The  bride  was  the 
widow  of  Ward  Eaton,  brother  of  Lloyd  Eaton 
and  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Eaton  of  this  Citv. 
Ward  Eaton  died  in  Tonopah,  Nevada  about  two 
years  ago.  Mrs.  Fred  Eaton  was  Miss  Rose  Miller, 
of  San  Jose,  sister  of  Mrs.  George  Ladd,  who  after 
the  death  of  Mr.  Ladd.  went  East  and  abroad,  and 
while  on  her  travels,  she  married  a  Mr.  Mitchell, 
some   years   her  junior.      But   the   match    proved   a 


ver)   happy  one.     They  are  now  living  in  the  East. 

*  *      *        * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  J.  Dutton,  and  Miss  Mollie 
will  leave  the  Citj  early  in  August  for  a  tour  abroad 
They  will  visit  the  Orient,  thence  journey  to 
Egypt  and  Europe,  during  an  absence  of  about  a 
year. 

Judge  Sloss  has  been  enjoying  a  few  day-,  rest 
at  Santa  Barbara  and  was  the  host  at  a  small 
luncheon   at    Montecito  the  other  day. 

*  *  # 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jules  I'.rett,  who,  when  in  California, 
makes  Hotel  Rafael  their  home,  will  soon  leave  for 
a  trip  to  Mexico  and  be  gone  several  months. 


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Fronting  the  Ocean  in  cool  Santa  Barbara.  A  daylight  ride 
through  the  prettiest  country  in  the  world.  Most  picturesque  coast. 
Golf,  polo,  tennis,  fishing,  automobiling,  surf  bathing,  yachts  and 
launches  and  horse-back  riding.  See  the  Santa  Barbara  Mission 
(still  in  use).  Hope  Ranch,  Channell  Islands,  Le  Cumbre  trail  and 
a  thousand  other  things  that  will  interest  you.  Accommodations  for 
1200.     Rates  May  1st  to  January  1st,  $2.50  per  day  and  upwards 

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will  show  you  floor  plans,  secure  your  transportation  and  attend  to 
other  details  of  travel.     Reduced  round  trip  rates  good  for  thirty  days. 


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-THE  WASP 


MRS.  CHAS.  E.  HUGHES 
Wife  of  the  Governor  of  New  York  who  defeated  Hearst. 


Our  office  boy  is  compiling  a  set  of  statistics  to 
determine  what  occupation  a  poor  girl  might  enter 
with  most  favorable  chances  of  meeting  and  marry- 
ing a  millionaire.  The  records  thus  far  give  chorus 
girls  the  first  place,  with  trained  nurses  second.  His 
method  may  be  inaccurate,  for  he  gets  his  data  not 
only  from  the  society  columns  but  includes  the 
heroines  of  popular  songs.  In  might  have  been 
this  practice  that  placed  waitresses  third  on  the 
winning  list.  But  last  week  he  tallied  one  from 
real  life  in  the  latter's  score. 

Hitherto  the  name  of  Miss  Jennie  Donohue  has 
not  been  featured  in  the  social  page,  but  will  when 
the  lady  goes  East  as  the  wife  of  F.  E.  Boris,  a 
high-rater    among    Pittsburg    brokers.       Down    at 


Catalina  Island  she  has  been  wasting  her  smiles 
among  the  Tuxedoless  johnnies  who  would  wait  for 
her  after  8  P.  M.  at  the  back  door  of  the  Hotel 
Metropole.  The  prices  of  rubies,  pearls  and  roses 
must  go  up  considerably  before  we  deign  use  them 
as  attributes  of  her  lips,  teeth  and  complexion. 
And  as  for  starry  eyes,  none  of  your  common, 
ordinary  stingy  stars  seen  from  City  thoroughfares, 
but  those  of  amethystine  ray  that  glow  in  the 
mellow  firmament  above  an  Oriental  rose  garden  or 
the  alligator  streams  of  Jacksonville.  Florida,  her 
native  burg. 

*         *         * 

The  engagement  of  Miss  Mary  Patten  to  the 
Danish  Minister,  Mr.  Constantin  Brun,  has  been 
rumored  in  Washington  and  neither  been  affirmed 
nor  denied  by  the  parties  most  interested.  Miss 
Patten,  the  eldest  of  five  daughters,  is  rapidly  near- 
ing  that  mysterious  age  when  it  is  impossible  to 
classify  an  unmarried  woman.  The  young  girls 
look  on  her  as  a  being  of  another  world  and  the 
married  women  with  grown  children  exclaim  when 
the}'  see  her  name  in  the  Society  columns,  "Oh,  my. 
Why  I  went  to  school  with  May  at  Miss  Bird's 
so  many  years  ago."  But  like  May  herself  they 
stop  short  at   counting  the  years. 

The  Patten  sisters  are  the  daughters  of  the  late 
Edward  Patten  and  Mrs.  Patten  of  Virginia  City, 
Nevada.  Mr.  Patten  was  a  miner  and  accumulated 
a  great  fortune.  After  his  death  his  widow  came 
to  San  Francisco,  where  she  and  her  family  lived 
in  very  expensive  style.  She  placed  her  five 
daughters  in  the  College  of  Notre  Dame,  San  Jose, 
and  later  on  took  them  to  the  convent  of  Notre 
Dame,  Paris,  where  they  remained  so  long  in  the 
completion  of  their  education  that  the  sisters  wrote 
to  Mrs.  Patten  that  the  young  ladies  had  passed  the 


Miss  May  Sutton  in  a  lively  Tennis  Game  at  Coronado 


-THE  WASP- 


17 


school-girl  stage  and  sin  mid  be  launched  in  Society. 

This  she  did  and  soon  after  purchased  a  fine  house 
in  Washington,  which  has  since  become  a  center  of 
social  interest  at  the  capital.  The  wits  of  Wash- 
ington termed  the  Patten  home  on  Massachusetts 
Avenue  "The  Irish  Legation."  but  such  shafts  did 
not  deter  the  Californians,  and  they  have  stormed 
successfully,  the  citadel  of  Washington  exclusive- 
ness.  Mary,  the  eldest  girl,  was  once  reported  as 
engaged  to  Bourke  Cochran.  Augusta,  the  second 
daughter,  married  Congressman  J.  .Milton  Glover 
and  ha.-  been  divorced.  Edith,  whose  name  is  now 
spelled  Edythe  by  the  Washington  Society  report- 
er-, married  General  Corbin.  The  other  daughters, 
Josephine  and  Nellie,  are  unmarried.  The  social 
campaign  of  this  noted  family  has  therefore  not 
been  distinguished  by  many  brilliant  matrimonial 
alliances.  The  Patten  sisters  are  noted  in  Washing- 
ton for  their  keen  wit.  of  which  Society  is  more 
or  less  apprehensive.  Lord  Bacon,  in  one  of  his 
famous  essays,  tells  us  that  people  of  keen  wit 
should  consider  that  their  victims  have  long  mem- 
ories. 

Mr>.  Patten  died  many  years  ago  and  divided  her 
large  estate  amongst  her  daughters,  who  have  stead- 
ily steered  their  social  course  by  the  needle  point 
of  their  ambition  to  move  amongst  the  elect  ol 
Washington. 

*         *         * 

Emma  Eames  and  her  husband  have  been 
judicially  subdivided.  (  )n  the  other  hand  May 
Yohe    recently    telephoned    to    the    Little    Church 


around  the  Corner  that  her  third  was  ready  with  the 
dominie's  fee.  Boni  de  Castellane  has  appealed 
from  the  countess'  divorce.  Lillian  Russell  is  here 
in  our  City  attending  strictly  to  business.  If  she 
were  not,  we  would  have  heard  of  the  fact  a  week 
before  her  arrival. 

Eames  has  such  a  Minervalike  personality  that 
a  divorce  has  no  effect  upon  her,  even  in  the  sight 
of  that  most  fastidious  institution  in  the  world, 
yellow  journalism.  Yohe  is  not  as  fortunate.  She 
is  frequently  kept  after  school  by  Mrs.  Grundy  for 
refusing  to  do  homework.  In  her  behalf  an 
emergency  call  was  sent  to  the  pastor  for  a  mid- 
night ceremony.  The  other  party  is  I.  Newton 
Brown,  claimed  by  both  New  York  and  Phil- 
adelphia. Reason  for  the  haste  is  not  given.  Surely 
no  one  objected  to  Mrs.  Hope-Strong  acquiring 
another  home.  And  no  wise  parent  would  frustrate 
Mr.  Brown,  as  the  marriage  could  not  be  viewed  to 
run  more  than  a  season  at  the  Casino  anyway,  and 
might  be  cheaper  in  the  end.  However,  the  Little 
Pastor  around  the  Corner  was  not  at  his  post,  and 
a  still  alarm  was  sent  in  to  a  clergyman  who  is 
famous  for  marriages  at  all  hours.  But  he  failed  to 
respond  this  time.  The  hotel  clerk  thought  he 
would  be  calling  May's  bluff  by  suggesting  an 
alderman  to  do  the  exercises.  Whereupon  she  asked 
for  a  continuance,  and  went  with  Mr.  Brown  to  the 
Champagne  Springs  on  Broadway. 

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Why  doesn't  Schmitz  get  up  a  weird  and  wooly 
tale  like  P.  H.  McCarthy's  about  a  conspiracy  to 
chloroform  and  murder  him.  A  story  of  that  sort 
about  secret  agents  of  the  Mikado  laying  for  him 
with  carboys  of  chloroform  and  razor-edge  butcher- 
knives  might  lift  him  temporarily  out  of  the  deep 
shadow  of  the  penitentiary. 


The  Call's  notable  scoop  of  the  stenographic  re- 
port of  the  confessions  of  the  Supervisors  came  like 
a  thunderclap  in  a  clear  sky.  The  Examiner, 
Chronicle  and  Bulletin  had  regarded  that  testimony 
as'  hermetically  sealed  and  overlooked  the  one 
chance  of  breaking  into  it.  The  Call  got  its  scoop, 
not  from  Rudolph  Spreckels,  nor  Heney,  nor  Lang- 
don,  but  from  Louis  Glass,  who  demanded  the  testi- 
mony on  which  the  indictment  against  him  was 
returned.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the  Call's 
great  scoop  covered  only  the  telephone  bribery 
story.  That  of  course  was  the  only  testimony  fur- 
nished to  Glass. 


A  good  many  people  here  imagine  that  Kearny 
Street  was  named  after  the  late  Dennis  Kearney, 
and  they  invariably  spell  it  with  an  "e"  in  the  last 
syllable.  But  Kearny  Street  was  not  named  after 
the  agitator,  but  after  General  Phil  Kearny,  who 
was  out  here  before  most  of  us  were  born.  Prop- 
erly pronounced  it  is  "Karny,"  like  Kate  who  "lived 
by  the  banks  of  Killarney." 


James  Henry  Smith,  now  "Silent"  forever,  has 
bequeathed  more  money  than  silence  to  his  rela- 
tions, and  there  is  likelihood  of  some  sonorous 
probating  over  his  estate.  His  sister.  Lady  Cooper, 
putdown  an  unfinished  cutlet  and  left  London  like 
a  one  best  bet,  on  learning  the  widow  was  on  her 
way  to  New  York.  Accompanying  the  English 
matron,  is  Sir  George  Alexander  Cooper,  with 
Smith's  will  and  the  moneybags  to  bring  home  the 
winnings.  The  Coopers  have  been  pegging  along 
with  a  meagre  $50,000,000,  which  milady  inherited 
from  "Chicago"  Smith.  With  "Silent's"  money  she 
would  have  about  a  hundred  millions,  and  be  the 
richest  thing  in  hairpins  that  Society  editors  can 
remember. 

Mrs.  "Silent,"  soothed  and  petted  by  the  Duke 
and  Dutchess  of  Manchester,  arrived  here  last  Sun- 
day. She  is  said  to  have  been  "cut  off"  with 
$5,000,000.  One  of  her  New  York  friends,  claiming 
more  information  than  theory,  states  there  are  ex- 
pectations of  another  heir  with  the  widow  who  is 
now  more  forty  than  fair  and  fat.  Thi=  little  pilgrim, 
unprovided  for  in  another  will,  would  be  stronger 

lis  the  propel  thing  to  take  Abbotts  Bitters  with  a  glass  of  sherry  or  soda  before  meals: 
gives  you  an  appetite.     At  all  druggists. 


than  all  the  lawyers  of  New  York  to  break  the  testa- 
mentary document  merely  by  uttering  its  birth-cry. 
In  any  event,  the  prospects  for  a  contest  are  bright 
as  a  diamond  sunburst.  There  are  at  least  six 
surviving  heirs,  outside  of  Lady  Cooper.  The  spoils 
would  seem  sufficient  to  make  victors  of  all  con- 
cerned. Yet  when  a  little  lopsidedness  in  the  division 
can  make  one  woman  the  richest  in  the  world,  the 
denouement  is  interesting  enough  to  give  the 
posthumous  heir  the  birth-mark  of  a  lemon  on  its 
funny-bone. 


The  returns  for  1906  from  the  Hamburg- 
American,  the  North-German  Lloyd  and  the 
Cunard  lines  show  the  largest  profits  in  theirj 
history.  The  Hamburg-American  line,  however,  in 
some  of  its  branches  shows  a  falling  off  in  returns 
and  has  felt  the  keen  edge  of  Japanese  competition 
in  the  far  East.  This  last  in  itself  is  quite  signific- 
cant  and  indicates  what  is  in  store  for  ourselves. 
The  Wasp  has  several  times  pointed  out  the  im- 
possibility of  our  competing  with  Japan  in  the 
ocean  carrying  trade  on  the  Pacific.  Not  only  is 
the  American  shipowner  handicapped  by  costly 
ships  and  high  wages,  but  he  is  at  the  mercy  of] 


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labor  agitators,  who  strive  day  and  night  to  ruin 
his  business.  When  he  appeals  to  the  courts  to 
stop  their  lawless  acts,  he  obtains  no  redress. 


the    Colorado    Senator.      The    young    couple,    it    is 
said,  had  long;  been  secretly  engaged. 


\i  tin-  writing  the  carmen  are  undecided  whether 
to  strike  or  not.  It  is  to  be  Imped  that  they  may 
disregard  the  advise  of  their  false  friends  and  remain 
at  work  for  the  strike  would  be  a  bad  thing  for  the 
City  and  equally  SO  for  the  strikers.  The  wave  of 
prosperity  is  subsiding"  in  the  Kasl  and  wages  there  are 
falling.  In  I'ittslmrg,  which  is  one  of  the  most  pros- 
perous of  Eastern  cities  plasterers  gel  only  $3  a  day 
and  expect  that  rate  to  he  reduced.  Painters  and 
carpenters  are  also  over  numerous  and  their  wages 
are  inclined  to  drop.  Common  laborers  are  idle  in  the 
thousands  and  eager  for  work  at  $1.40  a  day.  Ten 
thousand  men  could  be  found  in  the  Eastern  cities 
eager  to  take  the  carmen'-,  places  here,  if  permitted  to 
work.  It  is  not  likely  that  Mayor  Schmitz  will  have 
much  to  say  as  to  the  repression  of  violence  if  the 
strike  should  occur.  If  the  matter  be  passed  up  to 
<  iovernor  ( lillett,  that  official  would  not  be  chary  about 
using  militia,  and  Major  General  Funston  might  be 
made  a  factor  in  the  quarrel  if  the  militia  failed.  The 
public  sentiment  is  strongly  against  the  strike  and  the 
carmen  will  receive  little  sympathy  should  the  mer- 
chants of  the  City  close  their  stores,  and  lay  off  thou- 
sands of  clerks,  there  being  do  business  to  justify  their 
employment.  There  can  be  no  business  in  a  City  like 
this  when  the  street  cars  cease  to  run.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  carmen  will  realize  that  they  are  now  the  best 
paid  railroad  hands  -  in  America  and  avoid  the 
mountain  of  trouble  a  strike  would  bring  on  them 
and  their  fellow  citizens. 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM 


San  Francisco  pleasure  seekers  will  be  delighted  to 
learn  that  the  Hotel  Vendome  has  reopened  and  is 
more  attractive  and  comfortable  than  ever.  It  has 
been  rebuilt  on  lines  that  make  it  earthquake  proof, 
and  has  a  complete  system  of  scientific  plumbing,  new 
bathrooms,  telephones  in  every  room  and  vacuum  air 
cleaning.  With  its  beautiful  grounds,  bowling  alleys, 
tennis  courts  and  magnificent  bathing  pavilion,  it  is  an 
ideal  summer  resort,  only  an  hour's  ride  from  the  City. 
Thirty-five  trains  daily  connect  it  with  San  Francisco. 


At  an  elaborate  luncheon  given  recently  at  Wash- 
ington. Pa.,  by  Miss  Amy  Dunlap,  the  engagement 
of  Miss  Helen  Dent  Wreneshall  to  Chaffee  Grant, 
of  San  Diego,  Cal.,  was  announced.  Miss  Wrene- 
shall is  the  third  daughter  of  the  late  Edward 
Wreneshall.  Mr.  Grant  is  the  eldest  son  of 
Ulysses  S.  Grant,  Jr.,  of  San  Diego,  and  is  a  grand- 
son of  General  Grant  and  of  the  late  Senator 
Chaffee  of  Colorado.  With  the  announcement  of 
this  engagement  old  memories  will  be  revived,  when 
U.  S.  Grant.  Jr.,  was  in  San  Francisco,  about 
twenty-five  years  ago.  It  was  on  this  occasion  his 
own  engagement  was  announced  to  a  well-known 
heiress.  Later  the  engagement  was  dissolved,  and 
young    Grant    married    Miss    Chaffee,    daughter   of 


Miss  Lita  Schlessinger,  whose  engagement  was 
announced  this  week,  is  quite  a  young  girl.  She 
is  very  musical  and  has  a  fine  voice  which  has  been 
well  cultivated.  She  is  a  sister  of  one  of  the  most 
popular  youths  over  the  bay,  (  )sear  Schlessinger. 
Their  mother  was  one  of  the  Sawyer  sisters,  one 
of  them  being  Mrs,  Calvert  Meade  of  (  lakland. 


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-THE  WASP^ 


McCarthy's  Croak 

Fearsome  Tale  of  a  Labor  Financier 

It  was  a  Labor  Financier, 

Who  stoppeth  one  of  three. 

"By  thy  red  mustache  and  eyes  that  flash, 

Now  wherefore  stopp'st  thou  me?" 

He  raises  his  Trades  Council  hand; 
"There  was  a  plot,"  quoth  he. 
"Skiddoo,  McCarthy,"  said  the  friend. 
But  P.  H.  took  "no  23". 

The  friend  stood  by  the  rosewood  bar, 
And  sipped  his  cool  steam  beer ; 
And  thus  spoke  on  P.  H.  McC. 
That  bright-eyed  financier : 

"The  votes  were  cast,  the  town  aghast ; 
Merrily  did  we  join. 
In   City  Hall  and  Bricklayers'  Ball, 
To  use  the  City's  coin. 

"But  the  grand  jury  came,  and  they 
Were  virtuous  and  strong. 
They  brought  indictments  by  the  ream 
They've  kept  up  right  along. 

"The  graft  was  here,  the  graft  was  there, 
The  graft  was  all  around ; 
It  leapt  from  pits  of  shame  to  Schmitz 
And  people  wide  renowned. 

"Things  grew  so  loose,  our  Union  goose 
That  laid  the  golden  egg, 
Grew  fat  on  graft,  as  loud  we  laughed 
And  pulled  the  City's  leg. 

"It  ate  the  food  it  ne'er  had  ate, 
And  round  and  round  it  flew. 
The  City  it  half  threw  a  fit, 
But  Ruef  he  steered  us  through. 

"A  good  trade  wind  sprang  up  behind; 
The  big  fat  goose  did  follow, 
And  every  day,  for  food  or  play, 
Came  to  the  Mayor's  hollo. 

"God  save  thee,  Labor  Financier; 
Why  look'st  thou  like  the  deuce?" 
"I  must  not  cavil ;  with  my  gavel, 
I  killed  our  big  fat  goose.' 

"Ah,  I  had  done  a  hellish  thing, 
But  I  didn't  care  a  peg. 
And  all  averred  I  had  killed  the  bird 
That  laid  the  golden  egg. 

"Day  after  day,  day  after  day. 
I    stood    without    emotion. 
As  idle  as  a  painted  fish 
Upon  a  painted  ocean. 


"Except  that  when  they  needed  help 
For  Jerry,  Gene  or  Abe, 
At  their  caprice  I  spoke  my  piece, 
As  guiltless  as  a  babe. 

"Heney,  Heney  everywhere, 
And  all  the  Boards  did  shrink 
The  Supervisors  and  Police 
And  Railroads,  too,  I  think. 

"There  passed  a  time,  a  weary  time  ; 
A  warning  came  to  me ; 
And  what  is  more,  one  day  I  saw 
A  dark  conspiracy. 

"A  house  close  to  a  lonely  swamp 
They  rented  in  false  name ; 
Then  bought  a  rope  and  chloroform 
And  sponge  to  use  the  same. 

"Oh,  horrid  to  be  gagged  and  bound! 
(To  me  a  gag's  the  dickens) 
Kidnapped,  forlorn,  from  night  till  morn, 
Awhile  the  foul  plot  thickens. 

"The  plotters  they  did  plot  their  plots, 
With  poison,  gun  and  thud. 
I  heard  them  come  with  fee-faw-fum. 
To  smell  my  Union  blood. 

"With  growl  and  curse,  they  brought  the  hearse 
Right  up  to  where  I  dwell. 
With  caution,  I  did  not  reply 
To  the  electric  bell. 


"Alone,  alone,  all,  all  alone, 

Alone  in  a  dark,  dark  hall. 

The  Black  hand  outside,  that  wants  my 

To  the  keyhole  then  I  crawl. 


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21 


"About,  about,  with  fear  and  doubt, 
The  death-chills  danced  all  night. 
And  every  word  my  spirit  heard 
i  'as  >i  'I  o'er  me  like  a  blighl 

'"They  arc  not  carpenters,'  I   thought. 
'Bricklayers,  nit :  hodcarriers,  nix! 
By  Herbert  George!  they  arc  none  but 
Electric  Workers  \'o.  6.' 

['For  I  from  them  a  whisper  heard: 
'The  batteries  have  given  out.' 
\i>\\    who   except    with   bells  adept. 
Such  things  would  know  about? 

"1  went  unto  the  Building   Trades, 
And,  by  the   Wizard  of  (  >z  ! 
Each  man  in  place,  and  on  each  face, 
An  eight-hour  wink  there  was. 

"The  Council  band  each   waved  his  hand; 
It  was  a  woeful  sight. 

Thev  closed  their  teeth  and  grinned  beneath. 
The  beggars  would  not  bite. 

"Anil  thus  I  go  from  man  to  man; 
I  have  strange  power  of  speech. 
My  tale  I  tell,  for  I  know  well 
The  lobster  I  can  teach. 

"IK-  worketh  well  who  grafteth  well; 
(With   rich  and   poor  he   canl" 
The  morrow  morn  his  friend  arose, 
A  gladder  and  a  badder  man. 


Everett  Lloyd,  editor,  custodian,  engineer  and 
rakeman  of  the  Tramp  Magazine,  dropped  joy- 
msly  into  the  Wasp  office  last  Saturday  afternoon, 
ust  as  we  were  officially  forgetting  all  about  wed- 
ftgs,  diamonds  and  teas  for  the  week.     Lloyd  is 

heavyweight,  smooth-shaved  tramp,  reminding 
ne  of  Ysaye.  the  violinist.  Nothing  but  his  blue 
annel  shirt  would  indicate  he  is  not  on  the  Cotil- 
ton  List.  He  invited  George  W.  Entre  Nous  out 
or  a  drink  and  informed  us  how  to  edit  magazines 
rom  a  brake-beam.  He  does  not  do  that  him- 
elf,  but  could   if  he   were   without  the  money   for 

Pullman.  Lloyd  is  a  friend  of  Jack  London,  and 
ecentlv  joshed  the  Klondyke  Lad  on  the  subject 
f  hoboisni,  saying  that  Jack's  road  life  is  all  poppy - 
ock.  whatever  that  may  mean.  San  Francisco  will 
ave  an  issue  of  this  vagabondiana  in  about  a  week. 
Vhereupon    the    tramp    editor    will    take    his    well 

aveled  smile  and  his  advertising  contracts  to  Los 

ngelcs. 

Hansen's  painting  "A  Comanche  Chief's  Return" 
as  just  been  sold  in  Santa  Barbara  to  the  Count 
iQShkoff,  of  Moscow,  Russia,  who  with  the  Countess 
as  been  at  the  Potter  for  a  brief  stay.  The  Count 
dtnires  Mr.  Hansen's  work  immensely.  The 
mint    came    over    here    because    political    matters 


made  it  rather  warm  in  his  own  country,  but  things 
have  Settled  down  now  and  lie  is  g"iug  back.  They 
will  leave  for  the  east  this  week. 


Dr.  Arnold  Genthe,  who  could  have  photographed 
a  gorgon  and  made  her  look  not  only  sentimental  but 
intellectual,  possesses  a  volume  of  George  Sterling's 
poems  with  complimentary  quatrian  on  the  fly-leaf. 
Sterling  who  interpreted  the  heavens  in  his 
"Testimony  of  the  Suns,"  is  as  much  at  home  along 
the  Galactic  Circle  as  some  of  us  are  on  Van  Ness 
Avenue.  So  his  statements  of  light  and  shade  are 
authoritative.   These  are  the  lines  to  Genthe: 

"Master  of  light,  thy  mind  to  beauty  true. 

Hath  taught  a  nobler  service  to  the  ray. 

And  mingling  subtler  shadows  with  the  day 

Hath  shown  to  art  a  country  fair  and  new." 


The  Jack  Spreckels  are  going  to  have  a  country 
home  of  their  own  and  are  building  in  San  Rafael 
where  they  intend  to  live  in  the  future.  At  first  papa 
Spreckels  was  like  a  Spartan  father  with  the  young 
people,  giving  them  very  little  money,  but  now  they 
have  everything  they  want,  a  town  house  and  a  country 
house.  Mrs.  Jack  is  another  handsome  member  of  the 
house  of  Spreckels,  which  has  so  many  good  looking 
members  already. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Harrison  have  rented  a 
house  on  Petaluma  Avenue,  San  Rafael,  for  the 
Summer,  and  will  move  over  early  in  May. 


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Bond  and  Stock  Exchange 
Trading  was  light  this  week  owing  to  the  tight- 
ness of  the  money  market  and  the  fears  of  labor 
strikes  that  might  tie  up  the  business  of  the  City. 
The  weaker  stocks  felt  the  depression  most  and 
Spring  Valley,  which  has  been  groggy  for  some 
time  was  very  wobbly.  Captain  Payson's  open  con- 
fession of  the  tragic  condition  of  the  affairs  of  the 
Water  Company  has  had  the  worst  effect  of  course 
on  the  stock.  The  confession  should  not  have  sur- 
prised anybody  however  for  it  has  been  notorious 
for  a  long  time  that  the  Spring  Valley  has  been 
one  of  the  worst  managed  corporations  in  America. 
People  who  have  had  very  little  financial  interest 
in  it  beyond  drawing  salaries  have  been  in  control, 
with  the  usual  result  in  such  cases.  I  would  not, 
however,  advise  any  holder  of  Spring  Valley  to 
sacrifice  it  at  present  prices. 


New  San  Francisco 

I  hear  that  the  Palace  Hotel  Company  is  by  no 
means  decided  whether  to  rebuild  a  great  hotel  on 
the  site  of  the  old  Palace,  or  to  erect  a  fine  office 
building  there.  The  Palace  people  have  now  a  lease 
of  the  Fairmont  and  will  certainly  make  that  a 
famous  and  successful  house,  and  there  is  talk  of 
their  controlling  the  St.  Francis.  It  requires  a  great 
deal  of  hard  thought  to  decide  how  New  San  Fran- 
cisco is  going  to  reshape  the  business  districts  in 
the  next  ten  years.  One  thing  which  is  certain,  is 
that  Market  Street  will  remain  the  artery  of  the 
City  and  be  an  ideal  location  for  office  buildings 
and  great  retail  places  like  the  Emporium,  Hales, 
and  firms  that  cater  to  the  general  public.  The 
location  of  the  White  House  at  the  corner  of 
Grant  Avenue  and  Sutter  Street  will  have  a  power- 
ful influence  in  anchoring  the  fashionable  shopping 
district  around  it.  The  rebuilding  of  the  Palace 
Hotel  would  also  tend  to  keep  the  shopping  dis- 
trict down  town. 

It  is  almost  certain  however  that  New  San  Fran- 
cisco will  be  different  from  the  old  in  the  matter 
of  having  nine-tenths  of  its  retail  business  trans- 
acted in  the  area  of  a  few  blocks  down  town. 
Since  the  fire  the  Mission  has  developed  an  immense 
local  trade  and  stores  that  formerly  paid  $75  a 
month  now  pay  $250  and  $300  a  month.  There 
are  banks  and  theaters  in  the  Mission  and  at  night 
Mission  Street  from  Sixteenth  to  Twenty-seventh 
is  filled  with  people  and  brilliant  with  the  lights  of 

A  Sovereign  Remedy 

Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure,  one  dose  will  stop  a  cough.  It 
never  (ails.     Try  it.     Sold  by  all  Druggists. 


well-patronized  stores.  I  do  not  see  how  these 
smaller  shops  are  to  be  again  attracted  down  town. 
The}'  are  now  located  in  the  midst  of  their  patrons 
and  most  assuredly  the  Mission  will  grow  and  de- 
velop very  rapidly. 

So  also  in  the  Western  Addition  where  Fillmore 
Street  has  become  a  busy  thoroughfare  and  Van 
Xess  Avenue  has  entirely  changed  its  character. 
Polk  Street  is  growing  in  importance  very  rapidly! 
and  all  these  streets  will  certainly  retain  a  consider- 
able share  of  trade  even  when  the  great  firms  go 
down  town  again. 

It   becomes   clearer   every   month   that    in    future 
San    Francisco    will    have    several    important    busi- 
ness districts  instead  of  one.  and  as  in  larger  citiesi 
of  the   East   and    Europe,   the   classes   of  business! 
done    in    these    districts    will    be    different.      Thus 
down   town    we   will   have     the     great     department 


MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK 


706  Market  St. 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Opp.  Third 


Guaranteed  Capital,  $1,000,000 

Interest  Paid  on  all  Deposits 


Paid  up  Capital  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
Loans  on  Approved  Securities 


OFFICERS-  James  D.  Phelan,  Pres,,  John  A.  Hooper,  V.  Pres.,  J.  K.  Moffatt.  2d 
V.  Pres.,  George  A.  Story,  Sec'y  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Asst.  Cashier,  A.  E. 
Curtis,  2d  Asst.  Cashier. 


TONOPAH,    GOLDFIELD,    BULLFROG 
MANHATTAN  and  COMSTOCKS  A  specialty 


ZADIG  &  CO. 

STOCK  BROKERS 

Formerly  306  Montgomery    Street,    have    resumed    business    in   their 

Own  Building,  324  BUSH  STREET 

Directly  Opposite  New  San  Francisco  Stock   and  Exchange  Bldg. 


FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS. 
PAID  UP  CAPITAL. 

DEPOSITS  JANUARY  I,  1907 


108-110  Sutter  Street 

$693,104.68 

$600,000.00 

$3,772,145.83 


s  Carpy,  Pres.  Arthur  Legallet,  Vice-Pres.  Leon  Bocqueraz,  Secretary 

John  Ginty.  Asst.  Secretary  P.  A.  Bergerot,  Attorney 


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stores   and   dryg 1-    houses,   etc.,   that    expect   to 

draw  trade  from  all  sections.  They  will  need  the 
m<>-t  central  and  accessible  location  possible,  and 
that  is  on  Market  Street  or  verj  close  l"  it — say  a 
few  blocks.  Such  a  location  will  give  them  also 
some  of  the  Oakland,  Alameda  and  Berkeley  trade 
a-  well  as  that  of  the  \\  estern  Addition  and  the 
Mission.  The  great  office  buildings,  the  financial 
houses,  and  insurance  firms,  will  cluster  down  town. 
The  future  theatrical  center  will  however  be  up- 
town and  I  should  locate  it  at  the  junction  of  Ninth 
and  Market  Streets  as  being  the  most  central.  It 
can  he  reached  by  car  lines  from  all  points. 


Our  Commerce  With  the  Orient 
The  liner  "Korea"  had  a  cargo  valued  at  $4(W.- 
250,  of  which  $279,182  was  for  Japan  and  $93,7.52 
for  China.  The  total  of  course  compares  unfavor- 
ably with  totals  when  the  Russo-Japanese  war  was 
in  full  blast.  But  this  should  be  expected.  The 
cargo  was  made  up  principally  of  Eastern  products 
and  manufacturers  such  as  machinery,  cotton,  do- 
mestics, milk,  ginsey  and  machinery.  The  Pacific 
Coast  had  little  to  do  with  the  cargo  beyond  the 
handling  at  this  end.  There  were  a  few  odds  and 
ends  in  salmon  and  canned  and  dried  fruit  from  this 
State  but  not  enough  to  make  any  fuss  about.  It 
never  has  been  very  different.  We  indeed  sent 
a  whole  steamer  load  of  flour  by  the  tramp  steamer 
"Arabia"  a  few  years  ago.  This  was  a  respectable 
cargo  valued  at  $250,000  and  over,  but  that  was 
our  best.  Oregon  and  Washington  took  the  flour 
trade  away  from  us.  They  were  helped  by  the 
fact  that  our  steamers  never  had  space  enough 
tainty.  One  never  could  tell  when  he  could  get 
to  render  the  shipment  of  flour  anything  of  a  cer- 
your  flour  off  and  the  Chinese  merchants  never 
knew  when  he  was  likely  to  receive  it,  so  the  trade 
declined.  We  have  a  good  many  things  to  accom- 
plish before  we  can  enjoy  that  "vast  trade  with 
the  Orient"  of  which  we  hear  so  much  talk  and 
see  so  few  evidences.  San  Francisco  has  been 
asleep  as  far  as  regards  her  commerce.  The  few 
merchants  who  have  tried  to  establish  extensive 
commercial  relations  with  the  foreign  ports  have 
found  that  between  various  harbor  dues,  tireless 
labor  agitators,  blackmailing  politicians  and  other 
enemies  of  the  public  good  they  could  do  better 
with  their  money  and  energy  in  other  enterprises. 
It  is  time  for  our  merchants  and  citizens  generally 
to  wake  up  and  make  this  the  great  seaport  it 
should   be. 


and  a  perfectly  safe  place  in  which  to  keep  your 
ioipcrtant  papers  or  valuable  personal  property  would 
be  o.ie  cf  our 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES 

They  are  absolutely  fire-proof  and  burglar-proof. 
Private  rooms  are  provided  for  examination  of 
papers,  etc.     Rates  very  reasonable. 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT 
AND     TRUST    COMPANY 


HOME  OFFICE 


CALIFORNIA  and   MONTGOMERY   STS. 

West  End  Branch,  1531   Devisadero 

Mission  Branch,         2572  Mission,  near  22d 
Up-Town  Branch,   1740  Fillmore  nr.  Sutter 


VALUABLES  or  all  kinds 

May  be  safely  stored  al 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  (he 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 

Cor.  Bush  and  Sansome  Sts. 


Safes  to  rent  from  $5  a  year  upwards 
Careful  service  lo  customers 


Trunks  $1  a  month 
Office  Hours:  8  a,  m.  to  6  p.  m. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  San  Francisco 


Guaranteed  Capital  and  Surplus 
Capital  actually  paid  up  in  cash 
Deposits,  December  31,  1 906 


$2,578,695,41 

1,000,000.00 

38,531,917.28 


OFFICERS  -  President,  F.  Tillmann.  Jr.;  Firs!  Vice-President.  Daniel  Meyer 
Second  Viee-President.  Emil  Rohte;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier, 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Toumy;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 
GoodfeUow  &  Eells,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS -- F.  Tillmann,  Jr.,  Daniel  Meyer.  Emil  Rohte,  Ign. 
Steinhart,  I.  N.  Walter,  N.  Ohlandt.  J.  W.  Van   Bergen,   E.  T.   Knise  and  W.  S. 


What  the  Savings  Banks  Show. 
The  report  of  the  twelve  San  Francisco  Saving's 
Banks  is  most  significant.  For  the  first  time  in 
years  they  show  a  falling  off  in  the  total  of  deposits 
in  the  twelve.  The  shrinkage  in  resources  is  only  a 
little  over  two  and  a  half  millions,  and  in  deposits  over 
three  millions.  A  good  many  people  have  taken  their 
money  out  of  the  Savings  Banks  to  rebuild  their  burned 
homes.     Some  people   have   no  doubt  left  the   State. 

The  first  thing  in  the  morning,  if  you  need  a  bracer,  should  be  a  lablespoonful  of  Abbott's 
Bitters  in  an  ounce  of  sherry  or  a  glass  of  soda.     Try  it. 


MEMBER  STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE 
MEMBER  SAN  FRANCISCO  MINING  EXCHANGE 

J.  C.  WILSON 

BROKER 

STOCKS  AND  BONDS  Kohl  Bldg.,  488  California  St. 

INVESTMENT  SECURITIES  San  Francisco 

Telephone  Temporary  815 


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I  have  several  times  in  these  columns  given  my 
San  Francisco  readers  the  comforting  assurance  that 
we  never  again  will  have  the  good  old  times  in  San 
Francisco,  when  one  could  live  for  next  to  nothing. 
Don't  you  remember  when  one  could  get  enough 
muttom  chops  for  ten  cents  to  feed  a  large  family 
and  a  fine  fat  and  juicy  porterhouse  steak  could  be 
annexed  at  any  butcher  stall  for  twenty-five  cents. 
For  fifty  cents  one  could  lunch  sumptuously  in  a 
good  restaurant  and  seventy-five  cents  guaranteed 
one  a  dinner  fit  for  an  epicure.  Alas,  these  are  only 
memories  now  and  what  is  worse  they  will  grow 
more  shadowy.  Like  New  York  and  Chicago  and 
London  and  all  the  other  large  cities  of  the  white 
man  the  cost  of  living  keeps  on  advancing  steadily 
and  thus  keeping  pace  with  the  higher  and  higher 
rents. 

Here  are  the  late  April  quotations  from  the  New 
York  market.  They  may  console  San  Franciso 
heads  of  families  who  groan  over  the  prices  now  rul- 
ing here : 

Asparagus  was  from  $1  to  $1.25  a  bunch  in  New 
York  and  small  bunches  at  that.  Here  the  whole- 
sale price  was  12^  cents  a  pound  for  first  quality. 
Peas  sold  for  25  cents  a  quart  in  New  York  and 
for  one  quarter  of  that  price  here.  A  cauliflower  costs 
75  cents  in  New  York  and  new  potatoes  25  cents 
a  quart.  If  a  San  Francisco  housekeeper  was 
charged  a  quarter  for  a  quart  of  potatoes  she  would 
yell  for  the  police.  We  are  much  better  off  here 
yet  than  the  New  Yorkers  notwithstanding  the  high 
prices.  Wages  are  higher  in  all  lines  than  in  New 
York  and  the  cost  of  food  is  much  less.  Rents  seem 
very  high  but  our  people  have  been  accustomed  to 
low  rents  in  the  very  heart  of  the  City.  Poor  peo- 
ple cannot  afford  to  live  in  the  heart  of  New  York 
except  in  such  overcrowded  tenements  as  have 
never  been  seen  in  San  Francisco. 

The  San  Francisco  public  has  been  delighted  to 
learn    that    the    Cliff   House     has     changed     hands. 


Justice— Must  I   Wade  Through   It  Again?— From    N.  Y.  World 


Mine  host  Wilkins,  who  personally  is  a  most  charm- 
ing man,  is  anything  but  a  delightful  host,  and  has 
never  seemed  to  know  where  he  was  at,  since  he 
took  charge  of  the  famous  old  resort.  Instead  of 
being  an  excellent  advertisement  for  San  Francisco 
it  has  been  the  reverse.  Wise  men  refrained  from 
taking  their  visiting  friends  there  lest  the  strangers 
might  carry  away  a  too  unfavorable  impression  of 
San  Francisco. 


The  Price  of  Lumber 
Pine  lumber  lately'  has  been  sold  as  low  as  as 
$19.00  for  San  Francisco  cargoes — a  decline  of  six 
dollars  per  M.  feet.  The  cause  of  this  is  the  failure 
of  the  Hill  roads  to  find  cars  to  make  the  shipments 
east.     Redwood  has  not  been  affected. 

INVESTOR 


Enough  to  Make  Him  Wild 

"How  in  the  world  did  you  get  the  public  to  be- 

ii?'  "  asked  the 


lieve  you   had   a  genuine  'wild 
museum  manager.     "[  billed  a 


but  no 


ild  man,' 
one  would  believe  he  was  really  wild." 

"Oh,  it  was  dead  easy  with  my  'wild  man,' " 
chuckled  the  manager  of  the  side-show.  "I  added 
on  the  bills  that  he  had  200  wives  and  no  one  could 
doubt  that  he  was  wild." 


Strenuous  Hints 

"You  must  pardon  me  for  calling  in  my  business 
suit,"  said  the  young  man.  "I  was  detained  down- 
town and  had  no  time  to  go  home  and  dress." 

"Oh,  that's  all  right,"  rejoined  the  fair  maid. 
"When  a  man  has  a  business  suit  on  he  usually 
means  business." 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Stock  Exchange 

Goldfield.  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 

Write  for  Market  Letter. 

339  BUSH  STREET,  STOCK  EXCHANGE  BUILDING 


BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  hei  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE.  Ptes. 

CAVIN  McNAB.  Any. 

WM,  CORBIN.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mar. 


OFFICES  - 


COR.   CHURCH   AND   MARKET   STREETS 
OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Rooms  7  to  1 1 


Telephone  Tmpy.  1415 


W.  C.  RALSTON 

Stock  and  Bond  Broker 

Member  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Mining  Stocks  a  Specially 


Bedford  McNeill 
Western  Union 
Leibers 


368  BUSH  STREET 

San  Francisco 


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BY  JOVE— SPRING. 

Immortal  critics  of  the  seribes  who  sing, 

Vouchsafe  unto  the  editorial  "we" — 
Or  "us" — to  use  a  little  ink  on  "Spring;" 

For  it  is  here :  its  signs  of  life  we  see. 

Oh,  Spring,  (our  poems  always  start  with  "Oh!") 

Your  colors  fly  on  every  hill  and  twig. 
I  in  hatband,  hosiery  and  vest  they  show; 

The  picnic  maid  benzines  her  last  year's  rig. 

All  special-trained  and  eke  excursion-boated, 
With  golden  peanut,  popcorn  white  and  red. 

The  Sunday-off  man,  flushed,  beer-stained  and  bloated. 
Returns  at  night  with  w 1-ticks  on  his  head. 


He  it  perfectly  understood  at  the  outset  that  the 
dog  is  alive.  It  is  needless  to  skim  and  stir  the 
reader's  milk  of  human  kindness  into  a  wild  whipped 
cream  of  misgiving.  The  dog  is  alive.  It  might 
have  been  otherwise.  Flora  might  have  made  one 
misstep  and  had  her  yelping  soul  hurled  into — but 
what's  the  use?  the  dog  is  alive.  Flora  is  a  Brooklyn 
half-caste.  St.  Bernard  and  mastiff.  She  was  owned 
by  Schultz  and  stolen  by  Schmidt.  Now  Schmidt 
(soft  tremulo  on  the  violins,  please)  is  a  sausage 
maker.  The  dog  was  missing  for  a  week,  at  the 
end  of  which  time  the  searchers  trudged  with  heart- 
rending steps  to  the  bologne  foundry.  Several 
chapters  might  be  meet  and  fit  here.  But,  Kismet, 
Kismet,  the  dog  is  alive. 


We  watch  the  jocund  mix-up  in  the  train, 
The  windows  broken  and  the  seats  upset ; 

The  blithe  coarse  jest,  to  which  the  roughs  are  fain; 
The  low,  sweet  thud,  as  cheek  by  fist  is  met. 

We  note  the  scarlet  runner  'neath  the  nose, 
The  purple  shadow  o'er  the  puffy  eye. 

Gladsome  withal,  we  watch  the  fellows  doze 
Quite  upside  down,  full  weary  by  and  by. 

And  at  the  ferrv,  with  their  ears  yet  warm. 

They  to  the  Harbor  Hospital  repair. 
Odors  of  lager  and  iodoform 

Allure  the  nonchalant  reporter  there. 

Heigho !     We  drink  your  health,  sensational  Spring. 

Here's  looking  at  you,  from  our  busy  desk. 
Poppies  and  picnics  may  you  ever  bring. 

And  Monday  stories  of  a  turn  grotesque. 


Mr.  Arthur  Brisbane,  patentee  and  owner  of  the 
brisbaneful  editorial,  urges  the  readers  of  the  Hearst 
papers  to  buy  real  estate.  "Buy  a  lot  to  build  on,"  he 
writes.  "Buy  two  or  three  more  adjoining.  Build 
your  own  home.  Hold  on  and  gradually  build  two  or 
three  other  houses  to  rent." 

It  looks  so  easy,  we  hate  to  do  it.  Brissy  is  in  such 
a  defenseless  position,  it  is  almost  a  shame  to  thwack 
him.  Let  us  withhold  the  obvious  rebuke,  and  wonder 
into  the  causes  that  led  to  his  downfall.  Did  James 
Gordon  Bennett  insinuate  that  not  one  of  Hearst's 
readers  owns  his  own  home  ?  Is  this  the  only  way 
Brisbane  can  appeal  to  the  landlord  class — by  making 
one  of  his  own?  Perhaps  the  whole  thing  is  a  typo- 
graphical error.  He  might  have  meant,  "Buy  a  hall 
to  speak  in.  Buy  two  or  three  more  adjoining.  Build 
your  own  Democratic  Club.  Hold  on  and  gradually 
build  one  or  two  other  Democratic  Clubs  to  rent." 


When  the  Grand  Duke  Nicholas  was  returning 
from  Tsarkeo-Selo  (Czar's  Rest)  and  was  within 
thirteen  miles  of  St.  Petersburg,  his  train  was 
stopped  by  a  fusillade  of  bullets.  Melodrama  on  a 
gigantic  scale  is  still  playing  in  Russian  politics. 
From  a  spectator's  standpoint,  we  have  become 
weary  of  their  bombs  and  bored  with  dynamite.  A 
little  witty  dialogue  or  sentimental  reverie  would 
be  gratifying. 


Pepperish 

"John."  said  Mrs.  Stubb,  as  she  glanced  over  the 
Washington  dispatches,  "is  Uncle  Joe  Cannon,  the 
speaker  of  the  house?" 

"Yes."  replied  Mr.  Stubb,  hurriedly  swallowing 
his  coffee,  "but  I  don't  think  he  could  be  speaker  of 
this  house?" 

"Why  not?" 

"Because  you  wouldn't  give  him  the  chance." 

And  then  John  made  a  dash  for  the  office  without 
even  removing  the  egg  from  his  mustache. 


Jt  Skin  of  Beauty  is  a  Joy  Forever. 

Dr.  T.  Felix  Gouraud's  Oriental 

Cream  or  Magical  Beautifier 

Purities  as  well  as  beautifies  the  skiu.    No  other  cosmetic  will  do  it. 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples,  Freckles,  Moth 
Patches,  Rash  and  Skin  Diseases,  and 
every  blemish  on  beauty,  and  defies  de- 
tection. On  its  virtues  it  has  stood  the 
test  of  58  years;  no  other  has,  and  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is  prop- 
erly made.  Accept  no  counterfeit  or  simi- 
lar name.  Dr.  L-  A.  Sayre  said  to  a  lady 
of  thehaut-ton  (a  patient)  "As  you  ladies 
will  use  them,  I  recommend  'Gouraud's 
Cream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  all  the 
skin  preparations."  One  bottle  will  last 
six  months  using  it  every  day.  GOUR- 
AUD'S POUDRE  SUBTLE  REMOVES 
SUPERFLUOUS  HAIR  WITHOUT  IN- 
JURY TO  THE  SKIN. 
FRED  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop'r,  37  Great  Jones  street,  N.  Y. 
For  sale  by  all  druggists  and  Fancv-goods  Dealers  throughout  the  United 

States,  Canadas  and  Europe.      &Jff~  Beware    of  base    imitations.     $  1,000 

reward  for  arrest  and  proof  of  auy  one  selling  the  same. 


Popular    French    Restaurant 

Regular  Dinner  75c  Private  Dining  Rooms 

Meals  a  la  carte  at  any  hour  for  Banquets,  etc. 


497  Golden  Gate  Ave. 

Comer  Polk  Street 


Phone  Market  2315 


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Of  Social  Interest 


A  wedding  of  great  interest,  both  here  and  in 
San  Jose,  took  place  on  Tuesday  evening,  at  the 
residence  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  S.  F.  Leib  on  the  Ala- 
meda, in  San  Jose,  when  their  daughter  Lida  was 
married  to  Charles  Dorsey  Armstrong,  a  business 
man  of  Omaha,  Nebraska.  The  Leib  mansion,  one 
of  the  handsomest  in  the  '  larden  City,  had  several 
hundred  guests.  The  lare  -  rounds  were  ablaze  with 
'lights,  and  everything  was  ,..u  an  elaborate  scale.  Rev. 
Lefevre  of  Los  Angeles  performed  the  ceremony.  The 
bridesmaids  were  Miss  Hermita  Moore,  Miss  Furst 
Bowman,  Miss  Bessie  Henry  and  Miss  Hazel  Park. 
Mrs.  William  Hammond  Wright,  the  bride's  sister, 
was  the  matron  of  honor ;  Dr.  Hardy  of  Nevada,  best 
man ;  ushers,  Messrs.  Roy  Earl,  Frank  Leib  and 
Charles  Field.  The  cushion  bearers  were  little  Frank 
Furst  and  Katharine  Dunne ;  the  ribbon  bearers, 
Dorothy  Dunne,  Josephine  Dunne,  Elsie  Furst,  Helen 
Pierce,  Jerome  Rucker  and  Jerome  Bowden.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Armstrong  will  reside  in  Nebraska.  Dr. 
Hardy,  who  supported  Mr.  Armstrong  on  this  occa- 
sion, will  soon  lead  to  the  altar  Miss  Sylvia  Harris, 
daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Harris,  and  sister  of  Mrs. 
Benjamin  G.  Lathrop.  Miss  Daisy  Polk,  who  went 
to  San  Jose  for  the  Armstrong-Leib  wedding,  re- 
mained several  days  a  guest  at  the  Leib  home.  Mrs. 
Selden  S.  Wright  also  attended.  Mrs.  Wright's  son, 
William  Hammond  Wright,  professor  of  astronomy 
at  the  Lick  Observatory,  married  the  second  daughter 
of  Judge  and  Mrs.  Leib. 


(  )wing  to  the  continued  illness  of  Mrs.  Polhemus, 
Sr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Hart  Polhemus,  were 
obliged  to  cut  short  their  wedding  tour.  They 
returned  to  the  City  on  Sunday  last,  going  to  the 
residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Wilshire  on 
Buchanan  Street,  parents  of  the  bride.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Polhemus  have  been  disappointed  in  regard 
to  the  summer  home,  which  they  expected  to  occupy 
in  San  Anselmo.  The  owners  of  the  cottage 
changed  their  minds  and  suddenly  concluded  not 
to  rent  the  place,  thus  leaving  this  interesting  couple 
in  the  lurch.  Subsequently  a  home  was  found  in 
Mill  Valley,  where  they  will  pass  a  short  season. 

A  large  party  composed  of  our  most  exclusive 
Southern  ladies  left  the  City  on  Tuesday  morning' 
for  Monterey,  to  attend  the  Convention  of  the 
California  Division  o'f  the  Daughters  of  the  Con- 
federacy. The  Convention  called  to  elect  new 
officers,  opened  on  Wednesday,  Mrs.  Stevens,  wife 
of  Judge  Stevens  of  Los  Angeles,  presiding.  Among 
those  elected  delegates  to  the  Convention  and  at- 
tending from  this  City  were,  Mrs.  Seldon  S.  Wright, 
Mrs.  J.  De  Barth  Sriorb,  Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White, 
Mrs.  W.  D.  Mansfield,  Mrs.  Randolph  Miller,  Mrs. 
Jones.  Mrs.  W.  B.  Pritchard,  Mrs.  George  Theobald, 
accompanied  by  many  ladies  of  the  Chapter.  Many 
of  these  ladies  stopped  at  the  Hotel  Del  Monte.  Mrs. 


John  P.  Pryor  of  Pacific  Grove,  a  prominent  Con- 
federate-daughter, entertained  a  large  house  party. 
Picnics,  luncheons,  the  seventeen  mile  drive,  and  a 
glorious  time  was  enjoyed  by  the  visiting  delega- 
tion. Several  of  the  ladies  stopped  in  San  Jose  on 
Tuesday  to  attend  the  Lieb-Armstrong  wedding, 
and  left  next  morning  for  Monterey. 

The  college  town  has  seldom  witnessed  a  prettier 
party  than  the  one  the  Berkeley  Bachelors  gave  on 
Monday  evening  last.  The  hosts  on  this  occasion 
had  the  able  assistance  of  the  most  prominent 
ladies  in  Berkeley,  including  Airs.  Benjamin  Ide 
Wheeler,  Airs.  O.  P.  Evans,  Mrs.  Clinton  Day,  Mrs. 
R.  Van  Paterson,  Mrs.  John  Galen  Howard,  Mrs. 
Warren  Gregory  and  many  others.  Dancing  was 
kept  up  until  a  late  hour.  Many  buds  from  this 
City,  Oakland  and  all  points  around  the  bay  being- 
guests  of  these  popular  bachelors. 

Mrs.  Norman  McLaren,  assisted  by  Mrs.  James 
Otis,  gave  a.  picnic  last  week  to  some  fifty  children, 
taking  them  to  Verba  Buena  Island.     Mrs.  McLaren 


A  SINGLE  ORDER  OF  BOTTLES  OF 


HUNTER 
WHISKEY 


IF  PLACED  END  TO  END 
WOULD  REACH  FROM 

BALTIMORE 

TO 

CHICAGO 

THIS  GIVES  SOME  IDEA 
OF  THE  MAGNITUDE 
OF  ITS  POPULARITY 


CHARLES  M.  REYNOLDS  CO. 

Agents  for  California  and  Nevada 

912-914  Folsom  St..  San  Francisco.  Cal. 


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was  the  former  attractive  Miss  Linie  Ashe,  sister  of 
k.  Porter  \-1k-.  Her  young  daughter,  who  will  in 
a  few  years  be  a  debutante,  is  said  to  inherit  from 
her  mother's  family  that  gift  of  quickness  of 
repartee  for  which  the  \slie  family  is  noted, 
especially  Mrs.  Sewell,  who  was  Nellie  Ashe. 

*  *  * 

Mis>  Emily  Marvin  and  Roy  Somers  were 
quietly  married  on  Tuesday  evening  last,  at  St. 
Luke's  Church,  Rev.  Edward  Morgan  officiating. 
Owing  in  a  recent  death  in  the  groom's  family, 
the  guests  at  the  reception  were  limited  to  a  few 
intimate  friends.  Miss  Marion  Marvin  attended  her 
sister  as  maid  of  honor.  Miss  Floride  Hunt. 
Miss  Ruth  Casey,  Miss  Marie  Brewer  and  Miss 
Maud  Payne  were  bridesmaids.  Frank  Somers,  the 
groom's  brother,  was  best  man.  The  ushers  were 
Charles  Xorris.  Edward  Robinson  of  Los  Angeles. 
Harold  Plummer  and  Carelton  Curtis.  After  a 
wedding  tour,  the  bride  and  groom  will  reside  in 
this   City. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Douglas  Sloane  Watson  and  her  children 
will  leave  early  in  May  for  a  stay  at  the  Hotel 
Potter,  Santa  I'arbara. 

*  •         * 

Mrs.  Joseph  Pelican  Coryell,  who  so  hospitably 
entertained  the  Society  of  California  Pioneers' 
Auxiliary  at  her  lovely  country-place  in  Menlo  Park. 
is  one  of  the  beauties  of  her  set.  She  at  one  time 
cherished  an  ambition  to  become  an  actress  but 
that  was  long  before  she  met  Mr.  Coryell  and 
became  a  convert  to  domestic  life  as  opposed  to  a 
career.  She  is  devoted  to  her  husband  and  chil- 
dren, but  manages  to  entertain  a  good  deal.  Mrs. 
Coryell  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Isaac  Jessup, 
the  pioneer  dentist,  and  her  mother  was  one  of  the 
beautiful  Wilburn  sisters  of  Sacramento.  Another 
of  the  sisters,  now  a  widow,  married  Mr.  P.rown, 
and  her  daughter  Daisy  is  the  wife  of  "Clem" 
Horst.  P>aron  von  Horst's  brother. 


Automobile  News 

Winthrop  E.  Scarritt,  former  president  of  the 
American  Automobile  Association  and  a  governor 
of  the  A.  C.  A.,  declares  that  the  condition  of  the 
pavements  in  most  American  cities  "is  barbarious." 
Mr.  Scarritt  traveled  all  over  Europe  last  Summer 
and  he  says  that  he  had  not  discovered  a  city,  town 
or  village  with  streets  in  such  wretched  condition 
as  are  New  York's.  "If  the  city's  reputation  for 
civilization  rested  on  the  condition  of  its  streets. 
New  Yorkers  would  be  classed  with  the  Fiji  Isl- 
anders." What  would  he  say  about  the  San  Fran- 
cisco streets? 

Recent  purchases  of  Oldsmobiles  from  the  Pioneer 
Automobile  Company  are  Messrs.  H.  F.  Mordoff,  J. 
Ford,  E.  Fitzgerald  and  Witt.  Ryfkogel.  of  San  Fran- 
cisco;  E.  P.  Wood,  of  Tonopah,  and  R.  A.  Bekar,  of 
Yreka. 

The  new  twenty  steam  horsepower  White  runabout 
is  a  wonder.     It  is  swift  as  the  wind,  .strong  as  a  loco- 


motive, and  as  easy  to  control  as  a  gentle  hors 
a  boon  to  the  business  world. 


Wasp  Illustrations  this  Week. 
A  dainty  portrait  study  of  Miss  Cecil  Cowles ;  Mrs. 
Marguerite  Hanford,  the  well  known  society  woman 
now  on  a  six  months  tour  East  and  abroad:  four 
dashing  views  of  the  recent  Polo  Tournament  and 
Races  at  the  Country  Club,  Coronado,  with  some  of 
our  best  known  society  men  ahorseback;  Mrs.  Charles 
E.  Hughes,  wife  of  New  York's  Governor;  Miss  May 
Sutton  at  the  net  in  an  exciting  moment ;  The  ( irace 
Preeman  String-  Quartette:  1st  violin.  Miss  Grace 
Freeman:  2nd  violin,  Miss  Miriam  Hall;  viola.  Miss 
Lillian  Spink;  cello.  Miss  Lucy  Fuhrer.  Their  first 
concert,  to  take  place  in  San  Rafael.  Mav  11th.  will  be 
a  fashionable  affair. 


Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acommodations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Tiburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOODES 

Via  Kelseyville  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co.,  Cal. 


H.  C.  RAAP,  Manage. 


Telephone  Franklin  588 


National  Cafe  and  Grill 

918-920  OTARRELL  ST.,  San  Francisco 

SPECIAL   MERCHANTS  HOT  LUNCH   25c 

Including  Tea,  Coffee.  Wine  or  Beer.      1 1  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 
A  LA  CARTE  at  all  hours. 


Regular  Dinner  50c 


Special  Sunday  Dinner  75c 


AL.  CONEY 


J.  HUFF 


Kadee  Hammam  Baths 

TURKISH  AND  HAMMAM  BATHS 

PRIVATE  ROOM  AND  BATH  $1.00 


Open  Day  and  Night 

GEARY  AND  GOUGH  STREETS 


Strictly  First  Cla; 


Phone  West  3725 


Telephone  _ 


Established    1890 


J.    F.    ROSSI 

D°.mif.Sc,"d  Wines,  Liquors  and  Cigars 

Depot  of  Italian-Swiss  Colony  Wines 

Specialties:  Belmont,  Jesse  Moore,  A.  P.  Hotaling's  O.  P.  S.,  Loveland  Rye, 
King  Wm,  Fourth  Scotch,  Glenrosa  Scotch,  Dew  of  the  Grampians,  A.  V.  H. 
Gin,  Buchu  Gin,  Cognac  Brandy,  Bisquit  Dubouche  Cognac,  Femet  Branca 
Italian  Vermuth,  French  Vermuth. 

217-219  Washington  St.,  Bet.  Front  and  Davis 


DIRECTORY 


OF  LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES  AND  PROFESSIONAL  PEOPLE 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

BUILDERS'  EXCHANGE,  226  Oak  St., 
S.  F. 

ADVERTISING  AGENCIES. 

BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F. ; 
Phone    Market    2837. 

COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion and   Brady   Sts. 

DAKE  ADV.  AGENCY,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 

FISHER,  L.  P.  ADV.  AGENCY,  836  North 
Point  St.,  S.   F.  ;   Phone  Franklin  S84. 

JOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  2170  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

ANTIQUE   DEALERS. 

THE    LOUIS    XIV.      Curios,    Objects    d'Art, 
Miniatures,    Paints,    Porcelains,   Jewels,    etc., 
C.    V.    Miller,    1117    Post,   near   Van    Ness. 
ARCHITECTS. 

REID  BROS,  Temporary  Offices,  2325 
Gough  St.,  S.  F. 

THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 

GUMP,  S.  &  G„  1645  California  St.,  S.  F. 

SCHUSSLER  BROS.,  1218  Sutter  St. 
ATTORNEYS, 

DORN,  DORN  &  SAVAGE,  717  Van  Ness 
Ave. 

DINKELSPIEL,  HENRY  G.  W„  1265  Ellis 
St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 

HEWLETT,  BANCROFT  AND  BALLAN- 
TINE,  Monadnock  Bldg. ;  Phone  Temp'y 
972. 

EDWARD  B.  YOUNG,  4th  Floor,  Union 
Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temp'y  833. 

GOLDSTONE,  LOUIS,  1012  Fillmore  St. 
Phone  Park  864. 

MAROIS,  T.  M.,  1756  Fillmore  St.,  S.  E.  cor. 
Sutter.     Phone  West   1503. 

KING,  CHAS.  TUPPER,  1126  Fillmore  St. 
AUTOMOBILES   AND    SUPPLIES. 

PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  and  r2th  and  Oak  Sts., 
Oakland. 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Market 
and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

AUTO  LIVERY  CO.,  Golden  Gate  and  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  S.   F. 

BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  408  Golden  Gate 
Ave.      Phone,    Franklin    655. 

LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.   F. 

MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550  Gol- 
den Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MOBILE  CARRIAGE  CO.,  Golden  Gate 
Ave.   and'  Gough   Sts.,   S.    F. 

PACIFIC  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  376  Golden 
Gate  Ave. 

BANKS. 

ANGLO-CALIFORNIA  BANK,  Ltd.,  cor. 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 

CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND 
TRUST  CO.,  cor.  California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 

CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St., 
S.  F. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  Bush  and  San- 
some Sts.,  S.  F. 

FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK,  108  Sutter  St., 
and  Van   Ness  and   Eddy. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY,  526   California  St.,   S.   F. 

HALSEY.  N.  W.  &  CO.,  413  Montgomery 
St.,  S.  F. 


HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, Jones  and  McAllister  Sts.,  S.  F. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St.. 
S.  F. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.    California  and   Montgomery   Sts.,    S.    F. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULT,  Market  and  7th 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 

WELLS  FARuO-NEVADA  NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 
ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 

1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
S.   F.   BREWERIES,  LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 

BROKERS— STOCKS   AND    BONDS. 
MONTAGUE,  PHIL  S.,  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 

Exchange  Bldg. 
ROLLINS,   E.   H.  &  SONS,  S04  Kohl  Bldg.  ; 

Telephone  Temp'y  163;   S.  F. 
ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 
WILSON,   J.    C,   488   California   St.,   S.    F. 
BUILDING  AND   LOAN  ASSOCIATIONS. 
CONTINENTAL    BUILDING   AND    LOAN 

ASSOCIATION,    Church    and    Market    Sts., 

S.  F. 

CARDS,   INVITATIONS,   ETC. 
WOOD,    GEO.     M.    &    CO.,    engravers,    1067 

O'Farrell  St.,  above  Van  Ness. 
CARPET    CLEANING. 
SPAULDING,  J.  &  CO.,  911-21   Golden  Gate 

Ave.  ;   Phone  Park  591. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
HUB,  THE,   Chas.   Keilus  &  Co.,   King  Solo- 
mon Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 

COMMISSION      AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 
JOHNSON     LOCKE    MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO    &   CO.,   INC.,    156   Hansford 

Bldg.,  268  Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  4261. 

CONTRACTORS  AND   BUILDERS. 
FISHER   CONSTRUCTION   CO.,    1414   Post 

St.,   S.   F. 
TROUNSON,    J.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 

Ash  Ave.,  S.  F. 

CROCKERY    AND    GLASSWARE. 
NATHAN    DOHRMAN    CO.,    1520-1550    Van 
Ness  Ave. 

DENTISTS. 
KNOX,  DR.  A.   r.,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 

of  Grant   Bldg. 
TWIST,    DR.   J.    F.,    1476   Eddv,    nr.    Fillmore 

St.     Phone  West  5304. 

DESKS   AND    CHAIRS. 
PHOENIX  DESK  &  CHAIR  CO.,  office  fur- 
niture,   153S   Market   St.,  west   of  Van    Ness. 
Phone  Market  2393. 

DRY   GOODS— RETAIL. 
CITY  OF  PARIS,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Wash- 
ington St.,  S.  F. 
WHITE   HOUSE,    Van    Ness   Ave.    and    Pine 
St.,  S.   F. 

EXPRESS. 
WELLS,   FARGO  &  CO.   EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate    Ave.    and    Franklin    St.,    Ferry    Bldg., 
and  3d  St.   Depot,  S.  F. 


FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
CRESCENT  FEATHER  CO.,  19th  and  Harri- 

son  Sts.,  S.  F. 

FIRE  AND   EARTHQUAKE  PHOTOS. 
RUE,  JAMES  O.,   1067  O'Farrell  St.     Phone 

Franklin  2603. 

FRUITS  AND   VEGETABLES. 
OMEY  &  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts., 
S.   F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
CAREW   &  ENGLISH,    1618   Geary   St.,   bet.j 
Buchanan   and   Webster   Sts.,   S.    F. ;    Phone 
West  2604. 
PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.   F. ;   Phone  West  770. 

GAS    STOVES, 
S.  F.   GAS  &  ELECTRIC  CO.,  Franklin  and 
Ellis  Sts. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
BULLOCK  &  JONES  COMPANY,  801   Van 

Ness  Ave.,  cor.   Eddy  St.,  S.  F. 
HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    1105-7    Fillmore    St., 
nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave. ;  Phone  West  5678. 
GOLD  AND   SILVER  PLATING. 
BELLIS,    JOHN    O.,    Mfg,    gold    and    silver- 
smith,    1624    Galifornia    St.,    nr.    Van    Ness. 
Phone  Franklin  2093. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 
ILS,  JOHN  G.  &  CO.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F. 
MONTAGUE,  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk 
Sts.,  S.   I'. 

HARNESS   AND    SADDLERY. 

DAVIS,   W.   &   SON,   2020   Howard   St.,   bet. 

16th  and  17th,  S.  F. 
LEIBOLD      HARNESS     AND     CARRIAGE 

CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 
HOSPITALS   AND    SANITARIUMS. 
KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 

Mgr. ;  262  Devisadero  St.,  S.  F. 
JEWELERS. 
BALDWIN  JuWELRY  CO.,  1521  Sutter  St., 

and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
SHREVE   &  CO.,   cor.   Post  and  Grant  Ave., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 
SCHMIDT,  R.  H.   &  CO.,   1049  Fillmore  St., 

nr.  McAllister  St.     Phone  Park  1209. 
LAUNDRIES. 
LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 
PALACE  HOTEL   LAUNDRY  and  KELLY 

LAUNDRY     CO.,     INC.,     2343     Post    St. 

Phone  West  5854. 

LIFE  INSURANCE. 
HUNTINGDON,    ARTHUR    P.,    925    Golden 

Gate  Ave.      Phone  Park   515. 
LUMBER. 
UNION    LUMBER    CO.,    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
BEKINS'   VAN  AND   STORAGE   CO.,   13th 

and  Mission  Sts.,   S.   F. ;    Phone   Market   13 

and  1016  Broadway,  Oakland. 
ST.  FRA..CIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 

COMPANY,    Office    1402    Eddy    St.;    Tel. 

West  2680. 

NOTARIES   PUBLIC. 
DEANE,    JNO.    J.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 

Steiner  Sts. ;   Phone  West  7291. 
WARE,    JOHN    H„    307    Monadnock    Bldg., 

Depositions    carefully    attended     to.       Phone 

Temp'y  972. 


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OFFICES    AND   WHOLESALE    DEPOT 

SOUTHWEST   COR.   CALIFORNIA  AND  FRONT  STS. 

=  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA  = 

APRIL  TWENTY  -  NINTH.   NINETEEN   HUNDRED  AND  SEVEN 


Comedian  Boarder 

The  landlady  was  much  disturbed  when  she  lost 
sonic  of  her  boarders,  including  the  star.  But  she 
Found  a  ray  of  hope  in  the  comedian  boarder. 

"I  hope.  Mr.  Highball,"  she  exclaimed  at  break- 
fast, "  that  you  will  stick  by  me." 

"Yes.  madam,"  replied  Mr.  Highball,  dramatic- 
ally, "I  will  stick  by  you  through  thick  and  thin." 

"Thick  and  thin?" 

"Yes,  thick  coffee  and  thin  soup." 


Burning  Pity 

"What  use  did  you  make  of  my  great  effusion 
entitled  "The  Cry  of  Battle?"  asked  the  tall  bard  in 
the  editorial  rooms.  "I  tell  you,  there  was  fire  in 
that  poem." 

"Indeed,  there  was,"  replied  the  busy  editor,  "and 
so  I  just  reversed  it." 

"Reversed  it?     In  what  way?" 

"Why,  now  the  poem  is  in  the  fire." 


His  Favorites 

The  fair  tourist  was  keenly  dissapointed.  "I 
tried  to  interest  Senator  Boodle  in  the  mountain 
passes,"  she  said,  bitterly,  "but  the  senator  wouldn't 
even  look  up  from  his  paper." 

"Why     didn't     you     mention     railroad     passes? 


whispered  the  conductor, 
ten  feet.' 


"He  would  have  jumped 


Impecunious  Bards 

"Do  you  know  anything  about  the  poetical  fire?" 
asked  the  interviewer. 

"I  must  confess  that  I  do  not,"  sighed  the  garret 
bard.     Very  few  poets  can  afford  a  fire." 


OIL  COMPANIES. 
STERLING    OIL    CO.,    1491    Post    St..    cor. 
Octavia,   S.    F. 

OPTICIANS. 
MAYERLE.   GEORGE,   German   expert,   1115 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.   F.  ;   Phone  West  3766. 
SAN    FRANCISCO    OPTICAL    COMPANY, 
"Spences,"    627    Van    Ness   Ave.  ;    "Branch," 
1613   Fillmore. 
STANDARD   OPTICAL   CO.,   808   Van.  Ness 
Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PAINTERS   AND    DECORATORS. 
KEEFE,  J.   H.,  820-822   O'Farrell   St.,  S.   F. ; 

Tel.   Franklin  2055. 

TOZER,    L.    &    SON    CO.,    INC.,    1527    Pine 

and   2511    Washington   St.,  near  Fillmore. 

PAINTS   AND    OILS. 

BASSHUETER     PAINT    CO.,    1532   Market 

St. 

PHOTO    ENGRAVERS. 
CAL.    PHOTO    ENG.    CO..    141-143    Valencia 
St. 

PHYSICIANS. 
BOWIE.    DR.    HAMILTON   C,   formerly    293 
Geary  St.,  Paul    Illdg..  now   14th  and  Church 
Sts. 
BRYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R.,    1944    Fillmore 

St.,  cor.   Pine;  Tel.  West  5657. 
D'EVELYN.     DR.     FREDERICK    W.,   2115 
California  St.,  S.   F.,  and  2103   Clinton  Ave.. 
Alameda. 
THORNE,  DR.  W.  S.,  1434  Post  St.,  S.  F. 
POTTS.  DR.  JOHN  S.,  1476  Eddy  St.    Phone 
West      1073.       Residence,     Hotel     Congress, 
Ellis  and  Fillmore.      Phone  West  4224. 
PIANOS— MANUFACTURERS     AND 
DEALERS. 
BALDWIN,   D.   H.   &   CO..  2512   Sacramento 
St.,  and  Van  Ness  at  California. 
REAL    ESTATE. 
HICKS     ,\     MACK.       Real    Estate    and     In- 
surance.    2091     Fillmore     St.       Phone     West 
7287. 


RESTAURANTS. 
MORAGHAN,    M.    B.,    OYSTER    CO.,    1212 

Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
OLD    POODLE    DOG.    824    Eddy    St.,    near 

Van  Ness  Ave. 
ST.   GERMAIN   RESTAURANT,   497  Golden 

Gate  Ave.;   Phone  Market  2315. 
SWAIN'S     RESTAURANT,     nil     Post    St., 

S.  F. 
THOMPSON'S,    formerly    Oyster    Loaf,    1727 

O'Farrell  St. 

SAFES    AND    SCALES. 
HERRING-HALL     MARVIN     SAFE     CO., 

office     and     salesrooms,     Mission     St.,     bet. 

Seventh    and    Eighth    Sts. ;    Phone    Market 

1037. 

SEWING    MACHINES. 
WHEELER  &  WILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING    MACHINES,     1431     Bush     St.,     cor. 

Van    Ness    Ave.,     S.    F. ;     Phone     Franklin 

301;   formerly  231   Sutter  St. 
DOMESTIC    SEWING    MACHINES,    J.    W. 

Evans,    Agent.    1658    O'Farrell    St.,    nr.    Fill- 
more.    Phone  West  3601. 
STORAGE. 
BEKINS  VAN   &  STORAGE   CO.,   13th   and 

Mission  Sts.,  S.  F. :  Phone  Market  13. 
PIERCE  RUDOLPH  STORAGE  CO.,    Eddy 

and  Fillmore  Sts. ;  Tel.  West  828. 
SURGICAL    INSTRUMENTS    AND     HOS- 
PITAL   SUPPLIES. 
WALTERS    &   CO.,    formerly    Shutts,    Walters 

&  Co.,    1608  Steiner  St..  S.   F. 

TALKING   MACHINES. 
BACIGALUPI,    PETER,    1113-1115    Fillmore 

St.,  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 
LYONS,     CHARLES,     London     Tailor,    1432 

Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 
»     Broadway,  Oakland. 
McMAHON,     KEYER     AND     STIEGELER 

BROS.,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 

and  Fillmore. 


REHNSTROM,  C.  H„  2415  Fillmore  St.,  for- 
merly Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

TENTS  AND  AWNINGS. 

THOMS,  F.,  1209  Mission  St.,  corner  of 
Eighth,  S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 

EAMES  TRICYCLE  CO.,  Invalid  Chairs, 
1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 

WINES    AND    LIQUORS— WHOLESALE. 

BALKE,  ED.  W.,  1498  Eddy  St.,  .cor.  Fill- 
more. 

BUTLER,  JOHN  &  SON,  2209  Steiner  St., 
S.  F. 

REYNOLDS,  CHAS.  M.  CO.,  912  Folsom 
St.,  S.  F. 

RUSCONI,  FISHER  &  CO..  649  Turk  St., 
S.  F. 

SIEBE  BROS.  &  PLAGEMAN.  419-42S 
Larkin  St.;   Phone  Franklin  349. 

WENIGER,    P.    J.    &    CO.,    N.    E.    cor.    Van 
Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St.;  Tel.  Franklin  309. 
309. 

WICHMAN,  LUTGEN  &  CO.,  Harrison  and 
Everett  Sts.,  Alameda,  Cal. ;  Phone  Ala- 
meda  1179. 

WINES  AND  LIQUORS-RETAIL 

FERGUSON,  T.  M.  CO.,  Market  Street. 
Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 

FISCHER,  E.  R„  1901  Mission  St.,  cor.  of 
Fifteenth. 

THE  METROPOLE,  John  L.  Herget  and 
Wm.  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 
and  Steiner  Sts. 

TUXEDO,  THE,  Eddie  Graney,  Prop.,  S.  W. 
cor.  Fillmore  and  O'Farrell  Sts. 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 
GOLDEN     GATE     COMPRESSED    YEAST 
CO..   2401    Fillmore. 


30 


-THE  WASP- 


Amusements 


"On  "Change,"  a  farce  in  three  acts 
newly  adapted  from  the  German  of 
Van  Moser,  played  with  such  great 
success  by  the  Augustin  Daly  Com- 
pany under  the  title  of  "The  Big 
Bonanza."  will  be  produced  at  the 
Colonial  Theater  on  Monday  evening. 
May  6th.  It  is  one  of  the  funniest 
farces  dealing  with  the  ups  and  downs 
of  the  stock  market  that  has  ever 
been  staged.  In  fact,  it  was  such  a 
clever  farce,  that  Daly  engaged  an 
all-star  cast  to  play  it,  including  John 
Drew,  Ada  Rehan,  James  Lewis,  Otis 
Skinner.  Isabel  Irving,  Joseph  Hol- 
land and  Mrs.  Gilbert. 

As  the  mild  Professor  Senaca  Pick- 
ering Peck,  the  man  who  attempts  to 
"bull  the  market,"  Frank  Bacon 
should  make  his  audience  split  its 
sides  with  laughter.  The  character 
is  admirably  suited  to  Bacon's  pecul- 
iarly dry  humor  and  droll  demeanor, 
and  the  popular  comedian  will  no 
doubt  score  one  of  the  greatest  hits 
of  his  career  in  the  part.  The  "Bear" 
of  the  stock  exchange  will  be  por- 
trayed by  that  versatile  character 
actor,  A.  Burt  Wesner.  The  full 
strength  of  the  company  will  be  seen 
in  the  cast,  including  Izetta  Jewel, 
Maud  Odelle.  Effie  Bond,  Jane  Jeffery. 
Orral  Humphreys,  Walker  Graves, 
Jr.,  and  all  of  the  other  favorites. 

Orral  Humphreys,  who  has  been  on 
a  tour  with  the  Creston  Clarke  Com- 
pany, will  rejoin  the  Colonial  Stock 
Monday  and  his  return  will  be  wel- 
come news  to  his  many  admirers,  as 
his  conscientious  and  able  work  at 
this  theater  has  won  for  him  a  warm 
spot  in  the  hearts  of  the  patrons  of 
the  new  home  of  stock  productions. 

The  elegantly  staged  and  well-acted 
drama,  "La  Belle  Russe,"  is  proving  a 
big  drawing  card  this  week.  The 
Belasco  play  will  be  presented  for  the 
last  time  Sunday  night,  with  Saturday 
and  Sunday  matinees. 
.*       *       * 

"Robin  Hood,"  as  interpreted  by 
Manager  Healy's  all  star  cast  at  The 


ICECREAM 

^1536-8  Fillmore  St:. S.F. 


Novelty  this  week,  is  hardly  a  Bos- 
tonian  production,  but  even  at  that 
it  is  pretty  good  to  look  at  and  to 
listen  to.  While  it  lacks  the  atmos- 
phere of  the  old  Tivoli,  even,  it  pos- 
pesses  redeeming  features,  not  the 
least  of  which  is  Miss  Florence  Sin- 
nott,  the  exceedingly  clever  little  girl 
who  plays  the  ingenue  role  as  well 
as  she  does  soubrettes.  Her  Annabel 
far  exceeds  that  of  Dora  De  Felipe, 
and  that  is  saying  a  good  deal,  for 
while  Miss  De  Felipe  was  homelier 
than  it  was  right  for  her  to  be.  she 
certainly  could  sing.  For  chic  and 
daintiness  Miss  Sinnott  is  a  real  reve- 
lation, and  she  unconsciously  glorifies 
her  role  to  a  degree  far  in  excess  of 
my  expectations. 

Mr.  Healy  sprang  another  surprise 
on  his  auditors  in  the  person  of  Oliver 
Lenoir,  who  sings  the  role  of  Will 
Scarlett,  the  armorer.  Mr.  Lenoir 
has  a  wonderful  voice,  and  his  render- 
ing of  the  famous  "Armorer's  Song" 
is  worth  going  miles  to  hear.  This 
young  man,  by  the  way,  is,  like  the 
famous  MacDonald.  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  and  discovered  his  talent  for 
music  while  in  the  railroad  shops  in 
Sacramento.  I  prophesy  big  things  in 
'  Mr.  Lenoir's  future  careen 

Teddy  Webb  was  a  better  Sheriff 
of  Nottingham  than  I  thought  he 
would  be.  He  was  hardly  a  Barna- 
bee  or  even  a  Willard  Simms,  but  he 
got  the  humor  out  of  the  part  which 
is  the  main  thing,  and  he  dropped 
some  of  his  mannerisms  which  tend 
to  be  somewhat  boresome.  Aida 
Hemmi  covered  herself  with  glory  by 
her  thorough  rendering  of  the  role 
of  Maid  Marian.  One  thing  I  have 
noticed  about  Miss  Hemmi  is  that 
no  matter  how  full  the  house  is,  or 
how  empty,  she  gives  the  same  fin- 
ished performance  at  all  times.  She 
is  a  hard  and  conscientious  worker, 
and  she  has  the  ability  to  back  it  up 
with.  Maud  Beatty  was  an  excellent 
Alan-a-Dale.  Her  singing  of  "O 
Promise  Me"  was  the  best  thing  in 
the  show,  though  J.  Albert  Waller- 
stedt  won  much  applause  with  his 
"Brown  October  Ale."  Carl  Haydn 
made  an  excellent  Robin  Hood.  His 
voice  is  growing  stronger  and  its 
purity  which  was  somewhat  impaired 
by  a  slight  throat  affection  during 
the  few  weeks  past  has  now  regained 
its  tone  and  quality.  George  Kunkel 
as  Friar  Tuck  had  an  excellent 
comedy  part  which  he  made  the  most 
of   as    did    Aimee    Leicester   as    Dame 


Durden. 

•  The  "Robin  Hood"  music  is  melody 
of  which  one  never  grows  tired.  It  is 
my  favorite  light  opera,  and  I  think 
that  most  people  will  agree  with  me 
in  this.  The  piece  is  admirably 
staged,  with  quite  satisfactory  atten- 
tion to  detail.  It  will  be  followed  next 
week  by  "The  Serenade"  or  "Fan- 
tana." 

*  *       * 

"The  Admirable  Crichton"  is  the 
Alcazar  offering  and  it  is  up  to  the 
mark  set  by  this  competent  company. 
It  is  as  well  staged  as  it  was  in  the 
old  days  of  O'Farrell  Street,  and  Ber- 
tram Lytell  does  fine  work  in  the  role 
of  Crichton.  The  other  members  are 
all  well  cast  and  from  present  indica- 
tions the  piece  should  have  a  longer 
run  than  the  usual  week. 

*  *       * 

A  spectacular  production  always 
seems  to  me  to  be  an  awful  lot  of 
bother  for  a  mighty  little  result.  When 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherilh  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 

LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organisl  and  Director  Trinity 
Church  Choir 

Teacher    of     Voice,     Piano     and     Organ 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phone 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,   Tues- 
day and  Friday. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 

PIANIST 

Tel.  Well  314  1 80 1  Buchanan  St..  Cor.  Sillier 


William  Keith 

Studio 

After  Dec.  1st         1717  California  St. 


SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 

Attorney -at- Law 


1101  O'FARRELL  ST. 

Cor.  Franklin  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


-THE  WASP- 


31 


RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 


|SIX   CR    MORE    RACES    EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Rain  or  Shine 


Races  commence  at   1  40  p. 


sharp. 


For  special  trains  stopping  at  the  track  lake  S.  P.  Ferry, 
[oot  of  Market  street:  leave  at  1 2:00,  thereafter  every  twenty 
minutes  until  1 :40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  cars, 
which  are  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Returning  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILUAMS.  President. 
PERCY  W.  TREAT,  Secretary. 


The  best  YEAST  for  all 
Kinds    of   Baking 

FRESH  DAILY  AT  YOUR  GROCER 


Thompson's       Formerly 


Oyster  Loaf, 


Nov 
Open. 


1727  O'Farrell  St.,  near  Fillmore 
All  night  service  Popular  Prices 


tThe  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 
Ham  mam  Baths,  built  especially  for 
■*  the  purpose,  in  the  city. 

I  Oriental  Turkish  Baths 

I  Corner  Eddy  and  Larkin  Sts. 

•  Cold  water  plunge. 

y  Room  including  Bath,  Si.oo. 

♦  Phone  Franklin  653 

*  W.  J.  BLUMBERG  &  BRO..  Props. 


PATRICK  &  CO. 


Rubber    Stamps 

Stencils,   Box  Brands 


1543  Pine   Street 


San   Francisco 


a  production  such  as  "A  Midsummer 
Night's  Dream"  take-  the  boards,  my 
observation  is  apt  to  be  tempered  with 
sympathy  for  the  management  ami 
for  the  performers,  Of  course,  the 
question  of  whether  ii  is  worth  while 
or  not  is  purely  the  business  of  the 
management,  and  might  he  regarded 
in  1  lie  cold-blooded  light  of  "\\  ho 
Cares,"  but  nothing  tike  that  is  apt 
1-.  enter  into  the  mind  of  the  spec- 
tator at  the  Van  Ness  Theater.  Ad- 
miration is  the  dominant  note. 

To  say  that  the  piece  is  completely 
Staged  is  not  enough.  It  is  sumptu- 
ously staged,  and  perfection  is  in 
every  detail  from  Miss  Annie  Russell 
in  her  role  of  Puck:,  down  to  the 
smallest  mechanical  effect. 

[n  no  other  piece  that  I  have  seen 
do  1  recall  such  harmony  in  every 
particular.  The  company  is  well 
trained;  as  a  football  player  would 
say,  "their  teamwork  is  good."  It  is 
a  big  company  at  that,  and  it  is  gor- 
geously costumed  and  surrounded 
with  a  scenic  setting  that  is  a  gem 
of  beauty.  But  Miss  Annie  Russell 
herself  makes  the  show  the  success 
it  undoubtedly  is,  and  were  it  not 
for  her  the  rest  of  the  piece  would  be 
as  empty  as  a  blown  egg  shell.  Tt 
is  not  art  on  her  part  that  makes  her 
triumph — at  least  I  think  it  is  not 
art;  it  seems  to  me  to  be  more  a 
triumph  of  personality.  For  if  ever 
a  woman  was  endowed  by  Nature  to 
play  the  role  of  Puck  it  is  Annie 
Russell. 

Miss  Russell's  personality  fits  the 
part  to  a  nicety.  She  has  the  voice, 
and  the  sprightliness  to  carry  her 
roguery  to  every  auditor  and  she  cer- 
tainly does  it.  In  her  the  poetic  con- 
ception of  the  magic  elf  is  fully  real- 
ized. In  her  Puck  lives  and  moves 
and  has  his  being.  The  rest  of  the 
principals  are  good,  but  nothing  extra 
John  Bunny  is  good  as  Bottom,  Lan- 
sing Rowan  makes  a  good  Helena 
and  Catherine  Proctor  in  the  role 
of  Hermia  does  well.  "Midsummer 
Xight's  Dream"  is  by  far  the  best 
show  yet  seen  in  this  City  since  "Ben 
Hur." 

*       *       * 

"Sporting  Life"  is  a  somewhat 
strenuous  drama.  A  capable  stock 
company  has  been  engaged  for  a 
four-weeks'  season  at  the  American 
Theater  to  produce  this  and  other 
high   class   dramas. 

THE  FIRST  NIGHTER. 


COLONIAL  THEATRE 

McAllister  near  Market        Phone  Market  920 
MARTIN  F.  KURTZIC,    Pr«idenl  and  ManaBer 


All  Market  Street  Cars  run  direct  to  Theatre 

Week      Beginning     Monday,      May     6 

The  Hilarious  Up-to-Date  Farce 
in  Three  Acts 


u0n  Change" 


Frank  Bacon  as  Professor  Peck 
"Buy  Trunks!  Trunks!  Trunks!" 

PRICES:  Eveninss,  25c.  50c,  75c.  $1.00;  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  Matinees,  25c  and  50c.  BARGAIN 
MATINEE,  Wednesday,  all  seats  reserved.  25c.  Branch 
Ticket  Office,  Kohler  &  Chase's.  Suiter  and  Franklin 
Streets. 


DR.  WM.  D.  CLARK 

Office  and  Res.:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

Hours — 1  to  3  p.  m.  and  7  to  8  p.  m. 

Sundays — By    appointment 

Phone  West   390 


Contracts    made    with    Hotels    and    Restaurants 
Special  Attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

Established  1876 

THOMAS  MORTON  &SON 

Importer  of  and     (~*C\  A  I 
Dealers  in  \*\JM* 

N.  W.  Cor.  Eddy  and  Hyde,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-31    Battery  Street.  S.  F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Tarrison     Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  1179 

GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
color  use  Alfreditm's  Egyptian  Henna — 
a  vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
the  effect  is  immediate.  All  druggists 
sell  it.     Langley  &  Michaels  Co.,  agents. 


32 


THE  WASP 


ELECTRO 
SILICON 

Is  Unequalled  lor 

Cleaning  and  Polishing 
SILVERWARE. 

Send  address  for  a  FKEE  SAMPLE,  o'-  15c.  In 
Stamps  for  a  full  box. 

Electro-Silicon  Soap  haa  equal  merits. 
The  Klectro  Silicom  Co.,  30  Cliff  St.,  New  York. 
Grocers  and  Druggists  sell  it. 

California  Vehicle  &  Harness  Co. 

Successors  to 


rLEIBOLD, 

Harncss  &  CARRJXgeCO. 

1214  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 

BET.  WEBSTER  AND  FILLMORE 


A  pc°j*ive  CATARRH 

Ely's  Cream  Balm  I 

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Gives  Relief  at  Once. 

It  cleanses,  soothes  I 
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Head  quickly.  Re-UAV  FFVFR 
Btores  the  Senses  of  ■■**  ■  ■■■¥■»■■ 
Taste  and  Smell.  Full  size  50  cts. ,  at  Drug- 
gists or  by  mail ;  Trial  Size  10  cts.  by  mail. 
Elv  Brothers.  56  Warren  Street,  New  York. 


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Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure 
One  dose  will  stop  a  cough. 
It  never  fails.     Try  it.     25c. 

AT  ALL  DRUGGISTS 


Awakening   Him 

The  honeymoon  was  over   and   the  ,  Tf^'Vf^       VfQEW 

cupboard    was    bare.  M^aw     1  V/  I  V/       tVlOEill 

"Don't    worry,    darling,"     said     tin  I  ^^^2^. 

romantic   husband,   as   he    opened   the  |  i"^^^^«a        \C    A  I^H  A 

piano;    "remember,  music   is    the    food  I  f^S^^W       llillk/llfl 

°f    love-"  (Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 

The   practical   little   wife   shook  her 

head.  Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

"But    if    you    really    think    music    is  Room  240  James  Flood  Building 

the     food     of    love,"    she     responded.  .   San  Francisco 

"perhaps  you  can  step  around  and  get  S.  S.  "America  Mam"  (calls  at  Manila)       .    . 

the    butcher    to    give    you   a    beefsteak Friday,  May  3,  1907 

for  a  mere  song."  S.  S.  "Nippon  Mam"  (calls  at  Manila)    .     .     I 

Then   the    long-haired    genius   woke Friday,  May  3 1 ,  1907 

Up.  S.  S.  "Hongkong  Mam" I 

Friday,  June  28,  1907 

_,,          T               -ir        ,  Steamers  will  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Brannan  Sis., 

Ine     Last     Word  |  p.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 

.                                ...  lulu,   Kobe,   (Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 

At     a      performance     Of     Olie      Of      the  necting  at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,  etc. 

.  No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing. 

sllOWS    Which     has    enjoyed     more    than  Round-  trip  tickets  al  reduced  rates.                                       1 

For  Freight  and  passage  apply  at  office,  240  James  Flood 

the     USUal     length     OT     run     a     night     Or  Building.     W.  H.  AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 

two  ago  there  was  a  young  man  ap- 
parently in  the  last  stages  of  a  jag. 
As  the  leading  woman  reached  the 
climax  of  one  of  the  acts  she  said: 
"It's  the  woman  that  pays — pays — 
pays." 

"One  moment,  please,"  interrupted 
the  inebriated  one,  rising  in  his  seat, 
"I'd  like  to  argue  that  point  with 
yuu." 


Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

Headguarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 

1113-1115  Fillmore  Street,  San  Francisco 

Albion  Ale  or  Porter 


SUMMONS 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE 
State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco. 

SIDNEY  W.  SCOTT,  Plaintiff,  vs.  ISABELL 
SCOTT,  Defendant. 

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

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  send 
greeting    to    ISABEL    SCOTT,    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  ser- 
vice 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  dissolv- 
ing the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing 
between  Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  on  the 
ground  of  Defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  the 
Plaintiff;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will 
more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file, 
to   which   special  reference  is  hereby   made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless 
you  appear  and  answer  as  above  required, 
the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any 
moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  Com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply 
to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  demanded 
in  the  Complaint. 

Given     under     my     hand     and     the     Seal     of 
the  Superior   Court    of  the  State  of   California, 
in   and   for  the  City  and    Countv   of  San    Fran- 
cisco, this   16th  dav  of  March,   A.   D.    1907. 
(SEAL)  H.'  I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By    L.    J.    WELCH,    Deputy    Clerk. 
JOSEPH    H.    TAM,    Attorney    for    Plaintiff, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Action   No.   7076. 


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Drink.     Pure  Extract  of  Malt  and  Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Lagnna  St. 


Dr.WONQ  HIM 

1268  O'FarreH  St. 

Permanently  Located 

HERB   DOCTOR 


Fattier  and  Mother 
Write  Letter  In- 
dorsing Treatment. 

SAN    FRANCISCO 
March  23.  1906 

To  Whom  it  may 
^s&Concern:  Our  three- 
Bl»  year  -  old  daughter, 
having  been  ill  for 
some  time  and  beins 
treated  by  the  most  prominent  physicians, 
gradually  became  worse,  and  was  finally 
given  up  by  them.  We  were  then  recom- 
mended to  Dr.  Wonp  Him.  We  started 
with  his  treatment  and  within  two  months' 
time  our  daughter  was  cured. 

Respectfully, 
MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  C.  L1EB. 
2757  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 


Volume  LVIl-.No.  19 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  MAY   II,   1907 


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Plain  English 


General  Leonard  Wood,  in  command  of  the  mili- 
tary forces  in  the  Philippines,  seems  to  be  unduly 
prone  to  have  his  dignity  ruffled  by  the  sassy 
language  of  his  understrappers.  He  has  charged 
a  civil  employe  named  F.  S.  Cairns  with  disrespect- 
ful language.  Some  years  back  in  Cuba  the  pre- 
sumptous  Cairns  had  trouble  with  the  Medico-Gen- 
eral and  when  the  twain  met  again  in  the  Philip- 
pines the  civil  retainer  was  still  most  uncivil.  So 
General  Woods  has  formally  notified  the  higher 
authorities  at  Washington  of  the  crime,  much  as 
he  did  when  Captain  L.  M.  Koehler  of  the  Fourth 
Cavalry  was  charged  by  him  with  disrespectful 
language  and  court-martialed.  A  major-general 
should  be  able  to  preserve  his  dignity  without  in- 
voking the  strong  arm  of  the  Federal  power  to 
protect  it  from  every  underling  who  gets  gay. 

There  appears  to  be  an  undercurrent  of  dissatis- 
faction in  military  circles  owing  to  the  speed  of 
General  Leonard  Wood's  rise.  This  fortunate 
warrior  was  born  in  New  Hampshire  forty-seven 
years  ago,  studied  medicine  at  Harvard  and  became 
an  assistant-surgeon  in  the  Army  in  1886.  In  1898 
while  still  in  the  medical  profession  Dr.  Wood  re- 


cruited the  Rough  Riders  and  three  years  later 
became  a  Major-general  in  the  United  States  Army. 
This  meteoric  rise  would  impress  even  the  con- 
quering army  of  Napoleon,  where  every  corporal 
was  supposed  to  carry  the  baton  of  a  field-marshal 
in  his  knapsack,   figuratively  speaking. 

General  Wood  has  now  been  selected  to  command 
the  Department  of  the  East  with  headquarters  at 
Governor's  Island,  while  General  Arthur  Mac- 
Arthur,  with  his  long  military  record,  has  been 
consigned  to  the  obscurity  of  Milwaukee,  where 
he  will  be  neither  in  the  public  nor  the  military 
eye  very  much  henceforth. 

MacArthur  served  in  the  Civil  War  and  took  part 
in  many  important  actions  including  Stone  River, 
Missouri  Bridge,  Perryville,  and  Atlanta.  He  was 
promoted  to  a  colonelty  for  gallantry  and  efficiency 
in  actual  service  and  was  appointed  first  lieutenant 
in  the  regular  army  in  1866.  He  has  since  risen 
without  political  favor  to  the  position  of  lieutenant- 
general. 

Perhaps  the  powers-that-be  have  discovered  in 
General  Wood  genius  military  that  wipes  out  all 
rules  of  routine  promotion  and  precedure.  Caesar, 
who  proved  to  be  one  of  the  great  soldiers  in 
history,  never  saw  a  pitched  battle  till  he  was  forty, 
and  up  to  that  age,  like  our  famous  fellow  citizen, 
Sam  Shortridge,  devoted  most  of  his  talents  to 
perfection  in  oratory.  A  doctor's  training,  like  that 
of  Leonard  Wood,  would  however  be  more  in  keep- 
ing with  a  soldier's  murderous  trade  than  tickling 
the  e^rs  of  the  multitude  with  fine  rhetoric. 


The  labor  unions  will  have  the  opportunity 
to  show  just  what  they  amount  to,  politically,  next 
year  when  the  National  vote  is  cast  for  a  new  President. 
If  Roosevelt  be  not  the  Republican  nominee,  some  one 
whom  he  favors  will  be  the  standard  bearer.  The  Wasp 
pointed  out  recently  that  in  a  National  election  the 
labor  union  vote  is  not  a  formidable  one  for  its  total 
strength  is  not  over  seven  hundred  thousand.  The 
farmers'  vote  alone  is  infinitely  more  important.  In  the 
last  Presidential  election  Roosevelt  was  quietly  opposed 
by  organized  labor  in  the  large  cities,  yet  his  majority 
was  immense.  Even  in  our  local  State  election  last  year 
Governor  Gillett,  though  blacklisted  by  Gompers  and 
denounced  by  the  labor  leaders  of  San  Francisco  was 
easily  elected. 


THE  WASP 


The  European  newspapers  have  not  been  sparing 
in  their  criticism  of  American  court  procedure,  as 
shown  in  the  Thaw  trial.  It  appears  most  prepos- 
terous to  European  lawyers,  judges  and  journalists 
that  more  than  a  week  should  be  consumed  in  the 
trial  of  any  citizen  for  murder. 

What  will  our  European  critics  say  of  the  Mover, 
Haywood  and  Pettibone  case,  which  has  not  yet 
been  commenced,  though  the  defendants  have  been 
in  jail  for  a  year,  and  are  charged  with  a  series  of 
the  most  desperate  crimes.  It  is  now  given  out 
by  the  defendants'  attorneys  that  the  trial  will  last 
at  least  three  months.  It  should  not  last  over  two 
weeks. 

It  took  several  years  to  send  to  the  gallows 
Soeder.  the  cold-blooded  murderer  who  brought  his 
ignorant  and  confiding  brother-in-law  here  from 
Germany,  insured  his  life  and  then  took  him  out 
and  butchered  him  like  a  sheep  on  a  lonely  street 
of  San  Francisco. 


Many  months  ago  San  Francisco  was  horrified 
by  a  series  of  daylight  murders,  the  victims  being 
shopkeepers,  who  were  struck  clown  in  their  own 
stores,  beaten  to  death  and  robbed.  By  a  mere 
accident,  the  desperate  assassins  were  arrested,  and  for 
several  weeks  were  made  the  heroes  of  the  hour.  The 
newspapers  were  full  of  their  pictures,  their  doings 
and  their  sayings  and  no  doubt  it  will  take  as  long 
to  get  these  malefactors  to  the  scaffold  as  it  did 
to  make  Soeder  pay  the  penalty  of  his  most  infa- 
mous crime. 

Our  jails  are  crowded  with  red-handed  assassins, 
and  when  I  say  our  jails,  I  mean  all  American 
jails  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco.  There  is 
no  respect  for  the  law  and  the  most  desperate  and 
dangerous  criminals  are  brought  tardily  to  the  bar 
of  justice,  only  by  the  most  strenuous  efforts,  and 
not  once  in  a  dozen  cases  given  the  punishment 
thev  deserve. 


In  San  Francisco  now,  is  exhibited  the  unparall- 
eled spectacle  of  a  set  of  confessed  boodlers  sitting- 
in  the  municipal  legislature  and  making  the  laws 
for  the  City  they  have  robbed  and  disgraced.  There 
seems  to  be  no  way  to  remove  these  rascals  or  the 
Mayor,  who  has  been  the  head  and  front  of  the 
criminality,  and  who  is  laden  down  with  indict- 
ments. 

Not  only  can  these  malefactors  be  not  removed 
from  office,  but  the  courts  of  law  are  powerless  to 
bring  them  to  trial,  speedily,  and  thus  in  a  measure 
conciliate  decent  public  opinion. 

Months  ago  Ruef  and  Schmitz  were  indicted,  and 
yet  at  this  writing  the  Superior  Court  has  been 
unable  to  obtain  a  jury  to  try  either  of  them. 

All  this  affords  proof  conclusive  that  the  ma- 
chinery of  justice  has  broken  down  in  the  United 
States,  and  our  land  has  become  a  lawless  one. 

Every  day  it  becomes  worse  and  will  continue 
to  do  so  unless  we  change  our  system  of  electing 
judges. 


That  is  the  evil  which  underlies  the  lawlessness 
of  our  nation,  and  saps  the  vitality  of  justice. 

We  make  our  judicial  positions  prizes  for  poli- 
ticians, and  insist  that  judges  shall  seek  the  favor 
of  corrupt  machine  politicians  in  order  to  obtain 
their  nominations.  If  they  do  not  knuckle  to  the 
bosses  they  cannot  get  on  their  party  tickets,  and 
be  elected. 

The  judges  should  all  be  appointed.  They  should 
hold  their  positions  for  life,  and  be  pensioned  on 
being  retired.  They  should  be  liberally  paid  and 
thus  the  courts  would  become  respected  and  the 
laws  be  enforced.  All  enemies  of  the  public  peace, 
or  welfare,  would  be  punished  speedily  and  our 
nation  instead  of  being  pointed  out  as  the  most 
lawless  would  become  respected  and  admired  as 
one  well  governed  and  law  abiding. 


If  we  do  not  adopt  some  reform  of  that  kind  we 
can  rest  assured  that  things  will  go  from  bad  to 
worse,  and  out  of  the  strife  of  the  classes  and  the 
masses  will  grow  civil  war,  more  or  less  serious. 
From  that  will  spring  a  military  despotism  in  the 
iron  grasp  of  which  the  republic  may  long  remain. 

It  is  very  evident  that  when  the  civil  authorities 
cease  to  be  respected,  and  the  civil  law  no  longer 
operative,  the  control  must  pass  into  the  military 
branch  of  government.  Already  we  see  that  ex- 
emplified in  San  Francisco,  where  the  law-abiding 
citizens  are  more  afraid  of  the  police  and  their 
elected  municipal  officials  than  the  professional 
criminals.  Our  merchants  rest  their  ultimate  hopes 
on  the  military  and  in  their  secret  hearts  long  to 
see  the  uniformed  sentries  patroling  the  streets  once 
more. 

That  is  a  bad  state  of  affairs.  None  could  be 
worse,  for  the  interference  of  the  military  in  the 
police  work  of  a  commonwealth  is  always  improper 
and  revolutionary.     The  duty  of  the  soldiers  is  to 


X 


CHAS.KE1LUS&  CO 

EXCLUSIVE 

HIGH  GRADE  CLOTH  I ERS 


No  Branch  Slores.  No  Agents. 

Clothes  are  commodities  and  sold  in  open  market.  Anybody  can 
buy  cloth  but,  it  takes  brains,  you  bet,  to  make  "Classy  Clothes"  that 
are  so  different.  Such  makes  can  be  counted  on  the  fingers  of  one  hand 
and  then  have  some  to  spare. 

No  patent  needed  to  make  clothes  but  there's  a  heap  of  gray 
matter  required  to  build  them  "just  so."  We  are  in  touch  with 
clothes  makers  that  cater  only  to  smart  dressers.  We  use  their 
cleverproducrions.  That's  why  there's  no  bargains  here. 
There's  plenty  "bargain  stores"  without  us,  Our  destiny  lies  in 
reputation. 


KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 

Fillmore    Street,     near    Sutter,    San    Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


fight  a  foreign  foe  and  not  support  the  weak  arm 
of  the  civic  power.  The  civil  authorities  should 
be  amply  able  t"  '1"  that  themselves,  and  unless  cor- 
rupt, inefficient  or  cowardly  can  always  do  so.  In 
San  Francisco  the  civil  authorities  possess  all 
three  characteristics;  so  we  see  a  complete  collapse 
of  law  and  order  and  no  hope  of  permanent  im- 
provement while  the  incompetents  remain  in  power. 
Even  after  they  shall  have  been  removed  by  the 
vote  of  the  people  other  rascals  may  take  their 
places. 

All  this  would  be  obviated  if  we  had  a  set  of 
judges  placed  above  the  influences  of  professional 
politicians.  The  law-breakers  who  come  before 
them  for  punishment  would  be  sure  to  receive  it 
and  the  community  would  soon  learn  that  dis- 
obedience of  the  laws  meant  serious  loss  of  money, 
liberty  or  life. 


P.  II.  McCarthy,  he  of  the  lurid  imagination,  has 
not  deceived  many  persons  by  his  great  kidnapping 
yarn,  and  workingmen  are  not  worrying  whether  or 
not  he  is  to  be  another  Charlie  Ross.  Outside  of 
the  liuilding  Trades  Council  McCarthy  has  not  a 
particle  of  influence.  In  the  Building  Trades  Coun- 
cil, anything  P.  H.  does  is  acclaimed.  To  men  of 
the  Tveitmoe  type.  McCarthy  is  the  wisest,  most  elo- 
quent and  most  fearless  of  men.  Recently  when  at 
an  Exclusion  League  meeting  the  Japanese  contro- 
versy was  under  discussion,  McCarthy  applied  a 
vile  name  to  the  President  of  the  United  States  and 
not  one  of  his  hearers  had  the  decency  to  resent 
the  indignitv. 


A  hero  of  the  fierce  fighting  of  Tuesday  after- 
noon is  P.  H.  McCarthy.  President  of  the  Building 
Trades  Council,  the  whilom  victim  of  the  terribly 
"conspiracy"  to  kidnap  and  incarcerate  him  in  a 
lonelv  house  on  the  sand  dunes  fronting  the  ocean. 
McCarthy  is  telling  those  who  have  time  to  listen 
to  him  how  he  had  a  horse  shot  under  him  by  the 
"hired  strike-breakers."  The  tale  is  partly  true,  that 
is  the  faithful  beast  was  shot  and,  technically,  it 
was  "under"  McCarthy  at  the  time,  but  unfortu- 
nately for  the  purposes  of  history  the  horse  was 
hitched  at  the  sidewalk  while  McCarthy,  far  above 
the  raging  battle,  viewed  the  fight  from  a  third- 
story  window.  After  the  smoke  had  cleared  away 
the  hero  of  a  thousand  jaw-fights  descended  cau- 
tiously from  his  perch  and  though  his  noble  charger 
was  all  but  inanimate  sausage  meat  compelled  the 
wounded  Bucephalus  to  haul  him  to  his  home. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  McCarthy  viewed  the 
battle  from  a  high  window.  He  was  not  down 
on  the  street  counselling  the  men  to  keep  peace  and 
stop  the  destruction  of  property.  Though  he  has 
always  maintained  that  he  was  for  peace  in  the 
labor  world,  his  voice  was  not  raised  during  the 
whole  of  that  battle.  We  should  have  expected  to 
hear  of  him  sallying  forth  like  a  knight,  bestride 
the  horse,  stridently  calling  upon  his  fellow  union- 
ists to  quit  throwing  bricks  and  stop  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  railroad  company's  private  property. 
But  no,  away  up  above  the  thunder  of  the  captains 
and  the  shouting,  peeking  from  behind  the  shutter 


of  a  third-story  window,  far  from  the  scent  of  pow- 
der and  out  of  range  of  the  rattling  bricks,  stood 
the  heroic  P.  11..  leaving  his  steed  below  to  catch 
the  stray  bullets. 

But  let  no  carping  historian  of  transient  or  future 
events  rob  McCarthy  of  the  credit  due  him.  It 
has  to  be  recorded  that  the  room  from  which  he 
caught  the  whiff  of  battle  is  the  headquarters  of 
the  Japanese  and  Korean  Exclusion  League,  that 
noble,  patriotic  organization  formed  by  McCarthy 
and  Tveitmoe  which  came  near  causing  serious 
trouble  between  this  country  and  Japan.  So  Mc- 
Carthy was  in  a  suitable  refuge;  he  went  that  far 
in  showing  his  interest  in  the  cause  of  labor. 


Santa  Cruz  is  Booming 

Santa  Cruz  is  taking  its  proper  place  as  one  of 
the  great  pleasure  resorts  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 
For  years  it  lay  dormant,  doing  nothing  to  attract 
attention  to  its  many  advantages,  but  all  its  list- 
lessness  has  gone.  It  is  now  a  live  bustling  town 
fully  determined  that  the  Pacific  Coast  shall  know 
all  about  its  million-dollar  Casino,  its  mammoth 
bathing  pavilion,  tent  city,  amusement  park,  scenic 
railway,  floating  palace,  perfect  restaurant  and 
hotel  accommodations  and  all  the  other  necessaries 
and  delights  of  a  popular  seaside  resort.  Fred  W. 
Swanton,  the  energetic  and  popular  manager  of 
the  Sea  Beach  Company,  has  dispatched  a  corps 
of  boomers  to  tour  the  State  and  illustrate  by 
lectures  and  magic  lantern  shows  all  the  pleasures 
that  await  visitors  to  Santa  Cruz  this  year.  On 
the  added  improvements  for  1907  over  a  million 
dollars  have  already  been  spent.  Such  enterprise 
must  bring  ample  rewards.  The  great  Casino  is 
in  the  closing  stages  of  construction. 


™R  COUNTRY  HOMES 
AND  BUNGALOWS 


LATEST    effects    in   ENGLISH,    FRENCH 
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MATERIAES.    PLAIN    and    FANCY    NETS 
are    now    being    displayed    by    us.     Many    of    the 
patterns  are  in  stock  for  immediate  delivery. 

We  are  showing  an  excellent  assortment  of 
WILLOW  and  MAHOGANY  FURNITURE 
upholstered  in    CRETONNES  and  TAFFETAS. 


L.  KREISS  &  SONS 

Dealers  in   Mahogany,   Oak  and  Maple   Furniture 
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^?  Weekly  Summary  of  Social  Activities  and  Complications 


MISS  DOROTHY  TARPEY 

The  most  surprising  thing  about  the  Yerkes- 
Mizner  divorce  case  is  that  it  was  not  instituted 
sooner.  The  first  we  heard  in  connection  with  the 
marriage  was  that  the  widow  of  the  traction  mag- 
nate refused  to  live  with  her  new  husband.  It  was 
supposed  then  that  the  groom  was  dissatisfied  with 
his  amount  of  traction  on  the  assets  of  the  concern. 
The  suddenness  of  their  disagreement  reminded  one 
of  the  burlesque  wedding  in  "Wang,"  wherein  that 
ludicrous  knave,  ere  the  hands  of  the  high-priest  are 
lowered  from  the  blessing,  turns  to  the  bride  gruffly 
with,  "Hand  over  the  chest.  Am  I  not  your  chest- 
protector?" 

Y\  ilson  Mizner's  post-ceremonial  rejection  was, 
all  in  all,  one  of  the  oddest  events  within  the  mem- 
ory of  the  recording  angels.  Mrs.  Yerkes  acted  as 
if  she  had  not  understood  the  purport  of  a  marriage 
ceremony  and  was  dazed  when  Mizner  sought  to 
live  in  the  same  house  with  her.  Of  course,  there 
is.  from  her  point  of  view,  some  unromantic  fact 
in  the  case,  there  from  the  outset,  of  which  the 
long-suffering  public  has  no  view  at  all.  That  there 
is  a  co-respondent  in  the  proceedings,  and  that 
Mrs.  Mizner  has  had  her  defendant  shadowed  by 
detectives  ever  since  the  marriage,  is  not  enlighten- 


ing. These  matters  are  merely  pretexts  to  obviate 
the  real  objectionable  feature.  There  is  something 
weirdly  unprecedented  in  a  bride  calling  in  the  aid 
of  a  Detective  Agency  prior  to  the  honeymoon,  even 
though  she  suspected  her  gallant  of  being  an  ad- 
venturer. 

"I  despise  the  name  of  'Mizner,'  "  she  declares. 
Still,  when  we  come  to  compare  them :  Mizner — 
Yerkes,  there  is  a  reasonable  doubt  as  to  which  is 
the  more  delectable.  The  tall  defendant  admits  that 
his  wife  will  win  the  suit ;  and  he  knows,  O  Sake, 
he  knows. 


Just  six  of  them — aggregating  $250,000,000  worth 
of  widow,  figured  out  on  a  hard  cash  basis.  They 
are  Mrs.  Hetty  Green,  Mrs.  Russell  Sage,  Mrs. 
James  Henry  Smith,  Mrs.  Anne  Weightman  Wal- 
ker, Mrs.  Marshall  Field,  and  Mrs.  Marshall  Field, 
Jr.  They  constitute  the  most  conspicuous  and 
wealthiest  sextet  in  the  country,  though  not  uni- 
formly as  attractive  as  the  Floradora  six.  In  a 
four-handed  game,  the  Smith-Walker-Sage-Green 
combination  could  perhaps  of  themselves  make  the 
quarter  of  a  billion  jack  pot,  should  they  put  up 
their  last  pennies.  Strictly,  the  flammiferous  figure 
of  $65,000,000  is  not  yet  creditable  to  Mrs.  Smith, 
as  the  title  to  most  of  "Silent"  Smith's  money  is 
claimed  to  blaze  in  the  tiara  of  Lady  Cooper.  This 
fortune,  added  to  her  present  pile,  would  make  the 
English  woman  the  highest  female  coin-stacker  on 
the  circumforaneous  globe.  From  another  stand- 
point, it  would  be  a  needless  and  second  paying  for 
her  prefixitive  of  "Lad}',"  with  American  money. 

That  the  purchasing  of  titles  by  American  women 
merits   taxation    was    recently   suggested    by    Paul 


e  Little  I  alace  Hotel 

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OPEN 

Corner  o£ 

Post  and 

Leavenworth 

Streets 

The  same  excellence  in  cuisine  and  service  that  obtainec 
in  the  Old  Palace  is  duplicated  in  the  new  'Little  Palace 

-THE  WASP 


MISS  FRANCES  STEWART 

Morton,  president  of  the  Equitable  Life  Assurance 
Company.  To  this  there  has  been  no  wide-spread 
dissent  south  of  Market  Street.  Whatever  the 
feasibility  of  such  a  law,  the  deputies  who  should 
have  charge  of  the  collection  (and  we  presume  it 
would  require  several  for  the  dignity  of  the  office) 
would  not  do  a  rushing  business,  but  spend  most 
of  their  time  eating  peanuts  or  engaged  in  whatever 
pastimes  it  is  in  the  wild,  free  nature  of  deputies  to 
rotundifoliate.     That's  the  word. 

Lansing  Rowan,  with  Annie  Russell,  is  a  Califor- 
nia girl.  She  made  her  debut  with  the  Frawleys 
about  the  same  time  that  Blanche  Bates  was  trying 
out  as  a  leading  woman  with  the  same  company. 
Miss  Rowan  has  a  stunning  figure  and  dresses  well. 

Annie  Russell  was  Nat  Goodwin's  leading  lady 
for  a  time,  about  ten  years  ago.  That  was  when 
Nathaniel  C.  was  playing  in  old  comedies  like  "Lend 
Me  Five  Shillings"  and  "David  Garrick."    . 

Society  dressed  very  simple  for  the  dog  show. 
Three  or  four  of  the  Joliffe  sisters  were  there  almost 
every  night  and  they  wore  tailor-mades  as  a  rule. 
Mrs.  Frank  Carolan  was  not  in  the  showing  this 
year;  generally  she  is  a  most  enthusiastic  exhibitor. 
Boston  terriers  seem  to  be  more  popular  than  Amer- 
ican foxhounds  with  the  Society  people.  A  season 
ago  every  Burlingamite  was  mad  over  foxhounds. 
A  season  or  so  prior  to  that  the  French  bull  was 


the  favorite.  After  Richard  Harding  Davis  wrote 
"The  l!ar  Sinister"  there  was  quite,  a  boom  in 
French  bulls. 

*        *        * 

Miss  Mathilde  Van  Rensselaer,  a  New  York 
Society  bud,  who  can  boast  more  Dutch  market 
gardeners  and  grocers  in  her  ancestry  than  all  the 
Astors  since  John  Jacob,  has  become  a  real  estate 
broker.  She  has  been  given  a  position  by  an  en- 
terprising firm  which  thinks  her  acquaintance  with 
Society  people  will  enable  her  to  sell  country  homes 
and  rent  city  ones  by  the  dozen.  Several  San 
Francisco  women  have  made  quite  a  success  in  real 
estate  speculation. 

All  the  golf  players  of  the  Pacific  Coast  will  as- 
semble at  Hotel  Del  Monte  for  the  week  beginning 
Saturday,  May  11th.  The  specially  drawing  event 
is  the  tournament  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Golf  Asso- 
ciation, which  will  be  held  on  Friday,  Saturday  and 
Sunday,  May  17th,  18th  and  19th.  A  crowd  of  peo- 
ple are  going  down  for  preliminary  plays.  An  in- 
vitation has  been  extended  to  crack  clubs  of  Vic- 
toria, Seattle,  Tacoma  and  Portland,  as  well  as  the 
clubs  in  the  Association  at  Los  Angeles,  San 
Diego  and  San  Francisco.  The  outlook  is  for  the 
biggest  crowds  of  golf  experts  that  have  ever  met 
on  these  links.  Incidentally,  a  number  of  art  pat- 
rons are  planning  to  take  advantage  of  this  event 
to  go  down  and  see  the  new  exhibition  of  Cali- 
fornia paintings,  which  opened  a  few  weeks  ago 
in  the  Del  Monte  ball  room.  Critics  say  it  is  one 
of  the  best  exhibitions  ever  given  on  the  coast. 


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ARE  YOU  NOT  INSPIRED  WITH 
A   LOVE  FOR  THE  COLONIAL 


In  looking  at  a 
room  such  as 
this? 


/^\UR  carefully  selected  stock  of  Wall  Papers  and 
^—^  Fabrics  is  replete  with  attractive  things  and  at 
such  small  attractive  prices.  We  will  gladly  assist  you 
in    your    decorating    if    you    will    favor    us    with    a    call. 


L.  TOZER  &  SON  CO. 

INTERIOR   DECORATORS 

1527    PINE    STREET.   Bet.  Van  Ness  and  Polk,  S.   F. 
187     TWELFTH    STREET,    Near    Madison,    Oakland 


-THE  WASP « 


Mrs.Louis  H.  Long  has  created  quite  a  stir  down  in 
Santa  Barbara,  where  she  got  up  Oscar  Wilde's  play 
"The  Importance  of  Being  Earnest,"  for  the  benefit  of 
the  public  library  of  that  city.  Mrs.  Long  herself 
took  one  of  the  leading  parts,  the  dowager  Lady 
Brackwell,  and  she  is  a  brilliant  success  on  the  stage. 
With  her  haughty  British  stare  and  her  clever  and 
supercilious  handling  of  a  lorgnette  she  brought  down 
the  house,  which  was  filled  with  the  elite  of  Californian 
Society.  I  hear  that  Mrs.  Long  had  a  hard  time  get- 
ting things  in  working  order  and  she  says  that  other 
places  are  not  possessed  of  the  spirit  of  her  own  San 
Francisco,  which  gives  with  both  hands  to  charity. 

During  his  stay  at  the  Potter  in  Santa  Barbara, 
John  Hooper  gave  a  dinner  at  the  Casa  de  Brabo  ;  those 
for  whom  covers  were  laid  were  all  San  Franciscans, 
staying  at  the  hotel  or  keeping  house  in  the  city.  Mr. 
Hooper  had  engaged  a  box  at  the  Potter  Theatre  for 
the  play  given  by  Mrs.  Long  but  as  he  was  obliged 
to  return  to  the  City  on  business  of  importance  he 
invited  a  party  including  the  Davis'  to  occupy  the  box 
and  a  merry  group  it  was  too. 


Mrs.  Gaston  Ashe  has  been  benefited  financially  by 
the  very  rich  Winter,  as  another  fine  crop  is  assured 
to  her  this  year  on  her  ranch  near  Hollister.  Those 
California  landowners  make  money  in  large  bunches 
when  thej'  get  a  few  good  seasons  in  succession  and 
the  bankers  who  have  had  liens  on  the  crops  of  the 
Ashe  ranch  for  years  will  get  no  interest  next  harvest. 
Every  dollar  of  incumbrance  has  been  wiped  out  and 
Mrs.  Ashe  is  again  in  receipt  of  a  splendid  income,  a 
fact  which  will  give  her  many  friends  in  Society  the 
keenest  pleasure.  The  extensive  acres  she  owns  in 
San  Benito  County  were  left  to  her  by  her  father,  Mr. 
Bolado.  She  has  left  Sausalito  with  her  two  young 
sons  and  for  the  next  six  months  will  reside  on  her 
ranch. 


gamblers  to  claim  blood  relationship  and  win  the 
disputed  shekels.  Much  mud  was  heaped  up  to  be 
flung  upon  the  girl  who  had  devoted  years  of  her 
life  to  the  care  of  the  unhappy  and  ill-fated  heiress 
and  it  was  even  intimated  that  she  might  have  had  a 
hand  in  the  tragic  death  of  her  ward.  Some  of  the 
mud  stuck  however,  and  the  verdict  was  favorable 
to  her.  The  mother  of  Mis&  Dolbeer  also  met  an 
untimely  death.  One  day  when  the  future  heiress 
was  a  baby  her  mother  was  found  by  her  husband 
weltering  in  her  gore  having  shot  herself  in  her  own 
home  on  Lombard  Street.  Neighbors  rushed  in  when 
the  horrified  husband  raised  an  alarm  but  the  woman 
was  past  all  aid.  Ill  health  and  the  meloncholia  pro- 
duced thereby  were  believed  to  be  the  causes  of  the 
suicide  and  inherited  tendency  had  doubtless  much  to 
do  also  with  the  tragic  termination  of  Miss  Dolbeer's 

existence. 

*         *         * 

The  Seventh  Annual  Convention  of  the  California 
Division  of  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy, 
took  many  distinguished  visitors  to  Hotel  Del  Monte. 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Pritchard,  Honorary  National  President, 
who  is  the  daughter  of  General  Albert  Sidney  Johns- 
ton, was  accompanied  by  Miss  Elsie  J.  Pritchard.  Mrs. 
J.  de  Barth  Shorb,  President  of  the  Albert  Sidney 
Johnston  Chapter,  Mrs.  Inez  Shorb  White  and  Mrs. 
W.  M.  S.  Beede  went  down  together.  Other  delegates 
who  stopped  at  Del  Monte  were  Mrs.  Alfred  Hunter 
Voorhies,  National  Vice-President,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Ride- 
out,  Mrs.  Alexander  R.  Jones,  Mrs.  Randolph  C. 
Miller,  Miss  Kathryn  Bacon,  Miss  M.  H.  Foulkes, 
Mrs.  Samuel  McCartney.  Mrs.  E.  B.  Grace.  Mrs. 
Antoinette  deC.  Stearns,  Mrs.  Frank  Kimmell,  of  the 
Joseph  Le  Conte  Chapter,  Berkeley,  Mrs.  J.  Charles 
Harris,  Miss  Lydia  Lee  Dozier  and  Mrs.  M.  L.  Morris, 
of  Oakland.  Mrs.  Albert  M.  Stephens,  wife  of  Judge 
Stephens  of  Los  Angeles,  was  one  of  the  first  arrivals. 
Mrs.  Stephens  is  the  President  of  the  State  Division. 


The  announcement  that  Mrs.  Ida  Moody,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Frederick  Moody  and  Mrs.  Ray  Sherman  have 
decided  to  reside  permanently  in  France  has  naturally 
created  the  impression  that  the  notoriety  attendant  on 
the  famous  Dolbeer  will  case  has  led  to  their  decision. 
The  Dolbeer  case  brought  into  the  limelight  a  lot  of 
disagreeable  biography  and  geneology  which  could 
not  have  been  very  pleasing  to  a  lady  like  Mrs.  Moody 
occupying  a  prominent  place  amongst  the  Colonial 
Dames  and  in  other  branches  of  exclusive  Society. 
Mrs.  Moody  was  left  quite  wealthy  by  her  husband,  a 
well  known  capitalist  who  died  some  years  ago.  The 
family  lived  in  fine  style  on  Lombard  Street.  Mrs. 
Moody's  sister  was  the  late  Mrs.  Dolbeer,  mother  of 
the  ill-fated  Miss  Bertha  Dolbeer.  who  was  killed  by 
falling  from  the  window  of  a  New  York  hotel,  at 
which  she  was  stopping  with  her  companion.  Miss 
Etta  Warren,  to  whom  the  rich  girl  willed  all  her 
fortune.  The  will  of  course  caused  a  bitter  contest 
and  relatives  who  had  never  taken  any  interest  in 
Miss  Dolbeer  in  her  life  became  intensely  centered  on 
the  division  of  her  money  amongst  them.  Out  of  a 
depth  of  Social  obscurity  which  the  lorgnettes  of  Nob 
Hill  had  never  penetrated  arose  saloon  keepers  and 


ENJOY     COUNTRY      LIFE      AT 

HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 


This  is  the  season  to  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.     Phone  Temporary  2751. 


ANNOUNCEMENT 


Mrs.  -Mott  -  Smith  Cunningham  exhibitor  in 
Paris  Salon  of  1 906  announces  that  her  Studio 
Shop  at  1622  Pine  St.,  a  few  doors  from  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  is  now  open  for  the  sale  of  her  jewelry 


THE  WASP 


(  Ither  Los  Angeles  delegates  at  Del  Monte  were  Mrs. 
Mathew  S.  Robertson,  President  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Chapter,  and  from  Redlands,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Gengsay  and 
Mrs,  E.  A,  Stowe,  of  the  General  John  II.  Morgan 
Chapter.  Mr-..  J.  T.  Bell,  ['resident  of  the  General  N. 
Bedford  Forest  Chapter.  <>f  Visalia.  was  at  Del  Monte 
during  the  Convention,  so  was  Mrs.  Seldon  S.  Wright. 
President  Emeritus,  and  Organizer  of  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  on  the  Pacific  Coast, 
and  Mrs.  George  Theobald.  They  were  the  guests  of 
Mr-.  J.  P.  Pryor.  Mrs.  Pryor.  though  now  living  in 
Pacific  Grove,  was  elected  a  delegate  from  the  Albert 
Sidney  Johnson  Chapter,  of  which  she  has  long  been 
an  important  member.  Mrs.  Jackson  Hatch,  President- 
elect of  the  State  Division,  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Hill,  both 
of  San  Jose,  were  entertained  during  the  Convention 
by  Mrs.  George  F.  Bodfish  at  her  home  in  the  Grove. 
In  honor  of  the  delegates,  a  reception  was  given  in 
the  Del  Monte  ball  room.  Many  army  men  attended 
and  brass  buttons  and  gold  lace  added  to  the 
brilliancy  of  the  picture.  The  paintings  in  the  new 
gallery  were  greatly  admired.  This  permanent  ex- 
hibition is  a  fine  feature  and  attracts  general  atten- 
tion. 

*         *         * 

Mrs.  W.  G.  Stafford  and  Miss  Marjorie  Stafford, 
wife  and  daughter  of  W.  G.  Stafford,  the  well  known 
I  !i  ihemian  Clubman,  will  soon  leave  for  a  tour  abroad. 
Mrs.  Stafford  was  Miss  Cornelia  Houseman,  sister  of 
Mr.  John  I.  Houseman,  and  relative  of  Warren  and 
the  late  Theodore  Payne.  Mrs.  Stafford  recently 
recovered  from  the  effects  of  a  serious  fall,  which 
occurred  while  stepping  off  a  car  in  Berkeley.  The 
trip  abroad  is  taken  for  the  benefit  of  her  health.  Miss 
Marion  Froelich,  the  artist  will  accompany  Mrs.  Staf- 
ford, and  they  will  go  direct  to  Paris.  Mr.  Stafford, 
himself  is  an  acknowledged  connoisseur  of  paintings. 

Miss  Harriet  Jolliffe's  sudden  departure  has  been 
for  the  purpose  of  visiting  her  cousin  Mrs.  Robert 
Cryan,  whose  husband  recently  died  at  Bray  in  the 
South  of  Ireland.  Mrs.  Cryan  was  Miss  Minnie 
Mathews  of  Oakland,  where  she  was  married.  She 
went  abroad  several  years  ago,  and  has  been  away 
ever  since.  Miss  Frances  Jolliffe  will  join  her  sister 
in  a  few  weeks. 

A  Wedding  of  interest  which  took  place  last  week 
was  that  of  Miss  I  Florence  C.  Aiken  and  Dr.  Beverly 
S.  Xourse.  The  bride  is  the  daughter  of  the  late 
Mrs.  Antoinette  Aiken  of  Rancho  la  Jota,  and  sister  of 
Charles  Sedgwick  Aiken,  the  clever  editor  of  the 
Sunset  Magazine.  The  wedding  was  quiet,  only 
relatives  and  a  few  intimate  friends  being  present. 
It  was  the  culmination  of  a  boy  and  girl  friendship, 
begun    at   the   University   of   California,    from   which 

.  place  the  'young  couple  graduated  with  honor.  The 
ceremonv  was  performed  by  Dr.  Hemphill.  The 
quartet  of  pretty  little  maidens  who  attended  the 
bride  were  Miss  Edith  Bradbury,  Miss  Aimee  Raisch, 

.  Miss  Linda  Bryan  and  Miss  Leila  Raisch.  The 
groom's  best  man  was  Dr.  Joseph  Fife.  Dr.  Nourse  is 
the  son  of  George  F.  Nourse,  well  known  in  the  literary 
world.  After  a  short  wedding  tour  the  couple  will 
reside  in  this  city,  where  Dr.  Xourse  will  practice. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carter  P.  Pomeroy,  who  have  been 
residing  in  San  Rafael  since  the  calamity,  will  shortly 
leave  for  a  trip  to  the  Grand  Canyon,  Col.  Mr. 
Pomeroy  has  but  recently  recovered  from  a  serious 
illness  and  this  trip  is  for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 
Miss  Christine  Pomeroy  will  not  accompany  her 
parents,  but  will  be  the  guest  of  friends  in  town. 
*         *         * 

In  a  very  interesting  letter  from  a  lad)-  who  has 
travelled  considerably  abroad  and  is  still  a  wanderer, 
she  tells  of  the  different  characteristics  of  the  places 
and  people.  Of  Dresden  she  mentions  especially 
the  close  economv  of  the  shopkeepers ;  often  when 
delivering  a  bundle  the  messenger  boy  waits  for  the 
wrapping  paper  and  string  to  take  back  to  the 
store.  She  speaks  also  of  the  fruits  and  flowers 
within  easy  grasp  of  passing  school  children,  who 
are  so  well  trained  they  would  never  dream  of 
touching  the  same.  There  is  perfect  order  and 
discipline.  Rules  are  rigid  indeed.  When  selling  a 
bicycle  the  shopkeeper  hands  the  purchaser  a  set  of 
rules,  which  informs  him  where  and  when  he  may 
ride.  Otherwise  than  in  our  City,  life  and  limb  are 
not  endangered  by  the  small  boy.  It  would  not  hurt 
to  have  some  of  the  Teutonic  rules  here,  though  a 
full  dose  of  them  would  cause  a  revolution. 

In  Berlin,  if  you  happen  to  throw  a  piece  of 
paper  out  of  the  window,  the  eagle  eye  of 
some  policeman  ever  on  the  alert  will  immediately 
detect  it.  Your  front  door  bell  will  ring  and  forth- 
with you  may  be  marched  to  the  police  station.  A 
witty  California  girl  wrote  in  answer  to  the  letter  of 
her  mother  who  feared  her  daughter  would  get  lost 
in  some  of  the  towns  around  Berlin,  "Your  anxiety 
is  needless,  for  my  name,  description  and  address  is 
upon  every  police  book  in   Berlin." 


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MRS.  LAWRENCE  SCOTT 

Young  Mr.  Loring  Pickering,  who  took  his  initial 
dip  into  journalism  this  week  when  he  entered  as 
a  "cub"  on  the  local  staff  of  the  Bulletin  in  order 
to  acquaint  himself  with  the  details  of  reporting 
and  editing  "from  the  ground  up,"  is  the  son  of  the 
late  Loring  Pickering,  editor  and  part  proprietor  of 
the  Call  for  many  years.  Mr.  Pickering  was  in  his 
day,  one  of  the  best  known  journalists  in  California 
and  one  of  the  most  successful.  The  Call  paid 
handsomely  under  his  management  and  has  not 
done  so  since  John  D.  Spreckels  bought  it  for 
$375,000  after  Mr.  Pilckering's  death. 

The  elder  Pickering  was  a  partner  of  the  late 
Geo.  K.  Fitch  and  they  jointly  owned  the  majority 
interest  in  the  Call  and  the  Bulletin.  Fitch  ran  the 
Bulletin  and  made  it  splendid  and  powerful  editor- 
ially, but  a  poor  newspaper.  He  despised  the  news 
that  gives  a  journal  circulation.  He  also  managed 
the  business  end  of  the  Bulletin  badly  and  so  the 
paper  was  poor  but  eminently  respectable.  It 
wielded  an  influence  in  the  iverse  ratio  to  its 
circulation  and  official  boodlers  feared  its  denun- 
ciation. If  Mr.  Fitch  could  have  been  kept  out  of 
the  business  office  and  the  news  room  and  limited 
to  the  editorial  end  of  the  Bulletin  it  would  prob- 
ably have  been  a  great  and  paying  newspaper  as 
well  as  an  influential  one.  Mr.  Fitch  was  a 
thoroughly  upright  man  who  despised  graft,  ran  a 
scrupulously  clean  journal,  but  his  views  were  too 
narrow  for  a  successful  newspaper  in  a  cosmo- 
politan seaport  like  this. 

Mr.  Pickering  had  the  opposite  idea,  from  his 
partner  Fitch.  He  ran  a  first  class  newspaper  for 
those  days,  and  kept  strong  editorial  opinions  out 
of  it.   You  could  find  all  the  news  of  the  day  in  the 


Call.  Even  to  the  surprise  parties  of  the  Minna 
Street  Milliners  and  the  Sunday  picnics  of  the 
Hodcarriers'  Protective  Association.  One  looked  in 
vain  however  for  decided  "views"  on  the  great 
questions  of  the  day.  The  Call  made  about  $50,000 
a  year  and  the  Bulletin  ran  behind.  The  financial 
success  of  the  Call  was  all  the  more  remarkable  as 
a  thrifty  cashier  and  business  manager  robbed  it 
for  years  and  had  stolen  nearly  $100,000  before 
they  were  detected  by  Ernest  C.  Stock,  the  veteran 
journalist  who  is  still  on  the  staff  of  the  Call. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Pickering  the  heirs  of 
Simonton  the  third  and  silent-partner  in  the  Call 
and  Bulletin  wanted  a  divisiqn  of  the  estate  and  so 
the  newspaper  properties  were  put  up  for  sale.  It 
was  thought  that  Editor  Fitch  would  buy  in  the 
Bulletin,  but  he  balked  when  Mr.  Crothers,  the 
brother-in-law  of  Mr.  Pickering  ran  up  the  prices  to 
a  little  over  $30,000  and  took  the  valuable  property. 
At  those  ridiculous  figures.  It  would  have  been 
cheap  at  $100,000. 

Mr.  Crothers  performed  a  double  coup  at  this 
auction  for  he  not  only  got  the  Bulletin  for  a  song, 
but  ran  the  price  of  the  Call  up  to  the  respectable 
price  at  which  Mr.  Spreckels  purchased  it.  He  thus 
made  money  both  ways  for  his  sister,  the  widow  of 
Mr.  Pickering. 

Mr..  Pickering  was  regarded  as  a  confirmed 
bachelor,  when  he  married  and  upset  the  plans  and 
prospects  of  blood  relatives  who  had  come  to  be 
regarded  as  the  heirs  to  his  large  estate.  Young  Mr., 
Pickering  who  will  succeed  to  his  well-known 
father's  estate  is  a  student  at  Stanford  University, 
where  he  has  been  taking  a  course  which  will  fit 
him  for  a  journalistic  career.  He  is  a  bright  young 
man  and  seems  to  have  inherited  the  qualities 
which  made  his  father  successful.  With  the  past 
generation  of  reporters  the  firm  of  Pickering  & 
Fitch  bore  an  excellent  reputation.  They  were 
respected  as  considerate  and  liberal  employers,  who 
paid  their  men  well  and  never  discharged  them 
except  for  the  most  ample  cause. 
*         *         * 

Miss  Alice  Herrin,  daughter  of  the  eminent  law- 
yer, is  in  the  East  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grant  Sel- 
fridge. 


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PhoioCoiihc  MRS.  S.  FARNHAM 

A  diverting  story  is  being  told  on  a  well  known 
couple  residing  in  a  fashionable  suburb.  This 
gentleman  and  his  charming  wife  pride  themselves 
as  much  on  the  possession  of  rare  heirlooms  as 
their  long  pedigrees.  Recently  the  lady  resolved  to 
break  up  housekeeping  and  hie  with  her  family  to 
her  mountain  home.  After  packing  choice  furniture 
and  rare  Yertu,  she  found  many  things  not  worth 
taking  and  sent  for  an  auctioneer.  On  arriving  he 
gave  her  a  surprising  price,  and  was  informed  when 
he  could  remove  his  purchase.  Pride  must  have  a 
fall  however.  What  was  the  lady's  astonishment 
when  a  few  days  later,  as  she  was  coming  from  an 
exclusive  bridge  party  she  saw  Orlando  like,  scraps 
of  literature  hung  upon  every  tree  along  the  fashion- 
able avenue  where  she  resides.  These  prints  that 
were  posted  on  every  conspicuous  spot  were  notices 
to  the  effect  that  on  such  a  day,  at  such  a  hour,  an 
auction     would     take     place     at     the     fashionable 

residence  of  Mrs.  and  describing  in   detail 

furniture,  bric-a-brac,  etc.,  of  rare  elegance,  which 
must  be  disposed  of  on  account  of  her  departure. 
In  the  meantime  the  Auctioneer  had  brought 
wagonloads  of  prehistoric  and  battered  furniture  in- 
to the  house  in  preparation  for  the  sale.  Every 
body  around  the  burg  took  advantage  of  the 
opportunity  to  view  the  house  so  noted  for  its 
alleged  treasurers  of  art.  The  curious  gathering 
was  like  a  smart  tea  with  daintily  dressed  ladies 
flitting  to  and  from  the  house.  But,  Oh !  the  disap- 
pointment when  the  crowd  gazed  on  all  the  moth 


eaten  and  battered  truck  with  which  the  thrifty 
auctioneer  had  tilled  the  house.  The  feelings  of  the 
fair  owner  of  the  place  can  also  be  imagined  when 
she  heard  the  comments  of  the  suburbanites  on  the 
contents  of  her  mansion.  It  will  take  an  ocean  of 
pink  tea  to  wash  out  the  stain  of  that  dreadful 
auction.  Her  parting-  comment  to  the  auctioneer 
was:  "This  may  lie  'As  You  Like  It.'  but  I  like 
it  not." 

*  *  * 

Mrs.  Christian  Herter  of  Santa  Barbara  has  as- 
sumed the  entire  burden  of  the  suit  for  $1500 
brought  against  her  by  the  men  who  put  advertise- 
ments on  drop  curtains  and  draw  down  a  monthlv 
revenue  therefrom.  Mrs.  Herter  was  rash  enough 
to  say  that  she  would  not  trade  with  a  merchant 
who  put  an  ad.  on  the  little  picture  frames  hung 
by  gold  chains — all  in  paint,  of  course — on  the 
curtain,  and  then  the  men  accused  her  of  boycotting 
them  and  the  fun  began.  Mrs.  Herter  declares  that 
if  she  be  defeated  in  California  she  shall  not  care 
to  live  here  and  maybe  the  gallant  gentlemen  will 
accuse  her  next  of  boycotting  the  Golden  State. 
She  intends  to  carry  the  case  to  Washington  if 
she  is  worsted  in  this  State  so  there  are  interesting 
and  strenuous  times  ahead. 

*  #         * 

Air.  and  Mrs.  H.  M.  A.  Miller  left  last  week  for 
a  toitr  abroad;  they  will  be  gone  six  months.  Mrs. 
Miller  was  Miss  Grace  Jones,  daughter  of  the  late 
M.  P.  Jones,  a  well  known  merchant.  Mrs.  M.  P. 
Jones  will  pass  the  Summer  at  the  Hotel  Rafael, 
where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Webster  Tories  will  reside  until 
their  new  home  in  San  Rafael  is  completed. 

June,  the  popular  month  for  brides,  will  see 
several  interesting  weddings.  On  the  11th  Miss 
Louise  Redington  will  become  the  bride  of  Dr. 
Albion  Hewlett.  Miss  Loraine  De  La  Montanya 
will  marry  Mr.  Edward  A.  Davis  and  over  in 
Sausalito  the  wedding  of  Miss  Mabel  Watkins  and 
Captain  Orrin  Wolfe,  LI.  S.  A.,  will  take  place. 


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of  the   Pacific 

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Most 
Beautiful 
Playground 

Summer    Season 
Opened    May    1st 

Never  a  Dull 
Moment 

Grand  Opening  of  the  Casino  and 
Bathing   Pavilion   announced   later 

Divorce  A  La  Mode 

Mrs.  Marie  Honora  de  Gree, 
Prominent  matron  in  swell  coterie, 
Was  gaily  divorced,  mid  a  bower  of  roses. 
By  the  Hon.  William  Tecumsah  Terhune, 
On  last  Monday  morning,  the  record  discloses, 
And  she  is  now  gone  on  her  vinegarmoon. 

But  few  invitations  were  out,  as  the  dame 
Had  recently  lost  her  pet  dog;  but  she  came 
Brilliantly  gowned;  on  the  arm  of  her  spouse; 
Who  gave  her  away  to  the  glad  co-respondent, 
While    the    Court    discumthumbicked    the    marital 

vows, 
From     which     for     a    year     Tom     de     Gree     was 

abscondant. 

The  plaintiff's  grass  widows  were  Mesdames  Bess 

Bonner, 
Jess    Wright,    with    Tess    Ryder    grass    widow-of- 

honor. 
The   defendant   was   cheered   by  James   Blunt,   the 

worst  man  ; 
While  the  co-resp's.  young  sister,  a  dear  little  honey, 
Was   flower-girl.    Forward   she  walked   and  began 
To  strew  lilies  and  ferns  when  the  judge  granted 

Alimony. 

The  party  then  turned,  as  the  brass-band  sonorous 
Played  up  the  old  strains  of  the  grand  Anvil  Chorus. 
A  charming  repast  then  followed  the  sundering; 
Brilliant  the  wit  as  the  wine  with  each  course, 
Till  all  the  swell  guests  were  informally  thundering: 
Ne'er  have  we  seen  such  a  modish  divorce. 
*         *         * 

The  Duke  of  Manchester  who  passed  through  this 
City  recently  with  the  body  of  "Silent"  Smith,  came 
to  San  Francisco  several  years  ago  after  he  had 
married  the  rich  Miss  Zimmerman  of  Cincinnati. 
The  Duchess  is  a  great  friend  of  Mrs.  McCormick, 
who  was  Miss  Henry  of  Cincinnati  and  who  married 
that  phenomenally  clever  and  very  popular  rail- 
road man  "Glad-hand"  McCormick.  By  the  way 
Professor  Morse  Stephens  should  make  note  of  it 
that  Mr.  McCormick  was  the  real  discoverer  of 
California.  It  was  heard  of  only  spasmodically, 
beyond  Ogden  until  "Mac"  took  charge  of  the 
passenger  service  of  the  Southern  Pacific  after 
coming  here  from  Chicago. 

"You  are  all  asleep  and  blind  in  California,"  said 
the  alert  tenderfoot.  "This  is  the  greatest  country 
on  earth.  Wake  up  and  see  what  you've  got  and 
tell  people  about  it." 

Then,  "Mac"  got  out  his  posters  and  his  advertis- 
ing man  and  the  great  East  rang  with  the  fame  of 
the  undiscovered  West.  One  of  the  innovations  was 
the  establishment  of  a  colonist  season  and  colonist 
rates  and  the  population  of  San  Francisco  jumped 
up  a  hundred  thousand  or  so — not  all  good  game 
however  for  some  of  the  loyal  constituents  of  P. 
H.  McCarthy  and  Mr.  Cornelius  blew  in  at  the  same 
time  attached  to  the  break  beams  of  the  heavily 
laden  trains  of  colonists.  But  even  'orchard 
produces  rotten  apples. 


The  railroad  and -newspaper  boys  were  in"  the 
habit  of  telling  funny  stories  about  McCormick  and 
the  Duke  of  Manchester  until  the  anecdotes  grew 
too  chestnutty  for  ordinary  consumption.  The 
legends  dealt  principally  with  the  first  meeting  of 
the  hustling  railroader  and  the  scion  of  nobility. 

"Gosh"  gasped  the  high-salaried  corporation 
myrmidon  as  he  surveyed  the  ducal  tweeds  and 
straw  hat.  "Why  he's  just  the  same  as  any  one." 
This  story,  it  may  be  added,  is  now  out  of  print, 
barring  this  edition  of  it. 

Before  the  Duke's  uncle  Fernando  Yznaga  died 
and  left  him  a  million  or  two  his  purse  was  all 
holes.  He  was  poor  enough  to  have  a  keen  realiza- 
tion of  the  value  of  a  dime.  A  reporter  who  was  in 
Cuba  with  him  when  he  was  correspondent  for  one 
of  the  Hearst  newspapers  declares  that  the  Duke 
told  him  that  he  had  to  take  home  five  cent  stogies 
as  presents  for  his  high-born  relatives  in  England. 
The  ordinary  ten  cent  cigar  of  commerce  was  much 
too  costly  for  his  ducal  exchequer. 


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I ':i|i;i-in-la\v  Zimmerman  is  a  widower  and  it  is 
said  that  the  fears  of  his  remarrying  caused  his 
relatives  much  concern  but  it  is  whispered  that  he 
contents  himself  with  worshipping  the  ankles  of  the 
chorus   and     entangles     himself     with     nothing    so 

serious  or  legitimate  as  matrimony. 

*         *         * 

Maj.T  Jared  Laurence  Rathbone,  who  died  last 
week,  was  the  only  Consul-General  we  ever  had  in 
Paris  who  entertained  and  was  entertained  like  an 
Ambassador,  lie  spent  a  good  deal  of  his  fortune 
on  the  great  of  the  world  but  he  achieved  a  very 
prominent  social  position.  However  he  unfortu- 
nately had  very  little  on  which  to  maintain  it.  He 
was  an  exceedingly  popular  man  and  had  many 
friends  amongst  the  newspapermen  wdio  would  do 
anything  in  their  power  to  oblige  him.  More  than 
one  Blingumite  has  had  to  thank  the  genial  Major 
for  the  gentle  consideration  with  which  the  news- 
papers treated  him.  in  connection  with  some  inci- 
dent that  offered  a  chance  to  do  the  opposite. 

It  has  been  said  of  Major  Rathbone  that  he  knew 
intimately  more  people  with  private  railroad  cars 
than  any  one  in  town.  He  was  always  with  the 
Crocker-,  the  Floods,  the  Hobarts,  the  Clarks  and 
in  fact  all  the  people  who  are  least  in  the  public 
eye,  yet  most  prominent  on  the  roll  of  California's 
"first  families."  Whenever  Major  Rathbone  was 
seen  he  was  always  the  same  courteous  gentleman, 
and  the  comment,  if  any,  most  likely  to  be  passed 
when  his  back  was  turned  was  that  a  man  so 
capable  of  gracing  wealth  should  have  millions  to 
spend. 

Major  Rathbone  was  a  West  Point  graduate 
and  served  as  aide  with  Lieutenant-General  Scho- 
field  from  1866  to  1878  when  he  resigned  from  the 
Army.  He  was  a  relative  of  the  General's  first 
wife,  who  was  a  Miss  Bartlett,  sister  of  the  late 
Colonel  C.  G.  Bartlett,  U.  S.  A.,  whose  father  was 
one  of  the  early-day  professors  at  West  Point. 
Major  Rathbone  served  as  Consul-General  at  Paris, 
and  amongst  his  decorations  was  that  of  the  Legion 
of  Honor  conferred  on  him  by  the  French  Gov- 
ernment. During  the  war  with  Spain  he  served  as 
special  aide.  He  was  a  member  of  all  the  good 
clubs  of  San  Francisco  and  of  the  Union  Club  of 
Xew  York,  in  which  city  his  family  had  been 
socially  very  prominent. 

Major  Rathbone's  wife,  who  survives  him.  has 
been  for  years  an  invalid.  She  was  one  of  the 
handsome  Atherton  sisters,  who  belonged  to  a 
noted  family  of  this  City.  The  Athertons  are  re- 
lated to  many  prominent  people  here — the  Selbys. 
Eyres  and  Macondrays  and  others.  Mrs.  Percy 
Selby.  who  died  last  year,  was  a  sister  of  Mrs. 
Rathbone.  Mrs.  Edward  Eyre,  another  sister,  was 
Miss  Florence  Atherton.  George  Atherton,  the 
husband  of  Gertrude  Atherton.  the  novelist,  was 
a  brother.  He  has  been  dead  many  years.  Faxton 
Atherton.  the  father  of  Miss  Olga  Atherton.  is  the 
only  living  brother. 

Mrs.  Perry  Eyre,  who  was  Miss  Nina  Macon- 
drav.  Mrs.  Percy  Moore,  who  was  Miss  Inez  Mac- 
ondray,  and  Atherton  Macondray,  are  the  children 


of  the  late  Mrs.  Percy  Selby.  whose  first  husband 
was  Fred  Macondray.  Years  after  his  death  the 
widow  married  young  Percy  Selby,  who  was  many 
years  her  junior.  Mrs.  Frank  Johnson,  who  was 
Miss  Carmen  Selby.  is  a  daughter  of  that  marriage. 
Another  member  of  this  large  family  is  Mrs.  A.  B. 
Russell,  who  was  Miss  Muriel  Atherton,  daughter 
of  the  late  George  Atherton  and  Mrs.  Gertrude 
Atherton,   the  novelist. 

The  interment  of  Major  Rathbone  took  place  in 
the  old  Atherton  graveyard  at  Menlo  Park.  The 
funeral  service  was  performed  by  Archbishop 
Riordan.  The  pall-bearers  were  Admiral  Kempff, 
U.  S.  N..  Colonel  Maus,  U.  S.  A..  Captain  W.  B. 
Collier,  Henry  T.  Scott,  Charles  Page,  Homer  S. 
King,  Willis"  Polk,  Truxtun  Beale,  Dr.  J.  W. 
Keeney,  M.  F.  Michael,  Joseph  M.  Qua}-  and  J. 
Watkins. 

At  last  accounts  Miss  Lizzie  Bolton  was  in  Menton. 
France,  so  charmed  with  life  there,  that  her  return  is 
very  indefinite.  Miss  Bolton  is  the  sister  of  Robert 
J.  Bolton,  who  surprised  his  friends  one  day  by  marry- 
ing that  interesting  little  widow,  Mrs.  Mabel  Jacobs. 
Mr.  Bolton  had  long  been  the  despair  of  managing 
mothers,  and  considered  a  confirmed  bachelor. 


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Cafe  a  la  Cane  at  Moderate  Prices 


N.   S.   MULLAN.   Manager 

Formerly  Assistant  Manager 

Palace  Hotel,  S.  F. 


Phone  West  4983 


Vogel  &  Bishoff 

Ladies'  Tailors  and 
Habit  Makers 

1 525  Sutter  Street,  San  Francisco 


Old  Poodle  Dog  Restaurant 


824-826    EDDY   STREET 

Near  Van  Ness  Ave. 


;  better  than  before 
the  fire 


=rly,  Bnsh  and  Grant  Ave. 
San  Francisco 


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-THE  WASP- 


MISS  MABEL  GROS 

It  is  many  years  since  the  First  Baptist  Church 
has  had  such  an  able  pastor  as  its  present  shep- 
herd. Rev.  George  Burlingame,  who  was  called  to 
the  charge  about  a  year  ago.  He  came  from  Chi- 
cago, which  city  had  also  given  the  church  some 
years  ago  the  Rev.  J.  Q.  A.  Henry,  whose  evening 
sermons  preaching  A.  P.  A.  doctrines  rather  than 
the  Gospel  pure  and  simple  became  so  widely  adver- 
tised. Mr.  Burlingame  resembles  Dr.  Rader  some- 
what in  feature  and  figure  but  his  pulpit  methods 
are  less  sensational  than  those  of  the  Congrega- 
tionalist  divine.  The  First  Baptist  is  one  of  the 
oldest  in  San  Francisco.  Its  pioneer  edifice  in  Wash- 
ington Street,  corner  of  Stockton,  later  converted 
into  a  Chinese  boarding  house  when  the  quarter 
became  the  heart  of  Chinatown,  was  built  mainly 
by  voluntarily  contributions  from  the  generous 
gamblers  who  once  formed  a  large  part  of  our 
City's  population.  Rev.  O.  C.  Wheeler,  the  pioneer 
pastor,  was  a  great  friend  of  the  gambling  element 
here  who  recognized  his  straight  and  sterling  qual- 
ities of  character.  He  was  willing  to  see  some  good 
in  those  without  the  pale  and  when  he  wanted  any- 
thing from  the  gamblers  he  had  but  to  mention  it 
and  it  was  his.  After  the  church  moved  to  Eddy 
Street,  above  Jones,  it  had  a  number  of  pastors, 
among  them  the  Rev.  William  K.  Kincaid,  who 
later  on  became  a  Congregationalist,  and  is  now  a 
favorite  preacher  in  Honolulu.  The  Eddy  Street 
edifice  was  twice  destroyed  by  fire,  having  only 
been  rebuilt  a  few  years  when  the  second  fire  came 
on  April  19th.     It  is  not  to  be  rebuilt  on  the  old  lot. 

There  are  some  folks  so  honest  and  high-minded 
they  condemn  hero-worship.  What  they  would  say 
to  dog-worship  is  hard  to  imagine  without  a  little 


blood-and-thunder  and  a  chorus  of  heavy  villains 
gnashing  their  teeth.  Father  Bernard  Vaughan, 
who  sometimes  touches  up  the  foibles  of  England, 
recently  gave  the  lap-doggers  a  twist  of  the  ear. 
Immediately  there  was  a  rustling  of  skirts,  a  creak- 
ing of  corset  steel  and  a  scratching  of  pearl-handled 
pens.  Aroused  from  a  common  impulse,  reams 
of  superfine  note  paper  in  robin's-egg  blue,  orchid 
yellow  and  Westminster  gray  went  Vaughanwards. 
The  good  man  had  made  a  mistake.  He  misunder- 
stood the  case.  The  following  excerpts  from  letters 
will  show  wherein  he  was  ignorant : 

"I  once  thought  of  becoming  a  Catholic,  but  after 
hearing  your  abominable  cruelty  to  dogs  I  shall 
never  join  your  church."  "I  do  not  know  whether 
or  not  you  have  a  soul,  but  I  know  my  dog  has." 
"You  seem  to  think  I  shall  be  damned  because  I 
love  my  faithful  friend.  Well,  I  should  prefer  to 
be  lost  with  him  than  saved  without  him."  "My 
dog  is  dearer  to  me  than  any  one  else  on  earth." 
"You  may  say  what  you  like,  but  my  dog  has  more 
logic  than  any  man  and  more  love  than  any  woman 
I  ever  met." 

Verily,   these   dogs   have   bit   their   fair   owners, 
and  the  above  is  hydrophobia. 
*         *         * 

Mr.  Julius  Kruttschnitt,  Jr.,  will  soon  arrive  from 
Yale,  where  he  has  been  taking  a  special  course 
in  mining  engineering.  Miss  Pickering  and  Mr. 
Kruttschnitt  will  be  married  in  the  Fall.  The 
groom-to-be  has  obtained  a  good  position  in  one 
of  Mr.  John  Hays  Hammond's  mines.  Mrs.  Fred 
Pickering  and  her  two  attractive  daughters  have 
recently  been  visiting  at  Del  Monte. 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


-THE  WASP- 


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Photo  Bushndl  GEORGE  FRIEND 

One  of  the  popular  members  of  the  Ye  Liberty  Stock  Company 


Americans  not  infrequently  find  themselves  in 
trouble  with  Paris  landlords.  The  following  hims 
which  have  appeared  in  the  April  Circle  are  per- 
tinent to  the  matter : 

"An  apartment  in  Paris  should  be  seen  on  a  sunny 
day  before  engaging,  and  it  is  not  legally  secured 
until  papers  are  signed.  'The  lease  is  on  a  quar- 
terly basis;  payments  are  made  in  advance  the  15th 
of  January,  April,  June,  and  October,  and  occu- 
pancy given  up  to  these  dates.  But  when  intend- 
ing to  leave,  the  tenant  should  give  his  three 
months'  notice  before  the  first  day  of  these  months ; 
failure  to  do  this  and  neglect  of  the  governmental 
tribute  of  a  stamped  paper  hold  him  to  a  further  three 
months'  liability,  as  many  a  rueful  American  can 
witness.  To  avoid  this,  it  is  merely  needful  to  buv 
a  stamped  sheet  of  paper,  for  eight  cents,  of  the  to- 
bacconist, legal  vendor  of  all  stamps,  write  the  notice 
thereon,  and  give  it  to  the  landlord  personally,  or  send 
it  to  him  by  registered  letter.  .The  concierge,  although 
he  collects  the  rent  and  has  full  charge  of  the  house,  is 
neither  authorized  to  let  the  apartment  nor  to  receive 
notices.  In  the  paper  signed  by  tenant  and  landlord, 
the  former  guarantees  to  return  the  apartment  in 
good  condition,  and  if  it  is  freshly  papered,  painted, 
and  waxed  there  will  doubtless  be  something  to  pay 
on  leaving,  but  care  and  economy  in  nail-holes  make 
the  damages  slight." 

Air.  and  Airs.  Davis,  their  daughter  Miss  Anita, 
and  Miss  Anna  Bell  of  Georgia,  will  pass  the 
Summer  at  the  attractive  Davis  home  in  Ross 
Valley.  Mrs.  Davis  was  a  Miss  Boole.  Mrs.  J. 
Dempster  McKee  is  a  sister.  All  are  well  known 
residents  of  the  Vallev. 


The  death  of  Laura  De  Force  Gordon  received 
scant  notice,  considering  the  amount  of  newspaper 
and  court-room  wit  that  was  at  one  time  her  lot 
t"  bear.  The  first  woman  to  practice  law  in  this 
State,  she  was  the  pioneer  that  worked  through 
mountains  of  criticism.  She  was  amply  fitted  for 
the  task,  however,  lived  up  to  the  rugged  sound  of 
her  name,  and  likewise  a  pun  of  which  it  was  sus- 
ceptible. She  was  called  "Laura  Divorce  Gordon" 
at  a  time  when  an  adventure  in  the  divorce  court 
was  viewed  as  a  tawdrier  proceeding  than  lenient 
censors  now  hold  it.  Of  late  years  she  has  been 
little  mentioned,  and  her  friends  think  that  her 
only  mistake  was  that  of  living  a  decade  in  ad- 
vance of  the  times. 

There  are  at  present  twenty-eight  women  attor- 
neys admitted  to  practice  in  the  United  States  Su- 
preme Court.  The  first  of  the  sex  to  apply  was 
told  there  was  no  authority  for  enrolling  her.  She 
then  had  the  authority  manufactured  with  special 
legislation,  and  the  name  of  Belva  Lockwood  was 
signed  to  the  oath  on  March  3,  1879.  The  latest 
daughter  of  the  legal  regiment  is  Miss  Ida  M. 
Moyers,  registering  at  Washington,  D.  C.  She  is 
said  to  be  one  of  the  daintiest  pettifoggers  that 
ever  winked  at  a  judge.  Although  a  young  woman, 
she  ,is  already  the  senior  member  of  a  law  firm 
making  a  specialty  of  the  Court  of  Claims. 


STUDEBAKER 

1907 

CARS    NOW    ARRIVING 

Studebaker  Bros.  Co.  of  California 

405  Golden  Gate  Avenue 

Oh- iter   A.   Weaver,   Man  tiger 


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Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden  and  her  mother, 
Mrs.  Butler,  will  spend  the  Summer  in  Santa 
Barbara.  They  had  expected  Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges 
and  her  children  to  join  them,  but  as  it  was  im- 
possible for  Dr.  Hedges  to  come  to  California,  Mrs. 
Hedges  left  last  week  for  her  home  in  Plainfield, 
N.  J.  A  jolly  supper  was  enjoyed  at  Mrs.  Hedges' 
attractive  flat  the  evening  before  her  departure  for 
the  East,  many  having  gathered  to  wish  the 
attractive  matron  bon  voyage.  It  is  possible  Mrs. 
Hedges  will  go  abroad  later  in  the  Summer,  if  the 
air  of  Plainfield  prove  irksome  to  one  so  popular  and 
endlessly  feted. 

The  Gods  of  War  and  Money  strode  sadly  away 
from  the  scene  as  Major  Francis  P.  Fremont  was 
found  guilty  on  seven  out  of  twelve  specifications 
of  engaging  too  successfully  in  the  victories  of 
peace.  The  Major  had  a  dashing  way  of  borrow- 
ing money  from  banks  on  promise  to  reserve  his 
official  pay  for  repayment.  When  the  'pay  became 
due,  he  found  it  impossible  to  make  good,  as  there 
were  so  many  other  and  pleasanter  ways  of  using 
the  same,  and  he  had  taken  too  many  risks  on  it 
anyway. 

The  sentence  is  not  severe.  He  is  to  lose  sixty 
files  in  rank  on  the  list  of  majors  of  infantry. 
There  are  many  borrowers  who  would  accept 
money  on  the  same  conditions.  Major-General 
Grant,  in  his  report,  comments  on  the  sentence  as 
inadequate.  He  explains  that  Fremont's  evasion 
of  the  debts  was  to  the  scandal  and  disgrace  of  the 
military  service  and  in  violation  of  the  61st  Article 
of  War,  and  therefore  conduct  unbecoming  an 
officer  and  a  gentleman.  Such  unbecomingness  is 
likely  to  be  recognized  by  the  world  at  large.  Be- 
yond that  there  is  something  high-sounding  and 
agreeable  in  knowing-  distinctly  that  it  is  the  61st 
Article  of  War  that  is  being  violated.  Somehow, 
it  takes  all  the  littleness  and  sting  out  of  the  tran- 
saction. Hereafter,  comrades,  when  your  creditors 
are  too  persistent,  you  may  say,  "Gentlemen.  I 
know  I  am  at  fault  as  appertaining  to  the  61st 
Article  of  War,  but  I — say,  can  you  let  me  have 
another  half  until  pay-day?" 

Sixty  files  down  the  rank  for  you. 

Dogs  at  present  are  very  much  the  thing.  The 
time  has  passed  when  if  you  see  a  woman  carrying 
a  dog  you  assume  that  she  is  an  actress.  It  is 
now  the  latest  thing  not  only  to  appear  with  dogs 
but  to  be  photographed  with  them.  All  the  New 
York  women  go  in  for  it.  Mrs.  Burke-Roche 
Batonyi  has  been  photographed  with  her  dog,  but 
not  as  yet  with  her  new  husband.  Mrs.  Cook,  the 
mother  of  the  beautiful  Mrs.  Sterling-Postley  al- 
ways carries  her  dog.  Miss  Maude  Bourn,  who  has 
a-  gray  walking  suit  and  hat,  has  a  dog  about  the 
same  shade.  Miss  Jennie  Crocker  is  devoted  to  her 
dogs  and  so  is  Miss  Anita  Harvey  and  Mrs.  George 
Cadwalacler,   nee   Wilson.     The   Jolliffe   girls   have 

Cellarelte,  side-board,  sleeping  ear  or  ocean  steamer  kit  is  incomplete  without   Abbott's 
Bitters.     AoVs  zest  and  flavor,  aids  digestion. 


several  dogs  and  so  has  Miss  "Sweety"  Dean,  their 
pretty  graceful  chum. 

Mrs.  Fred  McNear  always  has  her  hair  in  the 
most  beautiful  Marcel  waves  and  she  has  adopted 
the  new  style  of  wearing  curls  all  around  the  knot- 
of  hair.  Mrs.  McNear  is  one  of  the  most  popular 
of  the  younger  matrons,  and  whenever  she  appears 
at  a  dance  she  is  surrounded  by  a  dozen  young- 
cavaliers.  Where  one  sees  a  swarm  of  black  coats 
and  white  waistcoats  one  is  certain  to  find  Miss 
McNear.  She  is  more  unconventional  than  her 
sisters,  Mrs.  Gus  Taylor  and  Mrs.  Will  Taylor, 
although  they  all  in  a  royal  way  do  as  they  please 
and  make  what  they  do  the  fashion. 
*         *         * 

I  hear  that  Miss  Suzanne  Blanding,  who  went 
abroad  a  year  ago  with  Mrs.  Moseley  for  the  benefit 
of  her  health,  has  not  returned  as  well  as  was  expected 
and  the  protracted  indisposition  of  this  charming- 
young  girl  is  a  matter  of  sincere  regret  to  all.  Mrs. 
E.  B.  Coleman,  the  sister  of  Mr.  Gordon  Blanding,  has 
gone  to  New  York  to  meet  Miss  Blanding  and  Mrs. 
Moseley  who  arrived  there  recently.  It  is  thought 
that  owing  to  the  conditions  existing  here  at  present 
is  may  be  to  the  invalid's  advantage  to  remain  on  the 
Atlantic  Coast  during  the  Summer  months. 


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Called  the  Steinway  "  Vertegrand  "---  it  is 
upright  with  all  the  features  of  the  higher 
priced  Steinways,  but  with  an  inexpensive 
although  substantial  case.  A  piano  for  those 
who  want  a  Steinway  but  who  can't  afford  to 
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Supervisor  Coleman  confesses  i"  accepting  big 
bribes,  but  he  is  not  willing  out  of  shame  for  his 
misdeeds  to  deny  himself  social  pleasure.  At  the 
last  dance  of  the  Kntrc  Nous  Club,  given  with  threat 
eclat  in  the  ball-room  of  the  Fairmont,  Coleman 
was  there  big  as  life,  gayest  of  the  gay.  'This  in- 
teresting question  presents  itself:  If  Mr.  Coleman 
ami  his  boodling  confrere-,  served  terms  in  the 
penitentiary  and  came  hack  with  enough  of  their 
plunder  to  buy  good  clothes  and  live  in  ease,  would 
Society  still  rub  elbows  fraternally  with  them? 
They  seem  to  he  perfectly  assured  that  the  public 
takes  the  confession  of  their  guilt  just  as  easily 
as  they  do  themselves.  All  of  which  would  indi- 
cate that  though  disgraced  in  office  they  are  never- 
theless thoroughly  representative  officials. 

*  *         * 

It  will  he  a  fair  exchange  with  the  George  A. 
Martins,  who  have  heen  passing  the  Winter  in  San 
Rafael.  They  will  come  to  town,  taking  the  home 
of  Mrs.  Martin's  mother,  on  Devisadero  Street,  for 
the  Summer,  while  Mrs.  Hamilton  and  the  Misses 
Hamilton  will  take  the  Martin  home  in  San  Rafael, 
and  stay  until  late  in  the  Fall.  Miss  Alexander 
Hamilton  is  a  beautiful  girl  who  was  prevented 
from  making  her  debut  last  Winter  on  account  of 
the  death  of  her  father. 

*  *  * 

Miss  Maye  Colburn  gave  a  very  enjoyable  dinner 
recently  at  her  home  in  San  Rafael,  where  she 
entertained,  among  others.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Howitt, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Foster  Dutton  and  Philip  Pas- 
chal. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dutton  have  decided  to  join 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  J.  Dutton  and  Miss  Mollie 
on  their  trip  abroad.  The  party  will  leave  for  the 
Orient  on   August  8th,  and  will  spend  the  Winter 

in  Egypt. 

*  *         * 

The  motherless  baby  of  Mr.  George  Englehardt 
was  taken  last  week  to  his  family  at  Victoria  by 
Mr.  Charles  Stewart.  Mrs.  Englehardt  died  recently 
a  few  weeks  after  the  death  of  her  child.  Mrs. 
Englehardt  was  Miss  Elizabeth  Painter,  the  grand- 
daughter of  the  late  D.  J.  Staples,  who  was  so  well 
known  in  the  insurance  world.  Her  sister,  Phoebe 
Painter,  who  married  Dr.  Gardner  Perry  Pond,  also 
died  after  the  berth  of  her  baby. 

