Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-23
TONS OF HAIRPINS.
Lots of Money Made Out of Women's Fs.
yorite Mechanical Implement.

VOrite Mechanical Implement.
''Ilow many hairpins does lady wear in
year." repeated clerk on Woodward
avenue, with a smile. well, that Just de-
pendS on how many she loses. Many ladies
SOW their hairpins aS they 90, while Others
are 81 careful that they use only one box a
year. Then, too, il just depends on how
many daughters one has. We sell hundreds
of pounds a year-that is, of the plain
kinds. We've seen the time when We
could pretty nearly pay our rent out of our
hairpin trade, but since these fancy hair
pins have come into style that could not be-
done. Then. too. this fad of shingling of
the back hair makes difference. One
can't wear pins, you see, in short nair, and
with the lair drawn up on top doesn't need
so maIIy.
We buy our hairpinS," said another
dealer, by the hundred weight. and sell a
gross day, that is OF the English steel"
How many do you sell at a tme"''
''Oh. we have any number of customers
who buy pound at time. II lady has
a family of daughters pound lasts only a
short time"
What becomes of Them"
We'll, you'll have 10 ask some one else
That's a conundrum Yet la be solved. They
slip out Of sight most Gel ,ainly and in the
most unaccOuntable way
''Is there no way of making them 50 they
will be Secure?''
"A good many ways have been tried.
Some think the crimped pin the most secure.
The silk pin. French invention. which is
covered with silk the exact shape Of the
hair, stays in place better than the steel
pin. There is wonderful variety of hair
pins. The gilt, silver. shell, inyiSable-all
these come in different sizes, and are light,
smooth, and comfortable. Then there are
rubber pins for dark hair and amber for
golded locks. There are great many pins
worn, and this, of course. takes from the
sales of the common kinds"
What hairpin do you consider the
beSt?"
The English we prefer. The French
are good, but the American are rough and
heavy. We never keep the American hair
pin. This year We are bringing charming
fancy pins for the adOrnment of the hair.
MOOnstones are very popular. and SO are
those of tiligree work of gold, delicate a.
cobweb, and floral pins of exquisite beauty
and butterflies. in the pale gold and alloys
of the gayeSt tintS. The delicate Old-fash-
ioned tortoise shell pins, such as our grand
mothers wore in high back combs. are very
fashionable for black hair. They are eX-
qui>itely thin. but very frail. and are as
difficult 10 mend i: broken as eggshell
china
Making tour of the Woodward avenue
stores, il was found that the sales of hair
pins approXlmated very closely at each. av-
eragiRg several hundred gross every three
or six months.
As the woman's mechanical tool said
a male haberdasher. married. by the way,
THE hairpin is unrivaled. 1t is to woman
what jackknfe is TO boy, and it is the
only sharp-pOinted instrument thai she can
manage with skill. With ham
mtr she pounds her fingers; with
screwdriyer she jabs her hands:
but hairpin She can twist
and turn into all kinds OF feminine family
USES. With a hairpn woman buttons her
gloves, and occasionally her boots, tears
open her letters, cuts the pages of her latest
fashion book or magazine. draws out cOrkS.
picks out nuts, pins up rip, faStenS in her
flowers, makes up floral designs, pins down
her garden vines. fastenS up the curtains.
unknOtS a shOestring. mends her jewelry,
SuSpendS plaques, sticks up recipes. cuts
with il from a newspaper. SnutfS candles.
scoops sOut her vaSeline, and cleaI Swell.
u>es 1t Tor any quantity of toilet purposes.
If there is any one article more necessary
TO the comfort of women for family use
than the magic hairpin, it isn't down in the
directory.
There is luck, too, in hairpins. To find
a hairpin is a good omen. especially if the
points are turned toward you. That simple
position doubles the luck. To pass one by
without pc ing tup, turns ones lucb. DO
you know that just now there is fancy
among young men for collecting hairpnS
and it is said that several young society
gentlemen have ali assortment. picked up
in different ways, and which represent TO
them a great deal of female lOvliness."