The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-11-08
AN INSANE CUSTOM.
Men Who Think They Conceal Their
Age by Dycing Their Hair.


There is only one person in the nni.
verse who can compel rs much atten-
tion from those who do not know him
as n man who wears n wig, and that
is the man who dyes his hair. His life
is prolonged 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 be charged up to either his
assertiveness or vanity. He is usually
modest man and always an unsuspi-
cous one, He is serenely unconscious
of the figure he cuts; entirely unaware
CT the distinction he enjoys.
Wrapped in the comfortable haluci.
t-tion that the world can never discov-
G: his little secret, he floats through
life on flowery beds of bliss. He fan
cies he has cheated old time complete
ly. In his own opinion he has baflled
aga in the most ingenious manner
Whether the poison of the dye has
so,.ened his brain, or the belief that he
has sliced twenty or more years from
his apparent age without any one guess
inc 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 combination of lead and sui
phur Caesars become simpletons, Napo-
Icons nothings.
Look at the face of the man with the
dyed hair as he sits in happy uncon-
sciousness of the fact that he is the cv-
nosure of all eyes. Its expression is
one of childlike sanctification He is
at peace with the world and blind to
the absurdity of his appearance. He
never dreams that his little dodge can
be detected clear across the street. His
mental sturdinesS has got out of the
way Of the smell of sulphur, and keeps
out of the way.
He never notices that when he visits
at the homes of his friends they open
all the windows. 1t never occurs to
him when ladies who sit next to him in
street cars fan vigorously that his hair
dye is responsible. A great flourish of
perfumed handkerchefs when he ap-
pears never alarms him. 1t takes
man Of very trustful nature to dye
his hair and 90 through life with an
undisturbed mind.
II the color he forced his locks to
take on at all rescmbled anything in
nature his serenity of mind could be
understood Frequently it is a curl
Gus, unclassiiied blue, so unlike any
respectable hue under the sun that YOU
can't keep your eyes off ii TO save your
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 yio-
lcnce to nature, the hair turns duh,
gritty red, about rs becoming to any
face as wig made Of red willows
would be.
Sometimes deep deep black is az
rived at. No hair ever grew on white
mans head rs black rs it is. No ra-
ycn's wing could hold 4 candle to it.
No Indian could rival it. The biackest
dog that ever howed or trod wizards
circle would look duh and dim beside
it This is the hue that gives its victim
the highest satisfaction. lie is, if pos.
siDle, happier than the blue haired
man, the drab, or even the Russia
leather red
There is a striking and painful dis
ctepancy between the deep lines in his
face and the cX,rayagantiy youthful
darkness OF his hair which he never
sees and nobody else can help seeing.
lie refuses to see any other intimation
OF old age than gray hairs, That is the
only thing that scarcs him. lis set.
tied figure, his heavy gait, his deeply
lined face and reedy voice are over
looked, though they tell the tale Of his
earthly pilgrimage beyond tho power
OF hair dye to contradict.
If he is sixty he fully believes he
passes for forty. The thought makes
HIM 50 gay at heart that he eneryesces
into boyish foO,shness OF manner, sad.
" Incompatible with his figure and
face His intimate friends berin to
apologize for him, and strangers find
themselves exchanging ridiculc for pity
when they look upon him.
lie is so sure Of the perfect success of
his ruso that he gets into the habi, of
removing his hat when he Is in horse.
cars and ilattcrs himself that women
lh'hk him hNalsomc. Sometimes he
sees some other imbccie who has
taken the same plan 20 defeat the enc
my, Time, and laughs in his sleeve at
tthe gIarIng failure, Everybody is fail.
liblo on hair dye but himself Upen-
iiightenod as TO his own grolcSqucncss,
ne travels the rest Of lifc's journey in
tho unauthorized bliss of ignorance, n