Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-23

| hood days made miserable by not being
| allowed TO ride on the sweet scented hay
| loads. or climb to the lofts Of the
| old barn, for fear Of breaking our
necEs But many Of us preferred to
/ forego all such pleasures rather than be
caught without hOopskirts by the chance
! visitor; and many OF US are rOun3-shOul-
! dcred in consequence. So when / sec misses,
and even little girls, with mUcb-distended
skirt, can not help wishing they had
! wiser mothers, and that some one would
; invent some real comfortable fashions. 1t
! seems to me that woman S dress IS far from
/ being perfect yet Correspondent oG the
| Milwaukee Wisconsin.
i LATEST STYLE BRACELETS.
The bracelets worn to-daE a.? in remark
able contrast with the Uld-tashioned chain
manaclcs and stiff broad bands Of former
times. The latter We're valued chiefly
according 10 size and weight, while the
present styles include only such as are
| delicate and dainty in construction, and of
artistic pattern and finish. Numbered
with new things attracting deserved atten-
ton, and promising to have q long run, are
elastic reversible gold bracelets. These
| bracelets are composed of little box-shaped
! sections strung together en- q gold-wire
| spring, and 50 arranged that the bracelet
| can be slipped over the hand with perfect
| ease, and yet adjust itself closely to the arm
when in place By this arrangement
| Troublesome iastenings are entirely dis
| pensed with and there is not the slightest
/ danger Of losing the bracelet from the arm
! In addition to the merits of tiexibility.
| durability and elasticity, is the fact thai
| these bracelets are reversible. They are
| equally well finished on both sides, and
show two distinct styles Of finish, afford
| ing two bracelets in one. FOR instance.
| the block pattern sections, on one
| side may present the crackle' or bark"
finish, and on the other plain or
etched surface; or again, gems may appear
on one side for evening wear and q plain
surface on the other for less cecemonious
| occasions. The bracelets are as readily
| turned are a. Il strand of beads on a rub
| Der cord, with the advantage Of durable
gold wire coil in place of destrucuble rub
| ber.-L Jewellers Circular.
| INTERIOR DECORATION
| The Parisians are returning to simplicity
| in interior decoration, and their cabinet
makers are even beginning to reproduce
| the ncO-Grcek furniture Of the Directory
and the first Empire. The reign of plush,
! which has been 50 layishly used Of late
| years for wall-hangings, picture frames.
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| upholstery work. is at an end and the house
! decorators are no longer called TO rival the
| dressmakers and milliners in the art of
crumpling SUITS and drapinC folds The
tendency at the present moment is to re-
tucn TO simple Wainscotted walls, tinted in
| cool gray and the furniture O la mode is
mahogany, relieved with simple brass
| bands, and clocks and brOnzes after the de
! signs OF Percier and Fontaine the masters
| OF the time Of Napoleon. On the other
| hand. in tie way Of knick-knacks, ia
bic furniture, writing materials, toilet
neCessaricS, leather work and stationery,
the Article de Paris has been entirely
beaten out Of the field by the article ABg-
lais," which has now succeed the ford and
| over-oInameuted Vieuncse fancy articles
| brought into vogue by the exhibition Of
I 1878. The shops of Paris are full OF Eng
! IisL articles, and either from want of in
| yention, or bccausc they dispair OF strug-
| Cling against the fashion of the moment.
| the Partisan manufactures are all imitat-
| ing the English models Art Amateur Tor
| May.
THE NOSE And tbs BONNET.
Before deciding as 70 the Arrangement
OF the hair, the nose should be carefully
! Intercepted. If that feature be Roman,
| OF what q learned author describes Is cog
! itative long and curved III ward toward
the pOint-thc halr should be somewhat
pronounced in its arrangement. It should
| be rather massive, or else the large nose
viii, by force Of contrast, make the head
! look meager.
If the nose be Greek an approach care
| fully guarded from being too realistic to
the classic knot may be ventured upon.
| The varieties of the Anslo-Saxon nose,
| some Of them quite childish in their want
| Of decision and hTmncss Of outline, should
| be treated yariousiy, according - they APP
proach the acguillne, the Greek. or the
snub varieties.
The snub requires 6 rather cCgGettish
| arrangement Of the hair Madonna bands
assert badly with q suub nose. 50 does the
Venetian couture, whic. has been such 8
| tayOrite among or esthejic phalanz for
some years.
4 little head summing over with curls "
! best suits the snUb tip-tilted like q
! bower - and sensible women Who pcrforce
wear turned-ap noses vii! carefully abstain
! from following the hight and depth Of
| fashionable coiiluios.
The silly young women who have of late
| gone about the world with their heads
cropped as close as those of boys Will now
| regret the TashncsS that robbed them Of
| their rocks For the cutegOn is coming in
| again. The hair Is 70 Be worn curled n
| front. then simply brushed back to the
nape Of the neck, where it is to be tied
I with ribbon matching the trimming OF
! the dress; hanging down The back in short
! curis for evening wear, but arranged IN q
/ thick plat for the work a-day hours
It Is one of the most difficult tasks of the
| clever miliiuer 20 deal with nose that re-
mains obstinatciy red, despite all the waters
and washes devised for such cases. It is