The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-04-21
A Cottage Bedroom.

A cottage bedroom is capable of so
much prettiness on small outlay that
it is pleasure to take it in hand,
writes Ella Rodman Church in the
Ladies' Home Journal. The red wood
work, however, must not find its way
there, a cream white or pale pink being
preferable Mating for the floor, with
a small rug at the bedside, is clean
and pretty; and the room with pink
woodwork could have a cream-colored
paper or the palest of sage green. y
preferred, Kensington art rug for the
center of the floor can be had in very
pretty tones of green, or in gray with
pink daisies. For the windows scrlm
or cheese-clOth curtains with broad
hens tied back with ribbon OF the
prevailing color. A cotton fringe with
little balls or tassels makes a pretty
finish to these curtains and can be
ripped off when they need to be
washed. AS the principal feature OF
a bedroom is the bed this should re-
ceive the first attention. The mat
tress should be comfortable one, even
if this necessitates palmer bedstead,
as the bedroom more than any other
apartment, is primarily for use. An
ordinary iron bedstead may be enam-
eled in white OF pink, or any other
color desired, and put in one corner
where a fascinating drapery can be
arranged on tester of broad trlangu-
lar fitting into the corner; or, II the
size of the room will admit of such
an encroachment on it's space, place the
head only against the wall and hang
the drapery over short pole fastened
above it. This drapery will be very
pretty of cheese-clOth, or of cretonne
in small pattern. A dressing-table,
lounge and chairs can be covered to
match; and where cheese-cloth is used
a lining of silesia will give sufficient
body for furnishing a spare room.
Rules Which the Rich May Observe.
The beauty Of form and color that
endures till middle age is as rare as a
Ibrown-eyed blonde. That woman
wreck their good looks through lgno-
rance or intemperance there is no
doubt. Good wine. 4 good table, a COED
time and no restrictions are the muir
derers of good health as well as beauty.
A radiant wife, who has children and
grandchildren, recently gave a writer
for the San Francisco Argonaut this in
formation regarding 1.-THE care taking
that has kept the roses in her face:
''Ten hours sleep, funny papers, good
novels and the society Of bright people;
warm bath always at 5 o'clock and a
glass of hot water Immediately after;
then dinner, always soup, never any
greasy or spiced dishes, very little
meat, plenty of vegetables, one glass
of wine-and fruit and coffee. Before
breakfast cool sponge bath, never a
cold one; then fresh fruit, coffee, soft
egg and toast-this 365 days in the
year. I am a happy woman, and my
sense of the ridiculous is the tonic of
my life.' Adelina Patti is very small
eater and most methodical in her habits.
A wealthy lady living in New York
goes to the gulf every winter ito eat
oranges for her complexion" She goes
abroad to give her digestive system a
vacation, and she takes the Baden
Baden baths for a skin tonic. A poor
beauty, who keeps private school for
a living and never has more than one
months rent ahead of expenses, eats
fruit after each meal to cool the blood;
rides in jolting car whenever her
liver is torpid; takes vapOr bath when
her skin gets dry, and her complexion