St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-14
BEAUTY;S DEVICES.
The Way i'm which a Partisan Belle
Preserves Her AtIractiveness.


Preserves Her AtIractiveness.
Would you like to know how Partisan
belles-those perched on the pinnacle of
millions to spend-preserve their beauty
from year to year? Very well, then. listen
TO the prescription of lady who is always
referred to as "a wonderfully preserved
woman" Indeed she is as fresh as young
fawn, though more than thirty-fYe winters
have whitened at her feet She said to an
American lady who visited her: An hour
before you get up your maid will light your
ire and then screen it with silver frame
work lined with rose silk, which will
temper the heat and give TO the whole room
a sort of rosy morning hight that warns
while it illumines.
Then she will bring you on silver plate
warmer your cup of chocolate, hot and
fOaming, which you viii drink from the
warmer itself, munching the while your
rusks, served on a little gold toast rack,
kept hot in its turn by little live charcoal,
sprinkled with vanilla to perfume the air.
After you have taken your chocolate you
will doZe again for couple of hours.
Then you will put on adeshabille of pink
satin. lined with a swansdown enveloping
that whole body from head to foot. The
waistband and the fastening of the neck of
this garment must be of velvet, so as TO be
warm to the touch. You may now pass
into the bathroom, the atmosphere of
which will be kept at an agreeable tempera-
ture by little gusts of rOSe-scented vapor
pumped through an aperture in the wall.
The next part of our subject is delicate
one; but hOni soft qui NAL Y pense. 1t is
now time to draw on the stockings. lined
with warm, flossy silk, long and perfumed,
and gartered with Russian sables, clasped
with cats-eye stones set in diamonds. The
boots are to be lined with swansdown and
trimmed with Russian sables as well.
One precious product of civilization is
now in her dressing-room. This is to be
made comfortable by means of an immense
foOt-warmer, some ten feet square, which is
TO form kind of second flooring all about
the dresSing-table. The blinds may be col
ored TO represent the ardent rays of the sun,
and the padding to keep out the draught is
to be trimmed with natural flowers. This
will make the place look and feel like a
summer bower in the depth of winter.
The maid may now fumigate the nape of
the neck with little burnt benZoin to make
| il supple. We must not forget the hands.
These may be kept warm by holding them
| in two little vessels of enamel with warm
water and shaped like apples. The prom
ised advantage of this arrangement is that
il gives the hands that attractive rosiness
which warmth can alone impart.
The Parisienne avoids, as though it was
laden with the breath of pestilence, every
touch of cold air. The carriage in which
she takes her drive is Theoretically closed.
She may realize winter by watching the ice
and milk men blowing on their fingers
through the windows.
1t is bedtime. The lady assumes the vet
ement Ordinaire. Then the second gar
ment-a sort of ulster of white plush.
trimmed with ostrich feathers at the neck
and wrists. The nightcap. of white satin,
should be trimmed with feathers of the
same bird. and, for additional warmth. .
little turtle dove may be fastened above the
left ear.
The very hands are to have their night
cap, gloves of pink KID. lined with plush
and fastened by elasties lin pink chenille),
so as not to check the circulation. The
bed is TO be heated by the fumes of burnt
lime, flowers and violets. "Enfin, " is said.
in conclusion, ''eniin, you will drink, lust
before going to sleep, a light creme dc
sabilton, nice and hot. made with two fresh
| eggs and glass of Madeira. Good-nightl''