The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05
GOLDEN TRESSEs.
IN. Y. star.l

IN. Y. star1
A fashionable uptown dealer In human hair
was pleased to give some Information recent
" concerning her trade to q writer Tor the
tnat Is generally profitable, she replied:
millions OF dollars worth Of human hair is
imported In this city every year-tn8 Lewis
hon Brothers alone importing $4,000 worth,
having agents In Europe all Il the III time Sc
markets In which 1t is sold. There are three
classes OF dealers: First, the importers; sec
ond, the first-class buyers; third, the manu-
faoturers who use combings; the refuse Of the
tables at which wigs and curls have been
manufactured"
(which color is considered the choicest in
the trade ?"
"The ash blonde, q blue blonde. II may SO
call 1t, is the rarest, the most beautiful and
many, Norway and some parts Of Northern
Europe, and cannot be initiated by dyeing."
"What of the golden blonde color; how Is
that produced, as 1t 10 rarely natural
hair. Some shades Of hair will turn that color
Il certain wash lie used on the head, and the
hair exposed to the sun. You know how the
Venetian ladies' OF old are described az sitting
on the house-tops with their long locks wet
Of o large straw-brimmed hat, In order to
change their brown or auburn hair into pale
gold colors. In this as il everything else.
history is reproducing itself
"But there 10 some wonderful hair-dye used
You aIIude to the blondine. That was dis
covered in the year 1918. A certain DR.. Rich
ardson introduced 1t in London as cure for
consumption. Frenchman few years later,
for cough. dropped little Of It On his black
nnoustache and was surprised to find Il turn
inQ to golden blonde It had been called ~
some other name, but the ingredients arepre-
Cisely the same"
aWhat does it resemble7''
Here Madame showed me bottle Of col
"You see 1t has no color-and It is without
perfume. II is made like Ice cream, that is, 1t
Is frozen when manufactured. Let me show
you the effect OF 1t on dark hair. Here Is q
switch Of hair which has been wet once In the
blondine. You see. 1t lie OF dark red; here is
another which has been wet twice-it is Of q
lighter shade Of red, and 30 on to the sixth
from very dark brown into the lovely golden
blonde, 80 coveted at the present time by the
vould-b beauties OF the gentler SEX"
ssDo ladies dye their own hair q
"Oh, yes; we sell quantities OF dye fcr home
nee. 1t is only 50 per bottle, and is good for
the growth OF the hair"
.Where do the wholesale dealers make their
largest purchases I"
from France and Germany. There are men
who make 1t their business to 60 from house
10 house among the peasantry to buy the hair
from the heads OF the young women. They
ere called scalpsTs l. s the sh mother das'r who
daughter In from the field and makes her sit
down before the scalper, who turns her hair
ovsr her face like vail. and then cuts the
crown locks In two years. new crop is
grown ready for another SALE These coun-
Try girls never use anything but beef tallow
as a dressing, and their hair Ia very healthy
strong. The italian hair is apt to be filthy;
It has not 80 good sale, and 1t Is coarser
The Chinese hair brings the lowest price-it
you do not mention American harris 1t
not In the market Z"
"American hair is considered valueless-it
has no essential growth. There 10 something
may be our rapid style Of living; at any rate,
with some few exceptions. there are few per-
sons among us who have healthy heads OF
hair. No other nation OF women have 80
much halr-dressing as we have, not even the
French women, and oil these mixtures and
pom6iums used as Embarrassing are ruinous
10 tina scalp. The hrst-class dealers never
purchase American hair. It c6n be bought,
81 course, at the hospitals, and some pur-
chAses are said to be- made"
1.-THE Hair Dresser's College In Paris. Each
member OF this college dresses the figure Of q
head after some invention OF his own once
per month, when an authorized committee
4tFGo u uSuul loI tlc iettu Dobt uEeS6eu. AT
The end Of the year the man who has received
the largest number OF medals sets the fashion
for the year. At present the fashion seems to
partake OF the antique--the very latest Paris
Ian style resembling the Greek and Roman
statues In the coifilng Of the hair"
"Have different nations different qualities
OF hair r
Certainly Climate, Inheritance and va
rious causes produce different qualities and
colors. The English run to golden and light
colors, the Germans to tawny, the French to
dark colors. The Americans have no real in
dividuality In this matter, coming as they do
from every nation"
Are there, then, so many shades Of hair?"
"Why, there are hundreds OF shades, and
the hair Is the most wonderful part OF the
human body, and the most abused. It is
broken and jerked with combs, deluged with
scented washes, stiffened with horrible poma-
Turns and plastered with bandoline. The
wonder Is, In some instances, that it grows
at ALL"
An interrupted story.
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