Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-25
soo1ETY's 700 LATE HOUR.
0pinions of Prominent Women on II
Hours of Modern Parties.


0pinlons OF PROMINENT Women on thu
Hours of Modern Parties.
From the Epoch.
Are late balls and parties desirable wa
the question asked of the following ladies
| Mrs. Chauncey NJ. Depew submitted to be
ing interviewed.
II think said she, "that. it would be
much better to have receptions begin ear
lier and end earlier. Late receptions are
especially hard on gentlemen whose bust
ness won't permit them to sleep late next
morning. Very few men can allow them
selves that indulgence in these days. Il
stands to reason that they cannot burn the
candle at both ends without having to pay
the penalty some time.
'Nor are late hours good for women.
am old-fashioned enough to believe that
the most beneficial sleep is that which
| you get before the sun rises. ] don't
think that if you go to bed late
you can catch up by rising late next
morning. You are still in arrears
somewhere. Besides, it isn't always
convenient to rise late. Nothing so quickly
takes the ross out of the cheeks of young
girls who have just come out as late hours.
They are not accustomed to late hours, and
it takes some time for them to adapt them
| selves to a style of living which is IN
natural
Next l sought literary lady, Mrs. ].
Wells Champney, whose "Vassar Girls"
still travel abroad" to the delight Of
thousands. When called upon her, in a
room pervaded with the atmosphere of art,
she was busy with her pen
"As you see, she said, Il do my work in
the morning. Therefore, if | attend a late
reception it interferes seriously with my
work the next day. On that account
have to decline many invitations. would
much prefer that receptions should begin
earlier and end earlier.
Il enjoy receptions. | like to see fair
women and brave men in handsome rooms
with music and flowers, and all those
things that lend an artistic charm to the
scene. But it is not necessary to wait I'M
til midnight to get all these effects. Pleas
ure should not interfere with work And
when its pursuit lasts until past midnight
it does interfere with work"
DR.. Grace Peckham somehow finds time
to look after a large practice and to at
tend receptions.
1--WE are largely creatures Of habit, she
said. THE human constitution is a very
accommodating sort Of machine. To peo-
pie who are accustomed to late hours
that is, people who habitually go to bed
late and get up late-late hours are not in
themselves injurious. If you get sleep
enough, do not think it makes much diff
ference whether you get it before or after
the wee sma' hours There are many
newspaper men, for instance, who don't go
TO bed until many people are thinking of
getting up, and yet as a class they enjoy
| average good health. The same is true of
people of various eallings who have to
work by night and sleep by day.
"But when people are not accustomed to
late hours-when they indulge in them
irregularly their health is very likely to
suffer. The girl, for instance, who is in
the habit Of retiring, say at II o'clock or
Whereabouts, and rising at a tolerably early
hour in the morning, will probably have
cause to regret it if she takes to attending
late receptions without adjusting her
mode Of life to them. People who make
a practice of rising early ought TO be chary
of attending late receptions.
''But late hours are not the worst feature
of these receptions. More harm, be-
lieve, is caused by what | might call the
concomitants of them-bad air, improper
dressing and rich and unwholesome food
taken at an unreasonable hour. These
things produce headache, colds, indiges-
ton and other more or less serious de-
rangements. Speaking for people gener-
ally. have no doubt that it would be
better to have receptions begin early
and end early, rather than begin late and
end late.