The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 7, 1897, Page 25

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1897. FASHION NOT WHOLLY : o ol - A MATTER OF STYLE, BUT REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL HARMONY. 3 ‘tl LA LRAARQL qmnuummmmnmummmmnuuum&mmaumfl uphols hangers and more se in this young of se ng wisely ¢ n a modic well. that she 1e dove- ), would be s of things rd ) in your house- ze with your- not exion ground, v,‘ icture? stands eli . 1 importance of ber I remove my chapeau e I wish that other wo > nd in home-m le more of theirindividua bish ate the it. It is notso e 1. A woma con- ney o uses as arrangement t amount of room ath noticeable. The ¢ to the has a polished e handsome ited command estry hangings paperin the tones predominate, while he boudoir, nished in birdseye maple, hasa y ngex tral tint, the effect appreciation | onality, | -room, | which is a delight. Passing to the leftof the broad, hospitable Lall, one steps into the most charming of retreats, a Moorish | room, whicn has veen furnished and ar- ranged entiiely by this grande dame, whom I admire for her gentle, high-bred | digrity and faultless taste. Euch article | which forms part of this Moorish mo was bought by her for her San Francisco | i | lulu in a few day: At the tea given the other dav by Mrs. Charles Fox Tay, Miss Mabel Andrews re- ceived in a very vretty gown as to color and desig; The vink siik skirt was garlanded with ruflzs of white chiffon, the white silk bodice, cut high, had an abundance of cuiffon accordion-plaited into the shoulders; chiffon in horizontal plaits finished the front, the complete re- ult being a graceful and airy one, and therefore exceedingly dainty. Miss May Colvurn always zives careful attention to gowning. Two.of Sen Fran- cisco's swellest dressers devart for Hono- en route to Japan—the Misses Deming. ey are the possessors of beautitul gowns gilore and invariably look as though they had just stepped from the covers of a Parisian fashion journal, trmly do they carry them- selves in gowns of fauitless fit. At a re- s0 cent siternoon affair they were seen in high-necked brocaded siiks, rich imported s rufiizd with chiffon. it is not always tnat correct taste and style ac- company the means to dress well, but the D:ming gir's are promineat examples of the bappy combination. O An effective crestion in millinery was worn by Miss Stubbs recently—a big pic- ture hat of black silk velvet with brim rolling direct from the face. Handsome plumes of sable hue and showy cu aments were the chief decora- tion of thns model of mod:ish elegance. steel or A striking hat on the Gainsborough | o~der is worn by Mrs. Lux, it beinga com- bination of black and white. In mrillinery s season black and white hclds first place in favoritism with many women of acknowledged good taste, the very best of materials being used. Decidedly novel are the new conceits in flowers, made of feathers. They resemble an overgrown Caiifornia poppy in shape, and come in the new dark colors, with. purple in the lead. The cup shape s fcrmed entirely by short A Neat November Costume. orange shades these are best befittir Most religiously and blue temp- m, ner shoald she yield 10 anytk ue in furni se colors are for the greater glorifica of her blonde sister. More and more advanced in artistic conception of and color and the blending of colors have the dictators of what is fashlonable in wall paper become. They are declaring now that borders must go, for they are destined to become alto- gether obsolete, and must be driven out of and design s entirely in order 10 overcome the straight lines which offend art. Whe can one remember the time when the prim horizontal bord forever hugging the ceiling and extending its stiffy uncompromising length along the wall, did not reign supreme wherev paste cou'd maie it clin: with desperate conventionality? Tt is already doomed st. and those wbho come hither the absence of the led improvement. Out to accept ge in the matter of \ishing fashions, enough to grasp what isstrange and start- the way of dress innovations. 