The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-28
HER nam TuHNpD GREENs
Actress Only Wanted 20 ChnnEe IT,
tiue From Golden 20 Auburn.
FROM the New York Times.


From the New York Times.
Because John Niehl. druggist OF Third
avenue and Thirteenth street. sod 70 Miss
Lille Verona chemical tha, turnei her
hair green Instead OF auburn. che is now
suing him for SEQ damages II she wins.
however, Air Kiehl wiz not be out OF
pocket Tor he IS insured 10 the amount
demanded against the .epnscquenccs OF
pusainir misiaao..
Miss Verona has appeared with various
theatrical companies a. roubrettc. Now
she Is afraid that her career is bhgiited.
for the vaudeville MANAGES are not pro-
ducing many plays n any an an, ID which
there appear fmpefaonatious OF mcrm8lda.
UntG three weeks ago the hair Of the
souhrette was q golden hue. Che want
ed Il changed 10 auburn. Accordine 90
her story. she went 20 professional hair
changer and asked his advice lie told
her rhnt the very thing 20 40 the Job was
a solution Of water and powdered henna
leaves. Henna leaves m. their pulverized
form, are used for making paints ana the
Ike. but the soubrettc I'D not know
that. Accordingly she repaired 20 the
drug store 81 VI Kiehi and asked for ten
cents worth Of the powder
As 90 whether she told the clerk what
she intended 70 make Of thc drug d a
matter " contradiction. The clerk says
no. thc actress says YES
In any case. she Went away from the
store and. after reaching her room. which
Is a. lS2 East Seventeenth street she
mixed the solution a. directed hy the pro-
fess.onal hair changers This was In the
evening Fairly the next day she awoae.
and her FIRST thought was 81 the losion
applied on me previous night What was
her astoulshmcnt on looking into the mir
rOf. to find that her naxep tresses were
stFeaked with brilliant gEcen, MOI. the
same hue or gtcen had spread al over
her head. for Ia some places the wash had
taken darksr ooier- than IN othera Yei
the general effect was decidedly verdant
A TO what happened after the disc0v-
cry her counsel. II. Strassman. tens this
story.
when my client found that she was
green on the hair she tried every kind ol
a wash 20 hring back che original golden
tint. No use. Then she went to- consult
hair specialists They examined her head
by the ala of chemicals. they washed 81
much they ga everything they could
think OF 10 drive away the green. ~ last
all Of them declared thar the color was
there 20 stay and that the only color they
could substitute for g would D. y jei biz *
II they should apply any other color Of
dye they said. the green would be- bound
TO show itself in some shade. Nov. Miss
Verona does not want black hair She Is
a natural blonde. and black hair would
not be- becoming 70 her.
"OBe thing that viii aid her Ia win
ning the case l. the fact that opinions
have been given by several eminent hair
specialists. AZ they arc willing 10 testify
that the lotion she applied caused such
injury 90 her hair ~ TO make d al fall
cut. besides turning 81 green. Our ella m
b that Mr. kienl sold her a bad quality
o. the leaves. or something that was not
the leaves az all"
Mr. Kichl. when the statement Of the
lawyer was repeated 20 him. said that the
article he sold 10 Miss Verona was the
genuine powder of henna leaves Of the
hest quality. He said that be had no
?, ason 70 know that So wanted 20 apply
Il 70 her hair. and that. II he had known
Il would have been none uf Dts CONCERN
ne added thaf he had nothing 20 DO wi.s.
lie defense Of the suit, this being tho
duty Of the Fidelity and Casualty Com
pany.
Dir. Kiehl has a policy with this COM