CLOTHES AND COIFFURES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 709, 7 January 1910, Page 3

CLOTHES AND COIFFURES.

V-S >;;;sThey; wereisiiHing,near : me fin.; a.;, tram,; citywards■; (says^aV/writer^n; ;[.:;[:[ y/theVSyoiey^ /V/V '■■■;:V : to'tuidi'.their;. cpnyersationVrather r .amusing;: v./;.'% :V towh,: : and[-sought;[infbrmatibn[ V/V'/Vis ate [(fashions .Vi'iV?:fcfc; .iahdi.-illus-; ,;. vbatedypapers/are, so'. unsatisfactory," [She; ;.;: ■■',-;. -'. iaid vj.plaintively.;; .Si,'l,-;;\106k.- :! i;carefully' ;'■;. "■: ;:-j andv:think t; !■■} :kn6w ; ;;-: jiist; y : ://-< whaii:eVerypne:.',is;: wearing^. : and^^then'^l; /.//;-, come idowh ;and. find Cpeople ;16oking>; quite; vj.-;;. 1 :different-from"J-'the".■'m6,dels : : f I:.have.'..been; ""' Btu^hg.;vlt's:mostVupsetting.'''.7S;';^. : :;:;t "Well; you'll.find 'matters pretty.-simple; »t'present;".',said;the Town- vMouse'-en-' wuragingly.';;'-'?We.';all Ibokvas.'much'alike &3 possible, iOur; iipzks—-""- : ~ iy.i V ■">.;'•;■;.', "I-'want'/aboiit; six ifrocks,''; said Country. Moused'■"ah'd : 'sp'me,petticoats-7— -r" ,■■.-;:;.. r , "Oh;'no,; my dear;, that's exactly .what you.'don't want. •'Thaf s":a' point in. favour of the/present'fashions—they- are econb-. mical.; ..No.'.'petticoats, ;;aiid : .very, vlittle material; any. slurts, and-no {sleeves to speab of—the;;'skimpier.:the':better;:;.Wc' have You : ;:; must s get rid : off^o"urs:'v;,We're";the : same';all the way>;down.-';.,We Vwant .-no'ibelts/- and', we. neverv;:cohsider',..whether:^itc,;,suits '".Our figures' or -li'ot; ■:Short/or',tallf>fat'[of an-. gular-rwevialL. ;rush?';for'" the •'•'saine ;; kind ef garment; ;.;ahd." the.;.liinper.;Our; skirts' about our ankles,-Vasaf-we .;had-beeh;,;c'aught:.in' r the rain',',i.the",;better; : .we're 'pleased??-ji!>.-; : ";j.'-,'':' CountTyv'Mouse.nopkedV.dubiouslv.'.'And. colours ?'*,. 'she'; inquired.-' ; : ,''lv,'th6nght; "'pink • i "Np^nb,';my,.;;"deaf.y.: ; There'sV: ; 6nlT,;';.oh.e' colour;, to,:;be; ,wofhA;just'. ( how;'' or.'. some degredVbf. it.*;We--aro-.■ either.'ghigefi miis-tard;*'or;:curry^it';dbesn't.iiniich;-matter; which;.':sb long as :ifs peculiarly'-'hideous. and unbecoming; f;:;iThen:; very: naturallyiwe• buy hat .we; can ? ;find. :i,Sha'ne ?i : ; Oh,' ! it doesn't■ Ci n i the ,;■ le ast;'aboutS; lthe;;s.hap'e,'g:ifit one's.; :face;;; : ;nt>; ;shbuldrrtifest r ftbh'ivthe. ■'Bhbulders;at;,the.;.back,Vandiif : Jt;'dbes hot" happen to obscure pnejs face ■; enough;-there are; all;isbrts 5 ofrT; quite? satisfactory., -VeilsV. with fiyery Jvihick'/.m eshes ;-a'ndV-very; v m any-' rei7;Ja'rge?sp'ots\yerw.cl6se:.togothefVfe'l:m"; not surpri4d ; vwe/feflj,thevne.edi'bfithem."; thinksll.jTCishv.thihgs •'. were- iprettier-rand; more, ordinary/- - And,' then,; my, "I; :seei sti}lvwearing, rolls;" ,said the '..observant-.one.