The Nevada journal., 1852-06-26
THE HUMAN HAIR.


hair and boards has been adopted by
SO many of our people, during the past
two years, and since the Seer Davis
has had revelations on the subject
from the Spirit World, it may not be
unintercs.ing to take look backwards
TO other days. Among the early Chris
tians the custom Of wearing long hair
among men was denounced; and vet,
strange TO say, the Roman painters,
in all the pictures Of the Saviour, de-
pict him with long waving ringlcts.--
In very ancient times long hair was a
mark OF beauty among men, as we
read, in the case of Absalom, the son
of Isracl's Shepherd King. Among
the Greeks and Romans, the dandies
wore long hair, and this trait distin-
guished the patrician Cohort of Pom
pey the Great, which was routed so
terribly by the short haired veterans
OF Cesar at the battle OF Pharsalia -
All the nations in savage state--the
mcn--wear long hair. The hair was
part Of the covering of the ancient
Irish, at least this is recorded by the
old chroniclers. It was esteemed a
peculiar honor among the ancient
Ganls to have long hair. Julius C@-
sar, after subduing them, made them
cut off their hair as token of submits
sion. The keepers of our State Pris-
ons do the same now to their priso-
ners; they like to follow in the foot
steps OF great predecessors. In France
1t was long peculiar mark and priv
ilegc Of kings ard princes of the blood
to wear long hair artfully dressed and
curlcd. All others were obliged to
cut their hair in accordance with their
rank and condition. In 1896, the
Christian Church passed an edict, i'm.
porting that such as wore long hair
should be excluded from coming into
the church while living, and not be
prayed for when dead.
In Queen EIizabeth's time it was
common for the ladies to wear false
ringlets of various colors, a mixture of
fair, brown, and black. This was GER
tainly curious custom. In the reign
OF Charles H., all the dandies wore
wigs powdered, and for long time
afterwards, both old and young, men
and women, powdered their hair with
fine -four. This custom was in vogue
during the American Revolution. 1t
was an abominable one certainly. In
England all who wore powdered hair
had 10 pay a tax Gt may still exist,)
to government. The ridiculous Gus
tom Of the English chancellor wearing
wig while on the woolsack, is a rel
ic of the old times. An engraving of
Sir Edward 'Sugden, the new Lord
Chancellor oi England, appeared in a
late number of the London Illustrated
News; he had on his robes of office
and his ponderous ugly wig All the
portraits of the leading characters in
the Augustan age of English litera-
ture would lead us TO believe that such
men as Addison, Newton, &c, were
perfect Absaloms.
The monarclists, named Cavaliers,
in the reign of Charles L., wore long
hair: the Puritans wore short hair,
and were called wings. During the
time of the United-men in Ireland, the
revolutionists wore their hair short,
and were named "Croppies." The
cut hair also distinguished the band of
young Partisan Frenchmen who had
vowed hostility to Robespierre. At
the present day the cut of the hair is
followed by every man after his own
fashion. 1t neither indicates rank nor
religion, but it oftentimes proclaims
the peculiar temperament of the man.
The most difficult question connec-
ted with the hair is the different color
in different people. The Africans,
Hindoos, Chinese, and American In
dians vary in respect 10 their hair.
Some are lank, some curled, and some
Of frizzly quality. Among the nations
of Europe there is every variety Of
color, although some nations are more
distinctly uniform than others. What
are termed the "Celtic, scandinavian,
and German races" have every yari-
ETY. Of color, such as fair, red, and
black; but at the present day none of
these races are to be found pure, ex-
cept 1t may be in a few small spots,
such as in Finland, Saxony, and the
Highlands Of Scotland and yet in
those places,we believe there are mix
lures. Among the Anglo Saxon race
there is every variety Of color, but the
Anglo Saxon race is not type, but
q mixture Of the Angles (Scandanavi.
ans, Saxons, Cells, and Romans, and
vet Of the Cells there are various dis