The age-herald., 1898-02-03
What Should Be Done to
 A Fashionable Woman's Head
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Dorothy Maddox, who has pleasant way of writing many bright, helpful things Tor one of the Philadelphia journals, gives this advice as to the best methods to be adopted for keeping womens heads well groomed in appearance
 Only perfectly groomed heads can aneet any one of the eoiffure modes at present popular. The hair must be crisp without being unhealthy In it's dryness. IL must shine without being in any way susgestlVe of grease.
 There must be no attempt at a neglige that would be termed by the fastidious 'frowzness and yet each lock curied. crimp. or waved, should own grace which captiyates at glance.
 Think of the amount of labor necessary to coax tresses, many. of them mutinous. Into such state. It can be done, but like all our efforts to be charming great deal of time must be spent
 our heads are freed from wigs. False hair worn to any extent is esteemed an abomination This exemption from store locks should spur us on to conscientious care of every strand own.
 The condition of our hair Is not only question of looks, but it may be taken as a barometer of our health well. We are not healthy If we have a head covered by hair thin. uneven and lacking in bril- lancy of fn.-h.
 Bald heads may attribute their msfor- tune largely to lack of scalp nourishment. If the oil glands fail to secrete properly the scalp resents this deficiency by dis play of dry, brittle hair that must make the owners heart ache with despair.
 Speaking to well-known specialist the other day asked: What hair tonic do you consider best?" Many are excellent" was his reply. 'In reality the advantage of tonic is more on account of the mas sage given the scalp than because the hair Is halDp1 RV rf1hhinp ba 10 tips of the fingers, by moving 1t, and pinch Ing It elasticity is achieved That Is a great gain"
 l thanked him, and now I massage my scalp as regularly as l do my face Many persons use lanoline. trine only is need ed This rubbed into the roots will be found helpful. It is rather unyielding so l add little vaseline, castor oil or olive oil to soften 1t.
 After the massage I give the scalp A rest and then I brush my hair until it is glossy. This gioss must not be overtione TO avoid all signs of oihness, which is sackenins, wash your hadr at least once week
 tacns require a bath even oftener than this l have tried a great many recipes for head washing and generally faal back on egg shampoo, which Is a simple thing Beat up an egg, rub it into the roots and through the hair
 Then use rinse of white castiae soap and warm water, stdll second rinse of warm water into which has been scattered Mtle. powdered borax a few drops of ammonia
 There are other shampoos as good as this. Some heads are kept dn perfect con- dbtion wtth the add of tar soap and water An olive oil soap allowed to jelly in warm water and little common washing soda added to this mixture is said to be an excellent scalp cleanser.
 The fact Is there are so many persons attempting to give advice that we are apt to grow confused. So in head grooming as in all other toilet matters we must think for ourselves. Experimental knowl- edge Is best.
 A great confusion of ideas result from the different articles that appear relative to head washing. There hair dressers who insst that a week in summer and once a month in winter is quite often enough to cleanse the hair. This might do for some. Others would be going about with the dirtiest of heads were they to follow such advice
 There are many things about head grooming that stagger those of us who etop to consider ways and means. For in- stance there Is the sickay looking woman, carrying around on her head phenome- nal growth of hadr, while lusty neiehbor Is frehting over her sparse locks. Such con tradictons of course, upset onr ca2cula- tions.
 These we may consider freakish exeep- tions, and putting them quite one side, go on in the even tenor of our way doing the best that is possible for our tresses to keep them looking like a gentlewoman's