A DELIGHTFUL LITTLE BEDFELLOW.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 271, 24 April 1875, Page 3

A DELIGHTFUL LITTLE BEDFELLOW.

A correspondent of the Times writes :-r- ---“ There is one mode of procuring warmth in bed which is so well known as it deserves to be. and doubtless thousands of chilly mortals will thank you very much if you will recommend it to their notice ; it is cleanly, convenient, and procurable at a small cost. A common flat half-gallon liquor bottle, filled, not with gin, but hot water, and put into bed, affords a most ready means of heating not only the feet, but every other part of the body to which it can so easily be applied. The price of one is 6d, and a well-fitting cork and a piece of string to tie it down with only is required. Every bed in my house is furnished with one as soon as the cold weather sets in; and with this and calico sheets and suitable covering there is no fear of the requisite degree of heat being kept up the whole niffiat. The comfort of the hot bottle is very great, and really every one should be provided with this healthful, sleep-in-ducing, delightful little bedfellow.” The Spectator, referring to the above paragraph, says :—“ Stone bottles, however hot, are very hard foreign bodies, which are apt to make you dream that you are the seed sown in stony places, which forthwith sprang up—as you do when you come suddenly upon it. The true warming pan, which keeps warm all night and is not rocky, is a warm little dog at your back or on your feet; but you must take care not to indulge it so much that it contests the bed with you, and growls when you move it, like the illustrious Duchess in Dr John Brown’s story. But that is an excellent lesson in firmness.’