, 1890-08-22
ABSOLUTELY PURE

not as can b endured until only the
good wrought by the soap remains. Fan
it dry, and do not under any circum.
stances put it mp while it is still damp,
as it will certainly smell moldy.
Sunshine does much to help the growth
of the hair, it beisg an undisputed fact
that the hair grows faster in warm
weather than in cold, and more in the
daytime than in the night, a truth from
which one may learn much. Sometimes
the loss. or rather losing, of the hair
comes from chronic indigestion, in which
case the cause rather than the effect
needs to be treated A tonic for the hair,
after the scalp has been made clean by
its CASTLE soap wash, is the following:
Peruvian bark "a strong decoctIos). oDe-hAlf pint
Brandy ........ ......... IA wingcglnssfuL
Glycerine .. tablespoonful
Mix this well and apply it to the scalp,
morning and evening, with a soft tooth
brush. Remember that to wash the
scalp does not mean to wash the hair,
which should be carefully braided so
that 1t will only be moistened at the
roots. Much washing makes the hair
streaky in color and gives itia moldy odor.
1.-The positive cure for dandruf" is the
one thing that is always in demand.
The only absolute cure for it is n regular
brushing of the hair every day. 1t is
not taking care OF ones hair to brush it
well one day and neglect it three, but to
devote n little while every day to 1t and
to be certain that the brushes used are
absolutely clean and are your own. A
woman of refinement will almost as
soon use another woman's tooth brush as
her hair brush, and there would really
be fewer diseases of the scalp IL the hair
brush was considered more sacred.
Advice to those about to dye Is don't.
When the pretty girl Of today dyes her
hair neither her complexion nor her eyes
are, a. u rule, in keeping with it, and so
she powders and paints to get herself in
harmony at 30 she isold and faded, with
only herself to blame. Lais, the great
beauty. refused to wed an old sculptor
because-a woman's reason-his hair
was gray. In aday or two he returned
to her with black hair and again made
his proposal. Then sho laughed at him
and said, How can / accept you today
when / refused your father two days
ago." There is an amusing story told
of Mrs. Langtry's experience with hair
dye. When she was at the height OF
her glory in London she suddenly be-
camo possessed of n desire 10 make her
beautiful brown locks golden, and 30
she did. When she saw the effect she
realized what a foolish thing she had
done and started off to Paris to have
Auguste, the famous couture. get her
locks back to their natural color. He
was Mortified when he saw what she had
done and quickly put something on to
undo the mischief.
Before the medicine had time to act
the beauty started for Vienna: she
reached the city wearing q heliotrope
toque with q veil tied over her face, and,
as she had been travelling all night. she
hadn't seen herself for twelve hours.
Standing before the mirror she removed
her veil and to her horror the velvet on
her hat and the color of her hair were
exactly the same colori Nothing was
left for her to do except to keep in seclu.
sion and wait in patience until the golden
brown locks were themselves again; how.
ever, it was a lesson she never regretted.
st. Paul's admiration of the long lockso 4
women has done much to keep down the
fancy for short hair which is occasion.
ally born anew. 1t is not a fancy II
should encourage, it ia not womanly and
is quite too suggestive of Oliver Crom.
wells R~oundheads; and as women are
born Jacobites they ought to cling to the
long locks that were the insignia of the
chivalry of the Stuarts. Next to the
low, sweet voice 1t seems as though the
most beautiful thing about a woman is
"that robe which curious nature means
to hang upon her head" /. A. NJ