Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-31
WANTED REAL HAIR
QUEST OF Mr.. MIDYEARS WAS
....... REMUNERATION.
And Article He Was Offered, Good
Enough in Its Way, Was Not
Received with Much Out
pouring Of Enthusiasm.


When Earlee M! X entered the
club he could not observing the
lustrous topknot Sol IS friend as Il
showed above the newspaper in the
afternoon light. Somehow it struck
him as, 1T had neveradone before. i.
he could not recall that he had
ever. paid much attention to the top
or his friends head. He remembered
vaguely that it was the. usual kind
Z 2f topknot of the men he knew-al-
ready rather, thin, perhaps a little
dfngy looking and not in the leas,
ike the shining, healthy brown hair
he now saw. - %. '.~ Pc -
He had thought Of treatment
for the hair himself and had been
ADVISED by his wife to try the wom-
en- who had massaged her scalp until
the hair grew thick and healthy. The
sight of his friends head recalled
this to him.
Hello, old man." he said, coming
closer; and still having cause to fad-
n1re the thick growth of his friends
head. Your hair looks fine. Who
did it for your 49,.
. The friend repeated an address.
. Mind If try him too?" was the
question that followed.
+ Not in the least. Here's his ad-
Dress answered he. of the new hair.
from book in his pocket he read
! az a5.,aY{d address. Midyears, copied it, in his
notebook. and there was no further
thought OF hair on their: minds.
lou certainly ought to do some
tnlng for your hair, Earlee," his wife
/ S3lldl one night later as they We're on
! tnelf way home from the opera. when
Soa went down In the orchestra to-
( Ms M 10 speak to Mrs. Wednesday
gould distinctly see bald spot in the
center of.your head. The hairs really
geitipg very thin st. ~ So g.,
:. Got.1ust the man." came. the sleepy
: i'nS" "eT from the corner of the mo-
lDr, Going !: to, him, Tomorrow"
He stopped !on the way uptown that
afternoon, at. the address he had
copied. 1t rather surprised him to
find that the man was not q doctor.
but he mentioned the name of the
man who had sent him there and said
ne wanted the same thing that had
4 SO much improved the looks of his
, friends head
He took a seat and as he read the
evening paper he felt the man rubbing
MS hands over his head. After an
interval that seemed to him unusually
short he heard the hair expert tell
. him to come on at the end of the
week, say on Friday. ....; .....
On that afternoon he called again.
, He took his seat in front of the mir.
ror There was no evening newspa-
, per to interest him now, for he had
! decided to watch the operation.
The hairdresser disappeared, and
when he came back out of the work.
room he carried in his hand a small
tissue paper package. This he opened
and out OF 1t came little brown
scratch. wig. Admiring the perfect
; match he held It up to the back hair
OF his astonished patron.
But what in the world is' that
thing?" Midyears asked. .~.. ....
why, a toupee; the same that I,
made for your friehd," replied the wig.
maker, who thoushthe had turned out
: something uncommonly fine in it's
why. That's what you said you
wanted"
He paid for IT, but he didn't want
1t. It's In his bureau drawer now
His wife says she is going to ex.
change It for puffs unless he finds q
purchaser at a very much reduced
price for a chestnut brown toupee,
guaranteed to look like the real thing.
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