Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-02

The man who's in love with his wife,
But opposes her ma with resistance.
Should think if 'twere not for his mother-in-laH
His wife wouldn't be in existence.
So let us cease quarreling at once,
And with clashings forever have done;
And Wen Danish the jokers who chestnuts dart
| spring
OF the mother in.law and her son.
| MENDING DAY.
Every housewife should set spart one
day in each week for mending day. tt
duties should be as religiously performed
as her daily devotions. Which day il
shall be depends upon the time of getting
the clothes in from the wash. If thai
hard work is done at home it should be a:
early in the week as practicable; the fan
nels should be washed out and dried
quickly, so as to shrink as little as posi-
bic and to allow plenty of time to all
them, for nothing is more ruinous to the
health than damp hannels.
| If the clothes are all in by Thursday
evening, then Friday would be nice op
portunity to lay out every garment and
put it through rigorous examination. II
is well to have special stocking basket
in which all the stockings and socks are
placed for inspection. 1t should be fur
nished with suitable needles, darning cot
tons of all colors to suit the fancy hosiery,
a pair of scissors, ETC., so that it may be
picked up at any of those odd moments
which so often come to housekeeper
when she is not ready to settle down to
work which needs cutting out or planning.
After the holes are mended, thin places
should be neatly darned, for then they
present strong, even surface, which is
more comfortable than the hole when
drawn together later.
The garments which need mending
should be placed in another basket.
Every button should be examined, and il
they are pulling out by the roots, as child
ren's buttons always do, double bit OF
cotton or material like the garment can be
hemmed on the wrong side, the edges OF
the hole hemmed down on it and the but
ton replaced, concealing the hole entirely.
1t looks much better than setting the but
ton higher or lower to gain fresh founda-
ton.
Strings have way of wearing half of
| lust where they are sewed on. They
should be cut, the old place ripped off and
new sewing taking up, or else new
strings. Little Sits in undertaking
should have strong piece of material
laid under, much larger than the slit /;
when that is darned down with few neat
stitches it will hold much longer than if it
is Gust run up"
Boys clothing should be furnished with
good strong pockets, for the joys of little
chaps first pantaloons pales before "lots OF
pockets to hold Just everything"
Little girls enjoy pockets, too; a moder-
ate sized one, in the seam of calico or
gingham dress, holds her handkerchief,
thimble, and other necessary things which
would otherwise be lying around and lost.
l find that child's habit of neatness de-
ponds largely upon the condition of the
clothing put upon her from infancy. II
she is accustomed to whole clean clothes
she will enjoy them, then find them a
necessity, then learn and live to keep them
so.
The poor little children who dive into
bureau drawers, pulling out button-
less bodies, torn aprons and ragged
| dresses, which they strew about the room
until they find some wearable garments,
are greatly to be pitied; nor are they to
blame if they grow up into untidy men
and women. 1t is never wise to buy just
enough material for child's dress, with
nothing left for mend1ng. The elbows
always rub out first and if there is enough
to make new underside to the sleeves, it
helps the dress to wear much longer.
III there is a wide sash like the dress il
can De used later on for sleeves, and it will
be all "washed alike" for nearly all col
ored goods will fade in time. A friend OF
mine is the happy possessor of four boys.
When they were little fellows she used
always to get suits for two of them alike;
the younger always got through with his
trousers first, and then she took them to
mend the under side of the jacket sleeves
A neat patch of the same material is not
very unsightly for rough and tumble wear.
Far less so than the frayed out holes which
the little men try in vain to hide when
company comes" If there is enough ma
terial the worn sleeve or trousers leg may
be cut straight across and pieced. If the
goods are checked or figured when the
seams are pressed the piecings are scarcely
observable. 1t looks, oh ! SO much better
than the square window-like patch through
which the new cloth grins at the ravages
of time.
Woven underwear has a tendency to
adrop into holes" If these are noted in
time it is easy to catch up the brokeu
thread and prevent it from spreading into
large hole, which might need patch
The silky bindings which give these gar
ments pretty finish are not durable. Sc
soon as they begin to give way it is advis-
able to replace them with stronger tape
which will keep the necks from stretching
out of shape or tearing down at the
shoulder.
Gentlemen's outer garments are more
difficult to repair neatly. The braid will
wear off the coat and vest, and the tailor
will charge pretty penny to replace it
1t can be done at home, with time and pa
thence; practice will produce skill. | have
never succeeded we'll with a machine
binder, because the edges of coat vary
greatly in thickness, but / haste the brait
| (silk coat binding) on, and stitch one side
with the machine and hem the other dowr
by hand. When pressed it looks quits
well. If the coat is black or dark, it il
best to lay thin piece of dark goods over
the part to be pressed if the iron is pu
directly on the goods it leaves sleek
shiny look which cannot be removed.
A few stitches ia the worn ends of yes
button-holes, and new buttons, have won
derfully renovating effect. A worn linins
inside coat Skin. gives a coat very for
lorn look. A good thick satteen, of colo
suited to the coat, when basted in anC
kemmed neatly around the edges, takiRs
care to have it just fit well without draw
ing or bagging, viii make ones HUSBAND
very happy.
Now we come to souae of those blessed
little ounces OF prevention which are worth
so many pounds of cure. There are many
little tricks or Aavices which will ns.eyen