The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14

sleeve if the top of her arm is too thin
to permit of it. Any one who will
watch the kinks and curves Of the
artist in sleeves and who viii read
some of the sleeve stories, will find the
modification she seeks for her own i'm
dividual arm and shoulders. If she
adopts this discovery as her own for the
passing season perhaps the world and
even her own family will ask no bet
| ter proof of her taste in dressing
Paris has promised that many of her
coats will be of the model with a long
line of collar in keeping with the long
slender arm
Some one who observes the passing
fashion show with humor in their in
terest soiiloquizes as follows The
world is so full of a number of people
who know so much more than they did
a few years ago that a one time neces-
sary caution is no longer called forth
by the advent of the tight sleeve Time
was when the practical dress maker
would willingly have shrieked her adj
monitiol to the novice. not, by any
chance, to gather the gown into the
sleeve in frantic effort to accomplish
this final closeness of sleeves! But the
passing throng is, as It whole an in
flnitely better looking crowd than it
was ten Years ago. Many of the in
dividuals who go to make it up have
certain know how while the others
seem not to be able to get hold of the
detectlvely set sleeves that once made
misery for tie artistic soul who hap
pened along behind one of the worst
The wedding of Miss Maizie Crowley
and Howard Blethen took place last
Wednesday at the home of the brides
parents in California. street and was
absolutely without oStentation. The
guest list was restricted to the closest
relatives of the couple; in fact, none
but the members of the immediate
families We're present at the impressive
ceremony. The service was read by
Rev Father Walsh, an old friend of the
Crowley family, but there were no at
tendants for either bride or bridegroom.
The bride was attired in a handsome
tailored suit of gray cloth and carried
bouquet of orchids. The house was
prettily decorated in green and the
color scheme WAS carried out with
ferns and potted plants. Mr.. and Mrs
Blethen have gone to the southern part
of the state on their honeymoon trip.
but will return within a few days.
They have sent out cards already for
a large reception to be given Saturday,
February 20, at the Colonial where
they will reside. Several hundred
guests are hidden to the wedding re-
ception.
Mrs. George Marye Jr is one of the
local society women who wears her
gowns with distinction. She is cen
tral flSure at many affairs and affects
pale blue great deal. She has made
happy selection in the delicate color
and one of her gowns of a particularly
becoming design is made emnire in
pale blue stain and embellished with
rare lace. This is a decollette gown
and the fair wearer unusually wears a
handsome black hat with the costume
Mrs Clinton Worden is matron
who is partial to black this season,
and one noticeable gown in her ward
robe is of exquisite chantilly lace
over white satin. The lines are after
the empire mode, but the gown is
handsome and effective as a lace ere
alton.
Mrs. Wyatt Aliens gown in two
shades Of green has excited admiring
comment. The gown is in the poDdlar