The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-05
CHARACTER IN HAIR.
Women May Dissemble With Eyes,
Nose and Lips, But With Hair, Never.

Women May Dissemble With Eyes,
Nose and Lips, But With Hair, Never
From the Chicago Daily Tribune.
Quite a novel and warm argument was
had the other day between an especially
successful hotel man and the manager of a
dry goods house, both of this city. The
subject, oddly enough, was women's hair.
'pll back my word for any amount, " de-
clared the hotel man, that l can read a
woman as accurately by her hair as any
body 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 hairF" observed the dry
goods man.
~ wouldn't ask to see those features at
all J" replied the host. They could be COW
cred up. Have her head entirely concealed.
AlliPd want to see would be a good-slzed
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 affect your decisionp
Necessarily, no, not in the least"
well, Pm not in a wagering mood to-
day, though, If l were, l wouldn't mind
taking you for fifty or a hundred that you'd
get left pine times out of ten" commented
the man Of dry goods, "but that shouldn't
prevent you sharing your theories with u.s."
Excuse me-facts, not theories" said the
hotel man correctingly. And then be pro-
ceeded to say: III 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 better, higher grade the family stock
from which she came, and having this
determined whether she is of gentle or rude
birth, | rely upon the amount of care which
her hair shows to have had in order to OBJ
"a IN nj a bTi
liant glossy effect, even in connection with
the finest femenine hair is the result OF long
and most careful attention, while in the
case of coarse hair, indicating, to less or
greater extent rude birth, high degree of
glossiness is utterly impossible.
And now | will give you principle or
rule that you will probably laugh at, but it
stands for a 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
infallible sign that the owner has inherent
grace and poetic ease of body. The
straighter and less yieldiDg-though not
necessarily harsh-the hair, the firmer and
more positive is the woman's nature
Treachery and jealousy hide beneath luster-
less or dead black hair nine cases out of ten.
Feminine hair that may appear Of the finest
beAbuTo anu Uo kAOsSJ 0llllOSb W
when viewed at little distance, but that
on close examination is found to have a
broken or split ppearance-something
quite common in ladies' hair-may be de-
pended on TO a certainty as indicating a
badly unbalanced 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
all intimate friend.
"The lighter colored the hair the more
sensitive and 'touchy' the owner, except in
rare cases, where her ladyship enjoys per-
| feet health. Brown hair, whatever the
| shade, is always, l have found in my bust
Tess as a 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 will find the fact almost infallible that
| such hair covers perfect hot bed of COM
mon sense, good judgment and reason.
And as for auburn hair, l would trust
| an auburn or red-haired woman for more
| days board without her having any bag
| gage than I would a woman with hair Of
| any 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 impulsive and quick spoken &C.
casionally, but l have always found them
| the possessors of two most appreciable
traits. They are strictly honest andI have
| common sense, while, as a general rule,
they are among the brightest. the gentlest
Of gentlewomen."