The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23

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| are, and they are infinitely more sensitive,
making them easier both to manage and
to mismanage. Children cannot be gov
erned by any stern, unvarying rule; they
must be treated according to the differ
ences in their characters. Above all,
children who appear moruse, obstinate,
unhappy, should not be made more so by
punishment-they are wretched enough
already. To alleviate, not to increase, the
unhappinsss of childhood should be the
aim of all who have the welfare of chill
dren at heart.--LOndon Queen.
How Every Lady May be Her Own
| Rair.Drcsser.
| A beautiful head of hair is a woman's
crown of glory, but a certain amount of
care is needed to keep this crown in or
der. The finest hair in the world loses
its beauty if neglected, and soon becomes
frowsy, dry and wiry, and falls out pre-
iiiaturely. Women of wealth have maids
whose DUTY it is to take care of their hair.
Others employ hair-dressers, who come
at stated times to perform the Office,
charging from $S to $40 month for a
dAily visit. But The great majority of
women have neither maid nor hair
dresser, but attend to their hair them
selves, and it is for these we write.
In the care of the hair, the first and
most indispensable thing is good hair
brush. This is the best hair tonic in the
world, taking the place Of all pomades,
| washes and lotions. it cleanses the head
even better than shamp0olng, and is far
more effectual than the ivory comb, which
| irritates the scalp and INJURIES the hair.
| Choose good-sized brush, with long,
moderately stiff bristles, or better still,
stiff one for cleansing the hair and soft
one for smoothing it. Brush your hair
vigorously at morning and night, or get
some one to do it for you if you can. A
hundred strokes Of the brush is the legiti.
mate allowance, and as these can be given
by all expert in three minutes, it will not
consume much time. Try this for a few
weeks and you will find your hair become
as silky and glossy as satin, without the
aid of the vulgar and dirty pomades
which no lady of refinement will tolerate.
If your hair is moist. or matted, it is
well to rub into it some fine starch pow
der or corn starch, and afterward brush it
until the glossy condition is reached.
Water has tendency to dry up the natu-
raj oil of the hair. 1t should be used only
when the hair is thin and short enough to
dry Immediately. Long. thick hair that
is often wet soon becomes musty and dis
agreeable. The best method OF sham-
pooning is TO rub the head well with the
yolks of one or two eggs, slightly beaten,
and afterward with little water, thus
producing fine lather. When the head
Is thoroughly cleansed, rinse it with cold
water, and dry with towels as much as
possible. Ii not susceptible to cold,
spread out the tresses in current of air;
and by no means put them up until all
moisture IL evaporated. Borax and am
tnonia and water may be used instead of
egg, and cleanse tine hair effectually, a.
though, perhaps, with more danger of in
jury 10 the hair. Ammonia, however, is
an excellent stimulus when used with
care, and makes flne dressing, MIXED
dresser charges one dollar for shampoo
ing the head.
Next to the constant use of the brush,
we would recommend the frequent cutting
of the ends of the hair, not merely of the
long ends, but of the broken and Jagged
tips of the short hairs, the underbrush as
it were. This can be easily done by part
ing the hair in small locks, then letting
each lock slip slowly through the large
teeth of a dressing comb, and clipping off
the forked ends as they appear above the
comb, which is held slightly bent The
only effect of cutting the hair at the full
of the moon or at the turn of the tide is
that supsrstitious observance is likely to
insure regularity.
There will always be those who cry for
pomades, and who will not believe that
the constant use of the brush will make
their hair soft and glossy without them,
and that healthy system will
supply oil enough if the head is kept
clean. There may be those, too, who
have an unnatural dryness of scalp and
harshness of hair. A mixture of half an
ounce of carbonate Of ammonia in a
pint OF sweet oil will remedy this. When
the hair is falling out, the following is the
best dressing in use: Mix pint of alco-
hol, pint or rose water, fluid ounce of
vaseline and an ounce of pure quinine in
powder, and two scruples of tartar -emetic,
and apply as wash every other day Until
the hair stops falling Avoid all nos.
trums, especially such as contain can.
tharides, which are positively dangerous,
The hair being nicely brushed and in
order, the next thing is TO he put it up in
the most becoming fashion. To do this,
It is necessary to stufiy nno's face. and
adapt the prevailing style to it as far as
possible. If the fa.e is short the hair
should be rolled back from the forehead
and dressed high on the top and In the
back. A long face, On the contrary, is
shortened by arranging the hair in flat
bandeaux. Almost any style is becoming
to the fortunate possessOr of an oval face.
The simplest style of hair-dressing suits a
classic.shaped head with straight hose
and regular features, while a piquant
face and fetroltsse rose calls for profusion
Of curls, braids and frizzes.
Do not tie your hair tightly; friz it on
loops Of elastic cord, winding it in and
out as on hair-pin; and in curling 1t
with hot irons, wind thin paper over the
tongs that they may not touch the hair
Crepes and rats of all kinds are injurious
and uncomfortable, aad irritate the scalp.
Brown hair is the cheapest in market;
of chestnut and blonde are higher, red
gray and white hair a.e the dearest of all.
ty-sevcn inches in length, the modest sum
Of 81, 600 was asked not long since. The
more peculiar the shade of hair, the great
er difficulty will be found in matching it,
and the higher will re its price.
We must say word about hair-dyes.
Nothing can be more dangerous than the
uses OF preparations containing lead,
which often cause softcning of the brain,
paralysis and imbecility There is, in
fact, no excuse for employing dyes of any
kind, now that it is the fashion for ladies
to wear their own gray hair. and that men
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