When- It's No Use Pretending.
THE PRACTICAL WOMAN AND THE DESERT ISLAND.
TinHE gayest of us have our moments of -" hollow depression. Mr. George Pobey probably has moods of black melancholy. Sooner or later wa all havo to give up pi'-trmdiug, even to ourselves, and relapse into unhappy candour. At no time, if one is a woman, does one feel more -acutely miserable than when ouo fnce.s one's mirror in a clear cold light and marks tho first signs of the "going off" of one's charms. I know a very charming and sophisticated woman whoso nightmare is that she in-av one day find herself in tho situation beloved by novelists—that is, alone, or nearly alon'o on a desert island. "Just fani.y " she wails, "having nc comb or lpol-W glass or hairpins and, worst of all, no tammalito. Because, do you realise, that I should actually' be grey?" To see her soft brown hair one would suspect her of perverting tho truth. But she frankly assures her friends that her hair would be nothing without an occasional timely application of a tonic mado of hay rum and pure tammalite. "It brings Kick all the colour," she affirms,-"besides makin" one's hair beautifully healthy Why, 1 was in despair a year or two ago, because my hair was growing grey in streaks. But since I discovered "tammalite I haven't the slightest difficulty in keeping my hair its normal shade." And what a difference beautiful hair' makes to any woman. It excises plainness, it enhances beauty. What man pictures the woman of. his dreams with anything but soft, abundant hnir? From ]?apun?.el (o Melisiande. tlieru is something romantic about lovely locks. It is
deplorable now-a-days to see naturally beautiful hair 'ruined hy neglect, curling irons, harmful shampoos and the like. Many girls, oHiorwise careful of their good looks, think nothing of going to bed without brushing their uajr. Without constant brushing tho hair can never attain to that glossy "sh'cony" look that is p'o delightful. A good brushing for fifteen minutes night and.morning should be included in tho discipline of every woman, plain and pretty. A slifiish brush rfionld be used, and it should bo always scrupulously clean,. It is not good enough to use just any shampoo when washing the hair. ■ should be takon to find the very best one, and then to keep to it....' A really excellent idea is to use- only stallax granules which are obtainable- at .all good chemists. A t.easpoonful of stallax is sufficient for each shampoo, so n ilb.paclcago will last for a long. time. This very simple shampoo gives, .spiem did results. Tho delicious foaming, lather it makes not<only cleanses thehoir thoroughly but brings out every atom of its latent colour and brightness.. ~Thc hair dries quickly, and thou<rh beautifully soft, it is quite.manageable. ■ When tho- scalp is inclined to'.be dry; and tho hair brittle, it is a good plan to massago it with olive oil before giving it a stallax shampoo. There are few things .which, increase one's self-respect so much as the. possession of lovely hair.. It'is a,.perpetual joy to oneself-and others,, and with- a little care, one can defy hairpin-scatter-ing winds, and even trying, if romantic; situations on an uninhabited island.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 87, 7 January 1920, Page 2
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538When- It's No Use Pretending. Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 87, 7 January 1920, Page 2
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