Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07

How to Read People by the Color and
Quantity of Their Tresses.
Just at present there seems to be good
deal of ingenuity displayed in trying to read
peoples character by outward signs The
face, the hands, the walk and the mustache
have all been commented upon, and now
some clever individual has drawn up rules by
which we may tell a persons character by
the hair.
Black hair which is absolutely without any
wave or curl, and which lies in lank, lfeless
masses, shows a melancholy disposition;
black beard which grows sparsely also gives
the same indication. Black hair which is
wavy and curling, and very thick, shows
force of affection and a certain ardor in love
matters; and so also does thick and crisp
textured black beard and mustache. The
lanlz, thin and uncurling black hair is one of
the signatures of Saturn; the crisp, curling
and thickly growing black hair is the COM
bination of Venus and Saturn. The united
influence of these two planets OH life gives
force of character; thus people with the
crisp, dark hair get the ardor combined with
prudence, which produces success in life
Chestnut hair Of a soft and silky texture,
and not very thick, gives romance of char
acter This is not the sort of hair which is
ever SGeH OIL very COLuHOupldCe, IedlloIiC
persons. This tint of hair, crisp or curling,
and growing thickly on the head, and with
a thickly growing beard, also of crisp or
wavy texture, shows joviality and hospital
itv, and both women and men of this color
ing are fond of society, have a good deal of
ssgo' in them, and an immense amount of
confidence in themselves. Avaricious people
never have hair of this coloring.
Co1dap bair of q soft male gold without
undulation, shows gentleness and tenderness,
but no force of character Men having this
sort of hair are somewhat effeminate in their
tastes, and are wanting in energy and de-
cision. Both men and women having this
pale, floss like sort Of hair are incapable of
strong affection; they are attracted by the
opposite sex, but they are more given to
having series of small interests than one
strong love- If the hair is found in COM
bination with golden colored eyes, it is in
dicative of coquetry in the nature; if with
pale blue eyes, we have languor and caprice
a sentimental but inconstant person.
Bright golden hair of a rich, deep color,
and of a crisp and waving texture, growing
thickly on the head and somewhat low on the
brow, show an ardent, poetic and artistic
temperament. 1t is the signature of Apollo
the sun. Such people are generally fond of
music, painting or poetry Both men and
women having this sort of hair are intuitive
in their judgments; they do not reason about
things, they feel them; they are a little quick
of temper, and are easily ruffied, but they are
quickly appeased; they are gay, and interest
themselves in art, even if they are not artists
themselves.
Persons with red hair are ardent and vi
vacious, especially if with it they have hazel
eyes, in which case they have bright and
| quick intelligence. They have a great deal
of natural facility for study and good mem
cries Red hair with blue eyes shows the
same warmth of character, but not SO much
intelligence: and if with blue eyes and red
hair the eyebrows and eyelashes are white
as is often the case-it is an indication of
weak and capricious nature.
People with red brown hair, which is very
| thick, and redder over the ears and at the
temples and in the beard than On the head,
are courageous and hot tempered. This kind
of hair unless the other indications in the
face are widely different), shows activity
and energy in all things. 1t augments the
indications of force and power given by
other features, and in part this sort of hair
gives sense of color in painters, force of Ian
guage and eloquence in poets, and power in
musical composition.
Hair of that colorless, fair color, or ash
colored, denotes persons of an indolent and
dreamy temperament. Persons with this sort
of hair, in combination with large blue gray
eyes, with fair, long but straight eyelashes,
and very slightly defined eyebrows of the
| same blonde color, and white, soft skin are
capricious, languid, imaginative and some
what melancholy. Women having this sort
of coloring of skin and hair are romantic and
devoted in a resigned but not active spirit;
that is, they are more generous in words than
in deeds, for they are incapable of exertion,
and still less perseverance.
Persons with soft long hair of a dark brown,
so dark as to be almost black, yet not that
blue black which is essentially melancholy,
are affectionate, gentle and loving Their
first instinct is always good and kind. They
like society, and while not quite so indolent
as those having SOFT ash colored hair, they
are still lovers of repose and comfort. People
with this soft, brown hair are very open to
the impressions of beauty, and they abhor
| noise, discords and quarrels of all Sorts Men
with this sort of hair, like those with pale
golden hair, are somewhat effeminate.-
American Hairdresser