The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-03-08
DOLLS WIGS OF REAL HAIR.

A New Industry to Meet the Demands of
Children of Means.
A new industry has sprung up on Fifth
avenue. It is the manufacture of real
wigs for dolls out of real hair, made bet
ter than many real wigs and sold at
prices that proclaim them to be genuine.
The place takes up the whole first floor of
a big house. The dolls wigs are only an
inc lent to the business. The first dolls
wigs were made this year. The head of
the firm told about the way he happened
to start making them:
"Fr several years l have had calls for
dolls wigs from. ladies whose children
had torn the hair from dolls they were
much attached to. This season began
t. make them, and l have received FAR
more orders than had expected, Here
is doll that has been sent over to Phila-
delphia for its second wig"
The proprietor took the reporter to a
counter where lay beautiful doll about
two feet high, with ball and socket joints
and pink complexion except where the
paint had worn off. On its head was
real wig of light blonde hair with fluffy
bang front and French twist curls behind.
The hair seemed to be glued to the head,
yet the wig came right off. 1t was as
neat job and fitted as well as if the wig
maker had manufactured it for human
head. It cost only $12.
1T is becoming quite common" " CON
tinued the mistress of the store, ''for
doll to have two or three wigs. They are
got up in all styles, like the wigs Of
fashionable actress, only smaller. They
are Just as well made and just as valua-
bic in proportion. The hair is dressed by
the little girl that owns the doll, and it
gives her knowledge and experience that
will be useful. Two or three wigs in
different styles give the little girl chance
to develop her own ingenuity in arrang
ing hair. BY the old way dollS' hair was
made of Angora wool and was glued to
their heads 1t was not like real hair
and it could not be dressed. 1t tore off
and that was the end Of il.
"Dolls' wigs cost from 81 to 1895. The
81 wigs are for child dolls and have short
curls like little child's. The most costly
wigs are light shades Of hair. Light
shades of blonde hair cost three times as
much as brown hair. Some dolls have
light and dark wigs, which can be changed
to match the dolls dress. A doll that
had wig made for it last week had just
got $3.50 worth of winter clothing. You
can get shade of wig to match any
dress.
80 far have had orders for no red or
gray wigs. They win probably come in
time. The latest thing in dolls is boy
dolls. We have made several boy wigs.
A little girl out for walk takes her big
boy doll with her. Or she may take a
girl doll and put boys wig and clothes
on and take it out. There is getting to
he a rivalry among families to see who
has the best and most fully dressed dolls.
1t is becoming proper for little girl to
be escorted by her doll when she goes out
TO take walk, and of course the doll
must be dressed in harmony with her
dress | don't know what this fashion
for dolls viii end in, but the trade in
dolls wigs is rapidly increasing, So far,
l believe, am the only manufacturer.
II takes a workman two days to make a
dolls wig, and a brisk trade in dolls
wigs viii make work. New York Sun.