The record-union., 1897-02-07

did not return. and it began to look very
much as if the tables were reversed
and the parlor full of young people
We're receiving instead of giving the sur
prise. Still he did not come, and at last
in desperation the party went below to
supper.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of
11:30 p. m, when the fun was about
gentleman sauntered carelessly in and
demanded an explanation of the situa-
ton. Whether he was entirely ignor-
ant of what was going on, or knowing
it, kept deliberately out of the way, no
one as yet is able to determine. But one
fact is assured. There is a household on
Tenth street who are soured on surprise
parties and look upon them as a delus-
ion and a snare.
The neighborhood of Fifteenth and
H streets was much startled last Tues
day by the appearance of a bona fide
policeman lettering on one OF its cor
ners. People gazed at the unwonted
spectacle from their windows, and pc
destrians turned again and again to
make sure that their eyes were not de-
ceiving them. I've lived in this neigh
borhOod for fourteen years." said one
lady, and / give you my word, that is
the first time I've seen the color of
policeman's uniform round here any
where" What the visitation portended
has not been discovered, but that pOr-
ton of Sacramento breathes more free
ly in the certainty that there is at least
chance of its being looked after by the
city's lawful guardians. And if this
benefcience occurs only once in four
teen years or SO, it is a mere trifie after
all, and you know the old saw, Half
a loaf is better than no bread to a
hungry man, even if that half is stale.
The Theosophical Society met on
Tuesday evening, the ID instant, at the
home of Mrs. James l. Felter. The large
parlors were filled to their utmost ca
pacity, a number Of invited guests be-
ing present, as well as the adherents
and followers of theosophy. There was
q discourse on the subject by San
Francisco gentleman and theosophy in
all it's branches was discussed and it's
motives explained as well as the creed
it processes. Every atom of dust-grain
of sand-tree and flower, being declared
to possess a soul, and our lives upon
this earth the direct result and reward
of other lives lived before this reincar
nation.
Sleep, dear sisters and fellow women,
is not valued in this rapid age of ours
as it should be. Not only does it "Knii
up the raveled sleeve of care" and lots
Of other pretty and poetical things. but
it does substantially hold off at arms
length the lines and wrinkles that her
aid advancing age and are more dread
ed by the majority of women as a tell
tale than anything to be named. Faces
of women who have arrived at an age
when times handwriting is expected to
be legibly displayed on brow and cheek,
and who have escaped most of the tell
tale marks popularity known as crows
feet and wrinkles, will be found without
exception almost to be those who have
wOoed the drowsy god in the arms of
Morpheus most frequently. Remember
that the beauty sleep is secured before
l. o'clock midnight. and one hours
sleep before that time is of more bene-
fit everyway than two hours after it.
sleep early and often" is the advice
given by a writer on the New York
Times" to women who seek to defy
crows feet and premature old age.
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The black art seems to be growing in
favor among the fashionable set, and
the man or woman who cannot read
palms tell fortunes by cards, or in
some other equally interesting way OBJ
tain glimpses into the future, is dis
tinctly at a discount. 1t is no uncom-
mon thing on going into the midst of an
evening gathering at same friends S
home TO see the cards spread out upon
the table While some pretty woman upon
| one side reads the future for the fortune
seeker upon the other, who '.angs
breathless upon every word. I mad my
fortune t0ld' in this way not very
long ago. and l assure you It was never
told better nor with greater satisfaction
TO myself. Try II.
POLLY OLIVER.