.-:* For ', the graduations or for, the ,confirmation frock-this model is at :

once eminently, stylish and,* giriish.1and willfit infor many occasions allsummer \u25a0long^i TheImater iailiaja white:i te:pointfd'esp"rit <net' over? the

"new*

double width,' oneiseam'^•In the \u25a0littlece iritureXwhlch fasten sr with

'a^few^ loops at *th» \leftißlde;f'

?This; may tbe'ln^^suits ;the- young wearer; 'and the hair ribbons:are 'supposed ilto^corre-.spond. velyetjis one^ of the^ most jbewitching^of- the' latest;styles, and;is;to •be^seen upon: aliisorts of imaterlals-fbr^ummer^wear/fTomthe flimsiest itoT the heaviest ofVthe;-wmmer;'^bds-sillt 'woolen?and

'cotton.?^ The /round, yoke; is ? in"a 'platte1

)lace,x the straisht^ediped ;in-sertlon fagroted^ together, "and left;/u~nllned;| Just,':a^ layer!ofIchiffoh'i'be-''neathto obviate any look"or;hihtto'f'vlba'renesthe yoke,' and: £a\extr^friHti^the rbebelbbdio* (drops; with^u^^gginginto^istplainrin\frbjit,vshirred r:Oyer-the hips;and backlln'yoke'style, land two"very full;volants are put oh with;shirred headings, and two rows of laceabove each; hem. '; , "«.'?;' '.;_- '-"'\u25a0'•' ".:,"/ :.'','\u25a0';' '\u25a0"\u25a0 i-/''::^<i -/''::^< \u25a0\u25a0-.; '\u25a0:-: ->\u25a0'> -"-.:'-'':?-.-v ';.r;'.*:- ;̂

STTIJSH SUMMER FROCK.

THEY HErSAID GOOD XIGHT.:Mr.Bore-f-Ah! that's ;a, lovely,song. '. lf;always!. carries me *away..\lU»:'.cytUng'--li;'\E.^Marks^rm\u25a0orry' \Ididn't

"sing'i'iit^ for Tyou'earlier.',"'. . v -\u0084" -\u25a0\u25a0 /\u25a0

ATITCL THREAT.; lla Cow; (to errant, offspring)-^Don't.you,break into that garden swith that inaujrhty Jonescalf. liyou »et:tough: like him:1the BeefTrust'U get:you.

.r.

r

SOROOM FOB TTTO imtDS.";"I eupposa '\u25a0 you and

"your "wtta

:are [cton* mind." ,- • . . .--• \u25a0

"Sure. We couldn't liv» ta oor.jflat it w» weren't." % : :w- -\u25a0- i«

JUDGING BY .WHAT HE LEFT... Harold—My \u25a0 only inheritance iabrains. \u25a0

.Flossie— Then your father. was abankrupt when.he^ died?

THE crying economic need of California for years has beenthe snbdrvisicm c£ the immerons large landed, estates. TheSacramento Vaiiev especially, has suffered from these large

, estates, that tcctc held together "by the pride of possession- For along-time the tendency c£;large holdings was to increase ratherthan diminish, A small holder -would acquire land joining one ;ofthese principaHdes aad wovHd go on improTing his place and rear-ing his family, to finally discorer that he was isolated, had noneighbors and that there was no school for,his children. Then tiewanted to sell and there was no buyer except the owner of the do-main which had isolated him, and his holding

-was added to an

estate alreadj* too large for the good of the commonwealth.In that way the rural population of the Sacramento Valley ac-

tually decreased for several years. There. was a steady diminution-in the number of country homes and families, and in the' numberof farms. While this was going on. in,the Sacramento* Valley- thereverse was in progress in the San Joaquin;

'for,"notwithstandingthe large holdings of the Kern County Land Company and of Mil-ler &Lux..the small holdings in that Valley rapidly increased. This

•-was done by men of means ;buying up large tracts of land lat what"might be called a wholesale price per acre and cutting it into smallholdings that sold readily at a retail price which, Avhile not high,gave a handsome profit- This process has now"extended toi theSacramento Valley, with results which deserve to be studied y.be-

