Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-25

hundred thousand folks, all in bunch,
smile and say s'Merry Christmas together,
it makes jollifcation. But at church on
Sunday morning we received gentle Joy
of the memory that Christmas isn't always
pleasant day to everybody; for the
preacher said a certain brother would stand
at the door as we filed out to receive con-
tributions toward dinners for poor families,
enough having been thus obtained last
year to furnish dinners to five families.
That was
PRACTICAL CHARITY,
Wasn't it 1t is hard to realize, though,
that there is any condition in life beside
your own. 1t comes duly to your mind
now and then that of course there are poor
folks and rich folks, and in negative kind
of way, and as in duty bound, you feel
sorry for the one and envious of the other,
but for the most part you don't think OF
poverty or wealth either one. These holi-
days seem to give everyone an air of bon
homie, and somehow, although advised
that it is not polite to know your neigh
Dor, because you can not be certain whom
you are falling in with, folks can't help
talking receipts over the dividing fence. |
| never knew woman yet who wouldn't
dare a good deal, in prospect of new re-
ceipt or pattern for fancy work. They
have right natty wall pockets now,
just new, shaped like broad brlmmed
straw hats. The hat flattens down against
tine wall and the crown makes the pocket.
With satin lining and spray of flowers on
the lower edge they are made very pretty.
The same idea comes with Japanese fans,
the small, long handled ones that have no
open and shut They are faced with satin,
and the pocket is set on, then the
whole thing is hung up by the handle. |
feel as though the air was so
THICK WITH BUNDLES
That one is likely to hit me any time, and
as far as l can learn every one shares that
feeling with me. The ten-cent parcel man
makes commotion the length of his
drive, and whenever front-door bell
rings, for three or four houses along we all
run to the front window to see what's
coming for whom. Every one is quite
barefaced about it, and beams delighted
from wide open blinds, where closed
Stats are won't to be in use. 1t is
lovely to go shopping when every one
else is out on the same errand as
well as yourself. 1 went the rounds the
first day In the week, and although it was
raining the proverbial cats and dogs, the
streets were thronged, and every other
person carried the suggestive package.
The street looked as though occupied by
a regular procession of mushrooms, as the
long line of umbrellas bobbed up and
down. 1t seems to me we all went every
where, for everywhere | went | met every
body And such lovely things. such
charming, dainty, purse-reaching things
are on sale Beautiful dress materials,
laces, gloves, and the lightest and most
airy nothings for the neck, that are very
dressy and yet inexpensive. l saw crowd
of backwoods folk admiring gentleman's
dressing gown, which was combination of
black brocaded silk and old gold. Such a
costly trihe as that must have seemed a
waste of money to these "horny handed
sons of toll" How many hundred Christ
mas cards have looked at it would be
hard to tell, and at first | could not but
wonder where the designs for all could pos
sibly come from. But | remembered what
passion the desire to do something has
become to the women of our day. There
isn't one but is filled with a longing to keep
boarders, if she can't do anything else.
Just now the craving runs to art. How
many young ladies-nay, and old, too-do
we all know who
SKETCH A LITTLE,
Dabble in paints a little, attempt to design
on porcelain, etc., and then is it a wonder
any longer that you can buy pretty little
Christmas card for fifteen, ten, even five
cents? Of course you've read all about
Prang's prize chro mos, and to repeat it
would be an old story. But aren't you
glad it was a woman that won the first
prize-Sl, O00-and she is Miss Rosina En-.
NETT. | find several little books on the
counters also illustrated by her. Think
what triumph it was among thousand
competitors, perhaps, to have the best de-
sign And she just sat down at home and
thought it out with her pencil and sent it
off by mail. suppose as we might have
done had we tried, and presto her thought
is the best thought of all. Some one told
me funny thing the other day. There is
a young lady in the employ OF the Harpers
Bazar people at stated salary, and what
do you suppose she does? Why she poses
for their fashion plates, for illustrations of
coifures, hats and bonnets, cloaks, dresses.
They must put these things on woman,
you know, in their pictures, and SO this
becomes q business to one woman. Ii
you'll notice you will see that their faces
bear a very strong resemblance, whether
taken at front view, profile or three
quarter A pair of lovely engravings are
just ON the market here OF Longfellow's
TWO HERoINEs,
Evangeline and Priscilla. As I fingered in
a picture store woman came in and
asked if the proprietor would take panel
pictures and sell on commission. l was
interested to hear his reply. "Not unless
they are exceptionally good, he said, and
after her departure he gave an account of
his grievances in dealing with ambitious
amateurs In conclusion he said he might
fill his store with plaques, panels, and
flower and bird and butterfly and snatohes
of landscape pieces, on little fans and other
shapes in wood, there are so many who do
that sort of thing. There isn't ready sale
for even the best - and they are
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