The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-03

grease, anu III Un6 DdCk III WAS lGlU W
fall below the ears. where it was cut
off square and the ends turned under
The thicker the curved locks on q
mans temples. the tighter they lay to
his forehead, the SINNER they looked
with oil, and the squarer the cut and
the more pronounced the tuck-in on
the back of his neck the happier he
was. There was old man McGraw-
remember himP-his hair was the envy
of the town, it was so black and glossy
and the in-shoot on the back of his
neck was so perfect. Once in while
you'll see a man with his hair cut and
dressed that way now, but he's a relic.
His head seems too big for him, and
people call him crank. That is the
reason heads appear smaller now than
they used to, and on this account some
folks have concluded that the head of
man is constantly growing smaller.
Now l don't believe that, and this re-
minds me- The other day the Professor
at the Chicago University was in, and
he says to me, says he:
Barber, you've handled mems
heads a good many years; now tell me
something. Scientific observers de-
clare that the heads of equatorial races
are smaller than those of northern lat
itudesP Why is itP'
That is very easily explained, Pro-
fessor,' says I. My strong holt is
science, particularly the science of
heads, and you can imagine that l felt
proud of the chance to tell great
professor something he didn't know.
He listened to me closely, as it seems
everybody does, for some reason. AS
my wife says, they can't help-but no
matter about my wife.
Sin the first place, Professor, says
|, I'VE must admit that the chief func-
ton of the head is to contain the brain.
animals, which haven't much brain,
the heads are always small in proper.
ton to the rest of the body
"'Good, says /, and now to my
point, briefly: The citizen of the equa'
tor doesn't need much brain. A very
small quantity will enable him to gel
through life in comfort In fact, toe
much brain would be positive dsad.
vantage to him. 1t would make him
too ambitious. Ambition is crime
farther south. He would be apt tc
would hump himself, and people who
hump themselves are not tolerated il
his .neighborhood He might become
a conspirator, and people that become
hot-headed conspirators in the equa
torial district are cooled off with colo
lead or chilled steel. In my opinion
Professor, nature has done fairly by
our equatorial brother. If he had +;
larger head and, consequently, more
brain, he wouldn't be half as happy al
he is. He would want to start a. news
paper, write play, wear clothes or de
something else not suited to his sur
roundings. 1t does not require mucl
brain to sleep fourteen hours night
live on bread-fruit and bananas through
the day, and retire at six p. M, stand
ard time. Now, the equatorial tax
payer has Just that kind of a brain.
he had a larger one he would want tx
change the customs of the country
He would be ahead of the times. HI,
would want to pose as champion o
progress and as an intellectual leader
and he wouldn't be happy. Such PEG
pie never are.
"'And Professor, / continued, 'yol
must remember that clothes have {
good deal to do with it. Heads are of
ten large in proportion to the finenes
and quality of clothes worn. The,
don't wear much clothes down there
and consequently their heads are small
What could the equatorial woman, TO
instance, get big head about? Sh
never gets a new black silk dress t.
show off before her next door neigh
Dor, who has none. She never gets t.
wear the first spring bonnet of the sea
son to church. She never goes shop
ping in gorgeous costume fit only TO
evening wear. The equatorial womal
is at terrible disadvantage. Thong
living in a country fertile of dogs, sh
is not permitted to carry a poodle no
to lead one along the street, Will
passers-by gaze, admiringly upon ii
mild eye and perfumed coat. Conside
that woman is a very important elemer
in the evolution of the race, and the
think how she is so ground down t
the earth by prejudice and custom thf
she has no chance at all to develop he
brain.
"'And as to the men, Professor
went on, they are no better off Woul
heads be as large as they are in tn
country if we had no BARRIERS, no ha
tiers. no tailors, no shoemakers, if thel
were no cigars, canes, diamond shir
studs and other brain developers
there were no honors to be won in Il
ring, upon the turf or sawdust track
if our club men could not play billiard
or 90 to horse racesP Take from Il
J men of America for few generation
the swelling pride they derive fro
: politics, and from seeing their names
print in connection with some offic
and at the end of that time their ha
t would average size smaller. Tai
away from them for a century the e
: larging influences of carrying mig
7 key, and going out between acts, al
: staying downtown so late to work
| the books, and they would be able, lii
/ one of the greatest and best men of th
3 age, to button their collars before pu
: ting them on
1 "When 1 had finished the Profess
l said it was wonderful, wonderful. /
: said reminded him of Herbert Spe
Ger, the philosopher. OF course,
D was fattering me, but you can bet
b haven't been scratching other men
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