RED HAIR.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12068, 25 July 1917, Page 7

RED HAIR.

If you have a tinge of red in your hair, cultivate it; don't try to eradicate it—that is, if you aro a woman. It is a singular fact that although red hair is a cross for a boy it is a crown for a girl. In the first place, red hair, and especially hair with a reddish tinge, is very expensive. Any hairdresser will tell you* that it is hard to duplicate, and there is considerable demand for ■it. Perhaps even more desirable is the vouthfulness which clings to women with red hair long after their sisters are dull, middle-aged nobodies., A theory of eugenics is that red hair is rare because it only occurs where both parents had red hair. This has not teen proved. On the contrary, red hair sometimes seems to be inherited from some forgotten ancestor, after having skipped several generations. It is quite generally believed that red hair is indicative of temper, but this should be no reason for a man to shun a spouse with auburn tresses. Mcsfc of the harm done in the world comes from deliberate nlotting and not from impetuous .acts of angel-. Great crimes are committed by persons who brood ever fancied or real wrong and exist for revenge, rather than bv those who fly into a. rage and then forget it. Even murderers are far more" brooders than hot-tempered " red-heads " Noted beauties, from Cleouatra down, have possessed r*;d hair.' Red-haired women are supposed to "have an energy Vnd charm which no other tvpe possess. Qr.e"n Elizabeth bad reel lmr, snd her mark is deep on English history.