Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-12
About Wigs.

Wigs cost all the wa yfrom $40 to e1G0.
according to the fineness of the hair and
the excellence of the workmanship.
The most costly wigs are made on q
foundation of hair lace. This kind is
called the ventilated wig. You can part
1t anywhere like natural hair, and the
appearance of the parting will be like
that OF the natural scalp. Each hair is
carefully selected and knotted to mesh
of the lace. The flesh shows through
the meshes of the lace with great natu-
ralness. That is the kind of a wig the
blonde young man wore. Cheaper wigs
are made by fastening hair to long
threads and sewing strips of it on foun-
datlon less costly than hair lace. Even
these cannot be detected by the ordinary
observer, although when you know that
man wears such wig you are sure to
notice it. Very often, however, toupees
are put on with so much skill by mixing
the ends with the natural hair that the
art is not perceptible. I think the ten
dency is now to conceal badness rather
than let it be seen. True, in the sum-
mer some young men get their heads
clipped like State prison convicts or the
boys in the poor-house, but I think the
fashion is less favored than formerly.
Some experiments have been made in
the direction Of transplant ting hair into
the skin, but thus far without success.
You know you may stick pin through
the outer skin without pain. Hairs have
been drawn through holes thus made,
fnd roots Of hair have been planted in
the skin. But the result has been to
create little Inflammation and suppura-
ton at the point of contact of the hair
with the skin. The hair-lace founda-
ton is the latest Improvement, and that
is fifteen years old. The cheaper founda-
ton is called the "weft or woven. The
costliest hair is that which curls nat.
urally. The curls may be initiated, but
no respectable dealer would sell them
for natural curls. The fraud would soon
be discovered. There is better oppor-
tunity in a curled wig to conceal our art.
The locks may be carelessly disposed
with more success than where the hair
is straight. Of course I know the names
of many prominent men in all the pro-
fessions who wear wigs, but it is point
of honor with our profession not to re-
veal them. We would as soon think of
betraying the name of lady who wears
pufs, braids, switch or curls of artificial
manufacture.
Many men wear wigs quite as much
for their health as appearances sake. It
has been found that bald-headed men
are subject to colds, neuralgia and ca
tarrh. A bald-headed man in an audi
ence near a window is nuisance. When
others want the window open to secure
ventilation, he, in consideration for his
bald pate, wants the window shut. If
he puts on his hat nobody sees that he
does it because he is bald, and he is
thought unmannerly. Some professors
and doctors wear caps, but they look
old, and wigs are much better.
The market is always well supplied
with all colors and shades of hair, the
best of which is imported. Men don't
GO wreathe their brows with well-saved
combings," as women commonly do. It
would not pay men to save the comb
ings. In mems wigs the cost OF the hair
is not so much as the labor In women's
wigs the hair is the costliest part.