The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09

n T last we can sit down to our
A dressing tables in calm, even
"a joyous frame of mind entertain
Ing kindly thoughts toward the
comparatively simple task of arranging
our hitherto unruly tresses. Poor
thingsl How they were abused, puffed
and pulled, first to the front. then to
the back, then frizzled and fried and
steamed and baked and finally left to
rise. or rather lie down all done up
tightly in a towel over night, only to
be pinned and tied TO all manner OF
ugly and most unsympathetic founda-
'tions OF wire, hair and, oh, such un-
speakable substitutes when at last re-
leased. till they knew not themselves
and wished they could fall out and
die. (which is precisely what they
finally did do. But the hair dressers
and specialists and "preparers' and
l''renewers" are all in deep mourning
Inow that he lucrative source of their
incomes is demolished. SO long as
women would allow themselves to be
made hideous by such monstrous Golf
lfures as fashion, or rather the hair
ldressers' trust decreed for the last five
years. Just 80 long would new and hor-
lrible fashions be invented until the
ltresses simply rebelled. out of sheer
lack OF energy, to have another "spe-
cial preparation warranted to make
straight hair wavyY applied. Not un-
ell our hair positively began to fall out
did we awaken to our proper senses
and all through the summer stud.ously
apply all known tonics from crude oil
to egg, doing II in a net, to lie all topsy
'turvy and rest and regain the natural
beauty. Witbfhe satisfying result that
we now may give our heads toss and
pin the ringlets right where they hap
pen to snuggle down close enough TO
the head TO be pinned In place. And
those that prefer TO stand up or stray
loose are brought into sufficient confine-
ment by a coy band adjusted about the
head. Our sorrows of inadequate hair,
hair too straight or hair too thin, Is
all adjusted In Ave minutes with no
isoul-racking expenditure of time and
patience with every sort Of special
lists" heart-breaking prices, each one
with a new contrivance which Is "ex-
pressly adaptHd to your particular
need" and which you find yourself
mesmerizeds iptos, purchasing at ten
times what IT'S worth, simply because
ATS 1.-The latest thing" will prevail only
a few weeks. and the selling price must
be high in order to make up for the
short demand.
I know of one woman who actually
had a collection of thirty-three similar
lontrivances for making her hair appear
i"deously opt of proportion to her fig-
- and general character. Not one Of
them cost less than dollar and a half.
ans cech In its turn was cast aside or
S.-slass che minute she was alone and
clothed IN her right mind. But the very
next day some other excellent conver-
sationalist' would explain to her the
caiise OF her grief and kindly supply
her with the proper article to give that
classic contour TO her head. when all
these sorrowfu! months her classical
contour was being ruined by being built
up out OF all proportion 10 her fea-
lures, whereas all she required was her
own natural hair. which was no more
nor no less than was adequate for her
particular needs.
Blessed be the clever and sensible
woman who started the bewitchng
fashion of wearing ten caps" She has
solved a long-felt want for all of us
and thought. Clothe ourselves in our
own hair. or. at least. give 1t a few
days rest then when we see ourselves
in comparison with other huffed-up