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Fashions FOR Men& Women Some very swell gowns will be seen at the Trinity Church wedding this week and the little bride will be a dream of loveli ness, but oh the toilettes at the Exchange ball. Weil, many moons have passed since such gowns have been seen. Such billowy laces, tuhes and chiffons, such im posing brocades, silks and satins, such diamonds, pearls and other gems as some of us read about and covet just a little. Yes, it was worth the price of admission to see the stately matrons and our young, fresh and truly lovely girls. lam sure of one thing, the debutantes enjoyed that ball more than any one else, and what a good time they did have. However, when an affair of this kind is placed in such able hands success is assured, and now we may consider the season to -have fairly be gun. Several large dinner parties have recently been given, luncheons innum erable will be soon heard about, and teas will be more numerous than ever, I predict. Speaking about teas East the hostess on such occasions con siders that she owes each of her callers a visit; here, many seem to imagine that after such an invitation they owe a party call, and I have heard of several misunder standings as a natural result. I want it to be distinctly understood that I am discuss ing teas — not receptions; for, of course, a reception is of a far more formal nature, and a party call naturally follows. Those who pine for originality in frocks are now bidden to study sleeves of every period and then adopt the style most be coming to their curves or angles, for by our sleeves and collars are we to be judged as fashionable or otherwise, and "picture sleeves" are. to be the rage; only the ugly, close-fitting sleeves of six years ago are ta booed. A well-made Medici collar gives to even a simple gown a certain cachet unattain ; able in any other way. Smart little roll ing collars are exceedingly difficult to make exactly right. They are in great vogue. Fur, in the form of capes, will be much worn this winter. Single capes will be most generally seen, although double ones are provided for the very slender. The newest of these garments are of circu lar cut, falling in full folds, though they do not form a complete circle when spread out flat. Yorkes are seen on some capes, but the most stylish are so cut that the skins taper and tit smoothly across the shoulders and fall plain over drooping sleeves. Who does not sigh for one of the new fur boas? They are indeed things of beauty. Imagine one with a perfect cas cade of tails, row upon row — some have fourteen, seven hanging from each end. Of course Russian sable boas are the most beautiful and costly. Mink skins and the fur of the stone marten are next in favor. Muffs are all to be larger, and some have fur linings. The Marie Antoinette muff is one of the "extreme novelties of the season," being more than a yard in width. It is perfectly Hat, the ends are open instead of being drawn together. This is to be a decidedly furry season, no costume being considered complete with out fur about it somewhere. Buttons hold their own, and very hand some rhinestone ones, costing six dollars each, are seen in many a Pans confection. Lace, white and creamy white, is much used on winter garments, the applique lace being much sought after. A few days ago I saw a simple but well cut black silk cape transformed into a de lightful affair by the addition of a very deep pointed yoke-like collar of rare old lace. A bunch of violets rested among the creamy lace in front, giving the necessary touch of color, the cape being lined with violet silk. ' One of our bright girls has just had a very well cut cloth jacket made into a handsome wrap by using for collar and cuffs an old chinchilla cape which she had first bad freshened up by her furrier. Considering how. many. perfect days we have here, I continue to wonder why golf clubs do not flourish. In other places it is said to be "the furor of the day," and our women are not only becoming excellent players, but they are also wearing the most fetching of costumes. However, I will reserve the description of some of them until we have a few more golf enthu siasts. A London correspondent remarks with much wit on the revelations made by the disappearance of long skirts, and even short ones, due to the bicycle craze. She j remarks: "By degrees it becomes appa- I rent how very few women know how to ! walk well. There is nothing like the long skirt to conceal shortcomings in this re spect, and it is doubtful if the English world at large has ever realized until this autumn how very numerous these short- j comings really are. The number of in turned feet, of knock and bent knee?, | of bow legs, etc., is something truly astonishing to those who have been fondly j flattering themselves with the idea that the average Englishwoman was among the | finest specimens of feminine physical de- | velopment." Now I have seen many I "bloomer girls," and should say from ob- | servation that our women have but few of j these shortcomings; for the most part their j