The record-union., 1896-05-31

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prefer.
| Costumes Of cream white mohair or
pilot cloth with cricket caps or Alpine
| hats of cream felt to match are i'm
ported for coaching or seaside uses.
Some of these elegantly made suits are
wholly unadorned, while others have
| the skirt and jacket or basque bodice
| lined with old rose, reseda mauve, or
| cerise silk with vests, and a bit of color
| on the cap or hat to match. A line of
| fine gold braid or a tiny band Of gold
galloon decorates some Of the white
| wool costumes made for walking cy-
cling or driving, and the costume is
then lined with palest yellow, and the
waist decorated with white and gold
| buttons of large size.
The beginning of beauty is the bath
A woman who has no respect for soap
and water and sponges will struggle in
vain with creams and lotions After the
daily bath has done IT'S work in clearing
the. system of impurities through the
pores and making firm the skin, lotions
and creams are valuable to soften,
smooth and whiten. But without the
bath they are utterly useless.
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new occupation for women has been
devised in Aix-la-Chapelle, where they
are employed as letter-carriers. Their
uniform is a black frock belted with
yellow, and a fiat glazed hat with
yellow band.
Women who wear tight shoes will al
ways walk badly, and it is for this rea-
son that a good fitting, comfortable
shoe is of so much Importance. Tight
shoes impede the circulation, making
the feet cold and uncomfortable.
That famous royal climber, Queen
| Margherita of ITALY, converts herself
| into a Tuscan contadina when she
| climbs the mountains around Gresso-
| ney. Her costume consists of short,
full petticoat Of the brightest scarlet,
a close-fitting black velvet oorsage, with
braces around the shoulders arranged
| over a snowy chemisette, and large
| sleeves Of cambria Black silk stockings
were worn, and low shoes with hand
| some old Silver buckles, while a heavy
chain, also of silver, hung round the
neck and down the waist. The unri-
vailed headdress of white linen falling
on to the shoulders and fastened to the
hair by large silver pins, which is now
unfortunately so rarely seen in its ma
tive home of Italy, rested on the Queens
beautiful hair and completed as charm
ing picture as any painter might wish
to depict.
The average housekeeper's work is
never finished; there seldom comes
time in the day when everything is laid
| aside for a little relaxation, when hands
and brain are free trom care. There has
been much talk of recreation and rest
for the business man, for the business
woman, even for the children. BUT how
| about the housekeaper? Doesn't the
| eight-hour rule-eight hours for work,
eight hours for play, eight hours for
| sleep-apply to her? Assuredly 1t does,
| and unless there is a relaxation every
| day, and absolute rest from household
| cares. the home maker cannot hope to
| accomplish the best work in her home
| life. 1t is a slovenly housekeeper who
| sits down to read new novel while her
| breakfast dishes are yet unwashed,
yet she is no more neglectful of her
| highest duty than is the woman who
never rests.
| In the soft Liberty silks and satins
brocaded with tiny dots, buds. and
other figures, the graceful gowns with
a princesse back are revived. One of
the most attractive models of this de-
| scription, from Doucet, is made Of lus-
| trous swallowgra undressed satin
shot with pink and figured with faint
pink dots. The back in princesse effect
is elegantly shaped and laced from the
neck TO some inches below the waist
| line. The front Is draped with simu-
| lated blouse formed of alternating
| stripes of gray satin ribbon and flax
colored guipure insertion lace laid over
pink satin ribbon. The sleeves are very
| long, full at the top, ending in a deep
Gala point that, with its lace frills,
| falls over the top of the hand; at the
sides of the front drapery being a
deeply pointed collarette made of the
ribbon and lace that covers the shoul-
ders, back, and tops of the sleeves.
The skirt portion Is most gracefully
hung, sweeping the floor a little in the
immediate back, and fiaring slightly all
around. 1t is lined, but wholly
untrimmed, and the effect as a whole is
NEST refined and dainty
Lierre and Mechlin laces are much
used for collarettes, Charlotte Corday
and Marie Antoinette fichus, vests
lcape-collars, and also for the frivolous
summer wraps that are far more beau
tiful and fanciful than useful. Black
laces combined with black chiffon
point d'esprit, or mousselaine de sole
are very prominent among the graceful
berthas, Spanish capes with long stole
| ends, and Venetian collets with long
scarfs in front that, added to the fichus
and other adornings in white lace Just
enumerated. will set off to great ad-
vantage the lovely summer gowns of
Pompadour muslin, fowered gauZe
fancy silk, or the charming lawns and
chiffons that are destined to play an
exceptionally favored part IN hot
weather gowning.
Care should be used In selecting jar
dinieres for growing plants to choose
those not alone that are suited to the
plant, but that harmonize with the
room where they are placed as we'll
Do not have jardinieres of too many
colors in one room, and exercise a like
care for those that are to be placed to-
gether on piazza. Pale blue, olive.
terra Gotta, and white jars with a blue
decoration in a conventional design all
lcok well in certain places If many
plants are massed, either outdoors or in,