The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1903, Page 13

THE SUNDAY CALL. THE PERSIAN ALL THE RAGE TINKER'S COLT s whe . > 2 se m s " g ¥ Ege K w K T z shes before | 2 P vonnet my & #go, but 1 & I s K g @ m t 1 ent, 1 he bushes w »f the bare P omething snorted - red through the he long, . myste- rious own. Eve liamond on his f 1d have divined the truth ¥ he ne of wonder had per- s t like & woodcock in 2 furze brase? For a. full NEGLIGEES FRr.OM WHITE HOoOVUST™= ening him ry and his grandmother raged on alarm- ingly close to me. The colt snorted and ew long breaths through his wide nos- trils, but he did not move. 1 crawled an inc wo nearer, and after a few sec- nds autious peering 1 grasped the po- sition. They had buried him. sandpit among the furze had y had filled th s a grave; him in up to his withers v h sand and a few furze bushes, artistically sposed round the pit had done the rest. As the depth of Flurry's gulle was revealed laughter came upon me like flood. [ gurgied and shook apoplectically, and the me with serious surpris outburst of barking close ninistered a fresh shogk tottering nerves ox's wooily dog had tracked mc furze, and was now baying the d me with mingled terror and in- dignation. I addressed him in a whisper with perfidious endearments, advancing a crafty hand toward him the while, made a spatch for the back of his neck, missed it badly and got him by the ragged fleece of his hindquarters as he tried to flec. If 1 had flayed him alive he could hardly have uttered a more deafening Series of yells, but, like a fool. instead of letting him go, I dragged him toward me, and 1 lay as stiil as death for fear of , wille the voices of Flur- % tried to stiffie the noilse by holding hlsl EGLIGEES for sum- mer are positively tmperative. The so- clety girl simply can- not be expected to remain laced and corded every minute of the day, so late in the afternoon she snatches a few minutes In or- der that she may bloom afresh in the eveniug. And such dainty things as this year's offers to the lady for her boudoir. Too fetch- ing, In fact, to remain out of sight, and the girl who can resist the temptation to slip her feet into slippers and run downstairs to see a late caller would indeed be a’per- fect marvel. White is, of course. the pré- dominating color in wrappers, as it iz in all things eise. One, a perfect loye of a thing, is made of soft®vhite crepe. The fullness hangs from a yoke, and as the material is soft #nd clinging any amount of it can be laid in deep pialits. Just a little below the knees a flounce is set In with a white two-inch insertion, which runs about the skirt, but that lace is the only straight plece. Rows and rows are lald in a fanciful pattern until the required length is rerched and: there muzzle. The tussie lasted engroi for a few seconds, and then of the nighimare arrived. Mrs. Knox's voice, close behind me, | “Let go my dog this Instant, sir!| Her voice faded away, and I knew that she also had seen the colt's head. 1 positively felt sorry for her. At her age there was no knowing what effect the shock might have on her. I scrambled to my feet and confronted her. dajor Yeates!" she said. There wan a deathly pause. “Will you kindly tell me,” sald Mrs. Knox, slowly, “am I in Bedlam, or are you? And what is that?" he pointed to the colt, and that unfor- te animal, recognizing the voice of s mistress, uttered & hoarss and la- mentable whinny. Mrs. Knox feit around her for support, fo only furze prickles, gazed speechlessly at me, and then, to her eternal honor, fell into wild cackles of laughter So. I may say, did Flurry and I. T em-; barked on my explanation and bmkeI down; Flurry followed suit and broke down, too. Overwhelming laughter held us all three, disintegrating our very souls. Mrs. Knox pulied herself together first. “1 acquit you, Major Yeates, 1 acquit ingly the climax | it ends in a perfect billow of soft lace. The sleeves are a little out of the ordi- pary, Inasmuch as they possess an under one. A triangular plece of crepe gathered at the top and trimmed with the lace and insertion is et on just over the full bish- op sleeve and falls in graceful folds over the elhow. The collar is nothing more oc less than a plain sailor, but it is so dressed up with the trimmings that it hardly knows itself. To be sure, when such a wrapper is worn a petticoat covered with frills and furbelows is necessary, and nothing could be sweeter than a delicate blue or pink taffeta made In rather a simple fashion. For Instance, one of the prettiest seen for @ long time has a knee length ruffle of slik and lace, one after the other and eventvally ending In two rows of lace, one just a wee bit below the other. And, of course, such a skirt can be worn with simost any gown, but if it is to be used with a- house frock that flares from the waist it should be fresh and immaculate, for one depends largelv upon the other. A smart wrapper Is made of white veil- ing. The entire length is accordion plaited and fails in straight lengths to the feet. But the trimming (s the master stroke. Two stralght pieces of Persian ribbon, say about four inches wide, fas- tened together with a narrow beading and caged with a fall of cream lace, makes the yoke. The collar is a simple turnover, in its tirn edged With the lace, and the sleeves are fashloned very much the same to the elbow when an undersleeve of all-over you, though appearances are against you. It's clear enough to me you've fallen among thieves.” She stopped and glow- 13 lace !s inserted to excellent advantage. Perslans arqy wonderfully popular and they are combined with no end of colors and put together In all sorts of quaint ways. Entire jackets seem made of bits of ribbon, and even petticoats are Very much trimmed If not made completely from the Perslan. One of the oddest jackets is made of a ribbon not more than an inch in width. Evidently the ribbon was cut in certain lengths and sewed firmly with a cream in- sertion of