The morning times., 1896-03-15
PILLOWS TAKE BEAUTY
Rosa B0nheur, Fresh at 20, Pill
lowed Her Head Upon a
Lions Back.

the young women are schoolcd in the care OF
theircompleXions, "a well as IN the matter Of
brains. one OF the first rules OF the school
is that no young woman shall bring with
her from home a down pIIow. This is
necessary, If discipline is TO be maintaine d
in the luXury-loving institution. Deprived
Of down, the young bellies are given feather
pillows, stuffed into the hardness Of water
melons. They accept the pillows without
graspng the Significance, and soon get
used to sleeping upon them. TINS is Il
complexion preseTvative. Their second
complexion rule is against eating candy
between meals. They can stuff themselves
with sweets once a day, at the dessert at
dinner, but AT no other time. This works
% miracle with the complexion.
There is a beautiful French woman. Mime.
Fare. whose forehead developed at the
beginning OF tie present season an oh
Stinate little wrinkle between the eyes.
Every night II would be massaged aw
aud every morning it would return by the
time Nine. Fare had partaken OF her
luncheon. IN vain she consulted special
lists ami 10 vain size advised with her maid.
one evening. at q reception, Madame was
talking with noted OCulist. Madame
is very beautiful said the OCulist, but
what would you do lf ] were to tell you
something that would make you many
times more lOvely?''
i should adore you forever said the
beautiful Mime. Fare.
Then, madame replied the oculist
wear speclacles when you read. ven
ture to say that 10y the time you have
finished your morning newspaper that
little wrinkle on your brow is a deep fur
row.
little trouble with the eyes is the
cause Of Ellen Terry's furFow, which Is
considered becoming 10 Ler.
AS rule. though, the way OF sleeping
IS responsible for ugiiness or beauty, if
the word Of those who have studied looks
can be weighed Amelc Rives ChanIer,
now the Princess TToubetskoi. regards
the way Of sleeping all important. Her
method OF sleeping her beauty sleep is
TO begin an hour before she goes to bed
with a bath in Cool cologne water. deep
ening to chilled water more highly PER
fumed than the first. The alcohol Cieanscs
the skin, and the cold water prevents the
hather from taking cold in the skin Eext
day.
when sleeping the head rests upon pill
low OF flowing hair, not twisted upon curl
ers or touched by hairpinS. The pillow is
a pine-neede one, with down underneath
TO make softBeSs. TIE room in which the
beautiful aulhOreSS sleeps is a cold one,
made hot an hour before time to rise. An
beauty sleep is over, and with most bene-
ficial results, for Eone is n.re beautiful
than the newly-married princess.
Rosa BonheuT, whose face at seventy is
like a peach leaf and smooth as chi.d's,
has always declared, when she could be pre-
vailed upon TO speak Of herself, that her
freshness was attributable to the fact that
she has for years made a practice OF sleep
ing with her animals. Her ieCt primarily
in doing so was 10 watch them awaking
from sleep for the poses of her wonderful
animal pictures. 4 lion stretching and
vawning like a big tabby cat is a sight
worth sleeping anywhere to see.
The benefit TO the complexion came in
from the fact that animals never sleep in
a draught or in close spot. In following
her lions around until they chose spot for
| the night. Miss Bonheur. with her blanket
was sure to sink down in some nicely Sc
| queStered spot, wei aired and tempered
/ right. Half the time she forgot to take her
pillow with her. The great lion, Nero. who
died with his head in her arms, was for
years her pillow.
| Sleeping is Il remedy for all heartaches
| and headaches, both OF W hich cause wrinkles.
| And sleep is, besides, beautifier, because
| 1t allows the face to rest from its Contor-
| tioDs OF laughter aud speech. And If you
learn TO take sleep properly you have near
| ly solved the problem how to he as young
! at sixty as at thirty. HELEN WARD.