SENSITIVE WOMAN.

THE NOTIFICATION COMMITTEEWard Leedep— This great honor-er-

overcomes me." In accepting the nom-ination Icanaay nothing, but—:;Michael Doolan (one of the commit-tee)—All right; thin be as brief as youcan, me boy, and well forgive you. •

WHY CAUSED SHE—C. M.R., Val-lejo, Cal. In answer to the questionasked In this department a few dayssince as to why,a ship is called "she."quite a number of answers have beenreceived, some sensible and some hu-morous. For such the department of"

Answers to Queries" extends itsthanks to those correspondents who

Work' on; the new campanile at Ven-ice is being pushed as much as possibleand itis hoped that the entire structurewill be completed by the spring of 1906.Examination of the .; remains of thefallen tower proved that the bricks hadbeen used ¦ for various purposes at aprevious stage-Tin arches, fortifications,*tops '.of walls, towers/ bridges,- etc Themost important > part .was that theywere not *Venetian,' but Roman bricks.

The New Campanile.

COCKROACHES—

Subscriber, City.Borax is said to be one of the best ofcockroach exterminators. There Issomething peculiar either in the smellor touch of .borax which is certaindeath to the pests. They will flee fromit and will never again appear whareit has been placed. Ithas also thegreat advantage of. being perfectlyharmless to human beings; hence thereis no danger from poisoning. The bo-rax, pulverized, should be ¦ sprinkledaround the infested places. ItIs saidthat parls' green (a deadly poison) ora preparation of one ounce of pokeroot boiled In a pint of water, thenmixed .with molasses and spread Inplates where the insects appear, willkillcockroaches.

ANSWERS.

TO TELIi THE. STORIES.Boy—Say, mister, you advertised for

a good story teller. What do you wanthim to do?

Smith—

Run the elevator.

Why are the Japanese and Chinese"yellow?" A novel answer, says theNew York Globe, has recentlv beengiven to this question, explaining like-wise why white men are white andnegroes black. . Originally every.onewas black— which can easily be be-lieved when visiting the seaside re-sorts and noting the bronzed andleathery complexions of those wholive out of doors, exposing themselvesto the sun and wind after the mannerof primitive man.

'Abraham was

black until one day he Jumped into apool of clear water, whereupon hisskin became white as ifby a miracle.Noting the wonderful change, othersfollowed Abraham's example,' untilthe once clear waters were graduallymuddled and became) browni f TheChinese and the Japanese were a lit-tle alow and bathed in the water afterit had become brown. As for. the"poor, lazy, shiftless niggers," beforethey arrived at the pool Abraham hadordered the caravan to move on. <• Thenegroes didn't get to bathe at all, andhave remained black to this day.

ALL FINALLYEXPLAINED

It Is related that a certain family,

the Browns, had given an.Impertinentmaid notice and in consequence wereobliged to assume the duties that shepointedly neglected. On the last day

of Katy's stay, as one of the womenof the family was hastening to answera ring at the front door, she was ar-rested by an explosive whisper fromthe rear of the hall, where the Ir-repressible Katy, in most unpicturesjque dishabille, was established: "Mrs!Brown, if that's any one for me sayI'm out"

WHAT KATY SAID.

W. K. Casement, writing frcrra Ehn-hurst, says: "By a figure, of speechcalled personification. Inanimate thingsacquire their gender, as "The moonrises and she shines, but the light i3not her own*; "The sun, he is setting';'The ship, Bhe sails well.' No excep-tion Is made whether a ship Is namedJupiter or Juno."

A. Deinstag, writing from Oakland,says: "According to the Latin rule,which is followed by the English one.women, towns, trees, countries andIsles are feminine. Ships are logicallytreated as towns or countries.""

sent them. The most logical of all isfrom Professor Fred H. Hackett, whowrites: "For the enlightenment of C.M.R., your correspondent, am pleasedto advise you that O. Brown, the pro-lific and learned grammarian, writes asfollows relative to the gender of ship:Inanimate objects are often represent-ed figuratively as having sex. Thingsremarkable for power, greatness orsublimity are spoken of as masculine

—as the sun, time, death, etc. Thingsamiable, or prolific, are spoken of asfeminine

—as the moon, the earth, etc.

