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Show HI NETJNDUSTRY Gives Employment to Large Numbers Num-bers in Parts of Europe. Important Duaineat In Bohemia, Moravia Mo-ravia and Slletla Work Don Mainly by Women and Obit for Small Wagea. U'aahlnaton. fnnaul Joaeph 1. Ilrlt-tain Ilrlt-tain of I'raaue forwarda the following .irrotint of the trade In and manipulation manipu-lation of human hair In the nonh of Aimtrla: tn ll'ihemla. Moravia and Hlleala the marketing of human hair and th making of human hatr neta It an Important Im-portant hualneaa. The chief center fur the Induatrtea are found In the niitheaatern part of Flnhemla, center-Inn center-Inn In the towna nf Trhow Kamenltt. liintehar, Chraat and Rnubowlts. The tiualneaa la both a factory and a home Imliiatry. one clnaa nf human hair com-I com-I inn from f'hlna and the other rlaaa be ! Ing a home product I iJirce iiii.iniltlea of what are known aa romhlnKa are Imported from China. 1 vU Trleate or Hamburg, pneked In 1 ra-r wrapped In atraw and weighing i from I1M to 1.10 pounda per bale. Thla , miiieae hair la all chemically bleached In a aulutlon nf hydrogen pernilde I and aaaoried according tn lengtha, I then dyed rolora and ahadea dealred I by purrhnaera The lengtha vary i frnm all to 3u Inchea The work of aborting and riaaalfy-Ing riaaalfy-Ing the hnlr according tn varloua lengtha la done by glrla and women, biglntiera being paid frnm 13 tn 14 tenia and evperta from 40 lo 0 centa per day Tbe dyeing and bleaching are done by men, who receive $14 to f IK per mouth. The human hair neta are made frnm Dilneae hnlr, aa the native hair la too Dae and toft. Thla bualneaa la largely t home Indualry, the work being done ky wi.men and glrla An eiperlenced enrker earna from 24 to 32 rente per any, but each net maker la obliged to lave an aaalatant to tie together th Ingle halra In order to aave th time f the net maker Karh week Ihe net makera are glv-n glv-n a quantity of hair, whlrh Ihey take tn their hnmre and when the neta are lulahed and delivered by the worker they are allowed !0 per cent tor vaata of material. Tha human hair neta are exported to th United State. Kngland. Franc tnd (lermany, very few being worn In Auatrla. Tho value of human hair and neta exported to the United Itatea In l0g waa 1344.823. All of tha hair cut here for export la taken from tha heada of th peaa-anta peaa-anta In Bohemia, Moravia and Hlleala. Th flrat quality cornea from Moravia and Ilnhemla and the leaa valuable torn Hlleala, while conalderabl luantlty of Inferior hair alao la cut In Hungary Tha quality nf th human hair de-panda de-panda upon th prnaperlty of tha people and the rare taken of It before culling. The hair la collected by ped-dlere, ped-dlere, or hair merchants, who must be of good reputation In order tn obtain their license. Tbeaa men, uaually accompanied ac-companied by their wlvea, make tripe through the country Inatlng uaually from four to all weeka, going from houae to house In their efforta to Induce In-duce women and glrla tu part with a portion of their hair. Tha maximum amuunt of hnlr generally purchaaed by a ahrewd dealer on one of theae Irlpa la from 11 tn 14 pounda. while many return with leaa than five pound. The prlre paid dependa on the length nf the hair and Ita rolur, chiefly Ihe latter. |