"BUSTER BROWN" CROP.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9477, 14 December 1918, Page 3

"BUSTER BROWN" CROP.

Regarding the "Buster Brown crop," an English writer remarks u-s follows :-^-P«rhap« the fashion of the hour which is most iiotewortliy h the practice ot' bobbing, the hair, introduced, recently' -from America. A walkthrough Wlritehail iv the luncheon ..hour, shows that, short hair is particularly jjopular among the younger women employed at the Government offices. Many of the girls say; that they intend to keep their hair .short-. "'I have not had a headache since I bobbed my hair.'' said one. "and 1 was hardly ever without headaches bo-i'-o-ro. 1 dciii't i'-ai-e how often the fashion changes, my hail* won't be allowod u> grow again." This girl oonfof&od that slw k had sold her discai-<led locks'. auburn in. ca'our, to a Sloajie Street liairdresßor for £2 10s. Most women, however, prefer to keep their hair in ■•O&se switcheSj cairls, or triin.'jforinations become the correct -wear.. The hairdresser rare-ly fails to ma lift an oll'er.wheii' the "bobbing is cmnpieted as there h a very big demand for wig-making. Many- women think that human han-. has become valuable because it isj used in the manufacture of a«roplan.fcsi Then? i-s even an impj-es-.siou-. that the "bobbing" is patriotic in origin. This is not true, though Komethiiig of the. kind took place in Germany early in the war. Many German, women parted with their -hair in order that it might be turned into driving straps for submarines v They wore red caps over 'their-'bobbed locks, bearing the words, "I gave my hair to the Fatherland." A single lfuman hair will support a weight of G-Joz., and, a.s there are about 30,000 liaii's on aai ordinary scalp, the crop on a woman's head has a total tensile strength of more than five tons! However, patriotism, has not made s'jch.a demand upon English girls. If "they sell their hair .after bobbing, it is for the benefit of the wigmakers. . Undyed auburn hair, with a. pretty sheen on. it. is worth from £o to £6 per lb.