Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-07
OUR CRAzY-QuELT.
SUBJECTS OF INTER EST TO The
LADIES.
Decorating the House-BesaIty and
las Preservatien-Hin Hints for the
Useful ana Ornamental.
now TO HANG PICTURES,

now TO HANG fitib tNrS-
In regard to the hanging Of pictures,
few cardinal principles should not be lost
siqht of Pictures are made TO be seen.
They should rot be hung SO high that one
has to stretch ones neck TO see them. A
picture highly worked up in detail should
be closer TO the eye than l. strong, broad
composition, in which all parts of the COM
position are put in in masses. Family
pictures should be confined to family rooms.
The light on q picture should come from
the same side as the light in a picture
Pictures on the line Of sight should be
hung fat on the wall those above the
line of sight may for convenience of in
spection be tilted slightly forward. Large,
heavy frames should never be tilted for
ward directly above sofas or chairs that
are close to the wall They always seem
dangerous 1t is not pleasant to have the
consciousness Of a two hundred pound man
lust over ones head, and his whole body
swung out of the center of gravity. Groups
of pictures are only effective when there
is harmony of subject, Of color, and of
fitness in the framing. Old paintings
and new ones almost always injure
each other when hung close together.
Few pictures should be hung in the
dining-room, and care should be taken in
the selection of the subjects. The writer
vas once obliged to take his dinner with
an Oriental executioner and a decapitated
victim on one side of him, and a lugubri-
Gus Christian martyr by Max On the other.
1t was almost as distressing as a crucitixion
in a billiard room Or the death of Marat i'll
D bathroom. 1t is not appetizing to have
realistic pictures of dead fish in the dining
room, nor does it add to the cheerfulness
of a parlor to give The Death Bed of
Abraham Lincoln" prominent place,
Glazed pictures should never be hung OPP
posite a window, as they are sure to reflect
the light disagreeably. Masonic certih-
cltes, certificates of membership in a mis-
sionary society, etc; are not pictures at al,
no matter how much ornamented. They
are purely personal affairs, and should not
be framed or hung at all. They interest
nobody but the owner and his dearest
friends, and are almost never ornamental.
One should not be egotistical in his pict-
ures any more than in his conversation.
Grief, as well as ali agitation of the
mind, is detrimental TO beauty. Too much
excitement of the tear ducts dime the eyes,
and traces Of the working Of the passions
are left upon the face. Those persons who
are happily gifted with an equable temper
anent grow old much less quickly than
those whose dispositions are the reverse.
Girls sometimes bite and suck their lips in
order to make them red. 1t Is a foolish
habit, which may injure their shape.
Dryness and cracking of the lips as well
as fever sores," are usually due to dis
ordered stomach. Persons liable to such
troubles should apply to their lips every
night salye Of glycerine mixed with lard,
which is the best application known for
that purpose. A fever sore begins as
hot and painful lump on
the lip, soon changing into blister.
It is both annoying and distiguring.
The sore should never be rubbed or
scratched. At the very outset it should be
touched with this preparation every few
hours: CarboIic acid, ten drops glycerine
teaspoonful; altar of roses, two drops.
Beauty, it Is said, is only skin deep. Ac-
cordingly, she who would be beautiful
should pay the utmost attention to the
rules above set forth. Beauty is not, how
ever, in reality, skin deep; it is only scarf
skin deep-as deep as the epidermis. Bills
ter negro, and when the epidermis comes
away you will find The spot is white. The
epidermis contains the coloring matter
which distinguishes the negro from the
white man, the blonde from the brunette.
In this brief article the writer has only
treated of skin troubles which may affect
those who are in health When affections
OF the skin spring from constitutional dis
orders, constitutional remedies must be
sought.
HOW To SOFTEN THE HANDS.
Glow am / to whten and soften my
hands?' isaqucstion that Is asked by CORE
spondent DOUBTLESS one way 20 do this is to
avoid the work which has made your hands
rough and dark, but often this work may
be done with such care that the hands will
not he injured. If one is obliged to sweep
her house, to empty the ashes from the
CRATE or stove, and TO wash dishes, she
cannot expect to keep her hands as white
rs idle hands are but If she takes the pre-
caution to put on pair of gloves or nit
tens when she sweeps and IS doing dusty
work, one cause Of roUgh skin Will be re-
moved. Then there are preparations
which one may use. Powdered borsx is
excellent to soften the skin. A mixture
which is said 10 be sure cure for undue
pempirati0n of the hands Is made Of 3
quarter Of an ounce Of powdered alum, the
white of one eass and enough bran to
make a thick paste After washing your
hands, apply this; let it remain on your
hands two or three minutes, and then wipe
of with a soft, dry towel. Iukewarm
water is better than hot or cold, if the skin
il inclined to be tender or chap.
THE DRESS OF BOYS AND GIRLS.
In the first place, be sure the clothing is
equally distributed over the entire body,
sufficiently warm for comfort and health.
Let IL lie Of soft flannel the year round, in
this climate If made up new each fall,
by spring and summer it is sufficiently thin
for the warmer season. Over this first
WOODEN suit, which is best msde in one gar
meut, with long sleeves, and bish-pecked,
waist, for girls, also iong-sIeeved, high
necked, having buttons, upon which draw
CTS can be buttoned; for boys, suspeuders
TO hold up the pants are both more con
yenient and comfortable and the outside
shirt made in the form Of 4 blouse, with
band is very convenient and pretty. Great
care should be taken in making ohildren's
clothes that they be comfortable, and be
not too close-Gtting anywhere, especially
ahout the waist, chest or arm. Growing
children need, and must have, plenty OF
room in which to breathe, TO move, to
grow. Little girls should be as warmly
clad As boys, and as comfortably also
Therefore do not lisature the waist with
bands and skirts, impeding their 2tions
of limbs thereby. Another tax do we inn
pose on our girls, by dressing them in frail
and light-colored materials, compelling
them to bear in mind to neither soil or
tear their cIothes-a barrier tn a child's
enjoyment oftentimcs One skirt is suf-
faient, and should lie securely buttoned to