The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

On the bureau. Under the pin cush-
ionl Well, 1t must have been. showed
under somehow, for ! remember dis
t-in-c-tly--but never mind. I'm glad
that you found 1t, Ann, and this for
your trouble" But there are occa-
her trouble And the beliboy. too, does
not have even the price OF a gallery
seat laid In his expectant palm In
deed. he is fortunate il he is not ae-
cused of taking the missing article.
A bellboy OF one of the fashionable
hotels found himself in such a predic-
ament. An automobile party had ar
rived at the hotel and engaged rooms
that they might wash and refresh
themselves before luncheon. About
two weeks later word was received
from one of the women OF the party
that she had.left a very valuable wrap
in the hotel When told that 1t had
not been found and that she must be
mistaken. she became very indignant.
"As though she didn't know where she
left IT, The idea, Why. she'd wager a
bent hairpfn to a cut glass smelling
salts bottle that II they'd take the
trouble to look they'd find it right
where she left il, and il il wasn't
there, the beliboy must have stolen it.
and she'd sue him." The wrap not be-
ing found right there" the bellboy
unfortunate buttons" poured his tale
OF woe into the sympathetic ear Of
another bellboy in q hotel few blocks
farther down the street. His friends
made him give him minute descrip-
tion OF the automobile and It's occu-
pants. Then the mystery was cleared
up, The same party had stopped at
the other hotel also. and the wrap had
been left there, but as they had not
hotel people there had been no way OF
returning Il. It had been in the hotel
Office for weeks waiting the appear
ance OF the owner. IL was returned to
the wearer, but evidently
'Prnisins what Is lost
Makes the remembrance dear.
for it was observed that half the price
quoted in the lawsuit would have been
excellent value for the garment
But every one does not make fuss
over something lost. A bunch OF soft
yellow curls were found on the floor
of the Fairmont reception room the
other day that are still minus an own
er. The house keeper has placed them
In the closet she reserves for lost artf-
cles and the wsarer may claim them
at any time. the proceeding to be re-
garded. of course. as strictly confden-
tfal. There Is already enough false
hair in this closet TO make character
wigs for all the lightning change art
lists with their celebrated impersona-
tion stunts on the Orpheum circuit. As
curls seemed 10 predominate. she ex-
planned that the enormous picture hats
wer, responsible for their popularity.
no head gear of velasqucz outline and
tire dimensions being COM
plete without the soft puffs OF hair
under the brim. False fronts are
there, too; blonde. brunette and vary
Ing shades of brown. Some OF these
were doubtless left on purpose by
women who reside in the country They
come to the city for few weeks to do
their shopping and among their pur-
chases there is frequently "a new front
piece Hot country sun is hard on the
hair that lacks sebaceous glands.
A Fib for Hubby
There are other things that country
residents In the city on a shopping ex-
pedition have been known to leave ps-
hind them. These are accusations that
are rarely followed up. Mrs. Out OF
Town finds some money is missing
from her apartment. NO one but the
maid could have taken it." she tells her
husband. She's the only one besides
ourselves who has access to our
Although as a rule men are
moro apt to be lenient with chamber
maids about lost articles than women.
sho pleads with her husband to say
nothing about the missing money. The
house keeper Is consulted privately
and asked to promise not to dismiss the
maid. After little quiet investigation
md few peFfunctory inquiries the