Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-16
A Woman s Hair.

| CLAIMED BECAUSE OF ITS DEsTRUC-
| TIGN.
/ From the Chicago Tribune.
! Miss Helen Close is a young lady who
lives in Lake View and has been employed
in the public schools of that suburb for
snme time in training the young idea.
Mrs. M. j. McIlashan is scalp surgeon,
! whose office IS at room e, Central Music
Hall building. The aforementioned ap-
pears in suit begun yesterday in the
Superior Court as the plaintiff and the
latter as the defendant in an action
for damages. the amount claimed being
placed at SIS 600. The facts in the case.
as alleged by the plain tiff, are as follows.
Miss Close has been until recently the pos
SCISSOR Of head of hair whose luxuriance
made it all at once the pride of it's owner
and the envy of all females and the ad.
mration Of all male beholders. 1t reached
to the floor when Miss Close was seated.
being thirty-nine inches in length. The
color was of that indescribable hue be
tween blonde and decided red and her
capillary adjournment gllstened like gold in
the sunlight. 1t was equally marked for
thickness as we'll as length. Naturally
Miss Close was disposed to take great care
of this treasure and frequently subjected
it to the manipulations Of tonsorial ar
fists. but always, it is alleged. without IN
jury, until Saturday, October 10, 1883
That day she visited the defendant and
submitted to shampooing from the hands
Of an employee under defendants direc
tion. The employee, however, only sue
ceeded in hopel~ssly entangling the hair
IN matted mass, and Mrs. McGlashan
then undertook to take out the kinks In
person. Plaintiff AYERS that she (defen-
dant) labored for several hours. but un.
noise several times as if scissors we're
being used, but upon speaking of the mat
Ter. Mrs. McGlashan stoutly insisted
that nothing of the sort WAS being done.
Mrs. McGlashan, it is alleged. also asked
plaintiff If she had ever suffered from
scalp diseases, and upon receiving mega
tive reply, said:
'.You must have some of mY beautiful
wash on you hair" and proceeded to act
on the suggestion. Eventually, the plain
IF states, Mrs. McGlashan gave up the
job of disentangling tie hair. and then to
her horror she (plaintiff) found that fully
one-half of her prize had been severed
from her head and lay In shimmering
heap upon table. Words could not ex.
press her Indignation. There were sever
al persons present, one of whom was a
Chicago alderman. and all of whom we're
also deeply affected. One-probably the
alderman, as the representative of a par
ticularly sensitive class-remarked that
Miss Close had been damaged $780, She
felt that no money could repay her for
her loss, and left with that feeling, but re-
turned again Monday at Mrs. Nicola
shan's request.
Meantime, it is alleged, the ''beautiful
wash" had been doing some vigorous
work, and the Monday in question found
Miss Closes scalp of a deep black color
Mrs. MoGlashan congratulated the plain.
tiff and told her that the disease WAC COM
ing out nicely. Another trial was made
at Strengthening out the hair, but to NO
purpose, and, yesterday, by the advice of
ex erts. Miss Close had the entire mass |
removed by having it cut close to the |
head. She claims that she wrote to Mrs. |
McGlashan last week, and that the latter !
replied through an anonymous note, bu1
of which she subsequently ack' owledged |
the authorship offering to compromise.
visit to her office. however, resulted in |
the prefer of switch" as suitable re-
compenss. This was Indignantly refused |
Miss Close then placed the N utter ia the
hands of Rich. Coin & Cowen. but, after
Intellectually attempting to settle the mat |
ter without going into the courts, the suit |
in question Was instituted,