The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26
LOCKS IN MIDSUMMER


(Chicago Tribune.)
The texture of the hair in midsum-
mer resembles little that of the hair
In winter. One is light and springy;
the other apt to be damp and clinging.
Specially is this true at the seashore,
or in the country, where there are
mists and the air is heavy.
The woman who would be pretty in
summer must watch her hair and take
care of it.
If she be among the blest, those who
have curly hair, even then she must
pay some attention to it. But If her
locks be straight, then, indeed, is her
task doubled.
1t is said that if woman could be
given her most desired gift, she would
ask for the gift of naturally curly
hair
There is a theory that the hair which
curls naturally is shaped differently
from straight hair, and that each sep
arate hair is three-cornered instead of
being round. Be that as it may, it is
an undisputed fact that, while the
hair of a favored few curls of its own
accord, the hair of the multitude stayt
straight of its own accord. And, what
is more. cannot be persuaded to stay
curled for any length of time.
Curling fluids are good, and there
are a great many of them. But I'M
less you go back of the curling fluid
and treat the hair, your work will be
for naught.
The idea that hair must be cut often
in order to strengthen it, is about ex
ploded. Men have their hair cut con-
stantly, and none grow bald as quickly
as they, Women, who seldom have
their hair cut, do not suffer from this
aff1iction, and the bald-headed woman
is a rare sight. The up-to-date theory
is that it is injurious to cut the hair.
These latter theories declare cutting
the hair taxes its vitality They'say
that the life escapes from the mutt
lated end of the hair, and that the
root exerts itself to make up for the
shorn end-in fact, to regrow. This
constant strain upon the root causes
it to become weak and the hair to
die.
This would account for the fact that
men grow bald. The cutting, the
brushing, the shampoo and the con-
slant irritation of the scalp all tend
to kill the roots of the hair and cause
badness.
The wearing of the hat, to which is
laid so much blame, is not now
thought injurious. The hat merely
warns the head. and the hair grows
better in warmth than in cold. A
woman's head is continually heated,
for she wears a great coil upon it,
and often a pompadour and even
chignon. Yet she is not bald.
Is it not more reasonable to lay the
blame to the continual hair-cutting
than to the hta?
The woman who wants to look well
fob
care of the hair. She must have 1T
washed and dried, and she must have
it ventilated.
one of the disagreeable features of
sea, bathing is the difficulty in drying
the hair afterwards, and its tendency
to smell musty if it is not dried.
o.
i A certain hairdresser said: Let me
dry your hair, and L do not care who
washes it,
Her drying consisted of a rinsing
with hot water, and then of thor
ough shaking out. With patient hands
she lifted and shook the hair until it
was well dried-dried through and
through-dried so that each hair hay
smooth and separate, with not a sug=-
gestion of slinginess. When the hair
is dried it must be ventilated, and this
shaking it in the air.
Women who wear the hair always
one way are those whose heads need
ventilating most The hairpins come
always in the same spot, and the coil
is always in the same place, and the
poor scalp is always irritated by the
same treatment, day after day.
For the summer a woman cannot do
better than to let her hair rest upon
her neck one day, in the low style of
hair dressing, and to raise it next day,
to make knot on top of the head.
There are women who cannot change
the style of hair dressing without suf-
fering from a headache. The scalp
win be sore on making the change.
This means that the hair is being
dressed too tightly, and that the roots
are being badly treated. In short
time dandruff viii result, and then
badness.
The head should never feel irritated
in the slightest way, no matter how
often the style of hair dressing is
changed.
So with the parting. If the hair is
worn parted the rest Of the year it
should be worn plain in the summer
time. or the parting should be changed
a little. Never allow the co1lD 10 make
the same parting in the same place ev-
cry day, or you win surely be bald
along the line of parting.
More damage is done to the hair in
the summer time than in the winter
because Of many reasons.
The hair is badly dried.
1t is curled far too often.
It is not ventilated and the perspira-
ton dries on. It is dressed with fancy
pine and ornaments that irritate the
scalp.
The little attentions that are be-
slowed on it in winter by the hair
dresser are not given to it in summer
when one is away from home
The massaging Of the scalp is a sim
pie thing and can be performed by any
body. 1t is good for dry hair and will
often make it glossy where it was dull.
The massage is done with the finger
tips and there must be scalp food
rubbed in at the same time.
Pure sweet oil makes a good scalp
food, and if to this can be added one
drop Of altar of rose one will have a
mixture that IS NICE and refined.
Massage this lotion into the roots and
1t will keep the scalp clear and clean
and dry.