Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-04
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
To Hob or Nnt To Rnh.

My faithful colleague. DR.. n. Webster. a
specialist in etymology. informs me that the
verb at" bob means to deceive to cheat to
gain by fraud to filch. to make sport Of to
mock. and TO cut short. Friend Noah was right
about this
Having assured divers and sundry querists
that cutting. clipping smuggling or shaving
the hair does not improve the hair. but fire.
q"'ntiy brings pangS of regret later on l
have become tho target for the hohhcd tho
unbobbed and the probobs. but thus far
seem to be the only person In North America
who opposes bobbing the hair
All the arguments in favor OF bobbing may
be succinctiy Expressed in paragraph: (D
woman ought to have tho same right "a
man has about the style of hair dressing: C2)
by dispensing with the care of the hair n
woman saves considerable valuable time: ca
bobbing encourages more luxuriant growth Of
th'n' unpromisinE hair; % cutting the hair
conscrvcs the girls strength or energy
(No. Is Sa!rcy Camp stur)
The first argument is as sound as a dollar
nigh school rreceptrcss defending bohbcd
hair tells mo that some 60 per cent OF her
girl pupils. ranging from Is to 20 years OF
age. now wear the hair bohhcd, and closes
her letter with this paragraphs
Just a ciinchcr': Men arc tho chief
directors to bobhcd hair. Somewhat over 100
years ago all men. should say NIL gentle
men. wore long hair tied with ribbons I
wonder how many men would care 10 re-
turn 10 thosc days? They seem to have for
gotten how short time 1t Is since their own
cmancipatIon"
And for that matter. Eve--but We need not
so so far back. Fifteen to twenty wears AGO
pobbed hair was all the rage among girls
and .women-in jails and tho institutions for
aetect'Fe women and as general rule these
advanced creatures smoked cigarettes too
There's nothing new about tho bobhlng fash
ion: IL is merely n thing picked out OF the
gutter and adopted by Innocent but IN advised
young women. just the shimrny dance and
immndest dressing and jazz music and other
af"c,ations Of tho badly trained young wo-
men Of the day have been taken from the
gutter.
Physicians sculptors and socioloris,s ,bos.
days make strange illusions To tho third scy"
meaning women who lack tho distinguishing
characteristics of the feminine hplcss bust
Tess short-haircd, hard looking individuals
perhaps defective in development hy reason OF
association with the ereminate typo Of man
hood they consider ideal. We need he men
and she women and can't afford Ia i'm
peril the race by countcnancing any such neu-
trallty Of SEX
y womans hair Is one Of her feminine char
a''er'stics and it is her duty to keep IT, to
care for II and make II as attractive az
possible. though it does take considerable tims
every day. woman who doesn't spcnd time
In keeping herself attractive isn't womanly a,
All. II doesn't matter what her age
or looks or her station In life
IT Is the worst kind Of teaching the weakcs,
kind Of self -discipline, to encourage this
shameless mutilation OF girls. ny the way.
tho high school preccptress defending the mu-
thation mentions that she has not bobbcd her
own hair! OF course. not)
Robbing spreads like epidemic through
school or a communry. 1t brings almost
inevitably remorse to tho unfortunate girls
who undergo the mutilation The hair never
grows out again as luxuriantly as promised
Hundreds of sad women have told me so