Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-26
FRENCH TRAFFIC IN HAIR.
Seven Thousand Workers In Paris En-
 gagged In BuH ing and selling.

Paris iS the center Of the fine manufaC- turc of TrCplr,l human hair Of course the rcfCrcnCc here is t0 wUnan's hair. for mans hair iS worthless for any industrial purpose. Aside from IhC houses that man ufacturc exclusively for the export trade, the city numlSrs alpCut ; uUO hairdrcsSCTs Lnd |, ,OOO wCrkmCn. about half Cf whom ErC engaged in the mauufaCturr properly EO called.
 The sourC,s o{ supply "f the hair may bc divided into JhrCc catrruriCs- The hair of the fiE>t cs.tccrry i> furnished by fnrCien count ri,<. India ard China lNCing the lar CCsr supplies The hair Is exclusively black and gray and comes in hoXCS, can fully TlCkC,l- In addition Ia these cuun- tries. Italy. SIa1n. ti' rIs!auy and Russia supply small ,ls.i,titjC>- The hair from India ard China uud, rECS7> quite an Clnb- Orsltc pr..vsIr.atiuu- IL l. first matched. suTt Cd and C,.u.J-d and then iIlsImcr<'d in a sCvuriu, solution Jinn CnI.lins- froIn this bath il l. united TOUt end to r,ut end and formed into l.SLs that arC ti,d near thC | rOnts IL XVt rcusa5n~ JO r'TGrr tt2C Ellr |, thin and q, Ni.slC and then tn !nlnrrss' it l In a solution ut sott saaa1 and ChlrraIe Ut I potash t0 rCUL,r il les lTitIlC- l-s-tly 2 definite Cu.cr and >hlI!C aTC give, Ii- \ l blond >hI,lv j~ sl1.sill,tl with VNy@sVIaa;ttt tt ! vatCrtT n ~ssg5srlt,,l ~.5luIivT "i rITgsaDlTt
 
 . a i, N hg,.s- 5u a l..:h IIrTIE. a W lih a de CCctiV- 6! I..-- --..ll= u- s-.1-.f sa.hy wood. i'll which ,-ss .5;s Ui iEu:l s dissolved, and ] into WLt,ls a lIst.C ~r Iss.C j. TI.r. in CEdCI ] Ia give l, a Iu>Jcr aI d D-luuVc inc blui>h ! tint Iyv-uliar T' th, hair of Ihc dead Finally il l. 8 s.cis.t. ly smmCT>iug II in ] sCv,T Tal lrs1L~ .f 2y-,s taaICL wafer tC which few '.-'' .r> .I al'l3co,''1.l Lave Inv Ii added Thus m Islr, G. IEC tLIIl,'ss ar Him -h. ! work it Ia tiss sr i..,-cy and aiICTwaFd sssll ! it at I.:urr CF ,~> '.'s si.-rltc I'giC,-S- Tie i.J:C>: l..lr, f".mir.., rl.c sronnd caE"- GoTy. l. tg.aI sf i'rarc,. and comprises a ] variety Cf >!..gs.s< NCvV,!in- l"O- The most beautiful i> furnished hy l-ImOuSin. Brit tlny. NurUl.g,!y aI.d BcaUCs'- Some lOtS arC derived frsm young ladies bSaU1inc z 1 sChuol> and Tn Sm CvuVcu1>- All this j. ! collected Ey travelling men CIllrvd cutters who make ti, IT cirr-u;t tuwaui >Prius and ] visit tho ViIia-C< iu gathCr Ih,ir emp l-i soma lnC,.ilti,~ "f Brittany and -iuvcrEEC- ] on CCrtaiu ll.g.ACt days. the danss-ls N Inc desire tO sClI tl5c;r hC.ld uf hair GCr ur on n caSk. undo lhgir hair and allow il Io fall | over their shoulders An auction SUou lss- l gins. ard every lot, as SoCn cut. l. de livCrSl Ia the highest bidder for spot cash This prCtlUCt CiuCs not Tass into inc ba;h, i but is simply combCd and then scourrd l with buCkwhcar flour.
 l Finally the third category comprises hair twhi,h. II must bc confessed, it Class.c,I au:ODa; the Iu,r>t CStCVmCtib derived 1 from the rIIDg of C'mbtuE~ collected by raEpickCT>, who stuff it in'o lSlE> just a: they find it, s5i!Cd by dust fClIcSl l.y Wa | ter and IdECIinE to thc swVVTaira:~ Ui houses, and sell II |" small '.sanI.i.a, s-scr> | who undertake to utilize it---Auus.3s In | dust Cll,S