The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-15
A WOMAN'S HAIR.
How the personal Beauty Of the
Sex is Enhanced by Artificial
Capillary AdOrnment.

Nv hat are the present most fashion,
able styles OF coitfure?:'
We'll, it is hard to describe them
some have no names; there i the core
net, lovely for some STYLES.
"Of hair"
No, no; beauty. \ woman must
always adapth her couture to her features
and general appearance.
Il see
well. that's easy. Now, for IN
stance. the '%coronet. as its name de-
| notes. j, a a|ueenly sort of Embarrassing,
suitable for your stately brunetteS or
blondes with fine regular features.
a little, fat, dumpy, red-faced woman?
Can imagine, said the reporter,
who has an eye for beauty, and whom
the mere description of such a woman
had made shudder.
w ell. / can. continued the tar
and fluent Mrs. Thompson, for | have
them to deal with every day. and. by
the way, they are our hardest custo-
mers. They Will insist on wearing
EVERYTHING BIT WHAT SITS THEM
BEST.
Dut tllcll. pom tiliilES. ditl | YOU
able to do anything for them at all?
why certainly. and with the great
est ease. BY taking a braid or So and
arranging the hair in heavy folds, a lady
OF this description can be transformed
into "a stately parsonage. But the 'coro-
net, SO beautiful on one of your tall,
willowy figures, would make her look
like-well, | can't exactly remember
what, but something horrible"
The reporter did not insist on any
comparison, and then Mrs. I. went on
to enumerate many other different way
Of arranging the tresses on the female
head divine, among which were the
chatelaine, with which she seemed en-
raptured, and attempted III vain to eX-
plain. But the reporter is able to state
that an Alsatain bow, either Of hair or
ribbon. has something to do with it.
He suggested that he would remain and
pass upon the different styles if Mrs.
Thompson would take the principal part
in a scene de boudoir, but the hint was
not accepted, nor ever noticed.
The conversation then drifted upon
combs, Of which there were many kinds
exhibited.
Combs are the rage now" said She.
land amt they just lovely? They are
never out of place, either, and you can
use as many as you please. Now see
my hair.
The reporter looked and agreed that
the five so-called combs were beautiful.
To say otherwise, under the circum-
stances, with five or six pounds of
golden blonde hair immediately ar
r,nn,l hl,o ho, .-
three or four inches Of his nose. was a
physical inpossibility.
When the combs under special obser-
Walton had been sufficiently admiled.
Mrs. Thompson held up several OF those
on the table, made of tortoise shell, Gilt
and other materials, for examination.
These ale very fine, She remarked.
and sell readily at high prices Her
visitor was tempted to remark that he
had seen and felt finer ones in his child
hood days, but refrained. as the lady
had a quiet way of >nubbing any irre!e-
vancy that was far from agreeable.
Noticing no hair reStoratives or COM
pleNlon rcpairers III the stock of female
weaknesses, the question was put as to
the wherefore OF their absence.
on, WE NEVER KEEP THEM.
was the immediate reply. In our ex-
p%erlence none have proven Of any
value. This was in relation to patent
hair restoratives. The subject Of com
pleXlOn beautitiers was evidently CON
sldered not as exactly appertaininc to
the matter under discussion. and was
dropped.
CHANGING at the tre>>eS which So
plentltully covered Mrs. rs head, and
a before stated. renarkine that they
had not been placed there by the hand
OF nature. the conversation was skill
fully managed until the matter Of hair
dyes was brought up, and the eyne,t
informed her mterlocutor that blond
ing was mole III Vogue now than ever
before. and much easier To do. The
cost. she stated. varied from SO II Sl0
per head, according To the head tthe
halr on 1T, and also the tickle taste of
the sub ecf.
For instance, she explained. "a
lady may cunie INTO our store. Sh.
wants to be 4 blonde. and She selects the
shade OF blonde she desires to become
We 90 to work. ana in IA short time tn.
job Is complete. The mirror i tbcn
held up before the newlv-made blnuda
She Is delighted. Bu,-,he has h.-
come beautiful. Now, why can
become more beautiful, says She. with
d ilttle lighter shade OF haIrI' We nj
course ACCOMMODATE her, and as the
work must b. nearly all gone over agar
her Dill Is 50 lii .ch greater. But ,
good job OF 'olondine' can be lone far
<lo orsl3, nd IN three or four DAYS
ne 'aikest brunette changed to the