The morning call., 1890-06-22
BLONDES OF THE BOTTLE
A Hair Dresser's Views ON
GOlden.Hair Washes.

I2HeOW about bleaching the hair ?" re-
@H Gently asked a CALL reporter Of a
NS1S prominent hair-dresser, "is it as
fashionable as it WASP"
"More so. if anything" was the reply /;
"and," dropping his voice to a whisper,
"there are two ladies in there now," indi-
eating his operating-room by a nod of the
head in its direction, sand they are under
going the operation. In fact they have
brought their switches with them, to have
them get color, too"
"Why, do you operate upon switches as
well?" asked the other in amazement.
"Of course, why not? It's adelicate job,
too, can tell you; it's altogether different
from dyeing the hair on the head, for you
see switch must look like the hair with
which it is placed or it will be detected at
once. Now, OF course, all women know that
each other woman may have more hair on her
head than actually grew there, and yet she
does not want that fact to be oeularly
demonstrated to the rest Why, L have
spent hours in going over my entire stock
of false hair, and it is not small one l can
assure you, to match lady's hair. Some
shades are very difficult to match. The
shade may be the same, but the luster is
different So, when it comes to dyeing a
switch blonde to match the bleached hair
on the head, the result may be disappoint-
ment. No lady herself could do it success
fully; the art is in knowing when to stop
putting on the dye"
Which colored hair makes the best re-
sults? was the next question.
well, my own taste inclines me to pre-
fer that resulting from the wash on the
dark red brown hair. 1t has FURNISHED
hron that iS avytnlly fatahinp a
blonde will make straw cOlored tint, that
is much admired. But what amuses me
most in regard to the whole business is the
way that some attempt to deceive all their
friends and acquaintances, insisting that
they never use anything on their hair but
borax or ammonia, washing il frequently to
keep it light. No woman need imagine
that she can deceive the eye of an expert.
The manufactured blond tint is unmstaka-
BILE. l have overheard young ladies discuss
ing the charms of certain belle; she is
married now and no longer resident OF
our city; and they have allowed themselves
to get into a heated argument as to whether
or not her locks had been bieached. at
last one wound up the talk by saying:
We'll, l have known her from a child. and
her hair was only very light brown until
few years ago. Then she took to sitting in
the sunny window on the south side of the
house, with her hair all spread over her
shoulders. As this always happened just
before big party, L soon knew what to
think, especially as her hair took to grow
ing golden just about this time And |
say l was amused, for the young belle in
question had been one of my best custom
ers; in fact, gave her hair its first applica-
ton"
How often must the operation be re-
peated?"
THAT depends upon the original color of
the hair; the darker the hair the more fire.
quent must be the application. The tint
desired has something to do with the length
of time one must undergo treatment. Of
course an exposure 10 the sun is beneficial,
but it is not imperative. l have frequently
colored the hair in the morning for those
who wish to appear as blondes in the even
ing. The roots, you know, constantly push
out the hair, and so a retouching at the
scalp is constantly necessary"
Has the Patti red come into favor?"
"No, the craze is still for the golden
blonde"
Can you remove the golden tint as easily
as you have put it on?"
That's the difficulty. When lady has
begun to use the dye, she must keep it up,
or else submit to being a sight. For once
on the hair, IL must remain until the hair
has grown out in It's natural color. | must
tell you an amusing incident relating to
an experiment made by well-kn0wn So
ciety girl in this city about three years ago.
She was a decided brunette. One day,
thinking to surprise her fance, she bleached
her hair. He WAS as much surprised as
she could wish; in fact too much so, and
he then surprised her by saying that he
would not go to certain party with such a
looking fright She was Disguised, mad,
and burst into angry tears. Then she
thought to get ahead of him, so she deluged
her hair with liquid shoe dressing. 1t dark
ened her hair. but it blackened her scalp
and stained her forehead, so she had to stay
at home not only from the party, but from
everywhere for a long time. That cured
her, and she is wild if any one speaks to
her of golden hair dye or bleached blondes.
But would it surprise you very much if 1
were to tell you that young society man
here owes his golden locks to the chemistry
of art? 1t is a fact But if man will wear
corSets, what Can keep him from bleaching
his hair and powdering his face?"