The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-07
= AID famous beauty specialist. in
= a moment of unusual frankness-
y These women almost drive me

moment OF unusual 1ranKHeSs---.
These women almost drive me
crazy with their unreasonable de-
nands. All but one day in the
week they dress as they like, eat as they
please. walk and sit as they choose. and
then on the seventh they come here and
demand that undo the mischief OF their
own making. 1t is what a woman does
in her own home, in her moments of
relaxation and privacy that accomplishes
most in making her beauty or trump.
not the process of grooming she under
goes here in my parlor" one of the
most brilliant condolences on tho Amer
lean stage has lost her good figure. not
through age for she is still young nor
through drinking. for she is singuarly
abstemlous. nor through gluttony. be-
cause she eats lightly, but simply through
her utter laziness and indifference to her
appearance In her own home. She takes
no exercise, but lies around from the
times she returns from the theatre until
1t Is time to go back to the playhouse.
without corsets in the loosest of kimonos.
slippers down at tho heel hair unbrushed.
and novel in her hand. She Is an
inveterate reader and well-posted on cur
rent events and literature. but she will
not dress up when she Is at home. She
says 1t is her right to rest as she pleases.
and no doubt 1t is-but there will come n
day when her pride will be aroused and
she Will regret her indifference.
Already she and her maid have nightly
struggles to get the opulent figure into
the corsets. Not long ago a man secured
divorce from his wife on the score of
incompatbility. The real reason was
she did not clean her teeth or her finger
nails in the morning. and never dressed
up at home. Anything was good enough
for her family. yet she had plenty of
pretty street frocks. dinner gowns.
wraps, hats, etc. Millions for her APP
pearance on the street, not one cent for
dainty negllgees.
These anecdotes are merely an intro
duction to the statement that the Amer
lean woman, as a rule. does not relax
properly In her own home nor does she
know how to dress in an attractive
manner for the benefit OF her own fam
tly Nothing commands the respect OF
husband and sons. OF brothers and cous-
ms, like a we'll -groomed appearance IN
the morning. and this depends largely
upon the selection OF house gowns and
negligees. Do not lie In bed until the
last moment our ear strained to catch
the mtmanss whistle or the cuckoo,s
call That period of waiting Is really
strain.
When you can no longer relax ana rest
With q clear cOnSCleICe 6SS Up $50" - ' =
in leisurely fashion. Do not turn dis
carded street skirts and soilcd afternoon
waists into breakfast apparel. ANNEX
! pensive snug-fitting wrapper or dress OF
! material suited to housework Is a goou
| Investment. Particularly women who 90
] their own houseworkt use a uniform SIM
/ liar to that Worn by trained nurses, III
| striped gingham, chambrey or calico, the
| skirt and waist made in one band, SO
L nrtt fhsly n IEt
| neither will the skirt drag upon your
| back. Have comfortable slippers with
| moderately high. not French heels, and
| do not wear the same slippers In winter
| that YOU do In summer. II your floors
| are cold use cloth-lined slipper, or
/ even one lined or edged with fur. a neat
| stock, rather than soiled ribbon or
| bill of frayed lace, will complete the gem
eral air of tidiness. These stocks, made
like mans to cross in the back and
| turn over once In the front, can beSmade
| from bits of madras, pique or fine cam
| brio and should never be starched. II
Won can snatch a second to tuck knot
| OF black velvet ribbon In your carefully
brushed hair, your husband will carry
| away with him most pleasant picture.
4 The wife OF to-day must always figure
4 on one factor in her husbands life--the
1 Trim. .well-groomed, tidily-dressed busi-
4 ness girl who works at the counter or
I desk next to her husbands. Think of her
when YOU are tempted to don a cotton
crepe kimono fit only for the rag bag
| or to knot your hair without comhing
ana brushing it for your. appearance op-
posite YOUR husband at the breakfast
i table.
The woman who does her own work and
is persuaded to buy a real, true French
/ negligee In sole China silk. Valenciennes
| lace and ribbons, must bear in mind that
,lsthis dainty piece of frlppery (and what
woman does not yearn for themD must
DO kept for it's own particular purpose.
relaxation in her own room. or as n pro-
4 lection to the shoulders While dressing the
4 hair. and performing other mysteries of
the toilet. 1T is not intended ODE Worn
1 while doing heavy work, as 1t soon be-
l comes Htrirgy and solled. Neither is it
warm enough to wear when passing