DYE AND DIET.

West Coast Times, Issue 2480, 12 March 1877, Page 3

DYE AND DIET.

The New York 1 TimiSs amuses its readers with the following :— . t i« is&ti fery wsl for^ cj*tsti «l^Mnl to argue. that mauls a free agent, But they can hardly reconcile this dogma with the fa'ctthatKe! ebftiSt select his own bait: Nature deals out the regulation .supply , to each new infant without consulting the slightest degree the taste of the infant or that of its parents'. It thus happens that there is a vast, amount o'K'dissatisilac^n among mankind in respect to hair* The light-haired sigh vainly for dark hair* and the . dark-haired yearn- for unattainable golden locks. Men whbse nldral iiature imperatively denHa'nds : curly half sire inp|ted with hair that is as ftbfielessl^ straigtit as tfie l^ine of a ftittfalistici clergyman ; while the African whose long hair cui'ls naturally and closely,' lorigs for heaven, as a^plaqe where crooked hair is made for ever .straight. Of course; tlfere are 1 expedients by which Sariguine natures try to modify aria iriv prove their hair/ but they are after all. vain titid* lihsalisfacfofy. . Those who Hanker after Md€h hair; which just itf pt&jeht is the fa'rigf.nT&fitd&tfy <$$&§ ihA MM their original hair bieacKe^^antt^painteSi but, the result is not wortti fiV froubl£ asd expense.' The ititeiligeiit p"ubliri is igv6r deceived in. confounding counterfeit hair the blue black, d^e that,c t qncea.ls the gn?zted lp.cks.of a^aq^jent b?au o ior^the yr'g'ijk $ nature,. .MQrei>jvj?f,.tft^ process of .dyejlng the hair is at. best a : jrisky pnei. Abjack ear or a golden nose is. not to. ,be desired, and • yet a slight accident with the dyebottle may suddenly produce those startling Occasionally fop the flye' penetrates 1 to the b'raifi tff the tfse^and the X<3ii\t is d jeitfNr-tft&i0 tt GflbM-tfin'dejt lunatic; aiilt ikb'i £ unl^tisfec^pf^, js ; that hollow mockery, the wig." itfo matter bow skilfully it. may be made, .ij.B, insincerity forces itself upon, .the,^,. notice,^,. every, observer. It is. the invariable oecisioja p'f those who have., yielded to temptation in the shape, of hair .dye, that it is better to wear the hair we .have than to dye with drugs that cannot satisfy the soul ; an' 3 there is not a wig-wearer in existence who does not KnoW in his secret Efeart tnas even the wild Jfiaian of tfte plaint ftiiiW view that wigwifliscbrn and hatred", yffj'fe it brought to the iibtice' of his discriminating tomahawk. r , „, ; it „. „.-j.--, }li „-. Painful and hopeless as have' hitherto b^en' Mfi. f etatfbns wftfi' liiS nair: a great discoyery has just qeen. m.fttle t . wmch^ ,wfl| not only §naDje,uSjtp^uri4ergp a p^rmap.ejit change of .hair, bui .whjpb^ ..even places within reach .of the, .intelligent leopard a sure and easy method of changing his spots. Like many other great disco verges, this was made by accidefif, thtitigti it incidentally cost a number of lives, it Svill be held in the estimation of most' ladies as an extremely cheap discovery at the price. /5 _ .„ „_ {t , , • / . , a . #k , A year ago the EritisK ship* Stf ath'more was wrecked on oqe of the Crozet Jslands, a group of* rocks that, are situated below the bottom of the page, . in most geo - graphics,, an 3 are, ..indeed,, among, the most sou tßern bit.% of land ,. oa .the globe. The, surv^vpjrs, who .at. first, f^un^.them-, selves extremely,^ jan.(ortunate.in cast away^upW^a desolate island,, ijyere jv pl)lig,^cl tpjSubsist exctu'slvely upon penguin's, eggg, as i^alji studenjtsjof.natu^gl history Jtnbw, is aya v large, fat jbir&j yihich sits, 6ri v the ( extre.pQity k of its Tajl .featters, and, divides its.time..beiween.Jay,ing., eggs and laying plans for the capture, of fish, jhie eggs are not savory, fprt hough they are well planned in point pi size, thery.^re iojudicipußly mixed with more sulphuretted hydrogen jthan. an, epicure really.. ..needjs: We. can. imagine, with . what, wry , faces, the people of the Strathmore ..began, tg dej'ou.r these ; .eggs ; ; but., we cannot J^aagln.e tb.e delight with which they recognised the remarkable .effect wrought, upon. ithem.^by their unaccustomed die,t, ; Firsf thejjf complexions^ grew .clear .ancl. faju;, their brown, blacky or grey hair Vlpw]y assumed a gorgeous golden tin.f. When* after six months' of egg diet, they were rescued by a passing vessel,- they, .resembled a. theatrical company of .blonde burlesquers, especially as their supply of 6l6tn'i% was remarkably scant. What is still more strange, their return to the English climate, and to English beef and beer, .has made no alteration in the brilliancy of tbeir locks", ..and their is no reason to doubt that ihey .will, remain blonde and golden for the rest of their ha'pp^. lives'; . .. WM.whift joy will' those wno vainly sigh, for, golden. h'air learn that', t'h&e is bam. in the; Crozet Jslarids;iri tlp,e ?h ape of penguins* .eggs. They can sa'il.fpr theli maryelloua,''. re'giph,. shipwreck" themselves uppn the; magic rqeks,. and eat, ftiemsefves into fei&te of maryellpps beati"ty. That tKbußands of ouj countrywomen will' demand to KeWeigit to tne grozet. Islands without, delay is, p'f course, sieif^yident, but. a little feflectioh will show that the desired end can be. attained without the discomforts of a lon£ voyage and a hazardous shipwreck. _„., i. .___ _ , "What is. the ingred~ieat in penguins' eggs wjnich colpurglthe hair, ,of,thojse wip^eat them ? No chemist w^ll .haye.the slightest hesitation in replying that it. is the_exces"4ye amount of sulphur which (jontain Everyone knows that Bulphu£ .possesses the property of bleaching vegetable fibres ■which are submitted to the, action of its fumeß,- arid it can easily be' cbriipr^hended that # survivors of t hie ' StTattim'ord' were ttiiis' transfbfm'e'd by the bleachirig;,p'6wers of the sulphur, which, in the condition of suljphuretteff Fydrogeri, was so conspicuously pfeVent in the penguins' eggs. Hence tl^pse^ ,who wish to . change .themselves into yetfpwrhaired' Wqndes, need not go to the Cfoz'ef Islands, neither need they Five upon penguins' eggs.. All they have to do is to remain quietly at horne r atid' confine themselves to a diet consisting Chiefly of sulphur. The use of sulphur baths, sulphur ointm<Jnts, ; and smellingbottles containing sulphuretted hydrogen would doubtless hasten the desired effect* and it is possible that in the course of two or three months of persistent tion, eye'n (general Logan couia trahsjorm himself into a, sunnyrhaired^ blpnSe^ ; .whose beauty would inspire unueuajl. Qonfidence and esteem. Hereafter we shall hear no more of hair-dye or hair-dyers,' and the demand for sulphur will be so enormous as to task the resources of our best volcanoes to their utmost limits.