I Am the American Negro (collection)/Two Women

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TWO WOMEN
As maid for Mrs. Harold BillingsworthDahlia Greensupplemented the Petite Beauty Salonby curling her mistress' straight hairseveral times weekly.PaydaysDahlia went straightwayto the Afro Beauty Collegeto have her own moss unkinked.At sixty both womenfrom efforts to imitatethe natural appearance of eachabove the earswere forced to buy wigsfrom the salons.Yet this was a triumph for civilizationand American progress—Think how they aidedthe entire hair industry!

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