Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
Tresses Should Be Allowed
Occasional Freedom.
WEAR cbQf6Err1sH CAPS
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MAKE CHARMING FRAMES FOB
ANY FACE.
Practical Solution Of a Problem When
the Hair iS Weak
Practical Solution Of Problem When
the Hair is Weak or
Falling Out.
copyright, 1903, by 7. c. Mcc1ure.)

The mischief with her nowadays is caus-
ed by the extravagant use OF combs, big
pins, daggers and 1eweled ornaments.
Nineteen heads out of twenty. SO the doc
/ tors tell us. need rest from too much comb
| ing and arranging. When hair is thin, dry
| fading or falling. it needs rest.
1t is obvious that girl cannot go around
| like a mermaid or the Lady of Shallot, with
| flowing tresses. Fascinating as she might
look. 1t would not be convenient or proper
The solution of the problem. therefore, lies
| In the adoption of caps, for the morning
| hours at least. Caps will not prevent hair
from turning gray. neither will they keep il
| from falling out. but their use allows the
| hair to be lightly gathered up, without tight
twisting or braiding, or much pinning.
| Mass the hair loosely, put in a pin or two
and cover the becoming disorder with CO.
quettish cap-a Charlotte Corday, a Martha
| Curtis mob, Puritan mulch, or bit OF
Sheered lawn. Whatever its style. 1t Will lie
| found a charming frame for piquant face
| Even let the hair hang loose, but, for a
touch of femininity, spread over the crown
| of the head bit of net or Queen Adelaide
kerchief. Tulle. chiffon and the crispest
| Swiss are most called into requisition for
| cap building. In shapes caps are rivals OF
| those worn nearly century ago. "heil
| ringlets were in vogue and could not al
| ways be coaxed into proper shape for the
breakfast table. The crisp and becoming
cap was then adopted for the morning
| hours. For different reason. 1t Is now IN
| creasngly the mode for the breakfast tot
| let.
| The morning toilet of the hair should be
made with a large. broad-toothed COMB,
| used for merely Strengthening the tresses.
The scalp If possible, should not be touch
ed If the hair is falling badly, not eTen
the comb should be used. The locks are
massed on top of the head. broad bone
hairpin is run through them, and the De-
coming cap is placed over all.
Elaborate Styles.
For the few hours of afternoon and even
ing the hair may be dressed as deliberately
as fashion or fancy dictate.
Some women wear a cap at night. but 1t
must be Of silk. A silk handkerchief.
knotted at the four corners, is sometimes
the most convenient arrangement. The
silk, these devotees of the nightcap say.
creates gloss or polish by communicating
electricity to the hair.
The wearing of caps solves another ny
gienic problem. The pompadour style OF
hair dressing, the doctors are telling US,
causes nervous prostration. At least, they
say that any style Of couture that Injuries
the roots of the hair irritates the nerves.
and that whatever irritates the nerves In
duces nervous prostration.
Although woman VIII not acknowledge
1t, except to herself she knows that stun
pompadour hurts for days before she be-
comes accustomed to wearing 1t. she
knows what relief it Is. even after she De.
came Injured to 1t. to remove the rat,
brush her hair softly back as nature had
intended, and let IT hang loosely about her
shoulders.
been in vogue for more than ten years
First the hair was cut short, as If for the
old ashioned "frizzes," and combed at
right angles to the head. Every young wo-
hoy 1ntr fhrrS q n q 4
condolences with her friends about how 1t
hurt In time, the pain disappeared, as the
pain of the Chinese childS tortured feet
disappears.
When the "Rat' Came.
Then came a new form of the pompadour,
and with it the rat The pompadour. TO
be conventional and correct, must be drawn
over rat" and it must be drawn tightly
to properly outline the rat" The result
according to some authorities, Is nervous
prostration.
The hair drawn away from the face n
direction opposite from that which nature
intended, irritates the nerves of the scalp
and by reflex action, affects the entire
nervous system by straining the muscles.
The muscles at the top and front part OF
the head are most obstinate. Those at the
back are much more pliable and lend them
selves easily to manipulate The roots Of
the hair are not set vertically, out at
slight slant IN the mead Inc parts OF the
roots which reach the surface point slightly
to either side, indicating that nature de-
signed that the hair should be parted at
the middle. instead of brushed back from
the forehead.
1t is noteworthy that the great spread of
nervous prostration among women has
taken place In the past ten years. and SO
is contemporaneous with the rise and sway
Of the pompadour.
"Sixty per cent of our women are neu-
bop said q doctor three
Since that time the number has increased
to rs Der cent. 1t may be noted that 70 per
cent of the women of America have worn
pompadours for part at least Of the past
three years.
A Plea for Loose Hair.
Hair specialists, therefore, make a plea
for hair worn loosely. There should
be few hairpins,' they tell us. "They
should be used sparingly. for they, too IT.
ritate the sensitive nerves of the scalp. If
there must be pompadour wear 1t loosely,
discard the rat and for some hours daily
discard a couture altogether In favor of a
cap"
The question arises in this connection
Why don't women wear caps head
dresses? They are coquettish and make a
pretty woman irresistibly fascinating and
a plain woman charming. In the middle
ages they knew how to embody all the
mystery and delicate charm of maidenhood
in a filmy bit of lace and a string of pearls
OF late we have had the fashion of putting
bit of ribbon about the hair in the fashion
of fillet. -.
In classic times a veil over the head was
the mark of well-to-do matron.
At one time cap Or coverchief was so
arranged as to make a triangle of the face,
after the manner of the mail Golf Of the
knights. Elizabeth. queen of Henry VII,
wore one of these angular headdresses,
from which her hair fell unconfined over
her shoulders. A widow wore distinctive
cap--a wimple with lappets.
The fashion OF nets Of gold or silver iili-
gree, which prevailed In the thirteenth CEN
fury, was charming.
We read that, Queen Philippa wore her
hair confined I'm a reticuiated covering Of
goldsmith's work. Queen Joanna of Ma
varre wore a net Of fretwork, from which
hung light veil. At this time the hair
was sometimes worn partly in a net and
partly falling over the shoulders.
Extravagances in headgear were not re-
stricted to the fashions OF one sex alone;
fanciful caps were also worn by men,
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