The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-27

many as 2 very undesirable conn 0QIty
The fortunate possessor of luxurian
t-esses frets, fumes and fuses with
accommodating tangles, wishes bel
hair less thick, less long, less anything
than at present, and finally after an
exhaustive siege, sinks down trium
plant, with an addition of maybe hal
pound upon the back of her ALREADY
over-heated head. Rolls, switches
and rags are interviewer with the nat
ural hair so cunningly, that keen in
deed must be the eye which would de
tect them. The
IMMENSE CHIGNONs
Have given way to as enormous braids
which hang down the neck In baggy
way, suggestive of anything save style
or comfort These braids- ready.
made-may be purchased in all shades
at any hairdresser's establishment
and those who are deficient in capil.
larry possessions use these artificial
structures without shudder, thereby
entailing upon themselves.
DISCOMFORT, DISEASE AND DEMoRALI.
ZATION.
Discomfort, because however light
they may be, their presence produces
heat, this heat upon the scalp neces-
states perspiration, while the perspi.
ration in its turn produces a continual
itching. Disease, because even though
the material Of the falsity be perfectly
pure, (Which is very rarely the case),
the weight, heat, ETC., cause headaches
and head -heaViness, which eventuate
too often in
SERIOUS BRAIN DISORDERS;
Decentralization, because petty deoep-
tions of this description almost inva-
riably pave the way for more serious
impositions. We do not approve of
these ready made appendages, and
while sincerely sympathiZing with the
thousands who haven't the necessary
quantity of natural material for FASH
ionable head Accompaniment, we can
not too strongly deprecate the wear
ing of hails artihcialities.
YOUNG LADIES WITH THEIR TREssEs
May not be aware that the very means
employed to conceal their deficiency
In this respect seems materially to in
crease it; that the larger the affair on
the backs Of their heads the greater
amount of natural hair will fall out
with each combiDg. But it is a fact
nevertheless, and one worth consider
ing.
SHORT HAIR
Is not at all outre, and is considerably
worn by the sensible portion of the
community. Why now bellies petite
will persist in disiguring their tiny
faces by head gear which an Amazon
could scarcely carry gracefully, is 9
question for philosophers to puzzle
over. Of course. if they are endowed
with luxurant tresses, no person of
average sense would advise
a ''sKINGLE,"
But for those who are everlastingly
finding fault with the scarcity of their
locks, we would suggest, both for COM
fort and improvement, first class cut.
The hair then has an opportunity OF
growth and increase, the head has an
opportunity of regaining its lost health
fulness, and the individual has an OPP
poatuuity of an immense moral and
mental Improvement. To
THE FORTUNATE FEW
Whose oraniums are not dependent
on hair -dressers' establishments we
cannot say too much. The now prev
alent style of wearing long, loose
braids, unconfned by comb or hairpin,
il both
HEALTHY AND WISE;
But young ladies of the nineteenth
century have imbibed disregard for
the real, which prevents their ayailing
themselves of this cool fashion to any
considerable extent, 80 it has gradu-
ally gone over to the younger sisters,
the
LITTLE GIRLS OF THE FAMILY,
To whom headaches are a thing un-
known, to whom comfort is an attain
able article. and from whom the ter
rible penalties of young ladyhood are
as yet happily hid. Whether or no
1.-THE Girl of the Period" will ever ar
rive where she can regard indepen-
dence as a faculty worth cultivation,
we cannot say, but until then we may
not look for any sensible rev0lutlon
Ia the style of dressing hair. We like
TO see an "old-fashioned" womln,
whose little "prig" is scarcely discern.
able. enjoying the sunshine, aye, en-
toying tbs heat, for good strong brain
Is capable OF even that, and we shud-
der to see the
ToP-HEAvY BELLE
Shrink away into artificial light, be
cause the slightest thing makes my
head ache terribly" aud then we like
10 prove the truth of our side of the
question by contrasting the two intel
leets, and showing how superior is our
favorite, the "prigged' woman. to her
fashionable sister, whose brain il kept
in repressed, inactive condition by
the wonderful mass which covers the
whole top and back of the head. The
contrast speaks we'll for our discern
ment, but very poorly, alas for popu-
lar taste.
How many, we wonder, have ever
noticed the difference in the get up
of country and city belle. Both are
fashionable, for magazines, plates, pat
terms. aud even dressmakers, are cas-
ilv attained in the smallest of villages
but both are entirely opposed. W.
noticed this particularly after a vlsit
to smsIl New England town a few
months ago. This town is an aristo'
cratic little burgh. Inhabited a mos
solely BY wealthy retired merchants
and their families. The place owned
shree fashionable dressm7kers of I'M
impeachable taste and prices, who
could produce wardrobes quite as ad
mirabie as any of our New York mod
istes. But there was difference not
only pereeptible. but noticeable, and
this difference we Immediately set
about analyzjng. A moment. aud the
mystery was solved! Oar Gotham
fashionables depend far more upon
such establishments as Stewards
where imported cloaks, dresses aaC
suits are constantly on exhibition. thar
upon our native fashion books, which
iqdeed are treated rather contemptu
ous.ly than other wise. In countr!