, 1885-09-12
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ono Of the few markets for woman.
work which is not oyercrowded and at
viii h competent and fairly intelligent
girls can earn good wages from the hrst
day the enter upon the profession is
that VIII CHI includes the working, cut.
ting and general arrangement OF the
human hair. AT present the hair trade,
ike c cry other branch Of business. Is
remarkably dul but in this case. there
is a special reason for depression.
'. hort hair, Said one of the lending
tousorial artists in st. Louis, has
spoiled the bus ness. | hope to good
ness 1t will 20 u Of fashion soon;
there is no money in il at all. It takes
siN or eight people all day TO earn so
cutting hair. Give me. no added,
WAXING pathetic, anything, anything
rather than short hair.
Tho a erage wages for female hair
drcssers is % per week rising to Sis
and sinking to ~ A girl who under
stands the whole business thoroughly IN
all ITS branches can command 81, any
whore. An olive street hair dresser
has At tile present time two in his en-
ploy who ,omm md that sum This
mtr.hant employs at the present time
about lorty girls. Two years ago he
hid lSO AMI paid out I. 90 weekly iu
wages to female help. Other hair
dressers also employ young ladies. II
need not be said that the profits OF the
profession lie in the false hair depart.
ment. The leading hair dressers OF the
city average thres wigs a day, even in
the present dull times.
aides who have had their hair cut
and are tired OF it buy wigs or switches
TO wear in the street Those whose hair
is poor or suLer from badness wear
them Mt all times. iris who connne
their attention to hair working alone
earn from 80 to $40 a week. II Is an
art that needs some skill and no small
amount OF patience and perseverance to
succeed with The hair with which the
wigs arc made is objected by special
drummers in Germany and france.
lngland and Be'gium are but poor mar
kets Tor hair, not because of its scarcity,
for both lnglish and Belgian women
have the finest heads of hair In the
world, but because they will not sell it.
When collected it is put through a
cleansing process severe enough TO fetch
the dirt out of an elephants hide and
then dyed 30 eral times over. The best
hairdressers never buy hair from the
head or from private hands. To this
rule, however, there are two exceptions.
Perfectly white hair is so rare that 1t is
grabbed eagerly from any source and a
liberal price given for il.
Natural curling hair is also of consid.
eralle value. A good wig of white hair
costs about $40, but and this is a Sc
cret of the trade and can only be told
in whispers, the material oil which these
wigs are made is clipped from lie fest,
i've goat, and never from the human
head. A particularly soft, silky kind
of snow white hair originates on the
Angora rabbit. A perfectly white and
abundant wig OF white human hair
would cost + 1 900 at least a price which
ow ladies would be willing to pay.
Lead hair that Is, hair cut from the
head after DEATHS never used by any
tonsorial artist worthy OF the name.
Indeed, it can not DO used to any ad.
vantage, as it will neither curl, twist
o manipulate. Hair cut from a liv.
ing head is no dead, a fact which can
easily be prove | by taking a hair and
stretching it out to its utmost capacity.
It will then contract quickly back to It's
former position.