The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14
SUMMER GIRLS COIFFURE.
How Her Hair Will Be Arranged, With or With
out Hat.

(Written Tor The POST
New York, May 1.-The summer girl
Is hat1ess.
1t is also true that the summer hat il
alluring.
The fad Of going bareheaded is carried
to all lengths. from the mild measure
of hanging the hat within convenient
reach on the handle bars OF bicycle Ia
the more heroic one OF golfng or play
Ing croquet for hours without head COW
ering.
The girls who are seen on the broad
lawns Of the beautiful country places
OF Long Island or even driving through
tho woods Of that pleasant rolling coun-
try. protected at most by a parasol or q
blowing scarf of fish net or tulle. cx-
pect to gain a glossy wealth of hair, not
equal perhaps to a peasant woman's, but
certain to be envied by all their asso-
ciates. Sea bathing has long been an
excuse with wise and willy girls for sit
ting for hours In the sand with hair
ioosened for It's bath in sun and air and
the new mania Is but an extension OF
this wholesome idea.
or course there are many compromises.
The curly head whose hair Is never so
pretty as when tossed about In widest
confusion, while she sits her horse or
pedals her silent steed or bends to the
oars Of her boat, has this summer even
more than her usual advantage. The
simpler and more careless her couture
the greater her triumph. But she Of the
straight locks, with whose nursed and
cherished fluctuations" wind and damp
make witchwork, is also canny in her
day and generation.
Never have so many clever little combs,
so many pins surmounted by butterflies
many innocent looking and ornamental
but most effcaclous contrivances been
seized upon for Delaying and making fast
refractory tresses. And not for many
years so say the suspicious, has so much
borrowed" hair been disported as now
lends nufiness to the uncovered head and
the newly necessary bang But ID the
disposition Of ornament or addition no
small amount Of art is required. for it is
above all things urgent that the hair shall
not appear borrowed or Delayed.
The most successful cuiffure for the
hareheaded girl is loose pompadour,
Wide at the sides, With the rest OF the
hair dressed in a high top knot, to which.
Tor the summer hotel piazza, a flower,
a wlsp OF tulle or gau2y scarf, half or
uament, half protection, Is attached.
For the tennis court the golf links or
the woods ramble, there Is as yet no
prospect Of the revival OF last summers
sun hounets; but women young enough
not to be made ridiculous, whether hat
less or with whatever variety of hat af-
tected. show not infrequently the long
braids OF the school girl.
To an observer It might appear that
never has the hair had less need OF re-
lief from hat or bonnet, for never have
head coverings been so light and trans
parent, SO perfectly ventilated. The new
est and most tempting toques and wide
hats, as the season advances, are moth
ing more than hlmy coils of tulle lightly
wound about the head and mixed or not
mixed with flowers. Given light hand.
cloud Of lace and a trlhe of fine wire
and you have the beginning and the end
Of millinery
The shape is not a matter Of conse-
quence, The summer girl who is pack
ing for the country is finding room for
hats that tip over her eyes and hats that
flare away from the face hats simple.
fancltul and even fantastic; hats large
and hats reduced to a rose and strings of
tulle.
Nearly every girl provides herself with
one typical round" toque, which Is not
globular, but It's brlm turns up from
front TO left, and the trimming follows
In the wake of the brm. This is safe,
conventional hat, preferred for church
going It's trimmings know their places
and do not bicker for position, II avoids
single, prominent bows, and 1t sticks as
much as possible to one color. II is as
pretty as hat can be In mauve
tulle trimmed with violets, but It's effect
is more novel than pale green net, turned
UP at the left Just enough to show a
quantity of very large. -petalled
pansles.
For the garden party or the lawn tea
Is the hat made entirely OF flowers or
the ring round-a-rosy' hats, where
flowers deck the extreme edge of the
brim, and are crushed, as II by childish
hands. up close to one another. Large,
irregular tulle or lace straw hats of this
description are ugly or attractive. accord
ing to the milliner. Above the flowers
VIII rise perhaps a huge chou bow OF white
tulle.
For the formal occasions that will
rise even in summer cottage or hotel Iiv-