The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
Glorifing Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service staff Writer)

NEA service StaHH Wrfterl
 Any fashion expert will tell you th:t clothes styles run in cycles. ola fashions are constantly being revived
 Generally speaking, this has not been true of hair because, lip until the time of the last World
 War, all women had worn their
 hair long It was not until Irene Castle bobbed her hair and war
 workers quickly follower suit that coiffures became part and parcel of
 the fashion scene, with frequent changes in style.
 Since those old World War days of extremely short bobs, plenty has been happening to hair. The windblown, you will remember fol- lowed closely on the heels of the mannishly cut, shingled head. Dor othy Mackaill and the famous stars of silent films set the pace And in every barber shop in the country hair was being cut to look as If 1t had been blown casually about by the wind.
 Then hair began to get longer, until, by 1885, the long bob was the order of the day. Tn 1887 or thereabout, a variation of 1t = the page boy made a bow and stayed for wide applause. Hair dressers squashed the page boy as quickly as possible, however. It made the matter of arranging the hair at home entirely too simple. UPSWEPT COIFFURE
 WAS FOR THE FEW
 In l930 the upswept hair-do swept the country. Out came hair brushes up went hair to be arranged on top of the head in- stead of being left dangling on the neck. Hairpin manufacturers did a flourishing business for the first time since the early '20's
 The popularity of the upswept was short-lived, however. Only a few seemed to be able to live hap oily with it. College girls and movie stars snooted, 1t from the beginning and stuck to their long bobs.
 And the reaction to the upswept was terrific. Hair came down, down and down. Bobs got longer and longer, until, in l940, hair definitely was being worn on the shoulders and not on the necek. Brenda Fra zier's long bob was typical of the hairstyleS of 1899 and 40.
 At the moment the picture is changing, hair is getting shorter and the cycle = from World War to World War - appears to be just about to complete itself Not only are debutantes and college girls cutting an inch or so off their glamor bobs, but business women are agreeing that shorter haiI looks heater on the neckline and, hard though 1t is to believe, few motion picture shars are having their long bobS cut off.
 A REAL RETURN TO HAIR PREDICTED =
 Mary Astor, for instance, is wear ing her hair extremesy short at the front: shingled across the back. Perc Westmore, Hollywood's make up and hair sayle genius, predicts 6 real return to shorter hair. Women In England like his Shelter Bob"- 8 coiffure that is easy to manage in air raid shelters: in fact, re- quires practically no attention. The back is waved to resemble long hair beautifully dressed. The front has soft reverse curls to add the neces- sary touch of femininity. N
 MT. Wesmore believes that women never will take to rlaannish haircuts again He points out mat hair can be short and still be feminine. Many women are sending their pho- Iographs to Perc Wesuioge Ia Holly wood and paying him a fee to design l new colffures right on the pictures. Lots of hteni, the expert reports. are asking for their styles that will he | easy to manage e sell aa neateE l