The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-02-22
BOUDOIR SECRETS.
The Way Society Beauties Retain
Their Charms.
Ono Sips BouilIon Before Sinking to
Sleep and Nearly All Sleep Till Noon
-Cosmetics Not In General Use
Lovely Pedestrians.

your complexion SO flawless, your eyes
80 full and bright through a long winter
of balls, late suppers and such dlssi-
p~ation?" was asked by u New York
Journal reporter Of one of the notably
beautiful girls In society the other day.
She has been out two seasons and at
the time spoken of she had just been
contrasting tina for six successive nights
she had not been to bed before three
o'clock. Since tho first of December
she had attended twelve balls, twenty
three dances, fifteen dinner parties,
twenty eight luncheon parties and over
a hundred receptions, besides the opera
three times a week and the theater
every time a new play appeared. These
figures were gathered from a little
silver-clasped diary, which she like all
other society girls is obliged to keep.
"Oh, III taught me how to take
care of myself last season." was the re-
| ply. "You see, | had just come from
school in Geneva, where we went to bed
at nine every night and arose at six in
the morning. All the summer previous
to my debut we spent at he French and
German watering places and in Paris So
i lecting my gowns. When we came home
[ was in perfect health, and before my
debut [ went three times to the opera.
Tho first evening | had TO be pinched TO
keep awake till twelve, when
was obliged to take me home. l slept
until ton o'clock tho next morning. Now
/ can not close my eyes until three
o'clock"
What time do you get upr"
.,lvn Alat 10 nnn ~
mamma's strict rules. | am always to
awake naturally, never to be called. Ii
| have danced Il great deal l often sleep
until twelve o'clock, but never later.
You see, broken rest Is not a bit refresh
ing. AS soon as | feel thoroughly awake
| touch q little hell near me and my
maid brings me a basin of luke-warm
rose water. | sponge my face and hands
and brush my teeth, and then | have a
cup of chocolate and ono piece of toast.
Then | read my mail and by hat time l
feel delightfully."- rested. At school L
had to lump out of bed at six and dress
in twenty minutes"
"Do you battle every morning?"
81 take a sponge bath and a Turkish
rubbing. | take my warm bath at
night, you know. 1t is too enervating
for daytime. When come home at
two or three o'clock my maid has my
bath ready. | do not stay in it but ten
minutes, then | sit down before my
open fire, sip a cup of hot bouillon,
have nv hair brushed and braided, and
as soon as | get to bed | go fast asleep"
When this beauty completes her first
toilet she dresses for u luncheon or re.
ception. If she IS going to the former she
eats no more breakfast, II to the latter
she takes a breakfasts small bit OF
beefsteak, some fruit and rolls; nc
coffee, but q cup of tea.
81 never take more than a bite at
reception" she said. Sometimes
want to very much, but mamma says
that irregular eating will ruin the com
plexion of an angel, SO of course l re
frain. line at seven and then l ca
any thing l want except pastry
At balls / never eat any thing
but chicken croquettes and ices, and
I drink only bouillon. | could moi
and keep my complexion fresh"
This lovely girl uses no cosmetics, 1
= little baby powder put on her face u
take off the shine" may be excepted
When she was asked abou / exercise anC
outdoor air she laughingly said tina
iancing was all the exercise she coulC
stand at present, and that she took he
fresh air In her carriage going ~
from one reception 10 theo other.
"Of course as soon As Lent begins
take up bowling and ~badmlnton," sh,
went on, because you know ones arm
are apt To get thin, and that is bad 70
lecollcte gowns. Then | have horse
pack riding and tennis as soon as thu
weather becomes fine. In the summe
lead n natural life as tho doctor
say. Tho girls who go TO Newport Cal
not do II, but mamma takes me abroad.
There are comparatively few societ.
/, girls who take a walk during the win
ter. Miss Sallie Hargous and Mis-
! Camilla Moss are two exceptions, AM
almost any fine afternoon they may b
seen on Fifth avenue. They are lik'
English beauties, robust and rosy
checked, and have not the ethera
beauty of carriage beauties" as tn
+, other class are called.
, Miss Mabel Wright is perhaps N O
the finest pedestrians In the fashion
a able world. 1t Is said that she take
: a cold bath every day, and to this sh
, owes her delicate pink and white con
plexion. The Misses Goodridge are nc
n brought up In luxurious fashion, a
| though so wealthy. They get up O
ten o'clock every morning, and Away
20 for a walk before luncheon.
4 Miss Letter, the famous Washingto
beauty, never stays later at any ba
q than two o'clock, and whether at a ba
!. or not she always goes to bed at thre
v o'clock all winter and gets up at clever
!. then breakfasts, rides, returns fC
r luncheon and is then ready for her eyel
i ing's gayety.