1 too, are the monotones, and gradu- ally grow favor. Oune finds the dark 1and other colors effectiveiy smong the latest importations. are tke daring «ff-cts ers on a light ground, hanazome in their The tendency is now i dark, rich, heavy 11l decoration, which has dc- d for tapestry coverings These tapestry designs are an substitute for the stuffs they here we are shadeso! gree and 1 paver. excellen mulate, E n mind, you who are decorating rabodas these November davs, that walls of rooms must have something in common with the ages of their occu- vants. Prettiness and suitability should be combined. For the young girl, and for children sull younger, nothing could be prettier than a dainty cream with bright morning-glories climbing over it, or mar- guerites, or viole's, or the charming chinizes that are now in vogue. Oriental stuffs, though frequently their colors are vivid, have a so!t, restful effect, o artistically are the colorings combined. Ont on California street, a matron of the to it that her walls are pa- | ire. | borderis a | though eager | nome, and is cherished accordingly. A | divan, covered with handsome rugs, arl Is of the apartment, it be- ng softly cushioned underneath and re- ng oneas easily as an armchair. Pil- | 2 of Eastern stuffs, are ere and induce one to re- Rugs of superior quality are hung the walls, and at the farther end of | e room is a canopy, fashionea: out of a arge rug. Taboure:s are placed here and there, with curious pipes laid upon them, | inviting the visitor to smoky reflec- and odd ornaments of many sizes and kinds. Hanging brass lamp:, tiny cabinets and queer Jiztie cupboards com- plete the most consistentiy Moorish room I have seen. 1f you desire a room to be without any carpeting but rugs by all means have it stained rather than painted. At best pa‘nt has a harsh look, while the stain | gives the effect that is wished and isa | | protection to the wood when polished with | beeswax and turpentine. ! D) yon not agree with me that the bride’s head was on straight when she de- termined that no room in her new house bould be “unbecoming’ to her? | Ry e | Apropos of brides and their personal adornment, one of the most charming gowns that bhas gladdened my eyes of | ate was that worn by Miss Ethel Creagh, | who will in the near future become the ! bride of Dr. Will Cluness Jr. This wa3 worn at a,luncheon given in her honor by Mis Belcher, wife of Judge Belcher. It 2 combination of silk and organdy, | \he silk in one of the latest shades of pink, deep in tone and veiled with the fiimy | organdy. Pink and white chiffon w | used effectively on the waist, and the en- tire gown was modish in set and finish. Miss Mary Belle Gwin, who1s a belie in | popularity as wei! as in neme, and one of the queenliest young women in soc ,E:"‘ wore a very stylish costume at a matinee tea recently. The material from which it was evolved was a soft gray in one of the lighter shades, the skirt quite full at the bem, after the prevalent flare, the jaunty jacket neatly embroidered in black braid. Cerise silk lined the costume throughout, and an elaborately trimmed petticoat of cerise silk was worn with it. A vest of white chiffon, cerise collar and a very large p'cture hat of black, enlivened with cerise, made a picture that caused the be- hoider to look in undiszuised admiration. Notwithstanding its brightness of color- U feathers. As to novelties in jet, steel and rhinestone oruaments, the vari- ety is as endiess as it is gittering and alluring. Beige is a charmine and de- cided!ly artistic shade in millinery goods, particalarly in the velvets. It resembles tan, vet has a warmer tone, ard is espe- cially suitable as a winter color, since it is both rich and unobtrusive, yet effective. Such dreams of bats as I have seeu this week at the miiliner’s—or should Isay head-decorator’s? Millinery in these days of feminine grace is something vastly more than the mere making of headgear. Just from the hands that had given them their finishing touches these silk, velvet | and feathered beanties were enouch to make any woman sigh with envy ana any man thank