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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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SITTING-ROOM
AND
BOUDOIR
In
some
strange
way
the
word
boudoir
has
lost
its
proper
significance.
People
generally
think
of
it
as
a
highfalutin'
name
for
the
bedroom,
or
for
a
dressing-room,
whereas
really
a
proper
boudoir
is
the
small
personal
sitting-room
of
a
woman
of
many
interests.
It
began
in
old
France
as
the
private
sitting-room
of
the
mistress
of
the
house,
a
part
of
the
bedroom
suite,
and
it
has
evolved
into
a
sort
of
office
de
luxe
where
the
house
mistress
spends
her
precious
mornings,
plans
the
routine
of
her
household
for
the
day,
writes
her
letters,
interviews
her
servants,
and
so
forth.
The
boudoir
has
a
certain
suggestion
of
intimacy
because
it
is
a
personal
and
not
a
general
room,
but
while
it
may
be
used
as
a
lounging-place
occasionally,
it
is
also
a
thoroughly
dignified
room
where
a
woman
may
receive
her
chosen
friends
when
she
pleases.
Nothing
more
ridiculous
has
ever
happened
than
the
vogue
of
the
so-called
"boudoir
cap,"
which
is
really
suited
only
to
one's
bedroom
or
dressing-room.
Such
misnomers
lead
to
a
mistaken
idea
of
the
real
meaning
of
the
word.
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