, 1884-04-10
THE FEARFUL RESULTS
or h Use OF Applications for
Bleaching the Hair.


tSt Louis Post ispatch.l
$50 blonde women are going out of fashion
at lastF inquired a Pcst-Dispatch representa-
tive Of one who, among other things, makes
a study of scalp diseases a speciality. "To
what do you attribute this sudden fallin the
stock OF yellow hairi"
swell, to various reasons, almost too nu-
merous to particulariz,. l dare say the first
alarm will leave comparative quiet in the
camp of the Saxon-haired ladies. The say
SO of fashion has a mighty influence, but
b~lue-eyed, drab-haired ladies will not will
ingly sink back into neutral obscurity."
"But whata monnt of truth is there in the
statement that chemicals injure those who
use themf'
"More, perhaps, thin you or they are
aware Of, when it comes down to being
serious
"What are the symptoms of the poisonft
AThey differ, of course, with different tenn
peraments. Some women rapidly loso mem
ory-fail to recall faces or names, or both.
They lose appetite, and have to resort to
beer or a ~stimulAnt; lose sleep, which is
worse than all. They fall victims to in
somnia in its most aggravated forms,
and the last and most dreadful warn
ing is the loss Of eyesight; they
become perfectly blind. They will attri-
butte al these frightful offerings to a hundred
causes but the right one, and their husbands
are being told all the time that tho only
blondine they use is a little soda, common
alkali bar-soap or saltI of tartar. But
finally, when almost bald, with red, watery
eyes and constantly aching heads, they awake
to a realizing sense of what they are doing
to kill themselves by inches to become a
problematical beauty. All meu do not
admire yellow-haired women by any means.
nv mart aud I fhf,1- Nka .,.g..3. II
men think with with me, woman is only
worthy of admiration when just as nature
left her, without tampering with at all, no
matter what her compilation. Besides, it IL
questionable taste in ladies of correct life and
standing, since they follow the mad pranks
Of those who, lost to all decency, would do
anything to attract attention. They started
bangs, and straightway all women cut Off
their front hair
swell, you make this out a serious matter,
to be sure. Have you enumerated all the
dread r~esultsf'
"No; there is one l have been 10th to speak
of-lunacyi Yes, horrible us it may sound
TO you, the asylums are filing up with incur
able maniacs brought to that pass by using
hair washes and bleaches. This begins by
nervous attacks periodically when in an un-
healthy state. Then they begin TO have hys-
ter.cs more often; husbands are puzzled to
know how to deal with 4 vito who bursts
into tears at the slightest provocation and
falls right on the floor or bed. 1t is a swift
road to downright, gibbering insanity, for
which science has not yet thought out q
cmre-the cause is so new. l sec that for q
long time in London and Paris women have
bleached their babies heads, and that this
pernicious trick is being done here. Such
mothers should be deprived of their children
as being unfit custodians CT them. The eff
feet will be a lot of imbecile young women.
We arc q brown-hnired nation, and hand
somer than any haxen-haired Morse men or
women on earth, and our brains should not
be slapped Up in trying to initiate the peas
antry of Bavaria, Austria .r Sweden"