The sun., 1907-12-22
ORNAMENTS FOR RHE HAIR
BEAUTIFUL COMBS USED IN TIE
COIFFTRE.
rhinestone or French Paste Hair Orna-
ments FavOrlte Christmas GlSts-NOu-
Veau Arr Designs and she'll COnnDs-The
PArIslans way OF Dressing Her Hair.

The somewhat ornate character Of the
up to date coiffure has not only brought
about an amazing demand for false hair
but has stimulated the interest in hair
ornaments "a we'll, Not in many years
. have so many beautiful combs been sold,
'2or the soft mass of puffs now poised more
tr less deftly upon almost every wOman's
Head offers opportunity for the becoming
Md iustment Of large or odd combs which
would have been hOpelessly unadaptabls
, In connection with earlier cOiifurc fads.
Rhinestone or French paste combs,
, barrettes, &c, appear to be among the
favorite Christmas presents for women
this year. and the gift need not be con-
Aidered trifing one. for while cheap
brilliant hair ornaments are to be had
the finer grades are exceedingly hand
some and as expensive as they are hand
some.
The best Of paste is durable, with proper
care, and almost as brilliant as the die-
mOnd, though the secret Of its brilliancy
les in the setting rather than in the stone
itself. Designers have planned for the
high class combs settings as dainty and
. artistic a. though they were to be devoted
to real diamonds, and the results are al
together charming.
The nouveau art combs and crafts
mans combs set in semi-pTeciOus stones
must also be taken into account, and some
Of these are eninently artistic and beauti-
ful, but while the paste combs are in order
with any evening dress the combs in shell
and cabochon stones with gold or silver
mountings demand judgment in the wearer
and must harmOnize with frocli and hair
coloVing as well as with the cOiHure lines.
Moreover. combs Of this sort have been
40 quickly initiated in the cheapest and most
tawdry of materials that unless the comb
Of real shell and semi-preciOus stones is
particularly original and beautiful il is
likely TO he misjudged. There are some
wonderfully lovely things in this style Of
comb, however. and in combs Of enamel
and Jewels, too. the famous jewel workers
like Laiignes have given great thought and
effort to the producing Of combs that should
be- genuine works of art. and the humber
but aspiring craftsmen have followed as
successfully as might be in their footsteps.
Some excellent designs in real shell with
gold mountings are shown and many women
prefer these to the more SNOWY jewelled
combs. but for ordinary daytime wear the
fastidious woman chooses handsome shell
without other adOrnment than its cutting.
The large ball and point tops are still much
used. but broad straight tops, plain or
carved, are perhaps better liked.
Side combs are now so often entirely
hidden by the coifure that they do not
assume the importance they once did. and
indeed il one adds TO the clustering puffs
and curls which spread over so much of the
head an arsenal Of combs and pins the
effect il lamentable. The barrette is used
when necessary, but eliminated il possible;
the side combs do not show. and the large
comb is set among the puifs instead of be-
low the massed hair. after the old fashion.
Often there is no comb at all, handsome
shell pins with large ornamental heads
being preferred, and such pins may be
used 10 great advantage with the present
coiRure
The Parisians favorite coiTure OF the
moment, or at least her favorite couture
for evenings. does not take combs into ac-
count at all. She may wear n beautiful
diamond or paste comb. but If she does not
sport tiara the chances are that she uses
no jewelled or shell ornaments save the
ordinary shell pins
She has said "Avaunt!" to the unnatural
marcel wave too. Possibly irons are still
used upon her hair, but they must produce
only the loOsest, largest, most unaggressive
and natural of waves and the women who
visited Paris last summer and fall have
been distressing the souls Of their New
York hairdressers by vehement protests
against waving as il is generally known
here.
Then, too, the Partisan, while she puffs
her hair out extravagantly and pins it up to
her hat, in the effort to fill in the angles of
the capacious chapeau. does not understand
the pompadour as it is once more being
travestied here. Her hair must be drawn
back loosely. softly, with no suggestion OF a
roll or other support.
The support may be there. but anything
like the smooth hard roll seen ON SO many
American women ia a caricature OF the
mode The front pompadour need not be
very high. The hair is drawn back softly.
usually dropping a little sidewise over the
brOws, and is massed there. not in puff col
lection of such enormous and obviously
artificial size as one frequently sees. but in a
cleverly adjusted arrangement Of loops and
puffs and curls, which softens every sharp
angle Of the head without introducing any
nmazing new ones.
The dressing when done. while increas-
ing greatly the size of the head. does really
follow and indicate the shape Of the head
itself, and for that reason is a thing prettier
and more generally becoming than any
of the old modes. such as the chgnon or
the much abused Psyche knot which made
head and hair depart at a tangent FROM
each other.
OF course all this applies TO the con-
servative Partisan couture. There are eX-
AggeratiOns there al here. but it is seldom
that the elegant mondaine goes in for the
spectacular extravagances of hairdressinR.
One of the prettiest and most popular
of SveninE hair ornaments at present is
the ribbon or snoOd drawn around the
head in and out among the soft locks and
nlITs and finishing at the left front with
4 knot of the ribbon, a little cluster Of
flowers, a jewelled ornament or some form
Of sweeping feather ornament.
On the whole the cluster Of fiowers-a
camellia. with its glossy dark green foliage.
a rose spray. or some other effective blossom
lis the thing most in harmony with the
suggestion of simplicity Of the ribbon ar