The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, January 04, 1918, Image 8
WHY HAIR CHANGES Turns White Because of Air in the “Cortex.” * « (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. ft • Lukewarm* loyalty ou . lit to be made unpopular. RETURN DATE! MR. McKARNEY from Kl HARNEY • f MARION MARCH The Favorites. AL S. EVANS SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Saturday ISJight, Jan. 7. 8:00 O’clock KRYptok IV GLASSES IV THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS - • *t. ’ Our scientific examination removes all doubt as to the requirement of the eyes. If it is eye strain or any other trouble with the vision, out twenty five years experience is your guarantee of satisfac tion. Jry ourKRYPTOKS. J..J, BCOKCUr 53 West Mitchell St. Atlanta, C-a. 'The old Bifocal With the disfiguring seam or hump Used 40 Years CARDUI Tlis Woman’s Tonic Sold Everywhere For Twelve Months' Support. GEOUOI A — llf my County. Mrs. Lula Joyner having made applica tion for twelve months’ support out of the estate of 1 O. Joyner, deceased All persons concerned are hereby required to show cause before the Court of Ordinary of said county on the first Monday in Jan nary, 19. s why said application should not be granted. This 4th day of Dec 1917 A G, HARRIS, Ordinary. There Is No Question but that indigestion and the distressed feeling which always goes with itfe .n be promptly relieved by taking a Dyspepsia JCexcuo- Tablet before and after each meal. 25c a box. rtHKRYPTOKI a Bifocal With clear smooth even surfaces mm m Ordinary Common Sense— Sensible Thrill—* and Maxwell Motor Cars Common sense says to you, “Buy a Maxwell Car and use it.” 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* saving devices. Touring Car $745; Roadster $/45; Cout>e $1095 Berlin* $1095 ; Sedan $1095. F. 0.8. Detroit