The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-03-18
To Housekeepers- Regard to Beds.

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makes the best couch Whei1 ode gets
used to it, was long ago exploded. PEG
pie who know "what Is what" who
. read the, HeEspapers and mean to be
somebody, don't belisYe 4 word of It
Those who have settled down 10 )
Diogones-in-the-tub life, accept the
doctrine. 1t is true that the tired man
or woman viii sleep soundly on hard
bed, and habit may make the hardness
dear to them. 1t is also true that Ma
poleon S, soldiers slept while GA their
MACH hotfieward from Russia, ahd
some of them may have becoine at
tached to locomotion and sleep united.
Notwithstanding all this, those who
have once felt the almost human kind
ness and warmth of a hair mattrass be-
meath them, cannot go back to straw
and husks without pang.
We do not recommend softness, but
elasticity. Feathers. except IN very
cold weather, are unwholesome, be
cause they retain an excess OF warmth
about the body, and also because thev
absorb the insensible perspiration
thrown off by the pores, and permit the
body to reabsorb the excrementious
matter. A bed of soft fresh straw.
evenly distributed and covered with
thin cotton or wooden mattrgsss may be
good resting place, and furnish sweet
sleep. But how can man or woman
rise refreshed, from q couch of straw or
shuck mattrass, which HIS, been in
nightly use without renewal for Sc
ries of years. Yet there are portions
of this very land of plenty, where trav-
elers are PUT to sleep upon Just such
beds IS this
Every man IN grazing districts may
own dozen or two coarse wooded sheep
These and their increase will IN a short
time give him wool mattresses, than
which none are more pleasant, more
wholesome, OF durable: The tag-locks
washed and caIded, should be boarded
by every farmers wife for this purpose
In cities and villages, and in the more
populous parts of our country, those
who can afford good sleeping places
generally have them.
As general rule the better care q
man takes of his body IN feeding it with
skill, clothing it with discretion, and
giving it due and refreshing sleep. the
more work he can do; and the higher
u'o dudlty Vi Ills "oIh
How To Dress THE HAIR-A BLESSED
CHANGE TO THE g PURELY, GREEK STYLE"
HINTED AT.-The hair. Is worn less
frizzed and fluffy than it has been.
Above a low. broad forehead the hair
should be smoothly rolled back III the
Pompadour fashion, Higher foreheads
have the front hair waved rather than
frlzzed, ind an inch Of the part show
ing In front Of the bonnet. The chate
lame. If false, is fastened by a comb
very far forward on the head, and is no
longer surrounded by the coronet braid
once SO fashionable, as that gives stiff,
full, rounded appearance to the couture,
when, IN order to be stylish, it should
have fat, careless look, showing the
contour of the head, and seeming to be
natural hair. The chatelaine must be
very slender, that it may not protrude
at the sides behind the ears. The side
lock above each ear is worn very long,
pointing backward quite to the end of
the ear A bow is worn IL the
centre above the forehead to
conceal the fastenings of the chatelaine.
For slelghlng- parties, skating, and for
the demi dress of matinees, very young
ladies who have an abundance of hair
continue to braid it, school girl fashion,
III two long hanging plalts tied with
ribbon few inches beyond the ends,
which are crimped aud left flowing
Ladies Of fashion in Europe find fault
with the chatelaine that is worn so low
behind as to soil the dress, and are re
turning to classic styles. modelling their
aftor thnpn Of II,
The most successful imitation Is of the
beautiful head of Psvche-with the
slightly waved hair low on the forehead,
drawn back from the temples, and con
fined by tillet of ribbons, while clus-
tered ringlets fall back from the top of
the head. 1t IS predicted that we Will
return to the purely Greek style-a
severely plain Grecian twist at the back
and smooth braids i'll front-Bdsur.
MosT Of the fashion journals of this