The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-16
How the sexes 90 70 Bed.

The young g.rl-tfiTs eaiIy up to he.
chamber, and with the cautious timid-
ity peculiar to her Sex, first locks the
doors and srrsBCes the window cur.
tains, so that 10y 10 possible chance a
passer hy or 70 bel2ted nocturnal wan
deTer from the pavement can catch
glimpse of her budding beauty when
ca Hskgliie. This task completed, she
turns on the gas 10 its fall, and insti-
tutes g general search throughout the
apartment, thst she may be sure it
does not contain horrible bugbear,"
or desperate rutiian' in big whiskers,
and crisp black hair. Carefully with
her delicate little fingers, she lifts the
bed valance peers into places where
even Tom Thumb could not squeeze
his dimiuuuye corporation, and takes
a cursoTy peep into the half emptied
trunk, not forgetting 10 glance ner
vOus.V under the sofa the space be-
tween which and the floor IS not suf-
ticient 10 contain the ghost of Calvin
Edison, much less au ordinary r0bber
Having a5ceItained that she Is really
alone, she lejzurely proceeds to divest
her form % the silk and linen con
veutiOnaiIties of society First she
relieves her glossy hair Of the pins and
combs which eutbrail II and docs il
Up. more completely. Then off comes
the little collar, and light vapory
cloud of lace she calls uudersleeves,
which all the day have been
clasped around her white plump
arms, by a couple of india rubber
straps. Next the love Of spring silk
dress is uufaztened in front Then sun
dry waist strings and button straps are
lOOsed, and 10 what a collapse like
loves big balloon She stands like
Saturn, the centre Of rings There they
lie upon the soft carpet, partly covered
by the linen Uuderfixings and Cyerfx-
Ings, with no more expression in them
than there is in the bare floor beneath
the carpet Sits she upon the bed, and
begins the unlac.ng Of CATERS, and the
dIsTODiEg of those fair swelling limbs
Of the stockings The pretty little foot
IS carefully perched upon the knee
down drops the CATER, of comes the
elastic, and her thumb inserted at the
top Of the stocking, pushes IL down
down over the heel, and the cotton
other foot only involving "a slight !
change of position. There is q smile !
that peeps out from behind the bushes
of her sweet face, now, as standing be.
fore the glass, she places upon her head /
the night cap and with q quick twist
Of her fingers ties the bewitching bow
Then the night gown Is thrown over the
trilled chemIse, concealing the heaving
bosom. and the shoulders in the linen
folds. Then the Counterpane and sheets
are thrown back the gas is turned down
very, very low-and the little form
presses the yielding couch, and the an
gel goes off into lhe world Of dreams
Now IN the room directly above her
Is the great brute of a brother lie
comes into ID, shuts the door with a
slam, turns the key with q snap, grOwls
at a chair which happens to be in the
way pulls of bis boots and throws them |
into q corner. jerks the socks from his /
feet drops his T8utaloons on the floor |
and lets them lie there gets of his 1
coat and vest by a quick, vindictive sort |
of twist of his arms and body, uupins |
and unbultOus his collar, throws 10 care
leszlv with the tIc, at rather than on |
the table, travels to the window in his !
shirt extremity to let down the cur
tain, as if be didn't care a cuss whether
the entire population of the street be-
held his anatomy or not then puts out
the light and boUnces into bed like a
great calf Jumping into a pile of hay
curls himself mp, his knees nearly
touching his nose, lies so a moment or
two, turns on bis back stretches his
limbs out swsara 1T the tucking in Of
the bed cloths, gfunts, gets over on the
other side, and is-asleep. Then comes
in the snoring and snorGng
Isn't there @ difference in style2