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brown to black; those given by the salts of silver, from a fine
natural chestnut to deep brown and black, all of which are rich and
unexceptional. The shades given by lead vary from reddish-brown and
auburn to black; and when pale or when the dye has been badly applied
or compounded, are generally of a sandy, reddish hue, often far from
agreeable. However, this tendency of the lead dyes has recently led to
their extensive use to impart that peculiar tint to the light hair of
ladies and children which is now so fashionable. Other substances,
hereafter referred to, are, however, preferable, as imparting a more
pleasing hue.

The reddish tint produced by lead, as already hinted, may be generally
darkened into a brown, more or less rich, by subsequently moistening
the hair with a weak solution of either sulphuret of potassium or
hydrosulphuret of ammonia.

The favorite compounds for external use in baldness, and, perhaps, the
most convenient and best, are such as owe their stimulating quality to
cantharides or Spanish flies, or to their active principle,
cantharidine. This application of these drugs has received the
sanction of the highest medical authorities, both in Europe and
America. The leading professional hair-restorers now rely almost
exclusively on cantharides, and all the more celebrated advertised
nostrums for restoring the hair contain it as their active ingredient.

Oils and pomades, very strongly impregnated with the essential oil of
garden thyme (origanum) and rosemary, and lotions or liniments
containing ammonia with a like addition of these essential oils,
probably come next in the frequency of their use as popular
restoratives of the hair in actual and incipient baldness.

=To Have Elegant Hair.=--Every girl should have thick, magnificent hair.
It is essential to clip the ends of the hair once a month after a
child is four years of age. Ammonia and warm water is an excellent
wash for the hair and scalp, and gives life and vigor to it when all
other articles fail.

=Wild Rose Curling Fluid.=--Take two drams (avoirdupois) dry salt of
tartar; (carbonate of potassa) powdered cochineal, half dram; liquor
of ammonia and spirit de rose, each one fluid dram; glycerine,
one-fourth ounce; rectified spirit, one and one-half imperial fluid
ounces; distilled water, eighteen ounces; digest with agitation for a
week, and then decant or filter. The hair to be moistened with it, and
then loosely adjusted. The ef