The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-09
grow dark again by the s:irr!. Sxredient Of
washing 1t in rain water and drying II in

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| grow dark again by the s:,sr!. sxredient o
washing 1t in rain water and drying II ii
the air.
oPEN-AIR METHOD.
To dry the hair in the open air require.
an assistant. unless one is willing to do tn
work for ones self The hair must he iitte,
lock by lock and exposed to the action O.
the wind. The hair must be raised AM
raised and let fall again while It il drying
and even after It feels perfectly dry Il
should still be lifted and lifted until II !:
4 free from all moisture. This is what II
called bone dry.
] It is difficult to tell when the hair ~ tont
| dry. But one test is found In the use If the
| curling tongs. II the hair refuses to stey II
1 curl 1t Is a signr that there Is still some
dampness clinging to It and It should h
! shaken out and dried again. Often the hail
| will not curl very well for whole lay after
| 1t is shampooed: this means that the damp
ness still clings to 1t.
| Hair that is dried in the afr for two hour
/ or three hours will be very soft and very
| pretty. 1t will soon begin to show a luster.
| no matter how dull 1t may have been before.
and the scalp, which was in q poor ccndi-
ton once. will begin to look very white and
clear.
Premature gray hair almost always af-
hicts those who have very dry hair. People
who have trouble with the scalp are among
the gray-haired ones, and hair that falls cut
freely usually ends by getting gray early in
its career.
To dry the tair in the open air NAV 10
, quire some little preparation. There is q
very simple expedient OF pulling the hair up
through the top Of an old straw hat in
which there Is q hole big enough to 1ccoEn-
modate the hair. Thus. with a hat upon her
head and her hair pulled out through the top
Of her hat, the summer girl can sit b. Ser
window aid read while her hair works cut
its own salvation flying in the breeze.
ADVICE OF A CULTuRIsT
Stil another method Is that Of drying the
hair over a pole. This Is advised by the
hair culturists. A stick or cane is held in
the hand and the hair is spread over it.
This lifts It from the head and lets the wind
blow through it.
One summer woman whose heavy hair is
abundant evidence Of the care which she
takes of 1t has fitted to her window a rod
which runs the full width of the window
and rests upon hooks at each side of the
casing.
Every afternoon or every morning, az the
case may be. this woman cleanses her locks
Of dust and seats herself by the window
with her hair spread out over the pole. The
result is that her hair soon dries and is al
ways in fresh, well ventilated state.
The hair culturists are insisting upon the
ventilation Of the hair. claiming that It Is
the only way to keep the scalp in good con-
dition. They claim that q woman's locks are
tied up at the crown Of her head and that
they are then held by hairpins until not
hair can budso from its place. Tho head
is thus kept hot and the roots Of the hair
are smothered by the treatment they re-
ceive. The result Is the early graying Of
the hair, its falling out and Its total degen-
GRAFTON.
The culture OF the hair il subject little
understood. Tho hair should be kept free
from split ends. and to do this requires q
little singing now and then. To SINCE the
hair, take. = little strand OF the hair and
with the finger tips to loosen the ends Now
take dghted taper and 20 up and down
the strand until there u not . loose end In
sight, and all the split ends are burned Oh.