| Show i y i B y MYRTLE i ED A TEMPORARY PROBLEM FOR THIS MOTHER A constant reader says My Iy baby girl of 3 32 31 JP 2 2 years has hasa a n beautiful head of ot hair abundant wavy and wavy and soft as silk I try to keep h her r hair and scalp clean comb and brush it daily ally and shampoo It once a week For Por Ute tle last week her hair has been falling out quite heavily for a chil child though her scalp is im immaculately immaculately im- im clean no signs of oC dandruff dandruff dan dan- druff or QI sores of ot any kind I 1 use a acomb acomb acomb comb and brush exclusively for her herand herand herand and keep then them clean I 1 am really at a loss to understand understand understand under under- stand how this condition could possibly pos pea sibly have set in Will VIII you suggest t what I do Clo dot Answer It is Impossible to believe that anything really serious could cause the falling out when the child is well and healthy and her hair so flO beautifully care cared for It is possible this may be a season for her hair to fall Call out though I have no idea If IC there the is a season for fr hair hall or not pot I find that most of or us tend to lose our hair more violently at certain times than others while our hair care is the same at all times If It this doesn't end as I think It will shortly you OU might take some steps to Improve or change the diet You know I have stubborn belief In the ability of ot the right diet to cure almost anything Why not put the child out in the sun dally daily with Ith the bared head and after each ach shampoo rub trie head briskly until the scalp Is I. r red d with an any good oil oil It Isn't the oil tnt that helps you know the t the rubbing but the oil makes a good easier to lish Scrutinize the diet carefully for a. a y chance 9 Improvement Improve Improve- merit ment and I 1 re feet ure e the halt hair condition condition con con- w will be o nl temporary a-temporary one Ca Cause us Bols a its Mrs nr j Bo If ir CJ G. Y rols are IT to som seine oine In- In I or of the tue skin Moat of us are j je 5 e quite familiar with the boil boll that pops up on the site of ot and understand that It was due to to the the- Injury of the skin which left a nice w lIng ning for foi 01 i l. l erm to t tu t. The Tho person who sumba readily to skin Infections lacks bodily resistance This reals- reals tance of oC the Hie skin Is associated with the presence in th the blood of substances substances sub sub- stances th that t will wilt overcome bac bac- teria The rhe quotation Is from Morna Mor Mor- ris na Fishbein M M. D. D editor of the Journal Journal- of the American Medical 1 Association and If H 13 la ia So If it your child is having a series of ot bolls which can be traced to ta the method o of care of or the tho boll boil which If not done clean cleanly 1 makes males it possible for th the tho secretions from one boil boll to infect the skin akin then It would be he wise vise to con con- conI suit sult I a doctor and find out what IsTon is Ton wrong There are arc are serious conditIons conditions condi condi- which sPose pred to boils bolls Mrs Eldred discusses In her leaflet leaf leat- leati i let entitled U A Number of f Puzzling r. r r home honie care of ot and boils bolls Mothers desiring additional i Information on these subjects may I obtain this leaflet by sending a self self- addressed stamped stamp d envelope with their requests ts to the Your Baby and Mine Une department of this newspaper news- news paper Tomorrow Tomorrow Teaching Teaching the Child Self |