The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-12-11
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AParis correspondent mentions the arfi
val at Havre of Almost singularb cargoes,
shipload of human hair from Vera Cruz
The hair, comes from the heads ofvariou
native Mexican tribes who have been scalp
ed by their enemies. 1t is described as in .
most filthy condition, with SO foul smell
as to infect the whole port. The haif is o.
course to be worked up for theluse of Ed.
ropean beauty according, to the prevailing
mode. The statistics aof the false hair
trade, " remarks the Daily Ns,cs, furnishes
curious evidence, Of the Increased and In
creasihg artifciality of the y age. Male
wigs have goneout Of fashion, and tits the
enormous Quantities of false hair used By
ladies which, have, caused the vast rise in
its price, !. This has gone, up 400, per, cent.
within the last dozen years, while four
times as much Is used now as at THAT pc!
riod.l Sixteen times as much money Il, CON
sequently, spent upon thisiarticle of iadorns
ment in the present years rs was devoted
to 1t in 1866, q suggestive fact for the
SWANS who are now admiring the silken
tresses Of their fair partners IN the dance,
or at the seaside promenade. Those who
only know false hairfrom the curious Jumps
of it, in the hairdressers' windows and from
. general suspicion that they see it on the
heads of some of their friends, cannot form
notion Of the extent to which the trade in
it is carried on. II has wholesale dealers
with IArgewarehouses and skilledlaborers
constantly at work. lit is manufactured to
meet the wishes and the pursesrof all class
es OF society, from the sixpenny Gisett sold
to fill out the sparse locks Of the servant-of-
all-work, to the ten guinea, head Of hair
made up to aid the beauty of a duchess
The finest specimens of this elderly hair
will bring asmuch astwo guineas an ounce;
while the very best black or brown will
sell from eighteen shillings to q guinea, and
the best flaxen at about guinea and a.
half The latter variety Is, be the quality
what it may, about fifty per cent dearer
than black or brown hair, while white or
grey fetches NOR than the latter by 100 per
cent. For it is unnecessary to say that
much of the hair sold is far less expensive
than that just quoted Quality, color and
length determine its price, which ranges
from few shillings an ounce upwards
Aftet tho hair has been coiiibed and wash
ed and dried litais folded into loblorlg
parcels. such as large skeinsy Of silk or
worSted that are kept in the shops. Fair
Saxon hair is still greatly in demand, and,
as the stock of it must be kept up, many of
the other eolors have to be stained to the
favoritehue. But dying hair is far less
easy when it hasafbeen cut from the head.
The natural Precipitation, ofthe human sub
ject acts with the, compounds, used, and it
is the boast of the fashionable lairdresser
that he can change the hair to any color by
q few applications OF his famoHs washes.
The lady who had stained her hair to what
she considered the fashionable color had in
many instances attained tinge unlike any
other thing on earth. When, therefore, she
wanted new chignon, or tresses to match
her latest hue. it was impossible TO pro-
cure them. No shade Of faxen but by the
side of her own metallic yellow would seem
dull and fiat and the only way out of the
difficulty was to stain the hair gold until
it looked as unnatural as the hair grow
ing.g We should mention that a considers
bic trade exists in false boards, moustaclss
IS and whiskers. During the s American
wal. o vast number of these were sent out TO
the United States and steady demand con-
tinued until the peace. Our Informant did
not profess to account either fof the sudden
want of. whiskers and boards, or for its
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