Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-20

l am no child, though childhood halt forgot,
Lies close behind me, with its toys and flowers.
/ am a woman, walked by happy love
TO keep homes sacred altar fire alight.
Thou hast elected me TO stand above
All others in thine heart C aim my right,
Not wife alone, but mate and comrade true;
| shared thy roses, let me share thy rue.
Bitter? know it. God hath made it so;
But from His hand shall we take good alone?
And evil never? Let the worlds wealth go,
Life hath no loss which love cannot atore
Show me the new hard path that we must tread.
/ shall not faint nor falter by the way;
And, be there cloud or sunshine overhead
I shall not fail thee to my dying day.
BuC love me, love me, let our hearts and lips
Cling closer In our sorrow than in joy:
Let faith outshine our fortunes in eclipse,
And love deem wealth a lost and broken toy.
Joy made us glad. let sorrow lind US true:
God blessed our roses, He will bless our rue.
HINTS FOR TRAVELLERS.
There is no pleasanter time in the year
than the present for the vacation journey
for which so many are now preparing.
And there are excursions to all parts of
the country so conducted as to relieve
travellers of nearly all responsibility; even
ladies and elderly people can travel as
safely and comfortably alone as though
with party of friends.
In preparing for a journey the wardrobe
is the first consideration, and while es-
chewing jewelry and display, let me whis-
per that it will add much to your comfort
and the kind consideration you viii re-
ceive by the way, if you have stylish and
becoming suit. To our friends our per-
sonal worth is known, but the passing
strangers judge only by our looks and ac-
tions, and we should give them our best,
remembering what is best for one place is
not always best for another. For the trav-
ical, stylish and ladylike than black or
London smoke gray alpaca made in some
simple style or full, kilt-plaited skirt and
directoire redingote. If the underskirt be
of gray or black and white with black
overgarment, the effect will be quite as
good, and perhaps enable you to use some
thing now in your wardrobe. This suit
NAV also be used for dressy occasions by
providing several removable waistcoats, one
white, one black, and two in the colors
that best set off your eyes and complexion.
Another favorite style for making a
travelling dress is a perfectly plain skirt, a
| blouse waist of silk the same color, but a
different shade, and loose-fitting jacket
| of the same material as the shirt, lined
throughout with the silk.
If you already have good wool gown
you can remodel it with little trouble
First readjust the seams of the waist in
accordance with the prevailing style, let
the black drapery hang full and plain from
| the belt, drape the front like a Greek
apron, and add a cap puff or epaulet to the
| top of the sleeves, which must be very
tight below the elbow. Also make vest
of some soft silk to harmonic with the
wool goods Provide a long, wide sash of
the same silk, and when you wish some
thing more dressy put the skirt on over
the basque and drape the sashh 10 suit your
form and fa:::@@yy.
Removable vests are easily made For
| a plain one single width of silk will be
sufficient, which must have high, we'll
fitting collar fastened at the back. Slope
the vest in front to fit the neck, and shirr,
plat or smock. A full vest has better
effect-full, at least, over the bust, and a
pretty finish is to gather at the bottom
with the waist, the remaining length being
carried to the right hip and finished with
| fringe or lace.
A dress for travelling must fit well but
not too snugly, and not be so tight above
| the arms as to bind or hinder removal, as
a sleeping car is not the most comfortable
of places in which to dress or undress. If
the gloves do not match the suit, they
should be gray or black, in silk, isle
Al L. H,,E lo 7 bac. of
| make the mistake of wearing mits. They
do very well in their proper place, but
should never be seen on stage, steamboat
or cars Hosiery should match the dress
or be of plain black.
For head covering, loose or soft-crowned
hat matching your suit in color, and
trimmed simply with a silk cord or ribbon.
Or, if you do not like this, get a straw
bonnet of the new Paris shape, which pro-
iects over the eyes and has brim turned
in rapidly ascending curve towards the
back. The close capote is still in style,
and you will also want long, very long,
game veil.
Your travelling wrap may be jaunty
Jacket with loose fronts or a Conemarra
cloak of English serge or cheviot. If the
latter. you will need no other waterproof,
but must take heavy shawl in your strap,
as there are times, even in the hottest
weather, when it will be needed.
The petticoat must be of some dark
color or black, wooden if possible, and it is
| well to have pair of gauze underdrawers
| in the hand-satchel as they are warmer
and much more convenient than the short
underskirt, which invariably launches,
and is never in the place to do the most
good.
If you are to travel during the night,
use, instead of nightgown, pretty, SIM
pie cotton or wool wrapper in which you
will at any moment be presentable, re-
moving only your collar, corsets and shoes,
fer which substitute pair of knit slippers.
Nowhere else is the depravity of mani
mate things better illustrated than in
sleeping car, and the emarvelous celerity with
which things disappear would puzzle even
prestigiators. Knowing this, the ex-
perienced traveller provides himself with
quantity of good sized safety pins, and
with these fastens her loose clothing to the
curtains. She also goes prepared with
light hood for night-wear, or what is
better, cape with hood attached, which
latter draws over the head with elastic,
thus effectually screening one from the un-
avoidable draughts. This gives incalcu-
able comfort in cold weather, and is neces-
sary at all times if one is not perfectly
robust.
You will inhale much less dust if you
have the bed made with the head toward
the engine, position :rihe more dam
gerous than the reverse, but in case of
accident one is almost sure to be killed
anyway, SO it is as well to be comfortable.
Pack your new shoes in your trunk, but
put on your feet pair of soft, loose, COM
mon sense boots that have become well
fitted, and do not forget to put pair of
light rubbers in the handbag.
A well-filled hamper must be by no
means forgotten, even though the journey
be short one, as the stomach will be less
liable to arrangements if there be no
change in the food, and even on short trips
there will be liable to be accidents which
render lunch desirable, if not necessary.
Last winter a couple of friends started to
visit friends in the northern part of the
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