The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04
THE HAIR.
Good Advice
on Care of 1t.
USE VEGE TABLES.
How to Prevent the Hair
From Falling Out.

Women out of health should be eau
tious in using strong irritants for
bringing out hair-the cantharides and
croton oil preparations, which too Of
ten bring OUT any little hair that is
left.
Use mostly vegetable preparations
for the hair. Animal fat, beef mar
row, bears oil, even when pure, turn
rancid and then do more harm than
good There are few depilatories surer
than rancid oil.
Let one never despair of owning a
good suit Of hair or of curing badness,
no matter how lasting. 1neir bulbs
may shrink and disappear from sight.
leaving bare head for years, and vet,
with improved health and patient treat
ment by electricity and aromatic To-
lions, the scalp revives and growth fol-
lows. rms may take place in a very
short time.
The treatment for bringing out the
hair is just as good to prevent gray
ness, which results from contractions
OF the vessels, so that the pigment can
not enter the colorless tube of the
hair.
This may result from severe cold,
which contracts the minute blood yes
sells, or from grief and anxiety or from
deposits. of lime in the vessels, which
cause the grayness of age.
Elderly persons will find lime Juice
and glycerine of great benefit for de-
composing this chalky deposit, is the
good advice of a writer in the Phila-
delphia Press The following is an
excellent recipe for it's preservation:
Take half pint of lime juice or lem
on juice, one-quarter of a pint of rose
water, six tablespoonfuls rectified
spirit, added generally and stirred OF
shaken; after "a hours strain through
muslin and add 21a ounces of glycerine
and half dram of lemon or cedrat
and shake well. 1t will be fragrant and
inviting. 1t should be milky, without
sediment.
To prevent the grayness of blond
hair dress it nightly with the yolk of
an egg, beaten with a little glycerlne
and wear cap, washing the hair in
the morning. The sulphur in the egg
restores the color in the hair
A homely but effective application ia
keep dark hair in good color is a de-
coction Of walnut hulls. The comb
should be wet in this and drawn
through the hair. Care should be tax
en- not to get the hair too wet, or at
least, to dry it, Castor oil or cerine
with scent of hedge roses or lavender
are the best hair dressings, but on
using any dressing the hair should be
brushed smooth and well wiped with
soft flannel to remove all excess from
the surface.
The oil or pomade should be applied
an hour or two before doing up the
hair, to give a natural, glossy appear
ance,
No question is more frequently
asked than how to bring a good growth
of hair on bald place left by q burn
where few hairs appear If people
would use electricity to stimulate the
hair rather than to remove it, the re-
suit would be more satisfactory.
Nothing is more likely to revive the
dormant bulbs Of the hair than a
weak current applied % minutes daily
after washing and drying the bald
spot.
A women in the twenties complains
that all her hail is turning a dark,
ugly shade and falling out She should
stop this loss at first by washing the
scalp with warm water and yolk of
egg, well rinsed off, then each night
and morning apply a spoonful of this
mixture:
Pure glycerine, three drains; lime
water, four ounces; rubbing it into the
roots Of the hair with a shampoo
brush
In two weeks add one-half ounce
tincture cantharides to the same mix
eure, brushing it in thoroughly. In a
rev weeks she will have an abundant,
beautiful growth of hair.