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WHY HAIR CHANGES
Turns White Because of Air in
the “Cortex.”
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(Expert Gives Some Information About
the Human Head Covering—Qual
ity of Hair Remains Same
Through Life. *
There are very few people whose
hair begins to turn gray before they
are twenty-two years old, but there is
scarcely anyone whose hair does not
show some trace of gray Uy the time
he has reached fifty.
Generally the first signs Trf grayness
appear about the temples and then
gradually spread through the whole
hair. Gray hair domes from the eternal
change of things and Is merely indica
tive of age and the passing of time.
You may say this cannpt be so, be
cause you have lmd gray hair. That
is all well and true, hut the passing
of time and the changes which come
with age begin the moment a person is
born. • The losing of your baby teeth
is nothing more than the sign of age,
Temarks a writer in the Urooklyn
Eagle.
From generation to generation
patches of white have appeared in the
hair of different members of a family.
This is due to heredity, but further
than that no one knows.
Severe head wounds, long sick
nesses, chronic dyspepsia, malaria,
fevers, anemia, violent headaches and
almost any debilitating diseuse will be
apt to bring on gray hairs.
One theory advanced by a large hair
dressing establishment In Chicago is
that gray hair comes from an impov
erished condition of the blood.
Another theory is that the change is
"based on the quantity of bloqd. It is
true that a person’s hair has instantly
turned white from being suddenly im
mersed in ice-cold water. The reason
given for this is the basis of the
“quality” theory.
A third and new theory is bns'ed on
the fact that the color of the hair is
Influenced h,v the amount of air which
is In tiie cortex, the outer covering of
the hair. It lias been fmind that by
placing one of the hairs which has
turned white into ether or turpentine,
which expels the air, the hair re
sumed Its natural color. Why air in
cortex should make this change no one
knows. It is on the same principle
that the egg turns snow white when
air is laaten into it.
Tiie air theory Is that which is held
l\v'the lies! dermatologists. 1 lair grows
in little scales closely fitted one upon
tho other. Once these scales get sepa
rated tlx* -• ir comes in and forms eith
er rounded separated globules or
groups by themselves. When the air
bubbles get between tiie hair cells and
the cortex the pigment is obscured and
the hair straightway loses ifs color
nnd appears white.
This theory by all odds seems the
most acceptfthle. The reason other
theories about the quantity and quality
of blood supply to the hair cells do not
hold as much weight is because white
lmir is generally as healthy and of the
same texture as the hair before, and,
1n fact; is practically the same hair,
differing only in color. If the blood
had tnueli effect it would.not only in
terfere with the coloring matter, but
would also change or weaken the hair
ltsHf.
T’ion, too, those theories do not ex
plain what lias happened to make the
color change. The air theory explains
this, and also gives you a logical rea
son why the quality of the hair re
aimins Apparently unaffected.
Our Deadly Self-Consciousness.
1 would rather have the gift of tre
pneudous outpouring affection—love of
•God and love of humanity—than any
•other gift in nil the world. I desire it
snore than anything else. And yet,
jevt-n at those heaven-sent periods
ftvhen my heart is full of love, how
hard it is to express it. Of course,
/this is partly shyness—that curious,
tuimpering mantle of reserve in which
nve are forever hastening to wrap our
tq ..its. How timid and anxious our
flittle self is! Our spirit-self is forever
Shocking it. The stiff conventional self
ds constantly trying to cover up the
self —like a proper middle-aged
aiurse pursuing a happy care-free baby
hvho has adventured forth with too
j few clothes on.—Atlantic.
Use for Skins of Sharks.
The skin of sharks is very tough
«nd durable, and some of them have
ta beautiful surface pattern, which re
jmains after tanning.
Arrangements have already been
pnude for securing from Florida fisher
men a large supply of large shark
skins. and further specimens ate ex
pected from other sources. These
jskius will he sent by the bureau of
fisheries to tanners. It is hoped that
fiventually all fishermen along our
coasts may find a regular market for
ho skins of sharks caught by them.
Take The Weekly for 1918,
HIS ISJAY LIFE
Grocery Boy Has Charming Pros
pect, it Would Seem,
Lad Who Bounces in and Out of Other
People’s Kitchens May Be Happy—
Things to Divert In-
I 1 quirfhg Youth.
