SHORTER HAIR STYLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 229, 26 August 1938, Page 11

SHORTER HAIR STYLES.

PRACTICAL FOR GREY-HAIRED MATRON. (Copyright.) The younger set may not be thrilled with the short hair edict, although on some types the old-fashioned shingled, wind-blown hair styles were quite piquant and delightful. But, in any case, the new short hair styles are particularly practical and becoming to the matron, especially the middleaged, grey-haired matron. The longish bob with nape rolls seemed sort of flapperish, when worn by the middle-aged, grey-haired woman. And certainly the pago-boy bob was not for her. No smart matron in her right mind and with a fine style sense would dare to adopt that. Some of the short styles are not for her, either. The upswept stylo that reveals the hairline at the back of the neck and pulls tho hair straight up from that hair line and is rolled under requires a young head, a good hair line, a young, firm, unwrinkled neck.

But there are variations of one mode that should be most becoming. A parting on right or left side extends from forehead to nape. From this the hair is swirled deeply to the other side, that is, if the parting is on the left the hair is swirled to the right; and from ; a right hand part it is swirled to the left. It is short, but quite different from the old-fashioned shingle in that it gives the appearance of longish hair and is finished with brushed out rolls and ringlets. Tho hair line is;clean-cut and chic, but not an artificial hard line. I

The beauty of this hair style is twofold. First, the hair need not be an in-between length. Second, it really requires a minimum ’of fussing. A good hairdresser will be pleased to tell you exactly- how to comb and brush and coax the swirls and fluffed out rolls and curls to keep the coiffure looking it? best from setting to setting. In addition to being simple and smart, the hair is soft; it looks neatly arranged, every hair in place but there isn’t a stiff, studied symmetry about it;