.cause they disclose the value of California \ land: -«The Cone ranch in Tehama County; an area of;100,000 acres,

•has been taloen by a syndicate at a wholesale'

price and is 'be^ingrapidly sold in small tracts at a minimum of $50 and a maximumof $100 per acre. :These prices, while so reasonable >that^the -salesare rapid, are yet a significant index of the value of;"Galifornia\landlThese lands are about 150 miles from San Francisco, ;and are re-

.^note' from, other large centers of^population l<:.\:It'*isVknownnearness to concentrated populations .is. an <element of.value in*agri-cultural lands. If,•therefore/; these remote hands "readily bring .thatprice, what is the conclusion as to lands of t*equal;fertility nearer tothe large city;populations? The great deduction from; it'is^tliatthe large estates are;. gradually: becomingvtoo valuable to 'be heldtogether, and theirsubdiyisibn willcome by natural vprocesses.

SETTLING SMALL FARMERS.

LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE

";"•\u25a0\u25a0•» But»,there i:are flove"-\u25a0 stories enough'toi.suits. everybody,' love :stories ;whichare'an^ inspiration: to high.ldeals;. which'•reflne'i one's tloye^ thoughts.; whichIgivfe

\u25a0the;reader* new powers/of /"emotionalexpression. Inrtprose }.and \in1%, poetry,there \u25a0:; axe'k'rtorles^ Innumerable?, whichbreathe »>with'Itha'tjs fine /. feeliner rwhiohis. the |breath';6f *noble jlove/- .v^i V-;DAnd/sureljr|if^there|li any season "ofthe yeariTvhenJ, it is appropriate to'readofilov«,\ahd^t6j gaih> through \vlcafious[experience fneVjknowledge :of;Its \depthand 'breadthirand' height' and^ itsf:in-"nuencejuponihumajoldestlny^ the, springis':thelßeASonlof|air/seasons, :{*for<thenthe^pulses 'ofItheVr-world iare ibeatingto'l«ve'»|rapturous ?rhythm,iarid*.man'sspirit is atttm •«» *f>nature's deeper har-*'monies.^; ;j- •

x* * - • - --> \u25a0 .

r Tht\ tendency^ of ',youth- to;model ;itsconduct t;upon .*;inthe ;books >it-reads makes \u25a0, some- booksdangerous which '.would-otherwise

'Jbe

innocuous. Andvyoung.: people yey chave,':unluckily/;a:unluckily/;an Jostrich"? appetite for fic-tion.,; without an. ostrich's .power ;ofassimilation/ \u25a0\u25a0'W. \u25a0\u25a0•="' 'I.• • '

s-"

"\u25a0\u25a0' Dolwe*feel; thatiwe '\u25a0are ", getting old?Then':spring Aeels to us. a- rift;of:sun-light:in:'an opaque sky- 'With -the ;re-

newal of:the'youth lthat fillsiwith ;rer

joicing the old "earth:as it;dances :onits way ronce ,; more \u25a0beneath ;the?indul-genco v.of 7a 'smiling isun, we feel; that-our ownIyouth;is;renewed, and Twe areeager to] share

-again *in

'all'young ;im-

pulses, and;to•find;some 'shadow of the

dear ;lost ."glory-and"the dream," .to

«T-i^'i';love,- •If{only.^vicariousyK \in1thohappiness of storisd'lovers. ; ~-

\u25a0 '\u25a0 Wht' a man reads, '\u25a0 so "•aa man is,iis ajiapothegm i;as ;;true \u25a0_ as ?\u25a0 that which ;de-"clares ;a^manl to.be t

what; he eats.But \u25a0;loVe•;literature.

