The morning call., 1890-10-09
DOROTHY Q,'S LETTER.
Notes About People and Events
in the City of New York.
California Girls Who Wanted to Start House
keeping on the Cooperative Plan.
High Rents in the Empire City.


have come home from their summer outings
with gowns slightly faded and frayed; the
influx of the beaumonde into New York ana
out again to their autumn haunt of pleasure
Tuxedo Park; the wde-Rwake army OF
buyers for the New York and Western dty-
goods houses, who come in squads from
abroad two or three times week, and, best
of all, the gay autumn weather. with its in
MIGRATING snap, all conspire 10 make New
York lust at this time eXhilarating and joy
Gus. Livery one does not feel hilarious, how
ever, He who is hunting a room wherein
to snug himself for the winter, aud she who
is looking Tor a fiat, are hardly conscious OF
the gayety in the air. The landlords and
ladies are as arrogant in October as they
were humble in July. Their rooms are in
demand, and ey impress the fact on the
woud-be boarder. who believes them and
accepts what is cffereG, unless he IS wary
and knows that in November their attitude
tow ard the word in general win be more
cOnCiliatOry. Several California girls
thought they would take a fiat and keep
house ON tie cooperative plan, which
sounds so well in story-Do0ks. To buoy
them up in their project they saw in pOpu-
lar paper that four people-two of them
men-lved Sumptu0usy on % cents day
each. The article intimated that the d-gree
If success attained would be according TO
the skill of the cook ana her judgment in
buying. consequently the CHlli0InlIns al
lowed p cents for possible lack OF SIX III ana
Judgment and dec dtd that they could 1--we
with equal splenl0r on 80 cents day e3ch.
For fear any one might doubt the Attractive
ness of tie menu for p cents day, here IS
a sample Of
THE FIRST DAYS BILL OF FARE.
observation-disclosures. oatmeal, scrambled eggs,
Goldfish with cream, baked potatoes butter toast,
coffee.
Dinner - Roast chicken, mashed potatoes,
squash. white turnlps, Splced grapes, cranberry
ne, coffee.
and butter, cup cake, burberry preserves, tea,
milk.
Having the bill of fare and burning de-
sire to keep house they sailed forth TO find
the CHEEKY fiat each had in her minds eye.
/, IS no use to 90 through all the diS,ouras
ing experiences; whoever has hunted for Il
fat in New York knows all about 1t, and in
uoWelis' last story he touches it off 10 - ~
snd tells II better than [ could. But having
the misfortune to be born and bred in a land
vhereth rooms have breadth. derth, height
air and sunlight. perhaps the Californians
may be forgiven for failing TO fully appre-
Ciate the boXy little apartments in which the
Ii4ht, except in one room in the front or way
III the rear, was ike that Of gray sunless
day. and the rooms were so small that one
faCetiuUS maiden said, " We couldn't call
these our quarters; they are so little we'd
have to call them eighthS.' OF course.
there were handsome apartments for 5000
a year, but even With bill Cf fare provided
the cooperative houSekeeperS couldn't al
ford thai. They found CHEEKY outside fiat
Of six rooms and a bath, away u1
have for $50, not having any dogs,
parrots and children, but 1t was too far
from the central part of New York,
so the TGuld-be-louSekeeper sneaked
back to their several homes and treated
Iheir laudladies with marked and reyeTen-
tai respect, never revealing that but few
hours before, secretly thrilling with lordly
sense of pTOIretorshp, they had deter
mined to give warning pack up their
household goods, and, with a sense Of
equality, if not II superiority, 60 forth INTO
their own home, and ren0unce forever
boarding and clearinghouse, but Life IS
not the thing we planned II, the poet says,
ana me ther is the New York fiat" say the
California girls. Despite the fact thai it is
lard 10 ind Just the rooms Wanted-StIll the
CallfnTnlanS cCIl:e. - ------~
"a Miss Mary Fox and Miss Desroche arrived
q few days ago. They are to spend the
win er n New York studying music.
