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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 285, 9 October 1879, Page 3

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. A lady, in the Detroit Press says to all who wish for information on the care of hair" My mother lot my hair grow umil I was four or five years old, then she kept it cut until 1 was twelve, and when very young, always bathed my head with hay ri:m or brandy. It has been growing six years, and it is thirty-eight inches long and very (hick and fme.° I always bathe it now in *veak salt and water,. If the hair is not cut often while children are young, it will never be thick when they grow older. Two other recipes we give which are excellent-Take three ounces of pulverised sage, and turn a pint of cold water over it; have it in a tin dish with a cover; let it steep over the fire ten or fifteen minutes; strain it off, and adt' a teaspoonful of pulverised borax and the same quantity of salt. Keep it in a tight-corded bottle and apply with a sponge or soft cloth by rubbing gently all over the head ; then brush lightly, Use it night and morning. For everytliin" but hereditary baldness it works like a charm." A writer in the Country Gentleman says: Take of'pulverised alum about on-fourth of a teaspoonful, put this into half a cupful of cold water, add to thisa tablespoonful of the best alcohol, and with the tips of the fingers nib this mixture thoroughly into the roots of the hair. This will prevent the hair from falling out, and the alcohol is very stimulating to the scalp.

A real true Irishman lias forwarded a letter to us (N.Z. Times) which we give to our renders, We are quite sure that though it may be difficult for our correspondent to identify himself, other people ought to have 110 difficulty at all in identifying him. The letter contains almost as many " bulls" in a few lines as it is possible to conceive. But for the fact that the writer encloses a twopenny stamp to cover cost of reply, we should be inclined to be'ieve that he was hoaxing us: —"Gore, 3rd October, 1879.—T0 the Editor of the Uew Zealand Times, Wellington. -Dear Sir—l have been informed that from somewhere about two yea: s to date I have been advertised for in your paper, and nmv transmitted to Australia. Should it have been in the paper with which you are connected, would yon kindly send me a copy that I may identify myself.—Yours respectfully, Patrick Lyons'. We are unable to furnish the required information. Perhaps some of our readers can do so.