New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
Paris. June 2.

Paris, June
The way which one elaborate or sensational
fashion will produce second is well Illustrated oy
the novel fancies in hair dressing that have fol-
lowed in the wake Of the eccentric millinery OF the
season. The tiny hats have exposed great deal
of hair, and additional curls puffs and braids
have seemed almost g necessity. Then, too any
cofure, such a regular Pompadour, seems
out of keeping with the coQuettishly tilted hat
brims. The most marked change in the coifure is
in the Pompadour, which almost invariably in
cludes some parting. 1t may be in the middle but
IS more often side. and sometimes on both.
The hair in front is kept rather but il is
more bouffant in the back than the case last
season. when the up-and-down comb was in vogue.
This is rather replaced by the Dlrectoire
back comb. small for the street and often very
large for the evening. Little curls falling the
temples are one Of the new fancies. and what used
TO be called finger puffs relied again to sup
plement the hollows left by braids and coils.
Naturally, a great deal Of artificial hair is used
and this ranges all the way from transformations
which in a more brutal age would have been called
wigs to tiny little single curls attached to an In
visible hairpin. 1t is wonderful an invisible
hairpin can accomplish in the hands of expert
enced coiffeur. Hardressers all agree that shell
pins are an abominntion. and some so so far as to
use nothing but the very light ami small steel hair
pins on the ground that they quite as strong
as the heavy pins and do weigh down the hair
Even transformations pinned on in this wav
The real hair beneath being rather tightly knotted
&c afford some support
The transformation, the coiffeurs say, is the re-
suit of the undulations that have been in vop,1a
Women who thought IT needfuI to be alwavs mod
isIS dressed found 1t necessary to have the hair
waved several times a week Even when this 10
carefully done it burns and cuts the hair so that
.Hefe comes a time when the natural hair can no
longer be neatly arranged. Then the transforma-
uon is reIleo on 10 give the hair rest and chance
10 grow out. Skilful coiffeurs have turned nut
transformations so light that they can have no
harmiui heating qualities, and they affirm that
properly put on, they be detected All the
halruressers are making transformations and ac-
coFoh8 TO their accounts. they are selling them in
such great quantities that every group of women
must be sprinkled with them Yet it must be ad-
nt'ed that one rarely suspects the carefully waved
hair of not being naturally attached to the scaIn
There Is a tendency now to a lower cofure espe-
cialy for the evening A pretty style is a braided
coll low in the neck with little curl escaping from
beneath tbs coil This may be artificial or Il there
is plenty of natural hair it may be arranged in a
single braid. with the end cured The very low
coils only becoming to regular features ana q
is only in rare cases that the French woman can
adopt them The coiffures seem 10 agree tbe+ tho
half low style is the best for her for the evening
and this is carried out with 4 good many addi
uonaI puhs and curls The high Drectoire combs
are very useful with this style The comb holds tba
back curls or puffs in place. and forms also a back
ground for the arrangement that is worn over the
forehead.
The coronet pleat is not as much worn in Franco
as In London, where it is almost ubiquitous hut a
celebrated Paris coifeur shows an Interesting er
aIhple OF this idea The braid carried about tho
Heao as IN The usual fashion, but the hair on the
f Is puIIed over 1t so that the braid only shows
onlr o. '4o oaGh ahd, II one wishes. top This is
ESg SHe OF many novel ideas that this co,ffeur s
ltoroouclng and, like most others would seen1 70
-e9olIe artificial har TO be ACCOMPLISHED rftb ano
@ y q very pusy season for both the manufactnrer
" a. lclal locks and the hairdresser and fbev ara
per1ty IN their line of work ioe oi pros
tot-s MS oIten remark the scarcity of gray
tba, women IN France, and the sl1DDosition is
1e French hairdressers possess some necIIIiar
x-o,,.is LOT restoring the hair to its or
- - CoIoT- These evidently not secr.ts
r. Nae manager OF a well known esta blsbmenr
s.S,,,n - quite willing to talk on the subject
:leI ttle nair Is just beginning to take on tbe
n,-SeSoiihs iaded look due to a sDrnkIin- ~
e -S -af nalfs we apply powder of which henna
'.ie oahls. ne says. ''Henna does NOT recasea- -
-ig urn tne hair red, for we have arrived al rro
oeSLns every shade of the powder 1t is a long
eEet tauofi requiring nearly the whole day for 1be
tIst app4eaton, and after that the roots hava IN
~ ueaieo ABOUT once a month. II is exnen S,rs
put We recommend henna because it is ohsoI,teI;
tariness IN fact IL is beneficial to the hair and
oeSlues II ooes not eh lnge the hair to one 5uII
tone as the hair dyes do," Monsieur then showed
some samples that be treating to discover iuct
@Eat strength or color Of powder was necessary
before treating the whole head of hair Tbe
shades obtained We're really perfectly natural but
there were always hairs quite bronze which
would seem to suggest that matter what shade