Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-21
DAILY SENTINEL


We are told that vheu the rsutieuan on
sorssosek the other day. psrscea I'D and down
5otfsn How With = isdy's eAisaoa on tbs top Of
his na'ng suck. all the iair, ss be passed them
ievoiuntlniy placed their hands at The back Of
Their beads 10 see 10 theirs we're missing. No
creamstAnee could Afford . better illustration
ef ne uaivesssl use OF false hair among woman
kind nan this. OF old. q uonan must have ar
nsso a. . certain age before her pride would per
III her 10 don the regulation "~front," which at
once placed her 10 the category OF old women
Nos Hsbe IL perfectly indIferent whether -e
knos OF not that she 10 indebted TO other beads
for her hcsing lOeks. The consequences IL th.,
tns trade IN human hair has of late assumed
very large proportions, and is value has in
creased at a prodigious rate. Whsrs does i, all
come fronf . spectator naturally asks, a. be
surveys the harvs.t OF locks hanging in the vim.
dovs OF the fashionable hairdrs,ser.. or disposed
IN every concsivsbis form on the heads Of waxen
dummies. And little does The spectator think Of
the biueoeards cupboard be 10 asking admit
taace 70 In putting this qasry. Although We use
lsss false hair in England than in France, YET IL
70 Decoming almost . necessity among Ne. The
hairdressers' Journal, which ought 20 be an su-
thority on the point. asserts that one woman in
every ten in England uses more or Isss false
hair with Der Own. The larger ,rooor,iou OF
this comes from Paris. either raw or nspufsc-
iured- The prevailing English color 10 brown.
and. a. the homegrown article matches English
hosos better than any other, it demands a pro-
portionately higher price. Her merchants, BY
long experience. have seqsired great proficiency
IN Judging OF the nationality of this article. One
oil the largest dealers IN the trade informed
US that he could tell in the dark the
nationality Of any piece Of hair. This is dens
either By the sense OF touch or smell. Some ma
tons have much coarser hair than others; indeed.
there 10 . constant q Inference both With respect to
length and weighs. The average weight of =
french head OF hair 10y which Is meant the
piece OF hair which forms the knot At the back
Of the heal is five ounces: of Italian, six ounces:
OF Germany, ten. This differences has much TO
90 with is color. To see a hair merchant take
up a long trees, sniff a long snif, aud say at once
where II came from, IL as refreshing az to see a
sine-taster deciding a particular vintage OF wine
oy is bouquet. Ii is possible the chemical con-
stituents Of the material in SON measure leads
BIN 20 9 conclusion, a. there is always found TO
Dc az excess OF sulphur and Oxygen in fair hair,
and an excess OF carbon 10 black hair. Local
odors. sgain, are great tell tales Of the pats
from which the hair comes: thus. Irish hair is
dissinguishaele among Others by tho smell Of
peat smoke always 10 be found In Il: possibly
Scotch hair, OF the peasant class, of course, may
be distinguished from that OF her sister across
the channel by the delicate difference of this
peat odor. just as We distinguish Irish from
Scotch uhisky.
But there are two or three sources from which
hair 70 obtained which. perhaps. in a still stronger
manner indicate the source from which it was
taken. The chIgonniers VINO 60 abolt In Paris,
morning and evening. picking out prizes from
the gutter, have not overlooked human hair. By
their agency the cemoings Of the fair Parisienne
are returned once more 10 the human head; no
doues there - n dust-hesp odor the hair mer-
chant knows we'll. But there is still another
kind OF hair about which there is a deem mys-
terry. A grim smile passes over the features of
the hair merchant IS ne tells YOU that the long
"leech oil hair tor this is the trade name for the
small parcels III which they are done up for sale.
After beiDg prepared aud cleaBed) ia known as
churchysrd haiIl As he dra ~ attention. with =
certain suodued manner, TO the squared end OF
me "Isfch' you perceive that they have not
been cut, but pulled out OF the head with the
bulo adbsfent; sometimes this class OF hair co
to The market with pieces OF the scalp hair &C tho
enc. how this lair 10 obtained 10 . mystery
vhien The trade Goes not care u fslhom. When
weso often hear OF the dissertation of church.
yards, and the sh0veling away Of the old bones
and decsyed c%Ofins. we may perhsps make .
shrevd guess At the source from which this hair
comes. IL mist De remembered that hair il Al
moss indesructioie The beautiful wig OF auburn
hair now IN tbs British Museum, had lain in the
.'NCaa Aanu iOI uDHIlu4 OIL
Z.OoO years before it found its way to the pa
honal collection, yet that hair Is a. fresh "A
though II had Just come from the hairdrssser.
ana tue curl IL 80 strong in il that it cannot be
saken out oy tne application OF heat. Church
yard hair Is brought into The market by homs "A
well as foreign collectors. aud ne cannot help
suspecting that LIS grave digger is 10 mean
member of that craft.
The. EngiIshwonan very rarely sells her hair
-qle m0sf Ia f&tuaei "a the 1t .-.a..-.
poverty before she would consent TO tins saeri.
nee. But there II a class who are comoelled 10
do so. There can be little doubt that the ma
Jority OF the long English tresses come from the
head Of crimfnsL It il = cruel aud brutal
TO do-ths os;ensible reason i CLEANLINESS,
but a. enforced cleanliness. bought at the ex-
pense OF the last remnant OF sell respect lett TO
the woman, and a eieanness the more vigorously
locked 10 because il results from the peroui,te
OIL the -arders. 1t IT j. necessary the charming
locks OF our fair should be supplemented this
source, they should 81 lesst De informed Thar
they are never obtained without oaths. PRAYERS
and blssphemous imprecations upon the de-poii-
ers, which the drarIng-Foom bellies little dream
as those purchased tresses dance pendulop.
ipon their cheeks IN the heated saloon. Fever
Ilso, places his contributions in the bands of tina
merchant. anu there 10 a sad suspicion that
he mysterious woman that hovers .bou, the
louss OF the dead to perform the last offices doe,
lot. vhen opportunity offers. allow il to escape
here are stilI other sources from which human
air Is ootsiled. OF q yet more ~repulsive nature.
u' We have said enough TO show that when
Ady buys false locks she Little knows the Curl
us aud mysterious tale each individual hair
ossitiy could tell her. Some Years ago. we
%" and then heard mysterious accounts of
eriain Spring heeled Jack who used to lie in
'sit for young girls With beautiful hair. for the
urpose OF iorcioiy dispolling them. Consider
ag the Immense rise that IS year by year taking
lace 10 the value OF this material, We feel no
urprise al such tales; indeed. when we saw that
ueh is he demand for grey hair that We are
oiiged to rob goats and nohair sheep 20 exc
Ut our osn scauty stores. We need no, be sur
'rised ~ anything.