St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-07
GoLDEN-aAIRED WIGS.
Heads of Hair which Art Makes
Lovely and Luxuriant.

Golden wigs are the most fashionable
this winter" said the manager of we'll
known hair emporium on Twenty-thlrd
street last week when asked the ques-
ton by a reporter, land they are also the
most expensive" he added. You see,
the craze for golden hair has bewitched
almost every woman. and until recently
they dyed their own locks with gold
wash and other stuffs, which tended to
make them soon lose most of it. But
they didn't seem to realize that fact. and
the only thing that made them stop using
the stuff was hearing that it eventually
made people crazy. They didn't want to be
crazy, you know. but they must be fash
ionable, and now they have taken to golden
wigs"
Are there, then, so many women who
wear wigs?" asked the reporter
Well" said the halr-dresser, ''you
would be surprised If you knew how many
ladies there are in New York wearing wigs
in place of their own hair. You see, this
climate is very hard on women's hair.
There Is something in the atmosphere which
makes IL fall out and occasions it to become
very thin. Shis, of course. is not the rule
but the exceptions are very numerous In
these cases many ladies are obliged to wear
wigs in order to hide the bald spots left by
their weak hair"
IF they let washes and dyes alone their
hair usually grows all right again in year
or so. and the new growth is usually thick
and healthy. l know, too. by what have
seen. that the wearing Of false hair protects
the natural hair and gives il a fine, glossy,
silky surface that il would not otherwise
attain. By this l do not mean the big
switches that are piled on wOmens heads in
top knots but the wigs and half-wigs which
are put Oh TO disguise their own hair. Big
switches, puffs and eurls are very injurious.
as they are sure to produce severe head
aches, which are apt to generate disease.
but the effect of a wig on the head is quite
different"
Are there many elderly ladies who are
absolutely bald?"
''Oh. yes. There are ladies here not
much over fifty who have no hair at all
scarcely. 1t Is remarkable fact, too, that
they are the handsomeSt dowagers in the
city, but assure you no one ever suspects
their DISCUSSES. Most Of them wear wigs
of fine gray hair. and whenever you see
them you will hear people say, Look at
that lovely hair You see. wig properly
dressed once every fortnight or so and care
fully put on, never looks untidy. as natural
hair does"
Then, too. have had some amusing
experience with ladies who have had their
hair cut short and then didn't like it when
it was done.
lone lady came to me after 1 had
shingled her hair and said, with tears in her
eyes, that her husband was very angry be-
cause she had cut of her hair, and prom
ised to give her sealskin sacque and pair
or diamond earrings if she would let it
grow again, but it wouldn't crow fast
enough; so made her handsome wig out
of the hair that had been cut of. and she
did 1t up in a coil as she used to wear ii.
and her husband couldn't tell the difference
oh, yes. OF course she got her sealskin and
diamondsl Wasn't 1t all her own hair?"-
New York Journal.