The record-union., 1893-02-14

a net veil hid, to certain extent. the
paint. Her raven black bang looked
! quite youthful.
oh, why need the back of her head
show? No paint, no veil, and not enough
| dye to color all of the hair. Words fail
10 convey correct picture of that back
halr. 1t was thin, it was gray near the
| dirty scalp, it was rust red next the gray,
while the bulk OF it was jet black.
AS looked at the child, then at the
grandmother, thought, How much the
halr has to do with ones appearancew
Neither of them looked neat, neither
| looked we'll dressed, yet both wore taste
| tul clothing. Both had pretty, delicate
| features; both might have been hand
some had their nair been carefully treated
and prettily arranged.
How much good it would have done
me, and perhaps them, to have taken each
head, bottle of shampoo and a tub of
water, and scrubbed and rinsed and
rubbed until oil and dye had disappeared
to have seen baby's curlss lying in soft,
damp rings on her head, and grand
mothers dead locks freed from dye,
| though they were rusty.
how longed to tell grandma if she had
a clean scalp and silvery hair, a complex
ION never ruined by paint, but showing
seams OF happiness and peace of soul, she
mig ht be lovely, dignitied grandma, in
DNSeNNA
woman.
Who does not picture the ideal grand
mothers face furroWed by lines of patient
care. beaming with kindly love and
benevolence, and crowned by lovely hair
whitened by the frosts of many winters
What charm the snowy tresses give
to her wrinkled counlenance; what a
radiance they lend to grandmother's
presence! Surely half her beauty is
wanting, does she not possess the "crown
of glory.'
Yes, the hair has much to do with
Woman's appearance. Many an ugly face
is made attractive by lastly arranged
hair; the soft shimmering threads mellow
the sharp outlines OF a homely face as
well as enhance the beauty OF a pretty
one. Many pretty face is rendered un-
attractive by hair naturally wavy and
beautiful being cut short and tightly
curled Tor fashions sake. Never was she
more lenient, however. If you refuse the
bang as unbecoming and draw your hair
away from your face in soft waves, to be
co1led loosely at the back with little curls
rolling gracefully over about the neck
and forehead, she will say, "Well done W
The chief beauty of most things is their
naturalness. If the'hair must be curled.
try to initiate nature. She never made
curl like a corkscrew. She never made
head OF friZzle ION folks like us, 1 mean.
Her curls commence at the tip end OF the
hair to roll gracefully, sometimes loosely,
sometimes tightly, but never stiff.
In no way does the woman who under
stands herself better show her indivfdu-
ality than by the doing up of her hair.
Glossy, beautiful hair so arranged TO
bring out all the beauty of the face, to
harmonic with ones conduct and ex-
press her individuality, will never offend
fashion.
Does it not look out of place to see the
coquettish frizZles all over the head of the
thoughtful woman, whose every motion
denotes dignity? Imagine Frances Will
lard's head bedecked with innumerable
kinks.
Il Very lamentable, too, is the severely
straight parted and braided pg-tail style,
seen too often on the sweet, dimplei baby
girl.
1t is every woman's duty to be as good
looking as possible. Someone has said
"A woman may not be handsome at 20,
but if she is not handsome at 40, no one
but herself is to blame"
Surely, at 40, if ever, woman should
know how to dress her hair to suit her
style, thereby bringing out all the beauty
OF her face which otherwise would be
marred.-Abbie Jewett Craig, in The
Housekeeper.