Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14

but the Geld weather has prevented any great
demand being made thus far this season. The
price at present is about $1.50 per ton on board
the vessel.
The Modern Abuse Of the Hair.
From Harper's Bazaar.
The recent methods Of dressing the hair, both
by piling on the head large quantities of dead
hair with its more or less injurious contact, the
stiffening of bands into position with too free
use Of glutinous cosmetics, and the alteration
Of color by the application of strong akalies and
other agencies have produced an effect at last,
after the fashion has In q measure gone by, by
deterioration of the hair on wOmen's heads
that makes striking difference between tresses
as they were thirty years ago and as they are
now. The head has become so heated, the scalp
has become 80 irrtated, the hair bulbs and
glands have become 80 injured by chemicals,
that 1t is wonderful the result should not be
even more destructive than it has been. 1t is
fortunate that the fancy for all these injurious
ways and means toward beauty was arrested
before the whole generation of women became
bald-headed. And as it is, fully half of them
have a crown where the hair struggles thnly
over painfully blushing skin. have partings
that assume in their frightened eyes, as they
look in the glass, the proportions of the gates
Of GAIA, and have q stubble of short, wiry
coarse growth. inclined to bristle up, and giving
4,
especially when it is desired to wear the hair
low.
Much Of this is due to loss Of vigorous cir
culatiOn in the scalp, whether OccasiOned by
| the deleteriOus methods above mentioned or by
any other means. For the scalp when in a
healthy state, is soft and thick and warm, with
gOodly bloOd-vessels, able to afford ample nour-
ishment from which secretion shall be elabO-
rated, and space for the working of all that del
icate machinery which exists at the roots Of the
hoi A fhn 1ofin fhn IL,
spreads, so to say, the glands and capsules are
unable to fulfill their functions, and the state
arrives which we have just described. Or, again,
the too free use Of pOmades and dressings
causes the head to catch dust, excludes air,
clogs the respiratory pores relaXes the skin,
| and deranges all its processes; while, in addi-
ton, the oils are frequently rancid, however the
| rancidity may be disguised by perfumes, and
when this is the case they corrOde and irritate
| everything, and change the normal production
| of scurf to an excess that becomes disease
The most cOnsummate insult and injury to the
hair, that of dyeng it, it seems hardly necessary
| to mention, as bleaching has gone so entirely
out of fashion that that peculiar form Of ruin is
not likely soon to be generally repeated, and
gray hair has come to be so much admired that
| dyes to disguise the grayness are not resorted
| to by anybody OF taste. beautiful young
woman OF our acquaintance some years ago had
| an experience by means Of this poisonous Gus
tom that will hardly be shared by any in the
Il
| ton of her beauty her dislike of few gray
| hairs drove her to the use of dye, and as she
| continued it from day to day with gentle appl-
cations for some years, she had the satisfaction
of seeing her beauty to all effect unmpaired,
| and had not the remOtest idea that the work of
silvering was all the time going on with fright
| full celebrity under the dye, and that every day
increased the rayages In the dark color of her
| locks. If the truth were known. But frequent
and violent headaches at last madeher physician
md h,,ot and and 70
| cease the dyeing. and to cleanse her hair
thoroughly of the dyes. She went with her
detergents into the rather dark bathing-rOOm,
where there was 10 mirror. as 1t CHANGED, and
| spent an hour or two In the process Of washing
| and securing, and at length came out into the
| light, pausing before a mirror as she did 30.
| That first glimpse of herself was horrible reve-
| latiOn; she had gone into the room dark-hared
beauty in the guise of youth; the woman in the
mirror had the long gray hair of age falling
too much for her tried and tired nerves. and she
fell in dead faint on the floor. 1t is fortunate
for others that the fashion of gray hair is likely
| to save them the blow Of so sudden q change
| from the appearance of youth to that Of age.
| One Of the first things requisite to regain the
beauty Of the hair with those who haye suffered
deterioration either from the use of chemicals
| or Of pOmades. or from the wearing of too
much weight and its consequent heat, is perfect
cleanliness Of the scalp. Many people are afraid
|
never dream Of taking cold by wetting their
heads in bay-rum or cologne, forgetting that
the quicker evaporation of alcoholic mixtures
on the surface is liable to give cold In greater
and speedier degree by far than soap and water
| can. Cold is seldom taken in brisk washing
of the head and as brisk a drying, the friction
| Occasioning reaction and warmth that are
sufficient protection. while the cleansing of the
vessels from dust and dead skin and the rest of
their extrinsic accumulations is positive addi-
| ton to health
This friction Of gentle and persistent sort is
more than half the secret of the recovery of the
| hair and it's beauty. 1t promotes the circulation
of the blood In the scalp, without which there
can be no growth or glOss and it's mild excita-
| ton has tonic effect, whose good results are
soon seen, Sometimes slight stimulant, such
as a very small amount of ammonia in water or
of tincture Of cantharides, is of advantage, ap-
piled Outwardly, especially when the scalp has
become loose, and often in that contingency a
wash of strong black tea proves an excellent as
tringent. If the hair is unnaturally stiff, slight
| addition Of glycerine to the lotion, whatever it
may be, is advised. 1t Is occasionally wise. also,
the hair still remaining impoverished or Obsti-
nate, to have recourse to medical treatment,
such as the taking of quinine, iron, the wa er
Of chalybeate springs, and other tonics, and a
course Of hypOphosphite Of sOda-half a
dozen grains of the latter in water three times
a day; but for this it is proper that physician
| should be consulted, as otherwise one is liable
cases it will be found that perfect cleanliness
through soap and water the use of mild exter-
nal stimulants, even of John Wesleys rubbing
with raw onion till the skin reddens, and then
with an emOllient trife of honey, will, in con-
junction with brushing. be quite sufficient to do
all that can be done, as it takes miracles to
bring the dead to life, and when the hair is really
dead there is an end Of it. But the brushing
must be regular and repeated till the head
CLOVIS. not given with the least rOughness of
motion, but with q gentle eonstancy that pro-
duces no strain at the roots, and with gener-
Gus discretion that gives the thicker growing
! portions as much as the thin ones and the part
ings, never using scratching brush. and always
| brushing in the direction of the hairs growth.
And, with the rest. let us say that the brushes
must be kept as clean as the head If healthy
hair is wanted. They must be beaten to liberate
dust and all dry particles. and rubbed with a
coarse dry cloth, then washed in borax and water
to take away all foulness, and afterward rinsed
in weak alum water to stiffen the bristles.
shaken free from spray, and left to dry, but
not wiped. One following these suggestions
can hardly fail, II not to acquire new and Wig
orous growth of hair, at least to improve the
appearance of that which is still possessed and
has at any rate, the satisfaction Of knowing
that evorythinD haq honn done no dome