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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, S NDAY, JANUARY 16, 1898 25 T within a few feet of the then statlon- | which had been speclally fmported for| and canes into the arena in their ex- NEW TO-DAY. ary buill and slowly shook the scarlet 1(his exhibition were pleasantly disap- | citement, ,\znml:hoyx r%cea‘bandl}his e e mantle before his eyes. Again charg- | pointed. She advanced to the center | time, as before, all walted in breathless & [ ing him, the bull received the cold stecl | of the arena. A hush still as death | suspence. Both rushed. The sword | N E—S—S-—E-E-E-E-5 &2 68 & & 5B @ 0B N-& to the very hilt between his shoulders, | fell over the multitude. All expected | was driven well home, the brute stag- | and fell dead before his victor, | that som® viole | It had been a “lung thrust,” and did | place and n | not meet the perfect approbation of the | ity to kill w: | audience. 'While some cheered olhl‘rs‘ her just as the crowd commenced to | hissed. The band struck up a lively | call her name, and I noticed her face | piece and the dead bull was dragged | blanched before the ordeal. Neverthe- from the arena hurriedly by a pair of | less she showed no signs of fear as she | gered, fell and was immediately given its death blow by a stroke back of the head with a dagger in the hands of a picador. Bouquets ,hats and canes covered the arena. Senorita Lopez vanished in the confusion, The bull fight was over. It was 9 o'clock in the evening when t actlon was to t feared that her abi anting. I glanced at | Another Great Bargain Week AR G The Woman Bull Fighter of Spain Is How gorgeously ENORITA LAURA LOPEZhas Sevi Spain, to kill the at, fierce bulls of Venezuela. ated the other day at the Circo, before a tremendous | crowd, and the grace and fin- | ish of her performance put to | shame the efforts of her male rivals. | Such an exhibition of woman's pluck and skill Caracas had never before wit- She is idol of the hour. | rriving shortly after 3 o'clock, we | had found ourselves among the first who were clamorously anxious to gain | ion. Frantic efforts to reach the | e, in which we were finally suc- | secured us seats upon the de of the arena at a cost of | ur bolivares each (about 80 cents). We were seated at the left of the box of the Presid and of the stand of the National tary Band, which is Mi situated just above and in the rear of thePresident’st As fast as human- could crush itself into a given space, % med beehiving The grand d 7000, was 1 soon a surging mass | s struggling for the! > the aisles and in.the the rear of the auditorium. | val enabled us to thor- ate the costumes of the who were now rapidly filling | d whose somber robes in portion of the day had chal- our more serious admi ion. and, which had now uted the assembled multi- the naticnal hymn. The = rival of each woman, attired in a rich | P an robe, as she took he , was greeted with rounds E: e and approbation by the other | s, who by this time were th Iy in the amusement spirit. al of the Governo: d the box of the T hai with a salute from Promptl; t 4 o'clock, from the Governor, the herald sounded. leading Into the of ocew; of the doors rown ute of the mili- miling face of t a of The 2 Lopez!” ations. ne of £ the hour, n the center of as_good 1 sunny S 3 in. f Po 3 oni and Bomba 15 in all parts of the world stime of bull fighting is more the bugle of the herald , and from somewhere a large came trotting into the a i-colored Tose in the center of SOCIETY. | dered_them Continued from Page Twenty-four. accompanied by Mrs. RI and will pass a few weel Mrs. Whiting, wife of Whiting of the T companied by _her ch : rived on the Queen on S pass the rem del Co s place jay. . Albert Mddlener are out | from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. down from San Rafael. Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld of was here for a Mr. and Mrs. E. B. at Coronado for anotk Tilinois k. »w_days this we Shaw Chi go, are Ca rt Fleish- hacker itors here over Sun P. been p William L. the hotel, where Buests. Clay pigeon shooting is a popular sport mt Coronado this season. | H. Hayd York, and Her- for 1d fishing expedi- 3 past week. visit_to the s, from whence they re- at load of fish. here, . Denver, is again at his family are resident | bert L. ed from with her of Gra- | home Keith n Fran- | len, San Francisco, is regls- | rion Cohn, San Fran- | t the hotel. | 1 in the hotel par- | to listen to T T Pleasantest C. L. Hopk tered T s. D. L. Pluger, Portland, Oregon, hav here. | T M Gammell and maid, Newport, R. | 1.. and Miss Livingstone, New York, are cupying a suite here. haplelgh, Boston, and Dr. and | L. Shapleigh, China, are recent Charlton and Miss Della | been vis- | and Mrs. A. T. Rowe, Roxbury, , “visiting Coronad | Utenant C. P. Elliot, U. 8. A., has h:1 Jeased a residence on the Beach for ar. jee of Fall Rlver, Mass, Misses Dunham of Oal & ner of M rnbull, Baltimore, was the <. John C. Healy at _her cot- h during the holidays. a_prominent Chicago- the week accompan- wter and will pass the | ual. was a recent visitor | rcisco, , one of the successful Klon- is here from Seattle, accom- guest rpent an, arrived duri fed by Mrs. C: winter here Fra fromu: ™ afke miners M panied I Lippy. Mr. and Mrs, J. F. Wetherbee of Bos- ton ing_some time at the hotel. . R. D. Burnham, child and mald are tourists here from Campaign, 1 11 Pawtucket, R. I., is represented by Mr. and Mrs. James Smith and Hulda Chase Smith. H. D. Pillsbury and Miss E. R. Pills- bury are down from San Franc ), ac- companied by Miss E. Taylor of JBoston. = Brennan of Chicago is staying BB AR Wedding in Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 15.—At the resi- dence of the bride's parents, 720 O street, at 3 p. m. on December 25, William 8. Harbin and Sadie J. Maybery were united in marriage, the Rev. Mr. Miel officiat- ing. Miss Daisy Maybery was bridesmaid and Walter Franz best man. Only im- mediate members of both families were present. The groom is a well-known young man, doing business on K street. Richard H. Parker are | el | Roos, have left for the East, where the 3 1 mules, Hn | bright e efl | brass mountings. Again the trumpet | 1 ‘sounded. and the second bull appeared | . 1 | the arena with eyes like balls of fire, | and with head elevated, quivering in every nerve and fiber. Suddenly, amid | the thunder of applause, the ‘“toro” sighted thetantalizing object ofabright | allenge. With a roar and lowerin, his head, he charged upon his enemy. The dexterous picador quickly aside, ;uyl as the now raged animal sed, he beheld another who was equally adroit in avoid- ing his charge. The third had a very narrow escape, and the multitude loud. ly called for Potoco and the “bander- illas,” and this attired individ- ual at once pr nted h the enraged animal. The time in charging his only n thoroughly en- q « sary, | 1o receive the banderillas in his | k. Grasping the re d mantle of a near- by picador, P, near- | otoco boldly advanced to red cloak waved invitingly for the | stepped | caparisoned with colored harness and curious in the arena. This animal proved too | tame, and at the demand of the audi- | ence was driven from the scene. | The introduction of Senorita TLaura | Lopez as an espada was the event of | All those “who doubted | to kill the large African bull | the occasion. her ability | A male walked to the center of the arena and ! calmly awaited the first charge ~¢ the | calmly awaited the fiirst charge of the | bull. ored cloak s e advanced toward him | with a firm step. He charged the rag and she dexterously dodged his on-| slaught. | app action brought forth a round of e and a call for the banderillas. | admirer handed down two | beautiful ones. They were taken to her | by Potoco, who, bowing to her as he | T them, had just time to get a away before the bull | and received both ban- i in the neck, delivered aus short charged ¢ derillas well b with great c the hands the bu riness and precision from the woman. 1 tore about the arena, ng the picadores like partridges. > to the side, Laura Lopez re- o ord and sc and w n on the aggr Siie pace of silence as . sword, the bull charg- Sh-gk did so straight for the cloth. | Her aim v true, but her strength | lacking. Although the flesh was pierc- ed the sword was wrenched from her hands and carried several feet by the all in the wound she had inflicted be- e it fell to the ground and was re- covered. 