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Crimping the Hair

From The century cook book, 1894

Serves 1

Makes hair stay in crimp on hot days.

Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The century cook book (1894) by Jennie A. Hansey, page 139. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Crimping the Hair. To make the hair stay in crimp, take five cents' worth of gum arable, and add to it just enough boiling water to dissolve it. When dissolved, add enough alcohol to make it rather thin

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