Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08

Special Core spondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS October %. 1902.
Couture is ranged as one of the chiefest
of the decorative art. inasmuch its
function is to adorn the most perfect of
natures work-weman The hair is the
only adornmcnt we can feel perfectly GER
tain will outlive us. 1t has been found
bright and glossy in a tomb where all else
that once lived had ceased to exist; so there
is a Iong-lived excuse for woman'S vanity
in this particular. To strengthen a delicate
face by pretty tresses, to soften a majestic
one by wavy tufts. to redeem the harsh
ness of features by a contrast, and to do
all this with few strokes of the brush and
comb. is indeed an art
In most nations the arrangement of the
hair has always formed one Of the princi-
pal duties of the toilet and the caprices of
different races and epochs in this respect
are very remarkable and interesting The
Hebrews and Greeks considered long hair a
beauty. while the Egyptians regarded it as
an incumbrance and cut 1t off. substituting
light wigs. The Greek women evolved a
style of hairdressing which has been used
In q modified form ever since their epoch
and is the basic law Of all sartorial art.
The Roman ladies used artificial hair, dyed
their own. sprirkled 1t with gold dust and
arranged it in fanciful devices. So desira-
it became sacred and was often dedicated to
the gods. Plucking it out or neglecting 1t
sign of grief. The Roman Christian
women. the other hand, were denounced
by ST Paul for wearing the hair uncov
cred. They wore an opaque veil forming a
hood in place of pling their hair in some
shape. The Roman girls rebelled against
hiding so substantial an aid to beauty under
veil and copied the Greek style of hair ar
rangement. So you see that hair has from
time immemorial been woman's browning
glory. whether it grew on the head Of the
owner or was only borrowed grace In
the time OF Anne it reached it's height of
eccentricity being piled mountain high I'M
til one pities even the pictures of those top
heavy ladies. Nine. de Pompadour has
given her name to style of hairdressing
which has been the prevailing mode with
us for years, and l wonder how many who
famflarly call her name while discussing
this popular hair arrangement know who
she was 1t is curious how little things
will produce effects. while great ones go by
UNDECIDED
Not Doomed Yet.
We have become weary of hearing tha;
the pompadour is doomed. 1t Is with us YET
in all its glory. but very much lower and
softer IN its outlines For the matron moth
ing is more dignltied and becoming than the
stately and stiff pompadour, with a cushion
to keep Ii in place. The stout woman should
always arrange her hair in this fashion. II
adds the ne CesSaTy height Hair tgday Is
an all-abso:b bling topic with women. They
are paying more attention to its care arc
preservation than ever b-fore. Years ago
when woman married, she was apt Il
screw her hair up in the easiest possible
fashion, regardless of becomingness; any
thing 50 It was neat and out of the way
If il happened TO drop out, she coaxed II
back 10 health and thickness with patent
corrections Massage or the building up Of
the general system was never thought of il
this connection. Only upon grand occasions
"a wedding or some social functfon-was