his lucky stars that he could pay for withont morigaging his office furniture. But who 1n petticoats, I pray you, can withstand the temptations that a well-equipped milliner’s window tanta- lizingly presents these days? One of these wonders that sailed the sess across is a lovely thing in ashes-of- roses velvet with long osirich plumes in the pretty, natural whites and grays fol- lowing the curvesof the brim. The crown s caught in the center with a steel and rhinestone ornament and banded below with jeweled passementerie. Anotherisa toque with Tam o’ Shanter crown of | icregular shave, silk of- sea-foam green trimming the back in puffs, the crown of silver-spangled black velvet, and white frills rising coguettisnly at the lefr. A stunning importation is a picture hat in green uncur velvet, the brim rolling Jrom tie forehead backward and slashed. Within the slashed space are loops of jew- eled passementerie. The latter, combined with a fold of cream lace, drapes the up- per part of the brim. At the left is an 1n- dian-green bird, also a mass of coque feathers in dark greens. Pale green uncut | velvet ribbon—a charming novelty, by the way—is the hnishing garniture. In turban shape is a mass of shirred tucks in miroir velvet, the crush crown caught with buckles of rhinestones and steel, and two doves nestiing to the left. A Tam o’ Shanter is of shirred miroir vel- vet, with a shaft of the same at the lett, and four graduated ostrich tips in shaded kray, the center of each being covered by a curling gray quill. White faille silk and an odd buckie of steel and cats-eyes com- plete this natty bit of millinery. A dashing hat is of cerise velvet rimmed with sable, the garniture being white lace of filmy texture, alarge rhinestone buckie and ¢erise nigreltes. Never have the imported nets for crowns been so elaborately bejeweled. They are in nets of various hues, black and gold predominating for groundwork. Onethat I adamired is a black net studded with tur- quoises, rhinestones and steel. Another is a gold net embroidered fancifully in pearls and iridescent beads. Still another of gold-embossed ner, embroidered richly ard heavily in a beautiful design, with pink and white pearls, a row of white pearls surrounding the large pink ones. These are only hints of what aredisplayed this season in crown material«. *ow S Teiy Let me give a bit of advice to those who contemplate box-plsited backs in your new skirts. See to it, if you wou:d have them hang properly and preserve their shave, that the back breadths have per- fecily straight centers for the middle of the plaits, and that on both sides the edges are gored precisely alike. Shonld your back breadihs be straight on one edge and bias on the other, the plaits will swing askew almost as soon as they have escaped the restraint of the pres:ing irons. Now that skirts are five-zored, seven- gored, three-pieced and ciicalar, every woman, no matter what her physical ec- centricities may be; can choose from these styles one that is adapted to her needs, be she petite or over-tall, proportionea like & tub or as lacking in curves asa bro-m- stick. Skirts must fit their wearers, else is the desirable effect wholly lost. Remempuer, too, oh ye whose necks are too full or too slenderin outline, to govern the cut of your evening gowns accord- ingly. A V orasquare may render you ridiculous or presentable as the case may be, so make no fatal mistake with the scissors, nor let any one influence you by declaring that you must wear a style, merely because it chances to prevail, that is a foe to your appearance. At an even- ing gathering not long since I saw a sight that would make angels weep—a pair of coliar bones like camels’ humps, fenced about by asquare corsage, whereas they could have b mercifully enshrined by a V. and nobody the wiser. oW 3 1f you intend to buy furs this winter do not get cheap grades. Have the best quality—the real thing—or none at all, and deal with responsible firms. Thero are no “‘bargains” in furs. A good article always commanda its price and is worih it. For those who can indalge in fancy shapes with the coming