The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-14
CARE OF BLONDE HAIR
yHE 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.

York who Is busy every day or the
wear making natural blondes. so
arduous are her duties and so In de-
maud is her time that she works
every hour of the day and a great
many hours of the night.
She treats the hair by natural de-
vices so that 1t grows lighter with
>ut losing any of It's natural quail
Ties.
Scientists say that in little while
there will be no blondes at all. and
hsirdressers agree with them. Hair
aims may be necessary to woman. but
they are unquestionably running
the hair, says this hairdresser.
"The second source of Injury to
the hair Ia found In the ornaments
that are stuck into II. Great fancy
combs with wide, wicked teeth are
orodded into the coiffure. 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
"a 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
lnjures the hair. Fear draws the
scalp so tight that the hair fairly
drops out.
Among poor women the hair
keeps its color much longer than
among the rich. A poor woman
does not twist her hair so tightly.
nor does she put so many hairpins
into it.
She seldom ties 1t with string
rext to the scalp, and 1t Is not onca
In thousand times that she wears
4 hair ornament. The results are
obvious. Notice the heavy hair OF
the working woman.
1T is all because the hair Is
treated in gentle manner. Neg
iected It may be, but Its color Is
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
Il will agree but all of these things
must be taken slowly and with mod
Grafton.
mo one wash agrees with every
hair. In most cases IT acts all
right, but 1t turns an occasional wo-
man into a blonde too pronounced
scr beauty.
When a woman's hair is begin
ning to darken l take five cents
worth Of henna and steep 1t in a
plnt of water. When 1t has boiled
down to cupful / take 1t and
raoisten 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 vari-
Gus ways Of treating the roots Of the
hair.
lone of these ways l call the
thimblecure | have tried 1t with
success all over Europe and America.
1.-The thimble cure requires two
thimbles. pure gold or good silver.
Into one / put about ten drops OF
spod oil; sweet oil Is all right, but
castor oil is better.
Parting of the hair l go over II
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 OF and that the scalp be
tapped. 1t must be done very
gently.
I'VE treat compilations. too
Every hair culturist takes turn al
the complexion when 1t no longer
matches the hair.
'One woman had nice bright hall
after we got through with her, bu
her skin was dull and the bright
youthful looking hair made her loof
ike a mummy. So we put her upoI
. diet.
I'VE gave her convent food. Il
is what the nuns give their pupils u
nake them strong and rosy ane
psetty.
1T was a general diet In whici
stewed rhubarb, apple sauce, raw
eggs, prunes and hash were con
spicuous. 1t was good, plain food
The woman was commanded to ca
picture food also. Food goo'
enough to eat without being cooked
Putting the hair around tn
face makes the skinlook smoothe
and pulling It down upon the fore
head makes the face look younger
But a woman must have nice com
piexion also. We tell our patient
to eat spinach. lettuce and celery
which are all complexion foods.
Hair culturists of to-day lool
closely after the health OF their pa
tents, for nothing affects the hal
Hike illness. II woman Is unde
the weather her hair will not curl
II she has a fever 1t comes out;