St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22

| mood, Snake eharmers are sl1pposed
to enthrau their glistening, gliding pets
! With weird notes of a reed pipe, al
though In point of fact snake lis nc
more affected by music than a blind
mule by the most fetching living pic
NOW, however, music appears in a
brand-new role-that of a hair restore1
! and under certain circumstances, the
New York Recorder says, as a depila-
tory, or hair destroyer, besides This
may-sound paradoxical, but it is true
! and medical journals have been dis
| cusSlng the subject in all it's varied
| phases; but have been unable to throw
| any light on the matter other than to
| admit its truth beyond all question OF
| doubt.
The dissatisfaction that it is what
! it now is in the medical profession
was started by an English statistician.
He looked UP the history of musicians
| and. composers, so far as their hair
was concerned, and his remarkable
| findings enforce conviction.
1t seems that badness is prevalent
IN II per cent of composers, which is
| about the average for people in gen
eraL Instrumental performers, how
ever, and especially those who may be
! classed among the virtuosi, almost
| without exception, retain a full head of
The Boston Medical Journal confirms
| the English statisticians report but
| is at an entire loss to explain VIII it
should be so.
Pianists and violinists have excep-
tionally good heads of hair. Think of
PadereWski's Hon-like name, Rubin
STEMS long locks that were always
wont to fall picturesquely over his face
at the most effective moments, by
mere accidental purpose, of course
Then Josefy, Seidl and a dozen of other
contemporaneous performers that
could be named, not to speak of those
of the past whose shaggy locks are
familiar to us from their pictures
Mendelssohn, Chopin, Grief, Wagner
and many others
Then the violinists Marteaux, Joach-
i'm, Ole Bull, Ysaye, Paganini and
scores more both of the past and pres
ent. Indeed, it would absolutely seem
that to attain a certain degree of re-
nown, either as a pianist or violinist,
long and thick hair was not only de-
sirabie, but requisite. The strange
part of it all is that the "phenom-
enon" is a natural one.
The music actually influences the
growth of the hair, it would seem,
and the medical profession has thrown
science to the dogs without so much
as offering single theory for it's ex-
PLANTATION.
But, stranger still, while exception
ally fine violin or piano playing
strengthens and thickens the hair,
there is another kind of music that
makes it fall out, and. if persisted
ia, will ultimately result in badness
in the large majority of cases. This
is the music produced by the cornet,
French horn, trombone and other of
the so-called ''brasses," such as the
alto, euphonium and brass horn.
SO common is this badness that in
regimental bands it has been given
the sobriquet of trumpet badness. :"
We need only cite one prominent ex-
ample, Levy, but the next time you
have the opportunity of enjoying a
symphony concert just look at the
performers and make a mental note
of their hair. The violinists have flow
ing locks, while the trumpetists are
more or less bald
The explanation is rational enough,
and it is a wonder that the medical
profession at large Has not discovered
it ere this 90 m
Baldnes, or, technically, alopecia, is
disease of the hair, switch is very
readily transferred from one person to
another. 1t is less frequently induced
by the robbing of hair; of it's natural
nutriment, oil, through too frequent
shampooings. So, largely, our pre-
valent badness may be laid at the
door of the barber
Americans-the men at least-are