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Volume 3 (1858-1859) (592 pages)
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Page: of 592
524 HUTCHINGS’ CALIFORNIA MAGAZINE.
huming his hidden treasure, but to his
great astonishment and mortification it had
disappeared and was no where to be found.
After an immense deal of useless digging,
Hodge at length gave it up for lost, and in
a fit of disgust went off for Fraser river.
In that adventure he was again doomed to
disappointment, and after going through
the usual vicissitudes of the elephant hunter he finally made his way back to Coon
Hollow. On Saturday last a youth named
Van Logan was prospecting in the vicinity
of Mr. Hodge’s old claim, when lo! the
long lost bottle of gold was dug from its
hiding place. The honest lad did not even
touch the bottle until he posted off to tell
Hodge of the discovery, nor would he accept a munificent present which the owner
generously offered him. Such honesty is
almost unparalleled in these degenerate
times, and henceforth, the name of Van
Logan should be the synonym for manly
virtue.
——<¢>—__—_Dramatic,
During the past month but little change
has taken place in this department that is
worthy of mention. Antiquated pieces,
worn perfectly thread-bare by perpetual
use, have been performed to thin houses.
Theatrical managers must either be destitute of professional invention, or lamentably deficient in their appreciation of public taste, or they would be better up to
their parts and present some new pieces
that would be worthy of the liberal patronage of the public.
Mrs. Wood closed the American—the best
theater in the State—on the 9th, owing to
some misunderstanding with Mr. Collins,
the delineator of Irish character.
Maguire’s Opera House was closed for alterations,-during a portion of the month
and opened on the 21st ult. with Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Baker, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Judah,
and the usual stock company ;-which, with
three or four exceptions, is one of the poorest in the State, andrequires careful pruning by the manager.
Several new plays are on the tapis, among
which is ‘Our American Cousin;” concerning these we shall have something to
say in our next.
Ghe Fashions.
Taz “Pattern Bonnets,’ minutely described in our last number, we are happy
to say have been accepted. Fashion’s self
(capricious jade!) cannot change them for
the next three months.
“In shape they vary little from what is
known as the Marie Stuart style; having
soft puffed crowns, puffed brims, pointed
and nearly flat on the top, and very open
at the sides.”
The above repetition is for the benefit of
any who were not fortunate enough to receive our April number, and from those
who were we respectfully solicit a ‘ good
mark” for being one month in advance of
any other publisher of fashions on the Pacific Coast. Indeed, the New York Maga~
zines—especially Harper’s, and the Ladies’
American—tell us nothing new, or that we
did not tell you a month ago.
The most becoming style of wearing the
hair with the new-shaped bonnet is curls,
or braided on the temples.
The Bloomer Hat will be as popular as
ever for the watering-places.
Heavy Dresses.
No article of the toilet is so “fancy free”
as head-dresses; only wear. something:
let it be feathers, flowers, or ribbon, or all
three combined. No dress is complete
without one, for morning or evening.
For Dress Material,
See the fashionable black “ taffeta silk,”
60 inches wide, at $7 and $10 per yard.
Four to five yards is sufficient for a dress.
Stewart charges the same as first-class
houses in this State.
In our next, we will speak of mantles,
and children’s toilet, both boys and girls,
Any information that may be omitted here,
on the subject of fashions, owing toa necessary brevity, will be furnished to country subscribers, by addressing “ Fashions
Department,” care of Hutchings’ California
Magazine, San Francisco.