Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-05-03
Waterfalls.

The doctors, who of late have peer
ed into things very curiOusly with their
microscopes, have told some disagree
able stories about chignoDs. A Rus
sian professor states that thTee-fOurths
of the false hair used in Russia is in
Tested with minute animals called
GFegarines. which are parasites of that
famous animal, the pedicuEuS CdDjds
or common lousc. He states that In
the heat and agitation of the bail
room these gTegarines 'rivive, grow,
and multiply by dividing into many
parts; these fly about the ballroom In
millions, get inhaled, and drop on the
refreshments" And besides these
parasites Of the louise there may be
also the egg-bags of the animal itself.
There have also been found certain
'nits" that resemble those which are
present in the various forms of ring
worm. We will state, however, for
the partial comfort of the wearers of
waterfalls, that the adult scalp does
not afford suitable midas for these
parasite germs. If the young should
wear them (and why should they not
if they are really Ornamental?) ring
worms would be a common result.
When false hair was used In moder-
ate quantity great pains was takel in
collecting and preparing it. But this
has not been the case since so great a
demand has been created for it by the
new fashion. In Europe the collect
ing of hair is a large business, and is
done chiefly by very filthy persons
among filthy people. In Russia great
quantities are gathered from the peas
ant women Of the MOrdWines and
Burlakes near the Volga, and the fl
thiness of these people can be judged
from the statement that when the
Burlake goes out to work in the spring,
he perhaps puts a clean shirt on, but
he decidedly never takes it off until
he returns home in autumn"
In commenting upon such facts the
editor of the London Lancet says
Here is a fine chance for parasites.
We must leave the subject with ladies'
and naturalists- Half of the awful
possibilities of the fashion-Which it
| does not suggest-WOuld deter men,
! We can not so certainly reckon upon
affecting ladies In a matter of fashion
Some injury comes from Waterf alls
when they are very large, from the
| heat they occasion and the strain upon
| the natural hair when this is made to
/ sustain them. We have known a daily
| headache to be thus produced, which
disappeared on making the deformity
| smaller and cOntTiviDg to sustain il
| without any strain upon the hair.
1 But after all, we do not object to
! chignons SO much from the liability t.
! be infested with parasitic animals and
! the diseases these may produce, OF
from the injury which they may di-
! rectly inflict in some cases, as we do
! from the general influence which the
wearing of this dcformity exerts il
| the maintenance of the tyranny OI
| fashion. This tyranny often tramples
| alike on the laws of beauty, the laws
of propriety, and the laws Of health
! There is certainly no beauty in bis
/ cbignOns OF enormous criuoIine, nc
propriety in sweeping filthy sidewalks
| with trailing dresses, and no promo.
ton of health IN the compression ot
vital organs by cOrsets and other kin
! dred appliances. Indeed, aside from
the direct effect of some of the inven,
tions of fashion in iniUring the health
there is an indirect influence in this
1 .eepect which is by no means of small
account. The constant paiustaking in
obeyiug the eyer-varying behests ot
fashion, which so much occupies tht
j mind of most females, infiets, 1t Il
true, It's chief injury upon the mora
aud intellectual character, but through
this it affects also the physical cOndi
ton. Whatever degrades and belittlei
the mind, and keeps it disturbed will
with cares that are unworthy of it
even frivolous in their nature, mus
derange the nevous system, anC
through this the bodily organization
at large while, on the other hand
the satisfaction attending the employ
ment of thought and on rational sub
iects exerts a genial influence UpGI
the mind, and through that upon th
body, and is therefore one Of tn
means of securing a high condition o
health.
The moral and intellectual consid
erations are by far the most important
but it has been our purpose now t.
press only those which have Tefereno
! TO health. The whole subject demand
attention and rational action on th
part of all sensible and high-minde
women. It is wrong, eXceedingl
wrong, for them to allow themselve
to be borne along in the crowd wit
the worldly aud frivolous in followin
all the exactions of HQrper
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