SOCIAL DIARY AND GOSSIPGRACE GRUNDY

LOS ANOELES . HERALD: THURSDAY MORNINO, MARCH 33, 1905.

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In the Interest of art a new com-mittee has been created, and Mrs. W.8. Bartlett of this city has been namedas chairman.

Eldrldge, Sonom county; education,

Mrs. John Swanner of Santa Afx;

household economics, Mrs. Robert Wattof Oakland (reappolnted) ; libraries andportfolios, Mrs. Shelley Tolhurst of LosAnfteles; reciprocity bureau, Mrs. RE. Bennlston of San Francisco; history

and landmarks, Mrs. John Bunting ofCenterville, Alameda county.

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THE HERALD'S CITY CIRCULATIONThe Herald'* circulation In the city of Los Angelea

It larger than that of the Examiner or the Express\and second only to that of the Times.

The meeting was to have been heldlast Thursday, but was postponed totoday.

In the Afternoon the report of thesuperintendent of department for theyear's work willbe read. The presi-dent, Mrs. Smyth S. Blanchard, willgive the annual address. Mrs. F. B.Warner, chairman of the visiting com-mittee, will speak on "Seed Sowing bythe Wayside." '

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The all day annual meeting of th«Los Angeles W. C. T. U. will be heldtoday At the First Methodist church,

corner of Sixth And Hillstreets. Themeeting will begin at 10:30 ft. m., whenreports of general officers will be real,

also election of officers for the comingyear. At noon a lunch willbe served.

W. C T. U. Annual Meeting

lection agencies, using their official functions to spurdelinquents. Such officials should be "bounced."

ItIs an amazing revelation that county constables are.workinga lucrative graft by acting for Los Angeles col-

As a new stnrt is to be taken in the project to installa .municipal garbage cooking plant, the paramountspring question in Los Angeles willbe a continuance ofthe one that has had precedence for several months.

.There Is one peculiarity In that race for the Harbinstakes. There is no doubt about its absolute "square-ness." Neither the Japs nor the Slavs will be likely to"throw" It purposely. It comes the nearest of all to asafe race betting proposition.

From Chicago comes the report of a serious revolt inthe ranks of the Daughters of the American Revolution.The blood of their forebears tingles In the veins of thedaughters, and the latter are ready for any patriotic actexcept throwing tea overboard.

It willnot be for lack of plans if the temperancemovement in Los Angeles proves to be a failure. Themost effective' of all plans is the kind that persuades aman not to crook his elbow when there is stuff in hishand that "stingeth as an adder."

\u25a0 Tourists who now visit the orange groves have theinteresting treat of seeing the fullymatured fruit at itsbest and also the full bloom of next season's crop onthe same trees. Some varieties of lemon trees show asimilar spectacle nearly all the year.

Howard Burmelster of Tucson, Ariz-is one of the recent arrivals here. He

will be Joined soon by his wife and

the couple will reside at Ocean Park.'

Frank R. Currle of -Mason City isvisiting his parents and sister in.thUcity.

Mrs. Ella Leithold of Los Angeles re-cently received word of the death ofher brother, Joshua R. Freeman ofWatertown, N. Y.

Notes From Abroad

Miss Martha E. Hasklns and EverettJ. Hall were married quietly Monday

afternoon at the home of Rev. and Mrs.J, P. McKenzie, pastor of the MagnoliaAvenue Christian church, who con-ducted the service. The couple now areaway on their bridal trip.

Fred A. Hlnes of 1834 West Eleventhstreet left recently for Manchester, la.,

called there by the Illness of his father.

Mr. and Mrs. I.Silver of 4012 Trin-

itystreet gave a reception a few even-Ings ago In honor of the confirmationof their son Bernle, more than half a

hundred guests being entertained. The

various rooms were decorated with

red crepe paper, flowers and ferns, andmusic and dancing were enjoyed.

Social Notes

A delightful time was spent and lightrefreshments were served.

The members of Chapter X of theP. E. O. society were delightfully en-tertained recently at the home of Mrs.

Russell B. Hallett of 2827 West Sev-enth street.

