The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1895, Page 19

The Century Club is going to give a big New Year’s reception, and of course we all will be there in our swellest gowns and choicest hats or bonnets; but that affair is for grown-up people, as the children say, and at this holiday season they de- mand the first attention. Some of the very sweetest and prettiest frocks ever seen here are to be donned shortly far the Y— Ciub dance, and last year the girls made it such a success that many of the debutantes wished they could have been present, and more than ome of the men on that occasion declared they had never had a better time, as one remarked to me: ““All the girls were so pretty and bright. Such a relief from the fashienable blase maiden, don’t you know So, girls, keep bright and pretty and be in mno haste to ape the airs and graces of older belles, for you now have a charm which is all the more irresistible, becanse you “ave no idea of what it consists of, and it will be gone forever before you can once realize it. Ah, me, here I am almost beginning to talk seriously, and we should only be thinking about bonbons and dances, snow and danc snow and ice, ruffles and frills, presents ana every delightful thing in the world, so here let me give youa picture of a bodice worn by one of the aintiest young women imaginable. It isof a delicate pink velvet, covered with bunches of choice flowers. As you see, it 11 around the hips and at the line has four handsome jeweled swathed over the fuliness of a novel manner, and that re- me that many presents of handsome . as our jewelers which [ saw was al- ter-dollar pieces. In was a choice opal, and ied with alternate dia- ds. I should like to them as a brooch, for andmother affairs, and nes, are all to be worn me confess I am awfully nsand pendants 2 red with miniatures, unless 1 works of art, for now that buttons the size of a of famous beauties $6 a dozen, they have y for those blessed with t of taste, and ents are almost e Te become too ordin even the smal rhinestone or skin, great lustrous ¥ to match. New, a description is very in- adequate, so you must let vour vivid imaginations help vou out. The skirt is of a dark-green taffe holly leai—and around the bottom, by the full, perfectly hung godetted skirt, is a double ruche of currant-red chiffon, and the low-cut waist is of the chiffon, with sleeves of the green silk. The lining is of crimson glace silk and there are several pinhead ruffles around the bottom. The success of the gown consists in selecting just exactly the right shades. Holly should be worn in_the hair. Another equally pretty dress I have recently heard about. - It should be called a mistletoe gown, for it is also green; but as this is for —ijust the shade of & a real blonde the green is scft and silvery, | the sleeves being of silvery mousseline | de soie, caught here and there with velvet vs of mistletoe, and similar sprays sur- d the square-cut neck. The skirt is absolutely plain and very full. A married beauty is a rare sweet picture in a costume of which I give a sketch. It is of pale green satin embroidered in mauve pink and yellow, buttoned with diamonds, showing full sleeves of lace; Jace also appears on either side of the bodice, which turns back with revers and hangs to the waist in points.” The plain skirt is of the richest satin, This little maid is charmingin a dancing frock of white crepon embroidered in sprays of holly. The skirt is accordion pleated. The yoke is of white satin with white perforated embroidery showing red beneath. Lace is made into a ruche for around the neck and extends over the sleeves as. epaulettes. It also makes pretty, cute cuifs. A very gorgeous cape of Lyons velvet edged with rich fur s not a gift to be scorned, especially when the velvet is black and the lining the most beautiful blending of ‘shades I have ever seen in silk. The one I am especially alluding to 15 of a greenish gold, shot with violet and rosc, but oh! what a cape to wear to a nice crowaed, packed tea. It only takes the room any three women would oc- eupy, and shows a tendency to dip into the punch and frappe, and brush all the creamed oysters and chicken salad off v plate within three yards. Yet we e v one of us would put on just such a garment for the very next tea, if we owned it. and pretend we did not care a bit if we 1i-roaste., but vive teas, and espe- ots, fan made of blossoms or anything in fact but simply a beautiful of the real blossoms. At arecent Paris wedding Vogue's special correspond- writes: e"":I ‘r\ pleased to no(ice!'muny reg:ly nd exceedingly chic innovations. lorin- i ':clhc lj;ulc's gown instead of being It on the pattern of all such costumes as distinctly original. It was entirely made of point de Brages lace, so lavishly draped that the underskirt of SNOwy satin could hardly be