Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-11
HUMAN HAIR.
Its ouaiities-A Million Pounds OF II
Change from Head to Head.

Change from Head to Head.
Perhaps there is no staple article
about which less is known by the pub
lie than human hair as an article Of
commerce. 1t will doubtless surprise
many when ii is stated that the deal.
ers in human hair goods do not de-
pend on chance clippings here and
thera, but that there is regular hair
harvest which can always be relied
on. Ii is said that over 1000, 600
pounds Of human hair are used anuu
ally IN tire civilized world for adorn-
ing the heads Of women. In New
York city alone ove i've tons of this
class Of goods are imported every year
Much Of the hair used in this country
comes from the heads of American wa.
mel ard Is fully as fine IN shade aud
texture US the imported article. There
has been M talk recently Of form
ing Il trust IN this business. and II tins
uutOward event should occur our
American women would have to dis.
pcnsc with a considerable portion Of
their trcsscS or pay Il much higher
price for them.
A well known hair dealer of this
city gave a reporter recently some in,
lcrcsllng facts about the hair business
aud The source from which the beaUti
lul locks are obtained. Most OF the
hair which | use III my business" lac
said, Il obtain from ladies ia llIis city.
We had 4 biz harvest during the &c
cent Tor having the ilair cut
short,
Many of the ladies' who had their
locks s1uYn II that time lave since
bitterly regretted it. In many IN
Stances the Hair grew So slowly tIat Il
became necessary 10 wear q wig uT
switch as the fashion changed After
women have reached u certain age the
hair seems u partially lose It's VIZ
or and, II cut, II will mol grow
again b.gudc hair seems to 1e GONG
out and the demand Tor bleaching PIE
paratIons Is not nearly 50 great rs Il
was Il lew wears ago Not enough hu
man EGlrcan be procured in tins coun
Try 10 supply the home demand. and.
IN consequence. there is q large
amount imported annually. The larg
esl supply ol hair comes from Swiizvr
land, Germany and Tire French PROV
lhccs, There is Il human hair market
al Morlons, in the department OF the
lower PrIcgccs, held every other Fri
day liuulreds ol iailicking hair
tresSers lluumg TO tie little place from
far and ng,w to buy up the hair ul
young peasant gi,l,, When u bargain
is struck the dealer lays the money in
the open palm Of the seller, applies
his shears, and i'm amluute the iuVUri
ant trcsscS fail on the floor Gf course.
a maiden can rarely see her long
Oralds PISS into the dealers possession
without crying but She consoles her
self for their los with the thought
That they will grow again. 4 wumans
hair may grow u the lgHglA of SIX
feet, Nine Hess. of PARIS. refused
5000 francs for her crown Of glory,
which was about that length. Il he
been proved that II single hair will
bear up a weight Of -four ounces with
out breaking. but the hair thus heuv
lily weighted must b. dark brown, for
blonde hair brgaEs under a strain OF
two and onc-Ealf ounces. What won.
der is it then, that beauty can draw
love with Il single hairf There are
over 5000 importers, manufacturers
and dealers Of hair in the United
States, '-Rochester Post-ESprcss.