The San Francisco call. [volume], April 21, 1907, Page 9, Image 9

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TO-DAY'S FASHIONS
OF THE SAN FRANCISCO GIRL
AND HER
MAMA
*\\\#; /.«\u25a0*!* , » - •©«»>*«».; tain,* mfSzXaMO+,
\ X A'trtet sine*^^ Lent. . and what ft woed«rfttt
. V/y now . display- . tho sluivikoojegi •;. fan* f o
'^^^.Vth^r^sle«nres«>-V^ry.vwft»' tts^w«ei;.t»?
;' Bold so many • norslt?** \ to. . r*—r» e, - walttey - for
! the sun," which they know ' yhm belrfnd tho eloafi*. '
Of eotrrse Baoter camo an. too soon to ploaoo the
customers, -and they" found- some dl faculty, in
adjusting' thenf elreo to the circumstances. The
\u25a0easoa Is ls>to« they say -at; th* shops, which
•hows that : tho ooming and going of the styles
has become. M natural. a law, aa. the changes «f
lho'smoon. r i^ ,-l;;_'\';. : ' ¥ .."• :\ .[''•/ ./ t -^ .'
\u25a0 - Now, that tt>o latest things hare been displayed
It i« ;: quite £enrldoja*(' that ;.th» btnrers^VhiT '-haro"
\u25a0 been busily at work ,, in foreign cities and Kew
" Tork" have returned : to" us' with ; things absolutely
' np^to i datei^V"'- i' :^"^. - k ?I? I- 'X' \ '-^- i" V ';*^ '.'.;-••'
_v ItvWasi a great surprise •to meet one of -*on»
popular- girls,' who has been away almost . con
; Btantly. since "the .fire, hurrying 'along with the
rest of .the'.people.r '.' J..\' : ' '\u0084'-'' '•*.'-."' "'
, \*Tm '• in '\u25a0\u25a0 an f awful \u25a0 rush ; for mamma," she' said.
\u25a0TTesterday sheboiightV lace coat and the lace
[; Is v almost y as^ heavy as the Hercules' braid. .It
. ; had ;. a l pattern^ sppllqued ' on' ' lt :of gray t cloth*
which was hand-, embroidered^. Now mamma! has
\u25a0;,' to have Ja* cloth t skirt ;toT match the' trlmmlng|on
;;" tki'f coat.- , DQes* sndt5 ndt' c that \u25a0. «e«m a^quoot -'arrange- '
" \'mont? •Vßut^it'iwiu^haTo^a i 'stunning Reflect.".' They"
had .j, become J.qulte '?. the" vbguo; beforo * we' left 1
'.'Parls.>'-^ ;-':?.-•\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0.•:*• 'v^--'" \u25a0:;;\u25a0'* \u25a0-•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 -
\ see, 1 ! neither -of ' us got many •. thlngs> We \u25a0
> -couldn't: believe"lwe;.'would?'need*them after* our
'calamity. ; \u2666Whenever^, letter, told us; the
""doings^ h'erei we iwoiild^ think, it ; alii much 'exag- '
.'-* t6erated:' ; , ! n 'lt.? seem c«l? so Vinipbasitflfcl*':' You "don't 1
§ know' how igrood i t}ls . 1 6 , be - back *'ag am/li n/ 1 In? Paris, 1
' no • matter i-how.Ah*bspi table |th'e }p"eOple are,': you
s ;alwaysvhave>a);feeiingr;jth"'at;if>Vou^are r n"ot Ijust1 just
ithejright^thingJas" regards i clothes Vybufwilllbe'
\u25a0 laughed latis and'; after jat.while ','\u25a0 It T gets fa trifle
; tiresome. V-IMid-soVlong forVbur<California'-free
.Hdom-ohceyin^aV.wliile.'^'t/.";?*^'. ' ";'; * \u25a0'-:\u25a0- ,'\u25a0•; •<". *:^V«
fg'-VDo ! you f knoW,lr!clldn't\buy.' a': hat , that •mamma'
-.Would let s me; _wear^without ' being > altered ? f* She '
t* says t th'atV the 7 understand' what; is y chi<r;
11
;; lcanlf aco .has j more \u25a0; yeC : and : needs fan; individual!
s5-.~i\s\ l ¥J*if '•••*;« i .'i'l*"'??- a r^r l /.V* "'V^^'r^t-J
• , ', N Doi;you';r?rpemher, .Mlssf-Louderbach? - She
.s was;a;San Prangisco(glrl.^She*became'so enani
.\u25a0^brediof;Paris' and; its f ways-ithatVshe ; fmarriedta"
3 son.-, of (one « bf vthe^very^largest |and f wealthiest
;>;ihopkeepersjlnnbat:c4nteri'of! fashlon.*?Oneday
i (they. i took 1 ua^tKroiushV their/ splendid '$ establl3!i T
;';;ment;':andras7l}sWas!particulaßly«in need^o"*«hats
hata',whichilattjactc«2?mai ; thej,mbst. ;
jT^Wheh we., reached ! ?Cew iYorktoa'our; way.,back*tQ
;£ iSan'Fran.clsc.OiWel^'jsitedjtheia^braiieh .store and
• "il ; saw^tlieV same '% hats; " i I- a knoyv ".thern •b y {ce r^aln
;^earmarks; t Jbutf.iheyA were i sq*.niatle^Qveri. that
fjsometlmesjltl'vvas^hard-tojreco'gnisejthem.'/^ '** ':,% -
'l'yf,"./The!Ame^
steustfhayj»TanV"AniericaV*imt.' 4 r. '*j>' '
,).4v*?li«t t us ; go .in: _her <t'\ 'sheT^ntiii ied, »',' for k a « cup •
I o< Ktea.lVfThls"S shopping fso vdlstfeßsiag,* so*
;^eatlgulng.^:-.4;f- Jl^: ; .rlv>i ;^' : \ : s ;:'r4 r"*-^:; v..> v "i.-.
