Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-02

not liking cards or relishing the salad.
This afforded much amusement, for even
well-known spoilers who never made a
failure to spell correctly when writing
often develop weakness when called upon
to spell word orally, and this weakness is
often most manifest in the simplest and
commonest words. In this game every
one is to spell his very best, and if you
choose, prize is to be given to the best
speller, and BOBBY prize to the poorest
speller. The words TO be spelled should
be on a printed slip of paper, with defni-
ton added and placed in a box on the
table around which your company is seated.
The person who starts the game selects a
word, without seeing 1t when selecting,
pronounces the word and gives the defni-
tion TO the one next to him. If number
two spells the word correctly, he takes the
card and draws another, and pronounces it
to the one next to him; if he misses the
word, the one pronounciDg it spells it and
places it by itself. The last speller draws
the next card, and no one is allowed to
spell twice on a word. Each participant
should keep his own pile of correctly
spelled and misspelled words, being careful
not to mix them. The prize goes, of
course, to the best speller.
Like all games, to be interesting it needs
! interested people, but having these it
affords very great amount of amusement,
for only too often where the greatest con-
fidence is displayed on word do we find
the amusing mistake.
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served, and the diversity of entertainment
met the various tastes OF the company, and
had also the merit of being novel and new,
the departing guests expressed in a most
pleasing manner their appreciation of the
effort and their congratulations on its sue
cess.
To make the leaves of the "literary
salad" get some tissue paper of a light
green shade, as near the color of tender
lettuce leaves as possible, cut in shape like
the leaf, leaving a little strip at the bot
tom for pasting on the quotation, notch
the edges and fold over lengthwise through
the middle, slip over a hairpin on this
fold and press closely together in the
rounding part Of the pin, then take off and
if it is rightly done the center of the leaf
will be beautifully crinkled; write your
quotation on white slip of paper, number
and paste on the little strip of paper left
below the leaf Have book with a corre-
spOndiug number in it with the authors
name, that you may be able tn tell when
the quotation is rightly guessed.
FANCY NAPKINS.
For fancy napkins used at dinner we
have the fish napkin, the carving napkin
and variety of other napkins, each with
appropriate design. The fish napkin is to
be laid first in the big dish, when baked
fish is served, the fringed edge falling over
the edge of the dish, the embroidered side
overlapping the narrow one, which covers
the fish. The embroidery is done in gold
or seaweed tints; a pattern of seaweed,
shells or coral, the latter in shell or coral
pink, is quite as appropriate as fish de-
sign.
A carving napkin is a long piece of
linen with hem-stitched hem. to be placed
under the dish containing the roast, in
tended to protect the table cloth from
soil. 1t may have an outline of carving
knife and fork, or roast turkey, goose or
flying birds in the corner. A droll legend
at either end sometimes comes in well,
such as
We have meat and we can eat,
And so the Lord be thanked.
All special napkins are always removed |
when the course is served.
The gossamer-like doilies are still an |
important part of the dinner furnishings |
They are made Of tiny squares of China |
silk, Turkish cotton embroidered in gold, |
muslin, huckaback, or linen crash. The |
designs for these are as numerous as the |
stars. Geometric broken squares, sprays Of
lowers, vine or berry, or some dainty |
sketch where few dexterous lines define
4 submarine picture, encircled in crystal
frame by the rim Of the delicate finger
bowl. The edge Of the dolly is hemstitched |
1r fringed to suit the fancy Sometimes
he threads are drawn and a narrow edge |
If drawnwork put in; the openings at the
corners are filled in with wheelwork of
,ilk or linen thread. In large set, say
from eight to twelve, to have four stamped |
variety. Very fine silks must be used to |
work these dainty morsels of stuff; flo
floss, or the regular etching silk is best 1t |
is marked differently by different makers.
The wash silk must always be used on |
linen. As companions to the eut-out cen
ter pieces, a large leaf is sometimes used
for the dolly, maple, grape or fig. The
edge is worked over cord with rope silk,
Or in silk to match the center piece; the
veining takes the place of the darning.
The edge is cut away when the work is
lone, so as to leave the natural shape of
.he leaf. 1t is a question yet whether
these things viii hold their place. They
are novelty and make a table look
pretty, besides having the great advantage
If being useful.
EYES GREAT GREAT
AND-DAUGHTER.