P. E. O. Society

On their three months' wedding tripDr. and Mrs. Hall willvisit the latter'smother In York and will then maketheir home In Butte.

The matron of honor, Mrs. W. T.McArthur, wore a handsome gown ofwhite lace and carried pale pink car-nations. Miss Louise Burke, Miss LilyFahs and Miss J3rl Conroy, who actedas ribbon bearers, were daintily at-tired, Miss Burke Inpink and the othertwo young women In white, and eachcarried Easter lilies. J. Ross Clarkacted as best man. «,

The bride and Mrs. McArthur aredaughters of the late S. Morgan Smithof York,Pa, .

The bride was attired In a handsomegown of pink and chiffon cloth elabor-ately trimmed with rose point lace andpearls. With this exquisite frock sh«

carried pink bride's roses.

At either end of the table werecandles shaded In green and placeswere marked by boxes of wedding cakebearing sketches of orange blossoms.In the library pink carnations andferns were bankfed on the mantel andused elseswhere In clusters.

color. Pink carnations, large bows oftulle and ribbon and plnk-nhadedcandles made a pleasing table arrange-ment. Inthe center of the bride's tablewas a mound of pink carnations and

maidenhair ferns surrounded by massesof pink tulle.

At a national religious congress in Columbia, Mo., aspeaker expressed the opinion that "if the Apostle Paulwere on earth today he would start at

newspaper." He.would not get many women" subscribers ifhis editorialswere inline with his recorded writings.

For the occasion an- altar was erectedin one corner of the drawing room,

Euster lilies, potted palms and grace-

ful ferns being used effectively. Over-

head was a.canopy, of white tulle and

trnllnx. In the dining room, where sup-

per was served; pink was the prevailing

The ceremony was performed by the

Rev. Horace Day, and music was fur-

nished by Arend's orchestra.

The marriage of Mrs. Purden Smith-Mlller and Dr. W. H. Hall of Butte,Mont., occurred last evening at thehome of the bride's sister, Mrs. \V. T.McArthur of 333 West Twenty-eighthstreet.

The return of Senator Frank Flint.Will be made the occasion of a glad wel-

come by a number of lilh friends inEast Los Angeles. To this end elab-orate preparations are being made fornn out of door banquet to be*Klven inEasllHke park Wednesday, March 29.

Beside an abundance of edibles there

will be music by fifty children and an

address of welcome by ClementinaGriffln, who will represent Columbia.The affair is In charge of Joseph Mes-mer.

Mr*. T. D. Mott, who went to SantaBarbnra enrly last week to meet herson, John G. Mott, nnd his wife, ontheir return from their wedding trip,and who was held In the Channel cityfor several days on account of storm-bound trains, returned home yesterday.

A military puchre was given recentlyIn Muskpgon, Mich., In honor of Mrs.John .1. Fay, Jr., of Los Angeles, whoIS visiting In that city.

Mrs. R. R. Prewltt and Miss KvaPrewltt who were to have left thismonth for an extended visit InEurope,

have postponed the dnte of their de-parture until sometime In April.

Mrs. Harold H. Braly of 1616 WestSeventh street, will give a luncheon offourteen covers next Saturday inhonorof Miss Stella Bumlller, who is tomarry Mr.Paul Burks InApril.

A wealth of early spring flowerswere used In the decorations.

Mrs. Black, who will remain In LosAngeles for another month Is staying

at Hotel Cumberland.

Mrs. Mattlson B.Jones of 2826 Hall-dale avenue, entertained yesterday af-ternoon In honor of her cousin, Mrs.J. M, Black of Knoxvllle, Term., whoIs visiting InLos Angeles. In receiv-ing the hostess was assisted by Mes-dames W. U. Matthews, Robert West-brook, R. W. Vincent, William RussellHubbard, Le Mar Harris and amongthe other guests were Mesdames Rob-ert J. Burdette, 1). K. Edwards, Cash,Boyden and Hall of Tennessee; Her-bert Leslie Harris, C. P. Crowell, Kalt,

Melvlle Dozler, C. S. De Lano, HanselWood, Dr. Elizabeth Follansby andMiss Arnold of Kentucky.

