Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
Charms Enhanced by a Be-
coming Couture.
MUST SUIT YOUR STYLE
HAIR DRESSED LOW AND WAISTS
WITHOUT COLLARS.
The Fluffy Girl is Both Feminine and
Confiding-Practical
Hints.

Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Morton.
Copyright, 19O3 by T. c. McClure)
Fashion has decreed that woman may
dress her hair in the style which most be-
| comes her.
No hard and fast rule as to the couture
is possible If the best expression of the
face is to be brought out and natural
charms enhanced.
Fortunately the high style of hair dress
ing now in vogue is becoming to most
women.
| Certain styles of low couture have a re-
| markable way of imparting youthfulness to
| face and If woman can adopt that
| mode she will do well to cling to 1t through
| the rise and fail of fashions. Curiously
| enough, it is the low dressing which sug-
gests youth, and the low one. too, that
nestles in the graceful hollow OF a prett1ly
rounded neck.
With the prevailing fashion for dropping
shoulders and fiat collarless effects style
| of low hair dressing Is the inevitable de-
| cree, although to the low couture has been
charged the dropping OF shoulders IN place
of the bundling OF the neck
It is far easier to secure quaint and pic
turesoue effect with low couture than
with a high one, but there are many women
who do not find this IA, arti ss1, ana hia negnge
which starts rather high and gives to the
head a long. narrow and graceful appear
ance is better suited to them.
| Soft, big waves accompany either the
| high or low style To get light, fluffy
| effect with a pompadour Is one OF the
problems of the times. BY many skillful
| maidens the roll is abandoned for slight
| wire frame, which accompnshes the pur-
pose without an undesirable massive ap-
pearance.
The high fluffy effect is one In which a
| woman may smile bewitchingly or frown
| with deadly effect, be graciously interested
| or severely Indifferent, be sweet. feminine,
earnest. confiding, capricious. arch sly and
| even saucy to the greatest advantage.
There are Madonna faces whose
| sweet serenity is enhanced by the piainest
A Psyche twist and filIet around the
head is one Of the styles. The fillet may be
| q part of the long chain or lavilliere which
hangs about the neck, or narrow bandeau
After the Greek maidens. who originated
| this style. had died, 1t was revived centu-
| ries after through an accident that hap
| pened to a court woman in the seventeenth
| century.
She had the king wound round her finger,
and one day, when she was at royal
hunting party, the wind blew her pretty
Just as the other ladies were hoping that
headdress awry would ruin her, she took
off her ribbon garter and tied 1t around her
head. She looked SO tremendously fetch
her than ever Thus the fashion was set
and graceful and becoming mode which
finds it's exact counterpart in the fash
ion prevalent in classic times.
Take Care Of Hair.
Proper care Of the hair is one of the du
ties most important to the woman who
aims at looking her best. The most becoIn-
Ing style Of couture cannot atone for the
lusterless tresses and unkempt strands.
The growth of the hair should be stimu
lated by gently rubbing the scalp daily
with the tips of the fingers. A tonic should
be applied at least once a week. ~ sham
poo once in three or four weeks Is often
enough If the hair is kept FREQ from dust
by frequent brushing.
A too liberal use of ammonia in washing
the hair may turn 1t white. AS 1t Is cleans
ing little should be used occasionally.
the proportion being a half tablespoonful
to a gallon of water.
Washing soda, too. dries and burns the
hair, finally causing 1t to break and fall.
A valuable lotion for Strengthening the
color of the hair and preventing it's turning
gray is made of four ounces o. bay rum
and one ounce of sulphur
Two hair brushes, not stiff enough to
break the hair nor to irritate the scalp,
and yet not too SOFT are as much a neces-
sity for glossy, live hair as the brush is for
the proper satln-llke finish to horses
coat
A pomade is necessary toilet article,
particularly after middle life has been
reached. This need Of nourishment is not
usually found when a woman is young;
hence the brightness Of the hair. even when
carelessly kept. But the lack of O. pomade
is undoubtedly Accountable for much Of the
unlovely hair of people who are not yet in
middle life. The hair is being starved
The least bit of the pomade is taken up
on the finger tips, and five minutes before
going to bed. First take care that scalp
and hair are free from dust In the morn
fr,tr hn
have been absorbed, and it will not be long
before the harsh, starved tresses will begin
to show signs of punishment and take on
new beauty.
To Make Bears Grease.
Bears grease held high place as a pro-
| moter OF the growth of the hair few years
ago. 1t is still in much repute. but it is not
necessary to buy the bottled and labeled ar
ticle at high price, since its relation to
any wild beast of the forest is most remote
The formula for its preparation is one
half ounce of powdered gum benzoin to
one-half pound of melted lard Stir we'll
together, Keeping 1t hot. Then let 1T settle,
pour off the clear portion perfume with a
little Oil of rose and put in wide mouthed
bottle.
pomade which has a lasting and flow
cry perfume is made Of: Lard, 4 ounces;
almond oil, ounces; oil of bergamont 20
drops; Oil of cloves, drops; oil of rose,
drops; oil of flower of orange, drops; Oil
of jasmine, 5 drops
A violet pomade is made Of. Lard one
half pound; almond oil, ounces; palm oil,
ounce; altar of violet, 20 drops.
After melting the lard and adding the oils
peat them up with fiat wooden spatula
LOT halI an hour. AS the mixture cools add
the perfume.
Philocome, an old-fashioned unguent for
the hair. is one of the best made Its name,
derived from the Greek signifies a. a friend
to the hair" 1t is prepared by melting five
ounces of white wax in a double boiler,
with one ounce each of acacia, jasmine,
rose and neroi oils. Stir the mixture it
cool enough to set Let the lar in which 1t
is placed be slightly warmed, or at least of
the same temperature as the philocome.