A — No. Vinegar is used for black and dark hair; in the case of blonde hair, the juice of the sour lemon, which has the same effect, is used in place of the vinegar...

Q — And what is your opinion of the perfumes a lady uses to scent her hair? Do they harm the beauty of the hair?

A — All kinds of alcohol, if used in quantity, harm the hair and cause it to dry, and thus help it toward early graying... So let the lady perfume herself behind her ears and around her neck and wherever she pleases, only let her keep perfumed scents away from her hair...

Q — How do we use rubbing, or "massage"? And what is its impor-tance for the beauty of the hair?

A — Massage is necessary for the hair, to stir the circulation of the blood and to rouse the hair follicles to work and to secrete. Massage likewise distributes the hair's secretion evenly and gives it a natural sheen... Therefore a lady should rub the skin of her head with her fingertips in a vigorous motion for ten minutes before sleep and five minutes in the morning.

Q — And what is the importance of the brush for the hair?

A — The brush is the complement of massage, and the more a lady uses it, the more general and the greater is the benefit in smoothing the hair and giving it luster — provided the brush is a stiff one.

Q — And before we close our talk,

is there any particular remark you would like to make?

A — Yes. Since we are speaking of hair, I should like to draw the attention of the gracious lady readers to the eyebrows. I have noticed that some ladies incline to plucking them out and replacing them with a thin line — and this

turns a lady's beauty into ugli-ness!! Broad eyebrows complete the beauty of the hair, the eyes, and the brow — and the beauty of the elegant lady is not complete without them...