The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-22
BEAUTY OF THE HAIR.
Down and brushing 1t Thor
oushly Every Night.

Prevention of gray hairs is better
than cure, and perhaps neglect in the
important matter of brushing and
shampooing is responsible for the prev
alence of this unwelcome sign of age.
1t is of no use to say that gray hair
is no sign of age in these days; there
is no comfort in the saying, because
from time immemorial advancing age
has been marked by whitened and
scanty locks, and they give an appear
ance of accumulated years which wom-
en- accept with n bad grace. There is
deal of twaddle written about the
softening effect of gray hair-other
shades are just as harmonious to the
features as gray. Only an intense black
or a hardtoned brown, all out of har
mony to the color of the eyes and skin,
give fierce, unlovely look to the face.
/ can bring to mind the figure of
dear little woman, who lived to be near
ly 80 without finding one gray hair in
her locks. She wore pretty little caps
of lace and ribbon to hide the thin spots
in her brown hair, and, was as par
ticular about the style and shape as
any girlish patron of Il millinery estab-
iishment. She was woman who de-
fled old age to her hast minute on earth,
not from vanity, because she frankly
admitted her years, but from temper
ament which received keen enjoyment
from the mere fact of living. She en-
joyed everything from the last new
novel to the freshest play. | lost all
faith in the old maxim: Early to bed"
etc, after | moved into her neighbor-
hood, for she preferred night to day,
and was an inveterate player of limo
cent games.
She and blind sister and a middle
aged housekecper made up happy
family for many years. Yes, the sis
ter was happy, despite her blindness,
for she also possessed the tempera-
ment which enjoyed the good things
of life. She was spared the affliction
of gray hair, too, but not in quite the
same manner as her sister. The ill
ness which deprived her of sight made
her absolutely bald, and the wigs she
bought from time to time were always
a pretty red brown in color. They
looked natural enough and were be-
coming to complexion which never
lost its bloom or smoothneSs.
| merely speak of these two women
to show the nonsense of submitting to
gray hair because it softens the fea
lures and is eminently proper, says a
writer in the Philadelphia Times. OF
course. you might say that nature
knows best, but that | deny. Nature
is sometimes at fault, or we would not
have so many monstrosities, and l
know that the women who submit will
ingly to gray hair are not so numerous
as these monstrosities. The time of its
arrival could be put off many years if
the fashions in hairdrcssing had not
driven the habit of daily hair brushing
into corner, there to remain like
naughty child. Waved hair costs time
and money, and the brush is destruc-
tive to it; therefore women must not
brush their hair, and one of the great
est stimulauts to hair activity and
health is taken away.
One thing is certain. There will be
no change for the better until hair
brushes are put to use. The hair must
be taken down and well brushed at
night If women could all afford the
English brushes, made of small whale
bones, instead of bristles, feminine
locks would be in better condition.
They make the scalp feel as if it had
been treated to electricity. They free
the head from dandruff, which is de-
structive to the beauty of the hair.