Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-07
5 URLD II FIG IIzzz Nassau Street New YORK.
TRADING IN HUMAN HAIR.
Ehe Greatest Market sin Southwestern
France,
From Galignanrs Messenger.

From Galignani. Messenger.
There is human hair market S. Nor
ians, IN the department Of tie lower
PgreI ees. II is ntsle known except per-
hsps 10 Psris, where il has 5 high reputa-
ton. The market is held every other Fri
day. Hundreds CT tr.ffi;king hairdressers
thtong to the little rlace from far and
rear to tu7 up the hsir CT the Young
peasant girls. The dealers Hsnder up and
down the lorg, narrow streets CT the
COVE. each With huge pair Of bright
shea.S hanging from black strap around
his wsis', while the young
girls who wish 20 part with
their hair stand shout in door,
wsys, usually in couples. The traussc-
tion is carried on in the best room Of the
house. The hair is let down, the tresses
com9ed out and the dealer names the
price. This varies from to so francs.
II bsrgain is struck, the dealer lays the
money in the cpen PAIN OF the seller, sp-
plies his shears, and in minute~skbe
long sresses fall OF the floor. The p6E
chaser rolls up the tresses, places tnem
in paper and thrusts them into his
pocket. OF course maiden can rarely
ses her fallen tresses disappear into the
Dealers pocket without crying, but she
| consoles hereelf with the thought that ii
will grow again snd BY looking at tbs
money in her hand.
There is st present q scarcity CT fancy
human hair in the market. Thssesrcest
hsir Ia pure white, snd Its vat8e recon
stansly increasing, and II it ID unuEnaHs
lolg-that is from four to DE ieeti~She
dsxier can get almost his own prize,
IHAils Il it Ia Of ordinary length it Is
ESolth from Is francs to 500 francs (f3 to
fG20) sn ounce. The fact that the pure
white hair Is the court coifure through
cut Europe keeps the demand forh very
high. It is much prizsd by American
women whose hass Ia white, sd who
desire 10 enrich its s&3na,s for wAste hair
is held to give certss lasinctioN to the
resrer. There is ca isrcY mS5ket for
gray hair, 1t is too cod5aon. II is used
to work in;o Wigs Of PeEsass who are
growing old. e
What is described S. 3 golden hair Is
either. . pale wsshedspns red or dull
bioa7s The getd color so much valued
has Ae rsksion @ged lair except in the
vivitaaa q i,ssHalorssg. The demand
for taeNrg9 gol6 cS1or i, gres. in the
capitals AEsfUpezA woman who gets
s.coirurS ofaa1is considered fortunate.
There srefoursfpe colo Of hair-Hhite,
blonde. MRck ard brown-snd each OF
these hdv5 Sbesa sundiyided into sixteen
| different sha6ess The commonest types
OF there are black and brown, and these
are cheap. Golden brown is mueh In
fayeEas is pure black, or What Is calsd
| blue black. Next to pare white hair the
deni4Ed ia for hair Of the color of virgin
GOLD There are many braids made OF hail
coMlei to meet the demand with certain
gEeparstions, but they prove unsatisfac-
@y. MANY foolish women have sought
kchauge the color CT their own tregEes
EEut they have uniformly repented OF the
fAttempi. A fine suit of hair of the pures'
I blonde type will sell from 1000 francs &c
/ $500 france (s40 TO fl00). 1t is sait
lthat the Empress Eugene paid l0o(