Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-03

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Sad, or glad, or foolish.
All the old songs we knew;
| While our dreams ran on in an undertone
OF the Joys that would all come true.
NV heart is nigh to breaking,
MY tears are falling fast;
Are you. too, glad to remember
The twilight songs of the past?
would bear my own lifes burden,
Xnd the woe that might have been yours
To keep you happy in heaven,
And safe from this lifes false lures.
But Just tonight, my darling,
l would give the world that we
Might be singing old songs together,
With your head upon my knee
HOW WOMAN GOT WHAT SHE WANTED.
A sprightly English writer tells us how
she succeeded in ''cheating the tyrant."
"What tyrant ?' Amongst SO many one
may we'll ask what tyrant. This time it
was the tyrant of fashion, and all his jail
ers in the form of East End milliners,
bootmakers, ETC. We are often blamed
indeed, | being woman, might say we
are always blamed-for submitting to the
tyrant Fashion, as though we created him
ourselves, and set him up ourselves, to
rule and govern us like King Stork, who
devoured all his subjects.
Ny old schoolgirl watch had seen its
best days, and after many months of scrap
ing and working, getting little odd jobs,
over and above my regular pay, | had
saved enough to buy myself real good
gold lever watch, winding, second
hand, and all the rest. went to the store
and requested an amiable young man to
show me some watches. He brought out
a case of ladies' watches.
| have feeling against small watches,
and wanted something sensible and useful,
so, taking up the largest one, | said: 81
want one size larger than this" He re-
piled, "That is the largest size we make
for ladies'" "Well," l replied, 'then
show me your smallest size of gentlemen's
watches" A look of intense disgust passed
over his face as though l had been guilty
of an impropriety in asking for mans
watch. After considerable argument and
( pressure he stopped down and brought out
case OF mems watches. | chose the
one | wanted, which was, of course,
rather dearer than the largest size Of
ladies' watches. So strong was the young
mans prejudice that, although it was to
his interest to sell me higher-priced arti-
Gle, he showed annoyance and disgust that
!, woman, should refuse the article made
expressly for the inferior sex, and should
provide myself with one made and in
tended for the exclusive use of the supe-
rior male being. He felt personally ag-
grieved and insulted and he showed it.
My male watch goes very well.
Some time after this, friend in the
country asked me to get for him an extra
strong clasp for a locket and chain which
he always wore, containing his child's por-
trait. | went into the shop of one of our
first jewelers. and said; "Please show me
some extra strong clasps for locket and
chain" Plenty of trumpery clasps were
shown me, but nothing really good or ex-
ira strong. After long search among
the clasps | arose, and said, half to my
sell, ''I l am sorry | can't find one; the gen.
tleman will be disappointed" "The gen.
tleman," cried the man, "you never told
me it was for gentlemen. I've got the
very thing he wants" Whereupon he
| went SITdlgul W Il uIdNtI anu SiIOM GU liz,
to my surprise, quantity of strong, good
clasps, made for the superior sex again.
Now, these two incidents set me thinking
in both cases had made it clear that the
price was no object, and that ready money
would be paid. What, then, did it mean
it means that women are, and are to be,
slaves of changing, and, therefore, ephem-
eral fashion; that the solid good things OF
life are not for them, ard that their pre-
tensions to a preference for what may be
solid and good over what is trumpery and
poor is an audacious and subtle form OF
womens rights. | pondered deeply these
men are not far wrong. Women's rights
have taught me many, many things
amongst others they have taught me how
to cheat the tyrant.
Last year | wanted to go to Scotland in
a hurry. | required strong, large, COM
Portable boots. / mused-the boots | re-
quire must be wide-soled and double-soled
to take iron nails; no ladies' boots are
made wide-soled. In my musings | con-
cocted deep-laid SCENE. l found myself
at the bootmaker's, walked in and said
81 want pair of strong, ready-made
boots" eyes, madam; ladies' department
upstairs, if you please" Visions of the
narrow soles and high heels and thin kid
of the 'ladies' department flashed before
me- said to myself, 81 must dissemble, y
so replied, curtly, "Boys-for country
wear" "Yes, madam; this way, if you
please" Several pairs were shown me.
chose one, and said, "These might do
"Can you give me your boys size ?' ! re-
piled, "They are as near as possible the
size of mine" "Would you object to fit.
ting them on for him?" NO." l said, ''not
at all" So, in my sons name, /, lonely
spinster, bought myself good pair of boots
which neither money nor the most elo
quent and cogent speech could have pro
cured for me as woman.
Once more, and / have DONE / needed
hat that would meet certain simple re-
quirements-frst, to keep its place on my
head without pins or elastic; second, tC
shade my eyes from glare; and third, mo-
to be ugly. A patient search produced no
even one hat that would meet the first re
| quirement, SO again | must dissemble, anC
walked into the shop of mans halter. q
want soft, brown felt hat with a wide
brim." "Yes, madam: ladies' department
this way, please" and so on as before
NO" l replied, "a gentleman's hat" Thii
time it was my husbands fcticious ha
that was being purchased.
BATHING THE FIRST BABY.
Here are some hints for young mother,
from an old nurse. Chose the time in the
moi ming when he is the most wakeful fol
the first bath under the new regime, anc
afterward always give the bath at the same
hour. After few days he viii naturally
keep awake until this same hour. Mos
babies take an early morning nap; the
! bath should come after this and at leas
an hour after he has taken his break
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