Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
Exit the Exaggerated Pompadour

selves theater lovers, or perhaps they were
moved by philBnthropio motives; but what
ever the cause. we have the result.
The sides are flattened, the top is flat
tened and any protuberance that asserts
itself at the back where 1t doesn't inter-
fere with ones view of the stage. Messieurs
the couture artists, We make you our hum
BILE and grateful salutstions!
The first expression of the turban Golf
fure idea, as 1t came to us from Paris in
the early autumn showed the front hair
frInged slightly curled or parted or rolled
very softly back from the forehead with
out padding under 1t. Long strands of hair,
natural and false, were then swathed
fatty around the head, covering It like a
cap, the strands not being coiled, but
merely folded over fatty where this was
necessary, and held by big shell pins.
An attempt to achieve this flat, uncOiled
cap effect-which must, by the way, ex-
tend over the front hair almost to the
forehead line-0ften results III an unkempt
and s~lovenly appearance, but perfectly ar
ranged the couture has its charm, as have
most of the variations upon this same
theme. False hair is almost always essen
tial, few women having the long, even,
thick hair required for such arrangement,
and the coiffures are showing many new
things adapted to the present mode,
One may buy a beautifully arranged
turban complete, a cap affair which may
be adjusted over ones own fatty massed
hair, leaving but a little OF the wearer's
front hair showing. This is perhaps the
easiest way for the woman of scanty locks
to achieve the modish couture; and for
tunately these semi-wlgs when well made
have an absolutely natural appearance.
Or II one does not want to eliminate ones
own locks entirely there is the turban
pad which simply covers the middle back
and crown OF the head with soft, naturally
wavy hair, while ones own hair, supple
mented perhaps with what in other days
was called q switch but Is no. known as a
turban twist or turban coil, is arranged In
the prescribed smooth coils around the
outer edge OF the ~coiffure.
A wide braid very loosely plated is
sometimes substituted for the coil but II
must be spread out and be soft and thick
and csught here and there by the orna-
mental and useful big shell pins with
square or rounded heads. Occasionally
one sees this coronet braid pushed very
far forward and the front hair drawn back
over II at the sides, giving a little of the
side breadth which is so much more be-
coming than side flstness to many women.
one sees too the once popular coiffure
with two wide loose braids crossing al
the nape of the neck and brought around
to ~encircle the head, but this is a mode
best suited to the girlish head.
Bunches of soft curis, replacing the
much abused puffs, are introduced In some
Of the smart coiffures not on the eX'
tremely flat turban order, but even SO
the front and side hair is drawn bacl
softly and comparatively close to th'
head.
Innumerable fnlet and bandeau orna
ments are offered to the new
coiffures. STRANDS OF pearls or otheI
stones plated or twined in with the tur
ban braid or twist are much liked ant
single bands OF gold or silver gauEe EN-
broldered in metals are also very popular
while jewelled and metallic effects arr
shown in countless styles.
Handsome bsrettes extending aroun'
the\ back OF the head from ear 10 ear ar,
worn with Grecian coiffures projecting II
the back, often TO an exaggerated degree
but always softly and fluffy.
Where the pompadour is too becoming
TO be abandoned, IL must at least be mod
fled TO a very unagsressivs line and any
thing suggesting a hard firm under sup
port is emphatically TO be avoided.