Weapons." In concluding her talk

Miss Trotter read sonnets from Chau-cer, Marlow, Longfellow and Blanco.Woman's Clubs j

1That was an interesting call upon the mayor by thedistinguished Chinese reformer who is said to havea price on his head amounting to about $100,000. Themayor is in the reform business also, but he was notdignified with a head figure at last accounts.

The auction method of selling forfeited saloonlicenses has been abandoned, and sealed bids will bereceived instead. A good opportunity for the promotersof the Gothenburg saloon plan to make a start willbeoffered. Even one saloon might demonstrate the utilityof the plan.

The National City bank of New York has resourcesaggregating $320,000,000. That is one of the banks inwhich the Standard Oil clique is largely interested.Evidently that clique is getting as strong a grip on thecountry's financial control as ithas on the railways.

\u25a0'Boston ministers and others of New England are pro-

testing earnestly against the acceptance by the Ameri-can Board of Foreign Missions of a $100,000 donationfrom John D. Rockefeller. There may be an odor of oilabout John's money, but probably not of sulphur.

Tlje cyclometer Inthe squirrel's whll,\u25a0which was yesterday sealed fast, itjto be opened until June 10, recordsexact number of miles jtraveled f,

these giddy little gray and red cre-ures In the next ninety days. And ii

fact that there is a big prize won$1100 for the subscriber guessing nei- \est the distance traveled Is collect:

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an excited crowd of spectators In froof the window.

In the front ranks always is a varlassortment of children of all sizes aicolors, eagerly taking In this lessonnatural history.

The antics of the performers In tlwheel amuse these little people by i\hour; the sharp-eyed inquiring littlred squirrels, so much less ornaments.

have learned the ways of the quedrevolving thing quickest, and occasionally loop the loop for the admlrlnspectators.

The fluffyyttle gray fellows, on thother hand, are more timid. \u25a0 OMount Lowe, where they came frorithere were no such strange englriiand they distrust the queer ;whlrlln!wires, preferring .to eat nuts in qui|,In the top of the scrub oak brtncheLately they have become more v^nturf'some, much to the delight of the %tfe/-.ing little people.'

' ' ' \u25a0]'//On some days the squirrels, durljthe I

past week or so, have done somelreattraveling, averaging fifteen milee^n a'day; there Is no telling how muchhey .willcover before their ninety dayim-\prlsonment is over. ~: 'r ?

In the meantime a great numb* ofyoungsters, regardless of the 'gam atstake,' and a great number of calcst-Jnjf grown-ups, are being dellghtetoythe continuous performance. J -;

The window has been dressed tonicethe bright-eyed, little wild things elat home, oaks and pines and a hesandy ground, making, the decepinperfect. To the crowds of visitors tly \u25a0

pay no attention, nuts and their nygame quite absorbing them. I

But somebody inninety days Is-gotto draw a big prize because of thislittle travelers. \

For one month's subscription to T'

Herald, a guess Is allowed, for .•.•ti

months, three guesses; three' montlfive guesses; six months, twelguesses, and for a year, thirty guess

willbe allowed. The luckyguesser gean eleven hundred dollar lot.

If a squirrel Increases his sited Inproportion to loss of his Own .'*lght, /through exercise, how fast willk go?/If20,000 persons guess on the d^ancf

the squirrels travel, who gets thrjuotlot? . .1./:

A show is givingcontinuous pennh-

nnces In The Herald windows. ItJ« a ,

show that is drawing big crowds jeryday, crowds not always with aneyeto the big prize attached.

The performers are a couple of Irsof little squirrels, a gray pair a:.acouple of red ground squirrels, a icy

but not as wild as when they first ire

captured.There Is a revolving wheel Inhe

little park arranged for them In.ihewindow and thereby hangs' the c,

the tale of why half of the big crolsbefore the window are composed ofthose old enough to be well versedn

the ways of squirrels.

Ifa squirrel travels alt day.bid theRun rises earlier and

*sets latr each

succeeding day, how many mils willthe squirrel travel? I

If one squirrel travels flty-fourmiles In twelve days how Wr .willfour squirrels travel by June Iff

A bright little original story by Mrs.Burllngame relieved the tension of thimore serious subjects. .

