HIDING THE EARS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 135, 14 July 1914, Page 4

HIDING THE EARS.

FASHION SET BY ACTRESS. Fashions in hairdressing of the last two or three years have tended to hide the ears completely. The centre parting with loose waves of hair falling right down over the ears has been the general rule. ' •

Curiously enough, though, the people to whom this fashion should have proved a veritable boon have not, as a general rule, adopted it. Perhaps this is because the women with prominent ears are usually of the masculine type, who bar all fluffiness and daintiness in hairdressing and adopt a somewhat prim and mannish style. Cleo de Merode, the famous French actress, gave her name to the style of hairdressing which she made the vogue.

This sCyle hides the ears entirely, and is so severe as to be becoming only to very few. The perfectly plain parting without the softening effect of *' fluffy'' waves and curls is trying, to say the least of it, especially when this parting is carried right down the back of the head.

Indeed, in many cases i.t conveys the impression that one has just screwed up one's hair preparatory to getting into one's bath! The famous French actress has so

made this style her own that it is impossible to imagine her locks dressed in any other way, notwithstanding what new laws in regard to hairdressing Dame Fashion may lay down. If you have pretty ears, whatever tfe« fashion in hairdressing may be don't hide them! •

Pretty ears are not to be despised by any means; they go a long way towards making or marring one's looks. Dainty, pink, shell-like ears are possess sions to be proud of. Then why hide them away beneath heavy masses of hair?

Physiognomists tell us that a great deal of a person's character ean be read from her ears.

For instance, the well-shaped, small ears which suit a woman so well are said to betoken love of detail—and are not most women sticklers for detail more or less!

Large, ears, on the other hand, indicate a desire to deal with things on a very large scale. You can take it as the sign of a good constitution if your ears are rounded in form and set low on the sides of the head.

Musicians, as a rule, have very prominent ears. This is due to the great, vertical depth of the" bell of the ear. At the same time, a musician's ear is usually thinly and delicately constructed.

Singers and orators possess very welldeveloped ears, but so, for that matter, do .doctors, soldiers, mechanics, and prizefighters! A great deal of your character can be told from the way in which your

ears are set upon your head. If they rise high above the outer corner of the eyes it -is a sure sign of an excitable, higly-strung temper, whilst" a passionate, ungovernable temper is indicated if the orifiee be lower than the nostrils.

Very meek people, you will find, have their ears set close to the head. If the upper part of the ear protrudes it is a sign that you have the courage of your own opinions, and can be aggressive in "upholding them at times! Upright ears are a sign of pluck, whilst cowardice is indicated if the ears are very sloping. Ears which project ' are ' generally taken to indicate ,plenty of Energy. They are not at .all pretty, thoughf especially on a woman.

If you have heavy under-lobes to your, ears you may feel sure of. pulling through even dangerous illnesses,- for these indicate a great reserve of, strength to cope with such conditions/ This will not be the case, however, if your ears appear to be almost sunken; into the sides of your head. Ears with high, arched upper-lobes indicate a high and lofty mind. If tliey are rounded at the top a love of music is portrayed. It is quite an interesting hobby to study character from the ears. If you take it up you will find that the deductions outlined will seldom lead' you wrong.