Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-17
HI air Dressing.
PuPfs. RRaIps. COMBS AND HAIR Pr,

AS nigh as possible, as low as possible, and
hair dressing here, whatever it may be In Paris,
where, it Is said, the low c. oil and fiat waved
bands have superseded all the more elaborate
II they had suddenly shrunk, and had been
despoiled OF half that glory. Artistically con-
s1dered, the present French fashion of arrang.
ing the hair is perfect, but there are few faces
which can afford to rest entirely on their own
merits, or which do not need to have attention
drawn from them by being called to the hair II
mist of golden hair lie on the forehead, there
are many persons who will scarcely notice tn at
shape OF the head ignoble and that the faint
eyebrows are drawn above cold and meaningless
gray eyes. II a heavy braid OF dark hair peep
beneath the curtain Of the bonnet, and crimps
shade tie brow, who StOOpS to notice that the
fne poiut In lap-dog, but which human beings
usually dislike In themselves. EnviOus women
may and do wonder "HOw much of 1t Is her
9Mn?' and married men may and do cody con-
Tor the sake OF present prettineSS; but young
men admire, with tender fam that Is touch
ing, and the very women who make sarcastic
crfmps and waves and fries are not real as
rule, and hence the righteous wrath OF the mar
RED men Is usually wasted, and the cases of
most women properly come under the 1uriSdic-
ton OF the censor who declares false hair to be
immoral. The defense against this Is that 1t
ana that If IL less ini1Ir1ous to pin on an onncs
and half OF puffS and cnmpS than 1t Is to braid
and curl and wave ones own treSSeS. In the
Gays when It was fashionable to TIE and pin
down with half pound OF curled hair, there
was actual danger of badness for those who
followed the style, but there Is very little now.
and It would be possible to lose whole set of
modern braidS and pu1S as uncOn5ctouSly as the
young woman In the Illustrated papers loses
her bonnet
Curly hair is almost invariably the material of
these articles, although the Princess braid Is
straight. This Is three-strand braid not too
heavy to look natural, ends In three little soft
cufls, and may be arranged In an 1nnnlty of
ways. The braids Of curly hair are so made
that they can be fastened higher on the head,
and droop low at the back Of the neck, where
they are fastened by clasp OF Jet, Rhine crys-
tai or gold or silver. The comb Is very often
only comb In appearance; being composed of
single row Of balls mounted on a hairpin or
feather-Sbaped ornament, heading one long
curved tooth by which it can be thrust
In any where, and made to have the appear
ance OF doing an infinlty Of things. These
Of jet or Of amber, may lie between
pulls, may be half hidden among the turns and
knots OF multif0rm. may seem to fasten to the
duce the necessary difference In the arrange
ment OF the hair on the two sides OF the head.
Clasps Of Rhine crystal are sometimes used,
effective with light treSses, unless they be Of
the kind that call themselves golden, and are
The hair Is st1n worn low on the forehead, and
d usually parted, although some ladies prefer
an unbroken array Of friZzes, the GracioZa wave,
which gives the effect OF waved locks, lying
from each side, or the everlasting wave, Ia
which the hair Is woven In ScallOps and remains
unchanged by any Of the accidents that play
It must be confessed that these are not very be-
coming, but they do not suggest gum arabic or
sugar and water so forcfbly as do scallOps made
se1travansansa" cur, heavy tress CURED about
hall its length, Is still worn. and Is becoming II
well adjusted.
In frizzes the prettiest is what is called the
parting and ends In small, natural looking curls
that do not stra1ghten when wet but curl all
the tighter. The parting Of these waves is
woven Of white hair, so as to show the skin of
the head perfectly; and the naughty girl who
has worn out her hair with hot 'slate-pencils
and hair pins and elastics, and similar applica-
tons, can cut It or have 1t shaved OF II she
chooses, I'LL the space that 1t once occupied with
the wave epingle, and learn wisdom while her
own grows. The French ir-dressers earnest
~ recommend shaving In cases where the roots
OF the hair are enfeebled; but 1t Is foolish for
woman to undertake to do such work for her
self, especially as the hair dressers charge for
It Is small. English girls reckon occasional hair
cuttings as an invariabie item In their personal
expenses, and possibly the massivenesS OF their
Dfa1ds may be attributed as much 10 attention
to this detail as TO the moist climate In which
they live.
appoint ments can furnish themselves with goid %
the place OF those OF iron tipped with steel, and
with silver side-cOmbS. Celluloid, which has
long been used to make limitations OF ivory back
combs, Low appears In round combs for chill
dren, In imitation shell-iyory and coral, and L
absolutely indestructfble. The small weare
may straighten It, double Ii, use it for ham
mer, or even fall down while wearing it, ant
break her own little crown, without anectinl
her comb, which Is warranted to survive any
thing. Invisible nets, woven OF hair, are no
new, but are always useful, and the gold AM
silver nets, which may be laid over the braid
or IN which the hair may be placed loosely, ar,
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