Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-17
Badness in New York.
Are there many bald people in New

Nelo York Tribune.
"Are there many bald people in New
York?'
"a great many more than is dreamed
Of" said the wig maker with a significant
smile. 'sMany tOupees are worn, These
are made TO cover a bald spot on the TOP
of the head, and the work may be so cley-
erly executed that man may wear a
toupee without his friends being aware
OF it. Very frequently wigs that cover
the entire head are worn, and man NAV
be admired for his fine head of hair. I'M
less he has the misfortune to have it
blown OF at some unlucky moment
''Does wearing wig tend to remove
what natural hair there is left on the
head?"
ut does not, although this is popularity
supposed to be the case"
"Are there many bald-headed women ?''
"a few women are bald, but only in the
proportion Of one to fifty, compared with
the men,"
''What produces badness in women ?,j
''They invariably become bald on the
crown of the head. 1t is produced by put
ting up their hair too tightly and bringing
! too great tension on the roots. Some wo-
men, whose hair has become thin through
sickness or from any cause, have their
hair shaved off and wear wigs while it is
growing out. Women frequently wear
0eIf9CT
their own hair, but for the sake of conye-
| nience. Their own hair is straight and
| rebellious, and has to be curled and pasted
to make it conform to the fashion of the
| day; even then, it is apt to uncurl. They
may put on a wig, however, which is
crimped, banged and combed properly,
and it can be cOmplacently relied on to
keep in proper FORM
what produces baldness?"
sit is disease. A hat worn habitual-
ly Will cause the hair to fall out, and Sc
we're brain work and late hours also pro-
duce this result. Hair dyes of all kinds
are very injurious to the scalp and des-
troy the hair. There are no dives used
which do not contain nitrate of silver or
sugar of lead. The basis of all hair re-
storatives is sugar of lead, combined with
lake sulphur. They not only injure the
hair, but affect the nervous system. and
are liable to produce paralysis of the au-
ditOry nerves. 1t is said that they
sometimes even produce diseases of the
BRAIN"
''Is the fashion of bleaching the hair in
dulged in much now by wOmen?"
The fashion has changed. Those who
were foolish enough to bleach their hair
years ago are compelled to keep up the
process in order to avoid presenting a
ridiculous appearance"
Can they recover the natural color of
their harp
''They can by making a sacrifice. One
way of accomplishing this is to allow the
hair to grow out and be of a natural color
at the roots while it is yellow at the ends.
This method is nOtpOpular, for few women
have courage enough to be grotesque.
Another method is to have the head shaved
and to wear wig while the hair is grow
ing out. This is also a trying ordeal.
Most OF those unfortunate creatures ac-
cept their fate and keep up their yellow
hair by dipping it as it grows out"
"What makes the hair come Out?'
Tine appearance of the hair is an indi-
cation of health, just as the barometer in
dictates the weather. If a man turns
laws in other ways, his hair will usually
show it,"
''ls much false hair used in dressing the
back part of the head?'
"Just now very little, as the fashion is
to wear the ugly little English topknot. as
the French call it; that is, a la Langtry.
A handsome woman can wear anything,
but 1t must be admitted that this little
Knot is very trying to woman who has
no claim to cOmeliness."
care not cosmetics used in making
compilations injurious to the skin?'
Most of the imported cosmetics are
very injurious, because they all have lead
| for basis. Lead, you know, produces
one of the very worst forms of poisoning"
Are there many women who under
stand how to paint?'
LAS in everything else, superiority is in
the minority. Making a complexion is
| like painting picture. 1t is a work of
art, and requires close study of nature.
III a woman wishes to have a face that
looks natural, she must not underpaint
nor overpaint, but be true to life"