Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-31


False Hair Not Unclsaniy-H.ir Of the
Dead Never Used-A Cuzseas Prsja-
dice.
There are number Of DEPARTMENTS In tbs
hair trade. To begin n the beginning.
there are the continental peasants that
grow hair a. one Of their regular
crops. A crop takes about ak years
to mature Then there ars the sgens
for the great firms that go around and
buy this hair from the peasants, IN much
the sGns way thai agents from the greas
glove manufacturers 60 about buying KID
skins IN small lots and with . careful con
sideration Of quality IN each case. Then
there are the smaller firms that buy their
hair n the natural state and clean AID pre-
pare 1t for tie retail deAiers-ehat e, wig
makers, wave makers, etc. OF sn these
various branches far the most interesting Is
that OF the theatrical wieTnaksr. Not only
i. everything about the stage tinceured with
. srecial spice Of romance 90 the public bus
II high class theatrical work Eoere II great
deal OF artistic perception aud execution q
10 mean order
Hair Is much cheaper than It used to b.
Two reasons can be assigned for this; frss,
more peasants grow tGe8r nair for market
than used to, and second, false hair Is very
much less used
1t Is not many years since several switches
aad numbers Of curls, hizzes and fronts con-
stituted par: Of the equipment Of every
woman, young and old, in the land xow .
few old tabbies wear waves, end occasionally
some girl who has been recxlesxly running
kar Hafy Er hloacbf-,-, f~ e..
into . wig, but most women don't own q
piece OF false hair. Il Is not that our hair il
any better than our mothers, but that it il
now fashionable to wear such an amount Of
hair as nature usually furnishes. and IT used
to be imperative thar every woman should
upholster her head with enough stuff 70 fl, q
mattress The consequence Is that a switch
to take single instance-thas USE. to cost
SIS can now be bought for s.
FALSE HAIR xor UscLrAxLY.
No one need be afraid Of false hair bouSht
from q house Of good standing on the score
of its clean hness The peasants that sell their
hair keep it much cleaner than they would
for their own tastes, because it thus grows
better and OF q better quality Than the
dealers who sell it 10 the manufactrrers-she
manufacturers, that Is, the people who make
it up into wearing shape, and the retail deal
ers are one-these dealers put it through .
process that would clean an elephants hide
There are in New York number OF firms
dealing IN what we call for convenience raw
hair. Their back yards look hike drying
ground Of Indian trophies
Each suit of hair is kept to itself and
washed and dried separately, and in cases
where i. Is dyed this is the place where it
undergoes that process The hair OF the dead
Is never used 1t Is worthless for commercial
purposes, not curling or even twisting we'll
There is e curious prejudice among the retail
dealers not easily explained against buying
hair from the head or from private hands
The good firms could hardly Do persuaded on
any terms to buy the hasr Of the suffering
heroine who in novels % frequently parts
with her glorious locks, though if it happened
that her locks were snow white and curly, or
even blonde and curly, they might be brought
TO consider the opportunity. Perfectly white
hair is rare and commands almost any price,
and curly hair comes higher IN any color
Most of the white haIr sold is not human hair
at all theatrical white wigs are not of
human hair. The best Of them are made OF
the hair Of the Angora rabbit. and much Of
it comes from goats--New York Graphic.