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Show j' CaR.Ay' HAIRS! :m I WHAT SHALL SHE jflHgfSfr I DO ABOUT IT?. . WgEBmmtk I 1 f VJT flQRRQRSI" exclaimed a pretty girl. I I J"f J "Two more gray hairs; isn't that fgffljgfi dreadful ? If I get any more I'm going I lfifllly to have them dyed." The sight of a few gray hairs seems to inspire the same unholy horror in the minds of women as the gradual disappearance of hair ; from the top of his head does in a man's. For two reasons there should not be such men-: men-: tal anguish at the sight of gray hairs coming; l firsts because the age idea attached to gray hair ': has been proved over and over again to be a -; fallacious one. And, second, because gray hair has a wonderfully softening effect on the face. ' ; There is a natural tendency, of course, for 1 the hair to turn gray in later life, but it fre-: fre-: quently comes on in early life.. The degree and 2 age of occurrence of grayness arc largely mat-: mat-: ters of heredity. It is a family characteristic, I just as, due to physical changes, the little girl 1 or boy grown up will suddenly begin to resemble S parents strongly, or as other physical changes i show a family type. t Another reason for gray hair is worry and emotional trials. This is true if these mental i , states are prolonged. Grief, business anxiety, j I or other conditions of intense mental strain arc to blame for much premature grayness. There is a general impression which has been verified in a number of striking instances that the hair may gray suddenly within a month, : ; a week, and even over night. Dr. William Allen Pusey, an authority on : ! hair, says: '''Why grayness occurs we do not ; know. The explanation of the phenomenon is that there is in most cases a failure of the for-) for-) mation of the pigment which gives the hair its I color. For some reason no more pigment is formed at the papilla or in the bulb of the hair, and as the hair gradually grows upwards it shows as an unpigmented hair. " The lack of pigment alone, however, does not account for its whiteness; it alone would leave the hair a yellowish white color. The silver' or perfect whiteness seems to be due to the fact that at the same time as the failure of pigment in the hair there is a change in the formation of the texture of the hair, so that spaces are left which become filled with air, and these cause whiteness in the same way that minute air spaces make snow or beaten eggs white. " Some authorities believe that ordinary gray-r gray-r ness is hastened or produced by dandruff. I have not been able to see that dandruff or lack of care of the hair are factors of any importance in the production of grayness." i Curative treatment for grayness is without avail. The color cannot be restored to gray j hair. The roots of the hair arc embedded in the V , hair follicles and cannot be reached by any fluids f, applied to the scalp. . Not only is the use of f i hair dyes to be deprecated as an exhibition ot I poor taste, which, unhappily, is too often seen, I but the use of hair dyes is extremely dangerous, if Cases are being constantly reported by physi- cians where the use of these supposedly simple lH vegetable hair dyes has t been followed by jl serious and extensive dermititis of the Hi face, neck, and shoulders. Jj Dyed hair is never in the least degree J fit beautiful. It never matches the complex- M IH ion, for no matter how prematurely one's Jf II hair may whiten the same chemical Wk I: I change has been working in the skin, and fJ r I since wc cannot dye our skin the most WM) Ml skillfully dyed hair will not avail to save kj us from the betrayal of our complexion, ppl if There is a yellowish white tone to some ! heads of gray hair that is really not at-; at-; tractive. Gray hair must be treated with tp ' much greater care than other heads of P j hair. It must be kept scrupulously clean. It must be shampooed frequently enough cagi ! to keep it so. And it must be dried with J ) txtra care, because dampness from incomplete drying or perspiration tends to make'""' ' it smeary and yellow.. Gray hair should never ' be wet except when it is shampooed. For this reason instead of using, hair curlers, crimping .' pins should be used. In sha'mpooing white hair, it is well to add' a little bluing to the last rinsing water. Experience Expe-rience will teach the right proportion for one's own tint of hair. Use just enough to make the hair a pure white. The following soap jelly is recommended for use in the shampoo of either gray or white hair : Shave a small cake of pure white castile soap into a pint of boiling water and let it stand until thick. Add one ounce of alcohol and a few ' . drops of rose water. The hair must be wet . enough so that the jelly will adhere. Then nib it until a thick lather forms. Rinse off in an .- ' abundance of warm water, changing the temperature tem-perature of the water until quite cold. " When you find your hair gradually turning, " though you are still young, pay special attention '1.' to the cleanliness and the dressing of your hair and then let it take its own course. You have seen the face that would be beautiful framed with its own turned or turning hair but which was startling!)' ugly when surmounted by dyed locks. The thing to be done, therefore, when the hair begins to turn gray is to admire it. It is the most sensible thing to do. ... " ' '-' Jpp I pfemdy mmmJj' ...ill |
