Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-06
BLEAcHKD BLONDES.
Girls Arc Now Going Back Again I
the Original Color.

0xr1o Ar0 NOW 0om8 hack Again TO
the Original Color.
From the Baltimore Herald.
'What has become of the sblonde?' Well, n
tell you," said young lady the other day, s.you
zee, II isn't fashionable any more. We used to
think that golden hair was beautiful and poetical
| and all that, but there got to be 90 much of it,
and 80 much Of IL that wasn't golden but straw
color, that all the beauty AMI poetry has fed
It's lots Of trouble, too, unless you're an adept
at the art Of 'blondining,' the color will get on
in streaks 80 that any one can easily see what il
| the matter with it. But the worst Of all Is when
one desires to quit the use of the 'blondne' and
let the natural color Of the hair come back It
can't be done. 1t is very easy to color the hair.
but it is different thing to uncolor it. If you
| remember, o few years ago when it was all the
rage, my hair was as yellow as anybody's. Well.
can rest assured I'll never NEEDLE with it again
not If it is q thousand times the fashion,
us all the golden hair we see artificial?" was
asked.
There may be some that is natural, but very
little. don't know Of any myself. Why, even
the natural blondes use regular blonline mate
rial to make it brighter-so they're only
'bleached' blondes after ALL"
This seemed to be the opinion of all the
young ladies questioned on the subject, and
were nearly all recovering, or trying to recover
from what they frankly termed their folly, and
spoke with undisguised contempt of the
"bleached blondes as a class, although consid-
cradle pity was expressed for individual victims
of the ''fad." The writer had the good fortune
to attend an experience meeting, in which the
narrators had no hesitancy in speaking freely
OF the facts of the matter.
II was yet q schoolgirl" said the young lady,
when first began to use blondine. I learned
nj oth arf hat nv unix ptux
of peroxide Of hydrogen and nickers worth of
ammonia could obtain preparation that would
turn my hair from the dark brown that it was
to lovely blonde. All the girls wanted to be
blondes then and decided to effect the trans
formation il possible. thought the ingredients,
made the necessary preparation, and applied it
secretly. 1t worked like charm. After few
applications was an object " envy to every
girl in school. and hundreds were the prayers
and entreaties received from my friends to let
them into the secret. presume taught about
100 the art. and was looked upon by Ill as q
sort OF benefactor and received their Wa rmest
thanks. The most of them have found GU what
fools we all were, and I guess they are -sady
head. OF course, didn't know what the result
was going to be, or certainly wouldn't have
suffered SO much myself"
Il learned from experience" said the young
lady who acted as teacher, land l gave the
others points as they came to me. The first
peroxide of hydrogen and ammonia. We
usually made this in a finger bowl. The girl
who was to be operated on took her seat in
straight-backed chair, SO placed that the light
then carefully washed and combed out straight
and thoroughly dried. Much of the success of
the experiment depended on the preliminary
steps. The next thing was to put on the
'bQondine.' This should be done with tooth
brush. Some lazy people use hair brush,
ha
that way: Others simply wash the head in a
bowl of the mixture. This is the most slovenly
way Of all and any one can detect the sham when
it is done that way. The color gets on in streaks
and sickly greenish tinge is given that is per-
fectly hideous. The toothbrush. though, does
the work thoroughly. With it tine hair is gone
over carefully, furrow by furrow, from the
roots to the tip. This is the only way to do it
artistically. It's little tedious, but then. you
know. there is no use in doing it at all unless
you're going to do it right. After the hair has
been once blondlned, the work doesn't end
there by any means. The hair must be washed
twice a week; it should be done every morning.
Blondined hair gets dirty very easily, and
nothing looks so ugly as when it gets in that
condition. The only way to prevent this is to
wash it, and of course when this is done SO fire.
quently the natural oil Of the hair is entirely
removed and the hair becomes stiff and harsh,
and it is very difficult to give it natural gloss
another important thing to be observed is
inclined to be blonde need only make one APP
pication, but six or seven are required to
change good brown to a blonde. Then, too,
as the hair grows it must be constantly touched
up at the roots. II it isn't the appearance of
a dirty scalp is given. When number of APP
plcations have to be made it is necessary 10 let
the hair get completely dry after each one.
After a certain limit is reached quantity has no
further effect"
But you know" said the second young lady,
k.An
ammonia Is not the best blondine by any
means. The best blondine is champagne, and
the best Of all the good times / ever had
l think have had the most fun at a cham
payne blondining party. The blondine sold by
hair dealers and dyers is usually champagne
solution. Its rather too expensive for most
girls pin money, and have never attended
more than two or three such parties But they
have lots OF fun. l can tell you. You see, you
have to drink the champagne that is left to
keep it from spoiling-just imagine.''
If the peroxide of hydrogen and ammonia
mixture is used, and that is wha: most of us
have to use who can't afford the champagne"
said one. there is no doubt but what the
brain will be affected in time. There is
Miss -; nothing else under the sun killed
her but that. or course her family kept the
cause as secret as they could. but the ply
stefan knew what was the matter with her well
enough. Her death was what scared me into
stopping" .
After person has once used blondine the
only way to get rid of it eectually is just to let
the hair grow out and cut off the old, dead stuff
and that requires a great deal of patience.
Sage tea might have a little effect" said
the one who had first spoken. "You know it's
quite the thing now to have heavy, rich, glossy
dark brown hair, and almost as many women
use sage tea now as formerly used blondine. 1t
was first used by persons with dirty brown hair
but now others apply it too. The tea is made
tolerably strong, and applied as a wash, with
out soap. 1t is said to be good for the scalp
The hair gets darker with each application, but
never dead black
Another fashion is now much in vogue among
servant girls, it was said. BY the use of beer
straight hair can be made as pretty and kinky
as any head of hair you ever saw.
A Whictlfnn Ulov,