I Life of every sort is a pleasant af
fair to those who are interested in the
people they meet, interested, perhaps,
to tiie point of curiosity, interested,
at least, to the point of forgetting their
own precious troubles. A grocery boy,
who is Just a grocery boy and nothing
hut a grocery boy, considers himself a
most, unfortunate youth. He must get
up in tiie (lurk and fed! and pretend
to groom un unwilling horse. He must
fill kerosene cans or empty potato
barrels or grind coffee or run errands
or deliver groceries to impatient cus
tomers the whole day long and far into
the dark of the evening. Ills feet get
numb und cold and he is forever carry
ing übout good things to eat with his
own stomach complaining of neglect.
It is, you see, u difficult place that the
grocery boy bus in life, u place that
may be looked upon as one of the most
unhappy and uninteresting Variety.
Nevertheless, there is, for the gro
cery boy who is interested in the peo
ple he meets, interested to the point
of self-forgetfulness, and a healthy cu
riosity, a charming prospect, remarks
a writer in the Indianapolis News. You
cun imagine for yourself how enter
taining it would be to go bouncing into
everybody’s kitchen at the most unex
pected times, to know whether or not
this woman had washed her lust
night’s dishes, and whether or not this
one had scrubbed her floor, ignoring,
of course, the fact thut if she hus
scrubbed It your clumsy feet are track
ing It up again in the most awful way.
Think what a treat It must be, no mat
%>r how hungry and complaining a
stomach you have, to smell the vari
ety of smells, to see all the pots a-boil
ing, to know what everybody in tiie
neighborhood is going to have for sup
per, to glimpse the table in the light
ed dining room all spread and
waiting for the head of the family to
come home.
A grocery boy that is in the mood
to enjoy these things is not troubled
by tiie fact flint the other head of the
fnmily is scolding him and the grocery
and things in generul because he was
not there an hour or so ago. He is off
with a slam to the next house to see
what they arc having for supper. He
knows where the good cooks live, and
where the cold boiled ham and pota
to chip eaters dwell. You may con
sider it likely that grocery hoys grow
weary of the sight of food, but food
on the grocery shelves or in grocery
wagons is never the same as found on
the stove or on its way to the supper
table. It may seem to you an unhappy
thing to be fed only by sights and
smells of other folk’s suppers, hut it
is a very happy thing to go hanging in
and out of everybody’s back doors, be
ing warmed by everybody’s cheerful
kitchens nnd by the realization that in
every house in town there is going to
be some sort of supper. And then, of
course, every grocery hoy realizes that
there was never such a cook as his
mother and that after all the host sap
per of them all is waiting and warm
for him.
Old Jokes in New English Garb.
On the theory that in war times hu
mor is needed more than ever. An
swers, the London weekly, features
jokes in every number. Here are a
few paragraphs, some of them old-time
friends on this side of the water,
which it offers as laugh-getters:
In a holiday gift store the clerk
asks: “Are these gloves for your wife
i or do you want something better?”
Patron —“Tiffs meat is like leather.”
Waiter —“Yes, sir; it is saddle of mut
ton.”
Wife —"You looked awfully foolish
when you proposed to me.” Husband
; “Not half as foolish ns I was.”
Author —“Where are the cuffs I took
off this morning?” The Author’s wife
—“I sent them to the laundry.” Author
—“Heavens, I had the plot of a great
novel written on them.”
Lawyer—“ Don’t worry; I’ll see that
you get justice.” Client —“I am not
hiring you to get justice, but to win
the suit.”
Woman (at the door) —“Are you
seeking employment?” Tramp—“To
be truthful, no; you can’t make work
sound any more inviting by using a
word of three syllables.”
To Remove Stains.
To remove stains from white goods,
•oak the article in equal quantities of
Jnvelle water and hot water until the
stain disappears; then rinse thorough
ly in several waters, nnd finally ih di
luted ammonia water. Jnvelle re
moves the most obdurate stains.
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Lukewarm* loyalty ou . lit to be
made unpopular.
RETURN DATE!
MR. McKARNEY from Kl HARNEY
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Common sense says to you, “Buy a
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The American people are going forward
—not backward.
That is the purpose o f the great war in
which we are now engaged.
The success gf the Nation depends on
healthy business activity over the country
—and sensible thrift.
Healthy business depends on the utiliza
tion of every possible labor-saving, tirne-s&v
ing, money-saving device known.
The light-weight, economical Maxwell—
in passenger service—taking you where you
have to go on business, helping you relieve
delivery congestion—is one of the greatest
known labor-saving, time-saving, money*
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