Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-06
SUPERFLUOUS HAIR.
HlRsUTE DISAGREEMENT REMOVED
sY MEANS OF ELECTRICITY.

Hereditary Baldness-Seryous Affections
Exert an Influence Upon the Head Gov
srInp-Dres. Your Hair According to
the shape of Your Nose
"Some freak Of nature, / suppose,
causes superfluous hair" said well
known physician ~ cannot tell what.
Hair can grow on all parts OF the surface
of the body excepting the palms OF the
hands and the soles of the feet; but IL Is
not frequently seen excepting on the parts
where one usually expects to see 1t, and
if a tuft of hair is found growing in an
unusual place it is called q Disagreement,
and one finds some way Of removing IL.
A great many apply to me. My method
Is electrolysis, or by means OF a battery
which carries an electric current into the
hair follicles, burning ii out. l have
taken out a thousand hairs for one so
ciety lady. Mole hairs are treated very
successfully in this way, 30 per cent
being permanently destroyed with one
current, and a second trial destroys those
left the first time.
Does il hurt,''
Not much. The flesh Is sore for a day
or two like a little burn, but II seldom
troubles one more than few minutes.
This method was discovered by physl-
/ clan who uses q milder current than i,
but the patients say mine burns no more
IL is something, however, i do not care es-
peciaIly to practice. / studied up hair,
! its uses and abuses, and that brought
me considerable correspondence from all
over the world. do not like the busi-
ness; it tries my eyes and is drain on
my nervous system. Still, i remove a
great deal.
TWO KINDS OF HAIR.
"There are two kinds OF hair-a soft
| down ON the lower lobes OF the ears that
| is difficult to remove. The coarser hair
which grows on the ear can be easily de-
| stOyed."
How about the hair on ladies upper
lips"
They usually shave that off or use a
| French powder. OF course that has to
| be often repeated. Sometimes it il
clipped, but that renders the next growth
| harsh. | have heard of bellies singeing
the hair of their arms over a wax can
! lie, but that was in the era Of short
sleeves and before these French powders
| were invented. But while young ladies
may like the hair taken out Of a mole on
the neck or face they are very particular
! that the mole itself shall be left"
"Why so,s''
'Oh, there's more or less fortune in
moles
One on the neck brings riches; on the
face nearly all the blessings flesh is heir
| to, besides making a white complexion
still whittier by contrast. heard young
| lady say the other day that mole she
had on her arm had brought her heaps Of
luck. II is right on the line of life, she
| said, and the nurse who saw IL first pre-
dicted it would bring long life, riches,
happiness, and, better than all, a good
| husband Yes, moles are treasured.
| | sometimes have applications to put
them on, but never to take them Off"
do you think badness Increases
"I cannot say that it does. If people
would live more out of doors, or If they
| kept their heads uncovered, they would
be less likely to get bald. The reason
| fewer ladies are bald is that they let the
air in on the roots of the hair. Hot
roOms are death to hair germs. Then
disturbances within the nervous system
frequently affect the hair. Depression of
| spirits helps to make one bald
THE RULE CONCERNING Badness.
"Are people bald at an earlier age than
| formerly"
1T is hereditary rule that if the IA
ther is bald ut 80 the son may expect to
be at %. When a man begins to grow a
beard there is 80 per cent. drain on his
blood, and if the system is allowed to run
down the hair feels il in proportion TO
thSother parts of the body and the hair
on the top of the head grows thin and
perhaps comes Off. A large growth Of
hair certainly runs in families, and often
through all the branches
AS long, heavy hair injurious
Ladies often complain that it brings
on headache, or that their strength goes
| TO their hair, and il is certainly incon-
! venient often TO dress fashionably very
long, heavy hair, but ! think people are
| guided more by style than by comfort
| II cutting the hair short is the style, Ia
dies and girls will follow it, even to the
sacrifice Of beautiful tresses. II large
coiffures are the fashion, women will
| carry q bushel of false hair on their
heads whether it suits their style Of feat
ures or not. In l11 the English and
French women wore = mountain of hair,
| plumes of feathers and chains of beads
| hanging about this huge cOiffure on the
| top of which were worn models Of coaches
and horses blown in glass. In 1880, the
queen of France having lost her hair by
| illness, the ladies cut of all their locks
and adopted new coiffure called a Zen
| FAINT, and which brought out many satiri-
cal couplets.
"In the dressing of the hair the shape
of the nose should be considered as is the
| figure in selecting becoming pattern.
If the nose is large the hair may be
dressed rather massive, or else the large
| nose will make the head look small and
out of proportion. With a Greek nose
one may venture on a classic knot, but
with the many varieties of American
noses, the childish shapes of some, and
the tip tilted form of others, the present
| infantile bangs or short, fluffy curls, are
| especially becoming. I don't know what
the next season may bring. detroit
| Tribune.