The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
Gathered from All Quarters OF the Globe
Pure White--vitality.

New York Mail and Express.l
"1'he best quality OF human hair comes
from France, Germany, Sweden and
Norway" said large importer of
human hair on Broadway to the query
of the interviewer.
Years ago the human hair trade was
BONANZA almost to what few dealers
there We're in the business. Within the
last fifteen years it has fallen off sur
prisingly. Then il was considered on
the list as the third largest import trade
in America, while now, perhaps it ranks
about the twentieth. The reason is
obvious. The introduction of cheap
hair from Italy and the Chinese refined
hair has affected tho sale Of the gen
uine article. Now the hair that mostly
comes from Italy is either cut after
death or taken from hospital patients
1t is then sent to Paris and carried
through process which is supposed to
give it tone and Vitality, but graveyard
hair can never equal the excellent
quality of the raw material taken from
a fesh-and blood scalp.
Glow is the hair prepared for market
after it is first cut from the headH
"All hair obtained in Sweden, Nor
way, Italy, and sometimes Germany
(although the latter country often pre-
pares for market hair obtained there).
is sent TO Paris as raw material. There
it undergoes the refining process. 1t is
cleaned, washed, anti dried, and then
drawn through hot sand; 80 the article
is as pure as can be. Now, when the
raw material is sent here it is simply
washed in soda, and is ready for sale. V
What color in hair is highest
IricedP"
Pure white hair is more sought aftor
now than any color, AMI is worth its
weight in gold. Indeed. it is more val
uable than gold. 1t sells at $40 to
$40 per ounce, and is extremely hard
to get at that large price. The reason
of this is that pure white hair can
rarely ever be found. Nearly all
white hair turns to yellowish tinge
from exposure to the sun and weather.
Ordinarily white hair has three different
shades, beginning at the roots, and vary
ing little in the middle and the end.
Hence the great difficulty experienced
, in getting pure white hair. l don't
mean gray hair. Gray with us is mixed.
, Then, when white hair is. colorcd you
} can tell it easily" . E'fS5
> "What colors come after white in pop.
ularityT i..5t .'l' -
The light or pals colors are always
Q more in demand than dark shades
: Light blonde, not reddish, and golden
, hair are the favorites. after white. Ir
Sweden light hair is mostly obtained
, and is more expensive than in any othel
D country. France furnishes dark anC
c medium shades; Germany medium, an(
lta.y generally dark But of course al
these countries furnish oil colors, bu
. those ,,ust mentioned predominate
. "Will the prepared human hair last a
i long Gs the raw mnterialg
Prepared hair will last lifetime; i
y never loses vitality. The raw hair i
& clogged upwith oil and will soon be
l. come dead The refined Chinese hair
i which is generally mixed with the i'm
ported and sold for first quality, yer
's soon rOts. in order TO refine it, acid
e. are used, and the effect ia deleterious
70 The Chinese hair is dirt cheap Twenty
eight inches in length can be purchase
!" at the rate of IS per pound. The trash
s. Italian quality is about the same price
~ The prepared human hair, twenty eigf
+ inches long, is worth $36 per pount
- not counting the costly shaded grades.
g. What is the matter with Amerc
81, that you cannot buy the raw materi'
,e hereN rea ~ maa e-
TT 10 q variable climate here, thinl
. which seems to impede the growth {
III hair Fact ia, hair doesn't seem
u grow long on American wemea, and IL
n only reason that can be given is Il
strange freaks OF the weather Now,
l's Sweden the winters are long and sever
AT but not capricious in changes II
II. temperature remains equable and Swe,
Ao ish women take pride in eultivating
n' fine crop of hair for the hair gather
70 when he comes around late in Il
esq spring. American women wouldn't "
rts their hair if they had it. Money is n
an object with them, when it comes
q" locks. No hair is obtained from En-
OF land for the reason it doesn't grow lol
mt. in the foggy island, The HAIR from Its
90 is trashy, and there is no doubt that
" the raw material was imported here {
ess rect, before being prepared in Paris,
might contain germ Of cholera, as
I great deal of it is cut from patients
hospitals. Hair from Italy might pre-
erly be excluded with rags during
10. cholera epidemic. /"