The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
Demauds 7hal Col11ure
 DreSung ShaH Be An Ar
Chat With Mrs Louie Porter-To Remove Hair-Dressing Parors Terrace Court June First -Birminghams Good
 Fortune In Having An Artist In This Line
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

1 hair to get in a run down and depleted condition and fall out. We have all the appliances Tor treating the scalp, and the scalp massage. electric, vibrator and the necessary tonies are of untold ben- l eft said she.
 And what about wrinkles? just thinB l It is awful for women to have to come l to them" I remarked.
 We give thorough facial treatment,
 and bt is not only beneficial but pleas ant
 "oh. I think that awful affair that looks like the street roller is just too seary for words" I calculated.
 Not at all," said Mrs. Porter. "The vibrator. steaming, massage with a good skin food and proper iced applications make the skin look like new, and [ have not one among my large clentele who is not benefited from the treat- ment."
 "I understand that you have made yourI plans to remove to Terrace Court soon Is that true?" l asked. Yes, l am going the first of June replied Mrs. Porter T will have a six l room apartment and it will be very att tractive. I am going to have the cozlestl i little reception room. with plenty of light and air. only wish that I might have a sun room where the hair could be dried ] entirely by that process.
 And how do you manage about that i now?' l asked.
 We usually dry the hair by hot or cold air-just as the customer desires" was the reply.
 And will you have department where
 men may have their wants atteSded to- l nails manieured and themselves fsSs@a.slp
 to look pretty?' l asked. >.
 -"Yes, I will. in my new quarters. Thers has been a great demand for just such
 an arrangement ever since l have been
 here. but l haven't seen my way clear
 until now when I shall have plenty of ! room," she responded T think that you have made a great
 many friends in Birmingham. Mrs. Por ter, and that your success has been
 phenomenal. It seems to be that your
 methods are so much more graceful than
 the proverbial idea of hair-dressing, and
 that when puts oneself into your
 hands they can feel assured that they are not to be made caricatures of-but ; that you really bring out the bese in ! their looks and general style"
 Well, you know one of the chit%char- aeteristics of dressing the hair 'S il is l to dress it becomingly, above all things. 1 One should not consider style or any.
 thing else. Many women look well in
 the severe style of coiffure, while others, cannot wear it at all. And it is the
 hair-dresser who must decide the ques l ton. In Nashville, where my mother. 1 Mrs Mcintyre, has been for many years, ] I will say that the women there have the
 best looking, best cared for hair I have l eyer seen anywhere"
 And what apout the birmingham
 women?" l ventured.
 Mrs. Porter said: q have never seen
 such an improvement as l have noted within the last year. You will see some beautiful heads at the theatre and at the various functions you attend, and the women are becoming educated up to the l times in this respect
 Like they are in music" I laughingly suggested.
 And when you leave the Hillman b go to Terrace Court what will become. of your patrons in town?" ! q am negotiating arrangements now whereby I hope to have two places. The one at Terrace Court and one in town, but my plans for the latter are entirely immature as yet, so that I can give out no definite information on the subject.
 All during our delightful little chat all too short-there were scores and scores of women demanding Mrs. Porter's at tenton.
 A manicure-a shampoo-a facial mas | hA .as4 from almost every customer who entered and the daintily plnafored assistants were kept busy, making people pretty the while we chatted Women emerged from time to time with the most modishly arranged cultures to give place to others who arrived and l felt when I left that Mrs Porters was not only an alto gether charming place in which to spend an afternoon but a highly entertaining 1 one as well.
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