-which' means a

rejuvenation"ifor \u25a0 adults.'- is)not alwaysequallyIgood ;for*.the

*young, iwho"; are

likely to swallow/ it whole/, and.froni'fa Aklnd-of ';sentlmental";indiges-tion.':;'. '^'-y;\\ :"•<_.- i.'t :;\u25a0\u25a0'.*:,'• •.\u25a0.-\u25a0\u25a0..:

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Are >-c young? !Then we turn tolove stories :;from -. the same impulsethat }moves :one when ;he ",gets ;to. theend of the "'road ;he -is used 'to, 'andrealizes as he goes onward that^reallyhe is just:Startingr :out.::

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. In-the spring the mind of man turnsto novels 'and ,to poetry, as the heart of

man turns Instinctively to love."-When

April softness fills\the 'air. and Mayfragrance \ turns -'thei.pastures \u25a0 andorchards of the .world into a "garden,we are eager to sip the honey fromtheliterary bloom of sentimental fancy.: 'In.the 'spring ,we;are .hungry andthirsty, for lovet lore; just as' a" littlelater^ in: the 5- year, we are hungry: forice cream: and

'thirsty;for.soda" water.Not "^satisfied *to "partake 7 of nature'slargess.' 1which she ;; spreads' before uswith";generous;: hands— not -as 'if shewere ferivlnar/coins to * beggars, but -asifshe; were; s< altering crumbs U» birds-^\u25a0we :\u25a0 seek \ foigain \u25a0yet more tdelightby swingeing "

on'love's pendulum ofromance .between the lovers' heaven ofhope and the black abyss of. lovers'fears. : '--.

'\u25a0.'\u25a0-. ..';.-. '\'2~

. Special .Information supplied dally tvbusiness houses and public men. by t3xmPress Clipping Bureau (Allan's). SO Call.lorala street. Telephone Main 10<U.

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Dorothy. Fenimore is now onher way to Europe to make a specialstudy of .matters pertaining to the subjects in-which she is a special-ist, and will soon be giving the results of her critical obserx-ation toreaders of The Call. She. willspend most' of the time she Is abroad InEngland and France. \u0084

Townsend's Cala. Glace Fruits. In ar-tistic fire-etched boxes. 10 Kearay st.and new store now open. 787

'Market at.

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\u25a0 Roiimania is now the fourth largest

petroleum-produclngr country In \u25a0 theworld. The list la headed by the UnitedStates; then comes Russia, while thethird place is held by Austria-Hungary.

FASHION'S MIRROR **iUNiON-^rF. ,W- 8..rFruitvale, .Cal.For;such ;information as you ask ;inrelation ,to(the;Teamsters" .:..Union "ofChicago, J111.",; you will have to^ write,aletter of inquiry ''to' the secretary ofthat union/ as this department 'has no»information on the subject.

-ADJOINING PROPERTY— S., Perms

Grove/ CaL ., If-you own -a -piece

»ii njoperty'in'a cfty. and wish to knowwho owns the land adjoining,send some

(one_ to the ofllce.' of;jthe .Tax Collectorand there'aacextaih against whom theproperty is assessed: generally againstthe owner, but som> times people ownproperty and pay the taxes in the nameof the former- owner. ". / .CELERY—A.F. R., Clarksburg, O.

ONE MILLIONSTAMPS— M. C. L.,Citj-.; The United vStates Governmentnever ', offered a"pfice for a collectionof one million canceled "domesticstamps.'\- "

For- information relative to soil forcelery culture, address a communica-tion to the agricultural experimentalstation. University -of California.Berkeley," Cal.

"A London society woman," accord-iziS to report, "has a email white be-ribboned pig*sitting' beside her whenshe rides out in her automobile. \u25a0 An-

Women's Queer Pets.

other woman automobilist is rarely

setn on her ':car without her pet pen-guin, Arisfides, which she frequentlytakes with'her into shops, the intelli-gent, creature carrying her handbag inhis bill: Another delights in hornedtoada'as tonneau pets."

ANSWERS TO VARIOUS QUERIES.

The Geographical Society of the Pacifichas Just published a bulletin containing

the paper read by Henry Lund, Consul ofSweden and Jfonray, before the societyon February 28. Consul Lund's .papertreats of the Norwegian "Gjoa" expedi-tion to the magnetic north.pole, and. Ishighly Interesting. The bulletin also con-tains a map showing the route of the ex-pedition.

"GJOA' EXPEDITION,

Come, kindlysleep, from thy far home ofpeace.

