The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
"HFlLO" SYSTEM IN
PARIS IS PECULIAR
Attempt to Hold Conversation
by Phone a Nerve Wreck
ing Experience
CaIifOrnians i'm France Enjoy
Beautiful Carnival on
the Riviera
By La Noyaxeuse

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PARIS, March when, after hav-
ing waited what seems like an in
termina bic time for g telephone con-
nection. without results, you feel IN
ciined to use strong language and order
your phone taken out as quickly as
possible. Don't Dear old san Fran
cisco is really The paradise Of teie-
phones. compared TO Paris When !
think OF the compact. neat little port
able affairs that you can carry around
there while you talk to your friends, l
say to myself: Alas One never
knows ones blessings tin they take
their fight
In Paris the telephone service is,
without exaggeration, TOO awful for
words. To begin with. calling num-
Der Cfor they run into the thousands)
is enough 10 send you 10 an asylum.
Fancy asking for lie quatre vingt dix
neuf soixante dix sept Why. you're
tired before you begin You may finally
succeed IN getting the number You
want Then all is silent as the tomb
and after q long pause you can begin
ali over again. Ten chances to one.
when you finally DO get the number and
begin your converse ton. central viii
ask II you are talking and promptly
proceed 10 cut the communication Or
you viii be obliged TO listen, perhaps,
TO a conversation between two ladies
who are discussing how Ernest c.
Mechant did not appear as he prom
ised.- Add 20 al this apparatus that
resembles a bedwarmer, attached TO
the wall. with crank that YOU grind
for all the world like a coffee mill
when you want TO call central and Your
misery is complete.
Yes. decidedly, Paris is hades as re-
CARDS telephones and cab horses
NEW STYLES OF FRoCks
The most charming short dancing
frocks are shown at all the leading
dress makers I saw dream, made of
pale pink chiffon over pale pink silk:
a broad band OF liberty was all round
the bottos OF the skirt, and the same
material formed the high belt. The
neck was cut out IN round form and had
an inside guimpe Of the chiffon The
short sleeves were quite short and not
too full A single large rose orna-
mented the corsage.
Another OF nile green liberty was in
the new style, the front laid in three
small pleats 10 form the fullness neces-
sary. Bands OF delicate green and gold
embroidery formed the bretellelike
sleeves and corsage- They really are
the smartest of the smart, these new
frocks. and so delightful for dancing.
Surely ia mode" is the child Of Bo-
hemia and knows no land She goes,
she returns and yet again she returns,
Just as capTicious as q pretty woman
Now we are told the knell OF the
-eloehes- has been rung. and yet there
they are again" at nearly all the swell
milliners, resplendent with huge bows
and chouX and as seductive as the
winter models. For a piquant young
face there is no style so attractive
and becoming One saw recently
was as huge as ever, in cream color
straw, with choux OF bright green rib
bon. and with this was shown the
large round hatpins that if you once
can get the hang of are really indis-
pensable.
Every model displays the same long
lines. In fact. this is so universaiiy
becoming in skirts and coats I do moi
see how We can ever relinquish oul
use OF it. Nothing can possibly bt
so attractive as the new skirt poor old
Psquin launched just before his death
What q strange fatality pursued this
wonderful mani What z history. VIII
il be written one day. For over VIC
years he lived an invalid. confinto tC
his room, but always the same origi-
nal. charming, attractive ideas came
from his brain. No actress, hardly
would dare launch a new play with
out asking his advice as TO the correct
costuming. The king is dead; long
live the kingr Recoll is the mode
CARNIVAL ON THE RIVIERA
The weather has been simply superb
at the fashionable resorts in the south
Of France. Nice. Cannes, Monte Carlo
and Mentone have all been thronged
with visitors. The streets during car
nival week have been filed with thou
sands Of lockers on. who displayed the
greatest animation and gayety. The
battle OF flowers was splendid
show. over 500 carriages took part
scores of which were veritable tri-
umphs of floral decoration Fourteen
handsome banners We're awarded as
prizes.
The procession Of King Carnival. fol-
lowing this event was made up OF
many amusing floats and groups Hun
dreds Of persons followed on foot and
usually staid and dignihed Americans
and Britishers were seen dancing &C
the never ending music, throwing con-
fetti and serpentines with the maddes'
of the joyous revelers hailing from
the south. king Carnival" appeared
astride a huge .sDiabolo Spool" es-
corted by a cavalcade representing
Henry III and his court
The triumph of the king of gossips'
showed an immense parrot surrounded
by his hanging subjects Ritornellt
represented the return Of the wintel
visitors in the form of pretfily con
ceived swallows. Charuingly prett,
children, dressed as cupids and In
closed IN gilt cages. represented Cap