Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-05
FREEHAND NOTES.
Matters Social and Otherwise About
the Bay.

The REcoRD-USIoS's San Francisco cor
respondent, speaking about the season.
fashions, etc, says
No wonder Cowpet said God made the
country and man the town. Now that
spring is here the contrast forces itself by
the different ways in which the sweetest
of seasons is announced TO us in and out of
the city. Rich, brown, moist earth, thin
veil of green on the hills, mist of
green over the trees, the willows like bits
of glass in strings, plumes of the lilac and
snow of the fruit trees-thus spring out of
town. In town there is a blow and a rush
and the appearance of new dresses on the
Young girls on the promenades, some very
distinct fashion in hats, this year most
amazingly high crowns and narrow brims,
the whole effect being like the mems hats
during the Directoire period in France.
Another spring indication is a fashion in
flowers. This year it is the marigold a
gaudy. gorgeous affair, but coarse as Esau's
hand. Nevertheless the ladies carry great
bouquets of them, pin them in masses to
their dresses, and no doubt will presently
decorate their servants and horses with
them. As the New York ladies used
laburnums three or four years ago.
In the shop windows Easter eggs and
cards and emblems are conspicuous,
the prettiest Easter eggs being those
with a face-pretty or caricatured-
hooded round by pink or white tissue pa
per cut and applied in frills, cap-fashion,
i the whole secured upon a mat of several
LAYERS of cut tissue paper of graduated cir
| conferences.
The most artistic Easter card have seen
is a picture of bit of gray stone wall, mel
lowed into such beauty as John Ruskin de-
clares will come even to a brick wall in
| time A burst chrysaliS lay on the wall,
and myriad of yellow butterflies tiuttered
and winked their wings just above. The
motto, Resurgam," and the idea, for that
matter, were trite enough, but the execu-
ton especially the crossing and re-crossing
of the wings of the butterfy-cloud is full
! of movement and freedom.
Madame Loyson, the wife of Pere Hya-
cinthe, is with her husband in the city
She is certainly a striking personality. She
| looks like a French woman, but is an
! American. She is tall, and Of that figure
and presence that it is usual to describe as
commanding; has large block eyes, full of
expression and intelligence; an olive COM
plexion, and large, flexible mouth. Her
dress is characteristic, but not fantastic,
something like that Of lay sister in con-
vent-an untrimmed skirt; a straight, I'M
fitted sacque- or coat; chain and cross
about the neck hat which Is like what,
in children's apparel, is called a fiat and,
whether attired for the street or the house,
always a veil, white at home, and black
when she is obliged to leave the house.
Madame Loyson has full, pleasant voice,
and flattering suave manner. She pro-
fesses herself in love with Europe" the
old world as she always calls it in an af
fectionate tone-and yet has all pleasant
things to say of America and of San Fran
cisco. She speaks this week at the house
of wealthy lady, for the purpose of enlist
ing the interest of those invited in a school
the Pere intends TO found