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Show Wigs and Hair Powder, Tho pure whlto powder used on the hair In Washington's tlmo was made from pulverized starch, scented with violet or other perfume. Tho fashion began In tho French court (Charles IX, end of sixteenth century), Thoso hnvlng dark hair used violet and blondos used Iris. Even wigs wero flllod with It. Tho hair was greasod with pomado to mnko tho powder hold. At ono time tile hair powder tax in England yielded nearly $100,000 a yenr. Tho French revolution hastened tho return to natural hnlr. Tho powder added to tho weight and tho oxpenso of wigs, largo quantities being used, sometimes two pounds nt n tlmo. In 1070 Gov. Barofoot of Now Hampshire woro a powdered periwig. Cotton Mnther denouncod wigs as "a luxurious fcmlnlno protoxity," and thought nn Indlnn war was a direct punishment from Cod for wearing wigs. Thoy caused much baldness. |