The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-01

Of false hair undoubtedly bring lots OF
profitable grist TO the hairdresser's mil
for it is next door 20 the impossible for
tho average woman to build up her own
couture. flute it. wave and curl il, give 1t,
in short that carefully careless. fluffy
appearance above all things to be desired,
without the aid OF professional who must
bc paid for her services
Never. perhaps. in the history Of New
York have the services Of hairdressers
been in such demand as they are just now.
And thereby hangs a tale-a hairdresser's
tale said she. with a deprecatory wave
OF the hand at the insinuation that woman
was in danger Of losing her hair because
81 the up 70 date couture.
If woman IS losing her ir-and, per
sonaly. do not think she isit is neither
the fault of the couture nor of the hair
dresser She hes no one to blame but
herself
1t i. not my business 10 find fault with
customers. and | never attempt It, for
they would only think ! Wa roofing for
more money II | did; but often feel like
warning them against keeping up their
hair two and three days at a stretch with
out rearranging or combing II.
why. certainly, they do that very thing
Some of my incest customers do it. They
tell me it j. because they don't want the
bother Of having thair hair done every
day. although in some cases am sure the
real reason is that they don't want 20 pay
ont 80 much money FOR haIrdressing
Il have one lady who comes here Mon
day. Wednesday and Saturday to have her
hair dressed, and IN between she never
takes it down. Al night she pins over IL
carefully a thick veil or piece of net and
goes To ted with all the huirpinS ia about
forty OF them ! use so az 10 make the
couture a. steady and lasting possible
The second day it looks very we'll, and
even by the third day the effect Il better
than If she dressed il herself Tor really she
has no knack at all at fixing her hair. But
when II comes to a question OF what IL
good for the hair that woman. aud every
woman ike her. Il making a great mis-
take.
"Only the Coar-Cst most vigorous hair
can stand such treatment for long To
keep the hair healthy il must hc let down
and shaken free Of every heirpin and comb
once in the twenty-four hours at least
To go to sleep with lot Of hard pine pres
sing against The Sc alp II all wrong
And vet for the sake % saving couple
Of dollars week many a woman viii run
the risk Of having 10 spend a much larger
sum later on 10 stop her hair from ialhng
ont.
NO. false hair is not injurious TO the
scalp or to the health OF the natural hair,
provided it is of good quality and not too
heavy Mixed in with the natural hair
why should 1t do any harmf'
What about Iatsf' the hairdresser vas
asked.
All" she replied more slowly that's
another story. / must admit that II makes
me shiver to see the sort of rats some women
wear Underneath a pompadour.
W here they get them I'm sure ] don't
know. Some are of heavy matted odds
and ends OF hair worked together into
cushion which, worn long at a time. IL bound
TO heat the scalp. and heating the scalp
is not the best thing in the world for the
head: neither is any heavy wad Of tina.
sort resting day after day on the same
spot must admit that il is likely 10 thin
out the natural hair.
Then there are rats made only Of wire,
and these are Just about a. bad a. tho heavy
wad- because they are pretty sure 10 cu;
the hair. A lady whom ! had never seen
before came in here one day 20 have her
hsr dressed and when ! started 10 take
II down found a black elk stocking rolled