limbs are shapely, knock or bent knees ! being seldom seen. From an Eastern source I quote Mrs. i Van Rensselaer Cruguer's remarks warn- | ing "those who are accomplished horse men and horsewomen that the wheel is not a timid, intelligent animal like the horse, which shrinks from climbing trees and has no distinct taste lor rolling down abysses. It will not carry its rider blind i folded on a dark night, and take care of ! him or her in moments of reverie. There can be no day dreams on the 'bike,' whose safety is the price of incessant vieilance." Vogue's correspondent writes from Vienna that the Empress, the finest horse woman in Europe, is now riding a bicycle. "She wears a bicycling suit of black diag onal cloth, the skirt fan-shaped toward the edge, just missing the ankle, and the single-breasted coat being provided with a rather long basque behind in order to hide the saddle, which looks so ugly when seen irom behind in the case of most lady bicyclists. A black Tyrolese felt hat, adorned by an eagle's feather, completes the attire." A handsome and most useful gown figure among the toilettes of a fair matron is of richly jetted black gauze over a black satin de Lyon skirt. The great elbow sleeves are of white chiffon, on the right shoulder are arranged two black ostrich NEW WAISTS DESIGNED IN LONDON. plumes and a few long loons of black ribbon velvet. A beautiful zone of cut jet encircles the waist. There is a tendency to place flowers, feathers or bows on the right shoulder instead of the left. Several of our girls are wearing chiffon veils with their tailor-made costumes when traveling. The effect is good. The new printed colored velvets look ex tremely well as trimmines on black gowns and are used for blouses and vests. Some remarkably chic blue woolen gowns have been made up within the past few weeks. The blues are especially lovely at present, the shadings and designs being very su perior to those seen for several years. Many picture hats meriting their name are to be seen here, but chapeaux of me dium size are much worn in Paris, London New York and San Francisco, for the short woman cannot, even if she has a long, slender throat, indulge herself with a huge affair covered with nodding plumes and crush roses. In fact, she has a difficult task before she can find the most appro priate and becoming hat in the City, as she must not only be more than critical con cerning the size, but again she must care fully avoid a heavy effect. I invariably recommend a Paris hat, as in the end it is quite remarkable the amount of solid sat isfaction which can be derived from, say a Virot headgear, and if you go out much it is the cheapest in the end. Many attractive mothers here are wear ing delightful bonnets. They are broader than last year and extremely chic. A few from Paris have dear little high crowns and poke front, but few can wear this style. 'k-kk*.' I have just read of an excellent method of keeping our hands soft and white. Be fore retiring wash with tepid water and Castile soap. Dry them thoroughly and then rub with a paste made of sweet al mond oil and powdered chalk. This should be thickly spread on the hands and ap- XJtijH SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1895. plied two or three times weekly until the hands no longer require it. The past season at Newport was indeed a gay one, and it is said by one who knows that at least $300,000 was put in circulation. A supper for two after the theater which will always be popular consists of bouillon, roast quail, celery salad, champagne and black coffee. A cream may be fancied, and I find it always a welcome addition. A novelty in creams is now served at the Waldorf Hotel in New York. It is deli cious and is called "graham bread ice cream." It should be remembered that wafers or crackers should never be served with oysters on the half-shell. Mrs. Potter's costumes in Le Collier de la Reine are said to be poems of beauty and her hats are fairiy raved over. One has a saucer brim and is composed of royal blue miroir velvet. The under side of the brim has a lining of shirred red taf feta shaded blue or brown. Black ostrich feathers of finest quality complete it. A "War Time Wedding" at the Colum bia has drawn remarkably good houses all the week. It is pretty and well staged. The young school girls in their dainty gowns of gray mohair with white collars and cuffs were pretty as pictures. Many good gowns were seen in all parts of the house. Mabcella. FASHIONS FOR MEN. A man even if in deep mourning at the time of his marriage dresses the same as he would were he not in mourning, as there can be no mourning at a wed ding ceremony. A man's conventional wedding dress for a day wedding is light trousers, frock coat, patent-leather shoes, pearl gloves, white four-in-hand or Ascot tie, high hat and tie pin. Fancy a man asking if spots can be worn with a Tuxedo or with full evening dress. A groom may wear a white vest at an evening wedding and plain gold or white enamel cuff links and studs, but never sil ver. Pearl buttons or natural pearls are in better taste than