Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21
DOMESTIC.

BEAUTIFCL H1R-HOw TO GET AMI
RETAIN IT.-To get and retain beautiful
hair, you musEztteRd TO daily brushing
it. occasionally wasting it, and periodi-
cally trimming it,(and striving at all
times TO keep the general health up to
the average.
Now as TO brushing. The skin of the
head, like that Of every other part OF
the body, is constantly being renewed
internally, and peeling off in scales as
fine as dust externally, and these are to
be removed by means of the brush. But
it is not so easy to brush the hair
properly as one might imagine. Few
hair-dressers, indeed, know very much
about it. The proper time for the opera
ton, then, is the morning, just after
you have come out of your bath, pro-
vided you have not wetted the hair.
Two kinds of brushes ought to be found
on every lady's toilette-table, hard
and soft. The former is first to be
used, and used well, but not too
roughly; it moves all dust, and acts
Ike tonic on the roots of the hair,
stimulating the whole capillary system
to healthy action. Afterward use the
soft brush-this is to give the gloss from
which the morning sunshine will
presently CLINT and CLEAN with a glory
that no Macassar oil in the world could
initiate. Whence comes this gloss? you
ask. Why, from the sebaceOus glands
at the roots of the hair, natures own
patent pomade, which the soft brush
does but spread. Secondly, one word
on washing the hair. This is necessary
occasionally TO thoroughly cleanse both
head and hair. One or two precautions
must be taken, however. Never use
soap if you can avoid it; if you do, let
it be the very mildest and unperfumed;
avoid so-called hair cleansing fluids,
and use rain water filtered. The yolks
of two new-laid eggs are much to be
preferred TO soap; they make a beauti-
full lather, and when the washing is
finished, and the hair thoroughly rinsed
in the purest rain water, you will find
when dry that the gloss will not be de-
stroyed, which an alkali never fails to
do. The first water must not be very
hot, only just todrTa, and the last per-
fectly cold. Dry with soft towels-but
do not rub till the skin is tender-and
afterward brush. Be very careful al
ways to have your brushes and combs
perfectly clean and free from grease,
and place other brushes on the table for
friends of yours who happen to be
Macassarites.
Pointing the hair regularly not only
prevents it from splitting at the ends,
but it renders each individual hair more
less attenuated-if | may ap-
ply the term to hair-and, moreover,
keeps up the growing process, which
might be blunted or checked.
the tips of the hair has also a
beneficial effect.
1t will be seen that l am no advocate
for oils and pomades. My advice, in
all cases, is to do without them if you
possibly can, for by their clogging la
ture and over-stimulating qualities they
often cause the hair to grow thin and
fall of sooner than it otherwise would.
Let loeU alone.
One word, in conclusion, about dyes.
Avoid them, il you be your own friend.
Hair-dyeing is very satisfactory, as far
As dead hair is concerned, but on the
living head its perfect success is a
chemical impossibility. As to hair-re-
those that are not simply STAIN !
ers depend upon the action of the light |
altering and oxidizing the |
application after it has been used. Their |
use. L must add, is fraught |
With great danger, and trichOsiS fur
rdced (yes, L know | am using dread |
'ul language, but desperate diseases |
need desperate cures), and even worse, |
nay be the result. And so, du reroir.-
HdrDeT'S Bnz1r