Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-19
COQUETRY IN NlGHT.CLOTHES.
Wcmen's Capr:eas and Pashions--The Whins
Concerning the Ons.in.a-Bsd Idea.
Washington Capital.l

The senseless craze for decoration
having exhaust ed the possibility
Of the waking hours, has at last
attacked the bed clothes. Quilts
of white satin, linen aud cotton
serve as the ground for embellish.
mepts by brush, needle and decal-
comanie. Some of these coverings
of sleep are beautiful as well as
gorgeous. Floral designs are most
common; but 1 have seen on n
quilt intended for use by bridal
couple q fine painting of the fig
ures of Cupid and Psyche. Quilts
for babies cribs are elaborated
wonderfully by mothers patient
needles. BY the way, growing
fashion as to beds separates hus.
bands and wives at night. Span
iards, Cubsns and South Ameri-
cans always sleep separately. A
not inconsiderabls number Of
wealthy families seize eagerly upon
foreign customs, and they have
now taken up the ons.in-a-bed
idea.
Probably they are right, viewed
from sanitary standpoint, and
the physicians generally encourage
them. Still, some persons gain by
having bed.fellows younger and
with greater vitality than them
selves, the scientific conclusions
being that the weaker draw health
from the stronger. This point lie
involved in q matrimonial squab-
BILE, just new the talk of our fash.
ionabls society. Mr.. A. is sixty
years old and somewhat decrepit.
His wife is thirty, tuxom and
Astounding in ruddy health. She
wanted TO introduce the two.bed
fashion. He objected. She urged
it 0n the ground that all their sci
were doing so. He would not con.
sent. They quarre)led outright
She refused to sleep with him. He
consulted with lawyers about q di.
vorce, but they told him her action
did not amount to- refusal of mar
ital rights. So the case stands iL
abeyance.
Women's caprices regarding
their beds are numerous and som q
times peculiar. The habit of look
ing under the bed for man Is in.
variable, as everybody knows, even
with those women In whom the
discovery of a man might reason.
ably be supposed to cause no fright
Where is the man who ever pre-.
sumes 80 interfere with his wife's
exact management of every sheet
pillow and quilt? Msidens are just
as finicky as'matrons about theiI
Oeds aud bed clothes. All the stO.
ries about their circumspection Ia
going to bed are based upon fact
Their nightgowns receive about as
much attention a. their dresses fol
daytime wear. The most popular
bed.garments for women Just nov
have either yoke or box.plai,
behind to hold the fullpess, while
the fronts are trimmed long ano
| square, like q mans shirt. There
may be three or four leDgthwist
box.plaits behind. A single wide
ruf1s, or else two rufhes, with tn,
| outer one quite narrow, make ,
good trimming for the neck Of tn,
gown.
Sometimes these rufflss are box
plated. edged with plain Valen
ciennes lace, and there Is a length
wise row OF feather stitching be
tween the box-plails. The squar,
shirt front is then formed OF Open
work embroidery, showing the ret
or blue chemlse underneath, If tn
wearer retains such garment q
night, or her own surface IL sh
dossL't. The spots of embroider,
alternate with squares of lace; o
else there are rows of insertion sep
arated by puffs, either straightIo
10 diagonal clusters; or, perhaps
there are as many as eight rows q
beading, through which 10 run YER,
narrow satin riobon. Ivory whit
ribbon 10 preferred to colors for al
dimity at present. Brier stitch
ing on narrow bands 10 used be
tween narrow puffs on shirt
bosoms. In some cases the shir
front is formed by rows OF needle