1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
1 1 
Plain Professional Talk. 
WOMAft’S GREATEST GLORY. 
A TALK WITH THE HAIRDRESSER ; SINGEING 
AND CLIPPING 
Singeing the Hair. —The business 
woman noticed that her hair was not 
only falling out in a distressing fashion, 
but also that it was badly split at the 
ends, the little ragged spires standing 
out untidily when braided or coiled. 
Evidently, an interview with the hair¬ 
dresser was a necessity. She was re¬ 
ceived in an up-town office by a slim 
young woman with thick bronze hair, 
who seated her before a mirror, swathed 
her in a sheet, and then removed hair¬ 
pins with deft rapidity. 
“ What does my hair need ?” asked the 
woman under treatment. 
“First of all it needs singeing,” re¬ 
turned the hairdresser. “ The ends are 
all split badly, and it can’t grow while 
in that condition.” 
“ I do try to clip the split ends,” apolo¬ 
getically remarked the customer. 
“ Yes, but you can’t reach all the short 
ends,” said the hairdresser, “ and you 
are likely to remove a greater length 
than by singeing.” 
The Ordeal by Fire —The hairdresser 
combed out a thin strand of hair, and 
twisted it tightly, like a rope, from the 
scalp to the tips. This made the short 
ends stick out, all the way down the 
twist. She then lighted a little wax 
taper and,holding the tightly twisted hair 
by the tip in one hand, she ran the flame 
of the taper all the way up the twist so 
deftly that the outstanding split ends 
were singed off without affecting the re¬ 
mainder of the hair. Then the tip was 
singed, the twist thrown over the head, 
so as to be out of the way, and a second 
strand was twisted and singed in the 
same way. While the work progressed, 
the woman in the chair began to ask 
questions. 
Bald Women.—“ Did you ever meet 
women who were bald ?” 
“ Yes, I know several women who are 
entirely bald, but in each case, it is the 
result of serious illness. I never met a 
healthy woman who became actually 
bald except in spots. A bald woman is 
much worse-looking than a bald man. 
Of course, bald women always wear wigs, 
but somehow, their heads seem uglier in 
shape than those of bald men. One bald 
woman I knew used to have her head 
shaved every two months, partly to keep 
the scalp in good condition, and partly 
for the purpose of encouraging a growth 
of hair. However, it didn’t grow; she 
had only a little down over her head, 
like a young baby.” 
Falling Hair.— “ My hair seems to 
fall out badly every Autumn,” com¬ 
plained the woman in the chair. “ What 
ought I to do for it ?” 
“ I can recommend plenty of washes 
and tonics, but the fact is that every 
one’s hair falls out more or less in the 
Autumn. Under such circumstances, old- 
fashioned women used to brush their 
hair with extra care, and wash the scalp 
with sage or rosemary tea. I don’t know 
whether the infusion was really of any 
great value, but the extra brushing cer¬ 
tainly was.” 
“ Then you wouldn’t recommend me 
to buy any hair tonic ? ” 
“ Not with the idea that you were buy¬ 
ing a general panacea for the hair. 
General ill health affects the hair very 
quickly ; so do mental conditions. Gen¬ 
eral debility, nervousness, indigestion, 
violent headaches, fever—all affect the 
hair. A sickly woman has sickly hair. 
Naturally, if she doesn’t assimilate her 
food properly, her hair will not be prop¬ 
erly nourished. Iam speaking, of course, 
of cases where no actual disease of the 
scalp is apparent.” 
Brushing and Massage. —“ Then your 
main advice, apart from care of the 
general health, is that the hair be care¬ 
fully brushed ? ” 
“Certainly; old-fashioned women be¬ 
lieved that the proper way to care for 
the hair was to give it 50 strokes with 
the brush, every night. I don’t believe 
in using those wire abominations some 
people substitute for brushes either, but 
just a good bristle brush. This theory 
is borne out by the practice of one Swed¬ 
ish massage operator of my acquaint¬ 
ance, who is wonderfully successful in 
promoting the growth of the hair. Her 
treatment is simply rubbing of the scalp 
with the bare hand. This rubbing, ac¬ 
cording to the Swedish movement system, 
is given for an hour at a time, the idea 
being to stimulate the scalp, and pro¬ 
mote the flow of blood to the surface. 
