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BOBBED HAIR BEGAN WITHFRENCH REIGN OF TERRORfashion of bobbed hair was in vogue 2 during the French revolution, at least t by women who faced decapitation by j J the guillotine. Testimony to this was | disclosed in a grim little satire, writ 2 ten by a French woman at the time 4 of the Commune, which was found la mass of French books and manu 2 scripts obtained by a large motion 1 picture studio here for research work. I J 1 “It is the custom before women 2 jare executed to cut off their hair, 11 that it may not interfere with *heMexecution’s blade. So all Royalist 12women go to the guillotine with their 11 hair off at the neck. Incidentally, I j the head soon follows this example. 2 “Grisettse, as a bit of humor, be- M gan cutting their hair the same way Hi—aping the aristocrats in their last Hfashion. They are finding that it is M comfortable and the custom is grow MNo one knows where it will |lt;
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Sikeston Standard
Sikeston, Missouri, US
Fri, Oct 16, 1925
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