New Britain herald., 1930-04-04
How To Keep A Head Of Style

New York, April 4.-Smartness this spring often hangs by a single hair! It is essential that your coiffure top your chic costume in just the right manner, or the "beau- tifully groomed" reputation will never be yours.
 Coiffures, naturally, have changed with the new silhouette in clothes. | In fact, the drive on Fashions part for long hair preceded the long skirted movement and was part of the whole trend towards more lady likeness in modes and manners. One hairdresser, Martin of Vienna, still staunchly supports bobbed | heads.
 | NO woman over 30 should con- sider letting her hair grow,' Martin emphatically stated.
 1 Long hair adds 10 years to the looks of a woman over 30. With the suggestion of added years goes an impression of placidity. What woman today wants to look set tled'?"
 Martin goes farther than just to issue an edict about hair length. He evolves individual bobs with soft curls, swirls and waves, to suit different types, different moods, and different times of day and when the candlelight gleams over the dinner table, he adds little chignons or clusters of artificial curls to the nape of a lady's neck and gives an exquisitely gentle touch to her bobbed head
 l Shape of head. color of hair. height of forehead, length and width of face, size of eyes and nose, time of day and type of costume all must be considered before your coif- lures can be called perfection. Jewels should be considered too, especially earrings. For the way you part your hair. wave it, where you put most of it and how you fix the back of it all have definite re- lation to these points.
 In the first place, your hair should be parted on the less perfect side of your face. Everyone has a less per feet side and the part does little something for it. Your part should slant in line parallel to your nose. You should think twice about a cen- ter part. It asks much.
 In the second place, generally | nc 1,1nrIa 1,ot, r1, fluffy, dark hair sleek, even if curled. Low foreheaded ladies should wear their hair back and up with elabora- tion at the back or low at the sides, back of the ears. Sophisticates can afford simplicity, with that ravish- ing effect of smoothly drawn locks until they reach the nape of the neck where they may become curls or have chignon added. Ingenues should heighten their charm by sof, sweet curls.
 With the new gowns Of Empire and Greey influence, cultures fol. low their spirit of adventure anG modify the coiffures of those other days. Bandeaus are worn in somt instances with Greek costumes, bu instead of crossing the front of the
 head. they hold mp pretty curls be. hind. being placed across the napt of the neck. The Empire gowns en. courage very fine little curls. remi- niscent of those "spit-curls" oi Grandma's day.
 But generalties in cultures arc Gs dangerous as any generalities The one and only way 10 get the most complimentary and suitable coiffure is to experiment. You car do it yourself if you have taste and ingenuity. Or you can go to some good hairdresser and get his advice
 But one or the other should be done If you keep your old haircut anG the same manner of arranging your locks. one of these days you will be caught with that let-down feeling as if you had attended glamorou: evening party where romantic ladie. held court, with you yourself a ranl
 outsider in skirts above the knee 1 and no waistlf1le whatsoever to savt } you.