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change her wig or raj
ment for days at a time,
and swore r0undly at
those who "riled" her.
As good Queen Bess was
notOriously red headed,
plebeisn carroty red at
that, and her favorite
steed was snow white.
the term 'red headed"
to denote unseemly
wrath and the white
horse canard might be
chased to cover.
People gaze in awe
upon the atrocious rep
reservations Of the early
arts and marvel at the
mental obliquity which
made hair blue and
green and yellow. The
artist understood his
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art, the great hairdress-
er, says: AT no period
in the history of the
world was anything
more absurd in head
dress worn than at this
time. The body of these
monuments of ugliness
was formed of tow. over
which the hair was
turned and false hair
added. in great curls.
hobs and ties, and pow
dered to profusion. then
hung all over with vul-
carly large rows of
pearl or glass beads.
fit only to decorate a
chandelier; flowers as
obtrusive were stuck
ahout this beop of
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finery, which was surmounted by broad silken
bands and great ostrich feathers. until the
headdress of a lady added three feet to her
stature
In 1882 it would appear that the women wore
their hair to the play. to the discontinue of
those who wished to view the stage. In 1892
they wear their hats. One has gone. the other
should go, to the shades of oblivion.
ANOTHER UGLY STYLE.
Another style that was so ineomprehensibly
ugly was the combing of the hair straight up,
back and front over a cushion a foot high. the
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THE 11hrDHr1' Snatles OF uncIea1l-
Illness, Eight weeks with uncombed head.
heated with that pile of wool, false
hair. sinking grease and rotten four
The recipes of the day prescribing ''sure cures
and exterminators of the insect life that had its
habitat in that vanity's mountain of filth tell
the oer-true tale Of the neatness Of that horrid
fashion.
THE NoJAyE INDIANS
follow this ladder fashion"-minus the curls-
but for vastly different reasons. The toilet
articles Of the Mojayes are few and simple and
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style and glass OF fash hAhoLD HAhfAuhh.
ION In another. The freak of one age, the
fancy of another.
The array of bald pates shining pinkly
below the galleries in either house of Con-
gress makes more fOrcible the singular fact
that the first mention of long hair should indi-
cate a man as its pOssessor. The incident Is
not very fresh in the minds of the present gen.
Grafton. but there are still Samsons and Dehlahs.
In those early days the men were the ones whose
domes Of thought required particular attention.
and the ancients. like the Indians and orientals.
looked with suspicion upon men who neglected
their heads and a bald-headed man was an OBJ
ject Of derision. The first bear story on record
10 connected with a bald-headed man, and Illus
trates the irrepressibleness of the small boy
even in the morning of time.
PRIDE IN THE HAIR.
1t was 9 mans pride in his flowing locks that
brought . kingly house into disrepute and
wrenched King Dsvids heart with anguish. A
bit Of ancient doggerel recites:
''Oh. Absalom, o Absalom,
% Absalcm, my SON.
IL thou haflsf worn periwiR
Thou hadst not been Undone."
David had long been gathered to his fathers
when q wigmaker of London thus advertised
his wares. suit for libel was ever instituted
1t is no doubt revolving to the master minds
Of today, but none the less true. that the men of
the early ages were extremely vain Of their
forms, their apparel and their hair.
THE HAIR OF THE DANES.
y The Danes had beautiful heads Of hair and
Harold Harfagre was dubbed Fair Locks be-
cause Of the length and fneness of his hair,
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Grewsome superstition i'm Hungary.

