Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-06
LADIES CORNER.
TOPICS OF INTEREST FOR THE
HONE.
Housekeeping Goods-New Carpets
Dress Materials-Valuable
Hints for Marketing, Etc.


American artists ia gold. silver. silk and
wool are rigaling those of the Old World,
none more successfully than the carpet
makers. The Glenham Wilton carpets
abandon set designs, They are simply beds
of flowers in graceful relief on grounds of
mellow ivory, cream color or gray, olive or
intense blue Nodding white lilies, golden
red, white alder ana LEAKAGE Of the darkest
shaded green trail over The soft, velyety
surface or there are green branches, like
plumes, brown-orange blooms Of wall
flower, feathered grasses, and tangled
mass Of varied green foliage on q black
ground. Large, dull red Oriental flowers,
with red and green foliage. closely cover a
mustard-colored ground. There are natur-
ally, 10 please all tastes, some block-shaped
set designs in cashmere colors on dark blue,
olive and citron grounds. These Wilton
carpets in color and design are equal, If not
superior, to the English Administer. 4
coladon blue ground is seen in glimpses be-
tween the graceful branches Of the mimosa
trees and some blossoms of white, and the
pink of apple blossoms; and delicate
mastic ground is wilderness of the golden
spathes of plain flowers exquisitely shaded
and colorcd and lush and lusty" grasses.
Other styles are in light olive with Indian
pink and blue flowers and huge leaves. a
light fawn ground is covered with tropical
plants and flowers and trailing branches
here and there are glimpses of q bit of trel-
lis work.
The body Brussels carpets are also III
brilliant contrast of ground and design 2
bleu de roi ground shows dark golden
arabesdues in lights and shadows contrast
ed with others Of lighter tint, mingled
with acanthus LEAKAGE and pomegranate
blossoms. Shaded citron color Mauresque
designs on a white ground, in seeded golden
dots, look like finest embossed work with
blue stitches set in here and there. Japan
csc designs in quiet colOrs cover an ecru
ground Some other elaborate designs
closely resemble the intricacies of a cameps
hair shawl; the general effect Is rich and
mellow, having almost the appearance of
work BY hand All of these carpets are
accompanied by wide and beautiful Dor
ders, elnbodying all the colors and smaller
designs, with additions of corner scroll
work or medallions with realistic flowers
or blackberry vines and golden rays radl
ating from the center.
The present ingram carpets oller the
strongest possible contrast to those OF few
years ago, of hideous co&ors and styles
These copy the more costly productions OF
the loom. For instance. creamy ground
seems sown and punched with teathery
ferns and catllins, and q mixed ground OF
olive and white is covered with red branches
of flowers and sprays. There are set de-
signs on other grounds of gold color dull
reds and Oriental red. and black shaded
arabesques Pretty chintz patterns show
pale rose with gray in quaint little designs.
and the Mauresque effects are also copied.
The ingrains arc not by any means 10 be
despised.- New York Tribune.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS.
Housekeeping goods offer some Of the
variety which makes German and English
store-rooms and linen closets attractive. Il
decided novelty in tablecloths is the dark
indigo blue and white damask, IN the same
! STYLE as the familiar red and white German
damask. The blue, however, is an Ameri-
| can manufacture, and so low in price that
| it will soon replace with its refreshenlng
coors the red and white cloths for lunch
and breakfast. The washing qualities OF
| both the blue and alfred cloths are said to
| be good. With napery of any description,
the tvilled table overlap of thick, fieecy
| cotton flannel was desirable, on all &C
counts-the damasll cloth wears better and
hangs better over il, there is less noise from
moving tableware, and it saves polished
table from stains and discoloration by hot
dishes. Good style uses the overlay be-
meath the damask, and discards table mats,
| which prOrerly have no use beyond saving
| the table from the marks Of hot turecns.
The overlayS are Indispensable with the
French service of fine damask, with hem
stitched borders, wrought IN slender flllgree
of Swiss designs, with silk floss and finest
I'D
pink. olive. pearl and amber, the long
cloths for dinner parties, and the eighteen
napkins of two sizes costing from $50 to
$50 the set. Such service as this is IN es-
teen as q wedding present instead OF sill
yer. to he handed down 10 another genera
ton with the care which continental taml-
lies show their table linen. In articles OF
lesser price. the Persian striped taDlecloth,
in Turkey-red twill with broad Algerian
! bars OF bright color is an old tavorlte OF
excellent wear, brought out again by re-
quest Of conservative housekeeper5.
MUSLIN DRESSES.
Muslin dresses are tucked and ruffied to
the waist, or simply tucked across the front
and a drapery i'll the back, with square or
round apron in front. The rutfles can be
of Hamburg embroidery, the material
tucked and edged with narrow Ealen-
ciennes lace or simply hemmed. FANCY
can follow it's own sweet will i'll the deco
ration of white dresses, and they can be
made with the utmost simplicity or the
most lavish expenditure. Yoke waists
have the woke all over embroidery or the
material tucked The sleeves correspond
Closc-htting Jackets are also worn tucked
from the neck to the edge, both back and
front and are extrayagantly trimmed with
Hamburg embroidery, insertion, and lace
OF some Of the many new varieties win
all white dresses, unless intended foI
middIe-aged ladies, the infants sash is
worn. 1t is of surah, the dress fabrics
MORE or satin ribbon. Velvet striped Ben
galine is novel for a sash; the stripes are OF
very dark velvet On pale blue, brown and
other ground, woven in and arranged III
bavadere or horizontal stripes. The lowest
stripe measures about six or seven inches
but the Others are only one inch fhiia
delphia Times.
| LOOK OUT FOR MOTHS.
In putting away woolens take him
from the packers of French dresses. They
stuff out the tops of the sleeves and al
bows and ruflles with wads of soft tissue
paper. Newspapers will do just as well II
filling out the sleeves of WOODEN jackets
dresses, overcoats, and all folds that vii
wrinkle, SO that they shall not come out o
the camphor chest sharply creased where
the folds have been. 1t is said that thu
new species of hairy carpet moth, which i
different from the ordinary wooden moth
is not to be destroyed with camphor, bu
that bcnzine will kill it. Twice during th'
, season, sprinkle benzine along the edges o
the carpet and close it for two hours. b
= particular to thoroughly air il before ligh
: is brought in or a match struck. We hav
, heard it alleged by careful housekeepc
: that this buffalo moth, as it is called, neve
, made its appearance in her carpets unit
after they had been sent out to be shaker
in large cleaning establishment. 1t ma
= have been a mere coincidence but this lad
firmly stoutly believes that the dust AM
eggs from other infected carpets must hav
$ been shaken into hers il some way. TIL
t carpet-cleaning establishments shout
guard against this suggestion that evil com
! munications corrupt good woolens.
CLEANSING CHAMo1s LEATHER.
RI Ladies who use channels skin gloves ant
, dusters will like to know Just how TO was