Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1908 — Costly Locks of Hair. [ARTICLE]

Costly Locks of Hair.

There is an exchange in Paris where one may purchase locks of hair which have adorned the heads of celebrities Two dozen grown by Lord Nelson recently sold for |625, and this was considered a rare bargain, since a much smaller number went for 8350. Nobody seems to care much for the hair of the Duke oJ.'Wellington, since his hirsute product is quoted at only 87-50 per look. Napoleon, who had some that bung right in the middle of hie forehead, is rated at from 85 to 8100, according to demand, and Lord Byron rules fairly steady at 807.50. L «t Ht Is the fashionable pose now to speak of your hundreds of dollars’ gown, rich with real laces and embroideries, as “a rag of Doucet’s,** and not "fit to be seen.” A beautiful country house, abundantly supplied with servants and kept up with all possible luxury, is just ”» little box” where “we dp everything so simply I" La, la. Affectation and self-consciousness of the new rich are responsible for thia amiability. . _ . ,