The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-10-16
acella II a. . us .
Banging Hair.

TO our sight there is nothing sad
de- than q sane woman with her hair
banged.
A lunatic might be excused from
euch au rrractic style Of hair dress
ioe, bat how woman in the foil
possession Of her faculties, aud with
the knowledge that she has a char
actor TO keep up, can wear her hair
banged, to US, is profJuni 10 ys-
tery,
From whence came this style 7
What originated it! Who set it
afoat , Nobody on earth can say
truthfully that it is beautiful. We
have oever heard that il was healthy.
We never heard of it's curing tho liv-
er complaint, or the rhoumati ,m
IL does not render any one more liza
bile to draw q prize in lottery. i,
does not insure the wearer against
L9ing drowned, or struck by light
ping, or bored by sewing machine
agents.
Ii does not make tall woman
look shorter, nor a short one taller
o. fat ono leaner, aud if it is be-
coming to any human face then thai
face has escaped cur notice.
1t will mstamorphose tho prettiesl
girl Of our acquaintance into mon
strosity. and as for its effect on a
plain woman, may the saiuts deliver
us from eeeing it ! II sets our teeth
Oh edge! 1t imparts TO the aver
age female face tho most d'scourag-
cd, woe begono, donfor generally
expression We have over seen--as il
tue person had played her last card
got euchered and was ready to sell
out cheap to the first purchaser.
Just inIagiae Lady Washington
with her hair banged Think oI
Barbara Fritchie waving the flag in
Stoucwall Jacksons faco with her
lar banged Picture to yourself
Joan Of Arc leading her troops tc
victory with her hair banged.
A woman in this style Of hair ar
rangemeut resembles q Shetland
pony, which has not been wei
groomed. aud which is in doubt
about his dinner. Banged hair givet
the woarer aud oppression OF doubt
and uncertainty, as il sho felt little
anxious lest the thatch on her fore.
hoad might suddenly 60 back on hel
and show something which ought
not TO be seen.
We always commiserate the WON
an whose hair is banged. We foe
Ike asking her il there 10 anything
We could do for her. She appear,
TO us like u woman in trouble. W.
speak softly TO her "a il ordinar,
tones might jar bor nerves. W.
wouldn't olior her subscription pa
per for the world Nor DO glad |
anybody trod on tho trail Of hel
dress, or sluirted tobacco juice or
bor velvet mantle.
We look mt her and wonder how
Bbo would seem with that mask takor
OF her forehead. We wonder il sh,
has got moth patches on her tom
plcs, or O mole on her classic brow
or o ''cow lick,r or o colony OF PIN
plos and "black heads" Hor fore.
head IL TO us as profound q mystery
as foituuo-tolling, or psychomano.
or naturalization aud wo got 81
full OF doubt over IL that we woul,
givo half o dollar TO 500 tho firing
liftod and what IL under il brough
forth TO tho light Of day.
Wo wonder II she admires horsel
Ia the glass II sho thinks ''bangs
aro bewitchiugf 7 II she never wish
30 she bad not cut bor hair of. an,
10 condomed herself to woar hor hai
that way, willy, nillyl Docs no
lusbaud admire III Docs ho evo
vneor 1t u behind his newspaper
i'oss he ever Toll her be wisaes Oh
Tad ~ pretty . {. vAvsi ~ Nj