The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03

chuckle Laugh in your sleeve and out OF it.
Hold your sides and roar. And those OF ye
who have lips like the steel clasps OF d miser's
purse let him disguise it with a clothespin or
a glove-stret cher, l care not which, so long as
it hath ribbons on it.
And nv twentv-fourth order, which should
be my third, except that love to disorder my
orders, is that any man who fails to swear
maid be pretty, whether she is or no; or any
man who doth refuse the challenge OF q
alancing eye ambushed smile; or any N an
who loves maid and tells her not, for BASH
fulness or lack OF wit to make the opportunity,
it IS my royal viii that he shall be declared
unfitted for our revels and driven hence ct the
point Of needle.
AS for ye. ladies-but hold! shrewdly
guess I'd better be your pupil than instructor.
so squeak, fiddle, and roar, brass horn
VIII bounding hearts Wen whirl and prance,
And ne'er give o'er I'LL rosy morn
Send sunbeams in TO join our dance.
The proclamation being approved by
the people, the band struck up a waltz
and the ball was in full swing. Mayor
Phe!an, in plain evening dress. was the
| first to take the floor.
The dancing for the remainder OF the
! night was incessant. AS the band in the
balcony ceased the waltz that in the room
| to the right struck up polka, and so on
and so on. Supper, hot supper, was
! spread in the rooms on the lower floor.
Although the gowns worn by those who
followed IN the wake Of the monarch OF
m.srue were elegant and fashionable.
| few of the merry ,hrong saw ut to adopt
| the many and various costumes usual at
carnival time. There were some original
| costumes, but the ladies for the most part
were muffied from snowy throat TO tiny
| boot in the vouminous iolds OF the all
Disgusting, all-concealing domino
a Jew added to the general mystifica-
ton by supplanting the little bit OF lace
and satin that on such occasions does
duty for mask by wearing comple etc
false face, framed in snarly haxen curls.
Quite numb ber OF the ladies were in
elegant evening gowns, their only con-
cession to the spirit of the ball being the
powdered coiffure.
Mrs Douglas Tilden, wife Of the scup tor.
wore dainty and becoming Puritan dress. 1,
was of SOFT gray cashmere trimmed with mar
row bands of back velvet ribbon. The white
| Puritan cap completed the costume.
| Miss Gaiselman was becomingiy attired as
| Night. Her dress was of black tulle, orDa-
| mented with silver stars.
Miss Ada Dougherty wore al elegant white
satin evening dress under handsome pink
| silk domino.
Mrs. Vanderlyn Stow was attireo in white
| Arabian dress. Her features were almost con-
cealed in the soft folds of q handsome white
| EN- broidered yashmak.
Mrs. C. NJ. Dougherty wore white tulle over
a blue silk evening gown. Her skirt was en-
broidered With true-iover's knots.
Mrs. Fannie Hughes hid her evening dress
under a white silk domino
Mrs f. V. Weiss was q white domino, as
| was also Mrs. ]. carter.
Mrs. A. Barendt wore the gorgeous gown oil
! a Russian lady OF rank.
! Miss Alice Wells made a pretty blue shep-
! herdesS.
Mrs H. s. Fonda wore white satin direc-
/ toire.
Mrs. Wlnslow Anderson wore an evening
| dress under her pink domino
Mrs. Nappenbach's costume was one OF the
most original worn at the ball. She was
dressed to represent a bit of delft. Her dress
was of white crepe paper on which was de-
signed the quaint Dutch figures OF the old
blue porcelain.
Miss Carrie Cunningham wore pink
| domino over her evening gown.
! Mrs. Z. Z. Pond wore en- elegant Vatican
| costume OF rich white silk, brocaded with tiny
| rose buds.
| Miss McNeips gown was a court costume of
| turquoise blue yelours
Mrs f. NJ. Wilson wore an evening gown of
yellow and black brocade.
Mrs. L. s. b. Sawyer was attired In a hand
some evening gown of gray satin.
Miss Mabel Church wore pink domino over
her evening gown.
Mrs. S. Walter WAS attired in evening gown,
worn under handsome black domino.
Miss Remillard was blue domino.
Miss Loaiza wore very pretty pink folly
dress, all tinking with tiny bells.
Miss Binckiey was pink Turkish maiden
Miss Hunt made an attractive Sa atanella in q