Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
IT'S EASY TO BECOME A BLONDE.
An Explanation of the Restoration Of the
Color of PATHS Hair,

Nine PATHS temperance TINS year as
brunette has, apparently. revived interest
ing gossip concerning the ready tran5for-
nation of brunettes into blondes and
their restoration, says the New York Sun.
The processes have astonished the town
for couple of decades, and 1T Is known
that the diva successfully tired the ex-
pertinent just before her last lare-
well to America two seasons ago.
She had departed TO her castle at
Craig-y-Nos, III Wales, black haired aud
happy, and she reappeared with head OF
hair that the enthusiasts described as
bewitching Titan red" The secret of the
transformation was peroxide of hydrogen.
Concerning the experiment the editor OF
the American Hdirdresser SAID recently
BLONDES will exist as long as peroxide OF
hydrogen is manufactured. III turns the
most pronounced brunette into charm
ing blonde at a ranging charge of from
81. so in the Bowery to $40 III Fourteenth
or Twenty-third street"
THE editor Is right" said Robert Bell
chambers, who used 10 be president OF
the Hairdressers' Union OF New York.
Nothing Is easier than to make blonde
nowadays of women whom nature has
thus favored. Nine. PATHS experiment
is an illustration of the facility with which
the thing can be done. Patti, however,
ONLY went through utli bhc pAthNbAhs PiO-
cess. and consequently she came out as
Titan, not blonde. When she stopped
washing her hair with peroxide OF hydro
gen her hair gradually returned TO It's
natural black.
Mr. Belchambers introduced peroxide
of hydrogen IN this country tor bleaching.
Pauline Markham, of the English
blondes theatrical troupe" he said, was
the first woman who used II IN this city.
a h. M alrn
Then actresses generally took 1t up. and
women in society followed the example.
liz used to sell in those days. when II was
a nine days wonder. at $40 bottle. and
know of women of wealth. who didn't
like the color of their hair, who paid as
much as $50 bottle for 1t. That lett a
profit of So 10 the dealer. Tor II sold
wholesale AZ SS bottle. Now IT finds
ready sale all over the world, and can be
bought for rs cents bottle. Here 1t Is"
He held up O six-ounce bottle contain
ing a fluid that was absolutely coioriess,
like water. 1t had a slight odor. =" Inc
process OF making blondes" he said. =" Is
To apply this to the roots OF the hair occa-
slonaily, after the first bleaching of the
hair. IL affects the coloring matter only.
The hair changes from black or dark 10
red, aud then 10 blonde. You can maze
IL any shade you desire.
AUv cOlOI VI hbit Ot bkCdNhiat
ANY except natural red. We can do
nothing with that unless We apply dye.
Red hair will not bleach. have tried for
wears TO find out the reason, but no one
could tell me-"
- But isn't it hurtful, poisonous!"
1.-The HAIR will grow out again its natu-
rnl color as soon as the use OF the wash IS
stopped: and as for the effects of the iiuid,
here's a sample of how dangerous IL is"
lie drew the cork Of the bottle, held 1t
up. and let its contents trIckle down his
throat. Then he explained: 1t Is not
only harmless, but II has been discovered
that II 10 an excellent antiseptic. Wheu
my boy had diphtheria some months ago
the doctor prescribed this. and II cured
him. IL cuts away that peculiar growth
in the throat that Is one OF the accOmpani-
ments of diphtheria, and 1t cleanses
the system. / have known for years
that it makes fine wash for the teeth. 1t
removes all the impurities and gives une
gloss to the enamel. You take little IN
your mouth and rinse the teeth. The mud
forms into soapy liquid like dentifrice,,
and cleans the teeth readily. You don't
even have to use Q toosh-prush. unless
YOU care to. The rinsing OF the mouth
is sufficient. There IL man IN town
who asserts that this peroxide OF hydro.
cen Is the great cure-all that the world
las been looking for, but he is az ex-
tremist. I fear. All that know about 1t
ia thst il does not injure the hair. and that
il Is 8 curative agent In diphthsria, and
that 1t makes an effective dentifEice. II -
seldom used. however, except for i:s or'ei-
nal purpose OF bleaching hai!. have ban
didn't knov why wanted L tested, ano
thew ~ thst Is y devoid II harm vhed
env,iSe6 "a fhA haiR " y. q