And help me steal a little time from lifeFor happiness. The storm encroaches not

Where thon art—nor the ugliness ofstrife. . '.;-.".-V".

/They war till death

—these two

"strange

souls of mine;Their hate bath blackened -yesterday-

to-day."

;

Give m: gcod Lethe's cop, thrice blessedsleep; \u25a0 \u25a0

Iwill forget to-morrow while Imay.—Century.

RESPITE.

BI3HOP\ POT-(TER andUhe

;:*:Subway}Tav«.'

em have been dis-counted in ih«village of llum-ersto wn, ,Pa

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where a ;Sunday-school s v p c rin-t end en t;akd;Methodist Eplsco-

pa^ church" deaconnow stands

-be-

hind .. the'; bar :' ofithe local tavern,mixing cocktailsand drawing 'beerlike a veteran. At

•the-

present" time .'the. tavern. ls therehow; place of the atown.

For a long' timethe saloon hadbeen conducted' ina manner unsat-isfactory? to .the

"

churchmen of the'

town... Finally the1landlord, Franklin;Thomas, told his.critics .;• they hadbetter, supply him 7with a:bartenderwho- could run

'

things on an ap-proved Potter ba- -sis.

'

The offer wasaccepted andGeorge Little, themost . prominentchurch.worker 'intown, was select-ed. Deacon Littledemurred, \u25a0 out: atlength his dutywas .made clearto him

t and hedonned 'a whiteapron and went towork.' '-"\u25a0-" .;\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0'./-

One effect of the••reform" is jsaidto, be the. pres-ence in .the bar-room 'as jpatrons,of some very good

churchmen whohitherto gave^thetavern a

'w*ae

berth.

>-* EORGE, fAU-VjAGER.^;ts. v;a

New, Yorkyouth. 22;.- years

old.^S feet 1 inchtall, arid.weighs;about 1320 pounds.

'He applied for,"a:JlO.OOO life'insur-ance policy sev-eral "days ago. V' • Insurance:

-men; ;

as flght

shy <of giants. Ifthey

"--;fln"d};t h eslightest defect in:

them ;>th«r insur-ance people havenor-]hesitation -indeclining

'to ;iin-

sure ythem.* IAman taller than 6feet 3 or 4 inchesis, in;their opin-ion,' afflicted with,

lta::'..rare .diseasetermed

. \u25a0' • "gigan- »,

;turn." It usually

? means that, :after :

a protracted V pe-.riod.of'igrowth,;the giant dies.1

The full:medi-cal .board ;at theEquitable !!officesen lower

*Broad-^way "sat on" "Au-

ger. .They foundh im physicallyperfect. His hab-its of

'life" were

examined intoand were pro-nounced \u25a0-\u25a0•.'g o o d.Auger -;. is ..notweak 'in.'.'.• th cknees, as mostgiants are, }andhis digestion is allright. ,

' '"Iserved for a

time on the Lon-don police iforce."said the' giant;

"rkept growing andnow - I'mHin;'-theshow business. -Iwas jborn in\ Car-diff. Wales/ Ihave to take goodcare of my healthbecause . I'm stilla'growing boy." "MOTHER."

I-* B. HANNAfr # of / Fort**=Wayne, 7Ind.,who has just beenrecommended * for

IPostmaster :'there

by'Congressman-

elect'

v*-Ibert o{

the Twelfth dis-trict,. is a hand-some man, andamong the per-sons noticing hislikeness in thenewspapers- inconnection with

.his appointmentwas a woman atShi p s h e w a na,north 'of Goshen,«

who is the motherof'

three daugh-ters, all -of themunmarried. The.woman 1. wrote, aFort Wayne paperas follows:',,

"Dear Mr. Edi-tor-4-Having \ seenin your valuable .paper. . the

'an-

nouncement of R-/8..Hanna for. tha '['.next

"Postmaster,

.and :noticing:Iby ,his picture thathe > must • be, .agood-lookingyoungman and abovethe ] average, Iwrite to ask ifheis single or mar-ried. If single Iwill send himphotographs ofmy three daugh-ters, who are, \u25a0. ifI, as a

'dotingmother, do say it,not to be beat inthe country forgood looks. Theycan cook anything .from, sparerlbs^and sauerkraut to'roast turkey andplum pudding. 'Ihave trained themto keep a houseneat and tidy,andthemselves like-wise. Allof whichwould- -be mostvaluable to aPostmaster or anyone looking jfor alife companion.

