The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-13
THE N1earcAp WILL RHAppEAR.
The Recent Eorss show Has Given
Ladies Good Idea In 5airdressing.

The Recent Eorss show Has Given
Ladies Good Idea in Embarrassing.
From the Neio York sun.
"Nightcaps are to be in vogue again, and
the horse show has brought them back, an
nounced a wide-sleeved beauty the other
day while discussing fashion with friend.
u know 1t because twenty women have
told me so.h she continued, land l myself
am having half dozen silk head pieces
made, and mean TO wear them every night
OF my life. What forl Why, to try for a
higher polish on my hair, of course, just s
grooms blanket fine horses TO protect their
coats from dust. chill and general roughen.
ing. You see, every time we girls looked
at those perfectly groomed creatures In the
ring we envied the exquisite sheen Of their
skins rejecting light like 30 many mirrors.
The TANKS Of the sorrels shown like cop
per, while the chestnuts had exactly that
silky blond brilliancy we would give the
world TO carry around on our heads. OF
course We have used CASTLE soap, the yoIk
OF an egg, rum and Quinine, and all the rest
OF those good old-fashioned receipts for
washing che hair, and found every one OF
them excellent in way. Then / worked
out sort of system for myself, that, for
invigorating the roots, holding the color
and keeping the ends from splitting, lie not
Co be equaled.
ITO begin with" Beauty explained, az
keep three grades OF brushes on my dress
ing table, and apply them vigorously for
thirty minutes night and morning. The
fret one is stiff, with long, sparse bristles,
calculated to search out dandruff and
stimulate the scalp by qdickeniug the cir
culation OF the blood. Next comes one Of
moderate strength, close set, and designed
20 remove every tiny particle of dust. Few
realize how injurious these infinitesimsl
atoms are in cracking and drying the fibers.
Yet they absorb the natural oil needed by
the hair, and unless gotten rid of will do
permanent hurt. My last brush is merely a
polisher 60 brighten the surface. Then my
rules require that carefully clip the ends
OF my hair once q month. wash it every
three weeks, let it hang in long tails down
my back when chance to be staying in
doors, and am ever careful to uss only new
smooth hairpins, and no soda or borax for
cleaning purposes.
You can see that IL looks pretty thick
and shiny now, but IL all that an old Scotch
lady tells me be true will soon eclipse the
prize winners at the show for sheen aud
sickness. l had told her of our proposed
nightcap scheme, whereupon she gave me
some idea Of the beneficial effects of silk
upon hair, It seems in her young days
they wore those huge balloon-like puffs over
the ears, and women rivsled each other in
the smooth gloss of their locks. She strug-
gled for fret honors along with the rest,
and did it also to please her old father, who
was blind and loved to pass his hand over
her well-brushed head.
Every morning she knelt beside his
chair, and the very instant his sensitive fin
gers touched her bendeaux he knew whether
or no she had worn her cap the night previ-
Gus. Had she left it off the fine sickness of
texture was gone, only to be regained by
close adherence to brush and cap The old
lady assures me the early badness of men
30 common to-day is largely due to their
sleeping with uncovered heads. The caps,
IL appears, absorbed all hurtful perspiration
that helps to weaken the roots and protects
the scalp from sudden chills and draughts,
which cause the hair 10 fall"
When inquiry was made as to the style Of
these novel articles Beauty explained that
she had no idea Of looking a fright even In
bed to benefit her hair. They have to be
cut after the models used for infants, a tiny
crown in the back, with full piece corded
In that will extend all around from nuqus
To brow. The hair will be we'll brushed
neatly braided, lightly fastened up with
shell pins and then the cap drawn over II
] closely TO conceal every strand. A full
ruche OF soft lace frames the face, the sides
1 are cut TO leave the ears free, while thir
| silk strings keep the whole affair in place
| without irritating chin or cheek.