Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-07-12
AN UNJUST PREJUDICE.
LEADING COLOR IN ART AND NATURE
DlsAPPROVED OF IN HAIR.

Red Allowed in Almost Everything and
Made Much Of Unless Found In Female
Tresses-In the Crownius Glory Of The
Sex Il Has Been Frowned Upon for Ages.
Did it ever occur to you what the world
would look like if there was no red in iti
You might ask how it would appear without
green or blue in it, but there is a particular
reason for asking this question concerning
the color commonly known as red that VIII
not apply 10 either Of the Others named IL
follows, Of course, that if there was no RED
there could be no scarlet crimson, vermihon,
orange or gold, for these are but hues or va
rieties Of red
Celestial rosy red, the lovers proper hue,
with its varied tints, is the constant delight
Of boys and girls, of men and women OF
every country Upon the canvas OF the sky
we see it painted from childhood to Old age
in the rising and setting Of the sun and I'D
the wondrous rainbow.
WE REALLY LOVE RED.
In the vegetable and animal world it IS the
secret Of the charm in much of what We see
around us Take from flowers the rosy hue
some tint Of red-either scarlet, crimson,
orange or gold, and all is gone, the soul has
departed, the inspiration and the life has
ned Who is not delighted at tho sight OF
red ripe fruit-the peach, the apple, the
strawberry, the curTant,' and the matchlcss
red hued cherryl Who has not wandered
through fields and woods when frost had
turned leaf and bud from green TO brown
and brilliant redo
In bird life this brilliant hue is still more
marked than it is in plant or flower.
Take It from the coat Of our feathered
beauties and their greatest charm Is gone.
Red backed, red breasted red coated, red
tailed, red tipped, red winged-Gll these we
know denote beauty spots upon denizens
of the dir. Wo admire them because they
are so bright and lovely, which is because
they are of tho celestial rosy red, " or one Of
its many tints.
We arc altogether so much in love with red
that nature does not satisfy U.s. Takcit from
our houses, our carpets, furniture, hanginss
pictures and walls, and we should have gloomy
surroundings indeed.
In our clothing the loss would be noticed
most. To take rcd and its varieties from
womcn's clothing would have tho Same effect
as bleaching out red bird or calcimininS u
crow.
Men love to sec women in gay attire. They
never look so bright, 50 bcwitching, as when
bedeckcd in apparel of rosy hue. Not only
tho ribbon at tho throat do men admire, but
tho ruby lips, the rosy checks, the exquisite
blush that suifuses tho face and steals down
over the neck in a pinlish food; these make
women beautiful, but how strange it is that,
although red is one of the most pleasing and
delightful colOrs in nature, there is one place
where, instead of embelishing and beautify-
Ing the whole world has with one voice de
cided that it is positive deforinity, an TN
slightly thing, and that is upon the human
head.
In leaf and bud, in plant and flower, We
know the subtle charm-some tint of red.
To it is largely due the splendid plumage Of
bird and fowl and every winged thing
Upon a woman's breast the rcddcst rose
takes on an added beauty. About her neck
the reddest ribbon never seemed so lovely.
The reddish color in her rosy cheelssand ruby
lips is put there by divine intention, but in
her hair-better she had never been born than
to GO through life with head Of hair of fam
ing red
AS sENsELEss AS IT'S OLD.
To most women it is Il positive misfortune
to have red hair, and it makes no difference
whether it be fiery NIilesian, pale amber Of
FURNISHED gold, for every description of hair
that is not black brown, yellow or waite
and by light or shadow betrays the faintest
reddish lingo is at once declared TO be "red,
and that is enough. No power Of logic Oh
persuasion can change it, and in the vulgar
mind is at once and forever associated Will
galloping stecds as white as the driven snow
The prejudice that exists and that has beer
handed down to us from the past against red
headed men and women is one Of the most
curious and extraordinary of any that We
know. In the popular mind red hair has al
ways been associated with ugliness vicious
ness and malignity. The scold, the vixen, the
unlovely woman, with loud screeching voic,
and uncomfortable temper, has always beer
pictured with freckled face and.aaming hair
/ 1t is passing strange when we stop to thinl
Of it that there are so many red headed peo
pie in the world today. From immemoria
| times red hair has been hated and despised
No man or woman ever wanted it. 1t Ina
| ever been the butt Of coarse, unsecmly jokes
brutal sarcasm and persecution. Mother
have been grieved and Inundated when frs
they beheld their red headed infants. N
man either Of ancient or modern times evei
/ dyed his hair red, certainly no woman evel
| did unless she were insane
Roman beauties used to bleach their hair
or by the aid of powerful dyes change it to
color resembling straw. The women of tn,
north countries used to dye their hair brown
and black, but never red.
Poets have sung of women with wavy
tresses of glossy black, of troops Of yellow o.
/ golden haired lassies, but red headed wo
men have rarely inspired the poetic muse.
All this has had little if any effect upon tn
detested hair It is not dying out. Its per
sistcnce is marvellous, Upon the slightes
provocation it will appear in all its ancien
glory.
Having been suppressed for a generation
or so, in the belief that it has been dug up b,
the roots and thrown out, it will suddenl.
reappear in perfect splendor upon some Gun
ming little head with rcdoubled vigor and in
creased radiance.
Notwithstanding that the red headed ma,
persistently avoided the red headed womal
and vice versa, they have ever been draw
toward each other by some mysterious, subtl
force that destroyed the power of natural 81
lection and laughed at prejudice and scorn
II red is really "the lovers proper hue" g
Milton said, then it must include the glory c
a woman, which is her hair.-Chicago Time:
Wood Carving for Girls.