Mower County transcript., 1900-03-14

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Prevention Of gray hairs IL better
than cure, and perhaps neglect in the
Important matter Of brushing and
shampooing is responsible for the prev
salence of this unwelcome sign Of age.
.It is OF no use to say that gray hair
10 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 bad grace. There is
q deal of twaddle written about the
softening effect of gray hair other
shades are just a. harmonious to the
features al gray. Only an intense black
or hard-toned brown, all out of har-
mony to the color of the eyes and skin,
give fierce, unlovely look to the face.
n I can bring to mind the figure Of .
dear little woman, who lived to be near
" 80 without finding one gray hair in
her locks. She wore pretty little caps
oflace 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 a millinery estab-
lishment. She was q woman who de-
fed old age to her last minute on earth,
not from vanity, because she frankly
admitted her years, but from a 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. I 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 inno-
cent games.
She and blind sister and a middle
aged housekeeper made up a 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
pretty red brown in color. They
looked natural enough and were be-
coming to a complexion which never
lost it's 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 I
know that the women who submit will
as these monstrosities. The time of its
arrival could be put off many years if
the fashions in hairdressing had not
driven the habit of daily hair brushing
into a corner, there to remain like q
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 stimulants 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 we'll 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.