St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-12

4, subject say that the best
K. EAA position to sleep is
If ~ slightly to one side, with
IL Ikk\ the body stretched out
N8SkAM its full length. The
III ~ Russian soldiers, credited
with being the straight
est men in the world. claim that it comes
from sleeping the shape of the letter S;
put insist that this must be done with
great regularity, else the desired effect
Will not be obtained. Whatone sleeps on
Is matter that concerns the sleeper very
much. You couldn't imagine the Sleep
ing Beauty resting upon huSks and COW
cred with coarse linen, while you can
imagine the dainty court lady who felt
q roseleaf under forty silken spreads.
The nouveau richie seldom attainS the
Idea OF luxury ina bed room; that comes
from generations of ease and wealth.
The woman to whom splendOr has only
lately arrived puts her bed room IN the
hands OF professional furnisher, and
the result is cross between the royal
apartments at some of the CONT
mental hotels and funeral couch. the
decorators idea is to have huge four
poster in the center of the room on a
platform reached by four steps; the
chairs are in harmony with this dread
ful bed, and none of them afford rest
for the weary backs or suggest anything
In the way of a loaf. The decorator
then puts gloomy curtains about the
bed, three feathers on top of each post
and finishes you up by giving you
dressing table that looks as if it ought
to hold the pOlSons of the Borgia family
rather than the sweets and dainty trap
pings of the lady of the nineteenth
century.
The bedroom of a woman ought, first
of all, to be restful; it wants to have
lounges, cushions and chairs that hold
open their arms. and invite you to come
Ill and repose. The bed doesn't w ant
to be in the middle of the room, aud it
doesn't want to look so dreary that you
feel as if you would like your husband
to turn Mormon, and let you have two
or three wives to sleep with you. so that
you wouldn't dream of spOokS and wake
up in cold chill. The preJtiest bed
room L know has wonderful Chippen-
dale bed in it. This stands against the
wall, and from the canopy top fall cur
talnS of boiling cloth EN- broidered by
Mrs. Wheeler; those at the top have
peoples upon them, that sleep may come
to the eyes, while those at the foot are
radiant with morning glories, inviting
the sleeper to awake and see the sun.
Inside the canopy is lined with rose-cOl-
ored silk, and so is the part at the back,
against which is hung lovely picture,
on ivory, of the Mother of God. The
bed is dressed in white: the sheets. the
finest of linen, are hemStiched by hand,
and have monogram embroidered in
white upon each. The outer spread is
also of linen. decorated in the most
elaborate manner in drawn work, and
trimmed with Irish lace. When the
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guilt of elder down is used, and when
Jack Frost is drawing etchihgs on the
WindOw-panes a spread of sable or one
OF White fox gives greater warmth. At
the foot of the bed is the little lounge
that matches it; this it upholstered in
white brOcade, with pink roses upon it:
and pillows of pink and gold aud white
and pale green are piled up in one cor
ner. The room itself is full of COM
Portable chairs; the dressing table has,
beside all its silver belongings, evil
dences that the room is lived in, for
here is hastily written note, there a
couple of photographs, and with rib
bou-marker in il is the last new French
novel. The small "in caSe'' table is
pushed up to the bed at night, and on
the silver tray is taper with its
matches, Dresden plate with some
fruit upon it, jug of water. one of
claret, and two or three daintily cut
glasses.
Another beautiful bed is slept in
every night by one of the prettieSt girls
alive; it is of gold and white. The
frame itself is of white enamel, picked
out with gold here and there, and at the
top stand two gold angels, as if they
were blessing the sleeper, while about
them another is apparently floating in
the air; from their hands fallthe full
soft lace curtains that drape the bed.
To have great deal of hand work on
ones linen is considered very smart.
Not long ago saw some sheets that had
been made by Felix. The linen
was almost fine enough 10 go through
ring-certainly bangle. The
edges were hemstitched, the upper hem
being very deep. Upon it was wrought
In enormous letters monogram, and
above this viscOunt'S crown. while the
edge was finished with a frill of real
Valenciennes lace half yard wide.
This lace was real, and as very little of
that is seen nowadays. it was not sur
priSing to know that these sheets cost
$3.50 a pair. A few foolish women, with
more money than brains. have bought
in Paris very superb beds that had. set
IN the canopy, huge mirrors; but, after
they had been laughed at by people who
knew better, the glass of Venice was
quickly removed and silk drapings put
in its place.
The feminine nOuveau richie can sit on
her coach, can maintain a position i'm a
blackboard with unbending back, can be
stiff and formal in her tailor-made frock.
but she finds it very difficult to assume a
loose gown, Toll before a glowing fire
and let her soul and body be at rest. To
Intellectually do nothing is a height of
elegance she has not yet attained. Her
nearest approach to it is the assumption
of gorgeous tea gown, but even in this
the desire to do something comes over
her and betrays her inability to merely
exist and be a delight to other peO-
pie. The ladies of Vatican be-
came herolnes when occasion re-
quired, but before that they were only
beautiful pictures. W e say ''Only beauti-
full pictures" and yet they go to make
up half the happiness of life. The real
charm of a baby is that it's lovely and
doesn't do anything. 1t is idleneSs per-
sonified and it's bliSsful.
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The faults for which punishment
should be administered to old and
young punishment that hurts and is
notifying, too-shOuld be for mean
faultS-thOse of setishneSs, greedineSs.
reconsideration, irreverence and i'm
pertinence. Undoubtedly number of
politicians would be counted among the
victims, and certainly in Philadelphia
the street cleaning department ought to
have their share before the
spanker's arm had lost its vigor.
Beautiful boots in which to walk are
an impOssibility here. Clean ones are