Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-09


Special Correspondence OF Gazette ana journal
New York, Sert.3 The country idea
OF bed ia strange. It is always taken
for granted that you can sleep any
where and that what the bed or its
trappings are like makes no difference
to you. That anybody may be- restless.
lind il difficult to close ones eyes and !
60 to dreamlnnd never enters the heads
OF the wives of the CONS of the soil.
= The country bed is high and large. |
spne.imes you have steps by which to
Areacb II, but oftener, unless you are
long OF limb, you run from one side of
3 the room, make jump when you reach
y the bed ana chance getting on it. III
i unfortunate enough to miss it, you
scrape your knees and bump your head
and then try getting on by means OF
chair, which you realize was what you
Ought to have done in the first place.
Z The most luxurious of country beds
begins by having mattress made OF
husks. On top of this comes the feather
4 bed that "mother gave me when | was
married and which belonged 10 her
Rrandmother 1t smells like it. 1t
Mas the odor peculiar 10 muaty feathers
and makes you think Of the dead and
Egone grandmother 10 her tomb. On
fthis come new cotton sheets, quilts and
--great magnificence lone OF those
horrible heavy marseilles counterpanes.
Everything on this bed is calculated to
keep out the air
The value of blanket is not apprs-
! ciated 10 the country. That blanket
should lie at once light aud warm and
allow circulation OF the air is not under
stood. So, unless you want to feel as
if the weight of ages we're resting upon
you, you throw off the quits and the
coverlid and sleep under your travelling
rug. A fter little while you realize how
hot that bed is. You didn't know that
feathers were so warm. You get up,
nearly set the house On fire trying to
light a lamp that's out Of order. and
then you pull the feather bed off and
rest your weary bones on the husks
Before another hour has elapsed you
wish you had the feathers back. The
husks have nasty way Of getting into
lunches, and the lunches feel as If they
were hard sticks of wood, while each
one shoves against your most sensitive
bone.
Take the advice Of one who knows,
and when you go to the country pack
in with the hathtub decent lamp and
few other necessaries of life-that is,
of comfortable lifa-two pillows, g
summer blanket and rather heavy hut
soft travelling rug The rug can be laid
over the husks, and fairly decent bed
will BIO the result
am told that in some parts OF the
world, even in summer, there are people
who sleep between fenther beds.
wonder what those people look like.
Probably that was tine way Queen Eliza.
beth slept. Whenever | think of her |
remember that her favorite niehtgown
was Of purple velvet, with gold lace
How, in case OF fire. the ladies would
guy her in these days Thank good
ness, the sensibls bed ia at the fore
nowadays! 1t is commanded that your
bed must be OF brass for health. and il
must he properly draped with whatever
you can afford though the Inexpensive
10 the most costly That sounds like q
''bull," but it's the truth. The reason
is that young girl haG her bed draped
with white muslin--this pretty white
dotted muslin. 1t doesn't cost much by
the yard, but it taxes an immense
quantity to make the draperies, and at
they must he kept as immaculate al
lilies the laundry adds to their expense,
su that in the end they cost more thar
sbro:ade curtains.
One is always curious to know how
the bedrooms Of we'll known women
look. Gossip Gays that a fashionable
divorcee who has remarked has bet
that looks like huge hearHe 1t ia o
some wonderful wood anu stands in tht
centre of the room on raised platform
and yo1 walk up four steps to get init
it, When this was bought in Paris, tn
interior was entirely lined with enor
plutn uluE1 p1irFnFE. ThA mir
chaser did nur know and had not beef
told that French ladies did not use thi
style of bed, that it was dedicated T.
tho ladies' of the lake, but her mistak
was discovered, and rose colored sati
took the place OF the various reilectors
This room is said TO be bare and col
looking notwithstanding its cost
furniture. all that it suggests being tn
opinion given by Carlye's maid @
Raphael's "Madonna, "It's expen
eivs.
Mrs Frederick Vapderbits bud
said to be OF dainty whitewoUd, wit
draperies Of fine real lace and fam
rose brocades about it until it lool;
like a great pink rose inviting you
slumber in its heart. Her room has
delightful individuality, the favorit
pietures, tho loved books and the thou
sand and one little belongings that
woman likes being here. there an
every where about it, The room tells {
the popularity of the woman, for Mr.
Frederick Vanderbilt is undoubtedl
the best iked of any of the wumen
the Vanderbilt family.
4 beautiful bed OF most artistic Will
rattan, swan shaped. is that of Lilllf
Russell. Its coverlid is magniiceI
point lace over blue satin, while pa
blue satin draperies are at each aiae
the head. The room itself is in bll
and white. with here and there tout
OF pink, looking like the proper aho
for a beautiful woman who is rs de
cate 10 her tinis as any Dresden stat
cite.
Mrs, Langtry's bed is wondert
one. The drspsries, which were ma
in Nav York by famous WON
decorator. are OF pale dove coloTed ~
cade. The upper curtains hre Of u
boiling cloth. those at the top bel
embroidered in poppies, as II to Indu
sleep and those al the foot IN moui
ing glorea. as il to welcome walker
moss, The dressing table 10 Iirapeu vi
boiling cloth, embroidered in ma
delicate hued flowers. and the curta
on each side of the mirror have, al
the French fashion. trailing vine
artificial lilies, 81 that whom the bea'
luoks into ber mirror she secs one Il
framed by many more.
| have never been able to understf
the tyne of woman who uinn care