My daughter was playing in the sand at a park one day when she was maybe 3 when she suddenly announced, "talking is how one brain connects to another." An old woman sitting next to me on the bench said, "she is going to be philosopher."
"The very best way of making the hair grow is to rub paraffin into the roots, but of course you must be very careful afterwards not to go near a fire or light of any kind."
-The Girl's Own Annual (1903)
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/08/29/Beauty-Secrets-from-the-Good-Old-Days/