The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-12

District track TO Ferris Hartman. he
knows everybody that fits along the rialto,
and has done nothing but shake hands
since his arrival.
In answer to question as to what he
was doing so far. away from the
coast, he simply winked his eye and re-
piled in an undertone:
''Just got little scheme on. Same old
thing. Theatrlcals. I'll be back in San
Francisco before long and if old John
Nash don't land on both feet then cleaye
no ice at all. No, can't tell you what 1t
is to De, but it can be covered by the
words, something big.
Mr.. Nash was whirled away by detach-
ment from Roster & Bial's, and it is per-
haps safe to predict from the manner of
the gentleman that he will open nothing
less than a three-acre roof garden in
Golden Gate Park with Nordica and the
De Rezske Brothers doing variety acts.
He promised to let me in next week, but
/ assume that he is waiting to secure
Melba before giving out the facts to the
anxious public. He is stopping for the
time over at Bath Beach, Long Island.
F. E. Kaverne, who has spent several
seasons at the California racetracks as a
bookmaker, is back in New York. He was
holding forth to crowd of bookmakers
at Levy's poolrooms last Thursday on the
fine horses and climate to be found in
California. find that people who have
visited the coast always have good word
for it.
Sam Thall, the old treasurer of the Bald
win Theater, but of late years advance
agent for Joe Grismer, is soon to take a
company of his own out on the road. 1t
will be quite jump to the front for Mr..
Thall, who has been living most of his
life away doing good theatrical work for
other people. Most all California thea
trical people who have come to New York
have succeeded in one way or another and
the representation to-day is very substan-
tial.
DIR. William H. Martin, o. s. N, is at
the Lambs Club good deal of the time.
utilization between Lambs and Bohemians
A member of the San Francisco Club finds
friends and cool glasses always ready for
him among the unshorn.
To the gourmets in San Francisco
would like to communicate a few facts.
Strolling into the Italian quarter recently
it was my pleasure to drop into little in
stitution where all tricks known to the
art of gastronomy are executed well. !
had almost finished my dinner when a
small party of gaily dressed ladies en-
tered and signiied by signs and mild
forms of abnse, directed at the foreign
waiter. that they wanted spaghetti din.
ner. Presently his excellency brought in a
massive stack of this delicious food,
smorhered in a truffied tomato sauce.
Those who have not attempted to assail
spaghetti believe that it is easy to over
come, but one must have at some time in
his life been engaged in the snake-charm-
ing occupation to get anything like full
possession of it. 1t writhes. glides, wobbles
and escapes from the fork just at that
period when it is most desired. The I'M
initiated spaghetti-eater may die getting a
start. Not SO, however, with these ladies.
They each called for a tablespoon, and
holding it firmly in the left hand plunged
their fork, held in the right hand, into the
quivering luxury. With rapid move
ment the point of the fork. containing the
spaghetti, was placed in the hollow of the
spoon and twirled at the ends of the tines
Until OAc cEdSnCLtA was WOuuQ III u uGdl
ball at the end of the fork. This is the
conquering period, and a deft motion
toward the open mouth places you in
charge of the morsel. Iwatohed the game
with interest. Ny eyes wandered from
table to table. 1t was going on every.
where. The twirling was part of the din
ner, and all hands we're engaged in it. My
thoughts went back to the old Franco
American restaurant and the time when
used to eat spaghetti like the necromancel
that takes 500 yards of ribbons out of his
mouth and fills plug hat.
The twirl in the spoon is the thing. Try
| it.
The h-expected crash has at last
come IN the bicycle market in this City.
Institutions that were selling high-grade
wheels for 500 no less than fortnight
ago are now unloading at $50 per wheel.
The streets wherein a retail business i:
done are plastered with flaming signs
offering all sorts of inducements to pur.
chasers.
1t is gratifying to the ladies to know tina
perfumery in all it's horrible forms is com.
ing into vogue again. 1t is the fad now tc
perfume gloves, even to the extent o.
making the introduction of the perfume!
part of the tanning process. Aside from
that the people who can afford it have
Jewels set in the silk stitching on the back
of the left-hand glove. Some lunatic II
New Jersey has discovered that warm mill
applied to the face before retiring will pro
duce soft skin and beautiful peachy
complexion. 1t seems to be all the go
Even babies cry for it. BOB DAVIS.