St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-31
STYLE FOR THE DUDE.
Cut of the Hair Enjoyed
by Society Men.
A Weakness of This Rapid Age and
How 1t is Done.

At the theaters, skating Kinks, balls and
parties the past winter there has been a
large number of young men whose heads
presented real surprising appearance, the
hair standing stiff and straight all over their
pates as though they were in a chronic state
of fear. In the hotel waSh-rOOmS it is no
uncommon thing to see several dudes ap-
plying the brush vigorously to their scalpS
with the evident intention of making each
particular hair stand on end like Hamlet's
porcupine. Everywhere the edict has gone
forth and the average young man Is now as
particular about his capillary covering as the
maiden is about her bangs and crrls. Very
naturally this comes as a great surprise to
those who have noticed how uniformly care
less men have been OF their hair and how
they have hitherto given its care and keep
ing entirely into the hands OF their barber,
and the question is at once suggested. are
our young men growing effeminate? Will
this Uranium craze result in their drifting
into the general use of wells, rouge and face
powder. OF is it simply OF an ephemeral
nature? Is it probable that this will COM
pei our eyes to gaze on young men few
years hence
GOING AROUND IN coRsETs,
hugging poodle dogs to their bosoms and
engaging in other feminine diversions?
A reporter of the GLOBE interviewed a
busy barber to-day, as the lather was being
pushed into his ears and eyes.
''This STYLE" said the artist, sis COM,
| paratively new, and has received an unex-
pected boom this winter. 1t is called the
pompadour and is popular with all classes
| of young men, whether of high or middle
| condition. Itof course had it's origin in the
East and has slowly spread over the cOun-
| try. 1t will last some time longer, as it is
| especially acceptable to the indOlent young
gent who wants his hair to look nice all the
time 10 properly grow the pompadour,
the hair must be cut short in the back and
in the sides and over half Of the top. The
| remainder of the top extending to the fore
| head is left longer, being graduated to a
| shorter length from the 'front.' AS the hair
grows out it is brushed straight back, all
idea of parting it being abandoned, and the
entire attention being devoted to making
| the hair stand up like a brush. At first it
| is difficult to reach this result, but as the
hair gets longer it is more easily accom-
| plished."
s'Wlat kind of hair makes the best POM
! padour?"
Coarse hair, by all means. as it is quite
hard to give the fine, silky quality the ap-
pearance of stiffness that is so necessary to
give the style it's outlandish look. A cow
lick in front at the part is also desirable
thing for pOnpadour"
''Does the style become all kinds of
heads?"
| ''By no means. IT the man with long
narrow head wants to look ridiculOusly he
can't do anything better than to have his
hair cut pompadour, as the
BROAD ERECT COMB ON TOP
will throw into almost laughable contrast
the popularity of his head. A broad, round
head is set off and greatly enhanced by the
| new style"
''How often is it necessary to cut the hair
| in this case?"
Eat least once every two weeks. If it is
not done as often as that the hair grows
| silky and soft and refuses to stand up"
Doesn't this repeated cutting injure the
hair?~
ut can't help it. Hair thus treated gets
cOarser and cOarSer, unless it is a natural
pompadour, which doesn't look SO bad.
| People having nice soft hair should be care
| full about trying the pompadour, OF they
will wake up some morning and find the
silky. lustrous quality gone, never to re
| turn
"What reasons have brought this style
| into fashion" sIeHa
ga growing laziness in the matter of
dressing. In the good old
DAYS OF POWDERED WIGS,
| when people took more pains in dressing
and taking care Of their natural advantages.
| such thing as pompadour for men could
not have fourished; but in these daysswhen
| life is so much faster, anything that shortens
| the dressing hours is taken advantage Of.
To prove this notice the success of every in
| vention in cutf-buttons, suspenders and
| other portions of wearing apparel. So i'll
this instance when man can run his hands
through his hair in the morning and find it
combed he considers himself very fortunate
in having saved SO much time and blesses
his barber. Young men also in lively bust
ness like brokers and spectators find it very
convenient to have their hair always in a
stylish condition"