Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-23
FOR THE LADIES.
THE DAUGHTERS OF EVE AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.
An Interesting Collection Arranged by
One of Them-The Latest
Fashions.

lhEltten IOr the SUNDAY UNION
GIVE LOVE TO THE LIVING.
One said -" never wore mourning robe or veil
For any dead,
never have cried out with bitter wall
Why did leave unsaid
The words that would have made them glad -
gave to them of love the coin had,
Ana SO their memory is sweet, not sad
Dear friends be pititul Ifye love well
Fail not to say
The tender words, and all the secrets tell
That fond hearts sway.
Nor wait until is sealed the watching eye
Watching in vain for loves sweet tender sign.
Holding an empty cup for that rare wine,
draught for which the strongest heart doth
pine
For It's indeed a bitter thing to stand
Above your dead and hold the frozen hand,
AND feel It can no more loves pressure under
stand.
| THE Lesson OF THE JoHNsTowS HORROR.
In these days of multiplied disasters
! and calamities, when fire and flood, earth
quake and pestilence, storm and wind, in
various parts of the world, are rushing
thousands into eternity with hardly mo-
ment's warning, one truth is brought home
to US with renewed force-the paramount
Importance of being good to one another
while we have the opportunity. 1t is not
of so much consequence whether the
skirts have an extra rutiie or the childrens
frocks are deliberately trimmed, or that you
have the reputation of being the best
| housekeeper in the neighborhood Ito be a
true housekeeper is far better) or even that
you out-do all others in church work and
ministrations to the heather, as that your
| own have reason to love you and find in
you that tenderest sympathy which to
man, woman and child is more comforting
| than food or raiment. Life is short at
best-full Of tears and tragedies, and for
| every one OF US Il grave is waiting-we
| know not how near or far.
| How many hearts have been irrepressi-
| bly, hardened by doubts of another's love,
when the lips that should have spoken are
| dumb forever? How many, full of the
tenderness to which they never gave utter
ance when daily opportunities presented.
would give their lives for one moment in
which to make the dead ears hear, the
dead heart understand? Is there mourn
er in the land who does not remember,
with bitter self-reproach, every unkind
word uttered to that CHASTITY thing to-day
called 1t "-every little disagreement and
neglected opportunity for making their
mutual life happier? Is there mother
sitting in her lonely home, from whence
the children have all gone out-either to
take their places in the busy world, or to
the securer shelter of the tomb-who does
not look back with satisfaction u pom every
sacrifice she made to enhance their child
ish pleasures, and with regret upon every
undue severity? Oh friends, let us watch
the little foxes that spoil the vines of
life-ill-temper, observation-disclosures, prone
ness to gossip, neglect of little acts OF
kindness towards those we love; and.
above all, let us not fail in letting the
| loved ones know that we love them.
Sooner or later every family circle must be
broken; let us so live every day that when
this inevitable division comes there will be
less of heart-break in it.
FIG LEAVES.
Fashionable women in Paris and Lon
| don are making effective use of the black
Spanish and Chantilly lace capes, with
scarf ends that are long enough to fasten
at the belt and fall to the hem of the skirt.
| A few have appeared en- suite, with elegant
walking and carriage dresses of China silk,
| black lace or faille. Use is also made of
stylish Spanish brooches and long ieweled
| pins in the form of sabers and daggers, in
| their adjustment. The picturesque Di-
rectoire collar, of black or dark-colored
velvet, is also noticed. The latter are
made very wide, with ends that taper to a
point as they reach the belt They are
best suited to women with long, slender
Threats, but can be modified to Eft any
wearer.
Worth is reviving old-fashioned lawns
at garden parties and for country wear
throughout the summer. They are made
| up in quaint ways-with a long overskirt
nearly covering the underskirt, which has
a foot-trimming of double rutie with a
cord drawn through the middle. The top
of the overskirt also has thick cords, hold
ing its fullness; the full, belted waist has
corded yoke, and there are cords in
points at the top of the sleeves. A surah
sash knotted behind, encircles the waist,
or else a belt, with flowing ribbons, fas-
tened on the left side. The neck has
turned-over plaitings of the lawn, edged
with narrow lace, and this falls in iabot
down the front to the waist To wear
with these gowns are hats nearly flat, with
brim of open, lace-like straw, and the
crown covered with rose vines and ivy,
with tendrels dropping at the back.
Black and colored silks are made up
with an empire front, that is, shirred on
the shoulder seams and crossed at the
| waist line, or with a soft belt from one
| side seam to the other, or a sash from the
| right to the left side, where it is knotted
and hangs in two ends. The sleeves are
made full enough at the top to gather over
| the shoulders, and at either seam half way
to the elbows, with the fullness pushed
slightly upward. The skirt has hat-rlaited
sides, Spanish founce front, and full back
of four breadths gathered at the top to a
| short, separate binding, which is hooked
up over the pointed basque back. This is
| an excellent arrangement for satin and
India silk dresses, with trimming of picot
or tiat-edged ribbon around the collar and
| wrists, and, if desired, can be laid in
lengthwise stripes down the plated sidea.
If preferred, the front may be three
breadths of the silk, bordered with the
ribbon, and slightly draped toward the
top. Grecian aprons are again in vogue
where draped front is wished. These
hang straight down on one side in three
easy plaits, the other side being lifted
quite high.
Directoire ridingotes are the most
fashionable street costumes, while the more
piquant style of empire or round waists
and full skirts are selected for house
dresses.
A stylish vest for wooden or silk redin-
gotes is V of white cashmere covered
with braiding of gold, silver or steel cord,
with ichu folds of white silk from the
shoulders, crossed at the waist line under
a soft belt of the same material. The SIM
plest cotton waists are gathered on the
shoulders and at the center of the waist
line, back and front, with the lower edge
thrust under the full skirt, and belt
stitched on the inside as stay. The
sleeves are full at the top, and the neck
and wrists are finished with plated frills of