The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-17
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THE DISPATCH..
: =, .Ir :, HAIR FATR..
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HUMAN HAIR FALh.
ss~~rwvxyxrwwyas akexsle resdsrs, probably, ever
bs.rl ~ Or Imagined sseh = thinE - q hua =.
Hair rair AZ few, pethaps, ever theasn. :, =.
oairsnx into the source OF beautiful .sesses
ara sceu every day In those sr'efieA u 'su.o' -.
windows OF the hair-dressers re -. ~. :. NJ
sAxwever by late Preach paper .hss ''"' . sao
- -, !, tia saaud hair fair at aor'aas, IN the
IS -. tx,anc.. In France. Moraas IL near the
> - -, - ,,sn. and II IL from Pau Journal that
s,..s. .oms account OF the fair the present sea
So son
from an points from Toulouse and even from Dor
4 se.sx. and the youag peasant giris of the neigh
fs1fhayi famous for their nse and abundant heads
OF hail. docking to the market like sheep, TO
lie shoya Of si,-. locks for the adornnent Of other
aud lssai4r hesds. Even young husbands secoinpa,
nv tler wlvesto insist ,on ther despoiliug them
. sslse ar trifiing CONFEDERATION, OF their eeti
.. 2 III ueads OF hair, Twenty francs 10 the highest
price which IL given for tbs richest head OF hair
and majority Of the dams 10 part with theis iocAs
If a seuth part OF that sum.
: This siagasar MARKETS held IN the opea 800
a. a.a attract. eao.ds Of carteut as wei ss iuFtss
,stvsi persons Girls 10 be speaFsd ~ pue
aa lao while others waiting their ssin VITA ss.
a%csts in heir hsnds. and Their long han. sonoeu
out sai hanging down to their wassts Inc smear
ers are men IA we'll wosen. some et cur iair
re.sers will conende that this must be degrading
scene But how else could the stock Ut wigs. aud
fraxcttes, and bsnds, aud top pieces, ana cur's,
n which is needed to prop up the lettering beauty or
= sth.,sx be sappltedf Tons of black slken hair
sssared In the above described from the
heals Of the psassutsmseis of the south OF France
y are' Imported into this country auauatiy
50 There % 70 in other places In the south OF
France ana n. brittany. where adventurous virtn
: - bay up aud IA ar the crops OF the fairhaired
ss,.amses Al first blush, IL wonld seem that female
m vanity weud efec,ualiy prevent such traffic
this. But cupdiiy and Incidence are stronger pa
seas than vanity; aud fashion lends its aid TO
! this singular caston of parting with the finest or
"a nameat 10 the person which nature affords.
80 In Brittany particularly, where the finest and
most ssn black hair IL procured, it is the uni
yersal fashion, from childhood upwards TO wear
= caps so ct0se com peteiy +, conceal the hair
TIA pessaut girls there have particularly ine
-, htiE. and In the greatest abundance. Ii is so
common rs not TO be mark Of beauty: and the
people are morally incapable of approaching it as
inriascsly beautiful and attractive. 1t is ~
truth which ought not TO be told. perhaps in
the presence OF our ladies', that the charming
friz-ttes aud tresses which bean,ify the heads of
-fouf baosmin2 bellies may possibly have been
shern from Breton damsels Of very filthy and
h,athsous habits. The BretoBs are neither Nor
man sr FIR inch, but more Welsh than anything
else and they wild and sayage, and as iilo
SAID dirty as human nature can we'll be and exist
-sTffe poorer women wear their dresses till they be-
come dirty, patched. tsitered and ragged, 80 that
tbs, material OF which they are made can scarcely
be traced. The houses II the peasants are general
-~ly built Of mud. aud without convenience. The
sehestuat which abouuds In the country, furnishes,
q a 'nsiaerabie extent, the food OF the poorest
classes. Although inhabiting fine country, capa-
Elia of rendsring them prosperous and wealthy, the
Hretnns groyei on in supine idlaness and dirt. No
wonder the sell their hair, which is abun-
sdtnt and marketable The people are accustomed
TO snbsist upon the products ofspontausous crops
In the Pyreuees the people are industrious and
frugal, and the women arc accustomed 10 regard II
ffle head of black dark brown hair as only a
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