The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-27
RAR0nErgRs,
The New style of Foreteliing the Wealth.
er-The Results OF Latest Scientific
Woman.

The New style of ForeteiIing the Wealth.
er-The Results OF Latest Scientific
Research.
A great discovery in the field Of wealth.
er prophecy has recently been made by
Prof Macgregor, of the Royal Society.
The published record Of his experimentsis
extremely interesting, and they certainly
give us good reason to believe that salts
factory substitute for the barometer has at
last been found.
Prof Macgregor tells US that his atten-
ton was attracted to the use OF girls for
scientific purposes by overhearing young
lady remark that her chang would not
keep crimped in damp weather" Upon
this hint he Immediately began series
OF experiments stretching over period
OF eleven months and involving the use Of
three hundred and seven girls. He began
by taking red-haired girl with luxuri.
ant bang, which he caused to be crimped
with great care, on an evening when the
atmosphere was particularly dry, The
next morning the bang presented q beau.
tifully "irizsed" appearance, but as toward
afternoon the air grew perceptibly toggy,
the professor expected that the bang would
lose its crimpiditv-to use a scientific
term. 1t did nothing of tho kind, and so
far as he could see, the state OF the atmos-
phere had no effect upon 1t.
Instead Of being discouraged by this
failure, Prof. Macgregor perseyered. It
occurred to him that the color OF the hair
might be an important factor, aud that
red hair might maintain its crimpidity IN
circumstances where other hair would
lose that quality. He therefore ordered
from charity school three dozen orphan:
ed girls OF from twelve to sixteen years Of
age, and OF assorted eolors in point OF hair.
Twelve OF these were black-haired, twelve
were brown.haired, and twelve were red
haired. All of these girls wore bangs,
and were in every way well adqpted for
scientific investigations. By LONG series
OF careful experiments, he proved that on
the approach OF wet weather the bangs Of
the brown.haired girls, without exception,
became limp end straight; that a like
effect was produced upon the bangs OF ten
OF the twelve blaCk.haired girls while the
red.ha;raa girls we're not particle inttu.
euced either BY the humidity or the dry
ness of the atmosphere. Further expert.
ments upon ladies Of every age, from six.
teen to forty-fve, gave like results, aud
the conclusion that the bang OF brown
haired girl is an intallible indicator OF the
approach Of vet or dry weather may be
unhesitatingly accepted. The Professor
also discovered that red.haired girls show
a peculiar susceptibility to electricity.
When thunder storm Is brewing, their
bangs become stiff aud bristling, and ip
three instances, when the Professor tried
to smooth down o bristling banSh he receiv.
ed violent shock in the region OF the
ear. He is not as yet prepared to say that
the pressnle OF an unusual amount oil
electricity in the air eau always be detect
ed by the use OF red.haired girls, but ne
| is strongly inclined to think that further
Investigation will prove that such Is the
In view Of this important discovery,
Professor Macgre2or recommends that
brown.haired girls shall be substituted on
board all vessels, whether naval or mer-
Camille, ior the prssent rntrEstYorthy
barometer. He points ont that In the
merchant service, where stewardess is
AZ present carried, she should be.required
| 10 be a brown.haired woman, with bang,
and that any neglect on her part to crimp
hsr hang overy night while at sea shoEld
ia punished as a Smisdemeanor. In the
navy. peculiarly sensitive brown-haired
Virls should be employed, and the PROBES.
sor suggests that they should be kept In
class-cases, open, Of course, at the top, 90
that they would run no risk Of being In.
iured. The Hrst cost ola girl Is, Of course,
rather more than that Of & barometer, aud
IA expensive to keep her in order, b1t this
is OF no consequence compared With her
value as weather indicator. We can
now understand why nature created girls
with bangs, and It 10 70 10 hoped that there
will DO an end Of the foolish opposition
which so many thoughtless men have
made to the present STYLE OF banged girl.