The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-04-27
Receiving Visits in Bed.

and feminine Sybaritism takes on the last
degree of public impudence.
zone of the most beautiful women Of
Paris has taken fancy to lie a-bed three
days every week at FIVE o'clock in the af-
ternoon in order to receive visits in her
bedroom. Often she goes out in the
morning to make purchases, is visible to
the naked eye here and there on the
BouleVards, and in the fashionable shops,
then returning home, she undrcsses,
makes a toilet in which laces play great
part, goes to bed, and then receives
"Her sleeping apartment Is charming and
spacious. Ceiling, wall, bed, seats, are
all clothed in blue silk damask, set off
with cords, fringe, galoons, and so forth,
of silk and silver. The carpet is of white
curled lambskin, called astracan. The
furniture is rosewood, spotted with violet
ebony, ornamented with gilded bronzes,
and with proclaim slabs, all painted in the
style Of Louis Ky. The window and door
curtains are of blue wadded d-damask, P5;n-
ted in lozongcs and edged with white taf-
fctta The countorpane is of Indian
cachcmire, of blue ground, with rose, Or
ance and green, cut like the curtains.--
Blue eider-down adds to the value of a
magnificent covering Of English lace,
which belonged to the trousseau of the
Empress Maria Louisa, which bestowed
along with her linnen and toilet matters,
by the reigning Duchess Of Parma OH her
chambermaids, was sold three or four
years ago, with the curtains Of the cradel
of the King of Rome, )sparkl les with bees,
eagles ond \ crowns-bought, perhaps,
for the squeaking scion Of some fool-en-
riched by swindling in railroad shares.
"But to end this furniture card-this
auctioneer's catalouge. The bed is on
steps without, however, the famous balus-
trade ofthc Kings levce; nee plurijps I'M
pur."
/ It may be necessary to explain to our
unlrayelled American readers that in the
gorgeous Versailles palace is gorgeous
chamber where q bed decked like that Of
/ Olympian Jovc is fenced off with superb
ratings: to this is adjoined room where
the courtier5 assembled, bent on asking
gifs Of the king, and thus reducing France
to the poverty which brought on the a.
venging axe of the Revolution; the king
being up-Zse lever)-he gave his morn
ing reception to the courtiers. When the
President of the United States received
in the evening, a foreign word was adopt
ed and done into jargoD, and to this hour
morning reception is confounded with an
evening reception at Washington.]
-Four futed columns around which
are gathered in large folds curtains. as in
the Venetian interiors Of Paul Neronese,
support four punches of white ostrich
| feathers, as on a dias-or what not else
These four plumes are objects of discus
sion, OF criticism and approval by all who
are admitted into the sanctum sanctorum
of elegant and original coquetry. The
canopy runs into four lappets in diamond
pointlace to support the coronet of Il Coun-
tess, coronet termee, he it understood
tipped with large pearls. The inside of
the bed is covered with white damask--
the greatest of luxuries, for it speedily
turns yellow, and must be renewed. \
large glass hung with curtains, occupies
the back Of this-what may be styled
bed. alter, temple?-no matter what,
The chimney place is reduction in
marble of the Penelope of Cayillier. Iti
well for sleop-but the allegory! The
Ulysses of the Misses of this chamber is
not absent, which however, does not de-
tract from the number of suitors. Here
and there is scattered-a cup of oxydised
silver, of ormoulu, of tinted bronze. of ia :
pan and Seyres, fulfilling the office of
pocket emptiers, aud holding trinkctry,
watches, gloves, letters which are shown,
and the keys to every thing not shown
On the walls in large oval frames hang
postal portraits, ancestors by Latour, and
living relatives by Antomon Moino and
Giraud. A large golden knot surmounts
every frame Add to this an incredible
quantity of seats, chairs, coucheS, &c, and
YOU will have ali idea of this rare cham
ber, which is reached through an ante
chamber, which the noble lady decorated
with her own sketches made last autumn,
and which Joins the grand red saloon con-
:. tanning one of the rarest Raphaels snapp-
ed up by private bidders, at swinging
price in the teeth of the hungry galleries
: of Europe.
1T is now o'clock, and the lady ia
king advantage of fine winter day, has
been to Passy, to her florists to pick out
a lot of plants without perfume for her
dancing tea-party on Sunday. Returned
home she takes a bath. Comming from
the bath she goes to bed. III bet if the
fashion of receiving while in bed becomes
common, she viii receive while in the
bath
, 'Her costume or rather her toilet is fall
: Of spirits Of gallantry. It's only muslin,
> with laces and bows of tender rose color.
, The lady is as fair and rosy as the dress
, she wears. Carelessness minutely caicu-
: lated throws over her head the folds of a
fanchon in Malinespoiut, displaying the
: curls of her dark hair. There is little
L 1 1oft L.