The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1896, Page 23

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1896. momoumsnasacafOSOA0c@®Ann O s LAY ST RE) 2% ?1' 4 i frock, a morning dress and The girl is clad 1n ) ue poplin, trimmed with velvet one shade darker, over which is a cape collar of beautiful Poplins of a most superior w e shade, making excellent s for schoolg The matinee is composed of pale vy flannel combined with dark crimson surah. The ribbon is of ame shade. Thisis very becoming fora unette blonde, but the blue- ng mistress should substitute pale b! or rose color. The ball gown is a Parisian creation, the simple godeted . skirt being light blue satin, adorned only with three bows of ribbon velvet placed at regular intervals down the leit side; the bows increase in size as they descend. The blouse corsage is of mousseline de soie over satin of the same shade. It is beautified around the Beck with white satin exquisitely embroid- ered with gold; this embroidery extends in a V-shaped vest down the front. Around the waist isa istband of the biack rib- bon velvet. Tk alloon sleeves are of the satin, studded with what looks like blac pearls, and ribbon velvet is run throug slashings in the satin and terminate in eprightly four-looped bows. The confection is delightful and abounds in good ideas. With it go slippers of the biue satin, and long gloves of undressed white suede stitched with white; they reach the elbow and are worn in a thou- eand wrinkles from wrist to elbow. Iaiso desire to pay particular attention to the fact that this corsage is cut square in front and V-shaped in the back, and the latest style imperatively demands that this V should be cut extremely low, thus neces- g very low eorsets for evening wear. correspondent in Paris while giving an order to one of the most distinguished costumers there, saw an evening gown or our new American Duchess. It was a white satin, the skirt of which had vuffs of white silk gauze, between which were more than thirty birds of Farndxse. ] skirt had a border of the heads of these rare birds buried in rose leaves. It i hoped that Consuelo will not be dueen Victoria when so attired, as reception her Majesty saw a s arrayed in'crimson velvet of which were many birds of id at once expressed dis- remarking to her: “We more highly of your character ot cover yourself with dead . a result, birds are not at all in England for such purposes, but the rage in Paris and Vienna. Speak- of Vienna reminds me that a_ visitin costume there has been called the *‘Noel " is of rich crimson velvet, with sable, On the jaunty coat tes of the fur, and a velvet toque basa fur brim. It is completed by a muff, which looks as though two fur cuffs had n joined together. It is lined with crimson satin. 1u all zowns more vivid colors are seen mbination. Among the favorite con- ine rea_with green, gold h citgey, brown with green with steel gray and liz it blue. silk guivure. with Bord in vogue, and come in | | than ever in demand, some being made | entirely of fur, finished with a roll of sable | at the bottom and around the neck. How- ever, not only are these costumes ex- tremely expensive, but they weigh tre- mendously on account of the wide skirts, so will not continue to be worn unless_th: skirts diminish in width very rapidly. They usually have epaulets composed of | pleated sable, and are only perfectly suc- | cessiul when made by an expert furrie: | Among the most unusual of evening | gowns are those having points of fur, preferably sable or chinchilla. Where the | fronts join the silk or brocade the seams are outlined with precious stones. Such toilets are seldom seen, but deep bands of chinchilla or sable_border most of the hanasomest skirts. Many fronts are of | plain silk or satin in these princess gowns, the train being of moire or the rarest of brocades, and never have richer fabrics been on the counters. Most artistic speci- mens of goldsmiths’ work are seen on many frocks, rare laces are in vogue, and | wonderful are the results produced with precious stones ‘and golden threads. | * Whatdo you think of an overa cloak | composed of black satin embroidered su- 1yuerbl¥ in cut jet and lined with jonquil | satin? The bonnet worn with it consists | of & tiny jet crown. In the front arise two large black butterfly wings, and I almost | forgot to tell you that the cloak has a huge | coliar of black ostrich feathers. | A pretty, plump matron received her | guests last week in a dress which