Year: 1875




are anxious to know what will prevent
the hair from turning gray, and what
will prevent it from falling out. This
is not the only evidence of the general
high value which is placed upon a full
head of hair, of the natural colour.
Further proof is found in the very e1-
tensive and profitable sale of every arti-
Gle which is advertised sufficiently as q
hair restorer, or hair preserver. Many
OF these specifics are not merely useless;
they are worse-they are injurious, and
some of them are dangerous. Paralysis,
and, it is said, neuralgia, and insanity,
have been caused by the lead contained
In some of these preparations.


At the same time, much may be done
to keep the hair of q natural colour,
and to keep it from falling out. In
some families, the hereditary tendency
to become bald at an early age is so
strong, that it is not likely any care or
treatment would overcome it, certainly
not in single generation. But with
the ordinary run of people bathing the
head in cold waterfall the better if the
water be salted; brushing the hair
often and thoroughly with brush, the
bristles of which are long, SO that they
will clean the scalp without scratching
it: frequent clipping off the ends o: the
hair-a practice which should never1be
omitted with children if you wish them
to be healthy sleeping ON soft hair
pillows, instead of feathers generous
diet without intemperance all these
and many other observances contribute
towards preserving good head of hair.
The effect-or whether there be any
of particular articles of food on the hair
race but nothing is more certain than
that carrots, oil meal, or regular small
doses Of sulphur, given to horse, pro-
duce an influence on the coat rendering
it glossy almost Immediately. The COM
mon condition powders, as they are
called, which are composed mainly of
black antimony, nitre, and sulphur,
have a like effect.


A writer on the subject saws, ''The
most marked benefit upon the human
hair, both in thickening It, and in
changing the gray and white back to
the natural colour without the use of
anything deleterious, that has ever
fallen under our observation, was de-
rived from the external application of
spring water, and drinking the same
water. One of the Ingredients of the
spring water was iron; but whether it
was that which worked the change, or
whether the same spring water would
have the same influence in other cases,
do ~ "A
tain an opinion. While of course the
natural hair forms q convenient and
comely covering for the head, we must
say, for our own part, we cannot see
any good reason why so much aversion
should be felt to have it turn gray or
white. To q professional man, il is
decidedly advantageous TO have gray
hair. 1t increases the practice of q
lawyer or doctor; and we think it en-
hances the reverence felt for q clergy
man. 1t is no injury to the man of
business. And we do not think it mars
the beauty of woman. We have seen a
girl Of eighteen with hair as black as
the ravens wing. She was beautiful.
At forty she was the mother of grown
up girls, and of boys who considered
men. Her hair was as white
as the falling snow. Yet she was beau
tiful-if not more beautiful than in her
teens yet more SO, We think. than she
would have been with her hair changed
back to its original black. We like
gray hairs. They are the emblems of
They remind us of hearts that
have been steadfast amid all external
changes, and of friendships which time
and circumstances have not changed or