Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-12
THE QUESTi0f BEAUTY
Red, Green and White Are
the Xmas ,Colors.
PRETTY coiFFUREs
CROWN RED-aoLD HAIR WITH
GREEN LEAVES.
White Makes It's Wearer Classic and
Winsome-other
Hints.


Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Morton.
For Christmastide garniture the maiden
who considers her appearance In relation
to the season chooses three colors-red,
green and white.
More properly speaking these are the
shades which predominant in the scheme of
decoration for corsage and couture.
Holly, mistletoe, laurel and bay give the
green; red holly berries, ponsetta and big
carnations the red, and mistletoe berries
and the costume-the "kirtle sheen'-or its
accessories, the white.
For the beauty who Is blonde and blue
eyed wreath of holly is charming, but the
girl who chooses holly must wait until
Christmas eve. as 1t is unlucky to bring
it into the house before that time
There are two kinds of holly-the smooth
and the rough. If the wreath with which
a girl crowns herself is of the smooth va
riety, she will be mistress of her house,
hold; If 1t Is the rough variety her huS-
band will be her ruler.
For the brunette of regal type, the girl
of dash and brilliancy, there is the mystic
mistletOe.
This is the plant which always plays so
important a part in Christmas festivities,
although it was selected for decorations
long before the Christmas era. Remaining
to have fallen from heaven, and the plant
was therefore held sacred to the sun god.
Every greeting beneath the mstletoe was
inspired by love and friendship.
Its berries of pearl were symbols OF pur-
ity and associated with the rites of mar
riage. From this the transition was but
slight to the kiss beneath the cabalistic
bough. This traditional sacredness was
endured through the ages and today for
man and maid to meet beneath the mistle-
toe gives the right to a salute.
A fiat wreath or coronation wreath of
ivy leaves is pretty and becoming to many
faces, but ivy is Objectionable to some on
account of it's association with Bacchus,
the god of wine, ivy having been used at
all celebrations in his honor.
Rather Odd One.
wreath of parsley would perhaps be
considered an odd decoration for the hair,
but in classic times it was much used for
wreaths and garlandsi and it has a grace
full effect. -
A wreath of green leaves is for the hair
that is red-honestly red-the hair that
streams out like fleece of spun gold streak
ed with strands of copper, or hair that
blinds US with it's golden glory.
For the stately woman, who moves
queen. is the crown of laurel Was not
Sappho crowned with laureR Some irrever-
ent person has said that Sappho was more
charming that Octavia, because she did her
hair much better. 81, .tf
This proves what an important part the
couture plays in weman's makeup.
Beauty Is simply q matter of hair" if
we believe the poet; and very we'll it may
be, for beautiful hair is one of the essen
tials of feminine loneliness and fascination,
and no other feature of a woman's beauty
has appealed so strongly to the magma
ton of the poet or to the alteration of the
lover as the hair. = r.. -
This is because beauty is greatly affected
by the way in which hair is arranged, good
points being brought out by the style of
couture and defects concealed.
To Suit the Face.
For example. the severity of a too promi-
nent nose may be tempered by the arrange
ment of the hair. which should be parted
softly from the face and gathered grace
fully at the crown of the head. The owner
of a small nose can. with safety, wear her
hair arranged on a line with it. A round
face needs hair arranged on top of the head.
BY paying strict heed to all these details
beauty is made or marred. For example,
the Zealand girl is called a beauty but it
is not her bodice. her velvet shoes with sill
yer buckles. nor her ten petticoats that
make her such picturesque figure. 1t is
the way she does her hair, and the CO.
quettish headdress she puts on.
1t behooves both the plain woman and the
pretty woman to devote some serious study
to the subject of her couture. Just now,
undulation is the last word in hair dressing,
and graceful waves are always becoming
and softening to every style of face.
A few young girls have adopted the Re-
camer couture. The hair is simply and
fatty drawn up and arranged with a lot of
little curls over the forehead, and in bunch
es on the top. This suits fresh young faces
with delicate features; but, indeed if you
are young and pretty, you can wear any
thing and find it becoming, and even a
neglige style does not look amiss.
Both High and Low.
AS yet there is no sign of the low coiffure
superseding that Of the hair drawn up from
the nape Of the neck, among the Partisan
elegantes. Indeed indications point to a
revival Of the celebrated 1880 couture. This
style shows one or two tall loops of hair
standing up boldly and Importantly on the
top of the head, as you see in many charm
Ing old portraits. But this style is only suit
ed to a small face, with a long slender
throat. The generality of faces look best
with more bouffant style of coiffure, with
the wreath of flowers or leaves for full
dress.
No one needs fear an excess of decoration
for the coiffure. The garland, the half gar
land the flower nesting in the hair just
back of the ear, and contrasting charmingly
with a snow-white neck-all these are fash
ionable and chic.
One word is to be said about the short,
stray hairs-"love locks''-at the back of the
head, which often stand out so conspicuous
and convert the most demure gentlewoman
into a veritable Madge Wildfire in appear
ance.
A dull gold brooch, or one Of tortoise shell,
is pretty on fair hair to pin up the love
locks; and a silver clasp is better for black
hair. AS already said, the style of orna-
mentation must always be suited to the
color of the tresses. be they Titian-hued,
raven, blue-black or blond @
Having settled the arrangement of Golf
fure in reference to the style of beauty, the
color of the gown is the next consideration.
The Classic White.
For Christmas festivities let girl choose
white, white which graduates from frosty
shade TO creamy ivory White always
makes a woman look classic and winsome
and the color never had a greater vogue
than at present. owing to the fashion set by
Queen Helena of Italy,1rf o.
For the Christmas cntillion, with Its pic
turesque figures, in which Holly, laurel, bay
and mistletoe play important parts, that
girl is the most attractive who arrays her
self in diaphanous gown of white. In one
figure of the dance, perhaps, she has a half
wreath of holly, which she raises over her
head when partner is chosen; If he Is re-
jected it is lowered. A Christmas tree is
placed in the center of the room for this
figure of the cOtilliOn and holly wreathS, or