The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09
Bald Heads to Bloom

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! A GAIN has hope been held out te
| ~ the bald through the announce.
ment few days ago by ply
slclans In the Massachusetts General
hospital at Boston that a shamnoo
treatment of very simple kind would
positively grow hair on shining patss
me good word was sent out in an inter-
we" with Or. Jacob b. Bruce, Jr head
physician. Former Mayor Walter War.
ue' vi cambridge, once a bald head
was put forward as proof that a simple
snainPoo ana rub with Turkish towel
"uuiu accomplish what many people
ohI9 suppose can be done by a miracle.
IL Is natural to suppose thai the Gen.
erai Hospital triumph over badness will
interest the Bad Head Club of America
more than any other set OF individual.
| On earth' This is not a fippant con.
| lecture. In case you are not aware nj
we Iact' II may be repe ated here that
me Bald Head Club of America Is a bona
| fide organization, launched in Fails VII.
| lage, Conn, in 1912.
| 'he or the conditions mentioned in
.nc aPpllcatlon FOR membership is that
''e aPpIcants bald spot Is not less
than three inches in diameter" and n
rraternal relations between bald heads
| and to cultivate a sentiment NJ Co.,
| pathy for those who imagine thev or,
| superior mentally and physlcallv no.
| cause they possess full head OF hair
| ana yet are not able 10 demonstrate
| such superiority. An account of the
organization Of this club may be found
III the year books and almanacs carry.
ihs the list or special corporations and
cluDs. The president Is Robert ]. Orr
OF flttsneld, Mass: the vice-president
John ii. Belden OF Hartford, Conn. and
me secretary a. i. Chapman of FaIIs
Village, Conn. 'S
a broadway dermatologist Is the M.
thorlty Tor the statement that while
large sums or money are spent in the
aggregate by people anxious to have
thelr hair grow. II Is nevertheless .rue
that there are great number who are
| absolutely Indifferent to the nakedness
or their domes. Such people never he
| come irritated over reference 10 ba,d-
ness and when at the vaudeville show
they hear and see all sorts OF CANA
made OF the bald headed man thew
laugh as heartily as the next one.
one psychologist who wrote a work
on the influence Of physical beauty saws
In summing up that bald heads have
never been much of a detrment 10 the
aif'icted one in the race Of courtship and
marriage. He points out that some of
the most beautiful women Of the pres
ent day are in love with bald men. and
may be seen at theatre, church or prom
enade, hanging affectionately on the
bald mans arm. He sets forth that
while beautiful hair may attract atten-
tlon and lead to love, no man ever lost
the love of a woman because he lost his
hair
The Mayor Of a Southern city few
years ago was completely bald and ex-
tremely sensitive about II. His own
wife had 20 be especially careful about
mentioning the fact. He would not wear
a wig, and yet he resented II If in public
when he found it necessary to remove
his hat he attracted stares and smiles.
Some bald heads are well shaped and
look nearly as well as heads with big
shock Of hair. But the Mayors head
was all that the bald head should not be.
He dismissed his stenographer be-
saying that he had a bad cold and no
doubt had contracted It by keeping the
window open near his bald head. He be-
came a deadly enemy of political ally
who advised him in low tones at a pub
lie gathering to keep on his hat while
reviewing a parade, so as not to get
Influenza He was sued for injuries in
nicted on a canvasser who eNpatlated
his presence on The value OF Gerry
head soap.