A Breeze after a Bathe, 1872. 'Here we are in the first week of October, and the weather begins to be chilly; but it is only a few weeks since the seashore, at many places of our southern, eastern, and western coasts, was haunted every fine morning by a genteel race of Naiads. These Naiads, of course, when they emerged from the waves of old Ocean, would fain become Dryads as soon as they could; and the quickest way of drying their hair was to let it fly loose in the wind, as they walked along the sands, at a rapid pace, to keep the blood flowing in their veins after the cold immersion. Such was the common practice in August...for a really fine head of hair is a glorious object to behold in that dishevelled state. Healthy capillary growth is likely to be more promoted by such vigorous processes of ablution and ventilation than by all the costly messes of the hairdresser's shop. The true sunlight tinge of golden auburn, which has lately gained some favour in the eyes of fashion, is best produced by free exposure to the atmosphere in fair weather. The daughters of England should dispense with the use of hair-dyes...and other sophistications of the toilette, relying on "the breeze after the bathe" to preserve and enhance their beauty'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.
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