The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-09-04
Character in Hair.

Chicago News.
sit is fact" said the barber, "that
a better idea of character is expressed
by the beard oftentimes than by the
countenance. The art of reading char
acter by the beard is taught as q
fence in Paris under the name of
photography. and understand book
is shortly to be published in which the
principles of this science will be given
IN detail. Did you ever notice that
people of very violent temper have al
ways a close growing hair9 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 3
glance how mans hair grows. Then
l know how to handle him. Men of
strong temper are generally vigorous,
but at the same time they are not al
ways fixed in their opinions. Now,
the man with coarse hair is rooted to
his prejudces, Coarse hair denotes
policy to oppose man whose hair is
coarse. Tho eccentric man has always
fine hair, and you never yet saw man
of erratic tendencies, who at the same
time had a sound mind, that was not
refined in his tastes. Fine hair indi-
Gates refinement. You may have no.
ticed that men engaged in intellectual
or especially in aesthetic pursuits,
where delicacy of taste is required,
have invariably fine, luxuriant hair
and beard. These same men as a class,
particularly painters, are always re-
markable for Their personal peculiari-
ties. Take Oscar Wilde, for example.
His hair is as fine and soft as child s
and you remember how much fun was
made of him because he persisted in
wearing knee-breeches. Oscar Wilde
couldn't help that. however. He had
to act different from other men be-
cause his mind had an erratic bent. /
went to see him when he fectured here
just to satisfy myself whether he was
a hnmbug. The moment | caught
sight of h hair, which, you remem-
| Der, he wore down his back. was sat-
/ istied the man was in earnest, though
verv 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 smile to the face of
a man whose hair is curly. He laughs
where colder natures see nothing to
laugh at. Eut that's because his mind
! is buoyant and not deep enough to
| penetrate the bottom of things.
There is good deal OF difference
between coarse hair and hair that is
harsh, thou III it requires an expert to
distinguish it. For example, mans
mustache may be of a texture as fne
as silk. and yet cannot be trained tc
grow into successful curve. That's
| because the hair is harsh. Now, peo.
/ pie whose hair is harsh have amiable
but cold natures. They are always
ready to listen, but its difficult Il
arouse the r feelings. In men of this
disposition the hair on their heads i.
generally, in fact almost always, of {
darker shade than their boards. Wher
the beard is full, covering the entire
face, the color var es from. darl
| shade near the roots to red. which col
ors the end of the hair. They forget
easily, and often leave cane or ar
oyercoat behind them in barber shop
They are great procrastinators, and arr
bad at keeping appointments. Thinl
over your acguaintances and see if tn,
man who is habitually slow has not ;
mustache or beard of 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
tine to miss the tran. But study phil
ography as science 1t takes years 0
study and observation to acquire it
4 From long practice and natural liz
ing for the art. have attained consid
cradle skill in discerning character