Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-24

crowns, and trimming massed high on the
front.
Belts can be worn with all waists They
are narrow or wide, according TO taste.
Deep belts are not suitable for women with
short waists.
A rough braid, tufted like Astrakhan
cloth, and about two inches in width, is
used for trimming the new roueh-surfaced
suitings this winter.
The edges of plain skirts of mourning
dresses are to be trimmed with narrow
border of imitation Astrakhan, set a short
distance above the hem.
Skating costumes are made with skirts
tucked from the waist down to the deep
border of fur around the bottom, which is
matched by borders of the same fur on the
braided basque, the sleeves and around the
neck.
Some entirely new fabrics have made
their appearance in trimming laces. They
come only in white or cream tints, and are
a sort of cross between Escurial and Span
ISL guipure. 1t is machine-embroidered
lace, a perfect imitation of some of the old
Irish handmade fabrics
With the new tight-ftting, wide-pocket
ed, out-of-door Jacket access TO the hand
kerchief is facilitated. Bright-bordered
handkerchiefs, the color matching that Of
the dress, are much favored for everyday
use All mouchoirs Of this kind, however,
should be Of the finest quality.
Among modern toilet inventions are
strips of fine felt, highly perfumed, which
are intended TO 5e worn inside the dress
bodice. Its presence is supposed to obviate
some of the unpleasant effects which dane
ing sometimes brings about. The odor is
that of frangipanni-a perfume which
many people detest,
ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD.
Equal parts of turpentine and ammonia
will remove paint spots from clothing.
The latest craze among fashionable
women is knitting stockings for husbands
or gentlemen friends. Although male
critics have long wished that women would
do as they did in the good old days of
their grandmothers, they now denounce
knitting as a fashionable folly"
To keep fruit cans sweet When the can
is washed, rinse it out with clean water,
and, without driving ii, throw into it
half teaspoonful of salt put on the rubber
and cover and set away and when you are
ready to Use it if it be months afterward,
will find it perfectly sweet and clean.
\ German paper SAYS that a roof can be
made treproof by covering it with mix
ture Of lime, salt and wood. ashes, adding
little iampblack to give a dark color. This
not only guards against fire, it is claimed,
but also, in a measure, prevents decay.
The materials are certainly inexpensive
and, it seems to us, reasonably efficacious.
Wood may acquire an oak, walnut or
cherry-tree color by staining it with or
binary tincture of iodine diluted with
spirit until the exact shade is obtained
White shellac must be added TO the iodined
solution if the stain is to be made perma-
nent, or the wood after the stain is applied
may be French polished The iodine may
be laid on with a rag or brush.
For making gold ink the following has
been quoted in the Chemist Ga} Druggist:
Take equal parts of iodide of potassium
and acetate of lead put them on filter
and pour over them twenty times the
quantity of warm distilled water. As the
filtrate cools, iodide Of lead separates in
Soiueh Scales. 1HIs Is coIlecteu Wheh the
filtrate has quite cooled, washed with cold
water on a filter, and rubbed up for an ink
with little mucilage. The ink must be
shaken every time it is used.
\ pretty ornament for mothers bureau
may be made from pair of baby's worn
shoes. Take the two and brush them with
either bronze or gold paint. In one put
pincushion, stuffed with wool in the other
knit wool to match the color of the satin
in the other. If the shoes are worn at the
toes put piece of satin inside to cover the
cotton which must be used 10 fiji them out
and fasten the two cushions side by side
on a foundation made Of two pieces Of !
pasteboard covered with satin and sewed
together.