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...first floor is the parlor, and the windows in this apartment are hung with white lace curtains, fitting symbols of that energetic unrest which pervades certain Western houses, for these curtains are kept in constant motion, bulging out into the room like white-waistcoated aldermen in summer, and driven against the windows in winter by drafts of half heated air from one of Hawkins.' "self-feeding, self-cleaning giant furnaces." This furnace is a source of great comfort and rest to the Butterfield family. I say rest advisedly, for "change" is "rest," and the infinite variety of changes of this...
...Langtry has won not her spurs exactly but her ribbons already on the stage. All the women of fashion in London are wearing caps modelled on one worn by her as Kate Hardcastle, with a quaint full border of lace. The last dramatic furor in caps was created by Ellen Terry when she played Olivia...
...ever delightful, to pursue it in one of these comfortable, roomy seats, with heavy and artistic window-curtains to give it an indescribable air of cozy seclusion, must give it an added charm. There is a wonderful taste shown in many of these rooms. The students have wisely avoided lace curtains and all the lighter adornments that require a woman's presence to harmonize. There is a kind of masculine individuality in their house furnishing that indicates the fitness of things. The books and pictures are, some of them, of great value. Although the dark, neutral tints of walls...
Among many things found in the Mechanics fair building after the Tigers' ball, were two gold bracelets, one cape overcoat, two overcoats, a Japanese fan, a shawl, three lace handkerchiefs, and a man's felt...
...neck held lovingly by lace...