Evening star., 1927-10-29

SNORT as tnelr SKlrtS. And how they
do think! Three housand four hun
dred tons of thought!
A baldheaded man was twitted
about his hairless skull and retorted
that when he was born the gods gave
him his choice as to hair outside or
brains inside his skull; he chose the
inside. But he was only proving his
stupidity, according to the pamphlet
quoted above, which continues:
"The most important pulse is stu.
ated in the center of the head. lust
below the skull. 1t is in this largA
pulse that intelligence, mind or the
thinking ability is located.
when you utilize the thi king
ability. the blood in this large I lse
becomes hot, and through circulating
the blood in those tiny pulses, to
II, it also becomes hot. The heat
from the blood in those tiny pulses
causes the shiny appearance of the
skin. BY utilizing the think
ing ability to a yet greater extent we
lose the hair on the top of our head"
This scientific explanation clears
up some mysteries. While the pulse
of the thinking ability is thus located
"in the center of the head, just below
the skull" it is not so definitely
placed as might be, for one is left in
doubt as to whether it is in the froIt
or rear of the skull, until it is accE
dentally remarked that when one
heats the blood by much thinking, the
heat of the blood in those tiny pulses
causes that shiny appearance of the
skim" SO it is clear that the shiny
thing where thinking is seated must
be the nose. That explains why there
is no hair left on the nose, and why
it is shiny. If the ladies would stop
thinking, the hair on their noses
might regrow, and the nose no longer
require so much powder.
Mems noses used to be covered with
hair, which now has simply slipped Z
down a little and rests upon the lip. /
No mans lip is shiny; none calls tor I
powder. When an American first
glimpseS a French crowd of men he .
is struck by their conspicuous long
boards, covering their whole faces bel
low eyebrows and reaching far down
the waist. The farther east one
travels the more evident is the beard
until in the Orient men swear by the
beard of the Prophet.
X X x X
Another book, entitled "Your Hair
anu LIS dIOWlH, tSllS IlUW
must be the possessor of plenty OF
hair. and it gives the diet warranted
TO make hair grow, but warns against
eggs. milk. white bread. old potatoes
and liver, poison to hair"
One may reserve the right to doubt
the diet which declares that milk re- /
tarGs the growth of hair, when one
hoe hah Il. L.:
milk diet. Wherein. too. is the logic /
of prescribing, instead of prescribing
eggs? Is it in fear that eggs might i
develop feathers rather than hair? II
has been found that it takes many
ostriches years to grow enough
feathers to cover one Chicken" ard
it makes no difference whether thef
eat milk or eggs.
In the matter Of polite behavior,
the book advises:
III you are obliged to meet and l
converse with people who are bald
or whose hair is thinning, never gaze
at it or study it; pay no attention to
it whatsoever; become Indifferent to \
it. Endeavor consciously to lose in-
terest in the badness of others. Culti- I
vate indifference. utter and absolute
indifference, to the scanty heads of.
others. Never mentally compare yourA
hair with others
If one must scalp another, shut the
eyes: the scalp may contain the
thinking ability of the victim.
Half century ago pamphlet was
published by DIR. ID. w. Prentiss of
on the Change of Color
of the Hair" in which he discussed
the muChdisputed possibility of hair
suddenly becoming gray through grief
or fright. He quotes authorities
skeptical Of all such cases, as de-
scribed by Byron's Prisoner Of
Chillon":
MY hair is gray. but not with years, :
Nor grew it white 4
In a single night, "
AS mems have grown from sudden
fears"
While DIR. Prentiss recognized the
general skepticism of such a sudden
changing of color of hair, he found
many cases in the records of the
surgeon generals office i'm which hair
had turned gray in i'll health and been
restored to it's natural color upon the
of normal health. He also
disclosed the fact that by persistent
loses of "jaborandi" taken internSls
with food. lady's hair will change in -
color, just as by feeding IL canary
much cayenne pepper it will change
from ye]Iow to orange, or by feeding
I parrot a certain fish, it will change
rom green to yellow or red.
But what dose of jaborandi, cayenne
pepper or fish will bring back color
,r substance to the 3.40O tons of hair
he bobbers of American hair have
clipped? The glory of woman has
llways been her hair--oh, Ichabod!