Show i BEAUTIFIES WOMEN A London Court Hairdresser Chats About His Patrons A WOMANS GREATEST GLORY i The Host Becoming Coiffures Tho Prlucess of Kales Style 530000 in the Hair Copyright 2892 3 Mr Walter Truefflts hair establishment is in the foshlonable quarter of Bond street and by virtue of his situation and renown princesses duchesses and lesser women of English nobility bow down to his taste and I submit to his dictation He can thus afford to be frank and discuss dis-cuss with me the fearful and wonderful processes of a fashionable coiffure Some poet said be remarked that a womans greatest glory Is her hair It isnt so A womans most uncertain beauty and her most deceitful charm is in her hair Why you would scarcely recognize some of these court ladies whom you see at functions If you saw them as I do with locks au nature 1 A womans whole manner and appearance J appear-ance is at stake when she places herself in my hands 1 can make ber or I can mar her said the tyrant of the court of But Mr Trutfilt is u clever artisan and he has bad twenty years experience to back his statements so I listened while he reviewed the subject Irom hia trade standpoint stand-point I I J V9 J LAmTRYS QUEEU NEW STILl How long does it take you to dross ahead a-head of hair Oh it takes the average hair surgeon an hour and a half but I once operated on five cases between the hours of 10 and 1 It was a great rush I tell you to got tho women ready for the drawing room at Buckingham That performance beat any other record in my line of business busi-ness I asked him why he didnt write a book on his varied experiences and be replied re-plied that he couldnt afford to rum his trade bv destroying a charm in woman that most men believe to be natural Better tool em as long as you can ho said very sensibly and I agreed with him He was something of a historian this hairdresser for ho told me that the Greek warriors were the first to discover that a womans hair was her first assailable feature and he referred to a stone frieze from the Temple Tem-ple of Apollo exhibtcd among the atiquitiea of Athenian sculpture in the British mu eum and representing a battle scene between be-tween the Greeks and the Amasons in which Athenian heroes drag the Amazons to earth b > twisting their long hair about their muscular arms It was this knowledge which produced f the Grecian style of headgear for then as now it was a species of coiffure built in curling parapets spiked to the topmost curl with various descriptive weapons in the form of Greek ornaments that no man could seize tilth impunity Fashion which in many ways is leading society back into the pretty galleries of past styles has taken a stride from the present century into the age of early Athens and in London as in Paris the prevailing fashion of dressing the hair for ladies is Grecian said my instructor UR rotrrRs HALF FINISHED COIFFURE What is the style of hair dressing used by the court dames England asked The Grecian coiffure of course is the most popular he replied although it is not becoming to all faces The best reason lean assume for the prevalence or this style ib the fact that it shows the shape of the beau and poise of the neck better than any other fashion With some Indies I have found it necessary to dress the hair higher or lower in angles according to the outline of the face and the curve of the neck Eng Ush women of the aristocracy generally have a liberal supply of their own hair ando and-o not require the addition of false twists to any great cxtent 1 have rarely been called upon to use any false hair in the coils at the buck but more often find it > scary I s-cary to alt cqta fringe of curls to the natural natu-ral growth mfront over the forehead It io the custom among nil titled women when s going to a grant ball to employ a hairdresser hair-dresser His skill and taste sometimes contrive a complicated style that has no precedent of any kind The Prin cess 01 wale tar lastacce never wears 4 her heir in the Grecian fashion because it Is not becoming to her Therefore she has a style of her own which very few faces can carry successfully What is the rule for wearing the hair it court entertainments It is generally founded the upon prevailing j Tailing fashion of the times allowances be ing made for the hairdressers judgment a upon certain complications which are suitable suit-able to the face and head of the wearer For young ladles tho Grecian style is most becoming On court occasions a delicate tulle veil is fastened with a diamond star Bun tiara or coronet of diamonds and other valuanle ornaments generally heirlooms in the family to the crown of the coiffure while in iront three ostrich tips are set drooping s bit over the fringe of curls These plumes aro usually white sometimes some-times pale blue or pale pink but if the court be in mourning of course they are black II blackWhat What is the cost ol a court coiffure V I j asked askedOhl Ohl seme of the ladies carry enormous fortunes in ornaments on the bead I have known one coiffure to represent a cash F value of 10000 nearly 50000 Geart care has o be taken in fastening diamonds and cams n the hair securely and this branch of the hairdressers art is perhaps tho most 4 important With elderly ladies the style of court hair dressing varies according to the quantity and quality of the hair Ladles of advanced age usually wear lace mantillas man-tillas aDd lappettes fastened to the hair and falling over the shoulders We have one set charge for dressing a ladys hair which is never varied How much is that Half a guinea 252 Every court 1iaUdre6let carrietia case of tools like iJ Q o I surgeon and ho travels from one mansion to another In a carriage like a doctor I Where do the stylos for court coiffures I originate 1 That would be hard to say Of course we are always watching the fashion journals jour-nals and studying the fashion plates and I we get a great many ideas from the Paris papers Very feV American ladies apply for hairdressers I was told but when they do it is always preparation for a presentation at court 1 LJ i Ill Jp BERN n AKDT3 OIL BASSOS There is a special superiority in tho Grecian style nf hairdressing and that is it can can bo bought siparate pieces or complete so that with the very slightest natural foundation one can erect as graceful grace-ful and artistic a coiffure as fancy may dictate dic-tate And thfiivhnlfi wilY made nf hnmnn hair too I went out into the fog and wondered won-dered no more at tho frailty of my sex when 1 thought < of the many odd and fascinating fas-cinating scales that had been presented at court this year Individuality in hair dressing among professional pro-fessional women especially actresses has become a great fad The Divine Sara still clings to her frowzy reckless style and she has even added to its oddity this season by crimping a piece about as long and as wide aa your hand just back of the bang which when taken out of its fiat hairpin stands un erect in front like a wavy feather No one but Bernhardt would dare venture such an unbecoming style Sho is very safe to keep it as her own Julia Neilson the beautiful impersonator imperson-ator of Tho Dancing Girl at the Hay market introduced the Evan elineJt part and wave of classic circles A F1CIZC COURT COIFFURE Mrs Langtry Is doing her hair most unbecomingly un-becomingly A thick crimpy bang falls over her forehead while a huge oldfash ioned waterfall reaches almost midway down her back This she evidently fears will tumble down or off for she is constantly con-stantly arranging it much to the discomfort discom-fort of her audience It was my pleasure to sit next Mrs Potter Pot-ter at the theatre a very short time since and I fihd she has again started a crude fashion of hair dressing which her beautiful beauti-ful face can well stand The front hair is divided on either side ulmost half way back waved and as any woman would twist it around and stick a long tortoise snell pin in before arranging the back 4iair so does she But she leaves the front in this crude state while the back is arranged ar-ranged in a large careless coil which trembles at its insecurity But Cora doesnt seem to mind it Antoinette Sterlings strong almost Indian type of face is markedly individualized by parting the hair decidedly on the aide It is then drawn straight down almost covering the ears and worn in a careless coil at the nape of the neck Individuality in hair dressing is pleasing when becoming but extremes which irritate irri-tate the eye arc not to be forgiven even in artists I |