This obviates going into another room to answer hurried
notes when one is dressing. Beside the dressing-table stands the tall
hat-stand for the hat I may be wearing that day.
When the maid prepares the dress that is to be worn, she puts the hat
that goes with the toilette on the tall single stand. Another idea is
the little hollow table on casters that can easily be slipped under the
dressing-table, where it is out of the way. All the little ugly things
that make one lovely can be kept in this table, which can have a lid if
desired, and even a lock and key. I frequently make them with a glass
bottom, as they do not get stained or soiled, and can be washed.
There are lots of little dodges that spell comfort for the dressing-room
of the woman who wants comfort and can have luxury. There is the
hot-water towel-rack, which is connected with the hot-water system of
the house and which heats the towels, and incidentally the
dressing-room. This a boon if you like a hot bath sheet after a cold
plunge on a winter's morning. Another modern luxury is a wall cabinet
fitted with glass shelves for one's bottles and sponges and powders.
There seems to be no end to the little luxuries that are devised for the
woman who makes a proper toilet. Who can blame her for loving the
business of making herself attractive, when every one offers her
encouragement?
A closet is absolutely necessary in the dressing-room, and if space is
precious every inch of its interior may be fitted with shelves and
drawers and hooks, so that no space is wasted.
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