THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAXJ). MARCH 5, 1923
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"Bobbed Hair Passe Says
Fashion,, and the Long-Haired.
Lass Laughs, But an Eminent
Doctor Tells How Scientifically
to Regrow Locks That Have
Been Clipped.
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The "crowning clary" of the country's
most athletic woman, Ida Schnall,
Is cold-tinted hair -which she did
not bob. .
ASIIION at last has decreed
bobbed hair a thing- passe, Jo.
pouting as she contemplates rue
fully the sheared tresses that curl In
a secret corner of her dressing: table,
Alias America sighs for a fairy wand.
If she could only find that wonderful
leaf she read about in Grimm's fairy
talos so many years ago or was it but
yesterday? which joined the severed
worm by mere application, she would
place it on the severed ends of those
tresses that once made her morning
deshabille so glorious. Thus ti"e "Old
Fashioned Girl" has become trium
phant. Curls once more will fall from
under concealing turbans.
But, notwithstanding the edict of
the dictators of fashion, indications
are that to many women bobbed hair
has. come to stay. For the fad of
shearing one's locks eliminated the
accusation of freakiness. One can
still wear her hair short for reasons
of coiffure and, strangely enough,
only have to bear the Insinuation of
being a bit "old fashioned." For.
bobbed hair long has ceased to be in
separable from Greenwich Village
and a long-haired companion.
Irene Castle made bobbed hair
popular after the Bight of amputated
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Bobbed hair received a knockout at the Crosby high school, Waterbury,
Conn., when Principal 91. C. Donovan offered prises for curia. " .
tresses had become familiar among of her hair, was seized upon by the coiffure and health It has determined:
maids of the Village and working flappers and the debutantes as a the bob will remain. It will continue
girls who emulated the example set thing to be copied because debbies and to be seen in public and will occasion
by Alma Webster Powell, who, some flappers are copyists at best. But It' no more comment, than the delicate
eight years ago, cut off her hair in was spread among all the working use of cosmetics. That it will be per-
olaesea and society women because of maraent is Men in the statemeitts of
the war. The former found it most the leading arbiters that "the bobbed
convenient in saving time in the hair is kept in mind when the latest
morning and in the office "primping gowns are being designed."
room." Tin latter discovered that It " One of the best-known -writer a of
looked well with martial attire while fiction and special articles la the
Of course, Irene Castle's bobbed ap- doing service for the motor corps or United States, who recently bobbed
pearance on the stage, really occa- some similar patriotic organization. her rich, black hair, had this to say
ioned because sickness deprived hef " And with those whose problems of about It:
order to inspire what she believed
waa a sensible, comfortable and sani
tary coiffure. Mrs. Powell was a
New York clubwoman interested in
bettering the conditions among the
employed sisterhood.
"Bobbed hair for some of ua has
coma ta stay forever. As a fad- it is
passe. I admit this. But est a. thing
of practicability it is still here. Take
my own as a case in point. My hair
was ao, heavy that if J arranged it on
top of my head it made my head
aoh. It I let it down it dragged. If
I put it up at the back of my -head it
brought about the-problem of getting
a hat large enough to fit over it. The
shears settled all these vexing prob
lems. ; . . ,
"Tie taJl girl should not affect it.
It makes her appear too gawky. It
can be skilfully- arranged so as to
conceal its real natures I predict that
the permanent bobbed air will be
worn short at the sides, drawn back
from the front "and from eight to ten
inches In t!he back."
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HOW TO MAKE SHORT HAIR GROW LONG BY ED W. F. BOWERS, M. D.
, WOMAN'S hair grows normally rinse water should be warm, with' a in large flakes in excessively dry being so thoroug-hly awakened as
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L at the rate of about a half an
inch a month. So in a year a
growth of six inches might be ex
pected. This rate of growth, may be
stimulated, however, by a variety
of means. Chief among these is to
keep the general health, at the high
est possible point. For hair health
depends largely upon general health.
