Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-19

our solemn protest against "crimped' hair.
Tho fashion Is not only odlous, ugly, and
absolutely hideous, but is also ruiuously de. |
Hair which has been pssoistsnt- |
~ crimped f.r season, can never regain |
the velvety softnsss end silky AexibiIisy
which is tho glory of the female hssd. but
will forever after rcu.ain harsh, brittle end
stubborn. With fatal tendency 70 ssand out
In al directions at right angles from The
roots. giving the bead slovenly, unksmpt
and sluttish appearance. whas is stilf
worse. the fashion IS provocative Of bald
ness. The ''femals Sect have heretofore
rcjoiced in almos. total exemption from thi,
swful calamity, but II csimped hair retail IS
is fatal hold upon tho female fancy tor
few years, badness will become quite 40
common among the angelic portion Of the
hrmsn race as with the touAcco chewing.
plus>hat.wearina, moustaehs waxin. sex.
Let the woman who 10 tempted 70 crimp
her hair-becauss il is the fashion-look in
The glass for moment, and imagine what
figure she would cut with = bare and shin>
ing poll surmoun,ing her prettily sschsd
eyebrows. saucy mes sstrousse, pouting lips
and dimpled chin. II, however, che 10 dss
termined to crimp ''or bust" she had better
ascertain the price Of . 6.st>c'ass wig, made
from vermin-inGectsd hair Of some Russian
peasant. or uurspentant eyprian who died
IN = charity hospital.
We have long since ceased TO wonder at
the vagariss Of the ikshion makees in gene>
raj. bu, crimpsd hais Il % abominably sutrs
that ve are puzzled to understand how it
obtained foosshold. With ladies whose
clocks form an anriole Of golden glory, fall
ing in Wild profasion about their swan>iks
necks," as the sensational Mss Bsaddon
gushngly puts it. the fashion gives the hair
the look ofs bundle Of aax, partially "hack>
led" while With ladies OF the brunette, dark
eyed and rsvsnslocked type il creates the
impression Of slatternly negress, whose
wool, by some sort Of forcing process, had
grown to an unusual length. Il 10 obssrvs-
BILE. ~ one Of the strange phenomena Of
these strange times. that while the African
bsllss are doing their best to eradicate the
natural crimp from their capillary dsvslod>
msnts. the fair Caucasiennss are cultivsting
sssi6cial crimp. Fred. Douglass a'lud ed to
this in his lecture at the German Theatre, IS
evidence that the tendency Of tho times vas
bringing the white and black races closer
together.
Of stockholders in the new National Bank,
ing Association, which vas held last evening,
took such action ~ will necessarily and At
once place the "Citizens' Bank" in q most
enviabls position in our community.
The greatest harmony prevailed; every
one Of the directors elect having received .
majority Of all the votes cast, and . m.jori
ty of all the stock subscribed.
The stockholders represent goodly pro.
portion Of the entire business capital Of our
dousishing city, and the new board 10 % die
vided among different important interests a.
to osecuSe to the bank on its start an excellent
line Of customers. Tho capitalist. the mes-
chant, the professional man and tho acute
general business man, are oil we'll represents
ed in the board, who are the directors OF an
institution which controls among its esrn>
est supporters capital OF at least one and
half or two millions Of money.
With such start and from the general
thorough business ability Of the ofsssrs all
ready elected. We have no hesitation In pse>
dieting for the new association prop,tious
commencenent and . brilliant financial suc>
cess in tho future.
Tho following is the list Of Stockholders
in this institution, together with the nu,n>
ber Of shares, Of cne hundred dollars each.
subscribed