The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-01-07
WHOLE NO. 6Is.


accordance with their rank and condition.
In 1906, ,hs Christian Church passed an
.edlct importing that such as wore long
hair be excluded from coming into the
church while living, and NOT be prayed for
when dead. it nfq pHT .N00Ef
In Queen EI;zaLeth's time il was com.
mon for the ladies' 10 wenf false ringleis
Of various coiors, q mixture offair, brown,
and black. This was certainly a curious
cnstom. In the reign Of Charles H., all
Tho dandies wore wigs powdered, and for
a long time afterwards, both old and
young, tnen and women, powdered their
hair with fine -four. This custom. was in
vogue during the American Revolution.
! II was an abominable one certainly. liz
EnelaEd all who wore powdered hair had
to pay tax Ut may still exist0 10 govern.
ment. The ridiculous custom Of the
English chancellor wearing a wig while
ON the woo-sack, is relic of the old
lines. An engraving Of Sir Edward
Sugden, the new Lord Chancellor of
England, appeared in a late number Of
the London illustrated News, he had on
bis robes of office and bis pondsrous ugly
wig. All the portraits Of the leading
characters in the Augustnn Age ofEng.
lish literature would lead US 10 believe
that such mon as Addison, Newton, &c,
were perfect Absaloms.
The monarchis,s, named Cavaliers, in
The reign of Charles L., wore long bair;
the Puuians wore short hair and were
called wings. During The time OF the
United-nen in Ireland, the reyo.utionists
wore their hair short; and we're named
l"Croppies." The cut Of the hair also
dsiinp the band OF young Partisan
Frenchmen who had vowed hostility to
Robespierre. A! the present day the cut
Of the bair is followed by every man after
his own fashion. 1t neither indicates
rank nor religion, but il ofentimes pro-
ci4ims the peculiar temperament of the
man.
The most difficult question connected
with the hair is the different, color D diff
erent PEOPLE. The Afrcans, Hindoos,
Chinese, aud American Indians are, in
respect 10 their hair, all black. Some
are lank, some curled, and some OF frizzly
quality. Among the nations Of Europe
there is every variety Of color, although
some nalions are more distinctly uniform
than others. What are termed The t'Cel-
tic, Scandinavian, and German races"
have every variety Of color, such as fair
red, and black, bu, al the present day
none Of these races are TO be found pure,
except il may be in few small spots,
aucb as in Finland, Saxony, and the High
lands of Scotland, and yet in those
places, we believe there are mixtures. -
Among the Anglo-Saxon race there is
every variety ofcolor, but the Anglo Sax
on rice is nota type, but mixture o. tho
Angles (Scindanavian'), Saxons, Cells,
and Romans, and yei OF the Celts there
are various district tribes. 1t generally
supposed that the fair and red races are
Fnnic and Saxon. The Danes we're es-
teemed the red race in olden times, but
the custom among sumo races in the
Eas, to color their hair red, al the present
day, is an evidence that they are de-
scended from the Finnic race which at
one time conquered Egypt, and whose
lkenesses are portrayed in The old ,ombs.
1t is not possible 10 classify the European
nations by the color Of the hair, for they
are all hotch-potch VI mixtures, although
there are great varieties Of language
anong them,
The woody heads belong exclusively
to Africa, but Smith says, in his work OH
the Holman Races, that there is also
vooly head race in the East Indies.
No p, rson cen account for the differen-
ces in the hair Of different nations; we
know that such and such races have such
head marks, and We know ais }, that they
are distinct and characteristic, for mig
ture of races is sure TO produce cores
ponding change in the hair.
We presume to stale that as no man
has the choice Of his own hair, when
born, he must take il as it happens 10
come, and make the bes, gift, according
to circumstances, TO suit his fancy, If he
can, and If he cannot, to bear /, like
philosopher.