The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-09
COURSE IN HAIRDRESSTNG.
LESSONS ~ THE Art or MAKING
THE COIFFURE BECOMING.

There is what is called a home hsirdress-
Ing establishment in one Of the big hotels
In New York. The members, a. they are
called, nave their hair dressed daily, but
nc price is charged them for the service.
The hairdressin9 establishment IL really
q hairdressing class, composed OF young
women who want TO learn how to take
care Of the hair. Their object Is to be
able TO dispense with a maid. II necessary,
and to be independent Of surroundings.
The young woman h has served her
apprenticeship In this class can go camp
Ing without fear of looking frowsy. She
can 60 on 4 weeks canoeing trip without
thought of how her hair will look when she
returns to civilization.
She can turn hermit a. many women
do for a weeks rest, and CONF back looking
as she would like to look. She can always
be sure Of being spick and span as far as
her hair Ia concerned.
This hairdressinH class experiments on
its friends. Invitations are issued to come
on such and such a day, when the hair will
be dressed free Of charge. The patrons
arrive, have their hair done and depart
again, leaving behind them words of praise
Cor the h.lrdressing establishment.
The teacher is a French woman, quick
with her hands and anxious to please.
The course is usually taken in six weeks, but
apt pupils can learn what there is to learn
in a great deal less time.
The course consists OF six different diVi-
sions. The first is the care OF the scalp,
how to treat 1t and how to keep it clean.
The second Is the care OF the hair, how to
wash it, dress it and make it shine.
The third subject treated Ia the most
important OF all, for il IL that OF waving
the hair. Waving and curling arc taught
together, and the woman who has mastered
these two subjects is fairly Independent OF
her surroundings.
The fourth subject is that OF ventilating
the hair, and under this heading comes
the drying of the hair, the shaking OF it
and the daily airing.
In the fifth place the pupils are taught
how to dress the hair, and under the head OF
couture making comes the subject Of letting
the hair rest, which Ii the expression used
for parting IL and allowing it to hang free.
The woman who really knows how TO
dress her hair will have the knack Of arrang-
ing II 40 that there is neither pull nor strain
upon her scalp. She will be able to dress it
low. or to arrange il high, and in either case
Il will look pretty and will have a comfort
able feeling.
The sixth lesson taught is that OF be-
coming hair dressing. Few women know
how TO dress the hair so that it looks well.
In the class there is a photographer who
takes pictures Of the hair in its most be-
coming modes and the pupils are photo
Rraphed each time the hair 10 dressed, 30
that they can Judge for themselves how 10
make it most becoming.
1T would surprise the average woman
said the teacher, could she know how badly
she dresses her own hair. The truth is that
she seems to have the knack Of doing II up
the wrong way.
IF it ought to be low she dresses 1t high.
II it ought to be high she dresses it low.
sIn the class there is a woman with a very
long nose. She first appeared in the class
with her hair done up on the very top OF her
head. This made her nose look twice as
long as il ought to be.
~She was persuaded to lower her hair TO
the middle Of the back OF her head and
there to pin it fiat. 1t was done up as plainly
as possible, so as to bring out the lines Of her
head, and when the couture was completed
It was positively pretty. Her head seemed
smaller and il took on the classical outline
which il naturally deserved.
Such a woman is taught to part her hair
on one side. 1t is waved from root to end
and it il then parted over the left eye.
Pompadour rats are put in at the side and
the hair is drawn over these rats so as to
make q big roll around the face. The effect
II very becoming.
Another woman in the class has an old
fashioned sort OF face, which is unfortunately
spoiled by doing her hair up in a modern
pompadour. This woman has been taught
to part her hair in the middle and wave it
over her forehead in big, loose waves that
come right down to the eyebrows.
The hair is now tossed over q roll at each
side and is drawn up to the top OF the head
where it is twisted into one OF those soft,
old fashioned knots which one sees in fam
lily portraits.
TO complete the old fashioned look
there is a rose set in the parting, and another
rose 10 placed at the left ear. Sometimes a
curl is added and very charming and old
fashioned IL looks as il falls over the shoul-
der. That is the way to dress an old
fashioned face"
In the hairdressing class a great deal Of
attention is given to the washing Of the
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keep the scalp shining. A glossy. clean
scalp Is q great attraction in Q woman.
and there is no doubt that it has a great
effect on the texture Of the hair itself
Many are the remedies given for q scalp
that N rough.
One Of the members brought with her
from Europe a recipe which had beer tried
and found good in many cases. 1t consists
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The fruit IL cut in half and dipped in
water. II is then rubbed directly upon
the scalp After five minutes the head is
washed with warm soft water in which a
little borax il dissolved.
To make the hair shiny, there is the old
fashioned egg shampoo. The yolk Of an
egg is rubbed into the skin Of the head and
n allowed to dry.
: After fifteen minutes this is rinsed of
with tepid water; soap is now rubbed into
the scalp and he head is again washed,
This is repeated until the hair is perfectly
free from oils and all other substances.
There are women who have soggy looking
hair. The remedy in this case is daily
ventilation. For the woman who can
aEord the time there is nothing easier.