The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-17
DARK CUTTING OUT LIGHT.
The Fair Haired Men OF the Aryan Race Civ.
ing Place TO the Sons of the South


The anthropological editor of the
Rochester ID mocrst, in discussing the
race types, declares that the Aryan race
IS largely what m 4y be termed a restora-
tion of work of modern scholars. That
is, they have grouped class of language
and similar types of men under n general
head, and considered til. IN the develop
ments from one original race, which has
been named the ArJan. The Aryans
were generally characterized by light
complexion and yellow or sandy hair.
Most of them were of staiwart frame
They inciusedi in Europe the Greeks, the
Sclavs, most of the Russians, the Ger
mans, and the Celts of Gaul and Britain,
and the Scandinayians. These yellow
haired men ruled Europe for ages aud
rule it yet, but the yellow hair and light
com pie xiop arc de eparting.
In HOmsr's tim the Greeks were yell
low haired. At least the heroes and
heroines of which he sang were blondes
No one Knows exactly when II, mar
lived, and it is possible that the blonde
Greeks had begun to disappear in his
time. But the blonde type was the basis
OF the Gree" ideal of beauty. The ty-
pical Greek greatly resembled his Aryan
casionaliy met with today. Not all of the
Greek Gods had yellow hair, but A polio,
the highest type of manly beauty and re-
tinem@ had golden locks. II would be
in vain to seek Greek with golden locks
today. Tha blondes have deserted Attica
and from Sparta and the Greek islands.
The color OF the darker races have pre-
vailed. The southern barbarians whom
tha (rraAkz hali alu-.z ID
and their race characters have trium ph
ed over those of their masters. 1t may,
however, be justly he'd that the mingling
of the yellow haired Greeks of early
times with the darker races produced a
people which brought civiization forward
at a IN ,rvelous rate. The Greeks coloniz-
ed | ally, but the blonde ty pc disappeared
trt m Italy and only the swarthy type per
sists.
Turning to Gaul, now France, it ap-
pears that the staIwart, auuuan haired
Aryans of Cmsar's t,ms have largely
given away before the darker types, and
the Frenchman of today Is short in sta
turc, of dark complexion, dark hair and
eyes. Among the Germans there ia a
great mix ure of dark ska and the des
cription OF the Germans given by Tacitus
won not apply TO the German speaking
masses of today. The dark color of the
south il slo sly prevailing over the blonde
type. Scanoic aviaus have largely es
capped mixture with the southern types
and reddish or yellow hair still pre-
walls.
The Ielts of ireland are southern races
and the dark complexion probably pre-
walls. In England the Saxons and the
NoImans have kept the blonde type to a
great extent, while the ScotchIaan is still
known as "Send!." In nearly all Europe
| the tendency appears TO be toward the
predominence of the dark race type over
the yellow haired tyre, which is supposed
to be that of the Aryans.
10 the United States there is a mixture
OF all races, and the dark type predomi.
| mates. Viii 1t be darker stiIlf Will the
| negro be the source of darker coloring
Time alone will tell. The blonde type
may be ss much of a curiosity so years
from now rs the Albino is today. viii
the yellow haired man disappear from
the tarthy