The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-09
EST OF HAIR.
Io,,p6uss GATHERED IT
HEADS OF THE POOR

d to Get a won"" W.. Al.
sI.f clory'-rhsr' ', wa, wa Va
s.rl.t, For False Hair "~
Fashionable Ladies'
:. tbe fact that in 1884,
p ,"' flaxen hair was pur-
enI sead at 10 shillings, an
s.1 her. fine hair fetched
ST In, the same guam
i l,'t the present century the
T. u families in Devonshire
\ the year at SO much .l per
m .uJ Of Exeter going
n, "oriods to cut the locks,
w. ~ tbe skull of each bereft
.e ~ use of false hair as an
~ beauty was not unknown ,'
Y. 'i Is we'll proved. The
IT,. and Egyptians, long
I'm Of the Christian era
n wearing of tresses s, OBJ
fther persons heads; , Iney
sar as TO paint bald heads
-" !, them as covered with
\ marble caps so painted
valuable merchandise in
\ Of German women is
ancient Roman history.
that has doubtless often
N is, Where did all TINS us
n; This question l VIII
rswer. With the coming
y midlands and west OF
Ind what may fifty be
rlsr class Of nomadic indi-
4 with long, iron tipped
rirs leavy packs of mer-
m their backs. At first
Culd have taken them to
awkers, yet merchandise
fcessory to their strange
pv were the coupeurs, the
irsute harvest.
b long, keen shears, they
AZ seeking the tresses OF
ns dwelling in outlying
Iillages of peasant France,
BIS business it was. From
, until the shadows OF
4 thickly they did their 10
day-oftcn fruitlessly and
cmachs, their only bed the
Auvergne these seekers
ere known as chimneurs.
called them margoulins.
lave not fit English paral-
iOus journeymen exerted
gain their ends-a good
the former preferring the
a workroom, the latter
BIT the dwellings of their
!. In summer the Brittany
5 often seen going through
rrying his long staff, from
twists of hair, while he
hi tones the well known
at the sound of which
with an itching desire to
bf his gewgaws, attracted
5 attention. He was only
dazzle their eyes with his
wares, and the bargaining
b begin. While the women
pCdS the margoulin weigh
with his hand, Il proceed
be was adept through long
bargain ended, the woman
bundant locks in return for
cotton stuff or "a gay pet
ch, thanks to the progress
the coupeur had to add q
money. Sometimes the
|as not completed without
ION on both sides. Very
Peur had to return to the
to female INDIGESTION, and
fhan happy when sure that
BE would not rob him OF
FED trophy.
nthorlties interviewed, cut.
nducted in public as an
onlookers, it being con.
entertaining to hear lC
cupeurs eulogizing theil
rotesting his to be far SUI.
leilOw's. The prohibition
drove the hair harvesters
rent for the day unoccu.
llarS' stables or any corner
hd wherein to establish
ficks were then stuck up,
lng suspended petticoats
indication of what could
mango for tresses; to the
attached twists of hail
The ruse succeeded,
casting envious glances
FOiored garments. They
anu even tried on, thu,
pOritunity to the coupeur.
ialr customers-who die
and victory rewarded tn,
Al Auyergne-where tn,
most numerous tn,
was reaped on st. john,
Il
S'Aering extended from
Otr' during which montl
O OaS, locksmiths, etc.
Auinary avocations TO.
Ieur' returning to thei,
u'S with the coming O
y A.. The hair of diferen
distinguished by certain
instance, that of Au
cOarsest; the finest am,
IN Belgium; the blackes
IN Italy, while that pro
y was the most beauti
' .as' well cared for