Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-11
FOR THE LADIES.
VARIOUS MATTERS OF FASHION
AND FANCY.
Suggestions of Practical Utility and
Items of Gossip Which Ladies
only are Expected to Read.

of Paris and when these ladies adopt a
style the whole world follows suit. Twas
there that the gored skirts in vulgar par
lance known as pull-backs," were first
seen-an idea of Croizette, who was play
ing part that would not admit of tights,
and who disliked to conceal the fact that
she was such flesh and blood Venus
under the ordinary flowing robes. The
little shoulder capes were started there by
Mile. Cleo and, thanks TO Sarah Bernhardt,
it was at the Coincide Franchise that the
loose morning wrapper, with shirt like
| fronts, was first introduced to the public
VIII the Garibaldi waist displace the
Jersey from the place which it has occupied
for seven years, or is it possible for two gar
ments so entirely unlike in effect TO exist
together? is a question which agitates Bos-
| ton society. The new Garibaldi is very
long, and the wearer might as well have no
| belt as to wear the cestus of Venus under
its dropping fullness. Around the neck
and the wrists are plaits forming cuff and
J a species of yoke, and the shoulder-strap of
the old Garibaldi, its collar and wrist-band
are left off. The color is a vivid red, which
| should be carefully chosen. for there are
|
season that have a painful vulgar effect,
while others are exquisite in hue. The
English version of the Garibaldi opens at
the throat over plated chemisette, and
| has a wide plush collar and plush cuffs
Chicago women carry square of wash
| leather with face powder rubbed into it
pinned into the center of the pocket
| handkerchief, and rub the powder on
| whenever they feel that their loneliness
needs it. No wonder the Chicago man is
always in trouble with strikes and Anarch-
| lists and other tribulations. What can he
| do but strive to occupy his mind so that
he will be insensible to such perform
ances
1t is suggested by writer in the Journal
of Fabrics, as a remedy for the great dis
comforts women endure from the wetting
of the bottom of their skirts in wet weather
/ that, since hoopskirts are frowned upon by
the modistes, we all go back to the pat
tens" of our grandmothers. The old
time patten," it says O. had a leather toe
and sole of wood and stood on an oval
ring of iron. They were left with the
umbrella at the door. The materials
might be changed, and something more
than a toe-cap would be needed to keep
them in place, but modern version of
the patten would be an untold saving of
time now occupied in the washings and
brushings that are the inevitable cOnse-
quences of walking in muddy weather,
and the trial of temper involved in the de-
struction Of drapery. Clara De We're.
EVERY woMANs DUTY.
Three women out of every five are born
and grow to be fairly good-looking One
is beauty, and needs but moderate care of
herself to remain so. For the last poor I'M
fortunate there is nothing left but to be as
good as her mother bids her But is the
being born and the growing all there is to
it? Is it not the duty of every woman,
pretty or ugly, to take every care of the one
talent that is hers at least in theory? If a
girls hair does not grow as 1t should is il
not meet and right that she should either
take the best care OF 1t herself or go fire.
quently to some reliable hairdresser? If
another's teeth are not as solid and white
as they should be, does it follow that she
should not go to dentist at once and per-
sistently and do her best to keep them in
tact and in her possession? No more with
these two palpable features than with 9TH
ers. Some women have minds all women
have bodies. l believe in every woman
keeping that body of hers in Just the best
possible order as long as her hand retains
its cunning, soap holds its virtue and tooth
brushes are for sale.
What l do not approve of, an opinion l
am sure any woman who thinks will admit
is sensible is temporary repairs" do |
not believe in frizzing hair to make it seem
abundant without trying honestly to see if |
it won't grow thick and handsome. Nor in |
covering with powder and harmless |
rouges a skin that is already so dirty and |
clogged up that even healthy young blood |
cannot make it look fresh and clear. Nor |
in deluging with belladonna eyes that are
never rested and never know what ii is to |
shine with supreme health and an early |
morning glow.
Ny improvements would be very different
from this They would all be made with |
an eve to the future; with an eye to twice |
twenty years; with an eye to that greatest |
of all feminine achievements-the grow |
ing old gracefully. "-New York Graphic.
EMOTIONS OF VERY SMALL CHILDREN.
That children have feelings will, of |
course, not be gainsaid but to what extent |
the little ones suffer when punishment is |
inflicted upon them, or some one dear to |
them, am inclined TO think very few I'M
derstand. A case in point occurred in my |
own household. My little daughter, aged |
wears, had been troubled with tester
upon her finger, which was very painful in |
its necessary dressing and attention. Her |
little brother of 81 years has always shown |
great sympathy for her. He would entreat |
me not to hurt Lulu. This was always |
considered as nothing more than childish |
sympathy, as after each occurrence he |
would resume his play but it would |
appear that unwittingly taxed his feelings |
past endurance.
At the last dressing of the finger he |
begged me, as usual, not to hurt Lulu,
standing by the basin IN which | was |
washing the hand, wheI suddenly he fell |
fainting to the floor, and it was two or |
three minutes before he could be revived. |
In future he will, of course, be taken out |
of the room whenever again am called
upon to play the nurse; but think how |
much he must have suffered. am con-
WINGED that it was mental anguish that
caused him to faint, for both previous TO
and after the faint he played around the
room with the other children, and, while
he had been suffering from slight cold, he
was in no other way unwell. We have
never had to call doctor to him since his
birth neither has he been similarly affected
before.-Bdbyhood.
TO SECURE SNUG FIT.
Take your corset with you by all means.
TO the dressmaker's. 1t helps her to fit
YOU we'll Let her make the dress just
little snug and then when you take the
corset off unless you have previously
laced it so tight that you have reduced
your size by several inches) your dress will
be found to fit perfectly. a dress that is
hard to button over corsets meets with
ease when they are off, but even your
dressmaker won't believe this till she sees
it done. She has been too much accustomed
to lace figures tightly. Then have bones
put into every one of the seams of the
dress waist; it keeps the dress smooth.
And, above all, see that they come to a
proper hight by the bust, neither too high
nor too low. In this way you avoid that
ioppy look so justly criticised by every
one.
If people would do this no one would
know whether corsets were worn or not.
l know women who for years have worn
none, and who, though well on to middle
life, have as fine busts and as symmetrical
figures as any young girls. Forthe fab