Telegram-herald., 1886-05-09
THE SHORT RAIR CRAZE.
>eu Fashioned Hats MAKE Long Hair
Seesssary-Co Coinars>. switches. nsngs
and kingicts.

anu fetHAtrts
The ,hort-hair craze has run It's course
AMI tie trade ia switches, tops pieces. and
euris i someth,ng like il used 10 be when
chisnons add waterfalls were trump cards.
There IS nothing remarkable in the short
lived passion Cor abbreviated rinelets and
shorn heads; indeed. the surprise is that the
htlrous nakelness Of feminine noodles did
nor BRING the shallow -patei little creatures
o. their senses long ago. There are scores
offashi0ns and foibies seemingly ridiculous
o. a neutral. for which ample defense can be
made i'asmulh as they Tend 10 enhance
personal beauty, and that object attained
even extremes are justiiiabie. With the
frenzy .or shoEt hair no such apology is
pertinent, for of sixty females who crop
their wigs hity-eight are scarecrows by das
light ami Nightmares 10 memory. With
youti all schemes are possible and all sins
pardouaole since youth itself Is lOveliness.
Bat the thick aeaded, long cared, wooden
throaled females With jaws ike the arms OF
an Egyptian water jug, a skin Ike the COW
erlng on q head cheese, and features har-
rowe,i bv so few a. five and twenty wears
whO voluntarily 90 Irto short hair, dt serve
% be oanished from The haunts oi men until
outraged nature Is able 20 recover herself
and tie awtulntss of cranial promontOries
and uuGe temples. A woman who, finding
the something sweet that follows youth
with hvng feet slipping away from her.
may BE- and = forgiven when she tries to
paint tae roses in her cheeks and fire her
ewes with the fuel labeled brilhancy, but
when she snatcnes her own lmperfeciions
bald headed one can only see, sigh, pity,
and struggle WITH reprieve'
It's due 10 The respectable hair dealers to
state that az no time during the craze has
The fashion been encouraged 10y them. not
outstanding that the shearing as well as
the locks snorn We're gain to them. Hair
dlessers are pretty much ike milliners
since an uuhecomlug cOiflure Is prepared
with unc0ucealed reluctance. In order 10
overcOme this indiSpOstiOn the sly custO-
mer, who is benton trying the short hair,
viii offer a. an excuse deceased scalp, mac
tive OIL glands. and fading hair but IL only
takes the coiiiurer the time of an examIna-
ton 10 convict the customer of deliberate
falseho0d. However she is indeed
hardened sinner who does not come TO re-
pent her mistakes. aud Just at present the
t0iiet-rooms of the patent halr dealers are
fhronged with sCruDby headed DANES and
shaggy dansels who have exactly the same
want-"some thing To cover nay bideous
bead with. What adds 10 the imperative
ness Of the occasion is the modern bonnet
and tower OF Pisa sort of hat which no
lOckless mortal could hope 10 stand under
without the aid Of miniature pulley or
chin strap. Il goes without saying that
every woman either has or X going 10 have
new hat but before that triumph j.
achieved there must be hair, false or
otherwise, 10 which the article of ad0rn-
ment can be sSewerod.
OF an the material attributes that have
been immora.i1ed by poets and painters
raven locks - ''treSses OF gold "ringiet- of
sunshine. and "shadowy curs' are the
least admired among those women who
Snow the first principles of correct hair
dressing. Tie very humble mafr0n who
coils her thick twist of bristiy hair at the
naIe or apex of her head. Is usually an en-
thlsiast ou the Ioetry OF hair. for the
reason that she a-1wS nothing about the
real article. but the trim little lady whose
glossy switch describes subtle curves one
week and the lines of ace the next takes
no stock Whatever in the mas, Of molten
gold that streams over the shoulders Of
Anna Maria 90 The desecmiion of a Snowy
ruche or collar and The ruin of every dress
thar has back boz IT, Men foik. especially
those who are given o. sprouuug and
stouting di-'ocs'ed rhymes. constitute the
.uls ~ hair armrers, and as a rlle marry
wives with shaggy manes beside which a.I
other features sink to the depths 0f
uofnirrne-s These very women have
an cl~rnh task and torment for an
iubeuaufe--ia-k because 10 is all
woman leisure viii allow 90 dress and
care for r. sud q torment for the reason
ttaf 30 is GOO heaVv tu arrange arlsficalIv
and Too bulky -o admit anE Kind Of "a pretty
bonnet
fai,k haret women ore proverbiiI Tor
thflr ugly f.u-cs and uuhec9miuE milii-