-','.."l'm v.sorryTrypu'.do: give: them: up.' We do, bur hair;inilumps now, as _ fat; and.fcbloated,; as;; possible,',, and- we; finish;them;off,with wads,'o*f ; hair, or else 1 a of■.:theni-..detachable,.;of : course;; and '• rather J &travpgant, ■'• especi ally. as mc^'.of.•.us,,hav?)^got-more..little" rolls. than jweifeelvwe:h'ave '.got.'bur worfh;;bu't.:of. ;iTh(|sev^of''i\is;v'who,.''are frngal-minded.use.Mipjour <rolls in'various ffays.: yl'.saw; some c the.'other,:night fat. the theatre';-screwed- .up \ : into;'- tight ..little inobby: ; things',';.; and V: arranged in . ; ;tho middle .'of-: a. circle - of.. plait—a":very.:, solid; one fit /, 3 the.'whble ■ thing. looked Jike a ! ;-very;unusuar;;-dish filled with:still' more ,unußual,fruit-or. vegetables' of: some unknown jkind, It's Jreallyy. quite -.[amusing, watching".;;.the Vdifferent ,;hairdressings. at theatres 'and ; :places. hpwadays, : for' no,'.o'n'o! lias "rhad :'>[time ..yet-:': to : 'decide 'just' what •they with-their, hair,-and; they all N look;-as/.'if j'they ■ Had:' tried,' one /ex-'-pehment. after another till finally it was feme; to- start, '.and;;they .had left quiteiurriedlyv with-;the latest 'experimeht( : nbt quite.;evolved '.or.*practised.'- ;Ifs-:,mbst' '«musing.'V:U;;:;' /'<f//rj:/p'i..^: : "But,' .objected- Country /Mouse," as thb : other -paused ;for.' breath,/.; "your, hair; is : done. in'/rolls, ...too,' this.- morning."v .■;.:;:. 'T;faibw. ;>; I; haven't time'-for, anything *lse; ii;;.the /mornings!: - : My; ; /experiments always- cpaje off-i (thafs true,in ;more;thah' one;'sense!)/ in:.the.' evening.;;' Also,', you moyVhaye;.observed '.that ■ I-nv' wearing" a. ■ blue ;blouseand skirt.V that I have abelt BJid: no/veil;./ what l , youvooght'.to get;fdear,fto'/be-really; ; up.btrt I ..don't/sayj.that I 'mean to be ;myseKi"No;;l. ; declinetto.;/be/bither, ; corried;,or;Keen;l'have a.;waist,i thank tho. 1 powers," and'' Tm; going:;'to r'./kcepi. :, ;;'it.', I Purtherinore;/,this;:is -a,.;Tast;f summer's" Mooserflocik; at; the'- sleeves .'—and, ; I;•, shall O' 'jiue; .to -.wear' it, ; "and'; l ■■ don't'-.in,; the 'iihind; who'says ili'lobk; dowdy/ and. ,old-fa^bned.':': | IV,imagineVl" , shall- : retain ' a. small amount;of..self-respectkthis'wayi; .•which>l/;'shpnld. heyer.. do.'.ii.'l /wefo.'one; of those/shapelessvyeUolw. creatujes;'';; ;-; " "TThen you _wouldn't; advise ; meV--" be;gam/.Conntry"Mouse,'as ; her.'philbsophef 1 snd : friend: arose [and. the 'tram 1 1 of; course'l^wbuldn'tj; ; ;; for, ohei ;nmmta;;:;-,Come 'along.: : ,Here:;we ,'are'.".:'.' They ,vanished.in'-the \ steady, stream;.,bf I. Bhoppers;/and ,as; the tram* continued; itsjerky way I fell to pondering the truth' i Giat lay beneath the Town Mouse's scathing and smart-tongued' criticisms. <-