“PERMANENT WAVE”

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1929, Page 3

“PERMANENT WAVE”

, , I■.i—» — - * —— LORD HE WART’S DEFINITION LIKE “NEVER” IN POLITICS. Mr. Sid. Moscovitch, of Ruskinmansions, London, a Court hairdresser, sued his late employers, Francis Coiffeur de Damages Ltd., of Hanover Square, for damages for wrongful dismissal. The defence was a plea that Mr. Moscovitch was properly dismissed because of misconduct. Mr. Lever, for Mr. Moscovitch, said that his client was employed at £6 6s a week and commission. One evening last July he attended on a customer, Mrs. Lyle, at her flat in Albany court, W., from 6 to 7 p.m., and was paid a fee of £1 Is. Next morning, after deducting 19s 6d that represented 50 per cent, commission for work done out of shop hours, he handed the rest to the cashier. Mr. Ghirelli, one of the directors, shouted that he had cheated the firm out of 10s 6d and summarily dismissed him. Mr. Moscovitch, in evidence, stated that he was a leading “permanent waver” of women’s hair. WAVE “GROWS OUT.” Lord He wart: If hair is-permanently waved why does it require resetting?— A permanent wave properly done, will last about six months, because as the hair grows the wave gradually “grows out.” Lord Hewart: About the same time as the meaning of the word “never” in politics. (Laughter.) Mr. Henry Arnsbach, a director of the defendant company, alleged that the morning after his attendance on Mrs. Lyle Mr. Moscovitch said he had given her a “water wave” for which he had charged 10s 6d. The work was done in the company’s time and not after shop hours. The hearing was adjourned.