The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 9, 1898, Page 26

LOWLY but surely t glers are ambling town, and each now smoke Is to be ssuf from chimneys that have be 1l summer. Houses bel preparatory g inactiv, thrown open and 4 to the season’s nt, and » he finished t - younger daug to school are now up to es, ing into old tru for rar of and other heirlooms with which to em- Lellish the coming-out gowns of the debutantes. The past week has de been almost id of social happeni 8lv party 3 Jennings and a few theater partles, of one of w Mrs. Ele Martin was again the e up with and luncheons, weddings and e month informal of The remainde probably be tak will e tes tertainments for ber 4, .when Mrs. Fortnight which event is forward to by the brides until Salisbury meeti ng buds as the occasion of their formal launching uponsocie wave Mr. Greenway has determined on December § as the date upon w the Friday Night Club will make its first bow of the season, after which the fun Wwil! no doubt be fast and furious untl Lent drops its pall upon all things worldly. re those of Miss Mrs. Heathcote Mead and Dr. Jos h will on W evening Cathe at ceremony to b by a recey at th ce “on Haig street. Among rt set who have 4 Mr. and ending < e Misses E Hager, who have z In_ the same 2 Bessie Bowie a e from their ¥ and Mr. and Mrs. Colin M. t the Occiden- have taken apartments tal Hotel, after an their Mrs. A. M. Parrott and famifs pected to arrive f 1 their s at San Mateo about the November, and will occupy the family mansion on Sutter street during the winter. Lieutenant Reginald F. Nicholson, N., who was navigating officer of e Oregon In her fourteen-thouss mile voyage to the Atlantic station rived in this ci recently, and guest of honor last Sunday at a ing breakfast given by Irving M. Scott. Lieutenant holson is to command the new tor )-boat destroyer Far- ragut. An old fashioned. mode of entertain- ment was enjoyed by a merry party on one of the moonileht evenings of | last week in San Rafael in the shape of a straw ride. After a delightful drive over the boulevard grade and through Ross Valley the party feasted in the tower of the Hotel R The party comprised Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Crooks, Mrs. A. F. Fechteler, Miss Ella Morgan, Miss Therese Morgan, Miss Bertha Smith, Miss Eleanor Morrow, Miss Salisbury, M Alice Hager, ) Mr. Ben Ho Boardman, Emerson Wi Della Davidson, . Edward M. Greenway, y, Mr. Samuel H. Over in Oakland affairs social have not dragged during the week. There have been dinners and luncheons and teas. The most elaborate of the din- ners was that given by Miss Mae Per- kins, daughter of Senator George C. Perkins, in honor of the engagement of Miss Perkins to Mr. Bew of Ala- meda. There were about thirty guests present. Quite the prettiest of the luncheons was the yellow luncheon given by Miss Merle Morrison. The guests were seated at two round tables, which were dec- orated with huge brass candelabra and the most gorgeous yellow flowers. The favors were yellow blossoms and lit- | tle chrysanthemum boxes of salted al- | monds. Among those bidden were Miss | de Fremery, Miss Randall, Miss Sha- ron, Miss Howard, Miss Smith, Miss | Cralg and Miss Marion Randall. | - S Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Hirshfelder are at present traveling in Holland and ex- pect to be home In.the early spring. Miss Mary Belle Gwin has been spending the week with Miss Ethel | Tompkins at her home near San An- selmo, Mr. Samuel G. Murphy and Miss Ethel Murphy left for the East on Mon- day last, to be gone about three weeks. Upon their return the family will re- eide on Pacific avenue, near Pierce Street. . Mr. Edgar Mizner has returned to 8an Francisco from the Klondike. Mrs. Frederick L. Castle and the Misses Castle will leave shortly for New York, where Miss Hilda Castle will be married late in October to Mr. 8. L. Cunningham. Rumors of the merry doings of some of the belles who have deserted San Francisco reach here occasfonally. The latest of these is that Miss Marie Mes- ser has safely reached Denver and is | having a charming time as the guest of Mrse. Cranmer, who is planning all | sorts of delightful things in her honor. Last Thureday she gave her a tea, to which 300 guests were bidden. Dur- ing the carnival festivities Miss Messer had a most glorious time. On Thurs- day, the night of the masked ball, the last of the carnival, when