CARING FOR THE HAIR 113 



glands active. Washing and brushing are indeed the best 

 hair tonics we can have; men have even cured them- 

 selves of baldness by being faithful in their use. 



Girls with long, thick hair are sometimes careless 

 about washing their heads ; they do not know how 

 much other people are judging them by the looks and 

 the odor of their hair. Washed hair is light and fluffy, 

 sweet and clean, while unwashed hair is solid and heavy, 

 neither sweet nor clean. 



The oil glands give hair all the oil it needs. Don't 

 put on any more, for the more oil there is, the more 

 dust it will hold, and tidy men and women do not like 

 to use their heads as a gathering place for all the 

 microbes that are lodged in the dust of the air. 



QUESTIONS 



1. When you pull out a hair, what comes with it? 



2. How many hairs are there in each cell? 



3. What other things are in the same cell? 



4. What is it that pulls up the hair on a cat's tail? 

 5- How do we know that hair is durable? 



6. What is the objection to cutting hair on a cold day? 



7. What two things must be done in order to have a healthy scalp? 



8. Describe washing the head. 



9. How often should the head be washed? 



10. In what ways do washing and brushing help the scalp? 



1 1 . What difference is there in the looks of washed and unwashed hair ? 



12. Why is it better not to put oil on the hair? 



