Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-21
CoNsI MPTION OF nam
London Merchants sell Five Tons al,
Human Trcsses AnuualI,

From the London Mail.
All previous records In prices maid IN, b,,-
man hair have been broken by the sun, inst
realized for lock from the head OF ga
ward ~.
hlsht suineas was the sum paid FOR this
scrap OF hair, and this works out nj Over
ti'"oo for the whole hirsute covering of ,b,t
monarchs head. ''''''
AS small portion of the beard Of Georya
III only fetched 81 lbs. Il would on,,,,.r
that relics of the victor Of Tewkesbur, al
Barnet are in greater demand than those ,,r
the Georgian monarch
II is recorded that I'm ages past n carf,;,,
Countess of Suffolk was forced 10 s.Ii IN IN
peautitul hair for f20 In order to nrovid. i,
repast wherewith to regale some r,+al.it
trends also, that an Oxfordshire Girl. 10
win a dowry. came up to London and soI5
ner halr AT e an ounce. and returned TO nor
NAIVE village bearing ESQ with her .u-I-i,
which money she bo,,.h. - -, WIN
band" Siit iieI nus
1t Is calculated that something like e.,
IONS OF hair are required annually by In
uoh merchants in hair. and alihnopb s,,,
II 81, aiIINe from various parts Of the world
'he puik Is chiefly French or Italian p-rou-r
Al Limoges the annual hair narket l.. ', ~,
ol lhe great events of the year Then ~.
young peasant girls blessed with Is,,ti,,.
- llpeh thither Tor the purpose Of sell
r.
turning home again with porlattlrn ,-,l.,-,
years crop INV " 'ilS
On the last occasion the avararo .,rf.,,
was as high as e. per kilogramrne on 3D..
us. a pound. but, ALAS this il onl,- IN,
ABOUT one-half what il was i'm Tho ma ir,7,.
DAYS of the chignon. i''''
Naturally the tresses OF novices who take
the veil figure largely in the hair bgr,-es.
some niue time ago a convent is said "a
nave sold over a ton of human hair r,r
1871 1879, or IS 80. per ounce. while "A single
convent near Tours recently disnatrt.5 Ne
much as eighty pounds Of hair To- a Par.ili,,,,
mar dresser which would be worth aIr,,ut
as many sovereigus
As the aforementioned weight represents
the locks of 800 nOVices which gives .scb
on an average four and a quarter ot1nr,-
IL is very obvious that the dcmoiscllos ~
louis cannot rival the professional hair
l,lI,o.,g OF the Hagte Nienne. who can
sometimes obtain e. for their locks
recent interview with a natiy. merchant
revealed the fact that IL los. was am av-
hair 9 -tedN VI
Hair which is worth abou+ a sbilIir, ~,
ounce when II is but eight inches long in
creases IN value as it increases in Length
ohtH IL rises TO as much as Sos an ounce
providing the original owner Is living Tar
the long hair which as a rule ryr,,v,s ,,,
corpses fetches but Us. an ounce.
Al me International exhibition of 1862
tG was SHOWN specimen Of jet-black
HaF measuring the extraordinary length of
"a inches. George Catlin one of me firsf
authorities on the North American Indian
records that chief of The Crow tribe nos
sesses hair 10 feet 4 inches long
In Melbourne recently however a lecturer
quoted the case Of a woman whose hair had
grown TO il feet, and was "habitually used
nights" ''e'
This gifted lady could make a good living
IN London by advertising the virtues OF one
OF the many hair restorcrs