Capping The Climax

EDITORIAL PAGE OF THECALL SEPTEMBER 3, IQOQFRIDAY

Tells how Admiral Dewey, when captain of the old frigate

Pensacola, was grieved by order to draw the bulkhead'

between his [quarters and those of rear admirajj|

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There was no open breach, however, until Franklin in the middle of-the summer shifted his flag temporarily to the old corvette Kearsarge forthe. purpose of making a

-trip to Constantinople. When he left the Pen-

sacola he sent a' written.order, to Dewey, directing that when he returned c

to the Pensacola after the Constantinople trip he wished to find the bulk--head drawn between the two cabins, the servants segregated, and entireseparation between the two menages. Furthermore, he sent word that hence-forth there should be no communication other than strictly official betweenDewey and him, adding, that Dewey's aid or his orderly and Franklin's flag

lieutenant and orderly would be acceptable channels of communication.It was a severe blow to Dewey. He never made a protest, but from

that time to the end of the cruise and during the succeeding years, even at

their club, the Metropolitan, in Washington, the two never greeted eachother save with the most frigidly format bows. Until 1898 Dewey was thejunior and had to salute first, but afterward, when congress had made himadmiral of the navy, he ranked Franklin and the latter, under naval rules,

had to extend the first greeting.

The admiral's quarters, comprising two-thirds of the*cabin space,#

and;the captain's, which occupied the other third, were thrown into one. making

:a single large and commodious suite, which the commanders in chief usedjointly. They united the forces of their servants, making-- quite a jointretinue. Everything"was lovely for a time until Dewey's rather impulsivenature. occasioned friction, and Franklin took umbrage at what he regarded^with mdre and more conviction as lack of the respect due from junior tosenior.

Ranks Reversed by

Action of Congress

T~SrOBABLY no one' outside a small and["secretive, coterie in the service knows

that the old dismantled steam frigate

Pensacola; now the guardship at the Goat island naval training station, wasthe theater of one of the most piquant episodes in the history of the navy.

The rtwo actors were the late Rear Admiral S. R.''Franklin, who died lastFebruary, and Admiral George Dewey. It was in 1886, when the Pensacolawas Franklin's flagship on the European station. Dewey, then a captain,was the vessel's commanding officer. For years Franklin and Dewey Tiadbeen- good friends and when they sailed together a most enjoyable cruisewas anticipated. .

BallingerWillHAve to

FacetheMusic

While the men furnished most of the eloquence of the meeting thewomen contributed the wit, notably Mrs. J. W. Orr. Here is one of hersallies: "One speaker has said that we are the keepers of the morals ofman. That is too big a contract. Ireturn it to him."

Sullivan, however, did not lose his self-possession, and when he was calledupon to speak he began by saying: ,

"I have just made the greatest discovery of my life. Tonight" when I-left home, an hour and a half ago, Iwas single. Now Ifind that T-fmmarried. That is the result of attending a women's meeting. Isuppose ifIcome again I'llbe a bigamist, and then I'H receive the -attention of thedistrict attorney.""

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Sullivan Blushes onSuggestion of Wife

Matt Sullivan,;the attorney, was ,a deeply

embarrassed man for a few moments during

the meeting of the California women's Heney

club in Lyric hall Tuesday night. Mrs. Horatio Stebbins, secretary of theclub, announcing the names of the women who had been selected to make. up

the governing board of the club, read the name of "Mrs. Matt Sullivan."Hiram Johnson, District Attorney Langdon ajnd John W. Sweeney, who sat

on the platform with Sullivan, leaned over and grinned at him, and at thesame moment there was first a titter, then a chuckle and the big

broke into laughter. Matt Sullivan is a bachelor of the confirmed varietyand he blushed like a schoolboy.

Gossip of Railwaymen

ChangedMethods inPolitics

THE. SMART SET

"Several cases in which Judge Wallace presided had been reversedand the judge, who had a naturally quick temper, was fuming. One day*

in the old Pacific club he met one of the justices, who told him they wereabout to reverse him again. This added fuel to his rage. . .

