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Show i tid I Look out for your hair. We are rapidly becoming a race of liald heads, and it is nil our own fault. Thnt Is the verdict oi experts on dermatology who are making fortunes for-tunes in saving the locks which have not flown and in trying to grow crops on the bald pates. Hair leaves us because of our manner of life Experts can coax the locks to stick with us a little longer, perhaps, by the administration administra-tion of lotions, but at best their efforts ef-forts are only efforts. Hair grows nest on the beaver and not so well on the tapir. The tapir lives in the. tropics and needs hair onlj to keep off the sun. The beaver needs hair to keep himself from freezing to death In fact his hair is so long and thick that it is called fur. Hair on man la more or less an ornament. It is of very little utility. Ba Id-headed men live as long as 1 men with 8 lot of hair on their heads. They are as brainy and as strong We like to keep our Ivor because of our vanity, or to bo move polite, we want it because we wish to look well. Xow and then we find a man who insists lie is not trying to keep his hair on his head for the sake of looks, but when it comes to the final summing up he has to admit looks count, and unless he is a football player who wants a mop of hair to protc, t his head In a line buck, he would not need the material except foi an adornment. With women hair is almost a necessity. ne-cessity. A bald-headed debutante has less chances of Winning R No. Al husband than a woman with luxuriant lux-uriant hair. Onl by wearing false hair can a woman maintain her womanly appearance when once she is bald. Hair is the greatest asset in the beauty line and the apostle who said hair was woman's crowning crown-ing dory knew what he was talking talk-ing about Baldness in men Is not a modern disease The Bible tells of the prophet who lived 3,000 years ago and was bald. "Go up, thou Laid head," the children shouted after him In the street and along the highways But the bears came out of the woods and ate the children. There is reason to bcli' ve the ca man was never bald. He had hair growing over his body like on the top of his head The missing link in the hair line is found In Southwestern South-western Siberia, where branches of the gypsy tribe still roam without wearing much clothing and the hair is needed as a Bhelter from the storm and sun. These people remind travelers of wolves because of their hair-, boi They own cattle, dogs and horses. (gS ' zEEEEEEEE W S9 WHITING PHOTO They travel through the land with their caravans, wearing only scanty clothing1. Now and then a hairy man is found even among the white people. It Is a reversion to the cave man type. Man lost his hairy body by becom ing too smart When cold weather strikes the wolf, he crawls Into his nest and curls up. When he ventures ven-tures out he runs like the wind to keep him warm. Nature comes to his aid and hair grows longer in winter than in summer, providing comfort for him. Man having a brain killed the wolf and added the wolf's coat to his own, COAT CAUSED MAN'S HAIR To FALL OFF. The hair of the man began to fall off. What was left grew short and line But man's face was lef: unprotected from the weather and the beard continued to grow there. Man became the hunter of the household and woman was left at heme to prepare the meals and do the drudgery work. With the loss of outdoor life she lost the hair on her face. It took thousands and thousands of years for the change to take place. Man put 8 cap on his head last of all Where there was no friction fric-tion of the body the hair remained Where tho friction and pressure was the greatest the hair fell off. Man's hair would grow as long as womahts but man led an active life and the hair got in his way, so he cut It short. y--, Hats Used M : -!g; 1 in Cold py, Weather I - V I lT1 But man was careless with his hair. While women combed their hair carefully and used individual combs from the first, men shared a common comb and spread diseases dis-eases to each other's scalps, causing caus-ing the hair to depart. These diseases dis-eases are transmitted from father to son through the common comb, but women, who use the same comb kill the diseases by greater cleanliness, cleanli-ness, so there Is not so much disease dis-ease of the scalp in women as there Is In men. In the summer hair diseases do not thrhe so much as in winter That is due to our Indoor life and to the wearing of stu b heavy head-wear head-wear in winter. In summer we wear linen, silk, or straw hats. In winter we put on furs. Those of us who live In the cities spend so much time In the office or factory that nothing but vitiated air reaches our scalps and ;c idens the hair. Brompt vigilance is the price of hair. The hair must be washed thoroughly and brushed so as to bring a healthy reaction to the scalp. The scalp Is fed only through the blood and air. When the food direct di-rect from the air is weakened then a bigger supply must come from the blood Women wear varieties of hats. They do not rest on the c luuiu iiui. i.'ii. out ui once anu B.rlwJ quit wearing hats altogether. We Sf-X-'i would catch colds in winter and BsVi suffer sunstrikes In summer. I Rv- would advise a gradual reduction K of the heaviness of the hat until iK' we could net along without one In Ml winter and almost entirely in sum- Bfej mcr. In another generation we could get along without a hat en- Jr' tlrely It could not be done this R C generation because our eyes can- IB H not bo taught to stand the glare of the sun without harm to the Efe.1' "There is another objection to r,-'-'. going bareheaded, and that Is our fear of ridicule. We don't want to Remake Re-make ourselves conspicuous so oth- b' ' ers will laugh at us Therefore. B I v e w ear our hats even thoutrh we : know wo are driving ourselves to m- ' i aldness. Since we insist on such .R?.'m mistreatment of ourselves, wo Bw should do the next best thing. Wo Br") should brush the hair with long K S : careful strokes for five minutes each day, we should have ventila- It-lion It-lion holes cut In our hats to give a little air. We should use hair re- ftmV storer only on advice of a rcpu-table rcpu-table physician who understands the hair growth thoroughly. Women should wash their hair j once a week the same as men They should have hats made, which will admit air. Hats for women should be worn as ornament or to shade II the eyes, as their heavy hair is a sufficient protection In a season or two by careful training. Perhaps otir hair will start to fall out in winter, but by housing it all winter long, and b incasing it in felt ami fur hats, and by failure to wash it often, you are creating a fertile Held for germ growth." Animals on Battlefields. Those familiar with battlefields affirm that among the most piti-ful piti-ful sights one encounters on thcra are dying horses. All the leading humane societies of the world have endeavored to se-CUTS se-CUTS a tion by The Hague Congress making possible an organization to he called perhaps the Purple Cross Society. Representatives of this body, should the nations recognize it, would be permitted in safety to destroy after a battle all horses dy ing or fatally injured. Such a pro-posal pro-posal has been prepared and the Interparliamentary Peace Union has promised to present it to the next meeting at The Hague. A Belled Coyote. 1 Possessed of a sense of humor. cattle man living near Walnut Grove, Ariz., when he caught a ..vote. Instead of shooting it, tied a bell about its neck and let it go. It Is fa id that the sound of the bell drove away the other coyotes. |