the fun and frolic reaches its culmination, ahe went costumed in black tarletan, ruffled to the walst, black gloves and slippers and a black mask. She walked in the queen’s train, her escort being one of those chosen by the king to attend the WVed Gertrude Badmuk daught 3 58 ¥ or Judge and Mre. R W, o who has been the gu for the past month, Is visiting the fam- r Chalmers. P E. P. Vining, superintendent of Market Street Railway, left here for Brookline, M in or ent at the marrfage of his ¢ 1 Bodwell o ke in the Monday on ced of M daughter of of the Atlas Tur- Turpin of the Columbfan w5 ties S of the Entre their ninth se d german on Fri t the Palace Hote who was well known S0- th city some years ago, last week hl? Nous Co- with even- on mar; who i has returned to after sg Bartlett Sp months rch on followed by o Blue Ribbon Afth party, which avening, Polk f San fel 1s Kirkpatrick at Soclety gave and hop on Fello Wooden Powell ' (Flotow) 3 ._Leslie Peters (Pere la Victoire ngled Ban- and Me- Dancing fol- announced of Phiup B 2o and Miss Minnie Ciyne sia. The wedding wiil take place at St. Dominic’s Church, Benicia, dnesday, October 25, at 10:30 a. m. Mr. and Mrs. S and family ave moved to 2126 Pine street. . Mrs. D. Quinan has returned from San Rafael t 1926 Steiner street Miss Lulu 4 spending a few weeks with her . Mrs. Straus, at Hanford. Mr. and . Clarence Martin _Mann have returned from an extended Eastern trip. ron Mrs. C. Metzger. Mrs. P. Schnafttacher and her daughter (Miss Edith Schnait- tacher), 3 Van ss avenue, will recefve the fi Tuesd: of each month. The wedding of Mrs. E. . Sullivan and Lawrence Lillls took place at 2 o'clock September 21. It was a quiet affair, only a few relatives being present. After the ceremony, which srformed by _the Rev. Father Prendergast, Mr. and Mrs. Lillfs left for a tour of Southern Cali- fornia. The engagement is announced of Miss Nellie E. Shipley of Oakland to Louts Al- tred Larsen of this city. The engagement is announced of Miss Bessle Conover of San Diego and George Fancy a Southard Hoff- son of Dudley C. Bates of 1705 Oc- at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San Diego on Wednesday, October 12, and promises to a brilliant soclety affair. 4 Bub's =N\ EAREST Marguerite: man. agination and give 1t full swing. What do you sz Your fancy marvel. For a dance without Southard's presence 18 lfke—well, is like a dance without music. But on Saturday night, tripped with Southard thousands of miles away. Doesn’t It make your nerves do a two-step to think of It? to pass. With my own two eves I saw it, with my own two feet I tripped it, and deep in my heart of hearts I re- Though foolish men hie away to dis- tant lands, yet fond maldens cannot wear the willow. For 'tis our birthright to the glowing hours with flying feet at the Miller cotillion, But, Peg, 1 felt the crushing welght of reet. The wedding will take place Raiemistis cotilifon without cannot gallop at such a pace? I do not October 8, 1398, the “light fantastic” This seeming impossibility really came gretted that such a thing should be. laugh and make merry. So we chased my twenty vears. A dozen other girls confessed the same thing, For there were | (1 yst thirteen of us who had ‘“been there hefore,” The others were sweet little girls who have evoluted from the Wed- nesday Afternoon classes to these Satur- day Night affairs, Dear little novices deserting the three R’'s of the school room for the P's and Q's of soclety! They looked so pretty in their stmple gowns, they danced so well and so mengly and they proved {hat enjoyment is not a lost art among the younger generation. ‘We older girls were glad that we came, for wo helped to carry out the delusfon that {t was a ‘“‘growed-up folks' affair, Though you would have never guessed that the little ones were used to saying thelr prayers and snuggling into bed a% ten, We did not dance vory much, for alack- n-day, the dear boys, the good boys, were a8 rare as roses raro, and we didn’'t want to deprive the Ilttle girls of their part- ners, There was & reason for this lack’ of maaculinity, The Oakland Fortnightlys hold their” coti}lions on the same nlghts, st of Mrs. | th Take the brake off your im- | was | | | | | | tary | Brown, 3201 Pacific avenue, on Tuesday, | October 4. | her mother, Miss Miller's cotilllons were out. It will a_tug-of-war for the capture of the vouths who love the “heel-and-toe,” un- less one