The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-31
HEAD-GEAR.
40 Harper's Bazaar" Describes Novelties I'm
Hair-Drcssing.

Hatr-Drcssings
The preference this season is for low
coiffures in the daytime and for the
street, while full-dress coiffures for
evening are high and low at the same
time. Two loops, each made OF broad
plated braid, dropping low on the neck,
form the present modification OF the
chatelaine couture which has 80 long
been popular.
Crown braids are very fashionable
again, and there are many double braids
in crowns these are liked by short la
dies, as they add to their height, espe-
cialiy when made of the light, fluffy
crimped braids; tall ladies use the
heavy, smooth braids that lie close to
the head. Hair-dressers arrange a
crown braid of hair slightly crimped,
and finish on each end with little clus-
ter of five or six short curls, that meet
low at the back, making pretty Psyche
couture.
Finger puffs are not much used; they
have been arranged in stiff set rows, or
else stuck about on the head so negi
gently and in such impossible places
that they have lost favor. In their
stead are knots of hair, or else bow, or
single long loop; for instance. instead
of filing up the crown braid with puffs.
the wearer's own hair is tied very high,
and brushed forward to form a single
long loop that fills up tie crown.
Many young ladies continue to wear
the thick, clustering Montague locks Of
crescent shape on the forehead and
temples; these are very becoming to
oval faces, but they shorten round faces
unpleasantly. Long curls ut the back
and sides are not used; the short Greek
cluster of curls for the back and tuft
for the side or center of the crown are
more fashionable.
There is fancy for raising the crown
braid slightly higher on one side, and
Just below this is an ornamental knot of
hair, or else the spray of flowers, or a
feather, or jeweled ornament is
placed here; only single very small
ornament is added to the fancifully-
dressed hair.
Gray hair is the most expensive hair,
now that hair dyes have gone out of
fashion. Formerly dealers were reluct-
antly compelled to take several ounces
of gray hair in every case of imported
hair; now they are made = to pay more
for gray hair than for any other, not ex-
ceptiLg the golden blonde or the rare
Titan red. The white-gra hair-not
that with blue tinges-is really fash
ionable shade.
Silver-gray hair. that looks like hand
somely-powdered hair, is not considered
gray enough. Ladies ask hair dressers
to bleach their natural hair when it is
turning gray, but this cannot be done
with safety.
Oils and pomades are Lot used on the
hair. Frequent shampooings are add
vised by the hair-dressers, and great
deal of brushing done by strong, swift
strokes to bring out the natural oil of
the hair, and thus make it look glossy
without looking creased.
Ladies are wearing, both for the
house and street. very simple dresses of
fine twilled fannels, or of the coarser
cloth "suitings' made up with the Rus
sian blouse-waists SO fashionable in Eu-
rope. These waists are shaped like the
chemise Russo worn here, with no seams
but those under the arms and on the
shoulders, and long enough to cover the
hips.