Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-02
THE DAUGHTERS OF EYE.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THINK
ING AND SAYING.

An Ola Podrida Prepared and Arranged
by One of Them for the
Sunday Union.
FRIENDS AT LAST.
A mans dearest friend is his wife;
| A wife's dearest friend is her mother;
Since each of the trio loves one of the three,
Why can't the whole three love each other?
The man is monster who dares
With his darling wife mother to wrangle
If it were not for his unpleasant ways
There might be loving triangle.
The man who's in love with his wife,
But opposes her ma with resistance.
Should think if twere not for his mother -in-law
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 dare
OF the mother in-law and her son.
MENDING DAY.
Every housewife should set apart one
day in each week for mending day. Its
duties should be as religiously performed
as her daily deyotions. Which day it
shall be depends upon the time of getting
the clothes in from the wash. If that
hard work is done at home it should be as
early in the week as practicable; the fan
nels should be washed out and dried
quickly, so as to shrink as little as posi-
BILE and to allow plenty of time to air
them, for nothing is more ruinous to the
health than damp flannels.
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. 1t
is well to have a 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,
pair of scissors, ETC., SO that it may be
picked up at any of those odd moments
which so often come to a 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 a 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 if
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 off
| 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 underclothing
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 '1ust 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; 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.
| | find that a child's habit of neatness de-
pends largely upon the condition of the
clothing put upon her from infancy. If
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 mendlng. The elbows
always rub out first and if there is enough
| to make a new underside to the sleeves, it
helps the dress to wear much longer.
II there is wide sash like the dress it
can pe 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
teriaI 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
discernable. 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 tendency to
"drop into holes" If these are noted in
time it is easy to catch up the broken
thread and prevent it from spreading into
large hole, which might need a patch.
The silky bindings which give these gar
ments a pretty finish are not durable. So
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 orter 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
tience; practice will produce skill. have
never succeeded we'll with a machine
binder, because the edges Of coat vary
greatly in thickness, but / baste the braid
(silk coat binding) on, and stitch one side
with the machine and hem the other down
by hand. When pressed it looks quite
well. If the coat is black or dark, it is
best to lay thin piece of dark goods over
the part to be pressed if the iron is put
directly on the goods it leaves sleek,
shiny look which cannot be removed.
A few stitches in the worn ends of vest
button holes, and new buttons, have won-
derfully renovating effect. A worn lining
inside coat skir. gives coat very for
lorn look. A good thick satteen, of color
suited to the coat, when basted in and
kemmed neatly around the edges, taking
care to have it just fit well without draw
ing or bagging, viii make ones husband
very happy
Now we come to so1ae of those blessed
little ounces of prevention which are worth
so many hounds of cure. There are many