South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
Take Good Care
of Child's Hair
Frequent Shampoos En-
sure Soft Locks - Som e
Childish Cotfures.

Hair dressing for the little girl has
become an art. Tightly plasteTed
locks and starched pigtails belong 10
the child of the past. Miss Up-tO
Date with clean complexion land rosy
cheeks has her face set in the softest
frame of fluffy tresses, and her mother
has no small task to keep them light
and glossy.
In the first place, the care of the
hair itself has developed into duty
of no small magnitude. When
Child's scalp is healthy the hair should
be washed once a week with pure cas-
tile soap and lukewarm water This
gives it the loose, fluffy look that is
so essential.
Whatever the age of the child, this
simple shampoo is most efficient. Care
should be taken, however, that the
hair and scalp are thoroughly dried
Should the scalp show any signs of
dandruff or if ii is naturally dry a re-
liable tonic should be applied regularly
and the weekly shampoo continued as
above. BoraX or ammonia should be
diligently avoided in these frequent
washings if the/hair is to be permitted
TO grow long and luxuriant as they
dry out all natural secretions.
The shampoo lays the foundation
for beautiful silken tresses when she
grows TO womanhood
In the matter of the daily dressing
of the hair mothers have no end Of
little girl cOiffures from which to
choose. For the child with perfectly
straight clocks the Russian style, cut
short and bObbing around the ears and
neck. has long been a general favorite.
Practical and comfortable as il un-
duestionp1ly is. the one objection to it
is the extremely boyish look which
it gives.
The latter is relieved somewhat by
a slight pompadOur, effected by part
ing the hair on eiether side of the
head at the front and tying the inter-
vening locks at the left of the head.
Or for the very young child the hair
is parted on a perfectly straight line
with the nose. Several strands on
either side of the forehead are caught
each in a small bunchy bow of soft
ribbon This style is becoming only
to a child with rather low brow.
The particular charm in either of
these rather severe styles lies in the
freshness and brightness of the bow
or bows that set them off. The modern
little girl has to have hair ribbons
galore and a fancy basket kept espe-
cially for them is the only means by
which they can be preserved with any
kind of smOothness. Even then they
must be folded over the fingers every
time tneN are TAKEN OH anu the SetiIlS
ribbon should not be worn oftener
than twice a week. With constant
handling ribbon loses its dressing
very quickly.
Unless a childs hair has a wiry
straightness many mothers prefer that
il should be tied or braided loosely
and then pulled out in soft, fluffy
curves around the face.
The child with a very high fore
head should have il concealed by
bangs, which are again returning to
favor. They are cut with a horseshoe
curve that slopes up on either side.
If the bangs are short the hair behind
the crosswise part is pulled up under
meath to relieve the fiat look on top
of the head If the head has quite
decided bump on top the part is made
well back, thus effecting a very long
bang.
A last and important point about
children'S hair is that the very short
locks at the side of the ears should be
trained to grow up. If mother is
troubled with their fringing down on
the cheeks they should be soaped in
place each night I'm a few months
time they will stay in place of them
selves