Figuratively, gender is indicated onlyby the personal pronouns of the singu-lar number, as 'He (the sun) Is set-ting'; 'She (a ship) galls well/ Theliteral gender of these nounsV-shlp,sun, moon, etc.—Is neuter and theirlogical representatives the pronoun 'it,'but they are very generally used Inthe figurative sense, as here Illus-trated." •

She had insomnia becauseHer bargain scent was fine,

And so Instead of forty winksShe took Just thirty-nine.—

New York Times.

REDUCED.

Look in this glass, dear Jess, and seeThe only woman loved by me;When Ilook Init let me viewThe onlyman who's loved by you.—

From the Frtnch.

ON A LOOKING-GLASS.

Physician—

You may take a drinkwith each meal. ;-i

Patient—Idon't think it would

cgree with me to eat as often as ]that,doctor.

—Town Topics.

THEY SOLD THEM.Automobilist—Can you help me? I've

lost my bearings. ?- ,'/Pedestrian— You'll find a machine

shop around the corner. They sell bear-ings,Iguess.

THE MARRIAGE OF COLLEGE GIRLS.

MISS ABBOTT hasi compiled statistics which show that butfew of the graduates of Vassar marry, and that perpetuationof Vassar traditions in the second generation is imperiled by

the fact that in the families of such as do'marry the children averageonly one and one-half.

Perhaps those who assume that a college education indisposeswomen to domestic duties and' makes them averse to marriagepo too far. Inspite of all the instructions of prudence and pawkish-ness, romance is the leading element in marriage. But' romance,with its rainbow and bloom, its enthusiasm and optimism, its dis-regard of butter and of bread, has its period of adolescence anddecline. If the years of romance be passed by women in the se-clusion of college life, and its knock at the door of the heart be un-heard in the ambitions and scholastic interests of the classroom, therainbow vision seldom comes again.

The Prince on a white horse is not seen by the eye offancy, andman is looked upon in his natural shape as a rather uninterestinganimal, who feeds like an ox, and smokes and chews, sometimesdrinks, and seems to hs.vc his pleasures in.wading to his girthy mid-dle in trout streams, or in gunning for game. All things have theirtime, and if the time of romance be spent in the workaday occupa-tions of college, in learning the relations of the hypotenuse to theother sides of a triangle and in gazing through a telescope at thetwinkling stars and steadfast planets, the incentive to marriage hasno existence, and the bachelor maid, panoplied by her parchment,£oes forth not fancy free even, for she has no fancy. She is a mat-ter-of-fact person, not subject to illusions.

But what of man! Poor, devil, youmay tie him to a whirlingwheel, immerse him in business, or boil him in oil, and you cannotkill romance in him. It disturbs his dreams before he is twentyand it flashes like the aurora borealis in his winter skies when heis eighty. In his case neither age nor occupation can safeguard himagainst it. Ifhe isn't watched and tended he will;run. off-and getmarried when he' has lost all his teeth and all his hair. A collegeeducation does not" cure him. No education at all does not impairthe iridescent vision. Jack will idealize Jill, and Darby will investJoan with sweet and angelic attributes, world without end.

If all the ladies choose to indurate the romantic spot in theirhearts by going to college man willlose his interest in life and pineand die. Then what willVassar do?

UP-TO-DATE.Fred

—Icame Ito ask you ¦ for your

daughter's hand.Her Father— Have yo

tu any money,'

young man?"

Fred—Sure. How high * do you'

quote

While the really short sleeved tai-lor made will hardly be accepted asa whole, coat and cloak sleeves areundeniably shorter.

Littlelace sets are very neat. Thereare three pieces. There is a strip forthe neck with its. tiny lace point Intheback and there are no triangular pieces

of lace for the cuffs. They are fasten-ed on top of the silk cuff with fancypins.

—Brooklyn Eagle.

COCOANUT SANDWICHES.

2 tablespoonfuls pulverised sugar.2 teaspoonfuls lemon juice.

8 tablespoonfuls grated fresh cocoa-nut.

6 tablespoonfuls cream.2 tablespoonsfuls chopped blanched

almonds.

