Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-09-13
ShamS, Pillow and Otherwise.

II Has bcch Stiu ny pOOu duluOiitls ludA
"Pillow-shams are!essentially American
Alas. and so are many other shams; prob
| ably the word sham itself. In England
and France the "lades' of the best house
holds are satisfied with lace-trimmed and
embroidered linen pillow cases." to b.
satisfied with such delicate suggestions of
ease and provisions of ailuence or plenty.
is simply to be both tasteful and hone,
or in Other words. not only prefrrlns str
cerllv, but cvincing il; no o.N h.in
genuine hut proving it miuu civ
To employ in p amer hOme> VIII g cot
on covers for bed pillow, without even
IN 'dging of cheap lace, cf'eiuily lroned
n orderly folds, changed of ener than
once in 4 week if they become soiled or
rumpled too much. is, fashion aside, far
nicer and more comfortable than to was g
time with and often be vexed about
"shams, that, indeed in MANY a sleeping
room are daily laid, or ptnned up ov,r
Soiled cases that would scarcely offend
rleanly eye more than do such us-heavy
'arely-waShed, often old and splntered
lbominablr SLAMS ~ Blu. ornament
Ne cases. We say, ~ much a YOU please,
bv tue ked or "mbr Id,rr,. Iuill ii or lac,
nds, md the edges OF the open rnd
hich should he hu'toncd. Then they
Wi hr tasteful -;cSh nt,c a } honest. too;
only have mercy Oh your husband ;, faith
.r aud btOlherS face and not embrpi
der he centerS, nor NfIHca mem If rufflcd
all around. Ii so you do, of course Your
own face may bear lie same kind; n
matter tor that. Some mJralists think
that Il peaceful disposition, serenity of
mind, or absence OF violent mental dis
turbance, with some certainty ensures
long life. Reasonably adding to this
among other favorlng conditions SINGER
| ity of motive, thought and action which is
habiturl, is il not plain, my gentle listen.
ers, that the end of the pillow-sham insti-
tuition, both to please art and fashion-al-
though the census.taker may never know
it-possioly may add five years to the
lives OF some feminine organizations.
Ger. HuraI NtW Yorker.
There are other new-fangled ideas and
notions crept into the bedroom which we
reasonably dislike, though we suppose
them to be dear to the feminine heart, but
they trouble US Just the same.
For instance, there is the xtra.pilow
nuisance. Not long since we staid at a
friends house all night, and when bee
time came our host showed US to our
room, a nice gone, and sumptuous bed
but there were pillows at both ends of the
bed.
Now rom our youth up we had always
known how to get into bed, for the pillow!
were t,the head, but now we were all a
sea, so to speak, seeing so many pillows
Which way to lay our head or whether
we were expected to lie half the night one
way, and half the other, we could not tell
We asked the host and he being mar
could give no information on the vexinc
dilema and the prospect then was tina,
we must sit up all night, or lie on the
floor, for no gentleman wishes to commit
a breach Of social etiquette. But bright
idea struck our host, ard he called rhe
mistress, who came up and solved b.
question very suddenly by CHA
one palr f thr pillow in tr,Y.r
gclic manner, and putting The our
their place And she took off the ,le e..
ones, too,--ali lacc-trimmed and fl. bu
there stood the bed all righr, viii
only At one. end, 50 we knew WI
was the head and we could o, .. .... ..
full confidence ,hat We wcre a. IN,
At another place wnru. y. ..... s..
found another puzzle. il wtsa uatu.,.u
room the furniture WIS rich and elegan,
there were no sham pillows, t4ey wcr,
all real one,-four of them, two on tt,
tops nicer than the others Then .ut.
was piece Of cloth spread ov r hon. .
nicely embroidered We didn know O
any use for that. If it wa~ 70 k,eu .
head from soiling the pillow c.,.st v.
TOO rough So we Just took of AMI
couple Of tn, pillows, NJ e., 2oD Own ~
business Buf here we met he .uzz, 90
for hcrr res in@ aims th. ..,...a- s..
something, "h'cn N rN'm att.l c.o9n
to hca bag. 1t was nicely emb.oia ga
in Macrame hcm-~u'c. nd kouein9l1u
heuingbone. II wa> about the slz al tn
end Of small pillow case, and h, fl .r
cut bias, so il ended in a poin' with .uut
and fts encd with button in the midi
of the bag. We have no idea what it wa
for, and no gentleman would 90 to pryin!
about and opening things in a friend
house. It may have contained some charm
to insure rest, or it may have been some
thing they intended as Il present to us
and took this delicate way to confer it, bu
if they did, it was too delicate by half fol
We did not get it. We would suggest for
those who have oil these novel appliances
that they have a card Of rules and expla
nations concerning their uses, hung il
each room for the benefit of those who
may occupy il, and may be as much en-
barrassed by their unexplained presenc,
as we have been.
AGRICULTURAL EDITOR