Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-14
A NEW YORK BELLE's BEDROON
How Comfortably and COmposedlY a
Mnionairs's Daughter sleeps.

MiLiAO13lre daughter sleeps
F,om tte Chicago Her1la.
Would you like 10 see how a New York
belle OF millionairism sleeps / can
crafty you. so far as 20 describe with
literal exactness the bedroom Of young
woman whose name is printed as o,ten
AS anybody's in the society reports. Into
il l was conducted, quite i'm the same
matter-of-c0urse way that the little adv
OF the house did everything That She
willed and there we found tue knlck-
knack which we were seeking f0r ME 20
sriticise or admire. But 1 confess mad
ewes only tor the room. Ic was quite as
interesting co me as IL IL had been the
bower Of princess; more 80, in TACT, Tor
more persons see behind the scenes IN
princess life than IN those Of young
American milnOnaress. The theatres
endeavOT TO 8cQUaInt the masses with me
interior Of great mansions, places, ana
abodes Of the wealthy, but they snow us
only the drawing rooms and dihlnS
rooms. ! suggest that they spee1ily
vouchsate to us all a view of the bedroom
OF Young lady of fashion don't know
how they can do il exactly, but ;nat is FOR
them to and out.
never saw "a more beautiful, cOsey, in
every way delightful place than the sleep
ing room Of This young princess OF lash
iOu-this eldest child Of many-millton-
ARE. The wall paper was pale gold on
faint slate color. The gilt bedstead was
pushed against a square OF plated SILK OF
pale gold, with slate-cOlOreu silk bows at
the corner. just such another square OF
plated silk rose to the ceiling ABOVE the
w8shstand. On that were only pitcher,
bowl. sOap dish. and 80 on, because rum
ming water is presumed to invite sewer
gas, but all of the choicest ware. A great
sheet Of beveIled looking glass, six feet
high, swung on brass rods above the
door in one corner for he young woman
TO see her whole attire in. She had also a
folding glass to reflect her ears, back,
HAIR and neck.
There was an open fireplace besides the
hOt-air register a dressing stand laden
with pretty toilet boxes and bottles an
ivory clock like a bird cage, IN which
IVORY canaries trilled sNeetly as each
hour began; easy chairs and a rocking
chair 10 match the wall paper and furni-
ture, pretty little prie-dieu for the young
woman % say her prayers upon as fash
Ionably as possible, and wealth Of little
elegancies, completing general effect
that was exquisite, dainty. and inviting
beyond computation. Opening out OF
this room the young milliOnalress bad
aI0ther apartment, where she wrote and
painted and worked - so TO speak, but |
did not see it.
1t was while ] was in her sleeping room
that I noticed that nowhere in the whole
house during a whole days stay had /
seen a single hint Of disorder-no shoes ia
sight, no article Of clothing living on a
chair or bed, no litter of any sOrt--eVery-
thing, IN short, as neatly ordered as if l
was a critic invited to call and see the
perfection of home discipline. | confess
that a tiny pair Of KID slippers peeping
from under the edge OF the bed, or hat
and pair Of gloves thrown upon chair,
would have made the room more interest
ing by connecting the maiden with it;
but it WAS the rule Of the house for SUCH
things not to be. Think Of 1t. Eight SER
wants to wait upon four persons.
The room in which the family assem-
bled for conversation and the entertain
ment of company was across the hall
from the parlor. 1t was quite as elab0r-
ately furnished as the parl0r, but the car
pet, chars, and various appointments
were not quite 30 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 | was there
that she ladies watched what went on in
the street with the same curiosity their
poorer sisters possess; but they sat so far
back from. tht space between the curtains
that, while tuey could see everybody, no
body could see-Jhem from the street.
/ noticed, also, that when a friend
called at the house, if either mother or
daughter saw the visitor IN time she
would 90 to the door herself before the
person had Time TO ring the bell. And |
observed bother thing. There must
have beep S 900 in china glass. bronze,
and marble 10 this sitting room distribu-
ted over couple OF hundred little things
useful and things ornamental. The men,
beys or the household would be glad to
TALK Of any OF these beautiful ar
ueles " III say what they We're, where
the, .s rom, and all about them, eX-
ceu t3ce. Money and price and
cos. tsets so commonly discussed by
tnOs va us who are obliged to think OF
such rifles, were never mentioned.
The folding doors between the front
room and the next room were never
drawn together while | was there. The
next room was the library, walled in by
b0okca ses OF carved wood and beyeled
plate glass. The man of the house I'M
Vi.ed me in there to smoke and read. he
had ally papers, all of them, on tine CEN
ire taba~tsyO ar tEree easy chairs, a drop
highland crate IRE. lie went 10 his room
when he came in, exchanged his shoes for
slippers, and his coat for a loose jacket;
then fluEg himself in a chair. lighted a
cigar, and tried TO read, while either his
wife or MS daughter sat ON an ottoman
at his feet, or on the arm of the char he
occupied. wealth and happiness are
said TO be often strangers. These ap-
peared to be tne happiest people magma
bic.