Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-12-27
M1seellanegns.
New York Fashions.
HAIR DRESSING - JEwELRY - SPECIAL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NOTES.

Travelling slowly, stopping often, goes
the hair in its way from low to high. Long
delayed thus, is the promised transit; the
more sc, ,as in not few cases. the primeval
coil does not bulge. In wonted con-
venience it remains, setting bad example
to progressive wayfarers and often a
temptation to blacksiding. Since. as we
all know, there is something so delight
fully easy in that simple rolling up of the
hair that the burdened woman clings to it !;
the veritable spar that it is on wash day
mornings when children are to be gotten
off to school or pater tamtlids is cross and
requires more attention than anything
else Even the belle, moreover. to whom
these domestic tribulations are dim
speck, finds after a leisure survey of her
self in two looking glasses, that nothing
exhibits well shaped head like the low
coil, and the low coil therefore she wears.
Yet there are times when these very anx.
ious wives and mothers wish to bestow
extra touches. or the classically inclined
beauty desires change to the Frenchy
and tangled. so here comes in an oppor-
tunty for modest assemblage of twistings
and fancy interwearings brought up high
er. either reaching lengthwise from front
frizzes to near approach 10 the neck or
remaining in a short high coiffure. Yet
in no case exaggerated; modest always,
and occasionally with addition of few
short curls. Every attempt against frizzes
comes to naught; they grow and are
mighty; they have waxed despotic, and
no escape is possible except now and then
where the Pompadour roll comes for
ward with a special dignity so well
adapted to some special style of face that
gainsavers are brought to silence.
Where the natural hair is good. it
were best to cut it some distance back
and at the expense of curl papers keep
it in wavy tluctuation over the brow or
bind it down when warm, rainy day
brings straightness. But where nature
is too niggardly for this, one must go to
the hairdresser and be fitted out. Good
taste is restimable here since rules give
way before individual peculiarities; one
must closely consult the looking-gl glass or
some Jonathan of friend.
JEwELRY.
Long has been the reign of the short
earring. and it were a curious specula-
ton as to how many cherished specimens
repOse in cotton because of questionable
length How long this state of things
is to 90 on, not the owner of the longest
pair of earrings can tell. Yet more ag-
gravating when we remember that most
of those reprehensibe earrings have a
brooch to match; the three forming
"set." and as revival of the "set'' seems
equally far off, we can only advise pa
I.;a ;pIaoI koo
vanic attempts to bring in the "set." but
somehow it never exactly came in,
though, even now. when the earrings
are short. one might venture on wear
ing, provided toilette. otherwise stylish
shows that one knows "what is what"
yet chooses to do little as one chooses
The chief comfort really is that fashions
face is still set against ear-riugs except
on dressy occasions. One can there
fore ignore the unpleasant subject and
content oneself with lace pin or indeed,
almost any number of pins. Pin in
iewelry of course means something much
more important than the little things
which get lost and nobody knows
where. The former are in precious
metal, often with jewelled heads, and are
worn anywhere on the corsage or to
fasten the bonnet strings. 1t is quite ap-
propriate at present, moreover, that Ara
minta should cross over into Theodore s
room, and carry off his choicest scarf-pin
for her own adornment. The outside
world will find no fault with her since
gentleman's scarf pins are being largely
appropriated by ladies and worn with the
same abandon as lace or precious headed
pins. Penants never having entiely gone
out are in again and numerous pretty de-
signs appear. In buying bracelet, do
not make the mistake of choosing a stiff
band, for new ones are almost entirely of
flexible or semi-flexible patterns which
need no clasplng. The bangle is in only
moderate demand.
SPECIAL TOILETS.
When driving. the other day. Nine.
Patti wore long, close-ftting polonaise
OF black velvet brocade reaching almost
to the lower edge of the satin skirt below.
Squirrel lined circular of brocade to match
trimmed with dark brown fur; bonnet of
grey felt with black velvet. and fancy
feathers. Much individuality was shown
in costume worn by Nine. Scalchi, on
the street; dress of deep blue cashmere
with sealskin cloak bordered with otter.
Gray felt bonnet trimmed solely by mar
row band OF fur to match cloak, with
small breast feather in unison as to color
with fur band. Mile. Nevada, the young
American prima donna, who has achieved
such sudden success both here and in
Paris. wore recently to one OF PATHS per-
formances, a short dolman of crimson
velvet trimmed richly with clientele
fringe, lace and passementerie; bonnet OF
crimson velvet, crown and sides finished
by tlack satin. A street outfit prepared
for a society lady is of deep maroon nom