The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-07-13
A Hair Groomer,
A NEW YORK woMAN's NOVEL oocUPA-
TIoN FOR MAKING A LIVING.
From the New York sun.

From the New York sun.
The Dames of the occupations which
refined women in reduced circumstan-
ces are seeking nowadays are legion.
A reporter was introduced by friend
the other day to lady ~ho was earn
ing very comfortable livelihood as
hair groomer. 'I'm not hair dres-
ser,' she said, "Pm hair groomer.
l don't do up hair at all. l only comb
the hair and give it that general atten-
ton which every woman's hair de-
mands two or three times week.
There are lots of women in this city
who are in this business, and who
would scorn to call themselves profess
sional hair dressers.
"What do l do to the hair! Well,
FIRST l rub it dry with a soft and then
with hard brush. don't put a lot
of water and cleaning stuff upon the
hair at first, as some do, but after
have got the dandruf all out wet the
hair with simple solution, which l
know to be effective and not deleteri-
GUS; then l rub and brush the hair dry
again. Next comes the trimming.
pull out the gray hairs one by one
taking care to pull them SO that the
scalp is not lscersted and the hair cells
themselves destroyed. There is
great art in pulling out hairs. You
must pull them in the direction in
which they lie in the scalp, just as you
would silver of wood from your
hand, in the direction in which it enter
ed. Men or women can't pull ont
their gray hairs themselves, for it is
utterly impossible for them to see that
they are pulling the hairs on the pro-
per slant. Of course, you know that
people are very touohy OH the subject
of gray hairs in their heads. 1t makes
woman have the blues for a week
when her first gray hairs come. Now
when gray hairs are the result of age l
never meddle with them; the only
thing to do ia to let them come. But
they are often the result of sickness or
some other little trouble, and it is then
often possible to prevent their COM
ing. Badness is to be doc;ored in
Just the same way. l can never cure,
though, and nobody can cure the
badness of people like accountants
and others accustomed to work all day
with the glare and heat of gasligh,s or
electric lights beating down upon
their heads. In their cases the hair
cells have been literally burnt out.
"Well, finally trim the hair. l
cut each individual hair separately, so
as to make it even with the others.
When the hair is gathered up in the
hand and cut square across in lump,
as it were, with the scissors the strag-
Cling hairs are not reached. The re-
snlt is only to make the hair shorter
and quite as uneven as before. Then
| part the hair simply and do it up
plairly. As told you, if women
want their hair done up in any Of the
fancy styles they mustn't come to me.
allow much does it pay me? Well,
l generally think ought 10 get 81 at
least each time visit lady's house.
If lady lives great way up town,
and it takes me all afternoon or morn
ing to go up and see her, want more
money, of course. And on the con-
trary, when two or three patrons live
near each other, why, can moderate
the price a little to each one. 1t is an
humble way of getting a living, !
know, but it is respectable, and ! shall
stick to it,"