"About this time a murderer came up for sentence. . Wallace pro-

nounced the words of doom, omitting, however, the customary 'and may

the Lord have mercy on your soul/"'Why did you make the omission, judge?' some one asked.

"'Why?' shouted Wallace, 'because Iwas afraid that if Iasked themercy of the Lord for the prisoner, the supreme court woujd hold that-Ihad exceeded my jurisdiction by appealing to a higher court.'"

Judge Fears to AskMercy for Culprit

The late Judge Wallace, known for year3as a terror to criminals through his cus-tom of administering the maximum penalty,

was continually at outs with the justices of the supreme court, says Wil-liam.S.-Barnes, former district- attorney and a well known member of thelegal fraternity, who tells the following story:

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THE recent death of the publisher of the famous Morey letterleads the New York

'Tribune to speculate on the changed

tone in national politics since the day when that forgery was—put out to influence thevvote of California andNevada against James A. Garfield.: The letter attributed to Garfield was pub-

lished late in the fall of 1880 and almost on\u25a0 the1eve of the presidential, election at which

_1_ he was : a candidate. It purported to beaddressed to one H. L.Morey of Lynn, Mass., and read as follows:

•Dear Sir: Yours in relation to the Chinese problem, came duly td-hand. Itake it that the question of employes is only a _ question of:private and corporate economy, and individuals or companies have theright to buy labor where they can get it cheapest. We have a trealywith the Chinese^government which should be religiously- kept until,itsprovisions are abrogated by the action of the general government, .andIam not prepared to say that it,should 4 be abrogated until bur greatmanufacturing and corporate interests /are conserved in the matter, oflabor. - '.

The publication of this letter at once raised a political stormin California, and although it was promptly exposed as a forgery,the publication changed many votes in this state and carried Cali-fornia into the democratic column by a close margiriT In fact, thedemocrats elected seven of the .'eight electors and the republicansbrie. It may be remembered that the defeated democrat was thelate David S. Terry and the successful republican was HenryEdgerton, both eminent figures in the state politics of their day:

The'letter, of course, was easily shown to be a forgery. Therewas no such person as H. L. Morey in Lynn, and the documentwas promptly repudiated by General Garfield. Yet it was exten-sively circulated in alleged facsimile in spite of all exposures,, andno doubt itchanged votes incommunities where opinion was strongagainst Chinese immigration.-

Tactics of that sort are no longer in favor. An attempt wasmade in the- last presidential campaign to make some politicalcapital against Bryan by means, of a manuscript attributed toGrover Cleveland. Doubts were cast upon its authenticity, andit was quickly abandoned as campaign material. J

On the wholes it may be said that the tone and methods ofpolitics have distinctly improved in the last thirty years.: The moment .the Cleveland letter was suspected of being aforgery its use in the campaign was abandoned. But the authen-1ticity 'of the Morey letter was insisted on up to the close of the

ANSWERS TO QUERIES :-:

\:A'r^fAT does" the world know of the north pole?. Nothing.y V'?!iat does the- orld want of the nortll pole? Nothing.-;\u25a0: :' .^? t for more than a thousand years men have striven with

Conquest ofNorth Pole

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hardship and danger and hundreds of liveshave been sacrificed to overcome and traversethose thrilling regions of thick ribbed ice.They sought no material good. It was merelythe spirit of adventure that urged them on andmade them hold their lives at a pin's fee..

U c may hot undervalue but rather should exalt this loftydaring,which hojrLe keeping people care not to emulate, however they mayadmire. TJie spice of danger has always- supplied a human motiveof incalculable force, whether in fields of sport, industry, explorationqr science.