admira- bly suited her. The plain skirt was of a changeable velvet, green, turning to odd shades of rose. ‘I'he corsage was likewise absolutely plain, of .a dark green brocade covered with duall, pinkish flowers. It had a square-cut neck, not at all low. The combination was perfect and the result tres bien. | _ One of the most stylish of young women | wears a dress of a fine mauve-colored | cloth, made absolutely plain, excepting for an odd piece on the right side, which | looks like a great rever, as it extends from the neck to the waist, being com- posed of petunia velvet covered with | guipure lace; the waistband and cuffs are | of thesame. The wearer's throat isen- icxrt}ed with a ribbon of petunia satin, ending in a bow with many ends. A bright girl, noted for her tasteful cos- tumes, wore one evening at home a pretty Dresden flowered skirt, a pink ground covered with yellow roses and green sprigs; the waist was of a green taffeta, with a deep collar of old yellow lace; the vest and stock were of yellow silk, covered with the lace. Absolutely absurd in most cases are the huge bows of mousseline de soie or chiffon, the ends trimmed with real lace. They are tied under the chin, and for girls with long slender throats the effect is ver{ chie, when in other ways the maiden fultills the demands of the bow. This isan expensive fad, as a bow of either chiffon or mousse- line can only be worn two or three times. Quite a number of articles were written not long ago on the subject of how inap- propriately most women dressed for church. Now, of course, a tailor gown or a rich but quiet fabric is most appropriate, but I must say that as far as I can see the women here cannot be accused of over- dressing. There are some exceptions, how- ever, but few criticisms can be made on this score. When people wonder why more of their neighbors and acquaintances s ar s and Vienna capes will soon be of tk s i€ past 1o be had for a song sl esult the cloaks ate of marvelous elegance; some have linings of, | do not attend church I never do, for Iam surprised at the number who go regulariy as some churches are krfown to be so badly ventilated that half who go suffer = from headache for the remainder of ancy holding Sunday-school not in a separate apartment re the last child has vanished ad- mitting the congregation. Of course the pure air is exhausted, but what of that? The furnaces or fires ave more coal piled on, the windows. usualiy, are not made to open and the doors are quickly closed and then, in this particular case to which I am | alluding, the edifice is quickly filled. There are some little ventilators here and there, but a totally insufficient number. | As @ result I have seen men doze, an numbers of both sexes bave complained | before me of headaches. It s all very fine | to say that we should notdwell on such | topics, that our minds should be fixed on | other thi , but ‘when your head is throbbing you begin to wonder |if you can punch a -hole in | & window, and while trying to overcome this desire not long ago I feil into a par- tially s state and dreamed of | ving to church, in future, bags of fresh | air.” Now the rector may have preached | an instructive and interesting sermon, but it was all lost on me, for matter triumphed over mind. Ihave heard so many com- ments lately over this subject that I wish some attention would be paid to it, asmost of us are accustorned to fresh air and sun- shine, and will not relinquish them will- ingly for furnace heat and an atmosphere laden with disease germs of every sort. It is rather abrupt to leave this topic and again speak of garments, but one of our most beautiful young mothers across the bay was extremdly attractive at a aance last week in a toilet of soft pearl gray brocaded crepe, with sleeves of crim- | sin"velvet. Encircling the low-cut neck HIS week I give illustrations of a | eiderdown, and princess dresses are more | was an odd puffy ruche of velvet, and | around the waist was a softly wrinkled | band of the same fabric, which tied at the left side in bow with two long upstanding loops, the ends of which reached the bot- tom of the skirt. |~ There is another way of making alow | bodice. It isconstructed with the point !in front, a narrow basaue meeting iton either side, while handsome lace or jet at- tached tonet falls in graceful frillings from | the neck, longer in the center; the sleeves | remain large. Evening costumes which | are not trimmed around the bottom with bands or roils of chinchilla