Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-04


see to 1t that nothing is askew or out of
proportion, the lines on either side of the
table, between one claret-glass and another.
etc, being straight as die, all the decan-
tiers evenly proportioned, and all the arti-
| cleS placed so as to be as little as possible
IN any ones way, while as near as possible
to every ones hand. Just above the forks
a small salt-cellar and pepper-caster
should be put for each person; and below
these, TO the left, a tiny plate containing
six or eight olives or some salted almonds.
These latter, however, many people prefer
served hot with the coffee, after dinner.
Salad plates should not be placed on the
table till needed, then they are put on the
| left hand
THE LAYING OF THE SIDEBoARD
And sIde-table ronduces a good deal to the
appearance of the dining-room, and the
dainty sideboard cloths now used form one
of the most charming items in we'll
| stocked linen cupboard. The German
damask ones, with patterns in blue, gold or
red on the white ground, are very pretty
and may be made quite beautiful by out
lining the design with colored silk, of
rather deeper shade. White damask may
be enriched in the same manner, and
further elaborated by darning in the
ground with the same shade of color as
used for outlining. Homespun linen,
adorned with coarse old lace, drawn-work,
or macrame suits an old oak sideboard
better than anything else.
Make the sideboard look as pretty as
possible, and if so small as to need supple
menting with side-table, relegate to the
| latter all the less ornamental articles.
Many people object to the dessert being
| brought into the hot dining-room until it
is wanted for use, but those less fastidious
will gladly avail themselves of it with
| which to ornament the sideboard, as
nothing else can so effectively do. With
the dessert may be placed the wine, the
powdered sugar and cream, and any other
| pretty accessories; while extra plates,
| glasses, forks, ETC., besides bread, mineral
water, siphons, if used, and other things of
| like nature may be put upon the side
table,
Mrs. Emma Ewing, who is lecturing in
the East on household economy, tells some
startling truths. Among other things she
| proves that over five million dollars is use
lessly spent every year in this country for
blueing alone; and that during the same
period more than million families throw
away, each, from twenty-five to one hun
dred dollars worth of grease, which
should be utilized in the making of soap.
| She says that in the one city of New
York twenty millions of dollars annually
would not cover the amount paid 10 men
for baking bread while any bright house
wife might bake better bread at home,
with very great saving, and that if all
the matrons in the United States would
| hi 20 Ir,xr Il Il.
ular industry, at least
TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
| Would every year be saved. Mrs. Ewing
acknowledged her impatience of methods
whose only virtue is that they have come
down from our grandmothers. Turning
up the clean-washed dishes and pouring
hot water over them and then letting them
| drain is q good deal better, for instance,
! than wiping them with linty towel, not
to mention the saving of time and trouble.
She quotes the Chicago man, who says
eff my wife could only crochet dinners,
what lovely dinners we should get" This
| is d hint with point in it for those who
neglect cookery, the most important art
and science which house-keeper can
MASTER for useless "fancy" work. She goes
so far as to assure her admirers-and 10
prove to them, too-that by the proper
management, families of SIX or seven can
be fed on the fat of the land at a cost of
from 81 70 to 81 per week for each person.
Under the head of "Fair Play" some
body prints the following doggerel, which
| is not without its merit:
All. husband, do not scold your wife
| And make her poor heart ache,
! Because she can't build fires like those
! Your mother used to make.
That is, unless you're quite prepared
To see The whole thing through,
| And buy her hats and dresses, as
| Her tather used to do.
A ROMANTIC STORY
| Comes from Manchester. n. H., of
woman who has been waiting more than
| thirty years for the return of her lover.
She is now about 30 years old, bent with
care, and her once bright hair-still long
and handsome-is streaked with gray.
Thirty years ago she was the belle of the
city, the happiest and gayest of girls, as
beautiful as she was Young and light.
hearted. Naturally she had many suitors
but she gave her love to one who followed
the sea-" After their engagement he left
for a final voyage, promising to settle
down on land forever afterwards, for they
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But the sailor-lover never came back,
and no message ever explained his absence.
| Whether faithless, or drowned at sea, none
knew, and probably never will know, until
that great day "When the sea gives up its
dead" The grief and disappointment
caused the girl long illness. When re-
covered, she insisted that her lover was
true, but declared even if he were not, she
would remain constant. Soon as able to
stand: she began going every day to the
railway station to greet him home; and
almost every day since, through thirty
| long years, winteror summer, rain or shine,
heat or cold, she has been there on the
same hopeless errand. She is very reserved
and never mingles with the crowd on the
platform or frequents the waiting-rooms,
but waits alone and apart, always CARRYING
small travelling bag, eagerly scanning the
face of every one who arrives and turning
away sadly when convinced that her quest
for that day is useless.
The latest thing out comes from Gotham
and is lessons in
THE ART OF SMILING.
As an elegant accomplishment the art
of smiling gracefully, in Just the right de-
gree ier different occasions, not too broadly
for some emergencies, nor too slightly for
Others deserves consideration. But for all
that, smile direct from the heart is
to be preferred, which, to be genuine must
| be wholly unconscious. A writer on
beauty recommends ladies to practice be-
fore glass, and says that "a sweet and
gentle smile, where the mouth hardly
opens, the cheek dimples slightly, and the
lower lip just eonceals the ends of the
upper teeth, is quite the proper caper.
When smiles are too proper they lose
their value, like other things in this tire
some world, but when not too often re-
peated, the charm of thoroughly sweet
smile is irresistible. Superfuous smiling
is disagreeable, and to be always on the
verge OF smiling, as it were, without really
doing ii, is more attractive than diguifed
for grown folk.
Ewes GREAT-GREAT-
GRAND-DAUGHTER.
The assessed valuation on real estate in
New York in 1SS9is S, ,331, ,57S, POI, against
! 1902, SIS, ,S79 in 1888, showing an increase