discerned. The whole ar- rangement of folds was simple t_znoug_h— almost sculptural—and yet it gave an im- pression of great riches, not exgludmgl inaidenly grace. The long, sweeping vel was of the same filmy material fastened floral ba: on the top of the head by & pointed coro- | 1 of orange buds and falling to the very ige of the train behind. No jewels marred this lovely purity; no nbbons_fl:b- tered in the usual \m;:;nul_v;.n:mne_l‘zi :'. the paroissien, or prayer-book, carrie = ¥y the fair bride (a gift irom her future hus- band) was a speck of brilliancy attracting zll eyes. It was of oid repousse silver, studded with briliiants raised on pale azure enamel; in sbort, it was tout simplement— an heirtoom of the De Grasset family, handed down from generation to genera- tion from & fair ancestress who lived at the court of the Roi Soleil. It is worth a capes. { bridesmaids no longer are to carry THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1895. king's ransom.” The remark about “‘un- gainly ribbons’’ is worth making a mental note of. Wnen Miss Catter recently married | Hewitt Coburn Jr. in New York the brides- | maids wore Louis Seize coats of pink broc- | aded satin, with skirts of white satin. | From their arms depended garlands of | roses. The effect was excellent. 1n London a leading milliner has on view & picturesque chapeau of black velvet and ostrich plumes, faced with rose-pink velvet, roses matching it coming next the hair. This model has been cailed the ‘“Consuelo,"” and in Paris the Marie Antoinette hats with their enormous brims and high, 1 round crowns are very fashionable. These are worn when driving, walking or visit- | i The green felt ones are most in de- | mand. At last the fiat has gone forth that our skirts, in general, are to be without full- | ness in front or at the sides. “The godets | are so cut as to carry all the fullness to the back, so that two plaits are quite sufficient at the waist, and the rest of the fullness is distributed in the lower part of the skirt.” Dancing skirts must just miss the floor, and those who do not dance wear demi- trains. Rich silks are invariabiy used as linings, ruffles of silk and lace finishing | our skirts. Pinked rufiles are not so much | used as formerly, as they wear out with | | such amazing rapidity. Ruffles with tiny hems and three or five wee tucks are more satisfactory. | ‘We have all read recently of the persist- | ency with which the Princess of Wales has | broadcloth and the bodice of black velvet or baby lamb. With such a costume a ‘black velvet hat with quills or feathers and the usual touch of color would be effective. The greatest attention should always be given to little things, such as our gloves, shoes, handkerchiefs, card- cases, and never neglect io have a per- fectly new veil. Large hats may be worn without veils, but toques—never! This week, in her letter from Paris, the Countess de Champdoce tells ns that the | fashion of sending flowers, bonbons and other knickknackery of the same kind is becoming every winter more general, in Europe at least. Then she says: ‘“There is a new style of sending bonbons for New Year which has made its appearance here. It consists of inclosing them between the folds of a very fine net made of thick corded silk, representing a hammock slung on silver poles which arise from a regular parterre of orchids or violets. Thediminutive poles are entwined by garlands of flowers and finished by huge bows of light colored or white ribbons painted with flowery designs, insects, birds or Louis XVI bergerades, done by masters of the fan-painter's art. Of course, they are another big sonrce of expense, consid- erable enough, indeed, to make most peo- ple hesitate to buy them, but, of course, also they constitute onie of those presents which are so convenient to send to the hostess at whose tabie you have lunched or dined often during the past year.” ‘What a delightful Christmas-eve euchre party was given on Pacitic avenue by one { ONE OF THE NEWEST CAPES. | | for years been wearing demi-toilette, in-| | stead of full dress, at the theater, and as a | | natural result all women of rank in Eng- | 1land are gradually following her example, | which is certainly a most sensible one, for | | the fashionable full-dress bodice is really | cut very low, and rather unsuitable in a public “place; besides, even the best-ar- ranged theaters abound in draughts, which are too frequently fatal in their results | when allowed to fall on bare shoulde; London correspondent mentions a we derful cloak just noted by her at the I ceum. “It was of heliotrope milroir velvet, with a copi in chinelle. So full | was it that the folds of the furlay over and upon each other inrich confusion, | showing the white satin lining.” The | | same writer tells us that the newest shade | i hair is copper, and I presume a few