Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-22
WEll-pAYiNG WORK.
Two Occupations Tor Women which Are
Not let Overcrowd"d.

There are TIVE occupations for women,
if one NAV ial1c by the prices paid.
that are not Yet oyercrowded. One of
them is hair-drcssing and the general
care of female tresses. Expert hair
dressers easily earn IS much as eighteen
dollars week and hair-workers are
paid from eight to ten dollars. Tho
hair-dresser who arranges the fashion,
able heads seen al the opera aud ut
balls usually is so much in demand that
she has time for nothing but the art OF
curling. er!mping. brsiding. plating
and folding the feminine locks in that
artful fashion that the unskilied anna
teur fingers can not compass. But the
hair-dresser who has not yet arrived
nj the privilege Of ministering solely %
fashionable coiffurcs adds the general
care Of the hair to her duties. and she
takes the entire responsibility of the
health and beauty Of her patrons
locks. Once a month she comes and
clips the end of every hair, which al
ways has tendency TO split She
combs the whole fleece out smoothly
and with a small. sharp pair at scissors
cuts the ends about an eighth of an
inch and then goes over all the uneven
hair, rufflng 1t up with the comb. and
clips every one tina. shows sign II
fraying. This keeps the hair from fall
ing and promotes its growth. Then
every two weeks she washes the hair,
having il ia tepid water with little
CASTLE soap and dash Of bay rum.
and brushing it briskly thereafter for
half an hour. II is this beautiful groom
ing that make the locks Of the New
York society girl shine like the satin
skin Of a thoroughbred Th- other
well-paid and uncrowded occupation Is
tina, Of the manicure. There are .
number OF manicure parlors where ono
NAV go and have bis or her nails
groomed. bat mos. prefer that tho
finger manipulator should come 70
Them She is usually pleasant
hammered. fresh-faced. and we'll dressed
young woman. whose only sign Of
servitude is a neat little black sachsl
ried. The usual honr for her arrival
Is just before her customers rise She
begins with the early birds and gradu-
sies down TO those who never appear
before noon, and in this way manages
70 suit them all She appears ia the
bedroom from the dressinz-room bear
lag bowl Of milk-warm water. which
n sveetened with . drop or two Of
rose-wster. The luxurious customer
laz;ly alps one hand into the bowl TIA.
is set On the li..le liable beside Tho bod
and can pick up her nap again where
che dropped Il while the rnasscurs 6le<.
polisaes. pinks and perfumes her q ais-.
she needn : waks until Tho osher hand
needs attention. add 4ea the san.
process ~ repeated. This oceup,~s
altogether about half an hour n the
rnaaicure's time. and sne i paid ssvea~
tT-fvs een's for l. She attend. 70
fourteen pairs q hands day. ~hica
would mean something HI. tea dollars
and a bail for the DAYS ~erx. h1, few
OF them have 50 lsee. . practice. a.
that would r-qsirs huadrei or nors
Customers. seeing that noss ~olaes
only have their hands naaicured once
or twice rgsek. the mad attending 20
them other days Stiii. With he sale
Of TIE ehaInois poiisnera ongusnA.
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