Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-26
WASHING THE HAIR.

WASHING Fl HAIR.
Some Plain Advice TINT should En-
able One to Avoid
1t is as great a mistake to wash the hair
too frequently as it is to wash it too sell
dom, says the Cincinnati Tribune. In the
former case the constant use of water is
apt to wash away the natural oil of the
skin, without which the hair not only loses
its glossy look of health, but is apt to
turn prematurely gray and grow thin and
scanty. In the latter case the mouths of
the oil vessels at the roots of the hair be-
come ~clogged, dandruff forms and the
growth OF the hair is impeded, and the hairs
themselves become matted and dusty look
ing and utterly impossible to be endured.
To keep the hair in perfect health it
should be washed at regular stated inter
walls. If you are strong and well and free
from a cold of any kind, once in every
three weeks or a month is the proper limit
of time to allow between the washings. If
you are in delicate health it should be
washed every six weeks.
On no account should the hair be washed
II you are suffering from a cold in the head
or from influenza, as. Serious trouble may
be the result. And in winter time it is
best to have the hafr shampooed at home,
instead of going to- the hairdresser's, and
it should always be- done in a room with
a fire. 1t is a bad plan to wash the hair
just before going to bed, as the hair has
no time to dry properly and is apt to remain
damp until morning which is very %injuri-
Gus to its growth. The best times to wash
the hair are the morning, the afternoon
or between 6 and Eat night.
In the latter case the hair will have
plenty of time to dry before you have to
go to bed. In the former case, if you have
it washed in the daytime, be careful not to
go out of doors until it is quite dry or you
will run a very great risk of taking cold.
The proper way to wash the hair is to
have your maid do it for you, in which case
you have only to sit in silent endurance
until it is finished, and, Of course, in this
way it is very quickly and easily done. But
sometimes your maid Is not available, and
in this case you may have to do the sham
pooling yourself. OF course. this will entail
much more bother and fatigue, but if you
know exactly how to set to work about it
it will not be so long or so wearying a pro-
cess as it would seem to be at first sight.
First of all you must let your hair Town
and brush and comb it we'll till it is en-
tirely free from any tangle. Then cover
yourself with a loose white cotton dressing
gown or dressing jacket. with a big towel
pinned carelessly around your shoulders
and hanging down your back.
Then sit in front of your looking glass,
comb in hand, and, parting the hair with
| this, rub into the roots the wash that you
are using to cleanse the hair with. Then
make a fresh parting and repeat the process
till the skin of the head is spotlessly white
all over. You must not be afraid OF rubbing
the scalp rather briskly. Then you must
pour a little of the wash into your hand and
| gently rub it all over the head, so as to
cause a thick lather. Next rinse the hair
thoroughly by holding the head over a bath
or basin and see that the long hair is well
cleansed at the same time.
You must pour warm and then tepid water
over the head till the water in your basin
is quite clear and clean. Then squeeze the
hair lido not wiring i) between the hands
and at once envelop it in a warm, dry
towel, rub 1t for a minute, then take a dry
towel and repeat this process till the great
est moisture has been taken from the hair.
Now you can throw the hair back over the
shoulders and with a pile of small, hot
towels beside you, you can sit before your
glass and, taking the hair in sections, dry
it till all the dampness has disappeared. Be
careful not to rub too vigorously or you will
] get the hair very hopelessly entangled.
1t is well to give the final drying with a
palm-leaf fan. Hold the long hair at arms
length and fan the air through it vigorously.
This is the Norwegian method, and is a
very successful one, and is not at all likely
to give cold, as it would seem liable to do
at first sight. II in winter time, you
should sit near the fire with the hair down
for half an hour or an hour before putting
1t up again. II in summer time, sit by a
sunny window, or in the open air, for the
same length of time, crowded, of course,
that your hair washing has taken place in
daytime and not after sunset.
You must be suretTthat you have an
abundant supply of resh, warm towels,
and that your hair Is quite dry before it is
brushed and combed, Your brushes must
be perfectly clean as we'll. 1t is better to
to avoid tangles. Never have the hair put
up till it is dry as before you began to
wash 1t.
If you desire to have your hair sham
pooed by a hairdresser, be sure to only go
to a frst-class man Who is very particular
in his methods. IIhase too often known
terrible skin TROUBLES. eczema, parasites
and other horrors caught by people who
We're not particular over these points, 60
ing to any and every hairdresser that they
happened to be near. | much prefer having
the hair properly done at nome by a skilled
maid to running any OF these risks. In one
instance that came under my notice, a ter
rible skin eruption OF this kind was caught
at a Eairdresser's abroad, and, though that
is over seven years ago, medical skill has
not yet been able to effect a cure, though
the disease is beginning slowly to yield
to treatment
1t must also be borne in mind that the
shampoo wash, which may be excellent for