either gold or enamel. White waistcoats are only correct for evening wear during the winter season, and may be either double or single breasted, shield shape. They are made of duck, pique or white Marseilles. All this winter heavy-soled tan shoes and colored shirts with white collars will be worn with morning dress. Mixed cheviot is much used for heavy frock coats. Double-breasted frock coats are very smart; the Duke of Marlborough was frequently seen in. one. Some have been worn in New York of rough gray homespuns. Melton cloth overcoats are very stylish and should be worn about an inch or a lit tle less below the knee. Evening gloves are in best form when stitched on the back in white. Evening ties continue to be tied in medium-sized bows, which must be tight, not stiff. It takes considerable practice to tie a bow correctly, and no man can learn this art too early in life, as carelessness in this respect imparts a slovenly air to any man. Good form demands care in stationery, and I recommend, as a rule, smooth, linen finish, plain stationery. No longer should envelopes be gummed. Seals are now en tirely used. Much care must be taken in selecting correctly tinted wax. An odd grayish-green shade is excellent and can be found in town. Men's visiting cards should be small and thin and be engraved in script. The size is I^x3 inches. The address, also in script, may be in either the left lower-hand cor ner or the right lower-hand corner. The script should not show a too fine stroke of the lettering and must be plain and clearly black. '>■/> '•■/..•• The attempt to introduce white silk waistcoats in New York has proved to be nearly a passing fad, to which little atten tion was paid. '■ In both country and city, this season, Hombough hats will be in vogue. Grays will. be seen with black ribbons.' Dark browns and blacks can be had. The laced patent leather walking boot is not so correct as the buttoned one. The average length for a sack coat is about 30>£ inches. It should fit with mod erate closeness at the waist, but should be full below. Excepting for trousers gray is not much seen. Browns and reds are in great de mand. Ties continue to be seen in all shades of red. A few brown ones are be ing shown experimentally. Paderewski is positively coming to Cali fornia and will spend from February 10 to February 29 on this coast. Horse shows are among , the correct topics of conversation at present. George A. Gagnon of New York has offered a prize of $150 for the best horse shown to the best-appointed runabout. A new cocktail called the "Rob Roy" is a Manhattan, made with Scotch instead of rye whisky. It is excellent,.- A New York paper says "that the 'coffee * cocktail,' which is now in universal ;■■ demand in Philadelphia, has not as yet; become gen erally known in New York. It is com posed of equal parts of curacoa, port wine and brandy, a dash of bitters and a raw egg. There is no coffee in it. This is on the principle of the celebrated Robinson Crusoe Club of Brooklyn, so called be cause it didn't meet on Fridays. C. C. EVER OBSERVANT BAB. She Discusses Many Important Topics, and Tolls How to Be Helpful to One Another. NEW YORK. Oct. 30.— Somebody pre dicts that a time will come when the hus band who has been out late with a friend on a little matter of business will not be able to conciliate his wife by giving her a new diamond brooch. Instead, as the average woman is becoming learned about gems, she will sniff contemptuously at the diamond, which has no special virtue, and demand something that will add not only to her beauty, but to her h appiness. lam informed by a young woman who knows all about it that some women will demand rubies, inasmuch as she who wears one need never fear the rheumatism, and that others will also ask for rubies, but for quite a different reason. If their suffering comes from cold hands and feet — and these are common— a ruby will be de manded, because it is warranted to warm them. However, if Eve, when she met the serpent, had worn a sapphire rine, there would have been no trouble at all, as no matter how seductive a serpent is, he can not look upon a sapphire and hold up his head. She who is inclined to be variable, as far as her brain is concerned, will ask her lover for a turquoise ; she will be all right as long as it keeps its clear, steady blue, but the minute it begins to grow cloudy and look greenish, then there is trouble ahead and she can quote how near "great wits to madness oft are allied." It is also said a turquoise will prevent your falling out a seven-story window, con sequently they are to be recommended for kitchen ladies who suspend themselves out the windows of tenement-houses, as they daily string the week's washing on a slid ing rope. Of an opal it is announced the wearer will never be strnck by lightning; of an amethyst, that even a barrel of whisky wouldn't make its owner and wearer drunk, and of the topaz, that if it is put in a tea kettle water will never boil. I don't know why anybody should yearn to put a topaz in "a teakettle, for I can't believe that stewed topaz would be a