Use only six tablespoonfuls of co-coanut and soak It in the cream forhalf an hour. Stir the ingredients to-gether and place between pieces ofbuttered white bread.

In the evening fabrics orchid pink

shines forth as being very handsomefor evening wear and particularly Is itnice for dinners and where the lights

are to be brilliant. Orchid pink Istrimmed with bands of rose borderedwith pipftigs of black.

Itis a very easy matter to let thoseslights, imagined pr:real, roll off onelike water off a duck's back. Ittakesa little bravery for the first three orfour weeks, but after that it comesnatural enough. /

The sensitive woman Is one of themost miserable in the world. Itdoesn't pay to be miserable, especiallywhen a healthy effort willbring hap-piness.

—Philadelphia Inquirer. .

Every one knows her. She has twodeep lines between Jier eyes and aplaintive droop to the corners of hermouth and to her eyebrows.

Ifany one speaks harshly, he means"Her.''If any one criticises a fault, he

means "Her."Whatever is said she applies to

"Self."Every coat seems to fither and she

puts iton.She wears all the boots that pinch.She carries a chip on her shoulder

from morning until night and when-ever any one comes near her she ex-pects it to be knocked off. The re-sult is the same, she Is offended,grieved, hurt, she is so sensitive.

She is losing all the healthy en-joyment that comes her way.

She is missing half her life, be-cause she is looking for snubs.

She says she can't help It. Shecan. .-r- ':-">;*•¦">¦

At the recent cattle show and fairMrs. Hubbard received several firstpremiums for articles of fancy workwhich she made herself. Inaddition- toassisting in the housework she findstime to do considerable plain and fancysewing. '

,/One of the smartest old women inthis part of Maine, says the BangorNews, is Mrs. Philip Hubbard of Pal-myra. Mrs. Hubbard is 96 and Is theoldest member of the Grange in,theState.

PRIZE WINNER AT 96.MARRIED 92 YEARS.

The oldest married couple in theUnited States are James Davis andwife, negroes, who live a mile fromWaelder, Tex. They have just cele-brated the ninety-second anniversary

of their marriage. Davis, is 11G yearsold and his wife is 110. He was born inJones County, Georgia, and his wife atMount Sellers, Ga. They spent seventyyears in slavery. Their owner, Mrs.Sarah Davis, brought them to Texas in1840. «

Belt buckles are as handsome as

one can afford. But, in spite of thegreat array of jeweled buckles, thereis a tendency to return to the neattailor-made "harness" buckle of gold

and of silver. This buckle harmonizeswell with everything.

Girdles are wide in the back, buttapering in the front, and the latestone show two "big brass buttons at theback, and many of them have four ofthese buttons placed two Inches apart.

A novel feature and one that willhold its style ls'lhe ribbon rose. Rib-bon and chiffon roses are worn onhats, on bodices, on . stocks and onevening girdles.

A good housekeeper must-possess

power over her servants and be able tomanage them perfectly. She must alsohave control over the members of herhousehold and be able to manage them,but In an entirely different way. Shemust have more or less executive abil-ityand be agreeable under all circum-stances. When everything goes wrong

and the head of the house Insists onrigid economy on account of businesslosses, the housekeeper, if she be thewife, should respond cordially and sym-pathetically. Of course, she has a per-fect right to complain and ask pater-familias to cut on his use of tobacco,expensive lunches, theater seats, etc.,

but the truly good wife never does. Icall this last an attribute of the per-fect homemaker, as well as of the dip-

lomatic housekeeper.Home-making is high art and the se-

cret of it does not He in expensive fur-nishings and elaborate entertaining.

Home may represent all of this andmore, or Itmay mean a couple of roomson the top floor of an apartment-house.

Itis made by the consideration of ne-cessities and essentials and placingthem above everything else. The hap-piness, the welfare and the comforts ofthe family must be provided for, andanything short of this is but a shelterand a makeshift of a home-— FrancesVan Etten, in Leslie's Weekly.

Don't be bizarre. Don't gro to ex-

tremes. Itis early in the season, and,

while novelties are attractive, they

may go out of date soon.

