The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-22
wONAN,S TRE-sES.

Fashion IN dressing the hair OF women
changes less capriciousiy than mode az
dress. but 4 seems that a new style is
coming INTO vogue which IS TO allow
greater latitude. II requires the use OF a
toothed criupIng iron. small wire frame
end maybe a little false hair. How il Is 70
be done and what the effect viii be must
be LEFT TO the feminine mind 10 conceive.
But whatever the mechanical require
rnents, It VIII matter little IL the result
be a more esthetic adjustment OF hair
dressing 10 feature.
- Few other respects should the fea-
lures De so much considered by fashion as
In the arrangement OF woman's chief
glory. The severe simplicity OF uncurled
and snoothed tresses is quite unsuitable
for the ftlll-featured. iovial-looking girl,
while the fluffy looseness OF artihcially
cultivated curls IS out OF place around the
Aadonna-faced maiden.
The straight bangs had a long lease and
the curly article scarcely less. Some girls
have taken 20 wearing their hair in wide
sleeves. but that gives a breadth 10 the
face which is very unpleasing and has
nothing but oddly to recommend it. The
side curls or corkserews now look like
caricatures, but they held their own for
years The ron at the back which looked
like part OF a pretzel was a wide depar-
ture from the Grecian knot. but not more
so than the change from the smooth ear
laps which completely covered one Of the
prettiest features OF most women's heads.
10 the fringe which required that the hair
at the sides be drawn tightly from the
temple TO the back Of the head, or the
plain back brushing TO the Marguerite
queue.
II has been remarked that American wo-
men wear less false hair than those of any
other country. II is no less true that they
are as particular as Englishwonen in
washing the hair with soap and water.
They are in marked contrast to French
women, who seldom wash the hair in
water. but use preparations of bay rum.
perfumes and egg yolk. The yolk dress
ing is said 10 make the hair supple and
glossy, and the objection 10 most soap
washes is that they leave the hair brittle
and harsh. But the cleanliness of a
drenching with tepid water and a pure
soap need not interfere with occasional
use Of preparations which impart fineness
and mollify the skin.
The chief beauty. however, is in the art
OF adjusting the coiffure to the features.
False hair is always Objectionable. but a
scanty supply on the part Of nature may
excuse its use. Most women are abun-
dainty endowed with that ornament, and
mans regret is that convenience and
custom have united in demanding that its
full proportions shall never be seen. The
Lady Godiva fashion OF wearing the
hair as a mantle has many objections;
but it is rather surprising that so many
hundreds of years of crimping, straining,
massing and coiling it should not have re-
suited in its deterioration, as other fea-
lures or human physiology have almost
disappeared through non-usage.
But what most interests a man is the
effect of hair fashions Not one in a
thousand could tell why or how effects
would be produced. The face is the chief
attraction and the hair is but the frame.
al the hat is-it is only an incident; but It
does not take much experience to deter
mine whether a woman has taste or not.
The taste is shown entirely by the appro-
priateness, and whether hair is braided,
Curled, banged. smoothed iuffed, frizzed.
twisted, coiled. conch-shelled. crimped.
chenille-netted. silk-netted. parted from
brow 10 nape or from temple 10 temple,
man viii be contented IL the ensemble IS
only pretty. fascinating. sweet. chic, dig
nifed or girIish. as the face and form re-
quire.