The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-21

considerable space of time-and, oh,
want a dear little black lace fan and a
white one, such as she has. Her hat and
the toque were good.
The Young widow dressed well, but was
at her handsomest in the exquisite dark
shade of cerise. The cape and hat worn
with this toilette were artistic in the high
est degree; and oh, the sleeves! They were
dreams-immense. But you never think
of them as such. They are simply in keep
ing with the tout" She is so fetching
when arrayed for dinner that one feels GER
tain Sir Richard Kalo will again urge her
to take charge of his household gods,
Lady Darby, Susan's aunt, Is most suit
ably and appropriately CARRIED on every
occasion, whether in her excellent calling
costume of rich plum velvet, with its fash
ionabIe redIngote and its skirt edged with
ostrich plumes, or in the biscuit-colored
toilette. which is slashed with satin of a
lighter tone. prefer the very handsome
dinner gown OF rich gray brocade and
chiffon. Her bonnets suit her perfectly.
Elaine Shrimp ton, who has "a message
to deliver" has stylish gowns. l have not
decided quite which like best.
Taken as a whole the Lyceum Theater
company would be well worth going to see
if only on account of the gowns, but the
acting is excellent as well.
Mr.. Frawley is to be congratulated on
having such a talented company, the
members of which have shown to great
advantage in lone of Our Girls" Helen
Dauvray deserves great praise. Her per-
sonation is finished, and in the second act
her ripping, happy laughter is charming,
for not one out of fifty women could laugh
as she does, so perfectly naturally. not a
trace of affectation, and her gowns are
good. but the one she first wears is not a
becoming shade. The pink satin en-
broidered with gold sequins is handsome
and suits her to perfection, and the beauti-
fully embroidered fur-edged cape, trimmed
with rose-pink satin, is pretty. Julie
wears when we first see her one OF the
sweetest little white frocks to be found
anywhere, and her evening gown of pale
blue shows a pair of lovely shoulders and
is exceedingly becoming. Nine. Fon-
blanque, accept my compliments. Your
toilets are so picturesque, SO absolutely
correct that / am delighted with them,
but you are undoubtedly handsomest in
your exquisitely embroidered gown worn
in the second act when SO horribly shocked
by IAN Intern ationaI Kiss"
Speaking of theaters reminds me that to
most quickly reach our principal ones l
have to depend on the Devisadero-street
electrician, which always starts before
allowing one to be seated. This Is, to say
the least, slight inconvenience, so / in
quired the other day of one of the con-
ductors the reason of this, and he replied
that they were not allowed time enough to
wait until the people were seated. have
seen several slip and narrowly escape
being hurt lately and some day some one
is going to be seriously injured if this is
not looked into, and then the owners of the
road will realize that it would have been
more profitable to have run few extra
cars.
To conclude, those who are SO soon to be
brides will he interested in knowing that
fashion has decreed that her flowers are to
be arranged in a singularly pretty sheaf
called ia gerbe Trianon." The blossoms
must be long stemmed and disposed in
such way that the flowers hang separately
without any crush, like perfumed cas-
cade. and another novelty is to have the
sheaf tied with pink velvet ribbon stream
ers, on the end of which have your future
monogram or crest in rubies or diamonds.
One bride has just carried such a bouquet,
and it created a sensation. 1t is a delight
full idea. MARcELLA.