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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-21
REMARKS FROM THE BENCH
A SUPERIOR JUDGE WHO HAS
SOUND IDEAS.

Hon. W. G. Lorigan, Superior Judge of
Santa Clara County, thinks the people of
the valley will not fail to appreciate the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-21

SAN JOSE MUST HAVE IT.
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NOVELTIES IN JEW ELRY.
ChatelaineS Are Becoming More and
More the Rage


More the Rage
Both bracelets auf earrings are to have
their day again. The reappearance OF
the bracelet is markell by a new design
in gold about half an inch wide. which
closes with a peculiar clasp and may be
worn over the glove.
A new and very convenient kind OF
sleeve button is just "a miniature dumb
bell with a bend in the connecting bar
which holds the cuff in perfect position.
Semi precious stones, such as the anne
thyst set with pearls are on the high road
To favor. Emeralds are constantly increas-
ing in value owing 20 the supply hecom-
ing less
One little fad in umbrellas in both Paris
and Berlin, is a very slender handle set
in silver or carved ivory. Some very
graceful shapes are in silver gilt enamcled
tops. The forget Ine-uot is 4 very favor
ite design and the color of the enamel
matches the silk as in the Dresden handles
OF last year. ...-. --z
Chatelaines are more popular in Paris
than ever. Scissors. purses, bonbcn boxes.
whistles. etc. in gold constitute dis
tinct part of the toilette.
a jcweler who is Il very large buyer for
the South showed me rabbits foot set
iu gold which constituted the charm to
his wife's watch chain, and told nIe that
in the South he could not get enough 10
supply the stores, so general is the supersti-
Gon in regard to their bringing good luck.
No Southern boy goes into game of craps
without his rabbits foot in his pocket.
1t must be the left hind foot. and properly
the rabbit should be shot at moonlight
while jumping over a grave. Apropos Of
superstitiouS. he said that the opal is their
best selling stone taking the year together.
This jeweler. who is a large mauufac-
turer. has many interesting experiences
in getting his designs. He spends a part
OF every year on the continent. and gets
his designs chiefly from the displays in
the shop windows. which contain the whole
stock in trade. When something rare
strikes his fancy, out comes his little sketch
book aud down it goes before the sorne-
times irate proprietor can utter protest
Every year he goes through the same
amusing pantomime with a certain jeweler
in Switzerland. The American knows
not word of German or French. and the
Swiss not word of English. The Amer
lean always wires ahead the hour of his
arrival. A table is spread with the sam
Piles of jewels. at which they both sit down.
The Swiss writes down the price Of an
article. and at the first mentioned price
the American always throws up both hands
in holy horror and nearly falls off his
chair. A price somewhat lower is offered
and his hands do not go ap quite SO high.
and he doesn't fall quite so near the floor.
This sort of thing is continued until
price is offered at which the American
feels justified in induiging in wan smile
and the bargain is closed. This little
exercise has to bo gone through with for
the purchase of every article every year.
r. d. 8.
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three inches broad, and meant for a mere
mot par .lc Peste. Every sheet is stamped
in the left hand corner with simple small
printing and only enc side is written
upon.
Again the address appears, very small
on the flaps OF the, envelopes and the pre-
dominating color for the stamping is
blue. This on the popular govern ment
blue bond paper. OF which the pads are
made ups shows M raised letters and a
triflc darker shade than the paper itself
while Il clear blue Partisan ink is en-
pleyed. Finally -taese neat notes.. when
wax is used at all, are sealed with blue,
but wax is temporarily out OF favor, as
are the elaborate notices, monograms
and even the little round medallions so
prettily utilized last year. Very particu-
lar persons will show the single initial
of their surname surnlounted by some
chosen animal from the family crest, but
done very small and in the corner OF the
sheets.
8 Besides aH these daintiesi for corre-
spondence, nearly every woman now has
what she calls her business stationery.
This is stout irish linen, bound in pads but
ample in size and st.,niped in pla IN print
ed black letters with rhe address, abbre-
viations for dating -ahd in the oppos,te
corner from this appears the latiy's name
in full, with a NOTICE fiat her hours are
