The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-31
How They Go to Bed.

The difference between a man and a
woman in disposition, finds no palmer
illustration than that afforded at the
moment when either of TIL c Ill retires
to ned.
The young girl trips gaily up to her
chamber, and with the timidity pecu-
liar to her sex, first locks the door and
arranges the window curtains, so that
by no possible chance passer-by or
belated nocturnal wanderer from the
pavement can catch II glimpse of her
budding beauty when en- dishdbiHe-.
This task completed, she turns on the
gas to its full, and institutes general
search throughout the apartment, that
she may he sure that it does not con-
tain a ''horrible burglar" or a "des.
perate rufiian," in big wlliskers and
crisp black hair. Carefully, with her
delicate little fingers, she lifts the bed
valance, peers into places where even
Tom Thomb couldn't squeeze his d.
minutive corporation, and takes cur
sorry peep into the half-emptied trunk,
not forgetting to glance nervOusly un-
der the sofa, the space between which
and the floor is not sufficient to con-
tain the ghost of Calvin Edison, much
less an ordinary rObber.
Having ascertained that she is real
ly alone she lcisurely proceeds to di-
vest her fair form of "the silk and linen
conventionalities of society" First,
she relieves her glossy hair from it's
thraldom of pins and combs, and "does
ltup" more compactly. Then off comes
the little collar, and the light vapory
cloud of lace she calls her underslceves
which all the day have been clasped
around her white, plump arms by a
couple of India rubber straps. Next,
the Glove of a spring silk" dress is I'M
fastened in front Then sundry waist
strings and buttoned straps are loosed,
aud 10! what a collapse like that of
loves big balloon. She stands, like
Saturn, in the centre of rings. There
they lie upon the soft carpet partly
covered by the linen undertakings and
overfixinGs with no more expression in
them than there is in the bare foo,
beneath the carpet. Sits she now up
on the edge of the snowy bed, and be-
gins the unlacing of CATERS, and the
disrobing of those fair swelling limbs
of the stockings. The pretty little
foot is carefully perched upon the
knee-down drops the gaitcr, off comes
the elastic, and her thumb inserted al
the top of the stocking, pushes it down
down over the heel, and the cotton
rests beside the prunella. So with the
other foot, only involving slight
change of position.
4 There is smile that peeps out from
behind the bushes of her sweet face
now as standing before the glass sh,
places upon her head the night cap
and with quick twist of her finger
ties the bewitching bow. Then tn,
, night-gown is thrown over the frillet
chemise, concealing the heaving bosom
and the shoulders in the linen folds
, Then the Counterpart and sheets ar
thrown back, the gas is turned down
very, very low--aud the little form
+ presses the yielding couch, and tn
, angel goes off into the world 9
f dreams.
Now, in the room directly above he
is the great brute of a brother. H
= comes into it, and shuts the door wit
a slam, turns the key with q snaI
, growls at q chair which happens to h
o in his way, pulls off his boots an
o throws them into the corner, jerks hi
= socks from his feet, drops his pants
5 looms on the floor and lets them Ii
t there; gets off his coat and vest by
: quick, vindictive sort of twist of Ii
:. arms and body, unpins and unbuttoI
r his collar, throws it carelessly with tt
e tie at rather than on the table; trave
: to the window in his shirt extremity
Il to let down the curtain, as if he didn
e care cuss whether the entire populi
# ton of the street beheld his anatom
or not; then puts out the light an
bounces into bed like great ca
y jumping into pile Of hay-curls hin
self up, his knees nearly touching h
nose, lies SO moment or two, turr
e on his back, stretches his limbs on
e swears at the tuching in of the bee
e clothes, grunts, gets over Oh the otht
: side and is asleep. Then comes in til
: snoring aud snorting.
s Isn't there difference in style9-[El
q change.