of each season it is all very well to invest in noveities ot fur, but she who buys for utility as well as beauty and who expects to wear her fur garment for some time to come without alteration should confine her purchase to the long cape, the shoulder cape or the coat which measures about twenty-seven inches. {'hese sre always in vogue and do not suffer the caprices of fashion. The furrier tells me that women make a seri- ous mistake in packing their fur garments in boxes or laying them away in arawers or trunks. They are easily wrinkled and should always be hung up, and, if not taken care of at the furrier's when put aside, shou'd be carefully looked after every few days, airing, shaking and comb- ing them. In tuis way they retain their freshness and beaun Fur that is wet by rain shoull be hang to dry in a room witbout a fire, and when dry gently beaten into flufliness by meansor a small, smooth stick. * A dinner gown forone of our brunette matrons in society is a very rich affair of yellow faille trimmed with orange velvet and delicate gold and white embroidery. The girdle is of velvet and faille, tie sieeves of jeweled net, the square bodice frilied with the embroidery. Effective for the evening is a pale blue crepe de chine with very full skirt, trimmed on skirt and bodice with ruffles of plaited chiffon. One of the handsomest capes seen at the cpera this week was a gray Henrietta cloth en priccesse. A full ruching of black feathers finished each side of the fronts. The yoke of embrcidered white satin terminated in an embroidered stole and the cape had a f2ather edge. A noticeably beautiful wrap was of creamy cloth, reaching to the feet, with deep yoke o’ blue velver with black ostrich neck raching. Cream braid finished the hem. Another wrap of beige cashmere had a yoke of cream lace and was trimmed with I S sable, the yoke being outlined with jeweled ribbon trimming, heading a lace ruffle. The opera without its complement of gowning would be like heaven with the seraphs left out. DoroTHY QUILL. SOCIETY. Continved from Page Tweniy-four. Alfred Barstow, Loring G. Nesmith, J. H. Pierce, H. Ward Wright and Frank Vincent Wright. Mrs. N. G. Arques and Clem Arques are in Hollister on a business trip. Miss Mabel Andrew has returned from a visit u Francisco. Mrs. W. L. Woodrow returned home Tuesday evening aiter a six weeks' trip in Europe. Mrs. Thomas W. Reardon and Mrs, Thomas H. Murphy of San Francisce are at the Ven- dome. Miss Nonie Blanchard has returned from a several weeks' visitat Vacavilie. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Hill and daughter, Miss Diau, have returned after several yoars' stay in Paris and other European cities, and taken up their residence at the Hotei Ven- dome for the winter. Mrs. Henry L and Miss Edna Van Wyck of San Francisco spent several days in the city during the past week. Mrs. Ehiza Kohler and Miss Kohler of San Francisco ure at the Vendome. Miss Georgie Wiliey of the senior class of the King Conservatory of Music gave a piano- forte recital at the conservatory Tuesday evening. Mrs. Daniel W. Burchard entertained the ladies of Phil Sheridan Kellef Corps at tea Thursday afternoon at her residence on North Third street. Mr. ana Mrs. Albert Friant will spend a por- ifon of “he winter at Pacific Grove. Mrs. Rulph Hersey has returned from a visit in San Francisco. Paso Robles. Among those registered ut Paso Robles are: . G. Follis, T. C. Noys, W. H. Chickering and wife, Harry Chickering, Mrs. A. B. Willlams, W. H. Dumphy, Mrs. M iger, E. Levy, 8 Solomon, A. Roose, Leon Tevis, Miss C. Miiler, H. Newell, L_Brown, Miss § ierdeman, Miss ailiarde, W. J. Killip, Mrs. Carroli, Mi rroli, Mr. and Mrs. E. Epstein, Mrs, Dr. H. S. Welch, H. C. Stiliwill, Mrs. J. . Stillwill, Miss Stillwill, Frank Patierson, M. Paite son, F. C. Clark, D. £ Snedcen, B. L. Ha: Hall, Miss Hall, C. L. wood, and Mrs. Koch, Mr. and Mrs. L. Mayne. Paso Robles. Among those regisiered at Paso Roblcs are J. W. Mackay of New York, C. G. Hollis, T. C. Noyes, M. T. Housana and wife, Edmund God- chaux, Mrs. Dr. Weich, Mrs