Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-01
BAD FOR BLONDE HAIR.
Tho Effect of Natural Gas on Golden
 Tresses-Does It Cause Deafness?

Tho Effect of Natural GaS on Golden
 Tresses-Does It Cause Deafness?
 Natural gas has made enemies among ladies. Blonde hair has had much to do with it. When burning gas is introduced into the same apartment with blonde hair and allowed to remain there, the peculiar action of one upon the other will develop. Some ladies are not at tached to their hair; this is unnatural. Most of the fair sex glory in their hair; that is natural. But, whether natural or not, in either case, hair of golden hue always suffers from association with natural gas.
 Notwithstanding this effect, there is an affinity which draws the two together, and blonde hair cannot escape the inf1u- ence of it's ardent plague when the two come into intimate relations. The effect is imperceptible at first, and it is only after a certain period of close association that the pernicious and utterly demoral- izing influence upon blonde hair is ap- parent and the hitherto unknown char acter of the deceptive gas is discovered.
 The insidious influence seems to be ex- ertive at first contact of gas with blonde hair, although not immediately notice able upon the latter, and lays hold upon every fiber of it's nature, growing more powerful and assertive until the victim imperceptibly gives way and the work of ruin has so far progressed that any effort to free blonde hair is futile, and the end is accomplished in the utterly blackened character of the 5cautifu] victim.
 To be more specific, the vapor, inper- ceptible to the naked eye, generated by the gas, attacks the golden tresses whether wig or in a state of luxuriant growth, and gradually darkens the hue of blonde hair as long as the influence continues. The vapor is ammonia, which can be seen on the glass in a room where it rises. It combines with the sulphur il the hair chemically, which produces { sulphuret of ammonia. Where the chemi cal action is strong enough, the hail would become black. This is plausible.
 A Penn avenue physician, in speaking of some of the effects of heat from natura gas, yesterday said:
 "The use of natural gas has been a gen eral topic of complaint with large mum Der of my patients. am not prepared to say that deafness is on the increase but natural gas, as it is now used il dwellings, has decided tendency il that direction. The great trouble is this The gas is turned on to such an exten that a very high temperature is obtained and maintained throughout the day ane night. This at all times is unhealthy The heat is entirely without moisture that will naturally dry up the delicat membranes, produce a dry catarrhal dis ease which very materially affects tn ear and throat, producing both hoarse ness and deafness.
 "With coal it is different. There is certain amount of moisture given out il | the combustion along with the variou | degrees of heat obtained. Of course any heat is dry in the abstract, but whel | combined with steam or any moist sub stance the effects are very different. / number of my patients declare that tn l gas has made them deaf. That can onl be, as I have said, because the excessiv heat dries up the membranes in tn head. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.