1d with delight at this sec- ond act the crowd fairly rained hats! Armad OBLy SE m Bright col- | 270 one af them Sie Nerclne of the | Sevilie, Spain.” I reached the theater.. Directing my attention first to the occupants of the , imagine my surprise to see seat- bull fight. There was Laura Lopez, the center of a throng of admirers. She had doffed the picturesque masculine costume of velvet, gold and lace of the “prima espada” which had won her so much admiration in the arena, and was now attired in a magnificent creation. I met her later at the hotel. On the wall of her room swung the sword which earlier in the day she had used so fearlessly and dexterously in the arena. Turning to the smiling face of its fair owner, I was perplexed to con- found the one with the other. A more critice xamination of the sword and I observed engraved upon the blade, near the hilt, the name “Laura Lopez; Observing that I was ading the inscription, she hastened to T remark that this sword had been pre- | sented to her at the time she had killed her first *“tore,” in her native city, Se- ville. “Then to-da the aren was not your debut in a?” I ask Senorita Lopez is barely 30. formed and muscular, and necessarily as agile as a cat. Her face betrays no brutal instincts. All Caracas insists that she is beautiful. bride is a daughter of Major C bery, the well-known mil m at the Mrs. Harlow Sr. LT e In the Future. The “Jolly Twelve” has sent out invita- tions for a fourth anniversary party at | Unlon _ Square Hall, Tuesday evening, | Cotillon of '98" will give thelr in- arty at Assembly Hall, 1412 evening, ¢ are the names bert Schord, R. gomery, W. g Rot Mon Personals. Bessie Armer Is visiting in Los M. Oppenheimer will receive the | first Monday and Miss Sadie Oppenheim- er th t third Monday of each month at e Hotel Miramar. Adolphe Roos and his son, George H. t the large manufacturing cit . Green, formerly of S ie, will be pleased to t her new residence, 2 Agnes Hinzell has returned after ling two years traveling through- the East and British Columbia. and Mrs. L. Sisenvine and family 1]!;0\'(11 from 1618 Geary street to ilis. Herbert R. Smith are oc- Ir. and Mrs. W. G. t during the lat- e nd_Mr: g) sday for. New York, taking in Cleveland, O., en route. Dr. Tillie Dittenhoefer has returned to | her home in this city, after having at- tended the lectures of the difterent clinics n_the Mr. and Mrs. Frank Priest, who married in Santa Monica, Southern , where they Triends after nee Bassett, was one of Santa most charming and popular dies. Mr. Priest is a well-known and popular manufacturers’ agent In the wholesale community. RED CROSS FOUNDER DYING IN POVERTY. | In Helden workhouse, in the canton of Appenzell, Switzerland, Henry Dunnant, | the founder of the International Red | Cross Soclety, is passing the closing hours of his useful life. His mind is impaired, and symptoms of insanity have appeared, so that it is doubtful whether he will ever know that it was | to him that the International Medical Congress, held at Moscow a few weeks | ago, unanimously awarded its prize as to “the man who has done the greatest service to humanity and medicine in the present age.” | Some years ago an announcement of | Dunnant’s destitute condition aroused universal astonishment and painful surprise, which were only set at rest when a statement was published to the effect that the Dowager Empress of Russia had settled upon him an annu- ity sufficiently large to enable him to end his days in comfort and peace. TUnfortunately these good intentions of the Czarina do not appear to have ma- terialized, or else the money which she intended for the founder of the Red Cross has been diverted and misappro- priated by those intrusted with its transmission. This often happens in Russia, and it is the exception rather than the rule when a gift from any member of the imperial house reaches its destination.—New York Tribune. —_———————— “Thou art fair, but thou art false,” she sadly sald. Then she laid her blonde hair on the dressing-table. e a January 15 LATEST THINGS IN LINGERIE. | N days gone by our grandmothers used to be satisfied with plain hems and tucks in their underclothing, lit- tle dreaming that two succeeding generations would bring about a revo- | lution to the effect that underclothing— or, as the French say, “lingerie”—would be cne of the most important items ir the nineteenth century girl’'s wardrobe. To some women the chemise is the most important of und while others never wear it. substitute the corset cover underskirt. elaborate dis nises, ¥ The newest styles are called rectoire and Empire. The Directoire is square necked, with four bands of lace Inserting acrcss the front and a double frill of lace fa over the shoulders. An ample fulln of material is gathered in at the and short more s there the it and back. On the bottom of the che- mise is a lace frill, while delicatel colored ribbons are used in little bows front and