The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10

| supplied from dealers who carry on the
traffic clandestinely. Some Turks like
Vefik Pasha, Ambassador to France for
many years, confne themselves to one
wife, but human nature is not noted for
living e above the precepts and permissions
of its religion on the Bosphorus any more
than anywhere else. But degrading as
polygamy is, those who are competent to
Judge by reason of being on the ground
pronounce the utter facility with which
divorce is secured a greater evil. The
utterance of few words by the husband
constitutes divorce. The theory of tho
Koran and the practice of its followers
are to keep woman as slave. Her con-
dition is a pitiable one, but in her pres
ent state of ignorance it is doubtful
whether a law emancipating her from the
seclusion and inaneness of harem life
would be a benefit to the present genera
ton of women.-iaail and Bipress.
LATEST STYLES OF DRESSING TIE HAIR.
The couture is at present in that de-
lightful state of transition which forbids
the making of arbitrary laws and allows
a woman to dress her hair high or low,
according to her caprice. The one thing
requisite to stylish hair dressing is that
the hair shall be loose and fluffy. The
wise women barber up town with the
| wicked eyes and the winning dimples,
saws that about one woman in one hun
dred has the kind of hair that by careful
washing will possess the requisite fluffy
ness, and that that one woman never
likes it. The effect is usually produced
with curling irons and with artificial ad-
ditions of curly hair. The coils of braids
so frequently seen below round hats, on
the street are very often put on and taken
off with the hats, for they are really be-
coming to few faces and more suitable for
the street than for more dressy occasions,
and ladies prefer to dress their hair high
when it is becoming and pin on the braids
at need.
The two extremes of styles are TIE En-
pire coiffure and the catogen braid. The
latter style is simple loose plait looped
low in the neck and fastened with RID
bon or single long pin of gold or silver.
The Empire headdress is mostly used
with evening gowns, and has three prom
inent features-curls, bunch of ribbon
and flowers. The hair is combed very
high up on the head, and twisted in a
small knot to be completely covered with
short, soft curls falling toward the fore
head and also toward the back. One
long curl is combed out and covers the
back of the head with waves, until lit
tie way above the neck it twists into a
curl again. Flowers are to be very much
worn with this coiffure, and fllets Of
gold and silver, diadems of precious
stones, or bunch of ribbon will be also
used on dressy occasions. Ultra-fashion-
able women adopt style of headdress in
which the hair is worn very high. The
front tresses are parted in the centre to
form two crimped bandeaux, over which
rests the Vatican wreath, encircling the
cluster of loops of hair arranged on top
of the head.
There are some prophecies concerning
the abandonment of bangs, but their de-
cline will be slow, as few faces are so per-
feet in outline as to dispense with them.
Since Mrs. Cleveland has lost the prestige
of her high place the style of tossing the
bangs up in front in puff has been los
ing favor and is rarely seen. The short
pointed or rather square bang are most in
favor loosely curled, and for youthful
faces the light fringe of hair upon the
forehead, the rest of the wavy mass being
combed straight back, is very popular.
Now that the pretty Hading has sailed
away, leaving only a delicious memory of
grace and loveliness, the style of coiffure
she inaugurated has fallen into desuetude.
This consisted in combing the loose hair
over the tips of the ears and twisting it
in loose knot at the back. s woman
with small, pretty cars could never be
prevailed upon to hide them, and the
size of large or prominent ears was en-
phasized and rendered yet more noticea-
Bile by that style of headdress. One of
the most effective and pleasing arrange
ments now worn is that which is neither
high nor low, but covers the back of the
head with loose, soft coils and folds
reaching from the crown of the head to
the neck, style affected by Mrs. James
G. Blaine, Jr., and Miss Otis, the pretty
society star actress.
Young girls will return to the old-time
popular fashion of leaving the hair loose
and flowing, tied back from the face with
simple ribbon and ornamented with a
simple flower, which accords well with
the picturesque and juvenile style OF
dressing now in vogue. All the styles
seem to be based on Grecian ideals and
picturesque models, and perhaps the
greatest boon to womankind that the
change will bring about is that the stylish
"fufiness' can only be effected in hair
that is frequently washed, and general
cleanliness will prevail for time.-Ns0
York San.
FASHION NOTES.
The skirts of tulle dresses are made in
fan plisses.
There is revival of the garnet as a