or sable are given the requisite touch in Paris by means of a roll of silk, velvet or brocade, which is very decorativeand heips to make the skirt bang well. In London the swell- | est fabric for evening wear at the present moment is white velvet, which must be trimmed with gold passementerie or pearls and rhinestone bands and ornaments, or iridescent bands and vandykes. Ermine or sable is also used. Such a gown costs a small fortune, as also does atruly magnifi- cent cloak ordered in England by royalty. It is described as a long seal mantle, with bishop’s sleeves made of the same fur. The large shawl collar, front trimmings and cuffs are of complete sable (royal) skins. The tails and little feet are left on as they give a pretty effect to the trimming. The lining is of white satin. F It is o be hoped that stout women wil eschew white velvet bodices, even if they have their skirts of it, as the corsages can be of rich satin, which does not give such an effect of size. In mostof the latest trousseaux are two or more tea jackets, delightful affairs com- posed of shot and changeable silks or satins, much trimmed with all sorts of dainty exquisite laces, aud usually they have vests of contrasting hues. There is a revival in Paris of the once most fashionable tapestry cloth; it is be- ing combined with velvet, producing gowns of exceptional charm, but then they should be dreams considering that the'cloth is $25 per yard, although to be sure it is very wide. Slippers for evening wear are receiving much attention at present, many of the leading dressmakers especially designing them for their fair patrons. I spoke last week of Miss Tyree’s (or as we know her better, Miss Tommy’s) suc- cess in the “Home Secretary,” and prom- ised to tell you something about her gowns in this article,and so I quote from Vogue. Referring to her wardrobe Miss Tyree said: +J always dress a pert with as much fitness to the woman impersonated as I can. You see, in the ‘Home Secretary’ I tried to wear just what this society woman would, who had a bit of diable in her,and who would, you know, affect outre costumes. For instance, such & woman would never wear chiffons or clingin, materials—severe lines are for her appropriate.” In the first act Miss Tyree wears a reception toilet of a white silk ground with red and ellow carnation scattered here and there. ‘he skirt has a front psnel, with tiny double tongues of scarlet outlining it. The bodice, of white cloth, has a yellow velvet front, with exquisite Renaissance lace artistically arranged over it, ‘and the coat back, with its long tails, i6 lined with the red. In frontit forms & sort of zouave efiect, and the white cloth is cut outand an applique pattern is done in red and black. To complete this chic toilet is a picture hat of white velvet w{pcd with black umes and red and yellow orchids. Its flar- an brim, perched s0 coquettishly on Miss Ty- ree’s pretty head, is-lined with black velvet, and right at the crown, S0 as 10 be against the hair, is a steel ornament. The style of gown is very dependent on the fit, and yet many women expect their | dressmakers to fit them over old or ill- shapen corsets. If you cannot afford a good, property made pair and a stylish gown at the same time, first secure your corsets, as no woman can obtain the de- sired result yntil your figure is properly corseted. If you can payto have your corsets made to order by an expert French woman do not hesitate, go to her direct; but if you must count the dimes try and see if vou cannot be suited with & ready- made one, which you should have sent direct to your dressmaker, as she will tell you if it is what you need, and if any changes are necessary will mark where the alterations are to be made, for once equipped with a well-fitting corset a woman can wear the simplest gown with satisfac- tion and comfort. Stout women should be careful not to let their corsets be too visible; by this I mean that it 1s very well to put them over their flannel shirts but not over their silk ones, as the lower edge af the corset is then too distinct. Many actresses even make this mistake, and the result is bad. I see that puffed sleeves have been successiully reproduced in marble by a French sculptor named Verlet, as he has made his figure of a woman reclining on the marble bench at the base of the pedes- tal of the bust of Guy de Mzupassant, quite up to date, for her corsage fits closely, and the great puffed sieeves are said to fall in decorative puffs, the full skirt