The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-08-19
HATS, HEADS AND HAIR.
The First Pronounced Innocent OF
Separating the Other Two.

\ lhe rules OIL nealln LOT TIE udlT
so far as we know them are brief.
Brush the hair thoroughly at least
once day, but let the scalp alone.
. Let the brushing be thorough and
; preferably with two brushes. which
1 YOU may use as if YOU were curry
ling race horse to get him into
>, show condition.
!. Keep the hair thoroughly clean
in this way and the scalp will large
: ly take care of itself. Wash the
hair as often as may be needed for
: cleanliness, which, as a rule, for men
will be once a week and for women
about half as often.
!. Avoid using too strong soaps,
t strong alkalies, such as ammonia
and soda, and too hot water, as all
= of these take out too much of the
: natural lubricant or oil of the hair
and leave it dry and harsh. As a
rule it is we'll to dry clean the scalp
as much as possible, and it is sur
-, prising how clean the hair and
scalp can be kept just by thorough
t and regular brushing a~-ying a.
alone.
:. The most important detail about
$ the washing of the hair is that it
should be rubbed or brushed until
thoroughly dry. If this is done in
the short hair of men there is no
objection to wetting it daily or even
two or three times day if desired.
: The risk in leaving it not perfectly
y dry is that the natural oil of the
hair when mixed with water rapid
g ely decomposcs or ferments.
This condition both irritates the
scalp and furnishes a fine culture
medium for germs, which thereupon
. promptly sweep in and give rise to
. the commonest form of dandruff.
r Particularly Objectionable is the
d habit of wetting or Sticking the hair
in order to comb it and avoiding
p the use of the brush altogether.
v The intelligently used brush is the
r best known hair tonic, but when
!. the vigor of the hair is beginning to
r fail even this may be carried to an
g extreme and become injurious.
While it is well to keep the scalp
" dry and well ventilated and exposed
$ to both light and air, there does not
It appear to be any valid ground for
Z the belief that going bareheaded,
particularly in the sun, in any way
. promotes the vigor of the hair.
;. DR.. Woods Hutchinson says in
a the Cosmopolitan that $50 far as
n We know anything about the inten-
t tions Of nature it was never meant
II that the human head should be ex-
l. posed to the direct rays of the sun.
Experts are unanimous in declaring
that excessive exposure of already
$ thinning hair to the direct rays Of
' the sun will e7tually accelerate the
e process.
d q have seen s'si great many bald
1t heads exposed TO the no hat cure, .
he said, "but l have not seen any
, crop, except blisters, produced
!. thereon.
$ ''The bulbs of the roots of the
hair go down completely through
u the skin and into the fatty layer
e which lies between it and the skull,
and the thing that to the expert eye
!. is really significant Of the prospect
, as to progress or cure in a particu-
lar case is not the condition or color
or cleanliness of the scalp, but the
thickness or thinness of this fatty
laver which underlies it.
= $50 long as this is present and
: the scalp is freely movable over the
skull there is hope of restoring a
! reasonable growth of hair, but when
this has been absorbed and the
. shiny scalp sticks as closely to the
skull as the cover on baseball the
+ outlook is practically hopeless.