Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-13
CDR farnlat.
A Crusade upon Hair Oils.

which we extract the following:
IF the .adieswiIl trust to our sci
enee 90 the subject Of hair, in the
first place We Can assure them, most
confidently, that so Ear is it from
being true that oils aud pomatums
increase the lus:re 81 tne hair, their
eifsct is to diminish that polish
which it naturally possesses; while,
whateEer gloss they may give to
hair which is naturally dull, is false,
and like all -faIsiries, disgusting
Absolute cleanliness by means DIVA.
ter alone, to commence, followed by
brushing 10 the direction Of the hair,
itself, in i. dry state, is the true
method Of giving to the hair all the
polish of wIiich-it is susceptible; and
it is the effect ofeiis Of all kinds to
disturb orinjnre this; to say nothing
Of The. disgust aud necessary dirti-
ness of greasy hair. 1t is the effect
OF oils also to prevent it from curl
ing; land this object is most effectu-
ally obtained, without artificial
means, By curling it when wet, and
suffering it to dry 10 that state
Aud as it happens that. almost all
hair has tendency to curl in one
direction rather than in another, it
is useful to study that tendency, so
as to conform TO it in the artificial
1sxure given, As to artificial ap-
Plieations. the whole ofthe so-called
curling fluids, are nero impositions;
while,one,. which is really efIecfual,
and at the same time .inoffansive, is
a weak solution ofisipglass, by which
a very firm and permanent form
: can be given to the hair. - *
8. Let us still remark, while on the
subjeetof oils or greasy substances,
that while there are, perhaps, five
hundred pomatums and oils, the OBJ
4iect, whatever it be, can be equally
attained by one, or at least BY two,
/ a. fluid one, and one more Solid
Bears grease, as it is called, is u COM
mon imposture; in the first place, as
there is very rarely such a thing 10
reality to be procured; while, if there
were, is no other than any other
lard. The reason Why bears grease
was, or is sesteemed better than any
other, is absurd enough, resting on
the ancient Rosicrueian doctrine of
signatures; and, as IN the case of a
yolk of an egg and Of dandelion for
iaundice, and Of a thousand similar
nosirunls with which medicine was
SO long and still is. encountered, tie
mere detection of the cause; Of its
adoption ought to be sufficient proof
of IFS pdlae. The bear has long hair;
ergo. his grease mus. be good for
promoting hair! -
No grease on earth, though the
bear that bore it bad hair reaching
from Greenland to Kamschatka,
has the least effect in maxim. The
hair grow thicker, unless grease
could produce 10 the skin those rad
zeal organs whence hair grows with
growth resembling that of vegeta-
-bles. Thickness is number; and he
who would multiply the number OF
hairs, might as well attempt to null
.tiply the number Of legs and arms.
Nourishing, and all this phraseology,
is just what this phraseology is
words: One only effect is asserted
upon ideas; namely, that oil prevents
the hair from splitting at the ex-
-tremilies. How? it may be asked,
When the hair splits, it is because
that portion is dead, the vegetable
life has ceased thus far; and unless
oil could restore that lie, unless
bears grease, or aHy other grease,
had the power Of comforting immor-
tally on the hair, it will split and
wither, in spite Of all the grease Of
The biggest whale that ever plough
ed Bafiin's Bay, or all the hears from
pole to pole. We might as well at.
tempt to revive the rotten branch of
an oak With bears grease, or make
the mast of one of his majesty's sew
enty-fours shoot forth goodIy crop
of branches.
g The Eactis, that the whole is an
imposture; oils, pomatums, and all;
bears grease, Macassar, and Row
land, huile la tuberose, huile an
tique; huilles and pomades divine
OF whatever else. Excepting SO far
as pomatum may be usedfor stiffen-
ing or compacsing the hair into dirty
and greasy masses, or oils for CONVEX
ting the easy and loose flow Of ma
ture' s ornamental locks into rats