Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-21
THE LADIES.
HINTS FOR THE NATURE AND
THE YOUNG.
Charms the Result of Ply
steal Exercise-Economy in Dress
Fancy ,WorlS-Etc.

Physical Charms the Result of Ply
steal Exercise-Economy in Dress
Fancy Worlz-Etc.
The ST. Stephea's Gazette has an article
giving hints to girls for health and improve
ment, in which it says: Mrs. Langtry owes
much of her physical charms to her love of
physical exercise. The public have been
told by the ubiquitous paragraphist of her
exploits of late rs q trainer Of horses, but
it is not generally known, believe, that
the Lily is one of the best lady pedestrians
of the day. In England here it was thought
| that Mrs. Langtrys chief occupation while
touring in America apart from her pro-
fessional duties, was posing to receive the
homage of her numerous admirers. How
far this was from the truth may be gath
cred from simple narration of fact con-
corning her walking experiences at Dayton,
O., at which place | happened TO be staying
when the much heralded leauty arrived
there. She reached the city on the Sunday
morning in her special palace car, and in
stead of remaining in strict privacy, as
! celebrated actresses are wont TO do when
not performing she took her manager
cut for a walk. They visited all the points
of interest in the city, until, as the
manager declared, he was completely
as at the start. After strolling about ten
miles in this way he succumbed, while the
famous beauty laughingly set out alone on
an excursion into the country. She first
made her way to The Soldiers Home, dis
lance of four miles up hill and down,
walked about the grounds there and re-
turned. Subsequently she proceeded out
into the country on billy road without
guide or direction, and finally reached the
village of Little York nine miles distant,
on a rough rural by-road. I en- she walked
back TO the city, arriving there in time to
partake of a hearty supper. The next
morning she was up early, and after rehear-
sal again made the tour of the city walking
considerable distance. In the evening
she appeared i'll Pygmalia and Galatea,"
and made most favorable impression
The total distance covered by the accom-
piished lady during one days pedestrian
ism was over thirty-six miles, and mostly
over country roads. Few of her rival beau
ties OF the English fashionable world could
perform pedestrian feat Of this description,
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would be for them if they could
ECONOMY IN DRESS.
1t is long time since fashion has set her
face so firmly in favor of economy as at
present. 1t is no longer possible to estimate
anybody's husbands income by the clothes
she wears. The millionaires wife NAV be
easily outdone by her cook in point of ex-
pensiyeness of apparel. Stiff, rustling silks
are left to the Sunday magnificence of the
housekeeper, satinS are altogether eschewed,
| and righteously. | heard an a. esthete" say
last winter that tight-titting black satin
sleeve over plump arm looked like moth
| ing so much as a carefully polished section
of stoyepipe, and | consider the comparison
a happy one. But nobody is tempted to
| buy satin, or even its softer, more subdued,
and agreeable substitute, surah, for this
summers "best dress" You can receive
in an embroidered linen, dine in a pongee.
go to church in a seersucker, and spend the
rest of an idyllic existence in a bingham or
q lawn. Ribbons form the favoritc mex
| pensive adornment, and even bonnets fall
under the economical decree. The fashion,
able milliner is said to be in a condition
! bordering upon delirium over the problem
of putting enough of ribbon, loops and net
together to make even the mOckery of value
exchanged for SO. Flannel-lhat most
useful and reconsructible material is
more popular than ever.-C Chicago Tribune.
HOW TO sKELEToNIzE LEAVES.
1t is rather late, perhaps, to begin skel-
etonizing leaves, but the process is not
long or very difficult one; and as like to
see them in bouquets with ferns and dried
grasses. have been preparing few. None
but perfect leaves should be chosen. The
NAPLES, iyies, poplars, mGgnolias and
bircheS are suitable. Put them into a jar,
fill it with water and set away, after placing
a weight or the leaves TO keep them kown.
Let them stand fortnight or more, or I'M
til they have decayed. Then take them
leaf by leaf put on a cardboard, and with q
soft brush remove the cuticle or skin OF the
leaf. Wash out the pulp very gently, as
the Ycinng will have become very tender,
and easily broken. When they are clean,
that is free from all cuiicle and green mat
ter, they are ready for bleaching. This is
done by making a solution OF chloride of
lime, using only the clear part. Slip the
skeletons of the cards Ia few al the time,
so they will not get entangled in each
other into a saucer of the chloride solu-
! ton and let them stand two or three hours
some may require longer time. Then
wash or rinse them in several waters, and
afterwards float them on the cardboards
again to dry keeping them as smooth and
prepare these leaves, but when they are
| properly done they will well repay all the
! time and labor one has spent on them
Mrs. L0reH in Prairie Farmer.
HOW To RENovArE LACE.
| To renovate fine lace either wind il
around bottles or sew it on muslin and boil
it in suds made of soft water and white
CASTLE soap, rinsing well in soft water
| when removed from the suds, If suspi-
cion of stifiening is desired, dip in thin
| solution made of gum arabic and water
press out between fine flannel. By employ
| ing this process it will be found that the
| finest varieties of lace in use will look bet
| ter than they do when they come from any
hands but those of the most skillful clean
ers. Lace mending cal only be done by
those who know how to pin it on lace
cushions and pick up the broken stitches
so that the sharpest eyes cannot discover
where the rent existed. Elegant silks, that
| with the proper treatment could be made to
| look almost as well as new, often received
! the last touches of their destruction
when sent to the cleaner or dyer. The best
way to clean silk or satin gowns is to sepa-
rate the breadths but if this seems too
much trouble, rip out the sleeves and take
| the skirt and draperies out OF their bands
| or fastenings Take two earthenware jars
| ana put Edli u Salloi vi SdSO4hue III cdcH'
| You must be sure that they stand a long
way from the fire. and never NEEDLE with
| this cOmbUstible material after the sun has
set Soak each part of the silk in one jar
and lay it piece by piece on the cleaning
board wrong side up. Clean first one side
and then the other as fast as possible with
a securing brush. Put it again into the
same jar. Let the gasoline run off before
rinsing in the other jar. Lay the silk
smoothly on clean sheet and rub till dry
with fine cotton cloth. Hang it up in g
hot room for ten or twelve hours to re-
move the odor Of the gasoline Chicago
Neles.