Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-01
LADIES' DRESS CHEAPER.

LII is nOb gong To De very expensive 20
dress well this winter. Ladies can no
longer put twenty-five or thirty yards of
silk into dress they are to be very
plain, mostly embroidered with chenille or
beads, and must clear the ground ten or
twelve inches, according to the foot of the
wearer. At present the great fad of the
females is for lovely stockings and hobby
shoes; black silk hose are the favorites,
into which are let rows of Chantilly or
Maltese lace. At Long Branch ladies do it
themselves they buy black silk stockings
and insert strips of handsome lace over the
instep. In New York delightful employ.
ment and beautiful article of dress is &C.
complished by knitting what are termed
railroad stockings. The most stupid per-
son can knit round and round and that
is all that is required. For the pleasure
of my Chicago sisters Iappend the recipe ::
There is a silk knitting thread sold here at
90 cents ball, four of which make big
pair of stockings; butt find the yarn toosoft,
and prefer tightly twisted, finer thread,
which l purchase from fringe maker in
large skeins, weighing five ounces. Cast
on twenty. eight stitches on the needles
and knit away till you have slender pipe
(entirely unsuggestive of stocking) and
about one-half a yard long-not that, if
the stocking is not desired an extra length.
Then knit around once, dropping every
fourth stitch these dropped stitches will
run to the top of the stocking, stripping it
in lovely open work, and wide enough for
the largest sort of leg. After this, the
stocking being as many stitches smaller as
you have dropped, You knit about three
inches at that size, and then toe off.
"What !! no heel !" 1 hear the uninitiated
exclaim. No heel. cts poor foot that
won't shape its own stocking" the old lady
said when she knit them this way but the
extreme elasticity of the railroad hose
makes the heel unnecessary. They are
durable, they are handsome and they are
such jolly things to have around for work
that anticipate my Chicago sisters will
thank me for the recipe. Chicago Tribune.
A Social AcqU1s1r1oN.-With a spirit
of innuendo. unintentional, perhaps, such
as IS commonly supposed to exist only
between the great rival cities of the West,
London paper remarks that another
gorilla has just been added to the popula-
ton of Liverpool" How large a proper
tion of the population of that city belongs
to the genus Simia does not appear, but
the public is assured that the new. conner,
an emigrant from Settle CANA, Africa, is
making great progress in his education,
and promises to be an ornament to his
race. During the voyage to England his
friends complained that he did not exhibit
feelings of gratitude for the attention paid
him, and that he only showed his teeth.
In the end, however, instead of his teeth,
he showed remarkable spirit of friendli-
ness to those around him, and walked up
and down the steamers deck in the most
affable manner. He is expected to
prove" says the paper referred to, ga
great social acquisition, and, after tenn
porary eclipse by the Prince of Wales, may
develop into one of the chief attractions Of
Liverpool, TN, Y. Tribune.