Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-18

her years may be, so long as she can in
spire love in the opposite sex, and when
she looses that power she may consider
herself hopelessly beyond the line. Ex-
amples were cited of ladies of fifty, sixty,
even serenity, who had lovers galore, and
remained beautiful and attractive-or
rather mesmeric-after their grown-up
grand-daughters were in the field. But
what of those women who never possessed
that charm for the opposite sex and never
attracted a lover in the whole course of
their existence-were they born old !?
After all, we cannot reckon time by the
flight of years, and age, like beauty, is
'but skin-deep." So long as the blood re-
mains warm, the heart fresh and the
affections unwithered, woman need never
consider herself "laid up on the SHELF"
whatever may have been the date of her
birth.
What can helpless woman do?
Rock the cradle and bake and brew, y
Or, II no cradle your fate afford,
Rock your brothers wife's for your board;
Or live in one room with an invalid cousin;
or sew shop shirts for dollar the dozen;
Or please some man by looking sweet;
Or please him by giyi Jg him things to eat;
Or please him by asking his advice
And thinking whatever he does is nice.
Doctor the sick who can't pay for a physician;
Save mems time by doing their praying,
And other odd jobs there's no present pay in,
But II you presume 10 ursup employments
Reserved by men for their special enloyments,
Or If you succeed when they knew yon wouldn't
Or earn money fast when they said you couldn't,
Or learn to do things they've proved are above
you,
You'll hurt their feelings and then they won't
love you.
EIizaha+h A Al. Al r
that famous poem, Crock Me to Sleep,
Mother" began writing poetry at the age
of To- Though now 81 years old, she is
far more interesting than most younger
women, still retaining beauty of face and
figure and all her olden sparkle of CONVEX
sation. She lives very quietly at Ridge
wood, New Jersey, and beyond an occa-
sional poem does very little literary work.
The city editor of Muncie, Ind, Ereniing
HaGtd, is Miss Minnie McKillip. She is
an energetic little woman, meeting trains.
getting interviews at hotels, gathering
more news and furnishing the printers
with more and better copy" than any
body else on the paper. But then, she is
only just Is. When she has pegged away
at 1t for ten years or less her journalistic
swim" will begin to ebb.
In the matter of fig leaves, great value
Is attached nowadays to a pretty bodice for
thea,er or evening wear For sake of
variety, the cutting out at the neck may
be managed in divers ways-Sometimes by
the addition of fulling collar, or high
Medicis frill or puffs stitfened with wire
foundation. | saw pattern bodice made
of Tuscan satin, with collar of Tuscan tulle
stretched over wire. Bows of mauve rib
bon came between the puffs, and bands of
similar ribbon aiternated with pufis on the
elbow sleeves.
The 'four-in-hand capeo" are becoming
immensely popular-almost too popular to
last long. They are in white, red, fawn,
brown and black cloth, with turned over or
upright collars made of either velvet or
embroidery, tied in front with a ribbon.
They have three or four deep capes, one
above the other, and only reach to the
waist. They may be worn on the street
and at the theater, as we'll as for driving.
Many of the new dust cloaks are almost
tight fitting, with long, crimped, open
sleeves. White alpaca trimmed. with gold,
forms many of the smarter ones. Short
mantles of white cashmere, with gold silk
Innings, gold embroidery and wide ribbon
strings are greatly worn by young ladies at
evening entertainments. Pink is also used
for trimming, and sometimes white. Little
MISUNDERSTANDING mantles, made of
muslin (some lined with silk, with long
ends and frill all around, have been worn
during the recent hot weather; and these,
with the large, fanciful hats by day, make
the youthful wearer a true belle of the by
gone days.
For bonnets, the best seem to be consti-
tuted of nothing but band and bunch
of flowers; but those component parts,
though simple enough, must be treated
with master hand Straw is used in
many ways, and one of the prettiest STYLES
is the Surprise, formed of straw. A bon
net crown Of this has bunch of roses on
top and narrow black velvet strings, with
a soft filling of plated green tulle under
the brim. 4 bright green straw has pale
pink roses outside, bordering of green
velvet all around, and exactly in the CEN
ter OF the front, bow of the velvet.
Capotes are made up of the most uniGue
and extraordinary combinations. Fancy.
for example, two ffutings, one of black
silk gaGze, the other of pink silk, placed
beneath the gauze by way of trimming.
two bands Of jet beading, and small
wreath of roses, with two gauze-winged
butterflies perched on the flowers Another
very large hat is OF fine straw, lined with
violet yelvet-the outside garnished with
a big cluster of irises, mixed with loops of
pale green ribbon.
A dainty little capote is a tiny shape of
brown crinoline, with a cockage of cream
lace in front fastened in by butterfly ar
rangement formed of the wing-feathers of
some small brown bird. A floral bonnet
has coronal of corn flowers and spray
of buttercups garlanding it-a Tuscan
straw folded into close shape and girt with
bow and strings of narrow green velvet.
a host of the newest hats are quite fat
upon the head, and are trimmed with vel
vet flowers, black camillias, green and
black primroses, orchids of the strangest
colors, towering irises and dropping violets.
With these are mixed leaves Of eli kinds,
all the grasses of the meadows, delicate
ivy, ferns, water crosses, hops, minonette,
and verdure Of every sort.
: 1t you want to laugh at the most vicious
and persistent mosquitoes. try this: Take
piece of camphor gum an inch square
49, man AhNu anu KEEP IL IN VOur
bedroom, always exposed-by day on the
bureau and at night somewhere near your
pillow. You may not believe it until you
try it, but it is an effectual and unfaiiing
remedy. You need not burn the camphor.
as some do, and you may discard your
mosquito bars and keep your windows and
doors wide open with perfect impunity
from the pestiferous insects, however nu-
merous they may be.
Some sentimental person has suggested
a honeymoon hotel" to be erected in the
sweetest part of Devon" or the most ro-
mantle part of Wales. This is very
sugary idea, but not an original one In
Germany, where they are proyerbially
sentimental, and eat their sausage and
pretzels between Signs and kisses, they
have that same institution, called boldly
"a Honeymoon Hotel" There is one on
the banks of the Rhine, just above Open
helm. And oh, the "spooning' that may
be witnessed there!
EYES GREAT-GREAT-
GRAND-DAUGHTER.
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