WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 339, 28 October 1908, Page 3

WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY.

So great is the demand in the United States for more hair than the American woman can induce to grow on her. own head that in ono year nearly £80,000 worth of human hair is put through the Custom House of! New York alone.-' Some of this-comes from China and Japan, hut that is only used for making, ."rats, "or hair-pads, for it is too coarse and stiff .to be mixed in with an American girl's own tresses as Italy, Austria,, and Germany rank first in the quantities exported (says an American paper), while in the list are found France, Belgium, Holland, England, China, and Japan. The treasured golden hair conies from Germany and Sweden; but high though its price may be, it is not to. be compared with that of the rare red hair of the particular deep rich hue which makes most • women gasp with ■ envy, while many submit cheerfully to hair-dye or "bleaching" in order to attain it. Then if additional, puffs, curls, and coils are needed —and. necessary they most certainly are. if the modish coiffuro be sought—then does milady pay a pretty penny for the glorious crown.of another woman's beauty. -, Rarest and costliest of all, however, is tlie pure white hair, for as a rule youth only is the possessor of luxuriant tresses; and snowy hair belongs to youth only in .cases of premature silvering. /'. There is a woman in Ohio who for many years found coveted extravagances within her roach because "of a calamity that turned her masses of hair pure white when she was but eighteen. An illness threatened its .".loss by falling, and she had it cut.' Thenvshe discovered its value, for it was extraordinarily long, very heavy, and of the snowiest, most lustrous texture. It grew to full length in three years, heavier than ever. She operated her little gold-mine; JftSl well Us she might, since natural white hair of - fine texture and great length brings from £15 to almost any price an ounce; and hers at full length weighed ten to twelve. ounces. "f . . However, mostwhito and silver-grey hair comes from Bavaria, and the greater share of snow-white hair is bleached from the natural gray. Values are never a fixed ■ quantity, since, in. hair as in jewels, if a .very particular quality, colour, or other characteristic is desired, the price becomes commensurate with the desire of the customer. ;■ Hungary and Italy send , the black "hair, and . the puro deep black is more difficultto match than 1 many people suppose, as are also the dull shades of light brown.