The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-28
HER CROWN OF HAIR
HOW WOMEN GETIT AND HOW THEY
PRESERVE IT.
Kate Jordan Learns Something In a Hair
store-A Good sign-S Some Valuable

Especial Corresoondence.l


Especial Corresoondence.l
NEW YORK. July e. -"Woman's
crowning beauty is her hair" an adage
as old as the hills, and verify the part that
hair plays in making face gentle or hard,
pretty or the reverse. is really wonderful.
As l walked besiLe young and well
known prima donna the other day my
gaze was drawn away from her pretty pro-
file TO the wondrous luster of her Titan
blond hair.
Il never saw such a polish on hair of
that color before," was my passing thought
when 1 was aroused by seeing her enter a
large hair emporium where six wax fig
ures turned their heads in naughty style,
displaying coiffures ''fearfuily and won
derfully made, - the despair of the novices
studying them, whose noses were pressed
fatty against the glass.
Well, went in too. II the prima donna
had her hair done there, wanted TO
know il. She did. / saw her enter tho
shampooing room, have her bang cut, and
comfortably settle herself, with a newspa-
per. for half an hours brushing at the
hands of def young person, whose very
movements inspired confidence in her
ability.
/ learned more Of hair in that 20 min
utes than knew in the whole course OK
my life | decided that hair is like some
peQple-they present a shallow appear
ance, and one doesn't expect much from
them, but on acquaintance they are found
TO be philosophers or something else equal
ly deep thinking 1t is really marvellous
what part human hair plays and has
played in the history of the world.
For instance, that blond switch which
madame takes down and fondles SO caress-
ingly with her long, def white fingers
to whom did it belongf Was she very
poor and driven TO the sharp edges of
necessity before she gave her locks for gold
a. Yellow Was she a German Marguerite
or a French Marie, who wantonly sold
them that she might buy coral necklace
TO attract a rustic lover on a fete day,
while hiding her shorn head under coquet-
ish cap? Or was she a pale, spiritual
eyed novice who heard the metallic fric-
ton of the scissors through the silence of
an echoing convent celi'
All, fancy, fancyi Hear what madame
says:
Hair cutters employed by big houses
the villages and buy wherever and as
cheaply as they can. The hair of all colors
is shipped together to the various houses,
and also 10 this country. It is first, my
dear, assorted according TO length only,
irrespective of color. Then come the col
ors to choose between. These hairs vary
from 10 30 SO inches. So, you see, the hair
from the lady of noble birth and reduced
circumstances goes in, for aught we
know, with the hair from the head of the
village girl and the modern saint. That's
the way romance disappears from every
thing in life, I'm afraid, If you only lift
the veil. There may be hair from hun
dred heads in this very switch"
Oh, how the dealers enthuse over natu-
rally curly hairi 1t is SO expensive that
only the very rich can indulge in it. \
woman who still cherishes an insistence
for false hair may buy switch that seems
naturally wavy and think she has bar
gain. Let her put it in water, and she
will see how soon the magic wave disap-
pears. The way this artificial beauty is
gained is rather interesting. The switch
Is braided by fingers as strong as bull
fighters, and tense rope goes with each
strand to hold it in place. 1t is boiled
thoroughly, allowed 10 dry in the sun
while still braided and then baked like
round Of beef.
The simple coiffures worn now require
little false hair, if any, and as result the
money made from switches and bangs is
UNNECESSARILY small. This is good sign
of wOman's growing sense and the SUI
premacy Of natural beauty, but it's very
bad thing for the hair dealers. They have
To make their profits by adding toilet prep
arations, curling irons and shampooing
parlors to their stock in trade and re-
sources. But 10 or Is years ago, in the
days when elaborate braids and puffs were
hideous chignon turned the feminine head
into protuberance Of ugliness, then, oh,
then, the French hair dealers laid the
foundations of snug fortunes.
So great was the demand then that hair
cut from the head of Chinese felons was
surreptitiously used in the cheaper grades,
Fancy a New York girl twining an ex-
cue around her classic head with an eX-
preston Of supreme content. OF course
she never dreamed of the appalling truth,
for the Monaghan hair was put through a
process of bleaching which, by rotting the
fiber, made it dry and fuzzy, thus destroy
ing its native coarseness.
Madame gave me some very valuable
toilet hints regarding the hair. Her re
marks began with Always" and
Never"
Always" said madame as she leaned
comfortably back and folded her white
hands, always, my dear, use pure CASTLE
soap, a little glycerin and very warm
water. Always dig at the scalp. Always
rinse the hair in warm water, then by de-
grees in cold water. Always dry by a sun
nv window, using plenty OF friction.
Never use artificial heat. Never put LIQUID
extracts in the water The spirits which
go to make up every perfume have tend
ency % turn the hair gray. Never use
alcohol in any form on the hair. Always
brush the hair on retiring for half an hour
OF 20 minutes and braid it loosely. SINCE
the ends once month. II woman
wants 70 give lighter tone 20 her naturally
fair hair, the white Of an egg Is harmless
and effective lotion"
But il you don't put extract IN the
water how IS one TO have the fra
grant locks which girls in books always
iisport I inquired
Easy enough, my dear. This is what
recommend, Make a full round cap %
hin silk-wssh silk Between = sheer
muslin lining and the silk put layer q 4