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Show I Time Has Stopped With Ellm. On the night of the 14th of the present month the Bohemian Club of San Francisco celebrated the ninety-first birthday of their pet member, B Uncle George Bromley. And the old man was present with his mirthful face, his genial heart!-9 heart!-9 ness, and with mind clear as ever. With this life he seems to be as is Admiral Dewey's rank. He reached and passed the ago of retirement six B or eight years ago, but because of eminent serv- ice, while giving up his active command, he re- mained ifull admiral with full salary, and has the casting vote on all matters that come before the B admiralty. According to rule, Uncle George B Bromley should have retired long ago, but be-fl be-fl cause of his generous, genial, hopeful nature, B Time, as it made the annual journey to gather B his sheaves, seems to have decided at last to no B longer cut a notch for each year of Uncle George, B but merely to make a mark which would dis-B dis-B appear before he came around again. And so B for twenty years past no years have been counted fl against Uncle George. And this Is as it should B be, for during all his days, by land and by sea, B Uncle George has been shedding the sunshine of B his life into other lives and warming the world B in which he has moved. B And not one reproach is laid up against him. H Because of him thousands have been made hap- fl pier; not one has been made sad. His wit has never had a sting; without laughing himself he H has made others laugh, and about his only sor-H sor-H row has been when one after another of his flj brothers of the club have fallen out of -the ranks. B We bolieve of all the charter members only some B twenty-one remain. And what names are on the H rolls of those who havo passed on. They include H most of those who helped to make the coast H famous in all the professions, the arts, the sci-H sci-H ences and industries. It was a mighty sorrow fl when the old home of the club, with its priceless H treasures, was swept by the earthquake and the H fire. Their value could not be measured by dol-H dol-H lars any more than can the memories of Wash-H Wash-H Ington or Lincoln. B But San Francisco cannot long bo cast down. B A new club has been provided for and will bo B hurried to completion as swiftly as possible. We B hope when the day comes for its dedication B Uncle George Bromley will be there, even as now, B young still in heart, bright in mind the old B genial, irrepressible Uncle George. |