The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-05-18
FARMVILLE VA. FRIDAY. MAY Is. 1900.
BEAUTY OF THE HAIR.
IL May lie Preserved by Taking II
Down and brushing Ii Thor
OughIy 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
alenco of this unwelcome sign of age.
1t is of 10 use to say that gray hair
is no sign of age in these days there
is no comfort i'm the saying. because
from time immemorial advancing age
has been marked by whitcncd and
scanty locks, and they give an appear
ance of accumulated years which wom-
en- accept with bad grace. There is
a 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 n hard-toned brown, all out of har-
mony TO the color of the eyes and skin,
give a fierce, unlovely look to the face.
can bring TO mind the figure of a
dear little woman. who lived To be near
ly 80 without finding one gray hair in
her locks. She wore pretty little caps
oflace and ribbon to hide the thin spots
i'm der brown hair. and, was as par
ticular about the style and shape as
any girlish patron of a millinery cstab-
lishmcnt. She was a woman who de-
fed old age TO her last 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 10 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 inno-
cent games.
She and a 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 tcmpera-
ment which enjoyed the good things
of life. She was spared the afliction
of gray hair. too. but not i'm quite the
same manner as her sister. The i'll
ness which deprived her of sight made
her absolutely bald, and the wigs she
bought from time to time were always
Il pretty red brown in color. They
looked natural enough and were be-
coming TO a complexion which never
lost its bloom or smoothness.
/ merely speak of these two women
to show the nonsense of submitting 10
gray hair because il 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 ]
know that the women who submit will
ingly 10 gray hair are not so numerous
as these monstrositics. 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 u corner, there 10 remain like a
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 F.
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 il had .
been treated 10 electricity. They free
the head from dandruf. which is de-
structive to the beauty Of the hair.