Show I Daughters 0J E e 1 I BOtDOIRS AND HOW CREATED Some Famous Morniiij Rooms in Washington sind New York The boudoir is a French idea of comfort to which Americans have taken latterly Boudoirs are now I planned for in the architecture of the rich very generally and in houses already al-ready built the women of the family preempt rooms whenever they can for j their own easeful personal use I i The literal translation of the French word is private room the sacredly personal spot in the house where no I one intrudes without invitation where i L t c PRIMROSE CREPE OR MOSS GREEN VELVET she may wear negligee and in all its case dream away her leisure if she likes enjoy the solitude needed at times by every human being write her letters and read her magazines and if she will receive her intimate friends in aL intimacy and sincerity almost impossible elsewhere to socicty women A few years ag > few outside of the swell women had boudoirs recognized recog-nized as such The idea savored so much of elegance and luxury that it I curtains The curtains at all the windows win-dows are of the same rich material and the carpets glow with the same full color I I On the walls hang many oil paintings paint-ings rather stiffly placed in long rows as in picture galleries but the effect is rich and stately Her husband has a famous collection of paintings estimated esti-mated at a quarter of a million dollars and some of the finest pieces hang in madames boudoir In between the two I windows is placed a great mirror that I reflects the richly framed pictures and deep tones of the furnishings Easels 1 I with paintings stand about Rare I i books lie on the tables and there is I I always a gorgeous bowl of flowers 1 Here Madame Mendonca serves chocolate I choco-late and receives all but her formal visitors Madame who n is a decided j brunette with olive skin and splendid black hair and eyes is nearly always I gowned in a soft robe of old rose and I black or black and gold THE LEITER BOUDOIRS Another famous boudoir in Washington Washing-ton is that of Miss Leiter the great belle and beauty It is en suite with her sleeping room and the curtains between be-tween are of the palest silk Against the walls in a dainty figured paper are hung exquisite etchings and photographs pho-tographs of her friends and there is a group or two of favors and souvenirs sou-venirs At right angles to the fireplace is her writing desk filled with all that mass oC silver paraphernalia that seems necessary to the fin de siecle woman One end of the sizable room is filled by a perfectly immense oldfashioned mahogany ma-hogany sofa with spacious back and arms and piled with cushions The large table always holds the late magazines the new books and all the things that women usually amuse themselves them-selves with during the morning hours There is just a delightful suspicion of the dressingroom about this most comfortable com-fortable boudoir for on a long low table is laid a gorgeous dressing case with all the toilet articles in repousse silver Here her best friends are received re-ceived in the morning and Miss Leiter is as charming as a Watteau shepherdess shepher-dess in her pink and blue crepes At 5 oclock when there is no large reception recep-tion going on she frequently serves tea here to a host of girl friends The1 second Leiter daughter has also I her boudoir not so elegant perhaps but very petty and sunshiny with its opright piano its dainty pictures and its curtains and divan of satin MRS SPENCER TRASK AND JULIEN GORDON In New York a notable society and literary woman who receives in her boudoir is Mrs Spencer Trask Mrs I Trask is something of an invalid this winter and the maid is directed to bring certain people up to the boudoir The walls are almost hidden by work I shelves A large open fireplace takes I 1111 < T > fK 1p j4 I i I i iw r t r INFORMAL CALLERS was considered the birthright of a fashionable fash-ionable fad Now however many an artistic girl fixes up a pretty little place next her sleeping apartment and dubs it boudoir and in very modest houses whose mistresses have but astray a-stray spare hour of the day for withdrawing with-drawing and rest there is a curtained alcove or a contrived corner with little lit-tle personal touches ann small luxuries luxur-ies that answer the same purpose and wittingly or unwittingly the spot has an artistic appearance and by general consent is sacred to its owners use f and seldom if ever invaded This is l right and as it should be in every house I In many of the palatial houses built I among us of late years and in others k long occupied by households of artis l I 1 1 t k4 I i LACE TRIMMED MAt I tic taste and refinement the beautiful boudoirs are wellknown features perhaps per-haps as much on account of the charming i charm-ing people who t 1 ve met in them as i for their own charm II MADAME MENDONCAS J30 D IROn IR-On of the most famously lovely boudoirs i bou-doirs amOng fashionable women is that of Madame Mendonca in Washington It is en suite with her sleeping room i i and dressing room divided by archways arch-ways iung with heavy crimson silk I i J c t 1 r i i up nearly one end of the room the great logs piled high on brass dogs sending dancing lights all over the I room and creating an air of luxurious I comfort A huge divan warms its silken cushions near this fireplace I On a mahogany dressing table are all I the elegant conveniences of toilet On i the centre table onewill invariably find red roses As a rule Mrs Trask has a red rose tucked away somewhere about her bust or waist I Here usually in an exquisite gown of white crepe vith a train fully a yard I and a half long and deep sleeve ruf fles of the most exquisite lace and a I long stemmed crimson rose pinned on her breast Mrs Trash will serve you I a cup of amber tea or chocolate with a cracker and an olive The gown I another day may be pink crepe but it is sure to have the same exquisite open faIling sleeves and old lace the i same long train and the same red rose I Julien Gordons boudoir in her New lork house is upholstered in yellow I and has Louis XV furniture dainty statuettes and beautiful paintings The recent fire at Idlesse her Long I Island country home destroyed great riches of literary souvenirs and rare books Mrs Cruger is generally gown ed when taking her ease in some French ombination of black and red Yet perhaps the most interesting boudoir for many would be one I saw yesterday belonging toa young woman who goes out a good deal into society I but has very little money to spend She fixed her boudoir j aided using for it simply what she had and doubtless most of thp individual I rooms that so many women have taken to creating for themselves are I made in the same waysimply by grouping together for comfort ones personal and favorit belongings I This boudoir opened just out of her I sleeping room and the doorway was i half hidden by a Japanese screen in black and gold A long low mahogany table covered with a fine linen hem i stitched cloth held her toilet articles A divan over which a portiere was thrown was crowded with selfmade silk and madras cushions A few soft chairs were piled with more cushions On the wall were hung garman favors and groups of photos over the mantel was a pair of tennis rackets a whip and a pair of spurs a gun and six loons skins with their feathers that I summer these with their pretty black and white feathers were laid lat against the wall A souvenir hanging I from the mantel was an Indian scalp I belt that had been given her when she was the guest at a western fort last year From this belt hung instead of II scalps seveal score of dance cards A I low dark table held her saucers and cups and samover on it with a cracker jar In another corner stood her i I piano and over it was grouped many I Chinese curiosities brought to her by a sojourner in Cathay I c t I IC C tr r J 0 But as I have said most boudoirs have a luxurious dressing room touch and quite naturally for they are used in an easeful way as dressingrooms When a woman gets from her ed and takes her bath she likes to slip on her quilted slippers her silk petticoat petti-coat and a soft matrice with no corsets cor-sets and have her coffee and her rolland roll-and in easy costume to read her letters let-ters go over the morning papers and answer her invitations It is her lounging room and almost the only place for mental recreation if so be she is a responsible and hardpushed society woman HALLMARK I |