•;-. ant TglrlVissolved .by MissKate Winston,who . has beenawarded a medalby.;, the School ofDomestic Artsand Sciences, of

\u25a0 Chicago for con-tinuous .;faithfulservice for twen-t y-three years. „

inuring : thattime she has beenin the employ ofMrs. William :I.\Reedy, . 1753

"Ros-

coe street." :1V. Her watchwordis, •

"Do;, every-thing right."

"If a girl doeseverything right,'*she says,1

-."she

"will .always , besure of a positionand of being re-spected and trust-ed. One shouldremember, too, tolook on the bright-'side .'..'of every-thing.

"An even* tem-per and a disposi-tion to give thoseyou work

*for:the

weight they thinktheir o p.lnlo nsshould receivewill enable a girlto continue "withone family, 'andthen if we re-member that wemust follow theexample of thepostage stampand . stick to onething,if:we wantto get" there, wewill soon find our-selves Worthy ofemployment ,andappreciated .ac-"cordingly."In submitting

the name of herhousekeeper as acontestant for thelong service prize,'Mrs. Reedy la-conically ;stated: ;"She has —beenfaithful for twen-ty-three, years."

THE problemof the" serv-

This grave situation is treated by some as a problem of distri-bution. While this mass of idleness and want grows like a greatcancer in the flesh of cities, there is in the country an unsatisfieddemand for labor. But the stream of immigration that pours intoports of the Atlantic seaboard stops where it lands. Recruitedoriginally from the ranks of povery, ignorance and squalor in thecountries which gladly emit it, this alien stream adds to the hardproblem that is upon us. It is proposed that the Government at

the public expense undertake the distribution of the immigrants thatare landing in ever increasing numbers. The proposition- is un-

sound. Immigrants are landing at the rate of 20,cc0 a day, some-times. To distribute them will cost more per head than the price01 their ocean passage. The most of them do not want to be dis-tributed. The power of the Government to ship them anywhereagainst their will is more than doubtful. What do we want ofimmigrants who do not follow the line of least resistance in dis-tributing themselves?

Nothing more plainly illustrates the difference between thealiens we are receiving now and those of fifty and sixty years ago.They distributed themselves. They had definite plans when theycame. They knew what they -wanted to do and sought of theirown motion the place where it could be best done. These thatcome now seem lacking in that kind of foresight, and hence thiscall upon the Government to make up their lack of that qualityat onr expense. It is idle to look about for power in the Govern-ment to distribute these people after they land. Ithas no suchpower, any more than it has the power to distribute our nativepopulation at wilL

The suggestion, however, indicates the gravity of the sitnation.Is there any other country that is in the torment of listening to thegroans of 10.000.000 of permanent indigents. which at the sametime is receiving 1.000,000 a year of alien immigrants, most of themrefugees from permanent indigence in their own country? Publicand private charities are staggered by the task of feeding, clothing,sheltering and caring for 10.000,000 of panpers. Hotv can snch aburden be lifted?

Obviously there is only one way. Oa.se adding to the massof want and woe. Exclude European immigration just as rigidKas Asiatic That we have iqjooaooo of people idle and pauperizedis evidence that the demand for labor and the supply are disjointed.Under such circumstances to add to the supply "wrbile the demandremains stationary is worse than felly. Ifphilanthropy be involvedin the exclusion of European immigration it is 2 mistake to ask, inihe name of that virtne, for the admission of these people. Itis not:to their advantage to come. Itdoes them no good, and itharmsour own people. The only "beneficiary is the ootmtrv from whichimmigrants come. It is draining off its;population. It is. gettingriiof the wctst ard TveakejFJ. It is eigualisnnj labor srrppjy wiihthe demand. It is securing conditions that reduce permanent in-digence to a minimum. It is transferring its hard conditions andits problem of poverty to ns. and we wail about it, and impulsivehumanitarians go about referring the results to inherent flaws inour system of government and to social conditions. *

