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Show Tltn HAIII UAHVkBT. -- Over H 000 000 lounda til Human Halt j 1-...1 Animate?. Perhaps tbero la no at iv.ic.lo. about which less Is known .i" thv v. ergo person than human hair aa an article of comnicrco It will doubtless eurprlso many when It la stated that tho dealers In human hair goods do not depend on chanco clippings hero and there, but that thcro Is a regular hair harvest that cuii nlwoya bo rolled upon It Is estimated that over 12,-000 12,-000 000 pounds of human hnlr aro used annually In the civilised world for ndornlng tho heads of women, says a writer In tho Toledo Courier Two- thirds of tho lidles nowadays uso falso hair, more or leas Tho decree of fashion or the dcslra to conceal a do-fill do-fill or heighten a charm la the reason, of rourso Ono woman, for Instance, has a high forehead and wishes to re-duco re-duco It in appearance, Another has worn off the front hull by continued frlizlng, and would llko to conceal tho fact Doth mako uso of front or top pleto, with a choice of many styles Ladles' wigs cost from $20 to 1100. Half wigs, top pieces and switches, from 5 to ISO, according to quality, Tho rarest supply of hair cornea from Switzerland, Germany and tho 1'ronch provinces There Is a human hair market In Merlans, In tho department depart-ment of tho lower Pyrenees, held ov-ory ov-ory Friday, Hundreds of hair traders walk up and down tho ono street ot tho village, their shears dandling from their bells, and Inspect the braids which tho peasant girls, standing stand-ing on tho Bteps of the houses, let down for Inspection If a bargain Is struck the hair Is cut and the money paid on the spot, tho prlro varying from fifty tents to 15 In our mono). |