side gracefully changes its night. Very few of this year's buds were at the this city, steamship Senator from Manila. ay invitations before the cards for | ville, and Miss Nonfe Labiff, formerly of | \ Hollister, but now of this city. The engagement Is annouriced of Miss | Mizpah Friederich to William Hoelsc! | Mr. Benjamin Bowen, an old resident of arrived great opal. s The Cloisonne last Tuesday on the | Chinese paln | a foundation and birds ar @ @ L4 ® ® L4 @ @ @ RS. LOU WILLIAMS of Pa-|fish sets are particularly beautiful, as | they are made in the shape of a fish The dessert plates have lace-patterned | edges, but all others are scalloped. The | vegetable dishes have trays for draw- | ing peas or asparagus, like a soup dish, The table effect is simply gorgeous and the expense of a set is not great. | cific avenue has been making the last eight vears, both here and abroad. At a dinner party ast week she used for the first time her just completed set of Tmari. The cloth was white, and the only decoration be- stde the dishes was a tall center piece of yellow and white chrysanthemums. +Oh, you may well admire my china,” Mrs, Willlams answered to the con- tinual exclamations of “How perfectly lovely.” “I have gathered It all in Chinatown plece by piece, and Imarl s scarce in San Francisco now. It has been the greatest fun and I have never had a fingle unpleasant experience going bout among the shops. We do not appreciate our Chinese and Japan- - china because it so inexpensive. In ris I saw the chrysanthemum cups which can be bought here for $1 25, and they could not be bought for less than $7. The same with the seven sages cup. The thousand wise men cups are worth $50 there, and can be bought here for $20. When I furnished my house I wanted something different from what any one has, so I began to collect my Imari, and at last I have every piece. My soup tureen is the last. “The Imari ware is all one pattern and the colors are always the same— vermilion red and royal blue and gold. When the English first went to China the ware was made into the regulation ainner services, These services do not come intact, but in separate pieces, be- cause the only factory where they were made is no longer in existence. The Miller cotillion. We werea curious mixture of tender sprouts and half-blown blos- soms. For it is against the ethics of welldom that buds should unfold their sweetness collectively. They must appear individually at some especial function, where the world and his wife can duly admire. After they have formally come out,” Mabel and her partner—buds in this winter's joys and sorrows, principally vill be allowed to lend their to the Saturday Night co- | tillions. But the dear buds will not be able to enjoy the genuine, bona-fide buddom that 1s their due. For Southard Hoffman's ae- sertion to distant Honolulu makes that impossible. Who else is there who so duti- tifully disdaing the charms of blossoms and conspicuously conflnes his attention to the Buds? Southard loves them, one and all. He never confuses their respect- ive preference for flowers or chocolate: he helps them tenderly over the stony places of a first season, and then when winter is over, without one lingering glare, he flits’ atrily away to the new crop of buds. Oh! by Peggy dear, come, “fess’ up. told some one about Emile Bruguiere's engagement. You must have whispered it, for every one knows it, and although Emile denles it, he has the grace to blush while doing 6. Marie Wells and Marie Oge called yes- terday. I have promised to go horseback riding with them some day next week. The "sweet Maries” have become devo- tees of the saddle, and have foresworn dances and teas. the other a black riding habit, and they look very stunning and ride remarkably well. But, really, when it comes to sif- ting a horse we must all bow low to Flor- | ence Stone. I dropped In to see the Carolan girls on Wednesday. There were a half dozen other girls there doing the afternoon tea | act. I was surpriged to see the Hopkins and the Morgans, for I thought that they were still out of town. erese Morgan 1s going down to Santa Barbara this week to stay a month. I couldn’'t make up my mind whether the other girls were in- vited or, like myself, just ‘“happened along.” Inda Hill %ave us_a duck dinner this week in Oakland. The duck season has just opened, and the birds were brought down from Suisun. I* {s now a matter of record that Grace Shain and Temple Dib- ble together, unaided and abetted by tne rest of us, devoured three ducks. 