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Show i NEW USE tfOJt EARTjf A CLAY THAT DYGB TUB MM I 11. ow Vfhn Want Autiorn Loeka C lata Tli. in Maila to Ortlal Tm Toalta lloara lliolr.il In tha l'roe ot l).ln. I The earth la being put to a new i! It has been turned Into hair dye. Sl all tho earth, by any means Only little corner of It a little red cW corner In Ihll state. SflVS a Df" ver writer. If you ask Mrs Frang Sherman where that corner Is she g' reply. 'That's my secret. ' And j really can't blamo her when you c alder that If we knew tha secret JJ could all come to Colorado and pkj1 up a pocketful of clay lumps whU'J would turn ua Into auburn-halrw beauties within a day No wonK Mrs. 8herman prefers to keep her CUT bed aa her own property Nothing bat a common reddish-brown clay It a,to all appearances, and what magical chemical properties lurk In It she does not know. All she does knows ot lta workings Is that, applied to tha hair It changed It to a dark shade ot reddish gold, such a shade aa no other hair dye has ever succeeded In producing. It only a few weeks since sho learned the secret ot the clay, and at first she exprlmented with It Very gingerly. Bhe tried It on locks ot hair that she cut from different heads, and In every case tho samo results occurred, The hair tha same results occurred, The hair waa dyed to a beautiful shade ot brown, having a bright tinge, nnd was darker or Hunter, according to tho length ot time ot lho application. Its preparation la a slow one, First It must be ground Into a mortar; next It Is put through an 80-sleve, which means a fine one; finally It Is sifted through bolting cloth. Tho lumps of hard red clay, which look very much like adobe, come out from tho bolting cloth operation In tho form of n fins powder From this It has been found that two kinds nt dyo can bo made. For one. the powdered earth Is simply mixed with water until It Ucomca a stiff paste, and there you aro. For the other, tha clay and water paste Is baked until It turns an Inky btack. Tha baked clay Is used for tho darkest abades of dyo. Never was anything more atmple than tho use ot the dye. It Is applied warm that Is, all thit has to be remembo-cd. The operator warms the pan of pasto, then with a brush dipped In It. goes carefully ell ovor the hair, brushing the paste In from roots to ends. It Is a queer thtog that It does not In any way affect the skin or scalp whore It touches, although al-though It has so quick an effect upon tho hair It washes off readily from the aklu. Mrs. Sherman Is a pioneer In tho uso of tho X-ray for scalp treatment treat-ment and also aa n physician ot many years' standing on matters connected .. ....... .......0.-in ted' most carefully and thoroughly wjijj, this new discovery. All the gray,h,rf must he captured nnd colored, and tl takes a great deal of tlmo and much patience, but onco done the Job Is. ever until tho new hair begins to grow out if tor some months. It bus been proved that the dye la permanent WUtovcr shade It gives after being applied that Iihndo It keeps forover after, aol thero Is no danger of waking up eomsday to find yourself a green-haired lair or a blue-heard, as In the days of oll-tlrae hair dyes. The chemical properties ot the clay aro so powerful that om application appli-cation Is nil that Is needed After the pasto has been thoroughly bruited In. the pastee sits, In alt the patience with which ahe can possess her soul, for so long as the desired color requires. A light shape close to a Titian takes only two hours' waiting; tho darkest auburn au-burn wants twelve hours At tie end ot that time sbo Is shampooed In half a doien waters, nnd then she may face herself In tho glass nnd get acquainted i with her new appearance. |