desirable dish. Still, one never knows. The rarest stone in the whole wide world is that which, once in a thousand years, is found in the fore head of a cat. It is a brilliant yellow, and if you are fortunate enough to get it and slip it under your tongue you will not only give birth to all sorts of prophecies, but every one of your wishes will be gratified, and you will be lucky both with women and money. I laughed the other day at reading a book about jewels, in which this advice was given: "Don't wear diamonds un less you have a high light on your upper lip." It sounds very learned, but to save my life I don't know what is meant by a high light on one's upper lip. Many women are troubled though with a shadow on the upper lip. As a nation, we are lovers of diamonds, and it is certainly true that a great many women wear dia monds in their ears that look like de canter stoppers. But what the high light on the upper lip has to do with it passes my comprehension. It is announced by the people who know everything that in the years to come diamonds will be count ed of so little value that people will have them in their doorknobs, or that they will be found convenient as headlights for the cable-cars. But this I doubt. As long as a woman's hand looks well sparkling with the bright stones just so long will they remain in fashion, and that is likely to be forever. It is whispered that earrings are to come in vogue again. I hope not. They draw attention to an ugly ear and give nothing to a beautiful one. Necklaces, brooches, hair ornaments and rings are the favorite ornaments of the woman of fashion, and if she is for tunate enough to have long, slender fingers then she can place upon the third finger of the left and her two little fingers as many rings as are in harmony and seem suited to her. Nothing short of hanging -is sufficient punishment to the woman "who wears a ring on her forefinger. The only thing that is worse is the wearing of it on the thumb, a fashion affected by some ac tresses, but which in reality only belongs to those people who regard a strip of whitewash and a hairpin as suitable cloth ing. wpp__p^___flM A beautiful necklace shown to me not long ago was an evidence of the increased liking for moonstones. It was formed of those lovely stones, alternating with ru bies, and the setting was so light that when the necklace was worn the gems seemed simply to rest on the neck of the wearer, just as if they wanted to, and not because anything held them in positon. However, such a necklace as this is not likely to be seen generally, its Drice, $8000, making it beyond the reach of the ordinary woman. How wretchedly unhappy people must be who can't look at things without long ing for them! Fancy going through life and never seeing anything beautiful with out yearning to possess it ! Why, life wouldn't be worth living. And what a disagreeable woman such a one would be! And how terribly ugly one would be! For there is nothing makes a woman as ugly as envy. It causes her lips to flatten rather than to curve; makes her eyes smaller, and it gives to her voice a sort of a whine that is particularly unpleasant. Some sins are forgivable, but envy always seems such a mean one. I think I have more respect for downright malice. Our English cousins can learn a great deal from vs — I mean in the way of short sentences, that express a great deal it has just dawned on me that they have nothing that answers to our phrase, "fix ing up," and that covers such a multi tude of virtues. From making an old hat look as good as new, clear down to polishing all the silver, it may extend, and it covers such an enormous ground. It means getting everything all straight, and knowing exactly where to put one's hands on whatever one wants; it means having the gloves that need cleaning separated from those that are in good condition; your religious photographs quite distinct from your frivolous ones; the empty soda water bottles apart from the full ones; a systematic acquaintance with one';; needles and thread ; in fact, getting all things ar ranged decently ana in order is "fixing up" one's belongings, Now, "fixing up" one's self is having one's hair brushed un til it is glossy, one's powder well applied, one's gown perfectly trig, one's slippers immensely fetching, one's gloves buttoned and one's mind at ease. Wherever the British lion curls his tail can he find a phrase that means so much as "fixing up"? There are people who fix up books, but this is all wrong. Books should stand as their owner arranges them, and if that bloom of time — — collects upon them it only proves that they are not used often enough. Personally I very much dislike to have FRECKLES! PIMPLES! ONLY GUARANTEED CURE IN THE WORLD. Why Have a Face Disfigured With Pimples. Freckles, etc.? jffr_-_ffwf£iD My preparations have ____«^«_S3__y«C_» cured thousands. Thev /__bSßw_S3T___T wiilcureyon. Join the ¥&&&%*9 4tt\ ' throngs of happy la- V^Jrtfr^J* V dies who daily visit BE**!