The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-05

ground. line longest 0DerS measured |
six feet three and one-half inches. |
Thirty inches is the mean lelgth for |
females, and three feet is considered n
very remarkable length. This is ex.
ceeded, however, by two American
women-one whose hair measures seven
feet six inches, and another, the wife of
a druggist in Philadelphia, whose lux
uriant chevelure is almost as long, and
SO thick that when seated upon a chair
she can completely cover herself with it.
Fashions i'm Hair Dressing.
The hair is dressed very simply this
season, and close to the head, showing
all its outlines. The voluminous puffs
and chignons worn last year are entirely
out of fashion, and very little false hair
is used, except in misunderstanding
switches for enlarging the braids in
which the back hair is arranged. Low
coiffures are most in favor, though
ladies who are short, or those with
round faces, still wear the hair dressed
high, though puffs and braids are not
used by them. The only stylish high
coiffure is formed by combing all the
hair upward from the nape of the neck,
then covering, the TOP, or crown of the
head with large soft knot, made by
and tucking the ends beneath out of
sight. If the forehead is low, the front
hair is then combed straight back, and
left plain; but it the forehead is too high,
it is shaded by irregular Montague
waves, OF else by short bang. Low Golf
fures are more generally becoming to the
oval faces of American ladies'. The
popular chatelaine braids are still used
quite low at the back, and these are now
two loops, each plated of three tresses,
put straight and quite together down
the middle of the back of the head ; then
each is curled around in a loop, which,
when spread out, fills all the space be-
tween the ears. This is very easily
arranged with false hair, but is more
troublesome for those who have sufli-
cient natural hair TO form the braids.
Large coils are worn again, and are
placed very low down. These are not
the small Greek knot, nor yet the plait
rolled around, but are long thick tresses
twined carelessly, or else twisted in
thick rope coil. Besides the becoming
Montague curls there are three ways of
arranging the front hair: First, with the
loose waves that look natural, and leave
the parting of the hair visible; second,
in the water waves that are made to lie
fat on the forehead; and third, with
the short bangs cut off quite square at
the corners. The natnral-looking
waves must not be fluffy, now that
smooth hair is again in fashi IN. They
are easily made by putting up
the hair on two or four hairpins, and
wearing it so all night. The hair should
be only slightly moistened, as when
like crepcd hair. Hairdressers say
they cut bangs for ladies of thirty years
ana under, precisely like those worn by
children, though ladies should not al
low them to grow as long rs the bangs
seen on children. A little bandolile is
used on these straight bangs, and also
on the water waves, and this is the
only dressing now commended for the
hair. An occasional shampooing to
keep the hair clean, and great deal of
brushing, done in quick stroKes, after
each of which the hand is passed over
the hair. will be found better than any
nostrums for making the hair retain its
natural luster. When a false front
must be used by reason of badness, or
to give the natural hair time to grow,
that with five water waves, made quite
HAT, and showing no parting in the mid.
die, IS one o the best. Another false piece
has large, deep. natural looking waves
another is narrower band or tress OF
hair Slightly waved and cut off in front
to form some Montague locks. For tue
back hair, when there is very little nat
ural hair, a long iull switch is arranged
to form q crown braid, quite far back,
and each end is then turr ed up to make
chatelaine loops. For this thick braid
it is well to buy the crimed, fluffy hair
that has had the crimp baked " in,
so that il is permanent, as this is not sc
heavy as straight switch.
Very young ladies wear the back
hair fastened in small kno quite low
IN the fashion now called PAnglaise
Withthe the coiffure Ia Vierge the frort
behind the ears. For full-dress occa-
sions . comb or single flower placed low
behind the left ear is sufficient orna
ment. With the small bonnets now
worn on the back Of the head, smoott
bands, or else natural-looking waves
are hest for the front hair, as these ado
nothing to the size of the head. Til,
old fashion of twisting pearls in tht
coil OF hair is revived by Parisiennes
The preference here is for thrusting q
dagger OF shell or OF jet through the bac,
hair, or else wearing narrow comt
stuck i'll one side in Spanish fashion
side combs of shell are also used again
A pretty caprice with morning toilet:
Is that of wearing tiny Japanese far
not larger than the shell daggers thrust
through the knot of hair in the way
seen in pictures of Japan.
ese women. Natural flowers are
used in the coiffure to match those
now worn on the coTsage. Artiicia
flowers are entirely abandoned for sucl
purposes. 1t is the fancy to wear only
single large flower low at the back, in
stead OF a cluster or wreath of smaller
ones. The flower on the corsage is ther
chosen to match, and is worn on the lef
side OF the neck, quite high and fal
back; 1t other flowers are used, they arc
stuck in the belt on the lett side. Lldie
who have gray hair do not conceal il
with any disguise whatever, escheWing g
not only dyes, but lace haed- dresses anC
caps, except the muslin caps worn in tht
morning. Children still wear bangs or
the forehead, while the back hair is Ion!
and flowing. Larger girls wear Margue
rite braids, or else braided loops, with
either bang or natural waves in front
The unclean practice of putting oil on
the hair has been abandoned, and thu
natural oil of TIE hair is brought out by
much brushing with q stiff brush thu
shampooing keeps the scalp clean anC
prevents the accumulation of danduff
which is said to be increased by the use
OF tiue combs. There is lin the market
new electric brush, which is reputeC
TO promote the gro With of the hair, anC