Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-29

| seed meal. and now and then &c Is ginger or
,haIcoai- Occasionally It "a tartar enattc or
iPecac We generally pick IN the handle st
| has become general some way, l don't know
how. that Mle sale OF love powder Is Illegal but
no thoroughbred clerk win decline to supply a
| want OF that kind especially II he enjoys i1le
| Customers OF this kind are always simp' onS
| and they go away happy With anything you
give them. We generally make them swear on
| a pile or almanacs that they Will never dlvulge
! the secret, Under penalty OF their going to the
| penitentiary. Having taken the OATH. all you
have to 40 Is to tie up anything that Is laying
| III oUnd and they are Contented-white sugar
! however. Is usually given them"
| ABOUT aAIR PRoPAGAroRs.
| what do you sell to make muStacheS and
| boards grove" was the next query.
II don't know exactly what will make the
| hair grow and probably never will. Whoever
| gets up something TO really make the hair
| grow VIII make almost as great fortune as
| tie inventor will who can strike on something
that will prevent 1t from growing. There is a
| fortune either way. When the fellows with
| down On their lips and faces want a beard
| grower we give them box OF some waste
| ointment. sNnething that Is left over, that Is
| been put up and not called for. or any OF the
| cfntments that may have got rancid Any
| thing al all in the shape OF grease does the
| WORK. that is we give IL to the customer and
ou h'a' II %ili; but II always talls. Tney are
| : It'll look OF guilt On their faces.
ROW TO GROW CURLY HAIR.
For the men or Won en- who want hair to
| grow curly, we generally tell them to go TO
some coed hair dresser and have their hair cut
| curly, af'fr htch they can use the Oil that we
nit asart perfume. Colored people are the ones
who nest apply for love powder. They
imagine that we can give them something that
viii produce love and are so persistent In their
pplica ions for It that TO get rid or them we
nave 10 give them something. IL they are ro-
bust and look like they can stand IL. have fire.
quently given them good sized dose OF tartar
emetc. II that don't produce love don't know
what will. have never known one OF them 10
come for second dose, SO it must do the bust.
ness Now and then one OF them comes In aud
their hair. To satisfy such demands | have
now and then given them bottle OF Spaldings
prepared glue, muc1lage, or copal varnish. TDis
puts their hair in such shape that IL takes
several days to wash It out. and one experience
OF the kind is all they want"
RNAMELs FOR THE LADIKa
You make the enamels that some ladies use
to improve their complexion, do you not?"
''In many cases we do, he replied; but prefer
to sell the patent PREPARATIONS that are manu-.
featured for that purpose. Then IL anything
Injurious occurs we are not responsible. 0ae
OF our lady customers has private recipe for a
French enamel that is the best have ever seen,
and have often made 1t up for her. 1t is as
thick as butter. and is put on the face with A
paste brush. One coat lasts for several days
Water does not affect 1t, and 1t can only De
pearly. adamantine appearance, and, OF course
removes all blemiSheS, such as wrinkles from
sight. 1t is the same that the French eaameers
use.'
THE OPIUM EATERS.
"What do you know about opium eating or
laudanum drinking" Is there much Oh IL In this
cttj9"
"There are opium eaters laudanum drinkers
and morphine consumers, but they are not as
numerous as some persons believe or some
YIEyE o VI frIJA n ma
paper readers believe There i5Scarcoly store
in this city but has several opium eaters as reg
uar customers. But then the number Is sn Ill
Ia comparison TO The population. They Dagin
ON laudanum and when that has lost It's effect
on them the! ia e 10 the gum opium After chat
tney use tn morphine ITSELF, Which Is the active
principle b 1t, even as said before. they are
not numerous. There is one thing thai is strange
In this connection, and that Is. users Of che drug
in any OF its forms will never admit that they
use It themselves. They always say it Is for
some one else. The majority OF opium eaters
for We call tnd.r all that even IL they use NOR
phine. are men, though there are many ladies
lady. she was 10 the Treasury department.
have not seen her for several years. and she
may be there yet, whose leudanum bill amount
I'd 10 twelve dollars per month. She dealt at
one store to my knowledge for eight years.
When they get TO taking morphine they con-
sumo great quantities regardless OF the ex-
pense. always pity them, but they don't ask
any pity. They are better satisfied IL no atCen-
ton is paid to them. My own experience Is
that opium eaters live as long as any other
class"
TIE OLD GENTLEMAN AND Ills WONDERFUL HAIR
DYE.
while | think OF it." suggested the drug
clerk, "l'l tell you one OF the most curious
thi IS that ever happened TO me. An old gen
L1sJnaI a clerk In The Post once department.
came TO ME one evening and asked me to max
up a hair dye according TO a formula which he
handed me. cid so and he went away. He
returned TO his room, where he applied it to his
ait and whiskers, which were a snow white.
In an hour he came back his hair and whtsker5
being beautiful black | was Interested In
him to this extent; he preparation was the
least exp .nsiye that had ever put up, AMI |
was anxious to see how it worked. The follow
ing morning he came back again. But what a
charge! His hair and beard were a bright car
mine! He was Wild. He charged me with
playing Joke Oh him. But soon 1 convinced
could get OUT OF the Scrape, for was unable TO
get any chemical which would wash the dye
OF, was TO go to a barber shop near and have
bis hair and beard dyed black with nitrate OF
silver dye, which always gives a Kind OF a
metallic or rusty appearance TO anything 1t
Is applied 70. The OLD man had the bottle OF
the preparation that had made for him IN his
room, and noticing that it looked like red ink
he wrote With it.
HOW FAMOUS RED INK WAS DISCOVERED.
Remember, the stuff was black when first
made up. II must be that the light or the
oxygen In the air caused chemical change.
Ink, even II II did not make good black hair
eye. He took 1t TO his Office and used 1t all red
Ink. The other clerks noticed that the red ink
he used was better than they had. and to oblge
them the old man had quantity OF it put up
enough TO go around. The red Ink became
very popular, and was used In several OF the
divisions or the Post ONCE department for
long time. 1t is used there nov. as in all the
other departments and In thousands or private
establishments, but the old man don't supply
II. Finding that he had good thing, he went
to New York and sold the formula TO Thaddeus
Davis, the Ink manufacturer, receiving s. 900
for it, would have made up some OF ft on my
own hook after heard OF this, but forgot the
proportions and never succeeded In ascertain
ing what they were, though ] experimental
considerably on &c. Davis carnline Ink is made
according TO that formula since; he saving
great deal OF money by the discovery. He for
meriy used cochtneal but that was ten times
as expensive as what he nov Uses"
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL AND HIS GREEN
HAIR PROPAGATION.
This story puts me In mind of another one
and when | have told II shall fire you out OF
the store and go to bed Some years ago
cleTked In an uptown store. Among the Gus
toners OF the store was a gentleman who had
an important position in the State department.
He was very much bald headed, though he h4d
used everything he had ever heard Of that was
likely to make the hair grow. One morning he
came into the store looking happier than mad
half pound OF lockwood leave3-the leaves OF the
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