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Show When the Hair Falls. While the loss of a few hairs every day. say about 30, :'h perfectly natural, ;:.-tual moulting seasons for the hair are not et all normal. The amount of '; y. l air that is in the comb after the aver- ?ge girl is through "doing" hir hiirj would lead one to think to. Most phis ?buse their hair sadly, and some are so Ignorant of what should be done f( r the hair that they do not even know the proper kind of comb to use. Th? nty crib that should be used is rn nsin of hard rubber with coarse r mnd feth all of the .same size. One of the Tnal points that one should be sure bout is the round edges of the tcoth v here they join the back of the comb. Sharp-pointed teeth will injure the t air. splitting and tearing it. and they v ill scratch the scalp and mke it sore. A fine tooth comb is a relic of barbarism barbar-ism and should have no place on the riirss'ng table. A girl who employs it rhf hope of removing dandruff is do-lig do-lig the worst possible thing. 1 'ne should be gentle in combing the lair, specially- if the hair snarls eas-:!.v. eas-:!.v. When the hair is tangled the fin-Pris fin-Pris should be used to disentangle it l"-f,,rc the romb is touched to it. The . 'nmb should never grasped with all y ( finger?, bracing the end of it V main st the p&-m. ff" 'hen this is done 1 r,;iC is ure to comb too roughly. In- . i stf.) th" comb should be held with I t!ie thumb and first two fingers. When the comb is held lightly in this position it is impossible to use a great deal of force and the snarls will have to be J gently disentangled. It is hard when v one is in a hurry not to run the comb S energetically through the hair, remov- j I ing the tangles in but a few seconds. If the comb Is held in the proper way f it will be almost impossible to exert I I trough force to tear the lia!r. j f Moderate brushing stimulates the 1 'irculation of the blood in the scalp I ."lid removes a great deal of tho dust f from the hair, but it should never be I I indulged in to the extent of vigorously t raking the scalp with a wire brush. J i ently brushing the hoir with a nud- j I erately stiff brush for fifty or so 1 ftrokes ach n!feht will benefit the hair J vastlv. but thrc is no need to brush J the hair a hundred or o hundred a!J-J I fifty vigorous rough strokes every I -Icht I l |