Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14
4 NEW YORK BsLLB,s BEDROOM

of a and Some other HOOms.
Chicago Herald.
Would you like to see how New Yorl
belle of millionairism sleeps can graft,
| you, SO far as to describe with literal ex
actness the bedroom of young woman
| whose name is printed as often as any
body's in the society reports. Into il
was conducted, quite in the same matter
of-course way that the little lady of the
house did everything that she willed, and
there we found the knick- knack which we
were seeking for ne to criticise or nd.
mire. But l confess l had eyes only fol
the room. II was quite us interesting to
me as if it had been the bower of prin-
cess more so, in fact, for more persons
see behind the scenes in princess life
than in those of young American mil.
lionairess. The theatres endeayor TO nc.
quaint the masses with the interior Of
great mansions, places, and abodes of the
wealthy, but they show us only the draw.
ing rooms and dining rooms. 1 suggest
that they speedily vouchsafe to lis all q
view of the bedroom of young lady OF
fashion. / don't know how they can do
il exactly, Int that is for them to lind out.
never saw IL more beautiful, cosey, i'll
every way delightful place than the sleep
ing room of this young princess OF
tashion--this eldest child Of many mil
lionaire. The wall paper was pale gold
On faint slate color. The gilt bedstegd
was pushed against square of piaited
silk OF pale gold, with slate.colored sill;
bows at the corner. dust such another
square of plaited silk rose to the ceiling
above the washstand. On that were only
pitcher: bowl, soap dish, and so on,
] ,hsGanse running water is presumed to
| invite sewer gas, but all of the choicest
ware. A great sheet of beveled looking
glass, six feet high, swung on brass rods
above the floor in one corner for the
young woman to see her whole attire in.
She had also folding glass to reflect her
ears, buck hnir, and neck.
There was IN open fireplace besides the
hot-air register, dressing stand laden
with pretty toilet boxes and bottles, an
ivory clock like bird cage, in which
ivory canari0s TITLED sweelly MS each HON
began; easy Chairs aud rocking chnil
to match the wall paper and furniture, n
pretty little prize dieu for the young
woman to say her prayers upon MS fash,
tonably as possible, aud It wealth of little
olegancies, completing n general effect
that was exquisite, dainty and inviting
beyond computation Opening out Of
this room the young millionairess hat
another apartment, where she wrote and
painted and worked, so to speak, but
did not see il.
1t was while was in her sleeping room
that noticed that nowhere in the Who'll,
house during whole days stay had
seen single hint Of disorder-no shoes
iu sight, no article Of clothing lying on
chair or bed, no litter of any sort--eyery
thing, in short, as neatly ordered as if
was u critic invited to call aud see TIL
| perfection of home discipline. | comics
that tiny pair Of kid slippers peepin.
from under the edge of the bed, or n h,l
and pair of gloves thrown upon chair
would have made the room more interest
ing by connecting the maiden with it
Int it was the rule of the house for sucl
things rot to be. Think of il. Eiuh
servants to wait upon four persons.
Tho room in which the fnnily AZ
sembed for conversation and the enter
tainment of company was across the hal
from the parlor. 1t was quite us elnbur
Gtely furnished us the parlor but til
carpet, chairs, and various appointment
were not quite SO new; in fact, they wer
worn Just enough to be comfortable. Tn,
two front windows and one ut the sid,
commanding general view of Fifth
avenue, and | noticed while was Their
that the ladies watched what went on il
tue street with the same curiosity thei
poorer sisters possess; but they sat Sc
far back from the space between the cur
tains that, while they could see every
body nobody could see them from Iii,
| street.
noticed, also that when friept
called at the house, if either mother Oh
daughter saw the visitor in time sh,
would go TO the door herself before th,
person had time to ring the bell. And
observed another thing. There mus
have been $4,000 in china, gluss, bronz,
aud marble in this sitting room dis
tributed over Il couple hundred little
things useful and things ornamental
| The members of the household would bt
glad to talk of any of these beautiful mr.
hcles; would shy what they were, where
they came from, and all about then
ex ept the price. Money and price and
| cost, subjects SO commonly discussed by
those Of US who are obliged to think d
such triiles We're never mentioned.
Tie folding doors between the from
room and the next room were never
drawn together while l was there. The
next room was the library, walled in by
bookcases of carved wood aud beyeloc
plate glass. The man of the house in
vlted me in there TO smoke aud read. II,
had daily papers, all of them, on til,
centre table, two or three easy chairs, ,
drop light, and CRATE fire. lie went t.
ms room when he came in, exchanged hit
shoes for slippers, and his coat for 4 loos,
jacket; then flung himself in II chair
lighted cigar, and tried TO read, Will,
either lis wife or his daughter sat on ~
ottoman at his feet, or on the arm of tn,
chair he occupied. Wealth and happi
ness are said TO be often strangers. rlts,
| appeared TO be the manifest prVu,, i'm