Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-29
FRANCE GOES BACK
TOCURLSFORG GIRLS
1880 Fashion Recalled by
Decree of Federated Union
of Hairdressers.

PARIS, September IS CN.A.N.A),-
The Federated Union of Hairdressers Of
France has determined that curls are
coming in. 1t Is not, its members say,
merely change for the sake of change:
these curls are to be curled in memory
OF the fashion current at the revolution
Of 1880.
There is, Of course, nothing very new
in insisting upon curls They were once
insisted upon in the British Army, for
when the 29th Regiment--now the
WorceSters--were stationed at Weymouth
IN 1897 an order was issued directing
that the hair was to be dressed with
one curl on each side" And in the next
year the Grenadiers, men and officers
as well, were ordered "sidelocks, which
may come down so as to cover the ears.
and must be frizzled so as not to blow
about"
Reminiscent Of 1880.
There is no doubt that the Federated
Union of Hairdressers has taken It's cue
from the British Army. They are not
in the least afraid that Parisiennes win
oppose the dictates of the barber. "IAt
them do so at their peril" is the atti-
tude they have taken up. And, of
course, they are in league with the
dressmakers and the dancing masters,
who are conspiring to make feminine
dress and movement this Autumn
str1kingly reminiscent Of 1880.
This is likely to carry us back TO
those very matrimonial days when mad
emoiselle, beribboned and CARRIED In
Voluminous silks, curtseyed, tripped her
measures and bobbed her curls with q
very definite end in view. And, as II In
line with it all, the French government
has established fund from which, in
IN 80 A.
less fortunate daughters are to be fur.
nished with dowry amounting to $500.
Inc applicant must be poor, between
II and 80 years of age, work at q regll-
lar occupation and be able to prove
that she could marry If she had Q
dowry.
Men Being Ousted.
But those who scheme along the
curlylocks lines should take note that
women are clearly ousting men In the
professions. CurlS or no curls, they will
never go back to their economic de-
pendence on marriage. The marked
success of French woman students In
recent examinations has convinced
many astute observers that If women
are allowed to go on competing freely
with men for positions In the public
services it will not be long before France
is no more administered mainly by men,
Indeed, there are already evidences
that an attempt is likely to be made
to prevent this social revolution. Lately
1t was decided not to allow women to
compete In an examination for q post
in an important administrative depart
ment.
Think, too. upon Mile. Marguerite
Bonnard, the youngest professor In
France, who at 18 secured her licen-
tiate degree in letters and at 10 her
highest diploma. With the opening Of
the school year. she is just reaching her
twenty-flrst birthday anniversary. A
century ago Mile. Bonnard would no
doubt have been content to 60 on help
ing her mother in their little lingerie
and silk shop at Lyon, with her curis
at play and her dowry In the ofiing.
But they may curl and crinoline her
to their hearts content and she will stili
be brilliantly independent.
Copyright 1880. by North American News
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