The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-07

But there is no monotony in the bust
ness. Every customer is study, and, my
stars, how they will talk l declare they
ought to be muzzled for the protection Of
their families and the reputation OF their
husbands. The histories of New York peo-
pie which l get every month from these
lazy, idle, rich, reckless women would
make a book of horrors that il published
would give society fever and ague, chills
and spasms.
Some of the information, non-scanda-
lous, is often amusing. For instance, the
wife of a Tammaay man told me that
Mayor Grant had sixteen tooth brushes in
his toilet room. She went through his
house during a recent absence and found
many things to admire.
Another lady, pupil of Mrs. Edmund
Russell, confded to me that she was a
Delsarte student and had been trying to
teach Bishop Potter how to pronounce the
benediction, a la Delsarte, he was so very
graceless in the use of his dimity draped
arms and hands She said that the dis
tinguished bishop was very good natured
about it, and was improving very much in
the uplifting Of his Episcopal palms.
FACTS ABOUT THE BUSINESS.
A complete change has come over the
hair business in the last twelve years.
Formerly gray hair was dyed and dark
bleached, but neither dye nor bleachis used
any more for several reasons.
One is, that the powerful chemicals
needed to turn black or brown hair blond,
frequently penetrate the brain and produce
fever; another reason is the very trying
character of the blond hair against the
face Almost no shadow or relief is thrown
by white or yellow hair, and unless the
woman is young and fairly good looking,
with small features, the bleached wig
makes her absolutely ugly. Most children
are fair haired, but after eight or ten years
nature darkens the gold to bronze, brown
or auburn, and it stands to reason that if
q girl of sixteen cannot wear bright yellow
ringlets certainly ali adult of twenty-six or
forty,six should not attempt to do so.
On the stage or in the soft radiance of
chandelier candelabra, assisted by patches
and powder, any one car don blond wig,
but to appear in it in the searching rays OF
daylight would be madness.
Now all the hair of fashion is colored
whatever shade it will take When wom-
an begins to get gray she becomes alarmed
and unhappy. 1t mortifes her to have the
fact published, especially if she is public
character, with her income dependent upon
personal appearance as well as talent. She
may be in society, and anxious TO live over
again the gayeties of youth in the society
OF her children. If her wrinkles and crows
feet cannot be rubbed out by hand mas
sage, they can at least be filed in by rice
powder and toned down under the drapery
of lace scarfs, dotted wells aud hair fronts.
It only remains TO rub out the lines of sill
yer from the back hair to convince society
that her devotee is not old
There is scarcely a middle-aged woman
on the stage who has not been obliged to
color her hair, and the example set by the
actresses and singers who began their
career in or before the seventies, the mat
rons and spinsters Of society have followed
have had my hands in the hair of nearly
every prominent singer and actress on the
stage and have pulled the wool over the
eyes of half the women in the -Four Hun
dred set.
ALL KINDS OF HAIR.
Young women have their hair colored to
initiate their elders and old women to hide
the gray. Now, coloring hair is pretty
much like kalsOmining, and unless the Cd
orator understands the art the work viii
be streaky This streakiness is what does
the mischief. A woman finds that instead
of a copper color her hair is multi-color-
chestnut, iron rust. SaSsafraS and mud
brown alternating. This OF course is annoy
ing, and results in making the victim the
habitue Of the hair establishments. She not
only goes from one house to another Tor
treatment, but gives herself shampoos
with washing soda, strong ammonia, I've
and other preparations in the hope of get
ting one fast shade of red or brown.
They come to US in allstages of nothing.
The hair is generally straw Ike or dead,
the oil ducts being parched, and very ire
quently it is 50 elastic that 1t can be
stretched like the rubber stems Of imported
flowers.
In this business we become very we'll &C
quainted with our patrons-that is TO say,
with their defects, and frequently with
their skeletons. Although a woman may
not give us her name, we put initials, gos-
sip and random talk together and learn her
identity You would be surprised 10 know
what very poor material society women are
made Of They have no hair, no complex
ion, no figure, very little eyesight, and fire.
quently manufactured teeth.
never receive a new customer without
saying to myself, What a fool you are
making OF yourself!' But then, business
is business, and If were TO tell the woman
that cOl0red name would keep her in
misery, cost great deal Of money, trouble
and riGicule and deceive no one but herself,
l should be bounced" from the staff. It's
10 use trying 10 fight nature. When us
time for the silver crop it viii come in spite
Of everything. If my little old mother was
foolish enough 70 want her gray hair col
ored cows tail red like Bernhardt's 5, carrot
red like PATHS, or brindle brown Ike fan
ny Davenport S, l should advise her 70 have
her scalp shaved and wear wig That
would save time, annoyance and money. /,
But If all the old ladies followed her ex-
ample there would be 10 further use for a |
hair coloriss--New York World
i veritable curiosity has been captured I
IN Africa Il Is an elephant larger than /
the late lameuted Jumbo, pea green n /
color. trunk.ess and mas tusks thai branch |
out something Ike the horns Of a deer. IL i
is in possession Of native king, who viii 4
not part with it.
The mules IN Incle's coal mines, near .
Evansville. Ind, were hoisted out reoeat- /
". Some Of them had not seen daylight /
for eight years The smallest thing fright /
eCed them. flying bird causing them 20 I
jump, while upon seeing dog they would /
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