A. B. Willinms, W. J. Kiilip, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. North of New York, J. L. Hicks and wife of Newport. IN THE FUTURE. Entertainments and Dances An- nounced for the Early Season. The Encinal Recreation Ciub Minstrels will give their annuai minstrel show on the even- ings of November 12 and 13, at Armory Hall, Alameda. One hundred of the 400 club mem- bers will assist in the performauce, and Walter W. Goggin promises not only & grand perform- auce but many pleasing innovations. The *Miitaires,” Company L, N. G. C,, will give thelr second anuual ball Saturday even- ing, November 20, at Armory Hall, 25 Page street. A bullshead breakfast will be given by the Bociety of Old Friends at Mill ‘Valley on Sunday, November 14, at10’ clock r. M. Hon. T. J.Crowle s will be master of ceremon:es. Onthe reception committee — Edward Conolley, Col. Jas. L. Taylor, A. Sylva, Dr. J. 8. Knowl- ton, Walter 8. Hinkle, ex-Sheriff J. Gardner, Judze C. T. Conlan, Hugh McCrum, Capt. J. W. Howell, B. B. Roberts, A. H. Mclnnes, I H. Curley,” Wheeler Martin, Chas. Kauiman, G. Simmons, Warren R. Payne, John Diemer, Cnarics Me.z er, Sheriff H. Harrison, Judge R. H. Taylor, J. N. E._Wilson, D. J. Mahones. Judge G. I1. Banrs, Tom Fros:, Cuptain W. N. Sheltey. Friends of the Goiden Gate Verelu will give taeir month y social on Sunday evening, No- vember 7, in Aleazar Hall. The R. K. L. will give a social at Saratoga Hall, 814 Geary street, on Thursday evening, Novemuer 25. Felix feneyer wae confirmed S:turday, No- vember 6, at the Sherith Israel Synugogue, er of Post und Taylor streets. Mr. and 8. Scheyer will receive their iricnds at tneir residence, 9248 Fuiton street, this (Sunday) aiternoon, from 2 to 5 o'clock. The P.'D. C.’s will give a private masquerade at Nat ons’ Hall on Thursday evening, De- cember 7. The Native Sons of Vermont will give their regular monthly entertainment and dance on Friday eveninz, November 12, a1 0 :d Fellows’ Hall.” The following eXcellent programme has been prepared for toe occasion: Overture, “Green Mountain Boys,” Duilepiane’s Orches- tra; “Aunt Amanda;or tie Couutrs Farm,” a comedy in two acti—the funiiest play cver seen, {ull of specin:ties, songs and dunces and side-splitting situations. Characiers and play- ers us ol Miss Amanda Peik nnld Travers; Rube Higgins, Francis Fanning Abcaham shingle, George Hermauce gle, kiah Stump, Warren K Harmon; Saran Jane (-pec i Vergie Vaughn (Gooasell); Mats (a waif), Miss May Kobinson ; scene, New Eugland; first sct, home of Aunt Amatuda, time winter; second sct, same, time summer. Slage under the di rection of George M. Hermance, Dancing will commence eurly. PERSONALS. Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn, who bas been spending several weeks at Rochester, N. Y., as guest of her brother, Colonel L. L. Stone, and Miss Susaz B. Anthony, has been the recipient of a continuons round of social ovatious, din- uers, teas,etc. Mrs. Blinn is at present a guest of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. T. K. Nobleat Norwalk, Conn. . Dr. Laura A. S. Bailard has returned from the East. Mrs. Simon Hochstadter, Mrs. Albert F. Son- nenberg and Miss Friesleben will bs at home the second and fourth Thursdays of each month t 1816 Broadway. Among those sal.{ng on the steamship Aus- tralia jor Honoluiu, Tuesday, November 2 r 2, were: Mrs. J. G. Andersoa, Dr. George J. Au- z; Tom. M Iy e gnged), Miss gur, Mis N. Barraciough, B. F. Eeardmore, Mrs. Edwnrd Bellows, A P. ton, Miss Brayton, Mrs. H. R. Brayton, Mrs, R. B. Bren- Lum and_child, Protessor W. T. Brigham, Brother James, A. S Cieghorn,” H. Cline- schmidt, A. B. Coote, Crowe and wife, E. S Cunba, F. Dillingham, s tgham, J. G. Enaglish, M. ¥, Fredericq, Rev. P. Giblin, N. A Miss E. V. Gruub, Rev. E. Hayes, Mrs. T. K. James, P. Johnsou, Kniutani and maid, S. B. Kenfleld, Mr M_Kelsey, Mrs A K iss N. M. Lowr ¥ritz a McGouagn, M Admiral Miller, J. R Myers. . Samuel Parker, Samuet Parker Jr., Miss Parker, Miss E_Parke: P. Piagemanu, George C. Potter, Joseph Sharp, Ms. S. B.Saarp, Mrs. W. Siebacker and child, M. lva, M. J. Silva, Arstrong Smith, Rev. A. V. Soaves and son, Mrs. P. P. Shepherd, H. E. Waity, wife and child, H. F. Wichman, wife and_two chi.dren, . P. Wieser, Judge H. A. Widemann ana . A. