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Show Woman's World, Specially Prepared for Our Feminine Headers. CAKE OF THE HAIR IN SUMMER Whether she summers in town or country the girl -w ho makes a' point of always looking her be.t will find that the hair requires more exacting care and attention at this Reason of the year than an the minter months. This is po ly reason of the fact that the air is unusually laden with particles of dust, und also because the perspiration glands of the scalp, as of other parts of the body, are more active' in .the performance per-formance "of their natural function. A free perspiration of the scalp is not to be despised, although I receive many letters asking in what way it ' can be relieved. The hair, is usually in a healthy condition when the. scalp perspires freely, and it is during the; months of summer when it does its j best growing. The sun, warm air and , comparative freedom from the burden1 : of hats is life to your tresses, just as j it is to the plants and other sweet growing things. j There is nothing so beautiful, so i whollv attractive as a healthy head of j hair. It need not necessarily be abund- ! ant, for the natural growth varies on j different heads, but it should have the J bright, burnished gloss which is the i accompaniment of careful grooming; ' every hair should be actively alive and ; trained into place, and the scalp should .be as smooth and softly pink as an infant's in-fant's cheek. A few simple rules, practicable for every day use, will suffice to keep the hair in good condition.. In the first j place, study the needs of your own s hair. Not all tonics and toilet devices will suit every case, by any means. What, is good for harsh, dry hair, will certainly not add to the beauty of hair ! which is naturally heavy with oil; by t " the same token, a girl . whose hair is sturdy, thick and rather coarse will lind that a hard brushing every night does it no harm, but she whose tresses are sparse and inclined to come out will ruin them by the same heroic treatment. Somehow or other there, is a prevalent preva-lent notion that the hair brush, frequently fre-quently and vigorously applied, is the only cure for disorders of the hair, or, nt least, an exceedingly good one. And there never was a notion more mis- taken. Many a fine head of hair has 1 lieen ruined by the dragging over it periodically of a heavy bristle or wire brush. A wire hair brush should be banished from the toilet table. There is no one who should use these pernicious perni-cious articles; a heavy stiff brush is but little better. The proper brush has long, flexible bristles, set in dusters, rather wide apart, and should be used for smoothing and removing dust from the hair, rather than to stir the scalp. The scalp should receive its manipulation manipu-lation from the gentlest pressure and pinching from the finger tips. This is absolutely necessary in order to stimulate stimu-late the circulation, but further than that no one should venture. The shampoo sham-poo woman who hauls ,and mauls your hair in every direction is.surely doing it harm! In summer the hair requires washing at least once a week. I should advise twice. By this, I do not mean a lengthy, and intricate shampoo. The cleanliness of the hair is the main thing, and this can be accomplished very easily with pure soap and water. Make a jelly soap shampoo as follows: ; Take half a cake of pure castile soap, ; shave it and set over the fire in a I saucepan with a pint of water and a j . teaspoonful of common baking soda, v "When the soap has dissolved, remove from the fire and keep in a covered glass jar until desired for use. This jelled soap is much better to use on the hair than hard soap, for the simple reason that it can be easily and thoroughly thor-oughly rinsed out. while the hard soap, if rubbed over the hair is likely to stick and will rot the ,hair, besides , ; leaving it unpleasant to handle. Rub ; lite soft shampoo mixture into the hair thoroughly, using not more than a ! tx)lespoonful: have ready a basin of J hot water, make a lather with this and rub the scalp well with the finger tips ! unti quite clean. Pour off the soapy water; then rine the hair in at least ' three waters, varying in temperature from quite warm to almost cold, finishing, finish-ing, if possible, with a cold spray. Dry gently ,with a Turkish towel as much as possible and finish the drying process in the sun. A simple shampoo recommended for dandruff is made by taking the yolk ' of one egg, one pint of hot rain water or soft water, one ounce of spirits of rosemary; heat the mixture thoroughly and use it while still warm, rubbing it veil into the skin of the head. Rinse the hair in several waters to remove the shampoo. A good tonic for . falling hair is made aftrr the following forula. I do not advocate the too free use of hair tonics. Very often they do more harm than good, and at best they Fhould be used sparingly, never when the hair is in a healthy condition: Hydrochlorate of pilocarpine.. 