Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-11
freedom from oppressive and restrictive

freedom from oppressive and restrictive
{ laws.
The first. second and third essential things
to do, in order to keep or secure a healthy
bead Of hair. Is tt preserve perfectly clean
scalp. Avoid irritating it by stif brushes
or violent shampooing. These iniure tho
scalp seriously, they diminish its energies,
and thereby promote the formation of dan
iruiTand scurvv.
Grease, whatever disguiscs it may assume,
is injurious to the hair.
These applications act mechanically on the
l,air, and seem To render it soft. bu1 the
same time tl'ey stop the minute pores Of tho
scalp. and practically net as a hermetic seal
t. them. The insensible perspiration can No
more escape through this dense cover than it
can penetrate coat of India rubber slim
tii,nts applied to a scalp in this condition
,nlv hasten to the ruin Of the hair.
Every touch of the scalp should he soft
and soothing, and every application gentle.
No effort should be made 10 alter or modify
the natural color of the hair, because ma
turc. in s.yerv case, selects that shade which
best harmonizes with tie complexion and
most perfectly suits the expression and cast
of co1ntenance. \ light compleXioned per
/ ~9n with dark hair. to = cultivated and aTtis-
tie eve IS an anomaly or monstrpsity.
much out Of harmony with the true ideal OF
beauty as a girl with mOustache boy
with a wrinkled face.
\ slight clipping once IN four or six weeks
i benefit u the hair and for this reason
that the escape 81 the oily substance con
tanned in the hair is sometimes prevented by
the closing of the ends. and thus it became
more or less dr. ami harsh. \ long neglect
1f clipping i seen in the dry ami faded APP
pearance Of the ends, which a single appii-
cation 0f the shears restores t. freshness and
beauty.
The bead should be washed almost or alto
-othcr a often rs the lace The dryness
which washing gives to tho hair would soon
Sc provided for by greater flow Of naturul
Ill, which now i seldom called for and often
restrained
But whatever may be written about tho
habits Of hair. there are many persons who
will persist IN the use Of oils, and ppmades,
and dyes These compounds are more freely
used IN America than II any other country +;
3nd the result l. seen IN the comparative
rarity of really fine heads ri hair.
Ponades are made botl, FROM animal and
vegetable substances. Among the animal
substances that form the basis of these popu-
'ar preparations are the fat Of tie bear.
icer. hedgehog, rabbit, man. mole. goose and
snake ashes fthc hedgehog, hedgehog skin,
mouse. goats hair, horses teeth, bees.
wasIs Spanish files, a9usefieS distilled
with honey IN milk, money. hee-giue and red
coral
The vegetable substances ara too numerous
tn mention, but include henzDir. resins COM
mon tar, turpentinc anu laudanuIu-
- GA the principle of Ike going to and
n5urishing like saws careful authority,
= the fat oc exec sivelv hairy animals as.
Tor instance. tho hear-Las leen considered
peculiarly precious as promoter oI tie
growth Of the human hair while that Of
the hedgehog, a similar principle, would
tend u make hair strong re taJ from
human scalp-a well thatrhed one being pre-
.crrcd-was formerly regarded with feelings
of peculiar interest ly these Ingenious PHI
losophers. whose surprise, on putting their
theory to the test. nust have been great.
np0n finding that, after all. 1t was no richer
in virtue than any other Kind oi grease \
lindred notion was tuat which fixed on rn-
veus' eggs a. 4 proper application lo1 color
INC the hair black The Romans were not
behind us in the oddi5y of 5heir faneies for
thev resorted not only 10 external, bat - in
ternai remedies for the loss Of hair. Piiny
mentions one Of the latter kind. Observing
that the sponge growing out Of the Wild
rose. reduced T. ashes and mixed with honey.
is one of the nohlest remedies.
The only permanent good effected by the
application of pomades Is accomplished hy
the friction and cleansing that sometimes ac-
company it.
=. There Is an elderly female in London
saws DR.. Perry, in his work on the Hair
Scalp and Face Of some repute in the
practice of restoring hair, whose method is
~aId to consist mainly in getting the head OF
her subject between her knees, and straight
wav beginning a most vigorous attack upon
il. consisting III rubbing, punching, punl-
melting, shampooing. and the like which
results in the etectual stimulation Of every
part Another aged sister produces a SINH
lar result with blistering powder
=. Rcstorativcs' - - luStrals' aud similar
compounds, are almost uniformly made up
Of castor oil and alcohol. because no other
fixed oil viii freely dissolve in alchohol.
One OF the most celebrated restoratives
for example. Is composed Of eight ounces Of
ninety per cent. alcohol. colored with few
drops cf tincturc Of alkanct root. II which
Is added one ounce Of castor oil. The per
fumc IS gained by = compound of bergamot.
narolic, verbena and orange. Another
equally popular restorative is made bv add
ing two ounces Of castor oil without anv
perfume. u eight ounces of eighty per cent
alcohol
Pomades sold for the same purpose owe
their more decided results 10 the presence of
cantharides, which is n powerful stimulant
All such applications are of TO pcrma-
nent utility. At best they only produce a
feeble growth of short, downv halr, which
soon disappears. never attain healthy
condition