Something About Hair.

Golden Bay Argus, Volume 4, Issue 35, 25 January 1895, Page 2

Something About Hair.

How the Characters cf Some People oan be Read. Just at present there seems to bs a good deal of ingenuity displayed in trying to read people’s ohaiaoterß by outward signs. The face, the hands, the walk, and moustache have all be6n commented upon, and now some clever individual has drawn up rules by which we may tell a person’s character by the hair. Black hair which is absolutely without any wave or ourl, and which lies in lank, lifeless masses, shows a melancholy disposition ; a black beard which grows sparsely also gives the same indication. Biaoic hair which is wavy and curling, and very thick shows force of affcotion and a certain ardour in love matters ; and so also does ajthiok and crisptexfured black beard and moustache. The lank, thin, and uncurling black hair is one of the signatures of Saturn; the crisp, ourling, and thickly growing black hair is the combination of Venus arid Saturn. The united influence of these two phn.’ts on a life gives force of ebaraoter for the warmth and impulse given by Venus is tempered by the distrust of Saturn into prudence ; thus people with the crisp dark hair get the ardour combined with prudence wbioh produces success in life. Cheßtnut hftir of a soft and silky texture, and not very thick, gives romance oi character. This is not the sort of hair which is ever seen on very common-plaoe, realistic persons. This tint of hair, crisp or curling, and growing thickly on the head, and with a thickly-growing beard, also of orisp or wavy texture, shows joviality and hospitality, and both women and men of this coloring are fund of society, have a good deal of “go” in them, and an immense amount of confidence in themselves. It is essentially one of the signatures of Jupiter; it indicates pride and generosity of character. Avaricious people never have hair of this coloring. Golden hair of a soft, pale gold, without undulation, shows gentleness and tenderuer-s, but no force of character. Men having ibis sort of hair are bomewhat effenr'nate in their tastes, and are wanting in energy and decision. Both men and women having this pale, floss-silk sort of hair are incapable i f Btrong affection ; they are attracted by the opposite sex, but they are more given to having a series of small interests than ore strong love. If the hair i» found in combination with golden-colored eyes, it is indicative of coquetry in the nature ; if with pale blue eyes, we have languor and caprice—a sentimental but inconstant person. Bright golden hair of a rich deep color, and of a crisp and waving texture, growing thickly on the head, and somewhat low on the brow, shows and ardent, poetic, and artistic temperament. It is the signature of Apollo—the sun. Such people are generally fund of music, painting, or poetry. Both men and women having this sort of hair are intuitive in their judgments ; they do not reason about things, they feel them ; they ere a little quick of tamper, and are easily rufilsd, but they, are quickly appeased ; they are gay, and interest themselves in art, even if they are not artists thc-mselves. Persons with red hair are ardont and vivacious, especially if with it they have hazel oyes, in which case they have a bright and quick intelligence. They have a great deal of natural facility for study, and good memories. Red hair with blue eyes shows the same warmth cf character, but not so ruuoh intelligence ; and if with blue eyes and red hair cue eyebrowa and eyelaehc-s are white—as is often the case—it is an indication of a weak and oapricious nature. People with red-brown hair which is very thick, and redder over the e-fi-rs and at the temples and in the beard than on the head, are courageous and hot-tempered. This kind of hair (unless the other indications in the face are widely different) shows activity and energy in all things. It augments the indications of force and power given by other features, and in part this sort of hair gives sense of odor in painters, force of language and eloquence in poets, and potfer in musical composition. Hair of that colorless fair color, or ash colored, denotes persons of an indolent and dreamy temperament. It is the indication given by the deminent influence of the moon at birth. Persons with thia sort of hftir, in combination with large blue-grey eyes, with fair, long, but straight eyelashes, and very slightly defined eyebrows, of the same blonde color, and white, soft skin, are oapiicioua, languid, imaginative and Bomewhat melancholy. Women having this sort of coloring of skin and hair are romantio and devoted in a resigned but not active spirit; that is, they are more generous in wo-rdß than in deeds, for they are incapable of exertion, and still less of perseverance. Persons with soft long hair of a dark brown, so dark as to be almost black, yet not that bluo-blaok which is essentially melancholy, are affectionate, gentle, and loving. Their first instinct is always good and kind. They like society, and are not quite so indolent as those having soft, ashcolored hair—indicative of the moon’s influence thoy are still lovers of repose and oomfort. People with this soft brown hair are very open to the impressions of beauty, and they abhor noise, disoords, and quarrelß of all sorts. Men with this sort of hair, like those with pale golden hair are somewhat effeminate, and easily moved by tears. Wive : “ Charley, dear, it is half past seven, don’t you hink it is time to get up and light tht Charloy (taming over snoringly): “Isnt uu» •loan w*r. mv dear I" 62

