, 1889-08-06
CARING FOR THE HAIR.
USEFUL INFORMATION FROM ONE
WHO HAS INVESTIGATED.

How to Keep the Hair Glossy. Healthy
and Handsome-Combs should Be Used
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Recipes That VIII Add
Greatly to Man and Woman Comfort.
"a thing of beauty is a joy forever
and so is a rich mass of hair on n wom-
ans head. Even If nature has denied
her other gifts, this one will make her
lovely, for It's woman's browning glory.
The German and Breton women have
beautiful hair as a rule. Among Ameri-
can people, strange to say, a really good
head of hair is the exception. One can
not imagine why this should be, but scar
a room full of men and women and you
will be assured.
Perhaps a few hints on the care of the
hair may be welcome.
Let the first great requisite be cleanli-
ness. The epidermis of the scalp, like
that of the body, is constantly being
thrown off and must be removed, while
the glands of the scalp, particularly the
oil glands, are very active, pouring out
their secretions, which spread through
the hairs by capillary attraction, serving
to hbricate and keep them in a glossy
condition, but at ths same time render
ing them liable to catch lust and float
Ing particles.
II Z OF WATER.
Tn very best methods of keeping the
scalp and hair clean md in n good con-
dition is frequent brushing with a soft
brush. A celebrated hair dresser says
"You cannot brush the scalp too much
or the hair too little" This is a better
rule to follow than TO spend money for
pomades, ETC., many of which are highly
injurious, and result in harm where
good was expected.
Persons whose hair is kept short, as
with children and men, derive a lasting
benefit from plunging the head in a
basin OF cold water every morning and
then rubbing the scalp briskly with a
coarse towel.
Under ordinary circumstances fire.
quent brushing is sufficient to keep the
hair AMI scalp clean and in good condi-
ton. Washing need be INDUCED in only
once n month, while persons whose occu-
paticns expose them to the Influence of
dust and dirt, as well as those having by
nature excessively oily scalps, must
wash the hair more frequently. Try
The following German prescription and
you will be repaid: Wash the head
thoroughly nee n week with the beaten
yolk of an Eggs; rubbing it well into the
scalp, then %rinsing with plenty of water.
This renders the hair soft and shiny.
This formula may be improved by add
ing half n teacup of ammonia, n table
spoonful each of oil of bergamot and
white CASTLE soap, q ~teaspoonful of pow.
dered borax, and a quart of rain water,
TO be thoroughly mixed and kept in a
covered jar for n monthly washing of
the head. Those having long hair, and
who have great trouble in drying it,
should braid the hair in several braids;
this will also keep it from tangling; dry
1t thoroughly with coarse towels, and sit
in the u or by the fire until quite dry.
If any good natured person will fan your
hair dry, so much the better. Persons
who are liable to colds should never
venture out of doors when the hair is ut
all moist. Many contract neuralgia by
such carelessness.
Water, if allowed to dry on the hair,
promotes decomposition of the natural
oil, giving rise to n disagreeable odor.
To assist in drying long hair after wash
ing, dip n brush into powdered starch,
brushing thoroughly in and through the
hair, and then brush out again. For
those desiring n nice dressing for the
hair, n little perfumed cosmoline answers
the purpose best, as it does not become
rancid,
Do not forget in dressing the hair that
the true use of the comb should be re-
membered, which is to separate the in
dividual hairs from Zach other, to pre-
vent mating, and to make the part
it should never be used to scrape the
scalp in order to relieve itching sensa-
tons. The fine comb must be used very
sparingly. Troublesome diseases of the
skin often are the result of too great use
of the combs.
VALUABLE HINTS.
Keep children's hair, especially boys,
closely cut. With girls, after the hair
has been allowed to grow long, it is
better not to cut it, for good authority
says that the hair never afterward grows
to the length it would otherwise have at
tanned.
~"Crimping" the hair over hot irons or
pencils soon causes it to break. This is
not of so much Importance with young
girls, as the hair will grow again; but in
shO S1oo Va oluSl "Oulci, "hOSe hhlE ID
beginning to chin, - it only hastens the
fall of what remains, and causes badness
of the forehead and temples.
The use of soap, where bandoline does
not prove sufficient to preserve the de-
sired shape of the crimps, is injurious,
If it must be used, however, get the very
best white CASTLE soap, as it contains less
alkali than others.
Dyeing tho hair, whatever may be the
Inducements, is ever an unsatisfactory
procedure. One cannot conceal the raw
ages of time 30 easily, and no one is in
reality deceived. 1t is certainly a lose
of dignity, for every one smiles at the