The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-24

Aud her golden hair was hanging
down her back"
That is what they are singing at Cen
trail High School, where the girls have
forsaken the couture of puhs and curls
for the old-fashioned braid and bow.
It's fad, the wearing of the hair in
a braid, and all the girls are following
it with the Unborn love of a high-school
damseI for something new and nobby"
All Wore "PIgtaiIs."
Dignihed seniors, whose four years at
high school have brought long dresses.
womanly bearing, and other things be-
sides brain culture. started the fad. and
in few days every girl in school
juniors, sophomores, and even wee
"freshles in pinafores-appear for class
recitation with their hair braided into
what the boys call a ''pigtail." worn
down the back, with large bow OF RIB
bon TO match the color Of girlish tresses.
There is long story behind the change
in the headdress Of the high school girls,
and for several days there was only one
person in Washington who knew the tale
Emory NJ Wilson. principal Of Central
High School.
When Mr. Wilson conceived the idea OF
persuading the girls of Central to forget
their love for the burdensome couture
considered fashionable by some. he real
lied he had to solve a problem more diff
cult than any which had ever before con-
fronted him.
To summon the girls 20 the assembly
hall and tell them en- nasse that he did
not like their way Of dressing hair. high
on the head. with all sorts and shapes Of
rats" with innumerable curls and frills.
would have been 10 invoke maidenly
mutiny. for Mr.. Wilson we'll knew that no
girl or women would allow a man TO die
tate how she should dress herself and ner
hair.
Voiced His Request.
So the diplomatic principal called about
twenty Of the most popular girls in the
school to his Office. They came singiy
and heard his secret He wanted them
to appear in school the next morning with
their hair braided as their mothers and
grandmothers wore 1t. He instructed the
eaA4S " NS4t uV ostS VIII iau 4AaAc the
request
When classes assembled at 9 o'clock
Tuesday morning a murmur OF surprise
ran through the classrooms, corridors, and
cloakrooms for twenty OF the prettsest
girls In school appeared with their tresses
woven in long queue hanging down
their back
Before the lunch hour the change In hair
dressing had become a sensation. In the
half hour allotted 10 pupils to eat lunch
con thirty girls. eager to be the first to
follow in the wake OF the fad, took down
their hair and braided it. so that at
o'clock in the afternoon there were fifty
girls in school wearing braids.
When the girls appeared in classrooms
yesterday morning there were nearly 200
girls wearing their hair in the mode in
augurated by the twenty fashion plates.
Number May Increase.
1t is estimated there viii be 800 girls
with her golden hair hanging down her
back In school this morning. Mr.. Wilson
thinks every girl in school win adopt the
new method of dressing the hair before
the end of the week.
From Central the fad viii likely spread
TO the other four high schools In Wash
ington- Fathers and mothers, big sisters
and brothers who had pleaded with young
sisters and daughters for years to aban-
don the French mode OF hair dressing
are singing the praises Of MT. Wilson in
voices of Joy that will be heard frsm one
end Of the country to the other.
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