tie Was from the West. The following story is going the rounds oi the Paris papers: A few days ago a middle-aged man in decidedly homespun attire, wearing a felt hat much the worse for wear, and carrying an umbrella of the unfashionable description. Entered the shop of one of the leading jewellers in the expensive Rue de la Paix »nil asked to see a •* river” of diamonds, as the large, broad necklaces are technically ml led. Tim jeweller, very polite, but a trifle distrustful of the pecuniary ability of his pecu-liar-looking customer, showed one of the least resplendent “rivers ’ in his collection, in faot it was little more than a brook. The stranger pushed it aside. ‘■Oh! I want something better than that,” □ e remarked, with a strong trans-Atlantic iceent, and without troubling himself to inquire the price. The jeweller opened a large casket and displayed a real “ river,” but in a manner that said very plainly: “ Take care, my good man ; this was not made for you.” “ Monsieur, this is worth 30,000 francs,” was what he really said. 11 Take it away,” said the stranger, pushing it aside as he had done the first. I want 3ome!hing stylish. Real stylish, you understand. “It s for a lady.” “ Mon Dieu 1 ’ ejaculated the astonished shopman, who did not suppose the gift was intended for a gentleman, “ I could show you another, but, unfortunately, it has just been purchased by the wife of an ambassador, and it's worth 80,000 francs.” The man from the west seemed disappointed, and again asked whether there was nothing really first-class in the shop. He was rewarded for bis perseverance by a sight of a necklace, the majority of the stones in which were purchased at the sale of the crown jewels last May. “This now, will cost you 1(10.000 francs, or, if yon take the other two pieces t hat go with it, the lot will be 220,000 francs. To get anything handsomer than that you will have to order it in advance.” “ lam sorry,” remarked the “nil admirari” stranger, “because this, you know, isn’t really first-class. However, as I can’t wait, I’ll make it answer. You may send it round. That’s my address.” The jeweller took the card handed to him, ami when he had read the name was most profuse in apologies for not having recognised his wealthy customer. It was one of the heaviest capitalists of the -‘ Wild West,” whose portrait, it is said, is to figure in the approaching Paris salon. How Affectation Affected Him A South Side young man who lives under the shadow of the Chicago University was paying his “devours” to the daughter of a leliet of Boston’s Beacon Hill aristocracy, now sojourning witli a maiden aunt in the Garden City. He wished to impress the guard and the Boston belle that he was way up in astronomical love and induce in her a belief that he possessed a classical education and was up in all the essentials of a young man of culture and refinement. And this is the way he started out: My stellar soul,” he said, "you an the Pleiades of my solar centre, as magnificent sathe constellar Hercules, as charming a 3 Ursa Major, as regular in outline as Aquila, as intellectually expansive as Cygnet, as transcendentally stately as the Great Southern Cross, with the beautiful proportions of the isosceles triangle.” An-1 then it came her turn to sling around erudition, and thus did the Boston maiden deli ver herself. Said she : “ Young man, you had best square the .circle, box the compass, and make a bee-line 'for the milky* way, guifhlg your course by Andromeda, and Castor and Pollux, to the furthermost boundaries of Orion. When you were first introduced to me at Nahant, a couple of summers ago, I took you to be a man of ordinary common sense, and willing to acquire some elements of a commonschool education. But since then I have diagnosed your mental and physical proportions, and find that you are a semi astronomical idiot, with false pretensions to an occult geometry, o neerning which you know as little as the average Texan cowboy does about baseball etiquette. Good evening, sir.” She left the drawing-room ; he was leftarid straightway left that unsalubrious locality.