Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
BADNESS IN NO M EN-
The Cause and the Remedies That Should
Be Adopted.
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The Novelist's Pet Theory Relative t.
. Sudden Change In the Color
Of the Hair.

bald, as men SO frequently do, II Is q dis
concerting fact that partial badness is get
ting to be rather common; wide white spots
APPEAR on the top and sides Of the head.
while the hack Of the neck en- .roaches
gradually but surely lpon the domain OF
fluffy hair that should grow low behind
the ears. The cause Of womens partial
badness Is the straining Of the skin of the
head ny the use Of many pins In too tight.
ly holding the hair. A woman, on finding
herself growing bald. usually attempts to
conceal the fact by combing her remaining
hair over the bare place and fixing 1t up
tightly with piEs. Instead, on the first in
dication that her hair il growing thinner.
she ought to dress 1t lower and more loose
ly until the strained region fas a rest.
Massage has now come into service in
the treatment Of hair as in other cases OF
debility. The mode Of treatment IL to
stimulate and strengthen the tone Of the
body. but espet tally Of the head and scalp.
Scrupulously avoid all strongly alkaline
soaps in washing the head, but rub in q
little olive oil two or three times each
week. then wash with oatmeal water and
finally with soft warm water. Lastly, and
most important see that plenty Of nerve
nutrition is supplied in the food. which
should include fresh green vegetables and
salads. plenty Of ripe. sweet fruits. and
for drinks chocolate, and some good prepa-
ration Of wheat, rice, or barley, which are
rich in the phosphates In a very assimilable
form.
Electrical massage. also. is applied to the
spot affected. as the falling OF the hair -
sometimes caused by a numbness Of the
scalp. To assist this treatment, a cele-
brated hair specialist has invented an cleo
trical double comb to be attached to a bat
terry and used for benumbed heads.
Gray Hair Considered Smart.
Massage is considered excellent, too. for
prematurely gray hair. OF course. the
grayness arising from the natural decay Of
old age cannot be altered, and in such q
case the gruesome expression Of the Ger
mans. who call the first gray hairs grave
ysrd flowers" might be applicable. But II
the patient is still in the vigor Of life gray
ness ray be arr .sted by restoring tone to
the nerves; even more, the natural color
mOy be renewed.
However, gray nair is not the bugbear
that 1t was regarded quarter of a cen-
fury ago; according to the modern tenets,
gray hairs are more than honorable-they
are distinctly smart. At the present time
those W hose heads are precocious!y frosted
bear off the 'honors thrust upon them
with an airy grace, as If becomingly attired
for bal poudre Certainly, a fresh young
face framed in gray hair Is very distin-
guished at least whereas, ume-worn
trcsses be blonde, brown red, is robbed
of all it's tender dignity, and at once be-
comes hopelessly vulgar.
Sudden Change I'm Color.
Heredity affects the hair as well az the
brain or the lungs, and abundant hair or
carly grayheadedness runs in families ~
markedly as mental characteristics. A
notable illustration Of hair hered:e 10
found in family in the south Of France
Every member Of this family for three
hundred years has worn the natural badge
of a lock Of white hair. usually, though
not always. just above the forehead.
1t has been asserted by scientists that
has been CT such narrowing usefulness to
the novelist, is quite impossible. Still, the
late Erasmus Wilson in his lectures on
d. rmatolcgy expresses his belief in the
possibility Of the change Of the color Of
the hair from raven black to ashen
gray" in a single night. On the contrary.
Hebra and KapOsi. two great authorities
the cases of grazing suddenly in conse-
quence OF distressing news or thrilling
scenes.
II thin hair should become widely preva-
lent, and IL electrical massage should fail
to resuscitate the enervated roots, we
may have to return to the tastes Of the
old Egyptians who considered hair an
incumbrance. removed II, and substituted
light wigs. The Hebrews and Greeks. how
ever. valued long hair; indeed. abundant
locks have been admired in nearly all
countries in all ages.
Venetian ladies in the fifteenth and six
teenth centuries were famous for luxuriant
hair. Probably this was due to the fire.
Quent sun baths and flowing looseness
necessary in order to bleach II to that
incompatible light color of the hair OF
Titian's goddesses. nymphs and virgins.
The hair was blcached by wetting II and
drawing II up through a curious, crownless
wide brimmed hat, while the possessor sat
on the surniest side of the balcony for
three or four hours to dry the color away.
In the time of Francis I short hair was
the fashion: under Louis XIII long hair.
curls and wigs were in favor in France:
but periwigs and perukes of monstrous
size were banished by the French revolu-
ton. Since then civilized nations have. In
the main, been content with natural heads
Of hair