Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-06

THE BEST IN THE MARKET-THE EFFECT OF
SUN AND ExPosURE-PooR QUALITY OF A
DEAD wOMAN'S HAIR.
It is Q mystery where all the hair worn by
women, whose heads it never grew on, comes
from. Some folks have an impression that il is
taken nom the heads OF women who have no
further use for Il, on account OF their having
died. Others think 1t is stolen from the heads of
young girls who are caught out after dark by q
man wrapped in a big black cloak, and armed
with Q sharp pair of scissors. Or that some
cruel father, with dozen or more sweet
daughters with beautiful hair, makes
them cut it or for sale to get money
to buy his grog, or some lovely girl sac
r1nces her hair after many pangs to get bread
ior her Sick and starving little sisters and
is q farm somewhere in the country where
maidens with q laxuriant growth Of hair are
Kept in hocks and sheared every year like
A srAR reporter rte went Went OUT the other day to
look into the mystery and to see II he could I'M
tangie the tresses.
BLIND HAIR-DREssEB.
Ata well-known establishment he found
blind hair-dresser who had travelled all over
the world, and was kindly communicative.
mo. no, no, no." he said in response to the
reporters suggestion that hair was supplied In
to know where all the best hair comes from,
that which is the very first quality and has real
life in it, Well, it comes nom Paris. There is
mans this and they deny IT. Then tell them
why, and they say oh, we'll, maybe You see,
/, i'll. Is not because the French ladies have the
net In Germany. There is another in London.
The German women have long and thick hair,
son: They expose 1t to the air and the sun. The
French peasants do not. They have their hair
covered under handkerchief. The sun don't
tains the natural Oil, and when it is cut Off it
has rich color, and is alive. 1t will never
fade ia" and viii not cut The hair that has
natural head is crisp and brittle when made
up 1t is not the first quality. 1t may be very
first quality. The German crop is prolific, but
not az good as the French. The best hair and
most Of it comes from that part of France called
Bretigne. 1t Is got from the peasant girls. The
Bretagne crop is very fine. The country girls
who work for their living sell their hair when
tours through That part of the country to gather
wholesale dealers in Paris. The best market in
the world is at Paris. 1t takes about seven
years to raise a crop.
HAIR FROM DEAD WOMEN.
doesn't some of the crop come from the
heads of dead women" asked the reporter
"None in the good markets. A first-class
dealer will not handle it. In certain
way: There is reason for this, but that
l keep to myself Sometimes this hair
Is brought into the market elsewhere,
but good dealers won't handle it, You
could not tell the difference. l am blind, but
could. When my hand touches it 1 know at
this strange? Well, l can't tell you Just how
know, but do There is something in the feel
ing the hair is fiat. There is no hollow; no
life. All the substance is Slapped out, and the
hair has collapsed. A lady would not know
the difference, maybe, and the hair would not
wear WE'LL
Is there any hair farming done in this coun-
try?"
mo! Oh there is hair sold all over the world,
but there is no crop here. There is no harvest"
Here in Washington 1t is queer he added
after moment, a smile playing about the cor
ner of his mouth. "They don't do it in
sale there. The dealers go about looking for it.
Here women come into my place and say,
what you give for this? They take down their
hair and show it, Or may be they nave it
already cut off, Tis queer sometimes buy, If
1t Is very good. generally don't want it,
WOMEN WHO OFFER THEIR nAIR FOR SALE
"Are they very needy looking women who
do this ?" asked the reporter; women who
are driven to sacrifice their hair for bread ?"
NO." and he shrugged his shoulders. mo;
some are plainly dressed. Others are we'll
dressed-even handsomely. take them to be
very comfortably of. They have an idea that
we want their hair. 1t is strange"
'Some hair" he continued, "comes from
China. That is bad; between the horse and the
is exposed to the sun and air, has had water
on it, is not goods not first quality. 1t must
grow under cover, 30 as to retain its natural
OIL"