The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-30
FOR THE LADIES.
beauty Amid Hose Sap'r--rorti"res and
Curtains--IIeautifuiS iGi,tcs of silks.
TOILET MYSTERIES,

A Partisan lady who is always re.
fcrred to as 81 wonderfully preserved
woman" az fresh rs young fawn, said
to an American lady who visited her:
An hour before you get up your maid
will light your fire and then screen il
with a silver frame work lined with ross
silk, which will temper the heat and
give To the whole room II sort of rosy
morning light that warns while it illu,
mines.
Then she will bring yon on silver
plate-warmer your cup of chocolate, hot
and foaming, which you will drink
from the warmer itself, mimching Tn,
while your rusks, served on little COL,
toast-rack, kept hot in its turn by :
little live charcoal, sprinkled with va
nilla To perfume the air. After you hav,
taken your chocolate you will doz'
again for couple of hours.
Then you will put on n deshabille o.
pink satin, lined with swansdown, Ell
velOping the whole body from head t.
foot. The waistband and the fastening
of the neck of this garment must be o.
velvet, SO as to be warm to tho touch. You
may now pass into the bathroom, tho
atmosphere of which will be kept ut ar
agreeable temperature by little gusts o.
rose-scented vapor pumped through ar
aperture in the wall.
The next part of our subject is q deli
cate one; but hOni soft qui NAL q pensc.
1t is now time to draw on the stockings
lined with warm flossy silk, long and
perfumed, and gathered with Russian
sables, clasped with cat's-eye stones sci
in diamonds. The boots are to be lined
with swansdOwn and trimmed with
Russian sablcs Us well.
One precious product of civilization is
now in her drcssing-rOom. This is t.
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 colorcd tc
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 summer bower in the depth OF
winter
The maid may now fumigatc the
nape of the neck with little burnt ben,
ZOin to make it supple. We mus! not
forget the hands. These may be kept
warm by holding them in two little YES
sells of enamel with warm water and
shaped like apples. The promised ad,
vantage of this arrangement is that il
gives the hands that attractive rosincss
which warmth can alone impart.
The Parisienne avoids, us though il
was laden with the breath of pcstilencc,
every touch of cold air. The carriage
in which she takes her drive is hermcti-
cally 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
vehement Ordinaire. Then the second
garmcnt-a sort of ulster of white plush,
trimmed with ostrich feathers ut the
neck and wrists. The night-cap, of
white satin. should be trimmed with
feathers of the same bird, and, for adj
ditional 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 CLASHES lin
pink chcnillc), SO ,ts not To check the
circulation. The bed is TO be heated by
the fumes of burnt lime, flowers, and
violcts. "Eniin," is said, in conclusion,
''cnlin, you will drink, just before going
to sleep. II light creme dc Sabillon, nice
and hot, made with two fresh eggs and
u glass of MADEIRA Good nightr'-N.
J.. JOurnai.