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Show GIRLS TO SACRIFICE 8CALP. Will Contribute Skin and Hair to Aid Unfortunate Fellow Worker. New York. So that Miss Cathorlno Gorman, cnshler In n department storo In Hrooklyn, may come out of tho hospltnl with a full head of hair, more thnn a hundred department store girls will sacrifice from a qua-tor qua-tor to ono Inch of scalp each, with long, flowing locks nttached. Miss (Ionium's hair caught In n cash register May 15 anil most of It wns pulled out by tho roots. Physicians at tho hospltnl at first suggested a wig ns the best means to cover tho hare spot on hor head, hut sho objected ob-jected to this and It was decided Hint tho grafting process should be tried. Her friends In the store readily consented con-sented to supply tho nocosHnry pieces of scalp, (llrls with holr nearly the color of Miss (lormnn's will bo the first to mnko tho sacrifice, but the physlclnns say It will be Impossible to got all the hair alike. So after tho new scalp tins healed thoy will de tho hair any color Miss Gorman mio desire. It Is expected thnt It will take a year to complete tho operation u only smnll portions of the new scnl will ho put on at n time As soon as nno piece begins to root another of the same size will bo tnkcu from an other uiluntcer, and so on until tho uporatlnu Is completed. |