Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
AN EXPERT ON HAIR.
He Uses 1t as an index of the Character
of Women.

Quite a novel and warm argument
was had the other day between an es-
pecially successful hotel man and the
manager of a dry-goods house, both of
this city, says the Chicago Tribune.
The subject, oddly enough was-wo-
mems hair.
III back my word for any reasona-
BILE amount" declared the hotel man,
that | can read a woman as accurate
ly by her hair as anybody else can by
her eyes, nose, mouth. etc"
you probably wouldn't omit taking
the eyes. lips, nose, etc, in at the same
glance necessary to see her hairm OBJ
served the dry-goods man.
81 wouldn't ask to see those features
at all, replied the host. They could
be covered up. Have her head entire
" concealed All I'd want to see
would be a good-sized strand of her
hair-but I'd have to know it was
grown to her head before I'd put up
my money"
Then her manner of wearing it
would not enter into or effect your de-
cision?"
Necessarily not in the least"
well, I'm not in a wagering mood
to-day, though if | were | wouldn't
mind taking you for fifty or a hundred
that you'd get left nine times out of
ten" commented the man of dry
goods, "but that wouldn't prevent you
sharing your theories with u.s."
Excuse me-facts, not theories,
said the hotel mau correctingly. And
then he proceeded &c say: 81 start out
in my reading of a woman by her hair
with the quite generally known and
accepted principle that the finer the
hair the gentler the birth, or the bet
ter. higher grace the family stock from
which she came, and having thus de-
termined whether she is of gentle or
rude birth, rely upon the amount of
care which her hair shows to have had
in order to obtain the key to her mode
Of life. A brilliant glossy effect even
in connection with the finest feminine
hair is the result only of long and most
careful attention, while in the case of
coarse hair, indicating, 10 n less or
greater extent, rude birth---a high de-
gree of glossiness is utterly apostolic.
And now will give you principle or
rule that you viii probably laugh at
but it stands for a fact nevertheless;
il is that the closer the ends of the
hair cling together when unaffected by
an artificial force, the more intellect
uality does the owner possess. When
the ends and particularly the body Of
the hair show tendency to curl it is
an infallible sign that the owner has
inherited grace and poetic ease of
body. The straighter and less yield
ing though not necessarily harsh
the hair, the iirmcr and more positive
is the wOmau's nature. Ireachery and
jealousy hide beneath lusterless or
dead black hair nine eases out of ten
Feminine hair that may appear Of the
finest texture and be glossy almost to
brilliancy when viewed from dis
lance. but that on close examination is
found to have a broken or split APP
pearance-something quite common
in ladies hair may be depended on to
certainty as indicating badly I'M
balanced character, woman with an
excess Of especially queer notions, and
one who, while she may be nice enough
to bow to on the street should be
avoided as an intimate friend. The
lighter colOred hair the more sensi-
tive and "touchy" the owner, except in
rare sases, where her ladyship enjoys
perfect health. Brown hair, whatever
the shade, is always | have found in
my business as hotel man, the most
pleasant and satisfactory shade Of hair
to have to do with across the hotel
counter, and that's the place to find
out a woman's nature Whatever the
shade Of brown it may be You viii find
the fact almost infallible that such
hair covers a perfect hotbed of COM
mon sense, good Judgment, and reason.
And rs for auburn hair. ! would trust
an auburn or red-haired woman for
more days board without her having
any baggage than | would woman
with hair OF any otber color. brown
locks not excepted. and I've probably
had as many red-haired ladies for my
guests rs any other hotel man in the
country. Some red-haired women are
mighty impulsiye and quick spoken
occasionally, but | have always found
them the possessors Of two most APP
probable traits. They are strictly
honest and have common sense, while
as a general rule they are among the
brightest. the gentlest of gentlewomen.