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81 was only twelve years DID," said
. prominent lady hair-dresser. of this
city, when I was called on by the
friends of an old lady who had died To
60 and dress her hair"
"And did you So:"
mo. Iran and hid myself under q
bed and staid there . whole afternoon.
Although l loved her and had often
dressed her hair when she vas alive. ]
could not bear the idea Of doing it after
death But I have done many heads
since for dead persons. and while l dc
not like it, l have a professional pride
in making them LOOK we'll for the last
time"
1T must be very distasteful to you?'
Not always 1t comes in the way
of my business. and naturally my EN-
ployes shrink from going. Sometimes
we have ; call through the telephone. to
come to such ; number. and dress .
lady's hair. One Of the young ladies
will be sent with curling irons. po-
mades. hair-pins and other things. only
tn find that the lady is . corpse. The
girl will not. or al not undertake it
and I 60 myself. There is only the
front hair to crimp and arrange becom-
ingiy. One day last week l dressed
MIS- IS hair for the last time. She
was young and very pretty. and looked
- il asleep. The hair does not die. 50
that it is easily arranged When it is 3
Wig or crimpee l have it sent to the
store. and when it is dressed. take it
TO the house and put it On. Let me
tel you something thss happened late
ly. A lady died in this city who wore
. gray wig. Idressed it and put it on.
You ~ just think how surprised l was.
when . couple Of weeks later. = MEM
Der Of The family came in here and tried
to sell it to me. She said they had it
taken OF just before the caskes was
closed for the last time"
And did you buy its
Buy it? Certainly not. It Is not
very long since = man came in and
offered me a number of switches Of diff
ferent shades and color. l would not
buy them. and sent for = policeman. as
! thought he had probably stolen them.
But As it turned out they came from
an undertaker's. and were the I'M
claimed property Of strangers who had
been given pauper burial"
rs it customary to dress the hair of
the dead?"
lit is. I have some customers who
have exacted 4 solemn promise from
me tina, l will dress their hair when
they die and make it look natural and
becoming. l have even been sent for
by those who had only a few hours To
live and taken my instructions from
their dying lips"
rs the process the same As with the
living:"
Just the same. except that l do not
arrange the back hair IN all cases. But
Sometimes the hair is dressed entirely.
just - j: would be for An evening party.
And l frequently furnish new switches.
crimps or bangs. at the request Of rela-
tives who Wan. no pains spared"
And YOU arc not afraid?'
Madame shrugged her handsome
shoulders.
1T is . lonesome task" she said.
land it certainly does make me nerv-
Gus. Once the corpse opened her eyes
and looked At me: or I imagined it I
nearly tainted And once . lady who
was holding . lamp went out Of the
nom . moment leaving me with . lock
Of hair in the gripping pins. A gust
of wind blew the door after her. and l
Vas in the dark alone With the dead
woman. think il she had not opened
the door just 1t the moment she did. /
should have fallen Observation-Disclosures
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