The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-19
4. H BRITT,
w RlHELDAFFER,
JAMES ~. WHITE

TIE New York World says that since
the discovery in regard to waterfalls, or
chignons, as 10 their doubtful cleanii-
ness, healtbiulness, &c, Fifth Ave
nue. wont touch the horrid things.''
Fashioncom for once IS quite alarmed.
We quote from the last article on The
subject as ioIIows=
The votsries Of fashion in New York
may De blind ID al reason, all common,
sense, but when their cleanliness IS i'm
pugBed, and an accusation Is entered
against them or setting az nsught neat
ness and tidiness, they Immediately are
mp and in arms, not rs the rOugher sex
would do. battling with their aecnsers,
but sens!bIy removing the object of
popular aversion So chignons have
suddenly isscome questionable. EIfth
Avenue won't touch the horrid thing,
Murray Hi wouldn't even look 81 Il,
and not FOR worlds could yoG induce
Madison Square 10 purchase il This
much has been done wisely and well, but
there are many who look Ingeringiy on
the apparently handsome col, SkepTicai
Of lis being as an apple OF the Dead
Sea, rotten 81 the core For these aud
others, lew more particulars may not
prove uninteresiinE, and must prove z
death blow 10 Inc last few chiguOns that
still live and move and have their be-
ings' on the heads of x few misguided
mOrtsIs.
There are n New York four houses
that make the importing Of human hair
their sole business. the hair Is pro-
cured from the French and German
markets, from Russia, and such places
on the continent OF Europe where The
trade In that article Is made n sPeciali-
~ The amount OF hair annual ySin-
ported IS valued al from $500, 900 10 ST.
JO0, 90, and Is taxed by a duty of forty
per cent OfIhe varieties, the German
haiS Is considered by connOisseurs as
the best. 1t Is the longest and nnest,
though from certain provinces IN
France the hair prCcurable Is of the
best possible description. Made into
chlgDOns, wigs, plaIisi fronts and such
like, hair in New York has ready sale.
7 The price Of hair varies from Sc 10 500
( per pound, except in the case of grey
I or white hair, when as much as $50
[ and 500 is considered not TOO exorbi-
tant price. White hair Is, OF course,
+ the most scarce, the shafts having to
] be picked from The grey, so probably
I thousands OF pounds of hair have 10 be
gone through before being able to get
as much as one pound of white The
! So a pound hair l., OF course, not Of a
very me texture, nor OF Il very delicate
hue; texture, hue and length improve
with the price. One of the principal
requirements in hair 10 make II valua-
Z BILE is length, and the task of sorting
/ the various lengths is one OF immense
difficulty. The hair, before arriving in
I this country, undergoes a number OF
I operations IN order to make il thor
I onghIy clean and free it entirely from
I oil One of the largest importers in the
! city informed US yesterday that, from
] the nature of the process the hair had
I TO undergo, il was next to Impossible
that any insect, whether gregarine OF
pediculi, could remain in II He stated
that the hair he had was submitted 10
powerful microscope, with result
only showing the beauty and hneness
I of its TEXTURE