:J:  *  A 

Henry  Bothin  has  a  mania  for  putting  up  buildings. 
He  has  several  country  homes  in  Ross  Valley,  and 
he  is  now  erecting  a  splendid  house  in  Riverside. 
He  has  been  one  of  the  men  the  most  active  in  the 
rebuilding  of  San  Francisco,  and  has  already  com- 
pleted several  buildings.  Mrs.  Bothin  has  not  yet 
gone  over  to  her  home  in  Ross  but  is  still  with  her 

father. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  W.  P.  Morgan  recently  arrived  at  the  Hotel 
Rafael,  where  she  will  pass  the  Summer.  Mrs. 
Morgan  is  an  expert  at  bridge  whist,  and  will  give 
as  usual  many  bridge  parties  during  the  Summer. 
Miss  Ella  Morgan  will  join  her  mother  later.  Mrs. 
Morgan  has  been  passing  the  Winter  at  the  Palace. 
I  while  Mrs.  Norris  Davis  (Therese.  Morgan)  has 
been  occupying  the  Morgan  home  on  Clay  Street. 


Mrs.  Dennis  O'Sullivan,  who  has  heen  visiting 
her  mother.  Mrs.  Curtis,  and  her  sister.  Mrs. 
Thomas  Magee,  Sr.,  left  last  week  for  New  York 
on  her  journey  to  England.  Upon  arriving  in 
London  she  will  join  Mr.  (  I'Sullivan.  It  is  expected 
that  the}'  will  return  here  late  in  the  Winter  for 
another  visit.  Mrs.  O'Sullivan's  hasty  trip  to  Cali- 
fornia was  on  account  of  the  illness  in  her  family 
here. 

*  *  * 

As  the  post  at  the  Presidio  is  unusually  crowded. 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  Frank  Cheatham.  U.  S.  A.,  are 
making  their  home  with  the  parents  of  Mrs. 
Cheatham.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Denman.  Colonel 
Cheatman  has  been  detailed  to  do  some  Govern- 
ment work  in  connection  with  Fort  Mason. 


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Phoio  Bushnell  ISABELLE  FLETCHER 

The  handsome   leading  Lady  of  Ye  Liberty  Theater  Oakland 

One  of  San  Francisco's  mining  men,  now  pros- 
pecting in  London  gaieties,  has  a  knack  at  palmis- 
try. All  he  desires  to  know  is  the  subject's  leaning 
toward  gold  in  the  ground ;  but  he  tells  them  all 
the  rest — and  only  the  rest.  Before  leaving  here, 
he  occupied  offices  in  the  Crocker  Building  with 
an  Englishman.  Forget  the  Englishman  and  re- 
member that  he  has  a  sister-in-law.  She  resides 
on  the  other  side  of  the  bay  and,  of  course,  is  promi- 
nent or  we  should  not  have  heard  of  this. 

One  day,  or  if  not  on  that  day,  on  another,  she 
visited  her  brother-in-law,  the  Englishman  whom 
you  were  told  to  forget.  She  brought  along  one 
whom  to  call  a  charming  girl  would  be  but  half 
describing  her.  The  other  half  was  merely  a  mat- 
ter of  years,  overlapping  the  scope  of  the  word 
"girl."  Still  her  temperament  and  vivacity  and 
readiness  for  romance  were  entirely  girlish ;  which 
to  this  story  is  more  relevant  than  her  age ;  and  the 
latter  we  hereby  strike  from  the  testimony. 

Entering  the  door,  the  matron  whispered  to  the 
belle:  "There  is  an  eligible  bachelor  in  here.  He 
reads  palms."  The  word  "eligible"  impressed  the 
other  so  deeply  that  she  misunderstood  the  rest 
of  the  sentence.  She  had  the  reputation  of  being 
a  prize  gusher ;  but  on  this  occasion  hushed  her 
gush  and  in  lieu  thereof  rushed  her  blush.  ■  O  slush  ! 
And  she  (the  fact  of  the  matter  is,  she  was  scared") 


became  calm  and  skipless  as  a  haystack.  She  was 
in  the  presence  of  a  man  who  looked  as  if  he  had 
never  been  under  the  necessit}'  of  saying  "sour 
grapes."  And  "folly"  might  have  been  his  synonym 
for  "life."  Our  heroine,  who -at  another  time,  might 
have  led  him  a  rainbow  chase,  finally  departed 
gravely  with  her  friend.  In  the  hallway  each 
woman  turned  to  the  other  for  explanation.  Said 
the  first  to  speak — the  one  on  the  right-hand  side 
going  down  the  hall :  "Your  friend  does  not  look 
like  a  man  whose  steady  employment  is  reading 
psalms." 

"Psalms!"  squealed  the  other.  "I  said  'palms;' 
I  thought  you  would  immediately  offer  him  your 
hand — to  read." 

Will  Humphreys,  the  attorney  and  Olympic  Club 
athlete,  called  the  bluff  of  a  "bad  man"  recently  in 
a  manner  that  won  the  sincerest  admiration  of  a 
large  crowd  of  people  chiefly  of  widely  different 
character  from  his  own  but  with  manhood  enough 
in  them  to  admire  pure  grit.  Humphreys  had 
gone  into  a  popular  cafe  with  several  Olympic 
Club  friends,  not  because  he  wanted  to  go  to  that 
particular  place  or  felt  at  ease  when  he  got  there, 
but  simply  to  "stay  with  the  crowd"  for  that  once. 
A  lieutenant  of  police  sitting  at  a  table  near  Hum- 
phreys and  his  friends  made  several  insulting  re- 
marks about  Olympic  Club  members.  Finally  Hum- 
phreys, boiling  with  indignation,  stood  up  and 
said,   "That   is   your  opinion   because  you   wanted 


MISS  IRENE  SABIN 


-THE  WASP- 


17 


phreys'told  his  companions  he  had  had  enough  of 
the  place  and  started  for  the  door.  The  lieutenant 
met  him  at  the  door  with  an  apology  for  his  con- 
duct. 

"You  can't  apologize  to  me,"  Humphreys  said, 
"unless  you  make  your  apology  to  all  this  crowd." 

To  the  surprise  of  everyone  the  lieutenant  made 
the  tirsl  speech  of  his  life,  telling-  the  crowd  he 
had  made  a  fool  of  himself  and  that  he  was  sorrv 
for  it.  Humphreys  accepted  the  apology  and  de- 
parted. 

*         *         * 

Jerry  Landfield,  it  is  said,  is  to  come  back  to 
California  with  his  princess  bride.  Though  in  his 
letters  to  his  friends  he  never  mentions  any  one 
less  than  a  prince  or  an  arch  duke,  Jerry, 
will  come  back  to  California  to  show  his'  old 
friends  what  a  sure-enough  princess  looks  like, 
but  as  he  is  no  longer  connected  with  the  facultv 
of  the  University  of  California,  it  is  not  known  just 
what  may  be  done  with  him.  However,  the  Uni- 
versity of  California  might  decide  to  establish  a 
chair  on  heraldry,  and  Jerry  could  fill  that  ad- 
mirably. 


MRS.  WILLIAM  SPROULE 

t'i  join  the  Olympic  Club  and  were  blackballed. 
Now  I  want  to  tell  you,  I  blackballed  you  and  I 
did  it  because  you  are  a  low  thief.  You  blackmail 
fallen  women,  that  is  the  sort  of  man  you  are." 
The  lieutenant  went  white  with  anger  and  made 
as  if  to  draw  his  revolver,  but  thought  better  of  it 
and  sank  back  into  his  chair.  A  policeman  started 
forward  as  if  to  attack  Humphreys  on  behalf  of  his 
superior  but  the  clubman's  friends  stepped  between 
and  told  him  to  keep  hands  off.  The  gay  crowd 
that  had  suddenly  held  its  breath  .expecting  blood- 
shed went  back  to  its  drinking  and  its  songs.    Hum- 


There  never  was  a  time  in  San  Francisco  when 
drinking  was  so  leniently  regarded  as  it  is  now 
by  Society  and  women,  but  it  must  always  be  done 
by  a  man  rich  enough  to  carry  it  off  gracefully. 
Many  foolish  women  encourage  men  in  drinking 
to  see  how  much  he  can  hold — regarding  it  as  a 
joke.  Men  may  stagger  over  dresses,  fall  asleep 
at  tables,  be  carried  home  maudlin  from  dances  and 
yet  the  young  women  consider  it  only  a  joke,  but 
it  is  always  an  eligible  who  does  it.  Men  who 
can  marry  are  so  scarce  that  they  are  allowed  all 
license  and  there  is  no  one  to  say  them  nay. 

ENTRE  NOUS. 


ON  THE  HILLSIDE  LINKS  AT  DEL  MONTE 

All  the  Expert  Golfers  of  the  Coast  will  meet  at  Del  Monte  for  the  Annual  Spring  Tournan 
May   17th,   18th  and  19th.     A  week  of  Golf  will  precede  the  tournament. 


..■It  was  very  remarkable  that  Maj'or  Schmitz  knew 
several  months  ago  when  he  accepted  Police  Com- 
missioner Cresswell's  resignation  that  there  was  to 
be  a  strike  of  the  carmen  in  May.  He  so  informed 
Mr.  Cr.esswell  and  gave  it  as  his  reason  for  reliev- 
in,g,.that  excellent  citizen  of  his  official  responsibil- 
ities. After  reviewing  the  events  that  have  led  to 
the  strike,  it  is  plain  that  the  affair  was  a  carefully 
planned  conspiracy  to  bring  the  United  Railroads 
and  other  employers  to  their  knees  and  thus 
strengthen  the  political  power  of  the  labor  politic- 
ians op.  the  eve  of  the  approaching  election. 

If  the  police  would  keep  their  hands  off,  and  give 
rioters,  lull  swing  it  would  be.  impossible,  of  course, 
to  run  the  street  .cars;  and.  thus  the  mob  would  be 
given  assurance  that  the  City  authorities  are  their 
friends  and  should'  be  kept  in  power.  While  all 
these  political  plots  are  being  hatched  out  by  agi- 
tators legitimate  business  of  all  kinds  suffer.  The 
merchants  and  employers  of  San  Francisco  are  ex- 
periencing in  an  aggreviated  form  the  same  kind  of 
troubles  that  injured  our  City  thirty  years  ago  when 
Denis  "Kearney  and  his  truculent  sand-lot  mob  cap- 
tured, the  municipal  government  and  installed  in 
office  as  scurvy  a  gang  of  boodlers  as  ever  dis- 
graced a  civilized  community.  Their  motto  was 
that  a  man  had  to  be  ignorant  to  be  honest. 

The  person  .who  could  write  his  name  was  not 
to  be  trusted.  Denis  himself  could  write  and  read, 
but  it-was  urged  in  extenuation  of  his  crime  that 
he  was  too  young  to  protest  when  taken  to  the 
heeled-school   in  old   Ireland. 


There  should  be  no  doubt  to  the  placing  of  the 
responsibility  for  the  disgraceful  state  of  affairs  that 
has  existed  in  San  Francisco  during  the  turbulent 
strike.  The  Mayor  is  primarily  the  guilty  one.  He 
has  the  power  to  compel  the  police  to  clear  the 
streets; and  prevent  violence. 

Nothing  is  easier  to  stop  than  rioting  by  an  un- 
organized mob.  A  small  squad  of  cavalry  will  scat- 
ter ten  thousand  ordinary  rioters  like  chaff.  The 
sight  of  uniformed  and  disciplined  men,  with  fire- 
attais  in  their  hands  is  too  much  for  any  mob. 

Whenever  a  mob  becomes  unruly  and  continues 
to  riot  the  fault  lies  with  the  police.  They  are 
either  secretly  or  openly  in  league  with  the  rioters, 
and  are  ledj  by  cowardly  officers.  In  the  present 
instance  in  San  Francisco  the  police  are  under  the 
orders  of  officials  who  wish  to  see  the  strikers 
become  victorious,  so  of  course  the  rioters  have  no 
dread  of  the  l'aw  and  are  correspondingly  obstrep- 
erous. 

f  vou  need  a  bracer  in  the  niornins  try  a  glass  of  soda  and  a  tittle  of  Abbott's  Bitters. 
You'Ilbe  surprised  how  it  will  brighten  you  up. 


The  great  railroad  strike  at  Sacramento,  some 
years  ago,  was  a  fine  illustration  of  how  a  riotous 
mob  dissolves  when  handled  by  armed  men,  really 
determined  to  suppress  lawlessness.  For  days  the 
mob  had  treated  the  large  force  of  militia  with  such 
contempt  that  some  of  the  rioters  had  actually 
walked  up  to  the  troops  and  wrestled  the  rifles  from 
the  men's  hands.  Of  course  the  explanation  of  such 
proceedings  was  that  the  militia  sympathized  with 
the  mob  and  the  militia  officers  were  either  afraid 
of  the  rioters  or  the  troops — perhaps  both. 

At  this  stage  there  arrived  upon  the  scene  a  small 
company  of  regular  troops,  led  by  an  experienced 
officer.  They  advanced  boldly  on  the  railroad  depot 
from  which  the  militia  had  not  been  able  in  sev- 
eral days  to  dislodge  the  rioters.  When  the  men 
in  blue  reached  the  depot  it  was  silent  and  de- 
serted. The  rioters  had  all  legged  it  across  lots 
and  over  fences.  They  could  not  be  seen  for  dust, 
so  rapid  was  their  flight  to  get  beyond  reach  of  the 
bayonets  and  bullets  of  the  troops  they  knew  would 
use  both  on  them  without  hesitation  or  compunc- 
tion. Not  a  shot  had  been  fired  by  those  United 
States  regulars,  and  the  nearest  they  ever  got  to 
a  rioter  was  three  hundred  yards. 


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A  Modern  Grill  Service 


Wilh  SchJitz  and  Wurzburger 
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Music  under  the  direction  o 
Mr.  Edgar  Bayliss 


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19 


h  seemj  to  be  generally  understood  that  if  the 
carmen  had  had  a  chance  t<>  express  their  senti- 
ments without  coercion  we  should  have  had  no  strike. 
The  majority  of  the  men.  and  these  the  best  and 
nfost  experienced,  desired  no  strike,  but  Cornelius 
and  his  associate  politicians  did.  and  so  the  proposal 
to  take  a  secret  ballot  was  howled  down  by  a  belli- 
gerent minority.  You  see  the  same  kind  of  thing 
frequently  at  political  meetings,  where  a  small  band 
of  roughs  takes  possession  of  a  ward  meeting:  and 
completely  silences  the  respectable  citizens. 

<  if  course  it  was  the  carmen's  own  concern 
whether  they  struck  or  not.  The  subsequent  pro- 
ceedings however  concern  the  whole  nation,  for 
they  involve  the  constitutional  rights  of  all  citi- 
zens. Mr.  Calhoun  has  just  as  much  legal  right 
to  till  the  strikers'  places  as  they  have  to  quit,  and 
any  man  who  tries  by  violence  to  prevent  him  from 
doing  so  and  running-  his  cars  on  the  public  high- 
way i-.  making  himself  an  outlaw,  and  should  be 
suppressed  at  once  by  the  civic  authorities.  If  they 
aid  or  abet  the  outlawry  they  become  criminals 
themselves  and  it  is  the  duty  of  the  military  arm 
of  the  government  to  interfere.  Any  other  course 
would  be  anarchy.  We  have  become  so  accus- 
tomed however  to  anarchy  in  San  Francisco  that 
our  conception  of  such  things  as  lawless  strikes  is 
badly  blurred. 

The  position  of  the  striking  carmen  now  is  that 
they  are  discharged  employes  with  whom  Mr.  Cal- 
houn has  no  contract,  and  whose  services  he  does 
not  desire.  They  insist  by  violence  and  bloodshed 
that  he  must  employ  them  or  shut  up  shop.  How 
long  will  this  nation  hold  together  if  the  American 
people  indorse  that  kind  of  principle?  They  most 
assuredly  will  not  uphold  it. 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM 


Oakland's  Splendid  New  Hotel 

The  opening  of  the  Key-Route  Inn  at  the  ter- 
minus, junction  of  Twenty-second  Street  and 
I '.roadway.  Oakland,  took  on  the  character  of  an 
important  social  event.  Over  forty  tables  were 
reserved  for  prominent  Society  people  from  both 
sides  of  the  bay.  The  cuisine  was  found  to  be  ad- 
mirable, the  service  perfect  and  the  music  delight- 
ful. Paul  Steindorff,  who  is  so  popular  with  San 
Francisco  lovers  of  music,  directed  the  orchestra 
of  twelve  pieces  and  made  the  concert  a  gratifying 
success.  The  Key-Route  Inn  is  under  the  manage- 
ment of  H.  S.  Mullan,  who  acquired  such  an  en- 
viable reputation  here  while  assistant  manager  of 
the  famous  old  Palace  Hotel.  He  has  taken  a 
splendid  staff  with  him  to  his  new  place  and  it 
will  undoubtedly  prosper.  Those  Oaklanders  are 
getting  very  enterprising  and  San  Francisco  will 
have  to  keep  going  to  make  this  the  right  side  of 
the  bay. 


The  Right  Man  for  the  Place 
Governor  Gillett  could  make  no  mistake  by  ap- 
pointing Senator  Frank  McGowan  to  the  place  left 


vacant  by  the  death  of  judge  llosmer.  Senator 
McGowan  deserves  recognition  from  the  Republi- 
can party,  of  which  he  has  been  a  loyal  and  promi- 
nent member  since  he  could  vote.  He  has  a  clean 
record  as  a  public  man,  is  able  and  honest  and 
would  make  a  splendid  judge,  fearless  capable  and 
upright.  Xo  better  man  could  be  chosen  for  the 
position  than  this  able  lawyer  and  distinguished 
orator. 


Wedding  Cakes  and  Fancy  Ices 
and  Tarts 


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Louvie,  Tail's  and  many  other  Cafes 


Srocerpor  President's   Taste 

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THE  WASP 


A  Spring  Carol 

With   many   apologies  to  Charles  Dickens 
By  X.  RAY 


Abraham  Ruef  awoke.  It  was  the  mystic  hour  of  One 
and  the  bright  moonlight  streamed  through  the  window 
where  his  guard  sat  looking  out  upon  the  water.  It 
illumined  the  room,  lit  up  the  laurel  wreaths  dancing  in 
mockery  on  the  walls  and  clearly  outlined  the  strange, 
uncanny  presence  there  beside  him.  That  this  presence 
was  supernatural,  Ruef  knew,  for  though  the  guard  turned 
his  head  and  looked  towards  the  bed,  he  did  not  see  the 
unwelcome  guest,  nor  hear  her  solemn  tones. 

The  figure  was  that  of  a  woman,  gay,  alluring,  an  ex- 
travagant harlequin  withal,  with  free,  bold  glance,  yet 
something  familiar,  as  his  own  lineaments  seemed  to  shine 
within  her  glittering -eyes.  The  glistening  tinsel  of  her 
gown  was  shot  with  silver,  within  her  grasp  she  clutched 
a  tiny  pick  and  shovel  and  on  her  breast  glowed  red  a 
wondrous  "Phoenix  rising  from  a  Golden  Gate.  Crown- 
ing her  flo'wing  locks  she  wore  a  white  cap,  bound  with 
blue,  and  on  the*  band  the  word,  "Discovery." 

She  beckoned  him  to  rise  and  come  with  her,  and  though 
a  cold  fear  chilled,  him  to  the  bone,  the  fascination  of  her 
fearless  glance  impelled  him  to  obey. 

"Who  are  you,  strange  woman?  And  am  I  sane,  or  only 
dreaming?" 

"Nay,  nay,"  she  answered.  "Not  dreaming  now.  Rise 
and  walk  with  me,  for  I  have  much  to  show  you.  I  am 
the  Ghost  of  San  Francisco  Past." 

And  at  this  confirmation  of  his  dread,  the  Curly  Boss 
shook  as  with  an  ague,  for  now  he  recognized  her  features, 
masked  by  the  strangeness  of  attire,  the  city  of  his  birth, 
once  known,  never  to  be  forgotten. 

"And  what  have  I  to  do  with  San  Francisco  Past?"  he 
questioned. 

"Much  more  than  with  her  Future,  Abraham,"  spoke  the 
Spirit  scornfully.  "Come,  for  there  is  much  to  see."  And 
leaning  o'er  the  bed,  a  glittering  goddess,  she  touched  him 
gently  on  the  heart,  and  he  passed  with  her,  out  through  the 
desecrated  white  house  of  the  Mayor,  and  down,  down  to  the 
wharves  and  ferries  of  the  City. 

It  was  twilight  now;  no  glittering  lights  lit  up  the 
town;  the  gas  lamps  flickered  dully  here  and  there;  but 
all  along  the  wharves  were  lined  with  sheds,  open  and  full 
of  men.  Long  tables  piled  with  gold  were  there,  and 
motley  crowds,  and  up  and  down  the  wharves  straggled 
the  curious. 

The  men  around  the  tables  had  hardy  frames  and  greedy 
eyes,  and  all  intent  upon  the  Goddess  Chance  that  ruled 
the  night.  And  at  sight  of  that  vast  treasure  flung  down 
so  carelessly,  Ruef  moved  uearer  and  watched  to  see  the 
play  and  who  would  win  the  gold.  A  strapping  miner 
won.     He  raked  the  piles  of  gold  with  jovial  laugh. 

"Won  tonight,  boys,  lost  again  tomorrow!"  and  down  he 
flung  it  all  again  upon  the  dice. 

"What  seek  they  here?"  the  Spirit  whispered  in  his  ear? 
"Gold,"  he  replied  laconically,  "gold." 
"Always  the  same,"  she  murmured  mournfully,  "but 
look,  what  mark  see  you  upon  their  faces,  Abraham?" 
"Energy,  hardship,  generosity?"  He  gazed  and  on  the 
faces,  like  her  own,  the  same  free,  bold  looks  rested  un- 
afraid. 

"Adventure,"  she  sighed,  "lawlessness,  yes,  but  not  dis- 
honor!" and  on  his  curly  head  she  bent  a  bitter  look. 

They  passed  from  here.  The  City  had  grown  strangely 
small,  the  sand-hills  stretched  out-  waste  on  every  side — 
they  traveled  swift  and  long,  sat  down  by  millionaires  at 
festal  boards,  came  down  from  Rincon  Hill  and  visited 
this  phantom  of  the  early  days.  And  everywhere,  on  every 
face,  he  marked  the  open  hearts,  the  freedom  and  the 
courage  of  the  Pioneers. 

Then  the  scene  changed.  It  was  broad  sunlight  novr. 
Stern  faces  of 'men,  resolute,' purposeful,  passed  him  by. 
No  woman,  nor  yet  a  little  child  appeared  upon  the  streets 
— it  was  so  strangely  quiet.  He  saw  a  rude  primitive 
place   built   like   a   fort,   and   figures   swung  there   ghastly. 


The  sturdy  bands  of  men  gazed  at  them  with  the  same  de- 
termined glance. 

The  Spirit,  hard  and  stern,  now  spoke.  "Know  you 
the  Vigilantes,  Abraham?"  she  said,  "and  old  Fort  Gunny- 
bags?     And  what  hangs  there  for  crows  to   fatten  on?" 

"Leaders  of  criminals,"  he  said. 

"And  what  was  done  to  them?"  she  asked  with  searching 
glance. 

"Justice!"  said  little  Abe,  for  once  before  he  thought. 

And  so  they  passed,  and  sitting  on  a  sovereign  hill,  they 
watched  the  City  grow,  thew  saw  its  pride  and  power  in- 
crease, its  wealth  and  glory. 

A  strange  elation  filled  the  heart  of  Ruef.  He  marked 
the  change,  the  pomp  and  greatness  of  the  Siren. 

"This  is  the  City  of  your  birth ;  look  on  her  fair  face 
and  rejoice,  for  she  has  nearly  reached  the  summit  of  her 
pride,"  said  the  Spirit  sadly. 

He  looked.  This  was  his  City  now,  her  heart  and  soul, 
the  thousands  of  networks  of  little  veins  through  which 
her  life-blood  coursed,  he  knew  them  all  and  they  had 
done  him  tribute.  He  forgot  his  freedom  clipped,  his 
troubled  mind.  He  tasted  power  once  more.  His  little 
stature  swelled  with  pride,  and  he  began  to  scheme  and  I 
plan  once  more  to  flood  his  millions. 

He  turned  upon  the  Spirit. 

"This  is  my  City,  mine,  bold  Spirit.  I  am  its  Ruler.  I 
reign  here  Supreme!  Look  not  at  me  with  glance  of 
scorn." 

"Abraham,"    said    the    Spirit,    casting    a    fleeting    glance 
upon  the  scene  before  them,  "this  was  thy  Mistress.     Fair 
she    lies    there,    millions    of    lovers    had    she,    and    yet    did     \ 
your    bidding.     Corruption    cankers    at    her    heart    and    she 
will  perish!" 

Even  as  she  spoke,  throes  of  that  mighty  change  of 
shock  and  fire  seized  that  glorious  scene,  her  barren  ruins 
and  endless  desolation  stared  them  in  the  face. 

"There   lies  your   Golden   Mistress,   Abraham,"   said  the 
Spirit,  "broken  to  the  dust.     Faithful  she  has  been  to  you    4 
in  her  glory,  let  us  see  how  you  requite  her  in  her  misery." 

And   San    Francisco    Past,   with   countenance   no    longer 
jaunty,  left  him  with  weary  frame  to  sleep  once  more. 
STAVE  TWO. 

He  woke  once  more.  Once  more  a  Spirit  stood  beside 
him,  this  time  a  woman  fair  as  anjr  man  would  care  to 
look  upon — but  o'er  her  face  she  wore  a  mourner's  veil; 
about  her  looks  there  was  a  tinge  of  shame,  but  on  her 
breast  there  faintly  glowed  a  star  of  Hope,  for  this  was 
San  Francisco  Present. 

So  well  he  knew  this  woman,  that  at  touch  of  her  little 
hand  upon  his  heart  he  started  back,  almost  afraid  that 
she  might  do  him  harm. 


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And  forth  they  went.  She  led  him  down,  past  squares 
..i  sleeping  refugees,  past  homes  dismantled,  and  a  City 
Straight  to  the  City's  heart  and  yet  she  spuke  no 
word.  This  Spirit  had  an  air  of  mystery;  Ik-  knew  not 
did  -he  bode  him  good  or  ill,  the  free,  hold  looks  were 
hers  no  more,— s<>  sadly  chastened  was  her  hearing. 

They  reached  the  City  Hall,  she  pointed  upward  to  the 
Liberty  still  standing  on  it-  ruined  dome.  Then  his  un- 
willing hand  within  her  cold  one,  she  drew  him  on,  up — 
up  the  wrecks  of  stairs,  at  last  into  the  ruined  court- 
room. 

And    then    she    spoke.     "Where     stand    you     now,     Abra- 
ham?" she  cried.     "Where  are  you  now?" 
"The  llall  of  Justice,"  his  dry  lips  replied. 
And  at  his  voice  an  echo  rose  from  countless  throngs, 
i!    there    tier   on    tier,    waiting   for   him   so   long.      He 
dared    not    look.      The    voices    rose    in    volume    till    they 
Seemed    to    shake    the    sky,   as     shook    the    soul    of    Ruef   in 
bortal  fear. 

"Abraham  Ruef.  Abraham  Ruef,  come  into  court!" 
Again  and  yet  again  the  ghostly  voices  sounded,  then  all 
was  still.  He  could  not  flee.  The  Spirit's  hand  seemed 
stronger  than  an  iron  chain;  it  forced  him  on,  on,  to 
where  upon  the  bench  sat.  stern  and  cold,  his  Judge. 

That  dreadful  figure,  that  he  so  often  scoffed  and  spit 
upon,  all  clothed  in  black,  sat  like  his  Doom,  the  Majesty 
of  Law       It  faced  him  now. 

The  Spirit  motioned  him  into  a  seat,  and  as  he  crouched, 
the  cry  broke  out  again,  "Abraham  Ruef,  come  into  Court! 
Abraham  Ruef.  come  into  Court!"  What  could  avail  him 
now:-  Not  flight,  not  craft,  not  gold;  he  must  be  tried 
before  atribunal  he  could  not  buy. 

The  Spirit  spoke.  "Long  have  we  stood  your  boasts  of 
power!  Loner  have  we  stood  evasion  of  the  Law!  Long 
have  you  craved  to  prove  your  Innocence,  tonight  you 
shall  be  tried.  See  you  that  space  upon  the  ruined  wall, 
that  blank  where  shines  a  bright  white  light?"  she  asked. 
He  nodded. 

"There  shall  the  naked  Truth  be  shown!"  she  cried. 
"No  voice  shall  speak  against  you;  upon  that  screen  the 
whole  weave  of  your  life  shall  show,  and  you  and  all  of 
us  shall  see.  If  there  be  guilt,  you  cannot  blind  us  more!" 
He  sank  back  in  his  seat.  He  looked  not  at  his  Judge, 
not  at  that  ghostly  company.  The  screen,  his  whole  life 
hung  upon  that  screen. 

The  white  light  moved.  Scene  after  scene  flashed  by. 
and  they  were  all  intent  as  he.  His  boyhood  days  flashed 
by.  his  Berkeley  days,  his  manhood  days  and  now— he 
could  not  cower  down,  he  could  not  hide  his  face  behind 
his  hands,  he  must  look  on. 

He  saw  the  fallen  woman  pander  to  build  his  fortune; 
the  millionaire  dickered  to  buy  his  soul  and  others;  he 
saw  his  whip  held  tight  on  those  he  feared  betrayal,  he 
saw  his  City  bound  by  infamy,  he  saw  his  figures  pass 
across  that  screen,  audacious,  conscienceless,  dishonest. 
Not  one  degrading  act  nor  thought  was  missed.  There 
on  the  white  light  of  the  screen  he  saw  his  naked  soul 
without  disguise,  and  knew  it  for  his  own.  The  pictures 
ceased      He  rose  and  stretched  his  arms  to  Heaven. 

"No  more,  Almighty  God!"  he  cried,  "for  I  have  sinned 
enough!" 

He"  looked  around  upon  that  multitude.  The  souls  that 
he  had  bought  and  sold  and  tainted.  And  everywhere,  on 
every  face,  they  bore  his  mark  upon  their  brows,  the  dollar 
sign — the  sign  of  gold. 

He  grovelled  at  the  Judge's  feet.  The  figure  rose  and 
spoke  in  hollow  voice. 

"Thief  that  thou'art,  thy  mark  shines  on  thy  forehead! 
This  be  thy  doom!  Let  every  dollar  that  has  bought  a 
soul,  be  brought  and  weigh  him  down. 

The  throng  arose.     The  shower  began.     It  rose  upon   his 
feet,  his  knees,  his  chest. 
"1  suffocate!"  he  cried,  and  woke  once  more. 

STAVE  THREE. 
This  time  a  Spirit  glorious  stood  by  his  side,  no  longer 
sad.    And    in   her    hand    she   bore    the    torch    of  Future    San 
Francisco.  .   . 

Faith,  Honor,  Love  beamed  from  her  shining  coun- 
tenance. 


"And  have   I   no  place  there?"  he  sadly  craved. 

She  shook  her  head.  With  pity  soft  she  touched  his 
heart,  they  traveled  long,  and  beauteous  sights  they  saw, 
hut  none  familiar. 

"And  where  am   I?"  asked  Ruef.  lamenting. 

She  flew  with  him  across  the  tide.  They  left  the  won- 
drous scenes  and  happiness  of  Greater  San  Francisco. 
They  reached  a  square  stone  building,  passed  down  nar- 
row corridors  and  looked  past  iron  gratings. 

"Not  here."  he  shivered.     "They  would  set  me  free." 

"Nay,"  said  the  Spirit,  "hast  thou  still  faith  in  Dis- 
honor?" 

A  man  looked  out  beyond  the  bars.  His  hair  was  white, 
his  eyes  were  dull,  his  spirit  gone.  His  back  was  bent 
with  hard  and  constant  toil.     Ruef  held  the  Spirit  back. 

"Mot  me,"  he  groaned,   "not  me!" 

The  Spirit  led  him  on.  Into  a  marble  vault  they  passed 
— a  cold  form  lay  upon  the  slab,  a  sheet  was  thrown  across 
the  face.  Not  one.  'no  mourner  lingered  there.  They 
reached  its  head.  "I  cannot  lift  the  cloth,"  he  said.  So  on 
thev  went. 

They  sought  a  little  field  near  by.  neglected,  lonely, 
lined  with  wooden  marks. 

A  tangled  mound,  a  dirty  board  across  its  head,  no  name 
and  who  was  lying  here.  Ruef  gazed  upon  the  board,  he 
read  its  purport.     No.     He  sank  back  upon  his  knees. 

"O,  Spirit,  save  me  this;  what  must  I  do  to  save  my 
soul?" 

The  Spirit  murmured  soft,  "Repentance  saved  the  thief 
upon  the  Cross."     And  he  awoke. 

The  guard  stood  over  him,  gazing  at  him  with  wonder- 
ing face. 

Ruef  seized  him,  held  him  fast. 

"Find  Burns,"  he  cried,  "for  I  confess!" 


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Bank  Clearings 
|  The  clearings  for  April  were  amongst  the  largest 
ill  the  history  of  the  Clearing  House,  being  almost 
t$ro    hundred    millions    of    dollars— $198,035,735.38. 

t.i  account  of  the  banks  being  closed  from  April 
^  th  to  the  30th  last  year  no  comparison  could  be 
made  with  April  of  last  year.  But  the  total  for 
last""S.pril  is  just  about  fifty  millions  in  excess  of 
/fprif,  1905.  The  gain  is  greater  than  the  total 
average  clearings  of  former  years  not  so  long  ago 
aid  shows  that  a  vast  amount  of  trade  is  bound  to 
renter  in  this  City  even  under  the  most  disastrous 
circumstances. 


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The  Condition  of  the  Banks 
jThe  ■  examination  of  the  Bank  Commissioners 
shows  that  on  April  18th,  the  great  anniversary, 
condition  of  the  State  banks  was  a  little  worse  off 
thjan  on  December  31st  last,  the  falling  off  in  re- 
sources was  a  little  over  $6,500,000  less  than  at  the 
elbse  of  last  year.  The  Commercial  Bank  showed 
a  falling  off  of  nearly  four  millions.  The  resources 
of'  both  Commercial  and  Savings  Bank  were  thus 
hi  round  numbers  $325,000,000  and  adding  that  of 
the  National  Banks  over  four  hundred  millions. 
The  total  falling  off  since  December  31st,  including 
the  National  Banks,  was  thus  about  $12,000,000 
National  and  all.  In  the  case  of  the  Savings  Banks 
the_.fiau.se  was  withdrawal  of  deposits  by  people  who 
wanted  the  money  to  build — in  that  of  the  Com- 
metcial  Banks,  both  National  and  State,  it  was  the 
withdrawal  of  the  money  for  the  sake  of  the  higher 
interest  obtainable  in  New  York.  That  money  how- 
ever is  coming  back  and  will  swell  the  resources 
ofi  our  banks  again,  the  falling  off  will  soon  be 
made  good  and  the  resources  will  be  greater  than 
ever.  In  New  York  now  call  money  is  down  to 
2  and  2J_  per  cent.  If  loaned  on  realty  it  will  bring 
8  to  8J_  per  cent,  perhaps  more. 


What  About  Our  Australian  Trade? 
Although  this  City  would  suffer  a  great  loss 
should  the  steam  lines  to  the  Orient  be  suddenly 
shut  off,  still  as  far  as  actual  business  is  concerned 
the  kiss 'to  the  City  would  not  be  great — it  would 
simply  be  a  loss  of  prestige  for  the  time  being. 
The  trade  in  canned  and  dried  fruits,  salmon,  etc., 
is ,  not  large  enough  to  seriously  embarrass  those 
lines  were  it  all  lost.  But  it  is  entirely  different 
with   the   Australian   trade.     Here  the   steamers  of 

A  Sovereign  Remedy 

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the  Oceanic  line  carried  on  an  average  .of  $3,000,000 
a  year  of  which  part  was  for  the  Hawaiian  Islands. 
But  the  Australian  trade  by  this  line  averaged  $2,- 
400,000  a  year.  And  unlike  the  shipments  to  the 
Orient,  most  of  the'  Australian  trade  consisted  of 
articles  grown  or  manufactured  in  California  or 
on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Australia  is  a  great  market 
for  our  salmon,  canned,  fresh  and  dried  fruit,  vege- 
tables, such  as  potatoes  and  onions,  of  which  large 
quantities  are  shipped  in  the  season.  Large  quan- 
tities of  machinery  have  been  shipped  also,  par- 
ticularly of  mining  machinery.  Wine,  barley  and 
sometimes  flour,  all  in  small  quantity,  also  find 
their  way  to  the  Antipodes  in  this  manner.  One 
steamer  has  been  missed  already.  This  however 
is  not  the  season  for  the  shipment  of  fruits  and 
vegetables  in  quantity  that  will  come  later.  There 
are  many  tramp  steamers  around  and  no  doubt 
some  of  them   will   load  up   here   in   the   Fall — the 


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active   shipfJtJJg   season.     These   however   will   not 
make  up  for  the  loss  of  the  regular  lines  of  steamers. 


Hawaiian  Trade 

The  Sierra  of  the  Oceanic  line  has  been  laid  on 
to  Honolulu  and  took  out  on  her '  last  trip  a  big 
Rpgo  valued  at  $121,022  with  S1822  for  Samoa  to 
be  transshipped  on  the  steamers  of  the  Vancouver 
line.     She  will  be  able  to  get  a  monthly  cargo. 

The  Hawaiian  trade  keeps  on  increasing.  The 
shipments  for  the  month  of  April  from  this  port 
were  valued  at  $890,195,  a  gain  of  over  40  per  cent 
when  compared  with  April.  1906'.  To  May  1st  ex- 
Birts  to  the  Hawaiian  group  were  in  round  numbers 
four  million  dollars,  a  gain  of  about  IS  per  cent. 
This  trade  consists  of  articles  home  grown,  manu- 
factured and  imported  of  every  description  and  is 
the  most  profitable  that  San  Francisco  can  look  for. 

The  Record  of  a  Week 
The  bank  exchanges  of  the  past  week  were  over 
forty— even  millions,  or  about  five  million  dollars 
in  excess  of  those  of  the  week  preceding.  This 
was  on  account  of  its  being  collection  week.  The 
total  during  the  past  week  does  not  seem  to  have 
been  affected  bv  strikers  or  aught  else. 


Our  Banks 

There  is  a  congestion  of  applications  for  loans 
to  rebuild  and  the  Savings  Ranks  have  now  under 
consideration  all  that  they  can  handle  for  some 
time,  but  there  is  positively  no  foundation  for  the 
statement  that  the  banks  as  a  whole  or  any  indi- 
idual  bank  has  stopped  making  loans.  The  officers 
f  the  Hibernia  Bank  say  that  they'  are  receiving 
applications  and  making  loans  as  usual  and  that 
they  have  not  stopped.  They  loaned  over  two 
million  dollars  in  April  which  beats  the  record. 
The  same  is  true  of  other  banks.  They  however 
recriminate  in  favor  of  those  who  are  engaged  in 
rebuilding  their  homes  and  against  those  merely 
wish  to  borrow  on  unimproved  property  for  specu- 
lation or  other  purposes.  In  other  words  the 
hanks  have  become  very  conservative,  and  that  is 
proper  at  this  time  when  ten  times  the  amount  of 
money  that  is  available  is  sought  by  borrowers. 

It  is  now  time  for  the  monev  sent  East  during 
jthe  flurry  in  Wall  Street  to  be  coming  back  and 
Jrloubtless  the  next  statements  put  out  by  the  Com- 
nercial  Hanks  will  show  a  large  increase  over  that 
;xhibited  by  the  last  month,  money  being  now  easy 
n  New  York. 


The  business  done  at  the  several  Exchanges 
luring  the  week  has  been  light.  This  has  been 
especially  the  case  on  the  Bond  and  Stock  Exchange, 
lere  United  R.  R.  4s  hold  up  pretty  well  consider- 
ng  the  strike. 

The  developments  in  Florence  are  the  principal 
eatures  of  the  mining  situation.  A  twenty-seven 
oot  ledge  has  been  uncovered  that  has  yielded 
n220,000'to  the  ton. 

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-THE  WASP- 


The  fact  that  the  resources  of  the  local  Savings 
banks  have  only  fallen  off  about  two  and  a  half  millions 
and  the  deposits  over  three  millions  shows  that  the 
banks  are  sounder  than  ever. 

The  loss  might  be  even  ten  millions 
instead  of  three,  considering  what  we  have  passed 
through  and  the  miserable  government  which  is  re- 
tarding our  City.  Bad  government  always  hurts  a 
community.  Australia  is  an  example  of  that.  Thous- 
ands of  Australians  are  flocking  to  America  as  the 
socialistic  agitators  have  changed  the  colonies  from  a 
working  man's  paradise  to  a  poverty  stricken  land, 
where  wages  are  low  and  employment  scarce. 

A  Savings  bank's  liabilities  are  what  it  owes  to  its 
depositors,  so  when  these  obligations  decrease  while 
its  resources  increase  it  financially  becomes  stronger. 
The  local  banks  were  always  very  conservative  and 
since  the  fire  have  been  doubly  so.  After  the  disaster 
all  the  timid  depositors  took  their  money  out  of  the 
Savings  banks  and  some  of  them  doubtless  left  the 
State,  but  all  told  the  twelve  Savings  banks  show  a 
shrinkage  of  only  about  three  millions,  while  the 
assets  of  the  banks  are  proportionately  greater  than 
before.  This  is  a  very  satisfactory  showing  and 
clearly  proves  their  unimpaired  solidity. 


The  Central  Trust  Company 
Under  the  management  of  President  Leege,  the 
Central  Trust  Company  has  a  promising  future 
before  it.  It  will  have  a  new  branch  at  3039  Six- 
teenth Street.  Here  Mr.  R.  F.  Crist,  the  well  known 
banker  will  be  in  charge  as  manager,  while  F. 
Kronenberg  Jr.,  will  be  cashier.  The  main  office  is 
on  the  southeast  corner  of  Montgomery  and  Sutter 
Streets.  Besides  the  branch  at  Sixteenth  Street  it 
has  another  on  Van  Ness  Avenue  near  Golden  Gate. 
It  pays  special  attention  to  the  wants  of  customers 
in  establishing  branches  for  their  accommodation. 
The  offices  at  Sixteenth  Street  are  tastefully 
arranged  with  handsome  fixtures.  There  are  burglar 
proof  safes  and  fire  proof  vaults  so  that  safet}'  and 
protection  from  fire  are  thoroughlv  assured. 

INVESTOR 


FOUNDED  ON  FACT 

To  pastors  in  touch 
With  themes  pedagogical, 
Ideas  and  such 
As  sociological, 
Prithee,  to  your  heart 
Take  this  verse  homiletic 
Ere  divinely  you  start 
On  your  way  sympathetic. 

Since  your  theme  predilects 

Something  more  than  humdrumming 

On  pulpit-worn  texts, 

And  you  have  to  go  slumming. 

Take  care  not  to  seem 

Too  intent,  with  arm  braided 

Round  the  waist  of  your  theme 

When  the  darned  place  is  raided. 


And  eke,  more  than  all, 

In  such  work  philanthropic, 

Take  care  that  the  small, 

Fairy  hand  of  the  topic 

Toward  your  purse  does  not  prowl 

Or  seek  your  gold  ticker. 

(Thy  brethren  might  scowl, 

And  the  cruel  world  snicker.)  ' 
The  longer  mankind  is  without  it,  the  more 
frequent  will  be  its  attempts  to  find  the  only  real 
four-paneled  door  to  Heaven,  with  a  large  majolica 
knob  and  a  neatly  painted  sign,  "Enter  without 
Knocking."  The  "Gluggedy  Glugs"  of  Indian- 
apolis have  something  new  as  maybe ;  but,  sad  to 
say,  nobody  entirely  understands  it.  And  we  note 
with  a  three-cornered  pang  that  many  brethren  and 
sisters  in  dear  Los  Angeles  and  beloved  Santa  Rosa 
are  among  the  devotees.  Sermons  are  babbled  in 
an  oracular  mess  of  syllables  that  seem  nearer  the 
chaste  prosody  of  Volapuk  than  the  less  refined 
gutteral  of  the  Igorrote.  Occasionally  some  of  the 
phrases  are  repeated,  a  sign  which  gives  promise  to 
a  new  language  evolving  from  the  chaos.  "Gliggy 
bulk"  is  already  a  by-word.  If  you  ask  what  it 
means,  you  are  lost  forever.  You  must  understand 
it.  To  use  this  language,  no  study  is  required. 
The  speaker  has  only  to  imagine  he  has  just  washed 
his  face  and  got  soap  in  his  eyes,  and  gibbers  ahead, 
along,  anon,  eftsoons. 

But,  hark,  was  there  not  one  of  those  get-rich- 
quick  churches,  operated  by  one  Dowie,  who  had  an  i 
extemporaneous  flow  of  "Handoveruh  me  bluggy- 
blug  yur  boodle  andby  quickidik  aboutut." 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Slock  Exchange 

Goldfield,  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought   and   Sold. 
Write  for  Market  Letter. 

339  BUSH  STREET,  STOCK  EXCHANGE  BUILDING 


BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  welt  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE,  Pres. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Atty. 

WM.  CORB1N,  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

OFFICES -COR.  CHURCH   AND   MARKET  STREETS 
OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Rooms  7  to  11 


Telephone  Tmpy.  1415 


W.  C.  RALSTON 

Stock  and  Bond  Broker 

Member*  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Mining  Stocks  a  Specially 


Bedford  McNeill 
Western  Union 
Leibers 


368  BUSH  STREET 

San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


25 


Tuesday:  Goodness  such  a  dreadful  thing  as 
happened  an  Oakland  girl  last  week.  Those  Oakland 
girls  arc  awfully  forward.  So  Mrs.  Gabbe  says.  The 
girl  wrote  to  a  frisky  young  merchant  who  does 
business  in  this  City  and  resides  in  San  Rafael.  He 
skates  just  too  lovely  for  anything  and  all  the  girls 
are  dying  to  have  him  teach  them.  This  Oakland  girl 
wrote  to  him  to  meet  her  at  the  rink  in  the  afternoon 
and  marked  the  letter  "Immediate  and  Important." 

Well,  what  do  you  think?  Oh  gracious!  The 
merchant  happened  to  be  home  when  the  letter  reached 
the  office  and  his  stenographer  just  put  a  special 
delivery  stamp  on  it  and  mailed  it  to  San  Rafael  and 
of  course  his  wife  got  it  and  opened  it.   Oh  heavens ! 

The  queerest  thing  about  the  story  is  that  the  wife 
didn't  say  a  word  about  it  to  him.  Mercy !  I'd  be 
afraid  of  a  woman  like  that.  She  remailed  the  letter 
to  his  office  and  wrote  on  the  envelope  "opened  by 
mistake,  by  your  wife."  Of  course  she  knew  that  the 
stenographer  and  all  the  clerks  would  read  the  note. 
What  a  terrible  revenge !  Then  she  sent  a  postal  card 
to  the  Oakland  girls  boarding  house  saying  "The  next 
time  you  wish  to  make  a  date  with  my  husband  to 
take  you  to  the  skating  rink,  please  phone  him  or  call 
at  his  office  and  thus  save  me  the  trouble  of  redirecting 
your  epistles  to  his  San  Francisco  address.  I  am  too 
busy  with  my  Spring  housecleaning  to  attend  to  such 
matters." 

Mrs.  Gabbe,  when  talking  to  her  about  it,  said  she 
supposed  that  the  next  thing  would  be  a  divorce. 
Goodness !  That's  the  last  thing  the  wife  thinks  about. 

"I've  caught  him  at  several  tricks  of  that  kind" 
said  she  and  "I've  just  got  him  where  I  want  him — 
under  my  thumb.    That's  the  way  to  have  a  man." 

I  couldn't  do  it.  I'd  scratch  the  villain's  eyes  out, 
I  think.  But  thank  heavens  I  have  no  husband  and 
never  will — at  least  I  think  that  way. 


I      Wednesday:    Such  a  surprise  I  got  today  when  I 
met  Clara  Mugsley  on  the  Avenue.    Goodness   Me ! 
I  thought  she  had  just  got  out  of  a  sick  bed,  she  was 
,  that  thin  and  miserable  looking. 

"I've    been    dieting    to    make    myself    thin,    Miss 
Twiggs,"  said  she. 

It  seems  that  all  the  smart  set  are  crazy  just  now 


on  becoming  \yalking  skeletons.  The  agonies  some  of 
the  fat  women  endure  are  heart  rending.  Ladies  that 
could  polish  oft*  a  three  pound  beefsteak  and  a  quart 
of  fried  onions  for  lunch,  now  nibble  at  a  hard  cracker 
and  wash  it  down  with  half  a  cup  of  weak  tea.  One 
of  the  richest  fat  women  in  Society  was  seen  the  other 
day  in  front  of  a  bakery  window  gazing  ravenously  at 
a  dish  of  bilious  looking  doughnuts.  She  told  Mrs. 
Gayleigh  that  even  the  sight  of  a  raw  cabbage  at 
a  vegetable  dealers  stand  made  her  mouth  water.  Oh 
gracious !  She  has  a  hard  time  to  keep  from  shop- 
lifting when  she  gets  within  reach  of  the  delicatessen 
counter  at  her  grocers.  And  she  suffers  all  this  agony 
to  be  stylish.  She's  got  off  eight  ounces  already  by 
three  weeks  of  starvation  and  Mrs.  Gayleigh  says  that 
something  dreadful  will  happen  if  the  woman  reduces 
any  more.    Dear  me!    Isn't  it  perfectly  dreadful. 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


Mr.  Lawrence  Harris,  who  left  here  recently,  has 
arrived  in  Pittsburg,  where  he  is  the  guest  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Greenfield.  Mrs.  Greenfield  was  Miss 
Elsa  Cook.  It  was  during  a  charity  affair  here 
several  seasons  ago  in  which  Teddy  Greenfield  and 
this  charming  girl  took  part,  the  Cupid  clapped 
them  on  the  shoulder,  with  the  result,  a  year  after, 
of  a  very  happy  marriage.  Mr.  Harris  is  the  brother 
of  Mrs.  Andrew  Carrigan,  formerly  pretty  Bessie 
Harris  of  Oakland. 


Mr.  Knox  Maddox  gave  one  of  his  charming 
dinners  recently  at  the  home  of  his  mother  on 
Presidio  Lleights  to  Mr.  and. Mrs.  Horace  Pills- 
burg  and  Miss  Linda  Cadwalader. 

Mrs.  Norwood  gave  a  small  but  enjoyable  in- 
formal tea  during  the  week  at  her  beautiful  home 
on  Green  Street.  Mr.  Jerome  Lincoln,  Mrs.  R. 
N.  Graves,  Mrs.  Breeze,  Mrs.  Cadwalader  and 
others  were  present. 


Mr.  and  Airs.  Samuel  Boardman  have  taken  a 
house  in  Ross  Valley  for  the  Summer.  Mr.  Drown 
and  Miss  Newell  Drown,  father  and  sister  of  Mrs. 
Boardman,  are  at  present  traveling  abroad,  and  will 
be  absent  until  late  in  the  Winter. 


Popular   French    Restaurant 


Regular  Dinner  75c 
Meals  a  la  carle  at  any  hour 


Private  Dining  Rooms 

[or  Banquets,  etc. 


497  Golden  Gate  Ave. 

Comer  Polk  Street 


Phone  Market  2315 


26 


-THE  WASP 


Of  Social  Interest 


:  A  family  party  composed  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  W. 
Holladay.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  B.  Holladay  and  their 
children  will  leave  shortly  for  the  East  and  pass  the 
next' 'six  months  there. 

One  of  the  brides  at  Del  Monte  is  Mrs.  Roy  Somers, 
who  was  Miss  Emily  Marvin.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  V. 
Hunt,  of  Oakland,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Holli- 
day,  are  two  other  happy  young  couples  at  Del  Monte. 

Automobile  parties  who  go  to  spend  the  week  end 
are  now  very  numerous  at  Del  Monte. 

"It  is  whispered  that  a  well  known  young  lady  will 
announce  her  engagement  upon  her  return  from 
abroad,  to  an  equally  well  known  clubman,  both 
prominent  in  the  Burlingame  set.  This  is  an  old  love 
affair  of  long  standing.  The  pretty  girl  'tis  said, 
JiafflSaJi  last  won  the  reluctant  consent  of  her  family. 

At  a  most  daintly  appointed  dinner  last  week  Mrs. 
Charles  J.  Stoval  made  Mr.  Hutchinson  and  Mr. 
Remington,  of  Philadelphia  the  guests  of  honor.  These 
gentlemen  are  millionaires  who  have  been  in  Cali- 
fornia on  business  and  pleasure  combined.  Others  at 
the  dinner  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ellicott  and  Miss 
Adele  Martels. 

A  large  party  of  Shriners  went  in  tally-hos  from 
Del  Monte  the  other  day  and  enjoyed  the  splendid 
Seventeen  Mile  Drive. 

Miss  Jennie  Blair  left  the  City  recently  en  route  to 
Paris  where  she  will  join  her  mother.  She  expects  to 
return  to  California  late  in  the  Autumn.  Miss  Blair 
had  as  traveling  companions  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry 
Oxnard,  who  will  accompany  her  as  far  as  New  York. 

Judge  Lawlor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  T.  Jeter  and 
Miss.Henny  were  amongst  the  recent  week  end  visitors 
at  Del  Monte. 

An  interesting  wedding  took  place  in  Oakland  on 
Wednesday  evening  last,  when  Miss  Ida  Larkey,  sister 
o-FDr.  Larkey,  was  married  to  Mr.  John  Jordan. 

Mrs.  Jerome  Lincoln,  with  her  son,  Jerome,  and 
daughter,  Miss  Ethel,  will  soon  leave  for  St.  Plelena, 
Adhere  they  will  pass  the  Summer.  The  Lincoln 
home  on  Harrison  Street  was  one  of  the  old  land- 
marks which  the  fire  destroyed.  Mrs.  Lincoln 
has  been  residing  in  Mrs.  Jimmie  Robinson's  home 
on  Scott  Street  since  the  calamity. 

Air.  and  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Fee,  Miss  Marica  G.  Fee, 
Miss  Elizabeth  Fee  and  D.  Jerome  Fee  spent  the  week' 
likI  at'Del  Monte. 

Mrs. 'Charles  Sedgwick  Aiken,  with  her  little 
son.  has  been  at  Del  Monte  for  the  past  month. 

Mrs.  Horace  Blanchard  Chase,  who  is  staying  at 
Miramar  where  she  has  a  cottage,  acted  as  hostess 
at  a  dinner  before  the  play  and  later  the  guests  were 
with  her  in  a  box. 

Mrs.  Clinton  B.  Hale,  Mrs.  Harold  Sidebotham  and 
Miss  Ellen  Chamberlain  came  to  San  Francisco  this 
week  from  Santa  Barbara,  for  a  stay  of  a  month. 
The  women  are  all  prominent  in  Society  circles  and 
are   missed   in  the  channel   city   for  even  as   short  a 


stay  as  that.  The  Hales  are  occupying  Capt.  Bull's 
home  on  upper  State  Street,  Santa  Barbara,  one  of 
the  handsome  places  of  the  town. 

The  J.  Parker  Whitneys  have  arrived  at  Del  Monte 
for  the  Summer.  It  is  their  custom.  Mr.  Whitney 
is  an  expert  and  tireless  angler,  and  salmon  fishing  in 
Monterey  Bay  is  the  greatest  sport  in  the  world. 

Sylvia  Harris  and  Dr.  Samuel  Hardy  were  quietly 
married  in  Berkeley  on  Thursday  May  9th,  and  left 
immediately  for  their  new  home  in  Tonopah,  Nev. 
The  bride  is  a  well  known  lady  physician,  having 
attained  great  prominence  as  an  authority  upon  the 
ear  and  throat.  She  had  also  been  associated  in  the 
Telegraph  Hill  Home  Settlement  Club  with  Miss  Bettie 
Ashe.  Mrs.  Hardy  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Dr. 
Harris,  formerly  of  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  and  sister 
of  Mrs.  Benjamin  G.  Lathrop,  whose  magnificent 
voice  has  often  been  heard  in  the  cause  of  charity  in 
this  City  and  New  York.  Mrs.  Lathrop  recently 
returned  from  New  York,  where  she  has  been  study- 
ing music,  and  has  been  advised  to  go  upon  a  concert 
tour  with  flattering  offers. 

Mrs.  John  Parrott  will  soon  leave  for  Europe. 
Later,  Mr.  Parrott  and  the  children  will  join  her; 
they  will  all  pass  the  Summer  abroad.  Miss  Abby 
Parrott,  the  eldest  daughter,  has  been  abroad  some 
time.  Mrs.  Parrott  is  the  only  daughter  of  the 
late  Joseph  A.  Donohoe  and  as  Miss  Minnie 
Donohoe  was  a  most  charming  and  attractive  girl.. 
Joseph  Donohoe  married  Miss  Christine  Parrott. 
The  old  Donohoe  home  on  Rincon  Hill,  which  fell  I 
victim  to  the  flames,  was  one  of  the  land-marks 
of  that  part  of  the  City. 


Shipping 


Family  orders  is  our  trade.  If  out  of  town 
or  going  out  for  a  limited  time,  let  us  pack 
and  ship  by  express  or  freight  whatever  you 
require. 

QUALITY  SUPREME 
EVERYTHING  HERE 

Depend  on  us  making  your  outing  a  success. 

SMITHS,  CASH  STORE,  Inc. 

14   to   24   Steuart   St.,   S.   F. 
May  catalogue  ready. 


-THE  WASP- 


27 


The  new  Reginald  Apartments  on  Pacific  Avenue, 
fctween  Wester  and  Fillniore  Streets,  now  being 
instructed  by  E.  J.  Vogel,  the  well-known  archi- 
tect, bids  fair  to  l>c  one  of  the  handsomest  and  most 
Kunplete  family  residences  in  the  City.  It  will 
Bnsist  of  five,  six,  seven,  and  twelve-mom  apart- 
ments with  one  <>r  two  tile  baths  in  each.  It  is 
understood  that  the  owner.  .Mr.  Vogel,  has  sparerl 
no  expense  in  making-  this  .structure  the  most  com- 
plete and  modern  in  all  its  essentials  that  has  as 
yet  been  erected.  It  is  expected  that  the  building 
will  be  completed  by  September  1st.  Mr.  Vogel 
is  a  Xew  Yorker  by  birth  and  a  San  Franciscan  by 
choice,  he  having  lived  here  and  practised  his  pro- 
fession for  twelve  years.  He  got  his  architectural 
training  with  the  leading  firms  of  New  York,  and 
prior  to  that  studied  designing  in  the  art  department 
of  C.  &  F.  Vogel  &  Co..  the  wholesale  furniture 
manufacturers  of  Xew  York,  in  which  firm  his 
father  was  interested.  An  architect  could  have  no 
etter   preliminary    training. 


The  breakfast  given  by  the  Sorosis  Club  at  the 
Hotel  Fairmont  to  about  one  hundred  twenty-five 
members  was  the  occasion  for  a  number  of  interest- 
ing toasts.  Mrs.  E.  B.  Young,  the  re-elected 
president  was  the  guest  of  honor. 

Miss  Grace  Baldwin  writes  interesting  letters  of 
tier  travels  abroad  ;  she  is  a  clever  girl,  inheriting 
I  fine  mind  from  her  father,  the  late  Lloyd  Bald- 
win, who  was  a  well-known  land  lawyer.  Mrs. 
Baldwin  was  a  Miss  Wheaton,  whose  sister,   Miss 

'arrie  Wheaton,  married  Mr.  George  Coring  Cun- 
lingham,  a  member  of  an  early-day  family  here. 
Miss   Baldwin's  marriage  to  Mr.  Selfridge  will  oc- 

ur  shortly  after  her  return  to  California,  which 
ivill  be  in  a  few  months. 


Automobile  News 

I  Limousine  cars  finished  in  other  than  the  con- 
ditional somber  colors  are  gaining  popularity. 
VIr.  Thomas  F.  Daly,  the  millionaire  mine  owner 
)f  Denver,  has  a  Winton  limousine  finished  in  a 
>eautiful  red,  while  Mr.  E.  B.  Cadwell,  screw  manu- 
facturer of  Xew  York  and  Detroit,  will  this  week 
"eceive  delivery  from  the  Winton  factory  of  a 
imousine  which  is  sure  to  attract  attention  in  its 
jolden  brown  dress  and  gold  leaf  striping.  Inside, 
tfr.  Cadwell's  car  has  golden  brown  upholstery  and 
latural   mahogany  wood   finish. 

Mr.  Harry  Chickering's  new  Thomas  limousine 
irrived  from  the  factory  and  was  recently  delivered 
.0  him.  It  is  Mr.  Chickering's  intention  to  leave  for 
\Tew  York  within  a  few  weeks.  He  will  have  his 
nachine  shipped  and  tour  through  the  East  during 
he  Summer  months. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  M.  Oddie,  of  Tonopah, 
;pent  some  time  in  this  City,  touring  around  in  a 
Type  "XIV"  Winton,  as  guests  of  the  Pioneer 
Vitomobile  Company. 

There  is  a  great  demand  at  the  present  time  for 


"Runabouts."  A  new  machine  of  this  class  is  the 
White  which  for  fast  long  distance  is  hard  to  excel. 
(  >f  20-steam  horse-power,  ample  water  and  gaso- 
line facilities,  34  x  4  inch  tires,  and  all  the  strength 
and  endurance  of  a  touring  car,  it  strongly  recom- 
mends itself  to  anyone  called  upon  to  do  runabout 
duty.  If  you  are  thinking  of  a  runabout  here  is 
the  car  for  you  with  reserve  power  in  plenty.  In 
fact  it  is  a  touring  car  chassis  and  runabout  in  one. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Durst  shipped  his  model  "A"  (  Mdsmo- 
bile  to  Tonopah.  Nevada,  where  he  will  use  it  in 
traveling  to  and  from  the  different  mining  cam] is. 

Mrs.  W.  F.  Hunt,  of  San  Jose,  drove  her  model 
"M"  Winton  touring  car  to  this  City,  and  will  re- 
main here  for  a  couple  of  weeks,  touring  arpufid 
the  town  and  across  the  bav. 


Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acommodabons.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Ttburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOO'DES, 

Via  Kelseyville  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co.,  Cal. 


H,  C.  RAAP,  Manager 


Telephone  Franklin  588 


National  Cafe  and  Grill 

918-920  O'FARRELL  ST.,  San  Francisco 

SPECIAL   MERCHANTS  HOT  LUNCH   25c 


Including  Tea.  Coffee,  Wine  or  Beer.      I  I  a 
A  LA  CARTE  al  all  hours 


Regular  Dinner  50c 


Special  Sunday  Dinner  75c 


AL.  CONEY  J.  HUFF 

Kadee  Hammam  Baths 

TURKISH  AND  HAMMAM  BATHS 

PRIVATE  ROOM  AND  BATH  $1.00 

Open  Day  and  Night 

GEARY  AND  COUGH  STREETS 

Smelly  Firsl  Class  Phone  Wesl  3725 


Telephone_ 


Established   1890 


r.  rossi 


DomiSic""1  Wines,  Liquors  and  Cigars 

Depot  of  Italian-Swiss  Colony  Wines 

Specialties:  Belmont,  Jesse  Moore,  A.  P.  Hotalin8's  O.  P.  S.,  Loveland  Rye, 
King  Wm.  Fourth  Scotch,  Glenrosa  Scotch,  Dew  of  the  Grampians,  A.  V.  H. 
Gin,  Buchu  Gin,  Cognac  Brandy,  Bisquit  Dubouche  Cognac,  Fernet  Branca 
Italian  Vermuth,  French  Vermuth. 

217-219  Washington  St.,  Bet.  Front  and  Davis 


DIRECTORY 


OF  LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES  AND  PROFESSIONAL  PEOPLE 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

BUILDERS'  EXCHANGE,  226  Oak  St., 
S.  F. 

ADVERTISING  AGENCIES. 

BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F. ; 
Phone   Market   2837. 

COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion and  Brady  Sts. 

DAKE  ADV.  AGENCY,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 

FISHER,  L.  P.  ADV.  AGENCY,  836  North 
Point  St.,  S.  F.  ;  Phone  Franklin  5S4. 

TOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  2170  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

ANTIQUE  DEALERS. 

THE    LOUIS    XIV.      Curios,    Objects    d'Art', 
Miniatures,   Paints,    Porcelains,  Jewels,   etc., 
C.   V.   Miller,   1117   Post,  near  Van  Ness. 
ARCHITECTS. 

REID  BROS,  Temporary  Offices,  2325 
Gough  at.;  S.  F. 

THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 

GUMP,  S.  &  G.,  1645  California  St.,  S.  F. 

SCHUSSLER  BROS.,  1218  Sutter  St. 
ATTORNEYS, 

DORN,  DORN  &  SAVAGE,  717  Van  Ness 
Ave. 

DINKELSPIEL,  HENRY  G.  W.,  1265  Ellis 
St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 

HEWLETT,  BANCROFT  AND  BALLAN^ 
TINE,  Monadnock  Bldg. ;  Phone  Temp'y 
972. 

EDWARD  B.  YOUNG,  4th  Floor,  Union 
Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temp'y  833. 

GOLDSTONE,  LOUIS,  1012  Fillmore  St. 
Phone  Park  864. 

MAROIS,  T.  M.,  1756  Fillmore  St.,  S.  E.  cor. 
Sutter.     Phone  West   1503. 

KING,  CHAS.  TUPPER,  1126  Fillmore  St. 
AUTOMOBILES   AND    SUPPLIES. 

PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  and  l2th  and  Oak  Sts., 
Oakland. 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Market 
and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

AUTO  LIVERY  CO.,  Golden  Gate  and  Van 
Ness  Ave.,   S.  F. 

BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  408  Golden  Gate 
Ave.      Phone,    Franklin   655. 

LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550  Gol- 
den Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MOBILE  CARRIAGE  CO.,  Golden  Gate 
Ave.  and  Gough  Sts.,  S.   F. 

PACIFIC  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  376  Golden 
Gate  Ave. 

BANKS. 

ANGLO-CALIFORNIA  BANK,  Ltd.,  cor. 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 

CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND 
TRUST  CO.,  cor.  California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 

CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St., 
S.   F. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  Bush  and  San- 
some Sts.,  S.  F. 

FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK,  108  Sutter  St., 
and   Van   Ness  and   Eddy. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY,   526    California   St.,    S.    F. 

HALSEY,  N.  W.  &  CO.,  413  Montgomery 
St.,  S.  F. 


HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, Jones  and  McAllister  Sts.,  S.  F. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St., 
S.  F. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.   California  and  Montgomery  Sts.,   S.  F. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULT,  Market  and  7th 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 

WELLS  FARL.O-NEVADA  NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 
ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 

1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
S.   F.   BREWERIES,  LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 

BROKERS— STOCKS   AND    BONDS. 
MONTAGUE,  PHIL  S„  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 

Exchange  Bldg. 
ROLLINS,  E.  H.  &  SONS,  804  Kohl  Bldg.  ; 

Telephone  Temp'y  163;  S.  F. 
ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 
WILSON,  J.    C,   488    California   St.,   S.    F. 
BUILDING  AND   LOAN   ASSOCIATIONS. 
CONTINENTAL    BUILDING   AND    LOAN 

ASSOCIATION,    Church    and    Market   Sts., 

S.  F. 

CARDS,   INVITATIONS,   ETC. 
WOOD,    GEO.    M.    &    CO.,    engravers,    1067 

O'Farrell  St.,   above  Van   Ness. 
CARPET    CLEANING. 
SPAULDING,  J.  &  CO.,  911-21   Golden  Gate 

Ave.;  Phone  Park  591. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
HUB,  THE,   Chas.  Keilus  &  Co.,  King  Solo- 
mon Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 

COMMISSION      AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 
JOHNSON     LOCKE    MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO    &   CO.,   INC.,    156   Hansford 

Bldg.,  268  Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  4261. 

CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS. 
FISHER   CONSTRUCTION   CO.,    1414   Post 

St.,   S.   F. 
TROUNSON,    T.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 

Ash  Ave.,  S.  F. 

CROCKERY    AND    GLASSWARE. 
NATHAN   DOHRMAN    CO.,    1520-1550    Van 
Ness  Ave. 

DENTISTS. 
KNOX,  DR.  A.  J.,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 

of   Grant    Bldg. 
TWIST,    DR.    T.    F.,    1476    Eddy,   nr.    Fillmore 

St.     Phone  West  5304. 

DESKS   AND    CHAIRS. 
PHOENIX  DESK  &  CHAIR  CO.,  office  fur- 
niture,  1538  Market  St.,  west  of  Van  Ness. 
Phone  Market  2393. 

DRY   GOODS— RETAIL. 
CITY  OF  PARIS,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Wash- 
ington St.,  S.  F. 
WHITE   HOUSE,    Van    Ness   Ave.   and    Pine 
St.,  S.  F. 

EXPRESS. 
WELLS,   FARGO  &  CO.  EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate    Ave.    and    Franklin    St.,    Ferry    Bldg., 
and  3d  St.   Depot,  S.   F. 


FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
CRESCENT  FEATHER  CO.,  19th  and  Harri- 
son Sts.,  S.  F. 
FIRE  AND   EARTHQUAKE   PHOTOS. 

RUE.  JAMES   0„   1067   O'Farrell  St.     Phone 
Franklin  2603. 

FRUITS  AND   VEGETABLES. 
OMEY  &  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts., 
S.  F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
CAREW   &   ENGLISH,    1618   Geary   St.,  bet. 
Buchanan    and   Webster   Sts.,   S.    F. ;    Phone 
West  2604. 
PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.   F. ;   Phone  West   770. 

GAS    STOVES, 
S.  F.   GAS  &  ELECTRIC  CO.,  Franklin  and 
Ellis  Sts. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
BULLOCK  &  JONES  COMPANY,  801  Van    i 

Ness  Ave.,  cor.   Eddy  St.,  S.  F. 
HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    1105-7    Fillmore   St., 
nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave. ;  Phone  West  5678. 
GOLD  AND   SILVER  PLATING. 
B  ELLIS,    JOHN    O.,    Mfg,    gold    and    silver- 
smith,   1624    California    St.,    nr.    Van    Ness. 
Phone  Franklin  2093. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 
ILS,  JOHN  G.  &  CO.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.'  F. 
MONTAGUE,  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk 
Sts.,  S.   F. 

HARNESS   AND    SADDLERY. 

DAVIS,   W.    &   SON,   2020   Howard   St.,  bet.   I 

16th  and  17th,  S.  F. 
LEIBOLD      HARNESS     AND     CARRIAGE 

CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 
HOSPITALS   AND    SANITARIUMS. 
KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 

Mgr. ;  262   Devisadero  St.,  S.   F. 
JEWELERS. 
BALDWIN  JEWELRY  CO.,  1521  Sutter  St., 

and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
SHREVE   &  CO.,  cor.   Post  and   Grant  Ave., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 
SCHMIDT,  R.  H.  &  CO.,   1049  Fillmore  St., 

nr.  McAllister  St.     Phone  Park  1209. 
LAUNDRIES. 
LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 
PALACE  HOTEL  LAUNDRY  and  KELLY 

LAUNDRY     CO.,     INC.,     2343     Post    St. 

Phone  West  5854. 

LIFE  INSURANCE. 
HUNTINGDON,    ARTHUR    P.,    925    Golden 

Gate  Ave.     Phone  Park  515. 
LUMBER. 
UNION    LUMBER    CO.,    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
BEKINS'   VAN   AND  STORAGE   CO.,   13th 

and    Mission    Sts.,    S.    F. ;    Phone   Market   13 

and    1016  Broadway,   Oakland. 
ST.  FRA..CIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 

COMPANY,    Office    1402    Eddy    St.;    Tel. 

West  2680. 

NOTARIES   PUBLIC. 
DEANE,    JNO.    J.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 

Steiner  Sts.;   Phone  West  7291. 
WARE,    JOHN    H„    307    Monadnock    Bldg., 

Depositions   carefully   attended    to.       Phone 

Temp'y  972. 


-THE  WASP 


29 


The  ingenuity  of  the  Chinese  in  surmounting 
difficulties  is  well  illustrated  by  the  following  dia- 
logue, which  recently  took  place  on  the  Imperial 
(  hi n esc   Railway  : 

Traveler:  I  wish  to  ship  these  two  dogs  to 
Peking.     What  is  the  rate  "J 

Railway  Official:  No  got  any  rate  for  clog;  one 
dog  all  same  one  sheep ;  one  sheep  all  same  two 
pig;  can  book  four  pig. 

"But  one  dog  is  only  a  puppy ;  he  ought  to  go 
for  half  fare." 

"Can  do,  all  right."  Then,  turning  to  his  clerk, 
"Write  three  pig,"  he  said. 


The  weather  man  climbed  to  the  top  of  his  ob- 
servation tower  and  began  to  observe. 

"We  will  probably  have  a  long  and  severe  fall," 
he  said. 

Just  then  he  lost  his  balance  and  fell  to  the  floor 
twenty  feet  below. 

"Thank  g'oodness !"  he  exclaimed,  as  he  proceeded 
to  pick  himself  up.  "One  of  my  predictions  has 
come  out." 


Marker — "Longreen  is  a  far  sighted  chap,  isn't 
he?" 

Parker — "That's  what.  Since  I  touched  him  for 
$10  he  can  see  me  three  blocks  away." 


The  Chicago 


Honore  Jaxson 

ci.ilist  whom  President  Roosevelt  rebuked. 


"Why  is  it,"  queried  the  inquisitive  person,  "that 
you  have  never  married?" 

"Because,"  explained  the  scanty-haired  policemtn, 
"I've  never  been  able  to  find  a  woman  who  was 
willing  to  give  bonds  to  keep  the  peace." 


OIL  COMPANIES. 
STERLING    OIL    CO.,    1491    Post    St.,    cor. 
Octavia.   S.   F. 

OPTICIANS. 
MAYERLE,   GEORGE,  German   expert,   1115 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.   F.  ;   Phone  West  3766. 
SAN    FRANCISCO    OPTICAL    COMPANY, 
"Spences,"   627   Van   Ness  Ave. ;    "Branch," 
1613   Fillmore. 
STANDARD   OPTICAL   CO.,  808  Van   Ness 
Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PAINTERS   AND    DECORATORS. 
KEEFE,  J.   H.,   820-822   O'Farrell   St.,  S.   F. ; 

Tel.  Franklin  2055. 

TOZER.    L.    &    SON    CO.,    INC.,    1527    Pine 

and   2511    Washington   St.,   near  Fillmore. 

PAINTS   AND   OILS. 

BASS-HUETER    PAINT    CO.,    1532   Market 

St. 

PHOTO    ENGRAVERS. 
CAL.    PHOTO    ENG.    CO.,    141-143    Valencia 
St. 

PHYSICIANS. 
BOWIE.   DR.   HAMILTON   C,  formerly  293 
Geary  St.,  Paul  BUlg.,  now  14th  and  Church 
Sts. 
BRYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R.,    1944    Fillmore 

St.,  cor.  Pine;  Tel.  West  5657. 
D'EVELYN,     DR.     FREDERICK     W.,   2115 
California  St.,  S.  F.,  and  2103  Clinton  Ave., 
Alameda. 
THORNE,  DR.  W.  S.,  1434  Post  St.,  S.  F. 
POTTS,  DR.  JOHN  S.,  1476  Eddy  St.    Phone 
West      1073.       Residence,     Hotel     Congress, 
Ellis  and  Fillmore.     Phone  West  4224. 
PIANOS— MANUFACTURERS     AND 
DEALERS. 
BALDWIN.   D.   H.   &   CO.,  2512   Sacramento 
St.,  and  Van  Ness  at  California. 
REAL    ESTATE. 
HICKS     &     MACK.       Real     Estate     and     In- 
surance,    2U91     Fillmore     St.       Phone     West 
72S7. 


RESTAURANTS. 
MORAGHAN,    M.    B.,    OYSTER    CO.,    1212 

Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
OLD    POODLE    DOG,    824    Eddy    St.,    near 

Van  Ness  Ave. 
ST.   GERMAIN  RESTAURANT,  497  Golden 

Gate  Ave.;   Phone  Market  2315. 
SWAIN'S     RESTAURANT,     1111     Post   St., 

S.  F. 
THOMPSON'S,    formerly    Oyster    Loaf,    1727 

O'Farrell  St. 

SAFES   AND    SCALES. 
HERRING-HALL     MARVIN     SAFE     CO., 

office     and     salesrooms,     Mission     St.,     bet. 

Seventh     and     Eighth     Sts. ;     Phone     Market 

1037. 

SEWING   MACHINES. 
WHEELER  &  WILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING    MACHINES.     1431     Bush    St.,     cor. 

Van    Ness    Ave.,     S.    F. ;     Phone     Franklin 

301;    formerly  231    Sutter  St. 
DOMESTIC    SEWING    MACHINES,   J.    W. 

Evans,   Agent,    1658   O'Farrell   St.,   nr.    Fill- 
more.    Phone  West  3601. 
STORAGE. 
BEKINS  VAN   &  STORAGE  CO.,   13th   and 

Mission  Sts.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Market  13. 
PIERCE  RUDOLPH   STORAGE  CO.,   Eddy 

and  Fillmore  Sts.;  Tel.  West  828. 
SURGICAL     INSTRUMENTS    AND     HOS- 
PITAL   SUPPLIES. 
WALTERS   &  CO.,  formerly  Shutts,  Walters 

&  Co.,   1608  Steiner  St.,  S.  F. 

TALKING   MACHINES. 
BACIGALUPI,    PETER,    1113-1115    Fillmore 

St.,  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 
LYONS,     CHARLES,     London    Tailor,    1432 
■  Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 

Broadway,  Oakland. 
McMAHON,     KEYER     AND     STIEGELER 

BROS.,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 

and  Fillmore. 


REHNSTROM,  C.  H.,  2415  Fillmore  St.,  for- 
merly Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.   F. 

TENTS  AND  AWNINGS. 

THOMS,  F.,  1209  Mission  St.,  corner  of 
Eighth,  S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 

EAMES    TRICYCLE    CO.,    Invalid     Chairs, 

1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS— WHOLESALE. 

BALKE,    ED.    W„    1498    Eddy   St.,   cor.    Fill- 

more. 
BUTLER,   JOHN    &   SON,   2209    Steiner   St., 

S.  F. 
REYNOLDS,    CHAS.    M.    CO.,    912    Folsom 

St.,  S.  F. 
RUSCONI,    FISHER   &   CO.,   649   Turk    St., 

S.   F. 
SIEBE      BROS.      &     PLAGEMAN.    419-42"; 

Larkin  St.;   Phone  Franklin  349. 

WENIGER,    P.   J.    &    CO.,    N.    E.    cor.    Van 
Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St. ;  Tel.  Franklin  309. 
309. 

WICHMAN,  LUTGEN  &  CO.,  Harrison  and 
Everett  Sts.,  Alameda,  Cal. ;  Phone  Ala- 
meda  1179. 

WINES  AND  LIQUORS-RETAIL 

FERGUSON,  T.  M.  CO.,  Market  Street. 
Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 

FISCHER,    E.    R.,    1901    Mission   St.,   cor.   of 

Fifteenth. 
THE    METROPOLE,    John    L.    Herget    and 

Wm.  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 

and  Steiner  Sts. 

TUXEDO,  THE,  Eddie  Graney,  Prop.,  S.  W. 
cor.  Fillmore  and  O'Farrell  Sts. 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 
GOLDEN     GATE     COMPRESSED    YEAST 
CO.,  2401   Fillmore. 


30 


-THE  WASP- 


Amusements 


The  other  evening  I  sought  a  per- 
formance of  "Anita,  the  Singing  Girl," 
at  the  Central,  in  order  to  find  if  there 
has  "been  any  development  in  melo- 
drama within  the  last  few  weeks.  The 
announcement  that  the  play  was  a 
New  -Xork  and  Boston  success,  did 
hot,  for  some  reason,  give  me  the 
proper  flush  of  enthusiasm.  So  I  be- 
took myself  to  some  of  the  element- 
ary aStls  for  working  up  to  50  cents 
worth  of  applause.  Bought  a  Popular 
Song  Sheet  for  5  cents  on  the  sidewalk ; 
titriyxJTTiip  my  coat  collar,  and  entered. 
Sat  down.  Stuck  my  toes  in  the  foot- 
rests;  purchased  a  cornucopia  (cor- 
rect pronunciation,  cornycopie)  and 
waited  for  the  advertisements  to  go 
tip„  Only  one  lack  of  detail  marred 
the  scheme  thus  far,  and  that  was  the 
absence  of  a  gallery.  A  melodrama 
without  a  gallery  is  like  the  play  of 
Hamlet  in  San  Francisco  with  Porter 
Garnet  left  out.  However,  I  sat  well 
in  front  and  imagined  the  gallery 
where  it  should  have  been. 


Examination  of  the  program  failed 
to  ascertain  the  theme  of  the  drama; 
whether  it  would  be  knives  or  poison. 
But  as  soon  as  the  bald-headed  man 
beg^ivto-:tune  the  big  buzz-buzz  fiddle, 
it  was;  "plain  that  the  hero  did  not 
forge  the  check.  When  Anita  ap- 
peared in  the  first  act,  villainy  had 
already  opened  up  a  gap  in  our  fears. 
There  were  four  villains;  which  cer- 
tainly was  generous  on  the  part  of  the 
management.  There  was  the  vil- 
Iainess  and  the  white-vest  villain  and 
the  sombrero  villain  and  the  billyjack 
villain.  Anita  was  a  street  singer. 
There  was  National  banking  blood  in 
her  veins ;  and,  not  only  blood  will 
tell  but  money  talks;  and  the  synopsis 
of  scenery  stated  the  last  act  to  be  at 
The  Phoenix  Club  on  Ladies'  Day. 
The  heroine  could  not  be  kept  out  of 
the  last  act,  and  her  status  was  evi- 
dent. Supposedly  she  was  an  orphan; 
but  ten  cents  of  the  fifty-cent  admis- 
sion had  not  been  used  up  before  her 
father    was     apparent.      He     was     the 


ICECREAM 

-''1536-8  Fillmore  St..  S.F. 


hero,  once  the  eligible  John  Baird,  but 
now,  because  he  was  honest  and  did 
not  forge  the  check,  was  become  a 
drunkard,  living  under  the  nom  de 
cognac  of  John  Scott.  This  part  was 
impersonificated  by  Joseph  O'Meara, 
a  hold-over  from  the  Nance  O'Neil 
Company.  O'Meara  had  a  voice  like 
Marc  Anthony  speaking  to  the  gladia- 
tors about  Marco  Bozzaris. 

*  *       * 

The  treatment  accorded  John  Baird 
by  his  enemies  was  a  rank  injustice. 
Here  we  have  a  man  named  Malcolm 
Danvers.  Sixty  years  ago  he  forged 
a  check.  Without  any  other  than  the 
most  selfish  motives,  he  impugns  the 
dishonor  thereof  unto  an  innocent  young 
man.  The  victim  of  this  Stygian 
trick  is  grieved.  Because,  when — Now 
look  here;  you  wouldn't  like  it  your- 
self, when  your  own  father,  your  own 
fleshunblud,  believed  you  guilty.  For 
my  part,  I  do  not  believe  the  stage  is 
the  proper  place  for  the  exposition  of 
such  vice.  It  is  not  a  play,  therefore, 
where  you  would  wish  to  take  your 
sister.  Indeed,  nowadays,  few  men 
take  their  sisters  to  the  theatre,  and 
just  on  that  account. 

*  *       * 

It  is  the  earnest  desire  of  those 
whose  interests  are  hostile  to  John 
Baird,  that  news  of  his  death  be  for- 
warded to  them.  To  this  end  they 
offer  a  thousand  dollars.  The  inky- 
eyed  villainess,  who  during  most  of  the 
play,  strikes  an  attitude  of  15  degrees 
off  the  perpendicular,  and  22x/i  de- 
grees when  thwarted;  the  full-fed, 
evening-dress,  teeth-gnash  villain;  the 
masquerade-costume,  Spanish  sub-vil- 
lain, with  chili  con  carne  voice;  and 
the  plugugly  villain — all  contrive  to 
get  Baird  into  harm's  way.  But  their 
attempts  end  in  fizzles.  The  most 
active  accomplice  is  Manuel  Gomez. 
And  he  is  afflicted  with  falling  sickness 
from  frequent  applications  of  the 
hero's  fist,  to  the  uproarious  applause 
and  whistling  of  the  second  row,  aisle 
seat — myself. 

Miss  Juliet  Chandler  took  the  part 
of  Anita,  or  rather,  both  parts,  for 
she  male-attires  herself  most  of  the 
time. 

*  *       * 

In  a  scenic  way,  the  third  act,  with 
its  reception  in  the  Tremont  mansion, 
was  not  as  gorgeous  as  possible.  Two 
sofa-pillows  on  an  electro-plated  set- 
tee do  not  make  a  mansion.  And  the 
Society  women  entertained  by  the 
Tremonts  looked    as     if    they    might 


have  been  striking  telephone  girls. 
No;  on  second  thought,  they  were  not 
striking  at  all. 

*       *       * 

I  should  like  to  impart  the  ending 
of  this  drama;  but  it  would  not  be 
fair  to  the  company.  Go  and  see  the 
play  for  yourself  the  next  time  it  is 
produced  here. 

THE  FIRST  NIGHTER. 


A  Phony  Tennyson 
Break,  break,  break, 

My  phone  connections — see? 
And    I    would    that   my   tongue    could 
utter 
The  thoughts  that  arise  in  me. 

O,  well  for  the  telephone  girl 

That    she's    only    in    reach    of    my 
shout; 

O,  well  for  the  manager,  too, 
That  his  lies  cannot  be  found  out. 

And  the  damnable  breaks  go  on. 

To  the  ruin  of  business  hopes; 
But,  O,  for  a  chance  to  revenge  my- 
self 

On  the  telephone  central  dopes! 
Break,  break,  break. 

And  I  rave  most  bootlesslee! 
But  the  tender  grace  of  a  placid  mind 

Will  never  come  back  to  me. 
*  *  * 

When  He  Is  Noble 

Little  Willie — "Say,  pa,  what  is  one 
of  nature's  noblemen?" 

Pa — "A  candidate  for  office  just  be- 
fore election  day,  my  son." 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Shcrith  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 


LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 

Church  Choir 

Teacher    of     Voice,     Piano     and     Organ 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phone 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  240!  Channing  Way.  Tues- 
day and  Friday. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 

PIANIST 

Tel.  West  314  1801  Buchanan  St..  Cor.  Sutter 


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RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 

SIX   OR    MORE    RACES   EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Rain  or  Shine 


Race*  commence  al   1 :40  p. 


sharp. 


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foot  of  Market  street:  leave  at  1 2:00,  thereafter  every  twenty 
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which  are  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Returning  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

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PERCY  W.  TREAT,  Secretary. 


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Kinds   of  Baking 

FRESH  DAILY  AT  YOUR  GROCER 


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Oyster  Loaf, 


Now 
Open. 


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All  night  service  Popular  Prices 


The  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 

Hammatu  Baths,  built  especially  for 

the  purpose,  in  the  city. 

I  Oriental  Turkish  Baths 


I 


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Corner  Eddy  and  Larkln  Sts. 

Cold  water  plunge. 
Room  including  Bath.Si.oo. 
Phone  Franklin  653 
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JPATRICK  &  CO. 


Rubber   Stamps 

Stencils,  Box  Brands 


L543  Pine  Street 


San  Francisco 


Where  He  Failed 

Mr>.  Harper — "Your  husband  is  an 
expert  accountant,  isn't  he?" 

Mrs.  Adder — "Me  is  supposed  to  be, 
but  he  failed  to  ^ive  a  satisfactory  ac- 
count of  himself  when  he  came  home 
at  2  o'clock  the  other  morning." 

*  *       * 

I.  o.  u. 

Downing — "What  have  you  named 
the  new  arrival?" 

Upson — "Ira  Ormond  Upson." 
Downing — "Judging    from    the     in- 
itials he  must  be  a  child  of  promise." 

*  *       * 

Cause   and   Effect 
Mrs.    Biggs — "I    don't   see   as   much 

of  my  husband  as  I  used  to.'' 
Mrs.  Wiggs — "Is  he  traveling?" 
Mrs.   Biggs — "No;  he's  been  taking 

anti-fat." 

*  *  * 

Conscientious 

"Are  you  willing  to  swear  that  the 
defendant  was  under  the  influence  of 
liquor  at  the  time?"  asked  the  lawyer 
who  was  doing  the  cross-examining. 

"No,"  replied  the  witness.  "I  never 
swear.  But  I'm  willing  to  bet  you 
$5  to  a  nickel  that  he  was." 

*  *  # 

Just  Possible 
Muggins — "I     wonder     why    artists 
always  sign  their  pictures?" 

Buggins — "So  the  purchasers  won't 
hang  them  wrong  side  up,  I  imagine." 
■s       *       * 

Helped  to  Make  Him  Good 
"During    our    courtship,"    said    Mrs. 

Weeds,  "poor  John  declared  he  would 

die  for  me  and  he  did." 

"Indeed!"    exclaimed    the    surprised 

friend. 

"Yes,"    continued    the    fair    widow. 

"I  did  the  cooking  myself  and  he  died 

of  indigestion." 

*  *  * 
Ahead   of   the   Game 

"There  is  a  far-away  look  in  your 
eyes,"  said  the  sentimental  youth, 
"that  leads  me  to  believe  you  have 
loved  and  lost." 

"I  may  have  loved,"  rejoined  the 
fair  grass  widow,  "but  I  didn't  lose. 
The  jury  awarded  me  $50,000  ali- 
mony." 

*  *  # 

Explained 

"Say,  paw,"  said  little  Tommy  Tod- 
dles, "this  paper  says  Uncle  John's 
wedding  was  a  very  quiet  affair.  What 
does  that  mean?" 

"It's  one  way  of  calling  attention 
to  the  calm  that  usually  precedes  a 
storm,  my  son,"  answered  Toddles. 
Sr. 


To  Cure  al)  Skin  Diseases, 

use 

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Oriental   Cream   or   Magic 

Beautifier 

It  Purines  and  Beautifies  the 

Slur, 

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William  Keith 

Studio 

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SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 

Attorney-at-Law 

1101  O'FARRELL  ST. 

Cor.  Franklin  San  Francitco,  Cal. 

DR.  WM.  D.  CLARK 

Office  and  Res.:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

Hours — 1  to  3  p.  m.  and  7  to  8  p.  m. 

Sundays — By   appointment 

Phone  West   390 


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Special  Attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

Established  1876 

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Importer  of  and     r/'f)  A  I 
Dealers  in  V*V-f1I_. 

N.  W.  Cor.  Eddy  and  Hyde,  San  Francisco 

Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-31   Ballery  Street,  S.  F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Tarrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  I  1 79 

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It  cleanses,  soothes, 
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Scorning   what    others    may    think  1 1  ^^^K       *»*»*••>••»*  ir\ 

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Of  the  day  when,  a  weak  and  piti-  San  F™i.<..,,co 

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To  which  you  may  cling?  Friday,  June  28,  1907 

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J                                                               '  lulu,   Kobe,   IriiogoJ,   Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,   and  con- 

VOU    tTtiniple    down  necting  at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,  etc. 

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you  frown,  i  ' 

Do  you  ever  pause  in  your  headlong 

TcT\e  .,♦,   ,   ♦,  ♦     t     ,    Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

To  think  of  the  day  that  must  surely  °  r 

come  Headguarters  for  Talking 

When  your  hairy  fist   shall  have  lost  -  -      ,  .  n  . 

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You  big,  strong  man,  with  your  bully- 
ing way 
And     your     bulging     muscles     and 
ruthless  grip, 
You  shall  limply  lie  on  the  back  some 
day, 
With  a   look  of  dread  and  a  trem- 
bling lip, 
And,  as  weak  as  the  puniest  child  e'er 
was, 
You   shall   sigh   for  the   grace   of   a 
woman's   kiss 
And  her  parting  prayer!     Do  you  ever 
pause 
To  consider  this?         N 


Albion  Ale  or  Porter 

Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure  Extract  of  Malt  and  Hops. 

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In  1950 

"I  am  thinking  seriously  of  marry- 
ing," said  Miss  Strongmind,  "and  with 
your  permission  I'll  speak  to  your 
father  tomorrow." 

"But,"  protested  young  Lightwate, 
"papa  is  already  married." 


Good   Housekeeping 
Gyer — '"That  spinster  aunt  of  mine 

is  certainly  the  limit." 
Myer — -"How's  that?" 
Gyer — "I  presented  her  with  a  loud 

ticking      clock      recently      and      she 

sprinkled      the      works      with      insect 

powder." 
Myer — "What  did  she  do  that  for?" 
Gyer — "To  get  rid  of  the  ticks." 


Dr.  WONG  HIM 

1268  O'Farrell  St. 

Permanently  Located 

HERB   DOCTOR 


Father  and  Mother 
Write  Letter  In- 
dorsing Treatment. 

SAN    FRANCISCO 
March  23.  1906 

To  Whom  it  may 
,Concern:  Our  three- 
year  -  old  daughter, 
having  been  ill  for 
some  time  and  being 
treated  by  the  most  prominent  physicians, 
gradually  became  worse,  and  was  finally 
given  up  by  them.  We  were  then  recom- 
mended to  Dr.  Wong  Him.  We  started 
with  his  treatment  and  within  two  months' 
time  our  daughter  was  cured. 

Respectfully, 
MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  C.  LIEB,  ' 
2757  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 


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SAN  FRANCISCO,  MAY  16,   1907 


Price  10  cents 


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Plain  English 

i 

By  AMERICUS 

San  Francisco  has  a  very  bad  name  in  the  East 
at  present.  This  City  is  regarded  as  a  storm  center 
where  the  powers  of  evil  are  likely  to  break  forth 
in  riot  at  any  moment.  For  that  reason  outside 
capital,  we  are  told,  is  timid  about  coming  here 
for  investment. 

This  estimate  of  us  is  incorrect.  San  Francisco 
is  less  likely  to  be  affected  by  dangerous  riots  than 
any  large  city  in  America.  Alarmists  overlook  the 
fact  that  we  have  here  one  of  the  largest  military 
posts ;  and  it  will  become  larger  every  year.  The 
gatling  guns  of  the  Presidio  are  within  twenty 
minutes  distance  of  the  center  of  San  Francisco. 
If  we  had  no  military  at  all  the  contiguous  army 
post  would  be  ample  guarantee  that  the  lawless 
mob  could  ever  obtain  control  in  San  Francisco 
and  destroy  property  at  will.  In  half  an  hour 
after  the  alarm  was  given  troops  would  be  in 
the  streets  of  San  Francisco,  and  any  one  who 
has  ever  seen  the  clash  of  disciplined  and  well  led 
soldiers  with  a  mere  mob  of  rioters  knows  how 
few  bayonets  or  sabers  are  required  for  such  work. 

At   present   the    position     of     San     Francisco    is 


doubly  secure  against  the  possibility  of  mob  rule, 
for  in  addition  to  the  Federal  troops  we  have  the 
assurance  of  aid  when  needed  from  the  State 
militia. 

Governor  Gillett,  who  is  imbued  with  the  deter- 
mination not  to  be  a  mere  official  jellyfish,  but  a 
factor  in  our  State  government,  has  just  been 
elected  and  will  hold  office  for  four  years.  The 
Governor  says  that  law  and  order  must  be  enforced 
regardless  of  disputes  between  employers  and  their 
striking  employes.  If  the  City  authorities  cannot 
enforce  the  laws  the  State  will  intervene  and  if 
necessary  invoke  the  Federal  aid.  There  will  be 
very  little  rioting  I  can  assure  you  under  a  Gov- 
ernor who  makes  such  promises  and  keeps  his  word. 

With  a  man  like  Mr.  Gillett  at  the  head  of  the 
militia,  and  a  man  like  General  Funston  or  some 
other  capable  and  patriotic  commander  in  charge 
of  this  army  post,  San  Francisco  is  as  safe  from 
mob  rule  and  unrestrained  rioting  and  plunder  as 
the  City  of  Washington.  It  is  as  safe  as  any  great 
city  in  the  world — safer  even  than  many  European 
cities. 

The  election  of  Governor  Gillett  last  November 
showed  quite  conclusively  that  the  labor  union  vote 
is  not  as  strong  as  most  people  imagined,  and  be- 
sides that  cannot  be  handled  at  will  by  labor  party 
demagogues.  Mr.  Gillett  was  blacklisted  by  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor,  and  all  the  power 
that  organization  could  exert  was  expended  to  de- 
feat him.  Mr.  Gillett  had  voted  in  Congress  against 
the  infamous  anti-injunction  bill  which  Samuel 
Gompers,  the  President  of  the  American  Federation 
of  Labor,  insisted  should  be  passed.  The  bill  re- 
strained courts  of  law  from  issuing  injunctions 
against  rioting  strikers,  and  virtually  gave  such 
men  license  to  do  as  they  pleased.  Gillett  voted 
against  the  outrageous  measure  and  the  American 
Federation  declared,  officially,  through  Gompers, 
that  the  California  Congressman  should  be  punished 
for  his  intelligence,  honesty  and  patriotism  in  de- 
feating an  infamous  and  un-American  piece  of  class 
legislation. 

Congressman  Littlefield  of  Maine  was  also 
marked  for  the  slaughter  by  Gompers  and  so  was 
Speaker  Cannon,  Congressman  Longworth  and 
other  Republican  representatives  who  had  helped 
to  kill  the  anti-injunction  bill.  The  American  Fed- 
eration  of   Labor   sent  a   corps   of   its   best   stump 


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speakers  into  Maine  to  create  feeling  against  Little- 
field,  and  it  looked  as  if  the  effort  might  prove 
successful.  There  was  trouble  in  the  Republican 
party  in  Maine,  over  some  local  question,  and  the 
Democrats  had  hope  of  making  considerable  gains, 
but,  nevertheless.  Littlefield  was  elected  and 
actually  ran  ahead  of  his  ticket.  So  much  for  the 
concentrated  effort  of  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor  in   Maine. 

Here  iii  San  Francisco  we  had  an  example  of  the 
inability  of  Mr.  Gompers  and  his  organization  to 
defeat  Mr.  Gillett.  It  was  announced  by  P.  H. 
McCarthy,  with  a  great  flourish  of  trumpets,  that 
he  had  been  delegated  by  Gompers  to  see  to  it 
that  Gillett's  goose  was  properly  cooked.  All  the 
unions  were  notified  to  vote  against  Gillett,  and  for 
weeks  the  local  halls  thundered  with  denunciation 
of  the  Republican  candidate  who  had  dared  to  obey 
his  conscience  and  vote  against  Gompers'  anti-in- 
junction bill.     Gillett  was  elected. 

The  Union  Labor  party  has  not  as  many  votes 
as  its  leaders  claim,  and  besides  that  the  members 
do  not  all  vote  like  mere  puppets  when  they  go 
into  the  election  booths.  Many  a  good  honest 
union  man  resents  the  dictation  of  the  office-seeking 
demagogues  who  try  to  boss  him  and  votes  for 
the  candidates  he  thinks  are  the  most  deserving. 

Gompers  himself  only  claims  a  membership  of 
one  million  four  hundred  thousand  for  organized 
labor  in  all  America,  of  these  fully  fifty  per  cent 
are  aliens  without  votes.  In  the  Sailors'  Union, 
one  of  the  strong  organizations  of  San  Francisco, 
only  three  per  cent  are  voters.  So  Andrew  Furuseth, 
the  head  of  the  Union,  testified  before  an  official 
investigating  body.  The  Carpenters'  Unions  of 
this  City  are  full  of  Swedes,  Canadians,  Englishmen, 
Germans  and  Australians.  Other  unions  are  domi- 
nated by  foreigners. 

No  union  labor  candidate  in  this  City  running 
on  his  own  ticket  alone  has  received  over  twelve 
thousand  votes,  and  most  of  them  have  received 
under  eleven.  It  is  rather  a  remarkable  thing  that 
this  small  minority  of  eleven  or  twelve  thousand 
voters,  representing  a  foreign  and  entirely  un- 
American  spirit  and  dominated  by  the  worst  class 
of  naturalized  citizens  should  capture  the  govern- 
ment of  San  Francisco,  inaugurate  an  era  of  official 
graft  and  lawlessness  and  attempt  to  deprive  all 
people  outside  of  their  organization  of  every  con- 
stitutional right  possessed  by  free  American  citi- 
zens. 


ness,  promptness  and  courage  have  already  done 
much  to  lift  San  Francisco  out  of  her  unfortunate 
predicament  and  convince  the  outside  world  that 
her  decent  citizens  have  the  strength  and  the  deter- 
mination to  restore  her  to  her  proper  place  of  honor 
amongst  the  most  progressive  and  prosperous  of 
American  communities. 


Every  business  man  in  San  Francisco  who  has 
Eastern  connections  is  well  aware  that  our  unfor- 
tunate City  is  getting  an  awful  reputation  by  rea- 
son of  Schmitz  and  his  grafters,  and  the  constant 
turmoil  of  the  labor  unions.  This  has  the  imme- 
diate effect  of  shortening  credits  in  the  East  and 
preventing  Eastern  houses  from  sending  out  large 
stocks  of  goods  here.  As  we  draw  most  of  our 
supplies  from  the  East  we  must  suffer  seriously 
unless  we  come  to  our  senses  speedily,  and  suppress 
the  public  disturbers.  The  following  letter  from 
Chester  W.  Weaver,  the  well-known  and  much- 
respected  manager  of  Studebaker  &  Co.  in  San 
Francisco,  is  highly  interesting.  Hundreds  of  local 
business  men  here  have  received  letters  from  the 
Eastern  correspondents  similar  to  that  which  Mr. 
Weaver  quotes : 
The  Wasp  Publishing  Company, 

No.  141  Valencia  Street,  City. 
Gentlemen  : — 

Today  we  received  a  letter  from  one  of  our  East- 
ern connections  in  regard  to  the  cancellation  of  some 
orders  which  we  found  it  necessary  to  make  on 
account  of  the  uncertain  conditions  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. This  cancellation  of  goods  amounts  to  sev- 
eral thousand  dollars,  the  goods  being  ordered  some 
time  ago  in  anticipation  of  a  properous  year  in  San 
Francisco.  I  certainly  believe  that  the  people  of 
San  Francisco  are  going  to  have  horse  sense  enough 
to  do  everything  they  can  to  prevent  serious 
troubles,  yet  the  Company  which  I  represent,  be- 
ing- financially  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the 
City,  feel  as  if  they  could  not  afford  to  take  chances 


I 


CHAS.KE1LUS&  CO 

EXCLUSIVE 

HIGH  GRADE  CLOTHIERS 


The  citizens  of  San  Francisco  have  good  cause 
to  be  thankful  for  having  in  office  at  this  juncture 
a  Governor  like  Gillett,  who  seems  full  of  the  deter- 
mination to  enforce  his  lawful  authority  when 
needed.  An  irresolute  and  stupid  man,  or  a  selfish 
demagogue  in  Governor  Gillett's  place  just  now 
might  cause  serious  complications  that  would  do 
a  great  deal  of  lasting  injury  to  California.  The 
Wasp  said  when  Governor  Gillett  was  nominated 
that  he  was  incomparably  the  best  of  the  candi- 
dates for  the  place  and  as  usual  The  Wasp's  pro- 
phecy  has  been   verified.     Governor   Gillett's   fair- 


No  Branch  Slores.  No  Agents. 

We  are  very  particular  about  the  kind  of  clothes  we  offer  on  sale 
here.  Before  we  adopt  models,  we  have  important  confabs  with 
designers,  tailors,  etc.,  interchanging  ideas.  That's  why  our  clothes  are 
just  a  little  bit  better. 

Few  people  realize  the  many,  many  details  good  clothes  go 
through  before  they  reach  consumers.  Especially  in  this  shop. 
where  we  specialize  and  fit  any  man--stout,  fat  or  slim--wilhout 
much  alteration,  you'll  certainly  appreciate  this. 


KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 

Fillmore    Street,     near    Sutter,     Sao    Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


and  put  a  lot  of  stuck  in  here  for  the  supply  of 
the  City  trade  which  might  be  left  on  our  hands 
indefinitely. 

In  reply  ti>  the  cancellation  this  Eastern  connec- 
tion writes  us  as  follows,  after  stating  that  they 
will  hold  up  the  i  inlcr  : 

"(  >ne  thing  sure,  you  are  more  than  having  your 
share  of  trouble  in  San  Francisco.  In  a  letter  writ- 
ten on  May  3d  you  mentioned  the  probability  of 
a  street-car  strike,  and  this  has  developed  into  an 
actual  fact.  The  Chicane  i  papers  this  morning  give 
quite  a  long  article  on  yesterday's  trouble  in  San 
Francisco,  which  includes  the  shouting  of  quite  a 
lot  ol   fellows. 

"Quite  likely  you  people  who  live  in  San  Fran- 
cisco realize  what  a  terrible  amount  of  damage  your 
City  Government  troubles  ami  your  labor  troubles 
are  doing  San  Francisco,  but  I  cannot  believe  that 
any  of  you  there  can  appreciate  fully  the  extent 
of  this  damage.  San  Francisco  is  getting  to  be  a 
by-word  in  the  mouth  of  nearly  every  man.  It 
stands  for  everything  that  is  disagreeable  and  mean 
and  the  average  business  man  today  would  think 
no  more  of  investing  monev  in  San  Francisco  than 
he  would  of  throwing  it  in  the  river. 

"The  earthquake  and  fire  was  bad  enough,  but 
your  local  Government  and  labor  troubles  have 
done  the  town  more  harm  than  the  earthquake  and 
fire  did.  As  stated  above,  I  do  not  believe  you 
people  who  are  there  can  realize  the  immense 
amount  of  harm  that  has  been  wrought  and  is 
being  done  every  day  to  your  City." 

I  give  you  the  above  extract  feeling  that  possibly 
it  might  give  you  a  pretty  definite  idea  as  to  how 
one  representative  Eastern  business  man  feels  in 
regard  to  conditions  here  in  San  Francisco.  This 
letter  is  written  by  a  man  whose  business  ability 
and  knowledge  of  general  business  conditions 
throughout  the  United  States  are  unquestioned,  and 
if  he  makes  the  statement  that  Eastern  business 
men  feel  as  a  rule  in  this  way  there  is  absolutely 
no  question  in  regard  to  it. 

In  another  portion  of  this  letter  he  makes  further 
reference  to  the  fact  that  he  believes  that  some 
of  the  daily  papers  of  San  Francisco  are  as  much 
responsible  for  the  labor  trouble  that  we  are  hav- 
ing at  the  present  time  as  any  other  one  cause. 
Yours  very  truly, 

CHESTER  W.  WEAVER. 


The  local  merchants  have  it  in  their  power  to 
reform  the  daily  papers  very  quickly.  All  that  is 
necessary  is  to  withdraw  all  the  advertising  from 
sheets  that  give  aid  and  comfort  to  public  dis- 
turbers and  help  to  keep  the  City  in  ruinous  tur- 
moil. No  newspaper  can  stand  that  kind  of  reproof 
long.  The  trouble  is,  however,  that  many  of  our 
local  business  men  give  most  of  their  patronage  to 
the  journals  that  are  constantly  injuring  the  City, 
just  as  many  business  men  voted  for  Schmitz,  not 
once  but  three  times  in  succession. 

Lack  of  public  spirit,  lack  of  cohesion,  and  lack 
of  courage,  have  been  three  serious  faults  of  our 
business  men.     The  reverse  is  trucof  Los  Angeles 


and  that  is  why  the  Southern  City  grows  steadily 
and   prosperous. 

Have  our  merchants  ever  pondered  over  the  fact 
that  if  San  Francisco  had  grown  in  the  last  twenty- 
five  years  as  fast  as  Los  Angeles  we  would  have 
a  population  of  over  three  millions. 

How  can  we  grow  fast  when  the  man  who  is 
surest  of  a  public  hearing,  and  who  has  the  most 
to  say  in  our  government,  is  the  public  disturber 
and  demagogue  or  the  anarchist  who  threatens  as 
did  Furuseth  a  few  years  ago  to  "make  the  grass 
grow  in  the  streets  of  San  Francisco."  Mr.  Furu- 
seth is  one  of  the  public-spirited  citizens  whom 
Schmitz  has  called  into  council  to  devise  means 
for  improving  the  existing  conditions  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Another  patriot  of  the  council  is  1'.  H.  Mc- 
Carthy, who  not  long  ago  presided  at  a  red-Hag 
meeting  which  paraded  the  streets  after  adjourn- 
ing and  fought  the  police. 

We  must  set  up  an  entirely  different  standard 
of  public  opinion  in  San  Francisco  before  this  will 
become  a  lawabiding  town  and  attract  desirable 
citizens  in  the  numbers  that  should  come  here. 


The  latest  and  most  improved  tactics  of  the 
striking  carmen  in  San  Francisco  is  to  assault  and 
intimidate  the  passengers  and  not  the  non-union 
motormen  and  conductors.  This  shows  that  law- 
lessness like  any  other  form  of  human  activity  is 
progressive.  It  is  a  higher  order  of  criminality 
to  slug  and  insult  the  whole  public  then  a  few  hun- 
dred car-hands.  It  looks  very  much  as  if  the 
United  States  is  overdue  on  a  military  dictatorship. 
Between  the  two  evils  of  the  rule  of  the  mob  or 
that  of  the  military  the  latter  is  preferable. 


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are    now    being    displayed    by    us.     Many    of    the 
patterns  are  in  stock  for  immediate  delivery. 

We  are  showing  an  excellent  assortment  of 
WILLOW  and  MAHOGANY  FURNITURE 
upholstered  in  CRETONNES  and  TAFFETAS. 


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MRS.  FRANK  KERRIGAN 

When  the  Yerkes-Mizner  divorce  was  entrusted 
to  a  referee,  the  papers  in  the  case  were  sealed 
tighter  than  a  bottle  of  microbe  culture.  It  was 
a  wise  precaution,  for  some  deadly  germ  in  the 
documents  had  already  afflicted  with  loss  of  mem- 
ory the  minds  of  all  who  handled  them,  so  that 
these  victims  could  not  tell  where  the  papers  were, 
what  the}'  were,  nor  why,  whence  or  whatsoever. 

When  the  referee's  report  came  before  Justice 
Dowling  for  signature,  he  intimated  that  the  at- 
torneys might  depart  into  the  ethereal  azure  and 
float  through  cerulean  distance  until  they  bring 
him  the  judgment  roll  in  the  every-day,  regular 
non-volatile  way.  Acting  on  this  galvanized  hint, 
counsel  withdrew  the  decree,  and  if  they  wish  it 
signed,  will  have  to  eliminate  provision  for  sealing. 

This  was  a  star-spangled  rebuke  that  should 
have  been  administered  to  other  litigants  who  have 
demanded  sub-rosa  divorces.  Public  policy  requires 
that  proceedings  of  Court  be  at  all  times  open  to 
public  scrutiny.  Whatever  may  be  the  vested  in- 
terest of  outsiders  in  Mrs.  Mizner's  blood-and- 
thundering  with  her  husband,  her  case  admits  of 
no  exception  that  a  dignified  Court  should  grant. 
Whoever  makes  use  of  State  institutions  becomes 
to  such  extent  a  public  character,  leaving  behind  a 
record  subject  to  any  citizen's  attention.    Moreover, 


neither  ecclesiastical,  civil,  sentimental  nor  ethical 
law  looks  upon  the  divorce-principle  as  anything 
more  than  excusable.  It  is  a  mere  makeshift  of 
human  intermingling  and  fallibility.  And  for  this 
reason  alone  should  be  stripped  of  secrecy. 

But  the  Goddess  of  Justice,  dropping  her  band- 
age, scanned  this  case  through  her  lorgnettes  and 
was  inclined  to  permit  an  exclusive  function  in 
which  Mrs.  Yerkes-Mizner  might  unhusband  her- 
self. The  banquet  of  statutary  evidence  was  pri- 
vate ;  but  the  menu  should  be  disclosed,  if  only 
to  warn  others  from  partaking  of  the  same  objec- 
tionable stuff. 

The  prospective  divorce  of  the  Talbot  J.  Tay- 
lors has  been  like  putting  belladonna  on  the  eyes 
of  Gotham  gossips ;  and  big  lustrous  glances  of 
curiosity  are  being  turned  toward  the  daughter 
of  James  R.  Keene.  It  was  a  cold  snap  to  the 
old  man  when  he  heard  of  the  difficulty ;  for  he 
thought  his  son-in-law  the  Nick  Carter  of  Wall 
Street.  One  newspaper  quotes  him  as  saying,  "I'd 
have  given  my  right  hand  to  prevent  this."  And 
in  the  next  paragraph  Taylor  is  mentioned  as 
Keene's  right  hand.  So  the  force  of  the  Veteran 
manipulator  is  convincing. 

Taylor's  people  are  the  real  terrapin  a  la 
Maryland.  Keene  discovered  the  young  man  in 
Baltimore,  put  him  right  into  the  danger  zone  of 
Wall  Street,  and  the  firm  was  at  times  where  the 
dollars  flew  thickest.  Their  heroic  attack  on  the 
Metropolitan  Railroad  four  years  ago  ended  in  the 
Police  Court.  Subsequently  Taylor  made  an  as- 
signment because  of  the  souzing  he  got  in  the 
Southern  Pacific  pool.  However,  he  is  still  a  pet 
in  New  York  clubdom,  enrolled  in  Democratic 
Clubs,     Automobile     Clubs,     Hunting    Clubs,     and 


Little  I  alace  Hotel 


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OPEN 


Corner  o£ 

Post  and 

Leavenworth 

Streets 


The  same  excellence  in  cuisine  and  service  that  obtained 
in  the  Old  Palace  is  duplicated  in  the  new  'Little  Palace' 


-THE  WASP 


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MRS.  ROBERT  GREER 

others,  just  club  clubs.  Mrs.  Jessica  Taylor  is  the 
sister  of  Foxhall  Keene,  more  noted  for  his  work 
m  the  saddle  than  at  the  ticker. 

The  Taylors  have  four  children,  among  which 
James  R.  romps  like  the  best  of  them.  He  is 
anxious  for  them,  too.  But  his  daughter  declares 
she  has  enough  evidence  to  withhold  them  from 
the  claims  of  the  father.  So  the  grand-dad  may  not 
lose  his  playmates.  Taylor  has  put  up  the  shutters 
of  his  stock  and  bond  shop  and  will  view  develop- 
ments from  Europe.  The  case  has  not  thus  far 
redounded  to  the  fame  of  any  chorus  girl.  Still, 
there  is  no  dearth  of  illustratable  news  in  the  mar- 
ket  at   present. 

The  generation  of  San  Francisco  who  knew  "Jim" 
Keene  as  one  of  the  leading  stock  brokers  of  the 
old  Board  on  California  Street  has  almost  passed 
away.  Keene  was  one  of  the  first  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco speculators  to  take  flight  to  Wall  Street  when 
the  mining  stock  market  here  began  to  decline. 
About  the  same  time  went  that  heavy  capitalist, 
D.  O.  Mills,  who  put  his  spare  millions  into  New 
York  real  estate.  The  sandlot  disturbances  were 
largely  the  cause  of  the  hegira,  for  the  City  had  a 
superabundance  of  labor  agitators  in  those  days  as 
it  has  again  after  thirty  years.  No  doubt  history 
will  repeat  itself  and  in  a  few  years  the  public  dis- 
turbers will,  like  the  sandlot  scallawags,   be  scat- 


tered to  the  four  corners  of  the  earth,  or  drop  down 
to  the  level  of  ordinary  political  bummers,  who  will 
attract  no  more  attention  in  their  daily  perigrina- 
tions  than  a  stray  dog. 

*  *         * 

Dr.  Robert  W.  Smith,  who  was  drowned  recently 
at  Antioch,  was  one  of  the  best  quartet  tenors  we 
had.  He  was  well  known  all  over  the  State,  having 
traveled  with  the  Knickerbocker  Quartet  of  which 
he  was  a  member,  and  appeared  at  nearly  every 
political  meeting  of  consequence  where  singing  was 
a  feature  of  the  exercises.  He  used  to  be  a  member 
of  the  vested  choir  at  Grace  Episcopal  Church  when 
that  organization  was  in  its  prime. 

Harry  Lehr  has  not  made  his  triumphal  tour  of 
Europe  for  nothing.  He  came  back  in  a  very  audi- 
ble English  check  suit  of  clothes  and  decorated 
with  a  monocle.  When  asked  to  say  something 
prophetic  on  the  glad  doings  at  Newport  this  Sum- 
mer, he  is  reported  to  have  screwed  his  single  pane 
into  his  eye  and  drawled  in  the  best  British  English, 
"Excuse  muh !" 

*  *  3= 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Dukes  are  spending  their 
honeymoon  at  Del  Monte,  as  are  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Alexis  D.  Ehrman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  E.  Brannan 
and  Dr.  and  Mrs.  B.  C.  Ledyard  of  San  Jose.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  L.  H.  Love,  who  came  to  Del  Monte  on 
their  wedding  trip  a  month  or  so  ago,  and  then 
went  south,  have  returned  and  will  remain  some 
months. 


ARE  YOU  NOT  INSPIRED  WITH 
A   LOVE  FOR  THE  COLONIAL 


In  looking  at  a 
room  such  as 
this? 


/"\UR  carefully  selected  stock  of  Wall  Papers  and 
^-"^  Fabrics  is  replete  with  attractive  things  and  at 
such  small  attractive  prices.  We  will  gladly  assist  you 
in   your   decorating   if   you    will   favor   us    with    a   call. 


L.  TOZER  &  SON  CO. 

INTERIOR   DECORATORS 

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•THE  WASP 


Miss  Cornelia  Stratton,  who  was  married  last 
Saturday  to  William  S.  Parker,  at  the  residence  of 
her  father  on  Harrison  Street,  Oakland,  is  the 
brilliant  and  attractive  daughter  of  Frederick  Strat- 
ton, Collector  of  the  Port,  by  his  first  wife,  who 
was  a  Miss  Lee,  daughter  of  one  of  the  oldest  and 
best  known  families  in  Oakland.  Mrs.  Stratton 
died  when  her  daughter  was  very  young.  Her 
uncle  was  Dr.  Lee,  who  went  abroad  as  the  attend- 
ing physician  of  a  well-known  young  man  two 
years  ago,  suffering  with  consumption,  the  patient 
dying  abroad.  Dr.  Lee  returning  with  the  body, 
was  stricken  with  appendicitis  and  died  before 
reaching  New  York.  Mr.  Stratton's  second  wife 
was  a  Miss  Gregory,  a  relation  of  the  much  re- 
spected family  of  Rev.  Dr.  McClure  of  Oakland. 
All  are  prominent  in  the  social  set  across  the  bay. 

*  *         * 

Miss  Lucy  Maria  Mighell  and  Mr.  Thomas  James 
Churchill,  will  be  married  on  June  1st  at  the  resi- 
dence of  the  bride's  grandmother,  Mrs.  Israel  Kas- 
how,  on  California  Street.  The  ceremony  will  be 
witnessed  by  relatives  and  intimate  friends  only, 
but  a  reception  from  12 :30  until  3 :30  will  imme- 
diately follow,  and  to  which  several  hundred  guests 
have  been  invited.  Miss  Mighell's  mother  was  a 
Miss  Kashow,  whose  parents  owned  all  of  the  island 
now  known  as  Belvedere,  and  were  very  wealthy. 
Thomas  Churchill  belongs  to  a  very  prominent 
Southern  family.  He  has  resided  but  a  few  years 
in  this  City.  He  occupies  a  confidential  position 
in  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  office. 

^s  s(c  % 

It  was  an  amusing  case  of  mistaken  identity  in 
regard  to  Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White,  said  to  have 
taken  a  ride  on  the  cars  last  Sunday.  A  gentleman 
rung  her  up  on  the  phone  to  congratulate  her,  feel- 
ing she  of  course  was  bearing  her  honors  thick 
upon  her.  The  lady  informed  him  that  although 
her  sentiments  were  with  the  Calhoun  side,  she  was 
not  on  the  cars  on  that  memorable  occasion.  She 
added,  however,  that  nothing  would  give  her 
greater  pleasure  than  to  head  a  party  of  women  and 
ride  all  over  town,  if  it  would  help  to  convince  the 
public  that  the  women  of  San  Francisco  do  not  favor 
the  strikers'  methods. 

The  uncivility  of  the  union  carmen  to  women 
passengers  proved  to  be  a  bad  thing  for  them  when 
they  went  out  on  strike.  Never  was  there  a  more 
boorish  lot  of  public  servants.  It  was  next  to  im- 
possible to  extract  a  civil  answer  from  most  of 
them,  and  many  of  them  were  deliberately  insolent 
if  not  insulting  to  unescorted  women,  who  ventured 
to  ask  proper  questions  as  to  the  location  of  streets 
and  the  best  way  to  transfer.  Very  often  those 
arrogant  officials  carried  women  beyond  their  des- 
tination and  instead  of  apologizing  remarked  with 
a  sneer,  "Oh  you'se  can  get  off  at  the  next  corner 
an'  walk  back.  'Twill  do  you  good."  It  is  a  bad 
thing  to  get  the  women's  ill  will,  and  the  union 
carmen  certainly  did  their  level  best  to  earn  it. 

*  *         * 

When   one   of   the    Societv   women    boarded    the 


first  car  down  town  the  other  day  a  rough-looking 
bystander  yelled :  "Scab."  The  lady  smiled  and  a 
more  gallant  union  man  standing  near  by  remarked, 
"Not  scab,  say  beauty-spot." 

*         *         * 

In  London's  Old  Bailey  recently  stood  up  for 
trial  Alexandrine  Foucault,  a  woman  in  whose  lurid 
eyes  was  all  that  is  Frenchiest,  flagrant,  sensational. 
Rueful  refugee  from  the  flames  of  an  illicit  love. 
At  seventeen  years  she  had  been  a  temptress ;  at 
eighteen,  a  wife ;  in  two  years  more  an  amorous- 
eyed  widow ;  wedded  for  the  second  time,  and  then 
divorced.  Pleading  marriage  with  one  who  had 
been  sweetheart  to  her  a  girl  and  later  during  two 
wifehoods,  she  harried  him  from  his  home.  Finally 
rejected,  she  threw  vitriol  at  the  face  she  had  kissed 
and  recreantly  followed  under  various  conditions 
for  nine  years. 

Andre  Delombre  was  a  boy  when  first  he  walked 
hand  in  hand  with  her  past  the  mansions  of  Paris. 
Both  were  of  good  family ;  he  the  son  of  a  former 
Cabinet  Minister.  Throughout  her  marriage  she 
kept  up  the  youthful  trysting.  She  looked  upon  the 
boy  as  the  King  of  Love,  and  on  the  husband  as  a 
pretender.  When  free,  and  her  flamboyant  blood 
made  to  join  passion  and  home,  the  passion  fled 
to  London.  She  followed.  She  found  him  amid 
his  books  and  diagrams,  unkind,  sedate,  an  agri- 
cultural  engineer. 

At  a  restaurant  the  pair  contested  over  the  mem- 
ories of  romance ;  she  yearning  toward  the  old 
paradise ;  he  pointing  to  the  Angel  of  the  Flaming 
Sword.  Gloating  beside  the  restless  lover,  she  gave 
him  the  word  of  love  or  death.  She  would  not 
move  from  his  path.  Toward  him  were  her  arms; 
behind  her,  the  tomb.  Pie  declined  the  issue. 

Tragically  she  emptied  the  contents  of  a  vial 
into  her  coffee  cup ;  tauntingly  offered  it  to  him. 


ENJOY     COUNTRY      LIFE      AT 

HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 


This  is  the  season  to  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.     Phone  Temporary  2751. 


Hand  Wrought  Jewelry 

May  Mori-Smith  Cunningham,  exhibitor  of  the  Pans 
Salon  1 906,  has  at  her  Studio-Shop    1 622    Pine  St., 
many  ornaments  of  individual  and  original  design. 
ON  VIEW   DAILY 


THE  WASP 


He  was  silent.  S1k-  clutched  the  cup  with  both 
hands;  and  glared  into  its  guli  of  death  as  a  beast 
glowering  over  a  precipice,  lie  arose  in  his  place 
and  returned  her  nothing  save  despair.  Desperate, 
she  held  the  cup  of  hopelessness  aloft  and  flung 
it-  burning  mixture  at  him. 

An   interval. 

The  unwritten  law  was  conjured  to  save  her  from 
the  penalt)  of  unlicensed  ardor.  The  victim  of  her 
last  act  iii  the  outside  world  opposed  her  gruesomely, 
sightless  in  one  eye.  Thus  stigmatized,  he  was 
further  reviled  by  the  law.  His  conduct  was  de- 
nounced l>v  the  Judge  as  brutally  heartless — heart- 
less to  tin-  unman  and  also  to  the  two  husbands,  he 
had  by  hi-  long  protracted  liaison  with  her  dis- 
honored, lie  told  the  jury  to  consider  well  that 
fact  and  they  without  a  moment's  hesitation  gave 
her  freedom  again  ;  and  she  went  back  to  the  world. 

*  *  :}= 

The  opening  of  the  art  gallery,  established  by 
Frank  C.  Havens  and  F.  M.  Smith  in  Piedmont  was 
an  event  of  importance  to  artists  and  of  interest 
to  admirers  of  good  pictures.  The  collection  con- 
tains paintings  by  many  famous  artists,  both  of 
this  country  and  Europe.  A  temporary  structure 
has  been  erected  in  Piedmont  Park,  in  which  the 
canvasses  are  hung,  but  it  is  the  intention  of  Mr. 
Havens  to  erect  a  permanent  gallery.  Many  can- 
vasses from  other  collections  besides  those  of  Mr. 
Havens  and  Mr.  Smith  have  been  loaned,  notably 
by  \V.  G.  Henshaw,  Duncan  McDuffie,  and  the 
Home  Club.  Amongst  the  California  artists  well 
represented  are  William  Keith,  R.  D.  Yelland,  Lillie 
V.  O'Ryan,  R.  L.  Partington,  A.  Joullin,  and 
Cadenasso.  Xotable  among  the  foreign  works  are 
a  portrait  by  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds  and  a  landscape 
bv  Corot.  The  gallerv  is  open  to  the  public  every 
day  from  nine  until  five,  including  Sundays.  It 
has  already  become  quite  a  mecca  for  art  lovers. 

*  *         # 

(  (wing  to  the  Mtmchausen-like  powers  of  certain 
local  Society  reporters  who  can  twist  the  strands 
of  a  simple  fact  into  a  rope  of  romance,  Society  is 
in  a  fog  of  doubt  as  to  the  whereabouts  of  that 
popular  voting  matron,  Mrs.  Malcolm  Henry.  One 
day  they  had  her  packing  her  trunks  for  a  voyage 
to  Manila  and  the  next  getting  ready  for  a  trip  to 
the  Eastern  States.  The  real  fact  is  that  the  lady- 
is  residing  with  her  parents  at  their  California  Street 
home,  and  has  not  the  slightest  intention  of  going 
either  to  the  Orient  or  the  Atlantic  Coast.  Her 
mother,  Mrs.  Voorhies,  will  leave  early  in  Septem- 
ber to  attend  the  annual  convention  of  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  which  will  meet  in 
Norfolk.  Ya.  Mrs.  Voorhies  will  also  see  the  James- 
town Exhibition.  She  will  visit  her  daughter  Lelia, 
who  married  Captain  Scott,  U.  S.  A.,  and  is  residing 
at  Xew  York.  She  will  also  visit  her  eldest  daugh- 
ter Marie,  who  married  Captain  Young,  U.  S.  A., 
and  is  now  living  in  Philadelphia. 

*  *         * 

Spain  can  always  be  depended  upon  to  do  some- 
thing farcical,  when  it  gets  up  enough  energy  to 
do  anything  at  all.  Newspapers  all  over  the  world 
have  lately  been  vieing  to  print  the  most  effective 


innuendo  concerning  the  necessity  (and  source  of 
knowledge)  of  numerous  grandees  signing  the  baby 
prince's  birth  certificate. 

That  the  brocaded  Dons  should  admit  of  no 
hearsay,  and  demand  absolute  inherent  but  outrage- 
ous knowledge  of  the  queen's  mothering  is  as  con- 
temptible as  it  is  vain.  Blue  blood,  like  most 
things  mundane,  is  ultramundanely  unprovable. 
Any  attempt  at  certainty  herein  is  a-  lame  course 
between  the  sublime  and  the  ridiculous,  with  the 
off  leg  on  the  sublime  side.  That  Victoria  did  not 
offer  a  changeling  is  now  admitted.  But  that  the 
infant  prince  has  Bourbon  blood,  is — well,  fine  old 
Bourbon  is  sometimes  a  matter  of  faith  as  well  as 
bottle. 


Airs.  Herbert  E.  Law  automobiled  down  to  Del 
Monte  to  visit  here  parents,  who  have  a  cottage 
in  Pacific  Grove  for  the  Summer. 


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LIQUEUR 

Peres  Chartreux 

—GREEN  AND  YELLOW- 

This  famous  cordial,  now  made  at  Tarragona,  Spain,  was 
for  centuries  distilled  by  the  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Char- 
treux) at  the  Monastery  of  La  Grande  Chartreuse,  France,  and 
known  throughout  the  world  as  Chartreuse.  The  above  cut 
represents  the  bottle  and  label  employed  in  the  putting  up  of  the 
article  since  the  Monks*  expulsion  from  France,  and  it  is  now 
known  as  Liqueur  Peres  Chartreux  (the  Monks,  however 
still  retain  the  right  to  use  the  old  bottle  and  label  as  well), 
distilled  by  the  same  order  of  Monks,  who  have  securely 
guarded  the  secret  of  its  manufacture  for  hundreds  of  years,  and 
who  alone  possess  a  knowledge  of  the  elements  of  this  delicious 
nectar. 

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-THE  WASP 


MRS.  B.  J.  EDGER 

Mrs.  Thomas  B.  Eastland,  whose  health  has  not 
been  good  since  the  birth  of  her  baby,  is  now  at 
Del  Monte  with  Mr.  Eastland.  Mrs.  Eastland  was 
Miss  Helen  Wagner,  a  charming  Society  girl,  and 
sister  of  Mrs.  J.  J.  Moore. 

Miss  Constance  Maynard  Dixon,  whose  engagement 
to  Charles  W.  Duncan  was  recently  announced,  is  the 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Henry  J.  Dixon  of  Sausalito.  The 
date  of  the  wedding  has  not  yet  been  fixed.  Miss 
Dixon  belongs  to  one  of  our  oldest  and  most  aristo- 
cratic families,  her  people  being  related  to  the  May- 
nard family  and  prominent  in  the  southern  set.  May- 
nard Dixon,  the  artist,  is  a  brother,  and  Mrs.  Arthur 
Chambers,  of  Sausalito,  a  sister.  Their  father  was  a 
well  known  clergyman. 


Now  and  then,  with  the  news  of  King  Edward's 
doings  and  undoings  in  English  drawing  rooms, 
dining  rooms,  and  where  not,  comes  the  information 
that  Mrs.  George  Keppel  is  still  amusing  His  Maj 
with  stories,  jests,  puns  and  little  fol-do-rols  of  fun. 
But  no  example  of  her  wit  comes  with  the  tale.  There 
are  few  things  so  exasperating  as  to  be  told  of  the 
existence  of  a  joke  when  the  same  is  not  forthcoming. 
The  latest  is  that  when  that  admirable  climber,  known 
in  Chicago  as  Potted  Palm,  but  in  the  more  refined 
elswhere  as  Mrs.  Potter  Palmer,  was  finally  balanced 
on  the  top  rung  of  the  ladder,  she  fed  the  King  and 
a  table  of  eighteen  at  $82  per.  Of  course,  Mrs.  George 
Keppel  sat  beside  the  royal  Edward  and  plied  him 
with  smart  stories.  Curiosity  becomes  purgatorial  as 
we  read  that  the  King  laughed  heartily. 

It  being  known  that  this  potentate  has  lived  and 

listened  to  so  much  that  he  has  become  about  two 

hundred  weight  of  tired  feeling,  what  is  it  that  can 

make  him   laugh   heartily  ?    The   First   Gentleman  of 

Europe  might    be    entertainable    with    anecdotes    of 

Chesterfield,   Spencer  and  Ibsen.    Don't  be  cocksure. 

Why  is  Mrs.  Keppel  always  there  anyway?    We  are 

willing  to  have  it  that  the  stories  are  nothing  but  what 

could    harmlessly    be    related    to    a    three-months-old 

infant.      But   we    should   like   to   have   a   sample    for 

analysis. 

*         *         * 

It  must  have  been  a  great  shock  to  the  parents 
of  some  of  our  young  Society  buds  when  they  read 
in   the   various   morning  papers   that   their   daugh- 


A  DEL  MONTE  SNAPSHOT 

Mrs.  James  L.  Flood.  Miss  Flood,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Marlin  and  young 

Mr.  Templelon  Crocker  on  (he  Golf  Links. 


Fifty  Years  Ago 

it  was  comparatively  easy  to  establish  a  reputation 
for  a  piano  in  this  country.  There  were  but  a  few 
competitors,  and  the  artistic  requirements  were  not 
so  exacting. 

To-day,  with  artistic  requirements  at  the  highest 
tension,  conditions  have  changed.  Reputation  and 
renown  can  be  gained  only  through  true,  even 
exalted  merit — artistic  and  industrial  superiority. 
Generations  of  progress  intervene  between  the  old 
and  the  new.  Pianos,  built  upon  the  plans  of  fifty 
years  ago,  may  be  well-known;  the  glory  of  their 
past  may  cast  a  subtle  light  into  their  present — still 
the  march  of  progress  is  passing  beyond  them.  A 
new  time  demands  new  ideas,  new  methods,  and 
best  results. 

The  "Baldwin"  Piano  is  a  result  of  new  ideas 
and  new  methods — the  best  result  of  progress  in 
piano  construction. 

That  is  the  secret  of  its  eminent  success. 

The  local  display  rooms  of  these  renowned 
instruments  are  at 


1  569  Van  Ness  Ave., 


Corner 
California  St. 


-THE  WASP- 


One  of  the  Delishlful  Vi 

ters  had  attended  the  dance  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel 
of  which  Supervisor  Coleman,  one  of  the  confessed 
boodlers.  was  a  guest.  It  was  an  eye-opener  to 
many  of  the  estimable  young  men  of  the  Entre 
Nous  when  they  started  out  for  the  first  dance  and 
observed  the  boodling  Supervisor  on  the  floor,  for 
there  were  many  there  who  recognized  him  and 
some  became  hotly  indignant  that  he  should  have 
the  effrontery  to  present  himself  at  such  a  function. 
It  so  happened  that  Francis  J.  Heney  was  dining 
at  the  Fairmont  the  night  of  the  dance  and  some 
of  those  who  objected  to  the  presence  of  the 
boodler  in  the  ranks  of  good  company  were  strongly 
in  favor  of  going  to  Heney  and  demanding  that 
Coleman  be  put  out.  Heney  has  the  boodlers  so 
terrified  and  Coleman  would  probably  have  waited 
for  nothing  if  Heney  had  chosen  to  tell  him  to  make 
himself  scarce;  but  it  was  finally  determined  to  let 
the  matter  drop  and  take  precautions  that  neither 
Coleman  nor  any  of  the  rest  of  his  gang  should 
creep  in  again.  Nobody  can  blame  the  young 
men  and  women  of  the  club  for  objecting  to  the 
presence  of  the  boodler,  whose  real  place  is  behind 
the  bars  of  San  Ouentin. 

*         *         * 

Mrs.  Gertrude  Atherton,  who  is  now  in  England, 
is  talking  of  buying  a  house  in  some  quiet  English 


CARNELIAN  BAY 

Characteristic  of  Lake  Tahoe. 


village  like  St.  Albans.  She  is  debating  whether 
such  a  house  or  a  cosy  London  apartment  will  best 
suit  her  needs.  She  has  left  Munich  where  she 
spent  some  months  working  on  a  new  manuscript. 
Mrs.  Atherton  says  she  likes  her  own  country  but 
finds  she  can  work  better  abroad. 


SANTA  CRUZ 

The  Atlantic  City 
of  the  Pacific 

World's 
Most 
Beautiful 
Playground 

Summer     Season 
Opened    May    1st 

Never  a  Dull 
Moment 

Grand  Opening  of  the  Casino  and 
Bathing   Pavilion   announced   later 

10 


-THE  WASP- 


A  rector  who  lacketh  rectitude,  an  orphan  of 
slim  seventeen,  and  a  gnashing  of  fashionable  teeth 
cometh  lately  in  the  news  from  Hempstead,  Long 
Island.  The  Rev.  Jeremiah  Knode  Cooke  is  verily 
come  unto  thirty-six  years  of  mortality  and  hath 
unto  himself  a  wife  who  resideth  even  now  in  the 
land  of  Hempstead.  Floretta,  of  the  family  of 
Whaley,  beauteous  to  behold  but  not  yet  developed 
in  the  full  beauty  of  woman,  was  given  in  care 
as  a  ward  by  her  dying  father  to  the  pastor  Cooke 
that  he  might  teach  her  and  lead  her  in  the  ways 
of  good  counsel.  And  she  was  at  that  time  and 
when  he  baptized  her  fifteen  years  of  age. 

And  one  August  Belmont,  senior  warden  of  St. 
George's  Episcopal  Church,  a  rich  and  powerful 
Democratic  lord,  who  dwelleth  eastward  in  Man- 
hattan but  who  journeyeth  to  Long  Island  in  the 
Summer,  to  enjoy  the  coolness  thereof  and  the  wise 
precepts  of  the  part}'  leaders  and  the  bright  gar- 
ments of  the  women,  is  now  hot  upon  the  shameful 
trail  of  the  eloping  ones,  and  saith  :  "I  will  get  that 
man  if  it  is  the  last  thing  I  do."  And  he  waxed 
exceeding  wroth. 

And  it  is  said  that  this  Jeremiah  was  in  receipt 
of  two  thousand  pieces  of  silver  which  he  gat  from 
the  Van  Renssallaer-Kennedy  wedding ;  and  much 
other  sums  gat  in  the  ways  of  exacting  promises 
from  men  and  women  to  live  and  cherish  each 
other  until  death  should  them  part. 

And  he  gave  not  this  money  unto  his  wife,  from 
sums  unto  himself  and  took  him  to  the  damsel 
Floretta,  who  was  even  up  to  that  time  one  among 
whom  death  had  not  him  parted,  but  retained  the 
school  maidens ;  and  the  two  did  take  unto  the  far- 
away with  speed,  even  lickettysplit  did  they  go, 
and  whereunto  no  man  knoweth. 

Now  is  Jeremiah  Knode  Cooke  deposed  from  the 
priesthood ;  but  the  virgins  of  Hempstead  are  weep- 
ing for  Floretta,  wondering  where  she  may  be ;  so 
that  they  cannot  study  their  studies. 

Philo  McGiffert,  whom  Richard  Harding  Davis 
mentions  in  his  "Real  Soldiers  of  Fortune,"  and 
who  at  the  Naval  Academy  was  a  classmate  of 
Arthur  H.  Dutton,  the  newspaper  man  of  this 
City,  was  a  strike-breaker  at  one  time.  He  took 
an  engine  out  of  the  roundhouse  at  Pittsburg  when 
no  one  else  dared  to. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Brooke  Wright  has  been  seriously  ill  at 
the  French  Hospital,  having  undergone  an  operation 
for  the  throat.  Her  many  friends  will  be  delighted 
to  learn  that  her  condition  has  so  much  improved 
that  the  surgeons  say  she  is  on  the  road  to  com- 
plete recovery.  Mrs.  Wright  was  the  attractive 
Alma  Beatty,  only  daughter  of  Chief  Justice  and 
Mrs.  Beatty,  whoce  marriage  took  place  five  years 
ago.  Mr.  Wright  is  the  youngest  son  of  the  late 
Judge  Shelden  S.  Wright.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright 
have  two  young  sons. 

*  *  * 

Miss  Gladys  Vanderbilt,  Miss  Jean  Reid,  Miss 
Gladys  Mills  and  Miss  Beatrice  Mills  are  to  spend 
the  season  in  London.  Many  American  girls  will 
spend  the  season  in  London,  which  practically 
opened  ten  days  ago,  .with  the  return  of  King-  Ed- 


ward from  his  Continental  trip.  Miss  Jean  Reid 
is  to  be  presented  at  Court.  Miss  Reid's  mother 
is  the  only  daughter  of  D.  O.  Mills,  the  banker. 
Ogden  Mills,  the  father  of  Miss  Gladys  and  Miss 
Beatrice  Mills,  the  pretty  twins  who  always  create 
a  great  furor  in  London,  are  Miss  Reid's  cousins. 
*         *         * 

Wade  Hampton  Foulkes,  who  was  one  of  the 
first  passengers  to  board  a  street  car  in  San  Fran- 
cisco during  the  strike,  is  well  known  in  social 
circles.  His  name  Wade  Hampton  is  significant 
and  his  late  father,  Dr.  John  Franklin  Foulkes, 
came  from  North  Carolina,  where  such  a  little  thing 
as  a  flying  brick  would  cause  no  more  terror  than 
the  buzz  of  a  mosquito.  Dr.  Foulkes  was  one  of 
the  prominent  physicians  of  Oakland  and  reared 
a  family  there  noted  for  their  good  looks.  They 
moved  in  the  best  Societv.  Miss  May  Foulkes, 
who  is  so  well  known  and  so  much  admired  in 
Society  here,  is  a  sister  of  Wade  Hampton  Foulkes. 
Mrs.  J.  Mora  Moss,  wife  of  Dr.  J.  Mora  Moss,  is 
another  sister.  These  ladies  are  enthusiastic  mem- 
bers of  the  Albert  Sidney  Johnson  Chapter,  U.  D.  C. 


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An  interesting  wedding  winch  t.«>k  place  in  San 
Rafael  recently  was  that  ■>!  Miss  Lulu  Lownsberry 
and  Dr.  B.  C.  Ledyard.  The  ceremony  was  per- 
formed by  Rev.  William  Rader  of  San  Francisco. 
Dr.   and    Mrs.    Ledyard   arc-   spending   their   honey- 

n ii  a;   Del  Monte.    They  will  reside  in  San  Jose. 

Dr.  Ledyard  belongs  to  the  Corey  family,  one  of 
the  oldest  ami  most  respected  families  in  San  Jose, 
and  closely  identified  with  its  business  and  social 
Interest   since  pioneer  da}  s. 

*  *         * 

All  the-  San  Francisco  people  of  the  leisure  classes 
who  can  get  their  financial  affairs  in  shape  are  flit- 
ting t"  Europe.  The  Walter  Hobarts  have  gone 
to  augment  the  California  colony  in  Paris.  Mrs. 
Hohart  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Captain  Williams 
■  ■I  the  I'.  S.  X.,  who  for  many  years  resided  in 
San  Rafael. 

*  *         * 

The  wedding  day  of  Brother  Charles  J.  Dick- 
man  "f  Bohemia  in  general,  and  the  Bohemian  Club 
in  particular,  has  been  set  for  the  first  week  in 
June.  The  bride-to-be  is  Miss  Carlotta  Upton.  Mr. 
Dickman  will  fill  in  the  pauses  of  his  honeymoon 
at  Monterey  by  repainting  the  picture  which  the 
Bohemian  Club  purchased  from  him  and  which  was 
fortunately  burned  up  in  the  great  fire.  When  a 
true  artist  has  the  monev  in  his  pocket  the  burning 
up  hi>  paintings  by  fire  is  a  matter  of  indifference. 
The  burning  up  by  the  critics  is  a  slightly  more 
serious   affair. 

*  *  * 

Among  Californians  visiting  in  Washington 
recently  were  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  King  Brown, 
guests  of  Mrs.  C.  J.  Hillyer,  of  that  city.  Mrs. 
Brown  was  the  Miss  Nellie  Hillyer.  who  was  well 
known  in  Washington  Society,  being  often  a  guest 
"i  Airs.  George  Hearst.  Mrs.  Duprey.  the  first  wife 
of  Eugene  Duprey.  is  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Brown.  Mrs. 
0.  D    Baldwin.  Jr.,  was  Miss  Duprey. 

*  *         * 

Mis>  Kitty  Nolan,  whose  death  has  occurred  in 
Paris,  left  San  Francisco  only  a  few  months  since. 
Some  twenty  years  ago  Miss  Nolan  was  one  of  the 
handsomest  women  in  America.  She  was  a  blonde 
with  a  beautiful  face  and  perfect  form,  and  susceptible 
mankind  lost  their  heads  over  her.  She  had  admirers 
by  the  score,  but  the  one  who  seemed  to  be  regarded 
with  most  favor  was  Judge  Ward  McAllister.  When 
Mr.  ( 'avendish,  the  nephew  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire, 
was  out  here  some  fifteen  years  ago  he  was  said  to  have 
become  intensely  devoted  to  Miss  Nolan,  but  her  en- 
gagement to  Judge  McAllister  prevented  the  marriage 
which  otherwise  would  have  surely  followed.  This 
was  indeed  a  romantic  complication,  for  Mr.  Cavendish 
was  wealthy  as  well  as  nobly  connected,  and  all  that 
Judge  McAllister  had  was  a  profession  without  clients, 
and  family  pedigree  without  coin.  The  poor  Judge 
has  been  a  hopeless  invalid  for  years  and  is  now  a 
helpless  one  as  well.  Paralysis  has  had  the  unlucky 
clubman  in  its  deadly  grasp  for  a  long  time,  and  he 
has  lost  even  the  power  of  speech.  He  lost  the  power 
of  locomotion  some  time  ago.  In  a  private  hospital 
at  San  Rafael  the  once  dapper  clubman  awaits  the 


end,  which  cannot  be   far  off  and  which  would  be  a 
merciful  delivery.     Miss  Nolan  had  for  several  years 
been  an  invalid  and  her  death  from  a  stroke  of  apo- 
plexy, though  sudden,  was  not  unexpected. 
*         *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vincent  Whitney  are  at  Del  Monte. 
visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Parker  Whitney,  who  are 
now  established  there  for  the  Summer,  and  have 
had  their  automobile  sent  to  them. 

Henry  j.  Crocker,  James  H.  Bishop  and  Edward 
Bishop,  in  one  machine,  and  L.  C.  Sheldon,  L.  A. 
Steiger  and  J.  M.  McDonald,  Jr.,  in  another,  mo- 
tored to  Del  Monte  and  spent  about  a  week  there. 
They  had  some  good  fishing  at  Rancho  Del  Monte 
during  their  stay. 

E.  M.  Hecht  and  G.  H.  Taubles  went  down  in  a 
machine  to  Del  Monte  and  remained  longer  than 
the  week  they  expected  to  spend  there.  Most  peo- 
ple do. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eugene  B.  Murphy,  H.  R.  Simp- 
kins,  William  T.  Coleman  and  Charles  Freeborn 
automobiled  to  Del  Monte  last  week. 

On  the  occasion  of  a  dinner  last  Saturday  even- 
ing at  the  Fairmont  grill,  given  b"  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
George  H.  Martin  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Ford, 
the  famous  gold  service,  which  had  never  been 
used,  was  brought  forth.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ford  for- 
merly resided  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 


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MRS.  BUTTERS 

In  Alton,  which  is  sometimes  called  the  Schenec- 
tady of  Illinois,  lives  Mary  Reasley.  Sad  to  say,  she 
is  neither  an  heiress  nor  a  divorcee,  nor  even  owns 
a  runabout.  She  is  not,  however,  unworthy  of  men- 
tion, as  her  idea  of  woman's  prerogative,  if  properly 
carried  out  and  adapted  to  more  prominent  sur- 
roundings, would  prove  a  benefit  to  the  sex. 

Mary  Reasley  is  the  wife  of  a  Constable.  A  Con- 
stable is  without  doubt  handy  to  have  around  the 
house ;  for  should  a  wife  commit  any  burglary, 
battery,  arson,  or  common  misdemeanor,  she  need 
not  wait  for  an  outsider  to  make  the  arrest,  but 
have  the  act  performed  by  her  own  husband. 

It  so  happened.  Reasley,  nothing  loth,  started 
in  to  do  his  duty.  There  was  a  preliminary  scuffle ; 
but  the  man  with  the  star  had  the  best  of  it.  Seized 
his  wife,  and  inside  of  ten  minutes,  worked  her 
through  a  drizzle  of  kitchen  ornaments  and  house- 
hold paraphernalia  to  the  front  door.  Six  blocks 
to  the  Central  Police  Station.  From  one  side  of 
the  street  to  another,  bruising  the  bark  off  trees 
and  paint  from  fences,  the  couple  made  the  battle- 
line  several  times  the  linear  distance  to  their  desti- 
nation. The  woman's  battle  cries  and  mercy  howls 
were  enough  for  ten  killed,  twenty-seven  wounded 
and  a  hundred  missing.  When  the  couple  arrived 
at  the  station,  she  was  a  trifle  decolette  on  one  side 
and  had  an  all-over  effect  on  her  clothes  as  of 
drawn  work. 

Appearing  before  the  Chief  of  Police,  she  ad- 
dressed him  for  five  minutes  at  the  rate  of  375 
words  a  minute,  or  in  all  about  1875  words,  some 


of  which  were  excusably  ungrammatical.  John 
Reasley,  being  only  a  Constable,  was  ignorant  of 
the  exact  legal  term  to  describe  his  wife's  offense. 
She  had  broken  a  dish  at  home,  and  he  had 
threatened  to  arrest  should  she  dare  to  break  an- 
other. 

Smash !     And  with  malice  aforethought,  too. 

Contrary    to    expectations,    the    culprit    was    dis-S 
charged  with  the  honors  of  war.     The  Chief  then 
turned  to  his  man  and  stocked  him  up  with  maxims 
for  public  and  home  use. 

*       *       * 

Society  is  not  all  bubbles  and  wedding  cake.l 
Figuratively  it  has,  for  its  well-measured  splendors, 
corkers  and  bakers  of  its  own.  And  they  drudge 
as  effusively  in  creating  these  honors  as  do  work- 
men over  their  humbler  products.  The  pleasure- 
seekers  have  their  paradise  and  their  bottomless  pit, 
their  philosophers,  idealists,  favor-merchants,  rulers 
and  slaves. 

One  of  the  weariless  assistants  in  San  Francisco's 
Smart  Set  is  Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White.  Her  post  isj 
that  of  an  observatory  in  the  social  Greenwich, 
where  she  notes  to  a  degree,  and  fractionally,  those 
who  lie  east  or  west  of  the  golden  meridian.  She 
is  more  than  an  observor ;  she  is  a  toiler  in  amuse- 
ment, a  regent,  a  yeoman  of  the  guards,  a  pastor 
and  an  executioner,  a  dictator  and  a  steward.  She 
is  satrapess  of  the  debutantes  and  empress  of  the 
toast-masters — ubiquitous  and  omniscient.  Whether 
dispensing  smiles  in  the  ball  room  or  handing'  out 
little  shoes  and  stockings  at  a  refugee  camp,  or 
putting  Society  on  skates,  she  is  the  same,  suave, 
modest,   infallible. 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


-THE  WASP- 


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MISS  EUGENIE  THAIS  LAWTON 


N'n  doubt  the  remarkable  woman's  passing;  away 
was,  as  often  occurs  in  such  cases,  a  peaceful  and 
painless  transition  from  sleep  to  unconsciousness 
and  eternal  resl. 

Mrs.  Salisbury's  lather  was  a  partner  of  Chief 
justice  lieatty's  father  in  the  early-day  law  firm  of 
I '.catty  &  Robinson:  Her  mother  was  a  Miss  Crit- 
tenden, sister  of  the  late  A.  P.  Crittenden,  who  was 
the  father  of  Mrs.  Sydney  Van  Wyck,  Sr.,  and  Mrs. 
Laura  Sanchez  of  this  City.  Crittenden  is  a  good 
name  in  the  South.  The  relatives  of  the  Salisbury's 
here  are  numerous  and  include  many  well-known 
families  of  Southern  descent.  Those  popular  and 
clever  young  matrons,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Aiken  and  Mrs. 
George  Beardesley,  are  neices  of  Mrs.  Salisbury,  be- 
ing the  daughters  of  one  of  her  brothers  who  was 
associated  in  the  well-known  law-  firm  of  Jarboe 
&  Harrison,  some  twenty-five  years  ago. 

The  tragic  death  of  Mrs.  Salisbury's  only  son. 
Sydney,  a  short  time  ago,  was  the  second  affliction 
sustained  by  her  family,  and  the  passing  away  of 
her  husband,  Mr.  Monroe  Salisbury,  makes  the  third 
death  in  a  few  years. 


Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart's  new  mass  in  D  minor,  ren- 
dered under  his  direction  at  the  dedication  of  St. 
Dominic's  Church,  is  said  to  be  the  best  thing  yet 
written  by  this  versatile  composer.  It  is  a  real 
contribution  to  sacred  music  and  its  repetition  will 
be  looked  forward  to  with  eager  anticipation  by 
music  lovers  in  general.  Dr.  Stewart  ranks  high 
as  a  composer,  and  if  only  proper  encouragement 
were  given  him  to  publish  his  works,  such  as  this 
new  mass,  his  fame  would  become  international. 


There  is  something  at  once  patrician  and  plebian 
in  her  executive  ability  and  self-imposed  labors. 
Trusted  by  the  most  exclusive  hostesses,  she  is  be- 
loved by  the  most  prying  reporters.  She  is  a  despot, 
but  not  a  tyrant,  and  under  her  gentle  prodding 
even  the  white  elephants  of  San  Francisco's  Big 
Show  have  been  restrained  from  many  of  the  feats 
that  have  made  other  Four  Hundreds  at  times 
ridiculous. 

:;;  #  * 

Death  of  Monroe  Salisbury  in  New  York,  from 
cancer,  is  another  in  a  series  of  rapidly  following 
afflictions  that  have  befallen  the  Salisbury  family 
since  the  death  of  Mrs.  Salisbury  two  years  ago. 
A  more  remarkable  woman  than  Mrs.  Salisbury  it 
would  be  hard  to  find.  Without  wealth  and  by  the 
sheer  force  of  character  she  dominated  local  Society 
which  adores  only  wealth  and  ordered  its  ranks  as 
a  general  might  do  with  an  obedient  army.  She 
came  of  a  very  good  Southern  family  and  no  doubt 
inherited  the  traits  that  made  her  a  leader. 

In  the  closing  years  of  her  life  her  health  had 
failed  and  her  death  occurred  while  she  was  alone 
in  her  apartments  in  the  Palace  Hotel,  her  daugh- 
ters having  gone  out  for  a  short  time  to  attend  to 
some  necessary  shopping.  To  find  her  dead  on  their 
return  was  a  great  shock  to  the  young  women, 
who  were  devoted  to  her,  for  she'  had  exhibited 
no  symptoms  of  being  so  near  to  her  dissolution. 


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The  wedding  of  steel-magnate  Corey  and  Mabel 
(now  Maybelle)  Oilman,  the  actress,  has  done  a 
lot  of  good  to  the  wife's  kin,  and  given  just  as  much 
of  sorrow  to  the  infatuated  capitalist's  folks.  Papa 
Gihnan,  who  got  too  fresh  about  claiming  May- 
belle  when  the  engagement  was  announced,  is  back 
in  San  Francisco  with  his  two  other  actress  daugh- 
ters, who  traveled  the  northern  circuit  and  raked 
in  the  ducats  in  most  gratifying  style.  It  was  a 
great  card  to  be  billed  as  the  sisters  of  the  illus- 
trous  Mabel-Maybelle.  Newspaper  celebrity  beats 
mere  talent  a  mile.  The  happy  Gilman  combination 
was  thinking  seriously  of  Jieading  for  the  electric 
lights  of  Broadway,  when  Brother-in-law  Corey 
switched  them  off  and  sidetracked  them  here  for 
the  present. 

Papa  doesn't  say  how  much  they  are  to  get  for 
this  interference  in  their  plans,  but  it  should  be 
worth  a  large  block  of  preferred  steel  stock.  If 
the  elder  girl,  without  any  previous  tooting  of  trum- 
pets captured  a  steel  magnate  like  Corey,  what 
might  not  a  couple  of  her  buxome  young  relatives 
accomplish  in  the  matrimonial  field,  starting  with 
the  prestige  of  Mabel-Maybelle's  triumphs  on  the 
stage  and  at  the  altar.  A  multi-millionaire  might 
be  landed  before  the  season  was  over. 

Uncle  John  Corey  of  Pittsburg  isn't  as  reticent 
about  the  marriage  as  Papa  Gilman.  It  was  Uncle 
Josh  who  gave  Miss  Gilman's  husband  his  long 
start  towards  affluence,  for  the  old  man  is  a  bank 
president  and  a  coal  king  and  several  other  kinds 
of  consolidated  wealth.  He  thinks  that  Nephew 
Ellis  has  "dragged  the  family  name  in  the  dirt  by 
divorcing  the. mother  of  his  children — the  faded  but 
faithful  wife  of  his  youth — and  marrying  "that 
painted  favorite  of  the  stage." 

The  paint-pot  is  always  flung  at  the  bride  by 
indignant  relatives  after  some  of  the  clan  marries 
into  the  theatrical  profession.  I  do  not  know 
whether  it  strengthens  the  case  much  for  the  prose- 
cution, as  actresses  are  not  the  only  members  of 
their  sex  who  use  a  rabbit's  foot  and  a  range  pot 
with  effect.  They  should  be  given  the  credit  too 
of  not  trying  to  deceive  the  spectators  as  to  the 
quality  of  their  complexions,  for  stage  paint  is  as 
obviously  fraudulent  as  the  poverty  of  a  San  Fran- 
cisco refugee. 

Uncle  Corey's  prediction  that  Nephew  Ellis  will 
"rue  the  bargain,"  is  very  loose  phraseology  for 
the  steel  magnate  doesn't  seem  to  have  got  any 
bargain.  He  appears  to  have  paid  the  tip  top  price 
for  the  goods,  and  is  still  separating  himself  reck- 
lessly from  his  good  money.  The  sorrowful  coal 
king  doesn't  know  whether  he  will  live  to  see  the 
day  that  his  nephew  wishes  he  hadn't  done  it.  Poor 
old  gentleman.     He  must  expect  to  die  very  soon. 

The  Country  Club  at  Santa  Barbara  was  a  bower  of 
roses  when  Mrs.  Horace  Blanchard  Chase  gave  a 
luncheon  for  Admiral  and  Mrs.  Lyon,  who  are  down  at 
Santa  Barbara  from  Mare  Island,  and  Captain  and 
Mrs.    Gove.     Captain    Gove    is    in    command    of    the 

Nolhins  will  quicker  revolutionize  the  system  and  put  new  life  into  it  than  Abbott's  Bitters 
At  druggists  and  grocers. 


Milwaukee,  which  lies  off  Santa  Barbara,  and  Mrs. 
Gove  is  at  the  Potter,  where  she  is  one  of  the  prime 
favorites.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chase  are  settled  in  a  charm- 
ing cottage  at  Miramar.  Among  the  guests  at  the 
luncheon  were  Admiral  and  Mrs.  Bowman  H.  McCalla, 
Captain  and  Mrs.  Albert  W.  Bacon. 

Everybody  is  laughing  over  the  joke  on  Laurence 
Redington,  who  appeared  at  a  fancy  dress  party  given 
by  Mrs.  Harry  Dater,  Jr.,  for  her  husband,  whose 
birthday  was  on  Monday.  Mrs.  Dater  thought  that  it 
would  be  very  lovely  for  her  better  half  to  turn  back- 
ward in  time's  flight  and  consort  with  the  playfellows 
of  youth.  So  when  Mr.  Dater  entered  the  living-room 
at  the  splendid  Gillespie  place,  whose  cousins  the 
Daters  are,  and  turned  to  greet  his  friends,  he  gazed  in 
amazement,  then,  turning  to  his  wife,  whispered  sotto 
voce :  "Is  there  anything  the  matter  with  me,  it 
seems  to  me  that  I  have  not  been  feeling  up  to  the 
mark  lately?" 

No  wonder  he  asked  that  pertinent  question,  for  on 
every  side  were  Topsies,  Buster  Browns,  Little  Boy 
Blues,  etc.,  and  to  return  to  Laurence  Redington, 
there  he  was  as  "Teddy  the  Wonder,"  marked  down 
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exclusive  of  the  beaux.  None  of  the  belles  was  present, 
and  si i  the  young  man  escaped,  but  he  is  now  at  the 
original  figure.  What  is  that?  Why.  that  is  what 
the  belles  want  to  know,  but  only  Laurence  himself 

Knows. 

*  *         * 

Officers  of  the  navy  and  their  wives  were  guests  of 
honor  at  the  dance  given  by  the  sailors  of  the  Mil- 
waukee at  the  skating  rink  in  Santa  Barbara.  The 
Jackies  had  fairly  outdone  themselves  in  decorating 
the  great  barnlike  place.  The  woodwork  was  com- 
pletely covered  with  buntings  and  flags  of  all  nations 
draped  the  walls.  Leading  the  grand  march  at  the 
beginning  of  the  evening  were  Captain  and  Mrs.  Gove. 
and  following  them  were  the  officers  and  their  wives 
and  Admiral  and  Mrs.  Bowman  H.  McCalla,  Captain 
and  Mrs.  Albert  VV.  Bacon,  General  James  Biddle,  and 
a  notable  company  from  the  Potter.  The  officers  were 
in  full  dress  uniform  and  the  ladies  in  elaborate  even- 
ing dress,  decollette,  of  course,  and  wearing  their 
handsomest  jewels.  The  Jackies  were  simply  too 
proud  to  look  to  the  right  or  left  and  they  still  strut 
over  the  honor  done  them. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  T.  Underhill  are  just  returned 
from  their  wedding  tour  through  Europe.  While 
there  they  spent  a  month  or  two  in  Europe,  taking 
Other  countries  on  the  wing.  It  is  pleasant  to  have 
them  back  and  Montecitans  are  extending  a  cordial 
welcome.  Mrs.  Underhill  was  Miss  Carmelita  Dibblee 
and  her  marriage  came  so  fast  on  the  heels  of  her  en- 
gagement and  that  so  swiftly  after  she  and  Mr.  Under- 
hill   were   introduced  that   it   sounded   like   a   chapter 

from  one  of  Gertrude  Atherton's  novels. 

*  *         * 

Santa  Barbara  is  glad  enough  that  the  Willis  Davises 
are  going  back  there  for  the  Summer.  Miss  Sydney 
and  Miss  Ednah  are  great  favorites  and  their  suite 
at  the  Potter  is  a  favorite  place  for  the  young  people 
of  the  city  as  well  as  for  those  who  are  staying  at  the 
big  hotel. 

*       *       * 

Mrs.  C.  C.  Felton  is  back  in  Montecito  after  a  year 
abroad,  and  everyone  is  glad  enough  to  see  her,  for 
she  is  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  smart  set's 
doings.  She  was  at  Mrs.  John  E.  Beale's  dinner  the 
other  evening,  which  was  given  for  those  other  wan- 
derers, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  T.  Underhill,  and  a 
royal  ovation  she  received,  too.  As  for  pretty  Mrs. 
Underhill,  she  is  a  perpetual  delight  to  the  eye,  she  is 
so  radiant  and  so  wonderfully  like  a  French  fashion 
plate  in  her  splendid  chiffons. 


Some  young  bachelors  from  the  Oakland  side  of 
:he  bay,  who  automobiled  down  for  the  week  end 
:o  Del  Monte,  were  Duncan  McDuffie,  Louis  Titus 
ind  William  Reinhardt  of  Berkeley,  and  Walter 
Liemert  and  Edward  Engs  of  Oakland.  Other  vis- 
tors  who  went  by  automobile  were  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
m  G.  Condon,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Wright,  Miss 
Selen  C.  Wright,  A.  H.  and  W.  E.  Wright.  Mr.  and 
VIrs.  H.  T.  Lalley,  Miss  Marian  Lalley,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Kirby  of  Oakland.  Dr. 
ind  Mrs.  John  Snook  automobiled  from  Berkeley, 
ind  Mr.  and   Mrs.    John    Brockway '  Metcalf    and 


George   D.   Metcalf  also  enjoyed  a 
the  University  town. 


■  inn  down   from 


Hi  race  G.  Piatt  was  at  Del  Monte  for  the  week 
end.  Other  San  Francisco  visitors  were  Mrs.  J.  J. 
Ilvland  and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  S.  Ran.  Miss  A. 
Lewis  and  Miss  1'.  Lewis,  W.  F.  Chipman,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Reynolds,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  S.  Newbauer, 
E.  J.  Hanson.  F.  G.  Fitzpatrick,  William  I.  Conroy, 
R.  Maertins,  A.  Allen  Otis  1'arkhirr.  J.  V.  Albright 
and  A.  C.  Hartnack.  Several  hundred  shriners  ar- 
rived in  special  trains,  and  many  of  them  remained 
to  take  the  drives  and  see  the  sights  of  the  Mon- 
terey peninsula.     They  were  delightfully  impressed. 

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16 


-THE  WASP- 


Governor  Gillett's  Duty 

The  Law  Under  Which  He  has  Power 
to  Invade  San  Francisco. 


The  law  under  which  Governor  Gillett  has  au- 
thority to  supersede  the  municipal  authorities  of 
San  Francisco  and  put  the  military  in  charge  is 
of  interest  to  the  public.    The  law  is  plain. 

The  Constitution  of  California  declares  that  "the 
Governor  shall  be  commander  in  chief  of  the  militia, 
the  army  and  navy  of  this  State" ;  and,  "shall  have 
power  to  call  forth  the  militia  to  execute  the  laws 
of  the  State,  to  suppress  insurrections  and  repel 
invasions." 

The  question  then  arises  what  is  insurrection. 
That  has  been  judicially  decided  many  times. 
That  given  by  Judge  Grosscup  of  Illinois,  in  his 
charge  to  the  Grand  Jury  during  the  strikes  of  1894, 
is  perhaps  the  best.  In  charging  the  Grand  Jury 
Judge  Grosscup  said  : 

"An  insurrection  is  a  rising  against  civil  or 
political  authority ;  the  open  and  active  opposition 
of  a  number  of  persons  to  the  execution  of  law  in 
a  city  or  state.  To  constitute  an  insurrection  it  is 
not  necessary  that  there  should  be  bloodshed  or 
that  the  dimensions  of  the  rising  should  be  so  por- 
tentious  as  to  insure  probable  success." 

It  is  not  necessary  for  the  Governor  to  wait  until 
called  upon  by  the  municipal  authorities  to  inter- 
vene. The  Constitution  makes  .him  the  sole  judge 
of  the  matter  and  if,  in  his  judgment,  an  insurrec- 
tion does  exist  his  decision  to  that  effect  is  final 
and  conclusive  and  cannot  be  inquired  into  or 
thwarthed  by  any  action  on  the  part  of  either  the 
judicial  or  legislative  departments  of  the  State  gov- 
ernment or  bv  the  municipal  authorities. 

The  State  government  is  a  powerful  arm  when 
directed  by  a  determined  Governor,  but  in  Califor- 
nia we  have  had  so  many  invertebrates  in  the 
Governor's  chair  that  many  people  believe  that 
post  confers  no  authority  at  all,  except  to  sign  ap- 
propriations and  appoint  Harbor  Commissioners  to 
San  Francisco  and  g'uards  to  San  Ouentin. 

The  Supreme  Court  of  Idaho,  in  the  matter  of 
the  application  for  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  by  one 
Boyle,  who  had  been  taken  into  custody  by  the 
troops  after  Governor  Steunenberg  of  Idaho  had 
declared  the  county  of  Shoshone  to  be  in  a  state 
of  insurrection,  said  : 

"It  would  be  an  absurdity  to  say  that  the  action 
of  the  executive,  under  such  circumstances,  may  be 
negatived  and  set  at  naught  by  the  judiciary,  or  that 
the  action  of  the  executive  may  be  interfered  with 
or  impeded  by  the  judiciary,  and  it  is  not  the  pro- 
vince of  the  courts  to  hinder,  delay  or  place  ob- 
structions in  the  path  of  duty  prescribed  by  law 
for  the  executive,  but  rather  to  render  to  him  all 
the  aid  and  assistance  in  their  power  in  his  efforts 
to  bring  about  the  consummation  most  devoutlv 
prayed  for  by  every  good  and  law-abiding  citizen 
in  the  State." 

The  Court  also  said :  "It  is  no  argument  to  say 
that  the  executive  was  not  applied  to  by  any  county 
officer  of  Shoshone  County  to  proclaim  said  countv 


to  be  in  a  state  of  insurrection,  and  that  for  this 
reason  the  proclamation  was  without  authority. 
The  recitals  in  the  Governor's  proclamation  show 
the  existence  of  one  of  two  conditions,  viz :  That 
the  county  officers  of  said  county,  whose  duty  it  was 
to  make  said  application,  were  either  in  league  with 
the  insurrectionists,  or  else,  through  fear  of  the 
latter,  said  officers  refrained  from  doing  their  duty. 
Under  the  circumstances  it  was  the  duty  of  the 
executive  to  act  without  any  application  from  any 
county  officer  of  Shoshone  County.  This  conclu- 
sion is  based  upon  what  we  deem  a  correct  con- 
struction of  the  provisions  of  our  constitution  and 
statutes  in  force." 

In  the  conflict  between  the  State  of  Colorado 
and  the  Western  Federation  of  Miners  it  was  held 
by  the  courts  that  the  Governor  was  in  duty  bound 
to  call  out  the  troops  to  suppress  an  insurrection 
and  was  the  sole  authority  to  decide  whether  a 
state  of  insurrection  existed. 


That  was  an  inspiring-  spectacle  last  week 
when  the  noble  Jeremiah  Dinan,  shouting  and 
brandishing  his  pistols,  came  precipitately  upon 
the  late  scene  of  battle.  He  sat  his  steed,  like 
Centaur  despite  the  too  evident  fullness  of  his  waist 
measurement.  One  of  the  awe-stricken  spectators 
whispered  that  perhaps  the  Jerry's  perfect  balance 
on  his  prancing  steed  was  due  to  being  ballasted 
by  the  load  of  indictments  in  one  pocket  and  boodle 
in  the  other. 


MISS  AMY  GUNN 


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Ruef's  confession  of  guilt  was  not  unexpected, 
altogether,  as  for  weeks  he  had  been  weeping  with 
tearful  relatives,  and  his  courage  oozed  completely 
as  the  final  ordeal  approached.  In  his  day  of  tri- 
umph he  was  as  bold  and  rapacious  as  a  hungry 
wolf  but  when  cornered  he  whined  like  a  wretched 
cur.  His  talk  of  confessing  so  as  to  become  an 
agent  of  reform  and  restore  the  honor  of  his  name, 
etc.,  is  simply  nauseating. 

