HERE AND THERE.

Shannon News, 22 March 1927, Page 3

HERE AND THERE.

CARE OF THE HAIR. Next time the sunshine streams in through your window stand where the light can fall upon your hair. Unless it has been recently shampooed you will notice fine particles of dust clinging to it, says a writer in Popular Science. As the atmosphere is charged with these, which are only visible when a ray of sunshine reveals them, their presence on the hair is inevitable. The hair, however, becomes laden with scurf and minute bits of dead skin thrown off by the scalp. All this points to the necessity for thorough daily ! brushing if the hair is to be kept in 'good condition. Specialists agree that i brushing should be upwards, but as this is difficult and tangle-inviting in the case of long hair, partings should be made and the hair brushed away on either aide. Many girls ,negHect to brush their scalp, more's the pity, a 3 the hair can never be healthy if the skin is clogged with dry or greasy scurf. The majority of women, I am afraid, trouble little about the kind of brush they use. Bristles became so scarce and costly during the war that whalebone was widely employed as a substitute. Happily its popularity has diminished —since our friends, the manufacturers, turned their attention to' the production of brushes on novel lines. I never liked whalebone brushes, which tore out the hair and were apt to lacerate the scalp when too vigorously applied. Now there is a wide choice of makes, each of which has some special advantage. Among these are bristles set wide apart, so as to pass through the hair, bristles mounted on rubber bases to give resilence, some on a pneumatic foundation, others set in a glazed aluminium base, detachable from the handle-back, to facilitate cleaning the back of the roots. Too ,nany of us choose a brush for its artistic back, or because its dainty colour harmonises with our dressing table fitments, quite forgetting that a brush is a useful and hygienic rather than a decorative article. Brushes should always be kept in a drawer, not laid out on the table exposed to the falling dust. Every time it is used a brush should be rubbed with a damp towel —old towels (not Turkish) can be utilised for the purpose —after the loose hairs have been combed out, and should be washed twice a week. Everyone should aave at least two brushes for alternate use. A small soft one is also advisable for lightly brushing a little scented oil jr brilliantine over the hair to impart the desired burnish. Wisdom For The ' 'Dip. »'

Don't if you can help it, bathe on the first day you spend at the seaside. Your system needs a little time to adjust itself to the change. Dorf't stay in long the first time. Two or three minutes is quite long mough. Don't swim out far unless you are familiar with the coast, tides and curents.

Don't swim out of your depth alone f you are at all subject to cramp. Don't, however, get pannicky if you ceel cramp in your legs—this is fairly ;ommon, and not dangerous. You have mly to seize the big toe and pull it owards you as hard as you can, and .he cramped muscle will at once relax. Duly cramp in the stomach is really langerous. Don't rub yourself dry. Take a soft, •ough towel, and pat the skin with it ill over, then dress as quickly as possible. Don't bathe for at least two hours ifter a meal. Don't bathe unless you feel warm md glowing afterwards. Don't forget that a hot drink irought in a thermos, is a great joy fler bathing on a dull or chilly day. Don't above all, forget that many Lves are lost every summer through heer silliness and carelessness. Don't ake risks. It isn't worth it. An Inexpensive Dressing Gown. Good dressing gowns are .expensive md cheap ones are abominable ones, mt there is an exception to that rule. Che most charming wraps can be run ip for a few shillings out of small •hecked ginghams, just tho stuff that s used for children's rompers or little ,'irl's summer frocks. A tiny yellow md white check or one in g-reen and vhite looks wonderfully becoming and "resh in the early morning and can be vashed and ironed the moment it gets soiled. For winter it can be lined with lannelette.

Pipings have returned to stay for a reason; they are used very effectively n scallops and tabs and the like. Another return to the' fashionable fold is all-over embroidery, that delightful adjunct to dress .design. My Neighbour Says. To prevent pickles from becoming soft or slippery, they should be kept well below the brine and the brine at the proper strength. To keep pickles more than a few weeks, a brine should contain 10 per cent, of salt. The only remedy for cracked lacquer is to remove it with alcohol and re-lacquer the exposed surface. A good filling for a one-crust pie is grated pine apple thickened with corn starch. I A duster should be soft and should J shed neither lint nor ravelings, it holds the dust better if dampened or | oiled. Silk and chamois leather are ex- • cellcnt for use on highly polished surfaces. A duster may be moistened byj passing it through steam; by wetting, one corner of the cloth, rolling it up, j and letting it stand for a short time; | or by wringing together one dry cloth j and one that has been'wrung out of water. -