The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-02-04
w0MAN's GROWING GLORY.
This Authority Says steam Heat II
Often Responsible for Loss
, of Hair.

ioSS Vi uuir, Salu Mine. hheStOrer TO
young woman whose head was un-
dergoing a preliminary examination
In the white tiled and nickel-plated
shampooing room of prosperous
beauty parlor, according to the Wash
ington Star. "There are scalps that !
can and do triumphartly endure the
greatest amount of dry heat, but they
are not many" Here she enveloped
her patient in a big waterproof cape
and, tipping her forehead over the
edge of marble basin, poured on
liquid suds while she talked.
"What the steam heat does is to
take out of the atmosphere just what
most scalps need, that is, of course,
the moisture. Then, too, in winter,
natures normal impulse is to send us
q thick growth of hair as protec-
ticn, just as she gives It to animals;
but the torrid temperature of our
houses checks this tendency which we
inherited from our monkey forebears.
Year after year the young shoots
creep out in the autumn, asking fol-
moisture and a cool, invigorating
temperature to encourage their
growth, but these two most essential
conditions are denied them, and by
and by the roots die in their cells,
and only the long hair remains to do
duty. If you could just go over your
scalp with a magnifying glass you
would quickly see what, comparative
ly speaking, are barren wastes on
your head. These are the places
where the rejuvenating crop of young
hair should come from every year, but
instead, only few weak spears
spring up, grow about an inch long
and then, for lack of nutrition, dwin-
die and fall out at the touch of the
brush or when your head is washed.
''There is only one other condition
that produces similar unfortunate re-
suits. BY that mean. govt or excess
sive indigestion. The acid created in
the system and forming equity deposit
in the joints rarely or never fails to
play havoc with the hair, and just as
soon as lay my hands on the head
of equity patient ! can recognize the
trouble by the feel of the hair. 1t is
invariably harsh, stiff and lusterless,
and in nine times out of ten very
gray. Gout is on the increase, can
tell, because girls of 10, who come to
me to have their heads treated, often
show all the ugly symptoms, and as
have been washing, rubbing and
studying hair for some Is years now,
can say with a great deal of conf
dence that women's hair is not what
it used to be.
SIT fades and falls at an earlier age
with each succeeding generation, and
though I hope I am not stupid
alarmist, I do believe the time will
come when total badness will have
to be esteemed beauty, and hair OF
a woman's head as notifying as &
beard on her chin. Meantime, there
are lots of things we hairdressers dc
to delay the fatal period when bill
lard ball crown will be regarded as G
charming feature. For instance, wy
wash the hair ever so gently, and in
stead of tearing out the precious
strands with rough toweling, fol
lowed by brushing, we lift up the
sopping tresses, when they are free
from dust and soap, and put the
length of them through patent roll
er that softly presses out the water;
then the patient lies back in an easy
, chair, her hair spread out behind hel
on a towel, and sweet, warm air !:
blown on the damp locks in such {
{ fashion that the currents of adj
, straighten out nearly all the tangles
"Finally, the dried hair is creased
and always with cocoanut oil, mixed
with little sulphur and bit of ex
tract of fresh fat pine that has beer
soaked in alcohol. That is the besT
> tonic and briliantine discovered yet
! and in Paris, when very sensitive
S scalp is under treatment, the oint
ment is reduced to liquid state ant
applied as spray to the roots of the
? hair. Everything is done to proven
unnecessary rubbing and handling ant
pulling at the weakened growth, will
the result very often that the origina
{ tone and productivity is entirely re
stored to the scalp.
t "No, there is no unguent for thu
] scalp superior to cocoanut oil, and a!
proof of it's efficacy should lik'
t you to see the native men of thu
: Island of Ceylon. Few men in tina
= spicy isle but boast suits OF hair tina
! would set an American girl daft witt
envy. Their great names fall oftel
I clear to their feet, the quality of TIN
t hair is curly and silken, and the colo
e is a pure black. Even the guides
who take you about sightseeing fee
I the tenderest pride and pleasure II
y their magnificent tresses, which al
J day they wear twisted in q might.
= coil at the back of the head, witt
never hairpin to hold the heav,
i; loops in place. By twist of the wis
d the end of the long hair is tucked i
/ to support the rest, and on inquiry
d find that the daily toilet of tn
e humblest Cingalese begins with
shampoo. No soap OF comb is used
: but in a tub of clean water the hal
!. is dipped, wrung out, straightene
7 with the fingers, and rubbed an
/ shaken until quite dry, and then
l. teaspoonful of perfectly fresh cocoa
nut oil is rubbed in and through
re all.
y eff every American woman could al
~ ford to battle her head seven times
~ week, use absolutely fresh oil and al
# lure hats and hairpins, the effec
II would be nothing short of marvellous
ID because it is for want of moisture
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