As a matter of fact there is no siructnral weakness in onr Gov-ernment and none in our social conditions. The tremble is thatfor nearK- twenty years we have submitted to be the dumpingground of all Europe. Itis known, proved by evidence, that, takingadvantage of our romantic folly, and of the snpineness of onr poli-ticians, other Governments have herded their paupers, insane, fee-ble-minded and incorrigible,

'and have grubstaked them as emi-

grants to the United States. :

Xo country can stand as a scapegoat for the -whole, world. Theday when we invited people, to "come from every nation, comefrom every way," because Uncle Sam was rich enongh to buy forall a farm, has gone.. Roast pigs no longer run around -with knifeand fork stuck in their hams, asking to be eaten. We have passedour romantic youth as a nation, and are not called -apon" to weepover the sorrows of distant TmTlih'ms, and to offer them an asylum.We need not yearn even to divide our liberty with cmr brotherfrom a distance, who does not know "what itmeans: If we havegrown old enough and big enough to have 10,000,000 of indigentpeople in our city slums, we can best use our age and wisdom indealing with the awful problem they present to us.

•Let it be understood, too, that we cannot ,solve that problemand at the same time take in I,oooxoo a year of refugees from thesame problem in Tinrope.

yT is said that in the large cities of- the East there are 10,000,000Iof people in want. The number may be exaggerated, but the

•*\u25a0 fact remains that every year sees an appreciable increment to the

number of permanent indigents in this country. It is stated alsothat a large majority of these permanent indigents are foreign im-migrants. When these land, they join the "colonies" of their coun-trymen already located in cities, and remain there, a fixed problem,increasing the congestion of the slunis and adding every yearto the awful features of city life. The problem of their care is be-

coming too large. Private benevolence and public charity cannot

undertake the maintenance of 16,000,000 of indigents. To do so

would break the treasury of an empire. It is a mass of ignoranceand want so immense that no administration of charity can domuch more than make itmore sensible of its misery.

DISTRIBUTION OF IMMIGRANTS." Girll 23 YearsIn Chicago

Family. •

In"'

addition toall the attractionsenumerated, theprofessor, pro-duced his 100 0plaster skulls, butas they had seenservice at formerbanquets theywere not Includ-ed in the new fea-tures of the "dopeparty." Fully halfof the fifty stu-dents presentsampled the"dope" weed fromSouth America.Some of the girlsdeclared that, ac-cording to theirbelief, the mari-humana was nobetter than \u25a0 theordinary "dope"in

"cigarettes, anddeclined to "hitItup." Those whodid smoke

-saw

double or quad-ruple and thought

John D. Rocke-feller looked ~llkewooden money.

PROFE SSORFRE DE R

-ICK STARR,

the versatile an-thropologist

'of

the University ofChicago, b-STsachieved 'the"dope party." Hegave one theother evening forstudents and co-ed?, and the prin-cipal attractionswere cigarettescompounded from"dope" used by

the ancients, thewonderful Mexicojag-producer. . asort of

'clay thatone smokes

'and

Immediately hasvari -coloreddreams; the skullof a micro-ce-phalic Idiot, afreak with extrafingers endthumbs . .on'- .all:hands and feet,and unlimitedquantities of Ice'cream.*..* \u25a0:

Sample Stuffand "SeeThings."

Doting ParentSay* They 'ic.Wonders-

Giant Applies

for Life In-surance.

MlixeV,•\u25a0:Drinks1/Like Vet- •

-. eratv

WINSTITLEOF IDEAL

SERVANT

E/GHTFEETpTALL-STILLS

GROWING

CHURCHMANBECOMES A

BAR7ENDER

MAMA^CASTSFOSIESv AT

DAUGHTERS

CO-EDS ATA CHICAGO-

DOPE PARTY

Mrs. J. J. Spieker and Mis* Georgie

Spieker. who left a few months ago forEurope and the Mediterranean, are ex-pected home within a short time.

