The Lincoln County herald., 1869-11-04
Ancient Styles Of nair. Drsssiss.

Ancient styles Of Rair. Dressing.
Among the Ponpsiian women, the
ideal Of beauty wss not the msjestie J Juno,
with raven locks, bat the graceful Venus,
With golden hair. To realise their ideal all
sorts Of arti6oes were resorted to. They
wore wigs and ehisnons made Of the
long yellow hair Of the Germans, Or
gave to their natural hair . yeliowish
tiugs By mssus Of eaustic Gallo soap,
called spssso Baaass. They had also .
famous oriental pomads, with which they
saturated their hair, aud then sat for hours
10 the sun until II had dried iu and BY
some wonderful alchemy transmitted their
ebony tressss into gold. So long and
lsborious was this process that ladies fro.
qusntly retired toto the country for .
week or two. in order to give themselves
up 70 IL wholly. Ovid, 10 the third book
Of Ar Awotoria, Gays that even old 10.
men stain their gray heads yellow with
German herbs, and those whom time has
made bald walk along thiokly covered
With purchased hair. The modes Of
dressing il we're various. Each successive
day brings with il . new fashion, says
the same poet; and some, he adds, oul.
tivate an extreme and elaborate neslige
10 their locks; often you would suppose
they had been neglected since yestsr.
day, when iu reality they have just been
oombsd afresh. Sometimes the head.
dress was raised 70 . great hight BY
rows Of false ourls. Young girls wore
their hair in nets Of gold thread, inter.
woven with pearls and precious stones,
or they sneircled IL with . jswslsd band
across the forehead, aud let II fall
loosely over their noeks and shoulders.
Exquisites Of both sexes were also fond
Of ftissing IL around the temples and
across the forehead. Another favorits
mode Of wearing the hair was to plsit
Il and fistsn It 10 . coil behind, with q
long gold pin or dagger. This fashion
still prevails in Italy and 10 some parts
Of Germany. The hair. pins discovered
at Pompsii are exceedingly elegant.
One, which was found At Hsrculanoum,
wss surmountsd BY Venus in the aoi
Of twisting her hair another 10 orns-
uamcntsd with Cupid holding mirror
The beauty and s.ssss .f sssh dssisn:
are At once sppsfant; for what could
be more appropriate than the god and
goddess Of love assisting at the toilet oi
their fair votariss These pins are
made Of ivory, bronss or gold, and are
frequently cot with jewels. Somstimes
tho hair vas combed up into sn enor-
mous knob on the top Of the head; bu|
% this coiffure has been recently rem
dsred painfully familiar TO tho eyes Of n
oil, vs need not describe 1t further
Roman men usually went bsrshesded
and it Vas thought to be . mark ol
efeminacy to wear . bat; % . protse
tion axainst bad weather, they covered
themselves With the upper folds Of th.
toga. But the Roman women indulged
in worry costly hoad dresses, among which
ws fad one that proves that there Il
nothing new under the sun, not ever
10. the present style Of bonnsts. Th'
world certainly moves in circle, % f.,
% fashions are concerned end in th,
little hats 10 bigger than . mans hsni
that have adorned the heads Of lsdisl
during the past few years, we have sim
ply returned to . Roman fashion plat
Of eighteen centuries ago. The sam'
style Of hair dressing which We cal
chiguon, the Romans called txtslss. I
was considered great art to eosstruo
this properly, aad female slaves ssrvs'
Q 6xed time % apprentices in order &
become expert 10 it.-Westeru MONTH.
for November. ...'