Klarinet Archive - Posting 000632.txt from 1997/04

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Cigarette paper? Was Re: Sticky pads
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 12:03:34 -0400

On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> There is something that can substitute quite nicely for cigarette papers,
> and in fact seem to work better. These are used at hairdresser's salons,
> and are called "end papers." (I don't know exactly what they are
> originally designed to be used for, as I have never patronized such an
> establishment, and my wife has not communicated that secret information to
> me!) ;-)
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu
>
>
End papers are used for perms -- they are folded over the ends of small
strands of hair, then the whole lot gets rolled around the perm rod. I
think it's to ensure that all the hairs in a strand get curled in the same
direction. The papers are absorbent so that the damp hair clings to them.

I'm pleased to be able to clear up any remaining mysteries in your mind
concerning feminine beauty protocol and its relation to the clarinet ;+)

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu