Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-30
FALSE HAIR.
Where Il Comes From and How It
Handled.

Where It Comes From and How It is
Handled.
London Globe.
The death Of a worker in human hair
from anthrax, supposed to be engendered
by germs in the hair from China, brings
the extraordinarily increased demand for
artificial hair before the public. Within
the last five years the wearing Of false
hair IN one or other OF the many artistic
and clever forms in which it is now
offered has advanced by leaps and bounds.
A conversation with one of the leading
artihcers in this line elected many inter
esting facts. He scorns hair from Chinese
man or woman, deeming It fit only for the
cheapest and most common of iringes
transformations, &c. The markets he and
other good manufacturers of artificial hair
frequent are mainly in Germany, Austria,
France and Italy The idea that girls sell
ing their tresses at once is, it seems,
erroneous. A girl blessed with long, even
silky hair and wishing to make money out
of it goes to the hair merchant md tells
him exactly how much of it she will part
with, or she divides the hair herself. and
offers It to him, to be cut off Sad to re-
late, the hair merchants, as a class, have
the reputation of sharp if not actually
dishonest dealings, and they are so lack
ing in principle and sympathy that they
invariably clip off more than their allow
ance, the girl having to submit 10 is
only from converts that the entire hair
of woman's head can be had, and the
sale OF the hair cut off nun head when
she takes the veil is a valuable item in
some converts incomes.
Hair bought from the ordinary merchant
OF the class described is more often than
not iraudulently weighed with grease and
dirty matter, and frequently the purchaser
loses about 80 per cent before the hair is
cleansed. The cost Of thoroughly clean
ing and working up this bought hair is
enormous, and as only skilled workers can
do 1t the seller of the made-up article
must make about 80 per cent on the price
he gave to the merchant before he
realizes any profit. Il may ease the
minds OF ladies wearing artificial hair
(and 1t Is one IN ten who does not nova
days TO know that the cleaning of the
hair Is thorough and effectually DESTROYS
any danger Of disease from unhealthy
germs. Every hair has to be fastened In
with the root up and the point down. as
1t grows in the head, or it will not lie
smooth and even. The exact shade has to
be matched from many different lots of
hair, and length and texture have also
to be studied
Women in these isles seldom sell their
hair, either because they will not. or be
cause their continental sisters have more
abundant tresses. IL is more difficult to
get hne black or gray hair than any other.
and although the Italian women have
thick, long, black hair, it is coarse-in-
deed, next lowest in quality to the
Chinese hair. IL is the girls in the south
of France who furnish the hair merchant
with the finest and best black hair. As To
white hair, 1t is next to impossible to get
a good crop of long white hair, and this
color IS proportionately costly. Happily.
most ladies wear smart Transformations
iunges and curls have the vanity to dive
Their hair, and shun the sign OF age in
dicated by bleached tresses.