Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-04
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
At the Dressing Table.

Woman is to look very meek TINS
winter with her simple, fiat hairdress-
ing outlining the shape of the head
Rut like most effects of feminine dress
these new meek hairdressings are APT
to be bit misleading. Weakness IN
many cases is only couture deep-to
paraphrase a familiar truth-and the
new banded hairdressings require quite
as much pains in the building-and
twice as much hair as the fullest
Greek arrangement of year ago.
Yards and yards Of hair are neces'
sary for the wonderful braids that are
wound around the head like coils OF
ropc. and these braids must not only
be Icing, but heavy and luXuriant in
suggestion. TO increase this effect OIL
lu\uriancethe braids are pinned with
huge shell pins which seem necessary
to keep the wealth of treSses in posi-
ton This arrangement OF the. hair IN
banded braids is called the Brittany
couture and to most women 1t is very
becoming, lending a youthful look to
the face and giving the head graceful
lines 1t is sure to be popular, for ii
may be arranged with very little hair
of ones own. Long braids are neces-
sary to be sure, but they may easily
be bought and pinned in place with
the big shell pins when the natural
hair has been fluffy waved and drawn
back into a knot of puffs. Fluffiness
is a very important essential of the
Brittany hairdressing, for unless the
hair putfs out softly in front of the
braid and frames the face becomingly,
the braided couture will be harsh and
trying.
a Brittany ilairdressing is illustrat-
ed. in this case only one thick braid
having been added to the natural tress-
es. AS will be seen the hair is softly
waved and is drawn quite low over the
broWs and ears, the whole effect being
soft and luXuriant: though as a matter
of fact in this case TIE natural hair IS
not extremely abundant.
With these simple hairdressings,
simple ornaments are worn, even on
occasions calling for very formal cos
tunes. Towering coiffure ornaments in
the way Of aigrettes and marabout
tufts will be left to the dawagers this
Writer and younger women will affect
the simple and girlish effects. Mile,
optel WIN utI DdIlueC cOTOuel DTdluS
startcd the fad for these extremely
simple hairdressngs. Miss Francis
Stars girlsh coffure in the Easiest
Way" has established a vogue in this
country, and the quaint, flat hairdress-
ing of Mrs. Deland's delightfully."- fem
inine Helena Richie" has had it's In
fluence.
Strings of pearls will be wound in
the hair in bandeau effect, and all sorts
of fiat bandeaux are extremely modish.
Some of the bandeauX are of inlaid
shell, others are of filigrce gilt or are
set with Sunlen pearls or rhineStones.
The handcau is usually Worn when the
coronet braid is dispensed with and
crosses the front of the head over the
parted locks just back of the brow.
Parted hair. by the by. is a fad now.
Nc more pompadours are seen on
sinartly dressed heads. The rat is
still used but never across the top of
the head where the bald must now be
flat under the crossing braid or ban.
deau. The rat" passes under the back
Of the head from ear to ear and the
waves Of hair are built out over it to
give a full effect at the back of the
head. above the neck. Puffs, or CHG
mons of fluffy little curls. pinned down
IN puff fashion, are used in the back;
and these also may be purchased OF
the accommodating hairdresser ic the
natural trCsSeS are not luxurian,
enough.