The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-02
DELIGHTS OF DYED LOCKS.
OBSERVATIONS BY A MAN or
WOMAN AND HER HAIR.
Peroxide Blonde In a B0otblack's Cellar
Tho Lady with the Purple Tresses
case of the Chorus Glra-Error
of the GraysRalreA Won an.


Tho Lady with the Purple Tresses
case OF the Chorus Glra-Error
Of the Gray Haired Won an.
Hair dye must, like virtue. have It's own
reward. The man who came to this con-
clusion could find no other explanation
for the singular places In which hair dye
appears. 1t is always on the head of
some woman. Beyond that pecul' "ity,
there il no characteristic common I, sers
Of hair dye.
He had seen a girl OF ~, who act Il az
cashier in a bootblsck cellar. She sat
at desk near the door, spent half her day
in semi-darkness and received for that
service no more than 81 week. Her
clothing YVES, of course, poor. Her face
was pale, and her entire physique was OF
the kind described at the, Coroners' inquests
Us poorly nourished." But she wore,
triumphantly, her crown OF lightly dyed
hair. That lifted her above the level OF
the sordid cellar end added some sort
OF glory to her dull life at least. There
was no other reason apparent why she
should have gone to the expense and trouble
Of having her normal locks turned to
shiny yellow.
Another example of the mysterious de-
lights OF hair dye was seen in case in
which it seemed equally inappropriate.
One Of twenty wsitresses in quick lunch
restaurant was rather whittier and wearter
looking than the others. She was certainly
the thinnest of the staff
But she had one other distinguishing
feature still more marked. Her hair was
yellow with a metallic splendor that be-
spoke peroxide beyond doubt.
Not all of the hair was equally yellow
Some streaks Of it were, indeed much darker
than others, and at the roots IL remain ed
or had almost returned to its native dark
brown. Tips had evidently not been album
dlnt enough of late to make the purchase Of
a new bottle Of hair dye or a visit to the
hairlresscr possible.
But what the French call the beautiful
remains were still there. There were
unn,istaklble traces Of the hair dye, and
the top Of the head even remained brilliantly
yellow. And that was enough to make
her different from those around her. and
struggling under the weight Of the heavy
One woman in New York has changed
the color of her hair so frequently that a
return to its natural brown makes no greater
impression on her acquaintances than the
most pronounced blond. She IL tho only
woraN WHO ever had the courage to come
back from Paris with her hair dyed a bright
purple.
That unfortunate fashion was brief.
but while it continued she attracted all
the attention that the most ambitious
person could have desired. Wherever she
went, all eyes turned toward her purple
hair.
In her victoria on the avenue, at restau-
rants and the theatre, the woman with
the purple hair held. OF course, the centre
Of the stage. Had she worn g. ring in her
tilted nose she could not have attracted
more attention.
The effect was not beautiful, Of course,
and the little beauty the woman possessed
nearly disappeared under this trying crown.
But she was delighted with the sensation
her hair created.
Her case was Just as incOmprehansible
rs that Of the girl in the bootblack's cellar.
she was less pardonable, probably, than
that girl for whom the simple Joy of hair
dye took the place OF gowns hats and
jewels. Yellow hair represented 10 her
all these joys. Purple hair merely in
sured for It's owner the equivocal distlnc-
ton Of being the person most stared at.
Few women who dye their hair do il with
the certainty that they will be better look
ing Young women attack tie operation
IN split of bravado when they Do noVdye
their hair as badge Of the dramatic pro-
fession. Most of the young women not
decided bruuettes who 40 INFO the chorus
dye their hair yellow, not because it il
certain to make them more beautiful, but
because since the days of Lydia Thompson
chorus girls have had blond hair.
Black haired show girls and chorus beau
tic are likely to keep that tint Of hair since
they are distinctive enough. II Is only the
brown-haired girl who il freed to take
TO peroxide and thus make herself dis
tinctive In one wav or anot'er She takes
of course, to the blondest hair possible.
Women who begin to dive their hair when
white appears are much more numerous
than most people would suppose. Few
women nan see with oomrosule the approach
OF age ~ il comes to then through their
hair so many restoratives are at hand
that the temptation to try ono Of them is
irresistible.
They are called restOrers, or oi7tments
or anything but dyes. They are in reality
nothing more than dyes that turn the
whitened hairs to a color approximating
what they were In the first place. ey
are not intended like other hair dye, TO be
notced The desire Is to conceal their
effects.
Yet even these nlodestlv restored hairs
are easv recognizable. In a strorg light
there Is no MISLEADING dyed hair. Its PRES
enre IL -hown in other ways also.
When the averags woman's hair begins
to whiten the process Is only a small part
of 1he general physical change that Ia TAX
ing place in her. 1t Is natural, therefore,
that her hair should be mixed with gray
when her face shows the age that she has
reached.
Dyed hair makes n woman's expression
hard and robs her Of most Of the gentle
ness that should come with gray hair, And
the loss OF this expression which dyed hair
always robs her OF makes her look older
than crown Of white hair would.
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