The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-06
The Hair-Dresser

Miss Harlem lifted her eyes from her
book, looked startled and shrieked ex-
DIosively:
Land sakes alivel What's happened
to you?'
Il don't understand your remark or
your tone I answered indignantly, ''un-
! less you are referring TO my crown Of
gleT5. 1 have been downtown, and I
had Jules do my hair
You'd better go right back and have
I him undo 81" Miss Harlem rstorted.
You look ike a witch"
"Ineedr'
cor a fashion-plate lady. I'll bet a
/ cookie you only have one foot Fashion
ladies' never have but one foot. Step
out here and let me see. Oh, dear! I do
wish you could see yourself You look
as if you were scared half 70 death
The way your hair is drawn back, expos
ing all your bald spots
MY dear" I demonstrated, that IS
the limit. I haven't any bald spots. And
/ Il you please, my hair looks very chic
and stylish. Jules said so"
we all ave our bald spots. you know
some are inside our heads, by the way
Miss Harlem began, trying to square
herself, and you 90 look horrid with
( your hair all stretched and yanked away
from your temples Do take it down and
always do"
Her remark was hattering. Beautiful
way" l beamed upon her. Miss Har-
| lem is nice girl. anyhow.
| looked IN the glass, and tehn took of
my hat 7 beheld wavy mop, very
bunchy in the rear and very much be-
frizzed in the front. Across my fore
head was nice, even little row of beau
catchers, much like the fancy railing on
a hotel balcony. Every defect which
mommer nature has been so unkind 10
/ ertheless Jules had done" my hair. and
Jules is quite the proper 'hair-doer'' IN
New York.
81 hate to take it down." I said softly
to Miss Harlem. but / really must else
I shall feel so sorry for myself that I
shall go and jump off Brooklyn bridge
and get my picture in the paper. It's
very beautiful couture, I know, but
I just don't fit it, that's all. Jules hair
dressing is all right, but I'm not up
TO it,
How much did he tax youg' Miss
Harlem questioned. Miss Harlem Is ex-
tremely mercenary, considering that she
lives in New York, where one violet
without leaf costs IS cents, even when
you buy them by the bunch.
wei, began slowly, wondering how 1
could excuse my unwarranted extrava-
gance," he singed off the ends, and that
took some time. And then he shampooed
out all those nice little cinders that
gathered between here and Chicago"
How much did he charge your" Miss
Harlem repeated. She is the most per
sistent thing. If were a man I'd never
marry her.
And after he shampooed It, do you
know that was the most heavenly sham
poo I ever hadl Jules is such a charm
ing little Frenchman, you know. And
when the water trickled down my neck
he said; "Oh, zee spray madam. it ez
zee nuisance so much, madam. 1t has
re vi-tal-i-tee of zee rainstorm.'
wanted to yell. I felt like a whole
steam laundry before he got through.
Clean? I never had my head so clean
before. And. after that he famed the
hair dry, and looked wise at me through
his eyeglasses, and, In due course Of
events, he whipped out a curling iron
and did all those cute little wiggly-twist-
ers over my top-knot- Pretty. don't you
think?"
Pretty They're awful. See here. if
you don't tell me how much 1t cost you,
well, 1 shall get my camera and take a
picture of you with your Jules mop
and"
Don't say another word. dearie," 1
interrupted. "e only charged 81. Is. Sham
pooling. singing and dressing, and not
counting the beau-catchers.
'I presume" Miss Harlem started in
again that he talkel to you all the time
and that you told him you had Just come
from Chicago, where Indians sit around
on the street corners, and where men
hunt Buffalos before breakfast"
I'm, not exactly, but he saw the
name Of my gown-naker on my Jacket
with the word Chicago" under it, and
he took the cue Jules IS very clever.
He asked me II re ceety' was so windy
and 1 said: "Oh, no not so very. Be
sides they have little WAGONS that take
one around the worst corners"
He wanted to know how far It Is
from New York. and told him that
I didn't know, that It had been 'umpty
and those things didn't matter much,
anyhow. Then he told me about his
mother in Par-eez' and how he worked
for I don't know how many years learn
Ing TO dress hair, and after awhile he
related how, wehn he was a boy n
used to go to the BARRIERS to have his
hair cut. He could pay E cents and have
it done with the scissors, or he could
pay 4 cents and have it done with the
clippers. I always had gee clippers.
madam Ze clippers cut re hair $3.50
correct. madam. But re boys they say:
All. Jules ez a horse He has hez hair
clipped I not like Eat
Miss Harlem eyed me critically.
you don't look bit like yourself"
she said, dreamily.
who do I look iike7" 7 demanded
with embittered disregard for my En-
gllsh. "Oom Paul Kruger, presume
or-Or-a Honolulu lady, or Lobengula-''
Miss Harlem giggled.
In the first place, your poInpad0ur
has evaporated. It has been entirely dis
jointed and IS mixed up some place in
taht double-decked doughnut arrange
ment on the back bump Of your head
Your scolding locks. which evidently were
curied nicely by your friend. Mr. Jules
have become Strengthened and tehy look
like jack-straws. only different and very
much more numerous Jules may be
good talker when it comes t. telling
wings about Par-eez, but he can't cur
hair He ought to try to kink Up those
fuzzy woody busters taht look Ike red
fur rugs"
Perhaps he's never done Chicago hair
before. I ventured. However, think
I'll take It down and do 1t Up my own
beautiful way as you suggest e6-you
sweet thing, you'll mean, you fsttering
sweet thing"
I began to remove halrpins. 7 filed ID
the hairpin tray. and then I laid the
things on the dresser. In three minutes
that piece 81 furniture locked as II il
had been cut IN a hairpin hatlstorm
Miss Harlem counted sixey-seven ard
then gave Il I'D. I found shat the long
strands of ms topknot had heen rolled
into many small hirsute clotheslines ard
then tied securely into knots jules prob
ably Thought I was going e throw nv