Self-instructor in the art of hair work, dressing hair, making curls, switches, braids, and hair jewelry of every description.

Braid this over a small wire, with a hole in one end like the eye of a needle, so as to draw a small cord in the place of the wire. When you have it braided, take off your weigh...

Braid this over a small wire, with a hole in one end like the eye of a needle, so as to draw a small cord in the place of the wire. When you have it braided, take off your weigh...

Braid this over a small wire, with a hole in one end like the eye of a needle, so as to draw a small cord in the place of the wire. When you have it braided, take off your weigh...

TAKE any number of strands that can be divided by four,--forty being the usual number for this braid--fifteen hairs in a strand, and place on table like pattern. Commence at A,...

The necessity for a comprehensive work, giving a full and detailed explanation of the Art of manufacturing Hair Work in all its various branches, has been so frequently urged up...

Braid this over a round stick, the size you want the braid for use, varying the number of strands according to the size of the stick; then slip the braid from the stick on to th...

[Transcriber's Note: For this text edition, fifty instances of the [Illustration] tag were removed at this point. This was done in an effort to make reading the text less tediou...

Powdering the hair, which is now the rage in all fashionable circles, is also an ancient practice, and was as much indulged in by the men as the women. History tells us that the...