Show PETTY NEWSPAPER SPIRIT ahe be journals of san francisco Fran cisto in th lie dry rot of jealousy their mn MEAN exhibitions OF SPITE r ilin an independent girls rose ho to tc protect herself ann annie La laertes rine fin it work ira P rankin and ilia violation of ofilio the lick trust trout A striking instance Xoa tanco or of For female nali vanity coina v nm SAT SAN dw don 26 this blessed christmas season has given a another proof of the painful fact that notwithstanding stan ding the great advance made ad by the be san francisco press of late years in the ibo dir direction action of it remains elike in soul every newspaper in tho the city continues to live under too the delusion that thai it would bo be injurious J it clous to itself to mention a acon contemporary tempo tip approvingly or in n a any air may T to lo insist tat in a movement aich lc it has not lt it olf elf in initiated it the city haa suffered buffered grievously from this cause if ton ten or a doyen years ago the press preb had united to down the fill musty san francisco would not today to day be limping date fully IQ in the roar rear of the procession headed beaded by beattle beat lla portland balt bait lake los angeles and fresno bonio bome recent instances instance 3 of this dull and POLLY petty spirit of the metropolitan press presa are either dis gusti gustinger ngor or amusing as your lempera tempera men anent leads you to low lew thoin them the Exar niner laudably determined mined in the cue cause of charity and in the allowable hope of the advantage advant aRe that a nowA newspaper paper derives from froin doing rood good works to troal treat the orphaus and other oiher poor children of the towo town to toy lays and such other things as make little hearts happy at chelsi truss bt it called for subscriptions and gifts it succeeded in raising same anine tzi in cash and there came to Us its allies sue ucb h stores of holiday ho that the value of its distributions yet yesterday erday to ib tho 0 asylums and the sad homes of poverty must have been above sa s1 1 I 1 he whole city took look an in interest forest I 1 lu it the klog king Ka kalakaua lakaus went to the iho trouble of rushing tip from monterey lon terey to lend the majesty of his bis presence to a baseball gamo game played la in behalf of the abo fund and the contest was viewed by thousands of 0 people A theatrical bork befit with ladies in tho the foyer elainr selling I 1 fewer dowers was wa another incident polls dolls were sectioned suctioned ed oil off for fabulous sums 0 at ts the brokers oreba nget these even events were too conspicuous to bo be ignored by in enlightened hod pr vs but to la bery notice I 1 have seen been la in the biber newspapers of trew doings doing the tame name of tho the examiner has been thong thoughtfully liti I 1 omitted colaras so far u the examiner Is concerned there Is dot touch much a Sin pathy due it for I 1 it follows pretty closely the stupid example set it by its esteemed eaten jed andi anil k loathed to read its it bright suit audi oua pages or the columns of a all 11 tho the other ban francisco newspapers papers with a biagio exception one 1 would scar scarcely colv learn that thai A S worlds t fair at chit igo lo it in contemplation W the reason for ihl want of at attention to L a ft project of rational national interest inta recai Is IK that M P H n de young proprietor of the Is 1 a from this state slate anil I 1 6 avery very sethe ind Is one at that lyneol it field cae a tie no should california e exhibit at ih fair bo be a poor one in spit of ull all uio the paudy ea early ly thal ilana of the city naw A papers will ax aci aunt fur for the ihu lack of public interest lB terl slid nd eit buil ow fan mr M DO with president liar al ai tait taic k title blonce tile other evoking everli ev enli 1 tin I lit int in ident wis not atu allne lift ila voting W like ali alef hi lie publican journal it lii li si i tie ii he be tl lel t l rho ihn delegation tit lega kli at the 4 1110 hi I 1 and he to in the th californi Calil orni t in tuber of ilia national I 1 in nit r ld id of boing bibi pleased at a mark of i ai idi ration nilon to tine no of their number if fly by the chief mis malf trat tho the if f hau on azani two inco that 16 a who he haa batt tho the good fortune to be proprietors of newspapers were toward the bal m A an melt Mt of tf there maintained a astl ni allow 0 but bat the ibe groat great heart bearl of fit UK thi ballain broka arid anil spread tr J 1 itself in au an dit editorial orial that began with the title of t bar ml ke 10 arid and ended with re nn resulting paragraph about pe fie young copied irom from a clai cho nto ngo paper and no doubt penned by some bohor nian who bad tiler til fr it 1 ill ahr of discharge di chargo at one dine or abnot tier front froni tile Chron tir to I 1 ofalie I 1 havu have termed this spirit village elike at A ft A matter of rot act it 1 13 not characters tic of tier th marlor vIl laces and towns of the Tho newspapers the try art lod ro civility to gus ou au uLber aud and lu in poloa of I 1 editorial d I 1 for ai courtly candor rand or and re aro are in not a trim instances eat away I 1 of the inn san press I 1 it t Is only emly just to say however t that bat tho tb e son san francisco cl ca pros Is rather superior