Show bald heads T in n an article recently contributed to a paper as 09 its name i devoted to sanitary subjects professor r a german Oel ehrler makes some timely and useful observations on the subject of baldness after describing in a vein of pleasantry the vast array of bare poles which may be seen scene any evening in the pit of a theater or in a lecture room he be discusses the causes of baldness lie ile does not think aa as is sometimes said that loss of hair is tho the result cither of impaired health or of much study the strongest men are often bareheaded and german are nothing if not studious arc ire distinguished above au all men by the I 1 P profusion r 0 saon of their locks on tho the other h e hand ban d soldiers and nt who wear heavy belmeta and leather caps and wear them a good deal lea I 1 I 1 are ire frequently os as bald as billiard balls from these facts herr mcclam draws draw the conclusion that baldness comes chiefly of the artificial determination mi of blood to the head and to the heat and perspiration thence arising the tile result is a relaxed condition of the scalp and loss of hair bair if the skin of the head be kept in a healthy state contends the professor the hair bair will not fall off fr TO to keep it healthy the head covering should be light and porous the head k kept ept clean by wa washing in ig with water and the hair bair cut short the file no strums vended bended aa as hair restorers and on which a fabulous amount of money is wasted by the ignorant for the benefit of quacks ho he denounced as useless in ninety nine cases out of a hundred they are worse than us useless elese cleanliness and cold water are the sole trustworthy specifics but when once the hair bair roots are destroyed not all the oil of the bears grease of siberia nor the cantharides oi of spain will woo back the vanished lock locks |