The midland journal., 1885-08-21
CHARACTER. IN HALE.

- Go eH45s
"It is fact, said the barber, "that
better idea of character is expressed Ivy
the beard oftentilnes than by the counten-
ance. The art of reading character by
the beard is taught as a science i'll Paris
under the name Of 'philcgraphv, and ]
understand book is shortly to be pub
lisled i'll which the principles OF this
science will be given i'll detail. Did you
ever notice that people of very violent
temper have always close-growing hair !
It's ~ fact that every man having close
growing hair is the owner Of decided
temper. It's easy enough for me to note
at glance how q mans hair grows.
Then 1 know how to handle him. Men
OF strong temper are generally vigorous,
hut at the same time they are not always
fixed in their opinions. Now, the man
with coarse hair is rooted to his preju-
,iices. Co.rse hair denotes obs:inacy.
It's not good business policy to oppose
man whose hair is coarse. The eccen-
tric man has always fine hair, and you
never yet saw man of erra.ic tendencies.
who at the same time had sound mind,
that was not refined in his tastes. Fine
hair indicates refinement. You may
have noticed that men engaged in intel
lectual, or especially in aesthetic pursuits.
where delicacy of taste is required, have
invariably fine, luxuriant hair and beard.
These same men, Us o class, particularly
painters, are always remarkable for their
personal peculiarities. Take Oscar
Wilde, for example. His ha:r is as fine
and soft as child's and you remember
how much fun was made Of him because
he persisted in wearing knee hreeches.
Oscar Wilde couldn't help that, however,
He had to act different from other men
because his mind had an erratic bent, /
went to see him when he lectured here,
just to satisfy myself whether heewas
humbug. The moment caught sight of
his hair, which you remember, he wore
down his back, was satisfied the man
was in earnest, though very eccentric.
The brilliant, sprightly fellow, who, by
the way, is almost always superficial, has
generally curly beard. If not his hair
is curly. It's easy to bring smile to
the face of man whose hair is. curly.
He laughs where colder natures see moth
ing to laugh at. But that's because his
mind is buoyant and not deep enough
to penetrate the bottom of things.
There is good deal of difference be-
tween coarse hair and hair that is harsh,
though it requires an expert to distin-
guish it. For example, q mans NOUS
tache may be of texture as fine as silk,
and yet cannot be trained to grow into
graceful curve. That's because the hair
is harsh. Now, people whose hair is
harsh have amiable but cold natures.
They are always ready to listen, but it's
difficult to arouse their feelings. In men
Of this disposition the hair on their heads
is generally, i'll fact almost always. of a
darker shade than their boards. When
the beard is ,ull covering the entire face,
the color varies from dark shade near
the roots to red, which colors the end of
the hair. These men have very rarely
good memory. They forget easily, and
often leavea cane or an overcoat behind
them in barber shop. They are great
procrastinators, and are bad at keeping
appointments. Think over your ac-
quaintances and see if the man who is
habitually slow has not moustache or
beard of lighter shade than his hair.
It's always the case. Those are the men
who come in late at the theatre and get
to the depot just in time to miss the
train. But photography is a science.
It takes years of study and observation
to acquire it. From long practice and
natural liking for the art. I have at
tanned considerable skill in discerning
character"
AARAk