The Coconino sun., 1901-03-09
woMAN's GROWING GLORY.
TAAs Authority Says Steam Heat 10 Often Rssponaible for Loss
 Of HaiP.

Steam heat 10 responsible for your loss of hair," said Mme. Restorer 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 triumphantly 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 studs 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 a thick growth of hair as protec- tion. 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 for 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 nair 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- dle 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 I mean gout or excess sive indigestion. The acid created in the system and forming gouty deposit in the joints rarely or never fails to play havoc with the hair, and just as soon as I lay my hands on the head of a gouty patient can recognize the trouble by the feel of the hair. It is invariably harsh, stiff and lusterless, and in nine times out of ten very gray. Gout is on the increase. I can tell. because girls of 19, who come to me to have their heads treated, often show all She ugly symptoms, and as I have been washing. rubbing and studying hair for some 15 years now, I can say with a great deal of confi- dence that women's hair is not what it used to be.
 "It 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 on . woman's head as mortifying as a beard on her chin. Meantime, there are lots of things we hairdressers do to delay the fatal period when bil- Hard ball crown will be regarded as . charming feature. For instance, we 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 a patent roll CT that softly presses out the water; then the patient lies back in an easy chair. her hair spread out behind her on a towel and sweet. warm air is blown on the damp locks in such a fashion that the currents of air straighten out nearly all the tangles.
 Finally, the dried hair is greased, and always with cocoanut oil, mixed with . little sulphur and bit of ex- tract of fresh fat nine that has been