The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-02-16
CARE OF TIE HAIR.
A COMB AND A BRUSH THE BEST
PRESERVATlVES

cess-Various Kinds of Brushcs-To
Keep Clean, Healthy scalp-Carc of
the Complexion.
Men worry themselves bald and women
wash their heads bare. 1t makes very little
difference what happens to the head OF a male
so long as he doesn't lose it, but the very best
| hair preservative for women and children is
a comb and brush Soap and wafer rot the
hair without cleansing the scalp. Take, for
instance two children in the same family,
and. by way of experiment, comb and brush
one curly head and comb and shampoo tie
other for five or six years Unless the chill
dren belong to a hairless family the former
will show wig 50 per cent. better in quality
and abundance than the crop of the sister,
! Who has been Soused eight or nine times Il
| month. Perhaps a better illustration is the
drowning process current among men, most
OF whom duck their heads in cold water
every morning and duck the life out of the
hair before the age of so. The dry wash is
worthy of trial, but the benefit. must not be
looked for in less than three years
As a beginning invest i'll a long black
comb having two grades of teeth ANY com.
position will do but metal, which is objcc-
tionable on account of the heat cngendcrcd
III the friction. y good rubber comb is
about the best, not only on account of the
elasticity Of the rack. but again, the glossy
| black every particle of dust and soil shows.
| 10 make Il perfect toilet the 'l;tckiug' should
last until the comb passes through the hair
| clean. Part OF the service must be u towel with
which to wipe the comb every time it is drawn
through the hair y brush viii cost any
where from Il to so according To the money
one may care To put in the mounting. SILVER
bound gavels arc very expensive, the Shell
bac.:s come next anil pretty ivories ;.rNl ceu-
loi,ls sell at 81 and 81 There are rubber
goods for s. and The lcst wood mounts for IL
| dollar less.
For real service nothing is better than /,
narrow palmwood, Wild boar bristlc trash
made Of the natural hair. which need not
cost more than Il. There nreth barber
brushes served with black bristeS, wilicl, n
woman doesn't want, as the color hides the
dirt. White brst!es are better but less ser
vicca!lle, as the bleaching wcaiiens the hair,
but the be t Is the natural color, containing
q mixture of ray, brown and black. Used
every day a'.o.ar brush will last1wo months,
| but after that it is not of much account for
cleaning the hair In fact, no bl,,!l is worth
bureau roonl when it wiil not reach through
| the lair to the scalp. There are, To be sure
different purposes To which hair brushes are
put. Some people buy them to equip II dress.
ing case; others TO clean the coi!ib on: ST,
| others to smooth the hair with after it Ia,
been combed, and II few to dress the hair and
| cleanse the scalp. If intended for this la t
service long life cannot b. expected from ii.
| by way of care don't soak the brush; the
| brlStlcS can lie washed without swelling and
| splitting the Lacl. a better plan is to clean
| ii with cloth after each using But, re-
turning to the toilet, 1t is l!ot time wasted to
| spend thirty minutes Il day on the hair first
using the comb, then the brush, and finally
the comb to dress it. Now, it is Il long time
| tocomb the hair steadily for fifteen minutes
and unless the work is done in the face Of {,
clock the operation will be brought to Il lnis!
III ten minutes or less, for the arms will tire
and the neck a.,d shoulders perspre if the
hair is thick AMI abundant. However, it il
the best way and the only way To kcopa loan.
lic2lthy scalp AMI get u GLOSSY, lutA.l.l
dressing on the hair There ;.l'c in ;.ll tie
Lair shops young women who 20 ont to dress
t;lii', spending an lour or so every day in
cac.l ta:n4.. The mother Or child i, placed
i'll {. char barber fashion, ,,tll a towel
pinned about he neck and shoulders, Aflc.
tie l!ii has ;,eea vigorously conlbci tAe
clerk op..s the scalp over with iit %: sft
c! III satiii led with sweet oil, which j., ;,,,-
p.4ed 10 talifil'if spots After tie s.iiiif las
l2'. lousono,! tho scalp. not the i.ulr. is
eoHiocd, and then follows Il thorough brush
i:l,5 until every particle of loose and dec;.ycl
Skin has been removed. As Il final touch the
tresses are sul,erlicialy brm.hel until the
hair looks oily.
For the woman who has to spend her sum
ner in Il city as dirty and smoky as Chicago,
powder is IL greater necessity than soap, for
it is possible to keep clean with dry bathing.
but recourse must hc made to some sort Of
protection If the complexion is 10 he saved
Of all the powders in the market pink white.
cream and mother of pearl vi. buif. the sam
llest and lilczt is the best. A large number
OF the most expensive powders contain bis
Muth and inag.!esi;,, which are not benccia!
rs cosmetics. Some physicians consider b.s
lnuth actually poisonous. but the fact that \;
has been constantly used by women of good
face is a strong argument in its favor
Whether it will agree with allconlplexions is
another question, and the best thing tutt can
be said in its favor is ii adheslyenes,. Ii
sticks Ike white lead, and that is the quality
most desired III make ups. Lead, however, i.
bancful No woman who values her health
will use it, since 1t cannot be applied viii.
out being aos1rbclby the 5. stem. Its effects
Gre most serious resulting often in ldiocy
GEd paralysis.
The best safest AMI cheapest powder is
rice -four, ana t. make sure oi H., purity the
rice can be purchased Who'll. and pounded in
n mortar for uac. Second c.O.ce is FreacA
chalk, which forms tie lest protcct.yA
against sun. tan and weather burn. Fo. 81
picnic, a sali, I, sunny drive OF I. long val...
coating OF chalk is as good a protection Tor
the face and neck c, veil Powder Is an
excellent preventative against face that is
III exposure to dust, smoke, SOFT or storm.
Properly applied it acts as a go between, re-
ceiving the dirt which otherwise would iiil
the pores of the skin. Before retiring ii
should be rubbed off first with Il soft cloth
and the face washed with cold cream or sweet
Oil. 1t is not SO much powder as the apIlIca-
ton afterward of hard water and ammonia
soap that Injuries the SKIN
In applying powder it is well to bathe the
face with cream, and just before it dries dust
the powder over the tece AID remove any
surplus particles with soft cloth. In using
powder containing bisniuth ole must avoid
I'll gaseous atnospLcrcs, Us the turn it to a
gray, unhealthy color. Every woman has
her fa"orite, and it only remains to have it
applied correctly and for her to understand
what is and what is not injurious to :?iake
nice appearance. Times.
Women Engaged in Agriculture.
Statistics show that the proportion Of
women engaged in agriculture to those o;li'a-