Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-04
AN EsTHETTc sLuMBER ROBE.
Luxury and Poetry Combined in a Neces-
sary Garmeuf

really don't think l could pos
sibly wear those very gorgeous nightgowns.
should be afraid to go to bed for fear of
spelling them" The youth behind the
counter of the fashionable dry goods store
looked up with surprise at the singularly
daring individual who had given utterance
to this remark, Then he unfolded one of
the elaborate nightgowns, which was en-
broidcred with red and laced with crimson
up the front, and pointed to it significantly.
" Let ME ask you, my dear, good sir, kindly
to call these garments slumber robes If
you have come TO purchase nightgowna let
me refer you to the Bowery. We don't
keep them here
The seller of the slumber robes paused
second in order that his listener might OBJ
tain the full benefit of his remarks "These
slumber robes" he then continued, Eek
press the true poetry of going to bed. They
are comfortable and luxurious, and ven
ture to say, my dear, good sir, that no man
need blush to be found dead in one. That
is saying great deal"
The would-be purchaser looked as though
he thought it was saying great deal too
much. But he knew nothing of the poetry
of going to bed He only knew thatit was
very unpleasant during hot weather
When Morpheus went to bed con-
tinued the talkative youth. mythology
has omitted to state any details concerning
his slumber robe. | think | may be justi
fled in saying, however, that it was not of
such large dimensions as these. 1t was
doubtless very elaborate, however, as luxury
prevailed at those times Now, my dear
good sir, the fashionable young men of
New York; think l may say that | deal
with them exclusively-have long recog-
nized the Importance, not to say the neces-
sity, of an artistic and esthetic slumber
robe. | have one client, dear little fellow
whom the vulgar, unsympathizing herd
call dude, who has expressed to me in
glowing language his appreciation of these
tributes to natures sweetrestorer. Xerxes,
said he-that's me- am obliged for the
sake of my family to make myself look
as well as | can on retiring Surprising a
fire should break out in the middle of the
night should it be said that l, the repre-
sentative OF noble family, rushed from my
house in sorry plight disheveled and I'M
cared for? Never. l brush my hair neatly
before go to bed every night, put pomade
hongrois on my mustache, and / am pre-
pared for any emergency. In case of
thieves, may say that my appearance
would startle them. hope it would.
And then, continued Xerxes, rclapsing
into his own expressions, "supposing a
man died in the night NV dear good, sir,
surely it ought ia be every mans duty to
make himself look as respectable as possible
when corpse. Relieve death of her sting
is my maxim. Mrs. Sairey Camp is not
the only woman who likes to see lovely
corpse. Relatives would think much bet
ter of the deceased if they knew that even
at the last he was careful to please them,
for dress of any kind, let me tell you, is for
the world N fnr az
self, except by reflected lustre. These SUM
be- robes will amply answer every de-
mand"
XerxeS had one or two more little points
he had carefully worked up He was not
going to allow the would-be purchaser to
depart without having ventilated them.
'As you know, my dear, good sir" he
continued, " half the indifferences existing
between husband and wife are due to the
fact that there is no effort made between
them to keep up appearances. A wife sees
her handsome Hege lord in hideous
nightcap, his mustache undyed, his SUM
Der robe absolutely unpoetical: I have
been deceived she thinks. 1t is only for
Others that he cares to look chic For me.
villainous nightcap is sufficient The
breach thus commenced is widened, and
the concluding chapter of the story is to
be found i'll the divorce court. Oh | know
| what am talking about" he added, as his
listener made q gesture of Impotence.
Even two friends lose interest in each
other when the little usages OF society are
abandoned. and they appear before one
another unkempt and unpleasing think
Jean Paul Richter has said something to
that effect. And l am pleased to say that
Richter and | agree perfectly. You had
better have this robe"
-Xerxes," said the young man solemnly,
I'll be hanged if l do. BY the Lord
Harry, I'd never put the thing on. No,
sir. think Of my stalwart, brawny
Anglo-Saxon ancestors, and my heart sinks
within me when l see how their descend
ants are degenerating into weak, effemi-
nate milksops. I'll have none of your
wares. blush for those who would. -
New York Times.