New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-10
aREMaRKABLE INVENTION.

The culture of the hair may be considered
A maIk-sud indeed, a measure-Of civillza-
ton. The hair Of ssvages and boors is, as rule,
in Jungle. not to be mentioned to ears polte
But. with the increased responsibilities OF c0ndl-
ton aud cutting we find the chief ornament OF tie
head cared for. To meddle unduly with the hair,
in theologico sonsorial style has been tayorlte
folly from the time of Chinese Confucius TO Car
dnal Bedini. OF course, the Milky Way, the
North Star and the Heavens, unto nihitude' must DO
deeply Impressed whether t~o-legged animal mas
little more OF less hair bis occiput and snciput
But the profane let their hair grow, especially
women. The Roman lady was eminently lovely 10
this regard. She-classc angel that she was
used to sit with a thong 10 hand aud hand mir
Tor. Qloating over her beauty while her haudmaids
adorned her, and sprinkled gold dust over her head
as finishing touch, any supposed clamslness being
visited with the lash. Indeed, according to Juve-
nal, the best authority on the subject, nus
band would return from bis seyen-hllled WAL
street TO bis seven-hilled Madison avenue. aud
find q slave crucifed-Iegularly nailed to
q cross--because bis wife happened to be
1 n i
dered hair has happily passed away, and the cover
ing of Iature for the head is deemed good enough
for men and women. The dignity of gray hairs in
this country is, however, at discount. The
Americans in this respect are the greatest snobs.
Fellows here dye their heads aud boards. regl-
ment may be encountered any fine day on Broad
way with that dead shoe-blacking look which
ID, e Hasa tp..i A
dyed head always looks Ike the devil, exo-
terically speaking. There is no harmony be-
tween it and the wrinkles and crows feet over
which it presides. The French manage these
things better. There may be the least Soupfon
or few stragglers of the wintry hue; but no. the
filthy poultice laid on black as night over whole
head This hldeOus Snobbistness is vastly on the
increase. Every barber has sign of hair.dye.
Tie quantity of that forlorn swinde sold must be
immense.
We have class of hair in this country which
has been the source of much caricature :ature
here generally attacking the humble aud not the
hIgh-we mean woody heads. The negro and his
hair have been lampooned in speech, print, etching
and in that lowest of the low white face blaekened
"negro minstrelsy," until it would seen that na-
ture has great deal to answer for in making a
black "wooly head " 10 suit black skin. But we
live in an sge Of great events, as somebody, We
forget who, has eloqaently said. We can mend
any thing but broken health and broken hearts.
But in peripherial patchings We are sublime
False teeth, false hair false legs pink saucers, aud
pink sorceresses, dyed heads and dead heads
And now, to the relief of the woody heads comes
" Thomas Hcdsson, Inventor and Patentee, No.
I" Beach place, near Hamilton Ferry, Brooklyn
"N. Y" Thomas commiserates, 10 a circular
addressed "To the colored population Of the United
{" States the wearers Of woody hair. That crcu-
lar is verbally as follows:
fhe wooJ Of the hair Of colOed has long
been M Of Inconvenience aud snnoysn'e 70
such persons psay them
insults and eoEtuuey Of groraLt persons, This
rendered ossy AID perfect n form a. that OF any white
br Thomas Hodgson No. Besch place, Brooklyn, Y.
inventor and p.ense has recently and after several yess
study ard Investigation upon the succeeded DIS
ing proce'. By which the ha Of ceoed person' De a.
and for nds period rendered straight aud all the
Of ht lengthy black glossy flowing appearance 30
much admired.
The process BY whicG this de,idsatun ia effected I.
simple and dststhe length Of time rsautrei for
the OPERATION Of eou- depending in some measure upon the
preient .tse Of the h.r.
1.-THE ipuedlens used the process entirely free from
any sub.tanc.s inrrou. to the hair ae contrary w
both add beauty Of The hair snd ,.. M
IN. sir from ruf and other impurities aud thus rem
derng the healthy and allowing to sow in lors trese'
Cor.d persons Of witnessing the operation Of TIE
by oaur residence Of the inventor any day between me
hour ef and here also colofed persen eau %
,etl, straight. and on other still remains in is original
wooly and krot.ed ccEdition-
for the performance Of the whole operation will
ttUH IN fbs saDee IA
All formation IN reference 70 the sale Of rights 20 use
bs State county city be obtained on
10 either personally or by letter II BY
letter neose TWO cent IamP 70 Pei e letters received sad
TO PIE pay reply
Why there should be difference 80 trenchant as
between So ard SlOO for merely changing the
woody hair of ore Of Mr. John A. Washingtons
boys or girls to the lovely fuency and softness oil
he Pater Patrias descendants lead, does not ap-
pear. Whether it be the relative toughness or ten-
eerpess of the article the tness or leannes' Of
the purse does not sppear But We will not with.
bold our opinion that five dollars, or even one hun
dred dollars for such an operation, is dog cheap.
Provided, that the change is like Mrs. Jeryis's
Cough Candy, not for day but for all time"
But hair will grow. Each day from out their mys-
terious roots come the delicate tubes o.eaginous
and siDuous. Now, Thomas Hodgson, DO you mean
to coy that your anti-wooly head Ready Relief and
Resolyent, can strike into the roots Of the hairs
being and change them up to the period Of time
when the proud man coutumey cannot affect the