Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-11

it back to its young color. And the
gentlemen write on business paper
that shows what is their rank
lawyers, railroad men, army men.
They are all one with the ladies
after good looks. But the girls-I
think they are crazy after golden
hair. See; the price of this is 50 a
bottle, and / a hardly make
enough of it, for it must be so old
before it is used, and it gives the
hair a beautiful yellow tinge."
She took a glass jar from her
closet in which was a tress OF hair
SUSPENDED in a colOrless liquid.
When taken out ii was a dull white
Tn the other hand she held a raven
'.switch."
"This lock wascut from the switch
to test the solution" madame ex-
planned "to-morrOw 1 will bleach
the whole. Then 1 dip it in this
mustard pot of mime" showing a
jar of yellow liquid, 'and it comes
out the color of a guinea. Notice
this" dipping a black tress into the
Niiltc jar VIC VIII iooh at IL Dt-
fore you CO."
ADO you bleach hair on the head,
too"
Certainly. 1t is not pleasant
work for me nor for those who sub
NIT to it. Think of sleeping with
your hair plastered with lime, or
something like it. l had rather
paint the faces"
"YOu enamel, of course ."
"Would you like to try? I will
do it for you with pleasure. And a
white dressing-sack had fallen Over
my shoulders like down, and Ma
dame was dipping a soft brush into
ayellOwish liquid that L am r e TO
confess smelled vilely of chemicals.
at will smart at first, she said, but
you will not mind that, perhaps"
Smart 1 should think it did. My
face felt on fire for five minutes,
and then it seemed glazed. Hooked
in the glass, and nothing but good
imitation of erysipelas met my eye.
If madame wanted revenge for any
curiosity she had it. eff it was to
saw their health, ladies would think
they could not endure the pain. AS
it is to improve their beauty, they
are only too glad to bear it? Do
you like yourself any better now?"
If it had not been for that hOrri-
bic glazed feeling, Iconfess 1 should
have liked the change. You see
such compilations on dolls, so soft,
translucent, but as country folks
say, l felt awfully 'deathly." And
the enamel or whatever it was
would not wash off that day or the
next, till it dissolved itself. l had
rather have TAM, freckles
and sunburn all the time
than ever be enamelled again.
"Let us look at the hair we left
bleaching" said madame by way
of diversion. We found it of a flax
en-grayish hue, and she separated
it into two skeins, n of. which in
one solution turned nut brown,
while the other i'm a second bath
came out literally gilded. "That is
for fancy only" said madame. at
is well it is not fashionable to have
gilded heads, for the process is very
expensive. Have you see enough?
Have you heard enough? l have
nothing more to show. Only /
hope it has amused you. When
you want to be electro,plated come
to me, and | will gid you all over,
only that will cost you 500, and it
will be the death of you beside"
There was a ring at the door, and
my arch, laughing hostess of the
moment before i'm a turn was the
equally courte Gus, impossible wom-
an of business, meeting a new eli
ent. l folded my veil double over
my enamelled face, and took the
next car home. But to this day l
am not sure whether madame does
or does not like interviewers.