New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28
HAIR AND IT'S WAYS.
SHADES FOR WINTER
AN EFFORT TO INTRODUCE
POWDER.

AN EFFORT TO INTRODUCE
POWDER.
In the museum of Roman antiquities at York
1-1ord one of the chief treasures Is a coil or
o,o,,,, hair II was found ir the grave of
pornsD woman the wife daughter Of some mill
tarv or civil official sent out from the seven hIel
citv 10 extend maintain the Imperial power III
rbe third century after Christ The shameless mead
upon which it grew so luxurialitiy 1eii away
oa,,turtes ago into the dust whence, as Scripture
srn1Iv reminds one. all are born, ana "hltheE an
return But the cruel hand OF time mas ielt tne
.or,sn,s hair as thick and lustrous and richly
chestnut as on the day when last It's owner braided
il smoothly then wound it round and round into
}tbe noble coronet that graces the museum
From the ghostly Roman woman to the flesh
and blood New-Yorker of the present moment may
seem a far cry But, while dynasties have waxed
I ,,-ored and races have arisen only to fall back
into oblivion the coquetrles of women have re-
mained pretty much the same as "hei Eve HlS'
did her hair in the Garden OF Eden In the eyes
of the M to date hairdresser thousand years are
go
Hair ts to-day a most absorbing topic with women.
and bairdressng f'parors' and false hair experts
are busy supplying the demand FOR dyes Wigs ana
smart coiffures.
More American women than ever are coloring
their hair was the opinion Of leading hairdress-
or y,ith a French name and English accent.
And more false hair being bought and worn than
in the last thirty years-since the days of water
falls and chatelaine braids. ma'aEn
A RAINBOW HEAD.
After the bairdresser had taken time to rearrange
q false front that had fallen into crooked ways on
the forehead of a young man, she resumed: e,
THE fashionable shade IN hair Is still Titan red,
but NJ This there are several tints. ranging from
a bright brcky red TO n browner, darker color.
Women choose the tint they like best or that they
fancy Will best suit their compilations. Dyeing the
hair has been brought down pretty fine these days,
iG oft L
,,iveD shade sometimes decline to undertake u
head at all. For example, there was = lady IN
here Yesterday. She wanted her hair dyed dark
Titan We'll she'd been trying one cheap dye after
another on her hair till 1t every color and all
colors striped and spotted like a zebra and tiger
in a COMPOSITE photo. on the right temple II was
a dull sea green, with one dye and down oehihd
her left she was a rich violet with 'le
effects Of some other decoction she'd been using
In order to get her hair into shape for successful
dyeing ] should have had 10 bleach II anywhere
from one 10 four times before applying the Titan
coloring and she wouldn't stand for the expense
Dyeing costs from 81 UP 10 $40 according TO the
length Of time and the amount OF work involved
Never very cheap YOU see, but vanity makes one
paw the piper outrageous Bills
However this woman m talking about said
she'd take a bottle OF dye and apply Il herself
This morning IN she came again. quite huihp'e ana
weeping And wasn't she sight! One side OF her
head was five shades lighter than the other and on
-he papa OF her neck 1t was carrots-jusr carrots.
She had done Il all wrong. and then she wanted to
know what the matter She was almost IN
tears. she left the store she said. quite WOODY
and broken-ike in her voice, The way Of the
transgressor is hard which the same IL certainly
was in her ma am.
ION long hair the dye will last from three to SIX
months, the roots need to be touched up every
month or oftener according TO the growth OF the
hair This the lady do for herself The dyelng
process begins with the shampoo which must be
as thorough as possible. Then the hair may need
bleaching in To clear it OF other preparations
and get uniform IN color. Then comes the aye.
With long thick hair strong wiry hair 1t may
take four hours to complete the process: with fine
soft hair two hours. great many women ruin
their hair with cheap dyes OF these walnut stain
comes on while the various sulphur dyes smell
and sticky and greasy.
As to the tints that with the hair hecomnSiy'
very dark brown black requires IL bright color
in the cheeks. In nature they often are found IN
company with clear brunette complexion. but the
ladies who dye their hair commonly go Tor white
skin and rosy cheeks. this being regarded as most
captivating. Red hair combined with a bright
light complexion may be quite ravshing. as you
may say particularly If blue eyes 60 with them.
COMPLEXIONs AND DYED HAIR
And what is the color of hair to go with pale
saow compleXion?'
"Ah my dear the ladies who dye their mar :
never have pale, sallow compilations Women WHO
dye their hair generally rouge bit and powder u
bit
''As for the false hair that New-fork ladies' are /
going to wear this there are two-no' three
reasons il. In the first place the 10" Styles VI
doing the hair call for a great deal more halr TO
look well than the high. There Is that hoiio" III
the head you see that has to be filled up with
something: but whatever hair you've got SHOWS lor
ell It's worth. as 1t were" when you mass II on
Ton of your head Then again-thS is reason num- |
Der two-the American ladies as q RUE nave MOI
got hair enough of their to make 10" COLI
fure satisfactorily Their hair is not go strong OF
so heavy as the average EnglishwomanS mead OF
hair Lastly false hair is often much more CON
venient to wear than ones own hair, being easier
to manage and more easily adjusted You can pin
On a curl or a puff In a second, where to make the
curl or the puff would be matter OF time ana
may be out the question. Iustreless dark brown
hair is the cheapest shade to buy, and natural
blond and natural gray the dearest. A good, Well
made switch of the former can be bought from
"a mn TO 500 while the same thing In natural gray
starts at S$5 and from that scars ABOUT az ills'
nepsiva is that 1t is very hard to get European
don't grow gray the way "a Idvrh oyer
there To ha We gray hair she is usually TOO od 10
have much hair left Furthermore' you can a,nhe
gray hair out of any otler KIM Vi nan nos
pms is the headquarters of the wholesale trade
IN 4 raise mar. went on The Paris buyers 90
around Europe once or twice St.ii S t,S LIZ 70
the wholesale houses in New-York. and from them
retailers get their stocks: rt tt f golden
hair comes largely from Sweden None OF It grows
on American heads3hat 1 know o o. ,d Evg for r
H. rad man they wouldn't part with 1t. III go
bail There is widespread p,i t,i,s and
%ioe ,rhat's nonsense. 1t wouldn't be allowed by
and if 1t Vas wo9 be- as dead as the
cnrnse il came from would have lost its brill
fancy and lustre
PASSING OF THE POMPADouR-