Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-23
FBMINAL FANTASIES.

FEMINAL FANTASIES.
Persian cOlors are shown in lace for trim
miLgs.
Light tan is the newest shade in ladies' kid
gloves.
Iridescent or rainbow beads entirely cover
the crowns of some bonnet,.
Exact punctuality is the only politeness,
says a writer on dinner etiquette.
| Twenty-seven girls from Mount Holyoke
are said to be teaching in South Africa.
Pearl beads abound on white lace and en-
broidered silk bands for dress garniture.
English ivy is one of the most suitable
plants for winter growth in warm, dry rooms.
| Turquoises set in red gold are favorite
stones for rings, bracelets, pendants and the
like.
Match-safes, paper-knives and book racks
carved from lockwood are pretty and mex
pelsive.
Pear blossoms, budded and half blown, fur
nish in artificial flowers an exquisite garniture
| for evening toilet.
The first personation of wemen's parts by
women on the British stage occurred In the
time of Charles Ii.
A new dress fringe is composed of strands
OF pearls ana gut DeauS alteInasiHS WIN
crimped white silk.
Black velvet slippers in what is termed
"mule" shape, and bordered with fur, are
convenient for the boudoir.
Black kid gloves, which make the hands
appear smaller than do other colors, are much
| worn with walking dresses.
Pretty covers fol the lunch table include
damask cloths with center piece and border
| 4 -aI< rntf
| Mrs. Julia Atteroth of Florida is officially
said to be the first person who has successfully
grown CT flee in the open air in this country.
Trailing sprays OF white pond lilies resting
on dark green glossy leaves furnish beau
tiful artificial adornment for evening toilets.
A large proportion of English kid gloves
are made at Worcester, while many OF those
manufactured in London are sold as French
| gloves.
The bow and arrow is very graceful
model of the popular lace pin. A large
diamond is sometimes set In the middle OF
the pin.
Large purple violets and half-blown blush
roses, edged with graceful sprays of smilax,
form a pleasing combination for round hand
bouquets.
A pair of turtles apparently about to crawl
off with a silver bar, one end of which rests
on the back of each, is an odd design in silver
knife rests.
A Belfast tIreland) company manufactures
collars and cuffs of thin wood. They are al
mond-colored finely polished, and bound with
scarlet ribbon.
French Grape cloth, Astounding in charming
landscapes aud groups of figures in brilliant
French colorings, is very attractive mate
rial for screens.
Fichus for mourning consist of white null
centers edged on both sides with very fine
pleatings of crepe lisse, and secured in front
by black ribbon bow.
A blue satin cover for whisk broom, en-
bellished with the owners monogram en-
broidered in colored silks, is one OF the new
devices in fancy articles.
Shopping classes, in which girls may be
taught how TO purchase clothing and house
hold goods, are suggested as the next step in
the education of women.
Many fancy baskets for confectionery ap-
pear Ito be made of straw hats, similar to
those worn last summer, lined with satin and
furnished with satin-colored handles.
According to the Bulletin des Soies ct des
Soieyies, the tissue now in fashion in silks is
soft and pliable, instead of the stiff and card
board-like fabric formerly in demand.
Richter is credited with saying that with
women marked irregular noses signifies far
more talent than with men, and, except in
the case of few, beauty must always sacri-
fee something to genius"
A Dresden china wall-pocket is composed
in the semblance of three fans, one partly
closed and with handle pointing upward
forms the back, the other two overlapping
each other in the front and sides.
L r
fish origin, is woven of pure wool without
seam, gusset or dart, and fits to perfection.
Ii is high and close in the neck and finished
with collar, cuffs and hip bands of webbing.
A scientific writer in the Quarterly Reriea0
asserts that piece of bread about the size of
French billiard ball tied up in linen bag
and placed in a pot of boiling vegetables will
prevent unpleasant doors arising from the
same.
The dove, in various shades of gold, is
favorite design in jeweiry. Properly mounted
and bearing diamond branch, it forms an
ornament Tor the hair, or, with a single dia-
mold suspended from its bill, becomes beau
tiful eardrop.
A pretty embroidery pattern for the center
of cushion tablecover of pink or blue
silk, is in imitation of pointed horseshoe.
The groundwork is of gray or lead color and
the deCOraJlO0 vine ana MOWERS. n nanu-
some initial or monogram fills the space within
the shoe.
An English writer comments thus on
American women: "0ur American cousins
thoroughly understand the art OF enjoyment,
and there is much in their social arrange
ments that we might borrow with advantage.
Moreover, philosophicaily good-tempered,
blessed with tact and bri ghtness, American
women talk well and to the point, and have the
which they preside bonafide successes"
New and attractive articles for house
decoration are Japanese panels several inches
wide, aad varying from two to four feet in
length, which are designed to hang upon the
wall These are of natural wood, showing
beau iful veining, and decorated with flowers
in right colors or they are lacquered and
gided and furnished, at intervals up and
down, with hooks for the attachment of fans
dainty baskets or other ornamental objects
for which they form pleasing background
Owen Meredith says: "Some women are
like the modest daisies and violets, they never
look or feel better that in a morning wrapper
Others are not themselves unless they can
faire out in gorgeous dyes, like the tulip or
the blush rose Who has not seen women
just like white lilies? We know several
double marigolds and peoples. There are
women fit only for velvets like the dahlia;
are graceful and airy, like azaless. Now and
then you see holiyhocks and sunfowers.
When women are free to dress as they like,
they do not fail to express their true charac-
tors and dress heeomes form of