From the Pail Mall Gazette
A strange story Of superstition is reported
from Homolicz, in Hungary. Several bodies of
men had recently been found there with their
heads cut Of. An Investigation was made by
the police, and it turned ont that these mutila-
tions had in every instance been committed by
Young men who were betrothed to the widows
OF the decapitated persons. The husbands had
died natural death, and their widows believed
that in case they married second time their
first husbands would reappear and destroy their
welded happiness. Hence they bad persuaded
their new bridegrooms 70 deespitats thsis de-
esased partners.
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TEE MODERN IDEA from the French 'taure
because i. 50 much resembles the curly fore
top Of the taure." Anybody who has ever
seen the male of the American bison can appre-
ciAts this pointed bit Of satire.
TEE BANGS OF THE EsoUrNArx.
The Esqnimaux men and women wear the
bang. but it is fringe of straight hair unfre,ted
with hot irons and crimping pins The dis
tinguishing mark Of the Pueblo Indian is also
bang" Their shocks of long. wiry black
hair are cut straight AGREES the forehead, Just
above the eyebrows, and worn flowing in the
back, usually with a bright-colored scarf
twisted turban-fashion about the head.
PLArrs AND BRAIps.
In very early days, as now, the hair was some
times thin and IL had TO be eked out in various
ways TO make believe that nature had been
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tistic. Psyche knot back of pug
nose is exasperatingly homogeneous and
q tcpknot couture for a woman Of knitting
needle anatomy always excites ones risibles.
These. however, are the exceptions, and the
average woman manages to look very demure
dainty and hkable under her fluffy bang or
bands Of shining hair, because feels instinct
lively that TO look SO glossy and satin-like
the hair must be clean, and clean. sweet-smell-
ing hair naturally indicates a clean body and Q
pure mind.
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which is said to havebeen
like golden threads. He
made q vow to his mis-
tress to neglect his pre-
cious locks till he had
completed the conquest
of Norway. and all for
love of her. Heroic sac
rifice, Men don't do
those things for women
now. but they swear by
all the gods of war
n
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combs are not enumer-
ated. These Indians in
habit the Mojave des-
ert, along the Colorado
river in Arizona. a place
which Sheridan char
acteriZed as n few de
grees hotter than Dam
ties Inferno. When in
full dress the Mojave
wears a string of
beads and q bandanna
handkerchief. His hair.
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An Important Surgical Tool.

From the Prescription.
The latest electrical surgical instrument con-
sisss Of hard rubber tube, il,closing number
Of small wires, which Is designed to be attached
to the tip Of the finger. II il for use in internal
operations and il intended to transmit substan-
tally the same sensations to the operators I'm
ger tip that he would experience II his finger
were actually present where the device q and IN
ooptact With TIE same mx1hces.
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outlining a coat collar
or ornamenting a coat
sleeve can draw lectures
from a black-headed
wife warranted to
bleach TO silver even
Mr.. Candles hair.
The tousled front
pieces OF the present
day were extremely
y fashionable in the
seventeenth century.
Randle Holme saws:
"Some term this curled
forehead a .buu heal >
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About the time thePlan-
tagenets came on the
scene of action men be-
gan to cut their hair in
the bowl fashion about
the which is so
narrowing TO the soul of
the small boy who suf-
fers from homemade
hair cuts and every
body wore bangs. The
men Of that day and
the misses of this bear
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ing Characteristic of
the Teutonic tribes. Is
was a mark of the
highest rank among the
Franks, none of whom
but the first nobility and
princes of the blood
were permitted to wear
it in flowing ringlets, an
express law command
ing the people to cut
their hair close round
the middle of the fore
head. And this badge
of servitude and sign
manual of plebeianism
In one century has be-
come the essence of
style and glass of fash
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WIGS AND BANGS.
When and Where the Style Of Bang
ing the Hair Originated.
COIFFURES OF LONG AGO.
Some Wonderful Structures Made of Hair
in Queen Eiizabcth's Time-The Esqui-
maux' Bangs and the Mojavs Indians
Plaster Casts.
Written for The Evening Star,

ONE ONE POORLY
informed in the prem
ises has ventured the
assertion that "bangs"
and"B lackwell's Island
are synonymous, since
the one originated with
the other and the man.
dates of the law created
both. A common error.
repeated so often that
it has been commonly
accented as a fact. His
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TO STUDY THE PALM.
How to Read Character by the Lines
of the Hand.
CHIROGNOMY AS A SCIENCE.
How 1t May BE Acquired, but to Become
Proficient Will Require . Good Deal of
Hard Work-Some Typical Hands-Im-
pOrtance Of the Thumb.
Written for The Evening Star

has given up palmistry
and declares there is
nothing in it; but then,
may not palmistry have
given young Snoodkins
up? May he not have
been one of that class
of men who practice the
art more for the pleasure
they derive from it
themselves than from
any real knowledge they
are able to impart? OF
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Written for The Evening Star
F I WERE IN THE