Richard, Hotaling entertained severalguests over the week's end at hfs country

home at San Anselmo.

A chapel, lately erected, has been do-nated by a woman who does not wish to

be named. This Is al3o to receive con-secration by the Bishop upon the datenamed. The Board of Managers of St.Dorothy's consists of

'Rev. E. L. Par-

sons, president. San Mateo; Rev. JamesOtis Lincoln.' secretary-treasurer. SanMateo; Mrs.- A. M. Easton. San Mateo;

Miss A. C. de Turbeville. San Francisco;

Mrs. James Otis Lincoln, San Mateo.

St. Dorothy's Rest, the new home forconvalescent children, win be dedicatedMay a by Bishop Nichols. Society

women are very Interested In this har-bor for little ones founded by Mrs. JamesOtis Lincoln in 1202 in memory of herlittle daughter. Dorothy Pitkin Lincoln,

at Cam? Meeker, Sonoma County. Mr.Foster of the California NorthwesternRailway has offered a private car forthose who will attend the . dedication.The fare, including return trip and lun-cheon, willbe J3, and those desiring sucjxor any Information.may communicatewith Mrs. James Otis Lincoln. SaaMateo.

The weuu.ng of Miss Mabel McAfee,granddaughter of J. B. Haggta. and LouisB. Preston takes place to-day In St.Thomas Church. New York. The brides-maids will be Miss Alice Preston. MissEdith Lounsberry and Miss Harriet Daly.

The engagement is ann.our.ced of MissMadge Moore and George Edward Par-menter of Los Angeles. Miss Moor* willentertain at a tea at her home oh O*Far-rell street. May 20. prior to her departcr*

for Los Angeles, where the wedding willoccur on the 2S.

'Mr. Parmenter Is well

known in San Francisco and Is at thehead of the art department of the LosAngeles Examiner.

Mr. Houghteling: ts a son of James I*Houghteling of,the firm of Peabody *Houghteling, bankers. Chicago.

The engagement has been announced ofMiss Margaret Newhall and FrederickHoughteling of Chicago. Miss Newhailis a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W." Mayo

Xewhall of this city and made her debutlast season.

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The guests included Miss Marlowe. MlsaAnna Strunaky. .Miss Ednah Robinson,

Miss Virginia Brastow. Dr. and Mrs. J.Wilson Shlels. Mr. and Mrs. John Me-"Naught. Dr. and Mrs. J. Dennis Arnold.Dr. and Mrs. Louis Lisser, Mr. and Mrs.Hunter Harrison. Mrs. Tounsberg; Mrs.William Greer Harrison. Mr. and Mrs.Edgar Peixotto. Mrs. Woodward. Mrs.Gerrlt Livingston Lansing. Edward H.Sothem. Dr. Wagner. Amedee Joullln,

Jerome Barker Landfleld. Dr. ArnoldGentbe. Charles Sedgwick Alien. JulesMersfelder, James D. Phelan, EnriqueGrau.

The scheme of decoration, Chinese iacharacter, was carried out with minutecTtalL A miniature joss-house erectedat one end of the room gave forth theodor of Incense, while an immense Chi-nese umbrella flared above the table.During breakfast an. entertaining play-let was enacted, adding greatly to thegeneral enjoyment. Mr. Mersfelder alsogave an imitation of W. E. Sheridan Inthe "Merchant of Venice." calling forthmuch applause from his hearer 3.

American Beauty roses adorned thetable, which amid all its surroundingsgave the appearance of a beautifulcenterpiece. Miss Marlowe was toastedin a speech by Mr. Phelan. Mr. Sothemreceiving a like compliment from MissAnna Strunsky.

William Greer Harrison was host at abreakfast on Sunday in honor of MissJulia Marlowe and E. H. Sothem in thered

-room of the Bohemian Club. The

affair was one of the most artistic, andelaborate of the many important eventsthat have taken place within the chib.

iIniMay'

1605, Miguel 6? Orvantes pub-

lished the first part of "Don Quixote,"and;this month Spam] is a num-ber of festivals in commemoration of thisgreat "achievement

'of. a great Spaniard.

