Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1910 — Women Wear Nightcapa. [ARTICLE]

Women Wear Nightcapa.

Hush-h-h! It is quite possible you know it already, but It is a secret, just the same, and it never would do to have it talked about;-but the fact is that all we girls are going back to the fashion of our grandmothers and—yes, wearing nightcaps. But the nightcap of to-day is tb very different affair from those that were worn fifty efr sixty years ago. Those were frankly ugly, usually made of some coarse and heavy material, which covered the head completely, extending over the ears and under the chin. They were worn for warmth, for there was no steam heat at that date, and bedrooms often were chilly. The nightcaps of to-day are beautiful affairs of laces and silks and all kinds of dainty weaves, the New York Press says, and, though the man who buys one might be inclined to doubt it, they have the reason of their existence in the motives of strict economy. With the elaborate styles of coiffure that now are in fashion women find they can fritter away a most unwelcome proportion of their pip money on their hairdressers, and they have taken to nightcaps so that after their hair has been fixed, up for a dinner or theater party in the evening they can save it from being mussed up at night and preserve the effect of a single visit to the hairdresser for at least two or three- days. Flytime is responsible for a good many elopements.