But to expedite the natural growth
col4 dash at the finish to close the conditions of th scalp, is due to does this little -"stunt."
nores. When drying the hair parbic- nothing more or less than the excess Many girls have difficulty In de-
ular care should be taken to get out -ac,ld of f,, r f hair be-
oily secretion of the hair follicle. cause of the tendency of the ends to
every particle of moisture. - . To overcome the acid condition in aplit One of the surest ways of over
Curly hair should never be brushed tne short est possible time, it might coming this condition Is twice a week
Immeduately after shampooing, as It be well to go on a fruit and milk diet to soak fha ends or tips of the 'hair in
might make it straight and stringy, tor a while. Milk is one of the rich,- a shallow bath of olive oil before re
How ever, brushing after the hair is es foods in lime saits. and. Wring. Then carefully dry with a
carried into the Dloou, restores tine warm mwei. it euuiwwmy nous, wie
deficient mineral salts found In all hair x can then be braided loosely or
else confined with a ribbon, to pre
vent tangling.
If this treatment is regularly per-
thoroughly dry, and a night and
morning brushing every day there- ,,,,,,,. r-, v.
tt is absolutely necessary to see to it mfter until the next shampoo day, is observed, however, to Insure that the
that the scalp and hair receive care- Pi wonderful tonic value to the scalp, milk taken consists of whole milk.
tul attention. If the hair follicles are , splendid for Increasing the luster containing the natural butter fats, to slated in for six months it is almost
clogged by dust at dirt, or by the f hair.
accumulation of sebaceous matter c. i, v ut u
thrown out by the glands of the skinv tf th, 0., Tn
. vuo v -.-". - - la tender, as it
tlon cannot be carried out.
supply the vitamines so badly needed
by the system. Filled milk milk
produce irritation. A fairly stiff
However, to maintain the scalp in brush used to effect- thi
the best condition or oiean'ianess, it
a certainty that the tendency of the
hair to split will be gone. At least,
the treatment has "worked" in hun
dreds of cases, many of which have
may be inclined to reinforced with ooco&nu oil, or some resist ad practically every other form
Isn't necessary to wash or shampoo
the hair -with too great a degree of
frequency. A semi-weekly washing
might deprive the scalp of its normal
amount of oil, which would cause dry.
cheap substitute for butter fat.
likely to develop certain disorders.
It is bad for the heal ah, and by that
same token, equally bad for the hair.
Dry, scaly scalps respond remark
ably, well to this regulation of the
Direct exposure to the rays of the diet, especially if reinforced with a
removal of dandruff, after which a
soft one may be employed for polish
ing and arranging.
sun is one of the best hair tonics
known to science. Sun baths, taken
brittle hair, without luster, elasticity- teglxlairlyi lmpart a luater and rloh.
er beauty. Unless there is some spe-
nese of color that can be secured in
dally application of olive oW, rubbed
briskly and effectively into the scalp
with the fingertips. It may here be
observed that oily hair is most gen
erally associated with auto-intoxication
from absorption of toxio matter
from the bowls. .
ciai reason, sucn as raem r " no other way. Always try a sun bath
scalp disease, which might require the afler washloff ecjp Kftt tha
irequent use o! waw """i- fuil rays of the sun. . v . ,
,.. twI mrtih should be To help overcome this condition,
solution., twice a month should be Dry hair &rmtheT problem o8 careful re&ular 9tUtMon must
often enough to wash the hair. American girl. It is almost always directed toward securing better elim-
Pure castile is one of the best of all slow Erowingr, To stimulate hair Ination, soma to rid the system of the
bases for a shampoo, but an egg add- KPOvrth lt Js most necessary to over- toxins that accumulate and depress
ed to a Jelly made by boiling the come .ly COBm(m at sSilPt
is of treatment. -
80 there Isn't any one great secret
connected with progressing from the
bobbed hair to the long-haired class.
Health, cleanliness and a high degree
of general and local nutrition sOiould
be maintained. Then the girl of 1923
should have her head of hair' very
beautiful once more.
And, let us hope, she'd have the
very good sense to keep it, this time.