To the May number of the North Ameri-can Review Ilavelock Ellis contributes anextremely interesting \u25a0\u25a0'•- article,

"entitled

"The Tercentenary of 'Don Quixote,'"

onCervantes

'and his career. '\u0084 Mr. ElIts ac-

cords to "Don Quixote" the ,supremeplace among works of fiction. Judged bythe standards, of the critics, he admitsthat there may be:others— such as thenovels of .Flaubert, •'Tristram Shandy,"

"Robinson Crusoe." "Tom* Jones," etc.—which are finer works of art, more; ex-quisite in style and of more perfect plan.But they are not equally amusing,equally profound, to the men of. all na-..tlons and all ages and' all degrees ofmental capacity, as "Don Quixote" is.Mr. Ellis says: , ;/_.-;:-

";\u25a0' -.' .",' \u25a0

. "'Don Quisotc' remains the one great

typical novel. Itis a genuine invention;for it combined. for the first time the oldchivalrous stories of heroic achievementwith the new picaresque stories of.vulgar,adventure," creating inr the combinationsomething that was altogether new.; aninstrument that was capable of touchinglife at every point. • Itleads us into anatmosphere in which' the ideal, and thereal; are equally at home. It:blends;to-gether the greatest and the gayest thingsIn the world. -It penetrates to jthe - har-mony that underlies the violent contrastsof life, the only harmony which in ourmoments of finest insight we feel -to bepossible, in the same manner and, .In-deed, at the same moment— for 'Lear' ap-peared in the same year as 'Don Quixote'—that Shakespeare brought together inthe madman and the fool on the ;heathIn a concord of. divine humor. -.It \is jastory book that a child may ,enjoy, atragicomedy that only the: wisest canfully understand. Ithas inspired many

of the masterpieces of literature; it hasentered into the lives of

'the people of

every civilized land; ithas become a partof our human civilization-" ,

MIRAGESHIP/IS SEEN ON

ATLANTICStrange CraftReported by

\u25a0 ytiner.*

SOME ;** people.; think ;.thatp han torn

ships are thingsJof:,the; past, but;the ;officers andcrew of the bigPhiladelphia liner_.ast Point • thinkdifferently, having:been overtakenand outsailed ;by,a magic craft" off;the ,"NantucketShoals on her re-•cent 'tripLondon to Phila-delphia. Lookingaft ;in the early;morning:,*a;bark-rigged; sail! -craftwas '.•seen "\u25a0 ;",ap-proaching, and all'day long:the ves-sel co ntn t inu'e dabeam. :5he

'East

:\u25a0?.'olnt'

was '. hurr-ied along .;by

'her

big engines,, whilein the. fair breezethe magic shipwas sent fjust ,asfast. :;The

'*forms

of all handsaboard •could J| beseen as they stoodby and made and"shortened sai 1.Other sailors \:ereseen . repairing 'adamaged topmast.There is no doubtthat:

'it\u25a0 was '{•* a;

mirage reflectedhundreds of milesby peculiar 'at-mospheric : condi- .tions, but the pic-ture was perfect..It was that ofprobably aFrench fis h in gvessel

-on Ithe

Grand Banks ofNewfound 1an d.When the sun dis-appeared §|belowthe waters .of.theNorth

-• Atlantic

Ocean," night hav-ing come jon, thes tran g c" craft-melted away andwas seen no moreexcept "inn t h eminds of those onthe East Point.'

Sally Sharp"DON QUIXOTE"

TYPICALNOVELTHESANFRANCi:SGO-CA£LSOUS D. EPKECKEXS

-.......t... -Proprietor

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TOJOHN 3leXAPCirr;v^^^v:V2...... .... ........^

..... .^.....«.-\u2666> Manager

rvBUCATIOy OFFICE .....THIRD AND MARKET STREETS. SAN FRANCISCO

TUESDAY V. MAT 16, 1905

THE SMART SET

THE SAN KRANGISeO":eAH:. TUESD^YX ;XIAX /l(>i/1905:

ODD BITS CULLED FROM THE NEWS

Dorothy Fenimore

SPRING THIRST FOR LOVE LORE.

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