Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1926)

Photopi w Magazine Advertising si < iion 1 I 60 Days A^o 0%, They Called Me »s u BALDY Now my friends are amazed. They all ask me how I was able to grow new hair in such a short time. BOB MILLER and I had both been top of my head. "Well, getting bald for years. We stuck to I><>1>," I chuckled, "I don't gether a lot — mavbe it was for mutual feci any new hair." M W ' co"t,!u":<l <h" treatments :,.i,l every <!., ■ s. ^B WW voting li.nr kept getting u :> i .in. I thicker. At protection. 1 guess between the two Ol us "Of course you don't," M\ V the end of a month you could hardly see a bald we tried every hair restorer known to man — Bob came back "But hist ^1 ^r on my head. And after 60 days my worries about mlves ,-riirle nil minor' cures dincrpinti ■. ' i -i •• ' MM "«7 baldness were ended. I had gained an entirely new mIms, trude oi, mange curts, mii.i,uii,, you wait a while. fl WW growth of healthy hair. massaging. And as for ordinary hair tonic, ()[) (ho home j we poured gallons of the stufl on our heads. reada Un)k[^ ^.^ Rob A MM Here's the Secret But we might JUSt as well have Used brass h u, giyen me h de_ ^ ; ■ According to Alois Merke, in most cases of loss polish. scribed a new method Mw\ k* of hair the roots are not dead, but merelv dormant — Then one dav Bob left town— a business o( „,-,)XV';„o h-lir — a M W temporarily asleep. Now to make a sickly tree grow . ' ' . t u it M°"ms nair a mw ■ ■ vou would not think of rubbing growing fluidtrip. Weeks passed. 1 began to wonder il method discovered M\ I W on the leaves. Yet that is just what thousands are 1M ever see him again. |M \lois Merke M^^^Wi if doing, when they douse their heads with ordinary -. f , ,-, i i j , " j f i i_ ' fli KV tonics, salves, etc. To make a tree grow you must One afternoon at the olhce I heard a founder ot the «g H nourish the roots. And it's exactly the same with familiar voice — "Hello, Baldy," it said. 1 Merke Institute, Mm mf the hair. whirled in my chair and glanced up much Fifth Avenue, £p This new treatment, which Merke perfected after annoyed. There stood Bob, grinning at me. New York. It Bm \ 17 yeare' experience in treating baldness, is the first ^ ' ° 7 . 1-U 1 Mi I and onl>' Practical method of getting right down to "For Pete's sake! " I exclaimed, springing was the only ■ . I the hair roots and nourishing them. up. "Where have VOU been keeping your treatment I VM * At the Merke Institute many have paid as high as gpif i « had ever heard ^1 W* J $500 for the results secured through personal treat of that UOt T 1/ ments. Vet now these very same results may be We shook hands. "Take off vour hat,'' I • , . j i f ' "-' secured in any home in which there is electricity — suggested sarcastically. "Let me gaze on fr!g *„™?tl° // oi a cosi of only a few cents a day. that 'luxuriant hair' of yours. I haven't Jherooteofthe MM Merke very frankly admits that h.s treatment will . »"•»"'■"■■'• ?< • " . hairand mw not grow hair in every ease. There are sonn seen it tor weeks. awakened ^^mmm^. of ,<>r;:i of hair that notlli,ig '" thc world can help. "Luxuriant hair is right," he retorted. ' \^M% But so many have regained hair this new way, that .... *-"-x " ' t> i . ^—m he absolutely guarantees it to produce an entirely new I ve got the finest growth ol hair VOU ever jjm\ liair growth in 30 days or the trial is free. In other saw!" ^Se & words, no matter how thin your hair may be, he . , T ... , . Jfm fit invites vou to try thc treatment 30 davs at his risk. It was my turn to^grin, but 1 dldn t — I #1 aml if jt fajla to gIW hair then he's the loser— not laughed out loud! " KnOW any more jokes," m' jf' you. And you are the sole judge of whether his i gawl method works or not. Bob did not reply. Instead he stepped MM Coupon Brings You Full Details back, swept off his hat and made a theatrical ^ MW \ This storv .g tvpica| ()f thp re8uUfl that ^ nunl. bow. I could scarcely believe my eyes. 1 he ^H L "^ V bers of people are securing with the Merke Treatment. top of his head, once almost .is free from ^1 ^L Mmm~^' "The New Way to Make Hair Grow," which cx liair as the palm of vour hand, Was covered ^M\ WT plains the Merke Treatment in detail, is the title of with a lir-inrl npw nrfmlh of hiir nil ^M\ the vitally interesting 34-page book, which will be ftlttl a Drana new grow til OI nair real, ^m ^^P „■ sent vou entirely free if vou simply mail the coupon honest to goodness hair: 1 was speechless ^— ^^/^^K. below. This little book tells nil about the amazing new A New WaV To GrOW Hair ^MM\ Rk M\ treatment, shows what it has already done for count ' ^^^^^B | less others, and in addition contains much valuable "I've got something that's worth a mil ^^^ ^tW information on the care of the hair and scalp Re .. i ii i<> fl i i j i ^^H Wai ^B member, this book is yours tree — to keep. And if lion dollars to VOU! Bob shouted, banging ^^H ^L » you decide to take the treatment, you can do so his fist On my desk. "It's wonderful — ^^H ^M\ --^^. without risking a penny. So mail the coupon now marvelous miraculous1 I never saw any ^T nntl Ret ""' surprise of your life! Address Allied mantious miraculous. tne\ersawan> ▼ Merke Institute, Inc., Dept. 392, 512 Fifth Avenue. thing like it in my life! K,.w York City. That night I went to Bob's house. The demonstration he gave me reminded me of tn(,nl to new act;vity. I must confess I Allied Merke Institute, Inc. the time I was initiated into our lodge. He nevcr before read such an interesting, help Dept. 392, 512 Fifth Avenue, New York City sat me in a chair and placed a strange ap fui honest book Then I recalled what Bob Please send me. without cost or obligation, in a paratus on my head and turned on the had said— how 'enthusiastic he had been, p'^" wraw.r a copy of your book. "The N\w Way electricity. The treatment lasted Id mm Bob was proof. I decided to send for the utes, during which time Bob talked to me. treatment immediately. I never saw a man more enthusiastic in my Name life I Get the Surprise of My Life (State whether Mr., Mrs. or Miss) "Don't forget," he concluded, "this Every night I spent 15 minutes taking the treat proves what I say." And he ran his fingers ment. The first two or three days nothing happened. through his new growth of hair with a B"1 I could feel my scalp beginning to tingle with Address triumphant flourish new ''te — new v'S°r. Then one day when I looked in the mirror I got the thrill of a lifetime. AH over At the end of the treatment, I rubbed the my head a fine downy fuzz was beginning to appear. City State When you write to advertisers please mention PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE.