The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
Useful Hints for Young Girls

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THAT to give the friend who is
M about TO start upon long jour
ney is often a vexing question
vet any young girl who is making a
tour of her own country or OF Europe
certainly needs a tourists writing case
containing stationery pockets, boxes
for pens and pins. blotter and an
inkstand.
An attractively bound daily diary
containing maps as well as pages CIV
ing money values of important coun-
tries makes an acceptable gift. IL
should be accompanied by fountain
pen which may be filed from any INK
stand without the aid Of regular NIL
er and is warranted not to leak, or Win
a case pencil and a set Of fndeliole
leads.
Boxes for soap. tooth and face pow
der come in nickel and sterling silver
materials which are used for toilet
bottle holders as we'll as for drink
ing cups which are put together in nest
fashion.
leather or willow travelling case hold
ing two quart bottles of the sort which
will keep the beef tea or milk placed
in them at their original temperature
for long time, and any woman would
welcome a covered Japanese tea basket
large enough to hold a pot and two
cups of plated silver.
al
hoI lamp. tube and fatiron are of rat
tan and pigskin. and clothes. hair and
hat brushes are in substantial bags of
elephants hide.
Portable clothes hanging sets, which
may be folded TO fit the trunk of ordin-
ary dimensions, include six hangers and
a rod. which may be extended at right
angles to the inner side OF the door.
and to go with these are wire rests to
keep the fluffy brim of the hat from
resting directly on shelf.
rXCE EDINGLY pretty evening
scarfs for schoolgirls are made of
L. white or delicately hued net, pref
eraoIy striped with satin. which adds
finished with silk fringe or tassels
matching the shade of the net. Some
of the recently imported scarfs are of
Brussels net embroidered with white
in darning stitch, and others, equally
simple, are lightly riveted with silver
after the fashion of the Soudanese nets.
but do not look nearly so heavy or so
conspicuous
Chiffon scarfs for young girls are
made UP similarly to those of net or
they are bordered and striped with
raarabout of a matching tint More
substantial evening scarfs are of plain,
satin striped or embroidered crepe de
chine, finished with fringe or Persian
bordering. others are of exceedingly
soft satin merveilleux with silver en-
broidered ends of marquisette lightly
spangled with gold beads and of hem
stitched bordered chiffon cloth.
Street scarfs, matching the shade Of
the suit or the hat, are OF crepe de
chine or India silk. with ends en-
broidered In Japanese or oriental de-
signs.
" necked automobile scarfs of Aus
tralian yarn have fringed ends and
pearl fastenings and come in white.
black and the popular dark tones.
Scotch chudda cloth. clan plaid pat
terms of fine wool and plain colored
silk cashmeres have hand hemmed
edges and tassel finished ends.
IN ECAUSE brown resists the sun
better than does any color save
red. the reddish brown shade is
most in demand for automobile wells.
The second favorite shade Is dark
green. which is supposed to be partic-
ularly beneficial to the eyes. and third
on the list Is emerald, though simply
because of the vogue of that tint
Chiffon is the preferred material for
motoring wells. They are from two to
four yards In length. finished all round
with one inch hemstitching. bordered
with satin stripping or embroidered
In two tones. one several shades darker
than the foundation color. More elab-
crate wells are sprinkled with dots OF
contrasting color and edged with but
tonhole embroidered scallops or points
in the same tone or they are spotted
with contrasting chenille disks and