. Houses for town or country. odern house plans than of their predecessorsin old times—that the boudoir is not as well recog-nised a part of the ladys private domain as it wasin England forty years ago, and in America boththen and thereafter in houses of much more thancommon extent and splendour. But in any case thebedroom grows more and more like unto a pleasantprivate sitting-room as the modern refinements havesway. And as to the bed, there is no reason why thehousemaids should not resort to a scheme much infashion in Germany and even in Eastern Francewhen those were voung who are now old. T
. Houses for town or country. odern house plans than of their predecessorsin old times—that the boudoir is not as well recog-nised a part of the ladys private domain as it wasin England forty years ago, and in America boththen and thereafter in houses of much more thancommon extent and splendour. But in any case thebedroom grows more and more like unto a pleasantprivate sitting-room as the modern refinements havesway. And as to the bed, there is no reason why thehousemaids should not resort to a scheme much infashion in Germany and even in Eastern Francewhen those were voung who are now old. The cus-tom in the consulate of Plancus was to do up thebed in the morning, piling the bed-clothes neatlyfolded, and the big soft Feder-bett or plumef togtherin the middle, and draw a spread over the wholein such a way as to disguise utterly the shape andeven the nature of the apparatus below. Whenturned up this way for the day the bed looked likeanything but a place to lie upon. At supper time 179 HOUSES FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY. A BEDROOM IN CAMBRIDGE the madchen came and made the bed—and thenyou saw what was meant by the touching old ballad,in good English and still better in the original Scots,by the wail and prayer of the sick or sorrowful youngman: Oh, mother, mother! make my bed,And make it long and narrow. But indeed that way of treating the bed so that itshall not look like a bed is a device that might befollowed. Far be it from this argument to insistupon the merits of the enclosed and wood-built stand- i8o THE BEDROOM if
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