Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-11

| IOmaha HERALD
There have been many instances Q,
extraordinary growth Of the hair II
single member OF . family, bal
with W. W. Coles colossal show
there is an entire long .haired family.
They have been the wonder of The
world for the past few years, and
have received recognition from the
best classes OF people 10 this and TIE
old country. Reference Is made to
the seven Sutherland slsters, whose
marvellous hirsute crops surpas, any
thing OF the kind ever before pre-.
sented to the public. To speak OF
them In detail, Sarah N. Sutherland,
the eldest. has long. massive and JET
black hair falling below the waist;
Miss Victoria. whose hair Is the long.
est worn by asy woman In the world
and the longest on record, shows q
growth reaching to q length of seven
and half feet; Miss IsabelIa's hair.
which is OF exceeding nneness, Is
more than six feet long; Miss Grace
Ii proud OF her endowment Of hirsute
wealth. which reaches q length of
almost six feet; Miss Nsomi's
hair, which almost touches the
ground when she stands erect, il the
most massive and beautiful ever seen
upon . womaa's head; it Is fully six
inches through, and when spread out
covers her completely like Q cloak !;
II Is lust such hair as the fair Godivs
who rode garmentless a. to all else,
through Coventry, was gifted with.
Miss Dors's hair Is abundant and 1--WE
feet long. Miss Mary is the young
est; her hair has already attained q
wonderful growth and 10 rapidly
tending toward such length and mas
siveness as viii make It the most
wonderful capillary decoration the
world ever saw. But their long hair
is not the only attraction offered by
the seven sisters, They are highly
endowed, thoroughly educated, re
fined and accomplished family, being
gifted vocally and otherwise with ex-
traordinary musical talent, which
has been 30 completely educated that
this feature alone Of their exhibition
recommends itself as worthy the At
tention of educated people. They
come OF noble ancestry, being related
to the Duke of Sutherland, and dis
family, to the celebrated Prince Ru.
pert. In their manner and actions
they give full evidence of their high
breeding and thorough education.
Their appearance on the platform
convinces the onlooker that they are
accomplished and refined ladies, and
their singing aud conversation win
for them thousands of friends wher.
ever they appear. When they first
went on exhibition in New York In
1880, under the MANAGEMENT of their
father, they created genuine sensa-
ton In the metropolis. To give the
reader al idea Of the remarkable
length Of the seven sisters hair, it
may be stated that Miss Victoria
alone has thirty.hve miles Of hair on
her head, aud il the seven bulked
their capillary possessions, and each
hair were placed end to end, the
whole quantity would reach . dis
lance Of 100 miles. Their heads are
their fortunes in more sepses than
one. If they were in France, where
an extensive traffic is carried on in
human hair. the seven sisters would
be bothered to death by dealers anx-
ious to buy their crops. Even in this
country frequent tenders of large
sums are made them. In Kansas
City q hair-dresssr offered 81, 500 for
Miss Victoria's hair, and In st. Louis
= jeweler paid twenty-five dollars for
q single hair by which he suspended
ten-karat diamond in his show.
window. They were very careful in
guarding their glorious head orna-
ments, as frequent attempts have
been made to cut their hair by vii
lainously inclined people, who, no
doubt, attempted the robbery with q
view to selling their spoils. This
would have been, indeed, an enlarged
and exaggerated version of Pope's
poem, THE rape Of the Lock"