The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-01

If you want to keep a fine head Of hair
don't give it soap asd water shampoo
oftener than twice year said II. C II
feur. as she brushed out fairy al h.
looking brown treSses and talked irJtruc-
tireIy to her patient while she bru1ied
I've tcen long enough in this business to
learn that every suit Of hair has to be- diff
feroRtiy treated. There are soaps thst &C
tualiy need water and plenty OF it. oteers
that grow sore and irritated II too vieor-
o1sly brushed. and this happsas TO he a
naturally fine growth OF locks sadly injrr d
by tco frequent hard washings.
"A wcrnan who is dcllcateiy ciesnly and
/ ambitious to possess fine luxuii snt sweet
smelling hair should never fall to
| brush Ter scalp and then her lsngth OF
/ locks every right before retiring. After the
| dusty day her hair and head are al fu OF
| dust as an old urhcaten carpet, AID every
| bit Of the deposit can be removed by goi
| over her tressss and her scalp with dean
white brushes and then braiding ths locks
in two loose tails down the back. she will
rot oEiy feel cleaner but sleep the be ter
for the operation
'Of course it Is all-important for the
brushes 10 be kept white as bristles can
be bfeached and the stiTcst growth from
a hogs back won't endure constant wash
ing with soda, borax. ammonia. or any OF
the grease dissolying alkalis that are advo-
Gated. Gasoline or naphtha are the prop
er cieansers for hair brushes. After they
haye been plunged in bowl Of either
volatile liquid and rubbed quickly, one
against the other, they should be set in
tie open air to dry ard thus in ten min
utes will be ready for use again.
"A timid person. fearful OF these in
fiammable extracts from oil. can by slow
er but just as efficacious process clean her
brushes in wheat flour. The receipt for
this is to dip the brushes one after the
other in pan of flour and by steadily
rubbing their bristle-covered surfaces to-
gether successfully rub away all tho grease
and dust collected on them.
with careful brushing cleaning. and
yearly clipping I can guarantee to keep
hair in apple-pie order provided its pos
SCISSOR has not let the scalp fall into a
seriously diseased condition. As a rule,
though. he:T that Is turning grey and fall
ing can. in man or woman under fifty. be
checked in its evil courses by keeping it
very clean. using soft brush lightly and
by aid OF one-fnger massage. The charm
OF massage is that it not only brings out
a new growth, but brings it out even dark
er than the natural color of the old hair.
Any patient and sufficiently ambitious in
tfvidual can help their hair by massaging
it night and morning and masssgiag it
correctly. There is a general and errone-
GUS impression that to rub the scalp Is to
Ecassas it, and so serious an error is this
that if perfectly healthy. heavily thatch-
ed head is rubbed faithfully and persist
emily all the hair viii drop out.
ITO massage rightly and effectively
place one finger with firm, but Eot Sc
we're. pressure on any SPOT and with il
push the loose scalp under it with a reg
uar rotary motion. After few seconds
move the finger along to another point and
repeat the process. but never permit the
finger to slide along upon or rub the scalp.
surface. 1t seems a tedious method of in
ducing hair to grow but for all its slow
ness it is sure, as 10 other process is
whether BY application Of patent liquids
or no.