Year: 1877

From the New lOrk Express,


A beautiful head of hair is a woman's
crown of glory, but certain amount Of
care is needed to keep this crown in
order. The finest hair in the world
loses its beauty if neglected, and soon
becomes frowsy, dry and wiry, and falls
out prematurely. Women Of wealth
have maids whose duty it is to take care
of their hair. Others employ hair
dressers, who come at stated times to
perform the office, charging from eight
to ten dollars a month for daily visit.
But the great majority of women have
neither maid nor hair-dresser, but attend
to their hair themselves, and it is for
these we write.


In the care of the hair the first and
most indispensable thing is good hair
brush. This is the best hair tonic in the
world, taking the place of all pomades,
washes and lotions. Itcleanses the head
even better than shampooing, and is far
more effectual than the ivory comb,
which irritates the sea- p and Injuries the
hair. Choose a good sized brush, with
long, moderately stiff bristles, or better
still, a stiff one for cleansing the hair
and a soft one for smoothing it. The
London Crown brushes are the best, the
bristlcs being riveted in such menner
that they do not loosen or fall out.
Brush your hair vigorously at morning
and night, or get some one to do it for
you if YOU can. A hundred strokes of
the brush is the legitimate allowance,
and as these can be given by an expert
in three minutes, it will not consume
much time. Try this for few weeks
and you will find your hair become as
silky and glossy as satin, without the
aid of the vulgar and dirty pomades,
which no lady of refinement will toll
crate.


If your hair is moist or matted, it is
well to rub into it some fine starch
powder or corn-starch, and afterward
brush it until the glossy condition is
reached. Water has a tendency to dry
up the natural oil of the hair. ltshould
be used only when the hair is thin and
short enough to dry Immediately. Long,
thick hair that is often wet soon be-
comes musty and disagreeable. The
best method of shampooing is to rub the
head well with the yelks of one or twp
eggs, slightly beaten, and afterwards
with little water, thus producing u
fine lather. When the head is thor
oughly cleansed, rinse it with cold water
and dry with towels as much as posi-
bic. If not susceptible to cold, spread
out the tresses in Il current of air,and by
no means put them up till all moisture
is evaporated. BoraX and ammonia and
water may be used instead of egg, and
cleanse the hair effectually, although,
perhaps, with more danger of injury to
the hair. Ammonia, however, is an eX-
cellent stimulus when used with care,
and makes a fine dressing, mixed with
glycerine. A professional hair dresser
charges one dollar for shampooing the
head.


Next to the constant use of the brush,
we would recommend the frequent cut
TING of the ends of the hair, not merely
of the long ends, but of the broken and
Jagged tips of the short hairs, the under
brush as it were. This can be easily
done by parting the hair in small locks,
then letting each lock slip slowly through
the large teeth of dressing comb, and
clipping off the forked ends as they APP
pear above the comb, which is held
Slightly bent. The only effect of cut
ting the hair at the full of the moon or
at the turn of the tide is that "a superSti-
tious observance is likely to insure reg
ularity.


There will always be those who cry
for pomades, and who will not believe
that the constant use of the brush will
make their hair soft and glossy without
them, and that a healthy system will
supply oil enough if the head is kept
clean. There may be those, too, who
have an unnatural dryness of scalp and
harshness of hair. A mixture of half
an ounce of carbonate Of ammonia in
pint of sweet oil will remedy this, When
the hair is falling out, the following is
the best dressing in use Mix pint Of
alcohol, a pint of rosewood, a fluid
ounce of vaseline, an ounce of pure
quiuine in powder, and two scruples of
tartar emetic, and apply as wash every
other day until the hair stops falling.
Avoid all nostrums, especially such as
contain cantharideS, which are posi-
lively dangerous.


The hair being nicely brushed and in
order, the next thing is to put it up in
the most becoming fashion. TO do this
it is necessary to study ones face, and
adapt the prevailing style to it as far as
possible. If the face is short the hair
should be rolled back from the forehead
and dressed high on top and in the back.
A long face, on the contrary, is short
ened by arranging the hair iii Hat ban
deaux. Almost any style is becoming
to the fortunate poSSessor Of an oval
face. The simplest style of hair.dres
ing suits a claSsic-shaped head with
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