The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1903, Page 7

THE SUNDAY CALL. . 7 decoming. It was rt skirt accordion d gilt boots = Roman sword completed Yect. It was a very coterie of admirers e hour of un fair Minerva to this was 1 a tall, dark beauty, who looked as 4 cowboy in a leath- aunty sombrero. There e other cowboys. both masculine and nine, but none who attracted as much as Miss Freiderich of these Mrs. William Hoel “baby” was even a more strik y woman with ng face and a plump, chubby, lit- : t in a saucy Freneh with short ankle pers, a lace cap and made a faseinating icity and roguish- Boopigtine i languidly gr: moved Mrs The character fit- better than her h those whe know declared ultless. It was a h black velvet creation it pronouncedly decollete i worn with a long sweeping train. On. her hair, which was dressed in a high pompadour, powder- ed snow-white, she wore a 1 ure hat of the Gainsborough style, than which nothing could have ‘been more becoming Another charming blonde girl, whe Jked like a fairy sprite from the mystic land of our childhood fancy, was Miss Laura Farnsworth as Red Popples in a welrd little gown of red and green petals that fitted close to the figure and looked ach flower were just about »om Two other very pretty and dainty girls, they chums, no deud SZAN D e Srrzoso . Eoro—- dressed as a to each other. They - were Miss Fanny Pray as “Marguerites’” was and Miss Florence Booth as the “Poppy eeki Queen.” They both looked like Hving Soas pictures from a glorious spring festival. v - Miss Pray wore a shimmering gown of white chiffon literally covered with sprays e and masses of marguerites, while a large & A BN : modish lace hat was prettily ornamented with the same dellcate flowers. Miss Booth's gown was of pale biue satin elaborately tucked around the skirt and the short elbow sleeves and orna- mented with long festoons of brilllant scarlet popples, while a huge poke bonnet of the same material tied coquettishiy under the chin nodded and bobbed as she danced under a mass of the same bright flowers. The men, sad to relate, though they were permitted to mask this year for the ST F first time in several years, did not come ZAZTA " up to expectations in the way of costum TZD ing. al success was scored . ZATSTWART : ‘2019/1’/5.5"' by 1 gs as an Anna Held “Sadle” fencing girl. His makeup with short velvet skirt, close fitting white bodice, with the inevitable red heart at the left . bigh pompadour wig and high-heeled slippers was as faultless as his assumption of all the feminine arts and graces. It was a costume to be talked about And of such are the memories of the last Mardi Gras. BUTIITNELL oz