The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-27
Character in Hair.
Ch.c:lo News,

NA.I ~ A>S"2s
sit IS fact So d the barber, "that
a better idea Of character is expires: ed
BY the beard o:tcntimes than by tho
counteaance. The art of reading char
acter By the beard is taught as a
SC ence in Paris undor the name of
phi iography:' and understand book
is shortly to b published in which the
pine pes o: tn S science will be given
N deta !. u d You ever notice that
people Of very violent temper have al
ways close growing har:' 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 a
glancs how a mans ha:r grows. Then
| know how to handle him. Men of
strong tenn or are generally v 'gorous,
but at the same time they are not al
ways fixed in the T. opinions. Now,
the man with coarse hair is rooted to
his prcjud c,>, Coarse hair denotes
obst:nacy. It's not a good business
policy to n.ol osa q man whose ha I is
coarse: The G, centric man has always
fine hair, and You never ct saw u man
of errat c tendencies, who at the same
t me had a sound mind, that was not
refined in his tastes. Fine hair indi-
Gates refine mcnt. You may have no.
tic: d that men engaged in into lectual
or espec ally in aesthetic pur>u Is,
where del:c..cy of taste is required,
have invariably fine, luxuriant hal
an bcarA. Thsso same men as class,
particularly pa nters, are always re-
maIkab,c for the personal pcculiari-
ties. Take Oscar Wilde, for example.
II S hair is as fine and soft as Oh Id $
anil yoU ramember how much fun was
made of h III because he persisted in
wearing knee-brccches. Oscar Wilde
couldn't help that. however. He had
to act t.crent from Gthgr mon Ep-
cause II S ~ nd had an el:rat:c bont.
went to see him whcl he lecturcd here
just 10 satisfy myself whether ho was
humbug. Tho moment l caught
s. ht of h s hair, which, you remem
Der, he wore Gown his back, l was sat
is;cd the man was in earnest. though
very eccentric. The brilliant, spright.
ly fellow, who, by the way, is almost
always superficial. has generally a
curly beard. If not, his hair is curly.
It's easy to bring a SIN lie to the face OF
a man whose hair is curly. He laughs
where colder natures see nothing to
laugh at. Ipt that's because his mind
is buoyant and not deep enough to
penetrate the bottom of things.
'::Ihcre is good deal of difference
between coarse ha:r and hair that is
harsh, bhou IN It requires an expert tC
distinguish it. For example, man
mustache may be of a texture as fine
as silk, and yet cannot be trained tc
grow into a successful curve. That
bcca"se he har is harsh. Now, poo
pie whose ha is harsh have amiable
but cold natures. They are always
ready to listen, but its difficult te
arouse the r feelings. In men of this
dispos: ton the hair on their heads is
generally, in fat almost always, of :;
darker shade than their boards. When
the bearl is full, covering the entire
face, the color wares from a dark
shade near the roots to red, which eel
ors the end of the hair. They forget
easily, and often leave a cane or ar
Qvere coat behind them iH a barber shog
They are great proerastinators and att
bad at keeping appointments: Think
over your ac3uaintances and see if th>
man who is hab:tually slow has not 8
mustache or beard of a lighter shade
than his hair. It's always the case
They are the men who come in late a
the theater and get to the depot just il
me to miss the ira II. But study phil
ography as science. It takes years O.
study and observation to acquire it.
From loag practice and natural lik
ing for the art, I have attained consid
cradle skill in discerning character. u