Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-21
THE FLEETING SHOW.
Some of Its Facts and Fancies. Written for the JOURNAL AND COURIER.
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 NIGHTCAPs
 Nghtcsps are Gin" again. Not that they have ever been entirely out, as the head of many an aged dame dents her pillow in just such @ cap as she has tied under chin nightly for three score years and ten. These are made of muslin, cross barred, polka dotted, or lace-striped, with 8 narrow frill of lace all ar ound, and narrow muslin strings. They are prettier of than on, but the wearer will tell you that she could not get a wink O sleep with out her nightcap. To leave 1t of would be tempting Providence almost as much as to go to bed without a prayer. Both are needed for protection.
 The younger generation, in spite of grandmothe.'s example, have been led to believe the nightoap both homely and harmful. It fretted the hair and heated the head unwholesomelH; it was not sani- tary; it was. and this is worst of all, not becoming. The daughters discarded 1t, the granddaughters have looked upon 1t as relic of antiquity and classed it with tsl- low candles, warming pans, feather beds and other out of date bedroom furnish ings.
 Behold, how we progress backward! We are now told that in order to keep the hair in fine condition, sleek and satiny as the glossy coat of a racehorse, we must wear | nightcsps. We are told that badness, now obtaining almost universally among men, is due to their sleeping with uncov- cred heads. Caps, as they would have us believe, absorb the precipitation that helps | L.. n. of %ha hoi- a1, protect the scalp from drafts and sudden chills that cause the hair to fall.
 l Moreover, the inevitable reaction from the rumpled, tousled, frizzled and crim- pied cultures that have been in vogue so long, has at last get in. After unkempt though sometimes picturesque disorder, comes Madonna like smoothness. Lus- trous locks that change with varying lights and that are smooth to the touch as the wing of wild bird, are now greatly desired and sought after. The way to ob. tain them Is to Keep the hair entirely clean by persistent and regular brushing. Too much washing is not recommended, once in three weeks being considered often enough. Fifty strokes of the brush night and mornings rather tiresome task when the hair Is abundsnt-is warranted to put beautiful polish even upon locks that have grown dull and dry by long frizzing.
 And at night, the night cap. It must be of soft silk, as that will help to smooth and brighten the hair. and of thin silk or 1t will be too warm for the head under. meath. This lstter-dsy nightcsp, revised version of the one to which grandmsmms clings, is made much Ike an infants bon net. It has little round crown to which the straight strip that covers the top and sides of the head Is gathered, and 1t has [ | little double friIl or ruche of lace and tive or three pert little bows for ornaments. Il preferred, this straight piece may be sloped away q little 50 as not to cover the ears too closely. Strings of soft ribbon secure thil , dainty "confection" under the wearer'l chin. The hair, after thorough brush ing, is braided and coiled, the front looks parted in the middle, being drawn bacl and braided with the rest. Then the braid is ooiled, fastened with as few smootl , shell pins as possible, and the niRhtosl drawn on over all. Then the gas Is turned down, for unless one Is quite young ant pretty, in that delightful period of Tiff } when posh.ng can make one hidepus, 1t |