Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-10
HER BOUDO|Rl COFFEE
No Longer Considered "a Lazy
Concession.
A FASHIONABLE FAD
PRETTY CHINA AND TRAY SILL
YER FIxINGS.
Dainty Gowns or Becoming Kmonas
Are Necessary
Also.
A FASHIONABLE FAD
Written for The Evening Star.

her breakfast in bed every morning"
More likely it's pure laziness,'' snapped
her less charitable sister.
1t may happen that the city cousin If she
be up to date, IS neither the one nor the
other There is no longer either surmise or
I a suspicion of laziness attached to the wo-
man who takes the first meal of the day.
if not in bed at least in her own ROOM
Each day may have for her an infnity of
duties to be performed. She husbands her
forces for the fray by eating before she
dresses. and over her solitary coffee cup
quietly lays the plans for her campaign
The boudoir breakfast is undoubtedly an
importation from the French, and as such
will meet with little favor from many
American husbands and fathers With
them the term French is synonymous with
unpronounceabe and unintelligble menus
and Unfortunately large bills.
NO French folderols for me-" fumed one
crusty Old gentleman. Il want my family
to come down to breakfast like Christians,
and have something solid and comforting
like ham and eggs
If he had been New Englander he would
probably have added to his bill of fare a
doushnut indisestible buckwheat cakes or
a piece Of pie.
1t is small wonder if milady holds I'D her
hands in horror at the thought Modern
hygiene tells her that In ma jority of cases
the simple foreign breakfast of coffee and
| rolls Is far more healthful than one that
overloads the stomach. If she be a woman
OF leisure who exercises little a heavy
breakfast will induce headache. Above ali.
| IL creates tat. and the woman of middle age
VINO mas any desires in the direction of
inquire must avoid it as deadly enemy.
Keep the Head Clear.
The business woman. who exnects q
morning of hard brain work. will find that
the simple breakfast is the best for keeping
her head clear. AS one successful woman
sdid When asked about her breakfast: ct
| HeNel daFe take anything but some cocoa
ana roll or two. Anything else makes me
| work. " my oay
Some women so step further and taboo
breakfast altogether. though this practice
general following lHpi0 III
! But the Frenchwoman does NOT c1in, 10
Ner simple boudoir breakfast for hvgienic
reasons only. Far from it, The Erencb-
"o,i"H IS a marvel at preserving appear
inr-d She Is taught from childhood to
| nehd all her energies to the feat of heinz
charming under all circumstances S1,e
must Always be beautiful-or appear so.
Neiy lew women are charming before
breakfast As one frankly remarked. II
am always bad tempered before I ba1,a NV,
OCmee' ana pad temper makes me hideous
me fTenchwoman has long recognized
inns truth, and her American sisters are he
ginning 10 see her wisdom.
S@oi.AtuS55 Light.
Inc shaded light OF the boudoir conceals
,l1"''i 'ii'' Is unpleasant. The rose-colored
hangings and carefully chosen color Of
fects reject color in pale cheeks. and cheat
madame into forgetting that the night has
made her twelve hours older So she c,ipos
| to her boudoir till the revivffving r,or,os.
| OF breakfast is past ~
Ahother reason for the boudoir breakfast
- louhd IN the universal feminine delight
| V, ldcV ljJac Il
| some women have a dozen of them ON
proldered sweet with sachet, and rivaIine
me colors of the butterfly. There are
| strange exotic creations heavv viii az,
| Droldery and breathing sandaIwood fror,
emma and Japan There are exquisite
creations from the hands of the best known
r nrenG IN me modistes. And yet all this lowell
ness is Tor boudoir wear only Unless the
| meal Is strictly en- famiile they are decided
| ~ OUT OF place in the breakfast room Small
Molluer tneh that madame makes every
| excuse to linser in her boudoir and lIxuri
| ate The boudoir breakfast is one of thesa
| excuses. ~ VI 'tie'e
Every well-ordered guest chamber now
| has its dainty kimona and slinners readv
| for the guest to don. They are there for
the boudoir breakfast. and the last remark
| OF The hostess at night will be: And what
| rOOm?" '
II the guest is an old friend she NAV be
ADMITTED to a share in the breakfast of her
hostess, and then plans are LAID and CON
| not nearly delightful as over the coffee
| cups at a boudor breakfast
Over the Coffee Cups
| These coffee cups are A low in themselves
They are no longer drawn from the ordi-
nary china dinner set. The fad for bou-
| COR breakfasts has created specially de-
| signed individual services in the daintiest
| CT patterns. They include every dish which
hilsht POSSIBLY be needed. These individual
services come with large tray of PAPER
| Elache poth hight and strong. Its color
| usually matches the groundwork of the
| china, though, as it is more often hidden
by frlnged napkin. this might seem a
| useless precaution.
| The different individual services vary
| sHghtly Some are larger than others SO
as to accommodate something beside the
| Simple breakfast of coffee and rolls One
| of the fullest sets contains both a coffee
| and a chocolate pot. covered dish which
| VIII hold toast or breakfast portion of
bacon and eggs: a deep saucer for cereal,
| an egg cup, Il plate, cup and a saucer
| one of these dainty sets would make an
acceptable present for almost any woman,
| since they are convenient in case of illness.
| The price might be a bar to some pocket
| books. however. The woman who can afford
a maid to serve her in her own room can
usually afford china, so there is nothing
| cheap about these individual sets.
The Newest Designs.
The newest designs In these services are
| fruit decorations in natural size and color
| irgs. The same frut-rosy peaches, purple
grapes or golden pears-appear on all the
pieces of one set.
If madame has quieter tastes there are
| delicate traceries and oriental bands in
| subdued colorings. Rose patterns are al
| ways to be found. Indeed the less expen-
| sive sets are in French china in dainty
| floral designs -
About all of these individual sets there is
the charm which belongs toindtyidual pos
| sessions of every kind. Madame looks up
| on her boudoir breakfast set with a sigh of
satisfaction she saws: ,
The dinner china l buy to suit my hus-
band and my guests, but this is for myself
| alone"