"It will not be known with"absolute certainty' whether "Doctor

Cook has actually compassed his ambition to i;each the pole untilthe scientists have fully tested his statements. Science waits forverification and proof, and in the meantime laymen -can only specu-late. From the accounts received of' Doctor Cook's expedition itmay be regarded as virtually a one man. affair, andi it may be thatin thisfact lies the secret of his success. - Other expeditions, perhaps,have erred /in the way 'of unwieldy elaboration and have brokendown under their own weight. It:is a favorite "sour dough" theoryin Alaska that if gold' were discovered in quantity at. the- pole,within a month .there would be hundreds of "mushers" on the spot.Neither sticrw .nor hummocks of ice have any terrors for that

.„ We. need":no3t;.pursue this line of speculation, but it may beremarked" that- in the perilous journey that must be. made by him whowould reach the pole the element of luck must play a large part.Doctor Cook "wins the 'prize tliat Peary thought .was within hisreach after he had so many, "times risked his life. It is a sore dis-appointment id lose on .what appeared to be the verge of a difficultsuccess that .would have meaiit imperishable fame.

THE.unconscious humor of Vice President Schwerin's announce-mcrnt concerning the installation of wireless telegraphy on

\u25a0the Pacific Mail steamships is brought o.ut by the Portland

Schwerin sReal ReasonEasy to Guess

Oregoman. Mr. Schwerin complains of 'theinadequacy of the apparatus, now availablefor this purpose. He will have nothing lessthan a. long distance plant capable of span-ning the broad Pacific; which suggests tothe Oregonian: • /; :

-Mr. Schwenn will not install wireless telegraphy on his oriental.

liners until it is possible to communicate a distance. of 1,500 miles. The-

Pacific Mail magnate willbe forced to admit, however, that there aretimes when it might be advantageous to have' assistance from vesselsnearer than 1,500 miles away. Had the owners of the Republic waiteduntil wireless messages could be sent 1,500 miles before installing v theapparatus on their steamer, that disaster might have -been-'attended; by amuch greater loss of life. A Pacific Mail liner striking, at full"speed,a derelict or another vessel could easily receive" injuries which might'/make it imperative that help be summoned , from a point nearer/than-1,500 miles awaj'.

The chief merit of the wireless installation on passenger'steam-ships is that it enables help to be summoned in a hurry and', is^therefore, really more valuable asa short distance proposition thanas a means of communication with a ship a thousand miles away/

Of course, Mr. Schvverin is talking nonsense, as men/ usuallydo when they are forced to invent -reasons .'-to conceal their realmotives. What Mr. Schwerin means when he refuses -.- to installa wireless plant is that it would cost, some* money./'

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. ..The «;tbrm; willnot blow over. It will gather strength. Theancient policy- of "Forget iyM so dear to the official heart, will not

.^'(?%"'";.'^.' ei?l - .BallnlSer cpmes out of his hiding place in -theKittijas; fa.stn.esses he will be fenced to give an account of himself.

•V>\-:lp^^?ific support of the charge. Collier's declares that Bai-

}^Se t;-'recently sent the man in charge of the land fraud investi-distant regions, replacing him with a mere youth

whos^fCather is- a federal office holder and a friend to Ballinger."-.•':>-Ili. '.comment on the circumstances the Spokesman concludes:

,;.".. .'These gre: severe accusations. If true, Mr. Ballinger is unfit to sititfPresident Taft's cabinet. If.false, he owes it to himself, his friends and• lh«-4r:«filenrto refute them. His attitude of studied silence in the faceof revelations anti accusations that have created a national sensation willnot advance him in the public estimation.. Tf.Mr. Ballinger has been maligned he can not afford to pose beforethe country as on.c who is case hardened against criticism and accusation,for his evasive action must create -a growing belief that he is silent becausehe fears' -to face -his accusers and hopes that by lying low the storm will-soo.n'"blotv over. \u25a0

