The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-22
sALTOGETHE TOO NICE.

ToaETHER roo NICE. 577.7
How . Partisan Belle Keeps Warm in
Ss the Winter Season.
II as La Vie Parisienne. II. #
An hour before you get up your maid
Will light your fire., and then, screen it
with 9 silver framework lined with rose
silk which will temper: the heat and
40veto the whole room a sort Of q ROSY
morning light, that warns while it IL
slumines. Then she will bring you on q
silver plate warmer, your cup Of choco.
late, hot and foaming, which YOU will
drink from the warmer itself, munching
the while your rusks, served on q little
gold toast rack, kept lot il turn by q
little live charcoal, sprinkled with va
nilla to perfume the air.. III
After you have taken your chocolate
you will snOoze again for couple of
hours. Then you will put ON deshobihe
Of pink satin, lined with swans down.
eHVeloping the whole body from head
/. to foot. The waistband and the fasten-
Ing OF the neck of this garment must be
IN velvet, SO as to be warm to the touch.
You may now pass into the bath room,
The atmosphere of which will be kept at
an agreeable temperature by little gusts
Of rose-scented vapor pumped through
an aperture in the wall.
The next part of our subject is del.
icate one; but hons soft qui NAL q pense.
It is now time to draw on the stockings
lined with warm, fossy silk, long and
%perfumed, and garnered with Russian
sables as well.
Our precious product of high cultiva-
ton is now in her dressing room. This is
10 be made comfortable by means of an
Immense foot warmer, some two meters
square, which is to form q kind of second
flooring all about the dressing table.
The blinds may be colored to represent
the ardent rays of the sum-" and the
padding to Keep out the draught is to be
trimmed with natural flowers. This
will make the place look and feel like a
summer bower in the depth of winter.
The maid may now "fumigate the nape
of the neck'' with burnt benzoin, to
make 1t supple, an exquisite charac-
teristic provision, for without supple
neck how could French person posi-
bly, get through the duties of politeness
for the day?
We must not forget the hands. These
may be kept warm by holding in them
!; two little vessels of enamel, filled with
warm water, and shaped like apples
rather in bad taste in this direction, as
tending to remind our Parisienne of the
frivolity of taste by which her sex first
came to grief. The promised advantage
of this arrangement is to give the hands
that attractive rosiness which warmth
alone can impart.
For the middle of the day the Paris
ienne simply continues all these pre-
cautions by avoiding, as though it were
laden with the breath of pestilence,
every touch Of cold air. The rusks that
form her morning meal might be baked
in her drawing room, and the carriage
in which she takes her drive is hermet-
ically closed. She may realize winter
by seeing the street sweepers blowing on
their fingers, through the windows.
It is bed time, and we are once more
in the hands of our guide. He, how
ever, stands discreetlv in the background
until his interesting patroness has as
sumed the veensent 0rolinaire. He then
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garments sort of ulsterof white plush,
trimmed with ostrich feathers, at the
neck and wrists-which is to be worn as
IAN overall. The night cap of white satin
should be trimmed with feathers of the
same bird, and for additional warmth q
little turtle dove may be fastened un-
der the left ear. The very hands are to
have their night cap-gloves of pink
kid, lined with plush and fastened by
elastics lin pink chenille), SO as not to
check the circulation. The bed is to be
heated by the fumes of burnt mellow
ers and violets. These agreeable and
calming emanations replace advantage.
ous1y the old-fashioned warming pan.
Ent9n, you will drink just before going
to bed, a light creme de sQbilsos, nice end
!, hot, made with two fresh eggs and q
glass of MADEIRA. By carefully following
these directions one may hope not tc
suffer too much in the winter time.
MRS. SURRATT'S DAUGHTER.