The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 11, 1898, Page 26

Z0 ‘:-l+l+l 1+ + 50c FIGURED price.. sale B $1 00 ENGLISH DIAGONALS, all-wool, 48 inches wide; sale price.65¢ a yard $1 25 CREPONS, sale at 40c FANCY WEAVES, 38 inches wide, in nice designs; sale price. N3LISH ALPACAS, in new and elegant designs; 200 DRESS PATTERNS, suitable for Christm: 25 es wide, extra heavy, all-wool; sale price....... . Sheaiey 50¢ a yard sale price... Colore and navy; former price 40c 105 pieces will be -INCH MI D DRES a yard. S worth $1 00 a yard INCH DRESS GOODS on special sale at 50 a yard; on sale at 75c a At ns; former price $1 50 a 6-INCH REPP 45c a yard sale at 22 pieces 4 for $1 2 At 35 Cents. At 85 Cents. 2 pieces 48-INCH GOOD ALL-WOOL STORM SERGE, a full line of shades; on special sale at 65c a yard. At 25 Cents. in figured and mottled effects; former price 5¢ a yard. es 48-INCH SILK AND WOOL FRENCH DR..| d Dress {ioods. At 25 Cents. 5 pieces 36-INCH ALL-WOOL LADIES' CLOTH, in a yard; on special sale at 2 garnet a yard. GOODS, all colors; At 75 Cents. s 44-INCH NOVELTY BROCHE PLAIDS, new effects; regular price ard. $1.00. At 85 Cents. INCH FIGURED CREPON SUITING, newest effects; good value a ard; on special sale at 85c a yard. At 4B Cents. PLAIDS, fine designs; worth T5c a yard; on special [ + = +EH BLACK DRESS GOODS! ¢ a yard inches wide, in a variety of patterns; 35¢ a yard 50¢ a yard ...75¢ a yard presents; will be placed on ...$2 50, $3 00, §3 50, up to $20 00 each browns, green worth 50c a yard; S8 GOODS, newest de- rd; Will be placed on sale at $1 00 a yard. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1898. +E+E+E+ B+ R+ 0+ 5+ R+ B I BB RN B B BB S B B AR R R R R+ R+ R R R R+ E R R GRAND ANNUAL HOLIDAY SALE. Every department exhibits. endless assortments of special HIGH-CLASS NOVELTIES, particularly selected to meet the demands for APPROPRIATE AND AC- CEPTABLE HOLIDAY GIFTS, and as this magnificent display is now to be viewed at its best, we respectfully invite all to call this week; and we lend emphasis to our invitation by presenting a list of quotations that will give an approximate idea of the TEMPTING VALUES OFFERED! $ |STORE OFEN EVENINGS“ DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON! . Men’s Furnishings. At S Cents. dozen MEN’'S AND BOYS’ HEMSTITCHED JAPANETTE HANDKERCHIEFS, with white and fancy borde and large sized; regular price $1.50 a dozen; will be offered at Se each. | | 1000 | At 15 Cents. | MEN’S ALL-LINEN HEMSTITCH- | ED HANDKERCHIEFS, with | embroidered initials; will be of- | feread at 15c each. At 2S5 Cents. MEN’S ALL-LINEN HEMSTITGH- | ED HANDK CHIEFS, with embroidered initials and fancy boxes of one half dozen eas will be offered at 25c each, $1.60 : a box. At 25 Cents. 75 dozen MEN’S JAPANESE ALL- SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, hem- { stitched bord pinted in | the newest designs, 1% inches wide and ize; regularly will be offered at ) At 75 Cents. dozen MEN'S JAPANESE i SURAH SILK HANDKER- CHIEFS, with hand embroid- ered initials and hemstitched borders, will be offered at T5c each; or in fancy boxes, 14 dozen each, at $4 00 a box. At 25 Cents. 400 dozen MEN'S EXTEA FINE i ALL-SILK NECKWEAR, in and four-in-hands (a purchase), all extra value for 50c; will be offered at 25c each. At S0 Cents. dozen VERY . CHOICE ALL- SILK NECKWEAR in Tecks, four-in-hands, puffs, Ascots, band and shield bows, etc., etc., newest shapes; will be offered at 50c each. 250 1+ E+E+ “NOTION Department. LADIES’ SHELL SIDE COMBS, latest styles, from 25¢, 30c, 40c, 50c, 60c to $1 00 pair. LADIES’ 1ELL POMPADOUR COMBS, latest styles, from 20c, 30c, 50c to $2 00 each. LADIES’ CRUSHED SILK RIBBON BELTS, with fancy buckles, from $1 25 to $2 00 each. LADIES' SILK ELASTIC BELTS, with fancy metal buckles, at $1 00, §1 25, $1 50, $1 75 and $2 00 each. LADIES’ NEW STYLE BELT BUCKLES and belt sets, from 60c, 75¢, $1 00, $1 25, $1 50 to $2 00 each. FULL LINE OF LADIES' FUR HEAD SCARFS and fur collarettes, latest styles at lowest prices. REAL OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS, 36-inch, at $6 50, $8 50, $8 50, $10 50, $12 00 each. Full line of LADIES’ AND CHIL- DREN’'S COIN PURSES, COMBI- NATION POCKET BOOKS, Chate- laine and Shopping Bags, latest styles, at Jowest prices. FUR SETS at 65e, 75c¢, $2 00, $2 50 to $3 50 set. CHILDREN'S $1 25, $1 7 | l.aces AND Embroideries. 