Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
Written for The Star.


VH1s Casters hairdressine styles
for woman point strikingly to a
return to wigs.
Perhaps not the huge affairs
of the days of Louis XIII In
France. or of the Georges of England. but
wigs, nevertheless.
It is a reasonable certainty that when
forced to a choice between running her
own locks in an effort to gain the elab-
crate pompadour, curls, braids. puf1s and
waves demanded now, woman will turn
to an artificial head covering that will do
away with all the present trouble, assure
her an appearance in accord with proper
models, and at the same time leave her
own locks in good enough shape to be pre-
sentable when the existing mode gives
way to another.
BY next Easter the society queen will
be waiting for the mode in wigs as anx-
iously as for the newest thing In hats and
gowns.
The present situation, with hats grow
ing smaller and smaller, till they have be-
come only auxiliaries to the huge coinures,
Is said to be the direct outcome OF the
Marcel wave mania
It will be remembered that this style
of hairdressing made hit OF Titanic
sent to the hairdresser women who had
never permitted themselves that kind OF
luxury In the process it Is necessary to
use hot irons. The hair was burned and
Then to cover up the ugly places woman
was forced to have recourse to puffs.
curls and braids. With the addition Of
these the couture grew to enormous pro-
portions Then the ever alert milliners
took the hint and made their hats In such
fashion as to increase the importance of
the headdress. Now there Is no doubt
about it. The Easter hats Of this year
play distinctly second fiddle to the
Easter couture.
The point has been reached when 1t
looks as though the wig could not be far
removed.
The wig has ever been q favorite sub
terfuge of feminimty. In the British Mu-
scum there is an Egyptian wig. which
| 4, 900 years ago added to the charm of
some fair daughter of the land Of the Nile.
| The savages of the South Sea Islands had
| not many accomplishments, yet some of
their work proves them to have been not
| lacking in adeptness when 1t came to the
| fashiOning Of wigs
In modern times the wig reached Its full
glory in the period when Louis XIII sat
on the throne of France. from 1910 to 1913.
| In this period the headdreSS grew TO such
mammoth proportions that the topmost
part was often full foot above the nat
ural hair Of the lady.
| All through the period Of the Georges
the wig and the powdered queue were es-
sentials OF stylish attire. and 1t was not
until the present century got pretty well
| under way that the artifciality Of the
mode gave offense to experts. and it was
reluctantly abandoned by those who had
only limited amount Of woman's crown
ing glory. but joyously by those who were
bountifully blessed.
The wig and powdered hair of colonial
times in this country marked the only
period in Uncle Sans existence when his
fair daughters turned to artificial hair. ex-
cept in unfortunate personal cases where
increasing badness made some sqbterfuge
necessary.
But now the whole number is turned
that way 1t won't be much of a step. in
fact. for at the present time large por-
ton of milady's hair is only attached to
her head when she is on dress parade.
The heavy braids. the coquettish little
curls. the charming puffs. all spend the
night on her dressing table. The big POM
padour on the front, which looks so abso-
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