from 8 TO 10 or 12'to ! on certain days.
Such paper she uses tqt all business cor
respondence, relating 10, her philanthrupic
work especially. -
For the bride on hef honeymoon there
has recently been designed special sta
tionery put up in 4 white satin circular
box. Within are fifty. sheets OF rather
rough cream white paper showing a deep
border in satin finish and prepared for
stamping with ones, newly acquired in
itial and the address OF the house where
the honeymoon fstotIbe spent. Both
envelopes and paptr- are tied up with a
proft:sion OF white, rilbo,is. through the
bows of which are thrust an ivory pen
handle with gold point. a tiny ivory paper
knife and two sticks of perfumed Whit
wax complete the outfit.
Correspondence cards are quite out of
favor and even the dinner. musicale and
at home invitations are engraved on folded
sheets of blue bond paper in the new blue
ink. but the present custom is, when writ
ing brief note on a postal card, to send
the postal cards together. sfae
Though wax is out of ceuntenance on
envelope flaps it is applied to a new
Use. for big sticks Of IL, one sees In the
statiouer's stock in trade. are meant for
sealing parcels. book sent by post
borrowed gloves or handkerchiefs to be
returned. n gift forwarded by messen-.
ger boy or personally delivered at a
friends door. are all wrapped; in pa per
and sealed with wax. in place Of tying up
with string. Great bars of red OF black
wax are sold for the purpose and every
seal stamped with very big siguet ring,
the die of which is as large asa quarter
of a dollar and bear oLe's crest and in
itials. -. NARY ARNOLD
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this dear little girl soon got absolute domin
ion over her, and i1spired her with hcr WI
two arimating fleas. You can do any
thing you set yotfr mind to-" and '.No Csc
is so poor but that he has something to
giyesomebody." And under the stimulating
Influence OF thia5}ittle child, she regained
the courage andlEonfidencc which seemed
to have gone ou4 OF her with the death of
her eldest son. Nh came To feel that she.
too. could do ANGLING she set her mind 10,
and for the first3tnie in her life found that
she could even fsase herself write, there
upon producing awd books that will rank
with the best she has done. "a Lady OF
Quality" not yet published, was suggested
10 her by one of her vaults in her wine
cellar in Portland place. 1t was written
in the style of the SPECTATOR, and is "a book
or tremendous powtr and interest.
TRUE FEMININITY.
Combined with this mans brain is the
most feminine OF feminine womci Ex-
ceeding refinement Is the keynote of her
whole nature. and nothing could exceed
her daintiness in all matters pertaining TO
her personal appointments. She once said
that 1t seemed so absurd to sell lace 10y the
yard, that no one should ever buy it, eX-
cept by the mile; and at time when she
was very ill. she one day said: You
may realize how i'll | am. when l tell
you that l have even lost interest In lace
and ribbons"
The sorrows aud suffering OF the world
often weigh most heavily upon this noble
woInan's heart. and like many another
she wonders how both love and omnipotencc
can be ut the helm; "but." she viii say,
.'if there were no God, then SO much
more should each one of us constitute him.
self God TO help every human being within
hts reach" And suppose it would take
"a leo, t,. .g.,in n
positions that have been practiced upon
her in her effort 10 see how far one little
woman can carry out this bea utiful idea.
..sa- MARION DEPEW.
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uiDe Indian make, tie with leather
thongs high and close about The ankle,
ana then. as last coquettish touch, I
wind a icng bright wool scarf with float
i ''~''s rh"Ht my waist, as II IL were o
military sash.
Tue snow shoes come from Canada, of
course, and women who tramp for pleas
urc and profit use those that are nearly
as broad and heavy as the men wear.
They certainly do seem to be but fOrmid-
able and impossible clogs the first time
one sticks ones moccasined toes under
the foot strap and attempts 20 walk off,
but it requires lust ten minutes OF ex-
pertinent and rigid adherence to The one
rule OF keeping the feet wide apart, to
fall into the long swinging stride OF an
expert trampcr, and then, Well 1 can
not iikcn the motion to anything but
the first experience at coasting down
hill on toboggan or bicycle.
A JOLLY CLUB.
There are twelve iE our club, for you
must know trampers divide themselves
into nice, tight little organizations, com
bined for the pure pleasure nf the snowy
walks, six men and six women, and our
club is only une of the dozens formed for
the same purpose since the winter set in.