California  should  declare  the  date  of  Abe  Ruef's 
confession  a  legal  holiday,  to  be  celebrated  for  all 
time  by  patriotic  speeches  and  general  rejoicing 
for  it  marks  the  beginning  of  a  new  era  of  at  least 
ordinary  decency  in  public  life.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  concessions  that  have  made  the  rascal 
Ruef  prefer  to  throw  himself  on  the  mercy  of  the 
court  do  not  include  an  immunity  bath  for  the 
more  culpable  scoundrel,  Schmitz.  It  would  be 
a  lasting  disgrace  to  the  community  to  condone 
the'  crimes  of  misgovernment,  which  have  been  so 
flagrantly  committed  by  this  Mayor,  thrice  elected 
to  the  head  of  our  municipality  and  thrice  sworn 
to  perform  his  duties  honestly. 

The  political  effect  of  Ruef's  conviction  will  be 
to  sweep  out  of  all  the  City  offices  those  incom- 
petent and  corrupt  tax-eaters  to  whom  he  has 
sardonically  referred  as  "union  bums  that  would 
eat  the  paint  off  a  house."  Anything  they  eat  after 
this  year  will  be  earned  by  the  sweat  of  their  brows 
and  honest  hard  labor  from  which  they  have  been 
so  long  and  unfortunately  separated. 

We  shall  have  a  government  of  and  by  the 
whole  people  and  not  of  a  class,  looking  for  un- 
lawful privileges  and  using  their  official  power  to 
promote  graft  and  protect  lawlessness.  This  is 
worth  billions  to  our  long-suffering  City. 


One  of  P.  H.  McCarthy's  union  carpenters,  one  who 
had  been  employed  on  the  Fairmont  and  who  readily 
followed  McCarthy  when  that  prosperous  politician 
called  off  his  men  because  the  Laws  would  not  at  first 
take  his  side  of  a  controversy,  by  which  he  made  the 
electricians  pass  under  his  yoke,  was  recognized  among 
the  strikebreakers  who  fired  from  the  Turk-street 
power-house  into  the  crowd  storming  at  its  gates. 
McCarthy  would  have  the  public  believe  that  his  fol- 
lowers are  of  the  substantial  citizen  class,  ready  to 
build  schoolhouses  for  the  City  if  need  be  and  to  buy 
millions  in  bonds  which  his  kind  of  agitators  have  made 
a  drug  on  the  market.  Such  incidents  as  this  show  the 
true  character  of  part  of  his  following.  Among  them 
just  now  are  a  lot  of  "earthquake  carpenters,"  men  who 
can  saw  a  board  and  drive  a  nail  and  nothing  else. 
They  must  get  the, wages  as  per  schedule  and  so  must 
all  the  other  "earthquake"  craftsmen  who  are  strength- 

Wilii  men  of  affairs,  Abbott's  Bitters  are  the  great  tonic  and  aid   to  digestion.     They   are 
tnded  by  hading  physicians.     All  druggists. 


ening  the  power  of  such  leaders  as  McCarthy  and  at 
the  same  time  making  the  cost  of  construction  so  ex- 
orbitant that  property-owners  and  contractors  are 
calling  a  halt  and  laying  off  hundreds  of  the  earth- 
quake craftsmen. 


The  Duke  de  Chaulnes,  who  came  to  America  a 
few  months  ago  to  seek  in  marriage  the  hand  of 
Theodora  Shonts,  daughter  of  the  head  of  the  Ih- 
terborough,  has  sailed  for  his  home,  in  France,  with- 
out a  bride.  It  is  said  that  Mrs.  Shonts  and  her 
daughter  favored  the  duke's  suit,  but  that  Mr. 
Shonts  set  his  face  sternly  against  having  a  French 
nobleman  as  his  son-in-law.  He  did  not  however 
adopt  the  foolish  tactics  of  setting  the  dogs  on  the 
duke  or  even  warning  him  to  keep  off  the  prem- 
ises. He  invited  the  noble  suitor  to  his  house  and 
kept  him  as  a  guest  and  the  plan  has  evidently 
worked  like  a  charm.  The  duke  has  gone  home 
empty  handed.  Mr.  Shonts  is  far  too  great  a 
diplomat  to  have  been  wasted  in  digging  the 
Panama  Canal,  or  running  a  traction  system.  He 
should  be  groomed  for  the  office  of  Secretary  of 
State  or   President. 


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19 


Herbert  George,  the  President  of  the  Citizen's 
Alliance,  publishes  a  weekly  bulletin  which  is  ex- 
tensively circulated  amongst  the  business  houses 
of  San  Francisco  and  the  suburban  towns.  In  the 
issue  of  May  1st  l.ieorgc  refers  as  follows- to  P.  II 
McCarthy's  allegations  that  the  Citizen's  Alliance 
was  at  the  bottom  of  the  alleged  conspiracy  to 
gag  and  kidnap  him  : 

"(  lur  members  have  read  much  of  the  claim  made 
b\  McCarthy  in  the  daily  papers  to  the  effect  that 
thC  office  is  backing  some  conspiracy  to  murder 
him.  It  seems  to  me  a  waste  of  words  to  attempt 
to  deny  such  a  silly  story  or  sue  him  for  publishing 
the  criminal  libel.  It  is  too  much  like  wasting 
ammunition  hunting  bedbugs  with  a  cannon.  We 
stand  for  law  and  order  first,  last  and  all  time, 
and  as  our  patrons  know,  our  progress  has  been 
made  along  the  line  of  Court  decisions  and  will 
continue  to  be  made  along  that  line.  We  are  not  in 
the  strike-breaking  business  nor  are  we  engaged  in 
'busting'  unions.  We  are  simply  engaged  in  doing 
away  with  the  lawless  features  of  unionism  that 
limit  apprenticeships  of  American  boys,  restrict  out- 
put and  quit  jobs  and  deny  others  the  privilege  of 
taking  such  jobs.  I  have  reason  to  know  that  a 
good  share  of  the  men  who  pretend  to  support  Mc- 
Carthy are  friendly  to  members  of  this  Association 
and  wish  us  success  in  our  efforts  to  put  unionism 
back  upon  its  feet  as  a  responsible  institution.  I 
consider  it  a  safe  bit  of  advice  to  offer  when  I  say 
that  whatever  you  see  in  the  San  Francisco  daily 
papers  concerning  me  is  a  lie.  I  am  too  busy  to 
spend  my  time  replying  to  them  and,  besides,  if  I 
took  time  to  reply,  I  could  not  get  my  reply  printed, 
either  as  a  matter  of  public  interest  or  as  a  paid 
advertisement,  so  there  you  are." 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM 


Through  Painted  Panes 
Louis  Alexander  Robertson  comes  nearest  to  being 
the  representative  poet  of  San  Francisco ;  any  short- 
coming is  on  the  part  of  San  Francisco  and  not  him. 
\\  ith  all  that,  accounting  output,  popularity  and  poeti- 
cal powers,  with  his  mellow,  amorous,  yet  half-malefic 
tones,  he  is  at  the  head  of  his  profession  out  here,  and 
on  the  cinder-path  of  Time  will  outstrip  many  Eastern- 
ers who  are  more  partisaned  now.  In  his  latest  book, 
"Through  Painted  Panes,"  (published  by  A.  M.  Rob- 
ertson, S.  F.  I  are.  among  some  hitherto  unpublished, 
poems  reprinted  from  volumes  which  the  great  fire 
took  from  the  market  while  they  were  having  a  steady 
sale.  The  present  volume  contains  about  sixty-five 
titles,  including  The  Dead  Calypso,  The  Maenad,  Be- 
yond the  Requiems,  The  King  is  Dead,  The  Loom, 
already  well  known.  Robertson's  tenor  is  voluptuous 
love,  beautv-longings  and  anguish,  combined  with  an 
intellect  that  surmounts  the  commonplace  so  high  as 
to  leave  no  uncertainty  about  the  crowd  beneath. 


"What  kind  of  a  man  is  he?'! 
"Self  made." 
"And  she?" 
"Tailor  made." 


A  Beneficial  Toilet  Preparation 

A  complexion  beautifier  that  is  not  only  harmless,  but  that  is  positively 
purifying,  healing  and  beneficial,  has  a  just  claim  to  the  attention  of  all  who 
have  the  praiseworthy  desire  to  assist  nature  in  the  production  of  a  beautiful 
complexion.  Dr.  T.  Felix  Gouraud's  Oriental  Cream,  or  Magical 
Beautifier,  is  gaining  in  favor  with  those  who  know  its  value,  and  how 
with  its  aid  the  skin  that  is  freckled,  tanned,  pimpled  or  moth-patched  can 
be  made  like  a  new  born  babe's.  Having  been  declared  by  the  Board  of 
Health  to  be  free  from  injurious  properties,  and  being  recommended  by 
physicians,  one  need  have  no  hesitation  in  giving  it  a  trial,  as  it  is  on  sale  at 
all  Druggists  and  Fancy  Goods  stores. 


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Baltimore's  Resurrection 

The  Great  Fire  was  a  Blessing  in  Disguise 


It  will  interest  San  Francisco  people  to  learn  from 
a  most  competent  authority  what  the  effect  of  the 
great  fire  of  February  7,  1904,  has  been  on  Balti- 
more. William  E.  Curtis,  who  is  admitted  to  be 
one  of  the  best  informed  and  most  conservative 
newspaper  correspondents  in  America,  visited  Bal- 
timore last  month  as  representative  of  the  Chicago 
Record-Herald,  with  which  he  has  been  connected 
for  years.  His  account  of  the  work  accomplished 
in  Baltimore  is  highly  instructive  to  our  own 
citizens. 

The  San  Francisco  fire  made  that  of  Baltimore 
very  small  by  comparison.  The  Baltimore  fire 
lasted  only  twenty-four  hours  and  destroyed  but 
1526  buildings,  covering  an  area  of  eighty-six 
blocks.  The  insurance  companies  have  paid  $42,- 
000,000  fully  seventy-five  per  cent  of  which  was 
outside  money — from  Europe,  New  York,  Boston, 
Chicago  and  Philadelphia.  By  the  way  the  Fire- 
man's Fund  Insurance  Company  of  San  Francisco, 
which  has  done  so  well  in  our  own  calamity,  was 
one  of  the  first  to  pay  its  Baltimore  losses. 

The  burned  district  in  Baltimore  was  largely  cov- 
ered with  old,  rickety  buildings,  too  good  to  tear 
down,  but  a  disgrace  to  a  great,  rich  city.  Even 
the  owners  are  gl?.d  now  that  they  were  swept  away, 
because  they  have  learned  that  new  buildings  of 
fireproof  construction  and  modern  conveniences 
bring  them  much  larger  dividends  than  the  old  one?. 
On  the  sites  of  the  most  disreputable,  ramshackle 
blocks  of  wood  and  brick  has  risen  a  group  of 
business  houses  of  tasteful  architecture  and  inde- 
structible material.  Many  of  the  streets  have  been 
widened  and  newly  paved  and  the  city  authorities 
are  introducing  modern  improvements  which  have 
long  been  needed  and  demanded  by  the  people. 

■Since  the  fire  building  permits  have  been  granted 
representing  an  expenditure  of  $56,086,531 — in  1904 
they  amounted  to  $16,889,196,  in  1905  they  repre- 
sented $20,000,583.  in  1906  they  represented  $19,- 
196.652. 

The  tax  assessors  have  added  about  $16,000,000 
'to  the  assessments. 

About  90  per  cent  of  the  burned  district  has 
been  rebuilt  or  partly  completed. 

Previous  to  the  fire  the  building  permits  averaged 
about  $7,000,000  a  year.  For  the  year  1903-  they 
represented  an  expenditure  of  $7,642,307. 

Before  the  fire  Baltimore  was  a  sewerless  city. 
It  now  has  good  sewers  and  improved  docks  thai 
cost  $12,000,000. 

Mr.  Curtis- states  that  everybody  now  regret-; 
that  Baltimore  Street,  the  principal  shopoing 
thoroughfare,  was  not  widened.  As  in  San  Fran- 
cisco people  with  property  interests  opposed  the 
widening  of  narrow  streets.  The  Baltimore  Ameri- 
can, a  leading  newspaper,  and  the  Continental 
National  Bank  stopped  the  widening  of  Baltimore 


Street.  How  history  does  repeat  itself  in  all  parts 
of  the  earth. 

Baltimore  was  different  from  San  Francisco  in- 
asmuch as  it  was  blessed  by  having  a  wise,  patriotic 
and  broad-minded  Mayor,  Mr.  Timanus,  who  came 
into  office  three  months  after  the  fire  as  successor 
to  Mayor  Robert  McLane,  who  committed  suicide. 
What  a  pity  that  Schmitz  didn't  take  pattern  by 
him.  Under  Mayor  Timanus  there  has  been  no 
graft,  so  the  rapid  recovery  of  his  city  is  not  nearly 
so  surprising  as  the  struggle  of  San  Francisco  to 
regain  her  former  position,  despite  the  load  of 
official  grafters  and  private  gougers    she  carries. 

The  public  improvements  were  conducted  in 
Baltimore  by  a  commission  appointed  by  the  Mayor 
and  consisting  of  two  Democrats  and  two  Repub- 
licans. At  no  time  has  any  question  of  politics  been 
raised,  we  are  assured  by  Mr.  Curtis. 

At  no  time  since  our  big  fire  has  anything  but 
questions  of  politics  and  graft  been  raised  under 
the  benign  influence  of  Schmitz  and  his  labor  party 
politicians.  Maryland,  having  such  a  public-spirited 
administration,  had  no  trouble  in  selling  some 
twenty  million  dollars'  worth  of  bonds.  San  Fran- 
cisco bonds  are  not  in  favor  with  capitalists,  though 
our  City  is  without  debt,  but  so  crooked  are  its 
officials  that  no  one  trusts  them  in  anything. 

The  new  building  regulations  in  Baltimore  limit 
the  height  of  fireproof  buildings  to  175  feet  and 
of  non-fireproof  buildings  to  eighty-five  feet.  Most 
of  the  new  buildings  are  only  five  and  six  stories 
in  height,  and  several  of  them,  including  nearly  all 
of  the  banks,  are  only  one  story  high.  The  office 
building  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  the 
tallest  of  the  skyscrapers,  is  200  feet  high.  That 
company  had  sufficient  influence  to  secure  an  ex- 
emption from  the  regulations  in  this  respect.  The 
next  highest  building  belongs  to  the  Baltimore 
American,  a  handsome  structure,  seventy-seven  feet 
front,    127   feet   deep   and   sixteen   stories   high,   of 


La  Boheme 


First  Class  Italian  Restaurant 
1558    BUSH    ST- 

Between    Van    Nets    and     Franklin 


SPECIALTY:  Italian  and  French  Cuisine 

FEUX  P1ANTAN1DA.  Manner 


Formerly  Proprietor  of  the  ORIGINAL  COPPA 


Colonial  Tub  and  Shower  Baths 

BatllS  Ladies'  Department,  6  to  !  2  a.  m.  week  days 

REGULAR  PRICES 
Now  Open      -1745  O'Farrell  St.,  near  Fillmore 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS 


Send  your  family  to  the  nearest  Hot  Sulphur  Springs  to  San  Francisco. 
First-class  accommodations.  Special  rates  to  families.  No  staging. 
Four  trains  daily.  Fare  round  trip  $1.65.  Tiburon  ferry  or  Oakland; 
two  hours'  ride.  Address  THEODOR  RICHARDS,  Agua  Caliente, 
Sonoma  County,  California. 


-THE  WASP- 


21 


Indiana  limestone  and  cream-colored  brick.  It  cost 
$550,000  and  stands  on  a  site  worth  $250,000.  This 
newspaper  also  set  the  fine  example  of  breaking 
the  rules  because  it  had  pull  enough. 

A  million  dollars  have  been  appropriated  for  > 
chain  of  parks  to  encircle  Baltimore,  $5,000,000  for 
replacing  cobblestone  pavements  with  asphaltum 
and  $3,000,000  for  the  betterment  of  the  school  and 
the  fire  department. 

In  fact.  Baltimore  is  a  new  city  in  every  way. 
improved  in  appearance  and  public  spirit  and  its 
people.  Mr.  Curtis  declares,  now  realize  that  the 
great  fire  was  a  blessing  in  disguise. 

So  will  the  people  of  San  Francisco,  if  Schmitz 
can  only  be  jailed  speedily,  and  the  right  kind  of 
men  placed  in  control  of  the  city  government. 

If  Schmitz  and  Ruef  should  still  be  outside  the 
penitentiary  next  November,  the  people  of  San 
Francisco  can  transform  the  City  government  by 
the  agency  of  the  ballot  box. 


Some  Words  About  Critics 


Quite  some  time  ago  a  comment  on  the  delerious 
condition  of  dramatic  interviewing  in  this  city 
would  have  already  been  opportune.  Since  then 
this  craze  has  had  lucid  intervals  of  mumbling  dul- 
ness,  at  the  same  time  exhibiting  marks  of  senile 
decay.  Subsequently  the  art  fell  into  a  Class  XYZ 
Gulf  of  Despair,  whence  issue  the  gutterals  of 
gnomes,  quack  reporters,  hodcarriers  of  wit.  With 
its  hodful  of  egotism  the  interview  grubbles  up  a 
scaffolding  of  poorly  drawn  portraits,  and  then  falls 
mirthless  but  smirking,  self-astounded  and  self- 
satisfied  to  its  signature  at  the  lower  righthand 
corner  of  the  page. 

Interviewing  as  a  superfine  art  was  brought  to 
this  Coast  by  the  "Examiner",  and  put  into  the  care 
of  Ashton  Stevens,  who  was  told  to  go  to  the  bat 
like  Alan  Dale  of  the  "Journal,"  and  never  mind  the 
rules.  Stevens  had  a  sense  of  humor  that  would 
make  a  weeping  willow  point  upwards,  and  a  con- 
science that  never  spoke  until  spoken  to.  The  more 
curves  an  actor  had,  the  easier  Stevens  could  make 
a  hit.  He  fouled  some,  but  was  forgiven  for  his 
innocence.  Like  most  of  the  superclever  he  was 
eventually  forced  to  go  to  a  Spring-Summer- 
Autumn-Winter  resort  and  lose  back  some  of  the 
time  he  had  been  making  up  in  advance. 

One  of  Stevens'  traits  was  to  rise  to  a  height  of 
intellectual  frivolity.  His  imitators  frivoled  well, 
but  intellected  not  so.  And  there  was  one  discrep- 
ancy:  the  levity  of  Stevens'  wit  was  upheld  by  the 
preponderance  of  his  graver  cogitations.  He  gave 
mockery  an  air  of  rectitude.  In  its  present  form. 
the  interview  contains  about  twenty-three  atmos- 
pheres of  extravasated  ha-ha  and  seven  snorts  from 
the  interior  of  a  fan-tailed  ignorance.  A  jumbled 
figure,  but  suitable  for  the  purpose. 

Frivolity,  triviality,  nonsense,  are  amusing  now 
and  then.  But  when  Chronicle,  Call  and  Examiner, 
to  say  nothing  of  our  friends  beyond  Goat  Island, 
have  for  years  fluxed  their  Sunday  issues  with  this 


inexorable  nihility,  it  moves  one  to  the  more  pro- 
found employment  of  counting  flies.  One  of  the 
favorite  tricks  of  the  interviewer  is  to  ply  the 
actress  with  many  questions  concerning  herself,  and 
then  publish  the  answers  in  one  long  rigmarole  as 
if  she  had  given  him  her  soul  in  a  cataclysm  of 
vanity.  If  she  is  serious,  he  is  flippant  (in  his  story; 
in  her  presence  he  does  not  flip  for  a  cent).  If  she 
is  casual  and  friendly,  he  represents  himself  as  a 
timid,  adoring  pilgrim  bewildered  behind  the  scenes 
of  claptrap  and  disallusion.  Whatever  her  mood, 
he  contrasts  it  with  his  whim,  except  (he  is  some- 
times capable  of  an  exception)  when  he  feels  called 
upon  to  be  generous,  and  lets  the  piston  rod  of  his 
praise  keep  working  until  he  runs  off  the  tr?.ck 
of  good  taste. 

This  practice  would  disable  a  genius.  Its  effect 
upon  one  who  rides  the  slow  freight  of  literary  style 
may  not  be  as  much.  Ashton  Stevens  recently 
returned  to  the  Examiner  for  the  second  time 
during  his  illness.  His  wit  is  still  with  him ;  but  any- 
one who  knew  it  years  ago  can  see  that  it  has  gone 
a  journey.    May  it  go  still  further. 


F.  THOMS,  The  AWNING  MAN 


Canvas  Work.     Repairing.      Canopies  and  Floor  Covers  To  Rent. 

TENTS,  HAMMOCKS  AND  COVERS 

1209    MISSION    ST.  Tel.  Market  2194 


Original  Coppa 


Formerly  al 

622  Montgomery 

Street 


IN  BUSINESS  AGAIN  AT 
423    PINE    ST.,  Bet.  Kearny  and  Montgomery 


Special  Dishes  Every  Day 

Private  Rooms  for  Families  Up-Stairs 

Service  Unsurpassed 


JOE  COPPA,  Proprietor 

Phone  Temp.  623 


BLAKE,  M0FFITT  &  T0WNE 


PAPER 


1  400- 1  450  FOURTH  STREET 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   3014 

Private  Exchange  Connecting  all  Departments 


STRICTLY  BUSINESS 


Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 


On  Change 

The  merchants  and  ship-owners  of  this  City  now 
meet  on  'Change  as  of  old  and  more  or  less  busi- 
ness is  transacted  thereon.  Of  course  'Change  is 
not  so  important  an  institution  as  it  is  in  New 
York  and  in  the  large  commercial  cities  of  Eng- 
land, but  the  nature  of  these  things  is  to  grow 
and  we  look  for  the  future  development  of  'Change 
as  an  important  business  institution  of  this  City. 
In  the  older  cities  every  merchant  feels  that  he  has 
neglected  an  important  duty  of  the  day  if  .he  has 
failed  to  put  in  an  appearance  by  himself  or  by  his 
representative. 

Matters  are  still  quiet  on  the  Bond  and  Stock 
Exchange  and  the  market  for  securities  has  on  the 
whole  for  the  week  been  dull,  fiat,  stale  and  un- 
profitable. Spring  Valley  Water  keeps  hovering 
round  $21.  For  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  $80  was 
asked.  Associated  Oil  is  held  at  $37  bid.  Bank 
of  California  is  held  at  $350  bid.  The  market  for 
sugar  stocks  is  not  active  and  prices  are  weak  at 
$81.75  for  Hawaiian,  $10.62^  bid  for  Honokaa, 
$35.50  for  Onomea,  $45  asked  for  Union,  $15.50 
bid  for  Hutchinson.  As  the  sugar  market  is 
steadily  advancing  there  should  be  a  spurt  in  these 
securities  ere  long. 

The  bottom  has  not  exactly  dropped  out  of  the 
market,  but  its  condition  is  next  thing  to  that.  A 
little  Mohawk  has  sold  at  $15,  the  first  in  a  long 
time.  The  leading  Goldfield  stocks  do  not  fluctuate 
much  and  have  not  really  changed  to  speak  of  in 
some  time. 

Notwithstanding'  the  poor  lookout  on  'Change 
those  who  have  been  up  to  the  mines  are  full  of 
faith  in  the  future.  Charley  Miller,  who  used  to 
be  the  head  of  one  of  our  great  hardware  houses, 
says  the  mines  have  a  grand  future.  It  is  simply 
a  question  of  cheap  reduction  of  ores.  At  one  time 
and  that  not  very  far  distant  nothing  under  $100 
per  ton  was  thought  of,  but  it  is  different  now.  The 
cost  of  reduction  will  grow  less  day  by  day  till 
it  is  as  cheap  in  the  mines  as  anywhere  else.  He 
says  that  up  at  the  mines  every  one  is  busy  and 
that  the  recent  inactivity  has  about  passed  away — 
the  country  is  full  of  prospectors  and  new  finds 
are  being  made  every  day,  which  anywhere  else 
would  be  thought  of  first  importance,  but  which 
in  that  wonderful  country  are  hardlv  noticed. 


A  Sovereign  Remedy 

Dr.  Parker's  Cough  Cure,  one  dose  will  stop  a  cough, 
never  fails.     Try  it.     Sold  by  all  Druggists. 


The  Private  Residence  Disappearing 
The  tendency  in  all  the  large  cities  in  America  is 
towards  the  crowding  out  of  private  residences  and  the 
construction  of  apartment  houses,  flats  and  hotels.  In 
New  York  residences  are  disappearing  so  rapidly  that 
they  will  be  soon  banished  entirely  from  Manhattan 
Island. 

John  W.  Gates,  who  has  been  living  in  the  so-called 
"royal  suite"  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria,  has  reserved  for 
himself  a  suite  of  rooms  in  the  New  Plaza  Hotel,  at 
Fifth  Avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  Street,  which  will  cost 
him  $42,000  a  year.  The  price  of  the  suite  in  question 
is  not  so  hair-raising,  however,  when  one  takes  into 
consideration  that,  when  the  new  hotel  goes  into  com- 
mission next  fall,  Mr.  Gates  will  have  an  entire  floor, 
with  the  exception  of  six  rooms.  This  gigantic  suite 
will  give  him  the  privilege  of  having  a  hallway  all  to 
himself,  as  well  as  several  parlors,  reception  rooms,  and 
the  like. 


MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK 


706  Market  St. 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Opp.  Third 


Guaranteed  Capital,  $1,000,000 

Interest  Paid  on  all  Deposits 


Paid  up  Capital  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
Loans  on  Approved  Securities 


OFFICERS- James  D.  Phelan,  Pres,.  John  A.  Hooper,  V.  Pres..  J.  K.  Moffatt,  2d 
V.  Pres.,  George  A.  Story,  Sec'y  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Asst.  Cashier,  A.  E, 
Curtis,  2d  Asst.  Cashier. 


TONOPAH,    GOLDFIELD,    BULLFROG 
MANHATTAN  and  COMSTOCKS  A  SPECIALTY 


ZADIG  &  CO. 

STOCK  BROKERS 

Formerly  306  Montgomery   Street,   have   resumed   business   in   thei 

Own  Building,  324  BUSH  STREET 

Directly  Opposite  New  San  Francisco  Stock   and  Exchange  BIdg 


FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS. 
PAID  UP  CAPITAL. 
DEPOSITS  JANUARY  I,  1907 


108-110  Sutter  Street 

$693,104.68 

$600,000.00 

$3,772,145.83 


Charles  Carpy,  Pres.  Arthur  Legallet,  Vice-Pres.  Leon  Bocqueiaz,  Secretary 

John  Ginty.  Asst.  Secretary  P.  A.  Bergerot.  Attorney 


-THE  WASP 


23 


Still  another  suite  will  be  occupied  by  the  George  J. 
Goulds;  -^t ill  another  by  John  A.  Drake.  In  fact,  the 
large  number  of  suites  to  be  occupied  by  people  who 
have  hitherto  had  their  own  private  residences  in  this 
one  new  hotel  alone  serves  to  foreshadow  what  a  tre- 
mendous secession  of  families  there  will  be  in  the  near 
future  to  hotels  and  apartment  houses. 

In  fact,  so  general  is  the  rush  to  the  great  human 
bee  hives  that  are  springing  up  all  over  Manhattan 
Island,  and  so  widespread  the  desire  to  press  a  button 
and  have  somebody  else  do  the  rest,  that  it  looks  as  if 
even  the  housekeeping  apartment  is  doomed.  The 
future  belongs  to  the  hotel  and  to  the  apartment  hotel, 
which  has  a  restaurant  attached,  and  emulates  in  other 
ways  the  regular  hotel  for  transients  and  permanent: 

The  prices  paid  by  such  people  and  by  Xew  Yorkers 
who  live  permanently  in  the  great  apartment  houses 
of  the  city  arc  positively  staggering.  Fifth  Avenue,  of 
course,  is  the  street  on  which  the  highest  rentals  are 
charged.  At  the  Holland  House,  for  instance,  there 
are  suites  consisting  of  nothing  more  than  two  rooms — 
a  parlor  and  a  bath — costing  $15,000  a  year.  These, 
of  course,  are  corner  suites,  with  a  frontage  on  Fifth 
Avenue.  Fully  thirty-five  suites  in  this  hotel  are  leased 
by  persons  who  are  practically  permanent  guests. 

No  other  city  can  show  anything  like  such  prices  for 
hotel  accommodation,  even  London  during  the  season, 
when  all  hotel  rates  are  raised  from  30  to  50  per  cent. 

At  the  Waldorf-Astoria  there  are  a  number  of  per- 
manent guests  paying  in  the  vicinity  of  $20,000  a  year 
for  small  suites. 

At  the  St.  Regis  the  management  makes  a  point  of 
not  leasing  rooms  or  suites  of  rooms  for  long  terms. 
Guests  may  take  a  room  or  several  by  the  day  and  pay 
on  that  basis  for  months,  extending  or  curtailing  the 
size  of  their  suites  at  their  pleasure. 


The  Adjutant-General's  advice  to  the  people  of 
San  Francisco  to  evict  the  refugees  from  their 
camps  on  public  squares  as  soon  as  possible  is 
good.  W'e  are  as  the  Adjutant-General  says,  creat- 
ing a  tribe  of  mendicants  and  professional  paupers. 
The  refugee  camps  have  been  the  rendezvous  for 
the  criminal  element  and  will  remain  so  and  should 
be  broken  uo  before  long.  Within  the  next  few 
months  of  Summer  every  desirable  resident  of  San 
Francisco  will  be  able  to  find  lodgings  and  to  main- 
tain a  horde  of  loafers  on  public  property  after 
that  would  be  a  crime  aeainst  the  community.  Rout 
them  out  and  make  them  go  to  work. 


After   the    great    fire    in    San    Francisco    we   had 
abundant  proof  of  the  power  of  a  few  soldiers  to 
ien  force  law  and  order  when  their  officers  are  hon- 
jest  and  capable.     A  mere  handful    of  men  patrolled 
he  City  at  night,  and  in  several  months  there  were 
ot  as  many  crimes  of  violence  committed  as  oc- 
[cur   in   one  day    under    the    benign    rule  of  Jerry 
inan's  police.     If  it  should  be  deemed  necessary 
jto  again  station  soldiers  in  the  streets  of  San  Fran- 
cisco  we   would   see   them    restore   complete   tran- 
quility to  the  town   in   a  few  days  and  be  given 
proof  that  fifty  disciplined  men-at-ar-ms  can  easily 
disperse  a  mob  of  two  thousand  rioters. 

Do  you  get  up  tired  and  feel  tired  all  day?     Try  a   tablespoonfu    of  Abbott's   Bitters  in 
tweetened  water  before  meals.     At  grocers  and  druggists. 


CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT 
AND     TRUST    COMPANY 


Solicits  Checking  and  Savings  accounts,  subject  to 
the  following  liberal  rates  of  interest: 

2  per  cenl  on  Checking  Accounts, 

3  I  -2  per  cenl  on  Savings  Accounts. 
3.6  per  cent  on  Term  Deposits. 

For  greater  convenience  of  depositors,  we  have 
established  branches  in  various  parts  of  the  city 
as  follows: 


HOME  OFFICE 


CALIFORNIA  and   MONTGOMERY   STS. 

West  End  Branch,  1531   Devisadero 

Mission  Branch,         2572  Mission,  near  22d 
Up-Town  Branch,   1740  Fillmore  nr.  Sutter 


VALUABLES  op  all  kinds 

May  be  safely  stored  al 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  the 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 

Cor.  Bush  and  Sansome  Sts. 


Safes  lo  rent  from  $5  a  year  upwards 
Careful  service  to  customers 


Trunks  $1  a  month 
Office  Hours:  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  San  Francisco 


Guaranteed  Capital  and  Surplus 
Capital  actually  paid  up  in  cash 
Deposits,  December  31,   1906 


$2,578,695,41 

1,000,000.00 

38,531,917.28 


OFFICERS  -  President,  F.  Tillmann.  Jr.;  First  Vice-President.  Daniel  Meyer 
Second  Viee-President,  Emil  Rohle:  Cashier.  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier, 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourny;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Mullcr. 
Goodfellow  &  Eells,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  -  F.  Tillmann,  Jr..  Daniel  Meyer,  Emil  Rohte.  Irm. 
Sleinhart,  I.  N.  Walter,  N.  Ohlandl,  J.  W.  Van  Bcrsen,  E.  T.  Knlse  and  W.  S. 
Goodfellow. 


MEMBER  STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANCE 
MEMBER  SAN  FRANCISCO  MINING  EXCHANGE 

J.  C.  WILSON 

BROKER 

STOCKS  AND  BONDS  Kohl  Bldg.,  488  California  St. 

INVESTMENT  SECURITIES  San  Francisco 

Telephone  Temporary  815 


24 


-THE  WASP- 


The  Strike  in  the  Lumber  Trade. 
A  successful  strike  in  the  lumber  trade  naturally 
means  under  ordinary  circumstances  higher  priced 
lumber  and  an  increased  cost  to  property  owners 
and  higher  rent  to  tenants.  All  are  therefore  in- 
terested in  the  outcome  of  the  latest  strike.  The 
firms  affected  in  the  first  instance  were  the  Vance 
Redwood  Lumber  Company  (in  the  logging  camp), 
the  Chas.  Nelson  Co.  and  the  Pacific  Lumber  Com- 
pany. The  Holmes-Eureka  Company  settled  the 
matter  so  that  most  of  the  mills  were  untouched 
by  the  strike.  But  last  week  at  a  meeting  of  the 
representatives  of  the  mills  voted  unanimously  in 
lavor  of  the  open  shop.  Should  this  lead  to  a  gen- 
eral strike  it  would  not  affect  them  much,  as  they 
all  have  more  or  less  logs  on  hand  and  stock  in 
this  City,  owing  to  the  long  wet  Winter  and  the 
present  slackening  in  the  demand.  A  couple  of 
months  idleness  would  not  affect  them  much.  Some 
of  the  companies,  such  as  the  Vance  Redwood  Lum- 
ber Company  and  the  Union  Lumber  Company, 
have  non-union  crews  in  their  mills  and  are  exempt 
from  the  constant  threats  of  strikes  that  afflict  their 
competitors  and  make  them  so  favorable  just  now  to 
the  open-shop  principle.  In  common  with  em- 
ployers along  all  lines,  thev  have  about  made  up 
their  minds  to  bring  the  matter  to  a  final  determi- 
nation no  matter  what  it  costs.  The  history  of  all 
such  movements  is  that  wherever  the  employers 
have  banded  together  to  enforce  the  open  shop  and 
remained  firm  for  any  length  of  time  they  have 
won  easily.  The  conditions  are  more  unfavorable 
to  the  labor  unions  now  than  in  years,  for  money 


tW^ 


PRESIDENTIAL  CAMPAIGN  BEGINS 

Foraker  is  the  first  man  to  step  ouVof  the  woods  into  the  open. 

---From  Si.  Louis  Republican 


is  getting  very  tight.  The  banks  are  granting  very 
few  loans  and  hardly  any  at  all  for  building.  This 
of  course  will  practically  stop  building'  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, for  not  one  building  in  twenty  is  erected  with- 
out assistance  from  a  bank.  Already  the  unusual 
sign  "no  carpenters  wanted"  is  displayed  on  many 
half-finished  buildings.  That  tells  the  tale.  If  the 
labor  unions  are  sensible  they  will  be  very  slow 
about  striking  this  Summer  or  next  Fall,  for  the 
conditions  are  all  against  a  raise  of  wages.  On  the 
contrary,  wages  are  likely  to  drop  and  that  would 
be  unfortunate  for  high  wages  are  a  sure  indication 
of  prosperity  and  everybody  benefits  thereby. 

The  money  market,  however,  is  undergoing  one 
of  those  periodical  changes  that  occur  as  surely, 
though  not  quite  as  regularly,  as  the  flow  and  ebb 
of  the  ocean  tides.  The  ebb  is  on  just  now  and 
financiers  are  carefully  figuring  out  how  long  it  will 
last.  Meantime  capital  takes  a  tighter  grasp  on 
its  purse  strings,  and  the  opportunities  for  labor 
are  less.  The  competent  employees  will  still  find 
work,  but  the  proportion  of  incompetent  people 
thrown  out  of  employment  will  increase.  That  is  1 
the  history  of  all  such  temporary  suspensions  of 
industrial  activity. 

INVESTOR 


She  had  called  to  consult  a  fashionable  physician 
who  was  famous  for  his  way-up  prices. 

"Pardon  me,  doctor,"  she  began,  "but  do  you — 
er — take  anything  off  for  cash?" 

"Certainly  madam,"  replied  the  M.  D.  "What 
would  you  like  taken  off — a  hand  or  a  foot?" 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Slock  Exchange 

Goldheld,  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 
Write  for  Market  Letter. 

339  BUSH  STREET.  STOCK  EXCHANGE  BUILDING 


BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  lo  loan  money  lo  people  who  wish  lo  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE.  Pr«. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Atty. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

OFFICES-- COR.  CHURCH   AND   MARKET  STREETS 
OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Rooms  7  to  11 


Telephone  Ttnpy.  141 S 


W.  C.  RALSTON 

Stock  and  Bond  Broker 

Member  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Mining  Stocks  a  Specially 


Bedford  McNeill 
Western  Union 
Leibers 


368  BUSH  STREET 

San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


25 


The  Anarchists  Parade 

What  a  New  York  Priest  Said  About  It 
to  His  People. 


public  mind  and  so  arc-  the  charges  that  the  assas- 
sin was  inspired  by  newspaper  utterances,  that  in- 
flamed the  passions  of  anarchists  and  encouraged 
them  to  put  their  atrocious  principles  into  practice. 


Eastern  newspapers  of  the  better  class  are  com- 
menting approvingly  on  the  denunciation  by  Rev. 
Father  Brann  of  St.  Agnes'  Catholic  Church.  New 
York,  of  the  Anarchists  who  recently  paraded  in 
thousands  in  the  metropolis  carrying  red  flags, 
shouting  the  "Marseillaise"  and  howling  that 
Mover.  Haywood  and  J'ettibone  must  not  be  con- 
victed. Father  Brann  witnessed  that  most  extra- 
ordinary and  un-American  scene  and  shrewdly 
suspected  that  the  demonstration  was  worked  up. 
and  paid  for,  by  rich  and  influential  politicians  and 
demagogues,  who  for  years  have  been  setting  class 
against  class  in  America.  The  clergyman  next 
day  at  mass  gave  his  views  to  his  congregation, 
which  is  largely  composed  of  working  people  who 
belong  to  unions. 

The  priest  is  favorable  to  unions,  but  hostile  to 
the  control  of  them  by  anarchists.  Said  Father 
Brann  : 

"That  procession  was  made  up  of  men  and  wo- 
men who  profess  no  religion  at  all,  but,  on  the 
contrary,  profess  doctrines  that  would  destroy  our 
country.  In  that  procession  there  were  flags  that 
proclaimed  hostility  to  the  rights  of  property  and 
to  good  order,  and,  consequently,  hostility  to  our 
national  flag. 

"The  hired  bands  ignored  our  good  old  American 
airs,  like  'The  Star  Spangled  Banner'  and  'Hail, 
Columbia,'  and  instead  habitually  played  'The  Mar- 
seillaise,' which  is  a  national  air  of  blood,  rapine, 
murder  and  violence. 

"In  the  horde  I  saw  last  night  there  was  no 
conscience,  nothing  but  hostility  to  our  institutions 
and  to  the  Chief  Executive  of  our  republic. 

"Most  of  this  horde  were  foreigners  who  would 
not  be  allowed  at  home  to  have  any  such  demon- 
strations as  they  were  allowed  here.  If  they  had 
attempted  such  a  meeting  in  the  countries  from 
wdiich  they  came  the  authorities  would  have  inter- 
fered and  punished  the  leaders. 

"That  demonstration  last  night  was  in  bad  taste, 
to  say  the  least,  and  leads  me  to  suspect  that  some 
unprincipled  politicians  paid  for  the  hall,  the  flags 
and  the  bands  from  sinister  motives.  That  horde 
could  hardly  have  paid  the  expenses  of  last  night's 
celebration. 

"It  is  a  shame  for  such  leaders  to  use  the  vilest 
and  lowest  men  in  the  city  for  such  an  exhibition, 
and  thus  to  influence  the  passions  of  a  mob  so  that 
some  one  of  them  might  assassinate  our  admirable 
and  honorable  President  as  one  of  the  same  vile 
horde   murdered   President   McKinley." 

It  was  not  necessary  for  Father  Brann  to  be 
more  specific  and  state  the  names  of  the  unprin- 
cipled politicians  and  agitators  he  alluded  to. 
Every  newspaper  reader  in  America  can  read  be- 
tween the  lines  and  know  whom  the  patriotic 
clergyman  referred  to,  for  the  memory  of  McKin- 
lev's    cowardly    assassination    is    still    fresh    in    the 


Thorn  well  Mullally  has  fairly  won  his  spurs  since 
the  carmen's  strike  began.  Cornelius  has  seen  fit  fre- 
quently to  refer  to  him  in  uncomplimentary  terms  as  a 
soft-headed  if  not  soft-hearted  carpet  knight. 

Mr.  Mullaly  showed  what  kind  of  stock  he  comes 
from  and  what  sort  of  stuff  he  is  made  of  when  he 
rode  out  fearlessly  into  the  thick  of  the  fray  around 
the  barricaded  car-barns  and  keeps  riding  on  cars  that 
were  a  mark  for  the  bricks  and  bullets  of  rioters.  Mr. 
Cornelius  was  not  quite  as  reckless  in  exposing  his 
precious  person.  Gentlemen  of  his  kidney  are  gener- 
ally found  to  be  more  valiant  with  their  jaws  than  their 
fists.  When  the  battle  rages  if  their  legs  do  not  stick 
out  from  under  some  safe  baggage  wagon  in  the  rear, 
their  coattails  are  likely  to  be  pointed  away  from  the 
conflict  and  getting  further  off  at  every  jump.  Mr. 
Mullally  has  won  as  many  friends  by  his  fearlessness 
and  manliness  as  Mr.  Cornelius  has  lost  by  his  shifty 
and  underhanded  methods  of  unnecessarily  causing  a 
strike.  In  other  words,  the  town  is  with  Mullaly  and 
all  but  a  small  and  turbulent  faction  of  it  will  be  ready 
to  kick  Cornelius  over  the  county  line  within  two 
weeks  from  date  hereof. 


Jr  Skin  of  Beauty  Is  a  Joy  Forever. 

Dr.  T.  f  elix  Gouraud's  Oriental 

Cream  or  Magical  Beautifier 

Purifle9  as  well  as  beautifies  the  skin.     No  other  cosmetic  will  do  it. 

Removes  Tan.  Pimples,  Freckles,  Moth 
Patches,  Rash  and  Skin  Diseases,  and 
every  blemish  on  beauty,  and  defies  de- 
tection. On  its  virtues  it  has  stood  the 
test  of  58  years;  no  other  has,  and  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is  prop- 
erly made.  Accept  no  counterfeit  or  simi- 
lar name.  Dr.  L.  A.  Sayre  said  to  a  lady 
of  the  haut-ton  (a  patient)  "As  you  ladies 
will  use  them,  I  recommend  'Gouraud's 
Cream*  as  the  least  harmful  of  all  the 
skin  preparations. "  One  bottle  will  last 
six  months  using  it  eyery  day.  GOUR- 
AUD'S POUDRE  SUBTLE  REMOVES 
SUPERFLUOUS  HAIR  WITHOUT  IN- 
JURY TO  THE  SKIN. 
FRED  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop'r,  37  Great  Jones  street,  N.  Y. 
For  sale  by  all  druggists  and  Fancv-goods  Dealers  throughout  the  United 

States,  Canadas  and   Europe.      /S^"  Beware   of  base    imitations,     f  1,000 

reward  for  arrest  and  proof  of  auy  one  selling  the  same. 


Popular    French    Restaurant 

Regufar  Dinner  75c 

Meals  a  la  carte  at  any  hour 

Private  Dining  Rooms 

for  Banquets,  etc. 

egg 

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497  Golden  Gate 

Corner  Polk  Street 

Phone  Market  2315 

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-THE  WASP 


Thursday :  Dear  me  !  Such  an  unpleasant  after- 
noon as  I  had  at  Mrs.  Mugsby's  tea  in  honor  of  Miss 
Youngbudd.  She  is  to  marry  old  Gotrox,  who  has 
sons  older  than  herself.  Goodness  me !  If  I  married 
at  all,  it  would  be  a  man  who  was  at  least  within 
twenty-five  years  of  my  age. 

Mrs.  Gushwell,  who  is  always  reciting  at  teas  and 
making  a  general  nuisance  of  herself,  in  my  opinion, 
had  of  course  to  speak  a  piece  at  Mrs.  Mugsby's.  Well, 
what  do  you  think?  If  she  didn't  select  that  poem 
about  the  blase  society  girl  who  throws  over  a  nice 
young  man  and  becomes  engaged  to  a  doddering  old 
billionaire.  I  think  it's  such  a  silly  poem  myself — but 
I  suppose  there's  a  moral  in  it  somewhere.  It  describes 
the  blase  girl,  telling  her  smart  society  friends  of  her 
engagement,  and  just  then  her  chilly  fiance  rides  by 
the  house  all  huddled  up  in  a  corner  of  his  carriage 
and  looking  like  sin.  She  pulls  back  the  curtains  and 
exclaims,  not  "girls  there  is  my  future  husband,"  but 
"girls,  see  my  fine  horses." 

Goodness !  I  never  felt  more  uncomfortable  in  my 
life,  for  everybody  was  looking  with  eyes  like  saucers 
at  that  ridiculous  elocutionist.  Yes,  and  of  course 
Ethyl  Gayleigh  began  to  giggle.  That  woman  couldn't 
be  serious  even  in  a  dentist's  chair.  It  was  such  a  relief 
when  the  agony  ended.  You  could  have  heard  a  pin 
drop. 

"What's  the  matter?"  asked  the  elocutionist  of  Ethyl 
when  she  sat  down  all  out  of  breath.  "Dear  me,  I 
thought  I'd  get  lots  of  applause." 

"We  were  all  too  enraptured,"  said  that  awful 
woman.  "I  do  hope  you  will  recite  the  same  piece  for 
them  at  the  wedding  breakfast.     It  would  be  lovely." 

Friday  :  Oh  goodness  !  I  won't  stop  blushing  for 
a  year.  I  went  up  the  avenue  today  to  the  White 
House  with  some  married  women.  Oh  dear !  Such 
creatures.  How  marriage  does  demoralize  them. 
Not  one  of  them  had  sense  or  decency  enough  to 
carry  her  purse  in  her  hand  and  mercy !  What  a 
scene  when  they  began  to  fish  out  their  money. 
Horrors!  It  was  perfectly  dreadful.  They  had 
barely  enough  money  between  them  to  pay  for 
their  purchases  and  they  all  had  to  go  fishing  for 
their  change.  Heavens !  They  hauled  enough  stuff 
out  of  their  hosiery  to  start  a  dry  goods  store,  and 
then   they    had    to    put    it    back    again    with    their 


purses.  All  this,  mind  you,  in  a  fashionable  store 
and  so  full  of  people !  Oh  goodness  !  I  haven't  seen 
anything  so  dreadful  since  I  went  to  Santa  Cruz 
last  Summer  and  sat  on  the  beach  while  Mrs. 
: Gayleigh  and  her  friends  went  in  bathing  in  their 
new  silk  suits.  I  have  made  a  solemn  resolution 
never  again  to  go  out  in  public  with  married  women. 
Its  not  safe  for  a  single  lady.  I  have  to  be  very 
careful  of  my  reputation  in  a  town  like  this. 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


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THE  PURITY.  MATURITY  AND 
FLAVOR  OF 


HUNTER 


BALTIMORE 


RYE 


HAS  GIVEN  IT  ITS  WONDERFUL 
POPULARITY  AND  A  REPU- 
TATION FOR  EXCELLENCE 
ABSOLUTELY   UNSURPASSED 


CHARLES  M.  REYNOLDS  CO. 

Agents  for  California  and  Nevada 

912-914  Folsom  St.  San  Francisco,  Cal 


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Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co, 


Cal. 


Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acommodations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Tiburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOODES 

Via  Kelseyviile  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co.,  Cal. 


-THE  WASP- 


27 


1 

Automobile  News 

1 

The  Pioneer  Automobile  Company  has  received  a 
ni'i-t  eulogistic  indorsement  of  the  merits  of  the  1907 
I  homas  Flyer  from  T.  L.  (  Iddie,  1).  Mackenzie,  A.  I). 
■ash,  Key  Pittman,  J.  W.  Brock,  Jr.,  Hugh  Brown, 
and  John  Salsberry,  all  oi  Tonopah,  Nev.  They  de- 
clare that  the  machine  has  made  a  wonderful  record 
there.     It  is  a  great  roadster  and  most  endurable. 

The  distance  of  105  miles,  between  Tonopah  and 
Ehyolite,  was  covered  in  three  hours  and  forty  minutes 
by  Key  Pittman,  of  Tonopah,  Nevada,  in  his  1907 
Thomas  "Flyer".  It  has  been  raining  and  the  roads 
were  in  bad  condition,  being  very  muddy.  For  two- 
thirds  of  the  entire  distance  the  ruts  impeded  his 
speed  considerably. 

Mr.  D.  Mackenzie,  of  Goldfield,  Nevada,  covered  a 
distance  of  155  miles,  between  Goldfield,  Nevada,  and 
Greenwater,  California,  in  six  hours  and  thirty  min- 
utes. This  road  has  about  twenty-five  miles  of  shifting 
sand,  and  the  balance  was  similar  to  the  road  between 
Tonopah  and  Rhyolite.  While  the  Eastern  people  use 
their  autos  for  pleasure,  the  Tonopah  buyers  use  them 
for  business  and  consider  it  economy  to  do  so. 


The  initial  meeting  of  the  Fresno  Automobile  Asso- 
ciation takes  place  today  and  tomorrow,  Sunday.  A 
series  of  races  is  programmed,  the  most  important  be- 
ing the  Fresno  sweepstakes  for  a  purse  of  one  thousand 
dollars,  with  five  hundred  dollars  added  if  the  world's 
record  should  be  beaten.  A  good  representation  of 
cars  is  expected  and  the  fact  that  Barney  Oldfield  will 
be  one  of  the  entries  is  expected  to  insure  a  large  at- 
tendance. 


The  White  Steamer  is  a  favorite  with  Uncle  Sam. 
In  many  matters  he  is  considered  easy-going,  but  when 
it  comes  to  buying  automobiles  Uncle  Sam  is  evidently 
"from  Missouri."  This  was  shown  when  the  War 
Department  was  considering  the  practicability  of  an 
auto  ambulance.  Competitive  tests  led  the  army 
officers  to  report  in  favor  of  the  White.  Then  a 
sample  car  was  built  and  tested  for  three  months. 
This  proved  so  satisfactory  that  the  U.  S.  Government 
decided  to  use  these  ambulance  cars  for  the  transporta- 
tion of  the  sick  and  wounded.  General  Fred  D.  Grant 
has  expressed  himself  as  being  highly  pleased  with  the 
car  assigned  to  him. 


The  manufacturers  of  the  Royal  Tourist  Car  have 
built  specially  designed  cars  for  the  mining  district  of 
Nevada.  They  seat  four  with  full  camping  and  pro- 
specting outfit. 

Colonel  Torney,  of  the  United  States  Army,  has  pur- 
chased a  24  horse-power  Franklin  car. 


"Ah  !  pretty  lady,"  said  the   fortune  teller,  "you 
wish  to  be  told  about  your  future  husband?" 


"Not  much."  replied  Mrs.  Gailey ;  "I've  come  to 
learn  where  my  present  husband  is  when  he's  ab- 
sent." 


Shipping 


Family  orders  is  our  trade.  If  out  of  town 
or  going  out  for  a  limited  time,  let  us  pack 
and  ship  by  express  or  freight  whatever  you 
require. 

QUALITY  SUPREME 
EVERYTHING  HERE 

Depend  on  us  making  your  outing  a  success. 

SMITHS,  CASH  STORE,  Inc. 


14  to  24  Steuart  St.,  S.  F. 


May  catalogue  ready. 


H.  C.  RAAP,  Manage! 


Telephone  Franklin  588 


National  Cafe  and  Grill 

918-920  O'FARRELL  ST.,  San  Francisco 

SPECIAL   MERCHANTS  HOT  LUNCH   25c 

Including  Tea,  Coffee,  Wine  or  Beer.     1  I  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 
A  LA  CARTE  at  all  hours. 


Regular  Dinner  50c 


Special  Sunday  Dinner  75c 


AL.  CONEY 


J.  HUFF 


Kadee  Hammam  Baths 

TURKISH  AND  HAMMAM  BATHS 

PRIVATE  ROOM  AND  BATH  $1.00 

Open  Day  and  Night 

GEARY  AND  GOUGH  STREETS 

Strictly  First  Class  Phone  West  3725 


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J.    F.    ROSSI 

D0„™Lrtica"d  Wines,  Liquors  and  Cigars 

Depot  of  Italian-Swiss  Colony  Wines 

Specialties:  Belmont,  Jesse  Moore,  A.  P.  Hotaling's  O.  P.  S..  Loveland  Rye, 
King  Wm.  Fourth  Scotch,  Glenrosa  Scotch,  Dew  ot  the  Grampians,  A.  V.  H. 
Gin,  Buchu  Gin,  Cognac  Brandy,  Bisquit  Dubouche  Cognac,  Fernet  Branca 
Italian  Vermuth,  French  Vermuth. 

217-219   Washington  St.,  Bet.  Front  and  Davis 


DIRECTORY 


OF  LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES  AND  PROFESSIONAL  PEOPLE 


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MISCELLANEOUS. 

BUILDERS'  EXCHANGE,  226  Oak  St., 
S.  F. 

ADVERTISING  AGENCIES. 

BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F. ; 
Phone   Market   2837. 

COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion and   Brady  Sts. 

DAKE  ADV.  AGENCY*  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 

FISHER,  L.  P.  ADV.  AGENCY,  836  North 
Point  St.,  S.   F. ;  Phone  Franklin  584. 

TOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  2170  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

ANTIQUE  DEALERS. 

THE    LOUIS    XIV.      Curios,    Objects    d'Art, 
Miniatures,   Paints,    Porcelains,  Jewels,   etc., 
C.   V.   Miller,   1117   Post,  near  Van   Ness. 
ARCHITECTS. 

REID  BROS,  Temporary  Offices,  2325 
Gough  ot.,  S.  F. 

THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 

GUMP,  S.  &  G.,   1645  California  St.,  S.   F. 

SCHUSSLER  BROS.,  1218  Sutter  St. 
ATTORNEYS, 

DORN,  DORN  &  SAVAGE,  717  Van  Ness 
Ave. 

DINKELSPIEL,  HENRY  G.  W.,  1265  Ellis 
St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 

HEWLETT,  BANCROFT  AND  BALLAN. 
TINE,  Monadnock  Bldg. ;  Phone  Temp'y 
972. 

EDWARD  B.  YOUNG,  4th  Floor,  Union 
Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temp'y  833. 

GOLDSTONE,  LOUIS,  1012  Fillmore  St. 
Phone  Park  864. 

MAROIS,  T.  M.,  1756  Fillmore  St.,  S.  E.  cor. 
Sutter.     Phone  West   1503. 

KING,  CHAS.  TUPPER,  1126  Fillmore  St. 
AUTOMOBILES  AND    SUPPLIES. 

PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  and  12th  and  Oak  Sts., 
Oakland. 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Market 
and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

AUTO  LIVERY  CO.,  Golden  Gate  and  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  408  Golden  Gate 
Ave.      Phone,    Franklin   655. 

LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.   F. 

MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550  Gol- 
den Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MOBILE  CARRIAGE  CO.,  Golden  Gate 
Ave.  and   Gough  Sts.,  S.  F. 

PACIFIC  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  376  Golden 
Gate  Ave. 

BANKS. 

ANGLO-CALIFORNIA  BANK,  Ltd.,  cor. 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 

CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND 
TRUST  CO.,  cor.  California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 

CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St., 
S.   F. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  Bush  and  San- 
some Sts.,  S.  F. 

FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK,  108  Sutter  St., 
and  Van  Ness  and  Eddy. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY,  526   California  St.,   S.   F. 

HALSEY,  N.  W.  &  CO.,  413  Montgomery 
St.,  S.  F. 


HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, Jones  and  McAllister  Sts.,  S.  F. 

HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  Market 
Street,  opposite  old  Palace  Hotel.  Phone, 
Temp'y  249. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St., 
S.  F. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.   California  and   Montgomery  Sts.,   S.   F. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULT,  Market  and  7th 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 

WELLS  FARL.O-NEVADA  NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 

ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 

1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
S.   F.  BREWERIES,  LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 
BROKERS— STOCKS   AND    BONDS. 

MONTAGUE,  PHIL  S.,  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 

Exchange  Bldg. 
ROLLINS,  E.  H.  &  SONS,  804  Kohl   Bldg.  ; 

Telephone  Temp'y  163;  S.  F. 
ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 
WILSON,    J.    C,    488    California    St.,    S.    F. 
BUILDING  AND   LOAN  ASSOCIATIONS. 

CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND  LOAN 
ASSOCIATION,  Church  and  Market  Sts., 
S.  F. 

CARDS,   INVITATIONS,   ETC. 

WOOD,    GEO.    M.    &    CO.,    engravers,    1067 

O'Farrell  St.,  above  Van  Ness. 
CARPET    CLEANING. 
SPAULDING,  J.  &  CO.,  911-21   Golden  Gate 

Ave. ;  Phone  Park  591. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
HUB,   THE,    Chas.    Keilus   &   Co.,   King  Solo- 
mon Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 

COMMISSION      AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 
JOHNSON     LOCKE     MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO    &   CO.,   INC.,    156   Hansford 

Bldg.,  268  Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  4261. 

CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS. 

FISHER   CONSTRUCTION   CO.,    1414   Post 

St.,   S.   F. 
TROUNSON,    J.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 

Ash  Ave.,  S.  F. 

CROCKERY    AND    GLASSWARE. 

NATHAN  DOHRMAN  CO.,  1520-1550  Van 
Ness  Ave. 

DENTISTS. 
KNOX,  DR.  A.  J.,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 

of    Grant    Bldg. 
TWIST,   DR.  J.   F.,   1476   Eddy,  nr.   Fillmore 

St.     Phone  West  5304. 

DESKS   AND    CHAIRS. 
PHOENIX  DESK  &  CHAIR  CO.,  office  fur- 
niture,  1538  Market  St.,  west  of  Van  Ness. 
Phone  Market  2393. 

DRY    GOODS— RETAIL. 

CITY  OF  PARIS,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Wash- 
ington St.,  S.  F. 

WHITE  HOUSE,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Pine 
St.,  S.   F. 


EXPRESS. 
WELLS,   FARGO  &  CO.   EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate    Ave.    and    Franklin    St.,    Ferry    Bldg., 
and  3d  St.  Depot,  S.   F. 

FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
CRESCENT  FEATHER  CO.,  19th  and  Harri- 
son Sts.,  S.  F. 

FIRE  AND   EARTHQUAKE  PHOTOS. 
RUE,  JAMES  O.,   1067  O'Farrell  St.     Phone 
Franklin  2603. 

FRUITS  AND   VEGETABLES. 
OMEY  &  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts., 
S.   F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
CAREW   &   ENGLISH,    1618   Geary   St.,  bet. 


Buchanan    and  Webster   Sts., 
West  2604. 


S.    F. ;    Phone 


PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.   F. ;   Phone  West  770. 

GAS    STOVES, 
S.  F.   GAS  &  ELECTRIC  CO.,  Franklin  and 
Ellis  Sts. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
BULLOCK  &  JONES   COMPANY,  801   Van 

Ness  Ave.,  cor.   Eddy  St.,  S.  F. 
HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    110S-7    Fillmore    St., 
nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave. ;  Phone  West  5678. 
GOLD  AND   SILVER  PLATING. 
BELLIS,    JOHN    O.,    Mfg,    gold    and    silver- 
smith,   1624    California    St.,    nr.    Van    Ness. 
Phone  Franklin  2093. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 
ILS,  JOHN  G.  &  CO.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F. 
MONTAGUE,  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

HARNESS   AND    SADDLERY. 
DAVIS,   W.    &   SON,   2020   Howard   St.,  bet. 

16th  and  17th,  S.  F. 
LEIBOLD      HARNESS    AND     CARRIAGE 
CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 
HOSPITALS   AND    SANITARIUMS. 
KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 
Mgr.  ;   262   Devisadero  St.,  S.  F. 
JEWELERS. 
BALDWIN  JcWELRY  CO.,  1521  Sutter  St., 

and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
SHREVE   &   CO.,   cor.   Post  and   Grant  Ave., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 
SCHMIDT,  R.  H.  &  CO.,   1049  Fillmore  St., 
nr.  McAllister  St.     Phone  Park  1209. 
LAUNDRIES. 
LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 
PALACE  HOTEL  LAUNDRY  and  KELLY 
LAUNDRY     CO.,     INC.,     2343     Post    St. 
Phone  West   5854. 

LIFE  INSURANCE. 


925    Golden 


HUNTINGDON,    ARTHUR    P. 

Gate  Ave.     Phone  Park  515. 
LUMBER. 
UNION    LUMBER    CO.,    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
BEKINS'   VAN   AND   STORAGE   CO.,   13th 

and   Mission   Sts.,   S.   F. ;    Phone   Market   13 

and   1016  Broadway,  Oakland. 
ST.  FRA..CIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 

COMPANY,    Office    1402    Eddy    St.;    Tel. 

West  2680. 

NOTARIES   PUBLIC. 
DEANE,    JNO._J.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 

Steiner   Sts.  ; 


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E.  P.  Brinegar,  Mgr.  Phone  Park  591 


WARE.  JOHN  H..  307  Monadnock  Bldg.. 
Depositions  carefully  attended  to.  Phone 
Tempy  972. 

OIL  COMPANIES. 
STERLING    OIL    CO..    1491    Post    St.,    cor. 
Octavia.  S.  F. 

OPTICIANS. 

MAYERLE,  GEORGE,  German  expert,  1115 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;   Phone  West  3766. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  OPTICAL  COMPANY, 
"Spences,"  627  Van  Ness  Ave. ;  "Branch." 
1613   Fillmore. 

STANDARD  OPTICAL  CO.,  808  Van  Ness 
Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PAINTERS   AND    DECORATORS. 

KEEFE,  J.   H.,  820-822   O'Farrell   St.,   S.   F. ; 
j     Tel.  Franklin  2055. 

ITOZER,    L.    &    SON    CO.,    INC.,    1527    Pine 

and  2511    Washington   St..  near  Fillmore. 

PAINTS   AND    OILS. 

BASS-HUETER    PAINT    CO.,    1532   Market 

St. 

PHOTO    ENGRAVERS. 

CAL.  PHOTO  ENG.  CO.,  141-143  Valencia 
St. 

PHYSICIANS. 

BOWIE,   DR.   HAMILTON   C,  formerly  293 

Geary  St.,  Paul  Bldg.,  now  14th  and  Church 

Sts. 
BRYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R.,    1944    Fillmore 

St.,  cor.  Pine;  Tel.  West  5657. 
D'EVELYN,     DR.     FREDERICK    W.,   2115 

California  St.,  S.  F.,  and  2103  Clinton  Ave., 

Alameda. 
THORNE.  DR.  W.  S.,  1434  Post  St.,  S.  F. 
POTTS,  DR.  JOHN  S.,  1476  Eddy  St.    Phone 

West      1073.       Residence,     Hotel     Congress, 

Ellis  and  Fillmore.     Phone  West  4224. 

PIANOS— MANUFACTURERS     AND 
DEALERS. 

BALDWIN,  D.  H.  &  CO.,  2512  Sacramento 
St.,  and  Van  Ness  at  California. 


REAL    ESTATE. 

HICKS  &  MACK.  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance, 2091  Fillmore  St.  Phone  West 
7287. 

C.  R.  WILCOX  &  CO.,  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance, 837  Golden  Gate  Avenue.  Phone, 
Fell   1558. 

RESTAURANTS. 

MORAGHAN,  M.  B.,  OYSTER  CO.,  1212 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

OLD  POODLE  DOG,  824  Eddy  St.,  near 
Van   Ness   Ave. 

ST.  GERMAIN  RESTAURANT,  497  Golden 
Gate  Ave. ;   Phone  Market  2315. 

SWAIN'S  RESTAURANT,  1111  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

THOMPSON'S,  formerly  Oyster  Loaf,  1727 
O'Farrell  St. 

SAFES   AND    SCALES. 

HERRING-HALL  MARVIN  SAFE  CO., 
office  and  salesrooms.  Mission  St.,  bet. 
Seventh  and  Eighth  Sts. ;  Phone  Market 
1037. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 

WHEELER  &  UILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING MACHINES,  1431  Bush  St.,  cor. 
Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F.  ;  Phone  Franklin 
301;    formerly  231    Sutter  St. 

DOMESTIC    SEWING    MACHINES,   J.    W. 
Evans,   Agent,    1658   O'Farrell   St.,   nr.    Fill- 
more.    Phone  West  3601. 
STORAGE. 

1SEKINS  VAN  &  STORAGE  CO.,  13th  and 
Mission  Sts.,  S.  F.  ;  Phone  Market  13. 

PIERCE  RUDOLPH  STORAGE  CO.,  Eddy 
and  Fillmore  Sts. ;  Tel.  West  828. 

SURGICAL     INSTRUMENTS    AND     HOS- 
PITAL   SUPPLIES. 

WALTERS  &  CO.,  formerly  Shutts,  Walters 
&  Co.,   1608  Steiner  St.,  S.  F. 

TALKING   MACHINES. 

BACIGALUPI,  PETER,  1113-1115  Fillmore 
St.,  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 

LYONS,  CHARLES.  London  Tailor,  1432 
Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 
Broadway,  Oakland. 


REHNSTROM,  C.  H.,  2415  Fillmore  St.,  for- 
merly Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.   F. 

TENTS  AND  AWNINGS. 

THOMS,  F.,  1209  Mission  St.,  corner  of 
Eighth,  S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 

EAMES    TRICYCLE    CO.,     Invalid    Chairs, 

1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS— WHOLESALE. 

BALKE,  ED.  W.,  1498  Eddy  St.,  cor.  Fill- 
more. 

BUTLER,  JOHN  &  SON,  2209  Steiner  St., 
S.  F. 

REYNOLDS,  CHAS.  M.  CO.,  912  Folsom 
St.,  S.   F. 

RUSCONI,  FISHER  &  CO..  649  Turk  St.. 
S.  F. 

SIEBE  BROS.  &  PLAGEMAN.  419-42^ 
Larkin  St.  ;  Phone  Franklin  349. 

WENIGER,    P.    J.    &    CO.,    N.    E.    cor.    Van 
Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St. ;  Tel.  Franklin  309. 
309. 

WICHMAN,  LUTGEN  &  CO.,  Harrison  and 
Everett    Sts.,    Alameda,    Cal. ;    Phone    Ala- 
meda  1179. 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS— RETAIL. 

FERGUSON,  T.  M.  CO.,  Market  Street. 
Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 

FISCHER,    E.    R.,    1901    Mission   St.,   cor.    of 

Fifteenth. 
THE    METROPOLE.    John    L.    Herget    and 

Wm.  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 

and  Steiner  Sts. 

TUXEDO,  THE,  Eddie  Graney,  Prop.,  S.  W. 
cor.  Fillmore  and  O'Farrell  Sts. 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 
GOLDEN     GATE     COMPRESSED    YEAST 

CO.,  2401    Fillmore. 
McMAHON,     KEYER    AND     STIEGELER 

BROS.,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 

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Amusements 

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Ruth  White  is  supporting  Oscar 
Figman  in  the  road  tour  of.  "The  Ten- 
derfoot," and  they  made  a  great  hit,  I 
am  told,  when  they  appeared  in  Port- 
land recently.  Ruth  White  is  a  San 
Francisco  girl,  and  was  one  of  Marie 
Withrow's  vocal  pupils.  She  got  her 
first  chance  on  the  stage  in  "Trilby" 
when  she  sang  the  solos  for  the  star, 
off  the  stage.  When  the  company  re- 
turned to  New  York  Miss  White  was 
engaged  to  go  along  and  take  the 
role  of  one  of  the  girls  who  appear  in 
the  studio  scene.  I  saw  her  in  Chi- 
cago with  the  original  "Trilby"  com- 
pany. Later  on  she  became  prima 
donna  of  one  of  the  biggest  comic 
opera  companies  in  the  East,  and  was, 


I  believe,  with  the  Castle  Square 
Company  for  a  time.  She  is  a  very 
handsome  girl  and  charming  in  man- 
ner. 

*       *       * 

A  most  bloodthirsty  drama  was  be- 
ing performed.  The  father  of  the 
leading  woman  came  as  usual  to  the 
stage  door  and  asked  the  doorkeeper: 

"Has  my  daughter  gone  yet?" 

"No,  she  is  still  on  the  stage;  she 
will  not  die  for  some  minutes." 

"Will  you  be  kind  enough  to  tell 
her  as  soon  as  she  is  dead  that  I  am 
waiting  for  her  at  the  theater  cafe?" — 

II  Motto  per  Ridere. 

A  Los  Angeles  correspondent  writes 
me  that  one  of  the  prettiest  girls  of 
that  city  recently  made  a  successful 
stage  debut  in  "The  Sporting 
Duchess'  '  at  the  Burbank  Theatre. 
She  is  only  seventeen  years   old,  and 


A  year  ago  she  was  almost  entirely  wiped  out  by 
one  of  the  greatest  catastrophes  of  history,  and  just 
as  she  was  about  to  get  on  her  feet  again 


Along  comes  a  lot  of  corrupt  politicians  who 
loot,  plunder,  and  rob  her  of  everything  they  could 
lay  their  hands  on,  and  just  about  as  she  began  to  re- 
cover from  that 


not  yet  out  in  Society.  The  young  ac- 
tress is  Miss  Margo  Duffet,  daughter 
of  the  assistant  cashier  of  the  Citizens' 
National  Bank  of  Los  Angeles. 
Though  Miss  Duffet  was  born  in 
Montana  she  regards  herself  as  a 
Californian,  and  is  proud  to  have  been 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  where 
by  the  way,  she  was  a  star  pupil. 
This  appearance  in  "The  Sporting 
Duchess'  was  not  in  reality  the  first 
time  Margo  Duffet  had  tread  the 
hoards,  for  when  she  was  nine  years 
old  she  took  the  part  of  the  child  in 
the  same  play  to  oblige  Mary  Van 
Buren  and  Tim  Frawley,  who  were 
presenting  it  at  the  same  theatre. 
She  is  of  part  French  extraction, 
which  gives  vivacity  to  her  features 
and  chic  to  her  acting. 

#  *  * 

Queer  people  are  often  very  at- 
tractive, like  Gerard  de  Nervale,  the. 
mad  French  poet  who  was  arrested 
in  the  Palais  Royal  for  leading  a  live 
lobster  around  the  galleries  tied  to  a 
blue  ribbon.  "Why  should  I  not  do 
it?"  he  inquired,  innocently.  "Are  not 
lobsters  charming  creatures,  who] 
know  the  secrets  of  the  deep?" 
Shortly    afterward    Gerard's    drenched 


Jk*  Candies 

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ICE  CREAM 

1536-8  Fillmore  St..  S.F. 


Along  come  the  Anti- Japanese  race  riots  and  a  Along    come     the    present     labor    riots.     Talk 

claBh  with  the  federal  authorities,  and  just  as  she  is         about  bard  luck  I     Frisco's  misfortunes  are  certainly 

about  to  recover  from  that  agitation not  coming  singly. 

As  The  Easterners  See  Us.— From  Chicago  Journal. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherilh  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  ancU  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  lo  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 


LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Orjjanisl  and  Director  Trinity 
Church  Choir 

Teacher    of    Voice,    Piano    and    Organ 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phone 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,  Tues- 
day and  Friday. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 

PIANIST 

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RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 

SIX   OR    MORE    RACES    EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Rain  or  Shine 

Races  commence  al    I  ;40  p.  m.  sharp. 

For  special  (rains  stoppiDK  at  the  track  take  S.  P.  Ferry, 
foot  of  Market  street:  leave  at  1 2:00,  thereafter  every  twenty 
minutes  until  1 .40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  cars, 
which  are  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Returning  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILLIAMS.  President. 
PERCY  W.  TREAT.  Secretary. 


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FRESH  DAILY  AT  YOUR  GROCER 


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All  uight  service  Popular  Price-* 


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t*  Hammam  Baths,  built  especially  for 
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I  Oriental  Turkish  Baths 

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body  was  found  hanging  to  a  lamp 
post,  cm  a  raw  winters  night,  in  Paris 
He  had  knocked  vainly  at  the  door 
of  a  penny  night  shelter.    No  one  had 

come  to  open.  So  he  had  opened  an- 
other  and  a  bigger  door  for  himself. 
Vet  this  leader  of  lobsters  was  be- 
loved, in  his  sane  moments,  by  some 
of  the  most  remarkable  men  in  the 
literary  world  of  Paris.  Mis  eccen- 
tricities were  pardoned  for  the  sake 
of  his  kind  heart  and  dreaming,  im- 
aginative brain.  After  all,  too,  some 
madness  is  romantic.  Nervale,  for  in- 
stance, was  convinced  that  he  was 
descended  from  Nerva,  the  Roman 
emperor,  and  he  used  to  buy  up  all 
the  coins  and  other  effigies  of  that 
dead  worthy  obtainable  in  Paris,  be- 
cause, as  he  put  it,  "one  does  not  like 
to  see  the  portrait  of  a  relative  being 
sold  in  the  shops."  That  was  a  quaint 
fancy,  and  so  was  Gerard's  idea  that 
a  madman  shut  up  with  him  was 
frozen  and  had  to  be  thawed  by  rub- 
bing his  nose  against  something,  a 
service  he  kindly  undertook  to  per- 
form until  the  other  madman  lost  his 
temper  and  struck  him  an  unpleasant 
blow  in  the  eye. 

*  *  * 

The  burglar's  wife  was  on  the  wit- 
ness stand  and  the  prosecuting  attor- 
ney was  conducting  a  vigorous  cross- 
examination. 

"Madam,  you  are  the  wife  of  this 
man?" 

"Yes." 

"You  knew  he  was  a  burglar  when 
you  married  him?" 

"Yes." 

"How  did  you  come  to  contract  a 
matrimonial  alliance  with  such  a 
man?" 

"Well,"  the  witness  said  sarcastic- 
ally, "I  was  getting  old  and  had  to 
choose  between  a  lawyer  and  a  burg- 


Mrs.  Knicker — Was  your  last  cook 
unreasonable? 

Mrs.  Bocker — Yes,  she  wanted  the 
auto  twice  a  week,  which  didn't  give 
time  to   have  it   repaired. 

Natural  Misunderstanding 

Knicker — See  about  the  boys  who 
ran  off  and  lived  in  a  cave? 

Bocker— No.  What  flat  did  they 
take? 

*       *       * 

The  Actors'  Fund  Fair  at  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  House,  New  York,  was  a 
great  success.  There  was  nothing  that 
attracted  so  much  attention  at  the  open- 
ing as  Mark  Twain.  There  was  much 
speculation    as    to    how    he   would   treat 


William  Keith 

Studio 

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Attorney -at-Law 
1107  O'FARRELL  STREET 

Cor.  Franklin  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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Office  and  Res.:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

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Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-31   Battery  Street.  S.  F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Tarrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  I  1 79 

GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


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To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
color  use  Alfredum's  Egyptian  Henna — 
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the  effect  is  immediate..  All  druggists 
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Cleaning  and  Polishing 
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Send  address  for  a  FREE  SAMPLE,  o  ■  15c.  In 
Stamps  for  a  full  box. 

Electro-Silicon  Soap  has  equal  merits. 
The  Electro  Silicon  Co.,  30  Cliff  St.,  New  York, 
Grocers  and  Druggists  sell  it. 


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SAVAGE  GOLD  AND  SILVER  MINING 
COMPANY. — Location  of  principal  place  of 
business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Location 
of  works,  Virginia  City,  Storey  County, 
Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on  the  9th  day  of 
May,  1907,  an  assessment  (No.  8)  of  10  (ten) 
cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately 
in  United  States  go)d  coin,  to  the  Secretary, 
at  the  office  of  the  j  company,  room  116,  339 
Bush  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall 
remain  unpaid  on  the  12th  day  of  June,  1907, 
will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at 
public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  1st  day 
of  July,  1907,  at  1  o'clock  p.  m.,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  cost 
of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

JOHN  W.  TWIGGS,  Secretary. 

(Office — Room  No.  116,  339  Bush  Street,  San 
Francisco,  California. 


the  incident  of  Mrs.  Sydney  Rosenfeld's 
protest  against  his  appearance  in  the 
booth  of  the  Century  Theater  Club  be- 
cause of  his  attacks  on  Christian 
Science ;  but  in  his  opening  speech  he 
turned  away  criticism  so  gracefully  that 
when  a  few  minutes  later  he  was  es- 
corted to  the  booth  by  Mr.  Frohman 
the  best  of  feeling  prevailed.  Mrs. 
Rosenfeld  was  conspicuously  absent. 

"No  creeds  are  represented  here,"  he 
said ;  "no  politics,  nothing  but  that  mag- 
nificent religion — charity." 

There  was  a  ripple  of  applause  at  this 
tribute  to  Mrs.  Edith  Ellis  Baker,  the 
chairman  of  the  committee  of  the  Cen- 
tury Theater  Club,  which  had  extended 
the  invitation  to  Mr.  Clemens. 

"We  are  proposing  to  raise  $200,000," 
he  added,  "and  the  sooner  you  get  at  it 
the  better.  Charity  reveals  a  multitude 
of  virtues,  and  it  will  be  proved  before 
the  fair  is  over.  Now  you  people  have 
a  chance  to  be  benefactors  of  your  bene- 
factors— the  stage  folk  who  are  always 
so  ready  to  give  their  services  in  any 
worthy  cause. 

"Mr.  Frohman  has  told  you  the  pur- 
poses of  the  fair.  He  told  me  he  was 
going  to  and  that  I  needn't  say  anything 
about  that.  I  didn't  believe  him.  I 
thought  he  might  have  read  it  in  a 
newspaper,  and  I  wouldn't  trust  either 
of  them  except  when  they  are  moved  by 
charity." 

Marc  Klaw  and  A.  L.  Erlanger 
bought  the  first  two  admission  tickets, 
for  which  they  paid  $750  apiece,  and 
after  that  there  was  a  steady  rush  of 
arrivals. 

Greeted  at  the  entrance  by  pretty 
girls  with  programmes  and  smiles  at 
$1  apiece  and  in  the  lobby  by  the  wit- 
ticism of  "barkers"  for  the  Green- 
room Club's  side  show  and  the  vaude- 
ville theater,  forcing  their  way 
through  the  crowd  at  Marshall  P. 
Wilders  fishpond,  and,  finally,  emerg- 
ing in  the  Stratford  Street,  mere  men 
found  themselves  willing  subjects  for 
the  pleas  of  the  young  women,  who 
booked  chances  on  everything  from  a 
motor  boat  and  a  grand  piano  to  a 
package  of  cigarettes. 

One  didn't  have  to  go  to  a  race 
track  to  play  the  ponies  or  take  a 
chance  on  a  score  of  other  attrac- 
tions on  the  main  floor  and  in  the 
booths  of  the  grand  tier. 

Thousands  of  souvenirs  of  great  ac- 
tors, flowers,  candy,  articles  of  bric- 
a-brac  of  all  sorts,  exquisite  millin- 
ery— almost  everything  one  could  find 
by  searching  Broadway  and  Fifth 
Avenue — are  to  be  had  at  reasonable 
prices. 


ti 


T0Y0  KISEN 
KA1SHA 

(Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 


Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

Room   240   James   Flood   Building 

San  Francisco 

S.  S.  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)     .     .     . 

Friday,  May  31,  1907 

S.  S.  "Hongkong  Maru" 

Friday,  June  28,  1907 

S.  S.  "America  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)  .  . 
Thursday,  July  18,   1907 

Steamers  will  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Brannan  Sts., 
1  P.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 
lulu, Kobe,  (Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 
necting 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,  240  James  Flood 
Building.     W.  H.  AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 

I  I 

Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

Headquarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 

1113-11 15  Fillmore  St.,  San  Francisco 


Albion  Ale  or  Porter 

Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure    Extract   of    Malt   and    Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Laguna 


Dr.  WONG  HIM 

126S  0'FarreU  St. 

Permanently  Located 

DOCTOR 

Father  and  Mother 
Write  Letter  In- 
dorsing Treatment. 

SAN    FRANCISCO 

March  23.  1006 

To  Whom  it  may 
\Conccrn:  Our  three- 
year  •  old  daughter, 
having  been  i!l  for 
some  time  «nd  being 
treated  by  the  most  prominent  physicians, 
gradually  became  worse,  and  was  finally 
given  up  by  them.  We  were  then  recom- 
mended to  Dr.  Wong  Hitn.  We  started 
with  his  treatment  and  within  two  months' 
time  our  daughter  was  cured. 

Respectfully, 
MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  C.  L1EB, 
2757  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 


Volume  LVII-.No.  21 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  MAY  25,  1907 


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Plain  English 

■J 

By  AMERICUS 

At  this  crisis  in  its  affairs,  San  Francisco  would 
do  well  to  take  several  leaves  out  of  Baltimore's 
large  book  of  experience.  As  with  our  own  City, 
Baltimore  was  almost  obliterated  by  a  great  fire. 
The  southern  city  was  fortunate  in  having  a  patri- 
otic Mayor,  in  whom  the  community  had  confidence, 
whereas  the  union  labor  Mayor  and  his  confreres 
of  San  Francisco  are  the  municipal  disgraces  and 
moral  cancers  of  the  century.  Since  the  dark  ages 
in  Europe  nothing  more  incompetent,  depraved  or 
retrogressive  has  been  exhibited  in  city  government. 

The  Mayor  of  Baltimore,  has  evolved  order  out 
of  chaos,  and  hastened  the  restoration  of  his  city 
architecturally  and  commercially  by  adopting  a  sen- 
sible plan  of  co-operation  with  the  best  citizens. 
Sordid  and  petty  politics  were  ignored  and  com- 
missions of  responsible  men  appointed  to  act  in 
co-operation  with  the  Mayor.  These  commissions 
are  non-partisan  and  their  work  has  proved  so 
beneficial  that  it  is  generally  conceded  in  the  finan- 
cial world  that  Baltimore  has  improved  its  condi- 
tion  in  every  desirable  way.     Judicious  control   in 


the  widening  of  streets,  the  creation  of  a  sewer 
system,  the  issuance  and  sale  of  bonds,  and  all 
other  matters  connected  with  the  restoration  of  the 
city's  commercial  status  and  financial  solidity  has 
been  exerted.  There  has  not  been  a  hint  of  par- 
tisan politics.  The  best  elements  of  the  community 
have  worked  together  in  complete  harmony  and 
that  is  what  should  be  done  in  San  Francisco.  In 
no  other  way  can  we  accomplish  the  rapid  restora- 
tion of  law,  order  and  decency  in  the  City  govern- 
ment, that  is  necessary  to  the  establishment  of 
business  confidence  and  the  full  resumption  of  in- 
dustrial and  commercial  activity. 

The  refusal  of  Mr.  Rudolph  Spreckels  to  co-oper- 
ate with  the  committee  of  seven  appointed  from 
the  leading  commercial  bodies  of  San  Francisco  has 
been  criticised  justly  by  Governor  Gillett.  There 
seems  to  be  no  valid  reason  why  such  a  body  rep- 
resenting the  class  of  citizens  that  built  up  old  San 
Francisco  could  not  co-operate  most  advantage- 
ously in  the  restoration  of  law  and  order.  That  is 
our  immediate  and  pressing  need,  ri  state  of  in- 
surrection exists  that  would  justify  Governor  Gil- 
lett in  throwing  troops  into  San  Francisco  and  tak- 
ing the  reins  of  government  himself,  but  he  hesitates 
to  wrest  from  our  citizens  the  power  they  undoubt- 
edly possess  to  control  themselves  by  proper  or- 
ganization of  the  law-abiding  people  and  the 
commercial  interests. 

The  appointment  of  the  committee  of  seven 
seemed  to  be  the  first  step  in  the  right  direction. 
The"  could  go  on  and  attend  to  the  totally  neglected 
business  routine  of  the  municipality,  while  Mr. 
Spreckels  and  his  most  efficient  and  conscientious 
staff  hastened  the  prosecution  and  punishment  of 
the  grafters.  With  the  united  forces  of  good  gov- 
ernment thus  working  toward  a  common  end,  the 
City  would  be  released  from  the  grip  of  the  union 
labor  bandits  that  have  plundered  and  disgraced 
it  since  Ruef  organized  them  and  Schmitz  was 
elected  to  supreme  command. 

Governor  Gillett  has  been  quoted  as  saying  that 
"if  a  banker  like  Mr.  Spreckels  will  not  act  in  har- 
mony with  the  committee  from  the  leading  com- 
mercial organizations  of  this  City,  then  I  can  read- 
ily account  for  the  friction  all  down  the  line  in  this 
City.  There  ought  to  be  unity  of  action  to  get 
this   City   out   of   its   present   plight,   but   evidently 


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the  leading  business  men  of  the  town,  for  reasons 
I  certainly  cannot  understand,  are  not  in  a  mood 
to  act  in  harmony." 

Whether  the  Governor  used  such  words  or  not 
they  cover  the  situation.  There  has  been  "friction 
all  down  the  line"  in  San, Francisco  for  years.  The 
spirit  of  co-operation  and  unity  amongst  the  lead- 
ing men  who  should  be  united  for  the  best  interests 
of  the  public  has  been  absent.  In  its  place  have 
been  the  spirit  of  rancor  and  jealousy  and  to  that 
cause  can  be  ascribed  all  the  troubles  save  the 
earthquake  that  have  come  upon  us  in  late  years. 
The  great  fire  was  attributable  to  it.  Had  our 
leading  public  men  been  united  for  common  need 
San  -Francisco  would  not  have  been  found  totalb' 
unprotected  from  such  a  catastrophe  which  had  of- 
ten been  predicted.  A  prominent  European  engi- 
neer, who  visited  this  City  soon  after  the  fire, 
remarked  to  me  one  day  in  discussing  the  confla- 
gration :  > 

"It  is  the  crime  of  the  century  that  a  city  like 
this  with  an  abundant  water  supply  on  all  sides 
should  have  been  left  by  any  earthquake  totally 
defenseless  against  fire.  What  kind  of  a  govern- 
ment and  what  kind  of  citizens  have  you  got  that 
take  no  precautions  against  such  a  catastrophe?" 

We  have  the  kind  of  government  any  city  will 
be  cursed  with  when  its  leading  men  refuse  to  work 
in  conjunction  for  the  common  good.  Eastern 
newspapers  have  criticized  us  as  a  City  without 
leaders.  The  trouble  is  that  we  have  nothing  else. 
Like  a  South  American  army  we  are  all  generals, 
colonels  and  captains.  No  one  wants  to  be  a  pri- 
vate and  take  orders.  Our  best  men  have  been  like 
little  children  refusing  to  play  in  the  other  boy's 
yard  unless  they  could  boss  the  whole  game.  And 
while  the  leading  citizens  of  the  classes  that  should 
rule  have  been  at  sixes  and  sevens,  the  criminals 
have  organized  and  captured  the  City  government. 
The  reins  of  power  in  this  City  have  passed  into 
the  hands  of  bandits,  organized  for  blackmail  and 
outrage,  like  the  marauders  that  followed  the  robber 
barons  of  the  fifteenth  century. 


Mr.  Spreckels  is  today  the  virtual  head  of  the 
government  of  San  Francisco  for  he  controls  the 
prosecution  of  the  official  grafters.  He  holds  their 
written  pledge  to  obey  his  instructions  under  pen- 
alty of  their  going  to  State  Prison,  where  they  be- 
long. Mr.  Spreckels  is  therefore  almost  omnipotent 
to  evolve  order  from  anarchy,  if  he  will  but  co- 
operate with  the  men  who  have  the  best  interests 
of  this  City  at  heart  and  whose  achievements  have 
demonstrated  their  fitness  to  control  its  govern- 
ment. 

Who  are  these  men?  Need  any  one  deliberate 
as  to' that,  with  the  object  lesson  before  us  of  a 
community  plunged  in  graft  and  lawlessness  by 
the  control  of  the  ignorant  and  criminal  mob? 

The  men  who  built  up  San  Francisco,  and  not 
the  men  who  would  tear  it  down,  are  those  that 
Mr.  Spreckels  should  at  once  enlist  under  his  ban- 
ner, and  organize  into  an  -effective  force  for  regen- 


eration and.  reconstruction. 

If  Mr.  Spreckels  does  not  desire  to  lead  this  body 
of  reputable  citizens  himself,  the  duty  can  be  easily 
delegated.  He  will  search  a  long  time,  however, 
before  he  shall  find  a  better  man  than  Judge  Slack, 
who  spoke  for  the  Committee  of  Seven,  whom 
Mr.  Spreckels  rejected  on  suspicion  of  being  the 
unconscious  tools  of  Wm.  F.  Herrin  and  Patrick 
Calhoun.  With  a  full  knowledge  of  Judge  Slack's 
career  as  a  public  man  for  thirty  years,  I  would 
pledge  my  life,  that  no  man  can  make  him  a  tool, 
consciously  or  unconsciously,  to  perform  an  un- 
patriotic or  disgraceful  task. 


As  for  Mr.  Herrin  and  Mr.  Calhoun,  they  cut  no 
figure  in  the  question  of  enforcing  the  law  and 
order  and  restoring  business  confidences  and  com- 
mercial and  industrial  activity.  The  Grand  Jury 
can  be  trusted  to  pass  properly  on  any  accusations 
against  the  gentlemen  mentioned,  but  unless  Mr. 
Spreckels  unite  with  the  best  element  of  the  com- 
munity, at  once,  this  City  will  drag  along  in  dis- 
astrous turmoil  until  Schmitz  shall  have  been 
clothed  in  the  convict  suit  he  has  so  richly  earned. 

There  should  be  no  dickering  whatever  with  the 
labor  element.  The  decent  working  people  have 
no  voice  in  the  control  of  what  is  known  as  organ- 
ized labor.  The  acknowledged  heads  of  that  asso- 
ciation are  the  scoundrels  who  are  now  awaiting 
trial  for  felonies  committed  in  office,  or  cowering 
under  the  uplifted  last  of  justice  and  dreading 
that  they  shall  be  the  next  to  feel  it.  We  have 
had  a  most  convincing  demonstration  that  union 
labor  in  San  Francisco  has  been  organized  chiefly 
for  official  blackmail  and  plunder  and  the  transfer 
of  the  reins  of  authority  to  the  scum  of  the  City. 

Why  then  should  Mr.  Spreckels,  at  this  juncture, 
when  he  has :  earned  the  hearty  approbation  of  all 
patriotic  Americans,  hesitate  to  call  to  his  aid  the 
thousands  of  reputable  citizens  of  the  best   class, 


CHAS.KE1LUS&  CO 

EXCLUSIVE 

HIGH  GRADE  CLOTHIERS 

No  Branch  Stores.  No  Agents. 

Our  studio  this  season  is  brimful  of  good  styles.  Choice  fabrics  to 
please  the  particular  dresser.  The  newest  known  patterns  are  exclusive 
with  us.  As  we  have  only  one  thing  to  think  of,  it  marks  us 
"Professional  Clothiers. 

If  more  folks  would  investigate  what  an  exclusive  clothes  shop 
really  indicates,  or  infers  why!  they  would  undoubtedly  come 
here  to  get  their  clothes.  We  sell  nothing  but  clothes.  No  hats, 
shoes,  shirts,  or  ladies'  wear.  Well  then,  who  would  think  of 
going  to  a  dentist  to  have  a  habit  made? 


KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 

Fillmore    Street,     near    Sutter,     San    Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


that  stand  ready   to  strengthen   his  hands  and   lift 
our  City  out  of  the  Slough  of  Despond? 

It  is  Sincerely  to  la-  hoped  that  before  the  next 
issue  of  The  Wasp  the  commercial  organizations  of 
San  Francisco,  uniting  with  the  Bar  Association, 
and  other  combinations  of  the  reputable  classes, 
will  have  formulated  a  plan  to  select  a  representa- 
tive committee  to  advise  with  Mr.  Spreckels  and 
give  San  Francisco  an  effective  government  of  law 
and    order. 


Some  newspapers  that  secretly  desire  to  see  the 
union  labor  clement  continue  in  control  of  San 
Francisco  are  fond  of  referring  approvingly  to  the 
"conservative  labor  leaders"  who  have  been  smeared 
by  the  mud,  that  has  stuck  so  plentifully  to  their 
brethren  of  the  Schmitz  Administration.  The  most 
eminent  conservatives,  according  to  Mr.  Edward 
Livernash,  who  is  certainly  a  splendid  judge  of 
conservatism,  are  the  noble  Mickey  Casey,  and  the 
high-minded  Andrew  Furuseth.  With  a  modesty 
which  entitles  him  to  a  Carnegie  medal  Mr. 
Livernash  does  not  include  himself  in  the  galaxy 
of  the  safe  and  sane  moderates. 

Conservative  Mr.  Casey  is  the  shadow  of  that 
model  of  Christian  meekness,  and  brotherly  love, 
the  Reverend  Peter  C.  Vorke.  Mr.  Casey  was  the 
forefront  of  the  riotous  teamsters'  strike,  wherein 
were  practised  such  conservative  tactics  as  breaking 
the  limbs  and  heads  of  non-union  men,  and  occa- 
sionally killing  them  to  discourage  the  notion  that 
the  Constitution  of  the  l'nited  States  has  either 
force  or  effect  anywhere. 


Brother  Michael  has  had  his  whack  at  the  City 
Hall  trough,  and  though  shouldered  away,  for  a 
brief  space  by  the  hogs  of  superior  voracity,  he  has 
since  managed,  by  the  grace  of  Schmitz,  to  get 
enough  pickings  to  keep  him  from  honest  work. 

Mr.  Furuseth  has  demonstrated  his  conservatism 
by  keeping  the  water  front  of  San  Francisco  in 
a  ferment  of  ruinous  labor  agitation  for  twenty 
years.  He  is  still  out  of  breath  from  his  efforts 
to  encourage  the  Sailors'  Union  in  the  recent  strike 
to  tie  up  the  shipping  business  of  this  port  and 
stop  the  delivery  of  lumber  to  a  stricken  city,  with 
its  population  camping  amidst  the  ashes  of  its 
burned  homes.     That  is   Furuseth. 

It  was  this  imported  partriot  who  boasted  some 
years  ago  that  if  his  Sailors'  Union  did  not  have 
its  way  the  grass  would  be  made  to  grow  in  the 
streets  of  San  Francisco,  and  perhaps  it  is  a  matter 
of  sincere  regret  to  him  that  whenever  he  walks 
up  ATarket  Street  he  does  not  leave  the  print  of 
his  brogans  in  a  waving  field  of  alfalfa. 


A  few  years  ago  Mr.  Furuseth  testified  before  an 
official  board  of  inquiry  that  the  Sailors'  Union, 
which  has  done  so  much  to  make  the  shipping 
business  in  this  port  impossible,  contains  but  three 
per  cent  of  citizens  and  even  these  are  of  the 
naturalized  variety. 

Being  a  consistent  performer  in  that  organization 
known  as  "Advanced  Socialists,"  most  of  whom 
prefer  the  red  flag  to  Old  Glory,  Mr.  Furuseth  has 


not  accepted  office  from  Schmitz,  or  shared  in 
the  plunder.  This  certainly  entitles  him  to  unique 
distinction  in  a  city  where  the  war  of  the  labor 
leaders  on  capital  has  only  been  exceeded  in  fierce- 
ness by  their  fatricidal  struggle  to  grab  the  offices 
from   one  another. 


The  Examiner  makes  little  of  the  discovery  of  a 
deadly  bomb  on  one  of  the  boycotted  cars  of  the 
L'nited  Railroads.  Our  highly  unesteemed  contem- 
porary is  disposed  to  believe  that  the  placing  of 
the  infernal  machine,  which  was  capable  of  blowing 
the  car  to  pieces  and  killing  everybody  on  it,  was 
a  harmless  bit  of  pleasantry  indulged  in  by  some 
practical  joker.  The  streets  appear  to  be  full  of 
light-hearted,  innocent  humorists  ever  since  the  car- 
men struck. 

They  leap  upon  the  cars  and  soak 
The  motorman  until  the  bloke 
Beholds  a  bunch  of  northern  stars : 
ft  is  to  laugh — for  that's  their  joke. 

If  any  leave  the  Union  yoke. 
Him  they  yank  forth  and  fondly  choke. 
To  show  their  union  brotherhood 
And  help  their  cause;  it  is  their  joke. 

"Get  down,  you  scab,"  they  hoarsely  croak 
When  women  ride.    They  tear  her  cloak 
And  spit  on  her  to  get  a  laugh, 
And  help  their  cause ;  it  is  a  joke. 

When  of  the  car-borne  bomb  they  spoke, 
They  thought  a  laugh  it  should  evoke. 
By  chance  a  score  were  saved  from  death. 
Delaying  victory — a  joke ! 


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are    now    being    displayed    by    us.     Many    of    the 
patterns  are  in  stock  for  immediate  delivery. 

We  are  showing  an  excellent  assortment  of 
WILLOW  and  MAHOGANY  FURNITURE 
upholstered  in    CRETONNES  and  TAFFETAS. 


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Wen  ana  Women 


^  Weekly  Summary  of  Social  Activities  and  Complications 


Genlhe  Photo  MRS.  FRANK  CAROLAN 

Gay  old  James  B.  Stetson  has  whipsawed  Car- 
negie's fame  to  a  whisper,  and  jousted  Rockefeller's 
to  a  wheezy  sob.  Carnegie  plunged  on  libraries ; 
Rockefeller  splurged  on  all-round  education.  But 
Stetson,  by  the  transplendent  gods,  is  emptying  his 
teeming  moneybags  on  punkin  pie.  Net  the  com- 
monplace p-u-m-p-k-i-n  pie — but  glowing,  rich, 
golden-hued,  wabbling  punkin  pie.  Charity  begins 
at  Van  Ness  Avenue  and  Clay  Street  in  this  case; 
and  there  the  President  of  the  California  Street 
Railroad  began  his  punkin  pie  reform  for  the  initial 
benefit  of  his  wife.  But  the  ungrateful  woman  was 
a  recalcitrant  beginner.  Had  she  desired,  she  could 
have  had  this  monumental  New  England  dish  three 
times   a   day.      Had   she  been   amiable   to   his   life- 


work,  she  could  have  been  surrounded,  pampered, 
made  pre-eminent  with  punkin  pie  beyond  the 
dreams  of  avarice.  Instead  of  that,  she  sacrificed 
her  opportunities  and  is  now  suing  for  divorce. 

Seven  years  ago,  the  marriage  of  James  B.  Stetson 
and  the  widow  of  John  S.  Doe  was  considered  one 
of  Cupid's  masterstrokes.  The  groom  was  seventy ; 
the  bride  fifty.  And  the  Love  God  had  to  feather 
his  dart  with  a  strip  of  phoenix's  wing  to  do  the 
business.  The  lady's  first  husband  was  encom- 
passed with  wealth,  but  afflicted  with  multiplex 
parsimony.  In  her  second  spousing  she  was  there- 
fore eager  for  luxuries.  Just  because  the  wife  of 
a  millionaire,  she  desired  salad  for  dinner.  Even 
dared  to  ask  for  soup ;  both  of  which  concoctions 
the  good  Stetson  had  specific  reasons  to  withhold 
from  his  bounty.  Supplied  with  all  the  salmon  she 
could  possibly  eat,  she  had  the  temerity  to  demand 
striped  bass.  Besides  that,  she  endeavored  to  man- 
age the  household,  forgetting  that  a  man  who  can 
run  a  railroad  and  a  hardware  store  knows  more 
about  kitchen  finesse  than  is  within  the  talents  of 
one  who  is  lost  to  the  advantages  of  punkin  pie. 

After  relinquishing  these  honors,  Mrs.  Stetson 
for  years  paid  her  own  board ;  and  then  brought 
matters  to  a  climax  by  serving  some  of  her  ultraistic 
guests  with  the  prohibited  salad  and  soup.  Had  she 
been  patient  and  deserving,  she  might  have  been  al- 
lowed oxtail  soup  on  her  birthday.  Now,  it  is  out 
of  the  question.  At  any  rate,  Vive  le  punkin  pie 
philanthropist. 

*         *         * 

Mr.  Stetson  is  not  as  well  known  in  San  Francisco 
today  as  he  was  twenty  years  ago,  for  it  is  a  peculiarity 
of  our  growing  young  City  that  the  new  generation 


Fairmont  Hotel 


Mason  at  California  and  Sacramento  Sts. 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF 

THE     PALACE     HOTEL 


CO 


-THE  WASP 


th 


MRS.  AYLETT  R.  COTTON 

gets  all  about  the  previous  one.  In  the  generation 
San  Franciscans  that  is  passing,  and  has  all  but 
sed,  J.  B.  Stetson  was  so  important  that  his  name 
ibed  up  periodically  as  a  suitable  man  for  Mayor  on 
Republican  ticket.  The  newspaper  reporters,  when 
Idispatched  to  interview  the  leading  men  of  the  town 
pn  great  questions  of  public  policy,  made  a  bee-line  for 
\j.  B.  Stetson's  office.  He  sat  in  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors in  the  era  when  that  body  was  respectable 
enough  to  have  staid  financiers  like  E.  B.  Pond  and 
flapper  men  of  fashion  and  social  exclusiveness  like 
|J.  Henley  Smith  accept  seats.  Mr.  Stetson  had  all  the 
earmarks  of  a  hustling  business  man  in  those  days. 
[He  looked  like  the  eager  and  tireless  money  chasers 
that  run  over  you  if  you  stand  still  a  moment  in  bust- 
ling New  York  or  Chicago.  He  was  always  in  a  hurry 
and  knew  just  where  he  was  going  and  what  he  was 
to  gain  by  getting  there  in  time.  So  he  waxed  rich  if 
not  happy,  his  family  became  of  the  social  elect,  his 
tiame  shone  in  gilt  letters  on  the  sign  of  Holbrook, 
Merrill  &  Stetson,  the  great  hardware  firm,  and  his 
mansion  helped  to  make  the  budding  gentility  of  Van 
Ness  Avenue  an  acknowledged  fact. 

In  the  earlier  stages  of  his  successful  career,  Mr. 
Stetson  ran  a  modest  tinware  establishment  on  Front 
Street,  south  of  California  Street.  After  retiring  from 
the  firm  of  Holbrook,  Merrill  &  Stetson  he  became 
president  of  the  ferry  and  railroad  company  controlling 
jthe  traffic  between  San  Francisco,  Sausalito  and  San 
Rafael.  His  management  of  this  did' not  popularize 
either  the  road  or  himself,  but  he  lost  no  money  on  it 
nevertheless,  and  sold  out  to  good  advantage.  His 
marriage  to  the.  rich  widow  Doe  was  regarded  as  a 


brilliant  financial  stroke,  if  nothing  else.  The  bride- 
groom was  seventy  and  the  bride  fifty.  The  wedding- 
was  doubly  remarkable,  inasmuch  as  the  lady's  first 
husband  was  also  much  older  than  her,  and  usually  a 
widow  with  such  an  experience  prefers  the  ardor  of 
youth  to  the  calm  discretion  of  old  age.  The  gossips 
>aid  that  perhaps  she  sought  a  business  manager  rather 
than  a  lover  and  it  appears  that  financial  matters  cut 
quite  a  figure  in  driving  the  pair  into  the  divorce 
court.  Mrs.  Stetson  has  stated  as  one  of  her  grounds 
of  complaint  that  her  husband  made  her  pay  for  the 
wedding  breakfast.  That  was  certainly  taking  a  good 
deal  of  the  romance  out  of  it,  especially  if  money  was 
a  prior  consideration  with  her  to  amatory  sentiment. 
People  often  become  mentally  confused  over  such  mat- 
ters and  jumble  up  poetry  with  dollars  and  cents.  Abe 
Ruef.  for  instance,  may  have  been  thinking  harder  of 
his  lawyer's  fees  than  the  tears  of  his  relatives  when 
he  drenched  the  courtroom  the  other  day  with  his  own 
lachrymose  overflow. 

*         *         * 

The  gossips  say  that  the  real  and  underlying  cause 
of  Mrs.  Stetson's  dissatisfaction  was  the  neglect  of 
her  husband  to  place  her  on  the  same  social  plane  as 
his  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard  and  Mrs. 
Chauncey  Winslow.  As  Mrs.  Doe,  the  widow  of  the 
millionaire  lumberman,  she  was  merely  rich.  Society 
with  the  large  S  knew  her  not  officially.  Either  of 
Mr.  Stetson's  daughters  could  pronounce  the  magic 
"sesame"  and  cause  all  the  doors  of  Pacific  Heights  to 
fly  open  to  their  step-mother,  but  evidently  they  took 
no  trouble  to  accomplish  the  feat.  On  the  contrary,  it 
would  appear  that  the  step-mother  suspected  that  they 


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drove  a  few  tenpermy  nails  in  the  doors  that  were  most 
eagerly  watched.  Mr.  Stetson  sided  with  his  daugh- 
ters, a  course  which  aged  fathers  who  marry  a  second 
time  generally  adopt  for  their  own  discomfort.  That 
the  preference  of  her  husband  for  his  relatives  was  the 
unpardonable  crime  in  Mrs.  Stetson's  eyes  there  can 
be  no  doubt.  The  embargo  placed  by  her  millionaire 
husband  on  soup  and  salad  on  the  same  bill  of  fare 
was  a  mere  bagatelle  compared  with  this  family  griev- 
ance. 

Mr.  Stetson  has  had  four  children.  Mrs.  Robert 
Oxnafd  was  formerly  Mrs.  Ricardo  Pinto,  the  wife  of 
a  good-looking  and  sportive  Spanish  gentleman  who 
took  a  short  cut  to  fortune  and  a  long  jump  to  Mexico. 
Mrs.'Chauncey  Winslow  has  also  been  divorced.  Mr. 
Winslow  betook  himself  to  Portland,  Oregon,  not  long 
ago  and  is  established  in  business  there.-  He  was  di- 
vorced from  Sophie  Eyre,  the  actress,  before  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Stetson.  Mr.  Stetson's  oldest  son,  Albert, 
who  was  a  very  popular  young  man,  shot  himself  one 
night  in  the  apartments  of  the  late  Fred  Webster  after 
he  had  escorted  home  from  the  theatre  a  certain  young 
lady  who  had  a  key  to  the  rooms.  It  was  a  tragic  and 
much  deplored  affair,  for  the  young  man  had  many 
friends.  Mr.  Webster  was  out  of  town  at  the  time. 
The  second  son  of  Mr.  Stetson  is  expected  to  marry 
a  belle  of  the  fashionable  world  very  soon.  He  is  also 
very  popular  and  is  welcomed  into  the  best  Society. 


The  recent  arrival  of  a  distinguished  army  officer 
who  went  East  shortly  afterward  to  join  his  wife 
brings  to  mind  a  story  which  went  the  rounds  be- 
fore this  couple  left  San  Francisco,  where  they  had 
been  stationed  some  years  ago.  The  story  concerns 
a  very  exclusive  whist  club  in  which  this  armycap- 
tain  and  his  attractive  spouse  were  members.  Both 
were  wonderful  card-players.  It  was  decided  to  re- 
serve all  funds  collected  until  the  last  card  party 
of  the  season,  when  it  was  to  be  decided  by  vote 
whether  the  club  should  have  a  dinner  and  theater 
party,  followed  by  supper,  down  town;  or,  meet 
at  some  one  home  and  distribute  handsome  prizes. 
Incidentally  it  may  be  stated  that  the  munificent 
sum  on  which  all  this  was  to  be  done  was  a  few 
cents  over  fourteen  dollars.  There  were  about 
twenty-five  members  in  the  club.  The  vote  resulted 
in  favor  of  a  final  game  at  some  member's'  home 
and  the  distribution  of  the  prizes  and  the  domicile 
of  the  gallant-captain  was  selected.  The  final  game 
was  a  hotly  contested  one,  the  Captain  taking  the 
first  prize  for  the  men  and  his  wife  the  first  prize 
for  the  ladies. 

"What  are  the  prizes? 
ones. 


asked  the  disappointed 


"This  brass  lamp,"  said  the  Captainess,  pointing 
to  a  small  one  which  had  been  shedding  its  light 
all  the  evening  on  the  guests  without  their  sus- 
pecting that  it  was  one  of  the  resplendent  prizes 
to  be  bought  out  of  the  princely  reserve  fund.  The 
other  prize  for  the  highest  lady  proved  to  be  the 
plates  on  which  was  served  up  the  sumptuous  repast 
of  thin  slices  of  bread  and  butter  with  a  lonely  look- 
ing  piece   of   lettuce    that    smelled   suspiciously   of 


the  extract  of  cottonseed.  The  beverage  for  this 
festive  occasion  was  lemonade  of  the  church  fair 
variety,  which  grew  more  sour  under  the  looks  of 
the  losing  members  of  the  club. 

The  guests  did  not  dally  long  over  the  banquet. 
As  they  donned  their  wraps  and  overcoats  one 
young  lady  remarked  quite  innocently  to  the  host: 

"How  fortunate  you  are,  Captain,  in  not  having 
to  carry  that  lamp  home  and  run  the  risk  of  spoil- 
ing your  pretty  uniform." 

The  Captain  tried  to  throw  a  different  light  on 
the  subject,  so  to  speak,  but  the  farewells  wef 
quite  frosty  and  all  the  way  home  the  disappointed 
whist-players  vented  their  spleen  on  their  host  and 
hostess.  Fourteen  dollars  squandered  in  prizes  and 
none  won  except  by  the  man  and  wife  who  had  pur- 
chased them  !  It  was  enough  to  disrupt  the  moss 
exclusive  and  enthusiastic  whist  club  that  ever 
mixed  card-playing  and  scandal  in  its  discussions. 

"I'm  almost  sure  I  saw  those  plates  months  ago 
when  she  gave  her  tea,"  said  one  lady  spitefully. 

"The  Captain  must  be  a  trance  medium  to  know 
that  he  was  going  to  win  the  lamp,"  said  another 
disgruntled  loser. 

When  the  next  evening  arrived,  for  the  entertain- 
ment of  the  club-  at  the  Captain's  house  the  other 
members  sent  their  "regrets"  in  a  body. 

"Owing:  to  a  previous  engagement,"  etc.,  etc., 
they  were  prevented  from  attending,  and  it  gave 
the  female  members  much  joy  to'  know  that  thl; 
Captain  and  his  spouse  were  considerably  put  ouj| 
thereby,  as  they  had  laid  themselves  out  for  thl 
occasion  and  invited  several  special  guests. 

The  history  of  the  Civil  War  would  be  tame  read- 
ing compared  with  the  history  of  the  whist  clubs  s 
of  America. 


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This  is  the  season  to  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
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Hand  Wrought  Jewelry 

May  Mott-Smith  Cunningham,  exhibitor  of  the  Paris 
Salon  1 906,  has  at  her  Studio-Shop  1 622  Pine  St., 
many  ornaments  of  individual  and  original  design. 


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Patrick  Calhoun  lias  some  relatives  amongst  the  old 
Southern  set  in  this  City.  He  himself  is  of  the  real 
old  Southern  stock  that  helped  to  make  history,  for  the 
famous  John  C,  the  greatest  of  Calhouns,  was  his 
grandfather.  His  mother  was  a  Miss  Duff  Green, 
sister  of  Mrs.  Lafayette  Maynard.  Mr.  Duff  Green 
of  this  City,  who  died  many  years  ago,  belonged  to 
this  family.  Mrs.  Carrie  Xoble  and  Miss  Florine 
Green  of  this  City,  are  relatives  of  Mr.  Calhoun.  Mr. 
Patrick  Calhoun  was  born  in  Georgia.  Mrs.  Calhoun, 
hi--  wife,  was  a  Miss  Williams,  whose  father,  Mr.  Wil- 
liams, was  a  banker  of  Georgia.  The  family  moved  to 
Charleston,  S.  C,  where  the  magnificent  family  home 
is  situated.  Mrs.  Calhoun's  brother,  Mr.  Williams,  is 
also  a  banker  and  very  wealthy.  He  resides  in  Charles- 
ton. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Calhoun  have  eight  children.  The 
eldest  daughter,  who  is  about  eighteen  years  of  age, 
made  her  debut  not  long  ago  in  the  old  mansion  of 
the  Calhouns  in  Charleston.  She  was  seen  a  good 
deal  in  San  Francisco  Society  last  year,  though  not 
yet  formally  introduced.  Mrs.  Calhoun  spends  most 
of  her  time  in  the  East.  She  travels  in  sumptuous 
style  and  entertains  extensively.  Mrs.  Voorhies  of 
this  (  itv  is  a  very  intimate  friend  of  the  Calhoun 
family.  Except  in  localities  where  more  deference  is 
paid  to  demagogues  and  anarchists  than  to  decent 
persons  of  good  family,  the  Calhouns  are  admired  and 
respected  as  splendid  people. 

*         *         * 

The  golf  competition  n>r  the  Del  Monte  Cup 
for  Men  was  won  by  M.  A.  McLaughlin,  who  beat 
Lindsay  Scrutton  of  the  San  Francisco  Golf  and 
Country  Club  in  the  final  round  over  thirty-six  holes. 
The  Del  Monte  Cup  is  a  beautiful  trophy  in  the 
form  of  a  two-handled  cup  with  maple  leaf  orna- 
mentation. The  runner-up  trophy  which  was  won 
by  Mr.  Scrutton  is  a  fine  silver  champagne  goblet. 

The  Seventh  Annual  Competition  for  the  Men's 
Amateur  Championship  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Golf 
Association  was  won  by  that  reliable  player.  Charles 
E.  Maud,  of  the  San  Francisco  Golf  and  Country 
Club,  who  defeated  Thomas  P.  Mum  ford  of  the 
Pasadena  Country  Club  in  the  final  round.  Mr. 
Maud  will  receive  the  gold  medal  and  Thomas  P. 
Mumford  the  silver  medal  of  the  Association.  Lind- 
sav  Scrutton  and  Dr.  C.  H.  Walter  -of  the  Linda 
Vista  Club  of  San  Jose  will  get  bronze  medals. 
Dr.  Walter  also  captured  a  silver  medal  for  the 
best  score  in  the  qualifying  round,  in  which  he 
covered  the  18  holes  in  80  strokes.  Mr.  Maud  has 
now  won  the  Amateur  Championship  twice,  he 
having  captured  it  in  1903,  when  the  contest  took 
place  on  the  Presidio  Links,  which  were  then  occu- 
pied by  the  San  Francisco  Golf  Club. 


News  has  reached  me  of  the  death  in  Honolulu 
on  the  twelfth  of  May  of  Judge  George  Gear,  for- 
merly of  this  City  but  for  a  long  time  past  one 
'61  the  Hawaiian  Islands'  leading  legal  lights.  Judge 
Gear  was  in  this  City  associated  with  his  father  in 
the  law  firm  of  Gear  &  Gear,  a  firm  that  first  came 
into  prominence  as  counsel  for  the  London  Savages 
in  the  suit  for  the  Blythe  millions,  which  were 
finally  awarded  to  Florence  Blythe,  now  Mrs.  Moore 
.of.  Oakland.     Since  the  younger  Gear  went  to  the 


Islands  he  has  been  the  intimate  friend  and  legal 
advisor  of  the  Princes  David  and  Cupid,  and  ac- 
companied them  on  trips  to  this  country  in  the  role 
of  mentor.  Judge  Gear  was  married  when  a  mere 
boy  to  Miss  Gertrude  Larzelere,  the  beautiful  sis- 
ter of  Leigh  and  Will  Larzelere  and  Mrs.  Marvin 
(  urtis,  but  the  marriage  proved  unhappy  and  was 
dissolved  in  the  courts.  A  few  years  ago  Judge 
Gear  married  again. 


Preparations  are  already  under  way  for  the  Bo- 
hemian Club's  midsummer  high  jinks,  and  the  com- 
mittee having  the  program  in  charge  promise 
something  better  even  than  in  former  years.  Joe 
Redding  has  promised  to  be  present,  and  Ignatz 
Steinhart  is  expected  to  be  here  from  New  York. 
*         *         # 

Mrs.  William  Leach  of  Oakland  gave  an  elaborate 
at  home  recently,  when  she  announced  the  engage- 
ment of  Miss  Alice  Vane  and  Harry  William  Leach. 
The  reception  was  in  honor  of  Miss  Vane,  the  bride- 
to-be,  who  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James 
F.  Vane.    The  date  of  the  marriage  has  not  been  set. 


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MRS.  RUDOLPH  SPRECKELS 

Mrs.  Kate  Douglas  Wiggin  Riggs  is  of  the 
coterie  of  Californian  writers,  though  most  literary- 
statisticians  forget  that  fact  when  noting  the  great 
things  done  by  California's  brainy  ones.  Mrs.  Riggs 
has  just  brought  forth  another  best-selling  juvenile, 
"New  Chronicles  of  Rebecca."  One  of  her  friends 
tells  me  that  the  author  gave  a  Chautauqua  read- 
ing not  long  since  after  which  an  old  man,  collar- 
less  and  with  every  evidence  of  being  a  backwoods 
farmer,  came  up  to  speak  to  her.  His  remarks 
come  under  the  head  of  "things  we  wish  we  had 
expressed  differently."  "I  come  forty  miles  to  hear 
ye  read.  I  ain't  a  readin'  man  at  all.  Fact  is,  I 
can't  read  anything  that  is,  what  ye  call  reel  good 
or  'mounts  to  much.  I'm  what  ye'd  call  an  ignor- 
ant man,  fur  yore  books  is  about  the  only  books 
I  kin  read."  But  Mrs.  Riggs'  sense  of  humor  appre- 
ciated the  left-handed  compliment. 
*         *  * 

The  trouble  between  Greer  Harrison  and  the 
Olympic  Club,  I  believe,  arose  from  a  dispute  over 
the  depth  of  the  cellar.  When  Schmitz  decided  to 
limit  the  height  of  buildings  Greer  Harrison,  not 
to  be  impeded  by  the  Mayor,  resolved  to  construct 
a  building  partly  underground.  The  directors  ob- 
jected and  Mr.  Harrison  was  very  indignant,  for 
he  has  done  a  great  deal  for  the  Olympic  Club.  In 
fact  it  is  not  asserting  too  much  to  say  that  he  has 
made  it  a  club.  It  was  always  on  the  ragged  edge 
of  poverty,  like  most  athletic  clubs,  before  he  be- 
came president  and  devoted  so  much  of  his  time 
to  its  upbuilding.  Not  a  man  in  a  thousand 
would  make  such  a  sacrifice  as  Greer  Harrison  has 
made  for  the  Olympic.  He  withdrew  once  before 
and  very  soon  his  loss  involved  the  club  in  serious 


complications.  His  permanent  withdrawal  at  this 
time  would  be  a  heavy  blow  to  the  organization.  I 
think  that  there  is  not  another  man  on  earth  who 
has  as  many  qualities  as  Greer  Harrison  essential 
to  the  success  of  a  club  like  the  Olympic,  for  in 
the  fame  of  an  old  and  clever  man  of  affairs  he 
has  the  enthusiasm  and  heart  of  a  boy. 

There  are  plenty  of  juvenile  old  men  but  most  of 
them  appear  to  be  in  a  second  childhood  prolonged 
from  their  first. 

*         *         * 

The  friends  of  Mrs.  Jack  Parrott,  who  is  in  the 
East,  are  hoping  that  she  will  recover  her  health 
on  her  trip  abroad.  She  is  traveling  with  Dr.  Mac- 
monagle,  for  Mrs.  Parrott  has  faith  in  him  and 
no  one  else.  Not  long  ago  she  had  some  teeth 
drawn,  and  three  physicians  including  Dr.  Macmon- 
agle  were  in  attendance  so  that  the  shock  might 
not  be  too  great  for  her.  Mrs.  Parrott's  nerves 
are  in  such  a  shattered  condition  that  the  least  dis- 
turbance causes  insomnia.  Of  the  three  Parrott 
girls  Miss  Abby  is  the  one  who  cares  most  for 
Society.  She  is  in  Europe  with  her  cousins,  the 
Dicks.  She  is  rather  a  leader  among  the  girls.  Miss 
Emily  is  the  head  of  the  house  in  her  mother's 
absence,  for  all  the  Parrott  girls  have  been  brought 
up  to  be  excellent  housekeepers,  and  to  run  their 
home  is  something  like  managing  a  hotel,  so  many 
are  the  servants.  One  is  always  behind  each  chair 
in  the  dining  room.  Miss  Barbara  Parrott,  the 
youngest  of  the  three  girls  in  Society,  is  considered 
the  brightest  and  most  original  member  of  the 
family.  All  are  intensely  religious.  John  Parrott, 
Jr.,  who  has  gone  into  the  banking  business  has 
inherited  his  father's  love  and  talent  for  music  and 
is  a  thorough  musician,  as  are  all  the  members  of 
this  admirable  and  exclusive  family. 


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rated  author's  "seven  years'  voyage"  which  will 
doubtless  be  considerably  abbreviated.  It  costs 
good  money  to  go  sailing  around  even  in  The 
Snark  fo,  seven  years,  and  where  is  Jack  going 
to  get  it?  Can  his  publishers  stand  seven  years 
of  the  awful  rot  he  grinds  out  and  even  if  they  could 
what  about  the  public  stomach? 

Twenty-seven   days  from  port — 
With  a  ho,  heave  ho,  skidooloo — 
Comes  The  Snarklet  with  a  snort 
Into  guileless   Honolulu. 

Twenty-seven  thousand  tons 
Burden    (mostly   egotism). 
All  hands  sick  but  at  their  guns, 
Ho-heave-hoed  with  Socialism. 

Jack  is  glum  because  the  strike 
Came  while  he  was  on  the  billows, 
And  he  lost  the  chance  to  hike 
Up  and  down  our  peccadilloes. 

We  have  no  one  who  so  gladly 
Would  have  screamed  his  contribution 
To  the  riots,  shouting  madly, 
"T'ell  with  your  old  Constitution." 

While  we're  trying  hard  to  figure 
Terms  with  leaders  demagogic, 
We  are  glad  no  red-flag  jigger 
Hurls  us  dynamite  for  logic. 

In   his  ketch-rigged  yawl    (or  is  it 
Rig-yawled  ketch  or  keel-hauled  rig?) 
Jack  will  many  nations  visit 
And  make  little  places  big. 

But  the  biggest  thing  he'll  do 
'Neath  his  flag  of  crimson  cotton, 
Is  the  howl,  when  coming  through 
He  will  find  his  name  forgotten. 


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The  board  of  managers,  of  which  Mrs.  M.  H.  de 
Young  was  chairman,  announces  that  the  financial 
returns  from  the  promenade  charity  concert  at  the 
Fairmont  Hotel  was  as  follows :  Tickets  sold  out- 
side. $6206;  tickets  for  automobile,  $4931.25;  ad- 
vertising and  donations,  $8117.50;  receipts  on  even- 
ing of  the  entertainment,  including  tickets  at  the 
door  and  punch,  $1611.05.  Total  receipts,  $20,865.80. 
Expenses  to  date,  printing  and  catering,  $2180.15. 
Cash  on  hand  to  date,  $18,685.65. 

*  *         * 

Recently  a  bank  clerk  who  had  been  in  the  employ 
of  a  San  Francisco  institution  fifty  years  was  retired 
as  gently  as  possible  by  the  directors.  He  went  home 
very  much  crestfallen,  and  greeted  his  wife  with, 
"There,  I  just  knew  that  job  wouldn't  be  permanent. 
They've  let  me  out." 

*  *  * 

Jack  London's  little  vessel,  The  Snark,  has 
reached  Honolulu,  with  all  on  board  safe  if  not 
sound.     This  is  the  first  stage  of  the  much  over- 


SANTA  CRUZ 

Tbe  Atlantic  City 
of  the   Pacific 

World's 
Most 
Beautiful 
Playground 

Summer    Season 
Opened    May    1st 

Never  a  Dull 
Moment 

Grand  Opening  of  the  Casino  and 
Bathing   Pavilion   announced   later 

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-THE  WASP- 


Society  was  determined  to  put  Maybelle  Gilman's 
tenderest  feelings  to  the  mortar  and  pestle  before  de- 
cocting her  into  Mrs.  Wiliam  E.  Corey.  The  poor  over- 
dressed nymph  was  mixed,  with  new  bitterness,  scarce 
had  she  digested  the  wedding  breakfast.  The  Rev. 
John  Lewis  Clark,  who  conventionalized  the  union, 
suddenly  turned  his  fee  into  conscience  money  and 
sent  it  back  to  Corey. 

After  doing  so,  the  divine  unraveled  himself  into 
a  long,  highly-colored  yarn  of  contrition,  exclaiming 
that  he  had  hodgepodged  his  exalted  office,  buffooned 
the  Church,  mugwumped  his  ideals  of  the  marriage 
relation  and  taken  the  highfaluting  lid  off  things  in 
general.  Further,  he  was  filled  with  a  slow-revolving, 
kaleidoscopic  regret  for  the  same  and  begged  pardon 
of  his  church  and  denomination  for  having  "unwit- 
tingly" united  the  two  pommery  sectarians  in  marriage. 
This  was  almost  enough  to  make  the  bride  fear  the 
wedding  ceremony  was  reserved  and  wonder  whether 
the  next  defensive  proceeding  should  be  an  injunction, 
habeas  corpus,  alibi  or  an  appeal.  But  even  against 
this  divine  arraignment,  the  marriage,  for  all  prac- 
tical purposes,  goes.  Returning  the  love-cherish- 
and-obey  fee  does  not  constitute  a  divorce.  If  it  did 
there  would  be  no  widespread  danger  of  that  sort  of 
spontaneous  marital  combustion  anyway. 

The  sensational  point  here  is  the  action  of  the 
pastor  in  rejecting  the  tip,  which  was  said  to  be  $500. 
The  Church  never  was  squeamish  about  tainted  money, 
as  it  possesses  the  spiritual  machinery  for  removing 
the  taint.  The  old  robber  barons  built  abbeys  and 
bought  masses  with  the  proceeds  of  a  thrilling  day- 
light raid  or  a  quiet  assassination  at  dusk.  The  monks 
always  took  their  premium,  regarding  it  sometimes 
as  a  fine  if  not  a  fee.  The  Rev.  Clark,  while  remitting 
Corey's  fine  and  remanding  him  to  matrimony  for 
life,  intimates  that  even  this  sentence  should  be  com- 
muted. We  hope  their  married  life  will  be  smooth. 
It  should  be  if  Maybelle's  personality  enters  much  into 
it. 

*  *         # 

Porter  Garnett,  once  one  of  the  caryatides  of  art 
in  San  Francisco,  will  become  a  June  groom.  In 
Santa  Rosa,  California's  daintiest  village,  he  has 
already  procured  the  license  to  wed  the  young  and 
beautiful  Edna  Foote  in  the  "what  is  so  rare" 
month.  Bride,  month  and  the  Santa  Roseate  en- 
vironment are  a  combination  of  charms  the  like  of 
which  many  wished  to  see  Garnett  enjoy  ere  this, 
for  he  was  very  popular,  wise  and  eligible  many 
years  ago.  In  anteseismic  days  he  was  one  of  the 
editors  of  the  Argonaut,  and  now  is  in  the  scathing- 
rebuke  department  of  the  Pacific  Monthly,  a  maga- 
zine on  the  northern  boundary  of  Oregon  or  there- 
abouts. Miss  Foote  is  the  daughter  of  C.  H.  Foote, 
of  Kellog,  Sonoma  County.  She  is  graceful,  dark- 
haired  and  picturesque. 

*  3s         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bruce  Cornwall  are  occupying  the 
home  of  Mr.  Cornwall's  mother,  during  her  absence 
abroad.  She  is  at  present  in  Paris,  and  will  tour 
Europe  before  her  return. 

Professor  and  Mrs.  John  Galen  Howard  of  Berke- 
ley gave  an  enjoyable  and  brilliant  costume  party 


at  their  home  last  week.  The  house  was  elabor- 
ately decorated  with  flags  and  Japanese  lamps  hung 
from  the  musician's  loft  to  the  drawing  room.  Mrs. 
Howard  greeted  her  guests  as  a  Russian  peasant. 
Prof.  Howard  was  Marc  Anthony,  Miss  Sprague 
Cleopatra.  President  Benjamin  I.  Wheeler  looked 
imposing  in  a  Chinese  mandarin's  costume  and  Mrs. 
Wheeler  was  in  violet  and  white  brocade  as  Marie 
Antoinette. 


Lieutenant  Edwin  C.  Long,  Artillery  Corps,  is  an- 
nounced as  aide-de-camp  to  Brigadier  General  Funs- 
ton  and  as  inspector  of  small  arms  practice  of  the  de- 
partment. He  and  his  wife  will  be  welcomed  back  to 
San  Francisco  by  a  large  circle  of  friends.  Mrs.  Long 
was  Miss  Georgie  Shepard.  She  is  the  daughter  of 
A.  D.  Shepard,  the  well-known  manager  of  the  Pacific 
Improvement  Club.  Mrs.  Long  left  here  about  a  year 
ago,  immediately  after  her  marriage.  As  a  girl  Miss 
Shepard  lived  for  years  in  Sausalito,  where  her  father 
owns  a  handsome  home.  Her  mother  died  some  years 
ago. 


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The  latest  news  from  Miss  Anita  Harvey  is  to 
he  effect  that  she  will  soon  start  for  home,  and 
:arly   in  June  her  marriage  i<>  Oscar  Cooper  will 

akc  place.  It  is  also  said  that  Mr.  Rice  will  return 
.)  thi>  City  and  be  the  best  man.  This  will  be 
tleasant  news,  as  Mr.  Rice  is  considered  quite  a 
atch  in  the  matrimonial  field.  I  believe  it  was 
ntendeil  by  Miss  Harvey  to  name  June  the  12th 
or  her  wedding  day.  but  as  it  would  conflict  with 
no  ..ilier  weddings  her  friends  also  desire  to  at- 
end.  she  changed  the  date.  It  is  said  her  sister 
■vill  positively  announce  her  own  engagement  at 
he  wedding.  It  has  long  been  an  open  secret 
iffiong  her  intimate  friends  that  the  engagement 
•xists. 

*  *         * 

Miss  May  Morton  and  Mr.  frank  Rinse}'  will 
>e  married  on  Wednesday  evening.  June  5th,  in 
Jakland.  Miss  Isabel  Schuphan  recently  gave  an 
■laR.rate  luncheon  in  honor  of  the  bride-elect,  be- 
ng  assisted  by  Mrs.  Benjamin  Smith  and  Mrs. 
K>rge  Steele  Mackie. 

*  *         * 

Another  wedding  of  interest  to  take  place  early 
n  June  in  Oakland  is  that  of  Miss  Olive  Bruning 
ind  Walter  Corder,  it  will  be  a  quiet  affair.  The 
miple  will  reside  in  Oakland. 

*  *         * 

President  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler,  ac- 
:ompanied  by  Master  Wheeler,  left  last  week  for 
:he  Fast.  Mrs.  Wheeler  will  visit  her  old  home  at 
Providence,  R.  I.  President  Wheeler  will  address 
nany  of  the  leading  Eastern  educational  institu- 
ions. 

*  #         # 

On  June  12lh,  at  3  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  Miss 
Louise  Reddington  and  Dr.  Albion  Walter  Hewlett 
ivill  be  married  at  Trinity  Church.  Miss  Marian 
Huntington  will  be  maid  of  honor  and  Miss  Edith 
Berry  and  Miss  Florence  Gibbons  will  be  brides- 
naids.     Eugene  Hewlett  will  be  the  best  man. 

*  *         * 

Wednesday,  June  12th,  is  the.  day  chosen  by  Miss 
Frances  Coon  for  her  wedding  to  Oliver  Kehrlein 
jat  Menlo  Park.  Mrs.  Marshall  Wotkyns,  who  was 
attractive  Alma  Redding,  will  be  the  matron  of 
jhonor.  The  bridesmaids  will  be  Miss  Jane  Dudley, 
|a  half  sister  of  the  bride,  Miss  Dorothea  Coon,  Miss 
Roma  Paxton,  Miss  Natale  Blauvelt,  Miss  Amy 
Kassett  and  Miss  Edith  Metcalf. 

*  *         * 

June  seems  to  be  the  most  popular  month  this 
year  for  weddings.  On  June  11th  Miss  Mabel 
Watkins  will  be  married  to  Captain  Orrin  R.  Wolfe, 
U.  S.  A.,  at  Christ's  Church.  Sausalito.  At  this  time 
of  the  year,  when  flowers  bloom  and  Summer 
breezes  blow,  the  pretty  little  suburb  of  Sausalito 
is  at  its  best.  The  wedding  will  be  followed  by  a 
reception  at  Cliff  Haven,  the  residence  of  the  bride's 
parents.  Mrs.  Frank  Finlev,  one  of  Sausalito's  most 
beautiful  matrons,  will  be  the  bride's  only  attendant. 
The  best  man  and  ushers  will  be  selected  from  the 
brother  officers  of  the  groom.  Miss  .Watkins  is  an 
only  child. 


Mrs.  L.  L.  Baker,  has  rented  the  Horace  Pills- 
bury  home  on  Broadway  and  Laguna.  This  will 
be  pleasant  news  to  the  many  friends  of  Miss  Helen 
Uaker,  for  the  Bakers  are  generous  entertainers. 
Their  new  residence  is  very  commodious  and  can 
accommodate  many  guests. 

*  *         * 

A  wedding  of  interest  on  both  sides  of  the  bay 
todk  place  when  Miss  Adeline  Frisby  became  the 
bride  of  William  Geisendorfer,  manager  of  the 
Truckee  Lumber  Company  at  Cantara.  The  cere- 
mony was  performed  by  Rev.  Mr.  Hughes  of 
Trinity  Episcopal  Church  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
mother  in  this  City.  The  bride  was  given  into  the 
groom's  keeping  by  her  1  rother,  L.  J.  Frisbee,  and 
Mr.  Geisendorfer,  brother  of  the  groom,  was  best 
man.  Miss  Florence  Conn,  a  cousin  of  the  bride, 
was  bridesmaid.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geisendorfer  will 
make  their  future  home  at  Cantara. 

*  *         * 

Misses  Mazie  and  Angela  Coyle  will  give  a  large 
tea  today,  Saturday,  at  their  home  on  Jackson 
Street.  It  will  be  in  honor  of  the  two  coming  June 
brides.  Miss  Lydia  Mae  Sadler  will  be  married 
on  June  19th  to  Lewis  Risdon  Meade,  as  also  Miss 
Lucy  Maria  Mighell,  and  Mr.  Thomas  James 
Churchill,  whose  wedding  will  take  place  June  1st. 


OAKLAND'S  BEAUTIFUL  NEW  HOTEL 

THE 


NOW    OPEN 

Twenty-Second  and  Broadway,  Oakland 


European  Plan 

Beaurifully  Furnished 

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N.  S.  MULLAN,  Manager 

Formerly  Assistant  Manager 

Palace  Hotel,  S.  F. 


Phone  West  4983 


Vogel  &  Bishoff 

Ladies'  Tailors  and 
Habit  Makers 

1 525  Sutter  Street,  San  Francisco 


Old  Poodle  Dog  Restaurant 


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Near  Van  Ness  Ave. 


Service  better  thai 
the  fire 


Formerly,  Bnsh  and  Grant  Ave. 
San  Francisco 


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12 


-THE  WASP 


FRANCES  SLOSSON 
A  Great  Favorite  with  the  Play  Going  Public. 

Mrs.  George  Henry  Perry,  who  is  giving  a  lunch- 
eon at  the  Piedmont  club-house  this  week,  is  one 
of  the  most  enthusiastic  club-women  in  Alameda. 
At  one  time  she  belonged  to  no  less  than  seven- 
teen until  ill-health  made  her  resign  from  a  few 
of  them.  She  has  lately  been  instrumental  in  form- 
ing a  new  club,  the  Players'  which  discusses  modern 
plays  at  its  meetings,  plays  like  "The  Joy  of  Liv- 
ing" and  "Hedda  Gabler."  Mrs.  Perry  is  one  of 
the  Dray  sisters  of  Sacramento,  one  of  whom  is 
now  Mrs.  James  Warrack  and  another  Mrs.  Culver 
of  New  York.  The  youngest  sister,  Miss  Alice 
Dray,  is  quite  prominent  in  Society  here.  The 
sisters  are  all  very  clever  and  musical,  particularly 
Mrs.  Perry  and  Mrs.  Culver,  who  are  "star"  pupils 
of  Hugo  Mansfeldt. 

^         *         * 

An  Eastern  publisher  is  bringing  out  a  second 
edition  of  Ina  D.  Coolbrith's  "Songs  from  the 
Golden  State,"  illustrated  with  a  portrait  of  the 
author  and  engravings  from  Keith's  paintings. 
Would  not  this  be  a  good  time  for  those  ardent 
friends  of  Mrs.  Coolbrith,  who  are  always  making 
newspaper-published  plans  for  her  well-being,  to 
come  forward  and  express  their  appreciation?  As 
the  fire  cleaned  out  all  the  book-stores  and  almost 
all  the  private  and  public  libraries,  a  big  edition 
of  Miss  Coolbrith's  book  should  find  a  ready  market 


here  if  protestations  count  for  anything.  No  writer 
deserves  better  of  the  California  public  than  this 
gifted    woman. 

*         *         * 

Governor  James  Budd,  who  has  gone  to  Europe  to 
remain  all  summer,  shipped  ahead  of  him  a  large 
touring  car  capable  of  carrying  seven  or  eight  passen- 
gers. Budd  is  very  fond  of  mechanics,  and  takes  care 
of  his  own  automobile  and  drives  it  himself.  He  took 
no  driver  or  mechanic  with  him.  His  fad  is  automo- 
biling.  John  D.  Spreckels  has  the  same  fad  and  both 
men  are  devoted  to  the  same  kind  of  automobile,  the 
White  steamer.  Mr.  Spreckels,  although  he  has 
mechanics,  allows  no  one  to  touch  his  car  but  himself, 
and  he  and  Mr.  Budd  are  never  so  happy  as  when  they 
have  aprons  on  and  are  working  in  their  garages  with 
oil  can  and  monkey  wrench.  Claus  Spreckels,  Jr.,  the 
younger  son  of  John  D.  Spreckels,  has  his  father's 
talent  for  mechanics  and  likes  to  work  in  the  garage 
also.    He  is  a  splendid  driver. 

There  is  a  dickens  of  a  time  in  Santa  Barbara  be- 
tween the  assistant  district  attorney,  W.  C.  Day,  and 
Mrs.  Jennie  G.  Nichols,  superintendent  of  the  Chil- 
dren's Rescue  Work  in  California.  It  seems  that  a 
month  ago  Mrs.  Nichols  went  to  the  Channel  City  and 
asked  the  bankers  and  other  citizens  to  give  of  their 
shekels  for  the  support  of  her  mission,  which  is  to  take 
babies  from  the  dear  only  knows  where  and  place 
them  with  "lovely  families."  She  has  not  given  any 
account  of  what  the  "lovely  families"  think  of  the 
high-handed  proceeding.  When  last  in  Santa  Bar- 
bara it  seems  that  Mrs.  Nichols  and  the  babies  from 
any  old  place  ran  against  a  snag  in  the  shape  of  the 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


-THE  WASP- 


FRANKLYN  UNDERWOOD 

Who  Won  Laurels  as  Leading  Man  of  Ye  Liberty  Theatre. 

newly  organized  Promotion  Committee,  which  con- 
sists of  the  first  citizens  and  which,  by  the  way,  takes 
itself  as  seriously  as  does  any  and  every  other  body  in 
that  superlative  town.  As  soon  as  she  heard  of  the 
Promotion  Committee,  Mrs.  Nichols  was  delighted. 
"It  will  promote  me — and  the  babies,"  said  she,  and 
she  lost  no  time  in  asking  for  such  good  offices.  That 
the  committee  is  a  coldly  commercial  affair  is  evident, 
for  as  soon  as  the  lady — and  the  babies — sought  its 
help  it  sat  up  and  demanded  credentials.  What  do 
ycu  think  of  that?  Credentials,  from  a  woman  with 
babies  from  any  place  to  put  in  "Lovely  families." 
Very  properly  she  dug  out  instead  of  going  into  her 
financial  condition.  But  that  did  not  satisfy  the  com- 
mittee and  William  C.  Day,  the  handsome  young  as- 
sistant district  attorney,  declares  that  if  Mrs.  Nichols 
returned  she  would  have  to  tell  where  the  funds  that 
the  public  bestowed,  went  to  or  he  would  bring  suit 
for  obtaining  money  under  false  pretences. 

Hardly  had  the  newspapers  voiced  the  rash  young 
man's  statement  than  presto!  Mrs.  Nichols  appeared 
on  the  scene  and  looked  sad  and  weepy  and  wailed 
that  she  had  been  misrepresented.  She  did  not  bring 
suit.  She  said,  still  more  sadly:  "What  is  the  use? 
The  right  will  prevail !" 

And  that  rude  assistant  district  attorney  was  not 
moved  one  bit,  he  simply  held  to  his  position  and  re- 
iterated his  assertion,  "The  lady  will have  to  show  me." 
He  did  not  say  he  was  from  Missouri!  for  he  is  a  very 
fastidious  gentleman.     But  the  two  factions  are  at  it 


tooth  and  nail,  and  Mrs.  Nichols  will  nut  tell  where 
she  placed  the  babies.  She  says  principle  keeps  her 
dumb  on  that  score  and  the  Promotion  Committee 
takes  the  stand  that  the  public  that  gave — No,  it  gave 
the  money — has  a  right  to  know. 
•         •  • 

The  Prince  Bishop  of  the  Catholic  Church,  who  has 
been  here  but  is  now  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State, 
awed  every  one  nearly  into  a  grease  spot.  The  knees 
of  his  hostesses  and  their  guests  began  knocking  to- 
gether at  the  sight  of  so  distinguished  a  prelate,  and  no 
one  knew  what  to  say  or  do.  One  of  his  hostesses 
thought  of  ambrosia  as  food  with  a  little  nectar  to 
drink.  The  much  perplexed  lady  ransacked  her  wine 
cellar  for  the  choicest  beverages  and  finally  found 
some  fine  Madeira  nearly  a  hundred  years  old.  She 
also  placed  on  the  table  champagne  and  the  best  red 
wine.  She  watched  the  Prince  Bishop  anxiously  for 
the  words  of  praise  that  must  fall  from  his  lips,  but  he 
touched  not  the  costly  Madeira  nor  the  champagne, 
nor  even  the  red  wine.  Could  it  be  that  a  prince  and  a 
bishop  was  a  teetotaler  ?  No !  nothing  so  horrible  as 
that.  The  royal  monk  was  not  an  exponent  of  the 
ultra-puritanical.  At  last  he  raised  a  thirst,  but  the 
astonished  hostess  could  hardly  believe  her  ears  when 
the  tonsured  uncle  of  a  king  turned  to  her  and  asked, 
"Might  I  have  a  little  beer?" 

The  incident  recalls  one  of  the  scenes  in  Disraeli's 
novel  where  a  parvenu,  trying  to  climb  into  Society  at 
last  enjoys  the  felicity  of  getting  a  duke  to  dine  with 
him.  In  honor  of  the  great  occasion  the  climber  pre- 
pares a  banquet  fit  for  the  gods.  To  the  dismay  of  the 
host  the  guest  of  honor  allows  dish  after  dish  to  pass 
untouched,  and  at  last  he  turns  to  the  flunkey  at  his 
back  and  asks  for  "a  little  cold  meat." 


STLDEBAKER 

The   Automobile   with 
a  reputation  behind  it 

PROMPT    DELIVERIES 

Studebaker  Bros.  Co.  of  California 


Vehicle  Dept. 
Market  and  10th  Streets 


Automobile  Dept. 
465  Golden  Gate  Avenue 


14 


-THE  WASP 


Mrs.  E.  B.  Cadwalader  and  Miss  Linda,  who  have 
been  visiting  George  Cadwalader  and  his  bride  at  their 
flat  on  Devisadero  street,  were  given  a  farewell  din- 
ner previous  to  their  departure,  on  Thursday,  for  the 
East.  After  visiting  General  and  Mrs.  Greely  in  Chi- 
cago, Mrs.  Cadwalader  will  visit  her  son  in  Iowa. 
Then  Miss  Linda  will  go  to  the  country  home  of  the 
Bourke  Cockrans  on  Long  Island.  Miss  Ide,  Mrs. 
Cockran's  sister,  will  form  one  of  this  party,  and  late 
in  the  season  they  will  go  to  Washington  with  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Cockran.  Mrs.  Cockran  has  just  returned  to 
her  home  in  the  East  from  Paris,  where  she  has  bought 
some  beautiful  costumes.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cadwalader 

will  be  gone  until  late  in  the  Winter. 

*  *         * 

After  a  prolonged  stay  abroad  Mrs.  Phebe  Hearst 
has  announced  her  intention  of  returning  to  Cali- 
fornia and  making  her  home  here  as  before.  This 
will  be  glad  tidings  to  the  army  of  grafters  that 
are   always   studying   how   to   tap   this   benevolent 

lady's  purse. 

*  *         # 

Among  San  Franciscans  who  have  spent  the 
Winter  abroad  and  will  be  gone  indefinately  are 
Mrs.  E.  B.  Clement  and  Miss  Mattie  Livermore. 
After  enjoying  opera  in  Dresden  they  went  to 
Finland  on  a  visit  to  Mrs.  Clement's  neice,  Mrs. 
Ekblom,  who  will  be  remembered  as  Miss  Nona 
Williams,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Will- 
iams. It  was  while  Mrs.  Williams  and  family 
were  traveling  abroad  that  this  attractive  girl  met 
Mr.  Ekblom,  a  prosperous  man  in   Finland.     They 

were  married  in  New  York. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Williams  and  Miss  Queen  Anne  are  at  pres- 
ent in  the  East.  One  son  is  attending  Columbia 
College  and  will  soon  graduate.  Mrs.  E.  B.  Clement 
and  Mr.  Williams  are  brother  and  sister,  Mrs. 
Thomas  C.  Van  Ness  is  also  a  sister.  Apropos  of 
Mrs.  Williams'  trip  abroad ;  the  family  lived  for 
years  at  St.  Helena.  Mr.  Williams  had  met  with 
reverses  and  had  gone  to  Central  America.  Mrs. 
Williams  one  day  invested  in  a  lottery  ticket  which 
brought  her  the  snug  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dol- 
lars. She  immediately  gathered  her  family  together 
and  left  for  Dresden,  where  she  spent  some  years 
in  educating  her  family,  and  only  a  couple  of  years 
ago  returned  to  New  York.  Mrs.  Harry  Chambers, 
the  brilliant  "Kate  Carew"  on  a  New  York  paper, 
is  the  eldest  daughter,  formerly  Mrs.  Mary  David- 
son. There  is  one  unmarried  daughter,  Miss  Queen 
Anne,  a  very  intimate  friend  of  Miss  Elsie  Tallant. 
Mrs.  Tallant  and  Mrs.  Williams,  with  their  sons 
and  daughters,  are  now  enjoying  the  sights  of  New 
York.  Mrs.  Tallant  and  Miss  Elsie  expect  to  leave 
soon  for  a  tour  of  Europe,  and  will  not  return  to 
California  for  some  time. 

Mrs.  Romualdo  Pacheco  has  been  spending  some 
time  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  William  S.  Tevis,  in 
Bakersfield. 


For  busy  men  and  women  Abbott's  Bitters.     A  delightful  tonic  and  invigorator, 
giver  and  a  health  preserver.     All  druggists. 


health 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  K.  Wilson,  and  their  daughters, 
Mrs.  Stoney  and  Miss  Grace  Wilson,  have  taken 
a  country  home  in  Palo  Alto. 

*  #         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jules  Brett  left  the  Hotel  Rafael 
last  week,  where  they  have  been  passing  the  Win- 
ter,! and  have  gone  to  Mexico,  expecting  to  be  gone 
about  a  year. 

*  *       ,  *    ■ 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  G.  Irwin  and  family,  who 
have  arrived  at  Honolulu  will  spend  part  of  their 
time  at  the  Irwin  plantation,  and  part  at  Waikiki 
beach.      Miss   Margaret   Hyde-Smith    is   the   guest 

of  Miss  Irwin. 

*  *         * 

Under  the  patronage  of  Mr.  White,  the  American 
Ambassador  at  Paris,  a  benefit  auction  sale  of  the  wqrks 
of  American  artists  was  held  recently'  at  the  Elysee 
Palace  Hotel,  in  Paris,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
local  American  Art  Association.  The  attendance 
included  both  American  residents  and  visitors  de- 
siring to  show  their  practical  interest  in  the  work 
of  their  compatriots  studying  art  in  France.  Nearly 
200  numbers  were  on  the  catalogue,  but  100  only 
were  sold.    They  included  paintings,  drawings,  and 


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OPEN  DAY  AND  NIGHT 


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A  Steinway  $525 
Piano  for    == 


Called  the  Steinway  "  Vertegrand  "---  it  is 
upright  with  all  the  features  of  the  higher 
priced  Steinways,  but  with  an  inexpensive 
although  substantial  case.  A  piano  for  those 
who  want  a  Steinway  but  who  can't  afford  to 
to  pay  for  elaboration.  On  installments  if 
you  wish. 


SHERMAN,  CLAY  &  CO. 


Steinway  Agents 


1635  Van  Neil  Ave.,  San  Francisco 


Broadway  at  13th,  Oakland 


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Bohernianism  is  Best  Exemplified  at 

THE  NORTHERN  CAFE 

1710  and  1712  O'FARRELL  STREET 


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"Ladies'  Orchestra"  from  6  lo  12 


THE  WASP 


15 


etchings.  The  total  amount  realized  was  12,000 
francs  ($2,400).  The  highest  prices  were  800  francs 
($160)  for  H.  S.  Hubbell's  "At  the  Window,"  and 
1,000  francs  iS.'UO)  for  Alexander  Harrison's 
"Moonlight." 

*  *        * 

Max  Mamlock,  one  of  the  noble  band  of  Super- 
visorial grafters  that  confessed  to  Mr.  Heney,  lias 
been  sued  for  breach  of  promise,  damages  $10,000. 
That  is  just  about  the  size  of  the  sack  Max  has  left. 
The  lady.  Miss  Annie  Smith,  lias  sized  ii  up  beauti- 
fully. She  declares  he  promised  to  lead  her  to  the 
altar,  but  they  got  Inst  mi  the  way  and  he  led  her 
astray.  It  would  be  rough  on  Max  if  he  got  socked 
for  heavy  damages,  and  after  all  was  prosecuted  by 
Heney  and  sent  to  San  Quentin,  where  he  and  all 
his  tribe  belong. 

Mamlock  was  one  of  the  first  of  the  grafters  to 
betray  evidence  of  sudden  wealth.  He  was  an 
electric  worker  when  elected  Supervisor,  and  per- 
haps had  $75  above  all  his  just  debts  and  liabilities 
including  his  current  month's  board-bill.  In  six 
months  he  bought  four  expensive  automobiles,  a 
fact  which  was  duly  noted  in  The  Wasp  at  the  time, 
much  to  the  grafter's  annoyance. 

*  *         * 

The  Apotheosis  of  Abe  Ruef 
Hallelujah  !     Fetch  a  harp. 
Hallelujah  !     Key  it  sharp. 
To  the  saintly  he's  kin. 
Hallelujah!     A  grafter  come  snow-white  from  sin. 
Oh,  why  do  you  doubt 
He  has  quit  his  old  crew? 
Oh,  why  don't  you  shout 
^'hen  there's  shouting  to  do. 

Abe  Ruef's  got  salvation. 
He  weeps  like  tarnation. 
He  now  is  a  saint. 
His  garments   all   white   with   immunity   paint. 
Why  should  he  have  braved 
•The  sixty  indictments? 
LSy  squealing  he  saved 
Himself  sixty  excitements. 

Hallelujah  !     He's  shriven. 
Hallelujah!     And  given 
The  boodle  all  back  (?) 
Not  yet,  but  soon,  all  the  swag  in  one  sack — 
He'll  give  it  away 
To  the  good  and  the  poor. 
No  more  the  loot  may 
His  rapacity  lure. 

Hallelujah !     O  youths 
Of  the  land,  take  these  truths ; 
When  your  pal  is  a  Mayrir, 
Don't  let  him  get  gay  before  you  get  gayer. 
His  dignity  makes  him 
More  slow  to  confessing; 
So  you  ups  and  shakes  him, 
.And  gets  the  big  blessing. 

Miss  Gertrude  Boyle,  the  gifted  sculptress  has 
married   a  Japanese  lecturer,   Mr.  'Kanno,   at   Seat- 


tle,  and    her    friends   are    much    relieved,    as    it    was 
feared   some   time  ago,   while   in   this  City,   that   she 
would  clo  something  really  desperate  and  wed  the 
assistant  editor  of  the  News  Letter. 
* 

Now  that  the  Walter  Deans  have  come  back  front 
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Mr.   W d   has  been  devoting  himself  to  one  of 

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MRS.  OSCAR  LUNING 

The  labor  disturbances  have  made  the  sale  of 
pictures  in  San  Francisco  scarce  during  the  past 
few  weeks,  and  most  of  the  artists,  have  packed  their 
sketching  tools  and  flitted  away  to  the  mountains 
and  valleys  to  forget  all  about  the  strife  of  labor 
land  capital  and  lay  up  sketches  for  Fall  and  Win- 
ter work.  Keith  is  preparing  for  a  two-months' 
sketching  tour.  This  eminent  painter  is  again  in 
excellent  health  and  seems  to  have  entirely  for- 
gotten the  irreparable  loss  of  all  his  studies  and 
paintings  in  the  great  fire.  Financially  the  loss  was 
:very  large,  but  that  is  the  least  consideration  with 
this  veteran  artist,  for  he  is  possessed  of  a  large 
fortune.  He  has  been  buying  gilt-edge  bonds  lately, 
!as  a  good  many  of  such  desirable   securities  have 


been  thrown  on  the  market  by  people  who  were 
compelled  to  get  ready  money.  When  the  market 
reacts  again  Keith  will  have  made  more  money 
than  his  brush  could  bring  him,  though  that  medium 
has  been  anything  but  a  poor  money  getter  for  him. 

The  San  Francisco  bankers  and  their  wives  made 
a  big  hit  at  Santa  Barbara  last  week,  when  they 
were  in  attendance  at  the  California  Bankers'  Con- 
vention. The  people  of  the  Channel  City  know  how 
to  entertain  and  they  did  their  utmost  for  the 
guests.  The  strangers  had  the  time  of  their  lives 
and  so  did  their  hosts,  and  the  Potter  looked  superb. 
A  barbecue  at  the  Hope  ranch  ended  most  pleas- 
antly the  three  days'  business  and  pleasure  jaunt 
of  the  financiers.  While  the  guests  at  the  barbe- 
cue filled  the  tables  an  old  Spanish  senor  in  hisf 
national  costume  played  a  mandolin  and  two  others, 
also  in  costume,  picked  guitars.  A  bevy  of  little 
senoritas  sang  and  danced  and  altogether  the  barbe- 
cue was  out  of  the  common. 

Miss  Alice  Butler  of  San  Francisco  is  the  house 
guest  of  Mrs.  Alfred  Edwards  of  Santa  Barbara, 
and  Miss  Margaret  Lacy  has  been  Mrs.  Edwards' 
guest  for  several  weeks.  Mr.  and  Airs.  Louis  Long 
gave  a  dinner  dance  for  Miss  Lacy,  and  all  the 
young  members  of  the  smart  set  were  present  to  do 
honor  to  the  northern  belle.  Miss  Butler  is  in 
mourning  and  is  not  going  out  so  that  there  is  noth-* 
ing  being  done  for  her  in  a  big  Society  way. 

Mrs.  Henry  Howard,  who  has  come  to  San  Fran- 
cisco to  join  her  husband,  was  one  of  the  most 
popular  young  matrons  of  the  exclusive  set  at  Santa 
Barbara,  and  as  Miss  Elaine  Goodridge  was  a  great 
belle.  Her  marriage  a  year  ago  was  one  of  the 
leading  affairs  of  last  season.  She  is  very  bright 
and  vivacious,  a  petite  brunette. 

ENTRE  NOUS 


ARTISTIC  JEWELRY 

Hand  Wrought  Necklace  in  Diamonds  and  Precious  Slones 

Designed  and  Made  by  Mrs.  Mott-Smilh  Cunningham. 


NANCE  O'NEIL 


The  fact  that  J.  A.  Emery  of  the  Citizens'  Indus- 
trial Association  of  America  is  here  studying  the 
unique  condition  of  affairs,  has  thrown  P.  H.  Mc- 
Carthy into  fresh  spasms.  The  newspapers  that 
are  playing  to  the  strikers  and  secretly  wishing  that 
the  reign  of  lawlessness  may  last  are  also  worry- 
ing over  Emery.  He  was  once  connected  with  the 
Citizens'  Alliance  here,  but  was  engaged  for  the 
wider  field  covered  by  the  Citizens'  Industrial  Asso- 
ciation, which  has  headquarters  in  New  York.  An 
officer  of  such  an  organization  has  about  the  same 
effect  on  McCarthy  and  his  newspaper  confederates 
that  a  policeman  has  on  a  professional  burglar.  It 
fills  him  with  mingled  alarm  and  rage. 


In  former  days  when  the  late  Loring  Pickering 
edited  it,  and  the  late  George  K.  Fitch  of  the  Bulle- 
tin was  a  part  owner,  the  Call  offered  a  bold  front 
to  the  labor  unions.  The  Call  was  run  as  an  open- 
shop  for  many  years.  That  is  all  changed  now. 
The  ^will  of  the  unions  is  supreme  in  the  Call 
office,  for  the  new  managers  have  set  out  to  capti- 
vate organized  labor  just  at  the  time  when  its 
leaders  have  given  it  the  most  beautiful  black  eye 
it  ever  had.  Even  the  understrappers  of  the  Call 
voice  its  pro-union  policy,  for  divers  and  sundry  of 
the  employes  have  received  the  following  warning 
not  to  stretch  their  tired  legs  in  a  boycotted  street 
car  while  the  strike  is  on. 

San  Francisco  Call 
John    D.    Spreckels,    Proprietor. 
Chas.  W.  Hornick,  General  Manager. 

San  Francisco,.  May  15,  1905. 
To  Employes  of 

Circulation  Department, 

We  demand  of  you  not  to  ride  on  street  cars  run 
by  strike-breakers  as  the  policy  of  our  paper  is  to 
favor  organized  labor.     Any  person  doing  contrary 
to  these  orders  will  be  immediately  discharged. 
Yours  very  truly, 

THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  CALL. 

(Signed)     Bob  Muschoid, 

City   Circulator. 

This  ukase  has  caused  some  kicking  amongst  the 
underlings  doomed  to  foot  it  over  the  cobbles,  or 
be  jolted  in  union  wagons  at  ten  cents  per  torture, 
but  we  see  no  reason  for  complaint.-  They  are  really 
treated  in  a  very  broad-minded  and  kind  spirit,  as 
their  liberty  is  not  circumscribed  in  other  directions. 
It  is  still  open  to  them  to  eat  non-union  pie,  masti- 
cate unfair  doughnuts  and  even  smoke  scab  cigars. 
Great  is  the  magnanimity,  deep  the  patriotism  and 
far  seeing  the  wisdom'  of  John  D.  Spreckels  and  his 
Call.  They  ought  to  change  the  name  of  the  in- 
fluential sheet  to  "The  Daily  Boycott."  That  would 
certainly  make  it  pay. 


At  least  one  man  in  San  Francisco  felt  no  sickly 
sentimental  sympathy  for  Abe  Ruef  when  that  once 
arrogant  boss  began  to  confess  his  crimes.  R.  A. 
Crothers,  publisher  of  the  Bulletin,  has  personal  rea- 
sons for  remembering  the  crimes  and  smiling  at  Ruef's 
present  agony.  The  Bulletin  began  its  attack  on  the 
graft  administration  five  years  ago.  It  kept  hammer- 
ing away  and  Schmitz  and  Ruef  answered  by  the  bit- 
terest sort  of  villification.  Ruef  hired  a  hall  on  several 
occasions  and  delivered  addresses,  for  men  only,  in 
which  he  applied  vile  epithets  to  Crothers  and  Fremont 
Older,  the  editor  of  the  Bulletin.  Then  one  evening 
Crothers  was  attacked  by  thugs  near  his  office  and 
nearly  killed.  He  believes  Ruef  hired  those  thugs. 
He  carries  a  scaron  his  temple  from  that  beating.  The 
day  the  Bulletin  published  the  story  of  Ruef's  confes- 
sion, Crothers  said:  "Ah,  he  is  not  hiring  thugs  today. 
I  feel  that  this  scar  is  avenged.  Ruef  carries  a  scar 
now  that  hurts  worse  than  this." 


Ruef's  penitence  at  the  tinie  of  his  first  public  con- 
fession, when  he  pleaded  guilty  in  Judge  Dunne's 
courtroom,  lacked  the  right  ring.  In  an  old-fashioned 
revival  the  convert  at  least  made  a  good  beginning. 
He  might  slip  back  into  the  ways  of  the  ungodly  after 
a  week  or  two,  but  when  he  stood  up  in  meeting  under 


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the  eyes  of  the  exhorter  and  told  how  he  had  been 
fcved  and  his  sins  washed  away,  he  never  minimized 
Br  denied  his  sins.  He  refrained  from  declaring  that 
he  never  drank  intoxicating  liquor  when  everyoni 
knew  he  was  a  drunkard.  Abe  Kuef  stood  up  in  court 
with  streaming  eyes  and  lied.  He  claimed  he  never 
departed  from  the  path  of  rectitude  until  the  present 
Kpervisors  were  elected.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  though 
Es  -raft  was  bigger  from  that  time  on,  his  crimes  of 
graft  began  as  soon  as  Schmitz  was  fairly  settled  in  the 
Payor's  chair  in  the  first  term.  Ruef  is  repentant  now 
KCause  it  was  confession  or  the  rest  of  his  life  in 
prison.     I  le  couldn't  escape. 


When  Schmitz  carefully  counted  the  $50,000  of 
I'uited  Railroads  blackmail  handed  him  by  Ruef,  to 
see  that  the  wily  boss  was  not  "holding  out"  on  him, 
he  started  the  trouble  that  separated  the  two  arch 
grafter-  when  danger  threatened.  Ruef  was  angered 
at  this  evidence  of  distrust.  He  was  uniting  with 
Schmitz  in  the  commission  of  a  crime,  but  was  hurt 
that  Schmitz  should  suspect  him  of  anything  dishon- 
orable. Verily,  when  rogues  fall  out,  honest  men  get 
their  dues. 


Of  all  the  graft  administration,  no  member  cuts 
a  more  sorry  figure  than  Jerry  Dinan,  Chief  of 
Police.  .Apart  from  a  certain  low  cunning  as  a 
tracker  of  criminals  he  has  no  ability  nor  force 
of  character.  He  enforces  the  laws  or  lets  them 
be  violated  just  as  he  gets  the  word  from  his 
masters.  His  mind  is  so  clumsy  a  tool  that  when 
he  feels  it  necessary  to  explain  he  bungles  the 
job  so  badly  that  the  listener  feels  more  pity  for 
him  than  anger  at  his  subservience  to  corruption. 
When  Captain  Mooney  gave  out  the  graft  schedule 
under  which  the  policemen  of  San  Francisco  are 
getting  rich,  Dinan  said  to  a  reporter : 

"Your  paper's  got  that  schedule  all  wrong.  It 
ain't   that  way  at   all." 

"Well,  Jerry,  the  reporter  said,  "give  me  the 
correct  one.     We'll  print  it  just  as  you  say  it  is." 

"Ah."  said  the  nimble-witted  Jerrv,  "there  ain't 
no  schedule." 


Mayor  Mott  of  Oakland  is  becoming  somewhat 
of  a  humorist,  as  he  revealed  the  other  day  to  a 
committee  of  pugilistic  promoters  who  called  upon 
him  with  arguments  to  convince  him  that  the  lid 
in  Oakland  should  be  lifted  to  permit  the  revival 
of  the  sporting  game.  Mott  did  not  take  very 
kindly  to  their  arguments  and  failed  to  enthuse  as 
one  after  another  of  the  pugs  waxed  eloquent  upon 
the  advantages  that  would  follow  letting  down  the 
bars  to  the  plug-uglies  and  fighters.  Seated  at  his 
desk,  he  turned  the  leaves  of  a  book  idly  while 
the  flow  of  oratory  proceeded  and  gave  listless  at- 
tention to  the  arguments.  Finally,  one  of  the  dele- 
gation gave  what  he  considered  the  clinching 
argument  by  referring  to  Squires,  the  Australian 
pugilist,  as  one  who  would  be  more  than  pleased 
to  fight  in  Oakland.  "He's  the  greatest  ever," 
said  the  speaker.  "Why,  say,  he's  a  wonder.  He's 
as  quick  as  lightning,  see,  why  he  could  get  out  of 


the  way  of  a  bullet."  Turning  the  leaves  of  his 
I »>ok  without  looking  up,  Mayor  Alott  said:  "What 
a   pity." 

The  fighters  at  this  stage  deemed   further  argu- 
ment useless  and  withdrew  without  a  word. 


Ask  Uncle  Sam,  at  next  election 
What  sort  of  emblem  he  will  wear. 
And  he  will  answer.  "On  reflection, 
I  think  I'll  have  a  Teddy  Rear." 


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When  you  see  fifty  thousand  people  a  day  trudg- 
ing to  and  from  their  work  or  bumping  over  rough 
roads  in  springless  carts,  you  get  a  good  idea  of 
how  timid  an  animal  is  the  average  man  or  woman. 
Here  people  are  terrorized  by  a  mere  handful  of 
striking  carmen  and  their  sympathisers.  While 
there  may  be  thousands  of  men  and  women  who 
wish  to  see  the  strikers  win  their  fight,  not  one  in 
a  hundred  of  them  would  go  to  the  extremity  of 
slugging  people  for  riding  on  the  cars.  That  per- 
formance is  in  the  hands  of  a  few  hundred  extrem- 
ists. So  we  see  daily  the  impressive  spectacle  of 
a  City  of  some  four  hundred  thousand  people,  sub- 
jected to  great  physical  discomfort,  great  loss  of 
business  arid  great  injury  to  its  reputation  by  a  few 
hundred  roughs,  who  under  a  proper  form  of  gov- 
ernment would  be  jailed  speedily,  or  clubbed  into 
a  pacific  mood.  One  of  these  fine  days  we  shall 
see  the  American  people  enforcing  the  law  and 
order  vigorously  and  all  of  us  can  go  about  our 
business  in  comfort  and  make  an  honest  living  with- 
out being  badgered,  brow-beaten  and  hurt  in  re- 
spect and  purse  by  a  handful  of  privileged  revolu- 
tionists and  anarchists. 


That  double-dyed  old  Jezabel,  the  Empress  Dow- 
ager of  China,  is  said  to  be  reversing  the  wheels 
of  progress  again.  The  best-informed  travelers, 
charge  to  that  old  woman's  account  all  the  blood- 
shed and  horrors  of  the  Boxer  uprising.  By  the 
imperial  edict  Yuan  Shih-Kai,  the  most  progressive 
public  man  in  China,  has  been  remove:'  from  the 
Ministry  of  Communication,  and  his  pi  .ce  filled 
by  Tsen  Chun-Suan,  the  most  retrogressive  of  Chi- 
nese statesmen.  The  deposed  official  had  created  in 
his  province  of  Chi-li  a  powerful  military  force 
of  seven  divisions  and  is  called  the  modern  Li 
Hung  Chang.  His  ascendency  was  regarded  with 
great  favor  by  foreigners.  The  reverse  is  the  case 
with  his  successor. 


The  New  York  Sun,  editorially,  devoted  one  line 
to  the  late  Dennis  Kearney,  and  used  but  five  words 
of  the  seven  that  could  have  gone  into  that  space. 
The  editorial  in  full  is  an  follows:  "DENNIS 
KEARNEY  was  a  Type." 

One  of  the  most  effective  ways  of  irritating  a 
man  or  his  adherents  is  to  classifly  him ;  and  there 
are  few  more  sardonic  metaphors  than  the  word 
"type."  It  suggests  that  similar  men  can  be  pro- 
duced as  rapidly  as  Nature  can  keep  the  machinery 
agoing.  There  were  some  San  Franciscans  who 
considered  Kearney  a  typographical  error.  He  had 
an  eye  for  a  queue,  and  the  Chinese  worshipped 
him — for  a  devil.  Citizens,  who  had  the  finest  plate- 
glass  windows,  especially  feared  this  Type  and  his 
minions  who  threatened  to  leave  on  mansion  floors 
a  few  proof-marks  in  the  form  of  cobblestones  care- 
lessly jotted  through  the  said  window  panes.  Now- 
adays there  are  men,  the  Supervisors  for  instance, 
Who  are  not  only  types  but  a  linotype,  a  figure  of 
eiven  less  individuality. 

At  this  time,  we  have  more  cordial  memories  than 
dondemnalion    for    Dennis    Kearney,    blending    the 


violence  of  his  methods  with  the  turmoil  of  his 
epoch ;  believing  he  was  a  part  of  our  development. 
He  was  perhaps  as  necessary  to  the  growth  of  the 
Commonwealth  as  the  murder  of  James  King  of 
William  and  the  swift  retribution  which  was 
wrought  by  the  Vigilance  Committee. 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM 


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Eve — "Belle  going  to  be  married  and  live  in  a 
flat?     Why,  I  don't  see  how  she  will  have  room." 

Edna — "Oh,  yes,  she  is  going  to  accept  such  a 
narrow-minded   chap." 


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Little  Willie — "Say  pa,  what's  the  difference  be- 
tween a  tenement  house  and  an  apartment  house?" 

Pa — "They  rent  rooms  in  a  tenement  house,  my 
son,  but  in  an  apartment  house  they  lease  apart- 
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SPECIALTY:  Italian  and  Trench  Cuisine 

FEUX  PIANTANIDA,  Manajei 


Formerly  Proprietor  of  the  ORIGINAL  COPPA 


CZolonial  Tub  and  Shower  Baths 

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Now  Open 


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1745  O'Parrell  St..  nBar  Fillmore 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS 


Send  your  family  to  the  nearest  Hot  Sulphur  Springs  to  San  Francisco. 
First-class  accommodations.  Special  rates  to  families.  No  staging. 
Four  trains  daily.  Fare  round  trip  $1.65.  Tiburon  ferry  or  Oakland; 
two  hours'  ride.  Address  THEODOR  RICHARDS,  Agua  Caliente, 
Sonoma  County,  California. 


