The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
NEW HEADOEAR
REAL PROBLEM
Women Wondering Whether
Rats, PuffS and Fluffy
Chignons Must Go
By NARY ASHE MILLER

Nj UsT rats. puffs and fluffy chignons
be relegated this winter to the
unfashionable. and must the really
up 10 date woman use what the vaude-
vile lady calls her ''morgue hair to
stuff cushions and the like?
Womankind are agitating themselves
somewhat over this impending problem
since the arrival of the story from Paris
that Russian turbans. towering, over
whelming affairs of fur or beaver, must
be worn during the coming season, ne
cessitating a large knot of hair on the
of the ponderous headgear. Are women
TO look like feminine Cossacks, or
with more local and absurd compare
SOM drum majors?
1t is declared that these new turbans
rise, some OF them, to the height of a
foot and half above the forehead. and
crowning this elevation is an aigrette;
but we are spared the details of the
length of this outstanding ornamental
ton.
That is unreasonable, as any one but a
fashion maker will acknowledge. Con-
slider the predicament of the tall girl,
who will look as though she were a char
ter member of the Grenadier guards.
Nor will the small girl be much more
pleasantly situated: she will be totally
extinguished as far as appearances go.
The hair. it is positively stated. must
be combed straight upward from the
forehead and rolled in a ball on the top
of the head. The turban will come
down to the eyebrows in front and to
the shout, ers in the back.
This will be queer enough, but the
worst must be considered: How will
women look when they take these tur-
bans of and display the screwed up
locks?
Not every woman has a perfectly
shaped head. Sometimes there is a
iatness of the rear elevation; occa-
sionally peaked apex, and oh-the
foreheads one can remember-buIging,
bony, rolling back with the noble ex-
panse of western prairie, or rising
barely high enough to keep the Oar
winian theory in the background.
Now is the time for the girl with
curls or fluffy mop of hair to rejoice.
triumphant; while she of the languid.
demure locks or a sparse and meager
supply must resolve to grin and bear it
or to trust that modification of the
new coiffure may be invented for her
benefit.
The question may arise as to the suit
ability of the conventional chin strap
for the Russian toques, but the possi-
bility of its interference with conver-
sation seems to dispose of it finally.
The milliners of San Francisco say that
the Russian toque is new TO them,
but they are always prepared for any
change The advance styles in felt
and beaver hats which have just arr
rived from New York or Paris are
rather large, with brims turning alb
ruptly up on the left side and huge
crowns
1t may be matter of interest to the
public to know that "raisin" and 'mul-
berry" are to be the favorite colors this
season and that they are peculiar cloudy
purpIes. both of them.
When the Cossack bonnets arrive they
will give more somber tone. as they
will be in the sedate browns and blacks
of furs
The health enthusiasts will be given
an opportunity to rise up and make
themselves conspicuous when all
womankind are clad in the sky scraping
toques. for the weight must of necessity
be considerable and the pressure on
each square inch of brain cells will be
computed and expounded increasingly.
| Still, come what may, we may feel
sure that every true woman will be
brave and patient, bearing the demands
of fashion with a fortitude that is
astonishing when considered abstractly.