The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-06

and fastened SO that IL VIII lac either way. Inls
is considered the acme OF wig-mqking, TO pro-
duce the "paIp so that il Will LOOK natu raj.
Great improvements have lately been made in
the manufacture of wigs, and a man can now
ounces, and which will never get out OF place
on the head. A wig costs from $ls to $50, and
will seldom ever last over one year. The haIr
usually loses its color before the foundation
wears out The difference in the vitality OF IN
dIviduals clings 10 their hair after IL Is cut of.
A wig will generally contain hair which has
been taken from the heads of three or four dit
ierent individuals, aud after little wear the
owner OF the wig will ird that his hair is fading
out uneVenly. and his head becoming streake
with a variety OF hues. One variety OF wig,
considered the best and which is certainly the
lghtest, is made on foundation composed en-
tirely OF haIr, woven into netting. wig OF this
kind, while 1t will require two ounces of hair to
make it, will weigh but an ounce and a half
when completed. This is owing to the great
quantity OF material wasted in handling short
hair. Ornamental hair-work belongs more par
ticuiary to be ieweiry business, or may be
classed as specially OF that business, and is
not done by those artists who make head deco
TatOns. Many pieces of ornamental work are
made to order IRON the hair OF some person dear
to the Individual oIdt ring 1t.
The mar is first cleansed from all impurities
and then waxed. 1t being in bunch, weight
If attached to one end OF the bunch. To the
other end oil each hair weights are also fastened.
The workman, sitting at a bench with a hole in
the centre, drops the end OF a bunch through
the hole, and spreads out the individual hairs in
front OF him, the weights keeping them all in
position. Then by passing them over and under
each other, he produces the peculiar braid
desired This bra is subsequently put together
in form to suit the person ordering, be 1t watch.
guard breaStpn, earrings, or anything else.
Some very beautiful ornaments are made In this
manner, and at one tine we're quite fashionable.
The process OF waxing and working the hair
generally imparts to II Little darker shade than
the original possessed, which fact has led many
OpOnlp believe that the artist did not return
the same halr he received.
There is comparatively little natural curled
hair, and to prepare cuIls Tor the use of those
ladies who insist upon wearing ringlets tries
the patience and fills the wallets of tue dealers
therein. To prepare the curls, long straight
hair is wound very tightly around little pieces
OF wood and fastened. These are then boiled in
water for long time, after which they are
baked. They must afterwards be hung up to
season Tor months, or even years, if the dealer
can afford to be out OF his money so long be-
lore they are tit tor sale. Even then, the laGy
purchaser Will find 1t necessary every little
Whle to have them renewed, reboiled, and re-
baked. There is not one lady in ten who
reiolces in curls, who does not owe her ringlets
to her curl papers and her curlingirons.
In America the gathering of hair and its pre-
paration for market is yet in Its infancy There
ATE peodlers, however, who travel about the
country, who will readily pay fair prIcer -
good hair. There are also large im1 - ior
hair IN New York who would pOro1aS ro1aS o1 %
on their imnort- ,selves TO paying the duties
- G,.Es cations. American women take
30 much pride in their natural head.coverng
to part with IL readily. few. pounds OF what
the dealers term sick hair" is brought IN occa-
sionally, hut it does not meet with a ready sale.
This is taken from the heads OF sick persons,
who, being confined to their beds for a long
time, finG their halr lnconvenlent. An expert
dealer informed us that If two ounces of ''sick
hairs were concealed in twenty pounds OF god
hair, he could separate the one from the ot1er
10 the last hair, with his eyes closed, simply by
feeling It. This same gentleman, large i'm
porter, is compelled to keep on hand constantly
from one TO two hundred thousand dollars worth
OF hair to supply his customets.
Some beheS e the German hair to be the best,
others prefer the French hair. The only differ
ence, however, is produced in preparing II TOR
market. We were shown bunch OF beautiful
hne Golden Colored hair, between forty and fifty
inches in length, which came from Bohemia A
number OF families III that locality contribute
annually several pounds OF this peculiar and
valuable hair. Other families IN the same
locality are Gro Ened like the AlbinoS whom
Barnum kept before the pubic. In TACT, the
dealer IN HAIR to whom we have alluded asserts
that the Albino man and woman who have been
ON exhibition so long at the Museum are natives
OF Bohemia; that he knew them at home twenty
years ago, and that he often goes up and has a
chat with them in their native tongue. On a
recent occasion he accosted the man, and said,
"Why do YOU call yourself an Albinow The
reply was, "because.lt paws" BaTnum has evil
IDENTIFY had the man snnder his own teacnlhg
The dealer asserts thNI he has seen many chill
dren in Bohemia possessing hair OF a color slmi-
lar TO these Albinos
As we have before remarked America eXpends
upwards of one million of dollars annually for
imported hair. The quantity consumed in Eng
land amounts to about five tons year and in
France the quantity is still greater. Turkey and
Russia use ,about the same quantity, but OF
more expepsive quality Ali these countries are
supplied with hair at much less cost than
Amerca.-N. Y Times.