The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-08
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sAs ~ lsaar Restorative.
TAefe are NV tAings more deeitable than
fall AseA Of hair. 0eatlemea whose scalp
are growing bare would give the most enor
,nous Gums 70 have them covered with full
and slossy crop. Such an ornament 10 NO
eoly . mark Of beauty, bns Of youth an,
vt~or. Men who have crossed the tropics O
youtA and ars approaching the frisid cline 0
an. arsaA. above all things, to sail under bar
polis. Hence, every art and contrivance L
conceal 20 great detect ~ q thin, dry suit o
haar--so mortifying 10 vaai,y-has been 70
soesed 70. A demand for the appliances to re
vivs the dropping and thinning thatcA of III,
bead has kept the ingenuity Of man employed
for age, and the dyes aud restoratives which
have been produced are innumerabie. Tn.
papers abound now with sovereign remedies
nom" RowLAND's Kalydor" to "Dr. WOODS
invinctble preparation while the Balm Ct
= Thousand Flowers" has shed its perfume
through every CLINE. Invention after inven-
ton have had their day and been discarded,
and stilI the bald heads sigh for . true rem. dy
for their desolation.
Some years ago Mr.. Wise, Of the Valley OF
Virginia. varied the form Of the remedy very
contiderabIy, and produced quite sensation
among bald-pated gentlemen. He was tan.
ner, aud adopting, to a certain extent, the idea
Of HHANxExAN, that what would produce a
symptom would subdue it, he came to the
conclusion that what would remove the hair
from the hide would produce a crop of il
IN hoNA - hae c.
work on this penciple. He prepared plaster
Of lime and other thinss-probably that i'm
portant constituent Of the tanners .bait.. the
droppings Of hens-and applied them to bar.
rem scaips! He was confident and his patients
were hopeful. Many submitted to his treat.
meEt. Quite regiment in this city enlisted
IN his line, paid his retaining fee, and mustered
under his black plaster and straw hat, which
latter they wore In aud out doors. to con-
ceat the grotesque dressing Of their heads.
The straw hat sat in the parlor, 1t came TO
the table at every meal, and it covered the pa.
tent At all times except when in bed, and ev en-
there twas kept In reach, and sometimes mil.
ed on precipitately rs a servant entered: for
there 10 something in badness, and in the Of.
fort to restore the hair that belongs 30 en- tre,v
to secret and sacred matters, that one hardly
likes to divulge 1t to ones self So the straw
hat most jealousy guarded the bald nate and
the black patch Of DIR. WISE For months he
carefully titled and cultivated a number of
aspiring heads-heads that aspired to you,h
and beauty once more; but were doomed TO
Woful disappointment. The lime failed to
stimulate, the "bait'' was insufficient to for.
ttlize barren soil. The patients watched
hopefully those scattered and very fine shoots
that stand out ON most bald heads. and tina,
sometimes resemble the mould on compost o,
damp warm mOrning,-they thought day
after day a. they made their toilet, that these
stray shoots were a little thicker and a little
ionger-Mr. WISE thought so-they passed the
comb through them morning after morning.
and were proud Of the promising crop. Byand
BY they came to the painful conclusion that
they were indeed mistaken, and "hope for a
season fed" The black patch also fed. so did
the straw hat, and SO did WISE. The straw.
hat regiment was disbanded! WISE. whom
they had hailed a benefactor of his race. de.
parted amidst their excavations.
But though WIsEs plaster failed. hope is
still kindled In the bald heads heart bv the
magic Inventions heralded by the press. The
fascinating advertisements, how they hold
forth the wonderful virtues of the cosmetics
Surprising that benefactor of his kind who
makes two blades Of grass grow where ont
grew before, these cosmetical doctors make
hairs grow where none grew before! They
can make an honest man-that myth whom
DIoaESEs sought in the highways with Ian
tern! They can make hair grow in the palm
Of the hand. and hair in that place, the world
over, proves the honest man! Would the ma.
ton but have faith, and ply the balm to
their hands, there would not be a knaye in tn.
land-no! not even in Massachusetts Tha,
would DO miracle indeed, and precipitat-
that glorious era, the millennium, for which al.
sigh But talk Of palms, pshaw! it is on the
head that the bald pate wants the LIQUID
Between honesty aud a rich covering
for the barred dome Of the head who
could hesitate None. So the liouiu
10 rubbed upon the head until despair
takes hold of the patient, and then he resorts
to that last expedient-the wigmaker. and in
cure All the dangers and awkward dilemmas
Of the wig. wig! o, most lame and impo.
tent conclusion! To have it blown off in a
crowd-or knocked OF in a fight! who had
not rather be whipped a hundred times! Recu,
we TO mere sample of its embarrassments:-
friend who is devout disciple Of ISAAC
WALTON, sitting carelessly, one day. on tn.
edge OF boat In pond, got bite which /
threw too much Of his heavy bulk ON tn,
wrong side, when down he went, headforemos
70 the bottom. He came up, but left his wiz
Iast 70 the brush beneath the water! "Fanc,
ais fsiinx." a. well as his appearance! A good
looking and gallant young fellow who had los L
nis hair BY fever, playing one evening in /
parlor. where was gay party, with little
trl, had his wig pulled OF by her in an at
empt to pull his hair! Imagine the scene.-
The dear little girl was 1T to die of fright, At
No stood holding the scalp she had torn from |
he head 1t had graced. Who has not a gooo
tory Of the wigi Such contratemps are mo-
o b endured. The wig is indeed the last re.
OSt Of the afflicted friends of whom we write
Such are the woes Of those who have beer
horn Of their browning honors by one cause
= another. The aged, whose feeble springs |
70 longer irrfgate and nourish the decayine |
'air--the rue, the rich forest ON whose dome
~ been burned like the growth on the apex !
8 &tna or Vesuvius, by the consuming fires
andIed within. But thanks to the hair doc |
orss they still labor for their benefit Tn. |
ltest oenefactor Of tho unfortunate we ar. |
Sadaed TO say, il citizen of Richmond.-I
bat citissn is NAPnTALI EzEKIsL. He holds |
NJ promises brighter than all. And for tn.
Forst, II no Offers but hope, does not he Offer
long with 1t consolation AS long as hope
lstsl But he swears he can do more. He
wears, too, by his own hairs! He was not |
lany months since, he says, land there are |
seaty OF witnesses to testify 10 the fact) a.
asa - our friend Bon g.. but now b. !
.ows crop Of promising growth, which, he |
Ays. mas come Of the use Of his preparation.
- = oaefs TO vonchsafe the like blessing t.