*. *f* my parlors. ■ They find y^E Ml the secret of beauty Vft» - T that endear, them to VtfW '___^ lover, father, husband __*r B< ■ and brother. _-— <'!?5-__ T_J_>^ Ladles out of town _/v^___/3-, FSS* sending this ad. with iT y— _T\_A_ r^=^ 10 cents in stamps will ' < S-^ =^s mJ^s~\ -< receive book of instruc- j <r^-^;(' , x J -_» tlons and a box of Skin niiU^U*(aaaMi-tt> iVumCW Food and Face fow- fe!! L^£!ydMill_fkM__l * I JJ :1M MRS. NETTIE HARRISON, 40 Geary Street, , V SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. . ■■ my books disturbed; and when the "fixing up" time comes I want to do it myself. I would rather endure' the dust, so that I may, in the dark, know exactly where to find the whimperings of Mrs. Carlyle, or the poetry of Eugene Field, or the alcohol to light the spirit lamp, or the hot-water bag, or the blackberry brand}', or any of the things that one always does want in a hurry. However, while 1 was away this summer my books were dusted — tor this my family have sent up thanks and I, in a Turkish position, posed before them and erinned, with anguish at my heart. I am smiling and smiling, and still being a villain of the deepest dye. Fancy "Rob ert Falconer" in close contiguity to "Mad emoiselle de Maupin" ! Browning liter ally bound up in "Health, Beauty and the Toilet," while poor Tom Moore is neigh bor to a French dictionary and a book by Emily Faithfull. Dante is next door to "A Woman's Worth and Worthlessness," . and "Tiny Tim" is the small neighbor of four enormous medical books! Isaac Dis raeli has a satisfied air. for he is near enough to talk to Casanova — what stories they must exchange— while "The Ro mance of a Poor Young Man" is jammed close to the "Heavenly Twins," who were squeezed into and almost marked by "The Scarlet Letter." Swinburne is next to "How to be Happy Though Married," and Mrs. Potter's " 'Ostler Joe" is "Getting to Paris" by "The House of Rothschild," which is brought to notice on the other side by "The Green Carnation, '' which has been almost shoved off by "A Bachelor Girl." Now you have a sort of an idea of the "fixing up" of my books, which will, thank goodness, soon be unfixed and ar ranged so that the authors will not use bad language in the silence of the night, when their spooks are wandering around. Speaking of books, there is the dearest of books on hand just now. In the first place, it is bound in scarlet, which makes its cover a joy to look at. Then it is il lustrated by Gibson and Irving Wiles, which makes its pictures a never-ending source of pleasure, and then on its printed page are stories just long enough for the dearest girl to read out loud after dinner. Personally, I am always on the lookout for a good book of short stories, and when I come across one 1 want everybody else to know, because the short story i after dinner can be made such a pleasure. The first story in this book is an incentive to matrimony, although it gives the name to the book, which is""A Bachelor's Christ mas." I don't know the man who wrote it— l don't know anything about it except that it is altogether delightful, and that is why I am telling you you whom I count as my friend— about it. .'. \ There is the sympathetic friend, who tells you in the kindest words how sorry he is for your trouble, and who comes when happy days are to the fore, and is gleeful because you are glad. 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' You have your worry and I have mine, and it seems hard just "when we are trou bled that somebody else should be very happy, and we look" at the happy people and suddenly grow mean and nasty and say something that in a little while we are ashamed of. We are all- of ! us such chil dren, so easily made happy and so easily turned into disagreeable beasts, rather than lovable men and women. . And we never know until we are quite alone how much j we depend on each other. Try. to think what life would be if to-day when you are ' full of joy and gladness because s-omething j good has come jto you, think what would | happen if you had nobody to joy with | you! If there wasn't a human being/who j was glad because you were glad. . Why, it l would be worth while to hire a messenger- j boy by the hour simply for sympathetic j purposes. Then think what it would be 1 when the dark days. come to have to sit | alone with your troubles, whether it be of dishonor or death, and have no human be ing, not one of your own kind, to even find j fault with you! It would be horrible. . lam a believer in neighbors. I don't j think it is wise to have them too near, hut I it is good to have , them, because when | we ; are being neighborly we learn a good many ! lessons. I learn that I am not the only woman in the world who has to deny her- I self some special pieces of finery, and you J learn that you- are not the only- man in ' the world whose business affairs do not always run smoothly. 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Newest and richest colorings. 