The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-19
HAIR BYE AND WAGE FARMERS.
Mature workingmen Drive" &" Tie IL I'D
Innnnnn. OuAnlItIr-.

There /. nov going un mighty sruSs"
which is almost essentially question oi age;
Yet it j. one which affects THOUSANDS ani
thousands Of men and women. who are toliers
and breai winners
On all sides preference Is given ny employ
ers 10 youth over more advanced Years
Ab.llom. in ihe vi10r of his InNennity' l.
content % receive 81 io 20 per cent -
money than OIL, more mature rival ln
yhole.4le warehouses, in public companies.
in retail establishments in the street on '''
road aud the rail. men and women VINO are
still hale and hearty Ia mnd and b'dy nave
been 1T adrift 10 make room for the younger
and cheaper-geuernri They are Wiling
10 work Tor the same wages but tine master
will have none Of them.
I'm their distress they turn 10 comforter
not % .le w0rkhOu.e. II they can aF"id 90
doino not 10 the charitable institutions. not
IN the trades unions. buf 10 the figaro hiih
self the nerruquior the hnirdrsrsrr' the ''ni
ber TIE amount If hair dy 20 used nf "rii-iuf
and lshorers OF all sort-is not only enormous
but increases day by day IL D. noi Vastly
which intel- them to tine practice. o. b i'r
for which it is well worth dyelng
Tine testimony on the subject Is uudcnialle
4 KNIGHT OF the razor in the north of Lont.Ni
testliic- that he Is doing tremendous tfaH'
IN hair dive wiih worsngmen for the reasons
given above The, take it home. he s''id'
.and get their wives io lay 20 "u IN many
eases b is ana absolute necessity Win teinnit
employes Proprietorsof biz millinery e'lAo
i,hments won't have women with gray haii
ON lho PREMISE
You've no riea what misery I've been
aware ~ n families from gray hair hhe"
"A man. "A father of six children All otasdl
la, from illness think. bis hair "hilened,
and his employer tool. tho earliest opl"rin
nitv of giving him the sack, and gettinS
,o,,n...r man M his place He couldn't obtain
+ another situation anywb here, and the more
/ .rouhle he had the older be looked 1t last.
when bee was at hi, Wits en!. some oae tohi
bia, 10 Get his hair dyed. AMI, what's more
lent him the money 10 have II done Wen
he'. cot another place It's less money but
vond hardly know him again. I've sen
sore. Ike him Your young folk may snefr
NJ dive and crack jokes on the subject, but a.
tr,,o - I'm not Dutchman It's been the sal
rafioa Of many hard working men ant WON
ON \ LADY, dealing in human hair near ~
paneras when sounded on the subject al
mitted the practice, and allowed that sn'
dealt ,erv largely in dye. nearly all yende'
10 those earning their living in large com
nercial establishments
The same tale was repeated by one VINO az
a Good deal OF traffic Ia this way with ladie
Of the theatrical persuasion. "Lor oles
you % he exclaimed. without hair dye SOM
Of those women would be nowhere VIVA
would YOU say, If you was a manager Il
..irl with gray locks came 20 you ana "ante'
an engagement expect you'd sho" her ID
door pretty quickly l'mnot talking OF thos
vain voung females vino turn black TO gol
or red 10 brown mean the chorister Of .
70 20. still good looking. but who Is beSlnnin
to show the powder pun on her head Their
isn't one. there isn't twenty, there Ism
hundred. but I'd bet there's thousand Q
more in the United Kingdom Their srea
grandmothers had 70 wear wigs; their d'
scandants are "A deal more comfortable WIT
a little harmless colorins matter on their o"
, hair And 50 the story runs al MINIMUM
. London Telegraph.