The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-05-20
HOW BLONDES ARE MABE.
Some of the Experiences of Bars
Der With Women.

Some of the Experiences of Bars
Der With Women.
''What lovely hair that lady has, and
wha, delightful color" remarked an in.
genuons youth to an uptown barber the
other afternoon. And the young man
strained bis neck to such an extent, in
order to catch a glimpse of the sylph,
that the barber very nearly inflicted an
ugly CASH on the conliding but FESTIVE
chin.
"How old are you, young fellow p"
asked that worthy, presently, when the
razor had resumed its work.
Twenty tysune,o was the answer.
uAa0 to think. continued the barber
refectively, "that q youth who has at
tanned his majority should speak OF .
woman having lovely hair, when one
glance ls sufficient to show that the gol-
den hair wash is in full lorce. and &C.
counts for all the beauty / say.to think
such thing makes me lift my eyebrows
in anazsment. Young man, you're Very
naive. For 81 your hair shall be that
color, guarantee, and you can keep the
shade as long as you like it. If the mo-
Dotony of the thing pals upon you, you
can atterward try auburn or dark bro wn,
as presume that lady will do"
"Do you mean to say that woman's
HAIR is dyed !"
swell, i should snile," was the an
swer.
"If you we're to touch her lead you'd
feel that her hair was as brittle as this
glass. ia like you to do it."
you're very kind"
81 speak to you as a scientist young
man, and as though l we're giving you a
lesson in physiology of some other
ology. Toxicology would be correct,
because that hair 6aafi is poison, although
1 says 1t, as shouldn't" the bar Der ad.
ded.
"Do you sell much of it2"
"Do II Well, rather. Look at that
row Of bottles on the top shelf. They're
all sold to Fifth avenue and Madison
avenue lad.es-laiies who amt actresses,
mind you. II you we're to suggest such
thing as an actress they'd isint on the
spot. When l was Young 10 the business
a lady one day bought hottie OF auri-
comus, THAT was the name OF the stuff
in the days of yore, and asked her to
what theater should send it. sYou in
sulling wretchr she cried, say such a
thing again and I'll scream as loud.as I
can That was probably very loud, julg.
ing from the tone in which she made the
remark"
"Well, do ladies admit to their friends
that they dye their hair p
"Ye gods and little fishes J" calculated
he of the razor. "Thev'd die first. We
send the bottles to their houses under
wrong names and without vestige Of
label. Look here" and he took up
bottle; "what does that say"
The youth also took up bottle and
read on the outside paper: "Miss Blank
Blank, Fifth avenue. Eye lotion"
Yes, eye lotion" said the barber
Luckily for her, she enjoys bad health
in the eyes, and makes use OF that fact
when she orders her golden dye. Some
ladies prefer it as 'tonic,' 'beef and iron.
'toothache essence .redivivus,' in fact,
anything but what it is."
"Is there any difficulty in applying the
wash 7"
That's accordin'." was the lacon:d rel
ply. "When the lady has studied the
directions on the bottle and listened to
the barber's prophetic words all goes
essy. But the trouble is they're too ner-
vous and excitable to resd directions.
Last Wednesday week ] sold bottle to
a lady. On Friday she CAME to tonn in !
great Consideration. Good heavens,
Mr.. Barber said she; you've played a !
trick on me, you nasty, bad man. / /
can't get the thing to color my hair. and
what will people say If they see my hair
getting dark again, and 80 soon? It's
real mean OF you,' and she hurst into
tears. It was rather affecting, confess,
and tears came into my own eyes->fror, |
laughing. Do you know what she done
She just poured some wash on her
hands, like hair oil, and rubbed it on.
Bless your life, il must be done with
sponge, and carefully rubbed in. One
lady, after buying bottle, vent out of |
town and two days after received dis
patch from Long Branch. l shall always |
remember it. 1t ran. You're d fraud, |
and when ! get back I'll bring sn action
sgainst you for damages. I'm getting
dark hourly aud minuteIy. What you
gave me was not what you applied while
| was in your store / am ON my we'd
ding tour and would have given thou
sands Of dollars to prevent this. Send
proper stuff at once, with directions
Just think" observed the barber. "what !
the agony OF tha, poor husband must
have been when be noticed his dear little
blonde -hecamipg more brunette every
hour. A wash wears off very fast. And !
now, young man. before you get married
STROKE your i,vs's hair"