Miss Jessie Gregg of Miss Vests school
in San Francisco passed through New York
en- route for Boston, where she will perfect
I.
She prefers Boston TO New York.
QUITE A FLUTTER.
MI and Mrs. Garthwaite (uee Lowell ar
rived last week. Miss LOwel's marriage
created quite flutter in musical circles here
aud everybody wondered who could possibly
nil hrr place as OrgantSt OF the Church Of
Incarnation. Mrs. Garthwaile will remain
in New York until successor is found. She
expects 10 give several musical recitals before
SI. finally goes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ketchum nee Little, for
msrlg OF Oakland, are now residing in New
l CTk. They eXlect to make this city their
home. AS Mss Little Mrs. Ketchum was
such a belle she viii be greatly missed in the
social circles of Oakland.
Mr. L. J. Baldwin of San Francisco is at
tie St. James. Miss Bentley has returned
from Michigan and is pleasantly located at
Gruuercy Park. She is dramatIzing adam
Bede," as she has The Mill on the Floss
and Elaine" and other works familiar to
Ter admirers.
BIr. Richard Hotaling of San Francisco is
in the city with his father, who hopes to re-
gin his eyesight, if the operation lie is t. I'M
d-fgo is successful. He has the best physi-
c.aus in the city and every one Of his friends
hopes earnestly for good results.
Tie buyers have brought over such gilt
terjug trimmings, made of silver and gold
gailU0n and Egyptian embrOidercs and gay
colored jewels 10 decorate girdes and collars
and panels of dresses, that the unnitiated
would easily imagine that they had planned
to dress the queens of the ballet and the
mimic stage instead Of the gowns Of-the
erande danes of society. One eXquisitey
dainty floral shOudeT-cape was made of bell
like flowers with long stems, which were so
tied with white ribbons that a lattiCe-work
was formed underneath us a foundation for
the delicate white flowers above. The cap.
was finished around the neck with double
BOX-pleatng Of airy tuile. 1t was beautiful,
but looked as fragile as snowflake flowers
wrought with cObwebs-but some fair bride
can use it TO advantage doubtless. A rival
OF this dainty cape was boa made of $50
white ostrich tips. The dresses the buyers
brought over were severe and plain in cut,
but rich in material and Respondent in
trimming. People with hands and feet they
are hot proud TO display can rejoice in the
fashions of this season, for dresses to be
truly la mode must be long enough to step
on in front and the cuff Of the long sleeve
must come to about the middle Of the back
OF the hand
LACK OF FRUIT.
Tie housewives in New York are COM
planning that they have no fruit to can or
preserve this year, which possibly indicates
that the canned fruits and preserves of Cali
forDia will be in great demand later on.
l cannot fOrbear retailing a funny bit Of
conversation that | had with all old lady in
Central Park early one August morning.
she was very much interested III the Grand
Army people who were wandering curiously
about, so she interviewed lie. asking If [
was from the West. told her YES" She
was queer good-natured old body, and l
did not mind hum0rins her For some rea-
son l gave little throaty cough. "Oh, you
come frr m San Francisco, don't you?" she
said with aiaerity. "IeS," | responded,
wondering how she knew. Il just knew you
did she explained, "'cause a gemmen
friend If mine went out thar. and he said
he'd never git over the fruit and the flowers
ana the sunshine lie seed thar and he'd
never fOrgit how everybody went 't'ahem!
tahenp Wherever he went in San Fran
cisco, to church, concert, theater or any
meeting, the people would give that funny
little cough-'t'heml them!" l suppose it
was sympathetic imitation that made me
give a little bronchial hack just then, and
the old lady said: Thar. that's it! SO glad
/ seed We, and knOwed it was so about the
tTuit and flowers ard the people a-g0lng
't'ahem! t'ahemp" DOROTHY Q.