1ne men looked very swell In white duck suits, and we girls were coolly comfortable In owns of the same material. But though t was a duck dinner and we were all re- spiendent In duck gowns, we acted like geese. Your affectionate ‘chum, FI'JOR.A McFLIMSBY. The annual meeting of the Colonial Dames, resident {n California, was held at the home of the corresponding secre- and historian, Mrs. Elwood There was a large attendance, especially of the new members. The re- ports were listened to with marked in- terest, after which a soclal hour, when dainty refreshments were served, was en- joyed. Mrs. Selden 8. Wrirht was re- elected chairman, Mrs. Henry Gibbons re- cording secretary, Mrs. Edwin W. New- hall treasurer and Mrs. C. .. . wood Brown corresponding secretary and histérfan.. Mr. and Mrs. Landis announce the en- aflgment of their daughter, Lulu, to Dr. . F. Lilley of the Alameda County In- firmary, Mrs. Jullen Llebes will not resume her day at home until the second Monday in November. Hiw . Mrs. John Denalr, wife of the superin- tendent of the Arizona division of the Banta Fe Pacific, who has been visiting Mrs. A. C. Hlester, for the past few months, left for Los Angeles last evexung‘. accompanied by her son and niece, Miss Treasure Hlester of Alameda. T%e engagement s announced of Mrs. Lena Silver to Charles Barron. The wed- ding will take place in April. The wedding of George BSpencer Amés and Miss Teesie Skelly tool place on Thursday, S8eptember 29, at the residence of the bride's sister, Mrs. Samuel Crooks, in Santa Rosa, Only the family and a ew intimate friends were present. e appy couple will leave Monday for 'an cxtended northern trip. After visiting Beattle, Portland, Vancouver and Colo- _rado 8prings, they will spend a f months * in Butte, Montana, where the groom hes businéss interests. The engagement {s announced of Frank a fad of collecting china for | Jne wears a gray and N FOR RARE GHINA “My first plates cost me only 10| cents,” Mrs. Willlams said, “but my |look at them thr last have cost 60 cents. All the rest are | the most frequent forms in the same proportion. I have begun Imari. but alwa different oddly sh pattern. no gold, simpler. suma, Clc only was still san ware. A Re@an, of Lo-l and many of the boys had accepted over- 1‘7' Murphy, a young attorney of Watson- | in a sampan. PR R R R RCRROR R RCRRORR R AR SRR A g : HUNTING GHINATOW IS THE NEW FAD Gosts Little Here, but in Europe It Is Expensive. 5060060060300 000380%0 0000000000606 6060666 a Canton set now, and I think It is anything, prettier, and it is much easler to find and not 80 expensive, eithe The Canton ware is green and gold and not so barbarous in effect as the | ers which are not so plentifu The patterns are more varied, ¥S In the same line—flowers in vases, in wreaths or separate, combined | with Chinese drawing room scenes. The | dishes, aped, than the Imari. There is another Canton ware which is blue and always in one pattern, and | not unlike our grandmother’s old blue and white china. There joss house and a man sailing toward it This china has little or and is Nelither the Canton or Imari come in anything but tako ware, while the Sat- | risonne in ornamental china. The famous peach blow vase which the Duchess of Marlborough, when she Mrs. York, pald $20,000 for, was of th It is almost without design, and its beauty lies in the color. peach blow was pink and white, the usual color is green at the top, |tray I spied my tureen, and it had been which changes through every shade to ashes of rose at the bottom. It |.=| Beware, however, what the Japanese | but the china in the best ware | in cheaper piec 2r000004 One plece will { and then the and, as the “plenty hol tion of Cloisonne tak The | © 1 o | which has the c ol h G PS & | be bought for or flow grounds. The | family, but cousing as a tory is not a small ¢ Satsuma piece hand u painted if | dragon on top. which adds | ware, \ as it is "family. coun peror’ however, are not is finer so | The competition am large number of . makes their British M n ties of china e the | found here in | shop, which rears ago as trop It has alway is a blue pagods one | top | therefore much h g china and Kusan are made | of New Ku- Chinaman “The man Hammersly 1 looked The | but there ‘alle timee. CANTON VASE WITH BATILE SCENE. From a photograph. aking and 