Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-31

As a domicne for germs. the head
gear parading under the aesthetic
name rat" is declared by specialists
70 be without a peer. unless It be the
stagnant pools OF water which collect
in the vicinity OF abbatoirs. areas set
apart for the habitations OF certain
domestic mammals maintained for the
production of commercial lacteal
lids or the containers which stand
aDout kitchen doors for the care of uu-
used animal and vegetable matter
which, as time passes, emit divers and
sundry odOrs which assail the nostrils
with acetose OF CarriOn fumes. The
househy, which medical men have as
sailed Of late. must take second rank
as a carrier Of Infection, the rats af-
fected by girls and women for so-Called
personal adornment easily being in the
lead.
The rat Of itself, is a harmless con-
trivanCe, for the hair entering into
its makeup is rendered thoroughly
sanitary before Go is offered for sale.
True, much of the hair has come from
mostly the graveyards OF
the orient-where II has been cut from
corpses which have lain long under
ground. The gatherers Of the hair. IL
Is generally understood. buy the tresses
from surviving relatives Of the dead
persons, paying them a trifie for a.
the sentimental considerations being
overcome by the thought Of gain with
out personal loss. Such hair is II that
finds its way into the cheap grades OF
rats That the hair is filled with
germs Of various kinds at the time 10 Is
harvested, many times mouldy and
flthy In the extreme is no reason why
II cannot be cleaned and made whole
some by those who have the necessary
strength OF nerves and stomach to do
1t. The better grades come from the
hair OF oriental women who. while still
living, part with their locks for a con-
sideratiOn, the COarser hair being slit
by clever wOrkmen into fine threads.
stu better grades come from girls.
mostly from European countries. who
can be persuaded TO part with their
hair. Frequently beautiful girls with
magnificent hair are forced TO part
with II to obtain money-vast sums
frequently being paid for hair which Is
worked up into rats or other creations
which sell at prices reaching into three
figures. Then there are grades cheaper
than all others. the hair for the making
Of which comes from animals. dead
or alive, and IL, too. is cleaned and
made wholesome. So numerous and
oft repeated are the statements that
the rats and switches and puffs and
curls which women and girls attach
10 their own heads In an effort at
making themselves attractive to each
other and, what Is more Important 10
the sterner sex. are sanitary and whole
some. that IL must be so. The additional
facts cited are simply for the informa-
ton or the women-a little education
which school books omit and which
seems so necessary.
WHAT DOCTORS SAY
But here is what doctors saw about
them from the hygienic standpoint.
They say that the eject OF wearing
rats by girls and women is much the
same as that produced on the heads
OF men by the constant wearing OF
hard boiled hats. the creators OF those
bright and shining moon-like areas al
the crown, areas which closely re-
semble the cue ball of the billiard
table. the same being frequently dis
played IN brilliant array In the front
rows during performances OF comic
opera. These areas are known com
monty by the vulgar name OF bald
heads II may be said, in passing. thai
they are not the source OF any par
ucular pride IN the hearts OF their
possessors, They are caused nv dan
drun and other scalp germs which de
light 10 abide where cosy hooks are
provided for them under the shelter ~
'duiiies,' which name is applied be-
some 10 the style Of hat haberdasher
call derby Other hats worn habitual-
~ offer shelter for the germs. but they
are particularly fond of the homes pro
vided for them under the circum-
ambient sky-like effect produced by the
duffy ''''
But time changing makes other
changes, and the dandruf family seems
to take to the modern rat with the
same affection with which newly made
prices regard apartment houses or flats.
IL would seem that the germs rather
ike the idea Of being able 10 climb
about the wlndings ana taneles ~ tbc
matted hair much as men and women
become infatuated with the idea IN
climbing the Alps or HimaIayas. The
ittle germs, too, much like the children
" all races, like to play al hide ana
seek among the many ramihcations ~
the twisted masses. just as tho AIR al
the seashore is damp and at tho higher
attitudes Is dry and invigorating. 50
with the rat; for near the skull OF the
Wearef there Is damp and almost
musty atmosphere OF humidity that is
best suited TO the multiplication al Inc
dandrun germ and its many brother
races In the germ family II in doubt
about this last point. the insertion of
the nose close between the rat and tho
mead OF anyone wearing one Of the ere
atoms viii be most conv.ncing-if not
more convincing than that Higher mn
as the germs may climb. the atmos-
phere Is more rare and germs affected
with weak lungs or other ailments may
chnb up to such points as are best
suited for the prolonging OF their lie
and bodily comfort. This Is much tho
same as the habit Of the human race
10 seek change OF climate for the euro
OF is ills. So IL Is seen that various
germs, including those OF an kinds
which ply their bacterial vooations FOR
the benefit OF the human race. afford
ing intelligent and ambitious students
a wide held for study, find a home In