With it
is used an old water can of hammered brass, and brass dishes glass
lined, to hold soaps and sponges. It is only necessary to desire the
unusual thing, and you'll get it, though much searching may intervene
between the idea and its achievement.
The washstand itself is not such a problem. A pair of dressing-tables
may be bought, and one fitted up as a washstand, and the other left to
its usual use.
In the Colony Club there are a number of bathrooms, but there are also
washstands in those rooms that have no private bath. Each bathroom has
its fittings planned to harmonize with the connecting bedroom, and the
clear glass bottles are all marked in the color prevailing in the
bedroom. Each bathroom has a full-length mirror, and all the
conveniences of a bathroom in a private house. In addition to these
rooms there is a long hall filled with small _cabinets de toilette_
which some clever woman dubbed "prinkeries." These are small rooms
fitted with dressing-tables, where out-of-town members may freshen their
toilets for an occasion. These little prinkeries would be excellent in
large country houses, where there are so many motoring guests who come
for a few hours only, dust-laden and travel-stained, only to find that
all the bedrooms and dressing-rooms in the house are being used by the
family and the house guests.
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