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Show A Lithuanian Funeral. On Sunday morning a strange funcr- HB al cortogo passod through tho Mission HH strceta. The hearse was followed by a procession of women walking In tho HH mlddlo of the street. Thoy woro dark. skirts trimmed with bands of lace, cmbroldory, or colored strips, and all woro aprons, somo of black silk or cloth, but moro of sheer- white om-broldored om-broldored corners, and fringed Bhawls woro ovor their shoulders. It was not a uniform, but moro In tho nature ot holiday attlro such as ono sees In Italy and Franco on carnival occasions or foto .days. Tho mon In the procos-slon procos-slon woro conventional dress, but tholr j-lfB boarded faces were not Amorlcan. In-quiring In-quiring ns to tho nationality ot theso odd figures who mado such a strange plcturo In San FrancUco, I found thoy wero Lithuanians, and that thero Is a fl largo colony of them horo, mostly em-ployed em-ployed at a laundry ovor toward tho Potrero. San Francisco Call. |