The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-10-04
Our Hair.

with hair. 1t Is very important pro-
tector of the brain. The Creator COW
cred part of mans face with hair. 1t
is an important protector of the throat
and lungs. The eyes likewise, say
some Psychologists.
Did you ever observe that curious
protuberance in a mans neck? They
call it adams apple" from the old
notion that when Eve gave the apple to
Adam, he was so frightened that, in
stead of masticating it thoroughly, as
he should have done, he swallowed it
whole, and it stuck in his throat. His
descendants have inherited the lump.
This peculiar projection in mans
throat gives extra length to his vocal
chords, so that his voice may be deep and
low. His voca box is thus all out
doors, and requires the protection of
the hair. In woman's throat there
is no such prominence. Her vocal box
is buried in the soft parts, and requires
no extra covering. Then there is no
doubt it was destined that man should
do the rough, outside, dusty work of
the world, while in the main woman
should stay at home to take care of her
little ones.
The beard about the mouth and nose
among men engaged in dusty work
catches and holds a vast amount of dust
which would otherwise enter and irri-
gate the lungs.
Men become bald! Why? Because
they wear close hats aud caps. Women
are never bald. Sometimes, from long
continued headache, heat in the scalp,
bad hair dressing and some other causes
women may have bare spots here and
there; but with all of these causes
combined, you never see woman with
bare, shiny, bald head. And you
never see man lose hair below where
the hat touches his skull. 1t will take
it off as clean as you can shave it down
to exactly that line, but never a hair
below, not if he had been bald fifty
years. The common black stiff hat, as
impervious as sheet iron, retains the
heat and perspiration. The little hair
glands, which bear the same relation to
the hair that the seed wheat does to the
plant above ground, become weak from
the presence of the moisture and heat,
and finally become too weak to sustain
the hair. 1t falls out; and badness ex-
lists. A fur cap have known to pro-
duce complete badness in single win
| ter.
A man with good head of hair needs
very little protection where the hair
grows. Women who live much within
doors, and who are therefore peculiarly
susceptible to the cold, oil their hair
and plaster it hard and fiat, upon their
skulls, so as to destroy nine-tenths of
its power as non-conductor, have worn
for years postage stamps of bonnets
stuck on the back of their heads, ex-
posing the whole top of their skulls,
and then going out of furnace heated
parlors, have ridden for hours in very
cold tempeature without taking cold and
without complaint.
Man, with his greatest vigor and hab-
its of outdoor life, and with his hair
not plastered down, but thrown up loose
and light, could no doubt 60 to the north
pole, so far as that portion ofhis person
is concerned, without any artificial COW
ering. And yet we men wear immense
ly thick fur caps, and what amounts
to sheet-iron hats, and do not dare step
out in a chilly atmosphere moment
least we take cold. 1t is silly, weak.
and really serious error. The Creator
knew what he was about when he COW
cred mans skull with hair. 1t has
very important function in protecting
the brain. Badness is a serious mis-
fortune. 1t will never occur in any man
who will wear such a hat as l do-a
common black silk hat with five hun
dred holes through the top, so that there
shall be more hole than hat. This costs
nothing; the halter will do it for you
when you purchase your hat. IF the
nap be combed back the wrong way,
and if after the holes are made it be
combed the right way, no one will ever
observe the popularity. The hat will
wear quite as long-the hatters say
considerably longer-because it is dry
instead of moist; in brief, there is not
single objection to it, while it will
certainly prevent badness and keep
the top of the head cool and prevent
much headache.
While discussing this subject of our
hair, would remark that the back of
the neck should be protected in winter
against cold and in summer against
great heat. Nothing can accomplish
this uniformly and perfectly but the hair.
The custom of shingling off the hair
from the back of the neck is unphysiolo-
gical, and it should in both sexes be al
lowed to fall low enough to cover the
nape or meet the usual dress. The
present fashion of ladies, of drawing
andstraining the hair away from the nape
of the neck and pulling it on top of the
head with an indescribable mass of dead
peoples hair, and bark, ETC., is mis-
chievous and monstrous.-Dio Le,Cis IN
To-Day.
The Belgian Government has recent
ty ordered securely-locked letter-boxes
to be placed in all the insane asylums
of tho country Duhlic or nriyate in