The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03

There never has been more uneH- pected and swift change in the manner of doing the hair than has come about this spring. From huge towering pom lpadours with wrought iron framework, and a queer little twist on top Of the head, that suggested enthusiastic nature work along the nest-building line, we have come in few months to the low hairdressng, graceful, artistic ana at fleast simple in appearance
 Rolls and rats" and artificial hairs are all done away with, and you part your hair and take it back quite plain over the ears. if it suits you, or rolled Dutch fashion, or if it waves naturally, in sim .ple Madonna ways,
 Or you need not part 1t. It is quite good style to take 1t loosely back from the forehead, but 1t must not be lined, it may part at one side or drop little on inc forehead any way that appears natural and far-removed from the stiff conventionality of the hair dresser's art. i The back hair is done in a figure eight at the back of the head, reaching from | the crown to the nape of the neck, or m ! a long loose twist low on the neck, er In s,a large fiat coil almost covering the back of the head The last idea is rether new and especially pretty with tbc front hair parted and rolled back Dutch fashion. The flat coil, however, .s not for all. It Is frghtfully unbecorsing to the wom- zen with thin faces and large features. It ,conveys the suggestion of a superfluity If features and not enough head for
 m to rest upon. But for round dim s.as face with some roses and youthful modbling, it is very charming and appro- priate.
 yival rather than a new fashion, Is in- tended for dark women with naturally wavy hair. Part the hair in the middle. have no short locks, separate the front and back at the crown, then take each front part and loop 1t back entirely, GOV ering the ear and pinned so that it puffs loosely in the manner of nair-dressing in old engravings of Evangeline. At the back, it is done in a low, loose knot, not vefy large.
 If straight hair is parted and drawn back over the ears, it suggests more the tcoiffure of Cleo de Merode or the way ithat the Bottcelli women had with their shair. It makes entirely different type, salthough the method of doing it Is the ssame.
 Young girls either part their hair and ftake the front back in Dutch rolls or they gather up all the front hair un- parted and tie it loosely at the crown of the head with a large black or white gbow. Then a round comb is slipped in 3back of the bow pressing the hair for Pward and letting 1t lie as it will about the face The back is braided in one or 1.-two, 'brads and caught up and held with a. second big bow or if is done in a very Hong apparently loose coil. It is never bdone high or left to hang loose or even the braid unconfned, at least not after a girl is past 12
 But even the youngest girls nowadays ghave theeir hair exquisitely groomed; ; this fad doing the hair so plain makes the perfect care of it very important in- deed
 It is not difficult to care for ones own hair and keep 1t in excellent condition, with just a few general rules and nec- essary facts to work from
 It is impossible to have the hair healthy ! and beautiful unless the scalp is free from dandruff. This is accomplished by both washing and brushing the scalp. Washing the hair once q month is quite sufficient for the average dry hair. If the hair is oily, twice month is not too often. Nothing is better for both scalp and oily condition of the hair than washing it in water containing pinch of borax. The hair should be rinsed twice after washing if dry three times if oily In brushing the hair see that the brush reaches the scalp, then draw thruogh the strands softly to the ends
 Tonic for oily hair-One drachm of bisulphate of quinine; one-half ounce of salt; three-fourths of an ounce of borax; one pint of water. Apply to the scalp night and morning with a soft sponge, rubbing the scalp until it is dry.
 Tonic for very dry hair-Bayrum, five ounces; tlncture of cantharides, one ounce: olive oil, one ounce boric acid twenty grains. Apply with medicine drop ped to the scalp and rub in with sponge.
 Effective shampoo-One ounce of shaved Castle soap; ounce of borax; two teaspoonfuls of alcohol; beaten yolk of