The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-14

point of hereditary family traits. for
1t IL hard to believe that the Law of
selection has been 50 persistent and
cruel to the male members OF this
family; nor does it seem reasonable
that the law of heredity has been so
lavish 70 the women as TO give them
beautiful heads Of hair, while in the
same generation it had abruptly step
ped aside to lay the b1ighdng hand OF
barrenness upon the crowns of their
brothers heads Indeed, that is a far
stretch Of Imagination, and it is but
fair to insist that the only law that
has applied to them Is the one of in
heriting the thickness of the scalp,
the fineness or coarseness Of the hair,
and the type and shape Of the heads
of their parents just that far has
heredfty played a part and not far
Their.
And lust one other thought here:
Whatever factor of prominence one is
inclined to give greatest weight to In
theorizing on badness, that factor
must reasonably apply to the woman
If one believes that a certain thing,
heredity, for instance, is the cause of
badness of men, then it Is only fair
in explaining why women do not fall
within this law. The woman has all
the man has; she is subject to the
the external conditions to meet that
same biological laws as the man; she
inherits the type of head and quality
of hair from her parents just like her
brother; family traits do not over
look her in any way; she tolls indoors
and out of doors by the mans side
she eats the same food; she is ex-
posed to the same climate and racial
vicissitudes; and surely, among all
races the woman is as nervous and
has as much worry as the average
man.
The top of the head is bountifuIly
supplied with nerves and blood yes
sells which run from the neck up the
sides of the skull supplying the mus
cles, fascia, and hair follicles Of the
scalp up to the very dome of the
skull, where they unite in a beautiful
network Over this portion Of the
skull Nature has placed, besides the
muscles, skin, and fascia, thick-pad
of fatty tissue, in which are inbedded
these blood vessels and nerves. Dr.
George ELLIOTT, of Toronto, several
years ago, CThe Anatomical Factor in
the Production of Badness, Journal
of the American Medical Association,
March %, 1902. called attention TO
the great anatomic Importance of this
cushion of fat in preserving the hair
on the crown of the head 1t protects
the blood vessels and nerves, and any
thing which disturbs the nour1shment
of this part of the scalp will cause
atrophy and thinning OF the scalp,
with consequent degeneration OF the
hair fol1icles, which will invariably be
followed by incurabIe badness. If
the blood vessels and nerves are per-
manently damaged, and this fatty PAD
and the scalp have thinned out and
the hair bulbs have been destroyed by
atrophy, then no amount of massage,
or application of hair restoratives will
bring back one tiny, scraggly hair.
The hair is gone, never to return But
if the hair has just commenced to
fall it may be stopped by treatment
and by changing the habit of wearing
the hat though the new hair will
baby's hair. This fine hair is very
hard to nurture, and is nearly GER
tain to fall out again and refuse to
regrow, because, now that the hair IS
so much thinner, it fails to act as a
cushion, and so the original cause of
more effective in damaging the blood
and nerve supply to the top of the
head The condition steals upon the
victim so slowly that one is in the
first stage of badness before he
knows it. The natural hair falls out
and is replaced by a less vigorous
growth, the hair coming back thinner
and thinner each time, and more brit
tie. until finally for lack of sustenance
it gives up the ghost, and is num-
bered with the departed
1t is perfectly natural for the hair
to fall out, and at certain seasons the
hair sheds profusely, the BARRIERS tell
one, and it is common belief, that
when the hair begins to fall out it
should be kept cut short. 1t used to
be a great graft among the BARRIERS
to SINCE the ends to close up the canal
of the hair, so that its oily substance
will not escape. When hair is not
properly nourished, or not properly
cared for, it will split at the ends.
Cutting out these hairs will not help
the condition at all, and close clip
ping is the most harmful thing that
can be done to any head of hair.
Then, at all times, the hair should be
worn long, and the sufferer should be-
gin vigorous treatment by means of
brushing and massage, and if possible,
an out of door life ii improve his gen
ertI health.
Badness is a habit disease The
majority of men when putting on their
hats work them back and forth with
one hand to make them fit snugly.
Often one sees man who takes two
hands to the hat and pulls hard on
the brirn to force it well down on the
head. 1t is not hard to understand
that the tight fitting hatband, wheth-
be constructing a zone around the
scalp which seriously interferes with