The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24

| years hence. The noble red man, if he
has not been extermiuated by that time,
will have to skirmish around pretty
lively to get a scalp.
mo, l cannot say how 1t is that the
climate has such an effect on the hair.
1t may be that the Anglo-Saxon race is
not yet thoroughly acclimated. At any
rate, American women as a class have
mol the luxuriant hair European women
have. E~migrants, too, who arrive with
splendid heads of hair. iii from five to
ten years have but q few rat tails, fig
uratively speaking, to boast Of. A
proof of the destructive influence of
the climate on hair is furnished by the
increasing sale of wigs. There never
was such a demand for wigs as at pres
ent, Human beings are not alone affect
ed in this way. The sheep that bear
the finest grades of wool are also in
~juriously affected in this climate. The
wool loses its lustre, and in time it be-
comes diminished in quantity, SO that
the animals, after a few years residence
in America, find their way into the
butchers shop before they have an OPP
portunity of getting tough enough for
a clearinghouse table. It's an i'll
wind that blows nobody good"
"Where, then, do you get the hair
from that forms the head pieces,
switches, etc., that are the staple of
your business?' asked the reporter
Europe and China"
"China? Why, L thought the eccle.
siastical laws of that country forbade
the Monaghan to part with his hirsute
adornments. The queue there is sup
posed to be as sacred as the Cat in Egypt
or the monkey in India, or-or the pig
in Cincinnati"
"Young man." said the merchant in
hair, 81 will gladly give you any inf or
nation / possibly can in relation to my
business, but if you persist in firing
scientific and social problems at me
[ shall have to plead another engage
ment."
"Well. then, to what base uses
do you apply the sacred Chinese pig
tail2"
off by that you mean Chinese HAIR,
it Is q coarse article from which we fab
| ricate the cheapest h~eadpieces, switches,
etc. Langtry bangs made of Chinese
hair will retail for seyenty-ive cents
and upward, and Chinese hair switches
realize from two to four dollars. They
are not, however, very substantial, as
the process the hair has to undergo in
order to make it salable makes it brit
! tle."
els there any danger of importing
leprosy or other contagious diseases in
the hair from Gilman"
ENT ooo~Ak aou that thara 30 M Ian Tnr
to the importer of the raw material, so
to speak, but the manufactured article
passes through a chemical process be-
fore it is made up that destroys all the
germs of disease. No, there is no dan
ger to the consumer"
"Where do you get your better quail
ity of capillary tissue from?"
From Europe principally. The
dark hair from France n Spain, light
\ brown and auburn hair from Germany,
and all colors from England. The
Angl0-Saxon mixture of races pro
"how 40 Ii ~hiercuanGs IN Europe get
possession of the hair?'
"They have travelling agents who 90
from village to village and bargain with
rustic beauties for their tresses. Peas,
1Ab A1dlltClb, Will u hSdlGu VI HALT. are
in the habit of selling it and purchasing
with the proceeds articles of finery SO
dear to the female heart. OF course
with shorn heads they have a tom-boy
appearance for a time, but nature soon
supplies the deficiencJ."
'Do American girls ever sell their
hair when IN need of money with
which to buy fictitious aids to adorn-
ment?"
Every seldom. During an expert
ence OF twenty years L have not pur-
chased more than a dozen heads of HAIR
direct from women upon whose heads
the hair has grown. The only portion
of this continent where women sell
their hair is in the Canadian Province
OF Quebec. There the rural population
Is mostly made up of French lrhabit-
ants, and the customs of old France are
strictly observed by those people. The
hair dealer still plies his trade there.
American women will not sell tins ele-
ment OF female beauty. They must
be reduced to abject poverty before
they will barter this inheritance of ma
ture."
"How much can q woman procure
for a good head OF hair?"
''The prices vary according to color.
Red hair is worth very little, and dark
brown hair and black are very valuable.
Light auburn is a rare commodity. A
good head of auburn or black hair is
worth from SO to $25. The texture
and quantity regulate the price,"
'Is hair cut from a person in the
delirium of al infectious fever valu.
able?"
"Oh, yes; but whenever hair is
brought to us already cut from the 6ead
it is disinfected before anything is done
with it. We have to dye gray and red
hair, but dyed hair is not as valuable
as hair of a natural color"
what are the prevailing modes in
hair to day?"
Front pieces, known as Langtry
bangs and Langtry curls, are the pre-
vailing fashions. Those who have
plenty of hair of their own use these
false pieces on account of their con-
yenienoe. They are always curled, and