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Show YOUR BOYS AND GIRLS Very young chlldron do not need hnlr tonic, but tho hair should bo massaged gently two or threo times a day. Until a child Is nbout threo years of ago, its hair Is usually washed wash-ed during tho dally bath. After that it should bo thoroughly washed every two weeks until tho child Is six years old. After .a so-vero so-vero Illness a child's hair should bo closely cut, shavod If tho halrdrcssor thluks It necessary. It may seem a pity to sacrlfleo protty curls nftor bucIi n Blight nllment as chlck'cnpox, but It there Is a Blnglo scab on tho scalp tho hair should bo cut, ns nests of dandruff nlmost Invariably form In tho scars and tho hair may always bo thin and poor ns a result. Tho prnctlco of combing tho heads of children frequently with n flno tooth comb Is a bad ono, as tho points of tho teeth nro quite Biiro to scratch and irrltnto tho scalp and aro almost sure to produco seruf and dandruff. |