Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02
Art of Present-Day Hair Dressing

The hairdressing of today while too ex-
IRENE ia some forms is, in its most artis-
tic arrangement, the most generally be-
coming style We have had In many a day.
Its very simplicity is its chief charm. And
It is just this simplicity which takes years
from the head, likewise from the face, of
the wearer. Its classic lines defining the
well-shaped head give an appearance of
youth never possible with the pompadour
and the high coil on the crown of the
mead
Fashions in hairdressngs do not change
with as much frequency as dress modes
though 1t must be acknowledged the
changes are more radical. Women are
loath to give up style to which they have
grown accustomed for something radically
new. Even though the close dressing.
minus rats" and rolls" has been worn
by many American women for almost a
year-the first one OF these coiffures
landed in America last June on the person
OF returning American girl-one still sees
an occasional pompadoured head-and, how
abnormal IT does look! Only the wearer is
unconscious of its grotesqueness.
since this new dressing came into vogue
bringing with II an enormous business to
che hair-goods people, many varieties have
been seen-some not altogether becoming.
81 is true, for there is always a class who
go to extremes and do the utmost toward
killing a fashion.
Despite lhis fact however, the "swirl''
dressing continues to flourish and to grow.
be It noted. For we are beginning to add
putts at the back, taking care, however, to
preserve the simpler contour. a late varia-
tloh OF the peasant dressing. and one by
the way which should be attempted only
ba
which parts in the center, waving softly
TO the ears where the back hair IL It be
long enough, or ones separate" hair, is
arranged in soft coils This dressing is
particularly becoming to a round girlish
face and never should II frame an oval
face. For evening wear, a string OF tiny
roses is banded across the part and brought
down to lose itself in the ear coils.
To return TO the puffs The hair shops
report that they sell three times as many
puffs as switches, and they are contInu.
ally over sold. One very good reason fol
this is that puffs are far less expensive
than switch. In certain staple shades
one can buy very good looking cluster Of
puffs for as low a price as s. a Ions
switch of the same quality costs $40 Hair
dressers are more than pleased with this
vogue of puffs, because OF the limited
supply OF long hair in the market.
The puffless, switch bound head is a lit
tie too severe for the great majority Of
American women but puffs and bands to
gether are admirable, Accordingly man,
American women cover the crown OF tn
head with puffs and swath the rest OF tn
head, allowing the front hair to puff gu
softly and make a pretty frame for tn
face The tag locks at the ears are curle
and allowed to cluster around the ear Sep
arate curls of this kind are on sale in tn
hair emporiums under the name OF 'p
euris." scant whisp OF curly hair abou
five inches long when pulled out OF curl
fastened to the points OF a long invlsIbl
wire hair-pin, the head OF which is easil
and comfortably thrust through the Golf
fure. These same pin-curls are used 10
the fashionable bang when one does no
possess such a feature naturally.
The mode of arranging the swathed an
puffed head is very simple. II ones ow
hair be long enough II is first combed bac
softly from the face, straight or parted
IL is then divided in half at the base OF IN
head, and crossed. The next step Is /
pin on the puff cluster at exactly N
proper angle. The crown Arrangement
most becoming 10 many. but there are Ger
tain types that look best with the puffs ad
Justed closer to the neck. After thes