The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
MAKING THE LOCKS SHINE.
NEW LIGHT on SHAMPOOTN6 IN
THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
The Hair Scrubbed. rs Well ~ the Scalp
Tho Air Shampo0-Indlan Meal -
Cleanser-GOOd Mixtures for waning
the Hair-knack in Shan4)OOtng.

Cleanser-GOOd Mixtures for waning
the Hair-knack in Shan4,ootng.
I'm tired out scrubbing. I've been
scrubbing all day!" And the little sham
pooer dropped her arms to her sides and
sank down YEARLY in low chair.
why? Well. you see, it is this way
she said. "The art Of the shampoo
changed greatly in the last year, yes. in
the last six months.
THE trick lies, not in scrubbing hard,
but in scrubbing earnestly. The hair is taken
up into the hands and gently squeezed, and
then the strands are rubbed together, strand
on strand.
"You can tell the minute you get the
hair clean. 1t no longer feels slippery
and heavy, but very fne and light. It
does not slide through the hands, but lies
IN them like so much wet thread.
Then you must never rub soap on the
hair itself, for each hair will be weighted
down with soap, and it will be next to I'M
possible to rinse it out.
"The good shampooer OF to-day washes
the head with a soap lather which she makes
out OF good fine soap and hot water, with
drop or two OF ammonia, If the hair be
light. They say that the proper amount
OF ammonia is one smell Of ammonia TO u
| gallon Of water. / use two drops to gallon.
THE long hair is cleaned by using a
sitter lather and the hair Is scrubbed be-
tween the knuckles. The operation -
long one, for the hair must be handled al
though il were lace, and az though little
| rough treatment would injure 1t forever.
| 4The old-fashioned shampooer kneaded
the head, pummelling it as though she
were knocking punching bag. and pinch
ing and scratching it. in her effort to mas
sage it, The results of rough treatment
! OF the scalp in this manner are very inju-
| rious.
There is another kind of shampo and
that is the air shampoo. The hair is taken
| down and tossed out. 1t Is then gathered
up and spread out over pole and hung
in the sun to dry. Another way OF drying
it is to bring it up through the top Of q straw
hat and let it sun.
"Still another way is to shake it out lock
by lock until the sun and air have had a
good chance at 1t. But this takes two
| persons"
Hair, which should be a woman's crown
! ing glory, is too often far from being glori-
| Gus. Instead of surrounding the head in
aureole fashion. it either clings like a wet
blanket OF hangs in strings. Sometimes,
il it be that kind of hair, it sticks out straight
| refusing to resemble anything except q
| feather duster.
The hair of young children and Of grow
ing girls is quite different from this. II 10
fine in looks and it is also soft to the touch:
It's texture. while not wiry, Is light, and
| 1t takes the curl readily.
|
! son does not curl so easily is due to the
accumulation of dirt. Nor can this always
| be helped. for the hair being long, cannot
be shampooed every day, and, since II must
| be done up into coils, it very easily takes
up the dust Of the street and the house. .
| to cut OF the hair and wear wig. But,
as few women want to do this, the other
il preferred. 1t is to keep it clean In other
| ways.
| A certain young woman whose hair was
very fine and very long and very thick
went to a hair dresser to have 1t shampooed.
| 1T has been shampooed twice this week.
she said to the hairdresser, yet it Is as full
of dust as ever
"You will ruin your hair" said the hair.
| dresser ~by washing. il 40 often. Better
by far to brush it with cleansing powder.
She then took handful Of perfectly
dry very fine Indian meal and scattered
| 1t over the hair of the young woman. Then
with a soft hairbrush she went TO work
upon il. brushing it until the hair was
cleansed. When she had finished the hair
fairly shone.
at is on the same principle which we
use when cleaning horses coat. laughed
she. "You know they clean white horses
with Indian meal.
A raw egg is generally considered the
| most cleansing and the most harmless OF
! ehampoos. And there are those who SIM
ply break an egg upon the head and rub 1t
into the scalp. But this is not the correct
way, for the egg stains the hair and yell
lows the scalp. 1t sticks, too. and II 10
almost impossible TO get it out Of the hair
The best shampoo is made by breaking
up bits Of toilet soap and bringing
them to boil in hot water. To this should
be added teaspoonfll of borax to pint Of
shampoo mixture, and q the hair be ely,
a dash OF alcohol This can be rubbed
int tho aralu and il IL warranted DerfActl y
| harmless.
II ia impossible TO set any exact rule for
| the -hampoolng Of the hair. There are
heads that should be washed every two
weeks, but in the majority OF cases once .
| month, or once in six weeks, il often enough
Wash the hair whenever ii needs 10, Ii the
hest rule that can be given,
| There are shampoo mi xtures that brighten
| the hair, and one Of these has LITTLE BIZ
carbonate of soda in it This certainly
tends to brighten light hair, but care must
he taken not to Use roo much or twill
| reddsn II
There are young women who have made
the forelock almost wildly red, while the
rest Of the hair remained drab or brown.
II IA not safe 10 experiment with o shampoo,
or the hair may be- spoiled forever, or until
II can grow our again.
mistaken impression prevails - 10
the nature Of shampoo, II " supposed TO
be an operation which any woman can per
form for herself, ard which certainly any
body can perform for her,
A. a mnttrr Of fact II il a very difficult
thing TO do properly, and requires some one
who Ii either in H. business or who Dosses~es
plenty of talent an an amateur.
But the reward - plentiful, Tor hair that
IL properly wnHhad j. bright and SOFT and
brett Y while hair hat 10 Improperly vashsf,
or IL not washed at all, 10 dIII sn6 w0At-
| trAotIVs.