The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-22

to color ths hair there arc a number OF
preparations vhich have the advantage
Of at least being harmless. hut most OF
the dyes and stains, no matter under
what name they are offered to the pur..
chaser. contain violent poisons. OF
course. it stands to reason that sub
stances capable of changing the color OF
the hair must frequently contain miner
ais OF certain strength. The following
recipes are from high authority.
Dye to color hair black.-Oxide of sill
vei. l draobm; liquor of ammonia. u.s.;
dissolve and dilute the solution with three
or four times its bulk Of distilled water.
Ii any precipitation occur, more liquor
of monai must be added, drop bv drop,
until redissolved. Hair moistened with
this liquid gradually turns BLACK, or II
more distilled water is added. brown, on
exposure to the warmth or light.
Brown or chesinu. hair dye-Nitrate of
silver, 20 Grammes rose water. 225
gTammes; dissolve. Dilute with all equal
bulk of distilled water. it dyes the hair
deep brown or chestnut: twice its bnlk
of water light brown. The natural color
Of the hair will also somewhat affect the
shade pI reduced.
Golden hair, which many women so
covet. may fortunately for them be &C.
quired without danger by the following
entirely harmless method. First wash the
hair thoroughly with the following:
Hair championships of tartar. ounca !.
soft water, l quart. Dissolve thoroughly
and use with little good soap. Rinse ali
the shampoo and soap out of the hair and
let it get quite dry, then apply to the
roots. either by means of small sponge
or a tooth brush, enough peroxide of hy-
drogen to wet the roots; distribute tha
liquid as evenly as possible the hair il
but at each will become lighter. Every
we'll known goldenhair wash, regener-
ator and liquid sunshine, etc. is neithor
more nor less than a preparation of per-
oxide of hydrogen.
The best preparation for giving the
hair the dark auburn color which is now
so fashionable is beyond doubt henna.
which may be procured of any chemist.
Henna will temporarily stain the scalp,
but the stain NAV be readily washed off
the scalp without at all affecting the
color of the hair. A great deal is said and
written about the vanity of the nine
teenth century woman, and whole SER
mons are preached at her with sweeping
enuncations of her tendency to paint
her face and dive her hair. As matter
of actual history, we do not begin to use
the cosmetics which were part of the
daily toilet of the early GREEKS and in
far-away Egypt. Ages before the Chris
tian era the highest and most cultured OF
that wonderful race made daily use of
hair dyes and paints. do not approve
Of hair dyes myself, but it is a fres coun-
try and the fin de steele woman, take it
all IN all, is an evolution to be proud of
her fashions and foible, notwithstanding.
Curling locks have never been satisfac-
toriiy accounted for. Technically ! be-
lieve the hair follicles of the curly headed
are found to be curved or spiral, but why
you should be endowed with spiral hair
follicles which give you your beautiful
natural curls and permit you to go
through life with q pretty halo of fluffy
ringlets about your brow, and l, guilt
less of any crime in the premises, should
have been born with straight follicles of.
| should Judge. cast iron texture at re-
fuse 10 bend unless goaded to wave by
hot iron, l cannot say. Moreover,
where one has hair of Indian-like infiex-
Utility, it is adding insult TO misfortune
to further declare that all curly haired
people have more amiable dispositions
than the straigbt-haired individual.
Possibly our tempers have been injured
through our experience in trying to make
straight hair curl. Twenty-Five years ago
it was the common practice to cut little
girls hair, shingle it, as it was called.
until she was IA or Is years of age-the
theory being that it increased the
strength and growth. The practice has
been almost entirely abandoned, and the
best cappiluIgsts now insist that the
hair should never be cut at all. They
affirm thst in cutting the colJrng matter
escapes from the hair just az the sup
leaks from the severed bough Of tree.
copyrighted 1895