The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28
ralse Hair.
How the Gorgeous Locks Are Obtained
Prices Paid.

sizes, compilations and colors, without
reference to previous condition of serv-
itude, wear false hair in some shape or
color" said one of the leading dealers
in hair in this city recently TO Tribune
reporter, Sometimes he added, SIT
is black, sometimes white and some
times brown. The most fashionable
color is blonde. 1t makes a wonderful
difference in the appearance Of person,
especially OF woman. If you should
see your own true-love sometime with
little handful OF hair perched on top OF
her head and her beautiful, clustering
ringlcts grazing the top of dressing
bureau, your esthetic notions would be
considerably upset"
"Where does the hair come fromp"
he repeated in answer to question
''From Europe. We have TO import it
all. In this country we haven't the poor,
wretched class Of women that Europe
affords. Say wretched; they are wretch
edly paid, although they don't look so
exactly miserable. Why, the women
who sell their hair earn only about 81
year in wages; it's fact; you needn't
look incredulous Some Of them may
run as high as so for the year"
Glow do they manage to livew
"Well, they get their food where they
work, They work out in the fields and
do mans task. They are strong and
tough, and don't seem to suffer much
from IT,
"And do they sell their hair for pin
money?''
That's about it. You see the hair
business passes through several hands.
We import from Europe. The export
ing house there buys Of houses in the
different European countries
These in turn purchase of the hair
cutters who 20 round like Yankee ped
dlers and buy up hair in exchange for
trinkets, or Just us William Penn pur-
chased land Of the Indians. The cut
ters pay no money. They advertise in
advance where they are goingto be, and
announce that on such day they
may be found at such place in town.
Then tie women and girls who wish TO
exchange their hair for jewelry or any
otter trinkets, handkerchiefs, etc, 90 TO
this place and have their hair cut"
SIS the whole head of hair cut of?"
"No; at least very seldom. You see
the women wear white caps on the back
Of their heads. These are small and will
not hold very much hair, All the wo-
men wish TO keep is enough to make
proper show in the cap. So the cutters
clip their hair, cutting out little
here and little there until only
enough is left to keep this cap in shape.
The cutting when done in that way does
not show
What parts of Europe furnish the
most hair?"
THE Scandinavian countries supply
great deal. The blonde hair comes
from there Germany furnishes this, too,
but not 50 much as Norway, and Sweden
and Denmark. These portions of Eu-
rope where the peasantry is poorest fur
nish the bulk of the hair. Bohemia and
Hungary contribute very large
amount. From Italy we get what is
known in the market as Italian hair.
This, of course. is dark, mostly black.
1t is coarse and very brittle. 1t is OBJ
tanned in the first place by the pickers
who make a special business Of going
around the ash barrels and picking out
the hair that is found in the ashes.
They can only get it in small quanti-
ties, as it has come from the brush or
comb used in making the toilet. 1t
takes a great many combings to supply
enough for wig. SO you see a wig of
Italian hair is probably made up Of
contributions from a hundred heads or
more"
as any of it from the dead?n
mo, | think not. It's all alivein two
senses often. Sometimes ii is beached
or mixed with other hair SO that a wo-
man wearing such a wig may look very
bewitching. The Italian hair alone
makes our cheapest and coarsestwig. II
breaks easily. Another cheap kind is
the Chinese hair This is mixed great
deal with human hair. OF course the
Chinese are human, but in the trade
we distinguish between human and Chi
nese hair. The latter is coarse and yer,
BRITTLE
What is the most expensive hair"
1.-The white. That is very difficult e
find, at least of a good length. Whit,
obtained by bleaching does not last well
it turns yellow, especially at the ends
A head of natural white hair of gooC
length is q very scarce article. This in
creases the value Of IT, We can geti it o
shorter length more easily, for curls par
ticularly, but even then it sells at from
$50 to 800 an ouncel A head of hal
varies all the way in weight from tw,
ounces to twenty-four Hair when Ion.
and thick makes, of course, the heavies
weight, so that such head of whit
hair would be very expensive. We ge
very little hair of that kind. and W
make nothing on it; of the two, we los
on it, There is only once in while
customer who wishes n fine head G
white hair of good length The shorte
hair, worn in curls, is much more com
| mon.
| ''Blonde hair is the next most expen
sive. There is great demand for that
Then comes the auburn, gray, black
and down to the Italian. "--New Yor,
Tribune.