Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

Partisan calls lash blonde Rarely, one
sees 1t on the head of a young American
girl in her teens and admires 1t II man.
nvies If a woman.
Mr.. Emerson laughed a most exasperat-
ng laugh.
That same opinion has. cost dealers
much money. he said. This switch was
originally the same In texture and color
jng as that unbeautiful bundle of raw
lair you thought h:deous
AT Hongkong dealers boil and bake
such hair and put 1t into a chemical
oath This gradually reduces each strand
to the desired fnenesS. II left in the
.ath long enough it would gradually de-
crease to nothingness. Frequently 1t is
shipped without further preparation ex-
cept the drawing, and is then just right
fer the coiffures of extreme brunettes
When light hair is desired 1t is bleached,
washed again, prepared with the eXtraor-
1inary range of colorings on hand and
acked."
However, until this year such hair
Usually went to Europe for the finishing
;oucheS. and the French people gave to
t those strangely natural blendings that
are the despair of Americans to achieve.
Such hair was shipped European
Srowths and the American dealers were
epeatedly ''stung
Now Mr. Curtis and his private secre
AIRY, and from them the various customs
Inspectors, have happened upon very
simple test by which to save halr deal
RS mere from ITduu n CtoSS-SSNliOii va
hair from the head of any occidental
shows perfectly round That from the
mead of oriental is always oval Pos
IDLY some SAGE of hair lore can explain
Why. The Treasury official is content to
know it as an infallible test.
Speaking of the bubonic plague scare.
Mr.. Emerson said it was almost impos-
to no
nto this country by means of false hair.
People think the term 'unclean' hair
means it is simply cut from the head and
-hipped No matter how unkempt its
appearance. one can always know it has
been frmigated once at the Chinese ship
ping port and once at the quarantine
here before being given over to the buy
ers"
Strangely. the hair from the Chinese
womens heads, whether they be mis-
tress or maid. is almost as coarse as
that from the head of the masculine ele-
ment. When modern ideas aeSan &c
creep in dealers hoped the chance to OBJ
. tain feminine hair would obviate mucn
of the necessity for chemically treating
all such hair Tor occidental use But al
though Chinese women of the upper
classes have been quick to see the oppor-
tunity for extra pin money from COMB
tngS, the texture Is ptcSlSSly INC ''Ai'S'
Much Of the hair now IN pped IroH
China once grew on the heads OF well-1o
do women there A Chinese maid save:
the combings and sells them to barber
just as an American servant dis oses OF
her mistress cast-off clothing. Seldom, i
ever, Is a full head of hair shipped from
there.
And Mr. Emerson AYERS that the trlee
and true vaudeville repartee with Whicf
the comedian answers his Wife taun
that he is waiting for dead man
shoes" by the courteous fling that she is
wearing a dead mans hair would LOSE
its point if the real facts were known
Accord ng to consular report from
Hongkong. the theory that much OF tht
so-caIled ''combings'' are taken from tn
pates Of the dead is not only false, bu'
utterly inconsistent with Chinese views.
The poorest Chinese maiden will not
like her European sisters. sacrifice hel
tresses. even though in direet want
Anent this reverence for long hair Wher
the e1nperor's edict went into effect. &C
cording to this same report. at ieas
$4,000 queues were cut off in Hongkonf
alone Exporters counted on a rushing
business In consequence. But the hal
was not sold
Each Chinaman who thus demeanet
himself as a courtesy to his emperor
the order was> not made sweepingly t