The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-03-28
BAD FOR BLONDE HAIR.
The Effect of Natural Gas on Code
Tressas-Does 1t Cause Deafness?

The Effect of Natural Gas on Golden
Tresses-Does 1t 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 influ-
ence of its ardent plague when the two
come into intimate relations. The effect
is imperceptible at first, and it is only
after certain period of close association
that the pernicious and utterly democrat
izing influence upon blonde hair is APP
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 its 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
bIackened character of the beautiful
victim.
To be more specific, the vapor, imper-
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 room where
it rises. 1t combines with the sulphur in
the hair chemically, which produces
sulphuret of ammonia. Where the chemi-
Cal action is strong enough, the hair
would become black. This is plausible.
a Penn avenue physician, in speaking
of some of the effects of heat from natural
gas, yesterday said:
"The use of natural gas has been gen.
eral topic of complaint with large num-
Der of my patients. am not prepared
to say that deafness is on tho increase,
but natural gas, as it is now used in
dwellings, has q decided tendency in
that direction. The great trouble is this:
The gas is turned on to such an extent
that very high temperature is obtained
and maintained throughout the day and
night. This at all times is unhealthy.
The heat is entirely without moisture,
that will naturally dry up the delicate
membranes, produce dry catarrhal dis
ease which very materially affects the
ear and throat, producing both hoarse-
ness and deafness.
with coal it is different. There is a
certain amount of moisture given out in
the combustion along with the various
degrees Of heat obtained. OF course,
any heat is dry in the abstract, but when
combined with steam or any moist sub
stance the effects are very different. A
number of my patients declare that the
gas has mad them deaf. That can only
be, as have said, because the excessive
heat dries up the membranes in the
head. a-Pittsburg Dispatch.