10c to 2sc. LADIES' PURE LINEN HEM- STITCHED HANDKER- CHIEFS, 1, % and 1-inch hem, 4 10c, 12%, 15c, and 25c each. 1Sc to $3.50 Each. LADIES’ PURE LINEN EM- BROIDERED HANDKER- CHIEFS, assorted patterns, 25¢, 50c, T5¢ to $3 50 each. 25c, 8)c to 2Sc. LADIES’ SHEER LAWN EM- BROIDERED HANDKER- | CHIEFS, scalloped, hemstitched | and lace effects, 8 1-3¢, 10c, 12%c, | 15¢ and 25c each. 1Sc and 2Sc Each. LADIES’ PURE LINEN HEM- STITCHED HANDKER- CHIEFS, hand embroidered initial, % dozen in fancy box, 90c and $1 50 box; 15c and 25c each. $1.00 to $10.00 Each. REAL LACE HANDKERCHIEFS, assorted patterns, for Xmas gifts, $1 00 to $10 00 each. $1.00 to $35.00 Each. BLACK LIBERTY SILK COL- LARETTES, ribbon and pleated ends, nicely assorted, on sale at §1 00, $1 25, $1 50, $2 00 to $5 00 each. $1,00 to $3.50 Each. FANCY BLOUSE FRONTS AND JABOTS, CHIFFON AND LACE, assorted styles, on sale at $1 .00, $125, $150, $2 00 to $3 50 each. + H+E+! MISSES’ CHILDRE 00 BLACK DUCHESSE SATIN =4 50 BLACK FIGURED S;’;I N AND +8+E+8+84+ 04+ 0+a+-E SILK DEPARTMENT. ST T e 75c BLACK SATIN DUCHESSE; sale price \ 8¢ BLACK FIGURED AND BAYADERE SATIN; sale price....65¢ a yard sale price 50 COLORED MOIRE VELOUR; sale price GROS-GRAIN SILK; sale price.. 1+ cieenen,BUC a yard ...... Jisesinines dOC 8 yard s s chmvien s 75¢ a yard $1 00 a yard JACKE fly or double-breasted fronts, price $12 50 each. LADIES’ and MISSES At $50O. made of Covert, Kersey or Boucle cloth, fly or double- breasted fronts; regular price $850 and $10 00: sale price $5 00 each. At $7.50. MISSES' JACKETS, made of fine quality Kersey, Covert and Cheviot cloth some lined, others half-lined with silk; re, ular price $10 00 and $12 50; sale price $7 30 each. = At $10.00. u MISSES' JACKETS, made of fine imported cloths, in all the latest shades, fiy + or double-breasted fronts, lined throughout with silk, regular price $17 50; sale price $10 00 each. = ] At $12.50. LADIES’ KERSEY CLOTH JACKETS, in black, nav double-breasted fronts, lined throughout with silk JACKETS. v, tan and gree ; regular price $1' LADIES’ At $12.50. LADIES’ TAILOR-MADE SUITS of black and navy serge, fly lined with si price $17 50; sale price $12 50 each. At price $25 00; sale price $20 00 each. serge, skirts' double lined and bound with velvet; regular $20.00. LADIES’ TAILOR-MADE SUITS of black and navy lined with silk, flounce skirt double lined and bound with v SUITS. front, jackets cheviot, box jackets, elvet; regular CHILDREN’S REEFERS. At $2.50. REEFERS, made of mixed trimmed with braid; regular price $4 50; sale price $2 50 each. strap bac! cheviot, double-breasted fronts, San Francisco. +E+8+E+04+ 0+ B+ +E+ 8B+ R+ c0000000C00C000000000000000000D0O00 0O return Mr. and Mrs. Lundborg will reside SOCIETY. ©0000000C0C0000000000000000000000000° 0000000 season, usually charitable entertain- been no exception The principal affair < at which society tea and cut 1 for the reception day at the residence | 34 Pacific t of the furnishing fund of the new St. Luke's church. HE holiday prolific ments, this v of the in has ar. we Art also has been engaging much of the time and shionable femin- inity the , the smart set having turned out in large numbers to view the paintings at the Art Institute and at the Bohemian Club. There have also been a few private exhibitions. One of the most notable of these was the re- ception at the studio of Miss Alice Her- rick and Mrs. Mary Ross, when Miss Herrick's collection of painted porcelain nd the sketches and paintings of Mrs. were admired by many fashionable lovers of art. The event of the week, of course, was the first party of the season of the Fri- day Night Club, under the able leadership 9 This being a fait ac- of Mr. Greenwa compli, the social son may now be said 10 be in full swing. The last on the list of debutantes has made her bow to the gay world, Miss Maud Mullins having been formally intro- cociety at a tea which her duced to soclety at a tea W mother, Mrs. Charles F. Mullins, gave yesterday afternoon at her residence, 1809 Gough stri The ranks 4o be depleted by the departure on Satur- day next of Miss Adelaide Murpny.. Miss ¢ will accompany her auat, Mrs. 1d later on to Europe. Jouncements have been made ent week. 1:[“\(; da.nce‘s”?f Sl::e Entre < Club, the Friday and e 1 B tre N Kénslies belng all that have been