Domestic Life.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 375, 16 July 1903, Page 7

Domestic Life.

AJEIT OF THE COIFFURE. "' , s '^^pREATER : care and attention Wm should' not be given to'any t&sk part of' a womanVtoilet than to her coiffure, for it is to the careful and artistic arrangement of her. hair that the' woman owes 'iaiich' of her smartness. The time* ~..;* . honoured' adage, 'The glory of a, ; . woman is | her hair,' is authority ..,- •> enough-for' the expenditure T of an **.*« almost limitless" amount "of attention :** on this part of the tdlet. Men ad- *'•; ' mire l neatness in'a woman, and no ' man likes to see his womankind with untidy or carelesslyarrarged hair. Never has the fashion, in. hair-/ „. ; dressing been more artistic and be- .... coining than the presents with its ...••>, natural-looking waves and smartly simple coils. '•'..*'.'••. f The low coiffure is first favourite,' but there are still a few who cling to * - the fashion of coiling the hair on the top of the head. To obtain the most satisfactory result, the style shoiilid . hot be chosen indiscriminately,, but the features should be studied,,and ...... " T most suited to the con? - .tour of the face and head selected. . %Xt is never worth while to he-iiiTthe fashion at the"expense ofTbecomingness andA sense of *,«*<*.' ! . For instaWe, somV faces of ir- f - ' regular, % though", "perhaps '■ piquant n type, are not classical enough for die; somewhat trying.fashion.of the knot of hairVcoiled in the the severity of jthis may be modified by the arrangement-of the front hair, ,-, and?* by dressing the back hair slightly abpve v the nape of the neck and «l°se to tHe-h&ii, or, may be, the h?gh coiffure would provethe more becoming one. , ' H .". * The pretty;, -mode of parting the hair at the side is still in ypgue. -The hair i$ parted at both sides,,.the middle piece ; rolled round the fbrefingeis and] turned round, sc that one end rests oh the forehead; it should be pinnedj with long hairpins, so "that it' is; well •'s>cured. : * The side .pieces, are jcombed back and caught ..-witjh. 'ei'dejcombsi. or .they may be rolled much in 4he. same way as the top* piece; 'the little short ends, -lightly curled soften the effect. The rest of the: hair is combed up to the top ofHhe; head and formed* into a fiat Coil; a pretty ornament and some • marguerites .afc f bne side adorn this becoming The middlprp* the coil is formed , together the ends of the . side.pieces which have been caught by the-combs ; thenthe rest of the,. , hair, which <* has previously been combed well down to the neck and tied, Is twisted:; up and round thw, then down Jnto a loop and tip the other side. left at the botgiveni anoiher..thist and caught .with large shell pins. •, r. v For the lowr, icoilifure, which is pretty for evening wear, and suitable for those who'are not endowed with r such a profusion pf 'woman's glory,' the hair is rolled; up in little curie and one piece is curled ' and teft |to' fall over;ihe shoulder, Boit, light hair looks well treated in thie -way.; vThere are many pretty.. . combs and iornaments. . to.. i«tthe« !: ... ~ beautify the coiffure. THE POKISHED FLOOR.' »<w « -> "The* Ordinary woodeli"'flt(pr ie a v ' share arid aud when : the boards are Ipft bare r and, gashed ", "; ' from .time and. , - water, it rapidly becomes fl, danger to ~ ;T . "/health. The boarding- rots r and ate .. ■ interstices fill- Vith 1 decomposable » * ! find decomposing matter, while the ' - ' emanations giVeh " off durihg 'the' w 'process'of frying lay> the seddtof _ many' a lung! trouble, \ IjaOTg children.. On the when. *tlie boards are«parpeAed,. 1 »duet that lodges thereon-, in th© ka sbest-iept household^xß+xaisedvim iifcuj . *,-:, clouds "at every *f6otetep#« . ' and are 'in- ; separably associated in" the of • : = 1 the modern A fai■ ne^6rr'' *' * is to hfty.e a floor prepared,eilptuir ~, .; : ,with a, varnish stain or. with & ; „, >w polish,,. The surface is then rreadUy. ~ ''i- , 1 'swept or a duster, u. . b#*f rbteoted,-sff * H? fbv :c|ißrfully disposed linoleum mate ; ofHffVfew small, oloßely-woven 2 Jtugs or mats. In the bedroom the I floor is facile princeps.