The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-10-21
LADIES COLUMN
LADIES' HAIR DRESSING.
Some Interesting Facts About It-A
Washington Barber's Tales of
The Flush Times.
Astonishing Feminine Follies.


Astonishing Feminine Follies.
Hartford Times Washington Letter.
Times are not as they used to
be- sighed one of the best known
BARRIERS Of this city to me several
days ago." and 1 don't think they
will ever get back to where they
were" / answered that l did not
know exactly, but thought every
thing would be all right in a few
weeks after Hancock got hold of
the reins of government, and the ex-
cltement in consequence of his in
auguration have cooled down. Fur
Their conversation revealed the fact
that the BARRIERS reason for signing
was not on account of our political
troubles, but that he was opposed
to the present style of ladies' hair
dressing! "There is no money in
it now. Though, there was time
when an industrious man with any
kind of taste could make a small
fortune in a season with the aid Of
curling-iron which he carried with
him, and a comb and brush, which
he could get in every house." he
said; and he began to explain: al
work now twenty minutes shaving
man, and receive for it ten. cents,
or twenty five cents for haircut.
Work as hard as 1 can 1 don't
make over SO per day" The bar
Der formerly carried on the most
fashionable ladies' hair dressing
business in this city. 81 have
made as high as $3.50 per day du-
ring the war, dressing ladies' hair,
and still not work as hard as l do
low and make SO! And, Them
such prices as we received thenl
No one ever kicked. We were paid
anything we charged, from So to
$50" | asked him how the differ
ence from five to fifty was ex-
planned, and he replied, "For a sim
pie brushing my charge was always
five dollars, and no lady ever de-
chned to pay it. When the hair
was dressed in the then prevailing
style l received from five to ten dol
lars, just as 1, thought they would
stand. For dressing the hair in any
of the styles of former centuries,
powderIng, etc, twenty dollars was
always charged and paid. Very
often hired to them the extra hair
used on their heads, the flowers, land
all the fixings. When the job was
chat of a bride, why, we charged
anything we wanted to, and never
failed to get it! Many is the time
| got fifty dollars for dressing a
brides hair. 1 remember one case
especially, and often think of it
when | see the scandalous things
printed IN the newspapers every
now and then about the lady; it
was when / dressed Miss Kate |
Chase's hair when she was married |
to Senator Sprague. For that job !
l received $50. l was never salts
fed with it, though Miss Chase was
q most delightful and beautiful
woman. She had very beautiful
hair. She asked my advice about
,he style of dressing it. advised,
IS she had a small face, that she
nave it dressed as plain as possible.
When L came to do the work she
aid she had changed her mind and
wanted it done up in the style of
20 uisXV., L think it was. re-
and told her that she
Llways looked better when her hair
vas fixed up plain, and l gave nu
nervous instances where had
lrcssed it plain and her friends had
aid she looked sweeter than when
had dressed it in any fancy style.
She got mad, said men did not
Know what was beautiful, and In
sisted that her desire should be car
led out. l still demonstrated, and
declined to disfgure her with lot
IF false hair, powder, and stuff
which was necessary if she insisted
IN the Louis XIV style; but she
begged me so hard l could not re
fuse, and for once she had her way
with me. Well, 1 sent down after
my boxes of traps, tools, false hair
and other necessaries, and started.
This was early in the morning of
of the day of her wedding.
| actually think she wore one pound
of false hair when she was married.
l started out by letting her have
ner way and she never surrendered
her control-and the result was, she
looked horrible; that is, in my
opinion, though some said land all
of the newspapers agreed in the
that she looked 'di-
vine l hope she did, but l don't
think so, because l saw her hair
but little. The trouble with me
was that / was working against my
Judgment, and L butchered the job.
Another reason was that L had to
put about $4,000 worth of dIa
monds on her hair, put in her dia-
mond earrings, etc. After my eyes
fell upon the tray of diamonds
which was produced from safe in
her room, could not take them off,
much as l wanted her to look nice
She is the first lady in the land,
and If 1 had my way with the PEG
pie who speak about her, would
send them from the country"
l told him that 1 thought his
story was interesting enough to
be printed, and 1 asked him if
he had any more of the same kind,
when he proceeded to tell me sever
al, and lots of secrets about hair
dressing which 1 did not know.
He said very frequently, when there
was something big to occur in the
social world. hair dressers. or at !
least those who are employed by
the leaders of fashionable society,
were worked night and day. He
said for the big Sherman Fitch
KrnAdinrr he drnssnd tho hair Of sou |