The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
WORRY In THE HAIR,
A SUBJECT THAT is EARNESTLY CON
SlOEREO BY MANY WOMEN.
Some of the Things Used to Keen
Hair From Falling Out or Turning
Gray Cur GRANDMOTHER Wee
Bald Despite Their Many Remedies.


Bald Despite Their Many Remeatrs,
If it is fair 80 Judge by the way the
women talk, this question of what to do
for the hair is the greatest rival that the
servant girl question has. Those VINO
talk about it are frankly worried, Willie
those who say nothing are quietly exp, Il.
mer%jlg with washes and lotions recon-.
mended by specialists or 10y sympathetic
friends. If your hair is failing out bv
handfuls," there is some comfort in he
thought that your neighbor's Is ioing he
very same thing, and if you end nearly
everything you try a blank failure So f.,
as remcdying the evil is concerned rest
content that she is having the same expe
rience. After all, though the person
who declares that badness is on the i
crease is a good deal of an alarmizt.
Look at the woman of 30 years Of age.
1t is only in rare instances that she
narrowed down to thin wisp of ha
while the woman Of the generation /,
fore her was often the victim of Il ha
pate and of a cap to cover it long bcfa
she had reached the half century mar
Most persons talk as if this evil of falling
hair We're something entirely new. II
is, why did our grandmothers feel it III,
cssary to anoint their heads with tea 81
with sage tea. and why were all the pu
mades and washes and lotions concocted
Considering the advice and hair inyig
orators which used to be generally az.
cepted, it is no wonder that the cap was
only matter of time. The usual ple
was to brush the scalp until redness an.
a warm glow were obtained aud then o.
dab among the roots of the hair with
some one of the hair lotions. If this lo.
ton produced Smarting sensation. all
right and good; if not, the brushing was
resumed. The basis of most of the invig-
orators was either the tincture or the
vinegar Of cantharidcS, and cantharides
is really another name for Spanish flies.
the chief ingredient in very hot plasters.
1t stands to reason that the process of
pummelng an already sensitive soap
with a stiff hairbrush, then adding Il III is.
tering compound of fire and cologne and
perhaps Il little rosewatcr was enough
to set up an answering irritation. Some
times tea was mixed in. and an old fash
toned hair tonic was made 10y scalding
two ounces of black tea with one gallon
of boiling water, straining off the liquid
and adding to it glycerine, cautharides
and bay rum in generous proportions.
This of course made large supply Of
the wash but since it was to be applied
/ twice Il day it was we'll to have plenty on
hand
Pomatums for the growth of the hair
nj inf,
the lotions in efficacy Pomatums or Do
mades were often used merely as dress
| ing for the hair without any idea of re
newing its growth The pomades Were
| often delicatcy colored and dclicately
scented. hut nevertheless the fact re-
mains that the basis was in most cases
nothing more or less than a mixture OF
lard and suet. The combination might
be Of two parts lard and one part beet
suet or of five parts lard and two part,
! mutton Suet, the latter mixture used
chiefly in white pomades. In either case
the suet was subjected to a purifying
process. For a long time the fat of the
bear was held in high esteem for pro
noting the growth of the hair, perhaps
because its rankness made it seem pow
erful. As a matter of fact little of tn,
so called bears grease which cage
searchers after something to improve
their hair used to try had ever been il
sight of a bear. The dealers readily con
cocted mixture of pure lard and pain
oil with n few other ingredients ant
passed it off on the satisfied and unsus
pecting public.
! All of these and many more tonic
have had their firm admirers, those VIII,
were ready to say that they were tn,
best things in the world for the hair. an,
that proves very conclusivcly that ev
| cry scalp has its own peculiar littl
| traits, and what will make one person.
hair cease from falling and crop out in
luxury of new sprouts will bring tn
next person down with her locks to de
spair.
1t is as nonsensical trying to lay dowI
a course of treatment for all heads a.
trying to devise a treatment for all com
! plcXiOns. In both cases the health mus
be taken into account One person will
a most beautiful skin may declare that i
is the result of never using soap on hel
| face, while if another blindly followed
/ her example the result would be faI
from charming. 1t is bad plan to try
anything just because some one else ha,
found it good. For instance, one woman
whose hair by right of age should be thin
/ has heavy mass of soft. pretty hair
| Her chosen hair tonic has been a pat
! ented remedy in which sugar of lead sui
/ phur, ammonia, glycerin and water ap
! pear in varying proportions. \ person OF
! nervous temperament. with a highly irri
/ table skin. would be very unwise to fol
low her example. Furthermore, what is
! good for an oily scalp would be the
height of folly for dry scalp. Ever
with the same individual the treatment
frequently needs changing. The scalp
! in the first place, might he covered with
! dandruf. To cure this there is nothing
| better than some mixture containing cor.
rosive sublimate After the symptoms OF
! dandruff have disappeared there is ne
| longe.' need of the corrosive sublimate
and someshing to merely nourish tn,
| roots of TIA hair should be substituted
! The only VI 'arying rules are: Give your
hair as much freedom as possible by ncv-
! or knotting it at night for one thing. Do
not brush and mangle your scalp as you
would scrub a floor, but rather treat it
! gently and favor it as you would Il sicl,
child. Avoid close and heavy hats. Have
! your sleeping room cool, and look ont fol
/ your general health. If you are obliged
10 do much nerve or brain work. YOU may
! expect your hair to grow thin. but if you
can keep good digestion there is hope
New York Sun.