Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-08-29
CARE OF THE HAIR
A COMB AND a CRUSH TIE BEST
PREsERvATRES.
Disastrous Results 81 an. Drowning Prsp-
cs.s-vartons Kind- Of brushes To
Keep a Clean. Healthy s-alp-Cars OF
che Complexion.

Men worry themselves bald and women
vash their licads bare IL makes very little
difference what happens 60 the head Of a male
~ long as he doesn't lose II, but the very best
hair preventative Tor women and children IL
a comb and brush. Soap and water rot tho
hair without cleansing the scalp. Take. for
instance. two children ia the same family,
and. by way u experiment, comb and brush
one curly head and comb and shampoo tho
other for five or six years Unless the chill
dren belong % hairless family the former
Will show wig 10 per cent better in quality
aud abundance than the crop Of the sister,
who Inns been souscd eight or nine times
month Perhaps a better illustration Is tho
drowning process current among men, most
Of whom duck their heads in cold water
every morning and duck the life out OF the
hair before the nge Of 30. The dry wash is
wurthy Of trial. bur tho benefits must not he
looked for in less than three years.
As beginning invest in long black
comb having two grades OF teeth. Any com
position will do but metal which is objec-
tionable ON account Of the heat engeudered
in the friction. A good rubber comb IL
about the best, not only on account Of the
elasticity Of the rack, but against the glossy
black every particle Of dust and soil shows
To make perfect toilet tho tracking" should
last until the comb passes through the hair
clean. Part Of the service must be a towel with
which To wipe the comb every time 1t is drawn
through the hair. A brush will cost any
where from 81 to $50, according 10 the money
one may caTe Ia put in the mounting Silver
bound gavels are very expensive, tho shell
bacas come next and pretty worries and cellu-
loids sell at s. and 81. There are rubber
goods for 50 and the best wool mounts for n
dollar less.
For real service nothing is better than
narrow, palmwood, wild boar bristle brush
made OF the natural hair, which need not
cost more than 81. There are the "barber
brushes served with black bristles, which a
woman doesn't want, rs the color hides the
dirt. White bristies are better but less SER
viccablc, Is tho bleaching wcakens the hair,
but the be- u the natural color, containing
"a mixture Of gray, brown and black. Used
every day dollar brush will last two months,
but after that 1t is not VI much account for
cleaning tho hair In fact, no brush is worth
bureau room when it will not reach through
tho hair To the scalp. There are, to be sure,
different purposes 10 which hair brushes are
put. Some people buy them To equip dress
ing cuse: others 10 clean the comb ON; still
others 10 smooth the hair with after It has
been combed, aud few to dress the hair and
cleanse the scalp. II intended FOR this last
service long life cannot b. expected from it.
BY way Of care don't soak the brush. the
bTistlcs can he washed without swelling and
splitting the back. \ better plan is 10 clean
IL with "A cloth after each using. But, re-
F turning 10 tho toilet, II is not time wasted 70
spend thirty minutes day on the hair, first
using the comb, then the brush, and finally
Il, -
7 to comb tne hair steadily for fifteen minutes,
and unless the wori, is done ia the face of a
clock the opcrat on will I've brought to finish
IN ten minutes or less, Tor the arms will tire
and tho neck d shoulders peisprc il tho
hair Is thick und abundant. However, 1t Is
tho best way and tile only way 10 kcepn clean,
4 healthy scalp and get a glossy, natural
dressing on the hair, There are ia all the
hair shops young women who go out to dress
hair, spending an hour or SO every day In
each family. The mother or child is placed
ia a char barber fashion, with "A towel
pinned about the meek and shoulders. After
the hair has been vigorously cumbel the
clerk looks tile scalp over with bit u soft
cloth saturated with sweet oil, which is ap
pied u dandruif spots. After the scrufF has
been looscncd tho scalp. not the hair, /.
combed, ANA then follows thorough brush
ing until every particle OF loose and decayec
skin has been removed As a final touch tn,
tresses are specifically bruLhed until tins
hair looks oily.
For the woman who has 10 spend her sum
mcr in city as dirty and smoky as Chicago
powder Is a greater Necessity than soap, fol
, IL is possible t. keep clean with dry bathing
but recourse must 10 made To some sort o
protection II the cumplrN,on Is 10 be saved
OF ali the powders ia tine market pink, white
cream and mother OF pearl or bun, the sim
pieat and finest Is the bc>t. A large number
oil the most expensive powders contain bis
muth and magnesia, which are not beneficial
as cosmetics. some physicians consider bis
nuth actually poisonous, hut the fact that il
has been constantly used 10y women OF soo(
face Is a strong argument IN its favor
, Whether 1t will agree with all compilations i
, another question, ami the best thing that cal
DO said ia It's favor Is II adhesiyeneSS
j sticks Ike white lead, and that Is the quality
! most desired ia make us. Lead, however, /
bauefuL No woman who val g. her heaitl
Will gso II, since Il cannot be applied with
out being absorbed by the ~ STEM Its effect
I are most serious, resulting often IN idioc.
! and paralysis.
Tho best safest and cheapest powder
rice -four, and L. make sure OF its purity th
: rice can DO purchased whole and pounded i
> u mortar for use ov,oad choice is Frenc
chalk, which forms tho BEST prutccuo
t, against SUM- tan and weather burn. For
/ picnic, "a sail, a sunny drive or long wall
a coating OF chalk is rs good protection fo
the face aud neck as a veil Powder IS a
excellent preventative against face that
IN exposure 10 dust, smoke, SOFT or storm
: Properly applied II acts as so between, n
: eeiving the dirt which Otherwise would Ii
the pores OF the skin. Before retiring
should be rubbcd oily first with soft clot
and tho face washed It'll cold cream OF swc,
!, oil 1t is not SO much powder as the apple.
!. ton afterWard OF hard water and AmmonI
! soap that INJURIES the skin.
la applying powder it is well TO battle Il
!, face with cream, aud just before 1t dries du
: Tie powder over the face and remove al
: surplus particles with n soft cloth. In usir
! powder containing bismuth one must avo
/ all gaseous almosphcres, as they turn 1t 10
!, gray, unhealthy color, Every woman h
!, her favorlIe, aud 1t only remains TO have
applied correctly and Tor her 10 understai
what Is anu what IS not injurious To make
mics appearance. Chicago Times.
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