The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-06

7F notwithstanding femininity would or
ganize an early -to-bed'' club. one of the
j foremost rules and regulations requir-
ing that each member should crawl
INTO bed at sunset or very little later,
there would be enough pretty women
about to considerably embarrass the
shade of Mons. Paris should it wander
hack from spirit land.
The fact OF the matter IS, women do
not half realize the benefits of lots of
restful, refreshing sleep. All women
struggle and fret and pray for physical
loneliness and yet so few of them seem
TO understand that there is more real sub
stantial beauty to be obtained from SEN
sible hygienic living than can be squeezed
out of all the cosmetic jars that ever
tempted weak feminine hearts.
Beauty sleep. We've heard 1t prated
Of ever since the days of short frocks
and sugar plums, when our blessed moth
eTs whispered 1t in our ears. Even then
the prospect of beauty possessed a charm
that frightened the sand mans" hour
and sent US along contentedly to our little
beds.
And surely we need IT more now than
We did then, for perhaps those distressing
little lines that old gentleman Time traces
with such relentless fingers on the faces
of high and low alike are beginning to be
apparent and the smooth skin Of early
girlhood is losing its brightness and as
suming a yellOwish tinge, like that leaf
takes on when first touched with the au-
tumn chill.
Sleep is the great natural restorative.
without which great physical beauty is
out Of the question. Tired nerves and
brOken-dOWn tissues are certainly not
conducive to high form of beauty and
in order to keep the exhausted forces Of
the body in proper repair sleep is abso-
lutely necessary.
Some people require more sleep than
T1RarG ITrT 4 how OF 1Aeg-
eight hours, and ten, to my mind, is not
too much.
But there are wrong ways of sleeping
and right ways. The girl who lies curled
up like a shrimp is the one who will dis
cover an early inclination to round shout
ders. and she will find that she simply
cannot make those shoulders square and
nice as long as she sleeps in this fashion.
The woman who sleeps upon a pillow that
raises her head half a foot higher than
her heels VIII be distracted to find that
the wrinkles are appearing so rapidly that
all the skin food in the world will be
powerless to erase them.
The pillow is one of the most fruitful
sources of those fine lines about the eyes
known as crowsfeet" and turkey
tracks" and the softer the pillow the
more lines will IL encourage, for the flesh
of the face will be puckered up into In
Vulnerable little folds. If you do not be-
lieve this, look in the mirror the first
thing upon awakening and you will find
the little lines more apparent than at any
other time in the twenty-four hours.
Look at the japanese women, who sleep
upon a block Of wOod followed out for
their neckS to fit into, and you can all
see what fine. smooth, wrinkleless skins
they have.
So, first of all, dispense with the pillow.
If YOU feel that you cannot do this ali
at once. then gradually have your pillow
made smaller and smaller until none at
all is desired. You will sleep so much
better that after the habit is once formed
you will wonder how you ever managed
TO sleep upon the squashy things The
bed should be hard and perfectly fat
with good, firm springs. hair mattress
is really the best for health and COM
One should always awaken refreshed
If you pitch and toss during sleep and
ache or a feeling of WEAKNESS, you may
make up your mind that something Is
wrong. II may be you are troubled or
worried, or perhaps you have been work
of order, or possibly the room is not suf-
ficently ventilated. Any Of these things
will prevent one from getting the rest
that is absolutely necessary for health
and good looks.
The covering should not be too heavy
Too much covering is distressing and as
good a source for Nightmares as crab
salad or mince pie. The window should
perfect ventilation. Don't eat hearty. in
digestible lunches just before retiring;
this is one of the biggest of beauty mis-
takes.
face downward, with the hands at the
sides. / do not mean by this that you
are to chew on the sheet half the night
or try to smother yourself the other half
Turn the face to one side. You will find
the position very comfortable and 1t will
keep the shoulders back and give you q
good figure and an excellent carriage.