Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-27

Every little while one finds in feminine
Journals a pertinent word to wives and
mothers regarding dressing for home eyes.
And wisely One cannot afford to look less
well in ones children's eyes than in those of
the next door noighbOr or the veriest stran-
Ger. and if Arthur and Stephens approval
was worth dressing for when they were
swcctheartS, why not when they are hus-
bands But about u1dress. Do you remem-
Der David Copperlield's concern over the
items of Dora's curl papers. Well, the most
unobserving man is quite us quick to notice
if not to remark the details of feminine at
tire Because a man is too good natured to
comment upon what he sees, do not tnke 1t
for granted that he is blind Sterling worth
in character may be relied upon to secure
Coodly amount of love, but we are all agreed
is it not sol--that personal appearance has
a decided influence in our friendships and
loves Our friends and foes are, in a meas
IRE, what they look to be. Inherited features
are pretty much, though not altogether, be-
youd our power to change, but one is after
all largely the reflection of her surroundings,
and these depend much upon herself
In the matter of garments one may have
silk or cotton ones, but the agreeable effects
of one or the other hinges not upon shekelS,
but upon tho tact with which the goods are
arranged and set off. That is, one may be
ga picture in print dress or fright in the
same dress with the differences of its hang
Ing TAT loose heels and being worn with UNI
tidy person, and so on. The average woman,
Invested of the various accessions that buoy
her up in dress toilet, is pretty apt to be I'M
lovely TO look upon. But how few women
think about it. Men are fastidous beyond
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think twice to think wisely before she makes
herself a nightly fright. Curl papers, oil be-
slneared face, hands in untidy gloves and
ROBBED in ugly.-and it must be confessed, not
always MISUNDERSTANDING, and what is
there in the portrait to remind one Of tho
fair woman one finds on the morrow in the
parlor? If hair must be curled, let 1t be by q
patent curlcr that takes but two or three mo-
ments in the morning. Only spinsters not
afraid of their own shadows can afford to
sleep in curl papers, Appearing in them in
public should be a capital olleuSe
Whatever cosmetics one cares or dareS to
use should he applied and worn only when
one is at liberty TO seek tine seclusion that
the dungeon grants" 1t would seem almost
superhuous to say, however, that the fairest
skin and most elaborate couture do not re-
quire that one shall sleep in the plight SC
many women appear to think necessary.
The European custom that gives to each in
dividual a room-if no bigger than closet
where he or she is sole monarch, is a whole
some, happy arrangements that may obtain
some day in our land. While husband and
wife have but one sleeping apartment, that
must in most CASES do duty a dressing
room rs well, one surely cannot afford to
make her sleeping toilette less becoming than
her prettiest day attire, to say nothing of the
artistic reason of wishing for ones own sake
to he fair and sweet.
And the means, supposing silken bed gowns
are forbidden by the state of ones purse
well it is forbidden to no one to brush her
teeth and hair before retiring, and to make
her face and hands clean, and very often to
take hot tub bath, and to wear fair, white
night dress, be IL ever so simple. If high
priced toilet perfumes are MOTTO be had-and
fine odors are always high priced-one may
by hygenic living, have breath as sweet a;
new mown hay, and sprigs of sweet smelling
herbs laid in bureau drawers lend their fra
GRANGE 10 the contents. -Dinah Sturgis