Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-08
PRICE OF FALSE
HAIR IS SOARING
EUROPEAN MAIDENs WISE TO
FACT THAT CROP HAS
NC VALUE.

With the price OF false hair going
up and the stern decree OF fashion
that every woman must have at least
six little puffs of hair. other than her
own, surrounding her coiffure, there
is sound OF lamentation In all hair
dressing establishments.
Why. it's preposterous. said a
much-marcelled blonde beauty, lean
ing over the show case of a fashion
able shop and toying with bunch Of
fluffy false curls. Ten for these,
A few months ago they were only
worth six"
Yes, madam" the saleswoman
explained, but the demand has in
creased and the supply has fallen off.
Your hair is hard to match. 1t has
tinges of red and drab in it, and both
these shades are scare now"
All the hair-dressers have the same
complaint My lady must have a
rat" made of real imported hair.
She must wear false pompadour or
coronal plat or, even if she fore
goes these, there are the essential
puffs that top her off, and yet she
can't be made to realize that false
hair is a positive luxury nowadays.
Where does the hair come from
that helps exc out scanty tresses?"
the head of an old-established shop
was asked yesterday.
1T is all imported" was the an
swer. From Germany and Paris,
principally. The German peasants
supply quantity of light hair, and
France sends ps some of the best
shades of brown. Belgium, Alsace
and Sweden contribute largely to the
American trade. All the hair that
comes to this country goes first to
Paris, where it is prepared. One
firm has secret process, handed
down for generations, whereby the
hair is preserved, so as not to lose its
color and luster.
This process is very expensive,
and that is one reason why false hair
costs so much.'
Another reason given for the re-
cent increase in the price of this COM
modify is that pea SAINTS, who were
formerly willing to be shorn of their
tresses for a mere song, have now
grown wise to its commercial value,
and won't part with it unless they are
given a good round sum.
They have also grown sophisticat-
ed, and the American invasion of
foreign countries, the opening up of
small villages by the trolleys and
trains have made peasant women
more mindful of their looks.
Formerly she sold her hair for a
gaudy shawl or bit of lace and
covered up her head with bonnet.
Now she knows the value of pictur-
esqueness and finds that it pays bet
ter to maintain her good looks
In Sweden the government has
passed law forbidding the women
to part with their hair for COM
mercial purposes.
What are we to do?" asked the
dealer. There is no substitute for
false hair that will wear well and
there is no American supply. Why,
we get the very best production of
the old world. Paris keeps the Sec
onds for French women. During the
summer Americans who went abroad
took their hair with them.
THAT may sound funny, but it's
true. Hair is the rage now. French
women talk of nothing else. They
don't buy hats any more; they buy
hair, and pile it on their heads in
fantastic styles, puffs, bows and
ringlets, making monumental head
pieces.
American women knew this in the
spring, and, instead of going to Paris
for their hair, as they do for their
gowns, they secured it before they
went abroad.
''The fad for extra hair is so ex-
IRENE that women have it sewed into
their hats like ribbon, and doff and
don it without any hesitation. 1t
used to be that switches were worn
only by old persons, or those with
scanty tresses; now they are part of
every woman's makeup"
is it true that the converts sell
the hair cut from novices' heads?"
the hairdresser was asked.
'Yes, great deal of the foreign
hair comes from converts. There is
general agent in every district, who
collects it for the dealers. The nuns
sell 1t and it brings good prices.
"The best grade of hair comes from
Brittany and the poorest from Japan.
The coarse is used for rats and cheap
switches"
The lighter shades of hair are the