women will be so'absurd as to tamper with | their tre: , but the number of women who rouge and who dye their hair is, I am rejoiced to say, rapidly diminishing; i deed, ‘“‘the set” depend upon exer massage and careful grooming for th complexions of milk and roses and beauti- | ful heads of hair. | | Jewelers should make their fortunes | | this season, so remarkable and unheard-of |is the demand and craze for precious stones of ail description and specimens of the goldsmith’s most exquisite work. Opals are enjoying much favor in most great social centers, but the fair Paris- iennes seldom care to possess them, the superstition affecting many. For my part | I preferopals to diamonds, rubies,sapphires or emeralds; indeed, to any precious stone, | for in a choice opal every color gleams, and never does the stone look twice alike. At the present momentthe national flower ot Scotland is a favorite design, it being usea to form tiaras, corsage bouquets and skirt ornaments. The leaves and buds are composed usnally of emeralds and the blooms of diamonds, and are costly trifles, beautiful as ornaments and acceptable as gifts, | Have you seen the new crown Derby- | ware? One artistic vase has alternate panels of pale-blue and rose and a handle of* gold. Jeweled designs on pale-green | grounds are more iovely than any I have | seen, and the latest Royal Worcester has a | creamy white ground, with a glazed finish, | under which are rainbow tints, and Doul- | ton ware has ‘‘under glaze decorations of | flowers that mingle together and graduate | from very light to dark shades.” Many | women East have been making quite a fad | of collecting beautiful china and giass. At | the present moment Dresden china is the | | favorite and art glass ranks before Vene- | tian and Bohemian. Here our fair hos- | tesses are equally enthusiastic_over secur- ing beautiful rare pieces of glass and chiua for the adornment of their homes and tables and many are the temptations now offered by dealers here who cater ex- cellently well to the demands of fashion and culture. Tue quaint Dutch article of silver which {1 spoke of a few weeks ago has been highly appreciated here, and in New | York the demand for it is very great. It | | is now combined with- glass,” vases and | | periume bottles, being quite lovely. Bon- | bon boxes and salt-cellars of this silver are quite new, as are many of the curios of it specially designed for cabinets, such as | tiny chariots-and miniature boats. Now that real lace is in great demand to complete even the simplest costume it isa | welcome holiday remembrance and one | easily sent in a letter. Even scraps can | be used, as cravats can be made of lace entirely or merely edged with it, and ‘shunly our bargain tables will be piled | high with imitation laces, for they have | gone entirely out of fashion, except for= | children’s coiton gowns. The newest stocks are being finished | either with large outstand bows at the | back or with two pretty little puffy i rosettes, one on either side, of creamy ! lace. { I have just been asked what would be | best to have a visiting gown made of whict is to be worn by a stylish woman of lim- ited means, who usually depends entirely on the streetcars when visiting; further- | more, this dress must be suitable to wear { when shopping. Any dark or medium | shade of handsome ciotb, silk lined, and made by one of our best tailors, would be suitable. Itcan be made more dressy by making the waist of velvet or fur; for in- stance, hi the skirt and sleeves of black of San Francisco’s most beautiful women. She entertained about sixty of her friends, MARCELLA. e OR MEN. Egg nogg is so excellent a drink at this season of the year thac I give a very good recipe: To make a gallon of egg nogg, take one dozen of eggs; separate the whites and yolks carefully. Beat each until it be- comes as light as practicable, add one pound pulverized white sugar to the yolks, and mix thoroughly. Then add one quart of Cognac (brandy), and one-half pint Ja- maica rum, pouring them in slowly while stirring actively. Add half a gallon of rich milk, then add not lesa than thre quarters of the bulk of the whites, and in- corporate thoroughly. The remaining fourth of the whites is put upon the sur- of-pear] buttons mounted as studs are in better taste. Of course, Oriental pearlsare preferable, but are too expensive to be much seen. For bachelors’ presents liqueur sets are acceptable, especiaily when the glasses are in !Ee form of little tumblers set into silver cups with handles, and are arranged on a long silver tray, into which a second one of glass is sunk. Baltimore is to have a horse show build- ing on a large scale, and a casino, well equipped, will be near by. The grounds are to be most beautifully laid out. George Alexander is having a hard time, as neither of his new glays has been