habit of using slang"
remarked a highly re-
spected m q tr o n Of
highly respected North
west Washington, as re-
adjusting her gold pince
nez she took another
glance down the columns
of her Sunday paper, 81
W ould be strongly
tempted to say that all
these recipes for beauty
that occupy n good part
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tory shows, however, that 'bangs" existed long
before Blackwell's Island was discovered The
haired male Franks, and not the female
conviets Of Blackwell, are responsible for the
''bang-up" style of couture.
ploucbe SAYS. 81 onq hair was the distinguish
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modification Of this style. At recurring pc
riods women have essayed the role Of Ophelia
IN disheveled locks toying with the breeze.
us fashion
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spendthrift 70 all alike.
About the first deserip-
ton extant Of woman 8
hair speaks Of ''plsited
locks" known as Greet
chen braids'' TO US. To
make these braids seem
longer silk the color of
the hair was braided in.
Then they took to put
ting the braids in cases
Of silk, elongating them
with all sorts of stuff.
till they looked like UNI
breliAs in covers. The
Ckfpsa nsDf.sf - 4.
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The artistic hand has smooth fingers and
rather tapering. The palm is soft and pliable.
The psychical hand is the most rare and bean
tiful of all. 1t is small. the fingers delicately
pointed and the thumb-also pointed-sym-
metrical. 1t is supposed to belong to poets or
others who are especially imaginative.
Here is the science of chirognomy in a nut
shell 1t is capable Of any amount Of subdis
vision and all Of its ramifcations can be fol-
student.
HARD STUDY NECESSARY.
Now, as for chiromancy, or the study Of the
lines of the palm Of the hand, any one who
pretends 10 take up this study must be prepared
to devote great deal of hard work to ii. No two
hands are alike, and to know the meaning of
all the lines in one hand is not likely to assist
You beyond a certain point in the study Of an
other hand. There is the line of life, the line
of the heart and a multitude almost of other
lines. Besides, this the mounds of the hand
must be considered in connection with the
lines, and the whole must be dependent
to certain extent upon the general
shape of the hand, or, in other words, upon
chirognomy. There is one great advantage in
the palm reading over the chirognomy-in the
former it is necessary to hold the hand, the left
one preferably, for some time, to gently press
1t in order to ascertain whether it is hard or
soft, to squeeze it quite hard SO as to make sure
on this point, to strike it on the back and in
the PALM to pat it to see if there is much blood
in it or whether it is quite white, and some
palmisters insist that its true characteristics
only to be ascertained by kissing it. To go a
step further, it may be added that any man
who will put gold ring upon its fourth finger
will find out the character of its owner
thoroughly well.
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business, for the people of his age had hair like
the rainbow. They got it by dyeing in some
instances and powdering it in others. These
prismatic instincts died out finally, and nature
asserted itself. except when a blonde chose to
make herself bizzare in black-dyed hair or a
brunette with hopelessly yellow skin transformed
herself into mulatto by bleaching her hair a
muddy yellow, customs still in vogue, no
century seems TO have a monopoly ON sense.
The following poem from the gifted pen of
some lady writer of that day, barring the Or
biography and quantity awkward expression,
might have been written for today:
For will have my pomanders of most sweet smell,
Also my chaines OF zolde TO hang about my necke,
And my 'broidered haire while / at home do dwell.
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RECEIPTS FOR BEAUTY
What Highly Respected Matron
Says Of All Of Them.
THEY MAKE HER TIRED

None Of Them Are Of Any value-A Pleasant
Countenance and q Correct Carriage Of the
Body Do More to Make Woman Beautiful
Than All the Nostrums Advertised.
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Some Of the "Reminiscences Called Out by
the Printers Fair.

CORRESPONDENT DuSNELL TELLS HIS nEooL-
LEcrIoNs OF HORACE GREELEY DURING THE
DRAFT RIoTs-sESAroR HASsBRouoHs TX
PERIEScE As OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ALIENS YARN
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Tush! can dye my haire: be il never so blacke,
i can make it shine ike golde in a little space
Also to tie up my head have such knsck
That some maides will delight to follow my trace;
can lay out my hair to set out my face
Phillip Stubs says Of the arrangement Of the
hair during the time of Elizabeth and Mary:
1T of force must be curled. frisled and crisped
laid out in wreaths and borders from one ear
to another. and lest il should fall down it is
derpropped with forks. wires and cannot tell
what, rather like grim stern monsters than
chaste Christian matrons.'
AT THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
The most elaborate and atrociously hideous
hairdressing the world has known was in vogue
at the close of the eighteenth century. Stew
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THE long haired one. illustriOus in battle
III hright lord Of the Danes.
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SOME TYPICAL HANDS.

