Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-31
Only a WOman's Hair.

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| Only Woman's Hair.
HOW IvEEY LADY MAY EASILY BEcoME HER OWN
CHIFFoSIER.
beautiful head of hair is a womans
| crown of glory, but certain amount of
care is needed to keep this crown in order.
| The finest hair in the world loses its beauty
if neglected, and soon becomes frowsy, dry
and wiry, and falls out prematurely. Wo-
men 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 IS to $40 a
month for n daily visit But the great ma
| jority of women have neither maid nor hair-
| dresser but attend to their hair themselves;
and it is for these we write.
In the care of the hair, says the New York
| ErpreSS the first and most indispensable
| thing is a good hair brush This is the best
hair tonic in the world, taking the place of
| all pomades, washes and lotions. 1t cleanses
the head even better than shampooing, and
| is far more etfectual than the ivory comb
which irritates the scalp and Injuries the hair.
| Choose good sized brush, with long, mod
erately stiff bristles, or better still, stiff
| one for cleansing the hair and q soft one for
| smoothing it. The London crown brushes
| are the best the bristles being rivited in such
| II manner that they do not loosen or fall out.
| Brush your hair vigorously ut morning and
| night or get some one to do it for you if you
| can A hundred strokes of the brush is the
| legitimate allowance, and these can be given
| BY an expert i'll three minutes, it will not
| consume much time. Try this for few
| weeks and you will find your hair become as
silky and glossy as satin, without the aid of
Al, lt.t,r It-hI la,tt
of refinement will tolerate.
If your hair is moist or matted, it is well
| to rub into it some fine starch-powder or
| corn starch, and afterwards brush 1t until
| the glossy condition is reached. Water has
| a tendency to dry up the natural 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 disagreeabe. The best
method of shampooing Is to rub the head
| well with the yolks of one or two eggs, slight
| Iy beaten, and aiterward with little water,
| thus producing n fine lather. When the
head Is thoroughly cleansed, rinse it with
| cold water and dry with towels as much as
possible If not susceptible to cold, spread
out the tresses in a current /of air, and by no
means put them up until all moisture is eyap
| Grated Borax and ammonia band water may
be used instead of egg, and cleanse the hair
eflectually, although, perhaps, with more
danger oi injury TO the hair Ammonia,
however is an excellent stimulus when used
| with care, and makes Il fine dressing, mixed
with glycerine. A professional hair-dresser
charges one dollar for shampooing 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
al. I., ,l.
| This can be easily done by parting the hair
in small locks, then letting each lock slip
| slowly through the large teeth of dressing
comb, and slipping of 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 a superstitious observance Is
| likely to insure regularity.
There wi Il 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
| hardness of hair. A mixture of half au
| 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 alcohol, pint OF
rosewater, n 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 nostrums, especially such
as contain cantharides, which are positively
dangerous.
The hair being nicely brushed and in or
der, the next thing is to put it up in the
most becoming fashion. To do this it is nee
essary to study ones face, and adapt the pre-
vailing style TO it as far as possible. If the
face is short the hair should be rolled back
from the forehead and dressed high on the
top in the back. A long face, on the con-
trary, is shortened by arranging the hair in
Hat bandeaux. Almost any style is becom-
| ing to the fortunate pOssessor of an oval
face. The simplest style of halr-dresslnG
suits classc-shaped head with Il straight
nose and regular features, while II plqunnt
| face and reirOuSSe nose calls for proiusion
of curls, braids and irizzes.
Do not tie your hair tightly friz it on
loops of elastic cord, winding 1t III and out
us on n 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 uncom-
Portable and irritate the scalp. An excellent
substitute for these, by means OF which n
ady can dress her own hair with great ease
and comfort, has been devised by IN ingeni-
! Gus French coiHtr OF New York, named
| Hemer. This couture, which Is appropri-
ately called the Multiiorm, from the variety
| OF STYLES IN which il can be arranged, con-
sists of n long weit of short. curly hair which
is inserted in "A lenGthwise slit in the top of n
metal cylinder that is kept i'll place hy being
| screwed to II table the halI Is then brushed
around the tube. thus forming puff or cuil
about three-quarters OF IL yard III length,
which retains its shape ON being withdrawn
from the cylinder. With two OF these light,
long pulls, weighing only two ounces, almost
amy kind Of couture can he made French
twist, chatelainr, pulled or curled chignon,
| puils and brnids etc, while 10y picking out
the hair with pm fringe made for the
head couture OF this kind, with the in
strument iur keeping II in order, costs from
| $40 to SIS, according to the color oi the
hnir Brown hair is the cheapest in market I;
black is next in price the various shades OF
chestnut and blonde ARE higher red an au-
burn are still more expensive, and gray aud
! white hair are the dearest OF all. For two
thick hrnids Of white hair, twenty
inches IN length, the modest sum Of three
thousand dollars was asked not long since.
The more peculiar the shade Of hnlr, the
| greater difficulty will he found III matching
| 1t, md the higher will be the price.
We must say word about hair dyes.
| Nothing ,un he more dangerous than the
uses ui preparations containing lend. which
| often cause suittnng ut the hIuIn, paralysis
| and lmhecility. There IS. III inct no excuse
inr employing dyes Of any kind, now that IT
! ~ the fashion for hdIcs To wear their own
| gray hair. and nrn are 81 ANXIOUS To gam
the prestige ot experience conveyed by
| hlnnchcd lucLh That u mtmhor OF the French
| Academy predicted sure fortune to any one
who would invent II lotion which would bleach
the hnr Of two juvenile professors. But
those who would use such dyes should he
told that the only safe ones are bused on log
| wood or some other harmless ingredient.
| For instance, pint ofalcuhnl, pint OF rose
water, tour ounces of the tmctuTe of iron,
aud four OuEccs oi the spirit of ammonia,
make harmless and ctlectunl dye Tor those
who think they cannot dispense with 1t.
1t Is disputed question whether children's
hair should he kept cropped. There is no
doubt that its iineress and softness are les
sened 10y cutting. The Greeks, those apos-