The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-22
PONPADOTR rs DOO NED.
40 "a, the Hairdre.sers. and They Rejoice
over Its Fate.


The doom Of the pompadour has heen
spoken. and while women will part with u
with regret men will le glad ~ It's passing
for the masculine critics and artists havo
never been enthusiastic IN their admiration
of the puned-out auneolc ~ hair that has
been such a popular fashion for nor" than
two years In nine cases out of ten the
style has b~en exaggerated and has neoe~-
ritated the wearing Of a pad Of curled hair
or a rat or false pompndour beneath the
hair 10 give II the required fulness Of APP
pearance
A Broadway hAirdresser who ~reinices
greatly in the dying out Of the ~pompadour
emphasizes its ~obsequie. by proudly dis
playing upon her dressing table photo
graphs Of Mrs Howard Gould. Maxine
Elliott and Isobel Haskins three American
women who were among the first tn depart
from the pronounced p%ompadour styles
and ave worn their hair drawn hack
plainly from the face and coiled low Al the
back % the head
Il am proud to have the photographs ~
three women brave enough To- depart from
the horribly overdone ~pompaduur. sho
said To them can H. given a large share
Of the credit for banishing one Of the ugliest
fashions that ever d~ishgured the American
woman. II takes courage TO depart from
q at style 81 this sort. and the-' women
did II before any edict had come from PARIS
We are more avish In our following 81
the styles in hairdresSing than in gowns.
for the face II moro directly affected. But
individuality ia getting To 10 a fad IN this
country. and 1t II likely that American
women will originate their own fashions
before very long
When the pompadour first came In,
women declared they never would adopt
Il IL was really becoming 20 very few
faces. requiring tho low broad brow that
h not common. While tho ~pompadour
has It's French origin aud title, It II more
properly a japanese style and IL il b+com.
Ing to the little Japanese women, giving
them height and dignity
Worn with the powder and patches and
state OF the epoch IN which II was first
essentially a court STYLE aud goes with gold
lace and long trains But when the Ameri-
can woman lagsn to adopt II and wore a
pompaduur with her shirt-waist and sailor |
hat Il lost all it's meaning and became in
artistic.
Yet to the surprise ~ hair dressers. who J
had heard women declare that thew never
would wear II. Il sesame "a perfect rag So
much so that a. first It was carried all around
the head and thu hair n the hack 81 the
neck was pufcd out over n roll a. well a.
that around tho face Not only wotncn Of
fashion WORE II a. full dress, but the wait
rps-ce and the saleswomcn. the chainl-r-
maid and the cook all Haunted the untidy
style, for II il untidy on every woman hut
the japanese with her sleek brushed and
p~asted-down hair
Then a little French actress came pyer
with n taking song and her p~ompadour
was wonderful "a behold as she danced and
Capered about the stag Tbs made IL
for stag wear. although al first
N had been considered impossible Tor dane
ing. win Ia its pershable nature Bu'
the French singers ~pompadour was "a
French hair drrsssr's creation aud i'm
msdiatcly the hair dr"ssers w. this country
TO make the adjustable ppmpaduurS.
proved q great SUCCESS for stago
wear. ~ they did awav with the upr,ssiIy
Of curling the hair and remained in place
better through the exercise OF dancing
and the heat 20 tho theatre Even acro-
bats wore pompsdours and Tor a time IL
Ne though American women would
again get In the fashion Of wearing wivs
IN order TO save the trouble Of hair dressing
Gradually the poinpadpur tccame n
fashion. The face Of all the society
women and the stage faVort"s Appeared
10y the inevitable aur,s,le ~
hair that Teceutly las becn vauei by
drop To- one side uf tho brow NJ ono
brave enough To- resist the fashion
nnth III" photographs Of these thrcc women
were -een m the Iaters. miuu. tho uilf
IT, absence gave them distinction and Iv
md 10y women Logan to drOp tho raj
hich wac ruinous 10 the hair. cutting u
Ind making Il rough and dead LlakTyg
This u always IA" efe-t 81 ial-. hair.
" witches. curls aud puff
Wlth =" puruadour ~ i.came the
fashion, NV degre~~. to carry tie I.#k
lalr up straight 20 the top of tho cad
Ihls vas aft"r tho hacA p1inuaduur had
p~'omc hid-ou-ly pronounced m.
ightly.brlshei hair which .,n, sai a..
aATr 81 IN" neck wAs mt pretty. uut n
,ad the merit - heat e.= The Knot On
ic top oi the American omAn'- head
as oddly ANAL IN cnmpAu.on Ni,t t1r
'lNunant pun about the far~. for =, much
the natural hair was required fof tl.s
No. a. VEL a. The fal-~ mi I~n~aiN rat
~ Into fnr tho f--i = o., ,.frufr
- ~1n-p t-gan 10 add ts.v. aisi clf
~ -vt'chs- and u~ar h.ads stcs Afs.
sAsg-as~. Thsy ss~4 yA.sSsd 10