The genuine enthusiasts, who are asked
out to the country or winter house parties,
carry their shoes along and play golf on
them in the snow, ana M man on his snow
shoes, when properly dressed can fail to
present an interesting figure to the femi-
nine eye. They wear the regulation Cana
dian suits. bind their waists with hand
woven habitant sashes, that are rare and
costly finds these days uf machine manu-
facture even in The most remote districts
of Quebec county.
ENINENTLY FASHIONABLE
Now, ynu might think this sport would
only appeal tu the hardy country girl but
il is those delicate wasted, cntillion dancing
maidens. just out in society this year. who
have accepted the snow shoes, have made
them fashionable, and WIN, two or three
nights in the week, VIII give what they
callsnow walks. Itmay be only throu ghand
around the city park, ur il may extend far
out into the country, which is always fifteen
or twenty miles ur more.
If it isn't moonlight night, everybody
gathers at the park gates, bearing bicycle
lantern bound firmly to belt about the
waist. Ifthe Thermometer is dropping down
to zero and the air fairly cracking with
the cold, ST. much the better, though the
girls s.aud around with their wool sashes
muffling their throats. fur lined capes on
their shoulders, and carrying muffs. But
Off these go at the signal for start. They
are left behind In the little watchman's
station, the trampers string out over the
of the first half mile the mufflers are
turned into sashes.
A SUMMERS GLOW.
Later on the gloves are pocketed and on
turning the two-mile point the women slip
off their coats and toss them to their es-
corts, who carry little leather straps for
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1 che hour. His adva utagcs have OF course
| BEEN extraordinary, foreign travel and
! foreign tutoring having been added TO the
| school curriculum: and perhaps his best
| education has come from his companion.
| ship with his mother. who never talked
down to her sons. but always took them
upon her own high plane.
A MASCULINE HEAD.
Mrs. Burnett laughingly deplorcs the da y
| when hangs shall 60 entirely out of fashion.
and declares that size could never present
her unadorned front TO a carping world.
Her golden fringe does help TO conceal a
very high. very prominent forehead. In
deed her head is OF unusual size, and the
phreuoloSists all say contains a mans
brains. But whether masculine or fem
, inine, they'll do. She possesses the most
extraordinary fertility of imagination, the
kind that seems to respond spontaneously
to any demands made upon it,
INSPIRATION FERTILITY.
One day little circle Of women friends
were grouped about her-tEe thing she
most loves-whcn a fair-haired young girl
said: Dearest, want TO write "a story;
tell me how 10 go to work"
"oh,' said the gifted novelist, you do
not have to look for your story; ii is always
at hand, always just near; everything con-
tains the story. Now, let us take the
first thing our eye lights upon. and ] will
tell you how To make u story out of it,
Then pointing at random. Take that pic
turc, for instance" 1t CHANGED to be a
Spanish bull fight. and she began weaving
her magic spell about it, and it grew and
grew, untilthe younggirlw was fairly swamped
in it, and Mrs. Burnett herself sufficiently
interested to adopt and develop it. And
that is how The Pretty Sister of Don
Jose" came to be written.
At aDofher time Miss Gertrude Hail. after
agonizing for a fitting title for a set
of stories which she had just completed,
in despair wrote Mrs. Burnett, who is her
most intimate friend. asking her to sug-
gest one. Almost immediately came back
six, all OF them good; one OF them actually
inspired Far From Today And her
stories always make their first appear
ancc dressed in their best, so that she is
able to send her first copy to her publishers:
a beautifully dainty manuscript, disfigured
by few crasures or interlineations.
CHILD IN A BOOK.
had the pleasure of reading her 1.-TWO
Little Pilgrims Progress in MSS. while
she was writing it Iasi year. and was some
how very unusually stirred by the clever and
beautiful story, and when l told her how
much new purpose. courage and inspiration
it hard given me. she replied that it had had
the very sameeffect upon herself; tina really
nothing had ever welded a more powerful
tnfluen ce over iier than this creation or her
own brain She had always before felt
that she could not force herself to write.
but must wait upon her mood: she had. how
ever, consented to undertake this story
against her inclination. as in the beginning
the suhient In no wayappeaicd to her. But
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Mod ic.ka's EnrewciI.