1s the most commonly and is an example of patience. copper and the outlined in gold or nd in copper or brass ch flower is 2d over again, Then e { filled In and baked over and all the work must be done by hand. wa smooth, highly glazed and looks like a re we It see weeks to complete, inaman sa by thi or ze may not be perfect will have Japanese gold clever imita- 1 wire -ring the work, Cloi- not expensive, as a very per- en inches high can s on different 3 invariably cullar crackled effect unde The patterns are very minute and are > teacup s than non es or for $100 large vases | with storks flying in Intense blue sky, colored back- | has atsuma ware Is all made by one many as so that the fac- You can tell a [ a ¥ the glaze microscona One the pe- 80 to appreciate the'r te:uty one must gh a gl: N s an incense | burner having three legs and a colled There is much more of the best china ever leav made bears monogram which it would be blasphem- for the Chinese ware ch in one can over expense. are oth £old on the Satsuma than on any other much to it Besides these special make Little its own the Em the roya amount unusual 1 which can be cents out here, beautiful, and any place el four times the merchants In the erved quanti- what can be Chinatown China 25 0 of English vic- trust the Chinaman to tell the truth, but he sel- dom knows what he has in stock. Willlams told me how she had asked a to find her a all sald he could not find one. town, Mrs. Going into his store one day, I stopped and looked at some cups in the window. Next a | i | .5 | to-date seere | dently | extravagant terms | to_ marry him. | to another man, who really is the one | tells you, for if he has not what you want he will swear an’ Imari is a Can- ton. He is absolutely without a con- science when it comes to china ware. The gilding on this ware, too, is not to be trusted. The real gold is laid first on paste and is quite green before it is polished. It never loses the dead look, which is a sure distinction between t& real and the gold paint which will come off in half a dozen washings. ' The _gnv!» ing is glittering and has a copper tinge, and is much smoother than the real gold color, which is liable to be gritty. UP-TO-DATE LOVE CHARMS Continued From before the Peace Commission reports. At a girls’ luncheon 1 week the subject most discussed was love charms. Each «girl but my unfortunate self was | the happy possessor of an amulet of some description, and I began to feel in | very bad form. Indeed, after having given a negative reply, for the sixth time, to the question: 'You wear a love | charm, don’t you?’ From that moment | I resolved to get as many addresses as I could of ‘“‘eminent seeresses,” and thus equipped to start out on a pilgrim- age of inquiry to obtain the most pot- ent, the most unique, “the very latest” | love charm that could be found. I was | even determined to ‘‘o'erstep the | bounds” of my pocketbook and be most | recklessly extravagant if need be in| acquiring the proper love charm and | happiness. So, with my address book filled with the euphonious names of the various | seeresses whom 1 gathered from my girl friends, I started forth. The first doorbell I rang was in a well known down-town boarding house, | and after inquiring for the seere was shown Into a very handsomely nished reception room. The walls were hung with tapestries, armor, handsome Turkish and v A jeweled lamp of antiq hape | ue s| shed a thin bluish light over the room, The portieres parted and I was beck- | oned into the “inner sanctuary” by the seer: She was gowned in a robe of Turkish pattern which in every degree harmon- ized with her apartments. She was superb, indeed. Quite an up- She wore rings of won- derful workmanship and curious de- sign. At her neck she wore a large tusk-shaped ivory pin in which was im- bedded, in Egyptian gold, the word | “Mizpah. “Well, my dear,” she began, confi- and confidentially, “you want your fortune told, or do you intend buy- ing a love charm?