back at the corners of the veke as finishing touches. The Empire is cut round necked, and has a single frill of lace all around the . The body s it the name ipire, is made of shirring and lac serting, and is drawn in by a ribbon | re it joins the skirt portion. The | bottom of the chemise is finished by a | deep ruffle inserting, and is lace trim- | fi med. | In the matter of corset covers the | French style is becoming very gener- | ally adopted. It is made in one piece, and the ribbons are so inserted around | the edge than it can be drawn together | at the bust. They are trimmed with lace, inserting the ribbon to suit the taste. The other corset cover has sim- ply the double frill of lace around the neck, and is made tight-fitting to the form. Another is made entirely of lace and ribbons, lace inserting and | ribbon being used alternately. This cor- set cover reaches to the moderately | | low-cue neck and out over the shoul- | LATEST THINGS N LINGERIE ders to the arm holes. It buttons up the front with tiny pearl buttons and is beautified by bows of ribbons. Two long cambric, lac mmed pet ticoats are examples of the seamstres craft. One has the lower French flounce, tipped by square tabs of lace and fon; b it has the usual un- larger ruf- upper portion of the skirt and finished by a small pip- ing of cambric. The second skirt is the more elabor- The upper | of the Fren unce is a sequence o the bottom ting of e rufiling. s the offset to this plece rowed tue with s a wide band ach shoul- own to the he body is drawn in tring. A full fall of the neck E on starting » wWhich nds end in ond night vin of crosspieces insert at the she flounce of lace n to the waist where th a bow of ribbon. s of this gown are cut in a anner, and are edged by. full f lace. ning extends In surg 1 The > sleeve s 0 there are seve- In these One style consists of a rose plaiting of white taf- feta silk, frayed at the edges, which is to be thrown over the shoulders o dress front or chemisette nd confined at waist with a fancy pin. The second fichu is made of mousseline de soife of pale lemon color, &nd is edged with white lace. It may be worn in sur- plice fashion with either high or low | neck, and is generally becoming to all faces. The present rage for Roman neck scarfs will continue through the winter. The gayer the stripes the more popular they seem to be. HINTS FOR BUSY HOUSEWIVES; HE wise housekeeper is the one who is ever on the alert for the sugges- tions which shall help to make the wheels of her house run smoothly. To wash a glass from which milk has been poured plunge first into cold water before putting it into warm. The same rule holds good with egg cups or spoens from which eggs have been eaten. The quality of water may be tested | by putting about a pint into a clear glass bottle with a stopper. Add to it a few grains of white lump sugar, and expose the bottle in a light, warm room for ten days. If the water then has a thick or discolored appeararice it is impure and not fit for drinking purposes. It is unwise to allow drink- ing water to run through lead pipes. ‘When fastening a glove always but- ton the second button first. This re- moves the strain from the wrist button. Never pull at the finger ends when re- moving gloves. Draw them wrong side out from the wrist,sand allow them to remain until thoroughly cooled before turning them again. Do not roll gloves into a ball; always spread them out flat | and draw the fingers into shape. Dark gloves have the effect of diminishing while light ones increase the apparent size of the hand. Coffee stains may be removed from table linen by pouring boiling water | over the stained portions. Subsequent washings in clear warm water with a good laundry soap will' completely eradicate the stains. Fruit stains may be removed in the same way they are fresh; if, however, they are of long standing soak them in sour milk for a day or two, then lay them on the grass in the sun, having previously placed some salt upon the spots; in a couple of hours the linen may be brought in, washed, scalded and hung out to dry as free from blemish as when it was new. Ink stains may be removed by the application of salts of | lemon, or sait and lemon juice, and ex- posure to the hot sun, Dampen a very large and coarse sponge and hang it by a cord in the in- side of the window at the top. Sprinkle it thoroughly with clover, flax or mus- tard seed, and Very soon you will have a pretty round mass of green. Keep the