The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 18, 1906, Page 5

e DO DG D T D st Mt D e DL OH s e e P P A P AT Ao ex d in th silver jewels or fe r instead elmost identical wit t is, twirled the E ears 2go fashions e there wi s cane FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. a spe- been since resg e for n of by far tt t ex- s than w ade in periods of f Not long ok a fanc ks an Princ & number of them; } with stones, from a weler at a cost presented them to djfferent the British royal family loyalt st or somely shionable $1500, and members of as a token of atroduction ¢ ca resumed s popularity jon, and for a long time d along Pall Mall with its golde same graceful circles as s before. And now it has the aish to the d theater is a cane made o h, owing to tt es- ves neces: soirees a short ny of the expression make-up weak- when s effeminacy yrror ome men many are resorting to ad- ous alds to comeliness. T are exhibiting as much eagerness cure c complexions, wrinkleless counten- es, arched eyebrows, luxuriant locks, 1d dainty hands as women have shown vears as beauty doctors have for as ma existed Manic garded as quite a ficationy for men site sex views with great favor. has for long enough been re- usual form of beauti- and .one that the oppo- Nicely tended hands, soft, white and well mod- eled, nails that are symmetrically formed, beaut shaped, and in every detall scrup! ¢ dainty, betoken in & woman's judgment, when they belong to the man she admires, a mind of ultra-refinement, a manner to be applauded. Not so when the curled darling resorts to some of her own pet devices for im- It Was Purely Personal | BY ETHEL FRAY. the advertisement ra time. It was sel at he read the pe ging st she h advertised address. She that during itement he had robbed her of h And all the dreams e had past two days of those es brimming with gratitude look- were but idie visions! He e had seen the advertisemen Iy never would see the girl, but t ry He was not interested he told h near it w he would he saw her: he would slip into some store or TOSS It would be Intolerable. He c » advertise- ment and placed 1t in his pocketbook As soon as the morning mail was dis- posed of he drew toward him letter- head and wrote rapidly sheets were d oyed fore he finally "decided th: the letter would do and before he elipped it into the envelope he.regarded it for & third time. “Mr." Robert Hardy Ste it ran, “begs to assure ‘Grateful’ that she is in error concerning the disappearance of her watch. N Stetson would suggest that ‘Grateful' make application to the police. He is reedy 10 give them ample proof as to his hor and stand The tiny wusines card in the corner would give tae address, and he flattered himself that the note we serve its purpose. It iwas given a boy to take to the newspapr office and the rest of the day Stetson divided his time mourning hig dead romance and wondering what the girl would say when she read the letter. He flattered himself that it-was dlgnified and eminently calculated to remind her of her transgression, Possibly, could he have seen the recipient when she glanced over the formal lines he would have been surprised for with her face wreathed iIn smiles she nodded at the clerk. “You needn’t put it in,again,” she said. “Thank you, very much.” Stetson scowled at the pale tinted note on his desk the following morning. Ttre girl could have no justification for her suspicions, certainly none that he would accept. It was impertinent of her to make answer to him. For ten minutes ke turned it over and over before he slit the cover and drew forth the enclosure. (He stared for a moment dumfounded at tke opening lines, which ran: O “Miss Alice Everton Woodrow begs to(®) thank Mr. Robert Hardy Stetson for’ his somewhat tardy answer to her advertise- She begs to assure Mr. Stetson. that she does not belleve him to be a thief. His unwilllngness to answer the! earlfer advertisement led to the sugges- tion on the part of the clerk in the ad- vertisement office that the amended form of personal would be more likely to bring forth an answer, If Mr. Stetson will be good enough to call at 635 Auburn ave- nue he will not only receive the grateful thanks of Miss Woodrow, but of herg father, who would be glad to meet the son; of his old schoolmate. Stetson looked at his watch. He could not in decency call much before 4. It was only 10 now. There would be no use in trying to work when every letter was but a plcture of a pair of blue eyes set in a piquant face and framed {n golden hair. He had been trapped, but he was glad of it. - He was especlally glad to know that she was willing to take such pains to find him. It showed that she really d1d care and justified his earlier opinion of her. He wished that he could announce a general half holiday In the office, but since this was not possible without ex- planation he could at least take one him- self. He was uptown at eleven and spent the rest of the time in pacing his room and deciding upon the important item of a necktie. He could scarcely wait until it was time to start and set out afoot that he might at least kill time that way. The servant showed him into the li- brary instead of the drawing room. Miss Woodrow sprang from her ensy chair by the open fire as he was announced and came toward him. “I thought you might call this after- noon,” she said as he took her hand, “so ment I told James to bring you in here. I am 5o glad you have com “So am