Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-02
TWIN BEDS I'M DEMAND.

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various reasons.
tIt is a more or less familiar
and common belief that where two
persons sleep together in the same
bed the stronger will absorb the
strength and the life Of the other;
the strong one waxing stronger at
the expense Of the weaker. How
ever that may be it is certain that
Of two persons sleeping in one bed
one may rise In the morning re-
freshed and strengthened and the
other still tired aud wearyi 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
who persons sleeping in one bed
one is restless and inclined to
kick about, and the other is ner
vous and sensitive. Ii is very
easy to see that in such a case the
nervous person might be awakened
and kept awake and so deprived
Of sleep.
"On the score of simple comfort
the twin beds, of course, commend
themselves. One can be indie
pendent in such a bed and thrash
about as he pIeases and lie as he
will without disturbing anybody
else. When It comes to the ques-
ton of bed clothes, the situation
isl obvious. tt is a familiar fact
that of persons sleeping in one
bed one may want so to speak, a
lot OF cloths, the other not so many.
And it would be a common enough
thing to find Of two persons sleep
ing in the same bed one, at least,
utterly unselfish, %sweltering or
freezing under too much or too
little bed clothing, so that the
other might sleep in comfort. OF
course, the twin makes it really
possible for each person to use
lust such bed clothing as may be
desired.
The fact is, that for health and
comfort both there's nothing like
twin. beds; but its only within
say ten years that twin beds have
come to be largely used here. The
custom was brought from Europe.
In Europe twin beds are an old
institution. There they are COM
monty 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 only because they
have to, they promptly discovered
nevertheless, the comfort and con.
venience of the latter and came
back to America to buy them
This has been a common expert
ence, The numerous example o
twin beds thus set up here hav'
led naturally to an increased de.
mand for them from persons see
ing them in use here. So, take !
altogether, we are selling "a grea
MANY twin beds; twice as many
now as we did five years ago ant
With the propOrtionate demand al
the time increasing.
OF course I don't mean tina
everybody buying beds nowaday
buvs. where formally he wOul'
have bought a double bed, a pal
Of twin beds. But you woul'
find in our shOwroOms now, Q
twin beds, especially designed a
such, q greater number than Q
double beds. When the twin bed
first came into large demand "
were frequently compelled t
make them to order. NoV
we carry twin beds in stock II
very great variety. Some peopl
throw away double beds and re
place them with twin beds. j
new furnishing, or In refurnishtng
more twin beds would be Gale.
for than double beds.
"Only a very few years az
twin beds in a show window al
tracted attention for their novelty
now they would attract it 70
their beauty. Many Of them, el
pecially among the more costl
ones. are beautiful. As to cost
twin beds range in price at say 81
for a pair to $500 for a pair. Thi
lastnamed price being for beaut
fully carved Louis XVI beds
white mahogany.
ssBut there is almost no end {
the variety in which twin beds al
now produced; and, as I hav
said. the demand for them
greater now than ver.'-Bosto
Herald.
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