Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-17
THE SLEEPING-ROOM
OF THE PETTE0 DAUGHTER OF A
MANY-MilliONA
"A Most Beautiful, Cory, In-Every-Way
Delightful Place-Perfect House
Discipline Family Living
Room
t"Uncle Bilr'' in ChicasU Herald

Would You like to see how a New York
belle of millionaireism sleeps. can era tify
you, SO far as to describ, with literal exact
ness the bedroom Of young woman whose
name is printed as often as anybody's in the
society reports. Into it was conducted
quito in the same matter-of-course way that
the little lady Of the house did everything
that she willed, and there We found the
knickknack which we were seeking for me
to criticiSc or admire. But confess had
eye, only for the room. 1t was quite as in
teresting to me as if it had been the bower
of n princess; more so, in fact for more per-
sons see behind the scenes in q princess life
than in those Of young American million
aires. The theatres endeavor to acQuaint
the masses with the interiors Of great man
sions, places and abodss of the wealthy, but
they show us only tine drawing rooms and
dining rooms ! suggest that they speedily
vouchsafe to us all q view of the bedroom
of a young lady Of fashion. / don't know
how they can do it. exactly, but that is for
them to find out
l never saw a more beautiful, coy, in
every-way delightful place than the sleep
ns-room OF this young princess of fashion
this eldest child OF a many millionaire. The
wall paper was pale gold on faint slate
color. The gilt bed,t.ad was pushed against
square o. PLATED silk Of pa 9 gold, with
slate colorsd silk bow, at tho cJrasr. Just
such another square Ut PLATED silk rose t.
the ceiling above the wash stanl On t. at
were only pitcher, bowl, soap dish aaL ~
on, because running water is presumed c.
invite sewer gas, but all of the choicest
ware. great sheet Of bevelsi looxi 4,
glass, SIX feet hign. swung on brass no Is
above TIE floor in oas corner Tor the you x
woman t. see her whole attire in s is had
also a handsome fol ling glass T. reI,ct Asr
ears, back hair and necS.
There was an open fireplace, besides the
hot air register; a dres ing stani laien with
pretty toilet boxes and bottles; an ivory
clock like a Dir cage. in wuicn ivory cana
ries trillei sweetly As eacn hour Lesan; Easy
chairs and q rocking char to matca tie wall
paper and furniture; a pretty little prize ..sL
for the young woman 70 say Ger prayers
upon as fashionably as pos ible. AMI wealth
OF httls elegancie' competia; a genera e.
feet that was exquisite. d Unity ami inviting
beyond computation Opening out OF TIM,
room the young milliOnaire,s mad anoth,r
apartment, where she wrote AMI painted and
worked" SO to speak, but did not see it
1t was while l wa, In her sleeping room
that l noticed that nowhere in the whole
house during a whole days stay had seen
q single hint of disorder-no shoes in sisut
no article OF clothing lying on . chair or
bed, no litter Of any sort-everythiny, in
short. as neatly ordered Is il was a critic
invited to call and see the perfection Of
home discipline. l confess that tiny pair
Of kid slippers peeping from under the edge
Of the bed, or hat and pair of gloves
thrown upon a chair, would have made tho
room more interesting by connecting the
maiden with it. but it was the rule OF the
house for .uch things not to Be- Think Of
it Eight servants to wait upon four per-
sons
The room in which the family assembled
for conversation and the entertainment of
company was across the hail from the par
lor. 1t WAS {. ute as deliberately furnished
rs the parior, but the carpet, chairs and
various appointment were not quite % new:
In fact, they were worn Just enough to be
comfortable The two front windows and
one at the side commanded a general view
OF Fifth avenue. and noticed while l was
there that the ladies watched what went on
in the street with the same curiosity their
poorer sisters posses; but they sat 50 far
back from the space between the window
curtains that while they could see every
body. nobody could SEQ them from the
street.
/ noticed, also, that when a friend called
At the house, If either mother or laughter
saw the visitor in time. she would 60 to ths
door herself before tbs person had time TO
ring the bell And I observed another thing:
There must have been $40. 900 in china,
glass, bronze and marble in this sitting
room distributed over a couple OF hundred
little things useful and things ornamental
The members of the household would be glad
to talk Of any OF these beautiful article:
would say what they wee, where they came
from, and all about them-excspt the prics.
Money and price and cost, subjects 30 com
monty discussed by those of Us who are
mentioned.
The folding doors between the front room
and the nex room were never drawn to-
gether while | was there. This next room
was the library, walled in BY book cases Of
carved wool AMI bevelei plate glass the I
man Of the house invitei me- iG there TO
smoke and read He had daily psp.rs, all
Of them, on the center table. two OF three
easy chairs a drop ligat AMI CRATE TIRE.
He went to his room when ne came n ex-
changed hi shoes FIR slipper, AMI hi. cCat
for loose jacket. then huns him-slf in a
chair, liShtei a cigar. and trisi to real,
while either bis wife or his tau :nt,r sat OF
IN ottoman at his feet or on the arm 4 the
chair he occupied Wealth AMI bapp.ne :
Are said to be often stranger. tns>- ap-
peared TO be the hapns st rs-op.e Imaginable