AST IN HAIRDRESSING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 15, 12 October 1907, Page 3

AST IN HAIRDRESSING.

Our . attention'is directed! moro to- ■ wards ha'irdressing thail usual, because at. the-theatres,, at the opera, and at almost aiiy ;cvening entertainment the ; enjoyment- is _ rory : often ' spoiled from 1 the fact that in.front of us is a coiffure which completely covers the area of the stago, and tl\o only hope of seeing anytliing,is rtoibo; dodging,backwards and forwards ' from" tjnic to. time, and being contont with a very little vista of What 'is £ein'g on.- -It was about 1768 thai tow, hair;., and. .ribbons commingled ir such huge erections .that, special hat: had to ; be, mvented .to cover them l'h'oy 'were -indeed amaaiiig structures but we be :approaching t( : them.,. Then ,the,, greater part of thi 'hair was faliso 'and a good deal of it i: now, for after, tho head has asumct vory.ieasonable. proportions with' undo ipaddirig, it is supplemented by martcai curls,-which enlarge tho size immensely They only > 'drijssed the hair in -th eighteenth • CentUFy, . when such style ■were adopted, once; a', mouth j liappil; we. are' not likely. tb follow that plan for the results'wore;.direful; but stij .we; are; beginning ; to-treadin .the foot steps of;, those far: distant ancestors, aiu the instructions 1 as: to. how curls shouk be pinned on to cushions, and the ouor mousipins.worh in the hats, are all "be .mg.ahaolutely-fbllbwe'd'now. ' '' - 1 fashion never. listens' to precepts still; we - must , remember tliat. it is i face bereft, of; classic - beauty •.only' t< ffhich : ,these, huge styles are! applicable Tho' 'ast'oiiishihg partvof ,the \story.; ii that',' fahfrrGis .lrtmeiv w ant; to, lbek'.theii best and develop 1 their'charms and conceal ' their, .defects if-.fashion: heraldi the;,way,, however !dosiructivo ,tff theii cßß^^ieiy.'.will'!'fonow.' its' dictates ■ blindly ignoring'ihe result.,. This is the casembstly through''ignorance and ..because as ;yot' few;prophots 'have. ariSer to tpaoh: how. style of, hairdressing ,maj .be adopted :i features.... But . one mist' striking 'poirit'is 'that few iwohier . take-: the; slightest-jjains' .to. disguise > the f ict that ,'in]"tKe : hairdressmg false'; hail is. used;'- They, will sot a'burieh of curls, 'whore .the,'-natural; hair',,needs waviiig' t'o:'inatch;'tue'in I 'without' waving.it,'and ;.b'ayiri£Vdress'ed : fcho'hairjri ilio.morning, CtHojrik^p'i^jth^m^yle;all the day. , a' typo' of: pehsive'eoUntonancef ■ and high-bred facos that, look, their best with'aycrpwh'o'f plaits; 'but a : ,-full round face, is ;-,torribly \ disfigured 'v.by '."them. . Goarsej; -featuresand. ,ti'p';tilted,.ijosc£ would mtfko' these :braids an absurdity. A' yoiirig .girl .mostljr. looks well ' with hair parted over tl|e fa6e, And dressed in a : low, coil at the back. Take it for grantetl that . the \chignon is always,'dis-a.-'great bun-stuck On the head cahriot : look well—it breaks the line of grace. ■:' .". '/ -. - ' French women'have attained to the utmost charm .of, coquetry in hairdrcssing. ' Even : iri\ tlo oighteertth century, -of.- .which we;-have been treating, ho fashion in FrahCo was uiiiversiil. It is soiid tKat,'.f6r ; the moment, niany Parisioiities^put:their'hats on first and dress the hair .afterwards. This may .be, and probably Js, - correct; but; they would adept -quite ; a different; style at a ball, Or: the; theatre,' aid again another for a djtrner party!- An American writer has of-kte waxed; olofluent on the ignorance of women with regard to the stylo 'of: hSirflreSsihg ;tha'fc'i suits (them, and ,you; cannot look .-round!.in-' almost any assembly where _;womon' congregate

without .bfeipg impressed; with the,fact. A |woman should' consider her.:hair; as part of the pleajsing picture she ,desires to''represent.' , A', small woman 'with a high-coiffure' lOoks as if.-sho were overweighted, and sometimes- this rorges on' the absurd,; the real ; art' is to find, tho • style ; ;'tha't indfadapt it to various occasions, arid also to the" passing modes. - Wo'all know the women who 'wear "their-hair: now as'they did a decade?ago}'; : with,: that no modern headgear ,s'nits; them. Women v.'itlr small, features 'and ah* abundance of,hair, 'can wear it in a neglige stylo combed back 'low 1 , at' the nape of the neck.Perfect-"features demand more serore'styles;-:but' thero; are few foreheads that.i can stand a hard lino on them.