Telegram-herald., 1890-02-28
DOEGs OF WOMEN FOLK
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would % ciAszlcsl IA toilet 20 stA1y
Roman rather tAsa Greek or Rscanler
fashions Ia the dressing OF the hair.
There are. indeed free Qasnt remlnis-
seness Of the eity ca shs Tloer IN the
sprinz styles Ne have Aped the grace
Of Helen, Who brought dsssruction On
tas Troians. Why should Ne forxes the
beauty Of virginiA or Lneretia Or the
wife Of BFatgs7 Juno and Venus and
Diana Eere Latin IS we'll as Hellsais.
and behold . chance 20 continue true
10 she old IDEALS and yet achieve novel
E. The Roman ladies' we're famous
Tor their coifurss. ana ''crinped their
dark loc "a and arranged then In many
Ways Ovid ia ais Art OF Love de-
ssribes eight principal styles IS pre-
.ailing among the beauties Of his day.
These, however are redaciDle 70 two.
one being headdress which drew the
hair down upon the cheeks and curled
IL sb0ut sns ears and on the back OF
the head. this method being thought
peculiarly becoming 20 thin-faced
women; and the other drawing the
hair up from tie sides 10 the top of tho
head. a style which ne particularly
recommends 20 roundfaced ladies.
With the nrst OF these col7ures a kind
OF cap wAs sometimes worn. with q
circleg like diadem a. the back, and
IL Is this. or rather . more or less close
modern imitation OF 10. which one be-
gins 30 see browning women whose
drapsrIes hang In tunic-like folds is
fits In not inaptly with prevalent ten
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noon you may come on young women
bent on experiment provided the in
ovation be becoming. studying with
critical eyes the heads o. noble Roman
maldens and matrons in classical col
lee lions The Latin coinure is not SO
trying as the Psyche knot, and II may
yet become az prevalent as did that
bobbing bunch OF curls = ear or two
ago.
The Roman ladies were brunettes.
but so 1890 bellies are discovering. fash
ions changed then As now, and tho
color OF the hair varied with great
frankness and frequency. red, yellow
and even blue appearing, according to
taste and the reigning style. Gray hair
was detested. and there was . soap i'm
ported from Germany for It's remedy.
Blondining Is not q modern discovery,
and when Ovid and Catullus and Tibul-
lus rave over the beauty OF their mis-
trssses' golden locks 1t is TO De feared
that the tint WAS often artiacially OBJ
tanned. Twas ever thus, for the oldest
monuments OF Nineveh, Babylon and
Thebes portray heads of hair that are
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less colored according to the latest
modes In those centers Of population.
The glory of woman is her tresses, and
one OF her favorite employments in all
ages has been to braid 1t up and com b
80 down, to make IL fluffy in front and
smooth behind. TO plaii it and curl it
and twis. IL and pin it, 20 make 1t dark
when IL inclines 70 be light and light
when IL inclines TO be dark, to spend
an hour in getting it wet and two hours
in getting it dry; in short, to treat it
As the crown OF glory should be treated.
The ladies, who GO in for the Delsarte
school OF expression. divide their adora-
ton with moro or less impartiality be-
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Russell.
He's . darling" said one gushing
maiden in horsecar yesterday, but,
don't you think somehow she's little
darlinger7" Mrs. Russell is not as hand
some \ woman as Mrs. Jenness Miller
It's amusing. by the way. TO see how
conhdens each apostle of Delsarte is
that the master, IL he could hear the
lucubrations o; his other disciples,
would iurn over. presumably, with cor
rect artistic movement, in his grave
but she is an extremely clever indi-
viduaL Mrs. Miller can make money,
and Mrs. Russell also must De gather
ing in shekels. but she has the superior
glft OF being able TO do without them,
IL an amusing story OF her London So
iOGrn before she and the eloquent Ed
mund became the idols OF New York
is 20 bs believed. Mrs. Russell has a
salon in East Twelfth street wnere she
gives drawing-rooms la Lady Wilde.
clad in esshetic and extremely costly
gowns, but At the period TO
which the story relates the family
pocketbook was 81 fat as II an ele-
phant mad crushed in i IS sides. Never
thalsss she and her husband were re-
ceiving many attentions from fashion
able LOndonsrs. attentions which IL
was incum bent on them in some wise
20 return series Of afternoon teas
suggested itself as the least expensive
form OF entertaining. but the ordinary
refreshments provided at such festivi-
ties involved unvsrrsntable expendi-
turs. In this juncture the ingenuity OF
Mrs Russell contTivsd a plan. Rum
maginz the coufectiOners' establish
msnts. she discovered several paiatable
species OF ginger cakes a. prices 40 low
that it was certain her prospectiys
quests could never have seen or heard
OF them. Here was the great desiders-
sun. something absolutely new. An
aoocryphicsllT small sum, report says
one shilling was appropriated FOR the
purchase Of sufficient quantity, and
the sristocrstic London danes we're
forthwith invited 20 what shey we're
told we're American teas. where the
ginger cakes were devoured and the
tact OF host and hostess caused the oc-
casions 20 Be voted the most deiish htful
Of socisl novelties This il what every
woman will recognize "a genius in full
Howsr
Tt IA astonishing sow many southern
women thsrs are in Ne~ YORK this
winter One hears their dsliciousl '
sofs and lazy accents az every gather
ing. and "a oftsn forced % surmise that
thsy possess some secret OF eternal
youth not kno~n n chiIiier climes A
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