listed so far. he gayest of the dinners of the wedk o et given by Frederick A, -enwood at his home on Pacific ave- e. There were at table besides the host < ‘mother, Mrs. Greenwood, and his sis- ter, Miss Jane Greenwood: Miss Ollve Hoibrook, Miss Therese Morgan, Miss rtrude’ Forman, Harry Holbrook, Ed- H. Sheldon and Edward M. Green- ni hi . and Mrs. James Cooper gave a the- ate the Alcazar on Monday evening of their daughter, Miss E . A supper was en- joved afterward at the University Club. The others in the irs. roe Salisbury, Miss Margaret Sa J.oughboroug! Miss P an_Blanding, Miss Tillian_Follis, Miss Olive Holbrook, Miss , Miss Sus Clara Hamilton, Clarence Follis, J. aac Upham Jr., M Anna Voorhies, Miss Harry M. Holbrool King, Percy King, Knight, A. D. Keyes, Howard Ve )\lr.gflamlllon and Dr. Gibbons, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. Murphy gave an elaborate dinner party in the Red room at the Bohemian Club on Wednes- day evening in honor of Mrs. E. C. Swift and Miss Swift, who came from the East a few weeks ago to attend the wedding of Miss Ethel ‘Murphy and Mr. Biddle. The room was handsomely decarated with tropical palms and ferns, and the table with fragrant blossoms. The party comprised: Mr. and_ Mrs. Samuel G. Murphy, Mrs. BE. C. Swift, Miss Mabel Swift, Miss Adelaide Murphy, Miss Alice Moffatt, Mary Bell Gwin, Miss The- rese Morga Miss Olive Holbrook, John G. Follansbee, Mr. Moffatt, E. M. Green- way, Robert M. Iyre, Edward H. Shel- don, Peter D. Martin, James D. Phelan and Walter Magfe. 5y Mr. and Mrs. William G. Irwin_enter- tained a number of friends at the Califor- nia Theater on Saturday evening, De- cember- 3. After the performance a sup- per was enjoyed at the:home of the host and hostess on Van Ness.avenue. Their uests were: Miss Gertrude Carroll, Miss race Spreckels, Miss Carrie Taylor, Miss Therese Morgan, Miss Bertha Sidney of the debutantes are about | so | Smith, Augu o 0000 stus Taylor, Dr. Herbert E. Carolan, Harry N. Stetson, Benjamin Holladay and Edward M. Greenway. P Mrs. Robert Oxnard gave a luncheon on Wednesday afternoon. Her guests in- | cluded the Misses Helen and Edna Hop- avenue, for | kins, Miss Caro Crockett, Miss Ella Mor- gan ‘and Miss Therese Morgan, A luncheon was given by Mrs. I W. Hellman on Friday at her home on the corner of Sacramento and Franklin streets, complimentary to her daughter- in-law, Mrs. 1. W. Hellman Jr. (nee Jacobl). ~ Covers were lald for thirty, and the guests were seated at three round tables. a2 e Miss Anna L. Cunningham of Oakland and Morris Akerly were quietly married in Portland, Or., on the 25th of November. Trinity Episcopal Church was the scene of the marriage, and Rev. D. C. Garrett performed the ceremony. The bride was attended by Miss Nancy Moore of Port- land, aj ma nd the best man was John H. Will- Mr. and Mrs. Akerly will reside in oula, Mont., where the groom’s busi- ness interests are. Mrs. E. C. Swift and Miss Mabel Swift will leave on Saturday next for the East, en route to Europe, where they expect to spend the winter season. Miss Ethel Keeney and Miss Leontine Blakeman left for St. Louts on Thursday ast. Alexander Harrison, the artist, left for | the East on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher F. Ryer leave for the East this week. They will sail soon from New York for a prolonged stay in Europe. John G. Follansbee left for the south on Thursday, en route to his ranch in Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Yale and the Misses Enid and Nettie Yale of Oakland have moved to this city for the winter. Mrs. Fred Castle and Miss Castle have returned from their visit East, and are at the Hotel Richelieu. . e e A very pretty home wedding took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. William Munder, 96 Fifth avenue, South San Francisco, on Thursday evening, Decem- ber 8, when their only ddughter, Agnes, was given in marriage to Ole Olsen. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Pastor Biehler. . eiie The engagement of Miss Julia Bahrs and Raymond Benjamin is announced. The engagement is announced of Miss Sarah Attell and Louis Blendon, both of San Francisco. « e . The Unknown will hold its annual mas- querade party in Assembly Hall, Polk street, on Saturday, January 2. ‘The ninth anniversary ball of Hesperian Parlor No. 137, N. S. G. W., will be given on Friday evening, December 16, 1898, at Native Sons’ Hall. e e e Catholic Ladles’ Ald Society No. 9 will give a Christmas donation party at Mis- sion Opera Hall, Mission street, Mon- day evening, December 12, at 8 o'clock. Admission, cash or provisions. The pupils of Mrs. Evans' dancing academy will give o bonbon party at ‘Wells Hall; southwest corner of Post and Fillmore streets, on Thursday evening, December 15. Miss Lillian E. Grodjinsky of Seattle and Miss Gertrude Lackman of Portland are the guests of Miss Blanche Allen- berg. They will receive their friends on Tuesday, December 13, at 1136 Page street. - ¢ The marriage of Miss Abbie Clift and Irving Lundborg took place last Monday evening at the residence of the bride's parents on San Pablo avenue, Oakland. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev. Robert Ritchie of St. Paul's Episco- al Church. The bridesmaids were Miss arrfet Kittridge and Miss Grace Gor- rill. Addison Starr Keeler was best man, and Miss Jean Borden Clift, a sister of the bride, was mald of honor. After the ceremony an elaborate wed- ding supper was served, and the follow- ing morning the young couple left for a short honeymoon in Svatnern California. Miss Clift is the daughter of William Clift, the well known capitalist, and a sister of Judge F. C. Clift. Irving Lund- borg, the groom, is teller in the San Fran- cisco National Bank and is well known in business and financial circles. On their o | | | | this city, | Stanford alumni, and in honor of this fact in Oakland. o e News has just reached here of the mar- riage in New York of Captain Eugene de Kay Townsend and Mrs. May Beach Miner. The wedding took place at the Church of the Transfiguration November 16. Captain Townsend is -well known in wife having died here ago. .During the late end commanded Com- nty-first Regiment of New York, and was one of the heroes of San Juan Hill. The bride was a widow and a daughter of the late James Beach of'New York - &+ The wedding of Ray L. Wilbur and Miss Marguerite Blake took place Monday noon at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Charles E. Blake, 1807 Larkin street. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Jessica Blake. Ralph Arnold acted as best man. The bride and groom are about t the decorations were nearly all cardinal, the Stanford color. Among the invited guests were Pres! dent and Mrs. Jordan, Professor and M O. P. Jenkins, Professor and Mrs. Greene, Professor G. C. Price, Dr. Adelaide Brown and many of the alumni and students of Btanford University. The bride is the daughter of the late Dr. Charles E. Blake, who was well known in soclal and professional circles in this city. Mr. Wilbur, for three vears instructor in psychology at Stanford, is at present oc- cupying the position of demonstrator in physiology at Cooper Medical Coliege. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Wil- bur left for Pacific Grove, where they will remain a month before returning to this city to reside. .o o The engagement is announced of Miss Olga Marix and David Murray. Miss Marix is a nlece of Lieutenant Com- mander Marix, United States navy, and a sister of Lieutenant A. T. Marix of the United States Marine Corps. David Mur- | ray is general manager of the telephone lines in Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyo- ming, with headquarters at Salt Lake City. The wedding'will take place early next year. . oa e Miss Clotilda Podesta was the recipient recently of a pleasant surprise party at her home on Utah street. The evening was spent in dancing and playing games. At midnight the guests partook of a dainty supper in the beautifully decorated dining-room. Among those present were: Palmera Podesta, Mrs. Podesta, Emily Kimball, Miss Kurrey, Misses Alice and Nellie Ryan, Ben rawford, Sergeant ‘Wilbourne, Norman Moore, Miss Clotilda Podesta, Harry Hartman, George Hart- man, Ed Moore, Miss May Merrill, Gus Sharkey, Mrs. May Sharkey, Walter. Smith, Miss Hylda Marshall, Harry Levey Fitzsimmons, Mrs. Hylda Fitzsim- mons, Dan Murphy and Will Pabst. The Sans Souci Whist Club was enter- tained at its last meeting at the residence of Mrs. Nippert, 1814% Post street. The prizes, after a close contest, were award- ed U«’i Miss Carrie Short and Henry Sher- mund. Mizpah Circle No. 100, Companions of the Forest, gave its. fourth anniversary entertainment and ball on the 23d ult. at the Potrero Opera-house. The affair was in charge of Mesdames Beckman, Wil- liams, Gibson, Stone, Dunweber, Sheridan, Morgan, Braybant ahd Draper. ' _ . s A very pleasant "Luanksgiving party was glven at the home of Mrs. F. %igrrnyra- rer. 812 Twenty-second street, on the 23d nst., in honor of Peter Baxter and family of Scotland. The rooms were very pret- tily decorated with flowers and ferns. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs, Peter Baxter, Miss Clevie Baxter, Mrs. Amy Stevenson, Miss Jennette Draper, | James Parker, Mrs. William Bloomheart, Mrs. Fred Draper, George Love and Will- lam Hass. The Fin de Siecle Whist Club neld a very enjoyable meeting on Tuesday even- ing at the home of Miss Alvina Vellguth on Jackson street. Whist, tne feature of the evening, was earnestly played, the first prizes going to L. R. Gambitz and Miss Josephine Hrémada, while the con- solations were won by E. W. Gates and Miss Patridge. Dancing occupied the rest of the evening until a dainty supper was served. The decorations of holly and smi- lax were prettily arranged. Those present were: Miss L. Beaurnan, O. Collischonn, Miss Susle Logan, F. A. West, Miss B. L. Gambitz, J. C. Lrooks. Miss A. Patridge, J. H. Wheeler, Miss J. Patridge, E. O. Whitney, Miss A, Vellf\xtb Thomas F. Dunn, Miss Faith Gambitz, L. E. Phillips, Miss Lottie Malers, W. B. B M Josie Hromada, E. W. Gates, Miss Ida Wolfe, D. Boyer, Miss O. Kiefaber and. L. Pirits Margaret Mary Col d La s ret Mary Coleman an m- bert Vanuz:ak were married by Father McSweeney Decem! ber 6. The d'Accord Club gave its opening | arty at Cotillon Hall, 1310 Polk street, on ‘hursday ‘evening, December 8. The apartments were elegantly decorated, and among those who enjoyed the dancing were: Miss Emma_Becker, Miss Meta -Tiss Alice Walters, Miss Rose Rothehild, M Alma Harder, Miss S. Shan- nie Becker, Miss 1da Precht, Miss Bertha Joost, Miss Etta s, C. A. Meussdorffer, Mrs. J. Whitney, Miss Hermanda Joost, Mi L, Pritchard, Miss Elsa Priber, Miss Em- ma Falch, Miss Lottie Maier, Miss Alvina Vellguth, Miss Gertie Proll, Miss Doris Heuer, Miss Clara Klemm, Miss L. Pritchard, Emile A. Groezinger, Paul C. Westerteld, Al H. Antz, J. P. Whitney, J. M. Hay: Dr. A. J. Sylvester, W. Weg- lehner, W. G. Harder, Dr. W. H. Stire- walt, R. Arroyo, H. Aldunate, E. J. Britt, H. S. Bausman, E. Christensen, Phil J. Heuer, C. J. Hittel, S. J. Hankins, F. Parks, Dr. H. W. Stirewalt, Dr. von der Leith, Dr. A. T. Derby, L. Symms, C. A. Meussdorffer, Randall _ Phillips, Otto Falch, Fred Suhr, F. W. Meussdorffer, W. Westerfeld, Al Meyer, Sanford G. Lewald, and W. Remensberger. The Cotillon Club '99 gave its third win- ter - assembly and german last Friday evening. The early portion of the evening was spent in dancing, and then two fig- ures of the german were danced, Joseph P. Lavin leading. Those in the first set were: ~Messrs. George T. Montgomery, Ieslie 1. Cog- ins, Robert Schord, Bruce W. Large, Bernard Ph. Gleason, R. B. Howe, Allen H. Ferguson, Robert Gleason; Miss Ethel Hudson, M Mazie Erb, Miss Daisy Pabst, M hanley, Miss Rolland, Miss Hattie Henrix, Miss Minna Strayhl, Miss Florence Meyers. Leslie I. Coggins acted as floor_ man- ager, and Allen H. Ferguson assisted. William Kautmann, one of the directors of the Emporium and Golden Rule Ba- zaar corporation, was the recipient of a very pleasant surprise party on last Sun- day evening at his residence, 1114 O'Far- rell street. The occasion was the anniver- sary of Mr. Kaufmann's forty-first birth- day. The many guests who participated in the pleasant event were charmingly entertained during the earlier hours of the evening by several new and novel par- lor games. Later they sat down to a sumptuous collation, during which many appropriate toasts were offered, one of which, “Many happy returns of the day,” was responded to in a most felicitous manner by Mr. Kaufmann. o e . Mr. and Mrs. Herman Enkle have re- moved to the Montrose Hotel. Mrs. Enkle will be at home the first Monday. Miss Etta Sandman and Morris Marks, whose engagement has been announcd, will receive on Sunday, December 13, from 2 to b, at 233 Golden Gate avenue. Mrs. 1. Tobriner and Mrs. Fannie Cahn are located at 2250 Bush street, where they will be pleas.ed t'cv see their friends. Mrs. Joseph Hirsch (nee Lachman) will be at home on the second Wednesday of each month at 1038 Ellis street. Sall Auerbach, after a residence of elght years with his grandrarents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Levy, xccompanied his pa- rents to their home in Guatémala yes- terday on the steamer Peru. Mrs. Emanuel Levy will be pleased to recelve her friends at the Hotel Mont- rose on the first and third Wednesday Mme. Agnes Fried, formerly of this city, is meeting with great success in the musical circles of New York and Boston. Her voice, which is unanimously admired, 1s one of unusual range and beauty. Her latest success was at a musicale given by Mrs. Frank Leslie at her apartments at Sherry’s. Elia Wheeler Wilcox ldea OfLieading a Liover On. YOUNG woman who has been in love with' a man during the last year, without recefving any indica- tion that her affection is returned, asks me evidently in all innocence what she can do to win hi§ regard, and in what way she can encourage his atten- tion. This young woman knows little of the nature of men, or she would not ask this question. Man is like happiness, the more he Is pursued the more he flies. Ignore him and he will come to you. The man who needs to be ‘“encouraged” by a woman is not worth winning; at least there. is some virile element lack- ing in his nature or he would take the 1 reins of courtship in his own hands and gallop to the goal, carrying the lady along with him. In his secret soul the most modest man believes he could win any woman if he set himself about it in earnest. A woman's encouragement need mnever g0 farther than a coquetry of the eye- lids. If a man does not understand that language it is useless to shout in his ear. His heart is hard of hearing. The in- dependence of woman can never make her seem dignified or graceful in the pursuit of a man. It is when she seems to re- treat that her smile of encouragement to her followers is most attractive. The most subtle of all arts is that of | knowing how to lead a lover on while seeming to discourage him. But it is an art which cannot be taught or bought. That is one of the things which must be born in the flesh. It is like the color of the eyes, or the curve of the lips, some- thing” impossible for science to produce or to alter. God alone knows the secret of fashion- ing a coquette, he springs full grown into life in the dark recesses of the backwoods quite as| readily as in the midst of fashionable so- | ciety. And where she is, there men follow. Without beauty, fortune or learning. she | is still a queen, and men do her will. It is | impossible to ‘tell how she rules them. That is her secret. the least inkling of this secret must not strive to imitate her ways. Sand may be as white as sugar, but it lacks the jsweetening quality. It is use- less to attempt to substitute one for the other. s The only hope a woman has of winning a man she loves is by loving deeply enough and keeping still about it. Silent, dignified love, sometimes brings a return in time, as the magnet dra the steel. But always and ever a w love must be silent until its expre: asked for. The flower breathes low to_the bee, Behold, 1 am ripe with bloom; Let Love have his way with me Ere I fall reserved in my tomb. The lioness seeks her mate, The she tiger calls her own, ‘Who made it a woman's fate To sit in silence alone? It {s a question difficult to answer. But the fact remains that it is the law and must be obeyed.—Ella Wheeler Wilcox in New York Evening World. ~ —————————— Sir Willlam Crookes’ invention is now put to practical use in the testing of preclous stones. Heretofore the costly gems have cften been replaced by imi- tations and sold for the value of real ones. Another fraud of the dealer has But the woman who does not possess | GOSSIP OF been the “piecing” of gems, and doing d BOCIETY BUD. EAREST Marguerite: “The first meeting of the Friday Night Club of this season was held at Native Sons’ Hall on the evening of De- cember 9. That is the way the papers put it. But we girls spill effusive adjectives over it, and were it not that the cold weather freezes the ink to the pen I would unreel some of them for you. But you remember what the Greenway is. Other cotillons pale into insignificance compared to it. All the smart world goes, and the smart world's wife gets a stun- ning new gown for the