. , ; tT>o; you j like,, ni y{ suit ?";-. she <. continued, .- when
V* •woxo'xomfortably .^seated. .'.V'But ' you' wish the
oeo* w«rs > tight fitted? Xcv- nor.* of the Ja»««*>
\u25a0nits havo 'fitted coat*., Bom* are soxsffittad «e-ai
black <Is really a ; f avorlte . this aesjraau : X oaa '
wear plain collar and turn-back on ffa> ta<\ on'
the throe-quarter almvot. \u25a0 Only wtttl tho <vxtt»
plain stilts, \u25a0 though. Black and white are *©•
food to ; look at always. -- X am \u25a0 glad * that th*y ;
ire the thin*, because, - X ' suppose* that I «an'
ir ear them. If X oouldatX would havo to tak»>
my eholo« .' botwooa bluo : or. brown. No . bmNi
gTars for th* street. "We did get rath** tlr-*d;
of tho* sameness, dont yo« think?. . , -
-. "But -for. evening wear, such rrmy* *ZO»t
clouds, ' like this smoke, or tho tr ansluoano* «f .
a dinae fog— with the, glorious plats undo***
neathj 'and the bright green* and tit* yallow*— «.'
the ©ran re. So much can bo done -with gm*
that &IT3T wu dreamed of theretofore*
"Oh, .the "length of this dress? Just three
lnchea from" the ground." she said, returning t»
our. previous, topic of _eonr«rsatloa. "Wont yoiv
:omi home with me and let m« show y»u what'
few dresses I brought .with nuf
''[Wnat many 'dr«ssea- would "haro meant X oan
aot lmaslne It - th* quintl tj tm looked : at war*
a"' few, and > the ' strangest feature of It an wu
that there wti not an empire In ta* whole col
lection.
"Tou"it»," «a!d my laterestlnc youn* hoitess,
-"Empire* aren't btcoralny to rr.s. Very fow peo
ple can. wear thara— they're difficult. Sometimes
when we i were ' wandsrlntr through . the famous
galleries .with their •flor!ousl7 beautiful women
of ' the • empire itlxn*,. I -used to wonder how .they
would - 5 100k !t In -one of my - dresses.' Mamma
thinks thfs 'sacrilege," she whispered, j. "so don't \u25a0
breathe li^^- \-:^y \u25a0<%\u25a0-' .. ! > -^ '- • --\u25a0 } r ,Vf -
: "But -look, the belt line Is just where .nature
-Intended - it to .be; no more exassrerated length
of waist. * r The belts are about three laches In
the back to one and a half fa front, 'givtns an
appearance of length In front. >
«r."But itlje skirts ""forr r afternoon and' evenlnit
wear are »o lonp that it, is \u25a0 almost impossible to
walk, in. tftem." 7 They cling: so about the feet that
sometimes I if eel? Ilk e'a mermaid." -
a favorite
of mine, r I am, glad you like ;it. for. If isn't Im
ported.*^ It is Qufta>s pretty as the others. Is*
It not? % . Really, twoincn ' don't- have to" so abroad..
any f more.-< Of ; course it ' Is ' an excuse sometimes
to'set away— -a kind oJ conscience. pill.
,'..'tAndyou-.llkethe, '..'tAndyou-.llkethe ccrla'e? Mamma picked. out
thJa'for;mey"She;is partial to mous3elines/so we ;
Justfhad'tohave'it. , I am' going- to" tell you an-,
[other secret. ,The hat came from a Sutter street
, Btore-fAWe didn't- se? a .; thing that went .well
swlth it ;in* Paris.' I like the black girdle—^l mean ,
on the dress, anil the black knots of baby ribbon'
here* and \u25a0\u25a0there."'; . *
"«• "They /call J^this 1 hat Jaw modified - poke, but .it"
:l6Qks > .to"me«more. like the tri-color« the children"
'.wear.V. .' '.-* r v " '' '.'\u25a0„, •" \u25a0
'{ ;*»V'l : must tell- you.* about two dresses mamma
got., -You know" lots of people take us for slater*,
but : l 'have^ the hardest time tryins^to kaep'her^
.from\bui-ing old lad*y things. , Sho always has
Jwom,.Wack^wlienever' s:i« could, anyway, .but
it ; '.»ook3*weliron.her. and so I don't mind that.
,T f "ller" handsome, black drssa Is black net. \u25a0 It
*oT- gold" cloth with a foundation' of
f whlte taffeta, i The net ': is -pleated ' to^ below \u25a0 th«
hips.^ .The." girdje, *whlch iist of soft liberty aUk,'
, lons,' flo'wing^ends "which are. finished , with , gold
fringe?. 'About' the" neck '*. is rose t point >
yoke. \u25a0 It is beautiful/ and the* gold cloth gives ttV
a'strange; swish. :. It makes sine feel, like -kow
towing when I hear her' walk.^. And. do you
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