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. B. Nathan and daughter, who have resided in Dresden for the past filteen years, are at present in San Fraucisco and are iocated at the Hotel Granada. Mrs. Benjamin H. Lichtenstein and Miss Ma- bel Lichte.stein, afier spending the autuan mouths in Sin Rafsei. have returned and will beath the fourth Thursday. fiss <tine Happ of this city is visiting iends in Fresno, Dr. Charles G. Lush has returned from a pro- fessional visit East.where ke had been attend- ing a meeting of & dental college assembly at Ann Harbor. Professor Emil Rosendorn has returned from his European trip. Mrs. M. HL Levy of 1405 Steiner street wiil be at home the second Thursday of the monti. Miss Anna M. Bowman of Sacramento is visiting with Miss May Thomas of 18 Vicks- burg street, this ciiy. Dr. Albert Abrams will leave for Europe, via the Orient, the latier part of this month. Mrs. Gustave Gumpwill beat home tne sec- ond and fourth Wednesday of each mouth, at 3014 Weshington sireet. Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Sonnenberg will be at home Sund. ovember 7,at 1816 B-oadway. Captain and Mrs. G. Niebaum and Miss Leah Shing Charger have left for St. Louis, Mo. They contemplate visiting most of the larger Eastern cities, but will spend the greater psrt of their time with relaiives in Washington, m D; G5 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Harris have moved from 211814 Bush street to 1409 Webster. Mrs. Barron, wife of Superintendent A. W. Barron of the Market-street Ruilway, is the re- cipient of hear y congratulations from numer- ous friends on her safe return to her home in this city and the marked improvement in her health, which has been the occasion of her stay at Colorado Spriugs during the past few months. Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Schwabacher are spending a few weeks with Mrs. Bailey Gat- zert at her villa, Lucerne, on Lake Washing- ton, near Seattle, Miss Titlie Nordman of 2505 Ciay street, San Francisco, {s spending a few weeks at the home of Miss Ruth Martia Gruenberg, 1541 Central avenue, Alameda. TO PROMOTE MINING. Particular Reference to the Gold- Bearing Sections of California. The determination of the San Francisco Miners' Association to organize a large pract: cal work of assistance to the mining industry of Californiaisa promiseof someihing second in importance only to the California Miners’ Association itself and something which should be heartily weicomed snd seconded by every miner and mining community in the Stat The primary purpose which President Par- sons and the executive committee have formed is in a general way to advertise the gold-mining industry of the State. The natu- ral and expected results would be to attract more attention and interest from Eastern and foreign capitalists and mining men generally, thus increasing the market for mines wnd mining claims, to similarly increase interest and investment in mining in S8an Franeisco and the State, and to generally create at home a greater appreciation of the value of mining to the general presperity and. a disposition to ald it. The purchase of one mine by men who will actively develop it means the expendituro of money in a communi'y, an increase in the fm- portance of the district, an increase in popu- lation, an increase in the gold production, the taxable wealth and circulation of money in the region, greater probable value to adjacent claims and 50 on. The multiplication of such investments distribu ed throughout the min- ing regions of the State means agreat deal. This multipiication of investments is going rapidiy on, but its rate might be greatly increased, and thisis the ultimaie object of the assocla- tion. With the growth of mining develop- ment will come more branch railroads, more booming towns and all that attends an era of good times. Tne San Francisco association is composed largely of men huving a broader selfish inter- est In the general