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Show Mj.EW TYLEvS or YOUNG GIRL'S COIFFURE ? 0 ' S S 6 S Mian In (he former nrrangemcnt. Th ilonl typo of fcniirilno benuty in the world ami of all tlio ncs is the Grork, anJ thi im.st firomiiii.-ut ftuturc of a Greek fenralu statue is the oniftll li-al Vitli this ideal In rlew it la Irnpossibli to keep lonjrer to the enormous pompu' lour with the hnir standing out nt the kIJos po wide on to utterly disfigure and dwnrf the nnturally pretty line of the profile ninl sliiipe of the bend. Even very jjoiing glrU ore apt to ndopt the extrerno in hairdresslDg. and they, as well a9 thoir older sisters, should avoid all exaggerated coiffures and keep to the 6implest effects possible if they wish to appear really sir, art, Iq tho evening thero is naturally a desire de-sire to arrunge the hair In a Fomcwhat more elaborate manner than is suitable with a school dress. As a role, however, if a becoming moans of arranging it bag been found it Is best to keep to it until the faxhion has been outgrown, and the bright colored ribbons will dress it uj nicely. When the hair has been regularly pu( up a simple twining of ribbon about thi knot is attractive in the evening or t cluster of tiny rose- buds may bo placed at a becoming angle against tbo knot It Is a fashion of the moment, however to wear no ornament or Mowers In thi coiffure pave a costly jewelled band 01 really handsome ornament, such as woulJ be moat inappropriate for a girl not ycf "out," nud at tho smartest dances tin majority of girls present wear no orna nients, not even the pretty flower wrcatbi in their hair. Kibbon run through pieces, or, rather strands of hair has gone out of vogue but narrow bands of silk or satin twisted about the knot give an iindenlablj pretty touch of color just where it wil! show most becomingly. White is not us a rub-, so Incoming against tbo hall ns n brighter shade, but any pale bhnd4 which matches the gown will carry oul the color effect of the dress attractively. THE most conspicuous difference between the American school girl and her English cousiu of tin same age is in the method of arranging ar-ranging the hair. Long after tho American girl has donned trailing skirts and wears her hair high ti. her head her sister across the seas i ftill wearing her skirt a little below her knees and her hair loose down her back. This difference is typical of the whole race of English and American glrh between be-tween tho ages of fifteen and eighteen year. The former is looked upon and feels herself to be a child until the schoolroom school-room door has closed upon her for all time. Tho American girl, on the other hand, nil her life Is treated as a being of im-j portauce, and at the age of sixteen considers con-siders tht she should emphasize in every way possible the dignity which sho feels and the deference which t-hould bo accorded ac-corded to her. Ilenco up focs her hair and down goes tho length of her skirts, and the simple school girl is changed into a nilniatnrc woman of the world. It Is a pity that there should not be a happy medJnm in this state of affairs. The tall, lanky English girl of seventeen r eighteen would not appear so ungainly or self-conscious if she were drowsed with an idea of making the l"iig limbs less conspicuously awkward by simp'T extending extend-ing the skirls to her ankles uud pinning up the hair at the nape of the neck, BUT ihe American girl, generally lets tail for her yeurs, should not at the age of fifteen be gowned in models mod-els much hkc those her mother wears :md Hrrange her hair in n manner that would be equally becoming to a woman of rifty. Unless she is exceptionally tall her liHir should not go up before she is seventeen. seven-teen. It may bo worn in some pretty fashion low on the neck with a soft pompadour at front anil sides, but no massing of puffs and false curls in imita tion of the present unhappily exaggerated method of arrangement. As with the correct length fr her skirts, the psychological moment for "pulling up" the hair must depend l.irgeiy with a ribbon tied over it in n pretty bow. L!y no means the least Important part of the coiffure Is the tying of tho hair ribbon. Nothing makes a young girl look so untidy as a hair ribbon not carefully tied or one that is not a good color for the gown with which It Is worn. The nirthnd just described of nrrancing the hair for n quite small child possesses the creat advantago that whllo it leaves the hair becomingly loose about the face, the ribbon is at the same time held securely and will not be constantly falling off, as when It only catches the hair in the centre of the back with nothing to keep it in place. Eight colored ribbon should not bo worn on tho hnir in the daytime, and for a very tall cirl who is still too young to wear her hair done "up" dark brown or black ribbons are smartest, even with a party frock. Instead of black for school wear hair ribbons of n pretty shudo of brown are decidedly smart just now and are seen with gowns of every hhnde. Mescaline, Mesca-line, taffeta and sntln are all used for tho hair ribbons, and with a dress for dancing school or party that is trimmed with rib-Ibon rib-Ibon the ribbons for tho hair should of course be of the same piece. SMUCIf modified Greek coiffure is attractive for n girl of seventeen or cightceu. The pompadour Is made iquito small all around, the knot nt the nape of the neck, A Psyche knot here is prettiest if there is nufficicnt hair for jo knot of fairly good size, otherwise one jlong puff or roll will give about the same effect. This is much the same coirri)re ?0 gCrj. 