Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-13
How TO be Comfortable.

A writer in La Vie PdriSienne relates how a
Partisan belle keeps warm in the winter sea-
son, and he warns the reader trifle too, per-
haps:
"An hour before you get up your maid will
light your fire, and then screen 1t with a silver
framework lined with rose silk. which WILL tenn
per the heat and give to the whole room sort
OF rosy morning light, that warns while it tllu-
mines Then She will bring you on silver
foaming. which you win drink from the
rusks, served on a little. gold-toast rack.
c Kept hot s in Its turn by little live
your chocolate You will snoo a again again
for couple OF hours. Then you will put on a
deShd6tlle OF pink satin lined with swansdown,
enveloptng the whole body from head to foot
The waistband and the fastening OF the neck Of
TINS garment must be in velvet, so as to be
bathroom, the atmosphere Of which will b.
kept at an agreeable temperature by little gusts
OF rose-scented vapor pumped through an
aperture in the wall. The next part of our SUBJ
Ject Is delicate one; but hOni soft Qui nlU y
penSe. 1t Is now time to draw on the stockings,
lined with warm flossy silk, long and perfumed
and gartered with Russian sables claSped with
cats eye stones set in diamonds. The boots are
to be lined with SwanSdown, and trimmed With
Russian sableS as well.
''Our precious product of high civilization is
now In her dressing room. This is to be made
comfortable by means of an immense foot
warmer, some two metres square, which Is to
form 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 trim
med with natural flowers. This will make the
place look and feel like summer bower in the
depth OF winter. The maid may now 'fumigate
the nape of the neck with a little burnt ben
zoln, to make Supple-a most Characteristic pro-
vision, for without supple neck how could a
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 enamel If, filled with warm water, and
direction, as tending to remind our PariSienna
OF the frivolity OF taste by Which her sex first
came TO grief. The promised advantage Of this
arrangement is, that it gives the hands that at
tractlve rosinesS which warmth alone can i'm
part. For the middle Of the day the Parsienne
simply continues all these precautions by avoid
ing, 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
ner craving room. and the carriage In which
she takes her drives is Theoretically closed She
may realize winter by seeing the street-sweepers
blowing on their fingerS-through the windows.
:" 1t is bedtime, and we are once more In the
hands OF our guide; he, however, stands dis
creetly in the background, until his interesting
He then comes forward to recommend a second
garment-a sort OF ulster Of white plush
trimmed with ostrich feathers at the neck and
wrists-which is to be worn as an overall. The
nightcap. OF white satin, should be trimmed
with feathers Of the same bird, and, for add
tional warmth little turtle dove may be fast
ened above the left ear. The very hands are to
have their nightcap-gloves of pink kid, lined
with plush, and fastened by elastics Qn pink
chenille. SO as not to check the circulation
The bed is to be heated by the fumes of burnt
calming emanation replace advantageously the
old-fashioned warming-pan, Ent,, you Will
drink, Just before going to sleep, light creme
de Sd6dttt0n. nice and hot made with two fresh
eggs and q small glass OF Madeira Py carafuliv
following their directions one may hope not to
suffer too much in the winter time