-THE  WASP  - 


21 


Monday:  Goodness  me !  How  topsy  turvy  some 
voting  women  in  their  manners  are  nowadays.  They 
go  into  the  giggles  over  something  that  would 
have  caused  sadness  when  I  first  wore  long  skirts. 
This  afternoon  I  invited  Clara  Mugsby  to  tea. 
How  giddy  that  girl  is !  She  laughed  bubbles  into 
three  cups  of  tea,  telling  me  about  the  young  man 
who  is  paying  attention  to  one  of  her  friends.  The 
poor  fellow  is  somewhat  eccentric  and  careless  in 
his  attire;  also,  by  the  way,  fond  of  his  Army 
Circle  descent.  He  attended  a  fashionable,  harum 
scarum  wedding  not  long  ago  and  participated  in 
a  rice  shower.  A  week  after  he  pranced  into  the 
parlor  of  a  couple  of  sisters  who  had  been  guests 
with  him  and  there  was  still  so  much  rice  in  his  hair 
that  it  fell  all  over  the  carpet.  "Wouldn't  that  make 
you  gurgle?"  asked  Clara.  It  wouldn't.  Not  me. 
It  makes  me  curdle. 

Wednesday  :  Who  would  expect  to  see  scandal  wound 
about  the  deeds  of  so  respectable  a  creature  as  the 
cat?  Today  I  dined  with  Gwendolynne,  on  Broad- 
way. She  says  that  many  evenings  her  stone  steps 
are  ascended  by  a  beautiful  woman  in  fluffy  white, 
who  steals  cautiously  around  to  the  side  entrance. 
Being  accosted  on  one  occasion,  the  stranger  ex- 
plained she  was  looking  for  her  cat,  a  fine  languor- 
ous, pedigreed  animal.  She  feared  her  pet  would 
mate  with  one  of  the  hoodlum  cats  that  climb  even 
over  the  most  aristocratic  back  fences.  Gwendo- 
lynne replied:  "Yes;  there  are  around  here  many 
cats  for  whose  family  ties  I  cannot  vouch.  A  mes- 
salliance  with  any  of  these  proletarian  felines  might 
bring  shame  on  your  high-toned  ones."  As  we  were 
sitting  there,  alongcomes  the  fair  cat  fancier  ac- 
companied by  a  sporty-looking  and  unconventional 
man  in  his  shirt  sleeves. 

"There  they  are  to  nab  the  Angora  from  low  com- 
panions. Certainly  there  would  be  danger  of  a  catas- 
trophe in  this  block,"  declared  Gwendolynne.  "I 
wonder  at  it  that  my  lady  is  not  as  prudish  about 
her  own  associates  as  she  is  of  her  cat's."  There ! 
I  am  almost  ashamed  to  write  it, in  the  presence 
of  my  own  virtuous,  home-loving  tabbies. 


Thursday:  Dear  me!  My  head  aches  so  after 
attending  the  musicale  at  the  Asylum  for  the  Poor 
but  Respectable  Indigents.  I  have  always  admired 
charity  as  a  most  reliable  sort  of  amusement;  but 
even  that  is  beginning  to  take  on  modern  improve- 
ments. One  of  the  star  performers  at  the  musicale 
was  a  young  matron,  who  likes  to  do  Frenchy 
stunts.  Many  of  the  audience  were  in  their  seven- 
ties and  eighties.  Poor  palsied  souls.  The  best 
the}'  had  to  show  for  themselves  were  gap-toothed 
gums,  wrinkles  and  failing  memories.  A  party  of 
friends  went  with  the  singer.  I  fully  expected  to 
hear  the  woman  sing  "Auld  Lang  Syne"  and  Roll- 
ing on  to  Jordan."  My  blushing  stars !  She  gave 
them  "Dingle  Dongle  Dell"  and  French  high-kick- 
ing songs.  One  of  them  went :  "Do  not  let  your 
wifie  know  that  I  keek  off  zu  chapeau,  wiz  my 
little  toe,  just  so."  The  saucy  old  crones  and 
codgers  leered  and  winked  agedly  but  wickedly  at 
one  another.  I'm  sure  if  everybody  felt  as  I  did 
they  must  have  been  thrilled  too  deeply  for  polite 
expression.  But  she  gaily  pronounced  herself 
satisfied  with  having  made  quinzy,  asthma  and 
lumbago  giddy  for  a  little  while;  and  promised  to 
do  it  again.  Giving  French  to  the  poor!  Well,  I 
never!  I  always  said  that  married  women  have 
no  true  conception  of  the  proprieties.  A  woman 
parts  with  all  her  finer  feelings  when  she  puts  the 
golden  pledge  of  bondage  on  her  finger.  Thank 
heavens  I   never  did. 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


F.  THOMS,  The  AWNING  MAN 


Canvas  Work.     Repairing.      Canopies  and  Floor  Covers  To  Rent. 

TENTS,  HAMMOCKS  AND  COVERS 

1209    MISSION    ST.  Tel.  Market  2194 


Original  Coppa 


Formerly  at 
622  Montgomery 


IN  BUSINESS  AGAIN  AT 
423    PINE    ST.,  Bet.  Kearny  and  Montgomery 


Special  Dishes  Every  Day 

Private  Rooms  for  Families  Up-Stairs 

Service  Unsurpassed 


JOE  COPPA.   Propricto 
Phone  Temp.  623 


STRICTLY  BUSINESS 


Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 


The  Banks 

The  commercial  banks  are  calling  in  loans  and 
restricting  the  making  of  new  ones  so  that  money 
still  continues  tight.  The  strike  and  labor  troubles 
generally  do  not  help  to  improve  matters  in  this 
direction.  The  tightness  of  the  market  is  however 
not  confined  to  San  Francisco.  Money  is  tight  here 
partly  on  account  of  the  big  demand  for  rehabilita- 
tion, partly  from  the  tightness  of  the  money  mar- 
kets of  the  world  generally.  London  feels  the 
strain,  so  does  Paris,  so  does  Berlin  and  though  last, 
not  least,  New  York  City.  It  is  easing  up  a  bit  there 
and  this  has  given  rise  to  an  easier  feeling  in  all 
the  other  money  centers  likewise.  New  loans  are 
generally  speaking  not  considered  with  favor  and 
hard  to  place. 


The  Wheat  Market 

The  advance  in  wheat  continues.  In  the  Chicago 
market  the  dollar  limit  has  been  passed  and  now 
$1.03  per  bushel  is  the  figure.  This  means  $1.71  2-3 
per  cental.  Here  the  highest  at  this  writing  is 
$1.62 ^  and  $1.50  as  about  the  average.  Flour  has 
of  course  advanced  too  and  we  may  look  for  a 
smaller  sized  loaf.  Wheat  farmers  will  make  money 
this  year  and  so  will  speculators,  as  there  is  likely 
to  be  a- heavy  demand  and  a  decreased  supply. 

Wheat  speculation  brings  to  mind  the  fate  of 
Friedlander,  Dresbach,  Montpellier  and  other  cele- 
brated speculators,  not  forgetting  the  Bank  of 
Nevada  people  of  the  former  administration,  who 
lost  millions  in  the  California  Street  pit.  The 
Eppingers  too  cut  a  large  swath  once,  and  others 
also  who  went  over  the  precipice. 


Big   Importations 

San  Francisco  has  had  a  year  of  large  importa- 
tions thus  far.  For  the  month  of  April  the  total 
has  been  $6,229,058 — the  largest  yet  this  year  and 
nearly  double  that  for  April,  1905.  The  total  for 
the  first  four  months  of  the  year  was  $20,269,560 
against  $15,395,052  for  the  same  time  in  1906.  The 
aiticle  of  largest  importation  was  coffee  valued  at 
over  $2,600,000.  The  imports  from  Europe  which 
included  almost  a  million  dollars'  worth  from  Great 
Britain  was  made  up  principally  of  cement  and 
other  building  material.  Cement  imports  for  the 
past  year  have  been  very  heavy — over  a  million 
and  a  quarter  barrels.  The  imports  from  Japan 
were  valued  at  $1,626,447,  principally  in  goods  in- 
tended for  the  Eastern  States.  These  figures  of 
importations  do  not  include  articles  from  the  Ha- 
waiian Islands.  Hawaiian  sugar  which  formerly 
used  to  be  credited  to  our  import  values  added  very 
lare'ely  to  their  value. 


The  United  Railroads  of  San  Francisco  is  a  sub- 
sidiary branch  of  the  United  Railways  Investment 
Company,  which  has  larger  interests  in  Pittsburg  than 
here.  This  company  has  been  earning  large  dividends 
in  Pittsburg  and  is  in  a  position  to  stand  the  financial 
strain  in  San  Francisco  better  than  the  strikers  who 
are  trying  by  lawless  revolutionary  methods  to  injure 
its  business. 

Although  the  United  Railroads  of  San  Francisco 
had  to  face  an  expenditure  of  $4,294,271  during  the 
period  between  March  1,  1906,  and  March  1,  1907,  on 
account  of  the  earthquake  and  the  strike  of  last  year, 
the  money  had  already  been  raised  by  a  previous  issue 
of  bonds  at  the  low  rate  of  5  per  cent  interest.  The 
floating  debt  of  the  investment  company  is  now  less 
than  $100,000,  according  to  the  annual  statement.  The 
debt  will  be  met  by  the  issue  of  new  stock. 


MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK 


706  Market  St. 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Opp.  Third 


Guaranteed  Capital,  $1,000,000 

Interest  Paid  on  all  Deposits 


Paid  np  Capital  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
Loans  on  Approved  Securities 


OFFICERS-  James  D.  Phelan,  Pres..  John  A.  Hooper,  V.  Pres.,  J.  K.  MofTatl,  2d 
V.  Pres.,  George  A.  Story,  Secy  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Assl.  Cashier,  A.  E. 
Curds,  2d  Asst.  Cashier. 


TONOPAH,    GOLDFIELD,    BULLFROG 

MANHATTAN  and  COMSTOCKS  a  specialty 


ZADIG  &  CO. 

STOCK  BROKERS 

Formerly  306  Montgomery   Street,   have  resumed   business  in   their 

Own  Building,  324  BUSH  STREET 

Directly  Opposite  New  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Bldg. 


FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS, 
PAID  UP  CAPITAL. 
DEPOSITS  JANUARY  I.  1907 


108-110  Sutter  Street 

$693,104.68 

$600,000.00 

$3,772,145.83 


Charles  Carpy,  Pres.  Arthur  Legallet,  Vice-Pres.  Leon  Bocqueraz,  Secretary 

John  Ginty,  Assl.  Secretary  P.  A.  Bergerot,  Attorney 


-THE  WASP- 


23 


The  gross  receipts  of  the  company's  Pittsburg  lines 
in  l'HJ6  reached  the  enormous  total  of  $17,829,816,  or 

alii  nit  S5i  l.(HM)  a  ,|av.  In  l"iti,  its  Mirplus  was  $_'/>75.- 
259.  The  proportion  of  this  am.  unit  applicable  to  the 
dividends  of  the  investment,  or  holding  company,  was 
SI,  ''44,829. 

Instead  of  disturbing  the  surplus  from  the  Pittsburg 
lines,  however,  the  investment  company  deemed  it  pru- 
dent tn  retain  the  money  until  some  time  in  the  future, 
when  the  security  market  would  enable  the  San  Fran- 
cisco company  to  market  its  new  stock  issue.  The 
eiii. riiK in-  earning  power  of  the  investment  company. 
independent  of  the  earnings  of  the  San  Francisco  lines, 
is  apparent.  Even  if  the  San  Francisco  lines  paid 
nothing  more  than  operating  expenses  and  the  ex- 
penses for  improvement,  the  earnings  derived  from 
the  Pittsburg  lines  would  maintain  the  dividend  of  5 
per  cent  on  the  preferred  stock  of  the  holding  com- 
pany and  more  than  7  per  cent  dividend  on  the  com- 
mon stock. 

Instead  of  the  San  Francisco  lines  being  a  dead 
weight  for  the  Pittsburg  lines  to  carry  by  reason  of 
the  fire  and  the  strikes,  they  earned  nearly  as  much  in 
1906  as  in  former  years.  In  1906  the  gross  receipts 
of  the  San  Francisco  lines  reached  the  enormous  total 
of  $5,955,826,  or  more  than  $16,000  a  day.  In  1905 
they  were  $7,066,892 — a  decrease  on  account  of  the 
earthquake  and  strike  of  only  $1,111,106  for  the  year. 
The  annual  statement  of  the  holding  or  investment 
company  says : 

"Had  the  respective  surpluses  of  the  two  subsidiary 
companies  been  declared  as  dividends,  instead  of  being 
used  for  betterments  of  the  San  Francisco  lines,  the 
investment  company  would  have  shown  an  earning 
power  during  the  year  of  $2,821,975,  which  would  have 
been  equivalent  to  a  5  per  cent  dividend  on  the  pre- 
ferred stock  and  7.53  per  cent  on  the  common  stock." 

This  explains  why  the  common  stock  was  held  at  a 
higher  price  before  the  fire  than  the  preferred.  It  was 
the  anticipation  of  a  higher  rate  of  dividend.  The 
common  stock  sold  as  high  as  98  and  the  preferred 
at  92. 

Taking  those  figures  as  a  basis  it  is  easy  to  see  that 
after  Mr.  Calhoun  knocks  out  the  strikers,  as  he  cer- 
tainly will,  and  gets  full  control  of  his  business  in 
San  Francisco,  the  United  Railroads  will  become  a 
magnificent  property.  It  will  have  an  economical  and 
rapid  electric  system  and  not  be  dictated  to  in  the 
management  of  its  business  by  pestiferous  demagogues. 
It  should  become  one  of  the  greatest  dividend  earners 

in  America.  „„„ 

INVESTOR 


Peace  at  Last  in  Sight 
All  the  strikes  that  were  to  tie  up  the  town  are 
miserable  failures  and  the  town  keeps  on  doing 
business.  The  carmen  are  beaten  to  a  standstill, 
the  telephone  operators  have  gone  back  to  work, 
the  iron  workers'  strike  is  hopeless,  the  sympathetic 
strikes  have  not  been  called,  for  the  good  reason 
that  the  employers  were  resolved  to  fight  them  to  a 
finish.  We  begin  to  see  a  period  of  rest  at  last 
for  the  long  suffering  town. 

The  first  iMna  in  the  mornins.  if  yon  need  a  bracer,  should  bo  a  tablespoonful  ol  AbboU. 
Bilters  in  an  ounce  of  sherry  or  a  glass  of  soda.      I  ry  It. 


The  Saving  Habit 


is  the  most  worthy  of  cultivation.  It's  an 
excellent  plan  to  open  Savings  Accounts  for 
the  children,  and  encourage  them  to  save. 
We  welcome  all  forms  of  accounts,  large  or 
small,  and  pay  liberal  interest. 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT 
AND     TRUST    COMPANY 


HOME  OFFICE 


CALIFORNIA  and  MONTGOMERY   STS. 

West  End  Branch,  1531  Devisadero 

Mission  Branch,         2572  Mission,  near  22d 
Up-Town  Branch,   1  740  Fillmore  nr.  Sutter 


VALUABLES  or  all  kinds 

May  be  safely  stored  at 

SAEE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  the 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 

Cor.  Bush  and  Sansome  Sts. 


Safes  to  rent  from  $5  a  year  upwards 
Careful  service  to  customers 


Trunks  $1  a  month 
Office  Hours:  8  a.  m,  to  6  p.  m. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  San  Francisco 


Guaranteed  Capital  and  Surplus 
Capital  actually  paid  up  in  cash 
Deposits,  December  31,  1906 


$2,578,695,41 

1,000,000.00 

38,531.917.28 


OFFICERS  -  President,  F.  Tillmann.  Jr.;  First  Vice-President,  Daniel  Meyer 
Second  Vice-President,  Emil  Rohte;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier, 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Toumy;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 
Goodfellow  &  Eells,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  -  F.  Tillmann,  Jr..  Daniel  Meyer,  Emil  Rohte,  Ifm. 
Sleinhart.  1.  N.  Waller,  N.  Ohlandl,  J.  W.  Van  Berjen,  E.  T.  Kruse  and  W.  S. 
Goodfellow. 


MEMBER  STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE 
MEMBER  SAN  FRANCISCO  MINING  EXCHANGE 

J.  C.  WILSON 


BROKER 


STOCKS  AND  BONDS 
INVESTMENT  SECURITIES 

Telephone  Temporary  815 


Kohl  Bldg.,  488  California  St. 
Francisco 


24 


-THE  WASP 


Weakness  of  Our  Navy 

Some  interesting  facts  about  the  weakness  of 
our  navy  in  the  Pacific  have  been  published 
in  The  Navy,  a  service  journal  of  good  stand- 
ing. According  to  this  authority  large  battleships 
cannot  be  sent  to  this  Coast,  as  we  have  to  depend 
for  docking  facilities  upon  the  harbors  of  Hong- 
kong and  the  Japanese  Empire.  Foreign  docks 
might  serve  in  time  of  peace,  but  dependence  on 
them  ought  to  be  considered  a  humiliating  neces- 
sity to  a  nation  of  our  pretentions.  Our  largest 
drydock  at  Bremerton  on  Puget  Sound  can  receive 
a  ship  of  no  larger  size  than  14,000.  The  Connecti- 
cut is  16,000,  the  new  battleships  are  all  monsters. 
On  neither  side  of  the  Pacific,  in  the  Philippines 
or  on  the  American  coast,  could  one  of  our  great 
battleships  be  docked,  while  in  the  Philippines  we 
lack  the  plant  to  repair  them.  As  The  Navy  says, 
"War  cannot  be  maintained  on  this  basis."  That 
journal  estimates  that  "it  would  take  at  least  five 
years,  with  abundant  appropriations  and  rapid  work, 
to  make  conditions  much  better." 

Commenting  on  this  state  of  affairs  the  New  York 
Sun  says : 

"Is  it  not  a  just  conclusion,  then,  that  while  our 
sea  power  in  the  Atlantic  is  superior  to  any  armada 
that  a  European  nation,  except  England,  could 
send  to  our  shores,  we  do  not  possess  a  navy  in 
the  modern  sense  in  the  Pacific  Ocean?  It  was  an 
American  Admiral  fond  of  punning  who  said  not 
long  ago,  when  asked  what  would  be  done  with  the 
battleships  Oregon  and  Wisconsin,  now  being  re- 
paired at  Mare  Island,  and  with  the  battleship 
Nebraska,  now  building  on  this  coast,  'that  they 
would  be  brought  'round  the  Horn  to  meet  the 
Atlantic  fleet,  for  if  they  remained  on  the  Pacific 
Coast  they  might  become  meat  for  Japan.'  " 


//v     JSP 


Mildred — "Why  don't  you  marry  Air.  Brown? 
Didn't  he  have  the  sand  to  propose?" 

Elvira — "Oh,  yes ;  he  had  the  sand  to  propose, 
but  he  did  not  have  sufficient  rocks  to  marry  on." 


ADJOINING  THE  NEW 
BOULEVARD 


Only  $1500 

One-Third  Cash        Balance  on  Easy  Terms 


We  have  just  subdivided  the  block  fronting  on 
Twelfth  Avenue  from  Point  Lobos  Avenue  to 
Clement  Street.  These  elegant  lots  are  all  graded 
and  sewered,  with  gas  and  electric  light  and  water 
services,  and  are  all  ready  for  building.  The  prices 
are  below  any  similar  lots  in  the  city.  Maps  and 
particulars   at  our   office. 

DAVIDSON  &  LEIGH 

1465  Market  Street,   Opp.   Van   Ness   Ave. 

Phone  Market  582 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Slock  Exchange 

Goldheld,  Tonopah.  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 

Write  for  Market  Letter. 

339  BUSH  STREET,  STOCK  EXCHANGE  BUILDING 


BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE,  Pres. 

CAV1N  McNAB.  Any. 

WM.  CORBIN.  Sec.  and  Cen    Mgr. 

OFFICES -COR.  CHURCH  AND   MARKET  STREETS 

OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Will   He  Catch  It.— Ftom  Milwaukee  Sentinel. 


Rooms  7  to  1 1 


Telephone  Tmpy.  1415 


W.  C.  RALSTON 

Stock  and  Bond  Broker 

Member  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Mining  Stocki  a  Specialty 


Bedford  McNeill 
Western  Union 
Leibers 


368  BUSH  STREET 

San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


25 


ANOTHER  TERRIBLE  QUAKE  IN 

FRISKY  FRISCO. 

-From  Chicago  Tribune. 


26 


-THE  WASP- 


Ruef's  filtered  and  strawberry-flavored  confession 
was  not  needed  to  prove  that  the  Bottle  Washer 
and  Bakery  Wagon  Party's  attempt  to  govern  the 
municipality  has  resulted  in  a  diabolical  mess. 
Viewed  in  conjunction  with  the  carmen's  strike,  it 
restores  to  natural  color  the  gray-haired  precept 
about  learning  to  obey  before  trying  to  command. 

On  the  night  of  Schmitz's  second  election,  a  band 
of  victorious  musicians  staggered  to  the  several 
newspaper  offices,  lambasting  Chopin's  Funeral 
March  from  the  drums  to  the  cornets.  Chopin  was 
not  a  union  composer ;  yet,  a  card  could  be  issued 
to  him  next  morning.  The  defeated  editors  took 
it  that  the  music  was  in  the  nature  of  a  serenade 
or  charivari.  Prophetically  the  Union  Labor  Party 
was  playing  its  -own  dirge.  While  buttering  its 
own  bread  it  gave  San  Francisco  oleomargarine, 
and  figured  out  continual  success  on  that  basis. 
It  was  a  party  of  spite,  not  principle,  conceived  by 
its  promoters  at  a  hazard,  and  supported  by  out- 
siders in  a  spirit  of  fun.  The  only  excuse  for  the 
latter  is  that  they  thought  the  joke  harmless.  But 
we  have  paid  for  our  fiddler. 

Animadverting  to  Ruef — no  other  political 
whipper-in  ever  offered  as  many  inelegant,  subtypi- 
cal  peers  of  the  coin  of  the  realm  as  he  named  from 
the  Strikers'  Party.  Chris  Buckley  gave  merit  a 
representation  on  his  ticket.  Some  of  his  nominees 
were  such  head-liners  in  the  community  that  he  did 
not  presume  social  equality  with  them.  He  was 
not  disgruntled  at  having  three  or  four  philan- 
thropists on  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  if  only  to 
attend  to  the  dignified  matters  of  which  the  Solid 
Nine  were  ignorant.  And  even  the  nine  acknowl- 
edged certain  duties  to  public  progress.  But  these 
eighteen  loot-lusting,  spoil-spattered  City  Step- 
fathers never  had  the  good  taste  to  make  a  bluff 
at  doing  a  patriotic  act. 

San  Francisco  should  feel  fortunate  in  the  midst 
of  this  Union-made  spectacle.  It  makes  the  lesson 
so  much  more  objective  and  picturesque,  more 
poignant  to  good  sense.  A  city's  wealth  consists 
mainly  of  a  certain  municipal  intellect.  Ours  has 
had  an  advance  that  should  be  considered  an  intel- 
lectual triumph,  not  a  subject  for  pity.  There  will 
be  here  a  community  interest  existing  as  a  kind 
of  political  telepathy  among  sincere  citizens,  and 
which  will  be  inevitable  in  its  work  of  civic  virtue. 
More  than  any  other  City,  San  Francisco  will  have 
a  consolidation  of  purposeful  votes,  unlessened  by 
scatterings  that  take  place  in  ordinary  times.  We 
will  be  the  richer  and  stronger  for  having  thwarthed 
the  villains  in  the  Drama  of  the  Commonwealth. 
Every  election,  in  every  city,  is  more  productive 
of  tawdry  sky-rockets  than  fulfilled  ideas.  But  it 
is  now  pardonable  to  say  that  when  San  Francisco 
next  burns  red  fire,  it  will  mean  danger  to  grafters 
for  some  time  to  come. 


a  Republican  President  next  year  is  as  certain  as 
anything  can  possibly  be.  The  Democracy  is  dis- 
organized and  has  no  dominant  candidate  and  no 
issue  on  which  to  go  before  the  people. 


There  is  a  movement  in  the  East  to  bring  Gov- 
ernor Hughes  of  New  York  into  the  field  as  a  can- 
didate for  the  Presidency.  Governor  Hughes  would 
be  a  strong  man,  for  all  classes  of  Republicans 
would  vote  for  him  and  he  would  certainly  be 
elected.     For  that  matter,  however,  the  election  of 


Dennis  Kearney,  the  former  Sandlot  agitator  and 
latter-da)'  broker,  who  died  the  other  day,  was  one  of 
the  characters  in  Mrs.  Fremont  Older's  first  book, 
"The  Prince  or  the  Socialist."  Mrs.  Keraney,  know- 
ing that  her  husband's  political  career  had  inspired  the 
creation  of  one  of  the  characters  in  the  story,  insisted 
on  considering  the  tale  a  biography  of  her  husband. 
She  thought  because  in  the  story  the  character  whom 
Dennis  represented  was  called  upon  to  make  love  to  a 
woman,  that  in  the  sandlot  days  he  had  really  done  so. 
Although  no  longer  a  young  woman  Mrs.  Kearney 
grew  jealous  of  the  heroine  of  the  book,  and  her 
jealousy  grew  every  day  until  in  Kearney's  presence 
she  took  the  book  and  tore  it  into  bits,  saying,  "You 
did  go  courting  other  women,  did  you?" 


Shipping 


Family  orders  is  our  trade.  If  out  of  town 
or  going  out  for  a  limited  time,  let  us  pack 
and  ship  by  express  or  freight  whatever  you 
require. 

QUALITY  SUPREME 
EVERYTHING  HERE 

Depend  on  us  making  your  outing  a  success. 

SMITHS,  CASH  STORE,  Inc. 

14  to  24  Steuart  St.,  S.  F. 
May  catalogue  ready. 


Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acommodations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Tiburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOODES 

Via  Kelseyville  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co.,  Cal. 


-THE  WASP- 


27 


1 

Automobile  News 

1 

The  White  steamers  are  multiplying  rapidly  on 
our  thoroughfares  and  highroads.  And  it  is  said 
that  along  some  of  the  cross-country  heavy  going, 
there  are  distances  where  few  besides  the  owner 
of  a  White  will  venture.  Steep  grades,  bad  roads — 
the  White  eats  'cm  alive.  It  is  now  in  its  seventh 
year  and  a  perfect  piece  of  mechanism ;  noiseless, 
free  from  vibration  and  with  all  degrees  of  speed 
up  to  the  maximum.  The  White  manufacturers 
claim  that  within  the  last  four  years  there  has  been 
sold  twice  as  many  Whites  as  any  other  large  tour- 
ing car.  In  the  remoter  ways  of  the  country  and 
in  foreign  lands,  the  steaming  White  is  doing  pio- 
neer work  in  daring  hitherto  autoless  roads,  and 
in  some  of  these  parts  no  other  make  of  car  is 
known. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  C.  Larsen,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
E.  Steffens,  have  just  returned  to  this  City  after  a 
three  weeks'  tour  in  Southern  California.  The  trip 
was  made  in  Air.  Larsen's  new  1907  Thomas 
"Flyer."  Mr.  Larsen  states  that  the  coast  road 
is  in  first-class  condition,  with  the  one  exception 
of  a  patch  of  sand  about  1500  feet  in  length  near 
the  Santa  Maria  River,  and  advises  all  who  wish 
to  make  the  trip  to  Los  Angeles  by  automobile 
to  go  at  this  time,  as  the  roads  are  free  from  dust 
and  the  touring  is  ideal. 


Air.  E.  P.  Brinegar,  of  the  Pioneer  Automobile 
Company,  has  received  word  from  Mr.  E.  R. 
Thomas  that  the  Company  in  the  East  has  just 
turned  out  the  celebrated  70  horse-power  Thomas 
"Flyer"  racing  runabout.  Mr.  Thomas  states  that 
the  car  has  done  73  miles  an  hour  and  will  make  a 
sensation  all  over  the  country. 


With  this  pleasant  weather,  the  automobile  will 
be  whizzing  to  all  parts  of  the  State.  Last  Sunday, 
Mr.  W.  F.  Hunt,  of  San  Jose,  made  a  run  to  San 
Juan.  "This  is  my  first  run  of  the  season  with 
my  new  Model  "M"  Winton,"  says  Mr.  Hunt,  "and 
I  had  a  most  pleasant  outing.  An  interesting  fea- 
ture of  my  trip  was  the  fact  that  I  did  not  have 
a  particle  of  the  usual  trouble  credited  to  automo- 
bile drivers,  and  was  obliged  to  crank  my  engine 
but  once." 

You  don't  hear  of  any  one  giving  a  Model  "A" 
Oldsmobile  to  his  mother-in-law,  so  they  must  be 
good. 


When  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter  has  gone  we  shall  never 
see  her  again.  She  left  us  before  and  never  came 
back.  When  next  she  returns  she  will  be  still  fatter 
and  somebody  else. 

Critics  have  long  agreed  that  the  most  conspicu- 
ous  thing  about   Mrs.   Carter's   acting  is   her  hair. 


The  hue  of  this  las  called  by  the  angels  on  high— 
and  the  red-haired  angels,  too)  is  coquelicot.  Mrs. 
Carter  on  the  stage  i>  mainly  coquelicot  and  deco- 
lette.  and  the  difference  between  herself  of  a  few 
years  ago  and  of  today.  On  a  future  occasion  some- 
body will  be  billed  here  by  that  same  name,  but, 
when  seen,  be  found  coquelicottcr  and  decoletter. 
She  seldom  is  in  repose  for  more  than  a  moment, 
now.  This  is  to  defeat  the  eye  and  make  it  im- 
possible to  take  an  accurate  account  of  her  waist 
measurement.  In  a  short  time,  increasing  weight 
will  impede  such  hummingbirdness  of  motion,  dis- 
pel the  illusion  and  cause  her  admirers  the  greater 
astonishment.  As  far  as  Du  Barry  is  concerned, 
we  never  knew  what  a  well-meaning,  cussless,  wine- 
less,  take-back-your-gold  kind  of  a  woman  she  was 
until  we  saw  her  with  coquelicot  hair. 


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MISCELLANEOUS. 

BUILDERS'  EXCHANGE,  226  Oak  St., 
S.  F. 

ADVERTISING  AGENCIES. 

BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F. ; 
Phone   Market   2837. 

COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion and  Brady  Sts. 

DAKE  ADV.  AGENCY,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 

FISHER,  L.  P.  ADV.  AGENCY,  836  North 
Point  St.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Franklin  S84. 

JOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  2170  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

ANTIQUE  DEALERS. 

THE    LOUIS    XIV.      Curios,    Objects    d'Art, 
Miniatures,   Paints,   Porcelains,  Jewels,   etc., 
C.   V.   Miller,   1117   Post,  near  Van   Ness. 
ARCHITECTS. 

REID  BROS,  Temporary  Offices,  2325 
Gough  at.,  S.  F. 

THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 

GUMP,  S.  &  G.,  1645  California  St.,  S.   F. 

SCHUSSLER  BROS.,  1218  Sutter  St. 
ATTORNEYS, 

DORN,  DORN  &  SAVAGE,  717  Van  Ness 
Ave. 

DINKELSPIEL,  HENRY  G.  W.,  126S  Ellis 
St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 

HEWLETT,  BANCROFT  AND  BALLAN- 
TINE,  Monadnock  Bldg.;  Phone  Temp'y 
972. 

EDWARD  B.  YOUNG,  4th  Floor,  Union 
Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temp'y  833. 

GOLDSTONE,  LOUIS,  1012  Fillmore  St. 
Phone  Park  864. 

MAROIS,  T.  M.,  1756  Fillmore  St.,  S.  E.  cor. 
Sutter.     Phone  West   1503. 

KING.  CHAS.  TUPPER,  1126  Fillmore  St. 
AUTOMOBILES  AND    SUPPLIES. 

PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  and  l2th  and  Oak  Sts., 
Oakland. 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Market 
and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

AUTO  LIVERY  CO.,  Golden  Gate  and  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  S.   F. 

BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  408  Golden  Gate 
Ave.     Phone,   Franklin   655. 

LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550  Gol- 
den Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MOBILE  CARRIAGE  CO.,  Golden  Gate 
Ave.  and  Gough  Sts.,  S.  F. 

PACIFIC  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  376  Golden 
Gate  Ave. 

BANKS. 

ANGLO-CALIFORNIA  BANK,  Ltd.,  cor. 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 

CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND 
TRUST  CO.,  cor.  California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 

CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St., 
S.   F. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  Bush  and  San- 
some Sts.,  S.  F. 

FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK,  108  Sutter  St., 
and  Van  Ness  and  Eddy. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY,  526   California  St.,   S.   F. 

HALSEY,  N.  W.  &  CO.,  413  Montgomery 
St..  S.  F. 


HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, Jones  and  McAllister  Sts.,  S.  F. 

HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  Market 
Street,  opposite  old  Palace  Hotel.  Phone, 
Temp'y  249. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St., 
S.  F. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.   California  and  Montgomery  Sts.,  S.   F. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULT,  Market  and  7th 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 

WELLS  FARuO-NEVADA  NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 

ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 

1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
S.   F.   BREWERIES,  LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 
BROKERS— STOCKS   AND    BONDS. 

MONTAGUE,  PHIL  S.,  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 

Exchange  Bldg. 
ROLLINS,  E.  H.  &  SONS,  804  Kohl  Bldg.  ; 

Telephone  Temp'y  163;  S.  F. 
ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 
WILSON,   J.    C,   488   California   St.,   S.    F. 
BUILDING  AND   LOAN   ASSOCIATIONS. 

CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND  LOAN- 
ASSOCIATION,    Church   and    Market   Sts., 

s.  e. 

CARDS,   INVITATIONS,   ETC. 

WOOD,    GEO.    M.    &    CO.,    engravers,    1067 

O'Farrell  St.,  above  Van  Ness. 
CARPET    CLEANING. 
SPAULDING,  J.   &  CO.,  911-21   Golden  Gate 

Ave.;  Phone  Park  591. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
HUB,  THE,   Chas.   Keilus  &  Co.,  King  Solo- 
mon Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 

COMMISSION      AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 
JOHNSON     LOCKE     MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO    &   CO.,   INC.,    156   Hansford 

Bldg.,  268  Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  4261. 

CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS. 

FISHER   CONSTRUCTION   CO.,    1414   Post 

St.,   S.   F. 
TROUNSON,    J.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 

Ash  Ave.,  S.  F. 

CROCKERY    AND    GLASSWARE. 
NATHAN    DOHRMAN   CO.,    1520-1550    Van 
Ness  Ave. 


KNOX,  DR.  A.  J.,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 

of  Grant   Bldg. 
TWIST,   DR.  J.   F„   1476   Eddy,  nr.   Fillmore 

St.     Phone  West  5304. 

DESKS    AND    CHAIRS. 
PHOENIX  DESK  &  CHAIR  CO.,  office  fur- 
niture,  1538  Market  St.,  west  of  Van  Ness. 
Phone  Market  2393. 

DRY   GOODS— RETAIL. 

CITY  OF  PARIS,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Wash- 
ington St.,  S.  F. 

WHITE  HOUSE,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Pine 
St.,  S.  F. 


S.   F. ;    Phone 


EXPRESS. 
WELLS,   FARGO  &  CO.  EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate    Ave.    and    Franklin    St.,    Ferry    Bldg., 
and  3d  St.   Depot,  S.  F. 

FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
CRESCENT  FEATHER  CO.,  19th  and  Harri- 
son Sts.,  S.  F. 

FIRE  AND   EARTHQUAKE  PHOTOS. 
RUE,  JAMES  O.,   1067  O'Farrell  St.     Phone 
Franklin  2603. 

FRUITS  AND   VEGETABLES. 
OMEY  &  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts., 
S.  F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
CAREW   &   ENGLISH,    1618   Geary_  St.,  bet. 
Buchanan   and  Webster   Sts. 
West  2604. 

PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.    F. ;   Phone  West  770. 

GAS    STOVES, 
S.  F.  GAS  &  ELECTRIC  CO.,  Franklin  and 
Ellis  Sts. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
BULLOCK  &  JONES  COMPANY,  801   Van 

Ness  Ave.,  cor.   Eddy  St.,  S.  F. 
HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    1105-7    Fillmore    St., 
nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave.;  Phone  West  5678. 
GOLD  AND   SILVER  PLATING. 
B  ELLIS,    JOHN    0„    Mfg,    gold    and    silver- 
smith,   1624    California    St.,    nr.    Van    Ness. 
Phone  Franklin  2093. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 
ILS,  JOHN  G.  &  CO.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F. 
MONTAGUE,  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk 
Sts.,  S.   Jb\ 

HARNESS   AND    SADDLERY. 
DAVIS,   W.    &   SON,   2020   Howard    St.,   bet. 

16th  and   17th,  S.   F. 
LEIBOLD      HARNESS    AND     CARRIAGE 
CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 
HOSPITALS   AND    SANITARIUMS. 
KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 
Mgr. ;  262  Devisadero  St.,  S.  F. 
JEWELERS. 
BALDWIN  TE.WELRY  CO.,  1521  Sutter  St., 

and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
SHREVE  &  CO.,   cor.   Post  and   Grant  Ave., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 
SCHMIDT,  R.  H.   &  CO.,   1049  Fillmore  St., 
nr.  McAllister  St.     Phone  Park  1209. 
LAUNDRIES. 
LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 
PALACE  HOTEL  LAUNDRY  and  KELLY 
LAUNDRY     CO.,     INC.,     2343     Post    St. 
Phone  West  5854. 

LIFE  INSURANCE. 
HUNTINGDON,    ARTHUR    P.,    925    Golden 
Gate  Ave.     Phone  Park  SIS. 
LUMBER. 
UNION    LUMBER    CO'.,    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
BEKINS'   VAN   AND  STORAGE   CO.,    13th 
and   Mission   Sts.,   S.   F. ;    Phone   Market   13 
and   1016  Broadway,  Oakland. 
ST.  FRANCIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 
COMPANY,    Office    1402    Eddy    St.;    Tel. 
West  2680. 

NOTARIES   PUBLIC. 
DEANE,    JNO.    J.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 
Steiner  Sts.;   Phone  West  7291. 


-THE  WASP 


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is  moving  south,  filling  the  entire  peninsula,  being  helped  tremen- 
dously in  surburban  expansion  by  the  Bay  Shore  Railway  Cut-off. 

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[VARE,  JOHN  H.,  307  Monadnock  Bldg., 
Depositions  carefully  attended  to.  Phone 
Tcmpy   972. 

OIL  COMPANIES. 
TERLING    OIL    CO.,    1491    Post    St.,    cor. 
Octavia,  S.  F. 

OPTICIANS. 

tAYERLE,  GEORGE,  German  expert,  1115 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  West  3766. 

IAN  FRANCISCO  OPTICAL  COMPANY, 
I  "Spences,"  627  Van  Ness  Ave. ;  "Branch," 
I  1613    Fillmore. 

ItANDARD  OPTICAL  CO.,  808  Van  Ness 
Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PAINTERS   AND    DECORATORS. 

lEEFE,  J.  H.,  820-822  O'Farrell  St.,  S.  F. ; 
(Tel.  Franklin  2055. 

OZER,  L.  &  SON  CO..  INC.,  1527  Pine 
and  2511   Washington   St.,  near  Fillmore. 

PAINTS   AND    OILS. 
ASS-HUETER    PAINT     CO.,    1532   Market 
St 

PHOTO    ENGRAVERS. 

AL.  PHOTO  ENG.  CO.,  141-143  Valencia 
St. 

PHYSICIANS. 

iOWIE,  DR.  HAMILTON  G,  formerly  293 
Geary  St.,  Paul  Bldg.,  now  14th  and  Church 
Sts. 

RYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R.,    1944    Fillmore 
St.,  cor.  Pine;  Tel.  West  5657. 
•EVELYN,     DR.     FREDERICK    W.,   2115 
California  St.,  S.  F.,  and  2103  Clinton  Ave., 

,  Alameda. 

JHORNE,  DR.  W.  S.,  1434  Post  St.,  S.  F. 

OTTS,  DR.  JOHN  S.,  1476  Eddy  St.    Phone 

I  West     1073.       Residence,    Hotel     Congress, 

I  Ellis  and  Fillmore.     Phone  West  4224. 

PIANOS— MANUFACTURERS    AND 
DEALERS. 

ALDWIN,  D.  H.  &  CO.,  2512  Sacramento 
St.,  and  Van  Ness  at  California. 


REAL    ESTATE. 

HICKS  &  MACK.  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance, 2091  Fillmore  St.  Phone  West 
7287. 

C.  R.  WILCOX  &  CO.,  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance, 837  Golden  Gate  Avenue.  Phone, 
Fell  1558. 

RESTAURANTS. 

MORAGHAN,  M.  B.,  OYSTER  CO.,  1212 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.   F. 

OLD  POODLE  DOG,  824  Eddy  St.,  near 
Van  Ness  Ave. 

ST.  GERMAIN  RESTAURANT,  497  Golden 
Gate  Ave.;   Phone  Market  2315. 

SWAIN'S  RESTAURANT,  1111  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

THOMPSON'S,  formerly  Oyster  Loaf,  1727 
O'Farrell  St. 

SAFES    AND    SCALES. 

HERRING-HALL  MARVIN  SAFE  CO., 
office  and  salesrooms.  Mission  St.,  bet. 
Seventh  and  Eighth  Sts.  ;  Phone  Market 
1037. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 

WHEELER  &  WILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING MACHINES,  1431  Bush  St.,  cor. 
Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Franklin 
301;   formerly  231   Sutter  St. 

DOMESTIC    SEWING    MACHINES,   J.    W. 
Evans,   Agent,    1658   O'Farrell   St.,   nr.    Fill- 
more.    Phone  West  3601. 
STORAGE. 

BEKINS  VAN  &  STORAGE  CO.,  13th  and 
Mission  Sts.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Market  13. 

PIERCE  RUDOLPH  STORAGE  CO.,  Eddy 
and  Fillmore  Sts. ;  Tel.  West  828. 

SURGICAL     INSTRUMENTS    AND     HOS- 
PITAL   SUPPLIES. 

WALTERS  &  CO.,  formerly  Shutts,  Walters 
&  Co.,    1608  Steiner  St.,  S.   F. 

TALKING   MACHINES. 

BACIGALUPI,  PETER,  1113-1115  Fillmore 
St.,  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 

LYONS,  CHARLES,  London  Tailor,  1432 
Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 
Broadway.  Oakland. 


REHNSTROM,  C.  H.,  2415  Fillmore  St.,  for- 
merly Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

TENTS  AND  AWNINGS. 

THOMS,    F.,     1209    Mission    St.,    corner    of 
Eighth,  S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 

EAMES    TRICYCLE     CO.,    Invalid     Chairs. 
1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 

WINES    AND    LIQUORS— WHOLESALE. 

BALKE,    ED.   W„    1498    Eddy   St.,   cor.    Fill- 


BUTLER,  JOHN   &   SON,   2209    Steiner   St., 
S.  F. 

REYNOLDS,    CHAS.    M.    CO.,    912    Folsom 

St.,  S.  F. 
RUSCONI,    FISHER   &    CO.,    649    Turk   St., 

S.  F. 

SIEBE      BROS.      &     PLAGEMAN,    419-42* 
Larkin  St.;   Phone  Franklin  349. 

WENIGER,  P.  J.  &  CO.,  N.  E.  cor.  Van 
Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St. ;  Tel.  Franklin  309. 
309. 

WICHMAN,  LUTGEN  &  CO.,  Harrison  and 
Everett    Sts.,    Alameda,    Cal. ;    Phone    Ala- 
meda  1179. 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS— RETAIL. 

FERGUSON,     T.     M.     CO.,     Market    Street. 
Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 

FISCHER,    E.    R.,    1901    Mission   St.,   cor.   of 

Fifteenth. 
THE    METROPOLE,    John    L.    Herget    and 

Wm.  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 

and  Steiner  Sts. 
TUXEDO,  THE,  Eddie  Graney,  Prop.,  S.  W. 

cor.  Fillmore  and  O'Farrell  Sts. 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 
GOLDEN     GATE     COMPRESSED    YEAST 

CO..  2401    Fillmore. 
McMAHON,     KEYER    AND     STIEGELER 

BROS.,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 

and  Fillmore. 


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THE  WASP- 


I 

Amusements 

i 

Henrietta  Crosman — one  "s",  please 
— stumbled  upon  success  when  she 
least  expected  it.  She  was  always  an 
excellent  actress,  but  opportunity  of 
distinction  never  happened  her  way. 
Other  actresses  with  one-quarter  of 
her  gifts  became  stars  while  she  was 
still  playing  in  companies  sent  on  the 
road,  or  in  the  "provinces"  as  New 
York  calls  everything  outside  of 
Broadway.  I  remember  when  Hen- 
rietta Crosman  last  appeared  here,  in 
a  rattling  farce  comedy  headed  by 
Charles  Dickson.  It  was  at  the  Bald- 
win, and  was  I  believe  the  last  play 
staged  at  that  theatre  before  it  burned 
down.  It  was  a  long  time  after  that 
appearance  that  I  next  heard  of  Miss 
Crosman.      She   had   at   last   "arrived" 


on  Broadway,  her  hit  being  made  in 
"Mistress  Nell,"  one  of  the  many 
"Nell  Gwynne"  dramas,  in  which  com- . 
edy  she  appeared  for  an  interminable 
period,  until  David  Belasco  arranged 
a  new  triumph  for  her  in  "Sweet 
Kitty  Bellairs,"  his  dramatization  of 
the  Castles'  novel.  Now  Miss  Cros- 
man is  one  of  the  big  stars  of  the 
American  stage,  that  one  hit  in  "Nell 
Gwynne"  having  given  her  the  chance 
she  had  been  waiting  for  so  many 
years. 


Edith  Mason  and  her  husband,  Tom 
Persse,  are  now  with  the  Idora  Park 
Company.  The}'  will  be  recalled  here  as 
principals  in  the  Southwell  Comic 
Opera  Company  which  had  a  long 
season  at  the  Grand  Opera  House  a 
few  years  back.  Miss  Mason  is  known 
as  Lillian  Russell's  double,  and  in- 
deed resembles  airy  fairy  Lillian  suf- 
ficiently to  be  her  twin  sister.     Persse 


used  to  be  a  great  favorite  in  Canada 
before  he  came  over  the  line.  He  is 
a  Canadian. 

*       *       * 

Miss  Marion  Froelich,  who  has  just 
started  East  and  will  go  to  Europe  a 
little  later,  is  one  of  the  best  artists 
we  have  here.  She  first  made  a  finan- 
cial hit  with  her  charming  ballet  girls 
and  had  so  many  orders  for  them  that 
she  used  jokingly  to  say  she  would 
have  to  hire  some  assistance  to  help 
her  turn  them  out  on  time.  She  ac-  ; 
tually  became  so  weary  of  painting 
ballet  girls  in  fluffy  skirts  that  she  de- 
cided she  would  never  paint  another 
one,  and  turned  her  brush  to  other 
work.  She  has  done  some  excellent 
things  in  landscape  of  late.  Miss 
Froelich  is  a  very  popular  woman  in 
Society,  as  she  is  quick  at  repartee 
and  a  wonderful  amateur  actress.  One 
time  at  a  house-party  at  "Dick"  Ho- 
taling's  an  impromptu  fancy  dress 
ball  was  agreed  upon  by  the  host  and 


MR    HENRY    PECK    (BEHIND    THE    PAPEH1— "OHO<       TH1E    IS    OOOD-TURN    ABOUT    (3    fAIR    PLAT! 


-00!      YSS.    MARIA— UW—1    irE  a  N    NO— ER— THAT    IS 

HE  LAUGHS  BEST  WHO  LAUGHS  LAST. 


&T       -     AND 

ICECREAM 

1536-8  Fillmore  St.,  S.F. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Orgamsl  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherith  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  K 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 


LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 

Church  Choir 

Teacher    of     Voice,     Piano     and     Orgai; 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phon> 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,  Tues 
day  and  Friday. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 

PIANIST 

Tel.  West  314  1801  Buchanan  Si.,  Cor.  Sull. 


To  Cure  all  Skin  Diseases,  use 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 
Oriental   Cream   or  Magic    Beautifier 

It  Purifies  and  Beautifies  the  Skin 
For  Sale  by  Druggists 


-THE  WASP- 


31 


RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 

SIX  OR   MORE   RACES   EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Rain  ot  Shine 

Racer   commence  at   1:40  p.  m.  sharp. 

For  ipecial  trains  Mopping  at  the  track  take  S.  P.  Ferry, 
foot  of  Market  street:  leave  at  1 2:00.  thereafter  every  twenty 
minutes  until  1:40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  cars, 
which  are  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Returning  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILLIAMS.  President. 
PERCY  W.  TREAT.  Secretary. 


The  best  YEAST  for  all 
Kinds    of   Baking 

FRESH  DAILY  AT  YOUR  GROCER 


Thompson's       Formerly 

Oyster  Loaf,  op7n. 

1727  O'Farrell  St.,  near  Fillmore 
K\\  night  service  Popular  Prices 


'    The  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 

Hammam  Baths,  built  especially  for 

the  purpose,  in  the  city. 

:  Oriental  Turkish  Baths  j 

Corner  Eddy  and  Larkln  Sts. 
Cold  water  plunge. 
Room  including  Bath,  Si. oo. 
Phone  Franklin  053 
W.  J.  BLUMBERG  &  BRO..  Props. 


DATRICK  &  CO. 


Rubber   Stamps 

Stencils,  Box  Brands 


543  Pine  Street 


San  Francisco 


guests  and  a  rule  was  that  the  cos- 
tumes must  be  fashioned  of  articles 
and  garments  to  he  found  in  the 
house.  Miss  ■Froelich  improvised  a 
startlingly  successful  classic  costume 
"in  11I"  a  pair  of  curtains  and  was 
judged  the  winmr  of  the  prize  for  the 
most  originally  gowned  of  the  ladies. 

*  *       * 

A  Miser's  Eccentricities 
T.  P.  O'Connor,  the  editor  of  a 
noted  London  weekly,  gives  some  in- 
teresting facts  ahout  John  Camden 
Xcild,  whose  magnificent  bequest  to 
Queen  Victoria  supplied  the  funds  out 
of  which  the  Prince  Consort  built  the 
present  Balmoral  Castle,  deserves  a 
place  among  the  great  misers  and  was 
as  remarkable  a  man  as  any  of  them. 
Me  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge,  and  was  a  barris- 
ter at  Lincoln's  Inn.  At  the  age  of 
34  his  father's  death  placed  him  in 
possession  of  a  fortune  of  £250,000, 
and  from  that  moment  he  became  a 
confirmed  miser. 

Neild  lived  at  Chelsea  in  a  big 
house  so  meanly  furnished  that  it  did 
not  even  boast  of  a  bed.  Two  old 
women,  who  did  his  stoves,  and  a 
black  cat  were  his  sole  companions. 
When  he  visited  his  large  estates  in 
the  Midlands,  which  he  did  frequently, 
he  generally  walked,  unless  he  could 
get  a  lift  for  nothing,  and  he  was  not 
even  above  taking  a  gratuitous  seat 
on  a  dung  cart.  Sometimes  he  was 
compelled  by  the  weather  to  take  a 
seat  on  the  stage  coach.  And  there 
he  would  sit  outside,  shivering  and 
dripping — for  he  never  wore  a  great- 
coat— an  object  of  commiseration  to 
his  fellow  passengers. 

*  *       * 

By  Their  Works  Ye  Shall  Know  Them 

"Who  lives  in  that  splendid  mansion 
with  the  broad  drives  leading  up  to  it?" 

"That's  the  home  of  Dubbkins.  He 
has  an  income  of  sixty  thousand  dollars 
a  year  from  a  farce  comedy  that  he 
wrote  in  two  weeks." 

"Great !  By  the  way,  who  was  that 
seedy-looking  fellow  who  called  you 
aside  a  minute  ago?" 

"That  was  Prof.  Holtsworth.  He 
wanted  to  borrow  a  quarter.  Poor 
devil !  You  must  remember  him.  He 
is  the  man  whose  great  poetic  drama 
was  so  highly  praised  by  the  critics 
a  year  or  two  ago." 

*  *  * 

The  Parson — I'm  surprised  to  see  you 
coming  out  of  a  public  house  again, 
Jones. 

Jones — Oh,  sir,  we  must  come  out 
sometimes. 


William   Keith 

Studio 

After  Dec.  1st         1717  California  St. 


SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 


Attorney-at-Law 
1107  OTARRELL  STREET 

Cor.   Franklin  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


DR.  WM.  D.  CLARK 

Office  and  Res.:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

Hours — 1  to  3  p.  m.  and  7  to  8  p.  m. 

Sundays — By   appointment 

Phone  West   390 


Contracts    made    with    Hotels    and    Restaurants 
Special  Attention  given  to  Family  Trade 


Established  1876 


THOMAS  MORTON  &  SON 

Importer  of  and     (~*C\  A  I 
Dealers  in  V^V-frtL. 

N.  W.  Cor.  Eddy  and  Hyde,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-31   Battery  Street,  S.  F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Harrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  I  I  79 

GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


ASH'SHBITIERg 

.      BETTER  THAN    PILLS.        V 


To  rcstgre  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
color  use  Alfrcdum's  Egyptian  Henna — 
a  vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
[he  effect  is  immediate..  All  druggists 
sell  it.     Langley  &  Michaels  Co.,  agents. 


32 


-THE  WASP 


ENNEN'S?^? 


STPILET 


PRICKLY  HEAT,  •: 
CHAFING,  and      ■ 

SUNBURN,  -V5.-E 


llghiful    ificr    Shiving.       Sold    everywhere,    01 
celpx  Of   25c      Gel   Mermen's  (ihe  original)       Sjmple   FtC. 

(.l-.HM.1tn.  mcnnin  •  OMP  ,.m    N.  .  ,,  i,   -.  j 


California  Vehicle  &  Harness  Co. 

Successors  to 


cLEIBOLD; 

Nabness  &  CARRIAGE  CO- 

1214  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 

BET. WEBSTER  AND  FILLMORE 


Blake,  Moffatt 
&  Towne 

Paper 

1400  - 1450  FOURTH  STREET 


TELEPHONE  MARKET  3016 

Private   Exchange   Connecting   All    Departments 


ASSESSMENT    NOTICE. 


SAVAGE  GOLD  AND  SILVER  MINING 
COMPANY.— Location  of  principal  place  of 
business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Location 
of  works,  Virginia  City,  Storey  County, 
Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on  the  9th  day  of 
May,  1907,  an  assessment  (No.  8)  of  10  (ten) 
cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately 
in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary, 
at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  116,  339 
Bush  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall 
remain  unpaid  on  the  12th  day  of  June,  1907, 
will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at 
public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  1st  day 
of  July,  1907,  at  1  o'clock  p.  m.,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  cost 
of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

JOHN  W.  TWIGGS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  No.  116,  339  Bush  Street,  San 
Francisco,  California. 


Mere  Opinion 

A  man  with  a  future  and  a  woman 
with  a  past  can  generally  be  sure  that 
they  are  being  talked  about. 

Man  learns  to  talk.  Woman  talks  by 
instinct. 

To  a  man  wealth  means  power ;  to  a 
woman  the  joy  of  being  envied. 

If  it  were  considered  fitting  that 
wives  should  be  older  than  their  hus- 
bands marriage  would  become  obsolete. 
Vvords  never  fail  a  smooth  hypocrite. 

A  funny  story  gets  more  applause 
than  sensible  talk. 

There's  always  room  for  a  few  more — 
at  the  bottom. 

It's  a  woman's  plain  duty  to  be  as 
handsome  as  she  can. 

Jonah  was  the  first  man  on  record  to 
get  inside  information. 

Popularity  is  an  article  that  isn't  dis- 
played on  bargain  counters. 

It's  up  to  a  married  man  to  be  a 
husband — not   merely   an   ex-bachelor. 

It  takes  a  fool  to  fool  himself  into 
the  belief  that  he  isn't  foolish. 

A  girl  would  almost  rather  have  a 
beau  than  eat  chocolate  creams. 

The  best  way  to  have  a  good  opinion 
of  people  is  by  not  getting  to  know 
them  well. 

Optimism  is  hoping  you  are  going  to 
get  out  of  debt  in  spite  of  having  half 
a  dozen  children. 

The  reason  a  woman  insists  on  a 
servant  having  a  letter  of  reference  is 
because  she  knows  it  isn't  true. 

A  woman  always  believes  she  would 
have  a  better  figure  if  she  hadn't  studied 
so   hard   when   she   went   to   school. 


A  Great  Cartoonist 
There  is  a  certain  great  cartoonist 
who  is  an  ardent  advocate  of  spelling 
reform  because  he  is  so  poor  a  speller 
himself.  His  editors  watch  with  the 
greatest  care  the  inscriptions  he  puts 
on  his  work  and  correct  misspelled 
words  almost  every  day.  A  short  time 
ago  the  cartoonist  was  working  on  a 
picture  that  had  to  do  with  the  In- 
ternational Peace  Congress.  He 
looked  up  from  his  board  and  said  to 
his  neighbor:  ''How  do  you  spell  An- 
gelo?"  "A-n-g-e-1-o,"  spelled  the 
other.  "How  are  you  going  to  use 
it?"  "Oh,"  the  cartoonist  replied,  "I 
am  making  a  cartoon  about  this  An- 
gelo-American  alliance." 


Lesson  in  Physiognomy 

It  is  all  right  to  rave  over  Grecian 
noses  in  poetry,  but  the  nose  we  admire 
in  everyday  life  is  the  nose  that  is  kept 
out  of  other  people's  business. 


T0Y0  KISEN 
KAISHA 

(Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 
Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

Room  240  James  Flood   Building 
San  Francisco 

S.  S.  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)     .     .     . 

Friday,  May  31,  1907 

S.  S.  "Hongkong  Maru" [ 

Friday,  June  28,  1907 

S.  S.  "America  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)        .     . 
Thursday,  July  18,  1907  ' 

Steamers  will  leave  wharf,  comer  First  and  Brannan  Sts., 
1  P.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 
lulu, Kobe,  (Hiogo).  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 
necting 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,  240  James  Flood 
Building.     W.  H.  AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 


Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

Headquarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 

1 1 13-1 1  15  Fillmore  St.,  San  Francisco 


Albion  Ale  or  Porter 

Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure    Extract    of    Malt   and    Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Lagunt 


Dr.  WONG  HIM 

1268  O'Farrell  St. 

Permanently  Located 

HERD   DOCTOR 


Father  and  Mother 
Write  Letter  In- 
dorsing: Treatment. 

SAN    FRANCISCO 
March  23.  1906 

To    Whom  it  may 

»a  Concern:    Our  three- 
s'   year-  old    daughter, 

having    been    ill   for 

some  time  and  being 
treated  by  the  most  prominent  physicians, 
gradually   became   worse,    and   was  finally 
given  up  by  them.    We  were  then  recom- 
mended to    Dr.  Wong    Him.    We   started 
with  bis  treatment  and  within  two  months 
time  our  daughter  was  cured. 
Respectfully, 
MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  C.  L1EB, 
2757  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 


Volume  LVII-No.  22 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  JUNE  I    1907 


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By  AMERICUS 

The  trial  of  Moyer,  Haywood  and  Pettibone  at 
Boise  City  for  the  murder  of  Governor  Steunen- 
berg  is  likely  to  deal  the  death  blow  to  the  labor 
trust  of  the  United  States.  The  trust  has  espoused 
the  cause  of  the  accused  murderers  and  declared 
that  they  shall  not  be  convicted.  For  two  years 
it  has  assessed  all  the  labor  unions  in  America 
to  pay  for  the  prisoners'  support  and  their  legal 
defense.  This  has  been  done  in  the  face  of  the 
well-known  fact  that  the  evidence  in  the  hands  of 
the  Idaho  State  prosecutors  is  so  strong  that  it 
seems  impossible  that  the  defendants  can  escape 
the  gallows. 

Not  only  is  the  State  in  possession  of  the  full 
confession  of  Harry  Orchard,  but  it  has  a  mass  of 
corroborative  proofs  in  the  form  of  telegrams,  let- 
ters and  cipher  codes  used  by  the  defendants  in 
putting  their  murderous  plots  into  execution. 

For  ten  years  the  Western  Federation  of  Miners, 
officered  by  Moyer,  Flaywood  and  Pettibone,  ter- 
rorized the  States  of  Colorado  arid  Idaho.  The 
crimes  committed  by  this  organization,  earned  for 


it  the  sobriquet  of  the  "Federation  of  Murderers," 
and  the  title  appears  all  too  mild,  when  one  reads 
the  confession  of  Harrv  Orchard,  the  chief 
assassin. 

Orchard's  sole  occupation  for  years  was  to  strike 
terror  to  the  community  by  deeds  of  violence 
against  the  property  or  -persons  of  persons  who  at- 
tempted to  check  the  lawlessness  of  the  Federation. 
Mines  were  blown  up.  and  non-union  miners  sub- 
jected to  barbarious  outrages.  All  .this  Orchard 
has  told  in  detail ;  and  if  the  State  can  corroborate 
his  testimony,  the  civilized  world  will  be  astounded 
and  shocked  by  the  disclosures. 

America  will  have  received  .another  blow  in  the 
estimation  of  the  outsid-e  world  as,  being  a  lawless 
land,  where  great  crimes  by  criminals  with  powerful 
political  influence  can  scarcely  be  punished. 


In  one  of  his  murderous  exploits,  as  an  "agent  of 
the  Western  Federation  of  Miners,  Orchard  blew 
up  a  railroad  platform  crowded  with  non-union 
miners.  Twenty-one  were  killed  or  maimed  for  life 
and  many  others  suffered  -serious  injuries.  The 
arch-murderer  had  laid  his  plans  with  the  skill  of 
a  past-master  in  the  art  of  assassination.  Under 
the  platform  he  had.  placed  sufficient  dynamite  for 
his  purpose  and  arranged  to  explode  it  from  a  safe 
distance  by  a  long,  hidden  wire.  The  crafty  as- 
sassin had  prepared  to  prove  an  alibi,  should  he 
be  suspected  of  the  terrible  crime.  Two  days  be- 
fore the  murder  he  ostentatiously  left  town  with 
some  friends,  who  were  going  into  the  next  county 
by  wagon,  and  who  had  no  suspicion  of  his  purpose. 
When  the  party  camped  in  the  afternoon,  some  ten 
miles  away,  Orchard  pretended  to  remember  that 
he  had  left  his  pistol  at  home.  He  went  back  on 
horseback  for  it,  after  telling  his  friends  he  would 
overtake  them.  The  crafty  scoundrel  timed  his 
movements  so  well  that  he  was  in  hiding,  and  had 
hold  of  the  wire  that  exploded  the  dynamite  under 
the  railroad  platform  just  as  the  evening  whistle  at 
the  adjacent  mine  blew,  and  the  crowd  of  non- 
union miners  trooped  down  to  the  station  to  catch 
a  coming  train  and  return  to  their  homes. 

Instead  of  feeling  some  compunction  for  so  ter- 
rible a  crime,  Orchard  is  said  to  have  expressed 
regrets  that  he  pulled  the  wire. a  few  seconds  too 
soon.  Had  he  waited  a  little  longer  he  would  have 
killed  and  wounded  twice  as  many  victims. 


-THE  WASP 


It  was  crimes  of  that  character  that  led  to  the 
uprising  of  the  decent  people  of  Idaho  and  Colo- 
rado against  the  Western  Federation  of  Miners, 
and  the  declaration  of  martial  law  by  Governor 
Steunenberg.  The  soldier  with  his  rifle  and  bay- 
onet soon  makes  an  end  of  agitators,  who  rely  upon 
terrorism  to  work  their  will  on  a  community.  The 
soldiers  rounded  up  the  terrorists,  and  then  was 
instituted  that  historic  prison  known  as  the  "Bull 
Pen."  Barbarous  criminality  ceased  at  once,  just 
as  thievery  and  violence  disappeared  in  San  Fran- 
cisco when  the  soldiers  supplanted  the  wretched 
municipal  administration,  just  after  the  earthquake 
and  fire.  By  the  suspension  of  the  reign  of  terror 
the  influence  of  Moyer  and  his  associates  was  de- 
stroyed, and  their  organization  fell  away.  The 
terrorists  were  either  escorted  over  the  State  line 
or  fled,  and  Idaho  enjoyed  industrial  peace  and  se- 
curity for  the  first  time  in  a  decade. 

Because  of  the  part  he  took  in  the  restoration  of 
constitutional  law  and  order  Governor  Steunenberg 
was  assassinated  in  a  most  cowardly  manner. 


The  sympathizers  of  Moyer  and  Haywood  would 
have  us  believe  that  the  awful  crimes  to  which 
Harry  Orchard  confesses  were  committed  by  him 
in  the  interest  of  the  mine-owners,  and  for  the  pur- 
pose of  discrediting  the  miners'  union  and  its 
officials.  This  is  on  a  par  with  the  declarations  of 
labor  leaders  in  San  Francisco  who  openly  profess 
to  discountenance  violence  against  non-union  car- 
men and  passengers  who  ride  on  the  boycotted  cars 
and  secretly  encourage  and  aid  the  lawlessness  and 
brutality.  That  such  claims  should  for  a  moment 
be  considered  by  the  press,  or  that  any  newspaper 
should  refer  to  them  except  in  derision,  shows  how 
disingenuous  is  the  discussion  of  all  matters  that 
reflect  and  expose  the  true  inwardness  of  the  labor 
trust.  The  average  daily  newspaper  editor  ap- 
proaches the  subject  with  as  much  awe  and  appre- 
hension as  the  ancient  Hebrews  did  the  holy  of 
holies  in  their  venerated  temple. 

Orchard  occupies  toward  the  murder  trials  in 
Boise  City,  about  the  same  position  as  Abe  Ruef 
does  toward  the  graft  cases  in  San  Francisco.  He 
is  the  arch  villain  who  holds  the  key  to  the  situ- 
ation. 


This  man  Orchard  is  a  peculiar  character,  and 
while  his  crimes  have  been  most  inhuman,  he  him- 
self is  intelligent  and  possessed  of  an  underlying 
streak  of  religious  superstitution.  He  is  the  type 
of  man  who  three  hundred  years  ago  would  think 
no  more  of  burning  some  poor  woman,  accused  of 
witchcraft,  than  he  would  of  singeing  a  dead 
chicken.  Loyalty  to  the  Union,  was  Orchard's 
creed  and  when  Moyer,  his  president,  a  man  of 
superior  mentality,  or  greater  force  of  character, 
bade  him  go  forth  and  kill  he  went  as  obediently 
and  unquestioningly  as  a  soldier  would  accept  his 
orders  to  do  sentry  duty. 

When  Orchard  was  caught  in  the  toils  after  the 
murder  of  Governor  Steunenberg  he  fell  under  a 
new  influence — that  of  the  experienced  detective 
McParland. 


The  letter  worked  on  the  murderer's  superstitious 
streak  to  such  effect  that  Orchard  confessed  every 
crime  he  had  committed  up  to  the  killing  of  Gov- 
ernor Steunenberg  who  was  blown  to  pieces  at  his 
own  door  by  a  bomb.  According  to  Orchard's  con- 
fession Moyer  had  urged  him  incessantly  to  this 
crime  as  a  master-stroke' '  to  terrorize  the  com- 
munity. 

In  a  few  weeks  the  people  of  this  nation  will; 
have  the  terrible  story  in  full  and  can  judge  for 
themselves  whether  Moyer,  Haywood  and  Petti- 
bone  are  worthy  of  the  admiration  and  support  of 
any  American  organization  that  desires  to  be  re- 
garded as  patriotic  and  law  abiding. 


Governor  Gillett  has  been  busily  engaged  dur- 
ing the  past  week  in  that  occupation  popularly 
known  as  "passing  the  buck."  Every  day  the  news- 
papers have  published  some  statement  such  as  here 
follows,  and  which  has  been  clipped  from  the  Ex- 
aminer : 

Gillett  Will  Remain  Till  Strike  Settled 
By  Governor  Gillett 

I  think  I  have  said  all  I  possibly  can  on  the  ex- 
treme need  of  the  business  interests  of  San  Fran- 
cisco doing  something  quickly  to  assure  the  outside 
world  that  they  have  the  local  situation  well  in 
hand  and  are  united  in  their  determination  to  main- 
tain the  City's  credit  in  every  respect.  One  thing, 
however,  may  be  dealt  upon.  The  great  interior  of 
California  is  being  injuriously  affected  in  a  financial 
way  by  the  local  confusion.  I  know  the  interior  is 
loyal  to  San  Francisco  metropolis  and  is  nonplussed 
that  the  City  it  has  always  looked  up  to  is  losing 
valuable  time  in  not  straightening  out  its  difficulties 
for  its  own  good  and  that  of  the  rest  of  the  State. 
So  the  loyal  feeling  of  the  interior  should  not 
be  trifled  with. 

In  response  to  many  urgent  appeals  from  the  in- 
terior I  can  only  reply  that  I  have  done  all  I  can 
in  the  matter  when  I  say  to  the  merchants  and 
bankers  and  intelligent  labor  leaders  of  San  Fran- 
cisco : 

"For  the  business  and  credit  interests  of  your  City 
stop  factional  strife  and  agree  upon  a  reasonable 
plan  of  action  that  will  appeal  to  the  reason  of  the 
outside  world.  You  have  got  to  come  to  it  some 
day,  and  the  sooner  the  better." 


These  fulminations  are  always  followed  by  the 
threat  that  the  Governor  will  stay  here  all  Summer 
if  necessary  till  the  strike  is  settled  and  order  re- 
stored. 

I  am  sorrv  to  say  that  Governor  Gillett  has  not 
realized  the  public  hopes  that  were  raised  by  his 
first  emphatic  threat  to  bring  troops  into  San  Fran- 
cisco unless  the  peace  was  at  once  preserved.  The 
Governor  is  a  lawyer  and  knows  very  well  that 
it  is  his  duty  and  not  that  of  the  business  men,  or 
any  other  private  citizen  of  San  Francisco  to  see 
that  every  person  in  this  Citv  is  protected  in  his 
constitutional  rights.  Anarchy  exists  here  at  pres- 
ent and  so  does  insurrection.  The  lawless  element, 
headed  by  a  small  faction  of  the  striking  carmen, 


-THE  WASP- 


-  in  revolt  against  law  and  order  and  an  indicted 
nd  incompetent  Chief  of  Police  cannot  restrain 
licin   if   he    wished,    for   an     indicted    and    corrupt 

lyor  and  a  partisan  Board  of  Police  Commis- 
iqners  composed  of  labor  politicians  are  desirous 
hat  the  outlaws  should  triumph. 

The  indicted  Hoard  of  Supervisors,  consisting  of 

lot  of  self-confessed  felons,  have  ceased  to  exer 
ise  all  their  proper  official  functions  and  move  only 
3  directed  by  the  big  stick  wielded  by  Rudolph 
•preckels  and  the  District  Attorney.  This  is 
narchy  and  revolution  and  San  Francisco  is  with- 
>ut  a  government 

Why  does  not  Governor  (iilletl  step  in  with  the 
lowerful  machinery  of  State  government  at  his  con- 
rol  and  become  master  of  the  situation  and  re- 
djust  it,  as  is  his  duty? 

Does  he  wish  to  have  it  understood  that  he  merely 
3  a  figurehead,  or  a  shadow,  as  have  been  several 
f  his  unworthy  predecessors,  who  in  their  eager- 
Sjs  to  dp  small  politics  lost  sight  of  the  large  public 
ntcrcsts  and  finally  fell  in  the  ditch  with  all  the 
ther  tin  worthies? 

povernor  Gillett,  with  all  due  respect  to  him, 
alks  what  is  commonly  known  as  "guff"  when  he 
leclares  that  the  "business  interests  of  San  Fran- 
isco"  can  restore  normal  conditions  here.  The 
irain  of  an  oyster  would  reject  such  tommyrot. 

Who  is  to  confer  authority  on  private  citizens  of 
jan  Francisco  to  kick  Chief  Dinan  out  of  office,  if 
he  streets  are  not  made  at  once  safe  for  every  man, 
voman  and  child  who  wishes  to  ride  on  the  boy- 
otted  street  cars? 

The  crooked  Mayor,  who  is  shaking  in  his  boots 
it  the  bar  of  justice,  will  certainly  not  co-operate 
vith  honest  citizens,  for  his  last  hope  is  pinned  on 
he  outlaws  who  have  plunged  the  town  into  tur- 
noil. 

Rudolph  Spreckels  has  already  repulsed  a  first- 
dass  committee  of  private  citizens,  and  called  them 
lames  and  they  have  disbanded  hurriedly. 

Mr.  James  N.  Gillett,  Governor  of  California,  is 
die  man  to  lift  this  City  at  once  out  of  anarchy  and 
.'stablish  order  for  he  has  the  power  and  what 
I  more  it  is  his  duty  to  become  an  active  agent 
or  the  complete  restoration  of  law  and  order  and 
not  stand  by  a  passive  spectator,  contenting  him- 
elf  with  meaningless  admonitions  to  people  who 
have  no  shadow  of  official  and  legal  authority  to 
?rasp  the  reins  of  government. 

His  advice  to  the  citizens  of  San  Francisco  is  like 
that  of  a  person,  in  a  boat  looking  at  a  man  drown- 
ing in  a  strong  current,  and  calmly  advising  him 
to  improvise  a  life-preserver  out  of  his  suspenders 
and  trousers  so  as  to  keep  his  head  above  water. 
Why  not  reach  out  and  lift  the  drowning  man  into 
the  boat  and  not  waste  so  much  valuable  time  in 
idle  words? 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  Governor  will  pass  the 
buck  no  more,  but  get  in  and  do  his  duty  and  not 
split  hairs  as  to  that  duty,  when  the  metropolis  of 
|California  is  without  a  government  owing  to  most 
extraordinary  events. 


The  Bulletin's  extra  giving  the  news  of  the  in- 
dictment of  Calhoun.  Mullally,  Ford  ami  Abbott 
was  on  the  streets  in  record-breaking  time  after  the 
Grand  lury  had  returned  these  indictments.  But 
among  the  big  type  were  some  surprising  blanks. 
There  were  some  clean  holes  not  accountable  for  by 
reference  to  freak  ideas  of  make-up,  and  some 
blurred  sentences  not  due  to  bad  press-work.  The 
story  repeated   impressively  the   list   from.  Calhoun 

down,  ending  "Abe    Ruef  and  ".     Now  whose 

name  had  been  there?  That  was  the  question  every 
reader  asked  curiously,  and  some  thousand  grafters 
who  are  under  suspicion  blanched  when  they  saw 
those  ominous  blanks.  Where  was  the  name  of  some 
man  whom  Fremont  Older  expected  to  be  indicted 
but  was  not.  Some  of  the  ingenious  ones  experi- 
mented the  next  day  when  the  additional  list  of 
indictments  was  returned,  but  they  could  not  de- 
termine the  fact,  for  "Tohn  Martin,"  "Frank  G. 
Drum,"  "G.  H.  Umbsen,"  or  "Chas.  E.  Green"  will 
fit  into  those  blanks  equally  well. 


An  Admirable  Magazine 
The  June  "Sunset  lives  up  to  the  record  of  this- 
perfectly  Californian  magazine  for  up-to-dateness, 
genuine  local  interest  and  patriotism.  "The  Spread 
of  San  Francisco"  is  a  realistic  article  by  Rufus 
Steele.  It  is  accompanied  by  twenty-eight  half- 
tone photographs,  many  of  them  full  page  and  done 
in  the  "Sunset's  "  artistic  stvle  of  presswork.  Robert 
T.  Burdette  contributes  an  interesting  story,  "The 
Sending  of  a  Telegram.  The  growing  and  attrac- 
tive town  of  Santa  Cruz  comes  in  for  seven  pages, 
well  illustrated ;  while  a  number  of  local  poets  are 
represented  in  verse  of  Western  atmosphere.  The 
editor,  Charles  Sedgwick  Aiken  has  succeeded  in 
putting  forth  a  number  that  is  especially  note- 
worthy in  the  beginning  of  this,  the  second  year  of 
new  San  Francisco.  It  is  an  issue  that  will  inspire 
confidence  in  the  City  at  a  time  when  civic  enthus- 
iasm is  required  to  the  fullest  extent. 


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CHAS.KE.ILUS&  CO 
EXCLUSIVE 

HIGH  GRADE  CLOTHIERS 


No  Branch  Stores.  No  Agents. 

We  devote  every  effort  to  get  the  best  clothes  that  can  be  constructed. 
We  don't  spare  expense  to  accomplish  this  end.  There  is  a  good  reason 
why!  Our  prices  are  higher  than  ordinary  clothiers.  We'll  tell  you. 
"It's  quality." 

Good  make  and  quality  are  not  the  only  essentials  that  are 
most  important  to  qualify  a  suit  of  clothes,  "It  s  the  proper  cut 
and  fit."  Here's  where  we  outclass  others;  we  make  "fit"  a 
special  feature.  You  can  pick  out  our  clothes  no  matter  whete 
seen  or  worn. 


KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 

Fillmore    Street,     near   Sutter,      San    Francisco 


— — "7— ~7trr "7 WT '" ' — -    -    i-  ~?iV'.- — ■'  "-..'--  ■ ~~" ' ■ — .'     ■■:«;■■,■?;■,■  ,  .; 

Men  and  Women 


Jl  Weekly  Summary  of  Social  Activities  and  Complications 


Winter,  and  about  half  an  hour  before  his  guests 
arrived  his  cook  "flew  the  coop,"  so  to  speak.  The 
host  was  in  a  frenzy.  He  telephoned  everywhere 
for  a  kitchen  deity,  but  neither  in  the  shape  of 
Swede,  Irish,  Jap  or  Dutch  could  the  sudden  want 
be  supplied  in  time.  Meantime  behold  the  guests; 
taking  off  their  wraps  and  coats  and  sniffing  for 
savory  gusts  from  the  kitchen  which  showed  that 
the  company  had  brought  their  appetites  along  with 
them.  Mr.  Reid  rose  to  the  occasion  with  Napol- 
eonic decision.  He  exposed  to  his  guests  the  awful 
secret  of  his  deserted  kitchen.  There  was  the  range 
glowing  like  a  blacksmith's  forge,  and  the  larder 
was  fairly  bursting  with  the  best  the  markets  af- 
forded ;  but  the  presiding  genius  of  the  kitchen  was 
missing.  The  Society  women  laughed  at  their  host's 
predicament.  They  all  had  had  their  own  little 
affairs  with  princesses  of  the  culinary  department.  I 
They  donned  aprons,  seized  kettles  and  pans  and 
never  was  there  served  a  jollier  or  more  thoroughly 
enjoyed  dinner.  In  fact  the  flight  of  the  cook  was 
voted  to  have  been  the  best  thing  that  could  have 
happened. 


The  divorced  wife  of  the  capitalist,  Peter  Finns 
gan,  Mrs.  Boyeson,  as  she  wishes  to  be  called,  is 
the  housekeeper  at  the  Fairmont,  but  she  was  en-  i 
gaged  as  more  than  a  housekeeper.     She  was  em-  i 
plo3fed  to  create  a  social  life  at  the  Fairmont  this 
Winter.     She  is  still  a  very  beautiful  woman,  and 
is   a   counterpart  of   Lillian    Russell   ten   or   fifteen  i 
years  ago.     One  really  loses  track  of  Old  Father 
Time's  record  when  he  talks  about  the  airy  fairy 
Lillian's  glorious  past. 


MRS.  RUTH  E.  BAIRD 

The  modern  young  college  maiden  is  not  an 
ethereal  being  living  in  a  world  of  romance,  but  a 
practical  young  person.  One  of  the  girls'  sorority 
houses  in  Berkeley  lost  its  cook  the  day  a  big  ban- 
quet of  farewell  was  to  be  given  to  the  members 
of  Class  1907.  It  did  not  bother  the  girls  a  bit, 
however.  They  simply  rolled  their  sleeves  up  to 
their  elbows,  put  on  the  daintiest  aprons,  and  pre- 
pared the  sumptuous  feast  themselves  so  that  no 
one  of  their  guests  realized  amateur  cooks  had  sup- 
plied the  fare.  Whether  the  qualms  of  indigestion 
seized  the  guests  later  on  and  still  rack  them  his- 
tory sayeth  not.  •  Let  us  hope  for  the  best. 

Society  women  know  much  more  about  cooking 
than  in  those  hazy  times  which  are  referred  to  as 
"the  good  old  days."  James  Reid,  the  well-known 
architect,  was  to  give  a  rather  elaborate  dinner  last 


Fairmont  Hotel 


Mason  at  California  and  Sacramento  Sts. 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


THE 


UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF 

PALACE     HOTEL 


CO 


-THE  WASP- 


MRS.  FRED  McNEAR 

My  Sausalito  correspondent  writes  me  that  So- 
ciety in  that  picturesque  burg  is  all  astir  over  the 
coming  military  wedding  in  which  Captain  Wolfe 
will  be  the  bridegroom  and  the  popular  and  fasci- 
nating Miss  Mabel  Watkins  the  bride.  Mrs.  Rob- 
bins  gave  a  luncheon  for  Miss  Watkins,  the  other 
guests  being  Mrs.  Cantwell,  Mrs.  Battams,  Miss 
Cutter,  Mrs.  I!.  Connev,  Mrs.  Watkins,  Mrs.  Starr 
Keeler,  Mrs.  Horn,  Miss  E.  Miller,  Miss  E.  Williar, 
Mrs.  C.  J.  Foster,  Mrs.  Findlay. 

Showers  of  all  kinds  have  been  falling-  for  the 
benefit  and  pleasure  of  Miss  Watkins.  A  linen 
shower  fell  at  Mrs.  1!.  Bonney's,  where  about 
twenty  fashionable  ladies  assembled  and  em- 
broidered W's  all  day  on  hemstitched  napkins,  etc. 
A  sachet  shower  occurred  at  the  hospitable  home 
i if  AIr>.  Frank  Findlay,  who  is  to  be  the  matron 
of  honor.  The  invited  guests  brought  the  sachet 
powder  and  the  hostess  furnished  the  satin  for  the 
bags.  There  was  a  busy  day  I  can  assure  you. 
Mrs.  Starr  Keeler  gave  a  picnic  for  both  the  bride 
and  groom.  Sausalito  is  not  going  to  be  outdone 
by  another  section  in  the  matter  of  doing  proper 
honor  to  its  favorite  daughters  who.  are  about  to 
change  their  names. 

*         *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Martin  will  pass  the  Sum- 
mer in  town  with  Mrs.  Martin's  parents,  the 
Hamiltons,  and  await  the  arrival  of  the  stork.  They 
are  soon  to  build  a  handsome  home  in  San  Rafael 
near  the  new  residence  of  their  great  friends,  Mr. 

and  Mrs.  James  Follis. 

£         *         # 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young  and  their  charm- 
ing daughters,  who  have  gone  East  and  abroad,  will 


do  a  good  deal  of  shopping  in  Paris  and  London 
this  Summer.  Society  will  be  agog  with  curiosity 
to  see  the  dresses  that  the  ladies  will  bring  back 
with  them  for  the  Winter  gaities. 


Although  it  would  be  a  severe  tax  on  the  imagin- 
ation to  picture  Mrs.  Stuyvesant  Fish  or  any  other 
Xew  York  social  leader  entertaining  a  party  of 
friends  in  Central  Park  or  any  of  the  city's  breath- 
ing spots  where  the  lungs  of  the  mere  populace  ex- 
pand, a  foreign  paper  says  that  on  every  Sunday 
Mrs.  Mackay  receives  her  friends  in  a  secluded 
corner  of  the  Latin  Quarter's  most  famous  park 
in  Paris.  The  refreshments  at  these  entertainments 
are  supplied  by  passing  venders,  such  as  old  women 
who  sell  tempting  raisin  cake  and  other  like 
dainties.  The  paper  adds  to  this  account,  which 
whether  or  not  authentic  is  pleasant  to  believe,  that 
these  novel  little  affairs  have  been  most  successful 
and  are  a  great  relief  after  more  formal  fashion- 
able entertainments.  The  public  takes  these  park 
receptions  as  a  matter  of  course  in  Paris,  it  appears, 
and  there  is  no  gaping  throng  or  camera  fiend  to 
mar  them. 


In  Old  Madrid 
The  lights  are  aglow  in  the  city  tonight 

And  the  place  is  throbbing  with  joy — 
Alfonso  kicks  wild  at  the  cat  in  delight, 

And  yells:  "O,  caramba!  A  boy!" 


ARE  YOU  NOT  INSPIRED  WITH 
A  LOVE  FOR  THE  COLONIAL 


In  looking  at  a 
room  such  as 
this? 


/^\UR  carefully  selected   stock   of  Wall  Papers  and 
^-^      Fabrics  is   replete  with   attractive  things   and   at 

such  small  attractive  prices.     We  will   gladly  assist  you 
in   your   decorating   if   you    will    favor   us   with    a   call. 


L,  TOZER  &  SON  CO. 

INTERIOR   DECORATORS 

1527    PINE    STREET.  Bet.  Van  Ness  and  Polk,  S.  F. 
187     TWELFTH     STREET,     Near     Madison,     Oakland 


THE  WASP 


The  Fall  of  Troy 

Ye  gods  of  Greece,  ambrosial,  heaven-born 
And  illegitimate,  this  verse  adorn ; 
With  great  sufficient  fury  fit  for  fame, 
Inspire  my  theme  and  consecrate  the  same. 
I  sing  of  thunder-mouthed  E.  P.  E.  Troy, 
The  Grand  High  Sourball  of  the  Iroquois, 
(Club  Democratic — souls  with  wisdom  blest, 
Amalgamated  Soreheads  of  the  West.) 

Hail,  Troy,  the  wildest  Trojan  of  them  all. 
But  unlike  Ilium,  never  known  to  fall. 
He  weighed  full  hundred  pounds  avoirdupois — 
One  hundred,  thirty-three  and  one-third  troy. 
Opposed  to  this  fear-striking  son  of  Jove, 
Strike-breaking  Pat  Calhoun  in  anger  strove. 
Heroes  that  seldom  quailed  stood  round  the  two, 
Yet  at  the  threatening  conflict  half  withdrew : 
Men  who  retreat  were  never  known  to  choose ; 
Nor  danger,  deal  nor  offer  to  refuse. 

Squint-eyed  before  Titanic  Patrick's  frown, 
Troy  made  a  ragtime  bluff  to  call  him  down. 
Nor  paused  his  lathery  tongue,but  sought  the  breach, 
Imputing  falsehood  to  the  other's  speech. 
Then  fierce  Calhoun  was  forward  seen  to  rush 
And  slam  his  hand  upon  the  Trojan's  mush. 
Loud  laughed  the  gods,  non-partisanly,  and 
Rejoiced  to  see  the  Crab  of  Frisco  canned. 
Republicans  had  mocked  his.  clawing  spite, 
And  Democrats  denied  him  for  his  bite. 
And  all  who'd  ever  heard  him,  said  with  jeers, 
"That's  just  what  we've  been  waiting  for,  for  years." 

Smitten  thus,  Troy,  now  filled  with  war's  alarms. 

Replied  by  folding  prudently  his  arms. 

"A  hoodlum  here?"  he  cried;  "that  vents  his  ire 

Upon  a  gentleman  who  calls  him  liar !" 

Sore  vexed  he  was  at  this  display  of  dander, — 

Thinking  no  gentleman  resents  a  slander. 

Then  Boxton  counseled,  "Gently,  friends,  I  pray. 

Let  not  your  ardor  on  your  passions  play." 

But  Troy  unto  the  dashing  doctor  spoke : 

"You  shield  him,  for  you've  boodled  with  the  bloke." 

Ten  thousand  furies !     Boxton  gat  him  up. 

Calling  him  "cur"  who  was  too  old  for  "pup ;" 

Dashed  o'er  to  Troy  and  shouted  without  stint 

Things  that  in  dashes  only  come  to  print. 

But  friends  that  gladly  would  have  action  seen, 

Did  sacrifice  the  sport,  and  step  between. 

Now  Troy,  though  with  screech-oratory  apt. 
Never  was  famous  till  he  had  been  slapped. 
His  best  approach  to  Capital  took  place 
With  Capital's  hand  set  hard  upon  his  face. 
We've  heard  there  is  but  one  regret  for  it : 
That  Troy  will  always  brag  of  being  hit. 


■  A  pretty  country  wedding  which  took  place  in 
Alameda  was  that  of  Miss  Beatrice  Snow  and 
Rev.  Earl  Hamilton  McCollister  which  was  cele- 
brated  at   high   noon   at   Christ   Church,    Alameda. 


The    ceremony    \.as     performed     by     Right     Rev. 

William   Ford   Nichols,   Bishop  of  California.   Rev. 

F.   V.   Bugbee,   assisting.     The   wedding  breakfast 

was  given  at  the  home  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  E.  M.  Keyes, 

1725  San  Jose  Avenue.     The  young  couple  left  for 

a  short  wedding  tour  in  California  after  which  they 

start  for  the  East  and  Europe.     Miss  Snow  is  the 

daughter    of    Mr.    and    Mrs.    J.    R.    Snow    of    Los 

Angeles.    The  bride  is  a  graduate  of  the  University 

of  California  as  is  also  the  groom.   Upon  the  return 

of  the  couple  from  their  European  tour  they  will 

locate  in  Berkeley  or  San  Mateo. 
*         #         * 

Emily  Rosenstirn  Joseph  and  her  husband  are  in 
Germany  where  they  have  gone  to  live  indefinitely. 
Mrs.  Joseph  intends  to  take  up  literature  while  her 
husband  will  devote  himself  to  art.  Miss  Rosen- 
stirn, as  her  friends  call  her  in  spite  of  her  marriage 
is  considered  bv  them  the  most  brilliant  being  that 
ever  existed  in  San  Francisco.  They  have  been 
somewhat  chagrined  that  she  has  never  allowed  the 
public  to  realize  how  profound  as  well  as  scentillat- 
ing  she  is,  by  publishing'  what  she  has  written,  or 
by  writing  more.  Her  husband  and  she  collabor- 
ated on  a  play  together,  but  it  was  never  produced. 

A  wedding  of  great  interest  to  California  occurred 
recently  in  .New  York,  when  Miss  Mary  Clark 
Williams,  daughter  of  the  late  Capt.  George  N. 
Williams,  U.  S.  A.,  was  married  to  Mr.  Stanton 
Davis  Kirkham,  a  grandson  of  General  R.  W.  Kirk- 
ham,  who  once  was  Quarter  Master  General  of  the 
Department  of  the  Pacific.  The  ceremony  took 
place  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  brother,  Mr. 
Clark  Williams.  Rev.  Louis  T.  Reed  of  Brooklyn 
officiating.  Miss  Williams'  grandfather  was  Gov- 
ernor of  New  York  in  1854.  Mr.  Ralph  K.  Stafford  of 
Springfield,  Mass.,  was  his  cousin's  best  man.  Many 
prominent  people  were  present.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kirk- 
ham went  to  the  Adirondacks  on  a  wedding  tour, 
where  they  intend  to  pass  the  next  six  months.   The 


Hand  Wrought  Jewelry 

May  Mott-Smith  Cunningham,  exhibitor  of  the  Paris 
Salon  1 906,  has  at  her  Studio-Shop  1  622  Pine  St., 
many  ornaments  of  individual  and  original  design. 

ON  VIEW   DAILY 


Member  o(  Arts  and  Crafts,  Boston,  San  Francisco  and  Detroit 


SWAIN'S  CAFE 


1111-1113 

POST    ST. 


Have  added  to  their  heretofore  Excellent  Equipment 

A  Modern  Grill  Service 


With  Schlitz  and  Wurzburaer 
Beer  on  Draught 


Music  under  the  direction  o 
Mr.  Edgar  Baylisa 


THE  WASP 


lather  and  mother  of  the  groom  were  very  well 
known  on  this  Coast  in  early  days.  His  father,  Major 
Murry  Davis  of  the  8th  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.,  married 
t he  eldest  daughter  of  Gen.  R.  \Y.  Kirkham  (after 
whom  Kirkham  Street,  Oakland  was  named).  The 
mother  and  father  died  when  Stanton  Davis  was 
extremely  young,  so  General  Kirkham,  the  grand- 
father reared  him  and  he  legally  took  the  name  of 
Kirkham  when  he  grew   to  manhood. 

Stanton  Davis,  Kirkman  as  he  is  known, 
boasts  illustrious  ancestry.  The  famous  Maria 
Cooper  of  revolutionary  fame  who  was  given  away 
at  her  marriage  by  the  Marquis  of  Lafayette,  act- 
ing for  George  Washington,  was  a  relative  of  his 
mother.  Gen.  Kirkham  graduated  at  West  Point 
with  a  famous  class  which  cut  quite  a  figure  in 
military  history.  He  entered  the  city  of  Mexico  with 
Scott,  and  built  Fort  Tejon,  Cal.,  in  1854.  The  Kirk- 
ham home  in  Oakland  which  stands  today  is  very 
old  and  was  considered  a  wonder  in  interior  wood- 
work, it  was  brought  by  sailing  vessel  around  Cape 
Horn. 

Stanton  Davis  Kirkham,  the  bridegroom  has 
published  several  books  that  have  attracted  atten- 
tion. "Where  Dwells  the  Soul  Serene"  was  one  of 
his  earlier  productions.  His  last  volume  of  Essays 
entitled  "The  Ministry  of  Beauty",  has  just  been 
brought  out  by  Paul  Elder.  Mr.  Kirkham  W. 
Wright  is  a  relative  and  Mrs.  Kate  Kirkham 
Wheeler,  wife  of  Dr.  Wheeler  of  Oakland  is  an 
aunt  of  the  author,  being  a  sister  of  his  late  mother. 
*       *       * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  Dutton  of  San  Francisco,  Mrs. 
Macfarlane  of  Honolulu,  Mrs.  Wakefield  Baker  and 
Miss  Baker  of  San  Francisco  reached  Del  Monte  on 
Friday,  the  24th,  after  a  pleasant  trip  by  motor-car 
from  San  Francisco. 

*  *         • 

Another  jolly  automobile  party  was  made  up  of 
Miss  Sara  Drum,  who  was  accompanied  by  Mrs. 
H.  Goodwin  and  M.  S.  Latham,  James  H.  Follis, 
Mrs.  Follis  and  Latham  McMullen,  the  party  occu- 

pving  two  cars. 

*  *         * 

On  Saturday,  the  25th,  E.  W.  Hopkins  of  Menlo 
Park,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  J.  B.  Crockett,  M.  S. 
Wilson  and  Mrs.  M.  S.  Wilson,  came  down  by 
automobile  for  a  week-end  visit  to  Del  Monte. 

*  *         * 

Another  week-end  automobile  party  at  Del  Monte 
was  made  up  of  F.  E.  Brigham,  Mrs.  Brigham,  Miss 
Brigham,  Miss  Gladys  Brigham  and  Master  F.  O. 
Brigham  of  Los  Gatos,  H.  B.  Rector  and  E.  C. 
Johnson  of  San  Francisco,  who  made  the  trip  in  a 
White  steamer. 

*  *         * 

Roy  J.  Young,  E.  E.  Nichols,  H.  Haynes,  William 
Hackley  and  H.  C.  Hackley  of  Berkeley  were  mem- 
bers of  a  stag  party  that  ran  down  by  automobile 

to  Del  Monte  last  week. 

*  *         # 

Miss  Warren,  formerly  the  companion  and  now 
the  heiress  of  Miss  Bertha  Dolbeer,  was  at  Del 
Monte  last  week,  accompanied  by  W.  W.  Carson. 
T.  B.  Eastland  and  Mrs.  Eastland. 


Mrs.  J.   II.   Durst   of  this  City,  one  of  the  most 

prominent  among  lady   motorists,  drove  her  Type 

"XIV"   Winton    Touring  Car  to  her  hop   ranch   at 

Wheatland  <>n  Sunday  last. 

*"       *        * 

An  engagement  of  interest  to  all  her  friends  in 
Berkeley  is  that  recently  anounced  of  Miss  Bessie 
Thompson  and  Lieut.  Clarence  S.  Ridley  of  the 
engineer  corps  of  the  U.  S.  N.  Miss  lliompson 
is  well  known  in  University  circles.  Her  brother 
Herbert  is  a  member  of  the  Delta  Upsilon  frater- 
nity. Lieut.  Ridley  is  at  present  in  Cuba,  but  will 
return  to  California  in  June,  when  the  wedding 
will  take  place.  Lieut.  Ridley  will  be  stationed  in 
Washington. 

A  recently  announced  engagement  is  that  of  Celia 
A.  Breitstein  and  Wm.  H.  Byington. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Mabel  Games  and  Edwin 
J.  Keyes  will  take  place  on  June  11th.  Mr.  Keyes 
is  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Waite,  Keyes  & 
Martin.  The  ceremony  will  be  performed  by  Rev. 
S.  D.  Hutsinpiller  of  the  Trinity  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church.  Both  the  bride  and  groom  are 
graduates  of  the  University  of  California. 

The  wedding  of  Porter  Garnett  and  Miss  Edna 
Foote  will  take  place  today  Saturdav,  at  the  home 
of  the  bride  near  Calistoga. 


THIS  FAMOUS  CORDIAL, 
KNOWN  AS  CHAR- 
TREUSE, HAS  FOR  CEN- 
TURIES  BEEN 


THE   PREFERRED 

AFTER-DINNER 

LIQUEUR   OF 

POLITE 

SOCIETY. 


At  first-class  Wine  Merchants,  Grocers,  Holels,  Cafes, 

Baljer  &  Co.,  45   Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Sole  Agents  for  United  Stales. 


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-THE  WASP- 


MRS.  J.  WILSON  SH1ELS 

Miss  Bed?.  Sperry  and  Mr.  Charles  Bodwell  will 
be  married  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's;  mother 
Mrs.  Austin  Sperry  on  Pacific  Avenue,  on  Monday, 
June  17th.  The  ceremony  will  be  performed  by  Rev. 
Mr.  Stone  of  Berkeley.  Only  intimate  friends  wjll 
be  present  at  the  ceremony.  Miss  Beda  Sperry  is';  a 
cousin  of  Mrs.  W.  H.  Crocker.  Her  .father,  the  lat,e 
Austin,  Sperry,  was  a  brother  of  the.  late  Willafd 
jSperry,  father  of  Mrs.  Crocker.  Mrs.  Austin  Sperry 
was  a  Miss  Simpson  of  Stockton,  me/mber  of  a  well 
known  family.  The  Simpson  Lumber  Company  of 
Stockton  and  San  Francisco,  is  one  of  the1  important 
firms  of  this  State.  Dr.  Mary  Sperry  is  a  sister  of 
Miss  Beda  Sperry  and  Horace  Sperry  is  a  brother. 
*         *  *    ■ 

!  The  Skating  craze  is  not  to  die  a  natural  death 
during  the  Summer  months  though  Mrs.  White's 
fashionable  club  has  taken  a  recess,  most  of  the 
members  having  vanished  from  town  .as  becomes 
.^people  in  the  swim.  Their  swimming  "is  done  in 
'Santa  Cruz,  Santa  Barbara,  San  Diego  or  some 
country  brook — any  old  place  but  in  Sail  Francisco 
during  May,  June  and  July.  Mrs.  White  has  an 
imitator  in  the  person  of  Mrs.  Metcalf  who  has 
obtained  the  hall  at  Summer  rates  and  is  to  give 
skating  parties  to  a  club  of  sixty  stay-at-homes  at 
.cut  rate  prices. 

Mrs.  Metcalf  was  a  member  of  Mrs.  White's  club 
and  took  a  few  lessons  last  Spring.  The  terrible 
microbe  at  once  burrowed  under  her  bonnet  and 
now  she  is  an  enthusiastic  promoter  of  the  gliding 
art.     Nobody  is  immune  from  its  fascinations. 

Mrs.  Metcalf  is  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Caves,  who 
some  .years   ago  kept  a  select  boarding  house  on 


Leavenworth  Street,  near  Sutter.  Mrs.  Metcalf 
married  Mr.  George  North,  one  of  the  boarders  and 
was  left  a  widow  with  two  sons.  A  few  years  ago 
she.  married  Captain  Metcalf,  a  popular  business 
man  wellf  known  in  shipping,  insurance  and  com- 
mercial .circles. 

*         *         * 

An  aged  gentleman,  who  had  the  same  great- 
grandfather as  had  William  Jennings  Bryan,  has 
just  disported  himself  in  a  helter-skelter  wedding 
that  took  in  four  states  between  Yellow  Springs. 
Ohio, :  and  Clayton,  Missouri.  It  also  traversed 
many  moods  of  the  young  bride,  from  extemporane- 
ous' giggles  to  sudden  wonder.  John  Bryan  is  a 
millionaire,  a  farmer,  a  poet. and  an  eccentric,  and 
only  the  bride,  Miss  Fredericka  Murphy, knows  what 
else  besides.  Of  course,  a  millionaire  poet  is  such  a 
ireak  of  civilization  that  anything  must  be  expected, 
•and  forgiven,  of  him.  Miss  Murphy  is  20  years  of 
.age.  Bryan  is  60,  the.  inventive  age,  and  he  set  out 
to  show,  something  new  in  marriage  ceremonies. 
His  first  act  was  to  consult,  a  law  library.  He  de- 
sired to  know  what  state  provided  most  sensibly 
.for  the  property  rights  of  husband  and  wife.  Thither 
he  would  lead  Fredericka,  drink  to  her  health  under 
the  balmiest  laws  of  the  country,  and  take  her 
back,  legally  transmuted,  to  Yellow  Springs.  That 
this  trip  was  as  effectless  as  a  jaunt  on  the  merry- 
go  round,  nobody  told  him.  How  be  it,  the  proper 
state  proved  to  be  Missouri,  and  right  glad  Bryan 
was. 

By  the  time  he  arrived  at  Clayton  his  enthusiasm 
trespassed  on  the  whole  wedding  dramatis  personae. 
He  wanted  to.  be  groom,  best  man,  usher,  giver  of 
the  bride,  and  Justice  of  the  Peace.  .He  came  near 
being  everybody  except  the  bride.  .  Not  thinking 
much    of   these   stand-up    weddings,    he    toted    two 


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chairs  out  of  the  Court  House  to  the  lawn,  for  him- 
self ami  bride.  A  crowd  began  to  sidle  about,  and 
Miss  Murphy  demurred  against  a  free-for-all  affair. 
So  the  party  broke  ranks  and  mobilized  to  the 
Recorder's  Office.  Here  Bryan  took  the  fat  part  of 
the  acting  again.  He  fcsked  the  young  woman  if 
she  loved  him.  That  was  easy.  The  next  question 
was,  "Will  you  love  me  always?"  She  giggled. 
Dear  little  giggle-goggles  gurgled  up  from  the  girl's 
heart.  "This  is  no  laughing  matter,"  declared 
Bryan.  "I  know;  but  it  is  all  such  a  novel  way 
of  proceeding;  isn't  it?"  she  asked.  Things  were 
beginning  to  look  bad  for  arbitration  when  Justice 
Werremeyer  butted  in  and  asked  the  millionaire 
cabbage-poet  if  he  wished  the  girl  for  his  wife,  all 
joking  aside.  "I  came  here  from  Ohio  for  that 
purpose,"  replied  the  aged  groom.  To  show  his 
sincerity  he  recited  four  quatrains  of  his  own  com-? 
position.  Justice  Werremeyer,  who  is  a  poet  him-J 
self,  now  "became  excited,  inspired,  and  putting  urt 
his  judicial  hands,  shouted,  "In  the  grand  old  name 
of  the  state  of  Missouri,  I  pronounce  you  man  and 
wife." 

Mrs.   Emily   Murphy,   the  bride's  mother,  looked 
as  if  the  market  in  patience  was  closing  weak. 
*         *  * 

'  .Mrs.  Charles  J.  Foster,  who  has  recently  been 
very  ill  at  her  home,  The  Hacienda.  Ross  Valley, 
has  not  decided  where  to  spend  the  Summer.  Her 
family  is  desirous  that  she  should  go  abroad. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Schmieden  and  family  will 

spend  the  Summer  at  Lake  Tahoe,  where  they  have 

a  beautiful  home. 

*        *        * 

Rear  Admiral  Willard  Herbert  Brownson.  who 
will  take  charge  of  the  Bureau  of  Navigation  at 
Washington  this  month  has  a  son  who  edits  a 
newspaper  at  Oxnard  in  this  State.  His  two  daugh- 
ters reside  at  Washington.  Admiral  Brownson  has 
a  remarkable  record  and  is  considered  so  nearly  per- 
fect as  a  naval  officer  that  he  resembles  that  famous 
man  in  opera  bouffe  who  really  wished  he  "could 
make  a  mistake,  if  only  for  variety's  sake."  The 
Admiral  has  been  in  all  kinds  of  tight  places  and 
never  stubbed  his  toe.  His  admirers,  who  are  legion, 
say  that  he  can  be  relied  upon  to  do  the  proper 
thing  under  any  circumstances — in  a  battle  or 
hurricane,  at  a  banquet  or  a  ball.  At  an  early  age 
he  avoided  the  traps  set  by  Cupid  for  so  many 
gallant  accomplished  young  tars  and  married  a  very 
rich  girl,  so  now  in  the  full  Autumn  of  his  life  he 
finds  himself  fully  prepared  for  a  hard  Winter  and  a 
late  Spring. 

He  has  seen  all  kinds  of  services  afloat  and  ashore. 
When  a  midshipman  on  the  Pacific  station  in  1868 
with  Captain  Lowe  he  was  sent  with  a  boat's  erew 
to  seize  a  piratical  schooner,  which  had  been  cruis- 
ing near  Mazatlan  and  committing  all  kinds  of  out- 
rages. The  wily  pirates  knowing  that  the  U.  S. 
jackies  were  after  them,  hid  their  small  craft  in  a 
cluster  of  tropical  lagoons.  The  Vigilant  Brownson 
nosed  them  out  however  and  was  soon  clambering 
with  his  jackies  up  the  side  of  the  pirate.  As  they 
did  so  a  sharp  fusilade  from  the  tops  of  convenient 
trees  and  brush  greeted  them,  killing  one  midship- 
man and  wounding  several  sailors.  Brownson  took 
in  the  situation  at  a  glance  and  saw  that  it  would  be 
suicide  to  fight  the  ambushed  pirates.  He  ordered 
his  men  to  go  below  decks  to  avoid  the  bullets  and 
then  started  several  fires  in  the  hold  of  the  schooner. 
Soon  she  was  belching  forth  flames  and  smoke 
enough  to  cover  his  retreat  and  he  got  away  with 
his  dead  and  wounded.  The  pirates  could  not  get 
away  at  all.  They  were  marooned  in  their  ambush 
and  the  revengeful  natives  on  whom  they  had  been 
preying  went  out  at  their  leisure  and  killed  them  all. 


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Gladys  Unger,  whom  the  newspapers  have  been 
referring  to  as  having  had  a  successful  play  pro- 
duced in  London  by  Arthur  Bouchier,  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Frank  Unger,  so  prominent  once  in  San 
Francisco  Society.  Miss  Unger  was  born  here,  but 
her  parents  were  divorced  many  years  ago  and  she 
has  grown  up  in  the  East  and  Europe.  She  has 
been  living  in  London  in  the  fine  house  where  the 
late  magnate,  Yerkes,  installed  her.  Electric 
broughans  and  jewels  galore  have  been  hers — all 
furnished  by  the  susceptible  multi-millionaire, 
whose  equally  susceptible  widow  married  Wilson 
Mizner  before  the  nails  of  Yerkes'  coffin  were  rusty. 
Miss  LTnger  was  original  enough  to  go  into  mourn- 
ing for  her  rich  friend  and  she  naively  ex- 
plained for  the  benefit  of  Mother  Grundy  that  Mr. 
Yerkes  would  have  shown  the  good  taste  of  marry- 
ing her  had  he  not  unfortunately  been  cumbered 
by. a  wife. 

Arthur  Bouchier,  who  has  produced  Miss  Unger's 
play,  is  the  London  actor-manager,  who  put  on  the 
two  playlets  by  tow-headed  little  Hubey  Davis,  the 
English  insurance  "Clark,"  who  used  to  eke  out  his 
stipend  in  San  Francisco  by  trying  to  write  dram- 
atic criticisms  for  the  newspapers.  The  general  im- 
pression amongst  local  scribblers  after  Hubey 
scored  with  his  play,  was  that  almost  any  office  boy 
had  a  good  chance  to  become  a  noted  dramatist  in 
London.  Very  much  seems  to  depend  on  the  man- 
ager that  puts  on  the  play. 

*  *         * 

Lincoln  Steffens  has  scored  a  "beat"  on  the 
Eastern  magazine  writers  who  have  been  swarming 
in  San  Francisco  trying  to  get  labor  news.  The 
others  were  here  for  weeks,  thought  things  had 
quieted  down,  and  then  they  went  back  East,  but 
Steffens  stayed  on.  He  realizedthattheclimaxhadn't 
arrived  yet,  and  he  doesn't  mind  staying  a  year 
on  a  story.  So  he  was  in  the  court-room  when 
Ruef  confessed,  and  his  father,  a  banker  from  Sac- 
ramento, was  with  him.  He  was  much  impressed 
by  Abe's  crocodile  flow  and  will  no  doubt  tell  in 
elaborate  magazine  style  all  about  the  splashing  of 
the  tears  and  the  sniffling  of  such  weather-beaten 
old  reporters  as  Ned  Hamilton.  Steffins  is  now  one 
of  the  owners  of  the  American  magazine  which  he 
and  Ida  Tarbell,  and  Ray  Stannard  Baker  left  Mc- 
Clure's  to  found.  I  hear  that  none  of  them  are 
getting  fabulously  rich  by  the  venture. 

*  *         * 

It  mystifies  me  how  a  chap  like  Ned  Hamilton, 
who  has  about  a  hundred  years'  newspaper  expe- 
rience back  of  him  and  is  besides  a  very  clever 
fellow  and  an  admirable  writer  could  be  impressed 
by  Ruef's  crocodile  tears  like  a  little  maiden  at 
her  first  funeral.  Ned  Hamilton  knows  Ruef  for 
twenty  years  and  in  all  that  time  the  tricky  grafter 
has  been  the. close  intimate  of  crooked  politicians 
who  would  steal  the  coppers  from  the  eyes  of  a 
dead  man.  If  Abe  got  his  liberty  and  his  political 
pull  back  tomorrow  he  might  be  a  more  cautious 
grafter,  but  at  heart  he  would  be  as  big  a  rascal  .as 
ever.  Can  the  leopard  change  his  spots?  Or  to 
quote  a  less  reversed  proverb.  What  is  bred  in  the 
bone  can't  be  got  out  of  the  flesh.     Or  in  the  words 


of  the  ever  reverend  William,   You   can't  make  a 

silk  purse  out  of  a  sow's  ear. 

*  #         * 

Lonergan  is  one  of  the  most  unique  of  the  bood- 
ling  Supervisors.  He  sold  out  to  both  of  the  tele- 
phone companies  and  he  declares  that  his  conscience 
so  hurt  him  that  he  had  to  give  back  one  of  the 
bribes — minus  $500.  That  he  kept  because  he  had 
expended  it  on  his  ginmill.  He  felt  perfectly  vir- 
tuous after  this  partial  restitution  and  now  voices 
the  loftiest  contempt  for  the  wickedness  of  Abe 
Ruef,  that  boodling  rascal  who  has  given  nothing 
but  promises  that  he  will  prove  a  truthful  informer. 

"I  always  knew  that  fellow  had  a  yellow  streak 
in  him,  says  the  virtuous  and  contrite  Lonergan. 

Even  among  boodling  informers — -doubly  con- 
temptible scoundrels  who  first  violate  their  oaths  of 
office  and  then  turn  traitors  to  their  fellow  thieves, 
distinctions  are  made  and  social  lines  drawn'. 

*  *         * 

"What  kind  of  a  waist  is  that  Mabel  is  wearing?" 
"Peek-a-boo,  of  course.     A  blind  man  could  see 
through  that." 

The  latest  engagement  in  Navy  circles  is  that  of 
Miss  Louise  Menefee  of  Mare  Island,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  D.  P.  Menefee,  to  Lieut.  Martin  K.  Metcalf,  U. 
S.  N.,  nephew  of  Secretary  Of  the  Navy,  Victor  Ii. 
Metcalf.  Miss  Menefee  graduated  last  week  with 
honors  from  the  University  of  California.  Mr. 
Victor  Metcalf,  a  cousin,  graduated  two  years  ago  at 
Annapolis ;  his  engagement  was  announced  a  few 
months  ago  to  Miss  Butters,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Butters  of  Piedmont  before  they  left  for  a  tour 
abroad. 

*  *         * 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Lucy  Mighell  and  Thomas 
J.  Churchill  will  take  place  today,  Saturday  at  high 
noon  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  grandmother, 
Mrs.  Israel  Kashow  on  California  Street 


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A  Washington  correspondent  informs  me  that 
Mi>^  Marguerite  Le  Breton  is  quite  popular  in 
society  at  the  capital  Miss  Le  Breton  who  resides 
at  Washington  with  her  clever  mother  is  the 
daughter  of  Albert  I.  Le  Breton  of  this  city.  The 
marriage  of  Mr.  Le  Breton  to  Miss  Nopie  McDougal 
daughter  of  Admiral  McDougal,  (J.  S.  X..  in  the 
early  eighties  was  a  great  social  event  of  the  day. 
It  took  place  at  the  Admiral's  residence  in  South 
Park,  which  was  then  the  fashionable  part  of  San 
Francisco.  The  ceremony  was  performed  by  Rev. 
Father  Buchard,  S.  I.  The  guests  included  only 
intimate  friends,  among  whom  were  the  Count  and 
Vicountess  de  Touqucvillc,  ex-tiov.  Rodman  I 'rice 
of  New  Jersey,  Supreme  Judge  and  Mrs.  McKiristry, 
fudge  and  Mrs.  W.  M.  Stewart,  Capt.  Johnson,  LT. 
S.  X..  Dr.  Woods,  Dr.  John  M.  Browne,  U.  S.  X„ 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanwood,  Commander  and  Mrs. 
Phelps,  U.  S.  X.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  C.  Hooker,  Miss 
Fall,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon,  Judge  and  Mrs.  Wright, 
Mr.  Le  Roy,  Dr.  Shorb,  Mr.  Eugene  Dewey,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Reis.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Colgate  Raker,  Mr.  C.  Reis, 
Mr.   F.   Reis  and  Mr.  W.  P.  Willard. 

1  low  few  of  these  names  do  we  hear  of  today  in 
San  Francisco  Society,  ft  is  characteristic  of  this 
new  City  that  each  generation  forgets  almost  com- 
pletely the  names  and  histories  of  its  immediate 
predecessor.  The  McKinstry's  are  still  known  in 
Society  and  so  are  the  Wrights,  the  Shorbs  and 
some  of  the  Reises.  Most  of  the  others  have  been 
almost  forgotten.  Eugene  Dewey  was  one  of  the 
best  known  and  most  popular  clubmen,  stockbrokers 
and  bon  vivants  in  San  Francisco.  Handsome  Dick 
Hooker  and  his  dashing  wife  who  was  Miss  Bessie 
Stewart  were  prominent  figures  at  all  the  receptions 
of  the  day.  Dr.  Shorb  was  the  best  known  physician 
in  San  Francisco.  Death  has  long  since  claimed  this 
talented  man  as  well  as  several  of  the  other  promin- 
ent guests  that  attended  the  wedding  of  the  young 
capitalist  and  popular  Admiral's  daughter. 

The  only  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  J.  Le  Breton 
is  now  an  ensign  in  the  LTnited  States  Navy  and 
distinguished  himself  as  the  star  of  his  class  at 
Annapolis.  His  sister,  Miss  Le  Breton,  while  in  San 
Francisco  some  two  years  ago,  created  a  decided 
sensation  by  her  brilliant  wit  and  remarkable 
beauty  inherited  from  her  mother.  When  she  left 
for  the  East,  a  well  known  lawyer  followed  her 
there,  it  was  said  the  young  lady  had  consented 
to  become  his  wife.  Mrs.  and  Miss  Le  Breton  have 
been  residing  permanently  in  the  East  wdiile  Mr.  Le  • 
lireton  now  remains  loyal  to  his  home  town  of  San 
Francisco. 

One  evening  recently  Mr.  Le  Breton  contributed 
largely  to  the  entertainment  of  the  Camera  Club,  by 
reciting  "Thanatopsis"  with  lantern  illustrations. 
The  pictures  he  had  taken  while  living  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  He  also  delivered  a  witty  and  most 
interesting  address,  which  was  much' appreciated 
by  the  large  audience. 

*         *  * 

It  would  seem  that  St.  Helena  bids  fair  to  be- 
come as  exclusive  and  as  fashionable  this  year  as 
it    was    in    days    gone    by,    when    White    Sulphur 


Springs  was  the  Mecca  of  the  ton.  Among  the  well 
known  people  who  thus  far  have  taken  cottages 
and  will  pass  the  Summer  there,  arc  Mrs.  R.  X. 
Graves,  Mrs.  Lawrence  Pool,  Mrs.  Benton  and  son, 
Mrs.  Norwood  and  Miss  Evelyn  Norwood,  Mrs. 
Jerome  Lincoln  and  Miss  Ethel  Lincoln  reside  in  a 
beautiful  home.  This  place  fell  to  the  lot  of  Miss 
Ethel  when  her  aunt  died. 

If  Mrs.  Russell  Wilson  can  rent  or  sell  her  beauti- 
ful home  on  California  Street,  Miss  Emily  and  her- 
self will  fold  their  tents  and  leave  for  a  long  tour 
abroad.  Mrs.  S.  E.  Dutton,  sister  of  Mrs.  Russell 
Wilson,  who  has  been  visiting  at  the  Wilson  home 
on  California  Street  will  leave  this  week  with  her 
daughter  Mrs.  Leland  and  take  up  their  permanent 
residence  in  Washington  D.  C. 
*         *         * 

The  Josselvn  family  will  also  start  for  home  early 
in  August.  This  will  be  pleasant  news  to  their 
many  friends,  as  also  to  the  well  known  Burlingame 
Club  man  who  recently  left  for  New-York,  no  doubt 
to  welcome  one  of  these  pretty  sisters  on  her  arrival 
in  the  metropolis. 


Jt  Skin  of  Beauty  is  a  Joy  Forever. 

Dr.  T.  Felix  Gouraud's  Oriental 

Cream  or  Magical  Beautifier 

Purifies  as  well  as  beautifies  the  skin.    No  other  cosmetic  will  do  it. 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples,  Freckles,  Moth 
Patches,  Rash  and  Skin  Diseases,  and 
every  blemish  on  beauty,  and  defies  de- 
tection. On  its  virtues  it  has  stood  the 
test  of  58  years;  no  other  has,  and  is  so 
harmless  wc  taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is  prop- 
erly made.  Accept  uocounterfeitor  simi- 
lar name.  Dr.  1.  A.  Sayre  said  to  a  lady 
of  the  haut-ton  (a  patient)  "As  you  ladies 
will  use  them,  I  recommend  'Gouraud's 
Cream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  all  the 
skin  preparations."  One  bottle  will  last 
six  months  using  it  every  day.  GOUR- 
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MRS.  A.  H.  VOORH1ES 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sterling  Postley  will  soon  come 
back  from  Europe,  where  they  have  been  for  nearly 
two  years.  They  have  a  lovely  baby  to  which  Mrs. 
Postley  is  very  devoted.  She  is  an  extremely  hand- 
some woman  although  her  style  of  beauty  is  greatly 
changed  since  she  went  away.  She  has  been  much 
admired  in  Paris  and  on  the  Riviera  where  she  and 
her  husband  have  passed  most  of  their  time.  The 
young  Postleys  had  a  bad  shock  this  Winter  for 
they  thought  Mrs.  Postley,  Senior,  was  going  to  die. 
She  is  somewhat  better  now.  She  is  a  comparatively 
young  woman,  but  not  in  the  best  of  health.  She 
is  the  owner  of  the  Postley  fortune,  and  when  she 
does  die  the  young  Postleys  will  inherit  a  million 
or  so.  Mrs.  Cook,  Mrs.  Postley's  mother  decided 
not  to  marry  and  her  romantic  engagement  is  off. 
#         *  * 

When  May  Irwin  was  26  years  old  and  for  two 
years  had  been  a  mother,  there  was  born  a  little 
eight-pounder  whom  she  married  last  Sunday.  It 
took  him  28  years  to  become  old  enough  for  May, 
who  incidentally  became  54  herself.  As  Mrs.  Kurt 
Eisfelt  she  will  have  for  husband  her  manager  for 
the  last  two  seasons.  The  gentleman — who  may 
be  more  than  his  name  would  indicate — can  hardly 
have  much  vanity.  From  managing  to.  husbanding 
a  professional  woman  is  a  double  back-somersault 
to  a  rear  seat  in  oblivion.  Out  of  such  seclusion, 
divorce  itself  has  failed  to  revivify  many  a  man 
from  the  numbing  effects  of  a  famous  wife.  As  soon 
as  he  marries  a  woman  in  "Who's  Who,"  he  is 
hardly  given  credit  for  knowing  what's  what,  and 
nobody  seems  to  care  whether  he  does  or  not.  When 
introduced  by  the  lady  as  her  husband,  he  is 
frowned  upon  as  an  intruding  nonentity.     She  does 


not  even  use  his  name  except  on  the  hotel  registers; 
and  when  interviewed  by  the  press,  makes  him  the 
subject  of  some  supercilious  good  humor. 

May  Irwin  has  a  son  two  years  older  than  his 
brand-new-step-father.  Not  only  that,  but  she  is 
the  author  of  a  Cook  Book,  used  for  years  by  every 
property  man  who  has  had  to  furnish  a  play-acting 
repast.  So  what  chance  has  Mr.  Kurt  Eisfelt  for 
individual  supremacy. 


There  are  few  matters  that  will  give  a  great  and 
good  man  appendicitis  of  the  virtue  as  quickly  as 
an  attempt  to  go  some  on  the  divorce  question. 
Marriage  itself  was  brought  about  by  a  serpent, 
a  somewhat  genial  and  optimistic  reptile,  account 
says.  On  the  other  hand,  kindly  appearing  men 
will  froth  at  the  lips  describing  the  goggle-eyed, 
bristling,  hell-breathing,  fifty-fanged  amphidian  of 
divorce.  There  have  been  proud  and  mellow-voiced 
pulpiters  who,  instead  of  asking  a  legal  separation, 
have  been  content  to  run  away  with  a  sixteen-year- 
old  girl.  But  that  has  nothing  to  do  with  Judge 
Zell  Roe,  of  Des  Moines,  who  is  exacting  promises 
from  bridal  couples  that  neither  will  bring  suit 
against  the  other  except  for  statutory  grounds.  It 
would  seem  that  the  good  old  "until  death  shall  ye 
part"  is  almost  as  strong,  if  taken  seriously.  But 
perhaps  the  sensational  is  more  binding  than  the 
serious.  All  the  judge's  clientele  thus  far  have  an- 
swered the  impertinent  question  with  an  affirmative 
promise.  No  one  as  yet  has  informed  him  that  he 
might  find  Satan's  first  and  third  Wednesdays  very 
interesting. 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


THE  WASP- 


13 


The  firsl  Mn.  Pedar  Sather  Bruguicre 

I  As  far  as  the  law  is  concerned,  marriage  is  a 
egal  form,  and  those  who  seek  the  aid  of  the  Code 
•ather  than  the  blessing  of  the  Church  should  be 
Drotected  from  a  quaint,  queer  and  quizzical  jurist 
it  a  time  when  peace  with  the  world  prevents  the 
■etaliation  a  married  man  would  ordinarily  take  to 
>uch  intervention.  The  judge  must  have  ruminated 
mi  this  question  simultaneously  with  chewing  a 
lark-brown  brand  of  tobacco.  He  promises,  on 
livorce,  to  return  the  marriage  fee,  one  half  to  each 
oarty.  This  idea  is  a  Moonlight  Sonata  on  the 
:ymbals,  and  for  advertising  purposes  better  than 
:or  the  gentle  art  of  preventing  divorce.  One  man 
las  already  entrusted  His  Honor  with  $100  as  a 
guarantee  that  he  will  not  ask  for  divorce  on  any 
grounds ;  the  money  to  be  reclaimed  in  ten  years, 
f  the  marriage  is  still  in  force ;  otherwise  to  go  to 
:harity. 

Ah,  money  refunded  if  marriage  is  a  failure ! 
Think  of  the  situation.  At  the  most  ceremonial 
ioint  in  a  man's  life,  to  allow  another  to  question 
limself  and  his  bride  as  to  what  statutory  grounds 
pach  may  give  the  other. 

*         *         * 

Comrades,  how  would  you  like  to  marry  a 
vidow  who  wears  her  first  husband's  false  teeth.   A 


dainty  bit  of  horror!  Unnecessary  though.  And 
William  Hinkel's  aversion  to  Mrs.  August  Kramer's 
use  of  her  husband's  surviving  teeth  .  is  merely 
neurotic,  superstitious  and  fantastic;  all  of  which 
qualities  are  outlandish  <>r  behind  the  times.  When 
he  puts  his  affianced  lips  against  her  love  murmurs, 
it  is  a  morbid  mood  that  repels  the  proximity  of 
the  gnashers  belonging  to  the  untoothed  old  man 
lying  out  under  the  sod  of  Janesville,  Wisconsin. 
If.  as  Mrs.  Hinkel,  she  should  (as  women  are  said 
sometimes  to  do)  happen  to  evince  a  pretty  little 
turn  of  temper  and  accidentally  show  her  teeth, 
the  victim  would  behold  the  deceased  husband 
snarling  at  him  through  his  wife's  anger.  Xo  won- 
der he  insists  upon  the  remodeling  of  the  lady's 
mouth  ornaments.  Mrs.  Kramer  says,  "Teeth  are 
teeth.  How  do  you  know  where  anything  comes 
from  ?" 

False  ones,  she  owns  up  to.  Two  years  ago,  her 
helpmate  dying  with  a  plate  containing  a  number 
of  finely  enameled  and  gold  teeth,  just  what  she 
needed,  and  being  averse  to  wastefulness,  she 
brought  the  plate  to  a  dentist  to  be  remade  for  her 
own  mouth.  Hinkel  is  sentimental  and  does  not 
know  but  what  there  is  some  psychologic  polygamy 
in  the  circumstance.  But  she  smiles  and  says  it 
is  nervousness  and  that  he  will  get  over  it. 
*         *         * 

What  a  fortunate  thing  that  Mrs.  Crellin  (Ca- 
mille  D'  Arville)  possesses  such  a  voice.  She  will 
return  to  California  from  the  East,  where  she  has 
been  singing  in  opera,  having  had  a  brilliant  sea- 
son. As  Mr.  Crellin  lost  heavily  during  the 
calamity,  her  voice  has  proved  a  gold  mine  in  an 
emergency. 


STUDEBAKER 

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a  reputation  behind  it 

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-THE  WASP 


Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  will  pass  most  of  the  Sum- 
mer in  Burlingame,  as  the  guest  of  her  son  and  her 
daughter-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Martin,  who 
are  now  settled  in  their  new  home  there. 

*  i      *         * 

Mrs.  Breezei  will  visit  her  daughter  Mrs.  Benson, 
wife  of  Major  Benson,  U.  S.  A.,  as  St.  Helena  this 
Summer.  Miss  Louise  Breeze  is  still  ill  enough  to 
cause  her  family  much  anxiety  and  has  not  yet  left 
the  Adler  Sanitarium,  where  she  has  been  for  some 
weeks. 

*       *       * 

Mrs.  Wm.  Mayo  Newhall  and  family  sail  for 
home  on  August  3rd.  Miss  Margaret,  Miss  Marion 
and  Miss  Elizabeth  will  add  greatly  to  the  gaities 
of  Burlingame.  I  hear  these  charming  young 
ladies  have  supplied  themselves  with  most  exquisite 
Parisian  frocks.  The  two  younger  girls  will  make 
their  debut  this  Winter. 

*  *         * 

An  attractive  home  on  Broadway  will  soon  be 
closed  when  that  charming  young  widow,  Mrs. 
Philip  Langsdale  and  her  sister,  Miss  Helen  Sidney 
Smith  will  leave  for  an  enjoyable  trip  to  the 
Yosemite.  Miss  Bertha  Sidney  Smith,  who  has 
been  visiting  in  the  East  will  join  her  sisters  in  the 
valley.  These  charming  ladies  are  the  daughters  of 
the  late  well  known  Attorney  Sidney  Smith.  The 
home  of  the  Sidnev  Smiths  in  San  Rafael,  which 
stands  just  outside  the  gates  of  Hotel  Rafael  is  one 
of  the  most  beautiful  and  artistic  in  that  exclusive 
burg.    It  has  been  rented  for  some  time. 

*  ■':  * 

Anna  Strunskv  Walling  and  her  Socialistic 
millionaire  husband  are  in  Italy  while  slowly 
making  a  tour  of  that  country  where  the  red  flag 
has  a  good  man)'  adherents.  Before  she  married 
Walling,  rumor  had  it  that  Miss  Strunskv  might 
wed  Jack  London,  but  she  was  not  so  foredoomed. 
They  say  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walling  have  astonished 
New  York  by  their  frenzied  demonstrations  of  love. 
Laura  and  Petrarch,  Dante  and  Beatrice,  Abelard 
and  Heloise  were  lobsters  in  the  art  of  effusive  love 
as  compared  with  'these  two  peripatetic  socialists. 
Their  red  flag  confreres  pay  court  to  them  at  each 
European  hotbed  of  anarchy  they  visit.  They  are 
moving  slowly  on  Russia,  but  their  conquest  of 
that  field  may  be  like  Napolean's  capture  of  Moscow. 
Climate  of  the  feeble  Czar's  realm  is  very  unhealthy 
for  apostles  of  advanced  thought  who  make  no 
secret  of  their  hostility  to  establish  authority. 

It  is  a  curious  fact  that  Mr.  Walling's  best  man 
is  the  grandson  of  Karl  Marx,  the  father  of  modern 
socialism.  Walling's  own  grandfather  was  William 
English  of  Indianapolis,  whose  fortune  was  amassed 
by  such  doubtful  business  methods  that  he  suc- 
ceeded in  damning  the  Democratic  party  with 
which  he  had  become  identified.  It  looks  like 
poetic  justice  that  the  grandson  of  this  old  money 
grabber  should  be  advocating  a  doctrine  designed  to 

For  busy  men  and  women  Abbott's  Bitters.     A  delightful  tonic  and  invigorator,  a  health 
giver  and  a  health  preserver.     All  druggists. 


exterminate  all  such  individuals.  It  would  be  a 
great  boom  to  Socialism  if  Mr.  Walling  should  give 
away  all  of  the  lucre  he  has  inherited  from  his 
money-grabbing  ancestors.  So  far,  however,  he  has 
shown  no  disposition  to  separate  himself  from  the 
root  of  all  evil. 

Miss  Josephine  Benham  of  Oregon,  whose  engage- 
ment was  recently  announced  to  Ralph  Pruett  of 
Oakland,  will  be  married  in  June,  at  the  home  of 
the  bride.     The  couple  will  reside  in  Oakland. 

Mrs.  Samuel  T.  Barnhard  gave  a  tea  at  her  home 
in  Oakland  during  the  week  and  announced  the 
engagement  of  her  niece  Miss  Lillian  Warrington 
to  Grover  C.  Elain,  son  of  Thomas  Elain  of  San 
Francisco.  No  date  has  as  yet  been  set  for  the 
wedding. 

An  interesting  Berkeley  event  was  the  marriage 
of  Miss'  Emma  Bingham  and  Frank  W.  Harnden, 
the  ceremony  took  place  at  the  residence  of  the 
bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I.  Bingham  on  Moss 
Avenue.  Rev.  Dr.  E.  E.  Baker  officiating.  Upon 
the  return  from  a  wedding  tour  the  couple  will  re- 
side with  the  bride's  parents. 

Mrs.   E.   Bramen   Harris  has  sent  out   cards  an- 
nouncing   the    marriage    of    her    daughter    Sylvia 
Fowler  to  Dr.   Samuel   Percy  Hardy,   which  took 
place  on  Saturday  the  11th  of  May. 
*       *       * 

The  Cosmos  Club  is  receiving  congratulations  6n 
its  innovation  in  the  matter  of  dinner  cards.  The 
ordinary  bill-of-fare,  which  is  thrust  under  one's  • 
.nose,  has  only  a  gastronomical  interest.  You  look 
at  it  in  a  lackadaisical  way  to  see  what  dishes  you 
will  order  and  throw  it  aside  till  appetite  again 
whets  vour  interest  in  such  literature.  Not  so  the 
Cosmos  dinner  cards,  which  serve  several  purposes  i 
besides  showing  the  chef  skill.  Several  members 
have  dislocated  their  jaws  laughing  at  them  and 
thereby  stimulated  business  for  the  doctors,  which 
is  a  good  thing  in  the  dull  spell.  The  decreased 
attendance  at  local  vaudeville  shows  has  been  at- 


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THE  WASP- 


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tributed  entirely  to  the  car-strike,  but  the  Cosmos 
<  lull's  bills-of-fare  have,  m>  doubt,  helped  to  reduce 
the  audience.  When  a  clubman  finds  a  whole  vaude- 
ville performance  on  his  menu,  why  should  he  leave 
hi-  comfortable  club  t"  -it  in  some  draughty  barn 
and  listen  to  cheap  comedians  swapping  chestnuts. 
The  innovation  in  the  Cosmos  Club,  I  understand, 
was  brought  about  in  a  thoroughly  business-like 
way  b)  raising  the  price  of  meals  ami  with  the 
increased  funds  at  command  obtaining  the  services 
of  a  gifted  Japanese  to  furnish  the  bill-of-fare.  That 
this  accomplished  Oriental  craftsman  threw  his 
whole  soul  into  the  work  is  shown  by  the  following 
photographic  reproduction  of  one  of  his  gems  of 
typography. 

■Q 


Dinner 


MONDAY  MAY20  ,  Igoy 

Cavsar  on   Toatt 

SOUP 

VermiceLLi 

RELISHES 

Radishes 

Queen 

Olives 

Pickles 

Chow 

Chow 

FISH 

Cop    Fish    Shrimps    Souce 
Potatoes     Boi  ed 

ENTREES 
Vol  au  Vent     of    Sweetbread 

ROAST 

Spring     Lumd     Mint  sAnce 

VEGETABLES 
Potatoes  Gr  au    pEAs 

Boiled     Rice 

Sweet     Corn     in     Cream 

SALAD 

Lcttuse 

DESSEPT 

Apple         Pie 

Assorted     Cuke* 
Brie.      Cantembert,       Edam  and       Roquefort     Cherse 
Nuts.  Emits,  ffaisins 

Slack     Coffee 

Wednesday  evening,  June  .jth,  is  set  as  the  date 
of  Miss  Mabel  Poett's  wedding  to  Carl  Francis  Ed- 
\  irds  at  Santa  Barbara,  and  it  does  seem  too  bad 
that  the  groom's  mother  should  have  skipped  to 
Europe  just  a  fortnight  before  the  ceremony.    She 


has   recently    returned   from    San    Francisco,    where 
she    visited    her    relatives,    the  .  Carolans,    of    Bur- 

lingame. 

*        *        * 

.Mrs.  A.  11.  Pays'on,  accompanied  by  R.  M.  King- 
man, motored  down  from  San  Mateo  to  Del  Monte 
during  last  week.  George  \\.  Hooke  and  Mrs. 
Hooke.  Miss  M.  A.  Williams  of  Berkeley,  Miss 
Mabel  F.  Gordon  and  Miss  Carrie  I.  Gordon  made 
up  a  motor-car  party  which  made  the  trip  from  San 

Francisco  to  Del  Monte  last  week. 
*       *       * 

Mrs.  Bowman  H.  McCalla  prefers  to  have  her 
teas,  etc.,  in  the  open  at  Santa  Barbara,  and  it  is 
not  to  be  wondered  at  for  there  is  such  a  beautiful 
outlook  from  every  point,  with  the  channel  showing 
in  the  distance  and  the  hills  stretching  beyond  the 
canyon  that  divides  the  estate.  It  was  on  the  bluff 
of  the  canyon  that  Mrs.  McCalla  spread  her  tea 
tables  last  week  when  she  gave  a  tea  for  Mrs.  A.  M. 
Lyman  of  Buffalo,  New  York,  who  is  spending  the 
Winter  in  California,  and  who  has  been  visiting 
Mrs.  Edward  R.  Spaulding.  The  Spauldings  are 
wealth}'  Buffalo  people,  too,  who  spend  eight 
months  in  Santa  Barbara  and  go  to  the  East  late 
in  the  Fall,  returning  shortly  after  the  holidays.  The 
Lymans  are  at  the  head  of  the  drug  business  in 
Buffalo  and  have  a  chain  of  large  stores  there.  They 
are  also  as  wealthy  as  Midas. 

Mrs.  Helmboldt  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  who  has  been 
sojourning  at  Santa  Barbara,  left  for  the  East  with 
her  two  pretty  children,  and  gave  a  farewell  tea 
at  the  Potter.  She  had  asked  every  woman — and 
all  the  smart  set  was  invited — to  take  a  postal  card 
with  her  address  on  the  other  side  and  to  each  of 
the  women  she  gave  a  postal  card  that  was  a  marvel, 
showing  the  graceful  hostess  in  the  act  of  drinking 
a  toast. 


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16 


-THE  WASP 


KEITH  WAKEMAN 

Another  romantic  marriage  in  the  Senator  Clark 
family.  This'  time  William  Andrews  Clark,  Jr.,  got 
a  flying  start  ahead  of  the  gossips  and,  driving 
tantivy  through  the  streets  of  Butte,  Montana,  beat 
the  news  to  the  Clark  mansion.  "Been  married  for 
half  an  hour.  Gee  whiz!"  The  bearded  ex-Senator 
strode  out  of  the  room,  mad  as  Polyphemus,  and 
did  not  calm  down  to  the  blessing  point  for  several 
hours.  Then  he  said,  perhaps  it  was  for  the  best, 
after  all. 

The  bride  is  Mrs.  Alice  Genevieve  McManus 
Medin,  aged  23,  and  proud  of  it.  Last  November 
she  was  divorced  from  Medin  bv  the  same  judge  who 
recovenanted  her  to  young  Clark.  Medin  had  di- 
vorced his  own  wife  to  engage  in  a  second-story 
elopement  with  Alice  McManus,  who  was  then  a 
hello  girl  and  had  one  of  the  most  captivating  voices 
on  the  Butte,  wires.  He  proved  to  be  a  back  num- 
ber, though,  for  he  imagined  home  life  to  be  the 
real  thing.  Mrs.  Medin  was  too  much  of  a  1907 
model  to  endure  this ;  so  Medin  passed  her  over  to 
Society,  where  she  swished  and  skidded  quite  some, 
ending  up  with  the  dashing  marriage  to  Clark  after 
a  four  days'  acquaintance.  Judge  Donlan  was  hear- 
ing a  jury  case.  A  messenger  rushed  into  the  court- 
room and  drove  off  with  the  Court  to  the  residence 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carnocan,  where  the  couple  waited 
with  a  fee  that  would  have  made  His  Honor  whistle 
cook-adoodle-doo  if  he  had  not  been  such  a  digni- 
fied cuss.  Anyway,  when  he  returned  to  the  Court 
house  in  something  of  the  grandiose  condition  of 
our  own  Hebbard.  he  explained  that  he  had  been 


attending  a  lunacy  commission ;  while  the  clerk, 
who  had  accompanied  him  as  a  witness,  declared 
they  had  taken  the  will  of  a  very  sick  man.  Then 
both  judge  and  clerk  looked  around  for  ice-water. 

Young  Clark's  first  marriage,  to  Miss  Mabel 
Foster,  was  almost  as  sudden.  She  gave  her  life 
to  bring  into  the  world  the  "Million  Dollar  Baby," 
Senator  Clark  having  offered  such  reward  for  a  first 
grandson. 

A  fool  and  his  money  covered  a  multitude  of  sins 
at  the  Actors'  Fair  in  New  York.  The  way  the 
beribboned  footpads  wielded  their  slungshot  smiles 
was  enough  to  make  the  victims  give  up  all  their 
cash,  hand  over  the  stemwinder  and  throw  in  the 
old  homestead  for  good  measure. 

Mrs.  Hamilton  Fish,  who  had  charge  of  a  flower 
booth,  succeeded  in  looking  hospitable  and  inac- 
cessible at  the  same  time.  Mrs.  George  Gould, 
once  an  actress  at  Daly's,  and  now  waging  guerilla 
warfare  around  the  Four  Hundred,  contributed  a 
doll  dressed  after  herself  in  a  Shakespearean  role. 
Mrs.  Howard  Gould,  formerly  Catherine  Clemmons, 
moved  slowly  to  obviate  colliding  with  her  de- 
fendant husband,  who  forfeited  an  inheritance  of 
$5,000,000  to  marry  her.  She  is  not  even  as  Gouldy 
as  the  rest  of  the  Goulds,  but  seemed  to  take  some 
pleasure  in  her  rather  assertive  beauty.  She  gave 
a  picture-hattish  nod  to  Buffalo  Bill,  who  has  a 
suit  against  her  for  money  spent  on  her  education 
while  she  traveled  with  his  show.  A  pretty  girl 
asked  Buffalo  Bill  to  write  his  name  a  few  times  in 
her  note-book.  He  thought  she  wanted  to  sell  his 
autograph  for  charity,  and  smilingly  accommodated 
with  a  whole  page  full.  She  then  explained  each 
signature  to  be  a  chaunce  for  a  grand  piano  at  50 
cents  per  chaunce.  Mark  Twain,  in  his  lingerie 
clothes  and  Angora  hair,  made  love  to  Ethel  Barry- 
more  for  the  price  of  admission.  Ethel,  they  say, 
is  never  out  of  pose.  President  Frohman  declares 
the  daughter  of  Drews  and  Barrymores  was  born 
in  the  spotlight.  But  that's  a  sad  example  of 
thoughtlessness  and  hyperbolic  wit.  Frohman  hit 
it  sqalid  in  certain  quarters  by  barring  "notorious 


"In  the  Orchard  at  Howard  Springs.' 


-THE  WASP- 


17 


Genlhe  Phol 


MISS  GERTRUDE  MILLS 


show  girls"  from  the  exhibits,  and  will  have  to 
dodge  their  haughty  star-es  for  some  time  to  come. 
He  did  not  wish  to  give  the  booths  a  Tenderloin 
effect  in  the  way  of  costumes.  And  Mrs.  Albert 
M.  Palmer  furthered  the  idea  by  drawing  the  dead 
line  of  dccolette  higher  than  even  some  of  the 
choicest  thought  necessary — higher  in  fact  than 
grand  opera  decorum.  But  then  the  closeness  of 
the  crowd  warranted  a  special  standard  for  the 
occasion. 


Pongee  is  very  popular  this  Summer  for  street 
dresses,  and  very  many  women  have  costumes  of 
it.  .Mrs.  I;red  McNear  is  wearing  a  very  smart 
pongee  suit  with  a  three-quarter  length  coat,  as  is 
Mrs.  Herbert  Moffitt.  Mrs.  Rudolph  Spreckels,  who 
looks  younger  and  handsonier  every  year,  has  a 
lovely  new  pongee  suit.  .Mrs.  J.  J.  ^foore  has  an- 
other. Mrs.  Henry  Scott  is  wearing  some  mosl 
effective  linen  suits  with  long  coats. 


The  Morgan  Hills  are  very  prominent  in  Wash- 
ington Society,  and  their  names  often  appear  in 
the  report  of  the  social  doings  at  the  capital.  Mrs. 
Hill  was  the  beautiful  Diana  Murphy  of  San  Jose, 
[laughter  of  Daniel  Murphy,  one  of  the  great 
Murphy  clan  of  which  the  celebrated  Barney  Mur- 
phy is  a  member.  Miss  Diana  Murphy  was  regarded 
as  a  great  catch  and  had  suitors  galore,  Morgan 
llill  being  amongst  the  number.  The  father  of  the 
heiress  did  not  look  with  entire  favor  on  Mr.  Hill's 
suit,  which  of  course  was  a  card  in  his  favor.  It 
generally   is. 


Mrs.  Griffith  with  her  mother  and  sister  Mrs. 
and  Miss  Coppie  have  left  Ross  Valley  for  a  visit 
of  several  weeks  at  Mira  Mar,  Santa  Barbara. 

Will  Irwin  is  no  longer  the  editor  of  McClure's 
magazine  but  has  gone  back  to  newspaper  work  and 
story  writing.  He  and  Wallace  Irwin  have  both 
been  successful  in  New  York.  Will  thinks  he  can 
make  more  money  by  building  up  a  name  for  him- 
self as  a  writer.  Editing  a  New  York  magazine 
is  not  the  fattest  job  on  earth. 

ENTRE  NOUS. 


Belle  Oudry  Pholo 


MISS  VIVA  NICHOLSON 


-THE  WASP' 


Wasp  Illustrations  This  Week 

Mrs  Pedar  Sather  Brugiere,  was  formerly  Miss 
Madeline  McKissick,  daughter  of  the  late  Judge 
L.  D.  and  Mrs.  McKissick.  This  picture  was  taken 
a  few  weeks  after  her  marriage  to  the  young  and 
ardent  Bruguiere  from  whom  she  was  divorced  a 
few  years  ago.  He  has  since  been  divorced  from  a 
second  wife,  and  subsequently  married  a  third,  a 
Miss  King,  related  to  W.  S.  Townsend,  celebrated 
for  his  candy  and  confections. 

Miss  Viva  Nicholson,  is  a  well-known  Society 
belle  of  Oakland's  smart  set. 

Probably  no  one  is  better  known  in  social  circles 
here  and  especially  in  the  exclusive  Southern  set, 
than  Mrs.  A.  H.  Voorhies,  wife  of  the  well-known 
occulist,  Dr.  A.  H.  Voorhies,  and  mother  of  that 
large  and  interesting  family  of  young  matrons,  Mrs. 
Young,  Mrs.  Malcolm  Henry,  Mrs.  Thomas  Porter 
Bishop  and  Mrs.  Guy  Scott.  There  is  an  only  son, 
Grantland  Voorhies,  who  has  recently  entered  the 
real  estate  business,  with  success. 

Mrs.  J.  Wilson  Shiels  is  the  wife  of  that  popular 
physician  and  Bohemian  Club  man,  Dr.  J.  Wilson 
Shiels.  Both  the  doctor  and  his  wife  are  noted 
for  their  clever  entertainments,  Mrs.  Shiels  being 
an  amateur  actress  of  note,  having  appeared  many 
times  for  charity's  cause  with  marked  success. 

Miss  Ruth  Sadler  of  Alameda,  will  be  one 
of  the  bridesmaids  at  the  forthcoming  wedding  of 
her  sister,  Miss  Lydia  Mae  Sadler,  to  Louis  Risdon 
Meade,  taking  place  on  June  18th  at  Christ  Church, 
Alameda.   It  will  be  a  large  affair. 

Mrs.  Ruth  E.  Baird  was  Miss  Ruth  Jackson  be- 
fore her  marriage  to  the  erratic  young  capitalist, 
Miles  Baird,  from  whom  she  was  divorced  a 
couple  of  years  ago. 

Miss  Gertrude  Mills  is  one  of  the  pretty,  blonde 
daughters  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  L.  B.  Mills.  Mr. 
Mills  is  of  Gage  &  Mills,  the  well-known  lumber 
firm.  Miss  Mills  is  a  favorite  with  her  friends,  and 
has  a  strong  and  pleasing  personality. 

Mrs.  Fred  McNear  is  an  attractive  little  matron 
of  the  Burlingame  set;  was  formerly  Miss  Georgie 
Hopkins,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Hop- 
kins, and  sister  of  Mrs.  Gus  and  Mrs.  Will  Taylor, 
all  prominent  in  the  San  Mateo  set. 

Miss  Keith  Wakeman  of  Oakland  is  an  actress 
of  note,  who  at  one  time  was  said  to  be  engaged  to 
the  late  Dr.  E.  H.  Woolsey.  The  genial  doctor  had 
a  keen  eye  for  female  beauty. 


The  members  of  the  Builders'  Exchange  have 
wrestled  most  unsuccessfully  with  the  present  labor 
problem  m  San  Francisco.  They  will  continue  to 
do  so  until  they  come  to  the  decision,  that  there 
can  never  be  industrial  peace  or  prosperity  under 
the  closed  shop  arrangement.  The  open  shop  will 
settle  the  labor  troubles,  for  the  open  shop  will 
reduce  the  question  to  one  of  supply  and  demand 
J  t  labor  is  scarce  and  much  needed,  wages  will  soar 
It  labor  is  abundant  and  notin  demand,  employers 
will  not  be  forced  to  pay  wages  that  mean  loss  to 

*mhA?L'ZZ£V&  Lllkd™ABS:'S  ^  "*  «  *]>*  °>  *«»  -  -A  "ore  ,«* 


them.  The  moment  you  commence  to  subvert  the 
true  laws  of  trade  or  finance  that  instant  you  sow 
the  seeds  of  trouble.  The  closed  shop  is  retrogres- 
sive, oppressive,  and  unlawful,  and  can  only  cause 
the  establishment  of  an  injurious  labor  trust.  We 
have  that  trust  with  us  and  it  will  remain  until  the 
employers  of  the  United  States  demand  and  obtain 
the  open  shop. 


Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart  announces  an  invitation  concert 
by  his  pupils,  at  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Hall,  Pine 
Street,  on  Monday  afternoon,  June  3d.  A  very  in- 
teresting program  of  vocal  and  instrumental  music 
has  been  prepared,  and  amongst  those  who  will  take 
part  may  be  mentioned  Miss  Leola  Stone,  Miss 
Helen  Wilson,  Miss  Viola  Van  Orden,  Mrs.  Carolyn 
Crew  Rasor,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Harrington,  Mrs.  Josephine 
Aylwin,  Mrs.  Z.  R.  Jenkins,  Miss  Lenor  Burke, 
Miss  Corinne  Goldsmith  and  Miss  Louise  Smith. 


The   Song   of   the   Emergency   Driver 
Hi,  there !    Chuck  up  yer  fare ! 
Twenty-five  cents  to  don't-know-where. 
Mebbe  it's  Fillmore;  mebbe  still  more 
East  or  West,  and  Divil  a  care. 

Take  along  lunch  ;  me  nag  I'll  punch 
As  soon  as  I  get  a  dark  blue  hunch 
The  load  to  start ;  then  ye'll  depart 
To  Richmond  or  Asbury  all  in  a  bunch. 

Now  we  go.    What,  pard?    No; 
This  Russian-leather  nag  ain't  slow. 
When  she's  fit.     Today  we've  hit 
'Bout  forty  miles  o'  Frisco.    Whoa ! 

Off  again  !   Now  and  then 

These  thank-ye-marms  ain't  what  they've  been. 

Joggle  and  pull,  me  wagon's  full. 

Jump  if  ye  bump  too  high  to  stay  in. 

Rattle  yer  bones  over  the  stones ; 
No  one  cares  for  yer  moans  an'  groans. 
Whoop  her  up,  sure !   And  bounce,  for  you're 
A  strike  sympathizer  Cornelius  owns. 


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Iii  the  great  zeal  of  the  graft  prosecution  to  bring 
to  justice  the  big  bribe-givers,  sight  has  been  lost  of 

the  hundreds  of  petl\  grafters  who  have  made  the 
Schmitz  administration  infamous.  They  are  not 
even  frightened,  for  they  see  what  game  is  being 
-talked  and  they  go  on  boldly  grafting  here  and 
grafting  there,  or  at  least  enjoying  brazenly  the 
spoils  of  former  graft.  They  remain  in  the  com- 
munity, a  danger  to  future  civic  welfare.  They  are 
the  men  who  will  control  in  various  assembly 
district  politics.  They  will  spring  up  as  strident- 
voiced  labor  leaders,  as  eloquent  as  was  the  Honor- 
able Mike  Coffey.  If  they  can  rally  the  unions  to 
their  aid  and  bring  under  their  spell  the  gamblers 
and  various  saloon  and  tenderloin  interests  they 
are  likely  to  succeed  and  if  they  do  they  will  not 
be  deterred  from  levying  tribute  on  any  one  who 
wants  to  spend  money  here  to  build  up  an  enterprise. 


This  is  the  grave  danger  that  stands  in  the  way 
of  rapid  rehabilitation  for  San  Francisco.  Eastern 
investors  will  see  only  that  we  have  fallen  upon  the 
bribe-giver  and  smote  him  hip  and  thigh.  Thev  will 
realize  that  the  bribe-takers  are  still  with  us,  as 
greedy  as  ever.  They  know  that  Gallagher,  Coffey, 
Davis,  Mamlock  and  all  that  delectable  bunch  still 
poison  the  air  of  San  Francisco  by  their  presence, 
and  that  other  hackmen,  carpenters,  cement- 
workers,  union  musicians  and  shyster  lawyers  as 
greedy  as  they  were,  .  hold  the  offices,  ready  to 
blackmail  and  then  jump  into  the  immunity  bath. 


The  indictment  of  many  of  the  leading  citizens 
of  San  Francisco  for  bribery  will  have  been  rather 
dearly  bought  if  the  political  bandits  that  have 
held  the  City  in  their  grasp  for  years  are  all  to  be 
allowed  to  escape  imprisonment.  I  do  not  think 
that  the  public  will  be  well  satisfied  with  such  an 
arrangement  and  the  net  result  of  the  great  effort 
to  punish  the  grafters  of  San  Francisco  may  be 
that  nobody  will  go  to  jail.  If  the  prosecution 
make  a  bargain  with  the  infamous  scoundrel  Ruef 
to  let  him  go  free  for  turning  informer,  it  will 
sacrifice  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  law- 
abiding  citizens  of  San  Francisco.  The  job  made 
declaration  that  the  bribe-givers  are  worse  than  the 
bribe-takers  does  not  impress  any  man  who  knows 
how  machine  politics  are  worked  in  American  cities 
and  how  political  thieves  band  together  to  capture 
public  office,  and  blackmail  everybody.  To  depict 
the  hardened  and  veteran  criminal  Ruef  and  his 
greedy  confederates  as  guiltless  innocents  who  were 
lured  from  the  path  of  rectitude  by  wily  and  sordid 
millionaires  is  too  much  for  the  strong  stomach  of 
an  ostrich.  It  is  nauseating  bosh  fit  only  for  the 
columns  of  a  San  Francisco  sensationaj  newspaper. 


If  anybody  goes  to  jail  Ruef  should  head  the  pro- 
cession, with  Schmitz  and  his  other  tools  close  at 
his  heels. 


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•THE  WASP 


The  Wasp  was  the  first  newspaper  in  San  Fran- 
cisco to  point  out  what  would  happen  if  our  citi- 
zens were  insane  enough  to  elect  Schmitz,  and 
thereby  turn  over  to  the  modern  sandlotters  the 
government  of  San  Francisco. 

All  that  we  predicted  nearly  seven  years  ago  has 
occured ;  but  happily  the  end  is  in  sight.  Ruef  is 
a  jailed  convict,  waiting  to  add  to  his  infamy  by 
posing  as  a  public  prosecutor  of  the  man  with  whom 
he  plotted  and  contrived  blackmail  and  public 
plunder ;  Schmitz  is  where  he  should  be,  wriggling 
at  the  bar  of  justice,  forsaken  by  his  crooked  friends, 
hated  by  the  outlaws  who  elected  him  and  despised 
by  all  men. 

It  did  not  need  the  degredation  of  Schmitz  to 
prove  that  the  game  he  has  played  is  a  losing  one. 
History  is  full  of  instances  of  selfish  and  lawless 
men  who  have  tried  to  organize  the  criminal  ele- 
ment into  a  great  political  machine  that  should 
keep  them  in  power  to  fatten  on  the  honest  people 
of  their  communities.  Every  man  who  has. followed 
that  course  has  paid  the  penalty.  Many  have  died 
on  the  gallows  or  the  scaffold ;  many  have  passed 
from  power  and  luxury  to  the  gloom  of  prisons  and 
all  have  died  forlorn,  disgraced,  abandoned  and 
despised. 

Honesty  is  the  best  policy  for  a  public  man.  If 
he  be  not  honest  at  least  let  him  pretend  to  the 
possession  of  some  virtues.  Let  him,  not  like 
Schmitz  and  his  slimy  associates,  flaunt  their  in- 
famy brazenly  in  the  face  of  public  opinion  and 
proclaim  that  they  are  without  sense  of  honor, 
shame,  or  conscience: 

There  never  was  a  so-called  labor  leader  who  so 
thoroughly    alienated    all    classes    of    followers    as 


Schmitz.  Elected  by  and  pledged  to  protect  the 
labor  unions  in  any  quarrel  and  under  a  solemn 
promise  to  keep  policemen  off  the  cars  in  the  event 
of  a  strike,  he  now  occupies  the  unique  position 
of  being  solely  responsible  for  the  strike  and  its 
failure  as  well.  He  it  was  who  gave  the  orders 
to  Chief  of  Police  Dinan  to  use  clubs  on  the  heads 
of  the  strikers  engaged  in  rioting.  Where  in  the 
world  is  there  another  labor  leader  in  such  a  bad 
hole  as  that?  It  was  through  Schmitz,  and  in  his 
interest  that  the  carmen  were  induced  to  give  up 
the  positions  that  paid  them  better  than  any  similar 
positions  in  the  United  States,  and  go  on  strike  at 
a  time  when  conditions  were  such  as  to  make  vic- 
tory for  them  an  utter  impossibility.  Schmitz  was 
stupid  and  depraved  enough  to  believe  that  he  could 
bring  on  a  big  strike,  plunge  the  City  into  indus- 
trial strife  and  cause  untold  loss  of  revenue  to  the 
merchants,  and  then  step  in  as  he  did  before  and 
stop  the  conflict.  Thus  by  posing  as  the  hero  of 
the  hour  he  might  rehabilitate  himself  in  the  good 
graces  of  the  people  who  have  cast  him  out  as  an 
offensive  briber  and  betrayer  of  the  public  inter- 
ests. But  Schmitz,  like  all  criminals,  is  short 
sighted.  He  never  calculated  on  the  turn  affairs 
could  take. 

Not  only  did  he  fail  to  bring  the  fighting  forces 
to  peace,  but  he  was  forced  to  commit  the  heinous 
offense  of  giving  orders  to  the  police  to  stop  rioting 
in  the  streets  of  San  Francisco.     Without  riots  and 


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lawlessness  no  street  car  strike  can  be  made  effec- 
tive. The  position  of  Schmitz  is  therefore  unique, 
for  he  is  denounced  and  damned  by  all  classes 
including  the  unions.  Friendless  and  hated  by 
all  whom  his  incompetency  and  dishonesty  have 
involved  in  trouble  he  goes  to  trial  for  felony  and 
in  all  likelihood  will  wear  a  convict  suit  before 
Christmas. 

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Royal  Nicknames 

There  is  scarcely  a  member  of  the  British  royal 
family  who  has  not  got  at  least  one  nickname,  while 
some  have  answered  to  many.  It  is  said  that  even 
King  Edward  himself  is  often  referred  to  by  the  nick- 
name of  "Edrex,"  very  obviously  derived  from  the 
familiar  "Edward:  Rex."  As  a  boy  and  young  man, 
however,  his  majesty  was  always  called  by  the  pet 
name  of  "Bertie,"  and  for  a  long  time  prior  to  his  suc- 
cession to  the  throne  he  was  generally  called  "The 
Guv'nor"  by  the  princes  and  princesses,  and  it  is  hardly 
likely  that  he  raised  any  objection,  inasmuch  as  he 
himself  has  liberally  bestowed  nicknames  upon  his 
most  intimate  friends. 

Probably  the  German  Emperor  possesses  more  nick- 
names than  any  other  living  monarch,  though  he  may 
not  be  aware  of  the  fact ;  indeed,  his  various  feats  and 
accomplishments  suggest  so  many  new  nicknames  that 
it  would  be  difficult  to  keep  count  of  them.  "Gondola 
Willie,"  "Ajax,"  "Frederick  the  Greatest"  and  "The 
Captain"  are  a  few  of  the  nicknames  most  frequently 
applied  to  him. 

The  Czar  is  still  referred  to  as  "Nicky,"  the  name 
given  him  when  he  was  quite  a  boy.  The  late  King  of 
Denmark  was  commonly  called  "The  Father,"  just  as 
King  Francis  Joseph  is  known  as  "Father  Francis," 
and  King  Leopold  of  Belgium  has  for  many  years 
suffered  patiently  under  the  unflattering  designation 
of  "The  King  with  a  Nose." 

"The  Little  Signor"  as  a  nickname  is  made  to  fit  the 
King  of  Italy,  whose  father,  the  late  king,  was  referred 
to  as  "Don  Moustachio,"  on  account  of  his  immense 
mustache,  a  notable  feature  of  his  father,  and  one 
which  the  present  king  has  inherited  to  some  extent. 

At  one  time  in  his  frolicsome  boyhood  the  Prince  of 
Wales  was  known  to  the  royal  family  and  his  fellow 
(midshipmen  as  "Sprats,"  and  at  a  later  period  he  had 
Kite  nickname  of  "The  Pickle"  forced  upon  him.  For  a 
|)rief  period  after  his  return  from  his  long  tour  round 
(the  colonies,  however,  he  was  often  referred  to  as  "The 
Alarm,"  in  consequence  of  his  famous  "Wake-up,  Eng- 
land!" speech  delivered  at  the  Guildhall,  which  re- 
[ninds  one  that  the  German  emperor  was  given  the 
tame  nickname  at  a  time  when  he  made  a  practice  of 
testing  the  readiness  of  garrisons  to  fall  to  arms  by 
paying  surprise  visits. 

f  "Her  Royal  Shyness"  is  the  nickname  which  the 
Queen  of  Norway,  who  is  even  yet  better  known  as 
Princess  Charles  of  Denmark,  bestowed  upon  her  sis- 
ter the  Duchess  of  Fife  on  account  of  her  very  retir- 
ng  disposition.  The  Queen  of  Norway  herself  was 
dways    known    to    her    relatives    and    most    intimate 


friends  as  "I  [arry."  Almost  up  to  the  time  of  her  mar- 
riage Princess  Henry  of  Battenberg  was  called  "Baby" 
within  the  royal  family  circle.  "Pussette"  was  Queen 
Victoria's  nickname  for  the  late  Empress  Frederick, 
and  "Affie"  for  the  late  Duke  of  Saxe-Coburg.  and 
during  the  latter  part  of  his  long  life  the  late  Duke  of 
Cambridge  was  familiarly  referred  to  as  "George 
Ranger."  a  nickname  suggested  by  his  office  of  ranger 
of  Richmond  Park. 

One  of  the  strangest  nicknames  possessed  by  the 
king's  intimate  friends  is  that  of  the  Marquess  de 
Soveral,  who,  for  some  reason  no  one  seems  able  to 
explain,  is  known  as  "Blue  Monkey."  Very  appro- 
priate is  the  name  of  "Pocket  Adonis."  which,  it 
is  said,  the  king  himself  bestowed  on  Lord  Buchan. 
It  was  the  king,  too,  who  nicknamed  Lord  Ribblesdale 
"The  Ancestor,"  because  of  the  old-fashioned  style  of 
dress  his  lordship  favors. 

The  Marquess  of  Londonderry  is  almost  invariably 
referred  to  in  the  briefest  of  fashions  as  "C,"  though 
that  is  hardly  any  briefer  than  "O,"  by  which  society 
knows  Lord  Ormonde  is  meant ;  and  the  present  Mar- 
quess of  Salisbury  was  known  as  "Cranberry"  while  he 
was  Lord  Cranborne. 


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Mrs.  Enpeck — "Oh,  no ;  but  I  have  seen  her  hus- 
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walks  along  as   independent  as   ever.     He  doesn't 
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STRICTLY  BUSINESS 


Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 


A  banker  of  this  City  has  remarked  to  me,  "The 
whole  country  never  was  as  prosperous  before  as 
it  is  today.  The  crops  are  large  and  the  people  fully 
employed  and  yet  money  is  tight  and  especially  in 
this  State  and  in  this  City.  There  is  no  good  cause 
for  this." 

The  banker  is  mistaken.  There  is  a  good  cause 
for  it.  Lack  of  confidence.  That  is  the  foundation 
of  financial  credit  and  without  plenty  of  credit  busi- 
ness must  shrink,  no  matter  how  good  the  crops. 
The  public  enemies  in  San  Francisco — the  grafters, 
the  labor  agitators,  the  outlaws  that  stone  cars  and 
insult  women  shake  confidence.  So  do  all  the 
gougers  that  raise  prices  of  supplies  and  wages 
every  fifteen  minutes  till  no  one  knows  where  he 
stands.  All  this  must  be  changed  and  confidence 
restored. 

We  in  San  Francisco  are  also  feeling  the  depres- 
sion that  caused  panic  in  New  York  two  months  ago. 
It  always  comes  to  us  later.  In  New  York  liqui- 
dation has  taken  place  and  it  is  going  on  here  now. 
It  is  the  turn  of  the  tide  that  has  been  so  long  ex- 
pected. 

It  cannot  last  long  under  present  conditions,  for 
the  country  generally  is  prosperous  and  gold  has 
been  coming  back  to  the  United  States  this  year  in 
unprecedented  volume.  The  imports  of  gold  in  the 
last  ten  months  were  over  a  hundred  and  ten  millions 
and  the  exports  only  twenty-three  millions,  leaving 
the  largest  gain  ever  recorded  in  that  time. 

The  prices  of  stocks  have  all  been  dropping. 
Labor  is  now  proportionately  higher  than  securities 
and  there  will  be  some  stagnation  till  that  too  finds 
its  true  value,  for  after  all  the  law  of  supply  and 
demand,  regulates  those  things.  When  employers 
can  use  labor  to  advantage  by  selling  its  products 
at  a  profit  they  will  employ  it.  If  labor  becomes 
too  dear  and  a  profit  cannot  be  made  out  of  it  em- 
ployers will  not  use  it.  In  that  respect  labor  is 
like  anv  commodity  and  subject  to  the  laws  of  trade 
just  as  much  as  wheat  or  iron  or  wool,  etc.  Com- 
binations may  temporarily  and  artificially  raise  or 
lower  the  price  of  labor,  but  it  will  find  its  true  value 
at  last  as  surely  as  water  will  seek  its  true  level. 
Let  no  man  deceive  himself  on  that  point. 

Just  now  in  San  Francisco  we  are  in  the  transition 
stage  and  the  price  of  labor  is  adjusting  itself.  The 
strikes  show  that. 

As  soon  as  the  price  of  labor  is  fixed  at  its  true 
value  in  San  Francisco  building  will  go  on  again 
rapidly.  The  prices  for  materials  are  adjusting 
themselves.  I  heard  this  week  of  the  offer  of  a 
cargo  of  pine  at  $16  per  thousand.  That  looks  like 
readjustment. 


Nobody  should  lose  confidence  in  San  Francisco, 
or  the  nation  at  large.  The  prospects  are  as  good 
as  ever.  The  present  flurry  is  only  temporary  and 
no  man  should  sacrifice  his  real  estate  or  good 
stocks  or  bonds  unless  forced  to  do  so.  The  man 
who  does  so  will  surely  regret  it  a  few  months 
hence,  wdien  things  are  all  running  smoothlv  again. 


The  Hamburs--American  Steamship  Line,  com- 
pleted its  sixtieth  year  of  existence  this  week,  and 
very  remarkable  indeed  has  been  its  growth.  Im- 
provements beyond  the  conception  of  any  person 
have  been  wrought  in  the  past  sixty  years  in  ocean 
transportation.  The  great  ocean  liner  of  today 
is  a  floating  hotel,  as  luxurious  and  complete  in 
everv  detail  as  anv  first  class  hotel.  In  sixty  years 
the  Hamburg-American  Line  has  grown  irom  a 
modest  little  enterprise  of  three  clipper  ships  to  one  I 
of  the  largest  mercantile  fleets  in  the  world— 371  I 


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Interest  Paid  on  all  Deposits 


Paid  up  Capital  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
Loans  on  Approved  Securities 


OFFICERS- James  D.  Phelan,  Pres,,  John  A.  Hooper.  V.  Pres.,  J.  K.  Moffalt,  2d 
V.  Pres.,  George  A.  Slory,  Sec'y  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Asst.  Cashier,  A.  E. 
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PAID  UP  CAPITAL,  $600,000.00 

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i  ners  with  a  total  tonnage  of  ' '57,(X)0  tons.  Its 
fla,*  is  known  in  every  >r;i  and  the  chief  ports  of 
everj  continent, 

The  company's  steamers  ply  regularly  on  fifty- 
seven  different  services,  which  practically  reach 
every  port  of  the  world.  But  it  is  not  merely  in 
point  of  size  where  the  Hamburg-American  line 
lias  kept  ahead  of  all  competitors,  hut  practically 
every  innovation  in  Atlantic  travel  during  the  last 
decades  has  been  introduced  by  this  company. 

The  latest  features  in  this  respect  are  the  marine 
wonders,  "Amerika"  and  "Kaiserin  Auguste  Vic- 
toria," of  25.000  tons  each,  where  palm  gardens, 
passenger  elevators,  gymnasiums,  the  famous  Ritz- 
Carlton  restaurants  a  la  carte,  childrens'  playrooms, 
daily  newspapers,  etc.,  were  added  to  the  comfort 
of    Atlantic  travelers. 

In  l'tti  the  company's  steamers  made  1256  round 
trips,  or  on  an  average,  eight  ocean  liners  were 
dispatched  each  day  of  the  year.  A  total  of  5,750,- 
000  tons  of  merchandise  and  432,000  passengers 
were  carried  on  the  various  services   during   1906. 

The  Hamburg-American  line's  employes  number 
19,000,  of  which  12,000  are  actually  employed  on  the 
steamers,  while  the  balance  of  7000  make  up  the 
clerical  force,  agents,  dockmen,  etc. 

INVESTOR. 


Gillett's  Ride 

L'p  from  his  bed  at  break  of  day, 
Bringing  to  strikers  fresh  dismay, 
Jim  Gillett  of  Attache  Town, 
Astride  his  bull,  rode  hotlv  down. 

To  Frisco  cantered,  and  shouted,  "The  strike, 
If  fraught  with  violence,  I'll  put  on  the  hike. 
Cobble-stone  throwers  I'll  bring  to  taw 
In  twenty-four  hours  of  martial  law." 

