Smyrna times., 1883-10-10
The Last of the Bangs.
"A Chan&e in Hair Styles Ilnpend-
1ng-S01ne Facts from "a
Hair Dealer.

! AS -F-tIne FactS from "A
Hair Dealer.
Shingle bangs are still nonuIor >,
was the answer given The Neirs renort-
er by an old dealer in false hair. 4 We
cut bangs for five hundred women and
girls every week, and as some are hov-
ing thelr hair recut, you can safely saw
Ihe coming change of style is not wor-
rylng some of the girls"
Is there TO be change soon?"
30 they say, and it is to be an ex-
Penslve change-high head-pieces Won
know; 1t is hard to tell whether the
shlngied girls will accept the change
promptly or not. If they do those who
nave short shingles will have to wear
Ialse pieces until their own hair grove
long again" 0"'
there?" s' "re
-, More than l can name off.hand
Ihere are the Langtry bang. the
English cut, the Vandyck, the nnrserv
ana the false bang. You would nat
uraliy suppose that Mrs. Langty's bang
Is the most favorable; but il is NOT
Inc English shingle is in the lead If
mas Deen known abroad for wears and
since the advent of the JERSEY Lilv If
mas been popularity regarded as the
Langtry bang, but there is n SLIGHT dif.
terence between the two. The NOM
I iar nang for half-grOwn girls is the
Nahdyck, named after the great paint
Ct, ana taken from his celebrated
picture of the Little Prince in the
Tower; The nursery bang is the stvIe
generally worn by the little people.''
What kind of bang does the dudine
Short shingled Langtry, of course
l heard one of them call it bv a new
name yesterday. She spoke of her
capillary mansard.' She paid her 81
cents and as she tripped out | heard
her say, I'll be banged if won't scis-
sor the price of new bonnet ont of
pa. Now, theren Among our best
customers are widows and old maids
win some gray in their hair. They
always want the latest cut"
Don't some girls cut their own
Oh, yes, but the work is badly
done. For instance, they make the
oyster-shell bang, You can readily
guess what that is, 1t is made bv thy
amateurs who cut their own shingles.
ana II looks as if it had been accom-
PhShed by an oyster shell and a pair of
auil scissors. When the straight. old
fashioned bangs were worn, such as
Mrs. harrington called 'unknotted
irlnges, the girls cut each others hair
Dut only those with an artistic turn
could secure a nice shingle."
has the coming change of stvle
affected trade as yet?"
There are less people getting their
hair shingled of course. but as tho |
cnange has not been fully made MANY |
girls are ordering false bangs, which |
protects the front locks from the scis- |
sor. There is really somewhat of a
boom in false bangs
from the real?' ''''9o
Hardly. A good stout wind NAV
il1t the false one and show how it is at
tached to the forehead, but for ordinary
use the false bang is perfect. II IS
made of false hair gathered AMONG tho
peasantry of France and SwitzerIand
The largest hair-gatherers are the firm
of Pilleray & Fills of Paris. This firm
mas agents going all through the coun-
Try buying the rich hair from the heads
OF the peasants. This is called live
halr. Paris alone uses more than all
the available supply of France. Mar
sellles IS great hair centre. Her mer
chants deal with Spain, the Orient and
the two Sicilies. Paris makes up IS 900
chignOns every year. Dead hair ia
i cOmDlngs of servant girls and the
litter OF barber shops. Gathering these
bits and knots has become a lucrative
business in Paris. Those doubtful
locks are cleansed and enter into the
makeup of the $780, pieces of cheap
Irizzes that are annually used. China
mas lately taken to gathering hair. and
exports about $4,000 pounds a wear
This is used to work in with finer hair
Tor cheap grade of goods"
what IS the most valuable hair?"
=, Silver grey taken from the head of
Inc peasants in Auvergne and Brittany.
1t is worth 1925 per ounce. Silver grew /
can be made by bleaching hair. Chinese
cues are used in the manufactures of
cheap switches"
Are there any hair collectors in this
:" '"''
Yes, there are few men who arc
going around among the hairdrass ., J
'uylng up combings. They oven offer ,
o take Knots that get into the ash bar
'e,s; Inese are cleaned and probably
ola In New York for cheap frizzes and 9
1uHS. There is considerable said about T,
ne hair of the pauper dead. doubt !
whether there is much of it used. It is :
possible that INSCRIPTIONS dealers buy =
cheap and make it ."-PhiIadei- 9
Mia Evening Ne1os. !
HE ELEVATION OF THE CoLoRED I
RACE.-At the late convention of color. e
u men, held in Louisville, Fred. Doug
~ ass complained that the eolored men
I'D not have their share of the promi- 5
lent ofhces, &C., on which the Morning v
Veips remarks: a
There is no slower work than that u
u race-httng. In this respect the o
oi0reo race In America has perhaps y
lau9 more progress than any other ~
eople: Twenty years ago So per CEN u
um OF them were chattels. To-day
hey all have the rights of freemen.
,hey vote and not few are in Office G.
Jnder the new Civil Service law the O.
uollc service is for all time as open to ii
nem as TO any other class. Thew have a
zee schools In every State except Della d
are, and they are gradually attaining c,
nem IN this den of prejudiee and short. IL
gated Bourbonisnn. Their progress 8,
'om slavery to freedom in this country IA
the greatest marvel of the age. but Il a
MI necessarily be many years before Re
aat progress will place them i'm ali 81
nings on an equality with the whites. m
ne white race of the United States is o,
40 best product of almost a thousand I'll
ears of freedom; the black race of sa
My twenty years. The white race CO
ives its freedom TO itself; the black IN
zee to another than itself. These are ID
ill continue, probably for centrr;ss n;
, operate to the black ,aars- S.si VA