Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-08
CRUSADE ON HATS
Dr.. Shearer, Baltimore Physi-
clan, Will Go HatleSS Re-
mainder of His Life.
GROWS MORE ROBUST DAILY
Has Worn No Head Gear for Months
Feels Mo Discomfort and En-
joys improved Health.

DR.. Thomas L. Shearer, one Of the
most prominent physicians i'll Balu-
more, has decided To go hatlesS the
rest of his life, and he will try to per-
Suade the rest of mankind TO do like
wise. He announced to Il reporter for
the Baltimore American the other aft
ernOOn that he was preparing and
would give out i'll q short time Il tfea-
tise showing how from IA scientific
standpoint his fellow beings will be
healthy and happy if they will do as
he advises. Judging from the outlook.
Dr. Shcarer's hatleSS brigade bids fair
TO assume very respectable proportions.
The principal benefits to result from
going without any nat will he that the
next generation will see very few bald
headed men, and one of the great inSu-
tntionS at the theater. the baldheaded
row, will be Il thing of the past. Then
again DR.. Shearer thinks that with the
free play of the air over the head per
sons will he less liable to any scalp
disease and very probably Will have no
disease OF the scalp ut all. The great
cry for fresh air is at the bottom OF
Or. Shearer's crusade against the hat.
He is of the opinion that not only is it
necessary to breathe fresh air. but it is
just as necessary To let it play all
about the head. thus insuring Il healthy
scalp and heavy, lively and vigorous
hirsute. .... ......-... ..... ....a
firpa Shn1ra in
innate friends have been aware of his
opposition 10 the practice of wearing
hats. and he has been appearing hat
less on the streets. ut the theater. on
all his outings and. in fact. every
where. They have said little about it.
except in the particular social circles
in which the physician moves. and
they have watched him very carefully,
expecting every day 10 hear that he
had been taken i'll with pneumonia or
some other ailmcnt usually brought
about by undue exposure.
| in fact. some OF his friends have
| feared that Il gaiiopinS consumption
| would set and take the doctor to his
ancestors long before his time. But in
stead of losing his health Dr. Shearer
! has been growing more robust and rud-
| der every day. until by this time
| many of his intimates have become
convinced that they, too, would be bet
ter off if they could discard their tiles,
derDies. fedoras and caps. But they
have not yet been able to get up the
necessary amount of nerve to do So
| Hopes to Convince Others.
yes said DR.. Snearer wneu re
| Gently asked about the matter. Il have
not worn my hat for months, and |
| am now in better health than | have
| ever been. | hope soon To be able to
convince many others that they would
be better off if they would do as |
| am doing. This is no fad with me, but
is the result of long consideration and
careful thought The subject is too
big a one to even think of going into
it in superficial manner, but l will
soon have prepared a statement citing
eminent medical authorities for the
course / am pursuing. In my state
ment. which l shall prepare for the
American within the next few days. |
shall show all the benefits to be de
| IlNtu IlOaIl IA alIllNC VI sSplilS W IN
out any headgear, and | hope to be
able to persuade many others to join
the movement"
SO accustomed has the doctor be
come to going bareheaded that he nev-
er misses his hat and never for one
moment does he feel any discomfort
On Il recent night, while Il snowstorm
was at its height and while the wind
was blowing a gale, he was out in the
open for several hours, and at no time
was he cold and disconnected in the
least One would expect that aftel
such exposure DR.. Shearer's hair would
show signs of the hard usage it has
evidently undergone, but one glance
at him dispels any such idea. His
brown hair is as glossy and soft as II
protected carefully every day from the
slightest zephyr, and there is no evi
dence of more than ordinary brushing
to keep 1t laying as smoothly as it does
when he is moving around in the
drawing rooms of the members of Bal
timore's -Four Hundred, where he is t.
be found nearly every night during the
social season.