The morning news., 1894-05-06
" 0 MANS WORLD.
A Few Things Of Interest TO The Fair
Sex.

Extent of q Royal Trousseau, as Z e.
scribed in an English Paper A
Woman's Triumphs-A Descripti on
of Fad parties Disappearance, of
the Girl and the Big Dog-The New
STYLE of Bed-A Valuable E int
About Wedding Gifts-The Pri, rate
Glass of a Fashionable Teache "A
New Occupation for Women-cJther
Matters Worth Reading.
The famous bed, says the New York
Press, that used to Accommodate from
two to four on pinch has been driven
ouU of the homes of fashion and in its
stead reigns the narrow single bed on
which there is hardly room for tl4e occu-
pant to turn over.
In five years. said the head. of New
York firm that furnishes wealth, fashion
and beauty with beds, 1--WE ha We not sold
more than eight full sized beds, except in
cases where the weight and size of the
occupant-to.be demanded something
wider
The correct style now is "a single bid,
sometimes a three-quarter, rarely a dou-
bic bed, for a young girl two single,
sometimes two three quarter beos placed
side by side for father and mother
The single bed is not much wider than
the park bench on which homeless man
NAV try to sleep, ana what comfort is to
he taken out OF such bed is 1nconceiva-
able. especially when the proportions the
fashionable girl of this period has at
tanned are considered, yet tine bellies have
to follow this style.
Sometimes a drapery IS arranged over
the TOP of the bed. but the newest things
in this line are not { all Voluminous. A
nrettv sumner bed has all the covers
made of fine point d'esprit over white or
colors in silk, as suits the occupants
taste.
The room of one New York beauty is
called her library ana the narrow bed
of brass has low foot an, mead. IL stands
in a little alcoye openin g from the library,
where on one side book shelves are built
onto the wall, with convenient drawers
below, where papers can be hidden.
This room is simplicity Itself, yet it costa
round figure and is Considered an artistic
gem
The latest design for a bed is that
which Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt has in
her sleeping room in The new palace on
Fifth avenue. It is distinctly novel here
There is dais raised five or six inches
from the floor This is padded thickly
till IL Is almost ike pillow. On TINS
stands frame which has neither head
nor fontboard 1t most resem bles a very
large divan and around it the dais makes
platform wide enough to walk upon
This divan bed has superb day dress
ing.of yellow satin that is trimmed with
fringe and Just touches the dais, while it
fits smoothly over the level of the bed. 1t
is caughtsin a knot at each corner 1t has
magnificent band of embroidery around
it on the portion that covers the fat top.
High up on the wall is a magnificent
carved, ,lambrequin-lik frame from which
are draped exquisite brocade yellow silk
hangings that are not al all full and are
so short on the side thatno air is shut out
from the occupant. Z
This is very regal IN effect, and half a
dozen other New York women who can
afford to change the style of, the bed
stead as often as the shape of their hats
have adopt ed the same idea of no head or
fOOlbOard.
1t is mighty comfortable ARRANGEMENT
and if the economical woman euvies Mrs
Vanderbilt she can initiate her by pack
ing away tn e bedstead, placing the wire
spring on a skeleton box frame and lay
ing the mattresses on that
The single bed is to have the call even
more in the next few years than now, be-
cause physicians indorse it and fashion
seconds it.