prosperity of the industry than have the men of any other community. They are largely the manufacturers and com- mercial men, who are largely or wholly de- pendent on the mining trade. San Francisco supplies nearly all the mining machinery of the State,and every new hoist or two-stamp mill means that much more business for San Francisco. So does the coming to a mining region of every new consumer of a commer- cial article, These business men, however, nearly ell own mining interests, and so have a direct personal interest in the industry as well. Many of them are practical miners. So the incrense of mining trade provides an effective spur to the efforts of San Francisco pusiness men. = This trade depends upon the prosperity of the mining regions, and these must reap the first benefits of the contemplated local ef- foris. The point bere appears that the inter- ests of the eity and of the mining counties are bound up together, and there is no occasion for the small jealousy of the city sometimes displayed. The local men wish also to ad-g vertise San Francisco as the great depoto mining supplies for the whoie Pacific region, and in the benefits of this, too, the country ‘will share. The wide circulation of advertising matter, COLORED DRESS GOODS. O~ qa—2 cases -INCH HEAVY 256750 )L ENGLISH NAVY STORM SERGE, good value for40c a yarl, on spec.al sale at 25¢ a yard. b L o L] L L s L J L W E()o—3 cases 38-INCH NEW D0CTHRESS 6o0DS, tn all the lutest weaves and - hades, on special sale a1 50c a yard. 75¢=1 cate 53INUIH FINE ALL- 9C W0OL, FRENCH CHA- PELLE CLOTH, a full | of shades, value fo- $1 yard, on specia sale at 75¢c a yard. cases 44-inch All-wool English NOVELTY CURL SUITING, new designs, value for $150 a yard, on special sale at $1 a yard. 650—-:0 pieces PLAID SATIN, 2 75¢ $1.0( heavy quaity, re:ular p Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregts. SILK DEPARTMENT! inches wide, medium stadings, lar price 85¢, will be sold at 65¢ a yard. —30 pieces BLACK BRO CADED SATIN, handsome new designs regular price $1, will be sold at 75c a yard. —15 rie e3s BLACK SATIN DU—L‘HE- SE, 24 inches wide. extra OUR NEW CATALOGUE &, FEW 7T0-DAY—DRY GOODS. EoEoFRR CONSPICUOUS BARGAINS —IN— New and Fashionable RESS MATERIAL That we are LEADERS IN LOW PRICES was never more forcibly demonstrated than i from our great Dress Goods and Silk Departments, where we are showing all the Latest and Most Beautiful Styles and Novelties in weaves, designs, colorings and effects at Prices That for Extreme Lowness Cannot Be Duplicated. the following specials BLACK DRESS GOODS. CK ENGLISH 7, nches 00 pieces BL TORM SERGE, wide, good valu for 75¢, will be offcred at 502 yard. BLACK ENG- FINISH , in all the new est designs, wo-th T5¢, wrill be offered at d0c yard. —50 pieces of BLACK FREN CH AND GERMAN NOVEL- TIES, Jatest effects, worth $1, el will be offerea at 7oc per yard. 75¢ =~ —75 yieces of BLACK EN (DCLISH STORM SERGE, 54 inches wide, marked down from $1 to 7:¢ yard. regu- $150, will be sold at $1 a yard. 21 5()—20 vieces YLAID SILK VELVET, e ezantdesigns, regu'ar price :sl.OO $2, will be soid at $1 50 a yard. & 1 now ready for distribution to t-of-town residents, to whom it will d fre: on receipt of addres Murphy Building, Market and Jones Sireets, MOODOODOOLE £ 50 3 3 2 HOOOSOBOOC the opening of a bureau of mining informa- tion, ete, in San Francisco and taking an active aud leading partin anythirng that may boom the industry are the general aims. Hav- ing less ective and practical adyertising than any gold mining country in the wor.d, there is abundant room for such an effort in this State. The whol2 world knows of Callfornia as a gold fleld, but there is a widespread im- pression that it is about played out as far as being an inviting fisld for new enterprise is concered, and what is heard about Calffornia mining elsewhere rather “ieaks” out, instead of being shouted forth. The wonderful new mining activity in this State is not being proclaimed by any agency at all interested in doing it. In Colorado, British Columbia and elsewhere the shouting is kept up by railroads, government