"Hurrah  for  the  Governor  f'rang  through  the  town 
.    "He  sees  the  conditions  and  does  'em  up  brown. 
At  last  we  possess,  we  are  glad  to  declare, 
No  goop  in  the  gubernatorial  chair. 

Wide  flew  the  bricks  and  smash  went  panes; 
Round  and  about  a  few  blood-stains. 
While  Governor  Jim  to  his  job  was  on, 
And  spurred  the  flanks  of  his  bull  and  con. 

Battered  and  soiled  the  cars  came  through, 
While  Jim  diminished  in  the  view. 
With  every  riot  and  affray 
Jim  galloped  further  on  his  way. 

Hurrah  for  rider  and  bull  so  bold! 
Hurrah  for  the  way  he  knocked  us  cold, 
With  his  upright,  downright,  martial  words, 
That  flew  like  sabres  and  went  like  birds. 

Hurrah  for  Gillett  and  his  safety  blade 
Which  he  drew  while  here  for  a  while  he  delayed. 
Where  is  Governor  Tim  today? 
"Sacramento,"  is  all  we  can  say. 

The  first  tHina  in  the  morning,  if  you  need  a  bracer,  should  he  a  lablespoonful  of  Abbott's 
Bitters  in  an  ounce  of  sherry  or  a  glass  of  soda.     Try  it. 


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Second  Viee-President,  Emil  Rohte;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier, 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Toumy;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 
Goodfellow  &  Eells,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  -  F.  Tillmann,  Jr.,  Daniel  Meyer,  Emil  Rohte,  Ian. 
Steinharl,  I.  N.  Waller.  N.  Ohlandt.  J.  W.  Van  Bersen.  E.  T.  Knjse  and  W.  S. 
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-THE  WASP- 


A  Chance  for  Abe 

Having  confessed  and  somewhat  counteracted  the 
slump  in  his  fame,  Abe  Ruef  should  now  complete  the 
uplift  by  unballasting  himself  of  some  of  the  boodle; 
then  his  popularity  would  surely  go  ballooning.  He 
has  about  three  million  dollars  worth  of  property  now ; 
enough  for  a  noteworthy  penance.  His  first  seemly 
bestowing  could  be  $500,000  to  the  anti-corruption 
fund,  which  he  made  necessary.  In  a  Court  of  Honor 
(with  which  we  presume  Ruef  now  has  cordial  affilia- 
tions) he  would  owe  his  captors  their  expenses  of 
pursuit,  as  he  made  his  fortune  by  criminally  evading 
them  for  the  past  five  years.  Next,  he  might  give 
$50,000  to  Schmitz's  family  for  having  alienated  the 
former  bandmaster  from  his  honorable  and  dangerless 
environment  of  fortissimo  and  pizzicati.  For  Schmitz 
is  still  innocent  in  the  eyes  of  the  law,  and  in  such 
presumption,  and  taking  into  consideration  his  expen-  • 
ditures  of  the  past  year,  must  be  very  poooooooor. 
Then,  $10,000  to  Elisor  Biggy  for  the  nervous  strain 
incident  to  his  extraordinary  duties.  30  cents  each 
to  Henry  Ach  and  Sam  Shortridge,  remuneration  for 
the  shock  of  suddenly  being  hurled  from  publicity  into 
darkness  through  their  client's  unnecesary  (from  a 
legal  standpoint)  confession.  $10,000  for  a  library 
where  young  men  could  read  the  unhappy  endings  of 
grafters  and  the  great  prowess  of  Bill  Burns,  the 
Lightning  Detective,  or  the  Ten-fingered  Terror  of 
the  Extorters.  The  bulk  of  Ruef's  funds  could  be 
distributed  among  such  miscellaneous  charities  as 
would  have  no  finicky  objection  to  the  donor.  Any 
unaccepted  sums  should  go  to  incubator  babies,  fal- 
len pugilists,  reformed  poets  and  the  widows  and 
orphans  of  newsboys.  Then,  oh  then,  and  not  till 
then,  will  Ruef's  reformation  be  a  real  sky-sparkling, 
starry  cascade  and  a  gollvsosher. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  B.  Watson  of  San  Francisco  have 
been  at  Witter  Springs  Hotel  for  a  day  or  so.  Mr. 
Watson  is  in  charge  of  the  Touring  Committee  of 
the  Automobile  Club  of  California  and  is  making 
a  report  on  the  roads  and  grades  of  Lake  County, 
relative  to  the  contemplated  runs  of  the  Season. 

The  opening  of  the  new  road  to  Witter  Springs 
was  welcomed  by  a  great  many  motorists  who  have 
planned  their  Summer  tours  in  Lake  County.  This 
road  takes  away  all  the  much  dreaded  grades  be- 
tween Ukiah  and  Lakeport  and  saves  ten  miles. 
Running  through  the  prettiest  stretch  of  country  in 
the  county,  it  gives  a  great  variation  of  scenery. 

Recent  San  Francisco  arrivals  at  Witter  Springs 
Hotel  are :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  B.  Watson,  Miss 
Anderson,  Mrs.  Shirley.  A.  Church,  C.  S.  Miles,  S. 
S.  Havermale  and  wife,  Mrs.  Underhill,  Mrs.  Phil  B. 
Bekhart,  A.  J.  Parr,  D.  Murphy,  G.  Caldwell,  T. 
Daley,  J.  S.  O'Conner,  R.  S.  Brown,  Louis  Fried- 
lander,  Monte  C.  Fish,  Louis  C.  Samuels,  G.  H. 
Wilson,  F.  L.  Tuttle,  F.  S.  Dick,  E.  J.  Wilkinson. 


A  French  doctor  recently  rid  himself  in  an  equally 
ingenious  manner  of  a  patient  who  sought  to  impose 
on  his  good  nature.  He  was  accosted  one  afternoon 
on  a  crowded  boulevard  by  a  lady  notorious  for 
this  practice.  She  at  once  began  to  tell  of  her 
afflictions,  making  particular  complaint  of  pain  in 
her  hypergastric  region.  To  which  the  doctor  gravely 
replied :  "My  dear  madam,  I  must  examine  you.  Be 
good  enough  to  take  off  your  things!" 


"Hist!"  muttered  the  villain. 
And  the  gallery,  prompt  to  respond,  hissed  un- 
mercifully. 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Stock  Exchange 

Goldfield.  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 

Write  for  Market  Letter. 

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BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  lo  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE,  Pro. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Any. 

WM.  CORBIN.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mar. 

OFFICES -COR.  CHURCH   AND   MARKET  STREETS 
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THE  TAFT  BOOM 

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Rooms  7  to  1 1 


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W.  C.  RALSTON 

Stock  and  Bond  Broker 

Member  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Mining  Stocks  a  Specialty 


Bedford  McNeill 
Western  Union 
Leibers 


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.\liinda\  :  Goodness  me!  Such  a  time  as  I' had 
riding  on  a  Market  Street  car  with  Mrs.  Gayleigh. 
I  told  her  those  strikers  would  be  sure  to  bother 
us,  but  she  only  laughed. 

"Tabby,"  said  she,  "I  never  saw  a  man  that  could 
scare  me,"  and  you  know  I've  had  some  experience 
with  them. 

Indeed  she's  had.  Her  next  husband  will  be  the 
fourth,  and  the  other  three  are  all  alive. 

Well,  just  as  I  feared.  A  rough-looking-  man  with 
a  ribbon  on  his  breast  rode  up  on  a  bicycle,  and 
jawed  us  through  the  window. 

"Don't  pay  any  attention  to  the  creature,"  said 
Mrs.  Gayleigh  in  a  loud  tone.  "It  must  have  es- 
'caped  from  the  monkey  ciage  at  the  Chutes." 

Then  the  man  shouted  louder  and  threatened  to 
Ho  terrible  things. 

"Better  save  your  strength,"  said  Edyth,  "you'll 
need  it  soon  for  cleaning  bricks  at  $1.50  a  day." 

My!  but  the  man  was  angry.  He  rode  away- 
howling  at  me,  because  I  said  nothing  I  suppose. 

"I  know  you,  Mrs.  Gilhooly,"  he  roared.  "Don't 
[you  forget  that  I'll  have  your  husband  fined  $50 
at  the  next  meeting  of  the  plasterers'  union  for  you 
riiling  on  those  scab  cars." 

( )h,  Heavens •!  I  thought  I'd  die.  'Twas  bad 
enough  to  be  mistaken  for  any  kind  of  a  married 
woman,  but  to  be  called  Mrs.  Gilhooly,  the  plas- 
terer's wife  !     Goodness  !     What  are  we  coming  to. 

Tuesday  :  How  hateful  some  women  are  !  Mrs. 
Sourley  said  a  dreadful  thing  today  to  Clara 
Rtigsby  at  the  Ethical  Effort  Club's  tea.  Clara 
(has  been  putting  on  all  kinds  of  airs  since  her 
cousin  got  indicted  with  all  the  millionaires  for 
bribing  Abe.Ruef  and  the  Supervisors.  This  week 
another  of  her  distant  relatives  had  twenty-seven  in- 
dictments returned  against  him  and  it  has  fairly 
turned  the  girl's  head.  She  says  that  to  be  indicted 
by  the  Grand  Jury  establishes  one's  social  status 
in  San  Francisco,  and  after  this  she  will  visit,  no- 
body outside  of  Burlingame  or  Ross  Valley,  and 
positively  will  accept  no  invitation  to  tea  except 
•on  Presidio  Heights. 

She  was  carrying  on  at  a  great  rate  when  Mrs. 
Sourley  cut  her  short. 


"Who  do  you  think  you  are.  anyhow,  Clara 
Mugsby?"  she  asked. 

"If  you  moved  in  exclusive  Society  you  wouldn't 
need  to  ask?"  said  Clara  with  a  tOSS  of  her  head. 

Mrs.  Sourley  gave  one  oi  thpse  little  hard  laughs 
-•he  always  indulges  in  when  she's  going  to  say 
-c  imething  real  mean. 

"Von  needn't  put  Oh  any  airs  with  me.  Clara 
Mugsby,"  said  she,  "I  knew  you  when  you  were  a 
dirty-faced  little  brat  and  lived  round  the  corner  in 
a   Hat  up  an   alley." 

Oh,  mercy!  What  will  Clara  do  when  that  gets 
around  aniong.st  her.  -Hiir.lingamu~aml  Ros.S— Valley 
friends.  Her  indicted  relatives  will  have  to  cut 
jberj-dcad  or  l«se  ca^te.  A-ren't  women  merciless 
'toward  one  another. 

V      TABITHA  TWTi;i;,S 

'    '  '    ' 1 '  '    '    '.     ''  '    I 

To  use  the  words  of  a  capable  critic : 
"It— is— not-- -n-eeessa-ry— to—  go  4e— JuWaasr-er  td 
Munich  or  Rome  to  master  either  technique  or  gain, 
artistic  vision.  The  'innocence  of  the  eye'  may  be 
best  maintained 'by  seeing  things  and  seeing  nature 
face  to  face,  not  through  the  eyes  nor  by  the 
methods  of  teachers  and  academic  institutions" 


"I  fear,"  said  the  poet,  "that  I  am  writing  over 
the  heads  of  the  people."  . 

"Can't  see  any  help  for  you  old  man,"  replied  the 
critic.  "You'll  never  be  able  to  have  your  desk  in 
anything  but  an  attic." 


In  Philadelphia -some  cfcrgymen-are  trying  to  de- 
cide whether  a  hen  "sets"  or  "sits."  What's  the 
odds  so  long  as  we  get  results? 


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ship  goods  everywhere  wanted  and  in  quantities 
to  suit,  although  at  wholesale  rates.  Our  auto 
now  delivers  daily  to  residences  in  Alameda 
County  and  in  Marin  County.  You  get  the  best 
of  everything  when  you  trade  here. 

SMITHS'  CASH  STORE,  Inc. 

14  to  24  Steuart  St.,  S.  F. 


Summer 

"         F 


I  Resort* 


The  Potter 


SANTA  BARBARA 

AMERICAN  PLAN  $2.50  PER  DAY 

Fronting  the  Ocean  in  coo!  Santa  Barbara.  A  daylight  ride 
through  the  prettiest  country  in  the  world.  Most  picturesque  coast. 
Golf,  polo,  tennis,  fishing,  automobiling,  surf  bathing,  yachts  and 
launches  and  horse-back  riding.  See  the  Santa  Barbara  Mission 
(still  in  use).  Hope  Ranch,  Channell  Islands,  Le  Cumbre  trail  and 
a  thousand  other  things  that  will  interest  you.  Accommodations  for 
1200.     Rates  May  1st  to  January  1st,  $2.50  per  day  and  upwards 

Our  representative,  at  789  Market  street,  phone  Temporary  2751 
will  show  you  floor  plans,  secure  your  transportation  and  attend  to 
other  details  of  travel.     Reduced  round  trip  rates  good  for  thirty  days. 


OAKLAND'S  BEAUTIFUL  NEW  HOTEL 

THE 


NOW    OPEN 

Twenty-Second  and  Broadway,  Oakland 


European  Plan 

Beautifully  Furnished 

Cafe  a  la  Carte  at  Moderate  Prices 


N.  S.  MULLAN,  Manager 

Formerly  Assistant  Manager 

Palace  Hotel.  S.  F. 


Pacific  Grove  Hotel 

Formerly  Hotel  El  Carmelo,  Pacific  Grove 
under  the  same  ownership  as  the  Hotel  Del 
Monte.     A  quiet  resort,  with  every  comfort 
at  most   reasonable  rates.     In  close   touch 
with  San   Francisco,   San  Jose  and   Santa 
Cruz.     Through  chair  car   and   parlor  car 
service  to  and  from  Los   Angeles  and  San 
Francisco  daily. 

ENJOY     COUNTRY      LIFE      AT 

HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 


This  is  the  season  to  take  your  family  to  Hotel  Del 
Monte  by  the  sea,  near  Monterey,  and  enjoy  every  comfort.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  there  and  plenty  to  do  for  recreation  and  health. 
Parlor  car  leaves  San  Francisco  8:00  a.  in.  and  3:00  p.  m.  daily, 
direct  to  Hotel.  Special  reduced  round-trip  rates.  For  details,  in- 
quire information  Bureau,  Southern  Pacific,  or  of  C.  W.  Kelley, 
Special  Representative  of  Del  Monte,  789  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Phone  Temporary  2751. 


HOTEL  RAFAEL 

San  Rafael,  Cal. 

OPEN   ALL   THE   YEAR   ROUND 
SO  Minutes  from  San   Francisco 


The  only  first-class  hotel  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  city.     American  and   European   plan 

F.  N.  ORPIN,  Lesser  and  Manager 


~1 

SANTA  CRUZ 

The  Atlantic  City 
of  the  Pacific 

World's 

Most 

Beautiful 

Playground 

Summer    Season 
Opened    May    1st 

Never  a  Dull 
Moment 

Grand  Opening  of  the  Casino  and 
Bathing  PavilioD  announced  later 

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27 


1 

Automobile  News 

1 

The  \\  hite  i  "ar  is  pre-eminently  a  touring  car  and 
their  30  steam  horse-power  is  particularly  adapted 
lor  long  distance  work.  They  negotiate  the  steepest 
hills  ami  the  roughest  roads  with  ease  and  the  ac- 
Jjmplishment  of  all  speeds  without  any  gear  shift- 
itiij  commends  tltis  car  to  its  users.  It  is  the  ideal 
ar  For  a  woman  to  handle;  no  cranking'  and  simple 
throttle  control  making  its  operation  a  delight. 


Encouraged  by  the  glowing  reports  of  the  trip 
o  the  Yosemite  Valley,  made  by  Mr.  Frank  H. 
lohnson  in  his  oO  horse-power  Thomas  "Flyer,"  .Mr. 
[ohn  Craig,  the  well-known  automobile  enthusiast 
f  Woodland,  i--  organizing  a  party  to  make  a  trip 
I"  some  three  weeks'  touring  throughout  the  State. 
.hieli  will  include  a  trip  into  the  Valley.  Mr.  and 
Urs.  Craig  will  use  their  Model  "M"  W'inton,  Mr. 
ind  Mrs.  Robert  Gibson  will  use  their  Model  "C" 
<\  inton  and,  in  fact,  it  will  be  exclusively  a  W'inton 
>arty,  and  there  will  be  some  five  or  six  machines. 


Messrs.  J.  Hoyt  Toller,. \Y.  McMillan,  A.  Peralta 
ml  J.  Peralta  have  just  returned  from  a  week's 
rip  to  Blue  Lakes,  Lake  County,  going  via  Pieta, 
i  Mr.  Toller's  Model  "A"  Oldsmobile.  They  report 
he  roads  in  good  condition,  with  the  exception  of 
ight  miles  between  Cloverdale  and  Pieta.  The 
oads  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Blue  Lake  are 
n  excellent  condition. 


Recent   sales   made  by   the    Pioneer   Automobile 

gmpany  are  as  follows:  Thomas  cars  to  A.  F. 
Dickinson,  San   Francisco;  C.   E.  Arendt,   Pleasan- 

m  :  Guido  &  Ray,  San  Francisco;  Johnson  &  Low- 
ey,  San  Francisco.'  Wintons  to  John  Craig,  Wood- 
bind ;  I'.  E.  Bunster,  San  Jose.  Oldsmobiles  to  Geo. 
'.   Volkmann,   San    Francisco;   Geo.    W.   Tibbetts, 

olusa. 


The  question  most  often  asked  of  an  automobile 
wner  is  "How  much  does  it  cost  you  to  run  your 
utomobile?"  The  average  answer  tejls  of  expenses 
or  shop  work  where  the  car  has  been  sent  for  re- 
iairs  quite  frequently.  This  has  caused  to  be  cir- 
ulated  broadcast  that  the  automobile  of  the  pres- 
nt  day'is  an  expensive  mode  of  conveyance.  After 
iiuch  investigation  it  has  been  found  that  the  main 
ault  with  the  automobile  is  that  it  has  no  brains, 
n  other  words  it  will  not  take  care  of  itself.  That 
3  what  is  expected  of  it  by  most  owners.  A  report 
ecently  received  by  the  Boyer  Motor  Car  Com- 
>any  conclusively  proves  this  fact.  Ex-Supervisor 
Villiam  N.  McCarthy,  one  time  commodore  of  the 
>an  Francisco  Yacht  Club,  but  who  has  now  taken 
d  sailing  on  land,  has  described  interestingly  how 
he  Franklin  touring  car  he  purchased  on  the  first 

f  last  December   is   performing.     The   officers   of 


the  company  had  not  heard  from  Mr.  McCarthy 
-nice  the  time  he  took  the  car  away: 

"The  car."  said  he.  "is  all  right.  I  have  found 
that  all  the  stories  about  the  automobile  being  ex- 
pensive to  keep  in  my  case  is  a  falseh 1.     Since 

1  have  had  the  car  1  have  only  had  to  buy  some 
leather  tor  the  breaks.  I  have  found  that  I  pay  a 
little  more  for  lubrication  oil  than  others  that  own 
Franklins,  but  oil  is  cheaper  than  new  parts.  About 
once  a  week  I  have  the  car  taken  apart  and  thor- 
oughly  cleaned  with  the  result  that  I  always  get 
there  ami  come  back.  I  can  see  no  need  for  a  new 
car  for  years  to  come  from  the  way  the  car  looks 
at  the  present  time. 


Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acommodations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Tiburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOODES 

Via  Kelseyville  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co.,  Cal. 


Witter  Medical  Springs 


Lake  County 


Witter  Springs  Hotel  was  built  and 
and  equipped  to  please  the  really 
critical.  Cuisine  and  service  un- 
excelled. Table  loaded  with  all  the 
delicacies  of  the  season,  supplied  from  our  1400  acre  ranch.  See 
Sunrise  Peak,  Clear  Lake,  Blue  Lakes,  Horseshoe  Bend  and  numerous 
other  places  of  interest.  Most  magnificient  variation  of  scenery  in  the 
world.  Tennis,  fishing,  good  saddle  horses,  bowling  and  other  amuse- 
ments. Automobile  headquarters  for  Lake  Co:  Under  the  management 
of  Albert  J.  Arroll,  formerly  of  the  New  Willard,  Washington  and  the 
Seelbach,  Louisville.  Rates  $14.00  per  week  upward.  Call  or  write 
for  booklet  and  general  information.     Main  office,  647  Nan  Ness  Ave. 

Witter  Water  Cures  Stomach  Trouble 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS 


Send  your  family  to  the  nearest  Hot  Sulphur  Springs  to  San  Francisco. 
First-class  accommodations.  Special  rates  to  families.  No  staging. 
Four  trains  daily.  Fare  round  trip  $1.65.  Tiburon  ferry  or  Oakland; 
two  hours'  ride.  Address  THEODOR  RICHARDS,  Agua  Caliente, 
Sonoma  County,  California. 


Howard  Springs 

County,  Cal. 


Lake 


Season  1907  opens  May  1st. 
The  waters  of  Howard  Springs  will 
cure  any  case  of  Stomach,  Liver  and 
*^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^™^^^^^^^^^^^  Kidney  Trouble.  Recommended 
by  any  physician  who  has  ever  visited  the  place  in  the  past  20  years.  Every  outdoor 
sport,  42  Mineral  Springs,  Hot  Sulphur  and  Iron  Plunge  Bath,  Magnesia  and  Borax 
Tub  Baths.  Address  all  communications  to  J.  W.  LAYMANCE,  Proprietor  Howard 
Springs,  Lake  County,  Cal.,  or  905  Broadway.  Oakland,  Cal. 


DIRECTORY 


OF  LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES  AND  PROFESSIONAL  PEOPLE 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

BUILDERS'  EXCHANGE,  226  Oak  St., 
S.  F. 

ADVERTISING  AGENCIES. 

BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F. ; 
Phone   Market   2837. 

COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion and   Brady  Sts. 

DAKE  ADV.  AGENCY,  Midway  BIdg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 

FISHER,  L.  P.  ADV.  AGENCY,  836  North 
Point  St.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Franklin  S84. 

JOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  2170  Post  St., 
S.  F.  . 

ANTIQUE   DEALERS. 

THE    LOUIS    XIV.      Curios,    Objects    d'Art, 
Miniatures,    Paints,    Porcelains,  Jewels,    etc., 
C.   V.    Miller,    1117    Post,   near  Van    Ness. 
ARCHITECTS. 

REID  BROS,  Temporary  Offices,  2325 
Gough  ot.,  S.  F. 

THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 

GUMP,  S.  &  G.,  1645  California  St.,  S.  F. 

SCHUSSLER  BROS..  1218  Sutter  St. 
ATTORNEYS, 

DORN,  DORN  &  SAVAGE,  717  Van  Ness 
Ave. 

D1NKELSPIEL,  HENRY  G.  W.,  1265  Ellis 
St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 

HEWLETT,  BANCROFT  AND  BALLAN- 
TINE,  Monadnock  Bldg. ;  Phone  Temp'y 
972. 

EDWARD  B.  YOUNG,  4th  Floor,  Union 
Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temp'y  833. 

GOLDSTONE,  LOUIS,  1012  Fillmore  St. 
Phone  Park  864. 

MAROIS,  T.  M.,  1756  Fillmore  St.,  S.  E.  cor. 
Sutter.     Phone  West   1503. 

KING,  CHAS.  TUPPER,  1126  Fillmore  St. 
AUTOMOBILES  AND   SUPPLIES. 

PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  and  i2th  and  Oak  Sts., 
Oakland. 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Market 
and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

AUTO  LIVERY  CO.,  Golden  Gate  and  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  408  Golden  Gate 
Ave.     Phone,   Franklin  655. 

LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.   F. 

MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550  Gol- 
den Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MOBILE  CARRIAGE  CO.,  Golden  Gate 
Ave.  and  Gough  Sts.,  S.   F. 

PACIFIC  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  376  Golden 
Gate  Ave. 

BANKS. 

ANGLO-CALIFORNIA  BANK,  Ltd.,  cor. 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 

CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND 
TRUST  CO.,  cor.  California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 

CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St., 
S.   F. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  Bush  and  San- 
some Sts.,  S.  F. 

FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK,  108  Sutter  St., 
and  Van  Ness  and   Eddy. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, 526   California   St.,   S.   F. 

HALSEY,  N.  W.  &  CO.,  413  Montgomery 
St.,  S.  F. 


HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, Jones  and  McAllister  Sts.,  S.  F. 

HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  .BANK,  646  Market 
Street,  opposite  old  Palace  Hotel.  Phone, 
Temp'y  249. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St., 
S.  F. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.   California  and  Montgomery  Sts.,  S.  F. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULT,  Market  and  7th 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St..  S.  F. 

WELLS  FAR(jO-NEVADA  NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 

ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 

1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
S.   F.   BREWERIES,  LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 
BROKERS— STOCKS   AND    BONDS. 

MONTAGUE,   PHIL  S.,  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 

Exchange  Bldg.  * 

ROLLINS,   E.   H.  &  SONS,  804  Kohl   Bldg.; 

Telephone  Temp'y  163;  S.' F. 
ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 
WILSON,  J.    C,   488   California   St.,   S.    F. 
BUILDING  AND   LOAN  ASSOCIATIONS. 

CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND  LOAN" 
ASSOCIATION,  Church  and  Market  Sts., 
S.  *'. 

CARDS,   INVITATIONS,   ETC. 

WOOD,    GEO.    M.    &    CO.,    engravers,    1067 

O'Farrell  St.,  above  Van  Ness. 
CARPET    CLEANING. 
SPAULDING,  J.   &  CO.,  911-21   Golden  Gate 

Ave.;  Phone  Park  591. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
HUB,  THE,   Chas.   Keilus  &  Co.,   King  Solo- 
'  mon  Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 

COMMISSION      AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 
JOHNSON     LOCKE     MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO    &   CO.,   INC.,    156   Hansford 

Bldg.,  268  Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  4261. 

CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS. 

FISHER   CONSTRUCTION   CO.,    1414   Post 

St.,   S.   F. 
TROUNSON,    J.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 

Ash  Ave.,  S.  F. 

CROCKERY    AND    GLASSWARE. 
NATHAN    DOHRMAN    CO.,    1520-155,0    Van 
Ness  Ave. 

DENTISTS. 
KNOX,  DR.  A.   L,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 

of  Grant   Bldg] 
TWIST,   DR.  J.   F.,   1476   Eddy,   nr.   Fillmore 

St.     Phone  West  5304. 

DESKS   AND    CHAIRS. 
PHOENIX  DESK  &  CHAIR  CO.,  office  fur- 
niture,  153S  Market   St.,  west  of  Van  Ness. 
Phone  Market  2393. 

DRY    GOODS— RETAIL. 
CITY  OF  PARIS,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Wash- 
ington St.,  S.  F. 

WHITE  HOUSE,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Pine 
St.,  S.   F. 


EXPRESS. 
WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO.   EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate    Ave.    and    Franklin    St.,    Ferry    Bldg., 
and  3d  St.  Depot,  S.  F. 

FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
CRESCENT  FEATHER  CO.,  19th  and  Harri- 
son Sts.,  S.  F. 

FIRE  AND   EARTHQUAKE  PHOTOS. 
RUE,  JAMES   O.,   1067  O'Farrell  St.     Phone 
Franklin  2603. 

FRUITS  AND   VEGETABLES. 
OMEY  &  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts., 
S.   F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
CAREW   &   ENGLISH,    1618   Geary   St.,  bet. 
Buchanan   and   Webster   Sts.,   S.    F. ;    Phone 
West  2604. 
PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.   F. ;   Phone  West  770. 

GAS    STOVES, 
S.    F.    GAS   &  ELECTRIC  CO.,   Franklin  and 
Ellis  Sts. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
BULLOCK  &  JONES  COMPANY,  801   Van 

Ness  Ave.,  cor.  Eddy  St.,   S.  F. 
HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    1105-7    Fillmore    St., 
nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave.;  Phone  West  5678. 
GOLD  AND   SILVER  PLATING. 
BELLIS,    JOHN    O.,    Mfg.    gold    and    silver- 
smith,   1624    California    St.,    nr.    Van    Ness. 
Phone  Franklin  2093. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 
ILS,  JOHN  G.  &  CO.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F. 
MONTAGUE,  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk  I 
Sts.,  S.   J*. 

HARNESS   AND    SADDLERY. 
DAVIS.   W.    &   SON,   2020   Howard   St.,   bet. 

16th  and  17th,  S.  F. 
LEIBOLD      HARNESS     AND     CARRIAGE 
CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 
HOSPITALS   AND    SANITARIUMS. 
KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 
Mgr. ;   262   Devisadero  St.,  S.  F. 
JEWELERS. 
BALDWIN  JcWELRY  CO.,  1521  Sutter  St., 

and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
SHREVE  &  CO.,   cor.   Post  and   Grant  Ave., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 
SCHMIDT,  R.  H.  &  CO.,   1049  Fillmore  St., 
nr.  McAllister  St.     Phone  Park  1209. 
LAUNDRIES. 
LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 
PALACE  HOTEL   LAUNDRY  and  KELLY 
LAUNDRY     CO.,     INC.,     2343     Post   St. 
Phone  West  5854. 

LIFE  INSURANCE. 
HUNTINGDON,    ARTHUR    P.,    925    Golden 
Gate  Ave.     Phone  Park  515. 
LUMBER. 
UNION    LUMBER    CO.,    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
BEKINS'   VAN   AND   STORAGE   CO.,    13th 
and   Mission   Sts.,   S.   F. ;    Phone  Market  13 
and   1016  Broadway,  Oakland. 
ST.  FRA..CIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 
COMPANY,    Office    1402    Eddy    St.;    Tel. 
West  2680. 

NOTARIES   PUBLIC. 
DEANE,    JNO.    J.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and] 
Steiner  Sts.;   Phone  West  7291. 


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The  Spread   of  San  Francisco  in  the 

JUNE  SUNSET 

How  the  new  city  under  the  impetus  of  the  rapid  rebuilding, 
is  moving  south,  filling  the  entire  peninsula,  being  helped  tremen- 
dously in  surburban  expansion  by  the  Bay  Shore  Railway  Cut-off. 


A  GREAT  ISSUE 

Eclipses  the  April,  "One  Year  After"  Number 


Send  it  to  your  eastern  friends.     On  sale  May  25th. 


WARE.  JOHN  H.,  307  Monadnoclt  Bldg., 
Depositions  carefully  attended  to.  Phone 
Temp'y  972. 

OIL  COMPANIES. 
STERLING    OIL    CO.,    1491    Post    St..    cor. 
Octavia,  S.   F. 

OPTICIANS. 

MAYERLE.  GEORGE,  German  expert.  1115 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  West  3766. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  OPTICAL  COMPANY. 
"Spenccs,"  527  Van  Ness  Ave.;  "Branch," 
1613   Fillmore. 

STANDARD  OPTICAL  CO.,  808  Van  Ness 
Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PAINTERS   AND    DECORATORS. 

KEEFE.  J.   H.,  820-822   O'Farrell   St.,   S.   F. ; 

Tel.  Franklin  2055. 

TOZER,    L.    &    SON    CO.,    INC.,    1527    Pine 

and  2511    Washington   St.,  near  Fillmore. 

PAINTS   AND    OILS. 

BASS-HUETER    PAINT    CO.,    1532   Market 

St. 

PHOTO    ENGRAVERS. 

CAL.  PHOTO  ENG.  CO.,  141-143  Valencia 
St. 

PHYSICIANS. 

BOWIE,   DR.   HAMILTON   C,  formerly   293 

Geary  St.,  Paul  'Bldg.,  now  14th  and  Church 

Sts. 
BRYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R.,    1944    Fillmore 

St.,  cor.  Pine;  Tel.  West  5657. 
D'EVELYN,     DR.     FREDERICK    W„   2115 

California  St.,  S.  F.,  and  2103  Clinton  Ave., 

Alameda. 
THORNE,  DR.  W.  S.,  1434  Post  St.,  S.  F. 
POTTS,  DR.  JOHN  S„  1476  Eddy  St.    Phone 

West      1073.       Residence,    Hotel     Congress, 

Ellis  and  Fillmore.     Phone  West  4224. 

PIANOS— MANUFACTURERS    AND 
DEALERS. 

BALDWIN,  D.  H.  &  CO.,  2512  Sacramento 
St.,  and  Van  Ness  at  California. 


REAL    ESTATE. 

HICKS  &  MACK.  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance, 2091  Fillmore  St.  Phone  West 
7287. 

C.  R.  WILCOX  &  CO.,  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance, 837  Golden  Gate  Avenue.  Phone, 
Fell   1558. 

RESTAURANTS. 

MORAGHAN,  M.  B„  OYSTER  CO.,  1212 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

OLD  POODLE  DOG,  824  Eddy  St.,  near 
Van   Ness  Ave. 

ST.  GERMAIN  RESTAURANT.  497  Golden 
Gate  Ave.;   Phone  Market  2315. 

SWAIN'S  RESTAURANT,  1111  Post  St., 
S.   F. 

THOMPSON'S,  formerly  Oyster  Loaf,  1727 
O'Farrell  St. 

SAFES   AND    SCALES. 

HERRING-HALL  MARVIN  SAFE  CO., 
office  and  salesrooms,  Mission  St.,  bet. 
Seventh  and  Eighth  Sts.;  Phone  Market 
1037. 

SEWING   MACHINES. 

WHEELER  &  WILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING MACHINES.  1431  Bush  St.,  cor. 
Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Franklin 
301;  formerly  231   Sutter  St. 

DOMESTIC    SEWING    MACHINES,   J.    W. 
Evans,   Agent,    1658   O'Farrell   St.,   nr.    Fill- 
more.    Phone  West  3601. 
STORAGE. 

BEKINS  VAN  &  STORAGE  CO.,  13th  and 
Mission  Sts.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Market  13. 

PIERCE  RUDOLPH  STORAGE  CO.,  Eddy 
and  Fillmore  Sts.;  Tel.  West  828. 

SURGICAL     INSTRUMENTS    AND     HOS- 
PITAL   SUPPLIES. 

WALTERS  &  CO.,  formerly  Shutts,  Walters 
&  Co.,   1608  Steiner  St.,  S.   F. 

TALKING    MACHINES. 

BACIGALUPI,  PETER,  1113-1115  Fillmore 
St.,  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 

LYONS,  CHARLES,  London  Tailor,  1432 
Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 
Broadway,  Oakland. 


Invalid     Chairs, 


REHNSTROM,  C.  H.,  2415  Fillmore  St.,  for- 
merly Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.    F. 

TENTS  AND  AWNINGS. 

THOMS,  F.,  1209  Mission  St.,  corner  of 
Eighth,  S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 

EAMES    TRICYCLE     CO., 
1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 

WINES    AND    LIQUORS— WHOLESALE. 

BALKE,  ED.  W.,  1498  Eddy  St.,  cor.  Fill- 
more. 

BUTLER,  JOHN  &  SON,  2209  Steiner  St., 
S.  F. 

REYNOLDS,    CHAS.    M.    CO.,    912    Folsom 

St.,  S.   F. 
RUSCONI,    FISHER   &   CO..   649   Turk    St., 

S.   F. 
SIEBE      BROS.      &      i'LAGEMAN,    419-421 

Larkin.  St. ;  Phone  Franklin  349. 

WENIGER,    P.    T.    &    CO.,    N.    E.    cor.    Van 
Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St. ;  Tel.  Franklin  309. 
309. 

WICHMAN,  LUTGEN  &  CO. 
Everett    Sts.,    Alameda,    Cal. 
meda   1179. 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS— RETAIL. 

FERGUSON,     T.  M.      CO.,     Market    Street. 

Same  old  stand.  Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 

FISCHER,    E.    R.,  1901    Mission   St.,   cor.   of 

Fifteenth. 

THE  METROPOLE,  John  L.  Herget  and 
Win,  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 
and  Steiner  Sts. 

TUXEDO,  THE,  Eddie  Graney,  Prop.,  S.  W. 
cor.  Fillmore  and  O'Farrell  Sts. 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 
GOLDEN     GATE     COMPRESSED    YEAST 

CO..   2401    Fillmore. 
McMAHON,     KEYER    AND     STIEGELER 

BROS.,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 

and  Fillmore. 


Harrison  and 
Phone    Ala- 


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1 

Amusements 

l 

Critic  Crawford  of  the  Call  thinks 
it  funny  that  Dick  Jose  should  sing 
at  a  ten-cent  theater  in  Oakland 
when  he  might  be  traveling  the 
Orpheum  circuit.  But  Jose  would 
rather  sing  in  Oakland  than  go 
traveling  for  he  has  traveled  so  much 
that  it  tires  him  to  think  of  it.  He 
has  been  over  the  Orpheum  circuit 
more  than  twice,  and  has  appeared 
solo  and  with  support.  He  made 
"Sally  in  Our  Alley,"  Frank  Coffin's 
old  favorite,  and  "Believe  Me  if  All 
These  Endearing  Young  Charms" 
popular  on  the  circuit,  and  just  now 
he  is  singing  that  old,  old  song  "Sil- 
ver Threads  Among  the  Gold"  to 
Oakland  audiences. 

*       *       + 

Mr.  Carl  Hayden,  who  has  been 
engaged  by  Calve  for  her  forthcom- 
ing tour  of  the  world,  has  many 
warm  friends  in  this  City,  and  is 
highly  esteemed  not  only  as  a  most 
delightful  gentleman  but  an  artist  of 
rare    ability.       He    demonstrated    his 


powers  thoroughly  as'  tenor  of  the 
American  Opera  Company,  which  has 
just  concluded  an  engagement  at  the 
Novelty  Theater.  He  has  a  magnifi 
cent  voice  which  he  uses  to  the  best 
possible  advantage.  I  believe  that 
Calves  attention  was  directed  to  Mr. 
Hayden  by  her  great  friend  Miss 
Louise  Veillier  of  this  ^ity,  who  is 
well  known  in  journalistic  circles  as 
a  very  clever  writer.  Knowing  that 
Calve  was  looking  for  a  first-class 
tenor  Miss  Veillier  wrote  to  her  of 
Hayden's  success  with  the  American 
Opera  Company  and  she  promptly 
engaged  him.  Mr,  Hayden  will  re- 
main with  his  present  company  four 
months  and  then  go  to  Paris  to  join  . 
the  great  French  songstress.  She 
will  be  in  San'  Francisco  in  Septem 
ber  on  her  way  to  the  Orient.  No 
doubt  she  will  be  well  received. 


When  Colonel  George  Washington 
first  met  Martha  Custis  she  was  a 
dashing  widow,  yet  in  her  twenties, 
beautiful,  charming,  and  wealthy.  The 
Father  of  His  Country  promptly  fell 
in  love  with  the  lady,  and  as  promptly 
laid  siege  to  her  heart.  His  wooing 
was  speedy.    A  chance  meeting  at  the 


STREET   SCENE    IN    SAN    FRANCISCO— THE    PASSING    POLICEMAN. 

[Blick    Btnr»    Indlcato    Promlufnl    Macsiln.1 


house  of  Major  Chamberlayne,  an 
afternoon  and  an  evening  with  the 
belle  of  Virginia,  and  he  was  almost 
an  accepted  suitor.  But  the  gallant 
colonel  was  not  exactly  an  amateur 
in  the  art  of  love-making.  He  at  least 
had  the  experience  of  great  mistakes 
to  profit  by.  For  history  records  the 
fact  that  there  were  four  ladies  who 
declined  the  golden  opportunity  to 
share  the  heart  and  home  and  the 
glory  of  the  afterward  greatest  Ameri- 
can  gentleman. 

Why?  Only  the  sphinx  that  could 
answer  the  immortal  riddle  of  man- 
kind might  tell.  Handsome,  well- 
dressed,  skilled  in  the  elegant  ac- 
complishments of  the  day,  and  above 
all  a  soldier,  apparently  Colonel 
George  Washington  ought  to  have 
been  a  lover  for  whose  only  right  any 
woman  would  have  fluttered  to  his 
arms.  But  they  didn't.  The  ladies 
who  thus  failed  of  the  lustrous  niche 
in  history  that  they  might  have  had 
were,  in  turn,  a  miss  of  two  years, 
whom  her  suitor  of  soulful  seventeen 
indited  as  the  "Loveland  Beauty,"  a 
Miss  Fontleroy,,  a  Miss  Cary,  and  a 
l  ,quettish  Miss  Mary  Philipse,  whose 
ancestral  manor-house  at  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.,  is  to  this  day  reckoned  as  a 
sort  of  romantic  shrine. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  S;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherith  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 


LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 
Church  Choir 


of     Voice,     Piano     and     Organ 

1678  Broadway,  Phone 


San  Francisco  Stud: 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,   Tues 
day  and  Friday. 


MRS.  OSCAR  MANSFELDT 

PIANIST 

Tel.  West  314  1801  Buchanan  St.,  Cor.  Sillier 


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RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 

SIX  OR   MORE   RACES    EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Run  or  Shine 

Races  commence  at   1 :40  p.  m.  sharp. 

For  special  traim  Hopping  at  the  track  talce  S.  P.  Ferry, 
fool  of  Market  meet:  leave  at  12:00,  thereafter  every  twenty 
minutes  until  1:40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  can, 
which  are  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Reluming  trains  leave  track  after  Bfih  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILLIAMS.  President. 
PERCY  W.  TREAT,   Secretary. 


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best  YEAST  for  all 

vinds   of  Baking 
5H  DAILY  AT  YOUR  GROCER 

Thompson^       Formerly 

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Oystc 


Now 

Open. 


1727  O'Farrell  St. 
All  night  service 


near  Fillmore 
Popular  Prices 


The  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 

Hammam  Baths,  builtespecially  for 

the  purpose,  in  the  city. 

Oriental  Turkish  Baths 

Corner  Eddy  and  Larkln   Sts. 

Cold  water  plunge. 
Room  including  Bath,  $1.00. 
Phone  Franklin  653 
W.  J.  BLUMBERG  &  BRO..  Props. 


PATRICK  &  CO. 


Rubber  Stamps 

Stencils.  Box  Brands 


1543  Pine  Street 


San    Francisco 


Just  before  1  left  on  this  trip,"  said 
the  returned  traveler,  "your  uncle.  Peter 
Roxley,  was  quiti  seriously  ill.  I  hope- 
it  turned  <uii  all   ri^ht." 

"Sure    it    did,"    replied    the    nephew. 
"Where  did  you  suppose  I  got  the  price 
of  this  swell  black  suit  ?" 
»       *       * 

An  indignant  British  parent  has  dis- 
covered that  the  law  does  not  give 
him  absolute  freedom  in  the  choice  of 
a  name  for  his  own  child. 

A  father  who  went  to  the  Regis- 
trar's office  recently  to  register  a  baby 
girl  told  the  Registrar  that  the  name 
was  Coralie.  He  was  astonished 
when  the  Registrar  refused  to  enter 
it  on  the  ground  that  there  was  no 
such  name  as  Coralie.  The  father 
was  reluctantly  compelled  to  choose 
another  name. 

This  act  of  the  Registrar  was  the 
result  of  ignorance,  and  can  be 
remedied  by  the  payment  of  a  small 
fee,  but  the  incident  has  elicited  the 
fact  that  Registrars  have  legally  cer- 
tain discretionary  powers  which  are 
far-reaching. 

These  powers  were  conferred  on 
them  by  statute  at  the  beginning  of 
the  eighteenth  century  to  restrain 
Quaker  parents  from  calling  their 
children  such  names  as  Scattergood, 
Patience,  Prudence,  etc. 

It  still  happens  occasionally  that  a 
freak  parent  wants  a  name  suggestive 
of  blasphemy,  and  this  the  Registrar 
is  empowered  to  refuse.  He  may  also 
exercise  his  discretion  in  the  interest 
of  a  child  when  it  is  threatened  with 
being  saddled  with  a  ridiculous  ap- 
pellative. 

For  instance,  a  dissatisfied  father 
lately  wanted  a  child  named  "One 
Too  Many."  The  Registrar  refused, 
as  a  matter  of  justice  to  the  infant. 

*  *       * 

Groucher — I  don't  suppose  the  old 
neighborhood  has  improved  any  since 
I  left. 

Kandor — O!  yes,  it  has,  greatly. 

Groucher — Why,  I  met  Dudley  the 
other  day  and  he  told  me  it  hadn't  at 
all. 

Kandor — Well,  I  suppose  he  was 
too  polite  to  tell  you  to  your  face. 

*  *       * 

"Say,    paw,"    queried    little  Tommy 

Toddles,  "what  is  meant  by  carrying 
concealed  weapons  ?" 

"It   applies   to    women   who  have   oc- 

'  casion    to    keep    their    tongues  between 

their  teeth,  my  boy,"  replied  Toddles. 
Sr. 


William   Keith 


Studic 


After  Dec.  lit         1717  California  St. 


SAMUEL  M.  SHORTR1DGE 

Attorney-at-Law 
1107  O'FARRELL  STREET 


Cor.  Franklin 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


DR.  WM.  D.  CLARK 

Offlc*  and  Re..:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

Hours — 1  to  3  p.  m.  and  7  to  8  p.  m. 

Sunday! — By   appointment 

Phone  West   390 

Contracts    made    with    Hotels    and    Restaurants 
Special  Attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

Established  1876 

THOMAS  MORTON  &  SON 

Importer  of  and     f^O  A  T 
Dealer,  in  V^W-fYJ-. 

N.  W.  Cor.  Eddy  and  Hyde,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-31    Battery  Street,  S.  F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Harrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  1 1 79 


GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


lASH'SHBITIERS 

l_       BETTER   THAN    PILLS.         •»*» 


To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
rolor  use  Alfredum's  Egyptian  Henna — 
i  vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
the  effect  is  immediate..  All  druggists 
sell  it.     Langley  &  Michaels  Co.,  agents. 


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GERHARD MENNIN 


Shaving. 

S   (the  original)       Simple   Free 


California  Vehicle  &  Harness  Co. 

Successors  to 


^LEIBOLD; 

Harness  a  carriage  co- 

1214  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 

BET.  WEBSTER  AND  FILLMORE 


Blake,  Moffatt 
&  Towne 

Paper 

1400  - 1450  FOURTH  STREET 


TELEPHONE  MARKET  3016 

Private   Exchange   Connecting   All    Departments 


ASSESSMENT    NOTICE. 


SAVAGE  GOLD  AND  SILVER  MINING 
COMPANY. — Location  of  principal  place  of 
business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Location 
of  works,  Virginia  City,  Storey  County, 
Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on  the  9th  day  of 
May,  1907,  an  assessment  (No.  8)  of  10  (ten) 
cents  per  ( share  was  levied;  upon  the  capital 
stock  of  the:  corporation,  payable  immediately 
in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  fhe  Secretary, 
at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  116,  339 
Bush  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall 
remain  unpaid  on  the  12th  day  of  June,  1907, 
will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at 
public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  1st  day 
of  July,  1907,  at  1  o'clock  p.  m.,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  cost 
of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

JOHN  \V.  TWIGGS,  Secretary. 

(Office— Room  No.  116,  339  Bush  Street,  San 
Francisco,  California. 


A  Strange  Tongue 

Philologers  and  others  are  respect- 
fully invited  to  consider  certain  speci- 
mens of  language  contained  in  a  Chi- 
cago dispatch  to  the  Cleveland 
Leader.     No  foreigners  need  apply: 

"He  had  the  Indian  sign  on  the 
Cubs. 

"Brown  went  into  the  mess  with 
little  more  than  his  glove -and  a  stock 
of  Terre  Haute  sangfroid. 

"The  giant  rescuer  cleaned  up  the 
round. 

"They  combed  Brown  and  his  lega- 
tee fourteen  times  for  long  and  short 
ones. 

"Four  of  the  five  swats  were 
scratches. 

"To  Dr.  White  is  due  a  royal  dia- 
dem of  currycombs  to  top  off  the 
horse  blankets. 

"Dan  O'Leary  said  izzy  would  go 
off  his  bean. 

"His  slender  hurling  stem  had  been 
twisted. 

"The  shadowgraph  pitching  by 
White  was   too  mystic. 

"Following  the  swipe  that  started 
the  merry-go-round. 

"To  the  victors  belong  the  horse 
blankets.  Also  about  $1400  each  in 
real  money,  which  will  eke  out  quite 
a  bit  on  the  doughnut  circuit. 

"Another  pug  oozed  into  the  por- 
tals." 

Is  this  Basque?  Is  it  Goose  Island 
Greek?  Is  it  plain  Chicagoese?  If  it 
is  merely  a  floating  local  dialect,  we 
appeal  to  the  Hon.  Bath  House  John, 
author  of  "Dear  Midnight  of  Love'' 
arid  other  immortal  masterpieces,  to 
fix  it  and  make  it  classical.  Mean- 
while, a  dictionary  of  it  should  be 
compiled.- — New  York  Sun. 
*  *  * 

Only  Doing  His  Duty 

O'Hagan — Oi  have  found  the  man 
that  hit  me  wid  a  brick  as  Oi  was 
,passin'  the  alley,  Mr.. Murphy. 

Mr.  Murphy — And  what  did  you  do 
with  him? 

O'Hagan — Npthin'.  "Twas,  all  a 
mistake — the  man  'was  only  doin'  his 
duty.  He  .thought  Oi  was  a  p'liceman 
in  plain  clothes. 

*  .  .,=       *    .  * 

Not  Fatal,  but  Serious 

Thingumbob — See  here!  I  saw 
Henpeck  in  the  street  today. 

Mcjigger— Well? 

Thingumbob — Well,  you  told  me 
yesterday  that  he  was  a  victim  of  a 
mortal  combat. 

Mcjigger — Not  at  all.  I  said  "mari- 
tal combat." 


ti 


TOYO  KISEN 
KAISHA 

(Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 


Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

Room  240  James  Flood  Building 
San  Francisco 

S.  S.  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)     .     ,    .. 

Friday,  May  31,  1907 

S.  S.  "Hongkong  Maru" 

Friday,  June  28,  1907 

S.  S.  "America  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)        .     . 
Thursday,  July  18,  1907 

Steamers  will  leave  wharf,  comer  First  and  Brannan  Sts., 
I  P.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 
lulu, Kohe,  (Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 
necting 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,  240  James  Flood 
Building.     W.  H.  AVERY.  Assistant  General  Manager. 

I  '  I 

Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

Headquarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 

1 1 13-1 1 15  Fillmore  St.,  San  Francisco 


Albion  Ale  or  Porter 

Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure    Extract   of    Malt    and    Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007.1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Laguna 


Dr.  Wong  Him 

1268  O'Farrell  Street 

Permanently" 'Located 


Herb  Doctor 


AN  EXCELLENT  LETTER 

San  Francisco.  March  17,  1907. 
1  suffered  greatly  from  indigestion.  After  taking 
a  very  few  treatments  with  Dr.  Wong  Him  1  have 
regained  my  appetite  and  can  now  eat  any  kind  of 
food  without  distress.  It  is  with  much  pleasure 
that  1  testify  to  the  skill  of  this  eminent  physician. 
W.  ROGERS.  140  Glen  Ave. 


Volume  LVIl-No.  23 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  JUNE  8   1907 


Price  10  cents 


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By  AMERICUS 

The  publication  of  the  testimony  on  which  the 
Grand  Jury  indicted  several  prominent  citizens  hav- 
ing been  published  by  the  newspapers  it  is  easier 
than  ever  to  see  that  Ruef  organized  the  present 
municipal  administration  for  the  purposes  of  black- 
mail and  plunder.  Corporations  and  individuals 
with  large  interests  at  stake  were  given  the  alter- 
native of  paying  for  immunity  or  having  their 
property  confiscated. 

The  fact  stands  out  prominently  that  hard-headed 
financiers  have  given  Mr.  Ruef  prodigious  "fees," 
wholly  out  of  proportion  to  his  ability  as  a  lawyer. 
He  himself  declares  that  he  divided  those  fees,  more 
Or  less  evenly,  with  the  crooked  Union  Labor 
politicians  in  the  Board  of  Supervisors  and  the 
incompetent  and  dishonest  Union  Labor  Mayor. 

We  can  easily  arrive  at  a  correct  conclusion  as 
to  whether  Mr.  Ruef  and  his  rascally  confreres 
were  merely  accepting  bribes,  or  levying  blackmail. 
They  have  been  depicted  in  somewhat  vivid  colors, 
as  the  victims  of  shrewd  and  unscrupulous  finan- 
ciers who  lured  them  from  the  path  of  rectitude  by 


the  glitter  of  corporation  gold. 

What  kind  of  favors  were  the  corporation  man- 
agers seeking  when  the_\'  paid  -Mr.  Ruef  the  im- 
mense lees,  that  he  so  generously  divided  with  the 
Supervisors  and  Mayor  Schmitz?  Were  they  illegal 
and  highly  improper  privileges  that  were  calcu- 
lated to  do  injury  to  the  public? 

In  the  Parkside  matter  some  capitalists  wished 
to  obtain  a  franchise  for  a  street  railway  which 
would  open  up  a  new  and  desirable  section  of  the 
suburbs  where  cheap  homes  could  be  built  by 
working  people — the  class  of  all  others  the  L'nion 
Labor  administration  should  wish  to  help. 

The  Board  of  Supervisors  promptly  administered 
a  sleeping  potion  to  the  application.  That  is  the 
usual  procedure  with  legislative  blackmailers.  It 
serves  notice  on  the  applicants  to  "get  busy."  The 
wheels  of  legislation  must  be  oiled  before  they  can 
revolve  in  the  way  desired. 

In  due  time  Air.  Ruef  appears  upon  the  scene 
with  his  oil  can  in  one  hand  and  the  other  out- 
stretched for  the  "fee."  His  attitude  is  as  elo- 
quent of  his  intentions  as  if  he  said  in  so  many 
words  to  the  franchise  seekers,  "Come  up  at  once 
with  the  mazuma  or  your  application  will  be  unani- 
mously rejected.  The  official  blackmailers  whom  I 
nominated,  elected  and  control  are  hungry  for 
plunder  and  must  be  fed.  The  last  thing  they  think 
about  is  the  merit  of  your  scheme.  Boodle  in  large 
handfuls  is  all  they  worry  about." 

Now  let  us  be  fair  in  this  matter.  Suppose,  kind- 
reader,  that  you  were  a  shrewd,  successful  business 
man,  having  a  million  dollars  or  so  at  stake,  were 
asked  by  Mr.  Ruef  for  a  fee  of  $20,000  or  $30,000 
to  get  you  the  franchise — would  you  think  twice 
about  giving  him  a  check  instead  of  ringing  up 
the  police  at  once,  and  handing  over  the  blackmail- 
ing scoundrel  to  justice. 

To  expose  and  prosecute  the  villain  would  be 
your  duty  as  seen  from  the  high  moral  standpoint 
of  an  idealist.  From  the  point  of  view  of  a  shrewd 
practical  business  man,  however,  you  would  be  all 
kinds  of  a  fool  to  treat  the  blackmailer  as  he  de- 
served. First  of  all  he  would  call  you  a  liar  and 
scoundrel,  and  the  police  he  controlled  would  prob- 
ably arrest  you  instead  of  him.  Should  they  by 
some  mischance  take  him  in  custody  some  tool  of 
his  acting  as  Police  Judge  would  liberate  him  and 
apologize  for  the   indignity  to  which  he  had  been 


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subjected.  At  the  next,  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  your  application  for  a  franchise  would 
be  rejected,,  and  as  long  as  the  blackmailing  politi- 
cal boss  retained  his  power  you  would  probably 
have  cause  to  regret  it.  The  Board  of  Health  would 
worry  you  about  the  plumbing  of  your  old  houses, 
the  Board  of  Works  would  make  it  warm  for  you 
if  you  undertook  to  build  a  new  one,  and  every 
understrapper  in  the  municipal  service  would  go 
out  of  his  way  to  do  you  an  injury  and  make  the 
City  too  hot  to  hold  you. 

'What  wonder,  therefore,  that  shrewd  business 
men,  who  know  the  power  of  a  blackmailing  boss, 
prefer  to  pay  the  tribute  demanded  than  to  engage 
in  a  costly  battle  in  which  the  chances  of  success 
are  all  against  them. 


In  the  Gas  Company's  case,  Ruef  was  "feed"  ;o 
stop  the  passage  of  a  75-cent  gas  rate,  which  meant 
a  loss  of  half  a  million  dollars  to  the  men  control- 
ling the  corporation.  Here  we  have  an  example  of 
the  dishonesty  of  politics,  both  outside  or  inside 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors.  The  Union  Labor 
party  had  promised  voters  that  it  would  enforce  a 
75-cent  gas  rate.  This  is  a  favorite  trick  with 
political  blackmailers,  for  it  tickles  the  public  fancy 
and  gives  the  boodlers  a  bludgeon  to  bring  the 
corporations  to  time. 

A  bandit  like  Ruef  is  doubly  bold,  when  as 
spokesman  for  his  associate  thieves  in  the  Board 
of  Supervisors,  he  can  point  to  the  "Party  platform" 
and  say  "we  have  pledged  ourselves  to ,  enforce 
such  and  such  a  rate." 

To  violate  his  sacred  promise  to  the  public  is  so 
terrible  a  thing  that  the  tender  conscience  of  the 
boss  has  to  be  salved  by  an  extra  wad  of  green- 
backs. 


It  seems  to  be  unquestioned  that  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Gas  and  Eletric  Company  could  not  have 
profitably  manufactured  gas  at  75  cents,  so  in 
attempting  to  have  the  85-cent  rate  adopted 
the  directors  were  endeavoring  to  obtain  a 
reasonable  concession.  Would  those  men  have 
paid  Mr.  Ruef  a  fee  of  $1000  a  month  as 
attorney  unless  forced  to  do  so.  Who  ever  heard 
of  their  giving  away  good  money  needlessly  to  get 
their  legal  rights?  Who  ever  heard  of  any  cor- 
poration directors  loosening  up  as  they  did  with 
Ruef  and  his  Union  Labor  politicians  unless  the 
screws  were  applied  to  them  most  vigorously. 

Any  other  conclusion  than  that  Ruef  and  his 
Union  Labor  Supervisors  and  Mayor  were  organ- 
ized bandits,  who  held  up  all  schemes  good  and 
bad  alike  until  blackmail  was  paid  is  utterly  pre- 
posterous. To  shift  any  of  the  odium  from  these 
scoundrels  and  place  the  onus  entirely  upon  the 
people  who  were  stood-up  and  robbed  is  a  proceed- 
ing which  no  fair-minded  and  intelligent  citizen 
will  indorse. 


The  recent  shooting  down  of  an  American  citizen 
on  the  public  streets  because  he  exercised  his  constitu- 
tional right  to  take  work  as  a  carman,  was  worthy  of 


Russia  in  the  Dark  Ages.  A  howling  mob  chased  the 
man,  firing  at  him  as  he  fled,  and  he  was  finally  shot 
down  like  a  mad  dog  by  a  special  policeman  who  should 
be  hanged  if  the  man  dies.  When  the  American  people 
can  stand  that  kind  of  thing  they  need  not  be  surprised 
if  Japan  considers  us  as  easy  a  mark  as  Russia  or 
China,  the  huge  but  feeble  exponents  of  lawlessness 
and  barbarity. 


Another  week  has  gone  by  and  Governor  Gillett 
is  still  engaged  in  the  unprofitable  task  of  advising 
the  business  men  of  San  Francisco  to  extricate 
themselves  from  the  difficulties  in  which  they  have 
been  plunged  by  the  corruption  and  incapacity  of 
the  Schmitz  government.  Governor  Gillette  has 
been  a  sore  disappointment.  Two  weeks  ago  he 
loomed  so  large  on  the  horizon,  as  he  came  up  from 
the  South  with  the  avowed  determination  to  en- 
force law  and  order  that  observant  politicians,  im- 
pressed by  the  correctness  and  vigor  of  his  attitude 
in  a  great  crisis,  declared  that  he  might  yet  become 
a  senatorial  or  a  vice-presidential  possibility.  If  the 
Governor  continue  to  recede  in  public  esteem  for 
the  next  year  as  he  has  during  the  last  two  weeks 
it  would  not  be  safe  to  nominate  him  for  pound 
master. 

The  Wasp  lost  no  time  in  pointing  out  to  the 
business  men  of  San  Francisco  that  our  dis- 
tinguished Governor  is  the  only  man  who  has  it  ini 
his  power  to  set  the  wheels  of  lawful  government! 
running  smoothly  at  once  in  San  Francisco.  No^ 
body  knows  this  better  than  Governor  Gillett  him-i 
self.  He  is  a  lawyer  and  has  been  in  public  life  for 
some  years,  and  if  he  had  any  doubts  as  to  his 
duties  and  his  authority,  they  should  have  been; 
removed  before  this  by  the  admonitions  of  the  in-i 
terior  press.  Several  influential  newspapers  have, 
quoted  for  Governor  Gillett  the  laws  with  which: 
he  himself  is  familiar,  and  which  justify  his  interfer- 
ence in  the  affairs  of  San  Francisco  under  existing 
conditions. 

It  is  not  necessary  for  the  Governor  of  a  State 
to  refrain   from  exercising  his  authority   until  the 


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No  Branch  Stores.  No  Agents. 

Highest  priced  clothes  sold  in  this  country  are  handled  in  this  shop. 
This  is  not  an  idle  brag,  but  a  certified  fact.  We  have  the  best  clothes, 
Ask  any  smart  dresser  about  our  clothes  or  prices. 

It's  rarely  that  a  shop  advertises  in  an  open-face  manner  like 
this.  They  either  lack  the  nerve  or,  don't  have  our  quality  of 
clothes.  _ The  ordinary  methods  used  by  continuous  "price- 
howlers"  are  to  overestimate  and  underprice.  We've  never 
used  such  tactics.     Yet,  we  do  a  flourishing  trade. 


KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 


Fillmore    Street,     near    Sutter,      San    Francisco 


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streets  arc  full  of  armed  rioters  or  the  gutters  are 
running  with  blood.  Any  disorder  caused  by  the 
uprising  of  lawless  people  who  cannot  be  held  in 
check  by  the  local  authorities,  is  from  the  judicial 
point  of  view  an  insurrection  ;  and  it  is  not  alone  the 
privilege  but  the  duty  of  the  Governor  of  a  State 
to  interfere  when  the  local  authorities  are  unable 
to  suppress  insurrectionists.  For  a  whole  month 
the  business  of  San  Francisco  has  been  paralyzed  by 
a  set  of  outlaws,  who  prevent  people  from  exercis- 
ing their  constitutional  rights.  The  indicted  mayor 
of  this  City,  who  is  on  trial  for  felony,  is  secretly  in 
league  with  these  criminals.  The  Chief  of  Police, 
also  indicted  and  conspicuously  incompetent  and  un- 
fit for  his  office,  is  neither  feared  by  the  criminal 
element  nor  respected  by  the  decent  people.  It  is 
impossible  that  law  and  order  should  prevail  under 
such  an  official.  The  Hoard  of  Supervisors  is  com- 
posed of  self  confessed  felons  who  make  no  move 
except  by  direction  of  the  prosecuting  attorney's 
office. 


A  state  of  anarchy  exists  such  as  never  before 
occurred  in  any  large  citv  in  this  country. 

It  is  simply  scandalous  that  the  Governor  of  the 
State  should  at  such  a  juncture  hesitate  for  one 
moment  to  exert  to  the  fullest  the  power  with  which 
he  is  invested  and  transform  the  lawless  City  into  a 
well  ordered  community,  where  every  man,  woman 
and  child  could  walk  with  safety  through  the 
streets  at  any  hour  of  the  day  or  night. 

For  some  reason  however  which  can  only  be 
guessed  at  Governor  Gillett's  patriotic  determina- 
tion to  assert  his  authority  began  to  evaporate  the 
moment  he  crossed  the  Ferry.  That  he  has  fallen 
under  the  influence  of  politicians  who  advise  him 
to  his  undoing  is  generally  suspected. 


Since  the  above  was  written  Governor  Gillett  has 
asked  Mayor  Schmitz  "diplomatically,"  we  are  told,  to 
displace  the  Police  Commissioners  and  dismiss  Chief 
Dinan.  This  is  no  time  for  diplomacy  but  action.  The 
Governor  should  not  be  asking  favors,  but  issuing  com- 
mands for  it  is  up  to  him  now  to  see  that  this  City  is 
properly  governed.  He  can  rest  assured  that  if  vio- 
lence be  continued  and  a  serious  riot  occur,  he  will  be 
held  responsible  to  public  opinion  all  over  the  country. 

The  street  car  strike,  which  paralyzes  trade  and  in- 
dustry, has  demonstrated  that  Calhoun  can  operate  his 
cars,  and  the  public  will  ride  if  law  andorder  be  main- 
tained. The  Mayor  and  Chief  of  Police  cannot  enforce 
law  and  order,  and  things  may  drag  along  as  at  pres- 
ent till  the  election  in  November. 


For  such  a  misfortune  the  Governor  of  the  State, 
who  has  the  means  and  the  authority  to  suppress  law- 
lessness at  once,  should  be  held  responsible  and  most 
assuredly  will  be. 

It  is  not  too  late  yet  for  our  "diplomatic"  Governor 
to  redeem  his  reputation,  but  unless  he  show  more 
decision  of  character  promptly,  he  will,  become  classi- 
fied with  the  long  list  of  notable  invertebrates  who  suc- 
ceeded in  making  the  office  of  Governor  of  California 
a  fit  prize  for  obscure  mediocrity.       . 


The  Chronicle  has  directed  attention  to  the  fact 
that  Cornelius  of  the  Carmen's  Union  is  enjoying 
an  income  of  $465  a  month.  The  Wasp  fully  two 
years  ago  did  the  same  thing.  This  paper  then 
figured  out  that  Cornelius  was  drawing  fully  as 
much  as  the  Chronicle  declares  he  pulls  down  every 
month.  We  also  showed  how  several  other  agitators 
were  in  receipt  of  incomes  between  three  hundred 
and  four  hundred  dollars  a  month.  One  of  the 
thrifty  gentlemen  we  mentioned  in  our  list  was 
Alexander  Dijeau,  who  was  earning  money  as 
walking  delegate  for  a  union,  clerk  in  the  City  Hall, 
agent  of  a  private  corporation,  member  of  the  union 
brass  band  and  doorkeeper  for  the  fight  trust. 
Nearly  everyone  of  the  labor  union  presidents,  who 
like  Cornelius  have  been  quartered  upon  the  un- 
fortunate taxpayers  by  Mayor  Schmitz,  are  living 
on  the  fat  of  the  land.  Drawing  from  two  to  five 
salaries  apiece  they  can  afford  to  ride  in  automobiles 
while  their  foolish  dupes  hoof  it  over  the  rough 
highways  because  the  boycott  prevents  them  from 
using  the  street  cars. 


In  estimating  the  sources  of  income  possessed  by 
Cornelius,  the  Chronicle  did  not  mention  how  this 
thrifty  gentleman  some  time  ago  started  a  com- 
mercial corporation,  in  which  members  of  the  Car- 
men's Union  were  privileged  to  buy  stock.  After  a 
good  deal  of  the  stock  had  been  disposed  of.  the  cor- 
poration burst  up,  but  there  is  no  record  that  the 
holders  got  their  money  back.  One  of  Cornelius' 
relatives  runs  a  store  near  the  car  barn  on  Mission 
Street  and  before  the  strike  all  members  of  the 
Union  in  good  standing  were  expected  to  buy  their 
cigars  there.  Whether  there  was  any  rake  off  on 
this  for  the  president  is  not  known,  but  if  he  over- 
looked such  an  opportunity  his  thriftiness  must  have 
slipped  a  cog.  While  Cornelius  is  pulling  down 
$465  a  month  his  poor  dupes  are  getting  five  dollars 
a  week  for  doing  picket  duty  and  running  the  risk 
of  having  their  skulls  cracked  by  policemen's  clubs 
or  being  jailed  for  felony. 


Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wheeler  and  family  will  leave  the 
City  in  a  couple  of  weeks  and  will  spend  the  Sum- 
mer at  their  country  home,  Dutch  Flat. 


F.  THOMS,  The  AWNING  MAN 


Canvas  Work.     Repairing.      Canopies  and  Floor  Covers  To  Rent. 

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MISS  LORRAINE  DE  LA  MONTANYA 


Is  marriage  a  razzle  dazzle?  Is  the  conjugal  re- 
lation a  sort  of  black  art?  Does  wedded  bliss  give 
a  woman  the  jimjams  and  cause  her  to  see  things? 
Now  and  then  some  fellow-citizen  to  whom  we  have 
pointed  our  long  beautiful  forefinger  with  pride,  is 
found  to  be  horribly  "it"  in  the  alimony  game.  On 
reading  the  divorce  complaint,  we  find  he  has  been 
acting  like  a  rajpoot  bandit;  and  the  wonder  of  it 
is  how  he  escaped  the  police  of  seven  counties. 
Oft  it  seems  that  either  the  wife  has  taken  an 
overdose  of  such  stuff  as  dreams  are  made  of  or 
else  the  husband  eats  moribund  mince  pie  every 
night  and  forgets  to  wake  up  between  nightmares. 

So  it  appears  from  a  few  things  that  Mrs.  Edith 
M.  Dunphy  charges  against  James  C.  Dunphy : 
Struck  her  in  the  face  and  swore  at  her ;  threw 
dishes  at  her,  and  would  not  pick  them  up  again; 
cut  her  hand  with  a  razor  and  would  not  kiss  it  to 
make  it  well  again  ;  threatened  to  blow  her  head 
off  within  ten  days,  and  did  not  do  it ;  knocked  her 
down  in  the  Hotel  Garland,  and  struck  her  in  the 
Savoy ;  broke  in  the  door  on  the  Dunphy  Ranch, 
where  she  was  staying,  and  compelled  her  to  flee 
as  a  bird ;  fired  off  a  gun  into  the  walls  of  a  house 
where  she  was,  and  would  not  say  he  did  not  know 
it  was  loaded ;  dragged  her  out  of  bed  at  4  in  the 
morning  and  let  her  shiver  in  scanty  attire ;  in  Car- 


lin.  Nevada,  publicly  declared  he  had  made  a  mis- 
take in  marrying  her ;  and  at  the  Hotel  Baltimore, 
this  City,  threatened  to  kick  her,  to  rectify  said 
mistake. 

The  couple  were  married  on  January  2,  1903.  A 
month  afterward,  the  plot  was  already  thrilling, 
brimful  of  realism,  quite  dangerous  to  the  actors. 
It  certainly  was  far,  far  from  "lived  happy  ever 
afterwards."  If  made  up  into  a  story,  it  never  would 
be  accepted  by  a  magazine,  on  account  of  the  un- 
happy ending.  Picture  the  following :  Scene  on 
Dunphy's  Ranch ;  Mrs.  Dunphy's  ten-year-old  son 
by  a  former  marriage  is  clinging  to  her  skirts.  Me 
child.  It  is  bitter  cold,  or  awful  hot,  or  something 
like  that.  Snow  is  falling,  metaphorically  speak- 
ing. Dunphy  glared  at  the  hapless  woman.  Rais- 
ing his  right  arm  to  the  horizontal,  "go,"  he 
thundered,  and,  to  the  foreman,  "put  her  off  the 
ranch."  Now,  shouldn't  he  discover  he  had  made 
a  grisly  blunder.  By  all  the  gallery  gods,  he 
should,  and,  finding  her  nearby,  carry  her  back  to 
the  house,  she  having  fallen  from  exhaustion  or 
from  an  automobile.  That  would  be  a  dandy  end- 
ing. But  the  finale  desired  by  Mrs.  Dunphy  is 
$600  a  month,  alimony,  and  $500,  counsel  fees. 


Since  the  days  of  Zeuxis,  few  people  have  died 
laughing.  It  is  a  ridiculous  way  of  entering  the 
Gate  of  Terrors,  though  Poe  declared  it  delightful. 
But  he  did  not  try  it  himself.  To  go  into  eternity 
with  a  grin  on  the  gob  requires  a  presence  of  mind 
not  possessed  by  many.  Zeuxis,  the  painter,  lived 
about  400  B.  C.  He  never  succeeded  in  popularizing 
the  method. 


Fairmont  Hotel 


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SAN  FRANCISCO 


UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF 

THE     PALACE     HOTEL     CO. 


-THE  WASP- 


AT  DEL  MONTE 

Mr.  McLaimhlin.  Golf  Champion.  Mrs.  Maud,  and  Colonel  Maus 

It  is  a  far  laugh  from  Zeuxis  to  Miss  Agnes 
Szalaehic,  of  Passaic,  X.  J.  The  other  day  she  was 
telling  a  story,  anil  laughed  so  blatantly  at  her  own 
E>ke  that  the  angels  grabbed  her.  The  point  was 
so  droll  that  St.  Peter  roared  as  he  let  her  in,  and 
several  undesirable  citizens  squeezed  into  Xew 
Jerusalem   while  he  wasn't  looking. 

(  Hit  here  in  Frisco,  not  even  our  most  ejaculatory 
ji  kers  ever  kick  the  bucket  in  their  extreme  efforts 
to  win  applause.  The  Bohemian  Club  never  limited 
the  story-teller's  caprice  for  fear  of  shortening  its 
membership  roll  on  the  spot.  But  perhaps  their 
humor  is  not  of  the  heavenly  sort.  Uncle  George 
Bromley,  one  of  their  wittiest,  must  be  well  in  the 
nineties,  though  he  was  already  ailing  in  his  eighties  ; 
and  Bohemian  Club  jests  seem  to  have  prolonged 
his  life.  It  may  be  that  he  passed  the  crisis  of  all 
fthe  Bohemian  Club  stories  in  his  younger  days, 
when  more  stalwart  and  able  to  stand  the  strain. 
Longevity  in  jokes  has  been  widely  noted.  A  long- 
lived,  respectable  joke  wouldn't  cause  death.  An 
old,  feeble  joke,  with  one  leg  in  the  grave,  a  joke 
that  had  done  roadwork  with  Father  Time,  cannot 
bob  up  suddenly  enough  to  surprise  one  into  a 
cachinatory  demise.  Then  there's  that  other  laugh- 
exploiter,  Charles  K.  Field.  Judging  from  his  work 
as  "Childe  Harold"  in  the  Examiner,  he  is  growing 
younger  every  day.  If  wit  and  humor  ever  kill 
him,  the  diagnosis  will  be  infantile  decay. 

Xo ;  the  guffaw  death  is  not  prevalent  out  here. 
Abe  Ruef  made  repeated  attempts  at  escape  by 
assault  to  kill  Elisor  Biggy  with  a  poke  of  fun. 
But  the  whole  prosecution  seems  to  lack  sense  of 
humor.  However,  if  any  one  is  at  all  fearful  of 
laughing  himself  to  Jordan,  let  him  become  a  real 
estate  agent  and  join  the  Bohemian  Club. 
*         *         « 

■  A  San  Francisco  woman,  well-known  in  local 
Society,  and  at  present  residing  in  an  apartment 
in  Xew  York,  writes  of  a  rather  amusing  meeting 
of  two  of   Dr.    Pedar   Bruguiere's   ex-wives   at   her 


lodgings..  Mrs.  Madeline  McKissick  Bruguiere,  the 
doctor's  first  wife,  had  called  and  the  women  were 
discussing  with  animation  the  expectations  of  Mrs. 
Bruguiere    Xo.    3,    near    whose    domicile    the    stork 

had  been  observed  describing  circles  in  the  air. 

"I  wonder  how  Mrs.  Bruguiere  No.  2  likes  the 
idea  of  her  only  son  being  displaced, "  remarked  wife 
No.  1.  and  ;is  she  spoke  there  came  a  knock  at 
the    door. 

"(  oiik-  in,"  ^-aid  the  lady  of  the  apartment,  and 
in    walked    Mrs.    Bruguiere   Xo.  2   with   her  prettv 

little    boy. 

Here  was  a  tableau  for  a  dramatist. 

I  heard  that  the  two  ex-wiwes  bore  themselves 
with  more  dignity  and  composure  than  the  flustered 
owner  of  the  apartment,  whose  nerves  got  such  a 
wrench  that  she  did  not  recover  fully  for  an  hour 
after  they  had  gone.  Wife  Xo.  1  has  been  on  the 
stage  and  showed  herself  an  actress  of  no  mean 
ability  in  her  self-control  as  she  said  her  adieu  and 
bowed  herself  out.  In  the  hall  she  remarked 
woman-like : 

"What  a  pity  the  doctor  could  not  witness  this 
stunt  and  photograph  it.  he  is  so  keen  for  dramatic 
scenes  and  impressions." 

*         *         * 

"After  all,"  said  Alec.  Smart,  "the  old  saying: 
'There's  always  room  at  the  top'  doesn't  mean  any- 
thing." 

"Unless,"  replied  the  traveling  man,  "it  means 
that  the  lower  berths  in  a  sleeper  are  usually  taken 
before  you  get  there." 


JMMMMMMMBIMMMMfcMMMhMMMWMMHWMtBHl! 


IfWmr/^ 


ARE  YOU  NOT  INSPIRED  WITH 
A  LOVE  FOR  THE  COLONIAL 


Id  looking  at  a 
room  such  as 
this? 


/"\UR  carefully  selected  stock  of  Wall  Papers  and 
^^  Fabrics  is  replete  with  attractive  things  and  at 
such  small  attractive  prices.  We  will  gladly  assist  you 
in   your   decorating   if   you    will    favor   us   with   a   call. 


L.  TOZER  &  SON  CO. 

INTERIOR   DECORATORS 

1527    PINE    STREET,  Bet.  Van  Ness  and  Polk,  S.   F. 
187     TWELFTH    STREET,     Near     Madison,     Oakland 


-THE  WASP 


The  fad  of  giving  teas  and  receptions  at  cafes 
is  growing  in  this  City.  Mrs.  Charles  Stewart  and 
Miss  Gertrude  Mills  gave  a  reception  recently  in 
honor  of  Miss  Mae  Sadler  at  a  well-known  cafe. 
About  forty  guests  attended.  One  of  the  daily 
newspapers  stated  erroneously  that  the  affair  was 
given  to  two  hundred  guests  at  her  own  home  by 
Mrs.  Stewart.  Needless  to  say  there  were  a  hun- 
dred and  sixty  angry  women  who  hadn't  attended 
the  affair.  Nothing  rankles  deeper  in  the  female 
heart  than  the  thought  of  being  cut  out  at  a  great 
big  social  affair  to  which  "everybody"  had  been  in- 
vited. 

*  *  * 

Miss  Lorraine  de  la  Montanya  was  much  relieved 
by  receiving  a  dispatch  from  her  dear  friend  Miss 
Hazel  Farmer  that  the  latter  had  arrived  in  New 
York  and  would  reach  San  Francisco  in  time  to 
attend  as  bridesmaid  at  Miss  de  la  Montanya's 
wedding.  Miss  Farmer  is  the  daughter  of  a  Sonoma 
banker  who  died  some  time  ago.  The  young  lady 
has  been  abroad  and  it  was  feared  could  not  return 
in  time  for  her  friend's  wedding. 

*  *         * 

One  of  the  prettiest  affairs  of  the  week  at  Santa 
Barbara  was  the  wedding  of  Miss  Edith  Poett  and 
Carl  Edwards,  which  took  place  at  Trinity  Epis- 
copal Church,  Wednesday  evening,  June  5th,  in  the 
presence  of  all  the  smart  set.  Miss  Poett  made 
a  lovely  bride,  as  every  one  had  expected.  Miss 
Ellen  Chamberlain  and  Miss  Bertha  Rice  led  the 
train  of  bridesmaids,  and  they  made  a  fair  picture 
as  they  billowed  up  to  the  altar  where  the  Rev. 
Benjamin  J.  Davis,  rector  of  Trinity,  awaited  them. 
Reginald  Martin  certainly  made  a  hit  with  the 
music,  for  he  has  the  most  perfect  technique  for 
so  young  a  man,  that  I  have  ever  known.  The 
bride  was  in  white  chiffon  satin,  the  gown  almost 
completely  veiled  with  rare  lace  and  over  her  tulle 
veil,  appeared  particularly  light  and  dainty.  Mrs. 
Howard  of  San  Mateo,  Miss  Poett's  sister,  went 
down  to  Santa  Barbara  two  weeks  ago  and  settled 
herself  in  a  beautiful  cottage  in  East  Pedregosa 
Street,  and  will  spend  the  Summer  there.  As  soon 
as  she  arrived  the  bride  took  her  frills  and  furbe- 
lows over  there  and  established  herself.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Edwards  are  to  make  their  home  in  Los  An- 
geles. That  will  be  pleasant  for  them  and  will  give 
Mr.  Edwards  an  opportunity  to  exercise  his  talents, 
which  he  would  never  get  in  Santa  Barbara. 


Everyone  that  is  anyone  was  out  at  the  big  re- 
ception given  Monday  evening  by  Mrs.  Herminia 
Lee,  Mrs.  Franchesci  De  la  Guerra  Dibblee  and 
Miss  Delfina  De  la  Guerra,  the  three  sisters  who 
live  in  the  famous  and  historic  De  la  Guerra  man- 
sion in  Santa  Barbara.  There  was  a  rumor  that 
the  at  home  was  to  be  for  the  bride,  Mrs.  Francis 
T.  Underhill,  but  it  was  really  for  no  one  in  particu- 
lar. Mrs.  Underhill  went  against  the  wishes  of 
her  relatives  in  marrying  a  Protestant,  and  one  who 
has  a  wife — even  though  divorced — still  on  this 
mundane  sphere.  The  De  la  Guerra  family  has  al- 
ways been  faithful  to  the  Roman  Catholic  Church 


and  such  an  act  by  one  of  the  members  was  deeply 
felt.  Not  that  it  affects  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Underhill, 
who  are  as  happy  as  birds  and  dash  in  and  out 
of  town  as  blithely  as  you  please.  Love  laughs  at 
clerical  dogmas. 

All  the  best  people  were  at  the  reception  and  a 
bevy  of  exceedingly  pretty  young  girls  assisted, 
among  them  being  Miss  Delfina  Dibblee,  Mrs.  Un- 
derbill's sister,  who  is  a  beauty,  of  the  purest 
Spanish  type.  Mrs.  Taylor  poured  tea  and  Miss 
Josepa  De  la  Guerra  served  ices,  while  Mrs.  Dibblee 
was  at  the  coffee  urn. 

*  *         * 

The  Willis  Davises  have  taken  a  house  in  Santa 
Barbara  and  will  leave  'the  Potter  early  in  June  and 
go  to  housekeeping  on  their  own  hook.  There  seems 
to  be  cause  for  the  assertion  that  they  have  finally 
taken  up  their  residence  in  Santa  Barbara,  and 
will  dispose  of  their  San  Francisco  property.  Mr. 
Davis,  his  daughter,  Miss  Edna,  and  his  son,  Willis, 
came  within  an  ace  of  being  killed  in  the  Southern 
Pacific  wreck  a  week  ago. 

*  *         * 

The  Livermores  are  building  in  Santa  Barbara. 
They  are  remodeling  a  cottage  on  Garden  Street, 
which  will  be  extremely  picturesque,  all  shingled, 
and  with  wide  porches  and  many  windows.  It  will 
be  occupied  by  Mrs.  Livermore's  mother,  Mrs. 
Eels,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Livermore  and  Miss  Eliza- 
beth, will  have  their  house  on  Sola  Street,  the  back 
coming  up  to  the  back  of  Mrs.  Eels'  cottage.  The 
property  is  a  splendid  one  and  takes  the  form  of 

an  L. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Airs.  Erskine  Richardson  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, are  to  spend  July  with  Mrs.  Richardson's 
mother,  Mrs.  H.  M.  A.  Postley,  in  Santa  Barbara. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Fairbanks,  of  Montecito, 
gave  a  charming  dinner-dance  at  the  Country  Club 
last  Tuesday.     It  was  not  for  anyone  in  particular. 


Hand  Wrought  Jewelry 

May  Mott-Smith  Cunningham,  exhibitor  of  the  Paris 
Salon  1 906,  has  at  her  Studio-Shop  1 622  Pine  St., 
many  ornaments  of  individual  and  original  design. 

ON  VIEW  DAILY 


Member  of  Arts  and  Crafls,  Boston,  San  Francisco  and  Detroit 


SWAIN'S  CAFE 


1111-1113 

POST    ST. 


Have  added  to  their  heretofore  Excellent  Equipment 

A  Modern  Grill  Service 


With  Schlitz  and  Wurzburger 
Beer  on  Draught 


Music  under  the  direction 
Mr.  Edgar  Bayliss 


THE  WASP 


7 


Whenever  I  hear  anyone  say  that,  I  think  of  the 
fashionable  woman  in  New  V.irk  who  was  giving 
a  masquerade  ball.  When  two  women  entered  the 
butler  asked  what  characters  shall  1  announce? 
"Oh,  no  particular  characters."  said  one  of  the 
blue-blooded  dames.  Shortly  after  to  her  intense 
surprise,  the  person  in  plush  announced  calmly  but 
loudly:  "Two  ladies  of  no  particular  character." 
*       *       * 

Miss  Harriett  Stone  of  Oakland  made  a  big  hit 
at  Santa  Barbara  as  the  burgomaster,  in  Robert 
Browning's  staged  poem,  "The  Pied  Piper  of 
Hamelin."  The  play  was  presented  last  Saturday 
afternoon  in  Mrs.  William  H.  Eddy's  grounds,  the 
pupils  of  the  Blanchard  Gamble  School  taking  part. 
The  setting  was  splendidly  appropriate,  the  pictur- 
esque line  of  mountains  and  the  trees  in  the  fore- 
ground. There  was  a  large  attendance  of  fash- 
ionable people  present. 

*  *         * 

Charles  F.  Hanlon,  the  well-known  attorney,  has 
fallen  a  complete  victim  to  the  motoritis.  This  is 
most  remarkable,  for  Charles  loved  a  fast  horse  as 
much  as  a  susceptible  youth  of  twenty  does  the 
flutter  of  a  coryphee's  short  skirt.  Every  Saturday 
afternoon  the  horse-loving  attorney  could  be  seen 
glued  to  a  spidery  buggy  and  going  through 
Golden  Gate  Park  from  ten  to  fifteen  miles  above 
the  legal  limit.  Hawk-eyed  policemen  got  busy 
with  the  mosquitoes,  or  lighted  their_  cigars  when 
Charles  flashed  by  astern  of  his  racing  roadster, 
for  he  used  to  be  a  politician  in  his  salad  days,  and 
guardians  of  the  peace  never  forget  the  political 
pull.  Now  Mr.  Hanlon  is  seen  rarely  or  ever  in 
a  speeding  buggy,  but  the  motor  microbe  has  stuck 
its  fangs  deep  in  his  brain.  He  has  become  a  tire- 
less motorist  and  it  is  not  a  two-to-one  bet  when 
you  see  a  cloud  of  dust  whirling  along  the  road 
from  San  Francisco  to  Del  Monte  that  Attorney 
Hanlon  and  his  auto  are  not  the  center  of  it.  He 
varied  the  run  last  week  by  motoring  from  Los 
Angeles  to  Del  Monte. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Linda  H.  Bryan,  the  "Society  editor"  of  the 
Examiner,  was  one  of  a  large  party  that  visited 
Del  Monte  for  the  week-end.  The  party  in- 
cluded Miss  Linda  Bryan,  Hamilton  V.  Bryan,  Miss 
May  Reis  and  Miss  Ness  Reis  of  San  Francisco, 
Mrs.  John  T.  Porter,  Mrs.  S.  P.  Pfingst  and  Edward 
Pfingst  of  Pajaro. 

*  *         * 

Perry  Eyre,  Mrs.  Perry  Eyre,  E.  J.  Pringle  and 
I  Mrs.  Pringle  motored  down  from  Fair  Oaks  to 
Del  Monte  on  May  29th,  lunching  on  the  road  near 
Sargent.  Perry  Eyre  and  E.  J.  Pringle  took  turns 
in  operating  the  Stevens-Duryea  car.  Their  party 
was  joined  on  Saturday,  June  1,  by  George  Aimer 
Newhall  and  Mrs.  Newhall  of  Burlingame,  who 
motored  up  from  Paso  Robles  to  Del  Monte  in  a 
Packard  Touring  car.  The  Eyres  and  Pringles 
started  on  the  return  trip  from  Del  Monte  after 
luncheon  on  Sunday.  While  at  Del  Monte,  Perry 
Eyre,  who  is  an  enthusiastic  golfer  and  one  of  the 
strongest  players  at  Burlingame  and  Fair  Oaks, 
made  a  round  of  the  Del  Monte  links  with  Charles 


E.  Maud,  who  recently  won  the  men's  amateur 
championship  of  the  Pacific  toast  Golf  Association 
for  1907. 

.  The  first  competition  of  the  ladies'  continuous 
handicap  golf  tournament  to  be  played  during  June, 
July  and  Augusl  on  the  Del  Monte  links  took  place 
on  Saturday,  the  1st  instant,  the  winner  being  Miss 
E.  A.  \Y.  Morgan,  whose  name  will  be  the  first 
inscribed  upon  the  handsome  silver  pitcher  pre-, 
sented  by  the  Pacific  Improvement  Company.  This 
pitcher  will  become  the  permanent  possession  of 
the  lady  who  wins  the  greatest  number  of  victories 
in  the  series.  Miss  Ella  Morgan  took  up  golf 
some  years  ago  and  was  one  of  the  good  players 
of  the  San  Francisco  Golf  Club,  when  that  club 
had  the  Presidio  links,  but  she  has  scarcely  played 
at  all  for  a  long  time.  During  the  Summer  she 
will  be  domiciled  with  Mrs.  Low  and  Miss  Flora 
Low  at  Del  Monte  and  will  take  part  in  all  the 
ladies'  golf  competitions. 

*         *         * 

That  well-known  Bohemian  Club  man,  Thomas 
Barbour,  is  at  present  in  Paris,  where  he  has  been 
visiting  Joseph  D.  Redding  and  Raphael  Weill. 


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BALTIMORE 


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IS  THE  BEST  WHISKEY,  HENCE 
THE  MOST  WHOLESOME.  NO 
PRAISE  COULD  BE  STRONGER 
NO  TESTIMONY  MORE  CON- 
VINCING THAN  THE  AP- 
PROVAL OF  ITS  MILLIONS 
OF  PATRONS. 


CHARLES  M.  REYNOLDS  CO. 

Akwiis  [or  California  and  Nevada 

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THE  WASP- 


MRS.  W.  K.  VANDERBILT  JR.  AT  TEN  YEARS 

Cornelius'  Soliloquy 

To  flunk  or  not  to  flunk  ;  that  is  a  sticker. 
Whether  'tis  Schmitzier  in  the  mind  to  pull 
The  strings  and  red  tape  of  the  striking  carmen 
Or  to  take  legs  before  the  coming  trouble. 
And,  by  resigning,  chuck  it.     To  flunk ;  to  reign 
No  more ;  and  by  such  flunk  to  say  we  end 
The  walking  and  the  thousand  natural   riots 
That  strikes  are  heir  to.     'Tis  a  consumption 
Devoutly  to  be  wished  ; — nit !     Yes — how — what ! 
Do  I  forget  the  words.     To  quit.     To  work ; 
Perchance  at  cleaning  bricks.     Ay,  there's  the  rub. 
For  in  that  cleaning  bricks,  what  schemes  may  go 
When  we  are  shuffling  off  the  mortar — toil 
Might  soil  our  paws.     There's  the  respect 
That  makes  calamity  throughout  the  strike. 
For  who  would  bear  be  idle  all  the  time, 
Be  quoted  wrong,  talking  continually. 
Break  Jerry   Dinan's   heart,   and   count   the   stones 
That  patient  carmen  at  the  unworthy  throw, 
When  he  himself  might  a  good  living  make 
Ringing  up  nickels.     Who'd  starvation  bear, 
Or  grunt  and  sweat  with  eating  pork  and  beans, 
But   that   the   dread   of  something  after   beans — 
That  undiscovered  walkout  from  whose  barn 
No  platform  man  returns,  puzzles  the  will, 
And  makes  us  rather  eat  the  food  we've  had 
Than  that  containing  flies  we  know  not  of. 


Cornelius  thus  makes  cowards  of  them  all. 

Ding-ding!  get  bus}',  is  a  resolution 

Thus  brick-laid  over  with  a  cussed  thought. 

The  enterprising  strikers  at  this  moment 

The  unfair  trollev  currents  turn  awry. 

And   I'm   dragged  in   the  game.     Great   sticks   and 

brickbats ! 
Here's  Porter  Ashe  to  soak  a  felony 
Into  my  busy  day.     I  didn't  know 
That  crime  is  felony. 


That  some  of  our  charming  young  girls  can 
give  and  enjoy  a  theater  and  supper  party  without 
the  company  of  the  sterner  sex  was  in  evidence 
recently  at  a  well-known  theater,  when  Miss  Evelyn 
Norwood  was  the  hostess  on  this  occasion.  Her 
guests,  were  among  others,  Mrs.  Benson,  the  inter- 
esting wife  of  Major  Benson,  U.  S.  A.,  formerly 
Miss  Mary  Breeze*  Miss  Ethel  Lincoln  and  Mrs. 
Norwood. 

*         *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  O'Connor  have  recently 
returned  from  their  honeymoon  trip.  Mrs.  O'Con- 
nor was  Miss  Rita  Finnigan. 


Mrs.  Noble  Eaton,  who  chaperoned  a  jolly  party 
of  sixteen  which  spent  a  few  days  at  Bohemian 
Grove,  is  the  wife  of  Noble  Eaton,  the  nephew  of 
Fred  Eaton,  the  well-known  business  man.  who 
served  on  the  Board  of  Supervisors  and  is  now 
prominent  in  the  Pacific  States  Telephone  Com- 
pany. 

fc         *         * 

Dr.  Arnold  Genthe.  has  been  giving  some  delight- 
ful little  teas  at  his  attractive  studio  on  Clay  Street. 
The  one  given  by  this  popular  artist  last  Wednes- 
day was  especially  pleasant.  The  flow:ers  and 
decorations  were  violets  and  violet  hues.  The  cos- 
tumes of  the  ladies  were  so  stunning  as  to  justify 
the  remarks  of  an  appreciative  artist  that  they 
looked  like  "Oueens." 


OUTING 
GOODS 


In 

Wonderful 

Variety 


AT 


VAN  NESS  AND  SUTTER  STREET 

The  Store  With  A  Reputation 


•THE  WASP 


MRS.  HERMANN  OELRICHS  AT  EIGHTEEN 

Miss  Ethel  Nason,  until  recently,  was  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  among  the  brush  and  pallette 
coterie  of  Boston.  Did  not  paint;  was  painted. 
With  considerable  natural  grace,  she  was  also  a 
poser.  Standing  around  and  looking  pretty  was 
her  bread  and  butter.  In  fact,  this  artist's  model 
posed  so  well  that  a  Seattle  millionaire,  W.  V. 
Hawkins,  induced  her  to  pose  in  a  this-is-so-sudden 
position  while  he  painted  a  paradisial  scene  of  mar- 
ried life,  backgrounded  with  a  field  of  purple 
amaranths,  and  a  bit  of  Seattle  architecture  and  a 
garage  on  the  left.  Hawkins  knew  beauty  when  he 
saw  it.  He  had  not  gone  to  Harvard  for  naught. 
In  fact,  Miss  Nason  said  it  was  love  at  first  sight. 
Who  wouldn't?  Love  at  first  sight  is  one  of  the 
few  ancient  glories  that  have  survived  modern  im- 
provements and  the  impediment  of  present-day 
unclassic  attire.  The  faddishly  gowned  girl  has 
little  chance  to  inspire  it ;  she  looks  so  artificial  and 
unromantic,  and  Cupid's  arrows  often  hit  a  button 
or  a  chatelaine  watch  and  glance  off.  That  is  where 
the  artist's  model  has  the  advantage. 
*  a.  * 

Late  letters  received  from  Mrs.  Lloyd  Baldwin 
and  Miss  Grace,  report  them  enjoying  life  abroad. 
Upon  the  return  of  the  Baldwins  in  the  near  future 
the  wedding  of  Miss  Grace  and  Mr.  Russel  Sel- 
fridge  will  be  celebrated.  Miss  Baldwin  is  the 
daughter  of  the  late  well-known  land-lawyer,  Lloyd 
Baldwin.  Mr.  Selfridge  is  a  son  -of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
E.  A.  Selfridge  and  brother  of  Lieut.  Thomas  Sel- 
fridge, U.  S.  A.     His  sister,  the  popular  Society  girl. 


Miss  Katherine  Selfridge,  married  Captain  Kellond, 

U.  S.  A.,  and  went  to  the  Philippines  l"  live. 

*  *        * 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Lillian  Moffatt,  daughter 
,.f  Mrs.  I..  VV.  Moffatt,  and  Frederick  Ward  Hunt 
was  celebrated  on  last  Saturday  evening  at  the  resi- 
dence of  tile  bride's  mother  on  I'ine  Street.  Miss 
May  Moffatt  was  maid  of  honor.  Miss  Roberta 
Deal.  Miss  Elizabeth  Morris,  M iss  Gertrude  Tay- 
lor and  Miss  Elsie  Benedict  were  the  bridesmaids. 
Mr.  Hunt  is  the  only  son  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  John 
Hunt.  After  a  wedding  lour  of  several  weeks  the 
bride  and  groom   will  reside  in   litis  City. 

*  •  # 

Miss  Elizabeth  Foote,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Arthur  de  Wint  Foote  I  Mary  I  lallock  Foote,  the 
author)  and  Rodman  Swift  of  Xew  Bedford.  Mass., 
were  quietly  married  last  Saturday  morning  at  the 
residence  of  the  bride's  parents  in  Grass  Valley. 
Rev.  Carelton  Hitchcock  of  Emanuel  Church  offi- 
ciating. The  only  guests  outside  of  relatives  were 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Bourne  and  Miss  Maude 
Bourne  of  this  City.  The  couple  left  for  Bear  Val- 
ley on  a  wedding  trip.  They  will  occupy  a  cottage 
in  Grass  Valley  upon  their  return,  the  home  being 
a  wedding  gift  from  the  bride's  father,  who  is  a 
mining  engineer  of  (irass   Valley. 

*  *  * 

Avlett  R.  Cotton.  Jr.,  the  former  Stanford  foot- 
ball star,  arrived  last  week  from  the  Philippines, 
where  he  has  been  for  the  past  six  years.  Mr. 
Cotton  was  Prosecuting  Attorney  for  the  City  of 
Manila.  He  recently  resigned,  and  will  engage  in 
law  practice  with  his  father  in  this  City.  His  wed- 
ding to  one  of  the  charming  daughters  of  Mr.  A. 
Borel,  the  banker,  it  is  said,  will  be  celebrated  in 
the  near  future. 


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Rhyme  of  the  Week 

Taft  is  still  swelling  with  honors  and  suavity ; 
Standard  Oil  shrinking  with  maximum  fines ; 
Panama  rated  a  sink  of  depravity, 
Mustang,  the  lily  of  gold-bearing  mines. 

The  municipal  railroad  bothers  Rud.  Spreckels ; 
Dinan  is  trailing  the  talesmen  for  Schmitz ; 
New  York  discovers  a  new  cure  for  freckles ; 
Jack  London's  uncle  gets  cold  feet  and  quits. 

German  professors  at  Berkeley  are  furious ; 
Catherine  Clemmons  would  no  more  be  Gould; 
Haywood  insists  he  did  nothing  injurious; 
Wolf  and  Dog  Writers  by  Teddy  are  schooled. 

Real  estate,  strikes  and  indictments  are  booming; 
Big  temblor  this  week,  but  no  damage — hurrah! 
With    such    trifles    as    these    our    time    we're    con- 
suming. 
E  pluribus  unum  and  Erin  go  bragh ! 


A.  D.  Shepard,  general  manager  of  the  Pacific 
Improvement  Company,  reached  Del  Monte  on 
Friday,  May  31st,  and  made  a  stay  of  two  or  three 
days.  Just  now  Mr.  Shepard  is  being  besieged  by 
automobile  agents,  who  want  the  company  to  part 
with  its  150  or  more  horses  and  buy  motor-cars 
in  their  place.  The  Hotel  Del  Monte,  during  busy 
times,  often  have  to  provide  vehicles  for  100  or 
150  members  of  an  excursion  party,  who  want  to 
take  the  famous  Seventeen-Mile  Drive,  see  the  San 
Carlos  and  Carmel  Mission  Churches,  the  light- 
house, the  Presidio,  the  statue  of  Father  Junipero 
Serra  and  other  interesting  things  in  a  very  limited 
time.  The  automobiles  to  do  the  company's  work 
must  be  good  hill-climbers,  as  the  Carmel  Hill  is 
one  of  the  roughest  in  the  State. 

*  *         * 

Colonel  George  Stone,  accompanied  by  his 
daughters,  Miss  Leona  M.  Stone  and  Miss  Louise 
G.  Stone,  with  a  chauffeur,  toured  recently  from 
San  Francisco  to  Del  Monte  in  a  30-horse-power 
White  Steamer,  1907  Model.  Miss  Louise  and  Miss 
Leona,  who  are  enthusiastic  horsewomen,  enjoyed 
a  pleasant  ride  along  the  Salinas  road. 

*  *         * 

The  opening  of  the  art  establishment  of  Volz  & 
Freese,  on  Monday  last,  at  947-949  Van  Ness 
Avenue,  took  on  the  semblance  of  a  Society  func- 
tion, so  many  were  the  prominent  people  seen  in  the 
crowd  of  shoppers.  Mrs.  Helen  Freese  made  hosts 
of  friends  during  the  years  she  was  connected  with 
the  art  firm  of  S.  &  G.  Gump,  on  Geary  Street. 
Her  courteous  and  charming  manners  made  a  most 
favorable  impression  on  all  the  customers,  and 
no  doubt  will  now  prove  of  great  financial  benefit 
to  the  firm  in  which  she  is  a  partner. 

*  *         * 

This  new  firm  of  Volz  and  Freese  are  direct  im- 
porters of  original  oil  paintings,  water  colors,  old 
prints,  marble  and  bronze  statuary,  objects  of  art, 
odd,  quaint  and  beautiful  things  not  usually  to  be 


found  in  any  other  establishment.  They  have  ex- 
tended a  cordial  invitation  to  the  public  to  call. 
A  feature  of  their  business  will  be  the  taking  of 
import  orders  for  any  work  of  art,  rugs,  furniture, 
draperies  or  appointments,  as  they  have  resident 
representatives  in  New  York,  London,  Paris,  Vi- 
enna, Berlin,  Florence,  Naples,  and  Constantinople. 
Their  buyer  sails  for  Europe  early  in  July  and  will 
execute  any  special  commissions  in  the  foreign 
markets  giving  such  orders  his  prompt  and  careful 
attention  for  holiday  delivery.  The  new  firm  ap- 
pears to  me  imbued  with  a  healthy  spirit  of  pro- 
gressiveness  that  augurs  well  for  its  success. 


The  Peter  Martins  are  staying  in  London  with 
the  Duchess  of  Marlborough  as  they  stayed  with 
the  Duke  and  Duchess  at  Blenheim.  Mrs.  Peter 
feels  that  she  deserves  some  of  the  sweets  of  life 
after  nearly  two  years  in  San  Francisco,  for  I 
hear  she  says  to  her  friends  on  the  other  side,  that 
there  was  really  no  one  for  her  to  know  here  and 
she  had  a  dismal  time  while  sojourning  in  sight 
of  the  Golden   Gate. 


Miss  Lottie  Upton  and  Charles- J.  Dickman,  were 
quietly  married  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's 
mother  in  Santa  Clara  on  Wednesday,  June  5th. 
Only  relatives  and  intimate  friends  witnessed  the 
ceremony.  The  bride  is  said  to  rank  high  as  a 
pianist,  as  also  a  linguist.  Probably  no  man  here 
is  better  known  in  Bohemian  circles  than  Mr. 
Dickman.  For  years  he  has  been  a  leading  spirit 
in  the  Bohemian  Club's  jinks  performances.  His 
wedding  gift  from  the  Bohemian  Club  was  the 
complimentary  but  not  over-substantial  one  of  a 
life  membership.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dickman  will  spend 
the  honeymoon  at  Monterey. 


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\rtluir  Crane  is  not  only  a  poet  but  an  editor; 
A  dual  personally  almost  beyond  Pierian  dreams. 
He  wields  the  blue  pencil  over  Palo  Alto's  "Daily 
Citizen",  and  edits  the  world's  morals.  When  lie 
objects  l"  modern  ethics,  or  even  one  single  ethic. 
he  jabs  down  his  correction,  and  it  goes.  If  it  does 
not  go,  his  philosophy  acts  as  a  good  shock-ab- 
sorber.  In  sooth,  he  is  such  a  cloud-skipping  phil- 
osopher that  it  busts  the  odometer  of  imagination 
to  follow  him. 

Crane  recently  promulgated  the  gelatinous  theory 
of  free  love,  tar-aml-feathered  the  Platonic  idea  and 
hvperfossilized  the  Committee  on  Student  Affairs. 
Unlike  other  teachers  of  free  love,  Crane  had  a 
wife.  Instead  of  taking  the  principle  as  a  mere 
cult,  a  vehicle  for  vehement  vaporings,  to  call 
attention  to  her  husband's  book,  she  took  the  creed 
to  her  heart,  and.  with  it,  the  lone  disciple.  Brother 
Ahedile.  who  was  dwelling  with  the  couple.  With 
the  sage  himself,  amour  ad  lib.  might  have  been 
only  a  soulful  pose;  with  the  lady  the  pose  was 
realistic  and  on  the  level.  One  morning,  about  4 
o'clock,  she  awakened  Crane  by  returning  to  the 
connubial  couch.  Whence  contest  thou?  he  queried. 
From  Brother  Abedile,  she  vouchsafed.  Crane  put 
on  his  seven-league  boots  and  hied  him  to  the 
guest  room,  where  the  disciple  was  giving  a  poor 
imitation  of  the  sleep  of  the  just,  as  that  term  is 
ordinarily  understood.  Then  the  philosopher  undid 
himself  of  several  Babylonian  kicks,  which  con- 
veyed Brother  to  the  highway,  whither  his  clothes 
were  hurled  after  him.  The  old  homestead  now 
contains  no  disciple,  no  wife;  just  one  philosopher 
and  a  divorce  suit. 

*         *         * 

It  appears,  after  all,  that  the  sensational  article 
in  the  Examiner  about  the  female  high  kickers  of 
the  Lantern  Club  of  Sausalito  was  a  mere  gratuit- 
ous libel  on  a  chaste  community  and  on  immaculate 
social  organization.  Most  prosaic  are  the  dry 
details  when  the  lantern  of  truth  is  turned  on 
them  by  this  family  journal.  The  great  earthquake 
last  year,  gave  the  clubhouse  an  awful  shaking 
which  not  only  cracked  the  plaster  but  took  all 
the  enterprise  out  of  the  landlord.  He  refused  to 
repair  the  damaged  edifice  and  to  stimulate  him  to 
the  required  pitch  eight  lively  young  men  of  the 
Hill  tribe  went  up  and  held  rough-house  in  the 
club.  The  detonation  of  corks  and  the  reverbera- 
tions of  rollicking  college  songs  brought  down  the 
rest  of  the  plaster  in  such  a  shower  that  the  roy- 
Sterers  had  to  retreat  to  the  outside  where  they 
continued  their  concert  and  the  liquid  artillery 
practice.  Their  antics  were  seen  on  the  sky-line 
by  many  of  the  deeply  shocked  residents  of  the 
Hill,  but  not  even  with  the  most  powerful  field- 
glass  could  the  observers  detect  the  flutter  of  silken 
skirts  and  the  flash  of  peek-a-boo  hosiery  which  the 
lascivious  writer  in  the  Examiner  evolved  from  the 
recesses  of  his  bawdy  imagination. 

The  Lantern  Club  really  succumbed  to  innocuous 
desuetude  and  an  empty  treasury  and  not  to  noxious 
scandal.  There  is  talk,  I  hear,  of  the  club's  amal- 
gamation with  the  San  Francisco  Yacht  Club,  if 
that  now  saintly  organization  of  tarry  bank  clerks 


and  brine-stained  brokers  condescends  to  accept 
its  credentials.  Anyhow  the  landlord  of  the  late, 
if  not  lamented  Lantern  Club,  has  a  job  of  plaster- 
ing, on  his  own  hands,  that  will  keep  him  busy 
through  the  Summer  holidays. 
»       *       * 

The  arrival  of  the  stork  with  a  little  son  for  the 
Spencer  Eddy's  in  Paris  was  an  event  of  interest  to 
San  Francisco,  where  the  baby's  grandparents  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Spreckles  are  so  prominent. 
*         *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Greer  Harrison,  with  Miss 
Ethel  Harrison  will  pass  the  Summer  at  Carmel, 
where  Mr.  Harrison  has  recently  built  a  pretty 
bungalow. 


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-THE  WASP- 


Among  the  Wasp's  illustrations  this  week  are  one 
of  Mrs.  VVm.  K.  Vanderbilt  and  one  of  Mrs.  Her- 
mann Oelrichs.when  these  two  noted  Society  women 
were  girls  in  San  Francisco.  That  was  more  than 
a  few  years  ago.  They  lived  then  in  the  old  Fair 
mansion  on  Pine  Street  near  Jones,  where  Miss 
Tessie  was  married  to  Hermann  Oelrichs. 

No  one  thought  when  those  pictures  were  taken 
that  both  the  Fair  girls  would  become  prominent 
figures  in  Gotham  Society ;  that  one  of  the  girls 
would  change  her  rather  undistinguished  patronymic 
for  that  of  Vanderbilt,  that  the  Fair  will  case  would 
become  one  of  the  celebrated  lawsuits  of  the  genera- 
tion and  that  many  other  remarkable  and  un- 
pleasant things  would  be  crowded  into  the  lives  of 
the  two  young  daughters  of  Senator  Fair. 

The  old  Senator  then  lived  with  his  family  and 
had  not  become  involved  in  the  little  affair  with  a 
Washington  beauty  which  caused  the  separation 
from  the  wife  of  his  less  prosperous  days.  Young 
Jim  Fair  was  a  rollicking  man-abont-town  and 
young  Charlie  was  a  school  boy.  Little  did  either 
think  that  death  would  cut  them  off  in  their  prime, 
Jim  in  a  Montgomery  Street  lodging  house  during 
one  of  his  sprees  and  Charlie  in  that  ill-fated  auto- 
mobile ride  in  France,  which  sent  him  and  his  wife 
with  a  crash  into  eternity.  How  little  we  can  pene- 
trate the  veil  of  futurity  and  discern  the  dramas  that 
are    unfolding   beyond    and    in    which    we    may   be 


distined  to  play  sensational  roles.  And  well  it  is 
that  the  veil  is  impenetrable. 

The  published  picture  of  Miss  Birdie  Fair  was 
taken  when  she  was  in  her  tenth  year  and  her 
fond  and  most  kind-hearted  mother  gave  a  masque- 
rade in  her  honor.  Tessie  Fair  was  then  about  eigh- 
teen and  it  was  thought  would  marry  one  of  the 
young  men  who  were  received  hospitably  at  the  Fair 
Mansion  and  prominent  amongst  whom  was  Mr. 
Jack  Featherstone,  one  of  the  best  known  and  most 
popular  young  men  in  local  Society:  Mr.  Joseph 
Irwin  so  well  known  as  the  city  editor  of  the 
Examiner  in  the  days  when  it  was  edited  by  the 
Hon.  Phil  Roche  and  George  Penn  Johnson,  a 
Southerner,  who  had  dropped  his  name  on  the  field 
of  honor,  was  a  constant  visitor  at  the  Fair  home 
in  the  days  when  it  rang  with  mirth  and  blazed 
with  the  lights  of  hospitality.  Rumor  had  it  that 
the  expected  divorce  of  Senator  Fair  and  his  wife 
would  be  followed  by  her  marriage  to  the  hand- 
some journalist.  The  estimable  lady  was  however 
a  very  devout  Roman  Catholic  and  she  never  sought 
the  divorce  court. 

All  this  is  the  ancient  Social  history  of  a  genera- 
tion that  has  ceased  to  dance  and  sing  and  make 
love.  What  is  left  of  it  goes  staidly  about  the  pro- 
saic routine  of  life  giving  no  indications  that  it 
was  once  as  gay  and  thoughtless  as  those  that  went 
before  it  and  those  that  will  follow. 

Miss  Foot  and  Porter  Garnett  were  quietly  mar-1 
ried  last  Saturday  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's 
parents  near  Calistoga.  The  couple  came  im- 
mediately to  this  City,  where  Mr.  Garnett  had  pro- 
cured an  attractive  apartment  for  his  bride.  Mrs. 
Garnett  is  said  to  be  very  petite  and  exceedingly 
interesting. 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


THE  WASP 


VINCENT  WHITNEY  AT  DEL  MONTE 

Every  little  while  some  new  story  floating  over 
in  .in  (  lakland  indicates  that  there  is  not  as  much 
blood-curdling  slowness  as  there  used  to  be  over 
there.  The  up-to-dateness  and  general  blue  blazes 
of  a  town  depends  largely  on  the  personal  tenour 
of  its  landladies.  It  was  the  public-spirited 
dowagers  of  the  furnished  room  that  in  early  days 
of. New  York  wrested  from  Philadelphia  the  su- 
premacy of  the  eastern  coast,  and  made  the  flats  off 
Hell  Gate  the  most  fascinating  district  in  the  world. 

In  (lakland,  many  more  Mrs.  E.  Martins  would 
make  the  town's  police  news  so  fecund  that  the 
world  would  become  goggle-eyed  with  the  wonder 
of  it.  Mrs,  Martin  rented  a  room  to  one  Garrison, 
a  demonstrator  of  spices,  and  a  second,  separate, 
distinct  and  other  room  to  Miss  Ora  Williams,  his 
coadjutant  in  the  spice  exhibit.  During  the  night, 
a  herd  of  copper-toed  fleas,  indigenous  to  this  clime, 
and  especially  to  the  Astor  House,  where  the  scene 
is  laid,  attacked  Garrison  en  masse  and  made  him 
grovel.  Within  a  few  minutes  he  was  pretty  well 
polka-dotted  in  pink  and  began  to  get  yippy.  After 
.essaying  all  sorts  of  foolish  maneuvers  that  availed 
nothing  against  the  superior  intellect  and  general- 
ship of  the  attacking  party,  he  gave  a  howl,  accom- 
panied by  a  boomerangular  twist,  scooted  and 
landed  in  the  landlady's  headquarters.  Mrs.  Mar- 
tin had  a  scheme  that  was  sure  to  work,  because  il 
had  never  been  tried  before  on  these  particular  flea^ 
and  they  would  not  be  suspicious.  The  idea  was 
to  set  a  bowl  of  water  on  the  floor  near  the  bed  ; 
'into  this  the  fleas  would  jump  to  destruction,  like 
INapoleon's  army  in  the  sunken  road.  Garrison  did 
as  he  was  told  ;  then  sought  the  pillow,  over  which 
the  fleas  were  now  going  like  an  electric  fountain. 


Just  at  this  moment,  Miss  Williams  heard,  or 
thought  she  heard,  somebody  or  something  enter- 
ing or  trying  to  enter  her  door,  or  what  in  her 
terror  seemed  to  be  the  place  where  the  door  was 
when  she  saw  ii  last.  Thoroughly  non-plussed, 
she  jumped  to  cover  ami  yelled  to  Garrison,  who 
by  this  time  was  almost  taken,  after  a  bloody  battle. 
But,  hearing  the  screams  for  help,  he  leapt  from 
bed  right  into  the  trap  lie  had  sCt  for  the  enemy, 
ami  knocked  the  water  broadcast  but  saved  Miss 
Williams  from  the  intruder,  who  immediately  be- 
came one  of  the  missing. 

This  would  have  been  all  right,  had  not  the  car- 
pet, which  must  have  been  of  some  expensive, 
delicate,  water-colored  design,  became  addled  in 
the  spilled  fluid  and  looked  quite  arrah-go-on  in 
some  places.  Identifying  the  spice  people  as  jointly- 
interested  in  the  disaster,  the  landlady  sought  re- 
prisal on  Miss  Williams'  gold  watch,  and  held  it 
until  the  police  came.  It  is  night  life  that  makes 
a  town,  and  the  landladies  have  that  under  control. 

At  a  local  function  recently  an  artless  climber 
was  putting  on  the  airs  of  a  duchess  to  the  amuse- 
ment of  not  a  few  of  the  guests.  The  conversation 
having  turned  on  the  car  strike  the  ambitious  and 
bejeweled  lady  remarked,  "And  sure  if  the  car  strike 
lasts  much   longer  the  millionaires  will  be  busted. 

They  will  for  certain,  the  whole  caboodle  of  'em." 
#         *         * 

A  very  bright  San  Francisco  girl,  writing  from 
Florence,  Italy,  where  she  is  now  the  guest  of  a 
well-known  baroness,  states  that  poor  barons  and 
other  decayed  gentlemen  are  so  plentiful,  that  the 
place  reminds  her  of  a  San  Francisco  insurance 
office — nothing  but  titles  and  family  pride  on  all 
sides. 


STUDEBAKER 

The   Automobile   with 
a  reputation  behind  it 

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-THE  WASP^ 


The  Pioneer  Cafe,  which  has  catered  to  the  bon 
ton. of  Devisadero  Street,  has  closed  its  doors;  both 
doors;  on  one  of  which  was  "Ladies,"  on  the  other, 
"Gents."  Both  words  now  have,  as  far  as  the 
"Pioneer" is  concerned,  innocuosus  desuetudinorum 
in  the  worst  form.  Against,  the  window  pane  is  a 
cardboard  sign  with  the  following  explanation : 
"Closed  on  account  of  Pat  Calhoun  and  W.  H. 
Roden,  the  Landlord." 

Here  is  work  for  the  Grand  Jury.  sure.  When 
next  that  body  meets  we  expect  thirteen  indict- 
ments respectively  against  Calhoun  and  Roden.  Of 
Roden 's  ogerlike  conduct  we  know  little  or  nothing. 
But,  that  his  name  is  coupled  with  Pat  Calhoun  is 
enough.  Perhaps  they  jointly  bribed  the  cook  to 
give  them  a  franchise  and  right  of  way  over  a  beef- 
steak which  the  proprietor  had  intended  to  dedicate 
to  San  Francisco  for  a  landmark.  We  have  sam- 
pled pioneer  beefsteaks  here  and  there,  and  we 
defiantly  assert  that  they  should  be  kept  free  from 
corruption.  Of  course,  in  this  case,  we  allege  no 
deep  scrutiny  into  the  facts.  Our  contention  is 
based  on  hypothesis  and  conjecture  only.  But,  in 
the  troubled  condition  of  our  City,  it  is  pardonable, 
nay,  justifiable  to  be  more  than  wary,  and  we  do 
not  like  to  see  the  United  Railways  interfere  with 
the  hitherto  chaste  politics  and  briskets  of  Devisa- 
dero Street.  What  investigation  will  show  we  re- 
frain from  guessing.  We  have  patience.  There  is 
something  dark  and  blood}'  somewhere.  Let  the 
steaks  be  kept  free  from  such  guilty  operations. 

*  :':  * 

The  Francis  Burton  Harrisons  are  circling  around 
Europe  before  returning  to  America  after  their 
startling  marriage.  Mrs.  Harrison  has  her  son  with 
her  and  Mr.  Harrison  has  his  two  little  girls,  Bar- 
bara and  Virginia. 

I  hear  that  he  is  as  devoted  to  his  wife's  son 
as  to  his  own.  His  marriage  to  Mrs.  Cox  did  not 
surprise  his  friends,  for  it  is  said  that  he  was 
engaged  to  his  present  wife  before  either  he  or  she 
married,  but  their  passion  was  one  tempered  bv 
calm  forethought,  and  when  he  had  an  opportunity 
to  marry  the  rich  Miss  Crocker  his  fiancee  most 
considerately  released  him.  When  death  came  to 
the  Harrison  household,  and  the  bereaved  widower 
had  a  few  millions  he  felt  that  at  last  he  was 
wealthy  enough  to  indulge  in  the  luxury  of  a 
grand  passion  and  the  rest  was  easy.  His  former 
fiancee  although  a  wife,  now  that  he  had  his  money, 
loved  him  more  than  ever.  The  story  is  told,  per- 
haps, as  merely  illustrative  of  the  cynical  New 
York  spirit  toward  matrimony  that  she  said  to 
her  husband : 

"I  have  a  chance  to  marrv  a  millionaire."  and 
her  husband  replied : 

"You're   in  luck — I   congratulate  you." 

It  was  within  a  few  months  after  that  tender 
episode  that  she  married  Burton   Harrison,  to  the 

great  disgust  of  all  the  Crockers. 

*  *  * 

The  lady  with  the  squamoid  reputation,  and  who 
lolls  in  luxury  with  a  daring,  Circean  loll,  may  have 
bad  luck  with  Mrs.  Grundy  in  proportion  to  her 
good  luck  with  millionaires.  She  may  get  in  hot 
water,  but  it  is  usually  perfumed ;  she  may  be  sub- 


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jected  to  avuncular  curses,  but  these  are  forgotten 
in  a  little  lovey-doveying  and  a  big  check  for  post- 
nuptial pin  money.  In  the  center  of  her  golden 
miasma,  Maybell  Gilman-Corey  owns  a  chateau 
where,  when  spur-galled  with  notoriety,  she  canj 
relax  her  pampered  pout  amid  art  and  historical 
surroundings.  It  is  within  fifty  miles  of  Paris  and 
many  times  further  than  that  from  the  yellow- 
journal  peril.  It  is  just  the  restful  spot  for  a  paint- 
weary  woman  who  disadorned  herself  to  adorn  the 
stage,  and  is  now  content  with  privacy  and  a  Steel 
Trust  President.  Kicking  into  the  calcium  while 
clad  in  a  doll's  costume  is  not  what  it  is  cracked  up 
to  be.  There  are  few  occupations  more  open  to 
admiration  and  yet  require  more  painstaking  zeal  I 
than  skipping  before  an  audience  where  all  the 
feminine  brows  darken  with  a  scowl  and  all  the 
men  show  the  white  of  their  eyes.  The  Chateau 
Villegenisse  is  a  sumptuous  environment  in  which  to 
become  blue-blooded.  Its  settings  are  more  delight- 
ful than  any  third  act  of  Zaza,  Camille  or  Sappho 
for  a  Summer  idyll.  A  Jane  Shore  or  a  Pompadour 
would  not  have  despised  it  as  a  sanctuary  of  sensu- 
ous repose.  Prince  Jerome  Bonaparte  once  owned  J 
it.  Napoleon  III  and  Empress  Eugenie  visited  it 
in  imperial  days.  It  is  one  of  the  most  magnificent 
places  outlying  Paris.  A  park,  perennial  shrubbery, 
fish-ponds,  hot  houses,  Grecian  statues  and  wide 
avenues  conform  in  spacious  beauty.  In  fact,  it  is 
a  marvelous  nook  in  which  to  forget  the  world  after  . 
the  storm  caused  by  forgetting  some  of  its  ethics. 

*         *         * 
Mrs.  Frank  Willis  and  her  son,  Gloucester  Willis, 
leave  early  in  August  for  a  tour  abroad.     They  ex-    . 
pect  to  be  gone  six  months  or  so. 


THE  WASP 


15 


Mr>.  J.  1 1.  Wood,  one  of  the  brightest  i  if  Alameda 
Bounty  club  women  and  who  was  recently  elected 
president  of  the  Twentieth  Century  Club,  told  a 
ttory  at  the  recent  annual  breakfast  of  the  Etude 
Club  that  aptly  illustrates  •.nine  of  the  supposed 
foibles  of  club  women.  The  story  was  -ewhed 
with  hearty  laughter  by  the  Etude  members,  pos- 
sibly because  the  Etude  hobby,  music,  is  supposed 
not  to  lie  so  fatal  to  interest  in  home  affairs  as 
some  other  hobbies  that  clubs  have.  Here  is  the 
story:  A  prominent  man  visited  a  popular  club 
at  a  forenoon  session  at  which  sixty  women  were 
prt~ent.  lie  explained  that  he  had  something  im- 
portant to  say  to  them  and  was  duly  introduced 
by  madam  president. 

"Ladies,"  lie  said.  "I  am  prepared  to  write  you 
a  check  for  a  large  sum,  for  the  promotion  of  your 
favorite  charity." 

The  women  received  the  announcement  with 
tumultuous  applause.  He  was  known  as  a  generous 
man  and  the  check  would  be  for  a  large  amount. 

"But  I  must  attach  a  condition,"  continued  the 
visitor.  "Sixty  women  are  here.  I  will  write  the 
check  if  twenty  of  you  can  say  that  you  washed 
the  children  s  faces  and  combed  their  hair,  washed 
tile  dishes  and  made  the  beds  before  you  came  to 
this  important  morning  session.  Will  those  who 
can  say  so  please  come  forward?" 

Several  members  arose  with  confident  smiles  and 
started  forward  but  the  number  was  so  inadequate 
that  they  beat  a  hasty  retreat  to  their  seats  in  dis- 
may. 

"My  offer  still  holds  good,"  said  the  man  with 
the  check,  "if  ten  ladies  can  come  forward  and  say 
that  their  husbands  are  wearing  socks  without  holes 
in  the  toes  or  heels." 

A  bride  arose  with  a  pretty  blush  and  hurried 
forward  and  turned  a  brighter  crimson  when  she 
found  herself  all  alone. 

"My  offer  still  stands,"  said  the  visitor,  "if  five 
of  you  can  say  that  you  yourselves  are  wearing 
stockings  without  holes  in  them." 

There  was  a  moment's  painful  silence  and  then 
madam  president  saved  the  day  by  informing  the 
visitor  that  the  club  had  decided  to  accept  gifts 
from  none  but  club  members. 

*  *  * 
Society  is  looking  for  the  announcement  of  a  di- 
vorce in  the  family  of  a  prominent  capitalist  who 
has  a  home  in  Ross  Villey,  where  his  wife  has  been 
residing  while  he  remains  on  this  side  of  the  bay. 
The  gossips  are  busy  with  the  subject. 


Local  Bohemia  was  not  at  all  taken  off  its  feet 
by  the  news  from  New  York  that  Amadee  Jouillin 
had  married  Mrs.  Lucille  Wilcox  Mersfelder  the 
divorced  wife  of  Louis  Mersfelder,  another  artist. 
The  wedding  ceremony  was  performed  by  a  New 
York  Judge,  which  was  rather  an  unromantic 
entrance  for  a  couple  of  artists  into  the  rose  laden 
fields  of  matrimony  in  the  lovely  month  of  June. 
Besides  being  a  great  painter  Mr.  Jouillin  has  a 
sure  footing  on  the  ladder  of  fame  as  the  smallest 
eater  and  the  greatest  glutton  for  work,  in  America. 


The  wedding  of  Miss  Lillian  Moffatt  and  Fred 
Ward  Hunt  took  place  on  June  8th  at  the  residence 
of  the  bride's  mother  on  Pine  St.  Mr.  Hunt  is  the 
only  son  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  John  Hunt  of  this  City, 
nephew  of  Mrs.  Adam  Grant  and  cousin  of  Joseph 
D.  Grant.  After  a  wedding  tour  of  the  South,  the 
couple  will  reside  in  this  City. 

*  *         * 

'Walter  Hobart  is  playing  polo  in  France  where 
polo  is  "le  sport"  of  the  Faubourg  St.  Germain.  In 
fact  polo  is  one  of  the  most  reliable  sesames  to 
the  fashionable  set  in  Paris,  and  so  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
I  lobart  on  the  strength  of  Walter's  string  of  bang- 
tail ponies  go  everywhere  in  Gay  Paree  that  princes 
and  counts  assemble.  I  hear  that  Mrs.  Hobart 
is  much  admired.  Miss  Mary  Eyre,  who  is  with 
her,  is  an  intimate  friend  but  not  a  relative.  She 
is  a  very  sweet  girl,  but  not  possessed  of  the 
pulchritude  of  Mrs.  Hobart. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  X. — What  lovely  children!  Are  all  foui 
yours? 

Mrs.  Y. — The  court  hasn't  decided  vet. 


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MISS  MABEL  W  ATKINS  WHO  IS  TO  BECOME 
THE  BRIDE  OF  CAPTAIN  WOLFE 

A  recently  announced  engagement  is  that  of  Miss 
Louisette  D.  Curtis  to  William  C.  Murdock  Jr. 
Miss  Curtis  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Walter  H.  Lin- 
forth,  wife  of  the  well  known  attorney.  She  is  the 
grand  daughter  of  Henry  Payot.  Mr.  Murdock  is 
the  only  son  of  Mr.  William  C.  Murdock  and  is  in. 
the  banking  business  here.  The  marriage  will  be  a 
large  affair  and  will  take  place  early  in  September  at 
Menlo  Park  and  will  be  an  out  of  door  wedding. 

Sherrill  Schell,  who  Madame  Bavarde  tells  us  is 
making  a  literary  success  in  the  East,  was  one  of 
the  beaux  of  the  Gaiety  Club  set  when  he  lived 
here.  He  is  a  handsome  youth  with  engaging 
manners.  He  lived  with  his  mother  in  one  of  the 
Cadenasso  flats  on  Russian  Hill  and  was  not  burned 
out,  but  as  he  said,  a  few  weeks  after  the  fire,  "We 
can't  walk  a  mile  every  time  we  want  a  loaf  of 
bread'  or  a  quart  of  milk,"  so  the  Schells  gave  up 
their  flat.  Mrs.  Schell  went  to  Kansas  City  to 
visit  her  married  daughter  and  her  son  went  abroad 
with  his  chum,  Ed  Montgomery.  After  a  season 
in  Paris  he  returned  to  this  country  but  never  pro- 
gressed farther  westward  than  New  York.  Young 
Schell  is  a  fine  musician  and  has  some  literary  and 
artistic  gifts.  He  is  a  great  friend  of  Miss  Grace 
Llewellyn  Jones,  and  popular  in  the  ultra-Bohemian 
set.  It  was  whispered  here  before  he  went  abroad 
that  the  daughter  of  a  noted  multi-millionaire  was 
considerably  interested  in  him,  but  thus  far  the 
expected  announcement  of  an  engagement  has  not 
materialized.     Mr.   Schell's   musical   ability   is   con- 


siderably in  excess  of  his  literary  talent.  He  is  too 
pleasant  mannered  and  level-headed  a  chap  to  be 
.  a  star  writer.  Famous  knights  of  the  quill  are  not 
usually  noted  as  Chesterfields  or  Bayards.  They 
are  most  frequently  characterized  by  an  inflation 
of  the  upper  story  and  an  arrogant  assumption  of 
infallible  superior^,  that  is  only  equaled  in  the 
theatrical  profession. 


The  Snarl  on  the  Snark 

Jack  London,  snarker  of  the  "Snark," 
Snooped  o'er  the  western  brine — 
An  Anarchist  from  high-brow  mark 
Down  to  the  water-line. 

And  as  he  snaffled  through  the  seas, 
He  snocked  Columbia's  star-stripe  flag 
To  hoist  upon  a  seven-year  breeze 
The  Dynamiters'  bleeding  rag. 

To  snatch  from  slobby  snobby  laws 
The  eaters  of  the  cocoanut. 
The  snarksome  crew  had  set  their  'jaws 
And  studied  snip-snap  phrases.     But — 

When  half  seas  over,  Bertie  Stolz, 
The  Stanford  Stoic  of  the  crew, 
Got  mixed  in  Anarchistic,  shoals, 
And  circumnavigobbed  a  few. 

Then  London  snorted  through  the  Snark: 
The  only  Anarchist  Boss,  he, 
To  be  Sea- wolf  aboard  the  bark, 
And  sneered  like  snicker-snockeree. 

Absurdedly  thus,   Stolz   walked   the   plank 
And  left  the  snaggy,  snuffling  seas 
To  the  indomitable  crank 
Who'd  lured  him  from  a  life  of  ease. 

His  place  a  stronger  comrade  takes: 
Gene  Fenelon  a  tar  would  be : 
Once  pug,  then  prentice  priest,  now  makes 
His  way  from   Carmel-by-the-Sea'. 

'Tis  sad  to  think  how  he  and  Jack 
Will  play  the  free-all-comers  game. 
For  Jack  put  Bertie  out  of  whack : 
But  Fenelon  is  not  the  same. 

This  Gene  can  foist  a  snaggy  fist 
And  send  a  snorter  to  denote 
He  won't  be  kicked  into  the  mist 
To  advertise  Jack  London's  boat. 


"Well,"  said  the  proprietor.  "I  seeyou  have  at 
last  sold  that  ugly  hat  we  expected  to  have  on  our 
hands." 

"Yes,"  replied  the  saleslady,  "I  got  a  middle- 
aged  woman  to  try  it  on  yesterday  and  then  told 
her  that  it  would  not,  of  course,  do  for  her  because 
it  was  intended  for  a  very  young  woman." 


-THE  WASP 


17 


CARL  HAYDEN.  CALVE'S  NEW  TENOR 

'Tis  sad  that  the  Fairmont  Hotel  was  not -more 
susceptible  to  the  literary  and  artistic  charms  of 
the  Sequoia  Club.  The  Sequoians  offered  them- 
selves  as  one  of  the  City's  places  of  interest,  to 
which  even  Society  would  reverently  come  and  gaze 
at.  They  moved  to  the  Xob  Hill  hostelry  just  so 
as  not  to  be  thought  stingy  with  their  intellectual 
wealth,  but  place  it  where  all  might  be  advantaged. 
Instead  of  freely  accepting  the  Club  as  a  classic 
embellishment  to  the  Grecian  architecture,  to  say 
naught  of  offering  a  bonus,  the  Fairmont  in  its 
wild  western  way  demanded  rent:  $200  a  month. 
This  was  too  high,  even  unto  a  Society  for  the 
Preservation  of  Egotism.  Genius  is  not  supposed 
to  be  greased  with  gold.  Manuscript  fiends  and  can- 
vas-carriers never  boast  of  wealth  for  fear  of  losing 
caste  in  Bohemia.  So  how  could  the  Sequoia 
Gigantia  of  western  rhymes  and  vermilions  con- 
tribute the  lurid  lucre  of  mediocrity  and  still  claim 
to  be  ravioli-fed  Bohemians?  To  live  like  genius 
beneath  Phoebus'  gaudy  beams  and  pay  $200  a 
month  on  the  sly  was  too  much  even  for  a  long- 
haired sense  of  humor.  And  when  the  bowl  was 
passed,  every  member  had  an  abnegations  habit  of 
precipitating  a  thirteen-starred  nickle  that  plunked 
into  the  funds  with  a  wild,  discombobulated  jingle 
echoing  from  Parnassus  to  Piedmont  and  thence 
ringing  weirdly  clown  to  the  Stygian  profounds  of 
Baker's  Beach. 

At  the  Del  Monte  Art  Gallery  there  has  been 
generous  welcome  for  any  local  impressionists  who 
came  along  With  a  little  tree,  a  little  fence  and  a 
little  road   with   mauve   indescribabilities  in  the   18 


x  24  distance.  Ii  has  been  whispered  in  the  studios 
that  some  of  the  artists  ha\  e  been  grubstaked  there 
to  the  extent  of  one  roast  and  two  entrees  with  all 
the  black  coffee  they  could  put  down.  Some  enemj 
attempted  to  scandalize  Bohemia  by  starting  the  sin- 
ister rumor  that  Charles  Dickman  flatly  rejected 
such  generosity  and  insisted  on  paying  his  way  like 
a  prosperous  shopkeeper  but  the  libel  was  short 
lived  and  died  the  ignominious  death  it  deserved. 
How  different  at  the  Fairmont!  And  now  the 
Sequoia  Club  lias  trundled  sadly  downhill  and  west- 
ward to  the  Woman's  Exchange  Building,  and  will 
have  to  Hash  up  $100  a  month.  The  Woman's 
Exchange  used  to  have  some  mickle  fine  fancj  w  ork 
in  its  windows.  No  doubt  the  Sequoia  school  of 
color  will  soon  have  an  "influence"  on  layer  cake 
art. 

ENTRE  N(  )L'S. 

Mrs.  Howard  Gould  wants  $4,000,000  in  the  way 
of  alimony.  People  who  drop  out  of  the  Gould 
Family  seem  to  have  an  idea  that  they  ought  to  get 
big  prices   for  so  doing. 

"So  Smithers   is  going  abroad?" 

"Yes." 

"On   the  advice  of  his  doctor?" 

"No.      I  lis   lawyer.'.' 

'     *  *  * 

Old  Gotrox — But  if  my  daughter  marries  you 
will  she  have  all  the  comforts  to  which  she  has 
been  accustomed. 

Young  de  Broque — Well,  it  will  be  your  fault  if 
she  hasn't. 


THE  PERENNIAL  LILLIAN 


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The  late  W.  H.  Mills  was  a  man  of  wonderful 
memory.  All  the  books  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
were  burned  ill  the  fire,  and  so  all  the  railroad  peo- 
ple had  to  rely  on  was  Mr.  Mills'  memory  and  it 
was  very  fortunate  for  the  railroad  that  he  was 
spared  a  year,  for  he  in  that  time  was  able  to 
straighten  out  the  affairs  of  the  land  office  to  a 
great  extent.  Mr.  Mills  was  the  son  of  a  Methodist 
clergyman,  and  was  one  of  the  best  talkers  in  town. 
He  left  a  fortune  of  good  size  to  his  widow  and 
daughters,  Ardella  and  Bessie  Mills,  and  much  of 
it  was  invested  in  real  estate. 

Mr.  Mills  never  lost  his  love  for  journalism  and 
had  the  notion  that  when  he  retired  from  the 
railroad  service  he  would  run  a  weekly  newspaper 
of  independent  character.  Like  nearly  every  man 
who  leads  a  bustling  life,  he  died  in  harness.  That 
notion  so  dear  to  all  very  busy  men,  that  some  day 
in  the  distant  future  they  will  drop  the  carking 
cares  of  money-making  and  spend  their  declining 
days  under  the  peaceful  shade  of  their  vines  and 
fig  trees,  is  one  of  'the  last  illusions  of  life. 
Nature  seems  to  give  it  to  people  to  buoy  them 
up  when  all  the  other  illusions  have  gone  and  a 
man  feels  like  the  boy  who  has  been  to  the  circus. 
He  has  seen  it  all.  The  rule  of  life  with  business 
men  is  that  they  work  to  the  last  week.  Some  fine 
day  they  get  a  pain  and  go  to  bed  and  a  few  days 
after  the  "city  reads  a  glowing  account  of  their 
talents  and  good  deeds  and  a  brief  notice  that  the 
distinguished  dead  will  be  interred  next  day. 
Please  omit  flowers.  Such  is  one  very  common 
phase  of  life  in  America  and  many  sane  men  are 
coming  to  the  conclusion  that  it  can  be  improved 
by  a  less  strenuous  chase  of  the  almighty  dollar. 

Mr.  Mills  was. a  man  of  great  natural  talent  and 
was  highly  regarded  by  Collis  P.  Huntington. 
When  that  eminent  railroad  magnate  died,  and  the 
Harriman  interests  became  paramount  Mr.  Mills 
lost  much  of  his  influence  and  importance  in  the 
great  railroad  corporations  with  which  he  had  been 
so  long  associated. 

During  the  reign  of  Senator  Stanford  it  was  part 
of  the  policy  of  the  Central  and  Southern  Pacific 
to  maintain  a  great  political  bureau.  It  retained 
eminent  lawyers  all  over  the  State  and  every  editor 
who  was  not  unfriendly  to  the  corporations  got 
an  annual  pass;  and  more  or  less  railroad  adver- 
tising. All  this  cost  money  but  it  made  Stanford 
so  omnipotent  that  in  the  very  year  when  the  anti- 
railroad  forces  had  organized  to  their  full  strength  to 
crush  him  he  went  to  Sacramento  and  had  himself 
elected  United  States  Senator.  The  anti-railroad 
forces  scattered  like  chaff  before  a  gale. 

When  Huntington  came  into  supreme  command 
he  issued  the  proclamation  that  his  corporations 
should  be  run  as  business  enterprises  and  not 
political    machines.      Times   had    changed    and    the 


necessity  for  such  political  activity  had  passed  and 
so  all  the  retained  lawyers  of  eminence  and  a  host 
of  other  persons  of  alleged  influence  in  moulding 
public  opinion,  or  manipulating  the  political  ma- 
chinery, were  dropped  from  the  railroad  payrolls. 
It  made  a  very  respectable  saving  in  the  annual 
expense  account,  but  it  did  not  put  the  railroad  out 
of  politics.  In  fact  a  railroad  can  never  get  out 
of  politics  under  our  system  of  government.  To 
do  so  would  be  to  invite  all  the  blackmailing  poli- 
ticians in  the  land  to  fasten  their  fangs  in  it. 

W.  H.  Mills  handled  one  end  of  the  political 
bureau  of  the  railroad  in  its  closing  days.  When 
the  labors  of  that  concern  grew  small  he  was  de- 
tailed to  give  his  talents  to  the  land  department, 
but  that  branch  of  the  corporation  is  also  of  less 
importance  than  it  was  formerly.  Most  of  the 
land  has  been  sold.  So  in  his  last  years  of  service 
Mr.  Mills  found  his  duties  by  no  means  arduous. 
He  made  many  warm  friends  by  whom  his  death 
was  regretted  most  sincerely. 


Before  The  Wasp  appears  next  week  again  the  read- 
ing public  of  America  will  have  learned  that  all  this 
journal  has  said  about  the  Moyer  and  Haywood  com- 
bination of  murderers  was  true.  It  was  almost  as  un- 
American  and  lawless  a  gang  as  that  which  is  now 
trying  to  dynamite  street  cars,  kill  strike  breakers  and 
intimidate  women  in  the  streets  of  San. Francisco.  The 
assessment  levied  on  organized  labor  to  keep  Moyer 
and  Haywood  from  the  gallows  was  not  as  large  per 
capita  as  that  which  the  local  unions  are  now  paying 
to  keep  Cornelius  and  his  gang  in  power  so  that  they 
may  continue  to  hold  fat  offices  in  the  City  Hall.  I 
learn  that  some  of  the  local  unions  have  assessed  their 
members  ten  per  cent  of  their  weekly  wages  for  the 
benefit  of  Cornelius'  carmen.  It  would  be  interesting 
to  know  who  handles  that  large  fund  and  keeps  ac- 
counts to  see  that  it  all  reaches  the  strikers. 


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The  fellows  who  broke  into  Supervisor  Pat  Mc- 
Gushin's  saloon  and  walked  off  with  the  contents 
of  the  cash-drawer,  leaving  a  note  that  they  were 
tax-payers  and  had  taken  only  their  share  of  what 
Mc(  iushin  had  grafted,  had  at  least  the  saving  grace 
of  humor.  No  one  can  feel  much  respect  for  the 
rights  of  property  of  men  who  acquire  their  wealth 
as  the  Supervisors  confessed  they  got  theirs.  I'll 
admit  that  when  1  see  Boxton  sailing  by  in  his 
automobile,  or  Gallagher  dashing  on  in  his,  or 
some  Others  of  them  standing  fat  and  contented  in 
front  of  their  ginmills  I  can  realize  why  so  many 
respectable  citizens  feel  like  joining  a  mob  to  tar 
and  feather  the  rascals. 


Since  the  Supervisors  confessed  that  they  are 
felons  we  hear  less  of  them  as  popular  labor  leaders. 
Supervisor  Mike  Coffey,  for  instance,  who  boodled 
about  $14,500  that  we  know  of  and  heaven  knows 
how  many  nickels  we  haven't  heard  of,  was  the 
high  rockroller  of  that  hackman's  union  which 
-•topped  a  funeral,  by  order  of  the  Honorable  Mick, 
because  the  "organization"  had  a  row  with  the 
undertaker.  Every  decent  newspaper  in  Christen- 
dom denounced  the  infamous  proceeding  as  the 
acme  of  barbarity.  Yet  Mickey  has  lawful  right 
to  the  title  of  "Honorable."  He  not  only  disgraces 
the  municipal  legislature  of  San  Francisco,  but  dis- 
graced the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  California. 
And  yet  though  we  elect  such  thinly  veneered  bar- 
barians and  undisguised  ignoramuses  as  our  law- 
makers we  call  ourselves  a  highly  civilized  and  in- 
telligent nation. 


Admirers  of  Edgar  Allen  Poe,  who  perspired 
fearfully  lest  his  name  be  unveiled  in  New  York's 
Hall  of  Fame,  might  have  retained  the  dreadful 
drops  to  sweat  them  in  another  cause.  There  is  no 
danger  that  ignorance  will  have  its  rhomboid  brow 
reshaped  for  some  time  to  come.  Until  such 
hypothetical  change,  Poe's  fame  will  not  bear  the 
O.  K.  of  Chancellor  McCracken.  He  will  not  be 
represented  among  Helen  Gould's  Collection  of 
Doorplates  from  the  sands  of  Time,  alongside  the 
names  of  Mary  Willard,  Emma  Lyon  and  Mary 
Mitchell,  three  of  the  latest  "Great  Americans."  We 
were  taking  the  rest  cure  at  the  time  these  ladies 
did  the  equestrian  somersault  through  the  blazing 
hoops  of  greatness,  and  did  not  get  the  full  particu- 
lars of  their  achievement.  Of  Poe's  full  particulars, 
most  of  us  are  familiar,  through  his  libelers.  That 
Poe  was  too  frequently  full  of  them  is  ascribed 
as  the  cause  of  his  nontableture  before  the  eyes 
of  the  second-class  tourists  who  go  to  New  York 
City  to  say  Gosh ! — and  bridal  couples  who  do  not 
like  to  stay  in  the  hotel  all  day.  The  blue-nosed 
teetotalers  who  vote  on  Great  Americans  have 
gotten  into  their  highmuckamuck-raking  brains  that 
it  is  "good"  Americans  who  should  be  given  the 
show ;  so  along  with  Mesdames  Willard,  Lyon  and 
Mitchell,  they  elected  Alexander  Hamilton,  the 
four-percenters  saint,  who  came  within  a  slice  of 
putting  a  crown  on  Uncle  Sam  ;  John  Paul  Jones, 


whom  we  have  forgiven  because  he  was  a  hero, 
though  the  Law  of  Nations  now  calls  him  a  pirate; 
Louis  Agassiz,  who  made  Nature  famous;  James 
Madison  and  John  Quincy  Adams,  who  loom  up 
more  prominently  in  the  more  exclusive  Hall  of 
Fame,  Our  Presidents;  William  T.  Sherman,  who 
pillaged  a  land  occupied  by  women  and  children, 
and  was  sincere  enough  to  admit  it  was  "Hell"; 
John  Greenleaf  Whittier  and  James  Russell  Lowell, 
who  entered  American  Literary  History  when  there 
was  room  to  spare,  and  are  there  yet  because  they 
work  in  well  with  Grammar  School  curriculums. 
and  have  been  there  so  long  that  no  one  has  the 
heart  to  put  them  out. 

It  seems,  however,  that  the  Hall  of  Fame  was 
erected  at  the  instigation  of  a  number  of  prominent 
families  to  boost  their  own  kin,  and  who  juggled 
in  a  number  of  big  names  to  play  the  thing  up. 
a  hackneyed  advertising  dodge. 

"The  Vagabond,"  that  globe-trotting  magazine 
with  its  present  number  issued  in  this  City,  greets 
San  Francisco  with  a  loud-laughed  editorial  against 
the  Native  Son.  The  writer  says  he  once  thought 
that  Californians  assisted  at  the  accouchments  of 
day  and  night  out  here,  and  that  the  N.  S.  G.  W., 
on  country  road  and  city  thoroughfare,  were  by 
some-handed  sign  distinguishable  from  the  rest  of 
mankind.  But  now  he  furthers  the  statement  that 
the  life  of  the  Native  Son,  "from  the  obstetrical 
moment,"  is  one  of  piffle. 


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The  wind  has  been  taken  completely  out  of  the 
Democratic  sails  by  Roosevelt's  war  on  the  trusts 
of  capital.  Now  he  seems  to  be  getting  ready  to 
lead  the  attack  on  the  In.bor  trust  and  that  will 
strengthen  the  Republican  side  still  more,  for  the 
nation  is  heartily  sick  of  the  lawlessness  and  ar- 
rogance of  the  unions  and  eager  to  see  them  re- 
strained by  the  strong  arm  of  lawful  authority. 
Taft  is  the  man  of  all  others  to  perform  that  task, 
for  he  has  not  the  slightest  fear  of  the  organized 
labor  vote.  He  has  demonstrated  that  in  several 
ways.  Last  year  he  went  into  Maine  and  opposed 
and  aided  to  defeat  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor  which  was  doing  all  in  its  power  to  prevent 
Congressman  Littlefield  from,  being  elected  because 
he  voted  against  the  infamous  anti-injunction  •bill. 
That  contest  proved  most  conclusively  to  Secretary 
Taft,  if  he  did  not  know  it  already,  that  the  vote  of 
the  American  Federation  in  national  politics  is  any- 
thing but  an  important  factor.  All  told,  the  organiza- 
tion has  not  over  six  hundred  thousand  voters  in  the 
United  States,  and  even  those  cannot  be  controlled  by 
the  leaders.  When  Roosevelt  ran  the  last  time  he  was 
secretly  opposed  by  the  labor  leaders,  because  he 
refused  to  recognize  the  unions  in  government 
work  and  to  ostracize  non-union  men.  Despite  this 
fact  he  got  immense  majorities  in  all  the  strong 
union  towns  including  this  City  where  labor  leaders 
had  been  using  the  vilest  language  about  him  and 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  circulars  had  been  issued 
advising  workingmen  to  vote  against  him. 


The  labor  trust  will  of  course  assume  that  the 
Cartwright  law  does  not  apply  to  it,  but  if  it  does 
not  then  the  law  is  merely  class  legislation  and 
unconstitutional.  It  cannot  punish  capitalists  who 
combine  to  limit  output  and  raise  prices,  and  be 
inoperative  against  labor  trusts  that  prevent  ap- 
prentices from  learning  trades  and  thus  artificially, 
and  to  the  public  injury,  create  a  scarcity  of  labor 
for  their  own  benefit. 

The  fact  that  labor  unions  are  not  incorporated 
will  not  avail  them.  Capitalists,  who  form  trusts 
to  raise  prices,  or  strangle  free  competition  rarely 
if  ever  incorporate,  but  it  has  been  demonstrated, 
clearly,  that  they  are  not  thereby  exempt  from  pun- 
ishment. 


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campaign  against  them  on  that  ground  is  being 
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bricks  or  packing  lumber  for  $2.2>  a  day  and  less, 
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the  skilled  work  and  drawing  the  higher  wages 
These  Foreign  artisans  can  come  here,  and  do  comi 
li  tin-  thousand,  and  get  union  cards  and  go  t" 
work,  but  the  thousands  of  American  boys  that 
are  growing  to  manhood  cannot  freely  enter  the 
trades.  Most  of  the  unions  make  the  limit  on  ap- 
prentices one  to  every  four  journeymen.  In  some 
of  the  building  trade-  in  San  Francisco  an  appren- 
tice has  to  be  the  son  of  a  member  of  the  union; 
otherwise  lie  is  barred  from  learning  those  highl) 
paid  occupations  and  driven  into  the  overcrowded 
field  of  unskilled  labor,  or  the  equally  overcrowded 
occupation  of  clerk. 


This  exclusion  of  American  boys  from  the  trades 
has  been  going  on  for  ten  years  and  we  see  the 
effects  on  all  sides.  The  supply  of  skilled  labor 
ha-  not  increased  in  proportion  to  the  expansion 
of  the  industries  and  of  business  in  general.  The 
development  of  the  nation's  resources  is  thus  re- 
tarded, and  the  labor  trust,  which  has  been  created, 
is  not  content  with  merely  regulating  wages  and  the 
hours  of  work,  but  has  reached  out  to  control  the 
reins  of  public  government  in  San  Francisco  and 
has  succeeded  fully  anil  the  effects  have  been  most 
undesirable.  Lawlessness  has  reached  the  maxi- 
mum and  honesty  in  official  life  the  mini- 
mum. This  is  what  might  have  been  expected,  for 
all  trusts  are  lawless  in  their  operations  and  based 
on  false  and  injurious  principles.  When  they  seize 
the  reins  of  government  they  of  course  become  more 
lawless  and  tyrannical  than  ever. 


Porter  Garnett,  purple-robed  at  Fame's  Corin- 
thian-fronted threshold,  has  lately  been  sipping 
some  of  the  onion  soups  of  literature  and  inditing 
a  series  of  criticisms  upon  a  few  former  friends. 
This  classician,  whose  ipse-dixitisms  were  some- 
what curtailed  on  the  Argonaut  and  San  Francisco 
Mint,  is  now  writing  for  that  organ  of  snow, 
scenery  and  salmon,  the  Pacific  Monthly.  He  has 
been  taking  on  a  deal  of  much-needed  amusement, 
and  is  doubtless  being  paid  for  it  besides.  He  rap- 
iered  the  popular  Jimmy  Hopper,  and  skewered 
Jack  London,  so  joyously  that  one  can  see  the  black 


—From  the  N.  Y.  World 

type  smile  from  margin  to  margin.  After  citing  a 
passage  from  London,  he  savs  it  bears  the  same 
relation  to  literature  as  a  shriek  does  to  singing. 
Garnett's  critical  insight  is  somewhat  on  the  road 
to  Mandalay ;  yet  he  has  the  brains  to  differentiate 
between  a  red  flag  and  a  literary  style. 

'  HARVEY  BROUGHAM. 


The  Plaint  of  a  Roman  Matron 

Caesar  had  come  home  late  from  the  Lupercal, 
after  thrice  refusing  a  kingly  crown. 

"If  that  isn't  just  like  you  !"  exclaimed  Calphurnia, 
bursting  into  tears.  "Think  of  nobody  but  yourself 
— and  the  only  bonnet  I've  got  not  fit  to  be  seen  in, 
and  you  know  it." 

Whereat  Caesar  was  so  cut  up  that  he  went  out 
and  divided  Gaul,  into  three  parts,  just  to  get  even. 


For  Better  or  Worse 

A  lady  who  had  a  perfect  treasure 
of  a  cook  was  horrified  recently  when 
Maggie  came  to  her  saying: 

"Please,  mum,  I'm  givin'  ye  a 
wake's  notice." 

"Why.  Maggie!"  exclaimed  the  lady 
of  the  house,  "this  is  a  surprise! 
Aren't  you  satisfied  here?  Do  you 
hope  to  hetter  yourself?" 

"Well,  no  mum,"  responded  Maggie. 
"  Tis  not  exactly  that.  The  fact  is, 
mum,   I'm   goin'   to  get   married." 


A  SNAPSHOT  AT  WITTER  SPRINCS 
c  of  the  many  pretty  [raps,  whose  owners  are  at  the  popular  resort 


Hadn't  Changed 

He  (after  a  quarrel) — I  was  a  fool 
when   I   married  you. 

She — Yes,  but  I  thought  you  would 
improve. 


STRICTLY  BUSINESS 


Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 


The  business  men  of  San  Francisco  and  taxpayers 
generally,  cannot  protest  too  vigorously  against  the 
appropriation  of  seven  hundred  and  twenty  thous- 
and dollars  for  the  construction  of  a  municipal 
electric  railroad  on  Geary  Street.  It  is  a  vicious  move 
however  viewed.  There  are  many  other  things,  of 
far  more  importance,  to  be  attended  to  at  this  time, 
and  it  is  an  outrage  to  saddle  the  taxpayers  of  this 
city  with  unnecessary  expenses.  With  a  municipal 
railroad  in  existence,  we  shall  be  confronted  con- 
tinually with  the  problem  whether  it  shall  be 
operated  by  any  one  but  union  carmen,  and  the 
existence  of  the '--road  will  serve  to  protract  the 
already  long  drawn  out  conflict  that  has  existed  for 
years  between  labor  and  capital. 

The  last  thing  that  San  Francisco  is  in  a  position 
to  do  is  to  experiment  in  municipal  ownership  and 
provide   a   new   avenue    for   grafting   politicians   to 
.vi-.-t1-...--'*.-  treasurv. 

As  the  presenc  ^Ja  of  se]f  confessed  felons  who 
make  laws  for  the  city  -  -  -^umed  to  do  nothing 
except  with  the  sanction  of  the  wr;ct  Attornev's 
office  it  is  to  be  inferred  that  the  pros*.  lOTS  Q£  t'ne 
grafting  officials  and  alleged  bribers  ha\  C,dorsed 
the  Geary  Street  folly.  This,  is  doubly  regu.,^,^ 
if  true,  for  the  District  Attorney's  office  has  .  ^ 
can  attend  to  in  pressing  the  graft  cases  to  a  prop 
conclusion. 

It  has  already  been  announced  too,  as  an  excuse 
for  Mr.  Spreckles'  refusal  to  cooperate  with  the 
committee  of  seven,  that  he  could  not  extend  his 
influence  beyond  the  prosecution  of  the  graft  cases. 
It  cannot  fail  to  be  said  that  if  the  prosecution  has 
time  to  dabble  in  municipal  ownership  experiments 
it  certainly  should  find  time  to  join  with  a  com- 
mittee of  reputable  citizens  in  the  all  important 
matter  of  reestablishing  law  and  order,  and  thereby 
restoring  normal  business  conditions  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

The  tremendous  effort  put  forth  to  indict  Mr. 
Calhoun  and  other  officials  of  the  United  Railroads 
at  the  moment  when  they  were  engaged  in  a 
desperate  battle  with  the  lawless  element  of  San 
Francisco  for  the  establishment  of  constitutional 
rights,  caused  many  fairminded  people  to  ask 
whether  the  graft  prosecution  was  altogether  im- 
pelled bv  conscientious  considerations  of  the  public 
good.  Indeed  it  was  openly  charged  in  some 
countrv  newspapers  and  other  journals  outside  of 
San  Francisco  that  there  were  selfish  and  sinister 
motives  behind  the  supreme  effort  to  indict  Calhoun 
and  his  fellow  officials.  Those  charges  are  sure  to 
be  reiterated  and  acquire  force  if  it  can  be  shown 
that  the  influence  of  the  District  Attorney's  office 
is  most  improperly  used  to  create  a  municipal  line, 
apparently  for  no  other  purpose  than  to  prove  that 


the  United  Railroads  could  have  built  a  conduit 
system  instead  of  a  trolley  line.  There  can  be  no 
more  reasonable  explanation  of  this  indefensible 
scheme  to  extract  $750,000  from  the  public  treasury 
and  put  it  into  a  railroad  for  which  there  is  no 
urgent  need. 


A  Business  Man's  Views 

Mr.  E.  D.  Dake,  president  of  the  Dake  Adver- 
tising Agency,  Inc.,  with  offices  in  Chicago,  111.. 
Goldfield.  Xev.,  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  is  visiting  San 
Francisco  after  a  year's  absence  and  will  remain  in 
this  City  until  the  first  part  of  July,  when  he  will 
visit  his  office  at  Los  Angeles  for  an  extended 
visit.  He  "will  then  return  to  Chicago  and  conduct 
the  Eastern  end  of  the  agency  from  that  city. 

He  has  noted  the  many  improvements  in  San 
Francisco  and  thinks  this  will  yet  be  one  of  the 
greatest  cities  in  the  world.     The  number  of  build- 


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-THE  WASP- 


23 


ings  being  erected  in  San  Francisco,  he  says,  shows 
the  confidence  of  its  people  and  that  they  are  de- 
termined to  keep  the  City  in  the  front  ranks  as 
the  gateway  of  the  Pacific  and  the  Orient. 

Mr.  Dake  stopped  over  at  Goldfield,  and  report-. 
that  camp  in  a  flourishing  condition.  It  has  doubled 
its  population  in  a  year.  Mr.  Dake  thinks  the 
world  will  be  astonished  in  a  short  time  at  what 
Goldfield  will  accomplish  with  its  mines,  as  they 
have   barely   scratched    the   surface. 

The  I  lake  Advertising  Agency  will  have  offices 
in  Xew  York  City,  Atlanta.  Ga.,  and  Seattle,  Wash., 
in  the  near  future  and  with  offices  now  in  San 
Francisco  and  Los  Angeles,  Cal..  Goldfield.  Xew. 
and  Chicago,  111.,  will  operate  in  seven  cities. 


OF  SOCIAL  INTEREST 

As  the  time  for  Miss  Mabel  Watkins'  wedding 
day  draws  near,  June  11th,  all  her  friends  are  rush- 
ing entertainments  for  this  popular  girl.  Mrs. 
Starr  Keeler's  picnic  recently  was  a  brilliant  suc- 
cess. Mrs.  Hickman  of  Sausalito  gave  a  large  and 
elaborate  dinner  this  week.  Mrs.  Beatty  gave  a 
stocking  shower.  Mrs.  E.  Miller  a  tea  on  Thurs- 
dav.  at  which  all  Sausalito's  smart  set  and  many 
from  Ross  Valley  and  San  Rafael  were  guests. 
Tonight  the  subscription  dinner  takes  place  in 
Sausalito,  given  by  sixteen  maids  and  young  mat- 
rons, and  a  jolly  time  is  expected.  Miss  Watkins 
will  make  a  stunning  bride,  and  with  Capt.  Wolff's 
Bother  officers  attending,  brass  buttons  will  plat- 
an important  part  in  this  wedding,  within  the  hand- 
some home  of  the  bride. 

Miss  Ethel  Melone  has  returned  to  her  country 
home  in  Napa,  after  a  brief  visit  to  friends  in  this 
city. 

Among  the  many  prominent  people  leaving  for 
Blythedale  early  in  July  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Sherwood,  who  will  pass  the  entire  Summer  there. 

Miss  Tay  has  returned  to  San  Francisco  after  an 
enjoyable  visit  to  her  sister  Mrs.  Peter  Fletcher  of 
New  York. 

Mrs.  Silas  Palmer  will  spend  the  Summer  in  the 
East,  visiting  all  the  prominent  watering  places 
along  the  Atlantic  Coast;  thus  another  pretty  Menlo 
Park  residence  will  be  closed.  Mrs.  Palmer  was 
attractive  Olive  Holbrook  previous  to  her  marriage. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Hallie  Kemble,  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  B.  Kemble  of  Berkeley 
and  Lieut.  John  Kelso,  U.  S.  A.,  will  take  place  in 
Portland  early  in  June.  Miss  Kemble  left  for  the 
North  early  in  the  week,  accompanied  by  her  sister 
Miss  Margaret  Kemble  and  Miss  Alice  Eccles  of 
Oakland.  Lieut  Kelso  belongs  to  a  well  known 
Southern  family  and  is  a  favorite  in  social  circles 
h.re. 

Winsome  little  Miss  Lucy  Mighell  became  the 
bride  of  Thomas  J.  Churchill  on  Saturday  last  at 
the  residence  of  her  grand  mother  Mrs.  Kashow  on 
California  Street.  Kashow's  Island  near  Tiburon  is 
called  after  the  bride's  grandfather. 


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24 


-THE  WASP- 


An   Idealist's   Memorial   Day 

I'd  like  to  place  some  roses 

Above  the  buried  noses 

Where  Boodle  lies  and  Graft  can't  rise 

And  Bribery  reposes. 

And  fire  off  minute  guns, 
And  spout  a  few  bad  puns. 
Above  the  Lid  where  Crime  is  hid 
And  every  passer  shuns. 

Wreaths  I  would  gladly  glean. 
And  hurl  them  o'er  the  scene. 
While  sing  quartets,  to  Crooked  Sets. 
"The  Silent  Tents  of  Green." 

And  let  the  brass  band  play 
Hilariously  gay 

Above  the  portion  where  extortion 
Lies  underneath  the  hay. 

The  troops  and  badged  committees 
Should  march  with  ragtime  ditties, 
While  cobble-throwers  tend  the  blowers 
In  Satan's  Seven  Cities. 

O  what  joy  I'd  avouch 

Above  the  grave  of  Grouch, 

And  hear  the  throngs  of  Civic  Wrongs 

Turn  over  and  say  "Ouch  !" 

Could  such  be?     Who  can  say? — 

That  grand  Memorial  Day. 

When  Right  and  Might,  o'er  Bloated' Blight, 

Their  mockine  tributes  lav. 


Reminded   Her 

"This  is  certainly  grand,"  said  the  very  young 
man  at  the  foot  ball  game. 

"Yes,  perfectly  splendid,"  rejoined  his  fair  com- 
panion. "It  reminds  me  of  the  rush  at  a  bargain 
counter." 


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"STOVEL  BUILDING" 

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PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Stock  Exchange 

Goldfield,  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 
Write  for  Market  Letter. 

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BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE.  Pres. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Any. 

WM.  CORB1N.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

OFFICES -COR.  CHURCH   AND   MARKET  STREETS 
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Member  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Mining  Stocks  a  Specially 


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Western  Union 
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-THE  WASP- 


25 


Wednesday:  <  >li  dear  me!  Such  ridiculous 
things  as  some  women  do.  Mrs.  Gabbe  was  telling 
me  today  about  Miss  Peachem's  foot.  She  is  very 
proud  of  her  feet  and  is  always  meeting  with 
accidents  that  compel  her  to  exhibit  her  bare 
trilbys  to  her  friends.  The  other  day  she  was  get- 
ting off  a  Sutter  Street  car  in  a  hurry  for  fear  some 
Union  Striker  might  shout  at  her  and  she  hurt  her 
instep.  <  If  course  site  must  have  young  Doctor 
Pilbox  in  to  attend  her.  Oh  My!  Such  doings  as 
Mrs.  Gayley  would  say.  She  steamed  her  injured 
foot  half  a  dozen  times,  and  massaged  it  with  cold 
cream  and  had  it  all  powdered  most  beautifully  and 
li  ii  >king  like  a  piece  of  alabaster  on  a  lovely  satin 
cushion  when  the  doctor  called. 

"Isn't  it  most  dreadfully  swollen,  Doctor?"  said 
the  patient  in  her  most  gurgley  gurgle  tones. 

"I  can't  tell  unless  f  compare  it  with  the  other 
foot,  please  take  off  your  other  stocking"  said  the 
Doctor. 

"Oh  goodness!  She  hadn't  changed  her  hosiery  in 
I  don't  know  how  long,  for  she's  the  most  untidy 
thing  you  ever  saw. 

Serves  her  right.  I  detest  those  terribly  affected 
girls  that  are  always  posing  for  the  male  sex.  Its 
that  kind  of  thing  that  makes  the  brutes  so  con- 
ceited. They  think  every  woman  is  crazy  about 
them. 

Oh  Gracious !  Such  a  fright  as  I  got  on  the 
Sausalito  boat.  My  new  glasses  make  me  very 
near-sighted  and,  I  bowed  to  a  man  I  thought  was 
Deacon  Goodkind.  Mercy!  It  wasn't  him  at  all. 
The  man  came  right  over  and  sat  down  beside  me 
and  commenced  to  talk  as  if  he'd  known  me  for 
years.  I  was  just  frightened  to  death.  I  don't 
know  what  I'd  have  done  if  Mrs.  Gayley  hadn't 
come  along  at  the  moment  and  spoken  to  him. 

"My,"  said  she,  "what  a  heart-smasher  you  are. 
You  can't  let  even  Miss  Twiggs  escape.  Wait  till 
1 1  see  your  wife  and  tell  her  about  this." 

After  the  man  sneaked  off  Mrs.  Gayley  told  me 
that  he  is  noted  on  the  Sausalito  boats  for  his  ad- 
miration of  the  fair  sex.  Nothing  with  a  petticoat 
and  hat  on  it  escapes  his  eye.     He  is  as  vigilant  as 


a  hungry  seagull  I.  "'king  for  ii-  breakfast,  and  if 
an\  woman  looks  at  him  he  talks  to  her  if  he  gets 
half  a  chance. 

Mrs.  Gayley  says  that  one  of  the  mosl  sedate 
and  conventional  matrons  in  San  Rafael  nodded  to 
him  one  day  in  mistake,  for  she  too  is  very  near- 
sighted. What  do  you  think?  The  man  had  the 
audacity  to  ask  her  to  go  to  lunch  with  him.  Oh 
my!  When  he  found  out  who  she  was  and  that 
her  husband  knew  him  well  he  took  a  riving  trip 
to  the  springs  for  two  weeks.  And  to  think  that 
this  reprobate  is  married!  My!  Wasn't  I  lucky 
that  I  never  accepted  any  of  the  hundreds  of  offers 
of  marriage  I've  had.     Xo  man  is  to  be  trusted. 

TABITHA  TWIGGS. 


"Mos 
lake." 
"She' 
"Yes, 
a  very 
invited 
refused 
tongue 
On  the 
again  s 
him." 


t  diplomatic  girl  I  ever  saw,  that  Miss  F.ast- 

s  engaged  to  young  Horrocks,  isn't  she?" 
and  do  you  know  how  she  caught  him  ?  He's 
frugal  sort  of  chap,  you  know.  Well,  he 
her  out  to  dinner  one  evening,  and  she 
to  let  him  order  anything  more  than  a 
sandwich  and  a  glass  of  ice  water  for  her. 
spur  of  the  moment  he  asked  her  to  go 
ome  time,   and   before   he   knew  it   she  had 


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Myer — "Did  you  ever  happen  to  know  a  woman 
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Gyer — "Only  one." 
Myer — "And  who  was  she?" 
Gyer — "A  dressmaker." 


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Moment 

Grand  Opening  of  the  Casino  and 
Bathing  Pavilion  announced  later 

HOTEL  RAFAEL 

San  Rafael,  Cal. 

OPEN   ALL  THE  YEAR  ROUND 
SO  Minutes  from  San   Francisco 


The  only  first-class  hole!  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  city.     American  and   European   plan. 

F.  N.  ORPIN,  Lessee  and  Manager 


till 

is 


TME  WASP  - 


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Automobile  News 

The  fastest  schedule  of  any  touring  contest  ever 
held  in  this  country  obtained  in  the  Harrisburg 
Endurance  \<un.  on  May  6th  and  7th.  Every  adjust- 
ment or  replacement  was  a  loss  of  credit,  judges 
occupying  places  on  every  car.  Besides  this,  there 
were  penalties  for  being  late  at  controls.  In  the 
second  day  of  the  run,  weather  conditions  and 
bad  roads  were  such  that  less  than  one-half  of 
the  thirty-one  contestants  finished  before  the  con- 
trols closed.  The  Model  G.  30-horse-power  White 
Steamer  went  through  the  run  without  the  slightest 
sign  of  distress,  making  a  perfect  run.  The  work 
of  Walter  C.  White,  who  drove  the  car,  was  espe- 
cially noted  as  being  within  both  the  letter  and 
spirit  of  the  rules. 

The  Winton  factory,  at  Cleveland,  is  nearing 
completion  a  line  of  coupes  designed  especially  for 
physicians.  The  body  is  modeled  after  the  coupe 
that  Mr.  Winton  had  made  for  his  private  use  and 
has  been  driving  for  more  than  a  year.  The  fullest 
protection  from  the  weather  is  assured,  as  the 
body  encloses  steering-wheel,  the  dash  and  its 
equipments  and  the  seats. 

