Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-15
FOR UP-TO-DATE WOMEN
Styles in Dressing the Hair for Day and
Evening Wear.
The ChiEnon Has Again Made Its Ap-
pearnncc-Nets Are WOrn-NOt
Always Becoming.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

| NEW iofth, JdHusry 1913.
When one perceives the depressing fact
that chignons have returned for day wear,
and that the popular manner of dressing
| the hair for evening wear is in little knot
| quite at the top of the head. announcing
these modes is a painful duty and no. a
| pleas ure.
| 1t is undoubtedly true that chignons have
| returned. But at present the mode is not
| at all popular, and we can only hope that
each woman will study carefully its be-
comingness as applied to her particular
self before she rashly adopts it.
| To dress the hair a la chignon it Is
| brushed softly back from the face in
, natural or acquired waves, generally leav-
| ing room for a pompadour effect over the
| forehead. 1t is then softly twisted into a
| long or round coil at the back of the head,
little higher than the nape of the neck
| ana confined by silk tape, such
| srandmother's might have worn, by an
| Invisible hair net. Who could help hoping
| that the invisible net had diSa appeared never
| &c return, and 10! here it is. Partisan wo-
| men are reported to be wearing most or
rate nets. beaded with tiny gold or cut
| steel beads. and even ieweed when the
| purse is well filled. Jeweled and beaded
| nets are ancient indeed, but their prac-
| ticabillty unless one has a maid to fasten
| and unfasten them. is doubtful. Nor does
| It seem probable that such a fashion could
| become very popular now that there are
no sumptuary laws to confine such costly
trfles to the class who are able to have
them put on and of with comfort
An Innrtistic Coil.
The modified chignon, with its soft waves
| of hair about the face and few curls es-
Gaping from the combining net at the back
| of the head. is not half so undesirable as
the latest fashion of dressing the hair for
evening. The soft mass is taken in both
l ,1,. IL
one can get it. Then, that it shall be di-
rectly on top of the head. the patient owner
] of the locks to be dressed must bend for
ward and have her hair combed downward
| as she hangs her head toward the floor
| When it is quite smooth and fiat it is pulled
out into a pOmpadour in front and coiled i'm
a. knot. a little round knot, on the top of
| the head. On this inartistic and very often
| unbecoming coil is put the bonnet, orna-
| ments or whatever is to be worn with the
full dress gown. And SO popular has this
| amazingly careless knot become that ii has
| spread from one woman of fashion who
| wore it at the horse show all through the
| ranks of society in New York with such
| rapidity as to raise the secret hope at it
| will become too popular. when We may look
| for its instant discontinuance by the set
| who first introduced it.
High in Popular Favor.
The pompadour seems to grow in popu-
| larity, in spite of the fact that it is worn
vices to be purchased for keeping the hair
in this shape, but they should not be used.
| Only little practice and patience is re-
| quired to train e hair to lie softly and
| fluffy above the brow. OF course the hair
to form the pompadour must first be sep
arated from the rest. This will make it
fall into place readily. 1t is needless to re-
| mark that many people who insist this
style of hair dressing simply because it is
popular are making themselves almost hid
| eous. With very lofty, narrow brow, or
| with prominent nose it is mockery and
| brings out very hard lines in an otherwise
| attractive face.
Those who have not succumbed to the
craze for the knot on the top OF the head
| above described are still wearing the hair
waved or curled from the roots to the coil.
| which is generally put about the crown Of
the head for full dress. No head of hair
| is considered properly finished for evening
| until some ornament has been added. Low
combs are more worn than high, and un-
| der the latter head come the shell and
| amber side combs and the pompadour
| combs. which still retain their popularity.
! Graceful shell daggers are worn again, 50
one need only hunt about for those she
| put aside a few years ago. Jeweled dag
| gers are much worn by those who are for
tunate to possess them, and who wear
them either in the hair or fastened In the
| gown, as fashion dictates. Just now 1t is
the hair, everything bright and glitter
| ing is put there for balls, dinners con-
| certs and even the theater. For balls and
full dress receptions there are ornaments
composed of feathers, ostrich tips, a little
bow of twisted velvet and glittering rhine
stone ornaments. Anything and every
thing is worn, but plain at night the hair
| must not be.
| Good Taste Required.
In nothing does good taste and an eye
for making the best of oneself show as in
the manner of dressing the hair. To blind
| ly follow the prevailing mode is the height
Of folly unless one has beauty which is
| above dimming by any means. Yet an
| elaborate method for evening is becoming
| TO almost every face except the extremely
| youthful one. 1t adds dignity and smooth
| ness to even furrowed countenance Per-
| haps that is the reason the prevalent knot
| is making the best known women in New
| York look several years older apiece III
has not enough elaboration for the toilets
| with which it is worn. nor does 1t tend to
| conceal the passing of youth.
| Young girls are wearing a pompadour
| which is softened by little curls waved
! back from the face at each side The rest
| Of the hair is slightly waved and either
braided or coiled rather low upon the head.
] and held in place by black ribbon. This
| is very becoming to youthful faces, and
trim well.
| For all outdoor sports the hair should be
| neatly braided and coiled smoothly about
the head. An oblong coil is more becom-
| ing rule, than a round one. 1t is not
considered in good taste to dress the hair
deliberately. nor have curls or frills escap-
ing from the braid or coil when one is on
| a bicycle, or on the golf links.
| For morning wear about the house shop
| ping or walking, the hair is still worn
| coiled at the back of the head, or braided
by women who feel that the morning duties
| of housewife require plain and neat out
| lines. Many women nowadays wear the
hair high on the head with all house gowns.
and retain a coil at the back OF the head
| with street gowns only.
But with all the modes employed the first
| thing to be considered about any new
method Of dressing the hair is its becom-
ingness to the particular person who
thinks Of adopting It. MABEL BOYD.