The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-19
HELENE vALEAU's ANSWERS.

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Naleau, Intermountain Catholic.
l have several pairs Of dress shields
IN the house. and think ] could use then
If they were freshened up. Is it posi-.
PIE to wash them?-S. G.. Ogden.
wash the shields quickly in cold
suds' rinse in cold water and wipe dry
before laying them in the window
Where there is no sun.
X = x
10 arrange becoming couture is al
ways difficult for the woman of middle
age, because as rule her hair is thin
ana her face being broader or more slen-
der than in youth. makes even the sim
plest styles of hairdressng complicated
AS an aid to this deficiency false hair
must be used to soften the evidences of
Ola age and to complete an effective
couture. One of the best first helps
TO scanty locks is the false pompadour.
Not the piece of hair pinned to the
front of the head, which deceives no.
Dody-but long fringe of hair not UNI
like an Indians headdress that fastens
around the head with hook and eye.
To adjust this piece the natural hair
is allowed to fall over the face, neck
and shoulders, then the false hair is
secured to the head and falls over the
natural When both are mingled the
hair is taken back and dressed. This
artificial piece is called the Contour
and differs from the transformation. in
that IL is much more natural looking.
besides being less weight upon the head.
Styles in hairdressing for elderly wo-
men do not change often; still new
ideas are launched each season, even
though they are not always adopted.
For instance, the pOmpadour. though
not new, viii surely never go out of
fashion While there are middle-aged wo-
men, for it is an arrangement that al
lows OF so many notifications that al
most any type can wear it SUCCESSFULLY
As an example of its adaptability. if
the forehead is too high to make the
brushed up and back pompadour be-
coming, it may be parted at the side
and dropped trifie Just above the eyes.
a woman with fat round face should
not wear a perfectly round pompadour.
instead. she shoull divide the hair in
three parts and arrange each strand
separately to suit her face. If the
cheek bones are high or the face is
broad as well as round, the hair must
be pulled slightly on the sides.
A low forehead needs the pompadour
that is higher directly above the fore
head than at the sides
When few ultra smart girls be-
gan wearing the hair in the middle of
the head, a little below the crown. and
the pompadour fat in front even the
hair dresser, would not credit the change
an fashion as a lasting one
But evidently it is here to stay.
1t is not easy to make this new Golf
fure. because the puffs must be adjust
ed just at the part Of the head where
The hands do not easily reach.
1t is also difficult to train the POM
padour to stand out in a new way.
Those who are blessed with low fore
heads and thick hair have everything
their own way. Their coiffures always
look well, no matter what the fashion.
But the majority of women must
manage 10 have a stylish cOiffure with
a handful of hair, good deal of it
broken by roughing il TO make II stand
out. and curling with too hot an iron,
The woman is rare. indeed, who is not
compelled to wear false hair.
In detail the new couture has lines
that run TO the crown of the head just
above the nape of the neck Even the
hair over the ears is not combed up
ward, as it used to be, but back in the
way it grows.
The hair is almost fat in the center Of
the head. 1t is raised and rolled ever
the ears in the way the French call ban
deaux- This raised line extends around
the back Of the head as we'll as sides.
and above il. just below the crown rests
one or three long, loose puffs. Not two.
remember.
It is much simpler to pin these on
than to make them. even if your hair
is long enough. 1t is no simple matter
to get your arms far enough back of
Your head to roll these puffs into per
feet smoothness. Therefore, even those
who have enough hair to make pufTs
hatten it out and pin the ready-made |
ones over that space.
At the nape of the neck the hair is |
caught firmly with a long barette. The !
little one is of small size. One of the |
newest tricks is to use a barette comb |
which does not clasp in the usual way, |
but is finished with shell teeth which |
go up through the hair and keep every |
Struggling lock in place.
If one can wear the hair parted, so |
much the better; but few attempt it.
The hair is waved, either by irons, kids
or cloth, to run straight across the
above the brows. Those who
90 not ike TINS straight line pull the
hair down TO a slight point in the CEN
ter.
The length of the head across the top
Is much exaggerated. The waved hair
standing straight over the forehead IN
stead Of up from it. and the puffs piled
out at the back, give q long line that
has rarely been seen before on a wo-
mans head.
Strange to say. even with as much
artificial hair as women use. the new
couture looks natural This does not
refer to the hair dressing on hundreds
Of girls one sees on the streets with
The cheapest artificial hair unblushingEy ;
pinned all over their own; it applies to
The couture of the well-dressed woman {
who takes pains to make the hair look
natural.
The set, high, stiff pompadOur is what !
makes a woman's head look artificial
There is no way of making it look nat ;
lral, and no way of making it nat
lral, and now that It is left TO the ma ,
ority. because it has been so abused, ,
me turns with delight to the coiffures /
If the minority. which aim to be loose !
md graceful over the forehead and 6
sars. :
Since the day of the invisible net a :
woman can afford to do up her hair in {
some kind of loose grace. When the 7
let is put over it and well pinned into
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