The Columbus journal., 1885-07-29
sHAMPoo,Nc.
me Sierner Sex Not to Enjoy = Monopoly
of the Luxury.

sudIukFUDtuS AuSh nos oSSu SoS
with BARRIERS" a fashionable hairdresser
said in reply to q reporters questions
after she had sold a blonde curl friZ to
4 blue-eyed young lady. I'VE charge
fifty cents for 4 shampoo. and it takes a
dresser fully half an hour to cleanse one
head and dry the hair thoroughly.
Until a few years ago every lady sham
pOoed herself st home, but the work is
so laboriOus and tiresOme that most
women now prefer to have it done by q
professional hairdresser. We do it
heater and better and we use q solution
that is beneficial to the head and hair.
Diluted alcohol is used in drying the
hair, for wOmen's hair is SO thick and
long, when they wear their own hair,
that it is q difficult task to dry it.
Wealthy ladies have their maids TO do
the shampOOing o. else we send a girl
to their residence and We charge one
dollar for the service. But nine women
u Of ten go to the hairdresser. who
has a coy private room and all the
latest appliances for shampOOing. dye
ing, curing and dressing hair. Many
"A Young man who falls in love with a
blonde head of hair or a ~profusion Of
Jet curls would make a wry face if he
saw his lady-lOve in the shampOOer'S
chair. with = peck of sOapsuds piled on
her head. and q heap of curlS, frizzes
and switches spread on the table. Soap
suds is a wonderful ~leveler. and it wipes
out the artistic and develops the natural
in Il startling way in most cases.
After a customer has removed all her
false hair the hairdresser carefully
combs the natural hair until the comb
passes through it easily. Then q SOlu-
ton of soap and other ingredients is
sprinkled on the head and rubbed in
briskly until the head is covered with
suds. OF course towels have been
wrapped about the neck and shoulders.
the same as the barber does with men,
to prevent the suds from staining the
dress. When the head and hair are
we'll rubbed. they are washed with
tepid water, a sponge being used. the
customer leaning her head far back on
| the cushioned neck-re>t of the chair so
that her hair falls into a large basin
full of clear water. We use the sponge
to wash all the soap and dirt out from
the head and then We sponge the hair
with the alcoholic preparation. Brisk
rubbing with towels dries the hair, so
that a lady. after having a little bay
rum sprinkled on. can go home without
fear of taking cold. But Vie hair can
not he dressed well for several hours
after the shampoOing is finished. There
fore ladies who are to 90 Out in the
evening come to us in the morning o.
early in the afternoon. If you will step
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We make homely women ~presentable
and pretty women beautiful"
On following the hairdresser into a
little room at the rear of the shop, the
reporter saw on the cream-tinted walls
several large mirrors. Lace curtains
| shaded the two windows. Curling and
crimping irons were spread on a table
Uttered with heaps of loose hair or diff
ferent colOrs. Three chairs with plush
upholstery faced three mirrors, and 4
sofa and four e~asy-chairs were OH n
side of the room. In front of two
copper tanks, filled with hot and cold
water. were large white china basins,
cakes of perfumed soap, bottles of the
shampoo solution. and numerous
sponges, combs, brushes and snowy
towels. After the reporter mustered
courage enough to squat in one of the
shampoo chairs. with towel wrapped
about his neck and shoulders, the fair
dress up to her shoulders. displaying
the white and dimpled arms. and then
proceeded to show chow it is done
here" She squirted soapy fluid quite
literally on his head. and then began
to manipulate briskly with her white
and nimble fingers. His hair was re-
markedly short. for he had undergone
a ''Riley cut a few days previous, and
therefore her magnetic fingers caused
'each particularly hair to stand on end
and thrill with an exquisite sensation.
He liked it. and he didn't care how long
it was continued. But in ten minutes
his hair was thoroughly spOnged, dried,
scented, and cOmbed, and there wasn't
4 single drop of suds on the neck
towels. 1t was such a delicious sham
poo that the reporter suggested that it
would take immensely with the male
sex if q smart and cOmely young I'M
opened q shampoo parlOr for men
only.
20. 1t would never do said the
SAlSSulDODlSl, US SIN dIIdIScu Tic "a
porter's nccktie; but it's Just what !
expected YOU to say. for men don't un-
destand women. Why, l couldn't get
two young women to agree one week in
a shampOo-room for men. for they
would quarrel w the handsome
TONERS. And | am sure women would
do more talking than it is said the
BARRIERS do now. We have it hard
enough now goodness knows, tryingtC
get along with u w sex. Women
who are all smiles and as sweet as
honey in society are peeyish and eros.
when they have their hair dressed OF
are being shampOOed. Red-haired
women have fearful tempers. for they
scOld us awfully when We chance to pull
their hair a trifle too hard. Blondes arr
generally nice and easy to manage, but
sometimes they do cut up like sin.
These blonde women can fume and
fret. and scold like termagants when
they get their mad up. Black and
brown haired women are the mosi
patient. but when they do flare up in
anger they literally make the hair fly
and tinge the air blue. A shampoo @
hair-dressing chair is a good place &c
study the character of women. for theil
true nature comes out while they are
being soaped and rubbed by one of their
Own sex. The truth is. that very few
women have a good head of hair. and
those who have don't get the credit for
it. because so much false hair is worn
that people won't believe a woman
when she says she wears only her own
hair. l have some customers whose
hair is so thick that they come to me
every two months to have it thinned
out.
Il work the loose hair into flowers. |
bracelets. kizzes. switches. and other
articles" the hair-drcsser wen on tc
say, ''for the ladies and for sale here. and
gentlemen bring to ME clusters of hair
from their wives, sisters. lady-loves.
or children to be made into keepsakes.
Young men sometimes have the hair
changed in their w~atch-charms two or
three times a year. or as often as they
arc nA with ono vnCnO woman and