The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-04

Said q famous beauty specialist in
moment Of unusual frankness:
''These women almost drive me crazy
with their unreasonable demands Ali
but one day in the week they dress as
they like, eat IS they please, walk and
sit as they choose. and then on the sew
enth they come here and demand that I
undo the mischief of their own making.
It Is what a woman does in her own
home in her moments Of relaxation
and privacy, that accOmplshes most In
making her a beauty or a trump, not
the process Of grooming she underGoes
here in my paTlOr." One OF the most
brilliant condolences on the American
stage has lost her good figure, not
through age, for she IS still young, nor
through drinking for she is Singularly
absteniOus, nor through gluttORy, be-
cause she eats lightly, but simply
through her utter laziness and indif-
ference to her appearance il her own
home. She takes no exercise. but lies
around rom the time she returns from
the theatre until It is time TO so back
TO the playhouse, without cOrSetS, in
the lOOsest Of kimOnOs, slippers down
at the heel, hair Unbrushed, and q
novel in her hand. She is an inVeterate
reader and well posted on current
events and literature, but she will no.
dress I'D when she is at home. She
says it is her right to rest as she
pleases, and 40 doubt il is, but there
VIII come G day when her pride viii be
aroused and she will regret her in6if-
ference. Already she and her maid
have nightly struggles to get tho opu-
lent figure into the Corsets. Not long
ago q man secured a divorce from his
wife on the score Of incOmpatibility.
The real reason was that 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 sEe had plenty Of pretty
street froclIs. dinner gowns, wraps,
hats. etc. Millions for her appearance
on the street, not one cent for dainty
negligees.
These anecdotes are merely an intro
rductiOn to the statement that the
American woman, as a rule does not
relax properly in her own home, nor
does she know how to dress in an at
fractive manner for the benefit Of her
own family. Nothing commands the
respect of husband and sons, Of broth
ers and cousins, like a well-grooned ap-
pearance in the morning, and this de-
ponds largely upon the selection Of
house gowns and negligees. Do not lie
in bed until the last moment, your ear
strained to catch the milkman's whistle
or the cuCkOO'S call. The period Of
waiting is really q strain. When you
can no longer relax and rest with
clear conscience, get up and dress in
leisurely fashion. Do not turn dis
carded street skirts and soiled after
noon waists into brea kfast apparel. An
inexpensive, snug-fitting wrapper or
dress of material suited TO homework
is a good investment. Particularly wo-
men who DO their own homework use
a uniform similar TO that worn by
trained nurses, in striped gingham,
chambrey or calico, the skirt and waist
made in one band. so that there will
be no parting at the waist, 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 a clOth-Ined slipper, or even /
one lined OF edged with fur A neat /
stock, rather than a sOiled ribbon or a 4
bit of frayed lace, will complete the /
general air of tidiness. These stocks. |
made like a mans, to cross in the back
and turn over once in the front. can be |
made from bits of madras, pique or |
fine cambria and should never be /
starched. If you can snatch a second1
TO tuck a knot Of black velvet ribbon /
IN your carefully brushed hair YOUR
husband Will carry away with him |
most pleasing picture The wife of to-
day must always figure on one factor in |
her husbands life-the trim we'll /
groomed, tidily- dressed business girl /
who works at the counter or 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 yOIr hair without combing and
brushing il for your appearance oppo-
site your husband at the breakfast
table.
The woman who does her own work
and is persuaded to buy a real. true
French negligee in soft China silk, Val
enciennes lace and ribbons, must bear
in mind that this dainty piece Of "trip
perry (and what woman does not yearn
for then?) must be kept for its own
particular purpose, relaxation IN her
own room, or as a protection to the
shoulders while dressing the hair and
performing other mysteries of the tot
le% It is not intended to be worn