Show NATIONS SYMPATHY AND AID CHEERED HEARTS OF STRICKEN SAN franciscans no doubt that the city will be rebuilt greater and more beautiful than before the catastrophe entire country Is interested in its reestablishment establishment Re special correspondence there are two aspects of the san francisco earthquake disaster that ap peal strongly stion gly hopefully to the stu dent of human affairs who like ben achem loves his fellow men these are the eagerness which the peo pie of america and a large part of the rest of the world have shown to be foremost in extending relief to the people of their stricken sister comma anity second the bravery and stout heartedness of th san franciscans themselves who sit not down to amid the ruins of their city but vow on the ashes of their vanished homos that the city shall te rebuilt and hat speedily grander and more glorious th n before fresno it is claimed and the clalia seems to be a good one was the first outside town to set relief actually started toward the smoking pile that had once been san francisco on the very first day car upon car of proal followed by a handsome relief fund expressed in tangible and form the sympathy of the fresno folk in giving credit to any city toy being first at hand with relief it must be remembered that so tar as oakland was concerned there was no such thing as first oakland was at hand with material aid and the sympathy that surpasses the power of words to express from the very instant that the stroke fell even before the outer cities knew that it had fallen al though they themselves suffered in no small measure from the earth tremor the Oak landers threw open their homes albeit some of them were sadly damaged to their neighbors across the bay when the homes were full the churches all public build ings and halls were converted into barracks where every available inch of space was occupied by improvised beds long tables were laid big kitchens equipped and manned aad tree meals served to the destitute daughters of aristocratic families worked long days and nights at their churches carrying food to women who had never known anything but toll in their lives and ministering to ahll dren from the tenements even in the midst of their many of the refugees moie particularly the women refused to be a burden but demanded to be allowed to do some thing to help the only condition imposed upon the recipients of this hospitality for it was not charity was that those who had money must get their meals at the restaurants resta uranis the relief workers fed only the desti tute and these oftentimes those who had lived in affluence ip to the morning of april 18 the u tarrants tau rants did not advance their prices despite the temptation offered by siege conditions even had not martial law frowned sternly upon such tendencies the citizens of oakland would have done so and the restaurant eur or provision dealer who should have at tempted to traffic on the misfortunes of his neighbors would have been shown his mistake in no equivocal manner so it came about that the refugee who possessed a quarter of a dollar could dine heartily and he who had but a dime ild eat a substantial luncheon cities prompt with succor berkeley was as prompt and thor ough in its administration as was oak land and alameda was not bahi id at the former place the university of california a large majority of its men students having gone to the front with the university cadet corps sent the remainder including the women home with the exception of those w ho chose to remain help tal e care of the refugees who came in filling the dormitories and recitation halls to overflowing and camping in the classic shade of the camp is tres los angeles on the moment that the news of the earthquake arrived began raising funds and gathering supplies for relief on the day following the disaster eight car of ns left tor san fran isco going by way of the san joaquin valley five thou sand dollars was telegraphed next day and the good women of los an geles are still packing huge boxes with clothing for the suffering in san jae and santa rosa the daily papers of san which with one ex arose phoenix like their ashes paid a particularly hearty trib ute to the spirit hown by puritan boston where a large sum was raised in 24 hours these towns however only allus the attitude and actions of the whole country the railroads leading out of san francisco although themselves great sufferers practically placed their lines at the disposal of the great throng ot homeless people to enable them to find other homes furnishing them v ith diee transportation in many cases to the atlantic coast the subsistence of these homeless ones was arranged for by local relief committees all along the lines of travel san u a town south of san francisco which ably suffered as much damage as the fugitives from the latter place ing them in concentration camps teed ing them through the efforts of a re lief committee supported by con tribu citizens and dispatching them to other points as tast as individual destinations could be decided upon ellroy salinas santa barbara and a core of other towns on the way to loo angeles fed the pilgrims and japanese as well as americans borne Is is suspected fared more s ly on their journey than they had been accustomed to do at home no doubt there were some with plenty of funds who accepted the hospitality of their fellow countrymen who were ever anxious to feed all newcomers but the spirit of the relief committees was that they had rather feed many im posters than suffer one in need to go hungry all the length and breadth of the stat of california and across many neighboring states to portland to the canada line and beyond across arizona new mexico kansas missouri at st louis chi cago and all east and north and bouth the good people of the nation gathered to help their neighbors who ald from the scene of the world s greatest mod ern catastrophe undaunted disaster no cry of delenda est carthage Cart hago went up from the dav in stead the words we will rebuild san francisco and make it better than be tore were on the lips of all this will prove a fortunate thing for the city exclaimed a merchant whose sole assets were a pile of black ened bricks and an account in a bank that jad gone up n smoke the achl cago architect burnham has drawn up a plan for the beautifying of ban francisco which some said could not be carried out in centuries because ct the changes eitai ing the demolition of buildings that t would be necessary to make now the acty Is wiped out clean and we can build it up any way that we please moreover the earth quake did only minor damage what wiped out san francisco was a fire such as might occur in any city thus combating the idea that ban francisco is a dangerous place be cause of earthquakes the sturdy 1 zens on the second morning after the blow tell began to make plans to re build their city the fires along mar ket street had not ceased to when there was a turn in the tide ol 01 t afflic that threaded among the ruins that lay between the ferry house and the western addition by saturday batur day morning people were coming back by monday they were coming back in crowds bringing back the household goods that they had been fortunate enough to save most of those wiio returned were able bodied all realized that so far as circumstances permitted women and children would do well to leave san francisco toi awhile although there were many women who declared that what was good enough for their fathers broth sweethearts or husbands would do nicely tor them the brave worn relief committee s tents for feadin g homeless by railroad at san jose en of california how they are lightening the labors of those who seek to rear up another city by the golden gate some who had reached places of safety refused to stay out but went back to rejoin their loved ones despite tearful protests Is it worth while to ask if a people pos essed of such spirit will rebuild a grander city than they have losta whole country interested there Is a material problem which bears upon the rebuilding it is a question of enlightened self interest that affects the entire country if san francisco had perished from the earth never to be rebuilt scores of business houses and banks throughout the united states would be dragged down in the general wreck they cm not afford to go or the in which they are situated to have them go therefore it for no other reason the business community of the country will see that a great bolneo center Is reestablished where sau francisco stood the railroad anat focus there cannot afford to have the greatest city of the pacific coast re moved to another point the business life of the great trans mountain west converges upon san francisco and it the currents were to be diverted the upheaval would be terrific moreover shrewd men have grasped the tact that equal chances await all in tle new city and are hastening thither if they have not already gone ready to invest their capital much or little with the large faith that has chai ic the west throughout its entire history ALDICE GOULD EAMES |