Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1903 — Hairdressing In Japan. [ARTICLE]

Hairdressing In Japan.

Hairdressing is an elaborate study In Japan, where the style of the coiffure generally indicates the position and age of the lady. Thus girls of eight or nine wear their hair in a bow at the back bound round with red crape, the front left bare except for two locks dangling at the side, and the marriageable damsels comb their tresses high in front and arrange them either in the shape of a butterfly or a half opened fan. A widow looking out for a second spouse twists her locks round a long shell hairpin placed horizontally across the back of the head, while she who vows to remain faithful to the dear departed cuts her hair short and combs it plainly back without any parting.