Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-11
AN INSANE
Men Who Think they Conceal Their
Age by DyeiDg Their Hair.

LOUISVILLE SOuIlOI JOuIhbls
There is only one person in the uni,
verse who can compel as much attention
from those who do not know him as the
man who wears a wig, and that is the
man who dyes his hair. His life isapro-
longed ovation. Wherever he roams he
creates interest. Everybody looks at
him; everybody thinks about him; many
talk about him.
Yet the general attention he receives
should not BIZ charged up to either his
assertiveness or his vanity. he is usual.
ally a modest man and always an unsus.
picious me-. He is serenely unconscious
of the figure he cuts; entirely unaware OF
the distinction he enjoys.
Wrapped in the comfortable hallucina,
ton that the world can never discover
Ills little secret. he floats through life on
fowery beds of bliss. He fancies he has
cheated Old Time completely. In his
own opinion he has bottled age i'll the
most ingenious manner
Whether the 7 o'son Of tie eye has
softened his brain, or tho belief that he
has sliced twenty or more years from his
apparent age without any II guessing it
has upset his mind, none will ever know;
but mental soundness seems to depart
when hair dye takes its place among his
toilet accessories. Under the influence
of nitrate Of silver or any other combi-
nation of lead and sulpher Caesars be-
come simpletons, Napoleons nothings.
Look at the face of the man with the
dyed hair, as he sits in happy uncone
sciousness of the fact that no is the cy-
nosure OF all eyes. Its expression is one
Of childlike satisfaction. He is at peac.
of his appearance. He never dreams
that his little dodge can be netected clear
across the street. His mental sturdi-
ness has got out of the way of the smell
of sulphur and Keeps out of the way.
He never notices that when he wits
| at the homes OF his friends they open all
the windows 1t never occurs to him
when ladies who sit near him in the
street cars fan vigorously that his hair
dye is responsible. A greet flourish of
perfumed hsndkerchiefs when he appears
never alarms him. 1t takes a man of
very t~rustful nature to dye his hair and
go through life wish an undisturbed
mind.
If the color he forced his locks to take
IN at all Appropriated anything in ia
ture his rerenity of mind could not be
understood. Frequently it is q curious,
unclassified blue 30 unlike any respect
able hue under the sun chat you can't
keep your eyes off it to ave yoar life.
This peculiar tinge is arrived at after long
application, and expresses the abused
hairs refusal to absorb any more poison.
Sometimes when nitrate of SILVER is the
article which does violence to nature the
hair turns a dull gritty red, about as be-
coming to any face AZ a wig made of red
Willows would be-.
Sometimes a deep, deep black is ar
rived at. No hair syer grew on a white
mans head as black as it is. No ravens
wing could hold a candle to it. No In
dian could rival il. The blacklist clog
theS ever howled or tTod a wizards circle
would look dull and dim beside it. This
is the hue that gives the victim the high
est satisfaction. He is, If possible, hap
pier than the blue-hal7ed man, the drs D,
or even the Russia leather red.
There is a striking and painful discre-
pancy between the deep lines of his face
and The e~xtravagantlY youthful darkness
of tins hair, which he never sees and no.
body else can help seeing. He refuses
to recognize any other intimation of age
than gray hairs. That is The only thing
that scares him. Hissetsled figure, his
heavy gate, his deeply Lined face and
ree6Y voice are overlooked though thsy
tell The tale Of his earthly pilgrimage
beyond tho power Of hair dye to con-
tra0iat..
II he il sixty he fully believes he
passes for forty. The thought makes
him so gay at heart that ne efFervesces
into ooyiRh foolishnesS of manner, sad
ly Incompatible VITA his figure and face.
His Intimate friends began to apologize
for him, and strangers find themselves
exchanging ridicule for pity when they
look upon him.
lie Is sure Of the perfect success of his
ruse that he gets into tho habit of 2s-
moving his hat whom in horse bars, and
fl atters himself that women think aim
handsome. Sometimes ne sees some
ot!inr imbecile who has taken the came
pian to defeat tho energy, Time, and
laughs in his sleeve at the glaring fail
lHe. Everybody ia fallible on hair dye
but himself. Unenlightaned as to his
own Consequences, he, travels tho re-
mainder of life's journey in the uaadul'
taratea bliss of Ignorance, a creature that
tshouhd move the hardest OF us to mercy.
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