The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-25
BEAUTIFUL HEADS OF HAIR.


of Golden Hue.
New York Journal.
How do you keep your little boys hair
such beautiful golden shade?' asked Jour
nal reporter OF fashionable New York lady.
"Why, that is the natural color" said the
lady somewhat Indignantly, as she twined a
long golden curl over her finger.
But doesn't his hair grow darker as he
grows older?' asked the reporter. 81 have
heard that some mothers can keep that bright
gold in their children's hair all the time"
YES" assented the lady, THAT is So I
kept the color in my little girls hair until
she was fifteen, and then she had enough
vanity to take care of it herself"
How did you do it?' asked the reporter.
Her hair was very fine and long when she
was six years old, but it began to turn dark
so every other day | washed it in soda and
common soap, and when it was dry brushed
it thoroughly and then curled it Once a
week | rubbed the seal with a raw egg"
Doesn't washing the hair so much make
it dry" asked the Journalier.
Eyes, if you do not brush it thoroughly
and then it is the best thing for it,
Your children have very beautiful hair"
said the reporter to a lady who sat in her
drawing-room, with nalf dozen children
playing about her. All of them but two had
light yellow or golden hair, with bangs and
curls.
Yes" she replied. 'Those two little chill
dren with short hair are my sisters
wouldn't have a child about me unless it
had pretty hair; but my sister thinks differ
entity. Teddie, the boy, insisted on having
his hair cut when he was six, and he had
the most beautiful yellow hair, Just like
spun silk; and then Flora, the little girl
cried to have her hair cut, to be like Ted
die. My sister says it makes a boy more
manly to have short hair, but for my part
don't see any necessity of being manly at
six"
How do you keep your childrens hair so
pretty?'
oh" she replied, "they have a French
bonnie who washes their hair in salt water
and little potash and puts it up in curl pa
pers every night Their hair does not curl
naturally, you know"
Isn't the salt water injurious to the
hair?"
mo, think not, although I have often
heard So but my children have heavy hair
and they have had it washed in salt water
ever since they were babies"
A lady living on Fifth avenue has little
girl with large black eyes, and very yellow
hair floating over her shoulders to her waist
The reporter asked her if she did not pos
sess a very unusual style of beauty.
"Oh, no." she replied "but bleach her
hair. l am so partial to dark eyes and fair
hair, so l keep her hair bleached"
How do you accomplish it?' asked the
reporter.
81 wash it in lemon-juice once a week
and the acid makes it light. Ny other
children have all black hair. and l keep it
cropped close to their heads, but Ethel is
the plainest of all of them, so l thought it
was we'll to give her some special adyant-
age"
why don't you have your boys curls cut
off this warm weather." said the Journal re-
porter to a Brooklyn lady
Cut off my boys beautiful hair" she ex-
claimed "Oh, wouldn't do it for 800
cash.
But they'll have to come off soon" said
the reporter.
81 know it, and it breaks my heart to-
think of it; SO don't mention it to me,
please"