:::...;Aniaftg- pthe.r things it is charged that Secretary *Ballinger hasbteij^aldng- radical changes- in the personnel of the land office field.-service in.lhe.course of which special agents of vigor and experience,^% s^iit -to new and distant territories where they will be less4estrjflctt>^.' to private interests. That is a very grave charge, andit.ruris^witii the' popular conception of Ballingers policy. In view

concerning the secretary he canaßgrd,.: :in'justice to himself, to keep silent if the, popular con-Ccpti^'iiSirtii'staken. C-T^ \u25a0. \

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fH£-;\Spokane Spokesman, published in Secretary Ballinger's:hprn^ state/ points out that the secretary assumes an untenable.. pOsiitiQU ;\yh^n he refuses to meet or answer the serious

charges -that have been made against him.by reputable people. We quote:

Secretary Ballinger, while in the Yakimacountry, was shown an editorial in Collier'sWeekly charging him with being the willingtoolof vast interests that are trying to loot thenation's natural resources. "I have grown used

;_-to;aJt:ack? :like that.'' was his only comment *\u25a0:• \u25a0\u25a0".•P. t't: "attacks like that"-' are coining from a great many reputable,;carefal ajrd. accurate sources, and Secretary Ballinger's studied policy of"\u25a0silcDcc is -bcceniinc: .conspicuous.

CHIXESB YEAR—C. V.. City. '\u0084 How.'-many .

months are there In- the Chinese year -and how-many seasons? : .-—-.

A Chinese year contatns either 12 or

13 months. In five successive years

there are seven intercalary months.There is no distinct name for eachmonth. A month has always 29 or 30days. Every year has four . seasons, '

each season being divided \u25a0 into six pe-riods, named chalk and; khe. The first

means a Joint; and' the"latter breath.The seasons are divided; in the fol-lowingmanner: 1* .

Spring—First chalk, called com-mencement of spring; 'first khe,\ calledrain-water; •second khe, called" .excitedworms; second \u25a0 chalk, -called -vernalequinox; third khe, called pure iandclear; fourth khe, called grain rain.

Summer— First chalk, i,:called com-mencement'of summer; first:khe, calledsmall fall; second khe,- called boardergrain; second chalk, called summer:solstice;! third :khe, called ;small heat;

fourth khe," called ? great heat. :Autumn-7First: chalk,'^called . com-

mencement' of autumn; flrst-khe, called-

gathering heat; -second; khe, calledwhite /dew;:second ! called au-tumnal equinox;third:khe/ called ,colddew; fourth khe, called descending of:froßt./\'

' •";'-- -\u25a0.'./•. -"• . -.. "Winter— First, chaik,-' called^com-mencement of winter; first, khe, "calledsmall snow;- second khe, called 'greatsnow; second chalk, ;called .winter.sols-tice;K third •;"khe,'v:call ed;small i.;cold;:fourth, khe,^called greatfcoldr V"

\u25a0 In-the course fof515 ?or!o r! 16'

days after"great 'Cold'V comes tthe *ibeginning v ofspring.;^ Itis said that;one' of-the rules-;

observed vby.thelChinese; official fcalen-:"-dar, makers :is •never, allowjthe (joint:of. the kwinter. solstice to!occur Jin'either^,-thei'te'nth or, theltwelfth^monthrr '•JVhehWit alls Ivery^riear^ thei last fday;:ofKthe2ieleventh '.'.month," then

-the;;hext ;iyear

must-be an"intercalary one. \u25a0,'", -,'

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COIN BOOKLET—B;lV:, Sonoma," Cal. Please ;.Inform me ras sooa as possible where

'I'can 'prt-'

cure a booklet containing the Talue of old -coins?Also the name of some one In San Francisco whopurchases old and rare coins.

