The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-07-09
THE FALSE. ssAIa MAnksT.

Psassnt Cir-s and Chinamen ssll Thsfr
'HAsaArs Lscirs 70 DealsrE
The Quality and color Of the hats
were subjects Of speculative theory for
the ancienta Lank hair Vas consid-
cred indicative Of rusillanimity and
cowardice. yet the head Of Napoleon
the Great was Railtless Of . single curl;
while frizzly hair was thought an indi-
cation Of coarse ness and clnmsiness
The French. hair market Is very remark-
able.
There are wholesale firIns In. Paris
which send round agents In the spring
to various breton and sothernvillages.,
These agents are provided with ribbons,
silks, laces, haberdsshery and cheap
jewelry 81 various kinds. paying for the
maiden's glossy tresses in these goods
or in ready money. -sY (
So far as personal beauty is concerned
these Breton lasses do not lose much in
losing their hair, for;it Is the fashion IN
that part Of France for maidehs TO wear
. close cap which entirely prevents any
part Of the hair being seem
Within the present century the heads
of hair Of whole families IN Devonshire
were let out. by the year at So much
rent per poll ts&N.
An Exeter periwig maker went round
periodically, cut the locks and oiled the
ground thus left in stubble to stimulate
fresh crop. NJ M 5557s-.-,z5
The hair is dependent upon its color
for its marketable value, and the color
depends In some degree Typographical
position. 8Eya
The light-haired races Of mankind are
mostly found north Of the parallel of
forty-eight degrees, comprising, SO far
as Europe is coneerned, England, Rel
gium, North Germany, a.large portion
of Russia and the Scandinavian COM
tries II
The black-haired races of the Sunny
South cease about forty-five degrees,
while between forty-five and forty
eight degrees there is sort Of debat-
able land of brown hair There are
however, many exceptions to these linn
its. for the Celtic. race.in ireland md
the Norwegian race in France have
t black hair in spite Of their northern
: position, II sfasr s1&K ffA
The brown hair Of middle Europe
seems to be a kind Of neutral tint, natur-
ally resulting from the admixture of
the faxcn-haired races of the north and
@the black-haired population of the south.
L The black hair imported comes mostly
from Brittany and the southof France,
and is, as rule, very fine and silken.
The light hair comes from Germany,
where it is collected by the agents of a
Dutch company, who make yearly Wis
I its to various parts of the Germanic
states Some years ago the light Ger
! Iuan hair was held in such esteem 4by
the hair merchants that they gladly
! paid as much as eight shillings an
, ounce for small quantities of it-nearly
double the price Of silver. y
The supplysof hair sent from China
TO Eurckc amounted to 80, 900 pounds
during the. 3ear 1890. 1T was exported
from Canton. and, if Consul sAlabastsn
may be credited, it came from the heads
! of beggars, criminals and dead per-
|, sons Those who try to conceal ths
ravages of time or TO add. to then at
Effectiveness by wearing false locks will
not be pleased at the thought that the
much-prized head adornment once
formed n pigtail dependent from the
head of a beggar, criminal or dead
perSOu II london Standard