Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-30

Dressing Table and Bathroom.

DIeSSAH2 laptG ana 7kalnf0OEns
Belindas dressing table is so pretty nova
days All the elegant tribes that adorned 1t In
| the days when Pope sang the toilet of the fair
are there, except the hair powder, ana there
may even be box OF that II Belinda be given
10 fancy balls, and all the things are stored In
boxes ana bottles MT for drawingroom cao.-
net The table itself is often a study, too, with
us paneHlngs OF rich wood, and It's pretty mats
ana coverings worked In embroidery. precisely
IKE that which Belinda's ever and ever so
great grandmother worked while her soldier
nus oand was lighting with stout Churchill but
not even their quaint Towering and colortng
S San compare With the bottles and boxes.
ing on each side OF the mirror and these
may pe either TASKS of Cypriote shape re.
RTGSI ee or IN ,acei mersid glass touched
one OF twenty forms. Sometimes they are urn
ike, sometimes plain square bottles: sometimes
.hslr oeeoIation Is the work Of the grinders
Wheel. and sometimes IL is fncised; and IL Be.
nnda choose, 1t can be made unique by the a1-
0ltion or her monogram, for which a plain
space Is lett Sometimes the toilet set Is OF
the scent bottles; but there are so many pretty
pun boxes which have no ACCOMPANYING hot
ties mat Belinoa usually prefers to keep one OF
them upon her table, although bling a sensible.
and, withai, an honest young woman, she dcess
not use the powder except when she takes a
part In tableaux or parlcr dramas. The newest
pink or blue, and eIameiled figures in
Louis XIV. taste; but there are b,a k
onyx boxes, and box es enamelled In god aud
plat1na. boxes OF crackle glass, maiollca fn
bright colors, clouded gray glass with butterfi '
decoration. and boxes OF Chinese and japanese
deslgn; and as none Of these cost much, Be
always mas Two or three OF them scat cred
apout. ara has not been able to resist the
temptation OF the metallic boxes, some OF
when are bright In coloring, while others are
really classic In shape. They are all made usefal
one holds tooth powder another the ta,c which
makes Miss Belinda's gloves slip on s0 easily
While poor Miss Verdanuque tugs at hers until
naeS rip ana tear; another contains the Indian
meal with which She cleans her little hands
and another the English almond meal with
which she whitens them. The vaseIIne and the
ca,mphor ice have their place In little blue and
WnI-e BOXES or In kloto nests standing on three
little pillars. and the glycer1ne and the ammo
Ma are In blue and white china bottles from
Japan, While the freckle wash of benzoin ana
wafer wafer com pounded by the recipe which Be
nnda grandmother used, is In little yellow
D0ttie which br1ghtens the whole table
., Ia the brush and comb case all ia ivory and
Iolse smell does cost something at the begin
ming, but dressing comb is not ike those deli
cafe ornamental combs that require as much
consioelatlon as Geneva watch, and IL tooth
should De broken 1t can be menied Ivory
combs are not very strong. but an ivory brush.
PACK VIII outWear dozen sets of bristles, and
COCO sun bath now and then keeps It fresh
and bright: AS for beauty, there is, or course,
NO comparison between ivory and ceiIuIoid, and
WIN not be until the makers OF the latter ma
oeral cease TO De satisfied with producing
opaque white surface, and initiate the graCla-
lion OF color seen In real ivory. The nail ser
mas case to itself on Belinda's table. for al
1 ,,oh wnen Id hurry, she contents herself
pearl rubber at one end, sharp point at the
other. and file IN the center, still she likes
the little parade OF the case with its pollsher;
It's toOis 1or Shaping the nail, and It's little oox
OF venetian tale. There is new nall cutter
Whlcn SHUTS up like patent glove buttoner
and cuts the nail instead OF filing 1t, and is
Iavorlte with gentlemen. but Belinda Will have
none OF it. ~
In the little catch all OF Nancy ware lie some
u I.o 1ne young Moman's weapons OF war, as:
ltem, a very little smelling bottle OF crimson
glass, shaped like an olive and provided with
glass top ostensibly for the salts whereWith Be-
iinda may sustain herself when likely to faint,
euS Ieally used Ior cologne. Item, little cylin-
GERS OF glass Initiating jade and Of lapts lGzuEi.
10 De worn with Belinda 8 green and blue gowns:
any OF these may be slipped into the glove.
asem, listie masks OF clear and faceted glass In
silver gilt TO be carried when Belinda's dress Is
Wnlte OF olack. Item, larger smelling bottles
t 10 ne worn at the chatelaine: With what are
these pretty things filled? That depends upon
the flowers at Belindas belt, but, generally
speaking, with breoni or with wood.violet. AT
the END OF the month, when money is scarce In
Belindas purse she buys these In the little glass
stoppered ounce bottles for thirty cents apiece.
AT other times she invests In larger quantities.
put sne Guys more sachet powder than liquid
HS .,, tnlERing IL. more economical, and
boxes.
Belindas bathroom is a pretty place now.
thanks TO tiles; and bright place, thanks to
the Turkish towels on the rack. These are all
Hnen, the economy Of buying cotton towels,
which are as limp as sponges when touched By
water, not having been revealed to Belinda;
put they are of generous size and gay coloring.
1n the soap-racK. besides the white CASTLE, are
the fancllul perfumed soaps that Maubert puts
up In Baskets OF colored paper. wrapping each
CAKE In cloth TO preserve its delicate Odor Of
VlcleG Or white rose, and among the others is
that lettuce soap which is supposed to remove
wrinkles. There is an array OF nail brushes of
various degrees OF stiffness, and one fearfully
complicated affair, With concave bed of
brlstie5 and two projecting rows OF oristles stiff
pretty but ill-kept hands OF Lady Mary Wort
ley =. Sometimes the backs of these brushes
are or WOOL and sometimes OF ivory; sometimes
they have handles and sometimes not, as Be.
nndaS tastes Wayer between English ways and
those OF Anne RIGA; and II Belinda be very
fashionable indeed, they are ebony and the
hair brushes and the hand mirror match them.
Ana for what ts that soft brush with horsehair
instead OF bTistles? Properly, 1t Is for baby's
head, but Belinda uses IL for her eyebrows.
AND that circular brush, and that long, crooked
stlcR? The former is flesh brush, and the
SUCK lifted into ft becomes handle, but Be
unda prices herself upon not needing Ii. And
what Is that scarlet and red brush with long
handle? That, too, Is q flesh brush made OF cut
nannel and warranted to start lively circula.
ZION OF the blood In about minute. and those
are Bei1ndas bath mittenS. which are not
tnlngs OF beauty and are discreetly hung on
the back OF the towel rack. That tooth brush
Win the Wedgwood nightcap belongs In Be.
I'm pressing case. and she has similar cap
eashore those pretty cakes of soap are slipped |
INTO the new oval boxes OF unburniShed silver. |
ana ans. accompany her, TOR no hotel keeper mas |
each guest With fresh cake Of decent SOAP |
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