The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-24
How "A Partisan Belle keeps warm III the
Winter SEASON.


An hour before you get up your maid VIII
light your fire and then screen it with silver
framework lined with rose silk, which Will
temper the heat and give to the whole room u
sort of rosy morning light that warns while
it ilumincs. Then she will bring you, on a
silver plate-warner, your cup OF chocolate hot
and fOamlng, which you will drink from the
warmer itself munching the whilGyour rusks,
served on little gold toast rack, kept hot in
its turn by little 1--we charcoal, sprlnklcd with
vanilla to perfume the air.
After You have taken your chocolate you
Will snoozc again for couple OF hours, Then
YOU will put on "A deShabtYe Of pink satin, lined
with swan s-down, enyeloplng the whole body
from head to foot. The waistband and the
fastening of the neck Of this garment must be
in velvet, so as to be warm to the touch You
may now pass into the bathroom, the atmos
phere of which will be kept at an agreeable
temperature by little gusts OF rose-Scented VA
pOr pumped through an aperture In the wall.
The next part of our subject Is a delicate
one; but hOut soU gW NAL D peHse. 1t is now
time to draw on the stockings lined with warm,
hossy silk long and pertumed and gartered
with Russian sables Clasped with catseye
stones set in diamonds The boots are to be
lined with swan s-down and trimmed with Rus
sian sables as well.
ouT precious plDluCt ol HlBu ClNIIILallpu IL
now in her dressingroom. This is to be made
comfortable by means OF an immense foot
warmer, some two metres square, which is to
form a kind of second flooring all about the
dressing table The blinds may be colored to
represent "the ardent rays Of the sun" and the
padding to keep out the draught Is to be trina
med with natural flowers This will make the
place look and feel like a summer bower IN
the depth of winter, The maid may now
"fumlgate the nape of the neck with little
burnt benzoin, to make it supple an exquis-
lite characteristic provision for without sup
pie neck how can French person possibly
get through the whole duties of pollteness 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 Parislenne
of the irivolity of taste by which her sex first
came TO grief The promised advantage of
this arrangement is that it gives the hands
that attractive rosinesS which warmth alone
can mpart.
For the middle of the day the Parislenne
simply continues all these precautions by
avoiding, as though it were laden with the
breath Of pcstilence every touch of cold air.
The rusks that form her morning meal might
be baked in her drawingroom, and the car
riage IN which she takes her drive Is hermet-
ically closed She may realize winter by see
ing the streetsweepers blowing on their fin
gers through the windows.
1t is bedtime and we are once more in the
hands of our guide. He however, stands dis.
creety in the background until his interesting
patroness has assumed the vehement ordin-
are" He then comes forward to recommend
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 additional warmth, little turtle dove
may be fastened above the left ear. The very
hands are to have their nightcap-gloves of
pink kid, lined with plush ana fastened by
elastics lin pink chenille so as not to check
the circulation. The bed is to be heated by
the fumes OF burnt lime, flowers and violets.
These agreeable and calming emanations re-
place advantageousy the old-fashlened warm
ing-pan.
Enfin you will drink, just before going to
sleep, u light creme de Situation, nice and hot,
made with two fresh eggs and a small glass of
Madene BY carefully following these direc-
tons, one may hope not to suffer too much in
the winter tlme-From la rie Parisienne.