FEW LEAVES FROMFASHION'S NOTEBOOK

QUALITIES OF THEGOOD HOUSEKEEPER

The choice of Mr. Kahn and Mr.Hayes was a wise choice, for•they are fitted to the aspirations of the city and State. The cam-paign against them has been revolting and repulsive to a degree.It has been characterized by calumny and falsehood and by appealsto passion and prejudice, that are unbecoming in the politics of atree people. Let men soberly reflect that a result secured by suchappeals is always disastrous. The everlasting equities force a moralbalance, in which error is punished, and that punishment in politicscuts the innocent down with the guilty.

San FYancisco has a great duty on hand to-day. This city by re-electing Judges Murasky, Seawell, Troutt and Kerrigan can compela most necessary reform in the whole State, in the election of ourjudiciary. Such opportunities are infrequent and the present oneshould be improved. San Francisco can give the seawall propositionsuch a majority that the ill-starred opposition that has developed inSouthern California cannot overcome it. San Francisco can widenher commercial horizon and make the most of her matchless seaportfacilities by giving the exemption of American shipping from locallax a majority that willcarry it against all opposition. Itis unbe-coming in a great seaport and maritime State like this to put apenalty on the American flag, to degrade it below the untaxed flagsthat flyover foreign ships. This is an issue in which pride, patriot-ism and interest all unite, and San Francisco should vote to removethe ban from the Stars and Stripes.

The election of two working Congressmen, the building of theseawall, the reform in choosing Judges and the exemption of Amer-ican shipping from taxes that foreign shipping does not pay afce thematters of keenest local concern in to-day's election. They appealto the intelligence, the prudence and the sentiment of self-preserva-tion of the people of this city. This is a metropolis ;let itbe met-ropolitan in doing what is demanded by its dignity, its welfare andits progress.

The Call has uttered its conscience in these matters throughoutthe campaign, and its voice has been for the guidance of all citizens,irrespective of party. Others may differ from

#us in their view of

local policy, but none can dispute the sincerity of motive with whichwe have desired to do the best for the future of San Francisco andCalifornia. . • . •"

%elopment

T^HE national campaign has been the- most peculiar that the

country has had since the second election of Mr.Monroe, whichis caHed the Golden Age of American politics. The party con-

ventions this year roused but little interest. The common sense ofthe country- seems to have concluded, at the beginning, that there was

nothing in the condition of the country that required a change, andthat a change was therefore to be avoided by the re-election of a

Republican administration, which has glorified itself by con-spicuously beneficial achievement.

So plain was it that this was the willand purpose^)/ the country

that men who had determined what their duty is went about their,business, waiting withpatience for election day to record their ex-pression. This feeling was shared by the independent vote, thatlarge body of citizens who consider it a solemn and patriotic dutyto vote at Presidential elections, even though they leave local poli-

tics to take care of itself in the intermediate years. These conditionshave resulted in a conspicuously unexcited campaign. There havebeen no marching processions, no impassioned gatherings, no fierydiscussions on the streets between individuals, no straw votes onthe railway trains.

The last week was enlivened by Judge Parker's reiteration of a

slander involving the President and Mr. Cortelyou ;by the Presi-dent's vigorous and manly' reply, which was conclusive of the issue,

and by Mr. Cleveland's interview, in the manliest way indorsingMr. Cortelyou *s honor and honesty and career, though singularlylamenting that he had taken the chairmanship of the National Com-mittee, as if honest men, as he declares Cortelyou to be, were not

wanic-d at 1hc head of party committees. These closing incidentshave only increased the volume and momentum of the movementtoward President Roosevelt, so that his supporters can say With con-fidence, on ;his morning of the day of battle and of ballots, thatthe country is with him. , }

Hen- in San Francisco we owe certain duties to our city andourselves v.hich we cannot snub nor avoid. This city, not any party,but the city, owes it to itself to secure two working members of thenext House of Representatives, in place of the two non-working Rep-resentatives who were elected ina reactionary spasm two years ago.It will be amazing if this city do not back up the majority it willgive President Roosevelt by sending Kahn and Hayes to supportthe President in the House, and do something for San Francisco.We cannot believe that our people willfalter in this duty, becausethe natter totiches the vitals of our business and goes to the inter-ests of every citizen. We have presented it throughout the cam-paign as something that goes beyond party politics, and concernsbur position among the cities of the country, our place in commerceand our step with the great procession of American progress and de-

A LAST WORD.

