The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
DIET AND BALD HEADS.
ROOD THAT NoURIsHEs HAIR AND
room THAT L IT.

Some Ideas Cat OF the Ordinary ns TO the RE-
iations Between stomach and scalp
Vegetables ana Oatmenis ne Hair Tonics
Meat and MIX ns Means 10 Badness.
MY hair is coming out in perfect handfuls."
said the girl In the pink shirt waist TO the tailor.
made girl as they climbed up on the high stools
at the lunch counter.
"Is It'll o. responded the tailor.made girl, and
then she ordered fried oysters. strawberry ice
cream, and two chocolate 6clairs. adding: And
please have them fat. waiter" meaning the
eclairs, not the oysters.
YES said she OF the pink shirt waist, not
forgetting in her despair to call for lobster salad,
a glass of iced milk, and n piece OF cherry pie,
"it's dropping out like fury. Looks like a mat.
tress factory around my room when | comb it."
why don't you use some good tonic on it
night and morningi" suggested the tailor-made
as she went for her fried oysters.
Use some good tonic r. repeated the other
scornfully. well. l guess l have. I've used
no less than ten gallons. and washed my hair In
sage tea and all kinds of soap and let it down In
the air, and goodness only knows what 1 haven't
done, but II hasn't stopped coming out one bit.
II beg your pardon spoke up a swect-faced
little woman seated on the opposite side OF the
counter. but why don't you diet. / sympa-
thize with any one whose hair is falling out. 1
had a magnificent head Of hair"
You have now" broke in the shirt waist girl.
The little woman blushed, smiled graciously,
and went on:
But 1t began TO come out by handfuls, until I
thought i wasn't going to have enough left to do
up. 1 was travelling abroad at the time, and
people told me that was the reason-that ev-
erybody's hair dropped out on a trip abroad.
That didn't console me, 80 / consulted an
eminent physician in Paris. lie told me
that the relation Of diet to the hair
had been tested by good authority and
told me TO begin to live principally upon vege-
tables and grain foods and that my hair would
stop coming out. He said that too much beef.
starchy materials. and milk causes atrophy OF
the roots, and OF course the hair comes out as q
result OF this, condition. He furthermore de-
clared that milk was the poorest diet Of all for
tients was largely due to feeding them almost
entirely on milk. Another thing he told
see a bald.headed scotchman. and gave as a
reason their fondness for their staple diet,
porridge. observed for myself when I went to
SCOTLAND; and ! assure you l saw only three
bald.headed natives"
Did you take his ADVICE" asked the tailor
II did, and in three months after going on a
grain and vegetable diet l could brush and comb
my hair for two hours at a time and not a strand
and alive with color, and baby hairs began to
didn't give up meat entirely, but drank no
milk, and was careful TO eat only plain, we'll.
cooked. nourishing food. After all. you know,
the condition of the hair depends upon ones
general health. II you are in perfect physi-
much bothered with shedding hair. do think
that diet has everything to do with it, however.
since being told that women who have fine
heads OF hair are known TO live principally upon
vegetables. fruits. and grains. Take my advice;
give up lobster salads and pies and eat palmer,
nourishing things. and you'll find a wonderful
change In your hair. ! know, for I've tried It"
Thank You. SO much. called out the girl in
the pink shirt waist, as her volunteer adviser
disappeared. Now, wasn't she nice r she
went on, turning to her companion. Not
many women would have spoken up that way.
would theyi Most women won't go out of their
way to tell one another something that improves
OF hair is worth ii, do you'll Think OF dietingl
1t makes me sick TO think OF It. I'd hate to give
up salads and pies most OF all. Really, do you
believe it's worth itf'
Well. it's Just this way answered the
tailor.made girl. You can do with skimpy
hair. and uneven. ugly hair now because you
are young and have a beautiful complexion, but
It will be different. when you grow old, you
know. Women need all the lovely, well-kept
hair il II possible for them to have then. I'm
agine yourself in one of these false fronts and q
switch! don't believe you'd be a bit pretty"
"Oh, yc gods!" grOaned the other, 81 hadn't
thought of that. Ishall begin TO diet tomorrow.
SO l guess I'll order another piece OF pie-apple
this time. w~aiter-and a cream puff. That little
woman certainly had a lovely head Of hair and
did you see all of those dear little baby hairs
coming out around her forehead and neck Yes,
! believe there's something in this relation OF
diet 10 the hair. 1t sounds sensible anyway and
I'm surely going TO try it,"
Il would" answered her friend, eating her
seventh pickle.