L” sald Stetsor promptly, “though I did not tome to be thanked.” “To meet father,” she suggested de- murely. “I am afraid he will not be in untll six.” “I don’t mind walting,”” sald Stetson, \ / proving Nature, goes to have wrinkles froned out and color brought to pallid cheeks by dainty creams and massage. It is then that the opprobrious epithet “ef- feminate” is flung at the sterner sex. What takes place in those beauty sa- lons where men occupy the operating chalr is just what takes place when a woman 1s in a like position. First of all the dust and grime of this workaday world is removed from the manly coun- tenance by a steam bath, administered Chronicles of 5 Continued From Page 4. he observed, he bridled his natural in- solence, he went cautiously. He quite understood that he was dealing with one who would strike before he spoke. On a single occaslon only he forgot his self-control for a moment. They ' DAN! were talking of former days, and Don THE DANDY OF Q. had been relating stories, with re- e O~ PA Y 20 serve indeed, but also with force and a fine power of detail. 2 He told of an incident of the bull- RSSO NGOG0 fring in some town to which he gave obligingly, “that is, unless I inconveni- 1¢ name. ence you.” “I shall be glad to have you walt,” she sald sincerely, “but please, may I not thank you? “Rescues are sometimes their own re- ward,” he smiled. “It Was not very much of a rescue, anyway. I probably should not have noticed your predicament only ‘Only?” she questioned, seeing that he was not going to continue. “Only—well, for a long time I have been wondering who you were. You see I've seen you very often and— He paused again. “So you have noticed me, too?”’ she said wonderingly. ‘“‘How funny.” ou mean that you have—that you did—"" he was distressingly confused. “I have noticed you often,” she ad- mitted frankly. You seemed so different from so many of the men I know that I often wondered who you were.” “Then it was not altogether because of your gratitude that you advertised?’ he urged, She colored but would not con- fess, though as she was bldding him good-by a couple of hours later, he held her hand a trifie longer than is permit- 'Won't you say that it was not alto- gether through gratitude that you put in that personal?’* he urged. The blue eyes fell before the glow in the ardent brown ones. ‘‘Perhaps—not altogether,” she whispered, “but that is very purely personal.” s “Can you not trust me with that most interesting name, senor?’ asked Del Monte, his sneer obscured by a smile. “Do you wish to know the name I bore before I covered it with the title by which I am called to-day?” Don Q. looked at him with a significance his words did hot contain. “Yes, by, your favor.” . The brigand laughed very softly, but with an intensity ¢f amusement that sent a chill of misgiving down: Del Monte's spine. “But yes, senor—since we " added he, almost nervously. “True, I had forgotten that. I can promise you shall know—some day.” The promise, however, failed to con- are vey any distinct impression of pleasure to the Governor's emissary. At length the ransom arrived. Don Luis had by this time conceived his Plot in detail. As soon as his captor actually held the ransom in possession the assassin determined to make away with him. Once rid of Don Q., he be- lieved himself equal to dealing with the remainder of the band. But, although he was watchful throughout the day, no opportunity occurred for using the poison. Don Q., even in his most morose and absorbed moments, always showed the unsleep- ing vigilance of a wild bird. Thg blink- ing gaze always opened upon Del Monte it he stirred, and, though time after time his hand fell upon the phial of poison in his pocket, he never found on one or othet of the customary plans by means of a kind of kettle, in close proximity to the funnel of which, with his head enveloped in a cloth, the pa- tient is invited to si This process concluded, the operator takes a clean plece of soft cambric or wadding and well wipes the patient's face, so0 that every atom of the loosened by the aromatic vapor bath is withdrawn His patient’s face is then in a fit con tior to be benefited b massage tr ment it is now to recelve Massage is given with various ereams, compounded to suit various requirements. Some are calculated to restore elasticity to tense muscles, and others to tone up and vitalize those that have become flac- cid. Special massage Is given to puffy faces, with a concentration of endeavor to charm away those bags beneath the eves that mar many a handsome counten- ance. Wrinkles that form.a network round the mouth, crow's feet that appear upon the region round the eves, and the fur- rows that time plows across the fore head all yield to treatment. After the cream that is found neces- sary for the case has been massaged into the face it Is removed with another. pi of lint or cambric. and a plaster of fine oatmeal carefully blended with rosewa¥er is applied to the face. This in turn—and the process is a lengthy one—is kneaded into the skin until it falls aw from it in a shower of tiny flakes, after which once more a fresh lotlon is applied to take away every trace of the oatmeal that may have been left behind. 