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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7743, 14 May 1887, Page 5

OBSTRUCTIVE ADVERTISING. A novel method of advertising has been resorted to by the Seven Sutherland Sisters whose shop is located on Fourteenth Street near Broadway, in New York. They are all tall, comely women, with a superabundance of soFt brown hair reaching to their feet. In their show window — which rejoices in au immense plate-glass front, raised about threu feet from the aide walk— thoy stand and comb tl.oir wonderful troaaes from early morn till ten o'clock at ni"ht. This commenced long before the holidays, and, as may ba surmised, the tonics and invigotators which have produced this wonderful growth of "woman's crowning glory" are selling like hot cakes. Extra clerks are em. ployed daily to supply the impatient crowd of customers with whom nature has not been so lavish. Spectators agree unanimously that there must be something beyoud the ordinary in this tonio to produce such a marvellous growth of hair on each of the seven heads. Crowds of admirers, of both sexes, often blocked the side walk in front of this shop, to the detriment of more modest shopkeepers on either side. Forbearance at length ceased to be a virtue, and the strong arm of tho law was invoked by the iudignaut neighbors to Btop this public haircqmbing. They averred that "it was impossible for shoppers in that vicinity to go anywhere elso. Caught in tho crowd, they were drawn into this maelstrom, and came out with empty purßes. Ladies Baw nothing, talked of nothing, thought of nothing, and probably bought nothing but the wonderful " h&ir grower," which produced hair 7 feet long and 4 inches iv thickness. Eron customers that had dealt with them for years, getting caught in the crowd in front of the Suthorlnuds' window, became so interastad that thuy forgot all about other shopping, and hastened home, hugging a bottle of the " hair grower " to their hearts, It had only cost them one i dollar, whereas the false hair they were obliged to wear to cover up the baldness of their heads cost ten time that amount." And so it was with all. The bail-c ombiner was complained of as a nuisance, and the ladies were requested to stop it at ouce, or abide lha consequences. Would they do it? "No!" i said tho seven sisters firmly and distinctly. " Our magnificent tresses, which have excited thu admiration of kings in their palaces and tho envy of womankind the world over; we will comb when and where wo iilease. Is not America a frco country 1" In spite of the efforts of thuir exasperated neighbors to stop I hem, thoy atill comb their wavy hair in the windo.v, and tho hairtonic business b"omn to the detriment of all else in that vicinity. r .