The San Francisco call., 1908-11-08
By Lucy Baker Jerome

oers. went up and her pro-
testing hands went down.
She was very French, this dark haired.
black eyed Importation from Gallo
shores. who tripped smilingly forward
in one Of the largest hair establish
ments of San Francisco TO ascertain
nay desires. we never use Chinese
hair. That is only for the third rate
shops. We (the shoulders went up
again) use only hair of the very finest
for the making Of false hair 1t is the
beard of the Thibet goat or The wax
we use, and alas, the yak. he goes to
become extinct What we shall then
do j know not"
didn't know either But. looking
admiringly at the little assistants
shining locks, 1 remarked, some
what irrelevantly: 1T won't mat
Ter much 10 you, anyway, will
it2 Your hair isn't yak, Pm sure"
For answer the little hair dresser's
deft hands few TO her head A quick
turn, pull and twist, and the whole
fluffy pompadour slid back like a well
oiled door, giving a glimpse of a
smooth, black head, with hair parted
in the middle, after the fashion of our
granomothers, and brushed down meek
" over each ear.
Well" I began. What a trans
formation"
She beamed Madame understands.
That is what it is called in Paris-a
transformation. All the ladies. even
those with the long. beautiful hair wear
this now It saves much trouble. for
this pompadOur effect is always ready.
It needs not TO be curled or waved or
brushed, or Marceled. 1t is of an un
surpassed convenience. And with this
transformation come also the rat the
Psyche knot-much worn now-the
pun and the coronet braid. See?D
She flew 10 a case across the shop
and returned bringing marvellous col
lection Of hair of different coIors. There
was one object looking like a brown
bologna sausage, long and fat, and re-
duced TO smoothness by an invisible
yelling of Molines net; a most ex-
traordinary framework OF wool and
wire, which resembled nothing so much
as a bumped paper weight, with a large
loop Of wire on the outstanding por-
tions, through which the hair is drawn
in imitation of that classic and beauti-
ful style OF hairdressing known as the
Psyche knot; third arrangement of
wire curved in the middle and sloping
down toward the ears, covered with
wool intended to stiffen a dropping
pompadour, and still fourth combina-
tion Of horse hair and wool which
nerves the same end.
BY dint Of judiciOus questioning the
fact was ascertained that the Amer
icsn woman has gone false hair mad.
Starting with a switch of modest di-
mensiOns to supplement a scant array
or tresses, she added a rat when the
pompadour came into vogue. took up
the transformation idea with alacrity
and completed her upholstered hair ef-
fects by a number of puffs, sometimes
as many as a dozen, which she pinned
around or under the knot OF hair in
the back. 1T would not be at all sur
prising," said one OF who has been in
the business many years. ito see the
cushions worn under the hair in the
time Of the old French courts come
into use again. With the enormous
width Of the hats now worn there
should be some way of supporting the
hat which can not be done by a frame
work Of loose hair. Although even
now the hair is pinned out under
these hats by means Of hat pins some
thing solid is necessary for hats of
such size. and II the cushion were in
Produced I should not be surprised if
# came to stay"
The Coronet braid is one of the
newest things in the way of false hair
designs. 1t is a soft, loosely woven
braid Of hair-real or manufactured as
the purse of the wearer may dictate
which is placed on the head in the
form of a crown. while the curly ends
fasten together in the back low down.
This is very effective mode Of dress