Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-27
Give it A Frizzle and Let it Fly.

Give il A FrIZZle and Let 1t Fly.
The ladics-we trembling venture to mention
thcm-will no doubt be interested to hear some
thing concerning the latest fashions for dressing
the hair For their benefit, then, W. clip the fol-
lowing from q late New York letter in the Charles
ton Mercury.
"What an amazing fecundity of invention those
pconlo WHO lcvisc new arrangements for the te-
malo hair are gifted with. don't know whether
your ladies have yet adopted the overflow style.
but i, is spreading in New York. 1t was intro
duccd here about year ago By Lucy Rushton,
the actress, but did not take very well at hrst.
after few months little girls adopted 1t, aud 1t
is now quito prevalent among full grown females
To get up first rate overflow, oil that is neees:a
r 4 to siSs IL A4r h9E9aGh E
fall over the shoulders, otherwise the wearer
might be taken for ono of Barnun'S beautiful
Circassians from williamsburg just escaped
from the Museum. The appropriateness OF the
name is apparent; besides, it rs suggestive oil the
waterfall.
"Another style that threatens to ocome alarm
ingly popular. il the comet. THIS consists Oh a"
enormous, Ligmou on the top OF the head, and
tail Of fr.zled hair depending from it and stream
ing over onr shoulder. A few specimens of the
comet have been on Broadway. They were at
trac.ive. Young ladies with red hair (the fash
ionablo color) can get mp n very effective comet
Light auburn does very WELL but is not quite bril-
liant enough. Brown or black won't do at sll.
Nobody ever saw brown or black comet.
There. Take your choice. Which shall it be !?
" Overflow" or "Comet" It Seems however that
the black and brown heads must not undertake
the " Comet" The red and nayen heads have The
advantage; for fashion permits them either to
1amc rs "Come.s" or surge as 0verhows. Now,
MS for our part, we like the "orerfow" scheme.
Very thin hair, if you "givc'it thorough fr'zzie
and let it fly," will make o beautiful F" Overflow
while very thick hair, when so treat,d, will make
delugs equal that which has taken place late
" in Tennessee. And then another advantage
Of the .Ovcriiow" must be its immunity from
gregarine." or "peticulf' or "m;ts.' A'w
write the last word, we shrek WITH horror and
become s.nscless But an article in another col
umn, healed {" Bugs and Humbugs" Will explain
what We mean by "grcgarines' anu "rcdiculi'
OF course We would not trend upon such ground
if il h:l not been we'll trodien before
But what does it matter if there are grcgn,'
r;ncs" in the dead hair which compCscs the ch'y'
non or waterfall? II fashion demands it, even
this must be tolerated. Who does not remember
the speech Of the famous French belle in Bull
wer's Pelham" She was tn SO tc n graad ball
on certain evening, but en- the morning of the
very day terrible eruption appeared upon her
beautiful face. In despair she sen: for physi-
clan of great skill, and said to him 4" Cure me
Ivy night, and name your price" The physician
assured her that he could cure the eruption rad-
cally if .he would submit to certain treatment
for few days; and that he could also drive in
tho eruption suddenly and have her ready for the
ball; but that the latter course would be ex-
trcr1cly dangcrOus-that ten to one it would cost
her her life. She replied Proceed immediate
IT, uavo mo ready for the ball. What ia death
to an erup.ions" He proceeded with fear and
trembling; and 1--WE regret to say) the beauty
lived. and shune MS usual Mt the ball.
And what does it matter about taeso "grega-
rinc. ?" If fashion says they must be nurtured,
so it will be.
Take our advice then and adopt the "Overaow;"
it is pretty, and graceful, and clean. "Give it a
thorough frizxlc and let it hy."