The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-14
WHAT THE MAN SAW.
The street Car Reveals Some Ec-
centricities in Hair Dressing.

CenNT1CNNhes IN
wei. well" said the man, knocking
the ash from his cigar against the
piazza railing. what won't women do
next"
What is it now" asked the woman
in the hammock. smiling indulgently.
The way you FIX your hair" sighed
the man Not you. you know. Yours
is lovely. piled up high like that. and
so soft and shiny. with sort of half
part in the middle"
"Oh, dear" said the woman. raising
her hands and pushing up her hair
from her forehead. 1t wasn't meant
to be parted"
Never mind, said the man. ITS all
right. But the rest of your sex! They
look as if they had combed it all up
the wrong way and hung the hairpins
in for decoration
Clever mani" said the woman.
They do. Comb it the wrong way, /
mean To make a pompadour, you
know
What" exclaimed the man. in hor-
ror bringing his tilted chair suddenly
TO a level with the floor You don
say so! And those awful birdnesty
things hanging down behind"
The woman laughed.
Il rode in from the Casino last night
on the rear seat of a car" went on the
man, and 1 assure you it was a study
in modern hairdressing. There was
only one girl on that entire car that
had a tidy-looking head"
The wind. perhaps suggested the
woman. charitably.
Not a bit of it," declared the man.
They had started out that way. 1t
was the most compla cent-looking lot
of heads you ever saw, and the most
extraordinary. What do .. you call
those peculiar elongated things that
hang down behind?"
AN eight" said the woman.
1T is more like an ill-made birds
nest than anything else" said the man.
"All ends. and rough, and fuzzy, and
looking as if it would fall to pieces any
minute"
But it is considered such youthful
style" explained the woman.
Youthful" said the man, snorting.
why don't they wear a plat, if they
want to look youthful. There's no OBJ
lection 10 looking neat at the same
time. is there?"
The woman shook her head, and was
speeches..
And the front is only a degree bet
ter than the back" continued the man.
once they parted it in the middle and
pulled it down over the ears, until it
was a matter of reasonable doubt
whether they had any ears. A year or
two ago they plastered it down over
one eye. 1 thought that was just about
as awful as it could get to be. Now
they stand it up straight in the middle
and roll it away from each side, in
stiff rolls that look like sausages, or
comb it UP to a high pompadour and
skin it back tight above the ears, and
have the nerve to go about looking
most self-satisfied."
Don't get so excited" said the wom-
an. Your cigar is out"
Some of them" said the man, TAX
ing a match out of his pocket and
pausing to strike a light, had an enor-
nous pompadOur and a knot about as
big as button on top of their head. +"
THAT was because they had combed
1t all backwards to make the pompa-
dour," explained the woman.
"Horrble!" CALCULATED the man, with
a shudder. Another shocking thing
is the brazen way in which they pull
out a side comb whenever they feel in
clined and begin combing their hair as
Il the street car or the theater or any
other public place were quite the place
to do it. And the number and variety
of combs they wear is most amazing
Are they primarily for use or orna-
ment?"
who can say?" answered the wom-
an. Il wear five myself"
"At any rate you have a knot a lit
tie bigger than a button and you don't
wear sausages," said the man.
Perhaps / wear a switch or a false
front" suggested the woman, patting
her thick brown coil.
"Tll never believe it without ocular
demonstration" said the man, rising.
May sit in the hammock"