National Republican., 1880-01-05
MISCELLANEOUS.
Nh RNEINENENr or LrxrRr
How Partisan Belle Keeps Warm In tho
ITrom ID M PnrIglonnn.L

From In Vie Parisicuuo.
An hour before you get up your maid will
light your fire and then screen 10 with "a eilvcr
framework lined with rose silk, which win
temper the heat and give to the whole room a
sort Of rosy morning light that warns while
it illumines. Then she will bring vou. ON "a
silver plale-warmor your cup Of chocolate
hot and foaming, which you will drink from
the warmer Itself munching the while your
rusks, served on q little gold t09st rack
kept hot in its turn by a little live char.
coal sprnklcd with vanilla to perfume tho
air.
After you have taken your chocolate vou
will snoOZc again for n couple Of hours. Then
you will put on diShdJWe Of pink satin, lined
with swan's.down, cnveloping the whole body
from head to foot. The waistband and tho
fastening Of the neck of this garment must be
In velvet, so as to be warm to the touch You
may now pass into tho bathroom the atmos.
phcrc Of which will be kept at AN agreeable
temperature by little gusts Of rose.scentcd
vapor pumped through an aperture in the
wall.
The next part Of our subject is delicate
one; but honi soft q,ti NAL pcHSc II is now
time TO draw on the stockings lined with
warm, fOssy silk, long and perfumed aud
gartered with Russian sables. clasped with
cats'eyo stones set in diamonds. The boots
are TO be lined wish swan's-down and trimmed
Our precious product of high civilization ia
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 q kind Of second flooring ali about the
dressinE-tablc The blinds may be coorcd to
represent "thc ardent rays Of the sun" and
the padding TO keep out the draurht Is to be
trimmed with natural flowers. This will
make the place look and feel like summer
bower IN tho depth Of winter Tho maid
may now "lumigate the nape Of the neck"
with little burnt benzoin, to make IL sum
pc--au exquisite characteristic provision, for
without supple neck how could French
person possibly got through the duties of DO.
liteness for the day.
We must not forget tho hands. These may
be Kept warm by holding in them two little
vessels of enamel filed with warm water, and
shaped like apples-rathcr in bad taste in this
direction, as tending to remind our Parisienne
OF the irivoity 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 impart.
For the middle of the day the Parisienne
simply continues all these precautions by
avoiding as though it we're laden with the
breath of pestilenco, overy touch of cold air
The rusks that form her morning meal might
be baked in her drawing. room, and the car.
riago in which she takes her drive is hormet-
ically closed She may realize winter by see.
ing the street sweepers blowing on their figures
through the windows.
1t is bed time, aud we are once more in the
hands of our guide. lie, however, stands dis.
creetly in the background until his interest
ing patroness has assumed the reiement
OrdiHairc. He then comes forward to recon.
mend q second garment--a sort of ulster
Of white plush, trimmed with ostrich
feathers at the neck and wrists--whch is
to be worn us au overall. The nightcap
Of white satin should DC trimmed with
feathers Of the same bird, aud for additional
warmth Il little turtle.dovc may be fastened
above 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 chcmille), so rs not to check the crcula-
ton. The bed is to be heated by the fumes of
burnt lime flowers aud viOlcts. These agree
able and calming omanations replace adyan.
tagcously the old-iashioned warming.pan
EiytH you will drink, just before going to
sleep light creme de SQJail9R, nice and hot,
made with two fresh eggs and a small glass of
Madeira. BY carefully following these direc.
tions one may hope not to suffer too much in
the winter time.