New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
At THE HAIRDRESSERS.
THE SECRETS OF THE DYE BOTTLE.

| THE SECRETS OF THE DYE BOTTLE.
That's one Of the lambs" said an attendant In
a hairdressins establishment on the avenue. aud-
ing to q prosperous-looking dowager who had Just
| entered.
1.-The lambs:" repeated customer. interrogatively
Eyes, mean by the lambs the women In their
ffties who come here and want catogan brads like
schoolgirls when they've scarcely three hairs to
| braid and have double chns and heavy faces, and
need a lot Of hair to balance up. Women ike that
are willing to pay any amount OF money II we just
| can fix them up shipshape."
| Every finds the woman's hairdressng
paror" ian absurd name) trihe more like barber
shop than 1t the year before. The check sys-
tenn has not been adopted yet, but the fair Gus
toners take their turn In having their bangs cut
and curled, their hair washed beached or dyed as
the case may be, and there are funny papers, fans
| and fashion journals to help while away the time.
The shioned little "stay home who washes
the life out Of her hair by periodical applications
| Of borax hot water and perfumed soap would be
astonshed to see the number OF women who fire.
Quent these hairdressing establishments and the
businesslike way In which they are attended to.
The prima donna and the actress are not there.
They employ the services of French coffeur, who
| has the knack Of making the most Of the widest,
| wirest hair that ever dsfgured womans head.
Otherwise the representatives Of almost every circle
| OF society can be found In week in little New
| York hairdressing shop.
| Up In the shampoong room about dozen women,
with Bingham coverings around their shoulders, may
| be found any morning or afternoon sitting about,
waiting to be taken In hand by the attendants
drying their locks to be ready for the first ap
pication OF dye. Some sit In front OF an electric
FAM which blows their hair straight out from their
heads in Witch OF Endor fashion. Others, who can
not bear this strong current Of air. are being min
istered to by the attendants. who lift the hair In
handfuls and steadily ply their big pam-leaf fans.
The customers enjoy this head washing; 1t induces
delicious OF physical luxury, and their faces
express their sensatons-they look as II they want
ed to purr like kittens Some Of the waiting ones.
who have exhausted the supply Of literature in the
back numbers Of the magazines that lie about the
room, grow communicative and exchange conf
dences.
You have such lovely blond hair. shouldn't
think you would want 1t made dark" says one
woman to another whose very yellow locks stream
over her shoulders. The hair had evidently been
beached. but stIll 1t went we'll with her eyes and
complexion.
"Oh you see 1t makes conspicuous the
street." returns the fair deceiver Il have always
been annoyed by the way people stare at 1t. want
hair that will not be noticeable"
What shame for you to change that beautiful
suit OF hair" says another woman to young
matron who has had application OF henna
famed into her curly brown locks.
1T can be changed back IL / don't like It," is the
| careless j
year. | think this warm-coored hair is just su-
perb."
Saturday afternoon Is the busiest time In hair
dressing shop. and the best time to the types.
| II you not In a hurry you can find out lot o.
things without saying word Soon after lunch
time the fair matinee goers come In. You can tell
those who have formed themselves" the per-
sonality Of the various actresses by dozen various
mannersms ard Alterations. The matneegoers
know the value OF a ten-cent tip and when they
announce themselves in such a hurry" with
significant emphasis the "such." they are waited
on at once. Generally. all they want Is a bang
cured
About o'clock the forewoman, the cashier or
| the head bookkeeper from the early closing dry
goods stores IN For them also the front hair
must be waved frizzed. Next comes the gadder
and dler. With nothing to do but to slaughter time.
| Cheap diamonds are In her ears, and her fingers
glitter with rings She talks to the operator about
the splendid bargains she has secured at that
days special sale gets confidential: discusses her
family affairs, and anything and everything that
comes into her head.
Later the chirpy little Office girl saunters in. She
wears suspender suit. stiff straw hat and a tie
and standing collar with the trademark OF the
gents furnishing goods firm on the reverse sde
which she Is fond OF showing. OF slang she pos
sesses an inexhaustibe vocabulary. Watching the
| curling irons heating size refers to the gas coll as
that broer." and later tells the operator that she
isn't fresh enough 10 De cooked yet aWniie l'ur-
Ing the curling process she denounces the so-called
newest style such chestnut
| Now I want a good whisking." says this very
| modern young person: and after this demand has
been compiled with, with reassuring 'I'll you
later she departs. making room for an elaborate
school-teacher In chiffon dress who is going out
to dinner, and wants her hair to look as nice as
possible"
| Another girl customer arrives. with her own comb
| and brush put up in a napkin inside OF paper bag
| She wants her hair nicely brushed and combed
| However she may struggle TO avoid H. an early
| death Is the only thing that will keep this girl
| from being an old maid. She objects to the
| apron which the operator would put around her
| TO keep the hair off her Dress and offers to pay
extra for a clean one. She takes active measures to
| choke of any efforts toward sociabity on the at
tendant's part "Of course my head Is dirty other
wise I shouldn't want II washed" she says stiffiy
when the attempt Is made to engage her in CONVEX
saton.
III l approved OF hair toncs. would use them"
she announces later when asked in all good faith
II she wants a Regeneration applied ., -, ,,.,,.
She Is capitally brushed and combed i1r iosty
SOFT pretty sheen on her hair and eieanness OF
scalp that probably feels most osw Wns Ssr
She puts her ,t toes Te Sn the
In the glass. She asks about the price
Twenty cents II you just cut III!
And rs cents II you cut and curl III" she re-
peats. to make sure.
| Yes"
well. I'll have It cut and cured please Tween
ty-nve cents to a little bredd- winner who. maybe.
| does not earn more than s. a week Is quite an ex
pense but one not likely to be incurred again this
| year She keeps her bright dark eyes fixed on the
operator follows every turn and twist OF the iron.
and notices the trick she has Of telling when II Is
Just hot enough When this apt little body leaves
she has acquired points about an art that Will be
| useful to her. 49,
There some women who frequent this hair,
dressing establishment who at present are afflicted
with a green and yellow melancholy; these are the
women who have beached their locks 9 to faded led
| hairdresscrs can do nothing for Them because
the bleaching has taken every PIT OF the natural
| color out OF the hair and II will take three years
for Il to grow out again. Verify. the evil that
they have done lives after the desire to perpetual
| n and they envy their fortunate sisters who may
be combed and brushed into wholesome freshness
| and prettiness.
| In this cheerful shop Ave six big chairs are
.inr.r IN. ~ he room N front NJ thu