The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-01-21
0gigin Of the Bang.

& careful historical chesa of
the bang through many conn
tries finally locates the frtzzly
bang as a native CT Africa. the
ladies Of that continent having
advantages for producing this
style of hiEsale ornament wi,ic h
their sisters further nossIa never
possessed. Established as fash
ion il, Africa, it last 80 tims il
passing over i.:ie Asia, the Atri-
car slaves assisting in lis transit.
But The capillary attractions Of
Asiatic ladies we're by no means
suited to The Aft;eac style. Ind
all efforts at lrizzing their hair
proving failures, iie curly bang
wss evolved as The nearest ap-
preach 20 the African style
Thus did tie bang traverse thou
ssusa oi miles, and so adapt Itself
to circumstances that some eth
nologisss have sts:diously ms;u.
taine,i its Asiatic origin.
Exactly When tha bang cane
into E;:coi,e is & matter os doubt.
scne Placing Its advent in the
latter days oi the Roman En-
pire. while others insist that ii;
was bro8s..lt back from the East
by Tie Crusaders; but whenever
it came, it found that the font
ha.s oi European ladies waa as
:n:rscsao;a as their temper. and
SO ihe ha:s:s dresser. being unable
either IL cnrl - to irizz;e, the
saucer a:.us. si;ll, straight. soap
ed and plaslered dowu, as hid
ecas as nightmare, vas finally
evolved. This being settled,
there remains only the Fccnclud-
ing inquiry, whence came tie
first bsngs The most formidable
of The animal kingdom is the
much dreaded:gorilla. This beast, +!
among other attractions. carries
a heai of short bri-Eiy hair, and
one Of the animals preparations
for battle Is TO pass the paw rap
idly down the crown Of the head |
to the eyes, thus bringing the
front hair straight CIT and giving
an aspect Of ierocity that never
fails TO inspire the utmost terror.
So veil understood is this ges-
ture that among the scriiia's fei-
low counlrymen it is q signal for
an instantaneous and headlcng
scs.nper from the spot. and as
the female gorilla in defense Of
her young is even worse than the
male, certain African dialects
have az expression, "a female
gorilla with her front hair down."
to indicate the extremity of fe-
rocious bearing.'
Ii time it came to pass that
whsn African ladies', were abused
ey their husbands, they adopted
the sane gesture and, SC fas as
The hair Was concerned. with tie
same result. Then certain wives
TO indicate their readiness fer
battle at ali seasons, took TO wear
Ing their hair drawn over their
foreheads, and the fashion rapid
" spread to young ladies, Who'll
wore their hair drawn over their
Ioreheada, ard the fashion rapidly
spread TO youug ladies', Who were
their hair in this style as insiau-|
ating their resolve never 10 sub
nit 10 matrimonial tyranny. Tie
idea .spreab and the bang honr-
shes alike in African deserts, ca
he banks of tie aanges. Of the
Thames ard Of The Mississippi
Thus Geee. .seient0c research shed
light on social topics, and even
he uonstros;iies Of female cos
Time ace sho@a. tosbavs their OF
gin il Intelligent action for
nothing is,inare reasonable than
hat, as oaes ANNA; ..taugilt man
COW 10 bald i,isS housa and an
,ther low to catch his dinner, his
wife from 9 third should learn
,ow to dress her hair.-Boston
Times.