The Red Cloud chief., 1877-01-04
mo More False Hair"

mo More False Hair"
The crusade against false hair has
commenced in several Partisan jour
nals, and NO More False Hair" is a
frequent heading. Fortunately no
one re-echOes this cry. These writers
not only demand a total disappearance
of false hair, but they also advise ladies
to have their hair cut "a Ia Titus
The Paris cOiffeurs theoretically pro-
test against this heresy, this outrage. rs
il were, against eason and good taste.
But that alone is not sufficient; English
hairdressers, as well as those of every
civilized country, ought to coalesce
against the common enemy; they
should he on their guard in reference to
this idle talk, which some ladies might
take to he in earnest, and that would
seriously injure their trade by with
drawing, for a time at least, II Of its
most important branches. In order
| that hairdressers may know what to do
| under these circumstances, it is right
that l should place the matter before
| them, so that they may provide al eff
| cient remedy. The following extracts
could have been read during last month
in several journals:
"A change has just been made in the
| couture of women. The style of wear
ing the hair a la Titus adopted 10y
several ladies of fashion, marks the be-
| ginning OF a reaction which will be
completed before long"
"Women of common sense incline
towards the exclusive use of the natur-
al hair, and the following motives OF
indisputable value have led them to it.
Science has VIGOROUSLY demonstrated
that the use of false hair was to be de-
plored from a sanitary point of view.
Wherever it is applied it creates a dan
gerous heat, intercepting the perspira-
ton, so necessary to the growth of the
hair 1t tires the head by its weight. and
produces nervous headache. 1t is the
cause of most illness from which wO-
men suffer-"
1.-The more they have recourse to this
auxiliary couture, suggested by clever
professionals and welcomed with an
awkward coquetry, the more women
lose the chance they would have of re-
viving the fecundity Of the scalp,
where, from some cause or other, it has
become barren. Science has taught
women that the means to get beautiful
hair consists in having it frequently
cut, air and light being the two princi-
pal elements of life"
"a decisive argument III favor of a
complete reputation of the grotesque
chignon in whatever shape it may be
used is that it is often the cause of
more or less serious quarrels. False
hair, considered at its best, is a subter.
;. against which the man sooner OF
later revOlts after having succumbed to
a fascination which is solely one o!
surprise"
Now in reply to all this nonsense
will observe that the fashion of wear.
ing the hair q la Titus has been seen or
less than ten fashionable ladies' head;
in Paris. The reaction, therefore, car
not have set in. Women of common
sense still wear those high and Ions
coiffures which become them so we'll
they continue to use false hair, which
enhances their beauty and saves theil
natural hair. especially if it be used il
. moderation. Science has shown in al
\ irrefutable manner that false hair
which is taken off every evening, an(
consequently rests or the head only fol
a few hours. can not be injurious Il
health and in no wise causes fatigue o.
oppression. As for the meal proposed
> to get q fine head of hair, viz: to hav,
> it cut, l don't believe a woman wouli
|, ever consent to the sacrifice Of ne
: greatest ornament if she could by an
means avoid it. As for the s~O-callet
quarrels which false hair is said to hav'
produced, they are simply the invention
( of writers hard up for news, who con
4 sequently have to invent some; TO
t everybody knows that men nOwaday'
g are fully aware of the nature Of tn
q chignOn, and that not one has rebelles
I against this habit which, so to speak
has become an institution and will lon
remain if hairdressers consult thei
e own interests. Meanwhile Paris hair
dressers have undertaken to produce
e ample coiffures only, such as necessi
e tate the use of false hair. For instance
one of the latest inventions is thu
t composed: The front is slightly waved
all the natural hair being fastened OF
the top. serving also as a foundation 70
the additional hair, which is place.
over it in the shape of soft pufs. 1
completely dressed chignOn. compose
of puffs and waves and terminating IL
1 long papillottes, or a STRAIGHTFORWARD o
4 q large waved catogan, is placed be
q hind. Almost all coiffures, with the e1
ception Of some slight variations, AT
made in this style at present DurinI
the lectures on hairdressing. which ar
q about to commence, the professors hav
decided to impose the high aud lon;
|. coiffures this winter. Therefore Their