portor eu to thatah that of new york lit in tb tho m mailer 1 ter of manner park row rom Is esthe abo narrow no arr oa est eat alloy alley in the world in a recent cent letter I 1 said some rather tall h ori rude rud things I 1 about the ladles ot of this t hi city who frequent the proton n adek now by I 1 way nay of snaking amends I 1 shall tell about conr an california girl who A he Is I 1 s an honor boner to I 1 her sex ex in the particulars r 8 of inge ingenuity not 3 and independence lalo let a the other night a gray haired old nd lady with A 1 ably sibin figure for tier her age emerged in tile throng from the california theater she A was a walkley quickly along kearney street to the malherb who load flood in the doorways of abo th a saloons arid and cigar mares and on tho the curb ahe stepped on something that mado made her slip and her pray gray hairs would have been brought in sorrow to tile tho sidewalk dewalL Ff hall bud not a gentleman of my acquaintance deftly taught her 1 1 I bank ou on mr blank she aho gasped gratefully 1 no thanks necessary madam mad am he replied as in duty bound arid and then added in it ft puzzled wily way but you ba hao e the advantage of me tor for 1 I 1 I cant to re manber mer that 1 is 1 I t 1 I ahat b Is you dont doat know me well you woul dat nt have known roe me either if t this his little accident sur surprised pried mo me into peaking our As name me im annie beando bo boan ando dao lt 1 conre youre old enough to be her grandmother precisely louie LODIO with trio mo into tile llie vienna still and ill tell you yet you saved mo to from a had fall all anti and that entities yon yet to know all about it As 13 a friend of the family beside I 1 want a cup of chocolate and I 1 know you yon wl tell in this she was we mistaken for hn he told lot mo me ibis girl in hor her pretty intelligent and independent had bad d tho the trick ot at herself elf in part paris where as tho the daughter of a aull ell to todo do stockton Stork ton farmer fanner she wont ant to study art parts parla la Is always it and a shock to an american girl leeng to mold to freedom of action and deference from men to bo be leered at by ilia to he bespoken spoken to in ondean ing aff terms by entire strangers if she he vun fares upon trip HIP streets alone this ia IS thil llin usual ual horrifying experience ot of young indies in paris I 1 am riven given to under oland though I 1 saw nothing of it in n that pleasant plea siut city duplika a month a ata altay y there in fact things were the other ther way it seemed to mo me however Ilow eor his bohemian girl wanted to roe sn all of carls barla that she ahu could in tier Ini nrc ure anil mado the discovery that frenchmen creatures lamo RO 90 Ini lOuse r for old ladles that ibal thoy they habit I 1 ally turn their eyes away from froin thell miss so bo and so of ion a gray wig used her artists knowledg knott ludge to give herself wrinkles and m ent about everywhere unmolested to th tha cafes tho exposition to tho the summit of that thai acre bridge on end tile the riffel tower and oven even to tile tho music limits halts here in san francisco n with ith a stud to of her onnon own on which m aich luckily she it depend c pond for board lodging and clothes cloth ehe burds op her doro coee sa w they dont themselves n hen Af tILd mounts her gray wig and goes it IL alone in thal role of belovin grandmother sho 1 Is free from tho the boredom of concreted young dunces and surprised ei her ber friends frequently with remarks which show for ft a girl an abnormal knowledge of tile worlds arid a wa baia a while on the subject of independent young it is 1 becoming that thai I 1 should of miss sweet daughter of 0 iho he late sweet of chicago who has made herself known as a annie laurie the ibo tefilo fran risco as balio she Is 1 called I 1 have not runt met fellip bly hut but my impression of her from what I 1 have read anil and heard is 1 that she Is ft a chipper kiL alth and perhaps romo what oung couii peron just jt the llin sort sori of bialo rather not know annie laurie 14 1 not of this variety harlry at all AH 1 I 1 hough ithe ho dons daring things RA a re r porter bueb ucb as n pretending to faint on tile tr brolat olat haan x thereupon hauled to ties ali hospital arid and afterward farward 01 Posing tile ill treatment treala or of women at that institution so unanswerably that offending doctors rot pot their and it a reform was war kedl annie langlo in IH lit in her personal pr fonal aspect one of tho the least lat of women sho mm in 19 young tall liand Dia with a fine boo fi tondi pad strong regular fp tur it anit I the magnificent beat of golden hair she drossie in abdom ladylike fashion and hall haft A resorted manner with a suggestion of in it IL to a woman of her brains and feeling much of the work cap he da d a arunm cau call for or enormous courage after one of bor ber lIng ludi oil od she Is down for days dayul to ill th nor vout vou prostration adoli ted thy the re portor cirrillo islon as a means of livelihood rho fahn asks for no fabre lier clr dunk deak is 1 out in the intel room of the just as fi lit IK it if she i were a man and there to IM not a man liters who dobai dor not net respect rp cl h irr hr r tier and ability as well As her ber mo modesty disty etva cinq u ared