The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-14
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q q in human hair. "Thprc are
\ Il + notwithstanding things we
~HosS- have to do because the
public must have what it wants. To
live ourselves we have TO keen close
watch on lust what the public does
want. This is Of course true of
every otsar business but the ners0nal
contact. the buying Of what is really a
part Of one person and selling il to
another, makes some of our work par
tcularly irving Oh the symDathies. 1t
is not true, rs q rule that peoDlp with
money are ant TO be in need of hair,
and that pp0pIp without means have
abundant crons Inf if usually seems 81
to us. This may be because those who
are both without money and without
hair make the best Of their condition,
while those who have the money and
lack the locks can supply the latter.
''Ihe greatest demand is for white
and gray hair. The pure white is so
rare lNal 1t brings quite fabulous
prices. by bleaching It IS easy enough
10 nave luil supply, Out When tnis
IS coh'raSteo WIN tue real artlcle the
ulneIeNct - s'"'tiins' Inc ihahulac'
tutti "rticie Is leiilatAaplJ soou III
l'atioh' out us lhletlorlt!' what IS
called the ueau iooh' Is as apparent
as the adherence between artlnclal ana
sun ilgnt' Now, as the artlnclal real
" costs good deal OF money, 1t IS TO
De presumed mat the Would-De pur-
chasers must want the pest ana. as
they move IN social circles where their
acquaihtahces are apt 10 oe OIL thelr
own age anu similarly wei nXeu as 10
money, the chances are large tnat they
VIII be Satlsned Win notnlnS out the
real thlhs. People VINO wear lalse
halr, mlSn0mer, are particularly SEN
sltlve about 1t, ana DON'T want 10 run
the FISK OF contrast between tue Senu-
inc and the artificial.
ONE OUNCE-S2J.
"For these reasons the real white
hair has standard valnn of s25 nor
nunca olthouoh throuoh the scarcity
of tho snnn]v whom there is any large
order like one for full head of fine
hair, tle price iumps TO sums that are
staggering. In this connection I'll tell
Of one of the tragedies | have men
tioned os connected with the trade
The story is perfectly true but to
Give tho names would he an iniustice
AS did the hair cutting myself. |
know eyactIy what hammered
"There WAS q very old woman out In
New Jersey, She always had been in
comfortable circumstances. but certain
securities ceased paving dividends
through q reorganization and at the
same time several of her houses that
had maid comfortable rentals were va.
cant She was without ready cash,
and worried about the education of her
orpban granddaughter of fourteen.
zone day a friend called, TO find the
Md woman confined to her room. She
had let down her long. abundant and
perfectly white hair. which still
reached below her knees when she was
standing. Inc VlsltOf, VINO, on more
tlan one occasion Hau Deen al our sllop
10 Duy switches, nau leafheu VI LIE
enormous Faiue ol White n"i'' anu ie
Wempereo the 90 all ounce PRICE
when she had hearu quoted as tne
manufacturer price 10 the retailer
10 cheer up her friend she mentlohed
what she had heard, ana added that
she believed her splenulu mar Woulu
bring twice that sum LOT each ounce.
The Old woman was deepiy Inter
ested at once, as, according 10 her Cal
culatlon, THIS would De sum Oh money
Whlch Woulu alu lha'erlalis III Ine eu-
ucatlon OF Her granddaughter one
wrote to us telling OF the iensth OF her
halr, ana OF the price SIZE nau peeh to1u
It would Drlls. AS IL happeheu DIT tne
tlme' we hau TWO oroers lof ieal "ni'e
ualr' ana nau searcneu III vain ioi 'ne
proper lensth ana quaii'!'
SACRIFICED HER SNOWY LOCKS.
81 ,,ro+o +ho+ would como Tn 600