fa- vorably received at the St. James. In recognition of Sir Henry Ponsonby’s valuable services the Queen has given his widow a charming home 1n 8t. James Pal- ace for her life. It is said that George Augustus Sala wrote on the subject of cooking like a philosopher. He remarked: “My study of the ‘art of cookery’ extends over a period of fifty-five years; ever since I wasa boy I have been not only theoretically but practically a cook.” Sala attackh: vast importance to the cooking of vegetables; indpeed, epicures will do well to scan his able volume, *The Thorough Good Cook,” as it contains 900 recipes. Many are of un- usual merit. This is an unusual departure for an able journalist. : What a pity it is that several of the young Englishmen here who are socialiy such favorites do not take a few dancing lessons. They would if they could hear some of the remarks made on their extra- ordinary parformances. They may never have learned to reverse in England, but that is no reason why they should not ac- quire that art. C. C. A ROTHSCHILD FARM. | ‘Where the Votaries of Fashion Are In- troduced to Rustic Life. Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild may fairly claim to be a fin de siecle agricultur- ist. She keeps a farm at Boulogne-sur- Seine, just outside the Bois, and here dur- ing the summer it is her delight to initiate the weary votaries of fashion into the simple pleasures of rustic life. The giiests are welcomed in a Louis XV drawing-room, where the furniture is covered with satin brocade of the palest bluish pink hue, and all the knick-knacks and engravings are suggestive of the | ancient regime. One of the walls, how- ever, consists of a huge sheet of plate glass, giving views into the cowshed, if so mean a word is applicable to the superb apart- ment within which a double row of “milky mothers’’ browse peacefully at their marble mangers. A Breton herdsman and his wife in nat- ural costume tend the sleek cattle and make the picture complete. When esthetic cravings have been sated by this charming spectacle an adjournment takes place to the dining-room, and a dainty lunch is spread amid a bower of fragrant orchids. i _ Then follows a siroll through the gar dens, laid out in the Louis XV style, with nymphs and fauns of stone gleaming through the foliage, and lastiy there is a visit to be pzid to the dairies. By this time it has become cool enough to ven- ture on the homeward drive, and the car- riages are brought around, but each has to carry besides its passengers a load of dairy produce and a colossal bouquet of roses as souvenirs of the visit. The visitor goes away with the feelin, | that farming after all is not such a bag trade if you have an income of a million or two to fall back upon.—London Tit-Bits. —————— Sala’s Johnsonian Quotation. It is not generally known that Mr. Sala was the author of a quotation attributed to Dr. Jobnson. The circumstances under which it came to be made were 2s follows: He had been a contributor to the Cornhill Magazine and was contemplating further work for that periodical when John Max- well, a publisher, proposed that he become editor of a new magazine which Mr. Max- well thought of starting. This offer he | accepted, and Mr. Sala says: “To this periodical I gave the name Temple Bar, and from a rough sketch of mine of the old bar which blocked the way in Fleet street { Percy Macquoid drew 2n admirable front- | ispiece. As a motto 1 imagined a quota- tion from Boswell, ‘And now sir,’ said Dr. Johnson, ‘we wiil take a walk down Fleet | street.” To the best of my knowledge and belief Dr. Johnson never said a word about | taking a walk down Fleet street; but my innocent supercherie was, I fancy, im- plicitly believed in for at least a generu- tion by the majority of magazine readers.” | —Springfield Union. | ——————— Diane de Poitiers. While the Abbess of Soyons, being still untried by the stressof battle, went sinless upon her still orthodox way, there lived | just across the river on the manor of I'Etoile a sinner of a gayer sort—Diane de ) | face asan ornament. A large portion of | Poitiers. The Castle of the Star dates DANCING FROCK (Cream delaine, accordion-pleated; the white of the eggs should always be mixed with the compound to render it iight and wholesome, and let me advise a judicious sprinkle of nutineg. % Teck and Ascot ties are still gorgeous in coloring, the most¢ conservative having gayly colored fizures on a black ground. 