Cases where the hair has fallen out to 
an alarming extent, have been wonder¬ 
fully improved by this treatment. Many 
women won’t take the time to brush the 
hair thoroughly, and of course, they 
suffer from it.” 
Washing the Hair. —“Many women 
think that washing is injurious to the 
hair ; what is your opinion ? ” 
“ How is the hair to be kept clean if it 
isn’t washed ?” was the response. “Nat¬ 
urally, if a woman washes her hair too 
frequently, does not dry it properly, and 
uses caustic washing fluids, she will 
suffer evil results ; but careful washing 
at intervals is a necessity. Oily hair 
needs washing more frequently than 
that which is dry naturally, because it 
collects more dust. If the hair is dry, a 
little vaseline or some other simple 
unguent should be rubbed into the scalp 
after washing.” 
“ What would you use in washing the 
hair ? ” 
“ Warm—not hot—soft water andsome 
plain white or tar soap, being careful to 
rinse all the soap out with clear water. 
Another good wash is the yolk of an egg, 
rubbed in well, and followed by rinsing 
with lukewarm soft water. Hard water 
should never be used for the hair. The 
hair should be rubbed with a towel until 
it ceases dripping, and then dried, if 
possible, in a current of warm air. Fans 
are used for this by some hairdressers. 
A little bay rum, rubbed into the scalp, 
will prevent risk of taking cold after 
the washing. The careful drying is an 
important factor in the process. Many 
women think that washing promotes 
grayness, and injures the hair, conse¬ 
quently, their hair is uncleansed for 
months — perhaps years — until it is 
clogged, dusty, and devoid of luster. On 
the other hand, people (especially men) 
who ‘sleek’ their hair by wetting it and 
then plastering it down flat, are inviting 
disease. Most people hold to the opinion 
that salt water is injurious to the hair, 
hence protect it with a waterproof cap 
when bathing; but some new-school 
authorities assert that salt water stimu¬ 
lates the growth, and is advisable. My 
own opinion is that salt water stiffens 
and roughens the texture of the hair, 
and I always advise rinsing in fresh 
water after wetting the hair in a salt 
bath.” 
The Children’s Hair. —“ Do you ap¬ 
prove of cutting the little girl’s hair ? ” 
“ I think it is wise to keep it short 
until the age of five or six, especially if 
the child is not very robust. This en¬ 
courages a thick growth, and it is neater, 
more comfortable, and more easily kept 
in good condition. But it shouldn’t be 
‘ shingled ’ just like a boy’s, or it will be 
very ugly when allowed to grow. A 
competent haircutter leaves the little 
girl’s hair longer at the top than a boy’s, 
and cuts with the idea of its lengthening 
evenly. Even while it is kept short, it 
should be well brushed.” 
Curling Straight Locks. — “Is it 
really good for the hair to curl it with 
hot irons ? ” 
The hairdresser smiled. “ Well, I don't 
curl my own that way. Still, if the iron 
is not too hot, and the curling carefully 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use 1 ‘Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
done, I don’t think it harms the hair very 
much. The trouble is that women are 
impatient over the operation, and they 
heat the iron too hot, sometimes singe¬ 
ing the hair outright, and very often 
baking the life out of it, so that it be¬ 
comes dry, brittle, and loses color. Kid 
rollers are the most harmless appliance 
for curling the hair.” 
Hair Restorers. —“Is there any sub¬ 
stance that really restores gray hair to 
its natural color ? ” 
“ No ; everything professing to do that 
is really merely a dye of some sort. When 
the color is once gone, nothing can re¬ 
store it, though, of course, it may be 
colored. There are some harmless col¬ 
oring materials used for the hair, but 
many are decidedly injurious.” 
“ Are materials used to turn the hair 
golden harmless ? ” 
“ They certainly are not. Their action 
is to destroy the natural coloring of the 
hair, rendering it brittle and lifeless ; 
and not only this, many of them are 
highly poisonous, producing loathsome 
disease of the scalp, and even affecting 
the brain. It is safe to say that no hair 
bleach can be harmless. Besides, the 
bleach is not permanent, and must be 
frequently renewed. 
“ To sum up, my advice for the care of 
the hair would be to brush it thoroughly, 
to keep it clean, to keep split ends singed 
off, and to see that proper care of the 
general health is given—not only physi¬ 
cal, but mental health, too, for worry, 
nerves and bad temper or evil living all 
have their effect upon woman’s greatest 
glory.” e. T. R. 
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