The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-30

count. or BY working on commission
for some recognized beauty doctor.
The woman who can pay 5000 to
make herself presentable gives up the
price cheerfully, almost carelessly. The
woman who can spend only $500 or
perhaps even $50 grieves at the small
ness of her allowance for such expen-
ditures-
New York Beauty Mad.
In no city in the world is this mad
search for beauty carried on so fran
tically as in New York. Here come
women from all over the United
States in search of beauty specialists,
not because they have no beauty doc
tors in their own town, but because
they prefer to have the transforma-
ton wrought away from home, trust
ing that such a trifling change as hav-
ing the hair dyed from copper color
to black will be laid, not to the hair
specialist, but to the change of climate
and scenery.
The very atmosphere of New York
life, its showiness and it's frothiness
make women place a false estimate on
the value of beauty and appearance.
The average New York woman is a
monomaniac on the subject of being
we'll groomed. A woman engaged in
business or art pursuits, making per-
ia S lWcIfty 1--WE QOlldIS d week. VIII
cheerfully pay one-fifth of this sum
to the proprietor of a beauty shop.
She lays it aside as weekly tax.
This amount paid regularly to the
same beauty parlor will insure her the
following attentions: Her hands mani
cured twice a week, her hair sham
pooed. once a week and dressed daily,
and one facial massage. These rates
are secured only by special arrange
a1d the dnnfnP iIn "a
dentist, has a sliding scale Of
prices. He has shrewd and not I'M
kindly way of charging his regular
customer in proportion ia her pos
sessions.
A woman who goes to the shop will
pay so or rs cents to have her hands
manicured. If she has a house-to-
house mancurist she will pay from 81
to 50, according to the standing of the
shop which she patronizes, and she will
tip the girl in addition. Her hands
are done once a day, usually before she
arises in the morning or directly after
she has her chocolate.
The HaiFdresser's Golden Harvest.
The prices charged by hairdressers
are also variable, but it is seldom that
a first-class hairdresser will build a
couture for a ball under SIS. Three
dollars an hour is the minimum price
for a good masseur. A combination of
electrical treatment and facial mas
sage given at home will cost IS an
hour; and during the social season the
woman who begins to note the foot
marks of time on her face viii have
this done once a day. Two dollars
and half is the price OF scalp mas
sage, and the woman who fears her
hair is coming out, or who notes that
it is lacking in lustre, will endure this
treatment and the price thereof for
another hour.
Every beauty seeking woman has
her fad in the way of baths-Turkish,
Russian, electrical. sun or anatomical
scrub. The last named includes a
species of massaging on scientific
principles and is extremely expensive.
The figures given above show mere
ly what is paid for keeping the skin
in good condition. 1t does not in
clude artificial aids. A woman will
endeavor to rest at night with her
face clutched in complexion mask,
which is to the old fashioned curling
pins what the Instruments of thee In
QUESTION were to the tickling of a
fly. She will insist that she can sleep
in this mask, and pay a hundred dol
lars for the privilege of doing it. How
ever, an up-to-date woman would
rather sacrifice some of the daytime
hours to masseurs and complexion
specialists. and she is perfectly will
ing to pay 200 francs, or $40, for q
pot of rouge smaller than a napkin
| ring, carefully prepared that il fur
| nishes a perfect and infallible coloffng
| for the cheeks.
The Troubles of the Woman with
Dyed Hair.
The woman who once bleaches or
| dyes her hair pays perpetual tribute to
| the hairdresser. For $40 she can have
her hair bleaohed at an ordinary shop,
or she can go to Paris and pay ten
| times as much. 1t will cost her 81 a
week at the New York shop to have
the hair touched up" after it has
been bleached.
The next year the fad for gold or
copper olored locks may pass, as Il
has this season, and then she will
have it dyed black, as women are
having it done to-day. She can have
this done at a cheap shop for SIS, al
a first-olass shop for $50. If she has
II done properly the process win re-
quire six hours, and ten times that
number of dollars, because q first-class
hairdresser considers $40 a not exor-
| bitant tip, and the woman is at the
mercy of the dyer.
The hair is just washed, then thor
oughly dried. and a nordant or fixer
is rubbed In. This also must dry be-
fore the dye is applied. Then come
repeated rinsings and another careful
! drying before the hair can be dressed.