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


deal of trouble and a great deal of
care to do all this, but people must pay
| for fine possessions and must SO re-
gard the care. Never trust to a cedar
| closet for keeping valuable woolens or
| furs One famous houskeeper had a
I cedar closet built into a. new house that
was the envy of every woman who saw
| it-with its shelves and drawers all en-
closed, with tightly fitting doors, that
gave out such a delicious odor when
| the outer door of all was opened, and
seemed to invite the care of everything
most precious.
That summer the first year she had
owned the closet, she packed her furs
and went to Europe with an easy mind.
| Among other things a Russia sable
cape of enormous size, and very valua-
| BILE, was put in the closet. When she
| reached, home, opened her closet, and
| took out her furs, she found that moth
| ing had ESCAPED the moths, and her
cloak was such a mass of worms that
| it had to be buried at once. This is alb
| solutely true, and many of the very best
| and most careful houskeepers now con-
! slider cedar really moth producer, and
| cedar receptacles of any sort worst than
no protection at all.
| The very best sort of chest to pack
| clothing away in is a good solid chest
| of good-siZe and heavy, and well fitted
as to joints and cover, that any gooo
| carpenter can make, and If given
| coat of shellac or varnisIh outside it Will
III time be very handsome. Old paper
lined trunks should never be used, for
under the paper the moths are more
| than likely to have deposited their eggs.
! Carpets that are nailed down close TO
| the Dashboard are often eaten there
! even when the room is open and most
| carefully swept The only way to pre-
vent it is to saturate the carpet once a
week in spring and summer with little
| turpentine on the places where the
| moths have eaten or are likely to eat.
| The turpentine will not injure the most
| delicate colors, and is the best preser-
vative from moths known.
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| The time has luckily gone when
woman had to have two pounds of
candy to tide her over Sunday, and she
is better looking to-day for the exercise
| of common sense. A plain spoken ply
stefan said to his anaemic patient:
IF you could see the inside of your
! stomach after eating candy you would
never touch another Bit"
Just after hearty dinner is the best
time for candy. Then the appetite for
it is abated, and the small amount
taken mixes with the other food Su-
gar, nuts, chocolate and pure fruit sy-
rups are all well enough in their place.
and that is after, not before, the even
ing or midday meal!
'Miroir velvet is as popular as ever"
remarked a fashionable milliner who is
! as noted for her anna bility as for the
/ style of her hats and bonnets And it
is not always easy to get a good assert
ment of colors, even in large shops. It
! is as well, then, for one to know how to
make it themselves.
The velvet is laid on a smooth press
1 ing board, which is not too thickly
padded A large hot iron should then
! be passed quickly over it. The iron
must be slid rather than pressed, but
using full weight all the time. Never
| remove the iron until it has passed
! from edge to edge of the velvet, and
| always start at the edge, even if it
! causes you to go over the same part
twice; and always press the right way
/ of the velvet. Every woman under
stands the up and down of cloth and
velvet, and you must press down the
! direction of the pile, and always follow
the straight thread of the velvet. When
pressing a bias piece the iron must al
ways go slanting from edge to edge
! whereas if it is straight you press in a
straight line.
In the factories where miroir velvet
is made they use large rollers the width
of the velvet. which prevents iron
marks. When doing it at home you
/ have the disadvantage of the small
/ iron to guard against, but by practice
/ ing on scraps you will soon become eX-
pert, and find it a great addition to your
possibilities of using old materials and
J shades that are too glazing. Take a
sample of velvet that is apparently not
( a match or seems too harsh in color; it
will be completely transformed by
mirroring. 1t will change a faded color
/ and it gives a beautiful white bloom to
| even the cheapest quality.
Every woman should know how to
curl feathers 1t is not at all difficult
( A little pains and patience are exer-
cised. To raise the fue of a feather
that has been worn in the damp air or
! laid away some time, hold it over the
hot top of a stove or near CRATE fire.
/ gently shaking all the while. OF course
there are times when feathers need
/ siteaming, and though one may be able
to do that part successfully, the drying
is more difficult, so it is best to send
them to the dyer. There is a knife made
( expressly for curling feathers which is
satisfactory It's. blade is curved so
that tho rrAsr=1Ira of tbe thl1o N on the
feather may be perfectly even"
Do you want something new in the
way of entertainment? Then give a
poster party Don't get lot of posters
to ornament your rooms, but request
your friends to come representing some
familiar poster character. The assem-
bled party of poster persons will GER
tainly have a jolly time together.
Costume parties are pretty generally
| approved by those who enter into the
spirit of the thing. And the popular
! posters of the last few years furnish
many inviting opportunities for weird
dressing and posing. Such costumes are
not hard to get up, and no expensive
materials need be used. If the invited
| friends are well acquainted and uncon-
strained no other entertainment need be
provided than informal music and dane
! ing and light refreshments, for each
| guest will bring his or her share to the
amusement of all.
He-There sat, alone With my
| thoughts.
She-Poor boy How lonely you must
have been!-Indianapoli Journal.