Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-04

But there Is no mOnOtOny In the busl-
ness. Every customer is "A study, and, my
stars, how they viii talk | declare they
ought to be Iluzzled for the protection Of
their families and the reputation OF their
husbands. The histories OF New York peo-
Pile which get every month from these
lazy, idle, rich reckless women would
make book of horrors that if 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 Iammany man told me that
Mayor Grant had sixteen tooth brushes in
his toilet room. She went through his
house during recent absence and found
many things to admire.
Another lady, pupil Of Mrs. Edmund
Russell, couided to me that she was a
Delsarte student and had been trying to
teach Bishop Potter how TO pronounce the
benediction, o la Delsarte, he was so very
graceless IN The use Of his dimity draped
arms and hands. She said that the dis
tinguishcd bishop was very good natured
about il, and was improving very much in
the uplifting of his Episcopal palms
FACTS ABOUT THE BUSINESS.
A complete change has come over the
Formerly gray hair was dyed and dark
bleached. but neitherdye nor bleachis used
any more for -eyeral 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 She 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 family good looking,
with small features, the bleached wig
makes her absolutely ugly Most children
are fair haired, but ufte" eight or ten years
nature darkaas the gold TO bronze, brown
or auburn, and it stands TO reason that il
a girl of sixteen cannot ear bright yellow
rnglets certainly an adult of twenty-siX or
forty six should not attempt TO do so,
) On the stage or in the soft radiance OF a
chandelier candelabra, assisted by patches
and powder, any one can don blond wig,
but 10 appear in 1t in the searching rays of
1 daylight would be madness.
/ Now all the hair Of fashion is colored
/ whatever shade it viii take. When wom-
an begins 20 get gray She becomes alarmed
aud unhappy 1t morJilies 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 gayuJies of youth in the society
Of her children. If her wrinkles and crows
feet cannot ne rubbed out by hand mas
sage they can at least be filled in by rice
powder and toned down under the drapery
of lace scarf~ dotted wells and hair fronts.
Ii 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 middle-aged woman
on Che stage who has not been Obliged to
color her hair, and the example set by The
actresses and singers who began their
career Ia DR. before the seventies, he mat
rons aud spinster, OF 4cigty have followed.
have bad my hands in the hair of nearly
every prominent Singer aud actress on the
stage and have pu'iel the wool over the
eyes Of half the women in the Four Hun
dred set
ALL KINDS OF HAIR.
( Young women have their hair colorej 70
initiate their elders and old women to hide
the gray Now, coloriug ham is pretty
much like k lsomining, and unless the OPP
orator understands the art the work will
/ be streaby This streakine,s is what does
/ the mischief A woman finds that instead
\ of a copper color her hair Is mulJi-color-
/ chestnut, iron rust, ssssatras and mud
! brown alternating. This of course is annoy
( Ing, aud results i'm making the victim the
] habitue Of the hair establishments She not
only goes from one house to another for
/ treatment, but gives herself shampoos
with WASHING Soda strong ammonia, lye
! and other preparations in the hope of get
/ ting one fast shade of rel or brown.
They come 10 us in rllstages of nothing.
! The hair is generally straw like or dead,
the oil ducts being psrcaed, and very fre-
Quruay it Is 50 elastic that it can be
stretched like the rubber stems Of imported
1 flowers.
! Ia this business we become very we'll ao-
I quainted with our patrOus-that is 10 say,
with their defects, and frequently with
/ their skeletons. Although woman may
/ not give rs her name we put initials, Cos
. sip and random talk together and learn her
/ identity. IoI would be surprised to know
I what very poor material society women are
made IT. ILsy have no hair, no complex
ion, no figure, very httie eyesight, and fire.
queutly manufactured teeth
/ never receive a new customer without
saying TO myself, what cool YOU are
making Of yourselfr' But theL, business
( is business. aud IL ! were TO tell the woman
. that . color d name would keep her in
I misery, cost q great deal of money, trouble
and ridicule and deceive noe but herself,
! I should be bounced" from the staff. It's
no use tryinz TO fight nature. When it's
time for the silver crop il viii come in spite
/ of everything. If my little old mother WAS
I foolish enough 60 want her gray hair col
ored cows tsii red like Beruhardt's carrot
red like PATHS, or briudle brown like Fan
, ny Davenport, a, should advise her to have
\ her scalp shaved aud wear wig That
{ woud save time, annoyance RuS money.
4 But if all the cid ladies followed her ex-
ample there would be no further use for d
I hair colorist-New York World
7 1t appears thar Eleanor Kirk. the well
known Brook lyu writes. must have a waste