—a love charm, cer- tainly, I was sure of it; for all the dear young ladies are buying them now."” I assented, and the seeress continued: | “Ah, I see that you think you are in love with a young gentleman, and I see three young gentlemen in love with | ou. Now, darling”—one must tolerate | of endearment if | one wishes to buy a love charm—"I do not want to interfere with your love | affalrs, but I do want my dear young lady to be happy. Now, I can werk you a love charm that will make it easy for you to give up the young gen- | tleman with whom you think you are | in love, for it is not to your advantage | ss. This charm which I will make for ou is one that will direct your heurt; chosen of heaven for you, my dear. He | is In love with you, but you are not at | this time aware of it. I solemnly avow that before the moon is crescent you will have a proposal of marriage and | accept this gentleman, who is your fate. “If you do not wear this charm you | will have a most unpleasant breaking- | off with the gentleman to whom you | have decided to trust your happiness.” | “How much will such a love charm cost?” I intrepidly interjected. “My dear, I make several kinds of love charms, but this one suited to your case, powerful enough not only to bring your true love to vou, but also to take this man from you uncondition- ally and without a pang of regret, I| will make for $40, and you will be glad | to pay a hundred for it two weeks | hence.” “Tell me what this charm is made of?"" 1 asked, fearful of mysterious in- gredients. “Oh, I will tell you the material things, but of course the magic in- fluences exerted can never be known but to myself and the higher powers. | First, you must give me your first | name and that of the young gentleman | with whom you are now infatuated. These I will copy in blood upon a piece | of parchment made from the skin of a goat belonging to my great-grand- father in India, who was the greatest seer In the kingdom. Upon this parch- | ment I will also copy the name of the gentleman you give me, but that only in blue ink, which, as the charm begins to work, will fade out and in its place will be written by magic the name of the man whom you are destined to marry. This parchment I will sew in a silken bag wet in the mystic depths of | a magic well in Asia. and after passing it through the magic flame I will call | upon the occult powers to protect it | and its owner. This I will hang about your neck tied with a ribbon of your favorite color—blue s your lucky color, my dear, and you should always | wear it before your admirers. I cannot | begin the charm until the hour of mid- | night, when the proper conditions pre- vall, so leave a deposit and call for it to-morrow, my dear.” This charm appealed to me as won- derfully potent, but as my determina- tion was to see a variety of charms be- fore I invested I told madame that I| would ccnsider the matter over night before deciding and bade her good-day. My next address took me out of the fashionable uptown quarter over to Na.- | toma street. I was agreeably surprised when I reached the address to find a | house freshly painted, clean and the stairs newly carpeted. Madame, the seeress, rustled in a silk | gown. Her nalls were badly kept, but | her begrimed fingers were covered with | rings. She seemed in great good spirits. | I asked her If she was doing a good | business, | “Oh, my dear young lady, business | was never better. Since the war began people somehow are beginning to see the power in love charms and love phil- ters. T knew they would see it some day, so I never became discouraged. Al- though I have been a seeress for twen- | ty-five years I have sold more love charms during the past six months than during the rest of that entire time. My business hours used to be from 2 to § o'¢lock in the afternoons and from 7 to I | alike, though, for I must | day and she wished upon it. Page Twenty. $ in the evening, but now I am rushed from morning until night. The war with Spain was a blessing to me and others of my profession, for many a dear soldier went off to Manila and Santiago with a love charm made by me at the request of sweetheart, whose doubts and fear: et at rest knowing her lover was under her spell, no matter how many miles asunder. ““One lieutenant, who has since gained nor for his bravery during the s an amulet around his neck a turquoise, which is his sweetheart's birth one, cut in the shape of half a heart, wnile the dear little girl he left behind him wears the cther half made of a topaz, which is her lover's birth stone. I have promised to unite th stones by magic power when he returns to claim his bride. It must then be placed in a box lined with leaves, which I gathered from a tree of magic parts in Turkey. I sold them. These two charms sold for $30 apiece Jo you keep other kinds of charms?” I asked. “Bless me, ¥ my