The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-07


Feminine Character.
CAfedoo Tribune
Quite 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. Tho subject, oddly enough,
was,-woman's hair.
am back my word for any reasonable
amount" declared the hotel man, that
can read woman as accurately by
her hair as anybody else can by her
eyes, nose, mouth, &c"
you probably wouldn't omit taking
the eyes, lips, nose, etc, in at the same
glance necessary 10 see her hairY OBJ
served the dry-go0ds man.
~ wouldn't ask to see those features
at all," replied the host. "They could
be covered up. Have her head en-
tirely concealed. All I'd want to see
would DO good-Bized strand OF her
hair-but I'd have to know it was
grown 10 her head before I'd put up my
money sTey 49,, ,.nno. - ,,..r;n, :.
would not enter into or affect your de-
cision?n ~
"Necessarily4no, not in tho least"
'HYell, I'm not in wagering mood
to-day, though ii, I were wouldn't
mind taking you for fifty or hundred
that you'd get left nine times out OF
ten" commented the man OF dry goods;
"but that shouldn't prevent you shar-
ing your theories with us,
Excuse me-facts, not theories, "
said the hotel man, correctingly. And
then he proceeded to say: II start out
in my reading OF woman by her hair
with the quito generally known and ac-
ceptod principle that the finer the hair
the gcntler the birth, or the better,
higher grade the family stock from
which she came, aud having thus deter
mined whether she is OF gentle or rude
birth, I rely upon tho amount OF caro-
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 to less or
greater extent rude birth, high de-;
gree Of glossiness is utterly impossible.
And now will give you principle or
rule that you will probably laugh at,
but it stands for u fact nevertheless; it
is that the closer the ends OF the hair
cling together when unaffected by an
artificial force the more intellectually
does the owner possess. When the
ends and particularly the body OF
the hair show tendency to
curl it is an iniaIlible sign that the
owner has inherent grace and poetic
ease Of body. The straighter and less
yielding-though not necessarily harsh
the hair, the firmer and more positive
is the woman's nature. Treachery and
jealousy hide beneath lustreless or dead
black hair nine cases out OF ten. Felni-
nine hair that may appear OF the finest
texture, and be glossy almost to bril-
liancy when viewed at little distance,
but that on close examination Is found
to have broken or split appearance
something quite common in ladies' hair
may be depended on to q certainty as
indicating badly balanced character, q
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 scolored the hair,
the more sensitive and touch" the
owner except in rare cases, where
her ladyship enjoys perfect health.
Brown hair, whatever the shade.
il always, l have found in my
business as hotel man, the most pleas
ant and satisfactory shade of hair to
have to do with across the hotel coun.
ter, and that's the place TO find out a
woman's nature. Whatever the shade
Of brown it may be, you will find the
fact almost infaiiible that such hair
covers q perfect hotbed of common
sense, good Judgment and reason. And
as for auburn hair, would trust an au'
burn or red haired woman for more
days. board without her having any
baggage than l would woman with
hair OF any other color, brown locks not
excepted, and I've probably had as
many red-haired ladies for my guests
as any other hotel man in the country.
Some red-haired women are mighty i'm
pulsive and quick-spoken occasionally,
but have always found them the pos.
SCISSORS Of two most appreciable traits.
They are strictly honest and have COM
mon sense, while us general rule they
arc among the brightest, the gentlest Of
gentlewomen."