Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09
The Female Hair-What it Should be,
and How to Make it so.

A woman's hair to be beautiful
must be long and Astounding, gently
undulatine, fine of texture and of
brilliant surface. As for color, hat
depends upon taste, or shall we say,
fashion? The blond dore or golden
yellow hair Of the Empress Eugene
has brought the light coIors into
great vogue, and exalted even the
once despised red bends high above
the crowd.
The condition OF the hair depends
much upon the state OF the general
health. An improper diet aud all
causes which deterorate the latter
injure the former. Excess of every
kind, both mental aud bodily, is sure
to produce premature grayness or
badness. Rakes, il is said, find it
impossible to keep the hair upon
their heads. The habit of wearing
nightcaps, and the hat or any other
covering on the head in the house. is
fatal. The neglect of the hair by
people otherwise careful Of their per
sons, IS Il frequent cause OF injury
A coarse comb should be constantly
used, but fine one seldom, and the
hairs separated overland over again,
SO that they may be thoroughly eX-
posed to the air. The brush should
have bristles long and stiff enough
to cleanse thoroughly the scalp and
stimulate the bulbs at the roots of
each hair.
TWISTING THE HAIR.
Too much interference, on the 9th
erhand, does more harm than even
total neglect. There are some wo>
men, and particularly those natural
ly endowed with the most beautiful
hair, who carry its care to excess.
They are in the habit of squeezing,
twisting, and otherwise tormenting
it to such an extent that the skin of
the scalp, is torn, the hairs broken,
and even the bulbs, upon which
their growth depends, are perma-
nently injured. The fine comb is
generally too mush used, particular
ly where the hair is parted. Here,
in consequence, and at the back of
the neck where the hair is tightly
drawn up, the frs; bald spots show
themselves.
USE OF THE COMB.
Pomatums and artificial applica-
tons of all kinds are not required by
those whose hair is in state of per-
feet health. A comb and a brush
are all that are necessary, and moths
ing else should be used by such. Oc-
casionally, however, the hair be-
comes unnaturally dry, loses its bril-
liancy and supleness, breaks or splits
a. the slightest touch, and easily en-
tangles. Pomatums are now useful,
and the best is this simple one
Ok marrow" ounce.
Oil of bitter drachms
Mix.
With this disposition of the hair to
split and break, it is better not to
get it cut until its condition is i'm
proved.
CUTTING THE HAIR.
There is common but false no.
ton that frequent cutting o. the hair
is favorable to its health and Growth.
Mothers often despoil infants of their
first siken locks, with the idea that
the second hair will be much more
rich and abundant. This is an error.
The most beautiful and Astounding
head of hair | ever saw, says DIR.
Chazenave, were those which the
scissors had never touched" Oth-
ers, not satisfied with trimming the
hair Of their children, often have it
shaved or cut close TO the scalp,
when they find it losing some Of its
briIliancy or falling out. Except in
certain cases Of disease, the total sac
ritce of the hair is unnecessary, and
the second growth is never equal to
the first. Getting the hair trimmed
from time to time may be allowed as
a matter of convenience, but it does
not produce the benefit general y at
tributed to it.