Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-25
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Beauty lessons
tiair Problems of Middle Age
Part ".

Part v.
I regard the wearing OF false or arti-
fetal hair az an atflction. One that
may have TO 10 borne, but not until every
means for doing without It have been
tried. The reasons against false hair, TO
my mind. arc sufficient. It is expensive
II tahcs time 60 arrange II properly. IL
badly matched or worn against the face
Il IA urbocoming Il is uncomfortable and
to certain extent harmful to the scalp
However. when the moment comes that
falsc hair must be resorted to, wear It TO
the best advantage,
have little sympathy with the writer's
who attempt TO brighten the public In re-
gard to the danger that comes from false
hair ! am familiar with the process OF
preparlnk e for tho market and believe
that when II reaches the public 1t is per
feetly hysienic and FREQ from dirt, germs
or impurities. II women would keep their
false locke as clean as they are when
they buy them. one of the objections TO
wearing artificial hair would ceaPe' IL Is
true that a good deal of the inferior hair
uAcd il "Ait from the hoads OF Chinamen
and convlcts;" 1t Is also true that the
wool that makes our gowns ana our un-
derwear Is cut from the backs OF sheep
/ enc is as clean as tho other by the time
Il reaches the consumer.
| trnroved methods Of treating false hair
I ia one of the reasons Of Its expense
rood grade OF human hair is also becom-
ing scarce, due 60 the change In the GUS
! toms among the peasant women OF EURO
penn countries who, now that the peasant
/ bonnet il becoming discarded, wish to re-
/ tain their locks instead of selling them In
I tho hair market
| II hurts me very much to see young
ciris wearing artificial additions in their
coffure. Artiflce has no place near q
young face: nothing so quickly ages II
and destroys It's peculiar charm. IL
] young girls hair js not sufficient for the
: moderate fashions suitable to her age
| she should try to improve her hair ana
increase It's amount by proper caret ana
! treatment Pinning on false pufts or
bralds will overhead the scalp, the rough
weft that holds the hair irTitates the
scalp; the first step towards hair i'm
proyement therefore is TO discard all ex-
ira hair and give the scalp chance
As woman grows older the scalp does
not respond so quickly to treatment and
sometimes with the best efforts the
amount OF hair can only be kept sta
tionary Tho older face needs more hair
to soften II. and an elaborate coiffure
suits a mature woman where 1t Is neither
necessary nor becoming 20 young girl
Artificial hair. especially the piece called
n transformation Is a great boon to
women whose hair has become untidy ana
''strIngy" about the face and In the nape
of the neck A transformation consists
OF hair from Is to % inches long woven
10 a weft the circumference OF the head
at the hair line This IL more becoming
* mixed with ones own hair ana not
worn directly against the face. The best
transformations, like the bests switches
are made OF what Is sold as naturally
curly hair, but which is really baked
hair" This process Is done by arranging
the hair in natural waves and eNposine
III to tremendous heat: the wave fixed
in this way is permanent transforma-
ton or any piece OF false hair made OF
waving hair is not only prettier but
weighs MUCH lass than If straight hair
were used.