For, after all, isn't hair woman's
"erowning glory?" And. while the
short hair style really does make
certain, types more attractive, does
the improvement of the personal ap
pearance of the few justify the eacri
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shavings of castile soap in water, also h , cauBed. to a ar6 extent, bv
U splendid, xne snampoo snouua oe orrora jn di&t predisposing to an acid
rubbed thoroughly into the scalp, add-
condition of the system. Among the
in et very little water from time to , , , ,,
llls most common or these are the use of
time, until the desired quantity of
demineralized foods, such
the generaa state of the health.
Proper massage is one of the best
of all aids in stimulating the growth
of the hair. It brings new supplies
of blood to the roots and furnishes
more nutrition for the haiir-bulb.
the hair shaft to shoot up
It is sometimes well, also,
. aa white causing
lather is obtained. The hair should y.,i n1 wnite crackers, "nearled" fat,e
He carted so that the scalp is thor- K.ri,r uncoated rice and scoured oat- null t,h hair eenflv. lift-inn- h asrainst famine, is described by a rep-
oufehly exposed. After the scalp has meal; over-indulgence in
been gone oveor in this way, it should coffee," sugar, candy, pickles and
be rinsed several times or until diments.
very particle of soap is removed. Many skin specialists claim that
Both the washing water and Che dandruff or "scurf," which is cast
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fice of the many 1 do not thinknso. wujevi '
I hail, with delight, the return of long major', shako, but the latest knlr-waving machine at work on a bobbea
hair. eolffnre.
I TRAVELING BAKERY USED IN FIGHT ON FAMINE
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 4. mara on a health department train ranged but pitifully short of medi-
The health department of Rus- carrying food donated by the Quak- Cines. a waiting room for patients, a
sia which is aiding in the fight ers, Anna Louise Strong says: ' sleeping quarters and dining room for
q down the start ana a nam ana launary. it tne famine Involves a district or well
How Mrs. ' Abraham Poole, termer
Mercedes d Aeowta, sister of Mrs.
Philip Lydln-, had her hair swirled
back to reveal classic contenr of
head, v
lltical and under doctor's control. It
has thousands of clinics and sub
stations all over Kussla. It works
quickly.
"We went to Dr. Trebugov, its head
of transport, with oiir offer of food,
and in three hours our wagons were
assigned, our permits issued, oar foe
properly divided among the three
neediest districts to which trains wero
going within a few days. Ws had only
to load the wagons, seal them, put our
own personnel' In charge or allow
their doctors to handie aa we chose.
"It was up to us; we could work In
any way we chose through them and
we could work quickly. If wa had not
automobiles enough for loading, thy
offered us iheirs.
"They are tackling an enormous
job and doing It well. But their own
organization i reported breaking In
the distant famine districts becauis
of the starvation of doctors and
nurses. They have the organisation,
but they havent the food, because all
Russia hasn't it. Unless this health
organization is kept intact, pestil
ence will. sweep Europe. As I came
from Warsaw to Poland I saw .no
Other power competent to stop lt.
"AU the way from Minsk to Moscow
were signs of the great spirit that is
stirring in Russia In the common
fight against famine. . There were
posters in the stations announcing
benefit performances of every kind.
Papers announced that the peasants
of Jaroslav had given 40,000.000
pounds of their potatoes, their entire
surplus, asking no money in return,
but only salt and a few clothes.
"The central co-operative, of which
I began to hear ever more and more
as I went through Rusia. had pledged
one pound In every pood (40 pounds)
of its grain turnover.
Women were melting wedding rings,
not individually but In large groups
by general vote.
"It was inspiring; it was terrific.
but it was pitifully inadequate. For
"The train on which I go
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meat, scalp from the table of the skull. This- resentative or me ""i ""- tonight nas, oesiu - " ;; ' 7 " " , .
con- helps the circulation. The elements sion In. that country as a wonaemu fooa a traveling bakeshop that bakes carrying -('.- miles irom norm lo u., an oev
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needed to reed tne nair are taken up organize""". a ion or uieau & u. - : 1 - " 7- - ---
the In larger quantities. Hardly any-. Writing from Moscow, as she was that eooka 1000 portions at one boil- tar ,ri0i .ia .u
off thing gives the scalp the feeling of about to start from that city for Sa- ing, a dispensary oar beautifully ar- "The health, department is non-po- pends for much food."