Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-09-11
HOW SHE .RETIREs.
Arts Practiced by Young Ladies'
Before Going to Bod
Eorno or tho Secrets or ny T.ady's D-ess-
tnS-Isoom Observation-Disclosures for
the N.ils. T:c'h nni Couap!ox.
IOn-Iho Evening Eat!i.

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ind IL Jhcro isn't q match handy, no
won't oven trouble to get Il light.
IIo simply COTS out OF his buds rs
quickly "a possible and jumps into bed
without moro ado.
Now, writes Carrie Careless in tho
ChicnGo Ncw3, l2t us watch girl and
consider her wavS:
First Of ell sho must h3ro . LIGHT. and
GOOD bright ono. Sho may have boon
entertaining her young man in tho par
lor until-wcll-wo will say, until bed.
time, or sho may havo been ont 10 :.
parry, but that Decent mako any GiTor-
cncc. a Firl has REGULAR of going
to bed that sho docs not depart from on
nny account. lie.
Tho moment sllo enters tho room she
Eocs STRAIGHT to tho dresser end looks
in tho glass. ! hnvo soon girl go
down on her 1inc53 and scan every
feature, tu"ninr her faco this way and
that. as IL what Gho saw was so.lnthinS
quito now to her. Ihca,thn sweet rirl
bcGits to undross. SEc tales OF her
waist, views for n moment her pr"tty
neck and arrcs. thon shc slowly slips
out of hcrjshirts and dons = siikcn robe
60 rlanbre-for our girl IL very 3wcll.
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white. with caccndcs OF laco falling Eli
about tho neck and bosom end W y
down to tho dainty feet. It isn't but
toncd-just tied with ribbons. Next
tho hair-pins como out end down falls
tho hair. 1t has been wn@hc1 in soda
or ammonia onco o month to mako it
fluffy, and also TO rive it tho Coldcn-
brown hue go Eauch admired. Mrs. Pot
E kn1s0f 81 H.,
of their lustcr to tho frequent washinTs
in soda and champagne which her maid
gives them. Our girl brushes her hair
and braids it in n loose braid: but she
doesn't twist it up into bidoons curl Pc
pers. Curling irons havc Gono away
with all Of that. end tho dear girl Is just
as lovely after tho ball with all hor
1ncry OF, as sho was during it.
And now Shc takes bit of silk and
draws 1t carefully botwccn her teeth. It
gets out NIL tho PARTICLES that q tooth
brush can't reach; then she takes O
ittlo orangc-wood stick, dips it into
little round silver thing that holds
powdered orris root, and proceeds to
Bcour each individual tooth. after which
tho toothbrush and cup Of warm
water finish tho operation. She would
rather do. this cvcry night than pay
dentists bills, she says.
OF course, tho bath IL tho most essen
tial thing about tho toilet, but our girl
takes hers in tho morning. Sho docs
wash her hands and face, however,
with water as hot as sho can boar 1t.
She uses q flannel cloth and holds it
several minutes against every part of
her face and mock.
Miss Sallio uarJous, who Is famous for
her pHnch" skin, SAYS that Sha c"oG H.
NIL to hot watcr. - 3 tho Ucs5 remedy
in tho world for sunburn," SAYS Miss
Sallie, land no ono who uses it persist
emily will have pimplcsor blacli-hcads."
And now the nails must be attended to;
just littlo clip hero and thcro with tho
scissors. o rub with the polishcr and q
touch OF cold cream to lsocp them bril-
liant.
Thcre aro n thousand and ono things
that somo girls do after they 20 to their
rooms ut night. They tako medicines
and pills and powders and cough syrups;
they uso inhGlcrs, atomizcrs, flesh
brushes, md dunb-bells. Our girl has
nonecd of NIL these. Sho sticlss to her
ouuco OF prevention. Thcro GRO girls,
too, who think thcy must have sono.
thing to eat or drink before retiring.
Miss Kathryn Iiddcr, who appears to
tho:public as such on ethereal, duinty
creature, cats big Gauccr of onions
cvcry nigh. She munchcs them whilo
her maid combs her hair. And Miss
Dorothy Done. tho young English
Ectross; Sits up in bod until ono O'Clock in
tho morning with novel in her hand
and abig plato Of calso on her lap, tjhc
rcnds tho novel md cats tho cake; and
tho most astonishing pnrt OF it is, not
that ohio doesn't have indigestion, hut
that shc doesn't die, for with tho calso
shcdrirks quantitico of chocolate.
And now, out goes tho light and down
goes tho curtain. Tho accno is dono.
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