The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-11
FOREIGN FASHION NOTES.
stripes Popular Pretty women IN Caps
-Dyelng the Hair.

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-Dyeing the Hair.
How long will the stripe attraction last
In becoming a loudly expressed oucst5,n.
BY all rulings II should pass with the sam
mer. for It's popularity mas been airno--
unprecedented. But, according to the
Queen. there are many indications that
u will not do 10. a. there are yet mapy
variations on the theme to be played our.
There is every likelihood Of the s~elf-colored
cloth coat playing a part allied to a striped
skirt. while there are equally sure indics-
tons that In lieu OF the dovetai!cd and bias
stripe decorative effects viii be wrought
through the medium OF plain materials.
Caps are being adopted by pretty women
with ~negligee costumes. but are almost
entirely abandoned by the elderly OF their
sex. which Is a great mistake, for a little
aoft lace about an elderly face is altogether
softening and captivating: Keep on age
as long as you can, but when Il has come
and you can ignore " no longer, then by
all ann OF means render It as graceful.
gracious and dignifed AZ you can. II has
It's charms like youth, but we should en-
deavor to enhance such charms to the best
Of our ability
Some people powder white hair, which
when 1t has a %proneness to yellow tint is
very well, but the powder should be brushed
out well and sprinkled on lightly. There in
nothing more cleansing. especially to greasy
hair, than powder, and some OF our most
skilled hairdreesere sell special kinds which
make the scalp clean and the hair itself
easy TO dress. but the powder should not
be allowed to remain In the tresees. Up to
now we have been content with white and
cream Inc pink tinted powders for toilet
purposes. but in classic days colored kinds
were used In the hair.
Dyeing il no new notion in all times
women nave made their hair the color
they desirei. In the middle ages red hair
may have been more general than IL is now.
but there could not have been quite m
many with the Titan tresscs as rave been
handed down in art. The Arab women
have fallen back on henna to bring raven
locks, and in the early Victorian DAYS dark
dyes were resorted to, just as in the later
days Of the reign OF the good Queen every
woman wanted to he golden haired, and
indeed the majority managed to be 10, not
for i developed a muddy aspect in a oounte-
nance that. framed IN black or brown hair,
looked clear and charming.
The little sleevelees-completely sleeve
~less-coatees are very quaint In Paris,
fashioned in black satin or silk and worn
over light gowns. The srmholes are large
and there IL merely a strap over the
shoulders. and in some cases full basques.
In black chiffon velours and panne chiffon
they are so pretty.
Hitherto large hats have been worn
with long skirts. small. neatly trimmed
hats with short skirts. But the latter are
almost taboo now for out Of doors, while
A. .u,al AfoatharaI olNoha M nanalin.
Of generous dimensions 10 the ~favorite
of the hour.
The first to amalgamate these apparently
discordant elements we're American women.
And Americans lead in everything and
everywhere nowadays. Even the Parisienne
Is glad to follow their example. The most
eccentric modes find favor when launched
by Parisians or Americans because for some
unexplainable reason they have b ply
sigue n style to carry them on success
fully. Dress a French woman In long
skirts or short ones. in paniers or Empire
gowns, in princess ines or crinolines, In
tight sleeves or full ones. In big hats or
small ones, high ones or low ones she will
never look ridiculous, though in iteelf the
fashion she assumes may be as ridiculous
as you like.
American women are similarly gifted
and they apply their characteristic sense
of the practical to their natural s~tylishness.
Thus American women introduced short
skirts on occasions, when at one time they
were not considered suitable. From their
hands the fashion could not be but ac-
ceptable..
There is every reason to suppose that
this mode Ia not a mere passing fancy.
but a we'll established reform. However
gracefully we may achieve the manipula-
ton of our skirts. the privilege of free
hands and feet lie not one we shall be in a
hurry to foreEo. A practical principle
is always a solid foundation upon which
to build decoratively.