Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-19
TIE DAUGHTERS CT EYE.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THINK
ING AND SAYING,
An Ola Podrida Prepared and Arranged
by one of Them for the
Sunday Union.
HER ONLY PLAYMATE.

Now the Daylight is done and the curtains are
And tSe katydfds sing all alone on the lawn,
And mr. little one cries as she comes at my call,
Cam. play with the little black girl on the
Van?"
Though she's dollies that CRY and dog that
sIsnI cat ca, and fully equipped Noah's ark,
Is what She calls 1.-THE little black girl on the
wall"
'Tis bedtime, and Bessie. our one little lamb,
Comes bleetDg, 20, mamma, I'm lonely, l
I've no broshers nor sisters-l've no one at all
But that dear little darling black girl on the
wall "
Mamma what does she eat, and, oh, what
Goes she drink?
Nov she's lig,ie like me, and next minute she's
But neve, can catch that black girl on the
wall"
So oar pet prattles on when she's in for a race
With he shadow. (oh, isn't life just such
And she dSaces like mad down the fre-lighted
As she hunt, for that little black girl on the
wall.
HOW TO ARRANGE CURTAINS AND DRAP-
ERIES.
No woman with any sort OF an eye for
the beautiful needs to be told that very
commonplace room derives a certain
amount of prettiness and grace from we'll
arranged draperies, and that bare windows
destroy the effect of otherwise charmingly
furnished and decorated rooms. Uphol-
sterers have made the art of draperies Il
study, and wealth of artistic designs, in
which few can indulge, is the outgrowth.
But they may want suggestions that can
be carried out at home, and that without
any serious drain upon the purse. Drap
cries are costly enough, the cheapest of
them, because there must be SO many of
them, and each and everyone of them
must have fixtures of one sort or another,
and ribbons and tassels and bows and
'iinks." Still the method of draping the
curtains may be greatly varied without
augmenting the expenditure, and old cur
tains may be often cut, dyed and arranged
50 as to appear as we'll as new ones.
Old moreen and damask curtains, which
are usually all wool or worsted, take dye
admirably, and when simply finished with
plain colored ball fringe are stylish and
quite good enough for the average room.
Simple lace or muslin curtains underneath
greatly improve the effect Loops for
these curtains may be a strip of the goods
lined with sateen and stiffened with can
vas 1t looks well and really costs
nothing. Edged with the ball fringe it
becomes a dressy loop and really more
appropriate one than any other. Art
serge, a very inexpensive material, looks
well and fills the place of the damask or
moreen very well, although not 50 rich
looking. The pompon or ball fringe
finishes the edge effectively. 1t is quite
impossible to suggest all the
PRETTY NEW FABRICS
Suitable for the curtains, or to suggest all
the shifts that may be made to supply
their place. An ingenious woman will
not need suggestions. She will study
them out for herself and will make the
most of whatever is at hand. But when
it comes to hanging the fruits of her skill,
she will be glad of whatever help she may
have to get her through the trial, for trial
it is. The regulation pole, with its rings
England there is a decided tendency to
return to cornices, but they are generally
angular and ugly, and it will be found a
hard matter to push the pole out of sight,
at least for some time TO come. Where
two sets Of draperies are used at window,
the heavy curtains are pinned to the rings
in the usual way, and the thin ones drawn
on slender brass rods which fit on hooks at
either side of the window. This makes
them hang better than when they are
fastened with the heavy curtains.
In some cases the heavy curtains extend
only half way from each side of the win
dow; in others, they nearly or quite meet.
If the curtains be narrow short fall or
valance at the top is frequently used, some
times hanging quite plain or in festoons, or
gracefully twiued around the pole Some
times it is cut in forms like the old
fashioned mberquin-always an ugly
thing. The general rule is to place the
hooks for holding the loops about three
feet from the floor, but even this rule may
be broken and individual taste or convent
ence consulted.
VERY EFFECTIVE STYLE
OF draping is to place the hooks for hold
ing the heavy curtain a third of the length
of the window from the top, and the hooks
to hold the thin curtain about three feet
from the floor This givesa graceful effect,
and has the advantage of letting in more
light and air. thus not quite robbing the
window Of its intent. The heavy curtains
in this case quite meet in the center. and
are looped so as to form graceful festoon-
1t should be borne in mind that there is no
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which appears careless, because it is easy
and graceful, is that on which the most
care has been bestowed. Some persons
seem to have 4 real genius for arranging
draperies in an artistic manner; others can
never make them look anything but stiff
and studied.
Speaking of window draperies leads to
bed draperies, which have lately become
so fashionable. The fashion is a pretty
one, but in the struggle for prettiness the
healthfulness is lost sight OF. To be sure,
the bed draperies of the present day are
very little like the bed curtains of our
grandmothers. Still everything that serves
as harbor for dust, and is suggestive of
stiffness, is undesirable for a bedroom.
They are generally of light material
those of delicately colored, soft India silk
are the daintiest-and are nothing more
than canopy extending no further for
ward than the pillows. That they add to
the appearance of the bed aud It's sur
roundings cannot be denied, but they must
be dainty to look well, and must be we'll
cared for not to be positive annoyance.
With this fancy for color, the white
spread and pillow -shams have also disap-
peared, and in their places are seen elabo-
rate spreads, which Rot only cover the bed
proper, but conceal the pillows as we'll
They are made of eretonne, silk, damasks
embroidered linen and many other fab
Eics. For the plain house and everyday
beds, those of eretonne, colored or damask
linen are useful. They areedged with heavy
antique lace, and of course are not tucked
in, bat hang nearly 20 the floor on either
side. Other simple spreads are Of dotted
pusGz, lined with silesia and edged with
FACE. Madras and the cheaper hfikado
cloth are also used for this purpose These
are fsiDged with narrow tasseIed fringe.
HANDSOME SPREADS
Are made o. silk or satin, embroidered and
eavily fringed. Others are made Of
butchers linen, embellished with drawn
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