'l‘h'e{ittle club tie is arranged less stiffly and elaborately than two years ago, and is in vogue. The all-round turned-down collar has reached New York from London direct. White cape gloves have been worn for nearly a year in London, but have as yet not been appreciated East, When making a strictly formal call do not remove either glove. Remove the right-hand glove and carry it in the left if well acquaint d with your hostess. A frock or evening coat is worn. Polished gold studs are not at all fas] ionable for evening wear. Plain mother- FOR YOUNG GIRL. satin vest, slecves and sash; bodice trimmed with lace. From The Queen.] from the fifteenth century—when Louis XI dwelt there as Governor of Dauphiny, and was given lessons in how to bea King. Diane the beautiful—"the most beautiful,” as Francis I gallantly called her—trans- formed the fortress into a bower, and gave to it (or accepted for it) the appropriately airy name of the Chateau du Papillon. There she lived long after her buttertly days were over; there. even, she received the visits of Henry II, her dead lover's son. And in a way, although the Castle of the Butterfly is & silk-factory now. she lives there still, just as another light lady beautiful, Queen Jeanne of Naples, lives on in near-by Provence. For Diane's legend still is vital in the country-side; and the old people_still talk about ‘her as though she were alive amqng them, and all ier always, not by her formal title of he Duchesse de Valentingis, but by her love title of “la belle dame de I'Etoile.” C 19 THE DEPARTING YEAR How Will the Work That Has Been Accomplished Be Regarded? ORIGIN OF TRUE HAPPINESS. A Good Opportunity to Blot Out the Past and Start Anew With 1896. NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 1895.—The hells are ringing out the old and ringing in the new year. And suddenly, as if dur- ing the year it counted for mnothing, some of us become conscious of an un- pleasant little sensation, provoked by con- science. Somehow it doesn’t seem as ifin the year we had done all we might; as if the soft answer had not been-offered often enough, and as if the year itself had been one 1n which there were few good works. The book of the year looks blotted and blurred. Here a sorrow, there a sin; here a weakness, there a worry, but oniy a few, Enva jov, at least, to one soul? - Or did you ehave as if that first day of the week were like all the others and needed no special attention paid to it? And having one great talent, did xou wrap it up and put it out of sight? And then, my saint is very particular about this, did you. show not only honor and respect, but love, to those who are bound ‘to you by ties of blood or who are in authority over you? Don’t you think,. if -we lpoked for the best, even among the politicians, we might find something to respect? Though the saint doesn’'t mention the politician. As to the sixth commandment. He is very positive that yvou lmve committed a sinif yoa do not give the love you should to your husband, brothers or sisters if you do not bear with their faults and make allowances for them, while you your- self must not be suilen, nor malicious, nor impatient, nor jealous, nor mean enough | to encourage a ‘personal dislike. And, by the by, he considers it a particular sin for {‘on not to take good care of - your health. his saint is a sensible one. Of the seventh commandment, he says beware of greetliness, extravagance in dress, of wicked books, wicked talk and of caring altogether too much for the luxuries of this world and not enough for the world to come. Then he warns you, when he comes to the eighth commandment, to be careful about your money, to spend it honestly. to®e glad and wiliing to give to those who need, and he emphasizes, as a mean sin, the desire to pry into other peo- ple’s affairs. 1 told you he was a sensible saint. In with the ninth commandment may be read the order forbidding the tell- ing of a secret, the saying of malicious things, the being glad to hear ill of others, and the giving to a bad servant a good character. Isn’t my saint practical? Then, A CHARMING DINNER GOWN OF PALE GREEN SATIN, a very few, of the pages are white and fair, and worthy of being offered to the King of Kings. Take a hand glassand look at your- self. You are like most other people, s0 you think, neither better nor worse, and, shrugging your shoulders, you flatter yourself that you haven’t committed murder, or been guilty of thefi, or done any of those dreadful things that all the world calls sins. No, you are nota mur- deress, nor a thief. Perhaps, though, you are just as guilty. Perhaps that one who killed his brother succumbed to a mo- mentary temptation, and committed the one ul act. But there are many ways of killing besides murdering the flesh. Have you, by word of mouth, murdered the faith in any human soui? killed in any young soul its belief, either in God or man? That is worse than material murder. Fancy having to live ail one’s life with- out hope and without belief! Fancy having to think that no one does a kind act without hoping to gain sometning from it—that must be awful. A living un- belief seems to me the worst state into which a human soul can get. No wicked- ness is comparable with it. Look in the glass again, and