Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1917 — Becomingness Decides Styles in Coiffures [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Becomingness Decides Styles in Coiffures

Every woman may be a law unto herself in the matter of her coiffure. No particular style overshadows other styles or even crowds them in poljnt of popularity. The time when one kind of hajlrdress eclipsed all others seems to have gone by for all time; all fare alike now. The only discernible preferences are in the direction of simple arrangements that look youthful, and even women of middle age affect them. But it is becomingness that decides the question of style in hairdressing. Since we may all be so Independent this is a good time for experimenting. Except for very youthful faces, experiment would better begin by waving the hair, because waved hair is .prettier than straight hair. After this, it may be combed back and off the forehead, or parted or curled about the brow, and the ends may be coiled high on the head, or at the nape of the neck, or anywhere between. In nearly all arrangements the ears are covered and the hair brought forward in front of them, where it rests on the cheek. For youthful faces the hair is usually brought about the forehead, leaving it uncovered, and this arrange-

ment will subtract years from older faces that can stand it. But a good many of themwill sacrifice something of good looks by leaving the . brow wholly uncovered. For them, waved hair, parted and partially covering the foreifead, and colled high on the head, usually gives the best results. In the high coiffure the ears need not be covered. * • A lovely coiffure which is not far from the classic Greek, is shown in the picture. Nothing was ever any better. Very short, full curls are pinned In the coil at the back,' and a few curled locks cling to the forehead held in place by a ribbon band or tiny wire pins, or other means known to the artist in coiffures. A very simple style is portrayed In the other picture with waved hair parted and colled at the nape of the neck. A few short locks are curled and pinned back from the forehead and the ears are entirely covered where the hair is brought forward onto the cheeks at each side.