The evening times., 1898-05-07
TURKISH STYLE
OF LDUNGINC
Luxuriss of Curling Up in
Oriently Designed Corners.
Little Places wherS Women Can In.
dulEe In Hygiesic Costumes and
Lon 70 Complete Contentnent.

Did anybody ever see anybody else in
side Turkish corner? queries Dorothy
Maddox have often wondered II they
were good for anything but to look at.
/ must confess that the shabbiest Of them
have a great deal in the way OF looks to
recommend them.
1 would just like for the novelty of the
thing to catch somebody tucked inside
one of these corners. A Turkish corner
needs a lounger that can lounge. 'sho'
nun" 1t is such farce to try to ex-
tract any fun out of a great. broad divan
and q nest Of pillows In a modern toilette.
1 know for my failures have been many
and dismal.
The idea of lolling in a pair Of French
corsetsi 1t can't be done. A woman
must have on a hygienic waist and an
Empire gown Then she is all lines and
curves, and she and the Turkish corner
may get on together
l have my doubts however. The divan
Is always too wide for me, and l fdget
myself into a state Of exhaustion until /
get the pillows tucked into the right
places, then my legs never reach quite
where 1 want them. and Immediately am
possessed Win the IenlIlluc ueShC " tuSA
my feet under me.
All the footstools in the country cannot
atone for this luxury when a woman
wants to curl up. Then. too. l feel mis-
placed in a Turkish corner because l do
not smoke. Dreams within this Oriental
spot are not worth bothering about un-
less they can be allowed to mistily float
in a cloud of fragrant tobacco.
1 suppose there are creatures, 1.-THE OF
limb panther-like In build, capable Of
wearing a negigee robe as II should be
worn, and who adore cigarettes, who
would laugh at any attempts to be grace
full inside in Turkish corner. They were
made for Turkish corners and Turkish
corners were made for them
As for the men. II Is smart woman
who can toll one Of them within the
gloom Of one of these curtained alcoves.
They can't be coaxed, and they won't be
driven. If they want to smoke they hunt
up an oId-fashioned sofa. somewhere
about the house. elevate their heels and
puff away for dear life.
This they call comort. The highly or
nate Eastern rest they declare Il beastly
nuisance.
"A show place our Turkish corner.
Nothing more growls one household
er" 90
Get me inside that smothery den?
Well, 1 reckon not. Not II l know it,
This critic looks fierce enough to bite
ten-penny nail square in two. l have al
ways been impressed by that word
.smothery." The Turkish corner does
look smothery. even when the snow is
flying. E7o
Well, and what of ite We shall go
right along having Turkish corners
whenever We can get them. Nobody
are breaking our backs in two arrang-
ing the draperies. or. running our feet
OF gathering the draperfes together.
Why hasn't some smart woman popped
up as teacher for angular females.
who would dearly love to learn how to
pose beneath a barbaric canopy and a
swinging lantern. gloomily antique.
which Is rarely, if ever. lighted.
Somebody not long since invited me
to drink a cup of tea under a perfect
cyclone of captivating East India
stuffs. and on a divan covered with q
drape so rare that 1t looked as IL 1t
might have been used in the homes of
maharajahs for centuries.
/ tucked a pillow here and another
there. tried to wcbble into place: my
tea cup and l. / never did get fixed to
my liking. / suffered trying to do the
picturesque. 1t was all ungrateful of
me- for l was literally hemmed in by
pillows, bizarre. fantastic, beautiful.
Most of them had histories. One my
hostess told me had been made from the
bridal gown of Turkish woman; an
other from Kutch cloth, a fad of the
Orient. i did my best to gush over
them and the rest. but all the time l
was so busy getting into place that au
afraid my mind wandered in a way y
forever disgrace my reputation for love
of the artistic