watch as your eyes flash, how they seem to say 'We are honest; we have stolen nothing.”” Per- haps not, but you never were hungry, you never needed the money to buy food and warmth for those you love; but you have stolen just the same. Perhaps not in the material way, but surely when you are bitterly envious and malicious you are a thousand times worse than the poor wretch who steals to satisfy his hunger— because you know better, and he is igno- rant of so much. You go to church, bend your pretty head in a devout way, make your prayer after each commum‘.lmem. and thank God that you are not like other eople; that your soul is clear, and you gqven‘t on yotr daybook the breaking of any one of these commandments. Ten of them. None of them very long. Butall you trouble yourself about is the exact words of each, and though at other tiries you are clever enough, you willfully biind ?'onrsell and refuse to read between the ines. Take the first one. Say it to yourself. You smile and feel perfectly certain that you can live uptoit. Inan old book I tind some little suggestionsabout the com- mandments that may help you. Tt is a queer little old book, with its cover worn, with its fly leaves written upon, though the ink ,is pale, and with a bit of blue ribbon, a lock of blonde hair and one or two religious pictures for book marks. It says you may sin against this first com- mandment by giving your first waking tbought to anybody but the good God who created you, and giving your last thoughts to anyoody but him, and forgetting to con- fess your sins to bim and to give thanks to him ‘because he has cared for you all the day long through. The quaint old saint who wrote the book says that you break the first commandment when you are im- patient of what humibles you; when you allow your mind to dwell on your troubles rather than on our blessings, and when you depend on your own cleverness or your own ability for success instead of realizing | that ~ it is as nothing un- less the great Father of ali guides you. ‘When you went to church last Sunday you committed, according to my saint, many sins. Sins against the second command- ment. You were more interested in the flowers, in the vreacher, in the con- gregation, than in paying earnest anc de- vout. attention to saying your prayers. You were devoting more of your time.to some human being, and thinking of the love and goodness in that person than of the great One from whom it all came. And you broke the second commandment. 1 am afraid you have broken the third one very often. ~You never refrain from a jest because it isn’t quite refined; you never dropped a book because the ideas of the author were not quite respectful to God, and to save yourself a little trouble you did not make it’a point to tell the truth. And how much did you do simply thatit might be praised by men? 2 nd about the next. Did you observe that day as a festival, as a day when you with the tenth commandment, we are warned against being discontented with what we have, and we are_advised against being annoyed at the sight of beauty or gold possessed by others. Of course, he said a great many other things, butthese are the ones that I specially remember. And while the belis are tolling, I am try- ing to think how best to keep the book of ihe new year free from the black marks that mean mistakes. And the lawand the prophets are summed up in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Do we? Isit love that induces you to tell me a witty and malicious story about mv neighbor? Isit love that induces you to hurt me tn the heart as you tell me of a fault in some one that I iove? Is it1love that impels me to answer you in an ugly, sarcastic way? And to attempt to lessen that which seems to you to be very great? It is a miserable, poor love, if you call it that. [ wonder when we all are to be judged whether much wiil be forgiven be- cause of real love—it seems to me it will. Women all the wcrid over maxe their love their life and starve themselves, sometimes mentally, sometimes physically, because of it; deny themselves much for dearlove’s sake, and then are hurt by it. It isn’t wise to love too well. Love a child; some da; it strikes you. The blow doesn’t hurt. It is given with the soft hand of a child, but too often the day comes in the future when the blow is given in a different way, and it hurts your heart; hurts it so that the wound makes a bruise and you never for- et it. ¥ Some day you love a man. Love him as only a woman can love. To him imu offer vour best, mentally and physically; you joy in being his slave. And the day comes when he tires of you. You have loved too much. My friend, if you want to be a happy woman have no strong emotions. Let all your lives be placid ones, and then your heart will never be hurt. It is true that the fullness of life will never come to you, but