The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-24
HOPE FOR THE HAIRLESS.
The Cold OF Alaskc, 1t is Said, Puts
Crop on the Baldcs Head.


The experience Of Roderick Dhu
smith who recently returned from the
Iylondike region with a big budget Of
evnorience quite q little sum of money
and a head of hair which almost quail
des him TO take an engagement as
Circssian girl I'm a circus. IS OF especial
Interest 10 a large contingent OF his lei
low men and women. For be II Known
that Roderick before making MS perllous
way 10 the Arctic regions. though olhef-
wise pleasing 10 look upon, and sun on
the sunny side Of 80. was the ownlr OF
a head Of hair which made theatre ush-
ers whenever there was a ballet on the
programme. escort him down 10 the front
10 without even giancing at his seat
check
While this might have been considered
an advantage by some people II was not
pleasing 10 Mr. Smith. who is an essen
tally modest man and Diverse to being
made unduly prominent ON any occasion.
To is said. too. that hts badness was the
real cause OF his starting out IN search
of gold. since he spent al his paulmonv
I'm the purchase Of hair restOrers, and II
was necessary for him 90 do something
no matter how desperate. % retrieve his
fallen fortunes.
eB that as it may. no went ~ Alaska.
and after two years residence there,
his returned n modern Samson. as far as
chcve'ure is concerned. and be declares
that the transformation is entirely due 20
the rigors OF the climate in that quarter
Of the globe.
"The intense cold kills all the germs
and microbes" he asserts. land stimuli
lates the scalp. and nature does the
rest" 0nd he proudly exhibits his lOn-
like name as proof OF what nature can
do wh6h She takes a fancy. unasslsted
by washes or oils or unrucnts.
=. J. Mcleod who has spent twelve
years I'm A'lska and the Northwest. al
ihouoh he has uot'the pleasure Of know
ing Mr. Smith personally. and ala not.
therefore see the sprouting and the
homecoming % fhis especial crop Of modi-
fed epidermir cells etfi corroh0ratee his
story as to the virtues Of that frigid
Cline as n hair producer.
MY hair always was thick" he saws.
$50 I cannot speak from personal OK
perience but the way dogs put ON hair
mp there is a caution They yet as
shaggy as Shetland ponies. and now
think o fit I never saw a bald-heade1
fellow anywhere aroud there. TO tell the
truth rs though a razor and q pair OF
scissors were far more needed than a
hair restorer, nd ! think q missionary
barber would do good work amOg them
G. II. Henderson. who has a claim on
Dominion creek and has been up I'm that
vicinity for two years. heartily echoes
Mr.. McLeod's sentiments. There rs some
thing about the intense cold he asevcr-
ates. that makes the hair on man and
beast flourish nightly. DandruN and
filing hair are unknown that the fact
that people are too busy TO "bOther with
their hair" has something to do with its
unusual growth.
The man who IS vain enough 10 nut
his time I'm on trying to increase the
thickness Of his hair" is this gentle
mans decision "will generally manage
10 worry of what little belongs to him
naturally. He viii scrub it and put fer
tillzer on IT, and stay awake nights
thinking about IL until his head is as
hot as a furnace nd burns the roots Of
II to shes. and end by getting uD the
shiniest kind Of a bald head. btu up there
IL IS too cold 20 fool that way and the
hair gets a. chance for its life"
J. s. woodstock an Alaskan Of five
years standing puts I'm his testimony I'm
regard to the efficacy Of good freezing
weather as a hair reiuvenator or rosur-
rector. and another gentleman recently
returned from the Arctic gold fields who.
not having made his pile" as vet Is
averse TO having his name I'm the papers
SAYS ne is seriously considering the prac-
ucability Of establishing hair sani
tarium I'm some reasonably accessible
spot whore he will for a satisfactory
consideration entertain bali-headod
guests, and tell them pleasing little tales
about Alaska.-San Francisco Call.