dear. Never two make them as I am directed by the occult powers act- ing through the ‘person wishing to buy a charm.” This I took to mean in un-occult par- be: ‘“‘Cestly thy love charm rse can buy.” , a charm suited to you > of herbs, for you are and one of your tempera- ment is given judgment to act in c es through the magic power expected by a love philter made of herbs. The most potent one I will make out of an herb which I gather off the tomb of an In- dian chief buried near the cemetery. I only gather these leaves on each day of February, just before sunrise ““With this herb I mix the powdered bark of thirteen different trees from thirteen different countries, and then this potion is sewed in a bag. In your case, my dear, I shall cut the bag in the shape of a Maltese cross, for you are too highly emotional to wear it heart-shaped. I take 3333 stitches in this bag; each stitch significant of ome magic letter or sign. This bag ou must wear on the right hand side dear. away from your heart, my ¢ “It will bring vou a splendid marriage and success in all your undertakings. 5 I will make it in ycur case for only which is most reasonable, I assure you.” “Have you any cheaper ones have power?” “Oh, they all have power, my dear— the ones I make, and I have some as cheap as $1, which upon another per- son would be as potent as this one on you, but the occult powers have chosen this kind for you and I dare not inter- fere with their decision.” “] have a hare’s foot,” I suggested, “given to me by a friend on my birth- It is sup- 1c¢sed to bring me luck in love, as it is the left hind foot of a gravevard rab- bit, caught in the middle of the night on the 13th @day of the month, by a cross-eyed negro.” “For $10, my dear, I will guarantee to add a charm to that so that it will ac- quire the real true magie power.” With a promise to call again the next day and bring to her the hare's foot, I left her. Crossing the city I was shown into another seeress’ shop, where I was in- formed that business had been so brisk that she could not see to the arrange- ment of her apartments, nor would she trust it to any one else. While waiting for the seeress to finish her toilet, which I had interrupted, the doorbell rang six times and the parlors were soon half full of people. Madame finally reappeared and led me into her “symposium.” While I was looking at the beautifully enamel- ed watch pinned to her ample bosom, with a diamond crescent, she asked me what I wished—a love charm or my Loroscope cast? Madame,” I ventured, “you have been recommended to me as the best seeress in the city and I want to get from you a love charm.” “I don’t have to advertise myself,"” she answered, primming herself. “I am the only seeress in San Francisco who is not a fraud. T am overrun with business. You want a love charm, do you? What would you be willing to pay “A dollar,” I ventured, just to see what madame would answer. “Why, a young lady of your appear- ance certainly would not invest in so cheap a charm. I sell that kind to shop girls and you know I have them as high as $200, made of precious stones, rubles and sapphires. I sell a great many of that kind.” “What can you give me for $502" I asked. “I want something compounded and made by your hands.” Madame smoothed her brow, eyed me discriminatingly, and ran her fingers through her hair for a moment before answering. ‘“You bring to me a lock of your sweetheart’s hair cut along the chord just back of the left ear. This chord connects directly with the heart. I will sew this lock of hair into a piece of clothing that has touched the sole of your own foot—better, a stocking. This charm von must wear next the skin on the left hand side, between the third and fourth ribs. “You can have that charm for $15 It's cheap. Shall I take your order? and she drew out an order book from the folds 6f her wrapper and poised a s(u})})ly pencil. “I'll see first if my ‘best you: 0 will part with the lock of 3!’1&1:5 rIn::. pllls[d. £ 2 adame arose. bowed m = moniously, and ushered in : glég’r;em. tle blonde, all with one motion of her fa{l. sitlk-e?cflsed body. Next I visited an astrologer w] to sell me a love potion Efi;g‘ehg\;:‘%% powdered herbs which he assured me he had gathered from the four corners of the earth and ground together in a mortar made 4n India five hundred years ago. This mortar had been hand- ed down from sire to son and will thus be preserved adown the ages. that