Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-02-27
woMANs cRoWNINe eLoRY.
The Proper Way OF Cleaning, Brushing
and Dressing tho Hair.

Tho Proper Way of Cleaning, brushing
and Dressing tho Hair.
A rich mass Of hair that when upcoiled
can easily be sat upon by the fortunate
possessor is beauty Of itself, yet, strange
to say, it has less to do with producing the
effect Of beauty than almost any other
attribute. Complexion, eyes, nose, mouth,
all count for more in the general sum-
ming up.
It is strange, too, writes Ella Rodman
Church in Harper's Bazar, to note how
frequently this gift is found where there Is
an entire absence Of all other personal at
traction; and among German women OF
the working class, who are exceptionally
plain, great masses Of thick braids often
cover the entire back Of the head. A Ger
man prescription for promoting the growth
of the hair is to wash it thoroughly once
week with the yelk Of an egg well rubbed
in among the partings, and afterward 10
rinse it of with cold soft water. A
thorough drying and vigorous brushing
complete the operation, which is one that
time 10 indulge in.
This formula has been improved by the
addition of half tea-cup of ammonia, a
melted toiletts soap (pure white CASTLE or
palml, teaspoonful of powdered borax,
and quart OF rain-water, to be thoroughly
mixed and kept in a covered jar for q
monthly washing of the scalp. This is
often enough for purposes OF cleanliness,
and better for the hair, as frequent wash
! ing Injuries the young growth.
The egg should first be beaten to make
it blend and rub in better; and before
washing it is well to braid long hair in
several braids, as this precaution keeps 1t
from tanglipg. Braids and scalp should be
thoroughly dried with a coarse towel, and
the process assisted by sitting for an hour
or so in the sun or by q fire.
Perfect cleanliness and patient brushing
are recommended as the best restor6tives
| for the thinning and breaking of the hair
which is sure to follow the excessive use
| of pomades, many of which are highly in
| furious, and the plling up Of hair on one
| head which grew on another. Much of the
| hair of commerce has been taken from the
dead, and it heats and irrltates the heads to
which it is transferred. This, with the use
of applications containing chemicals, has
most disastrous tendency, and many of the
victims shave crown where the haiI
straggles thinly over painfully blushinR
| skin, and partings that assume in their
the proportions of the gates of GAIA, or
have stubble Of short wiry coarse growth,
inclined to bristle up, and giving an infinity
of trouble to keep in decent order"
Some toilette tables fairly bristle with
bottles, boxes and jars containing "dress-
ngs'' iunumerable for tue unfortunate
locks, which thrive best, if one did but
knowit without any dressing whatever
but that administered by well-made, mod
erately stiff brush, varied by an occasional
application of the hands. The latter gives
a satiny gloss; and a country lady, whose
hair always had particularly neat, shining
appearance, was once detected in the act of
putting her finger in her mouth for an
extra touch to the front locks.
People who never indulge in an actual
washing of the head, 'for tear of taking
cold" do not hesitate to wet the halr
frequently with bay-rum and other appllca-
tions, although this is surer way of TAX
ing cold than brisk washing of the entire
head and an equally brisk drying. The
after, TOO, is lar more cleansing ana lnvlg-
rating, and with proper precautions there
no danger of any i'll effects.
Gentle and regular friction is the best Of
tonics to induce healthy condition of the
,calp and to restore the natural beauty OF
he hair when it has been lost through in
furious treatment. A little ammonia in the
water used for cleansing acts as mild
stimulant, also a homeopathic amount OF
uucture of cantharides. Brisk rubbing OF
the scalp with raw onion, and after this q
touch of honey, is said to work wonders; ;
but all remedies are useless without regu-
lar and persevering brush1ng-hfty strokes
night and morning, beginning at the very
roots and gong through the entire length
of the hair.
Cutting the ends of the hair once month
is often recommended, but 1t is of little
avail unless each hair is taken separately,
as scarcely any two are OF the same length.
This is task that requires two or three
hours in the execution, and it is said to pay
if persevered in. Children's hair should
not be cut unless it is thin, as the first
silken growth is never restored; and with
the Breton women, who have magnificent
hair, it is always allowed to grow from in
fancy.
The color of hair has much TO do with Its
beauty, and as general thing the golden
blonde is the most popular. Fortunate is
she on whom nature has lavished these
shining tresses, which give the possessor
such peculiarly youthful appearance
Many have been the attempts 10 initiate
them with art, but such attempts are sure
| 10 terminate UlSdSIIOuSIy' OSCeSlOudAlJ lue
lovely color is retained even beyond middle
age, but ordlnarilyit is as evanescent as the
youth it represents, and the golden haired
girl of sixteen frequently becomes the
brown haired matron of thirty.
Miss Goldilocks has unconsciously lifted
her red-haired sisters out Of their Cinder-
ella ashes, or those of them whose ha.r is
on the russet rather than the orange tint
''the color of perfectly ripe corn" for the
reason that hair Of this peculiar shade
comes next in beauty to the true chepetGr'
doree. It is not only beautiful, but distin'
guished looking. "Entcr a room in day
light" says a writer on the toilette, ''where
there are women without bonnets or hats
and If there be one of them with bright, un
mistakable red hair she will stand out from
the rest with a never-faillng prominence
which, II she be pretty woman-and red
haired women have often great beauty ol
feature and very often lovely complexions
lis Of the greatest advantage 10 her, act
ually speaking"
An approach to the desirable tint may bt
obtained by using preparation com
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