the same width and with a very open design. The jacket {tself is short, hardly reaching the walst llne and fin- ished with a ruffle of the same, while the sleeves are absolutely plain and end a little above the elbow. Its chief beauty is in the lack of a collar for a ruching of lace encircles the throat and falls In a cascade where the V-shape meets. Byt don't fancy that there are no other styles of the Persian. Two bands of rib- bon and one of insertion compose a pretty thing. certainly not worn for warmth nor exactly for comfort. The jacket looks more like a bolero than anything, although it has an excuse for sieeves which lends it a larger appearance, Lovely as these negligees are they fail in their mission If not worn bv a girl Dblessed with a certain number of pounds. They. are too sheer, too flimsy and too telitale for the slender lady who would rather coneeal how much she is lacking. But the French are a wily people and have thought this question all out. For the slender lady they offer a heavy batiste made with the old-fashioned '|= BAT\STE TRIMMED YWl TH ered at Flurry. Her purple bonnet was over one eye. “I'll thank you, sir,” she said, “to dig out that horse before 1 double plaits. The yoke Is of a heavy lace over a silk lining. Two bands of the batists bound in a black and white checked silk extend over the shoulders and give a broad look, wnile little bows of black velvet ribbon held in place by wee silver buckles are placed at Intervals up and down the front to give a certain amount of length. The sleeves are quite the swellest seen for a long time. Rather enug to the el- bow, but with a V-shaped piece of the lace let in on the shoulder and getting broader until at the elbow it lets itgelf out into a large puff. Again the two bands bound with the silk are called into play and they partially cover the lace and finish the sleeve off to a nicety. The latest novelty is a French m well covered with great polka dots. On ac- count of the material being trimmed In itgelf nothing else has been used. The fuilness, which comes from the yoke, Tip- ples and falls gracefully into a wide ruf- fle, which ends In a plain hem. Its sole attempt at varfety comes from a three- cornered collar, which dips well over the shculders and again in the back, so much, in fact, that It almost reaches what should be the waist line. The sleeves, by v, are made in ‘exactly the same A straight plece of the mull cut and sewed In a triangular shape and put into the arms with no attempt at fullness, Just enough to be easy. It is certainly ane of the most chic seen for many a day and has enough colors to be practicable for all purposes. Great red dots when the weather is cool and one needs cheering up, a delicate pink to add a bit more color and to make one fas- cinating, or a dainty blue, which lends an artless look when one is thinking ths hardest and to a purpose. Nothing.in the wrapper line is belted in, or even attempts to convey that idea. The straight long lines have been made longer end have been trimmed to accentuate the fact, for it is quite the proper thing to be slender, i one can do it gracefully and escape being called such by mere cour- tesy. The widow has a charming fro which she may rest and captivate a It 1s made of black batiste, pleated and finished with two ruffles, that make a pretty ripple about the feet. The collar, or what Is called such, is a broad picce of white mull heavily embroidered in white floss. Instead of r g it « 1 turning the mull over, or even f g it off with a lttle lace, the mull has been gathered. Row after row, with a space of perhaps an eighth of an Inch between each snir, until fully two Inches had been taken up. And right here let me give you a litt geod advice. When 1 in k. lace or silk is on about the throat, and when it is and fluffy especially, it giv E short-necked effect, that is anything gcod. But if a certain point, say a below the collarbone, is passed nothing quite as soft and chie The widow knows the ers and fiying things with whicl gnare the unwary, so.she knot a st inch is value of stream- satin ribbon and fastened it at the top of her white collar. A little lo she knotted It again, and then allowed (he ends to fall to the very edge of the ruflies at her feet, when with every step they are sent flying and flirting about in a be- witching manner. The kimona with its thousand and foncies has never been shelved, a probably never will be, comfortable and inex present it is good form to ered with flowers n gay Ori ors, but in a b in a host of white silk dots, flower so much would be impossib.e to find its nam short and lo ways cool and t There is a new lin scems to be wrappers. A sc and which migh tain In this country one Just isive. own ot conventionalized tha oTo! us but it is 1 maull, only not su a fine stronger looking, yet withal clinging that 1t undoubtedly will be much used. You, Mis¢s Summeriad have only to put your hat on d take a s t v down town to fall an easy vi ha whims of the negliges, f¢ a they are more an fetch [} lown prepared to b t AV~ as your well Tord £ no womar ars to better ad tage or more g than when ned with conceits with which to wear in Le¢ home. JAPAN’S MERCHANT NAVY In three and a half years Ja as add- ed to its merch amounting ! also 3000 sa tonna, In sed only a single steamship s; it has now twent; s In 1898 Japan © > resenting 429.7 ge, ar & vessels, of 24 steamships of salling vessels i et d THE PHILOSOPHY OF A FALL. A man sries throug an elevator sha York escaped with sligt es. ¥ as an elevator had w took it in his fa and elevator we g siderable speed K v American Mach st 4 lates that the man feil 72 f his speed as”he struck was 6.1 feet a CHIC:CL UMMER__ \ Y 9 L 7"% ~ A e DOTTED CREPE And when you've dug I'll be no re- leave this place. him out you may keep him. ceiver of stoien goods!" YWitT THUSTLE DES\G™N A A S R ISy WA =¥ She broke off and shook her fist at him. “Upon my conscience Tony rd e a guinea to have thought of it myself™™