window open as much as possible and the sponge very wet. Should there be any bare spots when the seeds be- gin to sprout, sprinkle the sponge agaln, so that it may be altogether hid-. den when the gTOWth is completed. An- other novelty is a mat of grass made by cutting a piece of flannel the size of a large, deep plate, placing it therein, covering it with water and sprinkling | it in the same manner as the sponge. Keep it on a sunny window seat, moisten frequently, and you will have a pretty piece of green to gladden your eyes. 1f the garments to be mended are of wool, take patches from woollen knit goods or flannel, and instead of thread 4 while | use fine woollen to sew with. | When putting a patch on undergar- ments or h /, cut away all shreds and the parts that are worn very thin f 8 the hole; then cut the hole dthe worst-worn parts rong goods. Place the s, on American sofl,” she replied. She is well | SACRIFICE SALE oF Goods Delayed in Transit In presenting a few examples of the STRIKING BAR- GAINS with which we open the second week of our Great Sacrifice Sale of the immense shipment of goods delayed in transit we cannot too strongly emphasize the fact that OUR OFFERINGS ARE NOT THE ORDINARY OUT-OF-SEASON CLEARANCE SALE GOODS, but NEW, FRESH, CLEAN, UP- TO-DATE PRODUCTIONS from the best manufacturers, which have been MARKED REGARDLESS OF SACRIFICE TO FORCE THEM OUT IMMEDIATELY! star collar, regular value $5. lar, silk cord ornamen t in front, PRICE .. ees sse ses eee oo SALE PRICE . LADIES' RUSSIAN BLOUSE Gloth, velvet piped collar and belt C . eee LADIES' nament on front, regular value $12. LADIES’ BLACK ASTRAKHAN value 3. SALE PRICE SALE PRICE. LADIES' NOVELTY SALE PRICE . full width, doub! PRICE Murphy Bullding, " CLOAK DEPARTMENT! LADIES' TAN MIXED COVERT g‘{!(“Tfi,glA\(“K TS, fly fronts, LADIES’ JACKETS in two-tone Boucle Cloth, fly fronts, S‘I‘S‘.ACIO}; regular value $§7 50. LADIES’ JACKETS in Tan Kerseys and Coverts or Black or Blue Boucle Cloths, fly fronts, new JACKETS in Boucle or Covert egular value $9. TAN KERSEY CLOTH JACKETS, dark and light shade, fly fronts, half silk lined, star collar, triple silk cord or- LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, silk lined, richly braided, fur edging on collar and fronts, regular value $7 50. 2 CLOTH CAPES, silk serge, collar and fronts edged with marten LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, lined with silk serge, elaborately bead- ed fronts and collar edged with Thibet fur, regular value $9. SUITS in two-tone effects, blouse waists lined, boned and trimmed with silk revers, collar and cuffs of silk to match, skirts lined and velvet bound, regular value $9. $4 95 . LADIES' FIGURED SILK DRESS SKIRTS In assorted patterns, ar value $8 50, SAL! le lined and bound, regul fi See Chronicle and Examiner for bargains from other departments. e e o et e e | | $2.50 $3.95 $4%.95 $5.00 $7.50 $3.45 8$3.50 $%.95 collars, regular value $3 T SALE SALE PRICE SALE PRICE............ Hned with fur, regular “$5.00 Murphy Bullding, Warket and Jones Streets. | Market and Jones Streets, EEEEENEEEEBEEEEEN NS lb(’nefl(‘lal effects. ize simple beverage. over the hole on the| The density of eggs decreases as they | wrong side of the garment, with the | grow old. If a new-laid egg is placed grain of the patch cornerwise—that is, | in a pint of water into which two ! which | the | | them to remain over night; with the thres f the patch running agonally across the goods; then baste place and cross-stitch down the ge; turn, and fasten the edge of the goods to the patch either by eross- stitching. very carefully with short, fine stitches, or by felling. A patch put on in this way will neither be illed upan the kitchen dful of salt upon fit. t _any disagreeable If you use an oil or nd near at ident. Sand will ter will W a preven| ising. p a b f an as stove hand in c inguish burning oil when w only Increase the flam. put some oyster she stove and you will clinkers. ~ Clean rushes by a br nmonia W Occes n your kitchen t be annoyved by our brooms and k washing in strong dipping them in and out of the water until they seem clean. Then dry as quickly as possible. It has been asserted by some scien- tists that the head of the bed should be placed to the north, so that the po- lar current may strike vertically through the body toward the feet; others advocate a very low pillow, al- lowing the neck to remain unbent. Many people, however, prefer a more nally | ounces of salt