The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

day was the restaurant of the Hotel
Continental, where nearly all the tables
had been reserved by Americans The
tables were beautifully decorated with
flowers and tiny American flags and
the orchestra played the most popular
Americans airs, from Yankee Doodle"
to the latest ragtime ditty.
Paris, with all of it's up to dateness,
has taken a lesson from San Francisco
and copied a business enterprise which
has been in existence in the bay city
for many years. I refer to the private
watchman or special policeman, who
is engaged to look after the safety of
the lives and property of subscribers.
And Paris is pluming itself upon hav-
ing made a happy discovery" in this
particular. A corps of private police
men has been organized and any one
desiring the services of the ''vigiles.'
as they are called, for the safeguard
ing of life or property may obtain them
by the payment of certain fee- The
service is in operation from 10 o'clock
at night until 6 o'clock the following
morning. Two thousand men have so
far been enrolled, a certain number of
which will do duty on bicycles. Each
man carries a revolver and a police
mans club.
IneT0 Is no DI6CIl6T S1SDL 11ndR1udDlo
than the children's hour of an after
noon in the Champs Elysees. The little
French girl is rarely given to romping
or cutting up" but she is divinely
material over her dolls. The children 8
millinery is a study by itself, and only
an artist who loves children can devise
it. The rosy faces are framed in the
cutest little "bonnichons," old world
calashes of drawn velvet, that bear a
faint resemblance to the bonnets of
the Salvation Army lassies. They also
wear Russian fur toques, like mann
mas" low down on the brows, with
insolent feathers pointing skyward.
Here and there are empire snail shaped
headgear of golden brown velvet, with
q bunch of golden velvet grapes and
autumn leaves.
The Frisonne bonnet is reserved for
extra occasions The more grown up
children wear smart poiIuchon touues
or larger hats. Ribbons, flowered or
of tarletan coloring, are a fayorite
trimming for little people, for the
French people know the value of tar
tan fabrics for children's clothes. There
is a breath OF heather and mountain
air in the brightness of the tartan, and
those of the various clans are now
more closely adhered to, a combination
or conglomeration of Scottish colors
not being considered in good taste.
The great point in children's dresses
is to give freedom of motion and
warmth without weight or undue pres
sure. The Killed skirt and blouse with
tailor made coat is by far the most
sensible garment for everyday wear.
while for boys the Russian and Scot
tish dress offer the greatest advanta ges.
Maud Fay, who was the bright partic-
ular star among baroness Won Meyer
inck's constellation of pupils in San
Francisco some three or four years ago.
has continued the brilliancy of the start
light I'm Germany. Miss Fay, who has a
long engagement at the Royal opera in
Munich, has been singing recently in
Wiesbaden. The newspapers of that
city are full of praise for her.
What with the undoubted success and
tremendous future before Maud Fav
and the wonderful voice of little Miss
Fleming, another California girl
whom Calve predicts will be a wonder
it seems as though the prediction of
Madame Won Meyerinck that the voices
of the future would come from Cali
fornia will be realized
Lady Sidney waterlow, formerly Miss
Maggie Hamilton of San Francisco. and
her sister, Miss Alice Hamilton. have
left their villa at Cannes for Cairo.
They intend to spend the winter in
Egypt, returning to Cannes in the
spring.
C. Uhl and family Of Santa Barbara
are at Nice.
Mr.. and Mrs. L.. Mathew of San Fran