Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
BARRIERS 10 THE FRONT.

The records of the L. {. Patent
office. show a steady annual in
crease, in The number of applica-
tions for patents, and the BARRIERS
make a showing that is not to be
sneezed at. It is about time that
special tOnsorial department was
organized in the patent office, for
the patents and ingenious devices
in that branch of art are numerous,
and new discoveries are constantly
being made. 1t was only few
weeks ago that the TIMES chron-
icled a device to disguise bald
heads, and now comes plan to
prevent heads from ever becoming
bald. The plan is simple, and easily
understood by the possessor Of the
most ordinary intellect, and can be
effected either by approved scien-
tifc principles or with materials
obtalnable in every house.
The plan in brief is smuggling the
hair. A movable drop light is the
usual instrument used, but COM
mon tallow dip can be substituted
when the drop light is, not conven-
lent. The hair is as evenly and
accurately removed, as if done by
scissors. A beginner can do the job,
and leave no series Of steps up the
back of the head, as is done by the
inexperienced handler Of the
shears, neither will he leave the
head ornamented by score or so of
undecipherable hieroglyphics. 1t
is, of course, better, to have the
operation performed with all the
modern improvements, but they
are not essential, and the long
haired boosters, and unkempt
poets, can now offer no valid ex-
cuse for their superabundant hair.
The way this wonderful discov-
cry was made is thus related by a
Chicago paper:
"Some years ago a terrible gas ex-
plosion occurred in Paris, and
among the casualties reported was
that of an elderly gentleman who,
upon alighting after being blown in
to the air an unknown distance,
discovered that his hair had been
burnt off close to his head. What
was his surprise to find few weeks
later a luxuriant growth of hair
where before had been scattered
few gray and faded tufts of what
looked more like frost-killed bunch
grass than healthy hair"
The first experiments in the
smuggling line, were not gratifying
success. It was thought at first,
that an explosion was necessary,
and it was q mater of some Difficult
| y to determine the exact amount
of force required to produce the
proper results. Several expert
mentees were too much exploded,
, and the getting back to earth was
attended by fractured skulls, and
dislocated spines, and other Incl
dents of that description, that had
a tendency to prevent the general
: adoption of the plan.
The successful discharge of 9
man from a cannon at circus turn
!, ed the thoughts of the advocates Of
smuggling in that channel, and that
mode was resorted to, but few
trials demonstrated the fact that
9 the ceiling Of the average barber
s fshop was altogether too low, ant
1 the landlords of the buildings, il
which were the barber shops, where
. this style of hair shortening wa
INDUCED in, objected to the dents
made in the ceiling and also to thu
! irregularity of the stains made by
] the spattered brains, The art Ian
e pushed for awhile, owing to these
disadvantages but the Academia
singeing of a mans hair during thu
= burning of house, proved tina
), the explosion part of the process
was not indispensable, and tn,
practice rapidly became fashion
able. Drop lights are now becom
s ing a necessity in barber shops, AM
t the singed head is participant il
Il almost all aristocratic or fashion
v able entertainments.
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