HAIR-RAISING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 166, 7 August 1909, Page 4

HAIR-RAISING.

Traffic in hair is a hie; business, for it : s estimated that well over 10(10 tons "f human, tresses are dealt with every vear. And as the heavy styles of coiflure. ironing, too frequent dressing, the use yf wire and leather supports, etc., i-re lending more than ever to make the lashhmable.lady's lodes insufficient, the price of artificial hair is, naturally, on | I In! up-grade. I Italy, Itussia, India, ami China contribute to the hair market, but far the I largest contribution i* supplied bv the v " »of Brittany. On the north 'ooasl of V'ranre the women have always woo i.iiamt little round elolh caps, and this habit, combined with their active out-of-door life, has gone far towards giving the ltretou woman lung and luxuriant tresses. The-,, they sell to travellers who annually lour the country. Lately, however, llrctotis have allowed the cheap Paris hat to displace their picturesque caps. As a result their ha--has diminished both in quantity anil quality. 'Sow, therefore, the d'cimrad for artificial hair considerably exceeds the supply.