Modicska says the reason she was going
10 give up starring was because she dis
liked travelling. and tliaG she could not give
the proper attention TO her art by bein.,
hustled aud hustled from one place TO an
other.
This season. she continued. Il VIII
stay in the East and South. and next sea-
son will go and say goodbye to the West.
1 don't want TO go from the stage forever,
but l am hoping that we will have an En-
dowed Theater III a Very little time. aud
l would want 10 join it. For it is an En-
dowed Thcater we must look Ia for our
future actors aud actresses A good stock
company viii do them good-keep t,i.In
from being one-part players.
Association with players of expert ,nce
aud judgment VIII help the younger len.
eration in their art-will help the stag. IN
general from one end of this broad country
10 the other. Ana so, | say goodbye to
starring, and viii sit down and wal. for
the time when the Endowed Theaier rcars
its head. Then ! Will run forward ana
embrace It, aud De part of ii''-Fnot-
lights - .
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Neglect Their Teeth.

dentist whose- practice has been for
many years largely among persons who
would commonly be cafitpd OF refined and
cultured class" is reported as finding The
neglect OF Cleanliness among the children OF
such persons most astonishing. He states
that these children were being trained in
all the arts and sciences, yet in one school
where there are 700 pupils, 500 of them
from ten to eighteen years or age. only 8
cleaned their teeth twice q day; go used
tooth brush sometimes, and IT'S did not
own tooth brush In the primary depart
rneut, where there were 200 children from
SIX 10 ten years OF age, it was found that
not more than ten were provided with tooth
brushes" Further inquiry and invcstiga-
uou showed that this school was not an cx-
ceptiou in the matter. DR.. Ritter, of Ber-
lip. found that of 637 persons. of whom 400
were under fhtren years of age, only 40.
or slightly more than 5 per cent, had sound
f.sf.t
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She Lovet Frilfs
and Furhe1oms
MRS BURNETT'S PASSION FOR
FURNISHING HOUSES.
Would Like to Buy Lace by the
Mile-Works Under
Inspiration.

III Mrs Frances Hodgsnn Burnett could
be said to have any especial fad 1t would
be that OF house furnishing. Nothing in
deed gives her such a ZeSt of life for the
monicEt as to have an empty suite or
house before her, waiting for paper and
| fresco-fur rugs and couches and fixtures
for hangings and dccurutions-and then,
oh, rapture! the bibeints, the hooks, the
| myriads of pillows which give the final
air OF luxurious case.
A few years ago the fitting up uf her
beautiful home In Washington, in whirl,
her own siimptuuus den and boudoir in
pink are Distinguishing features, was a
Joy untold. a
HER LONDON HOUSE.
Soon after came the appointing OF the
home in Lexham Gardens, London, from
which she removed Ia her present palatal
home in Portland place. And here was u
field worthy her highest eDdeavur. For to
remodel and refurnish this magnificent uld
house required infinite zeal and patience,
fine artistic sense and very long purse.
The interior finish is empire. The dra wing
rooms, which VIII hold 400 people, present
an exquisite harmony uf color, the pre-.
vailing tone Of which Is olive green. the
green brocadc of the curtains toning into
Gining-ronm is one of carved oak, while
herown room is done up In dainty Cretonnes.
the prevailing colnr and design OF which
are carried out in the wall paper.
FAUNTLEROY'S APARTMENTS.
This enormous undertaking nearly salts
fled her MAJ mia in this regard: her zest. how
ever, was not 50 duiled but that she came
back 10 America last fan auu entered into
the furnishing OF her sons suite al Harvard
with the utmost enthusiasm, and few young
men there can boast IA mSre elegant apart
meut, with its music room, library, led
room. porcelain bath, etc. Eut lie is a
sou er1inently worthy of his environment.
Funtleroyism has not in the le5st spoiled
him. as ii might so easily have done. He
is clever. natural. graceful, free from ego
tisn and aifectation. earnest and aEibi-
tious 10 pui the best into life and get the
best oul OF ii. He has uuususl musical
talent and can improvisc delightfully."- by
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worked in dim gold, and with floating
angel sleeves, a marvel of picture eie
gance aud charm, but not exactly the
thing for repentant Guinevere.
With 1t was worn the long, misty
brown veil of the woodland scene, and
which, from head TO skirt hem, yelled the
shining black breadths.
A wITCH's COSTUME.
From Queen Guinevere to the trappings
of n witch is long step. but the iiluslra-
little costume is especially suited to n slen-
der figure and dark type, and is OF flame
colored tulic and black velvet.
The skirt and under bodice are .of the
flame tule, lizard In ciangeablc hues
and a rat being embroidered on the
skirt. The black velvet bodice iaces
with gold curd, and q stuffed black cat
is perched on the shoulder. tray felt
wi;ch's hat. flame silk stockings, and
flame satin shoes. very pointed. Suede
gloves i'll same shade uf red, and Witch
broom.
modish aud dainty winter dress is
shown in the second cut. The entire COS
tune is first made OF white satin, frnnt gore
of skirt being left plain and edged each side
with swansdown. Over sides and back ,f
skirt hang three skirts of tuIle, one al top
frosted with ice powder.
Sleeves of satin bodice also OF this glitter
ing tulle; svansdown ab.ut the neck, at
sleeve bottoms, and. edging tops of long
white suede gloves.
Shoes of white satin. muUllsfrosted and
Oh the head, either a silver skate ur crown
of 1riries. III fFed; an empty bird cage IN
left shoulder. - NINA FITCH.
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singing these discarded wraps over their
shoulders. A burning July sun cannot rais.
the temperature OF ones blood SO high as
this simple stride, stride, stride on the
snow that seems TO spring under one like
rubber, while the tingiing air only increases
the glowing heat and prevents anything
ike exhaustion.
The Gignified hostesses and drbuta ntcs
whose SMILES are worth a pound OF bon
bons, or a bunch OF yiolets piece, lay aside
for the occasion the true fignities OF their
position and indulge In the widest frolick
Ing. Stc"p.cch.tSs ilCine over Iae.i'io s,'S da-
ing stone walls, fences and hedges as they
come. is a popular diversion, while coast
ing down hill, with the snow shoes close to-
gethcr and sitting on the long heels, is an
achievement OF the expert or course, one
may come n croppcr head first in a drift,
but the Snow bath does no harm, ana for
genuine exhilaration rrro:nEn.ut me 20
yaulting, continued the thin girl, with ami
nation.
LONG FLIGHTS.
For that you must find Il rock or a hit
OF sheer hillside, beneath which a heavy
drift has gathered, and then, with a long
Indian yell, spring out over the sriall preci-
pice as far as you can go. 1t is an expert
encc worth having. I can tell You, for the
spring-off sends you through the air as if
with wings, and light as down the big shoes
land one fair and square on top OF the most
feathery SNOW. A twenty mile walk, with
diversions on the way. will bring j party ia
two hours to their appointed resting place,
that is usually "A country club, where there
is n big fire i'll the chimney, cups of hot
chocolate and coffee by way OF hot bracers
for the weary. and then the women extract
their dancing slippers from the big blanket
coat pockets of the men; somebody takes
the piano i'll hand aud give you my word.
to dance well one ought to do IL directly
after such constitutional as l have de
scribed. MILLICEST ARBoWPoINT-
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Ma sses as Lottery Prizes.