• • •Miss Brooke Rose will leave to-mor-

row for a' six months' tour of Mexico.She goes with Dr. and Mrs. Wheeler,

who expect to remain away until

Mrs. Charles Webb Howard Is atNewport, where she will remain tillthe

first of the year.

The Russian colony of San Franciscowas entertained last Thursday on theRussian warship Lena at Mare Island,

the occasion being the anniversary ofthe accession to the throne of Emperor

Nicholas. The staff of the Russiancathedral was present, holding divineservices on board, with the Rev. FatherSebastian as celebrant.

Miss Clarisse Lohse was the hostessyesterday for Miss Isabel Kendall, the

most widely feted of our brides-to-be.The occasion was a luncheon laid fortwelve at the Piedmont Club, a delight-

ful *pot, and with the perfect weatherand so many happy, pretty maids a

gladder sight could not be imagined.

"Allenoak," the beautiful new homeof Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Freeman in

Berkeley, will be thrown open for thefirst time this evening in honor of Mr.and Mrs. Frederick S. Gutterson, whowill give a programme of classic mu-sic. The affair will be one of artlstioand social prominence.

Assisting Mrs. Dutton, Mrs. Williarend Miss Wllliar were Mrs. Henry Fos-ter Dutton, Mrs. Thomas Benton Dar-ragh, Mrs. Ralph Hart, Mrs. Charles P.Klndelberger, Mrs. Stafford Parker,

Miss Elsa Draper, Miss Gertrude Dut-ton, Miss Josephine Loughborough,

Miss Mabel Watkins, Miss Ursula Stone,

Miss Elizabeth Cole, Mrs. Clarence Car-rigan and Miss Elizabeth Zane.

The red parlors"*bf .the St. Franciswere most attractive yesterday after-noon, filled as they w«re with a large

number of society women handsomelygowned. The affair, a tea given by Mrs.W. Grayson Dutton,' Mrs. Harry Wll-liar and Miss Etelka Wllliar, was de-lightful, the three hostesses meeting

with as warm a welcome as they gaveto their guests;

"The occasion served

formally to Introduce Miss Willlar,whoIs listed with the season's debutantes..

Mrs. Charles Stetson Wheeler willgive a reception next Saturday Inhonorof Mme. Fannie Francisca, The affairwill be held at 1565 Bush stret, from 3to 6 p. m.

• • .•

Miss Lucy Bancroft has gone East tospend a few months visiting relativesand friends in Philadelphia and NewYork.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Martin sailed lastweek for Europe on the Baltic. They

willwinter In the south of France.

Mrs. Gerrlt Livingston Lansing hasreturned to town from her summerhome In Alameda and willbe at the St.Dunstan through the winter.

• • •

Mr.and Mrs. R. II.Pease, Mls« May-

llta Pease and R. H. Pease Jr., whohave been spending the summer InPortland, left for home last night andare due to arrive here to-morrow morn-ing.

Bishop Tlkhon of the Greek Russianorthodox diocese of North America willarrive in San Francisco Thursday fromNew York. Bishop Innocent of the dis-trict of Alaska Is In the city awaiting

Bishop Tlkhon.

The engagement has been announcedof Miss Helena Hlnz of MillValley andLieutenant Edwin Davis of the-U. B. S.Thetis. . .

Mrs. Thomas Patterson Woodwardand Miss Woodward will be at home.2799 Pine street, to-day from 3 to 6o'clock. Next Tuesday and the secondand third Tuesdays in December willalso be receiving days for Mn. Wood-ward and her daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Wigginton Creed havereturned from their wedding trip andare livingInOakland.

spring. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Sel-den S. Wright, who 13 Miss Rose's aunt,

entertained at tea from 3 to 6 o'clock Inhonor of the travelers, whose manyfriends gathered to bid them adieu.

Mrs. "Wright was assisted in receiving

by Miss Brooke Rose. Mrs. Hellman,

Miss Anita Rose and Miss Booth.

BY SALLY SHflRP-

UNCLE SAM: "After all is said anddone, he's still 'Good Enough for Me.'"

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