The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-22
Beautiful Heads Of Hair.

dow do you keep your little bows
mar such beautiful golden shaded"
asked Journal reporter of a fashion
able New York lady.
ny, that is the natural color" said
the lady somewhat Indignantly, as she
twined long golden curl over her
finger.
but doesn't his hair grow darker as
he grows older?" asked the reporter.
Il have heard that some mothers can
Keep that bright gold in their children's
hair all the tines
Yes, " assented the lady, "thati is so.
l Kept the color in my little GIRLS hair
until she was fifteen, and then she had
SELF '''0 - A'i
"How did you do ite' asked the re-
porter.
her hair was very fine and long
when she was six years old, but it be-
gan TO turn dark, so every other day 1
washed it in soda and common SOAP,
and when it was dry brushed it thor
oughly and then curled it. Once a
week rubbed the scalp with raw
egg
doesn't washing the hair so much
MAKE 1t dry?" asked the Journalier.
Yes, if you do not brush it thor
oughly, and then it is the best thing
for ii.
Your children have very beautiful
hair" said the reporter to lady who
sat IN her drawing room, with half
dozen children playing about her. All
of them but two had light yellow or
golden hair, with bangs and curls.
''Yes,p she replied. "Those two lit
tie childrn with short hair are my sis
ter's. l Wouldn't have a child about
me unlessit had pretty hair; but my
sister THINKS differently. Teddie, the
boy, insisted on having his hair cut
while he wa six, and he had the most
beautiful Yellow hair. just like spun
silk; and tlen Flora, the little girl,
cried to hav her hair cut, to be like
Teddie. MySister says it makes boy
more manly 3 have short hair, but for
my part | don't see any necessity of be-
ing manly at SIX
allow do yo keep your children
hair so pretty?'
"Oh," she replied, ''they have a
French bonnie Who washes their hair in
salt water and . little potash and puts
it up in curl papers every night. Their
hair does not eurl naturally, you
know"
"1sn't the salt Tater injurious to the
hair?'
mo, I think not, although 1 have
often heard so; bit my children have
heavy hair, and they have had ii
washed in salt wster ever since they
were babies"
A lady living On Fifth Avenue has a
little girl with large black eyes, and
very yellow hair floating over her
shoulders to her waist. The reporter
asked her if she did not possess an I'M
usual style of beauty.
"Oh, no." she replied; "but bleach
her hair. l AN SO partial to dark eyes
and fair hair, so l keep her hair
bleached.
"How do you accomplish it?" asked
the reporter.
II wash it in lemon-juice once q
week, and the acid makes it light My
other children have black hair, and
keep it dropped close to their heads,
but Ethel is the plainest of all of them
so | thought it was well to give hel
some special advantage.
''Why don't you have your boys
curls cut off this warm weather?'
said the Journal reporter to Brook.
lyn lady.
"Cut off my boys beautiful hairn
she exclaimed. 80, L wouldn't do il
for 800 cash''
''But they'll have to come off soon, >
said the reporter.
81 know it, and it breaks my heart tt
think of it; so don't mention it to me
please. IN. Y. Journal.