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Show Five Mutinous Pompadours. Five mutinous pompadours appeared In tho choir of St. Bartholomew's church. Forty-fourth street and Madison avenue, notwithstanding tho edict of tho choirmaster. choir-master. Richard Henry Wnrron, who savs tho billowy ruffB of hair hide tho purp'lo caps of tho Blngers. When tho thirty-ffvo pretty glrla marched In the choirmaster eyed the top of each head. When the first pompadour appeared displeasure showed itsolf in his face. When the last girl filed In the choirmaster heaved a sigh of relief. re-lief. Even though thero wero five pompadours pompa-dours thy didn't stand up high onough to constitute real mutiny. Tho choir was a large exhibit of plain halrdresslng. For severity of style It couldn't bo beaten. Tho girls with hair Ironed flat looked with envious eyes at the pompadours. Tho girls with the pompadours pom-padours carried them with an air of reckless reck-less disregard of consequences. "Yes." said Mr. Warren last night, "a few of tho choir glrln wear pompadours, but thoy aro not theso big things that spread out and up llko this," and ho gave his arms a comprehensive, sweep. "It Is an unwritten law of tho church that no woman In the choir shall adron hor hair or dress It In a conspicuous way. They all understand that rule, and abldo bv It. I never heard of a mutiny. I had to protest pro-test some time ago about one of tho girls wearing a gold ornament, but that was the last trouble Now York World |