Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1912 — FASHIONS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FASHIONS

MANY MODES IN FAVOR ~ ONE MAY CHOOBE ONE’S OWN BTYLE IN HAIRDRESSING. % That it Shall Be Becoming le the Only Point of Importance—Each Woman Muat Exercise Judgment in the MatterJust what is coming next in hair dressing it is impossible to telL Maids are still parting the hair demurely in the middle, but the little “biscuits” across the back of the head appear to be passing into the realm of forgotten fashions. The braid wound about the head, and the Psyche knot at the back, helped out with a few puffs, appear to solve the problem (which is just now engaging many minds) for a few. The smaU _pompa* dour, a light fringe across the forehead and five or six short curls across the back of the head, hanging from a flat chignon, is a reliable style which comes to the rescue of the hairdresser. The chignon may be a braid colled about, the crown, or coils of lightly twisted hair or the figure 8 arrangement Things are unsettled and in the experimental stage. No style has yet appeared which has made Itself decidedly felt. In the meantime, one may follow one’s Inclinations, adopt the style that is most .becoming and spend the time

experimenting. For no matter what may develop in hairdressing modes, each woman should exercise her judgment for herself and dress her hair in the maimer most becoming- to herself, he it the mode or not. The braid about the head, the small pompadour, the short curls, all features of present styles, are very generally becoming. It is a good thing to remember, too, that variety4*4he spice of life in hairdressing as in other things. " JULIA BOTTOM LEY.