The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-03
To Prevent Baidness.
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Some of the greatest scientific discover
 ies of the known world have been made by men when they least expectedit. Some accident has caused their thoughts to go
 into the right channel and before the
 man knew t he had thought out a prob
 lem that other men had attempted for
 years to solve and failed. The idea oi
 scratching matches on the elbow Of the pants was first given to man by an acci-
 dent Mr. Wentworth, of Chicago, known to science as Long John Wentworth, was
 was the first to discover that the panta-
 looms contained the friction necessary to
 ignite birthstone. He had accidentally
 got some pancake batter on the west side
 of his pants, while conversing with the cook in the kitchen of Chicago hotel,
 and leaning against the bread tray. The
 pancake batter become hard by exposure
 to the clements, for a season, and one day. when Mir. w. had nothing to do, there
 being no political campaign, and his
 friends, who played draw poker, all being
 out of town, he decided 10 remove the pancake batter by scratching it with his finger nail. After raking across his pants a few times he found that the process im- parted burning sensation to his fingers. While at work thus, he happened to want to light his cigar, and was abou, to scratch a match on the ceiling eighteen feet above, when 1t occurred to him that his pants would create the necessary friction, and he tried it with good results. He rather over-did the thing. however. as his pants were greasy, and he set them on ire, as we'll as the match. but the coniagration was soon extinguished by the fire depart ment of the young city. after the hook and ladder company had erected ladder up Mir. w. 10 where the ire broke out. The idea was saved, whether the pants were or not. and for years the discoveIer aecu- mulaied large amount of money by charging royalty 10 all who scratched thus. The inventor made a for tune and IS now living in retirement, that IS. m as much retirement as man nine feet high can live. and respected b. all. We might go on and show how hundreds of great discoveries have been made in a manner as simple, bu, will simply men, ton a discovery which we made recently, and which involves not only the cause of people becoming bald headed. bu, pre- ventive against that calamity. We can not cure badness, as bald head is be yond help, but if those who have hair and desire to retain 1t, will follow our advice, they need never show clearing on top of their heads. The cause of badness is the habit men have of pulling their shirts and nightshirts of over thcir heads. There are some who will laugh at this idea. but it is not intended that they should, as this Is not a funny article. This is business. The pulling of shin or nightshir of over the head causes friction on the scalp which in ,lme sears the roots of the hair. and leaves barren plain. a Sahara, forever after. Suppose the nightshirt comes to man feet. there IS from five 10 six feet of tail to be drawn over the tender hair, which, kept up for series of years, would wear out any head of hair. Add to this the friction from taking of the shirt. and then the natural scratching ci the head for ideas. etc. and the hair has no rest, and the wonder is that there is a man left who has a spear of hair on his head. Now the prcven- tive IS for men to walk out of their night shirts the front way. Women are never bald, and some sneering men account for the fact by claiming that women do no, have brain enough to become bald. That is a campaign lie. Women have more brain and better quality-,han any bald headed man on earth. But they do not wear their hair of by pulling their garments over their head. They open the storm door Of garments, and walk out into the light of day. and never disturb a hair. This we state from information and belief. and if we are wrong we can cas- fly be corrected. It is alleged that they get out of their dr, goods different from men, and thereby make 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 10 break of the destructive habit of pulling their gar ments of over their heads, They may have to be instructed in the best manner of getting out of nigh, shirt without us- ing the head for pivot, but that can be arranged. Le, societies be formed, clas- ses. if you please. and secure a teacher 10 illustrate how to take of 3 nigh,shirt the front way. If our discovery is acted upon baldheaded men will be unknown in the next generation.