Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01
TWIN BEDS.
New York Sun

New York sun.
"Why do people buy twin beds?" said
the furniture salesman. repeating ques-
ton that had been put to him; why, for
various reasons.
ut is more or less familiar and common
belief that where two persons sleep to-
gether in the same bed the stronger will
absorb the strength and life of the other;
the strong one waxing stronger at the
expense OF the weaker. However that
may be 1t is certain that Of two persons
sleeping in the same bed one may rise in
the morning refreshed and strengthened
and the other still tired and weary; and
whether this is due to absorption or not
there is no manner Of doubt that the
weary ones condition might be due to the
presence of the other.
Suppose for instance that of two per-
sons sleeping in one bed one Is restless
and inclined to kick about, and the other
is nervous and sensitive. 1t is very easy
to see that in such a case the nervous per
son might be awakened and kept awake
and so deprived OF sleep.
ION the score Of simple comfort the
twin beds, of course. commend them
selves. One can be independent in such a
bed and thrash about as he pleases and
lie as he will without disturbing anybody
else When it comes to the question of
bed-clothes, the situation is obvious. 1t
is a familiar fact that of persons sleeping
in one bed one may want, so to speak,
lot of clothes, the other not so many.
And 1t would be a common enough thing
to find two persons sleeping in the same
bed one, at least. utterly unselfish. swell
tering or freezing under too much or too
little bed-clothing so that the other
might sleep in comfort. OF course. the
twin beds make 1t readily possible for
each person TO use just such bed-clothing
as may be desired.
1.-THE fact is. that for health and com
fort both there's nothing like twin beds
but It's only within say ten years that
twin beds have come to be largely used
here. The custom was brought from
Europe.
I'm Europe twin beds are an old in
stitution. There they are commonly used
in hotels, where many travellers have
encountered them and been compelled
TO use them. Accustomed by habit and
by long association of ideas to a double
sized bed for two persons. and using the
twin bed only because they have to, they
promptly discovered, nevertheless, the
comfort and convenience of the latter
and came back to America to buy them.
This has been a copmon experience. The
numerous examples of twin beds thus
set up here have led naturally to an in
creased demand for them from persons
seeing them in use here. So take it alto
SeN0eEs VIC are Selling u great many Twin
beds: twice as many now as we did five
years ago ard with the proportionate de-
mand all the time increasing.
"Of course 1 don't mean that every
body buying beds nowadays buys, where
formerly he would have bought double
bed, a pair of twin beds. But you would
hnd in our show rooms now, Of twin beds
specially designed as such, greater num-
Der than of double beds. When the twin
beds first came into large demand we
were frequently compelled to make them
to order. Now we carry twin beds In
stock In very great variety. Some people
throw away double beds and replace them
with twin beds. In new furnishing. or
in refurnishng, more twin beds would be
called for than double beds.
"Only very few years ago twin beds
in a show window attracted attention for
their novelty; now they would attract 1t
for their beauty. Many of them, espec-
tally among the more costly ones, are
very beautiful. As to cost, twin beds
range in price at say so for a pair to
$500 for a pair. This last named price
being for beautifully carved Louis XVI
beds of white mahogany.
"But there is almost no end to the
variety in which twin beds are now pro-
duced; and, as 1 have said, the demand
for them is greater now than ever"
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