The  following  telegram  has  just  been  received 
from  the  Olds  Motor  Works.  Lansing,  Michigan, 
dated  June  3,  1907,  by  the  Pioneer  Automobile 
Company  of  this  City  : 

"Oldsmobile  wins  more  records  in  one  day  than 
any  car  on  record.  Touring  cars  broke  world's 
record  hundred  miles.  Model  H  won  fifty-mile 
race  Readville,  Mass.  Perfect  score  three  days' 
reliability  run  at  Xewark.  Second  and  third  places 
Washington  hundred-mile  race.  Best  time  Kansas 
City  hill  climb.  Winners  at  Bridgeport  and 
Wilkesbarre.  Largest  reunion  of  automobiles  ever 
held  in  New  York.  Two  hundred  Oldsmobiles,  all 
makes,  in  line.  President  Roosevelt  rides  in  Olds- 
mobile  at  Lansing,  Friday." 

A  congenial  party  composed  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Robert  L.  Coleman  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Tubbs 
are  touring  through  Southern  California  in  an  auto. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  trips  that  has  been 
made  this  season  was  taken  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  R. 
Finletter,  B.  Latham  and  L.  E.  Thompson.  The 
party  came  up  from  Los  Angeles  in  a  Thomas 
Flyer  by  easy  stages.  They  halted  at  the  prominent 
points  all  the  way  up  the  coast  roads  and  went 
home  in  the  same  manner.  The  trip  consumed 
about  a  month.  The  car  is  the  one  that  holds  the 
world's  record  for  25  miles  made  on  May  12th.  on 
the  Agricultural  Park  track,  Los  Angeles,  with  four 
passengers  aboard.  Time  30  1-5  minutes.  The  car 
also  captured  the  mile  record  for  stock  cars  fully  . 
equipped  and  carrying  four  passengers.  The  rec- 
ord was  made  on  the  same  track  on  May  5th.  Mr. 
Latham  drove  the  car  in  both  of  the  races.    ' 


TAHOE  TAVERN 


MRS.    ALICE   RICHARDSON.      Man.jer 


TAHOE,  CAL. 


Just   the  place   for   a   few   days  rest   and   recreation 


WEATHER  DELIGHTFUL 
FISHING  EXCELLENT 





Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acorn modations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Ttburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOODES 

Via  Kelseyvillc  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co.,  Cat. 


Witter  Medical  Springs 


Lake  County 


Witter  Springs  Hotel  was  built  and 
and  equipped  to  please  the  really 
critical.  Cuisine  and  service  un- 
excelled. Table  loaded  with  all  the 
delicacies  of  the  season,  supplied  from  our  1400  acre  ranch.  See 
Sunrise  Peak,  Clear  Lake,  Blue  Lakes,  Horseshoe  Bend  and  numerous 
other  places  of  interest.  Most  magnificient  variation  of  scenery  in  the 
world.  Tennis,  fishing,  good  saddle  horses,  bowling  and  other  amuse- 
ments. Automobile  headquarters  for  Lake  Co:  Under  the  management 
of  Albert  J.  A-rroll,  formerly  of  the  New  Willard,  Washington  and  the 
Seelbach,  Louisville.  Rates  $14.00  per  week  upward.  Call  or  write 
for  booklet  and  general  information.     Main  office,  647  Nan  Ness  Ave. 

Witter  Water  Cures  Stomach  Trouble 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS 


Send  your  family  to  the  nearest  Hot  Sulphur  Springs  to  San  Francisco. 
First-class  accommodations.  Special  rates  to  families.  No  staging. 
Four  trains  daily.  Fare  round  trip  $1.65.  Tiburon  ferry  or  Oakland; 
two  hours'  ride.  Address  THEODOR  RICHARDS,  Agua  Caliente, 
Sonoma  County,  California. 


Howard  Springs 

Lake  County,  Cal. 


by  any  physician  who  has  ever  visited  the  place 

sport,  42  Mineral  Springs,  Hot  Sulphur  and  Ire 

Tub  Baths.     Address  all  communications  to  J.  W.  LAYMANCE,  Proprietor  Howard 

Springs,  Lake  County,  Cal.,  or  905  Broadway,  Oakland,  Cal. 


Season    1907    opens   May    1st. 

The  waters  of  Howard  Springs  will 

cure  any  case  of  Stomach,  Liver  and 

■   Kidney  Trouble.      Recommended 

the  past  20  years.     Every  outdoor 

Plunge  Bath,  Magnesia  and  Borax 


DIRECTORY 


OF  LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES  AND  PROFESSIONAL  PEOPLE 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

BUILDERS'  EXCHANGE,  226  Oak  St., 
S.  F. 

ADVERTISING  AGENCIES. 

BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F. ; 
Phone    Market  2837. 

COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion and  Brady  Sts. 

DAKE  ADV.  AGENCY,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 

FISHER,  L.  P.  ADV.  AGENCY,  836  North 
Point  ST.,  S.  F.  ;  Phone  Franklin  584. 

JOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  2170  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

ANTIQUE  DEALERS. 

THE    LOUIS    XIV.      Curios,    Objects    d'Art, 
Miniatures,    Paints,    Porcelains,   Jewels,    etc., 
C.   V.    Miller,   1117   Post,   near  Van   Ness. 
ARCHITECTS. 

REID  BROS,  Temporary  Offices,  2325 
Gough  ot.,  S.  F. 

THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 

GUMP,  S.  &  G.,  1645  California  St.,  S.  F. 

SCHUSSLER  BROS.,  1218  Sutter  St. 
ATTORNEYS, 

DORN,  DORN  &  SAVAGE,  717  Van  Ness 
Ave. 

DINKELSPIEL,  HENRY  G.  W„  1265  Ellis 
St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 

HEWLETT,  BANCROFT  AND  BALLAN- 
TINE,  Monadnock  Bldg.;  Phone  Temp'y 
972. 

EDWARD  B.  YOUNG,  4th  Floor,  Union 
Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temp'y  833. 

GOLDSTONE,  LOUIS,  1012  Fillmore  St. 
Phone  Park  864. 

MAROIS,  T.  M„  1756  Fillmore  St.,  S.  E.  cor. 
Sutter.     Phone  West   1503. 

KING,  CHAS.  TUPPER,  1126  Fillmore  St. 
AUTOMOBILES  AND   SUPPLIES. 

PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  and  I2th  and  Oak  Sts., 
Oakland. 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Market 
and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

AUTO  LIVERY  CO.,  Golden  Gate  and  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  408  Golden  Gate 
Ave.      Phone,   Franklin   655. 

LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.   F. 

MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550  Gol- 
den Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MOBILE  CARRIAGE  CO.,  Golden  Gate 
Ave.  and  Gough  Sts.,  S.  F. 

PACIFIC  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  376  Golden 
Gate  Ave. 

BANKS. 

ANGLO-CALIFORNIA  BANK,  Ltd.,  cor. 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 

CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND 
TRUST  CO.,  cor.  California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 

CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St., 
S.   F. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  Bush  and  San- 
some Sts.,  S.  F. 

FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK,  108  Sutter  St., 
and  Van  Ness  and    Eddy. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY,   526    California   St.,    S.    F. 

HALSEY,  N.  W.  &  CO.,  413  Montgomery 
St.,  S.  F. 


HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, Jones  and  McAllister  Sts.,  S.  F. 

HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  Market 
Street,  opposite  old  Palace  Hotel.  Phone, 
Temp'y  249. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St., 
S.  F. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.   California  and  Montgomery  Sts.,   S.   F. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULT,  Market  and  7th 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 

WELLS  FARuO-NEVADA  NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 

ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 

1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
S.   F.   BREWERIES,  LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 
BROKERS— STOCKS   AND    BONDS. 

MONTAGUE,  PHIL  S.,  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 

Exchange  Bldg. 
ROLLINS,   E.   H.  &  SONS,  804  Kohl  Bldg.; 

Telephone  Temp'y  163;  S.  F. 
ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 
WILSON,  J.    C,   488   California   St.,   S.    F. 
BUILDING  AND   LOAN  ASSOCIATIONS. 

CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND  LOAN 
ASSOCIATION,  Church  and  Market  Sts., 
S.  tf. 

CARDS,   INVITATIONS,   ETC. 

WOOD,    GEO.    M.    &    CO.,    engravers,    1067 

O'Farrell  St.,  above  Van  Ness. 
CARPET    CLEANING. 
SPAULDING,  J.   &  CO.,  911-21   Golden  Gate 

Ave.;  Phone  Park  591. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
HUB,  THE,   Chas.   Keilus  &  Co.,  King  Solo- 
mon Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 

COMMISSION      AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 
JOHNSON     LOCKE     MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO   &   CO.,   INC.,    156   Hansford 

Bldg.,  268  Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  4261. 

CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS. 

FISHER   CONSTRUCTION   CO.,    1414   Post 

St.,  S.   F. 
TROUNSON,    J.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 

Ash  Ave.,  S.  F. 

CROCKERY    AND    GLASSWARE. 
NATHAN    DOHRMAN   CO.,    1520-1550    Van 
Ness  Ave. 

DENTISTS. 
KNOX,  DR.  A.  J.,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 

of   Grant   Bldg. 
TWIST,    DR.   J.    F„    1476    Eddy,    nr.    Fillmore 

St.     Phone  West  5304. 

DESKS   AND    CHAIRS. 
PHOENIX  DESK  &  CHAIR  CO.,  office  fur- 
niture,  1538  Market  St.,  west  of  Van   Ness. 
Phone   Market  2393. 

DRY   GOODS— RETAIL. 

CITY  OF  PARIS,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Wash- 
ington St.,  S.  F. 

WHITE  HOUSE,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Pine 
St.,  S.   F. 


EXPRESS. 
WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO.   EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate    Ave.    and    Franklin    St.,    Ferry    Bldg., 
and  3d  St.  Depot,  S.  F. 

FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
CRESCENT  FEATHER  CO.,  19th  and  Harri- 
son Sts.,  S.  F. 

FIRE  AND   EARTHQUAKE   PHOTOS. 
RUE,  JAMES  O.,   1067  O'Farrell  St.     Phone 
Franklin  2603. 

FRUITS  AND   VEGETABLES. 
OMEY  &  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts., 
S.  F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
CAREW   &   ENGLISH,    1618   Geary   St.,   bet. 
Buchanan    and   Webster   Sts.,   S.    F. ;    Phone 
West  2604. 
PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.    F. ;   Phone  West  770. 

GAS    STOVES, 
S.  F.  GAS   &  ELECTRIC  CO.,  Franklin  and 
Ellis  Sts. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
BULLOCK  &  JONES  COMPANY,  801   Van 

Ness  Ave.,  cor.   Eddy  St.,  S.  F. 
HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    1105-7    Fillmore    St., 
nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave. ;  Phone  West  5678. 
GOLD  AND   SILVER  PLATING. 
BELLIS,    JOHN    O.,    Mfg,    gold    and    silver, 
smith,    1624    California    St.,    nr.    Van    Ness. 
Phone  Franklin  2093. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 
ILS,  JOHN  G.  &  CO.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F. 
MONTAGUE,  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk 
Sts.,  S.  e. 

HARNESS   AND    SADDLERY. 
DAVIS,   W.    &   SON,   2020   Howard   St.,   bet. 

16th  and  17th,  S.  F. 
LEIBOLD      HARNESS     AND     CARRIAGE 
CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 
HOSPITALS   AND    SANITARIUMS. 
KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 
Mgr. ;  262  Devisadero  St.,  S.  F. 
JEWELERS. 
BALDWIN  JcWELRY  CO.,  1521  Sutter  St., 

and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
SHREVE   &  CO.,   cor.   Post   and   Grant   Ave., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 
SCHMIDT,  R.  H.   &  CO.,   1049  Fillmore  St., 
nr.  McAllister  St.     Phone  Park  1209. 
LAUNDRIES. 
LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 
PALACE  HOTEL  LAUNDRY  and  KELLY 
LAUNDRY     CO.,     INC.,     2343     Post    St. 
Phone  West  5854. 

LIFE  INSURANCE. 
HUNTINGDON,    ARTHUR   P.,    925    Golden 
Gate  Ave.     Phone  Park  515. 
LUMBER. 
UNION    LUMBER    CO.,    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
BEKINS'   VAN   AND  STORAGE   CO.,    13th 
and   Mission   Sts.,   S.   F. ;    Phone   Market    13 
and   1015  Broadway,   Oakland. 
ST.  FRANCIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 
COMPANY,    Office    1402    Eddy    St.;    Tel. 
West  2680. 

NOTARIES   PUBLIC. 
DEANE,    JNO.    J.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 
Steiner  Sts.;   Phone  West  7291. 


-THE  WASP- 


29 


141-143    Valencia 


WARE,  JOHN'  H..  307  Monadnock  Bldg.. 
Depositions  carefully  attended  to.  Phone 
Temp'y  972. 

OIL  COMPANIES. 

STERLING  OIL  CO.,  1491  Post  St.,  cor. 
Octavia,  S.   F. 

OPTICIANS. 

MAYERLE,  GEORGE,  German  expert,  1115 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  West  3766. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  OPTICAL  COMPANY. 
"Spences,"  ^27  Van  Ness  Ave.;  "Branch," 
1613   Fillmore. 

STANDARD  OTTICAL  CO.,  808  Van  Ness 
Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PAINTERS   AND    DECORATORS. 

KEEFE.  J.   H.,  820-822   O'Farrell   St.,  S.   F. ; 

Tel.  Franklin  2055. 
TOZF-R.    L.    &    SON    CO.,    INC.,    1527    Pine 

and  2511  Washington   St.,  ne3r  Fillmore. 

PAINTS   AND   OILS. 
BASS-HUETER    PAINT     CO.,    1532   Market 
St. 

PHOTO    ENGRAVERS. 

CAL.    PHOTO    ENG.    CO. 
St. 

PHYSICIANS. 

BOWIE.   DR.    HAMILTON   C.  formerly  293 

Geary  St.,  Paul   Bldg.,  now  14th  and  Church 

Sts. 
BRYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R.,    1944    Fillmore 

St.,  cor.  Pine;  Tel.  West  5657. 
D'EVELYN,     DR.     FREDERICK    W.,   2115 

California  St.,  S.  F.,  and  2103  Clinton  Ave., 

Alameda. 

THORNE,  DR.  W.  S.,  1434  Post  St.,  S.  F. 

POTTS,  DR.  JOHN  S.,  1476  Eddy  St.  Phone 
West  1073.  Residence,  Hotel  Congress, 
Ellis  and  Fillmore.     Phone  West  4224. 

PIANOS— MANUFACTURERS     AND 
DEALERS. 

BALDWIN,  D.  H.  &  CO.,  2512  Sacramento 
St.,  and   Van   Ness  at  California. 

REAL    ESTATE. 

HICKS  &  MACK.  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance, 2091  Fillmore  St.  Phone  West 
7287. 

C.  R.  WILCOX  &  CO..  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance. 837  Golden  Gate  Avenue.  Phone, 
Fell   1558. 

RESTAURANTS. 

MORAGHAN,  M.  B.,  OYSTER  CO.,  1212 
Golden   Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

OLD  POODLE  DOG,  824  Eddy  St.,  near 
Van   Ness  Ave. 

ST.  GERMAIN  RESTAURANT,  497  Golden 
Gate  Ave.;   Phone  Market  2315. 

SWAIN'S  RESTAURANT,  1111  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

THOMPSON'S,  formerly  Oyster  Loaf,  1727 
O'Farrell  St. 

SAFES    AND    SCALES. 

HERRING-HALL     MARVIN     SAFE 
office     and     salesrooms,     Mission     St., 


Seventh     and     Eighth     Sts. 
1037. 


CO., 
bet. 
Phone    Market 


SEWING  MACHINES. 

WHEELER  &  WILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING MACHINES,  1431  Bush  St.,  cor. 
Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Franklin 
301 ;   formerly   231    Sutter  St. 

DOMESTIC  SEWING  MACHINES,  J.  W. 
Evans,  Agent.  1658  O'Farrell  St.,  nr.  Fill- 
more.    Phone  West  3601. 

STORAGE. 
BEKINS  VAN  &  STORAGE   CO.,   13th   and 

Mission  Sts.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Market  13. 
PIERCE  RUDOLPH   STORAGE   CO.,   Eddy 

and  Fillmore  Sts.;  Tel.  West  828. 

SURGICAL    INSTRUMENTS    AND     HOS- 
PITAL   SUPPLIES. 
WALTERS   &   CO.,  formerly  Shutts,  Walters 
St  Co.,   1608  Steiner  St.,  S.  F. 

TALKING   MACHINES. 
BACIGALUPI,    PETER,    1113-1115    Fillmore 
St.,  S.  F. 


MRS.  FISKE.  IN  THE  NEW  YORK  IDEA,  AT  THE  COLONIAL 


TAILORS. 
LYONS,     CHARLES,     London     Tailor,    1432 
Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 
Broadway,  Oakland. 

REHNSTROM,  C.  H.,  2415 'Fillmore  St.,  for- 
merly Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.  F. 
TENTS  AND  AWNINGS. 

THOMS,     F.,     1209    Mission    St.,    corner    of 
Eighth,  S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 
EAMES    TRICYCLE     CO.,    Invalid     Chairs. 
1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 

WINES    AND    LIQUORS— WHOLESALE. 

BALKE,    ED.   W.,    1498    Eddy   St.,   cor.    Fill- 
more. 

BUTLER,  JOHN   &   SON,   2209   Steiner   St., 
S.  F. 

REYNOLDS,    CHAS.    M.    CO.,    912    Folsom 
.     St.,  S.  F. 

RUSCONI,    FISHER   &   CO..    649   Turk   St., 
S.  F. 

SIEBE      BROS.      &     PLAGEMAN,    419-42* 
Larkin  St. ;  Phone  Franklin  349. 


WENIGER,    P.    J.    &    CO.,    N.    E.    cor.    Van 
Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St. ;  Tel.  Franklin  309. 
309. 

WICHMAN,  LUTGEN  &  CO.,  Harrison  and 
Everett  Sts.,  Alameda,  Cal. ;  Phone  Ala- 
meda  1179. 

WINES   AND    LIQUORS— RETAIL. 

FERGUSON,  T.  M.  CO.,  Market  Street. 
Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 

FISCHER,  E.  R.,  1901  Mission  St.,  cor.  of 
Fifteenth. 

THE  METROPOLE,  John  L.  Herget  and 
Wm.  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 
and  Steiner  Sts. 

TUXEDO,  THE,  Eddie  Graney,  Prop.,  S.  W. 
cor.  Fillmore  and  O'Farrell  Sts. 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 

GOLDEN  GATE  COMPRESSED  YEAST 
CO.,   2401    Fillmore. 

McMAHON,  KEYER  AND  STIEGELER 
BROS.,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 
and  Fillmore. 


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1 

Amusements 

I 

Mrs.  Fiske  will  bring  the  Manhat- 
tan Company  and  her  new  play,  "The 
New  York  Ideal,"  to  the  Colonial  for 
a  week  beginning  next  Monday.  This 
satire  on  Gotham's  fashionable  set 
and  its  divorce  propensities  has  placed 
its  author,  Langdon  Mitchell,  in  the 
front  rank  of  American  dramatists, 
and  added  new  laurels  to  the  many 
Mrs.  Fiske  has  won.  "The  New  York 
Idea"  deals  with  the  manners  and 
customs  of  social  New  York,  at  the 
present  time.  Its  Tour,  acts  all  occur 
in  the  metropolis  and  its  characters 
are  representative  of  New  York's  ex- 
clusive circles.  While  primarily  of  an 
amusing  nature,  tl\e  play  has  for 
foundation  a  serious  thought  and  pur- 
pose. The  heroine,  Cynthia  Karslake, 
played  by  Mrs.  Fiske,  is  the  young 
and  charming  wife  of  an  energetic, 
big-hearted  lawyer.,  whose  racing 
stable  divides  attention  with  his  prac- 
tice. Both  move  in  .a  set  that  gives 
chief  thought  to  the  frivolities  of  life, 


and  Cynthia  shares  her  husband's  en- 
thusiasm for  sport.  For  a  trivial 
cause  he  secures,  as  she  supposes,  a 
divorce,  her  action  being  inspired  in  a 
moment  of  pique.  To  her  a  divorce 
seems  a  natural  enough  proceeding, 
as  she  has  the  light  appreciation  of 
marriage  as  a  permanent  institution 
inspired  by  our  chaotic  divorce  laws. 
The  sincere  love  that  Cynthia  and 
her  husband  have  for  each  other  can 
not  be  stifled,  however,  and  the  de- 
velopments of  the  comedy  bring  it 
to  the  surface.  Constant  meetings  in 
the  small  circle  of  Society  are  un- 
avoidable and  help  in  the  happy  re- 
sult. Cynthia's  own  nature  prevents 
her  at  the  last  moment  from  contract- 
ing a  second  marriage  with  a  middle- 
aged  and  prosy  judge,  and  a 
surprising  discovery,  which  instances 
the  divorce  law  muddle,  reunites  the 
two  leading  characters. 

In  the  supporting  cast  will  be  John 
Mason,  George  Arliss,  Charles  Har- 
bury,  Robert  V.  Ferguson,  Dudley 
Clinton,  Frederick  Kercy,  Dudley 
Digges,  Charles  Terry,  James  Mor- 
ley,  Marrion  Lea,  Ida  Vernon, 
Blanche  Weaver,  Emily  Stevens  and 
Belle  Bolin. 


Word  comes  to  me  from  Portland 
that  in  that  virtuous  metropolis  "Mrs. 
Warren's  Profession"  made  a  greater 
financial  hit  than  did  Henrietta  Cros- 
man  in  her  delightful  "All  of  a  Sudden 
Peggy  "  Rose  Coghlan  is  the  star  of 
the  Shaw  play.  • 

#  *       * 

Marion  Lea,  with  Mrs.  Fiske  this 
season,  paid  her  first  visit  to  San 
Francisco  many  years  ago,  appearing 
at  the  Baldwin  Theater  with  the  Ken- 
dais  in  "The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray", 
"A  Scrap  of  Paper"  and  other  plays. 
I  remember  what  a  charming  impres- 
sion she  made  as  the  innocent  young 
daughter  of  Tanqueray  in  that  once 
so  much  discussed  drama. 

*  *       * 

Viola  Allen  has  all  sorts  of  mem- 
ories of  San  Francisco.  She  was  here 
when  a  little  girl,  and  a  good  many 
years  later  appeared  in  "The  Rivals" 
with  Joe  Jefferson  at  the  Baldwin. 
She  was  a  mere  girl  then  and  her 
Lydia  Languish  did  not  show  any  of 
the  extraordinary  ability  that  was 
afterward  displayed  in  her  work. 
When  Henry  Miller  headed  a  strong 
stock  company  that  played  for  three 
weeks  at  the  Baldwin  some  ten  years 
ago,    Viola    Allen    was    leading    lady, 


ICE  CREAM 

— ^536-8  Fillmore  ST..S.F. 


DR.  H.  J.  STEWART 

Organist  of  5;.  Dominic's  Church  and 
the  Temple  Sherith  Israel 

TEACHER  OF  SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
New  Studio:  2517  California  Street.  Hours,  10 
to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturdays. 


LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 

Church  Choir 

Teacher    of     Voice,     Piano     and     Organ 

San  Francisco  Studio;  1678  Broadway,  Phone 
Franklin  2244. 

Berkeley  Studio;  2401  Channing  Way,  Tues- 
day and  Friday. 


"IS    DOCTOR   BLUFF   IN?" 

Truthful  James;  I  THINK    NOT.     I   seen   him   ten    minutes    ago,  in   the 

CONSTJL.TIN'   ROOM   WITH    SOME    OTHER    DOCS.    AND   HE    WU2   SEVENTY-FIVE   dol- 
LURZ   OUT. 

From  the  N.  Y.  Life, 


To  Cure  all  Skin  Diseases, 

use 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

Oriental   Cream  or  Magic 

Beauttfier 

It  Purines  and  Beautifies  the 

Skin 

For  Sale  by  Druggists 

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RACING 


New  California  Jockey  Club 

Oakland  Race 
Track 


SIX   OR   MORE   RACES   EACH    WEEK    DAY 
Rain  or  Shine 

Races  commence  at   1:40  p.  m.  sharp. 

For  special  trains  stopping  at  the  track  lake  S.  P.  Feny. 
foot  of  Market  street:  leave  at  12:00,  thereafter  every  twenty 
minutes  until  1:40  p.  m.  No  Smoking  in  last  two  cars, 
which  are  reserved  for  ladies  and  their  escorts. 

Reluming  trains  leave  track  after  fifth  and  last  races. 

THOMAS  H.  WILLIAMS.  President. 
PERCY  W.  TREAT,  Secretary. 


The  best  YEAST  for  all 
Kinds   of  Baking 

FRESH  DAILY  AT  YOUR  GROCER 


Thompson's       Formerly 


Oyster  Loaf, 


Now 
Open. 


1727  O'Farrell  St.,  near  Fillmore 
All  night  service  Popular  Prices 


The  only  first-class  up-to-date  and  modern 

Hammam  Baths,  built  especially  for 

the  purpose,  in  the  city. 

Oriental  Turkish  Baths 

Corner  Eddy  and  Lerkln  Sts. 

Cold  water  plunge. 
Room  including  Bath,  $1.00. 
Phone  Franklin  653 
W.  J.  BLUMBERG  &  BRO.,  Props. 


PATRICK  &  CO. 


Rubber   Stamps 


Stencils,  Box  Brands 


playing  in  "The  Councillor's  Wife", 
"Sowing  the  Wind"  and  another  New 
York  success  then  new  to  us.  Miss 
Allen  was  then  headed  to  starship. 
Her  last  appearance  here  was  in  "The 
Palace  of  the  King",  which  was  not  a 
very  strong  dramatic  vehicle.  "Twelfth 
Night"  used  to  be  Marie  Wainwright's 
gavorite  play,  and  Marie  Wainwright 
was  the  most  charming  Viola  that 
ever  let  melancholy  prey  upon  her 
damask  cheek.  Barton  Hill,  veteran 
of  the  old  California  Theater  stock 
company,  was  the  Malovlio  in  the 
Wainwright  production  of  "Twelfth 
Night",  and  I  have  heard  that  he  is 
the  best  exponent  of  the  role  on  two 
continents. 


In  Spite  of  Himself 
One  of  the  justices  of  the  Supreme 
Court  tells  of  a  young  lawyer  in  the 
West    who    was    trying   his    first    case 
before  Justice    Harlan. 

The  youthful  attorney  had  evidently 
conned  his  argument  till  he  knew  it 
by  heart.  Before  he  proceeded  ten 
minutes  with  his  oratorical  effort,  the 
Justice  had  decided  the  case  in  his 
favor  and  had  told  him  so.  Despite 
this,  the  young  lawyer  would  not 
cease.  It  seemed  that  he  had  attained 
such  a  momentum  that  he  could  not 
stop. 

Finally  Justice  Harlan  leaned  for- 
ward, and  in  the  politest  of  tones 
said,  "Mr.  Blank,  notwithstanding 
your  argument,  the  Court  has  con- 
cluded to  decide  this  case  in  your 
favor." 


He  Wanted  Proof  Positive 

A  Scotchman  went  to  London  for 
a  holiday.  Walking  along  one  of 
the  streets  he  noticed  a  bald-headed 
chemist  standing  at  his  shop  door, 
and  inquired  if  he  had  any  hair  re- 
storer. 

"Yes,  sir,"  said  the  chemist,  "step 
inside,  please.  There's  an  article  I 
can  highly  recommend.  Testimonials 
from  great  men  who  have  used  it. 
It  makes  the  hair  grow  in  twenty-four 
hours." 

"Aweel,"  said  the  Scot,  "ye  can 
gie  the  top  o'  your  heid  a  bit  rub 
wi't,  and  I'll  look  back  the  morn 
and  see  if  ye're  tellin'  the  truth." 


1543  Pine  Street 


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Exception 

Mrs.  Knicker — Has  she  clothes  for 
all  climates? 

Mrs.  Bocker — Yes,  except  the  one 
her  husband  mentions  when  he  gets 
the  bill. 


William  Keith 

Studio 

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Cor.   Franklin  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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Office  and  Res.:    2554   California  St. 

San  Francisco 

Hours — 1  to  3  p.  m.  and  7  to  8  p.  m. 

Sundays — By   appointment 

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THOMAS  MORTON  &  SON 

Importer  of  and    C*C\  A  I 
Dealers  in  ^WrtJ-. 

N.  W.  Cor.  Eddy  and  Hyde,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Franklin  397 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-31   Ballery  Slreel,  S.  F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Harrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  1179 

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ASHSHBIITERS 

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To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
color  use  Alfredum's  Egyptian  Henna — 
i  vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
the  effect  is  immediate.  All  druggists 
jell  it.     Langley  &  Michaels  Co.,  agents. 


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Removes  fill  odor  °f  perspiration/     Do- 

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|  mailed  on  receipt  of  25c.    Get  Mcnnen's  (ihe  original).     Sample  Free. 

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SAVAGE  GOLD  AND  SILVER  MINING 
COMPANY. — Location  of  principal  place  of 
business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Location 
of  works,  Virginia  City,  Storey  County, 
Nevada, 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on  the  9th  day  of 
May,  1907,  an  assessment  (No.  8)  of  10  (ten) 
cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately 
in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary, 
at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  116,  339 
Bush  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall 
remain  unpaid  on  the  12th  day  of  June,  1907, 
will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at 
public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  1st  day 
of  July,  1907,  at  1  o'clock  p.  m.,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  cost 
of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

JOHN  W.  TWIGGS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  No.  116,  339  Bush  Street,  San 
Francisco,  California. 


Mark  Twain  and  Sir  Henry 

Mark  Twain  was  telling  stories, 
strangely  enough,  and  some  young 
gentleman — Perkins,  let  us  call  him — 
after  the  manner  of  the  very  young, 
was  trying  to  cap  them,  but  he  always 
began  with  that  mock-modest  pre- 
face: "You  must  have  heard  this  be- 
fore, Mr.  Clemens,''  repeating  the 
phrase  at  intervals  through  his  so- 
called  story.  Finally  Mark  is  said 
to  have  said  this: 

"Perkins,  that's  no  way  to  tell  a 
story.  One  night  I  was  at  supper 
with  Henry  Ifvin',  "and  he  had  the 
same  old  trick  that  you  have,  Per- 
kins— 'You  must  have  heard  this  be- 
fore'— or,  'You  certainly  have  heard 
this.'  He  began  "a  story  this  way,  and 
I  said,  politely,  'No,  Irvin',  I. haven't, 
though  I  didn't  know,  of  course,  what 
his  story  was  about.  After  he  had 
used  this  miserable  phrase  three 
times,  I  said  to  him,  'Irvin',  I  was 
born  and  raised  in  Missouri,  where 
truth  is  at  a  discount  and  courtesy 
is  above  par.  When  a  friend  begins 
a  story  as  you  do  with  'You  must 
have  heard  this  story,'  courtesy  pre- 
vails, and  we  say  no,  no  matter  what 
the  truth  may  be;  and  a  second  time 
we  say  no;  but  when  it  comes,  like 
now,  to  the  third  time,  then  truth 
asserts  herself.  Yes,  Irvin',  I've  heard 
your  old  chestnut  many,  many  times; 
I  invented  it.'  " 


ti 


T0Y0  KISEN 
KAISHA 

(Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 


Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

Room  240  James  Flood  Building 
San  Francisco 

S.  S.  "Hongkong  Maru" 

Friday,  June  28,  1907 

S.  S.  "America  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)        .     . 

Thursday,  July  18,  1907 

S.  S.  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)     .     .     . 
Thursday,  August  15,  1907 


After  Taking 

Magistrate — What!  Do  you  mean 
to  say  your  husband  struck  you,  and 
he    that    physical   wreck? 

Mrs.  Maloney — Yes,  yer  Honor; 
but  he's  only  been  a  physical  wreck 
since  he   struck  me. 


Why   He  Got  Degrees 

Woodrow  Wilson,  president  of 
Princeton,  was  deploring  the  promis- 
cuous giving  of  honorary  degrees. 

"Our  universities  have  learned  of 
late,"  he  said,  "to  distribute  honorary 
degrees  judiciously.      But  in   the  past 

He  smiled. 

"Well,  in  the  past,  I  met  an  uncouth 
person  at  a  dinner,  and,  being  told 
by  an  acquaintance  that  he  had  three 
degrees,  I  asked  why  it  was. 

"  'Well;  said  my  friend,  'the  third 
was  given  him  because  he  had  had 
two,  the  second  because  he  had  one, 
and  the   first   because   he   had  none.'  " 


Steamers  will  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Bran  nan  Sts., 
1  P.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 
lulu, Kobe,  (Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 
necting at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,   India,  etc. 

No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing. 

Round- trip  tickets  at  reduced  rates. 


pply  at 

Y,  Ass 


Building.     W.  H.  AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 


Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

Headquarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 

1113-1115  Fillmore  St.,  San  Francisco 


Albion  Ale  or  Porter 

Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure    Extract    of    Malt   and    Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Laguna 


Dr.  Wong  Him 

1268  O'Farrell  Street 

Permanently    Located 


Herb  Doctor 


AN  EXCELLENT  LETTER 

San  Francisco,  March  17.  1907. 
1  suffered  greatly  from  indigestion.  After  taking 
a  very  few  treatments  with  Dr.  Wong  Him  I  have 
regained  my  appetite  and  can  now  eat  any  kind  of 
food  without  distress.  It  is  with  much  pleasure 
that  I  testify  to  the  skill  of  this  eminent  physician. 
W.  ROGERS,  140  Glen  Ave. 


Volume  LVll-No.  24 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  JUNE  15   1907 


Price  10  cents 


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1 

Plain  English 

I 

By  AMERICUS 

The  astounding  confession  of  Harry  Orchard  has 
convinced  the  American  public  that  the  Western 
Federation  of  Miners  was  appropriately  nicknamed 
when  dubbed  the  "Western  Federation  of  Mur- 
derers." Barbarous  terrorism  was  the  stock  in 
trade  of  the  Federation,  which  was  conducted  on 
lines  somewhat  similar  to  those  that  made  the  Molly 
McGuires  so  infamous  and  sent  their  ringleaders  to 
the  scaffold  and  the  penitentiary. 

Like  the  Molly  McGuires 
The  leaders  of  the  Molly  McGuires  made  use 
of  desperate  criminals  to  do  their  bloody  work,  just 
as  Mover  and  Haywood  retained  Harry  Orchard 
as  the  regular  salaried  assassin  of  the  Western 
Federation  of  Miners.  Membership  in  the  Molly 
McGuires  was  limited  to  members  of  the  Ancient 
Order  of  Hibernians,  and  the  professed  object  of 
the  secret  Society  was  to  advance  the  interests  of 
the  parent  organization.     In  reality  the  professions 


of  religion  were  only  a  cloak  to  conceal  the  bloody 
purposes  of  a  murderous  crew,  which  desired  to 
control  the  labor  situation  in  the  Pennsylvania  coal 
fields  for  their  own  advantage.  Most  of  the  ring- 
leaders were  keepers  of  low  saloons  and  coal  min- 
ers' hotels,  and  their  influence  in  the  secret  society 
of  assassins  helped  them  financially,  though  in  the 
end  it  ruined  or  hanged  all  who  had  not  been  killed 
off  by  their  own  whisky. 

The  Power  of  Outlaws 

The  Western  Federation  of  Miners  might  orig- 
inally have  been  formed  as  a  mere  labor  union,  but 
its  control  passed  into  the  hands  of  outlaws,  who 
by  terrorizing  the  community,  exerted  a  powerful 
influence  on  politics,  and  collected  large  sums  of 
money  for  which  they  were  not  compelled  to  ac- 
count. Amongst  the  eminent  lawyers  they  were 
able  to  retain  to  defend  their  staff  of  dynamiters 
and  cutthroats  was  United  States  Senator  Patter- 
son of  Colorado,  who  is  said  to  have  had  a  retainer 
of  $10,000  a  year.  They  were  powerful  enough  to 
control  the  leading  newspapers  of  Colorado  and 
Idaho  and  even  when  arrested  after  the  murder  of 
Governor  Steunenberg,  the  press  remained  muzzled. 

Muzzling  of  the  Press 

Orchard  confessed  nearly  two  years  ago.  He 
gave  all  the  details  of  the  story  he  has  just  repeated 
in  the  court  at  Boise  City,  but  not  over  six  news- 
papers in  America  dared  to  publish  it.  This  was 
certainly  a  remarkable  tribute  to  the  power  of  or- 
ganized labor  to  throttle  the  newspapers,  for  a  story 
so  sensationally  inhuman  in  its  cold  recital  of 
atrocities  must  have  made  the  fingers  of  manv  a 
yellow  editor  tingle  to  set  his  printers  at  work 
upon  it  in  the  largest  type  in  the  office.  When 
these  purveyors  of  sensationalism  thought  of  the 
thousands  of  readers  that  would  devour  the  printed 
story  of  Orchard's  confession,  they  also  remembered 
that  the  American  Federation  of  Labor  had  drawn 
the  circle  of  its  influence  around  the  band  of  as- 
sassins. 

Halos  on  Murderers'  Heads 

As  soon  as  Mover,  Haywood  and  Pettibone  were 
arrested  the  American  Federation  of  Labor  canon- 


THE  WASP 


ized  them.  They  became  "our  martyred  brothers," 
on  whom  the  lawless  and  inhuman  capitalists  had 
put  up  a  job  to  railroad  them  to  the  gallows. 

Organized  labor  throughout  America  was  as- 
sessed to  support  the  "martyrs"  and  their  families, 
and  provide  the  largest  defense  fund  ever  raised 
in  this  country  to  thwart  the  hangman.  The  halos 
placed  by  Gompers  and  his  confreres  of  the  Ameri- 
can Federation  of  Labor  over  the  red-handed  em- 
ployers of  Harry  Orchard  made  the  yellow  editors 
dumb. 

The  Imperious  Kaiser  Outdone 

If  Gompers  &  Co.  gave  Moyer,  Havwood  and 
Pettibone  certificates  of  character  as  pure  patriots 
and  high-minded  philanthropists  it  would  not  do 
to  tear  away  the  masks  and  show  that  the  prisoners 
were  a  set  of  worthless  scoundrels  whose  trade  was 
graft  and  murder.  Some  readers  with  strong 
union  predelictions  might  get  angry  and  stop  their 
subscriptions.  The  Brotherhood  of  Bottlewashers 
or  the  Mortar-Mixers  Protective  Association  might 
boycott  "the  newspapers  that  printed  Harry  Or- 
cl-ard's  awful  narrative,  and  half  a  dozen  advertise- 
ments of  shopkeepers  that  carry  only  the  union 
label  on  their  goods  might  be  lost. 

So  for  nearly  two  long  years  the  most  sensational 
and  appalling  story  of  barbarous  crimes  that  ever 
amazed  the  American  public  remained  unprinted,  save 
in  about  six  newspapers  of  which  The  Wasp  was  one. 
Over  twenty  months  ago  this  journal  gave  its  readers 
all  the  details  of  Orchard's  confession. 

The  German  Emperor  could  not  have  as  effectually 
stifled  a  sensational  piece  of  news  famous  as  is  the 
autocratic  ruler  for  his  talent  in  silencing  newspapers 
by  the  good  old  feudal  methods  of  suspending 
the  offending  journals  and  chucking  the  contumac- 
ious editors  into  jail. 

Influence  of  a  Lawless  Minority 
It  is  not  an  encouraging  sign  of  the  times  when  the 
American  press  can  be  thus  muzzled  by  a  mere  class 
organization  representing  only  a  very  small  fraction 
of  the  population  numerically,  and  an  infinitesimal 
minority  in  point  of  intelligence,  education  and  patriot- 
ism. 

Gompers  himself  lays  claim  but  to  a  membership  of 
one  million  four  hundred  thousand,  in  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor  and  of  these  a  large  proportion 
are  aliens  as  all  foreign  mechanics  coming  to  the 
United  States  can  get  union  cards,  whereas  American 
boys  are  largly  excluded  from  the  trades.  By  reason 
of  this  limitation  of  apprentices  the  American  Federa- 
tion of  Labor  has  in  effect  become  an  alien  body  ani- 
mated by  alien  views  and  endeavoring  to  engraft  on 
our  American  Government  principles  destructive  to 
our  Republic. 

Matter  for  Good  Americans  to  Consider 
It  is  a  good  thing  that  at  last  the  American  public 
has  been  given  through  the  Moyer  and  Haywood 
murder  case  an  insight  to  the  character  of  the  men  in 
control  of  the  American  Federation  and  the  principles 
governing  that  strictly  class  and  un-American  or- 
ganization. 

For  two  years  the  Federation  has  endeavored  to 
glorify  Moyer  and  Haywood  as  persecuted  patriots, 


when  it  was  well  known  that  more  unprincipled 
villains  never  existed.  Organized  labor  has  been  laid 
under  tribute  to  support  and  protect  the  ruthless 
murderers.  In  effect  every  union  man  who  has  been 
forced  to  contribute  to  the  support  and  defense  of 
those  unspeakable  criminals  has  been  placed  in  the 
same  moral  category  with  them.  The  world  has  been 
called  upon  to  take  notice  that  the  strongest  sympathies 
of  the  "Organized  labor"  in  America  have  been  evoked 
in  behalf  of  barbarity  and  crime. 

Tendencies  are  Lawless 

It  is  in  the  order  of  things  that  as  present  con- 
ducted miners'  unions,  carmen's  unions,  and  organ- 
ized labor  generally  should  pass  into  the  control 
of  lawless  men.  Labor  organizations  and  espe- 
cially those  of  unskilled  workers,  cannot  be  kept 
up  to  an  effective  membership  unless  by  unlawful 
coercion  in  many  ways.  Apprenticeship  is  limited, 
non-unionists  are  intimidated,  boycotts  and  violent 
reprisals  are  resorted  to.  All  this  is  unconstitu- 
tional, but  the  more  lawless  the  government  of 
organizations  like  the  teamsters,  miners,  carmen, 
laborers,  etc.,  the  stronger  they  become.  At  last  the 
control  passes  into  the  hands  of  a  dictatorial  execu- 
tive committee,  or  "inner  circle,"  of  thoroughly 
lawless  men,  who  exercise  power  in  a  most  tyran- 
nical manner.  The  conservative  members  then 
cease  to  have  any  voice  in  the  affairs  of  the  organi- 
zation, just  as  the  more  conservative  carmen  were 
brushed  aside  and  silenced  by  the  violent  element 
in  the  present  strike. 

This  tendency  of  unrestricted  power  to  become 
tyrannical  is  true  of  all  organizations,  whether  of 
the  working  classes  or  the  upper  classes. 

Mankind  has  struggled  against  it  for  ages,  and 
it  is  totally  abhorrent  to  our  present  theory  and 
system  of  government.  The  organized  oppression 
of  the  labor  and  capitalistic  trusts,  under  which 
we  have  suffered  so  much  during  the  last  decade, 
is  a  revival  in  another  form  of  tyrannv.  Such  as 
was  exercised  by  the  feudal  barons,  whose  good, 
old  rule  and  simple  plan  was  that 


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KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 

Fillmore    Street,     near    Sutter,      San    Francisco 


-THE  WASP* 


"He  can  keep  who  Iki-n  the  power 

"And  he  may  take  who  can." 
America  is  not  likely  to  turn  back  the  wheels  of 
progress  to  that  social  condition.  We  are  much 
more  likely  to  enforce  the  magnificent  principle 
laid  down  by  the  founders  of  our  Republic,  that  all 
men  are  born  free  and  equal,  and  being  such  no 
one  posing  as  a  labor  autocrat,  or  capitalistic  mag- 
nate shall  terrorize,  or  rob  with  impunity  the  hum- 
blest citizen  in  our  great  land. 

Governor  Gillett's  Antics 
Another  week  has  gone  by  and  Governor  Gillett 
has  done  nothing  but  indulge  in  useless  talks  with 
business  men,  and  profitless  conferences  with  Mayor 
Schmitz.  The  Governor  certainly  knows  better 
than  to  expect  that  the  indicted'  Mayor,  who  sees 
the  gates  of  the  State  prison  yawning  for  him,  will 
dismiss  the  incompetent  Chief  of  Police  and  the 
partisan  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  who  are  the 
only  props  on  which  he  can  rely.  The  dismissal 
of  Dinan  would  place  that  individual  in  the  same 
category  as  Poheim  and  Reagan,  and  perhaps  con- 
vert him  into  a  useful  witness  for  the  prosecution, 
after  Francis  J.  Heney  had  soused  him  thoroughly 
in  his  immunity  bath-tub. 

Although  Schmitz  has  permitted  the  police  to 
club  the  striking  carmen,  and  intimidate  the  pickets, 
he  has,  nevertheless,  kept  union  labor  presidents 
on  the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners.  If  he  ousted 
those  politicians  and  put  in  their  places  men  who 
would  be  satisfactory  to  Governor  Gillett  and  the 
business  community,  he  would  sever  the  last  link 
that  binds  him  to  the  Union  Labor  party  and  be- 
come politically  friendless  in  his  hour  of  extremity. 

Although  in  a  dire  predicament,  Schmitz  still  en- 
tertains hopes  of  wriggling  out  of  the  grasp  of 
justice,  and  rallying  the  Union  Labor  forces  around 
him  to  once  more  contest  at  the  polls  for  the 
Mayoralty,  which  he  has  so  thoroughly  disgraced. 
This,  of  course,  is  but  a  dream;  yet  to  a  man  in 
the  position  in  which  Schmitz  finds  himself,  even 
dreams  can  afford  some  ray  of  consolation. 

It  is  not  very  likely  then  that  Mayor  Schmitz  will 
commit  hari-kari  by  firing  Dinan  and  his  Union 
Labor  Commissioners  merely  to  please  Mr.  Frank 
J.  Symmes  of  the  Merchants'  Association,  and  'to 
enhance  the  reputation  of  Governor  Gillett,  the  va- 
cillating Executive  of  the  great  State  of  California. 
Governor  Gillett  is  an  old  and  thoroughly  expe- 
rienced politician,  and  nobody  knows  better  that  the 
time  has  been  wasted  in  seeking  such  conferences 
with  Mayor  Schmitz.  There  is  a  much  simpler  way 
for  the  Governor  to  give  the  business  community 
of  San  Francisco  the  relief  which  it  so  earnestly 
desires,  but  that  will  impose  upon  the  Governor 
himself  the  necessity  of  going  to  the  front  and  tak- 
ing all  the  responsibility  of  doing  his  duty.  He 
prefers  to  shirk  his  duty  and  to  shift  the  responsi- 
bility, and  has  already  succeeded  in  making  himself, 
in  the  estimation  of  the  people  of  this  State,  a 
worthy  successor  to  Governor  Pardee,  who  retired 
from  office  with  the  disesteem  of  all  political 
parties. 


Collier's  Weekly  of  Xew  York  calls  attention  to 
what  it  regards  as  an  oversight  in  the  matter  of  not 
"rendering  unto  Caesar"  the  things  that  are  due 
him.  Collier's  believes  that  Mr.  Win.  R.  Hearst 
is  not  given  full  credit  for  the  flock  of  troubles 
that  have  come  to  roost  in  San  Francisco.  This 
is  how  one  observant  and  usually  well-informed 
Xew  York  contemporary  sizes  up  the  situation. 

"San  Francisco  sowed  the  wind,  and  the  fates 
helped  her  to  reap  the  whirlwind.  That  adminis- 
tration which  Hearst  and  Ruef  put  on  her  shoulders 
in  her  careless  years  has  become  an  Old  Man  of 
the  Sea  in  this  time  of  toil.  No  one  who  knows 
her  politics  doubts  that  the  present  s.eries  of  strikes 
is  due  to  Ruef,  Schmitz,  and  their  associates. 
Cornered  and  desperate,  they  are  trying  to  black- 
mail justice  by  tying  up  the  City's  industries  one 
after  another.  Never  was  industrial  hardship  so 
difficult  for  a  city,  but  she  prepared  her  own  trouble. 
In  1901  she  permitted  one  Pierce,  labor  agitator, 
and  one  Hearst,  editor,  to  stir  up  such  a  row  be- 
tween the  capitalist  and  the  laborer  as  few  Amer- 
ican communities  ever  saw.  Ruef,  the  man  of  the 
hour,  discovered  how  to  turn  all  this  to  his  own 
advantage,  and  the  City  was  harpy-ridden  when 
Heaven  sent  her  great  calamity." 

A  Citizens  Alliance  Bulletin 
The  Citizens'  Alliance  has  not  allowed  the  car 
strike  to  pass  without  comment.  Herbert  George, 
who  sends  an  official  "bulletin"  in  the  form  of  a 
circular  letter  every  month  to  the  business  com- 
munity has  the  following  to  say  about  the  relative 
merits  of  Union  Carmen  and  their  "scab"  successors. 
If  you  will  get  on  the  street  cars  today  and  study 
the  faces  of  the  "scabs"  who  are  running  them,  you 
will  discover  that  in  the  large  majority  of  cases, 
they  are  the  faces  of  intelligent  men  and,  if  you 
will  go  a  little  further  in  your  investigations,  you 
will  find  many  of  them  are  young  American  boys 
who  have  been  denied  the  privilege  of  learning  the 
trade  of  their  fathers  through  the  limitation  of 
apprenticeship  rules  that  obtain  in  all  unions  en- 
gaged in  limiting  the  supply  of  skilled  labor  in 
America.  These  young  fellows  are  polite.  They 
help  women  with  their  babies  to  get  on  and  off  the 
car.     They  are  not  coarse,  vulgar  nor  insolent  like 


F.  THOMS,  The  AWNING  MAN 


Canvas  Work.     Repairing.      Canopies  and  Floor  Covers  To  Rent. 

TENTS,  HAMMOCKS  AND  COVERS 

1209    MISSION    ST.  Tel.  Market  2 1 94 


-THE  WASP 


the  men  Cornelius  owns.  These  boys  wear  a  little 
American  flag  on  the  lapel  of  their  coats  instead  of 
a  tax  receipt  pinned  on  their  hat  as  the  teamsters 
are  forced  to  do  when  they  wear  a  monthly  button 
furnished  them  by  their  union  on  the  payment  of 
their  taxes  to  Mr.  Casey  or  Mr.  Cornelius.  Suppose 
business  men  were  forced  to  go  about  the  city  with 
their  tax  receipts  upon  their  hats.  How  long  would 
they  stand  for  it? 

"Contemplate  the  depth  of  the  indignity  that  an 
American  is  forced  to  endure  when  he  is  compelled 
to  wear  a  button  on  his  hat  proclaiming  to  the  public 
that  he  has  paid  taxes  to  his  union  for  the  current 
month.  Compare  the  attitude  of  these  American 
boys,  classed  as  strike-breakers,  who  wear  the  Stars 
and  Stripes  and  stare  death  in  the  face  every  time 
they  go  out  with  a  car  alone  and  unattended.  Com- 
pare the  courage  of  these  boys' who  go  alone  with 
the  mob  courage  of  the  Cornelius  crowd  who  collect 
on  street  corners  and  beat  up  one  man  who  refuses 
to  wear  the  union  button  tax  receipt  upon  his  hat. 
Compare  the  courage  of  these  boys  who  try  to  pro- 
tect your  wives,  daughters  and  sweethearts  from 
foul-mouthed  epithets  hurled  at  them  by  hoodlums 
of  Cornelius'  union.  Make  these  comparisons  and 
you  can  only  arrive  at  the  conclusion  that  the  term 
'scab'  will  come  to  be  an  honored  title  that  free 
born  American  citizens,  exercising  their  right  as 
sv.ch,  will  be  proud  to  wear." 

Insolence  to  Women 

George  is  correct  as  to  the  superiority  of  the 
"scab  carmen,"  both  in  appearance  and  manners. 
A  more  ruffianly  lot  of  scoundrels  than  Cornelius 
is  gathering  in  his  union  were  never  seen 
outside  the  walls  of  a  jail.  Their  dominant  char- 
acteristic was  insolence,  and  they  prefered  to  use 
it  on  the  weak.  They  insulted  respectable  women 
on  every  trip.  A  civil  answer  was  as  unlikely  to 
be  extracted  from  them  as  a  horseshoe  from  an  egg. 

A  Combination  of  Low  Foreigners 

I  happened  to  pass  the  headquarters  of  the  strik- 
ing carmen  the  day  they  received  their  first  allow- 
ance and  were  congregated  on  the  sidewalk.  I  was 
impressed  by  the  fact  that  Cornelius  and  his  co- 
agitators  had  largely  recruited  the  Union  from  the 
very  lowest  and  most  ignorant  of  the  foreign  ele- 
ment. The  Irishmen  were  of  that  small  and  rapidly 
diminishing  class  of  illiterates  that  come  to  Amer- 
ica to  work  on  the  railroads  and  the  streets  and 
who  follow  with  implicit  obedience  the  lead  of 
agitators  like  Mickey  Casey  and  the  Rev.  Peter  C. 
Yorke.  They  no  more  resemble  the  better  class  of 
educated  Irish,  who  are  found  arrayed  for  law  and 
order,  and  prominent  in  the  professions,  than  a 
rotten  potato  does  a  plate  of  ice-cream. 

The  Swedes  and  other  Europeans'  of  Cornelius' 
loyal  legion  of  pickets  were  unmistakably  the  scum 
of  their  nationalities.  So,  too,  the  Americans.  It 
had  plainly  been  the  purpose  of  Cornelius  to  con- 
centrate in  the  Carmen's  Union  the  most  undesir- 
able element  in  the  City,  so  that  the  gang  of  roughs 
and  illiterates  might  become  his  obedient,  tools  to 
perpetuate  his  own  political  power  and  that  of  his 
confederates. 


Suppression  of  the  Decent 
Good,  decent  men  of  course  there  were  in  the 
Carmen's  Union,  foreigners  who  have  in  them  the 
making  of  first-class  citizens,  and  Americans  of  the 
honest,  laboring  class.  These  were  the  men  who 
tried  to  avert  a  strike  and  were  overawed  and 
silenced  by  the  disreputable  turbulent  and  ignorant 
element,  on  whom  Cornelius  relied. 

Besmirched  by  Schmitz  &  Co. 

The  same  tactics  pursued  in  the  Carmen's  Union 
by  the  low  politicians,  who  captured  and  controlled 
it,  were  identical  with  the  policy  of  the  Schmitz 
administration  all  through — put  only  the  most  un- 
worthy on  guard. 

For  the  decent,  intelligent,  law-abiding  working- 
man,  who  loved  his  home  and  his  family  and  de- 
tested the  turbulence  of  ceaseless  strikes  and  politi- 
cal ferment,  Schmitz  and  all  his  henchmen,  from 
Gallagher  to  Cornelius,  have  had  no  use.  Their 
pets  have  been  the  roughs  and  criminals  of  the 
community,  and  the  rougher  and  more  lawless  the 
surer  and  quicker  the  promotion  of  the  favorite  un- 
worthies. 

By  such  a  course  the  Schmitz  administration  has 
brought  discredit  on  the  entire  body  of  union  work- 
ingmen,  and  the  innocent  as  well  as  the  guilty  now 
suffer  in   public  esteem. 

The  Opportunity  for  Redress 

The  thousands  of  decent  workingmen  who  have 
been  misrepresented  and  misused  too  long  by  the 
low  politicians  that  have  obtained  control  of  or- 
ganized labor  should  take  advantage  of  the  first 
opportunity  to  repudiate  such  leadership.  In  a  few 
months  we  shall  have  another  election  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  honest  workingmen  should  then  bury 
Schmitz  and  all  his  crew,  including  Cornelius,  under 
an  avalanche  of  ballots,  from  which  they  can  never 
emerge.  Labor  unionism  may  then  become  in  San 
Francisco  something  more  than  organization  to  pro- 
mote graft,  and  give  the  criminal  element  control 
of  the  government. 


Fairmont  Hotel 


Mason  at  California  and  Sacramento  Sts. 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


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A  Weekly  Summary  of  Social  Activities  and  Complications 


THE  LATE  MRS.  GEORGE  CROCKER 
Talcen  when  she  was  a  noted  belle  in  Sacramento 

An  attractive  and  popular  matron,  like  Mrs.  E. 
Walton  Hedges,  is  always  an  object  of  interest  to 
Society.  It  did  not  seem  possible  that  Mrs.  Hedges 
would  tear  herself  away  from  San  Francisco  to 
bury  herself  in  the  humdrum  life  of  Plainfield,  New 
Jersey,  where  her  husband,  Dr.  Hedges,  is  the  lead- 
ing physician.  The  lady  has  performed  that  feat, 
however,  for  letters  have  been  received  from  her 
by  her  San  Francisco  friends  during  the  past  week. 
It  is  needless  to  say  that  Mrs.  Hedges  has  at  once 
taken  as  prominent  a  place  in  the  social  community 
in  the  East,  where  she  now  resides,  as  she  held  so 
easily  and  with  such  grace  in  San  Francisco. 

Mrs.  Hedges  informs  her  friends  here  that  the 
weather  in  the  East  has  been  execrable  since  her  ar- 
rival, and  if  she  had  any  cause  to  regret  her  departure 
From  San  Francisco,  and  the  glorious  climate  of 
California,  the  miserable,  cold  and  rainy  spell  which 
phe  has  experienced  in  Plainfield  would  have  made 
her  doubly  dissatisfied.  She  has  taken  a  cottage 
|it  Point  Breeze  Camp  at  Wolfboro,  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  she  will  remain  during  July,  August, 


and  September  with  her  children,  after  she  has  at- 
tended the  Medical  Convention  at  Atlantic  City,  in 
which  Dr.  Hedges  will  take  a  prominent  part.  Mrs. 
Hedges  will  serve  on  the  reception  committee,  and 
will,  no  doubt,  as  usual,  preside  with  the  dignity 

for  which  she  was  noted  here. 

*         *         * 

The  gossips  have  indulged  in  much  speculation 
as  to  the  possibility,  of  the  wedding  of  Miss  Anita 
Harvey  being  postponed  indefinitely,  as  the  young 
lady  has  been  seriously  ill  in  New  York.  It  was 
thought  that  her  indisposition  might  have  had  the 
effect  of  breaking  her  engagement  to  Mr.  Oscar 
Cooper,  son  of  the  newly  elected  judge  of  the  Appel- 
late Court.  It  seems,  however,  that  all  rumors  to 
the  effect  that  the  engagement  would  be  broken, 
have  been  without  foundation,  as  news  was  received 
in  San  Francisco  this  week  that  Miss  Harvey  may 
be  able  to  return  to  this  City  in  ten  days,  and  the 
wedding  will  take  place  during  the  Summer.  Miss 
Harvey  will  be  accompanied  from  the  East  by  Miss 
Walker,  whose  mother  was  the  daughter  of  the  late 
Edwin  Markham  by  his  first  wife,  and  to  whom 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  is  greatly  devoted.  Local  So- 
ciety will,  no  doubt,  give  many  entertainments  in 
honor  of  this  young  ladv. 


ARE  YOU  NOT  INSPIRED  WITH 
A  LOVE  FOR  THE  COLONIAL 


In  looking  at 
room    such    a 
this? 


/~\UR  carefully  selected  stock  of  Wall  Papers  and 

^S  Fabrics  is  replete  with  attractive  things  and  at 
such  small  attractive  prices.  We  will  gladly  assist  you 
in   your   decorating   if   you    will    favor   us   with    a   call. 


L.  TOZER  &  SON  CO. 

INTERIOR   DECORATORS 

1527    PINE    STREET.  Bet.  Van  Ne»»  and  Polk,  S.  F. 
187     TWELFTH    STREET,     Near    Madison,     Oakland 


-THE  WASP 


Bohemia  is  now  saying  that  it  expected  Amadee 
Joullin  to  marry  instead  of  Mrs.  Mersfelder,  the 
prett)r  brunette  ex-model  who  went  to  New  York 
and  turned  magazine  writer.  Amadee  was  regarded 
by  all  Bohemians  as  epris  with  the  lady  but  you 
never  can  just  tell.  He  painted  many  portraits  of 
her  and  Cadenesso  depicted  her  too  when  he  was 
not  busy  planting  some  of  Wm.  Keith's  oaks  on  the 
edge  of  a  water  hole  in  the  foreground  of  his  can- 
vasses. The  girl  naturally  became  satiated  with 
paint  and  art  atmosphere  and  sought  refuge  in 
literature.    There  is  a  limit  to  human  endurance. 

Amadee's  first  wife,  whom  he  married  in  Paris, 
and  by  whom  he  .had  two  sons  died  years  ago.  The 
boys  live  with  his  parents.  Mrs.  Mersfelder  whom 
he  has  just  married  was  a  Chicago  society  girl  and 
has  some  talent  as  an  artist.  She  created  a  sort  of 
sensation  in  the  local  Bohemia  when  she  came  here 
with  her  artist  husband  for  she  was  the  beauty  of 
their  set  and  much  admired.  Joullin  has  the  true 
artist's  eye  for  beauty  and  is  most  susceptible  to  it 
when  it  is  moulded  in  the  female  form  divine.  The 
wonder  would  have  been  if  he  hadn't  fallen  in  love 
with  her. 

Joullin's  greatest  artistic  success  has  been  in  the 
painting  of  Zuni  Indians.  He  has  exhibited  in  the 
Paris  Salon  and  received  a  decoration  from  the 
French  Governor.  I  believe  it  was  John  Stanton 
who  said  that  some  newspaper  ought  to  get  up  a 
guessing  contest  to  see  what  the  decoration  was  for. 

*  *         * 

Miss  Edith  McCabe  recently  announced  her  en- 
gagement to  Ernest  McCormick.  Miss  McCabe 
has  just  returned  from  Europe.  Mr.  McCormick 
is  the  brother  of  Mrs.  Frank  Mathien,  who  as  Miss 
Lizzie  McCormick  was  well  known  in  that  set  of 
young  girls  which  included  Helen  Landers,  now 
Mrs.  Fred  Tallant,  and  Mrs.  Daniel  Perkins,  the 
former  pretty  Miss  Giffin.     No  date  has  been  set 

for  the  wedding. 

*  *         * 

Though  G.  F.  Chapman  is  no  more  his  name  still 
lives  on  the  transfers  the  United  Railways  issue  to  pas- 
sengers. The  transfers  are  printed  in  the  East,  long 
ahead  of  the  time  they  are  to  be  used,  so  the  name 
of  the  late  vice-president  and  general  manager  has  not 
yet  been  altered  to  that  of  his  successor. 

*  *         * 

Miss  Edouarda  Howard  only  added  another  chapter 
to  her  vivacious  life  story  by  her  secret  marriage  with 
an  actor  years  older  than  herself  and  a  divorced  man, 
at  that.  "Teddy"  Howard,  daughter  of  the  university 
professor,  was  always  doing  things  to  shock  the  prudes 
when  she  was  a  co-ed  at  the  Berkeley  college.  At  the 
frat.  dances  she  always  wore  her  gowns  cut  more 
decollete  than  did  the  other  girls,  and  she  always  had 
more  admirers  than  any  of  her  friends.  She  was 
popular  with  boys  and  girls  alike,  and  there  wasn't 
an  envious  word  said  when  "Teddy"  made  good  on  the 
stage. 

.f  *  :': 

Society  was  given  a  surprise  by  the  recently  an- 
nounced engagement  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Sheehan 
and  Bernardo  Shorb.  Miss  Sheehan,  who  is  called 
"Bets}'-"  by  her  intimate  friends,   is   the   daughter 


of  Mr.  John  Sheehan,  formerly  of  New  York,  but 
now  a  resident  of  this  City.  Mr.  Sheehan  and  his 
brother  are  associated  here  in  business  in  a  con- 
struction company,  which  has  contracts  for  erecting 
a  number  of  large  buildings.  Mr.  Sheehan  is  a 
widower.  The  family  consists  of  two  daughters  and 
a  son.  Another  son,  who  was  in  the  LTnited  States 
Navy,  died  years  ago.  Bernardo  Shorb  is  the  son 
of  Mrs.  J.  de  Barth  Shorb.  Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White 
is  his  sister.  The  prospective  groom  is  the  young- 
est of  eleven  children,  and  will  be  an  extremely 
youthful  benedict.  Miss  Ethel  Shorb,  another  of 
his  sisters,  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  young 
girls  in  the  smart  set.  Mrs.  Murtagh,  wife  of  Dr. 
Murtagh,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Mrs.  James  Steele  of  Sac- 
ramento are  also  sisters  of  the  young  man.  He 
has  recently  been  taken  into  partnership  with  Mr. 
Sheehan.  His  bride-elect  is  said  to  be  very  wealthy 
in  her  own  right.  The  wedding  will  take  place 
on  the  second  of  July.  A  large  reception  will 
follow  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  At  present  the 
details  as  to  bridesmaids  and  best  man  have  not 
been  decided  upon. 

*  *         * 

Since  the  above  was  written  all  details  of  the 
wedding  have  been  arranged.  About  1000  invita- 
tions will  be  issued  for  the  church  ceremony  at  St. 
Mary's  Cathedral.  Archbishop  Riordan  will  officiate. 
Miss  Eileen  Sheehan  will  be  maid  of  honor.  Miss 
Margaret  A.  Sheehan  and  Miss  Ethel  Shorb  will 
attend  as  bride's  maids.  Mrs.  Ynez  Shorb  White's 
two  little  daughters  and  Mrs.  John  Murtagh's  little 
girl  will  act  as  flower  girls.  To  the  reception  which 
will  follow  at  the  Fairmont,  only  intimate  friends 

will  be  asked. 

*  *         * 

Miss  Gertrude  Allen  and  Charles  Tripler  Hutchin- 
son will  be  married  on  Wednesday,  June  26th,  at  the 
residence  of  the  brides  parents  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles 
Ray  Allen  in  Oakland.  The  Aliens  are  at  present 
occupying  the  spacious  Folger  residence.  Many 
guests  have  been  invited  to  the  ceremony. 


Hand  Wrought  Jewelry 

May  Mott-Smith  Cunningham,  exhibitor  of  the  Paris 
Salon  1906,  has  at  her  Studio-Shop  1622  Pine  St., 
many  ornaments  of  individual  and  original  design. 

ON  VIEW  DAILY 


Member  of  Arts  and  Crafts,  Boston,  San  Fi 


and  Detroit 


SWAIN'S  CAFE 


1111-1113 

POST    ST. 


Have  added  to  their  heretofore  Excellent  Equipment 

A  Modern  Grill  Service 


With  Schlitz  and  Wurzburger 
Beer  on  Draught 


Music  under  the  direction  o 
Mr.  Edgar  Bayliss 


-THE  WASP 


That  was  an  odd  reply  of  W.  B.  Sink  to  the  ac- 
ition  that  lie  is  running  a  noisy  and  disorderly 
house  in  Fruitvale.  He  averred  that  there  is  not 
a  bedroom  in  the  place  and  never  will  be.  It  is 
unnecessary  to  go  into  the  picturesque  course  of 
ming  that  preceded  Mr.  Sink's  words;  but 
occasion  demands  refutation  against  the  implied 
slander  upon  so  long-standing  and  respectable  an 
object  as  the  bed.  The  bed  is  not  a  noisy  or  dis- 
orderly piece  of  furniture.  It  does  not  make  a  tenth 
part  of  the  disturbance  of.  say,  the  cuckoo  clock, 
which  i~  itself  considered  a  worthy  household  ad- 
junct. There  is  nothing  skittish  or  disorderly  about 
a  bed.  It  is  usually  in  its  place.  It  is  not  even  as 
unsteady  as  a  rocking-chair. 

The  establishment  in  question  is  called  The  Cri- 
terion. And  the  staunch  burghers  of  Fruitvale  say 
it  is  the  criterion  of  His  Infernal  Majesty,  Prince 
of  the  Red  Light  District.  They  even  fear,  if  the 
Criterion  is  allowed  to  retain  its  license  that  the 
very  name  of  the  town  will  fall  into  doubt  and  mis- 
interpretation. These  same  upholders  of  undazzled 
virtue  have  already  unveiled  three  somewhat  mock- 
heroic  petitions  for  the  squelching  of  said  Criterion, 
and  have  invited  the  Alameda  County  Board  of 
Supervisors  to  gaze  thereon  and  be  shocked.  But 
thus  far  the  tides  of  laughter  still  ebb  and  flow  with 
the  transpiring  of  day  and  night,  and  ragtime  still 
resounds  from  the  $20,000  Criterion.  The  neighbors 
say  they  have  never  heard  such  a  raggy  time  be- 
fore:  that  is,  in  Fruitvale.  But  Mr.  Sink  refuses 
to  be  in  hot  water.  He  asserts  that  the  place  is 
not  noisy  or  disorderly,  for  he  has  double  glass 
windows  to  deaden  the  sound,  and  there  being  noth- 
ing in  the  place  that  makes  a  noise  like  a  bedroom, 
what  ho !  A  non-combatant  in  the  dispute  may 
venture  to  say  that  when  the  hitherto  nocturnal 
calm  is  shot  with  auto  headlights,  and  the  road  is 
honking  with  auto  horns  from  distance  to  distance, 
and  auto  ladies  engage  in  a  hair-pulling  duet  on 
the  porch,  and  the  coon  shouters  disappear  behind 
their  uproarious  mouths,  a  double-glass  window  is 
not  the  only  shield  that  respectability  might  de- 
mand. There  is  no  objection  to  the  double-glass 
windows ;  it  is  the  necessity  for  them  that  makes 
the  price  of  real  estate  go  down. 

*  *         * 

That  celebrated  organization  of  intellectual 
women  known  as  The  Spinners  has  developed  a 
real  author  in  the  person  of  Miss  Sara  Dean,  the 
founder  of  the  society.  She  has  written  an  earth- 
quake novel,  as  have  a  great  many  other  California 
writers,  but  Miss  Dean's  work  has  the  distinction 
of  having  been  accepted  by  a  publisher  and  put  in 
print  by  Frederick  Stokes  of  New  York.  No  doubt 
The  Spinners  will  celebrate  in  proper  fashion,  the 
formal  appearance  of  Miss  Dean  amongst  the  galaxy 

of  modern  professional  novelists. 

*  *  * 

Mrs.  Ed.  Pond  whose  husband,  the  son  of  ex- 
Mayor  Pond,  is  in  financial  difficulty,  is  one  of  the 
best  dressed  women  in  San  Francisco.  Prior  to  her 
marriage  to  the  young  commission  merchant,  Mrs. 
Pond  was  Miss  Isabel  Grant,  and  was  an  immensely 
popular  societ}'  girl.     On  the  death  of  her  father 


~nmc  years  ago,  Miss  Grant  inherited  a  modest 
fi  irtune.  She  bears  such  a  strong  resemblance  to 
Airs.  Win.  H.  Crocker,  the  wife  of  the  well  known 
banker,  that  she  is  being  constantly  mistaken   for 

that  distinguished  lady. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Aileen  Ivers  Robinson,  the  half  sister  of  Mrs. 
W.  G.  Irwin,  who  is  making  such  a  success  in 
European  society  is  much  admired  wherever  she 
goes.  She  has  a  splendid  social  position  in  Phil- 
adelphia, Newport  and  Paris  and  she  is  always 
dressed  in  the  most  exquisite  taste.  There  are  but 
three  colors  that  she  wears,  grey,  white  and  laven- 
der. No  other  hues  suit  her  golden  hair.  An  amus- 
ing characteristic  of  Mrs.  Robinson  is  that  she  is 
always  lauding  the  simple  life  and  the  delights  of 
love  in  a  cottage  with  a  few  trailing  vines  over  the 
front  of  it. 

#  #         * 

Did  not  Marie  Antoinette  and  her  splendid  Court 
ladies  masquerade  as  dairymaids  at  Versailles.  The 
simple  life  has  always  been  an  aspiration  of  the 
world  of  fashion  for,  being  the  furthest  thing  attain- 
able, it  has  the  enchantment  of  distance.  Mrs. 
Robinson  and  Mrs.  Gus  Spreckels  are  great  friends. 


FIRST  OVER  THE  BARS 

AND 
BEST  OVER   THE   BARS 


HUNTER 
RYE 


THE 

AMERICAN  GENTLEMAN'S 

WHISKEY 


CHARLES  M.  REYNOLDS  CO. 

ABents  for  California  and  Nevada 

912-914  Folsom  Si.,  San  Francisco,  Cat. 


■MmnmmmwjMvmtiatwMMmmMiamuuuimiim 


■THE  WASP- 


THE  MOTHER  OF  MISS  GLADYS  UNCER 

Recent  letters  from  Honolulu  announce  the  en- 
gagement of  Miss  Eva  Heuston  and  Frederick  W. 
Grimwood.  Miss  Heuston  is  very  well  known  here. 
Her  father,  the  late  General  John  Heuston,  belonged 
to  the  old  set  of  the  Bohemian  Club.  Mr.  Grim- 
wood's  mother  is  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  late 
Supreme  .fudge  J.  B.  Crockett.  Mrs.  Laurence 
Irving  Scott  (Caro  Crockett)  is  a  cousin.  The 
Crockett  family  is  one  of  our  oldest  and  most 
prominent  socially.  Miss  Grimwood,  the  sister  of 
the  prospective  bridegroom,  is  a  member  of  the 
ultra  exclusive  set. 

Supreme  Judge  Crockett  lived  for  years  in  a  fine 
home  in  Fruitvale  and  was  very  proud  of  his  mag- 
nificent garden.  After  the  death  of  the  Judge  and 
his  estimable  wife  Miss  Emma  Crockett  and  Mrs. 
Kate  Ritter,  her  sister,  lived  in  the  old  home  and 
continued  to  dispense  the  hospitality  for  which  it 
was  famous.  The  property  has  since  passed  into 
other  hands,  as  the  Crockett  family  has  in  recent 
vears  met  with  serious  financial  reverses. 


The  late  Joseph  Crockett,  when  at  the  head  of 
the  San  Francisco  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  in- 
curred the  displeasure  of  Claus  Spreckels,  because 
the  smoke  from  the  chimney  of  one  of  the  Com- 
pany's electric  plants  defaced  the  clean  gray  stone 
of  the  new  Call  building.  The  old  sugar  king 
spoke  to  Crockett  about  it  one  day  at  the  Pacific 
Union  Club,  where  the  president  of  the  Gas  Com- 
pany was  enjoying  himself  with  some  acquaintances. 

"Oh,  don't  talk  business  to  me  in  the  Club," 
replied  Crockett. 

Spreckels  retorted  in  the  shape  of  a  competing 
gas  company,  which  undertook  by  the  investment 
of  several  millions  of  dollars  to  put  the  old  concern 


out  of  business.     The  earnestness  with   which  the 
indignant  sugar  king  went  at  the  work  of  laying 
pipes  in  the  streets  and  preparing  to  install  a  plant, 
had  the  effect  of  scaring  Crockett's  company  into 
a  compromise.     Incidentally  Crockett  himself  lost 
his  position,  went  down  the  hill  financially  and  los-.-. 
ing  his  health  into  the  bargain,  died  within  a  few! 
years.     The  old  sugar  king  made  a  tidy  sum  byl 
the  coup,  which  was  by  no  means  the  first  of  the! 
kind  he   had  planned  and  made  highly  profitable. 
It  has  been  a  disputed  question  whether  the  brusque 
reply  of  Joe  Crockett   in   the   Pacific   Union   Club 
was  the  incentive  or  the  pretext  for  the  attack  on 
the  San  Francisco  Gas  Company,  which  took  sev- 
eral millions  out  of  its  coffers. 


The  dailies  record  the  glorious  time  a  certain 
prominent  young  lady  is  having  East,  where 
theater  and  supper  parties  are  alleged  to  be  show- 
ered upon  the  fair  Californian.  Another  San  Fran- 
cisco lady,  who  is  in  the  East,  writes  a  dear  friend 
here  that  the  recipient  of  so  much  newspaper  celeb- 
rity has  been  paying  for  all  the  theater  tickets,  etc., 
herself,  and  the  great  East,  socially  considered,  has 
paid  about  as  much  attention  to  her  as  the  ocean 
does  to  a  drop  of  rain  that  falls  into  it.  The  East 
is  a  very  big  and  a  very  bustling  place,  and  one 
has  to  be  a  large  toad  in  the  social  puddle  to  make 
his  or  her  croak  audible  above  the  rush  and  roaS 
of  the  multitude. 

*         *         * 

Maynaul  Dixon  is  making  money.  The  Southern 
Pacific  has  engaged  him  to  paint  four  large  can-* 
vases  representing  desert  and  Indian  scenes  and 
thev  are  to  decorate  the  Station  at  Tucson. 


O    Joy 

Said  William  to  Mabelle :  "My  darling, 

I'll  love  you  through  woe  and  through  weal — " 

Said  Mabelle  to  William  :  "And  I,  dear, 
Shall  ever  be  faithful  as  steel." 


O      il_  *  C       *  J.        In  Great 

bathing    OUltS    Variety 


LADIES',    MEN'S  AND  CHILDREN'S 

Ladies',  -  -  $1.75  to  $30.00 
Children's,  -  -  .60  to  5.00 
Men's,        -  -         1.00  to       4.00 

WATER  WINGS.  CAPS  and  SHOES 


^/furna^ 


VAN  NESS  AND  SUTTER  STREET 

The  Store  With  A  Reputation 


-THE  WASP- 


Websler  Pholo 


MISS  HELEN  BANCROFT 


The  boycott  feature  of  the  strike  reminds  me  of 
fhe  old  A.  P.  A.  agitation.  I  knew  one  laboring 
man  of  that  period  who  was  rampantly  Protestant 
and  patriotic.  Mis  wife,  so  it  happened,  brought 
all  her  supplies  from  Catholic  tradesmen.  Some 
one  asked  Iter  how  she  reconciled  her  practice  with 
her  husband's  principles,  and  she  said  he  didn't 
earn  enough  to  indulge  in  principles.  "Until  he 
does,"  she  added,  "he'll  eat  Italian  Catholic  potatoes 
ami  German  Catholic  steak  cooked  over  an  Irish 
Catholic  fire.  I  can  do  better  trading  with  them 
than  with  his  A.  P.  A.  people  and  it's  I,  not  he,  who 
has  tn  stretch  the  income  over  a  month." 

"Any  woman  who  rides  in  the  cars  ought  to  be 
killed,"  hissed,  melodramatically,  a  very  well-dressed 
v.  mng  woman  on  YVednesdav  morning,  as  a  stout 
"matron  encumbered  with  parcels  boarded  a  car  at 
Fillmore  and  O'Farrell  Streets.  "She  may  be  right," 
observed  the  stout  matron  as  she  deposited  herself 
and  her  bundles,  with  a  sigh  of  relief,  in  a  corner 
seat.  "I  suppose  they'll  be  boycotting  me  next.  But 
when  it  comes  to  that  we'll  see  which  talks  loud- 
est— my  cash  or  Mr.  Cornelius.  And  I'd  just  like 
to  see  him  walk  home  after  he'd  been  on  his  feet 
all  the  morning  from  six  o'clock,  getting  breakfast, 
washing  dishes,  making  beds  and  sweeping  and 
dusting  before  going  down  to  do  the  marketing. 
Time's"  an  object  to  me,  too,  else  I  might  patronize 
Jone  of  their  busses." 

*         *  * 

Society  would  really  have  been  disappointed  had 
not  that  prominent  and  much  admired  matron  Mrs. 
Kate  Voorhies  Henry  appeared  at  last  in  Court  to 
ask  for  a  divorce  from  her  blue-bloo'ded  husband  J. 
Malcolm  Henry — descendant  of  the  illustrious  Patrick 
Df  revolutionary  fame.  Mr.  Malcolm  Henry  holds  a 
clerical  position  in  Washington  and  is  reputed  to 
3e   as   short   on    cash   as   long  on   pedigree   and    as 


Virgil  says  in  his  artless  way  "Hence  these  tears." 
The  children,  a  beautiful  boy  and  girl  are  here  with 
their  mother  who  was  welcomed  back  to  the  family 
home  lung  ago  by  her  popular  mother,  Mrs.  Alfred 
Hunter  Voorhie's  after  the  marriage  to  ancestry 
was  found  to  be  a  dismal  failure.  It  transpired  on 
the  abbreviated  trial  of  the  case  in  Judge  Mogan's 
illustrious  court  that  Mr.  Henry  has  "a  fiery 
temper"  which  is  also  an  heirloom.  A  fiery  temper 
i-  one  of  the  few  tilings  that  thrive  amazingly  on  a 
small  income  and  an  infelicitous  marriage. 

It  is  perhaps  superfluous  to  add  that  the  gossips 
did  not  wait  until  the  divorce,  to  pick  out  a  suitable 
match  for  this  highly  attractive  matron.  They  have 
rigged  up,  a  romance  about  a  popular  and  talented 
doctor  in  the  United  States  Navy  who  is  pining 
away  for  her  in  the  distant  Philippines. 

*  *         * 

The  Key  Route  Inn  was  the  scene  of  a  notable 
anti-nuptial  dinner  this  week.  It  was  given  in  honor 
of  Senator  Lukens  of  Alameda,  who  left  the  next 
day  for  Washington  where  he  will  be  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Emma  V.  Mullin  of  that  city. 
The  banquet  was  given  by  the  Elks  and  the 
Senator's  friends  on  both  sides  of  the  bay.  Covers 
were  laid  for  seventy-five.  Gov.  Gillett  was  un- 
expectedly called  to  Sacramento  at  the  last  minute, 
so  was  unavoidably  absent.  Judge  Harry  Melvin 
of  course  acted  as  toastmaster. 

*  *         * 

Dick — "Miss  Tabasco  was  speaking  about  the 
way  you  tooted  the  coach  horn  in  the  tallyho  party. 
She  complimented  you  highly." 

Clarence  (delighted) — "How  grand  of  her!" 
Dick — "Yes,  she  said   if  you   ever  had  to  go  to 
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-THE  WASP- 


It  is  not  surprising  that  Joaquin  Miller  was  tempted 
to  place  his  arms  around  the  whiskered  neck  of  Mayor 
Schmitz  and  hug  that  much  indicted  politician  when 
he  saw  him  sitting  under  the  sword  of  Justice  in 
Judge  Dunne's  courtroom.  The  wonderful  thing  is 
that  the  impulsive  poet  did  not  actually  embrace 
Abe  Ruef's  partner,  and  weep  salty  tears  on  the 
Mayor's  immaculate  shirt-front.  Joaquin  is  every 
inch  a  poet,  and  as  sensitive  to  impulses  as  an  aspen 
leaf  to  the  slightest  summer  breeze.  The  old  Bard 
of  the  Sierras  also  likes  to  have  the  center  of  the 
stage  with  the  spotlight  turned  on  him  to  its  full 
strength.  It  is  not  an  unusual  thing  with  him  when 
he  goes  to  the  theater  to  rise  deliberately  in  his  seat, 
for  the  mere  purpose  of  putting  on  his  spectacles, 
and  deliberately  surveying  the  house.  Those  who 
know  the  distinguished  poet  are  duly  impressed,  and 
those  who  do  not,  wonder  from  what  part  of  the 
alfalfa  regions  the  hoosier-like  stranger  blew  in.  The 
late  John  Bonner  the  well  known  editorial  writer 
of  the  Chronicle,  was  one  day  walking  with  Joaquin 
in  the  northern  end  of  the  town,  when  they  saw 
some  ladies  winding  thick  wire  around  trees  in  the 
garden,  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  them  straight. 
The  poet  burst  into  tears  at  the  sight. 

"For  God's  sake,  man,  what  is  the  matter  with 
you?"  asked  Bonner,  of  the  sorrow-stricken  poet. 
It  was  some  moments  before  the  impulsive  bard 
could  suppress  his  emotion.  When  he  finally  found 
his  voice  he  said, 

"O  Bonner,  only  think  how  that  wire  is  hurting 
those  poor  trees." 

The    bars    that    are    tightening    around    Schmitz 
must  be  a  good  deal  more  painful  to  his  feelings 
than  those  wires  that  gave  the  poet  of  the  Sierras 
so  much  sentimental  perturbation. 
*         *         * 

Rhyme  of  the  Week 

The  market  in  strikes  is  depressed,  so  to  speak ; 

Boodling  is  somewhat  inactive  just  now; 
Confessions  closed  firm,  with  conviction  still  weak; 

A  full  crop  of  wrinkles  on  Schmitz's  broad  brow. 

Many  say  Tedd)'  will  run  all  the  same  : 
Three  points  decline  in  the  prices  of  Taft. 

Orchard,  who  cornered  the  homicide  game, 
Shows  how  'tis  vain  to  mix  murder  with  graft. 

Joaquin,  the  Bard  of  his  own  Blooming  Heights, 
Is  bidding  for  Oregon's  chair  in  the  Senate. 

Heney,  our  Champion  Cicero,  bites 

A  chunk  off  the  ear  of  his  foemen  each  minute. 

Nat   Goodwin  goes  on  a  gold-mining  spree. 

Kuroki  hears  tell  of  the  Jap-Yankee  war : 
"War?"  does  he  echo,  and  "War?    Now  let's  see; 

Where  have  I  heard  that  word  mentioned  before?" 

Schmitz  jury  fattens  on  St.  Francis  fare; 

Teddy  says  Harriman  now  is   immune ; 
Frisco  is  given  a  Nature-fake  scare : 

A  rain-storm  almost  in  the  middle  of  June. 


The  day  after,  you  need  Abbott's  Bitters.  Braces  the  nerves;  sus- 
tains you  throughout  the  day,  and  makes  you  feel  bright  and  cheerful. 
At  druggists. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  Somers,  Emily  Marvin,  have 
returned  from  their  wedding  tour,  and  taken  apart- 
ments at  the  Fairmont  Hotel. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Dickman  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Porter  Garnett  selected  Bohemian  Grove  as  the 
place  in  which  to  spend  their  honeymoon. 

*  #         * 

A  good  many  people  here  will  be  deeply  inter- 
ested to  learn  that  Mrs.  Hearst  is  going  to  spend 
some  time  in  California  again,  after  her  long 
European  visit.  She  will  divide  her  time  this  Sum- 
mer between  the  hacienda  at  Pleasanton  and  her 
castle  on  the  McCloud. 

*  *         * 

Although  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  expects  to  spend 
a  great  deal  of  time  at  Burlingame  with  her  son 
and  daughter-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Martin, 
she  will  keep  her  town  house  open  throughout  the 
season. 

*  *         * 

The  picture  of  the  mother  of  Gladys  Unger  in 
this  week's  Wasp,  is  calculated  to  stimulate  the 
memories  of  any  old  San  Franciscans  who  see  it. 
The  picture  was  taken  thirty  years  ago  when  Unger 
was  one  of  the  most  popular  young  clubmen  in 
town.  Mrs.  Unger  was  Miss  Minnie  Buchanan  of 
Marysville.  After  her  divorce  from  Unger  she 
married  a  Mr.  Goodwin,  an  Eastern  literary  man. 


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The  two  Catholic  priests  who  were  mistaken  for 
anti-Calhouners  thought  them>elves  near  the  jingl- 
ing of  St.  Peter's  keys  when  a  nervous  strike-breaker 
pointed  his  revolver  at  them  from  the  ramparts  of 
a  Dcvisadero  Street  ear.  Then  they  heard  a  remark 
that  was  less  characteristie  of  the  Upper  House 
than  the  environs  of  the  Fiery  Lake,  and  they  real- 
ized that  they  were  still  in  San  Francisco.  The 
pronouncement  of  the  platform  man  was  one  of 
those  choice  bits  of  belles  lettres  that  find  favor  with 
Union  men  and  scabs  alike.  The  only  stern  op- 
ponents of  such  clever  catch  phrases  are  the  lino- 
type performers,  who  insist  on  indicating  them  with 
dashes,  asterisks,  exclamation  points  and  such  vain 
phenomena  of  typography.     But  let  that  pass. 

The  Rev.  Father  Driscoll  and  Rev.  Father 
O'Connor,  assistant  pastor  and  pryor  of  St. 
Dominic's  Church,  were  in  company  of  Bond  and 
Warrant  Clerk  G.  M.  Kelly,  on  a  merely  social  basis 
presumably.  It  was  night,  and  the  trio,  standing 
near  the  tracks,  in  some  way  gave  the  motorman  a 
non-union  notion  that  they  desired  to  board  the 
car.  When  they  did  not  do  so,  an  idea  struck  the 
conductor  that  he  might  be  in  danger  of  being 
struck  with  something  else.  With  that  he  drew 
the  navy  revolver  with  which  he  had  been  wont  to 
hunt  blue  monkeys  on  the  banks  of  the  Gulf  Stream. 
The  Bond  and  Warrant  waited  to  see  if  he  should 
be  required  in  a  professional  capacity  anent  an 
assault  to  kill  the  priests,  and  they  tarried  to  give 
him  the  last  spiritual  consolation.  Noticing  this 
tidy  display  of  heroism,  and  observing  nothing  else, 
the  conductor  drew  in  his  gun  and  shouted  re- 
assuringly to  his  comrade :  "I  guess  these 

are  all  right.    Go  ahead!" 

The  Bond  and  Warrant  Clerk  was  so  sore  over  this 
offhand  classification  that  he  hunted  up  a  Bulletin 
reporter  and  had  it  all  put  into  print,  including  the 

" ".    It  is  evidentally  not  a  safe  thing 

even  for  men  of  God  to  stand  on  a  street  corner  with 
any  end  of  the  Schmitz  administration.  People  are 
so  outspoken  these  days  about  the  gang  and  their 
intimate  friends  too. 

•    *         #         *  ■ 

Strange  indeed  are  the  vagaries  of  Fate. 
Amongst  the  forthcoming  events  of  great  social 
importance  will  be  the  wedding  of  a  well-seasoned 
widower  of  much  financial  soliditv  and  a  lovely 
bud  well  on  the  sunny  side  of  thirty.  One  of  the 
ushers  who  will  figure  at  the  wedding  was  a  pall- 
bearer eighteen  months  ago,  when  the  disconsolate 
widower  followed  the  remains  of  his  wife  to  the 
tomb.  The  famous  lines  of  Pope,  "From  grave 
to  gay,"  must  have  been  inspired  by  some  expe- 
rience similar  to  that  of  the  usher. 

An  engagement  announced  in  San  Rafael  lately 
is  that  of  Horatio  B.  Muzzy  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Dufficy,  youngest  daughter  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  M.  C. 
Dufficy.  The  bride  elect  who  has  lived  in  San 
Rafael  since  her  childhood,  was  .educated  at  the 
Convent  there,  and  is  a  great  favorite.  The  wedding 
will  take  place  early  in  September.  Mr.  Muzzy  is 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  and  has  large 
interests  in  Solano  County. 


I).  M.  Delmas  has  been  resting  at  Del  Monte  after 
his  arduous  efforts  to  keep  the  delectable  Harry 
Thaw  from  the  electrocution  chair.  Mrs.  Delmas 
accompanies  the  famous  advocate.  The  couple  were 
SO  much  pleased  with  the  beauty  and  restfulness  of 
Del  Monte  that  Mrs.  Delmas  will  return  at  the  end 
of  June  and  make  it  her  home  throughout  the 
Summer.  Her  brilliant  husband  will  come  down 
as  often  as  circumstances  permit,  to  get  a  little 
well-earned  relaxation  from  the  acrimonious  war- 
fare of  the  graft  cases. 


O'Brien  and  Robert  MacCoullough  Nichols,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  has  just  been  announced.  Miss 
O'Brien  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  O'Brien 
and  is  quite  prominent  in  local  musical  circles.  Mr. 
Nichols  has  just  returned  to  this  coast  from 
Cavite  naval  station,  where  he  has  been  engaged  in 
Naval  construction  work.  The  wedding  will  take 
place  the  latter  part  of  this  month. 


Jw  Skin  of  Beauty  is  a  Joy  Forever. 

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Cream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  all  the 
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-THE  WASP- 


Gemhe  Photo  MISS  ELIZABETH  M.  DUFFICY 

There  has  been  no  widespread  remark  on  the 
first  American  saint-elect.  His  formal  canonization 
by  Pope  Pius  IX  is  to  follow  a  series  of  bold  day- 
light miracles  that  have  taken  place  at  the  tomb 
of  Archbishop  John  Nepomucene  Neumann.  Phila- 
delphia, the  mocked,  the  behindhand,  the  city  of 
adagio  repute,  thus  is  the  first  spot  in  America 
to  yield  up  genuine  miracles  and  regularly  licensed 
saint.  Two  of  the  miraculous  exhibitions  were  the 
curing  of  a  blind  girl  and  a  deaf  woman.  No  cos- 
mical  disturbance  was  noticed  at  these  events;  th^ 
miracles  passed  off  quietly  with  all  the  intangibility 
of  a  Christian  Science  cure.  On  this  account  there 
is  likely  to  arise  some  competition  between  Mrs. 
Eddy  and  the  Pope.  The  Vatican  does  not  permit 
its  adherent  to  perform  wonders  until  after  he  is 
dead  ;  and  even  then  there  is  a  long  religious  cere 
mony  that  precedes  the  sanctification.  Mrs.  Eddy, 
on  the  other  hand,  issues  miracle-licenses  on  the 
payment  of  a  not  exorbitant  fee  and  subscription 
to  her  Christian  Science  journal.  The  Scientist 
may  then  start  out  on  his  own  hook,  and  he  hooks 
'em  in  pretty  fast  when  they  run  well. 

It  is  hard  to  say  whether  competition  is  the  life 
of  miracles.  A  Labor  Union  of  Christian  Science 
wonder-workers  might  go  on  a  strike,  declare  St. 
John  Nepomucene  an  unfair  saint,  boycott  anybody 
found  cured  at  his  tomb,  and  put  the  miracle  busi- 
ness in  America  on  the  bad.  This,  too,  at  a  time 
when  it  is  an  infant  industry. 


Out  West  we  have  produced  no  saints ;  as  our 
good  men  are  all  still  alive,  and  sanctification  comes 


after  death.  Until  such  demise  we  shall  not  be  sure 
of  the  case.  Perhaps  when  the  Rev.  Peter  C.  Yorke 
will  have  been  for  some  years  plucking  shamrocks 
on  the  field  of  Heaven,  the  evidenciary  miracles 
will  begin  to  pop  about  his  grave,  and  the  tomb  of 
St.  Peter  Cantankerus  of  Oakland  will  become  one 
of  the  shining  landmarks  of  the  Far  Western  land- 
scape. Union  Labor  leaders  will  perhaps  repair 
thither  to  chip  a  piece  from  the  sacred  stone,  which 
will  give  them,  power  to  ride  home  in  a  scab  car 
without  rising  to  smash  the  windows.  In  times  of 
stress  Michael  Casey  could  lure  strike-breakers  by 
the  truckful  to  the  tomb,  where  they  would  re- 
ceive an  irresistible  desire  to  sprint  to  the  eastward 
and  dash  their  brains  out  against  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains. Edward  J.  Livernash  may  go  there  and  dis- 
cover that  the  concatenated  use  of  such  words  as 
"shameless,  leprous,  and  maggotty,"  is  not  all  there 
is  to  a  literary  style. 

Part  of  the  procedure  of  canonization  is  the  ap- 
pointment of  two  bishops  to  counteract,  if  the  in- 
terests of  truth  so  require,  the  evidence  of  the  pro- 
ponents. These  two  counteractors  are  called  the 
"Devil's  Advocates."  It  is  not  necessary  to  com- 
bat the  petition  with  infernal  ingenuity  if  the 
affirmative  have  a  bona  fide  case.  The  Mephisto- 
phelian  oglings  of  Sam  Shortridge  and  the  fire  and 
brimstone  of  Heney  would  be  uncalled  for,  even  if 
they  were  bishops.  It  is  almost  a  requisite  for  the 
occurrence  of  the  miracles  that  the  deceased  have 
lived  a  life  of  poverty,  at  least  of  charity- without 
parsimony.  When  one  considers  that  side  of  the 
case,  it  looks  as  if,  after  all,  out  here  we  must  be 
content  with  our  sunshine,  fruits  and  flowers,  and 
use  the  miracle  of  the  foreigner. 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


-THE  WASP 


13 


thought  the  price  a  bit  high,  and  replied, 
the  scandal;  let  joy  be  unconfined." 


'On  with 


MRS.  CHARLES  STEWART 


Miss  Nina  Blow,  who  is  frequently  referred  to 
by  the  Society  reporters  in  their  narration  of  social 
events,  is  a  very  pretty  and  interesting  girl.  She  is 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  A.  W.  Blow,  the  well-known 
stockbroker,  and  niece  of  Mrs.  Ray,  the  wife  of  Cap- 
tain Ray,  I'.  S.  X.,  who  has  lately  been  assigned  to 
the  Mare  Island  station.  Mrs.  Ray  was  the  popu- 
lar Miss  Sadie  Richards,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr. 
Richards  of  Richards  &  Harrison,  the  pioneer  firm  of 
importers  which  was  afterward  merged  into  the  firwi 
of  Sherwood  &  Sherwood.  Mrs.  Ray  was  married 
when  a  mere  girl  to  her  former  school  mate, 
young  Joseph  Moulton,  brother  of  Mrs.  Alexander 
Warner  and  Mrs.  Charles  Abbott.  The  youthful 
bridegroom  died  within  two  months  and  after  some 
years  the  young  and  pretty  widow  married  Captain 
Ray,  who  is  a  very  popular  officer.  Mrs.  Ray's 
sister,  Miss  Georgie  Richards,  married  Mr.  Blow, 
the  stock  and  bond  broker.  The  Blows  are  related 
to  the  Glasscock  family,  who  have  since  pioneer 
days  been  very  prominent  in  Oakland  Society. 


Everything  connected  with  the  name  of  Yerkes  is 
wrapped  in  seven  layers  of  icy  gloom  and  illumi- 
nated with  the  dim  blue  light  of  mystery.  There  is 
also  an  element  of  doubt  and  many  unanswered 
questions  that  lie  round  like  a  lot  of  chickens  born 
during  Cleveland's  administration,  slain  before  the 
Great  Temblor  and  waiting  in  cold  storage  for  a 
change  in  the  price  of  tamales.  The  Yerkeses 
never  answer  questions,  and  no  one  ever  guesses 
the  answers.  Like  unto  a  local  coffee  firm,  the 
motto  of  the  House  of  Yerkes  is  "Why?"  It  stands 
for  the  family  history  and  honor. 

When  Charles  T.  Yerkes  was  still  alive,  yet  al- 
most not,  Emily  Grigsby  came  to  his  bedside.  He 
had  eagerly  sent  for  her.  On  the  other  side  of  the 
bed  sat  Mrs.  Yerkes.  Nobody  had  sent  for  her ;  she 
came  out  of  mere  formality  for  the  impressive  function 
of  death.  Thus  the  two  women  who  had  shared  the 
traction  magnate's  bounty,  met,  and  the  wife  haughtily 
flashed  her  wedding  ring  in  Emily  Grigsby 's  face,  so  to 
speak.  Those  were  the  days  when  the  newspapers 
so  solicitously  mentioned  the  yellowness  about 
Mrs.  Yerkes'  gills.  At  any  rate,  the  dying  mil- 
lionaire wishes  to  leave  a  larger  portion  of  his 
wealth  to  the  young  woman  for  whom  the  wedding 
bells  had  not  rung  out,  but  who  respected  him  just 
as  much  as  if  he  had  wrung  them  out  of  the  heart 
of  his  lawful  wife.  There  is  some  little  sentiment 
about  those  things  anyway.  When  the  revised  will 
was  ready.  Dr.  Loomis  butted  in  with  a  sort  of 
vice-versa  motion  that  is  said  to  be  characteristic 
of  his  more  notable  acts,  and  declared  that  the 
patient  should  not  be  worried  with  the  matter. 
Miss  Grigsby,  thus  defrauded  out  of  the  ill-gotten 
gains,  afterwards  so  far  forgot  the'  injury,  or  for- 
got herself,  that  she  was  named  in  the  divorce  suit 
brought  by  Mrs.  Loomis  against  the  doctor.  Mrs. 
Loomis  would  have  stayed  the  suit  and  obviated 
a  scandal  for  the  sum  of  $400,000.     But  the  doctor 


Recent  dispatches  announce  the  arrival  of  Miss 
Jennie  Blair  in  Paris,  before  leaving  New  York 
she  was  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Herman  Oelrichs.  Miss 
Blair  will  spend  some  time  in  Paris  before  going  to 
Germany  and  will  not  return  to  California  for  many 
months.  In  early  days  Miss  Blair  was  an  intimate 
friend  of  Mrs.  Oelrichs,  when  she  was  still  Miss 
Tessie  Fair.  In  fact  Blairs  helped  to  give  the  Fairs 
social  entre  in  San  Francisco. 


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The  shallow  part  of  London  has  recently  been 
stirred  to  its  depths  over  Lord  and  Lady  Bagot. 
This  couple  is  undergoing  an  operation  for  the  re- 
moval of  its  martial  woes,  and  the  public,  because 
it  has  not  been  taken  into  the  peer's  confidence,  is 
occupying  its  mind  with  the  innocent  but  fantastic 
pastime  of  guessing.  Notoriety  is  an  exact  science. 
Most  of  its  students  are  unsatisfied  with  the  re- 
search in  this  case,  and  will  not  cease  their  efforts 
until  the  final  atom  of  the  fashionable  disagreement 
has  been  brought  to  the  baleful  light  of  scandal. 
Those  who  are  unacquainted  with  the  standing  of 
the  parties  will  be  pleased  to  learn  that  the  New 
York  "World"  grew  egotistic  over  a  victory  of 
modern  journalism  in  having  been  first  to  spread 
news  of  the  estrangement.  It  was  almost  worth  an 
extra  edition. 

Lady  Bagot  is  our  own.  She  was  Miss  Lillian 
May,  and  the  real  frosting  on  the  cake  down  in 
Baltimore.  The  wedding,  at  Brompton  Oratory, 
July  25,  1903,  was  a  feature  of  the  season's  write- 
up.  King  Edward  attended  by  proxy.  Lord  Bagot, 
of  Rugeley,  is  a  member  of  the  oldest  family  in 
Staffordshire.  He  has  been  a  Lord  in  Waiting  to 
Queen  Alexandra  (which  does  not  entail,  as  might 
erroneously  be  supposed,  the  brushing  of  her  hair) 
and  Aide  de  Campe  to  the  Marquis  of  Lome  when 
the  latter  was  Governor-General  of  Canada.  Lord 
and  Lady  lived  happy  for  a  time  and  fought  over 
nothing  more  serious  than  the  docking  of  a  horse's 
tail  or  a  footman's  wages.  In  the  Spring  of  1904, 
Lady  Bagot  made  a  four  months'  visit  to  some 
friends  in  Paris.  In  the  meantime  the  Lord  Bagot 
became  ill,  and  subsequently  remained  so.  Then  he 
gathered  a  lot  of  gloom  about  himself  and  told  his 
wife  to  stay  on  the  outside.  In  an  antenuptial 
agreement  he  permitted  his  future  children  to  be 
baptised  in  the  Catholic  faith.  This  he  lived  up  to, 
although  the  highest  English  Court  has  declared 
such  religious  arrangements  void.  The  baptism  of 
his  infant  daughter  in  the  early  part  of  1905  was 
taken  as  refutation  of  the  rumor  that  the  Bagot 
family  had  demanded  the  child  be  brought  up  as  a 
Protestant.  All  the  satisfaction  that  Lady  Bagot 
has  received  in  the  matter  is  a  settlement  of  $4-000 
a  year.  Her  present  suit  is  for  a  restoration  of  con- 
jugal rights.  The  peer  is  now  secluded  in  his 
Blithefield  estates  and  does  not  wish  to  conjug  a 
little  bit.  The  Mays  of  Baltimore  have  prominent 
relatives  in  San  Francisco. 

*         *         * 

Fashionable  folks  from  San  Francisco  and  even 
wise  ones  from  the  Far  East  look  to  Hotel  Rafael 
as  a  most  delightful  hostelry  in  the  balmiest  part  of 
California.  It  not  only  wins  the  admiration  of 
permanent  guests,  but  is  just  the  place  for  those 
who  desire  a  few  suburban  daj's  where  all  sorts  of 
comfort  are  readily  at  hand  without  necessitating 
the  time  to  study  the  situation.  Arrangements  are 
so  perfect  that  from  the  moment  of  arrival  to  the 
time  for  grasping  the  dress-suit  case  and  depart- 
ing the  guest  enjoys  an  uninterrupted  period  of 
satisfaction.  Table,  accommodations,  grounds  and 
amusements  are  now  replete  with  the  gaiety  of  the 
smart  set. 


Mrs.  G.  Alexander  Wright  and  the  Misses  Wright 
of  Palo  Alto  have  issued  invitations  for  a  "Lavender 
Tea"  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  on  Wednesday,  June 

19th.    Covers  will  be  laid  for  about  thirty  guests. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Charles  Stewart,  whose  picture  appears  in 
this  week's  Wasp,  was  Miss  Queen  Montgomery 
previous  to  her  marriage.  She  belongs  to  one  of 
the  most  talented  families  here. 

Dr.  Bucknall,  whose  death,  following  an  opera- 
tion, was  announced  this  week,  was  one  of  the 
prominent  pioneer  physicians  who  have  nearly  all 
passed  away.  He  came  here  in  1856,  and  was  71 
years  old.  Mrs.  Bucknall  was  Miss  Davis,  daughter 
of  Juan  C.  Davis,  a  prominent  pioneer,  after  whose 
death  Mrs.  Davis  married  Eugene  L.  Sullivan,  Col- 
lector of  the  Port.  One  of  Dr.  Bucknall's  two  sur- 
viving daughters  is  Mrs.  Fred  Marriott,  wife  of  the 
well-known   newspaper  publisher. 

*  *         * 

It  is  expected  that  at  the  golf  handicap  today  at 
Del  Monte  Miss  A.  E.  W.  Morgan,  Miss  Cornelia 
Armsby,  Miss  Cotter  and  Mrs.  Williamson  will  take 
part,  as  well  as  Mrs.  Warner  and  Mrs.  Loeser, 
previous  prize  winners. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Kate  Voorhies  Henry  has  gone  with  a  large 
party  for  an  extended  visit  to  the  Thomas  H. 
Williams'  ranch  on  the  McCloud  River.  Some  of 
the  guests  went  in  a  private  car,  while  others  left 
in  autos.    A  glorious  time  is  anticipated. 

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15 


The  marriage  of  Miss  Julia  Parsons  of  Mare 
Island,  and  Assistant  Naval  (  onstructor  Sydney  M. 
Henry,  LT.  S.  X..  will  be  celebrated  this  Fall.  The 
bride-to-be  and  groom-elect  were  guests  of  honor 
recently  at  a  dinner  given  at  Mare  Island  by  Naval 
Constructor  and  Mrs.  Holden  A.  Evans.  Orange 
blossoms  were  effectively  used  lor  table  decora- 
tions. 


The  couple  left  for  Yellowstone 
have  their  home  in  this  City. 


Park.     They  will 


Miss  Ida  May  Henley  and  Theodore  James 
Wilder  were  married  on  June  5th  at  the  residence 
of  the  bride's  parents  in  Berkeley.  Rev.  W.  R. 
Hodgkins  of  the  Episcopal  Church  officiated. 


The  wedding  of  Miss  Lorraine  de  la  Montanya 
and  Mr.  Edward  Davis,  took  place  on  Tuesday 
evening  at  9  o'clock,  June  11th,  at  the  residence  of 
the  bride's  mother,  Mrs.  George  Terbush  on  Frank- 
lin .Street.  The  bride's  maids  were  Miss  Hazel 
Farmer  and  Miss  Roma  Paxton.  Mr.  Philip  Paschal 
was  best  man.  Amongst  the  forty  people  invited  were 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin.  Mrs.  f.  de  Earth  Shorb,  Mrs. 
Ynez  Shorb  White.  Mrs.  R.  D.  Fry,  Mrs.  J.  L. 
M  artel,  Miss  Adel  Martel,  Misses  Grace  and 
l-'rances  Thompson,  all  friends  of  the  groom.  As 
Mr.  Davis  is  erecting  several  buildings,  he  will  not 
take  the  contemplated  European  bridal  tour  at  pres- 
ent, but  it  is  likely  that  he  and  his  bride  will  go 
abroad  within  the  next  six  months. 
*       *       * 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Catherine  Keenan,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hugh  Keenan,  and  James  B.  Keith, 
an  official  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  took  place 
on  June  5th  at  the  Church  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  Fell 
and  Fillmore  Streets.  Archbishop  Riordan  officiat- 
ing. A  reception  was  held  at  the  residence  of  the 
bride's  parents  Page  and  Webster  Streets,  to  which 
several  hundred  guests  were  present.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Keith  will  make  their  home  in  this  City. 

V  *  * 

At  Carson,  Nevada,  Mrs.  Helen  Bierce  Ballard, 
daughter  of  Ambrose  Bierce,  received  a  decree  of 
divorce  at  2 :30  P.  M.  and  at  4  P.  M.  was  married  to 
Harry  Davenport  Cowden,  a  mining  operator  of 
that  State.  Judge  Lanagan  granted  the  decree  and 
performed  the  ceremony.  No  doubt  Sam  Davis 
and  the  other  journalistic  sages  of  Nevada  will 
point  to  these  expeditious  proceedings  as  proof  of 
the  up-to  date  methods  of  the  Sagebrush  State,  but 
the  underpinning  is  knocked  out  of  that  argument 
by  the  fact  that  Miss  Bierce  was  a  product  of  the 
glorious  climate  of  California. 

Amongst  the  many  recent  marriages  was  that  of 
Miss  Sylvia  Martinoni  and  Albert  R.  Hammond  at 
the  residence  of  the  bride's  mother  Mrs.  Lucia 
Martinoni,  Union  Street  ,  Alameda. 

*         *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  H.  Burnham  have  issued  cards 
for  the  marriage  of  their  daughter  Miss  Mertie  Ver- 
nell  and  William  Blewett.  which  will  take  place  on 
June  19th  in  Oakland.  The  bride  is  a  daughter  of 
Chief  Deputy  U.  S.  Marshal  George  Burnham. 

Miss  Nellie  Sullivan  and  Harry  A.  Byrnes  have 
been  married.  The  bride  is  the  eldest  daughter  of 
the  late  District  Attornev  J.  D.  Sullivan  who  was 
once  a  partner  of  Colonel  Herbert  Chovnski.  Mr. 
Byrnes  is  traffic  manager  for  a  large  oil  company. 


All  is  in  readiness  for  the  forthcoming  wedding  of 
Miss  Beda  Sperry  and  Augustus  Bodwell,  which 
will  be  quietly  celebrated  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
mother,  Mrs.  Austin  Sperry.  on  Pacific  Avenue. 
June  17th.  Rev.  Bradford  Leavitt  officiating. 
Only  members  of  the  Sperry  family,  which  has  a 
very  large  connection  will  be  present.  Mr.  Bodwell 
owns  a  valuable  ranch  in  Sonoma  Valley,  where 
he  and  his  bride  will  spend  the  summer. 

Miss  Ethel  Shorb  has  postponed  her  visit  to  Los 
Angeles  until  after  the  wedding  of  her  young 
brother,  Bernardo,  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Sheehan  in 
July. 


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THE  BEAUTIFUL  MRS.  MALCOLM  HENRY 

The  Rev.  May  S.  Pepper  is  not  as  well-known  in 
San  Francisco  as  in  Brooklyn.  Even  in  the  City 
of  Churches  she  is  not  as  popular  as  she  is  in  the 
City  of  the  Dead,  otherwise  known  as  Eternity,  or 
the  Spirit  Land.  For  some  years  she  has  acted  as 
a  go-between  from  the  invisible  to  the  visible.  The 
invisible  consisted  of  such  impalpable  things  as  re- 
turned to  this  world  in  order  to  examine  some  latch- 
key, watch-charm,  lead  pencil  or  the  like,  which 
Brooklyners  placed  on  the  Rev.  Mav's  pulpit;  the 
visible,  any  of  said  Brooklyners  who  paid  25  cents 
admission.  Special  donations  caused  corresponding- 
activity  in  the  spectral   denizens  of  infinite  space. 

Announcement  of  her  marriage  to  Edward  Van- 
derbilt,  who  stands  in  some  circumambient  relation 
to    the    widespread    New    York-  family,    caused    no 


surprise  among  the  visible  or  invisible  of  the  First 
Spiritualistic  Church,  as  May  was  always  fond  of 
running  her  short  pink  fingers  through  the  long 
green.  Edward  Vanderbilt,  as  his  name  implies,  is 
a  millionaire.  He  will  take  his  bride  on  a  visit 
to  the  Czar  of  all  the  Russians,  excepting  Gorky. 
Immediately  after  her  marriage,  Mrs.  Vanderbilt 
took  a  hundred-yard  dash  into  the  Ethereal  Beyond, 
where  she  was  entrusted  with  a  few  words  for  the 
bomb-pestered  Nicholas.  This  message  she  will 
deliver  in  person.  There  may  be  a  medium  of  ex- 
change to  be  handled  by  none  but  the  Emperor  and 
herself.  En  route  she  will  be  the  guest  of  Lady 
Tankerville,  now  in  London,  and  thereafter  sojourn 
in  Paris,  a  place  perhaps  not  remarkably  fit  for  in- 
nocent young  brides.  But  Mrs.  Pepper-Vanderbilt, 
who  is  built  somewhat  on  the  broad,  flowing  lines 
of  Secretary  of  War  Taft,  is  too  practical  to  let 
any  material  influences  corrupt  the  imperial  mes- 
sage. This  communication  is  evidently  from  the 
harp-twanging  Romanoffs,  and  is  rumored  to  be 
"Down  with  the  Douma."  If  that  is  true,  the 
douma  is  doomed;  for  Airs.  Pepper  never  makes  a 
mistake  when  she  meets  a  man  with  a  mind  like 
the  Daddy  of  the  Nihilists. 

*  *         * 

Ralph  E.  Parr,  the  ex-secretary  of  the  Burlingame 
Club,  who  has  been  charged  with  forgery,  belongs 
to  a  well-known  family  of  Alameda.  His  sister, 
Mrs. Roger  Chickering,  who  was  Miss  Theo  Parr, 
is  a  member  of  Oakland  and  Alameda's  exclusive 
set.  Her  marriage  last  year  was  a  Society  event. 
It  is  to  be  hoped,  for  the  sake  of  the  family,  the 
newspaper  reports  of  the  young  man's  lapses  from 
honesty  will  not  be  fully  verified,  for  they  make 
him  out  a  pretty  tough  case  for  a  stripling  of.  21. 

*  *         * 

The  devotees  of  bridge  whist  have  been  consid- 
erably interested  in  the  published  news  that  a  cer- 
tain well-known  and  popular  young  matron  had  sold 
her  home  in  the  Western  Addition  and  moved  into 
a  new  home.  The  whist  players  are  wondering  if 
the  lady's  present  domicile  will  become  as  noted 
for  exciting  games  of  whist  and  high  stakes  as  was 
her  former  residence.  It  is  no  uncommon  thing  for 
the  gamesters  to  compete  for  such  prizes  as  twenty- 
five-dollar  hats,  and  the  young  hostess,  who  has  a 
marvelous  talent  for  the  fashionable  game,  won  a 
stock  of  millinery  that  would  have  sufficed  to  start 
a  shop  on  Van  Ness  Avenue. 

*  *         * 

When  Orrin  Peck,  the  painter,  was  out  here,  he 
complained  of  the  lack  of  art  atmosphere  in  San 
Francisco,  and,  in  fact,  in  America,  generally  speak- 
ing-. Y\ 'hat  Orrin  lost  in  art  atmosphere  he  more 
than  made  up  in  the  cameraderie  of  the  Bohemian 
Club.  Since  Mr.  Peck  went  to  Europe,  he  has  been 
getting  art  atmosphere  in  large  gulps.  He  rented 
a  house  in  Old  Chelsea,  where  Whistler  lived,  and 
when  he  finds  the  air  becoming  too  rarified  there, 
he  flits  across  the  English  Channel,  and  runs  down 
to  Paris  for  a  few  weeks  in  the  Latin  Quarter.  I 
read  a  good  deal  about  his  movements  in  that 
direction,  but  less  about  the  number  of  pictures 
he  is  producing.     Mr.  Peck  is  a  very  capable  artist. 


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MAUDE  ADAMS  AS  PETER  PAN 

but,  like  others  of  that  ilk,  his  productiveness  is  in 
the  inverse  ratio  to  his  genius. 

Marjorie  Bowen,  whose  prodigious  novels  have 
made  two  of  the  year's  big  hits,  is  a  Miss  Gabrielle 
Yere  Campbell,  a  descendant  of  course  of  the  Clan 
Campbell.  She  was  educated  in  London  and  Paris, 
and  had  no  idea  that  the  ancient  rancor  still  sur- 
vived until  it  was  given  to  her  as  an  excuse  not  to 
introduce  a  certain  gentleman — "But,  you  know,  he 
is  a  Macdonald." 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Garret  W.  McEnerney  will  spend 
the  Summer  in  San  Rafael,  where  they  have  leased 
a  handsome  residence.  Their  town  house  on  Wash- 
ington Street  has  been  closed. 

*  *  * 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Alderson  who  was  the  attrac- 
tive Cordelia  Bishop  of  Oakland  before  her  mar- 
riage, will  soon  return  to  this  coast  from  the  East. 
where  Dr.  Alderson  has  been  taking  a  course  at 
Hopkins  University  of  Virginia.  He  graduated  with 
high  honors.  They  will  reside  in  this  citv.  Mrs. 
Alderson    is  the   daughter  of  Mr.   and   Mrs.   Edgai 


Bishop,   well   known   and    prominent   in   Oakland's 

exclusive   set. 

*  *  * 

Viola  Allen  says  that  there  are  two  careers  she 
would  prefer  to  acting,  authorship  or  trained  nurs- 
ing. She  says  the  greatest  drawback  to  enjoyment 
of  life  to  an  actress  is  "Monotony,  the  deadly  routine 
engendered  by  the  long  run."  No  doubt  Maude 
Adams  would  agree  with  her. 

Miss  Daisy  Polk,  who  has  been  living  in  Berkeley 
since  the  recent  death  of  her  father  and  mother,  will 
leave  about  June  15th  on  a  visit  to  Mrs.  George 
H.  Hellmanu,  at  her  mountain  home,  ten  miles 
above  Healdsburg.  Miss  Polk  is  the  only  sister 
of  Willis  Polk,  the  talented  architect,  and  is  as 
clever  in  music  as  her  brother  is  in  architecture. 
She  is  a  wonderful  violinist. 

EXTRE  NOUS. 


In   1920 

"This,"  said  the  stage  manager,  "is  the  setting 
for  the  balcony  scene  in  'Romeo  and  Juliet'." 

"But  I  seem  to  miss  something,"  said  the  critic. 
"Where  is  the  ladder?" 

"Ladder?  The  modern  Romeo  doesn't  climb  a 
ladder;  he  comes  in  an  airship." 


Stewart  Photo 


LANDERS  STEVENS 
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Our  Venetian  Government 

The  protests  of  the  business  community  against 
the  municipal  railroad  on  Geary  Street  have  been 
treated  with  the  utmost  contempt,  and  the  vicious 
legislation,  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  necessary 
to  the  creation  of  the  public  evil,  has  been  accom- 
plished. Here  we  have  a.  fine  example  of  the  vic- 
iousness  of  government  when  it  takes  any  other 
form  then  the  constitutional  one.  San  Francisco 
is  now  governed  by  the  "big  stick,"  wielded  by 
the  citizens  who  guarantee  a  hundred  thousand 
dollars  for  the  prosecution  of  the  grafters.  The 
public  does  not  know  who  all  these  men  are. 
Rudolph  Spreckels  is  one  of  them,  but  the  names 
of  the  others  are  in  doubt.  The  citizens  of  San 
Francisco  are  therefore  governed  by  a  secret 
tribunal  in  the  manner  in  which  ancient  Venice  was 
ruled  by  rival  factions.  When  a  citizen  of  Venice 
was  indicted,  imprisoned  or  sentenced  to  death,  he 
knew  not  by  whose  authority  the  punishment  was 
instigated  or  inflicted.  Being  ignorant  of  that  fact, 
it  was,  of  course,  impossible  for  him  to  appeal 
effectually,  for  the  secret  tribunal  superseded  the 
courts  of  law. 

However  upright  and  patriotic  may  be  the  people 
constituting  the  secret  tribunal  that  now  rules  San 
Francisco,  their  procedure  is  improper  and  entirely 
to  be  condemned  when  they  deviate  one  inch  from 
the  business  of  prosecuting  the  grafters. 

Even  that  is  irregular  and  dangerous.  It  is  a 
work  undertaken  and  conducted  by  a  newspaper 
and  a  banker,  who  has  guaranteed  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  for  the  payment  of  special  prose- 
cutors and  detectives.  In  other  words,  it  is  needed 
someone  possessed  of  one  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars to  start  the  machinery  of  justice.  Any  humble 
citizen,  or  a  thousand  humble  citizens,  not  able 
to  contribute  a  hundred  thousand  dollars  could  not 
have  done  the  work.  The  fact  is  therefore  estab- 
lished that  all  the  poor  but  honest  citizens  of  our 
community  are  powerless  to  redress  their  wrongs, 
but  a  hundred  thousand  dollars  can  take  possession 
of  the  District  Attorney's  office,  indict  the  grafters 
and  a  dozen  or  so  of  the  leading  capitalists  and 
make  the  Superior  Judges  jump  around  in  lively 
fashion. 

Is  this  a  highly  desirable  precedent.  By  no 
means.  It  is  revolution.  The  machinery  of  justice 
should  be  moved  in  the  constitutional  fashion  by 
the  elected  officers  of  the  law  and  none  others. 

If  a  banker  with  one  hundred  thousand  dollars 
can  take  possession  of  the  District  Attorney's  office 
and  the  Grand  Jury,  and  use  the  big  stick  on  the 
Board  of  Supervisors,  other  combinations  represent- 


ing one  hundred  thousand  dollars  may  do  the  same, 
for  very  evil  purposes  or  totally  unlike  the 
prosecution  of  grafting  officials. 

In  a  government  like  ours  the  gates  should  never 
be  left  ajar  for  rascals  to  enter.  When  we  adopted 
our  new  Charter  we  were  told  that  the  great  respon- 
sibility thrown  on  the  Mayor  would  surely  cause 
the  voters  to  elect  none  but  the  most  honorable 
of  citizens  to  the  chair  of  the  Chief  Magistrate. 

Then  Ruef,  seeing  the  gates  thrown  open  to 
political  bandits,  nominated  Schmitz  and  established 
his  government  of  highbinders. 

Eternal  vigilance  and  inflexible  opposition  to  all 
tampering  with  the  constitutional  safeguards  are 
the  price  of  good  government. 


The  Coming  War  with  Japan 
It  will  not  be  the  fault  of  the  editors  and  agita- 
tors in  Tokio  and  San  Francisco  if  the  United  States 
and  Japan  be  not  embroiled  in  war  within  three 
years — five  at  the  farthest.  War  with  Japan  would 
be  a  most  unprofitable  enterprise,  from  the  Ameri- 
can standpoint.  We  would  have  nothing  to  gain 
and  a  great  deal  to  lose,  and  in  the  present  condi- 
tion of  our  army  and  navy,  we  would  not  be  very 
likely  to  make  a  brilliant  start. 

Our  navy  in  the  Pacific  is  wholly  inadequate  for 
the  work  that  would  be  cut  out  for  it,  and  there 
is  no  immediate  possibility  of  bringing  it  up  to  the 
proper  strength.  It  will  take  ten  years  at  least  be- 
fore the  Panama  Canal  shall  have  been  completed, 
and  in  the  meantime,  the  fleet  in  the  Pacific  can 
only  be  strengthened  for  an  emergency  by  bringing 
ships  around  Cape  Horn,  a  slow  and  dangerous 
process  at  any  time,  and  doubly  so  when  war  is 
raging. 

Our  naval  inefficiency  in  the  Pacific  is  fully  shown 
by  the  fact  that  we  do  not  possess  a  single  dock 


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or  soda  before  meals;  gives  you  an  appetite.     At  all  druggists. 


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capable  of  holding  a  first-class  battleship,  and  a 
navy  without  adequate  docking  facilities  would  be 
a  lame  duck. 

It  is  conceded  by  all  American  military  experts 
that  at  the  present  time  Japan  could  take  the  Philip- 
pines any  moment  it  saw  fit  to  do  so.  Those  insular 
possessions  of  ours  lie  almost  at  Japan's  door,  so 
that  with  our  present  insufficient  forces  we  hold 
the  islands  by  the  tacit  consent  of  Japan.  In  the 
event  of  a  war,  in  the  near  future,  with  the  Mikado's 
Empire,  the  Philippines  would  be  wrested  from  us, 
and  the  Japanese  navy  would  make  a  dash  for  the 
Hawaiian  Islands,  which,  if  seized,  might  afford 
them  a  base  in  the  North  Pacific,  and  further  the 
ambition  of  Japan  to  become  the  mistress  of  that 
ocean.  It  would  be  a  very  unpleasant  thing  for 
the  United  States  to  have  a  formidable  and  hostile 
military  nation,  with  a  fortified  base  as  close  to 
our   western  shore  as  Honolulu. 

The  Profit  of  War 

From  any  point  of  view  a  war  with  Japan  would 
not  fail  to  be  a  serious  misfortune  to  the  United 
States.  (  in  the  other  hand,  war  has  so  far  proved 
highly  profitable  to  Japan.  It  is  true  that  it  has 
plunged  her  in  debt,  but  it  is  also  true  that  it  has 
enlarged  her  commercial  scope,  her  sphere  of  in- 
fluence, and  enormously  enhanced  her  power  to 
borrow  money  from  the  great  civilized  nations.  The 
successful  wars  which  Japan  has  waged  with  larger 
powers  and  her  manifest  capacity  for  self-govern- 
ment have  given  her  such  prestige  that  she  has 
been  able  to  float  great  loans  without  difficulty.  If 
she  should  engage  in  a  struggle  with  the  United 
States,  and  succeed  in  taking  from  us  the  Philip- 
pines, and  holding  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  until  we 
mustered  strength  enough  to  drive  her  out,  she 
would  be  better  off,  financially,  than  ever  before. 
Such  a  display  of  strength  in  the  Pacific  would,  for 
the  time  being,  make  her  a  leader  amongst  the 
world  powers.  She  could  float  loans  of  any  mag- 
nitude, and  it  is  not  at  all  unlikely  that  European 
and  Western  capital,  would  of  itself,  seek  invest- 
ment in  Japanese  industries  and  commerce,  if  the 
Empire  offered  opportunities  to  foreigners  to  en- 
gage in  business.  Labor  is  cheap  there  and  the 
money-making  opportunities  would  be  immense. 

The  Japanese  people  are  fully  alive  to  the  fact 
that  war  has  not  for  them  the  terrors  it  has  for 
nations  which  are  purely  commercial  and  industrial, 
and  which  have  to  rely  upon  volunteers  for  their 
army  and  navy  in  time  of  war.  The  cost  of  war 
to  Japan  is  a  trifle  compared  with  what  it  would 
be  to  us. 

Japan's  War  Record 

In  eight  years  Japan  has  fought  successfully  two 
nations  which  were  regarded  as  amongst  the  most 
powerful  in  the  world.  She  disposed  of  China  with 
the  utmost  ease,  and  she  vanquished  Russia  with- 
out any  great  difficulty.  Ours  being  an  unmilitary 
nation,  and  a  republic  without  a  large  standing 
army  and  only  a  moderate  navy,  we  appear  to  the 
Japanese   an  even  less  dangerous  antagonist  than 


Russia,  and  there  is  not  the  slightest  doubt  that  the 
general  belief  exists  in  the  Mikado's  Empire,  that 
in  the  event  of  a  war,  we  would  be  beaten  very 
handily.  It  is  equally  certain  that  the  Japanese 
are  confident  that  if  they  could  wallop  the  United 
States  it  would  not  only  redound  to  their  military 
glory,  but  make  them  the  most  prosperous  nation 
in  Asia.  This  being  the  case,  it  is  not  surprising 
to  find  the  agitators  and  newspapers  in  Tokio  in- 
dustriously working  up  the  ill-will  between  Japan 
and  America,  which  later  on,  may  serve  as  an  ex- 
cuse for  a  declaration  of  hostilities. 


The  American  District  Telegraph  Company  is 
helping  along  the  good  work  of  prolonging  the  car 
strike.  It  informs  its  patrons  that  its  messengers 
must  not  ride  on  the  cars  and  accordingly  soaks 
said  patrons  for  "omnibus  fares",  in  addition  to 
regular  charges.     Comment  is  unnecessary. 


Supervisor  Tveitmoe  the  appointee  and  apologist 
of  Mayor  Schmitz  wants  to  finance  the  car  strike, 
so  that  there  will  be  a  fund  of  $15,000  a  week  to 
handle.  "Whew !  Fifteen  thousand  a  week  and  no 
bonds  or  books.  All  the  Supervisors  will  resign 
and  try  to  handle  that  large  piece  of  pie. 


Why   not  subscribe  for  The  Wasp  and  have   it 
mailed  to  your  address  every  week? 


'JUST  A  SHADE  ON   OTHERS" 


Weinhard 

The  Peer 
of  Bottle  Beer 


CALIFORNIA  BOTTLING  CO. 


SOLE    BOTTLERS 


1255  HARRISON  STREET 

PHONE  MARKET  977 


Weinhard    is   the   Delicious   Beer   served    at   Cafe    Francisco,    The 
Louvre,  Tait's  and  many  other  Cafes 


If  you  need  a  bracer  in  the  morning  try  a  glass  of  soda  and  a  little 
oi  Abbott's  Bitters.     You'll  be  surprised  how  it  will  brighten  you  up. 


S^o^Eor  President's   Taste 

Macaroni,  Vermicelli,  Spaghetti 

L.  R.  PODCSTA,  Manufacturer  S12  Waihingtgn  Streat 


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Sketched  from  Life 

Every  day  in  San  Francisco  a  lone  old  woman, 
gray-haired  and  feeble,  limps  along  the  streets  from 
her  squalid  home  to  the  houses  of  the  people  for 
whom  she  does  washing. 

She  may  not  ride  on  the  cars  for  the  labor 
unions  have  boycotted  them  and  her  son-in-law 
has  been  called  out  on  strike.  Even  if  she  had 
permission  from  the  omnipotent  heads  of  the  labor 
trust  to  ride  she  could  not  do  so,  as  five  cents  is 
a  small  fortune  to  her. 

When  the  strike  occured  her  daughter  had  just 
been  confined,  and  between  the  doctor's  bill  and 
the  other  expenses  consequent  to  such  an  event, 
the  family  had  been  plunged  deeply  in  debt.  Liv- 
ing from  hand  to  mouth  as  they  were,  the  loss  of 
even  one  day's  work  was  serious  for  the  young 
father.  A  strike  of  indefinite  duration  was  a 
tragedy,  for  which  the  exception  of  the  lame  and 
feeble  old  laundress  he  was  the  only  bread-winner. 

He  had  a  brother-in-law,  a  sturdy  young  plumber, 
but  instead  of  being  a  help  he  was  an  additional 
load,  another  mouth  to  feed.  The  young  man  had 
learned  his  trade  only  to  find  that  the  union  would 
not  give  him  a  card  and  let  him  go  to  work. 

The  walking  delegate  had  figured  up  that  there 
were  as  many  plumbers  at  work,  already,  as  could 
keep  the  wages  up  to  $7  a  day.  They  were  trying 
to  raise  them  to  $8  a  clay,  but  this  could  not  be 
done  as  long  as  there  were  enough  plumbers  to 
supply  the  demand. 

An  artificial  scarcity  of  plumbers  had  to  be 
created  in  order  to  raise  the  scale  another  dollar 
a  day. 

If  the  membership  of  the  union  was  increased  to 
over  800  wages  might  actually  drop  to  $6  a  day, 
which  would  be  a  terrible  calamity  for  the  800 
journeymen  doomed  to  give  their  services  for  such 
a  pittance. 

So  the  young  plumber  could  not  get  a  journey- 
man's card.  The  membership  roll  was  closed  and 
no  one  could  tell  when  it  might  be  reopened.  Per- 
haps when  the  plumbers  had  raised  their  wages  to 
$8  a  day  and  there  were  still  more  buildings  to  be 
plumbed  than  there  were  plumbers  to  attend  to 
them.  In  any  event  the  organization  had  to  be 
maintained.  If  it  were  broken  down  many  calam- 
ities might  ensue.  The  walking  delegate  might 
have  to  go  to  work  and  some  members  of  the  union 
that  held  City  Hall  jobs  might  be  driven  to  equally 
desperate  straits  to  make  a  living.  Such  public 
calamities  should  be  prevented  at  all  hazards. 

What  mattered  it  then  that  a  young  apprentice 
should  be  deprived  of  a  journeyman's  card  and 
forced  to  stay  at  home  while  his  lame  and  feeble 
old  mother  was  compelled  to  go  out  and  earn  her 
daily  crust,  laboriously,  by  washing  clothes.  Who 
cared  if  she  fell  down  in  the  streets  and  died  of 
exhaustion   or   even   starvation. 

This  is  no  fancy  sketch.  The  figures  are  drawn 
from  life  and  the  feeble  old  washerwoman  and  her 
distressed  family  are  unfortunately  but  a  few  of  the 
thousands    of    humble    and    defenseless    people    on 


whom  undeserved  privileges  and  suffering  have 
been  brought  by  the  selfish  and  lawless  tactics  of 
the  labor  trust. 


Original  Coppa 


Formerly  at 
622  Montgomery 


IN  BUSINESS  AGAIN  AT 
423    PINE    ST.,  Bet.  Kearny  and  Montgomery 


Special  Dishes  Every  Day 

Private  Rooms  for  Families  Up-Slairs 

Service  Unsurpassed 


JOE  COPPA,  Proprietor 

Phone  Temp.  623 


H.  C.  RAAP.  Manager 


Telephone  Franklin  588 


National  Cafe  and  Grill 

918-920  O'FARRELL  ST.,  San  Francisco 

SPECIAL  MERCHANTS  HOT  LUNCH   25c 

Including  Tea,  Coffee,  Wine  or  Beer.      I  I  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 
A  LA  CARTE  al  all  hours. 

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AL.  CONEY 


J.  nUFF 


Kadee  Hammam  Baths 

TURKISH  AND  HAMMAM  BATHS 

PRIVATE  ROOM  AND  BATH  $1.00 

Open  Day  and  Night 

GEARY  AND  GOUGH  STREETS 

Strictly  First  Class  Phone  West  3725 


La  Boheme 


First  Class    Italian  Restaurant 
1558    BUSH    ST. 

Between    Van     Neu     and     Franklin 


SPECIALTY:  Italian  and  French  Cuisine 

FELIX  PIANTANIDA,  Manage. 


Formerly  Proprietor  of  the  ORIGINAL   COPPA 


Popular    French    Restaurant 


Regular  Dinner  75c 

Meals  a  la  carte  at  any  hour 


Private  Dining   Rooms 

for  Banquets,  etc. 


497  Golden  Gate  Ave. 

Comer  Polk  Street 


Phone  Market  2315 


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iht  N.  Y.  World. 


I'nion  labor,  with  all  its  violence  likes  and  dis- 
likes, feels  no  hatred  for  Schmitz,  Rnef  and  the 
Supervisors  who  betrayed  it  and  the  city.  Rather 
they  hate  the  men  who  have  laid  bare  this  shame- 
ful story  of  corruption.  Xo  amount  of  denial  will 
change  the  stubborn  fact  that  union  labor  had  a 
fair,  unhampered  chance  at  municipal  governing. 
Every  man  from  top  to  bottom  wore  the  union 
labor  label.  There  wasn't  a  "scab"  anywhere  in  the 
whole  shooting  match,  and  it  turns  out  there  was 
scarcely  an  honest  man  in  the  lot.  Not  half  the 
thieves  have  been  named  yet  nor  are  they  likely 
to  be.  There  is  graft  in  the  school  department. 
There  was  notorious  graft  in  the  Health  office  and 
the  Board  of  Public  Works  just  after  the  fire,  and 
in  the  police  department  the  whole  city  knows  of 
tie  scandalous  conditions.  So  Union  labor  is  re- 
sponsible for  municipal  government  scandals  that 
are  a  shame  to  every  honest  man  in  San  Francisco. 
Industrially,  union  labor  is  responsible  for  strikes 
and  exhorbitant  wage  demands  that  are  driving 
capital  away  and  putting  a  stop  to  rebuilding.  The 
Crocker  estate  has  just  decided  to  postpone  in- 
definitely the  construction  of  six  big  buildings  and 
unless  conditions  are  improved  here  speedily  the 
Crocker  millions  will  be  invested  elsewhere.  Twenty 
thousand  union  workingmen  of  San  Francisco  are 
already  idle  from  foolish  strikes'  and  unless  sober 
sense  shall  begin  soon  to  get  the  upper  hand  in 
their  labor  organizations,  the  soup  kitchen  will  be 
as  prominent  a  feature  of  the  Fall  and  Winter  as 
was  the  bread  line  immediatelv  after  the' fire.    The 


workingmen  have  been  making  all  the  money  that 
has  been  made  since  the  fire  and  in  their  arrogance 
they  are  at  the  point  of  killing  the  goose  whose 
golden  eggs  have  stuffed  their  pockets. 

HARVEY  BROUGHAM. 


The  proprietor  of  a  large  business  house  bought 
a  number  of  signs  reading,  "Do  It  Now,"  and  had 
them  hung  around  the  office,  hoping  to  inspire  his 
people  with  promptness  and  energy  in  their  work. 
In  his  private  office  one  day  soon  afterward  a  friend 
asked  him  how  the  scheme  affected  the  staff.  "Well, 
not  just  the  way  I  thought  it  would,"  answered 
the  proprietor.  "The  cashier  skipped  with  $30,000, 
the  head  bookkeeper  eloped  with  the  private  secre- 
tary, three  clerks  asked  for  an  increase  of  salary, 
and  the  office  boy  lit  out  to  become  a  highwayman." 


Barker — What   kind   of   seas   are   beyond    matri- 
monial seas? 

Harker — Why,  divorcees. 


THE 

LIQUEUR 

OF 

POLITE 

SOCIETY 


THE 

LIQUEUR 

OF 

POLITE 

SOCIETY 


LIQUEUR 

Peres  Chartreux 

-GREEN  AND  YELLOW— 

This  famous  cordial,  now  made  at  Tarragona,  Spain,  was 
for  centuries  distilled  by  the  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Char- 
treux) at  the  Monastery  of  La  Grande  Chartreuse,  France,  and 
known  throughout  the  world  as  Chartreuse.  The  above  cut 
represents  the  bottle  and  label  employed  in  the  putting  up  of  the 
article  since  the  Monks'  expulsion  from  France,  and  it  is  now 
known  as  Liqueur  Peres  Chartreux  (the  Monks,  however 
still  retain  the  right  to  use  the  old  bottle  and  label  as  well), 
distilled  by  the  same  order  of  Monks,  who  have  securely 
guarded  the  secret  of  its  manufacture  for  hundreds  of  years,  and 
who  alone  possess  a  knowledge  of  the  elements  of  this  delicious 
nectar. 

At  first-class  Wine  Merchants,  Grocers,  Hotels,  Cafes. 

Batjer  &  Co.,  45  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Sole  Agents  for  United  Slates. 


STRICTLY  BUSINESS 


Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 


Bamboozled  Business  Men 
The  Committee  of  Ten,  after  wasting  several 
weeks  in  trying  by  Governor  Gillett's  bad  advice 
to  get  Schmitz  to  do  something  toward  the  enforce- 
ment of  law  and  order,  have  given  it  up  as  a  bad 
job.  These  worth)'  citizens  would  have  saved  their 
time  and  tempers  by  reading  The  Wasp  and  taking 
the  advice  we  gave  them  at  the  outset.  We  knew 
that  no  good  could  be  done  by  asking  Schmitz 
to  relieve  the  situation. 

That  crook  was  too  busy  figuring  on  keeping 
out  of  jail,  and  had  no  time  to  bother  with  the 
condition  of  the  City  he  has  plunged  into  distress 
by  his  six  years  of  dishonest  mis-government. 

The  Committee  of  Ten  should  have  turned  their 
batteries  on  Gillett  at  once  and  made  that  nimble 
politician  toe  the  mark,  and  do  his  sworn  duty.  He 
hasn't  done  it  and  every  editor  in  California  knows 
•it ;  and  he  can  rest  assured  that  he  will  hear  a  good 
deal  on  the  subject  that  will  interest  him  for  the 
next  few  years  till  his  successor  is  chosen. 


The  Building  Problem 
It  surprises  me  that  a  clear-headed  man  like  Cap- 
tain J.  D.  McGilvray  of  the  Builders'  Exchange 
should  not  take  sides  firmly  with  those  builders  who 
demand  the  open  shop.  There  is  no  other  solution 
of  the  labor  problem  than  the  open  shop,  and  the 
sooner  practical  men  like  Captain  McGilvray  come 
to  that  conclusion  the  better  for  everybody,  the 
workingmen  themselves,  included. 


The  Remedy 
The  closed  shop  can  have  no  other  effect  than  to 
cause  ceaseless  turmoil,  intensify  the  war  of  labor 
and  capital,  bring  about  financial  depression,  reduce 
the  supply  of  skilled  labor,  lower  the  standard  of 
skill  and  finally  ruin  the  nation  if  persisted  in.  Of 
course  it  will  not  be  persisted  in,  for  the  constant 
strikes,  and  endless  other  troubles  occasioned  by 
labor  agitators  must  bring  about  a  spell  of  hard 
times,  and  that  will  burst  the  unions  higher  than 
a  kite.  The  good,  old,  inflexible  law  of  supply  and 
demand  will  make  hash  of  them.  Let  nobody  have 
any  doubts  on  that  score. 

An  Undeniable  Right 
The  justice  of  Captain  McGilvray 's  assertion  that 
the  men  have  as  much  right  to  organize  as  the 
employers  is  self-evident.  They  have  not  the  right 
though  to  insist  that  every  workman  shall  be  de- 
nied the  right  to  seek  employment  except  members 
of  their  organization.     Captain   McGilvray's  Scot- 


tish ancestors  shed  their  blood  freely  in  combating 
that   principle   when   applied    to   religion    centuries 

ago.  

Hitting  the  Nail  on  the  Head 
In  the  discussion  in  the  Building  Exchange  Mr. 
Postlethwaite  hit  the  nail  on  the  head  squarely 
when  he  said  that  it  needed  90,000  mechanics  to 
restore  San  Francisco  and  the  unions  can  only 
supply  35,000.  That  explains  the  whole  trouble. 
For  twenty  years  the  unions  have  been  limiting 
membership  by  preventing  American  boys  from 
learning  trades,  and  now  we  are  feeling  the  effects 
of  this  manufactured  scarcity  of  skilled  labor.  It 
exists  in  all  lines,  and  unless  relieved  by  the  open 
shop  will  prove  ruinous  to  the  industries  of  the 
nation.  In  the  Eastern  States  the  employers  have 
already  organized  to  enforce  the  open  shop  and 
free  competition  in  labor  is  meeting  with  great 
success. 


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-THE  WASP 


23 


Fair  Play  Demanded 

Tirey  L.  Fonl's  published  statement  with  regard 
to  the  motion  to  set  aside  the  indictment  of  the 
I'nited  Railroads  officials  has  been  read  with  much 
interest  by  the  intelligent  public.  It  is  a  very  fair 
statement.  The  point  of  the  motion  to  set  aside 
the  indictment  is  that  in  the  testimony  taken  before 
the  Grand  Jury,  the  prosecution  has  thus  far  pro- 
duced no  evidence  sufficient  to  justify  an  indict- 
ment. 

Mr.  Henev  has  only  given  the  indicted  officials 
a  portion  of  the  testimony  taken  before  the  Grand 
Jury.  That  portion,  the  railroad  lawyers  contend, 
docs  not  justify  an  indictment.  All  defendants  have 
a  right  to  know  upon  what  grounds  they  are 
charged  with  crime  and  brought  before  the  Superior 
Court. 

It  would  be  a  very  dangerous  state  of  affairs  if 
any  set  of  men  constituted  as  a  Grand  Jury  could 
hold  secret  sessions,  and  put  upon  any  citizen, 
whom  they  desire  to  select  as  a  victim,  the  brand 
of  felony. 

While  the  public  is  fully  appreciative  of  the  splen- 
did work  done  by  the  prosecution  in  breaking  up 
the  reign  of  grafters  in  this  City,  it  nevertheless 
desires  to  see  equal  justice  done,  and  will  not  in- 
dorse anything  like  sharp  practice,  which  savors 
of  personal  animositv,  or  a  desire  to  prosecute 
people  for  ulterior  motives. 

The  general  public  is  not  by  any  means  convinced, 
as  the  prosecution  lawyers  and  some  of  the  news- 
papers appear  to  be,  that  Patrick  Calhoun  is  a  great 
public  enemy,  and  the  new  trolley  system  in  San 
Francisco,  a  public  calamity.  We  should  like  to 
see  a  vote  taken  upon  that  matter.  It  might  open 
the  eyes  of  some  of  the  gentlemen  who  are  loudest 
in  their  denunciations.  At  least  nine-tenths  of  the 
taxpayers  of  San  Francisco,  believe  that  the  rapidly 
constructed  trolley  system  has  been  a  great  boom 
to  this  stricken  City.  They  also  believe  that  no 
matter  how  beneficial  the  system  might  have  been, 
the  Board  of  grafting  Supervisors  and  the  corrupt 
Mayor  would  not  have  permitted  its  use  unless 
Ruef  had  advocated  the  measure.  If  the  United 
Railroads  officials  or  any  other  prominent  citizens 
have  been  guilty  of  criminal  bribery,  and  have  con- 
ducted themselves  as  public  enemies,  by  all  means 
let  them  be  prosecuted  to  the  full  extent  of  the 
law,  but  let  it  be  done  according  to  fair  American 
methods,  and  not  in  accordance  with  the  principles 
of  the  Middle  Ages,  when  man's  life  and  liberty 
depended  upon  the  deliberations  of  star  chamber 
councils. 


I  hear  that  many  jolly  home  parties  are  being 
formed  by  the  owners  of  fine  country  homes  on  the 
McCloud  river.  The  Charles  S.  Wheelers,  Mrs. 
Hearst,  the  Bishops,  and  Thomas  H.  Williams  all 
live  very  near  each  other  on  the  banks  of  the 
magnificent  northern  stream  which  is  formed  by  the 
melting  snows  of  Shasta.  It  is  an  ideal  place  of 
retreat  during  the  summer  months.  Mr.  Wheeler's 
residence  at  Horseshoe  Bend  is  unexcelled  as  a 
country  residence  site  by  any  place  in  the  world. 


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Second  Viee-PresidenI,  Emil  Rohte;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier. 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary.  Georse  Toumy;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 
Goodfellow  &  Eells.  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  -  F.  Tillmann,  Jr.,  Daniel  Meyer.  Emil  Rohte.  lsn. 
Steinharl.  I.  N.  Walter,  N.  Ohlandt.  J.  W.  Van  Bergen.  E.  T.  Knise  and  W.  S. 
Goodfellow. 


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24 


-THE  WASP- 


Manufacturers  Aroused 

The  National  Association  of  Manufacturers  which 
is  an  influential  body  has  appointed  a  committee  on 
ways  and  means  to  raise  a  fund  of  $500,000  a  year 
for  three  years  to  wage  a  National  campaign  against 
the  labor  unions.  The  Association  held  its  annual 
session  recently  at  New  York  and  decided  that  as 
Samuel  Gompers  has  a  fund  of  a  million  dollars  to 
mould  public  opinion  and  shape  legislation  favor- 
able to  his  unions,  it  would  not  be  excessive  for  the 
employers  to  spend  half  a  million  a  year  to  neu- 
tralize his  efforts  to  make  the  labor  trust  omni- 
potent. 

The  National  Association  of  Manufacturers  has 
for  years  been  antagonistic  to  the  unions  but  this 
is  the  first  time  that  a  project  for  raising  a  fund  to 
fight  them  has  been  taken  up  by  the  body.  One  of 
the  trustees  explained  the  purpose  of  the  move : 

"The  money  will  not  be  used  in  any  wrong  way, 
you  may  be  sure.  Any  hint  that  a  penny  of  the 
fund  will  be  devoted  to  corruption  of  any  kind  can 
be  discounted.  The  fact  is  that  the  manufacturers 
feel  that  the  public  wins  many  a  fight  for  union 
labor  which  union  labor  never  deserved  to  win, 
solely  through  the  force  of  public  opinion  aroused 
by  sympathy  with  the  so-called  downtrodden.  If 
the  public  had  known  the  real  facts  of  the  case,  if  it 
were  introduced  to  a  knowledge  of  what  the  boycott, 
the  blacklist,  the  entertainment  committee  and  the 
other  methods  of  some  labor  unions  really  are 
public  opinion  would  be  on  our  side  instead  of  on 
theirs,  and  strikes,  lockouts  and  other  troubles 
created  by  labor  union  agitators  would  more  often 
be  settled  in  favor  of  the  manufacturers,  at  least 
when  they  are  right. 

"The  money  will  be  devoted  to  a  campaign  of 
education  solely.  We  think  that  we  will  be  able  to 
open  a  good  many  people's  eyes  to  what  the  many 
unions  really  mean.  It  is  time  that  there  was  some 
federated  action  on  the  part  of  employers.  We  mean 
to  lead  off  in  such  action  and  in  the  right  way." 

The  Association  has  declared  for  the  strict  regula- 
tion and  safeguarding  of  child  labor  under  proper 
sanitary  and  other  conditions.  The  open  shop,  no 
boycott,  no  limitation  in  the  number  of  apprentices, 
no  limitation  in  the  output,  no  dictation  by  the  labor 
unions  as  to  the  manner  in  which  employers  shall 
manage  their  business. 


Looking  for  Free  Advice 

Every  doctor  has  had  unpleasant  experiences  of 
the  economical  minded  person  who  takes  advantage 
of  a  casual  meeting  at  the  dinner  table  or  elswhere 
to  importune  him  for  counsel  as  to  his  ailments.  It 
it  not  always  easy  to  g-et  rid  of  these  pests. 

Abernethy  was,  as  we  knew,  equal  to  the  occasion 
when  a  wealthy  alderman  whom  he  met  at  a  friend's 
house  recited  his  catalogue  of  woes,  ending  up  with 
the  question:  "What  should  I  take?"  The  reply 
was:  "Take  advice." 


\  CHAIN   OP  EVIUtNCE 


Told  of  a  Lord 


—From  N.  Y.  Life 


An  amusing  story  was  told  of  Lord  Snook,  whose 
beautiful  residence  overlooks  the  Killarney  lakes. 
His  Lordship's  regiment  was  ordered  to  India,  but 
before  he  left  he  gave  a  local  contractor  orders  to 
build  a  wall  around  a  certain  ruined  castle  on  his 
estate  which  was  being  picked  to  pieces  by  ex- 
cursionists. 

Many  years  after  he  returned  with  the  feeling  that 
whatever  had  happened  his  ruin  would  at  least  be 
safe.  He  was  shocked  to  find  the  wall  enclosing  a 
vacant  space  where  the  castle,  the  idol  of  his  eye, 
had  reposed  when  he  last  visited  the  spot. 

"Where  is  the  castle?"  he  demanded  of  the  man 
intrusted  with  the  contract. 

"What,"  replied  that  worthy,  "do  ye  mane  that 
tumbledown  shanty?  Sure,  I  pulled  it  down  and 
built  the  wall  wid  the  stones." 


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Goldfield.  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought   and   Sold. 

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BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODCE.  Pies. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Any. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

OFFICES- -COR.  CHURCH   AND   MARKET  STREETS 
OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Master  (to  servant) — Before  I  engage  you,  just 
tell  me  if  you  think  you  can  dress  my  hair  elegantly 
with  only  nineteen  hairs — Lustige  Blaetter. 


Rooms 

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-THE  WASP 


25 


JERRY  THE  CHIEF 
The  distinguished  incapable   at  the  head  of  the  police 


Taft's  Chances 

The  Washington  politicians  believe  that  Secre- 
tary Taft's  chances  of  being  the  Republican  nomi- 
nee for  President  to  succeed  Mr.  Roosevelt  are 
growing  stronger.  The  tremendous  political 
strength  of  President  Roosevelt  appears  to  be  as 
great  in  Ohio  as  everywhere  else  and  it  will  be  ex- 
erted to  the  fullest  to  have  Taft  nominated.  Sen- 
ator Foraker  is  very  influential  in  his  own  State 
of  Ohio,  but  his  fellow-Republicans  there  are  in- 
clined to  give  their  adherence  to  Taft.  The  reason 
for  this  is  that  they  believe  if  Ohio  supports  Taft 
he  can  become  the  next  President,  and  no  matter 
what  Foraker  may  do  he  cannot  be  nominated  for 
the  Presidency,  and  probably  would  not  be  elected 
even  if  placed  at  the  head  of  the  Republican  ticket. 

There  is  a  disposition  to  insist,  however,  that 
Secretary  Taft's  wisest  course  in  the  Ohio  contest 
is  to  refuse  to  permit  his  candidacy  to  be  an  issue 
and  make  his  campaign  on  the  contention  that  Sen- 
ator Foraker  is  really  fighting  against  the  policies 
of  President  Roosevelt.  The  Secretary  will  decline 
to  let  himself  appear  to  be  a  seeker  after  the  Re- 
publican Presidential  nomination.  That  has  always 
been  his  attitude — that  he  would  not  be  an  out  and 
out  candidate.  There  is  a  strong  belief  in  Wash- 
-  ington  that  Mr.  Taft  will  refuse  to  stump  Ohio 
on  the  issue  of  his  own  candidacy  against  that 
of  Senator  Foraker.  What  he  is  more  likely  to  do, 
is   to   insist   that  the   policies  of   President   Roose- 


velt  comprise   the   real    issue   and   that    Mr.   Taft's 
own  personality  is  not  involved. 

In  spite  of  the  knowledge  that  the  President 
wants  to  have  Mr.  Taft  succeed  him,  intimations 
have  been  given  in  a  quarter  close  to  the  Presi- 
dent that  Mr.  Roosevelt  is  not  in  favor  of  any 
particular  candidate.  All  he  wants,  is  to  see  the 
Republican  parly  nominate  for  President  some 
strong  Republican  who  can  be  depended  on  to  carry 
out  the  policies  which  Mr.  Roosevelt  initiated,  and 
which  undeniably  have  won  the  approval  of  the 
great  masses  of  the  American  people.  With  Roose- 
velt's popularity  at  such  a  high  pitch  it  seems  cer- 
tain that  he  will  have  an  extraordinary  influence  on 
the  selection  of  his  successor,  both  in  the  nominating 
convention  and  at  the  polls. 


The  Retort  Discourteous 

A  Southern  Pacific  official  perpetrated  this  witticism, 
more  pat  perhaps  than  it  is  pretty.  He  was  on  a  car 
going  toward  the  ferry  from  the  Flood  building.  A 
rough-looking  man  pursued  the  car  for  some  distance, 
and  as  his  eye  alighted  upon  the  Southern  Pacific 
official  he  sneered  "Scab."  He  sneered  in  louder  tones 
as  the  car  moved  more  swiftly  and  he  had  to  run  faster 
to  keep  up.  "Well,"  observed  the  railroad  man,  "I 
think  I'd  rather  be  a  scab  than  a  running  sore." 


His   Scheme   Failed 

"I  wonder  why  it  is,"  remarked  one  of  the  two 
men  who  had  just  lunched,  turning  to  speak  to 
the  other,  "that  they  always  have  pretty  cashiers 
at  these  restaurants." 

But  the  pretty  cashier,  though  she  blushed  and 
smiled,  did  not  fail  to  detect  the  Canadian  quarter 
he  threw  down  in  payment  of  his  check. 


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-THE  WASP- 


27 


Automobile  News 

Dr.  VV.  \.  Harvey  of  this  City,  who  in  company 
with  lii^  wife  and  three  children  left  on  the  4th 
instant  for  a  trip  t>>  the  Ybsemite  Valley  in  his 
Model  "A"  Oldsmobile,  arrived  at  Sequoia  on  the 

evening  of  the  5th. 

One  hour  and  fifteen  minutes  is  the  somewhat 
modest  time  that  Mr.  \Y.  F.  'White  claims  for  his 
Model   "M"   Winton  on   a   recent   run   to  San  Jose. 

On  Saturday  last,  the  Pioneer  Automobile  Com- 
pany si  >lil  70-horse-power  Thomas  Runabouts  to 
Messrs.  Fernando  Nelson,  K.  J.  Freeman  and  W.  A. 
Speck. 

The  20-horse-power  White  Runabout  is  a  service- 
able machine  in  these  days  of  uncertain  car  sys- 
tems. It  is  a  car  that  stands  one  in  good  stead 
at  a  moment's  notice.  It  is  easy  to  manage,  swift 
as  the  swiftest,  while  its  strength  makes  it  just  the 
tiling  for  climbing  San  Francisco  hills.  On  the 
road  it  has  all  the  speed  and  endurance  of  a  touring 
car.  The  fact  that  this  runabout  has  a  touring-car 
chassis  is  a  material  consideration  when  it  comes 
to  figuring  the  comparative  Heedlessness  of  repairs. 


Now  Dodges  Like  a  Hare 

Readers  of  The  Wasp  will  remember  distinctly 
that  we  advised  the  business  men  of  San  Francisco 
not  to  be  buncoed  by  the  fair  words  of  Governor 
Gillett.  Flaving  watched  the  antics  of  shifty  little 
politicians  for  many  years,  we  felt  sure  that  under 
the  lion's  skin,  in  which  the  Governor  made  his 
entry  to  San  Francisco,  and  his  first  roar,  there 
was  nothing  lionine  but  the  voice.  If  he  wanted 
to  accomplish  anything  effective  there  were  no 
strings  on  him,  and  all  he  had  to  do  was  get  in 
and  accomplish  it  himself.  As  The  Wasp  has 
pointed  out  clearly,  he  has  the  legal  authority,  and 
the  powerful  machinery  of  the  State  Government 
is  under  his  control.  Attending  banquets  with  his 
gallant  staff,  and  dispersing  jobs  to  wharfingers 
and  State  prison  guards  appear,  however,  to  be 
about  the  full  limit  of  Governor  Gillett's  usefulness. 
Another  idol  shattered,  and  very  ordinary  clay  in- 
deed. 

In  Wednesday  morning's  Chronicle  I  notice  that 
our  gubernatorial  nonentity  has  completely  dropped 
the  lionine  pose  and  begun  to  dodge  like  a  nimble 
hare.  He  sneaked  into  town  "just  to  attend  the 
banquet  at  the  Fairmont  tendered  me  by  my  staff," 
he  said. 

When  reminded  that  it  had  been  strongly  inti- 
mated that  if  Mayor  Schmitz  did  not  take  steps 
to  remove  Chief  Dinan,  and  the  Police  Commission 
he  would  take  drastic  measures,  the  alleged  Gov- 
ernor replied : 

"Yes,  that  was  intimated  in  the  papers,  but  not 
by-  my  authority.  I  have  no  intention  of  taking 
any  steps  at  present,  and  do  not  expect  to  meet 
any  one  in  connection  with  police  matters  or  any 
other  phase  of  the  local  situation  during  this  visit." 

Get  back  to  Eureka,  or  Sacramento,  or  Petaluma, 
Governor.  San  Francisco  is  just  a  bit  too  big  for 
you. 


TAHOE  TAVERN 

MRS.    ALICE    RICHARDSON.      M»n»ecr 

TAHOE,  CAL. 


Just   the  place   for   a   few   days  rest   and    recreation 


WEATHER  DEUCHTFUL 
FISHING  EXCELLENT 


Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acorn modations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Tiburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOODES 

Via  Kelseyville  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co.,  Cal, 


Witter  Medical  Springs 


Lake  County 


Witter  Springs  Hotel  was  built  and 
and  equipped  to  please  the  really 
critical.  Cuisine  and  service  un- 
excelled. Table  loaded  with  all  the 
delicacies  of  the  season,  supplied  from  our  1400  acre  ranch.  See 
Sunrise  Peak,  Clear  Lake,  Blue  Lakes,  Horseshoe  Bend  and  numerous 
other  places  of  interest.  Most  magnificient  variation  of  scenery  in  the 
world.  Tennis,  fishing,  good  saddle  horses,  bowling  and  other  amuse- 
ments. Automobile  headquarters  for  Lake  Co:  Under  the  management 
of  Albert  J.  Arroll,  formerly  of  the  New  Wiliard,  Washington  and  the 
Seelbach,  Louisville.  Rates  $14.00  per  week  upward.  Call  or  write 
for  booklet  and  general  information.     Main  office,  647  Nan  Ness  Ave. 

Witter  Water  Cures  Stomach  Trouble 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS 


Send  your  family  to  the  nearest  Hot  Sulphur  Springs  to  San  Francisco. 
First-class  accommodations.  Special  rates  to  families.  No  staging. 
Four  trains  daily.  Fare  round  trip  $1.65.  Tiburon  ferry  or  Oakland; 
two  hours'  ride.  Address  THEODOR  RICHARDS,  Agua  Caliente, 
Sonoma  County,  California. 


Howard 

Lake  County,  Cal. 


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case  of  Slomach,  Liver  and 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^™   Kidney   Trouble.      Recommended 
ever  visiled  the  place  in  the  past  20  years.     Every  outdoor 
Plunge  Bath,   Magnesia  and  Borax 


by  any  physician  who  ha: 

sporl,  42  Mineral  Springs,  Hoi  Sulphur  and  Ire 

Tub  Baths.     Address  all  communications  to  J.  W.  LAYMANCE,  Proprietor  Howard 

Springs,  Lake  County,  Cal.,  or  905  Broadway,  Oakland,  Cal. 


DIRECTORY 


OF  LEADING  BUSINESS  HOUSES  AND  PROFESSIONAL  PEOPLE 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

BUILDERS'  EXCHANGE,  226  Oak  St., 
S.  F. 

ADVERTISING  AGENCIES. 

BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F. ; 
Phone    Market    2S37. 

COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion and  Brady  Sts. 

DAKE  ADV.  AGENCY,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 

FISHER,  L.  P.  ADV.  AGENCY,  836  North 
Point  St.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Franklin  584. 

JOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  2170  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

ANTIQUE   DEALERS. 

THE    LOUIS    XIV.      Curios,    Objects    d'Art, 
Miniatures,    Paints,    Porcelains,   Jewels,   etc., 
C.   V.   Miller,   1117   Post,  near  Van   Ness. 
ARCHITECTS. 

REID  BROS,  Temporary  Offices,  2325 
Gough  St.,  S.  F. 

THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 

GUMP,  S.  &  G.,  1645  California  St.,  S.  F. 

SCHUSSLER  BROS.,  1218  Sutter  St. 
ATTORNEYS, 

DORN,  DORN  &  SAVAGE,  717  Van  Ness 
Ave. 

DINKELSPIEL,  HENRY  G.  W.,  1265  Ellis 
St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 

HEWLETT,  BANCROFT  AND  BALLAN- 
TINE,  Monadnock  Bldg.;  Phone  Temp'y 
972. 

EDWARD  B.  YOUNG,  4th  Floor,  Union 
Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temp'y  833. 

GOLDSTONE,  LOUIS,  1012  Fillmore  St. 
Phone  Park  864. 

MAROIS,  T.  M.,  1756  Fillmore  St.,  S.  E.  cor. 
Sutter.     Phone  West  1503. 

KING,  CHAS.  TUPPER,  1126  Fillmore  St. 
AUTOMOBILES  AND   SUPPLIES. 

PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  and  I2th  and  Oak  Sts., 
Oakland. 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Market 
and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

AUTO  LIVERY  CO.,  Golden  Gate  and  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  S.   F. 

BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  408  Golden  Gate 
Ave.      Phone,    Franklin   655. 

LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.   F. 

MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550  Gol- 
den Gate  Ave..  S.  F. 

MOBILE  CARRIAGE  CO.,  Golden  Gate 
Ave.  and  Gough  Sts.,  S.  F. 

PACIFIC  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  376  Golden 
Gate  Ave. 

BANKS. 

ANGLO-CALIFORNIA  BANK,  Ltd.,  cor. 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 

CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND 
TRUST  CO.,  cor.  California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 

CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St., 
S.   F. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  Bush  and  San- 
some Sts.,  S.  F. 

FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK,  108  Sutter  St., 
and   Van   Ness  and    Eddy. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY,  526   California   St.,   S.   F. 

HALSEY,  N.  W.  &  CO.,  413  Montgomery 
St.,  S.  F. 


HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, Jones  and   McAllister  Sts.,  S.  F. 

HUMBQuDT  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  Market 
Street,  opposite  old  Palace  Hotel.  Phone, 
Temp'y  249. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St., 
S.  F. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.   California  and  Montgomery  Sts.,  S.   F, 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULT,  Market  and  7th 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 

WELLS  FARL.O-NEVADA  NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 

ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 

1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
S.   F.   BREWERIES,  LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 
BROKERS— STOCKS   AND    BONDS. 

MONTAGUE,  PHIL  S.,  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 

Exchange  Bldg. 
ROLLINS,  E.  H.  &  SONS,  804  Kohl   Bldg.; 

Telephone  Temp'y  163 ;  S.  F. 
ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 
WILSON,   J.    C,   488    California   St.,   S.    F. 
BUILDING  AND   LOAN   ASSOCIATIONS. 

CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND  LOAN 
ASSOCIATION,  Church  and  Market  Sts., 
S.  F. 

CARDS,   INVITATIONS,   ETC. 

WOOD,    GEO.    M.    &    CO.,    engravers,    1067 

O'Farrell  St.,  above  Van  Ness. 
CARPET    CLEANING. 
SPAULDING,  J.    &  CO.,  911-21    Golden   Gate 

Ave. ;  Phone  Park  591, 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
HUB,  THE,   Chas.   Keilus  &  Co.,   King  Solo- 
mon Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 
COMMISSION      AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 
JOHNSON     LOCKE     MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO   &   CO.,   INC.,    156   Hansford 
Bldg.,  268  Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  426.1. 
CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS. 
FISHER   CONSTRUCTION   CO.,    1414   Post 

St.,   S.   F. 
TROUNSON,    J„    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 
Ash  Ave.,  S.  F. 

CROCKERY    AND    GLASSWARE. 
NATHAN    DOHRMAN   CO.,    1520-1550    Van 
Ness  Ave. 

DENTISTS. 
KNOX,  DR.  A.  J.,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 

of   Grant    Bldg. 
TWIST,   DR.   J.   F..   1476   Eddy,  nr.   Fillmore 
St.     Phone  West  5304. 

DESKS   AND    CHAIRS. 
PHOENIX  DESK  &  CHAIR  CO.,  offios  fur- 
niture,  1538  Market  St.,  west  of  Van  Ness. 
Phone  Market  2393. 

DRY   GOODS— RETAIL. 
CITY  OF  PARIS,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Wash- 
ington St.,  S.  F. 
WHITE    HOUSE,   Van    Ness   Ave.    and    Pine 
St.,  S.   F. 


EXPRESS. 
WELLS,   FARGO  &  CO.   EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate    Ave.    and    Franklin    St.,    Ferry    Bldg., 
and  3d  St.   Depot,  S.   F. 

FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
CRESCENT  FEATHER  CO.,  19th  and  Harri- 
son Sts.,  S.  F. 

FIRE  AND   EARTHQUAKE   PHOTOS. 
RUE,  JAMES  O.,   1067   O'Farrell   St.     Phone 
Franklin  2603. 

FRUITS  AND   VEGETABLES. 
OMEY  &  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts., 
S.  F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
CAREW   &   ENGLISH,    1618   Geary   St.,  bet. 
Buchanan   and   Webster   Sts.,   S.    F. ;    Phone 
West  2604. 
PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.   F. ;   Phone  West  770. 

GAS    STOVES, 
S.  F.   GAS  &  ELECTRIC  CO.,  Franklin  and 
Ellis  Sts. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
BULLOCK  &  JONES  COMPANY,  801   Van 

Ness  Ave.,  cor.   Eddy  St.,  S.   F. 
HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    1105-7    Fillmore    St., 
nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave. ;  Phone  West  5678. 
GOLD  AND   SILVER  PLATING. 
BELLIS,    JOHN    O.,    Mfg,    gold    and    silver. 
smith,    1624    California    St.,    nr.    Van    Ness. 
Phone  Franklin  2093. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 
ILS,  JOHN  G.  &  CO.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F. 
MONTAGUE,  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk 
Sts.,  S.   F. 

HARNESS   AND    SADDLERY. 
DAVIS,   W.    &   SON,   2020   Howard   St.,  bet. 

16th   and    17th,  S.   F. 
LEIBOLD      HARNESS     AND     CARRIAGE 
CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 
HOSPITALS   AND    SANITARIUMS. 
KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 
Mgr. ;  262  Devisadero  St.,  S.  F. 
JEWELERS. 
BALDWIN  JcWELRY  CO.,  1521  Sutter  St., 

and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
SHREVE   &  CO.,   cor.    Post   and   Grant   Ave., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 
SCHMIDT,  R.  H.   &  CO.,   1049  Fillmore  St., 
nr.  McAllister  St.     Phone  Park  1209. 
LAUNDRIES. 
LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 
PALACE  HOTEL   LAUNDRY  and  KELLY 
LAUNDRY     CO.,     INC.,     2343     Post    St. 
Phone  West  5854. 

LIFE  INSURANCE. 
HUNTINGDON,    ARTHUR    P.,    925    Golden 
Gate  Ave.      Phone  Park  515. 
LUMBER. 
UNION    LUMBER    CO.,    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
BEKINS'   VAN   AND  STORAGE   CO.,    13th 
and   Mission   Sts.,   S.   F. ;    Phone   Market   13 
and   1015  Broadway,  Oakland. 
ST.  FRA..CIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 
COMPANY,    Office    1402    Eddy    St.;    Tel. 
West  2680. 

NOTARIES   PUBLIC. 
DEANE,    JNO.    J.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 
Steiner  Sts.;    Phone  West  7291. 


-THE  WASP- 


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WARE.  JOHN  H..  307  Monadnock  Bldg.. 
Depositions  carefully  attended  to.  Phone 
Temp'y  972. 

OIL  COMPANIES. 


1491    Post    St..    cor. 


STERLING    OIL    CO., 
Octavia.  S.   F. 

OPTICIANS. 

MAYERLE,  GEORGE,  German  expert,  1115 
Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.   F. ;   Phone  West  3766. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  OPTICAL  COMPANY, 
"Spences,"  527  Van  Ness  Ave.;  "Branch," 
1613  Fillmore. 