The lates, and mos; ingenious appIica-
ton of the lottery principle is that de-
visel by some Of the reverend clergy, who
have introduced Ire scheme of selling to
the faithful tickets at 10 cents each in a
lottery that has some marvellous prizes,
nothing less than masses for The souls OF
the dead. In one church, the other day,
1000 titkrIs We're sold at lG cents each,
netting 500.
The prizes we're four principal ones, and
there were twenty minor ones. The first
prize was thirty nlasses whirf the lucky
winner could apply to tie xtraction
from purratorial torment of some relative.
or. lacking that, OF some fricnd.-aiexican
Herald.
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In Harvest Time.

The barns are filled with plenty, and
cotton bales of white
Are filling all the valleys with visions of
delight.
Though now no more the mocking bird
the morn with music fills.
The bells ring where the cattle Craze upon
Thousand hills,
There's JOY in all the meadows, and
pleasure on the plains
Peace in the autumn sunlight and music
in the rains;
And from every leaf that flutters, and
from every copse ana clod
song of glad Thanksgiving goes in
glory up to God.
Atlanta Constitution.
The morning times., 1895-12-01
SMART STATION ERY.
Extreme Novelties for the Core
Spondcnce of Fashionable Folks.

The charm OF The new fashions in note
paper is the exceeding simplicity OF all.
save what the s,atioGer calls French
mourning sheets. They are of rough
finish, tinted a truly heavenly blue and
bordered. as widely or as narrowly as
you please with tho conventional black
line. These sheets come large and fuld
over once into big blne, b!ack-edgeh en-
yeiopes. 1" be sealcd with q Gun black
wax and small mourning die.
This last. following French taste, repre-
scnts most IL ucubrluus broken cot .
unin, dTdped urn, or angel with droOp-
ing wings and the postage must he al
ways two blue nne-cent stamps, i'll place
OF the cheerful carminc square.
Truly modish .escritnires ar. now be-
ing rcpicnishe,i with French linen paper.
bound Ike the -typcwriter's pads, the
sh,cis ieiicateiy perforated at the top.
10 permit ready detachment. Some OF
tht-s. pads are only five inches long. by
The morning times., 1895-12-01
The Horse Show Malaprop.

Prince Questrocks-Have you seen the
Clydesdales and Percherons. Mrs. Golden?
Mrs. Golden tot Chicago)- Clydesilaies
and PercherUns? / don't know them. Do
they belong to our sctc-Town Topics.