January, 1914 



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Care of the Hair. 



ITie secret of l)eautiful hair mav 

 be expressed, as in the case of i 

 good complexion, in one word. 

 Cleanliness, absolute and systoma- 

 tic, ivS essential for the ^tI who 

 wishes her " crowninjr ^lorv " to 

 receive its full complement of 

 prai<»e. The averajje girl shampoos 

 her h<?ad once a month — in sotnL- 

 cases, alas, once a week, and wash- 

 es her brushes when she considers 

 that thev require it. 



Beautiful hair is .^^-ithin the 

 reach of e\'ervone. 



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The hair has two arreat enemies 

 that combine for its destruction. 

 One is the present-da v method of 

 shamnooinsf, the other is dnst. 

 Thousands of girls, niffht after 

 nieht, cather the dust of the dav 

 on thei'r brush, and the next morn- 

 inor brush the dust back on their 

 hair a^^ain. ' In this way it is no 

 diflicult matter to keep a brush 

 clean for a week or loncper at the 

 expense of the hair, which is ?rra- 

 duallv becomin— n-t oulv a dust 

 but a germ trap. 



— First Vital Step. — 



The first, and the most vitally 

 important, steo in the cultivation of 

 beautiful hair is to wash the 

 brushes everv nig-ht. It does not 

 entail much expenditure of time. 

 After bru.shin£r the hair at nio^ht 

 nour some boiling- water in the 

 basin. Add a piece of soda or a 

 teaspoonful of liquid ammonia. 

 Dab the brushes hp and down in 

 this for two minutes. Stand them 

 in cold water for five minutes. 

 Shake well and put in a warm 

 nlace to be drv bv the morninsr. 

 Once a week add a teasPOonful of 

 alum' to the rinsing- water, which 

 tig'htens and stiffens the bristles. 



Rub the skin of the head with 

 the finrer-tiPs, until the scalp is 

 ao-low, for i.S minutes nightlv. As 

 the blood is in this wav brotiorht 

 to the root of the hair, which 

 draws its nourishment from this 

 source. 



The following is recommeiided: — 

 Tf possible, use two hrushes. 

 Loosen the hair. Gentlv comb 

 out all tanrfes, and with the ti^s 

 of the fing'ers massape the whole 

 scaln for a few minutes. If the. 

 hair be drv, which can be recoo-- 

 nised bv its harshness when touch- 



ed .lud its lack of colour, dip the 

 fini'ors in some oil of sweet jas- 

 mine, and massage as directed; 

 but a\oid smeariui>- the oil in the 

 liair itself. If the hair be ijrtasv 

 or stick\-, the result of excessive 

 persj)iration from a relaxed condi- 

 tion of the, scalp, sprinkle the head 

 with lotion of bergamot. You will 

 soon learn to recorrni.se whether 

 \-our head requires food or tonic, 

 l^rtish the hair thorou"bl\-, 'athcr- 

 iu"' 'n^ small strands and allowino- 

 the bristles to nass ri'jht throu'rh 

 thein. Do not ])lait the hair. 

 Nisrht is the time to induce a free 

 circulation of air. Spread the hair 

 out on vour pillow when -^'ou are 

 in bed. If it be necessary to use 

 curlinp- pins, procure the very soft- 

 est nattem, and avoid scuewing 

 them tig-htlv ao-aiu.st the head. 

 Never use hot irons. To those 

 whose hair has a tendency to curl 

 naturalh', which has l^een frustrat- 

 ed bv the use of artificial means, 

 the above system will result in 

 time in the curling- oins being ban- 

 ished from the dressing table. 



— Too Much Shampooing. — 



The vexed question of shampoo- 

 ino- must be approached with caii- 

 tion. The eirl who is asked to 

 wash her hair as seldom as possi- 

 ble, will be horrified, and consider 

 that all the principles of hvriene 

 are beine set at nautrht. And vet 

 hundreds of cases in which the 

 hair is thin, weak, and " comine 

 out in handfuls," mav be traced 

 back to the cause of excessivei 

 shampooine. It will be found if 

 the brushes are washed e^'er^• d ■ 

 the hair will not renuire to be 

 washed more often than once in 

 six weeks. 



When washing- the hair use, if 

 possible, rain water. If not, the 

 water mav be softened by a 1 ttle 

 borax. Avoid soda and ammonia, 

 the effects of which are too drWu 

 Beat up the white of an r'^rr to a 

 snow. Add a tablespoonful of 

 soap powder. T^Tiisk all tog^ether. 

 After rinsing the hair thoroii-^hl-*', 

 rub the ep^o- mixture into the scalp. 

 Rin.se in several lots of warm 

 water, and lastly 1 - a cold 

 douche. Do not wrincr the hair. 

 Gently nress out the moisture. 

 Drv with hot towels, but do not 

 p^o' near a fire. If it be summer, 

 f^o ont in the p-a'rden. The sun is 

 the finest possible hair restorer. 

 When dry, brush the hair for five 

 minutes. 'Pour three drops of oil 



fif sweet jasiuiue on the y)alm of 

 the hand. Dij) the brush in this 

 and irciitlv stroke tlic hair. This 

 will induce a bcaiiliful gloss with- 

 out a])))earin(r too greasv. To make 

 a good soan uowdcr, callect all the 

 scraps of soap. Drv them until 

 thev are brittle. Put them in a 

 cloth and crush with a flaL iron to 

 a powder. After the hair is 

 dressed, always smooth it with onc^ 

 one of the .laiianese silk sc|uares. 



♦ 



Don't Grizzle. 



"Don't grizzle," used to be the fa- 

 vourite expression of an old-fashioned 

 nurse to any of her young charges 

 who developed the depressing ten- 

 dency to imagine themselves injured 

 or to pose to their parents and small 

 world as a martyr. 



Self-pity is at the root of all this 

 sorrowing and theatrical trouble- 

 mongering. People worry them- 

 selves over trifles, brood over fancied 

 slights, injuries and injustices, till 

 their imaginary wrongs make them 

 feel like martyrs driven to the stake. 



It is so easy to delude oneself into 

 the belief that the world has used us 

 very ill. 



"Look in my face; my name is Might- 

 have-been : 



I am also c- 'erl No More, Too Late, 

 Farewell." 



These two lines of Dante Rosetti 

 furnish a complete key to the morbid 

 brooding of a mind over troubles. 

 It makes little di( erence -whethel? the 

 sorrows have been real or imaginary. 

 A tiny trouble can easily be manu- 

 facteured by the mind into a very real 

 tragedy. Nearly everybody possesses, 

 to a more or less degree, the capacity 

 to create stories. Some put their 

 woven fancies into serials or three- 

 volume novols. Others make them- 

 selves the centre of the plots whirh 

 f-very hiain, to some extent, amuse.s 

 itself by imagining. 



Men, as a rule, are to busy to de- 

 vote much time to creating situations 

 in which — as in the game called 

 "Nap" — the rules sometimes demand 

 that one or more of the players 

 shall "go misery." 



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The silo enables the farmer to 

 preserve food which matures at a 

 rainy time of the year, when dry- 

 ing would' be next to impossible. 



