The San Francisco call., 1909-03-28


and aristocratic blood results IN calm.
eQuable, well balanced temperament.
The pure Irish and southern types ara
distinctive, as evidenced In the Crttten-
den family, noted for the beauty OF its
women; but the flower that springs
from the union OF the American piO-
neer with either of these more fragile
and sensitive races Is Of the purest
Californian type-a product Of which the
world has heard.
Miss Jennie Crocl1er is an independ-
ent little society belle who wears ex-
actly what she pleases and usually
manages to get just the right thing.
At present she Is adopting the ByrOnic
collar effects. or Dutch necks, as they
are sometimes called. both Tor house
and street wear. These low collars
with V shaped neck are becoming to
any one who is plump enough to wear
them with safety. They are simple
though piQuant and quite a number OF
society girls. including Mrs. George
Cameron and her sisters. have taken
up the fad. One OF the prominent
houses OF the city's trade states that
a return to the Victorian style may
be expected In the course Of year
Any one who has ever seen picture
of Queen Victoria in the early years
of her reign win know at once that
this portends skirts like washtubs.
worn over hoops or crinOline, the low
lace, an absurdly slender waist and
hair parted in the middle and banded
smoothly on either side.
ITO be well dressed means money
and lots OF It," says some one. and
that this IS absolutely true this sea-
son in San Francisco is beyond doubt.
II can't get a hat to wear TO school
roc han ,1safr
lately. She was foolish In her state
ment. Certain hats this year are ex-
penSive. but such hats are only for
those who have the money to put into
such things Part Of a. certain society
leaders spring outfit consists OF three
hats ordered from a Sutter street
house. one Of which was sold for $3.50.
Gowns. shoes. lingerie and appurte-
nances are IN like proportion. It 10
necessary that everything should be
IN strict keeping. so II Is evident that,
as said in the beginning of this article,
the American society woman does not
make purchases with a niggardly
hand. Nine gowns ordered at ore time
Is a common thing. In the alteration
room OF big retail house OF this
city are $4,000 worth OF goods await
ing the orders OF their owner. who
intends to have them transformed into
creations as speedily as possible.
Three women. all distinguished by
their taste In dress, make a charm
ingly gowned and hated trio when
seen together. They are Mrs Gus
Taylor. Mrs. VIII Taylor and Mrs Fred
McNear. Mrs. Gus Taylor ia tall ana
slender and can wear the new clinginz
styles In very pleasing fashion Mrs
G. w. McNear, who IS now in mourn
Ing, belongs to a family OF beautiful
girls and Is invariably pointed out for
her distinctive air
IN the younger set are Margaret
Eliza and Marion Newhall. Of whom
Miss Margaret IS the eldest while Miss
Marion came out only last year They
are said to have had 20 Paris gowns
apiece when they returned from Eu-
rope after their stay abroad, and each
wore an entirely new gown for every
function she attended They are abso-
lutely French IN style. and Miss New
hau is believed to have the smallest
waist in San Francisco, though a close
second is Miss Enid Gregg. another
girl with beautiful figure which can
stand the directoire. Miss Gregg Is
wholly Partisan In style OF dressing,
and If anything new comes out ona
Will be sure to see II on her She rep
resents an almost oriental type OF
beauty and the large round hoop ear
rings she Is now wearing enhancs tha
resemblance Miss Helene Irwin at ona
N4AA40 WOAc q 5OWn OF CTrec1an model.
which, however. did not become popu-
lar. Miss Suzanne Kirkpatrick be-
heves In French gowns and orders
them from Paris by the half dozen.
Miss Eliza McMullin. petite. fairylixs
and piquant, Is one OF the younger
girls famed for her original and pic
turesque DRESSING At the Greenway
ball she appeared as an adOrabls
French doll. while at the colonial she
wore the quaint and wonderfully
lowered grandmother gown.
Miss Dolly MacGavin looks her best in.
evening gowns. Her favorite one Is OF
white satin. trimmed with bands OF
gold Miss MacGavin has the Califor-
MIA figure and can carry her clothes
well. For street wear she prefers tina
tailor.
"A stylish San Francisco woman 10
stylish anywhere" says Nine Lere1-
berger. and the verdict hears no dis
senting voice. Do not the Paris trades
people wait eagerly for the coming OF
the American that they may ask doubls
prices and be confident that their most
exquisite art will be properly worn and
understood Can even a Partisan out
shine the San Francisco WOman-she OF
the face and figure born o. the sun
the sea breeze and the 1uxuriant earth7
Instinct teaches the we'll dressed
woman or girl OF the golden west the
most harmonious colorS-tha most
artistic and becoming styles. To
imagine her IN incongruous and glar-
Ing brutalities would be like imagin-
ing a string OF coral beads on the neck
Of the Venus Dc Milo.