The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21

Nj III
The reason why pretty necks and
Threats are much rarer possessions
nowadays than they were fifty or sixty
years ago is that for many years past
it has been the fashion to wear high
stiff collars, fastened tightly round the
throat. Tight collars cause the neck
to become yellow and the skin to be-
come prematurely wrinkled and baggy
"A graceful carriage of the neck is also
impossible when high, close collar is
worn. We are at last beginning to rec
ognize these truths, and this season
stiffened collars will no longer be the
mode. Often the first signs of age
show themselves in the throat. Daily
massage, using a good emolient, is the
best method of keeping throat wrinkles
at bay; this, if persevered with, will
also prevent yellowness and scraggi-
ness of the neck. Singing exercises
improve the appearance of the throat
but, of course, it is imperative that
singers should avoid tight collars
According to DR.. F'riedlander OF
Wiesbaden electricity Is an antidote
against stHngs of insects. His plan il
rent and to place a negative cathode
on the spot stung by the insect. Gal
vaniZation produces a rather strong
sensation of burning, but at the same
time the pain from the sting disap-
pears, and if the electricity is applied
very soon after the wound has beer
inflicted there is little or no swelling
The current, however, does excellent
service if it be not applied until after
some time has elapsed, for it removes
the pain and also quickly reduces the
swelling. The supposition is that the
position which the insect has injected
through the skin is neutralized and
rendered innocuouS by the current. DR.
Friedlander has repeatedly made ex-
periments of this kind on persons who
have been stung by bees and wasps
and has invariably found them success.
full. He naturally believes that a sim
liar result would be obtained in the
cases of persons stung by other in
sectS.
A philosophic man, who has. beer
reading protests against certain fash
IONS which threaten to overtake long
suffering womankind, says: "Oh, we'll
there are too many people in the Wo,lC
anyway. If women clog the pores OF
their skin with powder, throw their in
ternal organs out of place by wearing
hiGh-heeled shoes, further complicatt
matters by lacing and then fall sick ant
die, there will be more room for the
survivors. A good many years ago {
faint lemon complexion was fashion
able. 1t could be acquired by copiou.
draughts of vinegar. Much vinegar is
unwholesome. What matter? Hun
dreds of silly girls died of their vine
gar potations. Who shall say that
their early death was not better thar
that they should live to hand on theil
empty readiness to ten times their owl
number of little fools?" After all, per
haps the gentleman is not quite calm
enough to be called a. philosopher.
Picture dealers have betaken them
selves to architectural effects in theil
search for novelties in framing Very
quaint and attractive little frames they
are, too, with their Doric, Ionic OF
Corinthian columns surmounted by the
appropriate architecture, looking like a
miniature fireplace and mantelpiece
The dealers in Boston, true to the
spirit of erudition which prevail there
have adapted the Egyptian arch to
their uses, and the small columns are
covered with cuneiform hieroglyphics
These make very charming frames il
dark wood for the Photographic repro
ductions of the decorations in the Bos-
ton Library which are so popular now
A series of these pictures framed in a
series of arches makes a pretty panel
1t is a mistake, according to a New
York woman who has spent two
winters in St. Petersburg, to call the
cold tea served here in America, Rus
sian tea. ION the contrary" she says
nowhere, not even in London, was
offered such scalding tea as in Russia
The real Russian tea of the drawing
rooms Of the nobility is brewed from
the caravan tea, and is always served
freshly made. Into the cup goes frs
slice of lemon and the allotment O.
sugar; then a generous portion Of
claret, good third of a cupful FINAL.
the very hot tea is poured over Thi
is genuine Russian tea
Nothing is more trying among tn,
smaller ills of life than to have cloth
ing and furs and carpets eaten b,
moths. Very often articles are not pu
away soon enough in the spring, tn,
eggs are already laid in the stuffs be
fore they are packed. and hatch in tn,
profound darkness in which they revel
There is a general impression tina
camphor or pepper or moth balls keel
away moths. but it is not So They o.
not in the least object to odors, an.
why such stuff is used at all is reall,
a mystery. Buffalo bugs seem reall,
to thrive on camphor, and to find espec
tally congenial quarters in cedar shelve
or closets or trunks.
Every article should be CAREFUL,
brushed-all the pockets turned insid
out, brushed, and then turned smooth,
back again, and every spot of ever,
description carefully cleansed-fo
moths always seize upon a spot of an,
sort as a particularly choice morsel
Each garment should be folded sena
rately and very smoothly and wrapped
in old linen or cotton sheets, or part
of them
Newspaper is an excellent thing t.
fold things in, as for some reason moth
particularly object to it. The chest
that things are to be picked away il
should be carefully wiped out perfect,
clean with a wet cloth, SO that not
particle of dust fingers 1t is well t
spread a large old sheet over the ope1
trunk and push it down, leaving the sur
plus outside, and then to fold that owe
when the trunk is packed, for even on
moth miller, if it slips in, may undo al