Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30

makes your hair white before your time.
In other words, he will turn your Octo-
ber brown hair or your raven locks into
silvery threads before the wrinkles be-
gin to appear on your brow. The hand
: some actor who has those white hairs
on his temple that the women admire
SO is full of chromophages. Bald
headed men are immune from the mi
| crobes. He only attacks the hair, and
man without hair need not worry
about the chromophage- For years it
was thought that a process of the blood
killed the coloring matter of the hair
cells, but the scalpologistS in New York
combat that theory. They say 1t is the
chromophage. The microbe does not
like heat, and for that reason the wom-
an who uses the curling tongs is less
| likely to have gray hair than the one
who puts her hair up in papers. Gray
hair and white hair are now very popu-
lar, and it would not be surprising were
some enterprising person to cultivate
the chromophage,
Story of the Tombstones
| Any one who knows New York knows
there is no better pportunity to study
the ira gedies in mems lives than in one
of it's grandest cemeteries. 1 stepped
in front of one great tomb the other
day in Woodlawn, attracted partly by
the beauty of the design of the tomb
and partly, l confess, by the name of
the family engraved on the principal
sarcophagus. 1t was that of one Of the
wealthieSt families in this city. whose
name is known over the country, since
| it Is attached to an article of food that
almost every one uses. And yet when
studied the story told by four of the
tombstones l could not help but think
how little happiness the man, who is the
only member Of the family left, could
have with all his fortune. One stone
bore the name of his youngest child
who had lived less than a year. The
second showed that another boy had
died the day he was born. The third
showed that a third, boy, had lived to
be 49, while the fourth stone covered his
wife. There was a fifth stone, bare OF
any name and l could not help Won
dering if the head of that house was
but simply waiting for the time to come
when he could rest beneath it and the
tragedy of his loneliness would be
ended.
No More Chats Over Soda
Women loungers are now tabooed at
all the soda emporiumS on Broadway
The woman who formerly CREASED her
sleeves or kept her naked arms cool on
the marble counter over glass of fizz
must now stand while drinking AS a
result of the new edict of the confec-
toner their business during the last
few weeks has increased fully one
fourth. Long rows of chairs are no
longer to be seen in front of the soda
water fountains. The white-capped
Jerks" areShappy; the women patrons
scowl. Soda water shops are about the
coolest places on Broadway and it did
not take the women folk long to find it
out. They went there and under the
comforting wind furnished by the cleo
trio fans sat and discussed dresses and
disclosed their secrets to each other all
afternoon over a scent drink. In the
meantime the persons with an awful
thirst and no leisure were unable to get
within hailing distance of the clerks.
One big dealer in soda water, as an ex-
pertinent. removed all the chairs and
stools from his store recently and when
his competitors found he was catching
all the trade they followed suit.
Actors Rebel Against Tipping
Vaudeville performers have dagger
eyes focused upon them when they en-
ter theaters these days, and it's all due
to the fact that the actors have re-
solved to dispense with the tipping sys-
tenn. which has been I'm vogue since the
first burned-cork man appeared before
the footlights. Theater employees were
so bold last season that they would sn y
TO an actor: Put something In my
mitt or I'll crab your act" Against
this coarse and sordid declaration the
vaudeville players of New York have re-
belled. 1t had come to pass In several