THE HAIR.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXV, Issue 3210, 2 March 1914, Page 1

THE HAIR.

The quality and color of the hair was a subject of speculative theory for the ancients. Lank hair was considered indicative of pusillanimity and cowardice, and yet the head of Napoleon was guiltless of a curl. Frizzy hair was "regarded as an indication of coarseness and clumsiness, while the hair most of esteem was that terminating in ringlets. Dares, the historian, states that Achilles and Ajcx Telamon.had curling locks; such also was the hair of Timon, the Athenian. As to the Emperor Augustus, Nature had favored him with such redundant locks that no hairdresser in Rome could produce the like. Auburn or light-brown hair was thought the most distinguished, as portending Intelligence, in- • dustry, a peaceful disposition, as well as great susceptibility to the tender passion. Castor and Pollux had brown hair; as also had Mcnclaus. Black hair does not appear to have been esteemed by the Romans, but red was an object of aversion. Ages before the time of Judas red hair was thought a mark of reprobation, both in the case of Typhon, who deprived his brother of the Sceptre of Egypt, and Nebachadnezzar, who acquired it in expiation of his atrocities. 'Even the donkey tribe suffered from the ill-omened visitation, according to the proverb, "Wicked as a red ass." Asses of that color were held in such detestation among the Copths that every year they sacrificed one by hurling it from a high wall.