Russian art and literature was the

theme presented by Mrs. Anna Smithafter music by Miss Stannage. Per-sonal reminiscences of the Russian peo-ple of the middle class, given by Miss

Victoria Witmer, added greatly to theinterest awakened by Mrs. Smith'spaper. A sketch of Plo Pico,' presented

by Mrs. Clampltt, testified to the in-terest lingering around all memories ofearly life In California.

Mrs.Still reviewed the present resultsof the bequest of Cecil Rhodes as evi-denced thus far Inthe American schol-arships.

Tuesday Current Topics

At the last meeting of the Tuesday

Current Topics club a large number ofthe members responded to roll-call andentered Into, the discussion of the

week's history with a zest increasedby interruptions incident to the storms

of rain and wind.

The agitation of the lighting and telephone service 1

question inNew York has had the effect of forcing tele-phone rates down about 20 per cent. The gas monopolystill roosts high there, but the authorities are gettingthe range of it with a gun. And Los Angeles congratu-

lates New York.All this has been accomplished within but little

more than a decade. What electric development will dofor California Inthe decade Just ahead, and particularlyfor this section of California, must be left to the imagina-tion.

In all this advancement California has blazed theway for most of the other states. The practicability oflong-distance electric transmission was first demon-strated between Santa Ana canyon and Los Angeles,and the first manufacturing industry from a powersource nearly a hundred miles away Is credited to thiscity.

The use of "electricity is broadening every day inCalifornia. Here in Los Angeles it is employed in agreat variety of uses, and new applications of Its utilityare constantly coming to public notice. Not only thelocal transportation of Los Angeles and its environs,

but a large part of the machinery that moves its manyand widely diverse activities are dependent on electricenergy.

But all the electric power already harnessed or withinreach constitutes only a fraction of what may be de-veloped in the future from the resources of our vastmountain ranges.

j Itis estimated that the electric power plants alreadyin operation in California represent a money value of$50,000,000. There Is now in use electrical energy equal

to 140,000 horse power, and it is said that expansion Inprogress will add 80,000 more. .And besides what isthus present and in sight, locations for power plants

have been filed to cover probably 500,000 horse power.

Itwas in Los Angeles that street car locomotion byelectric energy first became a commercial success, andfrom that beginning, about a dozen years ago, the .useof electric power has broadened to all large manufactur-ing industries and many others.

Although California is on the extreme western edge

of the United States, It is on the highest level of modernprogress. The application of electricity to practicalpurposes, for instance, has reached its highest develop-ment in the Golden state. This mighty power of thetwentieth century ha3been introduced more widely InCalifornia than inany other state of the Union.

ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT IN CALIFORNIA

The Nicaragua proposition was defeated, and afterblundering along until the present time we get the prom-

ise of a canal some fifteen or seventeen years in thefuture!

Through two administrations and starling on a thirdone the Republican leaders have been fooling with theisthmian canal proposition. Nearly five years ago, May2, 1900, the house of representatives passed a bill by avote of 225 to 35 providing for a canal by the Nicaragua

route. That 1action was taken after long and exhaustiveinvestigation of all routes and plans. Ifthat bill hadbeen passed by the senate the completion of the canalwould now be nearly in sight, as it was figured that Itwould require not more than eight years and much lessby puttingon the fullhead of Yankee steam pressure.

About all that has been accomplished practically Isthe determination to change the canal plan Ina mannerthat will add about one-third to the 'time required forIts completion. It Is said by experts that a Bea level

cut willbe a work of from fifteen to seventeen years.

The lock plan, which had been definitely decided upon,would admit of completion In from ten to twelve years

at the outside. ,Not only will the date of the canal'susefulness be set several years farther In the future,

but the cost of the change, according to the best esti-mates, willbe double the original figure.

