The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-22
CAREOF BLONDE HAIR
THE SECRET OF 1T LIES IN
KEEPING THE HAIR YOUNG.
Hairpins, Bows and Ornaments
Tend TO Make Ones Locks Dark
Convent and Picture Foods
Good for the Complexion.


arduous are her duties and so In de-
mand is her time that she works
every hour OF the day and great
many hours OF the night.
She treats the hair by natural de-
vices so that 1t grows lighter with
out losing any OF Its natural quail
ties.
Scientists say that in little while
there will be no blondes at all, and
hairdressers agree with them. Hair
pins may be necessary to woman, but
they are unquestionably running
the hair says this hairdresscr.
The second source OF injury to
the hair is found In the ornaments
that are stuck into II. Great fancy
combs with wide, wicked teeth are
prodded into the couture Immense
bows OF ribbon are pinned on, leav-
ing an ugly mark upon the scalp.
Then pins are thrust into the
hair and there are other trifes such
as wreaths OF silvered flowers,
braided ribbons and jetted things,
with their tendency to tear the hair,
to say nothing Of the nerve rack
ing heavy tiara.
Trouble tightens the scalp and
Injuries the hair. Fear draws the
scalp so tight that the hair fairly
drops out
Among poor women the hair
keeps It's color much longer than
among the rich. A poor woman
"A ftsyic 81 har al TIGHTLY
nor does she put SO many hairpins
into 1t.
She seldom ties 1t with string
I next to the scalp. and 1t Is not once
I In a thousand times that she wears
a hair ornament. The results are
\ obvious. Notice the heavy hair OF
I the working woman
I 1T is all because the hair Is
4 treated in a gentle manner. Neg
\ lected it may be, but Its color lis
there. 1t has not been rasped by
fancy pins and weighted BY count
less ornaments.
II use henna tea great deal
upon the heads of those with whom
1t will agree but all of these things
must be taken slowly and with mod
GRAFTON.
No one wash agrees with every
hair. In most cases 1t acts all
right, but 1t turns an occasional wo-
man into a blonde too pronounced
for beauty.
when woman's hair is begin
ming to darken | take Ave cents
worth of henna and steep 1t in
yint OF water When II has boiled
down to a cupful | take 1t and
moisten her whole hair with 1t. As
q rule it brightens it considerably
without hurting her conscience. for
henna comes under the head OF
herbs.
Meanwhile | treat the roots to
keep the hair from getting darker or
from getting gray. There are yarI-
Gus ways OF treating the roots of the
hair.
"One of these ways | call the
thimbleeure | have tried 1t with
success all over Europe and America.
THE thimbe cure requires two
thimbles, pure gold or good silver.
Into one | put about ten drops OF
good oil; sweet oil is all right, but
castor oil is better.
Parting OF the hair | go over 1t
with my finger tips, which are dipped
into the oily thimble. make ten
drops do the whole head so that
the hair is not oily afterward.
Then massage 1t with the thin
BILE. This requires that hair be
parted off and that the scalp be
tapped 1t must be done very
gently.
I'VE treat compilations too.
Every hair culturist takes a turn at
the complexion when 1t no longer
matches the hair.
"One woman had nice bright hair
after we got through with her, but
her skin was dull and the bright
youthful looking hair made her look
like mummy. So we put her upon
diet
We gave her convent food. 10
is what the nuns give their pupils tn
make them strong and rosy and
pretty.
at was general diet in which
stewed rhubsrb, apple sauce, raw
eggs, prunes and hash we're corr
spicuous. II was good. plain food
The woman was commanded TO est
picture food also. Food goo1
enough TO eat without being cookie.
Putting the hair around tie
face makes the skinlook smoothsr
and pulling 1t down upon the for
head makes the face look younge
But woman must have a nice cont
plexion also. We tell our patients
to eat spinach. lettuce and celer..
which are all complexion foods
Hair culturists of to-day look
closely after the health OF their pa
tients. for nothing affects the hair
like Illness. II woman is under
The weather her hair will not curl.
n she has fever Il comes out: II
she is suffering from a cold If loses
life end grows darker: and II she has
rheumatism the color pigment fades
entirely and she gets gray So Il
IL easy TO see how dependent the
hair Is upon the health.