The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04
KEEPING THE HAIR YOUNG.
ADVICE OF A WOMAN WITH THE
NEWEST PARIS IDEAS.

Preserving the Hair Line an Important
Matter OFTEN OverIOOked-Ca or
Ones Fading LOcks-wOnders Dor with
Little Curls Tho New Marcel wave.
In Washington there is a woman who
has set up an establishment for the cul-
ture Of the hair. She is from Paris and
she brings over with her the Marcel wave
in its improved condition. She also brings
some formulas which are guaranteed to
( make women beautiful.
MY coming here was q necessity, " said
She. Il had three letters a day for three
months and during the Paris season atleast
a dozen American women called and asked
me to visit the United States. So I packed
my trunks and came.
You see it is a fact that no woman knows
how to dress hair like the French woman.
That is the reason why French maids arei in
such demand.
They know how to do up the hair. Eng
lish maids do not understand it and Ameri-
can maids are absolutely hopeless from my
point OF view. but a French woman will
make you look like a girl. I am here to
carry my patrons through the Washington
season.
my principle in treating the hair Is
to make it look nice. Most hair Culturists
simply treat the hair and they don't care
how it looks while they are treating it.
Il shall never forget the time wast treat
ing the Duchess of X. I did up her hair
each day and prepared her for her evening
conquests.
zone morning she sent for me in a rage.
'Ungrateful one she cried, 1T is thus that
YOU would treat me? Impossible brute Of a
woman
" Receive my apologies said ]. and
deign to tell me what is the matter
For reply the duchess rose in her chair
she was seated in front of her dressing
table-and without a word she picked
up a handglass and flung it at me-. 1 again
begged TO know the reason Of her wrath.
at is this said she, that you are not
doing my hair as it should &c done. Last
night / saw a gray lock shining at me. It
is preposterous, and il is all you fault
Il apologized again. Then l took a look
at her hair, and sure enough there was a
tiny lock almost white in its grayness.
Il treated it and in a little while it was
black again. The natural color was a
glossy brilliant ebony, the color one so
rarely sees.
Il make it a special task where the hair
ID ACh W kO v hNO SNpAy Noy
with a tiny toothbrush dipped in castor
oil. l do not use more than ten drops a
month, for l keep the brush wrapped in
piled paper and I seldom do more than
moisten it.
"Of course the hair must not be oily.
but il one is clever one can slightly dampen
the roots with oil without oiling the hair.
Then l make a hair tonic which has
some Quinine in il, and with this / moisten
the hair once in a while; and so / keep it
from getting gray. But my greatest ef-
forts are spent upon the hair line. Keeping
the fair line intact Ia a distinct art and few
understand 10.
do you know what l mean by the hair
line? II not, then it is only necessary to
attend a social gathering TO grasp the
meaning.
There ia Mrs. A., for instance, who
would be a very pretty woman were il not
for the hollows in her temples. And there
IL Mrs. B., who would also be good looking
were It not for the hollows at the back of
her neck. Mrs. @. is bald round the ears.
So IL goes through the whole list.
"Now, you can dress the hair ever so
prettily, and you can pile IL up with combs
and fancy pins, and o can wave it until
you are tired; but IL the hair line isn't
good you might as we'll give up.
1T was Mrs. ID. who sent for mo immedI-
ately after my arrival here.
MY hair said she, IL awful. Please
tell me what IL the matter
The trouble said I, is with your hair
line, which is bad. Look at these hollows
at your temples. They go right back al
most to the crown or your head. Why
don't you treat them and make the hair
grow in themY
please do il for me, said she.
And I did.
Making the hair grow along the hair
line isn't always easy, particularly il the
hair has been neglected. but il can be o
Il make a little lotion Of my own which
I use steadily. II consists Of just enough
red v~aaeline to make a thick, creamy MKT
ure, and just enough almond oil TO make
il soft and easy to use.
Il warm IL onoe in a while and apply IL
with a brush, going all tho way around
chs hair line as carefully as though I were
painting a portrait, a., indeed, ] am. And