THE MARCEL WAVE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 3

THE MARCEL WAVE.

M. 'M&rcelj who ten years ago,was a work- : i ing hairdresiier ; in- a littlor.shopi in Paris,' is . uow- a:.wealthj:! man,- owing to-his invention' of the 1 method of waving hair, noiv practised by ewry hairdresser in every civilised country. In' ten years' he accumulated a ' for-' tufted/which''has'enabled him-ttf Tetam-frbnji' business,'/'and-now • hotlives on . his- country estate. Whca first the "Marcel wavd". was ' intrtfd:Uced,.an'iEnglish' j lady.paid:theiinTent(ir a- fefl.of j£sovto; come from Paris to wava her. hair/:foM ' some- and .'.the* operation was/acromplished 111 ?less -than; half an?hour> Th«:!'Slarcel-wave'frlias';also' brotighMortunc' ,".-.'to.'>ma^y..'!another' : hairdresser l 7iomi.is:imposA -: siwp* tlif hands hair) is 7 .-. -nfea hairdressing,,■arid-many-.in-; gfnious inventions to-obtain'a tasting :wave ; are .continually ■beingvbrought*fdrward;- bdt ; v, none of;.them -have: bettrfoundipVoof'agaihst i a/damp atmosphere;-,.Up- to the tirte'of'the' . introduction 'of , tho'Marcel'treatment hail-- . 4reßsing-was:>"6ecoming;a' profession ln'.which. it was. difficult,to earn avthving; 'but.'nowht pays , splendidly; and' during . the -gay.' seasons ■: /it. is. often -impossible - to: ; get ;^ properly ;at--.r,./tended :.to.;-without'-malmig/an: -appointment l - 7 foi 1 . days jbdforehand; • In . Melbourne ' when ...> there- is a ■ big entertainment■ on' (says'an Aus- •••••' tralian\ paper)>'hairdressors 'are. oftea busy . -■/ from .half-past -8 ■in the;-mornuig: ■ -Thev big ■■v- hat ; haS ; -been«another.-source; of income,- for it u6mands,, not in- elaborato dressing, i , hut that the . brim must be failed up i POnSivftTld:/ curlfc .whichare .better., bought ; than when ruMbvof the: "customer's- 1 '-own locki ,