The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01
ABOUT THE HAIR,
Fashion, Poetry and Romance of Natures
Robe of Beauty.

Robe Of Beauty.
sIt is not the air Of the cad, but the hair
of the h~atmosphere I am talking about" ex-
planned a Cockney to his bewildered Ameri-
can friend. which reminds us of a solemn
and favorite adjuration of q prominent Eng
lish clergyman, which always provoked a
smile: sRemember, my friends. that hevery
air of your 'eads is numbered" A we'll
known lecturer invariably excites a laugh
among bis hearers by referring to his own
Uranium. which is as bald and as smooth as
glass. When he gets to the thrilling part Of
his story he says, with deep feeling, every
hair on my head stood on end with fright q
Strangely enough, while no such anomaly
exists as a bald-headed woman, art Gaping
such a climax with az exact imitation Of ma
ture. a bald-headeded man becomes at once
| an object of respectful solicitude; he has the
| best seat in the theater and the most petting
| from the girl members of the family every
foolish thing he says is taken for the inspired
utterances of wisdom, and he can wear gay
er cravats. and more of them, than any
Young man in his neighborhood. Indeed, he
NAV be a young man himself, bnt the mo-
ment he arrives at the dignity of badness he
assumes all the privileges of age. After ali,
it does not matter whether a mar has any
hair on the top of his head or not. 1t is a
scant and ill-assorted crop at best he can
neither water-wave it nor wear it in finger
nuffs. nor Montague it, nor have little, sweet,
sticky beau-catchers down each cheek; bis
head may be banged, but not his hair, and
his manner Of moving it all summer gives
him an ideal resemblance to q monkey, and
the way he lets it grow in writer endoWs him
with q likeness to the wild nan OF the WOOD.
How much better the clean, polished pate,
which bis wife could utilize as a model OF
decorative art, or emblazon with a blue and
gold monogram, or coat Of arms. It has al.
ways been q trial to q man TO have long hair
Samson boosted that his strength lay in hls
long hair, and told that wicked Deilah So
but therein lay his weakness another Bible
character got into trouble through his long
and luxurious locks, for
'If Absolom bad worn a wig
He meier had hung upon a twig."
Ages ago the length of the hair was signl
fcant of the condition of the wearer, as it i
to-day in Russia and few other countries
Long hair meant freedom. Short hair signi
fed slavery; i twas also atoken Of submission
as Caesar made the Gauls cut their hair. Il
New Zealand the women wear their hal
short, while the men allow theirs to groz
long,
While the hair Of men has been q law unit
nations and a matter OF party strife, or an en-
actment Of Legislature, the hair OF woma
has ruled the world and drawn men after he
whi,hersoeyer she would. Milton, Dryden
Shakespeare, Addison, Pope, Lord Byron, an
indeed nearly all of the great poets, hav
poetized in radiant verse the GROWING glor
of woman. Golden hair is the pet passion Q
the poet. Mrs. Browning sings:
For the hair droops in clouds, amber-colored ii
stirred
Into gold by the gesture that comes with a word"
Pope adds:
"The fair haired queen of love
Descends smooth gliding from the courts above" =
And Spenser:
"Her golden locks she roundly did unite
In braided trammels, that no looser hairs
Did out Of order stray, about her dainty ears"
And yet, strange to say, a greater propo1
ton Of fair-haired women than of dark-hail
ed women live and die unmarried. The ar
cient Greeks very highly esteemed golde
hair; the Jews admired hair OF midnigt
nations is a dark brown, inclining to auburn
Queen Elizabetn's hair was an unmistakab]
red, and for many years red hair was muc
admired by painters. Titan especially ado
ed red hair. The Germans are famous fe
their pale, blonde hair, the French for a ha
that is blue-black.
The majority of fashionable ladies preft
q head of hair they can hang on the back c
a chair to comb and dress. 'sIt IS SO muc
more convenient you know The infinit
Of the deception is something wonderful.
young gentleman was deeply in love with
beautiful girl whose golden hair hung in
soft fringe of curls over her low wide for
head. one morning her lover acccmpanie
her home from a shopping exhibition ar
begged for some music that he might hay
an excuse to linger. Throwing her hat g
quettishly on the sofa, she sat down to Il
\ piano, cast her eyes to the ceiling and wa
bled:
Observation-Disclosures"
All unmindful that the golden fringe L
within har haf m tha sofa. while her hig