The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-26

matter (if, indeed, any of the operations OF ma.
| ture should be called small, has found that Il
grows faster in the daytime than at night, and
| in the summer than winter. There is a COM
mon notion that the increase is also more
marked in the first half of the lunar month,
and there are not wanting men of science who
have endorsed this belief. ''Who does not
know by his own experience" confidently
SAYS the Able Toaldo in his Saggio Meteor0io
glco, THAT the hair and nails grow faster after
the new than after the full moon TO which
question most physicians coolly reply that no
body knows it. AS it is matter OF ones OWL
experience, we recommend every one who is
curious about it to observe for himself, and
make up his own mind irrespective OF the
agreement Of doctors.
DANGEROUS HAIR DYES.
Vast quantities of sugar of lead have been
used of late years for dye. 1t is usually COM
pounded with glycerine, water, flower OF
sulphur, and some aromatic and color1ng SUD-
stances. This is the composition of nine out
of ten of the hair restorers. hair ton1cs, ana
hair washes, so loudly advertised all over the
darken the hair. but the color they yield Is q
dirty brown, not at all natural or pleasing.
This is not all. We must condemn this mix
ture. OF any mixture for this purpose contain
ing lead, as dangerous to health and LIE:
Several cases have occurred within tne iaSC
year or two, where lead palsy, lead collie, and
fatal poisoning, were caused BY the use OF Jus,
Davenport, Iowa, who for four years had en-
ployed lead dye for his hair and beard, per-
ished with oil the symptoms OF lead poison;
chemical examination proved that the metal
had been absorbed by the skin, and was pres
ent in his internal organs.
cHIGNoNs.
A few years ago an absurd clamor was raised
by some sensational papers about the alleged
discovery of minute ova-Snits, In plain
terms-on the hair sold for chignons. Itwas
asserted that any one who wore them exposed
guests of the insect kind. Small masses called
gregarines were pointed out on some hair as
these pretended ova There was not word
of scientific truth in all this. The methods
employed to prepare hair for market will GER
tainly clean it thoroughly from all such impu-
rites, and the gregarines, when examined by
competent microscopists, turn out to be moth
ing but very minute fungi, entirely harmless
to the skin, and also very rarely met with on
false hair of any kind.
SUMMARY OF ADVICE TO WOMAN WHO WISHES
TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
First, let her correct Ier bad habits, If she
has any, OF carriage, Of Expression, of want Of
cleanliness, Of false modes of dress, Of injudi-
cious diet, and of incidence,
Secondly let her study her own complexion,
expression, stature, profile and outline, pre-
cisey as an artist does those Of one OF his
ideal figures, and with the same care and
pains as the artist let her choose for herself
the contrasting and .harmonizing colors, the
coifure, the expression, and the manner best
adapted to,bring out prominently all her natq,
raj advantages, and throw into the shade all
unlavorabic traits.
Thirdly, let unsightly warts and scars be
done away with, let hairs which injure the APP
pearancc be destroyed, let complexion and
hair be cultivated, the form developed, dimln-
ished or increased by hygienic, emotional and
detetic means, the features and organs Of
special sense subjected. if need be, to the
training andthe modification of the surgeon,
and the general health improved under the
advice ofan intelligent physician, the teeth,
voice, and even the nails attended to. II she
has done all this, there will be little need for
the purely venal cosmetic arts, such as paint,
powder, patches and rouge.