The daily critic., 1890-07-29
HOW SHE GOES TO BED.
ARTS WHICH A SWELL YOUNG LADY
PRACTICES BEFORE RETIRING
some or the Secrets Of Ny Lady's Dress-
ing Room Disclosed Treatment
for the Nails, Tceth and
Complexion

Complexion.
"raais sqyas 10 nEag7 Ff.au7 vra
A man will go 10 his room at night
ard If there isn't a match hau1y, he
won't even trouble to get light
He simply gets ont Of bis duls as
quickly as possible and jumps into bed
without more ado
Now let us watch a girl and consider
her ways
First of all She must have a light, and
q good bright one She may have been
entertaining her young man in the par.
lor woll-we will say, until bed
time, or she may have been out TO a
party but that doesn't make any differ.
ence. A girl has a regular way Of going
10 bed that she does not depart from on
any account
The moment she enters the room she
goes straight TO the dresser and looks
in the glass. ] have seen girl 60
down on her knees and scan every
feature, turning her face this way and
that, as If what she saw was something
quite new to her. Then the sweet
girl
BEGINS TO UNDREss.
She takes off her waist views for
moment her pretty neck and arms, then
she slowly slips ont Of her skirts and
dons q silken robe de cb1m5e-fOr ou-
girl is very swell.
The robe Is loose, u pink, blue or
white, with Cascades of lace falling an
aL L. a
down TO the dainty feet II isn't but
toned-iust tied with ribbons Next
the hair-pins come out. and down falls
the hair II has been washed in soda
or ammonia once a month 10 make It
fluffy, and also to give II the golden.
brown hue so much admired. Mrs.
Potter's copper colorcd tresses owe
much Of their lustcr TO the frequent
washings IN soda and champagne which
her maid gives them Our girl brushes
her hair and braids II in q loose braid.
but she doesn't twist IL up into hideous
curl papers Curling irons have done
away with all Of that, and the dear girl
is just as lovely after the ball with all
her finery off, as she was during It.
And now she takes bit Of silk and
draws II carefully between her teeth. II
gets out all the particles that tooth.
brush cant reach then she takes
little orange wood stick, dips IL into
little round silver thing that holds
powdered orris root, and proceeds TO
scour each individual tooth, after which
tie tooth brush and o cup OF warm
wOtCr finish the operation. She would
rather do this every night than nay
dentists bills, she says.
f1f ltYVEn tho hath ~ tf,.. fg,.,.N ..4..,
tial thing about the toilet, but our girl
tukus hers IN the morning She does
wash her hands aud face, however.
with water as hot ne she can bear 70.
SIZE uses q ilgnncl ClOih and holds II
several minutes against every part Of
her face aud neck
MISS sALLIE uAROoUs,
who Is famous for her peachy skin, SAYS
that she owes Il all 30 hot water. Its
the best remedy 10 the world for sun.
burn, says Miss Sallle "aad no one
who uses Il persislently will have
pimples or black. heads" And now
the nails must be attended to Just
little clip here and there with the scis.
sors, a rub with the polisher aud
touch Of cold cream 20 keep them bril-.
liant.
There are a thousand and one things
that some girls DO after they 80 10 their
rooms at night They take medicines
and pills and powders and cough syrups;
they use inhaleTs, atomizers, flesh
brushes, and dumb bells. Our girl has
no need Of all these. She sticks 20
HER OUNCE OF PREVENTION
There are girls, too, who think they
must have something 10 eat or drink
before retiring.
Miss Kathryn KlddeT, who appears to
the public as such an ethereal, dainty
creature, eats a big saucer OF onions
every night she muaches them while
her maid combs her hair. And Miss
Dorothy Dene, The young English
actress, sits up In bed until l o'clock in
the morning with a novel Ia her hand
and a big plate Of cake on her lap. She
reads the novel and eats the cake; aud
the most astonishing part Of il Is, not
that she doesn't have Indigestion, but
that she doesn't die, for with the cake
she drinks quantities of chocolate.
And now Out goes the light and
down goes the curtain The scene is
done