Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16
ALTOGETHER TOO NICE.
How Partisan Belle Keeps Warm in
the Winter Season.
La Vie Parisiennc

How Partisan Belle Keeps Warm in
the Winter Season.
La Vie Pariseune.
An hour before you get up your maid
will light your fire, and then screen it
with Il silver framework lined with rose
silk, which will temper the heat and
give to the whole room u sort Of a rosy
morning light, that warns while it il
lumines. Then she will bring you on
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 d little
gold toast rack, kept Eot in turn by
little live charcoal, sprinked with va
nilla to perfume the air
After you have taken your chocolate
you will snooze again for couple of
hours. Then you will put on deShabiRe
of pink satin, lined with swans down,
enveloping the whole body from head
to foot. The waistband and the fasten-
ing of the neck Of this garment must be
in velvet, so rs to be warm to the touch.
You may now pass into the bath room,
he atmosphere of which will be kept at
an agreeable temperature by little gusts
vi lOS6-SGcLtSd NdpOl
an aperture in the wall.
The next part of our subject is del.
icate one; but honi soft qui NAL q pease.
1t is now time to draw OH the stockings
lined with warm, ffossy silk, long and
perfumed, and garnered with Russian
stables as well.
Our precious product of high cultiva-
! ton is now in her dressing room. This is
to be made comfortable by means Of an
immense foot warmer, some two meters
square, which is to form kind ofsecond
flooring all about the dressing table.
The blinds may be colored to represent
1.-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
summer bower in the depth of winter.
The maid may now "fumigate the nape
Of the neck" with burnt benzoin, to
make it 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.
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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-
lcally closed. She may realize winter
by seeing the street sweepers blowing on
their fingers, through the windows.
1t is bed time, and we are once more
in the hands Of our guide. He, how
ever. stands discreetly in the background
until his interesting patroness has as
sumed the ue{enleHt 0rdtndtre 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-whch is to be worn as
an overall. The night cap OF white satin
should be trimmed with feathers Of the
same bird, and for additional warmth
little turtle dove may be fastened I'M
der the left ear. The very hands are to
have their night cap-gloves. of pink
kid, lined with plush and fastened by
elastics Tin pink chenille), so as not to
check the circulation. The bed is to be
heated by the fumes Of burnt lime,how-
ers and vioets. These agreeable and
calming emanations replace advantage
ously the old-fashioned warming pan.
Enfn, you will drink just before going
to bed, light creme de sabi!iion, nice and
hot, made with two fresh eggs and
glass of MADEIRA. BY carefully following
these directions one may hope not TO
suffer too much in the winter time.