The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

"Long hair" says ST. Paul, "is a glory
| to woman, but at the present day an
awful bother" say the women who are for
tunate enough to possess it. The truth is.
it is much easier to dress air that is pinned
on the head, than that which belongs to it
and natural; and the woman who carries
her twelve ovuces of nativegrown hair,
feels little glory in it unless she can man
age it en- regla. For the morning and an
ordinary coifure, chatelaine braids retain
their popularity, worn either en- chatelaine.
that is, with the dropping effect On the
clan twist; but for q more elaborate toilet.
the latest is the coiffure d Orleans, intro
duced in Paris by the princess of the house
of Orleans. In this, the black hair is
combed very high on the head, the queue
being curled and permitted to fall in q
graee-cascade over the shoulders. These
curls are naturally of various lengths, and
are lifted from the shoulders by the rou-
lean, which FORMS over the head, coronet
or diadem. The front hair is crepe. to
correspond with the curl., and is carried
up over the rouleau. or, when more becom-
ing. the pompadonr style may be used for
the front hair, either with or without the
use of frizettes. In hair-dressing, natufe,
in defiance of fashion. should be allowed
to govern. When the hair is heavy, and
naturally straight, crimps, frizettes and
curls are not generally becoming, but
when the hair is thin, light in quality, of
soft fibre, and blond or brown in color,
curls, crimps, and ccifure of neglige
effect, may be worn to advantage. The
dark-haired, dark-eyed, delicately classical
style Of head and face, should have q
coiffure of severe simplicity-if possible,
in plain bands for the front, and coils, or
closely-arranged braids for the back. An
attractive coifure. for lady from twenty
to forty Years of age, is the back hair in the
Grecian twist, from the left side of which
depends two long loose curls, and sur
rounding pair of long, heavy braids, the
upper ends of which are confined under a
coronet braid, which sustains plain or
crepe bands, from the temples. Or, the
long curls may substitute the Grecian coil
in the centre, and be fastened in with the
ends of the chatelaine braids; or be worn
four. Care must be taken, however, that
up still effect The waved or crimped
culSuch Is diSo Sraceiul, anu itS oupcrfOT
lightness ought to insure its popularity for
the summer coiffure. As general rule.
for very young ladies-avoiding the frowze
or the sloven-the more neglige the style
of hair-dressing, the most elegant and
effective. Few ladies who daily corsult
the mirror. unless blind to natural indica-
tions, can altogether ignore the sugges
tions of nature, which many times, by &C
cident, govern the disposure of the cheve-
lure; and in the present latitude allowed
by fashion none need make a mistake.
The hair-dresser, who understands his
business, at first studies for a few moments
the cast of features of his particular sub
jecf. the quantity, color and texture Of her
air, the line of her complexion, and the ex-
preston of her countenance. and thus be-
comes a. artist Where the mode. despite
hints, is preserved in, the result is
many times any other than satisfactory to
the person, or pleasing to the spectator.
.Ladys Journal