making effective drapery, which falls negligeatly over the side of her couch. The puifed sleeves are said to have given him an in- credible amount of trouble, but the result is so excellent that critics are saying that his figure will probably not become ridiculous, but always remain artistic and presentable, with the change of fashion. As aresult a zreat many debates have been in order as to whether or no the fashions of to-day for women are not more sensible and tasteful than formerly. I understand that the H.H.wedding will take place on the 15th of next month and will be a brilliant affair. The Young Ladies’ Orchestra is to be given a benefit concert in the near future which will not only be a source of keen interest to music-lovers, but also to all who have appreciated the noble charitable spirit which has prompted these young society girls to do so much for the benefit | of others, as they have given no less than seven *‘charity concerts.’”’ This has been a dull week and as a result there will be any number of affairs scram- bled into the two weeks preceding Ash Wednesday. MARCELLA. FOR MEN. Mr. John Drew has been very wisely ad- vised by Him to make a study of the suits worn by Mr. d'Orsay in ‘‘The Artist’s Model.” In the first act he wears a park suit of a rough brown material. The coatis a frock, and fits like *“a glove.” With it his tie is a puff Teck, and his col- lar, which stands straight, 1s almost three inches in height. This excellent costume is completed with patent-leather walking boots, brown box-cloth spats, a silk hat and white kid gloves with blaek stitching, these being the latest style in gloves in London. s 1notice that Him makes no remarks about the white spats Mr. d’Orsay some- times wears with this same suit. The | effect is said to be ‘“droll,”” causing some one to remark that ‘it made d'Or look as though he had porceiain insteps.” The white spats ave a result of hearing about the French President’s freak, I pre- sume. I recently noted in an article concerning the son of a millionaire the remark that his clothes were of course made by Poole.” Well, I am sorry for him if they were, as ‘‘the great, original Poole” has | been 'dead many years, aund no tailor by that name is now famousor especially | good in London. Very blue and equally pink bathrobes are for the moment the most fashionable. It is so extremely difficult nowadays to have one’s linen laundered in a satisfac- tory manner that even in New York many have given up baving attached collars, but of course the attached cuff is a necessity for any one pretending to understand what_is what, and linen when correctly laundered never has the slightest gloss, a dull finish being demanded. Men are included in many small informal ““at home and tea invitations, and_these do not demand an after-call, but invita- tions to large receptions demand an after- call, which must be paid within a month after the entertainment. When a wife is in mourning and her husband is not only her cards have a black border, and, of course, if he is in mourn- ing he uses mourning-cards. A man should never indulge in any fanciful notepaper. Dead or ivory-white paper is always correct, and may have a rough or cream-laid surface. All social notes and letters must be sealed with either a monogram or coat-armor. The wax must be carefully selected with regard to color. A man wearsa black satin tie at the theater, st a small dinner, when calling and av home, with his dress or Tuxedo coat at dinner. A black satin one is suo- stituted when in mourning. A white tie isalways worn witha dress suit at any large and formal entertainment such as a ball, the opera, a wedaing reception, a wedding or a large dinner party. This winter mackintoshes are unusnally well cut, and are made up in good colors and mixtures, Browns are preferred. c.c. General Sherman’s Grandson. General Bberman has a grandson and a namesake resident in Boston. William Tecumseh Sherman Thorndike isa very young gentleman still in kilts, but pos- sessed o% a remarkable plainness of speech and not at all inclined to lisp or use any babyish circumloegtions when he marches upon any difficulty. His mind has been the battlefield of a problem evidently of late. He has been assailed in his mind even in his nursery, and he put the question to the touch the other day in prompt military fasbion, determined to possess himself of an unprejudiced out- side opinion, entirely uninfluenced by arental or nurse's notions. He appeared side his mother, General Sherman’s daughter, in her drawing-room while a visitor was present and exchanged cour- tesies of introduction politely with a man- ner most distinguished for infantry. Sher- man sat regarding the visitor in silence for a few moments, then he leaned a little forward, and, with the distinctness of a diplomat, enunciated his _question: “Should you be mad at me if you saw me suck my thumb?” NEW TO-DAY, }"Qfi’ i?i‘???iii“i?”"