The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-29
Epidemic of Falling Hair Has
Now Hit Topeka.
Hair DresSers and Hair ReStOr-
ers In Great Demand.
FLU IS BLAMED FOR IT ALL
Women as q Last Resort Go to
the "Switch Counter"
Men Nerve Themselves To
Have Heads Shaved.

Comes now an ill wind blowing good
only to professional hair dressers. the
false hair counters OF beauty parlors
and vendors of thu varied assortments
of hair restorers.
The wind, directed by the fates of
the flu. seems determined to make a
nation bald headed. The little germ
with the staggering. and often fatal
punch, has developed a new kick that
sends women. and often men. scurry-
ing i'm anxiety in search of relief.
To. eka physicians have noticed it
beauty parlor operators are hiring
extra help. In fact, Topeka along
with the rest of the country, is eX-
periencing an epidemic. said to be an
aftermath of the flu. of falling hair.
One Topeka druggist said today that
he had sold 81 900 worth of hair tonic
in one day this week-and practically
all of it went to former victims of the
flu.
1t Is Due to Fever.
Many physicians and beauty doctors
say the epidemic is the result of the
fever that accompanies the influenza
others declare the evil so bad that
other peculiarities of the ailment also
have something to do with it. But it
goes without saying, to use a stereo-
typed term, it is an annoyance that
makes men swear and women frantic.
Victims of influenza first notice
their hair beginning to disappear along
about the time they begin regaining
strength after the fever has receded.
physicians say. AS the convalescent
period progresses the condition be-
mind visions the beauty parlor, where
perfumed restorer is vended, and IL
liquid refuses to act the switch counter
is the last resort.
Men Worried, Too.
High priced hair cuts and the as
sorted are the least of anxieties in the
masculine thoughts-and generally a
man, under advice of his barber. ends
the agony by having his head shaved
the weather permitting. And Bill
the barber, is honing his razor for the
| first warm days that come along.
Every Ono Discusses 1t.
Wherever one goes on the street al
work, in the movie show or at church
| the subject ia discussed. Notice two
| girls greeting each other on Kansas
| avenue and at once they will begin q
confidential chat, discussing the
| height of their temperatures wher
they had the flu. and then the subjec
of how their hair is falling out They
discuss it between acts at the theaters
| between waits for a street car and In
| whispers while the collection plate IL
! being passed at church.
! Many extra minutes are spent by the
| fair sex in trying to pull wisp of hal
! up and pat another down to cover
spot of pink scalp. 1t would be the
poorest way imaginable for a yount
man to attempt to get into the gooc
graces of q young feminine person b,
telling her how we'll her hair look
parted and flat down on her head
when she has tried for an hour t.
make it stand up in a beautiful wav,
pompadour
Persons having had the influenz;
do not begin to lose their hair TO
about six weeks or two months afte
their fever was the highest. Then i
| commences to fall out by the hand
fuls and the losers head resembles
picked chicken with the skin shining
| thru. The influenza is said by thos,
| who know not to be so deadly on thu
hair as typhoid. The losers have thu
consolation offered them that as hal
on the normal adults head grows 81,
| or eight inches year. that it will b.
, two years before their hair reache
the point where 1t was before thei
illness.
The only persons who are not suf
fering are the men who We're alread,
bald. They escaped with an additions
polish added to their already shining
| dOmeS.