The Washington times., 1908-03-18
Beauty Sleep
Must Be Taken
With Regularity

Beauty sleep, 10 fulfill its name. must
be taken under certain marked condi-
tions or It fails TO accomplish its pur-
pose. Tor instance. ventilation and
proper temperature form a most i'm
Portant part IN the treatment. for there
should be a free circulation OF air and
TO draft. To secure fresh air IL Is bet
ter that the windows shall be open at
the TOP than at the bottom. for the
former way makes ii possible for i'm
puTities TO escape from the room. BY
all means the most hygienic way OF fix
ing a window for the night is TO open
il at both the top and bottom. so that
pure, cold air may be entering con-
stantly 70 take the place of the warm.
impure atmosphere which is leaving.
sixty degrees is an excellent tempe.a-
ture for the sleeping room, and to regu-
late the air TO this mark keep a small
thermometer above the bed. and watch
81 SO thar the air may not be over
heated.
Those persons who can endure greater
cold need not fear to have it. for the
lungs will never be injured by such
treatment. To the contrary. the more
cold. fresh air that is given them 20 in
hale the more healthy viii be their con
ditiou. making the complexion clearer
and the eyes brighter. 1t IS also soOth-
ing to the nerves. and by this proper
atmosphere real beauty sleep" is more
or less insured.
If there is the last tendency 20 round
shoulders, Improvement Is 70 be made
during the night II woman trains
herself To sleep without a pillow. The
habit OF having the head raised while
lying down IS responsible FOR good
many cases of bent backs; the higher
the angle the greater being the resulting
sIOOp. The ideal way is to have no pill
low or else a very thin one stunned
with hair. such as is used for mat
Jresses. The position gained in this way
helps 10 straighteu the spine, impTOy-
ing or preserving the figure.
such a pillow means that the person
using IL must sleep on the back, and
there may then be an inclination 10
snOre. Should there be the slightest
tendency TO keep the mouth open,
VIDE, soft strap. such as can be made
from a linen bandage should DO bound
firmly under the chin and over the head
when going TO bed. This will cause no
discomfort and eneCtually prevents
breathing through the mouth.
AS 10 the hours for sleeping. seven. &C
cJTding TO specialists are usually
enough for a woman but this IS theory
rather than practice. / think AT the
busy, nervous pace lived by women OF
this country eight Is none too much
rest at night. on an average, ard nine.
once in while. will undoubtedly help
TO preserve youth and freshness.
External applications to the complex
ion Will also increase the beauty sleep
treatment. For instance, the face should
always be carefully cleaned and rubbed
over with an emollieut cream. II there
are perpendicular wrinkles on the fore
head, an extra amount of cream should
be rubbed in 10 soften the skin there,
and a wide soft baudage, such as that
J recommended TO hold the mouth together
can he smoothly and firmly bound over
the forehead. first drawing ont the lines.
This treatment will sometimes effect a
cure.
A woman who had fruwning lines
quite wiped them away by tying on a
coin al night She covered a 50-CeuJ piece
with Chamois. first padding the silver
with cotton.
Then at each side OF the disk she
SeWed a piece OF ribbon an inch wide.
After massaging her forehead at night
she tied on the bandage so that the
coin came directly over the frown, press
ing out the lines. A year of this method
cured her.