STANDARD  OPTICAL  CO.,  808  Van  Ness 
Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PAINTERS   AND    DECORATORS. 

KEEFE.  J.   H„  820-822  O'Farrell   St.,  S.   F. ; 

Tel.  Franklin  2055. 
TOZER.    L.    &    SON    CO.,    INC..    1527    Pine 

and  2511   Washington  St.,  near  Fillmore. 

PAINTS   AND   OILS. 
BASS-HUETER    PAINT    CO.,   1532   Market 
St 

PHOTO    ENGRAVERS. 

CAL.  PHOTO  ENG.  CO.,  141-143  Valencia 
St. 

PHYSICIANS. 

BOWIE,   DR.   HAMILTON  C,  formerly  293 

Geary  St.,  Paul  Bldg.,  now  14th  and  Church 

Sts. 
BRYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R.,    1944    Fillmore 

St.,  cor.  Pine;  Tel.  West  5657. 
D'EVELYN,     DR.     FREDERICK    W.,   2115 

California  St.,  S.  F.,  and  2103  Clinton  Ave., 

Alameda. 

THORNE,  DR.  W.  S.,  H34  Post  St.,  S.  F. 

POTTS,  DR.  JOHN  S.,  1476  Eddy  St.  Phone 
West  1073.  Residence,  Hotel  Congress, 
Ellis  and  Fillmore.     Phone  West  4224. 

PIANOS— MANUFACTURERS    AND 
DEALERS. 

BALDWIN,  D.  H.  &  CO.,  2512  Sacramento 
St.,  and  Van  Ness  at  California. 

REAL    ESTATE. 

HICKS  &  MACK.  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance, 2091  Fillmore  St.  Phone  West 
7287. 

C.  R.  WILCOX  &  CO..  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance, 837  Golden  Gate  Avenue,  Phone, 
Fell  1558. 

RESTAURANTS. 

MORAGHAN,  M.  B„  OYSTER  CO.,  1212 
Golden   Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

OLD  POODLE  DOG,  824  Eddy  St.,  near 
Van   Ness  Ave. 

ST.  GERMAIN  RESTAURANT.  497  Golden 
Gate  Ave.;   Phone  Market  2315. 

SWAIN'S  RESTAURANT,  1111  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

THOMPSON'S,  formerly  Oyster  Loaf,  1727 
O'Farrell  St. 

SAFES    AND    SCALES. 

HERRING-HALL  MARVIN  SAFE  CO., 
office  and  salesrooms,  Mission  St.,  bet. 
Seventh  and  Eighth  Sts. ;  Phone  Market 
1037: 

SEWING  MACHINES. 

WHEELER  &  WILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING MACHINES,  1431  Bush  St.,  cor. 
Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Franklin 
301;   formerly  231   Sutter  St. 

DOMESTIC  SEWING  MACHINES,  J.  W. 
Evans,  Agent,  1658  O'Farrell  St.,  nr.  Fill- 
more.    Phone  West  3601. 

STORAGE. 

BEKINS  VAN  &  STORAGE  CO.,  13th  and 
Mission  Sts.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Market  13. 

PIERCE  RUDOLPH  STORAGE  CO.,  Eddy 
and  Fillmore  Sts.;  Tel.  West  828. 

SURGICAL     INSTRUMENTS    AND     HOS- 

PITAL    SUPPLIES. 
WALTERS   &  CO.,  formerly  Shutts,  Walters 
&  Co.,   1608  Steiner  St.,  S.  F. 

TALKING   MACHINES. 
BACIGALUPI,    PETER,    1113-1115    Fillmore 
St.,  S.  F. 


TAILORS. 
LYONS,     CHARLES.     London     Tailor.    1432 
Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 
Broadway,  Oakland. 

REHNSTROM,  C.  H..  2415  Fillmore  St.,  for- 
merly Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.  F. 
TENTS  AND  AWNINGS. 
THOMS,     F.,     1209    Mission    St.,    corner    of 
Eighth,  S.  F. 

TRICYCLES. 
EAMES    TRICYCLE    CO.,     Invalid     Chairs. 
1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 

WINES    AND    LIQUORS— WHOLESALE. 

BALKE,  ED.  W.,  1498  Eddy  St.,  cor.  Fill- 
more. 

BUTLER,  JOHN  &  SON,  2209  Steiner  St., 
S.  F. 

REYNOLDS,  CHAS.  M.  CO.,  912  Folsom 
St.,  S.   F. 

RUSCONI,  FISHER  &  CO..  649  Turk  St., 
S.   F. 

SIEBE  BROS.  &  PLAGEMAN,  419-42* 
Larkin  St.;   Phone  Franklin  349. 


WENIGER,    P.    J.    &    CO..    N.    E.    cor.    Van 
Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St.;  Tel.  Franklin  309. 
309. 

WICHMAN.  LUTGEN  &  CO.,  Harrison  and 
Everett  Sts.,  Alameda,  Cal. ;  Phone  Ala- 
meda  1179. 

WINES    AND    LIQUORS— RETAIL. 

FERGUSON,  T.  M.  CO.,  Market  Street. 
Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 

FISCHER,  E.  R„  1901  Mission  St.,  cor.  of 
Fifteenth. 

THE  METROPOLE,  John  L.  Herget  and 
Wm.  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 
and  Steiner  Sts. 

TUXEDO,  THE,  Eddie  Graney,  Prop.,  S.  W. 
cor.  Fillmore  and  O'Farrell  Sts. 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 

GOLDEN  GATE  COMPRESSED  YEAST 
CO..   2401    Fillmore. 

McMAHON,  KEYER  AND  STIEGELER 
BROS..  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 
and  Fillmore. 


MISS  IRENE  BANGS  OF  OAKLAND 


That's  Never  Level 
Lovett — It  is   said,  you   know,  that 

"love  levels  all  things." 

Batcheller — Yes,    it    may    level    all 

things  except  the  lover's  head. 


Progress 

Stella — Don't  they  put  on  style? 
Bella — Yes;  it  is  only  a  generation 
from   elbow  grease   to   elbow  sleeves. 
The  cross-examination  ended  there. 


30 


THE  WASP- 


I? 

1 

Of  Social  Interest 

Owing  to  the  recent  death  of  the  groom's  uncle 
the  reception  after  the  wedding  of  Miss  Louise 
Redington  and  Walter  Hewlett  last  Wednesday  at 
the  Scott  Street  residence  of  the  bride  was  confined 
to  relatives.  Miss  Marion  Huntington,  Miss  Flor- 
ence Gibbon  and  Miss  Edith  Berry  were  the  bride's 
attendants. 

Mrs.  Frank  Findley  made  a  stunning  matron  of 
honor  at  the  pretty  wedding  of  Miss  Mabel  Wat- 
kins  and  Captain  Orrin  Wolfe  on  Tuesday  at  the 
Episcopal  Church,  Sausalito.  Captain  Davidson 
was  best  man  and  Lieutenants  Garber,  Halford, 
Tomlinson.  and  Bull  ushers.  The  reception  at 
Cliff  Haven,  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  was 
a  large  and  most  enjoyable  affair.  The  happy 
couple  have  gone  on  a  month's  tour  of  the  State 
and  will  reside  at  Fort  McDowell  after  their  re- 
turn. The  bride  is  the  handsome  daughter  of  Mr. 
A.  A.  Watkins,  who  is  so  prominent  and  high!)' 
esteemed  in  San  Francisco's  commercial  circles. 

At  the  residence  of  the  bride  s  grandparents  in 
Menlo  Park  on  Wednesday,  June  12th,  Miss  Frances 
Coon  became  the  bride  of  Oliver  Kehrlein  of  this 
City.  Miss  Coon  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  A.  Palmer 
Dudley.  The  bridesmaids  were  Miss  Edith  Met- 
calf.  Miss  Roma  Paxton,  Miss  Natalie  Blauvelt, 
Miss  Amy  Bassett,  Miss  Jane  Dudley  and  Miss 
Dorothea  Coon.  Emil  Kehrlein,  brother  of  the 
groom,  was  best  man.  The  ushers  were  Dr.  Ray- 
mond Sullivan  of  New  York,  George  de  Long', 
Charles  Norris,  Alfred  Swinnerton,  Oliver  Lansing 
and  Percy  Pike.  Following  a  late  Eastern  style 
for  midsummer,  country  weddings  the  gentlemen 
all  appeared  in  white  serge  suits. 

A  recently  announced  engagement  is  that  of  Miss 
Harvey  Anthony  and  Spencer  Bishop.  Miss  An- 
thony's mother  was  a  Miss  Nougues,  sister  of  the 
attorney,  Joseph  M.  Nougues,  and  the  late  Mrs. 
Robert  Bruce.  Mr.  Bishop  is  a  son  of  the  late 
F.A.  Bishop,  who  was  connected  with  the  law 
department  of  the  Southern  Pacific  years  ago. 

Miss  Ray  Wilber  and  Dewey  Harold  Miller  were 
married  on  June  4th  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's 
parents  in  this  Citv.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  are 
passing  their  honeymoon   at  Del   Monte. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  A.  O.  Lindstrom,  at  an  informal  din- 
ner given  at  their  home,  1515  Scott  Street,  on 
Tuesday/  evening,  announced  the  engagement  of 
their  daughter,  "Corrine  Marion,  to  Charles  Witzel? 


Baker,  Jr.,  son  of  the  millionaire  mining  man.  Mr. 
Baker  is  a  well-known  commission  merchant.  Miss 
Lindstrom  has  just  returned  from  a  tour  of  Europe. 

Leland  W.  Dake  and  wife  have  left  the  City  for 
Alaska.  Mr.  Dake  is  Vice-President  and  Secretary 
of  the  Dake  Advertising  Agency.  He  will  be  away 
several  weeks. 

One  of  the  most  attractive  women  now  at  Del 
Monte  is  Mrs.  Williamson  of  New  York,  who  is 
staying  at  the  famous  hotel  with  her  sister,  Miss 
Cotter.  Both  are  taking  up  golf  vigorously  and  are 
receiving  lessons  in  the  arts  of  driving,  approaching 
and  putting  from  Jim  Melville,  the  professional  in- 
structor. Though  a  true  Scot,  Jim  has  a  way  with 
the  ladies  that  would  make  you  think  he  had  taken 
oscillatory  exercise  on  the  Blarney  stone  in  his 
school  days.  He  is  a.  past  master  in  the  art  of 
keeping  his  pupils  in  good  humor  and  of  encourag- 
ing them  to  preserve  in  the  labor  necessary  to 
acquire  skill  in  the  Scotch  game.  Mrs.  Williamson 
and  Miss  Cotter  have  a  married  sister  who  lives  at 
Aguas  Calientes,  Mexico,  on  a  large  hacienda  pro- 
vided with  a  golf  course  and  other  attractions. 

Miss  Blanche  Partington,  formerly  musical  and 
dramatic  critic  of  the  San  Francisco  Call,  with  hei 
mother,  Mrs.  J.  H.  E.  Partington  was  at  Del  Monte 
for  a  few  days  last  week.  She  spent  much  oi  her 
time  in  the  Art  gallery,  the  walls  of  which  are 
adorned  by  a  collection  of  paintings  and  nhoto- 
graphs,  the  work  of  California  artists.  Doubtless 
her  impressions  of  the  pictures  will  appear  ere  long 
in  some  San  Francisco  publication  and  be  read  with 
interest  as  the  exhibition  is  an  admirable  one  and 
attracts  much  favorable  attention. 

Among  the  recent  arrivals  at  Tahoe  Tavern,  Lake 
Tahoe  are  A.  Whittell,  W.  R.  Wood,  C.  L.  Clark, 

D.  Ghirardelli  and  Mrs.  Ghirardelli,  Miss  D.  Kaplan, 

E.  S.  Kierder  and  C.  F.  and  Mrs.  Kohl  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, Mrs.  F.  D.  Madison  and  son  of  San  Rafael. 
Stanley  Richardson  of  Berkeley,  David  Center  and 
Mrs.  Center  and  F.  H.  Kelsey  and  Mrs.  Kelsey  of 
Alameda,  L.  L.  Pierce  and  Mrs.  Pierce,  J.  F. 
Nelson  and  J.  R.  Moffitt  of  Oakland.  The  Lake 
Tahoe  region  is  looking  beautiful  just  now. 


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with  her  favorite  tabby,  which  ran  out  in  the  rain 
and  caught  cold,  Miss  Twiggs  has  been  prostrated 
by  a  nervous  attack  and  prevented  from  continuing 
her  diary  this  week.  She  will  be  herself  again  by 
next  week,  unless  her  cherished  feline  companion 
should  most  unhappily  suffer  a  collapse. 


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Their  Idea  of  It 

.Mr.  iYdagog — Obsequies  arc — well, 
now,  if  I  should  meet  with  a  fatal 
li  i  idenl   w  hat  would  we  have? 

The  Class    (joyfully) — A   holiday. 


A  Gentleman  Defined 
A  new  definition  of  a  gentleman  was 
given  in  an   English  court  lately.     The 
Registrar  asked :    "What  is  the  defend- 
ant?" 

"He's  a  gentleman,"  replied  the  plain- 
tiff. 

"How  do  you  define  a  gentleman,"  the 
Registrar  asked. 

Well,  he  came  here  and  took  a  big 
house,  and  went  away  without  paying 
his  creditors." 


Guilty  of  Something 
Sergt.  Day  was  as  regimental  as  a 
buttonstick.  "Shun!"  be  cried  to  his 
squad.  "Quick  march!  Left  wheel! 
Halt!  Take  Murphy's  name  for  talk- 
ing in  the  ranks." 

"But  he  wasn't  talking,"  protested 
a  corporal   who  was  standing  near.      i 

"Wasn't  he?"  roared  Sergt.  Day. 
"Don't  matter,  then.  Cross  it  out, 
and  put  him  in  the  guard  room  for 
deceiving  me!" — London  Mirror. 


A  Gleam  of  Hope 

The  Earl  of  Buchan  was  to  the  end 
of  his  life,  although  eccentric,  a  great 
social  favorite  and  a  terrible  old  flirt. 

On  leaving  a  room  he  would  take 
leave  of  the  priettiest  young  lady  with 
old  fashioned  courtesy,  and  say: 

"Good-by,  my  dear,  and  pray  re- 
member that  Margaret,  Countess  of 
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onions  as  beautifiers.  Why,  when  a 
girl  diets  on  onions  she  is  pretty  enough 
to  kiss. 

Jack — But   who   wants   to   kiss   a   girl 
who  diets  on  onions? 


The  Reason 
Shea — How  long  have  you  been  sick? 
Ryan — Five  days. 

Shea — Glory  be!  An'  why  don't  ye 
git  a  doctor? 

Ryan — Sure,  I  got  to  go  to  wur-ruk 
Monday  marnin'. 

*       *       * 

Good  Natured 

Young  Man — I  shall  soon  pay  you ; 
I  am  going  to  be  married. 

Landlady — Oh,  you  need  not  marry 
for  the  sake  of  the  few  marks  you 
owe  me,   Herr   Eller. 


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ing chap  we  often  see  wandering  among 
the  smart  set?  Is  he  a  private  detec- 
tive? 

Guyer — No,  he  is  society's  weather 
man. 

Gunner — And  what  does  he  predict? 

Guyer — Brainstorms. 

*       *       * 

Heavenly  Children 
Sunday    School    Teacher — Some    little 
boys  are  good  and  some  others  are  bad. 
What  kind  go  to  heaven  ? 
Small  Johnny — Dead  ones. 
*  *  * 

Couldn't  He  Bend? 
"Do  you  know,  the  only  place  where 
Jack  kisses  me  is  on  the  forehead." 
"Why  is  that,  dear?" 
"I  guess  it's  because  he  is  so  tall." 
"But,    my    goodness,    he    isn't    ossi- 
fied, is  he?" 


Dr.  Wong  Him 

1268  O'Farrell  Street 

Permanently'  'Located 


Herb  Doctor 


Is 


AN  EXCELLENT  LETTER 

San  Francisco,  March  17,  1907. 
-  -uffered  greatly  from  indigestion.  After  taking 
a  very  few  treatments  with  Dr.  Wong  Him  1  have 
regained  my  appetite  and  can  now  eat  any  kind  of 
food  without  distress.  It  is  with  much  pleasure 
that  1  testify  to  the  skill  of  this  eminent  physician. 
W.  ROGERS,  140  Glen  Ave. 


Volume  LVII-No.  25 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  JUNE  22  1907 


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■J 

By  AMERICUS 

Heney  Making  History 

Mr.  Francis  J.  Heney  and  the  citizens  associated 
with  him  in  the  prosecution  of  Ruef  and  Schmitz, 
have  been  making  American  history  which  will  not 
be  forgotten  by  this  generation,  and  may  have  a 
most  powerful  influence  on  the  government  of  suc- 
cessive ones. 

All  praise,  therefore,  to  the  prosecution  which  has 
done  San  Francisco  the  greatest  service  it  ever 
needed  in  the  darkest  hour  of  the  many  trials 
through  which  it  has  gone.  As  yet  we  can  hardly 
realize  the  immensity  of  the  task  Mr.  Heney  and  his 
associates  have  accomplished,  or  appreciate  fully  the 
boon  which  the  conviction  of  Schmitz  and  Ruef  has 
been  to  our  unfortunate  City,  prostrate  beneath  the 
misrule  of  the  most  disreputable  set  of  grafting 
scoundrels  that  ever  disgraced  a  political  party. 

Prosecution  of  the  Held-Ups 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  Mr.  Heney  and  his  asso- 


ciates will  not  at  this  stage  of  their  triumphs  in  the 
cause  of  good  government,  and  when  they  have 
earned  the  plaudits  of  all  decent  citizens,  allow  their 
zeal  for  reform  to  lead  them  from  the  straight  and 
narrow  path  of  duty.  The  Wasp  has  not  hesitated 
from  the  outset  to  repudiate  the  doctrine  that  the 
people  who  gave  Ruef  money  for  his  influence  are 
more  culpable  than  the  grafting  officials  who  as- 
sisted him  in  his  schemes  of  blackmail  and  shared 
the  plunder.  The  alleged  bribers  have  been  called 
the  "Higher-Ups,"  but  the  "Held-Ups"  would  be  a 
far  more  suitable  appellation. 

The  Whole  Community  Blackmailed 

It  is  not  alone  the  citizens  connected  with  large 
corporations  that  have  been  forced  to  contribute  to 
Ruef's  bank  account  and  make  him  a  multi-million- 
aire in  a  few  years.  Every  one  who  has  had  dealings 
with  the  Schmitz  administration  has  been  black- 
mailed. 

Even  the  little  property  owner  who  desired  a  per- 
mit to  complete  the  plumbing  of  his  humble  dwelling 
has  been  bled.  Unless  he  greased  the  itching  palms 
of  the  City  Hall  boodlers  no  permit  was  granted, 
and  the  work  on  his  cottage  came  to  a  stop  with  re- 
sults most  disastrous  to  his  pocket. 

No  One  Was  Exempt 

Everything  and  everybody  were  laid  under  tribute 
— the  contractors,  saloon-keepers,  gamblers,  'and 
brothels.  All  was  grist  that  came  to  the  grafters' 
mill,  and  no  money  was  too  badly  tainted  for  eager 
acceptance  by  the  robber  band.  Never  in  the  odious 
history  of  municipal  corruption,  reeking  with  pu- 
trescent rascality  has  such  a  bold  and  rapacious  com- 
bination of  blackmailers  carried  on  its  operations  in 
defiance  of  public  opinion  and  the  law. 

Wolves  in  Lambs'  Clothing 

How  utterly  absurd  it  is,  and  how  prejudicial  to 
the  graft  prosecution  it  must  be,  to  depict  those 
municioal  thieves  and  blackmailers  as  a  set  of  in- 
jured innocents  whose  virtue  had  been  melted  and 
turned  to  dross  by  the  glitter  of  corporation  gold. 
Why  those  vultures,  as  devoid  of  heart  as  con- 
science, have  no  more  conception  of  virtue  or  regard 


-THE  WASP 


for  common  decency  than  a  dead  mule.  The  hungry- 
hog  that  noses  frantically  at  the  trough,  thinking  but 
of  shouldering  away  its  fellows  and  gorging  the  en- 
tire mess  is  a  model  of  brotherly  love,  disinterested 
unselfishness  and  patriotic  devotion  compared  with 
the  rapacious  thieves  of  the  Schmitz  administration. 

Beware  of  the  Politicians 

The  Wasp  has  no  time  nor  desire  to  defend  the 
rich  corporations.  We  are  losing  no  sleep  on  their 
account.  Let  them  look  out  for  themselves.  What 
we  object  to  and  shall  continue  to  protest  against, 
is  the  conversion  of  the  graft-prosecution  into  any 
kind  of  a  political  movement,  which  may  have  the 
disastrous  effect  of  fastening  another  undesirable  ad- 
ministration on  our  City. 

Attacks  on  the  rich  are  always  very  popular  in  a 
democracy.  Hearst  has  built  up  his  scurrilous  news- 
papers by  continual  defamation  of  the  rich  men  of 
America,  nine-tenths  of  whom  have  worked  their 
way  up  from  the  ranks  of  the  common  toilers  and 
the  lowest  round  of  the  ladder. 

Too  Much  Ferocity 
The  fierce  concentration  of  hostility  on  the  "Held- 
Ups"  in  San  Francisco  is  so  suggestive  of  personal 
malice,  or  ulterior  political  purpose  that  already  the 
prosecution  has  lost  the  moral  support  of  the  busi- 
ness community  before  the  alleged  bribers  have  been 
placed  on  trial.  How  different  is  the  sentiment 
amongst  the  intelligent  and  conservative  classes  as 
compared  with  the  feeling  when  the  sword  of  Justice 
was  leveled  at  Ruef  and  Schmitz.  The  decent  peo- 
ple of  America  were  a  unit  in  commending  the  most 
extreme  measures  to  convict  those  exponents  of 
scientific  rascality  and  unloose  their  grip  upon  the 
public  treasury.  And  the  public  was  right,  as  it  gen- 
erally is.  It  recognized  the  true  culprits,  the  un- 
mitigated scoundrels  who  were  most  responsible  for 
the  calamities  of  misgovernment  that  have  befallen  us 
in  six  long  and  weary  years.  With  the  downfall  of 
those  agents  of  misfortune  the  crisis  in  our  civic  affairs 
has  passed  and  an  era  of  better  things  and  loftier  public 
spirit  is  entered  upon.  To  introduce  at  this  stage  a 
new  phase  of  public  disturbance  and  prolong  the  un- 
rest of  industrial  conditions  and  the  discouragement 
of  capital  by  the  prosecution  of  prominent  citizens 
who  have  been  held  up  and  blackmailed  by  the  muni- 
cipal grafters  is  injudicious  and  undesirable.  It 
would  scarcely  be  too  much  to  say  that  it  is  almost 
criminal. 

A  Few  Pertinent  Queries 

Why  should  the  effort  be  made  so  determinedly 
to  shift  to  the  shoulders  of  the  "Held-Ups"  the 
odium  of  the  crimes  committed  by  the  Union  Labor 
grafters,  unless  it  be  desired  to  placate  the  same 
class  of  voters  who  constitutionally  detest  the  rich, 
and  all  others  above  them  in  social  station  or  intel- 
lectual attainments? 

Do  the  facts  of  the  so-called  bribery  cases  justify 
the  fierce  tirade  against  the  "Held-Ups"?  What 
have  those  men  done? 

Palpable  Blackmail 
In  the  Parkside  case  a    railroad    franchise    was 
sought  for  the  purpose  of  opening  up  a  new  resi- 


dence district  where  cheap  lots  could  be  bought  on 
easy  terms  and  thousands  of  working  people's  homes 
established.  This  was  no  sinister  scheme,  but  on 
the  contrary,  most  laudable. 

The  Parkside  people  did  not  desire  to  operate  a 
railroad.  They  cared  not  by  whom  the  road  was 
built.  Without  a  railroad,  however,  the  suburban 
district  could  not  be  made  accessible  and  the  town 
extended  in  that  direction.  After  repeated  efforts  to 
obtain  the  franchise  in  the  formal  manner,  the  Park- 
side  people  became,  convinced  that  it  could  only  be 
had  by  the  assistance  of  Ruef.  Many  other  people 
seeking  municipal  permission  for  legitimate  projects 
had  made  the  similar  discovery  that  only  by  the 
potent  advocacy  of  the  Mayor's  political  creator 
could  they  obtain  their  honest  requests.  So  the 
Parkside  people  retained  Ruef  as  their  attorney  and 
thus  became  enrolled  in  the  large  army  of  Held-Ups, 
and  in  the  fullness  of  time  indicted  as  Higher-Ups 
that  had  polluted  the  sacred  fountain  of  municipal 
honesty  with  their  tainted  gold. 

The  graft  prosecutors  will  have  a  strenuous  time 
convincing  the  intelligent  and  unprejudiced  portion 
of  the  public  that  the  Parkside  "Held-Ups"  are  a 
more  reprehensible  set  of  rascals  than  the  organized 
band  of  municipal  thieves  that  blackmailed  them. 
For  blackmail  it  was  beyond  peradventure. 

Another  Case  of  Stand  and  Deliver 

The  hold-up  of  the  Gas  Company  was  equally  raw. 
In  this  case  Ruef  and  his  associate  thieves,  dropping 
their  black  mask  and  posing  as  faithful  friends  of  the 
dear  people,  could  not  see  their  constituents 
charged  more  than  75  cents  per  thousand  for  gas. 
The  argument  of  the  company  that  the  rate  meant 
serious  financial  loss  to  them  fell  on  deaf  ears  until 
Mr.  Ruef  was  taken  on  the  pay-roll  as  attorney, 
whereupon  the  cheerful  rascals  forgot  their  alleged 
pledges  and  voted  for  85  cent  gas. 

For  protecting  their  property  from  ruin,  as  nine 
hundred  and  ninety-nine  men  in  a  thousand  would 
have  done,  Mr.  Spreckels  not  excepted  perhaps,  the 
gas  officials  are  held  up  to  execration  as  soulless 
miscreants,  sunk  in  the  fathomless  depths  of  selfish 


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-THE  WASP- 


greed  and  steeped  in  treason  to  the  suffering  public. 
"Their  blood  be  upon  their  heads."  shriek  the  exe- 
cutioneers.  "They  are  a  thousand  times  worse  than 
the  pirates  who  rubbed  them";  and  on  this  lucid  plea 
the  victims  of  municipal  corruption  are  to  be  placed 
on  trial  for  their  reputations  and  their  liberty;  and 
their  fate  hangs  on  the  word  of  the  chief  blackmailer, 
a  convicted  felon,  over  whose  bald  head  hangs  a 
sword  of  Damocles  in  the  shape  of  a  sentence  pur- 
posely deferred  to  regulate  the  force  and  effect  of 
his  testimony. 

If  this  be  American  Justice  of  the  latest  and  most 
approved  brand  then  all  that  is  needed  is  a  "Bloody" 
Jeffreys  to  make  effective  the  machinery  of  the  law 
and  properly  grease  the  toboggan  between  the  Su- 
perior Court  in  San  Francisco  and  the  solitary  cells 
in  San  Ouentin. 

The  Crucifixion  of  Calhoun 

Although  the  people  of  America  have  regarded  the 
conviction  of  Ruef  and  Schmitz  as  the  great  desider- 
atum in  the  graft  prosecution,  the  powers  behind 
Mr.  Heney  and  certain  newspapers  in  closest  touch, 
have  treated  that  achievement  as  merely  incidental 
to  the  branding  of  Patrick  Calhoun  as  a  felon.  If 
the  president  of  the  United  Railroads  could  be  dec- 
orated with  a  striped  suit,  then,  indeed,  could  Jus- 
tice smile  with  complete  satisfaction  as  she  pulled 
the  bandage  off  her  other  eye  and  sheathed  her  rusty 
snickersnee. 

Why  this  magnification  of  Calhoun's  perfidy 
above  all  the  other  "Held-Ups,"  asks  the  average 
citizen,  who  doesn't  bend  the  pregnant  hinges  of 
his  neck  to  the  Hon.  P.  H.  McCarthy  on  one  side 
and  Herbert  George  on  the  other,  the  Rev.  Peter  C. 
Vorke  in  the  middle  and  Edward  J.  Livernash,  An- 
drew Furuseth,  Mickey  Case}',  Cornelius  and  Secre- 
tary Bowling  behind  a  pile  of  dynamite  in  the  dim 
distance. 

Calhoun's  Real  Crime 

Calhoun  retained  Ruef,  but  so  did  all  the  other 
"Held-Ups."  The  replacement  of  the  moss-grown 
cable  cars  by  the  rapid  trolley  is  hardly  a  public 
crime,  for  .every  taxpayer  and  merchant  in  San 
Francisco,  with  perhaps  twelve  exceptions,  is  de- 
lighted with  the  new  system,  which  works  well  in 
that  much  more  progressive  and  better  governed 
city  of  Los  Angeles. 

The  more  closely  the  matter  is  looked  into  the 
stronger  becomes  the  suspicion  that  Mr.  Calhoun's 
transcendant  infamy  consists  in  demonstrating  to 
the  people  of  San  Francisco  that  labor  union 
tyranny  can  be  abated  just  as  easily  as  any  other 
intolerable  nuisance  when  correctly  treated.  That 
Mr.  Calhoun  has  rendered  to  this  afflicted  City  the 
greatest  service  it  has  received  is  beyond  question. 
He  has  broken  up  the  combine  of  lawless  agitators 
whose  focus  of  activity  and  chief  reliance  was  the 
Carmen's  Union.  He  has  done  more  than  any  other 
employer  in  American  to  establish  the  fact  that 
slavery  of  any  kind  is  offensive  to  our  American 
principles,  and  the  people  who  advocate  it  are  noth- 
ing more  than  common  outlaws. 

For  this  he  deserves  crucifixion,  and  it  would  not 
be  hard  to  find  a  jury  of  worthy  citizens  who  would 
render  a  verdict  against  him  on  the  first  ballot.     For 


the  foreman  of  the  jury  I  should  pick  Supervisor 
Tveitmoe  and  the  other  eleven  patriotic  citizens  could 
be  selected  from  the  Carmen's  pickets  who  have 
been  oftenest  clubbed  by  the  police  and  had  their 
pockets  emptied  of  dynamite  cartridges. 

Light  on  a  Dark  Subject 

The  car  strike  has  shed  a  flood  of  light  on  that 
dark  subject — the  real  numerical  strength  of  the 
labor  unions. 

Mr.  P.  H.  McCarthy  and  other  satellites  of  the 
Schmitz  administration,  whose  utterances  were 
given  much  room  in  the  newspapers  before  the  ad- 
vent of  the  Heney  Grand  Jury,  assured  us  that  there 
are  90,000  labor  union  men  in  San  Francisco.  Mr. 
Cornelius  decreed  that  these  90,000  and  their  fam- 
ilies should  not  ride  on  the  street  cars,  but  hoof  it 
over  the  cobbles  or  be  jolted  in  springless  wagons. 
The  public  then  looked  to  see  Patrick  Calhoun's  cars 
run  empty,  and  the  United  Railroads  brought 
quickly  to  its  knees,  if  indeed  a  railroad  could  per- 
form such  an  anatomical  feat. 

Well,  the  cars  ran  full  just  as  soon  as  the  public 
thought  the  ruffians  that  inaugurated  the  strike  with 
violence  were  somewhat  cowed.  Every  day  since 
then  the  cars  have  been  more  crowded. 

So  remarkable  did  this  appear  to  the  unions  them- 
selves that  pickets  were  detailed  from  various  labor 
organizations  to  watch  the  cars  on  Saturday  after- 
noon and  keep  the  union  backsliders  from  riding. 
It  was  inconceivable  that  the  cars  could  be  so  well 
patronized  if  the  90,000  union  workeis  and  their 
families  observed  the  boycott.  The  net  result  of 
this  surveillance  was  that  the  union  men  were  found 
to  be  violating  the  mandates  of  their  leaders  to  make 
fools  of  themselves  by  patronizing  the  bumping 
carts  at  ten  cents  a  head  instead  of  the  comfortable 
street  cars  at  five. 


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-THE  WASP' 


Cause  for  Murder 
What  a  brave  man  that  was  who  suggested  at  the 
recent  meeting  of  the  carmen  that  the  strike  should 
be  declared  off,  as  it  was  hopeless.  This,  too,  with 
Supervisor  Tvietmoe  on  the  platform  and  Cornelius 
and  Bowling  in  the  hall.  Perhaps  the  man  had  not 
read  the  newspapers  that  Tvietmoe  and  Cornelius  had 
figured  out  that  the  strike  could  be  "financed"  by  as- 
sessing the  other  unions  so  that  there  would  be  a 
strike  fund  of  $15,000  a  week  to  handle,  and  no  bonds 
to  be  given  by  the  handlers,  or  books  kept  either.  It  is 
a  wonder  that  the  advocate  of  peace  wasn't  brained 
with  a  chair.  Cornelius  and  Tvietmoe,  notwithstand- 
ing their  hysterical  utterances,  must  be  men  who  have 
a  wonderful  command  over  themselves. 

Undesirable  Citizens 

This  man  Andrew  Furuseth,  who  at  a  recent  meet- 
ing of  the  striking  carmen  urged  the  pickets  to  law- 
lessness, is  one  of  the  worst  enemies  San  Francisco 
has  had.  As  head  of  the  Sailors'  Union,  Furuseth 
has  done  incalculable  injury  to  the  commerce  of  this 
port.  A  few  years  ago  he  threatened  that  if  a  strike 
did  not  end  in  a  victory  for  the  men  they  would 
"make  the  grass  grow  in  the  streets  of  San  Francisco." 

For  twenty  years  Furuseth  has  kept  the  water 
front  in  a  state  of  injurious  agitation,  with  his  union 
of  which  he  himself  admitted  on  the  witness  stand 
only  three  per  cent  are  American  citizens.  The  rest 
are  a  mixture  of  raw  Swedes,  Russians,  Germans  and 
other  nationalities- 

At  one  period  this  Sailors'  Union  had  the  audacity 
to  arm  itself,  and  many  times  marched  several  hun- 
dred strong  through  the  streets  of  San  Francisco,  like 
a  body  of  naval  bluejackets  ready  for  action.  This 
was  of  course  a  threat  to  make  the  people  of  our 
City  realize,  that  if  those  three-per-cent  naturalized 
citizens  and  ninety-seven-per-cent  of  undesirable 
foreigners  were  not  allowed  to  do  as  they  pleased  we 
might  feel  the  sharp  edge  of  their  cutlasses  or  the 
points  of  their  bayonets. 

The  State  of  California,  represented  in  legislative 
session,  finally  mustered  up  enough  courage  to  sup- 
press such  outrageous  demonstrations,  and  the  armed 
bands  of  three-per-centers  disappeared  from  the 
streets. 

They  are  still  organized  for  trouble,  and  in  the  re- 
cent strike  carried  things  with  a  high  hand,  in  a  man- 
ner most  disgraceful  to  the  Federal  authorities  who 
should  have  promptly  repressed  such  pirates.  They 
boarded  ships  and  took  men  away,  and  even  com- 
mitted murder.  One  of  the  outlaws  was  killed  while 
attacking  a  vessel.  Instead  of  presenting  a  gold 
medal  to  the  man  who  shot  the  pirate,  he  was  arrested 
and  tried  for  murder. 

Tar  and  Feathers  in  the  Distance 

When  Messrs.  Furuseth  and  Tveitmoe  talk  about 
violent  measures  to  win  the  car  strike  and  wading 
through  rivers  of  blood  they  should  remember  that 
outrages  invariably  lead  to  counter  demonstrations 
of  force.  This  was  shown  when  the  Molly  McGuires 
took  to  shooting  people  in  the  Pennsylvania  coal 
regions  for  the  purpose  of  terrorizing  the  commun- 
ity, and, controlling  it  both  in  an  industrial  and  a 


political  way.  After  a  while  the  opponents  of  the 
Molly  McGuires  resorted  to  violence  themselves  and 
shot  several  of  the  hardened  terrorists.  In  fact  it 
became  the  fashion  to  pot  the  Mollies  whenever  and 
wherever  the  opportunity  occurred,  and  they  who 
had  been  so  ready  with  their  pistols  and  knives 
made  a  great  outcry  when  given  a  liberal  dose  of 
their  own  medicine. 

What  would  become  of  Andrew  Furuseth  and 
Supervisor  Tveitmoe  and  their  little  handful  of  an- 
archists, if  the  huge  majority  which  they  attempt  to 
coerce  and  injure  should  apply  similar  methods  to 
them.  It  would  not  require  a  great  stretch  of  im- 
agination to  conceive  the  existence  of  such  a  state  of 
affairs  that  Messrs.  Furuseth  and  Tveitmoe  would 
exchange  their  ordinary  attire  for  a  coat  of  tar  and 
feathers. 

The  Only  Remedy 

It  is  not  likely  that  there  will  ever  be  any  differ- 
ence of  opinion  amongst  honest  citizens  that  the 
speedy  conviction  of  Mayor  Schmitz  was  a  triumph 
of  decency  in  the  struggle  for  good  government ;  and 
what  a  struggle  it  has  been. 

How  hopeless  it  seemed  at  the  outset  that  Justice 
would  drag  from  their  apparently  impregnable  for- 
tress of  graft  the  two  infamous  scoundrels  who  were 
ruining  our  City  and  would  fling  them  convicted,  de- 
graded and  dismayed  amongst  the  common  male- 
factors in  the  County  Jail. 

A  Gigantic  Bluff 

Schmitz  was  never  elected  by  Union  Labor  votes 
alone,  and  in  the  last  election  the  business  men 
whom  he  has  done  so  much  to  ruin  by  his  corrupt 
misgovernment  were  his  principal  supporters. 

The  union  labor  strength  in  America,  both  nu- 
merically and  politically,  is  vastly  exaggerated  by 
those  in  its  ranks  and  the  outside  public.  It  is  a 
gigantic  bluff,  but  it  shows  what  power  a  small  body 
of  men  can  wield  when  closely  organized. 


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tion  can  fall  down  the  stairs  with  a  bottle  in  one  hand, 
a  terrapin  sante  in  the  other,  ana  land  on  the  feet 
without  blemish.  Now,  at  that  time  James  B.  Stetson 
was  pretty  much  of  a  Shogun  in  San  Francisco,  and 
whenever  he  opened  his  mouth,  it  was  "space"  for  the 
lucky  reporter  who  happened  to  be  there.  In  early 
dr.ys  he  kept  a  hardware  shop.  But  everybody  did 
anything  then.  After  tin-canning  his  way  to  a  for- 
tune and  railway  presidency,  he  was  regarded  as  one 
of  the  political  spirits  of  the  day.  As  a  possibility 
for  Mayor,  he  was  so  choice  that  he  was  almost 
chosen.  Mrs.  Stetson  figured  on  playing  with  Society 
through  her  newly-acquired  step-daughters,  Mrs. 
Robert  Oxnard  and  Mrs.  Chauncey  Winslow.  But 
they  were  disobedient  dollies  and  would  not  so  much 
as  say  mamma  when  she  pulled  the  strings.  She  was 
not  even  allowed  in  her  husband's  set.  The  situation 
was  novel,  to  say  the  least;  but  she  had  not  even 
the  privilege  of  saying  half  of  that.  When  a  woman 
has  no  pull  even  with  her  own  household,  there  is 
nothing  left  but  an  advance  on  the  merits.  And  the 
merits  of  shop-keepers  she  did  not  care  to  use.  It 
was  an  incongruous  case.  The  lady  was  actually  in 
Society,  from  a  physical  standpoint,  when  at  her 
own  table.     But  Society  could  not  see  it.     She  was 


Photo  Gemhe  MISS  L.  CURTIS 

Whose  engagement  is  announced 

While  the  Stetson  decree  of  divorce  does  not  award 
soup,  salad  and  punkin  pie  an  impregnable  position 
in  California  law,  a  certain  legal  status  was  given 
these  viands  as  far  as  lay  in  the  power  of  the  Superior 
Court.  A  millionaire,  says  the  Court,  must  furnish 
soups  and  salads  to  his  wife,  and  not  overload  her 
tummy  with  punkin  pie.  Of  course,  there  always  was 
an  unwritten  law  on  the  latter  subject,  known  as 
Dementia  Punkiana-  It  confers  on  a  woman  the  un- 
deniable right  to  hurl  a  bottle  of  hair  restorative  at 
the  pie-face,  simultaneously  laying  shrill  imprecations 
on  the  victim's  head  and  rubbing  them  in.  A  jury 
would  acquit  them  all  dav  long  on  that  score. 

There  is  another  side  of  the  case ;  the  inside.  And, 
without  casting  any  slur  upon  the  piece  of  edible 
bric-a-brac  that  made  little  Johnny  yell  for  the  doc- 
tor, it  cannot  be  said  to  bear  upon  the  true  inwardness 
of  this  case.  The  casus  belli  was  a  social,  not  a  dis- 
gestive  anguish.  When  the  widow  of  the  demi-mil- 
lionaire,  John  S.  Doe,  was  espoused  to  James  B. 
Stetson,  she  was  taking  a  post-graduate  course  of 
middle  age.  She  had  wealth,  but  not  the  immaculate 
sort  that  buys  the  things  you  read  about  adjectived 
as  "prominent,"  "swell,"  "exclusive,"  in  the  places 
where  every  woman  is  "attractive,"  "charming,"  "well- 
known," — those    divine    environments    where    reputa- 


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invisible  and  made  no  reflection  in  the  mirrors  of 
her  own  millionairedom.  In  this  she  was  the  con- 
verse of  her  former  husband's  celebrated  namesake, 
John  Doe,  the  defendant  in  myriad  litigations. 
Though  summons  and  complaint  are  continually  is- 
sued to  him,  he  is  as  elusive  as  she  was  eager ;  im- 
palpable as  she  was  impossible.  Perhaps,  though, 
now  that  James  B.  Stetson  is  become  a  paler  star  in 
the  West,  his  interlocutory  wife  will  be  seen  ascendant 
in  the  opposite  sky.  Time  -is  notoriously  unsatisfied 
with  his  own  work  and  oft  finishes  the  picture  in 
purples  where  he  began  in  gray. 

There  was  an  old  magnate  named  Stetson, — 
A  man  we  used  to  place  bets  on. 

But  he  gave  not  a  whoop 

For  salad  or  soup, 
And  so  his  wife  gave  him  the  jetson. 

For  retaining  her  wifely  affection 

He  had  one  supreme  predilection, 

And  would  always  rely 

On  one  sort  of  pie — 
A  punkin  of  sallow  complexion. 

He  made  his  first  money  in  tinware; 
But  now  you  can  see  that  he's  been  where 

The  men  wear  Tuxedos, 

While  maids,  wifes  and  widows 
No  clothing  a  foot  from  the  chin  wear. 

*  *         * 

Captain  and  Mrs.  F.  L.  Perry,  who  are  now  sta- 
tioned at  Fort  Totten,  New  York,  are  receiving  con- 
gratulations consequent  upon  the  successful  exam- 
ination of  their  son,  William  Hooper  Jouett,  who 
has  entered  the  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis,  Md. 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Hooper,  widow  of  the  late  Major 
Hooper,  has  recently  rented  her  beautiful  home  on 
Vallejo  Street  for  five  years.  She  will  leave  early 
in  September  on  a  visit  to  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Perry,  and  it  is  not  unlikely  will  extend  her  visit 
to  one  abroad.  Mrs.  Rosa  Hooper  Plotner  has 
taken  a  cottage  at  Burlingame  for  three  months 
in  hopes  the  air  will  prove  beneficial  to  her  little 
boy,  who  has  been  quite  ill.  Many  of  Mrs.  Plotner's 
friends  are  urging  her  to  join  her  mother  in  her 
contemplated  travels,  feeling  that  an  entire  change 
of  climate  will  benefit  the  child. 

*  *         * 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Beda  Sperry  and  Charles 
Augustus  Bodwell  was  quietly  celebrated  on  Mon- 
day last  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  mother  on 
Pacific  Avenue,  Rev.  Dr.  Stone  of  Berkeley  offi- 
ciating. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bodwell  will  spend  their 
honeymoon  at  Mr.  Bodwell's  country  place  in  So- 
noma County.  Her  father,  the  late  Austin  Sperry, 
was  a  brother  of  the  late  Willard  Sperry  of  Stock- 
ton, father  of  Mrs.  William  Crocker.  Mrs.  Austin 
Sperry  was  a  Miss  Simpson  of  Stockton,  her  father 
being  a  member  of  the  Simpson  Lumber  Company. 
Dr.  Mary  Sperry  is  a  sister  of  the  bride  and  Horace 
Srerrv  is  a  brother. 


The  enjoyment  that  some  wealthy  folk  pretend  to 
take  in  being  mistaken  for  servants  lies  in  a  sense 
of  humor  something  lower  than  exhibited  in  a  Calico 
Ball  with  a  menu  on  butcher's  paper.  It  is  a  nega- 
tive expression  of  vanity,  the  merriment  consisting 
in  being  unable  to  discern  the  direction  of  the  joke. 
There  has  been  declared  a  deal  of  fun  in  the  follow- 
ing anecdote ;  although  a  committee  of  seven,  with 
a  strong-minded  chairman  and  acting  under  Cush- 
ing's  Manual,  would  probably  decree  it  void  of  any- 
thing save  valuable  space  where  a  self-respecting 
shadow  might  lie  at  ease. 

It  is  said,  so  they  say,  they  who  tell  the  tale  (a 
plagiarized  phrase,  by  the  way)  that  a  well-known 
San  Francisco  Society  dame  was  tarrying  in  a  haber- 
dashery to  be  measured  for  a  shirt-waist.  She  de- 
sired it  cut  in  the  most  approved  haberdashed  fash- 
ion. In  the  interests  of  exact  measurement,  she  re- 
moved her  coat;  and,  for  some  reason  unknown  to 
the  writer,  laid  aside  her  hat.  A  tape  measure  lying 
near  she  snatched  up,  and  attempted  to  measure  her 
impatience  by  coiling  the  tape  around  her  nervous 
fingers.  In  walked  a  man,  on  the  alert  for  the  latest 
in  shirts  or  anything  else.  Of  course  he  gazed  upon 
the  stylish  incognita  now  in  the  meshes  of  thirty- 
•six  inches  of  tape,  and  he  yearned  to  wear  damask 
for  which  he  had  been  surveyed  by  her  lithe  fingers. 
He  asked  her  if  she  would  fit  him.  She  was  about 
to  make  some  paradoxical  reply  when  some  friends 
entered  and  spoiled  the  scene.  But  the  denouement 
did  not  come  then.  Fate  reserved  a  swell  dinner 
party  on  Presidio  Heights  for  the  staggering  Act 
III,  and  now  the  gallant  dallier  at  the  haberdashery 
knows  that  when  he  invited  the  Lady  of  the  Tape 
Measure  to  take  his  masculine  inches,  he  was  in  the 
presence  of  that  vast,  lugubrious  and  discouraging 
thing  commonly  known  as  The  Impossible. 
*         *         * 

Mrs.  Phoebe  Hearst  arrived  in  the  City  last 
week,  and  will  spend  a  few  weeks  at  her  home  in 
Pleasanton  before  starting  for  her  attractive  quar- 
ters on  the  McCloud. 


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In  prospect  of  the  solemnity  of  his  citation  before 
the  liar  Association,  Judge  Hebbard  turned  out 
a  book  of  poetry  entitled  "The  Flippant  Age."  It 
must  be  said  that  this  age  verily  is  decidedly  flip- 
pant :  especially  in  this  City.  In  fact,  here  there 
has  been  more  rlipflop  than  the  flippant.  These  con- 
ditions  moved  the  judge  gently  to  tintinnabulate 
the  bell  of  admonition.  He  could  not  be  severe. 
Judge  Hebbard's  temperament  is  as  mellow  and 
soothing  as  a  high-priced  cigar.  He  even  eliminated 
from  his  volume  poems  he  thought  might  cause  a 
pang  to  some  soul  in  distress.  He  has  an  Old 
Pleasant  Smile  demeanor  beneath  the  judicial  frown 
and  could  not  find  it  in  himself  to  retaliate  in  any- 
thing other  than  a  kindly  manner  to  his  most  in- 
flated critics.  Our  quick-tongued,  triple-motion, 
big-spectacled  friend,  Mr.  Heney,  is  not  in  sym- 
pathy  with  Judge  Hebbard's  muse,  particularly 
when  it  inspires  him  on  the  bench.  It  was  in  the 
Ruef  case  that  His  Honor,  handing  Heney  a  lemon- 
hued  decision,  incurred  the  snappy  prosecutor's 
anger.  The  nectar  of  the  muses  in  this  instance 
was  said  to  have  been  bottled  in  bond.  The  decision 
was  rendered  with  hilarious  wave  of  the  hand  that 
San  Francisco  brooked  ill  at  a  time  when  grafto- 
phobia  was  at  the  height  of  its  fury.  The  charge 
now  being  investigated  by  the  Bar  Association  is 
"intemperance."  But  now,  the  intemperate  appe- 
tite of  the  prosecution  has  begun  to  cause  revulsion 
even  among  those  who  were  gluttons  for  indict- 
ment, and  they  will  be  inclined  to  demand  mercy 
for  Hebbard,  if  only  from  a  standpoint  of  being 
sick  of  slaughter.  It  is  likely  that  he  granted  Ruef's 
petition  because  he  hardly  has  it  in  his  big,  buoyant, 
brotherly  heart  to  refuse  anybody  anything;  likely 
also  that  he  never  delivers  a  decree  in  any  case 
without  a  dithyrambic,  flippant,  heartfelt  or  Old 
Scotch  tear  for  the  loser.  The  Superior  Court, 
though  somewhat  irksome,  is  not  an  unpleasant 
place  where  to  while  away  a  few  hours  a  day.  Few 
judges  willingly  resign  the  bench.  Hebbard  evi- 
dently finds  it  a  cozy  spot.  Yet  it  is  in  him,  if 
ousted  from  the  job,  to  find  jovial  relaxation  in  the 
pages  of  "The  Flippant  Age." 

The  poem,  "Recompense,"  printed  below,  came 
to  the  Wasp  as  an  autograph  copy,  signed  simply 
"J.  C.  B.  Hebbard,"  and  seems  to  exhibit  the  bard  in 
a  mature  and  Thanatopsical  state  of  mind.  A  cur- 
sory glance  will  convince  the  most  skeptical  that 
there  is  no  flippancy  here.  All  is  calm,  and  mostly 
dead.  There  being  fourteen  lines  to  the  compo- 
sition, the  idea  of  a  sonnet  cannot  fail  to  suggest 
itself,  but  the  elaborate  rhyming  system  of  the 
sonnet  form  is  lacking.  The  poet  has  taken  to 
himself  the  simplest  of  line  endings,  making  one 
rhyme  do  for  them  all.  Nor  is  he  hampered  in  his 
search  for  variety,  for  the  word  "dead"  is  found  five 
times  to  the  good.  The  prevailing  metre  is  iambics. 
The  first  four  lines  are  two  feet  each ;  thence  to 
the  southeast  corner,  quadrameters,  saving  the 
twelfth  line,  which  is  a  pentameter  and  the  thir- 
teenth line,  which  is  prose.  There  is  no  striving 
for  sesquipedalian  effect,  riiost  of  the  words  be- 
ing one  syllable.  It  must  also  be  said  that  the 
thought  is  more  depressed  than  elevated,  and  the 


style   well  suited   to  the  thought.     All  in   all,  and 
especially,  in  these  trying  times,  it  is  sad,  very  sad. 

Recompense 

A  man  lay  dead, 

And  then  they  said, 

As  he  lay  dead, 

Upon  the  bed, 

And  scattered  flowers  around  his  head — 

"He  was  a  good  man,  and  he  fed 

The  poor  and  hungry,"  but  instead 

Of  doing  so  while  life  he  led, 

They  waited  till  the  man  was  dead ; 

And  in  the  papers  then  'twas  read, 

"He  was  a  good  man,  but  he's  dead," 

And  then  they  scattered  flowers  around  his  head. 

While  alive  he  .scattered  bread — 

Now  he  has  flowers,  when  he's  dead. 

J.  C.  B.  HEBBARD. 

*  *         * 

At  her  beautiful  home,  Roselawn,  Mrs.  Charles 
Butters  recently  gave  a  luncheon  at  which  were 
present,  among  others,  Mrs.  Alfred  Hunter  Voor- 
hies,  Mrs.  William  Henshaw,  Mrs.  Wickham 
Havens,  Mrs.  Edson  Adams,  Mrs.  Nichols,  Mrs. 
Cavode,  Mrs.  W.  B.  Rising,  Mrs.  Fred  Fenwick, 
Mrs.  Frank  Stringham,  Mrs.  F.  A.  Rickard,  Mrs. 
Edward  Walsh,  Mrs.  Miller  and  Mrs.  Martinez. 

*  *         * 

Miss  Bessie  Ames,  who  has  been  visiting  in  Balti- 
more for  the  past  year,  will  spend  the  coming  Sum- 
mer with  her  sisters,  Mrs.  Robbins  and  Mrs.  Wood, 
on  Long  Island,  where  they  have  taken  a  cottage. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pelham  Ames  will  also  join  their 
daughters  in  the  East  and  pass  the  Summer  there. 


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MRS.  LEWIS  RISDON  MEADE 
Whose  wedding  this  week  was  a  society  event 

One  of  the  most  delightful  sensations  of  modern 
ethics  and  culture  is  to  receive  a  shock.  And  it  is 
pleasant  to  know  that  the  finer,  subtler  and  more 
exquisite  civilization  becomes,  the  more  artistic  may 
be  the  shock  and  the  thrillinger  its  thrills.  Here  in 
America  we  are  still  too  dull  and  prudish  to 
appreciate  the  marvels  of  Maud  Gwendolen  Allen 
in  the  full.  So  she  says.  Even  in  Paris  she  dances 
in  but  partial  nudity.  Her  art  is  at  its  crisis  in  the 
dance  of  Salome.  Without  tights  she  comes  on  the 
stage,  and  is  the  most  Salomesque  creature  that 
has  ever  enacted  the  undulations  that  were  the  un- 
doing of  Herod.  Her  body  is  veiled  with  an 
Oriental  garment,  of  which  a  fretwork  of  gems  is 
the  heaviest  part.  While  the  shimmering  perform- 
ance, in  its  progress,  becomes  truer  and  truer  to  life 
with  every  new  movement,  it  supposedly  does  not 
transgress  the  antics  of  sheer  beauty.  Every  detail 
of  her  body  works  for  individual  effect.  Her  mouth 
opens  as  if  to  speak  and  her  every  other  charm  con- 
veys a  language  that  is  not  for  the  ears.  Her  eyes 
glow  with  the  color  of  her  excitement.     Her  legs 


are  bare  below  the  knees,  and  the  mother-of-pearl 
toenails  glister  in  the  stage  lights. 

It  is  paramountly  Parisian.  Over  there  they  have 
the  heated  and  perfumed  atmosphere  of  Art  that 
surrounds  the  act  with  no  incongruity  and  makes 
it  look  not  bold.  It  is  not  bold ;  oh  dear  no,  it  is 
beautiful.  On  Broadway  or  Van  Ness  Avenue  it 
might  be  audacious,  even  ugly  and  the  clergy  would 
throw  handsprings  in  discussing  it.  Yet  Gwendolen 
studied  the  same  from  Grecian  vases,  Egyptian 
hieroglyphics,  Assyrian  tablets  and  ancient  books. 
The  dance,  thus  interpreted,  does  not  offend  in 
Paris,  for  it  is  "Art".  Art  is  a  veil  itself ;  though  not 
a  very  thick  veil.  It  isn't  quite  as  opaque  as  a  brick 
wall. 

*  *         * 

At  the  luncheon  to  Mrs.  Patrick  Calhoun  and  Miss 
Calhoun,  given  at  the  Fairmont  by  Mrs.  Eleanor 
Martin,  the  other  guests  were  Mrs.  Walter  Martin, 
Baroness  Von  Schroeder,  Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard,  Mrs. 
Wm.  Tevis,  Mrs.  Richard  Sprague,  and  Mrs.  Hinck- 
ley Taylor. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Selby  Hanna  has  returned  from  an  enjoyable 
visit  in  Santa  Barbara.  She  will  make  short  trips 
to  the  various  summer  resorts  throughout  the  Sum- 
mer. 

*  *         * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  J.  Churchill  have  returned 
from  their  wedding  tour,  and  are  located  at  the 
residence  of  the  groom's  parents  an  Post  Street, 
where  they  will  be  at  home  to  their  friends  after  the 
25th  of  June. 


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EDNA  MAY 
Whose  marriage  has  just  been  announced 

Edna  May,  the  actress,  has  secured  a  divorce  from 
her  art  and  married  Oscar  Lewissohn.  She  states 
she  would  not  act  again  if  he  would  let  her  and  that 
he  would  not  let  her  if  she  wished  to.  So  it  is  now 
hers  to  grow  old  and  happy.  She  has  begun  already, 
and  is,  in  her  own  vernacular,  "so  happy."  In  the 
two-paged  lexicon  of  woman  there  is  no  word  nearly 
as  expressive  as  "so,"  though  Shakespeare  con- 
sidered it  merely  so-so.  And  while  yet  she  is  so 
happy,  the  soft-eyed  Edna  aspires  to  become  do- 
mestic and  be  a  cook.  She  wishes  to  make  "pies 
and  those  things."  The  pies  and  those  things  of 
a  soubretter  are  juicier  than  those  of  the  ordinary 
Mrs.  Newlywed.  There  is  no  way  of  getting  around 
that  now.  For  it  is  a  fad  with  actresses  to  boast 
being  good  cooks,  while  their  modern  lay-sister? 
do  scorn  the  idea.  Edna  May  has  already  had  some 
experience  thereat,  and  says,  "I  am  going  to  learn 
a  lot  more  about  it,  for  I  think  it  a  fine  thing  to 
know." 

As  a  reward  for  the  firt  pie  and  other  concoctions, 
she  has  received  from  her  young  millionaire  hus- 
band a  strand  of  pearls.  There  is  no  ornament  so 
becoming  to  a  cook  as  these  long  pearl  de  luxe  neck- 
laces that  shimmer  their  tints  on  her  dull  white 
bosom  as  she  playfully  cooks  the  goose  of  a  mil- 
lionaire. 

*       *       * 

"I  must  get  you  another  chair  for  the  kitchen. 
Katie  ;  I  see  you  have  only  one." 

"Sure,  you  needn't  mind,  ma'am.  I  have  none 
but  gintlemen   callers!" 


There  was  a  disappointment  at  the  Coon-Kehrlein 
wedding,  as  the  expected  engagement  announce- 
ment was  not  made.  The  young  lady  in  the  case 
will  soon  leave  for  Seattle,  I  hear.  The  prospective 
bridegroom  occupies  a  prominent  position  in  the 
Tamalpais  Railroad  Company. 

S.  P.  Hamilton  of  the  San  Francisco  Gas  &  Elec- 
tric Company,  has  gone  East  for  a  well-earned  vaca- 
tion, as  he  has  been  in  harness  continually  during 
the  past  three  years.  He  intends  to  visit  his  rela- 
tives at  Colorado  Springs,  and  thence  will  proceed 
to  New  York,  and  return  in  the  Fall.  After  a  short 
visit  to  his  people,  Mr.  Hamilton  will  proceed  to 
study  the  methods  and  business  system  of  gas 
companies  in  the  large  cities  of  the  East.  He  has 
been  very  successful  in  his  managerial  department 
here,  and  will  no  doube  return  with  many  new  ideas 
that  will  make  him  still  more  useful  to  his  company. 

The  two  Bridge  Whist  Clubs  in  San  Rafael  help  to 
keep  that  cheerful  town  in  spirits  in  season  and  out. 
The  most  prominent  of  the  clubs  meets  every  sec- 
ond Wednesday.  The  other  meets  every  second  Fri- 
day. Mrs.  Hoffman,  Mrs.  Frank  Zook,  and  Mrs. 
L.  L.  Baker  are  amongst  the  best  players  of  all  the 
ladies  of  San  Rafael  and  Ross  Valley. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Finchley  Terbush  have  sent 
out  cards  announcing  the  marriage  of  their  daughter, 
Lorraine  Spencer  de  la  Montanya,  to  Mr.  Edward 
Albert  Davis.  At  home  after  the  first  of  August,  at 
the  residence  of  the  bride's  mother  on  Franklin 
Street. 


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A  Japanese  Jingle 

Mutsuhito,  Jingo  of  Japan, 
Fierce  Mikado  of  the  black  and  tan, 
Feeling  just  a  little  fee-faw-fum, 
Sadly  picked  a  pale  chrysanthemum ; 
And  his  marble-brown  Mongolian  eye 
Slid  askance,  half  slumbery  and  half  sly. 
In  his  fine  phantasmagorial  brain, 
Hatred  had  he  for  the  safe  and  sane. 
China  downed  was ;  Russia  put  to  bed ; 
Banzai !    Madame  Butterfly  was  dead. 
All  the  world  had  heard  his  powder-mills  ; 
Why  not  louder,  giving  all  the  chills? 
Oriental,  almond-eyed,  morose, 
Sacred,  black-mustached  and  bellicose, 
Mutsuhito,  with  his  telegraph, 
Threatened  England's  comic-opera  laugh; 
Also  made  a  noise  like  Hully  Gee 
When  a  hash-house  here  went  fricassee. 
Every  anti-Japanese  occasion 
Was  made  innuendo  for  invasion. 
Till  it  semed  the  world  by  sea  and  land 
Would  be  ignominiously  japanned. 

Dreamy,  poppy-born  diplomacy, 

Jiu  jitsu,  hari-kari,  wheel 

What  a  new  narcotic  renaissance 

When  kimonos  were  exchanged  for  pants ! 

Yeddo  gazed  around  the  blooming  earth, 

Causing  terror  where  should  have  been  mirth. 

And  Police  Court  News  roused  State  regret  where 

Gilbert-Sullivan  could  have  done  better. 

Latest  of  the  Sake  Sage's  fits : 
Emperor  William  and  our  Mayor  Schmitz, 
In  intrigue,  Teutonic,  tenebrific, 
Plan  to  sweep  the  Japs  from  the  Pacific. 
Who  can  cope  with  such  cerulean  logic 
That  with  Schmitz  and  William  gets  hodge-podgic? 
Rather  wait  till  Michael  Casey  sails 
For  a  hobnob  with  the  Prince  of  Wales, 
Or  McCarthy's  nerve  and  nonchalance 
Mixes  with  the  President  of  France. 
Maybe  Casey  not  all  English  is 
And  McCarthy  has  small  French  in  his, 
Causing  not  the  Sun-prince  to  determine 
Such  jobs  natural  as  Eugene's  was  German. 
But  within  his  pagan  ignorance, 
There's  one  case  to  tax  his  crafty  glance ; 
And  in  this  he'll  ever  hold  aloof: 
Wondering  what  king  will  conspire  with  Ruef. 
*         *         * 

Mrs.  Thomas  B.  Bishop  and  her  son,  Frank, 
Bishop,  will  soon  return  to  San  Francisco  from  a 
six  months'  tour  abroad,  and  spend  the  greater 
portion  of  the  Summer  at  their  attractive  place  on 
the  McCloud. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  T.  Baggett  and  their 
daughter,  Mrs.  Nell  Rose  Baggett,  have  taken  a 
cottage  at  Palo  Alto  for  the  Summer,  where  Miss 
Baggett  has  arranged  to  entertain  extensively. 


Miss  Sara  Dean,  whose  "earthquake"  novel  will 
be  one  of  the  Summer  book  announcements  in  the 
catalogue  of  Frederick  Stokes,  was  a  schoolmate 
of  many  who  are  now  the  bulwark  of  our  local 
elite.  George  Lent  (who  was  called  "Sollie"  then, 
for  he  was  named  after  lawyer  Solomon  Heyden- 
feldt,  his  father's  friend,  but  changed  the  first  name 
by  act  of  court)  was  one  of  them  and  the  Kittles, 
Nick  and  Johnnie,  were  others ;  also  John  Blanchard, 
who  married  Miss  "Bee"  Hooper  of  St.  Helena. 
Mrs.  Sam  Shortridge  (Laura  Gashwiler)  her  sister 
Lottie,  and  half-brother,  Jared  Irwin,  also  attended, 
with  their  cousins,  the  Verdenal  girls,  the  school  where 
Miss  Dean  learned  her  a,  b,  c's.  The  Deans,  bv 
the  way,  used  to  own  a  beautiful  country  place  in 
San  Leandro,  where  Sara  took  her  first  lessons  in 
the  art  of  driving.  She  is  one  of  the  best  whips 
among  the  local  literati. 

In  a  visit  to  Gump  s  the  other  dav  it  was  found 
that  they  have  added  a  beautiful  Oriental  Depart- 
ment to  their  art  establishment.  We  noted  an  ele- 
gant display  of  bronzes,  brasses,  embroideries,  fur- 
niture and  old  Chinese  porcelains.  One  of  the  most 
interesting  features  is  the  Japanese  room,  which  is 
accurate  in  every  detail  and  might  be  a  useful  sug- 
gestion to  those  who  are  planning  a  tea  room  in 
connection  with  a  countrv  home. 

*  ;■:  * 

Mr.  Edward  M.  Green  way,  who  has  been  enjoying 
an  Eastern  trip,  will  soon  start  for  home. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Walter  Dean,  Sr.,  who  has  recently  been 
very  ill,  is  improving  in  the  balmy  air  of  San  Rafael, 
where  the  Deans  are  comfortably  settled,  at  the 
Hotel  Rafael,  for  the  Summer. 


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Some  of  the  Eastern  editorial  writers  arc  work- 
ing themselves  into  a  lather  because  the  American 
Girl  i  thai  being  whom  to  criticise  is  worse  than 
mocking  the  angels)  stole  the  buttons  of  the  Duke 
of  Abruzzi.  Not  knowing  the  Duke  personally  and 
having  read  of  him  only  as  an  incarnate  desire  to 
reach  the  coldest  spot  on  earth,  I  cannot  see  why 
he  deserves  to  possess  any  buttons,  and  why  he 
could  not  reach  the  North  Pole  in  safety  pins. 

It  is  difficult  to  determine  just  when  to  impute 
specific  fault  unto  the  American  Girl  as  an  insti- 
tution. Good-looking  females,  born  in  the  United 
States,  frequently  get  into  the  Police  Court  on 
various  charges.  Some  of  them  are  known  to  have 
been  vagged.  But  in  such  cases,  criticism  never 
holds  aloof  out  of  mere  patriotism.  The  question 
is,  Can  the  Gibson  Girl,  the  Christy  Girl,  the  Hutt 
( rirl,  the  Boileau  Girl,  be  guilty  of  a  common  mis- 
demeanor? I,  for  one,  triumphantly,  though 
anonymously,  assert  that  she  cannot.  The  greatest 
wrong  she  ever  commits  is  to  marry  a  foreign 
count;  which  she  does  so  picturesquely,  and  di- 
vorces him  in  such  high  style,  that  there  is  nothing 
to  do  but  admire.  Married  life  with  a  peer  is  one 
of  her  mere  passing  fancies  and  part  of  her  educa- 
cation.  Therefore,  taking  a  Duke's  buttons  is  less 
of  a  pecadillo  than  taking  the  whole  Duke. 

Everybody  is  fond  of  souvenirs.  As  we  go  through 
life,  we  pick  up  a  pebble  from  such  and  such  place, 
a  lock  of  hair  here  and  there,  postage  stamps  from 
various  countries,  books,  autographs,  photographs, 
antique  weapons,  and  so  forth.  Why  not  the  but- 
tons of  the  Duke  of  Abruzzi?  No  doubt  they  were 
ornamental  buttons  and  might  have  been  enameled 
with  the  ducal  or  royal  coat  of  arms,  making  them 
all  the  more  valuable  as  keepsakes.  As  an  article 
of  attire  they  would  be  a  fantastic  vanity  of  which 
an  ice-pack  explorer  should  not  be  guilty.  .  Is  it 
kleptomania  to  snip  them  from  their  threads?  No. 
It  is  only  human  nature.  The  prevalence  of  the 
custom  proves  this.  It  is  said  that  Washington 
social  life,  with  its  legation  entertainments,  naval 
receptions,  and  the  like,  is  frequently  embittered 
next  morning  by  the  discovery  that  much  of  the 
entertaining  silverware,  right  up  to  the  entertain- 
er's hair  brush  is  missing.  Experience  shows  this 
to  be  but  a  small  part  of  the  well-known  and  generic 
ill-nature  of  the  morning  after.  Ambassadors,  in 
reporting  to  their  country,  have  been  so  ignoble  as 
to  embody  these  occurrences  in  their  cipher,  thus 
endangering,  it  is  said,  the  world's  peace,  and  inter- 
jecting so-called  kleptomania  into  world  politics. 
But  the  American  Girl,  a  voluptuous,  witty,  beau- 
teous, fascinating,  angelic,  Grecian-nosed  klepto- 
maniac? Far  be  from  such.  To  the  low  with  the 
buttons  of  the  Duke  of  Abruzzi.  Let  us  have  peace. 
True.  But  first,  last  and  at  all  times  the  American 
Girl  intact,  free  from  fear  and  free  from  reproach. 
Have  we  not  seen  her  pictured  with  a  bunch  of 
American  beautv  roses  and  looking  thrice  beautiful 
and  thrice  rosier.  And  to  allow  this  lovely  picture 
to  be  charged  with  petty  larceny.  Do  not  let  us 
hear  of  it  again.    We  have  a  counter-claim  readv. 


Airs.  Carrie  Green  Noble  arrived  in  town  this 
week  from  Los  Gatos,  and  is  the  guest  of  her 
cousins,  Air.  and  Mrs.  Patrick  Calhoun  on  Webster 
Street.  Her  sister,  Miss  Florine  Green,  left  recently 
for  the  Yoscmite  with  Miss  Calhoun  and  five  of  the 
Calhoun  children,  where  she  will  pass  several  weeks. 


The  two  fine  Sevres  vases  and  pedestals  in  the  ex- 
quisite collection  of  Volz  &  Freeze,  on  Van  Ness 
Avenue,  have  caused  considerable  discussion  as  to 
the  subjects  which  they  illustrate.  Some  wild 
guesses  have  been  made.  One  millionaire  said  that 
the  pictures  represented  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims 
at  Plymouth  Rock  and  the  conquest  of  Mexico.  He 
was  a  little  wide  of  the  mark,  as  one  vase  illustrates 
the  landing  of  William  the  Conqueror  on  English 
soil  in  1027,  and  the  other  the  departure  of  Richard 
the  Lion  Hearted  for  the  Second  Crusade  to  the 
Holy  Land  in  1157.  The  vases  stand  eight  feet  high 
and  are  worth  a  long  journey  to  see  them. 


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Photo  Clinedinst  M'LLE  DES  PORTES  DE  LA  FOSSE 

Daughter  of  the  Councillor  of  the  French  Embassy  at  Washington 

Oscar  Lovell  Triggs,  the  University  of  Chicago 
professor  who  won  a  barrel  of  fame  by  declaring 
John  D.  Rockefeller  a  greater  man  than  Shake- 
speare, has  been  sued  for  divorce.  Or  course,  any 
man  has  the  right  to  rate  the  author  of  Standard 
Oil  above  the  author  of  Macbeth.  Shakespeare  is 
dead,  and  Rockefeller  is  rich.  The  only  question  is, 
to  what  circumsizzling  degree  Triggs  would  carry 
out  similar  ideas  in  his  married  life.  It  seems  from 
Mrs.  Triggs'  complaint  he  has  been  in  the  habit  of 
manifesting  similar  doctrines  in  his  lov.es  and  affec- 
tions, with  topsy  turvy  and  centrifugal  force,  as  on 
a  certain  date  with  a  woman  whose  identity  is  un- 
known ;  on  a  certain  other  date,  ditto,  ditto ;  and  in 
certain  subsequent  months,  numerous  times  with 
strange  women,  all  set  forth  therein  with  apt  legal 
language,  viewing  them  all  up  as  above  Mrs.  Triggs, 
his  lawful  but  now  alimonious  wife.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  she  will  collect  from  him  all  colors  of 
alimony,  counsel  fees,  triple  damages,  taxation  with- 
out representation,  expost  facto  laws,  marque  and 
reprisal,  etc.,  etc.,  etc.,  until  Triggs  will  not  know  a 
pipe-line  from  an  interrogation  point. 

The  indignant  plaintiff  is  now  in  Paris,  resting 
from  the  toils  of  matrimony,  while  the  non-union 
husband  is  wanderlusting  in  California,  searching 
for  local  color  in  one  place  or  another.  He  is  a 
writing  man  and  formerly  editor  of  the  To  Morrow 
Magazine,  also  member  of  Shakespeare,  Walt  Whit- 


man and  Educational  Clubs.  Of  his  wife's  charges 
he  demands  proofs.  If  that  is  all  he  desires,  he 
should  be  accommodated  with  neatness  and  de- 
spatch. 

#         #         * 

It  is  a  very  dangerous  thing  for  a  clergyman  to 
relax  the  vigor  of  conduct  which  our  much  esteemed 
Puritan  ancestors  who  never  blessed  their  wives  on 
Sunday  declared  to  be  the  correct  caper,  so  to 
speak.  A  gloomy  air  and  an  aversion  to  things  sporty 
are  as  essential  to  a  correct  clerical  career  as  a  black 
coat  and  a  small  salary.  The  Rev.  W.  E.  Story,  pastor 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Sacramento,  is  an 
example. 

Rev.  Story  played  handball  in  the  Sacramento 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  gymnasium  with  Irva  Blake  and  was  so 
favorably  impressed  by  the  deportment  in  the  ball 
alley,  that  he  placed  the  boy  on  the  footing  of  a  wel- 
come guest  at  the  rectory  of  which  Miss  Ethel,  the 
seventeen-year-old  school  girl,  was  the  sunshine- 

Of  course  any  one  could  guess  the  rest  of  the  story, 
even  if  the  newspapers  had  not  published  the  full  de- 
tails. Irva  and  Ethel,  after  the  runaway  marriage  cere- 
mony at  Davisville  on  Friday  last,  spent  a  few  of  their 
remaining  dimes  in  telegraphing  home  to  Sacramento 
for  forgiveness.  Whether  their  principal  regret  was 
for  having  selected  such  a  day  for  their  fateful  deed, 
deponent  sayeth  not. 

Papa  Story  on  receiving  the  telegram  forgot  all 
about  the  amenities  of  the  handball  alleys,  as  well  as 
the  soothing  admonitions  contained  in  many  parts 
of  the  Bible,  and  more  particularly  those  set  forth 
with  great  circumstantiality  in  the  Book  of  Job.  He 
rushed  to  the  railroad  depot  and  when  he  found  he 
could  not  catch  a  train  to  intercept  the  elopers  he 
raved    like    a    Battery-Street    drummer    who    arrives 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


-THE  WASP 


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Rfcoio  Geolhc  MISS  ROMA  PAXTON 

breathless  at  the  station  only  to  see  the  train  pulling 
out  and  his  hated  business  rival  grinning  at  him  from 
the  rear  platform. 

If  there  be  any  moral  in  the  romantic  story,  it  is 
that   the   apparently    innocent   handball    may   lead  to 
complications  that  would  be  worthy  of  the  powers  to 
make  trouble,  that  lurk  in  the  seductive  highball. 
«         *         * 

Joaquin  Miller  does  not  believe  that  the  first  step 
towards  obtaining  a  public  office  is  declining  it.  He 
desires  to  be  Senator  from  Oregon,  and  he  an- 
nounces his  candidacy  with  the  same  calm  with 
which  another  man  would  ask  for  a  glass  of  whiskey, 
or  Joaquin  himself  would  request  five.  Perhaps  he 
used  both  sorts  of  calm  at  the  one  time,  the  am- 
bitious and  the  bibulous  each  lending  dignity  and 
charm  to  the  other.  There  always  was  a  rich,  mel- 
low flavor  of  Joaquin's  political  expressions  which 
made  them  more  fit  for  Sunday  supplements  than 
statutes.  In  his  ideas  of  government  he  is  teeto- 
taler ;  teetotally  dead  set  against  anything  prac- 
tical. He  shuns  practicability  as  a  monster  that  has 
despoiled  countless  homes.  Some  of  his  greatest 
admirers  declare,  with  much  enthusiasm,  that  the 
shaggy  poet  can  always  be  relied  upon  in  civil  affairs 
to  vent  an  opinion  as  near  to  absolute  error  as  it  is 
possible  for  finite  mind  to  reach.  Had  it  not  been 
for  this,  he  would  have  been  as  inconspicuous  a 
bardlet  as  Lowell  Otus  Reese  and  less  than  half  as 
popular.  Whenever  questioned,  he  knew  his  views 
were  asked  in  curiosity  and  not  for  public  use. 
Therefore,  there  was  no  danger  in.  exhibiting  him- 
self to  the  utmost.  It  was  a  matter  of  imagination, 
not  utility. 

The  question  is,  would  he  expatiate  the  same  senti- 


ments in  the  Senate.  One  poet  in  the  Upper  House 
would  not  be  amiss,  numerically.  But,  numerically 
speaking,  Miller  is  more  than  one  poet.  He  is  about 
a  hundred,  all  of  the  same  school ;  and  all  would  rise 
at  once  demanding  poetic  license  and  exemption 
from  Rules  of  Order.  Yet  he  would  be  of  some  use 
relatively.  Opponents  of  any  measure  could  rely  on 
Joaquin's  vote.  Yea,  his  record  iti  the  Supreme 
Legislative  body  would  be  an  unbroken  line  of  Noes, 
coming  oft  from  unexpected  parts  of  the  house,  as 
the  spirit  moved  him  on  the  floor  or  caused  him  to 
lie  there.  Naturally  he  would  bring  with  him  an 
atmosphere  of  the  West ;  which  would  be  delectable, 
yet  might  cause  a  mistaken  idea  as  to  the  quality 
and  quantity  of  it  produced  here  and  our  compliance 
with  the  excise  laws. 

&  dfi  Of 

State  Senator  Russ  Lukens,  who  has  married  Miss 
Mullan,  was  once  the  butt  of  a  bon  mot.  that  set  the 
Senate  roaring  with  laughter  and  broke  up  a  pretty 
flight  of  oratory,  landing  it  in  as  inglorious  a  heap 
as  the  finish  of  one  of  old  Professor  Langley's  flying- 
machines.  Lukens  is  blessed  with  a  big  nose  as  well 
as  a  big  fortune.  He  was  talking  to  the  Senate  and 
was  enjoying  it  as  usual.  Whether  the  Senate  was, 
is  not  related.  He  said  impressively,  "as  has  been 
well  said  by  the  Senator  under  my  nose — "  Now 
Senator  Ed.  Taylor,  in  the  seat  in  front  of  him  was 
the  man  who  was  being  quoted,  but  Senator  Louis 
Oneal  of  San  Jose  bobbed  up  with,  "Mr.  President, 
I  rise  to  a  question  of  information.  Which  Sen- 
ator?" 

*         *         * 

Miss  Roma  Paxton,  whose  portrait  appears  in  this 
issue,  was  bridesmaid  at  two  weddings  this  week, 
the  Coon-Kehrlein  and  the  Montanya-Davis  wed- 
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Rhyme  of  the  Week 

The  moon  o'er  the  Wabash  is  radiant  nightly ; 
The  grasshopper  chews  cut  plug  in  the  clover. 
Cornelius  yet  holds  to  his  transfers,  and  brightly 
Tells  how  to  win  when  a  strike  has  blown  over. 

Schmitz  is  tucked  safely  away  in  a  cell ; 

Happy  Jack  Chretien  is  given  a  pardon. 

The  Douma  dissolves  with  a  half-smothered  yell. 

Soft  go  the   mining  stocks;  share-holders  harden. 

Hot   weatlier  comes   for  a  day  and  a  quarter : 
Meat  quickly  gets  old,  while  Patti  stays  young. 
The  Hague  is  preparing  to  give  War  a  snorter. 
'Tis  on  foot  to  preserve  the  Sandwich  Isles'  tongue. 

A  "Silent"  Smith  heir  comes  will-smashing — Cert! 
The  Rubes  Union  waxes  in  warm  Tennessee. 
Doc  Orlow  gets  out  of  the  "Crafts"  with  his  shirt; 
Which  the  same  will  soon  happen  to  other  than  he. 

Mrs.  Pot.  Palmer  will  not  wed  the  Earl. 

The  Jap   scowls  behind  his  Japanese   fan : 

Such  horrors  as  these  before  us  unfurl ; 

But  what  do  we  care? — We  have  seen  Peter  Pan. 

Five  competitors  took  part  in  the  third  weekly 
handicap  of  the  Ladies'  Continuous  Golf  Tourna- 
ment at  Del  Monte  last  Saturday — Mrs.  Loeser, 
Miss  Morgan,  Miss  Cornelia  Armsby,  Mrs.  Warner 
and  Mrs.  Author  Lord  of  New  York.  Miss  Morgan 
and  Mrs.  Lord  received  handicaps,  the  rest  playing 
from  scratch.  Miss  Armsby  played  the  strongest 
g'ame  and  proved  the  winner  with  a  gross  and  net 
score  of  117.  Miss  Armsby's  name  will  be  added 
to  those  of  Miss  E.  A.  W.  Morgan  and  Mrs.  H.  R. 
Warner  on  the  handsome  silver  pitcher  to  be  pre- 
sented by  the  Pacific  Improvement  Company  to 
the  lady  who  scores  most  victories  during  the 
three  months  that  the  tournament  lasts. 
*         *         * 

Mrs.  Kempff,  wife  of  Rear-Admiral  Kempff,  U. 
S.  N.,  is  at  Del  Monte,  accompanied  by  C.  P.  Weeks 
and  Mrs.  Weeks  of  Burlingame. 

Miss  Miriam  Edwards  gave  a  pleasant  little 
luncheon  at  her  Santa  Barbara  home  Friday  after- 
noon for  Miss  Ruth  Green,  of  Berkeley,  Mrs.  How- 
ard Huntington's  sister,  who  is  a  house  guest  of 
Miss  Edwards;  Miss  Elston  of  Berkeley,  who  is  a 
house  guest  of  Miss  Pearl  Chase,  shared  the  honors 
with  Miss  Green.  Covers  were  laid  for  eight  of 
the  exclusive  buds. 


NOTICE  OF  REMOVAL 

The  only  original  Vienna  Model  Bakery  and  Cafe 
has  moved  from  Geary  Street  and  Grant  Avenue  to  its 
permanent  location  at  130  Geary  Street,  between  Grant 
Avenue  and  Stockton  Street.  Breakfast,  lunch  and 
dinner  is  served  a  la  carte,  and  there  is  a  regular  din- 
ner between  S  and  8  o'clock  at  $1.00: 

This  select  and  well-known  restaurant  was  estab- 
lished in  1876.    No  branch  stores. 


Mr.  Adolph  Spreckels  and  a  party  of  seven  spem 
the  week  end  at  Witter  Springs  Hotel.  Senator  and 
Mrs.  Belshaw,  of  Antioch,  were  guests  during  the 
week.  Mr.  Sidney  Woodruff,  of  the  Union  League 
Club,  was  there  last  Saturday  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gavin 
McNab  and  others  of  a  party  that  came  in  five  motor 
cars.  Rev.  J.  Melvin,  of  Oakland,  arrived  Tuesday, 
to  stay  for  a  month.  Mark  Lewis,  the  well-known 
clubman,  will  remain  for  two  months.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
J.  J.  Mason  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Simpson,  of  Berkeley,  have 
returned  to  their  homes.  Arrangements  for  the  golf 
and  tennis  tournaments  at  Witter  will  be  completed  by 
July  1st. 

■*  *  i- 

There  is  a  large  crowd  of  people  from  around 
the  bay  down  in  Santa  Barbara  just  now.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Josiah  Dutton  are  at  the  Potter.  They  are 
with  the  party  that  motored  up  from  Los  Angeles 
and  that  will  go  on  north  in  a  week.  Among  the 
members  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Foster  Dutton, 
and  Mrs.  Dutton's  sister,  Mrs.  MacFarlane  of 
Honolulu.  While  they  were  in  Santa  Barbara,  Mrs. 
Clarence  Breeden  and  her  mother,  Mrs.  Butler, 
gave  a  bridge  party  for  the  group  from  the  Bay 
City,  and  a  jollv  time  the  friends  had  reminiscing. 


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One  oi  San  Francisco's  most  respected  matrons, 
whose  hair  is  blanched  with  years,  appeared  at  one 
of  the  fashionable  weddings  of  last   week   with  a 

black  eye.  The  darkened  orb  had  a  jaunty,  rakish 
effect  that  in  a  younger  unman  would  have  seemed 
a  striking  illustration  of  barbaric  times.  There  is 
scarcely  anything  that  will  so  test  feminine  aplomb 
as  the  charm  with  which  she  u-ears  a  lop-sided 
eclipse  of  that  light  that  lies  in  woman's  eyes.  The 
gracious  grandmother  was  the  motif  of  considerable 
jesting,  which  she  had  tried  to  escape  by  remaining 
away  from  the  wedding;  but  b.eing  and  old  friend  of 
the  bride,  no  refusal  was  accepted. 

The  discoloration  was  caused  by  the  impact  of 
the  eve  and  an  ordinary  house  door  in  the  dark. 
Unsuspicious  of  disaster,  she  approached  the  scene, 
and  suddenly  felt  a  jar  that  was  a  slightly  different 
answer  to  the  old  When  is  a  door  not  a  door.  In 
honor  of  the  matrimonial  event,  her  manicure  en- 
deavored to  paint  out  much  of  the  answer ;  but  there 
remained  enough  on  which  to  hang  a  tale. 

*  *         * 

They  think  down  in  Santa  Barbara  that  they 
cannot  turn  around  in  an  educational  way  without 
Professor  Henry  Morse  Stephens  at  their  heels. 
To  be  sure  the  clever  educator  has  a  way  of  telling 
them  that  they  are  intellectually  "it,"  but  I  have 
heard  other  cities  boast  that  "Prof.  Stephens  said 
that  this  is  the  most  remarkable  city,  so  far  as  cul- 
ture goes,  that  he  has  ever  come  across."  I  think 
the  learned  man  is  to  be  excused  and  sympathized 
with,  and  I  believe  in  my  heart  that  he  finds  many 
of  them  more  than  "remarkable."  This  last  trip 
was  to  Santa  Barbara  for  the  purpose  of  delivering 
the  commencement  address  before  the  High  School, 
and  he  talked  on  old  education  and  new,  with  of 
course  a  leaning  toward  the  modern.  Professor 
Stephens  was  the  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph 
Howard  during  his  stay  from  Friday  morning  until 
Saturday  night. 

Miss  Florence  Lundborg,  the  talented  artist,  will  be 
the  guest  of  Mrs.  George  Roe,  in  Ross  Valley,  for  the 
next  two  months.  Dr.  Sumner  to  whom  this  attractive 
girl  is  engaged  to  be  married,  is  at  present  studying 
in  the  hospitals  abroad.  The  wedding  will  not  occur 
until  late  in  the  Fall. 

*  *         * 

Miss  May  Ayers,  who  is  coming  home  to  spend 
the  Summer  with  her  people  here,  had  her  first 
trip  to  Europe  when  she  was  a  little  grammar 
school  girl.  The  Examiner  offered  a  prize  of  a 
European  trip  to  the  pupil  who  stood  highest  in 
the  public  schools,  first  (now  called  the  eighth) 
grade,  and  Miss  Ayers  gained  the  prize.  Her 
mother,  Mrs.  Grosvenor  Ayers,  accompanied  her 
on  the  trip,  and  May  wrote  letters  from  the  dif- 
ferent points  visited  abroad.  She  was  always  an 
extremely  bright  girl.  A  few  years  ago  she  dis- 
covered that  she  had  a  fine  singing  voice  which  she 
proceeded  to  have  cultivated  by  the  Baroness  von 
Meyerinck.  After  giving  a  song  recital  here — a 
most  delightful  program  with  songs  all  about 
roses — she  went  to  Munich  to  get  the  benefit  of 
the   old   world   atmosphere. 


Mrs.  Mountford  S.  Wilson  is  staying  at  the 
Potter,  and  Mr.  Wilson  hopes  to  take  a  holiday  and 
run  down  l<>  join  her. 

*       *       * 

Miss  Hodge  of  the  Blanchard  Gamble  School 
chaperoned  a  party  of  girls  to  the  north,  where  they 
will  join  their  parents  and  spend  the  vacation,  re- 
turning later  with  the  teacher  to  school.  Those 
in  the  group  were  Miss  Harriet  Stone  of  Oakland, 
Miss  .Muriel  Burnham,  Miss  Ruth  1\\"ard,  Miss 
Isabel  Chase,  Miss  Dorothy  Chapman,  Miss  Dor- 
othy Berry,  Miss  Henrietta  Blanding  and  Miss 
Alexander.  They  are  a  stunning  lot  of  buds  and 
I  predict  a  social  triumph  for  them  within  the  next 
five  or  six  years. 

*         *         * 

This  is  the  most  delightful  time  of  the  year  in 
which  to  visit  Hotel  Rafael.  The  short  trip,  forty- 
five  minutes  from  San  Francisco,  brings  you  to  this 
beautiful  garden  spot  situated  amid  a  bower  of 
roses.  Here  one  may  indulge  in  every  outdoor 
sport  and  indoor  amusement.  The  Hotel  Rafael 
is  run  on  the  American  and  European  plan,  with 
Mr.  Frank  N.  Orpin  lessee  and  manager. 


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MRS.  OLIVER  KEHRLEIN  NEE  COON 


Truth  may  be  stranger  than  fiction ;  both  are  dull 
supernumeraries  when  compared  to  a  rich,  calcium- 
lit  misunderstanding;  especially  the  sort  that  leads 
to  proverbs  about  pure  minds  quoted  by  those  who 
did  not  laugh  to  those  who  did.  A  San  Francisco 
woman,  who  inhabits  with  daily  familiarity  what  to 
others  are  but  castles  in  the  air,  was  recently  dis- 
cussing with  some  of  her  feminine  admirers  the 
scarcely  exciting  subject  of  southern  exposures,  bay 
views,  window  outlooks  and  so  forth.  The  topic 
itself  was  one  of  flattery  to  the  lady  in  question,  who 
takes  a  well-known  pride  in  the  eminence  of  her 
own  home.  And  good  care  was  taken  to  remember 
it.  Toeing  the  scratch  of  this  compliment,  she  re- 
marked, "Yes ;  indeed.  And  by  the  way,  Raphael 
Weill  told  me  not  long  ago  that  he  never  enjoyed 
anything  as  much  as  he  does  my  bedroom." 

Tableau !  The  soul  of  every  woman  present  be- 
came a  dark  green  interrogation  mark.  Were  the 
gods  making  this  conventional  woman  mad  in  order 
to  destroy  her?  When  the  scene  fell  and  broke  of 
its  own  weight,  discovery  was  made  that  the  Bohe- 
mian Club  is  occupying  the  lady's  home,  a  room  of 
which  moved  the  genial  member  to  express  his 
purely  Arcadian  sentiments. 


It  is  a  fact  that  the  box  list  of  the  Royal  Opera 
House,  Covent  Garden,  for  the,  1907  season  shows 
an  unusual  number  of  American  boxholders,  or  o.r 
boxholders  with  American  connections.  The  On- 
looker, publishes  a  plan  on  which  twenty-seven 
names  of  this  catalogue  appear  and  announces  that 
the  list  is  not  complete,  as  other  American  sub- 
scribers are  to  be  added.  The  list  up  to  the  date 
of  the  Onlooker's  publication  is  as  follows : 


A — Lily,  Duchess  of  Marlborough,  Monday,  Wed- 
nesday, and  Friday. 

A  von  Andre,  Tuesday,  Thursday,  and  Saturday. 
3 — Mrs.   John   W.    Mackay,    Monday,   Wednesday, 

and  Friday. 

Mrs.  Newhouse,  Tuesday. 
A — Mrs.  Potter  Palmer,  Tuesday  and  Friday. 
5 — Lady  Paget,  Monday,  Thursday,  and  Saturday. 
12 — Mrs.  Adair,  Tuesday  and  Thursday. 
14 — Mrs.  H.  V.  Higgins,  Monday,  Wednesday,  and 

Thursday. 
20 — Mrs.  Ronalds,  Wednesday  and  Friday. 

Mrs.  Ogilvie  Haig,  Wednesday. 
22— W.  S.  M.  Burns,  every  night. 
25 — Mrs.  C.  Henry,  Tuesday. 
26 — Cora,  Countess  of  Strafford,  Friday. 
30 — Mrs.  Bradley  Martin,  every  night. 
33 — Mrs.  Parkinson  Sharp,  Monday  and  Thursday. 
35 — Lady  Leigh,  Monday  and  Thursday. 

Mrs.  A.  Glasgow,  Monday. 
37 — Lady  Arthur  Paget,  Tuesday  and  Saturday. 
43 — Mrs.  W.  M.  Singer,  Tuesday  and  Friday. 
45 — Mrs.  George  Cooper,  Monday  and  Friday. 
49 — Mrs.  David  Beatty,  Wednesday. 
52 — Ambassador  Whitelaw  Reid,  every  night. 
55 — Lady  Speyer,  Wednesday. 
57 — J.  Pierpont  Morgan,  every  night. 
59 — Mrs.  Almeric  Paget,  Wednesday. 
60 — Jefferson  Levy,  Friday. 

62 — Countess  of  Yarmouth,  Monday  and  Thursday. 

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Weddings 

Tune  9th.  Miss  Elsa  Schoenfeldt,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Michael  Schoenfeldt,  and  Samuel  R.  Leon. 

Tune  10th.  Mrs.  Susie  Evelyn  Hill  and  Judge 
Henry  Clay  Barrow,  both  of  Los  Angeles,  at  resi- 
dence of  bride's  sister,  Los  Angeles. 

Tune  11th.  Miss  Helene  Burrell  and  Mr.  Robert 
Forgie,  at  Trinity  Episcopal  church,  Oakland. 

Tune  11th.  Miss  Grace  Holbrook  Taclues  °f 
Berkeley  and  Mr.  Earl  Snyder  of  Los  Angeles,  at 
bride's  home. 

Tune  11th.  Miss  Katherine  Nunan  and  Thomas  J. 
Harrington,  at  St.  Mary's  Cathedral. 

Tune  12th.  Miss  Alena  A.  Kronquist  and  Mr. 
Axel  A.  Newman,  both  of  Berkeley ;  at  bride's  home. 

Tune  12th.  Miss  Lelia  E.  Gates,  daughter  of  G.  M. 
Gates,  Southern  California,  and  Leonard  R.  Smith, 
son  of  W.  H.  Smith  of  Tracey,  Cal. 

Tune  12th.  Miss  Marguerite  Fleming  and  E.  J. 
Lenihan,  at  St.  Francis  de  Sales  Church,  Oakland. 

Tune  12th.  Miss  Alice  E.  Kempland,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  L.  Kempland  of  this  City,  and  Tames 
Wynkoop,  at  St.  Stephen's  Church. 

Tune  13th.  Mrs.  Eleanor  C.  Humphreys  of  Marys- 
ville  and  Fred  P.  Stone  of  San  Francisco,  at  Hotel 
Robins. 

Tune  14th.  Miss  Tuliet  A.  Hayman  and  Martin  S. 
Meyer,  both  of  this  City. 

Tune  16th.  Miss  Edna  Marie  Johnson  and  Otto 
Frederick  Marx,  at  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church,  San 
Francisco. 

June  17th.  Miss  Beda  Sperry,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Austin  Sperry  of  this  City,  to  Charles  Augustus  Bod- 
well  of  Sonoma  County. 

June  19th.  Miss  Cecelia  L.  Moore  and  Arthur  R. 
Haskins  of  this  City. 

June  19th.  Miss  Mabel  Phillips,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
S.  M.  Phillips,  Berkeley,  to  Monroe  D.  Green. 

June  19th.  Miss  Helen  Edwards  of  Berkeley  and 
Mr.  Harry  Julius  Kaufman,  at  St.  Mark's  church, 
Berkeley. 

Miss  Ruth  Pearl  Upham,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Van  Vactor  of  Ross  Valley  and  Mr.  A.  W. 
Scott,  Jr.,  at  Ashland,  Oregon. 

Engagements 

Miss  Elma  Pruett  of  Berkeley  to  Mr.  Thomas 
Giffen. 

Miss  Bertha  Wolff  of  San  Rafael  and  B.  Morgan  of 
this  City. 

Miss  Amelia  Brazill  of  Oakland  to  Dr.  Foshay  of 
Oakland. 

Miss  Dolly  Triest  of  Oakland  and  Mark  Daniels, 
Oakland. 

Miss  Florence  Kahn  of  Oakland  and  Paul  B.  Man- 
heim,  Oakland. 

Miss  Marie  Hurlburt  of  Portland,  Oregon,  and  Leon 
Kuttner  of  Fresno. 

Mrs.  Carmelita  Long  of  this  City,  and  Lieut.  Thomas 
West  Hammond,  U.  S.  A. 

Miss  Harriett  Estelle  Stetes  to  Mr.  Herman  Hill, 
both  of  Santa  Rosa. 

Miss  Louisette  D.  Curtis,  daughter  of  Mrs.  W.  Lin- 
forth,  to  William  C.  Murdock,  Tr. 


Miss  Cecelia  Jacobs,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B. 
Jacobs,  and  Leland  S.  Myers. 

Miss  Adele  Samson,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
David  Samson,  and  Tules  T-  Kulhnann. 

Miss  Rose  F.  Cuneo,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Mary  Cuneo 
of  San  Mateo,  and  Tohn  L.  Debenedetti. 

Miss  Ruth    Katherine    Davis,    daughter    of    Mrs. 
Katherine  Kinkead  Davis,  and  Dr.  Clarence  Quinan. 
#         *         * 

That  stunning  blonde,  Miss  Madeline  Bohrman, 
has  just  returned  from  a  long  tour  abroad,  and 
with  her  sister  and  brother,  William  Bohrman,  the 
well-known  Societv  man,  has  taken  a  cottage  at 
Alta  Mira  Villa,  Sausalito.  Miss  Bohrman  was  ac- 
companied on  her  return  to  California  by  a  young 
brother,  whom  she  has  placed  at  Hitchcock's  Mili- 
tary Academy,  San  Rafael.  Miss  Bohrman  is  a 
niece  of  Mrs.  Willis  Davis,  and  cousin  of  Edna  and 
Sidney  Davis.  This  brilliant  and  accomplished 
young  lady  will  soon  open  a  studio  of  languages 
and  music,  assisted,  by  her  equally  accomplished 
sister,  who  is  a  musician  of  higher  order.  Miss 
Bohrman  is  an  intimate  friend  of  Miss  Alice  Hoff- 
mann. The  cottage  in  Sausalito  already  is  the  center 
of  attraction  in  that  little  burg. 


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digestion.     They  are  recommended  by  leading  physicians.     All  druggists. 


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Rufus    Jennings    and    his    California    Promotion 

Committee  are  paid  to  boom  California.  Just  now 
his  methods  virtually  are  the  most  effective  knock- 
ing possible,  in  his  zeal  to  hold  on  to  fat  jobs. 
Just  now  they  are  daffy  over  telegraphing  East  each 
day  California  temperatures,  the  total  building  per- 
mits, and  observations  about  conditions  in  general. 
Every  day  also  they  furnish  duplicates  of  the 
telegram  to  the  San  Francisco  papers,  with  the  ex- 
planation that  it  is  furnished  to  Eastern  news 
bureaus  and  by  them  sent  all  over  the  country  and 
is  put  on  the  Wall  Street  ticker,  being  served  to 
some  500  tirms. 

Now  if  Jennings  would  stop  with  the  thermom- 
eter records  he  wouldn't  do  any  harm,  but  by  this 
and  by  that  what  good  does  he  do  when  he 
paralyzes  Xew  York  with  the  information  that  per- 
mits were  granted  for  28  new  buildings,  total  cost 
$5000;  1  alteration,  $40?  Or  when  he  flabbergasts 
old  Manhattan  with  the  information  hot  off  the 
griddle  that  the  Humboldt  Savings  Bank  Building 
will  be  equipped  with  the  most  modern  style  of 
elevator?  Or  when  he  knocks  the  wind  out  of  the 
Morgans  and  Harrimans  and  Ryans,  who  can't  get 
loose  from  that  ticker,  with  the  hot-liner,  straight 
from  the  bat,  that  $2,000,000  in  real  money  is  to 
be  spent  in  buildings  in  a  single  block?  Perhaps 
the  dispatches  see  their  only  publicity  in  the  San 
Francisco  papers  that  publish  them  to  escape  his 
tiresome  importuning,  but  in  any  case  it  is  a  wicked 
waste  of  money  on  telegraph  tolls,  and  if  any  one 
in  the  East  does  see  them,  the  smiles  at  our  expense 
would  make  us  swearing  mad. 

Rufus  also  keeps  the  newspaper  offices  flooded 
with  glowing  accounts  of  what  the  Promotion  Com- 
mittee's Eastern  Bureau  is  doing.  Now  the  Eastern 
bureau  is  in  charge  of  Calvin  B.  Brown,  a  good 
fellow  who  writes  good  jokes  down  in  his  note- 
book and  springs  them  opportunely.  He  keeps 
open  a  California  headquarters  in  New  York  and 
principally  attends  luncheons  where  former  Cali- 
fornians,  mostly  alleged  Bohemians,  give  them- 
selves Dutch  treats,  or  where  some  New  York  news- 
paper men  foregather.  All  of  which  is  lots  of  fun 
for  Brown  and  good  opportunity  to  spring  his  note- 
book stories  and  to  garner  new  ones.  But  not  even 
the  fortnightly  assurances  of  Rufus  Jennings  will 
convince  us  that  the  rathskeller  style  of  campaign- 
ing is  doing  much  to  increase  our  population  and 
wealth  and  happiness. 


"What's  Brown  taking  for  his  cold?" 

"Whisky." 

"Does  it  seem  to  do  him  any  good?" 

"It  does  while  he's  taking  it."  ' 


Hughes  for  President 

By  his  veto  of  the  two-cent-railroad-fare  bill  in 
Xew  York,  Governor  Hughes  has  made  himself  a 
stronger  Presidential  possibility.  There  has  been  no 
question  as  to  the  ability  of  Governor  Hughes.  He 
is  known  to  be  an  able  man,  and  he  has  shown  him- 
self to  be  both  courageous  and  fair.  He  is' not  afraid 
of  the  corporations  and  neither  does  he  pander  to 
the  prejudices  of  the  populace  like  a  Bryan  or  a 
Hearst.  The  money  powers  therefore  regard  Gov- 
ernor Hughes  as  a  safe  and  desirable  candidate  for 
President,  and  the  Republican  party  generally  is  be- 
ginning to  think  that  we  have  had  enough  of  radical- 
ism for  the  present  and  might  prosper  by  a  spell  of 
more  conservative  statesmanship.  This  feeling  may 
help  to  make  Governor  Hughes  a  prominent  candi- 
date before  the  Republican  nominating  convention 
next  year. 

In  any  event  there  will  be  no  lack  of  strong  Repub- 
lican candidates,  and  if  tne  convention  cannot  pick 
from  the  half  dozen  favorite  sons  that  have  been  most 
honored,  there  is  President  Roosevelt  himself  to  fall 
back  on.  Failure  to  agree  on  Taft,  Foraker,  Cannon, 
Fairbanks,  Knox  or  Hughes,  should  be  justification 
for  ignoring  the  third-term  objection. 


Why  not  subscribe  for  The   Wasp  and  have  it 
mailed  to  your  address  every  week? 


Nothing  will  quicker  revolutionize  the  system  and  put  new  life   into 
it  than  Abbott's  Tiitters.     At  druggists  and  grocers. 


'JUST  A  SHADE  ON   OTHERS" 


Weinhard 

The  Peer 
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Harriman's  Answer 

This  highly  pertinent  question  was  put,  recently, 
to  E.  H.  Harriman  by  one  of  the  leading  daily  news- 
paper writers  in  America,  to  wit,  William  E.  Curtis, 
the  distinguished  special  correspondent  of  the  Chi- 
cago-Record-Herald. 

"Mr.  Harriman,  what  have  you  done  with  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  two  hundred  and  fifty  million  dollars 
in  bonds  and  stocks  you  have  floated  since  you  ob- 
tained control  of  the  Union  Pacific  and  Southern 
Pacific  Railway  systems?" 

That  was  certainly  to  the  point.  Equally  so  was 
the  off-hand  answer  of  Harriman  who  evidently  does 
not  wish  to  have  it  thought  that  he  and  other  high 
financiers  just  salted  down  the  money  in  large 
chunks. 

"I  have  reorganized,  rebuilt  and  re-equipped  two 
of  the  biggest  railroads  in  the  world — altogether  about 
15,000  miles  of  track,"  said  the  high  financier.  Then 
he  got  down  to  facts  and  figures  and  calling  in  some 
of  his  hired  men  that  had  the  statistics  at  their 
fingers'  ends,  showed  in  detail  just  what  he  has  ac- 
complished. 

"When  I  commenced  to  reorganize  the  Union 
Pacific  in  1898,"  said  he,  "the  road  was  practically  a 
wreck.  There  was  no  reason  why  any  one  of  a 
dozen  men  should  not  have  done  it,  but  nobody  else 
seemed  to  have  the  nerve.  I  have  since  made  a  new 
road  of  it,  and  to  promote  economy  and  convenience 
of  management  and  to  benefit  the  stockholders  and 
the  public,  I  placed  it  in  close  traffic  relations  with 
the  Southern  Pacific  and  other  transportation  lines. 
I  have  practically  rebuilt  the  Southern  Pacific,  the 
Oregon  Short  Line  and  the  O.,  R.  &  N.  Co.  and  the 
Pacific  Mail. 

"I  have  opened  up  a  vast  area  of  valuable  con- 
tributing territory  by  building  nearly  2000  miles  of 
new  road,  and  have  2260  miles  additional  under  con- 
struction or  projected.  I  have  shortened  distances, 
have  reduced  grades,  cut  out  curves,  relaid  the 
tracks  with  heavy  steel  rails,  have  replaced  the 
wooden  bridges  with  steel  and  masonry,  have 
double-tracked  a  considerable  distance  where  the 
traffic  is  the  heaviest,  have  provided  additional  ter- 
minals and  facilities  for  handling  freight,  have  built 
eight  of  the  finest  steamships  on  the  ocean,  have 
obtained  the  finest  fleet  of  any  nation  on  the  Pacific, 
have  bought  or  built  1418  locomotives,  1050  passen- 
ger cars  and  42,500  freight  cars. 

"In  these  improvements,"  continued  Mr.  Harri- 
man, "I  have  spent  $257,760,709  to  promote  the  ma- 
terial development  of  the  states  and  communities 
traversed  by  the  transportation  lines  mentioned. 
They  serve  the  people  living  between  the  Missis- 
sippi River  and  the  Gulf  and  the  Pacific  Ocean  and 
a  part  of  Mexico.  The  water  lines  furnish  transpor- 
tation between  New  York,  New  Orleans,  Havana 
and  Galveston,  between  San  Francisco  and  the  west 
coast  of  Mexico,  Central  and  South  America,  and 
between  San  Francisco  and  Japan,  China  and  the 
Philippines. 

"In  these  improvements,"  he  said,  "there  were  ex- 
pended from  1898  to  the  close  of  the  year  1906,  for 
changes  in  lines,  reductions  of  grade,  improvements 
in  alignment  and  in  other  betterments  and  additions 


to  the  roadway  and  terminal  facilities  $40,984,214; 
for  locomotives,  cars  and  steamships  $39,577,129, 
and  for  the  construction  of  new  lines  and  purchases 
of  terminal  property  $30,616,314;  a  total  expendi- 
ture of  $111,157,657.  One  hundred  and  forty-four 
miles  of  second  track  and  660  miles  of  sidings  were 
built  and  631  locomotives,  230  passenger  and  16,464 
freight  cars  were  purchased. 

"There  were  built  or  acquired  during  this  period 
460  miles  of  new  lines  in  Louisiana  and  Texas,  765 
miles  in  California,  Oregon  and  Nevada,  which  in- 
cludes that  remarkable  piece  of  work  across  the 
Great  Salt  Lake  known  as  the  Ogden-Lucin  cut-off, 
and  170  miles  in  Mexico,  making  an  aggregate  of 
1395  miles,  and  construction  is  progressing  on  about 
1760  miles  of  projected  lines.  There  were  also  added 
56  miles  of  second  track  and  720  miles  of  sidings, 
and  there  were  purchased  787  locomotives,  820  pas- 
senger cars,  26,036  freight  cars  and  8  ocean  steam- 
ships. 

"These  additions  enabled  the  company  to  secure 
its  full  share  of  the  increased  business  of  the  country 
and  to  assist  material!}'  in  the  development  of  the 
country  traversed  by  its  lines.  With  an  increase  of 
442  miles,  or  a  fraction  over  5  per  cent  over  the  mile- 
age operated  in  the  year  1901,  there  were  carried 
1,397,411,783  passengers  one  mile  in  1906,  against 
935,143,326  in  1901,  and  6,236,597,303  tons  of  rev- 
enue freight  one  mile  in  1906,  against  4,873,257,728 
in  1901. 

"Nearly  one-half  of  the  company's  mileage  con- 
sists of  branch  lines,  on  which  the  development  of 
traffic  is  much  slower  than  on  the  main  line,  and  a 
considerable  part  of  the  main  line  runs  through  a 
still  sparsely  settled  country.  The  increased  traffic 
is,  therefore,   concentrated  on  probably  something 


La  Boheme 


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over  40  per  cent  of  the  total  mileage  of  the  system, 
which  is  ','216  miles. 

"The  physical  improvements  referred  to  include 
the  reduction  of  grades  on  about  681  miles  of  road, 
the  ballasting  of  about  3785  miles  of  track,  the  re- 
newal in  steel  or  masonry  of  about  124,073  lineal 
feet  of  bridges,  the  relaying  of  about  5832  miles  of 
track  with  heavier  rails,  and  the  installation  of  auto- 
matic signals  for  the  safer  movements  of  trains  on 
about  3237  miles  of  railway.  That  is  what  I  did 
with  the  money,"  said  Mr.  Harriman. 


How  to  Secure  Good  Government 

Ex-Mayor  Phelan  has  been  quoted  as  saying  that 
for  ten  years  we  shall  have  good  government  in 
San  Francisco,  owing  to  the  prosecution  of  the 
grafters.  Why  not  have  good  government  continu- 
ally? 

It  is  not  a  difficult  matter  to  bring  it  about  and 
many  times  and  oft  has  The  Wasp  pointed  out  how 
easily  it  can  be  accomplished. 

Appoint  the  judges  of  the  law  courts. 

That  is  the  way  to  secure  good  government  and 
that  is  the  only  way.  Readers  of  The  Wasp  will  re- 
member that  we  have  said  this  hundreds  of  times. 
We  intend  to  keep  harping  on  the  subject.  It  is 
positively  the  most  important  one  in  all  the  prob- 
lems of  government  that  perplex  the  American  people. 

I  believe  that  the  prosecution  of  the  San  Francisco 
grafters  will  help  immensely  to  bring  about  the  ap- 
pointment of  all  judges  of  the  law  courts.  It  has 
been  shown  by  the  desperate  struggle  to  release 
the  City  from  the  grip  of  Ruef  and  Schmitz  that  the 
final  and  only  hope  of  the  decent  citizens  was  in  the 
Superior  Court.  If  the  judges  had  weakened  Ruef 
would  have  become  stronger  and  more  dangerous 
than  ever.  The  arch-grafter  knew  well  the  ad- 
vantage of  controlling  the  District  Attorney's  office 
and  the  courts.  He  tried  to  place  his  creatures  on 
the  bench  and  to  seize  the  attorney's  office  himself. 
Had  he  succeeded  San  Francisco  would  have  cause 
to  rue  it  for  many  a  day. 


Ruef's  Attempt  at  Despotism 

Possessor  of  the  District  Attorney's  office,  the 
Superior  Court  and  the  police,  the  corrupt  boss 
would  exercise  the  power  of  an  oriental  despot.  He 
could  plunder  with  impunity,  lev)'  blackmail  at  will 
and  commit  murder  if  so  inclined.  There  is  a  rumor 
in  political  circles  that  Ruef  contemplated  the  pun- 
ishment of  his  enemies  as  soon  as  he  could  seize  the 
courts.  Whether  he  would  actually  instruct  his 
hirelings  to  perpetrate  murder  we  cannot  say,  but 
His  excesses  would  not  stop  short  of  this  crime. 

The  possibility  that  any  political  bandit  could 
thus  make  himself  the  master  of  a  great  American 
city  and  defy  prosecution  should  be  prevented  by 
taking  the  judges  of  the  law  courts  out  of  politics. 
By  such  a  change  the  political  boss  as  we  novv  know 
him  to  our  sorrow  in  America  would  soon  become 
extinct. 


How  Corrupt  Bosses  Become  Powerful 
It  is  by  tampering  with  the  courts  and  protecting 
criminals  that  the  American  political  boss  becomes 


so  powerful  in  municipal  anil  state  politics.  He 
controls  the  nominating  conventions  and  thus  holds 
a  club  over  the  judges.  If  they  disobey  his  wishes 
and  send  his  criminal  followers  to  jail,  or  fail  to  ren- 
der crooked  decisions  for  him  in  civil  cases,  he  ex- 
ert-, all  his  power  to  prevent  their  renomination.  If 
not  renominated  how  can  they  be  reelected?  Not 
once  in  a  thousand  times  could  a  judge  who  failed 
to  get  on  his  party  ticket  be  reelected. 


Unfair  to  Judges 

It  is  a  calamity  for  the  average  judge  who  had 
been  on  the  bench  for  six  or  twelve  years  to  be  sud- 
denly thrown  out  of  office  and  compelled  to  begin 
practice  of  the  law  again  without  clients  or  influ- 
ence. 

With  judges  holding  their  positions  as  long  as 
thev  filled  them  acceptably,  and  getting  a  pension 
on  retirement,  the  bench  would  become  exalted  and 
powerful.  Its  influences  would  be  towards  good 
government.  The  grafting  politician  who  came  be- 
fore the  courts  would  go  to  jail  and  all  malefactors 
would  soon  learn  that  trial  and  conviction  meant 
more  than  a  temporary  inconvenience  in  attending 
court  and  preparing  an  appeal  to  some  higher  tri- 
bunal. 

Unless  we  change  our  judicial  system  and  appoint 
judges  things  will  go  from  bad  to  worse  in  muni- 
cipal and  state  government.  Occasionally  we  shall 
see  an  uprising  against  grafters,  as  in  San  Francisco 
at  present,  but  in  a  few  years  the  crooked  and  ever 
active  politicians  will  again  have  the  mastery. 


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Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 

Here's  a  Union  Labor  incident  that  occurred  in 
this  City,  but  which  might  have  occured  anywhere 
and  been  just  as  funny.  The  man  is  a  paperhanger 
and  house  decorator.  He  had  a  shop  before  the  fire 
but  is  himself  a  practical  workman.  He  owns  some 
property  which  he  was  putting  into  shape,  and 
hiring  a  painter  for  indoor  work.  He  intended  to 
hang  his  own  paper.  Taking  up  a  putty-knife  he 
proceeded  to  repair  some  cracks  when  his  hired 
man  said : 

"You  can't  do  that." 

The  owner  of  the  house  fancied  his  ability  was 
in  question  and  went  on  demonstrating  his  capacity, 
but  he  was  speedily  set  right : 

"Do  you  belong  to  our  union?"  asked  the  hired 
man.     "Show  me  your  card." 

The  house-owner  was  dumbfounded,  but  I  pre- 
sume was  able  to  cope  with  the  emergency. 

This  story  reminds  me  of  one  I  read  some  time 
ago  in  a  magazine  of  a  man  who  wanted  to  build 
himself  a  Summer-house,  and  had  to  join  about  ten 
unions  before  he  could  drive  a  nail.  Pity  that  some 
of  the  unions  themselves  cannot  see  the  humorous 
side  to  certain  of  their  claims. 


Interest  in  Nevada  mining  properties  still  continues. 
The  Excelsior  Mountain  Copper  Company's  proper- 
ties, 16  miles  south  of  Hawthorne,  and  about  50  miles 
East  of  Bodie,  is  now  the  talk  of  the  surrounding 
camps.  The  Brock  Syndicate,  owners  and  builders,  of 
the  Tonopah  Railroad,  have  purchased  the  Bodie  & 
Mono  Lumber  Railroad  and  have  a  large  force  at 
present  grading  past  the  property  of  this  Copper  Com- 
pany. This  puts  the  mine  in  touch  with  smelters  all 
over  the  Coast. 


Santa  Cruz  took  on  a  scene  of  splendor  last  Sat- 
urday night  with  the  opening  of  its  new  Casino 
and  Natatorium.  The  occasion  was  one  of  festal 
activities  from  the  band-playing  at  noon  to  the  last 
strains  of  the  dancing  at  night.  The  lower  floor 
of  the  Casino  has  been  adapted  to  the  requirements 
of  various  concessionaries,  and  is  spacious  enough 
to  accommodate  any  kind  of  a  Summer  crowd. 
Above  is  the  oval  theater,  ball-room  and  dining- 
room,  private  rooms  and  two  open-air  galleries. 
The  Patatorium  contains  the  largest  Summer  re- 
sort tank  in  the  world,  'holding  500,000  gallons  of 
water.  These  structures  together  with  300  cottages 
and  all  the  concessions  on  the  beach  are  owned 
by  the  Santa  Cruz  Beach  Company,  composed  of 
the  best  know^i  men  down  there  and  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


For  over  a  month,  the  City  of  San  Francisco  has 
been  terrorized  by  a  few  hundred  outlaws  so  that 
business  has  been  paralyzed,  financial  credit  de- 
stroyed, and  the  reputation  of  the  community  injured 
greatly.  A  mere  handful  of  ignorant  Swedes  and 
Irish,  allied  with  a  sprinkling  of  American  roughs, 
has  thus  overawed  the  community  so  that  thousands 
of  people  have  been  intimidated  daily  from  riding 
on  the  street  cars,  and  have  thus  suffered  hardships 
and  financial  loss.  What  a  commentary  on  "free 
government  of  and  by  the  people."  If  Americans 
tolerate  that  kind  of  thing  the  protests  of  a  semi- 
barbarous  nation  like  Japan  will  soon  become  open 
insults.  And  what  reply  can  we  make  when 
charged  with  inability  to  protect  foreigners  within 
our  gates  who  have  come  here  under  solemn 
treaty.  Will  it  be  a  complete  answer  to  say  that 
the   Japs   needn't   kick,    as   we   cannot   protect   our 


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Interest  Paid  on  all  Deposits 


Paid  up  Capital  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
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OFFICERS- James  D.  Phelan,  Pres„  John  A.  Hooper,  V.  Pre*..  J.  K.  Moffatt,  2d 
V.  Pres.,  George  A.  Story,  Sec'y  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Asst.  Cashier,  A.  E. 
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own  citizens  and  taxpayers  from  being  insulted, 
beaten  and  robbed.  Alread)  one  airy  Japanese 
statesman  lias  declared  that  "it  is  a  disgrace  to  a 
civilized  nation.''  This  gentleman  of  Tokio  was 
characteristically  polite  inasmuch  as  he  refrained 
from  saying  "most  damnably  disgraceful." 


Santa  Barbara  people  of  the  smart  set  were 
greatly  disappointed  in  that  Mrs.  James  II.  Hull. 
Miss  Marger)  Bull  and  Wilfred  Bull  were  unable 
to  stay  more  than  a  day  at  that  pleasant  nook  by 
the  sea:  hut  the  fact  is  that  they  lingered  so  long- 
in  the  Ojai  they  were  eager  to  get  back  to  the  train- 
ing station,  where  something  is  always  going  on. 
I  hear  that  the  Bulls  are  to  open  their  handsome 
home  on  upper  State  Street  for  the  Summer,  and 
if  they  do  there  will  be  gay  times  for  the  fash- 
ionables. 


Mrs.  Edwin  H.  Sawyer,  of  Montecito,  gave  a 
bridge  party  last  Tuesday  at  the  Country  Club  for 
Mrs.  W.  R.  Sherwood  of  San  Francisco.  Of  course 
the  club  was  in  gala  garb,  for  that  is  the  way 
they'  do  down  there  when  any  private  person  en- 
tertains. There  was  a  big  party  present  and  the 
women  were  in  diaphonous  gowns,  for  it  was  a 
delightful  day.  Refreshments  were  served  after 
the  cards  and  there  was  quite  a  gathering  of  men 
at  that  ceremony,  for  I  notice  that  whenever  there 
is  a  good  brew  of  tea  the  stern  sex  does  not  disdain 
it  bv  anv  manner  of  means. 


Mrs.  A.  M.  Burns  of  San  Francisco  has  arrived 
in  Santa  Barbara  for  the  Summer  and  will  be  domi- 
ciled with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Louis  H.  Long.  The 
Longs  are  very  well  known  and  very  popular  down 
in  the  Channel  City,  but  they  have  great  sighs 
for  the  dear  delights  of  San  Francisco. 


Mrs.  Arthur  Lord  of  New  York,  accompanied  by 
her  son  Andre,  arrived  at  Del  Monte  last  week.  She 
is  a  friend  of  Mrs.  Henry  Schmieden  and  intends 
to  make  an  extended  stay  at  the  beautiful  resort. 
Mrs.  Lord  plays  golf  and  went  round  the  links  on 
Saturday  in  company  of  Miss  Miss  E.  A.  \Y. 
Morgan.  Mrs.  Lord  is  a  tall  woman  of  striking 
appearance  and  dresses  handsomely. 


William  Letts  Oliver,  accompanied  by  Mrs. 
II  Oliver,  Miss  Oliver,  Harold  and  Leslie  Oliver, 
I  toured  to  Del  Monte  last  week  in  a  30-horse-power 
V  White   Steamer. 

The  ladies'  putting  contest  on  the  "clock  green" 
I  near  the  club-house  at  Del  Monte  last  week, 
I  brought  out  five  competitors — Mrs.  H.  R.  Warner, 
I  Mrs.  Loeser,  Miss  E.  A.  W.  Morgan,  Miss  Cornelia 
H  Armsby  and  Mrs.  Clinton  E.  Worden.  Mrs.  Warner 
l  and  Miss  Morgan  tied  with  scores  of  52  for  two 
I  rounds  of  the  clock,  and,  on  playing  off  the  tie. 
I  Miss  Morgan  won.  The  prize  was  an  approaching 
I   mashie. 

Mrs.  T.  Parker  Whitney  is  spending  the  Summer 
at  Del  Monte.  She  is  an  enthusiastic  golfer  and, 
though  she  does  not  take  part  in  the  competitions, 
makes  a  round  of  the  links  almost  every  day. 


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THE  WASP- 


San  Francisco's  Vitality 

The  wonderful  thing  about  San  Francisco  busi- 
ness is  that,  notwithstanding  all  the  complication 
that  should  ruin  it,  the  volume  keeps  increasing. 
The  bank  clearings  for  last  week  were  many 
millions  more  than  in  1905,  which  was  a  year  of 
great  prosperity.  The  bank  clearings  of  San  Fran- 
cisco every  week  are  greater  than  those  of  all  the 
other  cities  on  the  Pacific  Coast  combined.  The 
week  before  last  San  Francisco's  record  was  nearly 
forty  million  dollars,  and  that  of  Los  Angeles  not 
quite  thirteen  million,  although  Los  Angeles  is  bet- 
ter by  a  million  dollars  than  in  the  corresponding 
week  of  1906. 

Mr.  Jas.  D.  Phelan  stated  the  case  correctly  the 
other  day  in  New  York,  when  he  said  that  the 
earthquake  and  fire  had  not  impaired  San  Fran- 
cisco's business  and  resources.  The  only  difference 
between  now  and  1905  and  1906  is  that  we  are  doing 
business  under  greater  difficulties,  inasmuch  as  the 
mercantile  community  is  scattered  and  business, 
generally  speaking,  is  not  properly  housed. 


Our  beautiful  mail  service  continues  to  delight  the 
business  community  of  San  Francisco  and  enhance 
the  reputation  of  Postmaster  Fisk  for  executive 
ability  of  a  lofty  order.  On  Monday  a  package  of 
Wasps  was  mailed  to  a  well-known  Society  woman, 
daughter  of  an  eminent  jurist,  who  is  an  invalid  in  a 
centrally  located  sanitarium.  In  answer  to  several 
telephonic  inquiries  from  the  subscriber  all  we  could 
answer  was  that  the  elaborate  machinery  of  the 
Postoffice  had  been  set  in  motion  to  deliver  the  pack- 
age of  papers,  and  as  the  sanitarium  was  not  more 
than  two  miles  away,  the  package  would  doubtless 
reach  its  destination  some  time  during  the  week.  A 
few  days  ago  an  acquaintance  of  mine  got  a  postal 
card  which  took  five  days  to  come  from  the  Sentinel 
Hotel  in  the  Yosemite  Valley  to  the  center  of  San 
Francisco.  The  person  who  sent  the  card  made  the 
trip  in  one  day  and  beat  the  mailed  missive  home  by 
four  days.  It  mght  be  a  good  plan  to  address  local 
mail  by  way  of  New  York  or  Yokohama  so  as  to 
expedite  its  delivery. 


Won  Out 

It  was  the  third  regular  meeting  of  the  Ananias 
Club.  The  leather  medal,  to  be  given  to  the  best 
liar,  was  still  in  the  glass  case.  The  president 
rapped  for  order. 

"Fellow  liars,"  he  began,  "we  will  now  have  the 
pleasure  of  listening  to  Mr.  Josiah  Tompkins, 
alderman  from  the  unteenth  ward." 

Mr.  Tompkins  arose  and  took  a  swallow  of  water. 

"Gentlemen,"  he  said,  "once  upon  a  time  there 
was  an  alderman  who  had  made  a  vast  fortune 
through  bribery.  He  lived  to  a  ripe  old  age,  and 
none  suspected  the  source  of  his  great  wealth.  One 
day  his  conscience  began  to  trouble  him,  so  much 
so  in  fact  that  he  refunded  ever}-  bribe  he  had 
accepted  and — " 

"Gentlemen."  yelled  the  president,  in  the  midst 
of  great  commotion,  "one  word.  The  committee 
will  kindly  present  Mr.  Tompkins  with  the  leather 
medal." 


Paris  awakened  cne  morning  not  long  ago  and 
found  itself  "natte"  crazy.  The  mania  came  in  a 
night.  The  "natte"  is  a  braid,  full  and  fussy  and 
thick.  When  it  is  bought  at  the  hairdresser's  it 
is  only  one,  but  when  it  grows  on  your  head  it 
has  to  be  two.  Never  was  a  style  known  to  take 
so  rapidly.  It  is  a  good  guess  that  it  is  a  sort  of 
consolation  coiffure  for  those  who  refuse  to  wear 
the  Marcel  and  the  little  puffs  on  top.  Ethel 
Barrymore  showed  us  the  "natte"  when  she  pushed 
her  front  hair  away  from  her  pretty  forehead  and 
wrapped  two  braids  about  her  head  in  a  hirsute 
circle.  It  leaves  the  top  portion  of  the  head  un- 
adorned and  empty  looking,  but  if  you  have  a 
well-shaped  head  you  will  be  glad  of  it. 

In  the  French  capital  you  hear  only  talk  about 
the  "natte."  The  "natte"  won't  get  much  of  a  hold 
in  this  country.  Many  women  think  it  ugly.  It 
looks  like  a  coiffure  for  going  to  bed  at  night.  But 
they  don't  care  in  Paris.  To  be  stylish — ah !  there 
you  have  it !  To  be  beautiful — that,  too,  is  very 
well ;  but  be  foolish  and  be  stylish  first. 


According  to  a  French  physician,  hands  soiled 
by  oil  and  grease  when  tinkering  with  motor  cars 
are  really  not  dirty,  scientifically  speaking,  of 
course.  The  Parisian  has  used  his  microscope  and 
examined  some  of  the  black  grease,  declaring  it 
harbors  no  evil  germs.  Upon  this  finding  he  de- 
clares the  soiled  hands  to  be  "hygienically  clean." 
This  will  doubtless  prove  a  great  consolation  to 
the  great  numbers  of  motorists  who  have  "appar- 
ently" ruined  clothes  while  doing  their  own  re- 
pairing. 


PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Stock  Exchange 

Goldfield,  Tonopah,  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 

Write  for  Market  Letter. 

339  BUSH  STREET.  STOCK  EXCHANGE  BUILDING 


BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  San  Francisco 
must  reslore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE.  Pr«. 

GAVIN  McNAB.  Atty. 

WM.  CORBIN,  Sec.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

OFFICES -COR.  CHURCH   AND  MARKET  STREETS 

OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Rooms  7  to   1 1 


Telephone  Tmpy.  1415 


W.  C.  RALSTON 

Stock  and  Bond  Broker 

Member  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Mining  Stocks  a  Specially 


Bedford  McNeill 
Codes  Western  Union 

Leibers 


368  BUSH  STREE1 

San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


25 


People  in  England  have  been  puzzling  themselves 
over  the  question,  "What  is  a  flirt?"  A  London 
newspaper  started  the  discussion  and  even  offered 
prizes  for  the  best  replies.  Thousands  of  answers 
were  received.  <  M"  course,  says  the  Chicago  Record- 
Herald,  men  won  the  prizes — men,  presumably, 
win i  have  fallen  victims  to  some  jilt. 

The  best  answer  was  said  to  be  the  following: 

"A  misguided  individual  who  wants  all  love's 
n.ses  without  any  thorns,  and  usually  ends  with 
nothing  to  show  but  scratches.'' 

The  second  prize  man  tendered  this  reply: 

"(  Ine  who  leads  you  to  love's  paradise  and  then 
rudely  slams  the  gates  in  your  face." 

And  the  man  who  received  the  third  prize  an- 
swered in  this  wise  : 

"A  sampler  of  Cupid's  wares  who  can't  make  up 
her  mind,  and  through  her  indecision  is  often  left 
behind." 

A  woman  received  a  consolation  prize  for  this 
reply : 

"One  who,  possessing  charm,  uses  it;  discover- 
ing power,  abuses  it :  securing  love,  refuses  it ; 
plucks  fairest  fruit — and  bruises  it." 

A  prize  of  the  same  character  went  to  a  man  for 
this  effusion  : 

"A  flirt  is  the  wasp  of  Society,  rifling  all  the 
flowers  of  friendship,  but  producing  no  honey." 

Other  noteworthy  answers  were : 

"A  flirt  is  the  destroyer  of  youthful  belief  in  the 
goodness  of  human  nature." 

"A  queer  fish,  having  the  voracity  of  a  shark, 
arms  of  an  octopus  and  backbone  of  a  jellyfish." 

"One  whose  heart  is  so  susceptible  and  soft  that 
Cupid's  arrows  pass  completely  through  it  with- 
out sticking." 

"The  moral  earthquake  that  destroys  our  fair 
city  of  belief  in  both  man  and  woman  kind." 

"A  flirt  is  a  fraudulent  person  who  by  numerous 
devices  tries  to  obtain  love  under  false  pretenses." 

"A  poacher  with  alluring  snares  on  Cupid's  es- 
tate." 

"One  who  sees  how  near  a  lighted  match  can 
be  placed  to  an  unkindled  fire  without  setting  it 
aglow." 

"One  who  plays  with  Cupid,  but  wears  a  suit  of 
armor." 

"The  girl  who  plays  with  all  the  boys  and  treats 
them  all  as  penny  toys." 

"A  maiden  effusive,  attractive,  elusive,  of  high 
hopes  conducive,  yet  never  conclusive." 

"The  average  flirt  is  like  the  cheap  boots — poor 
sole,  plenty  of  tongue,  elegant  appearance,  but  weak 
in  the  uppers." 

"One  whose  high  opinion  of  her  own  attractions 
is  only  exceeded  by  her  utter  disregard  of  the  feel- 
ings of  others." 

"One  born  with  an  immense  capacity  for  love, 
a  lamentable  lack  of  control  and  a  goodly  touch 
of  vanity." 

"One  who  loves  to  lure  victims  to  the  Heights 
of  Happiness — and  throw  them  oyer." 

"One  who  desires  flattery  and  admiration  from 
the  opposite  sex,  and  to  gain  that  end  ignores  con- 
ventionalities and  sincerity." 


"The  offspring  of  a  vanity  which  makes  women 
ridiculous  and  men  contemptible  in  the  eyes  of  all 
rational   people." 

"A  thief  who,  to  gratify  vanity,  robs  sentiment 
of  its  feeling,  friendship  of  its  sincerity  and  love 
of  its  beauty." 

"One  who  jangles  life's  sweetest  melody  and 
makes  it  out  of  tunc' 

"Girl  who  gets  about  and  makes  the  boys  all 
love  her;  when  she's  had  her  fling,  makes  a  model 
mother." 

"A  creature  without  mind  enough  to  reflect, 
heart  enough  to  be  constant,  love  enough  to  be 
true." 

"One  whose  gratification  is  another's  mortifica- 
tion." 

"One  who  desires  to  please,  craves  universal  ad- 
miration, experiments  in  love  and  helps  to  educate 
men  to  marry  other  women." 


Two  Reasons  Why 

"Well,  Professor,  how  are  you  getting  along  with 
your  aerial  machine?" 

"It  is  not  a  complete  success."  I  have  two  things 
to  accomplish  before  I  can  say  that  it  is.' 

"What  are  they?" 

"I  must  discover  how  to  get  my  machine  in  the 
air  and  then  how  to  keep  it  there." 


JULY  SUNSET 


THE  MAKING  OF  LOS  ANGELES 

Photographs  of  the  rise  and  growth  of  Cali- 
fornia's Southern  City. 

THE  TEACHERS'  PILGRIMAGE 

The  story  of  the  convention  of  the  National 
Educational  Association  to  be  held  in  Los 
Angeles  during  July. 

THE  SPREAD  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Manufactories  along  the  Bay  Shore. 

WHERE  MAMMOTHS  ROVED 

Recent  discoveries  of  footprints  in  the  Carson, 
Nevada,  Stone  Quarries. 

4  SPLENDID  STORIES 


SEND  SUNSET  TO  YOUR  EASTERN  FRIENDS   AND    KEEP  THEM 
;POSTED  ON  SAN  FRANCISCO'S  WONDERFUL  PRO- 
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Summer 


The  Potter 


SANTA  BARBARA 

AMERICAN  PLAN  $2.50  PER  DAY 

Fronting  the  Ocean  in  cool  Santa  Barbara.  A  daylight  ride 
through  the  prettiest  country  in  the  world.  Most  picturesque  coast. 
Golf,  polo,  tennis,  fishing,  automobiling,  surf  bathing,  yachts  and 
launches  and  horse-back  riding.  See  the  Santa  Barbara  Mission 
(still  in  use).  Hope  Ranch,  Channell  Islands,  Le  Cumbre  trail  and 
a  thousand  other  things  that  will  interest  you.  Accommodations  for 
1200.     Rates  May  1st  to  January  1st,  $2.50  per  day  and  upwards 

Our  representative,  at  789  Market  street,  phone  Temporary  275 1 
will  show  you  floor  plans,  secure  your  transportation  and  attend  to 
other  details  of  travel.     Reduced  round  trip  rates  good  for  thirty  days. 


OAKLAND'S  BEAUTIFUL  NEW  HOTEL 

THE 


NOW    OPEN 

Twenty-Second  and  Broadway,  Oakland 


European  Plan 

Beautifully  Furnished 

Cafe  a  la  Carte  at  Moderate  Prices 


N.  S.  MULLAN,   Manager 

Formerly  Assistant  Manager 

Palace  Hotel,  S.  F. 


fsASl  DEL  MONTE 


A  Week  of  Sports  at  the  Famous  Resort. 

Gymkhana  Races,  Tennis,  Bowling,  Swimming. 

Automobile  Run  July  3rd  and  4th. 

GOLD  TOURNAMENT,  July  2nd  to  7th 

Handsome  Silver  Trophies. 
A  SPECIAL  ROUND  TRIP  RATE  OF  $4.00 

July  3rd  and  4th,  good  to  return  July  8th. 

C.    W.    KELLEY,   City  Representative 
Telephone  Temporary  2751  789   MARKET  STREET 


SANTA  CRUZ 

The  Atlantic  City 
of  the  Pacific 

World's 
Most 
Beautiful 
Playground 

Summer    Season 
Opened    May    1st 

Never  a  Dull 
Moment 

Grand  Openiog  of  the  Casino  and 
Bathing   Pavilion   announced   later 

Pacific  Grove  Hotel 

Formerly  Hotel  El  Carmelo,  Pacific  Grove 
under  the  same  ownership  as  the  Hotel  Del 
Monte.     A  quiet  resort,  with  every  comfort 
at   most   reasonable  rates.     In  close   touch 
with  San   Francisco,   San  Jose   and   Santa 
Cruz.     Through  chair  car   and   parlor   car 
service  to  and  from  Los  Angeles  and   San 
Francisco  daily. 

HOTEL  RAFAEL 

San  Rafael,  CaL 

OPEN   ALL  THE  YEAR  ROUND 
SO  Minutes  from  San  Francisco 


The  only  first-class  hotel  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  city,     American  and   European   plan. 

F.  N.  ORPIN,  Lessee  and  Manager 


THE  WASP- 


27 


THE  NEW  ROUTE  TO 

Yosemite  Valley 

Only   9  hours    from  San  Francisco ;  reached  by  ihe  Southern 
Pacfic   or   Santa    Fe,  via   Merced,  over   the  newly   constructed 

YOSEMITE  VALLEY  RAILROAD 

80  MILES  —    STEEL  TRACK 

Four  hours  in  a  luxurious  observation  car  through  the  finest 
panoramic  scenery  in  the  United  States.  You  leave  San  Francisco 
after  breakfast  and  take  dinner  in  the  Valley. 

Fare  $18.50  from  Merced  into  the 
Yosemite  and  return 

0.  W.  LEHMER,  Traffic  Mgr.,  Merced,  Cal. 


Suburban 
Deliveries 


Campers 


Contemplating  a  trip  of  any  kind  to  the 
interior  should  know  that  they  can  ob- 
tain all  the  staple  essentials  at  one  place, 
shipping  points,  quick  delivery,  finest  goods,  lowest 
courteous  salesmen  and  competent  packers.  Let 
us  figure  with  you  and  supply  you.  Freight  prepaid.  All 
orders  free. 


near  a; 
prices, 


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San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acommodations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Tiburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES- BELL  RHOODES 

Via  KekeyvilJe  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co..  Cal. 


TAHOE  TAVERN 

MRS.    ALICE   RICHARDSON.      Manager 

TAHOE,  CAL. 


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WEATHER  DELIGHTFUL 
FISHING  EXCELLENT 


Witter  Medical  Springs 


Lake  County 


Witter  Springs  Hotel  was  built  and 
and  equipped  to  please  the  really 
critical.  Cuisine  and  service  un- 
excelled. Table  loaded  with  all  the 
delicacies  of  the  season,  supplied  from  our  1400  acre  ranch.  See 
Sunrise  Peak,  Clear  Lake,  Blue  Lakes,  Horseshoe  Bend  and  numerous 
other  places  of  interest.  Most  magnificient  variation  of  scenery  in  the 
world.  Tennis,  fishing,  good  saddle  horses,  bowling  and  other  amuse- 
ments. Automobile  headquarters  for  Lake  Co:  Under  the  management 
of  Albert  J.  Arroll,  formerly  of  the  New  Willard,  Washington  and  the 
Seelbach,  Louisville.  Rates  $14.00  per  week  upward.  Call  or  write 
for  booklet  and  general  information.  Main  office,  647  Nan  Ness  Ave. 
Witter  Water  Cures  Stomach  Trouble 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS 


Send  your  family  to  the  nearest  Hot  Sulphur  Springs  to  San  Francisco. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 

BUILDERS'  EXCHANGE,  226  Oak  St., 
S.  F. 

ADVERTISING  AGENCIES. 

BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F.; 
Phone   Market   2837. 

COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion and  Brady  Sts. 

DAKE  ADV.  AGENCY,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 

FISHER,  L.  P.  ADV.  AGENCY,  836  North 
Point  St.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Franklin  584. 

JOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  2170  Post  St., 
S.  F. 

ANTIQUE   DEALERS. 

THE    LOUIS    XIV.      Curios,    Objects    d'Art, 
Miniatures,    Paints,   Porcelains,  Jewels,   etc., 
C.   V.   Miller,   1117   Post,  near  Van   Ness. 
ARCHITECTS. 

REID  BROS,  Temporary  Offices,  2325 
Gough  at.,  S.  F. 

THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 

GUMP,  S.  &  G„  1645  California  St.,  S.  F. 

SCHUSSLER  BROS.,  1218  Sutter  St. 
ATTORNEYS, 

DORN,  DORN  &  SAVAGE,  717  Van  Ness 
Ave. 

DINKELSPIEL,  HENRY  G.  W.,  1265  Ellis 
St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 

HEWLETT,  BANCROFT  AND  BALLAN- 
TINE,  Monadnock  Bldg. ;  Phone  Temp'y 
972. 

EDWARD  B.  YOUNG,  4th  Floor,  Union 
Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F.     Telephone,  Temp'y  833. 

GOLDSTONE,  LOUIS,  1012  Fillmore  St. 
Phone  Park  864. 

MAROIS,  T.  M.,  1756  Fillmore  St.,  S.  E.  cor. 
Sutter.     Phone  West   1503. 

KING,  CHAS.  TUPPER,  1126  Fillmore  St. 
AUTOMOBILES  AND    SUPPLIES. 

PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  and  l2th  and  Oak  Sts., 
Oakland. 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Market 
and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

AUTO  LIVERY  CO.,  Golden  Gate  and  Van 
Ness  Ave.,   S.  F. 

BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  408  Golden  Gate 
Ave.     Phone,   Franklin  655. 

LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.   F. 

MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550  Gol- 
den Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MOBILE  CARRIAGE  CO.,  Golden  Gate 
Ave.  and  Gough  Sts.,  S.   F. 

PACIFIC  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  376  Golden 
Gate  Ave. 

BANKS. 

ANGLO-CALIFORNIA  BANK,  Ltd.,  cor. 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 

CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND 
TRUST  CO.,  cor.  California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 

CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St., 
S.   F. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  Bush  and  San- 
some Sts.,  S.   F. 

FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK,  108  Sutter  St., 
and   Van   Ness  and    Eddy. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, 526   California   St.,   S.   F. 

HALSEY,  N.  W.  &  CO.,  413  Montgomery 
St.,  S.  F. 


HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY, Jones  and  McAllister  Sts.,  S.  F. 

HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  Market 
Street,  opposite  old  Palace  Hotel.  Phone, 
Temp'y  249. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St., 
S.  F. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.   California  and  Montgomery  Sts.,  S.   F. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULT,  Market  and  7th 
Sts.,  S.  F. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F.' 

WELLS  FARL.O-NEVADA  NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 

BREWERIES. 

ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 

1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
S.   F.   BREWERIES,   LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 
BROKERS— STOCKS   AND    BONDS. 

MONTAGUE,  PHIL  S.,  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 

Exchange  Bldg. 
ROLLINS,   E.  H.  &  SONS,  804  Kohl  Bldg.; 

Telephone  Temp'y  163;  S.  F. 
ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 
WILSON,  J.    C,   488   California   St.,   S.    F. 
BUILDING  AND   LOAN   ASSOCIATIONS. 

CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND  LOAN 
ASSOCIATION,  Church  and  Market  Sts., 
S.  e. 

CARDS,   INVITATIONS,   ETC. 

WOOD,    GEO.    M.    &    CO.,    engravers,    1067 

O'Farrell  St.,  above  Van  Ness. 
CARPET    CLEANING. 
SPAULDING,  J.   &  CO.,  911-21   Golden  Gate 

Ave.;  Phone  Park  591. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
HUB.  THE,   Chas.   Kcilus  &  Co.,   King  Solo- 
mon Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 
COMMISSION      AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 
JOHNSON     LOCKE     MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO    &   CO.,   INC.,    156   Hansford 
Bldg.,  268  Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  4261. 
CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS. 
FISHER   CONSTRUCTION   CO.,    1414   Post 

St.,   S.   F. 
TROUNSON,    T.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 
Ash  Ave.,  S.  F. 

CROCKERY    AND    GLASSWARE. 
NATHAN    DOHRMAN    CO.,    1520-1550    Van 
Ness  Ave. 

DENTISTS. 
KNOX,  DR.  A.  J.,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 

of    Grant    Bldg. 
TWIST,   DR.  J.   F.,    1476   Eddy,   nr.    Fillmore 
St.     Phone  West  5304. 

DESKS   AND    CHAIRS. 
PHOENIX  DESK  &  CHAIR  CO.,  office  fur- 
niture,  1538  Market  St.,  west  of  Van   Ness. 
Phone  Market  2393. 

DRY   GOODS— RETAIL. 
CITY  OF  PARIS,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Wash- 
ington St.,  S.  F. 
WHITE    HOUSE,    Van    Ness   Ave.    and    Pine 
St.,  S.   F. 


EXPRESS. 
WELLS,   FARGO  &  CO.   EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate    Ave.    and    Franklin    St.,    Ferry    Bldg., 
and  3d  St.   Depot,  S.   F. 

FEATHERS— UPHOLSTERY. 
CRESCENT  FEATHER  CO.,  19th  and  Harri- 
son Sts.,  S.  F. 

FIRE  AND   EARTHQUAKE  PHOTOS. 
RUE,  JAMES  O.,   1067  O'Farrell  St.     Phone 
Franklin  2603. 

FRUITS  AND   VEGETABLES. 
OMEY  &  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts.. 
S.   F. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
CAREW   &   ENGLISH,   1618   Geary   St.,   bet. 
Buchanan   and  Webster  Sts.,   S.    F. ;    Phone 
West  2604. 
PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.   F. ;   Phone  West   770. 

GAS    STOVES, 
S.  F.  GAS  &  ELECTRIC  CO.,  Franklin  and 
Ellis  Sts. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 
BULLOCK  &  JONES  COMPANY,  801   Van 

Ness  Ave.,  cor.   Eddy  St.,  S.   F. 
HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    1105-7    Fillmore    St.. 
nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave. ;  Phone  West  5678. 
GOLD  AND   SILVER  PLATING. 
BELLIS,    JOHN    O.,    Mfg,    gold    and    silver, 
smith,    1624    California    St.,    nr.    Van    Ness. 
Phone  Franklin  2093. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 
ILS,  JOHN  G.  &  CO.,  827  Mission  St.,  S.  F.  I 
MONTAGUE.  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk 
Sts.,  S.   F. 

HARNESS   AND    SADDLERY. 
DAVIS,   W.    &   SON,   2020  Howard   St.,   bet. 

16th  and   17th,  S.  F. 
LEIBOLD      HARNESS     AND     CARRIAGE 
CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 
HOSPITALS   AND    SANITARIUMS. 
KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 
Mgr. ;  262  Devisadero  St.,  S.  F. 
JEWELERS. 
BALDWIN  JtWELRY  CO.,  1521  Sutter  St., 

and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
SHREVE   &  CO.,   cor.   Post   and  Grant  Ave., 

and  Van  Ness  and  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 
SCHMIDT,  R.  H.  &  CO.,   1049  Fillmore  St., 
nr.  McAllister  St.     Phone  Park  1209. 
LAUNDRIES. 
LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 
PALACE   HOTEL   LAUNDRY  and   KELLY 
LAUNDRY     CO.,     INC.,     2343     Post    St. 
Phone  West  5854. 

LIFE  INSURANCE. 
HUNTINGDON,    ARTHUR    P.,    925    Golden 
Gate  Ave.     Phone  Park  515. 
LUMBER. 
UNION    LUMBER    CO..    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
BEKINS'   VAN   AND   STORAGE   CO.,   13th 
and    Mission    Sts.,    S.    F.  ;    Phone    Market    13 
and   1015  Broadway,  Oakland. 
ST.  FRANCIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 
COMPANY,    Office    1402    Eddy    St.;    Tel. 
West  2680. 

NOTARIES   PUBLIC. 
DEANE,    JNO.    J.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 
Steiner  Sts.;   Phone  West  7291. 


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WARE.    JOHN    H..    307    Monadnoclc    Bldg.. 

Depositions    carefully   attended     to.       Phone 

Tempy  972. 

OIL  COMPANIES. 
STERLING    OIL    CO..    1491    Post    St..    cor. 

Octavia,  S.   F. 

OPTICIANS. 
MAYERLE.  GEORGE.   German   expert,    1115 

Golden  Gate  Ave..  S.  F. ;  Phone  West  3766. 
SAN    FRANCISCO    OPTICAL    COMPANY, 

"Spences,"   527   Van   Ness  Ave.;    "Branch," 

1613   Fillmore. 
STANDARD   OPTICAL   CO.,   808   Van   Ness 

Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PAINTERS   AND    DECORATORS. 
KEEFE.  J.   H„  820-822   OFarrell   St.,  S.   F. ; 

Tel.   Franklin  20S5. 
TOZER,    L.    &    SON    CO.,    INC.,    1527    Pine 

and  2511   Washington   St.,  near  Fillmore. 

PAINTS   AND    OILS. 

BASS-HUETER    PAINT    CO.,    1532   Market 

St. 

PHOTO    ENGRAVERS. 
CAL.    PHOTO    ENG.    CO.,    141-143   Valencia 

St. 

PHYSICIANS. 
BOWIE,   DR.   HAMILTON   C,  formerly  293 

Geary  St.,  Paul   Bldg.,  now  14th  and  Church 

Sts. 
BRYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R-,    1944    Fillmore 

St.,  cor.  Pine;  Tel.  West  5657. 
D'EVELYN,     DR.     FREDERICK    W„   2115 

California  St.,  S.  F.,  and  2103  Clinton  Ave., 

Alameda. 
THORNE.  DR.  W.  S.,  1434  Post  St.,  S.  F. 
POTTS,  DR.  JOHN  S.,  1476  Eddy  St.    Phone 

West      1073.       Residence,     Hotel     Congress, 

Ellis  and  Fillmore.     Phone  West  4224. 
PIANOS— MANUFACTURERS    AND 
DEALERS. 
BALDWIN,   D.   H.   &   CO.,  2512   Sacramento 

St.,  and  Van  Ness  at  California. 
REAL    ESTATE. 
HICKS     4:    MACK.       Real     Estate    and     In- 
surance,   2091     Fillmore    St.      Phone    West 

7287. 
C.  R.  WILCOX   &  CO..  Real   Estate  and  In- 
surance.  837   Golden   Gate  Avenue.     Phone, 

Fell  1558. 

RESTAURANTS. 
MORAGHAN,    M.    B.,    OYSTER    CO.,    1212 

Golden   Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
OLD    POODLE    DOG,    824    Eddy    St.,    near 

Van   Ness   Ave. 
ST.   GLRMAIN  RESTAURANT,  497  Golden 

Gate  Ave.;   Phone  Market  2315. 
SWAIN'S     RESTAURANT,     1111     Post    St., 

S.  F. 

THOMPSON'S,  formerly  Oyster  Loaf,  1727 
O'Farrell  St. 

SAFES   AND    SCALES. 

HERRING-HALL  MARVIN  SAFE  CO., 
office  and  salesrooms.  Mission  St.,  bet. 
Seventh  and  Eighth  Sts. ;  Phone  Market 
1037. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 

WHEELER  &  WILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING MACHINES,  1431  Bush  St.,  cor. 
Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Franklin 
301 ;  formerly  231   Sutter  St. 

DOMESTIC    SEWING    MACHINES,    J.    W. 
Evans,   Agent,    1658   O'Farrell   St.,   nr.    Fill- 
more.    Phone  West  3601. 
STORAGE. 

BEKINS  VAN  &  STORAGE  CO.,  13th  and 
Mission  Sts.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Market  13. 

PIERCE  RUDOLPH  STORAGE  CO.,  Eddy 
and  Fillmore  Sts.;  Tel.  West  828. 

SURGICAL    INSTRUMENTS    AND     HOS- 
PITAL   SUPPLIES. 
WALTERS   &   CO.,   formerly  Shutts,   Walters 
&  Co.,    1608  Steiner  St.,  S.  F. 

TALKING   MACHINES. 
BACIGALUPI,    PETER,    1113-1115    Fillmore 
St.,  S.  F. 

TAILORS. 
LYONS,     CHARLES,     London     Tailor,    1432 
Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 
Broadway,  Oakland. 

REHNSTROM,  C.  H.,  2415  Fillmore  St.,  for-    ' 
merly  Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.   F. 
TENTS  AND   AWNINGS. 

THOMS.  F„  1209  Mission  St.,  corner  of 
Eighth,  S.   F. 


Electric  Sad-irons 

SPECIAL  PRICE-Complete 

$4.50 

Attach  to  your  fixture  any  size---3-5-6  pounds 

"AT  YOUR  SERVICE" 

THE  GAS  &  ELECTRIC  APPLIANCE  CO. 

1131  POLK  STREET,  Near  Sutter 
Phone  FRANKLIN  140 

TRICYCLES. 
EAMES    TRICYCLE    CO.,    Invalid    Chairs, 

1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS— WHOLESALE. 
BALKE,    ED.    W.,    1498   Eddy   St.,   cor.    Fill- 
more. 
BUTLER,  JOHN    &   SON,   2209   Steiner   St., 

S.  F. 
REYNOLDS,    CHAS.    M.    CO.,    912    Folsom 

St.,  S.   F. 
RUSCONI,    FISHER   &   CO..   649   Turk    St., 

S.   F. 
SIEBE      BROS.      &      PLAGEMAN,    419-425 

Larkin  St. ;  Phone  Franklin  349. 
WENIGER,    P.    J.    &    CO.,    N.    E.    cor.    Van 

Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St. ;  Tel.  Franklin  309. 

309. 
WICHMAN,  LUTGEN  &  CO.,  Harrison  and 

Everett    Sts.,    Alameda,    Cal.;    Phone    Ala- 
meda  1179. 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS — RETAIL. 
FERGUSON,     T.     M.     CO.,     Market    Street. 

Same  old  stand.     Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 
FISCHER,    E.    R.,    1901    Mission    St.,    cor.   of 

Fifteenth. 
THE    METROPOLE,    John    L.    Herget    and 

Wm.  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 

and  Steiner  Sts. 
TUXEDO,  THE,  Eddie  Graney,  Prop.,  S.  W. 

cor.  Fillmore  and  O'Farrell  Sts. 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 
GOLDEN     GATE     COMPRESSED    YEAST 

CO..   2401    Fillmore. 
McMAHON,     KEYER    AND     STIEGELER 

BROS..  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 

and  Fillmore. 


JOHN  J.  DEANE  &  CO. 

NOTARY  PUBLIC 
Real   Estate  and  Insurance 

N.  W.  Cor.  Sutter  and  Steiner  Sts. 
Phone  West  7291 


SUMMONS 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE 
State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco. 

SIDNEY  W.  SCOTT,  Plaintiff,  vs.  ISABELL 
SCOTT,   Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of 
the  State  of  California  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  com- 
plaint hied  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  send 
greeting   to    ISABEL    SCOTT,    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 
.he  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  thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a 
judgment  and  decree  of  this  Court  dissolv- 
ing the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing 
between  Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  on  the 
ground  of  Defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  the 
Plaintiff ;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will 
more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file, 
to  which   special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless 
you  appear  and  answer  as  above  required, 
the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any 
moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  Com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply 
to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  demanded 
in  the  Complaint. 

Given     under     my     hand     and     the     Seal     of 
the  Superior   Court   of  the  State  of  California, 
in   and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San   Fran- 
cisco, this  16th  day  of  March,  A.   D.    1907. 
(SEAL)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  L.  J.   WELCH,   Deputy   Clerk. 
JOSEPH     H.     TAM,    Attorney     for     Plaintiff, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Action  No.   7076. 


The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was 
made  in  The  Wasp  newspaper  on  the  20lh 
day   of  April,   A.    D.    1907. 


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1 

Of  Social  Interest 

1 

Amongst  the  Californians  who  have  taken  a 
prominent  place  in  the  Society  of  Washington  are 
the  Morgan-Hills,  who  are  very  well  known  here. 
Mrs.  Hill  was  the  rich  and  handsome  heiress,  Miss 
Diana  Murphy  of  San  Jose,  whose  father  was  one 
of  the  large  and  influential  family  of  Murphys  of 
whom  Bank  Commissioner  Barney  Murphy,  was 
one  of  the  best  known  members.  The  Murphys 
came  to  California  before  gold  was  discovered,  and 
became  very  extensive  land  holders  and,  in  time, 
as  the  State  became  populated,  their  wealth  grew 
to  be  enormous.  Like  most  California  families, 
however,  they  have  not  succeeded  in  retaining  their 
possessions  intact.  They  are  no  longer  distinguished 
amongst  the  wealthiest  cf  our  citizens. 

Mrs.  Hill's  marriage  was  most  romantic.  Her 
father  left  a  clause  in  his  will,  which  was  to  seri- 
ously affect  her  fortune  if  she  married.  It  trans- 
pired soon  after  Mr.  Murphy's  death  that  his 
handsome  daughter  had  for  a  year  or  more  been 
married  secretly  to  Mr.  Hill,  who  was  a  dashing 
young  man  at  that  time  and  noted  for  being  one 
of  the  best  dressed  in  San  Francisco.  The  clause 
in  the  will  was  inoperative  and  young  Mrs.  Hill 
came  into  possession  of  her  fortune.  She  now  has 
a  grown  daughter,  who  is  said  to  inherit  her 
mother's  beauty.  For  some  time  after  their  mar- 
riage Mr.  and  Mrs.  -Hill  lived  at  the  Palace  Hotel 
in  fine  style.  Then  they  went,  abroad  and  on  re- 
turning settled  in  Washington.  In  this  choice  of 
a  residing  place  Mrs.  Hill  was  influenced  somewhat 
by  the  Patten  sisters,  who  had  already  established 
themselves  at  the  capital  and  were  prominent  in 
Society.  The  Pattens  and  Miss  Murphy  were  school 
girls  together  at  Notre  Dame  Seminary,  San  Jose. 

The  Washington  Society  reporters  have  taken 
quite  an  interest  in  the  engagement  of  Miss  Emma 
Mullan  to  State  Senator  George  Russell  Lukens 
of  California.  Miss  Mullan  is  a  daughter  of  Captain 
John  Mullan,  who  for  many  years  turned  up  regu- 
larly at  every  session  of  the  California  Legisla- 
ture to  urge  the  payment  of  his  commission  for 
collecting  war  claims  for  this  State. 

Captain  Mullan  was  a  venerable-looking  old  gen- 
tleman, with  a  long  beard,  extremely  white,  as  was 
his  hair.  Nature  had  been  generous  to  him  in  the 
gift  of  language,  and  he  was  as  voluble  as  a  phono- 
graph in  advocating  his  claims  before  various  legis- 
lative committees.  Several  times  he  succeeded  in 
having  the  Legislature  pass  relief  bills  for  his  bene- 
fit, but  they  contained  some  technical  defect,  or 
else   the   Governor  refused   to   sign   them.     Event- 


ually, however,  perseverance  had  its  reward,  and 
the  Captain  succeeded  in  getting  a  fairly  large  slice 
of  the  public  money.  When  not  engaged  in  advo- 
cating his  own  claims  before  the  California  Legisla- 
ture at  Sacramento,  Captain  Mullan  employed  his 
time  profitably  as  a  lobbyist  in  Washington,  and 
he  must  have  been  a  very  useful  and  successful  one, 
judging  by  the  energy,  eloquence,  and  the  persever- 
ance, which  he  manifested  in  advocating  his  own 
claims  here.  The  statement  has  been  published 
that  Miss  Mullan  first  met  her  prospective  husband 
at  a  dinner  given  by  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  in  this 
City,  but  that  is  incorrect.  Miss  Mullan,  who  as- 
sisted her  father  in  his  legislative  work,  had  met 
Senator  Lukins  several  years  before,  and  the  meet- 
ing at  Mrs.  Martins'  dinner  was  only  a  resumption 
of  their  former  acquaintance. 


The  Wasp  hastens  to  correct  a.n  item  in  last  week's 
issue,  caused  by  a  coincidence  of  names  and  residences, 
in  the  case  of  Ralph  E.  Parr,  alleged  embezzler  of  the 
Burlingame  Country  Club  funds.  His  residence  was 
correctly  given  to  us,  and  our  informant  remembered 
the  block  in  Alameda  as  the  residence  of  the  former 
Miss  Theo  Parr,  who  married  Mr.  Roger  Chickering. 
Hence  the  mistake  in  identifying  Mrs.  Chickering's 
brother  with  Ralph  E.  Parr.  The  two  senior  Parrs, 
both  mining  men,  lived  within  a  few  doors  of  each 
other,  but  the  Chickerings  have  no  connection  with  and 
never  knew  of  the  existence  of  the  other  family.  Mrs. 
Roger  Chickering's  family  belong  to  the  exclusive  set, 
both  of  Alameda  and  Oakland  ;  her  young  brother  is  at 
present  attending  school  in  Nevada. 


Mr.  George  P.  Snell  will  retire,  on  July  1st.  from 
Hotel  Del  Monte,  which  he  has  given  efficient  manage- 
ment since  1903.  His  place  will  be  filled  by  H.  R. 
Warner.  Ill  health  is  the  cause  of  Mr.  Snell's  resigna- 
tion. He  had  previous  experience  at  the  Lick  House, 
this  City,  and  the  Vendome,  San  Jose.  It  was  through 
his  efforts,  with  the  support  of  the  Pacific  Improve- 
ment Company,  that  Del  Monte  was  brought  to  its 
present  perfection  through  elaboration  in  the  details  of 
entertainment. 


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Company,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  The  com- 
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of  the  White  Steamer  from  the  hill 
climb  up  Giant's  Despair,  at  Wilkes- 
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of  gasoline  entries  would  have  to  be 
left  out  if  the  steam  cars  were  allowed 
to  compete  in  the  event.  And  the 
contest  committee  could  see  no  other 
way  to  accomplish  the  success  of  the 
meet  than  to  admit  the  large  number 
of  gasoline  cars  by  excluding  the 
steam  cars." 

Mr.  R.  M.  Smilie  of  Berkeley,  in 
speaking  of  his  experience  as  an  auto- 
mobile buyer  and  user,  has  this  to 
say  regarding  his  Thomas  "Flyer": 
"In  buying  my  new  car  I  left  the 
agents  entirely  out  of  the  deal  so  far 
as  trying  the  car  was  concerned.  I 
knew  it  had  power  and  speed;  road- 
ability  and  reliability  were  what 
I  was  after  and,  having  the  time,  %1 
made  a  round  of  the  Eastern  factories 
and  shows  and,  with  this  information 
as  a  basis,  I  went  to  the  owners  of 
different  cars  and  got  their  opinions, 
then  struck  an  average  and  the  result 
was  a  Thomas.  I  can  cheerfully  say 
that  after  three  months  of  hard  run- 
ning, that  my  plan  of  selecting  a 
machine  has  justified  the  trouble. 

Mr.  E.  J.  Holland  of  San  Leandro 
goes  to  the  southland  on  the  first  of 
July,  via  the  Oldsmobile  route,  San 
Diego  being  the  objective  point. 

Mr.  P.  F.  Pinnella,  who  owns  a 
cafe,  besides  two  or  three  tailoring 
establishments,  is  now  busy  with  a 
Model  "A"  Oldsmobile  of  fashionable 
color  and  proven  speed. 

Jos.  Schneer  last  week  purchased  a 
60-horse-power  Thomas  "Flyer"  from 
the  Pioneer  Automobile  Company, 
which  he  will  drive  in  the  rent  service 


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at  the  South  Shore  Country  Club,  near 
Chicago,  as  I  gazed  up  the  table  set 
and  garnished  for  Mrs.  Harry  Pow- 
ers' brides'  luncheon  and  viewed  the 
centerpiece  which  adorned  it.  It 
seemed  passing  strange  that  the  suc- 
culent but  homely  vegetable  should 
form  the  piece  de  resistance  of  the 
decorative  scheme,  but  nothing  in  the 
way  of  decorative  art  surprises  me 
since  one  North  Side  library  was 
decked  out  with  a  conventionalized 
deodorized  onion  motif,  roots,  tops, 
and  all. 

"Radishes,"  carefully  enunciated  an- 
other luncheon  giver  of  the  day,  who 
entered  the  room  shortly  and  cast  a 
furtive  glance  at  the  Powers'  table, 
only  to  gaze  complacently  upon  her 
own,  made  vivid  with  American  beau- 
ties. 

"Radishes?"  all  but  screamed  a  wo- 
man in  a  picture  hat  so  large  and  so 
green  that  she  looked  like  a  human 
creme  de  menthe  as  she  entered  the 
dining  room  and  gazed  upon  the  Pow- 
ers'  luncheon  table. 

"Radishes?"  murmured  one  of  the 
brides-to-be,  with  puzzled  disbelief,  as 
she  approached  the  luncheon  table, 
and  then  she  smiled  with  a  glorious 
relief. 

"Sweet  peas,"  she  murmured  gladly. 
"Red  sweet  peas;  the  way  they  fix 
sweet  peas  at  the  St.  Regis  and  at 
the  Fifth  avenue  florists." 

They  were  indeed  sweet  peas,  red 
sweet  peas,  arranged  after  some 
uniquely  bundled  fashion  which  would 
have  made  any  impressionistic  artist 
paint  them  as  fresh  red  radishes.  And 
such  a  glorious  red,  the  new  rare  red 
in  sweet  peas;  the  true,  new,  radish 
red!  All  the  brides  and  bridesmaids 
cooed  and  oh'd  and  ah'd  over  the 
luncheon  and  its  lovely  accessories, 
and  smiled  bravely  that  cold  day,  in 
their  mulls  and  organdies,  out  by  the 
icy  waters  of  Lake  Michigan. 


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Friday,  June  28,  1907 

S.  S.  "America  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)        .     . 

Thursday,  July  18,  1907 

S.  S.  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)     .     .     . 
Thursday,  August  15,  1907 

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I  P.  M  .  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 
lulu, Kobe,  (Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 
necting at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,  India,  etc. 

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Dr.  Wong  Him 

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AN  EXCELLENT  LETTER 

San  Francisco,  March  17.  1907. 
I  suffered  greatly  from  indigestion.  After  taking 
a  very  few  treatments  with  Dr.  Wong  Him  I  have 
regained  my  appetite  and  can  now  eat  any  kind  of 
food  without  distress.  It  is  with  much  pleasure 
that  1  testify  to  the  skill  of  this  eminent  physician. 

W.  ROGERS,  140  Glen  Ave. 


Volume  LVU-No.  26 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  JUNE  29   1907 


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Plain  English 

J : U 

7] 

By  AMERICUS 

San  Francisco  has  now  two  Mayors :  Acting 
Mayor  Gallagher  and  Actual  Mayor  Schmitz.  The 
title  "Acting  Mayor"  is  misleading.  It  implies 
action,  but  virtually  is  mere  stage-acting;  and 
Gallagher  should  be  called  the  Actor  Mayor.  Our 
beautiful  City  is  the  only  civic  corporation  in  the 
world  with  Mayor's  office  under  a  Sheriff's  lock 
and  key ;  the  only  genuine,  latest  style,  proud-eyed, 
high-stepping,  honest-hearted  body  of  free  citizens 
governed  by  a  convict  from  his  cell.  After  going 
to  no  little  trouble  and  expense  putting  the  man 
Schmitz  in  jail,  we  still  take  his  jailed  signature 
as  law.  If  there  could  be  nothing  new  under  the 
sun  of  Solomon,  we  surely  have  not  the  same  orb 
that  illumined  his  day.  The  situation  is  too  con- 
fusing; and  editorially  we  must  fain  weep  on  the 
bosom  of  Common  Sense. 

This  is  the  man  we  called  Ruef's  puppet.  This 
is  the  puppet  that,  hedged  in  office  with  a  hundred 
henchmen,    had    been    created    by    the    smile   of   a 


Boss  for  the  laughter  of  intelligent  San  Francisco. 
This  is  the  laughing-stock  that  never  breathed  a 
public  sentiment  without  waiting  for  the  nod  of 
his  political  maker.  Now,  alone,  bending  his  beard 
over  his  folded  arms,  he  holds  a  city  at  bay.  He 
still  seems  to  be  in  himself  the  "unwhipped  mob." 
The  audacity  of  him  makes  one  wish  to  look  at 
the  color  of  his  eyes,  out  of  mere  curiosity.  But 
what  of  the  dapper  citizens  who  cannot  touch  their 
City's  wealth  without  the  consent  of  this  convicted 
felon?  They,  who  requiring  a  mayorial  act,  must 
travel  out  to  County  Jail  No.  2.  The  very  prose- 
cutors who  sent  Schmitz  there  fear  to  impede  him 
lest  they  involve  themselves  in  a  legal  puzzle.  This 
then  must  be  what  has  been  termed  the  Majesty 
of  the  Law.     It  is  good  to  be  here  and  behold  it. 

A  Disgrace  to  Civilization 

The  Police  Courts  of  America  are  by  reason  of 
the  election  of  the  judges  a  disgrace  to  civilization, 
and  have  a  most  powerful  influence  in  corrupting 
government.  They  are  the  stronghold  of  the  ras- 
cally boss,  who  wants  to  debauch  politics  and  get 
rich  by  plunder  and  blackmail.  The  following  of 
the  boss  is  in  proportion  to  his  power  to  control  the 
Police  Courts,  and  keep  all  the  burglars,  thugs  and 
ballot-box  stuffers  from  being  indicted.  Deprive 
him  of  that  power  and  his  occupation  is  gone.  If 
he  cannot  keep  rascals  out  of  jail  they  will  not  com- 
mit crimes  to  enable  him  to  carry  primary  elections 
and  control  conventions.  If  he  cannot  control  con- 
ventions and  thus  elect  his  henchmen  he  is  power- 
less to  reach  the  public  treasury  through  them  or  to 
blackmail  corporations. 

Criminals  on  the  Police  Bench 

The  Police  judges  should  above  all  be  appointed. 
To  elect  them  is  a  crime.  We  see  the  evil  effects  of 
it  in  San  Francisco.  Nearly  every  police  judge 
makes  his  position  either  a  direct  source  of  dishonest 
profit  or  an  indirect  source  of  political  power.  He 
punishes  only  the  weak  and  friendless  and  caters 
continually  to  the  good  will  of  the  criminal  element. 
They  are  most  interested  in  the  police  courts  and 
on  election  day  work  hardest  for  the  success  of  the 


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worst  candidate.  An  honest  man  will  send  them  to 
jail,  so  the}'  advocate  the  election  of  the  biggest 
crook  on  the  tickets. 