masculine prejudice which birb Is 11 q quito oits as a strong in Aws a ai in lawyers laner anti anil to say nothing of t hole awful retreats r by UnI university apro protea noto nol ono in ot of wham hom hy by tile way nay could miiko make his living with hit bin pad abich annie laurie does she ritti vory very vior with no little humor art a g droit re deal of 1 honest fie ial g 1 inell in mant id hail s lie a aulle lulle I 1 I 1 e moro more vanity tier unusual knowledge of lit life a its men on sli BIA it would hicl impel b bar pr to become the iho author of n novels v Is lint but despite her often hardy and ad p aing personal por donal experiences at a reporter re atio rhe 14 diffident about tier posers as a writer unjustly so I 1 think tor for her work display fl a literary quality beyond the iho coin comprehension start not noi to of the iho rivalry of mr lit it albert Ai horton 0 at s eytinge Eyl loiro and other females ho he have only nor acre to 10 account for their production of hooks books ono one day I 1 hope mis mill have tho the courage to put her bar mind and heart into a story it would bo be it ft womanly book and a pure one arid and teach tile useful toon lesson ahm a woman tan can follow any mails profession and remain a gont looman tho the lick trustees are catching it ft again ikjin and nobody la Is sorry rorry for it il it IL 1 Is sixteen years and moro more since lick died anil and the iho trustees limo bae mado a prof eslon of managing the funds fund loft left in ID their hands for tho the public good none of there have become at last idi after a decade of the proa it bailo ad a they have opi eted tho the free baths but lit in order to keep out the people who most need m washing they hn hm e imposed a charge of five LOUIS lauts for towels mr ira F P manhin has ila had the roily filly to put pul his pen pan to paper in cofone o of this clear violation of licks will nothing that thai may basald bo said or printed primed will ever convince mr rankin nankin that ibal in this or any other lit matter after ho he can bo be wr should A court overrule lim him mr itan tail kin would submit but bin on oil tile ilio follow folio ing I 1 night lie ho went rao at tho the I 1 prayer ni epting and in a adi I 1 dross droste to throne of gra brae a point out I 1 j the inn faults in the private character of the judge and beg tho the almighty in a d dirt g aired dutiful way to cito 0 laitem litem a 1 eccentricities with rather rankin does not nol mr air rankin is ft a san francisco typo type lift ila Is 14 one of fit a class of nf mon vt tt ho he hivo hold lie city hick arni and done tl it more mor barni barm than ilian a bombardment vituld no he Is ill ai a rood read man mail in tile grass or of having a con find and listening to 10 Us its suggestions Is R prom I 1 lont bont 4 for bo be owns 16 foundry lie ho belong to tho the better element olein ont became bi cau ho he lit Is and because bit dresses in fit black wears iron gray pra m hiti kers a silk hat hal arid and an a pool so 0 o that natural pomplo with gaiety gayety lit in their composition compos lilon feel distrait ind and guilty lit in ills pro onro etere his speech is 9 e low his file manner formal and hir gaiters the perfection of nobody could bo be more reals than llian mr air rankin she is isa a calm dull self satisfied virtuous man inan and it curse to san Franc Franck to for all all progress jars his metallic little brain to which all speed isban la bad because it roea too loo quickly to bo be understood by him I 1 should liko like to see mr runkle Kui ikin as ad a lick trustee sent to jail tor for disobeying tho the mill of the which ho he has helped to override and of colurso improve mr rankin nankin rould could touch 1 nothing without improving it if licks ghost were to appear and r rn R 1 him for breach of trust brother 1 ira ink bould wave aside tho the point aa of no importance and after clearing his bis throat threat and finger hiR hla his black necktie proceed with ith slow decorum to expostulate with the iho shade ahado tor for inter foring alth lih tho the actions of wiser minds thin than lift its own thero there are ranking averys here aswell well as in salk francisco Franci tico and with mith the very b bapst et I 1 intentions ni tent ions they iby do moro more harm than nicked men for wicked wen mon are illing hilling to dmn on a up to 10 their whereas wh eraa to tile Itai lkins an that they are not good as a thing thine inconceivable whan stion brother ira comes to die there will bo be not one regret in his breast and his last thought will bo be about tun the barber barb r and like hittlet upon the congregation of his appear appearance anee of respectable trimness As AA he h ties tn in his coffin while the final look limit I 1 IH bring taken by the at one n ho he never in life throw any difficulties la in tho the way of the iho lords lorda goern mant of tho the world a government which puzzles brother ira because hi he fees l 0 so o many ways wayn in which aich it could be Im proad hut but until that finishing seppa cornea comps S ot at S cents will bo be roid for or towels towel ILL ai the lick free art frt o batho while on the gruesome frn noma landle I 1 shall rhall relate a ghastly expert fora ence I 1 had not long no ago A deputy coroner who was wai |