50 pairs of handsome DERBY SATIN PORTIERES, in heavy ■■ brocade effects, at 56.50 pair SE HABLA ESPANOI.. G. VERDIER & CO., SE. Cor. Geary and Grant Ave. VILLE DE PARIS. BRANCH HOUSE, LOS ANGELES. A LADIES' GRILL ROOM Has been established io toe Palace Hotel ON ACCOUNT OP REPEATED DEMANDS made on the management. It takes the place of the city restaurant, with direct entrance from Market st. Ladies shopping will find this a most desirable place to lunch. Prompt service and mod- erate charges, such as have given the gentlemen'* Grillroom an international reputation, will prey a! la this new department. COAL! COAL! Wellin-rton 910 00 Southfield 050 Genuine Coos 8ay..... . 7 OO— Half ton 350 Seattle 8 CO— Half ton 400 Bryant...... ; 800— Half ton 400 Telephone— Black— 3s. KNICKERBOCKER COAL CO., 622 Howard Street, Near First, have always thought that an idealized good fellowship would exist in the here after, and that the people who care for each other here would have that love and that sympathy intensified eternally. Earth ly friendships will be made beautiful, be cause they would be approved of and blessed by that friend of humanity who loved his neighbor so well that he gave his life for him. It is a dear old world, neigh bor — the neighboring itself is good and great and beautiful; very well worth cultivating, I can assure you. Do you think as I do? Then way over the prairies and the rivers and the many miles of coun try that my little message travels goes also the claim on you that 1 am, your neighbor. Bab. TWICE A BOY. Tho Old Man Wag Willing .to Pay for Fun. " Magistrate Harrison of Philadelphia is laughing heartily over a case that was ad justed before him the other day. A wagon loaded with mineral-water jugs backed up to the- curbstone in front of a bottling establishment last week, and the driver proceeded to unload his wagon by tossing the jues, one at a time, to a colored youth who stood on the opposite side of the curb stone, ready to catch all that came his way. When things were moving nicely an old man who occupied a house next door threw a brick as straight as a bullet and broke one of the jugs while it was in transit from the driver to the colored boy. He darted back into his own domicile be fore the driver could recover himself enough to make a protest. A few minutes later another jug was smashed, and again the old man disappeared with a merry laugh. This was kept up until about a dozen jars had been smashed, when the angry proprietor stopped the fun by caus ing the old fellow's arrest on the charge of malicious mischief. , _ • 7 When Judge Harrison ' read the charge to him the old man laughed" until the tears rolled down his cheeks, and then ad mitted his guilt. ' In making' an I explana tion he . told • the astonished magistrate that be was able and willing to pay for all the damage he j had done, and said: "I saw those jugs flying, and I knew in my own heart that I would have thrown bricks at them when I was a boy, sixty years ago. I just wanted to see how it would feel again, and couldn't help myself." The ex planation was satisfactory, and after set tling the old fellow went away still laugh ing hearlily. — Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele graph. • :■;;-;,.; :■■- To clean tinware rub well with a. damp cloth in salsoda, then dry. An equally effectual method is to place tin articles in a large vessel of water in which soda has been dissolved and let it boil from ten to fifteen minutes. President Cleveland has declined the escort tendered him by the Second Com pany; Governor's . Foot Guards of New Haven, on the occasion of his visit to the Atlanta Exposition. NEW TO-DAT. 1£ I NOLAN BROS. I % 1 SHOE CO. n_*____c_____ js_a.x_.___3 OF OUR Life-saving Shoes INCREASES DAILY. The demand for these Shoes Is so preat we are obliged to run our Factory at Its fullest capacity making these Life-Saving Shoes. Every Lady Should Have a Pair for Winter Wear. These Shoes are made with welted-sewed soles. The soles are thick and flexible, and you don't need to wear rubbers with them. We have a patent for making these Shoes, so we are the only house where you can buy the genuine Life-saving Shoes. PRICES FOR THE ABOVE SHOES: Misses' Sizes 11 to 2, $2.50. Ladies' Sl_ses 2 to 8, 5300. LADIES' EXTRA QUALITY FRENCH KID, seamless foxed— Sizes 2 to 8, $4.00. Widths AA, A, B. C, D, E and EE. All the latest style tees. NOTICE. WE HAVE NO BRANCH STORES IN SAN FRANCISCO. Any One Kepreseatii Themselves As Such Is a Fraud. WE DO ALL OUR BUSINESS AT 812-814 Market Street and 9 and 11 O'Farrell St., Phelan Building. We have the Largest Store and the Largest Stock of Shoes on the Pacific Coast. It is a well-known fact that we are the only shoehouse that is doing a rushing business at the present time. That is clear proof that we are selling Better Shoes foi 1 Less Money Than Any Other House Can Aiford to. We Purpose to Paralyze the Market With SHOES AND PRICES In order to close out all our country stores. BEAR IN MIND! You have nothing to lose and all to gain by buying your Shoes at our store. If Shoes are not as represented return them at our expense and we will refund the money. Mail orders will receive prompt at- tention. ". ..."V '«..;'■ NOLAN BROS. SHOE CO. 812-814 MARKET STREET, 9 and 11 O'Farrell St., PHELAN BUILDING. Telephone 5527. ' 19