An answer to.- these reqests wouldamount to an advertisement of

"some

one engaged in-private business. .' Thisdepartment 'does not ? advertise L3anyprivate business. The department Is

-willing to help correspondents, ibut:, when -they ask for. an answer toaqes-tion,' the giving of which will amountto advertising any; \u25a0 bus! ness, 8 firm6 orprofessional man orlwoman, v the ques-tion must be accompanied by a salf-ad-

dressed and stamped envelope for reply-by mail, or no attention* will be paid to

.the communication. • '*.'.: s \u25a0 . \u25a0'\u25a0"*/\u25a0I-;.*£ '*"'•'.'.. KENTUCKY—Subscriber,' City: What is themoaning of the name Kentucky?

,It Is an Indfan";name- and means"head of a river."- it was given by theaborigines to a part, ofi the. territory,and applied by the white settlers tothe whole. . '

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-A.1.G..'

- Sacramento,' Cal.To^wnom: nhall I;applyifor.informatlon about

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putting:onJa, short vaudeville \ot merit. -'\u25a0'\u25a0.

Communicate with the ?manager ofthe Orpheum circuit, San Francisco .\u25a0. *..-.: .*.-.\u25a0'.?•.«, > \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0?-.\u25a0-: ..;\u25a0;-,

THE ST.\FRANCIS—X. A. X_ City.',"At whattime during the conflagration -of 'April1900 didthe St. Francis hotel catch fire? . ,",- "

During, the night of April 18.•. '.' •.'\u25a0'.•,;';-• ;.' \u25a0 •'.'• \u25a0; v ».y \u2666

• .-BREAD LINE—N. a; ;x.. city. Was there abread ,line

'established iin Union square^ on the

evening of April IS, 1906? •

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.MBTCALFE--A. :G. L.. City. When wasThomas Metcalfo governor of Kentuckr?: ; ;.\u25a0

1828-32. >-

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i•.•MUTILATING?:COIN—C. A. C. City. Is itagainst T the. law/,to mutilate -United States coinby converting <.It into;Jewelry ?. ,;-r^Coinß may,;be 'converted into jewelrywithout ? violating -the;; law.7but df^ thecoin ;is::;mutilated, v.debased, ';;aweated/and /so;Jf6rth,;andiofferedfaßHrue- cointhat is a'Violatio'nfof^law.^ . :-

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;.,- The reports, from the joint railroadagencies on the Pacific coast show thatduring July, 42,479 "tickets ? were vali-dated. \u25a0 This iis!an .increase of

*nearly

500 per cent in:thY'Pacific coast travelover the; corresponding; month' of lastyear.. The cause of;the increase Is tobe found ;in;the Seattle iexposition andthe Elks-land othei*;: conventions, in-cluding Vthe :recent --convention of the-Grand CArmy 'atl Salt ;Lake- City. Thelatter had 5,553 tickets. At atotal of 28,820 tickets S were validated,and the Elks at Los "Angeles had

'4.375.

There '.were '.2,491. summer touristtickets: validated.;

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E."?E. Wade/ chief ,clerk in the pas-senger.; department, of'the Southern Pa-cific,:leffWednesday night for an ex"-terided vacation. : ..

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\u25a0 ;The'Harriman, lines are in the marketfor:is,ooo tons of tie plates. ... •

•-.V .' \u25a0 .../.\u25a0\u25a0 ,:";• '\u25a0\u25a0 '• • .-•"'\u25a0;V. J. . F. .Corbett, chief" dispatcher, t sec-ondandfourth districts; of the Oregonrailroad and navigation arid, thegon,-,,Washington Cand VldahoV Idaho Vat Spo-.kane,-;haßbeen/transferred to.the' Or-egon "division,. with office at Portland.He is succeeded by?H."L. BuchananV

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.'"The-executive 'committee ;of the

Western passenger; association has rec-ommended the abolition "of -\u25a0 first classparty:rates at ? 2 cents "a mile.'

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The passenger department *oftitheDenver, and;; Rio. Grande ",has \u0084 reissuedits '\u25a0 publication;I\VThe4 Fertile' 7Lands";' ofColorado,"- within the \last "few, days.The Jbook has r larger, -which; isIndicativeJof^ythej growth '\u25a0:. of;the;'agri-cultural/, resources ..of j;Thisyear's',,; edltlbh I'}is" l2vpages; larger r'than;any'jvpfeyibus jfarid;: fullJot \u25a0'\u25a0; dataregarding -the' agriculture of the 'state.

