The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-17

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on her own head, even if it does not.
Poets, novelists and philosophers have
all given the world their opinions as to
what color the most exquisite hair
should be. One claims the glossy black,
almost purple; another delights in the
| deep brown, with its wondrous inclina-
ton to ripping waves; another admires
the pale faxen blonde; but the majority
grow rapturous and give ecstatic praise
to the perfect golden blonde. Undoubt-
edly the reason for this is that it is the
rarest of all types.
The blonde haired woman is usually
found in cold countries; and the golden
hair, to be perfect, needs warmth and sun,
SO that it is often found in the tropics, and
may be attributed to the nomadic habits
of mankind, some blonde ancestor. near
or remote, having come from colder
cline. Accompanied by pale eyes and
complexion, the general effect of golden
hair is not always attractive, but when
the eyes are deep brown or blue, and the
skin tinged with lasting glow, no one
will be found who will not declare that
Of this type were Venus, Cleopatra and
Helen of Troy. Venus is described as
being with
Her deep hair
Ambrosial, golden round her lucid throat and
! shoulders.
Iphigenia is pictured with craven
glossy hair" while Aspasia was said to
have had raven hair and wondrous gray
eyes"
Catherine de Medicis had Titan red
hair, and Lucretia Borgia gloried in such
threads of gold that a long, burning,
single hair is shown in Florence as COM
ing from the head Of the woman who,
better than any other, knew how to treat
! her enemies. Statistics say that women
with the Titan hair are usually very
strong mentally, while as the hair dark
ems the brain grows weaker and the heart
stronger.
In giving advice about keeping the
hair glossy and thick its just as well to
first say what not to do. Do not allow
yourself, under any circumstances, to
grease your hair, no matter how ugly
| you may think the color; be sure you
will make it a thousand times worse by
| this practice, and no anathema MARIANA
tina is sufficiently strong to be hurled
against this custom. When the roots
of the hair seem dry and apparently need
irrigation then, with the ends Of your
fingers, rub a little vaseline or some
castor oil diluted with alcohol we'll into
the scalp, allowing as little as possible
to get on the hair. The old time recipe
for keeping the hair glossy was to give
it a hundred strokes with the brush,
morning and evening. This was a wise
prescription; for in addition TO doing
what it is said to do the exercise de-
velops the bust and gives pleasant
warmth to the entire body. But, if You
follow this prescription, oh, gentle maid,
brush your hair and not your head, and
show that you deserve the adjective put
before your name by doing it in a gentle
but firm way The slaves trained to be
dressing maids learned 10 brush hair so
perfectly that they soothed many head
ache away and many tired mistress to
sleep. To this care are due the fine
heads of hair so general in the southern
states, where many a belle can truly
wrap herself in her locks as in mantle.
a prescription that personal expert
ence has proved to be good which will
aid the growth Of the hair and prevent
it falling out is made Of:
Castor oil Two ounces
Oil of cantharides. Two ounces
! Shirts of rosemary .........-....... One ounce
Use this mixture every day for awhile,
and then once or twice a week, as Is
needed. The mixture should be care
fully rubbed in. after which tho hair
should be well brushed until the scalp is
in pleasant glow.
Too much cannot be said against the
use of heavy hairpins that drag the hair
down and break it. Better put little
more money in buying the pins that are
to hold your hair up, and in the days 10
come you will have less to spend m buy
ing lotions for it. Choose for the brush
one that is medium stiff, but that has
good long bristles that viii go through
your hair. cleansing and polishing it at
the same time. The woman whose hair
is growing thinner and thinner every
day asks 10 be tOld what she shall DO
and if she shall cut II of. Few physl-
clans who have made a study Of the
treatment Of the hair advise having 1t
shaved except after severe illness. 1t
is suggested instead that good tonic be
used and that care be taken 70 rest the
hair. If worn for long time in one
way 1t is apt 70 grow IN that direction,
50 that a decided change every new and
then is very comnendable. II the scalp
is in a tolerably good state Of health, and
vet might be better. then simple mode
Of treatment is It's careful washing with
hot water and pure CASTLE soap. After
the soap bath rinse IL cot with water As
hot as can De endured until only -.
good wrought by the ssap remains FsG
it dry, and DO not under any circum-
stances put it up while it Is still damp,
as it VIII certainly smell Doldy.
Sunshine doss much to help the grovtE
Of TIE hair, it bsing al undiEpHsed tAc'
that the hair grows faster II ws-1
weather than in cold, and mere il t6s
daytime saaa In the night, a truth frE-
which one may learn much Sometimes
the loss, or rather losing, Of The hsiT
canes from chronic indigestion, IL which
casa thA cause rather than S6s s1sci