Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1883 — Bedsteads for Kings. [ARTICLE]

Bedsteads for Kings.

Some time last year there was a wooden bedstead manufactured which was intended for the use of the King of Siam. It was fourteen feet wide, and divided into three parts, the center part being raised about eighteen inches. This piece of furniture, being of such unusual dimensions, caused a slight sensation among all those who were permitted to examine it. But the bedstead made in Paris, lately, for an Indian Prince, would draw thousands to see it were it exhibited in New York, even if fancy prices were charged foi admission. The bedstead is partly made of real silver, and cost many thousands of dollars. At each eorner stands a beautifully moddled female figure (lifesize) holding a delicately constructed fan. Each figure, it is said, wears a wig of real hair. This is to be regularly “dressed” by the court barber, once a week. On the great potentate getting into bed, the weight of his body sots certain machinery in motion, the effect of which is, that so long as his Royal Highness enjoys his horizontal refreshment, the silver maidens gently fan the sleeper. If the figures at the foot of the bed are required to exert themselves in a like manner, this can be accomplished by the aid of a clocklike apparatus. Moreover, should the dusky owner of the bed wish to be lulled to slumber by the dulcet sounds of soft music, this can be done by touching a spring. The bottom of the bed contains a large musical box, which is so arranged that the tunes can be loud or soft as desired. — Andrews' Queen.