The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-21
PULLING OUT EYELAsHEs.
Remarkable Faddist Cure For All
Ills of the Eve.
From the Plttsburg Lender.

from tn6 IlllSDuTR l1edueT.
There is a fellow in Pittsburg, Pa,
known as the "wild-hair man." who is do
ing a thriving business. He goes the
rounds of the town pulling wild hairs"
out of peoples eyes. He Is a big, sturdy
mill worker, and he is curing all diseases
of the eye, real and imaginary by pull
ing "wild-hairs" out of the eyes of those
who will give him a chance.
In the office of the Leader, which this
auack had invited, the writer saw divers
men passing from desk to desk exhibiting
something which seemed to be most care
fully treasured, and then wrapping it up
and putting it away in the safest pocket.
And other men went around weeping CO.
piousiy and wiping tears from their drip
ping eyes.
These unheard-of proceedings at once
started the writer on tour Of investl-
cation. And, when no one would tell what
was in the little paper, so carefully treas
ured the office boy was sought. And what
the Office boy in a newspaper Office does
not know is not worth knowing.
"They are getting wild hairs pulled out
of their eyes," he explained, land they
have the hairs wrapped up in those little
papers so that they can show them to
their wives when they get home"
Then the finger of scorn was pointed at
these men. and they were held up to I'M
seemly rldcule by the writer. who had a
vivid remembrance of a grandmother who
pulled out half of the long lashes of a
certain little girl when the latters moth
er was absent from home, running the APP
pearance of her eyelashes forever.
But they stoutly declared that they felt
better already since the wild hairs were
removed. and added that the millman had
removed similar hairs from many of tie
dignltaries of Pittsburg. To prove their
statements, the names of divers lawyers,
one judge and many prominent business
men were given who had been treated by
the aforesaid millman.
This was getting serious, so one of Pitts
burg's leading occulists was interviewed
on the "wild-hair' fad.
He laughed merrily when questioned on
this subject.
II have had as patients "a number of the
neoDle who permitted that millman to pull
out their eyelashes," he said.
''In fact, have heard OF him from all
sides. He is working among both the rich
and poor He pulls the lashes out of the
latters eyes for nothing II they have no
money TO pay him IL is a fad with him.
He really believes he is helping them.
"a more absurd notion could not exist
than that there are wild hairs In the
eyes" he declared. when the eyelashes
are in their normal position those on the
lower lid grow outward and downward;
those on the upper lid outward and up
ward When these 'wlld-hair' fiends see
one that is out Of the regular position he
declares that II has a white root. 1t Ii a
wild hair and must be pulled out That
Is all there Is In the 'wild-hair' idea.
ut is a very old notion, prevalent, OF
course, among colored people, who are ig-
norant concerning the treatment and care
of fhe eye. / thought II was dying out.
and was surprised to learn that this mill
man could find so many people who would
permit him TO pull hairs out OF their eyes
have had to treat a number OF his pa
irons.
lyon cannot say too much about the
folly Of permitting any one to pull out he
eyelashes."