Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1913 — Newest Coiffures Designed to Follow Contour of the Head [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Newest Coiffures Designed to Follow Contour of the Head

Discernment and care are needed in order to copy the new styles in hairdressing that look so simple and are in reality so artful. But the results are so good that any amount of painstaking effort is well repaid. The new coiffures are distinctly refined. They follow the contour of the head and their lines are simple and graceful. The hair may or may not be waved but it must be glossy and show that it is well cared for; burnished, in fact, with much brushing. In nearly every instance the hair is arranged in coils at the back of the head, or in braids. The ears are partially covered and the front hair is usually parted in the middle or at one side. A great many styles ard finished with a light * fringe on the forehead, especially those that draw their inspiration from the French hairdressers. About all coiffures employ a band of some sort to confine the fropt hair and keep it in place about the face.

Mach of the forehead and a little of the cheek is covered, sometimes with small flat ringlets, but, oftener with light strands of hair turned back and confined by a band of ribbon or by an ornamental band made for the purpose. Big, soft braids are wound about the head in some models. In others the hair is arranged in a knot in the middle of the crown, with a coil at each side of it. Short curls nestle at the neck, protruding from coils or braids, but always held close to the head. When the hair is too short to form coils or braids it is waved and combed back, with the ends tucked under and pinned in at the nape of the neck. A light fringe and ringlets do much to, soften the line at the forehead. Where the hair is thin but sufficiently long, any of the new styles may be managed by adding one or two light switches. _

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.