New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-10
IN DRESSING THE HAIR.
KNOTS" TO BE USED EXTENSIVELY
THIS SUMNER GRADUAL Use OF
HALFWAY" MODE.

Never in the history Of fashion has there been
50 much allowance made for individual styles as
now In other all women wore their gowns
made in exactly the same way and dressed the
hair in precisely the same mode Now. may
in any gathering Of fashionable people a
score IF different styles in dress and couture.
This is especially to be noticed in the coifure
in that detail latitude is allowed for in
dividualIty than in costume. The leading hair
dressers say that this is largely to the great
Improvements made during late years in the prep
araton OF additional" hair. CFase hair and
switches be il noted are no longer recognized
IN polite circles. They are additional hair and
"knots-'D
The methods of preparing hair for sale have
removed the objections that long have deferred
fastiGious women from using any bat their own,
and now few and far between ;hey who do not
supplement nature with def touches of in this
respect
The old fashioned Switch with its thick STEM
four or five inches long, in which were fastened
hairs OF varying length, usually straight and
coarse has been replaced by the knot This IS made
Of soft, fine, hair, Of equal length, fastened
at the upper end 70 a small Loop which is caught
IN with that on the head The growing hair is
soft full knot or series Of loops so that there is
no hint Of purchased luXuriance
If nature has been more than usually niggardly
arrangement front and back that is so perfectIv
made as to defy detection. That these are Costly in
hlgh degrSe Is not strange when the amount Of
trouble involved IN making is considered. The net
which serves as foundation is made OF the finest
a
mesh. The process is long and tedious and de-
mands the utmost delicacy Of touch in the oper-
ator The net and hair are all imported mostly
from France and are converted by the America
hairdressers into the graceful and becoming
couures that are shown on waxen heads in fash
iOuable shop windows.
The high couture fingers still, but is becoming
less and less conspiCuOusly elevated. Petite
cling TO II, because IL serves to increase their
apparent height but they are gradually adopt
ing the halfway mode. Braids are not vet FULLY
accepted, although some women who blessed
with perfectly formed heads and abundant tresses
Ike to adopt this mode. which displays the beauty
Of both as no ether couture 1t is extremely
artistic under those circumstances. The front
hair is generally separated from the braid waved
all around and taken back in a loose. semi pompa-
dour fashion For evening wear a rose is caught
beside the braid. high or low, may be most be-
coming.
The Janice Meredith mode, that appeared more
than a year ago, has grown slowly but surely in
favor with fashionable folk. and the low, soft coil
with one long curl dropping over the shoulder. is
now seen frequently with evening dress. For this
coifure too the at the side is the appropriate
ornament. Sometimes two three ar
ranged in half garland. reaching to the top Of the
braid. They may be graduated in size, with the
largest one just beside the left
For the semi-high cOiffure the favorite orna-
Inent is a coronet Of flowers or a 1ewelled bow Of
velvet satin ribbon With this two three
short thick curls fastened directly at the back are
often worn, and the middle curl is shorter than the
side when three worn.