Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1913 — The HOME DEPARTMENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The HOME DEPARTMENT

GREASE FOR THE HAIR QRAYNEBB CAUBED BY TOO LIT- . TLg t»L im scalp. • Thorough Oiling of the Hair Each Tima Before It la Bhampooed Will Preserve the Color, Baye a Specialist. Most women past middle age look handsomer with gray hair —unless they are fat and colorless —but the difficulty is to make them believe It A missionary sayß that few of the native women have gray hair even when advanced In years. This she attributes to the nearly universal use of grease on the hair. A scalp specialist when asked about this theory said: “There Is much In It. Gray hair often comes from too little oil in the scalp; If women wool# grease their hair more it-would keep Its rolor longer.” The objections to a greasy head can be overcome. A little vaseline can be well rubbed into the scalp once a week. If this cannot be done without getting It In the long hair, go to a hairdresser. , If you will not use vaseline, at least give the hair a thorough oiling each time before It is shampooed—which should be about once a month in cool weather, oftener in summer. Rub the hair with crude oil the night before it 1b to be washed. Do not us« too much; about half what the amateur thinks necessary will be more than enough. As even this small amount Is ruinous to bed linen, tie up the head and put an old case on the pillow. Some women wear a bathing cap for the one night Besides giving the oil needed to prevent grayness, this application of crude oil keeps out dandruff as nothing else will. Where there is a tendency In families to turn gray early extra care of the hair must be taken. Do not use dry washes on It, and be careful of hot curling irons. Where there is a tendency to gray hair cultivate a placid disposition; worry acts on the nerves, and nervous disorders unchecked are harmful to the hair. For the same reason fight bad headaches; besides their discomfort the hair suffers. Thus Indirectly eyestrain is responsible for gray and falling hair.