The morning news., 1889-02-18
"BEAUTY SLEEP"
Views of Other Pretty Women Noted
For Their Personal Charms.

For Their Personal Charms.
From the Netc York Star.
Mrs. Harrison, the wife of the President
elect, in conversation with friend regard
ing her youthful appearance, attributed it
largely to the fact that she indulged nightly
in "a beauty Sleep and explained that she
meant two hours sleep before midnight
find the idea of q beauty preserving sleep
is indulged in by many women in this city.
One of the most beautiful women in New
York society, and one of the most clever as
well, has made a study of this very subject.
l visited her the other day, asking If she
| would enllghten the sex as to her secret for
preserving the freshness Of her beauty.
| With charming, laugh, she answered:
well, If l were to tell you all about 1t,
you would think me the vainest creature
| alive"
Not at all" said l, flor when a woman
| has found out bow to preserve her personal
charm, she need not look for the philoso-
! piers stone, for she has no use for IT."
| well, said the lady, ''the secret is the
simplest one in the world, l take plenty of
| sleep; there is nothing SO fatal to good looks
| as a loss of healthful rest. Not only does it
ruin the ewes, making them dull and sunken
with puffy rings about them, but it in
| ducees a low fever, that dries the skin and
|
| All this, BESIDES the duh and spiritless man
ner and lack of energy, one has.
What do you regard as plenty OF Sleep"
l asked her.
THAT is hard question to answer" said
the lady ''for some people require great
deal more than Others For myself, sleep
ten hours of the twenty-four. OF course,
my social duties rob me Of sleep in the ear
| ly hours of the night; | must make that up
| some way; very rarely remain out later
than midnight; then l retire Immediately.
| Long habit enables me to compose myself
at once to sleep. | usually rise about in
the morning, aud | always manage to take
some kind Of exercise before luncheon, AMI
never u der any circumstances do | fail to
| have a sleep in the afternoon Of at least two
| hours; then | am ready for my social day
which usually begins about 5. | have been
in society in New York for the last twenty
| years without missing single season, and
| you can see for yourself whether it has
made me old and ugly. | place no depend
ence whatever upon cosmetics or the arts of
the toilet; they are very good as far as they
go, but tdey don't make up for having
| stolen from nature that which she right
| fully demands"
he lady who is so soon to grace our ma
tional drawing rooms, Mrs. President-elect
Harrison, very kindly gave me her opinion
regarding her 'heauty sleep"
81 will not say that have made it an in
variable rule" she said. Mrs. Harrison, in
spite of her sixty years, has complexion as
smooth and eyes as brigh as any SCHOOLGIRL
| That is sometimes impossible, but when
ever | can take short nap in the early aft
ernoon; the longer the better, of course
but it refreshes me wond 9rfully if l only
sleep ten minutes. 1t means great deal
sometimes to lay aside care, worry, vexation
and WEAKNESS, and lose ones self just for a
moment. | am firm believer in plenty of
sleep; it preserves not only goods looks, but
good temper, and" she said laughing, "at
least every gentleman will say that those
are the two things most desirable in women. "
| Our actresses nave learned the value of
the "beauty sleep,n more thoroughly than
any other class of women. not only for the
preservati N of their beauty, but for the
maintenance of their vitality.
One of the youngest and most beautiful of
actresses, who is a constant indul ger in her
beauty Sleep is Miss Marie Burroug IS,
now playing at the Madison square theater
in Captain Swift" l found her in her
beautiful apartments at the Albert. She is q
lovely woman in face and person and a de.
ightful character in manners and all the
many graces.
Il sleep every day" she said, "if it is
only for ten minutes. | enjoy it, and
know it benefits me. Even if | don't fee
like sleeping | lie down, because it rests me-
| simply revel in letting all my muscles re-
lax, if it is only for a few moments. OF
course l cannot go to bed and sleep two
hours before midnight, as Mrs. Harrison
does, for | must S, end till midnight in the
theateF, but | amin bed as soon as | can
get home after each performance Even
after matinees | drive home as quickly as
can and sleep until necessary to go to the
theater for the evening performance. No
l never use cosmetics; only such articles Of
the makeup box as the character demands.
Mary Anderson says: 1.-THE credit of nv
performance depends more upon the quality
of my sleep than any other one thing. 1t is
my habit after luncheon every day to in
dulge in some vigorous exercise, aud | con-
tinue it until [ am tired then l go to nv
room and take nap | sleep until wake
up, without being called, which is not more
than all hour, then l am ready for my
work. l cannot say too much of the value
of this hour of rest. You may call it
beauty sleep or what you will. call it ma
tures own tonic. | pronounce it without
hesitation to be the best in the world"
Mrs. James Brown Potter. whose beauty
and healthfulneSs are not the least of her
charms, holds the same idea. She sleeps
every afternoon two hours or longer. She
takes good sleep at night besides, seldom
| less thau nine hours. She, too, takes plenty
cf exercise, and her 1.-the figure, springing
steps and sparkling eyes bear witness to the
success of the treatment.
Mrs. Langtry, too, believes in the "beau-
ty sleep" II was dreadful little lea bed
when | was a girl" she said at seemed
to me l never had sleep enough, and | al
ways make it rule, no matter what my
engagements may be, TO sleep as much and
as long | feel inclined to-"
Mrs. Langtry is true English woman.
She is what one would call "well groomed. y
She walks at least ten miles every day, and
she believes as much in the efficacy 0f the
bath as she does in the "beauty sleep"
As these ladies have the argument of
youth on their side, will cite some instances
of actresses who have passed their hcyday
and still preserve the charms of their youth.
l called upon Mrs. Agnes Booth at her
pretty home on Forth-ninth street The
impression / had formed of Mrs. Booth
was that she was-well, not young But
she is young-a good deal younger than a
great many ladies whose years are not
above %; that is, in appearance, Of course.
There isn't touch of gray in her yell
low hair; her color is bright and fresh
naturally bright aud fresh-and her form is
gracefully moulded and beautiful Her
manner was as free from affectation, or $50
ciety manner" as it was charming.
asked her about the beauty sleep"
"Well," she said laughing (sho has the
jolliest laugh, II sleep every day from 4
o'clock till ;. | don't know whether you