The record-union., 1896-12-20

| Sleeves are growing smaller as winter
| comes on, and fashionable Parisians
are now wearing them quite tight-fit-
ting with only suspicion of puff on
the shoulders 1t is to be hoped that
angular women will reflect seriously be-
fore they copy this fashion extreme,
as long, thin arm demands something
less severe, though a short, moderately
plump arm may look to advantage in
it, Fashions should always be modi-
fled to suit individual appearances
lplatitude that can hardly be sufficiently
Impressed ON very many women. Scores
and hundreds of them are at this mo-
ment striking object lessons in the ap-
pearance they present in their gaudy,
overlarge, over-laden, inappropriate
winter hats.
| There is every reason to believe that
old-fashioned things are going to have
an inning with extremely up-to-date
people. At the New York Exchange
for Woman's Work, which certainly has
as fine a class of patrons as any store
| in New York, one may notice, in the
| latest additions to the stock. old-fash-
ioned crocheted tides and table mats.
<AioO, AoS Val pct JUST CllC coAiiC
| old rag-carpet rugs that our great
| grandmothers used to be SO proud of.
The rags are sewn together and the
rugs woven in stripes, or, hit or miss,
| in accordance With the taste of the
buyer.
Now there is chance for your ''up-
| country" cousin to give you Christ
mas present that will be in the fash
| ion, and that she will have little or no
trouble to study out, for almost any
and every young woman in the country
knows how to crochet Make the body
of the table-mats solid, round or oc-
tagonal ones for the salad bowls, small
ones for the vegetable dishes, and
| larger ones for the platters. The border
may be Of any lace-like pattern that
| suits the fancy
Much Of the old-fashioned jewelry
that our grandmothers wore can be
made into many pretty, quaint bits of
modern wear that will delight the relic
| loving woman. Old earrings, invaria-
bly, quaint and odd looking, can be
transformed into very attractive heads
for hatpins, and the old-tinle hair
brOoches-with the hair usually much
frayed, nOw-may be slipped out of
their twisted frames and laid lovingly
away, for memory'S sake" while the
frames themselves may be made to en-
circle a recent miniature. Beautiful
chatelaines may be fashioned out of the
heavy, long watchchains of "auld lang
syne."
| Football c0l1Van3rC a n1ito tho thinoy
for the enthusiasm of the players them
selves is matched only by that Of their
girl friends and allies. Sofa pillows,
resplendent in the colors of the favorite
team, are suitable souvenir gifts from
a girl enthusiast to her football friend.
A handkerchief case, cut in the form of
a football; calendar with the ribbons
showing the varsity colors and sug-
gestive little PEN or water color
sketches of gridiron glories distrib
uted about on the card, are other sug-
gestive remembrances.
A noted physician says one of the
| finest remedies for liver disorders is to
be found in apples, eaten raw, or baked
| if the raw fruit is not easily digested
| OF course, disordered liver causes the
complexion to be muddy" and the con-
slant eating of apples will do great
deal toward clearing and beautifying
| the skin. Eat them raw, if no incon-
venience is experienced; otherwise have
| them baked or stewed, aud partake of
| them freely.
| The rage for lace and embroidered
| chiffon will be as great this winter as
| If both these exquisite textiles were in
| the first season of their popularity. In
marked favor they are rivaled only by
superb jewel and bead garnitures,
shaded French embroideries en- ap-
plique, and very narrow fur edgings-
all of which are fit for the adorning of
| a queen.
| The days of the theater hat are as
| tale that is told, and in it's place are bits
of lace and bows of ribbon, and tiny
| fuffs Of feathers that are called, by
purest courtesy, opera bonnets." The
| woman who wears the big picture hat,
| still dear to her heart. removes it is soon
as she takes her seat in the theater, and
| thereby instantly induces an unwonted
| feeling of gratitude and piety in the
| breast of the man or woman who may
chance to sit just back of her.
| The French modiste insists upon the
| return of the hustle, but the strong, ath-
letic, healthy woman rebels against the
suggestion, just as she has rejected the
voluminously draped skirts. Freedom
from fashions tyranny, where it i'm
pedes the easy, graceful movement now
so much priced by sensible women, is
becoming rather difficult to suppress.
The clover blossom and leaf form a
favorite design for embroidery and art
decorations on china and wood and
paper. The long, graceful, slender
stems work up beautifully in almost
any decoration, and the SOFT round
blooms are easy to develop and are
very pretty. Table linens may be
charmingly embroidered in clover blos-
som fancieS.
1t is wise to have your bedroom dark.
The burning of gas in a room consumes
too much oxygen, and when you retire
| the air is warm and vitiated. If it could
be arranged to have the bedroom lighted
by gas from an adjoining dressing room,
leaving the door open to admit the light,
sleep would be much more refreshing.
Dainty boudoir morning jackets of
| fine nainsook fall from the yoke to the
bottom of the finishing ruffie in loose,
straight folds. They are quaint and at
tractive, and are exquisitely hem
stitched and finished off with tiny ruff