Springville Herald | 1947-02-06 | Page 6 | Birth of a Fad Beginner Dies

BIRTH OF A FAD BEGINNER DIES Baltimore called Thomas Shearer Shear-er "the happy doctor." He was always al-ways helping people by dispensing dispens-ing good humor as well as by doctoring. doc-toring. But Baltimore buzzed when Dr. Shearer in 1907, decided to go hat-less. hat-less. His theory: ' Air,' moving freely through the hair, would benefit the scalp. The startled nation debated. Hatless men were a rare sight those days, even in summer. And in winter "He'll die of galloping consumption," friends . predicted Whether from his influence, as darkly. But Shearer persisted, died last month at the age of 87. and liked it fine. t