The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-01-16
TIE rrFnExzNr Or LUXURY.
HOW rARIsLAN BELLE KEEPS WARM IN
THE WINTER SEASON.
From La vie Parisjenpa

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An hour before .you get mp your maid
will light your fire and then screen 1t with
La silver framework lined with rose silk,
which will temper the heat and give to the
whole room sort Of rosy morning light
that warns while 1t eliminates. Then
she win bring you, on silver plate-warm-
or, your cup OF chocolate, hot and foamiug,
which you will drink from the warmer It
self, munching the while your rusks, served
on little gold toast rack, kept hot IN Its
| turn by little 1--we charcoal, sprinkled with
vanilla to perfume the air.
After you have taken your chocolate You
viii sncoze again for o couple Of hours.
Then you will put on a dsshabille OF pink
satin, lined with swans down, enveloping
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 bath room, the atmosphere Of
which will be kept at..an agreeable temper
ature by little gusts Of rose-scented vapor
pumped through an aperture in the wall.
The next part of our subject Ia delicate
one but honi soft qui mai q pense. 1t is
now time to draw on the stockings, lined
with warm, fossy silk, long and perfumed,
and gartered with Russian sab les. claspsd
with cat's-eye stones set in diamonds. The
boots are to lined with swans down and
trimmed with Russian sables an well.
Our precious product of high civilization
is now in her dressin 9 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 sun," and the padding to keep
out the draft 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 little burnt ben
zoin, to make it supple-an excellent char
acteristic provision, for without supple
neck how could q French person possibly
get through the duties Of politeness for the
day.
We must not forget the bands. These
may be kept warm by holding them in two
little vessels of enamel filled with warm
water, and shaped like apples-rather in
bad taste in this direction, a, tending to
remind our Parisienue of the frivolity of
taste by which her sex first came to grief.
The promised advantage of this arraogs-
ment is that it gives the hands that attract
i've rosiness which warmth alone can i'm
part.
For the middle of the day the Parisienne
simply continues these precautions 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 Ii hermetically closed. She may re-
alize winter by seeing the street-sweepers
blowing on their fingers through the win.
dows.
1t is bed time, and We are once more in
the hands of eur guide. He. however,
stands discree ly in the background until
his interesting pat on has assumed the
uetement ordinai-e. He then come, for
ward 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 waemth, little turtle
dove may be fastened above the left e,.r.
The very hands are to have their nightcap
gloves Of pink kid, lined with plush and
fastened with elastics, in 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 smanations replace advanta-
geously the old-fashioned warming pan.
Then you will drink, just before going to
bed, . light creme de Sabaalon, nice and
made with two fresh eggs and glass Of
Madeira. BY carefully following these di-
rections one may hope not to suffer too |
much in the winter time.