Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06


Before deciding as to the arrangement of the
hair, the nose should be carefully Intercepted.
II that feature be Roman, what learned
author describes as ..coeitative'-i. e., long and
curved inward toward the point--the hair
should be somewhat pronounced in its arrange
ment. IL should be rather massive, or else the
large nose will, by force of contrast. make the
head meager. Ii the nose be Greek, an APP
proach carefully guarded from being too reals
tic to the classic knot, may be ventured upon
The varieties Of the Anglo-Saxon nose, some o
them quite childish in their want of decision
and hrmness OF outline, are too numerous to be
specially commented upon. but should be
treated Varlously, according as they approach
the aqUiiine, the Greek the snub varieties.
The last requires rather cOquettish arrange
ment Of the hair. Madonna bands assert badly
with snub nose. so does the Venetian Golf
fure, which has been such favOrte among our
estheiic phafaDx for some years little head
summing over with curis" best suits the snub
''tip-tlted like flower" and sensible women
who perforce wear turned-up noses will care
fully abstain from following the height and
depth of fashionable coffures, but remain faith
fui TO the quasi simplicity that goes so we'll with
the mantle formation of their noses.
The silly young women who have of late gone
baout tue world with their heads cropped as close
those of boys will now regret the r;isilness that
robbed them of their locks. For the catOgan is
coming in again. The hair is to be worn curled
in front, then simply brushed back to the nape
OF the meek, where it Is to be tied with ribbon
matching The trimming ON TIE dress; hanging
bat arranged in a utc< plait for the work-a-
day hours. 1t H. Il style that has its advantages,
more especially as diS2 aging 20 good effect
piait OF FURNISHED chestnut hair, which the
present mode. W tn lis tight little baSket-plaits,
rather enf iousiy ',.n eats. But the catogan
needs ii very SIP. .iai ne:t:.lesS to commend it,
and if again aioi led mere as It now is in Paris
4 Will be Ell! f:,!' It's patrons To bear in mind
that when rn-1ed or disarranged, the Queue
VII lose all resemblance to the eXquiSitely
neat little appendage CT the name worn by
our ancestors.
1t will have Its effect upon the shape of the
fashionable bonnet il it becomes general, and
will neccssitate Il lowering of the crown at the
back. This portion of the popular headgear has
become OF late years smaller and smaller: while
in hats on the contrary, there is sometimes an
enormous p.cponderance of crown over brim.
In the shape known az the Tam o'Shanter this
is notably the case and there was never, per-
haps, i'll the whole history of headgear. a form
that more readily lends itself to the ridiculous
youngest and freshest of faces. \ middle-aged
woman, with hard-set color in her cheeks
who should De so utterly blind To the fitness OF
things land there have been such instances)
as to don a Tam o'Shanter, is one OF those
phenomena which make one desire the revival
of Sumptuary laws. Ii the style of hairdreSsing
ought to be dependent in a great degree upon
the shape of the nose. that of the bonnet or hat
should. to be consistent, be so too. There is
very thin variety of the nasal organ, inclined
to redncsS along the ridge, which looks sharp
enough to carve with, that requires extremely
The effect OF the nose itself is painfully meager,
and this must be cOunteracted by sort of am
plitudc in the arrangement of the locks and in
TIE trimmings OF the bonnet. But then. on the
other hand, these must not be too ample. or
they wi produce a coStrast evident as to
be practically reprOach to the nose Tor its
thlnness. The other extreme of very f1eshy
nose demands a certain severity in the bonnet;
but the outlines of the latter must not be too
rigid, else they will throw into diSa.reeable
prominence the inclination of the nose to-
ward spreading and width SO far regards
form. With respect to color, it is another
matter. 1t is one of the most difficult tasks
of the clever miilner to deal with a nose that
remains obstinately red despite all the waters
and washes devised for such eases. 1t is a sad
thing To see 81 bunch of peoples in a bonnet and
TO note that their rosy tint is precisely that of
the most prominent feature in the face. Yet
even this Is less startling than it would be to
leave surroundings dark and rnrelieved by
color. so that the nose, especially frosty days,
lights up the gloom like newly painted pillar
box in Il dngy street. But, fortunately. there
are but comparatively few such hopeless noses
as these, though one occasionally sees them and
regards their owner with pity and perhaps mis-
trust. The ordinary English nose is white.
though tree from the bloOdless look of the
French feature. The nOstrils are daintily
touched with pink, and yet no color spreads
further than these, even when the rest of the
complexion is sensitively subject to sudden
change. Such these relieve the modiste of
all difficulties, so far as color is concerned.