The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01
trimmed with good lace. and two Rhine
stone Buttons, was new and well made.

stone Buttons, was new and well mace.
Another-worn by a young girl-of
Dresden silk had blue. ground covered
with cloudy pink roses and was relief and
pleasure to gaze upon, for the front was
not bloused, soft frills of chiffon being all
acceptable substitute. Every one is saying
"Just wait until our $50 return from Del
Monte, for then we shall see some gowns
worth talking about"
AS yet have seen neither 1.-THE Masked
BALI nor "The Butterflies" which will be
given this week, so cannot comment on
what the gowns may be, but that they
will be worthy of our careful inspection
goes without saying.
At the Columbia "Masks and Faces"
has been a great success in all respects,
the play having been well presented and
the audiences all that could be desired.
Rose Coghlan as Peg Wellington won high
commentator. She appeared in three
handsome gowns. The very rich and pic
turesque one worn in the second act-of
heavy pink satin opening over white satin
draped with exquisite lace, which also fell
in deep ruff1es from the elbow sleeves
was the one most liked, this costume being
ompleted with some very beautiful roses,
some of which held here and there the
lace draping the front of the skirt, while a
In the last two acts, at Triplet's cottage,
her quilted rose satin skirt with the ruche
around the bottom, and the quaint waist
and paniers of most becoming green satin
lined with white silk and brocaded in gold,
was artistic.
In the same play Margaret Craven, as
the little wife from the country, was
sweetly pretty in frock OF gray and pink
watered silk; the skirt being of the pink,
was unusually effective. l would like to
| own gray cape lined with pale pink such
as she wore, the hood being very becoming.
The minuet danced at the conclusion OF
| the second act deserved the encore it
received; for the harmonious blending OF
] colors and the graceful movements of the
participants made it worthy of high praise
! from an artistic standpoint.
| Apropos of the burglaries which have SO
lately occurred, will you tell me why people
| who own much silver or numerous Jewels
| do not send them to the safe deposit when
out of town? Or if they consider it un.
necessary to do SO, why do they put their
valuables all together in the most obliging
way for Mr.. Burglar in a drawer or chest
l understand burglars are usually pressed
Tor time, so let me advise you, who have
hitherto been so considerable, to scatter
| your valuable possessions over the house,
| so that on your return some may have
eluded the house breakers search.
Whenever | see jewel tray in which
are lying handsome ieweled rings, pins,
etc., on the bureau in a hotel l cannot but
| feel that the owner deserves to lose every
one Of them for offering such temptation
to servants, who will not be excused on the
plea OF kleptomania if discovered.
Women from the East frequently arrive
here with the idea that our stores are very
inferior and about year behind the times.
This idea is rapidly dying out am glad to
say, but from desire to know how our
stores really compare with the most ex-
elusive and high-priced Eastern ones fire.
quently write for samples of the latest
fabrics, and having relatives in New York
experience no difficulty in securing the
! most exact information relative to such
| points as may not be found in even our
best fashion papers. BY late mail
arrived for me great pile of samples,
and among them are the alpacas with the
| little silvery wavy lines of silk through
| them for 81 % yard and very handsome
! black one fifty-four inches wide for 81 per
yard. Then there are odd goods in tiny
checked effects, black ground crossed
with lines of green, blue and q pinkish
shade. Then / have the newest cloths to
be used for the great domino cloaks which
will be so universally popular for evening
wear. could go on and talk about these
fabrics for considerable space, but it is
unnecessary to do so, as with few excep-
tons these same goods will very soon be
found on our own counters; indeed, yes
! terday l ascertained that some have
already been uncased and are on view.
We need not fear for the fate of the full
skirt so long as 54-inch materials are being
made in such quantities. MARcELLA.