The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-21
Tho Baldost City.

| "Do you know there are more bald
heads i'll Chicago than any place I have
ever been III, and, 1 believe, than in any
city in the United States?' uueriud
Mrs. McGlashan, scalp surgeon. There
are numerous reasons for this, she con
| tinued, prominent among which are
fast living and dissipation, excitement.
worry, indoor work, and the G. cessive
use of tobacco" -.
do you mean to say that smoking
| causes the hair to fall out?"
Just exactly. 1t is exceedingly in
furious, not to the hair alone, of course,
put TO the whole body, drying up the
blood and thus sapping away the very
life OF The hair. The first question /
ask ma lie patient is do you smoke?'
! Wnat 10 you consider the most
fruitful source of bald heads?'
"Ile barberSl the BARRIERS! Only stick
10 them long enough, and don't care
now line head of hair yo,l have, they
Will ruin it. If you wish to hasten the
departure of your trcsscs, say yes
every time your tOnSOrial artist asks
you II you will 'havc little tonic on
your head, or will take Il shampoo.'
The last mentioned is sure death to the
lalr, Tor some of them use Il preparation,
the ingredients of which contain am
monia and animal oil. Now, the hair
is vegetable, more like grapc-yinc
than anything else it can be compared
TO. The ammonia in time sucks out all
the lite-giving power, leaving it dead-
cncd and faded, and after such a wash
has been applied, if you examine one of
the hairs under Il microscope YOU will
see that the oily substance in the centre
has been entirely dried out. Then your
barber, whom your hair commences to
fall out from the frequent doses of poi
son applied, recommends cutting it
close, or even shaving the head entire
ly."
NIhat certainly Is brnciicial?r
"Benciicial? Why don't you know if
You cut grapevine close to the ground
IL VIII dle, but that occasional pruning
IS SoouI The same trutl. applies to the
llalr. But it is far better never to cut
it at all.n
"lou do not advise all the young men
TO cultivate Byronic lockS?''
'Oh, certainly not; but | never cut
my PATIENTS hair. burn it off, think
ing that far preferable. take II light,
eu taper, and, gathering up comDful
or hair, run the fire along the edges,
burning 1t OH evenly, and assure you
it is much more bcnelicial.n
'Why is it that there are SO many
more bttId-iic'ittod men tiln womcnY;'
The reply came with Il hearty laugh.
"Thcre are not. You see you are not
posted. L treat just as many women
tsh Hl4k ko hS&"i 3s have ha2t 4HHH} HHAH}yM yMsI MsI Is
many who were CLASSY bald, but they
arc very nearly SO. a short time ago i,
young lady, who is well known in Chi
cago-in fact, she is Il north side heircss
who moves in the very best society,
came to me and complained that she
was not only losing her hair, but that
her mind was going. She could not re-
member from one day to another, and
was also unable to sleep. examined
her head and found it terrible diseased.
The hair had fallen off in spots as large
as 4 silver dollar, giving her Il singular
appearance. ! put her under treat
ment, and III II short time removed from
her scalp parasites many Of which were
Il quarter of All inch long"
"Do the parasites cause other diseases
than those of the scalp2'
"ln my opinion they certainly do.
a diseased head of amy kind will de-
vclop other ailments, for the brain is Il
sensitive organ.