Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-29
THE WAYS OF MARIE ANTON
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The Queen was awakened regularly at
eight O'Clock, at which hour her first lady of
the bed chamber entered the room, and
came within the gilt railing which surroun-
ded the bed, bringing in one hand pin
cushion. and in the other the book contain
ing patterns Of all the Queens dresses, of
which she had usually thirty-six for each
season, besides muslin and other common
dresses. The Queen marked with pins the
three she chose to wear in the course of that
day; one during the morning. another at
dinner, and third in the evcning-at a card
party. ball, or theatre. The book was
then delivered to footman, who carried it
to the lady of the wardrobe. She took
down from the shelves and drawers these
dresses and their trimmings; while another
woman filled a basket with linen. &c.
which her majesty would want that day.
Great wrappers of green taffety were
trown over these things, and footmen car
ried them to the queens drcssing-room.--
Sometimes the queen took her breakfast in
bed. and sometimes in her bath. Her linen
dress was trimmed with the richie st lace:
her dressing-gown was of white tanety; and
the slippers in which she stepped to the bath
were of white dimity trimmed with lace.
Two women were kept for the sole bus
mess of attending to the bath, which was
usually rolled into the room upon castors.-
The bathing gown was Of fine flannel, with
collar and cuffs, and lining throughout of
fine linen. The breakfast, of coffee and
chocolate was served on tray which stood
on the cover of the BATH Meantime, one
of the ladies warmed the bed with 4 silver
warming pan, and the queen returned to it.
sitting up in her white taffttv dressing
gown, and reading: or, if any one who had
permission to visit her at that hour wished
to see her, she took up her embroidery
This kind of visit, at q PERSONS rising. is
customary abroad and it has been 50 long
so at the Court of France, that certain
classes Of persons were understood to have
right to visit the queen at the hour Of her
levcc, as it was called. These persons were
the physicians and surgeons of the court:
any messengers from the king: the queens
secretary and others; so that there were
often, besides the ladies in waiting ten or
a dozen persons visiting the queen as she
sat up in bed, at work, or taking her break
fast.
The great visiting hour, however, was
noon, when the queen went into another
room to have her hair dressed. We see in
prints how the hair was dressed at that time
--trizzIed and powdered, and piled up with
silk cushions and ribbons and flowers, till
the wonder was how any head could bear
such a weight. 1t took long time to dress
a lady's hair in those days. The queen sat
before most splendid tolette-tabe in the
middle of the room. The ladies who had
been in waiting for twenty-four hours now
went out, and gave place to others in full
dress, with rosc-colorcd brocade potticoats,
wide hoops and high head dresses with lap
PETS and all the fnery of court The ush-
er took his place before the foIding-doors;
great chairs and stools were set in a circle
for such visitors as had right to set down
in the presence of royalty. Thus entered
the ladies of the palace, the govcrnoss of
the royal childreA, the princes of the royal
family, the secretaries of state, the captains
of the guard, and on Tuesdays, the foreign
According to their rank, the
queen either nodded TO them as they enter
ed or bowed her head, or leaned her arm
upon the toiet-table, as if about to rise
This last salutation was only to to the royal
princess. She never actually rose for her
hair dresser was powdering her hair
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