A MAGNIFICENT HEAD OF HAIR.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 217, 22 October 1878, Page 6

A MAGNIFICENT HEAD OF HAIR.

Perhaps it is rather unfair to tbe exhibitors fco describe beforehand any of the trophies which they intend to send iv for competition ; but we shall probably not offend by mentioning one of the articles of which a prize will certainly be obtained. Tbere is a lady's chevelure, the total length of which is declared by the Patrie, to be no less than 2 metres and 20 centimetres, or exactly 7ft. by English measure. The hair was bought by the agent of a Paris house of business, from a young girl in Normandy, at a price which is not divulged. The color of the bair is des cribed as rich, though somewhat light brown, and tho price set upon it by tbe Paris tradesman was only a little less than £100. Notwithstanding the apparently fancy sum thus charged, it is said that a customer very soon appeared, and that tbe hair is already sold, although it is not to be " delivered "to the purchaser until the exhibition is over. As for the young person irom whose bead it was shorn, about a year and a-half ago, she is confidently reckoning upon repeating ber experiment, and making a still better bargain next time. In the eighteen months, her hair, which was cut almost close down to the roots, is said to have already giown twenty-six inches, so that if it continues to- grow at the same rale it will bave ngain attained its origin.il length in about three years and a-half from the present time. Tne fortunate possessor announces her determination of treating ber bair aa a landowner treats his forest ground, aud by submitting to the principles adopted in the management of forest trees, she may hope to derive from her periodical harvest an income equivalent to something like £20 a yei\v,— Globe.