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

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from it ever afterward 1t should be a
little more than blood-warm, and your
hand, which is much less susceptible than
his tender body, is not test. Plunge
your elbow in; but a safe test is five parts
cold water to one of boiling water. A half
teaspoonful of borax will make him clean
and sweet, and in hot weather a small
handful of sea-salt, which comes in boxes
ready prepared for the bath, will strength
en- him. A silk sponge, piece of scent
less soap, towels and all his little clean
cloths must be in readiness. Lay large
piece of old blanket with piece of rubber
cloth under it on your lap. disrobe his
baby majesty, lay him on his stomach and
sponge HIM all over very quickly, being
very careful not to let the soap and water
run into his eyes or ears. Wet and soap
| the sponge, and wash carefully in the
creases in his neck and arms and under his
arms, lathering the stomach well to get up
a circulation. Now lower him gently into
the tub, and amuse him by letting him
splash the water with his hands while you
sponge him rapidly all over the body for
four or FIVE minutes.
AN ODD KISSING GAME.
A gentleman who has Just returned from
visit at Shepherdstown, w. Va, tells of
a novelty in the way of amusements. The
people have what they call "soups" A
"soup" is sort of outdoor picnic. Each
person invited brings dressed chicken.
The host provides the vegetables The
chickens and vegetables are put into huge
kettles holding from ten to twenty gal
Ions, and cooked over open fires for several
hours until the combination is reduced to
almost jelly. Pepper and other season.
| ings are introduced. The young people
stir the soup with long handled iron
spoons walking around the kettle as they
stir. When young girls spoon clicks
against young mans spoon he is bound
to catch and kiss her. As you can imag
inc, there is some pretty lively skirmish-
| ing around the kettle. When the soup is
done it is ladled out and put into plates
and eaten, and is very delicious. The
custom is an old one, but / am unable to
find its origin. A company of Stone e6ali
Jackson's was recruited around Shepherds
town, and it still keeps up the organiza-
ton. 1t has reunion every year, and
celebrates the occasion with grand
soup" A "soup" for that company, to
be properly gotten up, should be made of
stolen chickens, but the veterans have had
to give up foraging since the war.
FEMININE SECRETS.
Remember that when your skin has that
depressed, worn-out look that comes from
| sitting up too late at night, nothing will
invigorate it like few drops of Jamaica
rum put into the water with which you
wash your face. The very best complex
ion powder" we can recommend is hot
water the year around. This preserves
the pores of the skin in healthy condi-
tion and gives bright, pleasing appear
ance to the complexion. A remedy rec
commended recently is to wash the face in
| hot and cold water alternately. In drying,
rub the skin upward, and then give the
entire face gentle massage with the dry
palm, always remembering to rub upward.
During the day let the face have perfect
repose for half an hour, all the muscles
| relaxed.
AN AGREEABLE HAIRwAsH.
What suggests itself as being an excel
lent hairwash has been recently recon-
mended by German journal. 1t is said
to keep the scalp cool and and the hair
dry and free from oil; also to prevent
| dandruff, besides being a most agreeable
toilet preparation. 1t is composed of the
! following ingredients Spirits of ether,
one and one-half ounces; tincture of
benzoin, two drachms; veniline, one mi
MIN heliotrope, three minims; geranium
oil, one drop. Mix well. Keep well
mixture is highly inhammable.
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hair it is really necessary to understand
the individual tresses; but there are GER
tain rules and methods that will apply to
almost any woman, at least with the result
of bringing about an appearance of
neatness and care. Very fine, silky
hair, though indicating a certain delicacy,
is not, as popularity supposed, always the
result of refined or sensitive tempera-
ment, since some Of the most hardened.
unscrupulous and scheming characters
have been noted for the soft
fiber of their locks, while some
of the noblest and truest of characters have
had the reverse Rough, ill-kempt hair,
of course, suggests and is the result of a
lack of refinement, since it is produced
by negligence if not actual unceanliness
and that disregard for personal appear
ance due to lack of proper self-respect.
Brush the hair daily; but while over
brushing and combing is bad for the hair
a certain amount is absolutely necessary to
keep it in good order. One hundred
strokes of the brush daily is good rule,
the strands being divided and the brush
pressed into the scalp and quickly out
ward. If bangs or wave locks are worn
these should be kept up thickly by means
of judicious cutting, and at least once a
month the long hair should be clipped,
while once aweek is by no means too often
to thoroughly shampoo the head. Am
monia and water certainly strengthens
the hair, but it is apt to deaden the hue.
DON'T CLIP YOUR EYELAsHEs.
The eyelashes of an adult may with adj
vantage be occasionally clipped, but as a
rule this only produces a satisfactory re-
suit when done in children. Repeated
four or five times during the first two
years of childs life, it viii almost 1nvari-
ably result in fine, full growth of lashes.
In family of eight children, none of
whom were born with full lashes | have
seen this result in perfection of the 'eye-
lids fringe" which Moore tells us is the
ambition of the Eastern woman to de-
velop, which softens the expression of any
eye, and if slight upward curl is given,
has fascinating effect.
LITTLE PIcK-UPs.
The long autumn coats are especially
graceful and becoming this season. The
satin cloth coats are long, full in the skirt,
and fit the figure closely, with often a
number of coaehman capes falling over
the shoulders. Deep cuffs turn back at
1 the wrist and the wide side-pockets are
either covered with the be-buttoned flaps
of the directoire jacket or finished with
stitching. Cloaks of figured cloth are
worn in the carriage. but the material itself
and the silk lining is of light quality.
Mrs Amelia Rives- Chanler is SO passion
ately fond of the violin that she will
arise in the middle of the night and play
tune.
The best way to clear out and straighten
the fringe of towels and doilies before
ironing, is to comb it, while damp, with
an inch length of coarsest toiiet-comb.
The best covering for poultice or mus
tard-paste is tissue iaper.
Pleasant "rainy day work for the older
. children is the MAKING of a s7rap-b -bool- of