St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-20
We have all of US had our hair washed

we have all or US mad our mar WaSileu
in the homemade way, which filled our
ears and eyes with Soapy water, made
cur necks feel as if they were on the
verge of leaking, and left us wet, dis
leveled and altogether uncomfortable.
We felt clean after we were dry, but we
lid it Just because we ought to, and not
It all because we liked it. Moreover,
We didn't do it any more freq uently
han our cOnsciences demanded. That,
however, was long ago,and now if there's
one woman in all st. Paul who doesn't
enjoy having her hair shampOoed. let
her stand forth. or course 1t isn't done
1t home. Time was when woman who
took bath in public bath-well, we
simply didn't do it, that's all. and when
Turkish baths first came i'll, we felt de-
.ightfuliy wicked every time we IN
,iulged. Now, one takes a Turkish
bath every fortnight without thought.
Everybody does it, and every woman
goes to the hair dresser once month
10 be Shampooed.
If your head aches, if you are tired of
life and weary of sawduSt stuffed dolls,
30 and be shampooed. You go To mad
anne, the hairGreSser. She seats you be-
fore mirror, on the shelf below which
is a bewildering array OF bottles. A
great towel is pinned about your neck
over YOUR gown, and with dainty fingers
madame takes out the hairpinS and runs
Aer fingers through your hair careSS-
ingly, making now and then artfuily
iattering remarks. Your hair is SO fine,
80 soft-it grows so prettily, and is so
long. Then she brings great tin pan
of hot water and sells it behind you. 1t
has an extension like the side of coal
scuttle, and On this you lay back your
head, your hair in the water. The
water is very hot, and with sponge
and some fine soap madame washes
YOUR scalp tenderly and thoroughly,
rinses in clean hot water and wipes it
GENTLY with towel.
Then comes the drying The average
hairdresser fans your hair dry, but if
.you have fallen into good hands your
tresses are dried 10y gas. The contriv-
ahce may be patented. but far the sake
of humanity and hairdreSSerS who read
The GLOBE | will describe it. 1t is a
cylindrical gas stove with hoOd-iike
projection and q wide, fiat plate to
spread the hair ont on. With the hood
over your head, your hair dries in a
jitTy, and feels delightfully."- crisp and
soft. 1t is dried, too. clear to the scalp.
so that there are no damp places to grow
musty. Then the ends of the hair are
carefully singed. treatment far better
than trimming with scissors.
After that your hair is something to
be proud of, and You're not human if
you don't stay to have your hair dressed.
even if it bankruptS you. Madame is
so deft that curiS and crmpS Seem
iairly to grow under her fingers. These
days, ii your face will bear it, she
tastens nearly all your bang back, and
gives you a part. Now, the woman
who can wear her hair parted is
seldom met, but when she is,
the effect is delightfully."- demure
and old-fashioned. The woman who
can't wear IL part and doeS-well. mad
anne pities her. ''She is terrible" she
iisps, as she gives your finished and
wonderfully becoming coItfure quick
spraying with a mist of perfume. IL
like not. She blondines, that woman
who does not know, and that ruins her
hair. But you"-and madame looks at
you in the glass in way that makes
you think her a woman OF rare good
taste, and pats your white, straight
part admiringly. She takes off
the towels then. and before
you know it has whisked out bit of
rouge and powder puff. Just a
soupcon," she says. and then well, you
go back on all your principles, and come
away with a guilty conscience and two
but madame did, and of the two. with
the blissful feeling your perfectly dis.
played hair gives you. you think