Show r Relaxation and the Negligee I BY KATHERINE KATHERI E MORTON MORTO j c 6 4 1 A AI 7 I w 6 i t 4 f f a aI I 4 s 4 i v 42 L x f A z p r c 1 k k S Sa a g 4 i 4 4 A Ir A 4 g 4 ss A j k kj A Ak j 1 I 1 4 v k c 4 q 4 4 Said Bald a famous beauty specialist in ina ina ina a moment of unusual unus frankness These women almost drive me crazy with their unreasonable demands All Ali Allbut Allbut but one day In the week they dress as they like eat as ss a they please walk and andelt Bit elt as they choose and then on the sev seventh seventh they the come here and demand that I undo the mischief of their own making It t la Is i what a 8 woman does in her own home homo in her moments of ot relaxation rel and privacy that accomplishes most in III her a beauty or a frump not tho the process pro ess of ot grooming she undergoes here iere in my parlor One of or the most brilliant comediennes on the American stage tage has lost her good figure not through age aSe for foi she Is still young nor through drinking for she is singularly abstemious nor through gluttony be because because cause causo she eats lightly but simply through her utter laziness and indifference Indifference ference to her hoar appearance in her own home heme She takes no exercise but hut lies Hes around Tram rom the time she returns from the theatre mull it is time to go back to the playhouse use without corsets in inthe inthe inthe the loosest of kimonos slippers down at the heel hair and a t novel in her hand She is an inveterate inv reader and well veil posted on current events eve ts and literature but she will not no dregs dres s UD when she is at home She sa says s it is her to rest as she sh pleases and no doubt it is but there will come a day when her pr de will bo be aroused and she will regret her indifference indifference Indifference ference Already she and her maid maidl l ave nightly struggles to get the ho opu cpu opulent lent JEnt figure into the corsets Not long ago a 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 inthe inthe Inthe the morning and never dressed up at home Anything was good enough for forr her lier r family yet se s e had plenty of pretty street frocks frooks dinner gowns wraps hats etc Millions for her appearance en the street not one cent for dainty negligees These anecdotes are merely an intro Intra introduction to the statement that the American woman as a rule does do s not properly in her own home nor does she know how to dress in an at attractive manner for the benefit of her own wn family Nothing commands the tho of husband and sons eons of broth broths brothers ers are s and cousins like a ap appearance in the morning and this de defends depends fends ends largely upon the selection of ouse gowns and negligees Do not II in n bed until the last moment your ear straIned to catch the whistle WhIstler or r the cuckoos call The period of waiting is really a strain When you youcan youcan youcan can no longer relax and rest with a adear clear dear conscience get g t up and dress ress in leisurely fashion Do not turn dis discarded discarded carded street skirts and soiled after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon waists into breakfast apparel An inexpensive wrapper or ordress ordress ordress dress of material suited to housework is S a good investment Particularly wo women women Women men who do their own housework use a uniform similar to that worn by trained nurses in striped gingham chambrey or calico the skirt and waist made ade in one ne band be so that there will no parting at waist neither will the skirt drag upon your beck back Have comfortable slippers with moderately high not French heels and do not wear the same slippers sUppers In winter that you yo do jn in summer If your floors are cold uso US a 2 slipper sUpper or even one lined or edged with fur A neat stock rather than a soiled ribbon or a abit abit abit bit of frayed lace will complete the general air of tidiness These stocks made like a mans to cross in the back and ond turn over once in the front can be made from bits of ot madras pique or fine cambric and should never be starched If you can snatch a second to tuck a knot of black velvet ribbon in your carefully brushed hair your husband will wiH carry away with him a most pleasing picture The wife of to today today today day must figure on one factor In her husbands life the trim well wen groomed business girl who works at the counter or desk next to her husbands Think of af her when you are tempted to don a cotton crepe kimono fit only for the rag bag or to knot year hair without combing and andI I rushing it Jt for your appearance opposite opposite opposite site your husband at the breakfast table t ble The Pho woman who ho does her own work and is persuaded to buy a real true French negligee in soft oft China silk Val Valenciennes Valenciennes Valenciennes lace and ribbons must bear bearin in mind that this dainty piece of frippery frippery frippery pery and what woman does not yearn for them then must be kept for its own particular purpose relaxation rel in m her own room or as a protection to the shoulders while dressing the hair and performing other mysteries of the tol toi toilet let lat It Is not intended to be Worn t I 1 rL while doing heavy work as it soon be becomes becomes i comes stringy stingy and soiled Neither is it warm enough to wear we r when passing through rooms of various temperatures and particularly if cut low at t the throat it invites pneumonia and arid other pul pulmonary pulmonary pulmonary diseases The line between housework frocks and negligees should be drawn draw clearly The negligee n with its fluffy sleeves and a d cascades of lace has ha no place in the kitchen It Is nei nel neither neIther ther cleanly nor safe and many a badly burned hand or arm singed eyelashes can be traced to the loose flowing sleeves or a negligee worn while working over a gas stove The negligee plays a very Important part however in the art of relaxation rela When the heavy part of your days work is done and you feel teel that you youcan youcan youcan can spare an hour hoer for that very pre precious cious cause the of o your strength and health lay aside asid your dress take a tepid sponge if you have time put on loose underwear and a negligee hung entire entirely ly from the shoulders and relax Relay Relax completely Do not plan pI n on making over oer your nuns veiling for little I Susie do not try to catch up on your reading for tor the womans club do not wonder whether th delivery man from the tho bakery will bring the eclairs on time Think hink only of rest Be utterly selfish with your muscles your nerves and your brain Lie fiat flat on a couch and if your feet are raised on a pillow all the better This position is eminently restful to organs which have been strained by your strenuous morning at work De Devitalize Devitalize Devitalize vitalize Raise Eaise the fingers of at your right hand with those of ot the left and let them drop limply Reverse the movement until the fingers are limp and lifeless Next devitalize the wrists then the elbow and the shoulder blades the toes the ankles the knees and so soon soon soon on until your body seems in the con condition condition condition of a doll d ll that has lost a fair pro proportion proportion proportion portion of Its Us sawdust filling If some someone one in the family has time to assist you ou she sh can start by massaging the race neck lightly or brushing the hair and then ther lift the fingers toes etc ete This method is practiced at a college famous for turning out healthy as well as gifted girls and is in charge of the physical culture department depal If you are weak and exhausted drink a cup of hot milk before relaxing If you have been doing mental men 31 work instead of physical try a few light exercises before relaxing notably swaying or bending at the waist line but relax for forat forat forat at least half an hour every afternoon Do not imagine that any tonic or stimulant will take the place of this needed rest Your Tour heart does its marvelous work because it has an infinitesimal rest between throbs The girl employed down town during the day should relax before retiring at night She owes herself h a pretty house gown and if she changes from her ber office gown and corsets to an empire corset and a So corresponding house dress she will be more than repaid for the time it takes Instead of crawling into bed thoroughly exhausted she sho will find herself interested in a book boole or what other members of the family may b e s We I IS S t S I e S SS Sc SA Sr V v c S A r e fd iY j i I Jl 4 t 5 dr 5 Li r C f 4 v v X 5 5 8 A S iA f 4 r A S b 4 I w I t i S p b bV y V The Boudoir Negligee Has No Place In Housework i doing and retire an hour or so 50 later with her het business bus cares thrown aside and an her het mind in a restful pose Copyright 1908 by T C McClure re r |