Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-13
q AIR ORNAM E N T s
BECOMING TRIPLES MADE OF
RIBBONS.
Impossible Flowers, Dragon Flies
and Other Glittering
Effects.
Written for The Evening Star

Written for The Evening Star.
Artists to the contrary, American women
declare that the Greek woman's head was
level when she combed her hair like frame
about her face and bound it about with a
filet or wreath. The modern woman who
is sufficiently young and pretty to stand
that mode of decorating the hair is using
a twisted rope of wide satin ribbon, knotted
at intervals, all around her head.
This arrangement enhances the grace of
the head, but is not so universally becom-
ing as the half wreaths, with the tapering
ends, which are generally worn, or the
more airy arrangement, In half-wreath
shape, of gauze dragon-fy wings with an
ornament in the center.
These dragon-fy wings are far too full
f1edged for a dragon fly, for they stretch
their gauzy lengths for several inches long
each side of the wire frame of the curve
which they follow. Six pink wings, three
on each side, have their beauty accumulated
by a cluster of apple blossoms in the center.
White wings are lovely Spangled over with
small gold spangles. and have a small ro-
settle of white tulle in the middle, while
black gauze wings are spangled with either
silver or gold and sometimes have small
aigrette of gold or silver tinSel In the CEN
ter, and sometimes one of feathers.
Every woman has ribbon ornaments for
the hair, more or less elaborate, according
to the occasion on which they are to be
worn. Dainty roSetteS of long loops are
made of number of loops of gauZe ribbon,
in soft colorS. The idea in wearing so
many of these ornaments is to get note
of becoming color to the face to offset the
effect of a white gown, for white gowns
are worn morning, noon and night now.
The flush of pink rosette, the glow Of
a red one, the bright CLEAN of a yellow
ornamen- or the warm tone of some other
color lends a brightness to the wearer of
a Ia ~ "a CT q
selects the color that will best bring out
the beauties of her complexion, the luster
and tint of her eyes and the warm or
bright lights in her hair.
Clusters of Bows.
Some of the ornaments are of numbers
of short ends of narrow satin ribbon with
tiny bows in the top of each end. They
are crowded together, and give something
of the effect of cluster of fragile flowers
and something of that of little butterflies.
Another ornament has loops of narrow
ribbon tied in a knot in the tip of each
loop. This has the effect of a novelty and
is pretty, too. Besides, it makes the loops
stand out as they would not do without
the knot.
These looped effects are newer. but
scarcely more popular than the floral eff
fects, where the green cup of a rose is
used to hold the fold of q bit of satin that
represents Unfortunately the bud of a
red rose or a blue. one. - These buds are
wired and narrow ribbon Is loosely twisted
about the wire, giving careless and grace
full appearance to the ornament.
A fad of the day is for flower effects
where several small loops of narrow ribbon
are gathered on the tips of ribbon ends
and fitted into a green rose cup. where the
ends of the loops join each other. Some
of these little loops are knotted in the
middle. and as little like flowers IS these
loops are the effect is of flowers with a
little air of originality and lightness which
the solid satin flowers of last season did not
possess.
Large roses and half-blown buds of the
solid satin flowers are in vogue, to nestle
among curling locks. and these are usually
spangled with gold or silver or rhinestones
Feather aigrettes are usually decorated
with jewels. and antique jewels and barettes
are worn in the hair, as well as frame
buckles of rhinestones and other jewels