Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-16
THE BALDEsT CITY.
What a Chicago Scalp Surgeon Says %
Her business.
From the Chicago News.

do you know there are more bald heads ID
Chicago than any place have ever been in. and,
l believe. than In any city In the United States?"
queried Mrs. McGlashan, scalp surgeon. yester-
day. There are numerous reasons for this"
she continued, prominent among which are
fast living and dissipation, excitement, worry,
indoor work, and the excessive use of tobacco"
''Do yon mean to say that smoking causes the
hair to fall out?"
not to the hair alone, OF course, but to the
whole body, drying up the blood, and thus sap
ping away the very life Of the hair The Hrse
question L ask male patient Ia, DO you
smoker"
"What do you consider the most fruitful
source of bald heads2"
The BARRIERS! the BARRIERS! Only stick TO
them long enough, and don't care how fine q
head OF hair you have, they will ruin it. n
you wish to hasten the departure of your
artist asks you IL You will have little tonic on
your head. or will take q shampoo The last
mentioned Ii sure death to the hair, for some
OF them use preparation, the ingredients OF
which contain ammonia and animal oil. Now,
the hair is q vegetable. more like q grapevine
than anything else 1t can be compared to. The
ammonia In time sucks out all the life-givinR
power leaving Il deadened and faded and after
such wash has been applied. If you examine
one OF the hairs under microscope you will
been entirely dried out. Then your barber,
when your hair commences to fall out from the
frequent doses OF poison applied, recommends
tirely."
THAT certainly Ia beneficial"
"Bene6cial1 Why, don't you know II you cut
q grapevine close to the ground it win die, but
that occasional pruning is good? The same
truth applies to the hair. But it is far better
lyon do not advise all the younr mon Ia cul
tivate Byr0nic lOcks1"
''Oh, certainly not; but never cut nv ps-
tents hair. / burn 1t OF, thinking that far
preferable. take lighted taper, and, gather
edges, burning It of evenly, and assure you It
is much more beneficial"
why is 1t that there are 80 many more bald
headed men than women1"
The reply came with hearty laugh. There
arc not. You see you are not posted. I treat
Just as many women for bald heads a. DO men.
Well, don't know as have hardly had a. many
who were CLASSY bald, but they are very near so.
A short time ago young lady, who 10 well
known I'm Chicago-in fact. she is north side
heIress-who moves in the very best society.
came to me and complained that she was not
losing her hair. but that her mind was going.
She could not remember from one day to
another, and was also unable to sleep. I exam
ined her head and found IL terribly diseased.
The hair had fallen OF In spots as large ~ q
silver dollar, giving her q singular appearance.
I put her under treatment, and In a short time
removed from her scalp parasites many of which
were quarter or an inch long"
do the parasites cause other diseases than
those Of the scalp7"
sin my opinion they certainly do. A diseased
head OF any kind will develop other ailments.
for the brain is q sensitive organ"
The Frost That Killed the Peaches.
From tie BURLINGTON Hawkeye.
There will be no peaches this year. by the
way. Frost killed them all. Every last solitary
peach" the man on the box remarked, with q
pathetic infection ia his voice.
(which frost5" savagely demanded the fst
/" Same ole Frost" replied the man on the
wood-box, sadly.
sesame frost that killed 'em last year, sup
pose 2" said the cross passenger.
Tho same" the man on the wood-box a.
serted.
Sand the one before that AGAIN." the brake
man echoed.
And the man on the wood-box bowed his hesA
In assent.
" Same old ftost," he said. "that kills IN the
Ice crop on the Hudson. I've BEEN 3 srns1
myself. before reformed, and I've known 6
In Colombo blight I'll the sQgak
naples in Vermont"
He Was q Kentucky Gcnalemaa
From tbs Chicago Tribune. lie
I'm Kentucky gentleman, slrf"
"WeIl, what OF IT."
.sI'm gentleman from Kentucky, sr..
who said you wssn't2"
"Do you mean to insult me- sirl" assi
"Do you mean to annoy me any longer NJ
your impertinence?" a@5.S
I'm Kentucky gentleman. stf, end Nh
blow yeur brains ont IL YOU insult me, dr. ~
"T'm a Chicago business man; haven't time
to attend even my own funeral, but I have just
And he did IT, and cooIly resumed his meal a
q Dearborn street restaurant.