The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-03-21
A MATTER OF COMPLEXION.

Scarcer, Giving Place to Brunettes.
Blond women are becoming scarcer
every year." said an eminent anthropol-
ogist. "You have not lived long enough
to remark the fact, but women with
blue eyes and light hair are gradually
passing away as a type. In each success
sive generation there are fewer of them
than in the last. Already such a thing
as a real blond, purely such, is so rarely
seen in this country as to excite remark
Golden tresses are so very in%frequent
that real ones are usually suspected OF
being dyed. In short, it has become
evident that before very long there will
be no blond women any more.
THE same thing gis true Of men.
Among their sex light hair and blue eyes
are fast disappearing. You may judge
how rapidly they are going when you con
slider the fact that wherever a brun man
marries a blond woman or vice versa sc
per cent. of the children born have dark
hair and eyes. At that rate not very
many centuries will be required to wipe
out the blond type altogether. You
wonder how this matter has been deter
mined with such accuracy? Simply by
including such statistical observation in
the census of nations. In Germany and
tLance the very school children are eX-
amined and have their characters re-
corded from an anthropological stand
point.
"Observations made in this way so as
to cover millions Of persons Of both
sexes have resulted in the discovery
that the dark people bring more chill
dren into the world than do the light
people. Furthermore, they have greater
muscular vigor and they live longer.
Thus in every point which has to do
with the perpetuation of a species they
are superior. The rule in nature seems
to be that pigment which produces the
color Of the hair and eyes is an indica-
ton Of force. Albinos among animals
and pallid plants are always weak.
"Aftcr all, there are comparatively
few light people in the world. All the
straight haired races are dark. All the
aboriginal Americans are dark, from
the arctic circle to Cape Horn. All the
Asiatics are dark. All the Oceanic peo-
pie are dark. All the Africans are dark,
except a few blond tribes in the Bar
barry states. Likewise all the southern
Europeans are dark. The dark people
have the great advantage of being able
to stand any climate, while the light
complexioned races cannot endure the
heat of the tropics.
A apparent contradiction to all this
is afforded by the fact hat wherever
the light haired and blue eyed peoples
have come into conflict with races Of
dark complexion the latter have always
been defeated. The light people govern
the world today. Queen Victoria has
blue eyes, and the sun never sets on her
dominions. Descendants of Anglo-Sax-
n dominate the New World. Even
South America, Africa and the civilized
part of Asia are fairly run by the Eng
liSh and Germans. Germany leads all
the nations of the earth in science and
learning, and three-fourths of her popu-
lation are blue eyed. The yellow haired
Swedes, Danes and Norwegians furnish
the sailors of the world. English is the
language Of the globe. French has
often been called the universal Ian
guage,' but it is in fact merely a court
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nese have a 'pidgin' English, but not c
'pidgin' French. All the modern jar
CONS Of the world, for trade purposes,
are notifications of English.
''The blue eyed and light haired peo-
pie are by far the most brave of the
moderns. Bytheir superior intelligence
and bravery they have conquered the
world, blu their task in accomplishing
this has implied an enormous strain
upon their powers. So great a strain
has not been conducive to the prolonga-
ton of their existence and to the perpet-
uation of their kind. Races of people !
are like breeds of horses and cattle, or
like stocks in plants. They last for
awhile, but not forever, disappearing
sooner or later. If a severe strain is put
upon them in one way or another, they
Will pass away so much the more quick |
ly. The high culture we are giving our
children, stimulating their mental activ-
tiles to the utmost, has the effect of re-
ducing the number and physical strength
of their offspring, thus shortening the
life of their race.
$50, owing to such causes as these, we
find that the blue eyed and light haired
people are diminishing in numbers at a
very rapid rate. We take notice of it in
the women particularly. Soon must we
say, Farewell, We golden tresses and
violet orbs!" During centuries to come
the dark people are destined to achieve
and hold domination in the world, until,
as is very likely, the cycle of complex
ion'has gone around and the blond shall
rnle again."-Washington Star.
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