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The prediction is freely made By scientists
that the disting nguishine characteristic OF the
man OF the futnre will be the same as
that OF celebrated Mexican dog. viz. hair
lessness The coming man will be bald.
This. say the savants. can be the only result
| Of the present tendency In the human family
to badness. carried to its logical conclusion.
So general In this day and generation Il
| badness at an early period In life. and so
numerous are the maladies OF the scalp which
result ia the loss OF hair. that DR.. Charles A..
Kinch has made The Hair: Its Natural
Growth and Development" the subject Of q
lecture delivered in this city under the aus
pices OF the Board OF Education. While de-
velopine his subject the lecturer incidentally
reveals many interesting facts in regard to
the anatomical structure and composition OF
the integument. besides suggesting many
| simple ways for Its care and preservation.
| 1t would seem that there is q close relation
| ship existing between the color OF the hair
and Its texture. one physician. for example,
who had devoted special attention to the sub
| ject. having counted upon the scalp Of n
patient whose hair was black. 1oS0OO indi-
vidual nlaments: upon another with brown
hair, he counted 100000. while on red
haired person he found 10000
| One Of the most annoying. because tho most
unsightly. forms OF badness is that which
| comes in spots. 1t is found in children as fire.
| quenty rs In adults. patches OF the size OF
silver dollar or larger appearing promiscu-
| ously on the head. It has its origin In nervous
| troubles. and in the case OF children Is usu
ally produced by overstudy or headache.
but with proper medical treatment 1t may
be cured. A curious feature OF the recovery Is
that it comes hack just as it went away: the
nj. rbnr hat aref foIl o,tt t. II
| where 1t first grows again. appearing in the
contre Of the spot and gradually extending to
the sides-a soft. silky down like q babys. that
assumes in time the texture OF the rest OF the
hair. Sometimes. however. the original color
is slow to return to the new growth OF hair. as
was illustrated recently in the case Of a little
girl who was successfully treated for this
trouble: the old hair was OF n pronounced
brown. while the new was pure white. and for
several months she presented the unique ap-
pearance OF possessing hair OF two colors.
Neglect OF the head is a common cause Of
badness. The scales which are thrown of
the scalp retard the growth OF the hair just as
q load Of bricks or other debris dumped upon q
flower bed would choke the flowers. The irri-
tatinG substance should be removed by fire.
quent shampoos. after which oil or vaseline
should be applied to take the place Of the ma
tural oil which Is removed from the hair In the
process OF cleansing and is necessary to its
vitality. vaseline is the more beneficial OF the
two. and kerosine. contrary toopinion. is in
furious to the hair when applied alone.
There is one form OF badness which is con-
taeious. 1t Is that produced by ringworm or
barber's itch. The two terms describe the
same disease-the former in the scalp and tho
latter in the face. When on the head. series
OF Jumps or ridges are formed. causing the
hair above them to illl out Should any one
be so unwise as to insert q lancet into this
growth. he would find a honey-like substance
the particles OF which are so closely COM
mingled with the pores OF the scalp that the
removal OF any portion OF it would be impossi-
BILE This fungus Is constantly putting forth
spores or seeds. which may be comm municated
in such simple ways as through the contact OF
two childrens heads while studying over the
same book. or through father playfully rub
binR his heard on his child's curls and receiv-
ing the spores from them. When the disease
taxes the form Of barber's itch 1t may be trans
mitted by the barber's towel from one GUS
variety of othsr w Ways There are
simple remedies toE this trouble but in the
sdf than
recourse to ply sician is the wisest Dlan.
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hair of the most fastidiops person. It ,is no
allow them to remain is both disgracefuI and |
aacertain source Of destruction to the hatr;
under powerful microscope. reveals a
hideous array Of claws and teeth. the exercise
hf sRs at
roots Of the capilliaries. mixture Of one part
he'd Of these losthsoms parasites main. With
Some Of the African tribes de-
vote days to tho production Of an elaborate
braids, coils. and coronsts. Coral shells.
which pass for monsy among the tribes on the
dor OF the hair. and dangs over their eyes
from the ends of their bangs. In the Fill
tioas and showy. greatly enhancins the appar
ent size OF the heads result which in the
eyes OF those people is conducive to beauty.
Arrangement OF the ladies' tresses is often the
work OF two or three days. and wooden head
neck, without disturbing the Goifure. while
thrust % literally hrough it to pinion the differ
ent parts to their places.
by Ss ansens ssow tha. mneh atteRtoo
was bestowed upon the hair In the days Of the
!h Greeks and the @ Esyptians In the pictures Of
artists. the hair of the monarchs falls in ring
lets upon the shoulders. and the, beard is in
women combed their hair over the middle OF
the head and drew 1t together In a knot behind.
The fashions Of Greece changed but little. as
that country had scarce y any Intercourse with
other nations-the only people from whom
they might have received suggestions being
prisoners os war. whose taste and deve lopmsnt
were lar inferior to their own Leus. the
supreme god Of the universe. and afterward
called Jupiter by the Romans. is represented
with y carefully tended beard and thick ring
lets clusteringupon his neck.
The English ladies OF tho fifteenth century
wore tuonstrous and unberoming hend.ear.
tho construction q which required vast Innn-
titles OF hair not their own; as evidenced by
tho marble carvings on old tombs and the
pictures still existing in the stained glass
windows Of that period. At the time OF the
American Revolut!on. ladies' In both England
and America wore headdresses more vol
um nous than handsome and even the photo
graphs oftwenty years ago plainly show that
Z he tendency OF the fashions was to great size.
women are content for he most
part. to mako tho hest display they can with
such hair nature has Nouchsafed
them. and false hair Is but little used
The styles IN vogue closely resemble
the Greek, which was at once simple
and becoming. although occasionally q heyiA-