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Show 3Ir. Neilson's Houcloir. New York Adverti.-er. The prettiest boudoir in all Lenox belongs to Mrs. Ncilsou, :lie sister of 'Freddie GeD-lmrrt" GeD-lmrrt" she who succeeded in obtaining a divorce di-vorce just as her husband died. Mrs. Ncilson lias a tiuc, iirtistic (aste and lias chosen to cover the walls and eeiliny; of. lier room with a design copied after the jeic. lure entitled "Nymphs of the Sea." The idea is carried out by repeating the picture over und over aaia until the entire wall., and ceiling are covered. The effect is suf-ticiently suf-ticiently conventional not to appear bizarre, and at the same time is rraccful and soolh-iiitr soolh-iiitr in etleet. You rcineuibi r that "Nymphs of the Pea" . shows a woman, not too plentifully clothed, Moating; upon spit'-,!, with a. eurstion of ' airy fairy Lillian drapery about her and half a dozen ebcrubiin living about hvr bead. Tie woman ha a dream v look upon her face and a happy expression .f countenance. She seems lo Ie enjoying a state of mind which is sought after .vlii u one betakes, one's self to the seclusion f a boudoir for restful slumber or for sweduud peaceful meditation. medita-tion. The oldest inhabitants of Lenox greatly admired Mrs. Ncilson's choice in selecting; tl;is subject, and one day when the old gentleman, by the courtesy of the hostess, was feasting his eyes upon the gdorv of ihe. walls, Mrs. Ncilson good natnredly promised to !,end a copy of the original for a Christmas Christ-mas trift. Jn' telling; the story rftcrward the old eentleman gleefully exclaimed: "I had no" idea she would remember it. Supposed she would forget all about it. But f he did not. Sure enough, tne day before t 'hri-tnias there caine a box with that picture in it," pointing; to t he g;eni ofart, which occupied occu-pied Uie choicest place in his little stuokiujr loom. |