Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-19
ROMANCE DF HUMAN HAIR.
How the Ess, 81 Dead People Is
Made Up into Jewelry.
VALUE OF HUMAN TREssrs.
Regular Hair unrvests I'm France
and Italy, Where All Shades OF
black ana brown Are secured.


wriier OF this article happened on 4
man who has spent his lifetime in the
manipulation OF human hair; trans-
forming II Into wigs. crowns. friEettcs
anu All the other kinds OF false"
mar anu weaving Il into watch chains
oFeslaHa ruards. bracelets. as wen as
n'uuntn In locksts. rings pins,
eoiIines brooches and working Il
up INTO aii .!.ils OF fiorAl designs ana
emblcms ''- NV
, z charming head OF hair on a worn
al' ne said, "is thing OF bASufy
MI, ,nuvvu a GROWING glory. out 10 4
| H.. w"ther ~ Ia OF little value. Even
Nhc luigoat hair before II has nnas,J
through tho handn OF the nan,ye,
surert IL woll-nish worthless rbe
ii"lL or womuns head which h. THIRTY
ihshss IN length, Tor example. would
'9 ~ &c worth more than sixty cents.
remember q woman coming int
my shop ono night and offerins 20 I'M I'm
NY mar She said she was a Hean,an's
WV, nnd. not having hoard from him
~ many months. was In deanerntc
sVAlts Tor money She wanted 10 knn,v
huM nueh would give her for her
nulV, Whlch was OF Considerable lrnvtb
l refused to cut Il on: / wouidnT on,
any womnn's hair on. II ia sueb n
ueinofhllalng. degrading thing To dc
unu thc tact ~ emphasized whom air.
n,,nr Nhe cause of the sale How.
nssi., : wuH N = position to obtain hot
back "u9pahu came
we get our finest descriptlo.s OF
,atlri continued the subject OF mis- In.
.VrNltW' IRON France and itaiv
n Wa,Sreo come all shades Of black and
Speln supply the market Win Sroxn
,lgnt hlNen and rod hair. Gray bnir'
nouig round IN every parcel ia a.
scIlhed ms universal
On me Continent there are rogulnr
lur hofVestH During tho summer
time you can see al oVor,' r,t. ,il,,I..i.
ssluitr9unded by girls. with their boauti-
iuI hhlt nicely COmbed out. stnndInu
IN me waiting for their turn. Tho md.
n ,Sr nas N MS hands pair OF shears.
and the hair Is on. tied into a wish Xxi
,nroMh into basltet stnndInr---nt
thc Nhearcr'H side, And how much ID
you think that the girls Rct Tor thlsY
lSW cents Rpudy trlnket, or a
urihu, sllk handkerchief, Some podlers
uNNol from cottage to cottage plvinr
iheir trade, and the same performance
~ zone through. An average hpnd III
uhlI WelHhs four ounces When sur.
ncont mar Ia accumulated Il In sold 10
wv "niI manufacturers who submit Il
10 process OF cleansing and soriinlr
INTO various lengths and shades. II ID
ihvn ready FOR the wig.mnkofa. who
BUY u me- they require Il, paying ut the
RUE or twenty cvntH or 80 per ounce for
,ens,hH ot W inches to u lnehcs, to ms
many NhllllnES aa there are Inches for
lengths Of SO inches nnd upwards Tho
ErrhteHt demand ~ for hair from u
20 y lnohoa In length The longest fc.
mule hair on record In ~ incheH
The Tycoon Of Japan once connscat
Cd the hair Of whole province and
had II woven into n ship'a hawFer over
n quarter Of n mile long Then ne
discovered that steel ropes were IN *.
islence, and now the cable. compuacd
OF the pigtails Of the unfortunate JHrs,
repolrn before the eyes Of the curious
In Bethunl Green Museum
The gentleman interviewed puaacgsea
mugnlucent trophy Of hair, IN sisc
some three Zee, long by two feet high.
Ia tho form az buaket of Anwcrs
every TOM pycry petal, aud every atom
Of which a. composed OF cunningly
wrought bales from the human head
How long II took 10 create Ii ~ lmpos-
Mblo to say but years unquestionuhly
He has other similar displays. mostly
the work Of himself or his son, though
thoy pale into inaignihc1nco beside the
monument OF patience in question.
The working OF hair into ornaments
has gone out OF vogue considerably OF
late years, but seafaring men even
now are great lovers OF this form OF
momonto. Naturally, their favorlte
designs assume tho forms OF anchors
compaHHca. and other things nautical
ono day gentleman came to the
subject OF this article and desired him
In most myHterloua manner TO weave
Hom0 hair, which he gave him, into tho
form OF n serpent; the head ana tall
were TO be Of gold, ana the tail was to
be fixed into the mouth. The serpent
was 20 be In two coils and to enclrclo
n golden heart pierced by dagger.
In order to thoroughly comprehend tho
design, he had 60 he let into the secret.
and this wna the explanation which was
offered.
The serpent was to represent the ma
ture OF certain young Indy 20 whom
the hair belonged. and who had lifted
the gentleman In question. The golden
heart was symbolic Of hin pure and
showed how deeply he had been wound
ed, The tail of the serpent being in
To mouth, Indicated that In inJurlng
her quondam lover she had also BIT
ton herself The iilted awnin was
most particular about the execution OF
the work. sent II back twice for alter
ntlona, and finally refused to have II
AT all. perhaps discovering the bathos
OF his scheme,
Another strange story he relates n
In connection with mourning ring.
one day whilst his daughter was In
charge two women came Into the shop,
and whilst pretending to be inspect
Ing some hair Jewelry managed to
steal a rather valuable ring. Many
months went by and the Incident, save
creating q suspicion concerning Hhaky
customers, had passed from mind. One
lay II gentleman came In and desired to
loe tho proprietor. He was out, but
10 his wife he handed n ring. saying
that they would doubtless understand.
The daughter recognized Il as the
stolen ring aud the rcstorer seeing
he questioalui looks upon the faces OF
lhe women said: 81 am "A Roman
Catholic priest, and received the ring
rom n dying woman. with request
hat would return Il to you. That 10