occasion. There is always a plentiful supply of masculinity. That may be because the supper is not only plentiful and delicious but the wines are chosen to suit a con- noisseur’s taste. The little boys may be there but they manfully conceal the late- ly severed apron strings. Their bigger brothers, who have long since graduated from their nurses, perform their parts valiantly. And now and then a real grown-up man happens in—usually just at supper time. They all drink, some eat, and others make merry. Dick tried all three and the after effect was not happy. With ice water, cold bandages and soda for acces- sories and any old thing to lean his head against, he gave us this touching bit of after-the-ball eloquence: I've something on my breast, mother, T've something on my breast; I eigh the livelong day, mother, And at night 1 cannot rest, For a weary Wwelght of woe oppresses me, mother, A weary weight of woe: 'Tis not Helen's unkindness disturbs my rest; 'Tis last night's supper that I can't digest. I was kept so busy holding up my end that I really couldn’t tell you what any one particular girl wore. At least a dozen had on gowns that were a combination of silver and white. The effect is very pretty, but I think it is being overdone. The girl who designs or gets hold of something new should copyright it, for the others come down like the wolf on the fold and her novelty is put through the threadbare process. The next cotillon is to be on the 23d, and will be a fancy dress. The girls say that they have a crook in their gray matter trying to evolve some new ideas for cos- tumes. I have one that will make the wall flowers green with envy. But I'm not goine to tell even you, for fear it will leak out and my pleasure will be spoiled. The last shred of my vanity will be dissi- pated if I do not cause a decided sensa-, tion when I appear clad In—but that’s an- other s or{. Really, 1 think the Friday Nights are such a success because they are man- aged by Mr. Greenway. It's neither the magic of the music, the supger or the dance. For though he has led the way, others have followed, and yet it is never quite the same thing. Every one comes to his dance because he desires to. We go to some of the others because we have to. If you call a rose another name it may smell as sweet, but unless you call a co- i tillon “Greenway tening ear. Row back with Father Time from Fri- day till Mond? and pull up at the Alca- zar. ‘““Mr.” and Mrs. Cooper gave the the- ater party in honor of Ethel. We did not listen to the play intently enough to feel any serfous after effects. "I sincerely hope we did not disturb the players. If they caught scraps of our ceaseless chatter, my felicitations. We had an awfully jolly time and wound up at the University Club, where a delicious supper was served. Tuesday T called on Ethel Keeney and Leontine Blakeman, who left on Thurs- day for St. Louis. Ethel has developed a very Parisian air. Ever since the ad- vent of Anna Held she looks the Held- esque. A great many told her she resem- bled the fair Anna, and she has copied her “jus'que-la.” She does look a little like the Held, and the new chic, slightly risque air that her gowns have is ver: fetching. But I wish Ethel would dis- pense with the rose that blooms on either cheek. Art is long and time Is fleeting, and girlish complexions cannot stand it. Leontine and Ethel expect to stay away several months, and of course they’ll have a splendid time. Wednesday afternoon we went to the Giselman card party. Buds, belles, brides and matrons were there, and we passed a very pleasant afternoon playing pro- gressive euchre. In the evening we hied to the Murphy dinner party at the Bohemian Club. The round table in the red room was beauti- fully decorated with flowers, and a spark- ling fountain in the middle trickled over a bed of cool green moss. A large um- brella_shaded the table, the tiny lanterns it falis flat on the lis- depending from it castin; ver | ) g 8 & soft glow OVET | Which belonged to the King. A silver all. Addie Murphy 3oked positively pretty. I have always liked her; she is So xélrl(s‘h and frills. Addie conflied to me that she is de- lighted at the prospect of going to Europe with Mrs. Swift and Miss Mabel Swift, who came out here from the East for Ethel's wedding. Adelaide says she Is heartily sick of the newspapers, that have