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Show daytime than in the night, a truth from which one may learn much. Sometimes the loss, or rather- losing, of the hair comes from chronic indigestion, in which case the cause rather than the effect needs to be treated. A tonic for the hair, after the scalp has been made clean by its castile soap wash, is the following: Peruvian bark (a strong decoct!bn).One-half pint Brandy A wiiigeglassful Glycerine A tablespoonfuL Mix this well and apply it to the scalp, morning and evening, with a soft tooth brush. Remember that to wash the scalp does not mean to wash the hair, which should be carefully braided so OF BEAUTMfL LOCKS. "The Crowning Glory of 'Woman is Her Beautiful Hair" Nature's "Sheltering Eobe." ALL HMDS AND STYLES OF EAIE. Directions That Will Interest Many lair Headers How to Dress Hair-Hair Hair-Hair Washes. i rWiyv beauty ever JpA drew anybody by asinele hair it was Ff beauty ever drew anybody by a sinele hair it was that it will only be moistened at tne roots. Much washing makes the hair 6treaky in color and gives itja moldy odor. "The positive enre for dandruff" is the one thing that is always in demand. The only absolute cure for it is a regular brushing of the hair every day. It is not taking car of one's hair to brush it well one day and neglect it three, but to devote a little while every day to it and to be certain that the brushes used are absolutely clean and are your own. A woman of refinement will almost as soon use another woman's tooth brush as her hair brush, and there would really be fewer diseases of the scalp if the hair brush was considered more sacred. Advice to those about to dye is don't. Whon the pretty girl of today dyes her hair neither her complexion nor her eyes are, as a rule, in keeping with it, and so she powders and paints to get herself in harmony; at 80 she Isold and faded, with only herself to blame. Lais, the great beauty, refused to wed an old sculptor because a woman's reason his hair was gray. In a day or two he returned to her with block hair and again made his proposal. Then she laughed at him and said, "How can I accept you today when I refused your father two days ago?" There is an Smusing story told of Mrs. Langtry's experience with hair dye. When she was at the height of her glory in London she suddenly became be-came possessed of a desire to mako her beautiful brown locks golden, and so Bho did. When she saw the effect sho realized what a foolish thing she had done and started off to Paris to have Augusto, the famous coiffure, get her locks back to their natural color. Ho was horrified when he saw what she had done and quickly put something on to undo the mischief. Before the medicine had time to act the beauty started for Vienna; she reached the city wearing a heliotrope toque with a veil tied over her face, and, as she had been traveling all night, she hadn't seen herself for twelve hours. Standing before the mirror she removed her veil and to her horror the velvet cn her hat and the color of her hair were exactly the same color I Nothing was left for her to do except to keep in seclusion seclu-sion and wait in patience until the golden brown locks were themselves again; however, how-ever, it was a lesson she never regretted. St.Paul's admiration of the long locks of women has done much to keep down the fancy for short hair which is occasionally occasion-ally bom anew. It is not a fancy ono Bhould encourage, it is not womanly and is quite too suggestive of Oliver Cromwell's Crom-well's Roundheads; and as women are born Jacobites they ought to cling to the long locks that were the insignia of the chivalry of the Stuarts. Next to the low, sweet voice it seams as though the most beautiful thing about a woman is "that robe which curious nature means to hang upon her head." I. A. M accompanied by its mates, because a full, glossy head of hair is one of the attributes at-tributes of a beautiful woman. Nowadays Nowa-days sho may be able to supplement it with added hair, but she must have enough-to make this look as if it grew Dn her own head, even if it does not. Poets, novelists and philosophers have ' all given the world their opinions as to what color tho most exquisite hair Bhould be. One claims the glossy Muck, almost purple; another delights in the fleep brown, with its wondrous inclination inclina-tion to rippling waves; another admires the pale flaxen blonde; but the majority prow rapturous and give ecstatic praise to the perfect golden blonde. Undoubtedly Undoubt-edly the reason for