sgencies, correspondents, ete,, from nome to London. San Francisco is the place to do this work for Californin, and the men of the San Fran- cisco Miners’ Association are the men todo it. There will be no conflict with the California Miners’ Association iu its work which mainly concerns legislation, but oniy a more active support from the city which nhas provided its chief support in the past. The way in which the association has taken hold of the proposition to hold a great semi- centennial celebration of the discovery of gold in California on January 24 next is en evi- dence of the spirit in the new administration of the local association. This enterprise will appealas strongly to the sentimental interest of the State as any celebration that the cilen- bea great and memorabvle one. The celebration will have its practicsl side 100, for it will be a big aavertisement for Cali foruia gold mining as it flourishes now, call- ing wide attention to ils extent and activity, to the boundless gold resources undeveloped and to the opportunities which gold: mining i offers. There will be a general review of the history and progress of mining in Califorais, in which its life and greatness will be very evident. George L. Carr, the well-known mining mun of Carrvilie, Trinity County, is in the city with the opinion that the late Coffee Creek boom, to which he was a neighbor, 18 now of showing the natural result all such “rushes,” where there is any basis at all for an excitement. There are valuable claims throughout that whole region along the Trin- ity and some valuabic mines aiready devel- oped tothe point of prcfitable working. The vast mejority of the rushers have de- parted d:sgusted, but quite a numter of ex- perienced or sens.ble prospectors, who do not expect to do much in less than a few months or a year of work, are industriously scattered about, Many are build ng cabius for winter, and with a little grub-stake in this prospect- or's paradise, as fr us game goes, they wiil work ahead and help bring about the real de- velopment of & promising but litile pros- pected country. “Graves Bros. are doing some work on their pocket mine and took outa few hundred re- centiy,” says Mr. Carr. “P. A. Wagner of Oa 1and is erecting a sawmill at his mines, a few miles up Coffee Creek, and will buiid a teo- stamp mill nextyear. Idon’thear much from Burgess and Murphy, whose strike up on Hick- ory Creek made such a sexsation, but I believe they are tunneling away. H. Z. Osborne, who bought a claim on Hardscrabble Gulch, at the head of Coffee Creek, for $£50,000, hes gone 200 feet in the tunnel being driven to sirike the ledge, which is shown broken in & siide on the surface. Various good claims are being de- veloped 1n & small way, and some will un. doubtedly turn out to be valuable.” Mr. Carr recently bought other interestsin the Bowlders mine, at the Lead of the East Fork of the Trinity,five miles from the Al- toona quicksilver mines at Cinnabar and twelve miles from Castella. This mine is ex- citing a great deal of interest in that region. At the base of a hill is a depositof quartz bowlders, some of immense size, which came from a ledge several feet in thickness and which yleld specimens assaying very high in free gold. These bowlders have been milied in an arastra for years, and for years prospec- tors have hunted for the ledge. Mr. Carr is now actively driving a tunnel 600 feet in search of the ledge, and is now in 200 feet. There are various theories as to where the bowlders came from, and a fow days ago & prospector discovered a rich ledge simi- lar in siructure 0 the bowlders s mile away dar could suggest, nad will unquestionabiy | ! on the other side of a dry !ake. This has ex- cited that region, and the question is whether the ledge is all on that side or whether it is nn extension of the ledge for which Carr is boldly tunneling. A Belfast (Me).. marketman provides a good big lounge, placed in front oi his store as an inducement for his customers to tarry while they think of more things they want to order. 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