Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-02-16
CONCERNING CURLs.

| in some neadS Lne DlOOQ IenQS 10 The
outside, and goes to hair. In others the
transformation is internal, and results in
brains. Thus it occurs that men whose
intellect is active and hard-worked, be-
come bald or gray early. For this reason
it is generally conceded that thick and
curly hair usually crowns thick and cur
| ly head. There are, of course, exceptions
to this rule; but rare enough only to prove
it.
One of our earliest aspirations was to
possess hair of chronic curliness. In the
benighted period when we were young,
the specifics now advertised for curling the
hair without the aid of tongs or papers
were undiscovered. Had they been avail
able, their purchase would have absorbed
all our spare spondulcs.
Well do we remember ball given by
the Association of Terpischorean Bache-
lors, where we first met our Katie. Our
hair was curled, and comeliness was con-
sequence. Her hair was curled, and she
was consequently comelier than her com
panions, who wore their hair straight and
formal in its fall
Ordinarily we are of a grave and Puri-
tanical aspect. To this semblance, how
ever, our curly hair operated as most po-
tent antidote, giving US an air at once de-
bonnair and dashing. Hence it was not
wonderful that, through her eyes, Katie's
heart was won at glance.
Ordinarily (as we learned later), Katie
is of an aspect prim, at least, if candor
does not insist on stylingit pinched. But
with eurls clustering beside her cheeks
and covering her brow, she was as arch
and roguish a maiden as ever beguiled a
susceptible youth. Hence it was not won
derful that, through our eyes, our heart
was won; so that we two were, in fact,
won by the power of Love and Curls.
All that night, Katie filled our, dreams,
and without conceit, we may aver that all
that night we filled Katie's dreams.
In accordance with social formula, day
or two later we paid our respects to Katie,
in a call at her residence. Through an
oversight we did not have our hair curled.
The malign influence that caused us to
neglect this preparation, was also at work
with our charmer; she did not have her
hair curled.
So we met devoid Of any artificial
adornment, with our customary grave and
puritanic semblance. She with her prim,
(not to say pinched,) demeanor, accom-
panied by slight but chronic redness on
the tip of her nose, subdued on the even
ing previous by slight application of
pearl powder
We were astonished and said, with more
than customary stupidity, "Ah! we called
to see Miss Katie" cherishing the hope
that the young lady before us might be
some mature member of the same family.
She was equally aghast but accommo-
dated herself to the situation at once, hay
ing a feminine appreciation of the power
of the toilet. Regarding us as a maiden
might regard a stranger, she asked,
"Hadn'twe made mistake in the house I"
Really she must admit that we had her at
disadvantage In word, she utterly
failed to remember us, either by face or
name, although she had been to the Bach
elors' Soiree last evening; but was intro
duced to SO many young gentlemen there
that twas impossible for her to recall them
all to her memory. And so, very politely,
she courtesied us to the door. If we ever
write volume on the chemistry of love,
this instance shall be cited in the chapter
on the Transitory Nature of Capillary At
traction.-C Citizen.