Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1911 — Pomades and Hair Oils. [ARTICLE]

Pomades and Hair Oils.

Some people have such dry hair that they are obliged to use pomades to prevent ft from breaking off. The use of liquid vaseline Is highly recommended. • Inferior pomatums cause or hasten the loss of hair. Therefore, unless you can -procure the very best from a wellknown druggist, prepare them yourself. The grease and the oils which are used, to be preserved from growing rancid, must go through a suitable process. Put in a brain-marie 200 grams of fat or marrow, with six grams of powdered benzoin and six grams of pulverized balm of tolu. Stir constantly with a wooden spatula. After two hours of hard boiling, strain through a bit of linen. Benzoic acid possesses the quality of preventing the fat to which it has been added from becoming rancid.