Tuck your feet into a pair of bedroom slippers, and you are ready to
attend to minor details. Never think of retiring in any article of
clothing which you have worn during the day. Such a barbarous custom
has nothing whatever in common with health and refinement. Neither is
it well to discard everything but your nightgown, for it is
exceedingly dangerous to chill the system by night draughts.

How to Take Care of the Eyes.

Avoid sudden changes from darkness to brilliant light.

Avoid the use of stimulants and drugs which affect the nervous
system.

Avoid reading when lying down or when mentally and physically
exhausted.

When the eyes feel tired rest them by looking at objects at a long
distance.

Pay special attention to the hygiene of the body, for that which tends
to promote the general health acts beneficially upon the eye.

Do not depend on your own judgment in selecting spectacles.

Old persons should avoid reading much by artificial light, be guarded
as to diet and avoid sitting up late at night.

After fifty, bathe the eyes morning and evening with water so hot that
you wonder how you stand it; follow this with cold water that will
make them glow with warmth.

Do not give up in despair when you are informed that a cataract is
developing; remember that in these days of advanced surgery it can be
removed with little or no danger to vision.

Never read in bed or when lying upon the sofa. Sit with your back to
the light as much as possible. Attend to your digestion. Do not work
longer than two hours without closing your eyes and resting them for
five minutes. If your eyes are weak, bathe them in water to which a
little salt and a little brandy have been added.

The Hair and How to Take Care of It.

If the hair has that soft, glossy look that tells of regular care, and
if it is well kept, with every pin in its place, you may rely upon it
that its owner possesses the instinct of ladyhood.

Each hair has tiny prongs or tentacles, something like those on the
cockle bur, which catch the dust; hence the especial need of brushing.
At a lady's school in England, some twenty years ago, the girls were
required to brush their hair for fifteen minutes daily in the long
dressing-room, and they were timed at this exactly as if it were any
other exercise.

Occasionally the hair and the scalp need washing, as the face, though
less often if the brushing be carefully attended to. When, however, it
begins t