Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
EARS ARE OUT OF FASHION
Nowadays They Are Hidden Or Else
Disguised.
DRESSING THE EARS IN COLoRs
Queer JeVVelry Used 10 Distract the
Eye-EarIess Drawing Room in
LOndOn-Ear Harnesses and
Tihy Rim Rlets.

NEW YORK. Sept. Is" II l had no ears
| would be so hsppy!' one woman said to
another with a sigh.
You needn't have ears II you don't
wan them was the prompt reply. Nv
been in London and Paris all summer and
I've seen fewer ears than l ever saw be-
fore
There was once a belief that where
there was a face there must be two ears
lurking alongside, But this was In the
long ago. Now the really pretty woman
does not show her ears, or II she does
show them they are so disguised that you
hardly recognize them.
1T was in the long ago that women dis
covered that no artist in search of beauty
ever drew ears. In the art galleries seldom
or never does one see a pretty woman upon
the canvas wearing ears. There are little
punches Of side curls that hide them, or
more likely the woman wears a head decor
alton that puts the ears out Of sight,
The trouble, a Paris artist explained to
me. is that few women have nice ears,
Either they are too big or they are too mar
row. Eeither they stand out from the head
or they twist downward. The right sort OF
ear at the right sort of angle is almost
unknown.
The Italian peasant woman owns such
an ear and the Spanish girl boasts the
most exquisite brown ears, we'll shaped and
faultlessly set against the side OF her head.
But the lady OF the blue book, the one
who makes her bow at court, has ears
which are either transparent from diet or
fat to bulkiness.
well, there are remedies for poor ears.
In Paris they sell a head harness which
goes over the top Of the head and across
the tips Of the ears. Again It goes around
the head. this time taklng in the lobes Of
the ears. The harness can easily be made
at home, but the important thing is not to
cover the orifice In the ear as the hearing
suffers n the air be shut out.
II the ear harness be well planned Il
also lifts the chin. There is a broad strap
which goes under the chin, supporting the
flesh and keeping the chin from growing
more double than II already Is. II worn
constantly at night this double chin will
disappear entirely, and SO the ear harness
does double work,
"~strappIng a strip OF elastic around the
head so as t. hold down the tips OF the
ears Is a good thing, but the elastic must
not be tight enough 10 leave a mark. Its
virtue is that II adjusts itself to the move
ments Of the head and Is less uncomtort-
able than a linen harness, but II too tight
il makes the head c
The very newest thing in an ear band
age is the compress Of moist cotton over
this wet cotton compress a strip Of cotton
cloth is bound, and under II the ear sweats
ana takes on a new shape.
Feather pillows are bad for the ears
and that is why the japanese woman sell
dom has ugly ears. She does not sleep on
a feather pillow and her ears do not be-
come turned and twisted underneath her
head.
The woman who wants 70 be sure ths'
her ears are sleeping correctly should wear
a ~nightcap. A pretty little pink liner cap
all trimmed with lace. is Becoming and II
protects the head from draughts, At the
same time II holds the ears In place. They
cannot double forward In the deP.hs OF the
feather pillow. Twisted ears and ears thai