The record-union., 1892-11-14
THOUGHTS FOR WOMEN.
A Variety of Interesting Topic
Touched Upon.

A Variety of Interesting Topics
Touched Upon.
| a novelty in small silver articles is the
| knitting bail, intended to hold a ball of
/ silk. 1t is about the size of the average
/ tea ball and much resembles it, except
/ that it is not perforated. 1t opens in half,
the silk ball goes inside, a single thread
! coming out through tiny hole, and
slender chain of silver lets them depend
from wide silver ring that will slip over
the hand.
| a set of veil and handkerchief sachets
makes very acceptable wedding gilt.
The veil sachets are real necessity on
the dressing table of the real smart young
woman. These little toilet adjuncts are
varied, often expensive and very elusive.
A place to keep them daintily, TO give
tnem a Heetlng touch of perfume, but,
/ above all, to secure them, is therefore
valuable. A set for a recent bride is
OF white armure silk, lined with satin
and embroidered with orange blossoms.
1t is interesting to note the wide-reach-
ing qualifications of decorative art A
panel carved by native Alaskan has
been sent to Chicago and will be used in
the Noman'S Building. The panel IS OF
cedar, and though its significance is not
| dlscernible except by Alaskan travellers
and students, the work is beautifully
executed and will have high value as
an exponent of aboriginal art.
An exchange tells an amusing story of
the enterprise OF LADY shopk eeper,"
more or less well known in London So
ciety, who opened an old curiosity shop,
where all sorts OF rare antiques and the
like were sold at happily rare prices. A
friend came in to inspect her wares, and
discovered later that he mad left his UNI
brella there. Several days atterWard he
went alter it, TO lind it displayed i'll the
window with the rest of the curios, la
/ beled: Exquisite antique Venetian sill
! yer umbrella mount; $40 I0s.' The ar
| ticie had cost about a fifth OF that few
weeks before, bought of London trades
man. The lady shopkeeper" will GER
tainly succeed.
A black satin tea cosy. made with four
! panels or cores, is painted with a circle of
! children, hand in hand whose gowns and
belongings indicate The four seasons.
| "It is so foolish to be afraid of the
| dark" expOstulated a mother the other
evening as her son hesitated to go up TO
an unlighted room; which" she added
! to caller, when the boy had gone, ''is
! heartless III me, for | am absurdiy afraid
4 of it myself"
Whereupon the visitor confessed that
her unreasoning terror lay in ascending
! 3tttlAo III tlIG NdINs SllG al ways imagining
that she was being followed.
| A third grown woman present added to
1 the budget of notions with the statement
! that her 'Dogie" was facing the unknown
| horrors OF her own room after the light
was once out and she safe in bed. II
have lain and shivered all night rather
| than get up to get an extra blanket close
at hand,' she admitted, ''the blackness
surrounding my bed seeming to me to be
| peppIed with awful and mysterious
| though quite intangible beings"
All of which would seem to emphasize
the belief lately expressed by physician
that everybody is mildly insane.
The little cylindrical trife which hangs
| from Madomoiselle's chatelaine, now that
the roughening November winds are at
hand, is not an abbreviated pencil as you
might fancy, but a Hp-salve case It
! holds stick Of the salve and has a spring
| bottom to push out the useful paste which
| it holds.
The chatelaine of the moment is a gem
ulne puzzle. A chart explaining its nu-
merous belongings ought to accompany it.
The study of the list of presents usually
appended to printed accounts Of ''quality''
! weddings in England is not without in
! terest. The other day lord, son OF an
| Earl, with several estates, married plain
Miss, daughter Of plain Mr.. and Mrs,
ber. In the gift list the servants and at
taches of the groom's family make the
! following splendid showing: "Tenants
on Tyninghame, Samuelston and LennoI
estates, pair of silver candelabra and lew
| elry; Tyninghame employees, large silver
| bowl; servants ofTyninghame household.
| old silver salver; LintOnians and others
connected with Tyninghame estate. clock
! and vases; tenants OF Mellerstein and
Jerviswood estates, large silver gong; en-
! ployes of Mellerstein, silver urn; tenants
OF Arderne estate, large silver salver;
| employees and servants of Arderene, old
! silver basket" Against which the re-
tinue of the bride designated as Servants
of 56 Upper Brook street, come up gal
| lantly, though modestly, with four silver
cruet stands.
! On the same day at another wedding
| the case was reversed, the brides retain-
| ers Subdividing most generously and
! specifically after this fashion: Barcombe
farm tenants, entire dishes; Barcombe in
! door servants, silver salt mutfinecrs:
| Barcombe outdoor servants, silver salt
cellars; Barcombe cottagers' wives, ice
pail; Barcombe cottage tenants, outdoor
| men, and bricklayers inkstand: Bar
combe school children and teachers.
grape scissors, nutcrackers, and walnut
| peelers-with not a single henchman of
| the groom recorded.
| And one marvels at the excellent and
discriminating taste displayed by all
these laborers, tenants, maids and Wallets.
There is in it a strong hint of having had
competent and not disinterested advisers.
In thin goods the Bedford cord creme is
liked, and also the flower crepe. Robes of
embroidered albatross cloth are in deli
cate colors. A gown of pink rep crepe,
with garniture of pearls. was very lovely.
| The magnificent duchess houncings
shown this autumn may not be outdone
by any other airy fabric. Their price.
though, amounts to a prohibition tariff
for most women. When it comes to nav
ing hundreds of dollars for a yard of lace.
the average woman gives way to the wife
of the money king.
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