The San Francisco call., 1906-07-06
DALYS DAUGHTER
MAY WE'D A PEER
By Lady Mary.

I washing days" in the great house at
Westminster, so there is much excite
ment as to what is going TO happen
and whether a special law will have TO
be passed to prevent honorable MEM
bers arranging their linen to dry in a
general dressingroom in the House.
Golden curls. auburn curls and curls
of various hues were strewn thick
upon the field of Ascot. This was the
result of the very latest thing in hair
dressing. 1t has been in vogue some
time in Paris, but arrived here only
about a month ago. 1t consists In fix
ing on punches of curls behind and
at the sides of the hat, usually when
the headgear is arranged! These
punches of curls are put on and of in
the same manner as earrings. No one
attempts to make believe that they
grow on the wearer's head-at least
If any one does suggest such an idea
no one believes her. They were In
vented by the French hairdressers to
meet the requirements of the new hats,
which are tilted so enormously at the
back, and without the addition of these
fascinating curls leave the head GU
friously bare. In many cases they are
stuck on the hat. In any circum
stances the adjustment of false tresses
is not an easy matter, but when it is
essential to fix ii to a hat the difficulty
can be easily grasped. and this ac-
counts for the state of the breeze
swept field at Ascot. They say sew
eral engagements have been broken
| off owing to the wearers having
dropped their locks. The men who
have taken such a high handed atti-
! tude must be very young and Innocent.
Artificiality is in it's heyday. 1t is the
| hour of false jewels, false teeth, wigs
and manufactured compilations. All
these things are accepted as matters
| of the most obvious course For ex
ample, the majority of the smart
year ago are now glorified in a halo of
| golden brown, which accounts for the
hundreds of thousands of yards of
brown tulle which is used this season
on millinery because the dark brown
tones so perfectly with the tint Of the
new shade of hair.
Today Titan red hair Is quite bour-
geois and those who had 1t be-
| queathed to them by Providence are
ashamed of it. AS for the locks of the
| golden peroxide order. they have been
| relegated to Second-rate barmaids and
are never seen on the fair dame who
pretends to be chic. 1t is only Amer
| lean women who wear gray hair
There was an attempt some months
ago to make 1t the fashion. 1t had a
brief vogue. Women decided IL made
| them look older and with this tragic
idea upon them they flew to the ateliers
| of the smart hairdressers and had
/ their tresses dyed in the new tone.
! An incident came to my notice the
other day which reveals the tact and
! good nature of Mrs. Kate Moore, the
| rich American woman who. as 1 told
recently in this correspondence, won
the friendship of King Edward at Biar-
| ritz Mrs Moore is staying at the
Luxurious new Ritz Hotel which Amer
| leans seem to have annexed. She was
driving in her motor in Regent street
one morning lately, when, owing to
procession of opponents of the educa-
tion BILL there was a block of traffic
While she was waiting there issued
| from a well-known rendezvous in the
street where ladies take their IL a. m.
glass of champagne a certain woman
whose family is In the greatest grief
| because she has developed into dipso-
maniac. She walked with more than
an unsteady step and already a few
people had gathered to watch her.
| She was untidy and slipshod and her
hat was awry. Without hesitation
Mrs. Moore jumped from her motor,
went forward and spoke to this woman,
who had once been her friend Come
and drive with me in the park" she
said, but to her chauffeur she gave the
address of the person she had just
rescued from making scene The
party drove straight to that point.
when on arriving Mrs. Moore was over
whelmed with thanks and gratitude
| from the culprits family. She had
escaped and every one in the house had
been searching for her. There are few
women who would have risen so finely
to the pathetic situation as Mrs. Moore
did.