The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-09

stand out three or four Inches from her face has nothing on the Fill island CT, according to a bulletin of the Ma tlonal Geographic society issued from It's Washington headquarters, for the Fljlan makes his hair stand on end on the top of his head to a height of six inches.
 "The Fljlan dandy wears at night a compressing band, which Is probably as uncomfortable as curlIng-pins, to train his thick, stiff and wiry bush to this remarkable feat" the bulletin says. "When 1t becomes long and erect he takes a looking glass, en- trusts his scissors to a trusty friend and under his personal supervision the mop Is trimmed with wonderful skill into a ragged halo that stands out in pompOus array around his shiny black face.
 ''To add to the grotesque impression the beau brummel bleaChes the coit- lure to a sickly yellow with lime made i from coral or dyes lt red with annatto. l To further enhance his charm he rubS In scented cOcOnut oil and then sticks varieties of red flowers into 1t. One traveller reports that his guide turned up one morning with his ma hogany bush of hair adorned with two | kinds of red flowers. three kinds of white, bunch of green-and-white rib bon-grass and an aigrette of fern And when 1t ralned a little later he held a giant taro-leaf about four feet by three over 1t umbrella-wIse for pro- teCtlOn.
 "When the HOpl maiden decides to conquer, Instead of announcing her debut in the newspaper, she parts her hair In the middle and screws 1t Into two whorls just above the ears. Where uDcn young men who prize their lib- erty take to the woods.
 Make Their Hair a Utility.
 South of MahamanIna In Madagas' car the women do their hair In two rows of little balls, while behind their heads they place a piece of hollow wood Ornumented with brass-headed nails and fastened Into the hair. Tn this cylinder they keep all their pins, needles and small valuablcs. Near the coast on the same island the women ] plaIt the hair In very fine br0ids which ! they twist into thin flat circular coils of from two to two and half inches in diameter. These little coils of hair entirely enclrclp the head, and, strange to say, they give an elegant, though rather singular, appearance. | ''The Sevinlan woman who piles her hair on the top of her head Into a lit- tle fortress Is following the custom which Spanish women have praCticed for hundreds of years. ArtemIdorus, In the Sixth century before Christ, tells of the extravaCant headdresScs of IberIan women and they also are shown in the prehistoric statuary of the country,
 Big chiefs In some parts of New Guinea wear rigid plaIted frames on their heads which support Cassowary or paradise feathers during their dances. The black CassOwary feather Is the distinguishing ornament of the chiefs. but wearers are unable to en. ioy to the fullest the big celebrations because of the heaviness of these headdresses.
 Among African tribes the methods of halrdressing are legion. The WOm- ba men shave two parallel strips of wool from the nape of the neck around the crown to the forehead. Some of them cut all the hair off, leaving just a fringe high up on the skull. Others leave just a small circular tuft at the back
 "The men near Lake BangweOlO sometimes wear wigs made of coarse matted fiber and the BIsas weave into wlsps of hair fiber or bristles until 1t haugs down In matted, strlnglike punches. The Bisa women weave red and white beads into their hair until the hair itself in places is quite con cealed. Some Shlnga chiefs roll their hair until 1t resembles the types of hairdressIng seen in the ancient Egyp- tlan bas-relIefs.
 Shave and Paint Heads.
 "The Bambala people shave their heads except for a little round spot resembling a cap on the top of the head. They then paint the bare DOT ton with palm oil and soot. An old man usually covers his tuft of white hairs with a red cloth, and warrior wears the bones of his victims wrapped in a cloth on the top of his head for the magical properties they are sup posed to possess.
 ".The Bakwese follow somewhat the same customs as the Bambalas, but the chiefs usually coil their hair into five punches. The Bayanzi men usual ly tie their locks into bunch at the back of their necks. while the women part theirs in the middle and plait 1t over their ears. But the Bahmana take the palm for beauty; they shave the front of their heads and paint them with sOOt, curl the back hair and paint It with red clay, shave off their eyebrows and pull out their eye lasheS,"