Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-05-02
CARE OF THE Hair
STEAM HEAT RESPONSIBLE FOR
SCANTT LOCKS.
AIR AND MOISTURE NEECED
Hair Fades and Falls at an Eartter
Age With Each Generation
French Woman's Useful Hints
Regarding Care of Hirsute ACaort-
ments.

Steam heat is responsible for sos4E
loss of hair said Nine. Figaro to q
young woman whose head was nnder-
going preliminary examination III
the white-tiled and nickle-Qlated
shampooing-room of prosperous
beauty parlor. There are scalps that
can and do triumphantly endure the
greatect amount of dry heat, but they
are net many" Here she enyeioped
her patron in a big white Waterproof
cape and, tipping her head over the
edge of a marble basin, poured oR
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 sand
us thick growth of hair as a protee-
ton, just as she gives it to the
animals; but the torrid temperature
of our houses checks this tendency
which we inherited from our monkey
forbears. Year after year the young
shoots creep out in the autumn, asking
for moisture and a COOL invigoratins
temperature to encourage theic
growth, but these two most essential
conditions are denied them, ana bE
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 woasds
n d. y r yygNH s.
speaking, are barren wastes on your
head. These are the places where the
rejuvenating crop of our hair shoul9
come from ever year, but instead only
a few weak spears spring up, grow
about an inch long, and then, fer lack
of nutrition, dwindle and fall out at &
touch of the brush or when your heaE
is washed.
There is only one other conditions
that produces similar unfortunate
results. By that mean govt, ar ex-
cessive indigestion. The acid created
in the system and forming equity aaa-
post in the joints rarely or never
fails to play havoc with the hair.
Women's hair is not what is used 70
be.
1T fades and falls at an earlier age
with each succeeding generation
There are lots of things we haEI
dressers do to delay the fatal psavioda
when a billiard-ball crown viii nc re-
garded as a charming feature EoT-
instance, we wash the hair ever Sc
gently, and instead Of tearing Gsut the
precious strands with a rough towel
ing, followed by d brushing, We liz
up the sOpping tresses, when they aFsx
free from dust and soap and puG ehe
length of them through a patent Bollsr
that softly presses out the waiter,
then the patient lies back in an easy
chair, her hair is spread behind &ey
on a towel and sweet, warm air is
blown On the damp locks in sUa b II
fashion that the currents of azx
strengthen out nearly all the tangI&s-
Finally the dried hair is grea&scas
and always with cOcoanut oil, TnIxksf
with a little sulphur and bit 0f sazs-
tract of fresh fat pine that has Been
soaked in alcohol. That is the aesA
tonic and brilliantine discover eCs get.
and in Paris, when a very seE8sTeiyfs
scalp is under treatment, the oinarEt.7Il
is reduced to liquid state and agglies
as a spray to the roots Of the REaiF-
Everything is done to prevent an
necessary rubbing and handling zn,g
pulling at the weakened growth, xgIsta
the result very often that the original
tone and productivity is entirely &c
stored to the scalp.
mo, there is no unguent for TIE
scalp superior to cocoanut oil, and as
a proof of it's efficacy should ljhs YAK
to see the native men of the island Cr
Ceylon. Few men in that spicy fss8
but boast suits of hair that wonl6 ser
an American girl daft with sIsyy
Their great names fall often clear "a
their feet, the quay Of the bar is
curly and silken. and the color is n
pure black, as glittering as it IS ana
rich and deep in tone. The da1sy
toilet of the humblest Cingalese hss-
gins with shampoo. No sap or
comb is used, but in tub Of clean
water the hair is dipped, wrUng auf.
Strengthened with the fingers and
rubbed and shaken until quite dry
and then a teaspoonful CO perfectly
fresh cOcanut oil is rubbed in and
through it all.
IF every American woman could
afford to battle her head seven times q
week, use absolutely fresh OH and
abjure hats and hairpins, the efrecx
would be nothing short of marvellous.
| because it is for want Of moisture,
fresh air and freedom that our wemen
are in imminent danger of lcssing
permanently their natural crowns Of
curls and braids and shining bands OF
| beautiful hair"