The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-05-14
WOMAN GOSSIP.
Tho Craze for Short Hair Not Yet to Die
Out-POcket Money for Wives.
A Chapter ON kissing According to . Re-
cent Apostle of the Aria Charming
Romance.
sHORT-IIAIRED GIRLS.

1.-THE indications are." said lady
hair-dresser to a reporter for the Roch-
ester Democrat, that you will see more
shOrt-haired women on our streets this
spring and summer than ever before.
The craze has not died out at all.
Young ladies who have made up their
minds to follow the fashion are simply
waiting for warm weather. They have
been afraid of catching colds this win
ter. AS soon as the sun begins to shine
again shall be busy, and so will many
Of the better class of lady and gentle
men hair-dressers in the city. It's all a
craze, of course, and will die out in
time"
''Of what class in life are the MAORI
ty of the young women who have their
hair cut short?''
"All classes; the rich and the poor,
the good and the bad. II doesn't seem
TO make any difference about that You
see. some girls do not look stylish with
their hair short, and they could not be
induced to part with their tresses. But
to a girl with good-shaped head and
neck it certainly does add a certain air
of feminine importance and independ-
encc that pleases the vanity of any
young woman. Look bold, you sayp
Not at all. Miss Rose Cleveland, the
presidents sister, wears her hair short;
and she is supposed to be the foremost
lady in the land, both as to refinement,
culture. and intellectually. And so do
number of other leading women of
the time"
oWho sta rfod tho crozapS
"Oh, don't know. l have heard a
number of different opinions about that.
My idea is that it originated in Phila-
delphia. Three or four years ago blonde
hair was extremely fashionable. A
woman whose hair was not of golden
hue was not considered q la mode. 1t
did not make much difference whether
the color was natural or not. No one
questioned that. So long as it was
blonde or gold, it was stylish. Well,
some time ago, as we all know, the fash
ion changed, and blonde hair was no
longer the rage. Then the ladies who
had had their hair bleached were in a
predicament. They ceased using the
bleacher, and the hair soon began to
grow in the natural color. This made a
lady's hair look very queer. There
would be half dozen different colors.
1t is my idea that in this predicament
the Philadelphia girls went to the hair
dresser's and had their hair cut They
cut it short behind and left it long
enough on the top of the head to
bang" or frizz And so the fashion
started. 1t spread to New York. and
almost every other girl you meet on the
streets of New York to-day has her hair
cut short. 1t soon reached Rochester,
as it did other cities, and in Chicago the
style became exceedingly popular"
"ls it much trouble for lady to keep
her hair dressed when worn short?"
There is some trouble, of course, but
not to be compared to the time and
trouble in keeping head of long hair
dressed. A girl with her hair short
should, of course, frizz or bang it
neatly every day, and the hair should
be brushed and combed thoroughly
every morning. A little refined vaseline
adds a luster to the hair, and l believe
that it has been generally conceded that
vaseline does not injure the hair or the
scalp. Then the hair should be trimmed
every two or three weeks by first-class
hair. cutter, so that It will not grow
scraggly in the neck. - 1t must be kept
neat and tidy. A girl with curly hair
has no trouble ut all to keep her head
pretty with her hair short, BIZ the way,
do you know that gray hair is becoming
very fashionable? Oh, yes, it's the
style now.