Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-21

and show miserable little pipe-stem arms
and acute-pointed elbows to the derision of
| the multitude, and no humane person in
their family seems to interfere, and even
! grandmothers make the same show of
themselves. 1t is usually supposed that a
marble-white neck and arms were the de-
| sirable thing, and that powder, washes and
enamel were laid on to attain the desired
| fairness This season, in addition to the
unfortunates who have red and purple
spotted arms naturally, a number Of girls
have taken to rouging their arms. What
madness or crazy fancy brings about this
fashion no sane person can tell but there
are at every ball arms daubed with rouge
from the elbows upward, and streaks of
paint put OH so thick as to leave mark on
anyones glove or dress that chances to rub
| them So much for the follies of the age
! Washington Cor. Globe Democrat.
FAsHIoNLETs.
Lace over satin is the rage for wedding
dresses.
Many of the dresses for the Inauguration
ball at Washington were made of lace
over shot silk,
For morning and daylight wear the
| fayorite colors are browns, dark blues, Bor-
deaux wines, greens and fawns.
| No more bangs or fringes of hair upon
| the forehead, says fashionable London.
Ladies there comb their hair straight back
! and knot it in door-knob on top of the
I head, leaving all the forehead bare So it
is said
The Prince of Wales has inaugurated
anew the reign of the white camellia. At
a recent dinner to two brides in New York
there was superb center-piece of white
camellias New York initiates everything
| English.
For vests, pale green or absinthe and
angelique shades are preferred. \ pretty
biuish-pink combination, known as ''ccndre
de rose," and "angelique rosee," pale
shade of green shot with pale pink is
also worn.
Wide turnover collars, handsomely en-
| broidered in white, are much worn by
stylish young ladies. These flsten with a
| ieweled collar-button and marine knot,
and ends of silk or ribbon in rich Persian
colors are added below.
Ball dresses of English crepe, either
| white or colored are worn over skirts and
waists of surah to match the color of the
crepe. Long garlands of flowers begin at
the shoulder and fasten at the left side of
the waist, and then loop up the draperies
of the skirt on that side.
1 A new fashionable garment is called the
, Langtry polonaise, for street costume. 1t
very long, reaching almost to the feet and
simply draped 1t is graceful and stylish
| +ho @Iot
the form almost entirely, so that any sort
of skirt can be worn with it.
Nowhere does fashion rule with iron
hand more rigidly than in the matter of
flowers. All flowers are beautiful, but not
all are fashionable at all times If you
would seem anybody on the promenade,
have Il bunch of deep purple violets, pan
sizes or heliotrope stuck into your button
hole. Niolets are more seen on Fifth
avemie than the others.
HINTS ABOUT THE HOME.
Hearths of gray marble may be cleaned
by rubbing them with linseed oil.
To keep the lamps from smoking, dip
| the wick in strong hot vinegar Dry it
before putting it in the lamp.
Carpets, when thin layer of hardwood
sawdust that has been well damped with a
solution of common salt is thoroughly
brushed off, are found to have their fresh
ness greatly restored.
| Old frames can be ebonized in the fol-
lowing manner: Scrape the old gilt off
| the frames rub them with piece of sand
paper, and then paint them well over with
black japan varnish, or, if that is not to be
| had with Brunswick black.
To make invisible ink, take linseed oil
part water OF ammonia, 20 parts; pure
water. 100 parts. Mix thoroughly and
shake well before using. To make the
writing appear, dip the paper in water.
The characters fade as the paper dries.
This is how a fine cake is made without
| the muci-desired egg ingredient: Take
one and one-half cups brown sugar, one
half cup butter, one cup sour milk, two
rasins well Toured, one tablespoonful Gin
namon, one nutmeg, one teaspoonful soda.
Bronze may be renovated and recolored
by the use of a mixture Of one part of
muriatic acid with two parts of water.
After the article is freed from all grease
and dirt, the diluted acid is carefully APP
piled with a cloth. When the solution is
dry, the article is well polished with fine
| olive oil.
A varnish has been patented in Germany
| for foundry patterns and machinery which
it is claimed dries as soon as put on and
| gives patterns a smooth surface, thus in
surfing an easy slip out Of the mold. 1t
also prevents the pattern from varying,
shrinking or swelling and is quite i'm per-
yious to moisture.
The New York Commercial Adcertiser
gives this recipe for nice omelette: Beat
two eggs very light, add a cup of milk, two
I tablespoonsful of iinely-chopped boiled
ham, a heaping teaspoonful of onion and
one of parsley, both minced. Mix well
and pour into hot frying pan in which a
piece of butter has been melted and let it
fry delicate brown.
A decided improvement on the old
fashioned bibs for children is made of Il
towel. Take towel long enough to cut
two bibs, cut it in half and hollow out for
the neck at the top. If you take an all
white towel you can work a fancy border
in coIored worsteds, but be careful not to
! get the towels too wide, or the bib will al
ways be over the hands. Bind the neck
with white tape and catstitch with color.
Window or mantel lambrequins in crazy
work are very attractive. When little bits
Of silk, satin or velvet are placed together
with buttonholing or catstitching down
the edges with parti-colored silk, and then
embroidering designs of birds, grasses,
leaves or flowers in gold or silver thread
in outline stitch are worked upon them,
they are extremely pretty. Lovely sofa
pillows, chair cushions and toilet cushions
are made in mosaic work, with the most
dainty pieces cut very small. Care should
be taken to fit these nicely. A new device
in fire screens is silk banner, with the
family coat of arms and motto embroidered
on it, hung on a brass bracket with three
arms, to the mantel shelf, so that it can be
moved in different directions.