Keep Your Hair Beautiful

Every woman has her own particular way of dressing her hair. Here, Madam, are some basic points of information which you must follow to keep your hair beautiful.

1 - The health of your hair requires airing; under the effect of the air the hair stays soft and sound. Take advantage of your outings in the open air to give it the nourishment it requires, exactly like a plant. There is an opinion which says that hair does not grow from its tip, like a plant, but on the contrary from its roots, and that at the rate of one centimeter every month. And do not believe that frequent cutting of the hair increases its growth.

2 - Your use of the brush to massage your hair morning and evening is of very great importance. And do not forget to sleep with your hair combed out. The life of a hair passes through a delicate stage between the ages of 17 and 25. If after this period you notice no falling of the hair, you may then have great hope that you will not lose it.

3 - If the falling of the hair is slight, it is due to numerous causes, among them: a weakness of the scalp, eczema, and dandruff. All these ailments are simple ones and have their remedy, the chief being to wash the hair every week with water and a soap containing tar.

4 - Baldness: this is the falling of the hair in its entirety; as a rule it is the men who are favored with it, and it strikes them at the top of the head, while women lose their hair from the two sides of the head (that is, the temples); but the hairdresser's skill works to conceal this feminine baldness.

5 - Dandruff: this complaint has its source in the nerves, but it is not contagious as some imagine. Nervous collapse, flagging spirits, and poor digestion all have a great effect on the growth of dandruff. All those white scales that fill the head — you can be cured of them if you hasten to treat them from the very beginning; and you have but one prescription: to wash your hair every week with a soap containing tar.