The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-25

Special Correspondence of SUNDAY HERALD.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23-If you happen to be the
chum of a fashionable girl you will have an op-
portunity to visit her boudoir. AT the first
glance you will conclude that you are in a
temple, and so you area temple dedicated to
the worship of the beautiful. Although when
the nighttime comes she has plenty of light to
see just how to make her toilette, IN the day
time gloom pervades that apartment That sug-
gests not religious darkness, for you are certain
to stumble over the stools. but darkness that
has tendency to increase the violence OF your
temper and the versatility of your language
The room that has come the nearest to the
swell girls idea of what her temple should be has
a dull purplsh-looking carpet on the hoor ana
couches, low stools and cushions galore all about
the room. The cushions are heavily embroidered
in gold with most mysticlooking figures that
may be construed as either Egyptian, Hebrew, or
Chaldaic; but anyhow you are not supposed to
know what they are. The curtains are curious
black ones embroidered in gold, allowed to fall
and keep out the light of day. The dressing
table. which looks like an altar. has curious old
altar cloth for its cover, and priests vestment,
bought at some auction sale for the drapery in
front. The mirror is framed IN silver, and under
it are tiny hanging lamps that look exactly like
the Ikons that the deyout Russian puts under
the picture of saints. All the toilette parapher
MALTA is spread out, and just in front is d low
stool. upholstered in black and gold, upon which
mysterious rites brushes her hair. BelshaZzar-
like, there is handwriting the wall; only in
this instance the notices are those of encourage
ment. the one just over the toilette table reading:
"Gct patience, sweet maid, II thou wouldst be
lovely"
1t is rather q spooky room, and the visitor
therein has a sort of feeling that she had better
not speak above whisper, and that materialized
ghosts are likely 10 appear at any moment. On
low shelf near one of the couchesis collectlon
of books "Woman," how TO increase her
beauty. how to make her attractive, her faults,
her virtues, her tiny vices, and her large ones
CRYSTAL WELL OF HOPE.
In this temple her ladyship must concentrate
her ideas. TO do this she requires one thing, and
that is her crystal, and this stands in a purple
velvet case on the table. When she comes in
she calls her maid whose French name she has
twisted into Iras. and bids her Bring me the
well of hope" Ii Is brought, and she begins 70
look ia II; she drives every thought out OF her
mind until il is an absolute vacancy, ana then
she declares that whatever thought she wishes
will come 10 her. ! am atoerably orthodox per-
son, never having had any tendency 20 spiritual
ism, pessimsm, agnosticism, or theosophy, but
being filled with optimism, which take TO be the
religion of hope; but. being woman, thought
Iwould like 70 try IL aud see what the crystal
would do for me. Acting upon the advice of my
friend, thought nothing; just looked into that
clear ball. Then after had looked for a whileit
dawned on me that had looked once before in @
ball. but that 1 couldn't tell where it was.
stopped looking and said this, and was advised
TO think of that OF that alone, and would see II
in the ball / looked and looked intently
/ thought and thought with desperation. Star
ing in that great globe, seemed to see beauti
full large room, a room full of pictures and witt
cabinets in the centre, in which were lovely por
eelains and a great number of the crystal balls
saw a tall, slender, scholarly man, and beside
him small, delicate-looking girl with braids o.
Ionly ylen in har 10
a crystal. TO her the man said. mo, that was
made in the East thousands, Of years ago; they
can't make them here" And then knew who i
was knew that was the little girl, and re
Inembered where had first looked into the crys
tails, first wondered about them, ana VINO at mrs
told me the story.
WHF2F - Ns MIND Is SUPERIOR.
The exp n Well, my friend insiste'
that il was out somehow ever since ha'
my fortun, haven't believed in magic, SO
went ghei avs 20 when in trOuble-tO
-One-fou. N children's oVercoats. Else
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