The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-11-14
CHIcAoo, Nov. /

To the Editor Of tho Chicago Tribune
Our attention has been called 10 the let
ter over the nom de plume OF "Curled Hair"
in your issue Of Oct. Sd. Who is this nCurled
Hs:rri We propose to truly and faithfully
earicature that individual rs Introductory 10
our reply, tor, having 80 blndly thrown down
the aauutles, " do not hesitate to accept his
challenge 10 ito broadcast, fullest sense.
Himself refers TO his Ancestry" Ancestry
indeed like Joseph's coat Of many colors-
literally 70 including not only every color OF
tho horse and tho COW genus bot also, more
largely, every describabie and indescribabls
color Of the pig race, with all the delicate
shadinss given them both By the wonderful
trichins, and by their wallowiug in mire and
filth. Place your nostrils in proximity TO an
old "svisd'' pigs hair hotel mattress, and
thousands OF our best citizens Who nov sup
pose they have best curled hair (which 10
names and tails OF horses and cows tails)
need but to rip open their own mattresses to
ind instead, ~ the case u,ay be, from to
Is per cent. Of short cows hair tinstead Of
horse hair aid cows tail h4ir,) or pigs hair,
or both. These dslectable ingredients and
adulteratlons are used to al astounding ex-
tent in curled hair beds, which people buy
and innocsntly place directly against the hu-
man body. Authorizations terminating vsri-
GUS forms OF disgusting insect life, not except
ing bedbugs. This much Of ancestry and
pedigree Of "Curled HAIR
The trade, however, aside from any actual
Misrepresentation, are not responsible for
this, being actually driven to the use of adul-
teratious, for what person is SO foolish TO
suppose tina. the regular crop of what is
standard hair, viz: horse names and tails and
COW tail hair is anything like sufficient TO
meet the enormous cousumptive demand,
hence the substitution Of, and adulteration
with, COW . short hair and pig hair.
Again, Elastic Sponge is surred, IN said
letter, on the ground Of the infancy Of its
practical application in upholstery. Wepass
this, with tue simple remark that these west
ern States, particularly, aud IN this age, are
not mastered by prejudice, or blue old-fogy-
ism. For themselves, they test, and what
Ssttaas more N crit, they take and endorse.
Again, Elastic Sponge is sneered a. ~ 3
mushroom enterprise" We infer that that
writer has been styling around our saiesrooms,
watching our deliveries and shipments, and
has iucorpora ,ed into the above quoted phrase
another OF his old foay principles, w: That
whatever quickly shows strength and full life
and prosperity, must quickly decline. He
will both see and learn if he lives and
watches.
Again he stamps Elastic Sponge anew and
untried humbug. In full reply, we may not
only state that it has been largely used At the
East for the year past and more, Dut will also
quote the language latter elaborate and con-
vincing personal Investigations and tesssJ OF
Mr.. r. Z. Robbins-whn directly became the
owner ia the Consolidated Elastic Sponge
Manufacture companies of New York city
ana Boston--widely known in Chicago and
the West a. principal owner in the great
American Waltham Watch mandatory at
WsItham, Macs. Said Mr., Robbins Gem
tiemen, il elastic sponge is humbug, it is
not only bigger humbug than | have ever
heard Of, but one that | am willing to be
numbugged ky." And Chicago's citizens are
now daily demonstrating at our salesrooms
that this is precisely their judgment. Aud
10 are nearly eve one OF the railroad com
paniss centerng here; also the carriage and
furniture uph oil tersrs and hotel proprietors
And now our worried friend, the writer OF
the !" Curled Hair" article, in spite Of your
old logy ism, personal interests and prejudices,
the time 10 al hand when you are forced, at
your hotel, to repose on elastic sponge, ride
in omnibus or hack to the depot sitting On
elastic sponge, and 'srailroad il" on the ele-
giant spongs coach, else do the other thing,
viz stand mp in your boots-"you pays your
money and you takes your choice And
now, because il never entered your brain that
anything could ever be discovered among the
untold treasures that God has given to man,
that would furnish beds always sweet, clean,
repellant 10 bed bugs and all insect life, elias
tic, aud every way agreeable to the human
body, you need not fatter yourself that other
people tie themselves up to horse hair, cows
hair, pigs hair, and various adulterations
to put in contact with their bodies. One
word more and we have done with you. M
less again you want to try your hand At bat
tering away on sponge, foolishly imagining
you are thereby delaying the doomed fate d
curled nsir upholstery, and that is this: The
elasticity OF all upholstery hair 10 artificial
and temporary, hence soon packs, growing
harder and harder.
The elasticity Of sponge is natural, hence
permanent God-giyen attribute OF the ma
serial itsels. Yours. &c,
WgsTsRN Elastic SpoSGE CoxrASr.
P. S.-Among the Directors and Stock.
holders Of the Consolidated Elastic Sponge
Manufacturing Company of New York City
R. E. Robins, Boston. also of the Walthau
Watch Co.
B. F. Stevens, Boston, Pres. New England
Mutual Life Ins. Co.
p. L Everett, Boston. Pres. Third Ma
,ional Bank.
BENZ Sturges, Boston, Lloyds agent.
n. Parker, Boston. of Parker House.
]. P. Thorndyke, Boston, Gentleman.
s. B. Chtienden, New York, of s. B
Chistenden l. Co., Dry Goods.
Vim. sesrles, New York, Of VIM. Searle.
4 CO., Bankers, Broad street.
Joseph Wilcox, New York. of Wilcox !
Gibbs Sewing Machine Mandatory.
A. 5. Barnes. New York, OF A. S. Barnes
4 Co., Stasioners.
Eugene Kelly, New York, Of Eugene Re!
y 4 Co., Bankers.
J. O. Whitehouse, New York, Wholcsal,
Boots and Shoes.
Thos. Bsta, New York, Of T. Belts 4
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