The Washington times., 1904-04-03
By MARY ANNABLE FANToN .

NJ OR the first time IN I'VE years
IAA there is a complete change IN
- hair dressing. Indeed. high
dressing had grown to seem a
permanent condition; a very lit
tie knot OF hair at the top Of ones head
and high, well-stuffed bolster in front;
this combination. without regard to
style or beauty, profile or modelling. is
what we have been accustomed to re-
gard as correct for season piled upon
season.
a girl spoke OF her pompadour as she
did OF her birthday, or her tempera-
ment- 1t was something she associated
with Fate. and not mere fashion And
Dame Fashion never likes TO DO taken
Tor granted She wants TO seem whim-
steal and difficult to please and uncer-
tain She has toward the world the
feeling OF a great prina donna
Fashions New Caprice.
And so. just as one has ceased to talk
OF hair dressing and settled into the
pleasant groove OF certainty as TO the
stylishness of ones coiffure. suddenly
there is a change OF fashion, and hair
is brought low. and the foundation is
enatohed from the pompadour- All in a
breathless minute we see our middle
aged friends looking ingenue and school
girlish.
Where once the naughty pompadour
reared its massive height there Is now
a MadOnna-like part. or just a soft
pun Of hair. guiltless of stuffing and
taking its own most becoming shape
over the forehead.
Much Latitude as to Back Hair.
And the back hair may be either high
in lose pun. or done very low in an
unbranded twist. or half-low in an oblong
coil set on on either side by long purfs.
The short woman still wears her hair
high. with ever so slight a pun in front:
the school girl with exaggerated low
ness at the nape OF the neck: the girl
Of slender contour or the young and
unstout matron parts her hair with
neat old-fashioned accuracy, does it IN
the half-low coil, and wears it a la
Merode II she has regular features
otherwise the fronts are taken back in
soft Dutch rolls that half hide the ears,
and give the plateau effect across the
top Of the head. which is so fashionable
just now and which was so very smart
at the last few weeks OF the opera.
Ornaments for All Styles.
And every style OF hairdressing is
deliberately ornamented-with combs IN
sets and singly; with huge knobby pins,
with pearl and gold nets. with costly
carved high combs and with artificial
leaves or flowers or tiny fruit
The Dutch roll with the moderately
low hair IN the back Is undoubtedly
Just now the most fashionable prevail
ing mode. The hair IS separated just
at the CROWN the front Is neatly part
ed. then each side is twisted toward the
pinned At the back OF the head. The
back hair is twisted with a long loose
figure s. and on either side Of the 8, from
Dutch rolls TO nape OF the neck, are
two pufrs that nestle close to the head.
Decorations to Suit the Hour.
For morning wear three combs are
used for decorations large one at the
back, Just at the top Of the long coll
and a medium-sized one holding each
Of the rolls IN place.
The newest combs are real shell or
ember without any gold or silver trim
mings or Jewel OF any sort. dark shell
for dark hair and amber for light, and
occasionally Jet for very black hair
Never IS there q contrast between hair
and combs.
For the short girl. who stiu does her
hair high. there are new olive combs in
both shell and amber. There are three