Flaws are detected by the! manufacturers by means of white glass globes of different sizes over which dark hair-nets are stretched. Every break and flaw are thus shown up. For the blonde and white nets, a black surface is provided by means of dark paper put inside the globes. Nets can be! mended expertly and made sound again in case a break is discovered.
Thre is, however, a lesser quality of n apprentices, or, for other reasons not suitable for export, which are rejected by exporters and sold to chemists and dealers for local trade. These are priced more cheaply and as their} condition, frequently, is little below! Tpar, there is quite'a good local] trade in them.
The export trade must be flawless. Thousands of gross of these nots fare sent yearly to New York, where! various dealers, many having' widely]
trade-names, pack the iniaal nets in tissue paper and enclose them in attractive paper! envelopes for sale, to The American demand is said refs towards medium and dark brown nets, with blondes and blacks in Tess demand.
England does not import the quantities of nets that find a way; into New York, and this is thought to he due to the fact that there is a large trade done in England in silk hair nets, which sell more cheaply than human hair. Moreover, perhaps there were not as many shingled heads to begin to "grow" im Enland as "there were in the United States
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