Now arises the Important question whether tho pro-posed new departure will be productive of any betterresults than the old one. \u0084

Here we have the direct confession from the presi-

dent and his secretary of war that an egregious blunder

was committed at the very outset of the canal enter-prise. That blunder has practically caused a year's delay

Inbeginning the work. \u25a0

In'conformity with the extraordinary power now

vested in him by congress, the president will at oncepractically wipe out the canal commission. SecretaryTaft Is formulating a plan for the president's considera-tion which willbe ready "Ina day or two," as he says

In his letter. The radical character of the change thatwill be recommended may be inferred from the secre-tary's statement that the mistakes would "be remediedby placing the control of the canal under one head, orat least under a commlslon composed of not more thanthree members."

Secretary Taft Is rather more caustic in his utter-

ance on the subject, declaring that the trouble "resultsfrom the Inherent clumsiness of the commission as anexecutive body."

The president says In his part of the controversy:

"It appears that the chief difficulties that have arisen

hare coma from the Inherent faultiness of the law underwhich the commission was appointed."

The original plan of a cumbersome commission, whichseems to have frittered away more than a year of timewithout tangible results, is an admitted failure.

ISTHMIAN CANAL BLUNDERSSo far aa the American people are concerned, there

is only one point of particular interest in the Panamacanal controversy Into which both the president andSecretary Taft hate been drawn. The hitch now dls--

closed dissipates hope for a reasonably early completion

of the great project. Itmeans a fresh start InIhe execu-tive organization for practical work.

Although no definite arrangementswere made for the May exhibit, manyfeatures were discussed, to be definitely

settled on at the next meeting.

Mrs. W. H. Housh, chairman of theart loan exhibit committee of the Rus-

kin Art club, met with her committeechosen yesterday afternoon. '.;!!,''*>

Mrs. R. W. Prldham spoke on th«works of David dAngers and Mrs. A.

E. Crandall read a bright paper onRude and Barye. Mrs. William Brad-ley discussed the classic-naturalisticschool at the time of Chapu. Mrs. EJ. Washburn spoke on the academicschool and Its early advocates and Mrs.Barber spoke of the later naturalists.Mrs. Morris Albee and Miss Lethe*Lewis spoke entertainingly on theworks of Rodin.

The subject under discussion was thenineteenth century sculpture InFrance, and a number of interesting

papers were read.

Ruskin Art ClubMrs. J. D. Gibbs. assisted by Miss

Letho Lewis, had charge of the lesson

yesterday morning at the Ruskin Artclub meeting in the club rooms -at

Blanchard hall. '.

New Picture*'

"""HCaptain Lee placed a new picture 1

the chamber of commerce exhibit Atpartment yesterday. Itis a large patrijIng of Mt. Shasta, tastefully hung witspecial consideration for light effect;and as seen from the floor gives 'tbvisitor a good idea of the grandeur^cthe famous snow-capped peak. ;Beloiin the valley is a great field of bloominggolden-rod. Across the room again*the gallery rail is also displayed a picture of the Vernal falls of the TosemltiBoth pictures willbe taken to the Lewiand Clark exposition at Portland; anhung In the California building. , I

From certain eastern states reports of spring floodsare coming, with prospects of great damage in some sec-tions. At the same time we get from Alabama the ac-count of an appalling tornado, which caused the deathof nine persons. The spring calamities in the east arefollowingclosely in the wake of those of winter.

In some German towns children'!allowed' to travel free on

'the loi

tramway cars If they are under a citain height, which 1b marked oh tdoors of the car. \ .>\u25a0 '.'1

Itmight have been expected that the refusal of theCalifornia legislature to give the elective franchise towomen would lead io trouble for men. In the report ofa recent meeting of Los Angeles literary women it isstated that there was a discussion on "Words OurWeapons," and also on "How to Strengthen Our Vo-cabularies."

The next meeting of the Cosmos clubwill be held at Blanchard hall uniwill continue to meet there for therest of the season.

As this is the .first anniversary of

the club there will be a delightful pro-gram and tea beside tho regular dis-cussion, which for that date will be

the conditions in Japan and Russia.

A parliamentary drill was ably con-ducted by Mrs. Alice D. Anderson andplans were discussed for the celebra-tion of charter day, which1 will occurApril12.

A large gathering of the membersof the Cosmos club participated in thediscussion of Herrlck's "The CommonLot" at yesterday's meeting at theRuskin Art club rooms.

