The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1901, Page 5

. Elsa or ularly pleases - jerade ball is slowly but surely Francisco does ¥y behind the the wake of in Louis just as fast d St t will be before she will have t alded as the or before she Prophet’s procession to be seen. Just a day rely to fun and fool- we plan that all be fresh and t matter, yet attractive, be masked lends a charm to any oc- ainty of the thing, knowledge of flirting with friends and e on. The very unces fellow well met” and mirth is contagious. hide one's personality 1 & great amount of ingenuity. of the most catchy and at the me well-known ideas have been borrowed from the stage. Every one Has Bohemian Girl “Il Trovatore,” s of Paris” and the host of r operas, or, if they haven't, would be brave enough to con- social crime? Not many pufr. rl is one of the noblest on! needs a pretty s supply of dash and cessfully portray that animated a osey™ miss. he & pletely such a f the frock, t both ends for it is is usually of ow and then a dash al that was saved in to waste, for much beruffied and tt as can be pre.- The slippers are bla or light lavender stockings are h prettier than white and 4 everybody of their grand- n s n st La Belle Parisienne to wear a hat when she wants to look especially capti- vating. The largest cartwheel, caught up here and there in a fantastic fashion with brilliant colors, and set on the head in a Saunty, impertinent manner, is the crown- ing glory. And then the liberty! What would one expect of a flower girl? Certainly not to stand quietly in a corner and wait for people to buy. Well, hardly. Carmen or La Perichole makes a strik- ing get-up for a brunette. The peasant's red, black and white is uni- dress of becoming; and then, too, the e black velvet bodice sets off the the very best advantage. 1t lowers of red and pink form a dainty and show up prettily under a black = The Spanish girl has always known the value of a scarf and fan, and g e m more to the point t an r A rican girls can. It is most the only art used in ensnaring man v lower and band her s one of the simplest v i1s a thing of beauty. old-fashioned princess, t is a qualr + * Photos by Fowszer. . & made of soft clinging material. Baby blue and white are usual colors. A long fringed sash is loosely tled and falls to the floor. A white fichu, such as Martha Washington always wore, draped off the shoulders and fascened with a jcweled pin at the left side, completes a study. A more stately reveler has two elaborate costumes to choose from. The Widow Be- witched and Bohemian Girl demand silkg and satins and beautiful gauzy laces. And jewels! Don’t attempt either one If the heirloom box isn’t well filled or unless there is a trusty friend in the Transvaal diamond business. Necklaces that gleam In the dark. brace- lets and rings galore, a sunburst or two, PHOTOS BY LA PERICHOLE \.FOWZER, and pernaps a lizard pinnea aown to keep him from crawling away. Iven ias slip- pers must have uny buckles that twinkle Aas the feet move In and out In the dance. But, last and not least, there must be a tiara to reflect ‘with every gracious nod of the head. YA\ B\ = ; BEWITCHED THE SUNDAY CALL. The funny little flowered Watteau pleac ir the back, the lace apron’ effect and tie panniers over a darker background make a gown that <ctainly should make any Bohemian Girl delights in a train, the longer the better. The bodice is extreme- MARTONL IN "ELOWER GIRLS RE = PARIS? 1y short-waisted and has a square collar effect, bordered with a heavy fringe. Both are just as swell as they can be, but they are too swell to -permit anything that even suggests romping—just a look out of the corner of the eye and a flirt of the fan, you kno BOHEMIAN N GIRL ... Yeonora and Elizabeth come to the res- cue of the quiet girl, who would rather see than be seen, for no matter how gay the throng may be there are always some who prefer to swell the garden of the wall-flowers. Where could one find a better or a broader fleld than the operatic from which to choose a masquerade gown? Are they not all meant for the same purpose—to play in? Use and Hbuse of Coffee. T a recent meeting of the New A York County Medical Soclety seve eral papers were read concerning coffee as a beverage and its ef- fects upon the nervous system. It was agreed that coffee is used by 100,000,000 hu~ man beings. Dr. I. N. Love, formerly of St. Louls, read a paper, in which he sald: “I commenced making special observa- tions on the use and abyse of coffee ff- teen years ago, and presented a paper on thls subject ten years ago to the Missis- #ppl Valley Medical Association. Thers could be no question that coffee is valua- ble as an article of diet If used properly. During childhood it should not be used at all. The carelessness with which pa- rents permit even bables to drink coffes is remarkable. This is often done through & desire to give the children a warm drink in the morning. The ill effects of ta: practice are frequently met with by the physiclan. Such children early show poor digestion and an irritability of the nerve ous system. “f have been surprised to find how com- mon this is even among the well-to-do, and how seldom physicians give the mat- ter due consideration. I am of the opin- fon that this habit is a means of develop- ing In these persons as they grow older a Qesire for something stronger. The ex- ceptional individual of excellent inherit- ance and strong physique, and with a well poised nervous system, may use coffee and tobacco from an early age without mark- ed detriment, but it should always be borne in mind that these cases are de- cided exceptions. The child should have no stimulant, just as the thoroughbred colt should have no whip but oats or other wholesome food. “Coffee, tea and cocoa contain practi- cally the same active principle, but coffes contains the largest proportion of this substance—in other words, Is tue strong- est. The physical satisfaction produced by these beverages at mealtime Is of much tmportance. Coffee houses judiciously placed and managed would undoubtedly solve the saloon problem. “Taken with the meal, coffee is likely to disturb digestion. When I desire to restrict the diet In the treatment of obe- sity I advise the use of a cup of bladk goffee in.the morning sandwiched In be- tween two cups of hot water. When used in this way it stimulates peristalsis and ~favors digestion. At the same time It re- moves the desire for food and enables one readily to become a member of the ‘mno- breakfast club.’ *The after-dinner cup of black coffee is an example of the righ. use of coffee. Coffee taken as indicated, without cream and sugar, acts admirably and represents what should be the proper and habitual use of this beverage. The emergency use of coffea for night work Is all right if done judiciously; that is, only 4s an occa~ sional practice.” . _— e Modern methods and perfected Iinstru- ments have made accuracy in engineer- ing truly remarkable. Think of digging & tunnel two and one-half miles long by working from opposite sides of a moun- tain and finishing in the middle with an error in alignment of less than one-fourth of an inch! That is what has just been accomplished in the construction of the second largest tunmel In the United States, the first being the Hoosac Tunnel, in Massachusetts. This tunnel, in which the headings have just met, and which Is now recelving its concrete lLining, plerces the Cascades in the Staté of Washington, on the line of the Great Northern Rafl- way, and has its eastern portion in Che- lan County and its western in King found that the headings had va- ried a little less than a quarter of an inch from a straight line, that in distance their efror was but two Inches, and that the grades of the halves of the tunnel varied only two and one-half inches,