The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-02
BObS NO7O
Reach the
Shoulder
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
EEA Service Writer

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE
nttleSt Miss Americas are growing
quite as feminine, in their small
ways, rs their long-haired, long
skirted mammas.
Chic coiffures for children, as
sponsored by the smartest shops
catering to wee girls under IL, show
that bobs are grown long enough to
reach the shoulder.
Many a youngster now has curls
made around mammals finger, in
the good old-fashioned manner, and
hair ribbons bloom atop the smartest
heads this spring.
The Dutch bob belong to the last
decade, pert bangs are backed by
q hair ribbon and made to look de-
mure and no head looks quite 1891
that doesn't grow it's hair at least
below the face line, and the newest,
snartest cuts are really long hair,
cascading around the shoulders.
Ribbon Determines Cut
Just how TO wear the hair rib
bon is, it would appear, the crux
OF this thing called style in hair
dressing the young. For of course
the way you put the ribbon on, and
the kind of ribbon the child wears,
determines how the hair is cut.
Moreover, there is a subtle dis
tinction in hair ribbons for dress
and hair ribbons for play days.
Nothing is dressier than the all
black velvet or shiny black satin in
bandeau effect with a jaunty bow
on top and bangs on the forehead.
Plaids, polka dots, Roman stripes
and gaily colored monotone rib
bons are the usual everyday
styles. For parties, little Miss Mi
lady may match up her slippers in
a pastel satin taffeta ribbon, or
wear dainty Dresden lowered one.
Must Be Ladies
The ribbons proclaim to the world
that from now on, from the head
down, little Americans are to be
ladies, dainty ladies, not Tomboys
or hoydensl Not that a good hair
ribbon ever kept a good tree climber
out of the highest branches-but
certainly what the young will wear
this spring indicates that they are
supposed to deport themselves like
ladies.
Among the new ways to do young
girls hair comes the couture that
parts down the middle and catches
each side with a small, tailored type
of bow over each ear.
This is fine for thick hair that is
difficult to keep fixed. The bows
can be tied tight enough to hold the
hair in place.
Second comes the old-fashioned
little girls type of couture that pulls
their hair back from the forehead.
runs the front part through ribbon
bow atop the crown of the head and
then lets it all fall on to the
shoulder.
Good for Straight Hair
This is excellent for straight hair
and for child who has lovely eyes
and a pretty brow, for it accents the
features to draw the hair straight
back from the brow. It is especially
pretty If there is a cowlick at one
side of the front.
For the little mink who wears her
hair best parted on the side, and if
child's features are at all irregular
the chances are that a side part is
more becoming, there is the one
hair-ribbon couture.
This holds the hair in place in the
opposite side from the past. If the
child has an unmanageable cowlick,
this is a good place to part it.
When a child has curly hair, by
all means it should be allowed to
curl, with only a ribbon drawn up
underneath the curls in the back,
and tied on top of the head to hold
the curlS out of her little eyes.
Excellent for "Dress-Up"
This is a good dress-up couture
for many children. Try it on a
plain child, with straight, rather
unattractive hair, and it often
softens the face to have the little
banks, and certainly the bow atop
the crown is f1attering.
Last, but not least, is the quaint
little halo bandeau hair ribbon
style of couture that parts the hair
down the middle behind the bangs
and brushes it carefully, then makes
a bandeau Of gay ribbon, tying it
on one side.
Often this Is fastened under the
hair in the back and no bow at all
shows. This is couture that gives
a child the most innocent look In
the world.
The variety Of ribbons to be had
this year and the infinite numbers
of different coiffures to be worked
out suggest that no little American
child should be unattractive.
It merely is matter Of expert
y,1opti,1or until the child'S nerfeci