Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14
SECRETS OF A HAlRDREssER.
He Chats About His Patrons and Their
Fads-Efects of BIondine.

| SECRETS OF A HAlRDREssER.
He Chats About His Patrons and Their
Fads-Effects of BIondine.
'But of all mistaken things that
people do for their hair the most in
furious to the cuticle of the scalp is
the use of the celluloid comb" said the
other day a ioquacious hairdresser,
who trims and curls, twists and puffs
the locks of Chicago's most aristocratic
citizens in dingy little apartment at
the rear of a State street kid-glove
store. at may surprise you, he con-
/ tinued, "but many cases of pimples on
the scalp result from using celluloid.
! have known BARRIERS who from the
constant handling of celluloid brushes
and combs have contracted a disease
! OF the skin on the palm of the hand.
You see, cellulOid is composition con-
tanning nitric acid, than which nothing
worse can be found for the skin. 4
rubber comb is not desirable either,
since it generates, from the friction
with the hair, an electricity that
causes the hair to snap and break. It
| also has tendency to straighten ones
locks, which in these days of pluff-
mess and curls, is not appreciated. The
best comb for constant use is one of
ivory or horn.
The best hairpins are of tortoise she'll
or the English imported goods of steel
well japanned.
II can nearly always judge of a
woman's character by the condition of
her hairpins. Now, just look at this
one rescued a lady's hair from yes
terday"-picking up an affair that was
bent and twisted in every direction.
THAT woman is of a changeable mind,
likely to fly off at a tangent at most
unexpected times; she is also nervously
constituted and not by any means
| exact or neat. Flows this oneP"
holding up for inspection another
with the two points so far apart it
was nearly a straight wire. Now
! that woman was broadminded, and
not sensitive to small physical ais
! for had she been so, she never could
! have endured the agony a hairpin in
that condition must have givan her.
'And now I'll answer your question
! best preparation for that purpose is no
! PIE pal dGiOl DIT all Dub JlSG ii Sill pro
/ egg, nothing with it; first rub on the
white, rinse, then the yelk, rinse
thoroughly again.
Do always use itP No; for some it
would take six eggs for one washing,
and that at present means 10 cents,
and only get Is. Some of my regular
patrons prefer it, so do / since they
are willing to pay extra the prsce of
| the eggs used. Whatever you use
don't let it be ammonia. 1t is a mis-
taken idea that ammonia is beneficial to
the hair; it is just the opposite, and
! possesses but one point in its favor for
that purpose, that it is powerfully
! cleansing.
1.-The most particular persons as re-
! CARDS the dressing of their hair are
| miliners first, then actresses, then
! good looking salesWomen, then men,
I though men as a rule are more reason
| able than women, as they don't expect
| you to accomplish for them impossi-
bilities."
"What sort of man visits a pro-
/ fessional hair-dresser [ should like to
I knowP"
! .'Many men come to me to have
their front lock twisted around the
curling iron. One of my most fire.
quent visitors is a prominent South
Side physician whose beautiful fsir is
nearly snow white. Another is a
young fellow, quite dude, whose hair
/ 60 over once a week, shampoo, treat
to bath of peroxide, and curl"
''Is blondine injurious to the hairP"
Eyes, in ninety-nine cases out of 100.
! Peroxide of hydrogen, which is the
chemical name for blondine, auburne,
ETC., is injurious to both the hair and
the individual. 1t breaks the hair, des-
troys the enamel, and in time pene-
trates the scalp causing severe head.
aches, and, if persistently applied,
brings on sOftening of the brain. The
hundredth person may use peroxide
with safety, for if the hair is oily, the
color desired onlv several shades light
er than the natural one, and hair Is al
ways washed in cold water. no bad
effects may result. BIondined hair,
however, is only becoming to those
possessing youth and eyes of uncer-
tain color: for, talk all you will of the
beauty of dark-eyed blondes, if the hair
is artifcially Iightened it gives an ap-
pearance of age and loudness rather
undesirable"
sis it true that many women who
had their hair cut short are now wear
ing wigsP"
'Not at all, for in spite of all that's
said against short hair | advocate the
style in many cases. 1t is the health
lest for the head, the easiest to dress
and keep clean. and more often than
not the most becoming in STYLE A
woman over 80, unless belonging to
the stage, where footlights and make
up help her out, should not affect short
hair, for though adding to youthful
ness of the face before that of age, it
detracts after that period not only
from a faces youth, but also from
dignity of expression. Chicago Tn
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