The times., 1898-01-30
WHEN BEAUTY SLEEPS
The Hygiene of Good Looks
Calls for Nighteaps.
History Repeats ItseIf-The Up-tS-
Date Girl Covers Her CurIs
Like Grandma.

After all, our grandmothers did know
best about some things, is the adnis-
sion of the girl of '98, who has been lis
tening to lectures on Helps TO Beauty
and The Hygiene of Good Looks" and
mas become impressed with the fact
tnat haf C, injury or more ago when
the nightcap was Worn, heavy sl.its of
SOFT, curly hair were the rule among
\ women and not the exception, as is the
case today.
/ Putting these two facts together ard
shocked by the steadily thinning thatcb
on her own intelligent little noddle tl..
smart and progressive damseI is stu
diousiy dreaming o. nights in a head
gear carefully thCaght out and war
rahted to help her 10 a crop of ctlris
But there are nightcaps and nightcane
] ana Wnen you can persuade one az
| their wearers TO tell you about the
| qualities OF the various brands on the
market and what are the advantages OF
| fannel over linen and silk over cotton.
and the cut and color and properties
! and ways Of wearing these bed hats.
your brain will whirl and you will prob
aply go OH AMI get on. yourself. AMI b.
lleVe that all Wilderness and beauty lies
=
Now, there is a large fock Of girls
who wear only red nightcaps, and those
made OF Turkey red cotton or flannel
as bright as drunkard's nose They
are doing this because a ied envelope
by night is supposed, no, II is positively
proved, to be the means Of keeping hu-
man hair from turning gray. Nov. II
there is too much grease in he hdir a
cotton cap Will help TO absorb il. while
rP6 flannel &c cflra g.
dead-iooking locks, and bring OUT the
needed latent grease in a way no other
agency can or Will The girls who wear
red cut their caps in the exact shape or
an INFANTS hood. frame the face ia a
eoquettisE quilting OF red ribbons set on
the caps edge. and tie red ribbons IN
der their decided little chins.
They Will assure you il is simply
deadly to wear silk caps. but there is a
strong element who believe that a silk
cap, knitted and drawn over the head
at night, conduces to the enviabIe state
or spontaneous curliness. The cap must
be knitted, however: that is the strong
point and you can have il in Roman
stripes OF what color you please except
black black cap Of taffeta or china.
silk. made mob shape. provOkes uneasy
dreams. but II has never been known
10 fail in bringing out the hair like.
young wheat spFGuting in a favorable
spring. A black silk cap also brings cf1t
a very soft, shiny growth. but only a
Few girls adopt IL on account Of its one
sinister weakness
Instead, those with their hair. wear
pretty little mObs made Of white cotton
because next after black silk white cot
ton is the greatest corrective OF fall
ing hair Some OF the white rnobs are
the most becoming little head orna-
ments possible, with airy frilIs Of ex-
quisite real lace and tufts of pale blue,
pink or lemon ribbon encircliug the
face.
Women whose heads are abundantIy
covered with beautiful hair wear these
caps enthusiastically because they are
so very enhancing to beauty, and then
because the theory is that a night-cap
worn in time, through youth and mid
dle-age, saves woman's hair in rich
abundance as an ornament for her de-
clining years.
Just as potent in it's way is the cap
Of linen which is really no more than a
and serves to diminish any increase IN
growth of dandruff As a matter OF
fact, so say the wise and experienced
ones, a linen kerchief, if faithfully
worn will in time produce a scalp
white and sweet as the back Of ones
hand and naturally the hair that grows
thereon is greatly invigOrated- But
linen, silk, flannel, cotton or what
sver you choose. be sure TO hang il up
.yery morning in the open air. and do
not wash il. The air is all-sufficient
% keep it in a proper state OF whole
;omeness, and even if you don't be
ieve that a color or a special quality
IF goods has any virtue, don't lose
aith in the nightcap itself.
It does keep the head warm at
light, a flannel cap does encourage a
,risk circulation of blood through the
calp, and you will not only sleep more
and sweetly. but preserve
-our looks longer and in better con-
lition for this simplest of precautions