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Show WHEN YOU BUY A HAIR BRUSH "Every woman needs at least two hair brushes," declares a well-known head of a Chicago hair-dressing house, "one a penetrating, flat surface brush for the scalp, the- other a large, oval bristle brush- for the hair." But whether, you are shopping for one general utility brush, or several special purpose ones, the problem of quality ought, to be the first concern. A good brush not only gives more satisfaction,, but lasts a lifetime. A cheap brush is hard on the hair, more trouble to keep clean, and very short lived. Brush quality depends first upon the kind of bristle used, and then, almost as important on. how well It Is fastened fas-tened to the back or handle. Cheap brushes are made up with a fiber whisk or low-grade animal bristle, while in 1 the best quality brushes only select hog bristles are used. It is interesting interest-ing to know that northern hogs produce pro-duce the- best brush bristles the finest grade- of all coming from a wild Siberian- boar. ; To. see If a brush has real animal ; bristles or Just fiber, there are three ; eay tests (1) Press down the center 1 or uie orusifl, ujeu remue me utmu suddenly. True bristles will straighten i np quicker than Imitation. (2) Put ! a bristle- in the flame of a match. If ' It burns like hair, it Is animal bristle, : If like paper, it Is a vegetable product (3) Pull a bristle quickly over the ! back of a knife. The true bristle will 1 curl down, but the fiber is likely to ' break. Now as to the method of fastening the bristles to the back of the brush. The poorest way is to glue them, for ' they will soon loosen and come out In the hard rubber brush, a very effective ef-fective way is to set the bristles In molten rubber, and then finish: when cool. Other good quality brushes have the bristles "drawn" or sewed in with wire. This is a fairly simple process when the back has a veneer top to hide the stitches, but in the solid handles a heavy wire must be run through the hack to catch in the loops of bent bristles which have been shoved up into small holes made t receive them. This locks the bristles In and makes an "everlasting" brush. A little examination will show whfch of the methods was used. In the solid handle brush you can usually see where two wire holes have been plugged In the front end. |