'orally worn a yeiir ngo, but the pompa-Idour pompa-Idour has crown decidedly smaller and the knot Is placed further down on the ncckj forward on the head, and, in fact, covers cov-ers tho greater part of it. The front hair Is parted slightly at one side, but left soft and quite full, just enough to be becoming The front part of the hair is then fastened securely to prevent It from slipping back, and tho cuds roiled into a soft puff, made as large as the amount of hair will allow. The back hair Is next divided and the strands transversed and wrapped loosely about the centre puff. Mhls last is an imitation but a decided modification of the wrapped effect of a year ago, but It is a suggestion only, and in no way gives the same effect as tho pathetically ugly wrapped head of last winter. No combs are visible, and the effect when well doue Is extremely simple sim-ple and girlish. It is quite a fashion of the moment to part the hair either ir tho centre or slightly to one side, with the hair rolled back softly, but with considerably less pompadour than has been tlm vogue for some time past. If possible to krrp neat without, side combs aro now frequently dispensed with, or nt any rate hidden, but with the average port of hair they are essential to neatness, in which case the plainest kind of tortoise shell or umber combs are employed. Ithlnestone or any imitation stones studding the side combs are not go.1 form for u schoolgirl, while tho burette which catches up the loose locks in back should be the simplest shell bar procurable. When the hair is nr-ranged nr-ranged In a soft, loose coil a few large shell pins will bo necessary to keep all the strands iu place, and these big plus should also be the very plainest thing that can bo bought for the purpose. r.OIi a very young girl say, from thirteen thir-teen to tifteen years who is too tall to wear her hair hunting loose, about the prettiest and most becoming wny of ar-ramring ar-ramring it Is to first divide the front nnd back hair to make ft pompadour, held in place by a bowkuot of satin ribbon; the back part then caught just in the centre and tied with a piece of tape; the end, again braided and the braid doubled back I iind caught into the same piece of tape. upon the si7e of the girl in question how tall she ts for her age aud whether the hair worn up on top of the head Is decidedly de-cidedly more becoming or not to her profile pro-file and full face. At all events the hair must not go up before the skirts have reached the ankles md should not be arranged in any elaborate, elab-orate, really grown-up wny until she is "Id enough to wear a real train gown. The process should be gradual and worked out together, so that there shall be un sudden transformation in u day and the hair be worn suddenly up while nil the skirts are Mill far off tho ground. r.KOM the tiniest child whose hair is tied for the first time with a ribbon I to the debutante in her first ball gown the keynote in arranging the li :i i r should be simplicity. 1'uffs nnd curls and "dresxr" combs do not go well with correct cor-rect schoolgirl dress, and even the exceptionally ex-ceptionally tall girl who Is forced to wear her hair in an older fashion than she ordinarily or-dinarily would adopt for her years must dress it in the ".cry simplest method possible. WIihI arrangement of the hair to adopt s dependent, incidentally, upon the amount and quality of this crowning glory with which a woman is Messed. Straight, ihin locks are indeed ilillirult to keep neat, and the girl born with curls is spired much annoyance and disa ppointmcnt through her life, but for her untidiness is unpardonable. unpar-donable. An attractive and almost invariably becoming be-coming way of arranging hair that Is straight anil not necessarily thick was first adopted lat summer b; the young girls in I'aris who still had a year in school, but whose frocks were for the first time being made full length. In this arrangement ar-rangement the hair Is divided front and back, somewhat more being allowed for the Trout and side pompadour than for the back piece. After a small soft pompadour had been arranged with the front piece the ends were tied firmly cither with a narrow black tape or with a strand of tbo hair Itself. A regular, rather high back comb is then put in, tho teeth facing j the front of the head. The front hair is then rolled over the wide piece of tho comb and the ends turned in and pinned beneath it, so ns to form n big. luoso puff. Next the hair that is left in back Is divided in two parts, these pieces crossed, and then twisted loosely about tho puff in the centre. Two or four largo shell pins or small, narrow sldo combs, such! ps me now made for just this style ofj hairdressing. are used to hold tho outer strands firmly in place. Tin' effect when Ctnshe.1 Is of a small, simple pompadour at front and sides. w ith a soft, loose coil at the back of the I head, such as could ordinarily be evolved1 onlv with an unusually generous amount! of hair. If the hair Is of the sort which stands out well by Itself, the big combj inside will not be needed to aid the puffj In the centre of the coil. N arrangement like this meniioued! is also extremely pretty carried out j iu a slightly difl'ereut wny. in tliis . method the knot comes much further |