The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
Our own simplicity.

Only in the Anglo-Saxon race has this
passion for the ornamental hair cover
'ng died down with the modern so TO
speak, fashion for hats. The Americans
are less given 10 It than the British, for
the condition of royalty has preserved
the tiara. the oak leaf jewelled and the
small crown, the emblems OF rank and
title.
once our girls wore ribbon In their
hair as a token of gayety but ever so
simple fashion quickly died. The nov
elist who makes the heroine put a rose
in her locks should be writing OF our
next door neighbors, the South Ameri-
can States. for we. at this end OF the
continent, neglect such adornment. We
are more practical, Moreover, and know
that roses soon fade, and whitening give
US the look of age and disillus onment.
Nothing is so Disseminating as the
banquet han deserted.
Our Indifference to such things must
be at an end. at least for "A space OF
time. We want to be running with the
current. The current is plainly marked
for headdress
Since the year after the armistice, the
winter OF the Peace Conference. Paris
has given brilliant attention and work.
manship to tho ornaments that are to
be perched on the head, They we're
shown In their Aslatic glory by that
dead girl who was never out OF the lime
light and whom Paris sincerely mourned,
O. by Deslys. In London she made tow
ering headdresses the fashion and many
smart Britishers took off their jewelled
emblens OF titles and substituted the
plurnage and coloring Of a jungle bird
in imitation OF her and In keeping with
the strongly running current of fashion.
That winter every one in Paris took
thought to their headdress for the even
ing In opposition 10 the Biblical utter
ance, they. by taking thought did add
an inch or more TO their stature. Some
kept to the band studded with jewels
from which an Immense aigrette swirled
cut from the eide. Others took the cue
from Gaby Desya and Nile. Mlstinguett,
who amused thousands o. doughboys in
her French theatre and adopted the
towering edlfce OF expensive nues and
feathers Of the kind forbidden by law and
constantly worn and sold.
During the winter In Paris at the
opera and the theatres the onlookers
we're more attracted by the headers ses
than the body dresses. There was far
more OF one than the other. II might be
said parenthetically. Each woman tried
her best to eclipse the other. None went
with the hair unadorned., The simplest
Marcel wave was the height Of any at
tempt to make coiffure. for the locks
were merely n foundation for whatever
the milliner could invent.
Fashions changed rapidly under this
stimulation. Rivalry and the unprece-
dented spending Of money By those made
rich through the war ana others whose
sources OF income remained in doubt
caused the Jewellers and milliners 20
reap that harvest for which they had
waited through four years. They made
the best OF t.
SIN. we IN America remain aloof from
the fashion. Few women OF fashion were
in France during the years that fol-
lowed ;he arfnistice. except those con
nected with the peace Conference. They
followed the French fashion Of orna-
menting the hair for public appearances.
Mrs Wilson wore a wreath Of black
ulle sewn with Jet pailettes end black
fues at the side. flaring In a modest
manner.
Nothing so simple as this e the fash