@ H : Hewr 3 ® ¥ H FOR § & - 2 Fapep ¥ Ld v ] bhb WoOMEN 3. 2 whose Yoai o bee;l;ty is the despair of their 3 » lives, and a torture to their souls, offer special g inducements 2 ersonal office treatment on wrinkles, les and facial blemishes. 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The Fair Singer Gives Her Opinion of the Beauty of American Women, NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—The very min- ute I saw the picture I said to myself, in that confidential way in which one does | talk to one’s self, “Imust see that woman!”’ And by this [ didn’t mean simply seeing her on the stage, or seeing her after the | fashion of reporters, but as one woman | sees another. Thepicture? Well, she was standing 1n front of a mirror, with her face turned partly toward you, and draw- ing the laces of her stays. And she had done it so correctly that my admiration | was hers, and my curiosity to see her, per- sonally, was quite as great as Lom- broso says curiosity is developed in a woman with fair hair and dark eyes. (By the by, though, he says this isn’t a mean curiosity; it is an | intellectual one.) In the picture her stays were drawn in properly at the waist line | and spread out broadly and beautifully about the bust and hips. Said I, “The woman who draws her laces in that fash- ion has brains.” The average woman pulls her laces up and down just as closely as | she can, so that neither bust nor hips have | an opportunity to develop; | | she can't| laugh with enjoyment, and her poor arms have no opportunity to express them- selves. And Yvette Guilbert certainly manages to express very much with those | long, slender arms and wonderful hands | of bers. | Dumas, the master of the heart of wo- man and the art of the stage, said there were only two things worth considering in & play or a book, woman and love. Be- lieve me, Yvette Guilbert is worth study- | ing. Itmakes no difference whether she | speaks or not, and yet it does. For cen- turies poets have said there was a fascina- tion in the silence of the Sphinx. Take my word for it there is more fascination in the speech of woman, especiaily when you realize that her Speech con- ceals her thoughts. Here is a woman, not beautiful, as we reckon beauty, and yet the greatest artiste in France has | thought it worth while to paint her, while that artist who draws the designs, i the finest ones, for the Sevres vases took Yvette Guilbert as a model, and gave | thanks for the permission to picture her. She belittles ordinary beauty. The pink | and white, the blue eyes, the small mouth, else is cold, to wrap his coat about it. Somebody, some reporter, wrote a_story which was said to tell of the love of Yvette Guilbert’s life, Bah! Women with eyes Iike hers don’t tell of their loves. They suffer them, they live in them, and sometimes they die of them. Somebody else, meaning to -be polite, and remembering her fondness for the white gown and black gloves, comparea herto a bird. Never. Unless she was dove who sat on one of the trees in Para- dise and cooed and wondered as she heard the serpent tempting Eve. She looks as if she might carry out the theory of trans- migration—as if she had known the his- tory of every woman’s heart since the world began. ~ And men see_her and call her chic, which she is, and call ber pe- culiar, which she is; but it takes always & woman to discover what -she realty is— the Sphinx of the nineteenth century. I say to ber, “What costume do you like?” There is a light in the eyes, those won- deriul eyes, that suggests femininity and its love for chifions. And she says, “I likeea very quiet dress. I like a black dress, and one in which while I look well Iam not noticeabte.” There is a toss of the head, a shrug of | the shoulders, a movement of the beau- tiful bands, and I realize that it is not Gavroche, the gamin, up to all the argot and all the tricks of the sireet, to whom I am talking, but the grande dame. “But for the evening?” The hands give akind of a whirl, as if they compassed_ all the lilies in the world, and she answers: ““White