spilled a great deal of ink over them, and she hopes she will not see one for many a day to come. Thursday was my day off, and I spent it reading, an unusual occurrence nowa- days. After I got used to it I rather liked it. Novpl sensation, you know. Of course, 1 read ‘the papers and magazines; but a serious book takes time, and unfortunate- ly very little spare time falls to the lot of a society girl. Friday I rested for the as- sembly in the evening, of which I have told you. Maud Mulling, whom you may remem- ber, had a coming-out ‘tea on Saturday afternoon, and we all went to see the new debutante, who looked charming. ‘When am I going to tell you that I hinted at last week? Some day near future: ‘When donkeys learn to sing and dance And pigs talk politics; B ‘When London {8 a town in France And two and two make six. Lovingly, FLORA McFLIMSEY, fosslp n the | | { | it so well that it is impossible to detect the operation, thus selling. diamonds ‘“‘pasted”’—the value of brilliants in- creasing in enormous proportion as the size grew. Now, however, the Roentgen ray steps in and reveals with great exact- ness any Kind of fraud. Experiments of the French scientists Leconteur and Cosser showed that between all stones, no matter how small, there is scme dif- ference of color. Diamonds have a light brown or light green phosphores- cence, according to their origin. —_————————— Remarkable Auction Bids. HE Zola sale in France, at which a litle table was sold for more than 250 times its value, recalls many instances of remarkable bids at auction sales. Zola's table was worth £4 16s, but the first bid for it was £1280, and the auction became probably unique in the annals of sales by being closed after a single bid. It was not the first time that a table has been sold for a remarkable sum, though it is probably the first time that such an article has fetched such a big price. Cicero’s table was put up at auction after his death, bur the highest bid was £750. Another his- toric article, for which an enormous price was paid, was Cato's purple robe, which Nero bought for &£6800. The habit worn by Charles XII at Pultowa was sold for £22,000, and a cup used by Napoleon went for 37 guineas. The hat which Napoleon wore at Eylau was keenly bid for at an auction by thirty- 'g&;g persons, and was knocked down at 75. Mr. Quaritch, the famous bookseller, recently advertised two of his rarest volumes for sale for £10,250, a sum which may seem ridiculous to most readers. Mr. Quaritch, however, once bid £4900 for a Latin Psalter and £3900 for a Mazarin Bible at an auction sale. Five hundred and forty guineas for a snuff box suggests that the bidder was verging on madness, but a snuff box from the Emperor of Brazil's col- | lection was once knocked down at this price. Another, supposed to have be- longed to Marie Antoinette, was sold for 320 guineas, bids of 50 and a hun- dred guineas being quite common at snuff box sales. A vase in the British Museum was knocked down at 1000 guineas, and two violins—a Stradivarius and a Ruggari— were sold at a sale for £760 and £1280 resp-ctively. A violin bow by Tourte wr.s sold for £44, and the autograph of Sir Isaac Newton once drew a bid of £64. An admirer of George IV a few years ago bid £18 for a walking stick the penny of William Conqueror's | reign was sold nine years ago for £33, and unaffected. She never takes to fads | g and a half-crown of the reign of Queen Elizabeth went for £44. Lord Fitzhardinge once bid < 4500 guineas for a calf at Lord Dunmore’s sale. The previous highest. price for a bull was 1000 guineas, bid at a sale at Ketton. Lord Fitzhardinge’s bid was the highest ever made in England, but it has been beaten—of course in Amer- ica—an Englishman having bid the un- precedented price of £8120 for a bull at Utica twenty-five years ago. —_——— HEART OR LIVER? A love-inoculated poetess of the T pahgre Valley sends this contribut! S:e tender literature of autumn me: I go about with languid eyes, ‘They’ve lost thelr wonted girlish flashing, My bosom oft is rent with sighs, And now and then the tears come splashing. Since Bill and me were doomed to part, I care not when I cross death's river! I know I have a broken heart, Though mamma thinks it is my liver. necom- ion, to mating —Denver Post. ——— Advances mads on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission.