National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-07
NOTES FOR THE BOUDoIR
ARRANGING THE HAIR.

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ARRANGING THE HAIR.
The hair is worn higher on the head than 4
has been recentlv. Instead of being massed d
achignon at the back, it Is combed up from
the nape of the neck to tho top of tho head
and there arranged in light pufis and curis
Heavy frizzettes have disappeared, but fals'
hair has by no means followed their example
for there is quite as much, If not more, worn
than at this period last year, only II is managed
differently. 1t is prepared in long switches
= which arc all hair, and can he twisted INTO
col AMI pinned, either as y coroRes or as
Josephine knot, into loops, bows, or pufis-in
fact, into twenty different styles, and II y in.
anitely more natural-looking than the still,
sormai chignons W hich were pinned on Yin one
solid macs ut the back Of tho head. Curis oil
all sorts and sizes, from the short fdxxy onea
to the still, round ringiets, arc mounted on
long hairpins, and studded about the coils
and puffs, Thick ropes, made OF two tresses
4 Of hair twisted together, arc newer than plata
The front hair is usually crepe IN long natural
ripping waves, aud, where n is becoming, the
front parting is made at ont side rathor than
In the centre; the side hair Il no longer combcd
straight upwards from the oemples, any small
side locks being turned rather towards the face
than away from It. Flowers, when worn, are
arranged as agrettes or rs trails, TO mtnglc
with the carls, which are now worn to take
from the plainness of the Bapo Of the neck
when the hair is combed upwards to the sum-
init Of the head. :, 1850
g BRIDAL wRBArus. -,
wedding garlands or wrcatl,s arc Of remote
Ankiquity; they were used among the Romans.
Vaughan (l606) states then when the mar
rage day was come the bride was bound to
have a chaplet Of flowers or hcarbes upon tho
) head" Garlands at weddings were used also
By the Jews. Wreaths of this kind were used
among the Ahslo-Saxons. At the termination
of the marriage ceremony at the church the
bride and bridegroom both were crowned with
wreaths Of flowers, which were kept in the
church for that purpose. Chaplcts OF flowers
; used In the Eastern church on this occasion
are said to have been blessed. At later
period sprics of myrtle and ears Of corn were
sometimes used. In Henry Wills reign the
bride wore a wreath Of corn-ears; sometimes
Towers. Nicholas, in his "Churchwerden:,
Account of St. Margaret's, Westminster"
gives the following entry under date 1540:
:" Paid to Alice Lewis, goldsmith's wifo of
>, London, for a serclett to marry maydens In,
the Goth day of September, G3 los" Field, in
his "Ancnds for Ladies'" 1859, mentions gar
lands being placed "upon the heads Of the
lSway writes Of the Greek Church that "mar-
mage Is by them (of this church, called the
matrimonial coronation, from the crowns of
garlands with which the parties are decorated,
and which they solemnly dissolve on the
eighth day following"
s..- BEAUTY AND ECONOMY.
It Is not only money that 10 wanted to secure
beauty for our surroundings. Ingenuity and
taste win do wonders, as It did lately with
some wooden bowls, bought for . few pence At
the village shop, and painted blaek, which
being deftly covered with colored pictures,
filled up empty spaces, and showed to sdvan-
tage as q background to old china ON an oak
cabinet. -
HIGH TEAS. 1a
The newest kind of tes-tables are oval, hav-
ing brass handles, so that they and the whole
tea eQnipage are brought in at once. They
are tn the form of . kind Of double table, hav-
Ing smaller one above fastened to the prin-
cipal ono by four legs. The cake and bread
and butter are placed underneath the smaller
one in the centre, the tea-cups all round, and
the cream, sugar, and tea on the upper one.
MOORISH BRIDES.
The condition of women in Morocco q most
pltaable. They are all slaves, and the lot of
those who are so avowedly and technically Il
much less miserably dull, monok0no0s a9d de
graded than that OF the ladies who are sup
posed to repose on satin divans, sip sherbet, eat
dainty devices in sugar, snd string pearls In
the harem, in which their occupations are tn
reality much more prossic, and their surround
ing much less splendid. The wedding fastivi- |
: ties are exceedingly barbarous, the unhappy
bride being carried to her husband's house IN
box, on a mules back, with little boy also
shut mp with her in durance, as . happy prog
nostic of the future. A box of sweetmeats Il
also placed in the box to while away the time
and console the small boy. A horrible noise,
bowling, drumming and firing Is kept up the
whole way; and the female relations Of the
bridegroom, who does not appear at all, receive
the bride on the Threshold with appalling
shrieks of "Ah-yeeI Abigail" The box Is
carried I'm, the door Is shut, the friends dis
nble din goes on for hours. No religious cere-
mony takes place, and the fattening Of the !
holy matrimony. dior this purpose" says |
the author of "A Winter in Morocco" "ftom
the time of her betrothsl she is confined toone 1
room, no. permitted to take any exercise, and |
compelled 10 swallow large quantities Of kesk- |
BOO every day. This system, steadfastly pur- |
sued for few weeks, brings her into condi- !
ton that is considered in Morocco becoming |
obesity. I have heard Of an intended bride 20 |
Int that's he was unable to pick up her pocket |
handkerchief when she dropped It, and who |
could with difficulty move across the room
without assistance"
PARIsIAN ART.
There are hundreds of occupations pursued |
In this world of which the general public know |
the restoration Of old books and manuscripts, |
and has been raised BY few experts to . mar
vellous perfection. The skill Of these artists /
Is, indeed, so great that no book q considered |
by them to be beyond their Transforming touch.
They take out the most inveterste stains and /
marks, they reinstate the surface where holes
have been gnawed by rats or eaten BY worms;
thsy replace missing lines and leaves in such
way that no one can discover the intefrola-
taons; they remake margins, giving them ex-
actly the color of tho origipaiSin fact, so well
= al this done, that frequently the most dis
eliminating judges cannot tell the restored
. G0% ,as Tosx
eoats-oEarms, manuscript or printed pages, ali L
Are initiated to degree Of accuracy that talks
sven the most practiccd eye. Such restoration,
however, is OF course expensive. Thus, At q
sale Of books some time ago, Q tattered, iiithy
and repulsive, but in some respects quite
only one hundred dollars, on account Of the
damaged condition 1t was in. The purchaser
1t once took It to Q book restorer, who stated
his terms to be eco, and that the process would
require year.
TO CLEAN CASHMERE.
II ordinary soap Is employed, the valuable
shawls and fabrics of Cashmere will be creased
and spoiled by the alkali It contains, and twill
leave them, at any rate, much less plisble and
velvety than they are when cleaned after the
manner of the Turks and Persians, who make
use Of . root which affords an abundant muci-
laRe which heated with water. II. Jaubert,
who brought into France, sevsral goats from
Tibet, also imported from Asia, under the
name Of ishkar, . quantity Of this soapy root.
It d usually as large as the thumb, Of q gray
fab yellow color, white within, free from smeh,
almost tasteless, and afIording an .aah-coloved
powder. When mixed with water It becomes
q very thick yellowish mucilage. With this
paste the. beautiful etufis of the east are
cleaned, and while It always removes greasy
staine, it leaves them the yellow tint 60 much
priced.
IcRrsrALLIzirIoS. Il
Put eighteen ounces of alum into q
quart of water and dissolve by simmering
gently in close timed vessel over Q moderate
IRE, stirring it frequently with wooden spoon.
When the solution 10 completed it must be
poured into deep glazed jar, and - Il cools
the subject intended to be crystalli,ed shouid
be suspended In Il by . piece Of thread or Irvine
FINN n stick laid acrosa the month ~ en-. q.