Evening star., 1884-01-12

A TALK ABOUT ssRANGS.o
Facts Furnished by a Hairdresser Who
is Opposed to Lady Barbers.
From the Philadelphia Press.
"Are bangs going out of fashion? By no
means. so far as ain able to Judge" was the
| counter query and reply of a prominent hair
dresser yesterday. when spoken to on the mo-
mentous question. "On the contrary, believe
bangs to be more. fashionable than ever and
likely to remain popular tor several years to
come. Mothers have their children's hair
banged because it saves trouble. Young
ladies find in it an attraction for the other
sex. and sometimes convenience to conceal an
ugly 'cow-lick. Ladies of more mature years
utilize the bang to hide thinning out of the
hair in front. False triZzes can be made out of
combngs of the wearers' head to look so per-
fectly natural that you couldn't detect the cheat
even within kissing distance
"Ererybody-Imean everybody in petticoats-
wears bangs nowadays" The low. broad brow
with the hair brushed back smoothly on each
side, is altogether at discount Our mothers
used to dress their hair that way. and must
say rather liked it. Still like bangs better.
Not because the style is pretter or more be-
coming one. but because there's more money in
1t for the hair-dresser. Ten years ago, about
one woman In ten had the dead ends of her
tresses trimmed by barber. The other nine
did it themselves. Now the whole ten wear
their hair over the forehead and all Of them
have to seek the aid of the hair-dresser. That's
why like bangs"
How is it that women don't get into the
business Of dressing hair for their own sex?"
Hard TO say" was the reply. ''but I guess
the best reason is that they won't stick to their
own sex for business. That lady barber In New
York. il you remember. started on that basis
and for awhile she did well. She learned to
shave by scraping off incipient moustaches on
ladies' lips and then she began to shave men.
That broke up her business. She ticked Young
fellow under the chin one day and he fell in love
with her. The feeling was returned, and after
that he used to hang around the shop all the
time. She got so gone on him, that she
couldn't attend to business properl,. and got to
jabbing the male customers In the mouth with
the shaving brushes and letting the lather get
dry while she talked to her lover. Oh, no. A
woman wouldn't make barber. eventO shingle
hair or cut bangs. Haven't got the patience.
you know lady who wants her hair dressed
would rather have man anyhow. especially if
he's anyway good-looking,' and the barber
stroked his mOustache and smiled.
Etiquette in Chicago.
From The Chicago Tribune
''ls this an editor?"
The horse reporter looked up from little idyl
On the life and career of Rysdyk's Hambletonian
into which he had been putting the best efforts
of his surging BRAIN and beheld rather short
young man who was peering in an affable but
somewhat irresolute manner over very high
collar and on whose upper lip was delicate
tracery which looked as if it might have been
effected with some No. 9 mOlaSses and at which
the young man was making furtive grasps with
the thumb and fOref1nger of his right hand. evil
dently under the Impression that he had NOUS
tache and desired to pull it.
81 want to seean editor said the young man
in a fI,fc ,1,1I
cricket. "about social tOpic-I want to see the
social topics editor"
"What sort Ofa social topic is it that's worry
ing you' inquired the biographer of ST Julian.
There are gOodmany social topics. Has some
body in your social circle been holding three aces
with criminal frequency. or has the green-eyed
monster invaded your once happy fiat because
your wife goes to the matinee?"
'.Oh, it's nothing like that ;" said the young
man. II promised papa that | would never
play poker, and I'm not married - that is
not vet"
"Wel, the gentle sex is having one lucky
winter, anyhow" said the horse reporter, sur
veying the visitor carefully. ''lf you'll quit
grabbing for that supposititious moustache,
and tell me what ails you, perhaps can settle
the point. What's the social topic you are dis
tressed abOut?"
well, you see" said tine young man, "when
got into the laces-"
Into the WHAT"
store you know-all the other fellows there
We're real jealous Of me because had been out
more in society than they had. | belong to
three clubs on the West side, and we have hops
and assemblies and things every week; so I'm
really quite in the swim. you know. Well. they
We're awfully jealous, you know-just as l said
and they talked real mean. | told Cholly
about lt-Cholly's my chum, you know-and
he said to never mind them, but keep going
right into society; and he lent me his mauve
a l- sQ-nn nj,
last week. Cholly and ! are awful chums, and
dan. dnn soT1ns ing tn give him book mark on his birth
DAY; W. Inat h & VII be nice. won't it
1eS, said the horse reporter, "a book mark
IS valuable aid to any young man who is hust-
ling around to get living. With a strong arm
pure heart. and q nice book mark fortune is
within the reach of all. But what's the ques-
ton that's worrying you:''
"Oh, yes the social tOpc. Well the other
day lot OF US were talking about young ladies,
ana said that very few young men knew what
real etiquette was, and gave an awfully severe
look at one fellow who has been terribly Jealous
OF me ever since young lady who came into
the store the other day smiled right over in the
direction where was standing and never even
looked at him. And then some one said 1t was
proper to call on young lady and ask her to
accompany you to the thcater that evening. |
said that would be wrong, that the correct way
was to write the lady anote asking the pleasure
of her company We had terrible discussion
about it. and finally agreed to leave it to the
social topics editor of the Tribune Now, sun
posing you were young lady. and were to
call at your papa's house and ask you to 20 to
the theater with me that evening, what would
you do:"
Suppose were young LADY," said the horse
reporter"
Yes"
"And you were to call and ask me to 60 to the
theater with you!"
'Yes"
'What would do?'
eyes"
"Well, If somebody had mislaid the gun
suppose should have to content myself with q
club"
Georgia Philosopher.
From the Atlanta Constitution
Judge Beckley came down from his noun
tain home few days since. His cabin, to which
lie retires from the world, Is built on Screamer
mountain. in Reuben county The throat trou-
bic that first inclined him to his life Of solitude
has disappeared, and his health is perfect He
said to me:
81 left here in August, and for month had
man cook. then had boy cook, and then I
became my own cook. And have become very
much Interested in the study OF cooking"
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