12 grains Tincture of jaborandi ...8 drachms Spirits of rosemary 4 drachms "Yellmv vaseline 8 ounces Alcohol 8 ounces Apply at night, rubbing well into the scalp. , The habit of sleeping with the hair up, which I find is customary with a great many women, is an injurious as well as untidy one. The hair needs ventilation, and it is necessary for its perfect health to alter the position of - it. frequently. The heat and weight of the hair should not be allowed to rest on one spot continuously, or that spot ; will gradually grow thin and bald places may anpear, so it is wise to j change the method of halrdressing fre-; fre-; quently. At night the hair should be loosely braided. Summer is the time when superfluous hair flourishes most luxuriantly, but this need not occasion undue alarm. The growth ill abate at the first sign of cold weather as a general rule, unless un-less there is a constitutional tendency toward it, when it will be necessary to resort to a depilatory or the electric needle. One caution should be observed, however. Never allow any one but I an expert to apply the electric needle, ! for an unskillful person can do much damage. Louise Chappelle. The Study of Music. I In one of her works. Miss Muloch pives the following excellent advice on the study of music: If music is studied i at all, it ought to be studied thoroughly and from the very first. Parents are apt to think that anybody can teach a child, and that any sort of piano is t good enough for a child to practice on. No. mistake can be more fatal. A child who is fit to be taught at all should be taught by a capable musician, with in-telligence in-telligence enough to "make the ground's ground-'s work not merely superficial, but solid j and not only solid, but interesting. A great deal of the preliminary study of nusie is not at all interesting unless the teacher thoroughly understands an dtakes the trouble to make the child understand, the infinite and complicated com-plicated beauty of the scheme of harmony, har-mony, in opposition to the dullness of mere strumming. Then the little soul, should there be a musical soul, will soon wake up, -will comprehend the why and the where-! where-! fore of the most wearisome of scales and the hardest of exercises, and conceive con-ceive an ambition, ont merely to "play" , a piece, but to become a true musi cian. And here Jet me enter a passionate pas-sionate and indignant protest against habit which ill-conditioned guests indulge in and weak hostesses permit, of talking during music a solecism in good manners and god feelings, which, whenever it is found, either in public or in private, should be put a stop to firmly and remorselessly. If people do not like music they need not listen to it; they can go away. But any person who .finds himself at a concert or in a drawing room where music js going on. and does not pay it the respect of silence total silence-is silence-is to be severely reprimanded. And whosoever, in any public room, sits by and does not remonstrate against such behavior, or, in a private room, connives con-nives at and submits to it, is let me put it in the mildest form a very weak-minded and cowardly person. Pride of Education. The girl who is educated above her parents' social position has a lot of unpleasantness un-pleasantness before her unless she makes her character strong enough to rise above her circumstances. . There is much that 'is petty ap4 snobbish in society, and she must learn to ignore the little stings and heartaches her sensitive sen-sitive nature will feel when she meets with those who birrst their superiority on her. Of course she loves her good old-fashioned mother and father, but their manners are so different and their appearance so devoid of tone when she compares them ; with the fashionable parents of her college companions. Accustomed Ac-customed to the refined surroundings of college life she cannot help noticing how different the things at home are, and the little ungrammatical phrases she is forced to hear grate on her feelings feel-ings and wound her pride. If she is the right kind of a girl she will not let herself feel humilated. She will, instead, in-stead, endeavor to make her life useful and happy by applying, the benefits of her education in a way that will bring out the beautiful qualities of her character. char-acter. Petty pride is about the meanest mean-est trait one can possess. When education edu-cation does not go down into the heart as well as the mind its best meaning has been defeated. When the heart is beautiful with gentle virtues the intellect in-tellect is of a rarer and higher order. |