St. Tammany farmer., 1909-10-02
BY JULIA RoTToMLEY.

By what gift of the gods did the
Greeks arrive at the most beautiful Of
all the innumerable styles of dressing
the croWning glory Of woman? If they
had not demonstrated their superiori-
ty in discovering ideals of beauty in
other directions we would have to
| concede that they were first in the
| art Of the coiffure.
Three modern examples built upon
| classic models are shown in this ar
| ticle from an artist who has no su-
perior They are at once exquisitely
beautiful and simple and have rightly
been named the Daphne" the "Di-
ana," and the Psyche" coiffures.
There is nothing intricate or impossi-
BILE to the amateur in their construc-
ton, and little study reveals that
they are suited to heads of various
contours, designed to improve their
outlines where they are not perfectly
regular
When the wearer has an abundant
supply of hair the Daphne" and the
the Psyche" might be arranged with
out the addition of any false hair. It
would be difficult to arrange the
stately Diana" without a braid of
even width its entire length and
heavy enough. A small thin braid
would not produce the right effect and
few women have hair enough to use
so much for the braid and have
enough besides to form the knot of
curls at the back. These coiffures are
all arranged with piece placed under
the natural hair about the face and
cluster of short curls pinned on at
the back. 1t is much more conven-
| lent to arrange the hair with these,
even if one has sufficient hair to do
without them.
This front piece is called a puffy
fiuffer," and is somewhat like the
longer pompador supports which have
formerly been used. It is of naturally
| curly hair and can be combed and ar
ranged like ones own hair 1t does not
come out of curl 1t is made in several
widths, depending upon the amount of
extra hair needed in making the coif-
fure. The curls also are made up on
supports and in several sizes to be
pinned to the coil at the back. If
| carefully selected to match the natur-
al hair exactly, these pieces give the
most satisfactory solution to the prob
lem of dressing ones own hair each
day.
To arrange the Daphne" the
front hair should be parted off and
waved (by rolling it on rollers over
night or with the curling ironl in
large, loose undulations. When it is
curled, comb it forward and pin it
out of the way until the remainder of
the hair is combed back and tied at
| the back of the head After tying ar
range the back hair in a rather firm
soil to support the coiffure. The
Daphne" requires the widest of the
puffy fuffers. This is pinned about
the head with several small invisible
hair pins as one pins the foundation
for pompadour. After adjusting this
support comb this hair in with the
front hand and bring all back to the
knot which has been previously ar.
| AdASC0 LAE S4uS III very 1OOSG1J
until the front arrangement has been
completed, so that the hair may be
pulled forward easily, if necessary
when adjusting the bands. The
Daphne" requires three bands. They
may be of jet, shell, metal, ribbon
beads, in fact, great variety of these
pretty ornaments are shown at pres.
ent. Place the first band properly and
arrange the hair about the face be-
comingly. That is, pull it more or
less forward, and make it more OF
less fluffy to suit the face. Then
place the second band. Take the
comb and pull the hair into a puff be.
tween the two bands, then place the
third band and arrange the second
puff. If the bands are fastened to-
gether they may be adjusted and the
hair pulled into the even puffs re
quired afterward. The short full
curls are next pinned to place about
the knot Of natural hair. Pin a few
of them down to form puffs and use