The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-12
TRIPLES LIGHT AS HAIR.
k6oME OF THE FoLDERoLs THAT
: MAKE UP THIS WiGGED WORLD.

Dressing Nomen's Halr-Ihe Oraole anu
, the Grave at the Bang Curler's-A
Miss of Eighteen Months and Woman
The proprietor of one of the best known
>women's hairdressing establishments IN
Brooklyn, who has been in the business al
most since childhood, was quite willing to
talk when approached by reporter yesteT
day afternoon;
"Busys Very, just now" she SAID 10
answer to the first question propounded.
many of my customers are preparing 10
leave the city. Consequently | have my
hands full giving their hair last dressing
before they 20. What do / have most to
doY Well, a large part of my summer
business is in the manufacture and sale of
hangs of water curls Then there are the
cutting and curling of bangs. shampooing,
bleaching and dyeing, singeing and hair
dressing which, from the lst of November
changes place with shampooing in relative
Importance"
Are the women who come TO you young
or oldg"
zone of my customers today was miss
of eighteen months whose little bang had
eighty-seven who brought her false hair to
be treated As most of ray hairdressing Is
bang cutting and curling, the majority oil
my customers are between sixteen and
twenty-eight years of age. There is much
more false hair worn than people think,
especially in tuck up switches. Whyi
Because false hair can oftentimes be
handled much more artistically than natu'
raj. The heavier the hair the less artistic
il can be arranged as a rule. And it is i'm
possible to keep an artificial curl in haiI
for any length of time. The bangs of what
we call water curis, that is, which damp
ness and perspiration viii not affect, are
made of natural curl hair. OF late years
people are giving more attention to THEN
hair than formerly, but still women will
forget that their hair should not be kept
up at night. 1t should regularly be let
down, brushed and braided"
What about shampooing"
I'VE go TO work just as BARRIERS do upon
men subjects-with a lotion and a bath.
OF course, the labor is IN rubbing the scalp
thoroughly through the long masses of
woman's hair. Then we have to dry it
carefully, which is a tedious process.
think the time required for shampooing
womanis hair is about four times that re-
ouired for a mans. We do not have SO
much shampooing as we ought. A WON
ans head should be thoroughly gone oven
in this way at least once a month. But
some people who are very clean otherwise
think their hair should take care of itself.
OF course, we do the most shampooing in
the summer months. In the fall and win
ter, with the beginning of balls, parties
and wedding receptions, hairdressing
proper makes up for a falling off in the
use of the shampoo. The dressing we do
mostly at the residences of our customers"
Are women having their hair cut as
much as formerlyi"
mo, indeed The short hair craze is
dying out. But She bang has come to stay
''What more would you like to knowi
About bleaching and dyeipgi Well, bleach
ed hair has given way to red or auburn,
andevevy one is striving to obtain shade
of the latter. Appropriation called blondfne
was used to bleach the hair the beautsful
yellow and gold. Auburnine Is the ,
paration with which we change q wornan's
locks to chestnut brown or red. How many
of my customers are having their hair
colored? Twenty or thirty in a hundred
at least. We cannot turn dark hair white,
or rather dare not, while it is on the head.
The acids used should be afraid to put on
the scalp. No, we don't do much dark
coloring of white hair. That the women
prefer to do at home. Blondine makes
gray hair winter"
lis it true that women are very sensitive
about being observed in the hands of the
hairdresser7"
THAT depends. If they have abundant
hair they never ask for a screen Other
wise they aresquite likely to demand it,"
"Is much smuggling done2 There is. With
a wax taper il is possible to SINCE the end
of almost every hair. This prevents the
hair bleeding and losing its strength-con-
seeuently from falling out. l believe that
frequent cuttinEsof the hair is what makes
so many men bahdheadeds"
Aren't many-women in the same pre-
dicsment!"
Comparatively few. think baldheaded
women generally have had long hair which
has dragged itself out by its own weight.
As rule people whose heads perspire, men
or women, do not have good hair. / do not
believe that sex has anything to do with
the quality of hair. Some mems hair is
finer than that Of women, and vice versa.
Hair cutting? Yes, some. Where do
YOU get the hair,used in manufacture? 1t
iis all imported We never buy hair in
this country because it is what we call
'raw'-of uneven length and uncleaned.
In Paris, the long tresses which are bought
of the peasant girls are boiled and sorted
according TO color into various lengths of
%, "A, % and less inches. Itis sold by the
ounce. after, of course, the color, quality,
including fneness and gloss, and length
are taken into consideration. Gray hair is
the most expensive. Then come certain
shades of blond, the drab, for instance,
which is peculiar TO Swedes and which we
cannot get by bleaching. Next is red hair
and, finally, various shades of brown and
black. 1t is acurious fact that hair can
not be raised IN this country. Women
who come here with long tresses very soon
find they are losing them"
"Don't'women ever bring their hair to
you to sells"
VERY seldom. AS said, good hair for
manufacture does not grow in this coun-
try. Besides, no dealer could take it raw
This Is one reason why the stories about
Jack, the hair clipper are TO be discred- |
tied. Unless man cuts the girls hair |
SCom a spirit OF mischief, there could be no |
motive for his act. Certainly he could not |
sell the locks. l don't know that | can |
give you a good idea of the value of the |
commodity. Here is a switch twenty-four l
inches in length, of black, d common color. |
Well, that sworth about three dollars an |
ounce.
What are my prices' Well, to cut and |
curl the bang / charge twenty-five cents. |
This operation requires about twenty min |
uteS. For singing, which takes hall an |
hour: dressing half an hour and sham