The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-24
woMAN,s BARBER SHOP.
Bangs are Trimmed and Femi"
W h0' ,,i,a Tongues Fly.

I,,st around an uptown ID ooN"A " '
tba New York Sun, is a woman's par
sa' ,,, with the wisest, wittiest, merrlest
U'' barher at the head of it, with a
VIZ ~ dimple in one cheek, pair OF
n''e brigbt laughing eyes, and lot OF
keen In hair twisted up in loops that
sotl sou ike gold in the sunlight. fropaply
Sun is,'t a woman in the entire town thaI
tDe,. ,s so much Of human nature, or mas a
later fund of personal ahecuoUes a en-
gIeay;scepcas of the ladies whose names MI
reul1"nnInmns of the society papers tnan TINS
tle ,,1biIosopher. whose keen eyes see every
peLiJ ND weakness, but whose lips keep
folUI0 a-,nsal we'll When the twenty-tifth
theI ,a- comes in and rattles on about the
GuoIv hair she used to have so long That
~, conld sit on it, and so heavy thai sne
aUfdnt pull comb through IT, only sus
colu:o,,e o,,iver in the dimple suggests That
ElclG?LIII, che has heard that story something
p9ssiD million times before from as many
I is.,art women, and when fussy man
dlllele in to superintend his wife's couture,
coll.Nasting sundry changes in the arrange
suss in the hope of improving her faded
nl'arns she puts the brakes on the DIM
VIZ and only after the door Is closed be-
Pa tham she remarks crisply: IF that
linu svnects me to make beauty of his
ni ;fa be's got to get different woman for
~ work on. No use wasting time on
her" ,,..,. a..,;,ou;.,, bo+,,ao, +h;s
- and mans barber shop, where men
i;t in a cloud Of smoke as thick as London
Let waiting for the welcome and familiar
na1 Of Next" or tilt back in chair, star
iny at lot Of pigeonholes full OF cups whlie
tI barber grinds ont threadbare Jokes.
! odies step out of their carriages and trip
49, the steps of a brown-stone house, where
silver door plate is inscribed the Ealr-
Jresser's name, and ring the bell A pink
~ white low-voiced little maiden in
Hack Jersey and long white apron opens
tbe door and ushers them into large, light
raror where they lay aside their wraps
I'D follow her into another room lined
With mirrors, carpeted with velvet, and e1-
cuisjtelv clean Other girls, in long white
snrons and black jerseys, are brushing the
I,i irons hair of the women who sit about
Iesurely in the crimson cushioned chairs.
"Why do women have SO little hair now
adavsri signs pretty woman of so with
aren't one hair where she ought to have
200
ewered the hairdresser, as the womans bar
her is called. "They never brush it at all,
or else they don't half do it. They dig
awov at it with fine tooth comb Just be
cause their grandmothers did, and never
wash 1t at ALL or else twice year, when
tney clean house, scour it out with borax
and ammonia. Those are the very worse
thugs in the world to use on the hair
Then they curl it and friz it with too hot
IRONS and break it all off and never trim
fbe ends. wear round hats that cover it all
IN, and never give it chance
TO breathe, as you might say,
or get bit Of fresh air or
sunshine. and then wonder why they don t
haze any hair. Nice ladies', too, that are
SO fnickv they wouldn't think of eating
their breakfast without taking bath, will
carry around years accumulation of dirt
under their $50 bonnets ana feel dressed
up
How often ought lady to have her
hair attended tor
"She ought to attend to it herself every
night and morning with good stiff brush,
and then 90 TO hairdresser once a month
for q dry shampoo, and once month the
hair should be thoroughly cleansed with
CASTLE soap and water. Why, nv regular
customers have their own brushes here, and
come as often as once a week. Look p
And, opening cupboard door. she exhibited
rows and rows of heavy English brushes,
each bearing on the handle the name of the
owner, and each accompanied by two
smaller brushes for cleaning the scalp.
Some of EN- are such fussers they won't
even look i'll my hand glass, you see, aud
the celluloid mirrors tied up with some of
the brushes
"How much does it cost to keep the hair
In nice order for a yearn
Oh not more than $50 or $40, but a
great many ladies come in to have their
hair dressed two or three times week, you
know, and then they spend $hD0, or per-
maps more, III one year l cha &c so cents
for clipping a bang ard 81 for shampoo "
btfrr oa1 Il trirNv i've -, 30
have her hair dressed preparatory to being
photographed. In a twinkling big white
apron was tied around her neck over the
Drectolre dress Of dull green, and heavy
mass OF hair OF Titian's color fell below her
waist
You don't mean that you want that
hair dressed just as it is9n
Certainly, why not!"
1t ISL t fit to dress, all dirt like that, and
80 oily it sticks together. Most any woman
VINO mad hair heavy and long like that
would know enough to appreciate it."
VI, | hate the color of it SO, l never
cared TO fuss with it. Red hair and white
n9rSes she said with little grimace
esi but that hair is ylish, you know
now. Why, it is considered the greatest
pa5uty IN some countries" and before the
9, really had the time to object, one Of the
sAV-Voleed, soft-handed assistants was
scuDtlng some kind of lotion in silver
e4P on 10 her scalp with hard little brush,
S'4 tne next she knew all the mass of her
oaH was hoatlng in a marble bowl with
0I'ehate streams of hot and cold water
paving upon it, all so neatly and sklllfully
a soi that not drop of moisture
B iSouel tne pretty gown. And then leaning
S GacA IN rocking chair, while the atten-
an1 tossed the shining strands above a
eater sue chatted away to her sister in the
SIoA.humcatlve strain a woman ALWAYS
Nus INTO when her hairpins are out.
NV Il the expression in this picture will
IN D! 10 good: never have any expression
4haJs probably because you haven't
b bu5 out OF the picture, sweetly suggested
tr ~, 's s They can't reproduce in a pic
tan' tnLngS that don't exist" and then the
ci,S alIted on to a leading actress in the
sn3 =. HOSe character isn't above reproach,
sat que girl with the wet hair dreamiIy
tLo Oh' she seems like an angel to me IN
sage The dimple deepened in the
n rn,,n eSsers cheek as she bent over an old
,n mas with yellow gray hair and a bald
# w, Trying to convince her that she didn't
Il snd q Fsyche knot and Russian bang.
n strdin,. s . TO the girl: IF you'd see her
wjb through the street in an old ulster
over -. Ier hands in the pockets you'd get
II or Il. ~ mat She doesn't even walk well.
scriba iAe lady, and hornely doesn't de-
II bre ~ "Tt. Then she added under her
n her Sir.. "A nice angel, she is. I'm afraid
",V.uts are little smutty"
l0dr a' curly hair switch she said TO A
sm9o.t ~ had come in with close knot Of