3 The next lotion is a spray redolent of spices, compounded from tinctures that tone up and brighten the skin, so that the patient may not depart from the beauty salon Into the open air with pores weakened by the hot steam bath that has been taken. Simple tincture of benzoin in some cases forms part of this. lotlon, which is dried on the face by means of a fan wielded by the operator until all moisture has completely evaporated and left the cuticle absolutely dry. A course of electricity is recomm nded traces of it are careworn-looking and the ostrils to ssed mind. »d upon the face »ws and leave as fresh as g a man of e of five- it leave the countenance too n some cases it will, for & at amy massage is ap- plied to the cheeks bring the blood back to surface the n. A pow- derfHuft sed foi e complex- h a proot ffeminacy is nless su ful process aining and f paraffin, ugly and maimed restored to come- be purchased to for the improve- is naturally mal- the injection es are bea worn du t of the formed or s and these, alded by cleverly- age, works wom- rs in the pe 1l appearance, The paraffin proce broken nose necess: of a surgeon, operation is frequent F a n 1 shaggy evebrow to his personal appearance, t v @octor trains them in the way they should go by means of lot 1 takes the tweezers to elim se refractory hairs that no amou g will re- press. He also directs atient to use a -de-Cologne as & applied to each small brush dipped part of his daily t ette. but if the eyebrows be scanty. anut ofl instead of eau- de-Cologne. False eyelashes are applied in cases where ire has fafled, and electrolysis is the means whereby faclal such as moles and little sprung are entirely removed e for such practices as thess just one that youth is in the ascendency now, and that to look fairly juvenile and very brisk s & real business asset to the Individual whe wishes to keep abreast of the times. vises coec veins As an ex men have the ve the few minutes’ grace to do the deed. By night this failure began to work upon his nerves. Without, orly the cold scent of the wind, and the red- cored fires that burned below in the darkness of the glen; within, that ter- rible companion, whose bleared eyes never seemed to close. But at length the chance came of itself when a robber, hoarse and diffi- dent, appeared in the mouth of the cave, and Don Q. went out to him, leaving Del Monte alone. With a rapid movement he unstop- pered the bottle and poured its contents liberally into the brigand’s wine. Then he sank back with a great sigh. The tension was broken; Don’ Q. was prac- tically dead. Presently Don Q. came back and re- sumed his seat opposite. “Senor,” he said, “in the old days it used to be the custom here in the sierra for guest and host to exchange glasses. Let us follow the custom and do so now.” He filled his glass with the poisoned wine and passed it over to Don Lauls, who accepted it with a bow. Then, Don Luis, pouring out half the wine into his own glass, handed that in exchange to Don Q. “We will drink to our friendship and mutual présperity, senor,” said he, us- ing the words heartily. “To the first drinker be the best wish,” quoted Don Q., with much ur- banity. “Drink, then, my friend; I do not grudge you a better fortune, alas, than mine.” “But, no, senor,” declared Don Luis gallantly; “then I must urge that your neecd is greater than mine. Drink, and may all befall as one would desire!" “Why do you not drink?” cried the brigand. “I.do not poison my guests!” “They call this the parting cup, se- nor,” he replied; “therefore I will not drink it with you. You are alone here; you need a gentleman whom you can trust. If you want a lieutenant, why, you see before you a man who has dealt with the difficulties of life and whose courage needs no testing. I have a lking for you, senor; let me keep you ‘Don Q. LEGLE compa up here in the sierra Don Q. seemed to pause for consider= ation. “Then it shall be as you say,” he sald at Tast; shall keep me company up here in the slerra—eternal compgny! I may follow flve years hence or to- morrow, but you—go tonight Don Q. was more courteous, more soft-spoken than ever, and Del Monte stared at him. Then he cleared his throat, for something rose in it that choked him “I do not think I quite meaning,” he said. “It is plain, nevertheless, Luis del Monte. What passed between you and that gross fool Felipe Majada on the balcony at Malaga? What errand brought you into the mountains but that which is heéld together by a few drops of poison at the one end and two thousand dollars at the other? I know it all! And if I have sinned against heaven my punishment has come to me now—that the hand of your mother's son should be ratied to seek my life.” “Senor, hear me!” But rough fingers were clapped upon his mouth, and In a moment he was pinioned at the door of the cave. The plea was painted im upon the darkness. The picturesque ladrones, yellow handkerchiefs tled across their brows, wire playing cards beside the fires. Behind them rose the rock walls of the valley When Don Q. spoke again he dellv- ered sentonce in cold tomes. “I was at some trouble,” he sald, “to take your allow you time enough to poison my wine. You did so. And now it still wants fiva minutes to midnight, and at 7 and 9 in the morming two things are going to happen. They both concera you intimately. Can vou guess? At 9 the priests of San Iedro, the little church you passed on your way here, will begin to sing messes for a soul. Yours, Don Luis! At 7 you will begin to die. If you have not complefed the operation by 9 o'clock, why- you will, of course, lose some of the good the kind fathers are trying to do for you.” (Copyright by Pearson Publishing Co.)