Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-23
NOVELTIES IN vANrrrEs.
Some Fresh Suggestions From New York
Respecting Flowers and wigs.

Respecting flowers and Wigs.
Correspondence Of The Evening sta-.
NEw YoRK, April 90, 1891
A novel and very remarkable industry has re-
Gently been started in this city. Il is intended
for the convenience of persons who have
friends in other cities in this country or abroad
to whom they may desire to pay polite little
attentions. Suppose that lady Of your ac-
quaintance il at present in Vienna and
you wish to send her fresh bouquet
1t is very easily managed You drop in
at certain florists ON Broadway and
pick out the flowers suitable for your posy.
Within two hours the bouquet you have
lected is delivered to the intended recipient
The florist has an agent or correspondent in
vienna to whom he cables the order, stating
the number OF flowers OF each kind, &C..
and the name Of the giver is written on . card
and attached to the bunch Of blossoms before
it is conveyed to the address indicated II is
the same with other cities in Europe and
America. IL your lady love 10 IN San Fran
cisco. you can send her a bunch Of vioiets or n
bouquet OF roses by wire, as it were, within a
few minutes.
MEN AND THEIR coNPLExIoSs.
1t is generally imagined that men are COM
paratively Indifferent as to their complexions
Accordingly 1 was surprised this morning at
being informed by the most noted skin doctress
IN New York that fully 20 per cent of her Gus
toners were Of the male sex. She said that
most OF them bought her remedies for troubles
OF an eruptive nature-pimples and eczema
However. there were not few who desired to
be treated for red noses, whether acquired by
the indiscreet use of alcohol CT conferred BY
nature.
The lady gave me pamphlet entitled How
to BE Beautiful" which was absorbingly in
teresting. l found that for S5-the price OF
three bottles of face bleach"-I could secure
a perfectly clear complexion. For > more !
could cause my skin to assume q ''girlish love-
illness, the special preparation for this pur-
pose being called pearl enamel" 1t only
costs 50 cents moro to give this girlish skin the
desirable '.velvety look" by means OF white
rose powder" while another half dollar
invested In red rose paste" wonid .'bestow
upon cheeks lips and finger nails color true
to nature" A dollar bottle of lightning
depiiatory" would remove any snperAuous hair
from my person, while another bottle of .'gol-
den hair tonic at the same price, would not
only restore the hair to the bald spot on top of
my head, but would also cause both eyebrows
and mustache to develop" The same little
book stated that leading causes of leanness
were mad love and jealousy" also that ladies
who board are apt to have the beauty OF their
forms marred by obesity for lack of exercise"
and that feshy ladies are most numerous in
warm climates"
THE HAIRDREssEn-
few doors away the sign of a "ladies' hair
dresser" hung out. / ventured in and ascer-
tanned from the proprietor that it is much the
fashion now for women to have their heads
shaved for the purpose Of increasing the vigor
OF the capillary growth One man in his EN-
ploy does very little else beside shave the heads
OF female customers some of whom come in as
often as once week for such treatment.
Meanwhile they wear wigs. An important part
OF his business. the owner of the shop said was
the clipping and crimping Of bangs. This sort
OF work Is all done by men. who are more skill
full than women in hair cutting. On the other
hand, women are the best dressers OF hair. It
was explained that the cutting Of ladies' hair
was an art far beyond that Of the ordinary
male barber.
Few women are satisfied with the color Of
their hair. Almost invariably they imagine
that 1t would he more becoming a shade darker
or shade lighter. So they apply to the hair
dresser, who bleaches or darkens their tresses.
Often 1t Is only the bang that they wish altered.
Peroxide Of hydrogen is the best bleaching
preparation known. IL applied sufficiently
strong it will soon turn the hair perfectly
white. Not few women have come to know
that white hair makes even young face look
more youthful. So it would not be surprising
if it should come to be the style for ladies to
emulate their own g,andmothers in this regard.
MAKING WIGS.
The most curious thing about wigs is the
lace made out of human hair which Is used as
basis for certain parts Of the finer sort Of
wigs. This lace 10 made on a cushion by hand
and is very expensive. The material en- dyed
in its manufacture Is always viii, air
The hairs composing the wig are
crccheted into the lace. as to be knotsed
in the meshes and held secure. In the
ease Of a ''toupee," which is intended to cover
a bald spot on the head. being fastened with
bits Of wax to the scalp, the entire ground
work of the article is composed of this lace; In
full wig there is only strip of it to cover
the parting. 1t has the advantage over any
other kind of lace that it does not show when
stretched over the skin of the scalp and it
never becomes d,scolored. Formerly the hair
for wigs was mostly imported from Europe
ready sorted into colors and lengths but at
present nearly all of IL comes over In a crude
state. the Mckinley bill having made the raw
material free of duty.