Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-14
Distressing Experiences of
Mrs. Alice Davis Who Sought
an ''Everlasting Ripple" in
Her Hair and Who Has Been
Given $500 Damages
Because She Promptly
Lost Not Only the Ripple but
Her Hair as Well

guarantee that it will do no harm to my
hair?' | asked. Yes, absolutely came
over the wire. How much will II COST
| inquired, 'Thirtyiive dollars How
long will it takc?' Eight hours
The next morning | was there at 10
o'clock TO keep my appointment. AT
once my hair was thoroughly shampooed
and dried. Then began the torment, prov.
ing the old adage that we must suffer TO
be beautiful Sitting bolt upright in. a
straightforward chair. l watched the
operator begin his work "He first
grasped quantity OF hair on top of nv
mead as though he were going to scalp
me. Then he divided that into eight lit
tie wisps, taking from what looked like
i collection OF surgical instruments that
stood on nearby table what resembled
darning needle but was thicker, twenty
times thicker should say. He wrapped
one OF the wisps Of hair around the
metal rod. When each one of the eight
wisps had been so treated tho upper
part of my head resembled that of a
grinning pckaninny of my native Ken
lucky save in color.
When this had been done each of the
tightly twisted wisps was wrapped round
with strip OF woollen cloth about an
inch wide that had been taken from
white solution in a glass bowl. After
th!s each wisp was thrust into little
cylinder or white paper that reminded
me OF the white wrapping of a lamb or
mutton chop. One by one the wsps
thus prepared were thrust into q larger
cylinder, about six inches long and two
In diameter. that looked like a giant
spool. The cylinder had what looked like
cord wrapped around it, and there was
little green handle on 1t. I remarked that
1t looked like flatiron with q round. in
stead OF flat. bottom. This cylinder was
attached to a battery, the cord hanging
from the ceiling
lie gathered together at the hack OF
my head the same quantity with which no
had begun at the top. That he separated
into eight w!sps and began tho treatment
all over in the same way
How long will II take to bake the
hair?' ! asked, growing restless.
From thirty to forty-iiyc minutes" was
the reply
VI tdCu set.
For each batch of loaves," rcjoined
the hairdresscr
HIS jest was not as ill-timed and In
appropriate as Ii seemed. | began to feel
like loaf of bread in an oven Remem.
her that had To sit continuously on the
stih-backed chair. Had moved | would
have disconnected with the electricity
and the baking would have been inter
rupted. Fancy what would happen if you
put painful OF bread into an oven ana
TOOK it out when il was but half dom.
Such catastrophe must not befau nv
hair. So | sat on and on, though pcrspi
ration burst from my face and nv breath
came In gasps from utter WEAKNESS
When the first set OF waves was
baked the cylinders were removed and
me second lot of hair thrust into Them
When the second lot was done the bak
ing was continued with the third And
so on until half past six.
began to suffer from q frirhtful
headache. Complaining of il, was told
mat the firm would send for a luncheon
TOT me, which il did. But sitting as
stlH!y as ] would in straitiacket
had little appetite. Twice there was
1lstlnct impression that my scalp was
burning in spots / screamed in nv