before everything else. White in beautiful clinging stuffs, and no jewels.” Then I remember what Balzac says about colors. *‘Black apparently subdues, but it has an inexpressible fascination, while white, although it looks virein-like, i powerful in its intensity to draw out.” With a woman’s curiosity I ask another question. ‘“What do you consider a beau- tiful woman ?” She looked at me, and then she seemed to look far off in the distance before she | answered, *“What is beauty in one climate I do not admire | is not beauty in another. the English'women; they are too regular and too lacking in expression. Your American women come nearer the French women than any other people, but then you are a new race, and from you should come the most beautiful women in the world. And time and time only will prove whether you have them, although I have seen many beautiful American women, and I must say for them that they dress elegantly and have that indefinable something which we call ‘chic.” But a beautiful woman to me and my people is 2 woman of expression; a woman whose eyes not only tell their story, but whose body inits litheness is most artistic. No fat—fat is not beautiful; no dimples— dimples are insipid; but expression—tha is what makes a woman charming, and that is what makes her fascinating to men. I have been told that your American men are generous—that they work, work, work, and are satisfied ~if their women are hapoy. Ah! what superb husbands they must make. What do I love best to read? Old poetry. I like some of the modern novelists, particularly De Maupassant, because he wrote first about this, then about that, was universal, and an artist to his finger tips. I love beautiful lingerie. How do you call it here—underwear.” Ah! I can imagine a lady wearing a plain gown, but I cannot imagine & gentlewoman who did not wish her underwear, so you call it, dainty and | the dimpled figure with its 18-inch waist | becomes as notbing beside this woman, | | whose figure is ural, whose eyes are— | vhat color are they? I only know this| about them—since they first looked on the | world, humanity has been their book, and | | they. have read it well. Her hair is red, a | perfect red, with not a dash of crimson 'in | it; her skin is white; her mouth is large; | her teeth are exquisite, and in t2n minutes | speech with her that mouth assumes hun- | dreds of curves that each mean something. Sarah Bernhardt becomes nothing of a riddle before Yvette Guilbert. She says how kind the world has been to her. I look at her, and she is Gavreche. The the slang of the day, clever, sympathetic, keen and yet willing, because somehod: exquisitely made und trimmed with lace and ribbons.”’ I hearitall. I hear the words, but be- fore evervthing else there comes the music of that wonderful voice—I call it fine; [ can think of no other word forit. It bas strengdh, it is clear, ringing, distinct, and there 1s never 2 note too high or too low. Every syllable has its value, and [ have only heard one other woman whose French compared with that of Yvette Guilbert, and that was Sarah Bernhardt. Her work— well, you have heard enough about her work, and yet I wish instead of teaching | her plantation meiodies, so she may haye some English songs in her repertoire, that some one would make her understand the meaning of the words, and once she did that, neither you nor I need doubt her ability to draw the picture of that wond ful poem of Dante Gabrie! Rosetti which | which begins: laughing, languishing Jen ond of a kiss and fond of & guineca. I have paid the usual fashionable call on Mademoiselle, and it 1s time to i as! that her time her ““Au feu. | short’ths | ciever to appreciate wha v to thig'wonderful wom to us and'be welcomed hea card case [ earry a littie car | very much; it was w. | it was the expression of | of this clever wom put as she proudly said, in English. is how it read tten Th | Ilike the green. 