The St. Johns herald., 1890-11-27
HOW SHE RETIRES.
Arts Practiced by Young Ladies
 Before Going to Bed
Some of the Secrets of My Lady's Dress inG-RoOm Disclose el-1reatment for the Nails. Teeth and COmplex-
 ion-The Evening Bath.

A man will % to his room at night, and if there isn't match handy, he won't even trouble to get light.
 He simply gets out of his duds as quickly as possible and jumps into bed without moro ado.
 Now, writes "Carrie Careless in the Chicago News, let us watch girl and consider her ways:
 First of all she must have a light, and a good bright one. She may have been entertaining her young man in the par Tor until-well-we will say, until bed time, or she may have been out to pary, but that doesn't make any differ ence. A girl has regular way of going to 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. 1 have seen a girl go down on her kness 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 begits to undress. She takes off her waist, views for a moment her pretty neck and arms, then she slowly slips out of her shirts and dons silken robe Ge c1sambre-for our girl is very swell.
 The robe is loose, of pink, blue or white. with cascades of lace falling all about the neck and bosom and way down to the dainty feet. It isn't but toned-just tied with ribbons. Next the hair-pins come out, and down falls the hair. It has been washed in soda or ammonia once 8 month to make it fluffy, and also to give it the golden brown hue so much admired. Mrs. Pot ter's copper-colored tresses owe much of their luster to the frequent washings in soda and champagne which her maid gives them. Our girl brushes her hair and braids it in e loose braid; but she doesn't twist it up into hideous curl pa- pers. 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 a bit of silk and draws it carefully between her teeth. It gets out all the particles that tooth brush can't reach; then she takes a little orange-wood stick, dips it into a little round silver thing that holds powdered orris root, and proceeds to SCOUT each individual tooth. after which the toothbrush and a cup of warm water finish the operation. She would rather do this every night than pay dentists bills, she says.
 Of course, the bath is the most essen- tial thing about the toilet, but our girl takes hers in the morning. She does wash her hands and face, however, with water as hot as she can bear 1t. She uses flannel cloth and holds it several minutes against every part Of her face and neck.
 Miss Sallie Hargous, who is famous for her peachy skin, says that she owes 1t all to hot water. Its tho best remedy in the world for sunburn," says Miss Sallie, land no one who uses it persist ently will have pimplesor black-heads. " l And now the nails must be attended to; lust little clip here and there with the scissors, rub with the polisher and a | touch of cold cream to keep them bril- | liant.
 | There are thousand and one things that some girls do after they go to their rooms at night They take medicines and pills and powders and cough syrups; they use inhalers, atomizers, flesh brushes, and dumb-bells. Our girl has no need of all these. She sticks to her ouuce of prevention. There are girls, too, who think they must have some thing to eat or drink before retiring.
 Miss Kathryn Kiddcr, who appears to the public as such an ethereal, dainty creature, eats big saucer of onions every nigh. She munches them while her maid combs her hair. And Miss Dorothy Dene, the young English actress, sits up in bed until one o'clock in the morning with novel in her hand and big plate of cake on her lap. She reads the novel and eats the cake; and the most astonishing part of it 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.