Cosmos Club

"If the newspapers have a story to

tell it is told In the quickest possibleway, not in a multiplicityof words, asthose in which the journalists of Eng-

land Indulge."

Miss Dennen led the discussion of"How to Strengthen Our Vocabularies"and was followed by a general discus-sion by the members of the club. :

"Our country is larger, our Ideasnewer, and we have more new paths

into which to wander than the writersof England; hence the acquiring of amethod of straightforwardness.

"Our American vocabulary Is a tech-nical one," said Miss Grace Dennan at

the Woman's Press club yesterday af-ternoon, "and we have sacrificed polish

for strength. We as a nation revel instrength, and we have Inculcated thut

into our every day expression, to theexclusion, frequently, of the polish ofthe mother English.

Woman's Press Club

Just when two or three of the European govern-ments had preparations about ready for sending war-ships to Venezuela as collection agents the news corneathat President Castro has agreed to a new plan for thepayment of his country's debts. Uncle Sam, therefore,has only the obstreperous Dominican infant to quiet justnow, but the whole nursery of Infant republics mayyawp at any moment.

Preparations are being made for"Reciprocity day,1

'which will occur

next Wednesday.

The morning session of the Wednes-day Morning club was devoted to thestudy of Shakespeare under the direc-tion of Mrs. H. K. Brett. Act IV. of"As You Like It" was read and dis-cussed. At noon luncheon was eerveland In the afternoon Mrs. F. K. Priorconducted the parliamentary drill.

Wednesday Morning Club

Fond parents of Los Angeles, how many of youaurse the delusion that your own boys are proof againstJiw enticement of gambling?

But how can parents expect any other result whenschools of crime flourish, openly and defiantly? Onlya few days ago public spirited citizens of Los Angeleswere beseeching the. legislature to close the most per-nicious schools of crime in the state, those of the racetrack gamblers. The lnnuenco of the gamblers wasitronger than that of reputable citizens at Sacramento,however, and tho crime schools continue to do a thriv-ingbusiness.

"Schoolboys, some of them mere children," drawninto the gambling maelstrom while yet in their early"teens," using all their wlta in efforts to get moneywherewith to gamble, finally leading to the crime oftheft.

What a revelation for the parents of Los Angeles!Only by such disclosures are fathers and mothersbrought face to face with the perils that beset theirhoys. Parental love is blind and fails to see theseperils. When The Herald gave the warning intimationbefore concerning the likelihood that groups of boysIn varloua parts of the city were addicted to gamblingit is safe to say that not many parents thought the sub-ject was of personal concern to them. Only other peo-ple's boys are prone to do evil.

The correctness of that judgment was attested in theaccount of another police raid made Tuesday night onMaple avenue. As reported, a poker game "has beenin operation for several months at which !schoolboys,some of them mere children, have lost all the money theycould earn or, in some cases, steal."

Several weeks ago when the police raided a gamblingplace maintained by boys The Herald expressed thebelief that other places of similar type were in operation.

FOR PARENTS TO PONDER

Itis gratlfyjng to know that there was only about 10per cent of negative votes in the election to decide upontb.6 bond Issue for school building purposes. The small,

ness of the total vote, however, showed plainly theapathy of citizens when the general result was prac-tically assured. It was not expected that any consid-erable opposition would be offered to the raising of fundsabsolutely necessary for school building purposes. Nowlet a plan be matured, aa The Herald has often sug-gested, for providing school building funds by.regularyearly appropriations.

ItIs evident from the above figuresthat the "indispensable" autocracycomes high, and that If the Russianswill put up with-it It must be at ayearly increasing ,pries.

A HERALDFRIEND.'

During ten years ofAlexander's reignthere were eighty-four prosecutions forpolitical offenses, and the number ofpeople involved was 784. But—during-the ten years of the reignthere have been 8468 political prosecu-tions, involving no less than 65,636 per-

sons. In other words, during the tenyears of the present reign there havebeen more than one hundred times thenumber of political prosecutions thatthere were under Alexander 11, though

the last named was noted for his se-verity, and the number^of persons in-volved haß grown from less than 1000to over 65,000. Purlng the last year ofAlexander's reign there were eleven po-litical cases, Involving thirty-four per-sons; during 1903 of the present reignthere were 8393 such canes involving

17,685 persons.

