The record-union., 1896-06-07
was lifted aboard and placed in the

and death in every phase of human ex-
istence jostle each other in the race.
Shoulder to shoulder, oftimes unseen
and unsuspected, but the shadow of one
crosses and reerosses the shade of the
other at every step-"Death and life
contending in combat dire"
y
s. Prentiss Maslin has returned from
the Alaska gold fields With pockets
full of gold? Oh, no, | believe it
proved too cold for him, and he was
forced to return to milder California
for his health's sake. Alaska has cli-
mate that is apt to prove very severe in
its effects on delicate constitution.
Time was when a farmers wife was
little better than household drudge. a
mere intelligent machine, capable of
grinding out certain amount of work
IN given length of time extending
somewhere or anywhere between a.
m. TO . p. m. Her amusements were
few, II any, and hard work often made
OF her an old woman in the very prime
of her life. How matters are changed
in these days. The farmers wife of
to-day enjoys many of the advantages
of her city-bred sister She has oppor-
tunities for cultivating her mind and
exercising the talents which she may
feel inclined to develop, in addition to
the direction of her household. While
| was away / made a flying visit out
Of town among some country friends,
that was quite a revelation to me in
this line. We took one day to call upon
hn 1aier h how ;.l, Oh,
undertaking as might at first appear,
for the dwelling house on each ranch
was built upon that portion of the land
that brought it nearest to it's neigh
bors, thus making it as easy to get
about the little community as if it were
a small village. In one house | was
surprised to find the class of literature
consumed by the adult portion of the
family. / found Marie Correlli, Rider
Haggard, Ian Maclaren and many of
the best and latest writer's and their
works as familiar as household words,
while the library shelves were filled
with books that would do credit to
anyone who prided himself on his in
tellectual attainments. In another pret-
ty home graceful evidences of a natu-
raj refinement were scattered about
everywhere. The hostess was an art
ist of no mean order, and the walls bore
evidence of the skill bestowed on her
faVorlte pastime. in still another
rancher's household the son and daugh-
ter We're both accomplished musicians,
and a lovely cabinet grand piano Of
hrSt-clasS manufacture held the place
OF honor in the nicely furnished par
lor. An elegant modern phaeton and
spirited young horse were the means
of conveyance to the city, where the
young people were in the habit of going
twice week for musical instruction
from well-known music teacher. And
so it goes The lady in the country is
quite as much a lady nowadays in
every particular as the lady in town,
and they who lived and fourshed in
the good old days" will by comparison
discover a world of difference in the
lives of women then and now
One of our former Sacramentans.
now a resident of San Francisco and
in business there, informed me that
Miss Alice Kellar, not long since one Of
our own Sacramento girls, whom you
will remember as being possessed of a
clear, pretty soprano voice, and quite
gifted for one of her years in elocution
(she was I believe pupil of Mrs Condo
in the latter study as well as Delsarte),
is now resident of the metropolis and
in fair way to make a name for her
self in the profession" She is en-
gagged to do fancy song and dance
work at the California, and when the
Sinbad Company was in San Fran
cisco had a part with them. I did not
see the young lady personally, as
should have tried to do, as my friend
informed me she was at the time visit
ing relatives at the Capital Her Sac
ramento friends will all wish her sue
cess, as we always feel a certain
amount of pride when one of our very
own rises in any honorable profession,
and makes his marx in the world.
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! think there are more bloomer girls
TO the square inch to be found in San
Francisco than would fulfill the wild
est dreams of a cyclist in any other
part of the United States. The Park
is almost a reproduction at times of the
Midway Plaisance, 50 varied are its
scenes as the panorama of human life
goes fitting by. Here is the grand op-
portunity for the crank on physiogno-
MY to improve himself in the study of
human character as depicted by the
features. But speaking of bloomers.
Every style, cut and length, or lack of
length, in divers shades and colors,
passes swiftly before the dazzled sight
in rapid succession on the roads and in
hX- at % ,to1,
is a favorite meet for cyclists, as it af-
fcrds such a stretch of smooth road for
the wheel. Here also the beginner
GENES TO try his or her luck, and some
of the experiences are very interesting,
rot to say instructive, to one who con-
templates the accomplishment in a per-
scnal light For instance, one young
lady whom / was watching with a tre-
mendous degree of interest, so varied
were her maneuyers, and who during
her lesson had acquired such an
amount of confidence that she was pos
itive she could go alone, suddenly and
without any warning whatever shot
away from her instructor at a rate OF
twenty miles an hour down a path
which took a sudden and unexpected
dip into an inclosure about which peo-
pie were seated in groups on benches
under the trees. Imagination will hard
ly paint the tableau that followed
Fancy, II you can, q conglomeration OF
bloomer, girl and wheel against a back
ground of flying gravel. l laughed till
the tears ran down my face in perfect
torrents. oh, no. she wasn't killed;
wouldn't have laughed if she had been,
you know. and nothing was broken but
the machine, but she didn't ride any
more that day. The last / saw of her
was a dissolving view of the disordered