are dissolved it will im- | mediately fall to the bottom. One laid | the previous day will float a short dis- | tance from the bottom. An egg three | days old will remain half way down the | vessel containing the liquid, and a still | older one will float on top. The surface of fresh eggs is like lime. that of stale eggs has a glossy appearance. If you have a strip of fine fur and know not what else to do with it, work it in as a vest to your best street gown, | vests are counted as very smart. It | takes a long purse to afford a whole fur jacket, but a smart little vest, col- lars and cuffs are luxuries within reach of the many. A subdued shade of peacock blue, plum color and olive green, with black, of course, are announced as the colors under which flesh seems least ostenta- tious, while Wedgwood blue, pale gray and almost any shade of red are to be avoided sedulously. Mauve and the higher tints of green are the two colors that, in decoration about the upright attitude during sleep, and | thrcat and shoulders are especially some sufferers from insomnia even go | helpful in diminishing the effect of so far as to have the spring mattress | flogh. v elevated at the top, so as to nclined plane. The correct ition to assume while seeking sleep on the right side, especially after eating. The breathing should be done through the nose, and the mouth kept shut if possible. Delicate laces or finely embroidered pocket handkerchiefs should never be sent to the laundry nor placed in the sh, but cleaned carefully by owners. Place the soiled pleces of lace in a bowlful of warm suds made from white Castile soap, and allow the next ng squeeze each piece dry in your and place them in another bowl of scapsuds; move them about, gently squeeze them as free from the suds as possible and rinse them in clear warm water. Take a tablespoonful of white gum-arabic and dissolve it in a pint of boiling water, and when it is almost cool dip the lace or handkerchiefs in it; squeeze dry, shake gently and spread them upon a piece of glass, flattening out all the leaves and embroidered edges. When they are quite dry re- move them from the glass. To prevent the wick of a candle from smoidering hold it higher than the mouth when blowing it out, and blow upward. If lamp wicks are soaked thoroughly in vinegar before being used they will not smoke. Two ounces of spirits of camphor, two ounces of ammonia, a cup and a half of sea salt and two cups of alco- hol form a gcod sedziive with which to lightly sponge the body when one is fatigued. Pour these ingredients into a quart bottle and fill it with boiling water. This sedative Is exceedingly soothing and restful, and soon induces refreshing sleep if the person imme- diately lies down. Select a large, wide-mouthed stone jar, and fill it to the depth of four inches with slaked lime: then fill the jar with clear water. shake once or {wice and allow it to stand for twenty- four hours; then strain through a piece of cheesecloth. Pour into a bottle, cork and set away in a cool place until need- ed. You may continue to pour water in the jar and proceed as before until all the lime has been absorbed. ‘When overcome by bodily fatigue or exhausted by brain labor no stimulant, so called, serves so well the purpose of refreshment and rest, both bodily and mentally, as milk. When heated as hot as one can readily take it it may be sipped slowly from a tumbler, and as it is easily digested one feels very soon its mort hand: There is perhaps no other city in the world which spends as much money on little useless frivolities as Paris. There are no women in the world who surround, smother and burden them- selves with the amount or number of toflet accessories as the French women. A stranger walking through one of the big department stores like the Bon Marche will be struck forcibly with this fact. They will see there a thousand gaudy—I nearly said tawdry —things, the use of half of which they cannot even divine. They are all color and paste and feathers and rags, silks and fringe and linen and lace, mock jewels and brushes and combs and po- mades, perfumes and savons and pow- ders "and braids, until the head turns giddy and the heart sick with the sights and the sounds. If a woman undertook to make prac- tical use of all these devices, from her bath out to the putting on of the last scrap of lace or knot of ribbon, she would be obliged to give up all her time to it and would need several maids besides. She would have no time