The record-union., 1896-12-07
MODES OF HAIRDRESSING.
Study the Face and Head and Dress in
the Style 1ost Becoming.

SAO 0ly IL kOSI becoming.
What becomes a woman's face so
we'll as frame of her own silken
tresses, especially if they curl softly
and lovingly about her brow and ears
and throat, as though their end and
aim in life We're to cling and nestle
about so fair a resting place?
The hair should be trained to lend
all it's shining sickness and possibilities
TO the glory and attractiveness of mi
lady's face, and it should be carefully
kept ana coiffured with an eye always
to the most becoming style. The Marie
Antoinette mode of dressing the hair
is in full fashion this season, and if
the brow be smooth and low, and the
shape Of the head and face inclined to
be classical, it is an altogether beauti-
full and becoming arrangement. Women
should study their faces and the shape
of the head and neck, and find out. by
repeated efforts, the style of coiffure
best suited to conceal deficiencies and
to accentuate all good points. Soft,
clustering, fluffy styles are usually be-
coming to the majority of women the
stralght parting and perfectly smooth
drawing OF the hair away from the
brow being very trying to any but the
pure Greek face. And in these retrousse.
aquiline and mixed times and styles
OF features, the goddess types are few
and far between. The woman with nat
urally curly locks should be grateful
forever more, for it is only her straight
haired sister who understands what
anguish of spirit means, as she wrestles
with curling tongs, "bandoline," kid
rollers and reeds, in a deep. desperate
frame of mind that at times almost
borders on lunacy.
A sweet, girlish face looks especially
lovely when the hair is curled loosely
and naturally, and held in position by
a plain bandeau. Soft curls about the
back of the neck are absolutely neces-
Sary to many women who are thin
The English girls are wearing their
hair waved and drawn down over their
ears, completely concealing them, after
the manner of the Botticelli coiffure in
Paris. At the back it is caught I'D in
a soft knot. The hair is merely waved
for this style, curls being more in
vogue when the coiffure is high on TOP
of the head.
Great care should be taken to keep
in healthy condition. Every three or
four weeks the ends should be singed
off, and the hair thoroughly washed.
Quinine is an excellent tonic, promot-
ing It's growth more satisfactorily than
almost any other remedy. But it has
tendency to darken the hair and, un-
less you want the gold shaded" off
your locks you would best be very care
full as to its too frequent use.
Brushing the hair regularly at night
is good. 1t grows glossy from this
treatment, since the oil cells are in
duced to freer action by a vigorous
brushing. When you have finished
plait it loosely before you go to bed.
Red hair Is, at present, extremely fash
lonable, and it seems a pity that we
cannot keep all stylish colors "on tap"
as it were, so we could appear in the
prevailing vogue on a moments notice.
But place red hair next to the majority
of eyes and compilations, and-picture
the result, The freak museums wouId
get the most of u.s.
Do not "frizz" the hair. 1t not ONLY
ruins 1t in time, but it is rarely becom-
ing to anyone. Indulge in curls and
waves to your hearts content, but draw
the line on "frizzing."
The small combs are still worn. but
not so much as a few months ago
New York Tribune.