The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-04
THE HAIR OF COMMERCE.
How Il 10 Used to Cover tho Rain Il Causes
Supplying the Market.

go long az fashion affected only the style
IN which the hair was worn, II was comparative
iy harmless. It was only when II touched the
color that II became dangerous. To keep pace
with II, the beauties Of the past began to resort
to borrowed tresses and dyes. II was, to say the
least, an awkward fashion. and II is not easy TO
imagine q more disasreeable surprise than TO
npd the raven locks OF another. to which one
was accustomed, suddenly changed to . giaring
red, or soft auburn.
One fact concerning what 10 oonventionally
known as "falss hair is that In too many cases
It 10 used to hide the ruin It causes. To the use
OF false hair may be ascribed much Of the early
badness and rrayness existing to-day. Ladies
frequently complain OF their hair coming out, Of
premature whitening, OF headache, nervous
ness, and uneasiness In the head, when not only
the last, but the nrst is the result of bought
tresses.
A pretty French or italian peasant girl parting
with her capillary riches for gold brings up no
unpleasant picture. Unfortunately, pretty peas
ant girls, II shorn a. regularly as sheep, could
not supply the demand for Imported human
hair. Prices are high, the demand 10 great, and
dealers resort TO many expedients. In some OF
the italian cities the gstherer Of hair carries on
as regular . business as the oharwoman. Ali
kinds of refuse and oombings are collected, and
process OF cleansing. It IL then straiehtsDsd
and carried and put into the market. After leav-
ing the ash barrel Of Rome. Its next public 40
pearance may be on the shapely head Of New
York belle. The practice is common OF visiting
the cbArnel house for the sake Of the paltry and
repulsivo BODY, and the fear fs natural that the
cause Of death Is not always inquired into.
Even assuming the best, we are not entirely
relieved from the contemplation Of pernicious
results. A load OF hair on the head is always
Objectionable, no matter how worn when TAX
Ing pyrsmidai form, the pile stupendous" is
both absurd and nideous. Even thai, however,
would be nothing to the physical eject upon the
ever seen than some ragile form, requiring all
tts nervous and muscular strength to enjoy HE
under favorable circumstances, struggling TO
look gay under q hairy tower that would test
| the strcnath OF . strong man, and leave him
| with giistsniDg scalp revealed At thirty.
Our leading importers carefully susrd asainst e,
arranged. They can deal with the most trust
worthy foreign dealers only In order to obviAts
Even then (and the fact Is not generally knowDl
| tue hair can be used only Q certain length Of
time before II loses its natural lustre and begins
In fact TO decay. many ladies use hair once their
| own, that is which grew upon their own hsads,
under the i'm preston II will last forever. This
| Is n mistake. few years will convert IL Into
what may be called dead hair. CombinRs mould
not be used, as the hair Is dead before II comes
out. False hair should be properly sorted, so
that all tue roots are together. In the cheaper
conbings from abroad no order Of this kind 10
observed, and one OF the consequences 10 that
Il spoils faster and is always worn with IN ore or
| less discomfort.
| Tue newest styles demand that the hair be
| combcd up from the neck and piled on the
crown. 10 lessen the weight OF the superstruc-
ture Is the next problem OF the hair dresser.
| Heavy solid plaits and rolls are abolished and
| their place taken by more posing specimen n
OF toDsoriil architecture Of compsr lively little
| simple arrangement, which leaves the borrowed
ornamentation like kind OF open or pun work,
| and comparatively light aud COOL