1 | and the ro dén't people. eve in God. | in & human being is goodness ic | bonesty fora m A LIST OF ACQUAINTANGES. Very Few Men Who Kiow by Name One Thousaud People. | A small party seated in the Manhattan Club pight before last was di question of acqua known lawyer said he knew | people as-any man in the room, | | care who he was. Iasked if he co | how many acquaintances he | friends merely, but persons wn casu- | ally and slightly. After thinking it over | he ‘said *“10,000.”" | *“Ibet $50.to §5,”’ said another of the | party, “that you cannot name 1000 per- sons_of your] acquaintance, and give vou all night to do 1t.”” The bet was made, ‘u"l‘ll the lawyer began, a friend keeping tally. | When, after two hours of | he had reached bet n & | was going very slow and st midnight he was so fa the 1000 nark that the party broke up in disgust. i I doubt if there is a man in this country | who could write down the s of 1000 | acquaintances at a momeut’s notice. I | don’t believe there are five men in the | United States who are acquainted person- ally with 10,000 people. Dan Lamont\Secre- tary of War, is said to know more faces than | any other man. He made a stud | when Mr. Cleveland’s private s | and became indispensable to the I | It might be said that there are many | ticians who know more than 10,0( | personally, but you can’t rely upon litical acquaintance. The politic Vi of pretending to know | n who has a vote. Dr. Chau | Depew probabi | ance as any | remember faces without being ab | c2ll names. That is not an acc | It will not do to say we have | and such a man before some bug | cannot recollect his name.—New York | Press. e el New York’s Busiest Corner. “Something terrible to look at, i | it?” said one woman to another, looking | back as they reached the sidewalk after | crossing Broadway at Fourtcenth street. Maybe she didn’t actually me: exactly | that, and th ps it struck | her in just Iy that cor- | ner at with its throngs of pedestrians v passing teams | and cable-cars, rounding atspeed, presents e he most exciting street s New York. People halt on the sidewalks to look at it.—New York Sun. — | New Treatment of Aluminum, | A remedy for one of the chief obstacles to the general use of aluminum, the oxidiz~ ing of the surface, has been found by Pro- fessor Gotting of the Berlin Art | Engineering Academy. The alum { dipped into a diluted solution of certain salts, tnat are not made public, w. the surface into a brown substance of great | resisting _power, resembling Japanese | bronze. Experiments are being made to find out whether with the new treatment aluminum can be used for cooking uten- sils for the arn = NEW TO-DAY. sesosassassssy Tumblers Tumble For 3 Days! On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday ONLY our fine, thin $1.75 Water Glasses go at $1 PERDOZEN. Exquisitely etched in a beautiful design. See them in the window. And don’t for-| get—Wednesday night ends it. Watch for our special sales every week. There’s sure to be| a splendid bargain in something you want. THAT BIG CHINA STORE— A Quarter of a Block Below Shreve's. WANGENHEIM, STERNHEIM & CO., 528 and 530 Market St., 27 and 29 Sutter St., BELOW MONTGOMERY CLEARANCE SALE ron THE NEXT 60 DAYS As I have ordered direct from the manufacturers a full and complete assortment of the la- ns in SPRING and SuM- tock of WOOLENS now ot PRICES never before offered fn Sun Francisco. GUARANTEED GENUINE ENGLISH CASSIMERE PANTS TO ORDER: ~ FORMERLY REDUCED TO $10.00 $6.50 ALL WOOL SUITS TO ORDER : FORMERLY = BEDUCED TO $25.00 $17.50 All other GARMENTS REDUCED n 1ike proportion. You will do well to avafl yourself of this opportunity, and glve me a call befgre buying elsewhere. JOEP Respecttully yours, OHEIM, The Tailor 201 & 203 Montgomery St., cor. Bush, 724 Market St. and 1110 & 1112 Market St. - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. IBTHEVEBY BEST ONE TO EXAMINE YOUR es and fit them to Spectacles or Eyeglasses 1A fostramenta of his own {avention, whose wi superiority has ot been equaled. My success has been due 10 the merits of My work. H 1210 4 NEW TO-DAY. [ZPARIS (I Winter Clearance Sale BEFORE STOCK-TAKING. GLOVES! -:- GLOVES! Grand Special Sale. GREAT BARGAINS GLACE AND SUEDE! All Sizes. All Colors. All Styles. All Lengths. WORTH §2, $1.75, $1.50, $1.25 and §1, TO CLOSE OUT —aw 50c A PAIR. SE HABLA ESPANOL. G VERDI_I;R & CO,, SE. Cor. Geary and Grant Ave. VILLE DE PARIS. BRANCH HOUSE LOS ANGELES. NEW TO-DAY. THE NEW YEAR Brings New Goods ANDNEW PRIGES! | Genuine Tmported Macaroni or Vermicelli, 1-Ih, pack- 10¢ " 40c 10¢ 200 10¢ 3¢ 25¢ 356 25¢ NONTHEY CATALOGUE SEAT FREE EVERYWHERE. WMCLINE Wholesale and Refail Grocer, 949-95 | MARKET STREET, Between Fifth and Sizth. Faney Creamery Butte roll Fastern Mugar-cured Hams, DED pound- - so Melange Preserves, quart s, formerly H0¢, now. . Pack Tabie Aprieots, 1-2 Ih. eans. . Choice French Prunes, new erop, perhh. .o i New Crop Beans—Pea, Pink or Bayos—10 Ihs. for. . . Burke's Irish. or Scoteh Whisky, per hotle. . ... Crosse & Blackwell’s Pickles, clsewhere 35¢, our priee.