Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-04
FALSE HAIR Is DEAR.
Wig Makers Have to Pay Big Prices
for the Rare and Delicate
Shades.

Human hair is not so much in de-
mand as people Think" remarked the man
who makes wigs. Sometimes out of
ton of it that has been put through the
refining and selecting process about two
ounces are fit to be used
The most expensive hair? Siver-gray
or pure white. and drab-blonde. The for
mer is often greatly desired by rich old
ladies, who are not satisfied with the
amount of hair on their heads. A switch
of the gray or white is very dear, and
will cost from $50 and $50 to 800. Oft
en- we can fill only one order, because of
the scarcity of the supply. The drab-
blonde is in large demand, particularly
by ,middle-aged women who like a fluffy
and expensive couture. This brings, for
a switch, from SIS and $50 up.
The rarest hair known is that of the
yak, an animal found in central China.
Because of the late war it is very scarce.
The reason of this is that the Chinese
government bought practically all there
was in the market for the plumes of its
soldierS-at Il price of SIS a pound Our
largest trade with it is among old ladies,
who substitute it, sometimes entirely, for
their natural hair
The major portion of hair for wigs
and switches is imported from China.
The original color is coal black, and can
/ be refined down to ii giddy blonde. 1t is
( IN white hair that our greatest troubles
arise. Ii hair could be bleached white
| upon the human head the inventor of
| the process would become millionaire.
| The ie are hundreds of persons, strange
| as Il may seem, who would rather have
The tops of their head pure white than
! WaShed0ut. light gray. So far, however,
| II cannot be done, and we lose dollars
every minute because of the impossible
".
IN tell YOU another way in which
some ingenious body can make L for
tune take the kinks out of the negroes
hair. Now you may not believe it, but
| have had any number Of darky dudes
and pretty mulatto girls come to me to
see If they can have their locks Smoothed
down. They offer to pay me big, stiff
price, too. They tell me how they spend
hours in greaSing their woods with vase
| ine, and combing away relentlessly and
| tlrelesSly. and to no purpose. Its true,
| the raseline treatment will make the
darkyS head look like black glass ball
! Tor time, but the kinks come back.
DO YOU know that some society women
are getting the notion of having their
hair dyed prematurely gray in spots and
splaShesE The other day | was visited
by young woman about IS years old.
she had glorious wealth of auburn
halr' came IN brougham, was covered
with furS and Wore rich jewelry
She told me of a friend who has had
q strikingly- beautiful dash of gray over
her brow. and that men rayed over it.
IL gave her such distinguished and re-
hned air, too. Moreover, il made her
look interesting. with vague suggestions
OF mystery and early suffering. This
young woman desired a similar halo and
entered into enthusiastic conversation
with me about what could do for her
Some persons have the idea that nine
tenths of the wigs made 20 to the the
atrlcai profession. The truth is that one
third Of them are worn by men and
women who are continually ON the street.
Ihey have nothing 10 fear. however.
from detection, for / can supply a mau
with head of hair which would never
be suspected ny the closest observer az
being false. This art has become better
learned in the last few years The con
Summate wig IS that which is ventilated,
and the work on this is arluouS and in
tricate. The net is made 50 tina, when
placed ON the flesh the appearance Of the
scalp Is truthfuily given. Hairs are
drawn into this net, two az a time. and
fastened with an intiniteSimal double
Knot. have also another style. which
| call the transformation wig. This is
for women. and absolutely precludeS any
chance Of detection As you win see. Il i