this is that it is the rarest of all types. The blonde haired woman is usually found in cold countries; and the golden hair, to be perfect, needs warmth and sun, Bo that it is often found in the tropics, and may be attributed to the nomadic habits Df mankind, some blonde ancestor, near Dr remote, having come from a colder clime. Accompanied by pale eyes and complexion, the general effect of golden hair is not always attractive, but whon the eyes are deep brown or blue, and the skin tinged with a lasting glow, no one will be found who will not declare that of this type wore Venus, Cleopatra and tlelen of Troy, Venus is described as Doing with Her deep hair Ambrosial, golden round her lucid throat and . shoulders. , j Iphigenia is pictured with "raven Elossy hair," while Aspasia was said to ave had "raven hair and wondrous gray yes." Catherine de Medicis had Titian red iair, and Lucretia Borgia gloried in such threads of gold that a long, burning, single hair is shown in Florence an coming com-ing from the head of the woman who, potter than any other, knew how to treat her enemies. Statistics say that women with the Titian hair are usually very strong mentally, wiule-asthe hair darkens dark-ens the brain grows weaker and the heart Wronger. In giving advice about keeping the , hair glossy and thick it's just as well to first say what not to do. Do not allow yourself, under any circumstances, to grease your hair, no matter how ugly you may think the color; be sure you will make it a thousand times worse by this practice, and no anathemu maruna-tha maruna-tha is sufficiently strong to be hurled against this custom. When the roots Df the hair seem dry and apparently need Irrigation then, with the ends of your fingers, rub a little vaseline or some castsr oil diluted with alcohol well into the scalp, allowing as little as possible to get on the huir. The old time recipe for keeping the hair glossy was to give It a hundred strokes with the brush, morning and evening. This was a wise prescription; for in addition to doing what it is said to do the exercise develops de-velops the bust and gives a pleasant warmth to the entire body. But, if you follow this prescription, oh, gentle maid, brush your hair and not your head, and show that you deserve the adjective put before your name by doing it in a gentle but firm way. The slaves trained t be dressing maids learned to brush hair so perfectly that they soothed many a headache head-ache away and many a tired mistress to lecp. To this care are due the fine heads of hair so geuoral in the southern tales, where many' a belle can truly rVTiip herself in her locks as in a mantle. A prescription that personal experience experi-ence has proved to be good which will aid the growth of the hair and prevent it falling out is mode of: Castor oil Two ounces Oil of cantharides Two ounces Spirits of rosemary Ono ounce Use thig mixture every day for awhile, and then once or twice a week, as is Deeded. The mixture should be carefully care-fully rubbed in, after wluoh the hair should be well brushed until the scalp is in a pleasant glow. Too much cannot bo said against the Oso of heavy hairpins that drag the hair down and break it. Better put a little more money in buying the pins that are toehold your hair up, and in tho days to come you will have less to spend in buying buy-ing lotions far it. Choose for the brush one that is medium stiff, but that has good long bristles that will go through your hair, cleansing and polisliing it at the samo time. The woman whose hair is growing thinner and thinner every day asks to bo told what she shall do and if she shall cut it off. Few physicians physi-cians who have made a study of the treatment of the hair advise having it shaved except after a severe illness. It is suggested instead that a good tonic be used and that care be taken to rest the hair. If worn for a long time in one way it is apt to grow in that direction, so that a decided change every now and then is very commendable. If tho scalp iu in a tolerably good state of health, and yet might be better, then a simple mode of treatment is its careful washing with hot water and pure castile soap. After the soap bath it out with water as hot as can be enduieci until only the good wrought by the soap remains. Fan it dry, and do not under any circumstances circum-stances put it up while it is still damp. as it will certuaily smell moldy. Sunshine does much to help the growth of the hair, it being an undisputed fact that the hair grows faster in warm eapiy tfjafflin and mQre in |