The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1905, Page 26

RETTY Aliss Doll-Baby-Lady 13 right in her element again. And the reason why? Just because Santa laus promised long ago in early y or June to take hec al 0od youngsters in the land : snow began to fly and s to turn a saucy, In- at a me the ling along olding ity to think people—that as conce trou Doll-Ba in hersel four feet high a minja- than com- ear s a hard t s Lady's chiet nother wom- soft hair ows and stage In the fant role : frill the nzle comes the sllk, then with a fluffy ruffi means least, of chiffon but by no of cour: and re silk lines t ened to the cl bow end stresming faced satin ribbon. Natu such a chic garment bonnet expressly for it, fc hing seems sadly out o has the same silken -fitting French e oto match n't stop there, either. beautiful brown are face, and when the bow is tied almost under her left ear she is lovely enough to gladden the heart of any one who chances to see her. The long clothes are daint but she gets so awfully ti that it is quite as well to supp! per 2 ends of dou out she needs to be re- woolen or siiken under- SHE DELICHTS IN EBITINE AND HERVY SILIS vests, either low-necked and sleeveless or high and snug, are her first demand. Then tter still, English socks mps, and then a quan- s, both for warmth and The flannel ones are never you, no; for she isn’t an by any manner of means, lings would be decidedly in- nything but the most dalntily red were even considered for a The rosebuds are dotted ‘here d there and a twining leaf or vine makes the body of the design. Of course, the bottom of the skirt is finished in the regulation scallop fashion and the skirt iteelf is put on a waist of linen or lawn which buttons up the back. One thing mere she Insists upon in this sKkirt. French seams are not quite good enough, L a s feather stitch of silk ch and every one, that gives h. icoats are every bit as y. and many of them are made in atch her froc For instance. embrojdered it would ve even a suspicion under it. So for from as the same idea carried -ss claborate never could be termed simplicity. While the frocks themselves are many, h but jittle choice to the style, babics In short clothes are dressed very much alike, in soft lawn or India mull cut with a full skirt and a wee yoke both 1ck and front. Bu togs are her secret de- them ‘more tim scale, the though it ezsence of her « e t, and ives tention than the rest of her be combined. Silks and heavy linens are the fabrics most used, with a strong prefere to silk. The square shoulder effect, that has been such a craze with all tailors for some time, has not escaped her ladyship's notice, and she ordered a straight back, with the neee: fullne g from an inverted pleat which is ary yoke. The and jaunty look ad of buttoning being finishgd with loses on the nts to the it look broad- tead ided white with the e and there encir- runs down the cc from the shoulder to the hem and finishes the cuffs in the most fetching way. imag- inable. For a hat she wears something like the old-fashioned poke bonnet—which, by the way, never seems to be entirely out of style. The crown is a mass of shirred that widen gradually until they end ie palest pink roses, which extend al- most to the edge of the good-sized brim. The lining near the face is either a mass of white lace put round and round or a cluster of chiffon tucks, which lose them- down and pretty button: shoulder and middle of the coat, er at the top tk of lace or applique on ermine, 3 THE SOUERE BECK ANDITZLYTFY HERD CEAR H HER JOY B GNCY LACES AND FLENTY 7 BB BONS BLEASE R JIMIENSELY. . selves in the frill edges of the brim. ly size it is, too, which joins-the tweo This hat, and a good- has one very strong point in its favor. It fits so closely to the head that, once there, It aeems placed for good and all, and the ribbons which are meant to secure it are really more for show than anything else. To be sure, if the wind comes up they are a declded convenience, and, anyway, it would never do to be without them, for frills and furbelows are the fashion of the day, and: “certainly no one can deny that great fluffy bows and long-hanging ends give a smarter touch than anything else possi- bly can. The third change is not nearly as pretty a fit, to my way of thinking, but it prob- ably is the most serviceab.e and desirable of the three. It is the time honored linen costumes made pretty much after the Buster Brown pattern. Square suits belted in at the waist, socks of every color and tan or white sandals with a round leather cap to top her curls. It sounds rather boyish, but it doesn't look 50, and it is as jaunty as jaunty can be N D N N G NN oD DD e i HER LADYSHIP /N BEAL LACE MADGE MOORE AND FANCY FUE. and stands far more wear and tear than sheer lawns and mulls will. The fourth change transforms her from the rollicking youngster to the staid so- clety lady. She puts up her pretty hair ana catches. back her stray curls with side combs and a gold back comb. Her frocks once more undergo a complete and radical change and she steps forth in trailing silks and satins as fine as the finest lady in the land. There are calling costumes, tallor suits, evening gowns and an_avalanghe of hats and coats, but for the first time she revels in negligees and in quaintly designed ki- monos and warm, cozy bath robes. There are house jackets of soft China silk more or less trimmed with Valenclennes lace, and, in fact, there is everything under the SRRSO R NGRS GRE RO shining sun that any one ever heard or thought of. And if her wants and demands stopped here one might take a long breath, but there are all sorts and conditions of pretty little accessories that seem an ab- solute necessity. For instance, who could expect a young lady of the fashionable world to be without a gold bead purse te carry her lace-edged handkerchief and her smelling bottle of an inch or so in length? It®would be absurd, that's all. Besides this, she cannot manage with- out a trunkful of trinkets, such as gold beads, pins, rings, and the like, for no costume would be quite complete without something in the jewelry line to match or to set off some especlally good point. Certainly this Miss Doll-Baby-Lady of Ao - 0LL D OUTFIE 8T 1. JHCNIN- 2D CO FHOTOS BY THOR. SHE i WEARS AN INBOEATELY EMBEOIDERED PETTICOART. 