San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-12-07

w. had nothing 10 90, unefe oin6
no political campaign, and his friends,
who PLAYED draw poker al being out
of town, he decided to remove TIE
pancake batter by scratching 1t with
his finger nail. After raking across
his pants few times he found that
the process impaired a burning sensa-
ton to his fingers. While at work
thus, he happened to want to light
a cigar, and was about to scratch a
match on the ceiling eighteen feet
above, when it occurred to him that
his pants would create the necessary
friction, and he tried it, with good
results. He rather overdid the thing
however, as his pants We're greasy,
and he set them on fire, as well as
the match, but the ..confagration was
SOON extinguished by the fire depart
ment of the young city, after the
hook and ladder company had erected
! ladder up Mr.. w. to where the fire
broke out. The idea was saved,
whether the pants were or not, and
| for years the discoyerer accumulated
large amount of money by charging
a ROYALTY to all who scratched matches
thus. The inventor made'a fortune
and is now living in retirement,
that is, in as much retirement as a
man nine feet high can live, and re-
spected by all. We might go on and
show how hundreds of great discov-
cries have been made in manner as
simple, but will simply mentiona dis,
covery which we made recently, and
which involves not only the cause OF
the people becoming bald headed, but
a. preventative against that calamity.
We cannot cure badness, as bald
head is beyond help, but if those who
have hair and desire to retain it, will
follow our advice, they need never
show a clearing on the top of their
heads. The cause of badness is the
habit men have of pulling their shirts
on and nightshirts off ertheir heads.
There are some who will laugh at
this idea, but it is not intended that
they should, as this is notsa funny
article. This is business. The pull
ing of a shirt or nightshirt off oyer
the Head causes friction on the scalp
which IN time sears the roots of the
hair, and leaves barren plain, a
Sahara, forever after, Suppose that
the nightshirt comes to mans feet.
there is from five to six feet of tail to
be drawn over the tender hair, which,
kept up for a series of years, would
wear out any head of hair. Add to
this the friction from taking off the
shirt, and then the natural scratch
ing of the head for ideas, etc., and
the hair has no rest, and the wonder
is that there is man left who has
spear of hair on his head. Now the
preventative is for men to walk out
of their nightshirts the front way.
Women are never bald, and some
sneering men account for the fact by
claiming that women do not have
brain enough to become bald. That
is a campaign lie. Women have
more brains and a better quality than
any bald headed man on earth. But
they do not wear their hair off by
pulling their garments over the head.
They open the storm door of the gar
ments, and walk out into the light of
the day, and never disturb hair.
This we state upon information and
belief, and if we are wrong we can
easily be corrected. tits alleged that
they get out Of their dry goods diff
ferent from men, and thereby make
a great saving in hair. Taking all
the facts there is only one sensible
way for men who desire to retain
their hair, and that is to break off
the destructive habit of pulling their
garments off over their heads. They
may have to be instructed in the
best manner of getting out of a night
shirt without using the head for
pivot, but that can be arranged. Let
societies be formed, classes, if you
please, and secure a teacher to illus
trate how to- take off nightshirt the
front way. If our discovery is acted
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