Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1890 — TO PREVENT BALDNESS. [ARTICLE]

TO PREVENT BALDNESS.

A Sago Barber’s Unique Ideas Upon the Subject. •‘The preservation of the hair and the prevention of baldness is a matter to which I have given considerable attention and thought,” said a barber aot far from the World office the othei day, "and I have oome to the conclusion that all the patent tonics that were evqr compounded by my cralt are not half as good as a few simple and natural remedies which a child 3an make and use. It is, of cdurse, impossible to prevent baldness where it is hereditary, but it can, however, be warded off. • ‘The hair, like every other portion of the human frame, it uncared for will go to waste and eventually drop out. This is due to a splitting of the ends of the hair, so that the interior oil duct which nourishes the hair is exposed, and the natural nouishment Of the hair run 9 to wa,ste, overflows upon the head, forming dandruff, which impedes the’growth of the hair just as much as the tares among wheat. The best means to prevent this is a strengthening of the hair, and this can be easily accomplished by frequent cutting and the use of salt and water and a little vaseline. Have you ever noticed what bushy hair seafaring men have? I followed the sea for a number of- years: I don’t remember ever having seen a bald sailor. It is beoause their hair is in constant contact with the invigorating salt air and is often wet with salt water. A good tonic of salt water should oontain a teaspoonful of lalt to a tumbler of

water, and should be applied to the hair two or three titnes a week. The effect at the end of a month will be surprising, if the hair is thoroughly washed once a week with castile soap and the scalp rubbed with vaseline, the hair will not only cease to fall out and the dandruff disappear, but will actually thicken. Having once'got the hair in good condition, vigorous dry brushing and. a resort occasionally to the treatment I have prescribed will keep it so. Balzac, •'the famous French novelist, was a great stickler for brushing and rubbing the hair, and claimed to have warded off baldness for a long time, though he inherited it from both his father and mother, It is alarming how prevalent baldness is now ainomg young men, and I attribute it entirely to the stiff Derby hat now in vogue. The hat impedes the circulation of the blood on tbe crown of the head, and thus shuts off from the hair a large portion of its nourishment. The soft hat is far the best. Next!”