Good  Work  for  the   Grand  Jury 

If  the  Grand  Jury  will  indict,  and  the  District  Attor- 
ney will  prosecute,  vigorously,  the  outlaws  who  attack 
non-union  carmen  with  bludgeons  and  pistols  they  will 
be  doing  an  inestimable  service  to  our  City.  What  we 
need  now  is  the  restoration  of  confidence  in  the  ability 
of  the  government  to  restore  order  and  enforce  the 
laws.  More  good  can  be  accomplished  by  jailing 
rioters  than  by  any  other  exercise  of  authority.  Intelli- 
gent citizens  have  been  asking  for  a  month  past  why 
the  Grand  Jury  took  no  steps  to  indict  the  outlaws  who 
have  been  intimidating  passengers  on  the  cars  of  the 
United  Railroads.  If  any  action  was  taken  by  the 
Grand  Jury  the  public  had  not  been  informed  on  the 
subject. 

It  is  well  known  that  the  police  have  seized  a  very 
large  amount  of  dynamite  with  which  the  striking  car- 
men intended  to  wreak  vengeance  on  the  United  Rail- 
roads and  terrorize  the  public.  In  one  instance  dyna- 
mite was  seized  just  as  it  was  delivered  at  the  house  of 
a  striker.  It  was  then  stated  that  suspicion  pointed 
strongly  to  several  of  the  carmen's  leaders,  and  that  in 
all  likelihood,  the  suspects  would  be  indicted.  Nothing 
came  of  the  investigation,  apparently,  for  the  matter 
died  out  and  no  arrests  were  made. 

The  suppression  of  rioters  who  go  forth  with  fire- 
arms, bludgeons  and  dynamite  to  kill  non-union  men, 
destroy  property  and  terrorize  the  community  gener- 
ally, is  surely  the  most  important  work  to  which  the 
Grand  Jury  could  address  itself.  Beside  that  task,  the 
prosecution  of  leading  citizens  who  paid  blackmail  to 
the  Union  Labor  administration  is  an  affair  of  small 
moment  to  the  City  of  San  Francisco.  The  outside 
world  is  not  afraid  to  send  us  goods  on  credit,  or  visi- 
tors on  pleasure  bent,  because  leading  citizens  are  on 
trial  for  giving  "fees"  to  Abe  Ruef. 

Every  time,  however,  that  the  news  is  flashed  across 
the  continent  that  more  bricks  have  been  hurled 
through  street  car  windows,  and  more  non-union  car- 
men battered  up,  without  serious  interference  by  the 
police  or  the  courts,  the  outside  world  regards  us  with 
greater  suspicion  or  abhorrence,  as  a  community  of 
anarchists  who  have  said  farewell  to  all  the  amenities 
of  civilization.  The  Eastern  wholesale  merchants  de- 
cline to  extend  credits  to  such  a  turbulent  community, 
Eastern  financiers  decline  to  lend  money  to  rebuild  our 
stricken  City,  and  prudent  travelers  avoid  us  and  turn 
their  steps  in  other  directions. 

If  the  Grand  Jury  and  the  District  Attorney  had  at- 
tacked the  rioters  and  dynamiters  in  San  Francisco 
with  half  the  zeal  they  have  arraigned  and  prosecuted 
the  "Held-ups"  the  car  strike  would  now  be  ancient 
history,  and  many  a  merchant  would  have  been  saved 
from  financial  distress.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that,  though 
rather  late  in  the  day,  the  Grand  Jury  will  awake  to 
the  fact. that  the  vital  question  and  the  real  issue  in 
San  Francisco  are  whether  the  mob  or  the  decent 
people  rule  the  City.  The  instant  confidence  is  restored 
the  wheels  of  industry  and  commerce  will  once  more 
revolve  briskly  and  the  community  will  be  lifted  out  of 
the  Slough  of  Despond,  into  which  the  bad  government 
of  Schmitz  has  plunged  us. 


A  Mere  Fizzle 

The  reply  of  the  Fourth  of  July  Committee  to 
General  Funston  contains  nothing  of  the  fire- 
cracker style  that  characterized  the  original 
draught.  It  seems  to  bear  itself  more  like  that 
low-scooting  bit  of  pyrotechnics  known  to  our 
young  days  as  a  "smoker,"  or  "nigger-chaser." 
Their  excuse  for  not  having  given  the  general's 
whole  letter  to  the  press  at  first  was  that  they 
considered  it  confidential.  Such  fiduciary  nature  of 
the  communication,  however,  did  not  induce  them 
to  withhold  the  most  sensational  phrase  therein,  to- 
wit :  the  now  famous  "unwhipped  mob."  Funston's 
letter,  in  its  entirety  is  amicable  in  tone,  deferring 
to  Colonel  Lundeen  of  the  Presidio.  Pasting  the 
two  quoted  words  on  its  yellow  banner,  unwhipped 
journalism  at  once  endeavored  to  have  all  its  read- 
ers believe  .that  Funston  would  have  liked  to 
trounce  them  just  to  pass  the  time  away.  As  the 
General  states,  there  is  no  duty  so  disliked  by 
soldiers  as  being  ordered  to  fire  on  civilians,  en- 
dangering the  lives  of  innocent  by-standers. 

Among  the  Fourth  of  July  men  embrocated  to 
patriotism  for  this  hypothetical  mob  are  O.  A. 
Tveitmoe,  P.  H.  McCarthy,  Father  Philip  O'Ryan, 
Samuel  Adelstein,  Louis  Levy,  E.  E.  Kahn  and 
Otto  Schiller.  There  is  hardly  a  Colonial  ring  to 
this  roll  of  names.  It  reminds  one  of  the  St. 
Patrick's  Day  Parade  once  held  here  and  led  by 
Max  Popper.  Those  things  all  go  in  e  pluribus 
unum.  As  for  the  parade,  it  is  all  over  except  the 
shouting,  which  is  all  it  will  consist  of  this  year. 

Calhoun's  Fight  for  the  Open  Shop 
Now  that  the  street  car  service  of  the  City  has 
been  entirely  re-established,  we  are  enabled  to  more 
thoroughly  appreciate  and  understand  the  signifi- 
cance of  Mr.  Calhoun's  fight  against  the  Carmen's 
Union  and  for  the  principle  of  the  open  shop.  In 
order  to  thoroughly  and  clearly  understand  this, 
we  must  realize  the  fundamental  purpose  and  func- 
.tion  of  a  labor  organization  and  then  note  just 
where  and  to  how  great  an  extent  the  original  pur- 


X 


CHAS.KEJLUS#  CO 

EXCLUSIVE 

HIGH  GRADE  CLOTHIERS 


No  Branch  Stores. 


No  Agents. 


We  can  demonstrate  to  you  beyond  a  reasonable  doubt  that  the 
class  of  clothes  we  talk  of  continually  will  etact  your  approval.  They 
have  guarded  points  of  exclusiveness,  etc.,  showing  such  prominence 
knowing  dressers  expect. 

"The  Freedom  of  Knowing"  permeates  the  clothes  institutions 
that  are  solely  responsible  for  idea  manipulations  we  offer  here  in 
this  "college  den."  The  wielding  of  the  "big  stick"  that  is 
common  in  most  shops  is  pleasurably  absent  here.  Ours  arc 
"free  thought"  clothes. 


KING   SOLOMON'S   HALL 

Fillmore    Street,     near    Sutter,      San    Francisco 


-THE  WASP- 


pose  is  overlooked  in  our  present  labor  unions. 
In  order  to  insure  prosperity  in  any  community, 

labor  must  co-operate  with  capital  and  since  capital 
is  organized,  labor  can  only  meet  organized  capital 
by  organizing  also.  But  the  vital  trouble  is  that 
labor  does  not  meet  capital  but  antagonizes  it. 
Labor  only  co-operates  with  capital  in  theory  while 
practically  it  does  nothing  else  but  antagonize 
capital. 

Now  we  have  noted  the  fundamental,  theoretical 
function  of  a  labor  organization.  Let  us  now  see 
where  our  labor  organizations  of  today  differ  from 
these  purposes.  In  the  present  car  strike  if  certain 
members  of  the  Carmen's  Union  are  not  satisfied 
with  the  wages  they  are  receiving  they  are  at 
perfect  liberty  to  seek  other  employment,  but  they 
have  no  right  to  force  others,  satisfied  with  existing 
wages  to  leave  their  employers  and  thus  take  from 
them  the  very  liberty  which  they  possess  through 
the  doctrines  of  their  country.  These  actions  are 
just  where  the  labor  organizations  fall  wrong  in 
their  purpose. 

Now,  seeing  that  these  abominable  conditions 
exist,  the  significance  of  Mr.  Calhoun's  noble  fight 
fi  ir  freedom  and  the  open  shop  cannot  be  overes- 
timated. It  signifies  not  a  fight  of  labor  against 
capital,  but  a  fight  of  right  against  wrong,  a 
fight  of  freedom  against  slavery  and  anarchism, 
a  fight  for  the  glorious  American  open  shop 
principle;  it  signifies,  to  the  delight  of  every- 
one having  even  the  slightest  conception  of  the 
difference  between  right  and  wrong  that  at  least 
one  citizen  of  this  country  has  the  spunk,  grit,  and 
patriotism  to  defend  and  uphold  the  foundation  of 
the  government  of  his  country — FREEDOM. 

Let  us  hope  that  the  country  will  be  found  to 
contain  more  men  of  the  Calhoun  type. 

What  the  City  Most  Needs 
The  week  has  been  an  eventful  one  in  the  prose- 
cution of  the  "hold-ups"  and  the  publis  has  taken 
no  feverish  interest  in  the  court  proceedings.  At 
this  stage  in  the  restoration  of  our  City,  architec- 
turally, and  commercially,  what  every  sane  and 
law-abiding  citizens  most  desires  is  peace  and  har- 
mony. The  all-important  thing  is  to  get  rid  of  the 
atrocious  Schmitz,  as  quickly  as  possible,  and  re- 
place that  felon  by  some  capable  man,  who  will 
discharge  the  duties  of  Mayor  pro  tern  till  next 
November. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  ex-Mayor  Phelan  has 
at  this  writing  declined  so  positively  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy caused  by  the  disqualification  of  the  Convict 
Schmitz.  Mr.  Phelan's  clear  record  and  his  emi- 
nence in  the  community  would  restore  the  confi- 
dence of  the  outside  world  in  San  Francisco,  the 
instant  he  assumed  the  reins  of  authority. 

The  Convict  Schmitz 

There  is  not  the  shadow  of  a  doubt  that  the  con- 
viction of  Mayor  Schmitz  disqualifies  him  at  once 
for  holding  public  office.  That  point  has  been 
decided  by  the  Supreme  Court,  and  is  so  generally 
accepted  by  the  best  lawyers  that  to  raise  it  in  the 
interest  of  the  disgraced  Mayor  is  futile.     The  in- 


stant a  jury  returns  a  verdict  of  felony  against  any 
public  officer  he  ceases  to  be  a  qualified  incumbent. 
Schmitz  is  no  longer  the  Mayor  of  San  Francisco. 

The  Union  Fare  Nag 

(With  the  ha-ha  to  Lord  Alfred  Tennyson.) 
1  come  from  haunts  of  cat  and  goat; 
I   make  a  sudden  sally. 
And   say  good-bye   to  sheep  and  shoat. 
To  amble  down  a  valley. 

By  thirty  hills  I  hurry  down, 

Or  slip  upon  the  way  ; 

With   fifty  blocks  once  through  the  town, 

Ten  trips  I  make  each  day. 

All  day  I  stumble  to  and  fro, 
"With  blows  for  the  endeavor. 
And  cars  may  come  and  cars  may  go, 
But  I  go  on  forever. 

I  joggle  over  stony  ways, 
And  slide  among  the  pebbles, 
While  women,  bouncing  on  the  drays, 
Scream   little  sharps  and   trebles. 

I  flop,  I  fall,  I  stump,  I  strive, 
I  stagger  round  the  corners; 
And  when  at  last  at  home  arrive, 
I  feel  like  twenty  goners. 

Then  out  next  day  I  wobble  slow, 
With  poorly-fed  endeavor ; 
For  cars  may  come  and  cars  may  go. 
But  I  go  on  forever. 


'JUST  A  SHADE  ON  OTHERS' 


Weinhard 

The  Peer 
of  Bottle  Beer 


CALIFORNIA  BOTTLING  CO. 


SOLE    BOTTLERS 


1255  HARRISON  STREET 

PHONE  MARKET  977 


Weinhard    is  the   Delicious   Beer   served    at   Cafe   Francisco,    The 
Louvie,  Tait's  and   many  other  Cafes 


THE  WASP- 


A  Premium  on  Lawlessness 
Last  week  The  Wasp  showed  that  under  the  pres- 
ent plan  of  union  labor  organization  the  control  must 
pass  into  the  hands  of  outlaws.  Our  point  has  been 
proved  correct  by  the  utterances  of  men  like  Furu- 
seth  and  Tvietmoe  who  are  quoted  as  exhorting 
strikers  to  commit  acts  of  violence  and  thus  win 
the  carmen's  strike. 

Labor  unions  cannot  be  made  effective  for  aggres- 
sive purposes  unless  lawlessness  be  resorted  to.  Mem- 
bership cannot  be  kept  up  by  mere  moral  suasion.  The 
bovcott  and  sundry  unlawful  methods  of  interfering 
with  people's  constitutional  rights  have  to  be  used. 
American  boys  must  be  kept  from  learning  trades  so 
that  there  shall  be  a  constant  scarcity  of  skilled  labor 
in  the  market.  When  a  strike  occurs,  the  men  who 
might  take  the  strikers'  places  have  to  be  clubbed, 
and  if  necessary,  killed.  All  this  creates  a  lawless 
spirit  in  labor  organizations  and  helps  the  more  turbu- 
lent spirits  to  obtain  control.  The  more  lawless  the 
methods  of  the  organization  the  larger  the  member- 
ship becomes.  In  time,  the  conservative  and  orderly 
members  of  the  organization,  lose  any  voice  in  its  do- 
ings and  the  control  passes  to  avowed  outlaws,  who 
are  ready  to  resort  to  the  most  desperate  methods 
to  keep  the  reins  of  power.  The  Moyer,  Haywood, 
Pettibone  and  Orchard  combination  is  modern  labor 
organization  carried  to  its  logical  conclusion.  If  it 
•be  permissible  to  stop  a  man  from  going  to  work  by 
seizing  his  coat  collar  it  is  allowable  to  punch  him 
on  the  jaw.  If  you  can  strike  him  with  your  fist 
it  is  permissible  to  hit  him  with  a  club,  and  finally 
by  rapid  stages  you  come  to  the  point  where  you 
can  shoot  him  down  with  a  gun  or  blow  him  up  with 
dynamite.  If  necessary  to  your  personal  comfort 
and  ease  of  mind  you  may  blow  up  a  score  of  men, 
as  did  Harry  Orchard,  when  he  placed  the  bomb 
under  a  railway  platform,  as  per  instructions  of  the 
inner  circle  of  the  Western  Federation  of  Miners. 

Merit  Recognized 

That  most  delectable  scoundrel  Mayor  Schmitz, 
recognized  the  worth  of  Furuseth  as  a  consistent  and 
tireless  disturber,  and  made  the  anarchist  several  offers 
of  positions.  Furuseth  declined  them,  being  fully 
occupied  with  his  Sailors'  Union,  and  having  sagacity 
enough  to  know  that  a  bird  in  the  hand  is  worth 
two  in  the  bush.  He  is  the  large  toad  in  the  city 
front  puddle  and  might  be  only  a  small  tadpole 
amongst  the  crowd  of  wigglers  in  the  City  Hall.  He 
is  anything-  but  a  fool,  this  undesirable  resident  who 
left  Sweden  for  Sweden's  good,  and  was  blown  hither 
in  the  forecastle  of  a  foreign  wind-jammer  by  some 
unpropitious  fate  to  afflict  us  perennially. 

The  Story  of  Election  Figures 
The  discovery  that  a  street  railroad  could  exist  in 
San  Francisco  without  the  nickels  of  union  labor 
seems  to  have  stunned  the  unionists  themselves, 
many  of  whom  no  doubt  believed  the  assertions  of 
their  politician  leaders  that  they  constituted  a  vast 
majority  of  the  population.  The  election  figures 
have  several  times  shown,  however,  that  the  Union 
Labor  party  in  San  Francisco  could  cast  only  eleven 
thousand  votes,  and  in  the  largest  Labor  Day  pro- 


cession ever  held  here,  when  a  fine  was  imposed  on 
all  union  men  failing  to  turn  out,  less  than  twelve 
thousand  men  and  boys  were  in  line. 

The  Tail  Wagging  the  Dog 
This  ought  to  be  accepted  as  pretty  strong  proof 
that  there  are  no  "90,000  union  men  and  their  fam- 
ilies" in  San  Francisco.  The  labor  union  people  in  San 
Francisco  are  in  fact  a  small  minority  of  the  popula- 
tion, just  as  union  labor  in  the  entire  United  States 
is  only  a  small  fractional  part  of  the  army  of  wage 
earners.  There  are  about  eighteen  thousand  non- 
union wage  earners  in  America  as  against  one  mil- 
lion and  a  half  of  union  men.  Gompers,  the  head  of 
organized  labor  in  America  claims  a  membership  of 
only  one  million  four  hundred  thousand,  of  whom 
half  are  aliens. 

What  America  May  Expect 
In  the  event  of  a  war  with  Japan  we  might  an- 
ticipate the  procedure  similar  to  that  which  was  fol- 
lowed in  the  Russo-Japanese  war.  There  was  no 
waiting  on  the  Japanese  side  for  a  formal  declara- 
tion of  hostilities.  The  serious  blow  was  first  struck 
by  the  Japanese,  and  then  war  was  declared.  It  is 
well  known  that  the  Japanese  shipyards  and  ar- 
senals are  busily  engaged  in  preparing  war  supplies, 
and  if  at  a  moment's  notice,  the  friendly  relations 
with  this  country  and  Japan  should  be  severed,  we 
should  find  the  Mikado's  army  and  navy  fully 
equipped  and  ready  for  business.  On  the  other 
hand,  we  would  find  our  own  army  and  navy  insuffi- 
cient and  unprepared,  and  the  war  would  be  well 
under  way  before  the  nation  fully  realized  the  seri- 
ous work  before  it.  This  is  the  way  with  all  re- 
publics. They  are  not  organized  on  the  basis  of 
military  nations,  and  are  never  ready  for  a  sudden 
call  to  arms.  For  the  purpose  of  war  and  conquest 
the  Empire  is  the  ideal  government. 


Much  praise  is  being  accorded  Lawrence  Harris, 
who  has  written  a  book  of  verses  and  epigrams  soon 
to  be  published.  Mr.  Harris  is  a  general  favorite 
and  a  clever  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club. 


Fairmont  Hotel 


Mason  at  California  and  Sacramento  Sts. 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


THE 


UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF 

PALACE     HOTEL 


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Gemhe  Photo  MISS  GUITTARD 

A  beautiful  San  Franciscan  whose  engagement  is  denied 

Ina  Coolbrith.  who,  some  say,  is  not  a  poetess 
but  a  "poet,"  denies  that  she  is  being  supported 
by  literary  admirers,  or  such  and  such  other  indi- 
viduals, clubs,  society,  or  fund  whatsoever.  She 
does  not  assert  that  she  would  reject  such  tributes 
but  that  she  has  not  been  given  the  chance  to  do  so. 
There  has  been  a  veritable  May-pole  dance  of  prom- 
ises around  her,  with  the  only  result  that  the  skip- 
some,  philanthropists  had  their  names  in  laudable 
print  and  gained  a  reputation  for  generosity  and 
devotion  to  literature.  She  states :  "By  the  strictest 
self-denial,  f  have  published  the  edition  of  my 
poems  just  out  hoping  that  in  time  or  eternity  it 
ma}'  pay  back  its  cost,  and  a  little  more.  My 
friends  have  not  aided  me  in  any  way."  Public 
relief  funds  and  private  donations  are  acknowl- 
edged ;  but  the  plans  for  her  permanent  support 
seem  to  have  scudded  before  the  winds  of  hope. 
The  home  fund  faded  with  the  Hires.  The  Spin- 
ners' offering  dried  with  the  dewdrops ;  and  was 
not  very  brilliant  in  the  first  place.  The  poetess 
expounds  it  as  a  scheme  to  publish  a  book  and  give 
her  not  the  royalties,  but  the  interest  thereon  for 
life.  This  is  enough  to  put  a  whimsical  smile  on 
the   Three   Fates.      While   royalties   on   some   Cali- 


fornia books  may  have  sufficed  to  buy  light  break- 
fasts for  their  authors  during  the  Summer,  the 
interest  on  these  same  royalties  would  not  keep  a 

mock  turtle  alive  very  long. 

*"        *         * 

Ina  Coolbrith  is  not  a  poet  that  has  ever  let  her 
legs  hang  down  over  the  edge  of  a  cloud  or  gasped 
grandly  in  the  pits  of  realism;  that  is,  in  her  work. 
There  are  some  who  have,  when  in  the  humor, 
flapjacked  some  conventional  praise  for  her  right 
off  the  griddle  of  their  own  enthusiasm.  It  is  not, 
though,  for  her  inspiration,  but  her  historic  asso- 
ciations here,  that  Ina  Coolbrith  should  be  com- 
forted. Not  all  her  Bohemian  Club  friends  sym- 
pathize with  her  moods  and  statements.  She  has 
aroused  more  than  a  half  dozen  hubbubs  in  her  time  ; 
yet  there  is  something  distinctly  Californian  about 
the  lady ;  and  those  high-stomached  persons  who 
vaunt  their  local  patriotism  so  much,  could  not  do 
better  than  robbing  sunshine,  fruits  and  flowers  a 
little  to  pay  Ina  Coolbrith. 

*         *         * 

Phillip  V.  Mighels,  a  leading  writer  of  Harpers, 
arrived  last  week  from  New  York,  accompanied  by 
his  wife  and  is  staving  at  the  Hamlin. 


ARE  YOU  NOT  INSPIRED  WITH 
A  LOVE  FOR  THE  COLONIAL 


Id  looking  at  a 
room  such  as 
this? 


/™\UR  carefully  selected  stock  of  Wall  Papers  and 
^-^  Fabrics  is  replete  with  attractive  things  and  at 
such  small  attractive  prices.  We  will  gladly  assist  you 
in   your    decorating   if   you    will   favor   us   with   a   call. 


L.  TOZER  &  SON  CO. 

INTERIOR   DECORATORS 

1527    PINE    STREET.  Bet.  Van  Ness  and  Polk,  S.  F. 
187     TWELFTH     STREET,     Near     Madison,     Oakland 


-THE  WASP 


With   all   the   boasted   progress  of   the  West,   it 
must    be    admitted    that    we    possess    no    man    like 
the  Rev.  Henry  Marsh  Warren,  of  New  York  City. 
Mr.  Warren's  profession  is,  to  parody  the  ditty  of 
a  local  ice-cream  peddler : 
Weddings!     Who  likes  weddings? 
And  who  has  ten  dollars? 
All   the   laddies   and   the   lasses    like   weddings-ee- 

dings. 
And  the  honeymoon ! 

For  tenna  da  dol,  yuh  getta  da  bigga  da  fatta  da 
honeymoon-ee-ah  !  e — e  a — h  ! 

He  has  a  record  for  bow-knotting  them  as  fast 
as  they  come  that  would  make  other  while-you-wait 
experts  blush  like  a  pigskin  saddle.  Rain  or  shine, 
drunk  or  sober,  lid  on  or  lid  off,  whether  the  spar- 
rows are  twittering  at  morn  or  the  night-hawks 
begin  to  fall  asleep  over  their  glasses,  makes  no 
difference  to  Warren.  A  word  over  the  telephone 
and  he  arrives  on  the  scene  with  a  sample  case  full 
of  assorted  blessings,  ready  with  any  pattern  of 
ceremony,  and  creeds,  and  the  heavenly  blanks  all 
ready  for  signature.  Supplies  wedding-rings,. brings 
witnesses,  tidies  up  the  bride  if  her  hands  are  un- 
steady and  jolts  three  or  four  grains  of  presence- 
of-mind  into  the  groom  should  his  memory  seem  to 
be  out  of  whack. 

This  purveyor  of  marriage  believes  that  while 
one  is  in  business  he  should  use  business  methods. 
Occasionally  he  distributes  circulars,  bearing  his 
photograph  and  the  indorsements  of  hotel  men  and 
clergy.  The  Rev.  Dr.  McCarther  and  Bishop  Greer 
are  down  with  words  of  cheer :  but  recently  both 
these  have  sourballed  on  Warren  and  do  not  en- 
dorse his  "advanced"  practices.  But  Warren  holds 
gleefully  on  to  the  original  testimonials  and  believes 
there  should  be  some  one  to  succor  a  fleeing  couple 
that  are  only  a  mile  and  half  in  advance  of  a  pur- 
suing dad;  also  that  when  the  hotel  clerk  looks 
unfriendly,  it  is  better  to  telephone  for  the  Rev. 
Henry  Marsh  Warren  than  to  seek  other  quarters. 

*  *  * 

Miss  Mazie  Langhorne,  whose  engagement  has 
just  been  announced  to  A.  B.  Hammond,  is  the 
eldest  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Potter 
Langhorne.  Mrs.  Langhorne  was  a  Miss  Hayne, 
cousin  of  the  late  Judge  Hayne.  Miss  Julia  Dean, 
the  talented  actress  is  also  a  cousin.  Mr.  Lang- 
horne is  the  well-known  lawyer  here.  Since  her 
debut  a  couple  of  years  ago,  Miss  Langhorne  has 
been  a  great  favorite.  Mr.  Hammond  is  a  son  of 
A.  B.  Hammond,  the  lumber  man.  The  wedding 
will  take  place  this  Fall.  Miss  Langhorne  is  an 
intimate  friend  of  Mrs.  Arthur  D.  Geissler,  former 
attractive  Miss  Carol  Moore,  who,  by  the  way,  will 
spend  the  Summer  with  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  Moore,  of  this  Ci'ty.  Mr.  Gussler  will  come 
to  the  Coast  in  September  and  escort  his  wife  and 
baby  home  to  Chicago. 

*  *         * 

Col.  and  Mrs.  John  A.  Lundeen  were  hosts  last 
week  at  an  afternoon  reception  in  honorof  Brigadier- 
General  and  Mrs.  Funston,  at  the  Presidio.  It  was 
the  largest  military  function  given  here  in  years; 
posts  from  all  around  the  bay  being  represented  by 


the  officers  and  ladies.  Mrs.  Lundeen  was  assisted 
in  receiving  by  General  and  Mrs.  Funston,  Mrs. 
William  C.  Davis,  Mrs.  S.  P.  Adams,  Mrs.  Edward 
T.  Brown  and  Mrs.  Altman.  Colonel  and  Mrs. 
Smedberg  and  Miss  Cora  Smedberg  recently  re- 
turned from  a  visit  in  the  East,  and  are  now  staving 
at  the  Hotel  Rafael. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Morton  Grinnell,  whose  marriage  to  Don 
Joaquin  de  Perreyra,  the  Spanish  Consul,  took 
place  recently  at  Yokohama,  was  the  widow  of  Dr. 
Morton  Grinnell  of  San  Francisco,  who  was  an 
extremely  clever  man  with  much  literary  ability. 
The  Grinnells'  honeymoon  trip  was  to  Egvpt  and 
over  the  Nile,  and  the  bridegroom  wrote  a  most 
interesting'  account  of  their  travels.  They  were  a 
very  devoted  couple,  and  the  widow  was  thought 
to  be  inconsolable.  Mrs.  Grinnell  was  Miss  Cather- 
wood,  sister  of  Mrs.  C.  E.  Maude.  She  is  the 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Darling  whose  husband  Major 
Darling  was  once  so  prominent  in  the  Bohemian 
Club.  She  is  the  granddaughter  of  the  late  Su- 
preme Judge  S.  C.  Hastings  of  California. 

*  *         * 

The  Fairmont  Hotel  was  the  scene  of  a  pretty 
lavender  tea  last  week  with  Mrs.  G.  Alexander 
Wright  and  her  daughter  as  hostesses.  The  table 
decorations  were  in  lavender  hues.  Each  guest 
found  her  bouquet  to  contain  a  dainty  souvenir, 
and,  to  their  surprise,  announcing  the  engagement 
of  Miss  Ethel  Wright  to  Dr.  Allen  H.  Peek.  The 
wedding  will  take  place  in  the  early  autumn. 

*  *         * 

Late  news  of  Mrs.  Llewellyn  Jones  and  her 
daughter,  Grace,  find  them  occupying  Mrs.  Ather- 
ton's  apartments  in  Munich.  Miss  Jones  has  long 
desired  a  career  on  the  stage,  to  which  her  famijy 
were  much  opposed.  She  has,  however,  overcome 
the  objection  and  it  is  not  unlikely  we  will  soon 
hear  of  this  brilliant  young  woman's  advent  upon 
a  professional  career. 


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The  young  women  of  the  Entre  Nous  social 
club  whose  parents  felt  outraged,  because  Super- 
visor Coleman  attended  a  recent  cotillion,  will  have 
ii"  cause  for  alarm  nexl  season,  for  I  hear  that 
the  boodling  officials  name  lias  been  stricken  from 
the  membership  list,  and  dues  will  not  be  accepted 
from  him  when  the  Winter  season  opens.  This 
action  b)  the  leader-  of  the  chill  was  brought  about 
by  the  publication  in  the-e  column-  of  the  incident 
which  caused  the  parents  of  some  of  the  young' 
women  to  declare  that  their  attendance  at  the 
dances  would  be  prohibited  if  the  bars  were  let 
down  to  one  of  the  bribe-taking-  class.  Now  it  is 
announced  that  Coleman  will  not  be  permitted  to 
participate  in  the  club's  dances  and  similar  efforts 
will  be  made  to  keep  out  of  the  membership,  any 
other   undesirables. 

Shortly  before  the  Coleman  affair  at  the  Fair- 
mont the  members  of  another  dancing-  club.  La 
Amisted.  were  horrified  to  learn  that  they  had 
entertained  in  their  midst  a  woman  whose  repu- 
tation was  of  a  color  decidedly  carmine.  She  at- 
tended a  dance  at  Native  Sons'  Hall,  appearing 
in  a  gown  strikingly  decollete  and  of  a  shimmering 
crimson.  Being  vivacious  in  manner  she  was  quite 
the  hit  of  the  ball  until  it  was  whispered  about 
that  her  residence  had  been  in  a  down-town  apart- 
ment house  where  the  lights  never  go  out  and 
nobody  asks  questions.  Then  there  was  a  demand 
for  an  explanation  from  the  escort  who  had  brought 
her  there  and  the  next  day  the  newspapers  were 
asked  to  strike  her  name  from  the  list  of  those 
present.  Since  then,  this  club  has  been  more  care- 
ful and  now  Entre  Nous  is  going  to  follow  this 
example.  *  * 

Word  has  been  received  at  the  university  of 
California  that  Dr.  George  A.  Reisner,  formerly 
connected  with  the  faculty  and  now  working  on 
behalf  of  Mrs.  Phoebe  A.  Hearst  in  Egypt,  has  been 
appointed  archaeologist  in  charge  of  the  excava- 
tions of  the  Egyptian  government  in  Nubia.  The 
archaeological  work  about  to  be  undertaken  is  the 
most  remarkable  ever  conceived.  It  is  to  be  noth- 
ing more  nor  less  than  the  continuous  excavation 
of  both  sides  of  the  Nile  from  Kalabsche  to  Derr, 
a  distance  of  150  kilometers.  This  is  rendered 
necessary  by  the  decision  to  raise  the  Assuan  dam 
another  8  meters.  Professor  Maspero,  the  head 
of  the  department  of  antiquities,  is  to  have  charge 
of  the  restoration  of  the  known  temples,  and  the 
copying  of  their  inscriptions.  Captain  Lyons,  head 
of  the  survey  department,  is  in  charge  of  the  topo- 
graphical and  archaeological  survey,  and  has  as- 
signed to  Dr.  Reisner  the  task  of  excavating  the 
monuments  at  present  buried  under  the  soil  and  the 
recording  and  publishing  of  these  excavations.  The 
work  is  expected  to  last  five  years. 
*  *  * 

Signor  Riccardo  A.  Lucchesi,  who  has  just  been  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  faculty  of  the  New  England  Con- 
servatory of  Music  in  Boston,  was  some  years  ago  the 
musical  critic  of  The  Wasp.  His  critiques  were  very 
widely  read,  mainly  because  of  their  Italian  flavor,  and 
the  intrepid  manner  in  which  the  clever  and  capable 
musician  attacked  what  and  whom  he  did  not  approve. 


Lucchesi  is  a  scholarly  musician  and  a  composer  of 
more  than  local  fame.  Blanche  I'.ates  was  one  of  his 
piano  pupils  at  one  time.  He  lost  everything  in  the 
lire,  and  went  north  shortly  after,  but  finally  landed  in 
Boston.  The  New  England  Conservatory  has  had 
various  San  Franciscans  as  pupils.  Carrie  Roma  is 
a  graduate.  Signor  Lucchesi  comes  of  a.fine  old  family 
in  Milan,  the  home  of  lyric  art.  His  father  was  a 
banker  of  that  famous  city.  Signor  Lucchesi  himself 
had  no  talent  for  finance  and  is  essentially  a  man  of 
artistic  temperament.  Some  fine  day  we  shall  doubtless 
see  the  dapper  Signor  strolling-  along  Market  Street 
again  for  old  Californians  always  return  to  the  City  by 
the  Golden  Gate,  sooner  or  later. 

The  Misses  Bruce  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  are 
guests  of  their  brother,  Mr.  Robert  Bruce,  at  his 
home  on  Jackson  Street.  Mrs.  Bruce,  who  died 
si  ime  months  ago,  was  a  Miss  Nougues,  sister  of 
Mr.  Joseph  Nougues.  Mr.  Bruce's  daughters  are 
Mrs.  Stephenson  and  Mrs.  Macon,  well  known  in 
social  circles  here. 

Johannisburg,  Napa  County,  has  been  chosen  this 
year  by  several  ladies  from  Sausalito  and  Ross  Val- 
ley ;  among  whom  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Starr  Keeler 
and  children,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  J.  Foster  and  family, 
Mrs.  Daesking  and  child.  Many  interesting  letters 
received  report  jolly  times,  with  trout  plentiful. 


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MISS  CURTIS  OF  OAKLAND 


Art  collectors  who  have  bought  Keith's  pictures 
as  an  investment  will  be  glad  to  hear,  and  those  who 
have  not  will  not  be  delighted,  that  the  old  veteran's 
recent  sale  in  New  York  astonished  the  natives.  The 
Californian's  landscapes  struck  a  new  note  in  the 
Metropolis  and  added  some  thing  like  twenty  thous- 
and dollars  to  his  already  fat  bank  account.  Since 
Keith  discovered  that  the  New  Yorkers  are  hungry 
for  his  pictures  he  has  almost  ceased  to  paint  for  the 
local  market  and  before  long  will  in  all  likelihood 
sell  no  paintinge  at  all  outside  New  York  galleries. 
I  hear  that  Macbeth,  the  Fifth  Avenue  dealer  who 
conducted  the  recent  twenty  thousand  dollar  sale,  is 
coming  all  the  way  from  New  York  to  get  another 
collection  from  the  famous  California  artist. 

When  Keith  sent  the  former  collection  to  Macbeth 
all  the  knowing  ones  here  were  quite  lugubrious  as 
to  the  prospects  of  his  selling  any  of  them. 

"Too  low  in  tone,"  the  connoisseurs  said.  "New 
Yorkers  are  used  to  the  plain  air  style  of  work — 
blazing,  sunshiny  pictures,  and  won't  look  at  any- 
thing else." 

This  showed  just  how  little  they  knew.  The  low- 
toned  and  deep  brown  pictures  for  which  Keith 
famous  captivated  the  New  York  picture  buyers  at 
once.  ' 

The  prices  paid  by  the  Gothamites  would  stun  a 
local  connoisseur.  Twelve  to  fifteen  hundred  dollars 
for  a  little  painting  that  would  not  bring  quarter  of 
the  money  here  was  paid  for  several  of  the  pictures. 
Since  Macbeth's  success  with  Keith's  work,  other 
prominent  Eastern  dealers  are  anxious  to  handle  his 
work,  so  we  may  safely  say  that  San  Francisco  will 
see  little  of  it  on  sale  here  any  more.     Our  loss  is 


the  gain  of  the  Metropolis  and  also  of  the  really 
great  landscape  painter  who  has  developed  his 
genius  here  and  remained  amongst  us  all  his  long 
life.  That  his  fame  will  become  national  very  soon 
is  a  foregone  conclusion,  and  California  will  have  the 
credit  of  adding  to  the  list  of  highly  talented  men 
who  have  gained  distinction  in  several  lines  of  art, 

a  truly  eminent  and  most  capable  landscape  painter. 

*  *         * 

Did  you  ever  stop  to  think  how  many  "standard" 
photographs  of  Society  beauties  went  up  in  smoke 
in  the  big  fire  that  destroyed  the  newspaper  li- 
braries? There  was  that  one  of  Mrs.  Augustus 
Taylor  when  she  was  Helen  Hopkins,  a  full  face 
with  a  pearl-trimmed  bodice  and  an  aigrette  in  her 
pompadoured  hair;  and  one  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Ames 
in  a  classic  drapery,  by  Arnold  Genthe;  Mrs.  Sam 
Shortridge's  "only  photograph  she  ever  had  taken," 
with  her  hair  in  a  curly  bang;  Miss  Jennie  Blair, 
in  long  ringlets  which  were  at  one  time  the  mode ; 
Mrs.  Joe  Tobin  in  a  hat  and  jacket;  Mrs.  Martin 
Crimmins,  in  her  bridal  veil ;  and  so  on  and  so  forth. 
There  were  Society  beauties'  pictures  in  the  press 

libraries  then  to  burn — and  they  did. 

*  *         * 

An  interesting  matron,  who  will  soon  return  to 
her  home  in  San  Francisco  from  a  long  residence 
in  Alaska,  is  Mrs.  Harry  Kierstedt,  wife  of  Dr. 
Harry  Kierstedt,  U.  S.  A.  Mrs.  Kierstedt  was  the 
former  Society  girl.  Miss  Edith  McBean.  She  will 
visit  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  McBean,  on  Wal- 
nut Street;  also  be  the  guest  of  many  well-known 
Society  matrons  spending  the  Summer  at  Bur- 
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When  Rex  Beach,  author  of  "The  Spoilers,"  de- 
nied his  engagement  to  Edith  Crater,  authoress  of 
a  breach  of  promise  suit  against  Wilson  Mizner, 
he  neglected  to  mention  the  fact  that  marriage  had 
already  taken  place.  Upon  Mizner's  taking  Mrs. 
Yerkes  for  his  "life-partner,"  the  first  thing  that 
Miss  Crater  did  was  to  emit  the  lavas  of  her  indig- 
nation. Subsequently  she  removed  the  scene  of 
eruption  to  Denver,  her  home.  The  affair  was 
hushed  up,  though,  in  the  terrific  uproar  that  en- 
compassed the  Yerkes-Mizner  bout  at  that  time; 
and  Miss  Crater  found  it  hard  to  make  herself 
properly  understood — a  difficulty  common  with 
breach "  of  promise  artists.  The  Yerkes-Mizner  - 
Crater  trio  began  their  act  wrong  with  the  avid 
public.  Their  idea  of  good  breeding  was  to  refute 
every  rumor  put  to  them.  This  complicated  mat- 
ters, of  course,  and  required  strenuous  interpreta- 
tion. It  is  singular  how  a  couple  will  let  a  month 
go  by  before  letting  the  world  know  that  wedded 
bliss  has  started  out  on  its  endurance  run,  and, 
barring  accidents,  will  keep  to  schedule;  that  is, 
until  Death  wields  the  Big  Stick.  Beach  and  Crater 
were  married  a  month  ago  by  a  Justice  of  the  Peace 
in  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  This  is  the  first 
piece  of  news  from  headquarters.  The  next,  as 
likely  as  not,  will  be  that  the  ceremony  was  per- 
formed by  a  Benedictine  monk  in  Schenectady. 
There  is  no  special  reason  for  hitting  on  a  Bene- 
dictine monk,  except  that  he  is  not  a  Justice  of 
the    Peace ;   and    Schenectady,    because    it     is     not 


Poughkeepsie.  Hitter  experience  makes  one  in- 
credulous in  those  things,  and  a  great  deal  of  high- 
priced  enthusiasm  frequently  has  to  be  charged  up 
t<  i  profit  and  loss. 

*  *         * 

Miss  Walker,  who  will  come  out  from  New  York 
to  be  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  and  be  the 
attendant  of  her  cousin,  Miss  Anita  Harvey,  when 
she  becomes  the  bride  of  Oscar  Cooper,  is  the 
daughter  of  the  Martin  boys'  father  by  his  first 
marriage.  The  late  Edward  Martin  has  a  number 
of  children  by  his  first  wife,  and  many  relatives 
in  this  City  who  are  not  often  seen  at  Burlingame. 
Among  his  nieces  are  Mrs.  Spear,  wife  of  the  well- 
known  auctioneer. 

*  *         * 

The  W.  J.  Bartnetts  are  building  a  beautiful 
country  home  on  an  island  near  Sausalito  which 
Mr.  Bartnett  has  purchased.  Mrs.  Bartnett  has 
for  years  been  a  great  friend  of  Mrs.  John  Dahl- 
gren  of  Washington,  who  was  Carrie  Colton.  She 
is  a  sculptress  of  no  mean  ability. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  Harry  Young,  who  left  the  City  recently  with 
her  little  son,  on  a  visit  to  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  Whitney  of  Santa  Barbara,  writes  enthusi- 
astically of  the  many  delightful  entertainments  in 
her  honor  taking  place  in  her  old  home.  Mr.  Young 
will  join  his  family  during  the  month  of  July. 

*  *         * 

Mrs.  R.  N.  Graves  left  the  City  last  week  for 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  St.  Helena,  where  she  is 
now  occupying  an  attractive  cottage.  The  hotel  at 
this  place  was  burned  last  year  and  now  only  these 
cottages  are  left  on  the  grounds. 


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Women  who  smoke  in  public  are  still  exceptional 
enough  to  figure  in  the  news  from  time  to  time. 
Especially  is  this  so  if  she  wear  a  white  satin  gown 
and  a  32-candle-power  tiara,  as  does  Lady  Paget. 
When  Mrs.  Potter  Palmer  dined  Ambassador  Reid, 
six  titled  ladies  remained  with  the  men  for  after- 
dinner  smokes  and  a  few  droll  stories.  It  seems 
rather  a  juvenile  feat  of  newsgathering  that  within 
a  few  hours  thereafter,  Lady  Paget's  cigarette 
glowed  and  smoked  from  headlines  throughout 
this  country.  Some  of  the  papers  waited  till  Sun- 
day to  make  the  case  more  impressive.  Of  course, 
there  is  no  moral  difference  between  a  woman's 
holding  a  perfumed  roll  of  tobacco  between  the 
teeth  and  eating  a  lobster  salad.  If  anything,  the 
lobster  salad  is  the  more  immoral.  Politeness  for- 
bids reasoning  out  such  question  to  a  frazzle.  But 
every  time  a  woman  attempts  something  new,  the 
deep  stomach-tones  of  "unladylike"  resound  from 
the  sanctified  slats  of  men  who  judge  womanhood 
by  the  home-made  biscuit  standard.  It  may  not 
look  divine  in  a  dame,  partly  submerged  in  $5000 
worth  of  latest  style,  to  pull  out  a  bag  of  Bull 
Durham,  straw  papers  and  seal  the  cigarette  with 
her  dewy  lips.  No ;  not  divine ;  it  is  merely  charm- 
ing. 

Few  women  take  to  tobacco  the  way  men  do : 
as  an  aid  to  profound  thought,  rich  philosophy  and 
sedentary  work.  Were  that  the  primary  influence 
of  the  pungent  brown,  you  could  not  get  a  woman 
to  touch  it.  A  man  smokes  because  he  cares  for 
tobacco ;  a  woman  to  show  she  does  not  care  a 
tinker's  tiddledewink  for  anything.  Chicago's  repre- 
sentative female,  with  "I  will"  on  her  corselet, 
should  be  portrayed  smoking  a  cigarette  as  the 
loftiest  expression  of  feminine  independence.  That 
there  is  something  more  than  this  in  tobacco  is 
shown  by  the  fact  that  all — yes,  ALL — literary 
women  smoke.  Cigarettes  must  have  something 
to  do  with  brains ;  though,  some  good  folk  insist, 
only  to  the  extent  of  causing  loss  of  memory. 

*  *         * 

The  John  Hays  Hammonds  intend  to  build  a 
beautiful  home  in  Washington  and  will  live  there 
during  a  portion  of  each  year.  They  have  a  place 
at  Lakewood,  New  Jersey,  and  another  beautiful 
heme  in  the  Massachusetts  hills. 

*  *  * 

Just  as  all  her  friends  were  planning  entertain- 
ments for  that  popular  matron  Mrs.  Theodore 
Tomlinson  (Ethel  Keeney)  it  seems  she  will  return 
to  her  home  in  New  York  and  not  spend  the  summer 
here  as  at  first  intended.  She  came  to  California  on 
account  of  the  serious  illness  of  her  father  Charles 
Keeney,  who  is  now  pronounced  on  the  road  to 
recovery.  Miss  Inness  Keeney  will  leave  in  Septem- 
ber and  spend  the  winter  in  New  York  with  her 
sister. 

*  *  * 

At  last  accounts  Miss  Hattie  Jolliffe  was  visiting 
in  London  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Claus  Spreckels,  but 
was  soon  to  leave  for  Dublin  to  rejoin  her  cousin, 
Mrs.  Richard  Cryan,  who  was  recently  left  a  widow. 

Cetlarette,  sideboard.  sleeping-car  or  ocean  steamer  kit  is  incom- 
plete without  Abbott's  Bitters.     Adds  zest  and  flavor,  aids  digestion. 


Mrs.  Cryan  spent  the  winter  in  Italy  with  her  in- 
valid husband  and  but  recently  returned  to  Ireland. 
*         a 

Mrs.  Andrew  Rowan  who  lately  returned  from 
the  Philippines  will  be  remembered  as  the  attrac- 
tive Mrs.  Josephine  de  Greayer  before  her  marriage 
to  the  popular  Army  officer.  All  of  Mrs.  Rowan's 
beautiful  mahogany  and  costly  furniture  which  she 
fondly  imagined  was  stored  safely,  went  up  in 
smoke  in  the  great  fire  as  did  her  jewelry,  laces,  etc. 
In  fact  everything  she  possessed  has  been  swept 
from  her.  She  did  not  learn  of  her  loss  until  her 
arrival  here  last  week  and  the  shock  can  be  imag- 
ined. Mrs.  Rowan's  first  husband  is  a  well  known 
stockbroker,  who  in  the  early  days  was  one  of  the 
best  looking  and  best  dressed  men  in  town.  He 
is  still  in  the  stockbroking  game.  Major  Rowan  has 
unfortunately  come  back  from  the  Islands  consider- 
ably shaken    in    health    by    reason    of    the    trying 

tropical  climate. 

■■■i         *         * 

Airs.  Lincoln  Sontag  and  daughter  will  soon 
leave  for  a  tour  abroad.  Mrs.  Sontag  was  Miss 
Belle  Reis,  daughter  of  the  late  Julian  Reis.  Mrs. 
Reis  was  a  Miss  Dent,  whose  mother  Mrs.  Dent  is 
still  living  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  and 
is  an  inmate  of  the  Reis  household  here. 
Mrs.  Dent  and  Mrs.  U.  S.  Grant,  Sr.,  were 
relatives.  Miss  Helen  Dent  Wrenchal  who  recently 
married  Chaffee  Grant  in  the  East  is  also  a  con- 
nection of  this  family.  Miss  May  Reis  who  has 
recently  returned  from  an  enjoyable  visit  in  New 
York,  spent  last  week  at  Del  Monte  with  a  party  of 
congenial  friends.  Nothing  more  has  been  heard 
of  the  rumored  marriage  of  this  popular  heiress. 
The  poor  man  has  given  up  all  hopes  it  is  thought. 


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11 


Mr-.  C.  B.  Alexander  recently  entertained  the 
Duke  of  U>ruzzie  at  her  Tuxedo  home.  The  Duke 
visited  San  Francisco  some  two  years  ago  and  won 
i  ,an)  friends  here.  He  was  entertained  quite  ex- 
tensively by  the  young  girls  of  the  ultra  smart  set. 
*'    '  *       * 

To  the  regret  of  her  man)  friends  here  Mrs. 
John  C.  Hays  has  left  the  City  for  Honolulu,  where 
sin-  will  reside  for  some  time.  Mrs.  I  lays  was 
Anna  McMullan.  daughter  of  that  well-known  and 
prominent    family,   the   John    McMullans.      Francis 

I  feney's  wife  is  a  sister. 

*  *        * 

The  famous  bit  of  repartee  between  the  pot  and 
the  kettle  has  been  about  equaled  in  a  squalid 
remark  made  by  the  leaf-lard  pig  to  the  long-ton 
coal.  It  was  before  a  Chicago  judge  that  a  Pitts- 
burg co-respondent  was  named,  followed  by  the 
ruling  that  mere  acquaintance  with  a  Pittsburg 
millionaire  is  sufficient  proof  against  a  woman  in  a 
divorce  case.  Mis  Honor.  Judge  McEwen,  in  speak- 
ing of  His  Dishonor.  W.  H.  McKelvy.  said  that 
long  experience  with  the  manners  and  customs  of 
millionaires,  especially  those  marked  Pittsburg, 
makes  authentic  mention  of  their  names  warrant 
a  decree.  It  is  hard  to  see  how  there  can  be 
anything  homogeneous  in  Smoky  City  Society  at 
this  rate.  But  perhaps  the  same  facts  would  not  be 
so  damnificallv  held  against  a  millionairess  of  that 
burg,  who  might  be  considered  more  inured  and 
immune  to  their  bituminous  blandishments. 

The  bewildered  defendant  in  this  case  is  Nora 
Bayes,  only  an  actress,  of  a  class  that  popular  be- 
lief, based  on  the  long  experience  aforesaid,  finds 
peculiarly  susceptible  to  Coal  Barons.  Nora  Baves 
is  the  name  of  the  her  who  popularized  "Waiting 
at  the  Church"  here  at  the  Chutes,  setting  the 
gallery  rampant  with  telling,  "Lord,  how  it  did 
upset  me  I"  and  how  every  kiss  left  a  mark.  Her 
lyric  lover's  desertion  was  brought  about  by  the 
wife  who  wouldn't  let  him.  It  was  not  understood 
at  the  time  that  Nora  herself  had  a  husband  to 
tousle  up  the  course  of  true  love. 

Sympathy  ebbs  out  to  A.  O.  Gressing,  the  plain- 
tiff husband  and  traveling  salesman,  but  leaves 
astonishment  stranded  and  helpless  as  a  jelly  fish. 
It  modifies  the  Biblical  warning  to  read.  He  who 
looketh  at  a  woman  with  a  Pittsburg  millionaire 
feeling  in  his  heart  hath  already  committed  grounds 
for  divorce. 

*  *         * 

A  congenial  party  composed  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Henry  Foster  Dutton,  Mrs.  Harry  Macfarlane  and 
Mrs.  Wakefield  Baker,  left  the  City  recently  in  the 
Dutton  motor  car  for  the  McCloud  River  Country 
Club.    They  will  remain  ten  days. 

The  Sequoians  opened  their  new  rooms  on  Bush 
Street  last  week  with  a  delightful  musicale ;  Dr. 
Humphrey  J.  Stewart  at  the  piano.  A  large  num- 
ber of  guests  were  present. 

*  *         * 

Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Emory  Winship  and  Miss  Pa- 
tricia Cosgrave  have  returned  from  the  East,  where 
they   have   been    visiting    Lieut.    Winship's    family 


in   Macon,  i  la. 
Valley. 


and  will  pass  the  Summer  in   Ross 


Luncheon  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  followed  by  a 
"Peter  Pan"  matinee  party  to  several  little  ones, 
was  given  by  Mrs.  William  11.  Crocker  recently. 
The  youngsters  and  their  chaperons  were  the  fol- 
lowing :  Master  Russell  Wilson.  Miss  Josephine 
Grantj  Master  Robert  Coleman.  Miss  Emily  Tubbs. 
Master  George  Howard.  Miss  Constance  McLaren, 
Miss  Sophie  Beylard,  Miss  Helen  Crocker.  Master 
Mountford  Wilson.  Miss  C.  Coleman,  Master 
Henry  Howard,  Mrs.  Robert  Coleman,  Mrs.  Tubbs, 
Mrs.  Redington.  Mrs.  Polk.  Miss  Frances  Howard, 
Mrs.  McLaren,  Mrs.  Beylard,  Miss  Sieberman  and 
Mrs.  Crocker. 

*         *         * 

Mrs.  R.  C.  Foute  and  Miss  Foute  will  soon  return 
from  a  lengthy  visit  in  the  East,  and  spend  the 
Summer  in  California.  Mrs.  Foute  is  the  widow  of 
the  late  Rev.  R.  C.  Foute,  long  the  popular  min- 
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-THE  WASP- 


THE  ENERGETIC  MISS  MAY  SUTTON  IN  ACTION 

The  Fun  Mill  at  Sausalito  is  far  different  from  the 
place  it  was  in  the  days  when  you  and  I  were 
young  Gwendolynne,  and  you  spelled  your  name 
M-a-g-g-i-e.  Then  one  did  the  bucolic  on  the  front 
stoop  of  a  shade  tree  with  a  menu  of  green  apples. 
Maggie  (that  is,  Gwendolynne)  could  preen  up  for 
the  occasion  by  sticking  a  rose  in  her  life-buoy 
coiffure,  and,  if  desiring  to  heap  on  style,  could  do 
so  with  two  yards  of  ribbon.  Killing  time  was  a 
game  then ;  now  it  is  a  science :  if  war  can  be 
called  a  science.  Sausalito  Society  is  now  worked 
with  a  dynamo,  while  the  extra  paraphernalia  is 
enough  to  make  the  genii  of  Aladdin's  Lamp  go  on  a 
strike. 

That  land-mark,  El  Monte  Hotel,  was  an  easy 
mark  for  the  destroyer,  and  the  heartless  real  estate 
agent  subdivided  the  poison  oak  patches  with  utter 
disregard  to  romance.  The  cottage  crop  was  plen- 
tiful ;  but  even  those  who  owned  a  bungalow  about 
the  size  of  a  tonneau,  fitted  it  up  like  the  art- 
studio  of  an  heiress  returned  from  the  Orient.  "The 
Hutch,"  where  Claude  Terry  Hamilton  and  that 
autocratic  hob-nobber,  Ed  Sheldon  warmed  the 
palates  and  incarnadined  the  noses  of  the  Bohemian 
Club,  is  now  under  the  daisies ;  and  Sheldon  too. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Greer  are  now  sole  agents  for 
swelldom  on  the  spot.  "The  Hacienda,"  once  the 
open  door  in  bachelordom,  is  occupied  bv  the 
Beattys,  who  have  somewhat  oxidized  the  silvery 
gleams  of  gaiety  within.  C.  J.  Foster,  Charles  Rollo 
Peters,  Joe  Redding,  Frank  Carolan  and  Alexander 
Hamilton  were  the  forest  princes,  and  their  para- 
phrase of  "Howdy  do"  was  the  word  cocktail , 

The  "Hill  Set"  made  a  jolly  Pantheon,  where  the 
spare  moments  of  divinity  were  exercised  in  laugh- 


ing at  the  "Water  Fronters"  below.  The  English 
Colony  topped  the  hills  as  early  as  twenty-five  years 
ago.  William  Lane  Booker,  British  Consul ;  the 
late  Charles  Mason,  Vice-Consul,  and  his  wife ; 
Lawyer  Cormac  and  his  widowed  sister,  Mrs. 
Groome ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Theobald,  Sr.,  both 
now  in  the  requiems;  the  junior  Theobalds,  the 
Tillinghasts ;  the  bachelors  Black,  Russell,  Beasley, 
Wood,  Okell,  Woolley,  were  good  British  that 
hung  on  to  their  h's  disappointingly  and  were  imi- 
tated from  their  pipes  to  finger-tips,  at  which  latter 
place  they  had  everything  worth  having.  "Red 
Gables"  was  denizened  by  six  longed-for  masculine 
eligibles,  most  of  whom  lost  their  eligibility  in  the 
right  way. 

Gazing  back  to  the  simple  past  is  a  fever  from 
which  even  Societv  is  not  immune.  In  the  magic 
of  "Those  were  happy  days,"  lies  many  a  dreaming 
soul.  Pleasure  is  now  become  a  sort  of  endurance 
contest.  The  fun-makers  have  come  to  deploring 
the  hot-heir  hostesses,  debutantes  with  stage-fright, 
men  of  Smithsonian  dignity — glacial  shoulder  and 
Medusa  stare.  Sacred  Monkey !  And  sumptuous 
tarradiddle !  say  many  of  the  yearners.  Swelldom 
certainly  has  its  hard-luck  story.  But  then,  are  not 
decollete  and  high  heels  consolation  for  all  that  has 
gone  from  the  view  and  a  warranty  of  other  good 
things  still  with  us?  In  place  of  the  free-for-all 
comfort  (which,  peradventure,  was  more  free  than 
free  for  all,  after  all)  Sausalito's  all-star  cast  is  now 
divided  into  the  infallibles  and  the  inevitables.  The 
first  are  necessary;  the  latter,  tolerable.  In  spite 
of  that,  a  juicy  tale  or  a  dry  Martini  will  probably 
find  as  much  appreciation  as  it  ever  did,  even  though 
the  men  no  longer  laugh  in  corduroy  or  the  women 
giggle  in  ticking. 


Let  them  know! 


Your  friend  can  reserve  a  room  at  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

when  he  leaves  home,  and  find  it  ready 
for  him  when  he  arrives.  Tell  him  so. 
Every  comfort  at  hand. 


-THE  WASP 


Habenicht  Photo 


MISS  MARIE  C.  HURLBUT 


There  are  some  valiant  entertainers  yet  on  the 
Heights  and  the  slopes.  Such  families  as  the 
Sperrys,  the  H.  C.  Campbells,  H.  Clay  Millers,  Kil- 
gariffs,  Starr  Keelers,  Watkinses,  Williars,  and 
Findleys  can  shed  as  fine  a  light  on  hospitality,  even 
though  through  the  medium  of  a  bronze  electrolier. 
And  it  is  rumored  that  William  Randolph  Hearst 
is  planning  the  erection  of  a  huge  hotel  or  apart- 
ment house  on  the  site  of  his  present  home  over 
there.  Whatever  Hearst  does  is  interesting,  though 
frequently  ill-advised  and  unsuccessful.  His  ideas 
are  not  usually  received  as  rosy-fingered  Auroras 
rising  to  an  ideal  sky.  But  this  one  is  still  unproven 
for  Sausalito's  future.  And,  as  to  the  past,  no  need 
for  the  Ravings  of  John  McCullough. 
*         *         * 

A  great  many  San  Rafael  people  have  betaken 
themselves  to  the  mountains  and  valleys  of  the  in- 
terior of  the  State,  but  the  fashionable  suburb  has 
received  numerous  accessions  from  San  Francisco. 
Many  of  our  prominent  people  have  taken  houses 
in  San  Rafael  for  the  summer. 

Mrs.  Lawrence  Pool  has  taken  rooms  in  one  of 
the  cottages.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Biglow  are  already 
settled  there.  Mrs.  Termone  Lincoln  and  Miss 
Ethel  have  also  opened  their  home  there.    Mrs.  Ben- 


son and  her  little  son  will  start  for  St.  Helena  soon. 
Mrs.  Norwood  and  Miss  Evelyn  Norwood  will  also 
entertain  many  week  end  parties  at  their  attractive 
cottage  at  White  Sulphur. 

•  *         * 

.M  i>^  Lillie  Lawlor,  who  gravitates  between  New 
York  and  Paris  has  learned  to  make  her  way  in 
those  cities  in  a  most  astonishing  fashion,  for  now 
1  hear  she  has  an  automobile  of  her  own,  and  is 
Hashing  up  and  down  the  boulevards  like  a  rich 
American  lady  of  fashion.  When  her  father  died 
he  left  her  about  ten  thousand  dollars.  She  had  a 
pretty  voice  and  winning  manners,  and  became  the 
protegee  of  first  one  fashionable  woman  and  then 
another,  her  chief  protectress  being  Mrs.  Gus 
Spreckels,  whose  apartments  are  across  the  street 
from  Miss  Lawlor's  in  Paris.  The  young  Cali- 
fornian's  path  was  not  altogether  a  pleasant  one,  for 
when  she  went  to  sing  for  some  rich  but  stingy 
woman  at  Newport,  they  declined  to  pay  her  for 
her  services,  on  the  pretext  that  they  were  really 
trying  to  help  her  along  in  the  world  by  making 
her  the  fad.  Mrs.  Whitelaw  Reid,  however,  treated 
her  very  differently,  and  paid  her  quite  liberally. 

In  the  matter  of  pupils,  too,  Miss  Lawlor  en- 
countered difficulties,  for  some  of  the  rich  girls  who 
came  to  learn  singing  stayed  all  day  and  wanted  to 
convert  their  music  lessons  into  society  teas,  so 
that  the  expenses  were  greater  than  the  teacher's 
profit-.  Seeing  that  there  was  not  much  to  be  made 
out  of  her  voice,  Miss  Lawlor  developed  her  business 
talent,  which  appears  to  be  quite  considerable.  She 
has  gone  into  the  business  of  leasing  and  sub-letting 


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-THE  WASP 


The  Yosemite  Valley  has  become  a  week-end  resort, 
by  reason  of  the  completion  of  the  Yosemite  Valley 
Railroad.  I  spent  several  days  in  the  incomparable 
Valley  last  week,  after  completing  my  journalistic 
work  for  the  week,  and  got  back  to  the  City  on  Sunday 
evening  for  dinner.  The  trip  could  not  be  called  a 
flying  one,  by  any  means.  On  the  contrary,  it  was  a 
leisurely  one.  I  took  the  8  :20  a.  m.  Southern  Pacific 
train  and  reached  Merced  about  3  o'clock.  A  short 
ride  of  a  few  blocks  in  a  bus  brought  me  to  the  station 
of  the  Yosemite  Valley  Railroad,  where  a  train  was  in 
waiting  for  the  passengers  from  San  Francisco.  In  a 
few  minutes  we  were  flying  across  the  well  cultivated 
plain  beyond  the  Merced  River  and  headed  for  the 
Yosemite  Valley.  The  run  on  the  plains  is  short.  Very 
soon  we  were  in  the  gorge  through  which  the  Merced 
River  comes  tumbling  and  brawling  from  the  snow- 
capped mountains.  A  more  picturesque  ride  is  not  to 
be  had  in  the  world.  The  trip  to  Santa  Cruz  over  the 
narrow  gauge  road  gives  a  faint  idea  of  the  beauty  of 
the  scenic  route  traversed  by  the  Yosemite  Valley  Rail- 
road trains.  The  latter,  however,  affords  a  continuous 
feast  for  the  eye  during  the  three  and  a  half  hours  it 
takes  to  make  the  run  from  Merced  to  El  Portal,  the 
gate  of  the  Yosemite  Valley.  The  name  is  most  ap- 
propriate. 

The  train  follows  every  curve  of  the  beautiful  river 
and  reveals  vista  after  vista  of  mountain  scenery  that 
keeps  the  passengers  entranced.  Then  as  the  sunset 
shadows  deepen  the  purple  of  the  towering  mountains 
covered  with  forests  the  journey  for  the  day  ends  at 
the  canvas  hotel  of  El  Portal.  There  has  not  yet  been 
time  to  erect  the  hotel  which  is  to  become  one  of  the 
permanent  attractions  of  that  beautiful  spot.  The 
mountain  gorge  widens  at  El  Portal  and  affords  ample 
room  for  the  hundred  or  so  of  comfortable  tents,  and 
the  large  canvas  pavilion  which  serves  as  a  dining 
room.  The  spot  is  so  beautiful  in  the  summer  evening 
haze  that  the  traveler  feels  that  he  has  been  well  repaid 
for  his  journey,  even  if  he  saw  nothing  of  the  wonders 
of  Yosemite.  Here  the  City  tourist,  tired  of  the  dust 
and  turmoil  of  the  metropolis,  could  gladly  camp  for  a 
week  and  enjoy  every  moment  of  it,  while  the  white 
riyer  below  at  the  bottom  of  the  ravine  cooled  the  sum- 
mer air  and  rushed  on  tumbling  over  endless  cataracts 
in  its  mad  haste  to  reach  the  ocean. 

But  the  tourist  must  be  up  and  stirring  with  the 
early  birds  for  the  last  and  most  delightful  stage  of  the 
journey  has  to  be  made  next  morning.  After  a  dinner 
worthy  of  the  old  Palace  Grill  I  turned  in  to  my  tent 
with  its  boarded  and  carpeted  floor  and  was  soon  so 
soundly  asleep  in  a  bed  that  was  the  acme  of  comfort, 
that  the  porter's  loud  rap  on  the  doorstep  woke  me  out 
of  what  I  thought  was  an  hour's  nap.  The  sun  was 
already  climbing  over  the  eastern  hills,  however,  and 
the  air  was  full  of  the  song  and  twitter  of  birds  and 


NOTICE  OF  REMOVAL 

The  only  original  Vienna  Model  Bakery  and  Cafe 
has  moved  from  Geary  Street  and  Grant  Avenue  to  its 
permanent  location  at  130  Geary  Street,  between  Grant 
Avenue  and  Stockton  Street.  Breakfast,  lunch  and 
dinner  is  served  a  la  carte,  and  there  is  a  regular  din- 
ner between  5  and  8  o'clock  at  $1.00. 

This  select  and  well-known  restaurant  was  estab- 
lished in  1876.    No  branch  stores. 


the  perfume  of  the  wild  azalea  and  the  balmy  pines.' 
After  an  enjoyable  breakfast  in  the  canvas  pavilion 
there  came  the  always  interesting  scene  of  the  starting 
of  the  stage  coaches  for  the  Yosemite  Valley.  One  by 
one  they  filled  up  with  their  passengers  and  rattled  off 
amidst  the  cracking  of  whips,  waving  of  handkerchiefs 
and  the  chorus  of  good-bys  from  the  outward-bound 
tourists  who  were  waiting  for  the  train  to  go  back  to- 
wards Merced.  In  all,  five  stages  rolled  up  the  left 
bank  of  the  river,  heading  for  the  Yosemite,  and  a 
lighter-hearted  crowd  than  those  Yosemite  tourists,  on 
a  fine  June  morning,  with  the  pines  rustling  above  their 
heads  and  the  river  roaring  below  them,  would  indeed 
be  hard  to  find.  Very  morose  must  be  the  man  whose 
mind  at  such  a  moment  would  remain  filled  with  dis- 
turbing thoughts  of  business  or  any  other  troubles. 
The  City  with  its  cares,  seems  as  far  away  as  if  planted 
on  the  planet  Mars. 

Nobody  has  ever  written  a  decent  description  of  the 
Yosemite,  no  more  than  has  any  artist  ever  painted  a 
correct  picture  of  it,  so  I  shall  not  attempt  the  task  im- 
possible. 

From  El  Portal  to  the  actual  boundary  of  the 
Yosemite  Valley  is  but  a  mile.     Then  for  twelve  miles 


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more  you  ride  along  the  bank  of  the  mad  Merced 
amidst  scenery  unsurpassed  in  grandeur,  only  by  the 
titanic  majesty  of  the  walls  of  granite  that  compose 
El  C'apitan.  Cathedral  Rocks,  the  Three  Brothers,  the 
South  Dome.  A  score  of  nameless  but  beautiful  water- 
falls greet  the  eye  before  it  i^  -.pell-bound  by  the  sight 
of  cataracts  over  which  the  foam-beaten  waters  come 
tumbling  down  thousand-  of  feet  and  form  the  famed 
Nevada  Falls,  the  I'.ridal  Veil,  Yosemite  Falls,  Vernal 

Falls,  etc. 

*  *        * 

The  living  trip  to  the  Yosemite  Valley,  which 
was  made  quite  recently  by  M.  Fisher,  the  noted 
San  Francisco  builder,  illustrates  the  present  pos- 
sibilities of  rapid  travel  to  and  from  the  Yosemite. 
Mr.  Fisher's  visit  was  for  business  purposes,  as  he 
has  the  contract  to  erect  a  fine  200-room  hotel  at 
El  Portal,  lie  left  this  Cit)  in  the  afternoon  and 
slept  at  Merced.  Xext  morning  at  7  a.  m.  he  left 
Merced  for  El  Portal  on  a  Sheffield  twelve-horse- 
power gasoline  motor  car,  with  (  >.  W.  Lemmer,  the 
popular  and  capable  manager  of  the  Yosemite 
Valley  Railroad,  H.  P.  Anew  alt,  assistant  general 
freight  agent  of  the  Santa  Fe.  W.  J.  Shattuck,  dis- 
trict freight  agent  of  the  same  road.  J.  Reimers, 
landscape  gardener  of  the  Santa  Fe,  and  D.  Cole- 
man, the  San  Francisco  architect.  At  10:45  the 
party  arrived  at  El  Portal  and  lunched  on  mountain 
trout  and  other  delicacies  with  which  mine  host, 
Sells,  keeps  his  larder  stocked  for  hungry  wayfarers. 

After  lunch  the  party  took  a  stage  from  El  Portal 
to  the  Yosemite  Valley  and  dined  at  the  Sentinel 
Hotel.  Xext  morning  the  party  returned  to  Merced 
in  time  for  lunch,  and  Mr.  Fisher  dined  with  his 
family  the  same  evening  in  San  Francisco. 

The  stages  from  El  Portal  run  under  the  super- 
vision of  D.  K.  Stoddard,  who  is  well  and  most 
favorably  known  to  most  people  who  have  visited 
the  famous  Valley  by  the  old  stage  route,  via  Ray- 
mond. The  El  Portal  stages  are  fine,  comfortable 
vehicles  and  driven  by  noted  knights  of  the  whip. 
Old  Al  Sleeper,  who  has  tooted  a  stage  to  and  from 
the  Yosemite  for  twenty-five  years  heads  the  pro- 
cession every  day,  and  is  a  favorite  subject  for  the 
snapshot  camera  enthusiasts  with  whom  the  Valley 
abounds.  This  picturesque  old  stage-driver  has 
probably  been  photographed  oftener  than  any  man 
in  America,  and  by  people  of  more  nationalities,  as 
great  numbers  of  foreigners  visit  the  Yosemite 
Valley  each  year,  and  justly  regard  it  as  one  of 
the  great  wonders  of  the  world. 
*       *       * 

When  Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges  left  California, 
it  was  her  intention  to  spend  a  couple  of  months 
abroad  this  Summer.  Recent  letters  from  this  at- 
tractive matron,  however,  informs  her  friends  here 
that  she  has  entirely  given  up  the  European  idea 
and  will  pass  the  entire  Summer  at  her  cottage. 
Point  Breeze,  with  her  husband  and  children. 

*  *         * 

This  week's  Wasp  contains  a  picture  of  Miss 
Marie  Hurlburt,  daughter  of  the  wealthy  lumber 
man  of  Portland.  Oregon.  Miss  Hurlburt 's  engage- 
ment was  recently  announced  to  Leon  Kuttner  of 
Fresno. 


None  of  Mrs.  Alice  Elliott's  friends  were  sur- 
prised to  hear  of  her  marriage,  which  followed  fast 
upon  the  heel-  of  her  divorce.  L).  Lyle  Chirardelli 
and  this  interesting  lady  have  been  engaged  for  a 
long  time,  and  were  only  awaiting  her  final  decree 
of  divorce  to  enter  upon  the  matrimonial  sea.  Mrs. 
Ghirardelli  is  the  granddaughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
J.  D.  Siebe  of  this  City. 

*         *         * 

Invitations  have  been  issued  by  Mr.  John  Shee- 
han  for  the  wedding  of  bis  daughter.  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Estelle.  tii  Mr.  ISernardo  Y.  Shorb,  on  Tues- 
day evening.  July  second,  at  eight  o'clock.  Saint 
Mary's  Cathedral.  After  the  ceremony,  a  reception 
will  take  place  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  to  which  a 
limited  number  of  guests  have  been  bidden. 

Mr.  Shorb  is  the  younger  brother  of  Miss  Inez 
Shorb  White  and  son  of  the  late  De  Barth  Shorb, 
who  was  one  of  the  best-known  residents  of  South- 
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It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  yellow  editors  will  have 
a  glorious  time  over  Brigadier-General  Funston's 
use  of  his  phrase,  "the  unwhipped  mob."  More 
than  one  barrel  of  whisky  will  be  required  to  in- 
spire the  editorials  that  will  go  keen  and  quivering 
Funstonward,  unless  in  the  meantime  some  other 
disaster  should  precipitate  the  City  into  requiring 
his  services  again. 

Yet,  what  is  there  so  stingish  about  the  term 
"unwhipped?"  True,  "unwhippable"  would  be  a 
higher  compliment.  But  do  not  the  "unbeaten 
Jeffries"  and  the  "undefeated  Roosevelt"  receive 
such  epithets  as  encomiums,  and  why  should  not 
the  mob  take  its  "unwhipped"  as  encomiastically? 
Perhaps,  though,  it  sees  in  the  word  a  subtle  yearn- 
ing of  the  General  to  have  been  given  the  oppor- 
tunity of  reversing  it.  Officially,  San  Francisco  is 
grateful  to  this  soldier  for  the  part  he  played,  or 
rather  worked,  on  the  18th  of  April,  et  seq.,  1906.  But 
there  is  no  doubt  that  in  this  City,  as  in  others, 
there  exists,  a  mob  who  had  nothing  to  save — 
who  were  merely  to  be  saved  from,  and  therefore 
have  no  personal  cause  for  gratitude  thereat. 
Another  thing  the  mob  (which  when  about  to  be 
whipped  always  turns  the  most  whippable  part  of 
itself  toward  the  pursuers)  never  resents,  but  is 
proud  of  the  appellation  "mob."  It  is  quite  content, 
morally,  immorally,  politically  and  bad-whiskilly, 
to  remain  mob.  It  is  only  the  mobocrats  and  the 
mob  journalists  that,  trying  to  persuade  the  work- 
ing classes  to  consider  themselves  part  of  the  out- 


classed, cause  a  few  honest  but  foolish  cheeks    to 
blush  with  fancied  insult. 

One  hardly  supposes  that  Funston's  boys  in  leg- 
gings would  get  gollynoggles  of  the  knees  on  being 
met  with  a  few  jeers  at  every  beer  sign  along  the 
line  of  march.  Their  trade  calls  for  tougher  work 
than  that ;  and  no  one  knows  how  soon  they  may 
have  to  go  to  it.  But  should  those  jeers  be  likely, 
it  was  the  commander's  policy,  in  the  interests  of 
tranquility  at  the  present  time,  to  do  nothing  that 
would  augment  the  present  municipal  mess.  And 
a  Fourth  of  July  Committee  with  a  finer  nostril 
for  the  sublime  than  a  nose  for  news  would  have 
passed  the  general's  letter  into  unwritten  history. 
*         *         * 

Sam  Chamberlain,  who  has  for  so  many  years 
been  a  newspaper  editor,  has  at  last  stepped  out 
of  the  journalistic  sanctum  to  become  a  magazine 
editor  and  has  taken  Bailey  Millard's  place  on  the 
Cosmopolitan.  Mr.  Chamberlain  is  the  son  of  one 
of  the  old-time  New  York  editors  and  began  life 
as  James  Gordon  Bennett's  secretary.  Later  he 
was  the  editor  of  the  Paris  Herald  in  the  days  when 
young  Bennett  was  making  Europe  ring  with  his 
escapades.  When  Bennett  had  dined  too  well  he 
was  seized  with  a  desire  to  wire  editorials  to  the 
New  York  Herald,  and  these  Chamberlain  always 
used  to  kill  before  they  left  Paris.  Once  Bennett 
while  at  dinner,  it  is  said,  conceived  the  idea  of 
writing  an  editorial  on  the  Pope  and  dashed  off  a 
superheated  screed  on  His  Holiness  which  was 
headed,  "To  Hell  With  the  Pope."  The  effect  of 
such  an  editorial  appearing  in  a  daily  newspaper 
in  New  York  where  the  Catholic  influence  is  ex- 
tremely powerful  can  be  easily  imagined. 

To  make  sure  that  the  impolite  article  should 
get  into  print  the  bibulous  author  took  it  to  the 
telegraph  office  and  filed  it  himself.  He  had  a  dark 
suspicion  that  Chamberlain  might  thwart  him  and 
was  correct.  The  watchful  secretary  followed  his 
employer,  and  when  the  fatter  had  gone  home  to 
sleep,  canceled  the  telegram  and  the  New  York 
Herald  next  morning  occasioned  no  unusual  sen- 
sation when  New  York  read  it. 

When  Bennett  arose,  however,  he  had  a  dim  and 
unpleasant  recollection  of  having  done  something 
the  night  before  that  he  wouldn't  care  to  be  charged 
with  in  his  cooler  moments. 

"Sam,"  said  he  to  his  secretary,  "I  have  a  recol- 
lection that  I  wrote  an  editorial  or  something  last 
night." 

"You  did,"  said  Sam. 

"Was  it  something  against  the  Pope?" 

"I  should  sav  it  was.  You  consigned  him  to 
Hades." 

"And  I  took  it  to  the  office  myself,  didn't  I?" 

"You  did." 

"I  guess  it's  all  in  the  Herald  this  morning," 
said  the  millionaire  proprietor,  gloomily. 

"No  it  isn't,"  said  the  secretary.    "I  had  it  killed." 

Sam  got  his  reward  in  the  shape  of  a  three- 
months'  vacation  with  an  unlimited  letter  of  credit 
for  expenses. 

Sam  Chamberlain  was  one  of  the  most  popular 
editors   that   ever   came   out   here,    and    every   one 


-THE  WASP 


17 


Bunnell  Pholo  OTIS  SKINNER 

on  the  Examiner  from  the  office  boys  up  adored 
and  imitated  him  from  the  way  he  held  his  head  to 
the  pipe  he  smoked.  He  was  always  the  glass 
of  fashion  and  some  one  asked  Mr.  Hearst  once 
why  he  didn't  dress  as  well  as  his  managing  editor. 

"I  would,  but  I  can't  afford  it,"  said  the  yellow 
millionaire. 

Mr.    Chamberlain's    daughter    is    Mrs.    McEntee, 

who   was   a   great   friend  of  the   Merry  girls,   Mrs. 

Sam  Boardman  and  the  girls  of  that  set.    The  Mc- 

Entee's  are  stationed  at  Mare  Island. 
*         *         * 

A  correspondent  in  Washington  wrote  to  his 
paper  recently  a  long  description  of  the  lot  pur- 
chased there  by  E.  A.  Hayes,  the  Congressman 
from  the  Fifth  California  District,  and  his  plans 
to  erect  a  $65,000  mansion  on  it.  It  caused  some 
amusement  here  where  the  political  signs  indicate 
that  Congressman  Hayes  is  serving  his  last  term. 
Building  a  residence  in  Washington  would  lead 
one  to  think  that  "Red"  Hayes  is  under  the  im- 
pression that  he  is  to  be  Congressman  for  life, 
whereas  the  powers  that  be,  have  already  arranged 
to  displace  him  at  the  next  election,  Arthur  Fisk, 
Postmaster  at  San  Francisco,  having  been  chosen 
as  the  man  to  succeed  him.  Hayes  tried  to  curry 
favor  with  the  labor  unions  by  declaring  that  the 
Japanese  must  be  excluded,  but  he  incurred  the 
enmity  of  the  prune  growers  of  his  district  who 
are  forced  to  depend  upon  the  Japs  to  harvest  their 


crops.  He  is  between  the  devil  and  the  deep  sea. 
The  lire  in  San  Francisco  caused  the  Fifth  Con- 
gressional  District  to  acquire  the  "south  of  Market 
Street"  population  that  formerly  belonged  to  the 
Fourth  District.  The  Fifth  District  has  become  a 
union  stronghold  and  in  favor  of  the  expulsion  of 
all  labor  that  has  not  the  Gompers  tag  on  it.  The 
prune  raisers  can  be  relied  on  to  vote  dead  against 
the  unions  every  time  and  in  most  country  dis- 
tricts, the  candidates  for  Congress  can  straddle  the 
fence  gracefully  or  jump  over  it  to  the  side  they 
see  is  strongest  in  votes.  The  strong  side  is  usually 
the  farmers'  side,  for  there  are  ten  millions  of  peo- 
ple engaged  in  agriculture  in  the  United  States  as 
against  the  million  and  a  half  in  the  labor  unions. 
But  the  Fifth  District  of  California  is  a  puzzler, 
for  it  has  the  unions  on  one  end  and  the  farmers 
on^  the  other.  If  Mr.  Fisk  can  please  both  ends 
and  the  middle  and  win  the  District  he  is  a  much 

better  politician  than  postmaster. 

*  *  * 

The  statement  of  his  attorneys  that  Schmitz  is 
suffering  from  an  incurable  disease  has  caused  a 
laugh.  They  were  discussing  it  the  other  day  at 
Heney's  office.  "I  see  Schmitz  says  he  has  an  in- 
curable disease,"  said  one  of  the  group  of  prose- 
cutors. "That's  right,"  said  another,  "he  has." 
"What  is  it?"  asked  the  first  speaker."  "Klepto- 
mania," replied  the  other. 

*  *         * 

"Do  you  think  women  will  ever  run  this  country?" 
"Say,  you're  single,  ain't  you?" 


Stanford  Pholo  LOLA  MAY 

One  of  the  Talented  Frawley  Company's  Beauties 


18 


-THE  WASP 


Automobile  News 

William  Letts  Oliver,  the  Oakland  banker,  with 
his  wife  and  family,  went  to  Del  Monte  in  his 
White  steamer  for  the  week  end.  Most  of  the  driv- 
ing was  done  by  his  son,  Leslie  Oliver,  who  is 
a  student  in  the  California  School  of  Mechanical 
Arts. 

Autocar  runabouts  have  been  delivered  to  Dr. 
J.  Stowe  Ballard,  Dr.  Bertram  Stone  and  C.  W. 
Gompertz. 

The  Winton  Motor  Carriage  Company  has  estab- 
lished its  own  branch  house  in  Seattle,  at  715  East 
Pine  Street,  where  extremely  commodious  quarters 
have  been  secured.  Winton  interests  in  the  north- 
west have  been  .growing  so  rapidly  as  to  demand 
closer  attention  than  could  be  given  otherwise  than 
through  a  branch  house.  George  W.  Miller,  for- 
merly manager  of  the  Boardway  Automobile  Com- 
pany of  Seattle,  is  in  charge.  The  Winton  Com- 
pany now  has  nine  branch  houses  in  this  country 
and  London. 

Mrs.  J.  Levy  has  -taken  her  Royal  Tourist  car 
to  San  Rafael  for  the  Summer  months. 

J.  Eugene  Freeman  does  considerable  touring 
about  Ross  Valley  in  his  45-horse-power  Pierce 
Arrow  car. 

Pope-Hartford  cars  have  been  sold  to  M.  H.  Orr 
of  Stockton  and  Mrs.  Wiley  B.  Allen  of  this  City. 

J.  D.  Hoff,  president  of  the  Pacific  Coal,  Clay 
and  Oil  Company,  travels  constantly  in  his  White 
steamer  between  Oakland  and  the  company's  prop- 
erties in  Monterey. 


DIVIDEND  NOTICES 


Several  well-known  San  Franciscans  were  at  Del 
Monte  last  week.  Miss  Phelan,  accompanied  by  Miss 
Sullivan  of  San  Mateo  and  Miss  Mullen  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, motored  down  in  Miss  Phelan's  40-horsepower 
Mercedes.  H.  W.  Postlethwaite  and  Mrs.  Postle- 
thwaite  also  toured  to  that  delightful  resort  in  an  auto- 
mobile. William  Greer  Harrison,  ex-President  of  the 
Olympic  Club,  came  over  from  Carmel-by-the-Sea  one 
clay  to  luncheon.  Brigadier-General  Frederick  Funs- 
ton,  accompanied  by  Captain  E.  C.  Long,  U.  S.  A., 
spent  two  or  three  days  at  Del  Monte  last  week,  being 
frequently  in  the  company  of  R.  M.  Loeser  and  Mrs. 
Loeser  and  their  party.  The  gallant  little  soldier  ap- 
pears to  find  the  job  of  generalizing  in  time  of  peace  a 
flattering  one,  for  he  has  grown  decidedly  stout.  Fre- 
mont Older  of  the  San  Francisco  Bulletin  and  Mrs. 
Older  paid  a  short  visit.  "Jimmie"  Hopper,  who  is 
now  a  resident  of  the  quasi-literary  and  semi-artistic 
colony  at  Carmel,  dropped  in  to  luncheon  one  day  with 
J.  I.  Bamford,  Associate  Librarian  of  the  Oakland 
Free  Library,  on  his  way  up  to  San  Francisco  for  a 
short  visit.  Another  visitor  was  Edward  Chambers, 
Assistant  Freight  Traffic  Manager  of  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railway,  whose  wife  and  daugh- 
ter will  spend  two  or  three  weeks  at  the  pleasant  resort. 


Stella — Can  she  keep  bodv  and  soul  together? 
Bella — More  than   that ;  she  can  keep  skirt  and 
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Willie  Hearst,  who  has  become  quite  a  mathema- 
tician through  counting  the  votes  for  Mayor  Mc- 
Clellan,  has  figured  out  that  1500  children  could 
have  been  clothed  with  the  $15,000  which  was  the 
cost  of  Mrs.  W.  K.  Vanderbilt's  vanity  box,  or 
that  10.000  bushels  of  unmashed  potatoes  could 
have  been  bought  for  the  money.  Hearst  fears 
that  some  thousands  of  his  future  readers  are  in 
danger  of  starving  to  death,  and  would  like  to  have 
Birdie  Fair  keep  them  alive  at  her  own  expense. 

Every  editorial  in  the  Examiner  and  the  Journal 
can  lie  figured  out  on  that  basis.  Years  ago, 
watchers  of  Arthur  Brisbane's  effusions  were  pe- 
riodically dumbfounded  at  the  wildcattiness  of  his 
philosophy,  until  they  found  the  key.  This  was  an 
isothermic  line  drawn  through  the  numerical  hot- 
beds of  readers  and  voters.  Once  there  appeared 
in  the  Willie  papers  a  fast  and  furious  approval 
of  the  benefits  of  the  tipping  system  in  restaurants. 
It  caused  some  scratching  of  foreheads  among  the 
pundits  of  I 'ark  Row  until  they  thought  of  the 
voting  capacity  of  waiters.  Not  long  ago,  our 
esteemed  contemporary,  the  Examiner,  had  a  queer 
editorial  ridiculing  culture  of  the  artistic  tempera- 
ment. But  that  was  a  raw-boned  one.  The  appre- 
hension that  anyone  acquiring  an  artistic  tempera- 
ment would  not  vote  for  Hearst  was  too  obvious. 
As  for  costly  bawbles  whose  price  might  have 
bought  food  for  the  poor,  how  about  the  vanity  box 
advertised  by  Hearst  for  the  reception  of  ballots 
in  the  last  mayoralty  election  in  New  York?  It 
certainly  cost  more  than  $15,000.  and  perhaps  would 
have  purchased  silver  cockroach-powder  squirt- 
guns  for  every  tenement  family  on  the  East  and 
West  Sides,  making  the  philanthropist  a  household 
word  from  basements  to  seventh  floors  and  a  terror 
in  the  mouths  of  insectdom. 


Causes  Smiles 

The  petition  filed  by  the  attorneys  for  Schmitz 
asking  his  release  on  bail  has  caused  a  broad  smile 
among  those  who  have  been  instrumental  in  break- 
ing up  the  ring  of  graft  that  surrounded  his  ad- 
ministration. Particularly  were  they  amused  by  the 
statement  that  his  presence  at  the  Mavor's  office 
was  demanded  by  the  necessity  of  repairing  the 
public  buildings  and  constructing  streets  and  sew- 
ers, when  it  is  well  known  that  not  a  day's  work 
lias  been  done  on  any  of  the  city  buildings  since 
the  fire  and  that  not  a  bit  of  permanent  street 
work  has  been  done.  So  Schmitz's  sudden  call 
to  do  something  for  the  good  of  the  people  who 
foolishlv  elected  him   is   ironical   to   say  the  least. 


Conviction  and  imprisonment  seem  to  have 
awakened  him  to  a  realization  that  his  office  de- 
manded something  more  than  graft.  It  is  a  pity- 
he  didn't  think  that  way  sooner.  He  might  have 
kept  out  of  jail,  though  judging  by  his  natural 
crookedness,  if  he  didn't  get  in  for  one  reason  he 
would  for  some  other.  It  is  now  doubly  unpleasant 
to  him  to  be  a  convicted  felon,  for  he  has  stacks 
of  dishonestly  gotten  lucre  that  would  make  life 
pleasant  to  him  outside  prison  bars  and  free  from 
the  dread  of  a  trip  to  San  Quentin. 


Remarkable   News 

There  was  a  remarkable  piece  of  news  in  the 
leading  dailies  of  San  Francisco  on  Monday,  June 
24,  Anno  Domini  1907.  Attention  was  drawn  to  it 
not  only  by  its  "head,"  but  in  the  dingbat.  At  the 
last  census  it  was  estimated  that  there  were  in  this 
City  five  adults  and  eleven  children  who  did  not 
know  what  a  dingbat  is.  So  for  their  benefit  we 
explain  it  as  the  running  head  across  the  top  of 
a  page .  noting  usually  the  four  most  important 
items  anywhere  in  the  seven  columns  below.  The 
referred-to  piece  of  news  was  that  when  the  news- 
papers went  to  press  early  Monday  morn,  they 
were  possessed  of  the  all  important  information 
that  "Jimmy  Britt  Announces  His  Weight  136^4 
Pounds." 

Observe  that  the  pronoun  "His"  begins  with  a 
capital  letter,  a  distinction  hitherto  accorded  only 
to  the  Deity,  and  the  beginning  of  a  sentence  or  a 
line  of  poetry.  The  weight's  exactitude  to  a  quarter 
of  a  pound  might  appear  superficial  to  a  casual 
observer.  But  when  it  is  known  that  Britt  is 
shortly  to  engage  in  an  exchange  of  blows  with 
Mr.  Battling  Nelson,  both  to  weigh  133  pounds 
on  said  occasion,  the  importance  of  the  4  ounces 
is  apparent.  He  asserts  that  ridding  himself  of 
the  3J4  pounds  of  Jimmy  Britt  will  be  an  easy 
task.  We  hope  so.  California  can  well  afford  to 
lose  3J4  pounds  of  this  young  man,  without  suffer- 
ing a  material  shock.  And  if  he  thinks  he  could 
take  off  another  quarter  of  a  pound  or  so  without 
impairing  his  pneumogastric  nerve  we  should  urge 
him  to  do  so,  purely  in  the  interests  of  sport  and 
without  ulterior  motive. 

We  don't  like  to  knock  our  esteemed  contempo- 
raries yet  it  does  not  seem  reasonable  that  momen- 
tous news  like  this  should  be  relegated  to  the 
interior  of  the  paper,  while  such  frivolous  topics  as 
Mayor  Schmitz's  fracas  with  Gallagher.  Phelan's 
bickering  with  Eastern  capital,  Prof.  Felix  Adler's 
lecture,  and  three  columns  of  telegraph  news  take 
up  the  front  page. 


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What  Joke  Killed  Him? 

The  newspapers  record  the  sudden  death  in  Ari- 
zona of  an  ex-motorman  of  the  United  Railroads 
who  left  the  City  two  weeks  ago.  He  was  "joking 
with  friends"  when  he  dropped  to  the  floor  and  ex- 
pired. The  joke  which  killed  the  unfortunate  man 
must  have  been  particularly  atrocious.  Perhaps  they 
told  him  that  Cornelius  would  yet  win  the  strike,  or 
that  ex-Mayor  Schmitz  would  be  freed  by  an  insane 
Appellate  Court.  It  would  be  a  very  insane  one  that 
would  do  it.  I  should  hate  to  be  the  Judge  that 
would  help  that  infamous  crook  to  get  back  into  a 
position  where  he  might  prolong  the  disgrace  of  San 
Francisco  and  the  disruption  of  her  prosperity. 


The  Czar's  Desperate  Expedient 
In  dissolving  the  Douma,  and  strengthening  the 
arm  of  his  despotic  power  the  Czar  is  adopting  the 
desperate  tactics  most  likely  to  save  his  crown.  How 
long  he  can  keep  that  insignia  of  hereditary  authority 
is  however  doubtful.  The  Wasp  pointed  out  long 
ago  that  the  conditions  in  Russia  were  similar  to  those 
that  existed  in  France  before  the  Revolution  that  cost 
the  king  and  queen  their  heads.  Louis  XVI  and 
Marie  Antoinette  were  better  people  than  many  of 
their  predecessors  on  the  throne  of  France,  who  had 
died  in  their  beds  and  been  buried  in  royal  state.  The 
misfortune  of  Louis  XVI  and  his  wife  were  that  they 
came  upon  the  stage  when  the  scenery  was  being 
shifted.  They  were  out  of  place.  New  conditions 
confronted  them  and  called  for  a  man  with  the 
genius  of  a  Napoleon.  Poor,  half-baked  vacillating 
Louis,  devoid  of  foresight  and  resourcefulness,  could 
only  let  things  drift,  and  the  rising  tide  of  popular 
disaffection  finally   swept  him  and  the  monarchy  to 

destruction.  

Who  Hesitates  Is  Lost 
In  Russia  today  as  in  France  under  Louis  XVI  the 
forces  of  political  evolution  have  undermined  the  old 
order  wherein  the  nobility  and  the  church  dominated 
the  government  and  the  common  people  were  slaves, 
without  a  voice  in  the  expenditure  of  the  heavy  taxes, 
that  were  wrung  from  them.  The  ill-fated  French 
king  might  perhaps  have  delayed  the  revolution  by 
clinging  desperately  to  the  principles  of  his  ancestors 
and  holding  down  the  common  people  by  force-  He 
vacillated,  however,  as  did  the  present  Czar  of  Rus- 
sia at  the  outset  of  the  Russian  revolution.  Louis 
was  by  turns  a  liberal,  in  favor  of  concessions  to  the 
people,  and  an  autocrat  desirous  of  crushing  all  popular 
aspirations  for  political  liberty.  In  the  end  he  was 
not  successful  in  any  of  his  tactics,  and  the  triumphant 
mob  took  him  out  and  cut  off  his  head  and  that  of 
his  luckless  consort. 


Clamoring  Revolutionists 

The  advisers  of  Nicholas  perceive  that  there  is  in 
store  for  him  the  fate  which  befell  Louis  XVI  un- 
less he  can  stamp  out  organized  revolution.  Armed 
force  is  his  only  hope  of  saving  his  crown,  if  not  his 
life. 

In  the  French  Revolution  no  sooner  did  Louis 
grant  one  concession  then  the  populace  clamored  for 
another  more  radical.  The  rival  factions  of  revo- 
lutionists that  fought  amongst  themselves  found  that 


their  greatest  strength  lay  in  trying  to  degrade  the 
kingly  power.  Finally  they  cast  aside  all  moderation 
and  held  out  to  the  bloodthirsty  populace  the  hope 
that  they  could  convict  the  king  of  treason  and  thus 
murder  him  legally  to  make  a  Parisian  holiday,  and 

they  did  it.  

Nicholas  the  Counterpart  of  Louis 

Emperor  Nicholas,  like  Louis  XVI,  is  one  of  the 
wickedest  of  his.  royal  race.  He  is  regarded  as  the 
least  capable  of  living  European  sovereigns,  not  one 
of  whom  is  distinguished  by  conspicuous  genius. 
Nothing  is  more  certain  than  the  dethronement  if 
not  the  execution  of  Nicholas,  if  he  should  permit 
his  autocratic  powers  to  be  destroyed  and  the  gov- 
ernment of  Russia  transferred  to  a  constitutional 
parliament.  The  nation  is  not  fit  for  self-rule.  It 
has  been  held  in  subjection  by  the  sword  and  knout 
for  ages,  and  bloody  revolution  and  not  peaceful  evo- 
lution will  be  the  result  of  any  sudden  and  radical 
changes  in  the  direction  of  popular  freedom. 

As  soon  as  the  autocratic  power  of  the  Emperor 
is  destroyed,  the  fratricidal  strife  of  the  revolutionists 
is  sure  to  become  fierce  and  sanguinary.  In  these 
convulsions,  the  last  vestige  of  imperial  authority 
would  be  taken  away  and  the  deposed  ruler  got  rid 
of — most  probably  by  violent  death. 


Twenty  Years  of  Education  Needed 
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cation and  judicious  political  agitation  to  fit  Russia 
for  peaceful  evolution,  from  a  despotism  to  a  con- 
stitutional government  by  the  people.  Such  a  change 
in  twenty  months  would  only  be  the  prelude  to  a 
Reign  of  Terror,  similar  to  that  which  deluged  France 
with  blood. 

The  advisers  of  Nicholas  are  therefore  wise  in  their 
generation,  in  holding  fast  to  the  despotic  power  and 


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trying  to  save  their  master's  crown  by  military  re- 
pression. Whether  they  can  succeed  will  soon  be 
seen-  The  new  members  to  the  Douma  will  be  chosen 
in  November  and  that  election  will  go  far  toward 
showing  whether  Nicholas  is  the  master  of  his  own 
empire. 


Only  a  Slip  of  the  Tongue 
In  exhorting  the  discouraged  remnant  of  the  strik- 
ing carmen  to. stand  fast  for  the  sake  of  "unionism," 
Agitator  Furuseth  said  "If  the  pickets  are  arrested 
we  will  get  them  out.  If  we  can't  get  them  out  we 
will  bail  them  out.  If  we  can't  bail  them  out,  they 
must  stay  in  jail." 

Supervisor  Tvietmoe  declared  that  if  necessary  they 
should  "wade  through  rivers  of  blood."  This  states- 
man whom  Schmitz  pulled  out  of  the  submerged 
depths  and  made  a  municipal  lawmaker,  has  not  been 
long  enough  from  Sweden  to  handle  our  language 
fluently.  He  probably  meant  to  say  "rivers  of  boodle" 
and  made  a  slip  of  the  tongue  worthy  of  Yon 
Yonson.  

Why  the  Striker  Returned 
Recognizing  in  the  man  who  took  his  fare  an  old 
union  conductor,  a  citizen  asked  him  the  other  day 
how  he  came  to  be  working  again. 

"It  was  go  back  to  work  or  let  my  wife  and  six 
children  starve,"  the  conductor  answered.  "I  was  a 
loyal  union  man,  but  there  was  lots  of  talk  of  help 
that  never  came.  Week  after  week  we  got  no  strike 
benefits  except  the  $2.50  a  week  paid  to  those  who 
did  picket  duty.  All  the  money  I  had  was  soon 
spent  and  my  credit  soon  ran  out.  I  had  to  go  back 
to  work.  Some  of  the  hoodlum  crowd  are  laying 
for  me.  They  have  followed  me  nearly  every  night. 
I  could  lick  any  three  of  them,  but  they  are  waiting 
to  strike  me  in  the  dark  or  from  behind.  They  may 
kill  me  but  I  couldn't  hear  the  children  crying  from 
hunger  any  longer.  In  my  neighborhood  there  are 
a  dozen  conductors  and  motormen  who  know  I  am 
working  again.  They  don't  blame  me  nor  molest 
me.  The  decent  crowd  in  the  union  doesn't  expect  a 
man  to  let  his  wife  and  babies  starve." 

That  is  the'  sort  of  thing  Cornelius  has  led  his  fol- 
lowers into,  and  all  over  the  city  workingmen  are 
cursing  him  for  what  he  has  done.  When  he  stood 
up  in  the  union  meeting  and  said  only  a  coward 
would  ask  for  a  secret  ballot  he  pronounced  his  own 
doom.  He  bullyragged  the  men  into  a  strike  they 
didn't  want,  but  he  has  lost  it  and  every  vestige  of 
influence.  He  is  the  head  of  a  union  that  is  prac- 
tically disrupted.  Its  funds  have  been  "misman- 
aged"— a  fact  that  is  being  very  carefully  guarded 
from  the  public.  The  labor  leaders  of  the  City  are 
trying  hard  to  save  the  union  by  patching  up  any 
kind  of  a  truce  with  the  California  and  Geary  Street 
lines  so  that  union  men  may  go  back  to  work  there 
as  union  men,  thus  keeping  the  organization  alive. 
The  scheme  isn't  working  well  and  even  if  it  should 
succeed,  the  union  would  lead  a  very  puny  existence. 
Cornelius  stands  discredited  with  the  workingmen 
of  the  City  and  the  best  of  the  carmen  now  hate  him 
and  have  ample  reason.  He  is  a  blind  leader  who 
has  led  them  into  the  ditch. 

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Points  of  Interest  on  Trade  and  Finance 


Rufus  Jennings  is  keeping  the  wires  hot  to  New 
York  with  most  remarkable  information  about  Cali- 
fornia. Most  of  it  might  well  go  by  mail,  but  if  Rufus 
thinks  it  ought  to  go  by  telegraph,  let  'er  go.  Rufus  is 
the  doctor.  The  other  day  he  aimed  squarely  at  New 
York's  solar  plexus  with  the  astounding  information 
that  the  terra  cotta  work  of  the  new  Humboldt  Savings 
Bank  building  alone  would  cost  $50,000.  That  is  some 
money  out  here,  of  course,  but  we  must  learn  that  in 
the  matter  of  buildings,  bridges,  tunnels  and  various 
public  enterprises  New  York  does  things  on  so  mam- 
moth a  scale  that  our  biggest  things  sound  small  in 
the  telling  to  New  Yorkers.  The  very  day  Rufus  told 
about  the  $50,000  worth  of  terra  cotta,  the  Knicker- 
bockers were  reading  that  Mayor  McClellan  had  turned 
the  first  sod  of  earth  in  the  great  acqueduct  that  is  to 
bring  the  waters  of  Esopus  Valley  through  the  Cats- 
kills' to  New  York  at  a  cost  of  $162,000,000.  The  same 
day  Rufus  shouted  into  their  ears  that  seventeen  build- 
ing permits  had  been  issued  here,  twelve  for  per- 
manent buildings,  cost  $70,000,  and  five  for  alterations, 
cost  $2,000. 


In  the  Building  Trades 

The  value  of  permits  issued  from  April  18th,  1906, 
to  June  1st  of  this  year  has  been  in  round  numbers 
$70,000,000.  What  the  value  of  permits  for  the  month 
of  June  may  be  cannot  yet  be  stated,  but  the  value  of 
contracts  recorded  show  a  considerable  improvement 
for  the  past  week.  It  reached  the  figure  of  $530,162. 
The  total  for.  three  weeks  of  the  month  has  been 
$1,469,341.  These  figures  are  lower  than  they  have 
been,  but  considering  the  drawbacks  of  strikes,  high 
wages  and  tight  money,  they  are  good,  indeed. 

Cheaper  Material 
Pine  lumber  has  continued  to  decline  and  now  as  low 
as  $13  is  the  base,  for  random  cargoes  here,  while  $16 
is  the  highest  asked,  even  when  cargoes  are  ordered. 
Deliveries  have,  however,  fallen  off  and  June  will 
show  lesser  totals  than  May.  The  redwood  men,  how- 
ever, hold  firm  to  list  21.  There  may,  however,  be 
some  reduction  in  merchantable  when  it  comes  into 
close  competition  with  pine.  There  have  been  consider- 
able arrivals  of  cement  and  the  California  product  is 
down.  Lime  has  fallen  to  $2.50.  So  that  as  far  as 
materials  are  concerned,  contractors  and  builders  are 
down  to  ante-fire  prices.  The  only  obstacle  now  is  the 
tightness  of  money,  and  that  will  cause  wages  of  build- 
ing mechanics  to  drop  to  the  normal. 

INVESTOR. 


Doings  at  Soda  Bay  Springs 
This    well-known    resort    on    the    shores    of    Clear 
Lake,  in  Lake  County,  is  getting  very  popular.   The 


First  Corps  Cadets  of  California,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Major  H.  V.  Ramsdell  and  Lieut.  M.  Or- 
ville  Jones  will  hold  their  annual  encampment  at 
the  Springs,  beginning  July  the  first,  for  three 
weeks.  The  Corps  numbers  some  seventy-five  mem- 
bers, and  with_  their  families,  will  add  over  125 
guests  to  those  now  sojourning  there.  Grand  even- 
ing concerts,  balls  and  parties  will  make  things 
very  lively  for  the  next  month.  Soda  Bay  Springs 
Hotel  is  the  only  tavern  that,  from  location  and 
equipment,  is  also  capable  of  catering  to  the  wants 
of  tourists  at  all  seasons,  and  its  unique  position 
by  mountain  and  lake  especially  adapts  it  to  the 
pleasure  seeker  and  those  looking  for  rest,  health 
and  recreation. 


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MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK 


706  Market  St. 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Opp.  Third 


Guaranteed  Capital,  $1,000,000 

Interest  Paid  ei  all  Deposits 


Paid  up  Capital  and  Surplus,  $620,000 
Loans  om  Approved  Securities 


OFFICERS-  James  D,  PheJan,  Pres.,  John  A.  Hooper,  V.  Pres.,  J.  K.  Moffatt.  2d 
V.  Pres.,  GeorRC  A.  Story,  Sec'y  and  Cashier,  C.  B.  Hobson,  Asst.  Cashier,  A.  E. 
Curtis,  2d  Asst.  Cashier. 


TONOPAH,    GOLDFIELD,    BULLFROG 
MANHATTAN  and  COMSTOCKS  A  specialty 

Have  Installed  a  Private  Wire  Connecting  San  Francisco  with  Goldfield 
Phone  TEMPORARY  1725 

ZADIG  &  CO. 

STOCK  BROKERS 

Formerly  306  Montgomery   Street,   have   resumed   business   in   their 

Own  Building,  324  BUSH  STREET 

Directly  Opposite  New  San  Francisco  Stock   and  Exchange  Bldg. 


FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS, 
PAID  UP  CAPITAL, 
DEPOSITS  JANUARY  1,   1907 


108-110  Sutter  Street 

$693,104.68 

$600,000.00 

$3,772,145.83 


Charles  Carpy.  Pres.  Arthur  Legallel,  Vice-Pro.  Leon  Bocqueraz.  Secretary 

John  Ginry,  Asst.  Secretary  P.  A.  Bemerot,  Attorney 

INSTALLING  MODERN  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 


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23 


Rhyme  of  the  Week 

Ml  kinds  oi  weather  with  prices  i"  suit; 
Very  few  winds  blow   good  news  to  Schmitz. 
High-record  prices  for  apricot  fruit; 
Orchard's  word  baited  as  nut  worth  two-bits. 

Fire  in  the  flower  of  Van  Ness1  trade; 

Fl 1  in  the  Valley  of  II"|hjs  of  the  Czar. 

Roosevelt  still  hundred-and-one  in  the  shade; 
Japanese  cool  though  going  too  far. 

Judge  Hebbard  wields  periodical  pistol: 
Hebbardward  this  time,  when  asked  i<>  resign. 
Heney's  position  not  clear  as  a  crystal. 
In   the  light  of  the  law  as  his   foes  make  it  shine. 

No  '■hock  "Mrs.  Warren's  Profession"  has  given; 
The  mob  shocked,  ti>  find  itself  as  yet  "unwhipped." 
With   such   as   these   things   through   the   week   we 

have  striven. 
And  others,  which  worse,  we  therefore  have  skipped. 


.Miss  Cornelia  W.  Armsby  won  the  Ladies'  putting 
competition  at  Del  Monte  last  week. 

The  fourth  competition  in  the  Ladies'  Continuous 
Handicap  Golf  Tournament  was  won  by  Mrs.  R.  M 
Loeser,  who  received  a  handicap  of  12  strokes,  from 
Miss  Cornelia  W.  Armsby,  who  played  from  scratch. 


The  Dake  Advertising  Agency,  interested  in  the 
welfare  of  San  Francisco,  is  sending  out  news  of 
the  industrial  situation  to  the  local  and  '  interior 
press,  resulting  in  the  publication  of  news  bene- 
ficial to  this  City.  The  successful  running  of  street 
cars,  the  satisfactory  settlement  of  the  iron  trades' 
strike,  the  laundry  and  telephone  facilities  and  hotel 
accommodations  are  set  forth  in  contradiction  of 
the  erroneous  impressions  that  many  outsiders  no 
doubt  have  entertained. 


The  Sultan  Baths,  open  to  the  public  on  July  3d, 
will  be  a  modern  illustration  of  the  luxury  in  which 
Roman  and  Oriental  wealth  once  disported  itself. 
<  In  Tuesday  the  2d,  at  10  a.  m.,  the  visiting  public 
will  be  admitted,  with  formal  opening  of  the  baths 
at  6  p.  in.,  the  day  following.  There  are  seven 
floors  to  the  building,  each  elaborately  fitted  for 
its  requirements  with  all  the  detail  and  accommoda- 
tions of  a  hotel. 


Miss  Guittard,  whose  picture  appears  in  this 
week's  Wasp,  is  the  sister  of  Mrs.  Hanford,  second 
wife  of  the  well-known  mining  man.  Miss  Guittard 
is  considered  one  of  the  beauties  of  the  younger 
set.  Her  engagement  was  recently  rumored  to  the 
son  of  a  wealthy  familv  in  Mexico,  but  not  con- 
firmed by  the  young  lady  herself. 


Mrs.  Sallie  Stetson  Winslow  is  one  of  the  women  to 
whom  purple  is  becoming.  She  wears  a  very  handsome 
purple  cloth  gown  which  suits  her  vastly.  Miss  Elsie 
Sperry,  who  is  one  of  the  real  beauties  of  Society,  is 
seen  these  days  in  a  pretty  tan  cloth  gown. 


OUR  INVITATION 


WE  INVITE  DEPOSITS  FROM  EVERYONE 

Rich,  poor,  old  and  young.  We  recognize  no 
classes  but  treat  large  and  small  depositors  with 
the  same  courtesy  and  consideration.  We  do 
more  than  this  however,  we  pay  liberal  rates 
of  interest  on  checking  accounts,  savings  ac- 
counts, and  Certificates  of  Deposit. 


CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND  TRUST  CO. 

-     HOME  OFFICE  — 
CALIFORNIA  AND  MONTGOMERY. STREETS 


Wo!  End  Branch.    1531  Devil 
Mission  Branch,  2572  Mission,  ni 


.22a 


Up-lown  Branch,  1 740  Fillmore,  nr.  Sutter 
Potrero  Branch,  19th  and  Minnesota 


VALUABLES  or  all   kinds 

May  be  safely  stored  at 

SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

of  the 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 

Cor.  Bush  and  Sansome  Sts. 


Safes  to  rent  from  $5  a  year  upwards 
Careful  service  to  customers 


Trunks  $1  a  month 
Office  Hours:  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  San  Francisco 


Guaranteed  Capital  and  Surplus 
Capital  actually  paid  up  in  cash 
Deposits,  December  31.   1906 


$2,578,695.41 

1,000,000.00 

38,531,917.28 


OFFICERS-- President,  F.  Tillmann.  Jr.;  First  Vice-President,  Daniel  Meyer 
Second  Vice-President,  Emil  Rohte;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  Assistant  Cashier, 
William  Herrmann;  Secretary,  Geome  Tourny;  Assistant  Secretary,  A.  H.  Mullcr. 
Goodfellow  &  Eells,  General  Attorneys. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS -F.  Tillmann.  Jr.,  Daniel  Meyer.  Emil  Rohte,  Ign. 
Sleinhart,  I.  N.  Walter.  N.  Ohlandl.  J.  W.  Van  Berscn,  E.  T.  Kruse  and  W.  S. 
Goodfellow. 


MEMBER  STOCK  AND  BOND  EXCHANGE 
MEMBER  SAN  FRANCISCO  MINING  EXCHANGE 

J.  C.  WILSON 

BROKER 

STOCKS  AND  BONDS  Kohl  Bldg.,  488  California  St. 

INVESTMENT  SECURITIES  San  Francisco 

Telephone  Temporary  815 


24 


-THE  WASP 


Lament  Juvenile 

O  slush!     Is  it  true?     Do  I  c'rectly  hear? 

We'll  have  no  Fort  o'  J'ly  Puhrade  this  year? 

Can  such  enormuhties  exzizt  in  this  free  land 

With  innercent  children  found  on  every  hand ! 

Such  calumnies  upset  the  wine  of  life 

And  make  a  man  unfaithful  to  his  wife. 

O  woeful  fate!     Am  I  tuh  understand 

We'll  have  no  liberty  and  no  brass  band 

To  make  us  recollek  the  splenjous  day 

When    Washington    washed    out    King    George's 

sway? 
No   pleeceman   marchin'   manfully   along 
While   every  noble  heart   is  filled  with   song! 
No  floats  wid  girls  in  cheesecloth,  crowns  and  flag 

on, 
Drawn  by  Bucephalus  and  Xpress  Wagon. 
No   soldiers    right    about   face   forward   march! 
No  crowds  on  Market  Street,  no  Dewey  Arch! 
No  Suprevisors  bowing  from  their  hacks 
Upon   a  grateful   people  in   their  tracks. 

0  hearts  of  stone!     The  Old  Exempts  I  wunt 
To  haul  the  engine  out  wid  wreaths  in  front, 

The  Prune  and  Poppy  Parlor  of  the  Native  Sons 
With  ribbons  round  their  hats  march  eight  by  ones, 
Behind  their  gold  insignia  of  state 
With  two  boys  holding  ropes  to  keep  it  straight; 
Coons  carrying  the  Grand  Old  Flag,  and  some  mick 
The  Iroquois'  big  flag  stick  on  his  stummick. 

1  can't  believe  these  things  will  not  be  seen 
On  Independence  Day,  wid  bands  between. 
Two  years  ago,  when  I  wuz  young  and  gay, 
They  sellybrated  in  the  real  old  way. 

But" now  it  makes  a  heart  of  oak  turn  sour. 
Oh,  friends,  we  live  in  a  degenrit  hour. 


Hearst's  Program 

The  presence  of  W.  R.  Hearst  in  San  Francisco 
has  been  explained  by  some  of  the  men  who  work 
for  him  as  having  been  prompted  by  his  desire  to 
have  work  started  on  the  new  building  for  his  news- 
paper which  he  will  build  on  the  old  site  at  Third 
and  Market.  But,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  that  is  only 
a  side  issue:  Hearst  is  really  here  because  the 
Mayor  of  the  City  has  been  sent  to  jail  and  a  new 
set'  of  officials  to  govern  the  City  has  to  be 
selected.  He  has  already  caused  it  to  become 
known  that  when  the  men  associated  in  the 
prosecution  of  the  grafters  are  ready  to  agree  upon 
a  man  to  fill  the  office  of  Mayor  he  wants  to  have 
his  finger  in  the  pie,  if  not  to  cut  it  up  himself.  In 
short,  Hearst  is  here  to  do  politics  and  grab  the 
City  Government  if  he  can.  He  wants  to  do  'here 
what  he  tried  to  do  in  Chicago,  and  what  he  nearly 
succeeded  in  doing  in  New  York,  get  control  of 
all  the  offices  and  run  things  in  the  peculiar  Hearst- 
ian  way,  which  God  forbid.  Ever  since  his  hand)' 
man,  Lawrence,  failed  to  get  an  incompetent  favor- 
ite made  Chief  of  Police  under  the  first  Phelan 
administration  Hearst  has  been  itching  to  get  con- 
trol and  he  regards  the  present  opportunity  as  a 
favorable  one  for  a  Hearst  coup. 

It  is  hardly  likely,  however,  that  the  Bulletin 
and  the  prosecution  will  recognize  the  right  of 
Hearst  to  step  in  and  carry  off  all  the  trophies  of 


a  battle  in  which  he  had  no  part.  They  cannot 
forget  all  that  Hearst  did  to  raise  Schmitz  to  the 
position  he  occupied  at  the  time  the  attack  upon 
his  scheme  of  graft  was  begun.  At  the  time  far- 
seeing  men  were  denouncing  Schmitz  and  Ruef 
as  grafters  and  declaring  their  administration  was 
corrupt,  Schmitz  was  off  in  New  York  living  at  the 
Waldorf-Astoria  and  fiddling  for  Hearst  in  his 
campaign  for  Congress,  and  because  of  those  ser- 
vices and  the  connection  of  Schmitz  with  the  unions 
Hearst  forbade  his  local  paper,  the  Examiner,  to 
say  one  word  against  either  the  grafting  Mayor  or 
Ruef.  This  policy  was  adhered  to  until  it  became 
apparent  to  all  that  Heney  and  Burns  would  land 
them  both  in  jail ;  then  Hearst  lost  no  time  getting 
aboard  and  whooping  it  up  for  conviction. 


Exposed 

"What  are  you  doing?" 

"Burning  Poe's  poems.  He  was  a  nature  fakir. 
Ravens  never  sit  just  above  chamber  doors  and 
croak  'Nevermore.'  " 


Hard  on  Her  Right 

"Perhaps,"  said  Dubley,  during  the  waltz,  "you 
don't  like  my  style  of  dancing." 

"Well,"  said  she,  in  evident  distress,  there  is 
rather  too  much  sameness  about  it." 

"Er — how  may  I  vary  it?" 

"Suppose  you  tread  on  my  left  foot  once  in  a 
while." — Philadelphia  Press. 


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PHIL  S.  MONTAGUE,  Stock  Broker 

Member  of  S.  F.  Slock  Exchange 

Goldfield,  Tonopah.  Manhattan  and  Bullfrog  Stocks  Bought  and  Sold. 

Write  for  Market  Letter. 

339  BUSH  STREET.  STOCK  EXCHANCE  BUILDING 


BURNED  HOMES  MUST  BE  REBUILT 

The  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Association 

Having  sustained  practically  no  loss  in  the  recent  calamity,  is  in  a 
position  to  loan  money  to  people  who  wish  to  rebuild.  5an  Francisco 
must  restore  her  homes  as  well  as  her  business  blocks. 

DR.  WASHINGTON  DODGE,  Pr«. 

GAVIN  McNAB,  Atty. 

WM.  CORB1N,  Sec.  and  Gen,  M8r. 

OFFICES -COR.  CHURCH   AND   MARKET  STREETS 
OPEN  AND  DOING  BUSINESS 


Rooms   7  to    11 


Telephone  Tmpy.  14IS 


W.  C.  RALSTOIN 

Stock  and  Bond  Broker 

Member  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Mining  Stocks  a  Specially 


Code 


Bedford  McNeill 
Western  Unioa 
Leibers 


368  BUSH  STREET 

San  Francisco 


-THE  WASP 


25 


A  Boon  for  the  Duke 

The  Duke  of  Manchester's  income  is  better  by 
$15,000  a  year,  through  the  death  of  Harriet, 
Duchess  of  Manchester,  the  second  wife  and  widow 
of  his  great-grandfather,  the  sixth  Duke.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Conway  Dobbs,  of  Castle  Dobbs,  in 
County  Antrim,  Ireland,  and  married  the  sixth 
Duke  of  Manchester  just  fifty-seven  years  ago. 
Three  years  later  she  married  Sir  Stevenson  Arthur 
lUackwood,  secretary  to  the  general  post-office,  who 
died  in  1893,  but  retained  her  title  of  Duchess  of 
Manchester,  and  likewise  the  annuity  of  $15,000 
settled  upon  her  by  the  sixth  Duke  at  the  time 
of  her  marriage  to  him,  and  chargeable  on  the  es- 
tate. In  fact,  it  was  a  first  charge  on  the  ducal 
property  and  had  to  be  paid  before  anything  else. 
Not  that  she  needed  it.  For  she  had  inherited  a 
very  considerable  fortune  from  her  father  and  from 
her  relatives,  and  this  enabled  her  to  show  herself 
most  liberal  in  her  contributions  to  the  various 
funds  of  the  Methodist  persuasion,  of  which  she 
was  a  most  enthusiastic  member.  She  was  a 
deeply  religious  woman,  who  may  be  said  to  have 
devoted  the  greater  part  of  her  long  life  to  evan- 
gelization. 

She  was  never  seen  in  Society,  her  appearance 
was  altogether  unknown  to  the  London  great  world 
and  she  possessed  but  the  slightest  acquaintance 
with  the  wife  of  her  stepson,  the  seventh  Duke  of 
Manchester,  the  lady  now  known  as  the  Duchess 
of  Devonshire,  and  with  Consuelo  Duchess  of  Man- 
chester, the  American  widow  of  the  eighth  Duke. 
Both  of  these  women  are  extremely  worldly  and 
ultra-fashionable,  the  antithesis  of  the  Dobbs 
Duchess.  The  latter  has  likewise  seen  but  little 
of  the  present  Duke  and  of  his  American  wife,  who 
was  Miss  Helen  Zimmerman,  while  it  is  doubtful 
whether  she  has  ever  set  eyes  upon  the  present 
Duke's  children ;  that  is  to  say,  the  great-grand- 
children of  her  stepson. 

The  increase  to  the  Duke's  income  resulting  from 
the  release  of  the  obligation  on  the  part  of  the  trus- 
tees of  the  Manchester  estates  to  charge  the  latter 
with  the  payment  of  the  late  Duchess'  annuity, 
will  atone  in  a  measure  for  his  having  been  com- 
pelled by  the  King  to  resign,  after  a  tenure  of  only 
a  few  months,  his  lucrative  office  of  captain  and 
commander  of  the  yeoman  of  the  guard. 


•The  Bohemian  Club  is  looking  for  a  temporary 
home,  and  has  been  thinking  of  taking  the  Little 
Palace,  but,  the  rent  is  thought  by  the  members  to 
be  rather  steep  for  them,  and  so  the  agreement  has 
not  been  signed  as  yet.  The  Fairmont  people  are 
thinking  of  closing  up  the  Little  Palace  in  any  event 
before  long.  The  University  Club  for  a  time  was 
desirous  of  taking  the  place,  but  that  organization 
is  also  more  careful  of  its  expenditures  than  before 
the  great  fire.  The  Bohemian  Club  hopes  to  have 
its  new  place  finished  in  time  to  hold  the  Christmas 
Jinks  there. 


end  on  the  21st,  at  the  Presidio.  Twenty  companies 
from  the  southern  part  of  the  State  will  attend. 
Tent  quarters  will  be  provided  near  the  Marine 
Hospital  and  near  various  batteries. 


Mrs.  Eleanor  Jarboe,  who  left  here  for  the  East 
a  short  time  ago,  has  arrived  in  New  York.  Mrs. 
Edward  Dimond,  her  sister-in-law,  is  visiting  re- 
lations. 


Jr  Skin  of  Beauty  is  a  Joy  Forever. 

Dr.  T.  Felix  Gouraud's  Oriental 

Cream  or  Magical  Beautifier 

Purifies  as  well  as  beautifies  the  skill.     No  other  cosmetic  will  do  it. 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples,  Freckles,  Moth 
Patches,  Rash  and  Skin  Diseases,  and 
every  blemish  on  beauty,  and  defies  de- 
tection. On  its  virtues  it  has  stood  the 
test  of  58  years;  ho  other  has,  and  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be  sure  it  is  prop- 
erly made.  Accept  nocounterleitor  simi- 
lar name.  Dr.  L.  A.  Sayre  said  to  a  lady 
of  the  haut-ton  (a  patient)  "As  you  ladies 
will  use  them.  I  recommend  'Gouraud's 
Cream'  as  the  least  harmful  of  air  the 
skin  preparations."  One  bottle  will  last 
six  months  using  it  every  day.  GOUR- 
AUD'S POUDRE  SUBTLE  REMOVES 
SUPERFLUOUS  HAIR  WITHOUT  IN- 
JURY TO  THE  SKIN. 
FRED  T.  HOPKINS.  Prop'r,  37  Great  Jones  street,  N.  Y. 
For  sale  by  all  druggists  and  Fancv-goods  Dealers  throughout  the  United 

Statea,  Canadas  and  Europe,      gj^"  Beware  of  base    imitations.    $1,000 

reward  for  arrest  and  proof  of  auy  one  selling  the  same. 


Extensive  preparations  are  being  made  for  the 
maneuvers  by  the  United  States  troops  and  the 
California  State  militia,  to  begin  on  July  5th  and 


JULY  SUNSET 


THE  MAKING  OF  LOS  ANGELES 

Photographs  of  the  rise  and  growth  of  Cali- 
fornia's Southern  City. 

THE  TEACHERS'  PILGRIMAGE 

The  story  of  the  convention  of  the  National 
Educational  Association  to  be  held  in  Los 
Angeles  during  July. 

THE  SPREAD  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Manufactories  along  the  Bay  Shore. 

WHERE  MAMMOTHS  ROVED 

Recent  discoveries  of  footprints  in  the  Carson, 
Nevada,  Stone  Quarries. 

4  SPLENDID  STORIES 


SEND  SUNSET  TO  YOUR  EASTERN  FRIENDS  AND    KEEP   THEM 
POSTED  ON  SAN  FRANCISCO'S  WONDERFUL  PRO- 
GRESS IN  RECONSTRUCTION 


On  Sale  June  25,  1907 


Summer 


The  Potter 


SANTA   BARBARA 

AMERICAN  PLAN  $2.50  PER  DAY 

Fronting  the  Ocean  in  cool  Santa  Barbara.  A  daylight  ride 
through  the  prettiest  country  in  the  world.  Most  picturesque  coast. 
Golf,  polo,  tennis,  fishing,  automobiling,  surf  bathing,  yachts  and 
launches  and  horse-back  riding.  See  the  Santa  Barbara  Mission 
(still  in  use).  Hope  Ranch,  Channell  Islands,  Le  Cumbre  trail  and 
a  thousand  other  things  that  will  interest  you.  Accommodations  for 
1200.     Rates  May  1st  to  January  1st,  $2.50  per  day  and  upwards 

Our  representative,  at  789  Market  street,  phone  Temporary  275 1 
will  show  you  floor  plans,  secure  your  transportation  and  attend  to 
other  details  of  travel.     Reduced  round  trip  rates  good  for  thirty  days. 


OAKLAND'S  BEAUTIFUL  NEW  HOTEL 


NOW    OPEN 

Twenty-Second  and  Broadway,  Oakland 


European  Plan 

Beautifully  Furnished 

Cafe  a  la  Carte  at  Moderate  Pri 


N.  S.  MULLAN,  Manager 

Formerly  Assistant  Manager 

Palace  Hotel,  S.  F. 


SiS  DEL  MONTE 


A  Week  of  Sports  at  the  Famous  Resort. 

Gymkhana  Races,  Tennis,  Bowling,  Swimming. 

Automobile  Run  July  3td  and  4th. 

GOLF  TOURNAMENT.  July  2nd  to  7th 

Handsome  Silver  Trophies. 
A  SPECIAL  ROUND  TRIP  RATE  OF  $4.00 

July  3rd  and  4th,  good  to  return  July  8th. 

C.    W.    KELLEY,   City  Representative 
Telephone  Temporary  2751  789   MARKET   STREET 


SANTA  CRUZ 

The  Atlantic  City 
of  the   Pacific 

World's 
Most 
Beautiful 
Playground 

Summer    Season 
Opened    May    1st 

Never  a  Dull 
Moment 

Grand  Opening  of  the  Casino  and 
Bathing   Pavilion   announced   later 

• 

! 

Pacific  Grove  Hotel 

Formerly  Hotel  El  Carmelo,  Pacific  Grove 
under  the  same  ownership  as  the  Hotel  Del 
Monte.     A  quiet  resort,  with  every  comfort 
at  most   reasonable  rates.     In  close   touch 
with  San   Francisco,   San  Jose   and   Santa 
Cruz.     Through  chair  car   and   parlor  car 
service  to  and  from  Los  Angeles   and   San 
Francisco  daily. 

HOTEL  RAFAEL 

San  Rafael,  Cal. 

OPEN   ALL  THE  YEAR  ROUND 
SO  Minutes  from  San   Francisco 


The  only  first-class  hotel  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  city.     American  and   European   plan. 

F.  N.  ORPIN,  Lesser  and  Manager 


-THE  WASP 


27 


THE  NEW  ROUTE  TO 

Yosemite  Valley 

Only    9  hours    from  San   Francisco;  reached  by  the  Southern 
Pacfic    or   Santa    Fe,  via    Merced,  over    the   newly    constructed 

YOSEMITE  VALLEY  RAILROAD 

80  MILES  STEEI.  TRACK 

Four  hours  in  a  luxurious  observation  car  through  the  finest 
panoramic  scenery  in  the  United  States.  You  leave  San  Francisco 
after  breakfast  and  take  dinner  in  the  Valley. 

Fare  $18.50  from  Merced  into  the 
Yosemite  and  return 

0.  W.  LEHMER,  Traffic  Mgr.,  Merced,  Cal. 


Suburban 
Deliveries 


Campers 


Contemplating  a  trip  of  any  kind  to  the 
interior  should  know  that  they  can  ob- 
tain all  the  staple  essentials  at  one  place, 
near  all  shipping  points,  quick  delivery,  finest  goods,  lowest 
prices,  courteous  salesmen  and  competent  packers.  Let 
us  figure  with  you  and  supply  you.  Freight  prepaid.  All 
orders  free. 


SMITH'S  CASH  STORE 

UNIVERSAL  PROVIDERS 


14  to  24  Steuart  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


TAHOE  TAVERN 


MRS.    ALICE    RICHARDSON,      Manner 


TAHOE,  CAL. 


Just   the  place   for   a   few   days  rest   and   recreation 


WEATHER  DELIGHTFUL 
FISHING  EXCELLENT 


Witter  Medical  Springs 


Lake  County 


Witter  Springs  Hotel  was  built  and 
and  equipped  to  please  the  really 
critical.  Cuisine  and  service  un- 
excelled. Table  loaded  with  all  the 
delicacies  of  the  season,  supplied  from  our  1400  acre  ranch.  See 
Sunrise  Peak,  Clear  Lake.  Blue  Lakes,  Horseshoe  Bend  and  numerous 
other  places  of  interest.  Most  magnificient  variation  of  scenery  in  the 
world.  Tennis,  fishing,  good  saddle  horses,  bowling  and  other  amuse- 
ments. Automobile  headquarters  for  Lake  Co:  Under  the  management 
of  Albert  J.  Arroll,  formerly  of  the  New  Willard,  Washington  and  the 
Seelbach,  Louisville.  Rates  $14.00  per  week  upward.  Call  or  write 
for  booklet  and  general  information.     Main  office,  647  Nan  Ness  Ave. 

Witter  Water  Cures  Stomach  Trouble 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS 


Send  your  family  to  the  nearest  Hot  Sulphur  Springs  to  San  Francisco. 
First-class  accommodations.  Special  rates  to  families.  No  staging. 
Four  trains  daily.  Fare  round  trip  $1.65.  Tiburon  ferry  or  Oakland; 
two  hours'  ride.  Address  THEODOR  RICHARDS,  Agua  Caliente, 
Sonoma  County,  California. 


Howard  Sp 

Lake  County,  Cal 


VlTlOfQ         Season    1907    opens   May    1st. 
©        The  walers  of  Howard  Springs  will 


cure  any  case  of  Slomach,  Liver  and 
— — ^— —^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^— '  Kidney  Trouble.  Recommended 
by  any  physician  who  has  ever  visited  the  place  in  the  past  20  years.  Every  outdoor 
sport,  42  Mineral  Springs,  Hot  Sulphur  and  Iron  Plunge  Bath,  Magnesia  and  Borax 
Tub  Baths.  Address  all  communications  to  j.  W.  LAYMANCE,  Proprietor  Howard 
Springs,  Lake  County.  Cal..  or  905  Broadway,  Oakland,  Cal. 


Soda   Bay  Springs 

Lake  Co.,  Cal. 

Situated  on  the  picturesque  shore  of  charming  Clear  Lake,  season 
opens  May  1st,  finest  of  Boating,  Bathing  and  Hunting.  Unsur- 
passed acommodations.  Terms  $2.00  per  day,  $12.00  per  week, 
special  rates  to  families.  Route,  take  Tiburon  Ferry  7:40  a.  m. 
thence  by  Automobile,  further  information  address  managers 

GEO.  ROBINSON  and  AGNES  BELL  RHOODES 

Via  Kelseyville  P.  O.  Soda  Springs,  Lake  Co.,  Cal. 


TRUNKS 


VALISES 


BAGS 


Victor's  TRUNK  Store 


CHEAPEST  IN  TOWN 


OPEN  EVENINGS  UNTIL  EIGHT  P.  M. 

ORDERS  PROMPTLY  ATTENDED  TO 


626  Golden  Gate  Avenue,  near  Van  Ness 

SAN     FRANCISCO 


OF  LEADING  BUSINESS 
HOUSES 

DIRECTORY 

AND 
PROFESSIONAL  MEN 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

BUILDERS'     EXCHANGE,     226     Oak     St. 
ADVERTISING  AGENCIES. 

BOLTE  &  BRADEN,  105-107  Oak  St.,  S.  F. ; 
Phone   Market  2837. 

COOPER  ADV.  AGENCY,  F.  J.,  West  Mis- 
sion and  Brady  Sts. 

DAKE  ADV.  AGENCY,  Midway  Bldg.,  779 
Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  1440. 

FISHER,  L.  P.  ADV.  AGENCY,  Merchants' 
Exchange   Bldg. ;    Phone    Franklin    584. 

JOHNSTON-DIENSTAG  CO.,  34  Kearny  St. 
ANTIQUE  DEALERS. 

THE    LOUIS    XIV.      Curios,    Objects    d'Art, 
Miniatures,   Paints,   Porcelains,  Jewels,   etc., 
C.   V.   Miller,   1117   Post,  near  Van  Ness. 
ARCHITECTS. 

REID  BROS,  Temporary  Offices,  2325 
Gough  it.,  S.  F. 

THOS.  J.  WELSH,  JOHN  W.  CAREY,  asso- 
ciate architects,  40  Haight  St.,  S.  F. 
ART    DEALERS. 

GUMP,  S.  &  G.,  1645  California  St.,  S.  F. 

SCHUSSLER  BROS.,  1218  Sutter  St. 
ATTORNEYS, 

DORN,   DORN   &  SAVAGE,   717   Van   Ness. 

DINKELSPIEL,  HENRY  G.  W.,  1265  Ellis 
St.,  S.  F.     Phone  West  2355. 

HEWLETT,  BANCROFT  AND  BALLAN- 
TINE.  Monadnock  Bldg. ;  Phone  Tempy  972. 

GOLDSTONE,  LOUIS,  1012  Fillmore  St. 
Phone  Park  864. 

KING,  CHAS.  TUPPER,  1126  Fillmore  St. 
AUTOMOBILES  AND   SUPPLIES. 

PIONEER  AUTOMOBILE  CO.,  901  Golden 
Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  and  I2th  and  Oak  Sts., 
Oakland. 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  Market 
and  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 

AUTO  LIVERY  CO.,  Golden  Gate  and  Van 
Ness  Ave.,  S.   F. 

BOYER  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  408  Golden  Gate 
Ave.      Phone,    Franklin   655. 

LEE  CUYLER,  359  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MIDDLETON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  550  Gol- 
den Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

MOBILE  CARRIAGE  CO.,  Golden  Gate 
Ave.  and  Gough  Sts.,  S.  F. 

PACIFIC  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  376  Golden 
.  Gate  Ave. 

BANKS. 

ANGLO-CALIFORNIA  BANK,  Ltd.,  cor. 
Pine  and  Sansome  Sts.,  S.  F. 

CALIFORNIA  SAFE  DEPOSIT  AND 
TRUST  CO.,  cor.  California  and  Montgom- 
ery Sts.,  S.  F. 

CENTRAL  TRUST  CO.,  42  Montgomery  St. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  Bush  and  San- 
some Sts.,  S.  F. 

FRENCH  SAVINGS  BANK,  108  Sutter  St., 
and   Van  Ness   and   Eddy. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SO- 
CIETY,   526    California   St.,    S.    F. 

HALSEY,  N.  W.  &  CO.,  413  Montgomery. 

HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  "SO- 
CIETY,  Tones   and  McAllister  Sts.,  S.   F. 

HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  Market 
Street,  opposite  old  Palace  Hotel.  Phone, 
Temp'y  249. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO,  710  Market  St.,  opp.  3d  St. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION,  N.W. 
cor.   California  and  Montgomery  Sts.,   S.   F. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Mont- 
gomery St.,  S.  F. 

THE  MARKET  STREET  BANK  AND 
SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULT;  Market  and  7th. 

UNION  TRUST  CO.,  4  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 

WELLS       FARGO-NEVADA      NATIONAL 
BANK,  Union  Trust  Bldg.,  S.  F. 
BREWERIES. 

ALBION  ALE  AND  PORTER  BREWERY, 
1007-9  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 

S.   F.  BREWERIES,  LTD.,  240  2d  St.,  S.  F. 
BROKERS— STOCKS   AND    BONDS. 

MONTAGUE,  PHIL  S.,  339  Bush  St.,  Stock 
Exchange  Bldg. 

ROLLINS,  E.  H.  &  SONS,  804  Kohl  Bldg.; 
Telephone  Temp'y  163;  S.  F. 

ZADIG  &  CO.,  324  Bush  St.,  S.  F. 

WILSON,  J.    C,   488   California   St.,   S.   F. 

BUILDING  AND   LOAN  ASSOCIATIONS. 

CONTINENTAL  BUILDING  AND  LOAN 
ASSOCIATION,    Church   and    Market   Sts. 


CARPET    CLEANING. 
SPAULDING,  J.  &  CO.,  911-21   Golden  Gate 
Ave. ;  Phone  Park  591. 

CLOTHIERS— RETAIL. 
HUB,  THE,   Chas.   Keilus  &  Co.,   King  Solo- 
mon Bldg.,  Sutter  and  Fillmore  Sts.,  S.  F. 
COMMISSION      AND      SHIPPING      MER- 
CHANTS. 
JOHNSON     LOCKE    MERCANTILE     CO., 

213  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 
MALDONADO    &   CO.,   INC.,    156   Hansford 
Bldg.,  268  Market  St.     Phone  Temp'y  4261. 
CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS. 
FISHER  CONSTRUCTION   CO.,  420  Mont- 
gomery St. 
TROUNSON,    J.,    1751    Lyon    St.;    also    176 
Ash  Ave.,  S.  F. 

CROCKERY    AND    GLASSWARE. 
NATHAN    DOHRMAN   CO.,    1520-1550    Van 
Ness  Ave. 

DENTISTS. 
KNOX,  DR.  A.  J.,  1615  Fillmore  St.,  formerly 
of  Grant   Bldg. 

DESKS   AND    CHAIRS. 
PHOENIX  DESK  &  CHAIR  CO.,  offi«e  fur- 
niture,  1538  Market  St.,  west  of  Van  Ness. 
Phone  Market  2393. 

EXPRESS. 
WELLS,   FARGO  &  CO.  EXPRESS,  Golden 
Gate    Ave.    and    Franklin    St.,    Ferry    Bldg., 
and  3d   St.   Depot,  S.   F. 

FRUITS  AND   VEGETABLES. 
OMEY  &  GOETTING,  Geary  and  Polk  Sts. 

FUNERAL    DIRECTORS. 
CAREW   &   ENGLISH,   1618  Geary   St.,  bet. 
Buchanan   and  Webster  Sts.,   S.    F. ;    Phone 
West  2604. 
PORTER  &  WHITE,  1531  Golden  Gate  Ave., 
S.   F. ;   Phone  West  770. 

GAS    STOVES, 
S.  F.   GAS  &  ELECTRIC  CO.,  Franklin  and 
Ellis  Sts. 

GENT'S    FURNISHERS. 

HANSEN    &    ELRICK,    1105-7    Fillmore    St., 

nr.  Golden  Gate  Ave. ;  Phone  West  5678. 

GOLD  AND  SILVER  PLATING. 

BELLIS,    JOHN    O.,    Mfg,    gold    and    silver. 

smith,    1624    California    St.,    nr.    Van    Ness. 

Phone  Franklin  2093. 

HARDWARE   AND    RANGES. 
MONTAGUE,  W.  W.  &  CO.,  Turk  and  Polk. 

HARNESS   AND    SADDLERY. 
DAVIS,   W.    &   SON,   2020   Howard   St.,   bet. 

16th  and  17th,  S.  F. 
LEIBOLD      HARNESS     AND     CARRIAGE 
CO.,  1214  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
HATTERS. 
DILLON,  TOM,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  McAllis- 
ter St. 
HOSPITALS   AND   SANITARIUMS. 
KEELEY    INSTITUTE,    H.    L.    Batchelder, 
Mgr. ;  262  Devisadero  St.,  S.  F. 
JEWELERS. 
BALDWIN  JEWELRY  CO..  1521  Sutter  St., 

and  1261  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. 
SCHMIDT,  R.  H.   &  CO.,   1049  Fillmore  St., 
nr.  McAllister  St.     Phone  Park  1209. 
LAUNDRIES. 
LA  GRANDE  LAUNDRY,  234  12th  St.,  S.  F. 

LIFE  INSURANCE. 
HUNTINGDON,    ARTHUR    P.,    925    Golden 
Gate  Ave.     Phone  Park  515. 
LUMBER. 
UNION    LUMBER    CO.,    office    909    Monad- 
nock Bldg. 
MOVING    AND    STORAGE    COMPANIES. 
BEKINS'   VAN   AND   STORAGE   CO.,   13th 
and  Mission   Sts.,   S.   F. ;    Phone  Market    13 
and   1016   Broadway,   Oakland. 
ST.  FRANCIS  TRANSFER  AND  STORAGE 
COMPANY,    Office    1402    Eddy    St.;    Tel. 
West  2680. 

NOTARIES   PUBLIC. 
DEANE,    JNO.    J.,    N.    W.    cor.    Sutter    and 

Steiner  Sts.;    Phone  West   7291. 
WARE,    JOHN    H.,    307    Monadnock    Bldg., 
Depositions   carefully   attended    to.       Phone 
Temp'y  972. 

OIL  COMPANIES. 
STERLING    OIL    CO.,    1491    Post    St.,    cor. 
Octavia,  S.  F. 

OPTICIANS. 

MAYERLE,   GEORGE,   German   expert,   1115 

Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  West  3766. 

SAN    FRANCISCO    OPTICAL    COMPANY, 

"Spences,"   527   Van   Ness  Ave.;   "Branch," 

1613  Fillmore. 


STANDARD   OPTICAL   CO.,  808   Van   Ness 

Ave.,  near  Eddy  St. 

PAINTERS   AND    DECORATORS. 
KEEFE,  J.   H.,  820-822  O'Farrell  St.,  S.   F. ; 

Tel.  Franklin  2055. 
TOZER,    L.    &    SON    CO.,    INC.,    1527    Pine 

and  2511  Washington  St.,  near  Fillmore. 

PAINTS   AND   OILS. 

BASS-HEUTER  PAINT  CO.,  1532  Market. 

PHOTO    ENGRAVERS. 
CAL.   PHOTO    ENG,   CO.,   141-143   Valencia. 

PHYSICIANS. 
BOWIE,   DR.   HAMILTON   C,  formerly  293 

Geary  St.,  Paul  Bldg.,  now  14th  and  Church. 
BRYANT,    DR.    EDGAR    R.,    1944    Fillmore 

St.,  cor.  Pine;  Tel.  West  5657. 
D'EVELYN,  DR.   FREDERICK  W.,   Central 

Bldg.,    Polk    and    Sutter,    S.    F.,    and    2103 

Clinton  Ave.,  Alameda. 
THORNE,  DR.  W.  S.,  1434  Post  St.,  S.  F. 
PIANOS— MANUFACTURERS    AND 
DEALERS. 
BALDWIN,  D.   H.   &   CO.,  2512   Sacramento 

St.,  and  Van  Ness  at  California. 
REAL    ESTATE. 
HICKS    &    MACK,    Real    Estate    and    Insur- 
ance, 2091   Fillmore  St.     Phone  West  7287. 

7287. 
C.  R.  WILCOX   &  CO.,  Real  Estate  and  In- 
surance,  837   Golden   Gate  Avenue.     Phone, 

Fell  1558. 

RESTAURANTS. 
MORAGHAN,    M.    B.,    OYSTER    CO.,    1212 

Golden  Gate  Ave.,  S.  F. 
OLD    POODLE    DOG,    824    Eddy    St.,    near 

Van   Ness   Ave. 
ST.   GERMAIN   RESTAURANT,   497   Golden 

Gate  Ave.;   Phone  Market  2315. 
SWAIN'S     RESTAURANT,     1111     Post    St. 
THOMPSON'S,    formerly    Oyster    Loaf,    1727 

O'Farrell  St. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
WHEELER  &  WILSON  and  SINGER  SEW- 
ING    MACHINES,     1431     Bush    St.,     cor. 

Van    Ness    Ave.,     S.    F. ;     Phone     Franklin 

301 :   formerly  231   Sutter  St. 
DOMESTIC    SEWING    MACHINES,   J.    W. 

Evans,   Agent,   1658   O'Farrell   St.,   nr.   Fill- 
more.    Phone  West  3601. 
STORAGE. 
BEKINS  VAN   &  STORAGE   CO.,   13th  and 

Mission  Sts.,  S.  F. ;  Phone  Market  13. 
PIERCE  RUDOLPH  STORAGE   CO.,   Eddy 

and  Fillmore  Sts.;  Tel.  West  828. 
SURGICAL     INSTRUMENTS    AND     HOS- 
PITAL   SUPPLIES. 
WALTERS   &  CO.,  formerly  Shutts,  Walters 

&  Co.,  1608  Steiner  St.,  S.  F. 

TALKING   MACHINES. 
BACIGALUPI,    PETER,    1113-1115    Fillmore. 

TAILORS. 
LYONS,     CHARLES,     London     Tailor,    1432 

Fillmore  St.,  731  Van  Ness  Ave.,  S.  F. ;  958 

Broadway,  Oakland. 
McMAHON,     KEYER     AND     STIEGELER 

BROS.,  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis,  O'Farrell 

and  Fillmore. 
REHNSTROM,  C.  H„  2415  Fillmore  St.,  for- 
merly Mutual  Savings  Bank  Bldg.,  S.  F. 
TENTS  AND  AWNINGS. 
THOMS,  F.,   1209  Mission  St.,  corner  of  Sth. 

TRICYCLES. 
EAMES    TRICYCLE     CO.,    Invalid     Chairs, 

1808  Market  St.,  S.  F. 
WINES  AND  LIQUORS— WHOLESALE. 
BUTLER,  JOHN  &  SON,  2209  Steiner  St. 
REYNOLDS,  CHAS.  M.  CO.,  912  Folsom 
RUSCONI,  FISHER  &  CO..  649  Turk  St. 
SIEBE     BROS.      &     PLAGEMAN,     419-425 

Larkin  St.;  Phone  Franklin  349. 
WENIGER,    P.    J.    &    CO.,    N.    E.    cor.    Van 

Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St. ;  Tel.  Franklin  309. 
WICHMAN,  LUTGEN  &  CO.,  Harrison  and 

Everett    Sts.,    Alameda,    Cal. ;    Phone    Ala- 
meda  1179. 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS— RETAIL. 
FERGUSON,     T.     M.     CO.,     Market    Street. 

Same  old  stand.  Same  Old  Crow  Whiskey. 
FISCHER,  E.  R.,  1901  Mission  St.,  cor,  15th. 
THE    METROPOLE,    John    L.    Herget    and 

Wm.  H.  Harrison,  Props.,  N.  W.  cor.  Sutter 

and  Steiner  Sts. 
TUXEDO,  THE,  Eddie  Graney,  Prop.,  S.  W. 

cor.   Fillmore  and  O'Farrell  Sts. 

YEAST   MANUFACTURERS. 
GOLDEN     GATE     COMPRESSED    YEAST 

CO.,  2401    Fillmore. 


-THE  WASP 


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Mr.  Mackay's  Club  House 
The  half-million-dollar  casino  and  club-house,  at 
Roslyn,  Long  Island,  built  for  Clarence  H.  Mackay 
from  plans  drawn  by  the  late  Stanford  White,  is 
almosl  finished.  It  is  132  by  133  feet,  and  con- 
tains marble  from  Alabama,  stone  from  Maine, 
limestone  from  Indiana,  cement  from  England,  steel 
work  from  France,  and  tiling  from  Italy.  The 
building  is  constructed  mainly  of  clinker  brick  with 
stucco  and  half  timber  front.  It  is  but  one  story 
high,  although  there  is  a  high  roof  over  the  porch, 
the  plunge  room,  and  the  women's  bath  room. 
There  is  a  porch  40  by  10  feet  at  the  entrance  to 
the  building.  Eight  Corinthian  columns  of  cement 
support  the  porch  roof.  Entering  from  the  porch 
there  is  the  Dedans  salon,  with  handsome  red 
furniture,  tables,  and  sideboards  of  mission  style, 
red  velvet  curtains,  all  of  which  cost  about  $40,000. 
The  other  rooms  are  just  as  handsomely  furnished. 
The  stone  fireplace  in  the  salon  cost  several  thou- 
sand dollars.  At  the  right  of  the  salon  is  the 
plunge  room  finished  in  Alabama  marble,  with  a 
12  by  20  foot  pool  and  shower  and  plunge  baths 
and  massage  rooms.  The  Gaustavina  tiling  over- 
head is  a  novelty  here,  and  the  floor  tiling  is 
Italian.  The  women's  reception  and  bath  rooms, 
east  of  the  salon,  is  fitted  up  similar  to  the  plunge 
room.    There  is  also  a  squash  court  for  women. 

Views  of  a  Viscountess 

The  Viscountess  Maitland,  who  is  so  well  known 
socially  in  America,  and  who  has  painted  the 
miniatures  of  some  notable  American  beauties, 
concludes  that  the  English  Society  girl  is  far  better 
equipped  artistically  than  her  American  sister,  and 
consequently  more  fitted  to  adorn  the  drawing 
room  than  our  own  girls. 

"You  see,"  the  viscountess  said,  "the  English 
girl  is  brought  up  to  play  and  to  sing  and  to  paint, 
while  your  girls  in  Society,  the  daughters  of  the 
affluent,  are  brought  up  to  observe  rather  than 
to  do  those  things.  An  American  girl  says,  'Oh, 
I  dislike  amateur  playing  and  painting.  There  are 
so  many  people  who  do  those  things  well,  and 
why  not  hear  people  sing  and  play  who  are  pro- 
fessionals and  who  can  make  music  worth  while?' 
I  have  often  heard  your  girls  express  themselves 
that  way,  and  no  doubt  the  professionally  paid  ar- 
tists who  entertain  the  guests  at  American  social 
functions  are  better  to  hear  than  the  guests. 

"On  the  other  hand,  I  contend  that  we  have  a 
better  system  of  bringing  up  our  girls,  for  if  a 
girl  only  plays  or  paints  indifferently  well  she  has 
a  better  understanding  of  these  things  and  is  better 
able  to  judge  than  the  girl  who  only  hears  profes- 
sionals and  who  has  no  technical  knowledge  of 
those  things. 

"Another  advantage,  is  that  in  the  event  of  any 
financial  misfortune  we  can  put  those  accomplish- 
n.ents  to  some  practical  use,  as  I  have  done  with 
my  miniature  painting,  for  instance.  Why,  what- 
ever in  the  world  should  I  have  done  when  I  found 
myself  practically  without  any  money  at  all,  if  I 
had  not  had  my  music  or  my  painting?  Your 
girls,    instead,    must   go    into   office    work,   become 


typewriters,  clerks,  etc.,  which  is  so  much  harder 
and  so  much  less  pleasant  a  way  of  earning  a 
living."  

Not  Wanted 

Patience — Didn't  she  want  you  to  stay  to  lunch? 

Patrice — No,  I  think  not.  She  said,  "We  haven't 
much  for  luncheon;  won't  you  stay  and  take  what 
we  have?" — Yonkers  Statesman. 

Sure  to  Make  a  Hit 

"At  last,"  said  the  manager,  "I  have  a  part  for  you 
in  which  you  will  be  able  to  make  a  hit." 

"Ah,"  replied  the  eager  soubrette,  "I'm  so  glad. 
But  how  can  you  be  sure  that  I  will  make  a  hit 
in  it?" 

"A  band  marches  across  the  stage  in  one  of  the 
scenes,  and  you  are  to  give  the  bass  drum  a  thump 
with  a  rolling  pin." 

Sensitive  Subject 

"Spacer  out  of  a  job?  Why,  I  thought  he  was 
running  a  fashion  department  in  a  woman's  maga- 
zine." 

"Yes,  but  he  caused  the  magazine  to  lose  so  many 
subscribers  they  fired  him." 

"How  in  the  world  did  that  happen?" 

"Why,  the  lobster  headed  his  column  'New 
Wrinkles  for  Women.'  " 


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MAKES  ITS  USE  PREFERABLE 
AT  SUCH  TIMES 


CHARLES  M.  REYNOLDS  CO. 

Agents  for  California  and  Nevada 

912-914  Folsom  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


30 


-THE  WASP- 


MARRIAGES 

June  16 — Mis.s  Daphne  Grace  Forsythe,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  William  Betts,  Berkeley,  and  Francis  Isgrigg  of 
Berkeley. 

June  18 — Miss  Helen  Bradbury  Carter,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carter,  Lagunitas,  Marin  County,  and 
Homer  Beck  Cutting. 

June  18 — Miss  Kathryn  Lowery  of  Tehama  and 
Franklin  A.  Almstead  of  Alameda,  at  First  Congrega- 
tional church,  Alameda. 

June  18 — Miss  Hazel  Wadsworth  of  Santa  Cruz  and 
Walter  Chase,  at  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  C. 
Berwick.  Oakland. 

June  19 — Miss  Viola  P.  Truman  and  Frank  How- 
ard Abbott,  Jr.,  at  the  home  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  Mer- 
cedes Truman. 

June  19 — Mrs.  Carmelita  Long  and  Lieut.  Thomas 
West  Hammond,  U.  S.  A.,  at  Hotel  Rafael,  San  Rafael. 

June  19 — Miss  Violet  Weniger  of  Vallejo  and  Stan- 
ley Chisholm  of  Benicia,  at  Church  of  Ascension,  Val- 
lejo. 

June  19 — Miss  Lydia  Mae  Sadler,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Sadler,  and  Mr.  Lewis  Risdon  Meade, 
at  Christ  church,  Alameda. 

June  19 — Miss  Mertin  Vernell  and  William  Bluett, 
at  residence  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  H.  Burnham,  Oakland. 

June  20 — Miss  Mary  Lucretia  Gross  of  Berkeley  and 
Dr.  J.  Albert  Brown  of  McCloud. 

June  20 — Miss  Mabel  Phillips,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  S.  M.  Phillips,  and  Monroe  D.  Green,  at  Ber- 
keley. 

June  20 — Miss  Mary  Cross  and  Edwin  J.  Williams, 
at  residence  of  bride's  parents,  Berkeley. 

June  20 — Miss  Josephine  M.  Miner  and  Edmund 
Gio  de  Mange,  both  of  this  City. 

June  20 — Miss  Mamie  Coffey  of  Santa  Rosa  and 
Rudolph  Schlueter  of  San  Francisco,  at  Santa  Rosa. 

June  20 — Miss  Bertha  Waldenmeier  of  Stockton  and 
George  Dohrmann,  at  St.  John's  Episcopal  church, 
Stockton. 

June  22 — Emma  Marie  de  Boom,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Romain  C.  de  Boom,  and  Claus  Frank  E. 
Witzel,  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  parents,  on  Page 
Street. 

June  24 — Mrs.  Alice  B.  Elliott  and  D.  Lyle  Ghirar- 
delli,  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Sacramento 
Street,  San  Francisco. 

June  25 — Miss  Dolly  Trost  and  Mark  Daniels,  at 
First  Congregational  church,  Berkeley. 

June  26— Miss  Rose  Cuneo,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Joseph 
Cuneo,  and  John  Lawrence  de  Benedetti,  at  St. 
Mathew's  Catholic  church,  San  Mateo. 

June  26 — Miss  Gertrude  Allen  and  Charles  Tripler 
Hutchinson,  at  home  of  bride's  parents,  Oakland. 

June  26 — Miss  Blanche  Estelle  Lund  and  Alexander 
H.  Smith,  at  the  home  of  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
J.  P.  Lund,  this  City. 

June  26 — Miss  Leona  Condon,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Christina  Condon,  and  William  George  McMahon,  at 
St.  Agnes'  church. 

June  26 — Miss  Charlotte  Burns,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Ferguson  Burns  of  Sacramento,  to  Bernard  J. 
Flood  of  San  Francisco,  at  the  Cathedral,  Sacra- 
mento.   Rev.  Monsignor  T.  J.  Capel  officiating. 

June  27 — Miss  Bessie  Camille  Raymond  of  Sacra- 


mento and  Victor  Lyell  Hatfield,  at  the  Tremont  Park 
Presbyterian  church,  Sacramento. 

May  29— Miss  Hazel  Roberts  and  Donald  E.  Scho- 
field. 

Mrs.  Morton  Grinnell,  daughter  of  Mrs.  John  Dar- 
ling, and  Don  Joaquin  de  Perreyra  at  Yokohama. 

ENGAGEMENTS 

Miss  Ethel  E.  C.  Wright,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
G.  Alexander  Wright,  of  Palo  Alto,  to  Dr.  Allen  H. 
Peek,  of  Southern  California. 

Miss  Florine  Kahn  announces  her  engagement  to 
Paul  B.  Manheim. 

Miss  Bertha  Wolf,  daughter  of  Mrs.  H.  Wolf,  of 
San  Rafael,  to  B.  Morgen. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Rothschild  announce  the  en- 
gagement of  their  daughter,  Miss  Ida  and  Walter  T. 
Welisch. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph  Mautner  announce  the  engage- 
ment of  their  eldest  daughter,  Theresa  Ethel,  to 
Eugene  C.  Lewald. 

Miss  Irene  Pendergast  announces  her  engagement  to 
Lieut.  Arthur  J.  O'Leary,  U.  S.  N. 

Miss  Olive  M.  Clark,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Mabel  Clark, 
to  Carl  A.  Larson. 

Miss  Mazie  Langhorne,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  Potter  Langhorne,  to  Richard  Hammond,  son  of 
A.  B.  Hammond. 


American  beauty  roses  were  the  decorations  at 
the  delightful  luncheon  given  last  Monday  by  Mrs. 
Linda  H.  Bryan  at  her  home,  2422  Buchanan  Street, 
in  honor  of  Mrs.  Francis  J.  Heney.  The  others 
were  Mrs.  Inez  Shorb  White,  Mrs.  Charles  Dunphy, 
Mrs.  Charles  F.  Fee,  Mrs.  I.  Lowenberg,  Mrs.  Gen- 
eral Frederick  Funston,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Huntington, 
Mrs.  Edward  H.  Hamilton,  Mrs.  Julian  Sontag, 
Mrs.  Hiram  Johnson,  Mrs.  William  Sesnon,  Mrs. 
Florence  Porter  Pfingst,  Mrs.  Walter  Remington 
Quick. 


Mrs.  Charles  Butters  recently  motored  to  Del  Monte, 
having  as  her  guests  Miss  Marie  Rose  Deane  and  Mr. 
Gowan. 


Since  the  Willis  Davises  have  gone  to  housekeeping 
at  Santa  Barbara  they  have  done  little  but  entertain, 
but  their  affairs  are  chiefly  of  the  informal  kind. 


REMOVAL  NOTICE 

The  L.  P.  Fisher  Advertising  Agency 
are  now  permanently  located  in  the 
Merchants'  Exchange  Building,  431 
California  Street.     Phone  Franklin   584 


CoBoniaS  Tub  and  Shower  Baths 

BathS  Ladies"  Department,  8  io  12  a.  m.  weeL  days 

REGULAR  PRICES 
Now  Open       1745  O'Farrell  St..  near  Fillmore 


-THE  WASP- 


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JOHN  J.  DEANE  &  CO. 

NOTARY  PUBUC 
Real    Estate   and   Insurance 

N.  W.  Cor.  Sutter  and  Steiner  Sts. 
Phone  Wet  7291 


DR.  WM.  D.  CLARK 

OFFICE  and  RESIDENCE 
2554  California  Street,  San  Francisco 

HOURS:— I   lo  3  p.m.  and  7  to  8  p.m. 

SUNDAYS— By  appointment. 

PHONE  WEST  390 


Contracts   made    with    Hotels   and   Restaurants 
Special  Attention  given  to  Family  Trade 

Established  1876 

Thomas  Morton  &  Son 

Importers  ol  and     af    '  f~\  /V   I 
Dealers  in     *~  V-F/-%1_ 

N.  W.   COR.  EDDY  and  HYDE,  San  Francisco 
Phone  FRANKLIN  397 


Thompson's   FORMERLY 
Oyster  Loaf 

NOW  OPEN 

All  Night  Service  Popular  Prices 

1727   O'Farrell  Street,    Near  Fillmore 


Wichman,    Lutgen    &    Co. 

Formerly  of 
29-31   Battery  Street,  S.  F. 

Cor.    Everett    and    Harrison    Avenue 
ALAMEDA,  CAL. 

Phone  Alameda  1179 

GILT    EDGE    WHISKEY 


PATRICK  &  CO. 

RUBBER  STAMPS 

STENCILS,    BOX  BRANDS 
1543  Pine  Street         San  Francisco 


ASHSBBITTERS 

■      BETTER  THAN    PILLS.        %J 


To  restore  gray  hair  to  its  natural 
olor  use  Alfrcdum's  Egyptian  Henna — 

vegetable  dye — perfectly  harmless  and 
le  effect  is  immediate..  All  druggists 
;11  it.     Langley  fit  Michaels  Co.,  agents. 


Indians  in  Divorce  Court 

The  case  of  Natalie  Brande  Oron- 
hyatekha,  wife  of  Dr.  rVcland  Oron- 
hyatekha,  the  Mohawk  chief,  whose 
domestic  affairs  have  had  an  extensive 
airing  in  the  chambers  of  the  YTork- 
ville  Police  Court  came  to  a  dramatic 
ending.  Magistrate  Finn  decided  that 
the  woman  lived  in  New  Jersey  and 
had  no  standing  in  the  New  York 
courts. 

The  husband's  name,  done  into 
English,  means  "Bright  Cloud."  The 
woman  has  this  Indian  name,  "Gay- 
gengorah,"  which  means  "Fair 
Flower." 

James  Nugent  and  William  Rosen- 
berg, counsel  for  the  doctor  and  the 
woman,  respectively,  submitted  briefs 
today,  and  then  argued  them.  In  the 
course  of  his  remarks  Mr.  Nugent  as- 
serted that  the  woman  was  a  British 
subject,  and  advanced  other  claims 
which  aroused  the  ire  of  the  com- 
plainant. 

Rising  dramatically,  she  shouted: 

"Yai're  a  liar.  I  ought  to  slap  your 
face,  you  fool." 

Magistrate  Finn  banged  his  gavel 
down  upon  the  bench  with  almost 
force  enough  to  crack  it,  and  the  wo- 
man's lawyer  turned  sharply  on  her. 

"You  must  keep  quiet,"  he  ex- 
claimed.    "This  is  a  court." 

"I  won't;  I  won't,"  shouted  Mrs. 
Oronhyatekha.  "I  am  going  out  of 
this  court.  I  don't  uelieve  in  this 
kind  of  justice.  If  I  die  tomorrow, 
there  will  be  no  one  to  bury  me,  and 
1  shall  have  to  go  to  the  potter's 
field." 

Ai  d  she  rushed  from  the  court- 
room. 

Well,  Well! 

"Mildred  had  hard  luck  with  her 
beaux.  She  was  shaken  four  times 
before  Bob  married  her." 

"Ah,  I  see.  Well  shaken  before 
taken,  eh?" 

Henry 

"I  wouldn't  be  afraid  to  trust  my 
husband  anywhere,"  said  Mrs.  Hen- 
peck. 

"Why?  Doesn't  he  care  for 
women?" 

"If  he  does  he's  never  shown  any 
signs  of  it  when  I  was  around." 

Diamond  Gossip 

"No  wonder  our  boys  lost  when  we 
played  that  female  baseball  team." 

"What  was  the  matter?" 

"Every  time  we  had  our  innings 
our  runners  persisted  in  hugging  the 
bases." 


DR.   H.   J.  STEWART 

Oraonisi  of  St.   Dominic's  Church 
and  the  Temple  Sherilh  Israel 

TEACHER    OF    SINGING 

Pianoforte,  Organ,  Harmony  and  Composition. 
NEW  STUDIO:  2517  CALIFORNIA  ST. 
Hours,  10  to  12  and  2  to  4  daily,  except  Saturday. 


LOUIS  H.  EATON 

Organist  and  Director  Trinity 
Church  Choir 

TEACHER  OF  VOICE,  PIANO  AND  ORGAN 

SAN  FRANCISCO  STUDIO:     1678  Broadway, 

Phone  Franklin  2244. 
BERKELEY   STUDIO:     2401    Channing  Way. 

Tuesday  and  Friday. 


William  Keith 

Studio 

After  Dec.  1  at         1717  California  St. 


SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 


Attorney -a  t-Law 
1107  O'FARRELL  STREET 

Cor.   Franklin  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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Kinds    of  Baking 

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NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate   of   FRANK   R.    PRINCE,   deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned 
Executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of 
said  FRANK  R.  PRINCE,  deceased,  to  the 
creditors  of  and  all  persons  having  claims 
against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers,  within  four 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this 
notice  to  the  said  Executor  at  the  office 
of  Dave  Cosgrave,  Esq.,  Room  No.  6,  1443 
Fillmore  Street,  San  Francisco,  which  said 
office  the  undersigned  selects  as  his  place 
of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said  estate  of  Frank  R.  Prince,  deceased. 
EDWARD  R.  PRINCE, 
Executor    of    the    last    will    and    testament    of 

Frank  R.    Prince,  deceased. 

Dated,    San    Francisco,    June,    1907. 

DAVE   COSGRAVE, 
Attorney   for   said    Executor. 


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For  the  Place 
Mistress — I  want  a  girl  for  general 
housework;   some  one  who   is   strong 
and  willing  and  will  do  everything. 

Bridget — Do  yez  take  me  for  a 
Taft? 

Versatile 
Our  President,  remark! 

His  many  powers  note! 

For  with  one  hand  he  rocks 

The  cradle  and  the  boat. 

The  Dear  Old  Flag 

"I  am  always  filled  with  patriotic 
feelings  whenever  I  gaze  upon  the 
dear  old  Stars  and  Stripes,"  said  the 
large-waisted  millionaire. 

"That  being  the  case,"  said  the  tax 
assessor,  "I'm  going  to  carry  a  flag 
with  me  the  next  time  I  call  to  have 
you  list  your  personal  property." 

Waste  of   Energy 

His  Wife — Why  is  it  you  never 
start  up  the  phonograph  any  more, 
John? 

Her  Husband — There  is  no  harmony 
in  two  talking  machines  running  sim- 
ultaneously, my  dear. 

Considerate 

Paterfamilias — Wasn't  the  gas  down 
very  low? 

Daughter — Yes,  father,  we  had  no- 
ticed that  the  eighty-cent  gas  law 
wasn't  upheld. 

When  the  White  City  was  ready  to 
open  for  the  Summer  season  recently 
it  sent  a  brass  band  around  the  streets 
in  a  wagon  on  the  sides  of  which  huge 
banners  proclaimed  the  facts:  "White 
City  Opens  Tonight,"  "Be  Sure  and 
Come  Out,"  "Don't  Miss  It,"  while 
the  band,  with  a  serene  indifference 
to  the  eternal  fitness  of  things,  played 
nonchalantly,  "He  Walked  Right  in 
and  Turned  Around  and  Walked 
Right  Out  Again." 


Rear  Admiral  Mead,  at  a  dinner  at 
the  Portsmouth  navy  yard,  illuminated 
with  a  story  an  interesting  discourse 
on  food  inspection. 

"A  sailor,"  he  said,  "brought  a  tin 
cup  to  an  inspecting  officer  and  ex- 
claimed: 

"  'Taste  this,  sir.  That  is  all  I  ask. 
Just  taste  it.' 

"The  officer  took  a  sip. 

"  'Well,  really,  my  man,'  he  said, 
'this  is  not  bad  soup  at  all.' 

"'Yes,'  said  the  sailor,  bitterly;  'and 
yet  they  want  to  persuade  us,  sir, 
that  it's  tea.' " 


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a  man  is  happiest  with  a  young  wife. 


T0Y0  KISEN 
'   KAISHA 


ti 


(Oriental  Steamship  Co.) 


Have  Opened  Their  Permanent  Offices  at 

Room  240  James  Flood  Building 

San  Francisco 

S.  S.  "Hongkong  Maru" 

Friday,  June  28,  1907 

S.  S.  "America  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)        .     . 

Thursday,  July  18,  1907 

S.  S.  "Nippon  Maru"  (calls  at  Manila)     .     .     . 
Thursday,  August  15,  1907 

Steamers  will  leave  wharf,  comer  First  and  Brannan  Sts., 
I  P.  M.,  for  Yokohama  and  Hongkong,  calling  at  Hono- 
lulu, Kobe,  (Hiogo),  Nagasaki  and  Shanghai,  and  con- 
necting at  Hongkong  with  steamers  for  Manila,   India,  etc. 

No  cargo  received  on  board  on  day  of  sailing. 

Round-  trip  tickets  at  reduced  rates.  <ft 

Fot  Freight  and  passage  apply  at  office,  240  James  Flood 
Building.     W.  H.  AVERY,  Assistant  General  Manager. 


Peter  Bacigalupi  &  Son 

Headquarters  for  Talking 

Machines,  Records 

and  Supplies 

1 113-1 115  Fillmore  St,  San  Francisco 


Albion  Ale  or  Porter 


Is  a  Great  Flesh  Builder,  Tonic  and  Pleasant 
Drink.     Pure    Extract   of    Malt    and    Hops. 

BURNELL  &  CO. 

1007-1009  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Near  Laguna 


Dr.  Wong  Him 

1268  O'Farrell  Street 

Permanently^!  Located 


Herb  Doctor 


AN  EXCELLENT  LETTER 

San  Francisco,  March  17,  1907. 
[  suffered  greatly  from  indigestion.     After  taking  £ 
a  very  few  treatments  with  Dr.  Wong  Him  I  have  1 
regained  my  appetite  and  can  now  eat  any  kind  of 
food  without  distress.     It    is  with  much  pleasure  | 
that  I  testify  to  the  skill  of  this  eminent  physician. 

,W.  ROGERS,  140  Glen  Ave.t.