HAIR BRUSH 



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HAIRDRESSING 



serves a protective purpose in 

 making the creature resemble its 

 surroundings ; this is well seen in 

 the arctic fox, mountain hare, and 

 ermine, which turn white in winter 

 to match the snow, and in the 

 stripes and spots in many animals. 



Differences of quality in the 

 hair are characteristic of local 

 varieties of the human species. 

 The hair of negroes is crisp or 

 woolly ; of Mongolians coarse and 

 lank ; of the Australian aborigines 

 curiously crinkled ; of the Cauca- 

 sian races usually glossy and wavy. 

 Speaking broadly, the Latin races 

 have black hair, while the Teutonic 

 races tend to be fair. 



Hair Brush. Small brush for 

 the hair. The best brushes are 

 made of bristle, bent double and 

 drawn through holes in the flat 

 stock, a wire running through all 

 the bent heads to keep them in 

 place. This forms the back of the 

 brush. See Brush. 



Hair- brush Grenade. Heavy 

 hand grenade so named from its 

 external resemblance to a hair 

 brush. During the early stages of 

 the Great War a number of hair- 

 brush grenades were improvised by 

 using a base board, to which was 

 attached a slab of wet guncotton 

 covered with nails. 



At a later stage of the conflict 

 well-constructed hair-brush gren- 

 ades were brought into use. The 

 explosive, ammonal or amatol, is 

 placed in a tin box about 5 ins. 

 long by 3 wide, and 2 ins. high, on 

 top of which is a grooved cast-iron 

 plate nearly f in. thick, these com- 

 ponents being fastened to the base- 

 board by two metal straps. Igni- 

 tion is effected by a length of 

 safety fuse carrying at one end a 

 detonator embedded in the explo- 

 sive, and at the other a percussion 

 cap in a special holder. This holder, 

 which is also secured to the base- 

 board, carries a spring-loaded 

 plunger, and the latter is held 

 away from the cap by a safety pin 

 passing through its rear end. When 

 the pin is withdrawn the cap is 

 fired and the safety fuse ignited. 

 See Ammunition; Explosives; Hand 

 Grenade. 



Hairdressing. Classic styles from which subsequent fashions have developed. 

 Top three rows, Greek ; 4th row, first head Greek, remainder Etruscan ; 5th row, 

 Roman 



From Costumes of the Ancients, Thomas Hope 



Hair-brush Grenade. Diagram showing this grenade in 

 plan, and, above, in section 



Hairdressing. Method of ar- 

 ranging and ornamenting the hair. 

 The hair has been the object of 

 special attention in all ages and 

 among all nations, savage and 

 civilized. Among savages have been 

 found the styles of frizzing so that 

 the hair stands out from the head 

 in a great ball ; of gathering into 

 lumps or horns on 

 the top and at the 

 sides with grease ; 

 of plaiting into 

 hundreds of cords 

 as is done in the 

 New Hebrides ; 

 and of wearing it 

 lank and adorned 

 with a circlet of 

 coloured feathers 

 as among the 

 American In- 

 dians. Flowers, 

 bones, s h e 1 Is, 



kernels, beads, and quills are also 

 used as ornaments. 



The Chinese custom of shaving 

 the head except on the crown, 

 from which hangs a long pigtail, is 

 gradually being abandoned in fa- 

 vour of short hair. Some Moslems 

 still shave their heads excepting 

 for a tuft on top which, as a handle, 

 is to help them into Paradise after 

 death. Japanese ladies make their 

 hair very satiny and draw it over 

 cushions to a knot at the back. 

 Ancient Britons and Saxons wore 

 long hair, and Saxon ladies twisted 

 their locks and curled them with 

 an iron. 



The Normans introduced the 

 short cut into England, and from 

 that time fashion has swung from 

 one extreme to another, the most 

 absurd being the late 18th century 

 style of erecting two or three feet 

 of tow upon the head, covering it 



