Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-08


comb and stroke the hair smooth with
the palms of the hands, gently and
briskly, fifty to hundred times. This
stroking is better than brushing daily.
A gentle current of electricity applied
to the scalp every other day is excel
lent for weak hair, and is the nearest
to q specific for badness, partial or
entire. To keep ha'r from falling moth
ing is better than the old-fashioned
tincture of sage and rosemary, which,
as no Northern garden grows rose
mary, 1 leave the druggist to prepare.
The wild white sage of the Rocky
Mountains has great virtue as stimu-
liant to the hair. These two pleasant
herbs are worth all the rest of the
pharmacoppia for the hair, lungs and
nerves. L have tried desperately to
raise rosemary from seed, and wishing
to acclimate these two plants take
this opportunity of saying that anyone
sending gUod roots of either will re-
ceive O copy of these letters on their
publication, with three times as much
additional matter, in book form. One
will deserve well OF his eountrywome
who can introduce these plants in
American gardens, for since Enone,
perfumer to Olympus, brought cos
metics from the sacred heights c&
Thessaly, no kinder preservatiyes to
the charms and freshness of her sex
have been found.
To apply this or any other lotion to
the hair the scalp must be clean and
we'll brushed or rubbed with flannel
till the skin is pink and stimulated to
absorbent action. Then wet it in vari-
GUS partings with the lotion and wear
q cap of thin flannel or oil silk to pre-
vent hasty evaporation. The applica-
ton should be made nightly about an
hour before going to bed for conven-
ience. Bald or thin patches should be
rubbed with flannel or the hand till red,
and lint pad wet in the lotion bound
over it with oil silk to get the full
effects. Women out of health should
tants for bring out hair-the can char
ides and croton oil preparations which
"bring out" the little hair that is left too
often. Use only vegetable prepara-
tions for the hair Animal fat, beef
marrow, bears oil, even when pure,
ETC., turn rancid and do more harm
than good. There are few depilatories
surer than rancid oil. Let one never
| despair of owning good suit of hair
or of curing badness, no matter how
lasting. The bulbs may shrink and
disappear from sight, leaving badness
for years, and yet with improved health
and patient treatment by electricity and
aromatic lotions well brushed in the
scalp revives and hair follows. The
treatment for bringing ont the
hair is just as good to prevent
grayness, which results from shrink
age at the root, by contraction of
the vessels around it so that the pig
ment cannot enter the colorless tub of
| the hair. This results from severe
| cold, which contracts and paralyzes the
| minute blood vessels, from grief and
vessels. which causes the grayness of
age. Elderly persons will find lime
juice and glycerine OF great benefit as
decomposing the chalky deposit. Take
half pint of lime juice or lemon juice,
| quarter of pint of rose water, rectifi ID
spirits two and one-half fluid ounces,
added gradually and well stirred or
shaken; after twenty-four hours stra n
through muslin and add two and one
half ounces of glycsrine and half dram
| of lemon or cedrat, and shake well. 1t
should be milky, without sediment.
To prevent the grayness of blonde hair,
dress it nightly with yelk of egg beaten
with little glycerine, and wear cap,
washing the hair in the morning. The
sulphur in the egg restores the color Of
the hair, A homely but effective ap-
plication to keep dark hair in good
color is the water in which potato par
ings are boiled. The comb should be
wet in this and drawn through the hair.
| Castor-oil is the best dressing for the
hair, with the scent of hedge roses or
lavender, but on using dressing the
hair should he brushed smooth and
well wiped with soft flannel to remove
all excess from the surface. And the
dressing should be applied an hour or
two before doing up the hair to give q
natural, glossy appearance.