The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-19
LONG HAIR COMING BACK
WITH THE LONG SKIRT

IL WIS all 'ibHt- t-ptfiectiy ali rlbn
at one time. But now IL is al
wrong. That is, architecturally. Thi
is the verdict of several authoritie
on women and what makes them al
tractive. and otherwise.
| Bobbed hair was fine when womel
wore knee-length skirts. IL looke'
so cute" when fiappers we're i
vogue, but since the new statel.
styles which call for dignity hav
come-impossible.
Howard Chandler Christy. worl,
famed artists whose beautiful model
have made him the envy of all hi
fellow wielders of the brush, wa
asked what he thought of bobbed hail
with the new long skirts. And yo,
should have heard himl
Awful" he almost doomed as h'
gave an extra daub to the eyebrow ot
VIII Hays, whom he is painting these
days.
"A woman with a fapper, or so
called village hair cut and a long
stately gown, looks very much out OF
place, to my way of thinking. When
the fapper styles we're in vogue
many of the smaller types of women
looked charming and girlish in them.
used several models of the type.
But if women are going to have bob
bed hair let them wear the kind of
clothes that goes with it,"
Isn't that positively severe, girls!
Then there was Irene Castle rest
ing her broken collar bone at the Ho-
tel Vanderbilt. prior to going to the
Michigan state fair to judge dogs.
II think" said Irene, who started
the bobbed hair fad by bobbing her
charming locks about eight years
ago, that a woman with a stately
gown and fiapper hair cut looks like
an old woman trying to be kid
Personally, l have never thought
of bobbed hair as a style, anyway. l
bobbed mine because it was always
and forever falling down over my
eyes when | was dancing. AS con-
venience like il. But now ! am let
ting my hair grow. There is nothing
more becoming than long hair. and
women who are blessed with a glori-
Gus head of hair don't know how
lucky they are. ! am so tired of my
short hair that think I'll have to re-
tire for, year and give it a chance
to grow. had no idea anybody
would follow in my footsteps when ]
bobbed my hair"
And Irene, of all people on earth,
going back and the hobbies and pos
itively declaring that she never liked
ii anyway!
Even Madame Polly, of No. 216
West Forty-second street, New York's
famous beauty specialist. who for 80
years has shaken "a mean curling
iron" for Broadway's famous stage
and screen stars, has forsaken the
bob. During the seasons of the bob
bed hair reign, Madame Polly bobbed,
personally, over 10000 heads of hair.
according to her records. For four
teen years she dressed the hair of
the late Lillian Russell, famed for
her beautiful hair, three times a day.
Hear what she has to say:
81 have oftentimes bobbed as high
as one hundred heads of hair a day.
But | have stopped. There is nothing
which could move me to bob the hair
of woman who has beautiful hair.
If it needed it badly, for instance II
she had burned it with curling iron
or dyed it until it was falling out, ]
would But | do my best to convince
the women who come to me now that
the bob has passed. ! will treat their
hair and help them to make it longer
and thicker to add to their beauty,
but bob hair-never!
when short skirts were in style
women looked so delightfully."- youth
full with bobbed hair that ! loved 1t.
But ! cannot see anything attractive
about a long skirt and a kiddish hair
cut. 1t doesn't balance. A few wo-
men come in to have their hair bob
bed nowadays. ! think it has passed
for good"
Too bad. girls! But Charles Nestle,
who discovered how to make per-
manent wave at his London labora-
tory in 1905, has something to say
about it, too He is such an expert
on hair and it's antics and what to
do for it, that he grows curly hair up
on rabbits and guinea pigs an
things. His establishment it at No.
IL East Forty-ninth street.
Listen TO him:
"A man looks at a womans beau