The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-01
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paftculss reason assigned fse their
revival. h 10 . mere caprice Of the
nekle Dame FsshioA. The fasAion now
adays seems 70 ~ " revive Old fash
iona. And psPAsps that V shs nsasOa
for the Hswss\ frsak
Fair young wsusn whs Asss never
seen . nightcsp ere now wondering
how they will lock. ne nightosp was
familis, enough ~ Vie people OF .
generation OF two ago. bus there are
few women wAs-ars willing 10 sdmit
that they have ever seen one. The
ideas Of ~ majority Of Ne people Of
to-day oa the subject sPs fopmed BY
the reference found In the novels Of
homely English LIE Ar. Pickwick
wore Q nightcap. and 30 did the wom-
an into whose room he got by mistake
one night Ars. Nioklsby's nightcap
was much In evidence. She thought
good deal Of It and gave her son her
ideas on the subject
"Peopls may soy what they like.
observed Mrs. Nickleby on ono occa-
sion, Out there is . good deai OF COM
fort In Q uightcsp, - I am suro you
would confess. Nicholas, my dear. il
you would only have the strings to
/ yours and wear It like Christian. in
/ stead Of sticking Il up on the very top
Of your head like bluec0at boy. You
needn't think II unmnnly OF quiz
zical thing to be particular about your
nightcap, for / have often heard your
poor dead papa and tho Reverend Mr..
What's-his-name, who used to read
prayers in that old church with the
curious little stespls that tho weather
sock was blown of the night week be-
fore you were born-I have often heard
them say that tho young men at col
lege are unconmonly particular about
their nightcaps. and that the Oxford
nightcaps are quite celebrated for
their strength and goodness; 80 much
so. indeed, that the young men never
dream Of going to bed without them,
and I believe that II Is admitted on all
hands, that they know what is good
and don't coddle themselves"
The kind Of nightcap they used at
Oxford is still in vogue among mon.
Any woman who doesn't understand it
can ask her husband. But the other
sort, like the good, simple Mrs. Nickle-
by wore, have been entirely out OF
fashion until just now, when they are
reported TO bs about TO regain their
former vogue.
The chief thing women are asking
about nightcnps just now is whether
they are becoming. A group Of girls
were discussing this question the
other day when one OF them declared
her opposition to the new fad.
''Of course they are becoming" it
wns agreed, or else no woman would
think of wearing them. One Of those
in the party told that she had heard
report that some one had recon-
mended them because "thcy say 1t i'm
proves the hair to sleep with covered
head"
The interested looks Of the other
girls were intense until one of them
declared vigorously:
"Whoever said that was either some
old woman who leaves her hair on her
dressing table Mt night and wears caps
to conceal the fact from her pillow, or
one Of those novelty seekers who
doesn't know anything Of hygiene, hair
culture, or the like. Why, you all
ought to know, II you don't. that the
worst thing in the world is to smother
your hair in a covering at night. \
, well-gvoomcd head of hair one would
have II It were twisted together tight
ly AN day and at night bundled up in
the close space Of linen or muslin
cap! You can pose 1t upon your top
knot with all tho coquetry OF "a French
millinery poem, but the fact remains
that IT is a superhuon and harmless
addition to your toilet"
And then and there every one In the
group resolved to do without night
caps whether 1t be fashionable or not
to wear them. But whether they will
keep their vows or not depends upon
whether the fashion becom general.
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