A LADY'S LOST TRESSES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 10

A LADY'S LOST TRESSES.

.■■••' 'HAIitiJIIESSEB, HAS'TO'PAY.£4I '-■ r -..; : : : ■", .: , DAMAGES. ■■~:■■-. '.; ;. ;''■, :.'■; Judge Off en' heard a remarkable case in the: Cardiff, County Court recently, Mrs. Florence I Emily Stuart,: of,' Dinas ; Powis,' claimed damages 'for the;loss of her hair-from'Mr;' Robert Lane; hairdresser,:' Cardiff. '■[ ■ ' : ■■•, •'■ Mr.. Sanliey, for the plaintiff, .said /that' after sea-bathing sho consulted the defendant/' I'wlio;-in'" July,, gave'.her-, a shampoo," with /the' result that.'nearly afl.her 'hair came off. ...A towel.was,placed over :her mouth; and ears, and an assistant poured something • which .sinelled like ammonia over her head;, 'Mrs. Stuart .called outj "It burns; it is worse thanhavinga wart burnt.".. The assistant .then.put on some weaker stuff,-and her'hair'.'■ When sho gptrhojne' her/haipTbecarao : very brittle. ''.It .ceased to -havb its' natural, colour,', black,' a,nd r b'ecamo,,a'dirty.:s6rt\'of'.',browni 'It caiije. out ;-jn her. skin at the; roots of s thejh'air' .was" badly.' burned,'- "while sores. ;oame' ; TOund. : ;her ; 'head;- ! ' [■ ':'"■■:')'•■■"'■'':'] :'•■ The'plairitiff, replying to her' counsel,\said her. hair ■had riot yet beenVrestored, to its normal,'colour. She had lost three-quarters of what she had. 1,, . Before this' treatment her hair, was very long 'and very thick, and ;she could sit' on" her tresses. ■-.' ; v . : .'. \:Mr. AbelvThomas ; (cross-examining)— Have you worn a transformation for many, years? —Yes; most ladies wear them. •.■'• v ;;." .. ; His Honour—lt is ono of the fashions.' '■■[ • .Mr;.-Abel Thomas—Now, Mrs. , Stuart; ;your j hair never, looked better than it,'does now?' —-But. you,cannot, see it,"sir; that is : not my : own hair you see. -.(Laughter.). " ; '■■:■:. > : _ Mr. Abel .Thomas contended that the plaintiff had riot 'made oiit .'a case, of; negligence. .pn r the part'of the defendants The treatment' igiyen'to. the plaintiff had been adopted' in ■ thousands" of' cases;" and • had . never before resulted in' aliy ; 'complaint. ■ "'■'■:■'■'■■■..' .' ■ -.'■ ; -; ! His'Honoiir'.gavc judgment for the plaintiff for■£4r)Bsi:'domages; , --with costs. '• ■ ■;'