A. L. Craig, formerly general passen-ger agent of the :Great Northern, hasleft the service of that company. Theannouncement' of Craig's resignationwill cause no'surpVise in the passengertraffic world,, as his retirement has beenconsidered inevitable ever since theresignation of B.; Campbell, vice presi-dent 'in charge of traffic, which fol-lowed, the election :6f-LouisW.Hiiraspresident. -Campbell, is ;now connectedwith 'the New Haven >in the same Ica-.pacity. Itis understood that Craig hasnot|entered

-Into other arrangements

and his successor. has*not been named.

WA special train has been engaged bythe local. aeries ;of Eagles to take thedelegates from this city to the annualconvention, which is to meet in Omaha,beginning September -13.- The trip hasbeen arranged over the Santa Fe routeThe party wllljleave San FranciscoSeptembers. «

The colonist rates between easternpoints and California- will be placed ineffect. September 15 and will continueuntil October 15.

According to the report of the Bur-,.

I?%^J OT the fisc*lyear just ended20,000.000 persons were handled on itslines without a fatality of any sort

-Conditions among the rail carriers

as regards the dried fruit movementfor August have -been somewhat dis-appointing. The 'total volume for themonth-has been somewhat less thanfor August of 1908, a"nd when fromthis is deducted the movement by wa-ter the total rail shipments have notbeen nearly what was expected.-The above will also summarize thecondition of the eastward movementof canned goods. The eastbound move-ment of green fruits for August will,It.is thought, .exceed the volume forany August since the shipping firstbegan. " ' .

WHETHER sawdusl is lumber orfuel is a new question that theInterstate commerce commissionhas been invited' to an^ver in

a complaint recently filed, in whicha violation of the rate law is alleged.

The railroad company held that saw-dust was lumber and, consequently,charged lumber rates on the product.The avers thafsawdust Isfuel and therefore, entitled to a lowerrate than that 'charged by the rail-road. The Plummer company of Mil-waukee is. the complainant In the caseand the Great Northern defendant.

weddings of September prom->*

v-| ise to be even more interesting•*•

than those that have become a

memory of the month just passed

Into social history, and the first one

of importance was that of Miss Hes3Pringle and William Morris Jloughton,which took place on the first day of

the month in East Baldwin, Me. The

news of the wedding willbe somewhat

of a surprise, for although the en-gagement was one of the announce-ments of the summer, the" date of themarriage was not mentioned, and eventhe closest friends of the bride in thiscity did. not anticipate such an earlywedding. The details of the prettyceremony are of interest, for the wed-ding was an outdoor affair and cele-brated under the shelter of historictrees in the grounds of the old col-onial home, the property of relativesof the Pringle family. The bride wasgiven in marriage by her brother,

Charles Pringle. who arrived fromMexico, to fill this office. She

was attended' by her sister, Miss NinaPringle, a3

-maid of honor, and Charles

Houghton acted as best man. Afteran informal reception /Mr. and Mrs.Houghton left for a honeymoon trip Inthe east, or more definitely for theircottage near one of the White moun-tain "lakes. They will reside In" NewYork, where Houghton is engaged Inliteriiry and newspaper work. .