left for the cultivation of her mind, or for earning a living, par example, say nothing of having Christmas days and other days to give to making others happy. To begin with the morning ablu- tions. There are at least a dozen sorts of washrags of different web and weave, for various times of day and for the separate members of the body. Then the decoctions to be put ato the cals to make it soft, antiseptics, bags of medicinal herbs, powders and per- fumes. Afterward come a line of po- mades and perfumes and rice powders, etc. For the hair, for the teeth, special and branch treatments, each a master treatise in itself and requir- ing a kit of tools and an expert work- man. The French woman has more kinds ments for her hair than her American cousin has ever dreamed of. water are practically limitless—chemi- | for | the feet and for the hands there are | name of the bride, of combs and crimpers and hair orna- | These | Few persons real- | worth; the stimulating qualities of this | 1909, ! | | | | | | y of space at the exposition of Under the general head of collars and neck ornaments comes a list of | articles long enough to fill a catalogue. It is, in fact, in her neck ornaments especially that the French woman can always be distinguished wherever she is. And if a man here were in doubt what to buy a woman for a Christmas present he could safely buy some one of the thousand concoctions of ribbons | and silk and lace and not make a mis- | take, that is, if the woman was French. - The American woman doesn’t take so kindly, especially at first, to | Marie Antoinette fichus, collarettes of or a pair of cuffs, as fur cuffs and| | | 1 accordion-plaited silk and fluffy af- fairs of ribbon and lace. She wears her street gowns plain, with perhaps a brocade at the throat or a plain linen collar and a bow. And her matinee gowns are made with fancy collars, so she has no need for these extra chemi- zettes of lace which slip and slide from place to place. A French woman always wears a bit of lace linked about her throat some- where. If it is not in her dress she will put it inside the collar of her cloak or cape, with a bright piece of ribbon or velvet. Just now feather boas of all colors, real or imaginary, are being much worn. A color to match the dress or the hat is consid- ered chic. They are worn long or short, generally in accordance with the pocketbook of the owner. —————— WOMAN'S WORLD. Mrs. Vinnie Ream Hoxie enjoys the enviable reputation of pre-eminence among women sculptors of this coun- try. Her statues of Lincoln and Far- ragut will always be treasured by the American people as of priceless value. Since her marriage Mrs. Hoxie has not modeled for money, but only for sweet charity’s sake. The press women of Louisiana are generously recognized by their brothers of the fourth estate. At the annual meeting of the New Orleans Press Club, recently held, it was voted to admit women to membership. Miss Minnie Powers of Lockport, N. Y, is eight feet in height,lackingone inch. She is the tallest woman in the United States, and is handsome in spite of her abnormal proportions. Mrs. Jennie June Croly, knownallover the United States as a writer and worker in woman’s clubs, has been ap- pointed an inspector of public schools for a term of five years by Mayor Strong of New York. Miss Harriet M. Kent is State secre- tary of the Liberal party of Pennsyl- vania, the first woman to hold such office in that State. Mrs. Louisa Sebru of Fayette, Mo., is said to be the oldest representative of the postal service in this country. She held office in 1812. The beautiful home where Mrs. Jes- sie Benton Fremont resides was pre- sented to her by the ladies of Los An- geles as a token of their tender regard. Congress, also, in recognition of Gen- eral Fremont’s valued services, has granted her a pension of $2000 a year. The Empress Eugenie h: always carefully preserved a small piece of her wedding dress and orange-blossom wreath. Her wedding ring, as is the custom in France, is made in two por- tions which close together y tightly. ‘When unjointed, on one is found the on the other the name of the bridegroom. Ellen Nussey, a lifelong and dearly | beloved friend of Charlotte Bronte, has | just died in England at the age of 83. things form a display in the big shops | She is supposed to have been the orig- inal of Caroline Helstone in the novel of “‘Shirley.” ——— Advances made on furniture and pianos, with or without removal. J.Noonan,1017-1023 Mission.