The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
MODERN ELECTRIC LIGHT
IS A MECHANICAL DELlLAH
The Bald-Headea Contingent IS Rapidly Increasing
Out of al Proportion; and, According to the
Scientists the Electric Light IS
the Deadly Cause

light only few inches above his head
He began to be troubled with headaches
and ran the whole ganlut of cures with
out relief
DR. Anderson says that there are many
other causes of badness besides the cleo
trio light but as most of them are known
to the world at large, one can avoid
them or rush into them at his own pleas
,ire The electric light cause is the most
insidious because it is the most prevalent
and the least considered, SO few people
realizing the danger that turks therein.
VERY often" says DR.. Anderson, you
find bald-headed men for whom there is
apparently no good reason for their
6carth of hair. Thin hair is likely to run
through entire family as are biue
eyes. When badness is inevitable there
is nothing to be done. Most men dread
the time when they must uncover shiny
pates If YOU wish to put off the evil
day don't run your head into danger
move it from under the electric light.
; HARMFUL. TO Hair.
The steady young business man who es-
chews dissipation and works under the
, electric light is evidently in danger OF
Joining the bald-headed ranks before he
is thirty Thanks to modern convent
ences, he can food his desk and papers
with a good strong light. But in the
as harmful as the microbe. Go into a
dozen business offices and note how the
lighting is arranged. In ten out OF twelve
Won will find that each desk is provided
with a long, pliabe tube. at the end of
which is the electric light. This can be
placed at will. Notice, however, that
nine out of ten men have the light plac-
ed on TOP of their desks and are work
ing with their heads bent directly under
its hair destroying heat.
| A well-known local hair specialist
whose patients comprise people who sit
in bald -headed rows waiting for treat
: ment declares against the deleterlous ct
! fects of the electric light when it is plac-
t ed near the head.
There are people, says the specialist,
! with heads of hair that nothing can de-
stroy But with a predisposition to be
bald-headed it is death to the hair to put
it directly under an electric light.
ALL BALD.
! II have been warning my patients
against il for some time. | first gave It
II thought when my attention was called
TO it by an article in a foreign journal
Among my patients are Twenty-Five
young men who work in the Southern
Pacific Offices The oldest OF them is not
thirty-iive and the youngest is twenty.
Yet they are every one of them III some
stage of badness.
/ ITO say-th;.t the electric light is Who'll
! " responsible for this would be alto
gether too sweeping d statement. But it
is safe to assert that it has been an i'm
portant factor in thinning their locks.
amy artificial heat is injurious to the
hair: the sun is the best possible thing
for it Just as the ground will sproUt
vegetation under its rays SO will the
scalp put forth q growth of hair under
its life-giviug influence.
Constant sun baths are the best anti
dotes for modern hair destroyers
There are a number Of reasons why
. men are more generally afflicted with
badness than women. The chief reason
is that they cut and shampoo their hair
To death. It is SO easy for a man to
shampoo his close-cut crop that he does
it almost daily. This constant cutting
and washing dries up the natural oils and
the roots decay.
DOES IT QUICKLY.
| 'The electric light does just the same
J thing. and it does its deadly work very
/ quickly The electric light is all right If
! kept at proper distance from the head.
! The sooner men realize this the more
| chance they will have of escaping bald
!! ness
There is a prominent young business
| man who was recently in danger of be-
! coming bald. Not long ago his business
! took on sporadic boom. and he found
| it necessary to go to his office several
| nights during the week. He had the US
| ual experience with the electric light. In
| the course of time his scalp became hot.
I dry and feverish: every time he brushed
+; it unusual quantities of hair dropped out,
! During office hours he sometimes had
| an insane impulse to scratch the roots.
| but that gave only temporary relief. The
! only ease he found was to rub his scalp
| With oil The way his hair persisted in
| falling out finally frightened him. and he
| consulted a hair specialist After answer
| ing half dozen questions he was made
I TO see the cause of the evil-the electric
! light. He is a member of the Olympic
+! Club, takes a pride in keeping himself in
| good physical trim, and the ointments
| and massage that were applied to his
| scalp soon brought it back TO it's old
| time healthy condition.