Mrs." Edward J. Pringle. mother ofthe bride, and her sister. Miss NinaPringle. will return to.this city afteran absence extending* over the summer

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months, as they have been traveling in

the south,- where they were guests atthe old Pringle home in Charleston.S. C. In the later season they havebeen visiting at North. Hatley, Que.,before going to East Baldwin for thewedding. Houghton is a son of Pro-fessor; William Hougrhton of Bowdolncollege. '..-\u25a0' , '.:

t Mrs. Joseph Trilley. wife of Rear'Admiral Trilley;.U. -S. N., who hasbeen passing the summer at Pacific

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Grove, has .been /entertaining at a se-ries of house parties given at her at-tractive country, home, and several in-formal: dinner parties have served toenliven the season for the hostess andand her guests. «3H•\u25a0'•"•\u25a0\u25a0

Beverly MacMonagle 'and Douglas

MacMonagle are 'at .Tahoe for an, out-ing, where they ;will remain, for an';

Indefinite stay, '..but will return to theirhome in' town for. the winter.

. .Mrs. William H". Mitchell, who has'been living.in Nome for a year or more,will return here this winter and ex-pects to pass' most of thetime withrelatives of Berkeley,. but doubtless willbe a frequent -.visitor on this side, of \u25a0

thebay,;where she has; many friends.

Mrs.i J. R. Pourie, wife of. Captain 'Pourle, U. S. A.,;>ha,s returned from a:visit,ofIseveral :weeks" in the>southern'partjof :, the "state/- and will;;rbe in town;'withXthe exception of tone or two;weekend strips 'until she fsails

"early, in Oc-

tober^ toTjoin Captain -Pourierat Hono-liilu>oMrs.;'-Pourie "Will"be the incen-• ' . .. . \u25a0;..-\u25a0 «\u25a0«

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tlve for several informal parties laterin the month, and willpreside a3 hos-tess at a tea that she will give Octo-ber 2 at. the St. Francis. The teawill be a sort of farewell party forthe closer friends of the youngr armymatron, and will be one of the mostinteresting of the early season parties.

y. • • •Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bancroft

have been enjoying a series of brieftrips during the summer and have re-cently been at Tahoe for a stay, butwill return early this month to theirhome in Berkeley, where thay are ia«tending to remain this winter.

Mrs. J. ;D. Peters and her daughter.Miss Anna Peters, are enjoying a \u25a0weekend visit at the Fairmont and -will-beentertained at a number of delightfulaffairs during their .visit in town, sincethe attractive Stockton girl Is on©

1 ofthe most popular of thei younger set.and her arrival is always the signal fora succession of complimentary teas andluncheons. • • • '.-

Mr. and Mrs. Wakefleld Baker are attheir home in Pacific avenue after adelightful season out of town and havepassed most of the summer near Shasta,where they, had an attractive home.They have been at Tahoe more recently,however, but are in town now for thelater season.

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The presence of Mrs. Julius--Krutt-schnitt at the Fairmont with her prettydaughter. Miss Rebecca Kruttschnitt.will give an impetus to the gayetiesof the earlier season, as few girls havea wider popularity than the young east-ern visitor. "She will be entertainedalmost constantly during her visit intown, and a number, of weekend tripsare on the program if the duration ofher stay will permit her friends tocarry out these pleasant plans for her

.There is anticipation that Mrs. NedDarling ol^Nome, formerly Miss EttaBirdsall of Sacramento, may be a vis-itor this season in the city, and thereis rejoicing among the friends of theyoung matron, who hi*ve not had anopportunity of entertaining her sinceher marriage to the well known min-ing man of the north:.:While her homehas been so far away from her' friendsMrs. Darling rhas devoted her time toshort story writing, and some of,herwork has appeared in the westernmagazines. She is a.'clever, hostess, aswell as a literary woman; and amongher closest friends . fn. this city areMrs. J. P. Martin and her daughterMrs. William R. Cluness Jr. .

''.*'\u25a0 • . "r*Dr. and Mrs. -Walter. Hewlett, whohave been visiting Mrs. .Hewlett's par-ents, Mr. and Mrs.

-Reddington' • areleaving in a few days for the southernpart the state, and will visit Mrand Mrs. Eugene Hewlett in Los An-geles, for a brief time before goingon. to their home in Ann Arbor. MichMrs. Hewlett has had an .enthusiasticwelcome from her friends here, whoregret that her. visit must soon iermNnate«