Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04
DYElN0 THE HAIR.
VI aid. Used 10 Cover Up the Fingss Marks
of Age.

fluids Used To Cover Up the Finger Marks /
of Age.
The idea OF using n hair-dys Is ex-
sremely repulsive TO the infinite major
.ty Of people. At the same time there
are many who. rs their hair begins TO
slrn gray, would conceal tho fact could
;hey do 10 with some simple. harmless
agent which need only be- applied To the
,hanging hairs, and would merely dark
sh them-not produce q marked effect
and yet not discolor the skin beneath.
The so-called dyes are not always inju-
rlous, but they are invariably hard 10
manage and great skill and experience
a needed 10 use them properly and pre-
rent staining the skin. There are very
many dyes on the market, and they are
manufactured after various formulas
Pyrogallic acid. water and alcohol are
|ho ingredients OF one. Some hair
nay be made red or red
tish yellow by solution of pure
Fouge In weak solution of crystal
Eed carbonate of soda, followed,
when dry, by lemon juice or vim
egar TO fix the color. To change
hair 10 a reddish orange there Is
smetic, acidnlated by some vegetable
acid, and the color is fixed with neutral
aydrosulphuret, or the bisuiphuret OF
ammonia. A few years ago many
women with light hair dyed the same to
a golden hue, IL being then the fashion.
Doubtless, some of them, at least, used
"a preparation the active ingredient Of
which was the bichloride of tin, the
,olor being fixed with the hydrosul-
phuret OF ammonia. Where this Is used
On darker hair the same becomes a gold
en- brown or auburn. In making the
lark dyes, some preparation of silver
the oxide or nitrate-is commonly used.
The sulphate Of iron, salt, wine and nut
gals make up another dark dye. A
dense black IL obtained by using the fol-
lowing materials: First, the sulphuret
pf potassium in water. After moisten-
ing the hair with that and allowing it
10 dry on. there should then be ap-
piled solution of nitrate Of silver and
water. After few hours exposure to
the light hair so treated becomes very
black. But as said In the beginning,
there are very few people. comparatively,
who care TO resort TO dyes. And IL Is bet
ter so, for many of those on sale are abso-
lutely poisonous, while the balance OF
them, II they do not injure the general
health, are at least hurtful TO the hair.
As for arkener"-something that
will merely darken the hair without dis
coloring the skin-there might be a
satisfaction for some people in using It,
But no one should tribe with any prepa'
ration of the sort unless they know its
ingredients and have been assured by q
physician or chemist that 1t contains
nothing injurious. An eminent lad,
physician was won't 10 advise he
patients who would cover up the finge
marks OF age to use the following to re
store the color of the hair turning gray
| Rust OF iron, dram; strong old ale
|, pint; oil OF rosemary, IL drops. Put tn
Z mixture in q bottle. cork 1t loosely
| shake IL daily for ten or twelve days
| then, after the mixture has settled, turi
OF the clear portion for use. Anothe
. prescription of hers for the purpose wa
| rs follows: Powdered sulphate OF iron,
! dram; rectihed spirit, l ounce; oil O
. rosemary. 10 drops; pure rain water,
pint. Shake until mixture Is complete
!, While using either of these 1t would, q
: course, be necessary to keep the hal
: clean. Probably they would serve tn
: purpose and stay for time, st least, tn
natural changes. Certainly thes
!, ''darkeners" are practically innocent
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