South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-04


beauties. a Miss Taschman, came 10
rehearsal with her hair arranged In
new and startling manner. IL was
slicked back tight on her shapely
head, and on each high cheek bone
was little flat curl. Being a strik-
ing brunette, the stark simplicity Of
her couture heightened her charm
with amazing success.
That evening when she was getting
ready 20 go on, asked the stage di-
rector 10 convey my congratulations
10 Miss Taschman, and ask her TO
wear her hair as she had at rehear-
sal IN the afternoon. She did, with
the result that when she came on
with the other girls, one could hear
a little gasp OF excitement from many
feminine lips. Here was a novelty
/ in coiffures. Not long after that
Frances White appeared in the cast
with the same sort Of hair arrange
ment and If you will recall the par
ticular epoch, you Will remember
that five out Of every 10 flappers at
the bee ches and resorts we're imitat-
ing the new style. 1t seems 10 me it.
was known as the spit curl"
The present popular craze for bob
bed ha.r started in the chorus. A
young woman from a fashionable
finishing school In Washington Sc
cured a job in the chorus Of a Broad
way musical comedy. She was not a
beauty. as beauties go. but she was
perceptive enough TO know that her
graceful angularity could be empha-
sized and made charming by a dis
tiuctive contour OF the cad. So it
was that Mrs. Irene Castle got the
notion Of bobbing her hair-a bizarre
enough idea at the time-but one
which has recommended itself 10
many diverse types of femininity for
it's manifold comforts, its real chic.
You now see at least one bobbed
head 20 every square acre OF every
city and town in the country
Although II is dependent more or
less upon the individual, or the par
ticular characterization called for,
the matter Of hair-dressing is left to
large degree TO the tastes OF the
girls themselves. Already this year
there is a chorus beauty in New
York who elects TO wear her pretty
locks down her back The effect is
really charming, but whether or not
it will create a new fashion among
society's younger set remains 10 be
seen. At present the flapper is a de-
| cidedly sophisticated person but we
may have a reversiOn 10 the Miss
Simplicity OF a generation ago. If
we do, 1t not improbable that the
couture will undergo = change, as
we'll as less tangible things like Gus
toms and morals.
The Mode I'm Millinery.
A brilliant stage director once said
TO me: do you know what it is that
reflects, more than almost any detail
OF costume, the personality of the
wearer?"
I confessed that had not thought
II out.
THE hat" he answered with con
viction. Moreover, 1 find that what
a young woman wears on her head Is
a good indication Of what she has in
side Of her head" And II you VIII
consider for moment, you will see
that It is quite true, as far as taste
and personal discrimination go. But
I am tempted 10 cite an instance
which disproved the rule.
This same stage director then
pointed 10 a young woman who had
applied that afternoon, and pro
nounced her hat "an absurdity."
Looking at the newcomer, who by
the way. had a very definite manner
and charm. beheld rather athletic
looking girl wearing 81 modest, 1t Is
true. but becoming frock OF some
soft crepe. But her hat! 1t was
very high of crown and narrow OF
brim. with little turned-up places at
either side OF her head; and. way
ing and Tapping as she moved. long
streamers Of three decidedly different
coIors sprang out OF no where and
suddenly took possession OF the up
per air. She might have symboLzed