The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-05-02

dechne, the ends should be cut every ten
or fifteen days. The hair-brush, if faith.
FULLY used, produces healthy action in
the ssis,, and when res0rted to in conunc-
tion sflsh an oil, renders it soft and elias
tic. he brush prepares The hair for tn,
more speedy and efectu,l operation Of
the otj by removing the oandruf. Fe-
males should by 10 means neglect to
have lse ends Of the hair cut often. This
may appear OF trifllng consequence, b, I
vii Ne found Of grent service; for cut.
ting hbr has eniency to draw the nu-
trllIye ssDatter 10 the skin, aud hence IT.
growih,s promoted. When this is neg
Iecled, the eads will olen split, loose
their l"ste, become ad, Il I'd 10 a very
great eMent, The growth al the roots " nj
be pretei t ID.
Ihcneti we are strong advocates lol
the use oi the hair-brush, and that too t.
the exslision almost entirely Of the comb,
yet let Il be understood, that we are no
advocae fJr thet ndscrim,nato use ol
the br,sr, SO notorious in barber's shops,
and IN families, where one instrument
seems 10 be common to the whole coDmu-
nifty. by the constant vice of having
bat one brush or one conb-or IN Other
words, by not possessing the exclusive
ownership, and thereby interdicling it to
olher-Inany discusses are propagaled
from one person to another. Ii 1t has
been pr,vad that cataneous affections,
and even 'sev ele constitutional maladles,
have been communicated by an indis-
criminate use Of one razor, it is no less
certain that rin.wolm, scurvey of the
head, IN apitIs, u'cerations Of the bulbs
and indeed multitude Of miaor aliec-
lions, may thus be propagated. Ii may
therefore be received as "A maxim, that
one cDnlo, one brush, one razor, one
tooth brush, should never be held in part
nership.e even among the most cleanly
people. An indiScriminute use of beds,
napkins, or domestic instruments, tends
IN The sequel to the genei alton OF disease,
aud celt-aly TO the propas alton OF dis
eases alr .ady existing
T. There's. .Gf,e other evil which has gain
ed tsiegd 4 IN this codntry, so perfectly
absurd or dicutous, that Ne cannes pass
yer it in silence, without at least advert
ing to its universal adoption. We alude
to the practice OF wearing false ] air-the
shorn locks Of the dead-the last suryiv-
ing remains of the beggar, the poor and
despised female, whose tresses were the
only valuable portion Ct her shattered
flame and those never admired, ill PIN
ned 10 the temple of some more fortunate
individual Of her sex. How strange it is,
in an age and a country too where good
taste, like good morals, is always conspic-
uous, that ladies-yes, those who acutu
ally give tone and character to the times
should be the exclusive patrons Of this a.
bomnable custom Of wearing hair that
grew on--thcy know not on whose head.
If ladies' are dissatisfied with the Or
ganzalion of their features, and the ac-
companying ornament Of hair, which the
Cieator fitted to their counlenance, At
The most appropriate in color and quality,
why not improve It's quality by the means
which chemistry has placed within then
reach, iustead of abandoning their halt
developed hair for the productions of the |
shop ! The lifting hair may be made Iicb |
and luxurant, by half the labor bestowed
on dead tresses and If we are accused |
of selfshness IN recommending anything,
to produce result SO feasible and graft
f, ing, we can assuredly say, that we have
been fearless in the cause OF common
sense.
The pat ent's hair, in sickness, ought by
no means to be neglected. 1t is too often
the case, that the hair is entirely dlsre.
garded in sickness, especially in ievers.-
1t cannot be expected that 1t will contin-
ue to grow and flourish, without any as
sistancc, when the body is laborng under
pain and disease. Badness. so often the
result of Indisposliion, may be prevented
by attending to it.
SENSITIVE HAIR. The hair sometimes
becomes painfully sensitive when cut
The sligh e,t touch is felt instantly, and
cutting produces the most exquiSltt
pain. This very singular affection arises
from a mobid condition Of the scalp, IN
which the blood-vessels and nerves shoot
forth into the tubes of the hair.
Scientific Tracis.