Slmkhovltch states that the reign ofAlexander IIwas noted for the sever-ity with which political.offenders weretreated. He then gives, side by side,

the official figures showing the num-ber of political prosecutions during thatreign, and the number of people direct-ly Involved In them, as compared withthe ten years of the present czar'sreign, ending with the year 1903.

- Much has been written lately of thepoverty of the Russian people, of theload of taxation beneath which thepeasant bends bis back, and so forth,

but in spite of all this there persists thethought that, so far as - the czar Isconcerned, weak though he may be,

he 1b liberal and peace-loving to a fault.

We have now to thank Vladimir G.Slmkhovltch for an article in theMarch number of the World's Workwhich completely shatters that delu-sion.

To give Russia time to digest these

Indigestible morsels Is to ask us togive the autocracy a further lease oflife, at the very least, of another cen-tury, and the question immediatelyarises whether the game Is worth thecandle.

It is a good saying that bygones

should be bygones, and that the mem-ory of even the foulest crimes shouldbe gradually wiped out by the fingerof time. But the life of the nation islonger than that of the Individual, and

in the history of countries such asFinland and Poland their absorption by

Russia is but the event of yesterday.

Accordingly 'we find in both thosecountries today, when for the first timean. opportunity of ;successful revoltEeems to have shown Itself, riot fol-lowingriot and assassination treading

on the heels of assassination. Allofwhich is simply "the breath of life thatpants and struggles for relief."

The destruction of the Independence

of Finland is a matter of recent date.So excellent an authority as AndrewWhite, for many years our ambassadorto Russia and anything but a hostilewitness, has denounced it,and the pavt

that the present czar played in con-nection withItas the most defenselesscrime of the nineteenth century, whichis saying much when we consider thatthe last century also saw the absorp-

tion of Poland.

This is the pith of the article and thisIs the plea that autocrncy puts for thesupport of the world as against theforces now workingIts destruction; the

plea that it has not yet had time toassimilate what It so remorselessly

swallowed; that It should be allowed tolive at least until itshall have fullydi-gested its meal.

LOS ANOELES, March 21.—(EditorHerald)

—The Los Angeles Herald

of the 20th Inat contained an articleby Vladimir Orlnffmuth, editor of theMoscow Vledomostl, one of the leading

conservative newspapers of Russia.The pith of that article was that themaintenance of the autocracy was ab-solutely Indispensable to the integrity

of Russia, and that the substitution ofa parliamentary nystem would meanthe shattering of the empire Into, a

number of fragmentr— Russia, as BUCh,ceasing to exist. The writer says:"The Russian empire Is vaßt, but Itsvastness is still of very recent origin.

Its western and eastern frontier pos-

Ecsslons, Finland, the Baltic provinces,Poland, the Caucasus and the centralregions have not yet assimilated them-selves with Russia proper, but they donot even desire to do so; they entertainhopes of an Independent national andeven political existence."

PRICE OF AUTOCRACYIN STRICKEN RUSSIA

Political Offenses Under thePresent Czar

Increase of Prosecutions for Alleged

Miss Ada Trotter of ras.dena,spoke entertainingly on "Words-Oar

Slang came In for some discussion by

Mrs. Amphlett, who confessed she Isnot yet familiar with some of theAmerlcun expressions. In England,for Instance, the word dandy Is appliedonly to men,. but here it has a broaderapplication.' Street car and baggage

car, known across the seas as tramand luggage van, were used as samples

of the difference of every day expres-

English and American Usage

Another bright speaker was Mrs, A.

K. Amphlett of Oxford, England, whospoke on the differences between Amer-ican and English usages of words.

State FederationThe following committees of the Btate

federation of women's clubß have beennamed: Civics, Mrs. E. L.Baldwin ofHan Francisco; ,forestry, Mrs. A...'\u25a0 13.Osborne ,of ISanta s Clara; club exten-sion, Mrs. Robert l'otter Hill of

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