Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

his store. where there was a long. narrow
room along whose right side were wash
ing basins before which women ~morunfully
sat with bowed heads and streaming hair,
and along whose left side we're dressing
mirrors before which women smiled with
upright heads and false hair. Before and
after" the little Frenchman.
The hair Of a great many of the women
at the basins was thin. scraggly and de-
jected looking, relates the New York
World. But I'm the mirrors were reflected
a consecutive row of gorgeous headdresses.
Some we're almost elaborate enough to re-
call the pastoral vision produced by a
duchess OF Marie Antoinette's court, who
made the other fine ladies turn a poetic
shade OF green and yellow melancholy"
one night by coming out with her hair
so arranged by means Of design and deco
ration that IL represented a garden in full
bloom. Some we're almost simple enough
to look classic.
DR.. Hutchinson. an authority and writer
on hair, said that only coarse or dirty
switches are bad. Each little real hair is
so beautifully made that when it is struck
by the air it cleans itself. Any heavy or
matted addition would prevent the air from
penetrating, and would, therefore, be in
furious. But, in his opinion, fine false
mar - pfdCllCdly armies ana the
wearers have nothing to fear IL they take
the precaution to buy from reliable dealers.
There are four qualities Of false hair in
the market. Fine, soft hair cut from the
heads Of white women make up the first
class. The peasants OF Brittany, whose
constant mode is the wearing OF demure,
olose-fitting caps, furnish q great part OF
this. A good deal comes from the poorer
German women. who are very much taken
up with children, church and kitchen
which, the kaiser tells them, should be
femininely first and foremost-and who,
therefore, are not concerned s~trenuously in
the adornment OF their persons.
The second class is made from coarser
hair cut from the heads OF white women.
This is given, too, mostly by races not
English or American. The girls Of Amer
lea or England would almost as soon part
with their teeth as their hair.
Now, wearing false hair of the classes
that have been described will be perfectly
safe. IL 1t has not been taken from the
heads Of sick or dead women.
The third class of false hair comes from
Indian and Chinese people. This is often" "
says DR.. Hutchinson, filthy, beastly
stuff" They take It down in cellars. run
a little needle along the length of each hair,
so as to divide 1t in two and give the switch
a finer appearance.
Tn fourth class asserts no pretense at
splendor, and is made up into what is
really called rats" Fourtheclass hair is
said to derive its being mostly from diff
ferent kinds Of animals. Needless to say 1t
is very thoroughly cleaned.
Objections to Lingerie.
Miss A. L. Marlett Of the home econ
omics department of the University of Wis
consin wrote '30' on ruffled lingerie before
a large class of girls at the La Crosse
County College Of Agriculture because, she
said, none saw it, and 1t merely was the
means OF enslaving the women who had 1t
to wash. Besides, it is insanitary, she said,
and a set OF two garments, under and
outer, is preferable in the woman's ward
robe. The time is coming, according to
Miss Marlett, when women will wear loose
clothes and gym suits about their work.
Most women are copy CATS according
to Miss Marlett. They see another of the
fair sex with her hair done attractively
and they rush home and try to duplicate
it, regardless Of its adaptability to their
style. Women should dress with regard
to accentuating their beauty, she declared,
which can be done by considering the lips,
eyes and hair. Illustrating, she said q
blue-eyed girl might give the appearance
to her eyes of the. blue that the poets rave
about by dressing in a pale shade Of blue,
while rosy cheeks and lips may be accen-
tuated by similar methods of taste.
False hair is the greatest spreader of dis
ease with which women have to contend,
she says. and related personal knowledge
of two cases of leprosy contracted by Vas
sar girls from switches" cut from the
heads Of lepers by INSCRIPTIONS foreign
hair merchants.
For that matter women would be better
off, she said, without false hair, or even
hats, for when the time comes, as she says
1t will, for people to go bare headed, there
Will be no more need for hair tonlcs, and
headaches will have disappeared.
The average woman has a putty shape
at least, said Miss Marlett, it is possible to
change it to conform with any fashion.
She took a rap at the husbands when she
declared women should train them to do
most Of the homework. This can be done
by any clever woman, she said, and she
can therefore escape the drudgery of
housework labor. The men. she said, are
in the habit OF sneering at homework and
the time will come, IL her predictions be
true, when the husband will be the house.
hold drudge.
Leaves from Fashions Notebook.
A serviceable suit of tweed is the color
of an almond shell.
The Chantllly lace gown is one OF the
favorttes of the season.
BLU jewelry, whether stones or enameIs
is much worm. Turquoise and sapphires
are In demand. A dog collar of either is
modish.
The newest motor wells are OF black
lace, not the familiar o~ne-piece veil, but
fashioned OF 'all-over" lace with a border
Of lace insertion.
Seed pearls rave returned on tulle and
velvet, in dresses and millinery. Beaded
tulle sleeves are the latest, and many have
an embroidery in fine gold thread inter-
mixed.
An effective gold and silver buele en-
broidery, worked In a feather design. was
the piece de resistance on a lovely mauve
satin evening dress worn recently by a.
well known matron.
on the mushroom order is a simple
charming hat with brim Of tan suede. and
crown of black satin surrounded nv a
plat Of the suede, catching In the chiffon
veil. On either side is a stiff quilted ro-
settle Of black satin, with a tan suedeIcov-
cred button In the center.
A smart hat on which one Of the nav
lace wells was recently displayed was OF
cerise Tagal straw, the shape Suggesting
the mushroom with a long black brim that
fitted over the hair. The sole trimnjnS
took the form OF some narrow velvet HAMA