The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06

achieved by twisting the puffs at vari-
Gus angles from the main stem and oy
pulling them~out little. making them
seem more fluffy. Eight or ten puffs are
considered sufficient to make the aver
age showing. and they may be adjusted
as one likes, so long as they do not de-
scribe a conventional semicircle- A
new way of dressing the hair which
promises to be becoming to women Is
TO have IT waved and drawn up to the
crown of the head loosely, the ends
folded over in puffs and this made the
center of a coronet of false puffs- The
puffs are laid on to surround this. but
not to look like crown roast as
women are apt to get them
Since the high coifrure has been IN
vogue for several seasons now It's CEN
ter has gradually lowered. and the lat
est advice says that 1t will be even
lower on the head, coming just below
the crown and almost in the neck I'm
fortunately this arrangement is not so
well suited TO the American head as
some others are, but for this change the
new hats must be blamed The brins
droop so much in the back that they de-
mand lower arrangement of the hair,
and at the same time lower grouping
of pufs This gives more breadth to
the head. which is not always needed.
and sometimes makes woman's face
too short and broad.
Another evidence of the adoption of a
lower coiffure is seen in a new double
braid which is laid on the head length
wise. While this dressing is considered
a high one, according to the present
height of the fashionable dressing. IL is
at the same time low one. extending
as 1t does from the top Of the head to
the neck. The plaits are laid side by
side with the ends turned in at the bot
tom, and the side part is held to the
hair by two exquisitely polished steel
pins.
Puffs introduced in the front OF the
pompadour are fashionable and add to
the fuflness of this popular dressing
They are not carried on down the back
from this point, however. but lose
themselves In the clusters of puffs at
the crown. If greater width is desired
than that which is gained by the adj
Unstable puffs. braid is first fastened
on This supplies firm foundation
for the other pieces. while the ends,
which are separated into small purs.
! are made part of the coronet. If an
irregular line in front is becoming
then the puffs are arranged trife
higher at the left side than elsewhere.
Just here the pompadour may be
broken and a puff inserted here with
one>just back of it to give some height
Ribbon entwined in. the hair is a fav-
orite trimming for the evening coiffure
of fashionable women of almost every
country. 1t is easily managed with the
eoiffure now in vogue, and it seems TO
suit faces which find this dressing of
the hair becoming. If the ribbon be
threaded through the maze of puffs and
pompadour in the front 1t is frequently
finished back of the ears in small bows.
+. At other times each end is concealed
beneath a cluster OF flowers.
There is hint that with the drop
ping of the coiffure center to within a
few inches of the neck some OF the
fashionable false pieces will be aban-
doned and the hair will be drawn back
lower over the ears. with the ends
gathered loosely just below the crown
and then pinned IN pufrs or, irregular
knots TO the head Already some OF the
fashionable French women are wear
ing this couture with stunning effect.
1t Is so much simpler than the one
seen everywhere during last win
ter that much is hoped for 1t. and
the fact that 1t requires a well shaped
head to wear 1t to advantage makes
it all the more a style to be followed
where possible.