Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-06-23
WoMANs AID To BEAUTY.
Her Tresses the Triumph Of tho
HairdresseT's Art.

simple village maiden, knows that tue
beautiful golden brown tresses that the
lordly villain occasionally clutches In a
murderous way are not her own. III
he has a great head he knows that
all the other women on the stage are
wearing lovely wigs that cost from
$40 to 500 apiece. But It would par
alyze the honest citizen II any one too
him that his own wife and daughters
were wearing ''store hair" The ways
of the modern hairdresser are very
mysterlous--qulte past finding out. In
fact unless you win their deepest
confidence, you will probably go around
forever believing that every lovely
girl you see wears no tresses Dut her
own. Far be it from the young man
who writes this true tale to say that
every girl in this great and glorious
country wears false hair. Has he not
three sisters and would they not LAY
him numerically?
A reporter who thirsted Tor hlrsule
knowledge strolled along upper Broad
way the other afternoon until ne came
to a big plate glass window where Two
wax busts with very pink cheeks and
wealth of wayy brown hair smiled out
invitations. "Come in and get your
head decorated in this style; satisfac-
ton guaranteed for 500. Ihe young
man did not want any coiffure, put ne
hunpered for wisdom, and he Doiuly
walked into the mysterious hair snop
to look for Nine. G.. Madame smiled
when he asked for information.
''It will probably sour your young
life.n she began, with the least Dill ol
shrug. s'but come in and III snow you
a few secrets of our art" In another
. room. where nair of every shade was
piled I'D in little green paper boxes, sue
sat down before a very unattractlve
wax head with glaring red cheeks, hshy
blue ewes and homely groundwork OF
red hair. While chatting about the coach
inc narade she drew out of one OF thoa
green boxes. something that looked
very like a beautiful curly scalplock
that any good Comanche would travel
miles to reap. Its soft, silky brown
ringlets would make poet grap ior ns
pencil, and smile as he wrote Oh Iheir
beauty. Down at the root OF AL lhe
loyelIneSs, where scalp ought 10 grow,
there was no scalp at all but nne-
meshed netting of silver wire, very
light and very strong.
"It is a front piece. and it costs onl y
sl5- - said madame. stroklng 1t tender y
as She placed it over the red locks OF
the wax head, In an instant the wax
girls appearance was changed, Inc
fiuffy brown curls contrasted oeautl-
fuuy with her broad, white forehead,
and formed a fitting background for
pair of blue eyes that were full OF auec-
ton and sweetness and hght, Win no
suspicion of a wall for a new bonnet
lurking in their sapphire depths!
"Holy smokel" exclaimed the young
man in admiring surprise.
ssShe does look pretty, "said madame,
Mating the curls alphabetically.
lyon see that little bit OF hair has
made her really beautiful. Think OF 1t
only SIS. We hair dealers can add
TO any woman's good looks, take from
five TO fifteen years from her age ana
make her happy. or course we must
work artistically. See that high coli
fure in the show case. InaI must pe
worn by a woman with short, rather
broad face. If / put 1t on tai, thln,
Long-featured woman il would make her
ridiculously long drawn out. AM yes;
If Is an art. successful hair dressing.
We make the lean plump, and the lat
slender, Just by twisting 1e" ouri'
about and adjusting them In the proper
wav. Who are the greatest buyers OF
hair? Everybody-that is almost every
yro,nan in IAmerica. Shop girls, soci-
ety ladies. school teachers-all OF themj
7 never saw such country as this Tor
artificial coiffures. You see, they take
so much ouinine that their own HAIR
fans out rapidly and sooD gets thin.
Then they come to US and we TX lnem
I'D. Every woman can afford II. Inc
big dry goods stores sell 'front.' pieces
from fifteen cents up. They are poorly
made things, but they're better than
none at all. In hairdressers' stores
the prices run as high as $50 just for
few curls across the forehead. Detect
themP Never. You see, the hair ~
40 skilfully mounted on the network
that It mingles with that which grows
An the wearer's head, and you can't
NeIl them apart. The pieces last for
a wear or SO with careful handling.
They can all be brushed, and the pest
of them can be made up IN other
shapes.
"Our biggest trade is in New York
and New England. Down South the
weather is so warm that few ladies care
to wear more ha'r than they can help.
In the East, though, the amount OF
hair sold is wonderful. I'll guarantee
that there are as many hair stores as
hanks in all of the smaller New Eng
land towns. Why, there are eight OF
them in Boston alone. 1t does mol
worry a woman nowadays TO have you
know she wears false hair. She knows
it looks well and beauties her Just as .
well-ftting dress would, and there Is ID
reason why she should be ashamed q
It. Twenty years ago, though, wher
nv husband and i began business II
New York it was great fun for us t
see how ladies lodged into our store
Now it is ali changed, and it's goo-
thing. too. Every woman ought Il
make herself as beautiful as she can
and we hairdTeSsers are here to he'll
them"
sDo you help-that Is, can you all
men to-to cover up times footprlntsF
asked the young man, tenderly feeling
for a shiny spot on the top OF hi
head.
s'No,n answered madame, tive cal
do nothing for men. They don't de
serve it. All we can do is let then
run along till they're baldheaded
And then a wig-bah, what horri'
thingsl''
"Where do you get all the hal
you make up into bangs and Loop
and coronet braids and twistsY" IN
uuired the visitor humbly.
sit all comes from Europe. Ital
sends a very little, and France a httl
more, but Germany and Switzerlan
produce thousands of pounds OF
every year. Denmark and Norwa
and Sweden, wherever the climate
cold, in fact, are great hair GROWN
countries. Why, l have bought hai
from Swiss mountain girls who's
tresses reached to their feet. The
cut off a couple of feet of it ever
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