Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29
SLEEP GIVES BEAUTY
Slumber and Rest Keep
Away Wrinkles.
WOMEN WHO . WORRY
LESSONS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN
DAILY TEACH.
Experiences of Two of the Fair Sex
Contrasted and the Conclu-
sions Of a Third.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening star.
Copyright. 1902. by Grace Dufhe Boylan)
Rest and sleep are the Sisters of Mercy
who go about to smooth wrinkles away
from womens foreheads, and otherwise re-
pair the ravages of too strenuous days.
The idea of constant occupation Is all
wrong. And the woman who has acquired
the art of resting-for it is an art-will be
able to show in middle age a face iumi-
nous with life and youth when her indus
trious sister is sere and gray.
This is not plea for ideneSs. Because
whatever her condition in life may be, the
woman who has nothing to do is not only
unhappy but dangerous. She Is bound to
stray over into the country Of the arch
enemy and find the mischief especially re-
served for unoccupied hands. The great
hotels and boarding houses are full of the
malcontents of marriage who yawn through
purposeless days and form foolish acquaint-
ances and habits alike out of sheer loneli-
ness.
To have a work that requires tribute
from mind and hand is the greatest of
blessings. But to be able to fold up that
work when the evening of the day comes
and lay it away, as one may set aside the
sewing basket when it is too dark TO see,
is where the art comes in.
1t is so hard not to think about What is
to be done tomorrow, difficult to lie
down to pleasant dreams in the dear, soft
night and not toss and fret in sleepless
worrfment for fear that the task that lies
beyond the gate of morning may be too
great-that the sorrow or disappointment
may be too much to bear. If we might
strip our minds of what they have worn
throughout the day when we disrobe to don
the garments of rest, we should be far
happier and prettier, and our voices would
be tuned to a more agreeable key. But all
women and men are prone to go to ex-
tremes of industry or idleness. The pendu-
lum does not balance halfway across Its
swinging space. Temperance in business
would be an excellent text which to
preach. and the business of the household
would come in for share of the counsel.
The home keeper who carries the affairs
of her household on successfully is en-
titled to the honors of the general in the
field of war. But there are times when she
must rest in her tent If she would continue
strong and capable Of carrying on the long
campaign. Then she must go to her room
and lock the door upon her cares and her
family alike and throw herself down for a
sweet, reviving snatch of slumber.
Nature makes no mistakes even II she
does shock the community. And no matter
what the hour may be it is time to sleep
when one feels sleepy, and a wee nap in
the very midst of the morning work viii
sometimes prove a source of splendid
strength for the remainder of the day.
What Makes the Difference.
nave just Iounu out why the laC1eS or
Pompeii-long since ashes. poor dears-
were so democratic in their manners toward
the other DANES.
It was because they met each other daily
in the baths. those gorgeous marble basins
of limpid waters where morn and eve they
played and swan like mermaids. Once the
jewels and purple robe Of the grand dame
were laid aside she became sister to the
ones she queened it over in her gown. and
they gossiped together without thought
of the rank that separated them.
1t is an interesting thing to note how
truly clothes mark the difference between
women at this enlightened day. There is
perhaps no better meeting ground of class
and class than the marble halls of the
sheet and thaws Side by side in the tor
rid chamber are aristocrat and plebeian.
The hauteur of one and the diffidence of
the other are upstairs in the dressing rooms