Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1912 — OLD STYLE FAVORED AGAIN [ARTICLE]

OLD STYLE FAVORED AGAIN

Pine and Combs of Tortoise Bhell Are to Be Used as Heed Ornaments This Beason. Back into the realm of hair ornaments have come the pins and combs of tortoise shell that typified the hairdressing of our grandmothers, and is traceable to the time of the Medlcls. —. If you have some treasured heirlooms that are large, carved or inlaid, bring them ont into the light of modern day and place them in the coils and waves of your ’hair. You then can smile at the world. Fillets of tortoise shell rivki the high combs, and the disks that suggest the Holland headdress, or perhaps the ornaments of the middle age*, have returned. '' The empire comb, with Its spreading lines that resemble the peacock’s lull 1. an important arrival. The hair Is drawn up in a series of curls at the of the neck, the high comb mounting Shove them. Generally the hair is parted in front or at the ride. The band, or fillet, is passed over the brow, the hair waved and Worn in graceful lines low over the temple* and ears. Disks are worn if this style hairdressing is carried out Coils of hair are held in place by ball tortoise-shell pins, and the bars of shell to catch the. stray curls and to support the hair have again come into their own. Since the coiffure of the moment in conservatively simple, there is ample room for adding decoration by way of ornaments, and makers are offering many attractive styles to convince women of the change.