Where "False" Hair Comes From.
It will interest the ladies to learn from the statistics of the hair industry, whose center is in Paris, that the bulk of hair handled by the dealers is not supplied by the coiffeurs who travel about the Continent purchasing the flowing locks of peasant girls. It is estimated that in Paris alone ladies cjmb out daily and throw away fifty kilos of hair among the refuse. This the ragpickers, who carry on a great trade in combings, collect from the dust bins and sell them to the chiffoniers.
The hair is then rolled in sawdust, cleaned from mud, dust and grease, carded, separated, arranged according to length^and color, and sold to the master chiffonier, who in turn sells it to the hair dealer. The most expensive shades are white, chestnut and blond, then brown and red.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 253, 22 October 1892, Page 4 (Supplement)
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142Where "False" Hair Comes From. Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 253, 22 October 1892, Page 4 (Supplement)
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