you will be saved so much pain, and that means so much when you are a woman. And the bells swing to and fro, and it seems just now as if they were sfng- ing a merry sort of song, but they are not. Itis a deatk song. ‘What have you lost in ninety-five? At some house there stopped a little white hearse and took away a dead child, and that mother thought her grief the great- est. At some house no hearse waited, but children died to those who loved them, died such deaths that their names are no longer spoken. To one woman ninety-five brought a bridal veil; another it snrouded in crape—which is the happiest? And what will come in ninety-six? Every year we hope for something better, and ever: year the same cld story repeats itseli. And we close our eyes and see Solomon in all his glory, and hear him say: NEW TO-DAY. P'LL GIVE $2500 For Any Formula That Will Permanently Remove SUPERFLUQUS HAIR! a chance for recent ad- vertisers of such remedies to turn them into cash. LADIES!—Don't be robbed for the chance of having your face disfigured. MY METHOD OF USING THE . ELECTRIC NEEDLE W Is infallibly successful. Noother }-f.: method or means has so far been discovered. Perfect and absolute guarantee. Reduced Prices During January. MRS. NETTIE HARRISON, America’s Beauty Doctor. 40 and 42 Geary 8t., San Francisco, (a, “There is nothing new under the sun.” Men die now as then, but not because they love women. Women suifer because they are women, and the word woman equais the word fool. And thed are no longer and no more full of sunshine than they were thousands of vears ago. And we talk about our knowledge and our great inven- tions, and we are as ignorant as the lowest of the slaves who stood around and waited on the wise old Egyptians. We have a great country—we hear it calied that often enough to know—and ¥et it is a country' badly, governed, and rom which not one hali of the good possi- ble is gained. We call ourselves a great -people, and yesterday found all our inter- ests in a murder trial; to-morrow will concentrate it on the sneak-thief, and the next day on a professional liar. And of the making of books there is no end.. And how many of them are worth reading? How many of us are saints? How many of us are sinners? And the bell tolls and seems tosay: “Not many! not many! not many!”’ i Let us do the best we car. Start out with the intention of making some one soul happy each day in the vear. Put away all tue mean little sins. Those are thesins we women incline to. Envy, mal- ice, hatred and aH unchiritableness. Cultivate smiles, not tears. Cultivate satisfaction, not discontent. Cultivate be- lief in humanity. Never mind if yeu are deceiyed,once, twice or three times. Keep on believing in people and being happy. There is a deal of happiness to be got, but it needs looking after. Take up your hand glass and look again, while I whisper something to you. A happy woman, my iriend, 15 s beautiful woman. Malice makes wrinkles around the lips and draws the ccrners of the eyes down so that they seem small. Hatred gives a hard 100k to the face, while un- charitableness causes wrinkles. But if you are merry, your eves will brighten and appear larger, your lips will laugh and be fuller, and no wrinkles will be visible. Therefore, if for no other reason but to keep your good looks, a woman oughs to be good. Then, too,a woman ought to be good because a man should have something to lock up to. Ilike men, but I never heard of a man teaching another man to be lov- ing and generous. Itis the women who make them noble, strong and what they shou!d be, man. Therefore, I want every woman who, with me, is listening to the bells, to be just as good as she can, and then she will be happy. I know she will; I am sure of it.- No woman ever did what was right without enjoying the sensation. It doesn’t ‘make any difference whether she was applauded by other people or not, she knew she had done right and there came content. That is a beautiful state to be in. Poor old Ninety-five! How soon you will be forgotten! ~ The woes and the wor- ries, the joys and the pleasures, will be biotted out and every thought will be given to the future. It's yours. This beautiful New Year book is bound in white vellum, and has 366 snow-white pages. What are you going to write on each one? A prayer at the top. Then at the foot of each page there oughtto be a thanksgiving, for no matter how bad each day may have been it might have been worse. There is a_deal of satisfaction in thinking that. Eighteen ninety-six is here. The book is in your hand, in mine and in.ny neighbor’s. Iam going to writein mine a prayer taken from the service of the Jewish New Year's. It is this: “In the Book of Life may I be remembered and inscribed for happy life_and peace.” It is a good prayer. Write it in your book. 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