1505 is indeed & problem, for mever be- fore has she been half as lovely and alack, half as expensive. But.she's worth all the worry, all the trouble and all the expense by the joy she gives, so here's to her—Miss Doll-Baby-Lady. ¢ +* MARGARET E. SANGSTER’'S TALRS ¢ by Joseph B. T was a Bowles.) schoolgirl we used to look forward with great annual not know were anticipation to our exhibitions. why the pow- then in authority > a distinction between a girl's reading her own essay and a girl's reciting a poem by somebody else, but this they did. Boys were required to nd great stress was lald in education on the cultivation of before an audience. But we girls, rule, sat modestly in the front of the chapel, in our white frocks, members of the school commit- r local clergyman read our com- us. In the ideal of that »man’s place was in the sweet and beautiful background of her home, and young girls were not school do th that while tec encouraged to take part in public ex- ercises of any kind. The exception was in favor of the smaller girls, who were dressed llke fairies and came tripping out to sing a solo or recite a bit of verse, and who were taught to curtsey deeply in response to ap- plause from the listeners. In my later schooldays there came a change. I remember very well the first time I stood before what seemed to me a crowd of attentive faces and read a composition of my own. The subject was “Temperance,” and it was treated with great force by the 14- year-old girl who had chosen so big a theme. In the middle of the reading she became frightened, lost her place and her voice, and could hardly have gone on, but for a kind géntleman who came and stood by her side, saying: ever mind them, my dear. Read straight ahead. TI'll stay right by you.” I still remember that man most grate- fully. Still ‘later, we had in our school what to-day might be called a venture in school dramatics. We of the senior class decided that we must have a May Queen, with court attendants, fairies, elves, trolls, queens of flowers and of grain, a Ceres, a Flora, a Persephone, and a train of people representing di ferent phases of the earth and the sea. Our scheme was so ambitious that we could not find anything .in print by which we could carry it out, and the girls with one consent turned to me, saying: “You must write a play for us, or else our May Queen will be a failure.” Looking back, I have always been surprised at the way the teachers acted in the matter, but our lovely principal when approached was really most gracious. “Why, ves,” she said. “Miss M- may be excused from her classes for the next week, while she. is writing the May Queen play.” . . e School dramatics are very common now. - They afford a great deal of di- version to those who form the cast, to the rest of the class interested, and to the spectators. In our colleges an event of the year Is the rendering ot a play of Shakespeare, such as “Mid- summer Night's Dream,” of “Much Ado About Nothing.” The properties are usually simple, and the stage set- ting is necessarily whatever the girls can manage with séreens and portieres and their own clever wits. But there is far more diversion secured in the care and pains with which the charac- ters are selected, in the many rehear- sals under the supervision of teach- ers, fand in the fidelity with which the girls repeat the lines assigned to them. Whatever part a girl may take, she is expected to prepare for it with dili- gence and accuracy and to rezard it as important, whether it be that of a leading lacv or of a mald in waiting. On the mimic stage of the schoolroom there must be respect for the work for the work’'s sake; there must be due consideration of the honor of the school as a whole, and there must be also great patience and forbearance among the girls themselves, because when a group of people are rehearsing for a play there may be Impulsive crit- icisms of those who blunder and little frictlons which, for the moment, hurt the sensitive and annoy the quick- tempered.. Girls rush to superlatives at such times. We have to put temper wholly aside whenever we are working toward a common end. One of the most important lessons in life, on® that girls need to learn, is how to work in harmony with oth- ers. In this life we are all somehow bound. in one bundle, and if anybody declareg that she is going to stand all alone and do her work all alone, and have her pleasures all alone, she is making a great mistake, one that she will find cut to her cost after a while. A girl who takes her little share in school dramatics will by and by be & graceful hostess in her home, and if the opportunity arises, she will be able easily to entertain her friends, and to arrange pleasant evenings for little sociagl groups. In her church, her guild, her league, her Christian En- deavor soclety of her club, she will hold her own. . It was said of Queen Victoria that she never was afrald of a vacant space in front of her. I have seen girls who hesitated and shrunk from crossing a . drawing-room fllled with people. The banme of any life, the thing that makes one awkward, shy and clumsy, is self- consciousness. It is at the root of the hampering difidence which is a very different affair from modesty. For many reasons aside from pres- ent strengthening of memory and from obtaining familiarity with good litera- ture, school dramatics are an approved portion of our school system.