The hand Of laboHng man il much higher
development than the elementary hand. The
fingers are spatulous and the palm il heavy and
firm.
The useful hand has square knotty fingers
and . good-sized thumb. 1t belongs to the
practical, everyday business man Il has not
much Imagination, and you would not expect to
find 1t employed in turning the leaves Of poems
or romantic novels.
The philosophic hand terminates in fingers
partly oval and partly square. The joints are
usually l9gs, the band = broad, not tapsrins,
the palm largo
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-20

a change from the political grouping of
names to the alphabetical arrangement
would be an improvement, and there are
some strong considerations tending to
prove the contrary. 1t is undoubtedly
the fact that the reason which generally
determines the voter to vote for or
against name on the ticket is political
one. Personal considerations, the feeling
that one candidate is better qualified than
another, enter into voting only to a
very limited extent. In ninety-nine
cases out of one hundred the preference
intended to be expressed by the voter is
a political preference. This being the
case the political distinctions between
the candidates should be sharply drawn,
because that is the distinction which the
great majority of the voters are looking
for. 1t is easily conceivable that when
the ticket is long one the voter may not
remember all the names of the candi-
dates, and if they are not grouped in
parties, he may be betrayed into voting
for man when his intention was to vote
against him. Itmay be said that a man who
does not remember all the names of his
party's candidates ought to be punished
for his ignorance or lack of interest.
But such forgetfulness does not necessa-
rily imply either The voter may have
examined the list of candidates of the
contending parties, and become satisfied
that all of them are respectable and
capable men, and decided to vote for one
set or the other for purely political
reasons. Under these circumstances the
names of the candidates would cease to
be of importance to him, and he might
forget several of them without being
open to the charge of lack of interest or
ignorance. So long as the distinction
which the great majority of voters wish
to make is political SO long should the
ballot be so arranged that that distinction
shall be easily made. The purpose of
the Australian ballot is to enable the
voter to express the most accurately
and the most easily his wishes, and the
arrangement of candidates which con-
duces the most to this result is the one
to be chosen. It is sometimes said that
one purpose of this ballot is to promote
independent voting. That is true pro-
,vided the word independent is interpreted
to mean without dictation. But if it is
interpreted to mean voting outside of
party then it is not true. The Australian
ballot was not devised to break down
parties but to promote freedom of action
on the part of the voters in choosing be-
tween the parties.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-20
FINANCIAL.
The Attention Of Investors (!

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MINI.
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of banks of the State of Minnesota
Capital Stock paid in 81 200, 10000
additional I tito aiIi'i Liability Of stock
holders under laws OF Minnesota 81 ,25O, OoO,O 90
1t has never passed a dividend, or defaulted
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We also offer Prime Commercial Paper,
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We have handled large amounts of this paper,
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Inquiries by mail promptly answered.
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The proposed system of re-counting
seems toius to beso fraught with mis-
chief that the legislature cannot set it's
face too sternly against it. Within the
last twenty years there have been many
exciting elections in this State, many
contests where partisan feeling has run
very high, but we have no recollection of
the correctness of the count being called
in question in any of these elections.
The correctness of the count of votes in
the memorable trouble of 1S79-S0 was not
called ip question. Nobody claimed at
that time that if the votes had been re-
counted any difference would have been
made in the result. If, however, there
had been then provision for recount
of tie votes, demands for recounts would
have sprung up all over the State. Sup
posing these recounts had shown differ
entresults from the first count, would the
party unfavoraply affected by them have
been satisfied? Would itnot, on the con-
trary, have alleged that the ballots had
been tempered with or that the counters
had counted fraudulently? Would not, in
short, the recount have been viewed with
more suspicion than the first count?
Undoubtedly it would, and the public
feeling would have been intensified. A
recount would simply have afforded adj
ditional opportunity for cheating. As
rule recounts will only be called for
when elections are close, and when cleo
lions are close then as a rule the excite
ment and partisan feeling are strongest.
The recount will add fuel to tile flame,
no matter what the result.
Last evenings Express suggested that
under the present system of counting it
would be possible to throw out ballots
and falsify the result. If that be SO then
/: ought to be changed. 1t should be
;roYided by law that a representative of
.eA party should be present and take
art in the counting. All the safeguards
possible should be thrown around the
rst count, but in our opinion that count
ai!ould be final.
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The best evidence of the hurtfulness
OF Commissioner Peck's figures is fur
nished by the desperate efforts of the
Democrats to prove them inaccurate and
misleading. If Mr.. Peck were the S'ridic-
ulous person. some of the Democratic
papers have been representing him to be,
the courts would not have been invoked
to help discredit him.
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