Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-10
A Letter of Inquiry.

| merOuS lady readers OF the dousenoid
Department there are no doubt many who
have, at one time or another during the
last few years, spent few weeks or months
at Monterey, and to these ladies now APP
peal, with your permission, for information
on various points. have planned for my
self and family and few congenial friends
a months vacation, to be spent at Monte
rey, and have chosen the month OF Septem-
Der as the time. The chief reason why /
delay my trip to the very end OF the season
is because the month of September is, to
me, the most trying one of the whole
year the dryness and dust are at their
maximum hight, the heat more oppressive
aod the lack of ozone greatest IN our part
of the valley during this last month of our
long, dry summers, and the system less
able to resist the climatic influences than
at any other season of the year. To escape
these influences, and to lay in a stock OF
energy and health instead, is the object OF
the contemplated trip. We propose to
hire few plainly Furnished rooms, do our
own cooking and live in a primitive and
thoroughly enjoyable fashion, doing what
ever we please and devoting ourselves
wholly to calm enjoyment. But last Satur-
day article on Monterey has given us quite
scare has Monterey become fashionable
already, and hence too grand, too expensive,
for orr humble selves l hope not. |
sincerely hope that Santa Cruz, may, for
many years to come, keep her fashionable
crowd OF aristocratic idlers, and leave
Monterey to the humber tourists who can
not sport three fresh toilets per day and
have their victuals cooked by French
nlaitre de cuisine.
Information on the following points may
be welcome to others as well as to myself,
and if there are among your correspond
ents any ladies who are willing to answer
my questions through your columns, |
shall be very thankful. Of course / prefer
to hear from ladies who have actually been
there and speak from experience.
lst What is the rent for small cottages,
say of three or four rooms, very plainly fur
nished, or of like number of rooms in a
private house, and are such cottages or
rooms to be obtained?
3D. What are the current (summer) rates
for fresh milk, butter, eggs and meat !?
Are fresh fish and fruit plentiful and are
the latter dear or cheap as compared with
Sacramento prices ? Are fresh oysters OBJ.
tainable, and at what price?
Sd. Is there in the immediate vicinity of
the town good chance for fishing and
! boating, safe enough for ladies to share
this capital fun?
| 4th What are the climatic conditions of
Monterey in September-is it safe then for
| impaired lungs, and are there any fogs and
storms to be apprehended? Are the nights
and mornings cold and damp? So much
for the present. All information will be
gratefully received by TELzA.
Sacramento, July s, 1880.
[Oar correspondent, we trust. may re-
ceive answers from lady correspondents, as
| she desires In the meantime we prefer
| the knowledge we have on the subject, and
it has been the result of personal expe-
rience. There are three ways of living at
| Monterey At the new hotel al eady de-
scribed in the RECORD UNION, tenting,
and at Pacific Grove Retreat, in cottages ;
| the latter place is unchanged, except that
| it is not now controlled by church organ
ization. 1t is as rural and primitive as
ever, and the simplicity of life there is the
same as heretofore There is an absence
of fashionable requirements. Boating and
| ISulDS arc pitdStlCo AOAic"Sp, anu
| with comparative safety. Fishing is a
common sport, and fish are plentiful.
| At the Retreat one can live in the hotel,
where the fare is plain but good. Rooms
are rented at about So per week, and the
visitor buys meal tickets and boards at the
hotel restaurant at from So to 81. Cot
tages, neat and comfortable, can be had at
about $50 per month, furnished. A double
| 1a f,,rn,ehal &c
$50 per month. Tents cannot be pitched
on the grounds of the cottages, nor can
one pitch his own tent in the grove with
out paying rental rate. The market sup.
plies are quite equal in prices and variety
to those of Sacramento. The mornings
and nights are damp, and fogs are fire.
quent. Storms are not frequent, nor at
the grove is the wind felt to any incon-
venience. From March LIST to July LIST the
climate is most equable at Monterey. At
all times it is milder than at San Fran
CISCO. In August and September the nights
and mornings are chilly.l
THE SKIN-To improve the appearance
of the arms, they should be washed in
luke-warm water, thoroughly dried, and
then well rubbed with a soft brush, or
/ lightly with a hair glove; this will assist
in producing that roundness and symmetry
which are so desirable. To produce white
ness the arm must constantly be covered /;
at night wash in the manner described,
then rub the arms with the best and
mildest soap-wash, and put on white kid
gloves. Repeat this for week, and it will
produce softness almost magical, in or.
binary cases, though In some it must be
continued for a longer period. This
process will usually insure softness and
wilderness of the hand-though the de-
gree of whiteness must, of course, in
some degree, depend upon the natural
complexion. Habits will also have great
effect IT facilitating or retarding its eff
cheney; the less the hand is used or exposed
the softer and winter it is likely to be-
come. A beautiful whitening paste may
be prepared by taking one pound of sweet
almonds, one-quarter pound of bread
crumbs, half pint of water, half a pint
of brandy, and the yolks of two eggs
Pound the almonds with few drops of
vinegar or water, to prevent them from oil
ing add the crumbs of bread, which moist
en- with the brandy as it is naked with the
almonds and the yolks of eggs; set this
! mixture over slow fire, and stir continu-
|
dy's toilet. Mrs. r. W., in Home Jour
nal.
CARAMEL FOR CoLoRING SoUP.-Cooks
in general have an idea that any thing new to
them, and not absolutely necessary, must,
as matter of course, be troublesome.
Caramel is simple thing to make and use,
and very convenient when the proper color
is not otherwise obtained. To make it,
melt tablespoonful of butter in a smooth
frying pan, put in three times the quantity
of brown sugar, and cook and stir until
the mixture is a very dark brown, but by
no means allow it to burn. When dark
enough, pour in hot water by degrees and
boil the syrup for ten minutes; it should
be so thick as to just run after cooling.
Bottle and cork tight use. cautiously, as
very little goes great way. A few drops
will color large amount of soup or gravy,
arid small bottle will last long time.
RoAsT IAMB.-H the fore quarter is to
be roasted, stuff it, or not, as you choose.
The hind-quarter is roasted plain, and its